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 THE  OLDE  AND  NEWE  TESTAMENTE ; 
 WITH  THE  APOCRIPHA  : 
 
 FAITHFULLY    TRANSLATED    FROM    THE    HEBRUE    AND    GREKE 
 
 BY 
 
 SOMETIME  LORD  BISHOP  OF  EXETER. 
 
 M.D.XXXY. 
 
 SECOND     MODERN     EDITION. 
 
 Con&on  : 
 
 SAMUEL   BAGSTER  AND   SONS,   15,  PATERNOSTER  ROW; 
 
 WARKHOUSE    FOR    BIBLES,    NEW    TESTAMENTS,    PRAYER    BOOKS,    LEXICONS,    GRAMMARS,    CONCORDANCES,    AND    PSALTERS, 
 IN    ANCIENT   AND    MODERN    LANGUAGES. 
 
 nOAAAI   iiev   BvrjTOis   rAQTTAI,    fua    8' AdavaToiatv. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 ACCUSTOMED  in  the  present  day  to  the  highest  degree  of  civil  and  religious  liberty  that 
 man  perhaps  can  ever  expect  to  enjoy,  free  to  express  our  opinions  without  the  terrors 
 of  the  stake  or  the  tortures  of  the  rack,  to  awe  us  into  silence,  or  force  us  into  dissimulation, 
 it  is-  with  a  mixture  of  curiosity  and  indignant  surprise  that  we  cast  back  our  glance  over  a 
 space  of  centuries,  and  see  our  ancestors  struggling  in  all  the  mazes  of  ignorance  and  the 
 labyrinths  of  superstition,  aHke  passive  under  the  mental  tyranny  of  their  monkish  rulers  and 
 the  bodily  servitude  of  their  despotic  lords. 
 
 But  every  thing  in  this  world  changes,  and  excessive  tyranny  only  more  eifectually  prepares 
 the  way  for  perfect  freedom.  The  minds  of  men  in  some  degree  induced  to  reason  by  the 
 measures  of  Henry  the  Eighth,  were  no  longer  to  be  bHnded  by  false  pretences  or  intimidated 
 by  impotent  threats ;  and  the  commencement  of  the  Keformation  dawned  steadily  and  beauti- 
 fully through  the  mists  of  papistic  craft  that  the  mental  sloth  of  ages  had  permitted  to 
 accumulate. 
 
 It  is  difficult  for  us  to  imagine  the  despotic  control  at  that  time  exercised  over  the  whole 
 faculties,  whether  physical  or  mental,  of  our  ancestors ;  and  it  requires  some  effort  to  picture 
 to  ourselves  the  revivifying  effect  that  must  have  attended  the  spreading  of  the  reformed 
 doctrines.  Men,  who  had  seldom  exerted  their  reasoning  powers,  were  at  once  invited  to 
 discuss  theological  difficulties,  and  to  solve  the  deepest  mysteries  of  reUgion :  and  as  by  the 
 reformed  tenets  every  matter  was  open  for  discussion,  there  were  few  bounds  set  to  inquiry; 
 but  various  tenets  and  various  opinions  were  as  quickly  spread,  as  eagerly  adopted. 
 
 At  this  critical  moment  a  translation  of  that  Book,  by  all  allowed  to  be  the  only  proper 
 guide  of  conduct,  the  only  safe  chart  by  whose  aid  man  could  hope  to  steer  through  the  stormy 
 seas  and  dangerous  shoals  with  which  his  course  is  surrounded,  was  pubHshcd  and  set  forth: 
 
vi  PREFACE. 
 
 and  its  effect  in  liusliing  controversy  and  silencing  factious  clamour,  may  not  unaptly  be  com- 
 pared to  that  of  the  sun,  when  he  breaks  through  the  fast  flitting  clouds,  and  shining  forth, 
 dispels  them  by  his  brightness;  and  day,  beautiful  day,  reigns  in  all  its  splendour. 
 
 The  Hght  that  thus  broke  through  the  mental  darkness  of  the  reign  of  Henry  the  Eighth, 
 fed  as  it  was  by  the  Holy  Word  of  God,  burnt  purely  and  steadily ;  and  although  adverse  winds 
 and  hostile  gusts  shook  its  flame  for  a  time  during  the  reign  of  Mary,  they  could  not  extinguish 
 it,  but  left  it  to  throw  its  calm  and  heavenly  rays  on  our  own  and  future  ages. 
 
 That  translation  of  the  Bible  is  now  for  the  second  time  reprinted,*  and  words  of  ours 
 are  not  necessary  either  to  point  out  its  worth  or  to  extol  its  merit,  to  cite  it  for  its  interest 
 or  celebrate  it  for  its  rarity — but  it  goes  forth  once  again  into  the  world  as  the  labour  of  a 
 man  eminent  for  his  piety  and  learning,  as  a  faithful  version  of  the  original  Scriptures,  and  as 
 one  of  those  means  to  which  we  may  gratefully  ascribe  the  estabUshment  of  our  present 
 national  relijnon. 
 
 *  Sc.  in  modern  days. 
 
MEMOIR 
 
 MYLES      COVERDALE, 
 
 The  name  of  our  venerable  translator  seems  to  have  been  derived,  not  from  his  parents,  but  from 
 his  birthplace.  Yorkshire,  according  to  the  best  authorities,  was  liis  native  county;  and  there  can  be 
 no  reasonable  doubt  that  he  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Coverham,  in  the  district  of  Coverdale,  in  the 
 North  Riding.  The  year  1488  is  given  as  the  date  of  his  birth,  but  the  month  and  day  cannot  be 
 ascertained.  An  obscurity,  which  no  research  has  been  sufficient  to  dispel,  rests  on  liis  parentage 
 and  early  education :  we  may  presume  that  he  spent  his  boyish  days  among  the  tranquil  scenes  of 
 his  native  place,  famiKar  with  its  sloping  hills,  verdant  meadows,  and  cheerful  trout  streams,  which, 
 as  they  spread  before  the  eyes  of  this  active  minded  lad,  would  arouse  many  a  bcavitiful  thought, 
 and  inspire  many  a  happy  feeling.  Coverham  Abbey  was  situated  in  the  neiglibourliood  of  his  birth- 
 place, and  perhaps  it  was  by  some  of  the  brotherhood  of  that  cstabhshment  that  young  jMiles 
 of  Coverdale  was  instructed  in  the  elements  of  learning.  * 
 
 At  what  period  he  left  Yorkshire  we  are  not  informed,  but  in  early  life  he  entered  the  Mon- 
 astery of  the  Augustines  at  Cambridge,  of  which  he  afterwards  became  a  brother.  Previous  to  the 
 visit  of  Erasmus  in  the  year  1511,  learning  appears  to  have  been  at  a  low  ebb  at  Cambridge;  after- 
 wards it  revived,  having  received  an  impulse  from  the  influence  of  that  extraordinary  man :  great 
 hostility,  however,  was  manifested  by  many  in  the  imiversity  towards  his  eflbrts  for  the  revival  of 
 literature,  for  when  the  Greek  Testament,  which  he  had  edited,  first  appeared  in  Cambridge,  it  was 
 absolutely  forbidden  by  the  heads  of  one  of  the  colleges.  "  They  object  to  us,"  said  Erasmus,  "  the 
 feigned  authority  of  synods,  and  magnify  the  great  peril  of  the  Christian  fiiith,  and  the  danger  of 
 the  church,  which  they  pretend  to  support  with  their  shoulders,  which  are  much  fitter  to  prop  a 
 ■waggon."  Among  the  scholars  who  mainly  contributed  to  the  restoration  of  sound  learning  in  the 
 university.  Dr.  Robert  Barnes,  who  entered  the  Augustine  Monastery  in  1514,  and  became  prior 
 and  master  in  1523,  stands  preeminent.  He  cultivated  a  taste  for  classic  literature,  devoted  himself 
 to  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  after  his  conversion,  became  a  leading  champion  of  the  Refor- 
 mation. Coverdale,  being  one  of  the  order  of  the  Augustine  friars,  was  associated  with  this 
 distinguished  individual,  and  probably  derived  great  advantage  from  liis  friendship  and  instructions. 
 
 The  priory  of  the  Augustines  rapidly  advanced  in  hterary  reputation  under  the  presidency  of 
 Barnes.  Foxe  says  "  he  caused  the  house  shortly  to  flourish  with  good  letters,  and  made  a  great 
 part  of  the  house  learned  (who  before  were  drowned  in  barbarous  rudeness),  as  blaster  Cambridge, 
 Master  Field,  Master  Coleman,  Master  Burley,  blaster  Coverdale,  with  divers  otliers  of  tlie  university 
 that  sojourned  there  for  learning's  sake."t    Divine  Providence  was  thus  preparing  our  translator,  by 
 
 *  "  He  was  born  in  the  north  country,  and  from  his  cliiUlhootl  given  to  learning,  wherein  he  profited  much." — Catalogue  of 
 the  Bishops  of  Exeter,  by  John  Vowell,  alias  Hoker. 
 
 t  Foxe's  Acts  and  Monuments,  Vol.  V.  p.  415.     Townsend's  edition. 
 
Vlll  MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVERDALE. 
 
 his  habits  of  study  and  liis  distinguished  attainments  in  scholarsliip,  for  the  great  work  which  has 
 immortalized  his  name. 
 
 The  principles  of  evangehcal  truth  which  were  embraced  by  Barnes  gradually  spread,  and 
 many  in  the  university  began  to  rally  round  liim  and  adopt  his  views.  Drawn  together  by  devout 
 sympathies,  they  were  accustomed  to  assemble  for  study,  conference,  and  prayer;  and  that  they 
 might  do  this  as  much  as  possible  unnoticed  by  their  enemies,  they  chose  as  their  place  of  resort,  a 
 house  called  "  the  Wiite  Horse,"  which  had  a  private  back  entrance,  convenient  for  the  men  of  St. 
 John's  and  King's  College,  who  appear  to  have  formed  a  considerable  part  of  the  assembly.  One's 
 imagination  Ungers  over  that  old  "  White  Horse,"  with  its  antiquated  apartments,  as  a  kind  of 
 infant  school,  where  those  babes  in  Christ  were  trained  up  under  the  care  of  the  Great  Teacher,  for 
 subsequent  usefulness  and  honour.  These  meetings,  however  private,  could  not  fail  to  attract 
 attention;  the  house  was  contemptuously  called  "  Germany,"  on  account  of  its  being  thus  associated 
 with  the  principles  of  Luther;  and  circumstances  at  length  required  that  the  friends  of  truth  should 
 pubhcly  declare  themselves.  Hence,  on  Christmas  eve,  Sunday  24th  December,  1525,*  Barnes 
 preached  at  St.  Edmund's  Church,  Trinity  Hall,  and  boldly  avowed  liis  dissent  from  the  supersti- 
 tions and  despotism  of  Rome.  He  took  occasion  in  liis  discourse  to  make  an  attack  on  Cardinal 
 Wolsey,  and,  if  we  are  to  believe  what  was  said  by  liis  accusers,  to  ridicule  his  golden  shoes,  his 
 pole-axes,  pillars,  golden  cushions,  crosses  and  red  gloves.  A  vein  of  humour,  and  a  habit  of 
 satirical  and  witty  allusion  to  the  manners  of  the  times,  and  the  abuses  in  the  church,  were  in  those 
 days  regarded  as  by  no  means  unseemly  in  the  pulpit,  and  were  frequently  indulged  in  with  great 
 effect  by  the  advocates  of  the  Reformation.  The  playful  sallies,  and  the  hard  arguments  of  Barnes 
 were  offensive  to  the  friends  of  Popery  and  to  the  proud  cardinal,  and  very  shortly  after  the  dehvery 
 of  this  famous  sermon  we  find  the  preacher  in  trouble.  He  was  apprehended,  conveyed  to  London, 
 and  brought  before  Wolsey  :  convicted  of  heresy,  the  alternative  was  offered — to  abjure  or  burn — 
 poor  human  nature  shrunk  from  the  fiery  ordeal,  and  in  an  evil  moment  Barnes  signed  lus 
 recantation. 
 
 "  Master  Coverdale"  is  mentioned  by  Foxe  as  one  of  the  friends  who  accompanied  the  prior  of 
 the  Augustines  to  London,  stood  by  him  in  his  trials,  and  assisted  in  the  preparation  for  his  defence 
 the  night  before  he  met  the  cardinal.  Such  conduct  indicates  his  faithful  attachment  to  Barnes, 
 and  shows  that  he  felt  a  strong  sympathy  with  liim  in  his  rehgious  views  :  but  neither  his  master 
 nor  himself,  at  that  time,  saw  the  whole  of  the  truth  upon  the  grand  points  of  the  popish  con- 
 troversy. Coverdale  was  only  feeHng  his  way  by  degrees  out  of  those  paths  of  theological  error  in 
 which  he  had  been  accustomed  to  walk.  So  far  as  he  perceived  the  light,  he  was  prepared  to 
 follow  it. 
 
 Another  name  of  a  far  different  character  here  becomes  connected  with  Coverdale's  history. 
 He  was  introduced  to  Cromwell,  and  the  friendship  of  that  extraordinary  person  led  to  very  im- 
 portant consequences.  The  patronage  of  one  who  was  then  a  favourite  with  Wolsey,  and  afterwards 
 so  distinguished  a  fiivourite  with  Henry  VHI,  must  have  greatly  contributed  to  Coverdale's  personal 
 safety  amidst  the  dangers  that  threatened  the  advocates  of  the  Reformation;  and,  moreover,  the 
 '  pecuniary  assistance,  which  there  is  no  doubt  that  he  received  from  the  same  quarter  in  his  literary 
 studies,  and  in  his  work  of  translation,  were  of  great  value;  but  though  we  are  disposed  to  give 
 Coverdale  credit  for  honesty  and  courage,  we  admit  that  it  is  possible  he  was  for  awhile  somewhat 
 fettered  by  his  connection  with  this  remarkable  man.  There  is  a  letter  from  Coverdale  to  Cromwell, 
 preserved  among  the  State  Papers,  without  date,  which  evidently  belongs  to  the  commencement 
 of  their  acquaintance;  perhaps  it  was  written  in  the  year  1527,  or  somewhat  earlier. f 
 
 *  See  Foxe's  Acts  and  Monuments.    Townsend's  edition,  Vol.  IV.  Note  751.   The  correctness  of  this  date  is  there  established. 
 
 t  The  commissioners  date  it  1532,  but  they  observe  very  justly,  that  it  belongs  to  the  commencement  of  Cromwell's  patron- 
 age of  Coverdale.  Mr.  Anderson,  in  his  '  Annals  of  the  Bible,'  dates  it  1531,  but  Cromwell's  patronage  had  commenced  much 
 earlier,  for  we  have  a  letter  to  him  in  August,  152",  from  which  it  appears  that  Coverdale  was  then  well  known  to  Cromwell,  if  not 
 in  his  employ.  .\t  the  time  this  letter  was  WTitten  Coverdale  was  an  Augustine  Friar,  but  in  1528  he  had  thrown  off  the 
 Augustine  habit,  and  become  a  secular  priest — a  circumstance  inconsistent  with  the  late  date  assigned  to  this  letter,  unless  as 
 Mr.  A.  supposes,  Coverdale  afterwards  resumed  his  friar's  habit,  which  is  a  jicrfectly  gratuitous  and  very  improbable  supposition.  ; 
 There  seems  no  reason  for  referring  the  expression,  "  beginning  to  taste  of  Holy  Scriptures,"  to  the  commencement  of  Coverdale's 
 translation,  but  simply  to  his  early  studies  of  the  sacred  volume. 
 
memoir  of  mtles  coverdale.  ix 
 
 "  Most  singular  good  Master, 
 
 "  With  due  humility,  I  beseech  unto  your  Mastership  all  godly  comfort,  grace,  and 
 prosperous  health.  For  so  much  as  your  goodness  is  so  great  toward  me,  your  poor  child,  only  through 
 the  plenteousness  of  your  favour  and  benevolence,  I  am  the  bolder  of  your  goodness,  in  this  my  rude  style, 
 if  it  like  yoiu-  favour,  to  revocate  to  your  memory  the  godly  communication  which  your  Mastership  had 
 with  me,  your  orator,  in  Master  Moor's  house  upon  Easter  Eve,  amongst  many  and  divers  fiuitful  exhorta- 
 tions, specially  of  your  singular  favour,  and  by  your  most  comfortable  words,  I  perceive  your  gracious 
 mind  towards  me. 
 
 "  Wherefore,  most  honourable  Master,  for  the  tender  love  of  God,  and  for  the  fervent  zeal  that  you 
 have  to  virtue  and  godly  study,  (cordis  genibus  provolutus,)  I  himibly  desire  and  beseech  your  goodness,  of 
 your  gracious  help.  Now  I  begin  to  taste  of  Holy  Scriptures  ;  now,  honour  be  to  God  I  am  set  to  the 
 most  sweet  smell  of  holy  letters,  with  the  godly  savour  of  holy  and  ancient  doctors,  unto  whose  knowledge 
 I  cannot  attain,  without  diversity  of  books,  as  is  not  unknown  to  your  most  excellent  wisdom.  Nothing  in 
 the  world  I  desire,  but  books  as  concerning  my  learning.  They  once  had,  I  do  not  doubt  but  Almighty 
 God  shall  perform  that  in  me,  which  He,  of  his  most  plentiful  favour  and  grace,  hath  begun.  Moreover, 
 as  touching  my  behaviour,  your  Mastership's  mind  once  known,  with  aU  lowliness  I  offer  myself,  not  only 
 to  be  ordered  in  all  things  as  shall  please  your  wisdom,  but  also  as  concerning  the  education  and  instruc- 
 tion of  others,  alonly  to  ensue  your  prudent  coimsel ;  for  whatever  there  is  in  you  of  counsel,  nothing  is 
 impolitic,  nothing  but  what  is  divine  ;  for  whatever  you  do,  you  do  nothing  inconsiderately,  and  you  never 
 boast  that  you  are  a  chief  philosopher  :  of  the  dew  of  heaven  (after  the  manner  of  Jacob)  you  have 
 obtained  the  chief  blessing.  From  your  mighty  stream  I  long  to  drink,  because,  in  your  presence,  I  would 
 not  speak  in  a  common  manner.  Farewell,  thou  ornament  of  literature,  of  councQs,  and  of  all  virtues  ! 
 "  From  the  Augustine's  this  May-day.     Your  child  and  beedman  in  Jesu  Christ, 
 
 "  Freke  MrLEs  Cov'dale."'  * 
 
 From  this  letter  it  appears,  that  Coverdale  had  recently  been  introduced  to  the  rising  favourite, 
 and  had  received  from  liim  tokens  of  kindness  which  inspired  his  gratitude  and  confidence.  Crom- 
 well was  favourable  to  the  Reformation,  and  had  devoted  himself  in  early  life  to  the  reading  of  the 
 New  Testament.  Coverdale  wanted  books  to  assist  him  in  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  the  drift 
 of  the  letter  seems  to  be  a  dehcate  appKcation  for  Cromwell's  aid  in  that  respect.  The  tone  of 
 submission  and  flattery  adopted  by  Coverdale,  was  one  of  the  vices  of  the  age,  in  which  he  was  too 
 prone  to  indulge;  and  when  comparing  him  vrith  his  great  contemporary  Tyndale,  in  tliis  point  of 
 view,  it  is  remarkable  how  superior  the  latter  appears.  The  house  in  which  the  interview  took 
 place  is  supposed  by  Mr.  Anderson  f  to  have  been  Sir  T.  More's,  and  this  connection  between  Cover- 
 dale  and  Sir  Thomas,  suggests  another  reason  for  the  security  which  our  translator  enjoyed  in  those 
 perilous  times.  He  was  stiU  at  Cambridge  in  the  Augustine  Priory,  on  the  25th  of  August  of  the 
 same  year,  when  he  wrote  the  following  letter  to  his  patron : — 
 
 "  Right  honourable  Master, 
 
 "  In  my  most  lowly  manner,  I  commend  me  unto  you,  evermore  desiring  to  hear  of 
 the  preservation  of  your  prosperity.  So  it  is,  I  was  required  by  Jlr.  George  Lawson  to  deliver  this  writing 
 to  yovti  Mastership  mine  ownself;  notwithstanding,  such  an  impediment  hath  chanced,  that  I  must  desire 
 favour  on  your  behalf  for  my  excusation.  For  Master  Moor's  kinsman  is  not  all  well  at  ease,  for  he  labours, 
 it  is  certainly  thought  under  fever,  the  fever  being  of  that  species  that  in  regard  to  food,  he  foolishly  turns 
 away  from  it  like  a  lunatic,  but  now  it  is  discovered  that  he  is  almost  rid  of  it.  "NMicrefore,  I  beseech  you 
 to  have  me  excused,  and  if  I  knew  that  my  coming  to  London  might  stand  with  your  favour,  truly  the  bird 
 was  never  gladder  of  day  than  I  would  be  to  come.  But  brieflly,  I  am  ready  at  your  commandment,  for  it 
 remains  with  you  to  command  as  you  will  the  abilities  of  your  MUes. 
 
 "  As  for  the  rest,  there  is  nothing  divulged  with  us  that  is  new,  except  the  rumour  among  our  order 
 that  one  of  our  masters  is  accused  of  homicide,  another  is  dilated  for  heresy,  and  a  third  is  reported  of  the 
 
 *  State  Papers,  Cromwell  Correspondence,  Vol.  VII.  No.  62.     The  last  few  lines  of  the  original  are  in  Latin. 
 t  '  Annals,'  Vol.  I.  p.  557.     It  may  be  added  here  that  in  the  '  Remains'  the  foregoing  letter  is  dated  1527. 
 
 b 
 
X  MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVEKDALE. 
 
 crime  of  theft,  namely  Master  Stocks,  junior ;  of  which  affair  I  will  certify  you  afterwards,  on  its  being 
 made  manifest.     I  have  nothing  more  to  say,  every  blessing  attend  you  and  yours.     This  may  Christ  the 
 mighty  grant,  to  whom  be  honour  and  dominion  for  ever. 
 "  From  Cambridge  27th  August,  1527. 
 
 "  Yours    MiLO    COVEEDALUS.''* 
 
 This  letter  would  seem  to  show  that  Coverdale  was  at  that  time  in  Cromwell's  employ,  and  it 
 expresses  a  readiness  to  obey  his  commands,  which  would  have  been  more  to  the  writer's  credit  had 
 it  been  somewhat  qualified.  But  in  Coverdale's  mind  the  truth  through  "  the  sweet  smell  of  holy 
 letters"  was  progressing :  the  superstitions  and  errors  of  popery  were  seen  with  increased  vivid- 
 ness, and  the  mental  exercises  ancl  conflicts  of  our  translator  led,  eventually,  to  the  renunciation  of 
 the  friar's  cowl,  and  the  bold  and  warm-hearted  preaching  of  the  reformed  faith.  In  the  blood- 
 stained register  of  the  Bishop  of  London,  wc  find  the  following  confession  by  Thomas  Topley, 
 an  Augustine  Friar,  which  throws  Hght  on  the  course  adopted  by  Coverdale  at  tliis  crisis  in 
 his  history.  "  My  mind,"  says  the  confessor,  "  was  much  troubled  with  the  said  book  '  WiclifTs 
 Wicket,'  wliich  did  make  the  sacrament  of  Christ's  body,  in  form  of  bread,  but  a  remembrance  of 
 Christ's  passion,  till  I  heard  Sir  Myles  Coverdale  preach,  and  then  my  mind  was  sore  withdravra 
 firom  the  blessed  sacrament,  insomuch  that  I  took  it  then  for  the  remembrance  of  Christ's  body. 
 Furthermore  he  said  and  confessed,  that  in  the  Lent  last  past,  as  he  was  walking  in  the  field  at 
 Bumstead,  with  Sir  Myles  Coverdale,  late  friar  of  the  same  order,  going  in  the  habit  of  a  secular 
 priest,  who  had  preached  the  fourth  Sunday  in  Lent  at  Bumstead  (29th  March,  1528),  they  did 
 commune  together  of  Erasmus'  works,  and  also  upon  confession.  Tliis  Sir  ]\Iiles  said,  and  did  hold 
 that  it  was  sufiicient  for  a  man  to  be  contrite  for  liis  sins  betwixt  God  and  his  conscience,  without 
 confession  made  to  a  priest,  which  opinion  this  respondent  thought  to  be  true,  and  did  affirm  and  hold 
 the  same  at  that  time.  Also  he  saith,  that  at  the  said  sermon  made  by  the  said  Sir  Myles  Coverdale 
 at  Bumstead,  he  heard  him  preach  against  worsliipping  of  images  in  the  church,  sajing,  that  men  in 
 no  wise  should  honour  or  worship  them,  which  likewise  he  thought  to  be  true,  because  he  had  no 
 learning  to  defend  it."  f  Coverdale  had  now  taken  a  decided  step : — faithful  to  liis  convictions,  he 
 confessed  his  Saviour  before  men.  Perhaps  it  was  with  a  Kvely  remembrance  of  the  treatment  he 
 had  received  in  the  early  part  of  his  liistory  as  an  avowed  reformer,  that  he  wrote  the  following 
 passage  in  his  preface  to  a  work  entitled,  '  The  Old  Faith.'  "Alas!  and  woe  to  this  imthankful 
 world,  for  Uke  as  a  great  number  that  be  in  prison  of  Satan,  will  not  come  forth  when  they  are 
 called,  and  the  door  set  open,  but  go  on  still  stumbling  in  darkness  when  the  lantern  of  light  is 
 offered  them ;  even  so  if  any  man  play  a  wise  man's  part,  and  do  as  he  is  warned  by  God's  word,  he 
 shall  have  a  sort  of  apish  people,  a  number  of  dizzards,  and  scornful  mockers  ;  which  because  the 
 man  ^vill  not  dance  in  the  devil's  morrice  with  them,  nor  keep  their  company  in  the  bondage  of  sin 
 and  vice;  neither  rim  with  them  into  like  confusion,  as  St.  Peter  caUeth  it,  laugh  him  to  scorn,  and 
 blear  out  their  tongues  at  liim,  even  like  fools  and  coxcombs  of  the  world.  And  hke  as  when  a 
 poor  wretch  cometh  out  of  prison,  he  shall  have  more  to  stand  gazing  and  gaping  upon  him, 
 than  to  do  him  good,  or  to  help  Irim  to  his  fees :  even  so  now  that  God  of  his  mercy  hath  called  us 
 out  of  Satan's  prison,  and  from  the  school  of  false  doctrine,  my  lord's  fool,  with  his  companions, 
 standeth  staring  upon  us,  and  mocketh  us  because  we  sit  not  still  with  other  prisoners.  There  goeth 
 a  fellow  of  the  new  learning,  saith  one ;  there  is  one  of  these  new-fangled  gospellers,  saith  another ; 
 that  is  one  of  the  new  brethren,  saith  a  third,  he  followeth  the  new  faith."  f 
 
 The  bold  step  taken  by  Coverdale,  and  the  confession  made  by  Topley,  belong  to  the  year  1528 ; 
 and  the  next  year  we  find  the  former  on  the  continent  in  company  with  the  illustrious  Tyndale; 
 according  to  Foxe's  statement,  meeting  there  by  appointment,  and  assisting  him  in  preparing  the 
 translation  of  the  Pentateuch  forthe  press ;  for  which  Iris  recent  studies  in  Holy  Scripture,  and  his 
 well  known  acquaintance  with  the  original  languages,  which  must  surely  have  been  commenced 
 before  this  period,  had  in  a  good  degree  qualified  him.      The  immediate  cause  of  his  leaving 
 
 *  State  Papers,  Cromwell  Correspondence,  Vol.  VII.     No.  67.     Some  passages  in  the  original  are  in  Latin. 
 
 t  Foxe's  Acts  and  Monuments,  Vol.  V.  p.  •10. 
 
 X  Works  of  Coverdale,  Parker  Society,  Vol.  I.  p.  -4. 
 
MEMOIR    OF    MTLES    COVERDALE.  XI 
 
 England,  does  not  appear;  but  coupling  the  fact  of  his  departure  early  in  1529,  with  the  decided 
 course  he  was  pursuing  in  1528,  the  common  supposition  that  it  was  with  a  view  to  his  personal 
 safety,  seems  by  no  means  improbable.  * 
 
 In  the  year  1526,  copies  of  Tyndale's  version  were  stealthily  brought  over  from  the  continent, 
 and  were  scattered  throughout  England.  The  priest,  the  layman,  the  scholar,  and  the  peasant, 
 sought  and  obtained  the  blessed  book,  and  many  and  touching  are  the  tales  related  respecting  its 
 circulation  and  its  use.  Sometimes  it  was  read  in  the  secret  chamber  by  the  midnight  lamp,  or  in 
 the  fields  and  forests  far  away  from  the  haunts  of  men;  and  sometimes  it  was  concealed  from  the 
 prying  search  of  enemies  in  warehouses,  under  heaps  of  flax ;  in  cottages  under  the  boarding  of  the 
 floor;  and  in  many  other  ways  which  pious  ingenuity  devised.  The  portion  of  God's  word 
 which  the  people  now  possessed,  quickened  their  desire  for  the  rest  of  the  sacred  volume;  and  the 
 influence  of  Anne  Boleyn,  who  for  a  time  reigned  supreme  in  the  king's  aflection,  disposed  Henry 
 to  relax  somewhat  his  severe  opposition  to  the  circidation  of  the  Scriptures  in  English.  Cranmcr, 
 who  was  raised  to  the  primacy  in  1533,  publicly  expressed  his  earnest  desire  to  see  the  Bible  in  the 
 hands  of  his  fellow  countrymen,  and  in  the  Avinter  of  1534,  four  days  before  Christmas,  stood  up  in 
 the  Chapter  House  of  Old  St.  Paid's,  amidst  a  convocation  of  the  clergy,  and  moved  that  the  king 
 should  be  petitioned  to  grant  a  translation  of  the  entire  Scriptures  into  the  EngUsh  lauguage.f  The 
 year  1535  may  therefore  be  regarded  as  a  critical  era  in  the  religious  history  of  our  country;  when 
 the  people  were  waiting  for  the  word  of  life,  and  some  of  the  obstacles  in  the  path  of  its  progress 
 were  melting  away. 
 
 Coverdale  was  the  first  to  meet  the  existing  spiritual  want  of  his  country.  Where  he  went  after 
 he  left  Tyndale  cannot  now  be  shown ;  there  is  a  chasm  in  his  liistory  from  that  time  to  the  year 
 1535:  but  his  jJubUcation  then  of  the  whole  Bible,  shows  that  diu'ing  the  interval.  Providence  had 
 been  preparing  him  for  the  performance  of  a  great  work.  Judging  from  the  result  of  his  toil  given 
 to  the  world,  we  may  fairly  infer  that  he  had  been  spending  some  years  in  study ;  which,  whether 
 it  had  direct  reference  or  not  to  such  an  undertaking,  certainly  fitted  him  for  it,  and  provided  liim 
 with  materials  for  its  execution.  The  history  of  the  origin  and  progress  of  his  translation  is  involved 
 in  great  obscurity.  Three  or  four  points  only  can  be  satisfactorily  ascertained,  the  rest  are  left  to 
 probable  conjecture.  He  states  himself,  in  his  prologue  to  the  edition  of  the  Bible  pubbshed  in 
 1550,  that  he  undertook,  as  he  was  desired  in  the  year  1534,  to  set  forth  tliis  special  translation. 
 And  he  also  states  in  his  prologue  to  the  translation  the  following  particulars: — "  Considering 
 how  excellent  knowledge  and  learning  an  interpreter  of  Scripture  ought  to  have  in  the  tongues, 
 and  pondering  also  mine  own  insufficiency  therein,  and  how  weak  I  am  to  perform  the  office 
 of  a  translator,  I  was  the  more  loath  to  meddle  with  this  work.  Notwithstanding,  when  I  con- 
 sidered how  great  pity  it  was  that  we  should  want  it  so  long,  and  called  to  my  remembrance  that 
 adversitij  of  them,  ivhich  ivere  not  onhj  of  ripe  hioxoled(je,  but  ivould  also  with  all  their  hearts  have 
 performed  that  they  began,  if  they  had  not  had  impediment;  consideriny,  I  say,  that  by  reason  of  their 
 adversity  it  could  not  so  soon  have  been  brought  to  an  end  as  our  most  prosperous  nation  woiUd  fain 
 have  had  it ;  these,  and  other  reasonable  causes  considered,  I  was  the  more  bold  to  take  it  in  hand, 
 and  to  help  me  herein  /  have  had  sundry  translations,  not  only  in  Latin,  but  also  of  the  Dutch 
 interpreters,  whom  (because  of  their  singular  gifts  and  special  dihgcnce  in  the  Bible)  I  have  been 
 the  more  glad  to  follow  for  the  most  part  according  as  was  reqiured.  But,  to  say  the  triith  before 
 God,  it  was  neither  my  labour  nor  desire  to  have  this  work  put  in  my  hand;  nevertheless,  it  grieved 
 me  that  other  nations  should  be  more  plenteously  provided  for  with  the  Scripture  in  their-  mother 
 tongue  than  we ;  therefore,  when  I  was  instantly  required,  though  I  could  not  do  so  well  as  I  woidd, 
 I  thought  it  yet  my  duty  to  do  my  best,  and  that  with  a  good  will."  He  also  observes  in  his 
 dedication,  "  as  the  Holy  Ghost  moved  other  men  to  do  the  cost  hereof,  so  was  I  emboldened  in  God 
 
 *  Mr.  Anderson  in  his  '  Annals,'  &c.,  Vol.  I.  p.  239,  supposes  that  Coverdale  was  sent  over  "  to  sound  Tyndale,"  to  see  "  whether 
 he  vras  a  practicable  man,"  and  "to  induce  him  to  return  to  England,"  suppositions  which  reflect  greatly  on  Coverdale's  character, 
 and  for  which  there  is  not  the  shadow  of  proof.  At  this  time  Coverdale,  according  to  our  ^^ew  of  his  history,  had  begim  the 
 study  of  Holy  Scripture,  and  certainly  was  qualified  from  his  attainmeuts  as  a  scholar  to  help  Tyndale.  We  see  no  reason  to  dis- 
 credit altogether  Foxe's  statement  on  this  subject. 
 
 t  Strype's  Cranmer,  Vol.  I.  p.  34. 
 
Xll  MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVERDAJLE. 
 
 to  labour  in  the  same."  From  tliis  then  it  appears,  that  he  was  desired  by  others  to  perform  this 
 work ;  that  they  supplied  him  with  the  pecuniary  means ;  that  the  desire  was  expressed  to  him  in  the 
 year  1534 ;  that  the  adversity  of  some  better  quaUficd  for  the  undertaking  induced  him  to  attempt  it; 
 and  that  he  availed  himself  of  other  translations  in  completing  his  own.  It  is  generally  conjectured, 
 and  with  much  probability,  that  his  patron  Cromwell  was  the  cliief  person  who  prompted  him  to  the 
 undertaking,  and  supplied  him  with  funds.  It  seems  almost  equally  probable  that  the  party  alluded  to  as 
 better  qualified  than  liimself  was  Tyndale,  whose  adversity,  by  wliich  his  imprisonment  most  likely 
 is  intended,  synchronises  with  the  date  1534,  when  the  desire  was  expressed  to  Coverdale  that  he 
 should  set  forth  a  translation.  This  brings  down  the  preparation  of  the  work  for  the  press  to  a 
 very  late  period,  and  leaves  but  a  very  short  time  for  its  completion ;  for  it  plainly  appears  from  the 
 colophon  to  the  book,  that  it  was  finished  4th  October,  1535.  Yet,  after  a  very  attentive  con- 
 sideration of  the  matter,  we  cannot  see  how,  with  Coverdale's  own  statement  before  us,  we  can 
 suppose  that  the  translator  previously  to  that  period  was  engaged  on  a  version  with  an  express  view 
 to  its  publication.  We  are  fully  aware  of  the  dilliculty  which  presses  on  tliis  ^'iew  of  the  case,  arising 
 from  the  very  limited  space  of  time  assigned  to  Coverdale  for  completing  so  great  a  work ;  but  that 
 dilGculty  is  considerably  diminished  by  the  following  considerations :  that  according  to  our  view  of 
 his  liistory  he  had  been  for  some  time  engaged  in  the  study  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  the  original ; 
 that  most  likely  for  his  own  private  purposes,  or  with  some  general  view  to  future  usefulness,  he 
 had  p^e^'iously  made  and  preserved  translations  of  some  parts  of  the  Bible,  a  supposition  by  no 
 means  inconsistent  with  the  modest  terms  in  Avhich  he  speaks  of  his  attainments  ;*  that  by  his  own 
 acknowledgment  he  availed  himself  of  the  aid  afforded  by  existing  versions ;  and  especially  that  he 
 would  avail  liimself  of  Tyndale's  translation  in  those  portions  of  the  sacred  volume  which  that  noble 
 veteran  had  already  published.  Though  we  have  somewhat  modified  our  views  as  to  the  actual 
 amoimt  of  Coverdale's  labour  during  the  space  in  question,  since  we  wrote  some  years  ago  the  sketch 
 of  EnghsliTranslatlons  and  Translators,  we  are  stUl  of  opinion  that  he  accomphshed  a  herculean  task. 
 He  looked  at  immortal  souls  and  felt  that  their  welfare  waited  onliis  labours;  he  looked  into  eternity 
 and  saw  that  the  Bible  was  the  only  star  which  enhghtened  its  gloom ;  he  looked  up  to  God  and 
 found  in  Him  an  all-sufficient  helper  in  the  task  he  had  undertaken. 
 
 Coverdale  mentions  in  his  prologue  sundry  translations  in  Latin  and  Dutch,  from  which  he  had 
 derived  assistance,  and  in  another  place  he  Kmits  the  number  to  five — what  translations  he  referred  to 
 by  this  acknowledgment  it  is  very  natural  to  inqmre,  but  very  difficult  to  determine.  The  Vulgate  of 
 course  was  included ;  the  three  versions  executed  by  Paguinus,  Leo  Juda,  and  Luther  are  probably 
 to  be  added,  but  as  to  the  fifth,  whether  it  were  the  Bible  of  EudeUus,  or  the  Dutch  version  of 
 1526,  or  the  Lower  Saxon  one  of  1533,  we  are  at  a  loss  to  decide ;t  perhaps  his  reason  for  passing 
 over  in  silence  liis  large  obligations  to  Tyndale's  published  versions,  was  that  he  felt  any  acknow- 
 ledgment of  assistance  derived  from  that  quarter  would  be  prejudicial  to  the  success  of  his  work, 
 as  Tyndale  and  liis  translations  had  been  denounced  by  the  ruling  powers  in  England.  As  to  the 
 place  where  our  translator  printed  the  volume,  the  question,  hke  so  many  others  connected  with  the 
 origin  of  the  version,  can  only  be  answered  by  conjecture.  From  a  resemblance  which  the  wood- 
 cuts bear  to  those  found  in  Egenolph's  books  printed  at  Frankfort,  it  has  been  supposed  by  some 
 that  it  was  executed  there;  while  others  again,  from  the  similarity  of  the  type  to  that  which  is  used 
 in  books  printed  by  Forschover  at  Ziu'ich,  have  concluded  that  he  was  the  printer.  Cologne  also  has 
 been  mentioned.  Of  these  Zurich  seems  to  have  the  best  claim  to  the  disputed  honour;  and  to  that 
 city  it  is  generally  conceded.  Could  we  ascertain  that  there  was  the  place  both  of  the  preparation 
 and  printing  of  the  book,  the  imagination  would  fondly  linger  over  that  cheerful  and  animated  city, 
 "  embosomed  among  vine-clad  knolls,  meadows  and  orchards,  and  sm-momited  by  forests,  above 
 and  beyond  wliich  appear  the  loftier  summits  of  the  Albis,"  with  our  translator  working  in  some 
 Uttlc  room,  through  the  Uve-long  day  till  after  the  sun  had  set  beliind  those  alpine  heights,  and  then 
 rising  to  liis  task  again  before  the  same  sun  gilded  the  opposite  horizon. 
 
 *  Mr.  Anderson  in  his  '  Annals  of  the  Bible,'  Vol.  I.  p.  553,  supposes  that  the  translation  was  commenced  with  a  view  to  pub- 
 lication some  time  before,  and  tliat  the  setting  forth  relates  to  the  printing  of  what  was  previously  prepared.  For  the  reasons 
 stated  above,  we  cannot  adopt  that  view. 
 
 t  Sec  Anderson's  '  Annjils  of  the  Bible,'  Vol.  I.  p.  565. 
 
MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVEKDALE.  xiii 
 
 The  competency  of  Coverdale  to  his  task  has  been  satisfactorily  proved  by  Mr.  Wliitaker  in  his 
 '  Critical  Enquiry.'  His  learning,  for  the  age  in  which  he  lived,  was  very  considerable — it  was 
 acknowledged  by  liis  contemporaries,  it  is  evidenced  by  his  works.  The  author  of  the  interesting 
 History  of  Eichmondshire,  attributes  to  Coverdale  a  very  curious  epitaph,  written  in  Latin,  Greek, 
 and  Hebrew,  supposed  to  belong  to  the  year  1538;  which,  if  it  were  certainly  liis  production,  would 
 confirm  his  claims  to  be  considered  a  superior  scholar,  but  most  persons,  it  is  apprehended,  will  feel 
 a  little  sceptical  about  the  date,  on  looking  at  the  curious  relic,  and  will  be  inclined  to  assign  it  to  a 
 later  period.*  But  while  the  scholarship  of  Coverdale  is  placed  beyond  dispute,  it  must  be  acknow- 
 ledged that  there  are  many  renderings  in  his  version  so  peculiar,  that  one  is  at  a  loss  to  find  his 
 authority  for  them ;  and  what  is  still  more  remarkable,  and  deeply  to  be  regretted,  he  differed  from 
 Tyudale  in  using  the  word  penance  and  amendment,  instead  of  repentance.  Highly  as  we  value 
 the  labours  of  Coverdale,  we  must  greatly  prefer,  not  only  in  this  respect  but  as  a  whole,  the  version 
 of  his  truly  illustrious,  though  by  the  men  of  his  generation,  dishonoured  contemporary.  Nor  can 
 we  help  also  deeply  lamenting  the  style  of  extravagant  subserviency  and  fulsome  flattery  adopted 
 by  Coverdale  in  liis  dedication  to  King  Henry  VIII;  a  style  of  address,  which,  though  characteristic 
 of  the  age,  received  no  sanction  from  any  tiling  which  proceeded  from  the  pen  of  Tyndale.  It  shoidd, 
 however,  in  justice  to  Coverdale  be  added,  that  if  his  dedication  be  objectionable  on  account  of  its 
 flattery,  his  prologue  to  the  reader  is  worthy  of  the  highest  praise,  and  abovmds  in  beautiful  and 
 profitable  thought. 
 
 The  reception  which  Coverdale's  version  met  with  on  its  arrival  in  England,  is  described  by 
 Fulke,  in  a  report  which  he  gives  of  part  of  a  sermon  which  he  heard  the  venerable  father  deliver 
 in  that  famous  old  preaching  place,  St.  Paul's  Cross.  The  story  related  by  Coverdale  has  been 
 referred  by  Mr.  Anderson  to  the  history  of  the  Bible  printed  in  1539  at  Paris,  under  his  superin- 
 tendence: but  that  Bible  was  not  Coverdale's  translation,  nor  was  it  ever  called  by  his  name.  It 
 was  a  revision  of  Eogers'  edition ;  Coverdale  could  not  have  referred  to  it  as  his  own.  The  edition 
 of  1535  always  went  by  liis  name,  and  would  certainly  be  understood  to  be  meant  by  the  audience 
 who  listened  to  his  story.  "  I  myself,"  says  Fulke,  "  and  so  did  many  hundreds  beside,  hear  that 
 reverend  father,  M.  Doctor  Coverdale  of  holy  and  learned  memory,  in  a  sermon  at  Paul's  Cross, 
 upon  occasion  of  some  slanderous  reports  that  then  were  raised  against  his  translation,  declare  his 
 faithful  purpose  in  doing  the  same ;  which,  after  it  was  finished  and  presented  to  Iving  Henry  VIII, 
 of  famous  memory,  and  by  Mm  committed  to  divers  bishops  of  that  time  to  peruse,  of  which  I 
 remember  Stephen  Gardiner  was  one :  after  they  had  kept  it  long  in  their  hands,  and  the  king  was 
 divers  times  sued  unto  for  the  publication  thereof;  at  the  last  being  called  lor  by  the  king  himself 
 they  redelivered  the  book;  and  being  demanded  by  the  king  what  was  their  judgment  of  the  trans- 
 lation, they  answered  that  there  were  many  faults  therein.  '  Well,'  said  the  king,  '  but  arc  there 
 any  heresies  maintained  thereby.'  They  answered  '  that  there  was  no  heresies  that  they  could  find 
 maintained  thereby?'  '  If  there  be  no  heresies,'  said  the  king,  '  then  in  God's  name  let  it  go  abroad 
 among  our  people.'  According  to  tliis  judgment  of  the  king  and  the  bishops,  M.  Coverdale 
 defended  his  translation,  confessing  that  he  did  now  liimself  espy  some  faults  which,  if  he  might 
 review  it  once  over  again,  as  he  had  done  twice  before,  he  doubted  not  but  to  amend :  but  for  any 
 heresy  he  was  sure  there  was  none  maintained  by  his  translation."  f 
 
 Foxe  inserts,  in  his  '  Acts  and  Monuments,'  certain  injunctions  bearing  date  1536,  in  one  of 
 which  "  every  parson  or  proprietary  of  any  parish  church"  was  required  to  provide  a  book  of  the 
 whole  Bible  m  Latin,  and  also  in  English,  before  the  1st  of  August,  to  be  laid  in  the  choir.  This 
 injunction  is  not  found  in  Cranmer's  '  Register,'  in  Wilkins'  '  Concilia,'  nor  in  Burnet's  '  Collection 
 of  Records,' t  whence  it  has  been  concluded  that  the  clause  given  by  Foxe  is  an  interpolation; 
 but  it  is  far  more  probable  that  the  clause  was  copied  by  the  martyrologist  from  a  draft  of  the 
 
 *  Whitaker's  History  of  Richmondshire,  Vol.  I.  p.  107. 
 
 t  It  is  very  astonisliing  that  Mr.  A.  should  misquote  this  in  the  following  manner—"  M.  Coverdale  {who  had  been  corrector 
 of  the  press)  defended  the  translation."  This  gives  countenance  to  Mr.  A.'s  theory;  but  the  passage  correctly  quoted  is  opposed 
 to  it. 
 
 I  The  clause  is  not  inserted  in  the  folio  edition  of  Burnet,  but  it  is  inserted  in  the  8vo.  edition,  which  is  likely  to  mislead  the 
 historical  inquirer. 
 
XIV  MEMOIR    OF    MYLES    COVERDALE. 
 
 injunctions  whicli,  before  tlicy  were  issued  and  inserted  in  the  '  Kegister,'  underwent  alteration.  The 
 clause  in  question,  if  inserted  in  the  injunctions  of  1536,  must  have  referred  to  Coverdale's  version, 
 as  no  other  version  of  the  whole  Bible  was  then  published ;  and  hence,  according  to  the  view  just 
 taken  of  the  document,  it  would  appear  that  the  king's  patronage  of  the  book  had  been  obtained, 
 and  that  Cromwell  prepared  an  order  in  flivour  of  its  circulation,  but  that  some  circumstance 
 occurred  to  prevent  the  issue  of  the  injunction.  That  circumstance  probably  was  the  death  of 
 Anne  Boleyn,  who  perished  on  the  scailbld  in  May,  1536,  deplored  by  the  friends  of  the  English 
 Reformation,  which  had  been  advanced  by  her  influence,  and  was  now  checked  by  her  removal. 
 Lewis  mentions  a  MS.  Isook  of  devotions  in  the  fiimily  of  Francis  West,  Boxley,  Kent,  which  once 
 belonged  to  Anne  Boleyn,  containing  a  note  in  the  queen's  hand,  referring  to  the  "  glad  tidings  of 
 salvation  being  promulgated,  published,  and  set  at  Uberty  by  the  grace  poiurcd  into  the  heart  of  our 
 prince,"  which  note  corroborates  the  idea  of  Henry  having  regarded  Coverdale's  translation  with 
 favour  before  the  queen's  death  ;  and  what  more  fuUy  confirms  and  further  explains  the  view  we 
 have  taken  of  the  case,  is  a  passage  contained  in  a  contemporary  writer,  who  informs  us  that  "through 
 the  intercession  of  Queen  Anne,  the  king  at  last  granted  that  EngHsh  Bibles  might  be  printed,  and 
 placed  in  every  church  where  the  people  might  read  them.  Which  concession  of  the  king  did  not 
 then  take  effect,  because  shortly  after  Queen  Anne  was  beheaded."*  But  though  Coverdale's  trans- 
 lation never  enjoyed  the  regal  patronage  of  which  there  was  once  the  promise,  it  was  allowed  for 
 awhile  to  be  circulated  without  hindrance  ;  and  if  it  never  attained  the  popularity  so  justly  acquired 
 by  subsequent  versions,  it  enjoyed  the  honour  of  taking  the  lead  in  the  goodly  procession  of  English 
 Bibles  which  have  been  so  long,  and  of  late  in  such  gloriously  augmented  numbers,  issuing  from 
 the  press.  Nor  can  we  doubt  that  the  reading  of  it,  in  multitudes  of  instances,  proved  the  means  of 
 enlightening  and  regenerating  the  human  mmd. 
 
 Probably  Coverdale  was  in  England  in  the  year  1537,  when  two  works  of  his  were  published 
 by  Nicholson  a  printer  in  Southwark.  But  the  important  undertaking  to  which  he  devoted  himself 
 at  this  period,  and  which  now  claims  oiu"  particular  attention,  was  the  superintendence  of  the  printing 
 of  the  great  Bible. 
 
 Matthew's  Bible  appeared  in  1537  ;  it  contained  the  whole  of  the  version  which  had  been  prepared 
 by  Tyndale.  That  great  man  had  laboured  at  the  work  in  obscurity  and  exile,  and  then  sealed  the 
 truth  with  his  blood,  the  victim  of  treachery  and  mahce.  The  book  was  edited  by  liis  friend  Rogers, 
 who  soon  after  followed  him,  through  the  fires  of  martyrdom,  to  the  rewards  of  heaven.  A  copy  of 
 this  translation  was  conveyed  to  Cranmer,  and  filled  liis  soul  with  joy:  he  forwarded  the  version  to 
 Cromwell,  pronovmcing  it  better  than  any  other  translation  previously  made.  Cromwell  recom- 
 mended it  to  the  king,  who  sanctioned  it,  authorising  it  "to  be  bought  and  read  within  this  realm;" 
 thus  patronising  at  last,  though  unwittingly,  the  labours  of  that  very  man,  the  honoured  Tyndale, 
 whom  he  had  persecuted  with  relentless  cruelty.  The  Bible  became  extremely  popular,  and  sur- 
 passed in  the  public  estimation  the  translation  hy  Coverdale.  But  the  clergy  were  not  satisfied  with 
 It ;  the  prologue  and  notes  were  charged  with  the  taint  of  heresy,  and  a  new  translation  was  desired. 
 Cromwell  projected  a  new  translation,  wliich  proved  in  fact  a  revison  of  Tyndale's  work,  the  prologues 
 and  notes  being  omitted.  This  was  the  great  Bible,  the  preparation  of  wliich  he  committed  to 
 Coverdale.  The  place  selected  for  the  printing  of  tliis  book  was  Paris,  wliich  was  ehgible  on  account 
 of  the  superior  workmen  and  materials  to  be  obtained  there.  In  June,  1538,  Coverdale,  and  Grafton 
 the  printer,  who  had  accompanied  him  to  Paris,  were  hard  at  work  with  their  men,  as  the  following 
 letter  testifies : — 
 
 A  Letter  from  Coverdale  and  Gkapton  to  Cromwell. 
 
 "  After  most  humble  and  hearty  commendations  to  your  good  lordship.  Pleaseth  the  same  to 
 imderstand,  that  we  be  entered  into  your  work  of  the  Bible,  whereof  (according  to  our  most  bounden  duty) 
 we  have  here  sent  unto  your  lordship  two  ensamples ;  one  in  parchment,  wherein  we  intend  to  print  one  for 
 the  king's  grace,  and  another  for  your  lordship ;  and  the  second,  in  paper,  whereof  all  the  rest  shall  be 
 
 *  Antiq.  Eccl.  Brit.  p.  385. 
 
MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVEEDALE.  XY 
 
 made  ;  trusting,  that  it  shall  be  not  only  to  the  glory  of  God,  but  a  singular  pleasure  also  to  your  good 
 lordship  the  causer  thereof,  and  a  general  edifying  of  the  king's  subjects,  according  to  your  lordship's  most 
 godly  request.  For  we  follow  not  only  a  standing  text  of  the  Hebrew,  with  the  interpretation  of  the 
 Chaldec  and  the  Greek,  but  we  set  also,  in  a  private  table,  the  diversity  of  readings  of  all  texts,  with  such 
 annotations,  in  another  table,  as  shall  doubtless  elucidate  and  clear  the  same,  as  well  without  any  singu- 
 larity of  opinions,  as  all  checkings  and  reproofs.  The  print,  no  doubt,  shaU  please  your  good  lordship ; 
 the  paper  is  of  the  best  sort  in  France.  The  charge  certainly  is  great,  wherein,  as  we  most  humbly  require 
 your  favourable  help  at  this  present,  with  whatsoever  it  shall  please  your  good  lordship  to  let  us  have,  so  trust 
 we,  if  need  require,  in  our  just  business  to  be  defended  from  the  papists  by  your  lordship's  favourable 
 letters,  which  we  most  humbly  desu-e  to  have  (by  this  bearer,  William  Graye),  either  to  the  bishop  of 
 Winchester,  or  to  some  other  whom  your  lordship  shall  think  most  expedient.  We  be  daily  threatened, 
 and  look  ever  to  be  spoken  withal,  as  this  bearer  can  farther  inform  your  lordship ;  but  how  they  will  use 
 us,  as  yet  we  know  not.  Nevertheless,  for  our  farther  assurance,  where  through  we  may  be  the  abler  to 
 perform  this  your  lordship's  work,  we  are  so  much  the  bolder  of  your  good  lordship  ;  for  other  refuo-e  have 
 we  none,  under  God  and  our  king,  whom,  with  noble  Prince  Edward,  and  all  you,  their  most  honourable 
 council,  God  Almighty  preserve  now  and  ever.     Amen. 
 
 "  Written  at  Paris  the  23rd  day  of  June,  by  your  lordship's  assured  and  daily  orators, 
 
 "  Myles  Coveedale. 
 
 "  RiCHAED    GeAFTON."* 
 
 The  Bishop  of  Winchester  was  at  that  time  ambassador  in  France ;  but  he  was  soon  succeeded 
 by  Bonner,  then  archdeacon  of  Leicester,  who  was  directed  by  Cromwell,  agrecabl}'  to  Coverdale's 
 request,  to  aid  the  enterprise.  An  application  was  also  made  by  King  Henry  to  his  royal  brother  of 
 France  to  permit  the  printing  of  the  English  Bible  in  Paris,  to  which  consent  was  given,  and  the 
 royal  license  was  duly  issued. 
 
 In  the  autumn  the  work  was  going  on,  as  appears  from  the  following  letters: — 
 
 A  Letter  from  Coveedale,  Geafton,  and  Geey  to  Ceomwell. 
 
 "  After  most  humble  and  due  salutation  to  your  good  lordship.  Pleasoth  the  same  to  understand 
 that  your  work  going  forward,  we  thought  it  our  most  bounden  duty  to  send  unto  your  lordship  certain 
 leaves  thereof,  specially  seeing  we  had  so  good  occasion,  by  the  returning  of  your  beloved  servant  Sebastian. 
 And  as  they  are  done  so  will  we  send  yom-  lordship  the  residue  from  time  to  time.  As  touching  the 
 manner  and  order  that  we  keep  in  the  same  work,  pleaseth  your  good  lordship  to  be  advertised,  that  the 
 mark  (}^  in  the  text  signifieth,  that  upon  the  same  (in  the  latter  end  of  the  book)  there  is  some  notable  anno- 
 tations, which  we  have  written  without  any  private  opinion,  only  after  the  best  interpreters  of  the  Hebrews, 
 for  the  more  clearness  of  the  text.  This  mark  9  betokeneth,  that  upon  the  same  text  there  is  diversity  of 
 reading  among  the  Hebrews,  Chaldees,  and  Greeks,  and  Latinists,  as  in  a  table  at  the  end  of  the  book 
 shall  be  declared.  This  mark*  showeth  that  the  sentence,  written  in  small  letters,  is  not  in  the  Hebrew  or 
 Chaldee,  but  in  the  Latin,  and  seldom  in  the  Greek,  and  that  we  nevertheless,  would  not  have  it  extinct, 
 but  highly  accept  it  for  the  more  explanation  of  the  text.  This  token  f  in  the  Old  Testament  giveth  to 
 understand,  that  the  same  text  which  followeth  it,  is  also  alleged  of  Christ  or  of  some  apostle  in  the  New 
 Testament.  This  (among  other,  our  necessary  labours)  is  the  way  that  we  take  in  this  work  ;  trusting 
 verily,  that  as  God  Almighty  moved  your  lordship  to  set  us  unto  it,  so  shall  it  be  to  His  glory,  and  right 
 welcome  to  all  them  that  love  to  serve  Him  and  their  prince,  in  true  foithful  obedience.  As  is  only  known 
 to  the  Lord  of  Heaven,  to  whom  we  most  heartily  pray  for  your  lordship's  preservation. 
 "At  Paris,  9th  day  of  August,  1538,  by  your  faithful  orators,  f 
 
 "  Myles  Coveedale. 
 
 "  Richaed  Geafton. 
 
 "  William  Grey." 
 
 In  the  preparation  of  this  edition,  Coverdale  was  evidently  influenced  very  much  by  the  prin- 
 ciple of  expediency,  to  wliich  he  was  wont  to  pay  too  great  regard ;  and  perhaps  Cromwell  had  also 
 
 ♦  State  Papers,  Cromwell  Correspondence,  Vol.  1.     No.  107.  t  Iliid.    Vol.  I.     No.  108. 
 
XVI  MEMOIR   OF    MTLES   COVEEDALE. 
 
 fivcn  him  directions  respecting  the  course  he  pursued,  with  a  view  to  meet  the  prejudices  of  the 
 ay.  Passages  from  the  Vulgate,  unauthorised  by  the  original,  were  introduced  into  the  version, 
 with  a  distinguishing  mark.  It  gives  the  great  Bible  a  peculiar  character,  and  without  Coverdale's 
 statement  in  the  foregoing  correspondence,  the  supplementary  matter  with  the  curious  marks  pre- 
 fixed, is  calculated  to  puzzle  the  mere  English  reader. 
 
 Bonner,  though  raised  to  the  see  of  Hereford,  continued  in  his  diplomatic  appointment  at  Paris,  and 
 to  all  who  arc  acquainted  with  the  subsequent  history  of  this  notorious  persecutor,  it  will  appear 
 somewhat  surprising,  when  they  are  informed  by  Foxe,  that  the  ambassador  encouraged  the  printing 
 of  the  English  Scriptures,  invited  the  printers  to  Ms  house,  visited  them  in  return,  dined  with  them 
 at  home,  and  generously  paid  the  cost  of  the  entertainment.  But  the  bishop  was  willing  at  this 
 price  to  secure  the  good  opinion  of  Cromwell,  who,  as  the  special  favourite  of  his  prince,  had  it  in 
 his  power  amply  to  repay  the  services  of  Ms  friends. 
 
 The  house  of  "  Francis  Regnaidt,"  some  quaint  looking  building,  in  the  Paris  of  the  sixteenth 
 century,  in  all  probability  long  since  fallen  to  decay,  was  the  scene  of  the  honoured  toils  of  our 
 translator,  and  the  industrious  printers.  To  this  worthy  we  are  introduced  by  the  letter  annexed, 
 in  which  Coverdale  and  Grafton  soHcit  a  favour  on  his  behalf,  in  acknowledgment  of  his  former 
 kindness,  and  in  the  hope  of  his  futm-e  service. 
 
 A  Letter  from  CovERDALE  and  Grafton  to  Cromwell. 
 
 "  After  most  humble  and  due  salutations  to  your  most  honourable  lordship.  Pleaseth  the  same  to 
 understand,  that  we  are  instantly  desired  of  our  host  (whose  name  is  Francis  Regnault,  a  Frenchman)  to 
 make  supplication  for  him,  unto  your  lordship.  "Wliereas  of  long  time  he  hath  been  an  occupier  into 
 England  more  than  forty  years,  he  hath  always  provided  such  books  for  England  as  they  most  occupied ;  so 
 that  he  hath  a  great  number  at  this  present,  in  his  hands,  as  Primers  in  English,  Missals,  with  other  such 
 like,  whereof  now  (by  the  Company  of  the  Booksellers  in  London)  he  is  utterly  forbidden  to  make  sale,  to 
 the  utter  undoing  of  the  man.  Wherefore  most  humbly  we  beseech  your  lordship  to  be  gracious  and 
 favourable  unto  him,  that  he  may  have  licence  to  sell  those  which  he  hath  done  already ;  so  that  hereafter, 
 he  print  no  more  in  the  English  tongue,  unless  he  have  an  English  man  that  is  learned,  to  be  his  corrector, 
 and  that  is  the  man  well  contented  withal.  He  is  also  contented  and  hath  promised  before  my  lord  elect 
 of  Hereford,  that  if  there  be  found  any  notable  fault  in  his  books,  he  will  put  the  same  out,  and  print  the 
 leaf  again.  Thus  are  we  bold  to  write  unto  your  lordship  in  his  cause  (as  doth  also  my  lord  elect  of  Here- 
 ford), beseeching  your  lordship  to  pardon  our  boldness  and  to  be  good  lord  unto  this  honest  man,  whose 
 servant  shall  give  attendance  upon  your  lordship's  most  favourable  answer.  If  your  lordship  show  him  this 
 benefit,  wc  shall  not  fare  the  worse  in  the  readiness  and  due  expedition  of  this  your  lordship's  work  of  the 
 Bible,  which  goeth  well  forward,  and  within  few  months  \vill  draw  to  an  end,  by  the  grace  of  Almighty 
 God,  who  preserve  your  good  lordship,  now  and  evermore. 
 
 "  From  Paris,  the  12th  day  of  September. 
 
 "  Myles  Coverdaxe. 
 
 "  RiCHAED  GkAFTON."* 
 
 The  year  was  drawing  to  a  close,  f  and  with  it  the  noble  work  in  which  Coverdale  felt  so  deep 
 an  interest.  The  printers  were  probably  engaged  on  the  last  sheet  or  two,  and  the  superintendent 
 of  the  press  was  anxious  to  ascertain  his  patron's  pleasure,  concerning  the  annotations  proposed  to  be 
 introduced,  a  circumstance,  by  the  way,  which  shows  how  completely  the  preparation  of  this  volume 
 was  imder  Cromwell's  control;  so  much  so,  that  it  ought  injustice  to  bear  his  name. 
 
 A  Letter  from  Coverdale  to  Cromwell. 
 
 "  Right  honourable  and  my  singular  good  Lord, 
 
 "  After  all  due  salutations  I  humbly  beseech  your  lordship  that  by  my  lord  elect  of 
 Hertford  I  may  know  your  pleasure  concerning  the  annotations  of  this  Bible,  whether  I  shall  proceed  therein 
 
 *  State  Papers,  Cromwell  Correspondence,  'Vol  I.     No.  115. 
 
 t  A  letter  to  Cromwell  dated  liOtli  October,  is  preserved  among  the  State  Papers.  It  relates  entirely  to  a  cliarge  of  disloyalty 
 agunst  a  Mr.  Beckyiisall,  whom  Coverdale  knew,  and  whose  character  he  vindicates.  "  Neither,"  he  says,  "  do  I  understand 
 otherwise  but  at  this  present  hour  all  we  that  be  here  of  the  king's  nation  are  even  of  one  heart  and  humble  mind  toward  God 
 and  otu  sovereign." 
 
MEMOIR   OF   MYLES   COVERDALE.  XVU 
 
 or  no.  Pity  it  were  that  the  dark  places  of  the  text,  (upon  the  which  I  have  always  set  a  hand),  shovdd  so  pass 
 undeclared.  As  for  any  private  opinion  or  contentious  words,  as  I  wUl  utterly  avoid  all  such,  so  will  I  offer  the 
 annotations  first  to  my  said  lord  of  Hereford,  to  the  intent  that  he  shall  so  examine  the  same,  afore  they  be 
 put  in  print,  if  it  be  your  lordship's  good  pleasiu-e  that  I  shall  so  do.  As  concerning  the  New  Testa- 
 ments in  English  and  Latin,  whereof  your  good  lordship  received  lately  a  book  by  your  servant  Sebastian, 
 the  cook,  I  beseech  your  lordship  to  consider  the  greenness  thereof,  which  (for  lack  of  time)  cannot  as  yet 
 be  so  apt  to  be  bound  as  it  should  be  :  and  whereas  my  said  lord  of  Hereford  is  so  good  unto  us  to  convey 
 this  much  of  the  Bible  to  your  good  lordship,  I  humbly  beseech  the  same  to  be  defender  and  keeper 
 thereof;  to  the  intent  that  if  these  men  proceed  in  their  cruelness  against  us  and  confiscate  the  rest,  yet 
 this  at  the  least  may  be  safe  by  the  means  of  your  lordship,  whom  God  the  Almighty  evermore  preserve  to 
 his  good  pleasure.     Amen.  • 
 
 "Written  somewhat  hastily,  at  Paris  the  13th  day  of  December.  Your  humble  and  faithful  servitor. 
 
 "  Myles  Coveedale."* 
 
 The  English  and  Latin  Testaments  referred  to  were  of  an  edition  which  we  shall  hereafter  notice ; 
 it  is  more  to  our  present  purpose  to  mark  the  indications  which  the  letter  gives  of  rising  troubles. 
 The  work  had  proceeded  smoothly — it  was  now  to  be  interrupted.  Clouds  were  gathering,  dark  and 
 portentous,  and  soon  the  tempest  burst.  Before  the  letter  .could  reach  its  destination,  there  came 
 forth,  in  the  name  of  the  Inquisitor-General  in  Paris,  an  instrument,  dated  17th  December,  1538, 
 proliibiting  poor  Francis  Regnault,  and  aU  others  whom  it  might  concern,  from  completing  the  said 
 Bible  in  the  vulgar  Britannic  tongue,  and  from  making  away  with  or  concealing  the  sheets  already 
 printed,  unless  they  were  seen  by  this  same  inquisitor.  The  EngHshmen  were  summoned  to  attend 
 before  this  ecclesiastical  tribimal,  wliich  had  thus  dared  to  raise  itself  in  opposition  to  the  royal 
 prerogatives  :  but  stricken  with  terror,  they  made  a  hasty  retreat,  leaving  behind  them  the  imfin- 
 ished  sheets,  which  were  seized  by  the  inquisitors  and  doomed  to  the  flames;  but  the  heutenant- 
 general,  whose  horror  of  heresy  was  surpassed  by  his  love  of  gain,  preferred  to  sell  a  quantity  of  them 
 for  waste  paper;  and  they  became  the  property  of  a  haberdasher,  who  bought  them,  says  Foxe,  "  to 
 lap  caps  in."  But  they  were  destined  to  a  nobler  use:  Grafton  providentially  recovered  them,  and 
 thus  completed  many  of  the  copies  of  the  Bible  which  had  previously  been  sent  over  to  England. 
 The  repurchase  of  the  haberdasher's  sheets  appears,  from  what  Foxe  says,  not  to  have  been  etfected 
 tiU  the  latter  part  of  the  year  1539;  but  we  find  from  existing  copies  that  the  book  was  "  finyshed 
 in  April,  anno  1539,"  whence  we  are  to  conclude  that  the  part  which  was  wanting  to  complete  the 
 work  was  printed  in  London,  and  that  some  copies  were  perfected  before  the  recovery  of  such  part 
 of  the  edition  as  had  fallen  into  the  haberdasher's  hands.  It  may  be  added,  that  it  seems  a  much 
 smaller  portion  of  the  work  was  destroyed  than  is  generally  supposed;  inasmuch,  as  the  recovered 
 sheets  were  sufficient  to  fiU  "  four  great  diy  fats." 
 
 Cranmer's  name  has  generally  been  connected  with  this  "  great  Bible,"  but  without  reason.  He 
 wrote  a  preface  for  the  new  edition  of  it  published  in  1540,t  but  he  does  not  appear  to  have  had  any 
 thing  to  do  with  its  original  preparation.  Cromwell  and  Coverdale  were  the  persons  to  whom  the 
 credit  and  honour  of  the  work  must  be  assigned,  the  former  having  projected,  and  the  latter  having 
 executed  the  undertaking.  The  volume  exhibits  a  revision  of  Matthew's  Bible,  and  tliough  the 
 renderings  often  diSer  very  considerably  from  those  in  Coverdale's  version,  it  is  not  improbable  that 
 he  was  the  reviser. 
 
 The  patron  of  this  gi-eat  work,  who,  with  his  manifold  infirmities  of  character,  evinced  a  deep 
 regard  for  the  word  of  God,  and  a  warm  desire  for  its  circulation,  took  steps  to  secure  that  import- 
 ant object  as  soon  as  the  great  Bible  was  complete,  by  issiung  injunctions  to  the  clergy,  enjoining 
 upon  them  to  provide  the  whole  Bible  of  the  largest  volume  in  English,  and  set  up  the  same  m 
 some  convenient  place  within  their  churches,  that  their  parisloioners  might  commodiously  resort  to 
 the  same  and  read  it.  J 
 
 Great  was  the  dehght  diffiised  through  the  community,  by  this  concession  of  a  spiritual  right  of 
 which  they  had  been  long  iniquitously  debarred.     "  It  was  wonderful,"  says  Strype,  "  to  see  with 
 
 *  The  three  foregoing  letters  are  printed  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Memorials  of  Coverdale.     1838.  Bagstcr. 
 t  This  preface  sometimes  occurs  in  the  edition  of  1539,  hut  it  was  no  douht  afterwards  inserted  in  some  of  the  copies. 
 I      J  Burnet's  History  of  the  Reformation,  Vol.  I.  p.  178,  fol. 
 
XVIU  MEMOIR   OF    MYLES    COVERDALE. 
 
 what  joy  this  book  of  God  was  received,  not  only  among  the  learncder  sort,  and  those  that  were 
 noted  for  lovers  of  the  Reformation,  but  generally  all  England  over  by  the  vulgar  and  common 
 people,  and  with  what  greediness  God's  word  was  read,  and  what  resort  to  places  where  the  reading 
 of  it  was.  Every  body  that  could,  bought  the  book,  or  busily  read  it,  or  got  others  to  read  it  to 
 them,  if  they  could  not  themselves;  and  divers  more  elderly  people  learned  to  read  on  purpose; 
 and  even  little  boys  flocked  among  the  rest  to  hear  portions  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  read."  Both  the 
 eye  of  the  poet,  and  the  heart  of  the  saint,  must  love  to  linger  over  the  scene  of  the  grey-headed 
 sire,  and  the  child  with  his  curly  locks,  gathering  round  the  well-spring  of  divine  truth,  and  slakinw 
 their  tliirst  at  the  living  waters.  The  reading  of  the  Bible  in  Old  St.  Paul's,  *  and  in  the  aisles  of 
 many  a  cathedral  and  parish  church,  in  the  England  of  the  sixteenth  century,  is  one  of  those  beau- 
 tiful associations  mth  the  liistory  of  the  olden  time  wloich  an  English  protestant  must  fondly  cherish. 
 The  following  letter  to  Cromwell  by  our  translator  refers  to  the  license  which  had  been  granted 
 to  Nicholson  to  scU  Bibles  and  Testaments,  and  sohcits  a  similar  bcense  for  the  same  person  to  print 
 certain  sermonsf  which  Goverdale  had  prepared  for  the  press,  and  which  had  been  revised  by  the 
 Archbishop  of  Canterbury.     It  probably  belongs  to  the  early  part  of  the  year  1539.  | 
 
 "  After  due  consideration  to  your  good  lordship,  I  heartily  and  in  most  humble  wise  beseech  the 
 same,  that  inasmuch  as  the  king's  most  excellent  majesty,  of  his  singular  grace  (by  the  means  of  your  good 
 lordship  as  God's  instrument  in  that  behalf)  hath  granted  unto  this  bearer,  James  Nycolson,  his  gracious 
 license  and  privilege,  for  the  sale  of  his  Bibles  and  New  Testaments  already  printed ;  and  forasmuch  as 
 his  grace  is  also  informed,  and  hath  seen  a  part  of  our  postils,  or  ordinary  sermons,  which  the  lord  arch- 
 bishop of  Canterbury  hath  corrected,  your  lordship,  according  to  your  most  loving  and  favourable  manner 
 of  old,  will  help  and  further  the  said  James  Nycolson,  to  the  king's  most  gracious  privilege  for  certain 
 years  to  print  the  same,  considering  the  cost  and  charge  that  he  hath  had,  not  only  for  drawing  of  the  said 
 sermons  out  of  Scripture,  but  also  in  preparing  now  of  his  letters  and  print  for  the  setting  forth  of  the 
 same.     This  I  most  humbly  require  of  youi'  lordship,  whom  God  preserve  now  and  ever.     Amen. 
 
 "  Your  lordship's  humble  and  daQy  orator,  Mtles  Covekdaie." 
 
 Before  Coverdale  left  London  for  Paris,  it  seems  that  he  arranged  the  plan  of  a  Diglot  Testament 
 in  Latin  and  English,  which  he  left  his  friend  Nicholson  to  publish.  He  wrote  the  dedication,  and 
 permitted  the  use  of  his  name  in  connection  with  the  book.  But  when  the  volume  reached  him, 
 ne  found  it  had  been  most  carelessly  edited  and  printed,  and  was  "  both  base,  insensible,  and  clean 
 contrary  not  only  to  the  phrase  of  our  language,  but  also  from  the  understanding  of  the  text  in 
 Latin."  He  therefore  repudiated  the  work,  and  prepared  another  edition  himself,  which  was  printed 
 in  Paris,  and  published  with  the  special  approval  of  Bishop  Bonner.  The  book  was  dedicated  to 
 Cromwell,  and  Coverdale  explains  in  that  dedication  the  history  of  Nicholson's  incorrect  edition. 
 The  English  printer,  however,  was  bent  on  securing  his  own  profit,  and  therefore  published  himself 
 a  new  edition  of  the  Diglot,  and  gave  the  name  of  "  Johan  HoUybushe"  on  the  title-page. 
 
 It  was  probably  in  the  year  1539  §  that  Coverdale  was  employed  in  Berkshire,  in  the  service 
 of  his  early  friend  and  patron  Thomas  Cromwell,  who  had  now  attained  to  the  dignity  of  Lord 
 Privy  Seal.  The  subjoined  letters,  while  they  prove  Covcrdale's  zeal  and  activity  in  searching  for 
 popish  publications,  and  in  suppressing  the  worship  of  one  of  England's  most  popular  saints,  Thomas 
 of  Canterbury,  also  shed  a  very  interesting  light  upon  the  character  and  proceedings  of  those 
 times. 
 
 *  Bonner,  however,  did  not  set  up  the  Bibles  till  1541. 
 
 t  Are  these  the  "  Fruitful  Lessons"  included  in  his  works  published  by  the  Parker  Society  .' 
 
 X  This  is  the  date  to  which  it  is  assigned  in  the  '  Remains,'  p.  498. 
 
 §  These  letters  have  been  considered  by  Anderson  and  others,  to  belong  to  the  year  1538 ;  but  the  transactions  to  which 
 Coverdale's  letters  refer,  are  described  by  Strj'pe  as  taking  place  in  1 5.39. — (Mem.  I.  549,)  and  the  first  of  the  letters  is  indorsed  "  Ao 
 XXX,"  which  pvol)ably  means  the  year  of  the  king's  reign,  which  would  be  from  April  22,  1538,  to  April  22,  1539.  That  Cover- 
 dale  returned  to  England  after  the  interruption  at  Paris,  and  did  not  leave  till  1540,  appears  fi'om  a  letter  just  pubUshed  in  the 
 volume  of  Coverdale's  '  Remains,'  dated  Frankfort,  March  26th,  1548,  in  which  he  says  "  I  am  now  on  my  retui-n  to  England  after 
 an  exile  of  eight  years."  Twenty-two  letters  written  by  him  during  this  period  are  pubUshed  in  the  '  Remains.'  Most  of  these 
 were  written  at  Bcrgzabeni,  his  stated  place  of  residence.  The  correspondence  is  veiy  interesting,  and  illustrates  the  piety  and 
 the  zeal  of  this  good  man.  Tliey  afford  scarcely  any  particulars  immediately  relating  to  himself,  but  they  evince  much  disinte- 
 rested kindness  towards  others,  and  great  anxiety  for  the  promotion  of  religion. 
 
MEMOIR   OF   MYLES   COVEKDALE.  XIX 
 
 "  After  my  most  humble  and  due  salutation  to  your  right  honourable  lordship,  this  is  to  advertise 
 the  same,  that  for  lack  of  diligent  inquisition  and  through  overmuch  sufferance  there  are  in  these  countries 
 (and  so  I  fear  me  in  many  more)  an  innumerable  sort  of  such  popish  books,  as  not  only  be  incorrect,  but 
 are  also  great  occasion  to  keep  the  king's  subjects  still  in  error,  and  to  make  them  fall  into  such  like 
 inconvenience  as  did  lately  one  John  C^owper,  whose  accusation  I  trust  youi-  lordship  hath  received  (or 
 shall  do)  this  week  by  the  justice,  in  consideration  of  the  premises  I  have  (under  your  lordship's  favour- 
 able correction)  required  the  curate  of  Newbury  to  call  for  all  such  books  as  were  either  incorrect  or 
 against  the  king's  most  lawful  act  concerning  Thomas  a  Becket,  or  the  Bishop  of  Rome,  by  the  means  of 
 the  which  request  there  are  brought  unto  me  in  these  two  or  three  days  a  great  number  of  such  books ; 
 wherefore  inasmuch  as  I  perceive  that  this  doth  turn  to  the  glory  of  God  and  to  the  honour  of  our  most 
 noble  king,  I  humbly  require  your  lordship  to  grant  me  authority,  and  to  give  me  a  charge  and  command- 
 ment by  your  letters,  that  wheresoever  I  understand  any  such  unlawful  books  to  be,  I  may  correct  them 
 or  cause  them  to  be  corrected.  In  the  executing  whereof  I  do  not  doubt  but  to  ^vin  the  parties,  and  to 
 make  them  not  only  more  fervent  towards  God  and  his  word,  but  also  to  increase  in  due  obedience  towards 
 the  king's  highness,  whom  with  noble  prince  Edward,  and  you  all  of  their  most  honourable  council  the 
 mighty  arm  of  God  evermore  preserve.  From  Newbury  the  vii  day  of  February.  Your  favourable  answer 
 I  most  humbly  require  by  this  bearer  my  poor  servant. 
 
 "  Your  lordship's  humble  and  faithful  servant, 
 
 "  Myles  Coveedale. 
 "  To  the  right  honoui-able  my  singular  good  lord,  the  Lord  Privy  Seal." 
 
 "  My  right  humble  salutation.  Considering  my  most  bounden  duty  in  seeking  the  honour  of  the 
 king  our  sovereign  lord,  I  am  constrained  to  \vrite  again  unto  your  good  lordship  for  none  other  cause  so  much 
 as  to  signify  unto  the  same,  that  as  me  thinketh  (I  speak  under  correction)  a  great  number  of  the  priests 
 of  this  realm  are  run  in  premunire  unto  the  king,  inasmuch  as  they  have  not  utterly  extinct  all  such 
 ecclesiastical  service  as  is  against  his  grace's  most  lawful  supremacy  and  prerogative,  for  in  the  feast  called 
 Cathedra  St.  Peter  a  great  part  of  their  matins  is  plainly  a  maintenance  of  the  Bishop  of  Rome's  usurped 
 power.  This  is  evident  in  all  the  great  matin  books  of  the  church  of  Newbury,  and  I  doubt  not  but  it  is 
 so  likewise  in  many  churches  more.  I  found  it  the  7th  day  of  this  month,  and  I  wonder  at  it,  considering 
 that  it  is  so  long  since  the  act  was  made  for  the  abolishing  of  all  such  usiu'ped  authority.  This,  my  very 
 dear  and  singular  good  lord,  do  I  open  and  show  only  unto  your  lordship,  neither  doth  any  man  else  in 
 the  world  know  that  I  have  uttered  this  thing,  no,  not  this  bearer,  good  Mr.  Wynchcombe,  unto  whom 
 (for  his  true  heart  towards  the  king's  highness,  and  love  towards  your  lordship)  I  might  utter  right 
 secret  things.  The  ever  living  God  that  never  failed  your  good  lordship  guide  the  same  in  doing  the  thing 
 that  is  to  his  glory,  and  to  the  honour  of  our  most  gracious  king.  Amen.  If  it  be  your  lordship's 
 good  pleasure  I  shall  do  aught  further  herein,  I  humbly  beseech  you  to  know  the  same  by  -wi'lting,  or  other- 
 wise by  the  mouth  of  Mr.  Wynchcombe. 
 
 "  From  Newbury  the  viii  day  of  February.     Your  lordship's  humble  and  faithful  servant, 
 
 "  Mtles  Coveedale. 
 
 "  To  the  right  honourable  and  my  very  singular  good  lord,  the  Lord  Privy  Seal.     This  to  be  delivered, 
 ad  manus." 
 
 "  In  my  most  humble  wise  with  like  salutation  to  your  right  honourable  lordship,  this  is  to  signify 
 unto  the  same  that,  this  4th  day  of  March,  one  Nicolas  Hyde,  and  one  John  Gryese,  of  Henley-upon- 
 Thames,  came  to  me  unto  Newbury,  reporting  that  in  a  glass  window  of  our  Lady  Chapel,  in  the  Church 
 of  the  said  Henley,  the  image  of  Thomas  a  Becket,  with  the  whole  feigned  story  of  his  death,  is  suffered  to 
 stand  still:  not  only  this,  but  that  all  the  beams,  irons,  and  candlesticks  (whereupon  tapers  and  lights  were 
 wont  to  be  set  up  unto  images)  remain  still  untaken  down,  whereby  the  poor  simple,  unlearned  people 
 believe  that  they  shall  have  liberty  to  set  up  their  candles  again  unto  images,  and  that  the  old  fashion  shall 
 shortly  return.  Item,  that  one  Thomas  Woolley,  of  Henley,  did  forbid  five  of  his  neighbours  his  house  for 
 holding  with  the  gospel,  and  said  that  he  had  evil  will  for  receiving  such  men  of  the  new  learning.  So 
 that,  in  the  said  to^vn  of  Henley,  poor  men  are  not  only  discouraged  from  the  truth  of  God,  but  it  appeareth 
 also  that  the  king's  most  gracious  commandment  is  not  put  in  execution.  Now  though  Sir  Walter  Stoner,* 
 knight,  be  the  king's  justice  of  peace  at  Henley,  yet  (under  your  lordship's  correction)  I  reckon  great  and 
 
 *  Probably  an  ancestor  of  Lord  Camoys,  whose  family  name  is  Stoner,  and  who  is  a  Roman  Catliolic.  Ilis  seat  is  near  Henley. 
 
XX  MEMOIR  OF   MYLES  COVERDALE. 
 
 notable  negligence  in  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  who  being  so  nigh  thereby  doth  not  weed  out  such  faults ; 
 yea,  I  fear  it  be  as  evO  or  worse  in  many  more  places  of  his  diocese. 
 
 "  It  is  my  duty  also  to  signify  unto  your  good  lordship,  the  great  oversight  of  the  stationers  of 
 London,  who  for  their  lucre  and  gains  are  not  ashamed  to  sell  still  such  primers  as  corrupt  the  king's  subjects. 
 A  great  number  of  them  have  my  neighbours  brought  unto  me,  and  a  great  sort  of  other  most  ungracious 
 popish  books  (both  contrary  to  God  and  the  king's  highness)  have  1  taken  up  within  the  precincts  of 
 Newbury,  and  will  do  more,  if  your  good  lordship  will  give  me  authority,  or  bid  me  do  it.  Whereof  I  humbly 
 beseech  you  (my  most  dear  and  singular  good  lord),  to  have  your  loving  answer  by  the  mouth  of  this 
 bearer,  young  Mr.  Wynchcombe,  and  to  know  your  good  pleasure  what  I  shall  do  with  these  popish  books 
 that  I  have  already,  whether  I  shall  burn  them  at  the  Market  Cross  or  no.  Thus  the  everlasting  God 
 preserve  your  good  lordship  long  to  endure.     Amen. 
 
 "  From  Newbury,  5th  day  of  March.     Your  humble  and  faithful  servant, 
 
 "  Mtles  Coveedale. 
 
 "  To  the  right  honourable  and  my  very  singular  especial  good  lord,  the  Lord  Pri\-y  Seal.  This  to  be 
 presented,  ad  manus."* 
 
 In  the  course  of  1540,  probably  about  tlie  time  that  he  lost  liis  patron  Cromwell,  he  went  to 
 Germany,  where  for  some  time  he  resided.  Tubingen  became  the  place  of  his  abode,  and  from  the 
 university  of  that  city  he  received  a  diploma  conferring  on  him  the  distinction  of  doctor  of  divinity. 
 He  was  now  chiefly  dependent  for  support  on  Hterary  labour,  and  the  education  of  the  young.  During 
 the  lifetime  of  Cromwell,  his  resources  probably  had  been  supplied  by  the  bounty  of  that  extra- 
 ordinary man.  When  the  latter  fell  a  victim  to  the  resentment  of  his  capricious  master,  our 
 translator  lost  a  friend  to  whom  he  was  under  many  temporal  obhgations,  and  a  patron  whose 
 influence  somewhat  afi'ected  the  independence  of  his  character,  and  guided  his  proceedings  to  a 
 greater  extent  than  was  desirable.  Coverdale  seems  to  have  leaned  too  much  on  CromweU,  to 
 have  submitted  too  implicitly  to  liis  directions:  to  have  deferred  too  humbly  to  the  judgment  of 
 that  pohtic  minister.  He  certainly  did  not  possess  that  bold  independence  of  mind  which  marked 
 the  course  of  his  distingmshed  contemporary,  Tyndale.  The  latter  had  the  sclf-erectness  of  the  oak, 
 the  former,  like  the  vine,  appeared  to  need  some  outward  prop.  After  Coverdale  left  Tubingen 
 he  went  to  reside  in  the  dominions  of  the  duke  of  Deux-ponts,  and  being  well  skilled  in  the 
 German  language,  and  a  man  of  literary  and  theological  reputation,  he  was  favourably  noticed 
 by  the  duke,  and  appointed  to  the  benefice  of  Bergzabern.  During  his  stay  on  the  continent,  but 
 at  what  time  or  place  cannot  be  ascertained,  he  married  a  pious  woman,  the  sister  of  a  lady,  the 
 wife  of  Macchabffius  Alpinus,  a  distinguished  Scotchman,  who  held  a  liigh  appointment  under  the 
 king  of  Denmark.  Coverdale  thus  took  a  step  which  thoroughly  identified  him  with  the  reformers  who 
 had  abjured  the  cehbacy  of  the  priesthood,  as  one  of  the  great  evils  of  the  church  of  Eome.  About 
 this  time,  probably,  he  wrote  and  published  liis  translation  of  Calvin's  treatise  on  the  Sacrament,  to 
 which  he  subjoined  "  the  order  that  the  chiu'ch  and  congregation  of  Christ  in  Denmark  doth  use." 
 At  the  close  of  wliich  tract  he  remarks,  "  Let  no  man  be  slack  in  his  duty  ;  but  give  God  that 
 which  is  liis,  and  to  the  king  the  things  that  belongeth  unto  him."  "  This  I  say  to  stop  the  mouths 
 and  the  blasphemous  tongues  of  such  as  will  not  cease  to  rail  on  men,  and  to  slander  me  (yea,  even 
 to  the  king's  majesty),  as  though  I  were  a  perverter  of  common  order,  or  took  upon  me  to  change 
 the  laws  and  to  make  new  statutes.  Nay,  ye  ungodly  hypocrites,  not  so,  but  as  I  am  sure  that  there 
 is  heavy  damnation  laid  up  for  all  such  subjects  as  rebel  or  make  sedition  against  the  prince,  or 
 disobey  the  least  commandment  of  God  in  their  sovereign,  even  so  I  am  assured  that  there  is  no  less 
 damnation  prepared  for  those  rulers  or  heads  that  make  imjust  laws  and  cruel  statutes,  to  maintain 
 their  own  lusts  and  oppress  the  poor." 
 
 In  1547  he  was  again  in  England,  holding  the  appointment  of  ahnoner  to  Queen  Catherine.  At 
 this  time  he  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  for  his  learning  and  piety,  and  was  one  of  the  persons 
 employed  in  the  preparation  of  Erasmus's  paraphrase  of  the  New  Testament  for  the  use  of  English 
 readers.     He  wrote  the  dedication  of  the  second  volume  to  Edward  VI,  and  prefixed  Tyndale's 
 
 *  Cottonian  MS.  Cleopatra,  C.  V.  57,  58,  59,  61 — 63.  These  letters  are  printed  in  the  State  Papers,  CromweU  Corres- 
 ponilence. 
 
MEMOIR   OF   MTLES  COVERDALE.  Xxi 
 
 prologue  to  the  epistle  to  the  Komans,  thus  evincing  the  estimation  in  which  he  held  the  labours  of 
 his  departed  fellow  exile.  Probably  he  translated  the  former  part  of  the  volume  as  far  as  the  end  of 
 the  epistle  to  the  Galatians. 
 
 Coverdale  continued  in  the  service  of  Catherine  till  her  death,  wliich  happened  in  September, 
 1548.  After  the  decease  of  Henry  she  married  Lord  Seymour,  and  went  to  reside  at  Sudley  Castle, 
 Gloucestershire,  whither  Coverdale  accompanied  liis  royal  mistress.  He  officiated  at  her  funeral, 
 and  carefully  guarded  the  persons  who  were  present  against  supposing  that  he  gave  his  sanction  to 
 the  popish  ceremonies  performed  for  the  dead,  some  remains  of  which  lingered  in  the  sei-vice  at 
 these  royal  obseqmes.  The  preacher  requested  "  that  none  there  should  tliink,  say,  or  spread 
 abroad  that  the  offering  which  was  there  done,  was  done  any  thing  to  profit  the  dead,  but  for  the 
 poor  only :  and  also  the  lights  which  were  carried  and  stood  about  the  corpse  were  for  the  honour 
 of  the  person,  and  for  none  other  intent  nor  purpose." 
 
 After  the  death  of  the  queen  dowager,  Coverdale  was  variously  employed.  He  preached  at 
 St.  Paul's  Cross,  on  the  27th  of  April,  1549,  when  some  Anabaptists  did  penance.  In  the  smnmer 
 of  1550,  when  Lord  Russel  went  down  into  Devonshire,  to  quell  the  disturbances  which  arose  from 
 both  civil  and  reUgious  disaffection  to  the  existing  government,  Coverdale  accompanied  the  army, 
 with  the  view  of  subduing  the  popular  mind  to  obedience  and  loyalty,  by  the  gentle  influence 
 of  argument  and  expostulation.  After  the  victory  of  Exeter,  he  celebrated  the  event  in  a  thanks- 
 giving sermon.  For  these  services,  according  to  an  entry  in  the  council  book  of  Edward  VI, 
 20th  of  June,  1550,  Coverdale  received  the  sum  of  forty  pounds.  In  this  year  also  two  new 
 editions  of  our  translator's  Testament  were  printed,  and  one  of  the  Bible.  On  the  18th  of  January, 
 1551,  he  was  put  upon  a  commission  for  the  seizure  and  trial  of  heretics  ;  a  commission  which  was 
 the  renewal  of  a  former  one,  rmhappily  distinguished  by  its  intolerant  proceedings  against  the 
 unfortunate  Joan  of  Kent.  The  new  commission  proceeded  in  the  footsteps  of  the  old  one,  and 
 doomed  to  the  stake  a  Dutch  Arian.  Wliat  part  Coverdale  took  in  the  proceedings  of  the  com- 
 mission, or  whether  he  took  any  part  in  them  at  all,  we  cannot  determine.  For  the  honour  of  his 
 character,  we  hope  that  no  considerations  induced  the  reformer  to  imphcate  his  name  in  the 
 performance  of  deeds  which  must  have  been  revolting  to  his  benevolent  heart ;  yet  we  cannot  forget 
 that  men  as  kind  as  he,  were  so  warped  by  the  intolerant  spirit  of  their  age  that,  under  the  influence 
 of  a  stern  but  most  mistaken  sense  of  duty,  they  refused  all  mercy  to  those  whom  they  had  convicted 
 of  heretical  opinions. 
 
 The  next  ghmpse  we  have  of  Coverdale  is  at  Westminster,  where,  on  the  7th  of  March,  1550 
 (0.  S.),  we  find  him  preaching  a  funeral  sermon  for  Lord  Wentworth,  who  had  been  lord  chamber- 
 lain, and  at  whose  funeral  special  honoiu'  was  done  to  his  memory.  Coverdale  was  on  the  road  to 
 high  preferment.  His  oflice  in  the  queen  dowager's  household,  and  the  services  he  had  performed 
 for  government,  recommended  Irim  no  doubt  to  the  patronage  of  those  who  were  in  power,  while 
 his  learning,  active  habits,  and  tried  zeal  in  the  cause  of  the  Reformation,  qualified  him  for  some 
 distinguished  post  in  the  English  chiu-ch.  As  early  as  the  June  of  the  preceding  year  mention  is 
 made  in  a  letter  from  Peter  Martyr  then  at  Cambridge,  of  the  probable  promotion  of  Coverdale  to 
 the  see  of  Exeter,  in  the  room  of  Vesey,  who  from  age  and  infirmity  was  unable  to  perform  his 
 episcopal  duties.  On  the  14th  of  August,  1551,  King  Edward  nominated  Coverdale  to  the  bishopric, 
 Vesey  having  been  induced  to  resign.  But  though  by  this  appointment  he  was  exalted  to  honour, 
 and  became  possessed  of  influence,  his  pecuniary  advantage  was  of  small  amount,  as  Vesey  had 
 ahenated  the  revenues  of  the  see  to  a  very  large  extent.  Indeed,  such  were  the  straitened  cii'cum- 
 stances  of  Coverdale,  that  he  felt  himself  compelled  to  petition  the  king  to  relieve  him  from  the 
 payment  of  the  first-fruits.  Nor  was  it  without  considerable  delay  that  he  was  able  to  proceed  to 
 his  diocese;  "such,"  says  Strype,  "were  at  that  time  the  urgent  aflairs  of  state,  or  the  secret 
 hinderers  of  the  gospel."  Through  Cranmer's  influence  matters  were  at  length  arranged;  and  on 
 the  30th  of  August,  Coverdale  was  consecrated  at  Croydon,  bishop  of  Exeter.  In  the  following 
 September  he  was  licensed  to  preach ;  a  form  which  seems  to  have  been  necessary  even  for  bishops 
 in  those  days:  and  in  the  same  month  another  and  very  curious  Ucense  was  granted  him,  allowing 
 him  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  five  or  six  guests  at  their  table,  to  eat  meat  on  fast  days.* 
 
 *  Rymer's  Federa,  Part  V.  Ed.  VI.  p.  2.     No.  35. 
 
XXll  MEMOIR   OF    MTLES   COVEEDALE. 
 
 On  the  6th  of  October  a  commission  was  addressed  to  eight  bishops,  of  whom  Coverdalc  was 
 one,  together  with  eight  civil  and  eight  common  lawyers,  directing  them  to  undertake  a  revision  of 
 the  ecclesiastical  laws  of  the  realm.  Strype  states*  that  the  commissioners  dihgently  piu-sucd  their 
 task,  and  completed  it;  but  in  consequence  of  the  king's  early  death  the  contemplated  measure  of 
 reform  was  never  carried  into  eifcct.  In  the  discharge  of  the  secular  duties  of  his  episcopal  office 
 Coverdale  was  very  diligent,  for  it  appears  from  the  Lords'  Journals,  in  1552  and  1553,  that  he  was 
 not  absent  from  tlie  sittings  of  the  House  more  than  three  times  altogether.  But  as  the  whole  of 
 the  two  sessions  did  not  occupy  quite  four  months,  these  engagements  would  not  detain  the  bishop 
 very  long  from  his  diocese,  where  in  the  discharge  of  his  spiritual  functions  he  was  most  exemplary. 
 
 The  following  character  of  Coverdale,  during  his  residence  at  Exeter,  is  given  by  Hoker  his 
 contemporary,  who  was  chamberlain  of  the  city.  "  He  preached  continually  upon  every  holy  day, 
 and  did  read  most  commonly  twice  in  the  week  in  some  one  church  or  other  witliin  this  city.  He 
 was  after  the  rate  of  his  livings  a  great  keeper  of  hospitahty,  very  sober  in  diet,  godly  in  life,  friendly 
 to  the  godly,  liberal  to  the  poor,  and  courteous  to  all  men,  void  of  pride,  fuU  of  humiUty,  abhoriing 
 covetousness,  and  an  enemy  to  all  wickedness  and  wicked  men,  whose  company  he  shunned,  and 
 whom  he  would  in  no  wise  shroud  or  have  in  liis  house  and  company.  His  wife,  a  most  sober, 
 chaste,  and  "godly  matron,  his  house  and  household  another  church  in  wliich  was  exercised  aU 
 godliness  and  virtue.  No  one  person  being  in  his  house  which  did  not  from  time  to  time  give  an 
 account  of  his  faith  and  rehgion,  and  also  did  live  accordingly;  and  as  he  had  a  care  for  the  good 
 success  in  religion,  so  had  he  also  for  the  direction  of  the  government  in  ecclesiastical  causes,  and 
 because  he  was  not  skilful  therein,  neither  would  be  hindered  from  liis  godly  studies,  and  be  encum- 
 bered with  such  worldly  matters,  which,  nevertheless,  he  would  have  be  done  in  all  uprightness, 
 justice,  and  equity;  he  sent  to  Oxford  for  a  learned  man  to  be  liis  chancellor,  and  by  the  ministry 
 of  the  writer  hereof,  he  procured  and  obtained  one  Master  Kobert  Weston,  doctor  of  the  civil  law, 
 and  afterwards  lord  chancellor  of  Ireland,  imto  whom  he  committed  his  consistory,  and  the  whole 
 charge  of  his  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction,  allowing  unto  him  not  only  all  the  fees  thereunto  apper- 
 taining, but  also  lodged  and  found  him,  his  wife,  family,  horse  and  man,  witliiii  his  own  house,  and 
 gave  him  a  yearly  jjension  of  forty  pounds.  And  siu-ely  the  bishop  was  no  more  godly  and  careful 
 of  liis  part  concerning  preaching,  but  this  man  also  was  as  diUgent  and  severe  in  doing  of  his  office 
 without  reproach  of  being  alTectioned  or  corrupted.  And  notwithstanding  this  good  man  was  a 
 blameless  bishop,  and  lived  most  godly  and  virtuous,  yet  the  common  people,  those  old  bottles, 
 would  receive  no  wine,  could  not  brook  or  digest  him,  for  no  other  cause  but  because  he  was  a 
 preacher  of  the  gospel,  an  enemy  to  papistry,  and  a  married  man.  Many  devices  were  accounted 
 against  Mm  for  his  confusion,  sometimes  by  false  suggestions,  sometimes  by  open  raihng,  and  false 
 libels,  sometimes  by  secret  backbitings,  and  in  the  end  practised  liis  death  by  impoisoumg,  but  by 
 the  providence  of  God,  the  snares  were  broken,  and  he  delivered."  f 
 
 In  1550  a  new  edition  of  Coverdale's  Bible  was  printed  at  Zurich,  wliich  was  the  last  previous 
 to  the  first  edition  in  the  present  form  published  in  1835.  It  was  reissued  with  a  new  title-page 
 in  1533,  and  "  set  forth  with  the  king's  most  gracious  license."  It  must  have  been  one  of  the 
 last  instances  in  which  that  license  was  given,  for  Edward,  after  a  short  and  anxious  reign,  was 
 removed  to  another  world  on  the  6th  of  July  of  the  same  year.  It  proved  a  mournful  day  for 
 the  protestantism  of  England,  and  her  faithful  sons  were  soon  made  to  feel  the  weight  of  papal 
 intolerance. 
 
 On  the  22nd  August  Coverdale  was  siunmoned  to  appear  before  the  privy  council  at  Richmond, 
 and  on  the  1st  of  September  he  made  his  appearance,  when  he  was  ordered  to  await  the  council's 
 further  pleasure.  On  the  28tli  of  the  same  month  Vezey  was  reinstated  in  the  see  of  Exeter,  on 
 the  pretence  that  his  previous  resignation  had  been  extorted  from  him  by  terror.  Coverdale,  how- 
 ever, though  ejected  from  liis  bishopric,  was  not  like  the  rest  of  the  distinguished  reformers  com- 
 mitted to  prison,  but  was  suffered  to  remain  at  large,  only  giving  sureties  to  appear  before  the 
 council  whenever  summoned  to  do  so.  Yet  the  fear  of  persecution  did  not  induce  liim  to  swerve 
 from  his  steadfastness  in  the  reformed  faith,  for  we  discover  that  when,  after  the  famous  public 
 
 *  Life  of  Cranmer,  p.  271.  f  Catalogue  of  the  Bishops  of  Exeter,  by  Jolin  Vowel,  alias  Hoker.    No.  43. 
 
MKMOIR   OF   MTLES   COVERDALE.  xxiii 
 
 disputation  at  Oxford  between  the  popish  divines  and  Cranmer,  Kidley,  and  Latimer,  the  other 
 imprisoned  brethren  signed  a  declaration,  stating  their  views  of  truth,  and  avo\^nno-  their  rcsohition 
 "  when  they  cannot  obey,  but  must  disobey  God,  then  to  submit  themselves  with  all  patience  and 
 humiUty,  to  sufier  as  the  ^vill  and  pleasure  of  the  higher  powers  shall  adjudge,"  the  fliithful  Coverdale 
 shrunk  not  from  signing  the  document  in  the  following  manner,  "  To  these  things  above  said,  I, 
 Myles  Coverdale,  late  of  Exon,  consent  and  agree  with  these  mine  afflicted  brethren,  being  prisoners, 
 with  mine  own  hand."  The  heroes  of  the  protestant  faith  just  named  nobly  perished  at  the  stake, 
 but  Coverdale,  through  the  mercy  of  Divine  Providence,  was  permitted  to  escape. 
 
 On  the  4th  February,  1555,  Eogers  was  led  to  Smithfield,  the  first  of  the  illustrious  band  who 
 there  ascended  in  "  chariots  of  fire"  to  heaven.  Fourteen  days  after  Rogers's  execution,  Mary  gave 
 her  permission  to  Coverdale  to  leave  the  country, — a  very  remarkable  circumstance  which  requires 
 explanation.  He  had  married  a  lady  who  was  sister  to  the  wife  of  Macchabaaus  Alpinus,  at  that 
 time  chaplain  to  Christian  II,  king  of  Denmark,  and  professor  of  theology  in  the  university  of 
 Copenhagen.  He  was  a  man  of  influence,  and  a  favourite  with  the  Danish  sovereign,  and  throuo-h 
 his  intercession  his  royal  master  was  induced  to  write  to  Mary  on  behalf  of  Coverdale.  The  king 
 wrote  on  the  25th  of  April,  1554,  soliciting  the  reformer's  liberation  and  pardon,  to  which  Mary 
 repHed,  that  Coverdale  was  imder  restraint  simply  on  account  of  certain  debts  wliich  he  owed  to  the 
 crown.  The  king  rejoined,  in  a  letter  dated  the  24th  of  September,  that  he  was  glad  it  was  only  a 
 debt  that  occasioned  difficulty,  and  added  that,  as  the  bishopric  had  not  been  enjoyed  Ion"-  enough 
 to  afford  Coverdale  the  means  of  paying  any  thing,  liis  majesty  hoped  that  he  would  shortly  be  per- 
 mitted to  visit  Denmark,  and  to  "  make  declaration  concerning  the  benefit  of  his  welfare."  Some 
 months  passed ;  Mary  seemed  unwilHng  to  comply,  but  it  would  not  do  for  her  to  disturb  tlie  friendly 
 understanding  wlrich  existed  between  the  Enghsh  and  Danish  courts,  and  therefore  she  tardily 
 granted  in  the  following  February  the  king's  request. 
 
 Mr.  Anderson,  in  his  valuable  work  on  the  Annals  of  the  Bible,  suggests  that  there  was  another 
 circumstance  which  contributed  to  Coverdale's  escajJC.*  During  the  trial  of  Eogers,  Gardiner,  who 
 presided  over  the  iniquitous  tribunal,  on  hearing  the  protomartyr's  observation,  that  the  queen 
 "  would  have  done  well  enough  but  for  Gardiner's  council,"  declared  "  the  queen  went  before  me, 
 and  it  was  her  own  motion;"  of  the  truth  of  which  we  have  no  doubt,  for  it  is  well  known  that 
 Mary  afterwards  stimulated  Bonner  to  liis  deeds  of  blood.f  Mr.  A.  remarks,  that  Gardiner's  assertion 
 placed  the  queen  before  the  country  in  one  of  the  most  critical  of  all  positions  as  the  sole  and 
 imperative  persecutor;  and  he  adds,  "there  can  be  no  doubt  from  what  followed,  had  made  her 
 tremble  not  only  for  herself,  but  the  husband  on  whom  she  at  this  time  doated."  He  alludes  to  the 
 well  known  circumstance  of  a  Spanish  divine  being  appointed  to  preach  against  religious  persecution 
 as  a  miserable  artifice  to  luU  the  pubHc  mind;  and  then  connects  the  permission  given  for  Coverdale 
 to  leave  the  country  with  the  examination  of  Rogers,  as  if  it  were  intended  by  Mary  to  counteract 
 the  impression  produced  by  Gardiner's  remark.  It  certainly  appears  very  inconsistent  with  this 
 that  the  queen  should,  a  few  weeks  afterwards,  permit  the  work  of  persecution  to  be  resiuned,  and 
 doom  more  victims  to  the  stake ;  |  and,  as  to  the  sermon  of  the  Spanish  friar,  it  seems  to  have  been 
 entirely  a  device  of  Phihp's  to  remove  odium  from  himself,  who  was  suspected  of  intending  to  in- 
 troduce the  inquisition  to  England.  There  is  no  evidence  of  Mary's  interfering  in  any  way  at  this 
 time  to  check  the  persecution,  and  soothe  the  minds  of  her  subjects;  and,  as  to  the  latter  object,  the 
 release  of  Coverdale  was  too  inconsiderable  a  circumstance  to  be  likely  to  aid  in  its  accomplishment. 
 The  interference  of  his  Danish  majesty  was  no  doubt  the  main,  if  not  the  only,  cause  of  the  trans- 
 lator's Hberation. 
 
 On  the  19th  of  February,  1555,  Coverdale  obtained  his  passport,  and  embarked,  no  doubt  with 
 great  joy,  for  the  shores  of  Denmark.  Soon  after  he  was  gone  the  lurid  flames  of  persecution  blazed 
 over  liis  native  land,  and  sympathy  with  the  suflerers  for  the  truth,  many  of  whom  were  doubtless 
 well  known  to  him,  and  well  beloved,  must  have  been  mingled  with  his  devout  gratitude  for  tlie 
 interposition  of  the  Almighty  in  Iris  escape.  He  was  kindly  received  by  the  Danish  king,  through 
 whose  instrumentahty  he  had  escaped  the  "  mouth  of  the  lion;"  and  it  is  said  that  his  majesty  oflered 
 
 *  Anderson's  Annals,  Vol.  II.  pp.  287-294.  t  See  letter  in  Burnet,  Vol.  II.  fol.  ed.,  p  311. 
 
 {  On  the  IGth  of  March,  Tomkins  was  burnt  at  Smithfield. 
 
XXIV  MEMOIR   OP    MYLES   COVEKDALE. 
 
 him  a  benefice  in  tlie  church  of  Denmark :  but  Coverdale,  unacquainted  with  the  Danish  tongue, 
 and  anxious  to  be  employed  in  preaching  the  gospel,  preferred  to  cast  in  his  lot  among  some  English 
 exiles  at  Wesel  in  Friesland.  After  remaining  there  a  short  time,  he  returned  to  the  former  scene 
 of  his  labours;  and  on  the  15th  of  September  arrived  at  Bergzabem,  at  the  request  of  his  old  friend, 
 Wolfgang,  duke  of  Deux-ponts.  On  the  15th  of  December,  1558,  we  find  Mm  at  Geneva,  where 
 he  joined  in  writing*  a  letter  to  the  chm'ch  at  Frankfort,  congratulating  them  on  the  accession  of 
 Elizabeth  to  the  Enghsh  throne,  and  entreating  them  to  lay  aside  their  present  dissensions  respecting 
 ceremonial  matters,  the  continuance  of  which  would  give  so  much  joy  to  their  enemies.  The  churches 
 of  the  English  exiles  on  the  continent  were  at  the  time  much  distracted  by  controversies  on  points 
 of  ceremony  and  disciphne ;  but  there  Is  no  evidence  of  Coverdale  having  had  any  connection  with 
 them,  save  in  the  way  indicated  by  the  letter  above  noticed.  It  was  in  accordance  with  his  gentle 
 spirit  to  inculcate  lessons  of  peace,  though  his  well  known  attachment  to  the  cause  of  scriptural 
 truth  evinced  that  he  regarded  the  wisdom  which  cometh  from  above  as  ^^  pure,"  and  not  permitting 
 him  to  sacrifice  principle  in  order  to  be  "  peaceable." 
 
 The  name  of  Coverdale  has  sometimes  been  associated  with  the  Genevan  New  Testament,  pub- 
 lished in  1557,  but  it  is  liighly  improbable  that  he  was  at  Geneva  so  soon.  The  Genevan  Testament, 
 as  appears  from  the  preface,  was  the  work  of  one  person,  a  fact  strangely  overlooked  by  many 
 authors,  and  this  person  there  is  good  reason  to  believe  was  WilHam  Wliittingham.f  That  he  had 
 some  share  in  assisting  the  j^reparation  of  the  Genevan  Bible  is  not  altogether  improbable,  as  he  was 
 there  a  few  months  while  the  work  was  going  on ;  but  the  principal  part  of  the  undertaking  certainly 
 rested  vsdth  others,  probably  Wliittingham,  Gilby,  and  Sampson. J 
 
 The  accession  of  EUzabeth  to  the  throne  of  England  was  a  signal  for  the  return  of  the  protestant 
 exiles,  and  among  the  rest,  Coverdale  soon  found  his  way  to  Iris  native  land.  On  the  12th  of 
 November,  1559,  Coverdale  again  took  lus  place  in  the  old  pulpit  of  St.  Paul's  Churchyard,  where 
 the  friends  of  the  Eeformation  now  once  more  gladly  assembled  to  hear  the  faithful  and  warm- 
 hearted instructions  of  their  favourite  teachers.  The  next  notice  of  our  reformer  is  discovered  in 
 connection  with  Archbishop  Parker's  consecration,  in  wliich  ceremony  Coverdale,  with  Barlow, 
 Scory,  Bale,  and  the  suifragans  of  Bedford  and  Thetford,  took  a  part.  From  tlris  it  would  appear 
 that  Coverdale  was  still  regarded  as  a  bishop  of  the  church  of  England,  his  deprivation  in  the  reign 
 of  Mary  being  treated  as  illegal.  It  seems  probable  that  the  intention  was  to  restore  this  old  veteran 
 to  his  diocese  at  Exeter,  but  that  liis  conscientious  scruples  in  reference  to  certain  ceremonial  matters 
 enforced  in  the  EngHsh  church  imder  EUzabeth,  prevented  him  from  enjoying  his  former  dignity. 
 At  the  consecration  of  Parker  he  appeared  in  a  plain  black  gown,  while  his  episcopal  brethren  were 
 arrayed  in  surplices ;  and  to  the  the  end  of  Iris  Ufe  it  is  well  known  that  he  retained  his  dislike  to 
 what  he  considered  popish  vestments.  But  though  his  conscience  would  not  allow  liim  fully  to 
 conform  to  the  established  order  of  things  in  the  church,  and  he  was  thereby  excluded  from  his 
 former  see,  yet  he  does  not  seem  to  have  reUnquished  his  title  to  the  episcopal  character,  for  he 
 signed  himself  throughout  the  rest  of  Hfe,  "  Myles  Coverdale,  quondam  Exonicnsis." 
 
 Grindall,  the  bishop  of  London,  was  a  friend  to  Coverdale.  He  sought  to  obtain  for  him  the 
 bishopric  of  Llandaff,  looking  upon  him  as  a  neglected  man,  and  thinking  perhaps  that  conformity 
 to  ecclesiastical  laws  about  vestments  might  in  his  case  be  very  well  dispensed  with.  On  the  failure 
 of  other  plans  for  liis  promotion  and  comfort,  Grindall  at  length  succeeded  in  making  some  provision 
 for  him  by  giving  him  the  living  of  St.  Magnus,  near  London-bridge.  He  was  collated  to  the 
 rectory  on  the  3rd  of  March,  1563 ;  but  poverty  still  clung  to  him,  for  he  could  not  pay  the  fijst- 
 fruits  due  to  the  queen.     He  wrote  to  Archbishop  Parker  the  following  letter  on  the  subject. 
 
 "  My  duty  considered  in  right  humble  and  faithful  wise.  These  are  in  like  manner  to  beseech  your 
 grace,  most  reverend  father,  and  my  singular  good  lord,  that  as  my  good  lord  of  London,  tendering  as  well 
 my  weak  and  feeble  age,  as  also  my  poor  travail  in  God's  liusbandi-y  mthhi  his  diocese,  hath  most  gently 
 conferred  upon  me  the  benefice  of  St.  Magnus  in  London,  being  in  value  an  hundred  marks  or  thereabouts 
 
 *  Troubles  at  Frankfort,  p.  187.  t  See  Introduction  to  English  Hexapla,  p.  84. 
 
 J  Tliis  is  Mr.  Anderson's  view,  '  Annals,'  Vol.  II.  p.  320,  l)ut  he  almost  entirely  excludes  Coverdale  from  a  share  in  the  work. 
 Jt  is  most  likely  that  wliile  in  Geneva,  he  would  be  consulted  about  it,  and  would  lend  his  valuable  assistance. 
 
MEMOIR    OF    MTLES    COVEEDALE.  XXV 
 
 SO  it  maj-  please  your  grace  to  join  with  his  lordship  in  suit  for  me  to  the  queen's  most  excellent  majesty, 
 that  in  favourable  consideration  how  destitute  I  have  been  of  a  competent  living  in  the  realm  ever  since  my 
 bishopric  was  violently  taken  away  from  me.  I  being  compelled  to  resign,  and  how  I  never  had  pension, 
 annuity,  or  stipend  of  it,  these  ten  years  :  how  unable  also  I  am  either  to  pay  the  first-fruits,  or  long 
 to  enjoy  the  said  benefice,  going  upon  my  grave,  as  they  say,  and  not  like  to  live  a  year.  Her  ma- 
 jesty, at  the  contemplation  of  such  reverend,  honourable,  and  worthy  smtors,  will  most  graciously  grant 
 me  her  warrant  and  discharge  for  the  first-fruits  of  the  said  benefice.  And  as  I  am  bold  most  humbly  to 
 crave  your  grace's  help  herein,  so  am  I  fully  persuaded,  God  willing,  to  show  myself  again  as  thankful,  and 
 in  my  vocation,  during  my  short  time,  as  faithful  and  as  quiet  as  I  can.  Thus  having  uttered  my  boldness, 
 I  most  humbly  commit  your  grace  and  all  youis  to  the  mighty  protection  of  God.     From  London,  Jan.  29. 
 
 "  Mtl.  Gov.  quond.  Exon."' 
 
 The  following  letter  relates  to  the  same  subject,  and  forms  another  aifecting  memorial  of  the 
 poverty  and  sorrow  of  this  eminent  servant  of  Christ. 
 
 Bishop  Coverdale  to  Sir  William  Cecil. 
 
 ' '  My  duty  considered  in  right  humble  wise  imto  your  honoiir.  These  are  in  like  manner  to  beseech 
 the  same,  that  whereas  my  lord  of  London,  tendering  as  well  mine  age  as  my  simple  labours  in  the  Lord's 
 harvest,  hath  very  gently  ofiered  me  the  pastoral  ofiice  and  benefice  of  St.  Magnus  in  London ;  even  so  it 
 may  please  yom'  honour  to  be  means  for  me  to  the  Queen's  most  excellent  Majesty,  that  in  favourable  con- 
 sideration, not  only  how  destitute  I  have  been  ever  sith  my  bishopric  was  taken  from  me,  and  that  I  never 
 had  pension,  annuity,  or  stipend  of  it  these  ten  years  and  upward ;  but  also  how  unable  I  am,  either  to 
 pay  the  first-fruits,  or  long  to  enjoy  the  said  hving,  I  going  upon  my  grave,  not  able  to  live  over  a  year, 
 her  Majesty  at  the  contemplation  hereof  may  most  graciously  grant  me  the  first-fruits  of  the  said  benefice, 
 which  her  highness  must  needs  have  again  anew,  when  I  am  gone. 
 
 "  Heretofore  (I  praise  God  for  it !)  your  honour  hath  ever  been  my  special  help  and  succour  in  aU  my 
 rightful  suits.  If  now,  that  poor  old  Myles  may  be  provided  for,  it  please  your  honour  to  obtain  this  for 
 me,  I  shall  think  this  enough  to  be  unto  me  as  good  as  a  feast.  Thus  most  himibly  beseeching  your 
 honour  to  take  my  boldness  in  good  part,  I  commit  you,  and  all  yours,  to  the  gracious  protection  of  the 
 Almighty.  "  From  London,  February  6th,  [1564]. 
 
 "  Myles  Coveedaxe,  quond.  Exon." 
 
 Poor  Coverdale !  His  Divine  Master,  for  vfise  and  gracious  purposes  permitted  him  to  struggle 
 with  many  trials  in  liis  old  age,  for  in  the  same  year  in  which  he  was  so  teazed  by  poverty,  he  was 
 smitten  with  the  plague,  from  which,  through  the  goodness  of  God,  he  was  restored  and  was  permitted 
 to  resume  liis  ministerial  labours.  It  might  have  been  expected  that  the  remainder  of  his  days 
 would  be  spent  in  the  enjoyment  of  peace  and  honour.  He  was  now  settled  in  his  rectory,  beloved 
 by  his  parishioners,  and  liigbly  esteemed  by  the  friends  of  the  Eeformation.  The  University  of 
 Cambridge,  in  the  year  1563,  had  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity;  and  in  the 
 following  year,  had  commissioned  him  as  a  deputy  to  confer  a  similar  honour  on  Bishop  Grindall; 
 but  despite  of  his  piety,  labours,  usefulness,  honour,  and  old  age,  this  devoted  sei-vant  of  God  was 
 soon  involved  in  difficulties  again,  owing  to  the  stringent  enforcement,  by  the  ruling  powers,  of  the 
 ecclesiastical  regulations  relating  to  habits  and  ceremonies.  A  letter  written  on  the  25tli  March, 
 1566,  indicates  that  the  veteran  reformer  was  in  trouble  through  his  conscientious  scruples  about 
 conformity  to  these  regulations,  and  gives  us  some  idea  of  his  increasing  infii-mities. 
 
 Bishop  Coverdale  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Robinson,  Chaplain  to  Archbishop  Parker. 
 
 "  My  duty  considered  in  right  humble  and  most  hasty  wise.  Whereas,  I  am  summoned  to  appear, 
 with  others,  to-morrow  afore  my  lord's  grace,  at  Lambeth,  I  beseech  your  worthiness  to  be  means  for  me 
 unto  his  grace,  that  at  this  present  I  may  be  dispensed  with  ;  not  only  for  that  I  am  un-iiieldy,  and  could 
 neither  well  travel  by  land,  nor  altogether  safely  by  boat,  but  also  for  other  considerations  which  this  bearer, 
 my  dear  friend,  shall  signify  unto  you  by  mouth.  Thus  being  desirous  of  your  gentle  answer,  I  commend 
 you  and  all  yo\u:s  to  the  gracious  protection  of  God.     March  2.5th,  1566. 
 
 "  Your  own  in  the  Lord, 
 
 "  Myles  Coverdale.     quond.  Exon." 
 d 
 
XXVI  MEMOIR   or    MYLES   COVERDALE. 
 
 In  the  July  of  tlie  same  year  lie  miited  witli  Humphrey  and  Sampson,  two  distinguished  Puritans, 
 in  writing  a  letter  to  Farrell,  Viret,  Beza,  and  other  divines  on  the  continent,  respecting  the  vest- 
 mentarian  controversy,  which,  as  it  exhibits  the  opinions  of  Coverdale  on  the  subject,  and  throws 
 light  upon  his  position  at  tliis  time,  we  shall  venture  to  insert,  though  it  be  rather  long. 
 
 Myles  Coverdale,  Laurence  Humphrey,  and  Thomas  Sampson,  to  William  Farrell, 
 Peter  Viret,  Theodore  Beza,  and  others. 
 
 "  We  must  not  only,  honoured  masters  and  brethren,  appear  troublesome  to  your  reverences  by  so 
 frequently  addressing  you  by  our  friends  and  our  letters,  but  must  seem  also  very  regardless  of  our  duty  to 
 the  church,  by  disturbing  you,  who  are  occupied  in.  matters  of  far  greater  importance,  with  the  relation  of 
 our  trifles.  But  yet  the  unhappy  condition  of  our  times,  and  fresh  troubles,  compel  us  to  have  recourse  to 
 you,  not  only  that  you  may  be  informed  more  fully  of  the  state  of  our  affairs,  and  our  own  opinions  respect- 
 ing them,  but  that  we  also  may  more  fully  understand  your  sentiments.  Our  affairs  are  not  altered  for  the 
 better,  but  alas !  are  sadly  deteriorated.  For  it  is  now  settled  and  determined,  that  an  unleavened  cake 
 must  be  used  m  place  of  common  bread  ;  that  the  communion  must  be  received  by  the  people  on  their 
 bended  knees  ;  that  out  of  doors  must  be  worn  the  square  cap,  bands,  a  long  gown,  and  tippet ;  while  the 
 white  surplice  and  cope  are  to  be  retained  in  divine  service.  And  those  who  refuse  to  comply  -ndth  these 
 reqiurements,  are  deprived  of  their  estates,  dignities,  and  every  ecclesiastical  office ;  namely,  brethren,  by 
 brethren  and  bishops,  whose  houses  are  at  this  time  the  prisons  of  some  preachers  ;  who  are  now  raging 
 against  their  own  bowels ;  who  are  now  imposing  these  burdens  not  only  on  then  own  persons,  but  also  on 
 the  shoulders  of  others  ;  and  this  too  at  a  time  when  in  the  judgment  of  all  learned  men  they  ought  to  have 
 been  removed  and  abolished  altogether.  Thus  you  have  the  image  and  representation,  such  as  it  is,  of  our 
 church.  Now  then,  hear  our  opinion  upon  this  state  of  things.  We  think  that  it  must  be  assumed  in  this 
 question,  that  the  Jewish,  Turkish,  Christian,  and  Popish  religions  have  each  their  own  peculiar  sacraments 
 and  signs  ;  and  that  external  profession  ought  to  be  the  test  and  badge  of  any  one's  doctrine  ;  and  that  we 
 are  to  seek  our  pattern  not  out  of  the  cisterns  and  puddles  of  our  enemies,  but  from  the  fountain  of  the 
 Scriptures,  and  of  the  churches  of  God  ;  so  as  not  to  be  connected  by  any  similarity  of  rites  with  those  from 
 whose  rehgion  we  are  altogether  abhorrent ;  which  rule  we  read,  was  diligently  observed  by  our  forefathers 
 in  respect  to  the  sabbath  and  passover  of  the  Jews,  the  fastings  of  the  Manichees,  and  the  trine  immersion 
 of  heretics.  Nor,  indeed,  can  we  regard  these  things  as  altogether  indifferent,  when  compulsion  is  made 
 use  of,  and  when  too,  they  are  branded  wth  the  mark  of  superstition;  nor  ought  anything  to  be  obtruded 
 (on  the  church)  by  the  authority  of  the  sovereign,  without  its  having  been  lawfully  discussed  in  a  Christian 
 synod :  nor  ought  agreement  in  ceremonies  everywhere  to  be  requhed  of  necessity,  especially  when  it  is  in 
 common  with  the  enemies  of  the  faith  :  nor  is  there  any  occasion  in  the  church  of  Christ  either  for  the 
 Aaronic  priesthood,  or  pharisaical  ambition,  that  sacred  garments  should  be  worn  now-a-days  in  the  Chris- 
 tian temple,  or  that  a  di'css  not  common,  but  distinct  and  peculiar,  should  be  prescribed  for  ordinary  use. 
 But  we  think  with  Celestine,  that  the  clergy  should  be  distinguished  from  the  people  by  then  doctrine,  not 
 their  garments  ;  their  conversation,  not  their  dress  ;  their  purity  of  mind,  not  their  adornment  of  person ; 
 lest  we  begin  to  hanker  after  novelties,  tread  under  foot  the  order  received  from  our  forefathers,  impose 
 upon  the  minds  and  eyes  of  the  simple,  and  make  room  for  vain  and  unprofitable  superstitions.  Besides, 
 as  many  of  us  as  have  cast  out  these  things  from  the  churches  committed  to  our  trust,  cannot  restore  them 
 without  grievous  ofience  and  abominable  impiety :  and  since  a  door  would  also  be  opened  to  other  myste- 
 ries of  iniquity,  and  the  love  of  the  godly  be  offended,  and  the  pride  and  boldness  of  the  wicked  be  encou- 
 raged, without  even  any  pretence  of  edification ;  and  since  it  is  not  lawful,  according  to  St.  Paul's  ride 
 respecting  things  indifferent,  for  every  one  to  rest  in  his  own  persuasion,  but  that  that  should  be  regarded 
 as  lawful  which  is  not  displeasing  to  certain  men  ;  we  considered  it  more  for  the  good  of  the  church  to 
 stand  fast  in  our  liberty  with  an  accession  of  godly  men  on  our  side,  than  to  depart  fi-om  the  opinion  we 
 have  taken  up,  and  the  custom  we  have  received,  to  the  scandal  of  many,  and  the  downfall  of  purer 
 doctrine.  This  is  our  opinion,  and  also  that  of  a  most  excellent  personage.  We  now,  most  illustrious  and 
 very  dear  masters  and  brethren,  request  you  by  our  most  intimate  communion  in  Christ,  to  point  out  the 
 cynosure  to  us  who  are  tossed  about  on  the  waves ;  and  either  to  show  us  a  better  way  if  we  are  in  error, 
 or  confirm  us,  when  doubting,  in  our  holy  purpose.  The  question,  we  confess,  is  nice  and  difiicult,  whether 
 it  is  better  to  yield  to  circumstances,  or  to  depart ;  to  admit  the  relics  of  the  Amorites,  or  to  desert  our 
 post?  Either  alternative  is  harsh,  grievous,  and  productive  of  mischief  both  to  ourselves  and  the  church. 
 Which  is  the  better  do  you  with  your  wonted  wsdom  declare,  because  we  are  lingering  in  suspense  as  in 
 the  last  extremity.     We    also    request    of  you   and  your  brother  ministers  to   put  forth  at  the  earUest 
 
MEMOIR   OF    MYLES   COVERDALE.  XXvii 
 
 opportunity  some  treatise  on  the  nature  of  things  indifferent,  on  ceremonies,  on  the  sacerdotal  habit;  by 
 which  both  oiir  church  and  those  of  Saxony  may  be  instructed,  and  the  zeal  of  our  sovereigns  inspirited  to 
 the  demolition,  of  all  the  distinctive  marks  of  antichrist.  We  make  it,  lastly,  our  request,  that  you  would 
 admonish  our  bishops  by  letter  not  to  persecute  Joseph  on  account  of  a  garment ;  nor  to  rend  the  church 
 with  such  a  schism  for  so  slight  a  cause ;  but  that  even  in  the  dissimilarity  of  rites  they  may  preserve  the 
 sweetest  harmony  of  spirit  and  brotherly  love.  For  far  be  it  from  us  to  think  of  them  otherwise  than  as 
 becomes  friends  and  brethren.  The  sum  is  this.  We  request  these  three  things  ;  your  reply  to  the 
 questions  here  proposed  by  us,  and  some  treatise  to  all  the  churches  generally  ;  a  letter  to  the  bishops 
 privately,  and,  if  you  please,  to  such  of  her  majesty's  councillors  as  you  may  be  acquainted  with,  so  that 
 this  whole  controversy  may  issue  in  a  christian  reconciliation,  and  not  in  a  cruel  separation.  Communicate 
 this  letter  to  all  your  brethren,  that  we  may  hear  what  the  Lord  may  speak  out  of  the  mouth  of  two  or 
 three  witnesses.  May  the  Lord  Jesus  preserve  his  church  pure  and  inviolate  even  to  the  day  of  his  just 
 judgment !     Your  most  devoted, 
 
 "  July,  1566.  "  Mtles  Coverdale,  formerly  bishop  of  Exeter, 
 
 "  Laurence  Humphbet, 
 
 "Thomas  Sampson."* 
 
 Coverdale  forfeited  Ms  benefice  by  conscientiously  refusing  to  obey  the  act  of  uniformity,  but  he 
 still  continued  to  preach.  "  Many  of  the  people,"  says  Strype,  "  ran  after  Father  Coverdale,  who 
 took  that  occasion  to  preacli  the  more  constantly,  but  yet  with  much  fear,  so  that  he  vrould  not  be 
 known  where  he  preached,  though  many  came  to  his  house  to  ask  where  he  wordd  preach  the  next 
 Lord's  day."  He  continued  his  labours  till  within  a  few  months  of  his  departure  to  a  better  world, 
 which  happened  the  20th  of  May,  1567,  in  the  81st  year  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  in  the  church 
 of  St.  Bartholomew,  behind  the  Eoyal  Exchange,  and  his  funeral  was  attended  by  multitudes  who 
 revered  his  memory  and  bewailed  his  loss. 
 
 When  the  Church  of  St.  Bartholomew  "was  puUed  down  in  1840,  carefid  search  was  made  for 
 Coverdale's  remains  :  they  were  discovered  in  a  grave  within  the  chancel.  A  particular  account  of 
 the  exhimaatlon  was  drawn  up,  from  which  it  appears  that  the  skeleton  was  perfect,  the  skuU  alone 
 being  decomposed.  The  coffin  was  removed  to  the  church  of  St.  Mary  Magnus,  and  now  the  bones 
 of  the  translator  repose  within  the  walls  which  one  echoed  with  his  voice. 
 
 *  Parker  Society  publications : — '  Zurich  Letters,'  Second  Series,  p.  121.  Accurate  copies  of  all  the  letters  of  Coverdale  which 
 have  been  discovered,  are  given  in  his  '  Remains,'  published  by  the  Parker  Society,  and  the  places  where  the  originals  are  preserved 
 are  there  referred  to. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF 
 
 THE    ORIGINAL    EDITION    OF    THIS    BIBLE, 
 
 PRINTED  IN  1535. 
 
 TXT'HILE  the  reprint  of  this  Bihle  cannot  fail  to 
 be  welcome  to  the  public  generally,  there  are 
 many  who,  we  feel  certain,  will  not  be  dissatisfied 
 to  have  some  bibliographical  details  concerning  so 
 curious  and  valuable  a  work. 
 
 The  book  itself  is  printed  in  a  very  peculiar 
 angular  Swiss  or  German  type.  Its  size  is  a  small 
 folio,  and  there  is  no  name  of  place  or  printer  in  it. 
 
 The  copies  of  this  Bible  known  to  exist,  are  those 
 in  the  Libraries  of  the  British  Museum. — Bodleian. 
 — Public  Library,  Cambridge. — King's  College,  Cam- 
 bridge.— Sion  College. — All  Souls'  College. — Trinity 
 College,  Dublin. — Lambeth  Library. — Bapt.  Mus. 
 Bristol. — Dttke  of  Sussex. — Earl  of  Leicester. — 
 Earl  Jersey. — Earl  Spencer. — Dr.  Coombe. — The 
 late  William  Coombes,  Esq. — George  Ofibr,  Esq. — 
 B.  Harrison,  Esq. — Rev.  R.  Daley. — Lea  Wilson, 
 Esq. ;  and  Mr.  Reed." 
 
 "  Of  seven  copies  of  this  edition,"  says  Mr.  Cot- 
 ton, "  which  I  have  seen,  that  in  the  British  Museum 
 is  the  only  one  that  has  the  title-page,  and  even  that 
 is  made  up  from  two  copies.     Of  the  others,  the 
 
 ■"  Two  copies,  besides  those  above  enumerated,  are  in  public 
 libraries  at  Cambridge. 
 
 Bodleian  copy  is  by  far  the  finest."  Not  only  is  the 
 title-page  of  the  one  in  the  Museum  made  up  from 
 two  copies,  but  it  is  even  made  up  from  two  separate 
 wood-cuts  of  the  same  design;  for  in  the  one,  the 
 texts  in  the  scrolls  are  in  English,  in  the  other, 
 in  Latin. 
 
 One  perfect  title-page,  however,  is  in  existence, 
 and  is  foimd  in  the  beautiful  copy  of  this  edition  in 
 the  Earl  of  Leicester's  library  at  Holkham.  It  is  as 
 follows : — 
 
 "  B  I  B  L  I  A 
 
 ®6e  Mhk,  tfiat 
 
 Is,  tile  tiolD  Scripture  ot  tlje 
 
 ©me  antt  UttD  neslamcnt,  faitfi 
 
 full;  translates  out 
 
 of  Qoucte  anS  Hatpn 
 
 In  to  (Sngllslic. 
 
 M  .  D.X  X  X  V. 
 
 S.  Saul.   II.     Scssa.  III. 
 1?talc  for  bs,  tiiat  tjt  toout  ot  <9oti  male 
 Sauc  frc  passaje,  anH  6c  Blorifit"  S-'t- 
 
 S.   IBaul  fflol.   111. 
 Ect  tfif  Bortic  of  ifflirist  Otocll  In  pou  plcn 
 tctuslj)  In  all  Qi;sDoutc  &c. 
 
 30SUC  I. 
 Jlct  not  tt)c  bote  ot  tills  labe  nepacie 
 out  of  tbp  inouti),  tut  cicccjsc  ttpsclfr 
 tijerin  Bajc  anB  nifllitc  &c." 
 
 The   mention   of   its   being   translated   "  out   of 
 
^Bibliosrapftiral  ©tsitnpti'on* 
 
 Douche  and  Latyn,"  was  no  doubt  a  bookselling 
 artifice  of  the  time,  to  make  tlie  work  circulate 
 better,  as  being  intimately  connected  witb  the  re- 
 formed doctrines,  which  were  then  equally  well 
 known  by  the  term  of  German  or  Dutch  doctrines. 
 Nay,  we  are  even  told  that  the  early  reformers  of 
 that  day  were  commonly  called  Germans,  on  account  1 
 of  their  adoption  of  those  reformed  opinions  which 
 first  sprung  up  in  Germany.  That  Coverdale  did 
 not  follow  Luther's  version,  it  only  requires  a  very 
 slight  comparison  of  texts  to  prove ;  but  he  no  doubt 
 availed  himself,  where  there  occurred  any  difiicult 
 reading,  of  all  the  difierent  means  of  assistance 
 within  his  power,  as  indeed  he  himself  intimates  in 
 his  prologue  to  the  reader. 
 
 The  wood-cuts  surrounding  the  title  are  the  same 
 as  in  the  title-page  of  1536,  of  which  a  facsimile  is 
 prefixed  to  the  present  reprint. 
 
 On  the  reverse  of  the  title  is,  "  The  bokes  of  the 
 whole  Byble,  how  they  are  named  in  Englysh  and 
 Latyn,  how  longe  they  are  wrytten  in  the  allega 
 cions,  how  many  chapters  euery  boke  hath,  and  in 
 what  leafe  every  one  begynneth."  It  contains,  how- 
 ever, only  references  to  the  first  four  parts  ;  those  to 
 the  Apocrypha  and  the  New  Testament  were  pro- 
 bably on  another  leaf,  which  is  missing  in  this  copy 
 (the  Museum  one). 
 
 Then  comes  the  dedication,  "Vnto  the  most  vic- 
 torious Prynce  and  oure  most  gracyous  soueraigne 
 Lorde,  kynge  Henry  the  eyght,  kynge  of  Englonde 
 and  of  Fravmce,  lorde  of  Irlonde,  &c."  signed  "  Youre 
 graces  humble  subiecte  and  daylye  oratour,  Myles 
 Couerdale."  5  pages.  The  Museum  copy  has  "Quene 
 Anne  "  in  the  dedication  ;  Sion  College  has  "  Quenc 
 Jane ;"  Lambeth  Library  has  a  copy  with  each ;  the 
 Bodleian  has  "  Quene  Anne ;"   All  Souls'  College 
 
 has  neither ;    Dr.  Coombe's  has  neither ;    the  late 
 Mr.  Coombes's  has  "  Quene  Anne." 
 
 Then  "  A  prologe.  Myles  Couerdale  Unto  the 
 Christen  reader."  6  pages. 
 
 Then  "  The  bokes  of  the  hole  Byble"  &c.,  2  pages. 
 This  is  evidently  part  of  another  edition  inserted  in 
 this  copy  (the  Museum  one),  or  rather  this  set  of 
 preliminary  pieces  do  not  belong  to  this  title-page ; 
 since  a  portion  of  the  same  information  is  to  be  found 
 printed  on  the  reverse  of  the  title-page. 
 
 The  contents  of  "The  first  boke  of  Moses,"  1  page. 
 
 "  The  first  boke  of  Moses,  called  Genesis."  Then 
 should  come,  according  to  Herbert,  a  map  of  the 
 Holy  land.  The  four  other  books  of  Moses  follow, 
 with  tables  of  contents  prefixed  to  each :  in  all, 
 fol.  i — xc.  Signature  a  i,  to  p  vi,  in  sixes.  The  first 
 leaf  ajjpears  not  to  have  any  signature,  or  else  it  has 
 been  rubbed  out  in  this  copy  (the  Museum  one),  the 
 second  leaf  being  marked  a  ii. 
 
 Then  comes  a  title-page  :  "  The  seconde  parte  of 
 the  olde  Testament."  with  the  names  of  the  books 
 contained  underneath.  This  in  a  compartment  of 
 wood-cuts.  On  the  reverse  "  The  boke  of  Josua. 
 What  this  boke  conteyneth."  Joshua  to  Hester, 
 fol.  ii — cxx  (the  reverse  of).  Tables  of  contents  at 
 the  commencement  of  each  book.  Signature  a  a  ij, 
 to  V  V  vi,  in  sixes. 
 
 "  The  boke  of  Job"  table  of  contents.  "  The 
 Psalter."  "  The  Prouerbes  of  Salomon,"  table  of 
 contents.  "  Ecclesiastes,"  table  of  contents.  "  Sa- 
 lomons Ballettes."  From  Job  to  Salomons  Balettes, 
 fol.  i — Hi.     Signature  A  a,  to  Ji  iiij,  in  sixes. 
 
 Then  comes  another  title-page :    "  All  the  Pro- 
 
iSiIjIiosiaplbifal  Mt^tviption, 
 
 phetes  in  Englishe."  wth  the  names  of  the  books  con- 
 tained, underneath.  This  in  a  comparment  of  wood- 
 cuts. On  the  reverse,  the  contents  of  "  the  Prophet 
 Esay."  The  contents  prefixed  to  each  Prophet.  In 
 all,  fol.  ii— cii,  (the  reverse  of).  Signature  A  a  a  ij, 
 to  R  r  r  vi,  in  sixes. 
 
 Another  title-page :  '■'■  Apocripha  The  bokes  and 
 treatises  which  amonge  the  fathers  of  olds  are  not 
 rekened  to  be  of  like  authorite  with  the  other  bokes 
 of  the  byble,  neither  are  they  foude  in  the  Canon  of 
 the  Hebrue."  Then  follow  the  names  of  the  books. 
 At  the  bottom,  "Vnto  these  also  belongeth  Baruc, 
 whom  we  haue  set  amoge  the  prophetes  next  vnto 
 Jeremy,  because  he  was  his  scrybe,  and  in  his  tyme." 
 This  in  a  compartment  of  wood-cuts.  On  the  reverse, 
 "  The  translatoure  ^'nto  the  reader."  containing  some 
 observations  on  the  nature  of  these  books.  Under- 
 neath the  contents  of  the  first  book.  The  contents 
 are  prefixed  to  each  book,  except  to  "  Certayne 
 chapters  of  Hester."  "The  songe  of  the  iij  children." 
 "The  story  of  Susanna"  and  "The  story  of  Bel," 
 In  all,  fol.  ii — Ixxxiii  (the  reverse  of),  falsely  num- 
 bered Ixxxi.  Signature  A  ij  to  O  v,  in  sixes,  the  last 
 leaf  blank. 
 
 Then  the  title-page  :  "  The  new  testament.'"  under- 
 neath, the  books  named.  Also  in  a  compartment  of 
 wood-cuts.  On  the  reverse,  the  contents  of  "  The 
 gospell  of  S.  Mathew."  The  contents  before  each 
 book.  In  all,  fol.  ii — cxiii  (the  reverse  of).  Sig- 
 nature AA  ij,  to  TT  v,  in  sixes. 
 
 On  the  reverse  of  the  last  leaf;  "  Prynted  in  the 
 yeare  of  oure  LORDE  M.D.XXXV.  and  fynished 
 the  fourth  daye  of  October." 
 
 At  the  beginning  of  Genesis  are  six  cuts  in  wood, 
 describing  the  six  days'  work  of  the  creation ;  and  in 
 
 different  parts  of  the  work  are  other  cuts,  also  in 
 wood,  some  of  them  very  spirited  and  well  executed, 
 representing  the  history  therein  mentioned,  and  most 
 probably  done,  as  before  stated,  by  Sebald  Behem  of 
 Nurembergh.  There  are  also  some  initial  letters  of 
 a  very  elegant  character,  from  designs  of  Holbein. 
 
 This  Bible,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  above  descrip- 
 tion, is  divided  into  six  parts,  of  which  four  have 
 separate  title-pages.  That  there  should  be  no  sepa- 
 rate title-page  to  the  first  part  is  not  strange,  as  it 
 scarcely  seemed  to  want  one  :  but  it  is  rather  curious 
 that  there  should  be  none  to  the  third  part ;  and  that 
 there  never  was  any  printed,  and  that  it  is  not  miss- 
 ing fi-om  the  present  copies,  is  clear,  since  the  first 
 leaf  is  numbered  fol.  i,  which  would  not  otherwse 
 have  been  the  case.  The  type,  as  before  mentioned, 
 is  an  angular  Swiss  or  German.  The  title-page 
 and  its  reverse  are  in  the  same  letter  as  the  body 
 of  the  text.  But  the  dedication,  the  prologue,  the 
 names  of  "  the  bokes  of  the  whole  Byble,"  and  the 
 contents  of  Genesis,  are  in  a  difierent  character,  and 
 were  most  probably  printed  after  the  arrival  of  the 
 volume  in  England.  There  are  a  few  marginal 
 references,  which  are  in  Roman  letters.  On  fol.  xli. 
 of  part  I.  is  a  large  wood-cut  of  the  Tabernacle  and 
 its  contents  ;  this  is  repeated  on  the  reverse  of  fol. 
 Ivi.  The  initial  letter  of  Genesis  is  a  large  fiourished 
 text  capital.     A  full  page  contains  fifty-seven  lines. 
 
 Whether  this  edition  ever  had  a  table  of  the 
 Epistles  and  Gospels  for  the  Sundays,  &c.  at  the 
 end,  is  not  known.  No  copy  has  yet  been  found, 
 that  we  are  aware  of,  containing  any  such  table ;  but 
 it  seems  not  improbable  that  it  had,  since  we  find 
 one  in  the  reprints  in  quarto  and  in  folio,  by  Nichol- 
 son, in  1537;  and  also  in  the  edition  of  1550. 
 
 It  is  not  known  how  many  copies  of  this  edition 
 
Biblioffiapfti'cal  Besiniption. 
 
 were  issued  troni  the  press,  but  the  number  must 
 have  been  very  great,  when  we  consider  that  it  was 
 the  first  edition  of  the  whole  Bible  in  English  ever 
 offered  to  the  pubhc,  at  a  time,  when,  excited  by  the 
 ^vritings  daily  put  forth  by  the  reformers,  they  were 
 most  eager  to  peruse  it ;  and  that  Grafton,  when  he 
 published  Matthew's  Bible  in  1537,  although  of  a 
 much  laiger  size,  and  consequently  more  expensive, 
 ventured  to  print  as  many  as  1500  copies. 
 
 This  Bible  was  reprinted  in  folio  and  in  quarto  in 
 1537,  by  Nicholson,  in  Southwark,  with  a  very  few 
 slight  and  trifling  alterations.  It  was  printed  again 
 in  1550,  after  which,  what  remained  of  the  edition  was 
 issued  in  1553,  with  a  reprinted  title-page  and  pre- 
 liminary pieces.  The  edition  of  1 535  had  a  new  title- 
 page  in  1536,  of  which,  as  before  stated,  a  facsimile 
 is  prefixed  to  this  edition. 
 
VNTO  THE  MOST  VICTORIOUS  PRYNCE  ANT)  OURE  MOST  GRACYOUS  SOUERAIGNE  LORDE, 
 
 KYNGE  HENRY  THE  EYGHT, 
 
 KYNGE  OF  ENGLONDE  AND  OF  FRAUNCE,  LORDE  OF  IRLONDE.  do.  DEFENDOUR  OF  THE  FAYTH,  AND 
 VNDER  GOD  THE  CHEFE  AND  SUPPREME  HEADE  OF  THE  CHURCH  OF  ENGLONDE. 
 
 ^  TTie  ryght  5  iust  administracyon  of  the  lawes  that  God  gaue  vnto  Moses  and  vnto  losua  :  the 
 testimonye  offaythfidnes  that  God  gaue  of  Dauid :  the  plenieous  abundaunce  ofwysdome  that  God  gave 
 vnto  Salomon :  the  lucky  and  prosperous  age  with  the  multiplicacyon  of  sede  whiche  God  gaue  vnto 
 Abraham  and  Sara  his  wyfe,  be  geue  vnto  you  most  gracyous  Prynce,  with  your  dearest  iust  wyfe,  and 
 most  vertuous  Pryncesse,  Quene  Anne,  Amen. 
 
 CAIPHAS  beynge  bysshope  of  that  yeare,  lyke  a 
 blynde  prophete  (not  vnderstandyng  what  he 
 sayd)  prophecied,"  that  it  was  better  to  put  Christ  vnto 
 death,  then  that  all  the  people  shulde  perysshe :  he 
 meanyng,  that  Christ  was  an  heretike,  a  deceauer  of 
 the  people,  5  a  destroyer  of  the  lawe,  and  that  it  was 
 better  therfore  to  put  Christ  vnto  death,  tha  to  suf&e 
 hym  for  to  lyue,  and  to  deceaue  the  people,  (jc.  where 
 in  very  dede  Christ  was  the  true  prophete,  the  true 
 Messias,  and  the  onely  true  Sauiour  of  the  worlde,  sent 
 of  his  heauenly  father  to  suffre  the  moste  cruell,  most 
 shamefuU,  and  most  necessary  death  for  our  redemp- 
 cyon :  accordyng  to  y*  meanynge  of  the  prophecie 
 truely  vnderstonde. 
 
 Euen  after  the  same  maner  y*  blynde  bysshoppe  of 
 Rome,  (that  blynde  Baalam  I  saye)  not  vnderstond- 
 ynge  what  he  dyd,  gaue  vnto  your  grace  this  tytle : 
 Defendour  of  the  fayth,  onely  bycause  your  hyghnes 
 suflred  your  bysshoppes  to  bume  Gods  worde  the  rote 
 of  fayth,  and  to  persecute  the  louers  and  mynisters  of 
 y°  same,  where  in  very  dede  the  blynde  bysshoppe 
 (though  he  knewe  not  what  he  dyd)  prophecied,  that 
 by  the  ryghteous  admynistracyon  and  contynuall  dili- 
 gence of  youre  grace,  the  faj'th  shulde  so  be  defended, 
 that  Gods  worde  the  mother  of  Fayth  with  the  frutes 
 therof,  shulde  haue  his  fre  course  thorowe  out  all 
 Christendome,  but  specyally  in  your  realme. 
 
 Yf  your  hyghnesse  now  of  your  pryncely  benignite 
 wyll  pardon  me  to  compare  these  two  bysshoppes  (I 
 meane  bysshoppe  C  alphas  and  the  bysshoppe  of 
 Rome)  5  theyr  prophecies  together,  I  doute  not  but 
 we  shal  fynde  them  agree  lyke  brethren,  though  the 
 one  be  a  lewe  and  the  other  a  counterfayte  Christian. 
 Fyrst,  Caiphas  prophecied  that  it  was  better  to  put 
 Christ  vnto  death,  then  that  the  people  shulde  perysshe. 
 The  bysshoppe  of  Rome  also,  not  knowynge  what  he 
 prophecied,  gaue  youre  grace  this  tytle  :  Defendour  of 
 the  fayth.  The  trueth  of  both  these  prophecies  is  of 
 the  holy  goost  (as  was  Baalams  prophecie)  though 
 they  that  spake  the,  knewe  not  what  they  sayd.  The 
 trueth  of  Caiphas  prophecie  is,  that  it  was  necessary 
 for  mans  saluacyon,  that  Christ  by  his  death  shulde 
 ouercome  death,  and  redeme  vs.  And  the  trueth  of 
 oure  Baalams  prophecie  is,  *y'  your  grace  in  very 
 dede  shulde  defende  the  Fayth,  Yee  euen  the  true 
 fayth  of  Christ,  no  dreames,  no  fables,  no  heresie,  no 
 papisticall  inuencions,  but  the  vncorrupte  fayth  of 
 Gods  most  holy  worde,  which  to  set  forth  (praysed  be 
 the  goodnes  of  God,  and  increace  youre  gracyous 
 purpose)  your  hyghnes  with  youre  most  honorable 
 councell,  applyeth  all  his  studye  and  endeuoure. 
 
 These  two  blynde  bysshopes  now  agree  in  y'  vnder- 
 stadyng  of  theyr  prophecies :  for  Caiphas  taketh 
 Christ  for  an  heretike,  Oure  Balaa  taketh  the  worde 
 
 »  Name.  24.  c. 
 
gn  epistle 
 
 of  Christ  for  heresie.  Caiphas  iudgeth  it  to  be  a 
 good  dede  to  put  Christ  \'iito  death,  that  he  shulde  not 
 deceaue  the  people.  Oure  Balaam  calleth  defendynge 
 of  the  fayth,  the  suppressyng,  kepyng  secrete,  and 
 bumyng  of  the  worde  of  fayth  :  lest  the  lyght  thereof 
 shulde  vtter  his  darknes  :  lest  his  owne  Decretales  5 
 Decrees,  his  owne  lawes  and  constitucions,  his  owne 
 statutes  and  inuencions  shulde  come  to  none  effecte : 
 lest  his  intoUerable  exactions  and  vsurpacions  shulde 
 lose  theyr  strengthe  :  lest  it  shulde  be  knowen  what  a 
 Ibefe  and  murtherer  he  is  in  the  cause  of  Christ,  and 
 liow  haynous  a  traytoure  to  God  and  man  in  defraud- 
 ynge  all  Christen  kynges  (J  prynces  of  theyr  due  obedi- 
 ence :  lest  we  youre  graces  subiectes  shulde  haue  eyes 
 in  the  worde  of  God,  at  the  last  to  spye  out  his  crafty 
 conueyaiice  and  iuglynges  :  and  lest  men  shulde  se, 
 how  sore  he  and  his  false  Apostles  haue  deceaued 
 all  Christendome,  specyally  youre  noble  realme  of 
 Englonde. 
 
 Thus  your  grace  seyth  how  brotherly  the  lewysh 
 bysshoppe  and  oure  Balaam  agree  together,  not  onel)' 
 in  myter  and  outwarde  appearaunce  :  but  as  the  one 
 persecuted  the  Lorde  lesus  in  his  owne  persone,  so 
 doth  the  other  persecute  his  worde  and  resysteth  his 
 holy  ordynaunce  in  the  auctorite  of  his  anoynted 
 kynges.  For  so  moche  nowe  as  the  worde  of  God  is 
 the  onely  trueth  that  dryueth  awaye  all  lyes,  and  dis- 
 closeth  all  iuglyng  and  disceate,  therfore  is  oure  Ba- 
 laam of  Rome  so  lothe  that  the  scripture  shulde  be 
 knowe  in  the  mother  tonge :  lest  yf  kynges  and 
 prynces  (specially  aboue  all  other)  were  exercysed 
 therin,  they  shulde  reclame  and  chalenge  agayne  theyr 
 due  auctorite,  which  he  falsely  hath  vsurped  so  many 
 yeres,  and  so  to  tye  hym  shorter  :  and  lest  the  people 
 beyng  taught  by  the  worde  of  God,  shulde  fall  from 
 y'  false  fayned  obediece  of  hym  and  his  disguysed 
 Apostles,  vnto  the  true  obedience  commaunded  by  Gods 
 owne  mouthe :  as  namely,  to  obey  theyr  prynce,  to 
 obey  father  and  uiother.  (jc.  and  not  to  steppe  ouer 
 father  and  mothers  bely  to  enter  in  to  his  paynted 
 religions,  as  his  ypocrites  teache  :  For  he  knoweth  well 
 ynough,  that  yf  the  cleare  Sonne  of  Gods  worde  come 
 ones  to  the  heate  of  the  daye,  it  shal  dryue  awaye  all 
 the  foule  rayst  of  his  deuelysh  doctrines.     Therfore 
 
 •  Ro.  13.  a.         »  Math.  17.  d.  Tit.  3.  a. 
 
 were  it  more  to  the  mayntenaunce  of  Antichrisles 
 kyngdome,  that  the  worlde  were  styll  in  ignoraunce 
 and  blyndnes,  and  that  the  scripture  shulde  neuer 
 come  to  lyghte.  For  the  scripture  (both  in  the  olde 
 testament  and  in  the  new)  declareth  most  aboutdauntly 
 that  the  office,  auctorite  and  power  geuen  of  God 
 rato  kynges,  is  in  earth  aboue  all  other  powers:  let 
 them  call  the  seines  Popes,  Cardynalles,  or  what  so  euer 
 they  will,  "the  worde  of  god  declareth  them  (yee  and 
 commaundeth  them  vnder  payne  of  dampnacion)  to 
 be  obedient  vnto  the  temporall  swerde  :  As  in  the  olde 
 Testament  all  the  Prophetes,  Prestes  and  Leuites  were. 
 And  in  the  new  Testament  *  Christ  5  his  Apostles 
 both  were  obedient  them  selues,  and  taught  obedience 
 of  all  men  vnto  theyr  prynces  ad  temporall  rulers: 
 which  here  vnto  vs  in  the  worlde  present  the  persone 
 of  God,  and  are  called  '  Goddes  in  the  scripture,  by- 
 cause  of  the  excellecy  of  theyr  office.  And  though 
 there  were  no  mo  auctorities  but  the  same,  to  proue 
 the  peminence  of  the  temporall  swerde,  Yet  by  this  the 
 scripture  declareth  playnly,  that  as  there  is  nothjTig 
 aboue  God,  so  is  there  no  man  aboue  the  kynge  in  his 
 realme  but  that  he  onely  vTider  God  is  the  chefe  heade 
 of  all  the  cogregacyon  and  church  of  the  same.  And 
 in  token  that  this  is  true,  there  hath  ben  of  olde 
 antiquite  (and  is  yet  \'nto  this  daye)  a  lou}-nge  cere- 
 monye  vsed  in  your  realme  of  Englonde,  y'  wha  your 
 graces  subiectes  reade  your  letters,  or  begynne  to  talke 
 or  come  of  your  hyghnes,  they  moue  theyr  bonettes 
 for  a  signe  (J  token  of  reuerence  vnto  your  grace,  as 
 to  their  most  soueraigne  lorde  (j  heade  vnder  God. 
 which  thyng  no  man  vseth  to  do  to  eny  bysshoppe. 
 wherby  (yf  oure  vnderstondyng  were  nat  blynded) 
 we  myght  euydently  perceaue,  that  euen  very  nature 
 teacheth  vs  the  same,  that  scripture  coniaSdeth  vs : 
 and  that  lyke  as  it  is  agaynst  Gods  worde  that  a 
 kynge  shulde  not  be  the  chefe  heade  of  his  people, 
 euen  so  (I  save)  is  it  agaynst  kynde  that  we  shulde 
 knowe  any  other  heade  aboue  hym  vnder  God. 
 
 And  that  no  prest  nor  bysshoppe  is  exempte  (nor 
 can  be  lawfully)  from  the  obedience  of  his  prynce,  the 
 scripture  is  full  both  of  strayte  comaundemetes,  (j 
 practises  of  the  holyest  men.  *Aaron  was  obedient 
 vnto  Moses,  and  called  hym  his  lorde,  though  he  was 
 
 Exod.22.d.  Psal.ei.a. 
 
 •  Nume.  IS.  b. 
 
fanto  tfte  Hpngess  Jjpgj&iwsse. 
 
 his  owne  brother.  "Eleasar  and  Phineas  were  vnder 
 the  obediece  of  losua.  *Nathan  the  prophete  fell 
 downe  to  the  grounde  before  kynge  Dauid,  he  had 
 his  Prynce  in  such  reuerence  (He  made  not  the 
 kynge  for  to  kysse  his  fote  as  the  bysshoppe  of  Rome 
 maketh  Emperours  to  do)  Notwithstondynge  he 
 spared  not  to  rebuke  hym,  and  that  ryght  sharply 
 whan  he  fell  from  the  worde  of  God  to  adultery  (j 
 manslaughter.  For  he  was  not  afrayed  to  reproue 
 hym  of  his  sinnes,  nomore  than  Helyas  the  prophete 
 stode  in  feare  to  saye  vnto  kynge  Achab :  fit  is  thou 
 and  tliy  fathers  house  that  trouble  Israel,  because  ye 
 haue  forsaken  y'  commaundementes  of  the  Lorde,  and 
 walke  after  Baal.  And  as  Johan  Baptyste  durst  saye 
 vnto  Kynge  Herode :  *It  is  not  lawful  for  the  to  take 
 thy  brothers  wyfe.  But  to  my  purpose  I  passe  ouer 
 innumerable  mo  ensaples  both  of  the  olde  Testament 
 and  of  the  new,  for  feare  lest  I  be  to  tedyous  vnto 
 your  grace.  Siima,  in  all  godly  regimentes  of  olde 
 tyme  the  kynge  and  teporall  iudge  was  obeyed  of 
 euery  man,  and  was  alwaye  vnder  God  the  chefe  and 
 suppreme  heade  of  the  whole  congregacyon,  "^and  de- 
 posed euen  prestes  whan  he  sawe  an  vrgent  cause,  as 
 Salomon  dyd  vnto  Abiathar.  who  coulde  than  slonde 
 agaynst  the  godly  obedience  of  his  prynce  (excepte 
 he  wolde  be  at  defyaunce  \vith  God  and  all  his  holy 
 ordinaunces)  that  were  well  acquaynted  with  the  holy 
 scripture,  which  so  earnestly  comendeth  vnto  euery  one 
 of  vs  the  auctorite  and  power  geuen  of  God  vnto 
 kynges  and  temporall  rulers  ?  Therfore  doth  Moses 
 so  strately  ^  forbyde  the  Israelites  to  speake  so  moche 
 as  an  euell  worde  agaynst  the  prynce  of  y'  people, 
 moche  lesse  than  to  disobeye  hym,  or  to  withstonde 
 hym.  Doth  not  '  leremy  the  prophete  and  /Baruc 
 also  exhorte  the  people  in  captiuite,  to  praye  for  the 
 prosperous  welfare  of  the  kynge  of  Babilon,  and  to 
 obeye  hym,  though  he  was  an  infidele  ?  In  the  new 
 Testament  wha  cure  sauioure  Christ  (beyng  yet  fre  5 
 Lorde  of  al  kynges  5  prynces)  shewed  his  obedience 
 in  payenge  the  trybute  to  oure  eusample,  +dyd  he  not 
 a  miracle  there  in  puttynge  the  pece  of  money  in  the 
 fysshes  mouth  (that  Peter  myght  paye  the  customer 
 therwith)and  all  to  stablysshe  the  obedience  due  vnto 
 
 •  3 Reg.  I.e. 
 »  Math.  14.  a. 
 
 t  3  Reg.  18.  b.    Leuit.  18,  b, 
 '  3  Reg.  2.  d. 
 
 prynces  ?  §  Dyd  not  loseph  and  Mary  the  mother  of 
 our  sauiour  Christ  departe  fro  Nazareth  vnto  Bethlee, 
 so  faiTe  from  home,  to  showe  theyr  obedience  in  payenge 
 the  taxe  to  the  prynce  ?  And  wolde  not  oure  Sa- 
 uioure be  borne  in  the  same  obedience  ?  ||  Doth  not 
 Paule  pronounce  hym  to  resyste  God  hym  selfe,  that 
 resysteth  the  auctorite  of  his  prynce  ?  And  (to  be 
 shorte)  the  Apostle  Peter  ^dothe  not  onely  stablysshe 
 the  obedience  vnto  prynces  and  temporall  rulers  but 
 afBmieth  playnly  the  kynge  (and  no  bysshoppe)  to  be 
 the  chefe  heade.  Innumerable  places  mo  are  there  in 
 scripture,  which  bynde  vs  to  the  obedience  of  oure 
 prynce,  and  declare  vnto  vs,  that  no  man  is  nor  can 
 be  lawfully  excepte  from  the  same :  but  that  all  the 
 mynisters  of  Goddes  worde  are  vnder  the  teporall 
 swerde :  (j  Prynces  onely  to  owe  obedience  vnto  God 
 (J  his  worde. 
 
 And  where  as  Anthichrist  vnto  voure  graces  tyme 
 dyd  thrust  his  heade  into  y'  imperiall  crowne  of  your 
 hyghnes  (as  he  doth  yet  with  other  noble  prynces  mo) 
 that  lerned  he  of  Satha  the  authour  of  pryde,  and 
 therin  doth  he  both  agaynst  the  doctryne  %  also 
 agaynst  y'  ensample  of  Christe  :  whiche  because  his 
 kyngdome  was  not  of  this  worlde,  medled  with  no  tem- 
 porall matters,  as  it  is  euydent  both  by  his  wordes  and 
 practyse :  Luc.  xii.  Math.  xxvi.  loh.  vi.  loh.  xviii, 
 where  he  y'  hath  eyes  to  se,  maye  se  :  (J  he  y'  hath 
 eares  to  heare,  maye  heare,  y'  Christes  admynistra- 
 cion  was  nothyng  teporall,  but  playne  spiritual,  as  he 
 hym  selfe  affirmelh  5  proueth  in  the  fourth  chapter  of 
 saynt  Luke  out  of  the  prophete  Esay:  where  all 
 bysshoppes  and  prestes  maye  se,  how  farre  theyr  bynd- 
 ynge  and  lowsynge  extendeth,  and  where  in  theyr 
 office  consisteth,  namely  in  preachynge  the  Gospell.  (jc. 
 
 wherfore  (most  gracyous  prjmce)  there  is  no  tonge 
 I  thynke,  that  can  fully  expresse  and  declare  the 
 vntollerable  iniuries,  which  haue  bene  done  vnto  God, 
 to  al  prynces  and  to  the  comynalties  of  all  christen 
 realnies,  sence  they  which  shulde  be  onely  the  minis- 
 ters of  Gods  worde,  became  lordes  of  the  worlde,  and 
 thrust  y'  true  and  iust  prynces  out  of  theyr  rowraes. 
 whose  herte  wolde  not  pitie  it  (yee  eue  wth  lament- 
 acyon)  to  remember  but  onely  the  vntollerable  wrouge 
 
 ■<  E3tod.22.d.       «Ierem.29.b.      /Bar.2.c.       J  Math. 17. d 
 $  Lu.  2.  a.  II  Ro.  13.  a.        «  1  Petr.  2.  b. 
 
done  by  that  Antychrist  of  Rome  vnto  youre  graces 
 most  noble  predecessoure  kyiige  lohn  ?  I  passe  oner 
 his  pestilent  pykynge  of  Peter  pens  out  of  youre 
 realme  :  his  stealjiige  awaye  of  youre  money  for  par- 
 dons :  benefices  and  bysshoprykes  :  his  disceauyng  of 
 youi-e  subiectes  soules  with  his  deuelyshe  doctrynes 
 and  sectes  of  his  false  religions :  his  bloudsheddyng 
 of  so  many  of  your  graces  people,  for  bokes  of  the 
 sciipture.  whose  berte  wolde  not  be  greued  (yee  and 
 that  out  of  measure)  to  call  to  remebra5ce,  how 
 obstinate  and  disobedient,  how  presumptuous  g  stub- 
 burne  that  Antychrist  made  the  bysshoppes  of  youre 
 realme  agaynst  your  graces  noble  predecessours  in 
 tymes  past,  as  it  is  manyfest  in  y'  Cronicles  ?  I  trust 
 verely  there  be  no  suche  now  within  youre  realme 
 Yf  there  be,  let  them  remembre  these  wordes  of  scrip- 
 ture :  "  Presumptuousnes  goeth  before  destruccio,  5 
 after  a  proude  stomacke  there  foloweth  a  fall. 
 
 what  is  now  the  cause  of  all  these  vntollerable  and 
 nomore  to  be  suflred  abhominacions  ?  Truely  euen 
 the  ignoraunce  of  the  scripture  of  God.  For  how  had 
 it  els  ben  possyble,  that  such  blyndnes  shulde  haue 
 come  in  to  y'  worlde,  had  not  y'  lyghte  of  Gods  worde 
 bene  extyncte  ?  How  coulde  men  (I  saye)  haue  bene 
 so  farre  from  the  true  seruyce  of  God,  and  from  the 
 due  obedience  of  theyr  prynce,  had  not  the  lawe  of  God 
 bene  clene  shut  vp,  depressed,  cast  asyde,  and  put  out 
 of  remembraunce  ■"  As  it  was  afore  the  tyme  of  that 
 noble  kynge  losias,  and  as  it  hath  bene  also  amonge 
 vs  vnto  youre  graces  tyme :  by  whose  most  ryghteous 
 admynistracyon  (thorowe  the  mercyfull  goodnes  of 
 God)  it  is  now  founde  agayne,  *as  it  was  in  the  dayes 
 of  that  most  vertuous  kynge  losias.  And  praysed  be 
 the  father,  the  Sonne,  and  the  holy  goost  worlde 
 without  ende,  which  so  excellently  hath  endewed  youre 
 Pryncely  hert  with  such  feruentnes  to  his  honoure, 
 and  to  the  welth  of  youre  louyng  subiectes,  that  I 
 maye  ryghtuously  (by  iust  occasyons  in  youre  persone) 
 copare  youre  hyghnes  vnto  that  noble  and  gracyous 
 kvnge,  y'  lanterne  of  lyghte  amonge  prynces,  that  fer- 
 uent  protectour  and  defender  of  the  lawes  of  God  : 
 which  comaunded  straytly  (as  youre  grace  doth)  that 
 the  lawe  of  God  shulde  be  redde  and  taught  vnto  all 
 y'  people  :  set  the  prestes  to  theyr  office  in  the  worde 
 
 "  Prouo.  J6.  c.      •  4  Re.  22.  b.  2  Par.  24.  c.      '  lerem.  44.  d. 
 
 of  god  :  destroyed  Idolatry  and  false  ydols :  put  downe 
 
 all   euell   customes   and  abusyons :   set  vp    the  true 
 
 honoure  of  God:   applyed  all  his  studye  and  ende- 
 
 uoure  to  the  ryghtuous  admynistracyon  of  the  most 
 
 vncomipte  lawe  of  God.    dc      0  what  felicite  was 
 
 amonge  y'  people  of  lerusalem  in  his  dayes  ?     And 
 
 what  prosperous  health  both  of  soule  (J  body  foloweth 
 
 the  lyke  mynistracion  in  youre  hyghnes,  we  begynne 
 
 now  (praysed  be  God)  to  haue  experience.     *  For  as 
 
 false  doctryne  is  the  origenall  cause  of  all  euell  plages 
 
 and  destruccyon,  so  is  y"  true  executynge  of  the  lawe 
 
 of  God  ad  the  preachyng  of  the  same,  the  mother  of 
 
 all  godly  prosperite.    The  onely  worde  of  god  (I  saye) 
 
 is  the  cause  of  all  felicite,  '  it  br3Tigeth  all  goodnes 
 
 with  it,  it  bryngeth  lernynge,  it  gedreth  vnderstond- 
 
 ynge,  it  causeth  good  workes,  it  maketh  chyldren  of 
 
 obedience,  breuely,  it  teacheth  all  estates  theyr  office 
 
 and  duety.     Se^Tige  then  that  the  scripture  of  God 
 
 teacheth  vs  euery  thynge  sufficiently,  both  what  we 
 
 oughte  to  do,  and  what  we  oughte  to  leaue  vndone : 
 
 whome  we  are  bounde  to  obey,  and  whome  we  shulde 
 
 not  obeye :  therfore  (I  saye)  it  causeth  all  prosperite, 
 
 and   setteth  euery  thyng  in  frame  :  and  where  it  Is 
 
 taught  and  knowen,  it  lyghteneth  all  darkenesses,  co- 
 
 forteth  all  sory  hertes,  leaueth  no  poore  man  vnhelped, 
 
 suflVeth  nothynge  araysse  vnamended,  letteth  no  pr^iice 
 
 be  disobeyed,  permytteth  no  heresie  to  be  preached : 
 
 but  refourmeth  all  thinges,  amedeth  that  is  amy.sse, 
 
 and  setteth  euery  thynge  in  order.    And  why  ?  because 
 
 it  is  geuen  by  the  inspiracyon  of  God,  therfore  is  it 
 
 euer  brjmgynge  profyte  and  frute,  by  teachynge,  by 
 
 improuynge,  by  amendynge  and  refourmyng  all   the 
 
 y'  wyl  receaue  it,  ""to  make  them  parfecte  (J  mete  vnto 
 
 all  good  workes. 
 
 Considerynge  now  (most  gracyous  prynce)  the  in- 
 estimable treasure,  frute  5  prosperite  euerlastynge, 
 that  God  geueth  with  his  worde,  and  trustynge  in  his 
 infynite  goodnes  that  he  wolde  brynge  my  symple  and 
 rude  laboure  herin  to  good  effecte,  therfore  as  the 
 holy  goost  moued  other  me  to  do  the  cost  herof,  so 
 was  I  boldened  in  God,  to  laboure  in  the  same. 
 Agayne,  consyderynge  youre  Imperiall  maiestye  not 
 onely  to  be  my  naturall  soueraigne  liege  Lorde  5  chafe 
 heade   of  y'  church  of  Englode,  but  also  the  true 
 
 '  Sapie.  7.  b.        *  1  Tim.  8.  b. 
 
bnto  ti)t  Hpngcs  f)ip^ms^t. 
 
 defender  and  maynteyner  of  Gods  lawes,  I  thought  it 
 my  dutye  and  to  belonge  vnto  my  allegiaunce,  whan 
 I  had  translated  this  Bible,  not  onely  to  dedicate  this 
 translacyon  vnto  youre  hyghnesse,  but  wholy  to  com- 
 mytte  it  vnto  the  same :  to  the  intent  that  yf  any 
 thynge  therin  be  translated  amysse  (for  in  many 
 thynges  we  fayle,  euen  whau  we  thynke  to  be  sure)  it 
 may  stode  in  youre  graces  handes,  to  correcte  it,  to 
 amende  it,  to  improue  it,  yea  j  cleane  to  reiecte  it, 
 yf  youre  godly  wysdome  shall  thynke  it  necessary. 
 And  as  I  do  with  all  humblenes  submitte  myne  vnder- 
 stondynge  and  my  poore  translacyon  vnto  y'  spirits 
 of  trueth  in  your  grace,  so  make  I  this  protestacyon 
 {hau3mg  God  to  recorde  in  my  coscience)  that  I  haue 
 nether  wrested  nor  altered  so  moch  as  one  worde  for 
 the  mayntenaiice  of  any  maner  of  secte :  but  haue 
 with  a  cleare  conscience  purely  j  faythfully  trans- 
 lated this  out  of  fyue  sundry  interpreters,  hauyng  onely 
 the  manyfest  trueth  of  the  scripture  before  myne  eyes : 
 Trustynge  in  the  goodnes  of  God,  that  it  shalbe  vnto 
 his  worshippe :  quietnes  and  tranquilite  vnto  your 
 hyghnes :  a  perfecte  stablyshment  of  all  Gods  ordy- 
 
 naunces  mthin  youre  graces  domynion :  a  generall 
 comforte  to  all  Christen  hertes,  and  a  continuall  thank- 
 fulnesse  both  of  olde  and  yonge  vnto  god,  and  to 
 youre  grace,  for  beynge  oure  Moses,  and  for  bringynge 
 vs  out  of  this  olde  Egypte  from  the  cruell  handes  of 
 our  spirituall  Pharao.  For  where  were  the  lewes  (by 
 ten  thousande  partes)  so  moch  bounde  vnto  "Kynge 
 Dauid,  for  subduynge  of  greate  Goliath  and  all  theyr 
 enemyes,  as  we  are  to  your  grace,  for  delyuerynge  vs 
 out  of  om'e  olde  Babylonycall  captiuyte  ?  For  y' 
 which  delyueraunce  and  victory  I  beseke  oure  onely 
 medyatoure  lesus  Christ,  to  make  soch  meanes  for  vs 
 vnto  his  heauenly  father,  y'  we  neuer  be  vnthankfull 
 vnto  him  ner  vnto  youre  grace  :  but  that  we  euer 
 increace  in  the  feare  of  him,  in  obedience  vnto  3'our 
 hyghnesse,  in  loue  vnfa3Tied  vnto  oure  neghbours : 
 and  in  all  vertue  that  commeth  of  God.  To  whom 
 for  y°  defendynge  of  his  blessed  worde  (by  your  graces 
 most  rightfuU  administracyon)  be  honoure  and  thankes, 
 glory  and  dominyon,  worlde  without  ende,  Amen. 
 
 -  1  Reg.  17.  g. 
 
 youre  graces  humble  subiecte  and  daylye  oratour, 
 MYLES  COUERDALE 
 
A    PROLOG  E. 
 MYLES  COUERDALE  VNTO  THE  CHRISTEN  READER. 
 
 CONSIDERYNGE  how  excellent  knowlege  and 
 lernynge  an  interpreter  of  scripture  oughte  to 
 haue  in  the  tongues,  and  ponderyng  also  myne  owne 
 insufficiency  therin,  5  how  weake  I  am  to  perfourme 
 y*  office  of  a  translatoure,  I  was  the  more  lothe  to 
 medle  with  this  worke.  Notwithstondynge  whan  I 
 cosydered  how  greate  pytie  it  was  that  we  shulde 
 wante  it  so  longe,  5  called  to  my  rememhraunce  y' 
 aduersite  of  them,  which  were  not  onely  of  rype 
 knowlege,  but  wolde  also  with  all  theyr  hertes  haue 
 perfourmed  y'  they  beganne,  yf  they  had  not  had 
 impediment:  considerynge  (I  saye)  that  by  reason 
 of  theyr  aduersyte  it  coulde  not  so  scone  haue  bene 
 broughte  to  an  ende,  as  cure  most  prosperous  nacyon 
 wolde  fayne  haue  had  it :  these  and  other  reasonable 
 causes  consydered,  I  was  the  more  bolde  to  take  it  in 
 hande.  And  to  helpe  me  herin,  I  haue  had  sondrye 
 translacions,  not  onely  in  latyn,  but  also  of  the  Douche 
 interpreters  :  whom  (because  of  theyr  syngiJer  gyftes 
 a  speciall  diligence  in  the  Bible)  I  haue  ben  the 
 more  glad  to  folowe  for  the  most  parte,  accordynge  as 
 I  was  requyred.  But  to  saye  the  trueth  before  God, 
 it  was  nether  my  laboure  ner  desyi-e,  to  haue  this 
 worke  put  in  my  hande  :  neuertheles  it  greued  me 
 y*  other  nacyos  shulde  be  more  plenteously  prouyded 
 for  with  y'  scripture  in  theyr  mother  tongue,  then 
 we :  therfore  whan  I  was  instantly  requyred,  though 
 I  coulde  not  do  so  well  as  I  wolde,  I  thought  it 
 yet  my  dewtye  to  do  my  best,  and  that  with  a  good 
 wyll. 
 
 where  as  some  men  thynke  now  y'  many  trans- 
 lacyons  make  diuisyon  in  y'  fayth  and  in  the  people 
 of  God,  y'  is  not  so  :  for  it  was  neuer  better  with  the 
 congregacion  of  god,  then  whan  euery  church  allmost 
 had  y'  Byble  of  a  sondrye  traslacion.  Amonge  the 
 Grekes  had  not  Origen  a  specyaU  translacyon  ?  Had 
 not  Vulgarius  one  peculyar,  %  lykewyse  Chrysostom  ? 
 Besyde  the  seuentye  interpreters,  is  there  not  the  trans- 
 lacyon of  Aquila,  of  Theodotio,  of  Symachus,  and 
 of  sondrye  other  P  Agayne  amonge  the  Lat\Ti  men, 
 thou   findest  y'  euery  one  allmost  vsed  a  specyall 
 
 I  sondrye  translacyon :  for  in  so  moch  as  euery  bys- 
 shoppe  had  the  knowlege  of  y"  tongues,  he  gaue  his 
 diligence  to  haue  the  Byble  of  his  awne  translacion. 
 The  doctours,  as  Hireneus,  Cyprianus,  Tertullian, 
 S.  Iherom,  S.  Augustine,  Hylarius  d  S.  Ambrose 
 vpon  dyuerse  places  of  the  scripture,  reade  not  y' 
 texts  all  alyke. 
 
 Therfore  oughte  it  not  to  be  taken  as  euel,  y'  soch 
 men  as  haue  vnderstondynge  now  in  oure  tjTne,  exer- 
 cyse  them  selues  in  y'  tongues,  (J  geue  their  diligence 
 to  translate  out  of  one  language  in  to  another.  Yea 
 we  ought  rather  to  geue  god  hye  thankes  therfore,  which 
 thorow  his  sprete  stereth  vp  mes  myndes,  so  to  exercise 
 them  selues  therin.  wolde  god  it  had  neuer  bene  left 
 of  after  y'  tyme  of  S.  Augustine,  then  shulde  we 
 neuer  haue  come  in  to  soch  blindnes  (J  ignorauce, 
 in  to  soch  erroures  5  delusyons.  For  as  soone  as 
 the  Byble  was  cast  asyde,  5  nomore  put  in  exercyse, 
 then  beganne  euery  one  of  his  awne  heade  to  wryte 
 what  so  euer  came  in  to  his  brayne  and  y'  semed  to 
 be  good  in  his  awne  eyes  :  and  so  grewe  y'  darknes  of 
 mes  tradicios.  And  this  same  is  y'  cause  y'  we  haue 
 had  so  many  ^vryters,  which  seldome  made  mecyon 
 of  y'  scripture  of  the  Byble :  5  though  they  some 
 tyme  aleged  it,  yet  was  it  done  so  farre  out  of  season 
 5  so  wj'de  from  y'  purpose,  that  a  mi,  maye  well  per- 
 ceaue,  how  that  they  neuer  sawe  the  oryginall. 
 
 Seynge  then  y'  this  diligent  exercyse  of  trans- 
 latynge  doth  so  moch  good  (J  edifyeth  in  other  lan- 
 guages, why  shulde  it  do  euell  in  oures  ?  Doutles 
 lyke  as  all  nacyons  in  y'  dyuersite  of  speaches  maye 
 knowe  one  God  in  the  vnyte  of  faith,  and  be  one  in 
 loue :  euen  so  maye  dyuerse  translacyons  vnderstonde 
 one  another,  5  that  in  the  head  articles  5  grounde 
 of  oure  most  blessed  faith,  though  they  vse  sondrye 
 wordes.  wherfore  me  thynke  we  haue  greate  occasyon 
 to  geue  thankes  vnto  God,  that  he  hath  opened  vnto 
 his  church  the  gyfte  of  interpretacyon  5  of  prynt- 
 yng,  and  that  there  are  now  at  this  tyme  so  many, 
 which  with  soch  dUigece  and  faithfulnes  interprete 
 y*  scripture  to  the  honoure  of  god  and  edifyenge  of 
 
Co  tf)t  Eealrer, 
 
 his  people,  where  as  (lyke  as  whan  many  are  shut- 
 ynge  together)  euery  one  doth  his  best  to  be  nyest  the 
 marke.  And  though  they  can  not  all  attayne  therto, 
 yet  shuteth  one  nyer  then  another,  and  hytteth  it 
 better  then  another,  yee  one  can  do  it  better  the 
 another.  who  is  now  then  so  vnreasonable,  so 
 despytefull,  or  enuyous,  as  to  abhorre  him  y'  doth  all 
 his  diligence  to  hytte  y'  prycke,  and  to  shute  nyest 
 it,  though  he  mysse  5  come  not  nyest  the  mark  ? 
 Ought  not  soch  one  rather  to  be  commeded,  and  to 
 be  helped  forwarde,  that  he  maye  exercyse  himselfe 
 the  more  therin  P 
 
 For  the  which  cause  (acordyng  as  I  was  desyred) 
 I  toke  the  more  vpon  me  to  set  forth  this  speciall 
 translacyon,  not  as  a  checker,  not  as  a  reprouer,  or 
 despyser  of  other  mens  translacyons  (for  amonge 
 many  as  yet  I  haue  founde  none  without  occasyon  of 
 greate  thankesgeuynge  vnlo  god)  but  lowly  5  fayth- 
 fully  haue  I  folowed  myne  interpreters,  5  that  v-nder 
 correccyon.  And  though  I  haue  fayled  eny  where 
 (as  there  is  noman  but  he  mysseth  in  some  thynge) 
 loue  shall  constyrre  all  to  y*  best  without  eny  peruerse 
 iudgment.  There  is  noman  lyuynge  y'  can  se  all 
 thynges,  nether  hath  god  geuen  eny  man  to  knowe 
 euery  thynge.  One  seyth  more  clearly  then  another, 
 one  hath  more  vnderstondyng  then  another,  one  can 
 vtter  a  thynge  better  then  another,  but  noman  ought 
 to  enuye,  or  dispyse  another.  He  that  can  do  better 
 then  another,  shulde  not  set  him  at  naught  y'  vnder- 
 stondeth  lesse :  Yee  he  that  hath  y'  more  vnderstond 
 yng,  ought  to  remembre  that  the  same  gyfte  is  not 
 his  but  Gods,  and  y'  God  hath  geue  it  him  to  teach 
 %  enfourme  the  ignoraunt.  Yf  thou  hast  knowlege 
 therfore  to  iudge  where  eny  faute  is  made,  I  doute 
 not  but  thou  wilt  helpe  to  amende  it,  yf  loue  be 
 ioyned  with  thy  knowlege.  Howbeit  wherin  so  euer 
 I  can  perceaue  by  my  selfe,  or  by  the  informacyon  of 
 other,  that  I  haue  fayled  (as  it  is  no  wonder)  I  shall 
 now  by  the  helpe  of  God  ouerloke  it  better  (J  amende  it. 
 Now  wil  I  exhorte  the  (who  so  euer  thou  be  y' 
 readest  scripture)  yf  thou  fynde  oughte  therin  y'  thou 
 vnderstondest  not,  or  that  apeareth  to  be  repugnaunt, 
 geue  no  temerarious  ner  haystye  iudgmet  therof :  but 
 ascrybe  it  to  thyne  awne  ignoraunce,  not  to  the  scryp- 
 ture,  thynke  y'  thou  vnderstondest  it  not,  or  y'  it  hath 
 some  other  meanynge,  or  y'  it  is  happlj'e  ouersene  of 
 y'  interpreters,  or  wronge  prynted.  Agayne,  it  shall 
 greately  helpe  y'  to  vnderstonde  scripture,  yf  thou 
 marke  not  onely  what  is  spoken  or  wrytten,  but  of 
 
 whom,  5  vnto  whom,  with  what  wordes,  at  what  tyme, 
 where,  to  what  intent,  with  what  circumstaunce,  con- 
 syderynge  what  goeth  before,  and  what  foloweth  after. 
 For  there  be  some  thynges  which  are  done  5  wrytte, 
 to  the  intente  y'  we  shulde  do  lykewyse  :  as  whan 
 Abraham  beleueth  God,  is  obedient  vnto  his  worde,  5 
 defendeth  Loth  his  kynsman  from  violent  wronge. 
 There  be  some  thynges  also  which  are  Wrytte,  to  the 
 intente  y'  we  shulde  eschue  soch  lyke.  As  whan  Dauid 
 lyeth  with  Vrias  wyfe,  5  causeth  him  to  be  slayne. 
 Therfore  (I  saye)  whan  thou  readest  scripture,  be 
 wyse  s  circumspecte  :  j  whan  thou  commest  to  soch 
 straunge  maners  of  speakynge  a  darke  sentences,  to 
 soch  parables  (j  similitudes,  to  soch  dreames  or  vysions 
 as  are  hyd  from  thy  vnderstondynge,  comytte  them 
 vnto  God  or  to  the  gyfte  of  his  holy  sprete  in  them 
 y'  are  better  lemed  then  thou. 
 
 As  for  the  commendacyon  of  Gods  holy  scripture, 
 I  wolde  fayne  magnifye  it  as  it  is  worthy,  but  I  am 
 fane  vnsufEciet  therto.  5  therfore  I  thoughte  it 
 better  for  me  to  holde  my  tonge,  then  with  few  wordes 
 to  prayse  or  commede  it :  exhortynge  y'  (most  deare 
 reader)  so  to  loue  it,  so  to  cleue  vnto  it,  5  so  to 
 folowe  it  in  thy  daylye  conuersacyon,  y'  other  men 
 seynge  thy  good  workes  5  the  frutes  of  y=  holy  goost 
 in  the,  maye  prayse  the  father  of  heauen,  (j  geue  his 
 worde  a  good  reporte :  for  to  lyue  after  the  lawe  of 
 God,  5  to  leade  a  vertuous  conuersacyon,  is  the  great- 
 est prayse  y'  thou  canst  geue  vnto  his  doctryne. 
 
 But  as  touchynge  the  euell  reporte  and  disprayse 
 that  the  good  worde  of  God  hath  by  the  corrupte  and 
 euell  conuersacyon  of  some,  y'  daylye  heare  it  and 
 professe  it  outwardly  with  theyr  mouthes,  1  exhorte 
 y"  (most  deare  reader)  let  not  y'  offende  the  ner 
 withdrawe  thy  mynde  fro  the  loue  of  y'  trueth,  nether 
 moue  y°  to  be  partaker  in  lyke  vnthankfulnes  :  but 
 seynge  y°  lighte  is  come  in  to  the  worlde,  loue  no- 
 more  the  workes  of  darknes,  receaue  not  the  grace  of 
 god  in  vayne.  Call  to  thy  remembraunce  how  lou- 
 ynge  5  mercifull  God  is  vnto  the,  how  kyndly  and 
 fatherly  he  helpeth  the  in  all  trouble,  teacheth  thyne 
 ignoraunce,  healeth  the  in  all  thy  sycknesse,  for- 
 geueth  the  all  thy  synnes,  fedeth  y',  geueth  the 
 drynke,  helpeth  y'  out  of  preson,  norysheth  the  in 
 straunge  countrees,  careth  for  the,  5  seyeth  y'  thou 
 wante  nothynge.  Call  this  to  mynde  (I  saye)  5  that 
 earnestly,  and  consydre  how  thou  hast  receaued  of 
 god  all  these  benefites  (yee  and  many  mo  then  thou 
 canst  desyre)  how  thou  art  bounde  lykewise  to  shewe 
 
a  ^rologe. 
 
 thy  selfe  vnlo  thy  neghboure  as  fane  as  thou  canst, 
 to  teach  him  yf  he  be  ignoraunt,  to  helpe  him  in  all 
 his  trouble,  to  heale  his  sycknes,  to  forgeue  him  his 
 offences,  and  that  hartely,  to  fede  him,  to  cherish 
 him,  to  care  for  him,  and  to  se  y'  he  wantc  nothjTig. 
 And  on  this  behalfe  I  beseke  the  (thou  y'  hast  y°  ryches 
 of  this  worlde,  and  louest  God  with  thy  harte)  to  lyfte 
 vp  thyne  eyes,  and  se  how  greate  a  multitude  of  poore 
 people  renne  thorow  euery  towne :  haue  pitie  on 
 thyne  awne  flesh,  helpe  them  with  a  good  harte,  and 
 do  with  thy  councell  all  that  euer  thou  canst,  that 
 this  vnshamefast  beggynge  maye  be  put  downe,  that 
 these  ydle  folkes  maye  be  set  to  laboure,  (J  that  soch 
 as  are  not  able  to  get  theyr  lyuynge,  maye  be  pro- 
 uyded  for.  At  the  leest  thou  y'  art  of  councell  with 
 soch  as  are  in  auctoryte,  geue  them  some  occasyon 
 to  cast  theyr  heades  together,  and  to  make  prouj'syon 
 for  the  poore.  Put  the  in  remembraunce  of  those 
 noble  cityes  in  other  countrees,  that  by  the  auctoryte 
 of  theyr  prynces  haue  so  rychely  ad  well  prouided 
 for  theyr  poore  people,  to  the  greate  shame  5  des- 
 honestye  of  vs,  yf  we  lykewyse  receauynge  y°  worde 
 of  God,  shewe  not  soch  lyke  frutes  therof.  wolde 
 God  y'  those  men  (whose  office  is  to  maynteyne  y' 
 comon  welth )  were  as  diligent  in  this  cause  as  they 
 are  in  other.  Let  vs  bewarre  by  tymes,  for  after 
 vnthankfulnes  there  foloweth  euer  a  plage  :  the  mer- 
 cyful  hande  of  God  be  with  vs,  5  defende  vs  that  we 
 be  not  partakers  therof. 
 
 Go  to  now  (most  deare  reader)  8  syt  the  downe 
 at  the  Lordes  fete  and  reade  his  wordes,  5  ("as 
 Moses  teacheth  the  lewes)  take  them  in  to  theyr 
 herte,  (5  let  thy  talkynge  5  communicacion  be  of 
 them  whan  thou  syttest  in  thyne  house,  or  goest  by 
 y°  waye,  whan  thou  lyest  downe,  ij  whan  thou  ryseth 
 vp.  And  aboue  all  thynges  fasshyon  thy  lyfe,  S  c6- 
 uersacion  acordyng  to  the  doctryne  of  the  holy  goost 
 therin,  that  thou  mayest  be  partaker  of  y'  good  pro- 
 myses  of  god  in  the  Byble,  (J  be  heyre  of  his  blessynge 
 in  Christ.  In  whom  yf  thou  put  thy  trust,  (J  be  an 
 vnfayned  reader  or  hearer  of  hys  worde  with  thy 
 hert,  thou  shalt  fynde  swetenesse  theryn,  5  spye 
 woderous  thynges,  to  thy  vnderstondynge,  to  the 
 auoydynge  of  all  sedicyous  sectes,  to  the  abhorrynge 
 of  thy  olde  synfull  lyfe,  5  to  the  stablyshynge  of  thy 
 godly  conuersacyon. 
 
 In  the  first  boke  of  Moses  (called  Genesis)   thou 
 
 mayest  leme  to  knowe  the  almightye  power  of  god 
 in  creatynge  all  of  naught,  his  infinite  wysdome  in 
 ordryng  the  same,  his  ryghteousnes  in  punyshynge 
 y'  vngodly,  his  loue  5  fatherly  mercy  in  comfortynge 
 the  righteous  with  his  promes.  (Jc. 
 
 In  the  seconde  boke  (called  Exodus)  we  se  the 
 myghtye  arme  of  god,  in  delyuerynge  his  people  from 
 so  greate  bondage  out  of  Egypte,  and  what  prouysyon 
 he  maketh  for  them  in  the  wildemes,  how  he  teacheth 
 them  with  his  wholsome  worde  and  how  the  Taberna- 
 cle was  made  and  set  vp. 
 
 In  the  thyrde  boke  (called  Leuiticus)  is  declared 
 what  sacrifices  the  prestes  5  Leuites  vsed,  and  what 
 theyr  office  5  ministracyon  was. 
 
 In  the  fourth  boke  (called  Numerus)  is  declared 
 how  the  people  are  nombred  and  mustred,  how  the 
 captaynes  are  chosen  after  y'  trybes  g  kynreds,  how 
 they  wete  forth  to  y'  battayll,  how  they  pitched  theyr 
 teutes,  (5  how  they  brake  vp. 
 
 The  fyfth  boke  (called  Deuteronomium)  sheweth 
 how  that  Moses  now  beynge  olde,  rehearseth  the  lawe 
 of  god  vnto  y''  people,  putteth  them  in  remembraunce 
 agayne  of  all  the  wonders  5  benefites  that  god  had 
 shewed  for  them,  and  exhorteth  them  earnestly  to 
 loue  y'  Lorde  theyr  god,  to  cleue  vnto  him,  to  put 
 their  trust  in  him  and  to  herken  vnto  his  voyce. 
 
 After  the  death  of  Moses  doth  losue  brynge  the 
 people  in  to  the  lode  of  promes  where  God  doth 
 wonderous  thynges  for  his  people  by  losue,  which 
 distributeth  y"  londe  vnto  them,  vnto  euery  trybe 
 theyr  possession.  But  in  theyr  wealth  they  forgat 
 the  goodnes  of  God,  so  that  oft  tymes  he  gaue  the 
 ouer  in  to  the  hande  of  theyr  enemies.  Neuerthe- 
 les  whan  so  euer  they  called  faithfully  vpon  him,  and 
 conuerted,  he  delyuered  them  aga}Tie,  as  the  boke  of 
 ludges  declareth. 
 
 In  the  bokes  of  the  kynges,  is  descrybed  the  regi- 
 ment of  good  and  euell  prynces,  and  how  the  decaj'e 
 of  all  nacions  commeth  by  euel  kjniges.  For  in 
 leroboam  thou  seyst  what  myschefe,  what  ydolatrye 
 5  soch  like  abhominacyon  foloweth,  wha  the  kynge 
 is  a  maynteyner  of  false  doctryne,  ad  causeth  the 
 people  to  synne  agaynst  God,  which  fallinge  awaye 
 from  gods  worde,  increased  so  sore  amonge  them, 
 that  it  was  the  cause  of  all  theyr  sorowe  and  misery, 
 (5  the  very  occasion  why  Israel  first  and  then  luda, 
 were  caryed  awaye  in  to  captyuite.    'Agayne,  in  losa- 
 
Co  tt)t  Jieairer. 
 
 phat,  in  Ezechias  and  in  losias  thou  seyst  the  nature 
 of  a  vertuous  kynge.  He  putteth  downe  the  houses 
 of  ydolatrye,  sey th  that  his  prestes  teach  nothynge  but 
 y"  lawe  of  God,  comaundeth  his  lordes  to  go  with 
 them,  and  to  se  that  they  teach  the  people.  In  these 
 kynges  (I  saye)  thou  seyst  the  codicyon  of  a  true 
 defender  of  y°  fayth,  for  he  spareth  nether  cost  ner 
 laboui'e,  to  manteyne  the  lawes  of  God,  to  seiie  the 
 welth  (i  prosperite  of  his  people,  and  to  rote  out  the 
 wicked.  And  where  soch  a  prince  is,  thou  seyst 
 agayne,  how  God  defendeth  him  and  his  people, 
 though  he  haue  neuer  so  many  enemyes.  Thus 
 wente  it  with  the  in  the  olde  tyme,  and  euen  after 
 y°  same  uianer  goeth  it  now  with  vs :  God  be 
 praysed  therfore,  ad  graunte  vs  of  his  fatherly  mercy, 
 that  we  be  not  vnthankfuU :  lest  where  be  now  geueth 
 vs  a  losaphat,  an  Ezechias,  yee  a  very  losias,  he 
 sende  vs  a  Pharao,  a  leroboam,  or  an  Achab. 
 
 In  the  two  first  bokes  of  Esdras  (J  in  Hester  thou 
 seyst  the  delyueraunce  of  the  people,  which  though 
 they  were  but  fewe,  yet  is  it  vnto  vs  all  a  speciall  co- 
 forte,  for  so  moch  as  God  is  not  forgetfull  of  his 
 promes,  but  bryngeth  them  out  of  captiuite,  acord- 
 ynge  as  he  had  tolde  them  before. 
 
 In  the  boke  of  lob  we  lerne  comforte  and  pacience, 
 in  that  God  not  onely  punysheth  the  wicked,  but 
 proueth  (J  tryeth  the  iust  and  righteous  (howbeit  there 
 is  noman  innocent  in  his  sighte)  by  dyuerse  troubles 
 in  this  lyfe,  declaryng  therby,  y'  they  are  not  his 
 bastardes,  but  his  deare  sonnes,  and  that  he  loueth 
 them. 
 
 In  the  Psalmes  we  lerne  how  to  resorte  onely  vnto 
 God  in  all  oure  troubles,  to  seke  helpe  at  him,  to  call 
 onely  vpon  him,  to  satle  oure  myndes  by  paciece,  5 
 how  we  ought  in  prosperite  to  be  thankfull  vnto  him. 
 
 The  Prouerbes  and  the  Preacher  of  Salomon  teach 
 vs  wysdome,  to  knowe  God,  oure  owne  seines,  and  the 
 worlde,  and  how  vayne  all  thynges  are,  saue  onely  to 
 cleue  vnto  God. 
 
 As  for  the  doctryne  of  the  Prophetes,  what  is  it  elS; 
 but  an  earnest  exhortacion  to  eschue  synne,  d  to  tunie 
 vnto  God  ?  a  faythfull  promes  of  the  mercy  ad  pai- 
 don  of  God,  vnto  all  them  y'  tume  vnto  him,  and  a 
 threatenyng  of  his  wrath  to  the  vngodly  ?  sauynge 
 that  here  and  there  they  prophecye  also  manifestly  of 
 Christ,  of  y°  expulsion  of  the  lewes,  and  callynge 
 of  the  Heythen. 
 
 Thus  moch  thought  I  to  speake  of  y'  olde  Testa^ 
 ment,   wherin  almyghtie   God  openeth   vnto   vs   his 
 
 myghtye  power,  his  wysdome,  his  louynge  mercy  (j 
 righleousnesse  ;  for  the  which  cause  it  oughte  of  no 
 man  to  be  abhorred,  despysed,  or  lyghtly  regai'ded, 
 as  though  it  were  an  olde  scripture  y'  nothyng  beloged 
 vnto  vs,  or  y'  now  were  to  be  refused.  For  it  is  Gods 
 true  scripture  5  testimony,  which  the  Lorde  lesus 
 commaundeth  the  lewes  to  search,  who  so  euer  be- 
 leueth  not  the  scripture,  beleueth  not  Christ,  and  who 
 so  refuseth  it,  refuseth  God  also. 
 
 The  New  Testament  or  Gospell,  is  a  manyfest  and 
 cleare  testymony  of  Christ  how  God  perfounneth  his 
 00th  and  promes  made  in  the  olde  Testament,  how  the 
 New  is  declared  and  included  in  the  Olde,  and  the 
 Olde  fulfylled  and  verifyed  in  the  New. 
 
 Now  where  as  the  most  famous  intei-preters  of  all 
 geue  sondrye  iudgmentes  of  the  texte  (so  farre  as  it  is 
 done  by  y'  sprete  of  knowlege  in  the  holy  goost)  me 
 thynke  noman  shulde  be  offended  there  at,  for  they 
 referre  theyr  doinges  in  mekenes  to  the  sprete  of 
 trueth  in  the  congregacyon  of  god  :  5  sure  I  am,  that 
 there  commeth  more  knowlege  and  vnderstondinge 
 of  the  scripture  by  theyr  sondrie  translacyons,  then  by 
 all  the  gloses  of  oure  sophistical!  doctours.  For  that 
 one  interpreteth  somthynge  obscurely  in  one  place, 
 the  same  translateth  another  (or  els  he  him  selfe) 
 more  manifestly  by  a  more  playne  vocable  of  the  same 
 meanyng  in  another  place.  Be  not  thou  offended 
 therfore  (good  Reader)  though  one  call  a  scrybe,  that 
 another  calleth  a  lawyer :  or  elders,  that  another 
 calleth  father  (j  mother :  or  repentaunce,  that  another 
 calleth  pennaunce  or  amendment.  For  yf  thou  be 
 not  disceaued  by  mens  tradicios,  thou  shalt  fynde  no- 
 more  dyuersite  betwene  these  tennes  then  betwene 
 I'oure  pens  and  a  grote.  And  this  maner  haue  I  vsed 
 in  my  translacyon,  callyng  it  in  some  place  pen- 
 naunce, that  in  another  place  I  call  repentaunce,  and 
 that  not  onely  because  the  interpreters  haue  done 
 so  before  me,  but  that  the  aduersaries  of  the  trueth 
 maye  se,  how  that  we  abhon-e  not  this  worde  pe- 
 naunce  (as  they  vntruly  reporte  of  vs)  no  more  then 
 the  interpreters  of  latyn  abhorre  penitere,  whan  they 
 reade  resipiscere.  Onely  our  hertes  desyre  vnto  God, 
 is,  that  his  i)eople  be  not  blynded  in  theyr  vnder- 
 stondyng,  lest  they  beleue  pennaunce  to  be  ought  saue 
 a  very  repetaunce,  amedment,  or  conuersyon  into 
 God,  and  to  be  an  vnfayned  new  creature  in  Christ, 
 and  to  lyue  acordyng  to  his  lawe.     For  els  shall  they 
 
9i  prologt. 
 
 fal  in  to  the  olde  blasphemy  of  Christes  bloude,  and 
 beleue,  that  they  the  selues  are  able  to  make  satis- 
 iaccion  vnto  God  for  theyr  awne  synnes,  from  the 
 which  erroure  god  of  his  mercy  and  pleteous  goodnes 
 preserue  all  his. 
 
 Now  to  conclude  :  for  so  moch  as  all  the  scripture 
 is  nTytten  for  thy  doctryne  5  ensample,  it  shalbe 
 necessary  for  the,  to  take  holde  vpon  it,  whyle  it  is 
 offi-ed  the,  yee  and  witli  ten  handes  thankfully  to 
 receaue  it.  And  though  it  be  not  worthely  ministred 
 vnto  the  in  this  translacyon  (by  reason  of  my  rudnes) 
 Yet  yf  thou  be  feruet  in  thy  prayer,  God  shal  not 
 onely  sende  it  the  in  a  better  shappe,  by  the  mynis- 
 tracyon  of  other  that  beganue  it  afore,  but  shall  also 
 moue  the  hertes  of  them,  which  as  yet  medled  not 
 withaLl,  to  take  it  in  hande,  and  to  bestowe  the  gifte  of 
 theyr  vnderstondynge  theron,  as  well  in  oure  language 
 as  other  famous  interpreters  do  in  other  languages. 
 And  I  praye  God,  that  thorow  my  poore  ministracyon 
 here  in,  I  maye  geue  them  that  can  do  better,  some 
 occasyon  so  to  do :  exhortyng  the  (most  deare  reader) 
 m  the  meane  whyle  on  Gods  behalfe,  yf  thou  be  a 
 heade,  a  ludge,  or  ruler  of  y°  people,  that  thou  °  let 
 not  the  boke  of  this  lawe  departe  out  of  thy  mouth, 
 but  exercise  thyselfe  therin  both  daye  and  nyghte, 
 and  be  euer  readyng  in  it  as  longs  as  thou  lyuest : 
 that  thou  mayest  leme  to  feare  the  Lorde  thy  God, 
 J  not  to  tume  asyde  from  the  commaundement,  ne- 
 ther to  the  right  hande  ner  to  the  lefte  :  lest  thou  be 
 a  knower  of  personnes  in  iudgmet,  '  and  wrest  the 
 righte  of  the  straunger,  of  the  fatherles  or  of  the 
 wedowe,  and  so  y'  curse  to  come  vpon  the.  But  what 
 office  so  euer  thou  hast '  wayte  v^on  it,  and  execute  it, 
 to  the  mayntenaunce  of  peace,  to  the  welth  of  thy 
 people,  defendyuge  the  lawes  of  God,  and  the  loners 
 therof,  and  to  the  destruccyon  of  the  wicked. 
 
 ''  Yf  thou  be  a  preacher,  and  hast  the  ouersighte  of 
 the  flocke  of  Christ,  awake  and  fede  Christes  shepe 
 with  a  good  herte,  (J  spare  no  laboure  to  do  them 
 good,  seke  not  thy  selfe,  5  bewarre  of  fylthy  lucre, 
 but  '  be  vnto  y°  flocke  an  ensample,  in  y*  worde,  in 
 couersacyon,  in  loue,  in  feruentnes  of  y'  sprete,  and 
 be  euer  readynge,  exhortynge,  5  teachynge  in  Gods 
 worde,  that  the  people  of  God  renne  not  vnto  other 
 doctrynes  and  lest  thou  thy  selfe  (whan  thou  shuldest 
 teach  other)  be  founde  itmoraimt  therin.     And  rather 
 
 «  Io».  1.  a.       Deute.  17.  d.       '  Deut.  24.       '  Roma.  12.  b. 
 lPet.4.b.      ■'Actu.20.d.    iPetr.S.a.     '  lTim.4.b.  Ti.2.a. 
 
 then  thou  woldest  teach  the  people  eny  other  thynge 
 then  Gods  worde  take  the  boke  in  thyne  hande,  5 
 reade  the  wordes  eue  as  they  stonde  therin  (for  it  is 
 no  shame  so  to  do,  it  is  more  shame  to  make  a  lye) 
 This  I  saye  for  soch,  as  are  not  yet  experte  in  the 
 scripture,  for  I  reproue  no  preachyng  without  the 
 boke  as  longe  as  they  saye  the  trueth. 
 
 Yf  thou  be  a  man  that  hast  wyfe  and  childre,  first 
 ■'^loue  thy  wyfe,  acordynge  to  the  ensample  of  the 
 loue,  wherwith  Christ  loued  the  cogregacion,  and 
 remembre  that  so  doynge,  thou  louest  euen  thyselfe  : 
 yf  thou  hate  her,  thou  hatest  thine  awne  flesh  :  yf 
 thou  cherishe  her  and  make  moch  of  her,  thou  cheri- 
 sest  5  makest  moch  of  thyselfe,  for  she  is  bone  of 
 thy  bones,  5  flesh  of  thy  flesh.  And  who  so  euer 
 thou  be  that  hast  children,  ^bryng  them  vp  in  the 
 nurtour  and  informacion  of  the  Lorde.  And  yf  thou 
 be  ignoraunt,  or  art  otherwyse  occupied  laufuUv  that 
 thou  canst  not  teach  them  thy  selfe,  then  be  euen  as 
 diligent  to  seke  a  good  master  for  thy  childre,  as  thou 
 wast  to  seke  a  mother  to  beare  them :  for  there  lieth 
 as  great  weight  in  the  one  as  in  y°  other.  Yee  better 
 it  were  for  the  to  be  vnbome,  then  not  to  feare  God, 
 or  to  be  euel  brought  vp.  which  thynge  (I  meane 
 bryngynge  vp  well  of  children)  yf  it  be  diligently 
 loked  to,  it  is  the  vpholdinge  of  all  comon  welthes : 
 and  the  negligence  of  the  same,  the  very  decaye  ot 
 all  realmes. 
 
 Fynally,  who  so  euer  thou  be,  take  these  wordes  of 
 scripture  in  to  thy  herte,  and  be  not  onely  an  out- 
 warde  hearer,  but  a  doer  therafter,  and  practyse  thy- 
 selfe therin :  that  thou  mayest  fele  in  thine  hert,  the 
 swete  promyses  therof  for  thy  consolacion  in  all 
 trouble,  5  for  the  sure  stablyshinge  of  thy  hope  in 
 Christ,  and  haue  euer  an  eye  to  y'  wordes  of  scrip- 
 ture, that  yf  thou  be  a  teacher  of  other  thou  mayest  be 
 within  the  boundes  of  the  trueth,  or  at  the  leest  though 
 thou  be  but  an  hearer  or  reader  of  another  mans 
 doynges,  thou  mayest  yet  haue  knowlege  to  iudge  all 
 spretes,  and  be  fre  from  euery  erroure,  to  the  vtter 
 destruccion  of  all  sedicious  secies  (j  straunge  doctrynes, 
 that  the  holy  scrypture  maye  haue  fre  passage,  and  be 
 had  in  reputacion,  to  the  worshippe  of  the  author 
 therof,  which  is  euen  G  od  himselfe  :  to  whom  for  his 
 most  blessed  worde  be  glory  5  domynion  now  5  euer. 
 Amen. 
 
 /  Epbe.  5.  c. 
 
 s  Ephe.  6.  a. 
 
HOW  THEY  ARE  NAMED  IN  ENGLYSH  AND  LATYN,  HOW  LONGE  THEY  ARE  WRYTTEN  IN  THE 
 ALLEGACIONS,  AND  HOW  MANY  CHAPTERS  EUERY  SOKE  HATH. 
 
 H  Cl^e  bdkte  of  t^t  fgrst  parte. 
 
 Abbreuui 
 
 Gen. 
 Exo. 
 Leui. 
 Num. 
 Deut. 
 
 Chapters. 
 
 1. 
 
 xl. 
 xxvii. 
 
 Genesis,  the  iyrst  boke  of  Moses. 
 Exodus,  the  seconde  boke  of  Moses. 
 Leuiticus,  the  thyrde  boke  of  Moses. 
 Numerus,  the  fourthe  boke  of  Moses,    xxxvi. 
 Deuteronomion,thefyfth  boke  of  Moses,  xxxiiii. 
 
 IT  W^e  boto  of  ti)e  ^uonUe  parU. 
 
 AbbreuiofiOQ.  Botce.  Cbapt«». 
 
 los.  losue,  the  boke  of  losua.  xxiiii. 
 
 lud.  ludicum,  the  boke  of  the  Judges.  xxi. 
 
 Ruth.  Ruth,  the  boke  of  Ruth.  iiii. 
 
 I.  Reg.  Regum,  the  fyrst  boke  of  the  kynges.  xxxi. 
 
 II.  Reg.      Regum,  the  seconde  boke  of  the  kynges.  xxiiii. 
 
 III.  Reg.    Regum,  the  thyrde  boke  of  the  kynges.  xxii. 
 IIII.  Reg.  Regum,  the  fourth  boke  of  the  kynges.  xxv. 
 
 I.  Par.         Paralipomenon,y'I.bokeofy'Cronicles  xxx. 
 
 II.  Par.       Paralipomenon,y"II.bokeofy'Cronicles  xxxvi. 
 
 I.  Esd.        Esdre,  the  fyrst  boke  of  Esdras.  x. 
 
 II.  Esd.       Esdre,  the  seconde  boke  of  Esdras.        xiii. 
 Hester.        Hester,  the  boke  of  Hester.  x. 
 
 f  C][ie  bo&ts  of  ti^e  tif^rtlt  parte. 
 
 Abbnulodoa.  Boke. 
 
 lob.  lob,  the  boke  of  lob. 
 
 Psal.  Psalterium,  the  Psalter. 
 
 Pro.  Prouerbia,  the  prouerbes  of  Salomon. 
 
 Eccle.  Ecclesiastes,  the  preacher  of  Salomon,  xii. 
 
 Cant.  Cantica  Canticoru,  Salomons  balettes.  viii. 
 
 Tob. 
 
 ludith. 
 
 ChApt«r« 
 
 xlii. 
 
 Sap. 
 
 Eccli. 
 
 Sus. 
 
 cl. 
 
 Bel. 
 
 xxxi. 
 
 I.Mac 
 
 ^  Wt)t  33ropf)ftes. 
 
 Abbreuiacion.  Boke. 
 
 Esa.  Esaias,  Esay  the  prophete. 
 
 lere.  leremias,  leremy  the  prophete. 
 
 Tren.  Treni,  the  lamentacions  of  leremy. 
 
 Bar.  Baruc,  Baruc  the  prophete. 
 
 Eze.  Ezechiel,  Ezechiel  the  prophete. 
 
 Dan.  Daniel,  Daniel  the  prophete. 
 
 Ose.  Oseas,  Oseas  the  prophete. 
 
 loel.  loel,  loel  the  prophete. 
 
 Amo.  Amos,  Amos  the  prophete. 
 
 Abd.  Abdias,  Abdy  the  prophete. 
 
 Ion.  lonas,  lonas  the  prophete. 
 
 Mich.  Micheas,  Micheas  the  prophete. 
 
 Na.  Naum,  Naum  the  prophete. 
 
 Aba.  Abacuc,  Abacuc  the  prophete. 
 
 Soph.  Sophonias,  Sophony  the  prophete. 
 
 Agg.  Aggeus,  Aggeus  the  prophete. 
 
 Zach.  Zacharias,  Zachary  the  prophete. 
 
 Mai.  Malachias,  Malachy  the  prophete. 
 
 €i)t  S[pottspt)a. 
 
 Abbreniaciou.  Boke. 
 
 III.  Esdre.  Esdre,  the  thyrde  boke  of  Esdras. 
 IIII. Esdre.  Esdre.  the  fourth  boke  of  Esdras. 
 
 Tobias,  the  boke  of  Tobias. 
 
 ludith.  the  boke  of  ludith. 
 
 Certayne  Chapiters  of  Hester. 
 
 Sapientia.  the  boke  of  wysdome. 
 
 Ecclesiasticus,  lesus  Syrac. 
 
 Susanna,  the  storye  of  Susanna. 
 
 Bel,  the  storye  of  Bell. 
 
 Machabeorum,  the  fyrst  boke  of  the 
 Mach. 
 
 Machabeoru,the  secode  boke  of  theMac. 
 
 Cliapten. 
 
 Ixvi. 
 
 xlviii. 
 
 xii. 
 
 xiiil 
 
 lUl. 
 
 vii. 
 
 IX. 
 
 xvi. 
 xiiii. 
 xvi. 
 vi. 
 
 II.  Mac. 
 
C&e  ftofecs  of  tfie  \)olt  ^Spblf. 
 
 he  nth)  ^esitanunt. 
 
 AbbreniadoD 
 
 Boke. 
 
 Chapters. 
 
 Abbreulacion 
 
 Math. 
 
 Mathew  the  Euangelist 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 I.  Time. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 Marke  the  Euangelist. 
 
 xvi. 
 
 II.  Tim, 
 
 Luc. 
 
 Luke  the  Euangelist. 
 
 xxiiii. 
 
 Tit. 
 
 loh. 
 
 Ihon  the  Euangelist. 
 
 xxi. 
 
 Phile. 
 
 Act. 
 
 The  Actes  of  the  Apostles. 
 
 xxviii. 
 
 I.  Pe 
 
 Rom. 
 
 The  Epistle  to  the  Romaynes. 
 
 xvi. 
 
 ILPe 
 
 I.  Cor. 
 
 The  fyrst  epistle  to  the  Corinthians. 
 
 xvi. 
 
 I.  loh. 
 
 TI.  Cor. 
 
 The  seconde  epistle  to  the  Corinthians. 
 
 xiii. 
 
 II.  loh. 
 
 Gal. 
 
 The  epistle  to  the  Galathians. 
 
 vi. 
 
 III.  loh. 
 
 Ephe. 
 
 The  Epistle  to  the  Ephesians. 
 
 vi. 
 
 Heb. 
 
 Phil. 
 
 The  epistle  to  the  Philippians. 
 
 iiii. 
 
 lac. 
 
 Col. 
 
 The  epistle  to  the  Collossians. 
 
 iiii. 
 
 lud. 
 
 I.  Tess. 
 
 The  first  Epistle  to  the  Tessalonians. 
 
 V. 
 
 Apo. 
 
 II.  Tess. 
 
 The  seconde  Epistle  to  theTessalonians 
 
 iii. 
 
 The  fyrst  Epistle  mto  Timothy. 
 The  seconde  Epistle  vnto  Timothy. 
 The  epistle  vnto  Tytus. 
 The  epistle  vnto  Philemon. 
 The  fyist  epistle  of  S.  Peter. 
 The  seconde  epistle  of  S.  Peter. 
 The  fyrst  epistle  of  S.  Ihon. 
 The  seconde  epistle  of  S.  Ihon. 
 The  thirde  epistle  of  S.  Ihon. 
 The  epistle  vnto  the  Hebrues. 
 The  epistle  of  S.  lames. 
 The  epistle  of  S.  lude. 
 The  Reuelacion  of  S.  Ihon. 
 
m)c  first  tjofee  df  0lo^c$, 
 
 calleti  <®cnceig. 
 
 fflSaijat  t!)i£!  boke  contfpetl). 
 
 CI)ap.  I- 
 
 (a;i)ap.  IX. 
 
 The  creaciou  of  the  worlde  in  sixe  dayes,  and  of 
 
 God  blesseth  Noe  and  his  sonnes  :  forbyddeth  to 
 
 man. 
 
 eate  the  blouse  of  beestes,  and  to  shed  mas 
 bloude :    maketh  a  conuenaunt  (and   geueth 
 
 Cljap.  II. 
 
 the  raynbowe  for  a  token  of  the  same)  that  he 
 
 The  rest  of  the  seuenth  daye.     The  tre  of  know- 
 
 wyll   destroye  the  worlde  no  more  by  water. 
 
 lege  of  good  (j  euell  is  forbydde  jc.     Of  the 
 
 Noe  is  dronken.     Ham  vncouereth  hym,  and 
 
 creation  of  Eua. 
 
 getteth  his  curse. 
 
 C!)ap.  III. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X.^ 
 
 The  serpent  deceaueth  the  woman  :  they  trans- 
 
 The  increace  of  mas  generacio   by    Noes  thre 
 
 gresse  and  are  dryuen  out  of  paradyse.  , 
 
 sonnes  :    which    go    abrode   and    begynne   to 
 buylde 
 
 Cliap.  IIII. 
 
 Abels  ofFerynge  pleaseth  God  :   therfore  doth  his 
 
 Cf)ap.  XI. 
 
 brother  Cayn  hate  hym  :   murthureth  hyni  :   5 
 is  cursed.     Of  the  chyldren  of  Cayn. 
 
 The  buyldynge  of  the  towre  of  Babel  is  hyndreth 
 thorowe   the   confusyon   of  the  tonges.     The 
 generacion   of   Sem    vntyll    Abram :    whiche 
 
 CI)  a  p.  V. 
 
 goeth  with  Loth  vnto  Haran. 
 
 Of  the  generacion,  age  5  death  of  Ada :    Seth 
 
 and  his  sonnes  vnto  Noe. 
 
 Cijap.  XII. 
 
 Cf)ap.  VI 
 
 Abram  goeth  with  Loth  into  a  straunge  londe  at 
 the  worde  of  the  Lord  :  which  appeareth  vnto 
 
 The   occasion  of  the  floude  :    and    of  the  pre- 
 
 hym  in  Canaan  :  and  promiseth  to  geue  the 
 
 parynge  of  the  arcke. 
 
 same  londe  vnto  his  sede  :    Afterwarde  goeth 
 Abram  into  Egypte  and  fayneth  Saray  to  be 
 
 Cf)ap.  VII. 
 
 his  syster. 
 
 Noe  with  his  housholde  is  preserued  in  the  arcke: 
 where  as  all  the  worlde  perisheth  thorowe  the 
 
 Cl)ap.  XIII. 
 
 floude. 
 
 Abram  and  Loth  departe  agayne  out  of  Egypte: 
 and  haue  so  many  cattell  that  they  can  not 
 
 €I)ap.  VIII. 
 
 dwell  together.     Abram  receaueth  the  bless- 
 
 The  floude  abateth.     Noe  goeth  out  of  arcke.  5c. 
 
 ynge  and  promes. 
 
 4 
 
€l)t  u  I)ofee  of  Most^*                                     1 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIIII. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXV. 
 
 Loth  is  taken  presoner  :  Abram  deliuereth  hytn  : 
 
 Abraham   begetteth   mo    chyldren    by   another 
 
 Melchisedech  fedeth  Abram  at  his  returnynge ; 
 
 wyfe  :  geueth  his  good  vnto  Isaac  and  dyeth. 
 
 Abram  geueth  hym  tythes  of  the  spoyles  :  and 
 
 Isaac  begynneth  to  growe  :  Esau  selleth  his 
 
 holdeth   nothinge   of  the   kynge   of   Sodoms 
 
 byrth  righte. 
 
 goodes. 
 
 Cijap.  XXVI. 
 
 €f)ap.  XV. 
 
 Isaac  goeth  into  Gerar  :  fayneth  Rebecca  to  be 
 
 God  conforteth  Abram  and  promyseth  hym  sede  : 
 
 his  syster  :  increasseth  in  ryches  :   The  Philis- 
 
 He beleueth  and  is  iustified. 
 
 tines  stoppe  his  Welles.     Abimelech  5  he  are 
 sworne  frendes. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVI. 
 
 Sarai  geueth  Abram   leue   to  take  hyr  mayde 
 
 €!)ap.  XXVII. 
 
 whiche  beareth  hym  Israaell. 
 
 lacob  is  blessed  before  Esau  :  and  Esau  threat- 
 eneth  hym :    but   he   flyeth   into   Haram   to 
 
 Cl)ap.  XVII. 
 
 Laban  his  mothers  brother. 
 
 1 
 
 The  c5uenaunt  of  circumcisyon.  (jc. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVIII. 
 
 Cljap.  XVIII. 
 
 Isaac   sendeth    lacob  awaye   to    mary   amonge 
 
 Thre  me  appeare  vnto  Abraha  to  whom  the  de- 
 
 Labans doughters,   lacob  seyth  a  vision,  God 
 
 struction  of  Sodome  is  declared. 
 
 confirmeth  hym  the  promes  made  vnto  Abraha : 
 wher  vpon  lacob  maketh  a  vowe. 
 
 Cljap.  XIX. 
 
 Loth   receaueth   the   two   angels :    the  men   of 
 
 Cljap.  XXIX. 
 
 Sodome  go  aboute  to  abuse  them  :   Loth  is 
 
 lacob  geueth  Labans  shepe  to  drynke  :  serueth 
 
 delyuered :  Sodome  is  destroyed  :  Loths  wyfe 
 
 seuen  yeare  for  Rachell :   Lea  is  geuen  hym : 
 
 is  turned  to  a  pyler  of  salt :  and  his  doughters 
 
 (S  yet  serueth  he  seuen  yeare  mo  for  Rachell. 
 
 beare  chyldren  vnto  hym. 
 
 €I)ap.  XXX. 
 
 Cljap.  XX. 
 
 Rachel  geueth  lacob  hyr  mayden  and  so  doeth 
 
 Abraham  departeth  as  a  straunger  in  to  Gerar  : 
 
 Lea  :  they  beare  hym  chyldren  :  his  reward  is 
 
 and  faynelh  Sarai  to  be  his  syster :   the  kynge 
 
 appoynted  with  a  condicion  :    wherby  he  is 
 
 taketh  her  and  geueth  hym  her  agayne. 
 
 made  ryche. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXI. 
 
 €l)ap.  XXXI. 
 
 The  byrth  of  Isaac  :    Agar  is  put  out  with  hyr 
 
 lacob  goeth  home  ward.     Rachell  stealeth  hyr 
 
 Sonne.     Abraham  and  Abimelech  are  sworne 
 
 fathers  ymages.     Laban  ouerlaketh  them  and 
 
 frendes. 
 
 fyndeth  not  his  ymages  :  they  sweare  together : 
 the  angell  meteth  lacob. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXII. 
 
 God  tryeth  Abraham  whiche  at  his  word  wolde 
 
 CJ)ap.  XXXII. 
 
 offre  his  owne  sonne.    The  promes  is  confirmed 
 
 lacob  sendeth  presentes  vnto  Esau  :   Putteth  God 
 
 vnto  hym  with  an  ooth. 
 
 in  remembraunce  of  his  promes:  and  wrestelelh 
 with  the  angell  :  whiche  chaungeth  his  name 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXIII. 
 
 and  blesseth  hym. 
 
 The  death  of  Sara  :    for  whom  Abraham  byeth  a 
 
 Cljap.  XXXIIL 
 
 pece  of  londe  to  burye  her  in. 
 
 Jacob  and  Esau  are  agreed.  5c 
 
 CJjap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Abraham  wyll  haue  his  sonne  to  mary  in  his 
 
 C^ap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 owne  kynred :  the  seruaunt  bryngelh  Rebecca  : 
 
 Dyna  lacobs   doughter   is  forced   by  Sychem  : 
 
 who  Isaac  taketh  to  wyfe. 
 
 wherof  there  commeth  great  bloud  sheddynge. 
 
Ci)f  I.  hoikt  of  Mo^t^. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXXV 
 
 Rachell  dyeth  at  the  byrth  of  Beniamin.  Ruben 
 lyeth  with  his  fathers  concubyne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVI. 
 Of  the  princes  that  came  of  Esau  :    and   how 
 Esau  departeth  from  his  brother. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVII. 
 
 loseph  is  hated  of  his  brethren  :  and  solde  in  to 
 Egypte. 
 
 C{)ap.  XXXVIII. 
 luda   lyeth    with   his   doughter    in    iawe    which 
 beareth  hym  two  sonnes. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXXIX. 
 
 loseph  is  beloued  :  5  because  he  wyll  not  con- 
 sente  to  the  inordinate  desyre  of  his  mastresse, 
 he  is  put  in  pryson. 
 
 Cljap.  XL. 
 loseph  expoiideth  the  dreames  of  the  two  pre- 
 oners. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XLI. 
 loseph  declareth  Pharaos  dreame  :  and  is  made  a 
 Lorde  of  Egypte.     The  dertli  begynneth. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XLII. 
 losephs  brethren  come  in  to  Egypte  to  bye  come: 
 and  are  troubled  of  hym. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XLIII. 
 They  come  agayne  for  corne :  brynge  Ben-Iamyn 
 with  them  :  and  are  put  to  more  trouble. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLIIII. 
 
 As   they  go  home  he   causeth  the  be  brought 
 agayne :  and  put  to  more  feare. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XLV. 
 loseph  vttereth  hym  selfe  to  his  brethren  :  and 
 sendeth  for  his  father. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLVI. 
 
 lacob  commeth  in  to  Egypte  with  all  his  people  : 
 loseph  receaueth  hym. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLVII. 
 
 Pharao  geueth  them  the  londe  of  Gosen :    the 
 derth  is  great,  in  Egypte.  jc. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XLVIII. 
 
 lacob  is  sycke  :  5  blesseth  losephs  sonnes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLIX. 
 lacob  before  his  death  telleth  his  sonnes  what 
 shall  happen  vnto  them,  and  dyeth 
 
 Ci)ap.  L. 
 loseph  burieth    his   father :    and    chargeth    his 
 brethren  concernynge  his  bones  :  and  dyeth  in 
 
 Egypte. 
 
Zi)t  first  tiufee  of  0LoQti, 
 
 callctr  #enc0i0* 
 
 Clje  first  CljapUr. 
 
 IN  f  begynnynge  God  created  heauen  i 
 earth:  and  f  earth  was  voyde  and  emptie, 
 and  darcknes  was  vpon  the  depe,  5  y  sprete 
 of  God  moued  vpo  the  water. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  let  there  be  Hght,  ct  there 
 was  hght.  And  God  sawe  the  hght  that  it 
 was  good.  Then  God  deuyded  y  hght  from 
 the  darcknes,  and  called  the  light,  Daye :  and 
 the  darcknes,  Night.  Then  of  the  euenynge 
 and  mornynge  was  made  the  first  daye. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  let  there  be  a  firmament 
 betwene  the  waters,  and  let  it  deuyde  y  waters 
 a  sunder.  Then  God  made  f  firmamet,  and 
 parted  the  waters  vnder  the  firmamet,  from 
 the  waters  aboue  the  firmament:  And  so  it 
 came  to  passe.  And  God  called  y  firmament, 
 Heauen.  Then  of  the  euenynge  5  mornynge 
 was  made  the  seconde  daye. 
 
 "  And  God  sayde :  let  the  waters  voider 
 heauen  gather  the  selues  vnto  one  place,  y  the 
 drye  londe  maye  appeare.  And  so  it  came  to 
 passe.  And  God  called  y  drye  londe.  Earth: 
 and  the  gatheringe  together  of  waters  called 
 he,  y  See.    And  God  sawe  y  it  was  good. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  let  y  earth  bringe  forth 
 grene  grasse  and  herbe,  that  beareth  sede :  5 
 frutefull  trees,  that  maye  beare  frute,  euery 
 one  after  his  kynde,  haujoige  their  owne 
 sede  in  them  selues  vpon  the  earth.  And  so 
 it  came  to  passe.  And  the  earth  brought 
 forth  grene  grasse  and  herbe,  y  beareth  sede 
 euery  one  after  his  kjmde,  (s  trees  bearinge 
 frute,  (J  hauynge  their  owne  sede  in  them 
 selues,  euery  one  after  his  kynde.  And  God 
 sawe  that  it  was  good.  Then  of  the  euenynge 
 5  mornynge  was  made  the  thirde  daye. 
 
 '  lob  26.  b.      Pro.  8.  c. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  let  there  be  lightes  in  f 
 firmament  of  heauen,  to  deuyde  the  daye  fro 
 the  night,  that  they  maye  be  vnto  tokes, 
 seasons,  dayes,  and  yeares.  And  let  them  be 
 lightes  in  f  firmament  of  heauen,  to  shjme 
 vpon  the  earth :  And  so  it  came  to  passe 
 And  God  made  two  greate  lightes:  one 
 greater  light  to  rule  the  daye,  and  a  lesse 
 light  to  rule  the  night,  and  (he  made)  starres 
 also.  And  God  set  them  in  the  firmament  of 
 heauen,  y  they  might  shyne  vpo  earth,  and 
 to  rule  the  daye  and  the  night,  and  to  deuyde 
 the  light  from  darcknes.  And  God  sawe  that 
 it  was  good.  Then  of  the  euenynge  and 
 mornynge  was  made  the  fourth  daye. 
 
 *  And  God  sayde :  let  the  waters  brynge 
 forth  creatures  that  moue  and  haue  hfe,  5 
 foules  for  to  flye  aboue  the  earth  vnder  the 
 firmamet  of  heauen.  And  God  created  greate 
 whalles,  and  all  maner  of  creatures  that  lyue 
 and  moue,  which  the  waters  brought  forth 
 euery  one  after  his  kynde :  and  all  maner  of 
 fethered  foules,  euery  one  after  his  kynde. 
 And  God  sawe  that  it  was  good,  and  blessed 
 them,  sayenge :  Growe,  and  multiplie,  and 
 fyll  the  waters  of  the  sees,  and  let  the  foules 
 multiplie  vpon  the  earth.  Then  of  the  euen- 
 ynge and  mornynge  was  made  the  fifth  daye. 
 
 And  God  sayde  :  let  y  earth  brynge  forth 
 lyuynge  soules,  euery  one  after  his  kynde : 
 catell,  wormes  (t  what  as  hath  life  vpon  earth, 
 eueiy  one  after  his  kynde.  And  so  it  came 
 to  passe.  And  God  made  f  beastes  of  the 
 earth  euery  one  after  his  kynde,  and  catell 
 after  their  kynde,  and  all  maner  wormes  of 
 the  earth  after  their  kynde.  And  God  sawe 
 that  it  was  good. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  let  vs  make  man  in  oure 
 
 »  4  Esd.  6.  c. 
 
Cl)ap.  ij. 
 
 Cbe  I.  bokt  of  illoeifS. 
 
 #0.  b. 
 
 similitude  after  oure  licknesse,  that  he  maye 
 haue  rule  ouer  the  fysh  of  the  see,  and  ouer 
 the  foules  vnder  f  heauen,  and  ouer  catell, 
 and  ouer  all  the  earth,  and  ouer  all  wormes 
 that  crepe  on  y  earth.  "  And  God  created 
 man  after  his  licknesse :  after  y  licknesse  of 
 God  created  he  him,  male  i  female  created 
 he  them. 
 
 And  God  blessed  them,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  *  Growe,  and  multiplie,  and  fyll  the 
 earth,  and  subdue  it,  5  haue  domynion  ouer 
 the  fish  of  the  see,  and  ouer  the  foules  of  the 
 ayre,  and  ouer  all  the  beastes  that  crepe  vpo 
 the  earth. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  lo,  I  haue  geuen  you  all 
 maner  herbes  that  beare  sede  vpon  the  whole 
 earth,  and  all  maner  frutefull  trees  that  beare 
 sede,  to  be  meate  for  you.  And  to  all  beastes 
 of  the  earth,  and  to  all  foules  vnder  the 
 heauen,  and  to  euery  worme  that  hath  life 
 (vpon  earth)  all  maner  grene  herbes  to  eate. 
 And  so  it  came  to  passe.  ''And  God  behelde 
 all  y  he  had  made,  and  lo,  they  were  exceed- 
 inge  good.  Then  of  the  euenynge  and  morn- 
 ynge  was  made  the  sixte  day. 
 
 Cljc  ij.  Chapter. 
 
 THUS  was  heaue  and  earth  fynished 
 with  all  their  boost,  and  thus  in  the 
 seuenth  daye  God  ended  his  worke,  which 
 he  had  made,"  j  rested  in  the  seuenth  daye 
 from  all  his  workes  which  he  had  made:  And 
 blessed  the  seuenth  daye,  (j  sanctified  it,  be- 
 cause y  in  it  he  rested  from  all  his  workes, 
 which  God  created  and  made. 
 
 These  are  the  generacions  of  heaue  and 
 earth  whan  they  were  created,  in  the  tyme 
 whan  the  LORDE  God  made  heauen  and 
 earth:  before  there  was  eny  twygg  vpon 
 earth,  and  or  euer  there  grew  eny  grene 
 herbe  vpon  the  felde.  For  the  LORDE  God 
 had  yet  sent  no  rayne  vpon  f  earth,  nether 
 was  there  eny  man  to  tylle  the  earth.  But 
 there  arose  a  myst  from  the  earth,  (j  watered 
 all  the  londe.  And  y  LORDE  God  shope 
 man  eue  of  the  moulde  of  the  earth,  5  brethed 
 in  to  his  face  y  breth  of  life.  ■^  And  so  was 
 man  made  a  lyuynge  soule. 
 
 The  LORDE  God  also  planted  a  garde  of 
 pleasure   in   Eden,  towarde  y  east,  and  set 
 
 "  Sap.  2.  d.  and  10.  a.  Eccli.  17.  a.  Mar.  10.  a. 
 
 »  lere.  29.  b.    Sap.  9.  a.     Psal.  8.  b.    •  "■  Gene.  9.  a. 
 
 Psal.  103.  6.  ■"  Deut.  32.  a,  Eccli.  39.  a.  <  Exo.  20.  b. 
 Heb.  4.  a.  /  Sap.  10.  a.       Tob.  8.  b.       1  Cor.  15. 
 
 man  therin  whom  he  had  made.  And  the 
 LORDE  God  caused  to  sprynge  out  of  the 
 earth  all  maner  trees,  pleasaut  to  loke  vpo, 
 and  good  to  eate :  and  the  tre  of  life  in  the 
 myddest  of  the  garden,?  and  the  tre  of  know- 
 lege  of  good  and  euell. 
 
 And  out  of  Eden  there  wente  a  ryuer,  to 
 water  the  garden,  and  there  deuyded  it  selfe 
 in  to  foure  heade  waters.  The  first  is  called 
 Phison,  which  renneth  aboute  all  the  londe  of 
 Heuyla.  ''And  there  is  founde  golde,  (5  the 
 golde  of  that  countre  is  precious,)  and  there 
 is  founde  BedeUion,  and  the  precious  stone 
 *  Onix.  The  second  water  is  called  Gihon, 
 which  runneth  aboute  the  whole  londe  of  y 
 Morias.  The  thirde  water  is  called  Hydec- 
 kell,  which  runneth  towarde  the  east  syde  of 
 ;y  Assirias.     The  fourth  water  is  Euphrates. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  God  toke  man,  g  set  him 
 in  the  pleasaunt  garden  of  Eden,  to  dresse  it 
 5  to  kepe  it.  And  the  LORDE  God  com- 
 maunded  man,  sayege :  '  Thou  shalt  eate  of 
 all  maner  trees  in  y  garden  :  But  of  y  tre  of 
 knowlege  of  good  and  euell,  shalt  thou  not 
 eate.  For  loke  in  what  daye  so  euer  thou 
 eatest  therof,  thou  shalt  dye  the  death. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  God  sayde :  It  is  not 
 good  y  ma  shulde  be  alone.  I  wil  make  him 
 an  helpe,t  to  beare  him  copany.  And  whan 
 God  the  LORDE  had  made  of  the  earth  all 
 maner  beastes  of  the  felde,  (j  all  maner  foules 
 vnder  the  heaue,  he  brought  them  vnto  man, 
 to  se  what  he  wolde  call  the :  For  as  ma 
 called  all  maner  of  liuinge  soules,  so  are  their 
 names.  And  man  gaue  names  vnto  all  maner 
 catell,  s  vnto  the  foules  vnder  the  heaue,  and 
 vnto  all  maner  beastes  of  f  felde.  But  vnto 
 man  there  was  founde  no  helpe,  to  beare  him 
 company. 
 
 Then  the  LORDE  God  caused  an  herde 
 slepe  to  fall  vpon  man,  and  he  slepte.  And 
 he  toke  out  one  of  his  rybbes,  and  (in  steade 
 therof)  he  fylled  vp  y  place  with  flesh.  And 
 the  LORDE  God  made  a  woman,*  of  y  rybbe 
 that  he  toke  out  of  man,  and  brought  her 
 vnto  him.  Then  sayde  man:  This  is  once 
 bone  of  my  bones,  and  flesh  of  my  flesh. 
 She  shalbe  called  woman,  because  she  was 
 take  of  man.  'For  this  cause  shal  a  man  leaue 
 father  and  mother,  and  cleue  vnto  his  wife,  a 
 
 «  Pro.  3.  b.     Apo.  2.  a.  ''  Eccl.  2-t.  a.  •  Some 
 
 call  it  Schobam.  '  Eccli.  15.  c.  t  Some  reade  :  To 
 
 stode  nexte  by  him.  '  1  Cor.  11.  a.  '  WaU.  19.  a. 
 
 Mar.  10.  a.     Ephe.  5.  c.    1  Cor.  6.  c.    Gen.  3.  b. 
 
fo,  bi. 
 
 CI)e  u  hoiit  of  iWosies. 
 
 Cftap.  I'lj. 
 
 they  two  shalbe  one  flesh.  And  they  were 
 both  naked,  the  man  and  his  wife  and  were 
 not  ashamed. 
 
 Ci)e  tij.  Ci^aptn: 
 
 BUT  the  serpent  was  sotyller  then  all  the 
 beastes  of  the  felde"  (which  y  LORDE 
 God  had  made)  and  sayde  vnto  'the  woman : 
 Yee,  hath  God  sayde  in  dede  :  Ye  shall  not 
 eate  of  all  maner  trees  in  the  garden  ?  Then 
 sayde  the  woman  vnto  the  serpent :  We  eate 
 of  the  frute  of  the  trees  in  the  garden :  But 
 as  for  the  frute  of  the  tre  that  is  in  the  myddes 
 of  the  garden,  God  hath  sayde :  Eate  not  ye 
 of  it,  and  touch  it  not,  lest  ye  dye. 
 
 Then  saide  the  serpent  vnto  the  woman : 
 *  Tush,  ye  shall  not  dye  the  death.  For  God 
 doth  knowe,  that  in  what  daye  so  euer  ye  eate 
 of  it,  youre  eyes  shalbe  opened,  and  ye  shal 
 be  as  God,  and  knowe  both  good  and  euell. 
 And  the  woman  sawe  that  y  tre  was  good  to 
 eate  of,  and  lustye  vnto  the  eyes,  and  a 
 pleasaunt  tre  t  to  make  wyse,  and  toke  of  the 
 frute  of  it,  and  ate,  and  gaue  vnto  hir  hus- 
 bande  also  therof,  and  he  ate.  Then  were 
 the  eyes  of  them  both  opened,  and  they  per- 
 ceaued  that  they  were  naked,''  and  sowed 
 fygge  leaues  together,  and  made  them  apums. 
 
 And  they  herde  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE 
 God,  which  walked  in  the  garden  in  the  coole 
 of  the  daye.  And  Adam  hyd  him  self  with 
 his  wyfe,  from  the  presence  of  y  LORDE 
 God  amonge  the  trees  of  the  garden.  And  y 
 LORDE  God  called  Adam,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Where  art  thou  ?  And  he  saide :  I 
 herde  thy  voyce  in  the  garden,  and  was 
 afrayed,  because  I  am  naked,  and  therfore  I 
 hyd  my  self.  And  he  sayde :  who  tolde  the, 
 that  thou  art  naked?  Hast  thou  not  eaten 
 of  the  tre,  wherof  I  commaunded  the,  y  thou 
 shuldest  not  eate  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  Adam :  The  woman  which 
 thou  gauest  me  (to  beare  me  company)  gaue 
 me  of  the  tre,  and  I  ate.  And  the  LORDE 
 God  sayde  vnto  the  woman :  wherfore  hast 
 thou  done  this  ?  The  woman  sayde :  the 
 serpent  disceaued  me  so,  that  I  ate.''  Then 
 sayde  the  LORDE  God  vnto  the  serpent: 
 Because  thou  hast  done  this,  cursed  be  thou 
 aboue  all  catell  and  aboue  all  beastes  of  the 
 
 "  Eccli.  25.d.  »  2  Cor.  11.  a.  *  lere.  11.  b.  and  23.  c. 
 t  Some  reade :  whyle  it  m-.ule  wyse.  ^  Gene.  2.  d. 
 <'  Apo.  12.  c.        '  Matt.  4.  a.         i  Col.  2.  b.  §  Some 
 
 felde.  Vpon  thy  bely  shalt  thou  go,  5  earth 
 shalt  thou  eate  all  the  dayes  of  thy  life.  And 
 I  wyll  put  enemyte  betwene  the  and  the 
 woman,  and  betwene  thy  sede'  and  hir  sede.t 
 The  same  shal  treade  downe  thy  heade,  and 
 thou  shalt  treade  him  on  the  hele. 
 
 And  vnto  the  woman  he  sayde :  I  will 
 increase  thy  sorow,  whan  thou  art  with  childe : 
 with  payne  shalt  thou  beare  thy  childre,  and 
 §  thy  lust  shal  pertayne  vnto  thy  huszbande, 
 and  he  shal  rule  the. 
 
 And  vnto  Adam  he  sayde :  For  so  moch  as 
 thou  hast  herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  thy 
 wyfe,  and  hast  eaten  of  the  tre,  wherof  I 
 commaunded  the,  sayenge :  thou  shalt  not 
 eate  of  it.  Cursed  be  y  earth  for  thy  sake. 
 With  sorowe  shalt  thou  eate  therof,  all  the 
 dayes  of  thy  life.  Thornes  and  thistles  shalt 
 it  beare  vnto  the,  and  thou  shalt  eate  the 
 herbes  of  the  felde.  In  the  sweate  of  thy 
 face  shalt  thou  eate  thy  bred,  tyll  thou  be 
 turned  agayne  vnto  earth,  whece  thou  art 
 take :  -^for  earth  thou  art,  and  vnto  earth  shalt 
 thou  be  turned  agayne. 
 
 And  Adam  called  his  wyfe  Heua,  because 
 she  is  the  mother  of  all  lyuynge.  And  the 
 LORDE  God  made  Adam  5  his  wyfe  gar- 
 mentes  of  skynnes,  d  those  he  put  on  them. 
 And  the  LORDE  God  sayde :  lo,  Adam  is 
 become  as  it  were  one  of  vs,  5  knoweth  good 
 5  euell.  But  now  lest  he  stretch  his  hande, 
 and  take  also  of  the  tre  of  life,  and  eate, 
 and  lyue  for  euer.  Then  the  LORDE  God 
 put  him  out  of  the  garden  of  Eden,  to  tyll  y 
 earth,  whece  he  was  take.  And  he  cast  Adam 
 out.  And  before  the  garden  of  Eden  he  set 
 Cherubes,  and  a  naked  fyrie  swerde,  to  kepe 
 f  waye  vnto  the  tre  of  life. 
 
 €T)t  iiij.  Ci^aptCT. 
 
 MOROUER  Adam  laye  with  Heua  his 
 wyfe,  which  coceaued  5  bare  Cain, 
 and  sayde,  I  haue  opteyned  f  man  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  she  proceaded  forth,  5  bare 
 his  brother  Abell.  And  Abell  became  a 
 shepherde,  but  Cain  became  an  huszbande 
 man. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  after  certaine  daies,  that 
 Cain  brought  of  the  frute  of  the  earth,  an 
 offrynge  vnto  y  LORDE.    And  Abell  brought 
 
 reade  :    Tbou  shalt  bowe  downe  thy  self  before  thy  hus- 
 bande.  /  Eccl.  40.  b.     lob  34.  b. 
 
Cf)ap«  b. 
 
 Cl)e  u  fiok^  of  iHoEffS. 
 
 jTo.  bij. 
 
 also  of  the  firstlinges  of  his  shepe,  and  of  y 
 fat  of  them.  "And  the  LORDE  had  respecte 
 vnto  Abell  and  to  his  ofFerynge :  but  vnto 
 Cain  and  his  offerj'nge  he  loked  not.  Then 
 was  Cain  exceadinge  wroth,  and  his  coun 
 tenaunce  chaunged.  And  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Cain  :  Why  art  thou  angrie  ?  and  why 
 doth  thy  countenaunce  chaunge?  Is  it  not 
 so  ?  that  yf  thou  do  well,  thou  shalt  receaue 
 it :  but  and  yf  thou  do  euell,  thy  synne  lyeth 
 open  in  the  dore  ?  *  Shal  he  then  be  subdued 
 vnto  the?  and  wilt  thou  rule  him?  And  Cain 
 talked  with  Abell  his  brother. 
 
 And  it  happened,  that  whan  they  were  in 
 the  felde,  Cain  arose  agaynst  Abell  his  brother, 
 and  slew  him.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto 
 Cain :  Where  is  Abell  thy  brother  ?  He 
 sayde :  I  can  not  tell.  'Am  I  my  brothers 
 keper  ?  And  he  sayde :  What  hast  thou  done  ? 
 The  voyce  of  thy  brothers  bloude  crieth  vnto 
 me  out  of  the  earth.  And  now  shalt  thou  be 
 cursed  vpon  the  earth,  which  hath  opened  hir 
 mouth,  and  receaued  thy  brothers  bloude  of 
 thine  hande.  Whan  thou  tyllest  y'  grounde, 
 she  shall  henszforth  not  geue  hir  power  vnto 
 the.  ''A  vagabunde  and  a  rennagate  shalt 
 thou  be  vpon  f  earth.  And  Cain  sayde  vnto 
 y  LORDE :  'my  synne  is  greater,  then  that  it 
 maye  be  forgeuen  me.  Beholde,  thou  castest 
 me  out  this  daye  from  out  of  ;y-  londe,  and 
 from  thy  sight  must  I  hyde  my  self,  and  must 
 be  a  vagabunde  and  a  rennagate  vpon  y  earth. 
 And  thus  shal  it  go  with  me:  that  who  so 
 fyndeth  me,  shal  slaye  me. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  sayde  thus  vnto  him: 
 ■'^Who  so  euer  slayeth  Cain,  it  shalbe  auenged 
 seuenfolde.  And  the  LORDE  put  a  marck 
 v-pon  Cain,  that  no  man  which  founde  him, 
 shulde  kyll  him.  So  Cain  wente  out  from  y 
 face  of  the  LORDE,  and  dwelt  in  the  lande 
 Nod,  vpon  the  east  syde  of  Eden. 
 
 And  Cain  laye  with  his  wyfe,  which  con- 
 ceaued  and  bare  Henoch.  And  he  buylded  a 
 cite,  and  called  it  after  the  name  of  his  sonne 
 Henoch.  And  Henoch  begat  Irad,  Irad  begat 
 Mahuiael.  Mahuiael  begat  Mathusael.  Ma- 
 thusael  begat  Lamech. 
 
 And  Lamech  toke  him  two  wyues :  y  one 
 was  called  Ada,  5  the  other  Zilla.  And  Ada 
 bare  label,  of  whom  came  they  that  dwelt  in 
 tentes  and  had  catell.     And  his  brothers  name 
 
 "  Heb.  11.  a.        •  Some  reade  : 
 the,  and  rule  thou  it.  ''  i 
 
 Let  it  be  subdued  vnto 
 ap.  10.  a.     1  loh.  3.  b. 
 
 was  luball :  Of  him  came  they  that  occupied 
 harpes  5  pypes.  And  Zilla  she  also  bare 
 Tubalcain,  a  worker  in  all  connynge  poyntes 
 of  metall  5  yron.  And  Tubalcains  sister  was 
 called  Naema. 
 
 And  Lamech  sayde  vnto  his  wyues  Ada 
 and  Zilla :  Heare  my  voyce  (ye  wyues  of  La- 
 mech) and  herken  vnto  my  wordes :  for  I 
 haue  slayne  a  man,  and  wounded  my  selfe : 
 and  (haue  kylled)  a  yonge  man,  and  gotte 
 my  self  strypes.  Cain  shalbe  aueged  seue 
 tymes :  but  Lamech  seuen  and  seuentie  tymes. 
 
 Adam  laye  yet  with  his  wyfe  agayne,  5  she 
 bare  a  sonne,  and  called  him  Seth.  For  God 
 (sayde  she)  hath  apoynted  me  another  sede, 
 for  Abell,  whom  Cain  slew.  And  Seth  begat 
 a  sonne  also,  and  called  him  Enos.  At  the 
 same  tpne  beganne  men  to  call  vpon  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 E'^e  b.  CijapUr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  boke  of  the  generacion  of 
 man,  in  the  tyme  whan  God  created 
 man,  and  made  him  after  the  symilitude  of 
 God.  Male  and  female  made  he  them,  and 
 blessed  the,  5  called  their  names  Man,  in  the 
 tyme  whan  they  were  created.  ^  And  Adam 
 was  an  hundreth  and  thirtie  yeare  olde,  and 
 begat  a  sonne,  which  was  like  his  owne 
 ymage,  and  called  his  name  Seth :  5  lyued 
 therafter  eight  hiidreth  yeare,  and  begat 
 sonnes  and  doughters.  And  his  whole  age 
 was  nyne  hundreth  and  thirtie  yeares,  and  so 
 he  dyed. 
 
 Seth  was  an  hundreth  and  fyue  yeare  olde, 
 and  begat  Enos :  5  lyued  therafter  eight 
 hundreth  and  seuen  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes 
 and  doughters.  And  his  whole  age  was  nyene 
 hiidreth  and  twolue  yeares,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 Enos  was  nyentie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Kenan  :  and  lyued  therafter  eight  hundreth  5 
 fyftene  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  (j  daughters. 
 And  his  whole  age  was  nyene  hiidreth  and 
 fyue  yeares,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 Kenan  was  seuetie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Mahalaliel :  and  lyued  therafter  eight  hun- 
 dreth and  fourtie  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  5 
 doughters.  And  his  whole  age  was  nyene 
 hundreth  and  ten  yeares,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 Mahalaliel  was  thre  score  yeare  olde  5  fyue, 
 and  begat  lared :   and  lyued  therafter  eight 
 
 Heb.  12.  d.      ■'Pro.  28.  c.      '  lob  15.  c.       /Gen.4.d. 
 e  1  Par.  1.  a. 
 
So,  biij. 
 
 COr  I.  hoht  of  iHoSfSi. 
 
 €ftap.  bu 
 
 hundreth  and  thirtie  yeare,  and  begat  soiines 
 and  doughters.  And  his  whole  age  was  eight 
 hundreth,  nyentie  and  fyue  yeares,  and  so  he 
 dyed. 
 
 lared  was  an  hundreth  and  two  5  sixtie 
 yeare  olde,  and  begat  Henoch :  5  lyued  ther- 
 after  eight  hudreth  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes 
 (t  doughters.  And  his  whole  age  was  nyene 
 hundreth  and  two  and  sixtie  yeare,  and  so  he 
 dyed. 
 
 "  Henoch  was  fyue  and  thre  score  yeare 
 olde,  and  begat  Mathusalah  :  and  led  a  godly 
 conuersacion  thre  hundreth  yeares  therafter, 
 and  begat  sonnes  (t  doughters.  And  his 
 whole  age  was  thre  hundreth  and  fyue  and 
 thre  score  yeares.  *And  for  so  moch  as  he 
 lyued  a  godly  life,  God  toke  him  awaye,  5  he 
 was  nomore  sene. 
 
 Mathusalah  was  an  hudreth  5  seue  and 
 foure  score  yeare  olde,  (j  begat  Lamech : 
 and  lyued  therafter  seuen  hundreth  and  two 
 and  foure  score  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  d 
 doughters.  And  his  whole  age  was  nyene 
 hundreth  and  nyene  and  tre  score  yeares,  and 
 so  he  dyed. 
 
 Lamech  was  an  hundreth  and  two  and 
 foure  score  yeare  olde,  and  begat  a  sonne, 
 X  called  him  Noe,  and  sayde :  This  same 
 haU  coforte  vs  in  oure  workes,  and  in  the 
 sorowe  of  oure  hondes  vpon  the  earth,  *  which 
 the  LORDE  hath  cursed.  After  this  he 
 lyued  fyue  hudreth  and  fyue  5  nyentie  yeare, 
 and  begat  sonnes  and  doughters.  And  his 
 whole  age  was  seuen  hundreth  seuen  and 
 seuentie  yeares,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 Noe  was  fyue  hundreth  yeare  olde,  and 
 begat  Sem,  Ham  and  laphet. 
 
 Cij£  bi.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 SO  whan  men  beganne  to  multiplie  vpon 
 the  earth,  and  had  begot  them  doughters, 
 the  children  of  God  sawe  the  doughters  of 
 men,  that  they  were  fayre,  and  toke  \mto  the 
 wyues  soch  as  they  liked.  Then  sayde  y 
 LORDE :  My  sprete  shal  not  allwaye  stryue 
 with  man,  for  he  is  but  flesh  also.  ''  I  wil 
 yet  geue  him  respyte  an  hundreth  and  twety 
 yeares.  There  were  giauntes  also  in  the 
 worlde  at  that  tyme.  For  whan  the  children 
 of  God  had  lyen  with  the  daughters  of  men, 
 and  begotten  them  children,  f  same  (children) 
 
 Eccli.  44.  b.     Ileb.  11.  a. 
 »  Gen.  3.  d. 
 
 *  Sap 
 1  Pet. 
 
 4.  b.     4  Re.  2.  a. 
 
 became  mightie  in  the  worlde,  and  men  of 
 reno^-ne. 
 
 But  whan  the  LORDE  sawe  y  the  wick- 
 ednes  of  man  was  increased  vpon  f  earth,  and 
 that  all  y  thought  and  imaginacion  of  their 
 hert  was  but  onely  euell  contynually,  ''it 
 repented  him,  that  he  had  made  man  vpon 
 the  earth,  and  he  sorowed  in  his  hert,  and 
 sayde :  I  \vyU  destroye  man  kynde  which  I 
 haue  made,  from  the  earth :  both  man,  beest, 
 worme,  and  foule  vnder  the  heauen :  for  it 
 repenteth  me,  that  I  haue  made  them. 
 '  Neuertheles  Noe  founde  grace  in  the  sight 
 of  the  LORDE. 
 
 This  is  y  generacion  of  Noe.  Noe  w£is  a 
 righteous  and  parfecte  ma,  -'  and  led  a  godly 
 life  in  his  tpne,  and  begat  thre  sonnes:  Sem, 
 Ham  and  laphet.  Notwithstondinge  y  earth 
 was  corrupte  in  y  sight  of  God,  and  fuU  of 
 myschefe.  Then  God  loked  vpon  y  earth 
 and  lo,  it  was  corrupte  (for  all  flesh  had  cor 
 rupte  his  w-aye  vpon  the  earth.) 
 
 Then  sayde  God  vnto  Noe :  The  ende  of 
 all  flesh  is  come  before  me,  for  the  earth  is 
 full  of  myschefe  before  them.  And  lo,  I  wyll 
 destroye  them  with  the  earth.  Make  the  an 
 Arcke  of  Pyne  tre,  and  make  chambers  in  it, 
 and  pitch  it  within  and  without  with  pitch 
 and  make  it  after  this  fashion :  The  length 
 shal  be  thre  hundreth  cubites,  the  bredth 
 fiftie  cubites,  and  the  heyght  thirtie  cubites. 
 A  wjTidow  shalt  thou  make  aboue  of  a  cubyte 
 greate  :  but  the  dore  shalt  thou  set  in  the 
 myddest  in  the  syde  of  it :  And  the  Arke 
 shalt  thou  make  with  thre  loftes  one  aboue 
 another.  For  lo,  I  wyll  bringe  a  floude  of 
 water  vpon  the  earth,  to  destroye  all  flesh 
 (wherin  the  breth  of  life  is)  vnder  the  heaue: 
 All  that  is  \^on  earth,  shal  perishe. 
 
 But  with  the  wj'll  I  make  a  couenaunt, 
 and  thou  shalt  go  in  to  the  Arcke  with  thy 
 sonnes,  with  thy  wyfe,  and  with  thy  sonnes 
 wyues.  And  of  all  creatures  what  so  euer 
 flesh  it  be,  thou  shalt  bringe  in  to  the  Arcke, 
 euen  a  payre  :  the  male  and  the  female,  that 
 they  maye  lyue  with  the :  Of  foules  after 
 their  kynde,  of  beastes  after  their  kynde,  and 
 of  all  nianer  wonnes  of  the  earth  after  their 
 kinde.  Of  euei-y  one  of  these  shal  there  a 
 payre  go  in  vnto  the,  that  they  mave  lyue. 
 And  thou  shalt  take  vnto  the  all  nianer  of 
 
 ■*  1  Re.  15.  c. 
 
 /  Eccl.  44.  b. 
 
CDap,  biij. 
 
 €l)t  u  bofee  of  i¥loSfs. 
 
 So.  ijrJ 
 
 meate  that  maye  be  eaten,  and  shalt  laye  it 
 vp  in  stoare  by  the,  that  it  maye  be  meate  for 
 the  and  them.  And  Noe  dyd  acordinge  to 
 all  that  God  commaunded  him. 
 
 Clje  btj.  Cljaptcv. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Noe:  Go 
 in  to  the  Arcke  thou  5  thy  whole 
 house  :  "  for  the  haue  I  sene  righteous  before 
 me  at  this  tyme.  *  Of  all  cleane  beastes  take 
 nito  the  seuen  and  seuen,  the  male  and  his 
 feniale.  And  of  vncleane  beastes  a  payre, 
 the  male  and  his  female.  Like  wyse  of  the 
 foules  vnder  the  heauen,  seuen  and  seuen, 
 the  male  and  his  female,  that  there  maye  be 
 sede  left  a  lyue  vpon  the  whole  earth. 
 
 For  yet  after  seuen  dayes,  I  wil  sende 
 raine  vpon  the  earth  fourtie  dayes  and  fourtie 
 nightes,  and  wyll  destroye  all  maner  of  thinges 
 that  I  haue  made,  from  of  the  face  of  the 
 earth. 
 
 And  Noe  dyd  all  that  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded him.  Sixe  hijdreth  yeare  olde  was 
 he,  whan  the  water  floude  came  vpon  earth. 
 'And  he  wente  in  to  the  Arcke,  with  his 
 sonnes,  his  wyfe,  and  his  sonnes  wyues,  for 
 the  waters  of  the  floude.  Of  cleane  beastes 
 and  of  vncleane,  of  all  fethered  foules,  j  of 
 all  that  crepeth  vpon  earth,  wente  in  vnto 
 him  to  the  Arcke  by  pares,  a  male  and  a 
 female,  as  y^  LORDE  comaunded  him.  And 
 whan  the  seuen  dayes  were  past,  the  water 
 floude  came  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 In  the  sixe  hundreth  yeare  of  Noes  age, 
 vpon  the  seuentene  daye  of  the  seconde 
 moneth,  that  same  daye  were  all  f  foun- 
 taynes  of  the  greate  depe  broken  vp,  and  the 
 wyndowes  of  heauen  were  opened,  and  there 
 came  a  rayne  vpon  f  earth  fourtie  dayes  and 
 fourtie  nightes. 
 
 Vpon  the  selfe  same  daye  wete  Noe  in  to 
 the  Arcke,  with  Sem,  Ham  and  laphet  his 
 sonnes,  and  with  his  wyfe,  and  the  thre  wyues 
 of  his  sonnes,  and  all  maner  of  beastes  after 
 their  kynde,  all  maner  of  catell  after  their 
 kynde,  all  maner  of  crepynge  thinges  (that 
 crepe  vpo  the  earth)  after  their  kynde,  and 
 all  maner  of  foules  (what  so  euer  coude  flye 
 (I  what  so  euer  had  fethers)  after  their  kynde : 
 These  wente  all  vnto  Noe  in  to  the  Arcke  by 
 cooples,  of  all  flesh  in  whom  was  the  breth  of 
 
 :  Pet.  2.  b.       '  Leuit.  11.  a. 
 "  Eccli.  39.  d. 
 
 ;  Mat.  24.  d.  Luc.  17.  c. 
 '  Sap.  10.  a. 
 
 life.  And  these  were  the  male  (i  the  female 
 of  all  maner  of  flesh,  and  wente  in,  acordinge 
 as  God  commauded  him.  And  the  LORDE 
 shut  (the  dore)  vpon  him. 
 
 ■'  Then  came  the  water  floude  fourtie  dayes 
 vpon  the  earth,  and  the  water  increased, 
 and  bare  vp  the  Arcke,  and  lift  it  vp  ouer 
 f  earth.  Thus  the  water  preuayled,  and 
 increased  sore  vpon  the  earth,  so  that  the 
 Arcke  wente  vpon  the  waters.  Yee  the 
 waters  preuayled  and  increased  so  sore  vpon 
 earth,  that  all  the  hye  mountaynes  vnder  the 
 whole  heauen  were  couered.  Fyftene  cubytes 
 hye  preuayled  y  waters  ouer  the  mountaynes, 
 which  were  couered. 
 
 Then  all  flesh  that  crepte  vpon  earth, 
 perished,  both  foules,  catell,  beastes,  and  all 
 y  moued  vpon  earth,  and  all  men.  What  so 
 euer  had  the  breth  of  life  vpon  the  drye 
 londe,  dyed. 
 
 "  Thus  was  destroyed  all  that  was  vpon 
 the  earth,  both  man  and  beast,  both  wormes 
 and  foules  vnder  y  heaue:  all  these  were 
 destroyed  from  the  earth,  Saue  Noe  onely 
 remayned,  and  they  that  were  with  him  in 
 the  Arcke.  And  the  waters  preuayled  vpon 
 the  earth,  an  hundreth  and  fiftie  dayes. 
 
 CljE  biij.  Cljapter. 
 
 THEN  God  remembred  Noe  and  all  the 
 beastes,  and  all  the  catell  that  were 
 with  him  in  the  Arcke,  and  caused  a  wynde  to 
 come  vpon  the  earth  :  and  f  waters  ceassed, 
 and  the  fountaynes  of  the  depe  and  the  wyn- 
 dowes of  heauen  were  stopte,  and  the  rayne 
 of  heaue  was  forbydden,  and  the  waters  ranne 
 styll  awaye  from  f  earth,  and  decreased  after 
 an  hundreth  and  fiftye  dayes. 
 
 Vpon  the  seuentene  daye  of  the  seuenth 
 moneth  rested  the  Arcke  vpon  the  mountaynes 
 of  Ararat.  And  the  waters  wete  awaye  and 
 decreased  vntyll  the  tenth  moneth :  for  the 
 first  daye  of  the  tenth  moneth,  the  toppes  of 
 the  mountaynes  appeared. 
 
 After  fourtie  dayes  Noe  opened  f  wyndow 
 of  the  Arcke  which  he  had  made,  (j  sent  forth 
 a  rauen,  which  flew  out,  and  *  came  agayne, 
 vntyll  the  waters  were  dryed  vp  vpo  the  earth. 
 
 Then  sent  he  forth  a  done  from  him,  to 
 wete,  whether  the  waters  were  falle  vpon  the 
 earth.     But  when  f  doue   coude    fynde   no 
 
 *  Some  reade  :    came  not  agayne. 
 
jTo.  r. 
 
 Cl)e  t  Ijofef  of  i¥U3£(ts« 
 
 Cftap.  i)t:» 
 
 restynge  place  for  hir  fete,  she  came  agayne 
 vnto  him  in  to  the  Arcke,  for  the  waters  were 
 yet  vpon  the  face  of  all  the  earth.  And  he 
 put  out  his  hande,  and  toke  her  to  him  in  to 
 the  Arke. 
 
 Then  he  abode  yet  seuen  dayes  mo,  j  sent 
 out  the  doue  agajTie  out  of  the  Arke  :  (i  she 
 returned  vnto  him  aboute  the  euen  tyde  :  and 
 beholde,  she  had  broken  of  a  leaf  of  an  olyue 
 tre,  a  bare  it  in  hir  nebb.  Then  Noe  per- 
 ceaued,  that  the  waters  were  abated  ■v'pon  the 
 earth.  Neuertheles  he  taried  yet  seuen  other 
 dayes,  and  sent  forth  the  doue,  which  came 
 nomore  to  him  agayne. 
 
 In  the  sixte  hundreth  and  one  yeare  of 
 Noes  age,  vpon  the  first  daye  of  y  first  moneth 
 the  waters  were  dryed  vp  vpon  the  earth.  Then 
 Noe  toke  of  the  hatches  of  the  Arke,  and  sawe 
 y  the  face  of  the  earth  was  drye.  So  vpon 
 the  seuen  and  twentye  daye  of  the  seconde 
 moneth  the  whole  earth  was  drye. 
 
 Then  spake  God  vnto  Noe,  and  sayde: 
 Go  out  of  the  Arke,  thou  and  thy  wyfe,  and 
 thy  sonnes,  and  thy  sonnes  wyues  with  the. 
 As  for  all  the  beastes  that  are  with  the,  what 
 so  euer  flesh  it  be  (both  foule  (t  catell  and  all 
 maner  of  womies  that  crepe  vpon  the  earth)  let 
 them  go  out  with  the,  and  be  ye  occupied  ■s'pon 
 the  earth,  "growe  and  multiplye  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 So  Noe  wente  out,  with  his  sonnes,  and 
 with  his  wife,  and  with  his  sonnes  w^ues.  All 
 the  beastes  also  and  all  the  wormes,  and  all  the 
 foules,  and  all  that  crepte  vpon  the  earth,  wente 
 out  of  the  Arke,  euery  one  vnto  his  like. 
 
 And  Noe  buylded  an  altare  vnto  yLORDE. 
 and  toke  of  all  maner  of  cleane  beastes  5  of 
 all  maner  of  cleane  foules,  and  offred  bret 
 sacrifices  vpon  y  altare.  And  f  LORDE 
 melled  the  swete  sauoure,  ft  sayde  in  his  hert : 
 I  wyl  lience  forth  curse  the  earth  nomore  for 
 mas  sake,  for  the  pnaginacion  of  mans  hert  is 
 euell,  euen  from  the  very  youth  of  him.  Ther- 
 fore  from  hece  forth  I  wil  nomore  smyte  all 
 that  lyueth,  as  I  haue  done.  Nether  shall 
 sowynge  t)Tne  and  haruest,  colde  and  heate 
 Sommer  and  wynter,  daye  and  night  ceasse  so 
 longe  as  the  earth  endureth. 
 
 A 
 
 JEljr  ir.  €f)aptn:. 
 ND  God  blessed  Noe  and  his  sonnes, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them  :  increace  j  mul- 
 
 Gene.  1.  d. 
 7.  c.  and  17.  d. 
 
 Leui.  11.  a. 
 '  Exo.  21.  c. 
 
 Gen.  1.  d. 
 /  Tren.  4.  b. 
 
 Leui. 
 Mat. 
 
 tiplye,  and  fyll  the  earth.  The  feare  also  and 
 drede  of  you  be  vpon  all  beastes  of  the  earth, 
 vpon  all  foules  vnder  the  heauen,  and  ^^on 
 all  that  crepeth  on  the  earth,  and  all  fyshes 
 of  the  see  be  geuen  in  to  youre  hades.  All 
 that  moueth  and  hath  life,  be  youre  meate. 
 '  Euen  as  the  grene  herbe,  so  haue  I  geue 
 you  all.  ''  Onely  eate  not  the  flesh  with  the 
 bloude,  wherin  the  soule  is :  For  the  bloude 
 of  you  wherin  youre  soule  is,  wyll  I  requyre  of 
 the  hande  of  all  beastes  :  and  the  soule  of  ma 
 wyU  I  requyre  of  mans  hande,  '  yee  euery 
 mans  soule  of  anothers  hande. 
 
 ■''  He  that  sheddeth  mas  bloude,  his  bloude 
 shal  be  shed  by  man  agayne,  for  God  made 
 man  after  his  owne  licknesse.  As  for  you,  be 
 ye  frutefull,  and  increase,  ^  and  be  occupied 
 vpon  the  earth,  that  ye  maye  multiplye  therin. 
 
 Farthermore,  God  sayde  -vnto  Noe  and  to 
 his  sonnes  with  him :  *  Beholde,  I  make  my 
 couenaunt  with  you,  and  mth  youre  sede  after 
 you,  and  with  euery  lyujTige  creature  that  is 
 with  you,  both  foule,  catell,  and  all  beastes 
 vpon  the  earth  with  you,  of  all  that  is  gone 
 out  of  the  Arke,  what  so  euer  beast  of  the 
 earth  it  be:  '  And  thus  I  make  my  couenaunt 
 with  you,  that  hence  forth  all  flesh  shal  not  be 
 destroyed  with  the  waters  of  eny  floude,  and 
 from  hence  forth  there  shall  come  no  floude  to 
 destroye  the  earth. 
 
 And  God  sayde :  This  is  the  token  of  my 
 couenaunt  which  I  haue  made  betwene  me 
 and  you,  and  all  lyujTige  creatures  amonge 
 you  for  euermore :  My  bowe  will  I  set  in  the 
 cloudes,  and  it  shal  be  the  token  of  my  coue- 
 naunt betwene  me  and  y  earth :  so  that  wha 
 I  bi-)Tige  cloudes  vpon  the  earth,  the  bowe 
 shal  appeare  in  the  cloudes.  And  then  wyll  I 
 thynke  vpon  my  couenaunt  betwixte  me  and 
 you  and  all  lyuynge  creatures  in  all  maner  of 
 flesh  :  so  that  from  hence  forth  there  shall  no- 
 more  come  eny  floude  of  water  to  destroye 
 all  flesh.  Therfore  shall  my  bowe  be  in  the 
 cloudes,  that  I  maye  loke  vpon  it,  and  remem- 
 bre  the  euerlastynge  couenaunt,  betwixte  God 
 and  all  liujTige  creatures  in  all  flesh  that  is 
 vpon  earth.  God  sayde  also  vnto  Noe :  This 
 is  the  toke  of  the  couenaunt,  which  I  haue 
 made  betwene  me  and  aU  flesh  ^-pon  earth. 
 
 The  sonnes  of  Noe  which  wente  out  of  the 
 Arke,    are   these :    Sem,    Ham    and    laphet. 
 
 !i6.  e.     Apo.  13 
 
 b.  eGen.  l.d. 
 
 '  Ecclesiastici  44.  b. 
 
ICftap.  vi' 
 
 €i)t  U  hokt  of  Mo^t^, 
 
 So,  n- 
 
 As  for  Ham,  he  is  the  father  of  Canaa.  These 
 are  Noes  thre  sonnes,  of  whom  all  londes  were 
 ouerspred. 
 
 Noe  beganne  to  take  hede  vnto  ;y-  tyllinge 
 of  the  grounde,  ij  planted  a  vyniarde.  "And 
 dranke  of  the  wyne,  and  was  dronken,  and 
 laye  vncouered  in  his  tente.  Now  when  Ha 
 the  father  of  Canaan  sawe  his  fathers  preuities, 
 he  tolde  his  two  brethren  without.  The  toke 
 Sem  and  laphet  a  mantell  and  put  it  vp6 
 both  their  shulders,  and  wente  backwarde, 
 and  couered  their  fathers  secretes :  (t  their 
 faces  were  turned  asyde,  y  they  shulde  not  se 
 their  fathers  preuyties. 
 
 So  whan  Noe  awaked  from  his  wyne,  and 
 perceaued  what  his  yonger  sonne  had  done 
 vnto  him,  he  sayde :  Cursed  be  Canaan,  and 
 a  seruaunt  of  seruauntes  be  he  vnto  his 
 brethren.  He  sayde  morouer:  Praysed  be 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Sem,  and  Canaan  be 
 his  seruaunt.  God  increase  laphet,  and  let 
 him  dwell  in  the  tentes  of  Sem,  and  Canaan 
 be  his  seruaunt. 
 
 And  Noe  lyued  after  the  floude  thre  hun- 
 dreth  5  fiftie  yeare,  so  y  his  whole  age  was 
 ix.  hudreth  and  fyftie  yeare,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 El)e  r-  CS)aptcr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  generacion  of  the  childre  of 
 Noe,  Sem,  Ham,  and  laphet,  g  they 
 begat  children  after  the  floude. 
 
 *  The  children  of  laphet  are  these:  Gomer, 
 Magog,  Madai,  lauan,  Tubal,  Mesech,  and 
 Thyras.  The  childre  of  Gomer  are  these : 
 Ascenas,  Riphat  and  Toganna.  The  children 
 of  lauan  are  these :  Elisa,  Tharsis,  Cithim 
 and  Dodanim  :  Of  these  are  deuided  the  lies 
 of  y^  Heithen  in  their  countrees,  euery  one 
 after  his  speach,  kynred  and  people. 
 
 The  childre  of  Ham  are  these :  Chus, 
 Misraim,  Phut  and  Canaan.  The  children 
 of  Chus  are  these :  Seba,  Heuila  Sabtha, 
 Reyma  and  Sabthecha. 
 
 The  children  of  Reyma  are  these :  Sheba 
 and  Deda.  Chus  also  begat  Nemrod,  which 
 beganne  to  be  mightie  in  the  earth,  and  was 
 a  mightie  hunter  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE. 
 Therof  commeth  the  prouerbe :  This  is  a 
 mightie  hunter  before  the  LORDE  like  as 
 Nemrod.  And  the  origenall  of  his  kyngdome 
 was  '  Babel,  Erech,  Acad  j  Chalne  in  ;y  londe 
 of  Synear.     Out  of  that  lode   came  Assur, 
 
 -  Esa.  5.  a.    Matt.  21.  a.       '  1  Par.  1.  a.      'Gen.  11.  b. 
 
 and  buylded  Niniue,  and  f  stretes  of  y  cite, 
 and  Calah,  and  Ressen  betwene  Ninyue  5 
 Calah :  This  is  a  greate  cite."*  Mizraim  begat 
 Ludim,  Enamim,  Leabim,  Naphtuhim,  Pa- 
 thrusim  a,  Casluhim,  from  whence  came  the 
 Philistynes  and  Capthorims.  Canaa  also  be- 
 gat Zidon  his  eldest  sonne,  j  Heth,  lebusi, 
 Emori,  Girgosi,  Hiui,  Arki,  Sini,  Aruadi, 
 Zemari  (j  Hamati:  fro  whence  y  kynreds  of 
 y  Cananites  are  dispersed  abrode.  And  f 
 Coastes  of  y  Cananites  were  fro  Sido  forth 
 thorow  Gerar  vnto  Gasa,  tyll  thou  comest 
 vnto  Sodoma,  Gomorra,  Adama,  Zeboim,  5 
 vnto  Lasa.  These  are  the  children  of  Ham 
 in  their  kynreds,  tunges,  londes  5  people. 
 And  Sem  which  is  y  father  of  all  the  children 
 of  Eber,  5  the  elder  brother  of  laphet,  begat 
 childre  also.  And  these  are  his  children:  Ela, 
 Assur,  Arphachad,  Lud  (j  Aram.  The  childre 
 of  Aram  are  these  :  Vz,  Hul,  Gether  (j  Mas, 
 
 And  Arphachsad  begat  Sala,  and  Sala 
 begat  Eber.  Eber  begat  two  sonnes:  the 
 name  of  the  one  was  Peleg,  because  that  in 
 his  tyme  the  worlde  was  deuyded,  and  his 
 brothers  name  was  laketan,  And  laketan 
 begat  Almodad,  Saleph,  Hazarmaphet,  larah, 
 Hadoram,  Vsal,  Dikela,  Obal,  Abimael,  Seba, 
 Ophir,  Heuila  j  lobab :  AH  these  are  f 
 childre  of  laketan.  And  their  dwellynge  was 
 from  Mesa,  tyll  thou  come  vnto  Sephar  a 
 mountayne  of  y  east.  These  are  y  children 
 of  Sem  in  their  generacions,  tunges,  londes 
 and  people. 
 
 This  is  now  y  generacion  of  ;y-  children  of 
 Noe  in  their  kynredes  5  people.  Of  these 
 were  y  people  vpon  earth  spred  a  brode  after 
 y  floude. 
 
 €l)t  ri-  CI;a})tcr. 
 
 MOROUER  all  the  worlde  had  one 
 tonge  (J  language.  Now  as  they  wente 
 *towarde  the  East,  they  founde  a  playne  in 
 y  londe  of  Synear,  5  there  they  dwelt,  5  saide 
 one  to  another :  Come  on,  let  vs  make  bryck 
 (J  burne  it.  And  they  toke  bryck  for  stone,  g 
 slyme  for  morter.  And  sayde :  Come,  let  vs 
 buylde  a  cite  %  a  tower,  whose  toppe  maye 
 reach  vnto  heaue,  y  we  maye  make  vs  a 
 name,  afore  we  be  scatred  abrode  in  all  londes. 
 Then  came  y  LORDE  downe,  to  se  y  cite  5 
 tower,  y  f  childre  of  me  had  buylded.  And 
 y  LORDE  saide :  Beholde,  the  people  is  one, 
 
 "  loniE  1.  a.  •  Some  reade  :  fro  tlie  east. 
 
fo,  rih 
 
 €i)t  t  bofee  of  Mo^tS, 
 
 Ci)ap.  ji'ij. 
 
 5  haue  one  maner  of  language  ainoge  the  all, 
 (J  this  haue  they  begonne  to  do,  5  wil  not 
 leaue  of  from  all  y  they  haue  purposed  to  do. 
 Come  on,  let  vs  go  downe,  5  cofounde  their 
 tonge  eue  there,  y  one  vnderstonde  not  what 
 another  saieth.  "Thusy  LORDE  scatred  the 
 fro  thece  in  all  lodes,  so  y  they  left  of  to 
 buylde  the  cite.  Therfore  is  it  called  Babell, 
 because  the  LORDE  cofounded  there  the 
 language  of  all  the  ■  worlde,  and  from  thece 
 scatred  them  abrode  in  to  all  londes. 
 
 These  are  y  generacions  of  Sem.  Sem 
 was  an  hundreth  yeare  olde,  and  begat  Ar- 
 phachsad  two  yeare  after  the  floude,  and  lyued 
 therafter  fyue  hiidreth  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes 
 and  doughters. 
 
 Arphachsad  was  fiue  5  thirtie  yeare  olde, 
 and  begat  Salah,  and  lyued  therafter  foure 
 hundreth  and  thre  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  a 
 doughters. 
 
 Salah  was  thirtie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Eber,  5  lyued  therafter  foure  hudreth  (j  thre 
 yeare,  5  begat  sonnes  and  doughters. 
 
 Eber  was  foure  and  thirtie  yeare  olde,  (j 
 begat  Peleg,  and  lyued  therafter  foure  hun- 
 dreth and  thirtie  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  5 
 doughters. 
 
 Peleg  was  thirtie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Regu,  and  lyued  therafter  two  hiidreth  and 
 nyene  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  s  doughters. 
 
 Regu  was  two  and  thirtie  yeare  olde,  and 
 begat  Serug,  and  lyued  therafter  two  hun- 
 dreth and  seuen  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  and 
 doughters. 
 
 Serug  was  thirtie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Nahor,  and  lyued  therafter  two  hundreth 
 yeare,  and  begat  sonnes  5  doughters. 
 
 Nahor  was  nyene  and  twentye  yeare  olde, 
 and  begat  Terah,  and  lyued  therafter  an 
 hundreth  and  nyentene  yeare,  and  begat  sonnes 
 and  doughters. 
 
 Terah  was  seuentie  yeare  olde,  and  begat 
 Abram,  Nahor  and  Haran. 
 
 These  are  the  generations  of  Terah :  Terah 
 begat  Abram,  Nahor  and  Haran.  'And  Haran 
 begat  Lot,  but  Hara  dyed  before  Terah  his 
 father  in  y  londe  where  he  was  borne,  at  Vr 
 in  Chaldea. 
 
 Then  Abram  and  Nahor  toke  them  wyues. 
 Abrams  wife  was  called  Sarai,'  5  Nahors  wyfe 
 
 «  Den.  32.  a.     '■  losu.  2i. 
 Gen.  22.  d.  ■'  losu.  ii 
 
 '  Acto.  7.  a.  /  Gen.  27. 
 
 1  Par.  1.  b.      ■■  Gen.  20.  c. 
 
 1.     2  Esd.  9.  b.     ludit.  5.  b. 
 
 Gene.  18.  c.     Gen.  22.  e. 
 
 Milca  the  doughter  of  Haran,  which  was 
 father  of  Milca  and  lisca.  But  Sarai  was 
 baren,  and  had  no  childe. 
 
 ''Then  toke  Terah  Abra  his  sonne,  g  Lot 
 his  Sonne  Harans  sonne,  5  Sarai  his  doughter 
 in  lawe,  his  sonne  Abrams  wife,  5  caried  them 
 with  him  from  Vr  in  Chaldea,  to  go  in  to  the 
 lande  of  Canaan.  And  they  came  to  Haran, 
 g  dwelt  there.  And  Terah  was  two  hundreth 
 5  fyue  yeare  olde,  and  dyed  in  Haran. 
 
 CI;c  jrij.  €i)apttr. 
 
 AND y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Abram:  'Get 
 the  out  of  thy  countre,  and  from  thy 
 kynred,  and  out  of  thy  fathers  house,  in  to  a 
 londe  which  I  %vil  shew  the.  And  I  wil 
 make  of  the  a  mightie  people,  and  wyll  blesse 
 the,  and  make  the  a  greate  name,  yee  thou 
 shalt  be  a  very  blessynge.  •'I  wil  blesse  them 
 that  blesse  the,  and  curse  them  that  curse 
 the :  and  in  the  shal  all  the  generacions  of 
 the  earth  be  blessed. 
 
 Then  wente  Abram  out,  as  the  LORDE 
 coinmaunded  him,  and  Lot  wente  with  him. 
 Fyue  (J  seuentie  yeare  olde  was  Abrii,  whan  he 
 wente  out  of  Haran.  So  Abram  toke  Sarai 
 his  wife,  and  Lot  his  brothers  sonne,  with  all 
 their  goodes  which  they  had  gotten,  and  soules 
 which  they  begat  in  Hara,  and  departed  to  go 
 in  to  y  londe  of  Canaan.^  And  whe  they  were 
 come  in  to  the  same  londe,  he  wente  thorow, 
 tyll  he  came  vnto  the  place  of  Sichem,  and 
 vnto  the  Okegroue  of  More:  '^for  y  Cananites 
 dwelt  in  y  lode  at  y  same  time. 
 
 Then  the  LORDE  appeared  vnto  Abra, 
 5  sayde :  '  This  londe  wil  I  geue  vnto  thy  sede. 
 And  there  he  buylded  an  aulter  vnto  y 
 LORDE,  which  appeared  vnto  him.  The 
 brake  he  vp  fro  thece,  vnto  a  mountajTie  y 
 laye  on  y  east  syde  of  the  cite  of  Bethel,  ct 
 pitched  his  tent :  so  y  he  had  Bethel  on  the 
 west  side,  and  Ay  on  f  east  syde :  (j  there 
 buylded  he  an  altare  also  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 (J  called  vpon  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 Afterwarde  departed  Abram  farther,  (t  toke 
 his  iourneye  southwards.  But  there  came  a 
 derth  in  the  londe. 
 
 Then  wente  Abram  downe  in  to  Egipte  to 
 kepe  himself  there  as  a  straunger,  for  the 
 derth  was  sore  in  the  londe.     And  whan  he 
 
 Gen.  14.  c.  *  Gen.  10.  d.  and  13.  a. 
 
 '  Gen.  17.  a. 
 
|Cf)ap»  n'uj* 
 
 Cl)t  u  bofei^  of  iHosts!, 
 
 jTo.  viij* 
 
 was  come  nye  for  to  entre  in  to  Egipte,  he 
 sayde  vnto  Sarai  his  wife :  Beholde,  I  knows 
 y  thou  art  a  fayre  woman  to  loke  vpon.  Now 
 whan  the  Egipcians  se  the,"  they  wil  saye : 
 She  is  his  wife,  and  so  shal  they  slaye  me,  and 
 saue  the  alyue.  Therfore  (I  pray  y)  saye  thou 
 art  my  sister,  that  I  maye  fare  the  better  by 
 reason  of  the,  and  that  my  soule  maye  lyue 
 for  thy  sake. 
 
 Now  whan  he  came  in  to  Egipte,  ;y^  Egip- 
 cians sawe  y  woman,  y  she  was  very  faire  :  ij 
 Pharaos  prynces  sawe  her  also,  5  praysed  her 
 before  him.  Then  was  she  brought  in  to  Pha- 
 raos house,  and  Abram  was  well  intreated  for 
 hir  sake :  and  he  had  shepe,  oxe,  and  he  Asses, 
 seruauntes,  maydes,  she  Asses  and  Camels. 
 
 *But  f  LORDE  plaged  Pharao  5  his  house 
 with  greate  plages,  because  of  Sarai  Abras 
 wife.  Then  Pharao  called  Abra  vnto  him, 
 and  sayde :  Why  hast  thou  dealt  thus  with 
 me?  Wherfore  toldest  thou  not  me  at  the 
 first,  y  she  was  thy  wife  ?  Why  saydest  thou 
 then,  that  she  was  thy  sister?  Wherfore  I  toke 
 her  to  my  wife.  And  now  lo,  there  is  thy 
 wife,  take  her,  and  go  thy  waye.  He  gaue 
 his  officers  also  a  charge  ouer  him,  to  conveye 
 him  out,  and  his  wife,  and  all  that  he  had. 
 
 Ci)e  rii)-  €l)apttr. 
 
 SO  Abra  departed  out  ot  Egipte,  with  his 
 wife,  5  with  all  y  he  had,  5  Lot  with 
 him  also,  towarde  y  south.  Abram  was  very 
 rich  in  catell,  siluer  g  golde.  And  he  wente 
 on  forth  from  the  south  vnto  Bethel,  vnto  the 
 place  where  his  tent  was  at  f  first,  betwene 
 '  Bethel  and  Ay :  euen  vnto  y  place  where  he 
 had  made  the  altare  before,  5  where  he  called 
 vpon  the  name  of  the  LORDE.  Lot  also 
 which  wente  with  him,  had  shepe,  greate  catell 
 (I  tentes :  so  y  the  londe  was  not  able  to 
 receauethem,  that  they  might  dwell  together: 
 for  ''the  substaunce  of  their  riches  was  so 
 greate,  that  they  coude  not  dwell  together. 
 And  there  fell  a  strife  betwene  the  hirdmen 
 of  Abrams  catell,  and  the  hirdmen  of  Lots 
 catell.  The  Cananites  also  and  the  Pheresites 
 dwelt  at  that  tyme  in  the  londe.' 
 
 Then  sayde  Abram  vnto  Lot :  O  let  there 
 be  no  strife  betwene  me  and  the,  and  betwene 
 my  hyrdmen  and  thine,  for  we  are  brethre. 
 -'^Is  not  all  the  whole  londe  open  before  the? 
 
 '  Gen.  20.  a.  and  26.  a.        *  Esa.  43.  a.        '  Gen.  12.  b.        e  Dent.  2.  b. 
 H  Gen.  36.  a.      '  Gen.  12.  b.     .''  Eccli.  25.  a.     lere.  40.  a. 
 
 Departe  fro  me,  I  praye  the.  Yf  thou  wilt 
 go  to  the  left  hande,  I  wil  take  the  right :  Or 
 yf  thou  wilt  go  to  the  right  hande,  I  ml  take 
 the  left.  Then  Lot  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  behelde 
 all  the  countre  rounde  aboute  lorda,  that  it  was 
 a  plenteous  countre  of  water.  For  before  the 
 LORDE  destroyed  Sodoma  and  Gomorra,  it 
 was  rounde  aboute  Zoar,  euen  as  the  pleasaunt 
 garden  of  the  LORDE,  and  as  the  londe  of 
 Egipte. 
 
 Then  Lot  chose  all  the  coastes  of  lorda, 
 and  toke  his  iourney  towarde  y  East.  ''And 
 so  the  one  brother  departed  from  the  other. 
 Abram  dwelt  in  the  lande  of  Canaan,  and 
 Lot  in  the  cities  of  the  same  coastes,  and 
 pitched  his  tent  towarde  Sodome.  But  ;y 
 men  of  Sodome  were  wicked,  and  ''synned 
 exceadingly  agaynst  the  LORDE. 
 
 Now  whan  Lot  was  departed  from  Abram, 
 the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Abram:  Lift  vp  thine 
 eyes,  and  loke  from  the  place  where  thou 
 dwellest,  northwarde,  southwarde,  eastwarde, 
 and  westwarde :  for  all  the  londe  that  thou 
 seist,  wyll  I  geue  vnto  the  'and  to  thy  sede  for 
 euer,  and  wyll  make  thy  sede  as  the  dust  of 
 the  earth  :  so  that  yf  a  man  can  nombre  the 
 dust  of  the  earth,  he  shall  nombre  thy  sede 
 also.  Arise,  and  go  thorow  the  londe,  in  the 
 length  and  bredth,  for  I  wyl  geue  it  vnto  the. 
 
 So  Abram  remoued  his  tent,  and  *  wente 
 and  dwelt  in  y  Okegroue  of  Mamre,  which  is 
 in  Ebron,  and  buylded  there  an  altare  vnto 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 W^t  viiij.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  it  chaunsed  in  the  tyme  of  Amra- 
 phel  the  kynge  of  Synear,  Arioch 
 the  kynge  of  Ellasar,  Kedorlaomer  the  kinge 
 of  Elam,  (J  Thydeal  the  kynge  of  y  Heithen, 
 That  they  made  warre  with  Bera  y  kynge  of 
 Sodome,  and  with  Birsa  the  kynge  of  Gomorra, 
 5  with  Sineab  the  kynge  of  Adama,  (t  with 
 Semeaber  the  kynge  of  Zeboim,  and  with  the 
 kynge  of  Bela,  which  is  called  Zoar.  These 
 came  all  together  in  to  the  brode  valley, 
 where  now  the  salt  see  is :  for  twolue  yeares 
 were  they  subiectes  vnto  kinge  Kedorlaomer, 
 (J  in  the  thirtenth  yeare  they  fell  from  him. 
 Therfore  in  the  fourtenth  yeare  came  Kedor- 
 laomer, and  the  kynges  y  were  with  him,  5 
 smote  the  Giauntes  in  Astaroth  Kamaim,  5 
 
 *  Eze.  16.  e. 
 ''  Gen.  14.  e. 
 
fo,  viiih 
 
 Win  u  bofee  of  Mo^ts, 
 
 C!)ap»  )cb. 
 
 Susim  at  Ham,  j  Emim  in  the  felde  of  Ki- 
 riathaim,  and  f  Horites  in  their  owne  mount 
 Seir  vnto  the  playne  of  Pharan,  which  bor- 
 dreth  vpo  the  wildernes.  And  then  they 
 turned,  ({  came  to  the  well  of  iudgment  (which 
 is  Cades)  {j  smote  all  the  countre  of  the  Ama- 
 lechites,  and  also  the  Amorites,  that  dwelt  in 
 Hazezon  Thamar. 
 
 Then  wente  out  the  kynge  of  Sodome,  5 
 the  kynge  of  Gomorra,  5  the  kynge  of  Adama, 
 and  the  kynge  of  Zeboim,  and  the  kynge  of 
 Bela  (called  Zoar)  j  prepared  them  selues  to 
 fight  in  thff  brode  valley  with  Kedorlaomer 
 the  kynge  of  Elam,  5  with  Thideal  y  kynge 
 of  the  Heithen,  5  with  Amraphel  y  kynge  of 
 Synear,  5  with  Arioch  the  kynge  of  EUasar : 
 foure  kynges  with  fyue.  And  y  brode  valley 
 had  many  slyine  pyttes.  But  the  kynge  of 
 Sodoma  and  Gomorra  were  put  to  flight,  ij 
 fell  there,  5  the  residue  fled  vnto  y  moun- 
 taynes.  Then  toke  they  all  the  goodes  at 
 Sodoma  and  Gomorra,  5  all  their  vytales,  5 
 wente  their  waye.  They  toke  Lot  also  Abrams 
 brothers  sonne,  5  his  good  (for  he  dwelt  at 
 Sodome)  and  departed. 
 
 Then  came  one  that  had  escaped,  and  tolde 
 Abram  the  Aleaunt,  which  dwelt  in  the  Oke- 
 groue  of  "Mamre  the  Amoryte,  which  was  the 
 brother  of  Escol  j  Aner :  for  these  were  con- 
 federate with  Abram. 
 
 *  Now  whan  Abram  herde  y  his  brother  was 
 taken,  he  harnessed  his  bonde  seruauntes 
 borne  in  his  owne  house,  thre  hundreth  d 
 eightene,  5  folowed  after  them  vntill  Dan,  5 
 deuyded  the,  a  fell  vpo  them  by  night  with 
 his  seruauntes,  and  smote  the,  and  chased 
 them  awaye  vnto  Hoba,  which  lieth  on  y  left 
 hande  of  the  cite  of  Damascos,  'and  brought 
 agayne  all  the  goodes,  and  also  his  brother 
 Lot,  and  his  goodes,  y  wemen  also  and  the 
 people.  And  as  he  came  agayne  from  the 
 slaughter  of  Kedorlaomer  5  of  the  kinges  that 
 were  with  him,  the  kynge  of  Sodome  wente 
 to  mete  him  in  to  the  playne  felde,  ''which  is 
 called  kynges  dale. 
 
 But  Melchisedech  the  kynge  of  Salem 
 brought  forth  bred  and  wyne.  And  he  beynge 
 the  prest  of  the  most  hye  God,  'blessed  him 
 and  sayde :  Blessed  be  thou  Abram  vnto  the 
 most  hye  God  possessor  of  heauen  and  earth. 
 
 «Gen.l3.d.        *  losu.  lO.b.    lRe.30.b.    lere.U.c. 
 '  lob  39.  b.         "I  Num.  31.  b.  '  Hebr.  7.  a.         /  Deu, 
 
 10.  d.     Esa.  49.  d.    lere.  33.  d.         *  Ro.  4.  d.         f  Psal. 
 
 And  praysed  be  God  the  Hyest,  which  hath 
 delyuered  thine  enemies  in  to  thy  handes. 
 And  Abram  gaue  him  tythes  of  all. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  kynge  of  Sodome  vnto 
 Abram :  Geue  me  the  soules,  and  take  y 
 goodes  vnto  thy  self.  But  Abram  sayde  vnto 
 the  kinge  of  Sodome :  I  lift  vp  my  honde 
 vnto  the  LORDE  the  most  hye  God,  possessor 
 of  heauen  and  earth,  that  I  wyll  not  take  of 
 all  that  is  thyne,  so  moeh  as  a  threde  or  a 
 shue  lachet,  lest  thou  shuldest  saye :  I  haue 
 made  Abram  ryche :  Saue  onely  that  which 
 the  yonge  men  haue  spent,  and  the  men  Aner 
 Escol  and  Mamre,  that  wente  with  me,  let 
 them  take  their  parte. 
 
 W^e  v6.  Cljapttr. 
 
 IT  happened  after  these  actes,  y  the  worde 
 of  y  LORDE  came  vnto  Abra  in  a  vysion, 
 and  sayde :  Feare  not  Abram,  I  am  thy 
 shylde  and  thy  exceadinge  greate  rewarde. 
 But  Abram  sayde:  LORDE  LORDE,  what 
 wilt  thou  geue  me  ?  I  go  childles,  and  the 
 seruaunt  of  my  house  (this  Eleasar  of  Da- 
 mascos) hath  a  sonne.  And  Abram  sayde 
 morouer :  Beholde,  vnto  me  hast  thou  geuen 
 no  sede :  and  lo,  the  sonne  of  my  housholde 
 shal  be  myne  heyre.  And  beholde,  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  him,  and  saide: 
 He  shal  not  be  thine  heyre,  but  one  that  shal 
 come  out  of  thine  owne  body,  he  shal  be 
 thine  heyre.  And  he  bad  him  go  forth,  and 
 sayde :  Loke  vp  vnto  heauen,  -'^and  tell  y 
 starres :  Canst  thou  nombre  them  ?  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  him :  *  Euen  so  shal  thy  sede  be. 
 
 Abram  beleued  the  LORDE,  and  y  was 
 counted  vnto  him  for  righteousnes. '  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  him :  I  am  y  LORDE,  t  y  brought 
 the  from  Vr  out  of  Chaldea,  to  geue  f  this 
 londe  to  possesse  it.  But  Abram  sayde : 
 LORDE  LORDE,  Wherby  shall  I  knowe, 
 that  I  shall  possesse  it  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 him:  Take  a  cow  of  thre  yeare  olde,  ''and  a 
 she  goate  of  thre  yeare  olde,  and  a  ramme  of 
 thre  yeare  olde,  and  a  turtyll  doue,  and  a 
 yonge  pigeon.  And  he  toke  all  these,  and 
 deuyded  them  in  the  myddes,  and  layde  the 
 one  parte  ouer  agaynst  the  other,  but  the 
 foules  deuyded  he  not.  And  the  foules  fell 
 vJ)o  the  flesh,  but  Abram  droue  them  awaye. 
 
 105.  d.   Rom.  4.  a.    Gala.  3.  a.    laco.  2.c. 
 *  lere.  34.  d. 
 
 t  Gen.  11.  d, 
 
Cf)ap.  j:bi). 
 
 Cfte  u  bofee  of  ilosed. 
 
 4fo.  j:b. 
 
 Now  whan  the  Sonne  beganne  to  go  downe, 
 there  fell  an  heuy  slepe  vpo  Abram.  And 
 lo,  feare  and  greate  darcknes  fell  vpon  him. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  Abram :  knowe  this  of  a 
 suertye,  that  "thy  sede  shalbe  a  stranger,  in  a 
 londe  that  is  not  theirs.  And  they  shall  make 
 bonde  men  of  them,  and  intreate  them  euell 
 foure  hundreth  yeares.  But  the  people  who 
 they  shal  serue,  wyl  I  iudge.  Afterwarde 
 shall  they  'go  forth  with  greate  substaunce : 
 and  thou  shalt  departe  vnto  thy  fathers  in 
 peace,"  and  shalt  be  buried  in  a  good  age. 
 And  after  the  fourth  generacion''  they  shall 
 come  hither  agayne,  for  the  wickednes  of  ;y- 
 Amorites  is  not  yet  full. 
 
 So  whan  the  Sonne  was  downe,  and  it  was 
 waxed  darcke :  Beholde,  there  smoked  a 
 fornace,  and  a  fyre  brande  wente  betwene  y 
 partes.  'The  same  daye  made  the  LORDE 
 a  couenaut  with  Abram,  and  sayde :  Vnto  thy 
 sede  wil  I  geue  this  lode,  from  the  water  of 
 Egipte,  vnto  the  greate  water  Euphrates : 
 the  Kenytes,  the  Kenizites,  the  Kydmonites, 
 the  Hethites,  the  Pherezites,  the  Giauntes, 
 the  Amorites,  the  Cananites,  the  Gergesites, 
 and  the  lebusites. 
 
 Wi)e  rbt.  Ci^apter. 
 
 SARAI  Abrams  wife  bare  him  no  children: 
 but  she  had  an  handmayde  an  Egipcian, 
 whose  name  was  Agar,  and  sayde  vnto  Abram : 
 'Beholde,  the  LORDE  hath  closed  me,  that 
 I  can  not  beare.  ^Go  in  (I  praye  the)  vnto 
 my  mayde  :  peraduenture  I  shalbe  multiplied 
 by  her,  more  then  by  myself.  And  Abram 
 herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  Sarai.  Than 
 Sarai  Abrams  wife  toke  Agar  hir  mayde  f 
 Egipcian  (after  they  had  dwelt  ten  yeare  in 
 the  londe  of  Canaan)  and  gaue  her  vnto  hir 
 huszbande  Abrii,  to  be  his  wife.  And  he 
 wente  in  vnto  Agar,  and  she  conceaued.  Now 
 whan  she  sawe  y  she  had  conceyued,  she 
 despysed  hir  mastresse. 
 
 Then  sayde  Sarai  vnto  Abram :  I  must 
 suffre  wronge  for  thy  sake.  I  layde  my  mayde 
 by  the  :  but  now  because  she  seyth,  that  she 
 hath  conceaued,  I  must  be  despysed  in  hir 
 sight:  the  LORDE  be  iudge  betwene  me 
 and  the.     And  Abram  sayde  vnto  Sarai :  Be- 
 
 »  Act.  7.  a.  Exod.  12.  f.  ludit.  5.  b.  Gala.  3.  c. 
 '  £xo.  12.  e.  ''Gene.  25.  a.  "^  Deut.  20.  c.  'Gen. 
 24.  a.    3  Re.  4.  b.  /  Esa.  66.  b.  «  Gen.  30.  a. 
 
 holde,  thy  mayde  is  vnder  thine  auctorite,  do 
 with  her,  as  it  pleaseth  the. 
 
 Now  whan  Sarai  dealt  hardly  with  her, 
 she  fled  from  her.  But  the  angell  of  the 
 LORDE  founde  her  besyde  a  well  of  water 
 in  the  wildernesse  (euen  by  the  well  in  the 
 waye  to  Sur)  and  sayde  vnto  her:  Agar  Sarais 
 maide,  whence  commest  thou?  g,  whyther  wylt 
 thou  go  ?  She  sayde  :  I  fle  fro  my  mastresse 
 Sarai.  And  the  angel  of  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  her :  Returne  to  thy  mastresse  agayne, 
 and  submitte  thyself  vnder  hir  hande. 
 
 And  the  angel  of  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 her  :  Beholde,  I  wil  so  encreace  thy  sede,  that 
 it  shall  not  be  nombred  for  multitude.  And 
 the  angel  of  the  LORDE  sayde  further  vnto 
 her :  Beholde,  thou  art  with  childe, ''  5  shalt 
 bringe  forth  a  sonne,  and  shalt  call  his  name 
 Ismael,  because  the  LORDE  hath  herde  thy 
 trouble.  He  shal  be  a  wylde  man.  His 
 hande  agaynst  euery  man,  and  euery  mans 
 hande  agaynst  him :  and  he  shal  dwel  ouer 
 agaynst  all  his  brethren. 
 
 And  she  called  the  name  of  the  LORDE  y 
 spake  vnto  her :  Thou  art  the  God  that  seist 
 me.  For  she  sayde  :  Of  a  suertye  I  haue  sene 
 the  back  partes  of  him  that  sawe  me.  Ther- 
 fore  called  she  the  well :  The  well  of  the 
 liuinge  that  sawe  me.  Which  (well)  is  be- 
 twene Cades  and  Bared. 
 
 And  Agar  bare  Abram  a  sonne,  'and  Abram 
 called  his  sonnes  name  which  Agar  bare  him, 
 Ismael.  And  Abram  was  foure  score  yeare 
 olde  and  sixe,  whan  Agar  bare  him  Ismael. 
 
 Cl^c  jrbij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 NOW  whan  Abram  was  nyentye  yeare 
 olde  and  nyene,  the  LORDE  appeared 
 vnto  him,  (t  sayde  vnto  him:  *  I  am  the  all- 
 mightie  God,  walke  before  me,  j  be  vncor- 
 rupte.  And  I  wyll  make  my  couenaunt 
 betwene  me  %  the,  and  wyl  multiplye  the 
 exceadyngly.  Then  fell  Abram  vpon  his  face. 
 And  God  talked  furthur  with  him,  and 
 sayde :  Beholde,  It  is  I,  and  haue  my  coue- 
 naiit  with  the,  and  thou  shalt  be  a  father  of 
 many  people.  Therfore  shalt  thou  nomore 
 be  called  Abram,  but  thy  name  shal  be 
 Abraham :  *  For  I  haue  made  the  a  father  of 
 many  nacions,  5  I  wil  multiplye  the  excead- 
 
 *  Gen.  17.  c.  ludi.  13.  b.  '  Gal.  4.  c.  •  Some 
 reade  I  am  tbe  God  Scbadai  (tbat  is :  plenteous  in  power, 
 abundaunt,  sufiiciet,  and  full  of  all  good.)        ''  Rom.  4.  c. 
 
fo,  vfai. 
 
 Zi)t  I.  iiokt  of  iHosie£i» 
 
 Cljap.  jrbiij. 
 
 ingly,  and  wil  make  people  of  y,  *yee  and 
 kynges  also  shal  come  out  of  the.  Morouer  I 
 wil  make  my  couenaut  betwene  me  and  the, 
 5  to  thy  sede  after  the  thorow  out  their  pos- 
 terities, that  it  maye  be  an  euerlastinge  coue- 
 naunt,  so  that  I  wyll  be  the  God  of  the,  and 
 of  thy  sede  after  the.  And  vnto  the  and  to 
 thy  sede  after  the,  will  I  geue  the  lande, 
 wherin  thou  art  a  straunger:  euen  all  the 
 lande  of  Canaan  for  an  euerlastinge  pos- 
 session, and  will  be  their  God. 
 
 And  God  sayde  morouer  vnto  Abraham  : 
 Kepe  my  couenaunt  then,  thou  and  thy  sede 
 after  the.  This  is  my  couenaunt  which  ye 
 shal  kepe  betwene  me  and  you,  and  thy  sede 
 after  y  thorow  out  their  posterites.  Euery 
 manchilde  that  is  amonge  you,  shalbe  circum- 
 cyded:  and  ye  shall  circumcyde  the  fore 
 skynne  of  youre  flesh.  This  same  shalbe  a 
 token  of  the  couenaunt  betwene  me  and  you. 
 Euery  manchilde  whan  it  is  eight  dayes  olde, " 
 shalbe  circiicyded  thorow  out  youre  posterities: 
 In  like  maner  all  houszholde  folkes  borne  at 
 home,  or  bought,  or  eny  other  also  that  is  a 
 straijger  and  not  of  thy  sede.  Thus  shall  my 
 couenaunt  be  in  youre  flesh  for  an  euer- 
 lastinge couenaunt.  And  yf  there  shalbe 
 any  manchilde  vncircumcided  in  the  fore 
 skinne  of  his  flesh,  his  soule  shalbe  roted  out 
 from  his  people,  because  he  hath  broken  my 
 couenaunt. 
 
 And  God  sayde  vnto  Abraham  :  Sarai  thy 
 wyfe  shall  nomore  be  called  Sarai,  but  Sara 
 shalbe  hir  name  :  for  I  will  blesse  her,  and 
 geue  the  a  sonne  of  her.  'I  wil  blesse  her, 
 and  people  shall  come  of  her,  yee  and  kynges 
 of  many  people.  Then  fell  Abraha  vpo  his 
 face,  and  laughed,  and  sayde  in  his  hert: 
 Shal  a  childe  be  borne  vnto  me  that  am  an 
 hundreth  yeare  olde  ?  And  shall  Sara  y  is 
 nyentie  yeare  olde,  beare?  And  Abraha 
 sayde  vnto  God :  O  that  Ismael  might  lyue  in 
 thy  sight.  Then  sayde  God  :  '  Yee  euen  Sara 
 thy  wyfe  shall  beare  the  a  sonne,  and  thou 
 shalt  call  his  name  Isaac  :  for  with  him  wil  I 
 make  my  euerlastinge  couenaunt,  and  with 
 his  sede  after  him.  And  as  concernynge 
 Ismael  also,  I  haue  herde  thy  request:  Be- 
 holde,  I  haue  blessed  him,  and  will  increase 
 him,  and  multiplye  him  exceadingly.   ''Twolue 
 
 •  Mat.  1.  a.  'Leui.  12.  a.  Gen.  21.  a.  *JIatt.  l.a. 
 '  Gen.  16.  c.  ludi.  13.  b.  4Re.  13.  a.  Luc.  1.  c.  ''Gen. 
 25.  b.        '  Gen.  19.  a.        /I  Re.  28.  c.        s  ludi.  19.  b. 
 
 prynces  shal  he  beget,  and  I  wyll  make  a 
 greate  nacion  of  him. 
 
 But  my  couenaunt  wyll  I  make  with  Isaac, 
 whom  Sara  shal  beare  vnto  the,  eue  this  tyme 
 twolue  moneth.  And  he  left  of  talkynge 
 with  him,  and  God  wente  vp  from  Abraham. 
 Than  toke  Abraham  his  sonne  Ismael,  and 
 all  the  seruauntes  borne  in  his  house,  and  aU 
 that  were  bought,  (as  many  as  were  men 
 children  in  his  house,)  and  circumcyded  the 
 foreskynne  of  their  flesh,  euen  the  same  daye, 
 as  God  had  sayde  vnto  him.  And  Abraham 
 was  nyentie  yeare  olde  and  nyne,  whan  he 
 cut  of  the  foreskynne  of  his  flesh.  As  for 
 Ismael,  he  was  thirtene  yeare  olde,  whan  the 
 foreskynne  of  his  flesh  was  circumcyded.  Euen 
 vpon  one  daye  were  they  all  circumcyded : 
 Abraham,  and  Ismael  his  sonne,  and  all  the 
 men  in  his  house,  (whether  they  were  borne 
 at  home,  bought,  or  eny  other  straunger :) 
 they  were  aU  circumcyded  with  him. 
 
 Cl)t  rbiij.  Cl^aptn-. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  apeared  vnto  him  in 
 the  "Okegroue  of  Mamre,  as  he  sat  in 
 his  tent  dore  in  the  heate  of  y  dale.  And  as 
 he  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  loked,  beholde,  there 
 stode  thre  men  ouer  agaynst  him.  And  whan 
 he  sawe  them,  he  ranne  to  mete  them  from 
 his  tent  dore,  and  bowed  him  self  downe  vpon 
 the  grounde,  and  sayde  :  •'LORDE,  yf  I  haue 
 founde  fauoure  in  thy  sight,  go  not  by  thy 
 seruaut.  There  shalbe  brought  you  a  litle 
 water,  5  ye  shall  wash  youre  fete,  (t  rest  youre 
 selues  vnder  the  tre.  ^And  I  wyll  fet  you  a 
 morseU  of  bred,  to  comforte  youre  hertes 
 withall,  and  then  shall  ye  go  youre  wayes,  for 
 therfore  are  ye  come  to  youre  seruaunt.  They 
 sayde  :  do  euen  so  as  thou  hast  spoken. 
 
 Abraham  wente  a  pace  in  to  the  tent  to 
 Sara,  and  sayde :  *  Make  haist,  5  mengle  thre 
 peckes  of  fyne  meele,  knede  it,  and  bake  cakes. 
 And  he  ranne  to  the  beastes,  5  fet  a  calf  that 
 was  tender  and  good,  and  gaue  it  vnto  a 
 yonge  man,  which  made  it  ready  at  once. 
 And  he  toke  butter  and  mylke  and  of  the 
 calfe  that  he  had  prepared,  and  set  it  before 
 the,  "stode  him  self  by  them  vnder  the  tre, 
 5  they  ate.  Then  saide  they  vnto  him: 
 where   is    Sara   thy  wyfe  ?      He   answered 
 
 *  Matt.  13.  e.    Luc.  13.  b. 
 12.  b.     lud.  13.  c. 
 
Cftap.  m. 
 
 Cfte  I.  bokt  of  iMjJsifEf. 
 
 fo,  vbij. 
 
 within  in  f  tent.  Then  sayde  he  :  aboute 
 this  tyme  twolue  moneth,  *(yf  I  lyue)  I  will 
 come  to  the  agayne,  and  Sara  thy  wyfe  shal 
 haue  a  sonne.  And  Sara  herde  that  out  of 
 the  tent  dore,  which  was  behynde  his  backe. 
 And  Abraham  and  Sara  were  both  olde,  j 
 well  stryken  in  age  :  so  that  it  wente  nomore 
 with  Sara  after  f  maner  of  wemen :  therfore 
 laughed  she  with  in  hir  self,  and  sayde :  Now 
 that  I  am  olde  5  my  tlorde  olde  also,  shal  I 
 yet  geue  my  self  to  lust  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  f  LORDE  vnto  Abraham  : 
 Wherfore  doth  Sara  laugh,  and  saye  :  Is  this 
 true  in  dede,  that  I  shal  beare,  and  yet  am 
 olde  ?  Shulde  eny  soch  thinge  be  to  harde 
 for  the  LORDE?  "Aboute  this  tyme  (yf  I 
 lyue)  I  wil  come  to  the  agayne,  5  Sara  shal 
 haue  a  sonne.  Then  Sara  denyed  it,  and 
 sayde  :  I  laughed  not,  for  she  was  afrayed.  But 
 he  sayde :  It  is  not  so,  thou  dyddest  laughe. 
 Then  the  men  stodevpfrom  thence,  and  turned 
 them  towarde  Sodome  :  and  Abraham  wente 
 with  them,  to  brynge  them  on  their  waye. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE:  How  can  I 
 hyde  from  Abraham,  y  thinge  that  I  wil  do  ? 
 seynge  he  shal  be  a  greate  and  mightie  peo- 
 ple, and  all  f  people  vpo  earth  shalbe  blessed 
 
 him  ?  For  I  knowe  him  that  he  wil  c6- 
 maunde  his  children  and  his  housholde  after 
 him,  to  kepe  the  waye  of  f  LORDE,  and  to  do 
 after  right  and  conscience,  that  the  LORDE 
 maye  bringe  vpo  Abraham  what  he  hath 
 promised  him.  And  the  LORDE  sayde : 
 There  is  a  crie  at  Sodome  and  Gomorra, 
 which  is  greate,  *5  their  synnes  are  exceadinge 
 greuous:  therfore  will  I  go  downe  j  se,  whether 
 they  haue  done  all  together,  acordinge  to  that 
 crye,  'which  is  come  before  me,  or  not,  that 
 I  maye  knowe.  And  the  men  turned  their 
 face,  and  wete  towarde  Sodome.  But  Abra- 
 ham stode  still  before  f  LORDE,  and  stepte 
 vnto  him,  and  sayde  : 
 
 Wilt  thou  then  destroye  the  righteous  with 
 the  vngodly  ?  Peradueture  there  maye  be 
 fiftie  righteous  within  f  cite :  wilt  thou  de- 
 stroye those,  and  not  spare  the  place,  for  fiftie 
 righteous  sake  that  are  therin  ?  That  be  farre 
 fro  the,  y  thou  shuldest  do  this,  and  to  slaye 
 the  righteous  with  the  vngodly,  and  that  the 
 righteous  shulde  be  as  the  vngodly.  That  be 
 farre  from  the.     Shulde  not  the  iudge  of  all 
 
 •  Some  reade  :  As  soone  as  the  frute  ca  lyue.         f  1  Pet. 
 3.  a.     Eccli.  25.  a.         "4  Re.  4.  b."    Ro.  9.  a. 
 
 the  worlde  do  acordinge  to  right  ?  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde:  Yf  I  fynde  fiftie  righteous 
 at  Sodome  in  the  cite,  I  wil  spare  all  the 
 place  for  their  sakes. 
 
 Abraham  answered,  and  sayde:  O  se,  I 
 haue  taken  vpon  me  to  speake  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  howbeit  I  am  but  ''dust  and  aszhes. 
 Peraduenture  there  maye  be  fyue  lesse  then 
 fiftie  righteous  therin:  Wilt  thou  then  de- 
 stroye the  whole  cite  because  of  those  fyue  ? 
 He  sayde :  yf  I  fynde  fyue  and  fourtie  therin, 
 I  will  not  destroye  them. 
 
 And  he  proceded  further  to  speake  vnto 
 him,  and  sayde  :  Peraduenture  there  might 
 be  fourtie  founde  therin.  And  he  sayde : 
 I  wil  do  nothinge  vnto  them  for  those  fourtyes 
 sake.  Abraham  sayde :  Oh  let  not  my 
 LORDE  be  angrie,  that  I  speake  yet  more. 
 Peradueture  there  might  be  thirtie  founde 
 therin.  And  he  sayde:  Yf  I  fynde  thirtie 
 therin,  I  will  do  nothinge  vnto  them.  And 
 he  sayde :  O  se,  I  haue  taken  vpon  me  to 
 speake  vnto  my  LORDE. 
 
 Peradueture  there  might  be  twetie  founde 
 therin.  He  answered :  I  wyll  not  destroye 
 them  for  those  twenty  es  sake.  And  he  sayde : 
 O  let  not  my  LORDE  be  angrie,  that  I 
 speake  yet  once  more.  Peraduenture  there 
 might  be  ten  founde  therin.  He  saide :  I  wil 
 not  destroye  them  for  those  ten  sake. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  wente  his  waye,  whan 
 he  had  left  talkynge  with  Abraham.  And 
 Abraham  returned  vnto  his  place. 
 
 W^c  j:iv.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 IN  the  euenynge  came  the  two  angels  vnto 
 Sodome.  And  Lot  sat  vnder  the  gate  of 
 the  cite.  And  whe  he  sawe  them,  he  rose  vp 
 for  to  mete  them,  and  bowed  him  self  downe 
 to  the  grounde  vpon  his  face,  5  sayde :  Se 
 lordes,  turne  in  (I  praye  you)  in  to  youre 
 seruauntes  house,  and  tarye  all  night :  let 
 youre  fete  be  waszshen,  so  maye  ye  ryse  to- 
 morow  by  tymes,  and  go  youre  waye.  Neuer- 
 theles  they  sayde :  Nay,  but  we  wyll  byde  in 
 the  stretes  all  night.  'Then  compelled  he 
 them  sore :  and  they  turned  in  vnto  him,  and 
 came  in  to  his  house.  And  he  made  them 
 a  feast,  and  baked  swete  cakes,  and  Uhey  ate. 
 But  before  they  wente  to  rest,  the  men  of 
 the  cite  of  Sodome  came  and  compased  the 
 
 '  Ion.  1. 
 and  24.  c. 
 
 ''  Gen.  2.  b. 
 i  Tob.  12.  d. 
 
fo,  v^iij. 
 
 Cftr  I.  hokt  of  iHosieS. 
 
 Cftap.  m. 
 
 house  rouiide  aboute,  yonge  and  olde,  all  the 
 people  from  all  quarters,  and  called  Lot,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Where  are  the  me  that  came 
 vnto  the  to  night?  Bringe  them  out  here 
 vnto  vs,  *that  we  maye  knowe  them. 
 13  And  Lot  wente  out  at  the  dore  vnto  the, 
 and  shut  the  dore  after  him,  and  sayde :  "  O 
 brethren,  do  not  so  wickedly.  Beholde,  I 
 haue  two  doughters,  which  yet  haue  knowne 
 no  man :  them  will  I  brjnge  out  vnto  you,  do 
 with  them  as  it  liketh  you.  Onely  do  nothinge 
 ^Tito  these  men  of  God,  for  therfore  are 
 they  come  vnder  the  shadowe  of  my  rote. 
 But  they  sayde :  Come  thou  hither.  Then 
 sayde  they  :  Camest  not  thou  onely  herin  as 
 a  straunger,  and  wilt  thou  now  be  a  iudge  ? 
 VVel,  we  will  deale  worse  with  the  the  with 
 them. 
 
 And  they  pressed  soi-e  \'pon  f  man  Lot. 
 And  whan  they  ranne  to,  and  wolde  haue 
 broken  vp  the  dore,  the  men  put  out  their 
 hondes,  and  pulled  Lot  vnto  them  in  to  the 
 house,  and  shut  to  the  dore.  And  the  men 
 at  f  dore  of  the  house  were  "^smjtte  with 
 blyndnesse  both  small  and  greate,  so  that 
 they  coude  not  fynde  the  dore. 
 
 And  f  men  saide  vnto  Lot :  Hast  thou 
 yet  here  any  sonne  in  lawe,  or  sonnes  or 
 doughters  ?  Who  so  euer  belongeth  vnto  the 
 in  the  cite,  brynge  him  out  of  this  place :  for 
 we  must  destroye  this  place,  because  the  crye 
 of  them  is  greate  before  the  LORDE,  which 
 hath  sent  vs  to  destroye  them.  Then  wente 
 Lot  forth,  and  spake  to  his  sonnes  in  lawe, 
 which  shulde  haue  marled  his  doughters,  and 
 sayde :  O  stonde  vp,  and  get  you  out  of  this 
 place,  for  the  LORDE  \yyll  destroye  this  cite. 
 Neuertheles  they  toke  it  but  for  a  sporte. 
 
 Now  whan  the  mornynge  arose,  the  angels 
 caused  Lot  to  spede  him,  and  sayde :  ''  Stonde 
 vp,  take  thy  mfe  (t  thy  two  doughters  which 
 are  at  hande,  that  thou  also  perishe  not  in  the 
 synne  of  this  cite.  But  whyle  he  prolonged 
 the  tjTiie,  the  men  caught  him  and  his  wife, 
 and  his  two  doughters  by  the  hande  (because 
 the  LORDE  was  mercifull  vnto  him,)  and 
 brought  him  forth,  (t  set  him  without  the  cite. 
 And  whe  they  had  brought  him  out,  they 
 sayde :  Saue  thv  soule,  and  loke  not  behynde 
 the,  nether  stonde  thou  in  all  this  countre : 
 Saue  thy  self  \-pon  the  mountapie,  that  thou 
 
 •  Leui.  18.  c.  '  ludic.  19.  b.  »  2  Pet.  2.  c. 
 
 4  Re.  6.  d.        ''  Sap.  10.  b.        '  Esa.  13.  d.    lere.  50.  g. 
 
 perish  not.  Then  sayde  Lot  \Tito  the :  Oh 
 no  my  LORDE,  beholde,  in  as  moch  as  thy 
 seruaut  hath  founde  grace  in  thy  sight,  now 
 make  thy  mercy  greate,  which  thou  hast 
 shewed  viito  me,  in  that  thou  sauest  my  soule 
 alyue.  I  can  not  saue  my  self  vpon  the 
 mountayne.  There  might  some  mysfortune 
 fall  vpon  me,  that  I  shulde  dye.  Beholde, 
 here  is  a  cite  by,  that  I  maye  flye  vnto,  and  it 
 is  a  litle  one :  let  me  saue  myself  there  in.  Is 
 it  not  a  litle  one,  that  my  soule  maye  lyue  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  he  \aito  him :  Beholde,  I  haue 
 loked  "i-pon  the  in  this  poynte  also,  that  I  will 
 not  ouerthrowe  the  cite,  wherof  thou  hast 
 spoken.  Haist  the,  and  saue  thy  self  there : 
 for  I  can  do  nothinge  tyU  thou  be  come 
 thither.  Therfore  is  the  cite  called  Zoar. 
 And  the  Sonne  was  vp  vpon  the  earth,  whan 
 Lot  came  in  to  Zoar. 
 
 'Then  the  LORDE  caused  biymstone  and 
 fyre  to  rapie  downe  from  the  LORDE  out 
 of  heauen  vpon  Sodoma  and  Gomorra,  and 
 ouerthrew  those  cities,  the  whole  region,  and 
 all  that  dwelt  in  the  cities,  and  that  that 
 grew  vpon  the  earth.  'And  his  wife  loked 
 behynde  her,  and  was  turned  in  to  a  pillar  of 
 salt. 
 
 Abraham  rose  vp  early  in  the  mornynge, 
 and  gat  him  \Tito  the  place,  ="  where  he  had 
 stonde  before  the  LORDE,  and  turned  his 
 face  towarde  Sodoma  and  Gomorra,  and  all  f 
 londe  of  that  countre,  and  loked.  And  be-  .iT 
 holde,  there  rose  vp  a  smoke  from  y  countre 
 as  it  had  bene  y  smoke  of  a  fomace.  Foi 
 whan  God  destroyed  y  cities  of  the  region,  he 
 thought  vpon  Abraham,  and  conueyed  Lot 
 out  of  the  cities  which  he  ouerthrew,  wherin 
 Lot  dwelt. 
 
 And  Lot  departed  out  of  Zoar,  and  dwelt 
 in  the  mountajiies  with  both  his  daughters 
 (for  he  was  afrayed  to  tary  at  Zoar)  and  so  re- 
 mayned  he  in  a  caue  with  both  his  daughters. 
 I'hen  sayde  y  elder  vnto  the  yonger:  Oure 
 father  is  olde,  and  there  is  not  a  man  more 
 vpon  earth,  that  can  come  in  ^iito  vs  after  the 
 maner  of  all  the  worlde.  Come  therfore,  let 
 vs  geue  oure  father  wyne  to  drynke,  and  lye 
 with  him,  that  we  maye  saue  sede  of  oure 
 father.  So  they  gaue  their  father  wyne  to 
 drynke  that  same  night.  And  the  elder 
 doughter  wente  in,  *  and  laye  with  hir  father : 
 
 Ose.  11.  b.     Amos  4.  c. 
 e  Gen.  18.  c. 
 
 /  Lu.  17.  d. 
 *  Leui.  18.  a. 
 
€f)^i,  VXt 
 
 Cf)e  u  bokt  of  i¥losie£J» 
 
 #0-  rtv. 
 
 and  he  perceaued  it  not,  nether  when  she 
 laye  downe,  ner  when  she  rose  vp. 
 
 On  the  morow  the  elder  sayde  vnto  the 
 yonger  :  Beholde,  yesternight  laye  I  with  my 
 father :  let  vs  geue  him  wyne  to  drynke  this 
 night  also:  that  thou  mayest  go  in  and  lye 
 with  him,  that  we  maye  saue  sede  of  oure 
 father.  So  they  gaue  their  father  wyne  to 
 drynke  that  night  also :  And  the  yonger  arose 
 like  wyse,  and  laye  with  him:  (j  he  perceaued 
 it  not,  nether  when  she  laye  downe,  ner  when 
 she  rose  vp. 
 
 Thus  were  both  the  doughters  of  Lot  with 
 ehilde  by  their  father.  And  the  elder  bare  a 
 Sonne,  and  called  him  Moab,  of  whom  come 
 y  Moabytes  vnto  this  daye.  And  y  yonger 
 bare  a  sonne  also,  and  called  him  the  sonne 
 Ammi,  of  whom  come  the  children  of  Ammon 
 vnto  this  daye. 
 
 CI)E  jr^.  CJjaptev. 
 
 AS  for  Abraham,  he  departed  thence,  in 
 to  the  south  countre,  and  dwelt  betwixte 
 Cades  and  Sur,  and  was  a  straunger  at  Gerar, 
 and  sayde  of  Sara  his  wife :  "  She  is  my  sister. 
 Then  Abimelech  the  kinge  of  Gerar  sent  for 
 her,  and  caused  her  be  fett  awaye. 
 
 But  God  came  to  Abimelech  by  night  in  a 
 dreame,  s  sayde  vnto  him :  Beholde,  thou  art 
 but  a  deed  man,  for  the  womans  sake  which 
 thou  hast  taken,  for  she  is  a  mans  wife. 
 Neuertheles  Abimelech  had  not  yet  touched 
 her,  and  sayde :  LORDE,  wilt  thou  sley  a 
 righteous  people  ?  Sayde  not  he  vnto  me  : 
 she  is  my  sister?  Yee  and  sayde  not  she 
 her  self  also :  he  is  my  brother  ?  With  a 
 pure  hert  5  with  innocent  handes  haue  I  done 
 this. 
 
 And  God  sayde  vnto  him  in  a  dreame  :  I 
 knowe  that  thou  dyddest  it  with  a  pure  hert, 
 and  therfore  I  kepte  the,  that  thou  shuldest 
 not  synne  agaynst  me,  nether  haue  I  suffired 
 the  to  touch  her.  Now  therfoi'e  delyuer  the 
 man  his  wife  ageyne,  for  he  is  a  prophet :  and 
 let  him  pray  for  y,  and  thou  shalt  lyue.  But 
 and  yf  thou  delyuer  her  not  ageyne,  be  sure, 
 that  thou  shalt  dye  the  death,  and  all  that  is 
 thine. 
 
 Then  Abimelech  rose  vp  by  tymes  in  the 
 momynge,  and  called  all  his  seruauntes,  and 
 tolde  all  these  thinges  in  their  eares,  and  the 
 men  were  sore  afrayed,  and  Abimelech  called 
 
 Gen.  If.  c.  and  26.  a.       »  Gen.  12.  • 
 
 »Gen.  18.  b.  | 
 
 Abi'aham,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  VVherfore 
 hast  thou  done  this  vnto  vs  ?  And  what  haue 
 I  offended  y,  that  thou  shuldest  brynge  on 
 me  and  on  my  kyngdome  so  greate  a  synne  ? 
 Thou  hast  not  dealt  with  vs,  as  a  man  shulde 
 deale.  And  Abimelech  saide  morouer  vnto 
 Abraham:  What  sawest  thou,  y  thou  hast 
 done  this  thinge  ? 
 
 Abraham  sayde :  I  thought :  Peraduenture 
 there  is  no  feare  of  God  in  this  place,  (j  they 
 shall  sleye  me  for  my  wifes  sake,  And  of  a 
 trueth  she  is  my  sister,  for  she  is  my  fathers 
 doughter,  but  not  my  mothers  doughter,  and 
 is  become  my  wife.  So  whan  God  charged 
 me  to  wadre  out  of  my  fathers  house,  I  sayde 
 vnto  her :  Shew  this  kyndnes  vpon  me,  that, 
 where  so  euer  we  come,  thou  saye  of  me,  *that 
 I  am  thy  brother. 
 
 Then  toke  Abimelech  shepe  and  oxen, 
 seruauntes  and  maydens,  and  gaue  them  vnto 
 Abraham,  and  delyuered  him  Sara  his  wife 
 agayne,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  my  londe 
 stondeth  open  before  the,  dwell  where  it 
 liketh  the.  And  vnto  Sara  he  sayde  :  Be 
 holde,  I  haue  geuen  thy  brother  a  thousande 
 syluer  pens :  lo,  he  shalbe  vnto  the  a  couer- 
 ynge  of  the  eyes,  for  all  that  are  with  the, 
 and  euery  where,  and  a  sure  excuse. 
 
 As  for  Abraham,  he  prayed  vnto  God: 
 Then  God  healed  Abimelech,  and  his  wyfe, 
 and  his  maydens,  so  that  they  bare  childre. 
 For  afore  the  LOllDE  had  closed  all  the 
 matrices  of  Abimelechs  house,  because  of 
 Sara  Abrahams  wife. 
 
 €I)E  ni-  Cijaptcr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  also  vysited  Sara,  acord- 
 inge  *as  he  had  promysed:  (r  dealt  with 
 her,  euen  as  he  had  sayde.  ''And  Sara  was 
 with  ehilde,  and  bare  Abraham  a  sonne  in  his 
 olde  age,  euen  in  the  tjone  appoynted,  like 
 as  God  had  spoken  vnto  him  afore.  And 
 Abraham  called  his  sonne  which  was  borne 
 vnto  him  (who  Sara  bare  him)  Isaac,  ''and 
 circumcided  him  the  eight  daye,  t  like  as  God 
 commaunded  him.  An  hundreth  yeare  olde 
 was  Abraha,  whan  his  sonne  Isaac  was  borne 
 vnto  him. 
 
 And  Sara  sayde :  God  hath  prepared  a 
 ioye  for  me,  for  who  so  euer  heareth  of  it, 
 wyll  reioyse  with  me.  She  sayde  morouer : 
 Who  wolde  haue  saide  vnto  Abraham,  that 
 
 'Heb.  11.  c.        '' Mat.  1.  a.    losu.  24.  a.        t  Gen.  17.  b. 
 
 c 
 
Lfo.  w% 
 
 Cfte  u  Ijoitt  of  iHosJt£(. 
 
 Cl)ap.  rvij. 
 
 Sara  shulde  geue  children  sucke,  and  beare 
 him  a  sonne  in  his  olde  age?  And  the  childe 
 grew,  and  was  weened.  And  Abraham  made 
 a  greate  feast,  in  y  daye  whan  Isaac  was 
 weened. 
 
 And  Sara  sawe  the  sonne  of  Agar  the 
 Egipcian  (whom  she  had  borne  vnto  Abra- 
 ham) that  he  was  a  mocker,  and  sayde  vnto 
 Abraham  :  "  Cast  out  this  bonde  mayden  and 
 hir  sonne,  for  this  bonde  maydes  sonne  shall 
 not  be  heyre  with  my  sonne  Isaac.  This 
 worde  displeased  Abraham  sore,  because  of 
 his  Sonne. 
 
 Neuertheles  God  sayde  vnto  him :  let  it 
 not  (Usplease  the  because  of  the  childe  and 
 the  hand  mayde :  What  so  euer  Sara  hath 
 sayde  vnto  the,  folowe  it,  'for  in  Isaac  shall 
 the  sede  be  called  vnto  the.  '  As  for  the 
 bonde  maydens  sonne,  I  wyll  make  a  people 
 of  him  also,  because  he  is  of  thy  sede. 
 
 Then  Abraham  rose  vp  early  in  the  morn- 
 ynge,  and  toke  bred  and  a  botell  with  water, 
 and  put  it  vpon  Agars  shulders,  and  gaue  her 
 the  childe,  and  sent  her  awaye.  Then  de- 
 parted she,  and  wandred  out  of  the  waye  in 
 y  wyldernes  beside  Berseba.  Now  whan  the 
 water  in  the  botell  was  out,  she  layed  the 
 childe  vnder  a  bush,  and  wente,  and  sat  hir 
 downe  ouer  on  y  other  syde,  a  bowe  shote  of. 
 For  she  sayde :  I  can  not  se  the  childe  dye. 
 And  she  sat  hir  downe  ouer  on  y  other  syde, 
 and  lifte  vp  hir  voyce,  and  wepte. 
 
 Then  God  herde  the  voyce  of  the  childe, 
 and  the  angell  of  God  called  vnto  Agar  out 
 of  heauen,  and  sayde  vnto  her :  What  ayleth 
 the.  Agar  ?  Feare  not,  for  God  hath  herde 
 y  voyce  of  the  childe,  where  he  lyeth.  Aryse 
 and  take  the  childe,  and  holde  him  by  the 
 hande,  ''for  I  wyll  make  a  greate  people  of 
 him.  ""And  God  opened  hir  eyes,  that  she 
 sawe  a  well  of  water. 
 
 Then  wente  she  and  fylled  f  botell  with 
 water,  and  gaue  f  childe  drynke.  And  God 
 was  with  the  childe,  which  grew  vp,  and 
 dwelt  in  y  wildernes,  and  became  a  connynge 
 archer,  and  dwelt  in  y-  wildernes  of  Pharan, 
 and  his  mother  toke  him  a  wyfe  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 ■'^  At  the  same  tyme  talked  Abimelech  and 
 Phicol  his  chefe  captayne  with  Abraham,  and 
 sayde :  God  is  with  the  in  all  that  thou  doest. 
 
 ludic.  ll.u.     Cialiit.  4.  c.  '  Rom.  9.  a.  'Gen.         s  Geii.  20.  d. 
 
 c.  ■*  Gen.  17.  c.  '  Esa.  41.  c.         /  Gen.  26.  d. 
 
 Therfore  sweare  now  vnto  me  by  God,  that 
 thou  wilt  not  hurt  me,  ner  my  children,  ner 
 my  childers  children :  but  that  thou  shalt 
 shewe  vnto  me  (and  to  the  londe  wherin  thou 
 art  a  straunger)  *  the  same  kyndnesse  that  I 
 haue  done  vnto  the. 
 
 Then  sayde  Abraham :  I  wyll  sweare.  And 
 Abraham  rebuked  Abimelech  for  the  well  of 
 water,  ''  which  Abimelechs  seruauntes  had 
 taken  awaye  by  violence.  Then  answered 
 Abimelech :  I  knewe  not  who  dyd  it,  nether 
 dyddest  thou  tell  me,  and  I  haue  not  herde  of 
 it  but  this  daye. 
 
 The  toke  Abraham  shepe  and  oxen,  and 
 gaue  them  vnto  Abimelech,  and  they  both 
 made  a  bonde  together.  And  Abraham  set 
 seuen  lambes  by  them  selues.  Then  sayde 
 Abimelech  vnto  Abraha :  What  meane  those 
 seuen  lambes,  which  thou  hast  set  by  them 
 selues?  He  answered:  seue  lambes  shalt 
 thou  take  of  my  hande,  that  they  maye  be 
 wytnes  vnto  me,  that  I  haue  dygged  this  well. 
 Therfore  is  the  place  called  Berseba,  because 
 they  sware  there  both  together.  And  so  they 
 made  the  bonde  at  Berseba. 
 
 Then  rose  Abimelech  and  Phicol  his  chefe 
 captayne,  and  departed  agayne  in  to  the  londe 
 of  f  Philistynes.  And  Abraham  planted 
 trees  at  Berseba,  and  called  vpon  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE  y  euerlastinge  God,  and  was  a 
 straunger  in  y  londe  of  the  Philistynes  a 
 longe  season. 
 
 Ci^e  mi-  CI)apter. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  God  tempted  Abra- 
 ham, '  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Abraham. 
 And  he  answered :  I  am  here.  And  he  sayde : 
 Take  thy  sonne,  this  onely  sonne  of  thine, 
 eue  Isaac  whom  thou  louest,  and  go  thy  waye 
 in  to  the  londe  of  Moria,  5  offre  him  there 
 for  a  burntofFerynge,  vpon  a  mountayne  that 
 I  shal  shew  the.  Then  Abraham  stode  vp 
 by  tymes  in  the  mornynge,  and  sadled  his 
 Asse,  and  toke  with  him  two  yonge  men,  and 
 his  Sonne  Isaac,  and  clone  wodd  for  the  brent 
 offerynge,  gat  him  vp,  and  wente  on  vnto  the 
 place,  wherof  the  LORDE  had  sayde  vnto 
 him. 
 
 Vpon  the  thirde  daye  Abraham  lift  vp  his 
 eyes,  and  sawe  the  place  a  farre  of,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  yonge  me :  Taiy  ye  here  with  the 
 
 "  Gen.  2(j.  b. 
 44.  c.     Heb.  11. 
 
 ludit.  8.  d.     Eccl. 
 
Cljap*  vxiih 
 
 €f)t  i,  l)oke  of  0lo^t$* 
 
 So,  nt 
 
 Asse:  as  for  me  and  the  childe,  we  wyl  go 
 yonder :  and  whan  we  haue  worshipped,  we 
 wyll  come  to  you  againe.  And  Abraha  toke 
 the  wodd  to  the  brentofferynge,  and  layed  it 
 vpon  Isaac  his  sonne.  As  for  him  self,  he 
 toke  the  fyre  and  a  knyfe  in  his  hande,  and 
 wente  on  both  together. 
 
 Then  sayde  Isaac  vnto  his  father  Abraham : 
 My  father.  Abraham  answered:  here  I  am, 
 my  Sonne.  And  he  sayde :  lo,  here  is  fyre 
 and  wodd,  but  where  is  the  shepe  for  the 
 brentofferynge  ?  Abraham  answered :  My 
 sonne,  God  shall  prouyde  him  a  shepe  for  the 
 brentofferynge.   And  they  wente  both  together. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  to  the  place  which 
 God  shewed  him,  Abraham  buylded  there  an 
 altare,  and  layed  the  wodd  vpon  it,  and  bande 
 his  Sonne  Isaac,  layed  him  on  the  altare, 
 aboue  vpo  the  wodd,  and  stretched  out  his 
 hande,  and  toke  the  knyfe,  to  haue  slayne  his 
 Sonne. 
 
 Then  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  called 
 from  heauen  vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Abraham 
 Abraham.  He  answered:  Here  am  I.  He 
 sayde :  Laye  not  thy  handes  vpon  the  childe, 
 (S  do  nothinge  vnto  him  :  "for  now  I  knowe 
 that  thou  fearest  God,  and  hast  not  *  spared 
 thine  onely  sonne  for  my  sake.  Then  Abra- 
 ham lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  behynde  him  a 
 ramme,  holde  fast  by  the  homes  in  the  breres, 
 and  wente,  and  toke  the  ramme,  and  offred 
 him  for  a  brent  sacrifice,  in  steade  of  his 
 sonne.  And  Abraham  called  the  place :  The 
 LORDE  shall  prouyde.  Therfore  it  is  a 
 comon  sayenge  yet  this  daye :  Vpon  the 
 mountayne  shal  the  LORDE  prouyde. 
 
 And  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  cryed  vnto 
 Abraham  from  heauen  the  seconde  tyme,  and 
 sayde :  *  I  haue  sworen  by  myne  owne  self 
 (sayeth  the  LORDE)  that  for  so  moch  as 
 thou  hast  done  this,  and  hast  not  spared  thine 
 onely  sonne,  I  wyll  prospere  and  multiplye 
 thy  sede  as  the  starres  of  heauen,  and  as  the 
 sonde  vpon  the  see  shore.  '  And  thy  sede 
 shall  possesse  the  gates  of  his  enemies:  and 
 t  in  thy  sede  shal  all  the  nacions  of  the  earth 
 be  blessed,  because  thou  hast  herkened  vnto 
 my  voyce. 
 
 So  Abraham  turned  ageyne  to  the  yonge 
 men,  and  they  gat  vp,  and  wente  together 
 vnto  Berseba,  and  dwelt  there. 
 
 1  Mac.  2.  f.      •  Ro.  8.  d. 
 c.  '  Gen,  24.  g. 
 
 '  Heb.  6.  b.  Ecclesiastic! 
 t  Gen.  12.  a.    Galat.  3.  b. 
 
 After  these  actes  it  fortuned,  that  it  was 
 tolde  Abraham :  Beholde,  Milca  hath  borne 
 childi'en  also  vnto  thy  brother  Nahor:  namely, 
 t  Hus  y  eldest,  and  ^  Bus  his  brother,  and 
 Kemnel,  of  whom  came  the  Syrians:  and 
 Cesed,  and  Haso,  and  Pildas,  and  ledlaph 
 and  Bethuel.  And  Bethuel  begat  Rebecca. 
 These  eight  dyd  Milca  beare  vnto  Nahor 
 Abrahams  brother.  And  his  concubyne  called 
 Rehuma,  bare  also :  namely,  Theba,  Sahan, 
 Thahas,  and  Maacha. 
 
 5E]^t  nrtfj.  Cl^apter. 
 
 SARA  was  an  hundreth  and  seue  and 
 twentye  yeare  olde :  so  loiige  lyued  she, 
 and  dyed  in  the  head  cite  which  is  caOed 
 Hebron,  in  the  lande  of  Canaan.  ''  Then 
 wente  Abraham,  to  mourne  and  wepe  for  her, 
 Afterwarde  he  stode  vp  from  his  coarse,  and 
 talked  with  the  Hetliites,  5  sayde :  I  am  a 
 straijger  and  an  indweller  amonge  you,  geue 
 me  a  possession  to  bury  in  with  you,  that  I 
 maye  bury  II  my  coarse  by  me. 
 
 Then  the  Hethites  answered  Abraham,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  O  heare  lorde,  thou  art  a 
 prynce  of  God  amonge  vs :  bury  thy  dead  in 
 the  best  of  oure  sepulcres,  there  shall  none  of 
 vs  forbyd  f ,  that  thou  shuldest  not  bury  thy 
 deed  in  his  sepulcre.  Then  Abraham  stode 
 vp,  and  thanked  the  people  of  y  londe : 
 namely  the  Hethites. 
 
 And  he  talked  with  them,  and  sayde :  Yf 
 it  be  youre  wyll  that  I  burye  my  coarse  by 
 me,  heare  me  the,  (j  speake  for  me  to  Ephron 
 the  Sonne  of  Zoar,  that  he  maye  geue  me  the 
 dubble  caue,  which  he  hath  in  y  ende  of  his 
 felde.  For  a  reasonable  money  let  him  geue 
 it  me,  for  a  possession  to  burye  in  amoge  you. 
 For  Ephron  dwelt  amonge  the  Hethites. 
 
 Then  answered  Ephron  the  Hethite  vnto 
 Abraham,  that  the  Hethites  might  heare, 
 before  all  that  wente  out  and  in  at  the  gates 
 of  his  cite,  and  sayde :  No  my  lorde,  but 
 heare  me :  As  for  the  felde,  and  the  caue  also 
 that  is  therin,  I  geue  it  the :  and  in  the  sight 
 of  my  people  I  geue  it  the,  to  burye  thy 
 deed  in. 
 
 Then  Abraham  thanked  the  people  of  the 
 londe,  and  talked  with  Ephron,  that  the  people 
 of  the  londe  might  heare,  and  sayde :  Heare 
 me  then,  Receaue  of  me  the  money  that  I 
 
 Act.  S.  d.  t  lob  1.  a.  $  lob  32.  a.         ■'  Act.  8.  a. 
 
 II  Some  reade  ;  my  coarse  tliat  lyeth  before  me. 
 
So,  vnU 
 
 El)t  u  bokf  of  iBo6f£S» 
 
 Cfeap.  \jiiij. 
 
 geue  the  for  the  felde,  and  so  wyll  I  burye  ray 
 deed  there. 
 
 Ephron  answered  Abraham,  and  sayde 
 vnto  hhn :  Heare  me  my  lorde  :  The  felde  is 
 worth  foure  hundreth  Sycles  of  syhier :  but 
 what  is  that  betwixte  me  and  the  ?  Burye 
 thy  deed.  Abraham  herkened  vnto  Ephron, 
 and  weyed  liim  the  money  which  he  had 
 sayde,  that  the  Hethites  might  heare :  namely 
 foure  hundreth  syluer  sycles  of  currant  money 
 amonge  marchauntes. 
 
 Thus  Ephrons  felde  (where  in  the  dubble 
 caue  is)  which  lyeth  ouer  before  Mamre, 
 euen  the  felde  and  the  caue,  was  made  sure 
 for  Abrahams  owne  good,  with  all  the  trees  of 
 the  felde  also  rounde  aboute,  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Hethites,  and  of  all  that  go  out  and  in  at 
 the  gates  of  his  cite.  Then  Abraham  buried 
 Sara  his  wife  in  the  dubble  caue  of  the  felde, 
 that  lyeth  ouer  before  Mamre  (that  is,  Hebron) 
 in  the  londe  of  Canaan.  So  the  felde  and 
 the  caue  therin  was  made  sure  of  the  Hethites 
 vnto  Abraham,  for  a  possession  to  bury  in. 
 
 Wi)t  yyiii).  Ci^apter. 
 
 ABRAHAM  was  olde  and  well  stricken  in 
 age,  and  the  LORDE  had  blessed  him 
 in  all  thinges.  And  he  sayde  vnto  his  eldest 
 seruaunt  of  his  house,  which  had  the  rule  of 
 all  his  goodes :  "  Laye  thine  hade  vnder  my 
 thye,  that  I  maye  make  the  sweare  by  f 
 LORDE  the  God  of  heauen  and  earth,  that 
 thou  *take  no  wife  vnto  my  sonne  amonge  y 
 doughters  of  y  Cananites,  (amonge  whom  I 
 dwell)  but  that  thou  go  in  to  my  countre, 
 and  *  to  myne  owne  kynred,  and  biynge  my 
 Sonne  Isaac  a  wife. 
 
 The  seruaunt  sayde :  What  and  the  woman 
 wyl  not  folowe  me  in  to  this  countre  ?  shal  I 
 then  cary  thy  sonne  agayne  in  to  yonder  londe, 
 where  thou  camest  out  of?  Abraham  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Beware  of  that,  that  thou  brynge 
 not  my  sonne  thither  agayne.  The  LORDE, 
 the  God  of  heauen,  which  toke  me  fro  my 
 fathers  house  and  from  the  londe  of  my 
 kynred,  and  that  talked  with  me,  and  sware 
 also  vnto  me,  and  sayde :  "  Vnto  thy  sede 
 wyll  I  geue  this  londe :  Euen  he  shall  sende 
 his  angell  before  the,  that  thou  maiest  brynge 
 my  Sonne  a  wife  from  thence.  But  yf  the 
 woman  wyll  not  folowe  the,  thou  art  dis- 
 charged of  this  ooth :    onely  brynge  not  my 
 
 Gen.  47.  jj.       ^  Gen. 
 
 »Gen.  ll.d. 
 
 sonne  thither  agayne.  Then  y  seruaunt  layed 
 his  hade  vnder  his  master  Abrahams  thye, 
 and  sware  the  same  vnto  him. 
 
 So  the  seruaunt  toke  ten  Camels  of  the 
 Camels  of  his  master  and  departed,  and  had 
 with  him  of  all  maner  of  goodes  of  his  master, 
 and  gat  him  vp,  and  departed  vnto  Mesopo- 
 tamia, to  the  cite  of  Nahor.  Then  let  he  the 
 Camels  lye  downe  wthout  before  the  cite 
 besyde  a  well  of  water  in  the  euenpige,  aboute 
 the  tyme  that  the  wemen  vsed  to  go  forth, 
 and  to  drawe  water.     And  he  sayde : 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  God  of  my  master  Abra- 
 ham, mete  me  to  daye,  and  shew  mercy  vnto 
 my  master  Abraham.  Lo,  I  stonde  here 
 besyde  the  well  of  water,  5  the  mens  doughters 
 of  this  cite  wyll  come  forth  to  drawe  water: 
 Now  yf  there  come  a  damsell,  to  whom  I 
 saye :  bowe  downe  thy  pytcher,  5  let  me 
 drynke,  and  yf  she  saye :  drynke,  and  I  wyll 
 geue  thy  Camels  drynke  also :  That  y  same 
 be  she,  whom  thou  hast  prouyded  for  thy 
 seruaunt  Isaac :  5  that  I  maye  knowe  by  f 
 same  that  thou  hast  shewed  mercy  vpon  my 
 master. 
 
 And  or  euer  he  had  left  of  speakynge,  be- 
 holde,  Rebecca  the  doughter  of  Bethuel 
 (which  was  the  sonne  of  Milca,  that  was  the 
 \vj(e  of  Nahor  Abrahams  brother)  came  forth, 
 and  bare  a  pj'tcher  vpon  hir  shulder,  and  she 
 was  a  very  fayre  damsell  of  face,  and  yet  a 
 virgin,  and  vnknowne  of  eny  man  :  She  wente 
 downe  to  the  well,  and  fylled  hir  pitcher,  and 
 came  vp  agajaie.  Then  ranne  the  seruaunt 
 to  mete  her,  and  sayde :  Let  me  drj-nke  a 
 litle  water  out  of  thy  pitcher.  And  she  sayde : 
 drynke  syr. 
 
 And  haistely  let  she  downe  the  pitcher  in 
 hir  hande,  and  gaue  him  drynke.  And  whan 
 she  had  geuen  him  drynke,  she  sayde :  I  wyll 
 drawe  for  thy  Camels  also,  tyll  they  haue 
 dronke  ynough.  And  she  made  haist,  and 
 poured  out  hir  pitcher  in  to  the  trough,  and 
 ranne  agayne  to  the  well  to  drawe,  and  drew 
 for  all  his  Camels.  The  mii  marueyled  at 
 her,  and  helde  his  tongc,  tyll  he  knewe  whether 
 the  LORDE  had  prospered  his  iourney  or  not. 
 
 Now  whan  the  Camels  had  all  dronken,  he 
 toke  a  golde  earyiige  of  half  a  Sycle  weight, 
 and  two  bracelettes  for  hir  handes,  weynge 
 ten  Sycles  of  golde,  and  sayde :  Doughter, 
 whose  art  thou  ?  tell  me.     Is  there  rowme  for 
 
Cftap.  niiih 
 
 €\)t  u  hoiit  of  iMosiesi. 
 
 So.  witj» 
 
 vs  in  thy  fathers  house  to  lodge  in?  She  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  I  am  the  doughter  of  Bethuel,  the 
 Sonne  of  Mylca,  "whom  she  bare  vnto  Nahor. 
 And  sayde  morouer  vnto  him :  We  haue 
 plentye  of  litter  and  prouender,  and  rowme 
 ynough  to  lodge  in. 
 
 Then  the  man  bowed  himself,  and  thanked 
 the  LORDE,  and  sayde:  Praysed  be  the 
 LORDE  the  God  of  my  master  Abraham, 
 which  hath  not  withdrawen  his  mercy  and  his 
 trueth  fro  my  master,  for  the  LORDE  hath 
 brought  me  the  waye  to  my  masters  brothers 
 house.  And  the  darasell  ranne  and  tolde  all 
 this  in  hir  mothers  house.  And  Rebecca  had 
 a  brother  called  Laban. 
 
 And  Laban  ranne  to  the  man  without  by 
 the  well  syde :  and  that  came  by  the  reason 
 that  he  sawe  the  earynges,  and  the  bracelettes 
 vpon  his  sisters  handes,  and  herde  the  wordes 
 of  Rebecca  his  syster,  that  she  sayde  :  thus 
 spake  the  man  vnto  me. 
 
 And  whan  he  came  to  the  man,  beholde, 
 he  stode  by  the  Camels  at  the  well  syde. 
 And  he  sayde :  Come  in  *  thou  blessed  of  the 
 LORDE,  wherfore  stondest  thou  without  ?  I 
 haue  dressed  the  house,  and  made  rowme  for 
 ;v^  Camels.  So  he  brought  the  man  in  to  f 
 house,  and  vnbridled  the  Camels,  and  gaue 
 them  litter  and  prouender,  and  water  to  wash 
 his  fete,  and  the  mens  that  were  with  him, 
 and  set  meate  before  him. 
 
 Neuertheles  he  sayde  :  I  wil  not  eate,  tyll 
 I  haue  fyrst  tolde  myne  earade.*  They  an- 
 swered: Tell  on.  He  sayde:  I  am  Abra- 
 hams seruaunt,  and  the  LORDE  hath  pros- 
 pered my  master  richelj',  so  y  he  is  become 
 greate:  and  he  hath  geuen  him  shepe  and 
 oxe,  syluer  and  golde,  seruauntes  and  maidens. 
 Camels  and  Asses :  yee  and  ^  Sara  my  masters 
 wife  hath  borne  my  master  a  sonne  in  hir  olde 
 age :  vnto  him  hath  he  geuen  all  that  he  hath. 
 
 And  my  master  hath  taken  an  ooth  of  me 
 and  saide :  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  for  my 
 Sonne  amonge  the  doughters  of  the  Cananites, 
 in  whose  lande  I  dwell,  but  go  thy  waye  to  my 
 fathers  house  and  to  myne  owne  kynred,  and 
 there  take  a  wyfe  for  my  sonne.  But  I  sayde 
 vnto  my  master  :  What  and  the  woman  wyl 
 not  folowe  me  ?  Then  sayde  he  vnto  me : 
 The  LORDE  (before  whom  I  walke)  shall 
 sende  his  angell  with  the,  and  prospere  thy 
 iourney,  that  thou  mayest  take  a  wife  for  my 
 
 "  Gen.  22.  d.         *  Some  reade  thou  beloued. 
 
 sonne  of  myne  owne  kynred,  and  of  my  fathers 
 house.  And  so  whan  thou  commest  to  my 
 kynred,  yf  they  geue  her  not  vnto  f,  thou 
 shalt  be  discharged  of  myne  oothe. 
 
 So  I  came  this  daye  vnto  the  well  of  water, 
 and  sayde :  O  LORDE  thou  God  of  my 
 master  Abraham,  Yf  thou  hast  prospered  my 
 iourney  that  I  go :  Beholde,  I  stonde  here  by 
 the  well  of  water :  Now  yf  there  come  forth  a 
 virgin  to  draw  water,  and  I  saye  vnto  her: 
 geue  me  a  litle  water  to  drinke  out  of  thy 
 pitcher,  and  she  saye  vnto  me :  Drynke  thou, 
 and  I  wyll  drawe  water  for  thy  Camels  also : 
 that  the  same  be  the  woma,  which  the  LORDE 
 hath  prouyded  for  my  masters  sonne.  Now 
 or  euer  I  had  spoken  out  these  wordes  in  my 
 hert,  beholde,  Rebecca  commeth  forth  with  a 
 pitcher  vpon  hir  shulder,  and  goeth  downe  to 
 the  well,  and  draweth. 
 
 Then  sayde  I :  geue  me  a  drynke.  And 
 immediatly  she  toke  downe  the  pitcher  fr5 
 hir  shulder,  and  sayde :  drynke,  and  I  wyll 
 geue  thy  Camels  drynke  also.  So  I  dranke, 
 and  she  gaue  the  Camels  also  to  drynke. 
 And  I  axed  her,  and  sayde  :  Doughter,  whose 
 art  thou  ?  She  answered :  I  am  f  doughter 
 of  Bethuel  the  sonne  of  Nahor,  wnom  Milca 
 bare  vnto  him.  Then  layed  I  the  earinge 
 vpon  hir  face,  and  the  bracelettes  vpon  hir 
 handes,  and  bowed  myself,  and  thanked  the 
 LORDE,  and  praysed  the  God  of  my  master 
 Abraham,  which  had  brought  me  f  right  waye, 
 to  take  my  masters  brothers  doughter  vnto 
 his  Sonne. 
 
 Yf  ye  be  they  then  that  shew  mercy  and 
 faithfulnes  vnto  my  master,  tell  me  :  Yf  not, 
 yet  tell  me,  that  I  maye  turne  me  to  y  right 
 hande  or  to  the  left. 
 
 Then  answered  Laban  and  Bethuel,  and 
 sayde:  This  is  come  of  the  LORDE,  ther- 
 fore  can  we  saye  nothinge  agaynst  the,  nether 
 euell  ner  good.  There  is  Rebecca  before  the, 
 take  her,  and  go  thy  waye,  that  she  niaye  be 
 thy  masters  sonnes  wife,  as  the  LORDE  hath 
 sayde.  When  Abrahams  seruaunt  herde  these 
 wordes,  he  bowed  him  self  vnto  the  LORDE 
 flat  \'pon  the  earth,  and  toke  forth  Jewels  of 
 syluer  and  golde,  and  rayment,  and  gaue  them 
 vnto  Rebecca.  But  vnto  hir  brethren  and  the 
 mother,  he  gaue  spyces.  Then  he  ate  and 
 dronke,  and  the  men  also  that  were  with  him, 
 and  taried  there  all  night. 
 
So,  xmih 
 
 €i)t  L  hokt  of  iltoSfS. 
 
 Cftap.  n"^. 
 
 But  in  the  mornynge  he  arose,  and  sayde  : 
 Let  me  departe  viito  my  master.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  hir  brother  and  hir  mother  sayde : 
 Let  the  damsell  tary  with  vs  at  the  leest  ten 
 dayes,  and  then  shall  she  go.  Then  sayde  he 
 vntothem:  holde  me  not,  for  the  LORDE 
 hath  prospered  my  ioumey :  let  me  go,  that  I 
 maye  departe  vnto  my  master.  Then  sayde 
 they:  let  vs  call  the  damsell,  and  axe  her, 
 what  she  sayeth  therto.  And  they  called 
 Rebecca,  and  sayde  vnto  her  :  Wilt  thou  go 
 with  this  man  ? 
 
 And  she  answered :  Yee  I  wyll  go  with 
 him.  So  they  let  Rebecca  their  syster  go 
 with  hir  norse  and  Abrahams  seruaunt,  and 
 his  men.  And  they  blessed  Rebecca,  and 
 sayde  vnto  her :  Thou  art  oure  syster,  growe 
 in  to  many  thousande  tymes  thousandes,  and 
 thy  sede  possesse  the  gates  of  his  enemies. 
 
 So  Rebecca  gat  hir  vp  with  hir  damsels, 
 and  satt  them  vpon  the  Camels,  and  wente 
 their  waye  after  the  man.  And  the  seruaunt 
 toke  Rebecca,  and  departed. 
 
 As  for  Isaac,  he  was  commynge  from  *  the 
 well  of  y  liuynge  j  seynge,  for  he  dwelt  in 
 the  south  countre,  and  was  gone  forth  to  his 
 meditacions  in  the  felde  aboute  the  euen 
 tyde.  And  he  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe,  that 
 there  were  Camels  commynge.  And  Rebecca 
 lift  vp  hir  eyes,  and  sawe  Isaac.  Then  lighted 
 she  of  the  Camell,  and  sayde  vnto  y  seruaunt: 
 What  man  is  this,  that  commeth  agaynst  vs 
 in  the  felde  ?  The  seruaut  sayde :  The  same 
 is  my  master. 
 
 Then  toke  she  hir  cloke,  and  put  it  aboute 
 her.  And  the  seruaunt  tolde  Isaac  all  the 
 earande  that  he  had  done.  Then  Isaac 
 brought  her  in  to  his  mother  Saras  tent,  and 
 toke  Rebecca,  and  she  became  his  wife,  and 
 he  loued  her.  So  Isaac  was  comforted  ouer 
 his  mother. 
 
 Wtft  Ti^b.  Ci^aptct. 
 
 ABRAHAM  toke  another  wife  called 
 Ketura,  which  bare  him  Simram  (j 
 laksan,  Medan  tj  Midian,  leszbak  and  Suah. 
 laksan  begat  Seba  and  Dedan.  The  children 
 of  Dedan  were  Assurim,  Latusim,  and  Leu- 
 mim.  The  children  of  Midian  were  Epha, 
 Epher,  Hanoch,  Abida  and  Eldaa.  All  these 
 are  the  children  of  Ketura.  And  Abraham 
 gaue  all  his  goodes  vnto   Isaac :  As  for  the 
 
 '  Gen.  24.  c. 
 
 '  Gen.  10.  a. 
 
 *  Gen.  13.  c. 
 
 children  that  he  had  of  the  concubynes,  he 
 gaue  them  giftes,  and  (whyle  he  yet  lyued) 
 he  sent  the  awaye  from  his  sonne  Isaac,  east- 
 warde  in  to  the  east  countre. 
 
 This  is  the  age  of  Abraham  which  he  lyued: 
 euen  an  hundreth  and  fyue  and  seuentye 
 yeare,  and  fell  sicke  and  dyed  in  a  good  age, 
 whan  he  was  olde,  *  j  had  lyued  ynough  and 
 was  gathered  vnto  his  people.  And  his  sonnes 
 Isaac  and  Ismael  buried  him  in  the  dubble 
 caue  in  the  felde  of  Ephron  the  sonne  of 
 Zoar  the  Hethite,  which  lyeth  ouer  before 
 Mamre,  '  in  the  felde  that  Abraham  bought 
 of  the  Hethites.  There  was  Abraham  buried 
 with  Sara  his  wife.  And  after  the  death  of 
 Abraham  God  blessed  his  sonne  Isaac.  And 
 he  dwelt  by  the  well  of  the  lyuynge  and 
 seynge. 
 
 This  is  the  generacion  of  Ismael  Abrahams 
 Sonne,  whom  Agar  Saras  mayde  the  Egipcian 
 bare  vnto  him.  And  these  are  the  names  of 
 Ismaels  children,  of  whom  their  kynredes  are 
 named.  The  eldest  sonne  of  Ismael,  Nebaioth, 
 Cedar,  Abdeel,  Mibsan,  Misma,  Duma,  Masa, 
 Hadar,  Thema,  lethur,  Naphis,  and  Kedma. 
 These  are  the  childre  of  Ismael  with  their 
 names  in  their  courtes  and  cities  t  twolue 
 londeprynees.  And  this  is  the  age  of  Ismael, 
 euen  an  hundreth  and  seuen  and  thirtie  yeare, 
 and  he  fell  sicke  and  dyed,  and  was  gathered 
 vnto  his  people.  He  dwelt  from  Heuila  vnto 
 Sur  towarde  Egipte,  as  men  go  to  the  Assi- 
 rians.  And  he  dyed  in  the  presence  of  all  his 
 brethren. 
 
 This  is  the  generacion  of  Isaac  the  sonne 
 of  Abraha.  Abraham  begat  Isaac.  Isaac 
 was  fourtye  yeare  olde,  whan  he  toke  to  wyfe 
 Rebecca  the  doughter  of  Bethuel  f  Syrian  of 
 Mesopotamia,  (j  Sister  of  Laban  the  Syrian. 
 
 Isaac  besought  the  LORDE  for  his  wjfe 
 (because  she  was  baren)  and  the  LORDE 
 was  intreated,  and  Rebecca  his  wyfe  con- 
 ceaued.  And  the  children  stroue  together  in 
 hir  wombe.  Then  sayde  she :  Yf  it  shulde 
 go  so  with  me,  why  am  I  then  with  childe  ? 
 And  she  wente  for  to  axe  the  LORDE. 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  her :  Two 
 maner  of  folke  are  in  thy  wombe,  and  two 
 maner  of  people  shall  be  deuyded  out  of  thy 
 body,  and  the  one  nacion  shall  ouercome 
 the  other,  ''and  the  greater  shall  serue  the 
 lesse. 
 
 <■  Gen.  32.  c.        t  Gen.  17.  c.        •"  2  Re.  8.  c.  Rom.  9.  b 
 
Cftap.  rvbu 
 
 Cftf  u  hokt  of  itloeies. 
 
 ffo.  HTb. 
 
 Now  whan  the  tyme  came  that  she  shulde 
 be  delyuered,  "  beholde,  there  were  two  twyns 
 in  hit  wombe.  The  first  that  came  forth,  was 
 reed,  all  rough  as  an  hyde,  and  they  called 
 him  Esau.  Anone  therafter  came  his  brother 
 forth,  which  helde  the  hele  of  Esau  with  his 
 hade,*  and  they  called  him  Jacob.  Thre 
 score  yeare  olde  was  Isaac,  whan  they  were 
 borne.  And  whan  the  boies  were  growne  vp, 
 Esau  became  an  hunter,  g  an  huszbande  man. 
 As  for  lacob,  he  was  a  symple  man,  and  dwelt 
 in  the  tentes.  And  Isaac  loued  Esau,  because 
 he  ate  of  his  venison.  But  Rebecca  loued 
 lacob. 
 
 And  lacob  dight  a  meace  of  meate.  The 
 came  Esau  from  the  felde,  and  was  weery,  and 
 sayde  vnto  lacob  :  Let  me  proue  of  y  reed 
 meace  of  meate,  for  I  am  fayntie  (therfore  is 
 he  called  Edom.)  But  Jacob  sayde :  Sell  me 
 this  daye  thy  byrthright.  Esau  answered : 
 Lo,  J  must  dye  neuerthelesse,  what  good  then 
 shall  my  byrthright  do  me  ?  Jacob  sayde : 
 Then  sweare  vnto  me  euen  this  same  daye. 
 And  he  sware  vnto  him,  and  so  he  solde  his 
 byrthright  vnto  Jacob.''  Then  lacob  gaue 
 him  bred  and  that  meace  of  ryse.  And  he 
 ate  and  di'onke,  and  stode  vp,  and  wente  his 
 waye.  And  so  Esau  regarded  not  his  byrth- 
 right. 
 
 Cljt  vv6t.  CJjaptfr. 
 
 THERE  came  a  derth  in  the  londe,  pass- 
 ynge  the  other  ''that  was  in  Abrahams 
 tyme.  And  Isaac  wente  to  Gerar,  vnto 
 Abimelech  the  kynge  of  y  Philistynes.  Then 
 the  LORDE  appeared  vnto  him,  and  sayde  : 
 '  Go  not  downe  in  to  Egipte,  but  tary  in  the 
 "ande  that  I  shall  saye  vnto  the.  Be  thou  a 
 straiiger  in  this  lande,  and  I  wil  be  with  the 
 and  blesse  the.  For  vnto  the  and  thy  sede 
 wyll  I  geue  all  this  londe,  and  wyll  perfounne 
 myne  ooth  that  J  sware  to  thy  father  Abra- 
 ham. And  I  wyll  multiplye  thy  sede  as  the 
 starres  of  heauen,  ■''and  vnto  thy  sede  wyll  I 
 geue  all  this  londe,  and  thorow  thy  sede  shall 
 all  nacions  be  blessed,  because  Abraham  was 
 obedient  vnto  my  voyce,  and  kepte  myne 
 ordinaupces,  my  comaundementes,  my  sta- 
 tutes, and  my  lawes. 
 
 So  Isaac  dwelt  at  Gerar.  And  whan  the 
 men  of  the  same  place  axed  him  of  his  wife, 
 
 su.  24.  a.      '  Ose.  12.  a.        '  Heb.  12.  c.       ''  Gen.        «  Gen.  12.  c.  and  20.  a. 
 Ecclesiastici  44.  d.         /  Gen.  15.  c.  and  22.  c. 
 
 he  sayde :  she  is  my  sister.  *  I^or  he  was 
 afrayed  to  saye  :  she  is  my  wife,  (thinkinge 
 thus:)  they  might  slaye  me  for  Rebeccas 
 sake,  for  she  was  beutifull  to  loke  vnto.  Now 
 whan  he  had  bene  there  a  longe  season,  Abi- 
 melech the  kynge  of  the  Pliylistynes  loked 
 out  at  a  wyndow,  and  sawe  Isaac  sportinge 
 with  Rebecca  his  wife. 
 
 Then  Abimelech  called  Isaac,  and  sayde : 
 Beholde,  she  is  thy  wyfe,  why  saydest  thou 
 then :  She  is  my  sister  ?  Isaac  answered  him : 
 I  thought,  I  might  peraduenture  haue  died 
 because  of  her.  Abimelech  saide  :  Why  hast 
 thou  then  done  this  vnto  vs  ?  It  coude  lightly 
 haue  come  to  passe,  that  some  of  the  people 
 might  haue  lyen  with  thy  wyfe,  and  so  haddest 
 thou  broughte  s}Tine  vpo  vs.  The  Abimelech 
 commaunded  all  the  people,  and  sayde :  Who 
 so  toucheth  this  man  or  his  wyfe,  shal  dye  the 
 death. 
 
 And  Isaac  sowed  in  that  londe,  and  foude 
 the  same  yeare  an  hundreth  buszshels,  for  the 
 LORDE  blessed  him.  And  he  became  a 
 greate  man,  wente  forth,  and  grew,  tyll  he 
 was  exceadinge  greate,  so  that  he  had  moch 
 good  in  shepe  and  greate  catell,  and  a  greate 
 housholde.  Therfore  had  the  Philistynes 
 envye  at  him,  ''and  stopped  all  the  welles, 
 that  his  fathers  seruauntes  had  dygged  in  the 
 tyme  of  Abraham  his  father,  and  fylled  them 
 with  earth.  In  so  moch  that  Abimelech  also 
 himself  sayde  vnto  him :  Departe  from  vs, 
 for  thou  art  farre  mightier  then   we. 
 
 Then  departed  Isaac  from  thence,  and 
 pitched  his  tent  in  the  valley  of  Gerar,  and 
 dwelt  there.  And  whan  he  was  satled,  he 
 caused  to  dygge  vp  the  welles  agayne,  that 
 they  had  dygged  vp  in  his  father  Abrahas 
 tyme,  which  the  Philistynes  had  stopte  after 
 the  death  of  Abraham,  and  he  called  the  after 
 y  same  names  that  his  father  had  named  them 
 withall. 
 
 Isaacs  seruauntes  also  dygged  in  the  valley, 
 and  there  they  founde  a  well  of  lyuinge  water. 
 '  But  the  hyrdmen  of  Gerar  stroue  with  Isaacs 
 hyrdmen,  and  saide:  The  water  is  oures. 
 Then  called  he  the  well  Eseck,  because  they 
 had  done  him  wronge. 
 
 Then  dygged  they  another  well,  and  stroue 
 for  that  also :  therfore  called  he  it  Sytena. 
 So   he   gatt  him   from   thence,  and   dygged 
 
 € 
 
Jfo.  vrbu 
 
 Cfje  u  bofee  of  illostfi!. 
 
 Cijap.  ):)rbij. 
 
 another  well,  for  the  which  they  stroue  not: 
 therfore  he  called  it  Rehoboth,  and  sayde : 
 Now  hath  the  LORDE  made  vs  rowme,  and 
 letten  vs  growe  in  the  londe.  Afterwarde  he 
 departed  thence  vnto  Berseba. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  appeared  vnto  him  the 
 same  night,  and  sayde :  I  am  the  God  of  thy 
 father  Abraham,  feare  thou  not,  for  I  am  with 
 the,  and  wyll  blesse  the,  and  multiplye  thy 
 sede  for  my  seruaunt  Abrahams  sake.  Then 
 buylded  he  an  altare  there,  and  called  vpon 
 the  name  of  the  LORDE,  and  pitched  his 
 tent  there,  and  there  his  seruauntes  dygged  a 
 well." 
 
 And  Abimelech  wente  vnto  him  from  Gerar, 
 and  Ahusath  his  frende,  and  Phicol  his  chefe 
 captayne.  *  But  Isaac  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Wherfore  come  ye  to  me?  seynge  ye  hate 
 me,  and  haue  put  me  awaye  from  you  ?  They 
 sayde :  We  se  with  open  eyes,  that  the  LORDE 
 is  with  the,  therfore  we  deuysed  that  there 
 shulde  be  an  ooth  betwixte  vs  and  the,  and 
 that  we  wolde  make  a  bonde  with  the,  that 
 thou  do  vs  no  harme,  like  as  we  haue  not 
 hurte  the,  and  as  we  haue  done  nothinge  vnto 
 the,  but  all  good,  and  let  the  departe  in  peace. 
 
 As  for  the,  thou  art  f  blessed  of  the 
 LORDE.  Then  Isaac  made  them  a  feast, 
 and  they  ate  and  dronke.  And  on  the  morow 
 they  arose,  and  sware  one  to  the  other.  And 
 Isaac  let  them  go,  and  they  departed  from 
 him  in  peace. 
 
 The  same  daye  came  Isaacs  seruauntes,  and 
 tolde  him  of  the  well  that  they  had  digged, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him  :  We  haue  founde  water. 
 And  he  called  it  Saba.  Therfore  is  y  cite 
 called  Bersaba  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Clje  nbij-  Cljaptfv. 
 
 WHAN  Esau  was  fourtye  yeare  olde,  he 
 toke  wyues :  ludith  the  doughter  of 
 Beri  the  Hethite,  and  Basmath  the  doughter 
 of  Elon  the  Hethite :  both  these  were  disho- 
 bedient  vnto  the  sprete  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca. 
 And  it  came  to  passe  when  Isaac  was  olde, 
 his  eyes  waxed  dymme  of  sight,  and  he  called 
 Esau  his  greater  sonne,  and  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 My  Sonne.  He  answered  him :  Here  am  I. 
 And  he  sayde :  Beholde,  I  am  olde,  and 
 knowe  not  whan  I  shal  dye.  Now  therfore 
 take  thy  geer,  thy  quyuer  and  thy  bowe,  and 
 get  the  forth  to  the  felde,  and  take  me  some 
 
 venyson,  and  make  me  meate  (soch  as  I  loue) 
 and  brynge  it  me  herein,  that  I  may  eate,  y 
 my  soule  maye  blesse  the,  before  I  dye. 
 
 But  Rebecca  herde  these  wordes,  that 
 Isaac  sayde  vnto  his  sonne.  And  Esau  wente 
 his  waye  in  to  the  felde,  to  hunte  venyson, 
 and  to  brynge  it  home.  Then  sayde  Re- 
 becca vnto  lacob  hir  sonne :  beholde,  I  haue 
 herde  thy  father  talkinge  with  Esau  thy 
 brother,  and  sayenge  :  Brynge  me  venyson, 
 and  make  me  meate,  that  I  maye  eate,  and 
 blesse  the  before  f  LORDE,  yer  I  dye.  Now 
 therfore  my  sonne,  heare  my  voyce,  what  I 
 commaunde  the :  Go  thy  waye  to  the  flocke, 
 and  fetch  me  two  good  kyddes,  that  I  maye 
 make  meate  of  them  for  thy  father,  soch  as  he 
 loueth :  this  shalt  thou  brynge  in  vnto  thy 
 father,  that  he  maye  eate,  that  he  maye  blesse 
 the  before  his  death. 
 
 Neuertheles  lacob  sayde  vnto  Rebecca  his 
 mother  :  Beholde,  my  brother  Esau  is  rough, 
 and  I  am  smooth :  then  might  my  father  per- 
 aduenture  fele  me,  and  I  shulde  seme  vnto 
 him  as  though  I  begyled  him,  and  so  brynge 
 a  curse  vpon  me  and  not  a  blessynge.  Then 
 sayde  his  mother  vnto  him :  That  curse  be 
 vpon  me  my  sonne,  folowe  thou  my  voyce  : 
 go  thy  waye  and  fetch  it  me.  So  he  wente 
 his  waye,  and  fetched  it,  and  brought  it  vnto 
 his  mother. 
 
 Then  his  mother  made  meate,  acordinge 
 as  his  father  loued,  and  toke  Esaus  hir  elder 
 sonnes  costly  rayment  (which  she  had  with 
 her  in  y  house)  and  put  them  vpon  lacob  hir 
 yonger  sonne.  But  the  kyddes  skynnes  put 
 she  aboute  his  handes,  and  where  he  was 
 smooth  aboute  the  neck :  and  so  she  put  the 
 meate  with  bred  (as  she  had  made  it)  in  hir 
 sonne  lacobs  hande. 
 
 And  he  brought  it  in  vnto  his  father,  and 
 sayde :  My  father.  He  answered :  here  am 
 I,  who  art  thou  my  sonne  ?  lacob  sayde  :  I 
 am  Esau  thy  firstborne  sonne,  I  haue  done 
 as  thou  saydest  vnto  me  :  arj'se,  syt  vp,  and 
 eate  of  my  venyson,  that  thy  soule  maye 
 blesse  me.  But  Isaac  sayde  vnto  his  sonne : 
 My  sonne,  how  hast  thou  founde  it  so  soone  ? 
 He  answered:  The  LORDE  thy  God  brought 
 it  to  my  hande. 
 
 The  sayde  Isaac  vnto  lacob  :  Come  neare 
 my  Sonne,  that  I  maye  fele  the,  whether  thou 
 be  my  sonne   Esau  or  not.     So  lacob  wete 
 
Cftap.  VJ^iih 
 
 Cije  u  ijofee  of  iilOEftsf. 
 
 Jfo.  )r)rbij. 
 
 vnto  Isaac  his  father.  And  whan  he  had  felt 
 him,  he  sayde :  The  voyce  is  Jacobs  voyce, 
 but  the  handes  are  the  handes  of  Esau.  And 
 he  knew  him  not,  for  his  handes  were  rough 
 hke  as  y  handes  of  his  brother  Esau.  And 
 he  blessed  him. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  art  thou  my  sonne 
 Esau?  He  answered:  Yee  I  am.  Then 
 sayde  he :  Bringe  me  here  then  to  eate  of  thy 
 venyson  my  sonne,*  that  my  soule  maye  blesse 
 the.  Then  he  brought  it  him,  and  he  ate : 
 and  he  brought  him  wyne  also,  and  he  dranke. 
 And  Isaac  his  father  sayde  vnto  him :  Come 
 nye,  and  kysse  me  my  sonne.  So  he  came 
 nye,  and  he  kyssed  him. 
 
 Then  smelled  he  the  sauoure  of  his  clothes, 
 and  blessed  him,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  the 
 smell  of  my  sonne  is  as  y  smell  of  the  felde, 
 which  y  LORDE  hath  blessed."  God  geue 
 the  of  the  dew  of  heauen,  and  of  the  fatnesse 
 of  the  earth,  and  plenteousnes  of  come  and 
 wyne.  Nacions  be  thy  seruauntes,  and  people 
 fall  downe  at  thy  fote.  Be  thou  lorde  ouer 
 thy  brethren,  and  thy  mothers  children  fall 
 downe  at  thy  fote.  '  Cursed  be  he,  that  curseth 
 the  :  and  blessed  be  he,  that  blesseth  the. 
 
 Now  whan  Isaac  had  made  an  ende  of 
 blessynge,  and  lacob  was  scace  gone  out  from 
 his  father  Isaac,  his  brother  Esau  came  from  his 
 huntinge,  and  made  meate  also,  and  brought 
 it  vnto  his  father,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Aryse 
 my  father,  and  eate  of  thy  sonnes  venyson, 
 that  thy  soule  maye  blesse  me.  Then  answered 
 him  Isaac  his  father:  Who  art  thou?  He 
 sayde :  I  am  Esau  thy  firstborne  sonne.  Then 
 was  Isaac  exceadingly  amased  aboue  measure, 
 and  saide  :  Who  ?  Where  is  then  the  hunter 
 that  brought  me,  and  I  haue  eaten  of  all  afore 
 thou  camest,  and  haue  blessed  him  ?  And  he 
 shall  be  blessed  still. 
 
 Whan  Esau  herde  these  wordes  of  his 
 father,  he  cried  loude,  and  was  exceadynge 
 sory,  qnd  sayde  vnto  his  father  :  O  blesse  me 
 also  my  father.  But  he  sayde :  Thy  brother 
 came  with  sotyltie,  and  hath  taken  thy  bless- 
 inge  awaye.  Then  sayde  he  :  He  maye  well 
 be  called  lacob,  for  he  hath  vndermined  me 
 now  two  tymes.  My  byrth  right  hath  he 
 awaye,  and  beholde,  now  taketh  he  awaye  my 
 blessynge  also. 
 jjf      And  he  sayde:  Hast  thou  not  kepte  one 
 
 •  that  my  hert  maye  wysh  the  good.  "  Heb.  11.  d. 
 
 Eccli.  3.  b.      »  Gen.  12.  a.     '  Heb.  12.  c.      ■<  Heb.  11.  d. 
 
 blessynge  for  me  ?  Isaac  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  I  haue  made  him  lorde  ouer  y,  and 
 all  his  brethren  haue  I  made  his  seruautes. 
 With  come  i  wine  haue  I  prouyded  him.  What 
 shal  I  do  vnto  the  now  my  sonne?  Esau  sayde 
 vnto  his  father?  Hast  thou  not  one  blessynge 
 more  my  father?  O  blesse  me  also  my  father. 
 
 And  he  lift  vp  his  voyce,  j  wepte.'  Then 
 Isaac  his  father  answered  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 ''Beholde,  thou  shalt  haue  a  fat  dwellinge  vpon 
 earth,  5  of  y  dew  of  heauen  from  aboue:  with 
 thy  swerde  shalt  thou  get  thy  lyuynge,  and 
 shalt  serue  thy  brother.  And  it  shall  come  to 
 passe,  y  thou  shalt  put  of  his  yock,t  and 
 plucke  it  from  thy  neck. 
 
 And  Esau  bare  euell  wyll  vnto  lacob, 
 because  of  the  blessynge  that  his  father  had 
 blessed  him  withall,"  and  sayde  in  his  herte  : 
 The  tyme  wyll  come  shortly,  that  my  father 
 shal  mourne,  for  I  wil  slaye  my  brother  lacob, 
 The  was  it  tolde  Rebecca  of  these  wordes  of 
 hir  elder  sonne,  and  she  sent,  and  bad  call  for 
 lacob  hir  yonger  sonne,  and  saide  vnto  him  : 
 Beholde,  thy  brother  Esau  threateneth  the, 
 that  he  wil  slaye  the.  And  now  my  sonne 
 heare  my  voyce:  Get  the  vp,  and  flye  vnto  my 
 brother  Laban  in  Haran,  and  tary  there  with 
 him  a  whyle,  t  tyll  the  furiousnes  of  thy 
 brother  be  swaged,  and  till  his  wrath  agaynst 
 y  be  turned  from  the,  and  he  forget  what  thou 
 hast  done  vnto  him.  So  wyll  I  then  sende 
 for  the,  and  cause  the  be  fetched  from  thece. 
 Why  shulde  I  be  robbed  of  you  both  in  one 
 daye  ? 
 
 And  Rebecca  sayde  vnto  Isaac:  I  am  weery 
 of  rny  life,  because  of  the  doughters  of  Heth: 
 Yf  lacob  take  a  wife  of  the  doughters  of 
 Heth,  §  which  are  as  the  doughters  of  this 
 londe,  what  shall  this  life  then  profit  me  ? 
 
 Cljt  nbii]-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 THEN  called  Isaac  his  sonne  lacob  and 
 II  blessed  him,  and  charged  him,  (j  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Take  not  a  wife  of  the  doughters 
 of  Canaan,  but  get  the  vp,  and  go  in  to 
 Mesopotamia  vnto  the  house  of  Bethuel  thy 
 mothers  father,  and  take  ;y^  there  a  wife  of  y 
 doughters  of  Laban  thy  mothers  brother.  And 
 the  Allmightie  God  blesse  the,  and  make  the 
 frutefull,  and  multiplye  the,  (that  thou  mayest 
 be  a  multitude  of  people)  and  geue  the  the 
 
 t4Re.  8.  c.      'Abd.  l.a.      t  Gen.  33.  a.       ^  Gen.  10.  c, 
 II  Some  reade  :  talked  louigly  with  him. 
 
jTo.  vrbiij. 
 
 €\)t  t  ftokc  of  iilosrs. 
 
 CJjap.  mi:. 
 
 blessvnge  of  Abraham  vnto  y  5  thy  sede  with 
 the,  that  thou  mayest  possesse  the  lande, 
 wherin  thou  art  a  straunger,*  which  God  gaue 
 vnto  Abraham.  So  Isaac  let  lacob  departe, 
 that  he  might  go  in  to  Mesopotamia  vnto 
 Laban  the  sonne  of  Bethuel  of  Siria,  y 
 brother  of  Rebecca,  his  and  Esaus  mother. 
 
 Now  when  Esau  sawe  that  Isaac  had  blessed 
 lacob,  and  let  him  departe  in  to  Mesopotamia, 
 that  he  might  take  a  wife  there:  and  y,  as  he 
 blessed  him,  he  charged  him,  (j  sayde  :  Thou 
 shalt  not  take  a  wife  of  the  doughters  of 
 Canaan,  and  that  lacob  obeyed  his  father  and 
 his  mother,  and  was  gone  \Tito  Mesopotamia: 
 seynge  also  that  Isaac  his  father  loked  not 
 gladly  vpon  the  doughters  of  Canaan,  he  wente 
 his  waye  vnto  Ismael,  and  besyde  the  wyues 
 that  he  had  afore,  he  toke  "Mahaloth  the 
 doughter  of  Ismael  (Abrahas  sonne)  the  sister 
 of  Nebaioth,  to  wife. 
 
 As  for  lacob,  he  departed  from  Bersaba, 
 and  wente  vnto  Haran  and  came  to  a  place, 
 where  he  tariod  all  night :  for  the  Sonne  was 
 downe.  And  he  toke  a  stone  of  y-  place,  (j 
 put  it  vnder  his  heade,  and  layed  him  downe 
 in  _y  same  place  to  slepe.  And  he  dreamed, 
 and  beholde,  there  stode  vpon  y  earth,  a 
 ladder,  whose  toppe  reached  ^'Tlto  the  heauen. 
 And  beholde,  the  angels  of  God  *  wente  vp 
 and  downe  vpon  it,  and  the  LORDE  stode 
 vpon  it,  and  sayde  : 
 
 'I  am  the  LORDE  God  of  thy  father 
 Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac:  The  londe 
 y  thou  lyest  vpon,  wyl  I  geue  vnto  the,"*  and  to 
 thy  sede :  and  thy  sede  shal  be  as  y  dust  of  y 
 earth.  And  thou  shalt  sprede  forth  towarde 
 the  west,  east,  north,  and  south :  and  '  thorow 
 the  and  thy  sede  shall  all  the  kynreds  vpon 
 earth  be  blessed.  And  beholde,  I  am  with  y, 
 and  wyll  kepe  the  where  so  euer  thou  goest,  j 
 wyl  brynge  the  hither  agayne  in  to  this  lande : 
 for  I  wil  not  leaue  the,  tyll  I  haue  made  good, 
 all  that  I  haue  promysed  the. 
 
 Now  whan  lacob  awaked  from  his  slepe,  he 
 saide:  Surely  the  LORDE  is  in  this  place, 
 and  I  knew  not.  And  he  was  afraied,  and 
 sayde :  How  fearfuU  is  this  place  ?  here  is  no 
 thinge  els  but  an  house  of  God,  5  a  gate  vnto 
 heauc.  And  lacob  arose  early  in  the  morn- 
 ynge,  and  toke  the  stone'  that  he  had  layed 
 vnder  his  heade,  and  set  it  vp,  and  poured  oyle 
 
 •  Gen.  15.  d.  and  24,  a.  »  Gen.  36.  »  loh.  1.  c. 
 
 '  Eccli.  44.  ''  t  Par.  17.  c.  '  Gen.  12.  a. 
 
 vpon  it.  And  he  called  the  place  Bethel,  but 
 afore  the  cite  was  called  Lus.  And  lacob 
 made  a  vowe,  and  sayde :  ?Yf  God  wj'll  be 
 with  me,  and  kepe  me  in  this  iourney  y  I  go 
 5  geue  me  bred  to  eate,  and  clothinge  to  put 
 on,  and  brjiige  me  peaceably  home  agayne 
 vnto  my  father :  The  shall  the  LORDE  be 
 my  God,  and  this  stone  that  I  haue  set  vp, 
 shal  be  an  house  of  God :  and  all  that  thou 
 geuest  me,  I  wyl  geue  the  the  tenth  therof. 
 
 €T)t  n'iV-  Cl&aptn:. 
 
 THEN  lacob  gat  him  vp  vpon  his  fete> 
 and  wente  in  to  the  east  countre,  ii 
 loked  aboute  him,  and  beholde,  there  was  a 
 well  in  the  felde,  and  f  flockes  of  shepe 
 therby,  for  the  flockes  dranke  of  the  well. 
 And  there  laye  a  greate  stone  at  the  welles 
 mouth,  and  thyther  they  vsed  to  brjTige  the 
 flockes,  and  to  roule  the  stone  from  y  mouth 
 of  the  well,  and  to  geue  the  shepe  drynke,  d 
 so  they  put  the  stone  agayne  vpon  the  welles 
 mouth  in  to  his  place. 
 
 And  lacob  sayde  vnto  them :  Brethren, 
 whece  be  ye  ?  They  answered :  we  are  of 
 Haran.  He  sayde  vnto  them :  Knowe  ye 
 Laban  the  sonne  of  Nahor?  They  answered: 
 We  knowe  him  well.  He  sayde  :  ''  Is  he  in 
 good  health  ?  They  answered  :  he  is  in  good 
 health.  And  lo,  there  commeth  his  doughter 
 Rachel  with  the  shepe.  He  sayde  :  It  is  yet 
 hye  daye,  d  is  not  yet  tyme  to  dryue  in  the 
 catell :  geue  the  shepe  to  drynke,  (j  go  youre 
 waye,  j  fede  them.  They  answered:  We  can 
 not,  tyll  all  the  flockes  be  brought  together, 
 and  tyll  we  roule  the  stone  from  the  welles 
 mouth,  5  so  geue  the  shepe  drjTike. 
 
 Whyle  he  yet  talked  with  them,  Rachel 
 came  with  hir  fathers  shepe,  for  she  kepte  f 
 shepe.  Whan  lacob  sawe  Rachel  y  doughter 
 of  Laban  his  mothers  brother,  and  the  shepe 
 of  Laban  his  mothers  brother,  he  wete,  j 
 rouled  the  stone  from  the  weUes  mouth,  and 
 gaue  his  mothers  brother  shepe  to  drynke,  and 
 kyssed  Rachel,  lift  vp  his  voyce,  and  wepte, 
 and  tolde  her,  y  he  was  hir  fathers  brother, 
 and  y  sonne  of  Rebecca.  Then  ranne  she, 
 and  tolde  her  father. 
 
 Whii  Laban  herde  of  lacob  his  sisters  sonne, 
 he  ranne  to  mete  him,  and  enbraced  him,  and 
 kyssed  him,  and  brought  him  in  to  his  house. 
 
Cftap.  OT. 
 
 €i)t  u  hokt  of  iHoef^g, 
 
 jTo.  wih 
 
 And  so  he  tolde  him  all  this  matter.  The 
 sayde  Laban  vnto  him:  Wei,  thou  art  my 
 bone  and  my  flesh.  Abyde  with  me  a  moneth 
 longe.  But  after  that  saide  he  vnto  lacob  : 
 Because  thou  art  my  brother,  shalt  thou  ther 
 fore  serue  me  for  nought?  Tell  me,  what 
 shall  thy  wages  be.  Laban  had  two  doughters, 
 the  eldest  was  called  Lea,  ij  the  yongest 
 Rachel.  And  Lea  was  tender  eyed,  but 
 Rachel  was  beutyfull  5  well  fauoured  of  face, 
 and  lacob  loued  her  well,  and  sayde:  I  will 
 serue  the  seuen  yeare,  for  Rachel  thy  yongest 
 doughter.  Laban  answered :  It  is  better  that 
 I  geue  her  the,  then  vnto  another :  tary  thou 
 with  me. 
 
 So  lacob  serued  seuen  yeare  for  Rachel, 
 and  they  semed  vnto  him  but  few  dayes,  he 
 loued  her  so  well.  And  lacob  saide  vnto 
 Laban :  geue  me  my  wyfe,  for  the  tyme  is 
 come  that  I  shulde  lye  with  her.  The  Laban 
 bad  all  the  people  of  that  place,  and  made  a 
 mariage.  But  at  eue  he  toke  his  doughter 
 Lea,  and  brought  her  in  vnto  him,  and  he 
 laye  with  her.  And  Laban  gaue  Zilpa  his 
 mayde  vnto  his  doughter  Lea  to  be  hir  mayde. 
 
 But  on  the  morow,  beholde,  it  was  Lea. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  Laban :  Why  hast  thou 
 done  this  vnto  me  ?  Haue  not  I  serued  y  for 
 Rachel  ?  Why  hast  thou  then  begyled  me  ? 
 Laban  answered :  It  is  not  the  maner  in  oure 
 countre,  to  mary  the  yongest  before  the  eldest. 
 Holde  out  this  weke,  5  I  will  geue  the  this 
 also,  for  the  seruyce  y  thou  shalt  do  me  yet 
 seuen  yeares  more.  lacob  dyd  so,  5  helde 
 out  y  weke.  Then  gaue  he  him  Rachel  his 
 doughter  to  wyfe.  And  Laban  gaue  Bilha 
 his  mayden  vnto  Rachel  his  doughter  to  be 
 hir  mayden.  So  he  laye  with  Rachel  also,  (j 
 loued  Rachel  more  the  Lea,  and  serued  him 
 yet  seuen  yeares  more. 
 
 But  when  the  LORDE  sawe,  that  Lea  was 
 nothinge  regarded,  he  made  her  frutefull,  and 
 Rachel  baren.  And  Lea  coceaued,  and  bare 
 a  Sonne,  whom  she  called  Ruben,  and  sayde  : 
 "  The  LORDE  hath  loked  vpon  my  aduersite. 
 Now  wyll  my  huszbande  loue  me.  And  she 
 conceaued  agayiie,  and  bare  a  sonne,  and 
 sayde  :  The  LORDE  hath  herde  that  1  am 
 despysed,  and  hath  geue  me  this  also,  and 
 she  called  him  Symeon.  She  coceaued  yet 
 agayne,  and  bare  a  sonne,  and  sayde :  Now 
 wyll  my  huszbande  kepe  me  company  agayne. 
 
 for  I  haue  borne  him  thre  sonnes,  therfore 
 called  she  his  name  Leui.  She  conceaued  y 
 fourth  tyme,  and  bare  a  sonne,  and  sayde : 
 Now  wyll  I  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 therfore  called  she  him  luda,  and  left  bearynge. 
 
 Ci)e  m-  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHEN  Rachel  sawe  that  she  bare  no 
 children  vnto  lacob,  she  had  enuye  at 
 hir  sister,  (j  saide  vnto  lacob  :  Geue  me  childre 
 also,  or  els  I  am  but  deed.  But  lacob  was 
 very  wroth  at  Rachel,  s  sayde :  Am  I  then  in 
 Gods  steade,  which  kepeth  y  frute  of  thy 
 wombe  from  y  ?  Neuertheles  she  sayde : 
 Beholde,  there  is  Bilha  my  mayden,  lye  with 
 her,  y  she  maye  beare  vpon  my  lappe,  5  that 
 I  maye  be  increased  by  her.  And  so  she 
 gaue  him  Bilha  hir  mayden  to  wyfe. 
 
 And  lacob  laye  with  her.  So  Bilha  con 
 ceaued,  and  bare  lacob  a  sonne.  Then  sayd( 
 Rachel :  God  hath  geuen  sentence  on  my 
 syde,  and  herde  my  voyce,  and  geue  me  a 
 Sonne,  therfore  called  she  him  Dan.  Bilha 
 Rachels  mayde  coceaued  agayne,  and  bare 
 another  sonne  vnto  lacob.  Then  sayde 
 Rachel :  God  hath  turned  it  with  me,  and 
 my  sister,  and  I  haue  gotte  the  vpper  hande. 
 And  she  called  him  Nephthali. 
 
 Now  whan  Lea  sawe  that  she  had  left 
 bearynge,  she  toke  Silpa  hir  mayde,  and  gaue 
 her  vnto  lacob  to  wyfe.  So  Silpa  Leas  mayde 
 bare  lacob  a  sonne.  Then  saide  Lea :  This 
 is  good  lucke,  5  she  called  him  Gad.  After 
 this  Silpa  Leas  mayde  bare  lacob  another 
 sonne.  Then  sayde  Lea :  Well  is  me,  for  the 
 doughters  will  call  me  blessed,  and  she  called 
 him  Asser. 
 
 Ruben  wente  out  in  the  tyme  of  y  wheate 
 haruest,  and  founde  Mandragoras  in  the  felde, 
 and  brought  them  home  vnto  his  mother  Lea. 
 Then  sayde  Rachel  vnto  Lea:  Geue  me  some 
 of  thy  sonnes  Madragoras.  She  answered : 
 Hast  thou  not  ynough  that  thou  hast  taken 
 awaye  my  huszbande,  but  wilt  take  awaye  my 
 sonnes  Mandragoras  also  ?  Rachel  saide  : 
 Wei,  let  him  lye  with  the  this  night  for  thy 
 sonnes  Mandragoras.  Now  whan  lacob  came 
 home  at  euen  from  the  felde.  Lea  wente  forth 
 to  mete  him,  and  sayde :  Thou  shalt  lye  with 
 me,  for  I  haue  bought  the  for  my  sonnes 
 Mandragoras. 
 
 And  he  slepte  with  her  that  night.  And 
 God  herde  Lea,  and  she  conceaued,  and  bare 
 
fo,  m* 
 
 Cfje  u  hokt  of  Mo^td* 
 
 Cftap.  mt 
 
 jr 
 
 lacob  the  fifth  sonne,  5  sayde :  God  hath  re- 
 warded me,  because  I  gaue  my  mayden  vnto 
 my  huszbande,  and  she  called  him  Isachar. 
 Lea  conceaued  yet  agayne,  and  bare  lacob 
 the  sixte  sonne,  and  sayde :  God  hath  endewed 
 me  with  a  good  dowry.  Now  wyll  my  husz- 
 bande dwell  with  me  agayne,  for  I  haue  borne 
 him  sixe  sonnes,  (S  she  called  him  Zabulon. 
 After  that  she  bare  a  doughter,  whom  she 
 called  *  Dina. 
 
 Neuertheles  God  thought  vpo  Rachel,  and 
 herde  her,  and  made  her  frutefull.  Then  she 
 conceaued,  and  bare  a  sonne,  and  sayde : 
 God  hath  taken  awaye  my  rebuke,  and  she 
 called  him  loseph,"  and  sayde  :  God  geue  me 
 yet  another  sonne. 
 
 Now  whan  Rachel  had  borne  loseph,  lacob 
 sayde  vnto  Laban :  *  Let  me  go,  5  departe  in 
 to  my  place  and  vnto  myne  owne  lande :  geue 
 me  my  wyues  and  my  children,  (for  the 
 which  I  haue  serued  the)  y  I  maye  go :  for 
 thou  knowest,  what  seruyce  I  haue  done  the. 
 Laban  sayde  vnto  him :  Can  1  not  fynde 
 fauoure  in  thy  sight?  I  perceaue,  that  God 
 "hath  blessed  me  for  thy  sake.  Appoynte 
 thou  the  rewarde,  y  I  shal  geue  the.  But  he 
 saide  vnto  him :  Thou  knowest  how  I  haue 
 serued  the,  and  what  maner  of  catell  thou 
 hast  vnder  me.  Thou  haddest  but  litle  afore 
 I  came  hither,  but  now  is  it  growne  in  to  a 
 multitude,  and  the  LORDE  hath  blessed  y 
 for  my  sake.  And  now  whan  shall  I  loke  to 
 myne  owne  house  also?  He  saide:  What 
 shal  I  then  geue  the  ? 
 
 lacob  sayde  :  Thou  shalt  geue  me  nothinge 
 at  all,  but  yf  thou  wilt  do  this  for  me  y  I 
 saye,  then  wyll  I  fede  and  kepe  thy  shepe 
 agayne.  I  wyll  go  thorow  all  thy  flockes  to 
 daye,  and  separate  thou  from  amonge  them 
 all  the  shepe  that  be  spotted  and  partye 
 coloured,  and  all  blacke  shepe  amonge  the 
 lambes.  Now  loke  what  shalbe  partie  coloured 
 and  spotted  amoge  the  kyddes,  the  same  shal 
 be  my  rewarde :  so  shal  my  righteousnes 
 testifie  with  me  to  daye  or  tomorow,  whan  it 
 cSmeth  vnto  my  rewarde  before  the,  so  that, 
 what  so  euer  is  not  spotted  and  partye  coloured 
 amonge  the  kyddes,  and  blacke  amoge  the 
 lambes,  let  that  be  theft  with  me. 
 
 Then  sayde  Laban :  Beholde,  let  it  be  so 
 as  thou  hast  sayde.  And  that  same  daye  he 
 sundered  out  the  speckled  and  partye  coloured 
 
 goates,  and  all  the  spotted  and  partye  coloured 
 kyddes  (where  there  was  eny  whyte  vpon 
 them)  and  all  that  was  black  amonge  the 
 lambes,  and  put  them  vnder  the  hande  of  his 
 children,  and  made  rowme  of  thre  dayes 
 ioumey  wyde  betwixte  him  and  lacob.  So 
 lacob  kepte  the  residue  of  Labans  flocke. 
 
 But  lacob  toke  staues  of  grene  wyllies, 
 hasell  and  of  chestnottrees,  and  pylled  whyte 
 strekes  in  them,  and  layed  the  staues  that  he 
 had  pylled,  in  the  drynkinge  troughes  before 
 the  flocke,  which  came  there  to  drynke,  that 
 they  shulde  conceaue,  whan  they  came  to 
 drynke.  So  the  flockes  conceaued  ouer  y 
 staues,  and  brought  forth  speckelde,  spotted 
 and  partye  coloured. 
 
 Then  lacob  parted  f  lambes,  and  put  them 
 to  the  flocke  vnto  the  spotted :  and  all  that 
 was  blacke  in  Labans  flocke,  that  put  he  \Tito 
 the  spotted.  And  he  made  him  a  flocke  of 
 his  owne,  which  he  put  not  vnto  Labans 
 flocke.  Neuertheles  in  the  first  buckynge 
 tyme  of  the  flockes,  he  layed  the  staues  in  the 
 drynkinge  troughes  before  the  eyes  of  the 
 flockes,  that  they  shulde  conceaue  ouer  the 
 staues.  But  in  the  latter  buckynge  tyme  he 
 layed  them  not  in.  So  the  later  were  Labans, 
 but  the  firstlinges  were  Jacobs.  Thus  the 
 man  became  exceadinge  riche,  so  that  he  had 
 many  shepe,  maydens  j  seruauntes.  Camels 
 and  Asses. 
 
 C^e  mi-  Cijapttr. 
 
 HE  herde  also  of  ^y-  wordes  of  Labans 
 children,  that  they  sayde :  lacob  hath 
 brought  all  oure  fathers  good  vnto  him  self,  j 
 of  oure  fathers  good  hath  he  gotten  these 
 riches.  And  lacob  behelde  Labans  counte- 
 naunce,  g  beholde,  it  was  not  towarde  him  as 
 yesterdaye  and  yeryesterdaye. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him :  ''  De- 
 parte agayne  to  thy  fatherlade,  and  to  thy 
 kynred,  I  wyll  be  with  the.  Then  sent  lacob 
 and  bad  call  Rachel  and  Lea  in  to  the  felde 
 to  his  flockes,  and  sayde  vnto  them:  I  se 
 youre  fathers  countenaunce,  that  it  is  not 
 towarde  me  like  as  yesterdaye  and  yeryester- 
 daye :  but  the  God  of  my  father  hath  bene 
 with  me.  And  ye  knowe,  that  I  haue  serued 
 youre  father  with  all  my  power. 
 
 And  he  hath  disceaued  me,  and  chaunged 
 my  wages  now  ten  tymes.     But  God  hath  not 
 
Cftap.  mi* 
 
 Cftt  u  hokt  of  iBog^sf, 
 
 So,  mi* 
 
 sufFred  him,  to  do  me  harme.  Yf  he  sayde  : 
 The  partye  coloured  shalbe  thy  rewarde,  then 
 the  whole  flocke  bare  partye  coloured.  Yf  he 
 sayde :  The  speckelde  shalbe  thy  rewarde, 
 the  the  whole  flocke  bare  speckelde.  Thus 
 hath  God  withdrawen  youre  fathers  goodes 
 from  him,  and  geuen  them  vnto  me.  For 
 whan  the  buckynge  tyme  came,  I  lift  vp  myne 
 eyes  and  sawe  in  a  dreame,  and  beholde,  the 
 rammes  leapte  vpon  the  flocke  that  was 
 speckelde,  spotted,  j  partye  coloured. 
 
 And  the  angel  of  God  sayde  vnto  me  in  a 
 dreame :  lacob.  And  I  answered :  here  am 
 I.  He  sayde :  lift  vp  thine  eyes,  and  be- 
 holde, the  rammes  leape  vpon  the  speckelde, 
 spotted,  and  partie  coloured  flocke :  for  I 
 haue  sene  all  y  Laban  doth  vnto  the.  I  am 
 f  God  at  *  Bethel,  where  thou  dyddest  anoynte 
 the  stone,  (j  maydest  a  vowe  there  vnto  me. 
 Get  the  vp  now,  %  departe  out  of  this  londe, 
 5  go  agayne  in  to  the  londe  of  thy  kynred. 
 
 Then  answered  Rachel  and  Lea,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  As  for  vs,  we  haue  no  porcion  ner 
 inheritaijce  more  in  oure  fathers  house,  j  he 
 hath  couted  vs  as  straiigers,  for  he  hath  solde 
 vs,  5  spent  vp  oure  wages.  Therfore  hath 
 God  withdraws  oure  fathers  riches  from  him 
 vnto  vs  (J  oure  children.  What  so  euer  now 
 God  hath  sayde  vnto  the,  that  do. 
 
 So  lacob  gat  vp,  and  set  his  children  and 
 wyues  vpon  Camels,  and  caried  awaye  all  his 
 catell  and  all  his  substaunce,  that  he  had 
 gotten  at  Mesopotamia,  y  he  might  come 
 vnto  Isaac  his  father  in  the  lande  of  Canaan. 
 Laba  was  gone  to  clyppe  his  flocke, "  and  Rachel 
 stale  hir  fathers  tyi^iages.  Thus  dyd  lacob 
 steale  awaie  y  hert  of  Laban  y  Syrian,  in 
 he  tolde  him  not  that  he  fled.  So  he  fled,  5  all 
 that  was  his,  gat  vp,  and  passed  ouer  the  water, 
 5  wente  straight  towarde  the  mount  Gilead. 
 
 Vpon  the  thirde  daye  it  was  tolde  Laban, 
 that  lacob  fled.  And  he  toke  his  brethre 
 vnto  him,  and  folowed  after  him  seuen  dayes 
 iourney,  and  ouertoke  him  vpon  the  mount 
 Gilead.  But  God  came  vnto  Laban  the 
 Syrian  in  a  dreame  by  night,  5  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Bewarre,  that  thou  speake  nothinge  to 
 lacob  but  good.  And  Laba  drew  nye  vnto 
 lacob.  As  for  lacob,  he  had  pytched  his  tente 
 vpon  the  mount.  And  Laban  with  his  brethre 
 pytched  his  tent  also  vpon  the  same  mount 
 Gilead. 
 
 •Gen.  as.  d.       "  Gen.  38.  b.  2  Re.  13.  e.       t  Gen.  33.  a. 
 
 Then  sayde  Laban  vnto  lacob :  What  hast 
 thou  done,  that  thou  hast  stollen  awaie  my 
 hert,  and  caried  awaye  my  doughters,  as 
 though  they  had  bene  taken  captyue  with  f 
 swerde  ?  Wherfore  keptest  thou  that  secrete, 
 that  thou  woldest  flye,  and  hast  stollen  awaye 
 fro  me,  and  toldest  me  not,  that  I  might  haue 
 brought  the  on  the  waye  with  myrth,  with 
 synginge,  with  tabrettes  and  harpes  ?  and  hast 
 not  suffred  me  to  kysse  my  children  and 
 doughters  ?  Thou  hast  done  foolishly,  and  so 
 moch  might  I  haue  made,  that  I  coude  haue 
 done  you  euell :  but  youre  fathers  God  saide 
 yesterdaye  vnto  me :  Bewarre,  that  thou 
 speake  nothinge  vnto  lacob  but  good.  And 
 for  so  moch  then  as  thou  woldest  nedes  de- 
 parte, and  longedest  sore  after  thy  fathers 
 house,  why  hast  thou  stollen  away  my  goddes? 
 
 lacob  answered  and  sayde  vnto  Laban :  I 
 was  afrayed,  that  thou  shuldest  haue  taken 
 away  thy  doughters  fro  me  :  but  loke  by  whom 
 thou  fyndest  thy  goddes,  let  the  same  dye 
 here  before  oure  brethren.  Seke  that  thine 
 is  by  me,  and  take  it  awaye.  (But  he  knew 
 not,  that  Rachel  had  stollen  them.)  Then 
 wente  Laban  in  to  Jacobs  tent  and  in  to  Leas 
 tent,  and  in  to  both  the  maydens  tetes,  and 
 founde  nothinge :  and  out  of  Leas  tente  he 
 wente  in  to  Rachels  tent.  Then  toke  Rachel 
 the  ymages,  and  layed  them  vnder  the  Camels 
 strawe,  and  sat  downe  vpon  them.  But  Laban 
 searched  the  whole  tent,  and  founde  nothinge. 
 Then  sayde  she  vnto  hir  father:  Be  not 
 angrie  my  lorde,  that  I  can  not  ryse  vp  vnto 
 the  :  for  it  goeth  with  me  after  the  maner  of 
 wemen.  So  he  sought,  and  founde  not  the 
 ymages. 
 
 And  lacob  was  wroth,  and  chode  with 
 Laban,  answered  (j  sayde  vnto  him:  What 
 haue  I  trespased  or  offended,  y  thou  art  so 
 whote  vpon  me  ?  Thou  hast  searched  all  my 
 housholde  stuffi  5  what  hast  thou  founde  of 
 thy  housholde  stuff'?  Laye  it  here  before  my 
 brethren  5  thyne,  y  they  maye  iudge  betwene 
 vs  both.  Twentye  yeare  haue  I  bene  with 
 the :  thy  shepe  g  goates  haue  not  bene  vn- 
 frutefull,  the  rammes  of  thy  flocke  haue  I  not 
 eaten  :  Loke  what  was  i  tome  of  beastes,  I 
 brought  it  not  vnto  y,  I  was  fayne  to  paie  it 
 my  self:  thou  requyredest  it  of  my  hande, 
 whether  it  were  stollen  fro  me  by  daye  or  by 
 night.    On  the  daye  tyme  the  heate  cosumed 
 
 {  Ex.  22.  b. 
 
So,  vnih 
 
 Cf)f  i.  bofei"  of  iHo£(f£(. 
 
 Cbap.  rrvtj. 
 
 dT 
 
 me,  and  the  frost  on  the  night,  and  my  slepe 
 departed  fro  myne  eyes. 
 
 Thus  haue  I  serued  twentye  yeare  in  thy 
 house,  fourtene  yeares  for  thy  doughters,  (j 
 sixe  for  thy  flocke,  and  ten  tjTiies  hast  thou 
 chaunged  my  rewarde :  rt  yf  the  God  of  my 
 father  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  tlie  feare  of 
 Isaac  had  not  bene  on  my  syde,  thou  had- 
 dest  latten  me  go  awaye  emptye.  But  God 
 hath  loked  vpon  myne  aduersite  and  laboure, 
 and  rebuked  the  yesterdaye. 
 
 Laban  answered  and  sayde :  The  dough- 
 ters are  my  doughters,  5  the  children  are  my 
 childre,  and  the  flockes  are  my  flockes,  5  all 
 that  thou  seist  is  myne.  What  can  I  do  this 
 daye  vnto  these  my  doughters,  or  to  their 
 children  whom  they  haue  borne  ?  Now  ther- 
 fore  come  on,  let  vs  make  a  couenaunt  (I  j 
 thou)  which  maye  be  a  wytnesse  betwene  me 
 and  the.  Then  toke  lacob  a  stone,  (t.  set  it 
 vp  (for  a  piler  or  markstone)  and  sayde  vnto 
 his  brethren  :  Gather  stones.  And  they  toke 
 the  stones,  and  made  an  heape,  5  ate  vpon 
 the  same  heape.  And  Laba  called  it  legar 
 Sahadutha,  but  lacob  called  it  Gilead :  (either 
 of  them  after  the  properte  of  his  language.) 
 
 Then  sayde  Laban :  *  This  heape  be  wyt- 
 nesse betwene  me  and  the  this  daye  (therfore 
 is  it  called  Gilead)  and  a  testimony,  for  he 
 sayde :  The  LORDE  loke  betwene  me  and 
 yf  whan  we  are  departed  f  one  from  y  other: 
 f,  thou  vexe  my  doughters,  or  take  other 
 wyues  vnto  them.  There  is  no  ma  with  vs, 
 but  lo,  God  is  the  wytnesse  betwene  me  and 
 the.  And  Laban  sayde  morouer  vnto  lacob: 
 Beholde,  this  is  the  heape,  and  this  is  the 
 marckstone  that  I  haue  set  vp  betwixte  me 
 and  the  :  the  same  heape  be  wytnesse,  and  the 
 same  marckstone  also  be  wytnesse,  yf  I  passe 
 ouer  vnto  the,  or  yf  thou  passe  ouer  this  heape 
 d  marckstone  vnto  me,  to  do  eny  harme.  The 
 God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Nahor,  and 
 the  God  of  their  fathers,  be  iudge  betwene  vs. 
 
 And  lacob  sware  vnto  him  by  the  feare  of 
 his  father  Isaac.  And  lacob  oSred  an  ofFerynge 
 vpon  the  mount,  and  called  his  brethre  to 
 eate  bred.  And  whan  they  had  eaten,  they 
 taried  vpon  the  mount  all  night.  But  \'pon 
 the  morow  Laban  rose  vp  early,  kyssed  his 
 childre  i  doughters,  (j  blessed  the,  5  departed, 
 and  came  agayne  vnto  his  place.  As  for 
 lacob,  he  wente  on  his  iourney,  5  the  angels 
 
 •  losu.  22.  f.  &  24.  f.         t  losu.  24.  a. 
 
 of  God  met  him.  And  whan  he  sawe  them, 
 he  sayde :  It  is  Gods  boost,  d  called  the  same 
 place  Mahanaim. 
 
 Cl)t  mH-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 IACOB  sent  messaungers  before  him  to  his 
 brother  Esau  tin  to  the  lande  of  Seir,  of 
 the  felde  of  Edom,  j  commaunded  the,  (t 
 sayde :  Saye  thus  vnto  my  lorde  Esau :  Thy 
 seruaunt  lacob  sendeth  y  this  worde :  I  haue 
 bene  out  with  Laban,  5  haue  bene  hither  to 
 amonge  stranngers,  (j  haue  oxen  g  Asses, 
 shepe,  seruauntes  5  maydes,  and  haue  sent 
 forth  to  shewe  it  the  my  lorde,  y  I  might 
 fynde  fauoure  in  thy  sight. 
 
 The  messaungers  came  agapie  \Tito  lacob, 
 and  sayde  :  We  came  vnto  thy  brother  Esau, 
 (J  he  commeth  forth  also  agaynst  the  with 
 foure  hundreth  men.  Then  was  lacob  sore 
 afrayed,  and  wyst  not  what  waye  to  turne  him 
 self,  s  deuyded  the  people  that  was  with  him, 
 and  the  shepe,  and  the  oxen,  (j  the  Camels  in 
 to  two  droues,  5  sayde :  Yf  Esau  come  vpon  the 
 one  droue,  and  smyte  it,  the  other  shal  escape. 
 
 lacob  sayde  morouer :  O  God  of  my  father 
 Abraha,  God  of  my  father  Isaac,  LORDE 
 thou  that  saydest  vnto  me  :  t  Departs  agayne 
 to  thine  owne  londe  and  to  thy  kjTired,  and  I 
 wyl  do  the  good :  I  am  to  litle  for  all  the 
 mercies  and  all  the  trueth  that  thou  hast 
 shewed  vnto  thy  seruaunt  (for  I  had  nomore 
 but  this  staff  whan  I  wente  ouer  this  lordan, 
 and  now  am  I  become  two  droues)  delyuer 
 me  from  y  hande  of  my  brother,  fro  the  hade 
 of  Esau,  for  I  am  afrayed  of  him,  lest  he  come 
 and  smyte  me  the  mother  with  the  children. 
 Thou  saydest :  I  wyll  do  the  good,  and  wyll 
 make  thy  sede  as  the  sonde  of  y  see,  which 
 can  not  be  nombred  for  multitude. 
 
 And  there  he  taried  that  night,  and  toke  ot 
 soch  as  came  to  hande,  "a  present  vnto  his 
 brother  Esau,  two  hudreth  she  goates,  twen- 
 tye he  goates,  two  hundreth  shepe,  twentye 
 rammes  and  thirtie  mylck  camels  with  their 
 foales,  fourtye  kyne,  ten  bullockes,  twentye 
 she  Asses  with  ten  foales,  and  put  them  in 
 the  handes  of  his  seruauntes,  euery  flock  by 
 them  selues,  5  sayde  vnto  them  :  Go  ye  forth 
 before  me,  3  put  a  space  betwixte  one  flocke 
 after  the  other,  and  commaunded  the  first 
 and  sayde : 
 
 When  my  brother  Esau  meteth  the,   and 
 
 i  Geu.  31.  b.        -  1  Re.  2.=..  c. 
 
cftnp.  rvni). 
 
 Cfte  I.  hoke  of  i¥lo0t6. 
 
 So,  mil). 
 
 IE 
 
 axeth  the  :  Whose  art  thou  ?  5  whyther  goest 
 thou  ?  and  whose  are  these  that  thou  dryuest 
 before  the  ?  Thou  shalt  saye :  They  be  thy 
 seruaunt  Jacobs,  which  sendeth  a  present  vnto 
 his  lorde  Esau,  and  commeth  behynde  vs 
 him  self. 
 
 Thus  commaunded  he  the  seconde  also, 
 and  the  thirde,  and  all  them  that  folowed  the 
 flockes,  and  sayde :  Like  as  I  haue  tolde  you, 
 so  speake  ye  vnto  Esau,  whan  ye  mete  him, 
 and  saye  vnto  him  also :  Beholde,  thy  seruaut 
 lacob  is  behynde  vs.  For  he  thought :  I  wyll 
 reconcyle  him  with  the  present  that  goeth  be- 
 fore me,  after  warde  wyll  I  se  him  my  self, 
 peraduenture  he  shall  receaue  me  to  grace. 
 
 So  the  present  wente  before  him,  but  he 
 taried  in  the  tente  the  same  night,  and  rose 
 vp  in  y  night,  and  toke  his  two  wyues  and  the 
 two  maydens  and  his  eleuen  sonnes,  and 
 wente  vnto  the  foorde  of  lacob,  toke  them 
 and  caried  them  ouer  the  water,  so  that  all 
 that  he  had  came  ouer,  and  taried  him  self 
 alone  on  this  syde. 
 
 Then  wrestled  there  a  man  with  him 
 vntyll  the  breake  of  y  daye.  And  whan  he 
 sawe  y  he  might  not  ouercome  him,  he  touched 
 the  senowe  of  his  thye,  and  y  senowe  of  his 
 thye  shrancke  in  wrestlinge  with  him.  And 
 he  sayde :  Let  me  go,  for  y  daye  breaketh  on. 
 But  he  answered :  I  will  not  let  y^  go,  excepte 
 thou  blesse  me.  He  sayde:  What  is  thy 
 name  ?  He  answered :  lacob.  He  sayde : 
 '  Thou  shalt  nomore  be  called  lacob,  but 
 Israel,  for  thou  hast  stryuen  with  God  and 
 with  men,  and  hast  preuayled.  And  lacob 
 axed  him,  5  sayde :  Tell  me,  what  is  thy 
 name  ?  But  he  sayde :  ^  Why  axest  thou  what 
 my  name  is?  And  he  blessed  him  there. 
 And  lacob  called  the  place  Peniel,  for  I  haue 
 sene  God  face  to  face,  (i  my  soule  is  recouered. 
 And  as  he  came  ouer  fro  Peniel,  y  Sonne 
 rose  vpo  him,  (j  he  halted  vpon  his  thye. 
 Therfore  eate  the  children  of  Israel  no  vane 
 vpon  the  senow  of  y^  thye  vnto  this  daye, 
 because  y  vane  vpon  the  senow  of  lacobs  thye 
 was  touched. 
 
 Ci^e  mii].  €{)apter. 
 
 IACOB  lift  vp  his  eyes,  s  sawe  his  brother 
 Esau  comynge  with  foure  hundreth  men  : 
 and  he  deuyded  his  children  vnto  Lea  vnto 
 Rachel,  and  to  both  the  maydes,  and  set  the 
 
 maydens  with  their  children  before,  and  Lea 
 with  hir  childre  after,  and  Rachel  with  loseph 
 hynder  most.  And  he  wente  before  them, 
 and  bowed  him  self  to  the  grounde  seuen 
 tymes,  tyll  he  came  to  his  brother.  *  But 
 Esau  ranne  to  mete  him,  and  enbraced  him, 
 and  fell  aboute  his  neck,  rt  kyssed  him,  and 
 wepte,  and  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  the 
 wyues  with  the  children,  and  sayde :  What 
 are  these  with  the  ?  He  answered  :  They  are 
 the  children,  which  God  hath  geuen  \iito  thy 
 seruaunt.  And  the  maydens  came  forth  with 
 their  children,  and  dyd  their  obeysaunce  vnto 
 him. 
 
 Lea  came  forth  also  with  hir  childre,  and 
 kneled  vnto  him.  Afterwarde  came  loseph 
 and  Rachel  forth,  and  kneled  vnto  him  like- 
 wyse.  And  he  sayde :  Wliat  meanest  thou 
 with  all  the  droue  that  I  met?  He  answered: 
 that  I  might  fynde  grace  in  the  sight  of  my 
 lorde.  Esau  sayde :  I  haue  ynough  my 
 brother,  kepe  that  thou  hast.  lacob  answered: 
 Oh  nay,  but  yf  I  haue  founde  grace  in  thy 
 sight,  receaue  my  present  of  my  hande  (for  I 
 sawe  thy  face,  ''as  though  I  had  sene  the  face 
 of  God)  and  be  at  one  with  me.  Take  this 
 present  in  good  worth,  that  I  haue  brought  y, 
 for  God  hath  geuen  it  me,  (j  I  haue  ynough  of 
 all  thinges.     So  he  compelled  him  to  take  it. 
 
 And  he  sayde :  Let  vs  go  on  and  take  oure 
 ioumey,  I  wyll  go  in  thy  company.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  him :  My  lorde,  thou  knowest  that 
 I  haue  tender  children  by  me,  and  small  and 
 greate  catell  also,  which  are  yet  but  yonge : 
 yf  they  shulde  be  dryue  ouer  in  one  daye, 
 the  whole  flocke  wolde  dye.  Let  my  lorde 
 go  on  before  his  seruaut.  I  wyll  dryue  after 
 fay  re  and  softly,  (there  after  as  the  catell  (t 
 the  children  can  go,)  tyll  I  come  to  my  lorde 
 in  Seir.  Esau  sayde  :  Yet  wil  I  leaue  some 
 of  my  people  with  the.  He  answered :  Wliat 
 nede  is  it?  Let  me  but  onely  fynde  grace  in 
 the  sight  of  my  lorde. 
 
 So  Esau  departed  againe  the  same  daye 
 towarde  Seir,  and  lacob  toke  his  ioumey  to- 
 warde  Sucoth,  and  buylded  him  an  house,  and 
 made  tetes  for  his  catell.  Therfore  is  the 
 place  called  Sucoth. 
 
 Afterwarde  came  lacob  peaceably  vnto  the 
 cite  of  Sichem,  which  lyeth  in  f  lande  of 
 Canaan,*  after  that  he  was  come  agayne  out 
 of  Mesopotamia,  and  pitched  before  the  cite, 
 
 •  Ge.  27.  g.       <>  2  Re.  19.  e.  Hest.  15.  b.       '  Gen.  28.  d. 
 
Jfo.  VHTiiij. 
 
 €\)t  I  Ijoke  of  iHosifsi. 
 
 Cftap.  miii}^ 
 
 "and  bought  a  pece  of  londe  of  the  children  o 
 Hemor  y  father  of  Sichem  for  *  an  hundreth 
 pens.  There  pitched  lie  his  tent,  and  there 
 he  set  vp  an  altare,  and  called  vpon  the  name 
 of  the  mightie  God  of  Israel. 
 
 Cijc  wiiij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 DIN  A  f  doughter  of  Lea,  which  she  bare 
 vnto  lacob,  wente  out  to  beholde  the 
 doughters  of  the  londe.  Whan  Sichem  the 
 Sonne  of  Hemor  the  Heuite  (which  was  lorde 
 of  the  lode)  sawe  her,  he  toke  her,  and  laye 
 with  her,  and  forced  her,  and  his  hert  hanged 
 vpon  her,  and  he  loued  y  damsell,  and  talked 
 louyngly  with  her,  and  spake  to  his  father 
 Hemor :  Get  me  this  mayden  to  wife. 
 
 And  lacob  vnderstode,  that  Dina  his 
 doughter  was  defyled,  and  his  sonnes  were 
 with  the  catell  in  the  felde,  and  lacob  helde 
 his  tonge  tyll  they  came.  Then  Hemor  the 
 father  of  Sichem  wente  forth  vnto  lacob  to 
 comen  with  him.  In  the  meane  season  came 
 lacobs  sonnes  from  y  felde.  And  whan  they 
 herde  it,  it  greued  the  men,  and  they  were 
 very  wroth,  that  he  had  wrought  foly  in  Israel, 
 and  lyen  with  lacobs  doughter:  for  so  was 
 not  the  vse  to  do. 
 
 Then  comened  Hemor  with  the,  and  sayde : 
 My  Sonne  Sichems  hert  longeth  for  youre 
 doughter,  O  geue  hir  him  to  wife :  make 
 frendshipe  with  vs,  geue  vs  youre  doughters, 
 and  take  ye  oure  doughters,  and  dwell  with 
 vs,  the  londe  shall  be  open  vnto  you,  dwell 
 and  occupie,  and  haue  youre  possessions 
 therin.  And  Sichem  sayde  vnto  hir  father 
 and  brethren  :  Let  me  fynde  grace  with  you : 
 loke  what  ye  appoynte  me,  I  will  geue  it : 
 requyre  the  dowrye  and  gift  of  me  hardely,  I 
 wyll  geue  it  acordinge  as  ye  wyll  axe,  onely 
 geue  me  the  damsell  to  wife. 
 
 Then  lacobs  sonnes  answered  Sichem  and 
 Hemor  his  father  (and  spake  disceatfully, 
 because  their  sister  Dina  was  defyled)  a  sayde 
 vnto  them:  That  can  we  not  do,  to  geue  oure 
 sister  to  an  vncircumcided  man :  for  that  were 
 a  shame  vnto  vs. 
 
 Neuertheles  we  wyll  consente  vnto  you,  yf 
 ye  wylbe  like  vnto  vs,  and  be  circumcided  as 
 many  as  are  males  amonge  you :  then  will  we 
 geue  you  oure  doughters,  and  take  youre 
 doughters  vnto  vs,  and  dwell  with  you,  and  be 
 one  people.     But  yf  ye  wyll  not  herken  vnto 
 
 '  losu.  24.  f.  •  Some  reade  :  an  hudreth  labes. 
 
 vs,  to  be  circumcided,  then  wyl  we  take  oure 
 doughter,  and  go  oure  waye. 
 
 These  wordes  pleased  Hemor  and  his  sonne 
 wel,  and  the  yonge  man  deferde  not  to  do  the 
 same,  for  he  had  lust  to  lacobs  doughter 
 and  he  was  holden  in  honoure  aboue  all  in 
 his  fathers  house.  Then  came  Hemor  and 
 Sichem  his  sonne  Mider  y  gate  of  cite,  and 
 comened  with  the  citisens  of  the  cite,  and 
 saide :  These  men  are  peaceable  with  vs,  and 
 will  dwell  in  the  lande  and  occupye :  now  is 
 the  londe  brode  of  both  the  sydes,  we  wyl 
 take  their  doughters  vnto  vs,  and  geue  them 
 oure  doughters. 
 
 But  then  wyll  they  consent  vnto  vs,  to 
 dwell  by  vs,  and  to  be  one  people  with  vs,  yf 
 we  circumcyse  all  the  men  children  amonge 
 vs,  like  as  they  are  circumcysed :  their  catell 
 and  goodes,  and  all  that  they  haue,  shal  be 
 ours,  yf  we  consent  vnto  them,  that  they 
 maye  dwel  with  vs. 
 
 And  they  herkened  vnto  Hemor  and  Sichem 
 his  sonne,  as  many  as  wente  out  and  in  at  y 
 gate  of  his  cite,  and  circumcided  all  the  males, 
 that  wente  out  and  in  at  his  cite.  And  vpon 
 the  thirde  daye  (whan  it  was  panefull  to  them) 
 *the  two  sonnes  of  lacob  Simeon  and  Leui 
 Dinas  brethren,  toke  euery  man  his  swerde, 
 and  wente  boldly  in  to  the  cite,  +and  slew  all 
 the  males,  and  slew  Hemor  also  and  Sichem 
 his  Sonne  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and 
 toke  their  sister  Dina  out  of  Sichems  house, 
 and  wente  their  waye. 
 
 Then  came  lacobs  sonnes  ouer  the  slayne, 
 and  spoyled  the  cite  (because  they  had  defyled 
 their  sister)  and  toke  their  shepe,  oxen.  Asses, 
 and  what  so  euer  was  in  the  cite  and  in  the 
 londe,  and  all  maner  of  goodes :  All  their 
 children  and  wyues  toke  they  captyue,  and 
 spoyled  all  y  was  in  the  houses. 
 
 And  lacob  sayde  vnto  Symeon  and  Leui : 
 Ye  haue  brought  it  so  to  passe,  y  I  stynke  be- 
 fore the  inhabiters  of  this  lande,  y  Cananites 
 and  Pheresites,  5  I  am  but  a  small  nombre  : 
 Yf  they  gather  them  selues  now  together 
 against  me,  they  shal  slaye  me,  so  shal  I  be 
 destroyed  with  my  house.  But  they  answered: 
 Shulde  they  the  deale  with  oure  sister  as  with 
 an  whoore  ? 
 
 AND  God  sayde  vnto  lacob:  Get  the  vp, 
 and  go  vnto  Bethel,  5  dwell  there,  and 
 
 I 
 
Cftap»  OTfai. 
 
 CI)e  u  hokt  of  iHosi^si. 
 
 So,  jr^b. 
 
 make  there  an  altare  vnto  the  God,  that 
 appared  vnto  the,  *whan  thou  fleddest  from 
 thy  brother  Esau.  Then  sayde  lacob  vnto 
 his  housholde  and  to  all  y  were  with  him : 
 Put  awaye  from  you  y  straunge  tgoddes,  that 
 are  amonge  you,  and  dense  youre  selues,  and 
 chaunge  youre  clothes,  and  let  vs  get  vp,  and 
 go  vnto  Bethel,  that  I  maye  there  make  an 
 altare  vnto  the  God,  "which  herde  me  in  the 
 tyme  of  my  trouble,  and  hath  bene  with  me  in 
 the  waye  that  I  haue  gone. 
 
 Then  gaue  they  him  all  the  straunge  goddes 
 that  were  vnder  their  handes,  and  their 
 ear)Tiges,  and  he  buried  them  vnder  an  Oke 
 that  stode  besyde  Sichem,  5  departed.  And 
 there  came  a  feare  of  God  vpon  the  cities  that 
 laye  roude  aboute,  so  that  they  folowed  not 
 after  y  sonnes  of  lacob.  So  came  lacob  vnto 
 Lus  in  y  lande  of  Canaan  (which  is  called 
 Bethel)  and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
 him,  and  there  he  buylded  an  altare,  and 
 called  y  place  Bethel,  because  the  LORDE 
 appeared  vnto  him  there,  whan  he  fled  from 
 his  brother.  Then  dyed  tDebora  Rebeccas 
 norse,  and  was  buried  beneth  Bethel  vnder  the 
 Oke,  and  it  was  called  the  Oke  of  lamentacion. 
 
 *  And  God  appeared  agayne  vnto  lacob,  after 
 that  he  was  come  out  of  Mesopotamia,  and 
 blessed  him,  ij  saide  vnto  him  :  ■■  Thou  art 
 called  lacob,  neuertheles  thou  shalt  nomore 
 be  called  lacob,  but  Israel  shal  be  thy  name. 
 And  so  was  he  called  Israel. 
 
 And  God  sayde  vnto  him :  §  I  am  the  AU 
 mightie  God,  be  frutefuU  and  multiplye :  peo- 
 ple and  a  multitude  of  people  shal  come  of 
 the,  and  II  kynges  shall  come  out  of  thy  loynes : 
 and  the  lande  that  I  gaue  vnto  Abraham  and 
 Isaac,  wyll  I  geue  vnto  the,  5  wyl  geue  it  vnto 
 thy  sede  after  the.  So  God  departed  from 
 him,  from  f  place  where  he  talked  with  him. 
 And  lacob  set  vp  a  piler  of  stone,  in  the  place 
 where  he  talked  with  him,  5  poured  drynk- 
 ofFerynges  theron,  and  poured  oyle  vpon  it. 
 And  lacob  called  ^y-  place  where  God  talked 
 with  him,  Bethel. 
 
 And  he  departed  from  Bethel :  and  whan 
 he  was  yet  a  felde  brode  from  Ephrath,  Rachel 
 traueyled,  (j  the  byrth  came  harde  vpon  hir. 
 But  whan  she  had  soch  payne  in  trauelynge, 
 f  myd  wife  sayde  vnto  her :  ''feare  not,  for  thou 
 
 •  Ge.  28.  b.        t  Ge.  31.  . 
 i.  g.  »  Ose  12.  a. 
 
 Ge.  17.  a.  11  Mat.  1.  a. 
 
 «  Ge.  28.  d.  t  Gen. 
 Gen.  32.  e.  3  Re.  18.  d. 
 ■*  1  Re.  4.  d.  '  Gen. 
 
 shalt  haue  this  sonne  also.  But  as  hir  soule 
 was  departynge,  y  she  must  dye,  she  called 
 him  Ben  Oni:  neuertheles  his  father  called 
 111  Be  lamin.  'So  Rachel  died,  5  was  buried 
 in  the  waye  towarde  Ephrath,  which  now  is 
 called  Bethlehe.  And  lacob  set  vp  a  piller 
 vpon  hir  graue,  there  is  Rachels  grauestone 
 vnto  this  daye.  And  Israel  departed,  and 
 pitched  his  tent  beyonde  the  tower  of  IT  Eder. 
 
 And  it  chaunsed,  that  when  Israel  dwelt  in 
 that  londe,  Ruben  wente  **  and  laye  with  Bilha 
 his  fathers  concubyne,  and  that  came  to  Israels 
 eares. 
 
 And  lacob  had  twolue  sonnes.  The  sonne 
 of  Lea  were  these :  Ruben  lacobs  first  borne 
 sonne,  Simeon,  Leui,  luda,  Isachar,  (j  Zabulo. 
 The  sonnes  of  Rachel,  were  loseph  and  Ben 
 lamin.  The  sonnes  of  Bilha  Rachels  mayde : 
 Dan,  and  Nepthali.  The  sonnes  of  Silpa 
 Leas  mayde :  Gad  and  Aser.  These  are  y 
 sonnes  of  lacob,  which  were  borne  vnto  him 
 in  Mesopotamia.  And  he  came  to  his  father 
 Isaac  to  Mamre  in  to  the  head  cite  which  is 
 called  Hebron,  where  in  Abraha  5  Isaac  were 
 straiigers.  And  Isaac  was  an  hundreth  5  foure 
 score  yeare  olde,  (t  fell  sicke,  and  dyed,  5  was 
 gathered  vnto  his  people,  whan  he  was  olde, 
 g  had  lyued  ynough  :  and  his  sonnes  Esau  j 
 lacob  buried  him. 
 
 Wi)t  rrvbi.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  generacio  of  Esau,  which  is 
 called  Edom.  Esau  toke  wyues  of  the 
 doughters  of  Canaan,  tt  Ada  the  doughter  of 
 Elo  the  Hethite :  tt  Ahalibama  the  doughter 
 of  Ana,  the  childes  childe  of  Zibeon  the 
 Heuyte :  And  Basmath  ti  Ismaels  doughter, 
 the  sister  of  Nebaioth.  And  Ada  bare  Eliphas 
 vnto  Esau.  Basmath  bare  Reguel.  Ahali- 
 bama bare  leus,  laelam,  5  Korah.  These 
 are  the  childre  of  Esau,  y  were  borne  vnto 
 him  in  the  lande  of  Canaan. 
 
 And  Esau  toke  his  wiues  sonnes  j  dough- 
 ters, and  all  the  soules  of  his  house,  his  sub- 
 staunce,  and  all  the  catell  with  all  the  goodes 
 that  he  had  gotten  in  the  lande  of  Canaan, 
 and  wente  in  to  a  countre  awaye  fro  his  bro- 
 ther lacob :  for  their  substaunce  was  so  greate, 
 that  they  coude  not  dwell  together :  and  the 
 londe  wherin  they  were  straungers,  might  not 
 
 H  Mich.  4.  b.        *' 
 tt  Ge.  : 
 
 Ge.  49. 
 8.  b. 
 
 tt  Ge.  27.  a. 
 
jTo.  WTbi. 
 
 Cl)f  I.  bofec  of  i¥lo6fs» 
 
 Cijaj],  rvrbij. 
 
 holde  them  because  of  their  goodes.  So  Esau 
 dwelt  vpon  mount  Seir.    And  Esau  is  Edom. 
 
 This  is  y  generacio  of  Esau,  of  who  are 
 come  f  Edomites  vpon  y  mount  Seir.  And 
 these  are  f  names  of  the  childre  of  Esau : 
 Eliphas  y  sonne  of  Ada  Esaus  wife :  Reguel  y 
 Sonne  of  Basmath  Esaus  wife :  The  sonnes  of 
 Eliphas  were  these  :  Theman,  Omar,  Zepho, 
 Gaetham  a  Kenas.  And  *Thimna  was  a 
 concubyne  of  Elyphas  y  sonne  of  Esau,  and 
 bare  him  Amaleck.  These  are  f  children  of 
 Ada  Esaus  wyfe. 
 
 The  children  of  Reguel  are  these  :  Nahath, 
 Serah,  Samma,  Misa.  These  are  the  children 
 of  Basmath  Esaus  wfe. 
 
 The  children  of  Ahalibama  Esaus  wife,  the 
 doughter  of  Ana,  that  was  the  childes  childe 
 of  Zibeon  (which  she  bare  vnto  Esau)  are 
 these :  leus,  laelam  and  Korah. 
 
 These  are  the  prynces  amoge  the  childre  of 
 Esau.  The  children  of  Eliphas  the  first  sonne 
 of  Esau,  were  these :  The  prynce  Theman,  y 
 prynce  Omar,  the  prynce  Zepho,  the  prynce 
 Kenas,  the  prynce  Korah,  the  prynce  Gaethan, 
 the  prynce  Amaleck.  These  are  the  prynces 
 of  Eliphas  in  the  lade  of  Edo,  and  are  the 
 children  of  Ada. 
 
 And  these  are  the  children  of  Reguel  Esaus 
 sonne :  y  prynce  Nahath,  y  prynce  Serah,  y 
 prynce  Sama,  f  prynce  Misa.  These  are  y 
 prynces  of  Reguel  in  y  londe  of  f  Edomites, 
 (J  they  are  y  children  of  Basmath  Esaus  wife. 
 These  are  the  children  of  Ahalibama  Esaus 
 wife  :  The  prynce  leus,  y  prince  laelam,  the 
 prynce  Korah.  These  are  the  prynces  of 
 Ahalibama,  f  doughter  of  Ana  Esaus  wife. 
 These  are  y  childre  of  Esau  and  their  princes. 
 He  is  Edom.  The  children  of  Seir  y  Horite 
 y  dwelt  in  the  londe,  are  these:  Lothan,  Sobal, 
 Zibeon,  Ana,  Dison,  Ezer  (j  Disan.  These 
 are  the  prynces  of  the  Horites,  all  children  of 
 Seir  in  the  londe  of  Idumea.  But  f  childre 
 of  Lothan  were  these :  Hori,  (j  Hema,  5 
 Lothas  sister  was  called  tThimna. 
 
 The  children  of  Sobal  were  these :  Alua, 
 Manahat,  Ebal,  Sepho  5  Ona.  The  childre 
 of  Zibeo  were  :  Aia  5  Ana.  This  is  the  same 
 Ana  y  foude  t  Mules  in  f  wyldernes,  whii  he 
 kepte  his  fathers  Zibeons  Asses.  The  children 
 of  Ana  were :  Dison :  5  Ahalibama,  J  is  f 
 doughter  of  Ana.  The  childre  of  Dison  were 
 Hemdan,    Eszban,    lethra  5   Charan.      The 
 
 children  of  Ezer  were:  Bilhan,  Seaua,  5  Ackan. 
 The  children  of  Disan  were:  Vz  5  Aran. 
 
 These  are  y  prices  of  y  Horites  :  The  prince 
 Lothan,  y  prynce  Sobal,  y  prynce  ZibeS,  f 
 prynce  Ana,  y  prynce  Dison,  y  prince  Ezer, 
 y  prynce  Disan.  These  are  the  prynces  of 
 the  Horites,  which  ruled  in  f  londe  of  Seir. 
 
 "The  kynges  that  reigned  in  the  londe  of 
 Edumea  (before  the  childre  of  Israel  had  eny 
 kynge)  are  these  :  Bela  y  sonne  of  Beor  was 
 kynge  in  Edumea,  a  f  name  of  his  cite  was 
 Dinhaba.  And  wha  Bela  died,  lobab  f  sonne 
 of  Serah  of  Bosra  was  kinge  in  his  steade. 
 When  lobab  dyed,  Husam  out  of  f  lode  of 
 the  Themanites  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 Whan  Husam  dyed,  Hadad  y  sonne  of  Bedad 
 (which  slewe  y  Madianites  in  y  Moabites  felde) 
 was  kinge  in  his  steade,  g  the  name  of  his  cite 
 was  Auith.  Whan  Hadad  dyed,  Samla  of 
 Masreck  was  kinge  in  his  steade.  Wha  Samla 
 died,  Saul  of  Rehoboth  by  y  water  syde,  was 
 kinge  in  his  steade.  Whan  Saul  dyed,  Baal 
 Hana  the  sonne  of  Achbor  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  Wha  Baal  Hana  the  sonne  of  Achbor 
 dyed,  Hadad  was  kinge  in  his  steade,  5  the 
 name  of  his  cite  was  Pagu,  (t  his  wifes  name 
 was  Mehet  Abeel,  the  doughter  of  Matred, 
 the  doughter  of  Mesahab.  Thus  are  the 
 princes  of  Esau  called  in  their  kynrcds,  places 
 (J  names  :  The  prynce  Thymna,  f  prynce 
 Alua,  y  prjnice  letheth,  the  prynce  Ahali- 
 bama, the  prjTice  Ela,  the  prynce  Pynon,  the 
 prynce  Kenas,  y  prynce  Theman,  y  prince 
 Mibzar,  the  prince  Magdiel,  y  prynce  Ira. 
 These  are  the  prynces  in  Edumea,  like  as 
 they  dwelt  in  y  lade  of  their  possessions.  And 
 Esau  is  y  father  of  y  Edomites. 
 
 1!L't)t  m-bi).  Ci)apter. 
 
 IACOB  dwelt  in  y  lande,  wherin  his  father 
 was  a  straunger,  namely  in  the  lade  of 
 Canaa.  And  these  are  f  generacios  of  lacob. 
 Joseph  was  seuctene  yeare  olde,  wha  he  be- 
 came a  keper  of  the  catell  with  his  brethren, 
 5  the  lad  was  with  the  children  of  Bilha  (t 
 Silpa  his  fathers  wyues,  and  tolde  their  father 
 of  y  euell  reporte  y  was  of  the.  Israel  loued 
 loseph  more  the  all  his  childre  because  he 
 had  begotte  him  in  his  olde  age,  and  he  made 
 him  a  cote  of  many  coloures. 
 
 Now  wha  his  brethre  sawe,  y  his  father 
 loued  him  more  the  all  his  brethre,  they  had 
 
Cfiap.  m^iij* 
 
 €l)t  u  hoht  of  i^losesi. 
 
 ;fo.  mtij. 
 
 euell  wyll  at  him,  j  coude  not  speake  a  fredly 
 worde  vnto  hi.  *  Joseph  also  had  once  a 
 dreame,  and  tolde  his  brethre  therof.  The 
 hated  they  him  y  more,  for  he  sayde:  Heare 
 I  praye  you  what  I  dreamed.  Me  thought 
 we  were  byndinge  sheeues  vpo  f  felde,  (t  my 
 shefe  arose,  and  stode  vp,  and  youre  sheeues 
 rounde  aboute  made  obeysaunce  vnto  my  shefe. 
 
 Then  sayde  his  brethre  vnto  him:  Shalt 
 thou  be  oure  kinge,  and  haue  domynio  ouer 
 vs  ?  And  they  hated  him  yet  y  more,  be- 
 cause of  his  dreame,  5  his  wordes.  And  he 
 had  yet  another  dreame,  which  he  tolde  his 
 brethre,  3  saide ;  Beholde,  I  had  yet  another 
 dreame :  Me  thought  y  Sonne  5  y  Moone  5 
 eleuen  starres  made  obeisauce  to  me.  And 
 wha  this  was  tolde  his  father  and  his  brethre, 
 his  father  reproued  him,  5  sayde  vnto  him: 
 What  maner  of  dreame  is  this,  y  thou  hast 
 dreamed  ?  Shall  I  (t  thy  mother,  5  thy  bre- 
 thren come  5  fall  before  f  vpon  the  groiide  ? 
 And  his  brethre  had  envie  at  him.  But  his 
 father  marcked  this  sayenge. 
 
 Now  wha  his  brethren  were  gone  forth  to 
 kepe  their  fathers  catell  in  Siche,  Israel  sayde 
 vnto  loseph :  Do  not  thy  brethren  kepe  the 
 catell  in  Sichem?  Come,  I  wil  sende  the 
 \'nto  the.  He  answered  :  t  Here  am  I.  And 
 he  sayde  :  Go  thy  waye,  and  loke  whether  it 
 be  well  with  thy  brethren  and  with  y  catell, 
 and  brynge  me  worde  agayne  how  it  is.  And 
 he  sent  him  out  of  the  valley  of  Hebron,  to  go 
 vnto  Sichem. 
 
 Then  a  certayne  man  founde  him,  wan- 
 dringe  out  of  his  waye  in  the  felde,  which 
 axed  him,  and  sayde :  Whom  sekest  thou  ?  He 
 answered :  I  seke  my  brethren :  tell  me  I  pray 
 the  where  they  kepe.  The  man  sayde :  They 
 are  gone  from  hence,  for  I  herde  them  saye : 
 let  vs  go  vnto  Dothan.  Then  folowed  loseph 
 after  his  brethren,  and  founde  them  at  Dothan. 
 
 Now  whan  they  sawe  him  a  farre  of,  afore 
 he  came  at  the,  they  deuysed  to  sleye  him, 
 and  sayde  one  to  another:  Lo,  there  c5meth 
 the  dreamer,  t  come  on,  and  let  vs  sley  him, 
 U  cast  him  in  a  pytt,  and  saye :  a  wicked  beast 
 hath  deuoured  him  :  the  shal  it  be  sene,  what 
 his  dreames  are. 
 
 When  Ruben  herde  that,  he  wolde  haue 
 delyuered  him  out  of  their  handes,  5  sayde : 
 §  O   let  vs  not  sley  a  soule.     Ruben  sayde 
 
 *  Gen.  42.  a.  1 1  Reg.  3.  d.  {  Matt.  21.  d.  Mar. 
 12.  a.     Luc.  20.  b.  ^  Gen.  42.  c.  "  Act.  7.  b. 
 
 morouer  vnto  him  :  Shed  no  bloude,  but  cast 
 him  in  to  this  pytt  y  is  in  the  wyldernes,  (t 
 laye  ye  no  hades  vpon  him.  (He  wolde  haue 
 delyuered  him  out  of  their  hades,  y  he  might 
 haue  brought  him  agapie  vnto  his  father.) 
 
 Whan  loseph  now  came  to  his  brethre, 
 they  strj'ped  him  out  of  his  cote,  that  partye 
 coloured  cote  which  he  had  vpon  him,  (j  toke 
 him  and  cast  him  in  to  a  pytt.  But  the  same 
 pytt  was  emptye,  and  no  water  in  it,  3,  they 
 sat  them  downe  to  eate.  In  the  meane  season 
 they  lift  vp  their  eyes,  and  sawe  a  copany  of 
 Ismaelites  comjTige  from  Gilead,  with  their 
 camels,  which  bare  spyces,  balme,  and  myrre, 
 and  were  goinge  downe  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Then  saide  luda  vnto  his  brethre  :  what 
 helpeth  it  vs,  that  we  sleye  oure  brother,  and 
 hyde  his  bloude  ?  Come,  let  vs  sell  him  vnto 
 the  Ismaelites,  that  oure  handes  be  not  de- 
 fyled  vpon  him,  for  he  is  oure  brother,  oure 
 flesh  and  bloude.  And  they  herkened  vnto  him. 
 
 And  as  the  Madianites  marchaunt  men 
 wente  by,  they  drew  loseph  out  of  the  pytt, 
 "  and  solde  him  vnto  the  Ismaelites  (for  twetye 
 syluer  pens)  which  brought  him  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Now  whan  Ruben  came  agayne  vnto  the 
 pytt,  (J  founde  not  loseph  therin,  he  rent  his 
 clothes,  and  came  agayne  to  his  brethre  and 
 sayde :  The  lad  is  not  yonder,  whyther  shal  I 
 go  ?  Then  toke  they  losephs  cote  ij  slewe  a 
 goate,  and  dypped  the  cote  in  y  bloude,  and 
 sent  awaye  that  partie  coloured  cote,  and 
 caused  it  be  brought  vnto  their  father  and 
 sayde  :  This  haue  we  founde,  loke,  whether  it 
 be  thy  sonnes  coate,  or  no. 
 
 But  he  knewe  it,  and  sayde:  It  is  my  sonnes 
 coate,  II  a  wicked  beast  hath  deuoured  him,  a 
 rauyshinge  beast  hath  rauyshed  loseph.  And 
 lacob  rete  his  clothes,  and  put  a  sack  cloth 
 aboute  his  loynes,  5  mourned  for  his  sonne  a 
 longe  season.  And  all  his  sonnes  it  doughters 
 came  vnto  him  to  coforte  him.  But  he  wolde 
 not  be  coforted,  (t  saide  :  With  sorowe  wil  I 
 go  downe  in  to  the  graue  vnto  my  sonne. 
 And  his  father  wepte  for  him.  But  the  Ma- 
 dianites ''solde  him  in  Egipte  vnto  Potiphar 
 Pharaos  chefe  Marshall. 
 
 I 
 
 Ci)t  vrrbii).  Cljapttr. 
 T  fortuned  at  the  same  time,  y  luda  wente 
 downe  fro  his  brethren,  5  gat  him  to  a  man 
 
 II  Ge.  44.  d.  »  Psa.  104.  c. 
 
fQ,  m^% 
 
 Cfte  u  Ijofee  of  iltosftsi. 
 
 Cftap.  mix* 
 
 called  Hyra  at  Odollam.  And  there  luda 
 sawe  a  xai\  of  Canaas  doughter  called  Sua, 
 and  toke  her.  And  whc  he  had  lyen  with 
 her,  she  conceaued  and  bare  a  sonne,  whom 
 she  called  Er. 
 
 And  she  conceaued  agayne,  j  bare  a  sonne 
 who  she  called  Ona.  She  proceaded  yet 
 further,  j  bare  a  sonne,  wh5  she  called  Sela. 
 And  wha  she  had  borne  him,  she  left  of 
 bearinge. 
 
 And  luda  gaue  his  first  sonne  Er  a  wife, 
 whose  name  was  Thamar.  But  he  was  wicked 
 before  the  LORDE,  therfore  the  LORDE 
 slew  him.  Then  sayde  luda  vnto  his  sonne 
 Onan  :  Go  lie  with  thy  brothers  wife,  and 
 marye  thyself  with  her,  that  thou  mayest  rayse 
 vp  sede  vnto  thy  brother.  But  when  Onan 
 knewe  that  the  sede  "  shulde  not  be  his  owne, 
 whan  he  laye  with  his  brothers  wife,  he  let  it 
 fall  vpon  the  earth  and  destroyed  it,  y  he 
 shulde  not  geue  sede  vnto  his  brother.  This 
 thinge  that  he  dyd  displeased  the  LORDE 
 sore,  and  he  slewe  him  also. 
 
 Then  sayde  ludas  vnto  Thamar  his  sonnes 
 \^'yfe.  Remayne  a  wyddow  in  thy  fathers 
 house,  tyll  my  sonne  Sela  be  gi-owne  :  for  he 
 thought :  peraduenture  he  might  dye  also  like 
 as  his  brethren.  So  Thamar  wente  hir  waye, 
 and  remained  in  hir  fathers  house.  Now  wha 
 many  dayes  were  past,  y  doughter  of  Sua 
 ludas  wife  dyed.  And  whan  luda  had  left 
 moumynge,  he  wente  vp  vnto  Thimnath  *  to 
 clyppe  his  shepe  with  his  shepherde  Hyra  of 
 Odollam. 
 
 Then  was  it  tolde  Thamar:  beholde,  thy 
 father  in  lawe  goeth  vp  vnto  Thimnath,  to 
 clyppe  his  shepe.  Tlien  put  she  of  y  wyd- 
 dowes  garmentes  that  she  had  vpon  her, 
 couered  and  dysgj'sed  hir  self,  5  sat  hir  downe 
 without  the  porte  by  the  waye  syde  towarde 
 Thymnath.  For  she  sawe  that  Sela  was 
 growne,  and  she  was  not  geuen  vnto  him  to 
 wife. 
 
 Now  whan  luda  sawe  her,  he  thought  it 
 had  bene  an  whoore,  for  she  had  couered  hir 
 face :  and  he  gat  him  to  her  in  the  waye,  and 
 saide :  I  praye  the  let  me  lye  with  the,  for  he 
 knewe  not  that  it  was  his  doughter  in  lawe. 
 She  answered :  What  wilt  thou  geue  me,  that 
 thou  mayest  lie  with  me  ?  He  sayde  :  I  wil 
 sende  the  a  kydd  from  the  flocke.  She 
 answered  :  Geue  me  a  pledge  then,  tyll  thou 
 
 »  Deut.  25.  ii.  'Ge.  31.C.     2  Re.  13.  e. 
 
 sende  it  me.  He  sayde  :  Wliat  pledge  wUt 
 thou  that  I  geue  the  ? 
 
 She  answered  :  Thy  signet,  and  thy  brace- 
 let, and  thy  staff  that  thou  hast  in  thy  hade. 
 Then  he  gaue  it  her,  and  laye  with  her,  and 
 she  was  with  childe  of  him.  And  she  gat  hir 
 vp,  and  wente  hir  waye,  and  layed  of  hir  cloke, 
 and  put  on  hir  %vyddowes  garmetes  agajTie. 
 
 luda  sent  the  kydd  by  his  shepherde  of 
 Odolla,  to  fetch  the  pledge  agayne  from  the 
 woman,  and  he  founde  her  not.  Then  axed 
 he  the  men  of  the  same  place,  5  sayde  :  Where 
 is  the  whoore  y  sat  without  in  the  waye  ? 
 They  answered :  There  hath  no  whoore  bene 
 here.  And  he  came  agayne  vnto  luda,  and 
 saide :  I  haue  not  founde  her,  morouer  f  men 
 of  the  same  place  saide :  that  there  hath  no 
 whoore  bene  there.  luda  sayde :  Let  her 
 take  it  vnto  her,  lest  we  happly  be  shamed, 
 for  I  haue  sent  the  kydd,  and  thou  hast  not 
 founde  her. 
 
 After  thre  monethes  it  was  tolde  luda: 
 Thamar  thy  doughter  in  lawe  hath  plaied  the 
 whoore:  and  beholde,  by  whordome  is  she 
 gotten  with  childe.  luda  sayde :  brynge  her 
 forth,  that  she  maye  be  brent.  And  whan  she 
 was  brought  forth,  she  sent  vnto  hir  father  in 
 lawe,  and  sayde :  By  the  man  y  oweth  these, 
 am  I  with  childe.  And  she  sayde  :  Knowest 
 thou  whose  is  this  signet,  this  bracelet  5  this 
 staff.'*  luda  knewe  the,  5  sayde  :  She  is 
 more  righteous  the  I,  for  I  gaue  hir  not  my 
 sonne  Sela :  But  he  laye  nomore  with  her. 
 
 Whan  the  tyme  came  that  she  shulde  be 
 delyuered,  there  were  two  twyns  founde  in  hir 
 wombe.  And  as  she  was  now  in  trauelynge, 
 the  one  put  out  his  hande.  Then  the  mydwife 
 toke  and  boiide  a  reed  threde  aboute  it,  and 
 saide :  This  shal  come  out  first.  But  whan 
 he  pluckte  in  his  hande  agayne,  his  brother 
 came  forth.  And  she  sayde :  Wherfore  is 
 there  a  rent  mayde  for  thy  sake  ?  And  he  was 
 called  *■  Phares.  Afterwarde  came  his  brother 
 forth,  which  had  f  reed  threde  aboute  his 
 hande,  and  he  was  called  Zarah. 
 
 Ci)c  rrviv-  Ci)aptn:. 
 
 IOSEPH  was  brought  downe  in  to  Egipte, 
 (J  Potiphar  an  Egipciii  '  Pharaos  chefe 
 marshall  bought  him  of  f  Ismaelites,  y  brought 
 him  downe.  And  y  LORDE  was  with  Joseph, 
 in  so  moch  y  he  became  a  luckye  ma,  (j  was 
 
 t  1  Para.  2.  a.     Matt.  1.  ii.  »  Gen.  37.  f. 
 
Cftap.  vl 
 
 Cfte  u  bokt  of  iHoSfsi. 
 
 #o«  VJ:):ij:* 
 
 in  his  master  y-  Egipcians  house.  And  his 
 master  sawe  y  the  LORDE  was  with  him : 
 for  what  so  euer  he  dyd,  the  LORDE  made 
 it  to  prospere  in  his  hade:  so  y  he  founde 
 fauoure  in  his  masters  sight,  5  was  his  ser- 
 uaunt.  He  made  him  ruler  of  his  house,  and 
 put  all  that  he  had,  vnder  his  hande.  And 
 from  the  tyme  forth  that  he  had  made  him 
 ruler  of  his  house  and  all  his  goodes,  y 
 LORDE  blessed  the  Egipcians  house  for 
 Josephs  sake  :  and  there  was  nothynge  but 
 the  very  blessynge  of  the  LORDE  in  all  y 
 he  had  in  y  house  (j  in  the  felde,  thei-fore  lett 
 lie  all  y  he  had,  in  Josephs  hande.  And 
 medled  with  nothinge  himself,  saue  onely 
 the  bred  that  he  ate.  And  Joseph  was  fayre 
 of  bewtye,  and  well  fauoured  of  face. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  after  these  actes,  that  his 
 masters  wife  cast  hir  eyes  vpon  Joseph,  and 
 sayde  :  Slepe  with  me.  But  he  denyed,  and 
 saide  vnto  her :  Beholde,  my  master  knoweth 
 not  what  is  in  y  house,  and  all  that  he  hath, 
 that  hath  he  put  vnder  my  hande.  And  there 
 is  no  man  so  greate  in  the  house  as  J,  and  he 
 hath  kepte  nothinge  fro  me,  excepte  the :  for 
 thou  art  his  wife.  How  shulde  I  then  do  so 
 greate  euell,  and  syime  agaynst  God  ?  But 
 she  spake  soch  wordes  vnto  Joseph  daylie. 
 Neuertheles  he  herkened  not  vnto  her,  to 
 slepe  by  her,  or  to  be  in  her  company. 
 
 It  fonuned  vpon  a  tyme,  that  Joseph  wente 
 in  to  the  house  to  do  his  busynesse,  and  there 
 was  none  of  y  folkes  of  the  house  thereby. 
 And  she  caught  him  by  his  garment,  5  sayde  : 
 Slepe  with  me.  But  he  left  the  garment  in 
 hir  hande,  and  fled,  and  gat  him  out  of  the 
 house. 
 
 Now  wha  she  sawe  that  he  had  left  his 
 garmet  in  hir  hande,  and  fled  out,  she  called 
 the  folkes  in  the  house,  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Lo,  he  hath  brought  vs  in  the  Hebrue,  to  do 
 vs  shame.  He  came  in  here  \'Tito  me,  to 
 slepe  by  me :  but  J  cried  with  loude  voyce. 
 And  whan  he  herde  that  J  made  a  noyse  a 
 cried,  he  left  his  garmet  here  by  me,  and  fled, 
 and  ranne  out. 
 
 And  she  layed  vp  his  garmet  by  her,  tyU 
 his  master  came  home,  and  tolde  him  euen 
 the  same  wordes,  and  sayde :  The  Hebrue 
 seruaunt  whom  thou  broughtest  here  vnto  vs, 
 came  in  here  to  me,  for  to  do  me  shame. 
 But  whan  I  made  a  noyse  and  cried,  he  left 
 
 his  garment  here  by  me,  and  fled  out.  Whan 
 his  master  herde  the  wordes  of  his  wyfe 
 which  she  tolde  him,  and  sayde :  Thus  hath 
 the  Hebrue  seruaunt  done  vnto  me,  he  was 
 very  wroth. 
 
 Then  his  master  toke  him,  and  put  him  in 
 the  preson,  "wherin  the  kinges  presoners  laie. 
 And  there  he  laye  in  preson.  But  the 
 LORDE  was  with  him,  and  had  mercy  vpon 
 him,  5  caused  him  to  fynde  fauoure  in  the 
 sight  of  the  officer  of  y  preson,  so  that  he 
 committed  all  the  presoners  of  the  preson 
 vnto  his  hades :  that  what  so  euer  were  done, 
 might  be  done  by  him.  For  the  officer  of 
 the  preson  sawe,  y  the  LORDE  was  with 
 him  in  all  y  was  vnder  his  handes,  and  that 
 what  so  euer  he  dyd,  the  LORDE  made  it 
 to  come  prosperously  to  passe. 
 
 €i)c  jrl-  C]^aptcr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  after  this,  that  y  kynge 
 of  Egiptes  chefe  butlar  and  y  chefe 
 baker  offended  their  lorde  the  kynge  of  Egipte. 
 And  Pharao  was  angrie  with  them,  ij  caused 
 them  be  put  in  preson  in  y  chefe  marshals 
 house,  where  Joseph  laye  presoner.  And  the 
 chefe  marshall  put  Joseph  vnto  them,  y  he 
 might  serue  them.  And  so  they  were  in 
 preson  for  a  season. 
 
 And  they  dreamed,  both  the  butlar  5  the 
 baker  in  one  night,  euery  ma  his  owne  dreame, 
 and  euery  dreame  had  his  interpretacio.  Now 
 in  the  mornynge  whan  Joseph  came  in  vnto 
 them,  and  sawe  that  they  loked  sadly,  he 
 axed  them  and  sayde :  Why  loke  ye  so  sadly 
 to  daye?  They  answered:  We  haue  dreamed, 
 and  haue  no  man  to  declare  it  vnto  vs.  Joseph 
 sayde :  Jnterpretinge  belongeth  vnto  God,  but 
 tell  it  me  yet. 
 
 Then  the  chefe  butlar  tolde  Joseph  his 
 dreame,  and  saide  ^aito  him:  J  dreamed  that 
 there  was  a  yjne  before  me,  which  had  thre 
 braunches,  and  it  budded,  grewe  and  bare 
 blossoms,  and  the  grapes  therof  were  rype. 
 And  J  had  Pharaos  cuppe  in  my  hande,  s 
 toke  (the  grapes)  and  wronge  the  in  to  y  cuppe, 
 and  gaue  Pharao  the  cuppe  in  his  hade. 
 
 Joseph  sayde :  This  is  the  interpretacio : 
 The  thre  braunches  are  thre  dayes,  and  ouer 
 thre  dayes  shall  J'harao  take  the,  and  putt 
 the  in  thine  office  agayne,  that  thou  mayest 
 geue  him  the  cuppe  in  his  hande  after  the 
 olde  maner,  wha  thou  wast  his  butlar.     But 
 
So,  xl 
 
 Ei)t  u  bofer  of  iilosfeg. 
 
 Cftap.  jrlu 
 
 whan  thou  art  in  thy  prosperite,  thynke  vpon 
 me,  and  shewe  me  kyndnesse,  that  thou  mayest 
 certifie  Pharao  of  me,  y  he  maie  bringe  me 
 out  of  this  house :  for  I  was  preuely  caried 
 out  of  the  lande  of  the  Hebrues,  and  here 
 also  haue  I  done  nothinge,  that  they  shulde 
 haue  put  me  in  this  dongeon. 
 
 Whan  the  ehefe  baker  sawe,  that  the  in- 
 terpretacion  was  good,  he  sayde  vnto  Joseph: 
 I  dreamed,  that  I  bare  thre  wyker  baskettes 
 vpon  my  heade,  and  in  y  vppermost  baszket 
 all  maner  of  bake  meates  vnto  Pharao,  and 
 the  foules  ate  out  of  the  baszket  vpon  my 
 heade. 
 
 losepli  answered,  and  sayde :  This  is  the 
 interpretacion  :  The  thre  baszkettes  are  thre 
 dayes,  and  after  thre  dayes  shall  Pharao  take 
 the,  and  hange  the  vpon  the  galowe,  and  the 
 foules  shal  eate  thy  flesh  from  of  f. 
 
 And  vpon  the  thirde  daye  it  came  to  passe, 
 that  Pharao  helde  his  *  byrth  daye,  and  made 
 a  feast  vnto  all  his  seruauntes,  and  toke  the 
 ehefe  butlar  and  the  ehefe  baker  before  all 
 his  seruauntes,  and  restored  the  ehefe  butlar 
 to  his  butlarshipe  agajTie,  so  that  he  reached 
 the  cuppe  in  to  Pharaos  hande.  As  for  the 
 ehefe  baker,  he  caused  him  be  hanged  like  as 
 loseph  had  interpretated  vnto  him.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  the  ehefe  butlar  thought  not  on  loseph, 
 but  forgat  him. 
 
 CI)t  )i-lt.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 AND  after  two  yeares  Pharao  had  a 
 dreame,  how  that  he  stode  by  a  water 
 syde :  and  beholde,  out  of  the  water  there 
 came  seuen  goodly  kyne,  and  fatfleshed,  and 
 wente  fedinge  in  the  medowe.  After  these 
 he  sawe  other  seuen  kyne  come  out  of  the 
 water,  which  were  euell  fauoured  and  leane 
 fleshed,  and  wente  by  the  kyne  vpon  y  water 
 syde :  and  the  euell  fauoured  leene  kyne  ate 
 vp  the  seuen  goodly  and  fatt  kyne.  Then 
 Pharao  awaked. 
 
 And  he  slepte  agayne,  and  dreamed  the 
 seconde  tyme.  And  he  sawe  that  seuen  eares 
 of  come  grewe  vpon  one  stalke,  full  and  good. 
 Afterwarde  he  sawe  seuc  thynne  and  blasted 
 eares  come  vp,  and  the  seuen  thynne  eares 
 deuoured  the  seuen  greate  and  full  eares. 
 Then  Pharao  awaked,  and  sawe  that  it  was  a 
 dreame.  And  whan  it  was  daye,  his  sprete 
 was  troubled,  and  he  sente  out,  3  caused  to 
 
 call  all  the  soythsayers  in  Egipte  5  all  the  wyse 
 men,  and  tolde  them  his  dreame.  But  there 
 was  none,  that  coude  tell  Pharao  the  inter- 
 pretacion of  it. 
 
 Then  spake  the  ehefe  butlar  vnto  Pharao, 
 and  saide:  This  daye  do  I  remembre  my 
 fawte.  Whan  Pharao  was  angrie  with  his 
 seruauntes,  and  put  me  in  preson  with  f  ehefe 
 baker  in  y  ehefe  marshals  house,  we  dreamed 
 both  in  one  night  euery  ma  his  dreame,  hau- 
 inge  his  owne  interpretacion.  Then  was  there 
 with  vs  a  yonge  man  an  Hebrue,  the  ehefe 
 marshals  seruaunt,  vnto  whom  we  tolde  it, 
 and  he  declared  oure  dreames  vnto  vs,  vnto 
 euery  ma  acordinge  to  his  dreame.  And  as 
 he  declared  it  vTito  vs,  so  came  it  to  passe. 
 For  I  was  restored  vnto  myne  office,  and  he 
 was  hanged. 
 
 Then  Pharao  sent  and  called  for  loseph 
 and  they  let  him  out  of  the  dongeon.  And 
 he  let  himself  be  shauen,  and  chaunged  his 
 clothes,  and  came  in  vnto  Pharao.  Then 
 saide  Pharao  vnto  him :  I  haue  dreamed  a 
 dreame,  and  there  is  no  man  that  can  inter- 
 prete  it:  but  I  haue  herde  tell  of  the,  that 
 wha  thou  hearest  a  dreame,  thou  declarest  it. 
 loseph  answered  Pharao,  and  sayde :  God 
 shall  geue  Pharao  a  prosperous  answere,  yea 
 well  without  me. 
 
 Pharao  sayde  vnto  loseph :  I  dreamed  that 
 I  stode  by  a  water  syde,  and  beholde,  out  of 
 the  water  there  came  seuen  kjTie,  fatfleshed 
 and  goodly,  and  wente  fedinge  in  y  medowe. 
 And  after  them  I  sawe  other  seue  kyne  come 
 out,  thynne,  euell  fauoured,  and  leenfleshed. 
 So  euell  fauoured  sawe  I  neuer  in  all  the 
 lande  of  Egipte.  And  the  seuen  leene  and 
 euell  fauoured  kyne,  ate  vp  the  seuen  first 
 fat  kyne.  And  whan  they  had  eate  them  vp, 
 a  man  coude  not  perceaue  that  they  had  eaten 
 them,  (t  were  as  euell  fauoured  as  they  were 
 afore.     Then  I  awaked. 
 
 And  I  sawe  agayne  in  my  dreame  seuen 
 eares  of  come,  growinge  vpo  one  stalke,  full 
 and  good.  Afterwarde  there  spronge  vp  seuen 
 wythred  eares,  thynne  and  blasted,  and  the 
 seuen  thynne  eares  deuoured  the  seuen  good 
 eares.  And  I  haue  shewed  it  vnto  my  soith- 
 sayers,  but  they  can  tell  me  nothinge  therof. 
 
 loseph  answered  Pharao :  Both  Pharaos 
 dreames  are  one.  God  sheweth  Pharao  what 
 he  wil  do.  The  seuen  good  k)Tie  are  seuen 
 yeares,  and  the  seuen  good  eares  are  seuen 
 
Cljap.  vltj. 
 
 €in  t  bokt  of  iHosrsi. 
 
 #0.  vli. 
 
 dT 
 
 yeares  also.  It  is  one  clreame.  The  seuen 
 leene  and  euell  fauoured  kyne,  that  came  vp 
 after  them,  are  seuen  yeares.  And  the  seuen 
 thynne  and  blasted  eares,  shalbe  seuen  yeares 
 of  derth.  This  is  now  the  thinge  which  I 
 tolde  Pharao,  that  God  sheweth  Pharao,  what 
 he  wyll  do. 
 
 Behokle,  there  shal  come  seuen  yeares  with 
 greate  plenteousnes  in  y  whole  lande  of  Egipte, 
 and  after  the  same  there  shall  come  seuen 
 yeares  of  derth,  so  that  all  this  plenteousnes 
 shalbe  forgotten  in  y  lande  of  Egipte:  and 
 the  derth  shall  consume  the  lande,  so  that  the 
 plenteousnes  shal  not  be  perceaued  in  the 
 lande,  because  of  the  derth  that  commeth 
 therafter,  for  it  shall  be  very  greate.  Where 
 as  Pharao  dreamed  the  seconde  tyme,  it 
 signifieth  that  this  thinge  is  surely  prepared 
 of  God,  and  that  God  wil  shortly  brynge  the 
 same  to  passe. 
 
 Let  Pharao  now  prouyde  for  a  man  of 
 vnderstondinge  5  \vyszdome,  whom  he  maye 
 set  ouer  the  lande  of  Egipte,  and  se  that  he 
 ordene  officers  in  the  londe,  and  take  y  fifth 
 (parte)  of  the  lande  of  Egipte  in  the  seuen 
 plenteous  yeares,  and  gather  all  y  foode  y 
 shal  come  of  the  plenteous  yeares,  that  they 
 maye  laye  vp  corne  vnder  Pharaos  power  for 
 sustenaunce  in  the  cities,  and  kepe  it,  y  there 
 maye  be  foode  founde  prepared  for  the  lande 
 in  the  seuen  deare  yeares,  which  shall  come 
 vpon  the  lande  of  Egipte,  that  the  lande  be 
 not  destroyed  of  honger.  The  sayenge  pleased 
 Pharao  well  and  all  his  seruaiites.  And 
 Pharao  sayde  vnto  his  seruauntes :  How 
 might  we  fynde  soch  a  man,  in  whom  is  the 
 prete  of  God  ?  And  sayde  vnto  losep :  For 
 so  moch  as  God  hath  shewed  f  all  this,  there 
 is  none  of  soch  vnderstondinge  5  wyszdome 
 as  thou. 
 
 Thou  shalt  be  ouer  my  house,  and  acordinge 
 vnto  thy  worde"  shaO  all  my  people  obeye: 
 onely  in  the  kynges  seate  wyll  I  be  more 
 then  thou.  And  he  sayde :  Beholde,  I  haue 
 set  the  ouer  the  whole  lande  of  Egipte.  And 
 he  toke  of  his  ringe  from  his  hade,  and  gaue 
 it  loseph  in  his  hade,  and  clothed  him  with 
 whyte  sylke,  and  honge  a  cheyne  of  golde 
 aboute  his  neck,  and  made  him  ryde  vpo  the 
 seconde  charet :  and  caused  it  be  proclamed 
 before  him,  that  men  shulde  bowe  their  knees 
 
 "  Psal.  104.  c.  Act.  7.  b.  •  Zaphnath  Paena,  that  is 
 to  saye  :  An  expouder  of  secrete  tliinges,  or  a  man  to  who 
 
 vnto  him,  as  to  him  who  Pharao  had  set  ouer 
 the  whole  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  Pharao  sayde  vnto  loseph :  I  am 
 Pharao  :  without  thy  wyll  shall  no  man  moue 
 his  hande  or  his  fote  in  all  the  lade  Egipte. 
 And  he  called  him  *  Zaphnath  Paena,  5 
 gaue  him  a  wife,  euen  Asnath  the  doughter 
 of  Potiphar  the  prest  of  On.  So  loseph 
 wente  out,  for  to  vyset  the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 (And  he  was  thirtie  yeare  olde,  whan  he  stode 
 before  Pharao. )  And  he  departed  from  Pharao, 
 and  wente  thorow  all  the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  the  londe  dyd  so  those  seuen  plente- 
 ous yeares,  and  they  gathered  all  the  foode  of 
 the  seuen  yeares  that  were  in  the  lande  of 
 Egipte,  (t  layed  it  in  the  cities.  Loke  what 
 foode  grewe  in  the  felde  rounde  aboute  euery 
 cite,  they  put  it  therin.  So  loseph  layed  vp 
 the  corne  in  stoare,  and  that  moch  aboue 
 measure,  as  the  sonde  of  the  see  :  in  so  moch 
 y  he  left  of  nombrynge  of  it,  for  it  coude  not 
 be  nombred. 
 
 And  vnto  loseph  there  were  borne  two 
 sonnes  (before  y  derth  came)  whom  Asnath 
 the  doughter  of  Potiphar  puest  of  On  bare 
 vnto  him.  And  the  first  called  he  Manasses: 
 for  God  (sayde  he)  hath  caused  me  to  forget 
 all  my  laboure,  and  all  my  fathers  house.  The 
 seconde  called  he  Ephraim :  for  God  (sayde 
 he)  hath  caused  me  to  growe  in  f  lande  of  my 
 trouble. 
 
 Now  whan  y  seuen  plenteous  yeares  were 
 ended  in  Egipte,  then  beganne  the  seuen 
 deare  yeares  to  come,  Vherof  loseph  had 
 sayde.  And  there  was  derth  in  all  landes, 
 but  in  all  the  lade  of  Egipte  there  was  foode. 
 Now  whan  the  lande  of  Egipte  beganne  to 
 suffre  honger  also,  the  people  cryed  vnto 
 Pharao  for  bred.  But  Pharao  sayde  vnto  all 
 f  Egipcians:  Go  vnto  loseph,  what  he  sayeth 
 vnto  you,  y  doo.  So  whan  there  was  derth 
 in  all  y  lade,  loseph  opened  all  y  was  by  him, 
 %  solde  vnto  the  Egipcians.  Thus  ;y^  derth 
 preuayled  in  the  lande,  (j  all  countrees  came 
 to  Egipte  to  bye  at  loseph :  for  the  derth  was 
 mightie  in  all  landes. 
 
 Z])t  r\i).  Cl)apttr. 
 
 WHAN  lacob  sawe  that  there  was  moch 
 come  in  Egipte,  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 soinies:  Why  gape  ye?  Beholde,  I  heare  that 
 
 secrete  tbiges  are  opened.        'Gen.  46.  c.        "■  Act.  7.  b. 
 
:fo.  Jlltj. 
 
 Cfte  u  Ijofee  of  iltostsi. 
 
 Cfiap*  xlih 
 
 there  is  moch  come  in  Egipte,  go  dowiie  5 
 bye  vs  corne,  y  we  maie  lyue,  (i  not  dye.  So 
 Josephs  ten  brethre  wente  downe  to  bye  corne 
 in  Egipte.  As  for  Ben  lamyn  Josephs  brother, 
 lacob  wolde  not  let  him  go  with  his  brethre, 
 for  he  sayde :  Some  mysfortune  might  happen 
 vnto  him.  So  y  childre  of  Israel  came  to 
 bye  corne,  amonge  other  y  came  with  them : 
 for  there  was  derth  also  in  y  lande  of  Canaan. 
 But  Joseph  was  gouernoure  in  the  lande,  and 
 solde  corne  vnto  all  the  people  in  the  lande. 
 
 Now  wha  his  brethre  came  to  him,  they 
 fell  downe  to  the  grounde  before  him  vpon 
 their  faces.  And  he  sawe  them,  5  knewe  the, 
 and  helde  him  self  straunge  towarde  them, 
 and  talked  roughly  with  them,  and  saide  vnto 
 them  :  Wlience  come  ye  ?  They  sayde :  Out 
 of  the  lande  of  Canaan  to  bye  vytayle.  Neuer- 
 theles  though  he  knewe  them,  yet  knewe 
 they  not  him.  And  Joseph  thought  vpon  y 
 dreames  that  he  had  dreamed  of  them,"  and 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  are  spyes,  and  are  come 
 to  se  where  the  lande  is  open. 
 
 They  answered  him :  No  my  lorde,  thy 
 seruauntes  are  come  to  bye  vytayle :  we  are 
 all  one  mans  sonnes,  we  are  vnfayned,  and  thy 
 seruauntes  were  neuer  spyes.  He  sayde  vnto 
 the :  No,  but  ye  are  come  to  se  where  the 
 lande  is  open.  They  answered  him :  We  thy 
 seruauntes  are  twolue  brethren,  the  sonnes  of 
 one  man  in  the  lade  of  Canaan,  and  the 
 yongest  is  with  cure  father :  as  for  one,  he  is 
 awaye. 
 
 Joseph  sayde  vnto  them  :  This  is  it  that 
 I  sayde  vnto  you :  spyes  are  ye.  Here  by 
 wyll  J  proue  you :  By  the  life  of  Pharao  ye 
 shall  not  get  hence,  excepte  youre  yongest 
 brother  come  hither.  Sende  awaye  one  of 
 you  to  fetch  youre  brother,  but  ye  shalbe  in 
 preson.  Thus  wyll  I  trye  out  youre  wordes, 
 whether  ye  go  aboute  with  trueth  or  not: 
 for  els,  by  the  life  of  Pharao  ye  are  spyes. 
 And  he  put  the  together  in  warde  thre  dayes 
 longe. 
 
 Vpon  the  thirde  daye  he  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Yf  ye  wil  lyue,  the  do  thus,  for  I  feare  God : 
 Yf  ye  be  vnfayned,  let  one  of  youre  brethren 
 lye  bounde  in  youre  preson :  but  go  ye  youre 
 waye,  and  cary  home  the  necessary  foode,  5 
 brynge  me  youre  yongest  brother,  so  wyll  I 
 beleue  youre  wordes,  that  ye  shall  not  dye. 
 And  so  they  dyd. 
 
 And  they  sayde  one  to  another:  This  haue 
 we  deserued  against  oure  brother,  in  that  we 
 sawe  the  anguysh  of  his  soule,  whan  he  be- 
 sought vs,  and  we  wolde  not  heare  him : 
 therfore  Cometh  now  this  trouble  vpon  vs. 
 Ruben  answered  them,  and  saide  :  Tolde  not 
 I  you  y  same,  whan  I  sayde :  *  O  synne  not 
 agaynst  y  lad,  but  ye  wolde  not  heare.  Now 
 is  his  bloude  requyred.  But  they  knew  not 
 that  Joseph  vnderstode  it,  for  he  spake  vnto 
 the  by  an  interpreter.  And  he  turned  him 
 from  them,  and  wepte.  Now  whan  he  had 
 turned  him  to  them  agayne,  and  talked  with 
 them,  he  toke  Symon  from  amonge  them,  (t 
 bounde  him  before  their  eyes,  and  com- 
 maunded  to  fyll  their  sackes  with  corne,  and 
 to  put  euery  mans  money  in  his  sack,  and  to 
 geue  euery  one  his  expenses  by  the  waye. 
 And  so  was  it  done  vnto  them. 
 
 And  they  laded  their  corne  vpon  their 
 Asses,  and  departed  thence.  But  whan  one 
 opened  his  sacke  to  geue  his  Asse  prouender 
 in  the  June,  he  spyed  his  money  in  his  sack 
 mouth,  and  sayde  vnto  his  brethren :  My 
 money  is  restored  me  agayne  :  lo,  it  is  in  my 
 sack.  Then  their  hertes  fayled  them,  and 
 they  were  afrayed  amonge  them  selues,  and 
 sayde:  Wherfore  hath  God  done  this  vnto  vs? 
 
 Now  whan  they  came  home  to  Jacob  their 
 father  in  the  lade  of  Canaan,  they  tolde  him 
 all  that  had  happened  vnto  them,  5  sayde : 
 The  man  that  is  lorde  of  the  londe,  spake 
 roughly  to  vs,  and  toke  vs  for  spyes  of  the 
 countre.  And  whan  we  answered:  we  are 
 vnfayned,  5  were  neuer  spyes,  but  are  twolue 
 brethren  the  sonnes  of  oure  father :  one  is 
 awaye,  and  the  yongest  is  yet  this  daye  with 
 oure  father  in  the  lande  of  Canaan,  He  sayde : 
 Hereby  wyl  J  marke,  that  ye  are  vnfayned: 
 Leaue  one  of  youre  brethren  with  me,  3  take 
 foode  necessary  for  youre  houses,  5  go  youre 
 waye,  and  brjnige  youre  yongest  brother  vnto 
 me :  so  shal  I  knowe  that  ye  are  no  spyes,  but 
 vnfayned :  the  shal  J  delyuer  you  youre  brother 
 also,  and  ye  maye  occupie  in  the  lande. 
 
 And  whan  they  opened  their  sackes,  euer)' 
 man  founde  his  boundell  of  money  in  his 
 sacke.  And  wha  they  and  their  father  sawe, 
 that  it  was  the  bundels  of  their  money,  they 
 were  afrayed. 
 
 Then  sayde  Jacob  their  father:  Ye  haue 
 robbed  me  of  my  children.     Joseph  is  awaye, 
 
CI)ap»  vliij* 
 
 Wl)t  t  bokt  of  iBoSfS* 
 
 ffo,  vlii]. 
 
 Simeon  is  awaye,  and  ye  will  take  Ben  lamin 
 awaye:  It  goeth  all  ouer  me.  Ruben  an- 
 swered his  father  (j  sayde :  Yf  I  brynge  him 
 not  to  the  againe,  then  slaye  my  two  sonnes : 
 delyuer  him  but  in  to  my  hande,  I  wy\  brynge 
 him  agayne  vnto  the.  He  sayde :  my  sonne 
 shal  not  go  downe  with  you :  for  his  brother  is 
 deed,  and  he  is  left  alone.  Yf  eny  mysfortune 
 shulde  happen  vnto  him  by  the  waye  y  ye  go 
 ye  shulde  bringe  my  graye  hayre  with  sorowe 
 downe  vnto  the  graue. 
 
 Cljt  jrliij.  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 BUT  the  derth  oppressed  y  lande.  And 
 whan  all  the  vytales  that  they  had  brought 
 out  of  Egipte  were  spent,  lacob  their  father 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Go  agayne,  and  bye  vs  a 
 litle  foode. 
 
 The  luda  answered  him,  and  sayde :  The 
 man  sware  vnto  vs,  and  sayde :  ye  shal  not  se 
 my  face,  excepte  youre  brother  be  with  you. 
 Yf  so  be  now  that  thou  wilt  sende  oure  brother 
 with  vs,  we  wil  go  downe,  and  bye  the  foode. 
 But  yf  thou  wilt  not  sende  him,  we  wyl  not 
 go  downe.  For  the  man  sayde  vnto  vs  :  Ye 
 shal  not  se  my  face,  excepte  youre  brother  be 
 with  you. 
 
 Israel  sayde :  Wherfore  haue  ye  done  this 
 euell  vnto  me,  to  tell  f  man,  that  ye  had  yet 
 a  brother  ?  They  answered :  The  man  en- 
 quered  so  strately  of  vs  and  of  oure  kynrede,  (j 
 sayde :  Is  youre  father  yet  a  lyue  ?  Haue  ye 
 yet  a  brother?  Then  tolde  we  him,  as  he  axed 
 How  coulde  we  knowe,  that  he  wolde 
 saye  :  brynge  youre  brother  downe  with  you  ? 
 Then  sayde  luda  vnto  Israel  his  father :  Let 
 the  lad  go  with  me,  that  we  maye  get  vs  vp 
 and  take  oure  iourney,  and  lyue,  and  not  dye, 
 both  we  and  thou,  and  oure  childre.  *  I  wyll 
 be  suertye  for  him,  of  my  handes  shalt  thou 
 requyre  him.  Yf  I  brynge  him  not  vnto  the 
 agayne,  a  set  him  before  thine  eyes,  I  wil 
 beare  y  blame  my  life  longe.  For  yf  we  had 
 not  made  this  tarienge,  we  had  now  bene 
 come  agayne  twyse. 
 
 Then  sayde  Israel  their  father  vnto  the : 
 Yf  it  must  nedes  be  so,  then  do  this :  take  of 
 the  best  frutes  of  the  lande  in  youre  sackes, 
 and  brynge  the  man  a  present:  a  curtesy 
 balme,  and  hony,  and  spyces,  and  myrre,  and 
 dates,  and  almondes.  Take  other  money  with 
 you  also,  and  the  money  that  was  brought 
 
 agayne  in  your  sacke  mouthes,  cary  it  agayne 
 with  you :  peraduenture  it  was  an  ouersight. 
 And  take  youre  brother,  get  you  vp,  (j  go 
 agayne  vnto  the  man.  The  Allmightie  God 
 geue  you  mercy  in  the  sight  of  y  man,  that  he 
 maye  let  you  haue  youre  other  brother,  and 
 Ben  lamin.  As  for  me,  I  must  be  as  one, 
 that  is  robbed  of  his  children. 
 
 Then  they  toke  the  present,  and  other  money 
 with  them,  and  Ben  lamin,  gat  the  vp,  and 
 wente  in  to  Egipte,  and  stode  before  loseph. 
 Then  loseph  behelde  them  with  Ben  lamin, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  ruler  of  his  house :  Bringe 
 these  men  in,  and  sley,  5  make  ready,  for  they 
 shal  dyne  with  me  at  noone.  And  the  man 
 dyd  as  loseph  bad  him,  5  brought  the  men  in 
 to  losephs  house. 
 
 Whan  they  were  brought  in  to  losephs 
 house,  they  were  afrayed,  and  sayde  :  We  are 
 brought  hither  because  of  the  money,  that 
 came  agayne  in  oure  sackes  at  the  first,  to 
 pyke  a  quarell  with  vs,  and  to  laye  somethinge 
 to  oure  charge,  and  to  take  vs  for  bonde  ser- 
 uauntes  with  oure  Asses. 
 
 Therfore  came  they  to  f  man,  that  was 
 ruler  of  losephs  house,  and  talked  with  him 
 at  the  doore,  and  sayde :  Syr,  t  we  came 
 downe  at  the  first  to  bye  foode,  and  whan  we 
 came  in  the  Inne,  and  opened  oure  sackes, 
 beholde,  euery  mans  money  was  in  his  sack 
 mouth  with  fuU  weight:  therfore  haue  we 
 brought  it  with  vs  agayne,  5  haue  brought 
 other  money  with  vs  also,  to  bye  foode :  but 
 we  can  not  tell,  who  put  oure  money  in  oure 
 sackes. 
 
 He  sayde :  Be  content,  feare  you  not,  youre 
 God  euen  y  God  of  youre  fathers  hath  geue 
 you  y  treasure  in  youre  sackes,  I  had  youre 
 money.  And  he  brought  forth  Simeon  vnto 
 them,  and  led  them  in  to  losephs  house,  and 
 gaue  them  water  to  wash  their  fete,  j  gaue 
 their  Asses  prouender. 
 
 And  they  made  readye  y  present,  ageynst 
 loseph  came  at  noone :  for  they  herde,  y 
 they  shulde  dyne  there.  Now  whan  loseph 
 wente  in  to  the  house,  they  brought  him  home 
 f  present  that  they  had,  and  fell  downe  to  the 
 grounde  before  him.  But  he  welcomed  them 
 curteously,  and  sayde :  Is  youre  father  (that 
 olde  man  which  ye  tolde  me  of,)  in  good 
 health  ?  Is  he  yet  alyue  ?  They  answered  : 
 Thy  seruaunt  oure  father  is  in  good  health, 
 
So,  vliiij. 
 
 Cl)e  t  bok(  of  iBuSfS. 
 
 Cftap.  vlitfj. 
 
 and   is   yet   alyue.     And  they  bowed   them 
 selues,  and  fell  downe  before  him. 
 
 And  he  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  his  bro- 
 ther Ben  lamin  his  mothers  sonne,  and  saide: 
 *  Is  this  youre  yongest  brother,  that  ye  tolde 
 me  of?  And  he  sayde  morouer :  God  be  mer- 
 cifull  vnto  the  my  sonne.  And  Joseph  made 
 haist  (for  "the  grounde  of  his  hert  was  kyndled 
 towarde  his  brother)  and  sought  how  he  might 
 wepe,  d  wente  in  to  his  chamber,  and  wepte 
 there. 
 
 JT  And  whan  he  had  washed  his  face,  he  wente 
 out,  and  refrayned  him  self,  and  sayde :  set 
 bred  (on  the  table.)  And  they  brought  vnto 
 him  by  him  self,  and  vnto  them  by  the  selues, 
 and  to  the  Egipcians  also  that  ate  with  them, 
 by  them  selues.  (For  the  Egipcians  darre 
 not  eate  bred  with  the  Ebrues,  that  is  an 
 abhominacion  \'nto  them.)  And  they  were 
 set  ouer  agaynst  him,  the  first  borne  acord- 
 inge  to  his  first  byrth,  and  the  yongest  after 
 his  youth.  They  marueled  at  it  amonge 
 them  selues,  and  there  were  brought  them 
 sundrye  meates  from  his  table.  But  Ben 
 lamins  parte  was  fyue  tymes  more  then  the 
 other.  And  they  dronke,  and  were  mery  with 
 him. 
 
 €l)t  vltiij.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 AND  loseph  commaunded  the  ruler  of 
 his  house,  and  sayde :  Fyll  the  mens 
 sackes  with  foode,  as  moch  as  they  maye 
 carye,  and  put  euery  mans  money  in  his  sacke 
 mouth,  5  put  my  syluer  cuppe  in  the  sack 
 mouth  of  the  yongest  with  the  money  for  y 
 vytayles.  He  dyd  as  loseph  had  sayde.  And 
 on  the  morow  whan  it  was  daye,  they  let  f 
 men  go  with  their  Asses. 
 
 But  whan  they  were  out  of  the  cite,  and 
 not  come  farre,  loseph  sayde  to  the  ruler  of 
 his  house :  Vp,  and  folowe  after  the  me,  and 
 whan  thou  ouertakest  them,  sale  vnto  them  : 
 Wherfore  haue  ye  rewarded  euell  for  good  ? 
 Is  not  that  it,  that  my  lorde  drynketh  out  of? 
 and  that  he  prophecieth  withall  ?  It  is  euell 
 done  of  you,  that  ye  haue  done. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  ouertaken  them,  he  sayde 
 the  same  wordes  vnto  them.  They  answered 
 him  :  Wherfore  saieth  my  lorde  soch  wordes  ? 
 God  forbyd,  that  thy  seruauntes  shulde  do 
 eny  soch  thinge  ?  Beholde,  the  money  that 
 we  foude  in  oure  sackes  mouthes,  that  brought 
 
 we  vnto  the  agayne,  out  of  the  lande  of 
 Canaan :  how  shulde  we  then  haue  stollen 
 either  syluer  or  golde  out  of  thy  lordes  house  ? 
 [  Loke  by  whom  it  shall  be  founde  amonge  thy 
 '  seruauntes,  let  him  dye  :  yee  and  we  also  wyll 
 be  my  lordes  bondmen.  He  sayde  :  let  it  so 
 be,  as  ye  haue  spoken.  Loke  by  whom  it 
 shall  be  founde,  let  him  be  my  seruaunt,  but 
 ye  shalbe  harmlesse. 
 
 And  they  made  haist,  and  toke  downe  euery 
 man  his  sack  to  the  grounde,  and  euery  man 
 opened  his  sack :  And  he  searched  5  beganne 
 at  the  greatest  vnto  the  yongest,  and  the 
 cuppe  was  founde  in  Ben  lamins  sacke.  Then 
 rente  they  their  clothes,  and  euery  man  lade 
 the  burthen  vpon  his  Asse,  5  wente  agayne 
 vnto  the  cite.  And  luda  wente  with  his 
 brethren  vnto  losephs  house  (for  he  was  there 
 yet)  and  they  fell  before  him  on  the  groude. 
 loseph  sayde  vnto  them :  What  maner  of  dede 
 is  this,  that  ye  haue  done  ?  Knewe  ye  not, 
 that  soch  a  man  as  I  am,  can  prophecy  ? 
 
 luda  sayde  :  What  shall  we  saye  ^Tito  my 
 lorde?  or  how  shal  we  speake?  and  what 
 excuse  shal  we  make  ?  God  hath  founde  out 
 f  wickednesse  of  thy  seruauntes.  Beholde, 
 we  and  he,  by  whom  the  cuppe  is  founde,  are 
 my  lordes  seruauntes.  But  he  sayde :  God 
 forbyd  that  I  shulde  do  so.  The  man  by 
 whom  the  cuppe  is  founde,  shall  be  my  ser- 
 uaunt, but  go  ye  ^'p  in  peace  vnto  youre  father, 
 
 The  stepte  luda  vnto  him,  and  sayde : 
 My  lorde,  let  thy  seruaunt  speake  one  worde 
 in  thine  eares  my  lorde,  be  not  displesed  at 
 thy  seruaunt  also,  for  thou  art  eue  as  Pharao 
 My  lorde  axed  his  seruauntes,  and  sayde 
 Haue  ye  yet  a  father  or  brother?  Then 
 answered  we :  We  haue  a  father,  which  is 
 olde,  and  a  yonge  lad  begotten  in  his  age,  and 
 his  brother  is  deed,  ij  he  is  left  alone  of  his 
 mother,  and  his  father  loueth  him. 
 
 Then  saydest  thou :  Brynge  him  downe 
 vnto  me,  and  I  wil  se  him.  But  we  answered 
 my  lorde :  The  lad  can  not  come  from  his 
 father,  yf  he  shulde  come  from  him,  he  were 
 but  a  deed  man.  Then  saydest  thou  vnto  thy 
 seruauntes  :  *  Yf  youre  yongest  brother  come 
 not  hither  with  you,  ye  shall  se  my  face  no- 
 more.  Then  wente  we  vp  vnto  thy  seruaunt 
 my  father,  and  tolde  him  my  lordes  wordes. 
 Then  sayde  oure  father :  Go  youre  waye 
 agayne,  and  bye  vs  a  litle  foode.     But  we 
 
iCftap,  rib. 
 
 Cfte  u  bofet  oi  i¥U)6f5. 
 
 4fo.  vlb. 
 
 sayde :  We  can  not  go  downe,  excepte  cure 
 yongest  brother  be  with  vs,  then  wyll  we  go 
 downe :  for  we  darre  not  loke  the  man  in  the 
 face,  yf  oure  yongest  brother  be  not  with  vs. 
 Then  sayde  thy  seruaunt  my  father  vnto  vs  : 
 Ye  knowe  that  my  wife  bare  me  two  sonnes, 
 one  wente  out  fro  me,  and  I  sayde :  he  is 
 tome  in  peces.  "  Yf  ye  take  this  fro  me  also, 
 and  eny  mysfortune  happe  him,  then  shal  ye 
 brynge  my  gray  heer  with  sorowe  downe  1 
 vnto  the  graue.  ' 
 
 Yf  I  now  come  home  vnto  my  father,  5 
 the  lad  be  not  with  me  (seynge  his  soule 
 hangeth  by  the  soule  of  this)  then  shall  it 
 come  to  passe,  that  yf  he  se  not  the  lad  there, 
 he  shal  dye.  So  shal  we  thy  seruauntes  brynge 
 the  gray  heer  of  thy  seruaunt  oure  father  with 
 sorowe  downe  to  the  graue.  For  I  thy  ser- 
 uaunt 'became  suertye  for  the  lad  vnto  my 
 father,  and  sayde :  yf  I  brynge  him  not 
 agayne,  I  will  beare  the  blame  all  my  lyfe 
 longe.  Therfore  let  thy  seruaunt  byde  here 
 in  steade  of  y  lad,  to  be  my  lordes  bonde 
 man,  and  let  the  lad  go  vp  with  his  brethren. 
 For  how  can  I  go  vp  vnto  my  father,  yf  the 
 lad  be  not  with  me .''  Then  shulde  I  se  the 
 mysery  that  shulde  happen  vnto  my  father. 
 
 Ci)t  rib.  Cljapttv. 
 
 THEN  coude  not  Joseph  refrayne  him 
 self  before  all  them  that  stode  aboute 
 him :  and  he  comaunded  euery  man  to  go  out 
 from  him,  and  there  stode  no  man  by  him, 
 whan  Joseph  vttred  him  self  vnto  his  bre-j 
 thren.  And  he  wepte  loude,  so  that  y  Egip- 
 cians  and  Pharaos  housholde  herde  it.  ''  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  his  brethren :  I  am  loseph,  is 
 my  father  yet  alyue?  And  his  brethren 
 coulde  not  answere  him,  they  were  so  abashed 
 before  his  face.  But  he  sayde :  Come  nye 
 vnto  me.  And  they  came  nye.  And  he 
 sayde :  I  am  loseph  youre  brother,  *  whom 
 ye  solde  in  to  Egipte.  And  now  vexe  not 
 youre  selues,  5  thinke  not  y  there  is  eny 
 wrath,  because  ye  solde  me  hither.  +  For 
 God  sent  me  hither  before  you,  for  youre 
 lyues  sake.  For  these  are  now  two  yeares, 
 that  y  derth  hath  bene  in  the  lande,  and  there 
 are  yet  fyue  yeares  behynde,  wherin  there 
 shalbe  no  plowinge  ner  haruest. 
 
 But  God  sent  me  hither  before  you,  y  he 
 might  let  you  remayne  vpon  earth,  and  to 
 
 saue  youre  Ipies  by  a  greate  delyueraunce. 
 And  now,  it  w'as  not  ye  then  that  sent  me 
 hither,  but  God  which  hath  made  me  a  father 
 vnto  Pharao,  5  lorde  ouer  all  his  house,  and  a 
 prynce  in  the  whole  lande  of  Egipte.  Haist 
 you  therfore,  and  go  vp  vnto  my  father,  and 
 saye  vnto  him :  Thy  sonne  loseph  sendeth 
 the  this  worde :  God  hath  made  me  lorde  in  all 
 Egipte,  come  downe  vnto  me,  tarye  not,  thou 
 shalt  dwel  in  the  lande  of  Gosen,  and  be  with 
 me  :  thou  and  thy  children,  and  thy  childers 
 childre,  thy  small  and  greate  catell,  and  all 
 that  thou  hast.  There  wyll  I  make  prouysion 
 for  the  (for  there  are  yet  fyue  yeares  of  derth) 
 that  thou  perishe  not  with  thine  house,  and 
 all  that  is  thyne.  Beholde,  youre  eyes  and 
 the  eyes  of  my  brother  Ben  lamin  se,  that  I 
 myne  owne  self  speake  vnto  you  by  mouth. 
 Shewe  my  father  all  my  worshipe  in  Egipte, 
 and  all  that  ye  haue  sene :  haist  you,  and 
 come  downe  hither  with  my  father. 
 
 And  he  fell  aboute  his  brother  Ben  lamyns 
 neck,  and  wepte,  and  Ben  lamin  wepte  vpon 
 his  neck  also.  And  he  kyssed  all  his  brethren, 
 and  wepte  vpon  them.  And  afterwarde  talked 
 his  brethren  with  him.  And  this  tydinges 
 came  in  to  Pharaos  house :  losephs  brethren 
 are  come,  which  pleased  Pharao  well,  and  all 
 his  seruauntes. 
 
 And  Pharao  spake  vnto  loseph :  Saye  vnto 
 thy  brethren:  Do  thus,  lade  youre  beastes, 
 go  youre  waye,  and  whan  ye  come  in  to  the 
 lande  of  Canaan,  take  youre  father  and  youre 
 housholdes,  and  come  \Tito  me,  I  W7I  geue 
 you  of  the  goodes  in  the  hide  of  Egipte,  so 
 that  ye  shall  eate  the  fatt  in  the  lande.  And 
 he  commaunded  them.  Do  thus,  Take  you 
 charettes  out  of  y  lande  of  Egipte  for  youre 
 children  and  wyues,  and  brynge  youre  father, 
 and  come,  and  regarde  not  youre  housholde 
 stuff:  for  the  goodes  of  all  the  lade  of  Egipte 
 shalbe  yours. 
 
 The  children  of  Israel  dyd  so,  and  loseph 
 gaue  the  charettes  acordynge  to  Pharaos 
 commaundement,  and  expenses  by  the  waye, 
 and  gaue  them  all,  vnto  euerj-  one  a  chaunge 
 of  rajTTient :  but  vnto  Ben  lamin  he  gaue  thre 
 hundreth  syluer  pens,  and  fyue  chaunge  of 
 rajinent.  As  for  his  father,  he  sent  him  ten 
 Asses  laden  with  goodes  out  of  Egipte,  and 
 ten  Asses  with  come  and  bred,  and  vytayles 
 for  his  father  by  y  waye.     So  he  sent  awaye 
 
 ■'  Act.  7.  b.         *  Gen.  37.  c.  t  Gen.  50.  c. 
 
Jfo.  jrlbu 
 
 Cbe  i,  hokt  of  i^loSfS. 
 
 Cftap.  vibu 
 
 his  brethren,  and  sayde  vnto  them:    Stryue 
 not  by  the  waye. 
 
 Thus  they  departed  out  of  Egipte,  and 
 came  to  tlie  lande  of  Canaan  vnto  laeob  their 
 father,  and  tolde  him,  and  sayde :  Thy  sonne 
 Joseph  is  yet  alyue,  and  is  a  lorde  in  all  the 
 lande  of  Egipte.  But  his  hert  wauered,  for 
 he  beleued  them  not.  The  tolde  they  him 
 aU  the  wordes  of  Joseph,  which  he  had  sayde 
 vnto  them.  And  whan  he  sawe  y  charettes 
 that  Joseph  had  sent  to  fetch  him,  his  sprete 
 reuyued,  5  he  sayde:  I  haue  ynough,  that  my 
 Sonne  Joseph  is  yet  a  Hue  I  wil  go,  and  se 
 him,  before  J  dye. 
 
 Ci^c  rlbi.  Cijapttr. 
 
 ISRAEL  toke  his  iourney  with  all  that  he 
 had.  "And  whan  he  came  to  Berseba,  he 
 oflfred  offerynges  vnto  y  God  of  his  father 
 Jsaac.  And  God  spake  vnto  him  in  a  vision 
 by  night:  Jacob  Jacob.  He  sayde:  here  am  J. 
 And  he  saide :  J  am  y  mightie  God  of  thy 
 father,  be  not  afrayed  to  go  in  to  Egipte,  for 
 there  wjl  1  make  a  greate  people  of  the.  J 
 wyll  go  doOTie  with  the,  it  wil  brynge  the  vp 
 also.  And  Joseph  shal  laye  his  hande  vpon 
 thine  eyes. 
 
 Then  Jacob  gat  him  vp  from  Berseba,  and 
 f  children  of  Jsrael  caried  Jacob  their  father 
 with  their  children  and  wyues  vpon  the 
 charettes  that  Pharao  had  sent  to  cary  him. 
 And  they  toke  their  catell  5  substaunce  which 
 they  had  gotten  in  the  lande  of  Canaan,  and 
 so  came  in  to  Egipte :  *  Jacob  5  all  his  sede 
 with  him,  his  children  5  his  childers  children 
 with  him,  his  doughters,  and  the  doughters  of 
 his  children,  5  all  his  sede. 
 
 These  are  y  names  of  the  children  of  Jsrael, 
 which  came  in  to  Egipte,  Jacob  (t  his  sonnes. 
 t  The  first  borne  sonne  of  Jacob :  Ruben. 
 The  children  of  Ruben :  Hanoch,  Pallu, 
 Hezron  and  Chamni.  *  The  children  of 
 Simeon :  Jemuel,  Jamin,  Ohad,  Jachim, 
 Zohar  and  Said  the  sonne  of  the  Cananitish 
 woman.  The  childre  of  Leui :  Gerson, 
 Cahath  5  Merari.  The  childre  of  Juda :  Er, 
 Onan,  Sela,  Phares  d  Serah.  But  Er  and 
 Onan  dyed  in  the  lande  of  Canaan.  The 
 childre  of  Phares  :  Hesron  and  Hamul.  The 
 children  of  Jsachar:  'Thola,  Phua,  Job  a 
 Semron.     The  children  of  Zabulon  :    Sered, 
 
 '  losu.  24.  a.  Act.  7.  b. 
 »  1  Par.  5.  I 
 
 ■  1  Par.  8.  a. 
 
 t  Nu.  26.  a. 
 
 Elon  and  Jahleel.  These  are  the  childre  of 
 Lea,  which  she  bare  vnto  Jacob  in  IMesopo- 
 tamia  with  his  doughter  Dina.  These  all 
 together  with  sonnes  (j  doughters  make  thre  j 
 thirtie  soules. 
 
 The  childre  of  Gad :  Zipheon,  Haggi,  Suni, 
 Ezbon,  Eri,  Arodi  and  Areli.  The  children 
 of  Asser :  Jemna,  Jesua,  Jesui,  Bria  5  Sera 
 their  sister.  The  children  of  Bria :  JJeber  and 
 Malchiel.  These  are  the  children  of  Silpa, 
 t  whom  Laban  gaue  vnto  Lea  his  doughter, 
 and  she  bare  vnto  Jacob  these  sixtene  soules. 
 The  childre  of  Rachel  Jacobs  wife :  Joseph 
 and  Ben  Jamin.  And  vnto  Joseph  in  y  lande 
 of  Egipte  §were  borne  Manasses  and  Ephraim, 
 whom  Asnath  the  doughter  of  Potiphar  prest 
 of  On  bare  vnto  him.  The  children  of  Ben 
 Jamin :  Bela,  Becher,  Asber,  Gera,  Naama, 
 Ehi,  Ros,  Mupim,  Hupim  and  Ard.  These 
 are  the  children  of  Rachel,  which  were  borne 
 vnto  Jacob,  fourtene  soules  aUtogether. 
 
 The  children  of  Dan :  Husim.  The  childre 
 of  Nephtali :  lahzeel,  Guni,  Jezer,  Sillem. 
 These  are  the  children  of  Bilha,  whom  Laban 
 gaue  vnto  his  doughter  Rachel,  5  she  bare 
 Jacob  these  seuen  soules.  All  the  soules  y 
 came  with  Jacob  in  to  Egipte,  ''which  pro- 
 ceaded  out  of  his  loynes  (besyde  the  \vyues  of 
 his  childre)  are  alltogether  sixe  ij  sixtie  soules. 
 And  Josephs  childre  which  were  borne  vnto 
 liim  in  Egipte,  were  two  soules :  so  that  all 
 the  soules  of  the  house  of  Jacob  which  came 
 in  to  Egipte,  were  seuentye. 
 
 And  he  sent  Juda  before  him  \Tito  Joseph, 
 to  shew  him  the  waye  to  Gosen,  5  they  came 
 in  to  the  lande  of  Gosen.  Then  Joseph 
 bended  his  charett  fast,  and  wente  vp  to  mete 
 Jsrael  his  father  vnto  Gosen.  And  whan  he 
 sawe  him,  he  fell  aboute  his  neck,  5  wepte 
 sore  vpon  his  neck.  Then  sayde  Israel  vnto 
 Joseph  :  Now  am  J  content  to  dye,  for  so 
 moch  as  J  haue  sene  thy  face,  that  thou  art 
 yet  alyue. 
 
 Joseph  sayde  vnto  his  brethren,  (i  to  his  IE 
 fathers  house  :  J  will  go  ^'p,  (t  tell  Pharao,  5 
 saye  vnto  him  :  My  brethre  and  my  fathers 
 house  are  come  vnto  me  out  of  the  lande  of 
 Canaan,  and  are  kepers  of  catell  (for  they  are 
 men  that  deale  with  catell :)  their  small  3 
 greate  catell,  and  aU  that  they  haue,  haue 
 they  brought  with  them.     Now  yf  Pharao  call 
 
 t  Ge.  29.  d. 
 
 i  Ge.  41. 
 
 •i  Deut.  10.  d. 
 
CI)ap.  jtlbij. 
 
 tsct)t  t  bokt  of  iloEifS. 
 
 you,  and  saye :  what  is  youre  occupacio  ?  then 
 ye  shal  saye :  Thy  seruauntes  are  men  y  haue 
 dealt  with  catell  from  cure  youth  vp  hytherto, 
 both  we  5  oure  fathers,  that  ye  maye  dwell  in 
 the  lande  of  Gosen  :  for  the  Egipcians  abhorre 
 all  kepers  of  catell. 
 
 €l)c  rl6ij-  Chapter. 
 
 THEN  came  Joseph,  and  tolde  Pharao  5 
 sayde :  My  father  and  my  brethren, 
 their  small  %  greate  catell,  g  all  y  they  haue, 
 are  come  out  of  f  lande  of  Canaan :  5  beholde, 
 they  are  in  the  lande  of  Gosen.  And  he  toke 
 fyue  of  his  brethren,  j  presented  them  vnto 
 Pharao.  Then  sayde  Pharao  vnto  his  brethren : 
 What  is  youre  occupacion  ?  They  answered: 
 Thy  seruauntes  are  kepers  of  catell,  we  and 
 oure  fathers  also.  And  they  sayde  morouer 
 vnto  Pharao :  We  are  come  to  dwell  with  you 
 in  the  lande,  for  thy  seruautes  haue  no  pasture 
 for  their  catell,  so  sore  doth  the  derth  oppresse 
 the  lande  of  Canaan.  Now  therfore  let  thy 
 seruauntes  dwell  in  the  lande  of  Gosen. 
 
 Pharao  sayde  vnto  Joseph :  Thy  father  and 
 thy  brethren  are  come  vnto  the :  the  lande  of 
 Egipte  is  open  before  the,  let  them  dwell  in 
 the  best  place  of  the  lande,  (J  se  y  they  dwell 
 euen  in  the  lande  of  Gosen.  And  yf  thou 
 knowest  that  there  be  men  of  actiuyte  amoge 
 the,  make  the  rulers  of  my  catell. 
 
 Joseph  brought  in  lacob  his  father  also,  5 
 set  him  before  Pharao.  And  lacob  thanked 
 Pharao.  But  Pharao  axed  lacob :  How  olde 
 art  thou  ?  lacob  sayde  :  The  tyme  of  my 
 *pylgremage  is  an  hudreth  and  thirtie  yeares : 
 litle  and  euell  is  the  tyme  of  my  pilgremage, 
 and  attayneth  not  vnto  the  tyme  of  my  fathers 
 in  their  pylgremages.  And  lacob  thanked 
 Pharao,  and  wete  out  from  him. 
 
 So  Joseph  prepared  dwellinges  for  his  father 
 and  his  brethren,  5  gaue  them  a  possession  in 
 the  lande  of  Egipte,  euen  in  the  best  place  of 
 the  lande,  namely,  in  the  lande  of  Raemses, 
 as  Pharao  comaunded.  And  he  made  pro- 
 uysion  for  his  father  and  his  brethren,  and  all 
 his  fathers  house  with  bred,  euen  as  yonge 
 children. 
 
 There  was  no  bred  in  all  the  londe,  for  the 
 derth  was  very  sore  :  so  y  the  lande  of  Egipte 
 (I  the  lande  of  Canaan  were  fameshed  by  y 
 reason  of  the  derth.      And  Joseph  brought 
 
 *  lob  14.  c.    Psal.  118.  c. 
 
 jTo.  )iibij;! 
 
 together  all  the  money  that  was  founde  in 
 Egipte  and  Canaan,  for  y  corne  that  they 
 bought.  And  he  layed  vp  all  the  money  in 
 Pharaos  house. 
 
 Now  whan  money  fayled  in  the  lande  of 
 Egipte  and  Canaan,  all  the  Egipcians  came 
 vnto  Joseph,  5  saide :  Geue  vs  bred.  Why 
 suffrest  thou  vs  to  dye  before  f,  because  we 
 are  without  money  ?  Joseph  saide  :  Brynge 
 hither  youre  catell,  so  wil  J  geue  you  for  youre 
 catell,  seynge  ye  are  without  money.  Then 
 brought  they  their  catell  vnto  Joseph.  And 
 he  gaue  the  bred  for  their  horses,  shepe,  oxen 
 and  Asses.  So  he  fed  them  with  bred  y  yeare, 
 for  all  their  catell. 
 
 Whan  y  yeare  was  ended,  they  came  vnto 
 him  the  next  yeare,  5  sayde  vnto  him:  We 
 wil  not  hyde  it  from  oure  lorde,  y  not  onely 
 the  money,  but  all  the  catell  also  is  spent  vnto 
 oure  lorde :  5  there  is  nothinge  left  more  for 
 oure  lorde,  but  onely  oure  body  5  oure  lande. 
 Wherfore  suffrest  thou  both  vs  to  dye,  and 
 oure  londe  ?  Take  vs  and  oure  lade  for  bred, 
 that  we  and  oure  lande  maye  be  bonde  vnto 
 Pharao:  geue  vs  sede,  that  we  maye  lyue 
 and  not  dye,  5  y  the  lande  become  not  a 
 wildernesse. 
 
 So  Joseph  toke  all  the  lande  of  Egipte  in 
 for  Pharao:  for  the  Egipcians  solde  euery 
 man  his  lande,  because  y  derth  was  so  mightie 
 vpon  them :  and  so  the  lode  became  Pharaos, 
 with  the  people  that  wente  out  and  in  at  his 
 cities,  from  one  syde  of  Egipte  vnto  the  other, 
 excepte  the  prestes  londe,  that  toke  he  not  in : 
 For  it  was  ordened  of  Pharao  for  the  prestes, 
 that  they  shulde  eate  that  which  was  appoynted 
 them,  which  he  gaue  them,  therfore  they  neded 
 not  to  sell  their  londes. 
 
 Then  sayde  Joseph  vnto  the  people  :  Be- 
 holde, J  haue  taken  possession  of  you  and 
 youre  lande  this  daye  for  Pharao,  Beholde, 
 there  haue  ye  sede,  sowe  the  londe,  and  of 
 the  corne  ye  shall  geue  the  fifth  parte  vnto 
 Pharao :  foure  partes  shalbe  youres,  to  sowe 
 the  londe  for  youre  sustenaunce,  and  for  youre 
 houses  and  children. 
 
 They  sayde  :  Let  vs  but  lyue,  5  fynde 
 grace  before  the  oure  lorde,  we  wyl  gladly  be 
 Pharaos  seruauntes :  So  Joseph  made  the  a 
 lawe  vnto  this  daye  ouer  the  Egipcians  londe, 
 to  geue  Pharao  the  fifth  parte,  excepte  the 
 prestes  londe,  which  was  not  bonde  vnto 
 Pharao. 
 
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 €\)t  u  bofee  of  iHoEfcs. 
 
 Cftap.  irlbtij. 
 
 So  Israel  dwelt  in  Egipte  in  the  londe  of 
 Gosen,  and  had  it  in  possession,  and  grew  and 
 multiplied  exceadingly.  And  lacob  lyued 
 seuentene  yeare  in  the  lande  of  Egipte,  so 
 that  his  whole  age  was  an  hSdreth  and  seuen 
 and  fourtye  yeares. 
 
 Now  whan  the  tyme  came  that  Israel  shulde 
 dye,  he  called  loseph  his  sonne,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Yf  I  haue  founde  grace  in  thy  sight, 
 *  then  laye  thine  honde  vnder  my  thye,  y  thou 
 shalt  shewe  mercy  and  faithfulnes  vpon  me, 
 and  not  burye  me  in  Egipte,  but  I  will  lye 
 by  my  fathers,  and  thou  shalt  carye  me  out  of 
 Egipte,  5  burye  me  in  their  buryall.  He 
 sayde :  I  wil  do  as  thou  hast  sayde.  But  he 
 sayde:  t Then  sweare  vnto  me.  And  he  sware 
 vnto  him.  The  Israel  bowed  himself  towarde 
 the  bed  heade. 
 
 €f)C  rlbitj-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AFTER  this  it  was  tolde  loseph:  Be- 
 holde,  thy  father  is  sicke.  And  he  toke 
 with  him  his  twosonnesManassesandEphraim. 
 Then  was  it  tolde  lacob:  beholde,  thy  sonne 
 loseph  Cometh  vnto  y.  And  Israel  toke  a 
 corage  vnto  him,  5  sat  vp  vpo  ;y-  bed,  5  sayde 
 vnto  loseph  :  The  Allmightye  God  appeared 
 vnto  me  tat  Lus  in  y  lade  of  Canaan,  5  blessed 
 me,  5  saide  vnto  me :  Beholde,  I  wil  cause  y 
 to  growe  s  increase  5  w}'ll  make  a  multitude 
 of  people  of  f,  s  wil  geue  this  lade  vnto  thy 
 sede  after  y  for  an  euerlastinge  possession. 
 Therfore  shal  now  thy  two  sonnes  "  Manasses 
 5  Ephi-aim  (which  were  borne  vnto  the  in 
 Egipte,  before  I  came  hither  vnto  the)  be 
 myne,  like  as  Ruben  5  Simeon.  As  for  those 
 that  thou  begettest  after  the,  they  shal  be 
 thine  owne.  But  these  shalbe  named  with  the 
 names  of  their  brethren  in  their  inheritaunce. 
 
 And  wha  I  came  out  of  Mesopotamia, 
 Rachel  dyed  by  me  in  the  *  lande  of  Canaan, 
 by  the  waye,  whan  there  was  yet  but  a  feldes 
 brede  vnto  Eprath :  and  I  buryed  her  in  the 
 waye  towarde  Ephrath,  which  now  is  called 
 Bethleem. 
 
 And  Israel  loked  vpon  losephs  sonnes,  (i 
 sayde  :  What  are  these  ?  loseph  answered : 
 They  are  my  sonnes,  which  God  hath  geuen 
 me  here.  He  sayde :  Bi-ynge  the  hither  to 
 me,  y  I  maye  blesse  the.  (For  Israels  eyes 
 were  heuy  for  age,  5  he  coude  not  well  se.) 
 
 •  Ge.  24.  a.  t  Ge.  25.  d.  t  Ge.  28,  c.  "  Gen. 
 41.  g.        »  Gen.  aS.  d.         '  losu.  17.  a.        ^  Heb.  11.  d. 
 
 And  he  brought  the  vnto  him.  So  he  kyssed 
 them,  5  enbraced  the,  5  saide  vnto  loseph  : 
 Beholde,  I  haue  sene  thy  face,  which  I  thought 
 not :  (t  lo,  God  hath  caused  me  to  se  thy  sede 
 also.  And  loseph  toke  them  from  his  lappe, 
 and  they  fell  downe  to  the  grounde  vpon 
 their  face. 
 
 Then  loseph  toke  them  both,  Ephraim  in 
 his  right  hande  towarde  Israels  left  hade,  and 
 Manasses  in  his  left  hande  towarde  Israels 
 right  hade,  5  brought  the  vnto  him.  But 
 Israel  stretched  out  his  right  hande,  j  layed  it 
 vpo  y  heade  of  Ephraim  y  yogest  5  his  left 
 hande  vpo  Manasses  heade,  5  did  so  wyttingly 
 with  his  handes,  for '  Manasses  was  y  firstborne. 
 And  §he  blessed  loseph,  g  saide :  The  God 
 before  who  my  fathers  Abraha  (j  Isaac  haue 
 walked :  y  God  y  hath  fed  me  my  lyfe  longe 
 vnto  this  daye  :  the  angell  which  hath  dely- 
 uered  me  fro  all  euell,  blesse  these  laddes,  y 
 they  maye  be  called  after  my  name,  5  after  y 
 name  of  my  fathers  Abraha  (j  Isaac,  y  they 
 maye  growe  (t  multiplye  vpon  earth.  But 
 wha  loseph  sawe  y  his  father  layed  f  right 
 hade  vpo  Ephraims  heade,  it  displeased  him, 
 (i  he  lift  vp  his  fathers  hande,  to  remoue  it 
 fr5  Ephraims  heade  vnto  f  heade  of  Manasses, 
 (J  sayde  vnto  him  :  Not  so  my  father,  this  is  f 
 firstborne,  laye  thy  right  hade  vpo  his  heade. 
 Neuertheles  his  father  wolde  not,  5  saide :  I 
 knowe  it  well  my  sonne,  I  knowe  it  well,  this 
 shall  be  a  people  also,  5  shal  be  greate :  but 
 his  yonger  brother  shal  be  greater  the  he,  5 
 his  sede  shal  be  full  of  people.  So  he  blessed 
 them  the  same  daye  5  saide  :  In  y  shal  Israel 
 blesse,  so  y  it  shal  be  sayde  :  God  set  the  as 
 Ephraim  5  Manasses.  ''And  so  he  set  Ephraim 
 aboue  Manasses. 
 
 And  Israel  saide  vnto  loseph :  Beholde,  I 
 dye,  5  God  shall  be  with  you,  5  brynge  you 
 agayne  in  to  f  lande  of  youre  fathers.  Ill 
 haue  geuen  the  a  pece  of  londe,  without  thy 
 brethren,  which  I  gat  with  my  swerde  and  my 
 bowe  out  of  the  hande  of  the  Amorites. 
 
 Wife  vliv-  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  lacob  called  his  sonnes,  5  sayde: 
 Gather  you,  y  I  male  tell  you,  what 
 shal  happen  vnto  you  in  f  last  times  :  Come 
 together,  and  heare  ye  childre  of  lacob : 
 Herken  vnto  Israel  youre  father. 
 
;C[)ap.  I. 
 
 CI)f  I.  !)06e  of  i^ogfg. 
 
 So,  vliU 
 
 Rube  my  first  sonne,  *thou  art  my  power 
 and  the  begynnynge  of  my  strength,  chefe 
 tin  gouernaunce,  5  chefe  in  auctorite.  Thou 
 passest  forth  swiftly  as  y  water.  Thou  shalt 
 not  be  the  chefest :  For  i  thou  hast  clpumed 
 vp  vpon  thy  fathers  bed,  euen  than  defyledest 
 thou  my  couch  with  goynge  vp. 
 
 Symeon  and  Leui  brethren,  their  deedly 
 weapens  are  perlous  instrumentes.  In  to 
 their  secretes  come  not  my  soule,  and  my 
 worshipe  be  not  ioyned  with  their  congre- 
 gacion :  ^for  in  their  wrath  they  slew  a  man, 
 and  in  their  self  wyll  they  houghed  an  oxe. 
 Cursed  be  their  wrath,  because  it  is  so  fearce : 
 and  their  indignacion,  because  it  is  so  rigorous. 
 I  wil  deuyde  them  in  lacob,  and  scater  them 
 in  Israel. 
 
 II  luda,  thou  art  he.  Thy  brethren  shall 
 prayse  the:  for  thy  hade  shal  be  in  thine  ene 
 mies  neck :  thy  fathers  children  shall  stoupe 
 vnto  the.  ^  luda  is  a  yonge  lyon,  thou  art 
 come  vp  hye  my  sonne,  fro  the  spoyle.  **He 
 kneled  downe  and  couched  himself  as  a  lyon 
 (J  as  a  lionesse  :  who  wil  rayse  him  vp  ?  The 
 cepter  shal  not  be  remoued  fro  luda,  ner  a 
 master  fr5  his  fete,  tyll  the  Worthye  come,  and 
 vnto  him  shal  the  people  fall.  He  shall  bynde 
 his  foale  vnto  the  vyne,  and  his  Asses  colte  to 
 y  noble  braunch.     He  shal  wash  his  garment 
 
 wyne,  and  his  mantell  in  the  bloude  of 
 grapes.  His  eyes  are  roudier  then  wyne,  and 
 his  teth  whyter  then  mylck. 
 
 Zabulon  shal  dwell  in  the  hauen  of  the  see, 
 and  in  the  porte  of  shippes,  and  shal  border 
 vpon  Sydon. 
 
 Isachar  shal  be  a  stronge  Asse,  5  laye  him 
 downe  betwixte  y  borders.  And  he  saw  rest, 
 that  it  was  good,  and  the  lande,  that  it  was 
 pleasaunt.  And  bowed  downe  his  shulder  to 
 beare,  and  became  a  seruaiit  vnto  trybute. 
 
 Dan  shal  be  iudge  in  his  people,  as  well  as 
 a  trybe  in  Israel.  Dan  shalbe  a  serpent  in 
 the  waye,  and  an  edder  in  the  path,  and  byte 
 the  horse  in  the  heles,  that  his  ryder  maye 
 fall  backwarde.  LORDE  I  loke  for  thy 
 saluacion. 
 
 As  for  Gad,  a  wapened  boost  of  men  shal 
 fall  violently  vpon  him,  but  he  shall  hurte 
 them  in  the  hele. 
 
 Of  Asser  cometh  his  fat  bred,  and  he  shal 
 geue  delicates  vnto  kynges. 
 
 Gen.  29.  f. 
 ^  Gen.  34.  d. 
 
 t  Deu.  21.C. 
 II  1  Pa.  6.  a. 
 
 {  Gen.  35.  c.  1  Par.  6.  a. 
 
 fMich.S.b.         "Nu. 
 
 'Nepthali  is  a  swift  hynde,  and  geueth 
 goodly  wordes. 
 
 The  fruteful  sonne  loseph,  that  florishinge 
 sonne  to  loke  vpon,  the  doughters  go  vpo  the 
 wall.  And  though  the  shoters  angered  him, 
 stroue  with  him,  and  hated  him,  yet  his  bowe 
 bode  fast,  and  the  armes  of  his  hades  were 
 made  stroge  by  the  handes  of  ;y-  Mightie  in 
 lacob.  Of  him  are  come  herdmen  %  stones 
 in  Israel.  Of  thy  fathers  God  art  thou  helped, 
 (J  of  the  Alhnightie  art  thou  blessed,  with 
 blessynges  of  heauen  from  aboue,  with  bless- 
 inges  of  y  depe  y  lyeth  vnder,  with  blessynges 
 of  brestes  5  wombes.  The  blessinges  pro- 
 mised vnto  thy  father  and  my  fore  elders  go 
 mightely,  after  the  desyre  of  the  hyest  in  the 
 worlde  :  these  shal  light  on  losephs  heade 
 and  on  the  toppe  of  his  heade,  that  was  se- 
 parate from  his  brethren. 
 
 Ben  lamin,  a  rauyshinge  wolfe.  In  the 
 mornynge  shal  he  deuoure  the  praye,  but  in 
 the  euenynge  he  shal  deuyde  the  spovle. 
 
 All  these  are  the  twolue  trybes  of"  Israel: 
 and  this  is  it  that  their  father  spake  vnto  them, 
 whan  he  blessed  them,  euery  one  with  a  sun- 
 drye  blessynge. 
 
 And  he  commaunded  them,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  I  shal  be  gathered  vnto  my  people, 
 ttbui-ye  me  with  my  fathers  in  y  caue  which  is 
 in  the  felde  of  Ephron  the  Hethite,  in  the 
 dubble  caue  that  lyeth  ouer  against  Mamre  in 
 y  lande  of  Canaa,  which  Abraha  bought  with 
 the  felde,  of  Ephron  the  Hethite  for  a  pos- 
 session to  burye  in.  ''There  buryed  they 
 Abraha  5  Sara  his  wife,  there  buried  they 
 Isaac  also  5  Rebecca  his  wife :  ij  there  buried 
 I  Lea,  in  the  good  of  the  felde  (j  of  the  caue 
 therin,  which  was  bought  of  the  Hethites. 
 
 And  whan  lacob  had  ended  this  commaun- 
 dement  vnto  his  children,  'he  pluckte  his  fete 
 together  vpon  the  bed,  and  died,  and  was 
 gathered  vnto  his  people.  The  fell  loseph  vpon 
 his  fathers  face,  and  wepte,  and  kyssed  him. 
 
 Cl)£  I.  Cijapter. 
 
 AND  loseph  comauded  his  seruautes  ;y 
 Phisicias,  to  embawme  his  father.  And 
 the  Phisicians  embawmed  Israel,  tyll  fourtye 
 dayes  were  ended  (for  so  longe  endured  the 
 dayes  of  embawminge)  5  the  Egipcians  be 
 wayled  him  seuentye  dayes. 
 
 3.  d. 
 
 lud. 
 
 los.  19.  a. 
 tt  Gen.  23.  c. 
 
 lud.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18. 
 ''  Gen.  25.  c.       'Act.  7.b. 
 
fo,  I 
 
 CI)e  u  hokt  of  iHosifS, 
 
 Cf)ap.  I 
 
 Now  whan  the  mournynge  dayes  were 
 ended,  loseph  spake  vnto  Pharaos  housholde, 
 5  sayde :  Yf  I  haue  founde  fauoure  in  youre 
 sight,  the  speake  vuto  Pharao  and  sale:  My 
 father  hath  taken  an  ooth  of  me,  5  sayde : 
 Beholde,  I  dye,  "burye  me  in  myne  owne 
 graue,  which  I  dygged  for  myself  in  the  hide 
 of  Canaan.  Therfore  wyl  I  now  go  vp,  and 
 burye  my  father,  and  come  agayne.  Pharao 
 saide :  Go  thy  waye  vp,  and  burye  thy  father, 
 acordinge  as  thou  hast  sworne  vnto  him. 
 
 So  loseph  wete  vp,  to  burye  his  father.  And 
 there  wete  with  him  all  Pharaos  seruautes  y 
 were  the  elders  of  his  courte,  and  all  y  elders 
 of  the  lande  of  Egipte,  a  all  Josephs  hous- 
 holde, and  his  brethren,  and  his  fathers  hous- 
 holde. Onely  their  children,  shepe  5  oxen 
 left  they  in  y-  lade  of  Gosen,  5  toke  their  iour- 
 ney  vp  with  him,  vpo  charettes  and  horses, 
 and  the  company  was  exceadinge  greate. 
 
 Now  whan  these  came  to  the  playne  of 
 Atad  y  lyeth  beyonde  lordane,  they  made 
 there  a  very  greate  and  bytter  lamentacion, 
 (I  *he  mourned  for  his  father  seue  dayes.  And 
 wha  the  people  in  the  lande  (the  Cananites) 
 sawe  the  mournynge  in  the  playne  of  Atad, 
 they  sayde :  The  Egipcias  make  there  greate 
 lametacion.  Therfore  is  the  place  called: 
 The  lamentacion  of  the  Egipcians,  which  lyeth 
 beyonde  lordane. 
 
 And  his  children  dyd  as  he  had  comaunded 
 them,  *and  caried  him  to  y  lande  of  Canaan, 
 and  buried  him  in  y  dubble  caue,  that 
 Abraham  ''bought  with  the  felde  for  a  pos- 
 session to  bury  in,  of  Ephron  y  Hethite  ouer 
 ageynst  Mamre.  So  loseph  toke  his  iourney 
 agayne  in  to  Egipte  with  his  brethren,  and 
 with  all  those  that  wente  vp  with  him  to  burye 
 his  father,  whan  they  had  buried  him. 
 
 "  Gen.  47.  g. 
 
 •Eccli.  22.  b.         ''Gen.49.  e.     Act.         lob  42.  c.     Psal.  127.  a.        /Hebr.  ll.d.        t  Exo.  IS 
 .  b.         ■■  Gen.  23.  c.         •'  Gen.  37.  d.  '  Tob.  14.  a. 
 
 But  Josephs  brethre  were  afrayed,  wha  their 
 father  was  deed,  and  sayde :  loseph  might 
 happly  haue  indignacion  at  vs,  and  recompense 
 vs  all  the  euell  that  we  dyd  vnto  him,  ''therfore 
 let  they  saye  vnto  him :  Thy  father  com- 
 maunded  before  his  death,  and  sayde :  Thus 
 shal  ye  saye  viito  loseph :  O  forgeue  thy 
 brethren  the  offence  and  their  synne,  that 
 they  dyd  so  euell  vnto  the.  O  forgeue  now 
 this  trespace  of  vs  the  seruauntes  of  thy 
 fathers  God.  But  loseph  wepte,  whan  they 
 spake  so  vnto  him. 
 
 And  his  brethren  wente,  and  fell  downe 
 before  him,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  here  are  we 
 thy  seruauntes.  loseph  sayde  vnto  the :  Feare 
 ye  not,  for  I  am  vnder  God.  Ye  thought 
 euell  ouer  me,  but  God  hath  turned  it  ^aito 
 good,  to  do  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye, 
 for  the  sauynge  of  moch  people.  Therfore 
 be  not  ye  now  afrayed,  I  wyl  care  for  you  and 
 youre  children.  And  he  comforted  them,  and 
 spake  louyngly  vnto  them. 
 
 Thus  dwelt  loseph  in  Egipte  with  his 
 fathers  house,  and  lyued  an  hudreth  and  ten 
 yeare,  'and  sawe  Ephrayons  children,  ^Tito  f 
 thirde  generacion:  In  like  maner  the  children 
 of  Machir  the  sonne  of  Manasses,  begat  chil- 
 dren also  vpon  losephs  lappe. 
 
 And  loseph  sayde  vnto  his  brethren:  ^I  dye, 
 and  God  wyl  vyset  you,  and  brynge  you  out 
 of  this  lande,  to  the  lande  that  he  sware  vnto 
 Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob.  Therfore  toke 
 he  an  ooth  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  and  sayde : 
 Whan  God  shal  vyset  you,  *  the  cary  my 
 bones  fro  hence.  So  loseph  dyed,  wha  he 
 was  an  hudreth  and  ten  yeare  olde,  and  they 
 embawmed  him,  (t  layed  him  in  a  chest  in 
 Egipte. 
 
 losu.  24.  f. 
 
 €\)t  tixHt  of  ti)e  first  bofer  of  ilosrs,  calkti  6rnrs!ts!, 
 
a2fll)at  tJ)i£i  fioki-  rontfpiwt!). 
 
 €ifaf.  I. 
 
 The  childre  of  Israel  increase  in  Eg-ipte.  The 
 kynge  commaundeth  to  slaye  the,  and  to 
 drowne  them. 
 
 Cijap.   11. 
 
 The  byrth  of  Moses,  which  is  layed  vpo  the  water. 
 Pharaos  doughter  taketh  him  and  bringeth  him 
 vp.  He  slayeth  one  of  the  Egipcians,  and  fly- 
 eth  his  waye  in  to  Madian,  where  he  marieth. 
 The  cfiitdren  of  Israel  crye  viito  the  LORDE. 
 
 €]^ap.   III. 
 
 God  appeareth  vnto  Moses  in  the  bush,  and 
 sendeth  him  vnto  the  kynge  and  the  people. 
 
 Cljap.  nil. 
 
 Moses  is  loth  to  go,  5  excuseth  himself.  But 
 the  LORDE  enfourmeth  him,  maketh  him 
 stronge,  and  comforteth  him.  Moses  taketh 
 leueof  his  father  in  lawe,  to  go  vnto  his  people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 Moses  and  Aaron  go  vnto  the  kynge,  which 
 oppresseth  the  people  the  more. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VI. 
 
 God  geueth  Moses  more  instruccio  and  sendeth 
 him  vnto  the  people.     The  trybes  are  nombred. 
 
 Cfiap.  VII. 
 
 Moses  and  Aaron  go  vnto  the  kynge,  and  shewe 
 tokens  before  him :  but  the  kynge  waxeth  hard 
 harted. 
 
 Cljap.  VIII. 
 
 After  many  tokens  Pharao  graunteth  to  let  the 
 people  go  :  but  assone  as  the  plage  ceaseth, 
 he  is  as  vngodly  as  afore- 
 
 Cljap.  IX. 
 
 There  commeth  a  death  amoge  all  the  catell :  the 
 commeth  the  sores,  blaynes,  and  the  hayle. 
 
 CI)ap.  X. 
 
 The  greshoppers  and  darcknes  in  Egipte.  Pharao 
 forbyddeth  Moses  to  come  eny  more  in  his  sight. 
 
 C^ap.  XI. 
 
 The  LORDE  promiseth  to  brynge  yet  another 
 plage  vpon  Egipte,  and  comaundeth  the  Is 
 raelites  to  borowe  lewels  of  syluer  and  golde  of 
 the  Egipcians. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XII. 
 
 The  vse  of  the  Easterlambe.  God  slayeth  all  the 
 firstborne.  Pharao  dryueth  all  the  people  out 
 of  the  lande. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 
 God  commaundeth  to  sanctifie  all  the  firstborne 
 vnto  him,  and  carieth  them  towarde  the  lande 
 of  promyse,  not  the  next  waye  but  thorow  the 
 wyldernes,  by  a  cloude  in  the  daye  tyme,  and 
 a  pyler  of  fyre  in  the  night. 
 
 Cljap.  XIIII. 
 
 Pharao  foloweth  vpo  the  people  of  God,  which 
 delyuereth  his  owne,  carieth  them  thorow  the 
 reed  see,  (j  drowneth  the  enemies  therin. 
 
C&e  ij,  bolt  of  ilbses. 
 
 Cljap.   XV. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVIII. 
 
 Moses  and  the  people  syne;e  a  songe  of  thankes- 
 geuynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  come  to  Ma- 
 rath,  where  the  bytter  water  is  made  swete. 
 
 How  the  prestes  were  arayed  and  consecrated. 
 Cfjap.  XXIX. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XVI. 
 
 The  consecratinge  of  Aaron,  of  his  sonnes,  and  of 
 the  altare. 
 
 The  LORDE  sendeth  quayles  and  the  Manna  to 
 the  vnpacient  people. 
 
 Cljap.  XVII. 
 
 Ci^ap.    XXX. 
 
 Of  the  altare  of  incense,  and  thebrasen  lauer,  the 
 anoyntinge  oyle  and  incense. 
 
 Water  c5nieth  out  of  the  stonye  rocke.     They 
 fight  agaynst  Araaleck. 
 
 Cljap.    XVIII. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXXI. 
 
 The  workmen  are  called.     The  kepynge  of  the 
 Sabbath.     The  two  tables  of  wytnes  are  geuen 
 Moses. 
 
 €l)ap.  XXXII. 
 
 They  make  the  golden  calf,  Moses  in  his  dis- 
 pleasure breaketh  the  tables,  and  punysheth 
 the  transgressours 
 
 Ctiap.  XXXIII. 
 
 lethro  bryngeth  Moses  his  wife  and  children,  and 
 geueth  him  a  good  councell. 
 
 €i)ap.  XIX. 
 
 The  LORDE  appeareth  vnto  Moses  vpon  mount 
 Sinai.     Moses  sheweth  the  people. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XX. 
 
 The  people  mourne.     Moses  pitchelh  the  taber- 
 nacle, and  the  LORDE  talketh  with  him. 
 
 The  LORDE  geueth  Moses  the  two  tables  of  the 
 commaundementes  vnto  the  people. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXI. 
 
 Lawes  and  statutes  concernynge  bodely  thinges. 
 Of  murthur,  theft  and  other  mo. 
 
 Cljap.   XXXIIII. 
 
 Moses  receaueth  other  tables  of  the  LORDE  with 
 certaine  lawes.     The  people  are  afrayed  at  the 
 brightnes  of  his  face. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXXV. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXII. 
 
 Of  theft.     Of  hurte   that  is  done  with  wyll  or 
 vnawarres.     Of  thinges    geue   to   kepe.     Of 
 borowynge  and  pledges. 
 
 Certaine  statutes  cocerninge  the  Tabernacle.  The 
 workemen  are  appoynted. 
 
 C]^ap.   XXXVI. 
 
 What  the  thinges  be  that  they  made. 
 
 Cfiap.  XXIII. 
 
 Many  dyuerse  lawes  5  statutes. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 €I)ap.    XXXVII. 
 The  tabernacle  of  witnesse  with  the  staues,  Che- 
 rubins,  the  table,  candelsticke. 
 
 Of  the  boke  and  bloude  of  the  couenaunt. 
 Ci)ap.   XXV.  XXVI. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXVIII. 
 
 The  altare  of  bretofferiges  with  the  thinges  be- 
 longinge therto. 
 
 The  LORDE  coraaundeth   Moses  to  make  the 
 Sanctuary,  and  the  thinges  belonginge  therto. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXVII. 
 
 Of  the  altare  and  the  apparell  therof.     Of  the 
 courte   of   the    habitacio.     Of  the   oyle    and 
 lampes. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXIX. 
 Of  the  prestes  garmentes. 
 
 €  i)ap.  XL. 
 
 The  LORDE  commaundeth  Moses  to  set  vp  the 
 tabernacle,  (j  to  order  the  apparell  therof. 
 
Cftap.  ij. 
 
 C6e  ij,  fiofee  of  iloses. 
 
 4fo«  luj. 
 
 Cl)t  fir;St  Cljapttr. 
 
 THESE  are  y  names  of  the  "childre  of 
 Israel,  that  came  with  lacob  in  to  Egipte : 
 euery  one  came  in  with  his  house,  Ruben, 
 Simeon,  Leui,  luda,  Isachar,  Zabulo,  Ben 
 lamin,  Dan,  Nephtali,  Gad  and  Aser.  And 
 of  all  the  soules  that  came  out  of  the  loynes 
 of  lacob,  there  were  seuentie. 
 
 As  for  loseph,  he  was  in  Egipte  all  ready. 
 Now  wha  loseph  was  deed,  and  all  his  brethren, 
 and  all  they  that  lyued  at  that  tyme,  the 
 children  of  Israel  grewe,*  and  increased,  and 
 multiplied,  and  became  exceadinge  mightie, 
 so  y  the  lande  was  full  of  them. 
 
 The  came  there  a  new  kynge  ouer  Egipte, 
 which  knewe  nothinge  of  loseph,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  people  :  Beholde,  the  people  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  are  many,  5  mightier  then 
 we  :  Vp,  let  vs  deale  wysely  with  them,  y 
 there  be  not  so  many  of  them.  For  yf  there 
 shulde  ryse  vp  eny  warre  agaynst  vs,  they 
 might  ioyne  them  selues  also  vnto  oure  ene- 
 mies, and  ouercome  vs,  5  so  get  them  out  of 
 the  lande. 
 
 And  he  set  worke  masters  ouer  them,  to 
 kepe  them  vnder  with  burthens.  (For  they 
 buylded  the  cities  Phiton  and  Raemses,  for 
 treasuries  vnto  Pharao.)  But  the  more  they 
 vexed  them,  the  more  they  multiplied  andgrew. 
 
 Therfore  had  they  indignacio  at  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  the  Egipcians  compelled  the 
 children  of  Israel  without  mercy  to  do  seruyce, 
 and  made  their  lyues  bytter  vnto  them  with 
 greuous  laboure  in  claye  and  brycke,  and  with 
 allmaner  of  bondage  in  f  felde,  and  with  all- 
 maner  of  laboure,  which  they  layed  vpon  them 
 without  mercy. 
 
 And  the  kynge  of  Egipte  sayde  vnto  the 
 myd\vyues  of  the  Hebrueswemen.  (Of  the 
 which  one  was  called  Siphra,  and  the  other 
 Pua:)  Whan  ye  helpe  the  wemen  of  the 
 Hebrues,  and  se  vpon  the  stole,  that  it  is  a 
 Sonne,  then  slaye  him :  but  yf  it  be  a  doughter, 
 let  her  lyue.  Neuertheles  the  mydwyues 
 feared  God,  (i  dyd  not  as  the  kinge  of  Egipte 
 commaunded  them,  but  let  the  children  lyue. 
 
 Then  the  kynge  of  Egipte  called  the  myd- 
 wyues, and  sayde  vnto  them :  Wherfore  do 
 ye  this,  that  ye  let  the  children  lyue  ?  The 
 mydwyues  answered  Pharao :  The  wemen  of 
 the  Hebrues  are  not  as  the  wemen  of  Egipte, 
 
 "  Gen.  46.  b.        »  Psal.  104.  c.  Act.  7.  c. 
 
 for  they  are  sturdy  wemen :  or  euer  the  myd- 
 wyues come  at  them,  they  are  delyuered. 
 
 Therfore  God  dealt  well  with  the  myd- 
 wyues. And  the  people  multiplied,  and  be- 
 came exceadinge  mightie.  And  for  so  moch 
 as  the  mydwyues  feared  God,  *  he  made 
 them  houses.  Then  Pharao  commaiided  all 
 his  people  and  sayde :  All  the  sonnes  that 
 are  borne,  cast  in  to  the  water,  but  let  all  the 
 doughters  lyue. 
 
 Ci)t  i).  Ci)apter. 
 
 AND  there  wente  forth  a  man  of  the 
 house  of  Leui,'  and  toke  a  doughter  of 
 Leui.  t  And  the  wife  conceaued  and  bare  a 
 Sonne.  And  whan  she  sawe  y  it  was  a  proper 
 childe,  she  hyd  him  thre  monethes.  And 
 whan  she  coude  hyde  him  no  longer,  she  toke 
 an  Arke  of  redes,  and  dawbed  it  ouer  with 
 slyme  and  pitch,  and  layed  the  childe  therin, 
 and  set  it  amonge  the  redes  by  the  waters 
 brynke.  But  his  sister  stode  a  farre  of,  to 
 wete  what  wolde  come  of  him. 
 
 And  Pharaos  doughter  came  downe,  to 
 wash  herself  in  the  water  :  And  hir  maydens 
 walked  by  the  water  syde  :  and  whan  she 
 sawe  the  Arke  amonge  the  redes,  she  sent 
 one  of  hir  maydens,  and  caused  it  to  be  fett. 
 And  whan  she  opened  it,  she  sawe  f  childe: 
 and  beholde  the  babe  wepte.  Then  had  she 
 pytie  vpon  it,  and  sayde :  It  is  one  of  the 
 Hebrues  children. 
 
 Then  sayde  his  syster  vnto  Pharaos  dough- 
 ter: Shal  I  go,  and  call  the  a  nurse  of  the 
 Hebrues  wemen,  to  nurse  f  the  childe  ? 
 Pharaos  doughter  sayde  vnto  her :  Go  thy 
 waye.  The  mayde  wente,  and  called  the 
 childes  mother.  Then  sayde  Pharaos  doughter 
 vnto  her:  Take  this  childe,  and  nurse  it  for 
 me,  I  wyll  geue  y  thy  rewarde.  The  woman 
 toke  the  childe,  and  nursed  it. 
 
 And  whan  the  childe  was  growne,  she 
 brought  it  vnto  Pharaos  doughter,  and  it 
 became  hir  sonne,  and  she  called  him  Moses. 
 For  she  sayde :  I  toke  him  out  of  the  water. 
 
 Vpon  a  tyme  whan  Moses  was  greate,  he 
 wente  forth  vnto  his  brethren,  and  loked  vpon 
 their  burthens,  and  sawe,  that  an  Egipcia 
 smote  one  of  his  brethren  y  Hebrues.  And 
 he  loked  rounde  aboute  him:  and  whan  he 
 sawe  that  there  was  no  man,  he  slew  the 
 Egipcian,  and  buried  him  in  the  sonde. 
 
 '  Exod.  d.  c. 
 
 tAct.  7.  c.     Heb.  11.  d. 
 
#0.  Iiiij. 
 
 CI)f  i).  bokt  of  i¥U3s(es(. 
 
 Cftap»  uj. 
 
 rhe  next  daye  he  wente  forth  also,  and 
 sawe  two  men  of  the  Hebrues  stryuynge  to- 
 gether, and  sayde  to  the  vngodly  :  Wherfore 
 smytest  thou  thy  neghboure  ?  But  he  sayde :  * 
 Who  made  the  a  ruler  or  iudge  ouer  vs? 
 Wilt  thou  slaye  me  also,  as  thou  slewest  the 
 Egipcian?  The  was  Moses  afrayed,  and  sayde: 
 How  is  this  knowne  ?  And  Pharao  herde  of 
 it,  and  sought  for  Moses,  to  slaye  him.  But 
 Moses  fled  from  Pharao,  and  kepte  him  in  the 
 lande  of  Madian,  and  sat  him  downe  by  a 
 wells  syde. 
 
 The  prest  Madian  had  seuen  doughters, 
 which  came  to  drawe  water,  and  fylled  the 
 troughes,  to  geue  their  fathers  shape  to  drinke. 
 Then  came  the  shepherdes,  and  droue  the 
 awaye.  But  Moses  gat  him  vp,  and  helped 
 them,  and  gaue  their  shepe  to  drynke.  And 
 whan  they  came  to  Reguel  their  father,  he 
 saide :  How  came  ye  so  soone  to  daie  ?  They 
 sayde  :  A  man  of  Egipte  delyuered  vs  from  f 
 shepherdes,  and  drew  vnto  vs,  and  gaue  the 
 shepe  to  drynke.  He  sayde  vnto  his  doughters : 
 Where  is  he?  Wherfore  let  ye  the  man  go, 
 that  ye  called  him  not  to  eate  with  vs  ? 
 
 And  Moses  was  content  to  dwell  with  the 
 man.  And  he  gaue  Moses  his  doughter 
 Zipora,  which  bare  him  a  sonne,  and  he  t 
 called  him  Gerson,  for  he  sayde :  I  am  become 
 a  straunger  in  a  straunge  lande.  And  she  bare 
 him  yet  a  sonne,  whom  he  called  Elieser,  and 
 sayde :  The  God  of  my  father  is  my  helper, 
 and  hath  delyuered  me  from  Pharaos  hade. 
 
 But  after  this  in  processe  of  tyme,  the  kynge 
 of  Egipte  dyed.  And  the  childre  of  Israel 
 sighed  ouer  their  laboure,  and  cried.  And 
 their  crye  ouer  their  laboure,  came  before 
 God.  And  God  herde  their  coplaynte,  (j 
 remebred  his  couenaunt  t  with  Abraham  Isaac 
 and  lacob.  And  God  loked  vpon  the  childre 
 of  Israel,  and  God  knew  it. 
 
 Cl&e  lij.  Chapter. 
 
 MOSES  kepte  the  shepe  of  lethro  his 
 father  in  lawe  prest  of  Madian,  5  droue 
 the  shepe  on  the  backsyde  of  the  wyldernes, 
 and  came  to  the  mountayne  of  God,  Horeb. 
 "And  the  angell  of  ;y-  LORDE  appeared  vnto 
 him  in  a  flame  of  fyre  out  of  the  bush.  And 
 he  sawe  that  y  bush  brent  with  fyre,  and  yet 
 
 •  Ge.  19.  b.     Mat.  21.  c.    Act.  7.  c.  t  Nu.  12.  a. 
 
 Exo   18.  a.        t  ludic.  2.  c.     Gen.  15.  c.        ''4Es.  14.a. 
 Act.  7.  d.         »  losu.  5.  d.        '  Matt.  22.  d.    Mar.  12.  c. 
 
 was  not  consumed,  and  saide :  I  wil  go  hence, 
 and  se  this  greate  sight,  why  y  bush  is  not 
 brent. 
 
 Whan  the  LORDE  sawe,  that  he  wente 
 his  waye  to  se,  God  called  vnto  him  out  of 
 the  bush,  and  sayde :  Moses,  Moses.  He 
 answered :  Here  am  I.  He  sayde :  Come 
 not  hither,  put  thy  shues  of  thy  fete,*  for  the 
 place  where  vpon  thou  stondest,  is  an  wholy 
 groude.  And  he  sayde  morouer :'  I  am  the 
 God  of  thy  father,  the  God  of  Abraham,  f 
 God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  lacob.  And 
 Moses  couered  his  face,  for  he  was  afrayed  to 
 loke  vpon  God. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  :  I  haue  sene  the 
 trouble  of  my  people  in  Egipte  i  (i  haue  herde 
 their  cr)'e  ouer  those  that  oppresse  them.  I 
 knowe  their  sorowe,  and  am  come  downe  to 
 delyuer  them  from  the  power  of  the  Egipcians, 
 and  to  carye  them  out  of  that  lode,  in  to  a 
 good  and  wyde  londe,  euen  in  to  a  londe  that 
 floweth  with  mylke  and  hony :  namely,  vnto 
 the  place  of  the  Cananites,  Hethites,  Amor- 
 ites,  Pheresites,  Heuytes  5  lebusites.  For  so 
 moch  now  as  the  complaynte  of  the  children 
 of  Israel  is  come  before  me,  5  I  haue  sene 
 their  oppression  wherwith  the  Egipcians  op' 
 presse  them :  Go  now  thy  waye  therfore,"*  I 
 wil  sende  the  vnto  Pharao,  that  thou  mayest 
 brynge  my  people  the  children  of  Israel  out 
 of  Egipte.  Moses  sayde  vnto  God :  Who  am 
 I,  ''y  I  shulde  go  vnto  Pharao,  and  brynge  the 
 children  of  Israel  out  of  Egipte  ? 
 
 He  sayde :  I  wyll  be  with  the :  (i  this  shall 
 be  the  token,  y  I  haue  sent  the.  Whan  thou 
 hast  brought  my  people  out  of  Egipte,  ye 
 shal  serue  God  vpon  this  mountayne.  Moses 
 sayde  vnto  God:  Beholde,  whan  I  come  to 
 the  childre  of  Israel,  and  saye  vnto  them 
 The  God  of  youre  fathers  hath  sent  me  vnto 
 you,  5  they  saye  vnto  me :  What  is  his  name  ? 
 what  shal  I  saye  vnto  them  ?  God  saide  vnto 
 Moses :  I  wyl  be  what  I  wyll  be.  And  he 
 sayde  :  Thus  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  f  children 
 of  Israel :  II  I  wyl  be  hath  sent  me  vnto  you. 
 And  God  sayde  morouer  vnto  Moses:  •'Thus 
 shalt  thou  saye  vnto  the  children  of  Israel 
 The  LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers,  the  God 
 of  Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  y  God  of 
 lacob  hath  sent  me  vnto  you,  this  is  my  name 
 
 Luc.  20.  c. 
 '  ludi.  6  c. 
 
 §  Exo.  22.  c.     Eccli.  21.  a. 
 11  loh.  8.  c. 
 
 ''  Act.  7.  e, 
 Heb.  11.  c 
 
CI)ap*  luji. 
 
 Cf)t  ih  boht  of  iHoSfsi. 
 
 fo,  lb. 
 
 for  euer,  and  my  memoriall  from  cliilde  to 
 childes  childe.  Go  thy  waye  therfore,  and 
 gather  the  elders  of  Israel  together,  and  saye 
 vnto  them :  The  LORDE  God  of  youre 
 fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham,  the  God  of 
 Isaac,  the  God  of  lacob  hath  appeared  vnto 
 me,  and  sayde  :  I  haue  vysited  you,  and  sene 
 what  is  done  vnto  you  in  Egipte,  and  haue 
 sayde:  I  wil  brynge  you  out  of  the  trouble  of 
 Egipte,  in  to  y  lande  of  f  Cananites,  Hethites, 
 Amorites,  Pheresites,  Heuites  5,  lebusites:  in 
 to  a  lode  y  floweth  with  mylke  and  hony. 
 And  yf  they  heare  thy  voyce,  then  shalt  thou 
 and  the  elders  of  Israel  go  in  to  the  kynge  of 
 Egipte,  and  saye  vnto  him  :  "  The  LORDE 
 God  of  y  Hebrues  hath  called  vs.  '  Let  vs  go 
 now  therfore  thre  dayes  iourney  in  the  wyl- 
 dernes,  y  we  maye  do  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 But  I  knowe,  that  the  kynge  of  Egipte  wil 
 not  let  you  go,  but  thorow  a  mightie  hade. 
 For  I  will  stretch  out  m}Tie  hande,  d  smyte 
 Egipte  with  all  maner  of  wonders  which  I  will 
 do  therin  :  after  y  shal  he  let  you  go.  "And 
 I  wil  geue  this  people  fauoure  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Egipcians :  so  that  whan  ye  go  forth,  ye 
 shal  not  go  forth  emptie :  but  euery  wife  shall 
 borowe  of  hir  neghbouresse  j  of  her  that 
 sogeourneth  in  hir  house,  lewels  of  syluer  and 
 golde  and  rayment :  those  shal  ye  put  vpon 
 youre  sonnes  and  doughters,  and  spoyle  the 
 Egipcians. 
 
 Cljt  tit).  C})apt«. 
 
 MOSES  answered,  5  sayde :  Beholde, 
 they  shall  not  beleue  me,  ner  heare  my 
 voyce,  but  shal  saye :  The  LORDE  hath  not 
 appeared  vnto  the.  The  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 him :  What  is  y,  that  thou  hast  in  thine  hande? 
 He  saide  a  staff.  He  sayde :  Cast  it  from  the 
 vpon  the  grounde.  And  he  cast  it  fro  him : 
 then  was  it  turned  to  a  serpent.  And  Moses 
 fled  fro  it.  But  y  LORDE  saide  vnto  him : 
 Stretch  forth  thine  hande,  g  take  it  by  the 
 tayle.  Then  stretched  he  forth  his  hande, 
 and  toke  it,  and  it  became  a  staff  agayne  in 
 his  hande.  Therfore  shal  they  beleue  that  y 
 LORDE  God  of  their  fathers,  the  God  of 
 Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac  f  God  of  lacob 
 hath  appeared  vnto  the. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  furthermore  vnto 
 him  :    Thrust  thine  hade  in  to  thy  bosome. 
 
 «  Exo.  5.  a.  t  Exo.  8.  f.  <■  Exo.  11.  a.  and  12.  e. 
 
 And  he  thrust  it  in  to  his  bosome,  ix,  toke  it 
 out :  beholde,  the  was  it  leper  like  snowe. 
 And  he  saide :  Put  it  in  to  thy  bosome  agayne. 
 And  he  put  it  agayne  in  to  his  bosome,  5  toke 
 it  out :  beholde,  the  was  it  turned  againe  as 
 his  flesh.  Yf  they  wil  not  beleue  the,  ner 
 heare  y  voyce  of  the  first  token,  yet  shal  they 
 beleue  the  voyce  of  the  seconde  token.  But 
 yf  they  wil  not  beleue  these  two  tokens  ner 
 heare  thy  voyce,  then  take  of  the  water  of  the 
 ryuer,  and  poure  it  vpon  the  drye  londe :  so 
 sliall  the  same  water  y  thou  hast  take  out  of  y 
 ryuer,  be  turned  vnto  bloude  vpo  y  drye  londe. 
 
 But  Moses  sayde  vnto  the  LORDE:  ■'Oh 
 my  LORDE,  I  am  a  man  that  is  not  eloquet, 
 from  yesterdaye  5  yeryesterdaye,  g  sence  the 
 tyme  y  thou  hast  spoken  vnto  thy  seruaunt : 
 for  I  haue  a  slowe  speach,  5  a  slowe  tunge 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him :  Who  hath 
 made  the  mouth  of  man  ?  Or  who  hath  made 
 the  domme,  or  the  deaf,  or  the  seynge  or  y 
 blynde?  Haue  not  I  the  LORDE  done  it? 
 Go  now  thy  waye  therfore,  I  wil  be  with  thy 
 mouth,  (t  teach  the  what  thou  shalt  saye. 
 
 But  Moses  sayde:  My  LORDE,  sende 
 whom  thou  wilt  sende.  Then  was  the 
 LORDE  very  angrie  at  Moses,  and  saide 
 Do  not  I  knowe  then,  y  thy  brother  Aaron 
 the  Leuite  is  well  spoken  ?  And  beholde,  he 
 shal  go  forth  to  mete  y :  '5  whan  he  seyth 
 the,  he  shal  reioyse  from  his  hert.  Thou 
 shalt  speake  vnto  him,  (t  put  the  wordes  in  his 
 mouth :  j  I  wil  be  with  thy  mouth  rt  his,  and 
 teach  you  what  ye  shall  doo :  (t  he  shall  speake 
 vnto  the  people  for  the.  He  shal  be  thy 
 mouth,  I  thou  shalt  be  his  God.  And  take 
 in  thine  hande  this  staff,  wherwith  thou  shalt 
 do  tokens. 
 
 Moses  wete,  and  came  agayne  vnto  lethro 
 his  father  in  lawe,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Let 
 me  go  (I  praye  the)  that  I  maye  turne  agayne 
 vnto  my  brethre,  which  are  in  Egipte,  and  se 
 whether  they  be  yet  alyue.  lethro  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Go  thy  waye  in  peace.  The  LORDE 
 sayde  also  vnto  him  in  Madian  :  Go  thy  waye, 
 turne  againe  in  to  Egipte,  for  f  me  are  deed, 
 that  sought  after  thy  life.  So  Moses  toke  his 
 wife,  and  his  sonnes,  and  caried  them  vpon 
 an  Asse,  (j  wente  againe  in  to  the  lande  of 
 Egipte,  d  toke  the  staff  of  God  in  his  hande. 
 And  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses:  When 
 thou  comest  agayne  in  to  Egipte,  se  y  thou  do 
 
 •^  lere.  1.  a.    Acto.  8.  b.  'Exod.4.  e. 
 
I  I  all  the  wonders  (before  Pharao)  which  I  haue 
 put  in  thy  hade.  "  But  1  wil  harde  his  hert, 
 y  he  shall  not  let  the  people  go.  And  thou 
 shalt  saie  vnto  Pharao:  Thus  sayeth  y 
 LORDE :  Israel  is  my  firstborne  sonne,  g  I 
 saye  vnto  the :  Let  my  Sonne  go,  y  he  maye 
 serue  me :  Yf  thou  wilt  not  let  him  go,  '  then 
 wil  I  slaye  thy  firstborne  sonne. 
 
 And  as  he  was  by  the  waye  in  the  Inne, 
 the  LORDE  met  him,  and  wolde  haue  slayne 
 him.  Then  toke  Zipora  *a  stone,  and  cir- 
 cumcyded  the  foreskynne  of  hir  sonne,  and 
 touched  his  fete,  and  sayde :  A  bloudy  bryde- 
 grome  art  thou  vnto  me.  The  let  he  him  go. 
 But  she  sayde :  A  bloudy  brydegrome,  because 
 of  the  circumcision. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Aaron :  Go 
 mete  Moses  in  the  wildernes.  And  he  wete, 
 5  met  him  on  the  mount  of  God,  and  kyssed 
 him.  And  Moses  tolde  Aaron  all  the  wordes 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  had  sent  him :  5  all 
 the  tokens  y  he  had  charged  him  withall. 
 And  they  wete,  5  gathered  all  the  elders  of 
 the  childre  of  Israel.  And  Aaron  tolde  all  y 
 wordes,  y  the  LORDE  had  spoke  vnto 
 Moses :  5  dyd  the  tokens  before  the  people,  5 
 the  people  beleued.  And  whan  they  herde  y 
 the  LORDE  vysited  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  loked  vpon  their  trouble,  they  bowed 
 them  selues,  and  worshipped. 
 
 €:i)t  b.  Ci^apter. 
 
 AFTERWARDE  wente  Moses  5  Aaron, 
 a  spake  vnto  Pharao  :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  the  God  of  Israel :  let  my  people 
 go,  y  they  maye  kepe  holy  daye  vnto  me 
 in  the  wildernes.  Pharao  answered :  t  What 
 felowe  is  the  LORDE,  that  I  must  heare  his 
 voyce,  and  let  Israel  go?  I  knowe  not  the 
 LORDE,  nether  wil  I  let  Israel  go. 
 
 They  sayde:    The  God  of   the    Hebrues 
 
 hath  called  vs.     Let  vs  go  now  therfore  thre 
 
 jdayes  iourney  in  the  wildernes,  5  do  sacrifice 
 
 I  vnto  the  LORDE  oure  God,  y  there  happen 
 
 not  vnto  vs  pestilece  or  swerde.     The  sayde  y 
 
 kynge  of  Egipte  vnto  the :    Why  make  ye  y 
 
 people  (thou  Moses  5  Aaron)  to  leaue  their 
 
 worke?      Get   you    hece   to   youre   laboure. 
 
 Pharao  saide  morouer :  Beholde,  y  people  are 
 
 to  many  in  f  lande,  and  yet  wil  ye  byd  them 
 
 j  ceasse  from  their  laboure. 
 
 J3       The    same    daye    therfore    dyd    Pharao 
 
 Cf)e  ij.  ftofef  of  ilO£«cs(. 
 
 Clba))*  b. 
 
 comaunde  the  workmasters  of  the  people,  and 
 their  officers,  and  sayde  :  Ye  shal  not  gather 
 and  geue  the  people  eny  more  strawe,  to 
 burne  bryck,  as  yesterdaye  and  yeryesterdaye. 
 Let  them  go,  and  gather  them  strawe  them 
 selues.  And  the  nombre  of  the  brycke  which 
 they  made  yesterdaye  d  yeryesterdaye,  shall 
 ye  laye  vpon  them  neuertheles,  and  mynish 
 nothinge  therof :  for  they  are  ydle.  Therfore 
 crye  they  and  saye :  We  wil  go,  and  do  sacri- 
 fice vnto  oure  God.  Let  the  men  be  kepte 
 downe  with  laboure,  y  they  maye  haue  to  do, 
 5  not  to  turne  them  selues  to  false  wordes. 
 
 Then  wente  the  workmasters  of  the  people 
 5  their  officers  out,  a  spake  vnto  the  people 
 Thus  sayeth  Pharao :  There  shall  no  strawe 
 be  geuen  you,  go  youre  waye  youre  selues. 
 and  get  you  strawe,  where  ye  can  fynde  it. 
 But  of  youre  laboure  there  shall  nothinge  be 
 mynished.  Then  were  the  people  scatred  in 
 all  y  lande  of  Egipte,  to  gather  stubble,  that 
 they  might  haue  strawe. 
 
 And  the  workmasters  haistied  them  for- 
 warde,  5  sayde  :  Fulfill  youre  daye  worke,  like 
 as  whan  ye  had  strawe.  And  the  officers  of 
 y  children  of  Israel,  whom  Pharaos  worck- 
 masters  had  set  ouer  them,  were  beaten,  5  it 
 was  saide  vnto  them  :  Wherfore  haue  ye  not 
 fulfilled  youre  appoynted  daye  worke  to  daye 
 and  yesterdaye,  like  as  in  tymes  past  ? 
 
 Than  wente  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  d  coplayned  vnto  Pharao :  Wherfore 
 wilt  thou  deale  thus  with  thy  seruauntes? 
 Thy  seruauntes  haue  no  strawe  geuen  the,  (j 
 yet  must  we  make  the  brycke  that  are  ap- 
 poynted vs.  And  beholde,  thy  seruauntes 
 are  beaten,  %  thy  people  are  euell  intreated. 
 Pharao  sayde  :  Ye  are  ydle,  ydle  are  ye,  ther- 
 fore saye  ye :  we  will  go,  and  do  sacrifice  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  Go  now  youre  waye  therfore, 
 (t  worke  :  there  shall  no  strawe  be  geuen  you, 
 but  the  nombre  of  brycke  shal  ye  delyuer 
 
 Then  sawe  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  y  it  was  not  amended,  for  it  was  sayde : 
 ye  shal  mynish  nothinge  of  the  daye  worke  of 
 the  brycke.  And  whan  Moses  5  Aaron  wente 
 from  Pharao,  they  came  forth  to  mete  them, 
 5  sayde  vnto  them  :  The  LORDE  loke  vpon 
 you,  d  iudge  it,  for  ye  haue  made  the  sauoure 
 of  vs  to  stynke  before  Pharao  and  his  ser- 
 uauntes, and  haue  geuen  them  a  swerde  in 
 their  handes,  to  slaye  vs. 
 
 *  losu.  5.  a.  t  lob  21.  b. 
 
 c 
 
CI)ap.  fau 
 
 COe  I'ji.  hokt  of  iWosfciS, 
 
 Jfo.  Mj, 
 
 But  Moses  came  agayne  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  sayde:  LORDE,  wherfore  dealest  thou 
 so  euell  with  this  people  ?  Wherfore  hast  thou 
 sent  me  ?  For  sence  the  tyme  that  I  wente 
 in  vnto  Pharao,  to  speake  vnto  him  in  thy 
 name,  he  hath  dealt  euell  with  this  people, 
 and  thou  hast  not  delyuered  thy  people.  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  :  Now  shalt  thou 
 se,  what  I  wiU  do  vnto  Pharao,  for  thorow  a 
 mightie  hande  must  he  let  them  go,  thorow  a 
 mightie  hande  "must  he  dryue  them  from  him 
 out  of  his  londe. 
 
 Efjt  bi.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 AND  God  spake  vnto  Moses,  (j  sayde  vnto 
 him :  I  am  y  LORDE,  5  I  appeared 
 vnto  Abraham,  Isaac  5  lacob,  an  Allmightie 
 God :  but  *  my  name,  LORDE,  haue  I  not 
 shewed  vnto  them  :  My  couenaunt  also  haue 
 I  made  with  them,  *  that  I  wil  geue  them  the 
 londe  of  Canaan,  the  londe  of  their  pilgremage, 
 wherin  they  haue  bene  straungers.  Mor- 
 ouer  I  haue  herde  the  complaynte  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  whom  y  Egipcians  oppresse 
 with  laboure,  and  haue  remembred  my  coue- 
 naunt. 
 
 Therfore  saye  vnto  the  childre  of  Israel : 
 I  am  the  LORDE,  rt  wil  brynge  you  out  from 
 youre  burthens  in  Egipte,  j  wil  rydd  you  from 
 youre  laboure,  and  wil  delyuer  you  thorow  a 
 stretched  out  arme  g  greate  iudgmetes,  and 
 will  receaue  you  for  my  people,  3  will  be 
 youre  God:  so  that  ye  shal  knowe,  that 
 I  the  LORDE  am  youre  God,  which  brjaige 
 you  out  from  the  burthen  of  Egipte,  and 
 will  brynge  you  in  to  the  lande,  ouer  the 
 which  I  haue  lift  vp  my  hande,  to  geue  it 
 vnto  Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  y  same  wil 
 I  geue  vnto  you  for  a  possession.  I  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Moses  tolde  this  vnto  the  childre  of  Israel. 
 But  they  herkened  not  vnto  him,  for  very 
 anguysh  of  sprete,  (j  for  sore  laboure.  The 
 spake  the  LORDE  vnto  Moses,  5  sayde :  Go 
 thy  waye,  (j  speake  vnto  Pharao  the  kynge  of 
 Egypte,  y  he  let  the  childre  of  Israel  go  out 
 of  his  lande.  But  Moses  spake  before  y 
 LORDE,  5  saide :  Beholde,  y  childre  of  Israel 
 herke  not  vnto  me,  how  shulde  Pharao  the 
 heare  me?  'And  I  am  also  of  vncircumcised 
 lyppes. 
 
 "Exo.  14.  b.      •Ge.32.e.      »Gen.  17.  a.      'Exo.  4.c. 
 Ge.  46.  b.     Nu.  26.  a.     1  Par.  6.  a.  '  Num.  3.  c. 
 
 So  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  g  Aaron, 
 (t  gaue  the  a  commaundemut  vnto  the  childre 
 of  Israel,  (j  vnto  Pharao  the  kynge  of  Egipte, 
 y  they  shulde  brynge  the  childre  of  Israel  out 
 of  Egipte. 
 
 ''These  are  y  heades  of  the  house  of  their 
 fathers.  The  children  of  Ruben  the  first 
 Sonne  of  Israel,  are  these :  Hanoch,  Pallu, 
 Hezron,  Charmi :  These  are  the  generacions 
 of  Ruben. 
 
 The  children  of  Simeon  are  these :  lemuel, 
 lamin,  Ohad,  lachin,  Zophar,  and  Saul  the 
 Sonne  of  the  Cananitish  woman :  These  are 
 the  generacions  of  Symeon. 
 
 These  are  the  names  of  the  childre  of  Leui 
 in  their  generacios :  '  Gerson,  Kahath  and 
 Merari :  Leui  was  an  hundreth  and  seuen  a 
 thirtie  yeare  olde.  The  children  of  Gerson 
 are  these :  Libni  and  Semei  in  their  genera- 
 cions. The  childre  of  Kahath  are  these: 
 Amram,  lezear,  Hebron,  Vsiel.  -^  Kahath  was 
 an  hundreth  (t  thre  d  thirtie  yeare  olde.  The 
 children  of  Merari  are  these :  Maheli  and 
 Musi.  These  are  y^  generacions  of  Leui  in 
 their  kynreds. 
 
 And  Amram  toke  ^  his  vncles  doughter  + 
 lochebed  to  wife,  which  bare  him  Aaron  (j 
 Moses.  Amram  was  an  C.  5  vij.  tj  thirtie 
 yeare  olde.  The  childre  of  lezear  are  these 
 Korah,  Nepheg,  Sichri.  The  children  of 
 Vsiel  are  these  :  Misael,  Elzaphan,  Sithri. 
 
 Aaron  toke  Ehzaba  y  doughter  of  Aminadab 
 Nahassons  sister  to  wife,  which  bare  him 
 Nadab,  Abihu,  Eleasar,  Ithamar. 
 
 The  childre  of  Korah  are  these :  Assir, 
 Elkana,  5  Abiassaph.  These  are  f  gene- 
 racios of  y  Korahites.  Eleasar  Aarons  sonne 
 toke  one  of  the  doughters  of  Putiel  to  wife, 
 ivhich  bare  him  Phineas.  These  are  the 
 heades  amonge  the  fathers  of  the  generacions 
 of  the  Leuites. 
 
 This  is  y  Aaron  5  Moses,  vnto  whom  f 
 LORDE  sayde :  Bringe  y  childre  of  Israel 
 out  of  the  lande  of  Egipte  with  their  armies. 
 It  is  they  (namely  Moses  5  Aaron)  y  spake 
 vnto  Pharao  the  kynge  of  Egipte,  y  they 
 might  brynge  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
 Egipte.  The  same  dale  spake  f  LORDE 
 vnto  Moses  in  y  lande  of  Egipte,  j  sayde  :  I 
 am  y  LORDE,  speake  thou  vnto  Pharao  y 
 kynge  of  Egipte,  all  y  I  saye  vnto  f.     And 
 
 /  1  Par.  24.  b.        s  Exod.  2.  a.        t  Nu.  26.  g. 
 
Jfo.  Mij, 
 
 €i)t  ij,  bokt  of  i^kisrsi. 
 
 Cftap.  bij. 
 
 he  answered  before  y  LOllDE :  Beholde,  I 
 am  of  vncircumcised  lippes,"  how  shall  Pharao 
 the  heare  me  ? 
 
 Ci)t  6i).  Ci^apUr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Be- 
 holde, I  haue  made  the  a  God  ouer 
 Pharao,  5  Aaro  thy  brother  shal  be  thy 
 prophet.  Thou  shalt  speake  all  y  I  eomaude 
 y :  but  Aaron  thy  brother  shal  speake  vnto 
 Pharao,  y  he  maye  let  the  childre  of  Israel 
 go  out  of  nis  lande.  *  Neuertheles  I  wil  harden 
 Pharaos  hert,  y  I  maye  multiplye  my  tokens 
 5  wonders  in  the  londe  of  Egipte.  And 
 Pharao  shal  not  heare  you,  y  I  maye  shewe 
 my  hande  in  Egipte,  5  brynge  myne  armyes, 
 euen  my  people  the  childre  of  Israel  out  of  ;y 
 lande  of  Egipte,  by  greate  iudgmetes.  And 
 y  Egipcians  shal  knowe,  y  I  am  the  LORDE, 
 whan  I  shal  stretch  out  my  hande  vpon  Egipte, 
 and  brynge  the  children  of  Israel  out  from 
 amonge  them. 
 
 Moses  and  Aaron  dyd  as  the  LORDE 
 comauded  them.  And  Moses  was  foure  score 
 yeare  olde,  5  Aaron  thre  5  foure  score  yeare 
 olde,  whan  they  spake  vnto  Pharao.  And  f 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  a  Aaron :  Whan 
 Pharao  sayeth  vnto  you:  Shew  youre  wonders, 
 then  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  Aaron :  Take  thy 
 staff,  and  cast  it  before  Pharao,  (j  it  shal  tume 
 to  a  serpent. 
 
 Then  wete  Moses  5  Aaron  in  vnto  Pharao, 
 5  dyd  as  the  LORDE  comaunded  them. 
 And  Aaron  cast  his  staff  before  Pharao  5 
 before  his  seruauntes,  5  it  turned  to  a  serpet. 
 Then  Pharao  called  for  y^  wyse  men  (t  Sor- 
 cerers. And  the  Sorcerers  of  Egipte  also 
 dyd  like  wyse  with  their  Sorceries,  and  euery 
 one  cast  his  staff  before  him,  5  they  turned 
 vnto  serpentes.  But  Aarons  staff  deuoured 
 their  staues.  So  Pharaos  hert  was  hardened, 
 and  he  herkened  not  vnto  them,  euen  as  the 
 LORDE  had  sayde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  The 
 hert  of  Pharao  is  hardened,  he  refuseth  to 
 let  ;y-  people  go.  Get  y-  vnto  Pharao  in  the 
 mornynge,  beholde,  he  shal  come  vnto  f  water, 
 mete  thou  him  vpo  the  waters  brynke,  ij  take 
 y-  staff  which  turned  to  a  serpet,  in  thine 
 hande,  g  saye  vnto  him :  The  LORDE  God 
 of  the  Hebrues  hath  sent  me  vnto  the,  (j  sendeth 
 y  worde :  '  Let  my  people  go,  that  they  maye 
 
 -Exod.6.  b.      'Exo.4.  d.      '  Exod.  8.  a.      •'Psal.77.c. 
 
 serue  me  in  the  wyldernesse :  but  hither  to 
 thou  woldest  not  heare. 
 
 Therfore  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  Hereby 
 shalt  thou  knowe,  y  I  am  f  LORDE.  Be- 
 holde, with  the  staff  y  I  haue  in  my  hande, 
 wil  I  smyte  the  water  which  is  in  y  ryuer,  5 
 it  shal  be  turned  in  to  bloude :  so  that  the 
 fishes  in  the  ryuer  shaD  dye,  5  the  ryuer  shall 
 stynke:  5  it  shall  greue  the  Egipcians  to 
 drynke  of  y  water  of  the  ryuer. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses:  Saye 
 vnto  Aaron :  Take  thy  staff,  5  stretch  out 
 thine  hade  ouer  y  waters  of  Egipte,  ouer  their 
 ryuers  5  brokes  5  pondes,  (j  ouer  all  water 
 poles,  y  they  maye  be  turned  to  bloude,  5 
 that  there  maye  be  bloude  in  all  y  lande  of 
 Egipte,  both  in  vessels  of  wodd  and  stone. 
 
 ''Moses  5  Aaron  dyd  as  y  LORDE  co- 
 maunded them,  (J  lift  vp  the  staff,  g  smote  the 
 water  y  was  in  the  ryuer,  before  Pharao  5  his 
 seruauntes,  5  all  the  water  in  the  ryuer  was 
 turned  in  to  bloude,  j  the  fysh  in  the  ryuer 
 dyed,  5  the  ryuer  stanke,  so  y  the  Egipcians 
 coulde  not  drynke  of  the  water  of  y  ryuer,  5 
 there  was  bloude  in  all  the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 And  the  Sorcerers  also  of  Egipte,  dyd  like- 
 wyse  with  their  Sorceries.  But  Pharaos  hert 
 was  hardened,  5  he  herkened  not  vnto  the, 
 like  as  the  LORDE  had  sayde.  And  Pharao 
 turned  him  self,  5  wente  home,  5  set  not  his 
 hert  there  on.  All  the  Egipcias  dygged  roiide 
 aboute  y  ryuer,  for  water  to  drinke :  for  they 
 coude  not  drynke  of  y  water  out  of  the  ryuer. 
 And  this  endured  seuen  dayes  longe,  that  the 
 LORDE  smote  the  ryuer. 
 
 Wt)t  biij.  C^apttr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Go 
 thy  waye  to  Pharao,  5  speake  vnto  him : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  Let  my  people 
 go,  y  they  maye  serue  me :  Yf  thou  wilt  not 
 let  the  go,  beholde,  I  wil  smyte  aU  y-  borders 
 of  thy  lode  with  frogges,  so  y  the  ryuer  shal 
 scraule  with  frogges :  these  snal  clymme  vp, 
 5  come  in  to  thine  house,  in  to  thy  chamber, 
 where  thou  slepest,  vpon  thy  bed,  and  in  to 
 the  houses  of  thy  seruauntes,  amonge  thy 
 people,  in  to  thine  ouens,  and  vpon  thy  dowe : 
 and  the  frogges  shall  come  vp  vpon  the,  and 
 vpon  thy  people,  and  vpon  aU  thy  seruauntes. 
 'And  the  LORDE  spake  \Tito  Moses:  Sale 
 vnto  Aaron:    Stretch  forth  thine  hande  with 
 
 f  Psal.  77.  c.  and  104.  d. 
 
ICftap.  i)r. 
 
 2ri)f  i|.  Ijoke  of  iiflriEifS. 
 
 jTo.  Iir. 
 
 thy  stafF  ouer  the  streames,  (t  ryuers,  ti  pondes, 
 and  let  frogges  come  vpon  the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 And  Aaron  stretched  his  hade  ouer  the  waters 
 in  Egipte,  (j  there  came  vp  frogges,  so  y  the 
 londe  of  Egipte  was  couered. 
 
 The  Sorcerers  also  dyd  likewyse,  with  their 
 Sorcerirs,  (j  caused  frogges  to  come  vp5  f 
 lode  of  Egipte.  The  called  Pharao  for  Moses 
 5  Aaron,  (j  sayde:  *Praye  the  LORDE  for 
 me,  y  he  maye  take  awaye  the  frogges  fro  me 
 5  fro  my  people,  5  I  will  let  f  people  go,  y 
 they  maye  do  sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 Moses  sayde :  Haue  thou  the  honoure  be- 
 fore me,  (t  appoynte  me,  whii  I  shal  praye  for 
 y,  for  thy  seruauntes  and  for  thy  people :  y  the 
 frogges  maye  be  dryuen  awaye  fr5  the  5  fro 
 thy  house,  {t  remayne  onely  in  the  ryuer.  He 
 sayde :  Tomorow.  He  sayde :  Euen  as  thou 
 hast  sayde,  y  thou  mayest  knowe,  y  there  is 
 none  like  vnto  the  LORDE  oure  God :  And 
 the  frogges  shal  be  take  from  the,  5  from  thy 
 house,  from  thy  seruauntes,  5  from  thy  people, 
 5  remayne  onely  in  the  ryuer. 
 
 So  Moses  (t  Aaron  wete  from  Pharao,  5 
 Moses  cried  vnto  the  LORDE  for  the  ap- 
 poyntment  ouer  the  frogges,  which  he  had 
 promysed  vnto  Pharao.  And  ;y  LORDE  dyd 
 as  Moses  sayde.  And  the  frogges  dyed  in  ;y 
 houses,  in  y  courtes,  5  vpon  y  felde :  j  they 
 gathered  the  together,  here  an  heape,  (j  there 
 an  heape,  s  the  lande  stanke  of  them.  But 
 whan  Pharao  sawe  y  he  had  gotten  breth,  his 
 hert  was  hardened,  and  he  herkened  not  vnto 
 the,  euen  as  the  LORDE  had  sayde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses:  Saie 
 vnto  Aaron :  Stretch  out  thy  staff,  5  smyte 
 the  dust  vpon  the  earth,  y  there  maye  be  lyse 
 in  the  whole  lode  of  Egipte.  They  dyd  so. 
 And  Aaron  stretched  out  his  hande  with  his 
 staff,  (I  smote  the  dust  vpon  the  earth,  (j  there 
 were  lyse  vpon  men  and  ^'pon  catell :  All  the 
 dust  of  the  lande  was  turned  vnto  lyse  in  all 
 the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 The  Sorcerers  also  assayde  likewyse  with 
 their  Sorcerirs  y  they  might  brynge  forth  lyse, 
 but  they  coude  not.  And  y  lyse  were  vpon 
 men  5  catell.  Then  sayde  ;y^  Sorcerers  vnto 
 Pharao:  It  is  the  fynger  of  God.  But  Pharaos 
 hert  was  hardened,  (j  he  herkened  not  vnto 
 the,  euen  as  the  LORDE  had  sayde. 
 
 And  f  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses :  Get  y 
 vp  tomorow  by  tymes,  5  stonde  before  Pharao: 
 
 »  3  Re.  13.  b.     Exod.  9.  f.  aod  10.  c.     Acto.  8.  c. 
 
 beholde,  he  wil  go  vnto  the  water,  5  speake 
 thou  vnto  him  :  Thus  saieth  f  LORDE :  let 
 my  people  go,  y  they  maye  serue  me;  yf  not, 
 beholde,  I  wil  cause  cruell  wormes  (or  flyes) 
 to  come  vpon  the,  thy  seruauntes,  thy  people, 
 (t  thy  house,  so  y  all  the  Egipcians  houses,  5 
 the  felde,  and  what  theron  is  shall  be  full  of 
 cruell  wormes :  (j  the  same  daye  wil  I  separate 
 the  londe  of  t  Gosen,  wherin  my  people  are, 
 so  y  no  cruel!  worme  shalbe  there,  that  thou 
 mayest  knowe,  that  I  am  f  LORDE  in  the 
 myddest  of  the  earth.  And  I  wil  set  a  de- 
 lyueraunce  betwene  my  people  and  thpie. 
 Tomorow  shal  this  token  come  to  passe. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  dyd  so.  And  there 
 came  perlous  cruell  wormes  in  to  Pharaos 
 house,  in  to  his  seruauntes  houses,  5  vpon  all 
 the  londe  of  Egipte :  and  the  londe  was 
 marred  with  noysome  wormes. 
 
 The  called  Pharao  for  Moses  j  Aaron,  5 
 sayde :  Go  youre  waye,  5  do  sacrifice  vnto 
 youre  God  in  f  londe.  Moses  sayde  :  It  is 
 not  mete,  y  we  shulde  so  do,  so  shulde  we 
 offer  f  abhominacion  of  f  Egipcians  vnto  the 
 LORDE  oure  God.  Beholde,  yf  we  shulde 
 offer  the  abhominacion  of  f  Egipcians  before 
 their  eyes,  shulde  they  not  stone  vs?  Thre 
 dayes  iourney  will  we  go  in  the  wyldernes, 
 and  do  sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE  oure  God 
 i  like  as  he  hath  sayde  vnto  vs. 
 
 Pharao  sayde  :  I  wil  let  you  go,  y  ye  maie 
 do  sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE  youre  God  in 
 the  wyldernes  (onely  y  ye  go  no  farther)  (j 
 praye  for  me.  Moses  sayde  :  Beholde,  whan 
 I  am  come  forth  from  f,  I  wil  praye  vnto  y 
 LORDE,  y  the  cruell  wormes  maye  be  taken 
 from  Pharao,  (j  from  his  seruautes,  g  fro  his 
 people,  euen  tomorow :  onely  disceaue  me 
 nomore,  that  thou  woldest  not  let  the  people 
 go  to  do  sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Moses  wete  out  from  Pharao,  and 
 prayed  vnto  the  LORDE.  And  the  LORDE 
 dyd  as  Moses  sayde,  5  toke  awaye  the  cruell 
 wormes  from  Pharao,  from  his  seruauntes, 
 and  from  his  people,  so  y  there  remayned  not 
 one.  But  Pharao  hardened  his  hert  eue  then 
 also,  and  let  not  f  people  go. 
 
 Cf)t  iy.  Ci^aptar. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  :  Go  in 
 to  Pharao,  and  speake  vnto  him:  Thus 
 sayeth   the    LORDE   God   of    f   Hebrues: 
 
 t  Ge.  47.  g.         J  Exod.  3.  c. 
 
\So.  Iv. 
 
 €\)t  ij.  ho1xt  of  i%'los!f£i. 
 
 CJ)ap,  t)r. 
 
 let  my  people  go,  y  they  inaye  serue  me.  Yf 
 thou  wilt  not,  but  holde  them  longer,  beholde, 
 the  hande  of  the  LORDE  shal  be  vpon  thy 
 catell  in  the  felde,  vpon  horses,  vpon  Asses, 
 vpon  Camels,  vpon  oxen,  vpon  shepe  with  a 
 very  sore  pestilence.  And  y  LORDE  shall 
 make  a  diuysion  betwene  the  catell  of  the 
 Israelites  ij  the  Egipcians,  so  y  there  shal 
 nothinge  dye  of  all  that  the  children  of  Israel 
 haue.  And  y  LORDE  appoynted  a  tyme, 
 and  sayde  :  Tomorow  shal  the  LORDE  do 
 this  vpon  earth. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  dyd  the  same  on  the 
 morow.  And  there  dyed  of  all  maner  of 
 catell  of  the  Egipcians :  but  of  f  catell  of  f 
 childre  of  Israel  there  dyed  not  one.  And 
 Pharao  sent  thither,  (j  beholde,  there  was  not 
 one  of  the  catell  of  Israel  deed.  But  Pharaos 
 hert  was  hardened,  so  y  he  let  not  y  people 
 go.  Then  sayde  y  LORDE  vnto  Moses  rj 
 Aaron  :  Take  youre  handes  full  of  aszshes  out 
 of  the  fornace,  it  let  Moses  sprenkle  it  towarde 
 heauen  before  Pharao,  that  it  maye  be  dust  in 
 all  the  lande  of  Egipte,  (j  that  there  maye  be 
 sores  5  blaynes  vpon  men  5  vpon  catell  in  all 
 the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  they  toke  aszshes  out  o)  f  fornace,  g 
 stode  before  Pharao,  i  Moses  sprenkled  it 
 towarde  heaue.  Then  were  there  sores  and 
 blaynes  vpon  men  s  vpon  catell,  so  that  the 
 Sorcerers  might  not  stode  before  Moses  by 
 reason  of  the  sores.  For  there  were  sores 
 vpo  the  Sorcerers  as  well  as  vpon  all  the 
 Egipcians.  But  the  LORDE  hardened  Pha- 
 raos hert,  so  that  he  herkened  not  vnto  them, 
 eue  as  the  LORDE  had  sayde  vnto  Moses. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  Moses : 
 Get  the  vp  tomorow  by  tyines,  d  stonde  be- 
 fore Pharao,  d  speake  vnto  him  :  Thus  sayeth 
 y  LORDE  God  of  the  Hebrues :  let  my 
 people  go,  y  they  maye  serue  me,  els  wyll  I  at 
 this  tyme  sende  all  my  plages  in  to  thine  hert, 
 5  vpon  thy  seruautes  a  vpon  thy  people :  that 
 thou  mayest  knowe,  y  there  is  none  like  me 
 in  all  londes.  For  I  will  now  stretch  out  my 
 hande,  5  smyte  the  5  thy  people  with  pesti- 
 lence, so  y  thou  shalt  be  roted  out  from  the 
 earth.  Yet  haue  I  *stered  y  vp  for  this  cause, 
 euen  to  shew  my  power  vpon  f,  and  that  my 
 name  might  be  declared  in  all  londes. 
 
 Thou  boldest  my  people  yet,  3  wilt  not  let 
 them  go,  beholde,  tomorow  aboute  this  tyme 
 
 •  Some  reiide  :   I  h-.iue  holden  the  vp. 
 
 wyll  I  cause  a  mightie  greate  hayle  to  rayne, 
 soch  as  hath  not  bene  in  the  londe  of  Egipte, 
 sence  the  tyme  that  it  was  grouded,  hither  to. 
 And  now  sende  thou,  rt  saue  thy  catell,  5  all  y 
 thou  hast  in  the  felde  :  for  all  men  (j  catell 
 that  shalbe  founde  in  the  felde,  (j  not  brought 
 in  to  the  houses,  yf  the  hayle  fall  vpon  them, 
 they  shall  dye.  Now  who  so  feared  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE  amonge  Pharaos  ser- 
 uauntes,  caused  his  seruauntes  j  catell  to  flye 
 in  to  the  houses :  but  loke  whose  hertes  re- 
 garded not  the  worde  of  y  LORDE,  left  their 
 seruauntes  and  catell  in  the  felde. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  Moses : 
 Strech  out  thy  hande  towarde  heaue,  that  it 
 maye  hayle  vpon  all  the  lande  of  Egipte, 
 vpon  men,  vpon  catell,  5  vpon  all  herbes  of 
 the  felde  in  the  lande  of  Egipte.  "  So  Moses 
 stretched  out  his  staff  towarde  heauen,  and 
 the  LORDE  caused  it  to  thonder  5  hayle,  so 
 y  the  fyre  ranne  alonge  vpon  the  earth.  Thus 
 the  LORDE  hayled  5  rayned  vpon  the  londe 
 of  Egipte,  so  that  the  hayle  5  fyre  wente  so 
 horrybly  together,  as  neuer  was  in  all  the  lade 
 of  Egipte,  sens  the  tyme  that  there  were 
 people  therin.  And  the  hayle  smote  the  whole 
 land  of  Egipte,  all  that  was  vpon  y  felde,  both 
 men  5  catell,  5  smote  all  the  herbes  vpon  the 
 felde,  (t  brake  all  the  trees  vpon  y  felde,  saue 
 onely  in  the  lande  of  Gosen,  where  the  childre 
 of  Israel  were,  there  it  hayled  not.  Then 
 sent  Pharao  5  called  for  Moses  5  Aaron,  5 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Now  haue  I  synned,  y 
 LORDE  is  righteous,  but  I  5  my  people  are 
 vngodly.  Yet  praye  ye  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 that  the  thonder  g  hayle  of  God  maye  ceasse, 
 then  wyl  I  let  you  go,  that  ye  shal  tary  here 
 no  longer.  Moses  sayde  vnto  him  :  Whan  I 
 am  come  out  of  the  cite,  I  wyll  stretch  out 
 myne  handes  vnto  the  LORDE,  so  shal  the 
 thonder  ceasse,  5  there  shal  be  nomore  hayle: 
 that  thou  mayest  knowe,  that  the  earth  is  the 
 LORDES.  But  I  knowe,  y  both  thou  d  thy 
 seruauntes  feare  not  yet  the  LORDE  God. 
 Thus  the  flax  and  the  barlye  were  smytten  : 
 for  the  barlye  was  shot  vp,  (t  y  flax  was  boulled : 
 but  the  wheate  and  y  rye  were  not  smytten, 
 for  they  were  late  sowen. 
 
 So  Moses  wente  from  Pharao  out  of  f  cite, 
 (I  stretched  out  his  hades  vnto  y  LORDE. 
 And  y  thoder  5  the  hayle  ceassed,  5  the  rayne 
 dropped  not  vpo  the  earth.     But  wha  Pharao 
 
 "   I'sil.  77.  e.  ami  104.  d. 
 
Cijajj.  \\ 
 
 €i)t  ij,  bokt  of  JfUiges, 
 
 So,  In, 
 
 sawe  y  the  rayne  5  thonder  5  hayle  ceassed, 
 he  synned  agayne,  and  herdened  his  hert,  he 
 (t  his  seruauntes.  So  Pharaos  hert  was  hard- 
 ened, y  he  let  not  the  childre  of  Israel  go, 
 eue  as  the  LORDE  had  sayde  by  Moses. 
 
 CIjc  y.  Cljaptcv. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses :  Go 
 in  vnto  Pharao,  for  I  haue  hardened 
 his  hert  ij  the  hertes  of  his  seruautes,  y  I 
 might  do  these  my  tokes  amonge  the,  (t  that 
 thou  mightest  shewe  it  in  the  eares  of  thy 
 children  a,  of  thy  childers  children,  what  I 
 haue  done  in  Egipte,  and  how  I  haue  shewed 
 my  tokens  amoge  the,  that  ye  maye  knowe, 
 how  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 So  Moses  (J  Aaron  wente  in  vnto  Pharao, 
 (J  spake  vnto  him:  Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE 
 God  of  the  Hebrues :  How  longe  refusest 
 thou  to  submyt  thy  self  vnto  me,  to  let  my 
 people  go,  y  they  maye  serue  me?  Yf  thou 
 wilt  not  let  my  people  go,  beholde,  tomorow 
 wil  I  cause  greshoppers  to  come  vpon  all 
 places,  y  they  maye  couer  the  lande,  so  y  the 
 lande  can  not  be  sene,  5  they  shal  eate  vp  y 
 is  left  you  5  was  delyuered  fro  the  hayle  :  ij 
 shal  eate  vp  all  youre  grene  trees  vpon  the 
 felde,  (J  shal  fyll  thy  house,  all  thy  seruautes 
 houses,  5  all  the  Egipcians  houses :  soch  as 
 thy  fathers  a  thy  fathers  fathers  haue  not  sene, 
 sens  the  tyme  y  they  were  vpon  earth  vnto 
 this  daye.  And  he  turned  him,  5  wente 
 out  from  Pharao.  Then  saide  Pharaos  ser- 
 uauntes vnto  him :  How  longe  shall  we  be 
 snared  after  this  maner  ?  Let  the  men  go, 
 that  they  may  serue  f  LORDE  their  God. 
 Knowest  thou  not  yet,  y  Egipte  is  destroyed  ? 
 Moses  d  Aaron  were  brought  agayne  to  Pha- 
 rao, which  saide  vnto  them :  Go  youre  waye, 
 d  serue  y  LORDE  youre  God.  But  who  are 
 they  y  shall  go?  Moses  sayde:  We  wil  go 
 with  yonge  (j  olde,  with  sonnes  and  doughters, 
 with  shepe  and  oxe  :  for  we  haue  a  feast  of 
 the  LORDE.  He  sayde  vnto  the  :  Let  it  be 
 so,  the  LORDE  be  with  you :  Shulde  I  let 
 you  go  (J  youre  childre  also?  loke  that  ye 
 haue  not  some  myschefe  in  hade.  Not  so, 
 but  go  ye  that  are  men,  and  serue  the 
 LORDE,  for  that  was  youre  desyre.  And 
 they  thrust  them  out  from  Pharao. 
 
 The  saide  y  LORDE  vnto  Moses:  Stretch 
 out  thine  hande  ouer  y  londe  of  Egipte,  for 
 
 *  Psal.  104.  d.     Sap.  16.  b.     loel  1.  a.     Apo.  9.  a. 
 
 the  *  greshoppers,  y  they  maye  come  vpo  y 
 londe  of  Egipte,  (j  eate  vp  all  the  herbes  in 
 the  londe,  with  all  y  escaped  the  hayle.  Moses 
 stretched  out  his  staff  ouer  y  lande  of  Egipte, 
 d  the  LORDE  brought  an  east  wynde  in  to 
 the  londe  all  y  daye  d  all  y  night,  d  in  the 
 mornynge,  the  east  wynde  brought  the  gres- 
 hoppers. And  they  came  ouer  the  whole 
 lande  of  Egipte,  and  lighted  in  all  places  of 
 Egipte,  so  exceadinge  many,  that  before  tyme 
 there  were  neuer  soch,  nether  shalbe  here 
 after :  for  they  couered  the  londe,  and  made 
 it  darcke.  And  they  ate  vp  all  the  herbes  in 
 y  londe,  d  all  the  frutes  vpon  the  trees  which 
 remayned  from  y  hayle,  d  left  no  grene  thinge 
 behinde  in  the  trees  d  herbes  vpon  the  felde 
 in  all  the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 Then  Pharao  called  for  Moses  d  Aaron  in 
 all  y  haist,  d  saide :  I  haue  sjomed  against 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  d  agaynst  you:  for- 
 geue  me  my  synne  this  once  also,  d  pray  the 
 LORDE  youre  God,  y  he  maye  take  awaye 
 fro  me  this  death  onely.  And  he  wete  out 
 from  Pharao,  d  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 The  the  LORDE  turned  a  maruelous  stroge 
 west  wynde,  and  toke  vp  the  greshoppers,  d 
 cast  them  in  to  the  reed  see,  so  that  there 
 was  not  one  left  in  all  the  quarters  of  Egipte. 
 But  the  LORDE  hardened  Pharaos  hert, 
 that  he  let  not  the  childre  of  Israel  go.  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Stretch  out 
 thine  hade  towarde  heauen,  that  it  be  so 
 darck  in  the  londe  of  Egipte,  y  it  maye  be 
 felt.  And  Moses  stretched  out  his  hade  to- 
 warde heauen,  the  was  there  a  thicke  darck- 
 nesse  "  in  all  the  londe  of  Egipte  thre  dayes, 
 so  y  in  thre  dayes  no  ma  sawe  another,  nor 
 rose  vp  fi-om  f  place  where  he  was.  But  with 
 the  childre  of  Israel  there  was  light  in  their 
 dwellinges.  Then  Pharao  called  for  Moses, 
 d  sayde :  Go  youre  waye  d  serue  the  LORDE : 
 onely  leaue  youre  shepe  d  youre  oxen  here : 
 let  youre  childre  go  with  you  also.  Moses 
 sayde:  Thou  mustgeue  vs  offringes  and  brent 
 offerynges,  that  we  maye  do  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 LORDE  oure  God.  Oure  catell  shal  go  with 
 vs,  and  there  shal  not  one  hooffe  be  left 
 behynde :  for  we  must  take  therof  for  the 
 seruyce  of  the  LORDE  oure  God.  Morouer 
 we  knowe  not  wherwithall  we  shal  serue  y 
 LORDE,  tyll  we  come  thither.  But  the 
 LORDE  hardened  Pharaos  hert,  y  he  wolde 
 
 »  Sap.  17.  a. 
 
jfo.  inh 
 
 Cfte  I),  bofet  of  i¥U)6f5. 
 
 Cl)ap»  jri. 
 
 not  let  them  go.  And  Pharao  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Get  the  hence  fro  me,  (t  bewarre,  that 
 thou  come  nomore  in  my  sight:  For  loke  what 
 daie  so  euer  thou  comest  in  my  sight,  thou 
 shalt  dye.  Moses  answered :  Eue  as  thou 
 hast  sayde,  I  wil  come  no  more  in  thy  sight. 
 
 d;t  vi.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  I 
 wil  yet  brynge  a  plage  vpon  Pharao 
 and  Egipte  :  after  y  shal  he  let  you  go  from 
 hence,  5  shal  not  onely  let  all  go,  but  also 
 dryue  you  hence.  Therfore  saye  now  vnto 
 the  people,  y  euery  man  borowe  of  his  negh- 
 boure,  5  euery  woman  of  hir  neghbouresse, 
 Jewels  of  syluer  5  golde :  "for  the  LORDE 
 shal  geue  the  people  fauoure  in  the  sight  of 
 f  Egipcias.  ''And  Moses  was  a  very  greate 
 man  in  the  lande  of  Egipte,  in  y  sight  of  Pha- 
 raos  seruauntes,  (i  in  the  sight  of  the  people. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 At  mydnight  wil  I  go  out  in  the  lande  of 
 Egipte,  (J  all  y  first  borne  in  the  lande  of 
 Egipte  shall  dye :  from  Pharaos  first  sonne 
 (y  sytteth  vpon  his  seate)  vnto  the  first  sonne 
 of  the  mayde  seruaunte  which  is  behynde  f 
 myll :  (j  all  the  first  borne  amonge  the  catell : 
 (J  there  shalbe  a  greate  crie  in  all  the  lande  of 
 Egipte,  soch  as  neuer  was,  ner  shalbe.  But 
 amonge  all  the  childre  of  Israel  there  shall 
 not  a  dogg  quatch  with  his  tonge,  fro  men 
 vnto  catell,  y  ye  maye  knowe,  how  f  the 
 LORDE  hatn  put  a  differece  betwixte  Egipte 
 (J  Israel.  The  shal  all  these  thy  seruauntes 
 come  downe  vnto  me,  g  fal  at  my  fote,  5  saye : 
 Get  the  out,  thou  5  all  the  people  that  are 
 vnder  the.  After  that  wyl  I  departe.  And 
 he  wete  fro  Pharao  with  a  wroth  full  dis- 
 pleasure. The  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses : 
 Pharao  herkeneth  not  vnto  you,  y  many 
 woders  maye  be  done  in  y  lade  of  Egipte. 
 And  Moses  5  Aaron  dyd  all  these  woders 
 before  Pharao :  but  f  LORDE  hardened  his 
 hert,  y  he  wolde  not  let  f  childre  of  Israel  go 
 out  ot  his  londe. 
 
 Ci){  vij-  Cijapttr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  (j  Aaron 
 in  the  londe  of  Egipte  :  This  moneth 
 shal  be  with  you  y  first  moneth  5  at  it  ye  shall 
 begynne  the  monethes  of  the  yeare.     Speake 
 
 •■  Exo.  3.  e.  and  12.  e.        »  Eccli.  45. 
 J:ze.  9.  a.  t  Psa.  135.  a. 
 
 »Ioh.  l.d. 
 ''  Heb.  11.  e. 
 
 ye  vnto  all  the  congregacion  of  Israel,  ij  saye: 
 Vpon  y  tenth  daye  of  this  moneth  let  euery 
 one  take  a  *  labe  (or  a  kydd)  where  a  hous- 
 holder  is,  to  euery  house  a  labe.  But  yf 
 the  housholde  be  to  few  for  a  lambe,  the  let 
 him  (J  his  neghboure  y  is  next  vnto  his  house, 
 take  it  acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  y  soules, 
 and  counte  to  the  lambe,  what  euery  man 
 maye  eate.  But  it  shal  be  a  lambe  without 
 blemish,  a  male,  5  of  a  yeare  olde.  From 
 amonge  the  lambes  5  goates  shal  ye  take  it. 
 
 And  ye  shal  kepe  it  vnto  y  fourtene  daye 
 of  the  moneth.  And  euery  man  of  the  con- 
 gregacion of  Israel  shal  slaye  it  aboute  the 
 eueninge.  "^And  they  shal  take  of  his  bloude, 
 and  stryke  it  on  both  the  syde  postes  of  the 
 dore,  and  on  the  vpperdore  post  of  the  house, 
 that  they  eate  it  in.  And  so  shal  they  eate 
 flesh  ;y-  same  night,  rested  at  the  fyre,  5 
 vnleuended  bred,  and  shal  eate  it  with  sowre 
 sawse.  Ye  shal  not  eate  it  rawe,  ner  sodden 
 with  water,  but  onely  rosted  at  the  fyre,  his 
 heade  with  his  fete  and  pertenaunce.  And 
 ye  shal  leaue  nothynge  of  it  ouer  vntyll  the 
 mornynge :  but  yf  eny  thinge  be  left  ouer  vn- 
 tyll the  mornynge,  ye  shal  burne  it  with  fyre. 
 
 Of  this  maner  shal  ye  eate  it :  Ye  shal  be 
 gyrded  aboute  youre  loynes,  and  haue  youre 
 shues  vpon  youre  fete,  and  staues  in  youre 
 handes,  and  ye  shal  eate  it  with  haist :  for  it 
 is  f  LORDES  Passeouer.  t  For  in  the  same 
 night  wil  I  go  thorow  the  londe  of  Egipte,  5 
 smyte  all  the  firstbome  in  the  lande  of  Egipte, 
 from  men  vnto  catell,  (j  vpon  all  the  goddes  of 
 Egipte  wyll  I  do  execucion.  Euen  I  the 
 LORDE.  ''And  the  bloude  shal  be  youre 
 token,  vpon  the  houses  wherin  ye  are :  y  whan 
 I  se  the  bloude,  I  maye  passe  ouer,  and  that 
 the  plage  happen  not  vnto  you,  to  destroye 
 you,  whan  I  smyte  the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  this  daye  shall  ye  haue  for  a  remem- 
 braunce,  and  ye  shall  kepe  it  holy  for  a  feaist 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  ye  5  all  youre  posterities, 
 for  a  perpetuall  custome.  '  Seuen  dayes  shall 
 ye  eate  vnleuended  bred:  namely,  vpon  the 
 first  daie  shal  ye  leaue  of  with  leuended  bred 
 in  youre  houses.  Who  so  euer  eateth  leuended 
 bred  from  the  first  daye  vnto  y  seuenth  that 
 soule  shall  be  roted  out  from  Israel.  The 
 first  daye  shall  be  called  holy  amonge  you, 
 and  the  seuenth  also.     No  maner  of  works 
 
 '  Exo.  23.  b.  and  34.  c. 
 
Cftap*  vih 
 
 Cfte  ij»  bokt  of  ilUiSfS, 
 
 jTo*  Ijciij. 
 
 shall  ye  do  therin,  saue  what  belongeth  to  the 
 meate  for  all  maner  of  soules,  that  onely  maye 
 ye  do  for  you.  And  kepe  you  to  leuended  bred. 
 
 For  euen  vpon  that  same  daye  wil  I  brynge 
 youre  armies  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte, 
 therfore  shall  ye  and  all  youre  posterities  kepe 
 this  daye  for  a  perpetuall  custome.  Vpon  the 
 fourtene  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  "at  euen, 
 shall  ye  eate  vnleuended  bred,  vnto  the  one 
 and  twentye  daye  of  the  moneth,  at  euen:  so 
 that  there  be  no  leuended  bred  founde  in 
 youre  houses  seuen  dayes.  For  who  so  euer 
 eateth  leuended  bred,  that  soule  shall  be  roted 
 out  from  the  congregacion  of  Israel,  whether 
 it  be  a  straunger  or  borne  in  the  londe. 
 Therfore  eate  no  leuended  bred,  but  onely 
 vnleuended  bred  in  all  youre  dwellynges. 
 
 And  Moses  called  all  the  Elders  of  Israel, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Chose  out,  and  take 
 to  euery  housholde  a  shepe,  and  kyll  Passeouer 
 vnto  the  LORDE ;  and  take  a  bunch  of 
 ysope,  and  dyppe  it  in  the  bloude  in  the  basen, 
 and  stryke  it  vpon  the  vpperposte  and  vpon 
 the  two  syde  postes,  and  none  of  you  go  out  at 
 the  dore  of  his  house  vntyll  y  mornynge,  for 
 the  LORDE  wyll  go  aboute  and  plage  the 
 Egipcians.  And  whan  he  seyth  the  bloude 
 vp5  the  vpperposte,  and  vpon  the  two  syde 
 postes,  he  wyl  passe  ouer  by  the  dore,  and  not 
 suffre  the  destroyer  to  come  in  to  youre 
 houses  to  plage.  Therfore  kepe  this  custome 
 for  the  and  thy  children  for  euer. 
 
 And  whan  ye  be  come  in  to  f  londe  that 
 the  LORDE  shal  geue  you,  (as  he  hath 
 sayde)  then  kepe  this  seruyce.*  And  whan 
 youre  children  saye  vnto  you  :  What  seruyce 
 is  this,  that  ye  haue  ?  Ye  shal  saye  :  It  is  the 
 sacrifice  of  the  LORDES  Passeouer,  which 
 passed  ouer  by  the  children  of  Israel  in  Egipte, 
 whan  he  plaged  the  Egipcians,  and  saued  cure 
 houses.  Then  the  people  bowed  them  selues, 
 and  worshipped.  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 wente  and  dyd,  as  the  LORDE  had  com- 
 maunded  Moses  and  Aaron. 
 
 'And  at  mydnight  the  LORDE  smote  all 
 the  firstborne  in  the  lande  of  Egipte :  from 
 Pharaos  first  sonne  (which  sat  vpon  his  seate) 
 vntyll  the  first  sonne  of  the  presoner  that  was 
 in  the  preson,  and  all  the  firstborne  of  the 
 catell.  Then  Pharao  arose  y  same  night,  and 
 all  his  seruauntes,  and  all  the  Egipcians,  n 
 
 "  Leui.23.  a.  Nu.  28. 
 Psal.  77.  e.  and  134.  c. 
 
 !.       *  los.  4.  d. 
 Sap.  18.  c. 
 
 »  Exo.  11.  b. 
 1  Res.  6.  b. 
 
 there  was  a  greate  crye  in  Egipte  :  for  there 
 was  no  house  wherin  there  was  not  one  deed. 
 
 And  he  called  for  Moses  and  Aaron  in  f 
 night,  and  sayde :  "  Get  you  vp,  and  departe  out 
 fro  my  people,  ye  and  the  children  of  Israel : 
 go  youre  waye,  and  serue  the  LORDE,  as  ye 
 haue  sayde :  and  take  youre  shepe  and  youre 
 oxen  with  you,  tas  ye  haue  sayde,  and  de- 
 parte, and  blesse  me  also.  And  the  Egip- 
 cians  were  fearce  vpon  the  people,  to  dryue 
 them  haistely  out  of  the  londe,  for  they  saide : 
 we  are  all  but  deed. 
 
 And  the  people  toke  the  rawe  dowe,  before 
 it  was  leuended  (for  their  foode)  bounde  in 
 their  clothes  vpon  their  shulders.  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  had  done  i  as  Moses  sayde, 
 and  borowed  lewels  of  syluer  and  golde,  and 
 clothes  of  the  Egipcians:  the  LORDE  also 
 had  geuen  the  people  fauoure  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Egipcians,  that  they  lent  them,  and  so 
 they  spoyled  the  Egipcians. 
 
 Thus  y  children  of  Israel  toke  their  ioumey 
 from  Raemses"*  to  Suchoth,  ^sixe  hundreth 
 thousande  men  of  fote,  besyde  childre.  There 
 wente  with  them  also  moch  como  people,  and 
 shepe,  and  oxen,  and  exceadinge  many  catell 
 
 And  of  the  rawe  dowe  that  they  brought 
 out  of  Egipte,  they  baked  vnleueded  cakes : 
 for  it  was  not  leuended,  in  so  moch  as  they 
 were  thrust  out  of  Egipte,  and  coude  not  tary : 
 nether  had  they  prepared  them  eny  other 
 meate. 
 
 The  tyme  y  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in 
 Egipte,  is  foure  hondreth  and  thirtie  yeares. 
 Whan  the  same  were  ended,  the  whole  boost 
 of  the  LORDE  wente  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte  in  one  daye.  Therfore  shall  th 
 night  be  kepte  vnto  the  LORDE,  because  he 
 brought  them  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte  : 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  shall  kepe  it  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  they  and  their  posterities. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  and 
 Aaron  :  This  is  the  maner  of  the  kepynge  of 
 Passeouer :  There  shal  no  strauger  eate  of  it. 
 But  who  so  is  a  bought  seruaunt  let  him  be 
 circumcysed,  d  then  eate  therof.  A  straunger 
 and  an  hyred  seruaut  shal  not  eate  of  it.  In 
 one  house  shal  it  be  eate.  Ye  shal  cary  none 
 of  his  flesh  out  of  the  house,  and  II  ye  shal  not 
 breake  a  bone  of  him.  The  whole  congre- 
 gacion of  Israel  shal  do  it. 
 
 dF 
 
 t  Exo.  10.  f. 
 Hebr.  11.  e. 
 
 t  Exo.  3.  e.  and  11.  a.        ■*  Num.  33.  a. 
 ^  Nu.  11.  e.  II  Nu.  9.  b.    loh.  19.  d. 
 
#0.  Iviiij. 
 
 Cf)e  ij,  hokt  of  iHoSfS* 
 
 Cl)ap.  vitj. 
 
 But  yf  there  dwel  a  straunger  with  the,  a, 
 wil  holde  Passeouer  vnto  the  LORDE,  let 
 him  circumcyse  euery  one  that  is  male,  and 
 then  let  him  first  come,  and  do  it,  and  be  as 
 one  that  is  borne  in  the  londe  :  for  there  shal 
 no  vncircumcysed  eate  therof.  One  maner  of 
 lawe  be  vnto  him  y  is  borne  in  the  londe,  (j 
 vnto  the  stranger  y  dwelleth  amoge  you.  And 
 all  the  childre  ot  Israel  dyd  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  Moses  %  Aaron.  So  vpo  one 
 daye  the  LORDE  brought  the  childre  of  Israel 
 out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte  with  their  armyes. 
 
 Cije  yii).  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 saide  :  °  Sanctifie  vnto  me  euery  first- 
 borne,  y  breaketh  all  maner  of  Matrices 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  both  of  men  (j 
 catell :  for  they  are  myne.  Then  saide  Moses 
 vnto  y  people  :  Thinke  vpo  this  daye,  in  the 
 which  ye  are  gone  out  of  Egipte  from  the 
 house  of  bodage,  how  y  f  LORDE  brought 
 you  out  fro  thence  with  a  mightie  hade.  Ther- 
 fore  shall  ye  eate  no  sowre  dowe.  This  daye 
 are  ye  gone  out,  eue  in  y-  moneth  of  Abib. 
 
 'Now  wha  y  LORDE  hath  brought  y  in  to 
 y  lande  of  y  Cananites,  Hethites,  Amorites, 
 Heuites  5  lebusites,  which  *  he  sware  %aito  thy 
 fathers  to  geue  y  (euen  a  londe  that  floweth 
 with  mylke  j  hony)  then  shalt  thou  kepe  this 
 seruyce  in  this  moneth.  Seue  dayes  shalt 
 thou  eate  vnleuended  bred,  5  vpon  the  seuenth 
 daye  is  the  LORDES  feast:  therfore  shalt 
 thou  eate  vnleuended  bred  seue  dayes,  that 
 there  be  no  sowre  dowe,  ner  sowred  bred  sene 
 in  all  thy  quarters. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  tell  thy  sonne  at  the  same 
 tyme,  5  saye :  Because  of  that,  which  f 
 LORDE  dyd  for  me,  whan  I  departed  out  of 
 Egipte.  Therfore  shalt  it  be  a  signe  vnto  f 
 in  thine  hande,  and  a  token  of  remembraunce 
 before  thine  eyes,  that  the  lawe  of  y  LORDE 
 maye  be  in  thy  mouth,  how  that  y  LORDE 
 brought  the  out  of  Egipte  with  a  mightie  hande : 
 Therfore  kepe  this  maner  yearly  in  his  tyme. 
 
 Whan  the  LORDE  now  hath  brought  y  in 
 to  y  lande  of  the  Cananites  (as  he  hath  sworne 
 vnto  the  and  thy  fathers)  "^and  hath  geuen  it 
 the,  then  shalt  thou  sunder  out  vnto  the 
 LORDE  all  that  breaketh  the  Matrice,  and 
 firstbome  amonge  thy  catell,  soch  as  is  male. 
 
 »  Exo.  22.  d.  and  34.  c.     Num.  8.  c. 
 2.  d.         '  Exo.  23.  c.  32.  s.  33.  a. 
 
 1  Re.  1.  d.    Luc, 
 >Ge.  15.d.    Exod, 
 
 The  firstborne  of  the  Asse  shalt  thou  bye  out 
 with  a  shepe  :  but  yf  thou  redeme  it  not,  then 
 breake  his  neck.  All  the  firstbome  of  men 
 amonge  thy  children  shalt  thou  redeme. 
 
 And  whan  thy  childe  axeth  the  to  dale  or 
 tomorow:  What  is  this?  Thou  shalt  saye 
 vnto  him :  The  LORDE  brought  vs  out  of 
 Egipte  from  the  house  of  bondage  with  a 
 mightie  hande  :  for  whan  Pharao  was  loth  to 
 let  vs  go,  the  LORDE  slew  all  the  firstborne 
 in  the  lande  of  Egipte,  from  the  firstborne  of 
 men  vnto  y  firstborne  of  the  catell :  therfore 
 offer  I  vnto  the  LORDE  all  that  breaketh  f 
 Matrice,  beynge  a  male,  and  y  firstborne  of 
 my  children  I  redeme.  And  this  shal  be  a 
 signe  vnto  the  in  thine  hande,  and  a  token  to 
 thinke  vpon  before  thine  eyes,  how  that  the 
 LORDE  brought  vs  out  of  Egipte  with  a 
 mightie  hande. 
 
 Now  whan  Pharao  had  let  f  people  go, 
 God  led  them  not  the  waye  thorow  the  lode 
 of  the  Philistynes,  which  was  y  nexte  :  for  he 
 thoughte  :  The  people  might  repet,  wha  they 
 se  warre,  and  so  turne  in  agapie  in  to  Egipte. 
 Therfore  led  he  the  people  aboute,  euen  the 
 waye  thorow  the  wyldernes  by  y^  reed  see. 
 And  the  childre  of  Israel  wente  harnessed  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egipte.  And  Moses  toke 
 losephs  bones  with  him,  tfor  he  toke  an  ooth 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  sayde :  God  wyll 
 surely  vyset  you,  therfore  cary  awaye  my  bones 
 with  you  from  hence. 
 
 So  they  toke  their  ioumey  fr5  Suchoth,  g 
 pitched  their  tetes  in  Etha  in  y  edge  of  the 
 wildernes.  ''And  y  LORDE  wete  before  the 
 by  daye  in  a  piler  of  a  cloude,  to  lede  the  y 
 right  waye :  and  by  night  in  a  piler  of  fyre, 
 that  he  might  shewe  the  light  to  walke  both 
 by  dale  and  night.  The  piler  of  the  cloude 
 departed  neuer  from  the  people  by  daye,  and 
 the  pyler  of  fyre  departed  not  from  the  by 
 night. 
 
 Ci)£  vittj.  CJjapttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde  :  Speake  vnto  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  'byd  them  that  they  turne 
 aboute,  ij  pitch  their  tentes  before  the  valley 
 of  Hyroth,  betwixte  Migdol  5  the  see  towarde 
 Baal  Zepho,  and  there  pitch  f  tentes  right 
 ouer  by  the  see.     For  Pharao  shall  saye  of 
 
 3.  d.  "^  Gen.  15.  d.  tGe.  50.d.  losu.  24.  f.  ■*  Nu. 
 14. b.  Neem.  9.c.-lCor.  lO.a.  EsaiiB4.  b.       'Num.33.b. 
 
Cftap.  viiiU 
 
 €i)t  ij,  bo'kt  of  Mo$t&, 
 
 So,  I]tb. 
 
 the  children  of  Israel :  They  can  not  tell  how 
 to  get  out  of  the  londe,  the  wyldernesse  hath 
 shut  them  in.  And  I  wyll  harden  his  hert,  y 
 he  shal  folowe  after  them,  5  I  wil  get  me 
 honoure  vpon  Pharao,  and  vpon  all  his  power. 
 And  f  Egipcias  shal  knowe,  y  I  am  the 
 LORDE.     And  they  dyd  so. 
 
 And  whan  it  was  tolde  y  kinge  of  Egipte,  y 
 y  people  fled,  his  hert  j  his  seruauntes  were 
 turned  agaynst  f  people,  5  saide:  Why  haue 
 we  done  this,  that  we  haue  let  Israel  go,  y 
 they  shulde  not  serue  vs  ?  And  he  bounde 
 his  charettes  fast,  and  toke  his  people  with 
 him,  and  toke  sixe  hiidreth  chosen  charettes, 
 and  the  other  charettes  besyde  that  were  in 
 Egipte,  and  the  captaynes  ouer  all  his  :  for 
 the  LORDE  hardened  f  hert  of  Pharao  kynge 
 of  Egipte,  that  he  folowed  after  the  children 
 of  Israel.  And  the  children  of  Israel  wente 
 out  with  an  hye  hande. 
 
 And  the  Egipcians  folowed  after  the,  5 
 ouertoke  them  (where  they  had  pitched  by  f 
 see)  with  horses  and  charettes,  and  horsme, 
 and  with  his  power,  in  the  valley  of  Hyrath 
 towarde  Baal  Zephon.  And  whan  Pharao 
 came  nye  them,  "the  children  of  Israel  lift  vp 
 their  eyes,  and  beholde,  y^  Egipcians  wente 
 behinde  the,  and  they  were  sore  afrayed,  and 
 cried  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Were  there  no 
 graues   in    Egipte,   *y  thou  hast  brought  vs 
 
 ,'aye  to  dye  in  the  wyldernes?  Wherfore 
 hast  thou  done  this  vnto  vs,  that  thou  hast 
 caried  vs  out  of  Egipte  ?  Is  not  this  it,  that 
 we  sayde  vnto  the  in  Egipte  ?  Leaue  of,  5  let 
 vs  serue  the  Egipcians :  for  it  were  better  for 
 vs  to  serue  the  Egipcians,  then  to  dye  in  the 
 wyldernes  ?  Moses  sayde  vnto  the  people  : 
 ■^Feare  you  not,  stonde  styll,  and  beholde, 
 what  a  saluacion  the  LORDE  shall  shewe 
 vpon  you  this  daye :  *  for  these  Egipcians 
 whom  ye  se  this  daye,  shall  ye  neuer  se  more 
 for  euer:  the  LORDE  shal  fight  for  you, 
 onely  quyete  youre  selues. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Wher- 
 fore criest  thou  vnto  me  ?  Speake  vnto  y 
 children  of  Israel,  y  they  go  forwarde.  But 
 lift  thou  vp  thy  stafl^  5  stretch  out  thine  hade 
 ouer  f  see,  ''5  parte  it  asunder,  y  the  children 
 of  Israel  maye  go  in  thorow  f  middest  of 
 
 »  losu.  24.  b.  »  Psal.  105.  a.  '  2  Pa.  20.  c.  Esa. 
 30.  c.  •  Deu.  28.  g.  ''  Sap.  14.  a.  «  Psal.  104.  c. 
 /  Neem.  9.  b.  s  loau.  2.  b.  and  4.  d.      ludith  5.  c. 
 
 it  vpon  the  drye  grounde.  Beholde,  I  wyll 
 harden  y  hert  of  the  Egipcians,  y  they  shall 
 folowe  after  you.  Thus  wyl  I  get  me  honoure 
 vpon  Pharao,  (j  vpon  all  his  power,  vpo  his 
 charettes  and  horsmen :  and  the  Egipcians 
 shal  knowe,  that  I  am  y  LORDE,  whan  I 
 haue  gotten  me  honoure  vpon  Pharao,  vpon 
 his  charettes,  and  vpon  his  horsmen. 
 
 "Then  the  angell  of  God  y  wente  before 
 the  armies  of  Israel,  remoued,  and  gat  him 
 behynde  them  :  and  the  cloudy  piler  remoued 
 also  from  before  them,  and  stode  behinde  the 
 and  came  betwixte  the  armies  of  the  Egip- 
 cians and  the  armies  of  Israel.  It  was  a 
 darcke  cloude,  and  gaue  light  that  night,  so 
 that  all  the  night  longe  these  and  they  coude 
 not  come  together. 
 
 Wha  Moses  now  stretched  forth  his  hade 
 ouer  y  see,  -'the  LORDE  caused  it  to  passe 
 awaye  thorow  a  mightie  eastwynde  all  that 
 night,  and  made  the  see  drye,  «and  y  water 
 deuyded  it  self  a  sunder.  And  the  children 
 of  Israel  wente  in  thorow  the  middest  of  y  see 
 vpon  the  drye  grounde :  and  f  water  was  vnto 
 them  as  a  wall,  vpon  their  right  hande  ij  vpo 
 their  lefte.  And  y  Egipcias  folowed,  (t  wente 
 in  after  the,  all  Pharaos  horses,  g  charettes,  5 
 horsme,  eue  in  to  y  middest  of  y  see. 
 
 Now  whan  the  mornynge  watch  came,  the 
 LORDE  ''loked  vpo  the  armies  of  the  Egip- 
 cians out  the  piler  of  fire  and  y  cloude,  (j 
 troubled  their  armies,  and  smote  the  wheles 
 from  their  charettes,  5  ouerthrew  them  with  a 
 storme.  Then  sayde  the  Egipcians :  t  Let  vs 
 flye  from  Israel,  the  LORDE  fighteth  for  the 
 agaynst  the  Egipcians. 
 
 But  y-  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses:  Stretch 
 out  thyne  hande  ouer  the  see,  that  f  water 
 maye  come  agayne  vpon  the  Egipcians,  vpon 
 their  charettes,  and  horsmen.  Then  Moses 
 stretched  out  his  hande  ouer  the  see,  and  the 
 see  came  agayne  before  daye  in  his  course 
 and  strength,  and  the  Egipcians  fled  agaynst 
 it.  Thus  the  LORDE  ouerthrew  them  in 
 the  myddest  of  the  see,  'so  that  the  water 
 came  agayne,  and  couered  f  charettes  and 
 horsmen,  and  all  Pharaos  power  which  folowed 
 after  them  in  to  the  see,  so  that  there  re- 
 mayned  not  one  of  them.  But  the  children 
 of  Israel  'wente  drye  thorow  f  myddest  of  the 
 
 ludith  9.  ■■ 
 10.  d. 
 
 t  Deu.  : 
 Esa.  11.  f. 
 
So,  W, 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bofet  of  Mo^t^, 
 
 Cftap.  )rb. 
 
 see,  and  the  water  was  viito  them  as  a  wall 
 vpon  their  right  hande  and  vpon  their  lefte. 
 
 "Thus  the  LORDE  delyuered  Israel  in  y 
 daye  from  the  hande  of  the  Egipcians.  And 
 they  sawe  the  Egipcians  deed  vpon  y  see  syde, 
 and  the  greate  hande  y  the  LORDE  had 
 shewed  vpon  the  Egipcians.  And  f  people 
 feared  f  LORDE,  and  beleued  him,  and  his 
 seruaunt  Moses. 
 
 Wt)c  yb.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 THEN  sange  Moses  and  the  childre  of 
 Israel   this  songs  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  sayde : 
 
 I  will  *synge  vnto  y  LORDE,  for  he  hath 
 done  gloriously,  horse  5  charet  hath  he  ouer 
 throwne  in  the  see. 
 
 'The  LORDE  is  my  strength,  and  my 
 songe,  and  is  become  my  saluacion. 
 
 This  is  my  God,  I  wil  magnifie  him :  He 
 is  my  fathers  God,  I  wil  exalte  him. 
 
 The  LORDE  is  the  right  man  of  warre, 
 LORDE  is  his  name.  The  charettes  of 
 Pharao  5  his  power,  hath  he  cast  in  to  the  see. 
 
 His  chosen  captaynes  are  drowned  in  the 
 reed  see,  y  depe  hath  couered  them:  they 
 fell  to  the  grounde  as  a  stone. 
 
 Thy  right  hande  (O  LORDE)  is  glorious 
 m  power:  thy  right  hade  (O  LORDE)  hath 
 smytten  the  enemies. 
 
 And  with  thy  greate  glory  thou  hast  de- 
 stroyed thine  aduersaries :  thou  sentest  out 
 thy  wrath,  u  it  cosumed  them,  euen  as  stobble. 
 
 In  the  breth  of  thy  wrath  the  waters  fell 
 together,  the  floudes  wente  vpon  a  heape : 
 The  depes  plomped  together  in  f  myddest  of 
 the  see. 
 
 The  enemie  thought:  I  will  folowe  vpon 
 them,  and  ouertake  them,  and  deuyde  y  spoyle, 
 and  coole  my  mynde  vpon  them. 
 
 I  wil  drawe  out  my  swerde,  and  my  hande 
 shal  destroye  them. 
 
 Thou  blewest  with  thy  wynde,  the  see 
 couered  them,  and  they  sancke  downe  as  leed 
 in  the  mightie  waters. 
 
 LORDE,  who  is  like  vnto  the  amonge  y 
 goddes  ?  Who  is  so  glorious  in  holynes,  fear 
 full,  laudable,  and  doinge  wonders? 
 
 Whan  thou  stretchedest  out  thy  right  hande, 
 the  earth  swalowed  them  vp. 
 
 Thou  of  thy  very  mercy  hast  led  this  people, 
 
 Ma.   4.  a. 
 Esa.  13.  a. 
 
 »  Exod.  15. 
 "  Exo.  15.  a. 
 
 '  Psal.  117. 
 Num.  33.  b. 
 
 whom  thou  hast  delyuered,  and  with  thy 
 strength  thou  hast  brought  them  vnto  the 
 dwellynge  of  thy  Sanctuary. 
 
 Whan  y  nacions  herde  this,  they  raged, 
 sorowe  came  vpon  the  Philistynes. 
 
 Then  were  y  prynces  of  Edom  afrayed, 
 tremblynge  came  vpo  y  mightie  of  Moab, 
 all  the  indwellers  of  Canaan  waxed  faynte 
 harted. 
 
 Let  feare  and  drede  fall  vpon  them  thorow 
 thy  greate  arme,  that  they  maye  be  as  styll 
 as  a  stone,  tyll  thy  people  (O  LORDE)  be 
 gone  thorow,  tyll  thy  people  whom  thou  hast 
 gotten,  be  gone  thorow. 
 
 Brynge  them  in,  and  plante  them  vpon  the 
 mountayne  of  thy  enheritaunce,  vnto  y  place 
 that  thou  hast  made  for  thyne  owne  dwellynge : 
 euen  to  thy  teple  (O  LORDE)  which  thy 
 handes  haue  prepared. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  be  kynge  for  euer  5 
 euer.  For  Pharao  wente  in  to  the  see  with 
 horses,  and  charettes,  and  horsmen,  and  the 
 LORDE  made  the  see  fall  agayne  vpon  them. 
 
 But  the  children  of  Israel  wete  drye  thorow 
 the  myddest  of  the  see. 
 
 And  Miriam  the  prophetisse,  Aarons  sister, 
 toke  a  tymbrell  in  hir  hande,  and  all  the 
 women  folowed  out  after  her  with  timbrels  in 
 a  daunse.     And  Miriam  sange  before  the : 
 
 0  let  vs  synge  vnto  the  LORDE,  ''for  he  hath 
 done  gloriously,  man  and  horse  hath  he  ouer 
 throwne  in  the  see. 
 
 '  Moses  caused  the  children  of  Israel  to  de- 
 parte  out  from  the  reed  see,  vnto  the  wyldernes 
 of  Sur,  (J  they  wente  thre  dayes  in  y  wildernes, 
 y  they  founde  no  water.  Then  came  they  to 
 Marath,  but  they  coude  not  drinke  f  water 
 for  bytternes,  for  it  was  very  bytter.  Ther- 
 fore  was  it  called  Marah,  (y  is  bytternes.) 
 Then  y  people  murmured  against  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  What  shal  we  drynke  ?  ■'  And  Moses 
 cried  vnto  y  LORDE,  which  shewed  him  a 
 tre :  this  he  put  in  y-  water,  the  was  it  swete. 
 
 There  he  made  the  a  statute,  and  a  lawe, 
 and  tempted  them,  and  sayde  :  Yf  thou  wylt 
 herken  vnto  the  voyce  of  y  LORDE  thy  God, 
 5  do  that  which  is  right  in  his  sighte,  and  geue 
 eare  vnto  his  commaundementes,  j  '^  kepe  all 
 his  statutes,  then  wyl  I  laye  vpon^  none  of 
 the  sicknesses,  that  I  layed  vpon  Egipte,  for 
 
 1  am  the  LORDE  thy  surgione. 
 
 /  ludith  5.  d.     Eccll.  38.  a.     4  Re.  4.  f.         s  Deut.  28.  f. 
 
Cftap.  vbi. 
 
 CJk  ij.  l)ok  of  Mo^ti, 
 
 So,  Ijittj. 
 
 Ci^c  jrbt.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  they  came  vnto  Elim,  where  there 
 were  twolue  welles  of  water,  and  seuentie 
 palnie  trees,  and  there  they  pitched  by  y 
 water  syde.  From  Elim  they  toke  their 
 iourney,  and  the  whole  congregacion  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  came  in  to  the  wyldernesse 
 of  Sin  (which  lyeth  betwene  Elim  and  Sinai) 
 vpon  the  fyftene  daye  of  the  seconde  moneth, 
 after  that  they  were  departed  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte.  And  ;y-  whole  multitude  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  *  murmured  agaynst  Moses 
 and  Aaron  in  y  wildernes,  and  saide  vnto 
 them :  Wolde  God  we  had  dyed  in  the  londe 
 of  Egipte  by  the  hande  of  the  LORDE,  whan 
 we  sat  by  y  flesh  pottes,  and  had  bred  ynough 
 to  eate :  for  ye  haue  brought  vs  out  in  to  this 
 wyldernes,  to  cause  this  whole  multitude  dye 
 of  honger. 
 
 The  sayde  y  LORDE  vnto  Moses:  beholde 
 I  wyl  rayne  you  bred  from  heauen,  and  let 
 the  people  go  out,  and  gather  daylie,  what 
 they  nede,  that  I  maye  proue  whether  they 
 walke  in  my  la  we  or  not.  But  vpon  the  sixte 
 daye  they  shal  prepare  the  selues,  that  they 
 maye  brynge  in  twyse  as  moch  as  they  gather 
 daylie. 
 
 Moses  and  Aaron  saide  vnto  all  the  children 
 of  Israel :  At  euen  ye  shall  knowe,  that  the 
 LORDE  hath  brought  you  out  of  the  lode  of 
 Egipte,  and  in  the  mornynge  shall  ye  se  the 
 glory  of  the  LORDE :  for  he  hath  herde 
 youre  grudginges  agaynst  the  LORDE.  For 
 what  are  we,  that  ye  grudge  agaynst  vs  ? 
 
 "  Moses  sayde  morouer :  At  euen  shall  the 
 LORDE  geue  you  flesh  to  eate,  and  in  the 
 mornynge  bred  ynough:  because  y  LORDE 
 hath  herde  youre  grudginges,  that  ye  haue 
 grudged  agaynst  him.  For  what  are  we? 
 Youre  murmuringe  is  not  agaynst  vs,  but 
 against  the  LORDE.  And  Moses  sayde  vnto 
 Aaron  :  Speake  vnto  the  whole  multitude  of 
 f  children  of  Israel :  Come  forth  before  the 
 LORDE,  for  he  hath  herde  youre  murmur- 
 inges. 
 
 And  whyle  Aaron  spake  thus  vnto  the 
 whole  congregacion  of  the  childre  of  Israel, 
 they  turned  them  towarde  the  wyldernes: 
 and  beholde,  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  ap- 
 peared in  a  cloude,  and  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Moses:    I  haue  herde  the  murmuringe 
 
 of  y  children  of  Israel.  Tell  them  :  At  euen 
 shall  ye  haue  flesh  to  eate,  and  in  the  morn- 
 ynge shal  ye  be  fylled  with  bred,  (j  ye  shall 
 knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 And  at  euen  the  quayles  came  vp,  and 
 couered  the  tentes:  and  in  the  mornynge  the 
 dewe  laye  rounde  aboute  the  tentes.  And 
 whan  the  dew  was  falle,  beholde,  there  laye  a 
 thinge  in  the  wildernes,  thynne  and  small,  as 
 the  horefrost  vpon  the  grounde. 
 
 And  whan  the  children  of  Israel  sawe  it, 
 they  saide  one  to  another :  t  This  is  Mii.  For 
 they  wyst  not  what  it  was.  But  Moses  sayde 
 vnto  them:  It  is  the  bred  that  ;y^  LORDE 
 hath  geue  you  to  eate.  This  is  it  that  y 
 LORDE  hath  commauded :  Euery  one  gather 
 for  himself  as  moch  as  he  eateth,  and  take  a 
 Gomor  for  euery  heade,  acordinge  to  the 
 nombre  of  the  soules  in  his  tente. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  dyd  so,  and 
 gathered  some  more,  some  lesse.  But  whan 
 it  was  measured  out  with  y  Gomor,  *be  that 
 gathered  moch,  had  not  the  more :  and  he  y 
 gathered  litle,  wanted  nothinge,  but  euery 
 one  gathered  for  himself,  as  moch  as  he  ate. 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  them :  Let  no  ma 
 leaue  ought  therof  vntyll  the  mornynge.  But 
 they  barkened  not  vnto  Moses.  And  some 
 left  of  it  vntill  the  morninge.  Then  waxed  it 
 full  of  wormes  and  stanke.  And  Moses  was 
 angrie  at  them. 
 
 And  euery  mornynge  they  gathered  for 
 them  selues,  as  moch  as  euery  one  ate :  but 
 as  soone  as  it  was  whote  of  the  Sonne,  it 
 melted  awaye.  And  vpon  the  sixte  daye  they 
 gathered  twyse  as  moch  of  bred,  two  Gomors 
 for  one.  And  all  the  rulers  of  the  congre- 
 gacio  came  in,  and  tolde  Moses.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  them :  This  is  it,  that  the  LORDE 
 hath  sayde :  Tomorow  is  the  Sabbath  of  the 
 holy  rest  of  the  LORDE:  loke  what  ye  wil 
 bake,  that  bake :  and  what  ye  wyll  seeth,  that 
 seeth  and  that  remayneth  ouer,  let  it  remayne, 
 y  it  maye  be  kepte  vntyll  the  mornynge. 
 And  they  let  it  remayne  tyll  the  morow,  as 
 Moses  commaunded.  Then  stanke  it  not, 
 nether  was  there  eny  worme  therin.  The 
 sayde  Moses :  Eate  that  to  daye,  for  to  daye 
 is  y  Sabbath  of  the  LORDE,  to  daye  shal  ye 
 fynde  none  in  the  felde.  Sixe  dayes  shall  ye 
 gather  it,  but  the  seuenth  daye  is  the  Sabbath, 
 wherin  there  shal  be  none. 
 
 tSomereade:   What  is  this?         '  2  Cor.  8.  b. 
 
jTo.  Wi}, 
 
 Cl)e  I),  bokt  of  iBoses, 
 
 C&ap.  jrbij. 
 
 dT 
 
 But  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  there  wente  out 
 some  of  the  people  to  gather,  and  founde 
 nothinge.  Then  sayde  y  LORDE  vnto 
 Moses :  "  How  longe  refuse  ye  to  kepe  my 
 commaundementes  and  lawes  ?  Beholde,  y 
 LORDE  hath  geuen  you  the  Sabbath,  ther- 
 fore  vpon  the  sixte  daye  he  geueth  you  bred 
 for  two  dayes :  therfore  let  euery  man  now 
 byde  at  home,  and  noman  go  forth  of  his 
 place  vpon  the  seuenth  daye. 
 
 So  the  people  rested  vpo  y  seuenth  daye. 
 And  the  house  of  Israel  called  it  Man,  and  it 
 was  like  Coriander  sede,  and  whyte,'  5  had  a 
 taist  like  sjTiinels  with  hony. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde :  This  is  it  that  ;y 
 LORDE  hath  commaunded :  Fill  a  Gomor 
 therof  to  be  kepte  for  youre  posterities,  y  they 
 maye  se  the  bred,  wherwith  I  fed  you,  whan  I 
 brought  you  out  of  y  lande  of  Egipte.  And 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  Aaron  :  Take  a  cruse,  and 
 put  a  Gomor  full  of  Man  therin,  "and  laye 
 it  vp  before  the  LORDE,  to  be  kepte  for 
 youre  posterities,  as  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded Moses.  So  Aaron  layed  it  vp  there 
 for  a  testimony  to  be  kepte. 
 
 ''  And  the  children  of  Israel  ate  man  fourtye 
 yeares,  tyll  they  came  vnto  a  lande,  where 
 people  dwelt :  euen  vntyll  they  came  to  f 
 borders  of  the  lande  of  Canaan  ate  they  Man. 
 A  Gomor  is  the  tenth  parte  of  an  Epha. 
 
 €])t  rbi]-  Chapter. 
 
 AND  the  whole  multitude  of  the  children 
 of  Israel  wete  on  their  iourneys  out  of 
 the  wyldernes  of  Sin  (as  the  LORDE  co- 
 inaunded  the)  (t  pitched  in  Raphidim.  'Then 
 had  the  people  no  water  to  drynke.  And  they 
 chode  with  Moses,  5  sayde :  Geue  vs  water, 
 y  we  maye  drynke.  Moses  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Why  chyde  ye  with  me  ?  Wherfore  tepte  ye 
 y  LORDE?  But  whan  the  people  thyrsted 
 there  for  water,  they  munnured  agaynst 
 Moses,  ({  sayde  :  -^  Wherfore  hast  thou  caused 
 vs  to  come  out  of  Egipte  ?  to  let  vs,  oure 
 children,  and  oure  catell  dye  of  honger? 
 
 Moses  cried  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  sayde: 
 What  shal  I  do  with  this  people  ?  They  are 
 all  most  ready  to  stone  me.  The  LORDE 
 saide  vnto  him  :  Go  before  the  people,  (t  take 
 some  of  the  elders  of  Israel  with  f,  and  take 
 
 -  Eze.  20.  b.     »  Num.  11.  b.      '  Heb.  9.  a.     ■'  ludit.  5.  d. 
 Neem.  9.  d.  losu.  5.  c.  '  Nu.  33.  b.  /  Nu.  20.  a. 
 
 ludit.  7.  d.         f  Psal.  77.  b.  1  Cor.  10.  a.         *  Nu.  20.  b. 
 
 in  thine  hande  thy  staff,  wherwith  thou  smotest 
 the  water,  and  go  thy  waye  :  Beholde,  «  I  wyl 
 stonde  there  before  the  vpon  a  rock  in  Horeb, 
 there  shalt  thou  smyte  the  rocke,  so  shall 
 there  water  runne  out,  that  the  people  maye 
 drynke.  Moses  dyd  so  before  the  elders  of 
 Israel.  ''  Then  was  that  place  called  Massa 
 Meriba,  because  of  the  chydinge  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  because  they  tempted 
 f  LORDE,  and  sayde:  Is  the  LORDE 
 amonge  vs,  or  not  ? 
 
 Then  came  Ameleck,  ij  fought  agaynst 
 Israel  in  Raphidim.  And  Moses  sayde  vnto 
 losua :  Chose  vs  out  men,  go  out,  5  fight 
 against  Amaleck,  tomorow  wil  I  stode  vpo 
 the  toppe  of  the  hyll,  (j  haue  y  staff  of  God 
 in  my  hande.  And  losua  dyd  as  Moses  bade 
 him,  (J  fought  agaynst  Amalek.  Moses  5 
 Aaron  (i  Hur  wente  vp  to  f  toppe  of  the  hyll. 
 And  wha  Moses  helde  vp  his  hiide,  Israel  had 
 the  victory :  '  but  whan  he  let  dovrae  his 
 hande,  Amalek  had  the  victory. 
 
 But  Moses  hades  were  heuy,  therfore  toke 
 they  a  stone,  5  layed  it  vnder  him,  that  he 
 might  syt  vpon  it.  And  Aaron  5  Hur  stayed 
 vp  his  hades,  the  one  vpon  the  one  syde,  and 
 the  other  vpon  y  other  syde.  So  his  handes 
 were  stedfasc  vnto  f  Sonne  wente  downe. 
 And  losua  discomfited  Amalek,  5  his  people 
 thorow  the  edge  of  the  swerde. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Wryte 
 this  for  a  remebraunce  in  a  boke,  (j  cdmytte  it 
 vnto  y  eares  of  losua :  *  for  I  wyll  rote  out 
 Amalek  from  vnder  heauen,  so  that  he  shall 
 nomore  be  remembred.  And  Moses  buylded 
 an  altare  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  called  it: 
 tThe  LORDE  Nissi,  for  he  sayde:  The 
 battayll  of  the  LORDE  shalbe  agaynst 
 Amalek  thorow  an  hande  vnder  the  defence 
 of  God  from  childe  to  childes  childe. 
 
 €i)c  ybii).  €i)apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  lethro  y  prest  in  Madian 
 Moses  father  in  lawe  herde  of  all  y  God 
 had  done  with  Moses  (j  his  people  of  Israel, 
 how  y  the  LORDE  had  brought  Israel  out  of 
 Egipte,  he  toke  Zipora  Moses  wife,  whom  he 
 had  sent  backe,  with  her  two  sonnes.  The 
 one  was  called  Gerson,  for  he  saide :  *  I  am 
 become   a   straunger   in   a    straunge    londe. 
 
 Deu.  9.  d.         '  ludit.  4.  c.  •  Nu.  24.  d.  1  Re.  15.  a. 
 
 t  That   is:    The   LORDE    is    he   that   lifteth   me    vp. 
 "  Exod.  2.  d. 
 
CI)ap,  m* 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bofee  of  illciEitS. 
 
 fo.  Inn'. 
 
 And  the  other  was  called  Eliaser,  for  he  sayde : 
 The  God  of  my  fathers  hath  bene  my  helpe, 
 and  hath  delyuered  me  from  Pharaos  swerde. 
 
 Now  wha  lethro  Moses  father  in  lawe,  and 
 his  sonnes  and  his  wife  came  vnto  him  in  the 
 wyldernes  by  the  mount  of  God,  where  he 
 had  pitched  his  tent,  he  sent  worde  vnto 
 Moses :  I  lethro  thy  father  in  lawe  am  come 
 vnto  the,  and  thy  wife  and  both  hir  children 
 with  her.  Then  wente  Moses  forth  to  mete 
 him,  and  dyd  obeysauce  vnto  him,  and  kyssed 
 him.  And  whan  they  had  saluted  ech  other, 
 they  wente  in  to  the  tente. 
 
 Then  Moses  tolde  his  father  in  lawe  all 
 that  the  LORDE  had  done  vnto  Pharao  and 
 the  Egipcians  for  Israels  sake,  and  all  the 
 trauayle  that  had  happened  them  by  f  waye, 
 and  how  the  LORDE  had  delyuered  them, 
 lethro  reioysed  ouer  all  f  good  that  the 
 LORDE  had  done  for  Israel,  y  he  had  de- 
 lyuered them  from  the  hade  of  the  Egipcians. 
 And  lethro  sayde  :  Praysed  be  the  LORDE, 
 which  hath  delyuered  you  from  the  hande  of 
 the  Egipcians  and  of  Pharao,  (and)  that 
 knoweth  how  to  delyuer  his  people  from  the 
 Egipcians  hande.  Now  I  knowe,  that  the 
 LORDE  is  greater  the  all  goddes,  because 
 they  dealt  proudly  with  them.  And  lethro 
 toke  brentofFerynges,  and  offered  vnto  God. 
 Then  came  Aaron  and  all  y  elders  of  Israel 
 to  eate  bred  with  Moses  father  in  lawe  before 
 God. 
 
 On  the  next  morow  sat  Moses  to  iudge  the 
 people,  and  the  people  stode  roude  aboute 
 Moses  from  the  mornynge  vntyll  y  euen. 
 But  whan  his  father  in  lawe  sawe  all  that  he 
 dyd  with  the  people,  he  sayde :  What  is  this, 
 that  thou  doest  with  the  people  ?  Wherfore 
 syttest  thou  alone,  and  all  f  people  stonde 
 rounde  aboute  from  the  morninge  vntyll  the 
 euen  ^  Moses  answered  him  :  The  people 
 come  to  me,  a  axe  councell  at  God :  for  whan 
 they  haue  eny  thinge  to  do,  they  come  vnto 
 rne,  that  I  maye  iudge  betwixte  euery  one  5 
 his  neghboure,  and  shewe  them  the  statutes  of 
 God,  and  his  lawes. 
 
 His  father  in  lawe  sayde  vnto  him :  It  is 
 not  well  that  thou  doest.  Thou  weeriest  thy 
 self,  and  the  people  that  is  with  the.  This 
 busynesse  is  to  sore  for  the,  thou  canst  not  per- 
 fourme  it  alone.  But  herken  vnto  my  voyee, 
 I  will  geue  the  councell,  and  God  shall  be 
 
 with  the.  Be  thou  vnto  the  people  to  God 
 warde,  and  brynge  the  causes  before  God, 
 and  prouide  them  with  statutes  and  lawes, 
 that  thou  mayest  shewe  the  the  waie  wherin 
 they  shulde  walke,  and  the  workes  that  they 
 shulde  do. 
 
 But  loke  out  amonge  all  the  people,  for 
 honest  men,  that  feare  God,  soch  as  are  true, 
 (t  hate  couetousnes :  make  these  rulers  ouer 
 them,  some  ouer  thousandes,  ouer  hundredes, 
 ouer  fiftie,  and  ouer  ten,  that  they  maye  all- 
 waye  iudge  the  people.  But  where  there  is 
 eny  greate  matter,  "that  they  brynge  the  same 
 vnto  the,  and  iudge  the  small  causes  them 
 selues :  so  shall  it  be  lighter  for  the,  yf  they 
 beare  the  burthen  with  the.  Yf  thou  shalt  do 
 this,  then  mayest  thou  endure  the  thinge  that 
 God  chargeth  the  withall,  and  all  this  people 
 maie  go  peaceably  vnto  their  place. 
 
 *  Moses  herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  his 
 father  in  lawe,  and  dyd  all  that  he  sayde. 
 And  he  chose  honest  men  out  of  all  Israel, 
 and  made  them  heades  ouer  the  people,  some 
 ouer  thousandes,  ouer  hundredes,  ouer  fiftie, 
 and  ouer  ten,  that  they  might  allwaye  iudge 
 the  people.  As  for  soch  causes  as  were  herde, 
 they  brought  them  vnto  Moses,  and  iudged 
 the  small  matters  them  selues.  So  Moses  let 
 his  father  in  lawe  departe  in  to  his  owne  londe. 
 
 Clje  yiy.  Cfjapttr. 
 
 IN  the  thirde  moneth  after  that  the  children 
 of  Israel  were  gone  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  they  came  the  same  daye  in  to  the 
 wyldernes  of  Sinai  (for  they  were  departed 
 from  Raphidim,  and  wolde  in  to  the  wyl- 
 dernes of  Sinai)  ''  and  there  they  pitched  in 
 the  wyldernes  ouer  against  the  mounte.  And 
 Moses  wente  vp  vnto  God. 
 
 ''And  the  LORDE  called  vnto  him  out  of 
 the  mount,  and  sayde  :  Thus  shalt  thou  saye 
 vnto  the  house  of  lacob,  and  tell  the  children 
 of  Israel :  Ye  haue  sene  what  I  haue  done 
 vnto  the  Egipcians,  and  how  I  haue  borne 
 you  vpon  Aegles  wynges,  d  brought  you  vnto 
 my  self.  '  Yf  ye  wyll  harken  now  vnto  my 
 voyce,  and  kepe  my  couenaunt,  ye  shal  be 
 myne  owne  before  all  people  :  for  the  whole 
 earth  is  myne :  and  ye  shall  be  vnto  me  *a 
 presterly  kingdome,  and  an  holy  people. 
 These  are  the  wordes  that  thou  shalt  saye 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 ''  Exo.  24.  a.  '  Deu.  14.  a.  '1  Pet.  2.  b. 
 
So,  lv\:. 
 
 Cfte  ij.  fioke  of  iWosits, 
 
 Cftap,  n; 
 
 Moses  came  and  called  for  the  elders  of 
 the  people,  and  layed  before  them  all  these 
 wordes,  that  the  LOIIDE  had  commaunded. 
 And  all  the  people  answered  together,  and 
 sayde  :  *A11  that  the  LORDE  hath  sayde, 
 wyll  we  do. 
 
 And  Moses  tolde  the  wordes  of  the  people 
 vnto  the  LORDE  agayne.  And  the  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  Moses :  Beholde,  1  wyll  come  vnto 
 the  in  a  thicke  cloude,  that  the  people  maye 
 heare  my  wordes,  which  I  speake  vnto  the, 
 and  beleue  the  for  euer.  And  Moses  shewed 
 the  wordes  of  the  people  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Go  vnto 
 the  people,  and  sanctifie  the  to  daye  and  to- 
 morow,  y  they  maye  wash  their  clothes,  and 
 be  ready  agaynst  the  thirde  daye :  for  vpon 
 the  thirde  daye  shall  the  LORDE  come 
 downe  vpon  mount  Sinai  before  all  the  people. 
 And  set  markes  rounde  aboute  the  people, 
 and  saye  vnto  them :  Bewarre,  that  ye  go  not 
 vp  in  to  y  mount,  ner  touch  y  border  of  it. 
 t  For  who  so  euer  toucheth  f  mout,  shal  dye 
 f  death.  There  shal  no  hade  touch  it,  but 
 he  shall  either  be  stoned,  or  shot  thorow: 
 whether  it  be  beest  or  man,  it  shal  not  lyue. 
 Whan  the  home  bloweth,  then  shal  they  come 
 vp  vnto  the  mounte. 
 
 Moses  wente  downe  from  the  mount  vnto 
 the  people,  and  sanctified  them.  And  they 
 waszshed  their  clothes.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Be  ready  agaynst  the  thirde  daye,  and 
 no  man  come  at  his  wife. 
 
 Now  whan  the  thirde  daye  came  (and  it 
 was  early)  it  beganne  to  thonder  and  lighten, 
 and  there  was  a  thicke  cloude  vpon  the  mount, 
 and  a  noyse  of  a  trompet  exceadinge  mightie. 
 And  the  people  that  were  in  the  tentes,  were 
 afrayde.  "And  Moses  brought  the  people  out 
 of  the  tentes  to  mete  with  God,  and  they 
 stode  vnder  the  mount. 
 
 But  all  mount  Sinai  smoked,  because  y 
 LORDE  came  downe  vpo  it  with  fyre.  And 
 the  smoke  therof  wente  vp  as  the  smoke  of  a 
 fornace,  so  that  the  whole  mount  was  excead- 
 inge terrible.  And  the  noyse  of  the  trompet 
 wete  out,  and  was  mightie.  Moses  spake,  5 
 God  answered  him  loude.  Now  whan  the 
 LORDE  was  come  downe  vpon  mount  Sinai, 
 euen  vpon  the  toppe  of  it,  he  called  Moses 
 
 •  Exo.  24.  a.  Deut 
 Deut.  4.  b.  *  Deut. 
 ind  CT.  b.  IINiiu.  1.  a 
 
 (1.  and  26.  d.  t  Heb.  12.  c. 
 
 {  Exo.  14.  c.     §  Deu.  4.  c. 
 
 Exo.  34.  a.       Deu.  7.  b. 
 
 vp  vnto  f  toppe  of  the  mount.  And  Moses 
 wente  vp. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  him :  Go 
 downe,  and  charge  the  people,  y  they  preasse 
 not  vnto  the  LORDE  to  se  him,  and  so  many 
 of  them  perishe.  The  rulers  also  that  come 
 nye  vnto  f  LORDE,  shal  sanctifie  them 
 selues,  lest  the  LORDE  smyte  the.  But 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  the  LORDE :  The  people 
 can  not  come  vp  vpon  mount  Sinai,  for  thou 
 hast  charged  vs,  (t  sayde:  Set  markes  aboute 
 the  mount,  and  sanctifie  it. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy 
 waye,  get  f  downe.  Thou  and  Aaron  with 
 the  shalt  come  vp :  but  the  rulers  and  y  people 
 shal  not  preasse  to  come  vp  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 lest  he  smyte  the.  And  Moses  wente  downe 
 to  the  people,  and  tolde  them. 
 
 Cijt  n:  CJ)aptn:. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  all  these  wordes, 
 and  sayde:  *I  am  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 which  t  haue  brought  the  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte  from  y-  house  of  bondage. 
 
 Thou  shalt  haue  none  other  Goddes  in  my 
 sight.  §  Thou  shalt  make  the  no  grauen 
 ymage  ner  eny  symilitude,  nether  of  it  that 
 is  aboue  in  heauen,  ner  of  it  that  is  beneth 
 vpon  earth,  ner  of  it  that  is  in  the  water 
 vnder  the  earth.  Worshipe  them  not,  and 
 serue  them  not:  for  I  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 am  a  II  gelouse  God,  vysitinge  y'  synne  of  the 
 fathers  vpon  the  children,  vnto  y  thirde  and 
 fourth  generacion,  of  them  that  hate  me : 
 And  do  mercye  vpo  many  thousandes,  that 
 loue  me,  and  kepe  my  commaundementes. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  in  vayne.'  HFor  the  LORDE  shal 
 not  holde  him  vngiltie,  that  taketh  his  name 
 in  vayne. 
 
 Remembre  the  Sabbath  dale,  that  thou 
 sanctifie  it.  ''Sixe  dayes  shalt  thou  laboure 
 and  do  all  thy  worke :  But  vpon  the  seuenth 
 daye  is  the  Sabbath  of  the  LOIIDE  thy 
 God :  thou  shalt  do  no  maner  worke  in  it, 
 nether  thou,  ner  thy  sonne,  ner  thy  doughter, 
 ner  thy  seruaunt,  ner  thy  mayde,  ner  thy 
 catell,  ner  thy  straunger  that  is  within  thy 
 gates.  For  in  sixe  dayes' the  LORDE  made 
 heauen  and  earth,  and  the  see,  and  all  that 
 
 Leui.  19.  c.  Eccli.  23.  b.       f  Le.  24.  b.       ''  Exo.  23.  b. 
 34.  c.  35.  a.     Eze.  20.  b.  '  Gene.  2.  a. 
 
Cfeap,  V)Li. 
 
 €l)t  tj.  I)ok^  of  Mo^t&* 
 
 jTo.  I)f)i*u 
 
 therin  is,  and  rested  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  : 
 therfore  the  LOIIDE  blessed  the  seuenth 
 daye,  g  halowed  it. 
 
 Honoure  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  that 
 thou  mayest  lyue  longe  in  the  londe,  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  the. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  kyll. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  breake  wedlocke. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  steale. 
 
 Thou  shalt  beare  no  false  wytnesse  agaynst 
 thy  neghboure. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  *lust  after  thy  neghbours 
 house. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  lust  after  thy  neghbours  wife, 
 ner  his  seruaut,  ner  his  mayde,  ner  his  oxe, 
 ner  his  Asse,  ner  all  that  thy  neghboure  hath. 
 
 And  all  the  people  sawe  the  thonder  and 
 the  lightenynge,  and  the  noyse  of  the  trompet, 
 and  how  that  the  mountayne  smoked,  and 
 were  afrayed,  and  stackerd,  5  stode  afarre  of, 
 and  sayde  vnto  Moses :  t  Talke  thou  with  vs, 
 we  wil  heare  :  and  let  not  God  talke  with  vs, 
 we  might  els  dye.  And  Moses  sayde  vnto 
 the  people  :  Be  not  afrayed,  for  God  is  come 
 to  proue  you,  and  that  his  feare  maye  be 
 before  youre  eyes,  yt  ye  synne  not. 
 
 And  the  people  stode  afarre  of.  But  Moses 
 gat  him  in  to  the  darcke  cloude,  where  in 
 God  was.  And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 him  :  Thus  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  "the  children 
 of  Israel :  Ye  haue  sene,  that  I  haue  talked 
 with  you  from  heauen :  therfore  shal  ye  make 
 nothinge  with  me :  goddes  of  syluer  and  golde 
 shal  ye  not  make  you. 
 
 Make  me  an  altare  of  earth,  wher  vpon 
 thou  mayest  offer  thy  burntofFerynges,  (t 
 peaceofferynges,  thy  shepe  and  thine  oxen 
 For  loke  in  what  place  so  euer  I  make  y 
 remembraunce  of  my  name,  there  wil  I  come 
 vnto  the,  and  blesse  the. 
 
 And  yf  thou  wilt  make  me  an  altare  of 
 stone,  thou  shalt  not  make  it  of  hewen  stone  : 
 For  yf  thou  lift  vp  thy  tole  vpon  it,  thou  shalt 
 vnhalowe  it.  Morouer  thou  shalt  not  go  vp 
 vpon  steppes  vnto  myne  altare,  that  thy  shame 
 be  not  discouered  before  it. 
 
 T 
 
 Wt)e  jiyi.  Ci^aptfr. 
 HESE  are   the  lawes,  that  thou  shalt 
 laye  before  them.     ''Yf  thou  bye  a  ser- 
 
 '  Matt.  15. 
 t  Deu.  18.  c. 
 1  Mac.  4.  f. 
 
 I.     Ephe.  6.  a. 
 Heb.  Ii2.  c. 
 '  Leuit.  25.  f. 
 
 •  Ro.  7.  b.  and  13.  b. 
 '  Deu.  27.  a.  losu.  8.  g. 
 Deu.  15.  b.     lere.  34.  b. 
 
 uaunt  that  is  an  Hebrue,  he  shal  serue  the  sixe 
 yeares,  in  the  seuenth  yeare  shall  he  go  out 
 fre  and  lowse.  Yf  he  came  alone,  then  shal 
 he  go  out  alone  also :  but  yf  he  came  maried, 
 then  shall  his  wife  go  out  with  him.  Yf  his 
 master  haue  geue  him  a  wife,  5  she  haue  borne 
 him  sonnes  or  doughters,  the  shal  the  wife 
 and  y  children  be  the  masters,  but  he  shall  go 
 out  alone.  Neuerthelest  yf  the  seruaunt 
 saye :  I  loue  my  master,  and  my  wife  and 
 children,  I  wil  not  go  out  fre:  then  let  his 
 master  brynge  him  before  the  Goddes,  and 
 holde  him  to  the  dore  or  post,  and  bore  him 
 thorow  the  eare  with  a  botkin,  and  let  him  be 
 his  seruaunt  for  euer. 
 
 Yf  a  man  sell  his  doughter  to  be  an  hand 
 mayde,  then  shal  she  not  go  out  as  the  men 
 seruauntes.  But  yf  she  please  not  hir  master, 
 and  he  haue  not  maried  her,  then  shal  he  let 
 her  go  fre :  but  to  sell  her  vnto  a  straiige 
 people  he  hath  no  auctorite,  for  so  moch  as  he 
 hath  despysed  her.  Yf  he  promyse  her  vnto 
 his  Sonne,  then  shal  he  do  vnto  her  after  the 
 lawe  of  doughters.  But  yf  he  geue  him 
 another  wife,  then  shall  he  mynishe  nothinge 
 of  hir  foode,  rayment,  and  dewtye  of  mariage. 
 Yf  he  do  not  these  thre,  then  shal  she  go  out 
 fre,  and  paye  nothinge. 
 
 He  that  smyteth  a  man  that  he  dye,''  shall 
 dye  the  death,  i  Yf  he  haue  not  layed  wayte 
 for  him,  but  God  let  him  fall  in  his  hande 
 vnawares,  then  wil  I  appoynte  the  a  place, 
 where  he  shal  flye  vnto.  But  yf  a  man  pre- 
 sume vpon  his  neghboure,  and  slaye  him  with 
 disceate,  II  then  shalt  thou  take  the  same  fro 
 myne  altare,  that  he  maye  be  slayne.  Who 
 so  smyteth  his  father  or  mother,  shall  dye  the 
 death. 
 
 He  that  stealeth  a  man,  and  selleth  him,  so 
 that  he  be  founde  by  him,"  the  same  shall  dye 
 the  death. 
 
 It  Who  so  curseth  father  and  mother,  shal 
 dye  the  death.  Yf  men  stryue  together  and 
 one  smyte  another  with  a  stone,  or  with  his 
 fist,  so  that  he  dye  not,  but  lyeth  in  bedd : 
 Yf  he  ryse,  and  go  forth  vpon  his  staff,  the 
 shall  he  that  smote  him,  be  vngiltie  :  saue 
 that  he  shal  paye  the  losse  of  his  tyme,  and 
 geue  y  money  for  healynge  him. 
 
 He  that  smyteth  his  seruaunt  or   mayde 
 
 t  Deu.  15.  c.  ■<  Leu.  14.  d.  Matth.  5.  c.  ^  Nu.  35.  b, 
 Deut.  19.  a.  ||3Re.  1.  g.  f  Deu.  24.  b.  TDeu.21.d 
 and  27.  c.     Leu.  20.  b.     Pro.  20.  c.     Mar.  7.  b. 
 
jTo.  imh 
 
 €i)t  ij,  Ijofet  of  iloSfsf, 
 
 C6ap.  irn'j. 
 
 with  a  staff,  that  he  dye  vnder  his  handes,  the 
 same  shall  suffre  vengeaunce  therfore.  But 
 yf  he  endure  a  daye  or  two,  then  shall  he 
 suSre  no  vegeaunce  therfore,  for  it  is  his 
 money. 
 
 Yf  men  stryue,  and  hytt  a  woman  with 
 childe,  so  that  f  frute  departe  from  her,  and 
 no  harme  happen  vnto  her,  then  shall  he  be 
 punyshed  for  money,  as  moch  as  the  womans 
 huszbande  layeth  to  his  charge,  and  he  shall 
 geue  it,  acordinge  to  the  appoyntement  of  the 
 dayes  men.  But  yf  there  come  harme  vnto 
 her  there  thorow,  *then  shal  he  paye  soule 
 for  soule,  eye  for  eye,  toth  for  toth,  hande  for 
 hande,  fote  for  fote,  burnynge  for  burnynge, 
 wounde  for  wounde,  strype  for  strype. 
 
 Yf  a  man  smyte  his  seruaunt  or  his  mayde 
 in  the  eye,  and  destroye  it,  he  shal  let  them 
 go  fre  and  lowse  for  the  eye  sake.  In  like 
 maner  yf  he  smyte  out  a  tothe  of  his  seruaunt 
 or  mayde,  he  shall  let  them  go  fre  and  lowse 
 for  the  tothes  sake. 
 
 +  Yf  an  oxe  gorre  a  man  or  a  woman,  that 
 he  dye,  then  shall  that  oxe  be  stoned,  and  his 
 flesh  not  eaten  :  so  is  the  master  of  the  oxe 
 vngiltie.  But  yf  the  oxe  haue  bene  vsed  to 
 push  in  tymes  past,  (t.  it  hath  bene  tolde  his 
 master,  and  he  hath  not  kepte  him,  and 
 besydes  that  slayeth  a  man  or  a  woman,  then 
 shal  y  oxe  be  stoned,  and  his  master  shal 
 dye.  But  yf  there  be  money  set  vpon  him, 
 then,  loke  what  is  put  vpon  him,  that  shall  he 
 geue,  to  delyuer  his  soule.  Likewyse  shall  he 
 be  dealte  withall,  yf  he  gorre  a  sonne  or  a 
 doughter.  But  yf  he  gorre  a  seruaunt  or  a 
 mayde,  then  shall  he  geue  their  master 
 thirtie  syluer  Sycles :  and  the  oxe  shalbe 
 stoned. 
 
 Yf  a  man  open  a  well,  or  dygge  a  pytt, 
 and  couer  it  not,  and  there  fall  an  oxe  or  Asse 
 therin,  then  shall  the  owner  of  the  pytt  make 
 it  good  with  money,  and  restore  it  vnto  his 
 master:  but  the  deed  carcase  shalbe  his 
 owne. 
 
 Yf  one  mans  oxe  gorre  another,  that  he  dye, 
 then  shall  they  sell  the  lyuynge  oxe,  and 
 deuyde  the  money,  and  the  deed  carcase  shal 
 they  deuyde  also.  But  yf  it  be  knowne,  that 
 the  oxe  haue  bene  vsed  to  gorre  afore,  then 
 shal  he  paye  his  oxe  for  the  other,  i  the  deed 
 carcase  shal  be  his  owne. 
 
 •  Deu.  19.  d.  Matt.  5.  e.  t  Gen.  9.  a.  "  Pro.  6.  d 
 t  2  Re.  12.  b.  %  2  Re.  14.  c.  ||  2  Mac.  3.  c. 
 
 ffi^c  mi-  Cl^aptrr. 
 
 YF  a  man  steale  an  oxe  or  shepe,  and 
 slaye  it,  or  sell  it,  "  he  shall  restore  fyue 
 oxen  for  an  oxe,  and  J  foure  shepe  for  a  shepe. 
 
 Yf  a  thefe  be  taken  breakinge  in,  5  vpon 
 that  be  smytten  that  he  dye,  then  shall  not 
 he  that  smote  him,  be  giltie  of  his  bloude. 
 But  yf  the  sonne  be  gone  vp  vpo  him,  then 
 hath  he  committed  manslaughter,  and  he 
 shal  dye. 
 
 A  thefe  shall  make  restitucion.  Yf  he 
 haue  nothlge,  the  let  him  be  solde  for  his  theft. 
 But  yf  f  theft  be  founde  by  him  alyue  (from 
 the  oxe  vnto  the  Asse  or  shepe)  then  shall  he 
 restore  dubble. 
 
 Yf  a  man  hurte  a  felde  or  vynyarde,  so  y 
 he  let  his  catell  do  harme  in  another  mans 
 felde,  the  same  .shall  make  restitucion  euen  of 
 the  best  of  his  owne  felde  and  vynyarde. 
 
 §  Yf  a  fyre  come  out,  and  take  holde  of  f 
 thornes,  so  that  the  sheeues  be  consumed,  or 
 the  corne  that  stondeth  yet  vpon  the  felde,  he 
 that  kyndled  the  fyre  shall  make  restitucion. 
 
 I  Yf  a  man  delyuer  his  neghboure  money 
 or  vessels  to  kepe,  and  it^e  stoUen  from  him 
 out  of  his  house  :  yf  the  thefe  be  founde,  he 
 shal  restore  dubble.  But  yf  the  thefe  be  not 
 founde,  then  shal  the  good  man  of  the  house 
 be  brought  before  the  f  Goddes  (and  shal 
 sweare)  that  he  hath  not  put  his  hande  vnto 
 his  neghbours  good. 
 
 Yf  one  accuse  another  in  eny  maner  of 
 trespace,  whether  it  be  for  oxe,  or  Asse,  or 
 shepe,  or  rayment,  what  so  euer  it  be  that  is 
 lost:  then  shall  both  their  causes  come  before 
 the  Goddes :  Loke  whom  the  Goddes  con- 
 dempne,  the  same  shal  restore  dubble  vnto 
 his  neghboure. 
 
 Yf  a  man  delyuer  vnto  his  neghboure  an 
 Asse,  or  oxe  or  shepe,  or  eny  maner  of  catell 
 to  kepe,  and  it  dye,  or  be  hurte,  or  dryuen 
 awaye  that  no  man  se  it,  then  shall  there  an 
 ooth  of  the  LORDE  go  betwene  them,  that 
 he  hath  not  put  his  hande  vnto  his  neghbours 
 good :  and  the  owner  of  f  good  shal  accepte 
 it,  so  that  the  other  shall  not  make  it  good, 
 Yf  a  thefe  steale  it  from  him,  then  shal  he 
 make  restitucio  vnto  the  owner  therof.  But 
 yf  it  be  rauyshed  (of  beastes)  then  shal  he 
 brynge  recorde  therof,  and  not  make  it  good. 
 
 II  Psal.  81.  a.      loh.  10.  d. 
 
Cfeap,  mi). 
 
 Cbr  i),  bofet  of  iMosiesi, 
 
 So,  Ivictij. 
 
 Yf  a  man  borowe  ought  of  his  neghboure, 
 and  it  be  hurte,  or  dye,  so  that  the  owner 
 therof  be  not  by,  then  shall  he  make  it  good, 
 But  yf  the  owner  therof  be  by,  then  shal 
 he  not  make  it  good,  yf  he  hyred  it  for  his 
 money. 
 
 "  Yf  a  man  begile  a  mayde,  that  is  not  yet 
 spoused,  and  lye  with  her,  the  same  shal  geue 
 her  hir  dowry,  and  take  her  to  his  wife.  But 
 yf  hir  father  refuse  to  geue  her  vnto  him,  the 
 shall  he  weye  there  the  money,  acordinge  to 
 the  dowry  of  virgins. 
 
 *Thou  shalt  not  suffre  a  witch  to  lyue. 
 *  Who  so  lyeth  with  a  beest,  shal  dye  the 
 death.  Who  so  offreth  to  eny  goddes,  saue 
 vnto  the  LORDE  onely,  let  him  dye  without 
 redempcion. 
 
 'Thou  shalt  notvexe  ner  oppresse  astraun- 
 ger,  for  ye  youre  selues  were  straungers  also 
 in  the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 ''  Ye  shall  truble  no  wyddowe  ner  fatherlesse 
 childe.  Yf  thou  shalt  trouble  them,  they  shall 
 crie  vnto  me,  and  I  shall  heare  their  crye : 
 then  shal  my  wrath  waxe  whote,  so  y  I  shal 
 sley  you  with  the  swerde,  and  youre  wyues 
 shalbe  wedowes,  and  youre  children  father- 
 lesse. 
 
 t  Yf  thou  lende  money  vnto  my  people  that 
 is  poore  by  the,  thou  shalt  not  behaue  thy 
 self  as  an  vsurer  vnto  him,  nether  shalt  thou 
 oppresse  him  with  vsury. 
 
 Yf  thou  take  a  garment  of  thy  neghboure 
 to  pledge,  thou  shalt  geue  it  him  agayne  be- 
 fore the  Sonne  go  downe  :  '  for  his  raymet  is 
 his  onely  couerynge  of  his  skynne  :  wherin  he 
 slepeth.  But  yf  he  shall  crie  vnto  me,  I  wyll 
 heare  him :  for  I  am  mercifull. 
 
 •'Thou  shalt  not  speake  euell  of  the  Goddes, 
 i  and  the  ruler  of  thy  people  shall  thou  not 
 blaspheme. 
 
 Thy  drie  and  moist  frutes  shalt  thou  not 
 kepe  backe.  Thy  first  sonne  shalt  thou  geue 
 vnto  me.  So  shalt  thou  do  also  with  thine 
 oxen  and  shepe.  Seuen  dayes  let  it  be  with 
 the  dame  :  Vpon  the  eight  daye  shalt  thou 
 geue  it  vnto  me.  Ye  shalbe  holy  people 
 before  me.  Therfore  shal  ye  eate  no  flesh, 
 ^  that  is  tome  of  beestes  in  the  felde,  but  cast 
 it  vnto  the  dogges. 
 
 •■  Gen.  34.  a.     Deu.  22.  d.        '  1  Re.  28.  a.         •  Deu. 
 2".  c.  '  Leui.  19.  g.     Zach.  7.  b.  ''  lob  24.  a. 
 
 ♦  Leu.  25.  f.     Deut.  23.  c.     Eze.  22.  b.  '  Deu.  24.  b. 
 
 /  2  Re.  16.  b.        }  Act.  23.  a.        s  Leui.  22.  a.  Eze.  44.  d. 
 
 Clje  vn'ij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THOU  shalt  not  accepte  a  vayne  tale, 
 that  thou  woldest  manteyne  the  vngodly, 
 and  be  a  false  wyt.nesse. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  folowe  the  multitude  vnto 
 euell,  ner  answere  at  the  lawe  that  thou 
 woldest  (to  folowe  the  multitude)  turneasyde 
 from  the  right. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  paynte  a  poore  mas  cause. 
 ''Yf  thou  mete  thine  enemies  oxe  or  Asse, 
 goinge  astraye,  thou  shalt  brynge  the  same 
 vnto  him  agayne. 
 
 '  Yf  thou  se  the  Asse  of  him  that  hateth 
 the,  lye  vnder  his  burthen,  thou  shalt  not  let 
 him  lye,  but  shalt  helpe  him  vp. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  wraist  the  righte  of  thy  poore 
 in  his  cause.  Kepe  the  farre  from  false  mat- 
 ters. *  The  innocent  and  righteous  shalt  thou 
 not  sley,  for  I  iustifie  not  f  vngodly. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  not  take  giftes :  for  giftes 
 blinde  euen  them  y  are  sharpe  of  sight,  5 
 wraist  the  righteous  causes. 
 
 Ye  shall  not  oppresse  a  straunger,  for  ye 
 knowe  the  hert  of  straungers,  §  for  so  moch 
 as  ye  youre  selues  also  haue  bene  straungers 
 in  the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 Sixe  yeares  shalt  thou  sowe  thy  londe,  and 
 gather  in  the  frute  therof :  "  In  the  seuenth 
 yeare  shalt  thou  let  it  rest  and  lye  stiU,  that 
 the  poore  amonge  thy  people  maye  eate 
 therof:  and  loke  what  remayneth  ouer,  let  f 
 beestes  of  the  felde  eate  it.  Thus  shalt  thou 
 do  also  with  thy  vynyarde  and  olyue  trees. 
 
 "  Sixe  dayes  shalt  thou  do  thy  worke,  but 
 vpon  the  seuenth  daye  thou  shalt  kepe  holy 
 daye,  that  thine  oxe  and  Asse  maye  rest,  and 
 that  the  sonne  of  thy  handmayden  and  the 
 straunger  maye  refresh  them  selues. 
 
 All  that  I  haue  sayde  vnto  you,  that  kepe. 
 And  as  for  the  names  of  other  goddes,  ye 
 shall  not  remembre  them,  and  out  of  youre 
 mouthes  shal  they  not  be  herde. 
 
 Thre  tymes  in  the  yeare  shalt  thou  kepe 
 feast  vnto  me :  namely  the  feast  of  vnleuended 
 bred  shalt  thou  kepe,  that  thou  eate  vnleuen- 
 ded bred  seuen  dayes  (II  like  as  I  commaunded 
 f)  in  the  tyme  of  f  moneth  Abib,  for  in 
 the  same  wentest  thou  out  of  Egipte.     (But 
 
 *  Deu.  22.  a.        '  Deu.  22.  a.     Luc.  14.  a.        *  Susan. 
 
 '  Deu.  17.  a.  Eccl.  20.  d.        ^  Ge.  46.  a.      "  Leui.  25. 
 
 Exo.  20.  b.  34.  c.  35.  a.     Deut.  5.  b.  ||  Exo.  12. 
 
Jfo.  Ixriiih 
 
 CI)t  ij.  Ijofee  of  iHoses. 
 
 CJ)ap.  vviiij. 
 
 appeare  not  emptye  before  me.)  And  y  feast 
 °  whan  thou  first  reapest  thy  labours,  y  thou 
 hast  sowen  vpon  the  felde.  And  the  feast  of 
 ingatherynge  in  the  ende  of  y  yeare,  whan 
 thou  hast  gathered  in  thy  laboures  out  of  the 
 felde.  *  Thre  tjTiies  in  the  yeare  shal  euery 
 male  that  thou  hast,  appeare  before  the 
 LORDE  the  Gouernoure. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  oflFre  the  bloude  of  my  sa- 
 crifice with  sowre  dowe,  and  the  fat  of  my 
 feast  shal  not  reniayne  till  the  mornynge. 
 
 'The  first  of  the  first  frutes  of  thy  felde 
 shalt  thou  bryaige  in  to  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God.  *And  shalt  not  seeth  a 
 kydd,  whyle  it  is  in  his  mothers  mylke. 
 
 ''  Beholde,  I  sende  an  angell  before  the,  to 
 kepe  the  in  the  waye,  and  to  brynge  the  vnto 
 the  place,  that  I  haue  prepared.  Therfore 
 bewarre  of  his  face,  and  herken  vnto  his 
 voyce,  and  anger  him  not,  for  he  shall  not 
 spare  youre  myszdedes,  5  my  name  is  in  him. 
 But  yf  thou  shalt  herken  vnto  his  voyce,  'and 
 do  all  that  I  shal  tell  the,  then  wyl  I  be 
 enemie  vnto  thy  enemyes,  and  aduersary  vnto 
 thy  aduersaries. 
 
 Now  whii  myne  angell  goeth  before  the,  5 
 bryngeth  the  vnto  y  Amorites,  Hethites,  Phe- 
 resites,  Cananites,  Heuites  5  lebusites,  (j  I 
 shall  haue  destroyed  them  :  then  +  shalt  thou 
 not  worshipe  their  goddes,  ner  serue  them, 
 nether  shalt  thou  do  as  they  do,  but  shalt 
 ouerthrowe  their  goddes,  (j  breake  the  downe. 
 '  But  y  LORDE  youre  God  shal  ye  serue,  so 
 shal  he  blesse  thy  bred  ri  thy  water,  and  I 
 wyl  remoue  all  sicknesse  from  the. 
 
 There  shalbe  nothinge  baren  ner  vnfrute- 
 fuU  in  thy  londe,  and  I  wil  fulfill  the  nombre 
 of  thy  dayes.  I  wil  sende  my  feare  before 
 the,  and  sley  all  the  people  where  thou  comest, 
 5  will  make  all  thine  enemies  to  turne  their 
 backes  vpo  the.  *  I  wyll  sende  hornettes  be- 
 fore f,  and  dryue  out  the  Heuytes,  Cananites 
 and  Hethytes  before  the. 
 
 *  In  one  yeare  wyl  I  not  cast  the  out  before 
 the,  y  the  londe  become  not  waist,  i  wylde 
 beastes  multiply  agaynst  y  :  By  litle  (j  htle 
 wyll  I  dryue  them  out  before  the,  tyll  thou 
 growe,  (t  haue  the  londe  in  possession.  And 
 I  wil  set  the  borders  of  thy  londe,  euen  from 
 the  reed  see  vnto  f  see  of  the  Philistynes,  5 
 
 "  Deu.  16.  b.         'Deu.  16.  c.  <■  Exo.  34.  c.     Deut. 
 
 26.  a.  'Deu.  U.  b.  Exo.  34.  c.  "i  Exo.  13.  a.  32.  g. 
 33.  a.  '  Gen.  12.  a.  4  Re.  19.  d.  Acto.  9.  a.  t  Nu. 
 25.8.        /  Deut.  7.  c.         «  Ueut.  7.  d.  '  losu.  11.  c. 
 
 from  the  wyldernes  vnto  the  t  water.  For  I 
 wil  delyuer  the  indwellers  of  the  londe  in  to 
 thine  hande,  y  thou  shalt  dryue  them  out 
 before  the.  '  Tliou  shalt  make  no  couenaunt 
 with  them  ner  witii  their  goddes,  but  let  the 
 not  dwell  in  thy  lande,  that  they  make  the 
 not  synne  ageynst  me.  ^  For  yf  thou  serue 
 their  goddes,  it  wil  surely  be  thy  decaye. 
 
 CIjc  nui].  Chapter. 
 
 AND  he  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Come  vp 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thou  a  Aaron,  Nadab 
 and  Abihu,  and  the  seuetie  elders  of  Israel, 
 (I  worshipe  afarre  of.  But  let  Moses  onely 
 come  nye  ^-nto  the  LORDE,  and  let  not  them 
 come  nye,  and  let  not  the  people  also  come 
 \-p  with  him. 
 
 Moses  came  and  tolde  the  people  all  the 
 wordes  of  the  LORDE,  j  all  the  lawes.  Then 
 answered  all  the  people  with  one  voyce,  and 
 sayde  :  II  All  y  wordes  that  the  LORDE  hath 
 sayde,  wyl  we  do. 
 
 Then  wrote  Moses  all  the  wordes  of  f 
 LORDE,  (I  gat  him  vp  by  tymes  in  the 
 mornpige,  (j  buylded  an  altare  vnder  y  mount 
 with  twolue  pilers,  acordinge  to  the  twolue 
 trj'bes  of  Israel :  5  sent  twolue  yonge  me  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  to  offre  burntofferynges,  and 
 peace  offerynges  theron  of  bullockes  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  Moses  toke  the  half  parte  of  the 
 bloude,  and  put  it  in  a  basen,  the  other  half 
 sprenkled  he  vpon  the  altare :  (j  toke  the  boke 
 of  y  couenaunt,  5  cried  in  the  eares  of  the 
 people.  And  whan  they  had  sayde :  All  y 
 the  LORDE  hath  sayde,  wil  we  do,  5  herken 
 vnto  him:  ^  Moses  toke  the  bloude,  5  sprenkled 
 it  vpon  the  people,  (t  sayde  :  Beholde,  this  is 
 f  bloude  of  the  couenaunt  that  the  LORDE 
 maketh  with  you  vpon  all  these  wordes. 
 
 Then  wente  Moses  5  Aaron,  Nadab  a 
 Abihu,  ''ft  the  seuent)'e  elders  of  Israel  vp,  i 
 sawe  y  God  of  Israel.  Vnder  his  fete  it  was 
 like  a  stone  worke  of  Saphyre,  d  as  the  fashion 
 of  heaue,  wha  it  is  cleare,  5  he  put  not  his 
 hade  vpo  the  pryncipall  of  Israel.  And  whan 
 they  had  sene  God,  they  ate  (j  dronke. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  'Come 
 vp  vnto  me  'V'pon  the  mount,  5  remayne  there, 
 y  I  maye  geue  the  tables  of  stone,  5  y  lawe  5 
 
 i  Ge.  15.  d.    3  Re.  4.  b.  '  Exo.  34.  b.      Deut.  7.  a. 
 
 ^  3  Re.  11.  a.  ||  Exo.  19.  b.  f  1  Pet.  1.  a.    Heb. 
 
 9.  c.  and  10.  c.  '  Exo.  19.  d.  '  Exo.  31.  d.  and 
 
 32.  d. 
 
CJ)ap,  v)fb. 
 
 CI)t  iU  bok^  of  iBiDSfS. 
 
 #0,  IvFb* 
 
 commaundemetes  y  1  haue  wrytten,  which 
 thou  shalt  teach  the.  Then  Moses  gat  him 
 vp  (J  his  mynister  losua,  5  weiite  vp  in  to  the 
 mount  of  God,  d  sayde  vnto  the  elders :  Tary 
 ye  here,  tyll  we  come  to  you  agayne :  be- 
 holde,  Aaron  and  Hur  are  with  you,  yf  eny 
 ma  haue  a  matter  to  do,  let  him  brynge  it 
 viito  them. 
 
 Now  wha  Moses  came  vp  in  to  y  mout,  a 
 cloude  couered  y  mount :  5  the  glory  of  f 
 LORDE  abode  vpon  mount  Sinai,  a  couered 
 it  with  the  cloude  sixe  dayes,  5  vpon  the 
 seueth  daye  he  called  Moses  out  of  y  cloude. 
 And  f  fashion  of  y  glory  of  f  LOIIDE  was 
 like  a  cosumynge  fyre  vpon  the  toppe  of  y 
 mount  in  the  sight  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 And  Moses  wente  in  to  the  myddest  of  the 
 cloude,  and  asceded  vp  in  to  the  mount,  and 
 abode  vpon  the  mount  fourtye  dayes  (j  fourtye 
 nightes. " 
 
 tT)c  n^.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  talked  with  Moses  g 
 sayde :  *  Speake  vnto  y  childre  of  Israel, 
 y  iney  geue  me  an  Heue  offerynge,  5  take 
 the  some  of  euery  man,  that  hath  a  fre  wyll- 
 ynge  hert  therto.  And  this  is  the  Heue- 
 ofFerynge  that  ye  shal  take  of  them:  Golde, 
 syluer,  brasse,  yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  purple, 
 whyte  twyned  sylke,  goates  hayre,  reed  skynnes 
 of  rammes,  doo  skynnes,  Fyrre  tre,  oyle  for 
 lampes,  spyces  for  the  anoyntynge  oyle,  and 
 for  swete  incense.  Onix  stones  and  set  stones 
 for  the  ouerbody  cote  and  for  the  brestlappe. 
 
 And  they  shall  make  me  a  Sanctuary,  that 
 I  male  dwell  amonge  them.  Like  as  I  shal 
 shewe  y  a  patrone  of  the  Habitacion,  and  of 
 all  the  ornamentes  therof,  so  shall  ye  make  it. 
 
 Make  an  Arke  of  Fyrre  tre  two  cubytes  (t. 
 a  half  longe,  'a  cubyte  5  a  half  brode,  and  a 
 cubyte  (i  an  half  hye  :  this  shalt  thou  ouer 
 leye  with  pure  golde  within  and  without,  i 
 make  an  hye  vpo  it  a  crowne  of  golde  rounde 
 aboute,  and  cast  foure  rynges  of  golde,  5  put 
 them  in  the  foure  corners  of  it,  so  that  two 
 rynges  be  vpon  the  one  syde,  and  two  vpon 
 the  other  syde.  And  make  staues  of  Fyrre 
 tre,  and  ouer  laye  them  with  golde,  and  put 
 them  in  the  rynges  alonge  by  the  sydes  of  the 
 Arke,  to  beare  it  withall:  and  they  shal  abyde 
 styll  in  the  rynges,  5  not  be  take  out.     And 
 
 E10.34.  d.       »Exo.35.  a. 
 7.  i.         'Ro-S.  c.    Heb.  5.  i 
 
 Exo.  37.  a.         <<  Num 
 ■■  Exo.  37.  b. 
 
 in  y-  Arke  thou  shalt  laye  the  wytnesse,  that 
 I  wyl  geue  the.  Thou  shalt  make  a  Mercy- 
 seate  also  of  pure  golde,  two  cubytes  and  a 
 half  longe,  and  a  cubyte  5  a  half  brode. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  make  two  Cherubyns  of 
 beaten  golde  vpo  both  y  endes  of  the  Mercy- 
 seate,  y  the  one  Cherub  maye  be  vpon  the 
 one  ende,  5  the  other  vpon  the  other  ende,  5 
 so  to  be  two  Cherubyns  vpon  the  endes  of 
 the  Mercyseate.  And  the  Cherubyns  shall 
 sprede  out  their  wynges  ouer  an  hye,  y  they 
 maye  couer  y  Mercyseate  with  their  wynges: 
 (J  y  either  of  their  faces  maye  be  right  ouer 
 one  agaynst  another,  and  their  faces  shal  loke 
 vnto  the  Mercyseate. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  set  y  Mercyseate  aboue 
 vpon  the  Arke.  And  in  the  Arke  thou  shalt 
 laye  the  wytnesse,  y  I  shal  geue  the.  ''From 
 y  place  wyll  I  testifie  vnto  y,  and  talke  with 
 the,  namely,  from  y  *  Mercyseate  (betwixte 
 the  two  Cherubyns)  which  is  vpon  the  Arke 
 of  wytnesse,  of  all  that  I  wyl  comaunde  y^  vnto 
 the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 *Thou  shalt  make  a  table  also  of  Fyrre  tre, 
 two  cubites  longe,  and  one  cubyte  brode,  and 
 a  cubyte  and  a  half  hye,  and  ouerlaye  it  with 
 pure  golde,  and  make  a  crowne  of  golde 
 rounde  aboute  it,  and  an  whope  of  an  hade 
 brede  hye,  and  a  crowne  of  golde  vnto  f 
 whope  rounde  aboute. 
 
 And  vnto  it  thou  shalt  make  foure  rynges 
 of  golde,  on  the  foure  comers  in  the  foure 
 fete  of  it :  harde  vnder  the  whope  shall  y 
 rynges  be,  to  put  in  staues  and  to  beare  the 
 table  with  all :  and  thou  shalt  make  the  staues 
 of  Fyrre  tre,  5  ouerlaye  them  with  golde,  y 
 the  table  maye  be  borne  therwith. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  also  his  cUszshes,  spones, 
 pottes,  and  flat  peces  of  pure  golde,  to  poure 
 out  and  in.  ■'And  vpon  the  table  thou  shalt 
 all  waye  set  shewbred  before  me. 
 
 Morouer  thou  shalt  make  a  candelsticke  of 
 fyne  beaten  golde,  « where  vpon  shall  be  the 
 shaft  with  braunches,  cuppes,  knoppes,  and 
 floures.  Sixe  braunches  shall  proceade  out 
 of  the  sydes  of  the  candelsticke,  out  of  euery 
 syde  thre  braunches.  Euery  braunch  shal 
 haue  thre  cuppes,  (like  allmondes)  thre 
 knoppes,  and  thre  floures.  These  shalbe  the 
 sixe  braunches  of  the  candilsticke.  But  the 
 shaft  of  the  candilsticke  it  self  shal  haue  foure 
 
 /  Leu.  24.  b.        «  Exo.  37.  c.     Num.  8.  a. 
 
fo,  Intl. 
 
 €l)t  ih  bokt  of  iilosfg. 
 
 Cftap.  yvbu 
 
 cuppes,  knoppes  and  floures,  and  allwaie  a 
 knoppe  vnder  two  braunches,  of  the  sixe  that 
 proceade  out  of  the  candilstieke.  For  both 
 the  knoppes  and  braunches  shall  proceade 
 out  of  the  shaft,  aU  one  pece  of  fyne  beaten 
 golde. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  make  seuen  lampes  aboue 
 there  on,  that  they  maye  geue  light  one  ouer 
 agaynst  another,  and  snoffers  and  out  quench- 
 ers of  pure  golde.  Out  of  an  hundreth  pounde 
 weight  of  pure  golde  shalt  thou  make  it,  with 
 all  this  apparell.  *  And  se  that  thou  make  it 
 after  the  patrone  that  thou  hast  sene  in  the 
 mount. 
 
 Ci^c  yybi.  Cijapttv. 
 
 THE  habitacion  shalt  thou  make  of  ten 
 curteynes,  of  whyte  twyned  sylke,  of 
 yalowe  sylke,  of  scarlet  and  purple.  Cheru- 
 byms  shalt  thou  make  theron  of  broderd 
 worke.  The  length  of  one  curteyne  shalbe 
 eight  and  twentye  cubytes  y  bredth  foure 
 cubytes :  and  all  the  ten  shalbe  like,  and 
 shalbe  coupled  fyue  and  fyue  together,  one 
 vnto  the  other.  And  thou  shalt  make  loupes 
 of  yalowe  sylke  by  the  edge  of  euery  curtayne, 
 where  they  shalbe  coupled  together,  that  there 
 maye  be  euer  two  and  two  ftistened  together 
 vpon  their  edges:  fiftie  loupes  vpon  euery 
 curteyne,  that  one  maye  fasten  the  other 
 together.  And  thou  shalt  make  fiftie  buttons 
 of  golde,  wherwith  the  curteynes  maye  be 
 coupled  together,  one  to  the  other,  that  it 
 maye  be  one  couerynge. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  a  coueringe  also  of  goates 
 heyer  for  a  tente  ouer  the  habitacion,  "of 
 eleuen  curteynes.  The  length  of  one  curteyne 
 shalbe  thirtie  cubytes,  the  bredth  foure  cu- 
 bytes. And  all  the  eleuen  shalbe  alike  greate : 
 fyue  shalt  thou  couple  together  by  the  selues, 
 (J  sixe  also  by  them  selues,  y  thou  mayest 
 dubble  the  sixte  curteyne  in  the  fore  front  of 
 the  Tabernacle.  And  vpon  euery  curteyne 
 thou  shalt  make  fiftie  loupes  vpo  the  edges 
 of  them,  that  they  male  be  coupled  together 
 by  the  edges.  And  fiftie  buttons  of  brasse 
 shalt  thou  make,  and  put  the  buttons  in  to 
 the  loupes,  that  the  tent  maye  be  coupled 
 together,  and  be  one  couerynge. 
 
 As  for  the  remnaunt  of  the  curteynes  of 
 the  tente,  thou  shalt  let  the  halfe  parte  hange 
 ouer  behynde  y  tete,  vpon  both  the  sydes  a 
 
 *  Heb.  8.  a.     Acto.  7.  f. 
 
 cubyte  longe,  y  the  resydue  maye  be  vpon 
 the  sydes  of  the  Tabernacle,  5  couer  it  vpon 
 both  the  sydes. 
 
 Besydes  this  couerynge  thou  shalt  make  a 
 couerynge  of  reed  skynnes  of  rammes.  And 
 aboue  this  a  coueringe  of  doo  skinnes. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  hordes  also  for  the  habi- 
 tacion, of  Fyrre  tre,  which  shall  stonde  :  one 
 borde  shalbe  ten  cubytes  longe,  5  a  cubyte  5 
 a  half  brode.  Two  fete  shal  one  borde  haue, 
 that  one  maye  be  set  by  the  other. 
 
 Thus  shalt  thou  make  all  the  hordes  for  f 
 Tabernacle :  Twentye  of  them  shal  stode 
 towarde  the  south,  which  shal  haue  fourtye 
 sokettes  of  syluer  vnder  them,  two  sokettes 
 vnder  euery  borde  for  his  two  fete. 
 
 Likewyse  vpon  the  other  syde  towarde  the 
 north  there  shall  stonde  twentye  hordes  also, 
 and  fourtye  sokettes  of  syluer,  two  sokettes 
 vnder  euery  borde. 
 
 But  behynde  the  habitacion  towarde  f 
 west  thou  shalt  make  sixe  hordes,  and  two 
 hordes  mo  for  the  two  corners  of  the  habi- 
 tacion, that  euery  one  of  them  both  maye  be 
 coupled  from  vnder  vp  with  his  corner  borde, 
 and  aboue  vpon  the  heade  to  come  eauen 
 together  with  a  clape  :  so  that  there  be  eight 
 hordes  with  their  syluer  sokettes,  wherof  there 
 shalbe  sixtene,  two  vnder  euery  borde. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  make  barres  of  fyrre  tre, 
 fyue  for  the  hordes  vpon  the  one  syde  of  the 
 Tabernacle,  and  fyue  for  the  hordes  vpon  the 
 other  syde  of  the  Tabernacle,  and  fyue  for 
 the  hordes  behinde  f  Tabernacle  towarde 
 the  west.  And  the  barres  shalt  thou  shute 
 thorow  f  myddest  of  the  hordes,  and  faste 
 altogether  from  f  one  corner  to  y  other. 
 And  thou  shalt  ouerlaye  the  hordes  with 
 golde,  and  make  their  rynges  of  golde,  that  the 
 barres  maye  be  put  therin.  And  the  barres 
 shalt  thou  ouerlaye  with  golde,  and  so  shalt 
 thou  set  vp  the  Tabernacle,  acordinge  to  y 
 fashion  as  thou  hast  sene  vpon  y-  mount. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  make  a  vayle  of  yalow 
 sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  cj  whyte  twyned  sylke. 
 And  Cherubyns  shalt  thou  make  theron  of 
 broderd  worke,  and  shalt  hange  it  vpon  foure 
 pilers  of  Fyrre  tre  which  are  ouerlayed  with 
 golde,  hauynge  knoppes  of  golde,  and  foure 
 sokettes  of  syluer.  And  the  vayle  shalt  thou 
 festen  with  buttons,  and  set  the  Arke  of  wyt- 
 nesse  within  the  vayle,  that  it  maye  be  vnto 
 
Cftap.  nbiiU 
 
 Cfte  ij,  fiofee  of  iHosifS. 
 
 jTo.  IjtTbij* 
 
 vou  a  difference  betwixte  the  holy  and  the 
 'Most  holy. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  set  the  Mercy  seate  vpon 
 the  Arke  of  wytnesse  in  the  Most  holy.  But 
 set  the  table  without  the  vayle,  and  the  ean- 
 dilsticke  ouer  agaynst  f  table  vpon  y  south 
 syde  of  the  Tabernacle,  that  the  table  male 
 stonde  on  the  north  syde. 
 
 And  in  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  thou 
 shalt  make  an  hanginge,  of  yalow  sylke,  purple, 
 scarlet  and  whyte  twyned  sylke.  And  for  the 
 same  hanginge  thou  shalt  make  fyue  pilers  of 
 Fyrre  tre,  ouerlayed  with  golde,  with  knoppes 
 of  golde.  And  shalt  cast  fyue  sokettes  of 
 brasse  for  them. 
 
 Ci)t  nbij-  Cl^ajpttr. 
 
 AND  thou  shalt  make  an  altare  of  Firre 
 tre,  "fyue  cubytes  longe  5  brode,  y  it 
 maye  be  foure  square,  ij  thre  cubytes  hye : 
 thou  shalt  make  homes  vpon  the  foure  corners 
 of  it,  (I  shalt  ouer  laye  it  with  brasse.  Make 
 ashpanes,  shouels,  basens,  fleshokes,  cole 
 panes.  All  y  apparell  therof  shalt  thou  make 
 of  brasse.  Thou  shalt  make  a  gredyron  also 
 like  a  nett,  of  brase,  5  foure  brasen  rynges 
 vpon  the  foure  corners  of  it :  from  vnder  vp 
 aboute  the  altare  shalt  thou  make  it,  so  that 
 the  gredyron  reach  vnto  f  myddest  of  the 
 altare.  Thou  shalt  make  staues  also  for  the 
 altare,  of  Fyrre  tre,  ouer  layed  with  golde, 
 and  shalt  put  the  staues  in  the  rynges,  that 
 the  staues  maye  be  on  both  the  sydes  of  y 
 altare,  to  beare  it  withall.  And  holowe  with 
 hordes  shalt  thou  make  it,  like  as  it  is  shewed 
 the  in  the  mount. 
 
 And  to  ;y-  habitacion  thou  shalt  make  a 
 courte,  an  hangynge  of  whyte  twyned  sylke  : 
 vpo  ;y  one  syde  an  C.  cubytes  loge  towarde 
 the  south,  (5  xx.  pilers  vpon  xx.  brasen  sokettes, 
 5  the  knoppes  with  their  whopes  of  syluer. 
 Likewyse  vpon  y  north  syde  there  shal  be  an 
 hanginge  of  an  C.  cubytes  loge,  twenty  pilers 
 vpon  twenty  brasen  sokettes,  and  their  knoppes 
 with  their  whopes  of  syluer. 
 
 But  vpon  the  west  syde  the  bredth  of  y 
 courte  shal  haue  an  hanginge  of  fiftie  cubites 
 longe,  ft  ten  pilers  vpon  ten  sokettes.  Vpo 
 the  east  syde  also  shal  the  bredth  of  the  courte 
 haue  fiftie  cubytes,  so  that  the  hangynge  haue 
 vpon  one  syde  fyftene  cubites,  and  thre  pilers 
 vpo  thre  sokettes:    And  vpon  y  other  syde 
 
 '  Exo.  38.  a.     Eze.  43.  d. 
 
 fiftene  cubytes  also,  and  thre  pilers  vpo  thre 
 sokettes. 
 
 And  in  the  courte  gate  there  shalbe  an 
 hangynge  twenty  cubytes  brode,  of  yalowe 
 sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  and  whyte  twyned  sylke, 
 wrought  with  nedle  worke,  and  foure  pilers 
 vpon  their  foure  sokettes.  AU  the  pilers 
 rounde  aboute  the  courte  shall  haue  syluer 
 whopes,  5  syluer  knoppes,  5  sokettes  of  brasse. 
 And  the  length  of  y  courte  shal  be  an  hiidreth 
 cubytes,  the  bredtn  fiftie  cubytes,  the  heygth 
 fyue  cubytes,  of  whyte  twyned  sylke  and  y 
 sokettes  therof  shalbe  of  brasse.  All  f  vessels 
 also  of  the  habitacion  to  all  maner  seruyce, 
 and  all  the  nales  of  it,  and  all  the  nales  of  the 
 courte  shalbe  of  brasse, 
 
 Commaunde  y  children  of  Israel,  *y  they 
 bringe  vnto  y  the  most  cleare  5  pure  oyle 
 oliue  beaten,  to  geue  lighte,  y  it  maye  all  waye 
 be  put  in  the  lapes  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnes 
 without  the  vayle,  that  hangeth  before  the 
 wytnesse.  And  Aaro  and  his  sonnes  shal 
 dresse  it  from  the  euenynge  vntyll  y  mornynge 
 before  the  LORDE.  This  shalbe  vnto  you 
 a  perpetuall  custome  for  youre  posterities 
 amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 CIjc  n'biij.  Chapter. 
 
 AND  thou  shalt  take  vnto  the  Aaron  thy 
 brother  and  his  sonnes  fro  amonge  the 
 childre  of  Israel,  that  he  maye  be  my  prest : 
 namely  Aaron  5  his  sonnes  Nadab,  Abihu, 
 Eleazar  and  Ithamar :  (j  thou  shalt  make  holy 
 clothes  for  Aaro  thy  brother,  honorable  and 
 glorious,  (s  shalt  speake  vnto  all  them  that  are 
 wise  of  hert,  whom  I  haue  fylled  with  the 
 sprete  of  wiszdome,  that  they  make  garmentes 
 to  Aaron  for  his  consecracion,  that  he  maye 
 be  my  prest. 
 
 These  are  f  garmentes  which  they  shal 
 make :  a  brestlappe,  an  ouerbody  cote,  a 
 tunycle,  an  albe,  a  myter  and  a  girdell.  Thus 
 shal  they  make  holy  garmentes  for  thy  brother 
 Aaro  and  his  sonnes,  that  he  maye  be  my 
 prest.  They  shal  take  therto  golde,  yalow 
 silke,  scarlet,  purple,  and  whyte  sylke. 
 
 The  ouerbody  cote  shal  they  make  of  golde, 
 yalow  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  5  whyte  twyned 
 sylke  of  broderd  worke,  that  it  maye  be 
 festened  together  vpon  both  the  sydes  by  y 
 edges  therof.  And  his  gyrdell  vpo  it  shall  be 
 of  f  same  workmashippe  i  stuff,  euen  of  golde 
 
fo,  Iirrbiij. 
 
 Ei)t  ij.  I)obt  of  iBosts. 
 
 Cftap.  rvbiij. 
 
 yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  5  whyte  twyned 
 sylke.  And  thou  shalt  take  two  Onix  stones, 
 and  graue  in  them  the  names  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  Syxe  names  vpon  the  one  stone, 
 and  the  sixe  other  names  vpon  the  other 
 stone  acordinge  to  the  order  of  their  age. 
 This  shalt  thou  do  by  the  stonegrauers  that 
 graue  signettes,  so  that  y  stones  with  the 
 names  of  the  children  of  Israel  to  be  set 
 rounde  aboute  with  golde :  and  thou  shalt  put 
 them  vpon  the  two  shulders  of  the  ouer  body 
 cote,  that  they  maye  be  stones  of  remem- 
 braunce  for  the  children  of  Israel,  that  Aaron 
 maye  beare  their  names  vpon  both  his  shulders 
 before  the  LORDE  for  a  remembraunce. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  hokes  of  golde  also,  and 
 two  wrethe  cheynes  of  pure  golde,  and  shalt 
 fasten  them  vnto  the  hokes. 
 
 The  brestlappe  of  iudgment  shalt  thou 
 make  of  broderd  worke,  euen  after  the  worke 
 of  the  ouerbody  cote :  of  golde,  yalow  sylke, 
 scarlet,  purple,  and  whyte  twyned  sylke. 
 Foure  square  shall  it  be  and  dubble,  an 
 hande  bredth  longe,  and  an  handebredth 
 brode.  And  thou  shalt  fill  it  with  foure  rowes 
 full  of  stones.  Let  the  first  rowe  be  a  Sardis, 
 a  Topas,  and  a  Smaragde.  The  seconde :  a 
 Ruby,  a  Saphyre,  and  a  Dyamonde.  The 
 thirde:  a  Ligurios,  an  Achatt,  and  an  Ametyst. 
 The  fourth :  a  Turcas,  an  Onix,  and  a  laspis. 
 In  golde  shall  they  be  sett  in  all  the  rowes, 
 and  shal  stonde  acordinge  to  y  twolue  names 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  grauen  of  the  stone- 
 grauers, euery  one  with  his  name  acordinge 
 to  the  twolue  trybes. 
 
 And  vpon  the  brestlappe  thou  shalt  make 
 wrethen  cheynes  by  y  corners  of  pure  golde, 
 and  two  golde  rynges,  so,  that  thou  faste  the 
 same  two  rynges  vnto  two  edges  of  the  brest- 
 lappe, and  put  the  two  wrethe  cheynes  of 
 golde  in  the  same  two  rynges,  that  are  in  two 
 edges  of  the  brestlappe.  But  the  two  endes 
 of  y  two  wrethen  cheynes  shalt  thou  fasten  in 
 the  two  hokes  vpon  the  ouerbody  cote  one 
 ouer  agaynst  another. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  make  two  other  rynges  of 
 golde,  and  fasten  them  vnto  f  other  two 
 edges  of  y  brestlappe,  namely  to  y  borders 
 therof,  wherwith  it  maye  hange  on  the  ynsyde 
 vpon  the  ouerbody  cote.  And  yet  shalt  thou 
 make  two  rynges  of  golde,  and  fasten  them 
 vpon  the  two  edges  beneth  to  the  ouerbody 
 
 cote,  vpon  the  outsyde  one  ouer  agaynst 
 another,  where  the  ouerbody  cote  ioyneth  to- 
 gether. And  the  brestlappe  shall  be  fastened 
 by  his  rynges  \Tito  the  rynges  of  the  ouerbody 
 cote  with  a  yalow  lace,  that  it  maye  lye  close 
 vpon  the  ouerbody  cote,  and  that  the  brest 
 lappe  be  not  lowsed  from  the  ouerbody  cote. 
 
 Thus  shall  Aaron  beare  the  names  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  in  y  brestlappe  of  iudgment 
 vpon  his  hert,  whan  he  goeth  in  to  the  Sanc- 
 tuary, for  a  remembraunce  before  the  LORDE 
 allwaye.  And  in  the  brestlappe  of  iudgment 
 thou  shalt  put  *  light  and  perfectnesse,  that 
 they  be  vpon  Aaros  hert,  whan  he  goeth  in 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  that  he  maye  beare 
 the  iudgment  of  the  children  of  Israel  vpon 
 his  hert  before  the  LORDE  allwaye. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  the  tunykle  also  to  the 
 ouerbody  cote  all  of  yalow  sylke,  and  aboue  in 
 the  myddest  there  shal  be  an  hole,  and  a 
 bonde  folden  together  rounde  aboute  the  hole, 
 that  it  rente  not.  And  beneth  vpon  the  hemme 
 thou  shalt  make  pomgranates  of  yalow  sylke, 
 scarlet,  purple  rounde  aboute,  and  belles  of 
 golde  betwixte  the  same  rounde  aboute :  that 
 there  be  euer  a  golden  bell  and  a  pomgranate, 
 a  golden  bell  and  a  pomgranate  "rounde  aboute 
 the  hemme  of  the  same  tunycle.  And  Aaron 
 shall  haue  it  vpon  him  wha  he  mynistreth, 
 that  the  soude  therof  maye  be  herde,  whan 
 he  goeth  out  and  in  at  the  Sanctuary  before 
 the  LORDE,  that  he  dye  not. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  a  foreheade  plate  also  of 
 pure  golde,  and  graue  therin  (after  the  work- 
 manshipe  of  the  stone  grauer) :  the  holynes 
 of  the  LORDE,  ij  with  a  yalow  lace  shalt 
 thou  fasten  it  vnto  the  fore  front  of  the  myter 
 vpon  Aarons  fore  heade,  y  Aaron  male  so 
 beare  f  synne  of  the  holy  thinges,  which  the 
 childre  of  Israel  halo  we  in  all  their  giftes  and 
 Sanctuary.  And  it  shall  be  allwaye  vpon  his 
 fore  heade,  that  he  maye  reconcyle  them 
 before  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  an  albe  also  of  whyte 
 sylke,  and  a  myter  of  whyte  sylke,  and  a  gjTdle 
 of  nedle  worke. 
 
 And  for  Aarons  sonnes  thou  shalt  make 
 cotes,  gyrdles  and  bonetes,  honorable  and 
 glorious,  and  shalt  put  them  vpon  thy  brother 
 Aaron  and  his  sonnes,  and  shalt  anoynte 
 them,  and  fyll  their  handes,  and  consecrate 
 them,  that  they  maye  be  my  prestes.     And 
 
 dF 
 
CI)a})»  vviV* 
 
 €\)t  ij.  iioht  of  ilfUisifs!. 
 
 jTo.  I0ir. 
 
 thou  shalt  make  them  lynnen  breches,  to 
 couer  the  flesh  of  their  preuities,  from  the 
 loynes  vnto  the  thyes.  And  Aaron  and  his 
 sonnes  shall  haue  them  on,  whan  they  go  in 
 to  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  or  go  vnto  the 
 altare  to  mynister  in  the  Holy,  that  they 
 beare  not  their  symne,  and  dye.  This  shalbe 
 a  perpetual  custome  for  him,  and  his  sede 
 after  him. 
 
 W^t  mj-  Cijapter. 
 
 THIS  is  it  also,  that  thou  shalt  do  vnto 
 them,  that  they  maye  be  consecrated 
 prestes  vnto  me.  "  Take  a  yonge  bullocke, 
 and  two  rammes  without  blemish,  vnleuended 
 bred,  5  vnleuended  cakes  myxte  with  oyle, 
 and  wafers  of  swete  bred  tempered  with  oyle  : 
 Of  wheate  floure  shalt  thou  make  them  all, 
 and  put  them  in  a  maunde,  g  brynge  them  in 
 the  maunde,  with  the  bullocke  5  two  rammes. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  brynge  Aaron  g  his  sonnes 
 vnto  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse, 
 I  wash  them  with  water,  5  take  the  garmentes, 
 and  put  vpon  Aaron  the  albe  and  the  tunycle, 
 (J  the  Guer  body  cote,  5  the  brestlappe  to  f  ouer 
 body  cote,  5  shalt  gyrde  him  on  the  out  syde 
 vpon  the  ouer  body  cote,  and  set  the  myter 
 vpon  his  heade,  and  the  holy  crowne  vpon  the 
 myter:  and  shalt  take  the  anoyntinge  oyle, 
 and  poure  it  vpon  his  heade,  and  anoynte  him. 
 
 Thou  shalt  brynge  forth  his  sonnes  also,  (j 
 put  the  albes  vpon  them,  and  gyrde  both 
 Aaron  g  them  with  gyrdles,  5  set  the  bonettes 
 vpon  their  heades,  that  they  maye  haue  the 
 presthode  for  a  perpetuall  custome. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  fyll  the  hades  of  Aaron  and 
 his  sonnes,  and  brynge  forth  the  bullocke 
 before  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  *  And 
 Aaron  and  his  sonnes  shall  laye  their  hades 
 vpon  the  heade  of  the  bullocke,  and  thou  shalt 
 sley  the  bullocke  before  the  LORDE,  at  the 
 dore  of  the  tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  shalt 
 take  of  his  blonde,  and  put  it  vpon  the  homes 
 of  the  altare  with  thy  fynger,  and  poure  all  the 
 other  blonde  vpon  the  botome  of  the  altare. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  take  all  the  fat  that 
 couereth  the  bowels  and  the  nett  vpon  the 
 leuer,  and  the  two  kydneys  with  the  fat  that 
 is  aboute  them,  and  burne  them  vpon  the 
 altare.  But  the  bullockes  flesh,  skynne  and 
 donge,  shalt  thou  burne  with  fyre  without  the 
 boost :  for  it  is  a  synneofFerynge. 
 
 '  Leuit.  8.a. 
 •*  Leu.  8. 
 
 'Leuit.  1.  a.      '  Leuit.  3.  a.     '  Leuiti.  8.  d. 
 ;.  +  Exo.  25.  c.  '  Leui.  8.  f. 
 
 The  one  ranime  shalt  thou  take  also,  and 
 Aaron  with  his  sonnes  shall  laye  their  handes 
 vpon  his  heade.  Then  shalt  thou  sleye  him, 
 and  take  of  his  blonde,  and  sprenkle  it  vpon 
 the  altare  rounde  aboute.  But  the  ramme 
 shalt  thou  deuyde  in  peces,  and  wash  his 
 bowels  and  his  legges,  and  laye  them  \'pon 
 the  peces  and  the  heade,  and  burne  the  whole 
 ramme  vpon  the  altare :  for  it  is  a  burnt- 
 offerynge,  and  a  swete  sauoure  of  the  sacrifice 
 vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 '  As  for  the  other  ramme,  thou  shalt  take 
 him,  and  Aaron  with  his  sonnes  shall  laye 
 their  handes  vpon  his  heade,  and  thou  shalt 
 slaye  him,  and  take  of  his  bloude,  and  put  it 
 vpon  the  typpe  of  the  right  eare  of  Aaron 
 and  his  sonnes,  and  vpon  y  thombe  of  their 
 right  handes,  and  vpon  the  greate  too  of  their 
 right  fete,  and  thou  shalt  sprenkle  the  bloude 
 vpon  the  altare  rounde  aboute,  and  shalt  take 
 of  the  bloude  vpon  the  altare  and  the  anojait- 
 inge  oyle,  and  sprenckle  it  vpon  Aaron  and 
 his  vestymentes,  vpon  his  sonnes  and  their 
 vestymentes.  So  shall  he  and  his  clothes,  his 
 sonnes  and  their  clothes  be  consecrated. 
 
 ''Then  shalt  thou  take  the  fat  of  the  ramme. 
 the  rompe,  and  the  fatt  that  couereth  y  bowels, 
 the  net  vpon  the  leuer,  and  the  two  kydneys 
 with  the  fatt  that  is  aboute  them,  and  the 
 right  shulder  (for  it  is  a  ramme  of  cosecracion) 
 and  a  symnel  of  bred,  and  an  oyled  cake,  and 
 a  wafer  out  of  the  maunde  of  the  vnleuended 
 bred  tthat  stondeth  before  y  LORDE,  and 
 put  all  in  to  the  handes  of  Aaron  and  of  his 
 sonnes,  and  waue  it  vnto  the  LORDE.  The 
 take  it  out  of  their  handes,  and  burne  it  vpon 
 the  altare  for  a  burnt  ofl^eringe,  to  be  a  swete 
 sauoure  vnto  y  LORDE.  For  it  is  the 
 LORDES  sacrifice. 
 
 'And  thou  shalt  take  the  brest  of  the  ramme  i£ 
 of  Aaros  consecracio,  (t  shalt  waue  it  before 
 y  LORDE,  y  shal  be  his  parte.  And  thus 
 shalt  thou  halowe  y  Wauebrest  j  y  Heue- 
 shulder  (y  are  waned  (j  heaued)  of  y  ramme 
 of  the  consecracion  of  Aaron  5  his  sonnes : 
 And  it  shalbe  a  perpetuall  custome  for  Aaro 
 and  his  sonnes  of  y  children  of  Israel :  for  it 
 is  an  Heue  offi-ynge,  and  the  Heue  offrynge 
 shalbe  the  LORDES  dewtye  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  in  their  tdeade  offrynges  and  Heue 
 offrynges  which  they  do  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 }  Some  call  the  peace  offeringes. 
 
fo,  im* 
 
 Cfte  ij.  bofce  of  iHostsi. 
 
 Cftap.  F0. 
 
 dF 
 
 And  the  holy  garmentes  of  Aaron  shall  his 
 sonnes  haue  after  him,  that  they  male  be 
 anoynted  therin,  5  y  their  handes  maye  be 
 fylled.  "  Loke  which  of  his  sonnes  shalbe 
 prest  in  his  steade,  the  same  shal  put  them  on 
 seue  dayes,  that  he  maye  go  in  to  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse,  to  mynister  in  the  Sanctuary. 
 
 But  the  ramme  of  consecracion  shalt  thou 
 take,  *  and  seetji  his  flesh  in  an  holy  place. 
 And  Aaron  with  his  sonnes  shal  eate  the  flesh 
 of  the  same  ramme  with  the  bred  in  the 
 maunde,  at  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse :  for  there  is  an  attonement  made 
 therwith,  to  fyll  their  handes,  that  they  maye 
 be  consecrated.  A  strauger  shal  not  eate 
 therof,  for  it  is  holy. 
 
 But  yf  eny  of  the  flesh  of  the  consecracion, 
 and  of  the  bred  remaine  vntyll  the  mornynge, 
 thou  shalt  burne  it  with  fyre,  and  not  let  it 
 be  eaten,  for  it  is  holy.  And  thus  shalt  thou 
 do  with  Aaron  and  his  sonnes  all  that  I  haue 
 commaunded  y.  Seuen  dayes  shalt  thou  fyll 
 their  handes,  and  offer  a  bullocke  daylie  for  a 
 synne  offeringe,  because  of  them  y  shalbe  j 
 reconciled.  And  thou  shalt  halowe  the  altare, 
 whan  thou  reconcylest  it :  d  shalt  anoynte  it, 
 that  it  maye  be  consecrated.  Seuen  dayes 
 shalt  thou  reconcyle  the  altare,  5  consecrate 
 it,  that  it  maye  be  an  altare  of  the  Most  holy. 
 Who  so  wyll  touch  the  altare,  must  be  con- 
 secrated. 
 
 And  this  shalt  thou  do  with  the  altare : 
 '  Two  lambes  of  one  yeare  olde  shalt  thou 
 offer  euery  daye  vpon  it :  the  one  lambe  in 
 the  mornynge,  and  the  other  at  euen.  And 
 to  one  lambe  a  tenth  deale  of  wheate  floure, 
 megled  with  y  fourth  parte  of  an  Hin  of 
 beaten  oyle,  and  y  fourth  parte  of  an  Hin  of 
 wine  for  a  drynk  offerynge.  With  the  other 
 lambe  at  euen  shalt  thou  do  like  as  with  f 
 meate  offerynge  and  drynk  offerynge  in  the 
 mornynge,  for  a  swete  sauoure  of  sacrifice 
 vnto  f  LORDE.  This  is  the  daylie  burnt- 
 offerynge  amonge  youre  posterities,  at  the 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  before  the 
 LORDE,  *where  I  will  proteste  vnto  you,  and 
 talke  with  the.  There  wil  I  proteste  vnto  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  be  sanctified  in  my 
 glory,  and  wyl  halowe  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnes  and  the  altare,  and  consecrate  Aar5 
 and  his  sonnes,  to  be  my  prestes.     ''And  I 
 
 "  Nu.  20.  d.       *  Leui.  8.  g. 
 Leui.  1.  a.     Num.  12.  a. 
 
 '  Nu.  28.  a.  1  Par.  17.  e. 
 Leu.  26.  b.    2  Cor.  6.  b. 
 
 wyl  dwell  amonge  the  children  of  Israel,  {j 
 wyll  be  their  God  :  so  y  they  shal  knowe, 
 how  that  I  am  the  LORDE  their  God,  which 
 brought  them  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  that 
 I  might  dwell  amonge  them,  euen  I  the 
 LORDE  their  God. 
 
 THOU  shalt  make  also  an  incense  altare 
 to  burne  incense,  of  Fyrre  tre,  a  cubyte 
 longe  5  brode,  eauen  foure  squared,  and  two 
 cubytes  hye  with  his  homes,  5  shalt  ouerlaye 
 it  with  pure  golde,  the  rofe  5  the  walles  of  it 
 rounde  aboute,  and  the  homes  therof,  5  a 
 crowne  of  golde  shalt  thou  make  rounde 
 aboute  it,  and  two  golde  rynges  on  ether  syde 
 vnder  the  crowne,  that  there  male  be  staues 
 put  therin,  to  beare  it  with  all. 
 
 The  staues  shalt  thou  make  of  Fyrre  tre 
 also,  and  ouerlaye  the  with  golde :  and  shalt 
 set  it  before  the  vayle,  that  hangeth  before 
 the  Arke  of  wytnesse,  and  before  the  Mercy 
 seate  y  is  vpon  the  wytnesse,  from  whence  I 
 wyl  proteste  vnto  the.  And  Aaron  shal  burne 
 swete  incense  theron  euery  mominge,  wha  he 
 dresseth  the  lampes.  In  like  maner  whan  he 
 lighteth  the  lampes  at  euen,  he  shall  burne 
 soch  incense  also.  This  shal  be  the  daylie 
 incense  before  the  LORDE  amonge  youre 
 posterities. 
 
 '  Ye  shall  put  no  straunge  incense  therin,  5 
 offer  no  burntofferynge,  ner  meatofFerynge, 
 nether  drynkofferynge  theron.  And  tvpon  f 
 homes  of  it  shall  Aaron  reconcyle  once  in  a 
 yeare,  with  y  bloude  of  the  synneofferynge, 
 which  they  shall  offer  that  are  reconcyled. 
 This  shal  be  done  amonge  youre  posterities 
 for  this  is  the  most  holy  vTito  the  LORDE. 
 
 ■''And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Whan  thou  nombrest  thp  heades  of 
 the  children  of  Israel,  then  shal  euer)'  one 
 geue  vnto  the  LORDE  the  reconcylinge  of 
 his  soule,  y  there  happe  not  a  plage  vnto 
 them,  whan  they  are  nombred.  Euery  one 
 that  is  tolde  in  the  nombre,  shall  geue  half  a 
 Sycle,  after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary  :  t  one 
 Sycle  is  worth  twentye  Geras.  This  half 
 Sycle  shal  be  f  LORDES  Heue  offerynge. 
 Whoso  is  in  the  nombre  from  twenty  yeare 
 and  aboue,  shal  geue  this  Heue  offerynge  vnto 
 ^  LORDE.     The  riche  shal  not  geue  more, 
 
 '  Leui.  10.  a.  t  Leu.  16.  g.  Heb.  9.  a.  /  Num.  1.  a.  and 
 26.  a.  2Re.  24.  a.         t  Leui.  27.  d.  Num.S.g.  Eze.45.  b. 
 
Cftap*  vnt 
 
 €i)t  ij.  hokt  of  iHoscs, 
 
 fo.  IWTU 
 
 and  the  poore  shal  not  geue  lesse  in  the  half 
 Syele,  which  is  geuen  vnto  the  LORDE  to  be 
 an  Heue  offerynge  for  the  reconcyUnge  of 
 their  soules. 
 
 And  this  money  of  recocilinge  shalt  thou 
 take  of  the  children  of  Israel,  5  put  it  to  the 
 Gods  seruyce  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnes, 
 that  it  maye  be  a  remembraunee  vnto  the 
 children  of  Israel  before  the  LORDE,  that 
 he  maye  let  himself  be  reconcyled  ouer  their 
 soules. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :  "  Thou  shalt  make  a  brasen  lauer  also 
 with  a  fote  of  brasse  to  wash,  and  shalt  set  it 
 betwixte  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse  and  y 
 altare,  and  put  water  therin,  that  Aaro  and 
 his  sonnes  maye  wash  their  handes  and  fete 
 therout,  whan  they  go  in  to  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  or  to  the  altare,  to  mynistre  vnto 
 the  LORDE  with  offerynge  incense,  y  they 
 dye  not.  This  shalbe  a  perpetual!  custome 
 for  him  and  his  sede  amonge  their  posterities. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :  '  Take  vnto  the  spyces  of  the  best,  fyue 
 hundreth  Sycles  of  Myrre,  and  of  Cynamo 
 half  so  moch,  euen  two  hundreth  and  fyftie, 
 and  of  Kalmus  two  hundreth  and  fiftye,  and 
 of  Cassia  fyue  hundreth  (after  the  Sycle  of 
 the  Sanctuary)  5  an  Hin  of  oyle  olyue,  and 
 make  an  holy  anoyntinge  oyle,  after  the  craft 
 of  the  Apotecary. 
 
 And  there  with  shalt  thou  anoynte  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  '5  the  Arke  of  wyt- 
 nes, the  table  with  all  his  apparell,  y  eandil- 
 sticke  with  his  appai-ell,  the  altare  of  incense, 
 the  altare  of  burntofferynges  with  all  his 
 apparell,  j  the  lauer  with  his  fote :  and 
 thus  shalt  thou  consecrate  them,  that  they 
 maye  be  most  holy :  for  who  so  wil  touch  the, 
 must  be  consecrated.  Thou  shalt  anoynte 
 Aaron  also,  and  his  sonnes,  and  consecrate 
 them  to  be  my  prestes. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  speake  vnto  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  and  saye :  This  oyle  shalbe  an  holy 
 oyntment  vnto  me  amonge  youre  posterities  : 
 It  shal  not  be  poured  vpon  mans  body,  nether 
 shalt  thou  make  eny  soch  like  it,  for  it  is  holy : 
 therfore  shal  it  be  holy  vnto  you.  Who  so 
 maketh  eny  soch  like,  or  geueth  a  straijger 
 therof,  the  same  shalbe  roted  out  from  amonge 
 his  people. 
 
 '  Exo.  40.  d.      '  Exo.  40.  b. 
 1  Par.  2.  b. 
 
 Leui.  8.  b.      ''  Exo.  35.  (1. 
 •  3  Re.  7.  b. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses: 
 Take  vnto  the  spyces:  Balme,  Stacte,  Gal- 
 ban,  and  pure  franckencense,  of  one  as  moch 
 as  of  another,  and  make  incense  therof  (after 
 the  craft  of  the  Apotecary)  myngled  together, 
 that  it  maye  be  pure  5  holy.  And  thou 
 shalt  beate  it  to  poulder,  and  shalt  put  of  the 
 same  before  the  wytnesse  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  from  whence  I  wyll  proteste  vnto  the, 
 but  it  shalbe  holy  vnto  the  for  the  LORDE. 
 Who  so  maketh  soch  to  cense  therwith,  shalbe 
 roted  out  from  amoge  his  people. 
 
 Cl^e  nn-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 saide  :  ''  I  haue  called  by  name  Bezaleel 
 the  Sonne  of  Vri  y  sonne  of  Hur,  of  y  trybe 
 of  luda,  *and  haue  fylled  him  with  f  sprete 
 of  God,  with  wyszdome  and  vnderstodynge 
 and  knowlege,  and  to  worke  with  all  maner 
 of  connynge  worke,  in  golde,  syluer,  brasse, 
 to  graue  stones  connyngly,  and  to  set  them, 
 to  carue  well  in  tymbre,  and  to  make  all 
 maner  worke.  And  beholde,  I  haue  geuen 
 him  Ahaliab  the  sonne  of  Ahisamach  of  the 
 trybe  of  Dan,  to  be  his  companyon.  and  haue 
 geuen  wyszdome  in  to  the  hertes  of  all  that 
 are  wyse,  that  they  shall  make  all  that  I  haue 
 commaunded  the :  the  Tabernacle  of  wyt- 
 nesse, "  the  Arke  of  wytnesse,  the  Mercyseate 
 theron,  and  all  the  ornamentes  of  f  Taber- 
 nacle :  the  table  and  his  apparell,  the  can- 
 dilsticke  and  all  his  apparell,  the  altare  of 
 incense,  the  altare  of  burntofferynges  with  all 
 his  apparell,  the  lauer  with  his  fote,  the  my- 
 nistrynge  vestimentes  of  Aaron  y  prest,  and 
 the  garmentes  of  his  sonnes  to  serue  like 
 prestes,  the  anoyntinge  oyle,  and  the  incese 
 of  spyces  for  y  Sactuary.  All  that  I  haue 
 commaunded  the,  shal  they  make. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  saye  :  -'^  Kepe  my  Sabbath,  for  it  is  a 
 token  betwene  me  and  you,  and  youre  pos- 
 terities, that  ye  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am 
 the  LORDE  which  haloweth  you:  therfore 
 kepe  my  Sabbath,  for  it  shalbe  holy  vnto  you. 
 t  Who  so  vnhaloweth  it,  shall  dye  the  death : 
 For  who  so  doth  eny  worke  therin,  shalbe 
 roted  out  from  amonge  his  people. 
 
 Sixe  dayes  shall  men  worke,  but  vpon  the 
 
 '  Exo.  25.  26.  27.  28.  30.        /Exo.20.  b.        t  Nu.  15.  d. 
 
ffo.  imih 
 
 Cl)t  ih  bokt  of  iHosifsi. 
 
 CI)ap«  mij* 
 
 seuenth  daye  is  the  Sabbath  *the  holy  rest  of 
 the  LORDE.  Who  so  doth  eny  worke  vpon 
 the  Sabbath  daye,  shall  dye  the  death. 
 
 Therfore  shal  the  children  of  Israel  kepe 
 the  Sabbath,  that  they  maye  kepe  it  also 
 amonge  their  posterities  for  an  euerlastynge 
 couenaunt.  An  euerlastynge  token  is  it  be- 
 twixte  me  and  the  children  of  Israel.  For 
 in  sixe  dayes  made  the  LORDE  heaue  (j 
 earth,  but  vpon  f  seuenth  daye  he  rested,  and 
 was  refreshed. 
 
 "And  whan  the  LORDE  had  made  an 
 ende  of  talkinge  with  Moses  vpon  the  mount 
 Sinai,  he  gaue  him  two  tables  of  witnesse, 
 which  were  of  stone,  and  wrytten  with  the 
 fynger  of  God. 
 
 El)e  vjrnj-  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 BUT  whan  the  people  sawe  that  Moses 
 made  loge  taryenge  to  come  downe  fro 
 the  mount,  they  gathered  the  together  agaynst 
 Aaron,  (j  sayde  vnto  him :  *  Vp,  and  make  vs 
 goddes,  to  go  before  vs,  for  we  can  not  tell 
 what  is  become  of  this  man  Moses,  that 
 brought  vs  out  of  Egipte.  Aaron  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  ■■  Plucke  of  the  golden  earynges  from 
 the  eares  of  youre  wyues,  of  youre  sonnes,  (t 
 of  youre  doughters,  (j  brynge  them  vnto  me. 
 Then  all  the  people  pluckte  of  their  golden 
 earynges  from  their  eares,  5  brought  them 
 vnto  Aaron.  And  he  toke  them  of  their 
 handes,  5  fashioned  it  with  a  grauer.  ''  And 
 they  made  a  molten  calfe,  and  sayde  :  These 
 are  thy  goddes  (O  Israel)  that  brought  the  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 Whan  Aaron  sawe  that,  he  buylded  an 
 altare  before  him,  and  caused  it  be  proclamed, 
 and  sayde:  Tomorow  is  the  LORDES  feast. 
 And  they  arose  vp  early  in  the  mornynge, 
 and  ofired  burntofferynges,  and  brought  dead- 
 ofFerynges  also:  'Then  the  people  sat  them 
 downe  to  eate  and  drynke,  a  rose  vp  to 
 playe. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Go 
 get  the  downe,  for  thy  people  whom  thou 
 broughtest  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  haue 
 marred  all :  they  are  soone  gone  out  of  the 
 waie,  which  I  commaunded  them.  They  haue 
 made  them  a  molten  calfe,  and  haue  wor- 
 shipped it,  (I  offred  vnto  it,  5  sayde :  t  These 
 
 Gene.  2.  a.  '  Exo.  24.  c.  and  32.  d.     Deut.  5.  c. 
 
 and9.  b.      »  Acto.  7.  e.       'ludic.  8.  e.        ■<  Psal.  105.  c. 
 1  Cor.  10.  a.  /  Deut.  9.  c.  t  3  Reg.  12.  e. 
 
 are  thy  goddes   (O  Israel)  that  brought  the 
 out  of  the  lande  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  I  se, 
 f  that  it  is  a  stj'ffriecked  people,  and  now 
 sufFre  me,  that  my  wrath  maye  waxe  whote 
 ouer  them,  5  that  I  maye  consume  them,  so 
 wil  I  make  a  greate  people  of  the. 
 
 But  Moses  be  sought  the  LORDE  his 
 God,  (I  sayde :  Oh  LORDE,  wherfore  wil  thy 
 wrath  waxe  whote  ouer  thy  people,  whom  thou 
 hast  brought  out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte  with 
 greate  power  5  a  mightie  hade?  Wherfore 
 shulde  the  Egipcians  speake,  (j  saye :  He 
 hath  brought  the  for  their  myschefe,  to  slaye 
 them  in  the  mountaynes,  and  to  destroye  the 
 vtterly  from  the  earth?  O  turne  the  from 
 the  fearcenesse  of  thy  wrath,  5  be  gracious 
 ouer  the  wickednesse  of  thy  people.  Remem- 
 bre  thy  seruaiites  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Israel, 
 vnto  who  i  thou  swarest  by  thyne  owne  self, 
 and  saydest :  I  wil  multiplye  youre  sede  as 
 the  starres  of  heauen,  and  all  the  londe  that 
 I  haue  promysed  you,  wil  I  geue  vnto  youre 
 sede,  I  they  shall  inheret  it  for  euer.  Thus 
 the  LORDE  repented  of  the  euell,  which  he 
 sayde  he  wolde  do  vnto  his  people. 
 
 Moses  turned  him,  (i  wente  downe  from  the 
 mount,  and  in  his  hande  he  had  the  two  tables 
 of  wytnesse,  which  were  wrytte  vpon  both  the 
 sydes,  and  were  Gods  worke,  5  the  wrytinge 
 was  the  wrytinge  of  God  therin.  Now  whan 
 losua  herde  the  noyse  of^  people,  as  they 
 shouted,  he  sayde  vnto  Moses :  This  is  a 
 noyse  of  warre  in  the  boost.  He  answered : 
 It  is  not  a  noyse  of  them  that  haue  the  vie 
 tory,  and  of  them  that  haue  the  worse,  but  I 
 heare  a  noyse  of  synginge  at  a  daunse. 
 
 Whan  he  came  nye  vnto  the  boost,  and 
 sawe  the  calfe,  and  the  daunsynge,  ''he  was 
 moued  with  wrath,  and  cast  the  tables  out  of 
 his  hande,  and  brake  them  beneth  the  mount. 
 '  And  he  toke  the  calfe  that  they  had  made, 
 and  brent  it  with  fyre,  and  stamped  it  vnto 
 poulder,  and  strewed  it  in  the  water,  5  gaue 
 it  vnto  the  children  of  Israel  to  drynke,  5 
 sayde  \Tito  Aaron :  What  dyd  this  people  vnto 
 the,  that  thou  hast  brought  so  greate  a  synne 
 vpon  them  ? 
 
 Aaron  sayde:  Let  not  the  wrath  of  my 
 lords  waxe  fearce :  thou  knowest,  that  this  is 
 
 Nu.  14.  b.         tGe.  22.  c. 
 ■  Deut.  9.  d. 
 
 IE 
 
CI)ap,  miii* 
 
 €\)t  iU  bokt  of  iHosesf. 
 
 go,  Imiii' 
 
 a  wicked  people.  They  sayde  vnto  me :  Make 
 vs  goddes  to  go  before  vs,  for  we  can  not  tell 
 what  is  become  of  this  man  Moses,  y  brought 
 vs  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte.  I  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Who  so  hath  golde,  let  him  plueke  it 
 of,  and  geue  it  me :  and  I  cast  it  in  the  fyre, 
 therof  came  this  calfe. 
 
 Now  whan  Moses  sawe,  that  the  people 
 were  naked  (for  Aaron,  whan  he  set  them  vp, 
 made  them  naked  to  their  shame)  he  wete  in 
 to  the  gate  of  the  hoost,  and  sayde :  who  so 
 belongeth  vnto  the  LORDE,  let  him  come 
 hither  vnto  me.  Then  all  the  children  of 
 Leui  gathered  them  selues  vnto  him,  and  he 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 the  God  of  Israel :  Euery  man  put  his  swerde 
 by  his  syde,  and  go  thorow  in  and  out  from 
 one  gate  to  another  in  the  hoost,  and  slaye 
 euery  man  his  brother,  frende,  j  neghboure. 
 
 The  children  of  Leui  dyd,  as  Moses  sayde 
 vnto  them.  And  there  fell  of  the  people  the 
 same  daye  thre  thousande  men.  The  sayde 
 Moses  :  Cosecrate  youre  handes  this  dale  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  euery  man  vpon  his  sonne  and 
 brother,  that  the  prayse  maye  be  geuen  ouer 
 you  this  daye. 
 
 On  the  morow  Moses  sayde  vnto  the  people : 
 Ye  haue  done  a  greate  synne.  Now  I  wil  go 
 vp  vnto  the  LORDE,  yf  peraduenture  I  maye 
 make  an  attonement  for  youre  synnes. 
 
 Now  wha  Moses  came  agayne  vnto  y 
 LORDE,  he  saide :  Oh  this  people  haue 
 done  a  greate  synne,  5  haue  made  them 
 goddes  of  golde.  *  Now  for  geue  them  their 
 synne :  yf  not,  the  wype  me  out  of  thy  boke, 
 that  thou  hast  wrytten.  The  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Moses:  What?  Him  that  synneth  against 
 me,  wil  I  wype  out  of  t  my  boke.  Go  thou  thy 
 waye  therfore,  and  brynge  y  people  thither 
 as  I  haue  sayde  vnto  the,  "Beholde,  myne 
 angell  shall  go  before  the.  But  in  the  daye 
 of  my  visitacion  I  wyll  vyset  their  synnes 
 vpon  them.  So  the  LORDE  plaged  the 
 people,  because  they  made  f  calfe  which 
 Aaron  made. 
 
 C^e  njii)-  Chapter. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Go, 
 departe  hence,  thou  and  the  people, 
 whom  thou  hast  brought  out  of  the  lande  of 
 Egipte,  vnto  f  londe  that  I  sware  vnto  Abra- 
 
 *  Ro.  9. ». 
 
 Gene.  23.  c. 
 
 t  Psal.  68.  d. 
 t  Exo.  23.  d. 
 
 '■  Exo.  13.  a.  and  23.  c. 
 Deut.  7.  d.     losu.  24.  c. 
 
 ham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  and  sayde:  *vnto  thy 
 sede  wil  I  geue  it,  t  and  I  wyl  sende  an  angell 
 before  the  (and  cast  out  the  Cananites,  Amor- 
 ites,  Hethites,  Pheresites,  Heuites  and  lebus- 
 ites)  in  to  the  londe  that  floweth  with  mylke 
 and  hony,  for  I  wyll  not  go  vp  with  the : 
 §for  thou  art  an  hardnecked  people,  I  might 
 consume  the  by  the  waye.  Whan  the  people 
 herde  this  euell  tydinges,  they  sorowed,  and 
 no  man  put  on  his  best  rayment. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Speake 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel:  Ye  are  a  styf- 
 necked  people,  I  must  once  come  sodenly 
 vpon  the,  and  make  an  ende  of  the.  And 
 now  put  of  thy  goodly  araye  from  the,  y  I 
 maie  knowe  what  to  do  vnto  the.  So  the 
 children  of  Israel  laied  their  goodly  araye 
 from  the,  euen  before  the  mount  Horeb. 
 
 Moses  toke  the  Tabernacle,  (j  pitched  it 
 without  afarre  of  from  f  hoost,  and  called  it 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  who  so 
 euer  wolde  axe  eny  question  at  the  LORDE, 
 wente  out  vnto  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse 
 before  the  hoost.  And  whan  Moses  wente 
 out  vnto  the  Tabernacle,  all  the  people  rose 
 vp,  and  stode  euery  one  in  his  tent  dore,  and 
 loked  after  Moses,  tyll  he  was  gone  in  to  the 
 Tabernacle.  II  And  whan  Moses  entred  in 
 to  the  Tabernacle,  the  cloudy  pyler  came 
 downe,  and  stode  in  the  dore  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle, and  he  talked  with  Moses.  And  all 
 the  people  sawe  the  cloudy  piler  stonde  in  the 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle,  and  rose  vp,  and 
 worshiped,  euery  one  in  his  tent  dore. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  face 
 to  face,"  as  a  man  speaketh  vnto  his  frende. 
 And  whan  he  turned  agayne  to  the  hoost,  y 
 yonge  ma  losua  y  sonne  of  Nun"*  his  minister, 
 departed  not  out  of  y  Tabernacle.  And 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  the  LORDE:  Beholde, 
 thou  saydest  vnto  me :  Brynge  y  people  vp, 
 and  lettest  me  not  knowe,  whom  thou  \\ilt 
 sende  with  me,  (j  yet  hast  thou  sayde :  I  knowe 
 the  by  name,  and  thou  hast  founde  grace  in 
 my  sight.  Let  me  knowe  thy  waye  therfore, 
 wherby  I  maye  be  certified,  y  I  fynde  grace 
 in  thy  sight:  And  consydre  yet,  that  this 
 people  is  thy  people. 
 
 He  sayde :  My  presence  shal  go  before  the, 
 there  with  wyll  I  lede  the.  But  he  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Yf  thy  presence  go  not,  then  cary 
 
 ^  Exo.  32.  c. 
 
 I  Deut.  31.  d. 
 '  1  Par.  8.  c. 
 
ffo,  Imiiii* 
 
 €l)t  ijt  boke  of  iilosies. 
 
 Cftap,  OTiiij. 
 
 vs  not  vp  from  hence :  for  wherby  shal  it  be 
 knowne,  y  I  and  thy  people  haue  founde 
 fauoure  in  thy  sight,  but  in  y  thou  goest  with 
 vs?  that  I  (s  thy  people  maye  haue  some 
 preemynence  before  all  people  that  are  vpon 
 the  face  of  the  earth.  The  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Moses :  I  wyll  do  this  also  that  thou  hast 
 sayde,  for  thou  hast  foude  grace  in  my  sight, 
 and  I  knowe  the  by  name. 
 
 He  sayde :  Oh  let  me  the  se  thy  glory. 
 And  he  sayde :  I  wyl  cause  all  my  good  go 
 ouer  before  thy  face,  and  -wyl  let  the  name  of 
 f  LORDE  be  called  vpon  before  the.  "And 
 I  shewe  mercy,  to  whom  I  shewe  mercy :  and 
 haue  compassion,  on  whom  I  haue  compassion. 
 And  he  sayde  morouer :  Thou  mayest  not  se 
 my  face,*  for  there  shall  no  mii  lyue,  y  seyth 
 me.  And  y  LORDE  sayde  farthermore : 
 beholde,  there  is  a  place  by  me,  there  shalt 
 thou  stode  vpon  the  rocke.  Now  whan  my 
 glory  goeth  forth,  I  wil  put  y  in  a  clyfte  of  f 
 rocke,  5  my  hande  shal  holde  styll  vpo  the, 
 tyll  I  be  passed  by.  And  whan  I  take  awaye 
 myne  hande  from  the,  thou  shalt  se  my  back 
 partes,  but  my  face  shal  not  be  sene. 
 
 €^t  m'iiij-  C})apter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses: 
 Hew  the  two  tables  of  stone,*  like  as  5' 
 first  were,  that  I  maye  wryte  in  them  the 
 wordes,  y  were  in  the  first  tables,  which  thou 
 brakest :  and  be  ready  in  the  mornynge,  that 
 thou  mayest  come  vp  early  vnto  mout  Sinai, 
 and  stonde  me  vpon  the  toppe  of  the  mount. 
 And  let  no  man  come  vp  with  the,  that  there 
 be  no  man  sene  thorow  out  all  f  mount : 
 and  let  nether  shepe  ner  oxen  fede  before  the 
 mount. 
 
 And  Moses  hewed  two  tables  of  stone,  like 
 as  the  first  were,  5  arose  early  in  the  mornynge, 
 5  wente  vp  vnto  mount  Sinai,  as  y  LORDE 
 comaunded  him,  (j  toke  y  two  tables  of  stone 
 in  his  hade.  The  came  the  LORDE  downe 
 in  a  cloude.  And  there  he  stepte  vnto  him, 
 J  called  vpo  y  name  of  y  LORDE.  And 
 whan  y-  LORDE  passed  by  before  his  face, 
 he  cryed:  LORDE  LORDE,  God,  mercifuU 
 5  gracious,'  (j  longe  sufferinge,  and  of  greate 
 mercy  and  trueth,  thou  that  kepest  mercy  in 
 stoare  for  thousandes,  and  forgeuest  wickednes, 
 
 '  Ro.  9.  b.  •  Deu.  4.  b.     ludic.  6.  e.  and  13  d. 
 
 lob.  1.  b.  ''  Deu.  10.  a.  ^  Psal.  85.  c.  and  102.  a. 
 Deut.  5.  b.     lere.  32.  c.  and  30.  b.     Nafi  1.  a.         t  Exo. 
 
 trespace  and  synne  (before  whom  there  is  no 
 man  innocent)  t  thou  that  visitest  the  wick- 
 ednesse  of  the  fathers  vpon  f  children  and 
 childers  children,  vnto  the  thirde  and  fourth 
 generacion. 
 
 And  Moses  bowed  him  self  downe  vnto 
 the  earth,  and  worshiped  him,  and  saide 
 LORDE,  yf  I  haue  founde  grace  in  thy 
 sight,  the  let  the  LORDE  go  with  vs  (for  it 
 is  an  hard  necked  people)  that  thou  mayest 
 haue  mercy  vpon  oure  wickednesses  and 
 synnes,  and  let  vs  be  thyne  inheritaunce. 
 
 And  he  sayde :  Beholde,  I  make  a  coue- 
 naunt  before  all  thy  people,  (t,  wil  do  wonders, 
 soch  as  haue  not  bene  done  in  all  londes,  and 
 amonge  all  people.  And  all  y  people  amoge 
 whom  thou  art,  shal  se  y  worke  of  y  LORDE, 
 for  a  terryble  thinge  shal  it  be,  y  I  wyl  do 
 with  the.  Kepe  that  I  commaunde  y  this 
 daye.  Beholde,  I  wyl  cast  out  before  the  :  y 
 Amorites,  Cananites,  Hethites,  Pheresites 
 Heuytes  and  lebusites.  i  Bewarre,  that  thou 
 make  no  couenaunt  with  the  indwellers  of  the 
 lande  y  thou  commest  in  to,  lest  they  be 
 cause  of  thy  ruyne  in  the  myddest  of  the : 
 but  their  alters  shalt  thou  ouerthrowe,  5  breake 
 downe  their  goddes,  and  rote  out  their  groaues : 
 for  thou  shalt  worshipe  no  other  god.  For  y 
 LORDE  is  called  gelous,  because  he  is  a 
 gelous  God :  lest  (yf  thou  make  any  agrement 
 with  the  indwellers  of  the  londe,  and  whan 
 they  go  a  whoringe  after  their  goddes,  and  do 
 sacrifice  vnto  their  goddes)  they  ^call  y,  and 
 thou  eate  of  their  sacrifice,  and  lest  thou  take 
 of  their  doughters  vnto  thy  sonnes  to  wyues, 
 and  the  same  go  a  whoringe  after  their  goddes, 
 5  make  thy  sonnes  go  a  whoringe  after  their 
 goddes  also. 
 
 Thou  shalt  make  f  no  goddes  of  metall. 
 II  The  feast  of  swete  bred  shalt  thou  kepe. 
 Seuen  dales  shalt  thou  eate  vnleueded  bred, 
 like  as  I  comaunded  the  in  the  tyme  of  the 
 moneth  Abib :  for  in  the  moneth  Abib  thou 
 wentest  out  of  Egipte.  All  y  first  breaketh 
 the  Matrix,  is  myne,  soch  as  shalbe  male 
 amoge  thy  catell,  y  breaketh  the  Matrix, 
 whether  it  be  oxe  or  shepe.  But  the  first  of 
 thyne  Asse  shalt  thou  bye  out  with  a  shepe :  yf 
 thou  redeme  it  not,  then  breake  his  necke.  All 
 the  first  borneof  thy  children  shalt  thou  redeme. 
 
 ■20.  a.    Deut.  7.  b.         t  Exo.  23.  d.     Deut.  7.  a.     3  Re. 
 11.  a.  4  Nu.  25.  a.  ||  Exo.  12.  c.  and  23.  b. 
 
Cftap.  m^* 
 
 €l)t  ij.  boUz  of  iiflos^e. 
 
 fo,  Iv)iTb. 
 
 And  se  that  no  man  appeare  before  me 
 emptye. 
 
 Sixe  dayes  shalt  thou  labours,  vpon  f 
 seueth  daye  shalt  thou  rest  both  from  plowinge 
 and  reapynge.  The  feast  of  wekes  shalt  thou 
 kepe  with  the  firstlinges  of  the  wheate  haruest : 
 and  the  feast  of  yngaderynge  at  y  yeares  ende. 
 Thryse  in  a  yeare  shal  all  youre  men  children 
 appeare  before  the  Gouemoure,  euen  the 
 LORDE  and  God  of  Israel. 
 
 Whan  I  shal  cast  out  the  Heithen  before 
 the,  ij  enlarge  thy  borders,  there  shal  no  man 
 desyre  thy  lode :  for  so  moch  as  thou  goest  vp 
 thre  tymes  in  the  yeare,  to  appeare  before  f 
 LORDE  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the 
 bloude  of  my  sacrifice  with  leueded  bred. 
 And  the  offerynge  of  the  Easterfeast  shal  not 
 remayne  ouer  night  vntiU  the  mornynge.  The 
 firstlinges*  of  y  first  frutes  of  thy  lode  shalt 
 thou  brynge  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 thy  God.  t  Thou  shalt  not  seith  a  kydd,  whyle 
 it  is  yet  in  his  mothers  mylke. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses:  wryte 
 these  wordes,  for  because  of  these  wordes  haue 
 I  made  a  couenaunt  with  the  s  with  Israel. 
 And  'he  was  there  with  the  LORDE  fourtye 
 dayes  and  fourtye  nightes,  and  ate  no  bred, 
 and  dranke  no  water.  And  t  he  wrote  in 
 the  tables  the  wordes  of  the  couenaut,  euen 
 ten  verses. 
 
 Now  wha  Moses  came  downe  fro  moijt 
 Sinai,  he  had  the  two  tables  of  wytnesse  in 
 his  hande,  5  wyst  not  y  the  skynne  of  his  face 
 shyned,  because  he  had  talked  with  him 
 And  wha  Aaron  5  all  the  childre  of  Israel 
 sawe  y  the  skynne  of  his  face  shyned,  they 
 were  afrayed  to  come  nye  him.  The  Moses 
 called  them.  And  they  returned  vnto  him, 
 both  Aaron  5  all  the  chefest  of  the  cogrega- 
 cion.  And  he  talked  with  them.  Afterwarde 
 came  all  the  children  of  Israel  vnto  him.  And 
 he  comaunded  the,  all  y  the  LORDE  had 
 sayde  vnto  him  vpon  the  mount  Sinai.  Now 
 whan  he  had  made  an  ende  of  talkynge  with 
 the,  §  he  put  a  couerynge  vp6  his  face.  And 
 whan  he  wete  in  before  y  LORDE  to  talke 
 with  him,  he  toke  y  couerynge  of,  till  he  wete 
 out  agayne.  And  whan  he  came  forth  5  spake 
 with  the  childre  of  Israel  what  was  comaunded 
 him,  the  the  childre  of  Israel  sawe  his  face, 
 how  y  the  skynne  of  his  face  shyned :    so  he 
 
 "  EcclT.  35.  a. 
 23.  c.     Deut.  26.  a. 
 
 •  Ex.  20.  b.  23.  b.  35. 
 t  Exo.  23.  c. 
 
 a.        »  Exo. 
 Deut.  14.  b. 
 
 put  the  couerynge  vpo  his  face  agayne,  tyll 
 he  wente  in  agayne  to  talke  with  him. 
 
 Ci)e  m'b-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  Moses  gathered  all  the  cogregacion 
 of  y^  childre  of  Israel  together,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them:  This  is  it,  y  the  LORDE  hath 
 commaunded  you  to  do:  ''Sixe  dayes  shall  ye 
 worke,  but  the  seuenth  daye  shall  ye  kepe 
 holy:  a  Sabbath  of  the  LORDES  rest.  Who 
 so  euer  doeth  eny  worke  therin,  shall  dye. 
 Ye  shal  kpidle  no  fyre  vpon  the  Sabbath  daye 
 in  all  youre  dwellynges. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  f  whole  congregacion 
 of  the  children  of  Israel :  This  is  it,  that  the 
 LORDE  hath  commaunded:  ^Geue  from 
 amonge  you  Heue  offerynges  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 so  that  euery  one  brynge  the  LORDES  Heue 
 offerjTige  with  a  fre  hert :  golde,  syluer,  brasse, 
 yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  whyte  sylke, 
 and  goates  hayre,  reed  skynnes  of  rammes, 
 doo  skynnes,  and  Fyrre  tre,  oyle  for  the 
 lampes,  and  spyces  for  the  anoyntinge  oyle 
 and  for  swete  incense.  Onix  stones,  and 
 stones  to  be  set  in  f  ouerbody  cote,  and  for 
 the  brestlappe. 
 
 And  who  so  is  wyse  of  hert  amonge  you,  let 
 him  come,  5  make  what  the  LORDE  hath 
 commaunded :  namely,  the  Habitacion  with 
 the  tent  j  couerynge  therof,  the  rynges,  hordes, 
 barres,  pilers  5  sokettes :  The  Arke  with  the 
 staues  therof,  the  Mercyseate  g  the  vayle 
 the  table  with  his  staues  (t  all  his  apparell :  j 
 the  shewbred :  The  cadilsticke  of  light  and 
 his  apparell,  and  his  lampes,  g  the  oyle  for 
 the  lightes :  The  altare  of  incense  with  his 
 staues :  The  anoyntynge  oyle  and  spyces  for 
 incense  :  The  hangynge  before  y^  Tabernacle 
 dore :  The  alter  of  burntofFerynges  with  his 
 brasen  gredyron,  staues  and  all  his  apparell 
 The  lauer  with  his  fote  :  The  hanginges  of 
 the  courte,  with  the  pilers  and  sokettes  therof, 
 (J  the  hangynge  of  the  courte  dore  :  The  nales 
 of  the  habitacion  and  of  y  courte  with  their 
 coardes :  The  mynistringe  garmentes  for  the 
 seruyce  in  the  Holy,  f  holy  vestimentes  of 
 Aaron  the  prest  with  the  vestiiiientes  of  his 
 sonnes  for  y  prestes  office. 
 
 Then  wente  all  the  congregacion  of  the 
 childre  of  Israel  out  fro  Moses,  5  euery  one 
 brought  the  gift  of  his  hert :  5  all  that  they 
 
 Exo.  24.  d.  t  Deut.  10.  a. 
 
 •>  Exo.  20.  b.  33.  b.  34.  c. 
 
 §  2  Co.  3.  b.  c. 
 '  Exo.  25.  a. 
 
jTo.  imti. 
 
 CI)e  ij.  bofet  of  iHoSfsi. 
 
 COap.  rjrvbu 
 
 wolde  of  fre  will,  the  same  brought  they  for 
 an  Heue  offerynge  vnto  the  LORDE  for  y 
 worke  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  (j  for  all 
 the  seruyce  therof,  5  for  the  holy  vestimetes. 
 Both  men  a  wemen  that  were  of  a  wyllynge 
 hert,  brought  bracelettes,  earynges,  rynges  5 
 gyrdels,  and  all  maner  Jewels  of  golde: 
 Euery  man  also  brought  golde  for  Wane 
 ofFerynges  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  who  so  euer  foude  by  him  yalow  sylke, 
 scarlet,  purple,  whyte  sylke,  goates  hayre, 
 reed  skynnes  of  rames,  and  Doo  skynnes, 
 brought  it.  And  who  so  euer  houe  up  syluer 
 (I  brasse,  brought  it  for  f  Heue  oiFerynge  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  And  who  so  euer  founds 
 Fyrre  tre  by  him,  brought  it  for  all  maner  of 
 worke  of  the  Gods  seruyce.  And  soch  wemen 
 as  were  wyse  herted,  spanne  with  their  hades, 
 and  brought  their  sponne  worke  of  yalow 
 sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  and  whyte  sylke.  And 
 soch  wemen  as  had  hye  vnderstondinge  in 
 wyszdome,  spanne  goates  hayre. 
 
 As  for  f  prjmces,  they  brought  Onix  stones, 
 and  set  stones,  for  y  ouerbody  coate,  and  for 
 the  brestlappe,  and  spyces,  and  oyle  for  y 
 lightes,  and  for  the  anoyntinge  oyle,  and  for 
 swete  incense.  Thus  the  children  of  Israel 
 brought  fre  wyllynge  offerynges,  both  man  and 
 weme,  for  all  maner  of  worke,  that  the  LORDE 
 had  commaunded  by  Moses,  to  be  made. 
 
 And  Moses  saide  vnto  the  childre  of  Israel : 
 "Beholde,  y  LORDE  hath  called  by  name 
 Bezaleel  y  sonne  of  Vri,  y  sonne  of  Hur  of 
 the  trybe  of  luda,  5  hath  fylled  him  with  the 
 sprete  of  God,  that  he  maye  haue  wyszdome, 
 vnderstondinge,  5  knowlege  for  all  maner  of 
 worke,  to  worke  connyngly  in  golde,  syluer  5 
 brasse,  to  graue  precious  stones  (t  to  set  them, 
 to  carue  in  wodd,  to  make  all  maner  of  con- 
 nynge  workes,  and  hath  geue  instruccion  in 
 his  hert,  both  him  and  Ahaliab  the  sonne  of 
 Ahisamach  of  f  trybe  of  Dan.  These  hath 
 he  fylled  with  wyszdome  of  hert,  to  make  all 
 maner  of  worke,  to  carue,  to  broder,  to  worke 
 with  nedle  worke,  with  yalow  sylke,  scarlet, 
 purple  and  whyte  sylke,  and  with  weeuynge 
 to  make  all  maner  of  worke,  and  to  deuyse 
 connynge  workes. 
 
 Cijt  mbi.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THEN  wrought  Bezaleel  5  AhaUab  5  aU 
 the  wyse  herted  men,  vnto  whom  the 
 LORDE  had  geuen  wyszdome  5  vnderstond- 
 inge to  knowe,   how  they  shulde   make    all 
 
 maner  worke  for  the  seruyce  of  the  Sanctuary, 
 acordinge  vnto  all  y  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded. And  Moses  called  for  Bezaleel  5 
 Ahaliab,  (j  all  the  wyse  herted  men,  vnto 
 whom  the  LORDE  had  geuen  wyszdome  in 
 their  hertes,  namely,  all  soch  as  wyllingly 
 oiFred  them  selues  there,  j  came  to  laboure 
 in  the  worke.  And  they  receaued  of  Moses 
 all  the  Heue  ofFerynges,  that  the  childi-en  of 
 Israel  had  brought  for  the  worke  of  the  ser- 
 uyce of  the  Sanctuary,  that  it  might  be  made : 
 (I  euery  morninge  brought  they  their  wiDinge 
 offerynges  vnto  him. 
 
 Then  came  all  the  wyse  men  y  wrought  in 
 the  worke  of  the  Sanctuary,  euery  one  fro 
 his  worke  that  he  made,  u  sayde  vnto  Moses : 
 The  people  bryngeth  to  moch,  more  the  nede 
 is  for  the  worke  of  this  seruice,  which  the 
 LORDE  hath  comaunded  to  make.  The 
 commaunded  Moses,  that  it  shulde  be  pro- 
 clamed  thorow  out  the  boost :  No  man  brynge 
 more  to  the  Heue  offerynge  of  the  Sanctuary. 
 Then  were  the  people  forbydden  to  brynge : 
 for  there  was  stuff  ynough  for  all  maner  of 
 worke,  that  was  to  be  made,  and  to  moch. 
 
 So  all  f  wyse  herted  men  amonge  the  y 
 *  wrought  in  y  worke  of  the  Habitacion,  made 
 ten  curtaynes  of  whyte  twyned  sylke,  yalow 
 sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  with  Cherubyns  of 
 broderd  worke.  The  legth  of  one  curtayne 
 was  eight  and  twentye  cubites,  and  the  bredth 
 foure  cubites,  5  were  all  of  one  measure :  j  he 
 coupled  the  curtaynes  fyue  5  fyue  together 
 one  to  the  other. 
 
 And  made  yalow  loupes  a  longe  by  y  edge 
 of  euery  curtayne,  where  they  shulde  be  cou- 
 pled together:  fiftie  loupes  vpo  euery  curtayne, 
 wherby  one  might  be  coupled  to  another. 
 And  made  fiftie  buttons  of  golde,  and  with  the 
 buttons  he  coupled  the  curtaynes  together  one 
 to  the  other,  that  it  might  be  one  couerynge. 
 
 "  And  he  made  xj.  curtaynes  of  goates  hayre 
 (for  the  tent  ouer  the  habitacion)  of  thirtie 
 cubytes  longe,  5  foure  cubytes  brode,  all  of 
 one  measure,  5  coupled  fyue  together  by  them 
 selues,  and  sixe  by  them  selues,  5  made  fiftie 
 loupes  a  longe  by  ;y^  edge  of  euery  curtayne, 
 wherby  they  might  be  coupled  together,  5 
 made  fiftie  buttons  of  brasse,  to  couple  y  tent 
 together  withaU.  And  made  ouer  y  tent  a 
 couerynge  of  reed  skynnes  of  rammes,  and 
 ouer  that  a  couerynge  of  Doo  skynnes 
 
Cf)ap.  OTbij* 
 
 CI)^  ij.  bokt  of  ifUises. 
 
 jTo*  I):F>:bij. 
 
 And  made  stondinge  hordes  for  the  Habi- 
 tacion,  "of  Fyrre  tre,  euery  one  ten  cuhytes 
 longe,  and  a  cubyte  and  a  half  brode,  (j  two 
 fete  vnto  euery  one,  wherby  one  might  be 
 ioyned  to  another :  that  on  the  south  syde  there 
 stode  twentye  of  the  same  hordes :  and  made 
 fourtye  syluer  sokettes  there  vnder,  vnder 
 euery  borde  two  sokettes  for  his  two  fete.  In 
 Uke  maner  for  the  other  syde  of  the  Habi- 
 tacion  towarde  the  north,  he  made  twentye 
 hordes  also  with  fourtye  syluer  sokettes,  vnder 
 euery  borde  two  sokettes:  But  behynde  the 
 Habitaeion  vpon  the  west  syde,  he  made  sixe 
 hordes,  and  two  other  for  the  corners  of  the 
 Habitaeion  behynde,  that  either  of  them  both 
 might  be  ioyned  with  his  corner  borde  from 
 vnder  vp,  and  aboue  vpon  the  heade  to  come 
 together  with  a  clampe  :  so  that  there  were 
 eight  hordes,  and  sixtene  sokettes  of  syluer, 
 vnder  euery  one  two  sokettes. 
 
 And  he  made  barres  of  Fyrre  tre,  fyue  for 
 the  hordes  vpon  the  one  syde  of  the  Ha- 
 bitaeion, and  fyue  vpon  the  other  syde,  and 
 fyue  behynde  towarde  the  west:  and  made  the 
 barres  to  shute  thorow  the  hordes,  from  the 
 one  ende  to  the  other,  and  ouerlayde  the 
 hordes  with  golde.  But  their  rynges  made 
 he  of  golde  for  the  barres,  and  ouerlayde  y 
 barres  with  golde. 
 
 And  made  Cherubyns  vpon  the  hangynge 
 with  broderd  worke,  of  yalow  sylke,  scarlet, 
 purple,  (t  whyte  twyned  sylke.  And  made  for 
 the  same,  foure  pilers  of  Fyrre  tre,  and  ouer- 
 layed  them  with  golde,  and  their  knoppes  of 
 golde,  and  cast  foure  sokettes  of  syluer  for  them. 
 
 And  made  an  hanginge  in  the  Tabernacle 
 dore,  of  yalow  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  and  whyte 
 twyned  sylke,  of  nedle  worke,  and  fyue  pilers 
 therto  with  their  knoppes  (3  ouerlayed  their 
 knoppes  and  whopes  with  golde)  and  fyue 
 sokettes  of  hrasse  there  to. 
 
 W^t  vrrbij-  Cijaptrr. 
 
 AND  Bezaleel  made  the  Arke  of  Fyrre 
 tre,  *two  cubites  and  a  half  loge,  a 
 cubyte  and  a  half  brode,  and  a  cubyte  cj  a  half 
 hye,  and  ouerlayed  it  with  fyne  golde  within 
 and  without,  and  made  a  crowne  of  golde  vnto 
 it  rounde  aboute,  and  cast  for  it  foure  rynges 
 of  golde  to  the  foure  corners  of  it,  vpon  euery 
 syde  two.  And  made  staues  of  Fyrre  tre, 
 and  ouerlayed  the  with  golde,  and  put  them 
 in  the  rynges  a  longe  by  f  sydes  of  the  Arke, 
 to  beare  it  withall. 
 
 And  he  made  y  Mercyseate  of  pure  golde 
 two  cuhytes  and  a  half  longe,  and  a  cubite 
 and  a  half  brode,  5  made  two  Cherubyns  of 
 fyne  beaten  golde  vpon  the  two  endes  of  the 
 Mercyseate :  One  Cherub  vpon  the  one  ende, 
 and  the  other  Cherub  vpon  the  other  ende: 
 and  the  Cherubyns  spredde  out  their  wynges 
 aboue  an  hye,  and  couered  y  Mercyseate  ther 
 with :  and  their  faces  stode  one  ouer  agaynst 
 the  other,  and  loked  vnto  the  Mercyseate. 
 
 And  he  made  ;y^  table,  of  Fyrre  tre,  two 
 cuhytes  longe,  "^a  cubyte  brode,  and  a  cubyte 
 (t  a  half  hye,  and  ouerlayed  it  with  fjTie  golde, 
 and  made  therto  a  crowne  of  golde  rounde 
 aboute,  and  made  vnto  it  an  whoope  of  an 
 hande  bredth  hye,  and  made  a  crowne  of  golde 
 rounde  aboute  the  whoope.  And  for  it  he 
 cast  foure  golde  rynges,  5  put  them  in  the 
 foure  corners  by  the  fete  harde  by  the  whoope, 
 that  the  staues  might  be  therin,  to  beare  the 
 table  withall :  5  made  the  staues  of  Fyrre  tre, 
 and  ouerlayed  the  with  golde,  to  beare  the 
 staues  withall.  And  the  vessels  vpon  the 
 table  made  he  also  of  fyne  golde  :  the  disshes, 
 spones,  flat  peces  and  pottes,  to  poure  in  and 
 out  withall. 
 
 And  he  made  the  candilsticke  of  fyne  beat- 
 en golde,  ''where  vpon  was  the  shaft  with 
 brauches,  cuppes,  knoppes,  5  floures.  Sixe 
 braunches  proceaded  out  of  y  sydes  therof, 
 vpon  either  syde  thre  brauches :  vpo  euery 
 braiich  were  thre  cuppes  like  allmodes,  with 
 knoppes  and  floures.  Vpon  the  candilsticke 
 self  were  foure  cuppes  with  knoppes  and 
 floures,  vnder  euery  two  brauches  a  knoppe. 
 The  knoppes  5  braunches  therof  proceaded 
 out  of  it,  and  were  all  one  pece  of  fyne 
 beaten  golde.  And  he  made  the  seuen  lampes 
 with  their  snoffers  (t  outquenchers  of  pure 
 golde.  Of  an  hiidreth  weight  of  golde  made 
 he  it,  and  all  the  apparell  thereof. 
 
 He  made  also  the  altare  of  incense,  of  Fyrre 
 tre,  a  cubyte  longe  and  brode,  eauen  foure 
 squared,  and  two  cuhytes  hye  %vith  the  homes 
 of  it,  and  ouerlayed  it  with  fyne  golde,  the 
 toppe  and  the  sydes  of  it  rounde  aboute,  and 
 the  homes  therof,  and  made  a  crowne  vnto  it 
 rounde  aboute  of  pure  golde,  3  two  golde 
 rynges  vnder  the  crowne  on  both  the  sydes, 
 to  put  the  staues  therin,  and  to  beare  it 
 withall :  hut  the  staues  made  he  of  Fyrre  tre, 
 and  ouerlayed  them  with  golde. 
 
 "  Exo.  26.  c.     »  Exo.  25.  b.     '  Exo.  25.  c.     ''  Eio.  25.  a. 
 
fo,  Ini^iih 
 
 €i)t  ij.  hokt  of  ilTosesi. 
 
 C&ap.  jDrbiij. 
 
 And  he  made  the  holy  anoyntinge  oyle,  a. 
 the  incense  of  pure  spyces,  after  f  craft  of  the 
 Apotecary. 
 
 Ei)t  m^»)-  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  the  altare  of  bumtofftynges  made 
 he  of  Fyrre  tre,  "  fyue  cubytes  loge  5 
 brode,  eauen  foure  squared,  s  thre  cubites 
 hye.  And  made  foure  homes,  which  pro- 
 ceaded  out  of  the  foure  comers  therof,  and 
 ouerlaied  it  with  brasse.  And  he  made  all 
 maner  of  vessels  for  the  altare,  cauldrons, 
 shouels,  basens,  fleshokes,  and  colepannes  all 
 of  brasse.  And  vnto  the  altare  he  made  a 
 brasen  gredyron  of  net  worke  rounde  aboute, 
 from  vnder  vp  vnto  the  myddest  of  the  altare, 
 d  cast  foure  rynges  in  the  foure  comers  of  the 
 brasen  gredyron,  for  the  staues :  which  he 
 made  of  Fyrre  tre,  and  ouerlayed  them  with 
 brasse,  and  put  them  in  the  rynges  by  the 
 sydes  of  the  altare,  to  beare  it  \vithall,  and 
 made  it  holowe  with  bordes. 
 
 And  he  made  the  Lauer  of  brasse,  5  his  fote 
 also  of  brasse  vpon  the  place  of  y  boost,  that  laye 
 before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse. 
 
 And  he  made  the  courte  on  f  south  syde : 
 hangynges  an  hundreth  cubytes  longe,  of 
 whyte  twyned  sylke,  with  the  twetye  pilers 
 therof,  and  twentye  sokettes  of  brasse :  but 
 the  knoppes  and  whopes  of  syluer.  In  like 
 maner  vpon  the  north  syde  an  hundreth  cu- 
 bytes with  twentye  pilers,  and  twentye  sokettes 
 of  brasse,  but  their  knoppes  3  whoopes  of 
 syluer.  Vpon  the  west  syde  fiftie  cubytes 
 with  ten  pilers  and  te  sokettes,  but  their 
 knoppes  and  whoopes  of  syluer.  Vpon  the 
 East  syde  fiftie  cubytes.  Fiftene  cubytes  vpon 
 either  syde  of  the  courte  dore,  with  thre  pilers 
 and  thre  sokettes :  So  that  all  the  hanginges 
 of  the  courte  were  of  whyte  twyned  sylke,  and 
 the  sokettes  of  the  pilers  were  of  brasse,  5  their 
 knoppes  and  whoopes  of  syluer :  their  heades 
 were  ouerlayed  with  syluer,  5  all  the  pilers  of 
 the  courte  were  whooped  aboute  with  syluer. 
 
 And  the  hangynge  in  f  courte  gate  made 
 he  with  nedle  worke,  of  yalowe  sylke,  scarlet, 
 purple,  d  whyte  twyned  sylke,  twentye  cubytes 
 longe,  5  fyue  cubytes  hye,  after  the  measure 
 of  the  hanginges  of  the  courte  :  foure  pilers 
 also  therto,  %  foure  sokettes  of  brasse,  and 
 their  knoppes  of  syluer,  and  their  heades 
 ouerlayed,  and  their  whoopes  of  syluer.  And 
 all  the  nales  of  the  Habitacion  and  of  the 
 courte  rounde  aboute,  were  of  brasse. 
 
 This  is  now  the  summe  of  the  Habitacion 
 of  wytnesse  (which  was  counted  at  the  co- 
 maundemet  of  Moses  to  y  Gods  seruice  of 
 the  Leuites  vnder  the  hade  of  Ithamar  the 
 Sonne  of  Aaron  the  prest)  which  Bezaleel  the 
 sonne  of  Vri,  the  sonne  of  Hur  of  the  trybe 
 of  luda  made,  all  as  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded  Moses.  And  with  him  Ahaliab  f 
 sonne  of  Ahisamach  of  the  trybe  of  Dan,  a 
 connynge  grauer,  to  worke  nedle  worke,  with 
 yalow  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  (t  whyte  sylke. 
 
 All  the  golde  y  was  wrought  in  aU  this 
 worke  of  the  Sanctuary  (which  was  geuen  to 
 the  Waue  ofFerynge)  is  nyne  ij  twenty  hiidreth 
 weight,  seuen  hundreth  3  thirtie  Sycles,  after 
 f  Sycle  of  y  Sanctuary.  *  The  syluer  y  came 
 of  the  congregacion,  was  fyue  score  hundreth 
 weight,  a  thousande,  seuen  hundreth,  fyue  and 
 seuentye  Sycles,  after  y  Sycle  of  the  Sanc- 
 tuary :  so  many  heades  so  many  half  Sycles. 
 after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary,  of  all  that 
 were  nombred  from  twentye  yeare  olde  and 
 aboue,  euen  sixe  hundreth  thousande,  thre 
 thousande,  fyue  hundreth  and  fiftye. 
 
 Of  the  fyue  score  hundreth  weight  of  syluer, 
 were  cast  the  sokettes  of  the  Sanctuary,  and 
 the  sokettes  of  the  vayle,  an  hiidreth  sokettes 
 of  the  fyue  score  hundreth  weight,  an  hundreth 
 weight  to  euery  sokett.  Of  the  thousande. 
 seuen  hundreth  and  fyue  and  seuentye  Sycles 
 were  made  the  knoppes  of  the  pilers  (and 
 their  heades  ouerlayed)  and  their  whoopes. 
 
 As  for  the  Waue  ofFerynge  of  brasse,  it  was 
 seuentye  hundreth  weight,  two  thousande  and 
 foure  hundreth  Sycles :  Wherof  were  made 
 the  sokettes  in  the  dore  of  the  Tabemacle  of 
 wytnesse,  and  the  brasen  altare,  and  the 
 brasen  gredyron  therto,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
 the  altare,  and  the  sokettes  of  y  courte  rounde 
 aboute,  and  the  sokettes  of  ;y-  courte  gate,  all 
 f  nales  of  the  Habitacion,  5  all  f  nales  of  f 
 courte  rounde  aboute. 
 
 Wtft  jyxiy-  Cl^apttr. 
 
 OF  the  yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  5  purple,  they 
 *  made  Aarons  mynistringe  vestimentes, 
 to  do  seruyce  in  the  Sanctuary,  as  f  LORDE 
 comaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  he  made  the  ouer  body  cote,  of  golde, 
 yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  j  whyte  twyned 
 sylke,  and  bett  the  golde  in  to  thinne  plates, 
 and   cut   it   in   to   wyres,   that   it  might  be 
 
 '  Exo.  27.  a.  2  Par.  1.  a.       •  Exo.  30.  b.       '  Exo.  S8.  a. 
 
Cftap.  miv* 
 
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 ffo.  Ivrnv^ 
 
 wrought  amonge  the  yalowe  sylke,  scarlet, 
 purple  and  whyte  sylke,  5  made  it  so,  that  y 
 ouerbody  cote  came  together  by  the  edges 
 on  both  the  sydes.  And  his  gyrdel  was  after 
 the  same  craft  5  worke :  eue  of  golde,  yalowe 
 sylke,  scarlet,  purple  and  whyte  twyned  sylke, 
 as  the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  they  wrought  two  Onix  stones,  set 
 rounde  aboute  with  golde,  grauen  by  the  stone 
 grauer  with  the  names  of  the  childre  of  Israel : 
 and  fastened  them  vpo  the  shulders  of  the 
 ouerbody  cote,  that  they  might  be  stones  of 
 remebraunce  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  as 
 the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  they  made  the  brestlappe  after  the 
 craft  5  worke  of  the  ouerbody  cote :  of  golde, 
 yalowe  sylke,  scarlet,  purple,  (s  whyte  twyned 
 sylke,  so  that  it  was  foure  square  d  dubble,  an 
 hande  bredth  longe  and  brode,  and  fylled  it 
 ^vith  foure  rowes  of  stones.  The  first  rowe 
 :  a  Sardis,  a  Topas,  and  a  Smaragde. 
 The  secode  :  a  Ruby,  a  Saphyre,  and  a  Dya- 
 monde.  The  thirde :  a  Ligurios,  an  Achat, 
 and  an  Amatist.  The  fourth :  a  Turcas,  an 
 Onix  5  a  laspis :  closed  rounde  aboute  with 
 golde  in  all  the  rowes.  And  the  stones  stode 
 after  the  twolue  names  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  grauen  by  the  stone  grauer,  euery  one 
 with  his  name,  acordinge  to  the  twolue  trybes. 
 And  vpon  the  brestlappe  they  made  wrythen 
 cheynes  of  pure  golde,  and  two  hokes  of 
 le,  d  two  golde  rynges,  and  fastened  the 
 two  rynges  vpon  the  two  edges  of  the  brest- 
 lappe :  and  y  two  wrythen  cheynes  put  they 
 in  the  two  rynges  vpon  the  corners  of  the 
 brestlappe.  But  the  two  endes  of  f  wrethen 
 cheynes  put  they  to  the  two  hokes,  j  fastened 
 them  vpon  the  corners  of  the  ouer  body  cote, 
 one  ouer  agaynst  another. 
 
 And  they  made  two  other  rynges  of  golde, 
 fastened  them  to  the  other  two  corners  of 
 the  brestlappe  by  the  edge  of  it,  that  it  might 
 hange  vpon  the  out  syde  of  the  ouerbody  cote. 
 And  they  made  yet  two  other  golde  rynges, 
 which  they  put  beneth  vpon  the  two  corners  of 
 the  ouerbody  cote,  one  ouer  agaynst  another, 
 where  the  ouerbody  cote  ioyneth  together,  that 
 the  brestlappe  might  be  festened  by  his  rynges 
 vnto  f  rynges  of  the  ouerbody  cote  with  a 
 yalowe  lace,  that  it  might  lye  close  vpon  f 
 ouerbody  cote,  and  not  be  lowsed  from  f  ouer- 
 body cote,  as  the  LO  RDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 And  he  made  the  tunycle  vnto  the  ouer- 
 
 body cote,  wrought  all  of  yalow  sylke,  g  the 
 hole  therof  aboue  in  the  myddest,  (j  a  bonde 
 folde  together  rounde  aboute  the  hole,  that  it 
 shulde  not  rente.  And  beneth  vpon  f  hemme 
 of  it,  they  made  pomgranates  of  yalow  sylke, 
 scarlet,  purple,  5  whyte  twyned  sylke  :  %  they 
 made  belles  of  pure  golde,  which  they  put  be- 
 twixte  y^  pomgranates  rounde  aboute  vpon  the 
 hemme  of  the  tunycle,  a  bell  j  a  pomgranate, 
 a  bell  (J  a  pomgranate  rounde  aboute,  to  do  ser- 
 uyce  in,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  they  made  albes  also  wrought  of  whyte 
 sylke  for  Aaron  5  his  sonnes,  (j  y  myter  of 
 whyte  sylke,  and  the  goodly  bonettes  of  whyte 
 sylke,  and  breches  of  twyned  whyte  lynnen, 
 and  the  girdle  of  nedle  worke  euen  of  whyte 
 twyned  sylke,  yalow  sylke,  scarlet,  and  purple, 
 as  the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 
 They  made  the  fore  heade  plate  also  to  y 
 holy  cro\vne,  of  pure  golde,  and  wrote  therin 
 with  grauen  worke:  theholynesof  the  LORDE, 
 and  festened  a  yalowe  lace  theron,  to  tye  it 
 vnto  the  myter  aboue,  as  the  LORDE  co- 
 maunded Moses. 
 
 Thus  the  whole  worke  of  y  Habitacion  of  y 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  was  fynished.  And 
 the  childre  of  Israel  dyd  all  that  the  LORDE 
 comaunded  Moses,  5  brought  the  Habitacion 
 vnto  Moses :  the  Tabernacle  5  all  the  apparell 
 therof,  the  buttons,  hordes,  barres,  pilers, 
 sokettes,  f  couerynge  of  reed  skynnes  of 
 rammes,  the  couerynge  of  doo  skynnes,  j  the 
 vayle,  y  Arke  of  wytnesse  with  the  staues 
 therof,  the  Mercyseate,  the  table  5  all  his 
 appareU,  (j  the  shewbred,  the  candilsticke, 
 with  the  lampes  prepared,  and  all  his  apparell, 
 (I  oyle  for  the  lightes,  the  golden  altare,  the 
 anoyntinge  oyle  5  incense,  the  hanginge  in  the 
 Tabernacle  dore,  the  brasen  altare,  5  his 
 brasen  gredyron  with  his  staues,  5  all  his 
 apparell,  y  lauer  with  his  foote,  the  hangynges 
 of  y  courte  with  the  pilers  j  sokettes  therof, 
 y  hanginge  in  the  courte  gate  with  his  pilers  5 
 nales,  5  all  the  ordynaunce  for  the  seruyce  of 
 the  Habitacion  of  y  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse, 
 y  mynistringe  vestimetes  of  Aaro  y  prest,  to 
 do  seruyce  in  y  Sanctuary,  5  the  garmetes  of 
 his  sonnes,  y  they  might  execute  y  prestes 
 office.  Acordinge  to  all  that  y  LORDE 
 comaunded  Moses,  eue  so  dyd  the  childre  of 
 Israel  in  all  this  seruyce.  And  Moses  sawe 
 all  f  worke,  y  they  dyd  it  eue  as  ;y  LORDE 
 haci  commaunded,  and  he  blessed  them. 
 
So,  vt. 
 
 Cf)r  ih  bofee  of  iHo^rsi. 
 
 Cfjap.  vl 
 
 Cljc  rl.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  In  the  fyrst  daye  of  the  first 
 moneth  shalt  thou  set  vp  y  Habitacio  of  f 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  shal  put  the 
 Arke  of  wytnes  therin,  and  hange  the  vayle 
 before  y  Arke.  And  thou  shalt  bringe  in  the 
 table,  and  garnish  it,  and  brynge  in  the  ciidil- 
 sticke,  and  put  the  lampes  theron.  And  f 
 golde  altare  of  incense  shalt  thou  set  before  y 
 Arke  of  wytnesse,  (j  hange  vp  the  hanginge  in 
 the  dore  of  the  Habitacio.  But  the  altare  of 
 burntofFeringes  shalt  thou  set  before  the  dore 
 of  the  Habitacion  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wyt- 
 nesse :  (J  the  lauer  betwixte  the  Tabernacle 
 of  wytnesse  and  the  altare,  and  put  water 
 therin,  5  set  the  courte  rounde  aboute,  and 
 hange  vp  the  hanginge  in  the  courte  gate. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  take  the  anoyntynge  oyle, 
 and  anoynte  the  Habitacion  and  all  that  is 
 there  in,  *and  shalt  consecrate  it,  and  all  ;y 
 apparell  therof,  that  it  maye  be  holy.  And 
 thou  shalt  anoynte  the  altare  of  burntoffer- 
 ynges  and  all  his  vessels,  and  consecrate  it, 
 that  it  niaye  be  most  holy.  The  lauer  also  5 
 his  fote  shalt  thou  anoynte  (j  consecrate. 
 
 "And  thou  shalt  brynge  Aaron  5  his  sonnes 
 vnto  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse, 
 and  wash  them  with  water,  5  put  the  holy 
 vestimentes  vpon  Aaron,  and  anoynte  him, 
 and  consecrate  him,  that  he  maye  be  my  prest. 
 And  thou  shalt  brynge  his  sonnes  also,  and 
 put  the  albes  vpon  them,  and  anoynte  them, 
 as  thou  hast  anoynted  their  father,  y  they 
 maye  be  my  prestes.  And  this  anoyntinge 
 shall  they  haue  for  an  euerlastinge  presthode 
 amonge  their  posterities.  +And  Moses  dyd 
 all  as  the  LORDE  comaunded  him. 
 
 'Thus  was  the  Tabernacle  set  vp  in  the 
 seconde  yeare  vpon  the  first  daye  of  the  first 
 moneth.  And  whan  Moses  reared  it  vp,  he 
 fastened  y  sokettes  and  the  hordes,  and  barres, 
 and  set  vp  the  pilers,  and  spred  out  the  tent 
 oner  the  Habitacion,  and  put  the  couerynge  of 
 the  tent  aboue  an  hye,  as  the  LORDE  com- 
 niaunded  him.  And  he  toke  the  wytnesse,  and 
 layed  it  in  the  Arke,  and  put  f  staues  in  the 
 Arke,  and  set  the  Mercyseate  aboue  vpon  the 
 
 •  Exo.  30.  c.  »  Exo.  29.  a.  t  Nu.  7.  a. 
 
 Arke,  and  brought  the  Arke  in  to  the  Habita- 
 cion, and  hanged  the  vayle  before  the  Arke  of 
 wytnesse,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 And  he  set  the  table  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  in  the  corner  of  the  Habitacion 
 vpon  the  north  syde  without  the  vayle,  and 
 prepared  bred  theron  before  y  LORDE  *as 
 the  LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 And  he  set  in  the  candilsticke  also,  euen 
 ouer  agaynst  the  table,  in  the  corner  of  the 
 Habitacion  vpon  the  south  syde,  and  put  the 
 lampes  theron  before  y  LORDE,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  him.  And  the  golden 
 altare  set  he  in  also  before  the  vayle,  and 
 brent  swete  incense  theron,  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  him.  And  hanged  vp  the 
 hangynge  in  the  Tabernacle  dore.  As  for 
 the  altare  of  burntofferynges,  he  set  it  before 
 the  dore  of  the  Habitacion  of  y  Tabernacle 
 of  wytnesse,  and  offred  burntofferynges  and 
 meate  offerynges  theron,  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  him. 
 
 'And  the  Lauer  set  he  betwixte  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse  and  y  altare,  and  put  water 
 therin  to  wash  withall.  And  Moses,  Aaron 
 and  his  sonnes  washed  their  hades  and  fete 
 ther  at :  for  they  ought  to  wash  the,  whan 
 they  wente  in  to  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse, 
 or  whan  they  wente  vnto  the  altare,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 And  he  set  vp  the  courte  rounde  aboute 
 the  Habitacion  and  the  altare,  and  hanged  vp 
 f  hanginge  in  y  courte  gate.  Thus  Moses 
 fynished  the  whole  worke. 
 
 Then  a  cloude  couered  f  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  and  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  fylled 
 the  Habitacion.  And  Moses  coulde  not  go 
 in  to  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  whyle  the 
 cloude  abode  theron,  and  the  glory  of  y 
 LORDE  fylled  the  Habitacion. 
 
 And  whan  the  cloude  remoued  from  the 
 Habitacion,  then  wente  the  children  of  Israel 
 forth,  as  oft  as  they  toke  their  iourney.  But 
 yf  the  cloude  remoued  not,  then  toke  not  they 
 their  iourney,  tyll  the  daie  that  it  remoued : 
 for  in  the  daye  ty^ne  was  the  cloude  of  the 
 LORDE  vpon  the  Habitacion,  (j  in  the  night 
 season  was  fyre  therin,  in  y  sight  of  all  y 
 house  of  Israel,  in  all  their  ioumeis. 
 
 »  Num.  9.  c.  t  Exo.  25.  c.  '  Exo.  30.  c. 
 
 €l)t  mtit  of  tfee  montit  bofec  of  i¥lo6fS,  rnlkti  (iPjrotiusj. 
 
callctr  lletttttcu0. 
 
 Cljap.  I. 
 
 The  ordre  and  vse  of  burntofferynges,  whether  it 
 be  of  small  or  greate  catell,  or  of  foules. 
 
 Cl^ap.  II. 
 Of  meatofferynges  with  fyne  floure,  (jc. 
 
 Cljap.  III. 
 
 Of  deedofTerynges,  otherwyse  called  health- 
 offrynges,  peace  offrynges,  or  thakofferynges, 
 and  of  the  fatt. 
 
 C]&ap.  nil. 
 
 The  offringe  for  the  sinne  of  a  prest,  of  the  whole 
 congregacion,  of  the  ruler,  or  of  eny  other 
 meane  man. 
 
 Cijap.   V. 
 The  offerynge  for  swearinge,  for  an  erroure  or 
 ignoraunce. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 Of  daylie  burntofferynges   5   other   oblacions  : 
 The  offerynge  of  the  prest  in  the  daye  of  his 
 anoyntinge. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 Of  thankofferynges.     Of  the  fat  (j  bloude,  and 
 of  the  anoyntinge  of  the  prestes. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. 
 Of  the  anoyntinge  and  consecratynge  of  Aaron 
 and  of  his  sonnes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 
 How  Aaron  and  his  sonnes  offred  for  synne,  (j 
 how  the  fyre  of  God  consumed  the  burnt- 
 offerynge. 
 
 Cljap.   X. 
 The  death  of  Nadab  (t  Abihu.     The  prestes  were 
 forbydden  to  drynke  wyne,  and  their  porcion 
 of  the  offerynges  appoynted  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XI. 
 
 Of  cleane  and  vncleane  beastes  5  foules. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 Of  the  vnclennesse  of  a  woman  in  childe  bedd,  of 
 hir  clensynge  or  purificacion  (j  of  hir  offerynge. 
 
 CI)ap.  XIII. 
 Of  Leprosy  or  Mezell. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XIIII. 
 The  clesynge  of  lepers,  and  of  their  offerynge. 
 
 CI)ap.  XV. 
 Of  all  maner  of  vncleane  flu.\es  or  yssues,  both 
 of  men  and  wemen. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 
 Aaro  might  not  allwaie  go  in  to  the  Sanctuary. 
 Of  the  two  goates.  Of  fastinge  in  the  seuenth 
 moneth.  v 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVII. 
 All  offrynges  were  first  brought  to  the  Taber- 
 nacle dore.     No  bloude  ner  deed  caryon  was 
 to  be  eaten.  j 
 
 Cljap.    XVIII. 
 The  degrees  of  consanguynite  and  affynite:  And 
 what  wemen  men  ouglit  not  to  marye. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIX. 
 
 Dyuerse  and  many  commaundemetes  and  statutes. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XX. 
 To   geue  sede   vnto  Moloch,    (t    other  vnlaufuU 
 thinges  are  forbydden. 
 
jfo.  nih 
 
 Cl)e  ii),  bofee  of  iflosiref. 
 
 CJ)ap.  u 
 
 CI)ap.  XXI. 
 How  cleane  and  vndefyled  the  prestes  ought  to 
 Ivue. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXII. 
 How  the  prestes  and  their  housholdes  ought  to 
 be:  J  how  the  offerynges  ought  to  be  vsed. 
 
 C{)ap.  XXIII. 
 Of  the  holy  dayes  and  hye  feastes  :  namely,  the 
 Sabbath,    Easter,    Whyt   sondaye   (otherwise 
 called  the  feast  of  wekes)  the  feast  of  Taber- 
 nacles, (JC. 
 
 Ct)ap.  XXIIII. 
 Of  the  oyle  for  the   lampes  and  lightes.      Of 
 the  shewbred.     Punyshment  for  cursynge  and 
 blasphemy. 
 
 €i)ap.  XXV. 
 Of  the  rest  of  the  seuenth  yeare,  (j  libertye  of 
 tlie  Fiftieth  yeare,  otherwyse  called  the  yeare 
 of  lubylie,  the  yeare  of  homes  blowinge,  or 
 the  trompet  yeare. 
 
 Cljap.   XXVI 
 Swete  (J  louynge  promyses  of  God   for  all  soch 
 as  wyl  kepe  his  commaundemetes  :  Agayne, 
 Maruelous  sore   plages    are   threatened    vnto 
 them,  that  wyll  not  harken  to  his  worde. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXVII. 
 
 Of  vowes,  and  of  the  fre  yeare.  Of  rederaynge 
 or  lowsynge  out  agayne  of  catell  or  londe, 
 that  a  man  prorayseth,  voweth  or  dedicateth 
 vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 E^e  Stit  €l)apter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  called  Moses,*  and 
 spake  vnto  him  out  of  y  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  and  sayde :  Speake  vnto  y  childre 
 of  Israel,  5  sale  vnto  them:  Who  so  euer 
 amoge  you  wyl  brynge  an  ofFerynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  let  him  brynge  it  of  y  catell,  euen 
 of  the  oxen,  g  of  the  shape. 
 
 Yf  he  wyl  brynge  a  burntoffery-iige  of  y 
 oxen  (or  greate  catell)  the  let  him  offre  a 
 male  without  blemysh,  before  f  dore  of  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  to  reconcyle  him  self 
 before  the  LORDE,t  let  him  laye  his  hande 
 vpon  the  heade  of  the  bumtofFerynge,  then 
 shal  he  be  reconcyled,  so  y  God  shalbe  mer- 
 cifuU  vnto  him. 
 
 And  he  shall  kyll  the  yonge  oxe  before  f 
 LORDE :  and  y  prestes  Aarons  sonnes  shal 
 brynge  the  bloude,  and  sprenkle  it  rounde 
 aboute  vpon  the  altare,  that  is  before  the  dore  of 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  the  skyaine 
 shalbe  flayne  from  of  the  bumtofFerynge,  and 
 it  shalbe  hewen  in  peces.  And  the  sonnes  of 
 Aaron  the  prest  shal  make  a  fyre  vpon  the 
 altare,  and  laye  wod  aboue  theron:  and  y 
 peces,  the  heade,  and  the  fatt  shal  they  laye 
 vpon  the  wodd  that  lyeth  ^^on  y  fyre  on  the 
 altare.  But  y  bowels  5  legges  shal  be  waszshen 
 with  water,  and  the  prest  shal  burne  allto- 
 gether  vpon  the  altare  for  a  bumtsacrifice : 
 
 •  Exo.  29.  g.  t  Exo.  29.  b.      Leui.  3.  a. 
 
 this  is  an  ofFerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Yf  he  wyl  ofFre  a  bumtsacrifice  of  the  small 
 catell,  that  is,  of  the  lambes  or  goates,  then 
 let  him  ofFre  a  male  without  a  blemysh.  And 
 he  shall  kyU  it  before  the  LORDE,  euen  at 
 the  comer  of  the  altare  on  the  north  syde 
 before  y  LORDE.  And  (the  prestes)  Aarons 
 sonnes  shal  sprenkle  his  bloude  rounde  aboute 
 vpon  y-  altare,  and  it  shal  be  hewen  in  peces. 
 And  the  prest  shall  laye  them  with  the  heade 
 and  the  fatt,  vpon  the  wodd  that  lyeth  \'pon 
 the  fyre  on  the  altare.  But  the  bowels  and 
 y'  legges  shal  be  waszshen  with  water.  And 
 y  prest  shal  offre  it  alltogether,  and  bume  it 
 vpon  y  altare  for  a  bumtsacrifice.  This  is  an 
 ofFerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  yf  he  wil  offre  a  bumtsacrifice  of  y 
 foules  vnto  the  LORDE,  then  let  him  ofFre  it 
 of  the  turtill  doues  or  of  y  yonge  pigeons. 
 And  the  prest  shal  brynge  it  vnto  the  altare, 
 and  wrynge  the  neck  of  it  a  sunder,  that  it 
 maye  be  burnt  vpon  the  altare,  and  let  the 
 bloude  of  it  runne  out  \'pon  the  sydes  of  the 
 altare,  and  the  croppe  of  it  with  the  fethers 
 shalbe  cast  vpon  the  heape  of  aszshes  besyde 
 the  altare  towarde  the  east,  and  he  shall 
 deuyde  the  wynges  of  it,  but  not  breaks  the 
 cleane  of.  And  thus  shall  the  prest  bume  it 
 vpon  the  altare,  euen  vpon  the  wodd  that 
 lyeth  vpo  the  fyre,  for  a  bumtsacrifice.  This 
 is  an  ofFerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
CI)ap.  lij. 
 
 €l)t  iij.  bokt  of  i¥losit£i. 
 
 jTo,  jrciij. 
 
 Ci^t  tj.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 WHAN  a  soule  wyll  ofire  a  meatoffer- 
 ynge  vnto  the  LORDE,"  then  shal  it 
 be  of  fyne  floure,  and  he  shal  poure  oyle  vpon 
 it,  and  put  frankencense  theron,  j  so  brynge 
 it  vnto  Aarons  sonnes  the  prestes.  Then 
 shal  one  of  them  take  his  handefull  of  the 
 same  floure,  and  oyle  with  all  the  frankecense, 
 and  burne  it  for  a  remembraunce  vpon  the 
 altare.  This  is  an  offeringe  of  a  swete  sauoure 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  *As  for  y  remnaunt  of 
 the  meatofferynge,  it  shdbe  Aarons  and  his 
 sonnes.  This  shalbe  y  most  holy  of  the 
 offerynges  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  yf  he  wyll  brynge  a  meatofferynge  of 
 that  which  is  baken  in  the  ouen,  then  let  him 
 take  swete  cakes  of  wheate,  mixta  with  oyle, 
 and  vnleuended  wafers  anoynted  with  oyle. 
 Neuertheles  yf  thy  meatofferynge  be  eny 
 thinge  of  that  which  is  fryed  in  the  panne, 
 then  shal  it  be  of  fyne  swete  floure  myxte 
 with  oyle :  And  thou  shalt  cut  it  in  peces,  (j 
 poure  oyle  theron:  so  is  it  a  meatofferynge. 
 But  yf  thy  meatofferinge  be  ought  broyled  on 
 the  gredyron,  then  shalt  thou  make  it  of  fyne 
 floure  with  oyle.  And  the  meatofferynge 
 that  thou  wilt  make  of  soch  thinges  for  the 
 LORDE,  shalt  thou  brynge  vnto  y  prest, 
 which  shal  brynge  it  vnto  the  altare,  5  shal 
 Heue  vp  the  same  meatofferynge  for  a  reme- 
 braunce,  and  burne  it  vpon  the  altare.  This 
 is  an  offerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  As  for  the  remnaunt,  it  shal  be 
 Aarons  and  his  sonnes.  This  shall  be  the 
 most  holy  of  the  offerynges  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 All  the  meatofferynges  that  ye  wil  offre 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  shal  ye  make  without  leue. 
 For  there  shal  no  leue  nor  hony  be  burnt  for 
 an  offerynge  vnto  the  LORDE.  But  for  the 
 offerynge  of  the  firsthnges  shal  ye  offer  the 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  Neuertheles  they  shal 
 come  vpon  no  altare  for  a  swete  sauoure. 
 
 All  thy  meatofferynges  shalt  thou  t  salt. 
 And  thy  meatofferynge  shal  neuer  be  with- 
 out f  salt  of  the  couenaunt  of  thy  God  :  for 
 in  all  thy  offerynges  shalt  thou  offre  salt. 
 
 But  yf  thou  wilt  offre  a  meatofferynge  of 
 the  first  frutes  vnto  y  LORDE,  then  shalt 
 thou  drye  that  which  is  grene,  by  the  fyre,  5 
 beate  it  small,  and  so  offre  the  meatofferynge 
 of  thy  first  frutes.      And  thou  shalt  put  oyle 
 
 "  Leui.  6.  b.  and  9.  c.     Nu.  15.  a.  •  Leui.  10.  d. 
 
 vpon  it,  and  laye  frankecense  theron,  so  is  it 
 a  meatofferynge.  And  then  shall  the  prest 
 beate  it,  and  burne  of  the  oyle  with  all  the 
 frankecense  for  a  remembraunce.  This  is  an 
 offerynge  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 W^t  ii].  Cl^apter. 
 
 BUT  yf  his  offerynge  be  a  deedofferinge 
 of  greate  catell  (whether  it  be  oxe  or 
 CO  we)  then  shal  he  offre  soch  as  is  without 
 blemysh  before  the  LORDE,  (j  shal  laie  his 
 hande  vpon  the  heade  of  it,  and  kyll  it  before 
 the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And 
 the  prestes  Aarons  sonnes,  shall  sprenkle  the 
 bloude  rounde  aboute  vpon  the  altare,  and  shal 
 offre  of  y  deadofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE : 
 namely,  all  the  fat  that  is  within,  and  the  two 
 kydneyes  with  the  fat  that  is  theron  vpon  the 
 loynes,  and  the  nett  on  the  leuer  vpo  the 
 kydneyes  also.  And  Aarons  sonnes  shal  burne 
 it  vpon  the  altare  for  a  burntofferynge,  euen 
 vpon  the  wod  that  lyeth  on  the  fyre.  This  is 
 an  offerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Yf  his  deadofferynge  be  of  small  catell, 
 whether  it  be  male  or  female,  it  shal  be  with- 
 out blemish  :  Yf  it  be  a  lambe,  then  shall  he 
 brynge  it  before  the  LORDE,  5  shal  laye  his 
 hande  vpon  the  heade  of  it,  and  sleye  it  before 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  Aarons 
 sonnes  shal  sprenkle  his  bloude  rounde  aboute 
 vpon  the  altare,  and  so  offre  of  the  dead- 
 offerynge vnto  the  LORDE :  namely,  the  fat 
 of  it,  all  the  rompe  with  the  backe,  and  the 
 fat  that  couereth  the  bowels,  with  all  y  fat 
 that  is  within,  and  the  two  kydneys  with  the 
 fat  that  is  theron  vpon  the  loynes,  5  the  nett 
 on  the  leuer  vpon  the  kydneys  also.  And 
 the  prest  shal  burne  it  vpon  the  altare,  for  f 
 meate  of  the  offerynge  vnto  y  LORDE. 
 
 But  yf  his  offeringe  be  a  goate,  and  bringeth 
 it  before  the  LORDE,  he  shal  laye  his  hande 
 vpon  the  heade  of  it,  and  kyll  it  before  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  Aarons  sonnes 
 shal  sprekle  the  bloude  rounde  aboute  vpo 
 the  altare,  5  shal  offer  therof  a  sacrifice  vnto 
 the  LORDE :  namely,  the  fat  y  couereth 
 the  bowels,  and  all  the  fat  y  is  within,  the 
 two  kydneys  with  the  fat  that  is  theron  vpon 
 the  loynes,  d  the  net  on  the  leuer  vpon  the 
 kydneys.     And  the  prest  shal  burne  it  vpo 
 
 t  Matt.  5.  b.      Marc.  9.  c.     Col.  4.  3. 
 
JTo.  vniij. 
 
 Cfte  lij.  ftofet  of  iWoSfS. 
 
 Cl;ap.  liij. 
 
 the  altare,  for  the  meate  of  the  sacrifice  to  a 
 swete  sauoure. 
 
 "  All  the  fatt  is  the  LORDES.  Let  this  be 
 a  perpetuall  lawe  amonge  youre  posterities  in 
 all  youre  dwellynges,  that  ye  eate  no  fatt, 
 *ner  bloude. 
 
 Clje  tit'j.  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  tt 
 sayde :  Speake  viito  the  childre  of  Israel, 
 and  saye :  Whan  a  soule  synneth  thorow 
 ignorauiice  in  any  comniaundemet  of  the 
 LORDE,  which  he  ought  not  to  do :  As 
 namely,  yf  a  prest  which  is  anoynted,  synne, 
 that  he  make  the  people  do  amysse,  he  shall 
 brynge  for  f  synne  that  he  hath  done,  a  yonge 
 buUocke  without  blemysh  vnto  the  LORDE 
 for  a  synofferynge.  *And  the  bullocke  shall 
 he  brynge  to  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse  before  the  LORDE,  5  laie  his  hade 
 vpo  his  heade,  5  kyll  him  before  f  LORDE 
 'And  y  prest  y  is  anoynted,  shal  take  of  his 
 bloude,  (J  brynge  it  in  to  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse.  And  he  shall  dyppe  his  fynger  in 
 to  the  bloude,  5  sprenkle  therwith  seue  tymes 
 before  the  LORDE,  towarde  the  vayle  of  ;y 
 Holy.  And  he  shal  put  of  the  same  bloude 
 vpon  the  homes  of  the  altare  of  incense,  y 
 stondeth  before  y  LORDE  in  the  Tabernacle 
 of  wytnesse :  5  all  the  bloude  of  the  bullocke 
 shal  he  poure  vpon  the  botome  of  the  altare 
 of  burntofferinges,  y  stondeth  at  the  entringe 
 in  of  y  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  all  the 
 fat  of  the  synofFerynge  shal  he  Heue  vp: 
 namely,  the  fat  y  couereth  the  bowels,  a  all 
 the  fat  y  is  within,  f  two  kydneys  with  the 
 fatt  that  is  theron  vpon  the  loynes,  and  the 
 net  on  the  leuer  vpon  the  kydneys  also  (like 
 as  he  Heueth  it  from  the  oxe  in  the  dead- 
 offerynge)  and  shall  burne  it  vpon  the  altare 
 of  burntofferynges.  But  the  skynne  of  the 
 bullocke,  ''and  all  the  flesh,  with  the  heade  d 
 legges,  (J  the  bowels  and  the  donge,  shal  he 
 cary  alltogether  out  of  the  boost,  in  to  a  cleane 
 place,  where  y  aszshes  are  poured  out,  (S  shal 
 burne  it  vpon  wodd  with  fyre. 
 
 Whan  the  whole  cogregacion  of  Israel  syn- 
 neth thorow  ignorauce,  5  the  dede  be  hyd 
 from  their  eyes,  so  y  they  do  ought  agaynst 
 eny  of  the  comaundementes  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  they  shulde  not  do,  5  come  afterwarde 
 to  the  knowlege  of  the  synne  that  they  haue 
 
 j      '■  1 it.  7.  p.  •  Gen.  9.  a,     Leuit.  17.  d.  and  19.  f. 
 
 done,  they  shal  bringe  a  yonge  bullocke  for  a 
 synofferynge,  and  set  him  before  y  dore  of  f 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  the  Elders  of 
 the  congregacion  shall  laye  their  handes  vpon 
 his  heade  before  the  LORDE,  (j  kyll  y  bul- 
 locke before  the  LORDE.  And  f  prest  y 
 is  anoynted  shal  brynge  of  y  bullockes  bloude 
 in  to  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  5  dyppe 
 ther  in  with  his  fynger,  and  sprenkle  therwith 
 seuen  tymes  before  the  LORDE,  eue  before 
 the  vayle  of  the  Holy.  And  shall  put  of  the 
 bloude  vpon  the  homes  of  the  altare,  y 
 stondeth  before  the  LORDE  in  the  Tabernacle 
 of  wytnesse:  5  all  y  other  bloude  shal  he 
 poure  vpo  the  botome  of  y  altare  of  burnt- 
 offerynges, y  stondeth  before  the  dore  of  y 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  But  all  his  fatt  shal 
 he  Heue  vp,  (t  burne  it  vpo  the  altare :  a  shal 
 do  with  this  bullocke,  as  he  dyd  with  y  bullocke 
 of  the  synofferinge  :  Thus  the  prest  shal  make 
 an  attonement  for  them,  j  it  shall  be  forgeuen 
 them.  And  the  bullocke  shall  he  brynge 
 without  the  boost,  and  burne  him,  as  he  brent 
 y  first  bullocke.  This  shalbe  y  synofferynge 
 of  the  congregacion. 
 
 Wlian  a  prynce  synneth,  5  doth  agaynst  |£ 
 the  comaundement  of  the  LORDE  his  God, 
 y  he  ought  not  to  do,  j  offendeth  ignorauntly, 
 a  commeth  to  the  knowlege  of  his  synne  y  he 
 hath  done,  he  shal  bringe  for  his  offeringe  an 
 he  goate  without  blemysh,  (j  laye  his  hande 
 vpo  the  goates  heade,  5  slaye  him  in  f  place 
 where  y  burntofferinges  are  slayne  before  y 
 LORDE.  The  shal  y  prest  take  of  y  bloude 
 of  y^  synofferinge  with  his  fynger,  and  put  it 
 vpon  the  altare  of  burntofferynges,  j  poure 
 the  other  bloude  vpon  the  botome  of  the 
 altare  of  burntofferynges.  But  all  the  fat  of 
 it  shal  he  burne  vpo  the  altare,  like  as  the  fat 
 of  the  healthofferynge.  And  so  the  prest  .shal 
 make  an  attonement  for  his  synne,  and  it  shal 
 be  forgeuen  him. 
 
 Wha  a  soule  of  y-  comon  people  synneth 
 ignorauntly,  doinge  eny  thinge  agaynst  the 
 comaundement  of  the  LORDE,  y  he  ought 
 not  to  do,  d  so  offendeth,  (s  cometh  to  y  know- 
 lege of  the  synne  y  he  hath  done,  he  shal 
 bringe  for  his  off'erynge  a  she  goate  without 
 blemysh,  for  the  synne  y  he  hath  done,  and 
 shal  laye  his  hande  vpon  the  heade  of  the 
 synofferynge,  d  slaye  it  in  the  place  of  the 
 burntoffeiynges.     And  the  prest  shall  take  of 
 
 ii   9.  b.         'Leui.  16.  c.         ■*  Exo.  29.  b.     Nu.  19.  a. 
 
C})ap«  i)« 
 
 €i)t  iij*  bofee  of  Moit&, 
 
 #0,  )itb. 
 
 the  bloude  with  his  fynger,  5  put  it  vpon  the 
 homes  of  y  altare  of  burntofFerynges,  g  poure 
 all  the  bloude  vpon  the  botome  of  the  altare. 
 But  all  the  fat  of  it  shal  he  take  awaye,  like 
 as  he  taketh  awaye  the  fat  of  the  dead- 
 offerynge,  and  shal  burne  it  vpon  the  altare 
 for  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE.  And 
 so  shal  the  prest  make  an  attonemet  for  him, 
 and  it  shal  be  forgeuen  him. 
 
 But  yf  he  brynge  a  lambe  for  a  synofferynge, 
 then  let  him  brynge  a  female  without  blemysh, 
 and  laye  his  hande  vpon  the  heade  of  the 
 synofferynge,  j  kyll  it  for  a  synofferynge,  in 
 the  place  where  the  burntofFerynges  are  slayne. 
 And  the  prest  shal  take  of  y  bloude  with  his 
 fynger,  5  put  it  vpon  the  homes  of  the  altare 
 of  burntofferynges,  j  poure  all  the  bloude 
 vpon  the  botome  of  the  altare.  But  all  y  fatt 
 therof  shall  he  take  fro  it,  like  as  he  dyd  the 
 fat  of  the  lambe  of  the  healthofferyiige,  5  shal 
 burne  it  vpon  y  altare  for  the  LORDES 
 sacrifice.  And  so  f  prest  shal  make  an  at- 
 tonement  for  the  synne  that  he  hath  done 
 and  it  shalbe  forgeuen  him. 
 
 Cfjt  b.  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 WHAN  a  soule  synneth,"  y  he  heare  a 
 cursynge,  and  is  wytnesse  therof,  or 
 hath  sene  it,  or  knowne  it,  tt  telleth  it  not,*  he 
 is  giltie  of  a  trespace.  Or  whan  a  soule  * 
 toucheth  eny  vncleane  thige,  whether  it  be  ;y^ 
 carion  of  an  vncleane  beast,  or  catell,  or 
 worme,  5  was  not  awarre  of  it,  he  is  vncleane, 
 and  hath  offended.  Or  whan  he  toucheth  an 
 vncleane  man  (what  vn  clennesse  so  euer  a 
 man  is  defyled  withall)  (i  was  not  awarre  of  it, 
 (J  afterwarde  cometh  to  y  knowlege  therof, 
 y  same  hath  offended.  Or  whan  a  soule 
 sweareth,  so  y  he  pronounceth  with  his  mouth 
 to  do  euell  or  good  (what  so  euer  it  be  that  a 
 man  pronounceth  with  an  ooth)  (j  was  not 
 awarre  of  it,  5  afterwarde  cometh  to  the  know- 
 lege therof,  he  hath  offended  in  one  of  these. 
 Now  whan  it  so  is,  y  he  hath  offended  in 
 one  of  these,  (j  is  enfourmed  therof,  what  he 
 hath  synned,  he  shal  bringe  vnto  y  LORDE 
 for  his  trespace  of  this  his  synne  y  he  hath 
 done,  a  female  from  the  flocke,  either  a  yewe 
 or  a  she  goate  for  a  synofferynge :  so  shal  the 
 prest  make  an  attonement  for  him  concernynge 
 his  synne.  t  But  yf  he  be  not  able  to  brynge 
 a  shepe,  then  let  him  brynge  vnto  f  LORDE 
 
 for  his  offence  that  he  hath  done,  two  turtill 
 doues  or  two  yonge  pigeons :  one  for  a  syn- 
 offerynge, the  other  for  a  burntofferynge,  and 
 brynge  them  to  the  prest :  Which  shall  make 
 the  first  a  synofferynge,  and  fyrst  wringe  the 
 neck  of  it,  so  that  he  plucke  it  not  cleane  of, 
 and  sprenkle  with  the  bloude  vpo  the  sydes 
 of  the  altare,  and  let  the  resydue  of  the  bloude 
 blede  out  vpon  the  botome  of  the  altare : 
 This  is  the  synofferynge.  As  for  the  other, 
 he  shal  make  it  a  burntofferynge,  after  the 
 maner  therof.  And  thus  shall  the  prest  make 
 an  attonement  for  him  concernynge  the  synne 
 that  he  hath  done,  5  it  shalbe  forgeuen  him. 
 But  yf  he  be  not  able  to  brynge  two  turtill 
 doues  or  two  yonge  pigeons,  then  let  him 
 brynge  his  offerynge  for  his  synne,  a  tenth 
 deale  of  an  Epha  of  fyne  floure  for  a  syn 
 offerynge.  But  he  shall  put  no  oyle  theron, 
 ner  laye  frankecense  vpon  it,  for  it  is  a  syn 
 offerynge.  And  he  shal  brynge  it  vnto  the 
 prest,  d  y  prest  shal  take  his  had  full  of  it  for 
 a  remembraunce,  and  burne  it  vpon  the  altare 
 for  an  offerynge  vnto  the  LORDE.  This  is 
 a  synofferinge.  And  so  shal  the  prest  make 
 an  attonement  for  him,  concernynge  his  s)aine 
 that  he  hath  done,  tt  it  shalbe  forgeuen  him, 
 And  the  remnaunt  shall  be  the  prestes,  like  a 
 meatofferynge. 
 
 And  tlie  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Yf  a  soule  trespace,  so  y  thorow 
 ignorauce  he  offendeth  in  any  thinge  y  is 
 halowed  vnto  the  LORDE,  he  shal  brynge  his 
 trespaceofferinge  vnto  the  LORDE,  euen  a 
 ramme  from  ^y'  flocke  without  blemysh,  worth 
 two  Sycles  of  syluer,  i  after  the  Sycle  of  the 
 Sanctuary,  for  a  trespace  offerynge  :  and  loke 
 what  he  hath  offended  in  the  halowed  thinge, 
 he  shall  make  restitucion,  5  geue  the  fifth 
 parte  more  therto.  And  he  shal  delyuer  it 
 vnto  y  prest,  which  shall  make  an  attonement 
 for  him  with  the  ramme  of  the  trespace- 
 offeringe, I  it  shalbe  forgeuen  him. 
 
 Whan  a  soule  synneth,  and  doth  ought 
 agaynst  eny  comaundement  of  the  LORDE, 
 y  he  shulde  not  do,  (t  is  infourmed  therof,  he 
 hath  trespased,  (t  is  giltie  of  the  synne.  And 
 he  shall  brynge  from  the  flocke  a  ramme  with 
 out  blemysh  (that  is  worth  a  trespaceofferinge) 
 vnto  the  prest,  which  shal  make  an  attone- 
 ment for  him  concernynge  his  ignoraunce 
 which  he  dyd,   and  was  not  awarre,  and  it 
 
 t  Leui.  12.  d.         t  Exo.  30.  b. 
 
jTo.  vtiiu 
 
 €\n  iii*  bokt  of  ilflosies. 
 
 CJ)ap.  1)1, 
 
 shalbe  forgeuen  him.  This  is  the  trespace 
 offerynge,  because  he  trespaeed  agaynst  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Whan  a  soule  synneth,  5  trespaceth 
 agaynst  the  LORDE,  so  that  he  denyeth  vnto 
 his  neghboure  that  which  he  gaue  him  to 
 kepe,  or  that  was  put  vnder  his  hande,  or  that 
 he  hath  violently  taken  awaye,  or  gotten 
 vnrighteously,  or  founde  that  was  lost,  and 
 denyeth  it  with  a  false  ooth,  what  so  euer 
 it  be,  wherin  a  man  synneth  agaynst  his 
 neghboure.  Now  whan  it  commeth  so  to 
 passe,  "that  he  synneth  after  this  maner,  5 
 trespaceth,  he  shal  restore  agayne  that  he 
 toke  violently  awaye,  or  gat  wrongeously,  or 
 that  was  geuen  him  to  kepe,  or  that  he  hath 
 founde,  or  what  so  euer  it  be  aboute  y  which 
 he  hath  sworne  falsely,  he  shal  restore  it  againe 
 whole  alltogether,  and  geue  the  fifth  parte 
 more  therto,  euen  to  him  that  it  belonged 
 vnto,  the  same  daye  that  he  geueth  his  tres- 
 pace offerynge.  But  for  his  trespace  he  shall 
 brynge  for  the  LORDE  (euen  vnto  the  prest) 
 a  ramme  from  the  flocke  without  blemysh, 
 that  is  worth  a  trespace  offerynge.  Then 
 shall  the  prest  make  an  attonement  for  him 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  all  that  he  hath 
 synned  in,  shalbe  forgeuen  him. 
 
 CIjc  bi.  Chapter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Commaunde  Aaron  and  his 
 sonnes,  and  saye  :  This  is  the  lawe  of  the 
 burntofferynge.  The  burntofferynge  shall 
 burne  vpon  the  altare  all  night  vntyll  the 
 mornynge.  But  the  fyre  of  the  altare  onely 
 shal  burne  theron.  *And  y  prest  shal  put  on 
 his  lynen  albe,  and  his  lynen  breches  vpon  his 
 flesh,  and  shal  take  vp  the  aszshes,  that  the 
 fyre  of  the  burntofferynge  vpon  the  altare 
 hath  made,  and  shall  poure  them  besyde  the 
 altare.  Then  shall  he  put  of  his  rayment, 
 and  put  on  other  rayment,  and  cary  out  the 
 aszshes  without  the  boost,  in  to  a  cleane  place. 
 
 The  fyre  vpon  the  altare  shal  burne,  and 
 neuer  go  out.  The  prest  shal  kyndle  wod 
 theron  euery  mornynge,  and  dresse  the  burnt- 
 offerynge vpon  it,  and  burne  the  fac  of  the 
 deed  offerynges  theron.  The  fyre  shall  euer 
 burne  vpon  the  altare,  and  neuer  go  out. 
 
 'And  this  is  the  lawe  of  the  meatofferynge. 
 
 Eio.  28.  g. 
 
 Nam.  15.  a.  Leui.  2.  a. 
 
 which  Aarons  sonnes  shall  offre  before  the 
 LORDE  vpon  the  altare.  One  of  them 
 shall  Heue  his  handfull  of  fyne  floure  of  y 
 meatofferynge,  and  of  the  oyle,  and  all  the 
 frankencense  that  lyeth  vpon  the  meatoffer- 
 ynge, and  shall  burne  it  vpon  the  altare  for 
 a  swete  sauoure  a  remembraunce  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  As  for  the  remnaunt,  Aaron  and  his 
 sonnes  shal  eate  it,  and  vnleuended  shal  they 
 eate  it  in  the  holy  place,  namely,  in  the  courte 
 of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse.  With  leue  shal 
 they  not  bake  their  porcion,  which  I  haue 
 geuen  them  of  my  offerynges.  It  shalbe  vnto 
 them  most  holy,  as  the  synofferynge  and 
 trespace  offerynge.  All  the  males  amonge 
 the  children  of  Aaron  shall  eate  of  it.  Let 
 this  be  a  perpetuall  lawe  for  youre  posterities 
 in  the  sacrifices  of  the  LORDE.  No  man 
 shall  touch  it,  excepte  he  be  consecrated. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  This  shalbe  the  offerynge  of  Aaron 
 and  of  his  sonnes,  which  they  shall  oflre  vnto 
 the  LORDE  in  the  dale  of  their  anoyntinge. 
 The  tenth  parte  of  an  Epha  of  fyne  floure  for 
 a  meatofferynge  daylie,  the  one  half  parte  in 
 the  mornynge,  the  other  half  parte  at  euen. 
 In  the  panne  with  oyle  shall  thou  make  it, 
 and  brynge  it  fryed,  and  in  peces  shalt  thou 
 offer  it  for  the  swete  sauoure  of  the  LORDE. 
 And  the  prest  which  amonge  his  sonnes  shalbe 
 anoynted  in  his  steade,  shall  do  this.  This  is 
 a  perpetuall  dewtye  vnto  the  LORDE.  It 
 shal  be  burnt  alltogether:  for  all  the  meat- 
 offerynges  of  the  prest  shalbe  consumed  with 
 the  fyre,  and  not  be  eaten. 
 
 And  y-  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  Aaron  and  his  sonnes, 
 and  saye :  This  is  the  lawe  of  the  synofferynge : 
 In  the  place  where  thou  slayest  f  burntoffer- 
 ynge, shalt  thou  slaye  the  synofferynge  also 
 before  the  LORDE.  This  is  most  holy. 
 *  The  prest  that  offereth  the  synofferyTige, 
 shal  eate  it  in  the  holy  place,  in  the  courte  of 
 f  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  No  man  shal 
 touch  y  flesh  therof,  excepte  he  be  halowed. 
 And  yf  eny  garment  be  sprenkled  with  the 
 bloude  of  it,  it  shalbe  washe  in  the  holy  place. 
 And  t  the  earthe  pot  that  it  is  sodden  in, 
 shalbe  broken.  But  yf  it  be  a  brasen  pot,  it 
 shalbe  scoured,  and  resed  with  water.  All  f 
 males  amonge  the  prestes  shall  eate  therof, 
 for  it  is  most  holy.     Notwithstondinge  fdl  f 
 
 •  Ose.  4.  b.  t  Leui.  11.  e.  and  15.  b. 
 
C!)ap,  l)i)» 
 
 Cfte  iij,  iio'kt  of  illoses. 
 
 #0.  nbij. 
 
 syiiofferynge  whose  bloude  is  brought  in  to  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytiiesse  to  make  an  attone- 
 ment,  shall  not  be  eaten,  but  burnt  with  fyre. 
 
 Wl)c  6ij.  Chapter. 
 
 AND  this  is  the  lawe  of  the  trespace- 
 offerjTige,  and  it  shal  be  most  holy.  In 
 the  place  where  the  burntofferynge  is  slayne, 
 shall  the  trespaceofferynge  be  slayne  also,  (j 
 there  shall  of  his  bloude  be  sprenkled  rounde 
 aboute  vpon  the  altare.  And  all  his  fat  shalbe 
 offered :  the  rompe  and  the  fat  y  couereth  the 
 bowels,  the  two  kydneys  with  the  fat  y  is 
 theron  vpon  the  loynes,  and  the  net  on  the 
 leuer  vpon  the  kydneys  also.  And  the  prest 
 shal  burne  it  vpon  the  altare  for  an  offerynge 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  This  is  a  trespace- 
 offerynge. 
 
 All  the  males  amonge  the  prestes  shal  eate 
 it  in  the  holy  place,  for  it  is  most  holy :  euen 
 as  the  synofferynge,  so  shall  the  trespace- 
 offerynge be  also,  they  shall  both  haue  one 
 lawe :  and  it  shal  be  the  prestes,  that  recon- 
 cyleth  ther  with.  Loke  which  prest  offereth 
 eny  mans  burntofferynge,  the  skynne  of  the 
 same  burntoffrynge  that  he  hath  offered,  shalbe 
 his.  And  euery  meatofferynge  that  is  baken 
 in  the  ouen,  rosted  vpon  the  gredyron,  or 
 fryed  in  the  panne,  shal  be  the  prestes  y 
 offereth  it.  And  euery  meatofferynge  y  is 
 myngled  with  oyle,  or  drye,  shal  belonge  vnto 
 all  Aaron  sonnes,  vnto  one  as  well  as  another. 
 
 And  this  is  ;y-  lawe  of  the  healthofferinge, 
 that  is  offered  vnto  the  LORDE,  *  Yf  they 
 wyll  oflre  a  sacrifice  of  thankesgeuynge,  then 
 shal  they  offre  vnleueded  cakes  megled  with 
 oyle,  and  swete  wafers  straked  ouer  with  oyle, 
 and  fryed  cakes  of  fyne  floure  mengled  with 
 oyle.  This  offerynge  also  shall  they  brynge 
 vpon  a  cake  of  leuended  bred,  to  the  thank- 
 offerynge  of  his  healthofferynge  :  and  of  them 
 all  he  shall  offre  one  for  an  Heueofferynge 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  And  it  shalbe  the  prestes, 
 that  sprenkleth  the  bloude  of  the  health- 
 offerynge. And  the  flesh  of  the  thankofferynge 
 in  his  healthofferynges,  shalbe  eaten  the  same 
 daye  that  it  is  offred,  and  there  shall  nothinge 
 be  left  ouer  vntyll  the  mornynge. 
 
 And  whether  it  be  a  vowe  or  a  fre  wyl- 
 offerynge,  t  it  shalbe  eaten  the  same  daye  that 
 it  is  offred :  yf  ought  be  left  ouer  vntyll  the 
 mornynge,  yet  maye  it  be  eaten.     But  loke 
 
 •Psal.  115.  a.      tLeui.  19.  b.      "Leui.  3.  c.       t  Gen.  9.  a. 
 
 what  remayneth  vnto  y  thirde  daye  of  the 
 flesh  that  is  offred,  it  shalbe  brent  with  the 
 fyre.  And  yf  eny  man  vpon  the  thirde  daie 
 eate  of  y-  offred  flesh  of  his  healthofferynge, 
 he  shall  not  be  accepted  that  offred  it.  Nether 
 shall  it  be  rekened  vnto  him,  but  it  shalbe 
 refused.  And  loke  which  soule  eateth  therof, 
 the  same  is  giltie  of  a  mysdede. 
 
 And  the  flesh  that  toueheth  eny  vucleane 
 thinge,  shal  not  be  eaten,  but  burnt  with  the 
 fyre.  But  who  so  euer  is  cleane  of  body,  shal 
 eate  of  the  flesh :  and  the  soule  that  eateth  of 
 f  flesh  of  y  healthofferynge  which  belongeth 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  his  vnclennes  be  vpon 
 him,  and  he  shalbe  roted  out  from  amonge 
 his  people. 
 
 And  whan  a  soule  toueheth  eny  vncleane 
 thinge,  whether  it  be  an  vncleane  man,  catell, 
 or  eny  other  abhominacion  that  is,  and  eateth 
 of  the  flesh  of  the  burntofferynge,  that  be- 
 longeth vnto  the  LORDE,  the  same  shalbe 
 roted  out  from  amonge  his  people. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talketh  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  5 
 saye :  "  Ye  shall  eate  no  fat  of  oxen,  lambes, 
 and  goates :  neuerthelesse  the  fat  of  it  that 
 dyeth  alone,  and  of  soch  as  is  torne  of  wylde 
 beastes,  that  maye  ye  occupye  to  all  maner  of 
 vses,  but  ye  shall  not  eate  it. 
 
 For  who  so  euer  eateth  the  fat  of  f  beest 
 that  is  geuen  vnto  the  LORDE  for  an  offer- 
 ynge, the  same  soule  shalbe  roted  out  from  his 
 people.  Morouer,  i  ye  shall  eate  no  bloude, 
 nether  of  catell,  ner  of  foules,  where  so  euer 
 ye  dwell.  What  soule  eateth  eny  bloude,  the 
 same  shall  be  roted  out  from  his  people. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 saye  :  Who  so  wyll  offre  his  healthofferynge 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  the  same  shall  also  brynge 
 with  all,  that  belongeth  vnto  y  healthofferynge 
 for  the  LORDE.  But  he  shall  brynge  it 
 with  his  hande  for  the  offerynge  of  the 
 LORDE :  namely  the  fat  vpon  the  brest  shall 
 he  brynge,  with  the  brest,  to  be  a  Waueoffer- 
 ynge  before  the  LORDE.  And  the  prest 
 shall  burne  the  fat  vpon  the  altare,  and  the 
 brest  shalbe  Aarons  and  his  sonnes. 
 
 And  the  right  shulder  shal  they  geue  vnto 
 the  prest  for  a  gift  of  their  healthofferynges. 
 And  loke  which  of  Aarons  sonnes  offreth  the 
 bloude  of  the  healthofferynges,  and  the  fat, 
 
 Leui.  3.  c.  17.  c.  19.  f.    Deal.  12.  b.    1  Re.  14.  e. 
 
#0.  xtbiiU 
 
 €l)t  iij,  bofee  of  £l[o^t&. 
 
 Cijap.  biij* 
 
 the  same  shall  haue  the  right  shulder  for  his 
 parte.  *  For  the  Wauebrest  and  the  Heue- 
 shulder  haue  I  taken  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  of  their  healthofFerynges,  and  haue  geuen 
 them  vnto  Aaron  the  prest  and  vnto  his  sonnes 
 for  a  perpetuall  dewtye. 
 
 This  is  the  anoyntinge  of  Aaron  and  of  his 
 sonnes,  of  the  offerynges  of  the  LORDE,  in 
 the  daye  wha  Moses  presented  them  to  be 
 prestes  vnto  the  LORDE,  what  tyme  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  (in  the  daye  whan  he 
 anoynted  them)  to  be  geuen  them  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  for  a  perpetuall  dewtye, 
 and  vnto  all  their  posterities.  And  this  is  the 
 lawe  of  the  burntofferynge,  of  the  meatoffer- 
 ynge,  of  the  synofFerynge,  of  the  trespace 
 oiFerynge,  of  the  offerynge  of  consecracion, 
 and  of  the  healthofferynges,  which  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  Moses  vpon  mount 
 Sinai,  in  the  daye  whan  he  gaue  him  in 
 commaudement  vnto  the  children  of  Israel, 
 to  offre  their  offerynges  vnto  y  LORDE  in 
 the  wyldernesse  of  Sinai. 
 
 Wt)t  bii).  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Take  Aaron  and  his  sonnes  with 
 him,  5  their  vestimentes,  3  the  anoyntinge 
 oyle,  tand  a  buUocke  for  a  synofFerynge,  two 
 rammes,  and  a  maunde  with  vnleuended  bred, 
 and  call  the  whole  congregacion  together, 
 before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse. 
 Moses  dyd  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  him, 
 and  gathered  the  congregacion  together  vnto 
 the  dore  of  f  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them :  This  is  it,  that  the  LORDE 
 hath  commaunded  to  do. 
 
 And  he  toke  Aaron  and  his  sonnes,  and 
 waszshed  them  with  water,  and  put  the  albe 
 vpo  him,  and  girde  him  with  the  girdell,  and 
 put  vpon  him  the  yalowe  tunycle,  and  put  the 
 ouerbody  cote  vpon  him,  and  girde  him  vpon 
 the  ouerbody  cote,  5  put  the  brestlappe  theron, 
 and  in  y  brestlappe  light  and  perfectnesse : 
 And  set  the  myter  vpon  his  heade.  And 
 vpon  the  myter  euen  aboue  his  foreheade,  put 
 he  a  plate  of  golde  on  the  holy  crowne  :  as  f 
 LORDE  comaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  Moses  toke  the  t  anoyntinge  oyle,  5 
 anoynted  the  Habitacion,  and  all  that  was 
 therin,  and  consecrated  it,  and  sprenkled  ther- 
 with  seue  tymes  vpon  the  altare,  and  anoynted 
 
 •Num.  18.  c.         tExo.  29.  a.         jExo.SO.  d.         ^  Psal. 
 
 the  altare  with  all  his  vessels,  the  la^er  with 
 his  fote,  that  it  might  be  consecrated:  ^and 
 poured  the  anoyntinge  oyle  vpon  Aarons 
 heade,  and  anoynted  him,  y  he  might  be 
 consecrated. 
 
 And  he  brought  Aarons  sonnes,  and  put 
 albes  vpon  them,  and  girde  them  with  the 
 girdle,  and  put  bonettes  vpon  their  heades,  as 
 the  LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 And  he  caused  bringe  a  bullocke  for  a  syn 
 ofFrynge.  And  Aaron  with  his  sonnes  layed 
 their  handes  vpon  his  heade,  and  then  was  he 
 slayne.  And  Moses  toke  of  the  bloude,  5 
 put  it  vpon  the  homes  of  the  altare  rounde 
 aboute  with  his  fynger,  and  purified  the  altare 
 and  poured  the  bloude  vpon  the  botome  of 
 the  altare,  and  consecrated  it,  that  he  might 
 reconcyle  it.  And  toke  all  the  fat  vpo  the 
 bowels,  the  nett  vpon  the  leuer,  and  the  two 
 kydneys  with  the  fat  theron,  and  burned  it 
 vpon  the  altare.  But  the  bullocke  with  his 
 skynne,  flesh,  5  donge,  burned  he  with  fyre 
 without  the  boost,  lias  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded him. 
 
 And  he  brought  a  ramme  for  a  burnt- 
 offerynge. And  Aaron  with  his  sonnes  layed 
 their  handes  vpon  his  heade,  5  then  was  he 
 slayne.  And  Moses  sprenkled  of  y  bloude 
 vpon  the  altare  rounde  aboute,  hewed  the 
 ramme  in  peces,  and  burnt  the  heade,  the 
 peces,  and  the  fatt.  And  waszshed  the  bowels 
 and  the  legges  with  water,  and  so  burnt  f 
 whole  ramme  vpo  the  altare.  This  was  a 
 burnt  ofFerynge  for  a  swete  sauoure,  euen  a 
 sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE,  H  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  him. 
 
 He  brought  also  the  other  ramme  of  the 
 ofFerynge  of  the  consecracion.  And  Aaron 
 with  his  sonnes  layed  their  hades  vpon  his 
 heade,  and  then  was  it  slayne.  And  Moses 
 toke  of  his  bloude,  and  put  it  vpon  the  typpe 
 of  Aarons  right  eare,  and  vpon  the  thombe 
 of  his  right  hande,  and  vpon  the  greate  too 
 of  his  right  fote. 
 
 And  he  brought  Aarons  sonnes,  and  put  of 
 the  bloude  vpon  the  typpe  of  the  right  eare 
 of  them,  and  vpon  y  thombes  of  their  righte 
 handes,  and  vpon  the  greate  toes  of  their 
 righte  fete,  and  poured  the  resydue  of  the 
 bloude  vpon  the  altare  rounde  aboute.  And 
 he  toke  the  fat  and  the  rompe,  "and  all  the 
 fat  vpon  the  bowels,  and  the  nett  vpon  the 
 
 a.         II  Exo.  29.  b.        f  Exo.  29.  c.        -  Exo.  29.  d. 
 
Cfiap.  IF. 
 
 Wi)t  iij.  fioke  of  i¥lO£{fs(. 
 
 jTo.  fri)r. 
 
 dF 
 
 leuer,  the  two  kydneys  with  the  fat  theron, 
 and  the  righte  shulder.  And  out  of  the  maunde 
 of  vnleuended  bred  before  the  LORDE,  he 
 toke  an  vnleueded  cake,  and  a  cake  of  oyled 
 bred,  and  a  wafer,  and  layed  them  vpo  the 
 fat,  and  vpon  the  right  shulder,  and  put  allto- 
 gether  vpon  the  handes  of  Aaron  and  of  his 
 sonnes,  and  waued  it  for  a  WaueofFerynge 
 before  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  afterwarde  toke  he  all  agayne  from 
 their  hondes,  and  burned  them  on  the  altare, 
 euen  vpon  the  burntofferinge :  for  it  is  an 
 offerynge  of  consecracion  for  a  swete  sauoure, 
 euen  a  sacrifice  vnto  f  LORDE.  And  Moses 
 toke  the  brest,  and  "  waued  it  a  WaueofFerynge 
 before  the  LORDE,  of  the  ramme  of  the 
 ofFerynge  of  consecracion :  the  same  was  Moses 
 parte,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 And  Moses  toke  of  y  anoyntinge  oyle,  5  of 
 the  bloude  vpon  the  altare,  5  sprenkled  it 
 vpon  Aaron  5  his  vestimentes,  vpon  his  sonnes 
 (t  vpon  their  vestimentes,  and  so  cosecrated 
 Aaron  5  his  vestimentes,  his  sonnes  and  their 
 vestimentes  with  him. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  Aaron  5  his  sonnes : 
 Seeth  y  flesh  before  the  dore  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse,  5  there  eate  it,  a  the  bred 
 in  y  maunde  of  the  cSsecracion  offeringes,  as 
 it  IS  comaunded  me,  5  sayde :  Aaron  5  his 
 sonnes  shall  eate  it.  As  for  y  which  re- 
 mayneth  of  the  flesh  5  bred,  ye  shal  burne  it 
 with  fyre.  And  in  seue  dayes  shall  ye  not 
 departe  from  y  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  vntyll  the  daye,  y  the  dayes  of 
 youre  consecracion  offerynges  be  at  an  ende : 
 for  seue  dayes  must  youre  handes  be  conse- 
 crated, as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye  :  The 
 LORDE  hath  c5maunded  to  do  it,  that  ye 
 might  be  reconcyled.  And  ye  shal  tary  before 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  daye  and  night 
 seuen  dayes  longe,  j  shal  kepe  y  watch  of  y 
 LORDE,  that  ye  dye  not,  for  thus  am  I 
 comaunded.  And  Aaron  with  his  sonnes  dyd 
 all,  that  y  LORDE  commaunded  by  Moses. 
 
 €^e  ij:.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  vpon  the  eight  daye  Moses  called 
 Aaron  and  his  sonnes,  and  the  Elders 
 in  Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  Aaron  :  Take  vnto 
 the  a  yonge  calfe  for  a  synofferinge,  and  a 
 ramme  for  a  burntofferynge,  both  without 
 blemysh,  and  brynge  them  before  the  LORDE, 
 
 "Eio.  29.  e.         •  Heb.  5,  b.  and7.d.         *  Leui.  4.  a. 
 
 and  speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 saye:  Take  an  he  goate  for  a  synoffferynge: 
 and  a  calf,  and  a  shepe,  both  of  a  yeare  olde, 
 and  without  blemysh  for  a  burntofferynge: 
 and  an  oxe  and  a  ramme  for  an  health- 
 offerynge,  that  we  maye  oSre  before  the 
 LORDE:  and  a  meatofferynge  myngledwith 
 oyle.  For  to  daye  shal  the  LORDE  appeare 
 vnto  you. 
 
 And  they  toke  what  Moses  commaunded 
 before  f  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse- 
 and  the  whole  cogregacion  came  nye,  and 
 stode  before  the  LORDE.  Then  sayde 
 Moses:  This  is  it,  which  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded that  ye  shulde  do,  and  then  shall 
 the  glory  of  y  LORDE  appeare  vnto  you. 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  Aaron :  Go  vnto  f 
 altare,  and  *offre  thy  synofferynge  and  thy 
 burntofferjTige,  and  make  an  attonemet  for  the 
 and  for  the  people.  Then  off're  the  peoples 
 offerynge,  and  reconcyle  them  also,  as  the 
 LORDE  hath  commaunded. 
 
 *And  Aaron  wente  vnto  the  altare,  and 
 slewe  y  calfe  for  his  synofferynge,  5  his  sonnes 
 brought  the  bloude  vnto  him.  And  he  dypte 
 his  fynger  in  the  bloude,  and  put  it  vpon  the 
 homes  of  the  altare,  and  poured  f  bloude 
 vpon  y  botome  of  the  altare.  As  for  the  fat 
 and  the  kydneys  a  the  net  vpon  the  leuer  of 
 the  synofferynge,  he  burnt  the  vpon  the  altare, 
 as  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses.  The 
 flesh  also  and  the  hyde  burnt  he  with  fyre 
 without  the  boost. 
 
 Afterwarde  he  slewe  the  burntofferinge, 
 and  Aarons  sonnes  brought  the  bloude  vnto 
 him,  5  he  sprenkled  it  rounde  aboute  vpon 
 the  altare.  And  they  brought  him  the  burnt- 
 offerynge in  peces,  (t,  the  heade  :  (j  he  burnt  it 
 vpon  the  altare.  And  he  washed  the  bowels 
 and  the  legges,  and  burnt  them  aboue  vpon 
 the  burntofferynge  on  the  altare. 
 
 "Then  brought  he  the  offerynge  of  the 
 people,  and  toke  the  goate,  that  synofferynge 
 of  the  people,  and  slewe  it,  and  made  a  syn- 
 offerynge therof,  as  of  the  fyrst.  And  brought 
 the  burntofferynge,  and  dyd  as  the  la  we  is: 
 and  brought  the  meatofferynge,  and  toke  his 
 handfuU,  ''and  burnt  it  vpon  the  altare,  besyde 
 the  burntofferinge  of  the  mornynge. 
 
 Afterwarde  slewe  he  the  oxe  and  the  ramme 
 for  the  healthofferynge  of  the  people.  And 
 his  sonnes  brought  him  the  bloude,  which  he 
 
fo.  f. 
 
 €i)t  iij,  bote  of  ifloscs. 
 
 Cijap.  p. 
 
 sprenkled  vpon  the  altare  rounde  aboute.  But 
 the  fat  of  the  oxe  5  of  the  ramme,  the  rompe, 
 and  the  fat  that  couereth  the  bowels,  j  the 
 kydneyes,  j  the  net  vpon  the  leuer,  all  soch 
 fat  laied  they  vpon  the  brest,  and  burnt  the 
 fat  vpon  the  altare.  But  the  brest  and  the 
 "right  shulder  waued  Aaron  for  a  Waue- 
 offerynge  before  the  LORDE,  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  Moses. 
 
 And  Aaron  lift,  vp  his  hade  ouer  the  people, 
 and  blessed  them,  and  came  downe  from  the 
 worke  of  the  synofFei-ynge,  burntofferynge,  and 
 healthofferynge.  And  Moses  and  Aaron  wente 
 in  to  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And  whan 
 they  came  out  agayne,  they  blessed  the  peO' 
 pie.  Then  appeared  the  glory  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  all  the  people.  For  there  came  *  a  fyre 
 from  the  LORDE,  and  vpon  the  altare  it 
 consumed  the  burntofferynge  and  the  fat 
 Whan  all  the  people  sawe  that,  they  reioysed. 
 and  fell  vpon  their  faces. 
 
 A' 
 
 Wi)t  V-  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 ND  f  sonnes  of  Aaron,  Nadab  and 
 Abihu,  *toke  ether  of  the  his  censoure, 
 I  put  fyre  therin,  5  layed  incense  vpon  it,  and 
 brought  straunge  fyre  before  the  LORDE, 
 *  which  he  commaijded  them  not.  Then  wente 
 there  out  a  fyre  from  y  LORDE,  and  con- 
 sumed them,  so  that  they  dyed  before  the 
 LORDE.  Then  sayde  Moses  vnto  Aaron : 
 This  is  it,  that  the  LORDE  sayde  :  I  wil  be 
 sanctified  vpo  them  that  come  nye  me,  and 
 before  all  the  people  wil  I  be  glorified.  And 
 Aaron  helde  his  peace. 
 
 Moses  called  Misael  and  Elzaphan  the 
 sonnes  of  Vsiel  Aarons  vncle,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Go  to,  and  cary  youre  brethren  out  of 
 the  Sanctuary,  without  the  boost.  And  they 
 wente,  and  caried  them  forth  in  their  albes 
 without  the  boost,  as  Moses  sayde. 
 
 Then  sayde  Moses  vnto  Aaron  5  to  his 
 sonnes  Eleasar  and  Ithamar :  t  Ye  shall  not 
 ncouer  youre  heades,  ner  rente  youre  clothes, 
 that  ye  dye  not,  and  the  wrath  come  vpon  the 
 whole  congregacion :  Let  youre  brethre  of  the 
 whole  house  of  Israel  bewepe  this  burnpige, 
 which  the  LORDE  hath  done.  As  for  you,  ye 
 shall  not  go  out  from  the  dore  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse,  lest  ye  dye  :  for  the  anoynt- 
 
 Leuit. ".  d. 
 16.  a.     Num.  v!6.  g. 
 
 1  Par.  7.  a.     2  Mac.  2.  b.        »  Leui. 
 t  Eio.  30.  b.  }  Deut.  14.  a. 
 
 inge  oyle  of  the  LORDE  is  vpon  you.  And 
 they  dyd  as  Moses  sayde. 
 
 The  LORDE  spake  vnto  Aaron,  5  sayde : 
 *■  Thou  (J  thy  sonnes  with  the  shal  drynke  no 
 wyne  ner  stronge  drjTike,  whan  ye  go  in  to 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  :  that  ye  dye  not. 
 Let  this  be  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  all  youre 
 posterities:  y  ye  maye  haue  knowlege  to 
 discerne,  what  is  holy  and  vnholy,  what 
 is  cleane  5  vncleane  :  5  that  ye  maye  teach 
 the  children  of  Israel  all  the  lawes,  which 
 the  LORDE  hath  spoken  vnto  you  by 
 Moses. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  Aaron,  and  vnto 
 Eleasar  and  Ithamar  his  sonnes  that  were 
 left:  ''Take  the  remnaunt  of  the  meatofferynge 
 in  the  sacrifices  of  y  LORDE,  and  eate  it 
 without  leuen  besyde  the  altare,  for  it  is  most 
 holy,  euen  in  the  holy  place  shal  ye  eate  it. 
 For  it  is  thy  dutye  and  thy  sonnes  dutye  in 
 the  sacrifices  of  the  LORDE :  for  thus  am  I 
 commaunded.  But  the  Wauebrest  and  the 
 Heueshulder  shalt  thou  eate,  and  thy  sonnes 
 and  thy  doughters  with  the  in  a  cleane  place. 
 For  this  dutye  is  geuen  vnto  the  and  thy 
 children  in  the  deedofferynges  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  For  the  Heueshulder  and  the 
 Wauebrest  to  the  offerynges  of  the  fat,  shalbe 
 brought  in,  that  they  maye  be  waued  for  a 
 Waueofferinge  before  the  LORDE.  Ther- 
 fore  is  it  thine  and  thy  childrens  for  a  perpe- 
 tuall dutye,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded. 
 
 And  Moses  sought  for  the  goate  of  the 
 synofferynge,  and  founde  it  burnt.  And  he 
 was  angrie  at  Eleasar  and  Ithamar  f  sonnes 
 of  Aaron,  which  were  left  alyue,  and  sayde : 
 Wherfore  haue  ye  not  eaten  the  synofferynge 
 in  the  holy  place  ?  for  it  is  most  holy,  5  he 
 hath  geuen  it  you,  that  ye  might  beare  f 
 synne  of  the  cogregacion,  to  make  agremet 
 for  them  before  the  LORDE.  Beholde,  the 
 bloude  of  it  came  not  in  to  the  Sanctuary: 
 Ye  shulde  haue  eaten  it  in  the  Sanctuary,  as 
 I  was  commaunded. 
 
 Aaron  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Beholde,  this 
 daye  haue  they  offred  their  synofferynge  5 
 their  burntofferynge  before  y  LORDE.  And 
 it  is  chaunsed  me  after  this  maner.  And  shulde 
 I  eate  of  the  sjmofferynge  to  daye,  3  be  mery 
 before  the  LORDE?  Whan  Moses  herde 
 that,  he  was  content. 
 
 lere.  16.  a.        '  Eze.  44.  d.     lit.  I.  b.        ■*  Leui.  3.  a. 
 
Cftap.  xu 
 
 Cftt  ii).  liokt  of  ilosts. 
 
 So,  tu 
 
 Wi)t  vi.  (fl^aptcr. 
 
 AND  ^  LORDE  talked  with  Moses  5 
 Aaron  5  sayde :  Speake  vnto  y  childre 
 of  Israel,  and  saye :  "  These  are  the  beestes 
 which  ye  shal  eate  amoge  all  y  beestes  vpo 
 earth :  What  so  euer  hath  hoffe,  5  deuydeth 
 it  in  to  two  elawes,  5  cheweth  cud  amonge  the 
 beestes,  that  shal  ye  eate.  But  loke  what 
 cheweth  cud  5  hath  hofFe,  5  deuydeth  it  not, 
 as  the  Camell,  the  same  is  vncleane  vnto  you, 
 (S  ye  shal  not  eate  it.  The  Conyes  chewe 
 cud,  but  they  deuyde  not  the  hofFe  in  to  two 
 elawes,  therfore  are  they  vncleane  vnto  you. 
 The  Hare  cheweth  cud  also,  but  deuydeth 
 not  ;y  hoffe  in  to  two  elawes,  therfore  is  he 
 vncleane  vnto  you.  And  the  Swyne  deuydeth 
 y  hoffe  in  to  two  elawes,  but  cheweth  not  the 
 cud,  therfore  is  it  vncleane  vnto  you.  Of  the 
 flesh  of  these  shall  ye  not  eate,  ner  touch 
 their  carcases,  for  they  are  vncleane  vnto  you. 
 
 These  shall  ye  eate  of  all  that  are  in  the 
 waters  :  What  so  euer  hath  fynnes  and  scales 
 in  the  waters,  sees  5  lyuers,  that  shal  ye  eate. 
 But  what  so  euer  hath  not  fynnes  and  scales 
 in  the  sees  and  ryuers,  amonge  all  y  moue  in 
 the  waters,  5  of  all  that  lyue  in  the  waters,  it 
 shalbe  an  abhominacion  vnto  you,  so  that  ye 
 eate  not  of  their  flesh,  and  that  ye  abhorre 
 their  carcases.  For  all  that  haue  not  fynnes 
 (J  scales  in  the  waters,  shall  ye  abhorre. 
 
 And  these  shal  ye  abhorre  amonge  y  foules, 
 so  that  ye  eate  them  not :  The  Aegle,  the 
 Goshauke,  the  Cormoraunte,  the  Vultur,  y 
 Kyte,  and  all  his  kynde,  and  all  Rauens  with 
 their  kynde  :  the  Estrich,  y  Nightcrow,  the 
 Cocow,  the  Sparow  hauke  with  his  kynde,  the 
 litle  Oule,  the  Storke,  the  greate  Oule,  y^ 
 Backe,  the  Pellycane,  the  Swanne,  the  Pye, 
 the  Heron,  y  laye  with  his  kynde,  the  Lap- 
 wynge,  and  y-  Swalowe.  And  what  so  euer 
 crepeth  amonge  the  foules,  and  goeth  vpon 
 foure  fete,  shalbe  an  abhominacio  vnto  you. 
 Yet  these  shal  ye  eate  of  the  foules  that  crepe 
 and  go  vpon  foure  fete ;  euen  those  that  haue 
 no  knyes  aboue  vpon  y  legges,  to  hoppe 
 withall  vpon  earth.  Of  these  maye  ye  eate, 
 as  there  is  the  Arbe  with  his  kynde,  and  the 
 Selaam  with  his  kynde,  a  the  Hargol  with 
 his  kynde,  5  the  Hagab  with  his  kynde.  But 
 what  so  euer  els  hath  foure  fete  amonge  the 
 foules,  it  shalbe  an  abhominacion  vnto  you. 
 
 'Deu.  14.  a.    Act.  10.  b. 
 
 Leui.  5.  a.     Agg.  2.  b. 
 
 and  ye  shal  take  it  for  vncleane.  *  Who  so 
 euer  toucheth  the  carcase  of  soch,  shall  be 
 vncleane  vntill  f  euen :  and  who  so  euer 
 beareth  the  carcase  of  eny  of  these,  shall 
 wash  his  clothes,  and  shalbe  vncleane  vntyll 
 the  euen. 
 
 Therfore  euery  beest  that  hath  hoffe,  and 
 deuydeth  it  not  in  to  two  elawes,  5  cheweth 
 not  cud,  shalbe  vncleane  vnto  you.  Who  so 
 euer  toucheth  soch,  shalbe  vncleane.  And 
 what  so  euer  goeth  vpon  handes  amonge  y 
 beestes  that  go  vpon  foure  fete,  shalbe  vn- 
 cleane vnto  you.  Who  so  euer  toucheth  the 
 carcases  of  the,  shalbe  vncleane  vntyll  euen. 
 And  he  y  beareth  their  carcase,  shall  wash 
 his  clothes,  and  be  vncleane  vntyll  the  eue : 
 For  soch  are  vncleane  vnto  you. 
 
 These  shalbe  vncleane  vnto  you  also, 
 amonge  the  beestes  that  crepe  vpon  earth : 
 y^  Wesell,  the  Mouse,  the  Tode,  euery  one 
 with  his  kynde,  the  Hedgehogge,  the  Stellio, 
 the  Lacerte,  the  Snale,  and  the  Moule,  these 
 are  vncleane  vnto  you  amonge  all  that  crepe. 
 Who  so  euer  toucheth  the  deed  carcase  of 
 the,  shalbe  vncleane  vntyU  the  euen.  And 
 what  so  euer  eny  soch  deed  carcase  falleth 
 vpon,  it  shalbe  vncleane,  what  so  euer  vessell 
 of  wodd  it  be,  or  rayment,  or  skynne,  or 
 bagge.  And  euery  vessell  that  eny  thinge  is 
 occupyed  withall,  shalbe  put  in  the  water,  and 
 is  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen,  and  then  shal  it 
 be  cleane.  "All  maner  of  earthen  vessell  that 
 eny  soch  carcase  falleth  in  to,  shal  all  be 
 vncleane  that  therin  is,  (i  ye  shal  breake  it. 
 All  meate  which  is  eate,  that  eny  soch  water 
 commeth  in  to,  is  vncleane :  5  all  maner  of 
 drynke  that  is  dronke  in  all  maner  of  soch 
 vessell,  is  vncleane.  And  what  so  euer  eny 
 soch  carcase  falleth  vpo,  it  shalbe  vncleane, 
 whether  it  be  ouen  or  kettell,  so  shal  it  be 
 broke,  for  it  is  vncleane,  and  shalbe  vncleane 
 vnto  you.  Neuertheles  the  fountaynes,  welles, 
 d  poundes  of  water  are  cleane.  But  who  so 
 euer  toucheth  their  carcases,  is  vncleane. 
 
 And  though  the  deed  carcase  of  eny  soch 
 fell  vpon  the  sede  that  is  sowne,  yet  is  it 
 cleane.  But  whan  there  is  water  poured  vpon 
 the  sede,  and  afterwarde  eny  soch  deed  car- 
 case falleth  theron,  then  shall  it  be  vncleane 
 vnto  you. 
 
 Whan  a  beest  dyeth  that  ye  maye  eate,  he 
 that   toucheth   the   deed    carcase    therof,    is 
 
 '  Leui.  6.  d.  and  15.  b. 
 
 IE 
 
JfO.  CI). 
 
 €l)t  iij.  bokt  of  Mo^t&, 
 
 Cbap,  nU 
 
 vncleane  vntyll  euen.  Who  so  eateth  of  eny 
 soch  carcase,  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be 
 vncleane  vntyll  the  euen.  Likewyse  he  that 
 beareth  eny  soch  carcase,  shal  wash  his  clothes, 
 and  be  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen. 
 
 What  so  euer  crepeth  vpon  earth,  shall  be 
 an  abhominacion  vnto  you,  and  shall  not  be 
 eaten.  And  what  so  euer  crepeth  vpon  y 
 bely,  or  all  that  goeth  vpon  foure  or  mo  fete, 
 amoge  all  that  crepeth  vpon  earth,  shall  ye 
 not  eate,  for  it  shalbe  an  abhominacion  vnto 
 you.  Make  not  youre  soules  abhominable,  and 
 defyle  you  not  in  them,  tostayne  youre  selues: 
 for  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God.  "  Ther- 
 fore  shal  ye  sanctifie  youre  selues,  that  ye 
 maye  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy.  And  ye  shal 
 not  defyle  youre  selues  on  eny  maner  of 
 crepynge  beest,  that  crepeth  vpon  earth :  for 
 I  am  the  LORDE,  which  brought  you  out  of 
 the  londe  of  Egipte,  that  I  might  be  youre 
 God :  therfore  shal  ye  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  ouer  y  beestes  and  foules, 
 5  all  maner  of  soules  of  crepynge  beestes  in 
 the  waters,  and  all  maner  of  soules  y  crepe 
 vpon  eaith :  that  ye  male  knowe  to  discerne 
 what  is  vncleane  5  cleane,  and  what  maner 
 of  beestes  are  to  be  eaten,  and  which  are  not 
 to  be  eaten. 
 
 A' 
 
 m)t  ri).  Cl)apt«r. 
 ND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  saye :  Whan  a  woman  hath  con- 
 ceaued,  and  beareth  a  manchilde,  she  shalbe 
 vncleane  seuen  dayes,  so  longe  as  she  sufiVeth 
 hir  disease,  *  and  in  f  eight  daye  shal  y  flesh 
 of  his  foreskynne  be  cut  awaie.  And  she 
 shal  byde  at  home  thre  and  thirtie  dayes  in  ;y 
 bloude  of  hir  purifienge :  she  shal  touch  no 
 holy  thinge,  ner  come  in  to  y  Sactuary,  tyll 
 the  dales  of  hir  purifienge  be  out.  But  yf 
 she  beare  a  maydechilde,  the  shal  she  be  vn- 
 cleane two  wekes,  so  longe  as  she  suffreth  hir 
 disease,  and  sixe  and  thre  score  dales  shall  she 
 byde  at  home  in  the  bloude  of  hir  purifienge. 
 And  whan  the  dayes  of  hir  purifienge  are 
 out,  for  the  sonne  or  for  the  doughter,  she 
 shal  brynge  a  lambe  of  one  yeare  olde  for  a 
 bumtofferynge,  and  a  yonge  pigeon  or  a  tur- 
 till  doue  for  a  synofFerynge  to  the  dore  of  y 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  vnto  f  prest,  which 
 shal  oflre  it  before  the  LORDE,  and  make 
 
 'Leui.  19.  a.     1  Pet.  1.  c. 
 
 •  Gene.  17.  b. 
 
 an  attonemet  for  her,  and  so  shal  she  be 
 clensed  from  her  bloudyssue.  This  is  the 
 lawe  for  her  that  beareth  a  manchilde  or 
 mayde  childe. 
 
 *  But  yf  she  be  not  able  to  briilge  a  shepe, 
 then  let  hir  take  two  turtill  doues,  or  two 
 yonge  pigeons,  the  one  for  a  bumtofferynge, 
 the  other  for  a  synofFerynge,  then  shall  the 
 prest  make  an  attonement  for  her,  so  that  she 
 shal  be  cleane. 
 
 Ci^t  jriij.  C()apter. 
 
 AND  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  3 
 Aaron,  5  sayde :  Whan  there  ryseth  vp 
 eny  thinge  in  the  skynne  of  a  mans  flesh, 
 whether  it  be  a  scabbe  or  a  glistrynge  whyte 
 (as  though  there  wolde  be  a  leprosy  in  f 
 szkynne  of  his  flesh)  he  shal  be  brought  vnto 
 Aaron  the  prest,  or  to  one  of  his  sonnes 
 amonge  ;y  prestes.  And  whan  the  prest  seyth 
 the  plage  vpon  the  szkynne  of  the  flesh,  that 
 the  hayres  are  turned  to  whyte,  and  it  seme 
 deper  in  that  place  then  the  other  szkynne  of 
 his  flesh,  then  is  it  surely  a  leprosy,  therfore 
 shal  the  prest  loke  vpon  him,  and  iudge  him 
 vncleane. 
 
 But  whan  there  is  eny  whyte  plecke  in  the 
 szkynne  of  his  flesh,  and  yet  seme  no  deper 
 then  the  other  szkynne  of  the  flesh,  and  the 
 hayres  be  not  turned  to  whyte,  the  shal  the 
 prest  shut  him  vp  seuen  dayes,  and  on  y 
 seuenth  daye  loke  vpon  him :  yf  the  plage 
 seme  vnto  him  as  afore,  5  hath  frett  no  deper 
 in  the  szkynne,  then  shall  the  prest  shut  him 
 vp  yet  seuen  dayes  mo.  And  whan  he  loketh 
 on  hi,m  agayne  vpon  the  seuenth  daye,  and 
 fyndeth,  that  the  plage  be  darkish,  and  hath 
 frett  no  deper  in  the  szkynne,  the  shal  he 
 iudge  him  cleane,  for  it  is  but  a  szkyrfe,  and 
 he  shal  wash  his  clothes,  5  then  is  he  cleane. 
 
 But  whan  the  scabbe  fretteth  farther  in  the 
 szkynne  (after  that  he  is  sene  of  the  prest,  and 
 iudged  cleane)  and  he  be  now  sene  of  the 
 prest  agayne :  whan  the  prest  seyth  the,  y 
 the  scabbe  hath  frett  farther  in  the  szkynne, 
 he  shal  iudge  him  vncleane,  for  it  is  surely  a 
 leprosy. 
 
 Whan  a  plage  of  leprosy  is  vpo  a  man,  he 
 shalbe  brought  vnto  the  prest.  Whan  he 
 seyth  and  fyndeth,  that  there  is  whyte  rysen 
 vp  in  the  szkynne,  and  the  hayre  turned  vnto 
 whyte,  and  there  be  rawe  flesh  in  the  sore, 
 
 t  Luc.  S.  d.  »  Leuit.  6.  b. 
 
CJjap.  iriii. 
 
 €\)t  iij,  Ijofee  of  iHosicsf, 
 
 fo*  tiij. 
 
 the  is  it  surely  an  olde  leprosy  in  f  szkynne 
 of  his  flesh,  therfore  shal  the  prest  iudge  him 
 vncleane,  and  not  shut  him  vp,  for  he  is 
 vncleane  allready. 
 
 But  whan  the  leprosy  breaketh  out  in  the 
 szkynne,  and  couereth  the  whole  szkynne, 
 from  the  heade  vnto  the  fote,  all  that  the 
 prest  can  se,  So  whan  the  prest  loketh  vpon 
 it,  and  fjTideth,  that  y  leprosy  hath  couered 
 all  the  flesh,  he  shal  iudge  him  cleane,  for  so 
 moch  as  it  is  turned  all  in  to  whyte  vpon 
 him,  for  he  is  cleane. 
 
 Notwithstodinge  yf  there  be  rawe  flesh 
 there,  in  the  daye  whan  he  is  loked  vpon,  the 
 is  he  vncleane.  And  whan  the  prest  seyth  y 
 rawe  flesh,  he  shall  iudge  him  vncleane,  for 
 he  is  vncleane,  5  it  is  surely  a  leprosye.  But 
 yf  the  rawe  flesh  chaunge  agayne,  and  be 
 turned  in  to  whyte,  then  shall  he  come  vnto 
 the  prest.  And  whan  the  prest  loketh  vpon 
 him,  and  fyndeth,  that  the  plage  is  turned 
 to  whyte,  he  shall  iudge  him  cleane,  for  he  is 
 cleane. 
 
 Whan  there  is  a  byle  in  the  szkynne  of  eny 
 mans  flesh,  and  healeth  agayne,  and  after- 
 warde  in  the  same  place  there  aryse  vp  eny 
 whyte  thinge,  or  a  glisterynge  whyte  somwhat 
 reedish,  he  shal  be  sene  of  the  prest.  So 
 whan  the  prest,  seyeth,  that  it  appeareth  to  be 
 lower  then  the  other  szkynne,  and  the  hayre 
 turned  to  whyte,  then  shall  he  iudge  him 
 vncleane,  for  it  is  surely  a  plage  of  leprosye 
 broken  out  of  the  byle.  But  yf  the  prest  se 
 and  fynde,  that  the  hayres  are  not  whyte, 
 and  it  not  lower  then  the  other  szkynne,  and 
 is  darkysh,  he  shal  shut  him  vp  seuen  dayes. 
 Yf  it  hath  frett  farther  in  the  szkynne,  then 
 shal  he  iudge  him  vncleane,  for  it  is  surely  a 
 plage  of  leprosye.  But  yf  the  glysterynge 
 whyte  abyde  styll,  and  freate  no  farther,  the 
 is  it  but  a  prynte  of  the  byle,  and  the  prest 
 shal  iudge  him  cleane. 
 
 Whan  the  szkynne  of  eny  mans  flesh  is  hurt 
 with  fyre,  and  the  prynte  of  the  burninge  be 
 reedysh  or  whyte,  and  the  prest  loketh  vpon 
 him,  and  fyndeth  the  hayre  turned  to  whyte 
 vpon  the  mark  of  the  burnynge,  (t  it  apeare 
 deper  then  the  other  szkynne,  the  is  there 
 surely  a  leprosy  broke  out  of  y  prynte  of  f 
 burnynge :  therfore  shal  f  prest  iudge  hi 
 vncleane,  for  it  is  a  plage  of  leprosye.  But 
 yf  the  prest  se  and  fynde,  that  y  hayre  vpon 
 the  prynte  of  the  burninge  is  not  turned  vnto 
 
 whyte,  5  is  no  lower  then  the  other  skynne, 
 and  is  darkish  also,  he  shall  shut  him  vp  seuen 
 dayes. 
 
 And  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  he  shall  loke 
 vpon  him :  yf  it  hath  frett  farther  in  y  skynne, 
 then  shal  he  iudge  him  vncleane,  for  it  is  a 
 leprosy.  But  yf  it  stode  styll  vpo  the  mark 
 of  the  burnynge,  and  frett  no  farther  in  the 
 szkynne,  and  is  darkysh,  then  is  it  a  sore  in  f 
 mark  of  the  burnynge,  5  the  prest  shal  iudge 
 him  cleane,  for  it  is  but  the  prynte  of  the 
 burnynge. 
 
 Whan  a  man  or  woman  is  skyruye  vpon  the 
 heade  or  beerd,  and  the  prest  seyth  the  mark, 
 and  fyndeth  that  it  appeareth  deper  then  the 
 other  skynne,  and  the  hayre  be  there  golde 
 and  thynne,  then  shal  he  iudge  him  vncleane : 
 for  it  is  a  skyrfe  of  leprosy  of  the  heade  or 
 of  the  beerde.  But  yf  the  prest  se  that  y 
 skyrfe  apeare  no  deper  the  the  skynne,  and 
 that  the  hayre  is  not  of  a  pale  coloure,  he 
 shall  shut  him  vp  seue  dayes.  And  vpo  the 
 seuenth  daye  whan  he  loketh,  and  fyndeth, 
 that  the  skyrfe  hath  frett  no  farther,  and  there 
 be  no  golden  hayre  there,  and  that  the  skyrfe 
 appeare  no  deper  then  the  other  skynne,  then 
 let  him  be  shauen :  but  so  that  he  shaue  not 
 of  the  scabbe,  and  the  prest  shall  shut  him  vp 
 yet  seuen  dayes  moo.  And  vpon  the  seueth 
 daye  wha  he  loketh,  and  fyndeth  that  the 
 skyrfe  hath  frett  no  farther  in  the  skynne,  and 
 that  it  apeareth  no  deper  then  the  other 
 skynne,  then  shall  the  prest  iudge  him  cleane. 
 And  he  shall  wash  his  clothes,  for  he  is  cleane. 
 But  yf  the  scabbe  freate  farther  in  the  skynne 
 (after  y  he  is  iudged  cleane)  and  the  prest 
 loketh,  and  fyndeth,  that  f  scabbe  hath  frett 
 farther  in  the  skynne,  then  shal  he  seke 
 nomore  for  golden  hayres,  for  he  is  vncleane. 
 Neuerthelesse  yf  he  se  that  the  scabbe  stond- 
 eth  styll,  5  that  pale  hayres  are  there  rysen 
 vp,  then  is  y  scabbe  hole,  and  he  is  cleane, 
 therfore  shall  y^  prest  iudge  him  to  be  cleane. 
 
 Wha  there  is  eny  glisteringe  whyte  vpo  f 
 skynne  of  the  flesh  of  a  man  or  woman,  and 
 the  prest  seyth  there  that  the  glisterynge 
 whyte  vanysheth :  then  is  it  but  a  whjrte 
 scabbe  rysen  vp  in  y  skynne,  5  he  is  cleane. 
 
 Whan  the  hayres  fall  out  of  the  heade  of  a 
 man  or  a  woman,  so  that  he  is  balde,  the  same 
 is  cleane.  Yf  they  fall  out  of  his  fore  heade, 
 then  is  he  fore  heade  balde  5  cleane.  But 
 yf  there  be  a  whyte  reedish  sore  in  the  balde 
 
 dT 
 
ijfo.  nit). 
 
 Cfet  lij.  bofef  of  iHoEifEi. 
 
 Cftap.  jTi'tij. 
 
 heade,  or  balde  fore  heade,  then  is  there  a 
 leprosy  rysen  vp  in  the  balde  heade  or  balde 
 foreheade :  therfore  shal  y  prest  loke  vpon  him. 
 And  whan  he  fymdeth  the  whyte  reedysh  sore 
 rysen  vp  in  his  balde  heade  or  balde  fore 
 heade,  then  shal  f  skynne  of  the  flesh  be  as 
 leporous,  therfore  is  he  a  leporous  man  and 
 vncleane.  And  the  prest  shall  iudge  him  vn- 
 cleane,  because  of  y  same  sore  vpo  his  heade. 
 Who  so  now  is  leporous,  his  clothes  shal  be 
 rent,  and  the  heade  bare,  5  the  lippes  moffled, 
 and  shall  in  eny  wyse  be  called  vncleane. 
 "And  as  longe  as  the  sore  is  vpon  him,  he 
 shal  be  vncleane,  dwell  alone,  and  haue  his 
 dwellinge  without  the  boost. 
 
 Whan  the  plage  of  leprosy  is  in  a  cloth, 
 whether  it  be  wollen  or  lynnen,  in  the  warpe 
 or  weft,  whether  it  be  lynnen  or  wollen,  or  in 
 a  skynne,  or  in  eny  maner  thynge  that  is 
 made  of  skynne.  And  whan  y  plage  is  pale 
 or  reedish  in  the  cloth  or  skynne,  either  in  the 
 warpe  or  weft,  or  in  eny  maner  thinge  that  is 
 made  of  skynne,  the  same  is  surely  the  plage 
 of  leprosy,  therfore  shall  the  prest  loke  vpon 
 it.  And  whan  he  seyth  the  plage,  he  shal 
 shut  it  vp  seuen  dayes.  And  vpon  the  seueth 
 daye  whan  he  seyth  that  y  plage  hath  frett 
 farther  in  the  cloth,  in  the  warpe  or  weft,  in  a 
 skynne  or  in  eny  maner  thinge  that  is  made  of 
 skynne,  then  is  it  a  fretinge  plage  of  leprosye, 
 and  is  vncleane.  And  the  cloth  shal  be  burnt, 
 either  warpe  or  weft,  whether  it  be  wollen  or 
 lynne,  or  eny  thynge  made  of  skynne,  wherin 
 is  eny  soch  plage.  For  it  is  a  plage  of  leprosy, 
 and  shal  be  burnt  with  fyre. 
 
 But  yf  the  prest  se  that  the  plage  hath  frete 
 no  farther  in  y^  cloth,  either  in  the  warpe  or 
 weft,  or  eny  thinge  made  of  skynne,  then  shal 
 he  commaunde  to  wash  the  thinge  that  the 
 plage  is  in,  and  shall  shut  it  vp  other  seuen 
 dayes.  And  whan  the  prest  seyth  (after  that 
 the  plage  is  waszshen)  y  the  plage  is  not 
 chaiiged  before  his  eyes,  and  hath  frett  no 
 farther  also,  yet  is  it  vncleane,  a  shal  be  burnt 
 with  fyre:  for  it  is  depe  frete  inwarde,  and 
 hath  made  skyrfes.  Neuertheles  whan  the 
 prest  seyth  that  the  prynte  is  vanyshed  after 
 the  washinge  of  it,  then  shall  he  rente  it  out 
 of  the  clothe,  and  of  the  skynne,  out  of  the 
 warpe  or  weft.  But  yf  it  appeare  eny  more 
 in  the  clothe  (either  in  the  warpe,  or  in  the 
 weft)  or  eny  maner  thinge  made  of  skynne, 
 
 "  Num.  5.  a.     4  Re.  15.  a. 
 
 then  is  it  a  waxinge  plage :  and  with  fyre 
 shal  it  be  burnt  that  eny  soch  plage  is  in.  As 
 for  the  cloth,  either  warpe  or  weft,  or  eny 
 maner  thynge  made  of  skynne  that  is  waszshe, 
 and  the  plage  be  departed  from  it,  it  shalbe 
 waszshen  once  agayne,  (j  then  is  it  cleane. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  ouer  the  plage  of  leprosy 
 in  clothes,  whether  they  be  wollen  or  lynne 
 (ether  in  the  warpe  or  in  the  weft)  and  in  eny 
 maner  of  thinge  made  of  skynne,  to  iudge 
 them  cleane  or  vncleane. 
 
 Ci)t  riiij-  ClftapUr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  This  is  the  lawe  ouer  -y- 
 leper,  whan  he  shalbe  clensed.  *  He  shall 
 come  vnto  y  prest,  and  the  prest  shal  go  out 
 of  the  boost,  and  loke  how  the  plage  of  le^ 
 prosye  is  healed  \'pon  the  leper.  And  he 
 shal  commaunde  him  that  is  to  be  clensed,  to 
 take  two  lyuinge  byrdes,  which  are  cleane,  and 
 Ceder  wodd,  and  purple  woU,  and  ysope :  and 
 shall  commaunde  the  one  byrde  to  be  kylled 
 in  an  earthen  vessell  ouer  sprynginge  water. 
 And  he  shall  take  the  lyuynge  byrde  with  the 
 Ceder  wodd,  the  purple  woll,  and  ysope,  and 
 dyppe  them  in  the  bloude  of  the  slaine  byrde 
 vpon  the  springynge  water,  and  sprenkle  it 
 seuen  tymes  vpon  him  that  must  be  clensed 
 from  y  leprosy.  And  so  dense  him,  and  let 
 the  lyuynge  byrde  flye  at  libertyein  tothefelde. 
 But  he  that  is  clensed,  shal  wash  his  clothes, 
 and  shaue  of  all  his  hayre,  and  bathe  him  self 
 with  water,  so  is  he  cleane.  Afterwarde  let 
 him  go  in  to  the  boost,  yet  shall  he  tarye 
 without  his  tent  seuen  dayes.  And  vpon  the 
 seuenth  daye  shal  he  shaue  of  all  f  hayre  vpon 
 his  heade,  \^o  his  beerde,  vpon  his  browes, 
 so  that  all  the  hayre  be  shauen  of,  and  he 
 shall  wash  his  clothes  and  bathe  his  flesh  in 
 water,  then  is  he  cleane. 
 
 And  vpo  the  eight  daye  shal  he  take  two 
 lambes  without  blemysh,  and  a  shepe  of  a 
 yeare  olde  without  blemysh,  and  thre  tenth 
 deales  of  fyne  floure  for  a  meatofferynge, 
 mjnigled  with  oyle,  (j  a  Logg  of  oyle.  The 
 shall  the  prest  presente  him  that  is  clensed 
 and  these  thinges  before  the  LORDE,  before 
 the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and 
 shal  take  y  one  lambe,  and  ofire  it  for  trespace 
 offerynge,  with  the  Logg  of  oyle,  5  shall  waue 
 them,   before   f   LORDE,    and   afterwarde 
 
 •  Mat.  8.  a.     Mar.  1.  d.     Luc.  5.  b.  and  17.  b. 
 
Cftap.  nii}. 
 
 Cftf  iij.  bokt  of  iHoers. 
 
 fo,  rb. 
 
 slaye  the  lambe,  where  the  synofferynge  and 
 burntofferynge  are  slayne,  namely,  in  the  holy 
 place.  For  as  the  synofferynge,  so  is  the 
 trespace  offerynge  the  prestes  also,  for  it  is 
 most  holy. 
 
 And  the  prest  shall  take  of  the  bloude  of 
 the  trespace  offerynge,  and  put  it  vpon  the 
 typpe  of  y  right  eare  of  him  that  is  clesed, 
 and  vpon  the  thombe  of  his  right  hande,  and 
 vpon  the  greate  too  of  his  right  fote.  After- 
 vvarde  shall  he  take  of  the  oyle  out  of  the 
 Logg,  and  poure  it  in  to  his  awne  left  hande, 
 and  dj'ppe  his  right  fynger  in  the  oyle  that  is 
 in  his  left  hande,  and  sprenkle  the  oyle  with 
 his  fynger  seuen  tymes  before  the  LORDE. 
 As  for  the  remnaunt  of  the  oyle  in  his  hande, 
 he  shall  put  it  vpon  the  typpe  of  the  right 
 eare  of  him  that  is  clensed,  and  vpon  the 
 thombe  of  his  right  hande,  5  vpon  the  greate 
 too  of  his  right  fote,  euen  aboue  vpon  the 
 bloude  of  the  trespace  offerynge.  But  the 
 remnaunt  of  the  oyle  in  his  hande,  shall  he 
 poure  vpon  the  heade  of  him  that  is  clensed, 
 and  make  an  attonement  for  him  before  the 
 LORDE.  And  he  shall  make  the  syn- 
 offeiynge,  and  reconcyle  him  that  is  clesed, 
 because  of  his  vnclennesse.  And  afterwarde 
 shall  he  sleye  the  burntofferynge,  and  shal  offre 
 it  vpon  the  altare  with  the  meatofferynge, 
 and  make  an  attonement  for  him,  5  than  is 
 he  cleane. 
 
 But  yf  he  be  poore,  and  getteth  not  so 
 moch  with  his  hande,  then  let  him  take  one 
 lambe  for  a  trespaceofferynge  to  wane  it,  to 
 make  an  attonement  for  him,  and  a  tenth 
 deale  of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle  for  a 
 meatofferynge,  and  a  Logg  of  oyle,  5  two 
 turtyU  doues,  or  two  yonge  pigeons  which  he 
 is  able  to  get  with  his  hande,  let  the  one  be  a 
 synofferynge,  the  other  a  burntofferynge :  and 
 let  him  brynge  them  vpon  the  eight  daye  of 
 his  clensynge  vnto  the  prest  before  the  dore 
 of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  before  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Then  shall  the  prest  take  the  lambe  for  the 
 synofferynge,  and  the  Logg  of  oyle,  and  shall 
 wane  them  all  before  the  LORDE,  and  sley 
 the  lambe  of  the  trespace  offerynge :  and  take 
 of  f  bloude  of  the  same  trespaceofferynge, 
 and  put  it  vpon  the  typpe  of  the  righte  eare 
 of  him  that  is  clensed,  and  vpon  the  thombe 
 of  his  right  hande,  and  vpon  the  greate  too  of 
 his  righte  fote,  and  poure  of  the  oyle  in  to  his 
 
 awne  lefte  hande,  and  with  his  right  fynger 
 sprenkle  the  oyle  that  is  in  his  left  hande, 
 seuen  tymes  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 As  for  the  remnaunt  of  the  oyle  in  his 
 hande,  he  shal  put  it  vpon  the  typpe  of  the 
 right  eare  of  him  that  is  clensed,  and  vpon 
 the  thombe  of  his  right  hande,  tj  vpon  the 
 greate  too  of  his  right  fote,  euen  aboue  vpo  y 
 bloude  of  y  trespaceofferynge.  The  other 
 oyle  in  his  hade  shal  he  poure  vpo  y  heade  of 
 him  y  is  clensed,  to  make  an  attonement  for 
 him  before  the  LORDE.  And  afterwarde  of 
 the  one  of  the  turtill  doues  or  yonge  pigeons 
 (acordinge  as  his  handes  are  able  to  get)  he 
 shal  make  a  synofferynge,  of  y  other  a  burnt- 
 offerynge, with  the  meatofferynge :  and  so 
 shal  the  prest  make  an  attonemet  for  him 
 that  is  clensed  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 Let  this  be  the  lawe  for  the  leper,  which  is 
 not  able  with  his  hande  to  get,  that  belongeth 
 vnto  his  clensynge. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  and  sayde :  Whan  ye  are  come  in  to 
 the  lande  of  Canaan,  which  I  geue  you  to 
 possesse :  and  yf  there  happen  a  plage  of  le- 
 prosy in  any  house  of  youre  possession,  then 
 shal  he  that  owneth  the  house,  come  and  tell 
 the  prest,  and  saye :  Me  thynke  there  is  as  it 
 were  a  plage  of  leprosy  in  my  house.  Then 
 shal  the  prest  commaunde  to  rydde  all  thynge 
 out  of  the  house  or  euer  the  prest  go  in  to  se 
 y  plage,  lest  all  that  is  in  the  house  be  made 
 vncleane.  Afterwarde  shall  y  prest  go  in,  to 
 se  the  plage. 
 
 Now  whan  he  loketh,  and  fyndeth,  y  there 
 be  holowe  strakes  yalowe  or  reedish  in  the 
 walles  of  the  house,  5  they  seme  to  be  lower 
 then  the  wall  besyde,  then  shall  he  go  out  at 
 the  dore  of  the  house,  and  shut  vp  the  house 
 for  seuen  dayes.  And  vpon  the  seuenth  daye 
 whan  he  commeth,  and  seyth  that  the  plage 
 hath  fretten  farther  in  the  walles  of  the  house, 
 the  shall  he  commaunde  to  breake  out  the 
 stones  wherin  the  plage  is,  3  to  cast  the  in  a 
 foule  place  without  the  cite,  j  the  house  to  be 
 scraped  within  rounde  aboute,  and  the  dust  y 
 is  scraped  of,  to  be  poured  without  y  cite  in 
 an  vncleane  place,  (j  to  take  other  stones,  and 
 put  them  in  the  place  of  the  other,  and  to 
 take  other  playster,  and  playster  the  house. 
 
 Whan  the  plage  then  commeth  agayne,  and 
 breaketh  forth  in  the  house,  after  y  the  stones 
 are  broke  out,  the  playster  scraped  of,  and  the 
 
 dT 
 
fo,  tbu 
 
 €i)t  iij,  bokr  of  iHoSfsi, 
 
 Cftap.  jrb. 
 
 house  playsterd  of  the  new,  the  shal  the  prest 
 go  in :  and  whan  he  seyth  that  the  plage  hath 
 fretten  farther  in  the  house,  then  is  there 
 surely  a  fretinge  leprosy  in  the  house,  and  it 
 is  vneleane  :  therfore  shal  the  house  be  broken 
 downe,  both  the  stones,  and  y  tymber  and  all 
 the  dust  of  the  house,  and  shal  be  caried  out 
 of  the  cite  in  to  an  vneleane  place.  And  who 
 so  goeth  in  to  the  house,  whyle  it  is  shut  vp, 
 is  vneleane  vntyll  y  euen.  And  he  y  lyeth 
 therin,  or  eateth  therin,  shal  wash  his  clothes. 
 
 But  yf  the  prest  se  (wha  he  goeth  in)  that 
 tliis  plage  hath  frett  no  farther  in  the  house, 
 after  that  the  house  is  new  playsterd,  the  shal 
 he  iudge  it  to  be  cleane,  for  the  plage  is 
 healed.  And  to  a  synofferinge  for  the  house, 
 he  shal  take  two  byrdes,  Ceder  wodd,  5  purple 
 woll,  and  ysope,  and  slaye  the  one  byrde  in 
 an  erthen  vessell  \'pon  sprynginge  water,  and 
 shall  take  the  Ceder  wodd,  the  purple  woll, 
 the  ysope,  and  the  lyuinge  byrde,  5  dyppe 
 them  ill  the  blonde  of  the  slayne  byrde  vpon 
 the  sprynginge  water,  and  sprenkle  the  house 
 with  all  seue  tymes:  and  so  shal  he  purifie 
 the  house  with  the  bloude  of  the  byrde,  with 
 the  springingc  watei-,  with  the  lyuinge  byrde, 
 with  the  Ceder  wodd,  with  the  ysope,  and 
 with  the  purple  woll.  And  the  lyuynge  byrde 
 shall  he  let  flye  at  libertye  out  of  the  towne 
 in  to  the  felde,  5  make  an  attonement  for  the 
 house,  and  then  is  it  cleane. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  ouer  all  maner  plage  of 
 leprosye  5  skyrfe,  ouer  y  leprosye  of  clothes 
 and  of  houses,  ouer  sores,  scabbes,  and  glis- 
 terynge  whyte,  that  it  maye  be  knowne,  whan 
 any  thinge  is  vneleane  or  cleane.  This  is  y 
 lawe  of  leprosy. 
 
 Ci^c  rb-  C!)aptfr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  and  sayde :  Speake  to  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  sale  vnto  him :  Wlian 
 a  man  hath  a  runnynge  yssue  from  out  of  his 
 flesh,  y  same  is  vneleane :  but  the  is  he  vn- 
 eleane by  the  reason  of  this  yssue,  whan  his 
 flesh  is  fretten  of  y  yssue  or  wounde.  Euery 
 bed  where  on  he  lyeth,  5  what  so  euer  he 
 sytteth  vpon,  shalbe  vneleane. 
 
 And  he  that  toucheth  his  bed  shall  wash 
 his  clothes,  and  bathe  him  self  with  water,  and 
 be  vneleane  vntyll  the  euen. 
 
 And  he  y  sytteth  where  he  sat,  shal  wash 
 his  clothes,  and  bathe  him  self  with  water, 
 and  be  vneleane  vntyll  the  eue.      Who  so 
 
 toucheth  his  flesii,  shall  wash  his  clothes,  (i 
 bathe  him  self  with  water,  and  be  vneleane 
 vntyll  the  euen.  Whan  he  spytteth  vpon  him 
 that  is  cleane,  y  same  shal  wash  his  clothes, 
 and  bathe  him  self  with  water,  5  be  vneleane 
 vntyll  the  euen. 
 
 And  the  saddell  and  what  so  euer  he  rydeth 
 vpo,  shalbe  vneleane.  And  who  so  euer 
 toucheth  eny  thinge  that  hath  bene  vnder 
 him,  shalbe  vneleane  vntyll  the  euen.  And 
 who  so  beareth  eny  soch,  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
 and  bathe  him  self  with  water,  and  be  vneleane 
 vntyll  the  euen.  And  whom  so  euer  he  touch- 
 eth, and  washeth  not  his  handes  first,  the 
 same  shal  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  him 
 self  with  water,  and  be  vneleane  vntyll  the 
 euen.  *Whan  he  toucheth  an  erthen  vessell, 
 it  shal  be  broken :  but  the  treen  vessell  shal 
 be  reused  with  water.  And  wha  he  is  cleane 
 of  his  yssue,  he  shal  nombre  vij.  dayes,  after 
 y  he  is  made  cleane,  5  wash  his  clothes,  (t 
 bathe  him  self  with  sprynginge  water,  the  is 
 he  cleane.  And  vpon  the  eight  daye  shal  he 
 take  two  turtill  doues  or  two  yonge  pigeos, 
 and  biynge  them  before  the  LORDE  before 
 the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and 
 geue  them  vnto  the  prest.  And  the  prest 
 shal  make  of  the  one  a  synoiferinge,  of  the 
 other  a  burntofferynge,  and  make  an  attone- 
 ment for  him  before  the  LORDE,  as  con- 
 cernynge  his  yssue. 
 
 Whan  a  mans  sede  departeth  from  him  in 
 slepe,  the  same  shal  bathe  all  his  flesh  with 
 water,  and  be  vneleane  vntyll  the  euen.  And 
 all  clothes,  and  euei-y  skynne  that  is  stained 
 with  soch  sede,  shall  he  wash  with  water,  a,  be 
 vneleane  vntyll  the  euen.  A  woman,  by 
 whom  soch  one  lyeth,  shall  bathe  hir  self  with 
 water,  and  be  vneleane  vntyll  the  euen. 
 
 Whan  a  woman  hath  the  bloude  yssue  of 
 hir  flesh,  she  shalbe  put  a  parte  vij.  dales  in  to 
 a  sundrie  place.  Who  so  euer  touchetii  her, 
 shal  be  vneleane  vntyll  the  eue.  And  all 
 that  she  lyeth  vpon  (as  longe  as  she  is  put 
 aparte)  shalbe  vneleane.  And  that  she  syt- 
 teth vpo,  shalbe  vneleane.  And  who  so  euer 
 toucheth  hir  bed,  shal  wash  his  clothes,  and 
 bathe  him  self  with  water,  and  be  vneleane 
 vntyll  the  euen.  And  who  so  euer  toucheth 
 eny  maner  thinge  that  she  hath  sytten  vpo, 
 shal  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  him  self  with 
 water,  and  be  vneleane  vntyll  the  eue. 
 
 •  Leuit.  6.  (1.  and  11.  o. 
 
CI)ap,  vfau 
 
 €i)t  iij.  ftofef  of  iitoSfS. 
 
 3.  rbi)» 
 
 "And  yf  a  man  lye  with  her  (whyle  she  is 
 put  a  parte)  he  shalbe  vncleane  seuen  dayes, 
 and  the  bed  that  he  laye  vpon,  shalbe  vncleane. 
 *  But  whan  a  woman  hath  hir  bloude  yssue 
 a  longe  season,  not  onely  at  the  tyme  of  hir 
 naturall  course,  but  also  out  of  the  tyme  of 
 hir  naturall  course,  then  shall  she  be  vncleane 
 so  longe  as  she  hath  the  yssue :  eue  as  she  is 
 at  the  tyme  whan  she  is  put  aparte,  so  shall 
 she  be  vncleane  here  also.  What  so  euer  she 
 lyeth  vpon  all  the  tyme  of  hir  yssue,  shalbe 
 as  hir  bed,  whan  she  is  put  aparte.  And  all 
 that  she  sytteth  vpon,  shalbe  vncleane,  as  is 
 hir  vnclennesse,  whan  she  is  put  aparte.  Who 
 so  euer  toucheth  eny  of  them,  shal  be  vncleane, 
 and  shal  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  him  self 
 with  water,  5  be  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen. 
 
 But  yf  she  be  cleane  of  hir  yssue,  the  shal 
 she  nombre  seuen  dayes,  afterwarde  shall  she 
 be  cleane  :  and  vpon  the  eight  daye  shall  she 
 take  two  turtill  doues,  or  two  yonge  pigeons, 
 and  brynge  them  vnto  the  prest  before  the 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And 
 the  prest  shall  make  of  the  one  a  synofferynge, 
 of  the  other  a  burntofferynge,  and  make  an 
 attonement  for  her  before  the  LORDE,  as 
 concernynge  the  yssue  of  hir  vnclennesse. 
 
 Thus  shal  ye  se  that  the  childre  of  Israel 
 kepe  them  selues  from  their  vnclenesse,  that 
 they  dye  not  in  their  vnclennesse,  whan  they 
 defyle  my  habitacion,  which  is  amoge  you. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  oner  him  that  hath  a  run- 
 nynge  sore,  5  him  whose  sede  departeth  from 
 him  in  slepe,  so  that  he  is  vncleane  therof. 
 And  ouer  her  that  hath  hir  bloude  yssue,  and 
 who  so  euer  hath  a  runnynge  sore,  whether 
 it  be  man  or  woman,  and  whan  a  man  lyeth 
 with  her  that  is  vncleane. 
 
 CI)c  ybi.  €i)apUv. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses 
 (after  that  Aarons  two  sonnes  were 
 deed,  *  whan  they  oifered  before  the  LORDE) 
 (I  sayde  :  Speake  vnto  Aaron  thy  brother,  y 
 he  go  not  at  all  tymes  in  to  the  ynnermer 
 Sanctuary,  within  the  vale  before  the  Mercy- 
 seate,  which  is  vpon  the  Arke,  y  he  dye  not : 
 t  for  I  wyll  appeare  in  a  cloude  vpon  y 
 Mercyseate.  But  herewithall  shal  he  go  in, 
 euen  with  a  yonge  buUocke  for  a  synofferynge, 
 and  with  a  ramme  for  a  burntofferynge,  and 
 shal  put  on  the  holy  lynnen  albe,  and  haue 
 
 lynnen  breches  vpon  his  flesh,  and  gyrde  him 
 with  a  lynne  girdell,  and  haue  the  lynnen 
 myter  vpon  his  heade. 
 
 For  these  are  y  holy  garmentes :  (S  he  shal 
 bathe  his  flesh  with  water,  a  put  them  on :  5 
 of  the  cogregacion  of  the  childre  of  Israel  he 
 shal  take  two  he  goates  for  a  synofferjmge,  and 
 a  ramme  for  a  burntofferynge. 
 
 And  Aaron  shal  brynge  the  bullocke  his 
 owne  synofferjmge,  tand  make  an  attonemet 
 for  himself  and  his  house :  and  afterwarde 
 shall  he  take  the  two  goates,  and  present 
 them  before  the  LORDE,  euen  before  the 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  and  shall 
 cast  lottes  ouer  the  two  goates  :  the  lot  of  the 
 one  goate  for  the  LORDE,  and  the  other 
 for  the  fre  goate.  And  the  goate  that  y 
 LORDES  lot  fell  vpon,  shal  he  offre  for  a 
 synofferynge.  But  the  goate,  that  the  fre 
 goates  lot  fell  vpon,  shal  he  present  alyue 
 before  y  LORDE,  to  make  an  attonement 
 for  him,  and  to  let  the  fre  goate  go  in  to  y 
 wyldernes.  And  so  shal  he  brynge  the  bul- 
 locke of  his  synofferynge,  and  make  an 
 attonement  for  him  and  his  housholde,  and 
 shal  kyll  him. 
 
 And  he  shall  take  a  censor  full  of  coales 
 from  the  altare  that  stondeth  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  his  handfull  of  beaten  incense, 
 and  brynge  them  in  within  f  vayle,  and  put 
 the  incense  vpon  the  fyre  before  y  LORDE, 
 that  the  cloude  of  the  incense  maye  couer  the 
 Mercyseate,  which  is  vpon  the  witnesse,  that 
 he  dye  not.  'And  he  shall  take  of  the  bloude 
 of  the  bullocke,  and  sprenkle  it  with  his 
 fynger  towarde  the  Mercyseate  on  the  fore 
 syde.  Seuen  tymes  shall  he  sprenkle  of  the 
 bloude  thus  with  his  fynger  before  the  Mercy- 
 seate. The  shal  he  kyll  the  goate  which  is 
 the  peoples  synoffer^aige,  5  brynge  in  of  his 
 bloude  within  the  vayle,  5  shall  do  with  his 
 bloude,  as  he  dyd  with  the  bloude  of  the 
 bullocke,  and  sprenkle  therwith  also  on  the 
 foresyde  towarde  the  Mercyseate,  and  so  shal 
 he  reconcyle  the  Sactuary  from  the  vnclen- 
 nesse of  the  childre  of  Israel,  and  fro  their 
 trespaces  in  all  their  synnes.  Thus  shal  he  J3 
 do  vnto  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  which  is 
 the  habitacion  with  them  amoge  their  vn- 
 elennesses. 
 
 No  man  shalbe  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wit- 
 nesse, whan  he  goeth  in  to  make  an  attone- 
 
 t  Exo.  40.  e.    3  Re.  8.  b.        i  Heb.  9.  b.        '  Leui.  4.  a. 
 
fo,  cbiij. 
 
 Cl)f  iij.  boke  of  iHosffsf. 
 
 Cbaj).  ):bij. 
 
 dT 
 
 ment  in  the  Sactuary,  vntyll  he  go  out :  and 
 so  shall  he  make  an  attonement  for  him  self 
 and  his  house,  and  for  the  whole  congregacion 
 of  Israel.  And  wha  he  goeth  forth  vnto  the 
 altare  that  stondeth  before  the  LORDE,  he 
 shal  reconcyle  it,  and  shal  take  of  y  bullockes 
 bloude,  and  of  the  goates  bloude,  t;  put  it 
 vpon  the  homes  of  the  altare  rounde  aboute. 
 And  with  his  fynger  shal  he  sprekle  of  the 
 bloude  theron  seuen  tymes,  and  halowe  it, 
 and  consecrate  it  from  the  vnclennesse  of  the 
 children  of  Israel. 
 
 And  whan  he  hath  made  an  ende  of  recon- 
 cylinge  the  Sanctuary,  and  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  the  altare,  he  shal  bringe  the 
 lyuynge  goate. 
 
 The  shal  Aaron  laie  both  his  hades  vpo  f 
 heade  of  him,  (j  confesse  ouer  him  all  the 
 myszdedes  of  y^  childre  of  Israel,  5  all  their 
 trespaces  in  their  synnes,  5  shal  laye  the  vpo 
 f  heade  of  the  goate,  5  by  some  man  y  is  at 
 nande,  shal  he  let  him  runne  in  to  the  wilder- 
 nes :  y  the  goate  maye  so  beare  all  their 
 mysdedes  vpon  him  in  to  y  wyldernesse,  and 
 he  shal  leaue  him  in  the  wyldernesse. 
 
 And  Aaron  shal  go  in  to  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  put  of  the  lynnen  clothes,  which 
 he  put  on  wha  he  wente  in  to  y-  Sactuary,  and 
 shal  leaue  them  there,  and  bathe  his  flesh 
 with  water  in  the  holy  place,  and  put  on  his 
 awne  rayment. 
 
 And  he  shal  go  forth,  and  make  his  burnt- 
 ofPeringe,  and  the  burntoiferinge  of  the  people, 
 and  make  an  attonement  both  for  himself  and 
 for  the  people,  and  burne  the  fat  of  the  syn- 
 ofFerynge  vpon  the  altare.  But  he  y  caried 
 out  the  fre  goate,  shal  wash  his  clothes,  and 
 bathe  him  self  with  water,  5  then  come  in  to 
 the  boost. 
 
 The  buUocke  of  the  synofFerynge,  and  f 
 goate  of  the  synofferynge  (whose  bloude  was 
 brought  in  to  the  Sanctuary  to  make  an 
 attonemet)  shalbe  caried  out  of  f  boost,  5 
 brent  with  fyre,  both  their  skynnes,  flesh,  and 
 donge.  And  he  that  burneth  them,  shal  wash 
 his  clothes,  and  bathe  him  self  with  water, 
 and  then  come  in  to  the  boost. 
 
 And  this  shalbe  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  you  : 
 "  Vpon  the  tenth  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth 
 shal  ye  humble  youre  soules,  and  do  no  worke, 
 whether  it  be  one  of  youre  selues,  or  a 
 straunger  amonge  you.      For  in  this  daye  is 
 
 youre  attonemet  made,  that  ye  maye  be 
 clensed  from  all  youre  synnes  before  the 
 LORDE :  therfore  shall  it  be  a  fre  Sabbath 
 vnto  you,  and  ye  shal  humble  youre  soules. 
 Let  this  be  a  perpetuall  lawe. 
 
 But  the  prest  that  is  anoynted,  and  whose 
 hande  was  fylled  to  be  prest  in  his  fathers 
 steade,  shal  make  this  attonement,  and  shal 
 put  on  the  lynnen  clothes,  namely  the  holy 
 vestimetes,  so  shal  he  recocyle  the  holy 
 Sactuary,  and  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse, 
 and  the  altare,  and  y  prestes,  and  all  the 
 people  of  the  congregacion.  *  This  shal  be  a 
 perpetuall  lawe  vnto  you,  that  ye  reconcyle  f 
 children  of  Israel  from  all  their  synnes  once 
 a  yeare.  And  Moses  dyd,  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  him. 
 
 €i)c  vbij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  (x 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  Aaron  5  his  sonnes, 
 d  to  all  y  childre  of  Israel,  (j  saye  vnto  them : 
 This  is  it  that  y  LORDE  hath  commaunded : 
 What  so  euer  he  be  of  y  house  of  Israel,  y 
 kylleth  an  oxe,  or  labe,  or  goate  in  the  boost, 
 or  out  of  the  boost,  and  bryngeth  it  not  before 
 the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  that  it 
 maye  be  brought  vnto  the  LORDE  for  an 
 offerynge  before  the  Habitacion  of  y  LORDE, 
 the  same  shal  be  giltie  of  bloude,  as  though 
 he  had  shed  bloude,  and  soch  a  man  shal  be 
 roted  out  from  amonge  his  people. 
 
 Therfore  shall  the  children  of  Israel  brynge 
 their  offerynges  (that  they  W7II  offre  vpon 
 the  wyde  felde)  before  the  LORDE,  euen 
 before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse, 
 vnto  the  prest,  3,  there  offre  their  health- 
 offerynges  vnto  the  LORDE.  And  the  prest 
 shal  sprenkle  the  bloude  vpon  the  altare  of 
 the  LORDE  before  the  dore  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse,  and  burne  the  fat  for  a 
 swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE :  and  they 
 shall  offre  their  offerynges  nomore  vnto  deuels, 
 with  whom  they  go  a  whorynge.  This  shal 
 be  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  them  amonge  their 
 posterities. 
 
 Tlierfore  shalt  thou  sale  vnto  the :  What 
 man  so  euer  he  be  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or 
 a  straunger  also  that  is  amonge  you,  which 
 offereth  a  burntofferynge  or  eny  other  offer- 
 ynge, and  bringeth  it  not  before  the  dore  of 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse  to  offre  it  vnto  the 
 
 *  Exo.  30.  b.  Heb.  9.  a. 
 
Cf)ap»  icbi'ij* 
 
 CJ)e  iiU  hoiit  of  i^losies. 
 
 jTo.  ci)c. 
 
 LORDE,  he  shal  be  roted  out  from  amoge 
 his  people. 
 
 °  And  what  man  so  euer  it  be  (either  of  the 
 house  of  Israel,  or  a  straunger  amonge  you) 
 that  eateth  eny  maner  of  bloude,  agaynst  him 
 wyll  I  set  my  face,  and  wil  rote  him  out  from 
 amonge  his  people :  for  the  soule  of  y  body  is 
 in  the  bloude,  and  I  haue  geuen  it  you  for 
 the  altare,  that  youre  soules  maye  be  recon- 
 cyled  ther  with:  For  the  bloude  that  is  in  the 
 soule  maketh  attonement.  Therfore  haue  I 
 sayde  vnto  the  children  of  Israel :  No  soule 
 amonge  you  shall  eate  bloude,  no  ner  eny 
 straunger  that  dwelleth  amonge  you. 
 
 And  what  man  so  euer  it  be  amonge  you 
 (whether  he  be  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  a 
 straunger  amoge  you)  that  at  the  huntynge 
 taketh  a  beest  or  foule  which  maye  be  eaten, 
 he  shall  poure  out  the  bloude  of  the  same,  5 
 couer  it  with  earth:  for  all  flesh  lyueth  in  the 
 bloude. 
 
 And  I  haue  sayde  vnto  the  children  of 
 Israel :  *  Ye  shall  eate  the  bloude  of  no  body : 
 for  the  life  of  all  flesh  is  in  his  bloude.  Who 
 so  euer  eateth  it,  shalbe  roted  out.  And  what 
 so  euer  soule  eateth  that  which  dyed  alone,  or 
 y  was  tome  of  wylde  beestes  (whether  he  be 
 one  of  youre  selues  or  a  straunger)  the  same 
 shal  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  with 
 water,  and  be  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen,  and 
 then  is  he  cleane.  But  yf  he  wash  not  his 
 clothes,  nor  bathe  him  self,  then  shal  he  beare 
 his  synne. 
 
 €i)t  ybii).  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5 
 saide:  Speake  vnto  the  childre  of  Is- 
 rael, 5  saye  vnto  them:  I  am  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  Ye  shall  not  do  after  ;y-  workes  of 
 the  lande  of  Egipte,  wherin  ye  dwelt :  nether 
 after  the  doynges  of  the  lande  of  Canaan,  in 
 to  the  which  I  will  brynge  you.  Ye  shal  not 
 walke  after  their  customes,  but  after  my  lawes 
 shall  ye  do,  5  my  statutes  shall  ye  kepe,  that 
 ye  maye  walke  therin:  fori  am  the  LORDE 
 youre  God.  Therfore  shal  ye  kepe  my  statutes 
 and  my  lawes.  *For  the  man  that  doth  the 
 same,  shal  Hue  therin,  for  lam  the  LORDE. 
 No  ma  shal  come  at  his  nexte  kinszwoma, 
 to  vncouer  hir  preuytie:  for  I  am  y  LORDE. 
 
 "  Leui.  7.  c.  '  Gen.  9.  a.     Leui.  3.  c.  7.  c.  19.  f. 
 
 •  Ro.  10.  a.         '  Gen.  14.  g.     Eze.  22.  b.         <<  Deu.  22.  d. 
 and  27.  c.     1  Cor.  5.  a.  '  Deu.  27.  c.      2  Re.  13.  c. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  f-  preuytie  of  thy 
 father  5  of  thy  mother.  It  is  thy  mother, 
 therfore  shalt  thou  not  vncouer  hir  preuytie. 
 
 ''  Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  y  preuytie  of  thy 
 fathers  wife,  for  it  is  thy  fathers  preuytie. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuj'tie  of  thy 
 sister,  which  is  the  doughter  of  thy  father  or 
 of  thy  mother,  whether  she  be  borne  at  home 
 or  without. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of 
 thy  sonnes  doughter,  or  of  thy  doughters 
 doughter,  for  it  is  thine  awne  preuytie. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  f  preuytie  of  thy 
 fathers  wiues  doughter,  which  is  borne  vnto 
 him,  and  is  thy  sister. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of 
 thy  fathers  sister,  for  it  is  thy  fathers  nexte 
 kynszwoman. 
 
 -'^Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of 
 thy  mothers  sister,  for  it  is  thy  mothers  nexte 
 kynszwoman. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of  thy 
 fathers  brother,  to  take  his  wife,  for  she  is 
 thine  awnte. 
 
 ^Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  ;y  preuytie  of  thy 
 doughter  in  lawe,  for  she  is  thy  sonnes  wife, 
 therfore  shalt  thou  not  vncouer  hir  preuitie. 
 
 *Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of 
 thy  brothers  wife,  for  it  is  thy  brothers  pre- 
 uytie. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of  thy 
 wife  and  of  hir  doughter  also,  nether  shalt 
 thou  take  hir  sonnes  doughter  or  hir  doughters 
 doughter,  to  vncouer  their  preuyties,  for  they 
 are  hir  nexte  kynszwomen.  And  it  is  wicked- 
 nesse. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  and  hir  sister 
 also,  to  vncouer  hir  preuytie,  whyle  she  is  yet 
 alyue. 
 
 ''Thou  shalt  not  go  vnto  a  woman  to 
 vncouer  hir  preuytie,  so  longe  as  she  hath  hir 
 disease  in  hir  vnclennesse. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  not  lye  with  thy  neghbours 
 wife  to  medle  with  her,  for  to  deiyle  thy  self 
 withall. 
 
 "Thou  shalt  not  geue  of  thy  sede  also,  to 
 be  burnt  vnto  Moloch,  lest  thou  vnhalowe  the 
 name  of  thy  God,  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 t  Thou  shalt  not  lye  with  mankynde  as 
 with  womankynde,  for  y  is  abhominacion. 
 
 /  Leui.  20.  c.  e  Gen.  38.  d.  Deu.  27.  c.  *  Leui.  20.  c. 
 Mat.  14.  a.  ■  Gen.  29.  e.  *  Leu.  15.  d.  Eze.  22.  b. 
 '  2  Re.  11.  a.       "•  Leu.  20.  a.        t  Rom.  1.  d.    Leu.  20.  b. 
 
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 Cftap,  xiv* 
 
 "  Thou  shalt  lye  with  no  maner  of  beest,  to 
 defyle  thy  self  therwith.  And  no  woman 
 shal  haue  to  do  with  a  beest,  for  it  is  abhomi- 
 nacion. 
 
 Ye  shal  defyle  youre  selues  in  none  of  these 
 thinges.  For  y  Heithen  (whom  I  wil  cast  out 
 before  you)  haue  stayned  them  selues  in  all 
 these,  and  the  londe  is  defyled  there  thorow. 
 And  their  wickednesse  \vyl  I  vyset  vp5  them, 
 so  that  the  londe  shal  spue  out  the  indwellers 
 therof.  Therfore  kepe  ye  my  statutes  and 
 lawes,  and  do  not  one  of  these  abhominacions, 
 nether  one  of  youre  awne  selues  ner  the 
 straunger  amonge  you  (for  all  soch  abhomi- 
 nacions haue  f  people  of  this  lode  done  which 
 were  before  you,  5  haue  defyled  the  lande) 
 that  the  lande  spue  not  you  out  also,  whan  ye 
 haue  defyled  it,  as  it  spewed  out  the  Heythe, 
 that  were  there  before  you.  For  who  so  euer 
 commytte  these  abhominacios,  the  same  soules 
 shalbe  roted  out  from  amonge  their  people. 
 Therfore  kepe  ye  my  statutes,  that  ye  do  not 
 after  y  abhominable  customes,  which  were 
 before  you,  that  ye  be  not  defyled  therwith : 
 For  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Cljt  jriv.  Ci)aptnr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Speake  to  the  whole  con- 
 gregacion  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  saye 
 vnto  them:*  Ye  shall  be  holy,  for  I  am  holy, 
 euen  the  LORDE  youre  God.  Euery  one 
 feare  his  father  and  his  mother.  Kepe  my 
 holy  dayes :  for  I  am  the  LORDE  youre 
 God.  Ye  shal  not  tume  youre  selues  vnto 
 Idols,  5  ye  shal  make  you  no  goddes  of  metall: 
 for  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 And  whan  ye  wyll  offre  healthofFerynges 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  then  shal  ye  offre  the,  that 
 he  maye  be  mercifull  vnto  you,  t  and  ye  shal 
 eate  them  the  same  daye  that  ye  ofire  them, 
 and  on  the  morow :  what  so  euer  is  left  on 
 the  thirde  daye,  shalbe  burnt  with  fyre.  But 
 yf  any  man  eate  therof  vpon  the  thirde  daye, 
 then  is  he  vnholy,  and  shall  not  be  accepted, 
 and  the  same  eater  shal  beare  his  synne, 
 because  he  hath  vnhalowed  the  Sanctuary  of 
 the  LORDE:  and  soch  a  soule  shalbe  roted 
 out  from  amonge  his  people. 
 
 *  Whan  thou  reapest  thy  londe,  thou  shalt 
 
 -  Deu.  27.  c.  •  Leui.  11.  g.  and  20.  c.     1  Pet.  1.  c 
 
 t  Leuit.  7.  b.       *  Leui.  23.  d.  Deu.  24.  d.       '  Exo.  20.  b 
 Matt.  b.  d.        t  Deut.  24.  b.     Tob.  4.  c.        §  Deu.  27.  c 
 
 not  reape  downe  the  vttemost  borders  of  it 
 rouiide  aboute,  ner  gather  it  all  cleane  vp. 
 Euen  so  likewyse  thou  shalt  not  plucke  thy 
 vynyarde  cleane  also,  ner  gather  vp  the  grapes 
 that  are  fallen  downe,  but  shalt  leaue  them 
 for  y  poore  and  straungers :  for  I  am  the 
 LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Ye  shal  not  steale,  nether  lye,  ner  deale 
 falsely  one  with  another. 
 
 "  Ye  shal  not  sweare  falsely  by  my  name,  (j 
 so  to  vnhalowe  the  name  of  thy  God :  for  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thou  shalt  do  thy  neghboure  no  wronge, 
 ner  robbe  him.t  The  workmas  laboure  shal 
 not  byde  with  the  vntyll  the  mornynge. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  deaf.  Thou  shalt 
 put  no  stomblynge  blocke  before  f  blinde,  but 
 shalt  feare  thy  God :  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ye  shall  not  deale  wrongeously  in  iudgment, 
 nether  shal  ye  accepte  the  personne  of  the 
 poore,  ner  honoure  the  parsonne  of  the  greate, 
 but  thou  shalt  iudge  thy  neghboure  righte- 
 ously. 
 
 Thou  shalt  let  no  preuy  accuser  go  amoge 
 thy  people.  Nether  shalt  thou  stonde  aga}Tist 
 thy  neghbours  bloude  :  for  I  am  y  LORDE. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  hate  thy  brother  in  thine 
 hert,  II  but  shalt  tell  thy  neghboure  his  faute, 
 that  thou  beare  not  synne  for  his  sake. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  auenge  thy  self,  ner  beare 
 euell  will  agaynst  the  childre  of  thy  people. 
 
 ^  Thou  shalt  loue  thy  neghboure,  as  thy 
 self:  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 My  statutes  shal  ye  kepe,  that  thou  **  let 
 not  thy  catell  gendre  with  beestes  of  another 
 kynde  :  nether  sowe  thy  felde  with  myngled 
 sede.  And  let  no  garment  come  vpon  the,  y 
 is  mixte  with  woUen  and  lynnen. 
 
 Whan  a  man  lyeth  with  a  woman,  and  hath 
 to  do  with  her,  which  is  a  bonde  woman,  and 
 hath  bene  medled  withall  of  another  man,  but 
 not  lowsed  out,  ner  hath  optayned  fredome,  it 
 shalbe  punyshed,  but  they  shal  not  suffre 
 death,  because  she  was  not  fre.  But  he  shal 
 brynge  for  his  trespace  vnto  f  LORDE 
 (euen  before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse)  a  ramme  for  a  trespace  ofFerynge : 
 and  the  prest  shal  make  an  attonement  for 
 him  with  the  trespace  offerynge  before  the 
 LORDE,  concernynge  the  synne  that  he  hath 
 
 Mat.  18.  b.       Eccli.  19.  b. 
 Rom.  13.  b. 
 
 IT  Mat.  22.  b. 
 *»  Gen.  36.  d. 
 
Cftap.  vi^. 
 
 €l)t  iij*  Ijobf  of  iiflosfsi. 
 
 So.  (yu 
 
 done  :  *  so  shall  God  be  mercifull  vnto  him, 
 as  concernynge  his  synne  which  he  hath  done. 
 jf  What  tyme  as  ye  are  come  in  to  the  londe, 
 and  plante  all  maner  trees  wherof  men  eate, 
 ye  shall  circumcise  the  foreskynne  of  the 
 same  with  their  frutes :  thre  yeares  shall 
 ye  holde  them  for  vncircumcysed,  so  that  ye 
 eate  them  not :  but  in  the  fourth  yeare  shall 
 all  their  frutes  be  holy  and  praysed  vnto  y 
 LORDE.  In  the  fifth  yeare  shall  ye  eate  the 
 frutes,  and  gather  them  in :  for  I  am  y 
 LORDE  youre  God 
 
 "Ye  shai  eate  nothinge  with  bloude.  Ye 
 shall  not  regarde  f  foules  cryenge,  ner  chose 
 out  dayes. 
 
 *  Ye  shal  shaue  no  crownes  vpo  youre  heade, 
 
 nether  shalt  thou  clyppe  thy  beerde  cleane  off. 
 
 Ye  shal  rente  out  no  markes  in  youre  body 
 
 (for  eny  that  is  deed)  ner  make  lettres  vpo 
 
 you:  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  holde  thy  doughter  to 
 whordome,  that  the  londe  fall  not  to  whor- 
 dome,  and  waxe  fuU  of  wickednesse. 
 
 Kepe  my  holy  dayes,  and  stonde  in  awe  of 
 my  Sanctuary :   for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 tYe  shal  not  turne  youre  selues  to  f  Soyth 
 sayers,  and  axe  nothinge  at  the  expounders  of 
 tokes,  that  ye  be  not  defyled  by  them :  for  I 
 am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 "Thou  shalt  ryse  vp  before  a  graye  heade, 
 and  shalt  geue  reuerence  vnto  the  aged.  For 
 thou  shalt  feare  God:   for  I  am  y^  LORDE. 
 
 ''  Whan  there  dwelleth  a  straunger  amonge 
 you  in  youre  londe,  ye  shall  not  vexe  him. 
 He  shal  dwell  with  you,  euen  as  one  that  is 
 at  home  amonge  you,  j  thou  shalt  loue  him 
 as  thy  self:  for  ye  youre  selues  also  were 
 straungers  in  the  lande  of  Egipte.  I  am  the 
 LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Ye  shal  not  deale  wrogeously  in  iudgmet, 
 with  meteyarde,  with  weight,  with  measure : 
 A  true  balaunce,  a  true  weight,  a  true  Epha, 
 a  true  Hin  shalbe  amoge  you.  For  I  am  the 
 LORDE  youre  God,  which  brought  you  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  that  ye  shulde  kepe  a 
 do  all  my  statutes  and  lawes :  for  I  am  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 €i)c  vv-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  the   LORDE  talked  with  Moses, 
 and  saide:   Tell  the  children  of  Israel: 
 
 •Heb.  10.  a.      »  Leui.  3.  c.  Deu.  18.  b. 
 
 'Leui. 21. a.         Matt.  15.  a.        /Deu.  22.  c.        cLeuit.lS.a.   Deu.  27.  c. 
 
 £ze.  44.  c.         1 1  Reg.  28.  b.         '  Eccli.  8.  a.    1  Tim.  5.  a.         ■  -      ■  -  -      ■  -  - 
 
 ■'Exo.  22.  c.        t  Leui.  18.  c.    Deut.  27.a. 
 Nu.  11.  (1.     losu.  3.  b.  'Exo.  21.  b. 
 
 *  Who  so  euer  he  be  amonge  the  children  of 
 Israel,  (or  eny  straunger  that  dwelleth  in 
 Israel)  which  geueth  of  his  sede  vnto  Moloch, 
 the  same  shall  dye  the  death :  the  people  of 
 the  lande  shal  stone  him,  j  I  wyll  set  my  face 
 agaynst  that  man,  and  wyll  rote  him  out  from 
 amoge  his  people,  because  he  hath  geuen  of 
 his  sede  vnto  Moloch,  and  defyled  my  Sanc- 
 tuary, 5  vnhalowed  my  holy  name.  And 
 though  the  people  of  the  londe  loke  thorow 
 the  fyngers  vpon  that  man,  which  hath  geuen 
 of  his  sede  vnto  Moloch,  so  that  they  put  him 
 not  to  death,  yet  wyl  I  set  my  face  agaynst 
 the  same  man,  5  agaynst  his  generacion  :  And 
 him,  and  all  that  go  a  whorynge  with  him 
 after  Moloch,  wyll  I  rote  out  from  amonge 
 their  people. 
 
 Yf  eny  soule  turne  him  to  f  soythsayers 
 and  expounders  of  tokens,  so  that  he  goeth  a 
 whorj-nge  after  them,  I  wyl  set  my  face  agaynst 
 the  same  soule,  and  wyl  rote  him  out  from 
 amonge  his  people.  ^Sanctifie  youre  selues 
 therfore,  5  be  holy :  for  I  am  holy  euen  youre 
 God.  And  kepe  ye  my  statutes,  and  do 
 them:  for  I  am  y  LORDEthat  sanctifieth  you. 
 
 Who  so  euer  curseth  his  father  or  his 
 mother,  shall  dye  the  death:  'his  bloude  be 
 vpon  him,  because  ha  hath  cursed  his  father 
 or  mother. 
 
 •'^He  that  breaketh  wedlocke  with  eny  mas 
 wife,  shal  dye  the  death  (both  the  aduouterer 
 and  y  aduouteresse)  because  he  hath  broken 
 wedlocke  with  his  neghbours  wife. 
 
 *  Yf  eny  man  lye  with  his  fathers  wife,  so  y 
 he  vncouer  his  fathers  preuyte,  they  shal  both 
 dye  the  death :  their  bloude  be  vpo  the. 
 
 *  Yf  eny  man  lye  with  his  doughter  in  lawe, 
 they  shall  dye  both  of  them,  for  they  haue 
 wrought  abhominacion :  their  bloude  be  vpon 
 them. 
 
 '  Yf  eny  man  lye  with  the  mankynde,  as  with 
 womankynde,  they  haue  wrought  abhomina- 
 cion, 5  shal  both  dye  the  death :  their  bloude 
 be  vpon  them. 
 
 *Yf  eny  man  take  a  wyfe,  and  hir  mother 
 therto,  the  same  hath  wrought  wickednes :  he 
 shalbe  burnt  with  fyre,  and  so  shal  they  also, 
 that  there  be  no  wickednes  amoge  you. 
 
 'Yf  eny  man  lye  with  a  beest,  he  shall  dye 
 the  death,  and  the  beest  shal  be  slavne. 
 
 '  Leui.  18.  b.      'Leui.  18.  c.    Rom.  1.  d.       '  Leui.  18.  b. 
 jLeui.  19.a.  I       '  Leui.  18.  c.     Deu.  27.  a. 
 Pro.  20.  c. 
 
jfo.  mi. 
 
 €i)t  ii),  hoU  of  iiloSfsi. 
 
 Cljap,  jiTi.1 
 
 Yf  a  woman  medle  with  a  beest,  so  y  she 
 haue  to  do  with  it,  thou  shalt  put  her  to  death, 
 and  the  beest  also,  they  shall  dye  the  death : 
 their  bloude  be  vpon  them. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  take  his  sister,  his  fathers 
 doughter,  or  his  mothers  doughter,  and  se  hir 
 preuyte,  and  she  agayne  se  his  secretes,  it  is  a 
 wicked  thinge.  They  shalbe  roted  out  in  the 
 sight  of  their  people.  For  he  hath  vncouered 
 his  sisters  preuyte,  he  shal  beare  his  synne. 
 
 "  Yf  a  man  lye  with  a  woman  in  the  tyme  of 
 hir  sicknesse,  and  vncouer  hir  secretes,  5 
 open  yj)  hir  founteyne,  and  she  vncouer  the 
 fountayne  of  hir  bloude,  they  shall  both  be 
 roted  out  from  amonge  their  people. 
 
 'Thou  shalt  not  vncouer  the  preuytie  of  thy 
 mothers  sister,  and  of  thy  fathers  sister :  for 
 soch  one  hath  vncouered  his  nexte  kynswoman, 
 and  they  shal  beare  their  synne. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  lye  with  his  vncles  wyfe,  the 
 same  hath  vncouered  the  preuytie  of  his  vncle: 
 they  shal  beare  their  synne,  without  children 
 shal  they  dye. 
 
 *Yf  eny  man  take  his  brothers  wyfe,  y  is 
 an  vn  cleane  thinge :  they  shalbe  without 
 children,  because  he  hath  vncouered  his  bro- 
 thers secretes. 
 
 So  kepe  now  all  my  statutes  (j  my  lawes,  5 
 do  them,  y  the  lode  whither  I  brynge  you  to 
 dwell  therin,  spewe  you  not  out.  And  walke 
 not  ye  in  y  statutes  of  the  Heithen,  which  I 
 shal  cast  out  before  you.  t  For  all  soch  thinges 
 haue  they  done,  5  I  haue  abhorred  the. 
 
 But  I  saye  vnto  you:  Ye  shall  possesse 
 their  londe.  For  I  wyll  geue  you  to  en- 
 heritaunce  a  lode,  that  floweth  with  mylke 
 and  hony.  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 which  haue  separated  you  from  the  nacions, 
 that  ye  also  shulde  separate  the  cleane  beestes 
 fro  the  vn  cleane,  and  the  vn  cleane  foules 
 from  the  cleane :  j  not  to  defyle  youre  soules 
 vpon  beestes,  vpon  foules  d  vpon  all  that 
 crepeth  on  the  grounde:  "which  I  haue  se- 
 parated vnto  you,  that  they  shulde  be  vncleane. 
 Therfore  shall  ye  be  holy  vnto  me :  for  I  the 
 LORDE  am  holy,  which  haue  separated  you 
 fro  the  nacions,  that  ye  shulde  be  myne. 
 
 '' Yf  a  man  or  woman  be  a  soythsayer  or  an 
 expounder  of  tokens,  the  same  shall  dye  the 
 death :  they  shalbe  stoned,  their  bloude  be 
 vpon  them. 
 
 »  Leui.  15.  d.and  I8.C.  'Leui.  18.b.  *Leu.  18.  b. 
 Matt.  14.  a.        t  Deut.  9.  a.        '  Leui.  1 1.  a.    Deut.  14.  a. 
 
 Ei)t  fT<-  Cljaptnr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses: 
 Speake  to  y  prestes  y  sonnes  of  Aaron, 
 d  saye  vnto  the:  tA  prest  shal  defyle  him 
 self  vpo  no  soule  of  his  people,  but  vpon  his 
 nexte  kynne  y  belongeth  vnto  him :  as  vpon 
 his  mother,  vpo  his  father,  vpo  his  sonne,  vpo 
 his  doughter,  vpon  his  brother,  5  vpon  his 
 sister,  which  is  yet  a  virgin,  5  hath  bene  no 
 mans  vidfe  (which  belongeth  vnto  him)  vpon 
 her  maie  he  defyle  himself.  Morouer  he  shal 
 not  defyle  him  self  vpo  eny  ruler  in  his  people, 
 to  vn  halowe  him  self. 
 
 ^He  shall  make  no  crowne  also  vpon  his 
 heade,  ner  shaue  of  his  beerd,  nether  shall 
 they  cut  out  eny  markes  1  their  fleshe.  They 
 shalbe  holy  vnto  their  God,  and  not  vnhalowe 
 y  name  of  their  God:  for  they  offie  the 
 sacrifice  of  the  LORDE,  the  bred  of  their 
 God,  therfore  shal  they  be  holy. 
 
 They  shal  take  no  whore,  ner  one  that  is 
 defy  led,  'or  y  is  put  awaye  from  hir  huszbande, 
 for  he  is  holy  vnto  his  God :  therfore  shal  he 
 sanctifie  him  self,  for  he  offi-eth  the  bred  of 
 thy  God.  He  shal  be  holy  vnto  the,  for 
 I  am  holy,  euen  the  LORDE  that  sancti- 
 fieth  you. 
 
 Yf  a  prestes  doughter  fall  to  whoringe,  she 
 shalbe  burnt  with  fyre,  for  she  hath  shamed 
 hir  father.  He  that  is  hye  prest  amonge  his 
 brethren,  vp5  whose  heade  the  anoyntinge 
 oyle  is  poured,  and  his  hande  fylled  (y  he 
 might  be  arayed  with  the  vestimentes)  shal 
 not  vncouer  his  heade,  ner  cut  his  clothes,  5 
 shal  come  at  no  deed,  II  d  shal  defyle  him  self 
 nether  vpon  father  ner  mother.  He  shall  not 
 go  out  of  the  Sanctuary,  that  he  vnhalowe  not 
 the  Sanctuary  of  his  God.  For  y  crowne  of 
 the  anoyntinge  oyle  of  his  God  is  vpon  him, 
 for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 A  virgin  shal  he  take  to  wife,  but  '^no 
 wedowe,  ner  deuorsed,  ner  defyled,  ner  whore, 
 but  a  virgin  of  his  awne  people  shal  he  take 
 to  wife,  y  he  vnhalowe  not  his  sede  amonge 
 his  people.  For  I  am  y  LORDE,  which 
 sanctifie  him. 
 
 And  f  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5  sayde : 
 Speake  vnto  Aaron,  5  sale :  Yf  there  be  a 
 blemysh  ^^5  eny  of  thy  sede  in  youre  genera- 
 cions,  the  same  shal  not  preasse  to  oflre  the 
 
 ■*  Deu.  18.  b.  1  Re.  28.  b.     }Eze.  44.  d.     ^Leui.l9.f.  Eze. 
 44.  c.     '1  Tim.  2.  a.      11  Luc.  9.  f.     /Eze.44.  d.  Mal.S.b. 
 
Cftap.  nih 
 
 €i)t  iij.  boht  of  i¥Ui0fs;. 
 
 jTo,  rviij. 
 
 bred  of  his  God:  *For  who  so  euer  hath  a 
 blemysh  vpon  him,  shal  not  come  nere, 
 whether  he  be  blynde,  lame,  with  an  euell 
 fauoured  nose,  with  eny  myszshappen  membra, 
 or  y  hath  a  broken  fote  or  hande,  or  is  croke 
 backed,  or  hath  eny  blemysh  in  the  eye,  or  is 
 gleyd,  or  is  skyrvye  or  scaulde,  or  hath  his 
 stones  broken. 
 
 Who  so  euer  now  of  the  sede  of  Aaron  y 
 prest  hath  eny  blemysh  vpo  him,  shal  not 
 come  nye  to  offre  y  sacrifice  of  the  LORDE. 
 For  he  hath  a  deformyte.  Therfore  shall  he 
 not  preasse  vnto  the  bred  of  his  God,  to  offre 
 it.  Notwithstondinge  he  shal  eate  of  the  bred 
 of  his  God,  both  of  the  holy,  5  of  y  most  holy : 
 but  he  shal  not  go  in  to  f  vayle,  ner  come 
 nye  the  altare  (for  so  moch  as  he  hath  a 
 blemysh  vpo  him)  y  he  vnhalowe  not  my 
 Siictuary.  For  I  am  y  LORDE  y  sanctifieth 
 the.  And  Moses  spake  this  vnto  Aaron  5  to 
 his  sonnes,  and  to  all  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Cfje  n'i)-  Cljaptfr. 
 A  ND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5 
 /^  sayde:  Speake  vnto  Aaron,  5  his  sonnes, 
 y  they  absteyne  from  y  halowed  thinges  of  the 
 childre  of  Israel,  which  they  haue  halowed 
 vnto  me,  5  y  they  vnhalowe  not  my  holy 
 ne  :  for  I  am  y  LORDE.  Sale  now  vnto 
 them  (J  their  posterities :  Who  so  euer  he  be 
 of  youre  sede,  y  commeth  nye  vnto  the  holy 
 thinges,  which  the  childre  of  Israel  halowe 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  (t  so  defyleth  him  self 
 vpon  the  same,  his  soule  shal  perishe  before 
 my  face:  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Who  so  euer  of  the  sede  of  Aaron  is  a 
 leper,  or  hath  a  runnynge  yssue,  shall  not  eate 
 of  the  holy  thinges,  tyll  he  be  clensed.  Who 
 so  toucheth  eny  vncleane  thinge,  or  whose  sede 
 departeth  from  him  by  night,  or  who  so 
 toucheth  eny  worme  that  is  vncleane  vnto 
 him,  or  a  ma  y  is  vncleane  vnto  him,  5  what 
 so  euer  defyleth  hi,  loke  what  soule  toucheth 
 eny  soch,  is  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen,  (j  shall 
 not  eate  of  the  holy  thinges,  but  shall  first 
 bath  his  flesh  with  water.  And  wha  y  Sonne 
 is  gone  downe,  and  he  cleane,  then  maye  he 
 eate  therof,  for  it  is  his  foode.  Loke  what 
 dyeth  alone,  or  is  rent  of  wylde  beestes,  shall 
 he  not  eate,  y  he  be  not  vncleane  theron :  for 
 I  am  ^  LORDE.  Therfore  shal  they  kepe 
 my  lawe,  y  they  lade  not  synne  vpon  them,  5 
 
 •  2  Re.  5.  b. 
 
 dye  therin,  whan  they  vnhalowe  them  selues 
 in  it.     For  I  am  y  LORDE,  y  halowe  them. 
 
 A  straunger  shal  not  eate  of  the  holy  thinges, 
 ner  an  housholde  gest  of  the  prestes,  ner  an 
 hyred  seruaut.  But  yf  y  prest  bye  a  soule 
 for  his  money,  y  same  maye  eate  therof.  And 
 loke  who  is  borne  in  his  house,  maye  eate  of 
 his  bred  also.  Neuertheles  yf  the  prestes 
 doughter  be  a  straungers  wife,  she  shal  not 
 eate  of  the  Heueofferinges  of  holynes.  But 
 yf  she  be  a  wedowe,  or  deuorced,  or  haue  no 
 sede,  (I  commeth  agayne  to  hir  fathers  house 
 as  afore  (whan  she  was  yet  a  mayden  in  hir 
 fathers  house)  then  shall  she  eate  of  hir  fathers 
 bred.     But  no  strauger  shal  eate  therof. 
 
 Who  so  els  eateth  of  the  halowed  thynges, 
 vnwyttingly,  shal  put  y  fifth  parte  there 
 vnto,  and  geue  it  vnto  the  prest  with  th 
 halowed  thinge,  that  they  vnhalowe  not  y 
 halowed  thinges  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 which  they  Heue  vp  vnto  the  LORDE,  lest 
 they  lade  them  selues  with  myszdoinge  and 
 trespace,  wha  they  eate  their  halowed  thynges, 
 for  I  am  y  LORDE  which  halowe  the. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5  saide: 
 Speake  vnto  Aaron  (t  his  sonnes,  ij  to  all  y 
 childre  of  Israel :  tWhat  so  euer  Israehte  or 
 straunger  in  Israel  wyll  do  his  offerynge, 
 whether  it  be  their  vowe,  or  of  fre  wyl,  that 
 they  wyll  offre  a  burntofferynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  to  reconcyle  them  selues,  it  shal  be 
 a  male,  and  without  blemysh,  of  the  oxen,  or 
 lambes  or  goates.  i  What  so  euer  hath  eny 
 blemish,  shal  they  not  offre,  for  they  shal  fynde 
 no  fauoure  therwith. 
 
 And  who  so  wyl  offre  an  healthofferinge 
 vnto  the  LORDE  to  separate  out  a  vowe,  or 
 of  fre  wyl,  oxen  or  shepe,  it  shalbe  without 
 blemysh,  y  it  maye  be  accepted.  It  shal  haue 
 no  deformite.  Yf  it  be  blynde,  or  broke,  or 
 wounded,  or  haue  a  wen,  or  skyrvye,  or 
 scabbed,  they  shal  offre  none  soch  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  ner  put  an  offerynge  of  eny  soch 
 vpo  the  altare  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 An  oxe  or  shepe  y  hath  myszshappe  mem- 
 bres,  or  no  rompe,  mayest  thou  offre  of  a  fre 
 wyll :  but  to  a  vowe  it  maye  not  be  accepted. 
 Thou  shalt  offre  also  vnto  the  LORDE  no- 
 thinge  y  is  brused,  or  broken,  or  rent,  or  cutt 
 out,  (t  ye  shal  do  no  soch  in  youre  londe. 
 Morouer  ye  shall  offre  no  bred  vnto  youre 
 God  of  a  straungers  hande :  for  it  is  marred 
 
 t  Deut.  15.  c.  and  17.  a.  {  Mai.  1.  b. 
 
 18 
 
fo.  mii]. 
 
 €l)t  nj.  hoht  of  i¥Uisiesi, 
 
 Cijap.  mi). 
 
 of  him,  and  he  hath  a  defonnite,  therfore  shal 
 it  not  be  accepted  for  you. 
 
 And  tile  LOllDE  spalte  vnto  Moses,  ({ 
 yde :  Wha  an  oxe,  or  labe,  or  goate  is 
 brought  forth,  it  shal  Ise  seuen  dayes  with  the 
 dame,  and  vpon  the  eight  daye  5  therafter  it 
 maie  be  offered  vnto  the  LORDE,  the  is  it 
 accepted.  Whether  it  be  oxe  or  lambe,  it 
 shall  not  be  slayne  with  his  yonge  in  one 
 daye. 
 
 But  wha  ye  wil  offre  a  thnkoffringe  vnto 
 the  LORDE  y  it  raaye  be  accepted,  ye  shal 
 eate  it  the  same  daye,  d  kepe  nothinge  ouer 
 vntyll  the  mornynge:  for  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 Therfore  kepe  now  my  commaundementes, 
 and  do  them  :  for  I  am  the  LORDE,  y  ye 
 vnhalowe  not  my  holy  name,  (j  that  I  maye 
 be  halowed  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 For  I  am  he  that  halowe  you,  eue  y  LORDE, 
 which  brought  you  out  of  y^  lode  of  Egipte, 
 y  I  might  be  youre  God :  Euan  I  f  LORDE. 
 
 Cljt  vviij-  Cijapter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  n 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  f  children  of  Is- 
 rael, and  saye  vnto  them :  These  are  y  feastes 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  ye  shal  call  holy  dayes. 
 Sixe  dayes  shalt  thou  worke,  "but  the  seuenth 
 dale  is  the  rest  of  the  Saljbath,  and  shalbe 
 called  holy.  Ye  shal  do  no  worke  therin,  for 
 it  is  the  Sabbath  of  the  LORDE,  where  so 
 euer  ye  dwell. 
 
 These  are  the  feastes  of  the  LORDE,  y  are 
 called  holy,  which  ye  shal  call  youre  feastes  : 
 Vpon  f  fourtene  daye  of  f  first  moneth  at 
 euen,  is  the  LORDES  Easter.  And  vpon  y 
 fiftene  daye  of  the  same  moneth  is  the  feast 
 of  vnleucded  bred  of  the  LORDE.  Then 
 shall  ye  eate  vnleuended  bred  seuen  dayes. 
 
 The  first  daie  shalbe  called  holy  amonge 
 you,'  ye  shal  do  no  worke  of  bodage  therin,  5 
 seue  daies  shal  ye  offre  vnto^  LORDE.  The 
 seueth  daie  shalbe  called  holy  likewise,  wherin 
 ye  shal  do  no  worke  of  bondage  also. 
 
 And  f  LORDE  talked  mth  Moses,  (t 
 sayde :  Speake  to  the  childre  of  Israel,  5 
 saye  vnto  them:  Whan  ye  come  in  to  the 
 lande  y  I  shall  geue  you,  and  reape  downe 
 youre  haruest,  ye  shal  brynge  a  shefe  of  the 
 first  frutes  of  youre  haruest  vnto  the  prest,  the 
 shall  the  shefe  be  waued  before  the  LORDE, 
 
 •  Exo.  23.  b.     Deu.  b.  b. 
 Eze.  45.  c.         '  Nu.  28.  c. 
 
 •  Exo.  12.  c.     Nu.  28.  c. 
 losu.  5.  c.       ■*  Deu.  16.  b. 
 
 that  ye  maye  be  accepted:  but  this  shal  the 
 prest  do  the  nexte  daye  after  the  Sabbath. 
 And  y  same  daie  that  youre  shefe  is  waued, 
 shalyeoffre  a  burntoffieringe  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 of  a  lambe  which  is  without  blemysh  and  of 
 one  yeare  olde,  with  the  meatofferynge,  two 
 tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure  mengled  with  oyle, 
 for  an  oft'erynge  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE:  5  the  drynkofferynge  also,  eue  the 
 fourth  parte  of  an  Hin  of  wyne. 
 
 '  And  ye  shall  eate  nether  bred,  nor  cakes, 
 ner  furmentye  (of  new  come)  tyll  the  same 
 daye  that  ye  brynge  an  offerynge  vnto  youre 
 God.  This  shalbe  a  lawe  vnto  youre  posteri- 
 ties, where  so  euer  ye  dwell. 
 
 ''Then  shal  ye  nombre  (from  the  nexte 
 daye  after  the  Sabbath,  whan  ye  brought  f 
 Waueshefe)  seuen  whole  wekes,  vntyll  the 
 nexte  daie  after  y  seueth  weke,  namely,  fiftie 
 daies,  shal  ye  nombre,  and  offre  new  meat- 
 offerynges  vnto  the  LORDE.  And  out  of  all 
 youre  dwellinges  shal  ye  offre,  namely,  two 
 Wane  loaues  of  two  tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure 
 leueded,  and  baken  for  the  first  frutes  vnto  y 
 LORDE.  '  And  with  youre  bred  ye  shal 
 brynge  seuen  lambes  of  one  yeare  olde  with- 
 out blemysh,  and  a  yonge  bullocke,  and  two 
 rammes:  this  shalbe  the  LORDES  burnt- 
 offerynge,  meatofferynge,  and  drynkoffrynge. 
 This  is  a  sacrifice  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Morouer  ye  shal  offre  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synofferynge,  and  two  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde 
 for  an  healthofferynge.  And  y  prest  shal 
 waue  it  vpon  the  bred  of  the  first  frutes 
 before  the  LORDE  with  the  two  lambes. 
 And  they  shalbe  holy  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 shal  be  the  prestes.  And  this  daye  shal  ye 
 proclame,  for  it  shalbe  called  holy  amonge 
 you :  no  seruyle  worke  shal  ye  do  therin.  A 
 perpetuall  lawe  shall  it  be  amonge  youre 
 posterities,  where  so  euer  ye  dwell. 
 
 •'  Whan  ye  reape  downe  y  haruest  of  youre 
 londe,  ye  shal  not  cut  it  cleane  downe  vpo  the 
 felde,  ner  gather  vp  all,  but  shal  leaue  it  for 
 the  poore  and  straungers.  I  am  the  LORDE 
 youre  God. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde:  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  3 
 saye :  t  Vpon  the  first  daye  of  the  seuenth 
 moneth   shal  ye  haue  the  holy  rest  of  the 
 
 '  Nu.  28.  d.        /Leu.  19.  c.     Deu.  24.  d.         t  Nu.  29.  a. 
 
ICftap.  vniih 
 
 Cfte  iiU  I)oke  of  ilUigesf. 
 
 fo,  rjcb. 
 
 dT 
 
 remembraunce  of  blowinge,  wherin  ye  shal  do 
 no  seruyle  worke,  and  ye  shal  offre  sacrifice 
 vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :*  Vpon  the  tenth  daye  in  this  seuenth 
 moneth  is  the  daye  of  reconcyhnge,  which 
 shalbe  an  holy  conuocacion  with  you.  Ye 
 shal  humble  youre  soules  therin,  and  ofFre 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  and  shal  do  no  seruyle 
 worke  in  this  daye :  for  it  is  the  daye  of 
 attonement,  that  ye  maye  be  reconcyled  before 
 the  LORDE  youre  God.  For  what  soule 
 so  euer  humbleth  not  him  self  vpon  this  daye, 
 the  same  shalbe  roted  out  from  amonge  his 
 people.  And  what  soule  so  euer  doth  eny 
 worke  this  daye,  the  same  wil  I  destroye  from 
 amonge  his  people :  therfore  shall  ye  do  no 
 worke.  This  shalbe  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto 
 youre  posterities,  where  so  euer  ye  dwell.  It 
 is  the  rest  of  youre  Sabbath,  that  ye  maye 
 humble  youre  soules.  Vpon  the  nyenth  daye 
 of  f  moneth  at  euen,  shal  ye  kepe  this  holy 
 daye  from  the  euen  forth  vntyll  the  eue 
 agayne. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  °  Vpon  the  fiftene  daye  of  the  seuenth 
 moneth,  is  the  feast  of  Tabernacles  seuen 
 dayes  vnto  the  LORDE.  The  first  daye  shal 
 be  an  holy  couocacion  :  no  seruyle  worke  shal 
 ye  do  therin.  Seuen  dayes  shal  ye  oifre  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  The  eight  daye  shalbe  an 
 holy  conuocacion  vnto  you  also,  and  ye  shal 
 offre  vnto  the  LORDE:  for  it  is  the  daye  of 
 gatheringe  together :  No  seruyle  worke  shall 
 ye  do  therin. 
 
 These  are  the  holy  dales  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  ye  shall  proclame  and  holde  for  holy 
 conuocacions,  that  ye  maye  oftre  vnto  the 
 LORDE  burntofferynges,  meatofferynges, 
 drynkofferynges  and  other  offerynges,  euery 
 one  acordinge  to  his  daye,  besyde  y  Sabbathes 
 of  y  LORDE,  and  youre  giftes,  and  vowes, 
 and  frewylofFerynges,  that  ye  offire  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 So  vpon  the  fiftene  daye  of  the  seuenth 
 moneth,  whan  ye  haue  brought  in  the  increase 
 of  the  londe,  ye  shall  kepe  the  LORDES 
 feast  seuen  dayes  longe.  The  first  daye  shalbe 
 kepte  holy  daye,  and  the  eight  daye  shalbe 
 kepte  holy  daye  also.  And  vpon  the  first 
 dale  ye  shal  take  of  y  goodly  frutefuU  trees, 
 
 •  Leui.  16.  g.     Nu.  29.  a.  »  Nu.29.b.      3  Esd.  5.  e. 
 
 8Mac.l.  b.      »Exo.2r.d.    ■■  Eio.  25.  c.       t  1  Re.  21.  a. 
 
 braunches  of  palme  trees,  j  bowes  of  thicke 
 trees,  and  Wyllies  of  the  broke,  and  seue 
 dayes  shal  ye  be  mery  before  y  LORDE  youre 
 God:  and  thus  shal  ye  kepe  the  feast  vnto 
 the  LORDE  seuen  dayes  in  the  yeare.  This 
 shalbe  a  perpetuall  lawe  amonge  youre  pos- 
 terities, that  they  kepe  holy  daye  thus  in  y 
 seuenth  moneth.  Seuen  dayes  shal  ye  dwell 
 in  bothes.  Who  so  euer  is  an  Israelite  borne, 
 shal  dwell  in  bothes,  that  they  which  come 
 after  you,  maye  kriowe,  how  that  I  made  y 
 children  of  Israel  to  dwell  in  bothes,  whan  I 
 brought  them  out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte.  I 
 am  the  LORDE  youre  God.  And  Moses 
 tolde  the  children  of  Israel  these  holy  daies  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 CIjc  >)fiiij.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  (t 
 sayde :  *  Comaunde  the  children  of 
 Israel,  that  they  brynge  pure  oyle  olyue 
 beaten  for  lightes,  that  it  maye  be  allwaye 
 put  in  the  lampes,  without  before  the  vayle  of 
 wytnesse  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And 
 Aaron  shall  dresse  it  allwaye  at  euen  5  in  y 
 mornynge  before  the  LORDE.  Let  this  be 
 a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  your  posterities.  The 
 lapes  shal  he  dresse  vpon  the  pure  candilsticke 
 before  the  LORDE  perpetually. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  take  fyne  floure,  and  bake 
 twolue  cakes  therof :  '  two  teth  deales  shal 
 euery  cake  haue,  5  thou  shalt  laye  them  sixe 
 on  a  rowe  vpo  the  pure  table  before  the 
 LORDE.  And  vpon  the  same  shalt  thou 
 laye  pure  frankencense,  that  it  maye  be  bred 
 of  remembraunce  for  an  ofFerynge  vnto  y 
 LORDE.  Euery  Sabbath  shal  he  prepare 
 the  before  the  LORDE  allwaye,  and  receaue 
 them  of  the  children  of  Israel  for  an  euer- 
 lastinge  couenaunt.  t  And  they  shalbe  Aarons 
 (^  his  sonnes,  which  shal  eate  them  in  the 
 holy  place.  For  this  is  his  most  holy  of  the 
 offerynges  of  the  LORDE  for  a  perpetuall 
 dewtye. 
 
 And  there  wente  out  an  Israelitish  womans 
 Sonne,  which  was  the  childe  of  a  man  of 
 Egipte  (amonge  the  children  of  Israel)  and 
 stroue  in  y  boost  with  a  man  of  Israel,  t(j 
 named  the  name  of  God  blasphemously,  j 
 cursed.  Then  brought  they  him  vnto  Moses. 
 His  mothers  name  was  Selomith,  the  doughter 
 
 J  Exo.  20.  b. 
 
fo,  cviJt. 
 
 €\)t  ii],  bofee  of  iWoSf0» 
 
 Cl)ap»  jrjrb. 
 
 of  Dibri,  of  the  trybe  of  Dan.  *  And  they 
 put  him  in  preson,  tyll  they  were  infoumied 
 by  the  mouth  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Brynge  him  that  cursed,  out  of  the 
 boost,  and  let  all  the  that  herde  it,  laye  their 
 handes  vpon  his  heade,  and  let  the  whole 
 congregacion  stone  him.  And  saye  vnto  the 
 childre  of  Israel :  t  Who  so  euer  blasphemeth 
 his  God,  shalf  beare  his  synne :  and  he  that 
 blasphemeth  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  shal 
 dye  the  death.  The  whole  congregacio  shal 
 stone  him.  As  the  straunger,  so  shal  he  of 
 the  housholde  be  also.  Yf  he  blaspheme  the 
 name,  he  shal  dye. 
 
 He  that  slayeth  a  man,  shall  dye  f  death, 
 but "  he  that  slayeth  a  beest,  shall  paye  for  it. 
 Soule  for  soule.  And  he  that  maymeth  his 
 neghboure,  it  shall  be  done  vnto  him,  euen  as 
 he  hath  done  :  broke  for  broke,  t  eye  for  eye, 
 tothe  for  tothe :  euen  as  he  hath  maymed  a 
 man,  so  shal  it  be  done  vnto  him  agayne,  so 
 that,  who  so  slayeth  a  beest,  shall  paye  for  it : 
 But  he  that  slayeth  a  man,  shal  dye.  There 
 shal  be  one  maner  of  lawe  amonge  you,  to  y 
 straunger  as  to  one  of  youre  selues :  for  I  am 
 the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Moses  tolde  the  children  of  Israel.  And 
 they  brought  him  that  had  cursed,  out  of  y 
 boost,  and  stoned  him.  Thus  dyd  the  childre 
 of  Israel  as  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses. 
 
 Ci)£  nib-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses 
 vpon  mount  Sinai,  and  sayde :  Speake 
 to  the  children  of  Israel,  and  saye  vnto  them : 
 '  Whan  ye  come  in  to  the  londe,  y  I  shal  geue 
 you,  the  londe  shal  rest  vnto  the  LORDE,  so 
 that  thou  sowe  thy  felde  sixe  yeares,  and 
 sixe  yeares  cut  thy  vynes,  and  gather  in  the 
 frutes.  But  in  the  seuenth  yeare  the  lode 
 shal  haue  his  Sabbath  of  rest  for  a  Sabbath 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  wherin  thou  shalt  not 
 sowe  thy  felde  ner  cut  thy  vynes. 
 
 Loke  what  groweth  of  it  self  after  thy  har- 
 uest,  thou  shalt  not  reape  it.  And  the  grapes 
 that  growe  without  thy  laboure,  shalt  thou  not 
 gather,  for  so  moch  as  it  is  the  yeare  of  the 
 londes  rest :  '  But  the  rest  of  the  londe  shalt 
 thou  kepe  for  this  intent,  that  thou  mayest 
 eate   therof,  thy  seruaunte,  thy  mayde,  thy 
 
 •  Nu.  15.  d.         t  Mat.  26.  g.  loh.  19.  a.         •  Eio.  21.  b. 
 Deut.  19.  a.     ludic.  1.  b.     Math.  5.  c. 
 
 hyrelinge,  thy  gest,  thy  strauger  with  the,  thy 
 catell,  and  the  beestes  in  thy  londe.  All  the 
 increase  shal  be  meate. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  nombre  seuen  of  these 
 yeare  Sabbathes,  that  seuen  yeares  maye  be 
 tolde  seuen  tymes,  and  so  the  tyme  of  the 
 seuen  yeare  Sabbathes  make  nyne  and  fourtye 
 yeares.  Then  shalt  thou  let  the  blast  of  the 
 home  go  thorow  all  youre  londe,  vpon  the 
 tenth  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth,  euen  in  f 
 daye  of  attonement.  And  ye  shal  halowe  the 
 fiftieth  yeare,  and  shall  call  it  a  fre  yeare  in  f 
 londe,  for  all  them  that  dwell  therin :  for  it  is 
 the  yeare  of  lubilye.  §  Then  shall  euery  one 
 amonge  you  come  agayne  to  his  possession 
 and  to  his  kjTired :  for  the  fiftieth  yeare  is  ;y- 
 yeare  of  lubilye.  Ye  shal  not  sowe  ner  reape 
 it  that  groweth  of  it  self,  ner  gather  the  grapes, 
 that  growe  without  labour.  For  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye  shall  be  holy  amonge  you.  But  loke 
 what  the  felde  beareth,  that  shall  ye  eate. 
 This  is  the  yeare  of  lubilye,  wherin  ye  shal 
 come  againe  euery  man  to  his  owne. 
 
 Now  whan  thou  sellest  ought  vnto  thy 
 neghboure,  or  byest  eny  thinge  of  him,  there 
 shal  none  of  you  oppresse  his  brother :  but 
 acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye  shalt  thou  bye  it  of  him  :  and  acord- 
 inge to  the  nombre  of  the  yeares  of  increase 
 shall  he  sell  it  vnto  the.  Acordinge  to  the 
 multitude  of  the  yeares  shalt  thou  rayse  the 
 pryce,  and  acordpige  to  the  fewnesse  of  the 
 yeares  shalt  thou  mynish  the  pryce  :  for  he 
 shall  sell  it  vnto  the  acordinge  to  the  nombre 
 of  the  increase.  Therfore  let  no  man  de- 
 fraude  his  neghboure,  but  feare  thy  God. 
 For  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God.  Wher- 
 fore  do  after  my  statutes,  and  kepe  my  lawes, 
 so  y  ye  do  them  that  ye  maye  dwell  safe  in 
 the  londe.  For  the  londe  shal  geue  you  hir 
 frute,  so  that  ye  shal  haue  ynough  to  eate,  and 
 dwell  safe  therin. 
 
 And  yf  ye  wolde  saye :  What  shall  we  eate 
 in  the  seuenth  yeare,  in  as  moch  as  we  shal 
 not  sowe,  ner  gather  in  oure  increase  ?  I  wyD 
 sende  my  blessynge  vpon  you  in  the  sixte 
 yeare,  that  it  shal  brynge  forth  frute  for  thre 
 yeare :  so  that  ye  shal  sowe  in  y  eight  yeare, 
 and  eate  of  the  olde  frute  vntyU  the  nyenth 
 yeare,  that  ye  maye  eate  of  the  olde  tyll  new 
 frutes  come  agayne.     Therfore  shall  ye  not 
 
 t  Math.  5.  c. 
 
 »  Exo.  23.  b. 
 ^  Eze.  46.  c. 
 
 '  Deut.  15.  a. 
 
Cftap.  vvhu 
 
 €i)t  iij.  bokt  ot  Mo&t^, 
 
 So,  rufaij. 
 
 sell  the  londe  for  euer,  *for  the  lode  is  niyne. 
 And  ye  are  straungers  and  indwellers  before 
 me.  And  in  all  youre  lande  shall  ye  geue  the 
 londe  to  lowse. 
 
 "  Whan  thy  brother  waxeth  poore,  and  sell- 
 eth  y  his  possession,  and  his  nexte  kynszmii 
 commeth  to  him,  y  he  maye  redeme  it :  then 
 shall  he  redeme  that  his  brother  solde.  But 
 whan  a  man  hath  none  to  redeme  it,  and  ca 
 get  so  moch  with  his  hande  as  to  redeme  one 
 parte,  then  shall  it  be  rekened  how  many 
 yeares  it  hath  bene  solde,  and  the  remnaunt 
 shal  be  restored  vnto  him  to  whom  he  solde 
 it,  y  he  male  come  agayne  to  his  possession. 
 But  yf  his  hande  can  not  get  so  moch,  as  to 
 haue  one  parte  agayne,  the  shal  it  y  he  solde 
 be  styll  in  the  hande  of  the  byer  vntyll  f 
 yeare  of  lubilye  :  In  y  same  shal  it  go  out, 
 and  returne  to  his  owner  agayne. 
 
 He  that  selleth  a  dwellinge  house  within 
 the  walles  of  the  cite,  hath  an  whole  yeare 
 respyte  to  lowse  it  out  agayne :  that  shall  be 
 the  tyme,  wherin  he  maye  redeme  it.  But  yf 
 he  redeme  it  not  afore  the  whole  yeare  be 
 out,  then  shal  he  that  bought  it,  and  his  suc- 
 cessours  kepe  it  for  euer,  and  it  shall  not  go 
 out  lowse  in  the  yeare  of  lubylie.  Neuer 
 theles  yf  it  be  an  house  in  a  vyllage  that  hath 
 no  wall  aboute  it,  it  shall  be  counted  like 
 vnto  the  felde  of  the  coiitre,  and  maye  be 
 redemed  and  shal  go  out  fre  in  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye. 
 
 The  cities  of  the  Leuites,  and  the  houses 
 in  the  cities  that  their  possession  is  in,  maye 
 allwaye  be  redemed.  Who  so  purchaceth 
 ought  of  the  Leuites,  shal  leaue  it  in  the 
 yeare  of  lubilye,  whether  it  be  house  or  cite 
 that  he  hath  had  in  possession.  For  the 
 houses  in  the  cities  of  the  Leuites  are  their 
 possession  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 But  the  felde  before  their  cities  shal  not  be 
 solde,  for  it  is  their  awne  for  euer. 
 
 Whan  thy  brother  waxeth  poore,  and  falleth 
 in  decaye  besyde  the,  thou  shalt  receaue  him 
 as  a  straunger,  or  gest,  that  he  maye  lyue  by 
 the :  and  thou  shalt  take  no  t  vsury  of  him, 
 ner  more  then  thou  hast  geue,  but  shalt  feare 
 thy  God,  that  thy  brother  maye  lyue  besydes 
 the.  For  thou  shalt  not  lende  him  thy  money 
 vpon  vsury,  ner  delyuer  him  thy  meate  vpon 
 vauntage.    For  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 
 Psal.  23.  a. 
 t  Exo.  22.  c. 
 
 "  Nu.  36.  c 
 Deut.  23.  c. 
 
 lere.  32.  a.     Ruth  4.  a. 
 Eze.  18.  a.  and  22.  b. 
 
 [which  haue  brought  you  out  of  the  lode  of 
 Egipte,  to  geue  you  the  lande  of  Canaan,  and 
 to  be  youre  God. 
 
 *  Whan  thy  brother  waxeth  poore  besyde 
 the,  and  seUeth  himself  vnto  the,  thou  shalt 
 not  holde  him  as  a  bode  ma  :  but  as  an  hyred 
 seruaunte  and  as  a  soiourner  shal  he  be  with 
 the,  and  serue  the  vntyll  y  yeare  of  lubilye, 
 Then  shal  he  departe  lowse  from  the,  5  his 
 childre  with  him,  (j  shal  returne  to  his  awne 
 kinred,  and  to  his  fathers  possession :  for  they 
 are  my  seruauntes,  whom  I  brought  out  of 
 the  londe  of  Egipte.  Therfore  shal  they  not 
 be  solde  like  bondmen.  And  thou  shalt  not 
 raigne  ouer  them  with  crueltie,  but  shalt  feare 
 thy  God.  But  yf  thou  wylt  haue  bode  ser- 
 uauntes and  maydens,  thou  shalt  bye  them  of 
 the  Heithen,  that  are  rounde  aboute  you :  of 
 the  children  of  the  soiourners  and  straungers 
 amonge  you,  and  of  their  generacions  with 
 you,  and  that  are  borne  in  youre  londe,  the 
 same  shal  ye  haue  for  bonde  seruautes,  5  shal 
 possesse  them,  5  youre  children  after  you  for 
 an  euerlastinge  possession,  these  shalbe  youre 
 bondmen,  t  But  ouer  youre  brethren  the 
 children  of  Israel,  there  shall  none  of  you 
 raigne  ouer  another  with  crueltie. 
 
 Whan  a  straunger  or  soiourner  waxeth  ryche 
 by  the,  and  thy  brother  waxeth  poore  besyde 
 him,  5  seUeth  him  self  vnto  y^  straunger  or 
 soiourner  by  the,  or  to  eny  of  his  kynne,  then 
 shall  he  haue  right  (after  that  he  is  solde)  to 
 be  redemed  agayne.  And  eny  of  his  brethren 
 maye  lowse  him  out :  or  his  vncle  or  his  vncles 
 Sonne,  or  eny  other  kynszman  of  his  kynred : 
 Or  yf  his  awne  hande  getteth  so  moch,  he 
 shal  lowse  him  self  out,  and  shal  reken  with 
 him  that  bought  him,  from  y  yeare  that  he 
 solde  him  self,  vntyll  the  yeare  of  lubilye. 
 And  y  money  shal  be  counted  acordinge  to 
 the  nombre  of  the  yeares  that  he  was  solde, 
 and  his  wages  of  the  whole  tyme  shalbe 
 rekened  withall. 
 
 Yf  there  be  yet  many  yeares  vnto  f  yeare 
 of  lubilye,  then  shal  he  (acordinge  to  the 
 same)  geue  the  more  for  his  delyueraunce, 
 therafter  as  he  is  solde.  Yf  there  remayne 
 but  few  yeares  vnto  the  yeare  of  lubilye,  then 
 shall  he  geue  agayne  therafter  for  his  redemp- 
 cion.  And  his  wages  from  yeare  to  yeare 
 shall  he  reken  withall,  and  thou  shalt  not  let 
 
 Exo.  21.  a.    Deut.  15.  b.    lere.  34.  b. 
 
 }  3  Reg.  9.  d. 
 
JTO.  f)Ltllj. 
 
 €l)t  iij,  bokt  of  ilosesf* 
 
 CJjap.  ruti. 
 
 the  other  raigne  cruelly  oner  him  in  thy  sight. 
 But  yf  he  bye  not  him  self  out  after  this 
 maner,  then  shal  he  go  out  fre  in  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye,  and  his  childre  with  him  :  for  the 
 childre  of  Israel  are  my  seruauntes,  which  I 
 haue  brought  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte.  I 
 am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 *  Ye  shall  make  you  no  Idols  ner  ymage, 
 and  ye  shal  reare  you  vp  no  piler,  ner  set  vp 
 eny  markstone  in  youre  londe,  to  bowe  youre 
 selues  therto.  For  I  am  the  LORDE  youre 
 God.  Kepe  my  Sabbathes,  and  stonde  in 
 awe  of  my  Sanctuary.     I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 €))t  vvbt.  Cfjaptcr. 
 
 YF  ye  \vy\\  walke  now  in  my  statutes,  "and 
 kepe  my  commaundementes  and  do 
 them,  the  wyl  I  geue  you  rayne  in  due  season 
 and  f  londe  shal  geue  hir  increase,  and  the 
 trees  of  y  felde  shal  brjTige  forth  their  frute 
 And  the  threszshinge  tyme  shaO  reache  vnto 
 the  wjTie  haruest,  and  the  wjne  haruest  shal 
 reache  vnto  the  sowynge  tyme.  And  ye  shall 
 eate  youre  bred  in  plenteousnes,  and  shal 
 dwell  safe  in  youre  londe.  I  wil  geue  peace 
 in  youre  londe,  so  that  ye  shall  slepe,  and  no 
 man  shall  make  you  afrayed.  I  wyl  ryd  euell 
 beestes  out  of  youre  londe,  and  there  shall  no 
 swerde  go  thorow  youre  londe. 
 
 Ye  shal  chace  youre  enemies,  5  they  shal 
 fall  in  to  y  swerde  before  you.  t  Fyue  of  you 
 shal  chace  an  hundreth :  and  an  hundreth  of 
 you  shal  chace  ten  thousande.  For  youre 
 enemies  shall  fall  in  to  the  swerde  before  you. 
 And  I  wyl  turne  me  \Tito  you,  and  \vyl  cause 
 you  to  growe  and  increase,  and  wyl  set  vp 
 my  couenaunt  with  you.  And  ye  shal  eate  of 
 the  olde  stoare,  and  shall  let  go  the  olde  for 
 plenteousnesse  of  the  new.  1 1  will  haue  my 
 dwellynge  amonge  you,  and  my  soule  shall 
 not  refuse  you.  And  I  wyll  walke  amonge 
 you,  and  wyl  be  youre  God,  and  ye  shalbe 
 my  people.  For  I  am  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  which  brought  you  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  that  ye  shulde  not  be  their  bondmen. 
 And  I  haue  broke  the  cepter  of  youre  yocke, 
 and  caused  you  to  go  vp  right. 
 
 '  But  yf  ye  wil  not  barken  vnto  me,  ner  do 
 all  these  commaundementes,  and  wyl  despyse 
 my  statutes,  and  yf  youre  soules  refuse  my 
 lawes,  y  ye  wyll  not  do  all  my  commaunde- 
 
 •  Deu.  5.  a.       ■■  Deut.  28.  a.       t  losu.  S3,  c.  Esa.  30.  c. 
 t  Kxo.  29.  g.     2  Cor.  6.  c. 
 
 mantes,  5  shal  let  my  couenaunt  stonde,  then 
 wyll  I  do  this  agayne  vnto  you.  I  wyl  vyset 
 you  shortly  with  swellvnges  and  feuers,  which 
 shal  destroye  y  eyes,  5  consume  awaie  y  hert. 
 Ye  shal  sowe  youre  sede  in  vayne,  and  youre 
 enemies  shal  eate  it  vp. 
 
 And  I  wyl  set  my  face  agaynst  you,  and  ye 
 shal  be  slayne  before  youre  enemies.  And 
 theythat  hate  you,  shal  haue  dominion  ouer  you. 
 §  And  ye  shall  flye,  wha  no  man  chaseth  you. 
 
 But  yf  ye  wyll  not  herken  vnto  me  for  all 
 this,  then  wyl  I  make  it  yet  seuen  tymes 
 more,  to  punysh  you  for  youre  synnes,  that  I 
 maye  breake  y  pryde  of  youre  strength,  and 
 wyl  make  youre  heauen  lyke  yron,  and  youre 
 earth  as  brasse :  and  youre  trauaile  and  laboure 
 shal  be  but  lost,  so  that  youre  londe  shall  not 
 geue  hir  increase,  and  the  trees  in  the  londe 
 shal  not  brynge  forth  their  frute. 
 
 Yf  ye  walke  yet  agajTist  me,  and  wyll  not 
 harken  vnto  me,  then  wyl  I  make  it  yet  seuen 
 tymes  more,  to  punysh  you  because  of  youre 
 synnes :  j  wyl  sende  wylde  beestes  amoge 
 you,  which  shal  robbe  you,  and  destroie  youre 
 catell,  and  make  you  fewer,  and  youre  bye 
 waye  shal  become  waist. 
 
 But  yf  ye  wyl  not  yet  be  refounned  here 
 withall,  and  wyll  walke  contrary  ^Tito  me, 
 then  wyl  I  walke  contrary  vnto  you  also,  5 
 wyll  punysh  you  yet  seuen  tymes  for  youre 
 synnes.  And  I  wyl  brynge  vpon  you  a  swerde 
 of  vengeaunce,  which  shall  auenge  my  Testa- 
 ment. And  though  ye  gather  you  together 
 in  to  youre  cities,  yet  wyll  I  sende  the  pesti- 
 lence amonge  you,  and  wyll  delyuer  you  in 
 to  the  handes  of  youre  enemies.  For  I  wil 
 destroye  youre  prouysion  of  bred,  so  y  ten 
 wemen  shall  bake  youre  bred  in  one  ouen, 
 and  youre  bred  shal  be  delyuered  out  by 
 weight.  II  And  whan  ye  eate,  ye  shall  not 
 haue  ynough. 
 
 Yf  ye  wyl  not  yet  for  all  this  harken  vnto 
 me,  d  wyl  walke  contrary  vnto  me,  then  wyll 
 I  also  walke  cotrary  vnto  you  in  wrathfiiU 
 displeasure,  and  wyll  punysh  you  seuenfolde 
 because  of  youre  synnes,  so  that  ye  shal  eate 
 the  flesh  of  youre  sonnes  and  doughters.  And 
 I  wyl  destroye  youre  hye  altares,  and  rote  out 
 youre  pnages,  and  wyll  cast  youre  bodies  vpon 
 the  bodies  of  youre  Idols,  and  my  soide  shall 
 abhorre  you.     And  youre  cities  wyll  I  make 
 
 IE 
 
 Deut.  28.  b.  Mala.  2.  a. 
 Mich.  6.  c. 
 
 4  Pro.  28.  a. 
 f  4  Re.  6.  f. 
 
Cftap*  vy^ih 
 
 €i)t  iij.  Ijofee  of  iHoEftsJ. 
 
 jTo.  fFijr* 
 
 waist,  and  brynge  youre  churches  to  naught, 
 and  wyll  not  smell  youre  swete  odoures. 
 
 Thus  wyll  I  make  the  londe  desolate,  so 
 that  youre  enemies  shall  dwell  therin,  and 
 make  it  waist :  but  you  will  I  scater  amonge 
 the  Heythen,  and  drawe  out  the  swerde  after 
 you,  so  that  youre  londe  shal  be  waist,  g 
 youre  cities  desolate. 
 
 Then  shall  the  londe  reioyse  in  hir  Sab- 
 bathes,  as  longe  as  it  lyeth  wayst,  and  ye  be 
 in  the  enemies  londe.  Yee  then  shal  the 
 londe  kepe  holy  daye,  and  reioyse  in  hir  rest, 
 as  longe  as  it  lieth  wayst,  because  it  coude  not 
 rest  in  youre  Sabbathes,  whan  ye  dwelt  therin. 
 
 And  as  for  them  that  remayne  of  you,  I 
 wyll  make  them  faynte  harted  in  the  londe  of 
 their  enemies,  so  that  a  shakynge  leaf  shall 
 chace  them.  And  they  shall  flye  from  it,  as 
 though  a  swerde  persecuted  them,  and  shal 
 fall  noman  folowynge  vpon  them.  And  they 
 shall  fall  one  vpon  another  (as  it  were  before 
 the  swerde)  and  noman  yet  chacynge  them. 
 And  ye  shall  not  be  so  bolde,  as  to  withstonde 
 youre  enemies,  and  shal  perishe  amonge  the 
 Heithen,  and  the  londe  of  youre  enemies  shal 
 eate  you  Mp. 
 
 And  they  that  are  left  of  you,  shall  pyne 
 awaye  in  their  myszdede,  euen  in  the  enemies 
 londe,  and  in  the  myszdedes  of  their  fathers 
 shall  they  consume  awaye.  Then  shall  they 
 knowlege  their  myszdedes,  and  the  myszdedes 
 of  their  fathers  in  the  trespace,  wherwith  they 
 haue  trespaced  agaynst  me,  and  walked  con- 
 trary vnto  me.  Therfore  wyll  I  also  walke 
 contrary  vnto  the,  and  wyll  brynge  them  in 
 to  the  enemies  londe. 
 
 Then  shal  their  vncircumcysed  herte  be 
 tamed.  And  then  shall  they  ende  their  mysz 
 dedes.  "And  I  shal  thinke  vpo  my  couenaut 
 with  lacob,  and  vpon  my  couenaunt  with 
 Isaac,  and  vpon  my  couenaunt  with  Abraham 
 and  wyl  thjiike  vpon  the  lode.  As  for  the 
 londe,  whan  it  shalbe  left  of  them,  it  shal  re- 
 ioyse in  hir  Sabbathes,  euen  then,  whan  it 
 lyeth  waist,  and  they  tylle  it  not.  And  they 
 shall  make  attonement  for  their  myszdedes, 
 because  they  despysed  my  lawes,  j  their  soules 
 refused  my  statutes.  Morouer  I  haue  not  so 
 refused  them,  that  they  shulde  be  in  the 
 enemies  londe :  nether  haue  I  so  vtterly 
 abhorred  them,  that  I  wolde  brynge  them  to 
 naught,  and  breake  my  couenaunt  with  them : 
 
 for  I  am  ^  LORDE  their  God.  And  for 
 their  sake  I  wyl  remebre  *my  first  couenaut, 
 wha  I  brought  them  out  of  y  londe  of  Egipte 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Heythen,  y  I  might  be 
 their  God.     Euen  I  the  LORDE. 
 
 Tliese  are  the  ordinaunces,  statutes  and 
 lawes,  which  y  LORDE  made  betwixte  him 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  vpon  mount  Sinai, 
 by  the  hande  of  Moses. 
 
 ^)t  )V6'j-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  a 
 sayde  :  Speake  to  y^  children  of  Israel, 
 5  saye  vnto  them :  Yf  eny  man  make  a  speciall 
 vowe  vnto  y  LORDE,  so  y  he  pryse  a  soule, 
 then  shal  this  be  the  valuacion :  A  ma  of 
 twentye  yeare  olde  vnto  the  thre  score  yeare, 
 shalt  thou  set  at  fiftie  syluer  Sycles,  after  the 
 Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary :  but  a  woman  at 
 thirtie  Sycles.  Yf  it  be  fyue  yeare  olde  vnto 
 twentye  yeare,  thou  shalt  set  it  at  twentye 
 Sycles,  whan  it  is  a  man  childe :  *  but  a 
 woman  at  ten  Sycles.  Yf  it  be  a  moneth  olde 
 vnto  fiue  yeare,  thou  shalt  set  it  at  fyue  Sycles 
 of  syluer,  whan  it  is  a  machilde  :  but  a  woman 
 at  thre  Syluer  Sycles.  Yf  he  be  thre  score 
 yeare  olde  and  aboue,  the  shalt  thou  set  him 
 at  fiftene  Sides  wha  it  is  a  mi, :  a  woma  at  te 
 Sides.  Yf  he  be  to  poore  so  to  be  set,  the 
 let  liim  present  himself  to  y  prest,  (j  f  prest 
 shal  value  him.  Neuertheles  he  shal  value 
 him,  acordinge  as  y  hade  of  him  that  vowed, 
 is  able  to  get.  But  yf  it  be  a  beest  y  maye 
 be  offred  vnto  f  LORDE,  all  y  is  offred  vnto 
 f  LORDE  of  soch,  is  holy :  it  shal  not  be 
 altered  ner  chaunged,  a  good  for  a  bad,  or  a 
 bad  for  a  good.  Yf  eny  man  chaunge  it,  one 
 beest  for  another,  then  shal  they  both  be  holy 
 vnto  y  LORDE.  But  yf  y  beest  be  vncleane 
 which  maye  not  be  offred  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 the  shal  it  be  set,  before  y  prest,  and  y  prest 
 shal  value  it,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad,  5  it 
 shal  stonde  at  the  prestes  valuynge.  But  yf 
 eny  man  wil  bye  it  out,  he  shal  geue  the  fifth 
 parte  more,  to  that  it  was  set  at. 
 
 Whan  eny  ma  sanctifieth  his  house  vnto 
 the  LORDE  for  y  Sanctuary,  the  prest  shall 
 value  it,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad.  And  as 
 the  prest  valueth  it,  so  shal  it  stonde.  But  yf 
 he  y  sanctified  it,  wyl  redeme  it,  he  shal  geue 
 y  fifth  parte  of  syluer  therto,  aboue  that  it 
 was  set  at :  So  shal  it  be  his. 
 
fo.  cnr. 
 
 €i)t  iij.  l)ol«  of  iWoeif£(. 
 
 Cftap.  nbi]. 
 
 c 
 
 Yf  eny  man  halovve  a  pece  of  lode  of  his 
 heretage  vnto  the  LORDE,  it  shalbe  set 
 acordinge  to  y  it  beareth.  Yf  it  beare  an 
 Homer  of  barlye,  it  shalbe  valued  at  fiftye 
 Sycles  of  syluer.  But  yf  he  halowe  his  londe 
 immediatly  from  the  yeare  of  lubilye  forth, 
 then  shal  it  be  set  acordinge  to  y  value  therof. 
 Yf  he  haue  halowed  it  after  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye,  then  shal  the  prest  reke  it,  acordinge 
 to  f  yeares  y  remayne  vnto  y  yeare  of  lu- 
 bilye, 5  therafter  shal  he  set  it  the  lower. 
 
 But  yf  he  y  sanctified  the  londe,  wil  redeme 
 it  agayne,  then  shal  he  geue  the  fifth  parte  of 
 syluer  therto,  aboue  that  it  was  set  at:  So 
 shal  it  be  his.  Yf  he  wil  not  lowse  it  out,  but 
 selleth  it  vnto  another,  then  shal  he  redeme  it 
 nomore :  but  the  same  londe  whan  it  goeth 
 out  fre  in  y  yeare  of  lubilye,  shal  be  holy 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  as  a  dedicated  felde,  and 
 shalbe  the  prestes  inheritaunce. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  halowe  vnto  the  LORDE  a 
 felde,  which  he  hath  bought,  and  is  not  his 
 inheritaunce,  then  shal  f  prest  reken  it,  what 
 it  is  worth  vnto  the  yeare  of  lubilye,  a  the 
 same  daye  shall  he  geue  the  pryce  that  it  is 
 set  at,  vnto  the  LORDE  for  the  Sanctuary. 
 But  in  y  yeare  of  lubilye  it  shal  returne  vnto 
 him  that  bought  it,  y  it  maye  be  his  inherit- 
 aunce in  the  londe.  All  maner  of  prysinge 
 shalbe  made  acordinge  to  the  Sycle  of  the 
 Sactuary."     One  Sycle  maketh  xx.  Geras. 
 
 "  Exo.  30.  b.     Nu.  3.  g.     Eze.  45.  b. 
 
 *The  first  borne  amonge  y  catell  (which 
 belongeth  vnto  the  LORDE)  shall  no  man 
 Sanctifie  vnto  the  LORDE,  whether  it  be 
 oxe  or  shepe,  for  it  is  the  LORDES  all  ready. 
 But  yf  there  be  eny  vncleane  thinge  vpon  the 
 beest,  the  shal  it  be  lowsed  out  therafter  as  it 
 is  worth,  and  the  fifth  parte  shalbe  geuen 
 more  therto.  Yf  he  wil  not  redeme  it,  the 
 let  it  be  solde,  as  it  is  worth. 
 
 There  shall  no  dedicated  thinge  be  solde 
 ner  bought  out,  y  eny  man  dedicateth  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  of  all  y  is  his  good,  whether  it  be 
 me,  catell  or  lode.  For  euery  dedicated 
 thige,  is  most  holy  vnto  f  LORDE.  There 
 shal  no  dedicated  thIge  of  mil  be  bought  out, 
 but  shal  dye  the  death.  All  the  tythes  in  the 
 londe,  both  of  the  sed6  of  the  londe,  d  of  ;y 
 frutes  of  the  trees,  are  the  LORDES,  j  shal 
 be  holy  vnto  the  LORDE.  But  yf  eny 
 man  wil  redeme  his  tithes,  he  shall  geue 
 the  fifth  parte  more  therto.  And  all  the 
 tithes  of  oxen  g  shepe,  5  that  goeth  vnder  the 
 rod,  the  same  is  an  holy  tythe  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  It  shall  not  be  axed  whether  it  be 
 good  or  bad,  nether  shall  it  be  chaunged. 
 But  yf  eny  man  chaunge  it,  then  both  it  j 
 that  it  was  chaunged  withall,  shal  be  holy,  5 
 not  redemed. 
 
 These  are  the  comaundementes,  which  f 
 LORDE  gaue  Moses  in  charge  vnto  childre 
 of  Israel  vpon  mount  Sinai. 
 
 €l)t  tixHc  of  tbf  tinvtit  hokt  of  iHo£ifsi,  calli^Ii  Eniitinisi. 
 
Zi)t  fonvti)  ftofte  of  JEo^tiJ, 
 
 Ci)ap.  I. 
 
 The  children  of  Israel  are  nombred  andmiusterd 
 out,  as  many  as  are  mete  for  the  batayll :  The 
 captaynes  are  ordeyned,  and  Leui  appoynted 
 to  the  seruyce  of  the  Tabernacle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 The  ordre  and  maner  how  the  tetes  were  pitched, 
 and  how  the  children  of  Israel  laye  aboute 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 The  office  of  Leui,  5  of  the  sonnes  of  Aaron. 
 
 Cibap.  nil. 
 
 The  office  of  the  sonnes  of  Kahath,  Gerson  and 
 
 Merari. 
 
 Cl)ap.  V. 
 What  maner  of  people  were  dryuen  out  of  the 
 
 hoost.      The    lawe   of  Gelousy   of  the  man 
 
 towarde  the  wife 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 The  lawe  and  ordinaunce  concerninge  the  Naza- 
 rees   or   absteyners.      The   blessynge  of  the 
 Israelites. 
 
 Cljap.  VII. 
 The  offerynges  of  the  captaynes  at  the  dedicaciS 
 of  the  altare,  after  that  the  Tabernacle  was 
 set  vp 
 
 Ci^ap.   VIII. 
 Of  the  candilsticke,  offerynges,  purifienge,  and 
 altare  of  the  Leuites. 
 
 Ci&ap.  IX. 
 
 Of  the  feast  of  Easter,  5  how  the  vncleane  shulde 
 kepe  it.     Of  the  cloude  vpon  the  Tabernacle. 
 
 Ci^ap.   X. 
 
 The  vse  of  the  syluer  trompettes,  5  how  the 
 children  of  Israel  brake  vp,  and  toke  their 
 iourney  with  Hobab  Moses  brother  in  lawe. 
 
 Ci^ap.    XI. 
 
 The  people  are  weery  and  vnpaciet  by  the  waye, 
 murmur  agaynst  Moses,  desyre  flesh,  and 
 abhorre  the  Manna.  The  LORDE  geueth 
 them  after  their  lust,  but  punisheth  them  sore. 
 
 €l)ap.  XII. 
 
 Miriam  and  Aaron  grudge  agaynst  Moses,  5 
 Miriam  is  smytten  with  Leprosy. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 
 The  spyes  that  were  sent  in  to  the  lande  of 
 Canaan,  come  agayne,  and  put  the  people  in 
 feare. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XIIII. 
 
 The  people  are  vnpacient,  wepe,  and  murmur 
 agaynst  Moses,  losue  5  Caleb  geue  the  londe 
 a  good  worde,  5  coforte  them.  The  LORDE 
 is  angrie,  j  punysheth  the  people. 
 
 €l)ap.  XV. 
 
 Of  dyuerse  offerynges,  and  how  he  was  punyshed, 
 that  gathered  stickes  vpon  the  Sabbath.  The 
 people  are  commaiided  to  make  gardes  of 
 remembraunce  vpon  their  garmentes,  to  thinke 
 vpon  the  commaundementes  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 CI)ap.  XVI. 
 
 Of  the  vproure  and  insurreccion  of  Corah,  Dathan 
 and  Abyram,  5  their  punyshment.  The  peo- 
 ple murmur.  Fourtene  thousande  and  seuen 
 hundreth  dye  in  the  plage. 
 
 19 
 
ijTo.  tmh 
 
 Cf)e  iiih  boke  of  0io^t6. 
 
 Cl^ap.  u 
 
 Cl^ap.  XVII. 
 By  the  florishinge  staff  of  Aaron,  it  is  declared, 
 that  the  trybe  of  Leui  and  the  presthode  of 
 Aaron  is  ciiosen  of  God. 
 
 Cljap.    XVIII. 
 
 The  office  5  mynistracion  of  Aaron,  of  the  prestes 
 %  Leuites,  j  their  dewtye. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIX. 
 
 Of  the  reed  cowe  that  was  brent,  and  how  the 
 sprynklinge  water  was  made  of  the  aszshes 
 of  her. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XX. 
 
 Miriam  dyeth  at  Cades.  The  people  chyde  with 
 Moses  and  Aaron  for  faute  of  water,  the 
 LORDE  geueth  it  them  out  of  the  hard  stonye 
 rocke.  Moses  desyreth  the  kynge  of  Edom, 
 to  let  them  go  thorow  his  londe.  Aaron  dyeth 
 vpon  mount  Hor. 
 
 Ctap.  XXI. 
 The  battaill  betwene  Israel  and  Arad  the  kynge 
 of  the  Cananites.      The  people  murmur,  and 
 are  plaged  with  the  serpentes.     They  wynne 
 the  victory  of  Og  and  Sihon. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXII. 
 Of  Balac  the  kynge  of  the  Moabites,  and  of 
 Balaam  the  Soythsayer. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 Balaam  is  brought  to  curse  the  people  of  God. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXIIII. 
 The   LORDE  turneth    Balaams  curse  in  to  a 
 blessynge  and  prayse. 
 
 Ci^ap-  XXV. 
 
 The  people  fall  to  whordome  and  Idolatrye  with 
 the  wemen  of  Moab,  and  ioyne  them  selues 
 to  the  seruice  of  Ball  Peer.  Foure  and  twen- 
 tye  thousande  are  destroyed.  Phineas  in  his 
 feruent  zele  slayeth  a  man  and  woman  in  their 
 synne. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXVI. 
 The  people  are  nombred  agayne  and  musterd. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXVII. 
 What  inheritaiice   the   doughters    haue,    where 
 there  is  no  sonne.     losua  is  made  captayne  of 
 the  people  in  Moses  steade. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVIII. 
 Offeringes  apoynted  for  euery  tyrae. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXIX. 
 The  feast  of  the  seuenth  moneth  and  the  offer- 
 ynges  therof. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXX. 
 Of  vowes  made  by  me  or  women. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXI. 
 
 Israel  wynneth  the  victory  of  the  Madianites,  and 
 deuydeth  the  spoyle. 
 
 C{)ap.  XXXII. 
 Ruben,  Gad,  and  the  half  trybe  of  Manasse  haue 
 their  inheritauce  apoynted  them  on  this  syde 
 of lordan. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXXIII. 
 The  iourneys  of  the  children  of  Israel  are  nom- 
 bred.     The  people   are  commaunded  (whan 
 they  come  in  to  the  londe  of  Canaan)  to  de- 
 stroye  all  vtterly. 
 
 C]^ap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 The  deuydinge  of  the  londe  of  Canaan  with  the 
 borders  therof,  and  what  they  be  that  deuyde  it 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXV. 
 The  porcion  of  the  Leuites.     Fredome  for  soch 
 as   commytte   slaughter  vnawares.       Dyuerse 
 slaughters. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXXVI. 
 The  inheritauce  of  the  tribe  maie  not  be  mixte 
 nor  chaunged. 
 
 €i)c  first  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  in  y 
 wyldernesse  of  Sinai,  in  the  Tabernacle 
 of  witnesse,  the  first  daye  of  the  secode 
 moneth  in  the  seconde  yeare,  wha  they  were 
 gone  out  of  the  lade  of  Egipte,  and  sayde : 
 
 •  Exo.  30.  b.     Nu.  26.  a. 
 
 *Take  y  summe  of  the  whole  congregacion 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  after  their  kynredes 
 (J  their  fathers  houses,  with  the  nombre  of  the 
 names,  all  that  are  males,  heade  by  heade, 
 fro  twentye  yeare  and  aboue,  as  many  as  are 
 able  to  go  forth  in  to  y  warre  in  Israel.  And 
 ye  shal  nombre  them  acordinge  to  their  armyes 
 thou  and  Aaron,  and  of  euery  trybe  ye  shal 
 
Cfiajp,  u 
 
 €f)t  iiih  bokt  of  Mosts, 
 
 So.  finruj. 
 
 take  viito  you  one  captayne  ouer  his  fathers 
 house. 
 
 These  are  the  names  of  the  captaynes  that 
 shal  stonde  with  you.  Of  Ruben,  Elizur  the 
 Sonne  of  Sedeur.  Of  Simeon,  Selumiel  the 
 Sonne  of  Zuri  Sadai.  Of  luda,  Nahasson  the 
 Sonne  of  Aminadab.  Of  Isachar,  Nathaneel 
 the  Sonne  of  Zuar.  Of  Zabulon,  Eliab  the 
 Sonne  of  Helon.  Amonge  the  children  of 
 loseph :  Of  Ephraim,  Elisama  y  sonne  of 
 Amihud.  Of  Manasse,  Gamaliel  the  sonne 
 of  Pedazur.  Of  Ben  lamin,  Abidam  y  sonne 
 of  Gedeoni.  Of  Dan,  Ahieser  the  sonne  of 
 Ammi  Sadai.  Of  Asser,  Pagiel  the  sonne 
 of  Ochram.  Of  Gad,  Eliasaph  y  sonne  of 
 Deguel.  Of  Nephthali,  Ahira  the  sonne  ot 
 Enan. 
 
 These  are  the  awncient  men  of  the  congre- 
 gacion,  the  captaynes  amonge  the  trybes  of 
 their  fathers,  which  were  heades  and  prynces 
 in  Israel. 
 
 And  Moses  5  Aaron  toke  them  (hke  as 
 they  are  there  named  by  name)  and  gathered 
 the  whole  cogregacion  together  also,  y  first 
 daye  of  the  secode  moneth,  and  rekened  the 
 after  their  byrth,  acordinge  to  their  kynreds 
 and  fathers  houses  by  their  names,  fro  twetye 
 yeare  and  aboue,  heade  by  heade,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  Moses,  and  nombred 
 them  in  the  wyldernes  of  Sinai. 
 
 The  children  of  Ruben  Israels  first  sonne, 
 their  kynreds  5  generacions  after  their  fathers 
 houses,  in  y  nombre  of  their  names  heade  by 
 heade,  all  y  were  males,  from  twentye  yeare 
 5  aboue,  and  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Ruben, 
 sixe  and  fourtye  thousande,  and  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Simeon  their  kynreds  ij 
 generacions  after  their  fathers  houses  in  the 
 nombre  of  the  names  heade  by  heade,  all  that 
 were  males  from  twetye  yeare  and  aboue,  and 
 were  able  to  go  forth  to  the  warre,  were 
 nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Symeon,  nyne  and 
 fiftye  thousande  and  thre  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Gad  their  kynreds  and 
 generacions  after  their  fathers  houses  in  ;y- 
 nombre  of  the  names,  from  twentye  yeare 
 and  aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
 the  warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Gad, 
 fyue  and  fourtye  thousande,  sixe  hundreth 
 and  fiftie. 
 
 The  children  of  luda  their  kynreds  and 
 generacions  after  their  fathers   houses  in  f 
 
 nombre  of  the  names,  from  twentye  yeare  and 
 aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  luda, 
 foure  and  seuentye  thousande,  5  sixe  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Isachar  their  kynreds  g 
 generacions,  after  their  fathers  houses  in  f 
 nombre  of  the  names  from  twentye  yeare  5 
 aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  y  trybe  of  Isachar, 
 foure  and  fiftye  thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Zabulon  their  kynreds  and 
 generacions  after  their  fathers  houses  in  the 
 nombre  of  the  names  from  twentye  yeare  5 
 aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Zabulon, 
 seuen  and  fiftye  thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 
 losephs  children  of  Ephraim,  their  kynreds 
 5  generacions  after  their  fathers  houses  in  f 
 nombre  of  the  names,  from  twetye  yeare  5 
 aboue,  all  y  were  able  to  go  forth  to  ;y-  warre, 
 were  nobred  to  the  trybe  of  Ephraim,  fourtye 
 thousande  (j  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Manasse  their  kynreds  (j 
 generacions,  after  their  fathers  houses  in  y 
 nombre  of  the  names  from  twentye  yeare  5 
 aboue,  all  y  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Manasse 
 two  5  thirtie  thousande  5  two  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Ben  lamin  their  kynreds 
 and  generacions,  after  their  fathers  houses,  in 
 the  nombre  of  the  names  from  twentye  yeare 
 (J  aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the 
 warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Ben 
 lamin,  fyue  and  thirtie  thousande  and  foure 
 hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Dan  their  kynreds  and 
 generacions  after  their  fathers  houses,  in  the 
 nombre  of  the  names,  from  twentye  yeares 
 and  aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to 
 the  warre,  were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Dan, 
 two  and  thre  score  thousande,  and  seuen 
 hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Asser  their  kynreds  5  dT 
 generacions,  after  their  fathers  houses  in  the 
 nombre  of  the  names,  from  twentye  yeare  5 
 aboue,  all  y  were  able  to  go  forth  to  y  warre, 
 were  nombred  to  the  trybe  of  Asser,  one  5 
 fourtye  thousande  and  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Nephthali,  their  kynreds 
 and  generacions  after  their  fathers  houses  in 
 the  nombre  of  the  names,  from  twentye  yeare 
 d  aboue,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  vnto 
 the  warre,    were  nombred   to   the   trj'be  of 
 
jTo.  miiii^ 
 
 €'i)t  I'lij,  ftofee  of  iMoscsJ, 
 
 Cfeap.  i)» 
 
 Nephthali,  thre  and  fiftie  thousande  and  foure 
 hundreth. 
 
 These  are  they  whom  Moses  and  Aaron 
 nombred  with  f  twolue  prynces  of  Israel, 
 wherof  euery  one  was  ouer  y^  house  of  their 
 fathers.  *And  the  summe  of  the  children  of 
 Israel  after  their  fathers  houses,  from  twentye 
 yeare  and  aboue  (what  so  euer  was  able  to  go 
 forth  to  the  warre  in  Israel)  was  sixe  C. 
 thousande,  thre  thousande,  fyue  C.  j  fiftie. 
 But  the  Louites  after  the  trybe  of  their 
 fathers,  were  not  nombred  amonge  them. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 saide:  The  trybe  of  Leui  shalt  thou  not 
 nombre,  ner  take  the  summe  of  them  amonge 
 f  children  of  Israel :  but  shalt  appoynte  them 
 to  the  Habitacion  of  wytnesse,  and  to  all  f 
 apparell  therof,  and  to  all  that  belongetn 
 therto.  t  And  they  shall  beare  the  Tabernacle 
 5  all  the  ordinaunce  therof,  and  shal  wayte 
 vpon  it,  and  shal  pitch  their  tentes  rounde 
 aboute  it.  And  whan  men  shal  go  on  their 
 iourney,  the  Leuites  shal  take  downe  f  Ta- 
 bernacle. And  whan  the  boost  pitch  their 
 tetes,  they  shal  set  vp  the  Tabernacle.  And 
 yf  a  straunger  preasse  nye  vnto  it,  he  shall 
 dye.  The  children  of  Israel  shal  pitch  their 
 tentes,  euery  one  in  his  awne  armye,  and  by 
 the  baner  of  his  awne  companye.  But  the 
 Leuites  shall  pitch  rounde  aboute  the  Ta- 
 bernacle of  wytnesse,  that  there  come  no 
 wrath  vpon  y  congregacion  of  the  children  of 
 Israel :  therfore  shal  the  Leuites  wayte  vpon 
 the  Habitacion  of  wytnesse.  And  the  children 
 of  Israel  dyd  all,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded 
 Moses. 
 
 C^t  ij.  Cijaptnr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  5  sayde:  The  childre  of  Israel 
 shal  pitch  rounde  aboute  ;y^  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse,  euery  one  vnder  his  banner  5  tokens, 
 after  their  fathers  houses. 
 
 On  the  East  syde  shall  luda  pitch  with  his 
 banner  5  boost,  their  captayne  Nahasson  the 
 Sonne  of  Aminadab.  And  his  armie  in  the 
 summe,  foure  tt  seuentie  thousande  and  sixe 
 hundreth.  Nexte  vnto  him  shal  the  trybe  of 
 Isachar  pitch,  their  captayne  Nathaneel  the 
 Sonne  of  Zuar :  and  his  armye  in  the  summe, 
 foure  and  fiftye  thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 The  trybe  of   Zabulon  also,   their  captayne 
 
 *  Exo.  12.  {.     Num.  11.  c. 
 
 Eliab  the  sonne  of  Helon :  his  armye  in  the 
 summe,  seuen  and  fiftie  thousande  and  foure 
 hundreth. 
 
 So  y  all  they  which  beloge  to  y  boost  of 
 luda,  be  in  the  summe  an  C.  sixe  and  foure 
 score  thousande,  5  foure  hundreth  be  longinge 
 to  their  armye,  g  they  shall  go  before. 
 
 On  the  South  side  shall  lye  the  pauylions  % 
 baner  of  Ruben  with  their  boost,  their  cap- 
 taine  Elizur  y  sonne  of  Sedeur :  5  his  armie 
 in  the  summe,  sixe  5  fourtie  thousande,  j  fyue 
 C.  Nexte  vnto  him  shal  the  trybe  of  Simeon 
 pitch,  their  captayne  Selumiel  f  sonne  of 
 Zuri  Sadai :  i  his  armie  in  y^  summe,  nyne 
 and  fiftie  thousande,  and  thre  hundreth.  The 
 trybe  of  Gad  also,  their  captayne  Eliasaph  f 
 Sonne  of  Deguel :  j  his  armye  in  the  summe, 
 fyue  (I  fourtye  thousande,  sixe  hundreth  5 
 fiftie.  So  that  all  they  which  belonge  to  the 
 boost  of  Ruben,  be  in  the  summe,  an  hun- 
 dreth, one  (J  fiftie  thousande,  foure  hudreth 
 and  fiftye,  belonginge  to  their  armye.  And 
 they  shall  be  the  seconde  in  the  iourney. 
 
 After  that  shall  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse 
 go  with  the  boost  of  the  Leuites  eue  in  y 
 myddes  amoge  the  hoostes :  %  as  they  lye  in 
 their  tentes,  so  shal  they  go  forth  also,  euery 
 one  in  his  place  vnder  his  baner. 
 
 On  the  West  syde  shall  lye  y  pauyhons  j 
 baner  of  Ephraim  with  their  boost :  their  cap- 
 tayne shalbe  Elisama  sonne  of  Amihud,  and 
 his  armye  in  the  summe,  fourtye  thousande 
 and  fyue  hundreth.  Nexte  vnto  him  shal  y 
 trybe  of  Manasse  pitch,  their  captayne  Ga- 
 maliel the  Sonne  of  Pedazur:  his  armye  in 
 the  summe,  two  and  thirtie  thousande  5  two 
 hudreth.  The  trybe  of  Ben  lamin  also,  their 
 captayne  Abidan  the  sonne  of  Gedeoni :  his 
 armye  in  the  summe,  fyue  and  thirtie  thou- 
 sande (J  foure  hundreth.  So  y  all  they  which 
 belonge  to  the  boost  of  Ephraim,  be  in  the 
 summe,  an  hundreth  thousande,  eight  thou- 
 sande, 5  an  hudreth,  belonginge  to  his  armie. 
 And  they  shal  be  the  thirde  in  the  iourney. 
 
 On  the  North  syde  shal  lye  y  pauylions  (j 
 baner  of  Dan  with  their  boost :  their  captayne 
 Ahieser  y  sonne  of  Ammi  Sadai,  his  armye 
 in  the  summe,  two  and  sixtye  thousande  and 
 seue  hundreth.  Nexte  vnto  him  shal  the 
 trybe  of  Asser  pitche  :  their  captayne  Pagiel 
 y-  sonne  of  Ochran,  his  army  in  the  summe, 
 one  and  fourtie  thousande,  and  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 t  1  Par.  14.  d. 
 
Cftajp,  iij. 
 
 Wbe  Hi},  bo'kt  of  Mo&ts* 
 
 fo,  fjTb. 
 
 The  trybe  of  Nephthali  also,  their  captayne 
 Ahira  the  sonne  of  Enan :  his  armye  in  the 
 summe,  thre  5  fiftye  thousande  5  foure  hQdreth. 
 So  y  all  they  which  belonge  to  the  hoost  of 
 Dan,  be  in  the  summe,  an  hudreth  thousande, 
 seuen  5  fiftie  thousande,  5  sixe  hundreth. 
 And  they  shalbe  the  last  in  the  iourney  with 
 their  baners. 
 
 This  is  the  summe  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 after  their  fathers  houses  and  armyes  with 
 their  hoostes :  euen  sixe  hundreth  thousande, 
 (J  thre  thousande,  fyue  hudreth  5  fiftie.  But 
 f  Leuites  were  not  nombred  in  y  summe 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  *  as  ;y-  LORDE 
 comaunded  Moses.  And  f  childre  of  Israel 
 dyd  all  as  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses. 
 And  so  they  pitched  vnder  their  baners,  5 
 toke  their  iourney,  euery  one  in  his  kynred, 
 acordinge  to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 
 
 Wi)e  ii).  Ci^aqptcr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  generacions  of  Aaron  g 
 Moses,  whan  f  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 Moses  at  f  same  tyme  vpon  mount  Sinai 
 And  these  are  y  names  of  the  sonnes  of  Aron, 
 "The  firstborne,  Nadab:  then  Abihu,  Eleasar 
 5  Ithamar.  These  are  f  names  of  the  sonnes 
 of  Aaron,  +  which  were  anoynted  to  be  prestes, 
 d  their  handes  fylled  for  y  presthode.  *  But 
 Nadab  d  Abihu  dyed  before  f  LORDE,  wha 
 they  offred  strauge  fyre  before  y  LORDE,  in 
 f  wildernesse  of  Sinai,  ij  had  no  sonnes.  But 
 Eleasar  and  Ithamar  executed  f  prestes  office 
 with  their  father  Aaron. 
 
 "And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Bringe  hither  the  trybe  of  Leui,  and 
 set  them  before  Aaron  the  prest,  y  they  maye 
 serue  with  him,  g  wayte  vpon  him  g  vp5  the 
 whole  congregacion  before  f  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  execute  the  seruyce  of  the 
 habitacion,  and  kepe  all  the  apparell  of  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  wayte  vpon  the 
 children  of  Israel,  to  mynistre  in  the  seruyce 
 of  the  habitacion. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  geue  y  Leuites  vnto  Aaron 
 and  his  sonnes  for  a  gift,  vnto  euery  one  his 
 awne,  from  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 As  for  Aaron  5  his  sonnes,  thou  shalt  appoynte 
 them  to  wayte  on  their  prestes  office.  tYf 
 another  preasse  therto,  he  shal  dye. 
 
 %And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 
 •Num.  l.g.       "Leui.  10.  a.     Nu.26.  g.       t  Leui.  8.  a. 
 Leui.  10.  a.  <■  Nu.  16.  b.  and  18.  a.     1  Par.  10.  b. 
 
 saide  :  Beholde,  I  haue  take  the  Leuites  fro 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  for  all  the  first 
 borne  that  open  the  Matrix  amonge  the 
 children  of  Israel,  so  that  the  Leuites  shalbe 
 myne.  II  For  the  firstborne  are  myne,  sence  y 
 tyme  that  I  smote  all  the  first  borne  in  f 
 lande  of  Egipte,  wha  I  sanctified  vnto  me  all 
 the  first  borne  in  Israel,  from  me  vnto  catell, 
 that  they  shulde  be  myne.     I  the  LORDE, 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  in  the 
 wyldernesse  of  Sinai,  and  sayde :  Nombre  the 
 children  of  Leui  after  their  fathers  houses  and 
 kynreds,  all  that  are  males  of  a  moneth  olde 
 and  aboue. 
 
 So  Moses  nombred  them  acordinge  to  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE,  as  he  had  commaunded 
 And  these  were  the  children  of  Leui  with 
 their  names:  ''Gerson,  Kahath,  Merari.  The 
 names  of  the  children  of  Gerson  in  their 
 kynreds,  were :  Libni  and  Semei. 
 
 The  childre  of  Kahath  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Amram,  lezehar,  Hebron  and  Vsiel. 
 
 The  children  of  Merari  in  their  kynreds, 
 were  Maheli  and  Musi.  These  are  the  kynreds 
 of  Leui  after  their  fathers  houses. 
 
 These  are  y  kynreds  of  Gerson:  The  Lib- 
 nites  and  Semeites,  the  summe  was  founde  in 
 nombre,  seuen  thousande  and  fyue  hundreth, 
 of  all  that  were  males  of  a  moneth  olde  and 
 aboue.  And  the  same  kynreds  of  the  Ger- 
 sonites  shal  pitche  behinde  the  Habitacion  on 
 the  west  syde :  Let  Eliasaph  the  sonne  of 
 Lael  be  their  ruler.  And  they  shal  waite 
 vpon  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  of  the 
 habitacion,  and  of  the  tent,  and  couerynges 
 therof,  and  the  hangynge  in  the  dore  of  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  the  hangynge  aboute 
 the  courte,  5  the  hangynge  in  y  courtedore, 
 which  (courte)  goeth  aboute  the  habitacion 
 and  the  altare,  and  the  cordes  of  it,  5  all  that 
 belongeth  to  the  seruyce  therof 
 
 These  are  the  kynreds  of  Kahath :  The 
 Amramites,  the  lezeharites,  the  Hebronites, 
 and  Vsielites,  all  that  were  males  of  a  moneth 
 olde  5  aboue,  in  nombre  eight  thousande  and 
 sixe  hundreth,  waytinge  vpon  the  Tabernacle 
 of  the  Sanctuary,  5  shal  pitch  on  the  south 
 syde  of  y  Habitacion :  Let  Elisaphan  the 
 sonne  of  Vsiel  be  their  ruler.  And  they  shal 
 kepe  the  Arke,  the  table,  the  candilsticke, 
 the  altare  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  Sanctuary, 
 
 5E 
 
 t  Num.  3.  {.  and  16.  a. 
 13.  a. 
 
 §  Num.  3.  f.  and  8.  b. 
 "  Exod.  6.  c. 
 
fo.  cicrti. 
 
 €f)t  iiih  bo'kt  of  Mo^ti* 
 
 Cfiap.  iiii. 
 
 dF 
 
 to  do  seruyce  in,  and  the  vayle,  and  all  that 
 belongeth  to  the  seruice  therof.  But  the  chefe 
 of  all  the  rulers  of  the  Leuites,  shalbe  Eleasar 
 the  Sonne  of  Aron  the  prest,  ouer  them  that 
 are  apoynted  to  kepe  the  watch  of  the  Sanc- 
 tuary. 
 
 These  are  f  kynreds  of  Merari :  The  Ma- 
 helites  and  Musites,  which  were  in  nombre 
 sixe  thousande  and  two  hudreth,  all  that  were 
 males  of  a  moneth  olde  and  aboue:  Let  Zuriel 
 f  Sonne  of  Abihail  be  their  ruler,  and  they 
 shall  pitche  vpon  the  north  syde  of  the  Ha- 
 bitacion.  And  their  office  shalbe  to  kepe  the 
 hordes,  and  barres,  and  pilers,  and  sokettes 
 of  the  Habitacion,  and  all  the  apparell  therof 
 and  that  serueth  therto :  f  pilers  also  aboute  f 
 courte,  with  the  sokettes,  and  nales,  and  cordes. 
 
 But  before  the  Habitacion  and  before  y 
 Tabernacle  on  the  East  syde  shal  Moses  5 
 Aaron  s  his  sonnes  pytche,  that  they  maye 
 wayte  vpon  the  Sanctuary,  5  the  children  of 
 Israel.  *Yf  eny  other  preasse  therto,  he 
 shal  dye. 
 
 "All  the  Leuites  in  the  summe,  whom  Moses 
 and  Aaron  nombred  after  their  kynreds, 
 acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  all 
 that  were  males,  of  a  moneth  olde  and  aboue, 
 were  two  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 And  y  LO  RDE  saide  vnto  Moses :  Nombre 
 all  the  first  borne,  that  are  males  amonge  the 
 children  of  Israel,  of  a  moneth  olde  and  aboue, 
 and  take  the  nombre  of  their  names.  *And  y 
 Leuites  shalt  thou  take  out  vnto  me  the 
 LORDE,  for  all  y  first  borne  of  y  childre  of 
 Israel,  (j  the  catell  of  the  Leuites  for  all  the 
 first  borne  amonge  the  catell  of  y  children  of 
 Israel.  And  Moses  nombred  all  the  first 
 borne  amoge  the  childre  of  Israel,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  him.  And  in  the 
 nombre  of  the  names  of  all  the  first  borne, 
 that  were  males  of  a  moneth  olde  5  aboue, 
 in  their  summe,  there  were  foude  two  and 
 twentye  thousande,  two  hundreth,  and  thre 
 and  seuentye. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Take  the  Leuites  for  all  f  first  borne 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  5  the  catell  of  y 
 Leuites  for  their  catell,  y  the  Leuites  maye 
 be  myne  the  LORDES.  "But  the  redemp- 
 cion  money  of  the  two  hundreth  thre  5  seuentye 
 y  remayne  of  the  first  borne  of  the  children 
 
 •  Num.  3.  b.  and  16.  a. 
 and  8.  b. 
 
 »  Nu.  26.  g. 
 Leui.  27.  a. 
 
 of  Israel,  aboue  the  nombre  of  the  Leuites, 
 shalt  thou  take,  euen  fyue  Sycles  of  euery 
 heade,  after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary  t  (one 
 Sycle  is  worth  twentye  Geras)  5  the  money  y 
 remayneth  ouer  their  nobre,  shalt  thou  geue 
 vnto  Aaron  and  his  sonnes. 
 
 Then  toke  Moses  y  redempcion  money 
 (that  remayned  ouer  aboue  the  nombre  of 
 the  Leuites)  from  y  first  borne  of  the  childre 
 of  Israel,  euen  a  thousande,  thre  hundreth, 
 and  fyue  and  thre  score  Sycles,  after  y  Sycle 
 of  the  Sanctuary,  5  gaue  it  \Tito  Aaron  and  his 
 sonnes,  acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE, 
 as  the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 
 Cl^t  Hi).  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  5 
 Aaron,  5  sayde :  Take  y  summe  of  the 
 childre  of  Kahath  from  amonge  the  childre  of 
 Leui,  after  their  kynreds  5  fathers  houses  { 
 from  thirtie  yeare  and  aboue  vntiU  fiftye 
 yeare,  all  that  are  mete  for  the  warre,  that 
 they  maye  do  the  worke  in  the  Tabernacle 
 of  witnesse.  This  shal  be  the  office  of  the 
 children  of  Kahath  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wyt- 
 nesse,  which  is  most  holy. 
 
 Whan  the  boost  breaketh  vp,  Aaron  and 
 his  sonnes  shall  go  in,  and  take  downe  the 
 vayle,  and  couer  the  Arke  of  wytnesse  ther- 
 with,  and  laye  the  couerynge  of  doo  skynnes 
 vpon  it,  and  sprede  a  whole  yalowe  clothe 
 aboue  theron,  and  put  his  staues  therin.  And 
 vpon  the  shewe  table  they  shal  sprede  a  yalowe 
 clothe  also,  and  set  theron  the  disshes,  spones, 
 flatpeces  and  pottes  to  poure  out  and  in,  and 
 the  daylie  bred  shal  lye  vpon  it,  and  they 
 shall  sprede  a  purple  clothe  there  uer,  and 
 couer  it  with  a  couerynge  of  doo  skynnes,  and 
 put  the  staues  of  it  therin. 
 
 And  they  shal  take  a  yalowe  clothe,  and 
 couer  the  cadilsticke  of  light  therwith,  and 
 his  lampes,  with  his  snoffers  and  outquenchers, 
 and  all  the  oyle  vessels  that  belonge  to  the 
 seruyce,  and  aboute  aU  this  shal  they  put  a 
 couerynge  of  doo  skynnes,  and  put  it  vpon 
 staues. 
 
 So  shal  they  sprede  a  yalowe  clothe  ouer 
 the  golden  altare  also,  and  couer  the  same 
 with  a  couerynge  of  doo  skynnes,  and  put  it 
 vpon  staues.  All  the  vessels  that  they  occupye 
 in  the  Sanctuar)',  shal  they  take,  and  put  a 
 
 t  Exo.  30.  b.     Leui.  26.  d.    Eze.  45.  b.        t  1  Par.  24.  a. 
 
Clbap^  iiih 
 
 €l)t  iiij.  iiokt  of  Mo^t&, 
 
 #0.  wfaij. 
 
 yalowe  clothe  ther  ouer,  j  couer  them  with  a 
 couerynge  of  doo  skynnes,  and  put  them  vpon 
 staues.  They  shal  swepe  the  asshes  also  from 
 the  altare,  and  sprede  a  clothe  of  scarlet  ouer 
 it,  and  set  all  his  vessels  theron,  that  they 
 occupye  vpon  it :  colepannes,  fleshokes,  shouels, 
 basens,  with  all  the  apparell  of  the  altare,  and 
 they  shal  sprede  a  couerynge  of  doo  skynnes 
 theron,  and  put  his  staues  therto. 
 
 Now  whan  Aaron  and  his  sonnes  haue  done 
 this,  and  haue  couered  the  Sanctuary  j  all 
 the  ornametes  therof,  whan  the  hoost  breaketh 
 vp,  "then  shal  the  children  of  Kahath  go  in, 
 that  they  maye  beare  it,  and  the  Sanctuary 
 shall  they  not  touche,  *  lest  they  dye.  This 
 is  the  charge  of  the  childre  of  Kahath  in  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse. 
 
 And  Eleasar  the  sonne  of  Aaron  f  prest, 
 shal  haue  the  office,  to  prepare  the  oyle  for 
 the  light,  and  the  spyces  for  the  incense,  and 
 the  daylie  meat  ofFerynge,  and  the  anoyntinge 
 oyle,  to  order  the  whole  habitacion,  5  all  that 
 thei'in  is,  in  the  Sanctuary  and  the  ornamentes 
 therof. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  and 
 Aaron,  5  sayde :  Ye  shal  not  destroye  the 
 trybe  of  the  kynred  of  the  Kahathites  amoge 
 the  Leuites,  but  this  shal  ye  do  with  them,  y 
 they  maye  lyue  5  not  dye,  yf  they  touche  the 
 most  holy.  Aaron  and  his  sonnes  shal  go  in, 
 and  appoynte  euery  one  vnto  his  office  5 
 charge.  But  they  shal  not  go  in,  presump- 
 tuously to  loke  vpo  y  Sanctuary,  lest  they  die. 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  and  Aaron 
 (J  sayde  :  Take  the  summe  of  the  children  of 
 Gerson  also,  *  after  their  fathers  house  11 
 kynred,  from  thirtye  yeare  5  aboue,  vntyll 
 fiftye  yeare,  j  appoynte  them  all  y  are  mete 
 for  the  warre,  to  haue  an  office  in  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse. 
 
 This  shalbe  the  office  of  the  kynred  of  the 
 Gersonites,  eue  to  serue  5  to  beare.  They 
 shal  beare  the  curtaynes  of  the  habitacion 
 and  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  his 
 couerynge  and  the  coueringe  of  doo  skynnes, 
 that  is  aboue  theron,  and  the  hanginge  in  the 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  the 
 !  hanginge  aboute  the  courte,  which  goeth 
 aboute  the  habitacion  and  the  altare,  and 
 their  cordes,  and  all  the  instrumentes  y  serue 
 for  the,  and  all  that  belongeth  to  their  occu- 
 pienge.     Acordinge  vnto  the  worde  of  Aaron 
 
 and  of  his  sonnes,  shal  all  the  office  of  the 
 children  of  Gerson  be  done,  what  so  euer  they 
 shall  beare  and  occupye.  And  ye  shal  se, 
 that  they  wayte  vpon  all  their  charge.  This 
 shal  be  y  office  of  y  kinred  of  y  childre  of  y 
 Gersonites  in  y  Tabernacle  of  witnes.  And 
 their  waytinge  shal  be  vnder  f  hade  of  Ithamar, 
 the  Sonne  of  Aaro  the  prest. 
 
 The  children  of  Merari  after  their  kynred 
 and  fathers  house,  shalt  thou  appoynte  also, 
 from  thirtie  yeare  and  aboue,  vnto  fiftie  yeare, 
 all  that  are  mete  for  the  warre,  y  they  maye 
 haue  an  office  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse. 
 But  vpon  this  charge  shall  they  wayte  acord- 
 inge to  all  their  office  in  y  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  that  they  beare  the  bordes  of  the 
 Habitacion,  and  the  barres,  and  pilers,  and 
 sokettes :  the  pilers  of  the  courte  also  rounde 
 aboute,  and  the  sokettes  and  nales  and  cordes, 
 with  all  their  apparell,  acordjiige  to  all  their 
 seruyce.  And  vnto  euery  one  shall  ye  ap- 
 poynte his  porcion  of  charge  to  waite  vpon 
 the  apparell.  Let  this  be  the  office  of  the 
 kynred  of  the  children  of  Merari,  aO  that 
 they  shall  do  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse 
 vnder  the  hande  of  Ithamar  the  sonne  of 
 Aaron  the  prest. 
 
 And  Moses  and  Aaron  with  the  captaynes 
 of  the  congregacion,  nombred  the  children  of 
 y  Kahathites,  acordinge  to  their  kynreds  and 
 nouses  of  their  fathers,  from  thirtie  yeare  and 
 aboue,  vntyll  fyftye,  all  that  were  mete  for  the 
 warre,  to  haue  offyce  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse.  And  the  summe  was,  two  thou- 
 sande,  seuen  hundreth  and  fyftie.  This  is 
 the  summe  of  the  kynred  of  the  Kahathites 
 (which  all  had  seruyce  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 mtnesse)  whom  Moses  and  Aaron  nombred 
 acordynge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  by 
 Moses. 
 
 The  children  of  Gerson  were  nombred 
 also  in  their  kynreds  and  fathers  houses  from 
 thirtie  yeare  and  aboue  vntyll  fyftie,  all  that 
 were  mete  for  the  warre,  to  haue  office  in  y 
 Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  and  the  summe  was 
 two  thousande,  syxe  hundreth  and  thirtie 
 This  is  y  summe  of  the  kinred  of  the  childre 
 of  Gerson,  which  all  had  to  do  in  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnesse,  whom  Moses  and  Aaron 
 nombred,  acordinge  to  y  worde  of  y  LORDE. 
 
 The  children  of  Merari  were  nombred  also 
 acordinge  to  their  kynreds  and  fathers  houses. 
 
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 from  thirtie  yeare  and  aboue  vntyll  fyftye,  all 
 that  were  mete  for  the  warre,  to  haue  office 
 in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  5  the  summe 
 was  thre  thousande,  and  two  hundreth.  This 
 is  the  summe  of  the  kynred  of  the  childre  of 
 Merari,  whom  Moses  and  Aaron  nombred, 
 acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  by 
 Moses. 
 
 The  summe  of  all  the  Leuites,  whom 
 Moses  and  Aaron  with  the  captaynes  of 
 Israel  tolde,  after  their  kinreds  and  fathers 
 houses,  from  thyrtie  yeare  and  aboue  vntyll 
 fyftye,  all  that  wente  in  to  do  euery  one  his 
 office,  and  to  beare  the  burthen  in  f  Taber- 
 nacle of  \vytnesse,  was  eight  thousande  fyue 
 hundreth  and  foure  score,  which  were  nombred 
 acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  by 
 Moses,  euery  one  to  his  office  5  charge,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  Moses. 
 
 Cl)e  b.  Cijapter. 
 
 AND  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Commaunde  the  children  of 
 Israel,  y  they  put  out  of  the  boost  *  all  y 
 lepers,  and  all  that  haue  yssues,  and  that  are 
 defyled  vpon  the  deed,  both  men  and  wome 
 shall  they  putt  out  of  the  boost,  that  they 
 defyle  not  their  tentes,  wherin  I  dwell  amonge 
 them.  And  y  children  of  Israel  dyd  so,  and 
 put  them  out  of  the  boost,  as  f  LORDE  had 
 sayde  vnto  Moses. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel  5 
 saye  vnto  them :  Whan  a  man  or  woman  doth 
 a  synne  to  eny  body,  and  ofFendeth  therwith 
 agaynst  the  LORDE,  then  hath  that  soule  a 
 trespace  vpon  it.  t  And  they  shall  knowlege 
 their  synne,  that  they  haue  done,  and  shall 
 make  amendes  for  their  trespace,  euen  with 
 the  whole  summe,  and  put  f  fifth  parte  more 
 therto,  and  geue  it  vnto  him,  agaynst  whom 
 they  haue  trespaced.  But  yf  there  be  noman 
 to  make  the  amendes  vnto  for  the  offence  y 
 he  hath  trespaced  agaj'nst  him,  then  shal  the 
 reconcylynge  be  made  vnto  the  LORDE  for 
 the  prest,  besydes  the  ramme  of  the  attonemet, 
 wherwith  he  shalbe  reconcyled. 
 
 Likewyse  all  the  Heueofferynges  of  all 
 that  the  children  of  Israel  halowe  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  offre  vnto  the  prest,  shall  be 
 his.    And  who  so  haloweth  eny  thinge,  it  shalbe 
 
 *  l.eu.  13.  g.  tLeui.  5.e. 
 
 his.  And  who  so  geueth  the  prest  eny  thinge, 
 it  shal  be  his  also. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 saye  vnto  them :  Whan  eny  mans  wife  goth 
 asyde,  and  trespaceth  agaynst  him,  j  eny  ma 
 lye  with  her  fleshlye,  and  the  thinge  be  yet 
 hyd  from  his  eyes,  and  is  not  come  to  light 
 that  she  is  defiled,  and  he  can  brynge  no  wit- 
 nesse agaynst  her  (for  she  was  not  take  therin) 
 and  the  sprete  of  gelousye  kyndleth  him,  so 
 that  he  is  gelous  ouer  his  wife :  whether  she 
 be  vncleane  or  not  vncleane,  then  shal  he 
 brynge  her  vnto  the  prest,  and  brynge  an 
 offerynge  for  her,  euen  the  tenth  parte  of  an 
 Epha  of  barlye  meele,  and  shal  poure  no 
 oyle  theron,  ner  put  frankensence  vpon  it :  for 
 it  is  an  offerynge  of  gelousy,  and  an  offeringe  of 
 remembraunce,  that  remembreth  synne. 
 
 Then  shall  the  prest  brynge  her,  and  sett 
 her  before  the  LORDE,  and  take  of  the 
 i  holy  water  in  an  earthen  vessell,  and  put  of 
 y  dust  that  is  on  the  floore  of  the  habitacion, 
 m  to  the  water.  And  he  shal  set  the  wife 
 before  y  LORDE,  and  vncouer  hir  heade, 
 and  the  offeringe  of  remembraunce  which  is 
 an  offeringe  of  gelousy,  shall  he  laye  vpon 
 hir  handes.  And  the  prest  shal  haue  in  his 
 hande  bytter  cursinge  water,  and  shal  coniure 
 the  wife,  (j  saye  vnto  her :  Yf  no  man  haue 
 lye  with  the,  and  thou  hast  not  gone  asyde 
 from  thy  huszbande,  to  defyle  thy  self,  then 
 shall  not  these  bytter  cursinge  waters  hurte 
 the.  But  yf  thou  hast  gone  asyde  from  thy 
 huszbande,  so  that  thou  art  defyled,  and  some 
 other  man  hath  lyen  with  the  besyde  thy 
 huszbande,  then  shall  the  prest  coniure  the 
 wife  with  this  curse,  and  shal  saye  vnto  her : 
 The  LORDE  sett  the  to  a  curse  and  a  con- 
 iuracion  amonge  thy  people,  so  that  the 
 LORDE  make  thy  thye  rotte,  and  thy  wombe 
 to  berst.  So  go  this  cursed  water  in  to  thy 
 body,  that  thy  wombe  berst,  and  thy  thye 
 rotte.    And  the  wife  shal  saye  :  Amen  Amen. 
 
 So  the  prest  shall  wryte  this  curse  in  a  byll, 
 and  wash  it  out  with  the  water,  and  shall  geue 
 the  wife  of  the  bytter  cursinge  waters  to 
 drynke.  And  wha  the  cursinge  water  is  gone 
 in  her,  so  y  it  is  bytter  vnto  her  then  shal  the 
 prest  take  the  gelousy  offerynge  out  of  the 
 wyues  hande,  and  wane  it  for  a  meatofferynge 
 before  the   LORDE,  and  offre  it  vpon  the 
 
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 Ci)t  ill).  Ijofee  of  iHoEirs. 
 
 fo,  ajti^ 
 
 altare  :  namely,  he  shall  take  an  handfull  of 
 the  meatofferynge  for  hir  remebraunce,  5 
 burne  it  vpo  the  altare,  5  then  geue  the  wife 
 the  water  to  drinke.  And  wha  she  hath 
 dronken  the  water,  yf  she  be  defyled  and 
 haue  trespaced  agaynst  hir  huszbande,  then 
 shal  the  cursinge  water  go  in  to  her,  and  be 
 so  bytter,  that  hir  wombe  shal  berst,  and  hir 
 thye  shall  rotte,  and  the  wife  shal  be  a  curse 
 amonge  hir  people.  But  yf  the  same  wife  be 
 not  defyled,  but  is  cleane,  then  shall  it  do  her 
 no  harme,  so  that  she  maye  be  with  childe. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  of  gelousy,  whan  a  wyfe 
 goeth  asyde  from  hir  huszbande,  and  is  de- 
 fyled :  Or  whan  y  sprete  of  gelousy  kyndleth 
 a  man,  so  that  he  is  gelous  ouer  his  wyfe,  y  he 
 brynge  her  before  the  LORDE,  and  that  y 
 prest  do  all  with  her  acordinge  vnto  this  lawe. 
 And  y  man  shalbe  giltlesse  of  the  synne,  but 
 the  wife  shall  beare  hir  myszdede. 
 
 CIjc  hi.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Speake  vnto  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  saye  vnto  them  :  Whan  a  man 
 or  woman  separateth  them  selues,  to  vowe  a 
 vowe  of  abstinence  vnto  the  LORDE,  he 
 hal  absteyne  from  wyne  and  stroge  drynke. 
 ''  Vyneger  of  wyne  (j  of  stronge  drynke  shal 
 he  not  drynke,  ner  that  is  pressed  out  of 
 grapes :  he  shall  nether  eate  fresh  ner  drye 
 grapes,  so  longe  as  his  abstinence  endureth. 
 Morouer  he  shall  eate  nothinge  that  is  made 
 of  the  vyne  tre,  from  the  wyne  cornels  vnto 
 the  hulle. 
 
 As  longe  as  the  vowe  of  his  abstynence 
 endureth,  there  shall  no  rasoure  come  vpon 
 his  heade,  tyll  the  tyme  be  out  which  he  ab- 
 steyneth  vnto  the  LORDE,  for  he  is  holy. 
 
 And  he  shall  let  the  beer  of  his  heade 
 growe,  and  stonde  bare  openly.  All  the  tyme 
 ouer  y  he  absteyneth  vnto  the  LORDE,  shal 
 he  go  to  no  deed.  Nether  shal  he  defyle  him 
 self  at  y  death  of  his  father,  of  his  mother, 
 of  his  brother,  or  of  his  sister.  For  the 
 abstinence  of  his  God  is  vpon  his  heade,  and 
 ^  whole  tyme  of  his  abstinence  shall  he  be 
 holy  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  yf  it  chaunce  eny  man  to  dye  sodenly 
 before  him,  then  shal  y  heade  of  his  absty- 
 nence be  defyled.  Therfore  shal  he  shaue 
 his  heade  in  the  daye  of  his  clensynge,  that 
 is  vpon  the  seuenth  daye :  and  vpon  y  eight 
 
 daye  shall  he  brynge  two  turtill  doues,  or 
 two  yonge  pigeons,  vnto  the  prest  before  y 
 dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  And 
 the  prest  shall  make  the  one  a  synofferynge, 
 and  the  other  a  burntofferynge,  and  make  an 
 attonement  for  him,  because  he  defyled  him 
 self  vpon  y  deed,  and  so  shal  he  halowe  his 
 heade  the  same  daye,  that  he  maye  holde  out 
 the  tyme  of  his  abstinence  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  he  shall  brynge  a  lambe  of  a  yeai'e  olde 
 for  a  trespaceofferynge.  But  f  dales  afore 
 shal  be  but  lost,  because  his  abstinence  was 
 defyled. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  of  the  absteyner.  Whan 
 the  tyme  of  his  abstinence  is  out,  he  shal  be 
 brought  before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 wytnesse.  And  he  shal  brynge  his  offeringe 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  euen  an  he  lambe  of  a 
 yeare  olde  without  blemysh  for  a  burntoffer- 
 inge,  (I  a  she  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  without 
 blemysh  for  a  synofferynge,  and  a  ramme  with 
 out  blemish  for  an  healthofferynge,  g  a  maQde 
 with  vnleuended  cakes  of  fyne  floure  myngled 
 with  oyle,  and  swete  wafers  anoynted  with 
 oyle,  d  their  meatofferinges  5  drynkofferynges. 
 
 And  the  prest  shall  brynge  it  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  shal  make  his  synofferynge 
 and  his  burntofferynge,  and  y  ramme  shal  he 
 make  an  healthofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 with  y  maunde  of  the  vnleuended  bred.  His 
 meatofferynge  and  drinkofferinge  shal  he  make 
 also.  And  he  shall  shaue  the  heade  of  the 
 absteyners  abstinence  before  the  dore  of  the 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  shall  take  the 
 heade  heer  of  his  abstinence,  and  cast  it  vpon 
 the  fyre  that  is  vnder  f  healthofferynge. 
 
 And  the  sodden  shulder  of  the  ramme  shall 
 he  take,  and  an  vnleuended  cake  out  of  the 
 maunde,  and  a  swete  wafer,  and  laye  them 
 vpon  the  handes  of  the  absteyner  :  (after  that 
 he  hath  shauen  of  his  abstinence.)  And  he 
 shal  Wane  them  before  the  LORDE.  This 
 is  holy  for  the  prest  with  the  Waue  brest,  and 
 Heue  shulder.  After  that,  maye  the  absteyner 
 drynke  wyne.  This  is  the  lawe  of  the  ab- 
 steyner, which  voweth  his  offeringe  vnto  the 
 LORDE  for  his  abstynence,  besydes  that, 
 which  his  hande  can  get.  As  he  hath  vowed, 
 so  shall  he  do  acordinge  to  the  lawe  of  his 
 abstinence. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  Aaron  and  his  sonnes, 
 
 *  ludi.  13.  a.     Amos  2.  c. 
 
jfo.  tm^ 
 
 Cf)t  iiih  bokt  of  illoscs. 
 
 Cfiap.  btj.l 
 
 and  saye :  Thus  shal  ye  saye  vnto  the  childre 
 of  Israel,  whan  ye  blesse  them. 
 
 *  The  LORDE  blesse  the,  and  kepe  the. 
 
 The  LORDE  make  his  face  to  shyne  vpo 
 the,  and  be  mercifuU  vnto  the. 
 
 The  LORDE  lift  vp  his  countenaunce 
 vpon  the,  and  geue  the  peace. 
 
 For  they  shal  put  my  name  vpo  the  children 
 of  Israel,  that  I  maye  blesse  them. 
 
 ffi^t  bij.  Cf)apUr. 
 
 AND  whan  Moses  had  set  vp  the  Habita- 
 cion  and  anoynted  it,"  and  sanctifyed  it 
 with  all  the  apparell  therof :  and  had  anoynted 
 and  halowed  the  altare  also  with  all  his  vessels, 
 Then  ofFred  the  captaynes  of  Israel,  which 
 were  the  rulers  in  their  fathers  houses. 
 
 For  they  were  the  captaynes  amonge  f 
 kynreds,  and  stode  ouer  the  that  were  nom- 
 bred.  And  they  brought  their  offerynges 
 before  the  LORDE,  sixe  couered  charettes, 
 and  twolue  oxen,  for  euery  two  captaynes  a 
 charett,  and  an  oxe  for  euery  one,  and  brought 
 them  before  the  habitacion. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Take 
 it  of  them,  that  it  maye  serue  for  the  mynis- 
 tracion  of  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and 
 geue  it  vnto  the  Leuites,  vnto  euery  one 
 acordinge  to  his  office.  Then  toke  Moses  the 
 charettes  and  oxen,  and  gaue  them  vnto  the 
 Leuites. 
 
 Two  charettes  and  foure  oxen  gaue  he 
 vnto  f  children  of  Gerson  acordinge  to  their 
 office :  and  foure  charettes  and  eight  oxen  gaue 
 he  vnto  the  children  of  Merari  acordinge  to 
 their  office,  vnder  the  hande  of  Ithamar  the 
 Sonne  of  Aaron  the  prest. 
 
 But  vnto  the  children  of  Kahath  he  gaue 
 nothynge,  because  +  they  had_  an  holy  office 
 vpon  them,  and  must  beare  vpo  their  shulders. 
 And  the  captaines  offi-ed  to  the  dedicacion  of 
 the  altare,  in  the  daye  whan  it  was  anoynted, 
 and  offired  their  giftes  before  the  altare. 
 
 And  f  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Let 
 euery  captayne  brynge  his  ofFeryiige  vpon  his 
 daye  to  the  dedicacion  of  the  altare. 
 
 On  the  first  daye,  Nahasson  the  sonne  of 
 Aminadab,  of  the  trybe  of  luda,  offred  his 
 gifte.  And  his  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger, 
 worth  an  hundreth  and  thyrtie  Sycles  :  A 
 syluer  boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the 
 Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne 
 floure  myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofferinge : 
 
 And  a  golden  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of 
 golde,  full  of  incense:  A  bullocke  from 
 amonge  the  greate  cateU,  a  ramme,  a  lambe 
 of  a  yeare  olde  for  a  burntofferynge,  an  he 
 goate  for  a  synofferynge :  And  for  an  health 
 ofFerynge  two  oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he 
 goates,  and  fyue  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This 
 is  the  gifte  of  Nahasson  the  sonne  of  Amina- 
 dab. 
 
 On  the  seconde  daye  offi-ed  Nathaneel  the  C 
 Sonne  of  Zuar,  the  captayne  of  Isachar.  His 
 gifte  was  a  syluer  charger,  worth  an  hundreth 
 and  thirtie  Sycles :  A  syluer  boule,  worth 
 seuentye  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanc- 
 tuary) both  full  of  fyne  floure  myngled  with 
 oile  for  a  meatofferinge :  And  a  golden  spone, 
 worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full  of  incense  :  A 
 bullocke  from  amonge  the  greate  catell,  a 
 rame,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a  bumt- 
 offerynge,  an  he  goate  for  a  synofferynge: 
 And  for  an  healthofferynge  two  oxen,  fyue 
 rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  and  fyue  lambes  of  a 
 yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  of  Nathaneel 
 the  Sonne  of  Zuar. 
 
 On  the  thirde  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Zabulon,  EUab  the  sonne  of  He- 
 Ion.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger,  worth 
 an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles :  A  syluer 
 boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle 
 of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure 
 myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofferynge  :  And 
 a  golden  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  gol 
 full  of  incense :  A  bullocke  from  amonge  the 
 greate  catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare 
 olde  for  a  burntoSerjTige,  an  he  goate  for  a  syn- 
 offerynge :  And  for  an  healthofferinge  two 
 oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fine  he  goates,  and  fiue 
 lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte 
 Eliab  the  sonne  of  Helon. 
 
 On  the  fourth  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Ruben,  Elizur  the  sonne  of  Se- 
 deur.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger,  worth 
 an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles:  A  syluer 
 boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle 
 of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fj'ne  floure 
 myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofferynge :  And 
 a  golde  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full 
 of  incense :  A  bullocke  from  amonge  the 
 greate  catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare 
 olde  for  a  burntofferinge,  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synofferynge :  And  for  an  healthofferynge  two 
 oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  5  fyue 
 
 •  Eccli.  36.  b.      '  Exo.  40.  b.       t  Num.  4.  b.    2  Re.  6.  b. 
 
Cl)ap,  bij. 
 
 €i)t  liij.  Ijoke  of  iilos^si. 
 
 jTo.  r)r0u 
 
 dF 
 
 lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  of 
 EHzur  the  sonne  of  Sedeur. 
 
 On  the  fifth  daye,  the  captayne  of  f 
 children  of  Simeon,  Selumiel  the  sonne  of 
 Zuri  Sadai.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger, 
 worth  an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles :  A 
 siluer  boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the 
 Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne 
 floure  myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofFeringe : 
 And  a  golde  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde, 
 full  of  incese :  A  buDocke  from  amoge  the 
 greate  catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare 
 olde  for  a  burntofFeringe,  5  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synofFerynge :  And  for  an  healthofFerynge  two 
 oxe,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  and  fine 
 lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  of 
 Selumiel  the  sonne  of  Zuri  Sadai. 
 
 On  the  sixte  daye,  the  captayne  of  y  children 
 of  Gad,  Eliasaph  the  sonne  of  Deguel.  His 
 gifte  was  a  siluer  charger,  worth  an  hudreth  d 
 thirtie  Sides  :  A  syluer  boule,  worth  seuentye 
 Sycles  (after  the  Sycle  of  y  Sanctuary)  both 
 full  of  fine  floure  myngled  with  oyle  for  a 
 meatofferynge :  And  a  golden  spone,  worth 
 ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full  of  incense:  A  bul- 
 locke  from  amonge  y  greate  catell,  a  ramme, 
 a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a  burntofferinge, 
 an  he  goate  for  a  synnofferynge :  And  for  an 
 health  offerynge  two  oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fyue 
 he  goates,  and  fyue  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde. 
 This  is  the  gifte  of  EUasaph  the  sonne  of 
 Deguel. 
 
 On  the  seuenth  daye  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Ephraim,  Elisama,  the  sonne  of 
 Amihud.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger, 
 worth  an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles :  A 
 syluer  boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  f 
 Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne 
 floure  myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofferynge : 
 And  a  golde  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde, 
 full  of  incense :  A  bullocke  from  amonge  the 
 greate  catell,  a  nlme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde 
 for  a  burntofFerynge,  an  he  goate  for  a  syn- 
 offerynge  :  And  for  an  healthofFer)Tige  two 
 oxe,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  and  fyue 
 lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  y  gifte  of 
 Elisama  the  sonne  of  Amihud. 
 
 On  the  eight  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Manasse,  Gamaliel  the  sonne  of 
 Pedazur.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger, 
 worth  an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles:  A 
 syluer  boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the 
 Sycle  of  ;y-  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure 
 
 myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofFerynge :  And 
 a  golde  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full 
 of  incese.  A  bullocke  from  amoge  the  greate 
 catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a 
 burntofFerynge,  an  he  goate  for  a  synofFerynge. 
 And  for  an  healthofFerynge  two  oxen,  fyue 
 rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  (j  fyue  lambes  of  a 
 yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  of  Gamaliel  the 
 Sonne  of  Pedazur. 
 
 On  the  nyenth  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Ben  lamin,  Abidan  the  sonne  of 
 Gedeoni.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger, 
 worth  an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles :  A 
 syluer  boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the 
 Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure 
 myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofFerynge  :  And 
 a  golden  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full 
 of  incese  :  A  bullocke  from  amonge  the  greate 
 catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a 
 burntofFerynge :  And  for  an  healthofFerynge 
 two  oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  and 
 fyue  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte 
 of  Abidan  the  sonne  of  Gedeoni. 
 
 On  the  tenth  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Dan,  Ahieser  the  sonne  of  Ammi 
 Sadai.  His  gifte  was  a  siluer  charger,  worth 
 an  hundreth  (j  thirtie  Sycles :  A  syluer  boule, 
 worth  seuentie  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle  of  the 
 Sactuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure  myngled 
 with  oyle  for  a  meatofFerynge  :  And  a  golden 
 spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full  of  in- 
 cense :  A  bullocke  from  amonge  the  greate 
 catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a 
 burntofFerynge,  an  he  goate  for  a  synofFerynge: 
 And  for  an  healthofFerynge  two  oxen,  fyue 
 rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  5  fyue  lambes  of  a 
 yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  of  Ahieser  the 
 sonne  of  Ammi  Sadai. 
 
 On  the  eleuenth  daye,  the  captayne  of  y 
 childre  of  Asser,  Pagiel  the  sonne  of  Ochra  : 
 His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger,  worth  an 
 hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles  :  A  syluer  boule, 
 worth  seuentie  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle  of  the 
 Silctuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure  myngled 
 with  oyle  for  a  meatofFerynge :  And  a  golden 
 spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde,  full  of  incese : 
 A  bullocke  from  the  greate  catell,  a  ramme, 
 a  lambe  of  a  yeare  olde  for  a  burntofFerynge, 
 an  he  goate  for  a  synofFerynge :  And  for  an 
 healthofFerynge  two  oxe,  fyue  rammes,  fyue 
 he  goates,  and  fyue  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde. 
 This  is  the  gifte  of  Pagiel  the  sonne  of 
 Ochran. 
 
jfo.  ruTHij. 
 
 €i)t  iiiU  bofet  of  iHoscsi. 
 
 Cftap.  bii}; 
 
 On  the  twolfte  daye,  the  captayne  of  the 
 children  of  Nephtali,  Ahira  the  sonne  of 
 Enan.  His  gifte  was  a  syluer  charger,  worth 
 an  hundreth  and  thirtie  Sycles:  A  syluer 
 boule,  worth  seuentye  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle 
 of  the  Sanctuary)  both  full  of  fyne  floure 
 myngled  with  oyle  for  a  meatofferynge :  And 
 a  golden  spone,  worth  ten  Sycles  of  golde, 
 full  of  incense :  A  buUocke  from  amonge  the 
 greate  catell,  a  ramme,  a  lambe  of  a  yeare 
 olde  for  a  burntofFerlnge,  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synnofFeringe  :  And  for  an  health  offeringe  two 
 oxen,  fyue  rammes,  fyue  he  goates,  and  fyue 
 lambes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This  is  the  gifte  ot 
 Ahira  the  sonne  of  Enan. 
 
 This  is  y  dedicacion  of  the  altare,  what 
 tyme  as  it  was  anoynted,  vnto  the  which  y 
 captaynes  of  Israel  offered  these  twolue  syluer 
 chargers,  twolue  syluer  boules,  twolue  spones 
 of  golde :  eueiy  charger  conteynynge  an  hu- 
 dreth  and  thirtie  Sycles  of  syluer,  and  euery 
 boule  seuentye  Sycles.  So  that  y  summe  of 
 all  the  syluer  in  the  vessels,  was  two  thousande 
 and  foure  hundreth  Sycles  (after  the  Sycle  of 
 the  Sanctuary).  And  the  twolue  spones  of 
 golde  full  of  incense,  conteyned  euery  one  ten 
 Sycles,  after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary :  So 
 that  the  summe  of  the  golde  in  the  spones, 
 was  an  hundreth  and  twentye  Sycles. 
 
 The  summe  of  the  catell  for  the  burntofFer- 
 inges,  was  twolue  bullockes,  twolue  rammes, 
 twolue  labes  of  a  yeare  olde  with  their  meat- 
 offeringes :  And  twolue  he  goates  for  synn- 
 oiFeringes.  And  the  summe  of  the  catell  for 
 the  healthofferinges,  was  foure  and  twetye 
 oxen,  thre  score  rammes,  and  thre  score  he 
 goates,  thre  score  labes  of  a  yeare  olde.  This 
 is  the  dedicacion  of  the  altare,  after  that  it 
 was  anoynted. 
 
 "And  whan  Moses  wente  in  to  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  wytnes,  y  he  might  be  commoned 
 withall,  he  herde  the  voyce  speakynge  vnto 
 him  fro  of  the  Mercy  seate,  which  was  vpo 
 the  Arke  of  witnes  betwixte  the  two  Cherubins, 
 from  thence  was  he  comoned  withaU. 
 
 W\)t  biij.  Cljajjtcr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  (t 
 sayde  :  Speake  to  Aaron,  5  saye  vnto 
 him  :  *  Whan  thou  settest  vp  ;y-  liipes,  thou 
 shalt  set  the  so,  that  they  maye  all  seue  geue 
 light  aboue  vpo  y  candilsticke.     And  Aaron 
 
 dyd  so,  a.  set  f  lampes  vpo  y  candilsticke,  as 
 y  LORDE  c5maunded  Moses.  The  worke 
 of  y  cadilsticke  was  of  beate  golde,  both  f 
 shaft  5  floures  therof :  Acordynge  to  y  visio 
 that  the  LORDE  had  shewed  Moses,  euen  so 
 made  he  the  candelsticke. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Take  the  Leuites  fro  amonge  the 
 children  of  Israel,  5  dense  them.  But  thus 
 shalt  thou  do  with  them,  that  thou  mayest 
 dense  them.  Thou  shalt  sprenkle  purifienge 
 water  vpon  them,  and  lett  a  rasure  go  ouer 
 their  whole  body,  and  washe  their  clothes,  and 
 then  are  they  cleane.  Then  shall  they  take 
 a  yonge  bullocke,  and  his  meatofferynge  of 
 fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle.  And  another 
 yonge  bullocke  shalt  thou  take  for  a  syn- 
 oflferinge. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  brynge  the  Leuites  before 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse,  and  gather  to- 
 gether the  whole  congregacion  of  f  children 
 of  Israel,  and  brynge  the  Leuytes  before 
 the  LORDE.  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 shall  laye  their  handes  vpon  the  Leuites. 
 And  Aaron  shal  wane  y  Leuites  before  the 
 LORDE  for  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they 
 maye  mjniistre  in  the  seruyce  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  Leuites  shall  laye  their  handes 
 vpon  the  heedes  of  the  bullockes,  and  the  one 
 shalbe  made  a  synnofferynge,  the  other  a 
 burntofferinge  vnto  the  LORDE,  to  make  an 
 attonement  for  the  Leuites.  And  thou  shalt 
 set  the  Leuites  before  Aaron  and  his  sonnes, 
 and  wane  them  before  the  LORDE,  and  so 
 shalt  thou  separate  them  from  y  children  of 
 Israel,  that  they  maye  be  myne.  The  shall 
 they  go  in,  that  they  maye  do  seruyce  in  the 
 Tabernacle  of  witnesse.  Thus  shalt  thou 
 dense  the,  5  waue  them  :  for  they  are  my 
 gifte  of  the  children  of  Israel,  tand  I  haue 
 taken  them  vnto  me  for  all  that  openeth  the 
 Matrix,  namely  for  the  first  borne  of  all  the 
 children  of  Israel. 
 
 For  euery  first  borne  amonge  the  children 
 of  Israel  is  myne,  both  of  men  and  of  catell,* 
 sens  the  tyme  that  I  smote  all  the  first  borne 
 in  the  lande  of  Egipte,  and  sanctified  them 
 vnto  myself,  and  toke  the  Leuites  for  all  the 
 first  borne  amonge  the  childrc  of  Israel,  and 
 gaue  them  for  a  gifte  vnto  Aaro  and  his  sonnes 
 from  amonge  the  children  of  Israel,  y  they 
 shulde  do  the  seruyce  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 
 T  Num.  3.  b. 
 
 Exo.  13.  a.  Luc.  2.  d. 
 
 J 
 
ICftap.  u% 
 
 €\)t  litj,  faofee  of  iHosee!. 
 
 jTo,  lOTUj* 
 
 in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  to  make  at- 
 tonemet  for  the  children  of  Israel,  that  there 
 be  not  a  plage  amonge  the  children  of  Israel, 
 yf  they  wyll  come  nye  y  Sanctuary. 
 
 And  Moses  with  Aaron  and  the  whole  con- 
 gregacio  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  dyd  with  the 
 Leuites  all  as  the  LORDE  had  commaiided 
 Moses.  And  they  purified  the  Leuites,  and 
 waszshed  their  clothes.  And  Aaron  waned 
 them  before  the  LORDE,  and  made  attone 
 ment  for  them,  that  they  might  be  cleane. 
 
 After  that  wente  they  in,  to  do  their  office 
 in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse  before  Aaron 
 and  his  sonnes :  as  the  LORDE  commaiided 
 Moses  concernynge  the  Leuites,  euen  so  dyd 
 they  with  them. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  g 
 sayde :  This  is  it  that  belongeth  vnto  the 
 Leuites :  *  From  fyue  and  twentye  yeare  and 
 aboue,  shal  they  go  in  to  the  office  of  the 
 Tabernacle  of  witnesse.  But  fro  fyftie  yeare 
 forth,  they  shal  ceasse  from  the  waitinge  of 
 the  seruyce  therof,  and  shall  mynister  nomore, 
 but  shal  appoynte  their  brethren  to  waite  and 
 to  serue  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse :  but 
 the  office  shal  not  they  execute.  Thus  shalt 
 thou  do  with  the  Leuites  in  their  seruyces,  that 
 euery  one  maye  wayte  vpon  his  awne  charge. 
 
 €i)t  i}:.  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  in 
 the  wildernesse  of  Sinai,  in  y  first 
 moneth  of  the  seconde  yeare  that  they  were 
 departed  out  of  the  lande  of  Egipte,  (j  sayde  : 
 "Let  the  children  of  Israel  kepe  Easter  in  his 
 season,  euen  vpon  the  fourtene  daye  of  this 
 moneth  at  euen,  in  his  season  shall  they  kepe 
 it,  acordynge  to  all  the  statutes  5  lawes  therof. 
 And  Moses  spake  to  y  childre  of  Israel,  y 
 they  shulde  kepe  Easter.  And  they  kep 
 Easter  vpo  the  fourtene  daye  of  the  first 
 moneth  at  euen  in  the  wildernes  of  Sinai. 
 Acordinge  to  all  that  the  LORDE  comaunded 
 Moses,  euen  so  dyd  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Then  were  there  certayne  men  defyled  of 
 a  deed  man,  so  that  they  coulde  not  kepe 
 Easter  vpon  that  daye :  these  came  before 
 Moses  and  Aaron  the  same  daye,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  We  are  defiled  of  a  deed  ma : 
 wherfore  shulde  we  be  despysed,  that  we  must 
 not  bringe  oure  giftes  in  his  season  amonge 
 
 •  Num.  4.  c. 
 Deu.  16.  a.       ' 
 
 "  Exo.  12. 
 2  Par.  30.  a. 
 
 Leui.  23. 3 
 t  Exo.  12. 
 
 Num.  28.  c. 
 ,    loh.  19.  d, 
 
 the  children  of  Israel  ?  Moses  sayde  vnto 
 them:  Stonde  styll,  I  wil  heare  what  the 
 LORDE  commaundeth  you. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  the  children  of  Israel,  j 
 saie :  Wha  eny  man  is  defyled  of  a  deed  coarse, 
 or  is  gone  farre  from  you  ouer  the  felde,  *  or  is 
 amonge  youre  kjTiszfolkes,  yet  shall  he  kepe 
 Easter,  but  in  the  seconde  moneth  vpo  y 
 fourtene  daye  at  euen,  and  they  shal  eate  it 
 with  vnleuended  bred  and  sowre  sawse,  and 
 shall  leaue  none  of  it  vntyll  the  mornynge,  t 
 ner  breake  eny  bone  therof,  and  shal  kepe  it 
 acordinge  to  all  f  maner  of  y  Easter. 
 
 But  he  that  is  cleane,  and  not  gone  in  a 
 iourney,  and  is  negligent  to  kepe  the  Easter, 
 the  same  soule  shal  be  roted  out  from  amoge 
 his  people :  because  he  brought  not  his  gifte 
 to  the  LORDE  in  his  season,  he  shal  beare  his 
 synne.  And  whan  there  dwelleth  a  straunger 
 amonge  you,  he  shal  kepe  Easter  also  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  s  shal  holde  it  acordinge  to  y 
 ordinaunce  and  lawe  of  f  Easter.  This  sta- 
 tute shal  be  vnto  you  alike,  to  the  straunger 
 as  to  him  that  is  borne  in  the  londe. 
 
 And  y  same  daye  y  the  Habitacion  was 
 set  vp,  'a  cloude  couered  it  vpo  the  Taber- 
 nacle of  witnesse,  j  at  euen  there  was  a  symi- 
 litude  of  fyre  vpon  the  Habitacion  vntill  the 
 mornynge.  So  came  it  to  passe  allwaye,  y 
 the  cloude  couered  it  by  daye,  (j  the  symilitude 
 of  fyre  by  night.  And  whan  the  cloude  was 
 take  vp  from  the  Habitacion,  then  the  children 
 of  Israel  wente  on  their  iourney.  And  loke 
 in  what  place  the  cloude  abode,  there  the 
 childre  of  Israel  pitched  their  tentes.  Acor- 
 dinge to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  toke  the 
 children  of  Israel  their  iourney,  and  acordinge 
 to  his  worde  pitched  they  their  tentes.  So 
 longe  as  the  cloude  abode  vpon  the  Habi- 
 tacion, they  laye  styll.  And  whan  the  cloude 
 taried  many  dayes  vpon  the  Habitacion,  the 
 childre  of  Israel  wayted  vpon  the  LORDE,  5 
 wente  not  on  their  iourney. 
 
 And  whan  it  chaunced  that  the  cloude 
 abode  vpo  f  Habitacion  eny  space  of  dayes, 
 then  pitched  they  acordinge  to  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  i  after  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 wente  they  on  their  iourney.  Whan  the  cloude 
 was  there  from  the  euenynge  vntyll  the  mor- 
 nynge, and  so  was  taken  vp,  then  wete  they 
 
 '  Exo.  40.  c.  e.     3  Re.  8.  b.     Eae.  9.  a. 
 
ffo,  tmiiii^ 
 
 C!)c  luj.  boiit  of  iHosifS. 
 
 Cf)ap.  )r. 
 
 on  their  iourney  :  and  whether  it  was  take  vp 
 by  daye  or  by  night,  they  iourneyed.  But 
 whan  it  taried  vpon  the  habitacion  two  dayes, 
 or  a  moneth,  or  a  longe  season,  then  laye  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  iourneyed  not :  and  so 
 whan  it  was  taken  vp,  they  wente  on  their 
 iourney.  For  acordinge  to  the  mouth  of  the 
 LORDE  they  laye,  and  after  the  mouth  of 
 the  LORDE  they  iourneyed,  so  y  they  kepte 
 the  LORDES  watch,  acordinge  to  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  by  Moses. 
 
 W^t  jr.  «0)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Make  the  two  trompettes 
 of  beaten  syluer,  that  thou  mayest  vse  them, 
 to  call  the  cogregacion  together,  and  whan  the 
 boost  shal  breake  vp.  Whan  they  blowe  with 
 both,  then  shall  the  whole  congregacion  gather 
 them  selues  together  vnto  the  before  the  dore 
 of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse.  Whan  they 
 blowe  but  with  one,  then  the  captaynes,  the 
 rulers  ouer  the  thousandes  in  Israel  shal 
 gather  them  selues  together  vnto  the.  Whan 
 ye  trompe,  then  shal  the  hoostes  that  lye  on 
 the  East  syde,  breake  vp.  And  whan  ye 
 trompe  the  seconde  tyme,  the  hoostes  that  lye 
 on  the  South  syde,  shal  breake  vp.  For  ye 
 shall  trompe,  whan  they  shal  take  their  iour- 
 neys.  *  But  whan  ^y-  congregacion  is  to  be 
 gathered  together,  ye  shal  blowe,  and  not 
 trompe.  This  blowinge  with  the  trompettes 
 shal  the  sonnes  of  Aaron  the  prest  do.  And 
 it  shall  be  youre  lawe  for  euer  amonge  youre 
 posterities. 
 
 Whan  ye  go  to  a  battayll  in  youre  londe 
 agajTist  youre  enemies  y  vexe  you,  ye  shall 
 trompe  with  the  trompettes,  that  ye  maye  be 
 remembred  before  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 and  delyuered  from  youre  enemies. 
 
 Like  wyse  whan  ye  are  mery,  and  in  youre 
 feast  dayes,  (j  in  youre  new  Monethes,  ye  shal 
 blowe  with  the  trompettes  ouer  youre  burnt- 
 sacrifices  (J  healthofferinges,  y  it  maie  be  a 
 remembraunce  vnto  you  before  youre  God. 
 I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Vpon  the  twentye  daye  in  the  seconde 
 moneth  of  the  seconde  yeare,  arose  the  cloude 
 from  the  habitacion  of  witnesse.  And  the 
 childrc  of  Israel  wente  on  their  iourney  out 
 of  the  wyldernesse  of  Sinai,  "and  the  cloude 
 abode  in  the  wyldernesse  of  Paran,  First  brake 
 
 •  ludic.S.d.        '  Num.  33.  c.     Deut.  1.  a. 
 
 vp  (acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 by  Moses.)  Namely,  the  baner  of  the  boost 
 of  luda  wente  forth  first  with  their  armies, 
 *and  ouer  their  boost  was  Nahasson  the  sonne 
 of  Aminadab.  And  ouer  the  boost  of  the 
 trybe  of  the  children  of  Isachar  w£is  Nathaneel 
 the  sonne  of  Zuar.  And  ouer  the  boost  of 
 the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Zabulon  was 
 Eliab  the  sonne  of  Elon.  '^And  the  habi- 
 tacion was  taken  downe,  and  the  children  of 
 Gerson  and  Merari  bare  the  habitacion. 
 
 After  that  wente  the  baner  of  the  boost  of 
 Ruben  with  their  armies,  and  ouer  their  boost 
 was  Ehzur  the  sonne  of  Sedeur.  And  ouer 
 the  boost  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Simeon  was  Selumiel  the  sonne  of  Zuri  Sadai. 
 And  Eliasaph  the  sonne  of  Deguel  ouer  the 
 boost  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Gad 
 Then  wente  the  Kahathites  forwarde  also,  and 
 bare  the  Sanctuary,  and  caused  y  habitacion 
 be  set  vp  agaynst  they  came. 
 
 After  that  wente  the  baner  of  the  boost  of 
 the  children  of  Ephraim  vnth  their  armies, 
 and  ouer  their  boost  was  Elisama  the  sonne  of 
 Amihud.  And  Gamaliel  the  sonne  of  Pedazur 
 ouer  the  boost  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Manasse.  And  Abidan  the  sonne  of  Gedeoni 
 ouer  the  boost  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin. 
 
 After  that  wente  the  baner  of  the  boost  of 
 the  children  of  Dan  mth  their  Armyes,  (and 
 so  were  all  the  hoostes  vp)  and  Ahieser  the 
 Sonne  of  Ammi  Sadai  was  ouer  their  boost. 
 And  Pagiel  y  sonne  of  Ochran,  ouer  the  boost 
 of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Asser.  And 
 Ahira  the  sonne  of  Enan  ouer  the  boost  of  the 
 trybe  of  the  children  of  Nephthali.  Thus  the 
 childre  of  Israel  wete  forth  with  their  armyes. 
 
 And  Moses  spake  vnto  his  brother  in  lawe, 
 Hobab  the  sonne  of  Raguel  of  Madian :  We 
 go  vnto  the  place,  of  the  which  y  LORDE 
 yde  :  I  wil  geue  it  you :  Come  now  with  vs 
 therfore,  and  we  wil  do  y  best  with  the,  for 
 the  LORDE  hath  promysed  good  vnto  Israel. 
 But  he  answered :  I  wil  not  go  with  you,  but 
 wil  go  in  to  m)Tie  awne  londe  vnto  my  kynred. 
 He  sayde :  Oh  nay,  leaue  vs  not :  for  thou 
 knowest  where  is  best  for  vs  to  pytche  in  the 
 wyldernesse,  and  thou  shalt  be  oure  eye.  And 
 yf  thou  goest  with  vs,  loke  what  good  the 
 LORDE  doth  ^-nto  vs,  the  same  wil  we  do 
 vnto  the.      So  they  departed  from  the  mount 
 
Cfjap.  )ru 
 
 €f)t  iiih  hokt  of  Mo&t&* 
 
 jTo*  tOTb. 
 
 of  the  LORDE  thre  dayes  iourney,  5  the 
 Arke  of  the  LORDES  couenaunt  wente 
 before  them  those  thre  dayes  iourney,  to 
 shewe  the  where  they  shulde  rest.  And  f 
 cloude  of  the  LORDE  was  ouer  them  in  the 
 daye  tyme,  whan  they  wete  out  of  y  tetes. 
 
 And  whan  the  Arke  wente  forth,  Moses 
 sayde  :  *Aryse  LORDE,  let  thine  enemies  be 
 scatered,  and  let  them  that  hate  the,  flye 
 before  the.  And  whan  it  rested,  he  sayde  : 
 Come  agayne  O  LORDE  vnto  the  multitude 
 of  the  thousandes  of  Israel. 
 
 Ei)c  vi.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  y  people  waxed  vnpaciet,  °it 
 displeased  sore  y  eares  of  f  LORDE. 
 And  whan  the  LORDE  herde  it,  his  wrath 
 waxed  whote,  5  the  fyre  of  f  LORDE  burnt 
 amoge  them,  so  y  it  cosumed  the  vttemost  of 
 y  boost.  The  cryed  the  people  vnto  Moses. 
 And  Moses  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE.  So 
 f  fyre  quenched.  And  the  place  was  called 
 Tabera,  because  the  fyre  of  the  LORDE 
 burnt  amonge  them. 
 
 Then  the  comon  sorte  of  people  y  was 
 amoge  them,  fell  a  lustinge,  and  sat  5  wepte 
 with  the  children  of  Israel,  and  sayde :  Who 
 wyll  geue  vs  flesh  to  eate  ?  We  remembre 
 the  fish,  the  we  ate  in  Egipte  for  naught,  5 
 Cucumbers,  Melouns,  lekes,  onyons,  5  gar- 
 leke :  But  now  is  oure  soule  dryed  awaye,  oure 
 eyes  se  nothinge  then  the  Manna. 
 
 J3  The  Manna  was  like  Coriader  sede,  and  to 
 loke  vpon,  like  BedelUon.  *And  the  people 
 ranne  here  and  there,  5,  gathered  it,  d  grounde 
 it  in  Milles,  and  beate  it  in  morters,  and 
 baked  it  in  panes,  and  made  cakes  of  it,  and 
 it  had  a  taist  like  an  oyle  cake.  And  whan  y 
 dew  fell  vpon  the  tetes  in  the  night,  f  Manna 
 fell  therwith. 
 
 Now  whan  Moses  herde  the  people  wepe 
 amoge  their  kynreds,  euery  one  in  his  tet  dore, 
 then  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  waxed  ex- 
 ceadinge  whote.  And  it  greued  Moses  also. 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  the  LORDE:   Why 
 
 C  vexest  thou  thy  seruaunte?  And  why  fynde 
 not  I  fauoure  in  thy  sight,  y  thou  layest  y 
 burthen  of  all  this  people  vpo  me  ?  Haue  I 
 the  coceaued  all  this  people,  or  begotten  them, 
 that  thou  shuldest  saye  vnto  me:  Cary  them 
 in  thine  armes  (as  a  nurse  beareth  a  childe) 
 
 •  Psal.  67.  a. 
 .  f.      tEze.S.b. 
 
 Exo.  16.  a.     Deut.  9.  d.        "  Exod. 
 'Leui.  20.  a.    losu.  3.  b.    1  Re.  16.  a. 
 
 vnto  the  londe,  that  thou  hast  sworne  vnto 
 their  fathers  ?  Where  shal  I  get  flesh,  to  geue 
 all  this  people  ?  They  wepe  before  me,  and 
 saye :  Geue  vs  flesh,  that  we  maye  eate.  I 
 am  not  able  to  beare  aU  this  people  alone,  for 
 it  is  to  heuy  for  me.  And  yf  thou  wylt  deale 
 thus  with  me:  0  kyll  me  then,  yf  I  haue 
 founde  fauoure  in  thy  sight,  that  I  se  not  ray 
 wrechednesse. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Moses :  Ga- 
 ther vnto  me  tseuentye  men  amonge  the  El- 
 ders of  Israel,  whom  thou  knowest  y  they  are 
 the  Elders  in  ;y  people  and  officers  ouer  them, 
 and  brynge  them  before  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  set  them  there  with  the :  then 
 wil  I  come  downe,  and  talke  with  the  euen 
 there,  (j  take  of  thy  sprete  that  is  vpon  the, 
 and  putt  it  vpon  them,  that  they  maye  beare 
 the  burthen  of  the  people  with  the,  y  thou 
 beare  not  all  alone. 
 
 And  vnto  y  people  thou  shalt  saye :  Sactifye 
 youre  selues  agaynst  tomorow,  "^y  ye  maye 
 eate  flesh :  for  youre  wepynge  is  come  in  to 
 the  eares  of  the  LORDE,  ye  that  saye:  Who 
 shal  geue  vs  flesh  to  eate  ?  for  we  were  well 
 at  ease  in  Egipte.  ''Therfore  shal  the  LORDE 
 geue  you  flesh  to  eate,  not  one  daye,  not  two, 
 not  fyue,  not  ten,  not  twentye  dayes  longe, 
 but  a  moneth  longe,  tyll  it  go  out  at  youre 
 noses,  and  tyll  ye  lothe  it :  euen  because  ye 
 haue  refused  the  LORDE,  which  is  amonge 
 you,  and  haue  wepte  before  him,  5  sayde  : ' 
 Wherfore  wente  we  out  of  Egipte  ? 
 
 And  Moses  sayde :  Sixe  hundreth  thou- 
 sande  -^  fote  men  are  there  of  the  people 
 amoge  whom  I  am,  and  thou  sayest:  I  wyll 
 geue  you  flesh  to  eate  a  moneth  loge.  Shal 
 the  shepe  and  oxen  be  slayne  to  be  ynough 
 for  them  ?  Or  shal  all  the  fishes  of  the  see 
 be  gathered  together,  to  be  sufficient  for 
 them?  The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses: 
 i  Is  the  LORDES  hande  shortened  then  ? 
 But  now  shalt  thou  se,  whether  my  wordes 
 shall  be  fulfilled  in  dede,  or  no  ? 
 
 And  Moses  wete  out,  and  tolde  the  people 
 y  worde  of  the  LORDE,  and  gathered  the 
 seuentye  men  amonge  the  Eldest  of  the  peo- 
 ple, (t  set  them  rounde  aboute  the  Tabernacle. 
 Then  came  the  LORDE  downe  in  a  cloude, 
 (E  spake  vnto  him,  (i.  toke  of  the  sprete  y  was 
 vpon  him,  (t  put  it  vpon  the  seuentie  Elders. 
 
 J  Exo.  16.  b.  «  Nu.  21.  a.  /  Exo.  12.  f.     Num. 
 
 1.  f.  and  33.  a.         X  Esa,  50.  a.  and  59.  a. 
 
So*  wvbi. 
 
 Cfte  lit).  I)oke  of  iilosesi* 
 
 Cfeap.  )rij. 
 
 jr 
 
 And  whan  the  sprete  rested  vpon  them,  they 
 prophecied,  and  ceassed  not. 
 
 But  in  the  hoost  there  remayned  yet  two 
 men,  of  whom  the  one  was  called  Eldad,  y 
 other  Medad,  5  the  sprete  rested  vpo  them. 
 For  they  were  wrytten  vp  also,  g  yet  were 
 they  not  gone  out  vnto  the  Tabernacle,  and 
 they  prophecied  in  the  hoost.  Then  ran  there 
 a  lad,  (t  tolde  Moses,  (t  sayde  :  Eldad  and 
 Medad  prophecie  in  the  hoost.  Then  an- 
 swered losua  y  Sonne  of  Nun  Moses  ser- 
 uaunte  (whom  he  had  chosen)  and  sayde : 
 My  lorde  Moses  for  bydde  them.  But  Moses 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Art  thou  gelous  for  my  sake  ? 
 *  wolde  God,  y  all  the  people  of  y  LORDE 
 coulde  prophecie,  and  that  f  LORDE  wolde 
 geue  them  his  sprete.  So  Moses  and  the 
 Elders  of  Israel  gat  them  to  the  hoost. 
 
 Then  wente  out  the  wynde  from  y  LORDE, 
 "(J  caused  quayles  to  come  from  the  see,  5 
 scatred  the  ouer  the  hoost,  here  a  dayes  iour- 
 ney,  there  a  dayes  iourney  rounde  aboute  f 
 hoost,  two  cubytes  hye  aboue  f  earth.  Then 
 the  people  stode  vp  all  that  daye  and  all  y 
 night,  and  all  the  nexte  daye,  and  gathered 
 quayles :  and  he  that  gathered  the  leest, 
 gathered  ten  Homers,  5  they  kylled  them 
 rounde  aboute  the  hoost. 
 
 *  But  whyle  y  flesh  was  yet  betwene  their 
 tethe,  5  or  euer  it  was  vp,  the  wrath  of  the 
 LORDE  waxed  whote  amonge  the  people, 
 t  and  slewe  them  with  an  exceadinge  greate 
 slaughter.  Therfore  is  the  same  place  called 
 the  graues  of  lust,  because  the  voluptuous 
 people  were  buried  there.  From  the  lust- 
 graues  "  toke  the  people  their  iourney  vnto 
 Hazeroth,  and  abode  at  Hazeroth. 
 
 Ci^e  ri).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  Miriam  i  Aaron  spake  agaynst 
 ''  Moses  because  of  his  wife  the  Mo- 
 rian  t  which  he  had  taken,  because  he  had 
 take  a  Morian  to  wife,  and  they  sayde  :  Doth 
 the  LORDE  speake  onely  thorow  Moses? 
 Speaketh  he  not  also  by  vs?  And  the  LORDE 
 herde  it.  ^  But  Moses  was  a  very  meke  man, 
 aboue  all  men  vpon  earth.  And  haistely 
 spake  the  LORDE  vnto  Moses,  and  to 
 Aaron,  and  to  Miriam :  Go  out  ye  thre  vnto 
 
 •  loel  2.  f.     t  Cor.  14.  a.  "  Exo.  16.  c.  »  Psal. 
 
 77.  c.        t  1  Cor.  10.  a.        ■:  Num.  33.  c.       <>  Deu.  24.  b. 
 JEjo.  2.d.      4  Eccli.  4.5.  a.      'Psal.  98.  b.      /  Ueb.  3.  a. 
 
 f  Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.     And  they  wente 
 out  all  thre. 
 
 'Then  came  the  LORDE  downe  in  the 
 cloudy  piler,  (j  stode  in  the  dore  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle, 5  called  Aaron  (i  Miriam,  j  they  both 
 wete  out.  And  he  sayde  :  Heare  my  wordes 
 Yf  eny  man  be  a  prophet  of  the  LORDE. 
 vnto  him  wil  I  shewe  my  self  in  a  vision,  or 
 wil  speake  vnto  him  in  a  dreame.  But  not 
 so  with  my  seruaunt  Moses,  •'^  which  is  faithfull 
 in  all  my  house.  II  Mouth  to  mouth  speake  I 
 vnto  him,  j  he  seyth  the  LORDE  in  his 
 fashion,  not  thorow  darke  wordes  or  licknesses: 
 Wherfore  were  ye  not  afrayed  then  to  speake 
 agaynst  my  seruaunt  Mo.ses  ? 
 
 And  y  wrath  of  the  LORDE  waxed  whote 
 ouer  them,  (j  he  turned  him  awaye,  and  f 
 cloude  also  departed  from  the  Tabernacle. 
 ^  And  beholde,  then  was  Miriam  become 
 leporus,  as  it  were  snowe.  And  Aaron  turned 
 him  vnto  Miriam,  and  sawe  that  she  was 
 leporous,  and  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Oh  my  lorde, 
 put  not  the  synne  vpon  vs,  which  we  haue 
 foolishly  committed  and  synned,  that  she  be 
 not  as  one  that  commeth  deed  out  of  his 
 mothers  wombe :  It  hath  eaten  vp  half  hir 
 flesh  allready. 
 
 But  Moses  cried  vnto  the  LORDE,  5 
 sayde :  Oh  God,  heale  her.  The  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  Moses :  Yf  hir  father  had  spytte 
 in  hir  face,  shulde  she  not  be  ashamed  seuen 
 dayes  ?  H  Let  her  be  shut  out  of  y  hoost 
 seue  dayes,  after  y  let  her  be  receaued  agayne. 
 So  Miriam  was  shut  out  of  the  hoost  seue 
 dayes,  5  the  people  wente  no  farther,  tyll 
 Miriam  was  receaued  againe.  Afterwarde 
 departed  the  people  from  Hazeroth,  *and 
 pitched  in  y  wildernesse  of  Paran. 
 
 tllje  )itij.  Cl^apter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  '  Sende  forth  men  to  spye  out 
 f  lande  of  Canaan  (which  I  wil  geue  vnto  f 
 children  of  Israel)  of  euery  try  be  of  their 
 fathers  a  man,  and  let  them  all  be  soch  as  are 
 captaynes  amonge  them.  Moses  sent  the 
 out  of  the  wildernes  of  Paran,  acordinge  to 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  soch  as  were  all 
 heades  amonge  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 these  are  their  names : 
 
 e  2  Pa.  26.  d.  IT  Leu.  13.  14. 
 
 *Num.33.  c.         'Deut.  l.d. 
 
C&ap.  xiiih 
 
 €i)t  iuj.  Ijoke  of  iiloses. 
 
 So,  cmbiUl 
 
 Samma  the  sonne  of  Zacur,  of  the  trybe 
 of  Ruben.  Saphat  the  sonne  of  Hori,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Simeon.  Caleb  f  sonne  of  lephune, 
 of  the  trybe  of  luda.  Igeal  the  sonne  of 
 Joseph,  of  the  trybe  of  Isachar.  Hosea  the 
 sonne  of  Nun,  of  y  trybe  of  Ephraim.  Palti 
 the  sonne  of  Raphu,  of  the  trybe  of  Ben 
 lamin.  Gadiel  the  sonne  of  Soch,  of  f  trybe 
 of  Zabulon.  Gaddi  the  sonne  of  Susi,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Joseph  of  Manasse.  Ammiel  the 
 Sonne  of  Gemalli,  of  the  trybe  of  Dan.  Se- 
 thur  f  sonne  of  Michael,  of  the  trybe  of  Asser. 
 Nahebi  the  sonne  of  Vaphsi,  of  the  trybe  of 
 Nephtali.  Guel  the  sonne  of  Maehi,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Gad.  These  are  the  names  of  the 
 men,  whom  Moses  sent  forth  to  spye  out  the 
 de.  As  for  Hosea  the  sonne  of  Nun, 
 Moses  called  him  losua. 
 
 Now  whan  Moses  sent  the  forth  to  spye 
 out  the  lande  of  Canaan,  he  sayde  vnto  the  : 
 Go  vp  southwarde,  and  get  you  vp  to  the 
 mountaynes,  and  loke  vpon  the  londe  how  it 
 is :  and  the  people  that  dwell  therin,  whether 
 they  be  stronge  or  weake,  fewe  or  many :  and 
 what  maner  of  lande  it  is  that  they  dwell  in, 
 whether  it  be  good  or  bad :  j  what  maner  of 
 cities  they  be  that  they  dwell  in,  whether  they 
 be  fenced  with  walles,  or  not :  and  what 
 maner  of  lande  it  is,  whether  it  be  fatt  or 
 leane,  and  whether  there  be  trees  therin,  or 
 not.  Be  of  a  good  corage,  and  bringe  of  the 
 frutes  of  the  londe.  It  was  euen  aboute  the 
 tyme,  that  grapes  are  first  rype. 
 
 They  wente  vp,  j  spyed  the  lande,  from  y 
 wildernes  of  Zin,  vntyll  Rehob,  as  me  go 
 vnto  Hemath.  They  wente  vp  also  towarde 
 the  south,  and  came  vnto  Hebron,  where 
 Ahiman  was,  and  Sesai  and  Thalmai,  the 
 children  of  Enack  (Hebron  wasbuylded  seuen 
 yeare  before  Zoan  in  Egipte.) 
 
 And  they  came  to  the  ryuer  of  Escol,  and 
 there  they  cut  downe  a  cluster  of  grapes, 
 and  caused  two  to  beare  it  vpon  a  staffe,  pom- 
 granates  also  and  fygges.  The  place  is  called 
 the  ryuer  of  Escol,  because  of  the  cluster  ot 
 grapes,  which  the  children  of  Israel  cut 
 downe  there. 
 
 And  whan  they  had  spyed  out  the  lande, 
 they  turned  bake  againe  after  fourtye  dales, 
 and  wente,  and  came  to  Moses  and  Aaron,  3 
 to  the  whole  congregacion  of  f  children  of 
 Israel  in  to  f  wyldernesse  of  Paran,  eue  vnto 
 
 "  Deut.  1.  d.  *  Nu.  14.  f.         <■  Deut.  1.  a.  Psal.  105.  c. 
 
 Cades,  and  brought  them  worde  agayne,  and 
 to  the  whole  congregacion,  how  it  stode,  and 
 let  them  se  the  frute  of  the  lande,  and  tolde 
 them,  and  sayde :  We  came  in  to  f  lande, 
 whither  ye  sent  vs,  where  it  floweth  with 
 mylke  and  hony,  and  this  is  the  frute  therof : 
 sauynge  that  stronge  people  dwell  therin,  and 
 the  cities  are  exceadinge  stronge  and  greate. 
 And  we  sawe  the  children  of  Enack  there  also. 
 The  Amalechites  dwell  in  the  south  countre, 
 the  Hethites,  and  lebusites  and  Amorites 
 dwell  vpon  the  mountaynes,  but  the  Cananites 
 dwell  by  the  see,  and  aboute  lordane. 
 
 Howbeit  Caleb  stylled  y  people  that  was 
 agaynst  Moses,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Let  vs 
 go  vp,  and  conquere  the  lande,  for  we  are 
 able  to  ouercome  it.  But  the  men  that  wente 
 vp  with  him,  sayde :  *  We  are  not  able  to  go 
 vp  agaynst  that  people,  for  they  are  to  stronge 
 for  vs.  And  of  the  lande  that  they  had 
 searched,  they  brought  vp  an  euell  reporte 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  and  saide  :  The 
 lade  that  we  haue  gone  thorow  to  spye  out, 
 eateth  vp  the  indwellers  therof:  and  all  the 
 people  that  we  sawe  therin,  are  men  of  greate 
 stature.  We  sawe  giauntes  there  also,  yee 
 giauntes  as  the  children  of  Enack :  and  we 
 semed  in  oure  sighte  as  f  greshoppers,  and  so 
 dyd  we  in  their  sighte. 
 
 ®i)e  )•"•)•  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  the  whole  cogregacion  toke  on, 
 and  cryed,  'and  the  people  wepte  y 
 night.  And  all  the  childre  of  Israel  mur 
 mured  agaynst  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  the 
 whole  congregacion  sayde  vnto  them :  Oh 
 that  we  had  dyed  in  the  lande  of  Egipte,  or 
 that  we  might  dye  yet  in  this  wyldernesse. 
 Wherfore  bryngeth  the  LORDE  vs  in  to  this 
 lande,  that  oure  wyues  shulde  fall  thorow  the 
 swerde,  and  oure  children  be  a  praye  ?  Is  it 
 not  better,  that  we  go  agayne  in  to  Egipte  ? 
 And  they  sayde  one  to  another :  Let  vs  make 
 a  captayne,  and  go  in  to  Egipte  agayne. 
 
 But  Moses  5  Aaron  fell  vpo  their  faces 
 before  y  whole  cogregacion  of  the  multitude 
 of  the  childre  of  Israel.  *And  losua  y  sonne 
 of  Nun,  d  Caleb  y  sonne  of  lephune  (which 
 also  had  spyed  out  the  lande)  rente  their 
 clothes,  5  spake  to  the  whole  cogregacion  of 
 the  children  of  Israel :  The  londe  y  we  haue 
 walked  thorow  to  spye  it  out,  is  a  very  good 
 
 •  Eccli.  46.  b.     1  Mach.  2.  f. 
 
jTo.  rwbnj. 
 
 €i)t  iiiU  bokt  of  iHoses. 
 
 Cbap,  nuj.i 
 
 lande.  Yf  the  LORDE  haue  lust  vnto  vs, 
 he  shal  brynge  vs  in  to  the  same  londe,  (j 
 geue  it  vs,  which  is  a  lade  that  floweth  with 
 mylke  5  hony.  But  in  anye  wyse  rebell  not 
 ye  agajTist  the  LORDE,  5  *  feare  not  y 
 people  of  this  lande,  for  we  wil  eate  the  vp 
 as  bred.  Their  defence  is  departed  fro  them, 
 tbut  the  LORDE  is  \vith  vs,  be  not  ye 
 afrayed  of  them. 
 
 And  all  the  people,  bad  stone  them  with 
 stones.  Then  appeared  the  glory  of  the 
 LORDE  in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse  vnto 
 all  the  children  of  Israel,  5  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Moses:  How  longe  shal  this  people 
 blaspheme  me?  And  how  longe  wil  it  be, 
 or  they  beleue  me,  for  all  the  tokes  that  I 
 haue  shewed  amonge  them?  I  wil  smyte 
 them  with  pestilence  n  destroye  the,  "5  wil 
 make  of  the  a  greater  5  mightier  people  then 
 this  is. 
 
 But  Moses  sayde  vnto  f  LORDE :  Then 
 shal  y  Egipcians  heare  it  (for  with  thy  power 
 hast  thou  brought  this  people  from  amoge 
 the)  so  shal  it  be  tolde  the  inhabiters  of  this 
 lande  also,  which  haue  herde,  y  thou  O 
 LORDE  art  amonge  this  people,  y  thou  art 
 sene  from  face  to  face,  5  that  thy  cloude 
 stondeth  ouer  them,  "and  that  thou  goest 
 before  them  in  the  cloudy  piler  on  the  daye 
 tjTne,  and  in  the  fyrie  piler  on  the  night 
 season.  Yf  thou  shuldest  now  slaye  this 
 people  as  one  man,  then  the  Heythen  that 
 haue  herde  so  good  reporte  of  the,  shulde 
 saye:  ''The  LORDE  was  not  able  to  brynge 
 the  people  in  to  the  londe,  that  he  sware  vnto 
 them,  therfore  hath  he  slayne  them  in  the 
 wyldernes. 
 
 So  let  the  power  of  the  LORDE  now  be 
 greate,  acordinge  as  thou  hast  spoken  and 
 sayde :  The  LORDE  is  of  longe  suflPeraunce 
 and  of  greate  mercy,  and  forgeueth  synne 
 and  trespace,  and  leaueth  no  man  innocent 
 (I  vysiteth  the  myszdede  of  the  fathers  vpon 
 the  children  in  to  the  thirde  and  fourth  gene- 
 racion.  O  be  gracious  now  vnto  the  synne 
 of  this  people  acordinge  to  thy  greate  mercy, 
 like  as  thou  hast  forborne  this  people  also, 
 euer  from  Egipte  vnto  this  place.  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde :  I  haue  forgeue  it,  as  thou 
 hast  saide.  But  as  truly  as  I  lyue,  all  f 
 worlde  shal  be  full  of  my  glory.     '  For  of  all 
 
 •  Deut.  20.  a.       t  Rom.  8.  d.      '  Exo.  3«.  c.      »  Deu. 
 9.  d.  '  Exo.  13.  d.         1  Exo.  32.  c.         '  Nu.  26.  g. 
 
 y  men  that  haue  sene  my  glory  (t  my  tokens, 
 which  I  dyd  in  Egipte  and  in  the  wildernesse, 
 and  tempted  me  now  ten  tymes,  5  haue  not  I 
 herkened  \Tito  my  voyce,  there  shall  not  one 
 se  the  londe  that  I  sware  vnto  their  fathers : 
 nether  shal  eny  of  them  that  haue  blasphemed 
 me,  se  it.  }  But  my  seruaut  Caleb,  because 
 there  is  another  maner  sprete  with  him,  j 
 because  he  hath  folowed  me,  him  wil  I  brynge 
 in  to  the  lande,  which  he  hath  gone  thorow,  % 
 his  sede  shal  conquere  it,  and  y  Amalechites 
 also  and  the  Cananites,  that  dwell  in  the  lowe 
 countrees.  Tomorow  turne  you,  and  get  you 
 to  the  wjddernesse,  in  the  waye  towarde  the 
 reed  see. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  5  Aaron, 
 %  sayde :  How  loge  shal  this  euell  multitude 
 murmur  agaynst  me  ?  For  I  haue  herde  the 
 murmuringe  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  y  they 
 haue  murmured  agaynst  me.  Tell  them  ther- 
 fore :  ?  As  trulye  as  I  lyue  (sayeth  y  LORDE) 
 I  wil  do  vnto  you,  euen  as  ye  haue  spoken  in 
 myne  eares :  Y'oure  carcases  shal  lye  in  this 
 wildernesse.  And  all  ye  that  li  were  nombred 
 from  twentye  yeare  and  aboue,  which  haue 
 murmured  agaynst  me,  shall  not  come  in  to 
 the  lande  (cocernynge  the  which  I  lift  vp  my 
 hade,  y  I  wolde  let  you  dwell  therin)  saue 
 Caleb  y  sonne  of  lephune,  and  losua  the 
 sonne  of  Nun. 
 
 Youre  children,  of  whom  ye  sayde :  -^  They 
 shalbe  a  spoyle,  them  wyll  I  brj-nge  in,  so  y 
 they  shal  knowe  the  lande,  which  ye  haue 
 refused.  But  ye  with  youre  carcases  shall  lye 
 in  this  wildernesse,  and  youre  children  shal 
 wander  in  this  wildernesse  fourtye  yeares, 
 beare  youre  whordome,  tyU  youre  carcases  be 
 waisted  in  the  wildernesse,  acordinge  to  the 
 nombre  of  y  fourtye  dayes,  wherin  ye  spyed 
 out  the  londe.  f  A  daye  for  a  yeare,  so  y 
 fourtye  yeares  ye  shall  beare  youre  myszdede, 
 that  ye  maye  knowe  what  it  is,  whan  I  with- 
 drawe  my  hande.  Euen  I  the  LORDE  haue 
 sayde  it,  j  wil  do  it  in  dede  vnto  all  this  euell 
 congregacion,  that  haue  lift  vp  them  selues 
 agaynst  me :  In  this  wildernesse  shal  they  be 
 consumed,  and  there  shal  they  dye. 
 
 e  So  there  dyed  and  were  plaged  before  the 
 LORDE  all  the  me,  whom  Moses  sent  to 
 spye  out  the  lade,  5  came  agayne,  and  made 
 the  whole  cogregacion  to  murmur  agaynst  it, 
 
 Deut.  1.  c.  and  2.  c.  {  losu.  14.  b. 
 
 II  Num.  1.  a.     /  Deut.  1.  f.      f  Eze.  4.  a. 
 
 §  Nu.  32.  b. 
 «  1  Cor.  10.  a. 
 
CI)ap,  )rb. 
 
 Ci)e  iiij.  bofef  of  iHosifsc 
 
 fo,  mm- 
 
 dT 
 
 [because  they  brought  vp  a  myszreporte  of  the 
 [lande,  that  it  was  euell.  But  losua  the  sonne 
 of  Nun,  and  Caleb  y  sonne  of  lephune  were 
 left  alyue,  of  the  men  that  wente  to  spye  out 
 the  lande.  And  Moses  spake  these  wordes 
 vnto  all  the  children  of  Israel.  The  toke  the 
 people  greate  sorowe. 
 
 And  they  arose  early  in  y  momynge,  and 
 wente  vp  to  the  toppe  of  y  mountayne,  and 
 sayde :  "  Lo,  here  are  we,  and  will  go  vp  to  the 
 place,  wherof  the  LORDE  hath  sayde :  for 
 we  haue  synned.  But  Moses  sayde  :  wherfore 
 go  ye  on  this  maner  beyonde  y^  worde  of  the 
 LORDE?  It  shall  not  prospere  with  you: 
 go  not  vp  (for  y  LORDE  is  not  amoge  you) 
 y  ye  be  not  slapie  before  youre  enemies.  For 
 the  Amalechites  and  Cananites  are  there  before 
 you,  (t  ye  shal  fall  thorow  y  swerde,  because  ye 
 haue  turned  youre  selues  from  the  LORDE, 
 and  the  LORDE  shal  not  be  with  you. 
 
 But  they  were  blynded  to  go  vp  to  the 
 toppe  of  the  mountaine :  neuertheles  the  Arke 
 of  the  LORDES  couenaunt  %  Moses  came 
 not  out  of  the  hooste.  Then  came  downe  f 
 Amalechites  5  Cananites  which  dwelt  vpon 
 that  mountayne,  and  smote  them  and  hewed 
 them,  euen  vnto  Honna. 
 
 Cl)£  vb.  CT)apttr 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses, 
 and  sayde :  Speake  to  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  d  saye  vnto  them :  Whan  ye  come  in 
 to  the  lande  of  youre  dwellinge,  which  I  shal 
 geue  you,  and  wil  do  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  whether  it  be  a  burntofferynge,  or 
 an  offrynge  for  a  speciall  vowe,  or  a  frewyll 
 offerj'nge,  or  youre  feast  offerynges,  that  ye 
 maye  make  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 of  oxen  or  of  shepe. 
 
 He  y  wil  offi'e  now  his  gifte  %'nto  y  LORDE, 
 shal  brynge  for  the  meatofferinge  a  teth  deale 
 of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle  of  the  fourth 
 parte  of  an  Hin,  and  wyne  for  y  drynkoiFerynge 
 the  fourth  part  of  an  Hin  also :  to  the  burnt- 
 oflFeringe,  or  eny  other  offeringe,  whan  a  lambe 
 is  ofFred.  But  wha  there  is  a  ramme  ofFred, 
 thou  shalt  make  the  meatofFerynge  two  teth 
 deales  of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle,  of 
 the  thirde  parte  of  an  Hin,  and  f  thirde  parte 
 of  an  Hin  of  wyne  also  for  a  drynkofferinge : 
 this  shalt  thou  offre  for  a  swete  sauoure  vnto 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 eut.  1.  f.  '  Leuit.  2.  a.  and  6.  b.  '  Exo.  23.  c. 
 
 But  yf  thou  wilt  ofire  an  oxe  for  a  burnt- 
 offerynge,  or  for  a  speciall  vowe  ofFerynge,  or 
 for  an  healthofFeringe  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 thou  shalt  brynge  to  the  oxe,  the  meatoffiynge, 
 euen  thre  tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure  mingled 
 with  half  an  Hin  of  oyle,  j  half  an  Hin  of 
 wyne  for  a  drynkoffiynge.  This  is  an  of- 
 ferynge of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 Thus  shalt  thou  do  with  an  oxe,  with  a  ramme, 
 with  a  lambe,  and  with  a  goate.  Acordinge 
 as  the  nombre  of  the  offerynges  is,  therafter 
 shall  the  nombre  of  the  meatofFerynges  and 
 drynkofferynges  be  also. 
 
 He  that  is  one  of  youre  selues,  shall  do  this, 
 that  he  maye  offre  a  sacrifice  of  a  swete 
 sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE.  And  yf  there 
 dwell  a  straunger  with  you,  or  is  amoge  youre 
 kynszfolkes,  and  wil  do  an  ofFerynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE  for  a  swete  sauoure,  the  same  shal 
 do  as  ye  do.  Let  there  be  one  statute  for  the 
 whole  cogregacion,  both  vnto  you  and  to  the 
 straungers.  A  perpetuall  statute  shal  it  be 
 vnto  youre  posterities,  that  the  straunger  be 
 eue  as  ye  before  y'  LORDE.  One  lawe,  and 
 one  ordinaunce  shalbe  vnto  you  and  to  the 
 straunger  that  dwelleth  with  you. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Speake  to  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 saye  vnto  them :  Whan  ye  come  in  to  the 
 lande,  in  to  ;y^  which  I  shal  brynge  you,  'so 
 that  ye  eate  the  bred  of  the  londe,  ye  shal 
 heue  vp  an  Heueofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 namely,  a  cake  of  the  firstlinges  of  youre 
 dowe  shall  ye  geue  for  an  HeueofFer}'Tige : 
 as  the  Heueofferynge  of  the  bame,  euen  so 
 shal  ye  geue  the  firstlinges  of  youre  dowe 
 also  vnto  the  LORDE,  for  an  Heueofferynge 
 amonge  youre  posterities. 
 
 And  whan  ye  thorow  ignoraunce  ouer  se  £ 
 eny  of  these  commaundementes,  ''which  the 
 LORDE  hath  spoken  by  Moses,  and  all  y 
 the  LORDE  hath  commaunded  you  by  Moses 
 (from  the  daye  that  the  LORDE  beganne  to 
 commaunde  for  youre  posterities)  and  the 
 cogregacion  do  ought  ignorauntly,  the  shal 
 the  whole  congregacion  offre  a  yonge  bullocke 
 from  amonge  the  greate  catell  to  a  burnt- 
 offerynge,  for  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  with  his  meatofferynge  and  drynk- 
 ofFerpige  as  the  maner  is,  and  an  hegoate  for 
 a  synofFerynge.  And  so  shal  the  prest  make 
 an  attonement  for   the  whole  congregacion 
 
jTo.  ml. 
 
 €i)t  iiij,  bofef  of  iilosess. 
 
 Cf)ap.  vhu 
 
 of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  it  shalbe  for- 
 geuen  them:  for  it  is  an  ignoraunce.  And 
 they  shal  brynge  these  their  giftes  for  an 
 oiferynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  their  syn- 
 offerynge  before  the  LORDE  for  their  ig- 
 noraunce, and  it  shalbe  forgeuen  the  whole 
 congregacion  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  (t  the 
 straunger  also  y  dwelleth  amonge  you,  for  so 
 moch  as  all  the  people  is  in  soch  ignoraunce. 
 Yf  one  soule  synne  thorow  ignoraunce,"  the 
 same  shal  brynge  a  she  goate  of  a  yeare  olde 
 for  a  synofferynge.  And  the  prest  shall  make 
 an  attonement  for  soch  an  ignoraunt  soule 
 with  the  synoft'eringe  for  the  ignoraunce  be- 
 fore the  LORDE,  that  he  maye  reconcyle 
 him,  and  it  shal  be  forgeuen  him.  And  it 
 shal  be  one  la  we,  (that  ye  shal  do  for  y  igno- 
 raunce) both  vnto  him  that  is  borne  amonge 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  to  the  straunger 
 that  dwelleth  amonge  you. 
 
 *  But  yf  a  soule  do  ought  presumptuously, 
 whether  he  be  one  of  youre  selues  or  a 
 straunger,  he  hath  despysed  the  LORDE :  y 
 same  soule  shalbe  roted  out  from  amoge  his 
 people :  because  he  hath  despysed  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  hath  left  his  com- 
 maundement  vndone :  that  soule  shall  vtterly 
 perishe,  his  synne  shalbe  vpon  him. 
 
 Now  whyle  the  children  of  Israel  were  in 
 the  wyldernesse,  they  founde  a  man  gather- 
 ynge  stickes  vpon  the  Sabbath  daye.  And 
 they  that  founde  him  gatherynge  stickes, 
 brought  him  vnto  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  be- 
 fore the  whole  congregacion.  *And  they  put 
 him  in  preson,  for  it  was  not  declared  what 
 shulde  be  done  vnto  him.  The  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  Moses:  The  man  shall  dye  the 
 death,  the  whole  congregacion  shal  stone  him 
 without  the  boost.  Then  the  whole  cogrega- 
 cion  brought  him  out  of  y  boost,  and  stoned 
 him  that  he  dyed,  as  f  LORDE  commaunded 
 Moses. 
 
 And  f  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Speake 
 to  the  childre  of  Israel,  j  saye  vnto  the,  "y 
 they  make  them  gardes  vpon  y  quarters  of 
 their  garmentes  amonge  all  youre  posterities, 
 and  put  yalowe  rybandes  vpon  the  gardes  in  y 
 quarters.  And  f  gardes  shal  serue  you,  y  ye 
 maye  loke  vpon  the,  and  remembre  all  the 
 comaundementes  of  the  LORDE,  (j  do  them : 
 that  ye  order  not  youre  selues  after  y  mean- 
 ynge  of  youre  awne  hert,  ner  go  a  whorynge 
 
 -  Leui.  1.  f.     '  Ileb.  10.  c.     •  Leui.  24.  c.      '  Deut.  22.  b. 
 
 after  youre  awne  eyes.  Therfore  shal  ye  re- 
 membre and  do  all  my  commaundementes, 
 and  be  holy  vnto  youre  God.  I  am  the 
 LORDE  youre  God,  which  brought  you  out 
 of  the  lande  of  Egipte,  to  be  youre  God. 
 Euen  I  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Wi)c  ybi.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  Corah  the  sonne  of  lezehar  the 
 Sonne  of  Kahath,  ''the  sonne  of  Leui, 
 with  Dathan  and  Abiram  the  sonne  of  Eliab, 
 and  On  the  sonne  of  Peleth,  y  sonnes  of 
 Rube,  stode  vp  agaynst  Moses,  with  certayne 
 men  amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  two  hundreth 
 5  fyftie  captaynes  of  the  congregacion,  coun- 
 celers,  5  famous  men.  And  they  gathered 
 them  selues  agaynst  Moses  j  Aaro  5  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Ye  make  to  moch  a  doo,  t  for  all 
 the  congregacion  is  holy  euery  one,  and  the 
 LORDE  is  amonge  them :  Why  lifte  ye 
 youre  selues  vp  then  aboue  the  congregacion 
 of  the  LORDE? 
 
 Whan  Moses  herde  y,  he  fell  vpo  his  face, 
 (I  saide  vnto  Corah,  5  to  all  his  company : 
 Tomorow  shal  f  LORDE  she  we  who  is  his, 
 (J  who  is  holy  to  come  vnto  him.  Wh5  so 
 euer  he  choseth,  y  same  shal  come  vnto  him. 
 This  do :  Take  y  censors,  thou  Corah  5  all 
 thy  copanye,  5  do  fyre  therin,  (j  put  incense 
 theron  tomorow  before  the  LORDE :  then 
 whom  so  euer  the  LORDE  choseth,  the  same 
 shal  be  holy.  Ye  make  to  moch  a  doo,  ye 
 children  of  Leui. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde  vnto  Corah:  Heare  ye 
 childre  of  Leui,  Is  it  not  ynough  vnto  you, 
 t  y  f  God  of  Israel  hath  separated  you  fr5  y 
 multitude  of  Israel,  y  ye  shulde  come  nye 
 him,  to  do  the  seruyce  of  the  dwellynge  place 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  stonde  before  the  people 
 to  mynister  vnto  them  ?  He  hath  caused  the 
 and  all  thy  brethren  the  childre  of  Leui  with 
 the,  to  come  nye  vnto  him  :  and  now  ye  seke 
 the  presthode  also.  Thou  and  all  thy  copany 
 conspyre  agaynst  the  LORDE.  What  is 
 Aaron,  that  ye  shulde  murmur  against  him  ? 
 
 And  Moses  sent  to  call  Datha  5  Abira  y 
 sonnes  of  Eliab.  But  they  saide :  We  vnl 
 not  come  vp.  Is  it  to  litle  y  thou  hast 
 brought  vs  out  of  ;y'  lande  of  Egipte  (y  flioweth 
 with  mylke  d  hony)  to  kyll  vs  in  f  wildernesse : 
 but  thou  must  raigne  ouer  vs  also?  How 
 goodly  well  hast  thou  brought  vs  in  to  a  londe, 
 
 "i  Eccli.  45.  d.         tExo.  19.  a.         }  Num.3,  a. 
 
Cftap,  )rbi. 
 
 €f)t  Hi),  bokt  of  iWoSfS, 
 
 fo,  nlL 
 
 that  floweth  with  milke  and  hony,  (j  geue  vs 
 feldes  and  vyniardes  in  possession  ?  Wilt 
 thou  put  out  these  mens  eyes  ?  We  will  not 
 come  vp. 
 
 Then  was  Moses  very  wroth,  5  saide  vnto  f 
 LORDE :  Turne  y  not  vnto  their  meatoffer- 
 inges.  I  haue  not  take  so  moch  as  an  Asse 
 fro  the,  nether  haue  I  hurte  eny  of  the.  And 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  Corah :  Tomorow  be  thou 
 5  aU  thy  companye  before  f  LORDE,  thou, 
 and  they,  5  Aaron.  And  take  euery  one  his 
 censer,  and  put  incense  therin,  and  come  be- 
 fore the  LORDE,  euery  one  with  his  censer 
 (that  is  two  hundreth  and  fiftye  censers)  and 
 both  thou  and  Aaron  take  either  his  censer. 
 
 And  euery  one  toke  his  censer,  and  put 
 fyre  therin,  and  layed  incense  theron,  and 
 came  before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnes,  and  Moses  and  Aaron  also.  And 
 Corah  gathered  y  whole  congregacio  agaynst 
 the  before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnes. 
 But  f  glory  of  the  LORDE  appeared  be- 
 fore y  whole  congregacion.  And  y  LORDE 
 spake  vnto  Moses  (i  Aaron,  g  sayde  :  Separate 
 youre  selues  fr5  this  congregacio,  y  I  maye 
 shortly  consume  them.  And  they  fell  vpon 
 their  faces,  (j  sayde :  O  God,  thou  God  of  the 
 spretes  of  all  flesh,  yf  one  man  haue  synned, 
 wilt  thou  therfore  be  wroth  ouer  the  whole 
 congregacion  ?  And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 Moses,  (J  saide  :  Speake  to  the  congregacio, 
 and  saye :  Come  vp  from  f  dwellynge  of 
 Corah,  and  Dathan,  and  Abiram. 
 
 And  Moses  stode  vp,  g  wente  vnto  Dathan 
 (J  Abiram,  u  the  Elders  of  Israel  folowed  him, 
 d  he  spake  to  f  cogregacio,  5  saide  :  Departe 
 fro  y  tentes  of  these  vngodly  me  5  touche 
 nothinge  y  is  theirs,  y  ye  perishe  not  in  eny 
 of  their  sinnes.  And  they  gat  them  vp  from 
 the  dwellynge  of  Corah,  Dathan,  5  Abiram. 
 But  Dathan  and  Abira  came  out,  and  stode 
 in  the  dore  of  their  tentes,  with  their  wyues, 
 and  sonnes  and  children. 
 
 And  Moses  sayde  :  Hereby  shal  ye  knowe 
 that  the  LORDE  hath  sent  me,  to  do  all 
 these  workes,  and  that  I  haue  not  done  them 
 of  myne  awne  hert.  Yf  these  men  dye  the 
 comon  death  of  all  men,  or  be  vysited  as  all 
 men  are  vysited,  then  hath  not  the  LORDE 
 sent  me.  But  yf  the  LORDE  make  a  new 
 thinge,  and  the  earth  open  hir  mouth,  and 
 swalowe  them  with  all  that  they  haue,  so  y 
 they  go  downe  quycke  in  to  hell,  the  shal  ye 
 
 knowe,  that  these  men  haue  blasphemed  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  wha  he  had  spoke  out  all  these  wordes, 
 y-  groiide  cloue  asunder  vnder  the,  "%  the  earth 
 opened  hir  mouth,  5  swalowed  the,  with  their 
 houses,  {J  all  the  me  y  were  with  Corah,  ij  all 
 their  substauce,  and  they  wente  downe  quycke 
 in  to  the  hell,  with  all  that  they  had. 
 
 And  the  earth  closed  vpo  them,  5  so  they 
 perished  from  amonge  y-  congregaciS.  And 
 all  Israel  y  were  aboute  the,  fled  at  f  crye  of 
 the,  for  they  sayde :  That  f  earth  swalowe 
 not  vs  also.  Morouer  the  fyre  came  out  fro 
 the  LORDE,  and  consumed  the  two  hundreth 
 and  fyftye  men,  that  offred  the  incense. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde  :  Speake  to  Eleasar  y  sonne  of  Aaron  y' 
 prest,  y  he  take  vp  y  censers  out  of  y  burninge, 
 d  scater  y  fyre  here  5  there  (For  the  censers 
 of  these  synners  are  halowed  thorow  their 
 soules)  y  they  maye  be  beate  in  to  thinne 
 plates,  5  fastened  vpon  y  altare.  For  they 
 are  offred  before  y  LORDE,  5  halowed:  and 
 they  shalbe  a  token  vnto  y  childre  of  Israel. 
 
 And  Eleasar  the  prest  toke  y  brasen  censers 
 which  they  y  were  burnt,  had  offred,  (j  bet  the 
 to  plates,  to  fasten  the  vpon  f  altare  for  a 
 remebraunce  \nito  y  children  of  Israel  y  no 
 straunger  (and  he  that  is  not  of  y  sede  of 
 Aaron)  come  nye  to  offre  incense  before  the 
 LORDE,  y  it  happe  not  vnto  him  as  vnto 
 Corah  and  his  companye,  acordynge  as  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him  by  Moses. 
 
 On  the  nexte  morow  murmured  y  whole 
 congregacion  of  f  childre  of  Israel  against 
 Moses  (J  Aaro,  s  saide:  Ye  haue  slayne  y 
 people  of  y-  LORDE.  And  whan  the  cogre- 
 gacio was  gathered  agaynst  Moses  5  Aaro, 
 they  turned  the  towarde  y  Tabernacle  of 
 witnes.  And  beholde,  the  f^  cloude  couered  f 
 Tabernacle,  5  y-  glory  of  y  LORDE  appeared. 
 And  Moses  j  Aaro  wete  in  before  f  Taber- 
 nacle of  witnes.  And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 Moses  a  sayde :  Get  you  out  of  this  cogrega- 
 cion,  I  wil  shortly  consume  the.  And  they 
 fell  vpon  their  faces.  And  Moses  sayde  \Tito 
 Aaron  :  Take  the  ceser  d  put  fyre  therin  fro 
 of  the  altare,  j  laye  incese  theron,  a  go  soone 
 to  the  cogregacion,  d  make  an  attonement  for 
 them.  For  the  wrath  is  gone  out  from  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  plage  is  begone  amonge  the 
 people. 
 
 "  Deu.  11.  a.  Nu.  26.  b.  Psal.  105.  b. 
 
 dT 
 
l#o.  trlij* 
 
 C!)t  iiij.  bofet  of  iHosieg. 
 
 Cftaj).  Ffaij, 
 
 And  Aaron  dyd  as  Moses  sayde,  j  ranne  in 
 the  myddest  amonge  y  congregacio.  And 
 beholde,  f  plage  was  begone.  And  he  burnt 
 incese  5  made  an  attonemet  for  the  people, 
 *(j  stode  betwene  the  deed  5  the  lyuynge,  and 
 the  plage  ceassed.  But  there  were  fourtene 
 thousande,  and  seue  hundreth  deed  in  the 
 plage,  besydes  them  that  dyed  aboute  the 
 busynesse  of  Corah.  And  Aaron  came  agayne 
 vnto  Moses  before  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle 
 of  witnesse.     And  the  plage  ceassed. 
 
 Cf)e  vbij-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde  :  Speake  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 (E  take  of  the  twolue  staues,  of  euery  captayne 
 of  his  fathers  house  one,  and  wryte  euery  mans 
 name  vpon  his  staiFe.  But  Aarons  name  shalt 
 thou  wryte  vpon  the  staife  of  Leui.  For 
 euery  heade  of  their  fathers  house  shal  haue 
 a  staffe.  And  laye  the  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  before  the  witnesse  where  I  testifie 
 \Tito  you.  And  loke  whom  I  shall  chose,  his 
 stafFe  shal  florishe,  y  I  maye  stylle  the  grudg- 
 inges  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which  they 
 grudge  agaynst  you. 
 
 And  Moses  spake  vnto  the  childre  of  Is- 
 rael, (J  all  their  captaynes  gaue  him  twolue 
 staues,  euery  captayne  a  staife,  after  y  house  of 
 their  fathers.  And  Aarons  stafFe  was  amonge 
 their  staues  also.  And  Moses  layed  the  staues 
 before  the  LORDE  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse. 
 
 On  the  morow  wha  Moses  wete  in  to  y 
 Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  he  foude  y  t  Aaros 
 rodde  of  the  house  of  Leui  florished,  and 
 brought  forth  blossoms,  (j  bare  allmondes. 
 And  Moses  brought  forth  all  y  staues  fro  y 
 LORDE  before  all  y  childre  of  Israel,  that 
 they  might  se  it.  And  they  toke  euery  ma 
 his  stafFe. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Bringe 
 Aaros  staiFe  againe  before  the  ■svytnesse,  y  it 
 maye  be  kepte  for  a  toke  to  the  children  of 
 rebellion,  that  their  murmuringes  maye  ceasse 
 fro  me,  lest  they  dye. 
 
 Moses  dyd  as  y  LORDE  comaunded  him. 
 And  y  childre  of  Israel  sayde  vnto  Moses : 
 Beholde,  we  cosume  awaie,  we  are  destroied, 
 5  perishe.  Who  so  Cometh  nye  y  dwellynge 
 place  of  f  LORDE,  he  dyeth.  Shal  we  the 
 vtterly  cosume  awaie  ? 
 
 •  Sap.  18.  d. 
 
 t  Eccli.  45.  e.      Heb.  9. 
 
 Cl)t  vbitj-  C]^aptn-. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Aaron 
 Thou  5  thy  sonnes,  (t  thy  fathers  house 
 with  the  shal  beare  the  myszdede  of  f 
 Sactuary :  5  thou  5  thy  sonnes  with  the,  shall 
 beare  the  myszdede  of  youre  presthode.  tBut 
 thy  brethren  of  the  trybe  of  Leui  thy  father, 
 shal  come  nye  the,  5  be  ioyned  vnto  the,  that 
 they  maye  mynistre  vnto  y.  But  thou  %  thy 
 sonnes  with  the,  shal  mynistre  before  f  Taber- 
 nacle of  witnesse.  And  they  shal  wayte  vpo 
 thy  seruyce  5  vpon  y  seruyce  of  the  whole 
 Tabernacle.  But  nye  vnto  the  vessels  of  f 
 Sactuary  5  to  the  altare,  shall  they  not  come, 
 y  both  they  (j  ye  dye  not :  howbeit  they  shal 
 be  ioyned  vnto  the,  to  wayte  vpo  the  mynis- 
 tracion  in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  in  all 
 the  seruice  of  the  Tabernacle.  And  there 
 shal  no  straunger  come  nye  vnto  you. 
 
 Therfore  wayte  now  vpon  the  seruyce  of 
 the  Sanctuary,  and  vpon  the  seruyce  of  the 
 altare,  that  there  come  no  more  wrath  vpon 
 the  children  of  Israel.  For  lo,  I  haue  take 
 youre  brethre  the  Leuites  fro  amonge  the 
 children  of  Israel,  to  be  youre  gifte,  for  a 
 presente  vnto  y  LORDE,  to  do  y  seruyce  in 
 y  Tabernacle  of  mtnes.  As  for  y,  and  thy 
 sonnes  with  the,  ye  shal  waite  vpon  youre 
 prestes  office,  that  ye  maye  ministre  in  aU 
 maner  busynes  of  the  altare,  and  within  the 
 vayle :  for  youre  prestes  oifice  geue  I  vnto 
 you  for  a  gifte  to  do  seruyce.  Yf  a  straunger 
 come  nye,  he  shall  dye. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Aaron  :  be- 
 holde, I  haue  geuen  the  my  HeueoiFerjTiges  : 
 And  all  that  the  children  of  Israel  halowe, 
 haue  I  geuen  vnto  the,  and  to  thy  sonnes  for 
 a  perpetuall  dewtye.  This  shalt  thou  haue  of 
 the  most  holy  thinges  that  they  oiFer.  All 
 their  giftes  with  all  their  meatoiFeringes,  and 
 with  all  their  synoiFerynges,  and  with  all  their 
 trespace  oiFerynges,  that  they  geue  me,  the 
 same  shal  be  most  holy  vnto  the  and  thy 
 sonnes.  In  the  most  holy  place  shalt  thou 
 eate  it.  All  that  are  males  shall  eate  therof : 
 For  it  shal  be  holy  Mito  the. 
 
 The  Heue  oiFerynge  of  their  giftes  in  all 
 the  WaueoiFerynges  of  the  children  of  Israel," 
 haue  I  geuen  vnto  the  also,  and  to  thy  sonnes, 
 and  to  thy  doughters  for  a  perpetuall  dewtye. 
 Who  so  is  cleane  in   thy  house,    shal   eate 
 
 t  Num.  3.  a.  "  Leu.  7.  d. 
 
Cftap.  xiV* 
 
 Cf)C  Hi}*  bokt  of  Mo^t^, 
 
 #0.  cvli'ij. 
 
 therof.  All  the  fat  of  the  oyle,  and  all  y  fat 
 of  the  wyne  and  come  of  their  firstlinges,  th^t 
 they  geue  vnto  the  LORDE,  haue  I  geuen 
 vnto  f.  The  first  frutes  of  all  that  is  in  their 
 londe,  which  they  bringe  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 shal  be  thine.  Who  so  euer  is  cleane  in  thine 
 house,  shal  eate  therof. 
 
 All  dedicate  thinges  in  Israel  shal  be  thine. 
 All  that  breaketh  the  Matrix  amonge  all 
 flesh,  which  they  brynge  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 whether  it  be  man  or  beest,  shalbe  thine.  But 
 so,  that  thou  cause  the  firstborne  of  ma  to  be 
 redemed,  and  that  thou  cause  the  first  borne 
 of  vncleane  beestes  to  be  redemed  also  (They 
 shal  redeme  it  whan  it  is  a  moneth  olde,  and 
 shall  geue  it  lowse  for  money,  euen  for  fyue 
 Sycles,  after  the  Sycle  of  the  Sanctuary, 
 *  which  Sycle  is  worth  twentye  Geras.) 
 
 But  the  first  frutes  of  an  oxe,  or  lambe,  or 
 goate  shalt  thou  not  cause  to  be  redemed 
 for  they  are  holy.  Their  bloude  shalt  thou 
 sprenkle  vpon  the  altare,  and  their  fat  shalt 
 thou  burne  for  an  ofFerynge  of  a  swete  sauoure 
 vnto  f  LORDE.  Their  flesh  shalbe  thine, 
 like  as  y  Wauebrest  and  f  right  shulder  is 
 thine  also.  All  the  HeueofFeringes  that  y 
 childre  of  Israel  halowe  vnto  y  LORDE,  haue 
 I  geuen  vnto  the,  5  to  thy  sonnes,  5  to  thy 
 doughters  with  the  for  a  perpetuall  dewtie. 
 This  shalbe  a  salted  couenaut  for  euer  before 
 f  LORDE,  vnto  the  and  thy  sede  with  the. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Aaro:  Thou 
 shalt  inheret  nothinge  in  their  londe,"  ner  haue 
 eny  porcio  amonge  them :  for  I  am  thy  por- 
 cion,  and  thine  enheritaunce  amoge  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel.  Vnto  the  children  of  Leui 
 haue  I  geuen  all  the  tithes  in  Israel  to  inherit- 
 aunce,  for  y-  seruyce  which  they  do  vnto  me 
 in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  that  from  hece 
 forth  the  children  of  Israel  come  not  nye  the 
 Tabernacle  of  witnes,  to  lade  them  selues  with 
 synne,  and  to  dye :  But  the  Leuites  shal  do 
 the  seruyce  in  the  Tabernacle  of  witnes,  5  shal 
 beare  their  synne,  for  a  perpetuall  lawe  amonge 
 youre  posterities,  t  And  they  shall  inheret 
 none  inheritaunce  amonge  the  children  of  Is- 
 rael. For  y  tithes  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  which 
 they  Heue  vnto  y  LORDE,  haue  I  geuen 
 vnto  the  Leuites  for  an  heretage.  Therfore 
 haue  I  sayde  vnto  them,  that  they  shall  inheret 
 no  inheritaunce  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Exo.  30.  b.    Leu.  i 
 Eze.  44.  d. 
 
 Eie.45.  b.        ■■  Deut.  18.  a. 
 Hos.  13.b. 
 
 Andy  LORDE  talked  with  Moses,  (j  saide: 
 Speake  to  the  Leuites,  5  saye  vnto  them  : 
 Wha  ye  take  of  y  childre  of  Israel  f  tithes, 
 y  I  haue  geuen  you  of  the  for  youre  inherit- 
 auce,  ye  shal  take  an  Heueofferinge  of  the 
 same  vnto  the  LORDE,  euen  the  tenth  of 
 the  tithe.  And  the  same  youre  Heueoffer- 
 ynge  shall  ye  reken,  as  though  ye  gaue  come 
 out  of  the  barne,  and  fullnesse  out  of  the 
 wynepresse. 
 
 Thus  shal  ye  geue  an  HeueofFerynge  vnto 
 the  LORDE  of  all  youre  tithes,  which  ye 
 take  of  the  children  of  Israel,  y  ye  male  geue 
 the  same  HeueofFerynge  of  y  LORDE,  vnto 
 Aaro  y  prest.  And  all  y  ye  geue  of  y  tythes, 
 5  halowe  vnto  y  LORDE  for  a  gifte,  f  same 
 shall  be  his  of  the  best.  And  saye  thou  vnto 
 them  :  Whan  ye  thus  Heue  vp  y  fat  therof,  it 
 shal  be  rekened  vnto  the  Leuites  as  the  in- 
 creace  of  the  barne,  and  as  the  increace  of  the 
 wine  presse.  And  ye  maye  eate  it  in  all  places, 
 ye  (J  youre  children :  for  it  is  youre  rewarde 
 for  youre  seruyce  in  the  Tabernacle  of  wit- 
 nesse :  and  ye  shal  not  lade  synne  vpon  you 
 in  the  same,  whan  ye  Heue  the  fat  therof,  and 
 vnhalowe  not  the  halowed  thinges  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  ye  shal  not  dye. 
 
 €\)t  yiy.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  5 
 Aaro  5  sayde :  This  custome  shaO  be  a 
 lawe,  which  the  LORDE  hath  comaunded,  (j 
 sayde :  Speake  vnto  f  children  of  Israel,  y 
 they  brynge  vnto  f  a  reed  cow  without  spot, 
 wherin  is  no  blemysh,  5  vpon  who  there  came 
 neuer  yock :  and  ye  shal  geue  her  vnto  Eleasar 
 the  prest,t  which  shall  brynge  her  without  the 
 hooste,  and  cause  her  to  be  slayne  there  before 
 him. 
 
 And  Eleasar  y-  prest  shal  take  of  hir  bloude 
 with  his  fynger,  and  sprenckle  it  seuen  tymes 
 straight  towarde  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle 
 of  witnesse,  and  *  cause  the  cow  to  be  burnt 
 before  him,  both  hir  szkynne  and  hir  flesh, 
 and  hir  bloude  also  with  hir  donge.  And  the 
 prest  shal  take  Ceder  wodd  and  ysope,  and 
 purple  woll,  and  cast  it  vpo  the  cow  as  she 
 burneth,  j  he  shal  washe  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
 his  body  with  water,  and  the  go  in  to  the 
 boost,  and  be  vncleane  vntyll  f  eue. 
 
 And  he  that  burnt  her,  shal  wash  his  clothes 
 
 t  Heb.  13.  b. 
 
 '  Exo.  29.  b.      Leui.  4.  c. 
 
jro.  fifiiiij. 
 
 Ct)C  ill),  boht  of  i¥Ui£Sf£f. 
 
 CJ)ap»  v)f. 
 
 also  with  water,  and  bathe  his  body  in  water, 
 I  be  vncleane  vntyll  y  euen.  And  one  y  is 
 cleane,  shal  gather  vp  the  *  aszshes  of  y  cow, 
 and  poure  them  without  the  boost  in  a  cleane 
 place,  that  they  maye  be  kepte  there,  for  sprenk- 
 linge  water  to  the  congregacion  of  the  childrO 
 of  Israel,  for  it  is  a  synotferinge.  And  he  that 
 gathered  vp  the  aszshes  of  the  cow,  shall  wash 
 his  clothes,  and  be  vncleane  vntyll  the  euen. 
 This  shalbe  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  y  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  and  to  the  straungers  that  dwell 
 amonge  you. 
 
 "Who  so  now  toucheth  a  deed  ma,  shal  be 
 vncleane  seuen  dayes :  the  same  shall  purifie 
 himself  here  with,  on  the  thirde  daye  and  on 
 the  seuenth  daie,  and  then  shall  he  be  cleane. 
 And  yf  he  puryfye  not  himself  on  the  thirde 
 daye,  (j  on  the  seuenth  daye,  the  shall  he  not 
 be  cleane.  But  wha  eny  ma  toucheth  a  deed 
 personne,  and  wil  not  purifie  himself,  he  defy- 
 leth  the  dwellynge  of  the  LORDE,  and  the 
 same  soule  shal  be  roted  out  of  Israel,  because 
 the  sprenklinge  water  is  not  sprenkled  vpon 
 him :  and  he  is  vncleane,  as  longe  as  he  let- 
 teth  not  himself  be  pourged  therof. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe.  Whan  a  ma  dyeth  in  ;y 
 tente,  who  so  euer  goeth  in  to  the  tente,  and 
 all  y  is  in  the  tente,  shal  be  vncleane  seue 
 dales.  And  euery  open  vessel  that  hath  no 
 lydd  nor  couerynge,  is  vncleane.  And  who 
 so  euer  toucheth  one  y  is  slayne  with  the 
 swerde  vpon  y  felde,  or  eny  other  deed,  or  a 
 deed  mans  bone,  or  a  graue,  f  same  is  vn- 
 cleane seue  dayes. 
 
 So  now  for  the  vncleane  personne,  they  shal 
 take  of  y  aszshes  of  this  burnt  synofferinge,  (j 
 put  springinge  water  theron  in  to  a  vessell, 
 and  a  cleane  man  shall  take  t  ysope,  5  dyppe 
 it  in  the  water,  and  sprenkle  it  v])on  the  tente, 
 and  vpon  all  the  vessels,  and  all  the  soules  that 
 are  therin.  Likewyse  also  vpon  him,  y  hath 
 touched  a  deed  mans  bone,  or  a  slayne  per- 
 sonne, or  a  deed  body,  or  a  graue. 
 
 And  he  that  is  cleane,  shal  sprenkle  vpon 
 the  vncleane,  y  thirde  daye,  (j  the  seueth  daie, 
 5  purifye  him  on  f  seueth  daye.  And  he  shal 
 washe  his  clothes,  j  bathe  him  self  with  water, 
 and  so  at  euen  he  shalbe  cleane. 
 
 Hut  he  y  is  vncleane,  and  wil  not  purifye 
 him  self,  f  same  soule  shal  be  roted  out  of  y 
 cogregacion.     For  he  hath  defyled  the  Sanc- 
 
 •  Heb.  9.  b. 
 
 t  Psal.  50.  a. 
 
 ■Num.  31.  c.     Eccll.  34.  d.     Agg.  2.  b. 
 {  Leui.  17.  d.  »  Nu.  33.  d. 
 
 tuary  of  the  LORDE,  5  is  not  sprekled  with 
 spreklinge  water,  therfore  is  he  vn  cleane. 
 And  this  shalbe  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  the. 
 And  he  y  sprenkled  with  the  spreklinge 
 water,  shall  wash  his  clothes  also.  And  who 
 so  euer  toucheth  the  spreklinge  water,  shal  be 
 vn  cleane  vntill  the  euen.  t  And  what  so 
 euer  he  toucheth,  shalbe  vn  cleane :  j  loke 
 what  soule  he  toucheth,  shalbe  vn  cleane  vntill 
 the  euen. 
 
 Wi)t  n'-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  the  childre  of  Israel  came  with  the 
 whole  cogregacion  in  to  the  wildernesse 
 of  Zin  in  the  first  moneth,*  ^(j  the  people 
 abode  at  Cades.  And  there  dyed  Miriam,  5 
 was  buried  there.  And  the  congregacion  had 
 no  water,  u  they  gathered  them  selues  toge- 
 ther agaynst  Moses  (t  Aaron,  5  the  people 
 chode  with  Moses,  5  sayde :  Wolde  God  y  we 
 had  perished,  II  whan  oure  brethre  perished 
 before  the  LORDE.  Wherfore  haue  ye 
 brought  the  congregacion  of  the  LORDE  in 
 to  this  wildernesse,  y  we  shulde  dye  here  with 
 oure  catell  ?  And  wherfore  haue  ye  brought 
 vs  out  of  Egipte  in  to  this  place,  where  men 
 can  not  sowe,  where  are  nether  fygges,  ner 
 vynes,  ner  pomgranates,  5  where  there  is  no 
 water  to  drynke  ? 
 
 And  Moses  5  Aaron  wete  fro  the  congre- 
 gacion vnto  f  dore  of  y  Tabernacle  of  wit- 
 nesse,  5  fell  vpon  their  faces.  And  the  glory 
 of  the  LORDE  appeared  vnto  them.  And 
 the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and  sayde  : 
 "Take  the  stafFe,  5  gather  the  cogregacion 
 together,  thou  5  thy  brother  Aaron,  5  speake 
 vnto  the  rocke  before  their  eyes,  %  it  shall 
 geue  his  water.  And  thus  shalt  thou  prouyde 
 the  water  out  of  the  rocke,  5  geue  the  con- 
 gregacion drynke,  and  their  cateU  also. 
 
 The  toke  Moses  the  stafFe  before  y  LORDE, 
 as  he  commaunded  him,  5  Moses  3  Aaron 
 gathered  the  congregacion  together  before  the 
 rocke,  a  sayde  vnto  the:  Heare  ye  rebellions: 
 Shal  we  prouyde  you  water  out  of  this  rocke  ? 
 And  Moses  lift  vp  his  hande,  i  smote  y  rocke 
 with  the  stafFe  two  tymes.  ''  Then  came  f 
 water  out  abudantly,  so  y  the  cogregacion 
 dranke,  and  their  catell  also. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  j 
 Aaron :    '  Because    ye   beleued   me   not,    to 
 
 §  Deut.  1.  f.       II  Nu.  16.  e.       "■  Eio.  17.  b.    1  Cor.  10.  a. 
 ■'  Psal.  77.  b.  Ueut.  1.  f.  and  31.  a. 
 
Cf)ajp.  vvt 
 
 C6f  iiiji.  bofe^  of  iHoersi. 
 
 fo,  tvVo, 
 
 sanctifye  me  before  f  childre  of  Israel,  ye 
 shal  not  bringe  this  congregacion  in  to  the 
 londe  that  I  shal  geue  the.  This  is  f  water 
 of  strife,  where  the  children  of  Israel  stroue 
 with  the  LORDE  and  he  was  sanctified  vpon 
 them. 
 
 "  And  Moses  sent  messaungers  fro  Cades 
 vnto  y  kynge  of  f  Edomites :  This  worde 
 sendeth  the  thy  *  brother  Israel :  Thou  know- 
 est  all  f  trauayle  that  happened  vnto  vs,  how 
 that  oure  fathers  wente  downe  in  to  Egipte,  5 
 how  we  haue  dwelt  in  Egipte  a  longe  tyme,  5 
 how  the  Egipcians  dealte  euell  with  vs  d  oure 
 fathers.  And  we  cryed  vnto  y  LORDE 
 which  herde  oure  voyce,  and  sent  his  angell,  5 
 hath  brought  vs  out  of  Egipte :  And  beholde, 
 we  are  at  Cades  in  y  cite  without  the  borders 
 of  thy  londe.  t  Q  let  vs  go  thorow  thy  londe, 
 we  wyl  not  go  thorow  y  feldes  ner  vynyardes, 
 ner  drynke  the  water  out  of  the  foutaynes. 
 We  wyl  go  the  hye  strete,  and  turne  nether  to 
 y  right  hande  ner  to  f  lefte,  tyll  we  be  come 
 past  f  borders  of  thy  countre. 
 
 But  the  Edomite  answered  him :  Thou 
 shal  not  go  by  me,  *  or  I  wyl  come  agaynst  f 
 with  y  swerde.  The  children  of  Israel  saide 
 vnto  him  :  We  wil  go  y  como  hye  waye,  ''(i  yf 
 we  or  oure  catell  drynke  of  thy  water,  we  wil 
 paye  for  it :  we  wil  do  nothinge,  but  passe 
 thorow  on  fote  only.  But  he  sayde :  Thou 
 shalt  not  go  thorow.  And  the  Edomites  came 
 out  against  them  with  a  mightie  people  5  a 
 stroge  hande.  Thus  f  Edomites  denied  to 
 graute  Israel  passage  thorow  the  borders  of  the 
 lande.     And  Israel  turned  awaye  from  them. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  brake  vp  fro 
 Cades,  and  came  with  the  whole  congregacion 
 vnto  mount  Hor.  And  the  LORDE  spake 
 vnto  Moses  5  Aaron  at  mount  Hor  harde 
 vpon  the  coastes  of  y  lande  of  y-  Edomites,  j 
 sayde :  Let  Aaro  be  gathered  vnto  his  people : 
 for  he  shal  not  come  in  to  y  lande  y  I  haue 
 geuen  vnto  f  children  of  Israel,  because  ye 
 were  dishobedient  vnto  my  mouth  at  the  water 
 of  strife.  Take  Aaron  and  Eleasar  and  his 
 Sonne,  and  brynge  them  vp  vnto  mount  Hor, 
 and  strype  Aaron  out  of  his  vestimentes,  and 
 put  the  vpon  Eleasar  his  sonne  and  there 
 shall  Aaron  be  gathered  (vnto  his  people) 
 and  dye. 
 
 "  ludic.  11.  c. 
 1  Mac.  5.  e.  * 
 ■'  Num.  33.  d. 
 
 •  Gen.  25.  c. 
 Eze.  35.  a.     Abd.  1.  b. 
 '  Deut.  10.b.and33.  g. 
 
 t  Num.  21.  c. 
 '  Deut.  2.  a. 
 /  Nu.  33.  d. 
 
 Then  dyd  Moses  as  the  LORDE  c6- 
 maunded  him,  and  they  wente  vp  vnto  Mount 
 Hor  in  y  sight  of  the  whole  congregacion. 
 And  Moses  toke  Aarons  clothes,  5  put  the 
 vpon  Eleasar  his  sonne.  ''  And  Aaron  dyed 
 there,  euen  aboue  vpon  the  mount.  And 
 Moses  5  Eleasar  came  downe  from  the  moimt. 
 And  whan  the  whole  congregacion  sawe  that 
 Aaron  was  awaye,  they  mourned  for  him 
 thirtie  dales  thorow  out  the  whole  house  of 
 Israel. 
 
 €\)t  >vi-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Arad-''  the  kynge  of  the  Ca- 
 nanites  (which  dwelt  towarde  the  south) 
 herde,  that  Israel  came  in  by  y  waie  y  the 
 spyes  had  founde  out,  he  fought  agaynst 
 Israel,  and  toke  some  of  them  presoners. 
 Then  vowed  Israel  a  vowe  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 and  sayde :  Yf  thou  wylt  geue  this  people 
 vnder  my  hande,  I  wyll  vtterly  destroye  their 
 cities.  And  the  LORDE  herde  ;y-  voyce  of 
 Israel,  and  delyuered  them  the  Cananites,  and 
 they  vtterly  destroyed  them  with  their  cities 
 also.     *  And  he  called  the  place  Horma. 
 
 ''  Then  departed  they  fro  mount  Hor  on  f 
 waye  towarde  the  reed  see,  that  they  might 
 go  aboute  the  lande  of  the  Edomites.  And 
 the  soules  of  the  people  faynted  by  the  waie 
 'and  they  spake  agaynst  God  and  agaynst 
 Moses  :  Wherfore  hast  thou  brought  vs  out  of 
 the  lande  of  Egipte,  to  slaye  vs  in  the  wilder- 
 nesse?  For  here  is  nether  bred  ner  water, 
 and  oure  soule  lotheth  this  lighte  meate. 
 
 Than  sent  the  LORDE  fyrie  serpentes 
 amonge  the  people,  which  bote  the  peple,  so 
 that  there  dyed  moch  people  in  Israel.  The 
 came  they  vnto  Moses,  and  sayde :  We  haue 
 synned,  because  we  haue  spoken  agaynst  the 
 LORDE  and  agaynst  the.  t  Praye  thou  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  that  he  take  awaye  the  ser- 
 pentes from  vs.  And  Moses  prayed  for  the 
 people. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  Moses: 
 Make  the  a  brasen  serpente,  and  set  it  vp  for 
 a  token.  Wlio  so  euer  is  bytten,  and  loketh 
 vpon  it,  shal  lyue.  *  Then  made  Moses  a 
 serpent  of  brasse,  and  set  it  vp  for  a  token : 
 and  whan  a  serpent  had  bytten  eny  man,  he 
 behelde  the  brasen  serpente,  and  recouered. 
 
 i  ludic.  l.d.  ^  Deut.  2.  a 
 
 t£xo.  8.  b.     3  Re.  13.  b.     Act.  8. 
 4  Re.  18.  a. 
 
 <  Num.  11.  d. 
 *  lob.  3.  b. 
 
jTo.  rvllJi. 
 
 €i)t  iiij.  fiohr  of  i¥lo6fS. 
 
 C6ap.  inrij. 
 
 "  And  the  children  of  Israel  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  Oboth.  And  from  Oboth  they 
 wente  on,  and  pitched  in  Igim  by  Abarini  in 
 the  wyldernesse  ouer  agaynst  Moab,  on  the 
 Eastsyde.  From  thence  departed  they,  i 
 pitched  by  the  ryuer  of  Sared.  From  thence 
 departed  they,  and  pitched  on  this  syde  Arnon, 
 which  is  in  the  wyldernesse,  and  commeth 
 out  of  the  coa^tes  of  the  Amorites.  For 
 Anion  is  the  border  betwixte  Moab  and  f 
 Amorites.  Wherfore  it  is  spoken  in  the  boke 
 of  the  warres  of  the  LORUE :  And  go  with 
 violence  both  on  the  ryuer  of  Arnon,  j  on  the 
 founteyne  of  the  riuer,  which  boweth  downe- 
 warde  to  dwell  at  Ar,  s  leaneth  theron,  to  be 
 the  border  of  Moab. 
 
 And  from  thence  they  came  to  the  well. 
 This  is  the  well,  wherof  the  LORDE  spake 
 vnto  Moses :  gather  the  people  together,  I 
 wil  geue  them  water.  Then  sange  Israel  this 
 songe,  and  they  sange  one  after  another  ouer 
 the  well :  This  is  the  well,  that  the  prynces 
 dygged :  the  nobles  amonge  the  people  haue 
 digged  it  thorow  y  teacher  and  their  staues. 
 
 And  from  this  wildernes  they  wente  vnto 
 Mathana,  (t  from  Mathana  vnto  Nahaliel,  and 
 from  Nahaliel  to  Bamoth,  and  fro  Bamoth 
 vnto  the  valley  that  lieth  in  f  felde  of  Moab 
 at  the  toppe  of  Pisga,  and  turneth  towarde 
 the  wyldernesse. 
 
 And  Israel  sent  messaungers  vnto  Siho  the 
 kynge  of  the  Amorrites,  5  caused  to  saye  vnto 
 him  :  Let  me  go  thorow  thy  lande,  we  wyl  not 
 turne  in  to  y  feldes  ner  in  to  the  vynyardes  : 
 nether  will  we  drynke  the  water  of  the  welles, 
 y  hye  strete  wil  we  go,  till  we  be  past  the 
 borders  of  thy  countre. 
 
 Howbeit  Sihon  wolde  not  geue  the  children 
 of  Israel  licence  to  go  thorow  the  coastes  of 
 his  londe,  but  gathered  all  his  people  together, 
 and  wente  out  agaynst  Israel  in  the  ■R'ylder- 
 nesse.  And  whan  he  came  to  laheza,  he  fought 
 agaynst  Israel.  Neuerthelesse  Israel  smote 
 him  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  con- 
 quered his  lande  from  Anion  vnto  labock, 
 and  vnto  the  children  of  Ammon.  For  the 
 borders  of  the  children  of  Ammon  were 
 stroge.  So  Israel  toke  all  these  cities,  and 
 dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of  y  Amorites,  namely 
 at  Heszbon,  and  in  the  townes  belonginge 
 therto.  For  Heszbon  the  cite  weis  Sihons 
 the   kynge   of   the    Amorites,    and    he   had 
 
 foughten  before  with  the  kynge  of  the  Moab- 
 ites,  and  conquered  all  his  londe  from  him 
 vntyll  Arnon. 
 
 Wherfore  it  is  sayde  in  the  prouerbe :  Come 
 vnto  Heszbon,  let  vs  buylde  and  prepare  y 
 cite  of  Sihon.  For  there  is  a  fyre  gone  out 
 of  Heszbon,  and  a  flamme  from  the  cite  of 
 Sihon,  which  hath  consumed  Ar  of  y  Moabites, 
 and  the  citisens  of  y  toppe  of  Arnon.  Wo 
 vnto  the  Moab,  thou  people  of  Camos  art 
 vndone.  His  sonnes  are  put  to  flighte,  5  his 
 doughters  brought  captyue  vnto  Sihon  the 
 kynge  of  the  Amorites.  Their  glory  is  come 
 to  naught  from  Heszbon  vnto  Dibon  :  waisted 
 are  they  vnto  Nopha,  which  reacheth  vnto 
 Mediba.  Thus  dwelt  Israel  in  the  lande  of 
 the  Amorites. 
 
 And  Moses  sent  out  spyes  vnto  lahesar,  ij 
 they  toke  the  townes  belongjmge  therto,  5 
 coquered  the  Amorites  y  were  therin.  And 
 they  turned,  *(j  wente  vp  the  waye  towarde 
 Basan.  Then  Og  the  kynge  of  Basan  wete 
 out  agaynst  them  with  all  his  people,  to  fight 
 in  Edrei.  And  ;y-  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses : 
 Feare  him  not,  for  I  haue  geuen  him  with  his 
 lande  5  people  in  to  thy  hande,  5  thou  shalt 
 do  with  him,  as  thou  dyddest  with  Sihon  the 
 kynge  of  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  at  Hesz- 
 bon. And  they  smote  him,  5  his  sonnes,  5 
 all  his  people  (so  y  there  remayned  none)  5 
 coquered  the  londe.  Afterwarde  wete  f  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  g  pitched  in  y  felde  of  Moab 
 beyonde  lordane  by  lericho. 
 
 Cl)t  yyi).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Balac  y-  sonne  of  Ziphor  sawe 
 all  that  Israel  had  done  vnto  the  Amo- 
 rites, and  that  the  Moabites  were  sore  afrayed 
 of  the  people  (y  was  so  greate)  and  that  the 
 Moabites  stode  in  feare  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  he  sayde  vnto  y  Elders  of  the  Madian- 
 ites :  Now  shal  this  heape  licke  vp  all  that  is 
 aboute  vs,  eue  as  an  oxe  licketh  vp  the  grasse 
 in  the  felde.  (And  Balac  f  sonne  of  Ziphor 
 was  kynge  of  the  Moabites  at  that  tjTiie.) 
 
 And  he  sent  out  messaungers  vnto  *  Balaam 
 the  Sonne  of  Beor,  which  was  an  interpreter. 
 (The  same  dwelt  by  the  water  of  the  lande  of 
 f  children  of  his  people)  that  they  shulde  call 
 him,  and  he  caused  to  saye  vnto  him :  Be- 
 holde,  there  is  come  out  of  Egipte,  a  people, 
 which  couereth  f  face  of  f  earth,  and  lyeth 
 
 *  Num.  23.  b.     Deu.  23.  a. 
 
Cfeap.  mh 
 
 Cf)f  iii],  iiokt  of  iflos^si. 
 
 So.  rjclbij. 
 
 ouer  agaynst  me.  Come  now  therfore,  and 
 curse  me  this  people,  for  they  are  to  mightie 
 for  me,  yf  peraduenture  I  might  be  able  to 
 smyte  them,  and  to  dryue  them  out  of  the  lande. 
 For  I  wote,  that  whom  thou  blessest,  he  is 
 blessed  :  and  whom  thou  cursest,  he  is  cursed. 
 
 And  the  Elders  of  the  Moabites  wente  on 
 with  f  Elders  of  the  Madianites,  and  had  the 
 rewarde  of  y  soyth  sayenge  in  their  handes, 
 and  they  came  vnto  Balaam,  5  tolde  him  the 
 wordes  of  Balaac.  And  he  saide  vnto  the  : 
 Tary  here  aU  night,  (j  I  will  bringe  you  worde 
 agayne,  euen  as  the  LORDE  shal  saye  vnto 
 me.  So  f  prynces  of  f  Moabites  abode  with 
 Balaam. 
 
 And  God  came  vnto  Balaam,  5  sayde : 
 What  men  are  these,  which  are  with  f  ?  Ba- 
 laam sayde  vnto  God:  Balac  y  sonne  of  Ziphor 
 the  kynge  of  the  Moabites  hath  sent  vnto  me : 
 Beholde,  there  is  a  people  come  out  of  Egipte, 
 and  couereth  the  face  of  the  earth,  come  now 
 therfore,  5  curse  me  the,  yf  peradueture  I 
 maye  be  able  to  fighte  with  them,  3  to  dryue 
 the  out.  But  God  sayde  vnto  Balaam :  Go 
 not  with  them,  5  curse  not  that  people,  for 
 they  are  blessed. 
 
 Then  rose  Balaam  vp  in  the  mornynge, 
 (t  sayde  vnto  the  prynces  of  Balac :  Get  you 
 vnto  youre  londe,  for  the  LORDE  wyll  not 
 suffer  me  to  go  with  you. 
 
 And  the  prynces  of  y  Moabites  gat  the  vp, 
 came  to  Balac,  j  saide  :  Balaam  refuseth  to 
 come  with  vs.  Then  sent  Balac  yet  a  greater 
 copany  of  prynces,  5  more  honorable  the  they. 
 Whan  they  came  to  Balaam,  they  tolde  him: 
 Balac  y  Sonne  of  Ziphor  sendeth  f  this  worde : 
 Oh  refuse  not  to  come  vnto  me,  for  I  wyll 
 promote  the  vnto  hye  honoure,  ri  wil  do  what 
 so  euer  thou  sayest  vnto  me.  Come  I  praye 
 the,  curse  me  this  people. 
 
 Balaam  answered,  ij  sayde  vnto  y  seruaiites 
 of  Balac :  *  Yf  Balac  wolde  geue  me  his  house 
 full  of  syluer  5  golde,  yet  coulde  I  not  go 
 beyonde  y  worde  of  the  LORDE  my  God,  to 
 do  litle  or  greate.  Neuertheles  tary  ye  here 
 this  night,  y  I  maye  wete,  what  the  LORDE 
 wil  saye  more  vnto  me.  Then  came  God  to 
 Balaam  by  night,  5  saide  vnto  him :  Yf  the 
 men  are  come  to  call  the,  get  the  vp  then, 
 and  go  with  the :  but  what  I  shal  saye  vnto 
 the,  that  shalt  thou  do. 
 
 Then  rose  Balaam  vp  in  the  mornynge,  5 
 
 sadled  his  Asse,  5  wente  with  the  prynces  of  f 
 Moabites.  But  the  wrath  of  God  waxed 
 whote,  because  he  wete.  And  the  angell  of  f 
 LORDE  stode  in  the  waye,  to  withstode  him. 
 But  he  rode  vpo  his  Asse,  5  two  seruauntes 
 with  him.  And  f  Asse  sawe  y-  angell  of  y 
 LORDE  st5dinge  in  y  waye,  {j  his  swerde 
 drawen  in  his  hade.  And  y  Asse  turned  a 
 syde  out  of  y  waye,  5  wete  in  to  the  felde.  But 
 Balaam  smote  her,  y  she  shulde  go  in  the  waye. 
 
 Then  stode  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  in  ;y^ 
 pathe  by  the  vynyardes,  where  there  were 
 walles  on  both  the  sydes.  And  whan  f  Asse 
 sawe  the  angell  of  the  LORDE,  she  wrenshed 
 vnto  the  wall,  g  thrust  Balaams  fote  vnto  the 
 wall.  And  he  smote  her  agayne.  The  wete 
 the  angell  of  the  LORDE  farther,  j  stode  in 
 a  narow  place,  where  there  was  no  waye  to 
 turne,  nether  to  the  righte  hade  ner  to  f  lefte. 
 And  whan  the  Asse  sawe  the  angell  of  the 
 LORDE,  she  fell  downe  vnder  Balaam.  Then 
 was  Balaams  wrath  furious,  5  smote  the  Asse 
 with  a  staffe. 
 
 Then  opened  the  LORDE  the  mouth  of  ;y 
 Asse,  and  she  sayde  vnto  Balaam :  What  haue 
 I  done  vnto  the,  that  thou  hast  smytten  me 
 now  thre  tymes  ?  Balaam  sayde  vnto  f  Asse : 
 Because  thou  hast  mocked  me.  Oh  y  I  had 
 a  swerde  now  in  my  hande,  I  wolde  kyll  the. 
 The  Asse  sayde  vnto  Balaam :  Am  not  I  thine 
 Asse,  which  thou  hast  rydden  vpon  in  thy 
 tyme  vnto  this  daye  ?  Was  I  euer  wonte  to 
 do  so  vnto  the  ?     He  sayde  :  No. 
 
 Then  opened  the  LORDE  the  eyes  of 
 Balaam,  y  he  sawe  f  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 stondinge  in  y  waye,  5  a  drawe  swerde  in  his 
 hade.  And  he  enclyned  him  selfe,  5  bowed 
 downe  with  his  face.  And  the  angell  of  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him:  Wherfore  hast  thou 
 smytte  thine  Asse  now  thre  tymes  ?  Beholde, 
 I  am  come  out  to  resiste  y,  for  thy  waye  is 
 frowarde,  5  cotrary  vnto  me.  And  f  Asse 
 sawe  me,  5  auoyded  fro  me  thre  tymes :  or  els 
 yf  she  had  not  turned  asyde  fro  me,  I  had 
 slayne  the,  (j  saued  the  Asse  alyue. 
 
 Then  sayde  Balaam  vnto  y  angell  of  f 
 LORDE  :  I  haue  synned,  for  1  wyst  not,  that 
 thou  stodest  in  the  waye  agaynst  me.  And 
 now  yf  it  displease  f,  I  wil  turne  agayne. 
 The  angell  of  f  LORDE  saide  vnto  him  :  Go 
 with  the  me :  but  thou  shalt  speake  nothinge 
 els,  then  y  I  shal  saye  vnto  p  So  Balaam 
 wente  forth  with  the  princes  of  Balac.    Whan 
 
 dT 
 
jTo.  rrlbiij. 
 
 €i)t  tiij.  hokt  of  iiflosieg. 
 
 Cftap.  rFit). 
 
 Balac  herde  y  Balaam  came,  he  wente  out  to 
 mete  him  (in  the  cite  of  the  Moabites  y  heth 
 on  the  coaste  of  Arnon,  which  is  on  y  vttemost 
 border)  5  sayde  vnto  him:  Dyd  not  I  sende 
 for  y  to  call  the  ?  Wherfore  camest  thou  not 
 then  vnto  me  ?  Thinkest  thou  y  I  am  not 
 able  to  promote  y  vnto  honoure?  Balaam 
 answered  him  :  Lo,  I  am  come  vnto  f.  *  But 
 how  can  I  saye  eny  thinge  els,  the  y  God 
 putteth  in  my  mouth  ?  y  I  must  speake. 
 
 So  Balaam  wente  with  Balac,  and  they 
 came  vnto  the  cite  on  the  vttemost  border  of 
 his  lande.  And  Balac  slewe  oxen  and  shepe, 
 and  sent  for  Balaam,  and  for  the  prynces  that 
 were  with  him. 
 
 Cfje  rm-  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 AND  in  the  mornynge,  Balac  toke  Ba- 
 laam, and  they  wete  vp  to  the  hye  place 
 of  Baal,  that  from  thece  he  might  se  vnto  the 
 vttemost  parte  of  y  people.  And  Balaam 
 sayde  vnto  Balac :  Buylde  me  here  seuen 
 altares,  and  prouyde  me  here  seuen  bullockes, 
 and  seue  rammes.  Balac  dyd  as  Balaam 
 yde.  And  both  Balac  and  Balaam  offred, 
 on  euery  altare  a  buUocke  5  a  ramme.  And 
 Balaam  sayde  vnto  Balac :  Stonde  thou  by  thy 
 burntofferynge,  I  wil  go,yf  happly  the  LORDE 
 wil  mete  me,  j  call  me,  y  I  maye  tell  the, 
 what  so  euer  he  sheweth  me.  And  he  wente 
 his  waye,  as  he  sayde. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  mett  Balaam.  And  Ba- 
 laam saide  vnto  him :  Seuen  altares  haue  I 
 prepared,  and  offred  on  euery  altare  a  bul- 
 locke  and  a  ramme.  The  LORDE  put  ;y- 
 worde  in  Balaams  mouth,  and  sayde :  Go 
 agayne  vnto  Balac,  and  saye  on  this  wise.  And 
 whan  he  came  agayne  vnto  him,  beholde,  he 
 stode  by  his  burntofferynge,  with  all  f  prynces 
 of  the  Moabites. 
 
 Then  toke  he  vp  his  parable,  5  sayde  :  Balac 
 the  kynge  of  the  Moabites  hath  caused  to  fet 
 me  out  of  Syria  from  the  moutaynes  towarde 
 the  East,  (5  sayde:)  Come,  curse  me  lacob : 
 come,  defye  me  Israel.  How  shall  I  curse, 
 whom  God  curseth  not  ?  How  shal  I  defye, 
 whom  y  LORDE  defyeth  not?  For  fro  f 
 toppe  of  f  stonye  rockes  I  se  him,  5  from  the 
 hilles  I  beholde  him.  Beholde,  y  people  shal 
 dwell  by  the  selues,  5  shal  not  be  rekened 
 amoge  the  Heithe.  Who  can  tell  the  dust  of 
 lacob,  5  the  nombre  of  the  fourth  parte  of 
 
 •  Num.  23.  c.  t  Nu.  22.  f. 
 
 Israel  ?  My  soule  die  f  death  of  y  righteous, 
 and  my  ende  be  as  the  ende  of  these. 
 
 The  saide  Balac  vnto  Balaam :  What  doest 
 thou  vnto  me  ?  I  caused  to  fet  f  for  to  curse 
 myne  enemies,  i  beholde,  thou  blessest  the. 
 He  answered  (j  saide :  t  Must  I  not  kepe  g 
 speake  y,  which  the  LORDE  putteth  in  to 
 me  mouth  ?  Balac  saide  vnto  him :  Come 
 with  me  yet  vnto  another  place,  fro  whence 
 thou  mayest  se  y  vttemost  parte  of  them,  5 
 not  se  them  all,  and  curse  me  them  there. 
 
 And  he  toke  him  vp  to  a  fre  place,  cue  vnto 
 the  toppe  of  Pisga,  ij  buylded  seuen  altares, 
 and  offered  on  euery  altare  a  bullocke  (j  a 
 ramme.  And  he  sayde  vnto  Balac :  Stonde 
 so  by  thy  burntoffrynge,  whyle  I  go  yonder. 
 And  the  LORDE  mett  Balaam,  rt  put  the 
 worde  in  his  mouth,  (j  sayde  :  Go  agayne  vnto 
 Balac,  (s  saye  on  this  wyse.  And  whan  he 
 came  to  him  agayne,  beholde,  he  stode  by 
 his  burntofferynge  with  the  prynces  of  the 
 Moabites.  And  Balac  sayde  vnto  him :  What 
 hath  the  LORDE  sayde  ? 
 
 And  he  toke  vp  his  parable,  5  sayde :  Ryse 
 vp  Balac  d  heare,  marke  my  testimony  with 
 thine  eares  thou  sonne  of  Ziphor.  t  God  is 
 not  a  man  y  he  shulde  lye,  ner  a  mans  childe 
 y  eny  thinge  shulde  repente  him.  Shulde  he 
 saye  and  not  do?  Shulde  he  speake  d  not 
 make  it  good  ?  Beholde,  I  am  brought  hither 
 to  blesse,  I  blesse,  5  can  not  go  back  there  fro. 
 There  is  no  weerynesse  sene  in  lacob,  nether 
 eny  laboure  in  Israel.  The  LORDE  his 
 God  is  with  him,  d  the  kynges  trompet  is 
 amoge  the.  "  God  hath  brought  the  out  of 
 Egipte,  his  stregth  is  as  of  an  Vnicorne.  For 
 there  is  no  Sorcerye  in  lacob,  5  no  Soyth 
 sayer  in  Israel.  Whan  the  tyme  cometh,  it 
 shal  be  saide  vnto  lacob,  5  to  Israel,  what 
 God  doth.  Beholde,  the  people  shall  ryse  vp 
 as  a  Lyonesse,  j  heue  vp  him  self  £is  a  Lyon. 
 He  shal  not  lye  downe,  tyll  he  eate  of  the 
 pray,  and  drynke  the  bloude  of  the  slayne. 
 
 Then  sayde  Balac  vnto  Balaam  :  Thou  shalt 
 nether  curse  him  ner  blesse  him.  Balaam 
 answered,  (j  sayde  vnto  Balac :  Haue  I  not 
 tolde  the :  All  y  the  LORDE  speaketh,  y 
 must  I  do  ?  Balac  saide  vnto  him :  Oh 
 come,  I  wil  br)'nge  y  to  another  place,  yf  it 
 maye  happly  please  God,  y  thou  mayest  curse 
 the  there.  And  he  brought  him  \"p  to  the 
 toppe  of  mount  Peor,  y  boweth  towarde  the 
 
 t  1  Cor.  1.  a.  and  10.  b.  "  Nu.  24..  b. 
 
 € 
 
Cl)ap»  rut* 
 
 €l)t  iiij,  bofee  of  Jfloses. 
 
 #0.  tj:Uv* 
 
 wyldernesse.  And  Balaam  sayde  vnto  Balac : 
 Buylde  me  here  seuen  altares,  and  prouyde 
 me  seuen  bulloekes  and  seuen  rammes. 
 Balac  dyd  as  Balaam  sayde,  and  offered  on 
 euery  altare  a  bullocke  and  a  ramme. 
 
 Ci)e  jjtttj.  Chapter. 
 
 NOW  whan  Balaam  sawe  y  it  pleased  the 
 LORDE,  that  he  shulde  blesse  Israel, 
 he  wente  not  (as  he  dyd  before)  to  seke 
 witches,  but  set  his  face  straight  towarde  the 
 wyldernesse,  lifte  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  Israel, 
 *  how  they  laye  acordinge  to  their  trybes,  and 
 the  sprete  of  God  came  vpon  him,  and  he 
 toke  vp  his  parable,  and  sayde  :  "  Thus  sayeth 
 Balaam  the  sonne  of  Beor :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 man  whose  eyes  are  opened :  Thus  sayeth  he 
 which  heareth  the  wordes  of  God,  which  sawe 
 the  vision  of  y  Allmightie  :  which  fell  downe, 
 and  his  eyes  were  opened. 
 
 How  goodly  are  thy  tetes  O  lacob,  and  thy 
 habitacions  O  Israel?  Euen  as  the  brode 
 valleys,  as  the  gardens  by  the  waters  syde,  as 
 f  tentes  which  the  LORDE  hath  plated,  5  as 
 the  Ceder  trees  vpon  y  water.  The  water 
 shal  flowe  out  of  his  boket,  and  his  sede  shalbe 
 a  greate  water.  His  kynge  shal  be  hyer  then 
 Agag,  (t  his  kyngdome  shalbe  exalted.  God 
 hath  broughte  hi  out  of  Egipte,*  his  strength 
 is  as  of  an  vnicorne.  He  shal  eate  vp  the 
 Heithen  his  enemies,  and  grynde  their  bones 
 to  poulder,  and  shute  thorow  them  with  his 
 arowes.  t  He  hath  layed  him  downe  as  a 
 Lyon  and  as  a  Lyonesse.  Who  wyll  rayse 
 him  vp  ?  Blessed  be  he,  y  blesseth  the  :  and 
 cursed,  that  curseth  the. 
 
 The  was  Balac  furious  I  wrath  against 
 Balaam,  (j  smote  his  hades  together,  5  sayde 
 vnto  him :  I  haue  called  the,  y  thou  shuldest 
 curse  myne  enemies,  and  beholde,  thou  hast 
 blessed  the  now  thre  tymes :  5  now  get  the 
 hece  to  thy  place.  I  thoughte  y  I  wolde 
 promote  the  vnto  honoure,  but  the  LORDE 
 hath  kepte  the  backe  from  that  worshipe. 
 
 Balaam  answered  him  :  Tolde  not  I  thy 
 messaungers  (whom  thou  sendedst  vnto  me)  5 
 sayde :  t  Yf  Balac  wolde  geue  me  his  house 
 full  of  syluer  and  golde,  yet  coulde  I  not  go 
 beyonde  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  to  do 
 either  euell  or  good  after  myne  awne  hert : 
 but  what  |-  LORDE  speaketh,  that  must  I 
 
 •  Num.  2.  3. 
 t  Nu.  22.  c.      ' 
 
 ■^  Nu.  24.  c.     '  Nu.  23.  d.      tGe.  49.b. 
 Nu.  24.  a.      <«  Matt.  2.  a.      ^2  Re.  8.  a. 
 
 speake  also.  And  now  beholde,  for  so  moch 
 as  I  go  to  my  people,  come  therfore,  I  wyll 
 shewe  the  what  this  people  shall  do  vnto  thy 
 people  after  this  tyme. 
 
 And  he  toke  vp  his  parable,  and  sayde : 
 '  Thus  sayeth  Balaam  the  sonne  of  Beor : 
 Thus  sayeth  y  man,  whose  eyes  are  opened  : 
 Thus  sayeth  he  which  heareth  the  wordes  of 
 God,  (t  y  hath  the  knowlege  of  f  hyest,  eue 
 he  y  sawe  y  visio  of  y-  Allmightie,  5  fell 
 downe,  5  his  eyes  were  opened :  I  shal  se 
 him,  but  not  now :  I  shal  beholde  him,  but 
 not  nie  at  hade.  ''  There  shal  a  starre  come 
 out  of  lacob,  (E  a  cepter  shall  come  vp  out  of 
 Israel,  §and  shal  smyte  y  rulers  of  the  Moab- 
 ites,  and  ouercome  all  tlie  children  of  Seth. 
 
 II  Edom  shalbe  his  possession,  and  Seir 
 shalbe  his  enemies  possessio,  but  Israel  shal 
 do  manfully.  Out  of  lacob  shal  come  he  y 
 hath  dominion,  and  shall  destroye  the  rem- 
 naunt  of  the  cities. 
 
 And  wha  he  sawe  y  Amalechites,  he  toke 
 vp  his  parable,  5  sayde :  "  Amalec  the  first 
 amoge  the  Heithe,  11  but  at  y  last  thou  shalt 
 perishe  vtterly.  And  whan  he  sawe  the 
 Kenites,  he  toke  vp  his  parable,  5  sayde : 
 Stroge  is  thy  dwellinge,  and  on  a  rocke  hast 
 thou  put  thy  nest,  neuertheles  thou  shalt  be  a 
 burninge  vnto  Kain,  tyll  Assur  take  |-presoner. 
 
 And  he  toke  vp  his  parable  agayne,  5  sayde : 
 Alas,  who  shal  lyue,  wha  God  doth  this  ?  And 
 shippes  out  of  Citim  shall  subdue  Assur  and 
 Eber.  He  him  self  also  shal  perishe  vtterly. 
 And  Balaam  gat  him  vp,  and  departed,  and 
 came  againe  vnto  his  place,  and  Balac  wente 
 his  waye  also. 
 
 AND  Israel  dwelt  in  Sittim,  ■''and  the 
 people  beganne  to  commytte  whordome 
 with  the  doughters  of  the  Moabites,  which 
 called  the  people  vnto  the  sacrifice  of  their 
 goddes.  And  the  people  ate  and  worshipped 
 their  goddes,*  **and  Israel  submytted  him  self 
 vnto  Baal  Peor.  Then  the  wrath  of  the 
 LORDE  waxed  whote  vpon  Israel,  and  he 
 sayde  vnto  Moses :  Take  all  the  rulers  of  the 
 people,  and  hange  them  vp  vnto  the  LORDE 
 agaynst  f  Soime,  that  the  terryble  wrath  of 
 the  LORDE  maye  be  turned  awaye  from 
 Israel.     And  Moses  sayde  vnto  the  iudges  of 
 
 2  Re.  8. 
 
 33. 
 
 Exo.  17.  c.        ir  1  Re.  15.  a.      /  Num. 
 «  Psal.  105.  d.  •*  los.  22.  d. 
 
fo,  rl. 
 
 Cfte  iiij.  bokt  of  iHosfcs. 
 
 Cljap.  wtu 
 
 Israel :  Euery  man  slaye  his  captayne,  that 
 haue  submytted  them  selues  \nito  Baal  Peor. 
 
 And  beholde,  one  of  the  childre  of  Israel 
 wete  in  against  his  brethre,"  a  ioyned  him  self 
 to  a  Madianitish  woma,  in  y  sighte  of  Moses 
 (J  of  the  whole  cogregacion  of  y  childre  of 
 Israel,  which  weped  before  the  dore  of  f 
 Tabernacle  of  wytnesse.  *  Whan  Phineas  y 
 Sonne  of  Eleasar  the  sonne  of  Aaron  y  prest 
 sawe  y,  he  rose  vp  out  of  the  congregacion,  5 
 toke  a  swerde  in  his  hande,  5  wente  after  the 
 man  of  Israel  in  to  the  whore  house,  (j  thrust 
 the  thorow,  both  the  man  of  Israel  and  the 
 woman,  eue  thorow  the  bely  of  her.  Then 
 ceassed  the  plage  from  the  children  of  Israel, 
 *and  there  were  slayne  in  the  plage  foure  and 
 twentye  thousande. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5  saide : 
 '  Phineas  the  sonne  of  Eleasar  the  sonne  of 
 Aaron  f  prest,  hath  turned  my  wrath  awaie 
 from  the  childre  of  Israel  thorow  his  gelousy 
 for  my  sake  amonge  them,  y  I  shulde  not 
 cosume  the  childre  of  Israel  in  my  gelousy. 
 Wherfore  saye :  beholde,  I  geue  him  my 
 tcouenaunt  of  peace,  and  he  shal  haue  it,  5 
 his  sede  after  him,  eue  the  couenaunt  of  an 
 euer  lastinge  presthode,  because  he  was  gelous 
 for  his  Gods  sake,  and  made  an  attonement 
 for  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 The  man  of  Israel  that  was  slayne  with 
 the  Madianitish  woman,  was  called  Simri  the 
 Sonne  of  Salu,  a  captayne  of  the  house  of  the 
 father  of  the  Simeonites.  The  Madianitish 
 woman  also  that  was  slajTie,  was  called  Coszbi, 
 y  doughter  of  Zur,  which  was  a  ruler  of  the 
 people  of  a  kjiired  amonge  the  Madianites. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  3 
 sayde :  ''  Vexe  the  Madianites,  5  smyte  them, 
 for  they  haue  vexed  you  with  their  wyles, 
 wherby  they  haue  bigyled  you  thorow  Peor, 
 and  thorow  their  sister  Coszbi  the  doughter 
 of  a  captayne  of  f  Madianites,  which  was 
 slayne  in  the  daye  of  the  plage,  for  Peors 
 sake,  and  the  plage  came  after. 
 
 Cl)E  >TJ)i-  Cfjaptrr 
 
 AND  whan  the  giltye  bloude  was  shed, 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses  5,  vnto 
 Eleasar  y  sonne  of  Aaron  y  prest :  'Take  the 
 summe  of  the  whole  cogregacion  of  the  childre 
 of  Israel  from  twentye  yeare  5  aboue,  after 
 
 Deut.  23.  c.  •■  1  Mac.  2.  c. 
 
 '  Eccli.  45.  c.  1  Mac.  2.  f.       t  Mai.  2.  a. 
 
 '  1  Cor.  10.  a. 
 ''  Num.  31.  a. 
 
 their  fathers  houses,  all  y  are  able  to  go  forth 
 to  the  warre  in  Israel.  And  Moses  j  Eleasar 
 the  prest  spake  vnto  them  (in  the  felde  of  the 
 Moabites  besyde  lordane  ouer  against  lericho) 
 namely  vnto  all  the  that  were  twentye  yeare 
 olde  5  aboue,  as  the  LORDE  comaunded 
 Moses.  And  these  are  y-  chUdre  of  Israel, 
 that  came  out  of  Egipte. 
 
 ■'  Ruben  y  first  borne  sonne  of  Israel.  The 
 childre  of  Ruben  were,  Hanoch :  of  whom 
 Cometh  y  kynred  of  the  Hanochites.  Pallu : 
 of  whom  Cometh  the  kpired  of  the  Palluites. 
 Hesron  :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  the 
 Hesronites.  Carmi :  of  whom  cometh  f 
 kynred  of  the  Carmites.  These  are  the 
 kynreds  of  the  Rubenites.  And  the  nombre 
 of  the  was,  thre  (j  fourtye  thousande,  seuen 
 hundreth  a  thirtye.  But  the  childre  of  Pallu 
 were,  EUab.  And  the  children  of  Eliab  were 
 Nemuel,  and  Dathan  and  Abiram. 
 
 This  is  y  Dathan  5  Abira,  those  famous 
 men  in  the  congregacion,  « which  stode  vp 
 agaynst  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the  copany  of 
 Corah,  whan  they  rose  vp  agaynst  the 
 LORDE,  (J  the  earth  opened  hir  mouth,  and 
 swalowed  the  with  Corah,  wha  the  copany 
 dyed,  what  tyme  as  the  fyre  consumed  two 
 hundreth  (j  fiftye  men,  5  they  became  a  toke. 
 But  the  children  of  Corah  dyed  not. 
 
 ''  The  childre  of  Simeon  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Nemuel :  of  who  cometh  the  kynred  of 
 f  Nemuelites.  lamin :  of  whom  cometh  f 
 kynred  of  y  laminites.  lachin  :  of  who  co- 
 meth the  kynred  of  the  lachinites.  Sera :  of 
 whom  cometh  y  kynred  of  the  Sarahites. 
 Saul :  of  whom  commeth  the  kpired  of  the 
 Saulites.  These  are  the  kynreds  of  the 
 Simeonites,  two  5  xx.  M.  5  two  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Gad  in  their  kynreds  were 
 Zephon  :  of  whom  cometh  y  kynred  of  f 
 Zephonites.  Haggi :  of  whom  cometh  the 
 kynred  of  f  Haggi tes.  Suni :  of  whom 
 cometh  ;y  kynred  of  y  Sunites.  Aseni :  of' 
 whom  commeth  f  kynred  of  the  Asenites. 
 Eri :  of  who  cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Eri- 
 nites.  Arod:  of  whom  cometh  the  kjTired  of 
 the  Arodites.  Ariel :  of  whom  cometh  f 
 kynred  of  y  Arielites.  These  are  the  children 
 of  Gad,  in  their  nombre  fourtye  thousande 
 and  fyue  C. 
 
 '  The  children  of  luda,  Er  {i  Onan,  which 
 
 Exo.  30.  b.    Ni 
 e  Num.  16.  i 
 
 1.  a.  /  Gen.  46.  b.    1  Par.  6.  a. 
 
 »  1  Par.  5.  a.         ■  Gen.  38.  a. 
 
ICftap.  HTbi. 
 
 Clje  iiij,  hoht  of  iWosesi, 
 
 So,  tlU 
 
 both  dyed  in  the  lade  of  Canaan.  But  y 
 children  of  luda  in  their  kynreds,  were,  Sela: 
 of  whom  Cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Selanites. 
 Phares  :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  the 
 Pharesites.  Serah :  of  whom  cometh  f  kynred 
 of  y  Serahites.  The  childre  of  Phares,  were 
 Hesron :  of  whom  commeth  the  kynred  of 
 the  Hesronites.  Hamul :  of  whom  cometh 
 the  kynred  of  the  Hamulites.  These  are  the 
 kynreds  of  luda,  in  their  nombre,  sixe  and 
 seuentye  thousande  and  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Isachar  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Thola:  of  whom  commeth  the  kynred 
 of  the  Tholaites.  Phuua  :  of  whom  cometh 
 y  kynred  of  the  Phuuaites.  lasub :  of  wh5 
 commeth  the  kynred  of  the  lasubites.  Sim- 
 ron  :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  y  Sim- 
 ronites.  These  are  the  kynreds  of  Isachar,  in 
 nombre,  foure  and  thre  score  thousande,  5 
 thre  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  Zabulon  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Sered,  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of 
 f  Seredites.  Elon :  of  whom  c5meth  y  kynred 
 of  y  Elonites.  lahelel:  of  whom  cometh  the 
 kynred  of  the  lahelelites.  These  are  f  kyn- 
 reds of  Zabulon,  in  their  nobre,  thre  score 
 thousande,  and  fyue  hundreth. 
 
 The  children  of  loseph  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Manasses  d  Ephraim.  The  childre  of 
 Manasse  were,  Machir :  "of  whom  commeth 
 the  kynred  of  the  Machirites.  And  Machir 
 begat  Gilead :  of  whom  cometh  f  kynred  of  | 
 y  Gileadites.  And  these  are  y  childre  of, 
 Gilead,  Hieser:  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred 
 of  y  Hieserites.  Helech  :  of  whom  cometh 
 y  kynred  of  the  Helechites.  Asriel:  of  whom 
 commeth  the  kynred  of  the  Asrielites.  Siche : 
 of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  y-  Sichemites. 
 Simida :  of  who  cometh  y^  kynred  of  y  Si- 
 midites.  Hepher:  of  whom  cometh  y  kynred 
 of  y-  Hepherites.  And  Zelaphead  was  y  sonne 
 of  Hepher,  *(s  had  no  sonnes,  but  doughters, 
 whose  names  were :  Mahela,  Noa,  Hagla, 
 Milca  and  Thyrza.  These  are  the  kynreds 
 of  Manasse,  in  their  nombre,  two  and  fiftye 
 thousande  and  seuen  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Ephraim  in  their  kynreds 
 were,  Suthelah :  of  whom  cometh  f  kynred  of 
 the  Suthelahites.  Becher:  of  whom  cometh 
 y  kynred  of  the  Becherites.  Thahan :  of 
 whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Thahanites. 
 The  childre  of  Suthelah  were,  Eran:  of  whom 
 
 cometh  y  kynred  of  f  Eranites.  These  are 
 y  kynreds  of  the  childre  of  Ephraim,  in  their 
 nombre,  two  and  thirtie  thousande  and  fyue 
 hundreth.  These  are  the  childre  of  loseph 
 in  their  kynreds. 
 
 The  childre  of  Ben  lamin  in  their  kjTireds 
 were,  Bela :  of  whom  cometh  y  kynred  of 
 the  Belaites.  Aszbel :  of  whom  cometh 
 kynred  of  the  Aszbelites.  Ahiram:  of  whom 
 cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Ahiramites.  Su- 
 pham :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  the 
 Suphamites.  Hupham :  of  whom  commeth 
 the  kynred  of  the  Huphamites.  And  the 
 childre  of  Bela  were,  Ard  a  Naeman :  of 
 whom  commeth  the  kynred  of  the  Ardites  (t 
 Naemanites.  These  are  the  childi-en  of  Ben 
 lamin  in  their  kynreds,  in  nombre,  fyue  5 
 fourtye  thousande  and  sixe  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Dan  in  their  kynreds  were, 
 Suham :  of  whom  cometh  the  childre  of  y 
 Suhamites.  These  are  y  kynreds  of  Dan 
 in  their  generacions,  ij  they  were  all  together 
 in  nombre,  foure  and  thre  score  thousande  j 
 foure  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Asser  in  their  kynreds  were, 
 lemna :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred  of  the 
 lemnites.  lesui :  of  whom  commeth  the 
 kynred  of  the  lesuites.  Bria:  of  whom 
 cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Bryites.  And  y 
 childre  of  Bria,  were  Heber :  of  whom  com 
 meth  the  kynred  of  the  Hebrites.  Melchiel 
 of  who  commeth  the  kynred  of  the  Melchiel- 
 ites.  And  the  doughter  of  Asser  was  called 
 Sarah.  These  are  the  kynreds  of  the  children 
 of  Asser,  in  their  nombre,  thre  and  fiftye 
 thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Nephtali  in  their  kynreds  JT 
 were,  laheziel :  of  whom  cometh  the  kynred 
 of  the  lahezielites.  Guni :  of  whom  cometh  y 
 kynred  of  y  Gunites.  lezer:  of  whom  co- 
 meth y-  kynred  of  the  lezerites.  Sillem  :  of 
 who  cometh  f  kynred  of  y  Sillemites.  These 
 are  y^  kynreds  of  the  childre  of  Nephtali 
 in  their  generacions,  in  their  nombre,  fyue  5 
 fourtye  thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 
 This  is  the  summe  of  the  children  of  Israel : 
 '^sixe  hundreth  thousande,  a  thousande  seuen 
 hundreth  and  thirtye. 
 
 And  y^  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5  sayde: 
 Vnto  these  shalt  thou  deuyde  the  lode  to 
 enheritaunce,  acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  y 
 names.     ''  To  many  shalt  thou  geue  the  more 
 
 '  Eccli.  16.  b.  "•  Num.  32.  f.     losu.  11.  d. 
 
jTo.  rlij. 
 
 CI)e  ill).  I)okr  of  iHo^es. 
 
 Cftap.  rrbij. 
 
 enheritaunce,  and  to  few  the  lesse,  vnto  euery 
 one  shall  be  geue  acordinge  to  their  nombre  : 
 iyet  shall  the  londe  be  deuyded  by  lott. 
 Acordinge  to  f  names  of  the  trj'bes  of  their 
 fathers  shal  they  enheret  it :  for  after  the  lot 
 shalt  thou  deuyde  their  enheritaunce,  both 
 betwixte  many  and  fewe. 
 
 And  this  is  the  summe  of  the  Leuites  in 
 their  kjiireds.  Gerson:  of  whom  cometh  the 
 kynred  of  the  Gersonites.  Kahath :  of  who 
 cometh  the  kynred  of  the  Kahathites.  .Merari : 
 of  whom  cometh  f  kynred  of  f  Merarites. 
 These  are  y  k)Tireds  of  Leui,  the  kynred  of 
 y  Libnites,  f  kynred  of  y  Hebronites,  y  k)Tired 
 of  the  Maheli'tes,  y  kjnired  of  the  Musites, 
 the  kynred  of  the  Corahites. 
 
 Kahath  begat  Amram.  °  And  Amrams 
 wife  was  called  lochebed  a  doughter  of  Leui, 
 which  was  borne  him  in  Egipte  :  And  vnto 
 Amram  she  bare  Aaron  5  Moses,  5  Miriam 
 their  sister.  And  vnto  Aaron  were  borne 
 Nadab,  Abihu,'  Eleasar  3  Ithamar.  As  for 
 Nadab  5  Abihu,  they  dyed,  whan  they  offi-ed 
 straunge  fyre  before  y  LORDE.  "^And  the 
 summe  of  the  was  thre  1  twentye  thousande, 
 all  males  fro  fyue  monethes  5  aboue.  For 
 they  were  not  nombred  amoge  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  for  there  was  no  enheritaunce  geuen 
 the  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 This  is  y  summe  of  y  childre  of  Israel, 
 who  Moses  g  Eleasar  the  prest  nombred  in 
 the  felde  of  the  Moabites  besyde  lordane 
 ouer  agaynst  lericho  :  Amonge  whom  there 
 was  not  one  of  the  summe  of  those  children 
 of  Israel,*  whom  Moses  5  Aaron  the  prest 
 nombred  in  the  wildernesse  of  Sinai.  For  y 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  the,t  y  they  shulde  dye 
 in  the  wildernesse.  And  there  was  not  one  of 
 them  lefte,  saue  Caleb  the  sonne  of  lephune 
 and  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun. 
 
 SEI^t  nbi).  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 AND  the  doughters  of  t  Zelaphead  y 
 sonne  of  Hepher  y  soinie  of  Gilead, 
 the  Sonne  of  Maehir,  the  sonne  of  Manasse, 
 amonge  the  kynreds  of  Manasse  the  sonne 
 Joseph  (whose  names  were,  Mahela,  Noa, 
 Hagla,  Milca,  (;  Thirza)  came  ij  stode  before 
 Moses  (I  Eleasar  the  prest,  5  before  the  rulers 
 (J  the  whole  congregacion,  euen  before  the 
 dore  of  y  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  5  sayde: 
 
 o  £xod.  6.  c. 
 Num.  1.  f. 
 
 '  Leui.  10.  a.  Nume.  3.  a.      '  Num.  3.  f. 
 t  Nu.  14.  c.  t  Nu.  26.  d.     Nu.  36.  a. 
 
 Oure  father  is  deed  in  the  wildernesse,  5  was 
 not  in  the  company  of  them  y  rose  vp  agaynst 
 f  LORDE'' in  the  cogregacion  of  Corah:  but 
 dyed  in  his  awne  s)Tine,  and  had  no  sonnes. 
 Wherfore  shulde  oure  fathers  name  perishe 
 then  amonge  his  kynred,  though  he  haue  no 
 sonne?  Geue  vs  a  possession  also  amonge 
 oure  fathers  brethren. 
 
 Moses  broughte  their  cause  before  y 
 LORDE.  And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  The  doughters  of  Zelaphead  haue  spoke 
 righte.  Thou  shalt  geue  the  a  possession  to 
 inheret  amonge  their  fathers  brethren,  5  shalt 
 turne  their  fathers  enheritaunce  vnto  them. 
 And  saye  vnto  the  childre  of  Israel:  Whan  a 
 ma  dyeth  5  hath  no  sonne,  ye  shall  turne  his 
 enheritaunce  vnto  his  doughter.  Yf  he  haue 
 no  doughter,  ye  shal  geue  it  vnto  his  brethre. 
 Yf  he  haue  no  brethren,  ye  shal  geue  it  vnto 
 his  fathers  brethren.  Yf  he  haue  no  fathers 
 brethre,  ye  shal  geue  it  vnto  his  nexte  kynsz- 
 folke  which  beloge  vnto  him  in  his  kynred,  y 
 they  maye  possesse  it.  This  shalbe  an  ordy- 
 naunce  and  a  perpetuall  lawe  vnto  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  as  the  LORDE  cdmaunded 
 Moses. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Get 
 the  vp  in  to  this  mount  Abarim,^  5  beholde 
 the  lode,  which  I  shal  geue  vnto  the  childre 
 of  Israel.  And  whan  thou  hast  sene  it,  thou 
 shalt  be  gathered  vnto  thy  people  §  as  Aaron 
 thy  brother  was  gathered :  for  ye  were  disho- 
 bedient  vnto  my  worde  in  the  wyldernesse  of 
 Zin,  in  y  strife  of  the  cogregacion,  whan  ye 
 shulde  haue  sanctified  me,  thorow  the  water 
 before  them.  ■'  This  is  the  water  of  stryfe  at 
 Cades  in  the  wyldernesse  of  Zin. 
 
 And  Moses  spake  ■NTito  the  LORDE  (jsayde: 
 O  let  the  LORDE  God  of  the  spretes  of  all 
 flesh  set  a  ma  ouer  the  congregacion,  which 
 maye  go  in  5  out  before  them,  3  to  leade  the 
 out  (t  in,  y  the  congregacion  of  the  LORDE 
 be  not  as  the  shepe  without  a  shepherde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Take 
 vnto  the  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,^  which  is  a 
 man  in  whom  is  the  sprete,  and  put  thine 
 handes  vpon  him,  5  set  him  before  Eleasar 
 the  prest,  and  before  the  whole  congregacion, 
 and  geue  him  a  charge  in  their  sighte,  g 
 beutj'fye  him  with  thy  bewty,  that  the  whole 
 congregacion  of  the  children  of  Israel  maye 
 
 losu.  17.  a. 
 j  Nu.  20.  d. 
 
 ''  Nu.  16.  a.         '  Deut.  1.  f.  3.  d.  e.  34.  a. 
 /  Exo.  17.  b.     Nu.  20.  b.        f  1  Mac.  2.  f. 
 
Cfiap.  vx^iiU 
 
 €i)t  liij.  bo'kt  of  iWoSfsi. 
 
 fo,  rliij. 
 
 be  obediet  vnto  him.  And  he  shal  stonde 
 before  Eleasar  the  prest,  which  shall  axe 
 councell  for  him  after  the  maner  of  the  *  lighte, 
 before  the  LORDE.  At  the  mouth  of  him 
 shall  both  he  and  all  the  children  of  Israel 
 with  him,  and  the  whole  congregacion  go  in 
 and  out. 
 
 Moses  dyd  as  the  LORDE  comaunded 
 him,  5  toke  losua,  and  set  him  before  Eleasar 
 the  prest,  and  before  all  the  congregacion, 
 and  t  layed  his  handes  vpon  him,  and  gaue  him 
 a  charge,  as  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses. 
 
 Wi)c  jT6"i-  Cl&aptn-. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  5 
 sayde :  Comaunde  f  childre  of  Israel,  (j 
 saye  vnto  the:  The  ofFerynge  of  my  bred 
 which  is  my  ofFerynge  of  the  swete  sauoure, 
 shal  ye  kepe  in  his  due  season,  that  ye  male 
 ofFre  vnto  me.  And  saye  vnto  the :  "  These 
 are  the  offerynges  that  ye  shal  offre  vnto  the 
 LORDE :  Lambes  of  a  yeare  olde  which  are 
 without  blemysh,  euery  daye  two  for  a  daylie 
 burntofFerynge :  the  one  lambe  in  the  morn- 
 ynge,  the  other  at  euen.  And  therto  a  tenth 
 deale*  of  an  Epha  of  fyne  floure  for  a  meat- 
 ofFerynge,  myngled  with  beate  oyle  of  the 
 fourth  parte  of  an  Hin,  this  is  a  daylie  burnt- 
 ofFerynge, which  ye  ofFi-ed  vpon  moiit  Sinai, 
 for  a  swete  sauoure  of  a  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 LORDE:  And  the  drynkofferinge  of  the 
 same,  f  fourth  parte  of  an  Hin  to  a  lambe, 
 and  this  shalbe  poured  in  the  Sanctuary  for  a 
 gifte  vnto  the  LORDE.  The  other  lambe 
 shalt  thou  prepare  at  eue  (like  as  the  meat- 
 ofFerynge  in  the  mornynge)  5  the  drynk- 
 ofFeringe  therof,  for  a  sacrifice  of  a  swete 
 sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 On  the  Sabbath  daye,  two  lambes  of  a 
 yeare  olde  without  blemysh,  5  two  teth  deales 
 of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle,  5  the  drynk- 
 ofFerynge  therof.  This  is  the  burntofFerynge 
 of  euery  Sabbath,  besyde  the  daylie  burnt- 
 ofFerynge, with  his  drynkofFeringe. 
 
 And  on  the  first  daye  of  youre  monethes  ye 
 shal  ofFre  a  burntofFerynge  vnto  f  LORDE: 
 two  yonge  bullockes,  a  ramme,  seue  lambes 
 of  a  yeare  olde  without  blemysh,  and  allwaye 
 thre  tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure  for  a  meat- 
 ofFerynge  myngled  with  oyle  vnto  euery  bul- 
 locke :   two  tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure  for  a 
 
 *  Exo.  28. 
 1  Par.  ir.  e. 
 
 I.        t  Acto.  l.d.  and  6,  a. 
 1  Esd.  3.  a.    Heb.  9.  a. 
 
 Exo.  29.  g. 
 o  Nu.  15.  a. 
 
 meatofFerynge  myngled  with  oyle  vnto  the 
 ramme  :  and  a  tenth  deale  of  fyne  floure  for 
 a  meatofFerynge  myngled  with  oyle  vnto  euery 
 lambe.  This  is  the  burntofFerynge  of  a  swete 
 sauoure,  a  sacrifice  vnto  y  LORDE. 
 
 And  their  drynkofFerynges  shalbe,  half  an 
 Hin  of  wyne  vnto  euery  bullocke,  the  thirde 
 parte  of  an  Hin  to  the  ramme,  y  fourth  parte 
 of  an  Hin  to  euery  lambe.  This  is  the  burnt- 
 ofFerynge of  euery  moneth  in  the  yeare. 
 There  shalbe  ofFered  an  he  goate  also  for  a 
 synofFerynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  to  the  dayhe 
 burntofFerynge  with  his  drynkofFerynge. 
 
 'And  on  the  fourtene  daye  of  the  first 
 moneth  is  the  Easter  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 on  the  fyftene  daye  of  the  same  moneth  is  the 
 feast.  Seue  dayes  shal  vnleuended  bred  be 
 eaten.  The  first  daye  shalbe  an  holy  con- 
 uocacion :  No  seruile  worke  shal  ye  do  therin, 
 and  ye  shal  ofFre  a  burntofFerynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE  :  ''two  yonge  bullockes,  one  ramme, 
 seuen  labes  of  a  yeare  olde  without  blemysh, 
 with  their  meatofFerynge :  thre  tenth  deales 
 of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oile  to  either 
 bullocke,  and  two  tenth  deales  to  the  ramme, 
 and  one  tenth  deale  to  euery  lambe  amonge 
 the  seuen  lambes.  And  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synofFeringe,  to  make  an  attonement  for  you. 
 And  these  shal  ye  offre  in  the  mornynge, 
 besydes  the  burntofFerynge,  which  is  a  daylie 
 burntofFerynge.  After  this  maner  shal  ye 
 ofFre  y  bred  euery  daye  seuen  dayes  longe  for 
 an  offeringe  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  to  the  daylie  burntofFerynge,  and 
 drynkofFerynge  also.  And  the  seuenth  daye 
 shal  be  called  an  holy  conuocacion  with  you : 
 no  seruyle  worke  shal  ye  do  therin. 
 
 And  the  daye  of  the  fyrst  frutes  (wha  ye 
 ofFre  the  meatofFerynge  of  the  moneth  vnto  f 
 LORDE  in  youre  wekes)  shal  be  an  holy 
 couocacion  also :  No  worke  of  bondage  shal 
 ye  do  therin.  And  ye  shal  offi-e  a  burnt- 
 ofFerynge fora  swete  sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE: 
 'two  yonge  bullockes,  a  ramme,  seuen  lambes 
 of  a  yeare  olde,  with  their  meatofFerynges : 
 thre  tenth  deales  of  fyne  floure  myngled  with 
 oyle  to  euery  bullocke,  two  tenth  deales  to  the 
 ramme,  and  one  tent  deale  to  euery  lambe 
 of  the  seuen  lambes.  And  an  he  goate  to 
 make  an  attonement  for  you.  This  shal  ye  do, 
 besydes  f  daylie  burntofFerynge  with  his  meat 
 
 <^  Exo.  12.  c.     Leui.  23.  a.     Deut.  16.  a.        '  Leui.  23.  b. 
 '  Leui.  23.  b. 
 _ 
 
jTo.  dtiij* 
 
 €i)t  iiii,  bokt  of  iifUiscs. 
 
 CI)ajp.  VTIJC* 
 
 offer)Tige   and   his  drynkofferinge.     Without 
 blemyeh  shal  they  be  all. 
 
 Ci^t  rnV-  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  the  fyrst  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth 
 "shal  be  with  you  an  holy  couocacion. 
 No  seruyle  worke  shal  ye  do  therin,  for  it  is 
 the  daye  of  youre  tronipet  blowinge.  And 
 ye  shal  oflre  a  burntofferinge  for  a  swete 
 sauoure  vnto  the  LORDE :  a  yonge  bulloeke, 
 a  ramme,  seuen  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde  without 
 blemish.  And  their  meatofferinges:  thre  tenth 
 deales  of  fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle  to  the 
 bulloeke,  two  tenth  deales  to  y  rame,  and  one 
 tenth  deale  vnto  euerj'  lambe  of  y  seuen  labes. 
 An  he  goate  also  for  a  synofferinge,  to  make 
 an  attonement  for  you,  beside  y  burntofferinge 
 of  y  moneth  (j  his  meatofferinge,  5  besyde  y 
 dayUe  burntofferj-nge  with  his  meatofferynge 
 5  with  their  drinkofferinges,  acordinge  to  the 
 maner  of  the  for  a  swete  sauoure.  This  is  a 
 sacrifice  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 *The  tenth  daye  of  this  seuenth  moneth 
 shalbe  an  holy  conuocacion  with  you  also,  and 
 ye  shal  humble  youre  soules,  and  do  no  seruyle 
 worke  therin,  but  offre  a  burntofferynge  vnto 
 the  LORDE  for  a  swete  sauoure:  a  yonge 
 bulloeke,  a  ramme,  seuen  lambes  of  a  yeare 
 olde  without  blemish,  with  their  meatoffer- 
 inges :  thre  tenth  deales  of  fine  floure  myngled 
 with  oyle  to  the  bulloeke,  two  tenth  deales  to 
 the  rame,  5  one  tenth  deale  to  euery  one  of 
 the  seuen  lambes.  And  an  he  goate  for  a 
 synofferinge,  besyde  the  synofferinge  of  the 
 attonemet,  and  y  daylie  burntofferige  with  his 
 meatofferinge,  and  with  his  drjnikofferinge. 
 
 'The  fiftenth  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth 
 shal  be  an  holy  couocacion  with  you,  no  seruyle 
 worke  shal  ye  do  therin,  and  seue  dayes  shal 
 ye  kepe  a  feast  \Tito  the  LORDE.  And  ye 
 shal  offre  the  LORDE  a  burntofferinge  for  a 
 sacrifice  of  a  swete  sauoure  ^Tito  the  LORDE: 
 thirtene  yonge  bullockes,  two  rames,  fourtene 
 labes  of  a  yeare  olde  without  blemish,  with 
 their  meatofferynges :  thre  tenth  deales  of 
 fyne  floure  myngled  with  oyle  to  eueiy  one  of 
 the  thirtene  bullockes,  two  tenth  deales  to 
 ether  of  the  two  rammes,  5  one  tenth  deale  to 
 euery  one  of  the  fourtene  lambes :  5  an  he 
 goate  for  a  synofferj'nge,  besyde  f  daylye 
 bunitoffeiynge  with  his  meatofferynge  and  his 
 drynkofferynge. 
 
 On  the  seconde  daye,  twolue  yonge  bul- 
 lockes, two  rammes,  fourtene  lambes  of  a  yeare 
 olde  without  blemysh  with  their  meatoffer- 
 inges and  drinkofferynges  to  the  bullockes, 
 to  the  rammes  and  to  the  lambes  in  f  nombre 
 of  them  acordinge  to  the  maner.  And  an  he 
 goate  for  a  synofferinge,  besyde  the  daylie 
 burntofferinge  with  his  meatofferinge,  and  with 
 his  drynkofferynge. 
 
 On  the  thirde  daye,  eleuen  bullockes,  two 
 rammes,  fourtene  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde  with- 
 out blemish,  with  their  meatofferinges,  and 
 drynkofferinges  to  the  bullockes,  to  the  rammes 
 and  to  the  lambes  in  their  nombre  acordinge 
 to  the  maner.  And  an  he  goate  for  a  syn- 
 offerynge,  besyde  the  daylye  burntofferinge 
 with  his  meatofferynge  and  his  drynkofferynge. 
 
 On  the  fourth  daye,  ten  bullockes,  two 
 rames,  fourtene  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde  with- 
 out blemysh,  with  their  meatofferynges  and 
 diynkofferjiiges,  to  the  buUockes,  to  the  rames, 
 and  to  the  lambes  in  their  nombre  acordynge 
 to  the  maner.  And  an  he  goate  for  a  syn- 
 offerynge,  besyde  the  daylie  burntofferinge 
 with  his  meatofferinge,  5  his  drjukofferinge. 
 On  the  fifth  daye,  nyne  bullockes,  two  rames, 
 fourtene  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde  without 
 blemysh,  with  their  meatofferynges  5  drink- 
 offerjTiges  to  the  bullockes,  to  y  rammes  (i  to 
 the  lambes  in  their  nombre  acordynge  to  the 
 maner.  And  an  he  goate  for  a  synofferinge, 
 besyde  f  daylie  burntofferynge  with  his  meat- 
 offerynge and  his  drynkofferynge. 
 
 On  the  sixte  daye,  eight  bullockes,  two 
 rames,  fourtene  labes  of  a  yeare  olde  without 
 blemysh,  with  their  meatofferynges  %  drynk- 
 offeringes to  the  bullockes,  to  the  rammes,  j 
 to  the  lambes  in  their  nombre  acordinge  to 
 the  maner.  And  an  he  goate  for  a  sjTi- 
 offeringe,  beside  the  daylie  burntofferinge  with 
 his  meatofferynge  and  his  drynkofferynge. 
 
 On  the  seuenth  daye,  seuen  bullockes,  two 
 rammes,  fourtene  lambes  of  a  yeare  olde 
 without  blemysh,  with  their  meatofferinges 
 and  drynkofferinges  to  the  bullockes,  to  the 
 rammes,  and  to  the  lambes  in  their  nombre 
 acordynge  to  the  maner.  And  an  he  goate 
 for  a  synoffer)'nge,  besyde  the  daylie  burnt- 
 offeringe with  his  meatofferynge  and  his  drynk- 
 offerynge. 
 
 On  the  eight  daye  shal  ye  gather  the  people 
 together.  No  seruyle  worke  shall  ye  do  therin. 
 
Cf)ap»  mi' 
 
 C1)C  itij.  boht  of  ilfloses* 
 
 So,  dbJ 
 
 And  ye  shall  oflre  a  burntofFerynge  for  a 
 sacrifice  of  a  swete  sauoure  vnto  y  LORDE. 
 A  bullocke,  a  ramme,  seue  lambes  of  a  yeare 
 olde  without  blemysh,  with  their  meatoffer- 
 ynges  and  drynkofferynges  to  y  bullocke  to 
 the  ramme,  and  to  the  lambes  in  their  iiobre 
 acordinge  to  the  maner.  And  an  he  goate 
 for  a  synofFeringe,  besyde  the  daylie  burnt- 
 ofi'erynge  with  his  meatofFerynge  g  his  drink- 
 ofFerynge. 
 
 These  thinges  shal  ye  do  vnto  ;y-  LORDE 
 in  youre  feastes,  besyde  that  ye  vowe  and 
 geue  of  a  frewyll  for  burntofFeringes,  meat- 
 ofFerynges,  drynkofferynges  and  healthofFer- 
 inges.  And  Moses  tolde  the  children  of  Israel 
 all  that  the  LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 €i)e  m'-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  Moses  spake  vnto  the  rulers  of  the 
 trybes  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 saide  :  This  is  it  that  the  LORDE  hath  com- 
 mauded :  "  Yf  eny  man  make  a  vowe  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  or  sweare  an  ooth,  so  that  he  binde 
 his  soule,  he  shal  not  breake  his  worde,  but  do 
 all  that  is  proceaded  out  of  his  mouth. 
 
 Yf  a  damsell  make  a  vowe  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 and  bynde  hirself,  whyle  she  is  in  hir  fathers 
 house,  and  vnmaried,  and  hir  vowe  or  bonde 
 that  she  maketh  ouer  hir  soule,  commeth  to 
 hir  fathers  eares,  d  he  holde  his  peace  therto, 
 the  all  hir  vowes  g  bondes  y  she  hath  boude 
 hir  self  withall  ouer  hir  soule,  shal  stode  in 
 efFecte.  But  yf  her  father  forbyd  her  y  same 
 daye  that  he  heareth  it,  the  shal  no  vowe  ner 
 bonde  that  she  hath  bounde  hir  self  withall 
 ouer  hir  soule,  be  of  vayle.  And  the  LORDE 
 shalbe  mercifull  vnto  her,  for  so  moch  as  hir 
 father  forbad  her. 
 
 Yf  she  haue  an  huszbande,  j  hath  a  vowe 
 vpon  her,  or  yf  she  haue  letten  go  out  of  hir 
 lippes  a  bode  ouer  hir  soule,  5  hir  huszbande 
 heare  it,  {t  holdeth  his  peace  therat,  the  same 
 daye  that  he  heareth  it,  then  hir  vowe  tg  bonde 
 wherwith  she  hath  boude  hir  self  ouer  hir 
 soule,  shal  stonde  in  eiFecte.  But  yf  hir 
 huszbande  forbyd  her  the  same  daye  that  he 
 heareth  it,  the  is  the  vowe  lowse  y  she  hath 
 vpo  hir,  g  the  bonde  also  that  she  hath  letten 
 go  out  of  hir  lippes  ouer  hir  soule,  and  the 
 LORDE  shalbe  gracious  vnto  her. 
 
 The  vowe  of  a  wyddowe,  5  of  her  y  is 
 deuorced,   all  y  she  byndeth  hir  self  with- 
 
 all ouer  hir  soule,  shal  stonde  in  efFecte  vpol 
 her  I 
 
 Yf  she  vowe  in  hir  huszbades  house,  or 
 binde  hir  self  with  an  ooth  ouer  hir  soule,  g 
 hir  husbande  heare  it,  g  holde  his  peace 
 therto,  and  for  byddeth  it  not,  the  shal  all  y 
 same  vowe,  g  all  y  she  hath  boude  hir  self 
 with  all  ouer  hir  soule,  stode  1  efFecte.  But 
 yf  hir  huszbade  disanulle  it,  y  same  daye  y 
 he  heareth  it,  the  is  it  of  no  value  y  is  pro- 
 ceaded out  of  hir  lippes,  which  she  hath 
 vowed  or  boude  ouer  hir  soule :  for  hir  husz- 
 bade hath  made  it  lowse,  g  the  LORDE 
 shalbe  gracious  vnto  her.  And  all  vowes  g 
 oothes  y  bynde  to  humble  y  soule,  maie  hir 
 huszbade  stablish  or  breake,  thus :  Yf  he 
 holde  his  peace  therto  fro  one  dale  to  another, 
 then  stablisheth  he  all  hir  vowes  g  bondes,  y 
 she  hath  vpon  her,  because  he  helde  his 
 peace,  the  same  daye  y  he  herde  the.  But  yf 
 he  disanulle  the  after  y  he  hath  herde  the, 
 then  shal  he  take  awaie  hir  miszdede. 
 
 These  are  the  statutes  y  the  LORDE  co- 
 maunded  Moses  betwene  a  man  g  his  wife,  g 
 betwene  the  father  g  his  doughter,  whyle  she 
 is  yet  a  damsell  in  hir  fathers  house. 
 
 E\)t  rm-  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  g 
 sayde  :  *  Auenge  the  childre  of  Israel  of 
 the  Madianites,  y  thou  mayest  afterwarde  be 
 gathered  vnto  thy  people.  The  spake  Moses 
 vnto  the  people,  g  sayde :  Harnesse  some  men 
 amonge  you  to  the  warre  agajTist  the  Ma- 
 dianites (y  they  maye  auenge  y  LORDE 
 vpon  the  Madianites)  out  of  euery  trybe  a 
 thousande,  y  out  of  euery  trybe  of  Israel  ye 
 maye  sende  some  to  the  battayll.  And  from 
 amonge  the  thousandes  of  Israel  they  toke 
 one  thousande  out  of  euery  tribe,  euen  twolue 
 thousande  prepared  vnto  the  battayll.  And 
 Moses  sent  them  with  Phineas  the  sonne  of 
 Eleasar  the  prest  in  to  the  battayll,  and  the 
 holy  vessels  and  y  trompettes  to  blowe  in  his 
 hande. 
 
 And  they  fought  agaynst  f  Madianites  as  y 
 LORDE  comaunded  Moses,  g  slew  all  y 
 males,  g  the  kynge  of  the  Madianites  slew 
 they  also  amonge  the  other  that  were  slaine 
 namely,  Eui,  Kekem,  Zur,  Hur  and  Reba,  the 
 fyue  kynges  of  the  Madianites.  And  they 
 slew  *  Balaam  the  sonne  of  Beor  with  the 
 
fo,  clbi. 
 
 €i)t  til).  Ijokt  of  iHoSfg. 
 
 Cftap.  vrjii. 
 
 swerde.  And  f  children  of  Israel  toke  the 
 wemen  of  the  Madianites  presoners,  5  their 
 childre :  all  their  catell,  all  their  substaunce, 
 and  all  their  goodes  spoiled  they,  and  all 
 their  cities  of  their  dwellynges  5  castels 
 burnt  they  with  fyre.  And  they  toke  all  y 
 spoyles,  3  all  y  they  coulde  catche  men  5 
 catell,  and  brought  the  vnto  Moses  i  to 
 Eleasar  the  prest,  and  to  y  congregacion  of 
 the  children  of  Israel  (namely  y  presoners, 
 and  the  catell  y  were  take,  and  the  good  that 
 was  spoyled)  in  to  the  boost  in  the  felde  of 
 the  Moabites,  which  lyeth  besyde  lordane 
 ouer  against  lericho. 
 
 And  Moses  and  Eleasar  the  prest  and  all 
 the  captaines  of  y  congregacion,  *  wete  out  of 
 the  boost  to  mete  the.  And  Moses  was  angrie 
 at  the  officers  of  the  boost,  which  were  cap- 
 taynes  ouer  thousandes  and  hiidreds,  y  came 
 from  the  battayll,  and  sayde  vnto  the :  Haue 
 ye  saued  all  y  wemen  alyue  ?  Beholde,  +  haue 
 not  they  (thorow  Balaams  busynes)  turned 
 awaye  y  childre  of  Israel  to  synne  agaynst 
 the  LORDE  vpo  Peor,  5  there  came  a  plage 
 ouer  the  whole  cogregacion  of  f  LORDE  ? 
 "  Now  therfore  slaie  all  the  males  amoge  ;y 
 childre,  u  kyll  all  y  wemen  y  haue  knowne 
 men  (j  lyen  with  them.  But  all  the  wemen 
 children  y  haue  knowne  no  me  ner  lien  with 
 them,  kepe  those  alyue  for  youre  selues.  And 
 lodge  ye  without  the  boost,  t  all  y  haue  slayne 
 any  man,  or  touched  the  slayne,  that  on  the 
 thirde  and  seuenth  dale  ye  male  purifie  youre 
 selues  and  those  whom  ye  haue  taken  pre- 
 soners. And  all  the  clothes,  and  all  stuffe 
 that  is  made  of  szkynnes,  and  all  maner 
 furres,  and  all  vessels  of  wod  shal  ye  purifie. 
 
 And  Eleasar  the  prest  sayde  vnto  y  cap- 
 taynes  of  the  boost,  y  wente  out  to  the  bat- 
 tayll :  This  is  the  statute  of  the  lawe,  which 
 the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses :  Golde, 
 siluer,  brasse,  yron,  tynne  and  leed,  and  all 
 that  suffreth  the  fyre,  shall  ye  cause  to  go 
 thorow  the  fyre,  and  dense  it,  that  it  maye 
 be  purified  with  y  sprencklyngo  water.  As 
 for  all  soch  as  suflreth  not  the  fyre,  ye  shal 
 cause  it  to  go  thorow  y  water,  and  shal  washe 
 youre  clothes  vpon  the  seuenth  daye,  and  the 
 shall  ye  be  cleane.  After  that  shall  ye  come 
 in  to  the  hooste. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde :    *  Take  the  summe  of  the  spoyle  of 
 
 I*  Gen.  14.  c.  t  Num.  2.i.  a.  Apo.  2.  c.         "lud.Sl 
 
 those  that  are  taken,  both  of  wemen  and  of 
 catell,  thou  and  Eleasar  the  prest,  and  the 
 chefe  fathers  of  the  congregacion,  and  geue  f 
 halfe  vnto  those  that  toke  the  warre  vpon 
 them,  and  wente  out  to  the  battayll,  and  f 
 other  halfe  to  the  congregacion.  And  of  the 
 men  of  warre  that  wente  out  to  f  battayll, 
 thou  shalt  heue  \Tito  the  LORDE  one  soule 
 of  fyue  hundreth,  both  of  the  wemen,  oxen. 
 Asses  and  shepe :  Of  their  halfe  parte  shalt 
 thou  take  it,  and  geue  it  vnto  Eleasar  the 
 prest  for  an  Heueoft'erpige  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 But  of  the  children  of  Israels  halfe  parte, 
 thou  shalt  take  one  heade  of  fyftie,  both  of 
 the  wemen,  oxen,  Asses  and  shepe,  and  of  all 
 the  catell,  and  shalt  geue  them  vnto  the 
 Leuites,  that  wayte  vpon  the  habitacio  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  Moses  and  Eleasar  the  prest  dyd  as 
 the  LORDE  commaunded  Moses.  And  the 
 spoyle  and  praye  which  y  men  of  warre  had 
 spoyled,  was  sixe  hundreth  thousande  and 
 fyue  and  seuentye  thousande  shepe,  two  and 
 seuentye  thousande  oxen,  one  5  thre  score 
 thousande  Asses :  and  the  wemen  y  had 
 knowne  no  men  ner  lyen  with  them,  were  two 
 and  thirtie  thousande  soules. 
 
 And  the  halfe  parte  which  belonged  vnto 
 them  that  wente  to  the  warre,  was  in  nobre 
 thre  hundreth  thousande,  and  seuen  and 
 thirtie  thousande,  and  fyue  hundreth  shepe  : 
 of  the  which  the  LORDE  had  sixe  hundreth, 
 5  fyue  and  seuentye  shepe.  Item  sixe  and 
 thirtie  thousande  oxen :  wherof  the  LORDE 
 had  two  5  seuentye.  Item  thirtie  thousande 
 (t  fyue  hundreth  Asses:  wherof  the  LORDE 
 had  one  j  thre  score.  Item  sixtene  thousande 
 soules  of  wemen :  wherof  the  LORDE  had 
 two  5  thirtie.  And  Moses  gaue  this  heue- 
 offerynge  of  the  LORDE  vnto  Eleasar  the 
 prest,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  him. 
 
 As  for  the  other  halfe  which  Moses  deuyded 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel  fro  y  men  of  warre 
 (namely  y  halfe  that  fell  to  the  congregacion) 
 it  was  also  thre  hundreth  thousande,  and 
 seuen  and  thyrtie  thousande,  5  fyue  hundreth 
 shepe,  sixe  and  thirtie  thousande  oxen,  thyrtie 
 thousande  (t  fyue  hundreth  Asses,  and  sixtene 
 thousande  wemen  soules.  And  of  this  halfe 
 of  the  childre  of  Israel  toke  Moses  one  of 
 euery  fyftie,  both  of  the  catell  (j  of  the  wemen, 
 and  gaue  them   vnto  f  Leuites,  that  waited 
 
 tXu.  19.b.     *  Deu.  20.  b.  andSS.b.  los.  8.  f.  2  Mac.  8.  e. 
 
 dF 
 
Cljap,  miU 
 
 €i)t  ill),  bofee  of  iloscs. 
 
 jTo.  tlbi}. 
 
 vpon  the  habitaciS  of  the  LORDE,  as  y 
 LORDE  comauded  Moses. 
 
 And  the  captaynes  ouer  y  thousandes  of  the 
 hoost,  namely  they  that  were  ouer  thousandes 
 and  ouer  hundreds,  came  forth  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Thy  seruauntes  haue 
 taken  ;y-  summe  of  y  men  of  warre,  that  were 
 vnder  oure  hande,  and  there  lacked  not 
 one :  therfore  brynge  we  a  present  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  what  euery  one  hath  foude  of  Jewels 
 of  golde,  cheynes,  bracelettes,  rynges,  earinges, 
 and  taches,  that  oure  soules  maye  be  recon- 
 cyled  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Moses  and  Eleasar  f  prest  toke  of 
 them  y  golde  of  all  maner  omamentes.  And 
 all  the  golde  of  the  Heueofferynge  that  they 
 Heued  vnto  the  LORDE,  was  sixtene  thou- 
 sande  and  seuen  hundreth  and  fyftye  Sycles, 
 of  the  captaynes  ouer  thousandes  and  hun- 
 dreds. For  loke  what  euery  one  had  spoyled, 
 that  was  his  awne.  And  Moses  with  Eleasar 
 the  prest  toke  the  golde  of  the  captaynes 
 ouer  thousandes  and  hundreds,  and  broughte 
 it  in  to  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse  for  a 
 remembraunce  of  the  children  of  Israel  before 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Wl)t  mi)-  Cl^apter. 
 
 THE  children  of  Ruben  and  the  children 
 of  Gad  had  an  exceadinge  greate  mul- 
 titude of  catell,  and  sawe  the  londe  of  laeser 
 and  Gilead  y  it  was  a  mete  place  for  catell, 
 and  came  (t  spake  vnto  Moses  and  to  Eleasar 
 the  prest,  and  to  the  captaynes  of  the  con- 
 gregacion :  The  londe  of  Atroth,  Dibon, 
 laesar,  Nimra,  Heszbo,  Eleale,  Seban,  Nebo, 
 5  Beon,  which  the  LORDE  smote  before  y 
 congregacion  of  Israel,  is  a  mete  londe  for 
 catell,  and  thy  seruauntes  haue  many  catell. 
 And  they  sayde  morouer:  Yf  we  haue  founde 
 fauoure  before  the,  the  geue  thy  seruauntes 
 this  londe  in  possession,  and  we  wyl  not  go 
 ouer  lordane. 
 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  them :  Youre  brethren 
 shall  go  to  the  warre,  and  wyll  ye  tary  here  ? 
 Wherfore  turne  ye  y  hertes  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  that  they  shulde  not  go  ouer  in  to  the 
 londe  that  the  LORDE  shall  geue  them? 
 *  Thus  dyd  youre  fathers  also,  whan  I  sent 
 them  out  from  Cades  Bernea,  to  spye  out  y 
 londe.  And  whan  they  were  come  vp  to  y 
 ryuer  of  Escol,  and  sawe  f  londe,  they  turned 
 
 the  hertes  of  the  children  of  Israel,  so  y  they 
 wolde  not  in  to  the  londe  which  f  LORDE 
 wolde  haue  geuen  them. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  was  wroth  at  the  same 
 tyme,  u  sware,  5  sayde:  "These  men  y  are 
 come  out  of  Egipte,  from  twetye  yeare  olde  5 
 aboue,  shall  not  se  the  lande  which  I  sware 
 vnto  Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  because  they 
 haue  not  wholy  folowed  me  :  saue  Caleb  f 
 Sonne  of  lephune  y  Kenisite,  (j  losua  f  sonne 
 of  Nun :  for  they  haue  wholy  folowed  f 
 LORDE.  So  the  LORDE  was  wroth  with 
 Israel,  5  let  the  wander  in  the  wildernesse 
 fourtye  yeares,  tyll  all  f  generacion  y  had  done 
 eueO  before  the  LORDE,  was  consumed. 
 
 And  beholde,  ye  are  rysen  vp  in  youre 
 fathers  steade,  to  increase  the  nombre  of  syn- 
 fuU  men,  3  to  augmente  yet  the  wrath  j  indig- 
 nacion  of  the  LORDE  agaynst  Israel.  For 
 yf  ye  turne  you  backe  from  folowinge  him,  he 
 shal  yet  leaue  them  more  in  the  wildemes,  5 
 so  shal  ye  destroye  all  this  people. 
 
 Then  stepte  they  to  him,  5  sayde :  we  wyll 
 but  buylde  shepefoldes  here  for  oure  shepe  tt 
 catell,  5  cities  for  oure  children  :  As  for  oure 
 selues,  we  will  go  ready  armed  before  the 
 children  of  Israel,  tyll  we  haue  broughte  them 
 vnto  their  place :  Oure  childre  shal  remayne 
 in  the  fenced  cities,  because  of  y  indwellers  of 
 the  londe.  We  will  not  turne  home  agayne, 
 tyll  the  children  of  Israel  haue  taken  euery 
 one  his  inheritaunce  in  possession :  for  we  wyll 
 not  inheret  with  them  beyonde  lordane :  for 
 oure  inheritaunce  shal  fall  vnto  vs  vpon  this 
 syde  lordane  Eastwarde. 
 
 Moses  sayde  vnto  them:  t Yf  ye  wil  do  this, 
 that  ye  wil  harnesse  youre  selues  to  the  warre 
 before  the  LORDE,  then  go  ouer  lordane 
 before  the  LORDE,  who  so  euer  is  harnessed 
 amonge  you,  tyll  he  haue  dryuen  out  his  ene- 
 mies before  his  face,  and  vntyll  the  londe  be 
 subdued  before  the  LORDE,  then  shal  ye 
 returne,  i  be  vngiltye  before  the  LORDE, 
 and  before  Israel,  5  so  shal  ye  haue  this  londe 
 in  possession  before  the  LORDE.  But  yf  ye 
 will  not  do  so,  beholde,  ye  shal  offende  agaynst 
 the  LORDE,  and  be  sure,  that  youre  synne 
 shal  fynde  you  out.  Buylde  cities  now  ther- 
 fore for  youre  children,  and  shepefoldes  and 
 stalles  for  youre  shepe  and  catell,  and  do  as 
 ye  haue  spoken. 
 
 The  childre  of  Gad,  5  the  childre  of  Ruben 
 
 t  losu.  1.  c.  and  4.  c. 
 
 c 
 
\fo,  rifaiij. 
 
 €l)t  iiiU  Ijokt  of  iHoSfsi. 
 
 Cfiaj).  xvnih 
 
 df 
 
 sayde  vnto  Moses :  Thy  seruauntes  slial  do 
 as  my  lorde  hath  comaunded.  Oure  children, 
 wyues,  substaunce,  5  all  oure  catell,  shal  be 
 in  f  cities  of  Gilead.  But  we  thy  seruauntes 
 will  go  all  harnessed  for  the  warre  vnto  bat- 
 taill  before  f  LORDE,  as  my  lorde  hath  saide. 
 
 The  Moses  comaunded  Eleasar  f  prest  s 
 losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,  5  the  chefe  fathers  of 
 the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  saide 
 vnto  them:  Yf  the  children  of  Gad  j  the 
 children  of "  Ruben  go  ouer  lordane  with  you, 
 all  prepared  to  fight  before  the  LORDE,  s 
 whan  the  londe  is  subdued  vnto  you,  the  geue 
 them  the  londe  of  Gilead  in  possessio.  But 
 yf  they  go  not  ouer  with  you  in  harnes,  then 
 shal  they  inheret  with  you  in  y  lode  of  Canaa. 
 
 The  children  of  Gad  and  the  children  of 
 Rube  answered,  5  sayde :  As  y  LORDE  hath 
 spoken  vnto  thy  seruauntes,  so  wyll  we  do : 
 we  wil  go  harnessed  before  the  LORDE  in  to 
 f  lade  of  Canaan,  and  possesse  oure  enherit- 
 aunce  on  this  syde  lordane. 
 
 So  Moses  gaue  vnto  y  children  of  Gad  and 
 to  the  children  of  Ruben,  *  and  to  the  halfe 
 trybe  of  Manasse  the  sonne  of  Joseph,  y 
 kyngdome  of  Sihon  kynge  of  the  Amorites 
 and  the  kyngdome  of  Og  the  kynge  of  Basan, 
 the  londe  with  the  cities  therof  in  all  y  coastes 
 of  f  countre  rounde  aboute.  The  y  children 
 of  Gad  buylded  Dibon,  Ataroth,  Aroer, 
 Atroth,  Sophan,  laeser,  5  legabeha,  Beth- 
 nimra,  s  Betharan,  stronge  fenced  cities,  5 
 shepe  foldes.  The  children  of  Ruben  buylded 
 Heszbo,  Eleale,  Kiriathaim,  Nebo,  Baal 
 Meon,  5  turned  y-  names,  5  Sibamas  5  gaue 
 names  vnto  y  cities  which  they  buylded.  And 
 f  children  of  Machir  the  sonne  of  Manasse 
 wente  in  to  Gilead,  5  conquered  it,  and  droue 
 oat  the  Amorites  y  were  therin.  Then  Moses 
 gaue  Gilead  vnto  Machir  f  sonne  of  Manasse, 
 5  he  dwelt  therin.  lair  f  sonne  of  Manasse 
 wente  and  conquered  the  vyllagies  therof,  and 
 called  them  Hauoth  lair.  Nobah  wente,  and 
 coquered  Kenath,  with  the  townes  belonginge 
 therto,  and  called  it  Nobah,  after  his  awne 
 name. 
 
 Wi)t  rvm-  CI)apttr. 
 
 THESE  are  f  iourneys  of  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  which  wete  out  of  f  lande  of 
 Egipte  acordinge  to  their  armies,  by  Moses 
 5  Aaro.     And  Moses  wrote  their  golge  out  as 
 
 "  I08. 
 12.  f. 
 
 c.  '  Deut.  3.  b.  los.  22.  a.  d. 
 
 Exod.  13.  d.        ■*  Exo.  14.  a. 
 
 '  Exod. 
 .  14.  e. 
 
 they  iourneyed,  after  y  comaundement  of  f 
 LORDE.  And  these  (namely)  are  the 
 yourneyes  of  their  outgoinge.  *They  de- 
 parted fro  Raemses  vpon  y-  fiftene  daye  of  the 
 first  moneth  (euen  the  morow  after  the  Easter) 
 thorow  an  hye  hande,  so  that  all  the  Egipcians 
 sawe,  and  buried  then  their  firstborne,  whom 
 the  LORDE  had  slayne  amonge  them:  for 
 the  LORDE  executed  iudgment  also  vpon 
 their  goddes.  When  they  were  departed  from 
 Raemses,  they  pitched  in  Sucoth.  And  fro 
 Sucoth  they  departed,  5  pitched  their  tentes 
 in  Etha,  which  lyeth  in  y  edge  of  y  wildernes. 
 'Fro  Etham  they  departed,  and  abode  in  the 
 valley  of  Hiroth''  (which  lyeth  towarde  Baal 
 Zephon)  3.  pitched  ouer  agaynst  Migdol. 
 From  Hyroth  they  departed,  '5  wente  in 
 thorow  y  middes  of  the  see  in  to  y  wyldernes, 
 and  wente  thre  dayes  yourney  in  the  wildernes 
 of  Etham,  '5  pitched  in  Marah.  From  Marah 
 they  departed,  and  came  vnto  Elim,  where 
 there  were  twolue  welles  of  water,  and  seuen- 
 tye  palme  trees,  ^ii  there  they  pitched.  From 
 Elim  they  departed,  and  pitched  by  the  reed 
 see.  From  f  reed  see  they  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  the  wildernesse  of  Sin.  From  the 
 wildernes  of  Sin  they  departed,  and  pitched 
 in  Daphka.  Fro  Daphka  they  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  Alus.  *From  Alus  they  departed, 
 and  pitched  in  Raphidim,  where  the  people 
 had  no  water  to  drynke.  ■  From  Raphidim  they 
 departed  and  pitched  in  the  wildernes  of  Sinai. 
 From  Sinai  they  departed,  and  pitched  at 
 the  Lustgraues.  *Fr6  the  Lustgraues  they 
 departed,  and  pitched  in  Hazeroth.  t  From 
 Hazeroth  they  departed,  5  pitched  in  Rithma. 
 From  Rithma  they  departed,  and  pitched  in 
 Rimon  Parez.  From  Rimon  Parez  they  de- 
 parted, and  pitched  in  Libna.  From  Libna 
 they  departed,  and  pitched  in  Rissa.  Fro 
 Rissa  they  departed,  5  pitched  in  Kehelatha. 
 Fro  Kehelatha  they  departed,  5  pitched  in 
 mout  Sapher.  From  moiit  Sapher  they  de- 
 parted, 5  pitched  in  Harada.  Fro  Harada 
 they  departed,  pitched  in  Makeheloth.  From 
 Makeheloth  they  departed,  5  pitched  in  Ta- 
 hath.  From  Tahath  they  departed,  and  pitched 
 in  Tharah.  From  Tharah  they  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  Mitka.  From  Mitka  they  depart- 
 ed, and  pitched  in  Hasmona.  From  Hasmona 
 they  departed,  and  pitched  in  Mosseroth. 
 
 /  Exo.  15.  d.        f  Exo.  16.  a.        *  Exo.  17.  a.        *  Exo. 
 19.  a.        »  Num.  10.  b.  Num.  11.  ST.        tNu.  12.b. 
 
Cftap,  miiih 
 
 Wi)t  iiij.  fiofee  of  ilosesJ. 
 
 #0.  tlif:. 
 
 dF 
 
 ''From  Mosseroth  they  departed,  and  pitched 
 in  Bne  laeiion.  From  Bne  laekon  they  de- 
 parted, and  pitched  in  Horgadgad.  From 
 Horgadgad  they  departed,  s  pitched  in  lath- 
 batha.  From  lathbatha  they  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  Abrona.  From  Abrona  they  de- 
 parted, and  pitched  in  Ezeon  gaber.  From 
 Ezeon  gaber  they  departed,  and  pitched  in  y 
 wildernes  of  Zin,  which  is  Cades." 
 
 From  Cades  they  departed,  and  pitched  at 
 mount  Hor,  *on  the  border  of  the  londe  of 
 Edom.  Then  Aaron  the  prest  wente  vp  vnto 
 mount  Hor  (acordynge  to  the  commaunde- 
 ment  of  the  LORDE)  and  died  there  in  the 
 fourtyeth  yeare,  after  y  the  children  of  Israel 
 departed  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  in  the 
 first  dale  of  the  fifte  moneth,  wha  he  was  an 
 hundreth  and  thre  and  twentye  yeare  olde. 
 And  Arad  the  kynge  of  the  Cananites,  which 
 dwelt  in  the  south  countre  of  Canaa  herde  y 
 the  children  of  Israel  came. 
 
 And  from  mount  Hor  they  departed,  and 
 pitched  in  Zalmona.  From  Zalmona  they 
 departed,  and  pitched  in  Phimon.  From 
 Phimon  they  departed,  t  and  pitched  in  Oboth. 
 From  Oboth  they  departed,  and  pitched  in 
 Igim  by  Abarim  vpon  the  border  of  the  lode 
 of  y  Moabites.  From  Igim  they  departed, 
 and  pitched  in  Dibon  Gad.  From  Dibo  Gad 
 they  departed,  and  pitched  in  Almon  Dibla- 
 thama.  Fro  Almon  Diblathama  they  de- 
 parted and  pitched  in  the  mountaynes  of 
 Abarim  ouer  agaynst  Nebo.  From  the  mou- 
 taynes  of  Abarim  they  departed,  and  pitched 
 in  y  felde  of  the  Moabites  besyde  lordane 
 ouer  agaynst  lericho.  Fro  Beth  haiesmoth 
 vnto  the  playne  of  Sitim'  laye  they  in  the 
 felde  of  the  Moabites. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  in  the 
 felde  of  the  Moabites,  by  lordane  ouer  agaynst 
 lericho,  and  sayde  :  Speake  to  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  sale  vnto  them:  Wha  ye  are  come 
 ouer  ''lordane  in  the  lande  of  Canaan,  ye 
 shal  dryue  out  all  the  inhabiters  before  youre 
 face,  and  plucke  downe  all  their  pilers,  and 
 all  their  ymages  of  metall,  and  destroye  all 
 their  t  hye  places :  that  ye  maye  so  take  the 
 londe  in  possession  and  dwell  therin.  For  I 
 haue  geue  you  the  londe  to  enioye  it. 
 
 And  the  londe  shall  ye  deuyde  out  by  lott 
 amonge  youre  kynreds.     Vnto  those  that  are 
 
 *  Deut.  10.  b. 
 t  Num.  21.  b. 
 
 <■  Nu.  20.  a. 
 Num.  25.  a. 
 
 "  Nu.  20.  d.  Deu.  10.  b. 
 '  Deut.  7.  a.  losu.  16.  b, 
 
 many,  shall  ye  deuyde  the  more :  And  vnto 
 them  that  are  fewe,  shall  ye  deuyde  the  lesse. 
 Euen  as  the  lott  falleth  there  vnto  euery  one, 
 so  shal  he  haue  it,  acordinge  to  the  trybes  of 
 their  fathers. 
 
 But  yf  ye  wyll  not  dryue  out  the  inhabiters 
 of  f  lande  before  youre  face,  "■  then  they  who 
 ye  sufFre  to  remayne,  shall  become  thornes  in 
 youre  eyes,  and  dartes  in  youre  sydes,  (j  shall 
 vexe  you  in  the  londe  where  ye  dwell.  Then 
 wil  it  come  to  passe,  that  I  shal  do  vnto  you 
 euen  as  I  thought  to  do  vnto  them. 
 
 Cljt  nTiii}-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses, 
 and  sayde  :  Commaunde  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  and  saye  vnto  them :  Whan  ye  come  in 
 to  the  londe  of  Canaan,  the  londe  y  falleth  to 
 youre  inheritaunce,  shall  haue  hir  borders  in 
 the  londe  of  Canaan.  The  South  quarter 
 shall  begynne  at  the  wyldemesse  of  Zin  by 
 Edom,  so  that  youre  South  quarter  be  from 
 the  edge  of  the  Salt  see,  which  lyeth  towarde 
 the  South :  and  that  f  same  quarter  fet  a 
 compasse  from  the  South  vp  to  Acrabim,  g 
 go  thorow  Zimma:  ij  that  his  out  goinge  be 
 from  the  South  vnto  Cades  Barnea,  d  reache 
 vnto  Hazor  Adar,  and  go  thorow  Azmona, 
 and  stretch  out  from  Azmona  vnto  the  ryuer 
 of  Egipte,  and  that  the  ende  therof  be  at  the 
 greate  see. 
 
 But  the  West  quarter  shal  be  this :  namely 
 the  greate  see,  let  y  be  youre  border  towarde 
 the  West.  ' 
 
 The  North  quarter  shalbe  this:  Ye  shall  J3 
 compasse  from  the  greate  see  vnto  mount! 
 Hor.  And  fro  mount  Hor  ye  shall  compasse  j 
 tyll  a  man  come  vnto  Hemath,  that  the  out 
 goynge  therof  be  the  coast  of  Zedada,  and  that 
 the  border  of  the  same  go  out  vnto  Siphron, 
 and  that  the  goynge  out  of  it  be  at  Hazor 
 Enan.     Let  this  be  youre  North  quarter. 
 
 And  youre  East  quarter  shall  ye  copasse 
 from  Hazor  Enan  vnto  Sephan,  5  let  the 
 coaste  go  downe  from  Sephan  and  Ribla  on 
 the  East  syde  of  Ain.  The  let  it  go  downe, 
 U  reache  vnto  the  syde  of  the  see  of  Chinereth 
 East  warde,  and  come  downe  by  lordane,  so 
 y  the  goynge  out  of  it  be  the  Salt  see.  Let 
 this  be  youre  londe  with  the  borders  therof 
 rounde  aboute. 
 
 t  Hill  chapels,  or  altares  builded  vpon  hilles. 
 I.e.  f.  s. 
 
Jfo,  tlv. 
 
 Wi)t  III),  bofef  of  Moit^* 
 
 Cftap.  nrb. 
 
 And  Moses  commaunded  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  sayde :  This  is  youre  londe  that 
 ye  shal  deuyde  out  amonge  you  by  lott,  which 
 the  LORDE  hath  commaunded  to  geue  vnto 
 the  nyne  trybes,  and  to  the  halfe  try  be.  *For 
 the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Ruben  after  their 
 fathers  house,  and  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Gad  acordinge  to  their  fathers  house,  and  the 
 half  trybe  of  Manasse  haue  receaued  their 
 po'rcion.  Thus  the  two  trybes  and  the  halfe 
 trybe  haue  their  enheritaunce  aUready,  on  this 
 syde  lordane,  ouer  agaynst  lericho,  Eastwarde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses,  and 
 sayde  :  "  These  are  y  names  of  the  men,  which 
 shal  deuyde  the  londe  amonge  you.  Eleasar 
 the  prest,  and  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun.  And 
 the  captayne  of  euery  trybe  shal  ye  take,  to 
 deuyde  the  londe. 
 
 And  these  are  the  names  of  the  men: 
 Caleb  the  sonne  of  lephune  of  the  trybe  of 
 luda.  Semuel  the  sonne  of  Ammihud  of  the 
 trybe  of  Simeon.  Elidad  y-  sonne  of  Cislon 
 of  the  trj'be  of  Ben  lamin.  Buki  the  sonne 
 of  lagli  of  the  trybe  of  the  childre  of  Dan. 
 Hamuel  the  sonne  of  Ephod,  of  the  trybe  of 
 the  children  of  Manasse  amonge  the  children 
 of  Joseph.  Kemuel  the  sonne  of  Siphthan, 
 of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Ephraim. 
 Elizaphan  the  sonne  of  Parnach,  of  the  trybe 
 of  the  cliildre  of  Zabulon.  Palthiel  the  sonne 
 of  Asan,  of  the  trybe  of  the  childre  of  Isachar. 
 Abihud  the  sonne  of  Selomi,  of  y  trybe  of  the 
 children  of  Asser.  Pedahel  the  sonne  of 
 Ammihud,  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Nephtali.  These  are  they  whom  y  LORDE 
 commaunded,  that  they  shulde  deuyde  the 
 inheritaunce  vnto  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
 londe  of  Canaan. 
 
 €])e  m'b-  CI)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  in 
 the  felde  of  the  Moabites  by  lordane 
 ouer  agaynst  lericho,  s  sayde :  Commaunde 
 the  childre  of  Israel,  *that  they  geue  vnto  y 
 Leuites  of  the  inheritauce  of  their  possession, 
 cities  to  dwell  in.  The  suburbes  also  aboute 
 the  cities  shal  ye  geue  vnto  the  Leuites,  that 
 they  maye  dwell  in  the  cities,  and  in  the 
 suburbes  to  haue  their  catell,  and  substaunce, 
 and  all  their  beestes. 
 
 The  suburbes  which  ye  geue  vnto  f  Leuites, 
 shal  reache  fro  the  wall  of  f  cite  outwarde,  a 
 
 •  Num.  32.  f.       "  Deut.  3.  e.  losu.  14.  a.       '  loau.  21.  a. 
 
 M.  cubites  rounde  aboute.  Thus  ye  shal 
 measure  without  the  cite  on  f  East  syde,  two 
 thousande  cubites :  5  on  y  South  syde,  two 
 thousande  cubites :  5  on  I"  West  syde,  two 
 thousande  cubites  :  tt  on  y  North  syde,  two 
 thousande  cubites,  so  y  the  cite  be  in  the 
 myddes.     This  shal  be  their  suburbes. 
 
 t And  amoge  the  cities  which  ye  shal  geue 
 vnto  the  Leuites,  ye  shall  geue  the  sixe  fre 
 cities,  that  he  which  comitteth  a  slaughter, 
 maie  flye  thither.  Besydes  the  same  ye  shal 
 geue  the  yet  two  g  fourtie  cities :  so  y  all  f 
 cities  which  ye  geue  vnto  y^  Leuites,  be  eight 
 5  fourtye  with  their  suburbes.  And  of  y  same 
 ye  shal  geue  the  more,  from  the  y  haue  moch 
 in  possession  amonge  the  children  of  Israel : 
 5  the  lesse  from  them,  that  haue  litle  in 
 possession.  Euery  one  (acordinge  to  his  en- 
 heritaunce that  is  deuyded  vnto  him)  shall 
 geue  of  his  cities  vnto  the  Leuites. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  talked  with  Moses  (j 
 saide :  Speake  to  the  childre  of  Israel,  j  saye 
 vnto  the  :  '  Wlian  ye  come  ouer  lordane  in  to 
 y  londe  of  Canaan,  ye  shall  chose  out  cities  to 
 be  fre  cities,  y  who  so  comytteth  slaughter 
 vnawarres,  maye  flye  thither.  And  soch  fre 
 cities  shalbe  amonge  you  because  of  the 
 auenger  of  bloude,  that  he  which  hath  com- 
 mytted  slaughter,  dye  not,  tyll  he  stonde  in 
 iudgment  before  the  congregacion.  And  of 
 these  cities  which  ye  shall  geue,  there  shalbe 
 sixe  fre  cites.  Thre  shal  ye  geue  on  this  side 
 lordane,  and  thre  in  the  londe  of  Canaan. 
 
 These  are  the  sixe  fre  cities,  both  for  y 
 childre  of  Israel  5  for  the  straungers,  (i  for 
 soch  as  dwell  amoge  you,  y  who  so  euer  hath 
 slaine  eny  soule  vnawarres,  maye  flye  thither. 
 
 ''  He  y  sniyteth  eny  man  with  an  yron  weapo, 
 y  he  dye,  the  same  is  a  murthurer,  5  shal  dye 
 the  death.  Yf  he  cast  at  him  with  a  stone 
 (wherwith  eny  man  maye  be  slayne)  y  he  dye 
 therof,  then  is  he  a  murthurer,  and  shal  dye 
 the  death.  Yf  he  smyte  him  with  an  hand- 
 weapon  of  wodd  (wherwith  eny  man  maie  be 
 slayne)  that  he  dye,  then  is  he  a  murthurer, 
 and  shal  dye  the  death.  The  auenger  of 
 bloude  shal  bringe  y  murthurer  to  death. 
 Whan  he  fjTideth  him,  he  shal  slaye  him.  Yf 
 he  thrust  at  him  of  hate,  or  cast  ought  at  him 
 with  laienge  of  wayte,  or  smyte  him  of  envye 
 with  his  hande,  that  he  dye,  then  shal  he  that 
 hath  slayne  him,  dye  the  death :  for  he  is  a  mur- 
 
 t  losu.  20.  a.      '  Exo.  21.  b.  Deut.  19.  a.      ■*  Exo.  Sl.b. 
 
Ci)ap.  OTfai. 
 
 €\)t  III),  bokt  of  iWoses. 
 
 fo,  tlvu 
 
 thurer.  The  auenger  of  bloude  shal  brynge 
 him  to  death,  as  soone  as  he  fyndeth  him. 
 
 "  But  yf  he  thrust  him  by  chaunce,  d  not  of 
 envye,  or  hurle  ought  at  him  without  eny 
 layenge  of  wayte,  or  cast  at  him  with  a  stone 
 (wherof  a  man  maye  dye,  a  sawe  it  not)  so  y 
 he  dye,  5  is  not  his  enemie,  nether  thought 
 him  eny  euell,  the  shal  the  cogregacion  iudge 
 betwene  him  y  hath  comytted  y  slaughter, 
 and  the  auenger  of  bloude,  in  soch  cases. 
 And  the  cogregacion  shal  delyuer  the  deed 
 slayer  from  the  hande  of  y  auenger  of  bloude, 
 (J  shal  let  him  come  agayne  to  the  fre  cite, 
 whither  he  was  fled:  a  there  shall  he  abyde 
 vnto  f  death  of  the  hye  prest,  which  was 
 anoynted  with  y  holy  oyle.  But  yf  the  deed 
 sleyer  go  out  of  the  borders  of  his  fre  cite, 
 that  he  was  fled  vnto,  and  the  auenger  of 
 bloude  fynde  him  without  y-  borders  of  his  fre 
 cite,  and  kyll  him,  he  shal  not  be  gyltye  of 
 bloude.  For  he  shulde  haue  bydden  in  his 
 fre  cite  vntyll  y  death  of  the  hye  prest,  s  after 
 y  hye  prestes  death  to  come  agayne  vnto  the 
 londe  of  his  enheritaunee.  This  shalbe  a 
 statute  of  the  lawe  vnto  you  amoge  youre 
 posterities  in  all  youre  dwellinges. 
 
 The  deed  slayer  shal  be  slayne  at  y  mouth 
 of  witnesses.  *One  witnesse  shal  not  answere 
 ouer  a  soule  to  death.  And  ye  shal  receaue 
 none  attonement  ouer  the  soule  of  the  deed- 
 slayer  (for  he  is  giltye  of  death)  but  he  shal 
 dye  the  death.  And  ye  shal  receaue  none 
 attonement  of  him,  which  is  fled  to  the  fre 
 cite,  y  he  shulde  come  agayne  to  dwell  in  the 
 londe,  tyll  the  hye  prest  dye.  And  defyle 
 not  ye  y  londe  wherin  ye  dwell.  For  who  so 
 is  giltye  of  bloude,  defyleth  the  londe :  and 
 the  londe  can  not  be  reconcyled  from  the 
 bloude  that  is  shed  therin,  but  onely  thorow 
 the  bloude  of  him  that  shed  it.  Defyle  not 
 ye  the  londe  that  ye  dwell  in,  wherin  I  dwell 
 also.  For  I  am  the  LORDE,  which  dwell 
 amoge  y  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Cljc  mhi-  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 AND  y  chefe  fathers  of  the  kynred  of  the 
 childre  of  Gilead  y^  sonne  of  Machir 
 (which  was  the  sonne  of  Manasse  of  the 
 kynred  of  the  children  of  Joseph)  came  forth, 
 and  spake  before  Moses,  and  before  the  cap- 
 
 "  Deu.  19.  a.  •  Deu.  17.  b.  and  19.  c.  t  Nu.  26.  f. 
 
 »  Nu.  27.  a.  t  Tob.  1.  b.  and  7.  c. 
 
 taynes  amonge  the  chefe  fathers  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,  and  saide  :  Syr,  the  LORDE  hath 
 tcommaunded,  that  ye  shulde  geue  the  londe 
 by  lott  vnto  the  childre  of  Israel  to  inheret. 
 And  thou  my  lorde  hast  commaunded  thorow 
 the  LORDE,  *  that  the  enheritaunee  of  oure 
 brother  Zelaphead  shulde  be  geue  vnto  his 
 doughters.  Now  yf  eny  men  out  of  the  trybes 
 of  Israel  take  them  to  wyues,  then  shal  oure 
 fathers  enheritaunee  be  lesse  :  and  as  moch 
 as  they  haue,  shal  come  to  y  enheritaunee  of 
 the  trybe  that  they  come  vnto.  Thus  shal 
 the  lott  of  oure  inheritaunce  be  mynished. 
 So  whan  the  yeare  of  lubilye  commeth  vnto 
 the  childre  of  Israel,  then  shal  their  enherit- 
 aunee come  to  y  enheritaunee  of  the  trybe, 
 where  they  are.  Thus  shal  oure  fathers  en- 
 heritaunee be  mynished,  as  moch  as  they  haue. 
 
 Moses  charged  the  childre  of  Israel  (acord- 
 inge  to  the  commaundement  of  the  LORDE) 
 and  sayde :  The  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 loseph  hath  sayde  righte.  This  is  it  that  y 
 LORDE  commaundeth  the  doughters  of 
 Zelaphead,  and  sayeth  :  t  Let  them  mary  as 
 they  like  best,  onely  that  they  mary  in  y 
 kynred  of  the  trybe  of  their  father,  that  the 
 enheritaunee  of  the  children  of  Israel  fall  not 
 fro  one  trybe  to  another.  For  euery  one 
 amonge  the  children  of  Israel  shall  cleue  to 
 the  enheritaunee  of  the  trybe  of  his  father :  (j 
 euery  doughter  that  possesseth  eny  enherit- 
 aunee amonge  the  trybes  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  shal  be  maryed  vnto  one  of  the  kynred 
 of  the  trybe  of  hir  father :  '  y  euery  one 
 amonge  the  children  of  Israel  maye  enioye  his 
 fathers  enheritaunee,  and  that  the  enheritaunee 
 fall  not  from  one  trybe  to  another :  but  that 
 euery  one  maye  cleue  to  his  awne  enheritaunee 
 amonge  the  trybes  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 As  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses,  euc 
 so  dyd  y  doughters  of  Zelaphead,  Mahela, 
 Thirza,  Hagla,  Milca  ij  Noa  5  were  maried 
 vnto  their  fathers  brothers  sonnes,  of  y  kynred 
 of  the  children  of  Manasse  the  sonne  of 
 loseph.  So  their  enheritaiice  remayned  in 
 the  trybe  of  the  kynred  of  their  father. 
 
 These  are  the  commaundemetes  5  lawes, 
 which  f  LORDE  commaunded  by  Moses 
 vnto  the  childre  of  Israel,  in  the  felde  of  the 
 Moabites  by  lordane  ouer  agaynst  lericho. 
 
 '  Leui.  25.  d.    lere.  32.  b.    Ruth  4.  b. 
 
 €\)t  tVLbt  of  tbe  fourth  bofee  of  ilosfesi,  taMi  ^umenisf. 
 
 24 
 
calleti  IScuteronomion. 
 
 SMftat  tf)i£J  bofee  coittfpnetf). 
 
 Cijap.  I. 
 
 Moses  putteth  the  childre  of  Israel  in  remem- 
 braunce  of  the  greate  benefites  that  they  haue 
 receaued  of  God,  and  rebuketh  them  for  their 
 vnthankfulnesse  and  myszbeleue. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 They  are  commaunded  not  to  fighte  agaynst 
 Seir,  the  Moabites  and  Ammonites.  But  Sihon 
 the  kynge  of  the  Amorrites  is  delyuered  vnto 
 them. 
 
 Ci)ap.  III. 
 
 Og  the  kynge  of  Basan  is  slayne,  the  londe  taken 
 in,  and  destroyed.  Ruben,  Gad,  and  the  halfe 
 trybe  of  Manasse  haue  their  enheritaunce  on 
 this  syde  lordane.  losua  is  ordeyned  in  Moses 
 steade. 
 
 Ci)ap.   nil. 
 
 After  he  hath  rehearsed  vnto  them  the  benefites  of 
 God,  he  exorteth  them  to  kepe  his  commaunde- 
 mentes,  that  they  forget  them  not.  Fredome 
 for  soch  as  committe  slaughter  vnawarres. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. 
 He  rehearseth   the  commaundementes   of   God 
 vnto  them  agayne,  s  exorteth  them  earnestly 
 to  kepe  them. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VI. 
 He  telleth  them  of  the  statutes  (j  ordinaiices  of 
 God,  exortinge  them  to  kepe  them,  and  to 
 teache  their  children  the  same. 
 
 Cljap.  VII. 
 They  are  commaunded  (whan  they  come  in  the 
 lode  of  Canaan)  to  make  no  frendshipe  ner 
 to  kepe  company  with  the  people  therof,  but 
 vtterly  to  rote  them  out,  and  not  to  be  afrayed 
 of  them. 
 
 C;^ap.  VIII. 
 He  exorteth  them,  not  to  forget  the  commaunde- 
 mentes of  God,  but  to  remembre  what  singuler 
 kindnes  God  hath  shewed  them,  5  from  what 
 troubles  he  hath  delyuered  them.  And  geueth 
 the  londe  that  they  are  to  go  vnto,  a  good 
 reporte. 
 
 €})ap.  IX. 
 He  warneth  them  that  tliey  ascrybe  not  the 
 goodnes  that  God  hath  done  for  them,  to  their 
 awne  power  :  for  yf  he  had  serued  them  after 
 their  awne  deseruinge,  he  had  destroyed  them 
 euerychone. 
 
 He  proceadeth  forth  in  tellinge  them  their  wicked- 
 nes,  5  how  they  departed  from  Beroth. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XI. 
 
 Consyderinge  the  multitude  of  the  benefites  of 
 
 God  that  they  had  receaued  and  the  pleasaunt 
 
 londe  that  they  were  to  receaue,  he  exorteth 
 
 them  againe  to  kepe  Gods  commaundementes. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XII. 
 He  descrybeth  vnto  them  againe  the  statutes  5 
 ordinaunces  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 CI)ap.  XIII. 
 How  men  shal  knowe  false  prophetes  and  how 
 they  ought  to  be  punished. 
 
 C})ap.  XHII. 
 
 For  so  moch  as  they  are  a  cleane  people  of  God, 
 they  are  commaunded  to  avoyde  the  customes 
 of  the  Heythen,  as  in  shauynge  their  heades, 
 in  eatinge  certayne  meates,  (jc. 
 
Cbe  b.  tjoke  of  iHoeesf, 
 
 Cljap.  XV. 
 
 Of  the  seuenth  yeare  (wherof  thou  readest  also 
 in  the  XXV.  chapter  of  the  thirde  boke  of 
 Moses)  d  how  the  poore  folkes  and  bonde  men 
 oughte  to  be  intreated. 
 
 Cfiap.  XVI. 
 
 The  feaste  of  Easter,  Whytsondaye,  and  of 
 tabernacles. 
 
 Cliap.  XVII. 
 Certayne  statutes.     The  office  of  kynges   and 
 iudges. 
 
 Cljap.   XVIII. 
 
 The  porcion  of  the  Leuites.  Of  the  prophete 
 that  is  promised  vnto  the  people,  and  how  the 
 false  prophetes  maye  be  knowne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIX. 
 
 Of  the  fre  cities  for  the  deedslayers.  How  many 
 witnesses  are  to  be  accepted  in  a  matter,  and 
 how  the  false  oughte  to  be  punished. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XX. 
 
 A  godly  ordinaunce  concernynge  warre  and 
 strykinge  of  battayll. 
 
 €l)ap.  XXI. 
 
 What  ought  to  be  done  with  one  that  is  founde 
 slaine  in  the  felde,  and  with  a  woman  which  is 
 taken  presoner.  Children  that  wil  not  obeye 
 father  and  mother,  are  to  be  stoned  to  death. 
 The  deed  bodies  maye  not  hange  styll  vpon 
 the  tre. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXII. 
 
 Of  loue  towarde  a  mans  neghboure,  with  dyuerse 
 other  commaundemetes.  How  a  man  shal 
 ordre  him  self  with  his  wife,  whom  he  founde 
 no  mayden. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXIII. 
 
 What  they  are,  that  maye  not  come  in  to  the 
 congregacion  of  the  LORDE,  and  other  com- 
 maundementes. 
 
 C{)ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Of  deuorcement,  of  the  fredome  of  him  that  is 
 new  maried,  with  other  commaundementes 
 concernynge  loue  towarde  a  mans  neghboure. 
 
 €i)ap.  XXV. 
 How  the  iudge  ought  to  punyshe,  %  how  one 
 brother  shulde  rayse  vp  sede  to  another.     Of 
 true  weightes  and  measures,  and  destroyenge 
 of  Amaleck. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXVI. 
 Of  the  first  frutes  and  tythes,  how  they  are  to  be 
 broughte  with  prayse  and  thankesgeuynge  vnto 
 God. 
 
 Ci^ap-  XXVII. 
 Of  the  stones  to  be  set  vp  beyonde  lordane,  and 
 the  commaundementes  of  God  to  be  wrytten 
 theron.     Of  the  blessinge  and  cursinge  vpon 
 the  two  mountaynes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVIII. 
 
 Swete  and  gracious  promyses  for  all  soch  as  loue 
 the  commaundementes  of  God  to  do  them. 
 Agayne,  Maruelous  sore  and  fearfull  plages, 
 threatened  vnto  all  the  that  regarde  not  Gods 
 worde. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIX. 
 
 The  couenaunt  is  renewed  in  the  londe  of  Moab. 
 Moses  putteth  them  in  mynde  of  the  louynge 
 benefites  of  God,  that  they  male  be  stedfast  in 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci&ap.   XXX. 
 
 Of  the  merciful  kyndnesse  of  God,  yf  men  wil 
 herken  vnto  his  voyce,  and  conuerte  fro  their 
 awne  euell  wayes.  Of  his  sore  punyshment, 
 yf  they  wil  not  obeye. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXI 
 losua  is  geue  vnto  the  people,  to  be  their  captayne 
 in  Moses  steade.     A  prophecie  that  they  wyl 
 forsake   the  waye  of   God,   5    be   punyshed 
 therfore. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXXII. 
 The  songe   of  Moses,   which  goeth   vp  to  the 
 mount,  d  seyth  the  londe  of  promesse,  but 
 commeth  not  in  to  it. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXIII. 
 
 A  swete  blessinge,  wherwith  Moses  blesseth  the 
 people  before  his  death. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 Moses  goeth  vp  to  the  mount,  where  he  dyeth. 
 The  children  of  Israel  make  lamentacion  for 
 him. 
 
fo,  rlimi). 
 
 €l)t  b.  Ijokr  of  iiUiSesi. 
 
 Cftap.  u 
 
 a 
 
 Cljt  firgt  Cljaptn-. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes  that  Moses  spake 
 vnto  all  Israel  on  the  other  syde  lordane 
 in  the  wildernesse,  in  the  playne  felde  towarde 
 the  reed  see,  betwene  Paran,  Thophel,  Laban, 
 Hazeroth,  and  Disahab,  eleuen  dales  iourney 
 from  Horeb,  by  the  waye  of  mount  Seir  vnto 
 Cades  Bernea.  And  it  fortuned  the  first  daye 
 of  the  eleuenth  moneth  in  the  fortieth  yeare, 
 that  Moses  spake  vnto  y  children  of  Israel 
 acordinge  vnto  all  asy  LORDE  commaunded 
 him,  *  after  he  had  smytten  Sihon  y  kynge  of 
 the  Amorites  which  dwelt  at  Heszbon :  and 
 Og  the  kynge  of  Basan,  that  dwelt  at  Asta- 
 roth,  and  at  Edrei. 
 
 On  the  other  syde  lordane  in  f  lande  of 
 the  Moabites,  beganne  Moses  to  declare  this 
 lawe,  and  sayde :  The  LORDE  oure  God 
 spake  vnto  vs  vpon  mount  Horeb,  5  sayde  : 
 Ye  haue  bene  loge  ynough  vpon  this  moun- 
 tayne,  turne  you,  j  departe  hence,  that  ye 
 maye  come  to  the  mountaynes  of  the  Amor- 
 ites, and  to  all  their  neghbours  in  y  feldes, 
 vpon  mountaynes,  and  in  the  valleys  towarde 
 the  South  and  towarde  the  see  syde,  of  the 
 lande  of  Canaan  :  and  to  mount  Libanus, 
 euen  vnto  the  greate  water  Euphrates.  Be- 
 holde,  I  haue  delyuered  you  the  londe,  go  in, 
 and  take  it  in  possession,  which  the  LORDE 
 sware  vnto  youre  fathers,  Abraham,  Isaac  and 
 Iacob,t  that  he  wolde  geue  it  vnto  the,  and 
 their  sede  after  them. 
 
 Then  saide  I  vnto  you  at  the  same  tyme  : 
 I  am  not  able  to  beare  you  my  self  alone,  for 
 the  LORDE  youre  God  hath  increased  you, 
 so  that  this  daye  ye  are  as  ;y-  starres  of  heauen 
 in  multitude.  (The  LORDE  God  of  youre 
 fathers  make  you  yet  many  thousande  tymes 
 mo,  5  blesse  you,  as  he  hath  promysed  you.) 
 How  can  I  alone  beare  soche  cobraunce,  5 
 charge,  5  stryfe  amoge  you?  Prouyde  here 
 men  of  wyszdome  5  vnderstondinge,  soch  as 
 are  knowne  amonge  youre  trybes,  the  wil  I 
 set  to  be  heades  vnto  you. 
 
 Then  answered  ye  me,  and  sayde :  It  is  a 
 good  thinge,  that  thou  sayest  thou  wilt  do. 
 Then  toke  I  y  heades  of  youre  trybes,  wyse  and 
 famous  me,  and  set  them  ouer  you  to  be  heades, 
 ouer  thousandes,  ouer  hundreds,  ouer  fiftye  and 
 ouer  ten:  and  officers  amonge  youre  trybes. 
 
 •Num.  21.  d.  *  Gene.  15.  d.  and  17.  b.  "  Exod.  18.  c. 
 |Ioh.  7.  b.         '  Deu.  17.  b.  Exo.  18.  d.         §Deu.20.  a. 
 
 And  I  charged  youre  iudges  at  y  same 
 tyme,  5  sayde:  Heare  youre  brethre,  (i  tiudge 
 righteously  betwene  euery  man  and  his  brother, 
 and  the  straunger.  Ye  shall  knowe  no  per- 
 sonne  in  iudgment,  but  shall  heare  the  small 
 as  well  as  the  greate,  and  be  afrayed  of  no 
 man  :  for  the  Iudgment  is  Gods.  But  yf  eny 
 cause  be  to  harde  for  you,  *Iet  it  be  broughte 
 vnto  me,  y  I  maye  heare  it.  Thus  com- 
 maunded I  you  at  the  same  tyme,  all  y  ye 
 shulde  doo. 
 
 Then  departed  we  from  Horeb,  and  walked 
 thorow  the  whole  wyldemesse  (which  is  greate 
 and  terryble  as  ye  haue  sene)  by  the  waye  to 
 ;y^  mountaynes  of  the  Amorites,  as  the  LORDE 
 oure  God  commaiided  vs,  and  came  vnto 
 Cades  Bernea.  Then  sayde  I  vnto  you :  Ye 
 are  come  to  y  mountaynes  of  f  Amorites, 
 which  the  LORDE  oure  God  shal  geue  vs. 
 Beholde,  there  the  londe  before  the,  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  geue  vnto  the : 
 Go  vp,  (t  conquere  it,  as  ;y  LORDE  God  of 
 thy  fathers  hath  sayde  vnto  the :  ^  feare  not, 
 and  be  not  discoraged. 
 
 Then  came  ye  all  vnto  me,  and  sayde : 
 Let  vs  sende  men  before  vs,  'to  spye  vs  out 
 the  londe,  and  to  brynge  vs  worde  agayne,  by 
 what  waye  we  shal  go  vp,  and  to  what  cities 
 we  shal  come.  That  pleased  me  well,  and  I 
 toke  twolue  men  from  amonge  you,  of  euery 
 trybe  one.  Which  whan  they  were  departed, 
 and  wente  vp  to  hye  countre,  and  came  to  the 
 ryuer  Escol,  they  spyed  it  out,  and  toke  of 
 the  frute  of  y  londe  with  the,''  and  broughte 
 it  downe  vnto  vs,  and  broughte  vs  worde 
 agayne,  and  sayde :  It  is  a  good  londe,  that 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  hath  geuen  vs. 
 
 But  ye  wolde  not  go  vp,  and  were  disho- 
 bedient  vnto  the  mouth  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  and  murmured  in  youre  tentes,  and 
 sayde:  Because  the  LORDE  hateth  vs,  ther- 
 fore  hath  he  broughte  vs  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  to  delyuer  vs  in  to  the  handes  of  the 
 Amorites,  to  destroye  vs.  ^\^lither  shal  we 
 go  vp  ?  Oure  brethren  haue  discoraged  oure 
 hertes,  5  saide:  'The  people  is  greater  5  of 
 hyer  stature  the  we,  y  cities  are  greate,  a 
 walled  euen  vp  to  heauen.  Morouer  we  haue 
 sene  there  the  children  of  Enakim. 
 
 But  I  sayde  vnto  you :  Feare  not,  and  be 
 not  afrayed  of  them  :  for  the  LORDE  youre 
 
|ci)ap,  ih 
 
 tICbt  b»  bofee  of  Mo^t^* 
 
 jTo.  tlvb. 
 
 dT 
 
 God  goeth  before  you,  and  shall  fighte  for 
 you,  like  as  he  dealte  with  you  in  Egipte 
 before  youre  eyes,  and  in  the  wyldernesse : 
 where  thou  sawest,  that  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  bare  the  (euen  as  a  man  beareth  his 
 Sonne)  thorow  out  all  the  waye  that  ye  haue 
 walked,  tyll  ye  came  to  this  place.  And  yet 
 for  all  this  ye  haue  not  beleued  on  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  which  wente  before  you,  to  searche 
 you  out  a  place,  where  ye  shulde  pitch  youre 
 tentes :  by  night  in  the  fyre  (to  shewe  you  the 
 waye,  wherin  ye  shulde  go)"  j  on  the  daye 
 tyme  in  the  cloude. 
 
 Whan  the  LORDE  herde  ;y^  voyce  of  youre 
 wordes,  he  was  wVbth,  and  swore,  and  saide  : 
 There  shall  none  of  this  euell  generacion  se 
 that  good  londe,  which  I  sware  to  geue  vnto 
 youre  fathers,  excepte  Caleb  the  sonne  of 
 lephune,  he  shal  se  it.  'And  vnto  him  wyl  I 
 geue  the  londe  that  he  hath  trodde  vpon,  5  to 
 his  children,  because  he  hath  perfectly  folowed 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 The  LORDE  was  angrye  with  me  also  for 
 youre  sakes,  and  sayde  :  ''Thou  also  shalt  not 
 go  in  thither.  But  losua  y  sonne  of  Nun, 
 which  stondeth  before  the,  he  shal  go  in 
 thither :  Corage  him,  for  he  shal  deuyde  the 
 enheritaunce  out  vnto  Israel.  And  youre 
 childre,  'of  who  ye  sayde  they  shulde  be  a 
 praye,  and  youre  sonnes  which  this  daie 
 vnderstonde  nether  good  ner  bad,  they  shal 
 go  in  thither,  vnto  them  wil  I  geue  it,  and 
 they  shall  enioye  it.  But  as  for  you,  turne 
 you,  and  take  youre  iourney  to  the  wylder- 
 nesse, euen  the  waye  to  the  reed  see. 
 
 •'  Then  answered  ye,  a  sayde  vnto  me :  We 
 haue  synned  agaynst  y  LORDE,  we  wil  go 
 vp,  and  fighte,  acordinge  to  all  that  the 
 LORDE  hath  commaunded  vs.  Now  whan 
 ye  had  prepared  youre  selues,  euery  one  in 
 his  hamesse,  5  were  at  the  poynte  to  go  vp  to 
 the  mountaynes,  y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me: 
 Speake  vnto  them,  y  they  go  not  vp,  5  that 
 they  fighte  not  (for  I  am  not  amoge  you)  that 
 ye  be  not  smytten  before  youre  enemies. 
 Whan  I  tolde  you  this,  ye  wolde  not  heare,  5 
 were  dishobedient  vnto  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  were  presumptuous,  and  wente 
 vp  to  f  mountaines.  Then  the  Amorites  that 
 dwelt  vpon  the  moutaynes,  came  out  against 
 you,  and  chaced  you,  as  Bees  do,  and  smote 
 
 "Neem.  9.  c.  Exod.  13.  d.  'Psal.  94.  b.  Nu.  14.c.and 
 26. g.    'losu.  14.b.    ''Nu.ao.b.  27.  C.34.  a.    'Nu.  14.d. 
 
 you  at  Seir,  euen  vnto  Horma.  Now  whan  ye 
 came  againe,  and  wepte  before  the  LORDE, 
 he  wolde  not  heare  youre  voyce,  and  enclyned 
 not  his  eares  vnto  you.  *  So  ye  abode  in 
 Cades  a  longe  season. 
 
 Cl^t  tj.  Cl^aptev. 
 
 THEN  turned  we  vs,  and  toke  oure  iourney 
 to  the  wildernesse,  ^  euen  the  waye  to  the 
 reed  see  (as  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me)  and 
 compassed  mount  Seir  a  longe  season.  And 
 y  LORDE  saide  vnto  me :  Ye  haue  copassed 
 this  mountayne  now  loge  ynough,  turne  you 
 Northwarde,  and  commaude  the  people,  and 
 saye :  Ye  shal  go  thorow  y  coastes  of  youre 
 brethren  the  children  of  Esau,  which  dwell  at 
 Seir:  ij  they  shal  be  afrayed  of  you.  But 
 take  diligente  hede  to  youre  selues,  that  ye 
 prouoke  them  not :  for  I  wyl  not  geue  you 
 one  fote  bredth  of  their  londe.  t  For  mount 
 Seir  haue  I  geuen  to  the  children  of  Esau  to 
 possesse.  Ye  shal  bye  meate  of  them  for 
 moneye,  that  ye  maye  eate.  And  water  shal 
 ye  bye  of  them  for  money,  that  ye  maye 
 drynke.  For  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 blessed  the  in  all  the  workes  of  thy  hondes. 
 He  hath  considered  thy  iourneyes  thorow  this 
 greate  wyldernesse :  and  this  fortye  yeares 
 hath  the  LORDE  thy  God  bene  with  the,  so 
 that  thou  hast  wanted  nothinge. 
 
 Now  whan  we  were  departed  from  oure 
 brethren  the  children  of  Esau,  that  dwelt  vpon 
 mount  Seir,  by  the  waye  of  the  felde  from 
 Elath  5  Ezeon  gaber,  we  turned  vs,  5  wente 
 by  the  waye  of  the  wyldernesse  of  f  Moabites. 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  me:  tThou 
 shalt  not  vexe  the  Moabites,  ner  prouoke  the 
 vnto  battayll,  for  I  wil  not  geue  the  of  their 
 londe  to  possesse.  For  Ar  haue  I  geuen  vnto 
 the  children  of  Lot  in  possession.  §The 
 Emims  dwelt  there  before  tyme,  which  were 
 a  greate  stronge  people,  d  hye  of  stature,  as 
 the  Enakims :  and  were  taken  for  giauntes, 
 like  as  f  Enakims.  And  y  Moabites  called 
 them  Emims.  II  The  Horites  also  dwelt  in 
 Seir  afore  tyme,  a  y  children  of  Esau  droue 
 them  out,  and  destroyed  them  before  them,  5 
 dwelt  in  their  steade :  like  as  Israel  dyd  in  f 
 lode  of  his  possession,  that  the  LORDE  gaue 
 them. 
 
 Get  you  vp  now,  i  go  ouer  the  ryuer  Sared. 
 
 /  Nu.  14.  {.  •  Nu.  20.  a.  f  Nu.  21.  a.  t  Gen.  36.  a. 
 Mal.l.a.       tludio.S.d.       §Gen.l4.a.        ||Gen.36.d. 
 
fO.  d)tl3U 
 
 €f)t  b.  bokt  of  iHoses. 
 
 Cftap,  lij. 
 
 And  we  wente  ouer.  The  tyme  that  we  were 
 gohige  fro  Cades  Bamea,  tyll  we  came  ouer 
 the  ryuer  Sared,  was  eight  5  thirtye  yeares : 
 tyll  all  the  men  of  warre  were  waysted  out  of 
 the  hoost,  *as  the  LORDE  sware  vnto  them. 
 The  hande  of  the  LORDE  also  was  agaynst 
 them,  to  destroye  the  out  of  the  hoost,  tyll 
 they  were  consumed. 
 
 And  whan  all  the  men  of  warre  were  co- 
 sumed,  so  y  they  were  deed  amonge  the 
 people,  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  me,  and 
 sayde :  This  daie  shall  thou  go  thorow  the 
 coast  of  y  Moabites  by  Ar,  5  shalt  come  nye 
 vnto  y  children  of  Ammon,  t  whom  thou  shalt 
 not  vexe  ner  prouoke.  For  I  wyll  not  geue 
 the  of  the  lode  of  the  childre  of  Ammon  to 
 possesse,  for  I  haue  geue  it  vnto  the  childre 
 of  Lot  in  possession.  It  was  take  for  a  lode 
 of  giauntes  also,  5  giauntes  dwelt  therin  afore 
 tyme.  And  f  Ammonites  calle  the  Sam- 
 sumims,  which  was  a  people  that  was  greate, 
 many,  and  of  hye  stature,  as  the  Enakims. 
 
 And  these  f  LORDE  destroyed  before  the, 
 and  let  them  possesse  the  same,  so  that  they 
 dwelt  in  their  steade.  t  Like  as  he  dyd  with 
 the  childre  of  Esau,  which  dwell  vpo  mount 
 Seir,  whan  he  destroyed  the  Horites  before 
 them :  and  let  them  possesse  the  same,  so  that 
 they  haue  dwelt  in  their  steade  vnto  this  daye. 
 And  the  Caphthorims  came  out  of  Caphther, 
 and  destroyed  ;y^  Auims  (y  dwelt  at  Hazarim 
 euen  vnto  Gaza)  5  there  dwelt  they  in  their 
 steade. 
 
 Get  you  vp  now,  and  departe,  and  go  ouer 
 the  ryuer  Arnon.  Beholde,  I  haue  geue 
 Sihon  y  kynge  of  the  Amorites  at  Heszbon 
 in  to  thy  hande :  go  to  and  conquere,  and 
 prouoke  him  vnto  battayll.     This  daye  wyll  I 
 
 j)Tine,  so  that  all  nacios  vnder  all  the 
 heauen,  shal  feare  rt  drede  y :  In  so  moch  y 
 wha  they  heare  of  the,  they  shal  tremble  and 
 quake  for  thy  commjTige. 
 
 Then  sent  I  messaungers  from  f  wylder- 
 nesse  of  the  East  vnto  "Sihon  the  kynge  at 
 Heszbon  §  with  peaceble  wordes,  and  caused 
 to  saye  vnto  him :  I  wil  go  but  thorow  thy 
 lode,  I  wil  go  a  longe  by  the  hye  waye,  I  wil 
 nether  turne  to  the  righte  hiide  ner  to  y  lefte. 
 Thou  shalt  sell  me  meate  for  money,  that  I 
 maye  eatQ:  g  water  shalt  thou  sell  me  for 
 money,  that  I  maye  drinke.     Onely  let  me 
 
 •  Nu.l4.  c.  and  26.  g.  tludic.U.f.  {Gen.36.d. 
 "Num.  2t.c.      ^Deu.20.b.       »  Nu.  20.  c.       '  Nu.  21.  d. 
 
 go  thorow  by  fote,  *as  the  children  of  Esau 
 (which  dwell  at  Seir)  dyd  vnto  me:  and  the 
 Moabites  that  dwell  at  Ar :  vntyll  I  be  come 
 ouer  lordane,  in  to  the  londe  which  the 
 LORDE  oure  God  shal  geue  vnto  vs. 
 
 But  Sihon  the  kynge  at  Heszbon  wolde  not 
 let  vs  go  by  him :  for  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 herdened  his  mynde,  5  made  his  hert  tough 
 that  he  mighte  delyuer  him  in  to  thy  hades, 
 as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me:  Beholde, 
 I  haue  begonne  to  delyuer  Sihon  with  his 
 londe  before  the :  go  to  and  coquere,  and 
 possesse  his  lode.  'And  Siho  came  out  with 
 all  his  people  to  fight  agaynst  vs  at  lahza. 
 But  the  LORDE  oure  God  delyuered  him  in 
 to  oure  handes,  so  that  we  smote  him  with  his 
 children  and  all  his  people. 
 
 Then  toke  we  all  his  cities  at  the  same 
 tyme,  and  destroyed  vtterly  aU  the  cities,  men, 
 wemen,  and  children,  and  let  none  remayne : 
 saue  the  catell,  which  we  caught  to  oure  selues, 
 5  the  spoyle  of  the  cities  that  we  wanne  from 
 Aroer,  which  lyeth  vpon  the  ryuer  syde  of 
 Arnon,  and  from  the  cite  on  the  ryuer  vnto 
 Gilead.  There  was  no  cite  that  coulde  de- 
 fende  it  selfe  from  vs:  the  LORDE  oure 
 God  delyuered  vs  all  before  vs.  II  But  vnto 
 the  londe  of  the  children  of  Ammon  thou 
 camest  not,  ner  to  all  that  was  on  the  ryuer 
 labok,  ner  to  y  cities  vpo  y  mountaines,  ner 
 vnto  what  so  euer  the  LORDE  oure  God 
 forbad  vs. 
 
 €^e  iij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  we  turned  vs,  5  wente  vp  ;y-  waie 
 vnto  Basan.  And  Og  y^  kynge  of  Basan, 
 came  out''  with  all  his  people  to  fight  agaynst 
 vs  at  Edrei.  But  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 me :  Be  not  afrayed  of  him,  for  I  haue 
 delyuered  him  cj  all  his  people  with  his  londe 
 in  to  thy  hande  :  j  thou  shalt  do  with  him,  as 
 thou  dyddest  with  Sihon  kynge  of  f  Amorites, 
 which  dwelt  at  Heszbon.'  Thus  y-  LORDE 
 oure  God  delyuered  Og  y  kynge  of  Basan  in 
 to  oure  handes  also  with  all  his  people :  so 
 that  we  smote  him,  tyll  there  was  nothinge 
 left  ouer  vnto  him. 
 
 Then  wanne  we  at  the  same  tyme  all  his 
 cities,  a  there  was  not  one  cite  that  we  toke 
 not   from  him,    euen   thre  score  cities,    the 
 
 |Nu.  21.d.        ''Nu.  21.  e. 
 '  Deut.  1.  f. 
 
 Deu.  29.  b. 
 
Cfeap.  Hi). 
 
 Cfie  !)♦  boht  of  iMoSfS. 
 
 Jfo.  clFbij. 
 
 whole  region  of  Argob  in  the  kyngdome  of 
 Og  at  Basan.  All  these  cities  were  stroge, 
 with  hye  walles,  gates,  and  barres,  besyde 
 many  other  vnwalled  townes. 
 
 And  we  vtterly  destroyed  them,  as  we  dyd 
 with  Sihon  the  kynge  at  Heszbon.*  All  the 
 cities  destroyed  we  vtterly,  and  the  men, 
 wemen,  and  children.  But  all  the  catell  and 
 spoyle  of  the  cities  caughte  we  for  oure  selues. 
 
 Thus  toke  we  at  the  same  tyme  the  londe 
 out  of  the  honde  of  the  two  kynges  of  the 
 Amorites  beyonde  lordane,  from  the  ryuer  of 
 Arnon  vnto  mount  Hermon  (which  the  Sidons 
 call  Sirion,  but  the  Amorites  call  it  Senir)  all 
 the  cities  vpon  the  playne,  and  all  Gilead, 
 and  all  Basan  vnto  Salcha  and  Edrei,  the 
 cities  of  the  kyngdome  of  Og  at  Basan.  For 
 onely  Og  the  kynge  of  Basan  remayned  ouer 
 of  the  giauntes.  Beholde,  his  yron  bed  is 
 here  at  Rabath  amonge  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon,  nyne  cubites  longe,  and  foure  cubites 
 brode,  after  the  cubite  of  a  man. 
 
 This  londe  conquered  we  at  the  same  tyme, 
 from  Aroer  that  lyeth  on  y  ryuer  of  Arnon. 
 "  And  vnto  the  Rubenites  and  Gaddites  I 
 gaue  halfe  mount  Gilead  with  the  cities  therof : 
 but  y  remnaunt  of  Gilead,  5  all  Basan  the 
 kyngdome  of  Og,  gaue  I  vnto  the  halfe  trybe 
 of  Manasse.  The  whole  region  of  Argob 
 with  all  Basan  was  called  the  giauntes  londe. 
 
 lair  the  sonne  of  Manasse  toke  all  the 
 region  of  Argob  vnto  the  coastes  of  Gessuri 
 and  Maachati,  and  Basan  called  he  Hauoth 
 lair  after  his  awne  name,  vnto  this  daye:  But 
 vnto  Machir  I  gaue  Gilead.  And  vnto  the 
 Rubenites  and  Gaddites  I  gaue  one  parte  of 
 Gilead  vnto  the  ryuer  of  Arnon  (at  the  myd- 
 des  of  the  ryuer  is  y  border)  and  vnto  the 
 ryuer  labok,  which  is  the  border  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Ammon :  the  felde  also,  and  lordane 
 (which  is  the  coaste)  from  Cinereth  vnto  the 
 see  in  the  felde,  namely,  f  Salt  see  vnder 
 mount  Pisga,  Eastwarde. 
 
 *  And  I  comraaunded  you  at  the  same  tyme, 
 and  sayde:  The  LORDE  youre  God  hath 
 geuen  you  this  londe  to  take  possession  of  it, 
 Go  youre  waye  forth  therfore  harnessed  before 
 youre  brethren  the  children  of  Israel,  all  ye 
 that  be  mete  for  the  warre.  As  for  youre 
 wyues,  and  children  and  catell  (for  I  knowe 
 that  ye  haue  moch  catell)  let  them  remayne 
 
 •  Deu.  20.  b.  "  Num.  32.  f.  Deu.  29.  b.  losu.  12.  a. 
 »  Nu.  32.  (1.  '  Nu.  27.  c.  ■'  Deu.  1.  f.  and  4.  c. 
 
 in  youre  cities,  which  I  haue  geuen  you,  vntyl 
 the  LORDE  youre  God  haue  broughte  youre 
 brethren  to  rest  also  as  well  as  you,  that  they 
 also  maye  take  possession  of  the  londe,  which 
 f  LORDE  youre  God  shal  geue  the  beyonde 
 lordane :  and  then  shal  ye  turne  agayne  to 
 youre  awne  possession,  which  I  haue  geuen 
 you. 
 
 'And  I  warned  losua  at  the  same  tyme, 
 and  sayde :  Thine  eyes  haue  sene  all  that  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  hath  done  vnto  these 
 two  kynges:  cue  so  shal  the  LORDE  do  also 
 vnto  all  y  kyngdomes  whither  thou  goest. 
 Feare  them  not,  for  the  LORDE  youre  God 
 shal  fighte  for  you. 
 
 And  I  besoughte  the  LORDE  at  the  same 
 tyme,  5  sayde:  O  LORDE  LORDE,  thou 
 hast  begonne  to  shewe  thy  seruaunte  thy 
 greatnesse  and  thy  mightie  hade.  For  where 
 is  there  a  God  in  heauen  g  earth,  that  can  do 
 after  thy  workes  and  after  thy  power  ?  O  let 
 me  go  (J  se  y  good  londe  beyonde  lordane,  y 
 goodly  hye  countre,  and  Libanus. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  was  angrie  with  me  for 
 youre  sakes,  and  wolde  not  heare  me,''  but 
 sayde  vnto  me:  Be  content,  speake  nomore  to 
 me  of  this  matter.  ""Get  the  vp  to  the  toppe 
 of  mount  Pisga,  and  lifte  vp  thine  eyes  to- 
 warde  the  west,  and  towarde  the  north,  and 
 towarde  the  south,  and  towarde  y  east :  and 
 beholde  it  with  thine  eies,  for  thou  shalt  not 
 go  ouer  this  lordane.  And  geue  losua  his 
 charge,  and  corage  him,  and  bolde  him,  for  he 
 shal  go  ouer  lordane  before  the  people,-'^  and 
 shal  deuyde  vnto  them  the  londe,  that  thou 
 shalt  se.t  And  so  we  abode  in  the  valley 
 ouer  agaynst  the  house  of  Peor. 
 
 Wl)t  ill).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  now  herken  Israel  vnto  the  ordi- 
 naijces  and  lawes,  which  I  teach  you 
 that  ye  do  them,  y  ye  maye  lyue,  and  come 
 in,  I  take  possession  of  the  londe,  which  the 
 LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers  geueth  vnto 
 you.  tYe  shal  put  nothinge  vnto  the  worde 
 which  I  commaunde  you,  nether  do  oughte 
 there  from,  that  ye  maye  kepe  the  commaunde- 
 mentes  of  the  LORDE  youre  God,  which  I 
 commaunde  you.  Youre  eyes  haue  sene  what 
 the  LORDE  hath  done  with  Baal  Peor :  all 
 them  that  walked  after  Baal  Peor,  hath  the 
 
 Nu.  27.  c.         /  Nu.  34.  c.     losu.  14.  a.         t  Nu.  25.  a. 
 t  Deut.  12.  d.     losu.  23.  b.     Pro.  30.  a. 
 
IjTo.  dvbu). 
 
 Cftt  b.  ftofef  of  iHosrsf. 
 
 Cijap.  iuj.l 
 
 c 
 
 LO  RDE  thy  God  destroied  from  amonge  you." 
 But  ye  that  cleue  vnto  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  are  all  aliue  this  daye.  Beholde  I  haue 
 taughte  you  ordinauces  and  lawes,  soch  as  the 
 LORDE  my  God  commauiided  me,  that  ye 
 shulde  do  eue  so  in  the  londe,  in  to  y  which 
 ye  shal  come,  to  possesse  it. 
 
 Kepe  them  now  therfore  and  do  them:*  for 
 that  is  youre  wyszdome  and  vnderstondinge  in 
 the  sight  of  all  nacions,  which  whfi  they  haue 
 herde  all  the.se  ordinaunces,  shall  saye  :  O 
 what  a  wyse  and  vnderstondinge  folke  is  this? 
 and  how  excellent  a  people  ?  For  where  is 
 there  so  excellent  a  nacion,  that  hath  goddes 
 so  nye  him,  as  the  LORDE  oure  God  is  nye 
 vnto  vs,t  as  oft  as  we  call  vpon  him  ?  And 
 where  is  there  so  excellent  a  nacion,  that  hath 
 so  righteous  ordinaunces  and  lawes,  as  all  this 
 lawe  which  I  laye  before  you  this  daye. 
 
 Take  hede  to  thy  selfe  now,  and  kepe  well 
 thy  soule,  that  thou  forget  not  the  thinges 
 which  thine  eyes  haue  sene,  and  that  they 
 departe  not  out  of  thy  hert  all  the  dayes  of 
 thy  life.  'And  thou  shalt  teach  them  thy  chil- 
 dren and  thy  childers  children,  the  daye  wha 
 thou  stodest  before  the  LORDE  thy  God  by 
 mount  Horeb,  whan  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 me :  Gather  me  the  people  together,  that  I 
 maye  make  them  heare  my  wordes,  which  they 
 shal  lerne,  that  they  maye  feare  me  all  the 
 dayes  of  their  life  vpon  earth,!  5  that  they 
 also  maye  teach  their  children. 
 
 And  ye  came  nye,  ct  stode  vnder  y  mount. 
 But  the  mount  burnt  euen  vnto  the  myddes 
 of  heauen,  and  thei-e  was  darknesse,  cloudes, 
 and  myst.  And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  you 
 out  of  the  myddes  of  the  fyre.  The  voyce  of 
 his  wordes  ye  herde,  neuerthelesse  ye  sawe  no 
 ymage,'  but  herde  the  voyce  onely.  ^And  he 
 declared  vnto  you  his  couenaunt,  which  he 
 comaunded  you  to  do,  namely,  the  ten  verses, 
 and  wrote  them  vpon  two  tables  of  stone. 
 And  the  LORDE  commaiided  me  at  the 
 same  time,  to  teach  you  ordinaunces  j  lawes 
 that  ye  might  do  therafter  in  the  londe,  in  to 
 the  which  ye  go  to  possesse  it. 
 
 Kepe  well  youre  soules  therfore,  for  ye 
 sawe  no  maner  of  ymage,  in  the  daye  wha  the 
 LORDE  spake  vnto  you  out  of  the  fyre  vpon 
 mount  Horeb,ll  that  ye  destroye   not  youre 
 
 «  Num.  25.  a.  and  31.  c.     Exo.32.  f.  •  Psal.  18.  b. 
 
 t  Psa.  144.  c.  '  Ueut.  6.  d.  {  Ephe.  6.  a.  '1  loh.  4.  b. 
 i)  Exo.  20.  a.  II  Deut.  5.  a.  ■>  Deut.  17.  b.  Sap.  13.  a. 
 lob  31.  c.  1[  Gen.  1.  b.      4  Esd.  6.  e.      Mat.  5.  c. 
 
 selues,  and  make  you  eny  ymage,  that  is  like 
 a  man,  or  woman,  or  beest  vpon  earth,  or 
 fethered  foule  vnder  the  heauen,  or  worme 
 vpon  the  grounde,  or  fyszshe  in  the  water 
 vnder  y  earth  :  ''  y  thou  lifte  not  vp  thine  eyes 
 towarde  heauen,  and  se  the  Sonne  and  the 
 Moone  j  the  starres,  and  the  whole  boost  of 
 heaue,  and  be  disceaued,  and  worshippe,  and 
 serue  them: IT  which  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 hath  made  to  serue  all  nacios  vnder  f  whole 
 heaue. 
 
 '  But  you  hath  the  LORDE  taken,  and 
 broughte  you  out  of  the  yron  fornace,  namely, 
 out  of  Egipte,  that  ye  shulde  be  the  people 
 of  his  enheritaunce,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this 
 daye.  And  the  LORDE  was  angrie  with  me 
 for  youre  sakes,.'^  so  that  he  sware,  y  I  shulde 
 not  go  ouer  lordane,  ner  come  in  to  that  good 
 londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  shall  geue 
 the  to  enheritaunce.  As  for  me,**  I  must  dye 
 in  this  londe,  and  shal  not  go  ouer  lordane : 
 But  ye  shal  go  ouer,  and  shall  haue  that  good 
 lode  in  possession. 
 
 Take  hede  therfore  vnto  youre  selues,  that 
 ye  forget  not  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  and  that  ye  make  no  ymages  of 
 eny  maner  of  faszhiontt  as  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  hath  commaunded.  For  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  is  a  consumynge  fyre^  and  a  gelous  God. 
 
 Yf  whan  ye  haue  begotten  children,  and 
 childers  children,  and  haue  dwelt  in  the  londe, 
 ye  marre  youre  selues,  ttj  make  you  ymages 
 of  eny  maner  of  faszhion,  and  do  euell  in  the 
 sighte  of  y  LORDE  youre  God,  to  prouoke 
 him :  §§  I  call  heauen  and  earth  to  recorde  ouer 
 you  this  dale,  that  ye  shall  shortly  perishe  fro 
 the  londe,  in  to  y  which  ye  go  ouer  lordane 
 to  possesse  it.  Ye  shal  not  dwell  longe  therin, 
 but  shal  vtterly  be  destroyed.  And  y  LORDE 
 shal  scater  you  amonge  ;y  nacions''  and  ye  shall 
 be  left  a  small  people  amoge  f  Heythen, 
 whyther  the  LORDE  shall  brynge  you. 
 There  shal  ye  serue  goddes,  which  are  f 
 workes  of  mens  handes,  euen  wodd  j  stone, 
 which  nether  se  ner  heare,  ner  eate  ner  smell. 
 
 But  yf  thou  seke  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 there  thou  shalt  finde  him,  'yee  yf  thou  seke 
 him  with  thy  whole  hert  and  with  all  thy  soule. 
 Whan  thou  shalt  be  strately  troubled,  5  wha 
 all  these  thinges  shal  come  vpo  the  in  y  latter 
 
 '  Deut.  6.  c.  and  32.  b.     /  Nu.  27.  c.  Deut.  1.  f.  and  3.c. 
 ••  Deu.  34.  a.  tt  Exo.  20.  a.  e  Heb.  12.  d. 
 
 tt  Deut.  8.  d.    lere.  16.  b.        §§  Deut.  30.  d.  and  31.  g. 
 *  Deut.  28.  d.  '  Deut.  30.  a.     lere.  29.  c. 
 
Cfiap.  b. 
 
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 So,  tlxix* 
 
 df 
 
 dayes,  then  shalt  thou  turne  agayne  to  y 
 LORDE  thy  God,  and  be  obedient  vnto  his 
 voice.  For  f  LORDE  thy  God  is  a  mercifull 
 God,  he  shal  not  forsake  the,  ner  destroye  the : 
 nether  shall  he  forget  the  couenaunt  with  thy 
 fathers,  *  which  he  sware  vnto  them. 
 
 For  axe  after  the  tymes  past,  which  haue 
 bene  before  the,  sens  the  daie  y  God  created 
 man  vpon  earth,  from  one  ende  of  the  heaue 
 vnto  the  other,  whether  there  was  euer  eny 
 soch  greate  thinge  done,  or  eny  soch  like  herde, 
 that  a  people  hath  herde  y  voyce  of  God 
 speake  out  of  the  fyre  (as  thou  hast  herde)  (t 
 yet  liued.  Or  whether  God  assaied  to  go  g 
 take  vnto  him  a  people  out  of  y  myddes  of 
 a  nacion,  thorow  tentacions,  thorow  tokens, 
 thorow  wonders,  thorow  warre,  5  thorow  a 
 mightie  hande,  5  thorow  a  stretched  out  ai-me, 
 and  thorow  greate  visios,  acordinge  vnto  all  as 
 the  LORDE  youre  God  hath  done  with  you 
 in  Egipte  before  thine  eyes. 
 
 "Thou  hast  sene  it,  y  thou  mightest  knowe 
 that  the  LORDE  is  God,  and  that  there  is  none 
 other  but  he  onely.  t  Out  of  heauen  made 
 he  the  to  heare  his  voyce,  that  he  might 
 nurtoure  the :  and  vpon  earth  he  shewed  the 
 his  greate  feare,  5  out  of  y  fyre  thou  herdest 
 his  wordes :  i  because  he  loued  thy  fathers,  (j 
 chose  their  sede  after  the.  And  he  brought 
 y  out  with  his  presence  thorow  his  mightie 
 power  out  of  Egipte,  to  dryue  out  (before  the) 
 nacions  greater  and  mightier  then  thou,  and 
 to  bringe  y  in,  y  he  might  geue  the  their  lode 
 to  enheritaunce,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 
 Therfore  shalt  thou  knowe  this  daye,  3,  turne 
 it  in  to  thine  herte,  Hhat  the  LORDE  is  God 
 aboue  in  heauen,  and  beneth  vpon  earth,  and 
 that  there  is  no  mo.  Kepe  his  ordinaunces 
 therfore  and  commaundementes,  which  I  com- 
 maunde  the  this  daie,  the  shal  it  go  well  with 
 the  and  thy  children  after  the,  so  that  thy 
 life  shal  longe  endure  in  y  londe,  which  the 
 LORDE  the  God  geueth  the  thy  life  longe. 
 
 Then  separated  Moses  thre  cities  beyonde 
 lordane,  *  towarde  the  Sonne  rysinge,  y  he 
 might  flye  thither,  which  had  slayne  his  negh- 
 boure  vnawarres,  [t  hated  him  not  a  fore  tyme, 
 y  he  might  flye  in  to  one  of  these  cities,  5 
 lyue.  Bezer  in  y  wildernes  in  the  playne 
 countre  amonge  the  Rubenites,  5  Ramoth  in 
 
 •Gen.  12.  a.         "  Deut.  6.  b.  and  32.  f.       tExo.  19.  b. 
 J  Ephe.  1.  a.       Deut.  10.  c.  §  3  Reg.  10.  d. 
 
 '  Exo.  21.  b.     Nu.  36.  b.     Deut.  19.  a.  11  Nu.  21.  d. 
 
 Gilead  amoge  f  Gaddites,  5  Golan  in  Basan 
 amonge  the  Manassites. 
 
 This  is  the  lawe  which  Moses  layed  before 
 the  children  of  Israel:  these  are  the  testi- 
 monies, ordinaunces,  u  lawes,  y  Moses  spake 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel  (after  they  were 
 departed  out  of  Egipte)  beyonde  lordane  in 
 the  valley  ouer  agaynst  the  house  of  Peor,  in 
 y  londe  of  Sion  kynge  of  y  Amorites  which 
 dwelt  at  Heszbon,  II  whom  Moses  (t  the  childre 
 of  Israel  smote  after  they  were  departed  out 
 of  Egipte,  %  conquered  his  lade,  (j  the  londe 
 of  Og  kynge  of  Basan,  two  kynges  of  the 
 Amorites  which  were  beyonde  lordane  to- 
 warde the  Sonne  rysinge  fro  Aroer  (which 
 lyeth  vpon  y  ryuer  syde  of  Arnon)  vnto  mount 
 Sion,  which  is  Hermon  ;  j  all  y  playne  felde 
 beyonde  lordane  eastwarde  vnto  the  see  in  y 
 plaine  felde  vnder  mount  Pisga. 
 
 CIjc  b.  Cl)aptet. 
 
 AND  Moses  called  all  Israel,  j  sayde  vnto 
 the :  Heare  Israel  the  ordinaunces  (j 
 lawes  which  I  speake  in  youre  eares  this  daye  : 
 lerne  them,  5  kepe  the  so,  that  ye  do  therafter. 
 If  The  LORDE  oure  God  made  a  couenaunt 
 with  vs  at  Horeb :  he  made  not  this  coue- 
 naunt with  oure  fathers,  but  with  vs,  that  are 
 here  this  daie,  and  lyue  euery  one.  He 
 talked  with  vs  face  to  face  out  of  the  fyre  vpo 
 the  mount.  I  stode  at  the  same  tyme  be- 
 twixte  the  LORDE  and  you,  that  I  mighte 
 shewe  you  the  worde  of  the  LORDE.  For 
 ye  were  afrayed  of  the  fyre,  u  wente  not  vp  to 
 the  mount,  and  he  sayde : 
 
 '  I  am  the  LORDE  thy  God,  which  haue 
 brought  the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  out 
 of  the  house  of  bondage.  Thou  shalt  haue 
 none  other  goddes  in  my  sighte.  **Thou 
 shalt  make  the  no  grauen  ymage  of  eny  maner 
 of  licknesse  of  the  thinges  y  are  aboue  in 
 heauen,  (j  beneth  vpon  earth,  tj  in  the  water 
 vnder  the  earth.  Thou  shalt  not  honoure 
 them,  ner  serue  the.  ''  For  I  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  am  a  gelous  God,  vysitinge  the 
 synne  of  the  fathers  vpo  the  children,  vnto 
 the  thirde  and  fourth  generacion,  of  the  y 
 hate  me :  5  shewe  mercye  vpon  many  thou- 
 sandes  y  loue  me,  and  kepe  my  commaunde- 
 mentes. 
 
 '  Exo.  20.  a. 
 ''  Deu.  34.  a.    Nau.  1.  a. 
 
 •25 
 
jfo.  tin. 
 
 C6e  fa.  faoke  of  iHosfcsf. 
 
 Cfjap.  fau 
 
 riiou  shalt  not  take  f  name  ofy  LORDE 
 thy  God  in  vayne  :  *  for  f  LORDE  shal  not 
 holde  him  vngiltie,  y  taketh  his  name  in 
 vaine. 
 
 Kepe  f  Sabbath  daye,  that  thou  sanctifye 
 it,  as  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  commanded 
 the.  Sixe  daies  shalt  thou  laboure,  and  do 
 all  thy  worke,  but  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  it  is 
 the  Sabbath  of  the  LORDE  thy  God  :  No 
 maner  worke  shalt  thou  do  in  it,  thou,  and 
 thy  Sonne,  and  thy  doughter,  and  thy  seruaunt, 
 and  thy  mayde,  and  thine  oxe,  and  thine  Asse, 
 and  all  thy  catell,  and  the  straunger  which  is 
 within  thy  gates,  that  thy  seruaunt  and  thy 
 mayde  maye  rest  as  well  as  thou.  For  thou 
 shalt  remebre,  that  thou  thyself  also  wast  a 
 seruaunte  in  the  londe  of  Egipte,  and  how 
 that  the  LORDE  thy  God  brought  the  out 
 from  thence  with  a  mightye  hande,  and  a 
 stretched  out  arme.  Therfore  hath  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  commaunded  f  to  kepe  the 
 Sabbath  daye. 
 
 '  Honoure  thy  father  and  thy  mother,  as  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  hath  commaunded  the  that 
 thou  mayest  lyue  longe  vpo  earth,  and  that  it 
 maye  go  well  with  the  in  the  londe,  which  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  shall  geue  the. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  kyll.  t 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  breake  wedlocke. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  steale. 
 
 Thou  shalt  beare  no  false  witnes  against 
 thy  neghboure. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  tlust  after  thy  neghbours 
 wyfe. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  lust  after  thy  neghbours 
 house,  londe,  seruaunt,  mayde,  oxe,  Asse,  or 
 what  so  euer  he  hath. 
 
 These  are  the  wordes  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  to  all  youre  congregacion,  vpon  the 
 mount  out  of  the  fyre  of  the  cloude  and  dark- 
 nesse  with  a  greate  voyce,  and  added  nothinge 
 therto.  §  And  he  wrote  them  vpon  two  tables 
 of  stone,  and  delyuered  the  vnto  me. 
 
 But  whan  ye  herde  the  voyce  out  of  the 
 darknes,  and  sawe  the  mount  bume  with  fyre, 
 ye  came  vnto  me  all  ye  rulers  amonge  youre 
 trybes,  and  youre  Elders  and  sayde:  Beholde, 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  hath  shewed  vs  his 
 glory  (t  his  greatnes,  and  we  haue  herde  his 
 voyce  out  of  y  fyre.  This  daye  haue  we  sene, 
 that  God  male  talke  with  a  man,  and  he  yet 
 
 •  Leu.  24.  b.     '  Exo. 
 Ephe.  6.  a.         t  Math.  5 
 
 29.  b.      »  Exo.  21.  b.  Mat.  15.  a. 
 c.    Rom.  13.  b.        t  Rom.  7.  b. 
 
 lyue.  And  now  wherfore  shulde  we  dye,  that 
 this  fire  shulde  cosume  vs?  Yf  we  shulde 
 heare  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  oure  God 
 eny  more,  we  shulde  dye.  For  what  is  aU 
 fleshe,  that  it  shulde  be  able  to  heare  ;y-  voyce 
 of  the  lyuynge  God  speakynge  out  of  f  fyre, 
 as  we  haue  done,  and  yet  lyue  ?  Go  thou  and 
 heare  all  y  the  LORDE  oure  God  sayeth, 
 and  tell  us.  "  All  y  the  LORDE  sayeth  vnto 
 the,  that  will  we  heare  and  do.  Whan  the 
 LORDE  herde  the  voyce  of  youre  wordes 
 which  ye  spake  vnto  me,  he  sayde  vnto  me : 
 I  haue  herde  f  voyce  of  the  wordes  of  this 
 people,  which  they  haue  spoken  vnto  y.  It 
 is  all  good  that  they  haue  spoken.  II  But  who 
 shal  geue  them  soch  an  herte,  y  they  maye 
 feare  me,  s  kepe  all  my  comaundementes  as 
 longe  as  they  lyue,  y  it  maye  go  well  with 
 them,  and  with  their  childre  for  euer  ?  Go  rt 
 saye  vnto  them :  Get  you  in  to  youre  tentes 
 agayne.  But  thou  shalt  stonde  here  before 
 me,  that  I  maye  tell  the  all  the  commaunde 
 mentes,  and  ordinaiices  and  lawes  which  thou 
 shalt  teach  them  y  they  maye  do  therafter  in 
 the  lode,  which  I  shal  geue  the  to  possesse. 
 Take  hede  now  therfore  that  ye  do,  as  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  hath  commaunded  you. 
 If  and  turne  not  asyde  nether  to  y  right  hande 
 ner  to  the  lefte :  but  walke  in  all  f  wayes 
 which  the  LORDE  youre  God  hath  com- 
 maunded you,  that  ye  male  lyue,  and  that  it 
 male  go  well  with  you,  and  y  ye  maye  lyue 
 longe  in  y  londe  which  ye  shall  haue  in  pos- 
 session. 
 
 Oje  bt.  Adapter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  commaundementes,  ordl 
 naunces  5  lawes  which  f  LORDE  youre 
 God  hath  comaunded,  y  ye  shulde  lerne  them, 
 (5  do  them,  in  the  londe  whyther  ye  go  to 
 possesse  it,  **  that  thou  mayest  feare  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  5  kepe  all  his  ordinaiices 
 5  commaundementes,  which  I  commaunde 
 the,  thou  and  thy  children,  and  thy  childers 
 children  all  f  dayes  of  youre  life,  that  ye 
 maye  lyue  loge.  Thou  shalt  heare  (O  Israel) 
 5  take  hede,  y  thou  do  therafter,  y  it  maye  go 
 well  with  y,  5  that  thou  mayest  multiplye 
 greatly,  as  ;y-  LORDE  God  of  thy  fathers 
 hath  promysed  the  a  londe  y  floweth  with 
 mylke  %  hony.     Heare  O  Israel,  the  LORDE 
 
 and  13.  b.        ^Exo.Sl.d.       'Eio.l9.b.        ||Ier.24.  b. 
 and  31.  f.         IT  Deut.  17.  c.         ••  Deut.  10.  c. 
 
Cftap.  bij. 
 
 CJ)t  b,  iofef  of  illosfts. 
 
 jTo.  d)r)i-u 
 
 oure  God  is  one  LORDE  onely.  "And  thou 
 shall  loue  the  LORDE  thy  God  with  all  thy 
 hart,  with  all  thy  soule,  5  with  all  thy  mighte. 
 *  And  these  wordes,  which  I  commaude  the 
 this  daie,  shalt  thou  take  to  hert,  5  shalt  whet 
 them  vpon  thy  children,  and  shalt  talke  of 
 them,  whii  thou  syttest  in  thyne  house,  5 
 whan  thou  walkest  by  the  waie:  whan  thou 
 lyest  downe,  tt  wha  thou  rysest  vp.  And  thou 
 shalt  bynde  them  for  a  signe  vpon  thine 
 hande,  and  they  shall  be  a  token  of  reme- 
 braunce  before  thine  eyes,  and  thou  shalt 
 wryte  them  vpon  the  postes  of  thine  house, 
 and  vpon  thy  gates. 
 
 Now  whan  f  LORDE  thy  God  shal  bringe 
 the  in  to  y  londe  wherof  he  sware  vnto  thy 
 fathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  s  lacob,  and  shal 
 geue  the  greate  5  goodly  cities,  which  thou 
 hast  not  buylded :  and  houses  full  of  all 
 goodes,  which  thou  hast  not  filled:  5  digged 
 welles  which  thou  hast  not  digged :  and  vyn- 
 yardes  and  olyue  trees,  which  thou  hast  not 
 plated,  so  y  thou  eatest  and  art  full :  then 
 bewarre  that  thou  forget  not  the  LORDE, 
 which  brought  the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte, 
 fro  the  house  of  bondage :  *  but  thou  shalt 
 feare  the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  him  onely 
 shalt  thou  serue,  and  sweare  by  his  name. 
 t  And  ye  shal  not  folowe  the  other  goddes  of 
 the  nacions  which  are  aboute  you  (for  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  is  a  gelous  God  in  the 
 myddest  of  the)  that  the  wrath  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  waxe  not  whote  ouer  the, 
 and  destroye  the  from  the  earth. 
 
 "Ye  shal  not  tempte  f  LORDE  youre  God, 
 i  as  ye  tempted  him  at  Massa :  but  kepe  the 
 commaundementes  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  and  his  witnesses,  a  his  ordinaunces, 
 which  he  hath  commaunded  the,  that  thou 
 mayest  do  that  which  is  right  5  good  in  y 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE,  y  thou  mayest  pros- 
 pere,  and  y  thou  mayest  go  in  5  conquere 
 that  good  londe,  which  the  LORDE  sware 
 vnto  thy  fathers,  that  he  maye  chace  out  all 
 thine  enemies  before  the,  as  the  LORDE 
 hath  sayde. 
 
 Now  whan  thy  sonne  axeth  the  todaye  or 
 tomorow,  and  sayeth :  ''  What  meane  these 
 witnesses,  ordinaunces  and  lawes,  that  the 
 LORDE  oure  God  hath   comaunded   you  ? 
 
 -  Mat.  22.  d.  Mar.  12.  c.    Luc.  10.  c.          *  Deut.  11.  c. 
 
 '  Deut.  10.  d.  Mat.  4.b.      Luc.  4.  b.               t  Exo.  32.  f. 
 
 Num.  25.  a.  '  Mat.  4.  a.    Luc.  4.  b.            }  Exo.  17.  a. 
 
 Num.  20.  a.  <>  Deut.  4.  b.           4  Exo.  23.  c.  and  34.  b. 
 
 Then  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  thy  sonne :  We 
 were  Pharaos  bondmen  in  Egipte,  and  the 
 LORDE  brought  vs  out  of  Egipte  with  a 
 mightie  hande,  and  the  LORDE  did  greate  5 
 euell  tokens  5  wonders  in  Egipte  vpo  Pharao 
 and  all  his  house  before  oure  eyes,  and  brought 
 vs  from  thence,  to  bringe  vs  in  and  to  geue 
 vs  f  londe,  that  he  sware  vnto  oure  fathers. 
 And  therfore  hath  the  LORDE  commaunded 
 vs  to  do  acordinge  vnto  all  these  ordinaunces, 
 that  we  might  feare  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 that  we  might  prospere  all  the  dayes  of  oure 
 life,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye.  And 
 it  shall  be  righteousnes  vnto  vs  before  the 
 LORDE  oure  God,  yf  we  kepe  and  do  all 
 these  commaundementes,  as  he  hath  com- 
 maunded vs. 
 
 Ci)e  bij.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 WHAN  y  LORDE  thy  God  bringeth 
 the  in  to  f  londe  where  in  to  thou 
 shalt  come  to  possesse  it,  5  roteth  out  many 
 nacions  before  the :  the  Hethites,  Girgosites 
 Amorites,  Cananites,  Pheresites,  Heuites,  and 
 lebusites,  seue  nacions  which  are  greater  and 
 mightier  then  thou:  §  and  whan  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  delyuereth  the  before  y,  that  thou 
 mayest  smyte  them,  thou  shalt  \i;terly  destroye 
 them,  so  that  thou  make  no  couenaunt  with 
 them,  nor  shewe  them  fauoure,  and  shalt 
 make  no  manages  with  them :  Ye  shall  not 
 geue  youre  doughters  vnto  their  sonnes,  ner 
 take  their  doughters  vnto  youre  sonnes.  II  For 
 they  will  make  youre  sonnes  departe  fro  me, 
 to  serue  straunge  goddes  :  then  shall  the  wrath 
 of  the  LORDE  waxe  whote  vpon  you,  and 
 destroye  you  shortly. 
 
 But  thus  shal  ye  do  with  them:  'Ye  shal 
 ouerthrowe  their  altares,  breake  downe  their 
 pilers,  cut  downe  their  groues,  5  burne  their 
 ymages  with  fyre.  ■'  For  thou  art  an  holy  peo- 
 ple vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God.  f  The  hath 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  chosen,  that  thou 
 shuldest  be  his  awne  peculier  people,  from 
 amonge  all  nacions  that  are  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 It  was  not  because  of  the  multitude  of  you 
 aboue  all  nacions,  that  y  LORDE  had  lust 
 vnto  you  and  chose  you.  (For  ye  were  the 
 leest  amonge  all  nacions)  but  because  he  loued 
 you,  and  that  he  mighte  kepe  the  ooth,**  which 
 
 losu.  23.  e.  2  Cor.  6.0.  2  Esd.  13.  a.  3  Re.  3.  a.  ||  Nu. 
 25.  a.  <■  Exo.  34.  b.    Num.  33.  f.  /  Deu.  14.  a. 
 
 and  26.  d.     1  Pet.  2.  b.        f  Exo.  19.  a,        ••  Gen.  22.  c. 
 
jTo.  timU 
 
 Eln  b,  hokt  of  iiio^es. 
 
 Cftap.  bii). 
 
 he  sware  vnto  youre  fathers,  he  broughte  you 
 out  with  a  mightie  hade,  and  delyuered  you 
 fro  the  house  of  bondage,  out  of  the  hande  of 
 Pharao  kynge  of  Egipte. 
 
 Thou  shalt  vnderstonde  now  therfore,  that 
 the  LOIIDE  thy  God  is  a  mightie  and  true 
 God,  which  kepeth  couenaunt  and  mercy  vnto 
 them  that  loue  him,  "and  kepe  his  comaunde- 
 mentes,  euen  thorow  out  a  thousande  gene- 
 racions  :  And  rewardeth  them  that  hate  him 
 before  his  face,  that  he  maye  destroye  them 
 and  wyll  not  be  longe  in  tarienge  to  rewarde 
 them  (before  his  face)  that  hate  him.  Kepe 
 now  therfore  the  commaundementes,  and 
 ordinaunces  and  lawes,  which  I  commaunde 
 tiie  this  daye,  that  thou  do  therafter. 
 
 And  yf  ye  shall  heare  these  lawes  and  kepe 
 them,  and  do  therafter,  then  shal  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  *also  kepe  the  couenaunt  and  mercy 
 with  the,  which  he  sware  vnto  thy  fathers : 
 and  shal  loue  the,  blesse  the,  and  multiplye 
 the :  he  shal  blesse  the  frute  of  thy  wombe, 
 and  the  frute  of  thy  londe,  thy  come,  wyne 
 and  oyle,  the  frute  of  thy  kyne,  and  the  frute 
 of  thy  shepe,  in  the  londe  that  he  sware  vnto 
 thy  fathers  to  geue  the.  Blessed  shalt  thou 
 be  aboue  all  nacions,  there  shal  no  vnfrutefull 
 personne  be  in  the,  ner  amonge  thy  catell. 
 The  LORDE  shall  put  from  the  all  manerof 
 dysease,  and  shal  brynge  vpon  the  none  of  y 
 euell  sicknesses  of  Egipte,  *  which  thou  hast 
 sene,  but  shall  put  them  vpon  all  those  that 
 hate  the. 
 
 Thou  shalt  brynge  to  naught  all  the  nacions, 
 hich  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  delyuerthe. 
 Thine  eye  shall  not  spare  them,  and  their 
 goddes  shalt  thou  not  serue,  for  that  shalbe 
 thy  decaye.  Yf  thou  shalt  saye  in  thyne 
 hert :  These  nacios  are  mo  then  I,  how  ca  I 
 dryue  them  out?  "^Feare  them  not.  Re- 
 membre  what  the  LORDE  thy  God  did  vnto 
 Pharao  and  to  all  the  Egipcians,  thorow  greate 
 tentacions  (which  thou  hast  sene  with  thine 
 eyes)  thorow  tokens  and  wSders,  thorow  a 
 mightie  hande  and  a  stretched  out  arme,  wher- 
 with  the  LORDE  thy  God  brought  the  out. 
 Euen  so  shall  the  LORDE  thy  God  do  vnto 
 all  y  nacions  of  who  thou  art  afrayed. 
 
 ''The  LORDE  thy  God  also  shal  sende 
 hornettes  amonge  them,  vntyll  they  that  re- 
 
 "  Exo.  20.  a.  and  S-t.  a.  »  Exo.  23.  c.     Leui.  26.  a. 
 
 Deu.  28.  a.  •  Exo.  9.  a.         '  Deu.  20.  a.    losu.  8.  a. 
 
 ''  Exo.  23.  d.  and  33.  a.     los.  24.  c.  <Exo.  23.  d. 
 
 mayne  and  hyde  them  selues  from  the,  be 
 destroyed.  Be  not  thou  afrayed  of  them :  for 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  is  in  the  myddes  of  the, 
 euen  the  mightie  and  fearfuU  God.  He  (euen 
 the  LORDE  thy  God)  shall  rote  out  the 
 nacions  before  the  by  litle  and  litle.  Thou 
 canst  not  consume  them  at  one  time,  "  f  the 
 beestes  of  the  felde  increase  not  vpon  the. 
 The  LORDE  thy  God  shall  delyuer  them 
 before  the,  and  shall  smite  them  with  a  greate 
 slaughter,  tyll  they  be  destroyed.  And  he 
 shal  delyuer  their  kynges  in  to  thine  hade, 
 ■'^and  thou  shalt  destroie  their  names  from  vnder 
 heauen.  There  shal  noman  make  the  resist- 
 aunce  before  the,  vntyll  thou  haue  destroyed 
 them. 
 
 The  ymages  of  their  goddes  shalt  thou 
 burne  with  fyre,  *  5  shalt  not  desyre  the  syluer 
 or  golde  that  is  on  them  tor  to  take  it  vnto 
 the,  that  thou  snare  not  thy  self  therin  :  for  it 
 is  abhominacion  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 Therfore  shalt  thou  not  brynge  the  abhomi- 
 nacion in  to  thine  house,  y  thou  be  not  damned 
 as  it  is,  but  shalt  vtterly  defye  it,  and  abhorre 
 it,  for  it  is  damned. 
 
 Wi)t  bii).  Chapter. 
 
 ALL  the  commaundementes  which  I  com- 
 maunde y  this  daye,  shal  ye  kepe,  so  y 
 ye  do  therafter,  that  ye  maye  lyue  and  multi- 
 plye, and  come  in,  and  take  possession  of  the 
 lande,  which  y  LORDE  sware  vnto  youre 
 fathers :  and  thynke  vpon  all  y  waie  thorow 
 the  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  led  the 
 this  fortye  yeares  in  the  wyldernesse,  i  that  he 
 mighte  chasten  the,  and  proue  the,  to  wete 
 what  were  in  thyne  herte,  whether  thou 
 woldest  kepe  his  comaundemetes  or  no.  He 
 chastened  the,  and  let  the  hunger,  ''and 
 fed  the  with  Manna  (which  thou  and  thy 
 fathers  knewe  not)  to  make  the  knowe,  that 
 man  lyueth  not  by  bred  onely,  but  by  all 
 that  proceadeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  the 
 LORDE.  'Thy  clothes  are  not  waxed  olde 
 vpon  the,  and  thy  fete  are  not  swolle  this 
 fortye  yeare. 
 
 Vnderstonde  therfore  in  thine  hert,  that  as 
 a  man  nurtoureth  his  sonne,  euen  so  hath  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  nurtured  the.  Kepe  ther- 
 fore the  commaundementes  of  the  LORDE 
 
 nos. 10.11. 12.       sDeut.lS.c.        t  los.  7.  a.  2  Ma.  12.  f. 
 t  Deut.  13.a.  Iud.2.d.and3.a.      "Exo.ie.d.   Num.11. b. 
 Mat.  4.  a.    Luc.  4.  a.         '  Deut.  29.  a. 
 
Cftap.  iv. 
 
 Cibe  b»  bofee  of  Jflosiesf, 
 
 So,tlmii.\ 
 
 thy  God,  that  thou  walke  in  his  wayes,  and 
 feare  him.  For  the  LORDE  thy  God  bryng- 
 eth  the  in  to  a  good  londe :  "A  londe  where  in 
 are  ryuers  of  water,  fountaynes  and  sprynges, 
 which  flowe  by  the  hilles  and  valleys :  A  londe 
 wherin  is  wheate,  barlye,  vines,  fygge  trees, 
 and  pomgranates :  A  londe  wherin  growe 
 Olyue  trees  and  honye :  A  londe  where  thou 
 shalt  not  eate  bred  in  scarcenes,  and  where 
 thou  shalt  lacke  nothinge :  '  A  lode  where  y 
 stones  are  yron,  where  thou  shalt  dygge  brasse 
 out  of  hilles :  *  That  wha  thou  hast  eaten  and 
 art  fylled,  thou  mayest  praise  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  for  that  good  londe,  which  he  hath 
 geuen  the. 
 
 Bewarre  now  therfore,  that  thou  forget  not 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  that  thou  woldest  not 
 kepe  his  commaundementes,  and  his  ordi- 
 naunces,  and  lawes,  which  I  commaunde  the 
 this  daye :  that  (whan  thou  hast  eaten  (t  art 
 fylled,  and  hast  buylded  goodly  houses,  5 
 dwellest  therin,  and  whan  thy  beestes  and 
 shepe,  and  syluer,  and  golde,  and  all  y  thou 
 hast,  increaseth)  thine  hert  ryse  not  then,  and 
 'thou  forget  the  LORDE  thy  God  (which 
 brought  the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  fro  y 
 house  of  bondage,  and  led  f  thorow  this  greate 
 d  terrible  wy Hemes,  ''where  were  serpentes 
 that  spouted  fyre,  and  Scorpions,  5  drouth, 
 and  where  there  was  no  water,  and  brought 
 the  water  out  of  the  hard  flynte,  and  fed  the 
 in  the  wyldernesse  with  Manna  wherof  thy 
 fathers  knewe  not,  that  he  might  chasten  the, 
 and  proue  the  (to  do  the  good  afterwarde)  and 
 lest  thou  saye  in  thine  hert :  +  My  power  and 
 the  mighte  of  myne  awne  hande  hath  done  me 
 all  this  good :  But  that  thou  thynke  vpon  the 
 LORDE  thy  God.  'For  it  is  HE,  which 
 geueth  the  power  to  exercyse  strength,  that 
 he  maye  perfourme  the  couenaunt,  which  he 
 sware  vnto  thy  fathers,  as  it  is  come  to  passe 
 this  daye. 
 
 But  yf  thou  shalt  forget  the  LORDE  thy 
 God,  tand  folowe  other  goddes,  and  serue 
 them,  and  worshipe  the,  I  testifye  ouer  you 
 this  daye,  that  ye  shal  vtterly  perishe.  Euen 
 as  the  Heythen  whom  y  LORDE  destroyeth 
 before  youre  face,  so  shall  ye  perishe  also,  be- 
 cause ye  are  not  obedient  vnto  the  voyce  of 
 the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 "Deut.  ll.b.  »  lob  28.  a.  *  Nu.  15.  b.  1  Co.  10.  a. 
 iTim.  4.  a.  "^Deut.Sl.  e.  Prou.  30.  a.  ''Num.  21.  a. 
 t  1  Reg.  2.  b.        '  Eze.  36.  e.  Phil.  2.  b.        t  Deut.  4.  d. 
 
 Cfjt  iy.  Cijapttr. 
 
 HEARE  O  Israel,  This  dale  shalt  thou 
 go  ouer  lordane,  that  thou  maiest  come 
 in  to  conquere  the  nacions,  which  are  greater 
 and  mightier  then  thou,  ^greate  cities,  walled 
 vp  vnto  heauen,  a  greate  people  and  of  an 
 hye  stature,  namely  the  childre  of  Enakim, 
 whom  thou  hast  knowne,  and  of  whom  thou 
 hast  herde  saye  :  Who  is  able  to  stonde  agaynst 
 the  children  of  Enakim?  Therfore  shalt  thou 
 knowe  this  daye,  that  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 goeth  before  the,  §a  cosumynge  fyre.  He 
 shal  destroye  the,  and  shall  subdue  them  be- 
 fore the,  and  shal  driue  them  out,  ij  shortly 
 shall  he  brynge  the  to  naught,  as  the  LORDE 
 hath  promysed  the. 
 
 'Now  whan  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 expelled  them  out  before  the,  saye  not  thou 
 the  in  thine  hert :  The  LORDE  hath  brought 
 me  in  to  take  possession  of  this  lande  for  myne 
 awne  righteousnes  sake,  where  as  y  LORDE 
 yet  dryueth  out  the  Heithen  before  the,  be- 
 cause of  their  vngodlynes. '' 
 
 For  thou  commest  not  in  to  take  their  londe 
 in  possession,  for  thine  awne  righteousnes  sake, 
 and  because  of  thy  right  hert:  but  the  LORDE 
 dryueth  out  these  Heythen,  for  their  awne 
 vngodlynesse  sake,  and  that  he  maye  per- 
 fourme the  worde,  which  the  LORDE  hath 
 sworne  vnto  thy  fathers,  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
 lacob. 
 
 Vnderstonde  now  therfore,  that  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  geueth  not  the  this  londe  to  possesse 
 it,  for  thine  awne  righteousnes  sake.  For  thou 
 art  a  styfFnecked  people. 
 
 Remembre  and  forget  not,  how  thou  dis- 
 pleasedest  the  LORDE  thy  God  in  the  wil- 
 dernesse.  Sence  y  daye  that  thou  departedst 
 out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  tyll  ye  came  vnto 
 this  place,  haue  ye  bene  dishobedient  vnto 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 '  For  in  Horeb  ye  angred  the  LORDE,  so 
 that  of  wrath  he  wolde  haue  destroyed  you, 
 whan  I  was  gone  vp  to  y  mount,  to  receaue 
 the  tables  of  stone,  namely  the  tables  of  the 
 couenaunt  II  which  the  LORDE  made  with 
 you,  and  I  abode  fortye  dayes  j  fortye  nightes 
 vpon  the  mount,  and  ate  no  bred,  5  dranke 
 no  water:  and  the  LORDE  gaue  me  y  two 
 
 /  Num.  13.  c.  Deut.  I.e.        ^Deut.  4.  d.        s  3  Re.  20.  e. 
 *  Leu.  30.  d.         '  Exo.  32.  c.  11  Deut.  5.  a. 
 
fo,  rliTiitj. 
 
 €l)t  1).  bokt  of  i^lDsire, 
 
 Cftap.  v. 
 
 tables  of  stone,  wrytten  with  the  fyiiger  of 
 God,  and  in  them  was  acordinge  to  all  the 
 wordes,  which  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  you 
 vpon  the  mount  out  of  the  fyre,  "in  the  daye 
 of  the  gatheringe  together. 
 
 *And  after  the  fortye  dayes  and  fortye 
 nightes,  f  LORDE  gaue  me  f  two  tables  of 
 stone,  namely  y  tables  of  the  eouenaunt,  and 
 sayde  vnto  me:  ''vp,  (t  get  f  downe  quyckly 
 from  hence,  for  thy  people  whom  th 
 broughtest  out  of  Egipte,  haue  marred  the 
 selues,  they  are  soone  gone  out  of  the  waye, 
 which  1  commaunded  them,  and  haue  made 
 them  a  molten  ymage. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  me :  I  se  this 
 people,  that  it  is  a  styffnecked  people :  let  me 
 alone,  that  I  maye  destroye  them,  and  put 
 out  their  name  from  vnder  heaue.  I  wyl 
 make  of  the  a  people  mightier  and  greater 
 the  this  is. 
 
 ''And  as  I  turned  me,  5  wente  downe  fro 
 the  mount  which  brent  with  fyre,  5  had  y  two 
 tables  of  the  eouenaunt  in  both  my  hades,  I 
 loked,  5  beholde,  ye  had  synned  agaynst  f 
 LORDE  youre  God,  so  y  ye  had  made  you 
 a  molten  calfe,  (j  were  soone  turned  out  of  y 
 waie  which  the  LORDE  had  commaunded 
 you.  Then  toke  I  the  two  tables,  5  cast  them 
 out  of  both  my  handes,  "5  brake  the  before 
 youre  eyes,  5  I  fell  before  the  LORDE  *(euen 
 as  at  the  first  tyme)  fortye  dayes  j  fortye 
 nightes,  5  nether  ate  bred,  ner  drake  water, 
 because  of  all  youre  synnes  which  ye  had 
 synned,  whan  ye  dyd  soch  euell  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  LORDE,  to  prouoke  him  vnto  wrath. 
 For  I  was  afrayed  of  the  wrath  and  indigna- 
 cion,  wherwith  the  LORDE  was  angrie  with 
 you,  euen  to  haue  destroyed  you.  And  the 
 LORDE  herde  me  at  that  tyme  also.-' 
 
 Morouer  the  LORDE  was  very  angrie 
 with  Aaron,  so  that  he  wolde  haue  destroyed 
 him,  but  I  made  intercession  for  Aaron  also 
 at  y  same  tyme.  As  for  youre  synne  (namely, 
 the  calfe  that  ye  had  made)  ^  I  toke  it,  and 
 burnt  it  with  the  fyre,  and  smote  it  a  sunder, 
 %  grynde  it  in  peces,  euen  vnto  dust,  and  cast 
 the  dust  in  to  the  broke  that  descended  from 
 the  mount. 
 
 Ye  displeased  the  LORDE  also,  tat  Tabera, 
 tand  at  Massa,  §and  at  the  lustgraues,  Hand 
 
 »  Exo.  19.  c.  and  24.  a.   Deut.  4.  b.  '  Exod.  31.  d. 
 
 "■  Exo.  32.  b.  ■"  Exo.  32.  d.  '  Exo.  34.  d.  •  Exo. 
 84.  d.  /  Deu.  10.  b.  f  Exo.  32.  e.  t  Nu.  11.  a. 
 t  Exo.  17.  b.       ^  Nu.  11.  g.       II  Nu.  13.  d.       f  Act.  7.  f. 
 
 wha  he  sent  you  from  Cades  Barnea,  and 
 sayde :  Go  vp,  and  conquere  the  londe  which 
 I  haue  geuen  you.  And  ye  were  disobedient 
 vnto  the  mouth  of  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 and  beleued  not  on  him,  and  herkened  not 
 vnto  his  voyce :  H  for  ye  haue  bene  disobediet 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  as  longe  as  I  haue  knowne 
 you. 
 
 The  fell  I  before  y  LORDE  fortye  dales 
 and  fortye  nightes,  which  I  laye  there.  For 
 f  LORDE  sayde,  he  wolde  destroye  you, 
 But  I  made  intercession  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  sayde  :  *  O  LORDE  LORDE,  destroye 
 not  thy  people  and  thine  enheritaunce,  which 
 thou  thorow  thy  greate  power  hast  delyuered, 
 and  broughte  out  of  Egipte  with  a  mightie 
 hade.  Remembre  thy  seruauntes  Abraham, 
 Isaac  and  lacob.  Loke  not  vpon  the  stub- 
 burnesse,  and  vngodlynesse  and  synne  of  this 
 people  (that  the  londe  wherout  thou  hast 
 broughte  vs,  saye  not:  The  LORDE  was  not 
 able  to  bringe  them  in  to  the  lande,  that  he 
 promysed  them,  and  because  he  hated  them, 
 therfore  hath  he  broughte  them  out,  to  de- 
 stroye the  in  the  wyldernesse : )  For  they  are 
 thy  people  j  thine  enheritaunce,  which  thou 
 hast  broughte  out  with  thy  greate  power,  and 
 with  thy  stretched  out  arme. 
 
 Cl)c  r.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  sayde  the  LORDE 
 vnto  me :  '  Hew  f  two  tables  of  stone 
 like  vnto  the  first,  and  come  vp  vnto  me  in  to 
 the  mount,  and  make  y  an  Arke  of  wod,  and 
 in  the  tables  I  wyll  wryte  the  wordes,  that 
 were  in  the  first,  ** which  thou  brakest,  and 
 thou  shalt  laye  them  in  the  Arke.  So  I  made 
 an  Arke  of  Fyrre  tre,  and  hewed  two  tables 
 of  stone  (like  as  the  first  were)  5  wente  vp  into 
 the  mount,  and  y  two  tables  were  in  my  hande. 
 
 *Then  wrote  he  in  y  tables  (acordinge  as 
 the  first  wrytinge  was)  the  ten  verses,  which 
 the  LORDE  spake  vnto  you  out  of  the  fyre 
 vpon  the  mountayne,  at  the  tyme  of  the 
 gatheringe  together.  And  the  LORDE  gaue 
 the  vnto  me.  And  I  turned  me,  5  wente 
 downe  from  the  mount,  and  layed  the  tables  in 
 the  Arke  which  I  had  made,  'that  they  mighte 
 be  there,  as  the  LORDE  commaunded  me. 
 
 "And  the  childre  of  Israel  departed  from 
 
 *  Exo.  34.  a.    Nu.  14.  b.    losu.  7.  b.  '  Exo.  34.  a. 
 
 •  Exo.  32.  e.    Deut.  9.  c.  *  Exo.  34.  d.  and  24.  c. 
 
 Deu.  31.  f.  "■  Nu.  33.  d. 
 
Cftap*  n. 
 
 Wbe  b.  hokt  of  iBosffsi, 
 
 fo,  d)tTb, 
 
 Beroth  ij  Bne  laekan  vnto  Mosera  (there 
 *dyed  Aaron,  {t  there  was  he  buried :  (i  Eleasar 
 his  Sonne  became  prest  in  his  steade.)  Fro 
 thence  they  departed  from  Gadgad.  From 
 Gadgad  to  lathbath,  a  londe  of  ryuers  of 
 water.  "At  the  same  season  the  LORDE 
 separated  out  the  trybe  of  Leui,  to  beare  the 
 Arite  of  the  LORDES  couenaunt,  and  to 
 stonde  before  the  LORDE,  to  mynister  vnto 
 him,  and  to  prayse  his  name  vnto  this  daye. 
 *  Therfore  shal  the  Leuites  haue  no  poreion 
 ner  enheritaunce  with  their  brethren  :  for  the 
 LORDE  is  their  enheritaunce,  as  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  promysed  them. 
 
 '  But  I  taried  vpo  the  mount  (hke  as  afore) 
 euen  fortye  dayes  and  fortye  nightes,  and  the 
 LORDE  herde  me  at  that  tyme  also,  and 
 wolde  not  destroye  the.  But  he  sayde  vnto 
 me :  Vp,  g  get  the  forth,  y  thou  mayest  go 
 before  the  people,  y  they  maye  come  in,  and 
 coquere  the  lode,  which  I  sware  vnto  their 
 fathers  to  geue  them. 
 
 Now  Israel,  what  requyreth  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  of  the,  ''but  y  thou  feare  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  and  that  thou  walke  in  all  his  wayes, 
 5  loue  him,  (j  serue  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 with  all  thy  hert,  g  with  all  thy  soule :  and  {• 
 thou  kepe  the  comaundementes  of  y  LORDE, 
 5  his  ordinaunces,  which  I  comaunde  the  this 
 daye,  y  thou  mayest  prospere  ?  "  Beholde, 
 the  heauen  5  the  heauen  of  all  heaues  and  the 
 earth,  and  all  y  is  therin,  is  f  LORDES  thy 
 God.  tYet  hath  he  had  a  pleasure  vnto  thy 
 fathers,  to  loue  the :  and  hath  chosen  their 
 sede  after  the,  namely  you,  aboue  all  nacions, 
 as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 
 Circumcyse  therfore  f  foreszkynne  of  youre 
 hert,  5  be  nomore  styflfhecked.  -^For  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  is  God  of  all  goddes,  (t 
 LORDE  ouer  all  lordes,  a  greate  God,  mightie 
 (t  terryble,  which  regardeth  no  personne,  g 
 taketh  no  giftes,  and  doeth  righte  vnto  the 
 fatherlesse  and  wedowe,  and  loueth  the 
 straunger,  to  geue  him  fode  5  rayment. 
 ^  Therfore  shal  ye  loue  a  straiiger,  for  ye 
 youre  selues  also  were  straungers  in  the  londe 
 of  Egipte. 
 
 Thou  shalt  feare  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 him  onely  shalt  thou  serue,  vnto  him  shalt 
 thou  cleue  ig  sweare  by  his  name.     He  is  thy 
 
 •  Nu.  20.  d.  -  Nu.  3.  i.  18.  »  Nu.  18.  a.  losu.  13.  d. 
 '  Deut.  9.  d.  ■<  Deut.6.  a.  losu.  22.  a.  '  Psal.  25.  a. 
 lere.  27.  a.      t  Deu.  4.  f.      /  Deu.  30.  b.      e  Exod.  22.  c. 
 
 prayse  g  thy  God,  which  hath  done  for  y  these 
 greate  g  terryble  thinges,  y  thine  eyes  haue 
 sene.  '  Thy  fathers  wete  dovvne  in  to  Egipte 
 with  seuentye  soules,  but  now  hath  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  made  the  §as  y  starres  of  heauen  in 
 multitude. 
 
 CIjc  vi.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THERFORE  shalt  thou  loue  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  g  kepe  his  comaundemetes,  his 
 ordinaunces,  his  lawes,  g  his  preceptes  all  thy 
 life  loge.  And  vnderstode  this  daye,  that 
 which  youre  childre  knowe  not :  Which  haue 
 not  sene  the  nurtoure  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  g  his  greatnesse,  g  his  mightie  hande,  g 
 his  stretched  out  arme,  g  his  tokens  and  actes 
 which  he  dyd  amonge  the  Egipcias,  vnto 
 Pharao  the  kynge  of  Egipte,  g  to  all  his  londe, 
 g  what  he  dyd  to  the  power  of  f  Egipcians, 
 g  vnto  their  horses  5  charettes,  *whan  he 
 broughte  the  waters  of  the  reed  see  vpo  them, 
 as  they  folowed  after  you,  g  how  ;y^  LORDE 
 hath  broughte  them  to  naught  vnto  this  daye : 
 g  what  he  dyd  vnto  you  in  the  wildernesse, 
 vntyll  ye  came  vnto  this  place :  II  what  he  dyd 
 vnto  Dathan  and  Abiram  the  children  of  Eliab 
 the  Sonne  of  Ruben,  how  the  earth  opened 
 hir  mouth  and  swalowed  them  with  their 
 housholdes  g  tetes  all  their  good  that  they 
 had  in  the  myddes  amonge  all  Israel. 
 
 For  youre  eyes  haue  sene  the  greate  workes 
 of  f  LORDE,  which  he  hath  done.  Ther- 
 fore shal  ye  kepe  all  the  commaundementes 
 which  I  commaunde  you  this  daye,  that  ye 
 maye  be  stronge  to  come  in,  and  to  conquere 
 the  londe,  whither  ye  go  to  possesse  it,  g  that 
 ye  maye  lyue  longe  in  the  londe,  '  which  the 
 LORDE  sware  vnto  youre  fathers,  to  geue 
 vnto  them  and  to  their  sede,  eue  a  londe  that 
 floweth  with  mylke  and  hony :  For  the  londe 
 whither  thou  commest  in,  to  possesse  it,  is  not 
 as  the  londe  of  Egipte,  whence  ye  came  out, 
 where  thou  sowedest  thy  sede,  and  waterdest 
 it  at  thy  fote  as  a  garden  of  herbes :  "  but  it 
 hath  hilles  and  valleys,  which  drynke  water 
 of  the  rayne  of  heauen,  a  londe  that  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  careth  for.  And  the  eyes 
 of  the  LORDE  thy  God  are  allwaye  therin 
 from  the  begynnynge  of  the  yeare  vnto  the 
 ende. 
 
 »  Deut.  6.  c.  t  Matth.  5.  d.  '  Gen.  46.  d.  ^  Gene. 
 15.  a.  Deut.  28.  g.  '  Exo.  14.  f.  ||  Num.  16.  c.  and 
 26.  b.  '  Exo.  23.  d.  •"  Deut.  8.  b. 
 
So.  rivvbu 
 
 €i)t  b.  bofer  of  i%l0E(f£i. 
 
 Cbap.  nj. 
 
 Yf  ye  shal  horkeu  therfore  vnto  my  com- 
 niaundemeiites,  which  I  comniaunde  you  this 
 daye,  y  ye  loue  the  LOllDE  yoiire  God,  and 
 serue  him,  with  all  youre  hert  and  with  all 
 youre  soule  *then  wyl  I  geue  rayne  vnto 
 youre  lode  in  due  season,  early  and  late,  that 
 thou  mayest  gather  in  thy  corne,  thy  wyne 
 and  thine  oyle :  and  I  wyll  geue  grasse  vpon 
 thy  felde  for  thy  catell,  that  ye  mays  eate  d 
 be  fylled. 
 
 But  bewarre,  y  youre  hert  be  not  disceaued, 
 that  ye  go  asyde,  a,  serue  other  goddes,  3 
 worshipe  them,  and  then  the  wrath  of  the 
 LORDE  waxe  whote  vpo  you,  "and  he  shut 
 vp  the  heaue,  that  there  come  no  rayne,  and 
 the  earth  geue  not  hir  increase,  ij  ye  perishe 
 shortly  from  the  good  lode,  which  the  LORDE 
 hath  geuen  you. 
 
 '  Put  vp  therfore  these  my  wordes  in  youre 
 hertes  and  in  youre  soules,  and  bynde  the  for 
 a  signe  vpon  youre  handes,  y  they  maye  be  a 
 token  of  remembraunce  before  youre  eyes : 
 and  teach  them  youre  children,  so  that  thou 
 talke  therof,  whan  thou  syttest  in  thine  house, 
 or  walkest  by  the  waye :  whan  thou  lyest 
 downe,  and  whan  thou  rysest  vp :  and  wryte 
 them  vpon  the  postes  of  thine  house,  and  vpon 
 thy  gates,  that  thou  and  thy  children  maye 
 lyue  longe  in  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE 
 sware  vnto  thy  fathers  to  geue  them,  as  longe 
 as  the  dayes  of  heauen  endure  vpon  earth. 
 
 For  yf  ye  shal  kepe  all  these  commaunde- 
 mentes  which  I  commaunde  you,  so  that  ye 
 do  therafter,  that  ye  loue  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  and  walke  in  all  his  wayes,  and  cleue 
 vnto  him,  then  shall  the  LORDE  dryue  out 
 all  these  nacions  before  you,  so  that  ye  shall 
 coquere  greater  and  mightier  nacions  then  ye 
 youre  selues  are. 
 
 All  the  places  that  the  soles  of  youre  fete 
 treade  vpon,  shalbe  yours,  from  the  wyldernes, 
 and  fro  mount  I^ibanus,  and  from  the  water 
 Euphrates  vnto  y  vttemost  see  shal  youre 
 coastes  be.  Noman  shal  be  able  to  with- 
 stonde  you.  The  LORDE  youre  God  shal 
 let  the  feare  and  drede  of  you  come  vpon  all 
 f  londes  wherin  ye  go,  like  as  he  hath  pro- 
 mysed  you. 
 
 Beholde,  I  laye  before  you  this  daye  the 
 blessynge  and  the  curse.     *  The  blessynge,  yf 
 
 •  Ueut.  '<&.  b.   loel  a.  c.    Amos  4.  b.  »  Deu.  28.  c. 
 
 3  Re.  17.  ii.  iinil  18.  a.       '  Deut.  6.  b.    Pro.  3.  a.       '  Deu. 
 30.  c.         t  Deu.  28.  a.         J  Deu.  27.  b.  §  Deu.  7.  a. 
 
 ye  be  obedient  vnto  the  commaundementes 
 of  the  LORDE  youre  God,  which  I  com- 
 maunde you  this  daye.  The  curse,  yf  ye  wyl 
 not  be  obedient  to  the  commaundementes  of 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  but  turne  out  of 
 the  waye,  which  I  comaunde  you  this  daye, 
 so  that  ye  walke  after  other  goddes,  whom  ye 
 knowe  not. 
 
 Whan  y  LORDE  thy  God  hath  broughte 
 the  in  to  the  londe,  whither  thou  commest  in 
 to  possesse  it,  t  then  shalt  thou  geue  the 
 blessynge  vpon  mount  Grisim,  and  the  curse 
 vpon  mount  Ebal,  which  are  beyonde  lordane 
 the  waye  towarde  the  goinge  downe  of  the 
 Sonne,  in  the  lode  of  the  Cananites,  which 
 dwell  in  y  playne  felde  ouer  agaynst  Gilgal, 
 besyde  the  Oke  groue  of  More.  For  ye  shal 
 go  ouer  lordane,  that  ye  maye  come  in  to  take 
 possession  of  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE 
 youre  God  hath  geuen  you,  to  conquere  it, 
 and  to  dwell  therin.  Take  hede  now  therfore, 
 that  ye  do  acordinge  vnto  all  the  ordinaunces 
 and  lawes,  which  I  laye  before  you  this  daye. 
 
 E^t  vi).  Chapter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  ordinaunces  and  lawes 
 which  ye  shal  kepe,  that  ye  do  therafter 
 in  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  God  of  thy 
 fathers  hath  geuen  the  to  possesse,  as  longe 
 as  ye  lyue  vpon  earth.  §Destroye  all  the 
 places,  wherin  f  Heithen  (who  ye  shal  con- 
 quere) haue  serued  their  goddes,  whether  it 
 be  vpo  hye  mountaynes,  vp5  hilles,  or  araonge 
 grene  trees.  And  ouerthrowe  their  altares, 
 and  breake  downe  their  pilers,  and  burne 
 their  groues  with  fyre,  and  hewe  downe  the 
 ymages  of  their  goddes,  (j  brynge  the  names 
 of  them  to  naught  out  of  the  same  place.  Ye 
 shal  not  do  so  vnto  the  LORDE  youre  God : 
 but  the  place  II  which  y  LORDE  youre  God 
 shal  chose  out  of  all  youre  trj'bes  (that  he 
 maye  let  his  name  dwell  there)  shal  ye  seke, 
 and  come  thither.  If  and  thither  shal  ye  brynge 
 youre  burntsacrifices,  u  youre  other  oiferynges, 
 and  youre  tithes  and  the  HeueofFerynges  of 
 youre  handes,  and  youre  vowes,  and  youre 
 fre  wyll  offerynges,  and  the  firstbonie  of  youre 
 oxen  and  shepe :  and  there  shall  ye  eate 
 before  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and  **reioyse 
 ouer  all  that  ye  and  youre  houses  haue  geue 
 
 II  3  Reg.  9.  a.   2  Par.  7.  c.  H  Deu.  14.  b.  15.  c.  16.  a. 
 
 *•  1  Reg.  l.a.  and  16.  a. 
 
Cbap.  xih 
 
 CI)e  b.  bok(  of  iHosesf. 
 
 fo.  rl0bi). 
 
 with  youre  handes,  because  the  LOllDE  thy 
 God  hath  blessed  the.  *Ye  shall  do  none  of 
 the  thinges,  y  we  do  here  this  daye,  euery 
 man  what  semeth  him  good  in  his  awne  eyes. 
 For  ye  are  not  yet  come  to  rest,  ner  to  y 
 enheritauce  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal 
 geue  the. 
 
 But  ye  shal  go  ouer  lordane,  and  dwell  in 
 the  londe  y  the  LORDE  youre  God  shall 
 deuyde  out  vnto  you,  5  he  shal  geue  you  rest 
 from  all  youre  enemies  rounde  aboute,  and 
 ye  shal  dwell  safe.  Now  whan  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  chosen  a  place,  to  make  his 
 name  dwell  there,  ye  shall  brynge  thither  all 
 y  I  haue  commaunded  you,  namely,  youre 
 burnt  sacrifices,  youre  other  offerynges,  youre 
 tythes,  the  Heueofferynges  of  youre  handes, 
 (t  all  youre  fre  vowes,  which  ye  shall  vowe 
 vnto  y  LORDE :  and  there  shal  ye  eate,  and 
 reioyse  before  the  LORDE  youre  God,  ye 
 and  youre  sonnes,  and  youre  doughters,  and 
 youre  seruauntes,  and  youre  maydes,  and  the 
 Leuites  that  are  within  youre  gates,  t  for  they 
 haue  no  porcion  ner  inheritaiice  with  you. 
 
 Take  hede  vnto  thy  selfe,  that  thou  offer 
 not  thy  burntofferynges  in  what  so  euer  place 
 thou  seyst :  but  in  the  place  which  y  LORDE 
 shall  haue  chosen  in  one  of  thy  trybes,  there 
 shalt  thou  offer  thy  burntofferynges,  and  do 
 all  that  I  commaunde  the.  Not  withstondinge 
 thou  mayest  kyll  and  eate  flesh  within  all 
 thy  gates,  after  all  the  desyre  of  thy  soule, 
 acordynge  to  the  blessynge  of  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  which  he  hath  geue  the :  t  both 
 the  cleane  and  vncleane  maye  eate  it,  as 
 of  the  Roo  and  herte,  onely  the  bloude  shalt 
 thou  not  eate,  but  poure  it  out  as  water  vpon 
 the  earth. 
 
 But  within  thy  gates  mayest  thou  not  eate 
 of  the  tythes  of  thy  come,  °of  thy  wyne,  ij  of 
 thy  oyle,  ner  of  y  first  borne  of  thine  oxen 
 and  of  thy  shepe,  or  of  eny  of  thy  vowes 
 which  thou  hast  vowed,  or  of  thy  frewyl- 
 offeringes,  or  Heueofferinges  of  thy  handes : 
 but  before  the  LORDE  thy  God  shalt  thou 
 eate  them,  in  the  place  which  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  choseth,  thou  5  thy  sonne,  and  thy 
 doughter,  thy  seruaunt,  thy  mayde,  and  the 
 Leuite  that  is  within  thy  gates,  s  thou  shalt 
 reioyse  before  f  LORDE  thy  God,  ouer  all 
 y  thou  puttest  thine  hande  vnto.  §     And  be- 
 
 *  Deu.  '29.  c.  t  Deut.  10.  b.  {  Deut.  15.  c. 
 
 ■■  Deut.  14.  c.     ^  Eccli.  7.  d.    »  Deut.  15.  c.     ||  1  Re.  14.  e. 
 
 warre,  that  thou  forsake  not  the  Leuite,  as 
 longe  as  thou  lyuest  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 But  whan  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  en- 
 large thy  hordes  of  thy  londe  (as  he  hath 
 promysed  the)  and  thou  saye  :  I  wil  eate  flesh 
 (for  so  moch  as  thy  soule  longeth  to  eate 
 flesh)  then  eate  flesh  acordinge  to  all  the 
 desyre  of  thy  soule.  But  yf  the  place  that 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  chosen  (to  let  his 
 name  be  there)  be  farre  from  the,  then  kyll 
 of  thy  oxen  and  of  thy  shepe,  which  the 
 LORDE  hath  geuen  the,  as  he  hath  com- 
 maunded the,  and  eate  it  within  thy  gates 
 acordinge  to  all  f  desyre  of  thy  soule.  '*  Euen 
 as  a  Roo  or  Hert  is  eaten,  maiest  thou  eate 
 it :  both  the  cleane  and  vncleane  male  eate  it 
 indifferently.  II  Onely  bewarre,  that  thou  eate 
 not  the  bloude :  for  the  bloude  is  the  life. 
 Therfore  shalt  thou  not  eate  the  life  with  the 
 flesh,  but  shalt  poure  it  out  like  water  vpon 
 the  earth,  y  thou  mayest  prospere,  and  thy 
 children  after  the,  whan  thou  hast  done  that 
 which  is  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  whan  thou  halowest  oughte  that  is 
 thine,  or  makest  a  vowe, '  thou  shalt  take  it, 
 and  brynge  it  vnto  the  place,  that  the  LORDE 
 hath  chosen,  and  do  thy  burntofferynges  with 
 the  flesh  and  bloude  vpon  the  altare  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God.  The  bloude  of  thine 
 offVynge  shalt  thou  poure  vpon  the  altare  of 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  eate  the  flesh. 
 Take  hede,  and  heare  all  these  wordes,  which 
 I  commaunde  the,  y  it  maye  go  well  with  the, 
 and  thy  children  after  y  for  euer,  whan  thou 
 hast  done  y  which  is  righte  and  acceptable  in 
 the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 ■*  Whan  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  roted  out 
 the  Heithen  before  the,  whither  thou  commest 
 in  to  conquere  them,  (j  whan  thou  hast 
 coquered  them,  (t  dwelt  in  their  londe,  bewarre 
 then,  y  thou  fall  not  in  the  snare  after  the, 
 whan  they  are  destroyed  before  the  :  5  that 
 thou  axe  not  after  their  goddes,  5  saye  :  Eue 
 as  these  nacions  haue  serued  their  goddes,  so 
 wil  I  do  also.  II  Thou  shalt  not  do  so  vnto 
 the  LORDE  thy  God.  For  all  that  is  abho- 
 minacion  vnto  the  LORDE,  5  that  he  hateth, 
 y  same  haue  they  done  vnto  their  goddes. 
 For  they  haue  burnt  euen  their  sonnes  and 
 their  doughters  with  fyre  vnto  their  goddes. 
 
 All  that  I  commaunde  you,  shal  ye  kepe, 
 
 '  Deu.  14.  b.  and  15.  c.  "■  Deu.  18.  b.     losu.  23.  c. 
 
 f  Deut.  18.  b.     lerr.  19.  a.     Esa.  65.  a. 
 
 26 
 
fo,  clrirfaiij. 
 
 €i)t  b.  bokt  of  iilosesf. 
 
 Cfeap.  yiij» 
 
 that  ye  do  therafter.     *  Ye  shal  put  nothinge 
 therto,  ner  take  ought  there  from. 
 
 E\)t  yii).  Cpptcr. 
 
 YF  there  ryse  vp  a  t  prophet  or  dreamer 
 amonge  you,  and  geue  the  a  token  or  a 
 wonder,  and  that  token  or  wonder  which  he 
 spake  of,  come  to  passe,  and  then  saye :  Let 
 vs  go  after  other  goddes  (whom  thou  knowest 
 not)  and  let  vs  serue  the:  Thou  shalt  not 
 herken  vnto  the  wordes  of  soch  a  prophet  or 
 dreamer. 
 
 "  For  y  LORDE  youre  God  proueth  you, 
 to  wete  whether  ye  loue  him  with  all  youre 
 hert,  (t  with  all  youre  soule.  For  ye  shall 
 walke  after  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and 
 feare  him,  and  kepe  his  commaundementes, 
 5  herken  vnto  his  voyce,  and  serue  him,  and 
 cleue  vnto  him.  t  As  for  that  prophet  or 
 dreamer,  he  shal  dye :  because  he  hath  spoken 
 to  turne  you  awaye  from  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  (which  broughte  you  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  and  delyuered  you  from  the  house  of 
 bondage)  to  thrust  the  out  of  the  waye,  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  commaunded  the  to 
 walke  in,  and  so  shalt  thou  put  awaie  the 
 euell  from  the. 
 
 Yf  thy  brother,  the  sonne  of  thy  mother, 
 or  thine  awne  sonne,  *or  thy  doughter,  or  the 
 wyfe  in  thy  bosome,  or  thy  frende  which  is 
 vnto  the  as  thine  owne  soule,  entyse  the 
 secretly,  and  saye :  Let  vs  go  and  serue  other 
 goddes  (whom  thou  knowest  not,  ner  yet  thy 
 father)  which  are  amonge  the  nacions  rounde 
 aboute  you,  whether  they  be  nye  vnto  the  or 
 farre  from  the,  from  the  one  ende  of  the  earth 
 vnto  the  other :  consente  not  vnto  him,  and 
 herke  not  vnto  him.  "^  Thine  eye  also  shal  not 
 pytie  him,  and  thou  shalt  haue  no  compassion 
 vpon  him,  ner  kepe  him  secrete,  but  shalt 
 cause  him  to  be  slayne :  thine  hiide  shal  be 
 first  vpon  him,  to  cause  him  to  be  slayne, 
 and  then  the  handes  of  all  the  people.  He 
 shalbe  stoned  to  death,  because  he  wente 
 aboute  to  thrust  the  awaye  from  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  which  broughte  the  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte  from  the  house  of  bodage  -A  y  all 
 Israel  maye  heare,  and  feare  him,  and  do 
 nomore  soch  euell  amonge  you. 
 
 Yf  thou  hearest  in  eny  cite  which  y  LORDE 
 
 •  Deu.  4.  a.  losu.  1.  b.  t  Mat.  7.  b.  '  Deut.  8.  a. 
 t  lere.  28.  c.  and  29.  d.  »  Zach.  13.  a.     Mat.  18.  a. 
 
 Luc.  17.  a.      '  Deut.  17.  b.      ^  Deu.  19.  d.      1|  Deu.  17.  b. 
 
 thy  God  hath  geue  the  to  dwell  in,  that  it  is 
 sayde :  There  are  certayne  men,  the  children 
 of  Belial,  gone  out  from  amonge  you,  and 
 haue  disceaued  the  inhabiters  of  their  cite, 
 and  sayde :  let  vs  go,  and  serue  other  goddes, 
 whom  ye  knowe  not.  II  Then  shalt  thou  seke, 
 make  search,  and  enquere  diligently. 
 
 And  yf  it  be  founde  of  a  trueth,  that  it  is  so 
 in  dede,  y  soch  abhominacion  is  wroughte 
 amonge  you,  then  shalt  thou  smyte  the  in- 
 dwellers  of  the  same  cite  and  their  catell, 
 with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  damne  the 
 cite  with  all  that  is  therin  :  and  all  the  spoyle 
 therof  shalt  thou  gather  together  in  the 
 myddes  of  the  stretes  of  it,  and  burne  with 
 fyre,  both  the  cite  and  all  the  spoyle  therof 
 together  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God,  that  it 
 maye  lye  vpon  a  heape  for  euer,  and  neuer  be 
 buylded  eny  more.  ^  And  let  nothinge  of  the 
 damned  thinge  cleue  vnto  thy  hande,  that  the 
 LORDE  maye  be  turned  from  the  indig- 
 nacion  of  his  wrath,  and  graunte  the  mercy, 
 and  haue  compassion  on  the,  and  multiplye 
 the  (as  he  hath  sworne  vnto  thy  fathers)  be- 
 cause thou  hast  herkened  vnto  y  voyce  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  to  kepe  all  his  com- 
 maundementes, which  I  commaunde  the  this 
 daye,  so  that  thou  doest  the  thinge  which  is 
 righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 Wife  yiii).  Cljapter. 
 
 YE  are  the  children  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  ''  Cut  not  youre  seines  therfore,  5 
 make  you  no  baldnesse  betwene  youre  eyes 
 ouer  eny  deed.  °  For  thou  art  an  holy  people 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God.  **And  the 
 LORDE  hath  chosen  the  to  be  his  awne 
 pecidier  people,  from  amoge  all  the  nacions 
 that  are  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 -'^Thou  shalt  eate  no  abhominacion.  These 
 are  the  beestes  which  ye  shal  eate :  Oxen, 
 shepe,  Goates,  Hert,  Roo,  Bugle,  wylde 
 goate,  Vnicorne,  Origen,  and  Camelion.  And 
 euery  beest  that  deuydeth  his  clawe,  j  cheweth 
 cudd,  shal  ye  eate.  Neuertheles  these  shal  ye 
 not  eate  of  them  that  chewe  cudd,  and  deuyde 
 not  the  hoffe  in  to  two  clawes :  The  Camell, 
 the  hayre,  (t  the  conye,  for  though  they  chewe 
 cudd,  yet  deuyde  they  not  the  hoffe,  therfore 
 shal  they  be  vncleane  vnto  you.     The  swyne. 
 
 f  Deut.  7.  e.     losu.  7.  a.     2  Ma 
 '  Deut.  7.  a.  and  26.  d.         ••  Exi 
 
 .  12.  c. 
 ..  19.  a. 
 
 ^  Leui.  10.  b. 
 /  Leui.  11.  a. 
 
Cftap.  vb. 
 
 €\)t  b.  Ijofet  of  iilo^es. 
 
 #0.  rljTiv. 
 
 though  he  deuyde  the  hofFe,  yet  cheweth  he 
 not  cudd,  he  shall  be  vncleane  vnto  you  :  ye 
 shall  not  eate  of  the  flesh  of  the,  and  their 
 deed  carcases  shal  ye  not  touche. 
 
 "  This  is  it  that  ye  shall  eate  of  all  that  is 
 in  the  waters :  All  that  hath  fynnes  and  scales, 
 shall  ye  eate.  But  what  so  euer  hath  no 
 fynnes  ner  scales,  that  shal  ye  not  eate,  for  it 
 is  vncleane  vnto  you. 
 
 Eate  of  all  cleane  foules.  But  these  are 
 they,  wherof  ye  shal  not  eate :  The  Aegle,  y 
 Goshauke,  the  Cormoraunte,  the  Ixion,  the 
 Vultur,  the  Kyte  with  his  kynde,  j  all  Raiiens 
 in  their  kynde,  the  Estriche,  the  Night  crowe, 
 the  Cocow,  the  Sparow  hauke  with  his  kynde, 
 the  litle  Oule,  the  greate  Oule,  y  Backe,  the 
 Bytture,  the  Swanne,  the  Pellicane,  the  Pye, 
 the  Storke,  the  Heron,  the  laye  with  his 
 kynde,  the  Lapwynge,  y  Swalowe :  And  all 
 foules  y  crepe,  shal  be  vn  cleane  viito  you, 
 and  ye  shal  not  eate  them. 
 
 Ye  shall  eate  of  nothinge  y  dyeth  alone  : 
 thou  mayest  geue  it  vnto  y  straunger  with  in 
 thy  gate,  that  he  eate  it,  or  sell  it  to  a  straunger. 
 For  thou  art  an  holy  people  vnto  y  LORDE 
 thy  God.  *  Thou  shalt  not  seeth  a  kydd, 
 whyle  it  yet  sucketh  his  mother. 
 
 Thou  shalt  separate  out  the  tythe  of  all  the 
 increase  of  thy  sede,*  y  cometh  out  of  thy 
 felde  euery  yeare :  j  shalt  eate  it  before  f 
 LOllDE  thy  God  (tin  y  place  which  He 
 choseth,  y  his  name  maye  dwell  there)  namely 
 of  y  tythes  of  thy  come,  of  thy  wyne,  of  thy 
 oyle,  IT  the  first  borne  of  thine  oxen,  and  of 
 thy  shepe,  y  thou  mayest  lerne  to  feare  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  all  thy  life  longe. 
 
 i  But  yf  the  waye  be  to  moch  for  y,  and 
 the  place,  which  y  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 chosen  to  set  his  name  there,  be  to  farre  from 
 the :  (I  thou  canst  not  cary  it  that  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  blessed  the  withall,  Then  geue 
 it  for  money,  5  take  y  money  in  thyne  hande, 
 and  go  vnto  the  place  which  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  chosen,  and  geue  the  money  for 
 all  that  thy  soule  desyreth,  whether  it  be  oxe, 
 shepe,  wyne,  stronge  drynke,  or  for  what  so 
 euer  thy  soule  desyreth,  and  eate  there  before 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  be  mery,  thou 
 and  thine  housholde,  and  y  Leuite  that  is 
 within  thy  gates.      Thou   shalt   not   forsake 
 
 Leui. 
 
 ^Leui.  1( 
 
 11. 
 
 b. 
 
 •  Ejcod 
 
 23.  c.  and  34. 
 
 c. 
 
 Exo 
 
 t 
 
 Esa 
 
 65 
 
 c. 
 
 J  Deut. 
 
 12.  c 
 
 Baruc 
 
 .  1. 
 
 c 
 
 .  c 
 
 '  Deu 
 
 26.  c. 
 
 ■'  Leui. 
 
 23 
 
 a 
 
 him,  §  for  he  hath  no  porcion  nor  inheritaunce 
 with  the. 
 
 '  In  the  thirde  yeare  shalt  thou  brynge  forth 
 all  the  tithes  of  thine  increase  of  the  same 
 yeare,  and  shalt  laye  it  within  thy  gates.  The 
 shal  the  Leuite  (which  hath  no  porcion  ner 
 enheritaunce  with  the)  and  y  straunger,  and 
 the  fatherlesse,  and  the  wedowe,  which  are 
 within  thy  gates,  come  and  eate,  and  fyll 
 them  selues,  that  the  LORDE  thy  God  maye 
 blesse  the  in  all  the  workes  of  thy  handes 
 which  thou  doest. 
 
 IN  the  seueth  yeare  shalt  thou  make  a  Fre 
 yeare.  ''  This  is  y  maner  of  the  Fre  yeare. 
 II  Who  so  euer  ledeth  oughte  with  his  hande 
 vnto  his  neghboure,  shal  not  requyre  it  of  his 
 neghboure  or  his  brother :  for  it  is  called  the 
 Fre  yeare  vnto  the  LORDE.  Of  a  straiiger 
 mayest  thou  requyre  it :  but  vnto  him  that  is 
 thy  brother,  shalt  thou  remytte  it.  t  There 
 shall  be  no  begger  amoge  you:  for  the 
 LORDE  shal  blesse  f  in  the  lode  which  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  f  to  inheritaunce 
 to  take  it  in  possession,  onelyjy  thou  herke 
 vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  (t 
 kepe  all  these  comaundemetes  which  I  co- 
 maunde  the  this  daye,  that  thou  maiest  do 
 therafter.  For  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal 
 blesse  the,  as  he  hath  promysed  the.  The 
 shalt  thou  lende  vnto  many  nacions,  5  ''shalt 
 borowe  of  noman.  Thou  shalt  raigne  ouer 
 many  nacions,  5  noman  shal  reigne  ouer  f. 
 
 **  Whan  one  of  thy  brethre  is  waxed  poore 
 in  eny  cite  within  thy  londe,  which  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  shal  geue  y,  thou  shalt  not  harden 
 thine  hert,  ner  withdrawe  thine  hande  from 
 thy  poore  brother  :  but  shalt  open  thine  hande 
 vnto  him,  and  lende  him,  acordinge  as  he 
 hath  nede. 
 
 Bewarre,  that  there  be  not  a  poynte  of 
 Belial  in  thine  hert,  that  thou  woldest  saye  : 
 The  seuenth  yeare,  the  yeare  of  Fredome  is 
 at  honde.  For  yf  thou  lokest  not  frecUy  vpo 
 thy  poore  brother,  and  geuest  him  nothinge 
 then  shall  he  crye  ouer  the  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  it  shall  be  synne  vnto  the :  tt  But  thou 
 shalt  geue  him,  and  let  it  not  greue  thine  hert 
 that  thou  geuest  him.    For  because  of  it,  shall 
 
 Exo.  22.  c.  Esa.  58.  b.       H  Eccli.  4.  a.       '  Exo.  28.  b. 
 »•  1  loh.  3.  c.        tt  Ro.  12.  b. 
 
jTo.  tim^ 
 
 El)t  fa.  hokt  of  i^gfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  jrbi. 
 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  blesse  the  in  all  thy 
 workes,  and  in  all  that  thou  puttest  thine 
 hande  vnto.  "  The  londe  shal  neuer  be  with- 
 out poore,  therfore  commaunde  I  the  and 
 saye,  that  thou  open  thine  hande  \Tito  thy 
 brother,  which  is  neady  and  poore  in  thy  londe. 
 Yf  thy  brother  an  Hebrue  or  Hebruesse 
 be  solde  vnto  the,  he  shal  serue  the  sixe  yeare, 
 in  the  seuenth  yeare  shalt  thou  let  him  go 
 Fre.  And  wha  thou  deliuerest  him  fre,  thou 
 shalt  not  let  him  go  from  the  emptye,  but 
 shalt  geue  him  of  thy  shepe,  of  thy  corne,  and 
 of  thy  wyne,  so  that  thou  geue  him  of  that, 
 which  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  blessed  the 
 withall.  And  remembre  that  thou  also  wast 
 a  seruaunte  in  the  lode  of  Egipte,  and  how 
 that  the  LORDE  thy  God  delyuered  the, 
 therfore  commaunde  I  the  this  thinge  to  daye. 
 
 But  yf  he  saye  vnto  the :  I  wyll  not  go  out 
 awaye  from  the,  '  for  I  loue  y  and  thine  house 
 (in  so  moch  as  he  is  well  at  ease  with  the) 
 then  take  a  botkyn,  and  bore  him  thorow  his 
 eare  to  the  dore,  and  let  him  be  thy  seruaunt 
 for  euer.  And  with  thy  mayde  shalt  thou  do 
 likewyse.  And  let  it  not  seme  greuous  vnto 
 the,  to  let  him  go  fre  from  the  (for  he  hath 
 serued  the  sixe  yeares  as  a  dubble  hyred  ser- 
 uaunt) then  shall  the  LORDE  thy  God  blesse 
 the  in  all  that  thou  doest. 
 
 All  the  first  borne  that  come  of  thine  oxen 
 and  shepe,  y  are  males,  shalt  thou  halowe 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  not 
 plowe  with  the  firstborne  of  thine  oxe,  and 
 shalt  not  clyppe  the  firstborne  of  thy  shepe  : 
 Before  the  LORDE  thy  God  shalt  thou  eate 
 the  euery  yeare,  *  in  the  place  that  the 
 LORDE  choseth,  thou  and  thine  housholde. 
 
 t  But  yf  it  haue  a  deformyte,  so  that  it  is 
 lame  or  blynde,  or  hath  any  other  euell  ble- 
 mysh,  thou  shalt  not  ofFre  it  vnto  y  LORDE 
 thy  God,  but  shalt  eate  it  within  thine  awne 
 gates  (t  whether  thou  be  vncleane  or  cleane) 
 euen  as  the  Roo  and  Hert.  Onely  se  that 
 thou  eate  not  of  the  bloude  therof,  but  poure 
 it  out  as  water  vpon  the  grounde. 
 
 Cl)t  \bi.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 ORSERUE  the   moneth    Abib,    y   thou 
 ofFre    Easter   vnto   the    LORDE   thy 
 God :  '  for  in  the  moneth  Abib  the  LORDE 
 
 "Mat.'id.u.  »Exo.21.a.  Leui.25.f.  ler.  34,  b.  c. 
 F.xo.  HI.  a.  J  Eiod.  13.  a.  Leui.  27.  d.  Num.  3.  b. 
 '  Deu.  14.  a.  d.  14.  b.  16.  a.         t  Leu.  22.  c.  Deut.  17.  a. 
 
 thy  God  broughte  y  out  of  Egipte  by  nighte. 
 And  for  the  Easter  vnto  y  LORDE  thy  God, 
 thou  shalt  offre  oxen  5  shepe,  in  y  §  place 
 which  y  LORDE  shal  chose,  y  his  name  maye 
 dwell  there.  Thou  shalt  eate  no  leuended 
 bred  in  y  feast.  Seuen  dayes  shalt  thou  eate 
 the  vnleuended  bred  of  thy  tribulacion  :  For 
 with  soroufull  haist  camest  thou  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Egipte,  that  thou  mayest  remebre 
 the  daye  of  thy  departinge  out  of  y  londe  of 
 Egipte,  all  thy  life  longe.  In  seue  dayes  shal 
 there  no  leuCded  bred  be  sene  within  all  thy 
 coastes :  5  of  the  flesh  that  is  offred  f  first 
 daye  at  euen,  there  shal  nothinge  be  lefte 
 ouer  night  vntyll  the  mornynge. 
 
 Thou  mayest  not  offi-e  Easter  with  in  eny 
 of  thy  gates,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 hath  geuen  the :  but  II  in  the  place  which  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  hath  chosen,  that  his  name 
 maye  dwell  there,  there  shalt  thou  offre  this 
 Easter,  at  euen  whan  the  Sonne  is  gone 
 downe,  euen  in  the  same  season  that  thou 
 camest  out  of  Egipte :  and  thou  shalt  dighte 
 it,  and  eate  it  in  the  place  that  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  chosen,  and  then  turne  the  on 
 the  morowe,  (j  go  home  in  to  thy  tente.  Sixe 
 dayes  shalt  thou  eate  \aileuended  bred,  and 
 on  the  seuenth  daye  is  the  gatheringe  together 
 of  the  LORDE  thy  God.  Thou  shalt  do  no 
 worke  therin. 
 
 ■'^  Seuen  wekes  shalt  thou  nombre  \Tito  f, 
 and  begjnne  to  nombre  whan  the  syccle  be- 
 gyiineth  in  the  corne,  and  thou  shalt  kepe 
 the  H  Feast  of  wekes  vnto  the  LORDE  thy 
 God,  that  thou  geue  a  frewyllofferynge  of 
 thine  hande,  acordinge  as  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  hath  blessed  the,  and  shalt  reioyse  before 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  thou  and  thy  sonne, 
 thy  doughter,  thy  seruaunt,  thy  mayde,  and 
 the  Leuite  that  is  within  thy  gates,  y  straunger, 
 the  fatherlesse,  and  the  wedowe,  that  are 
 amonge  you,  in  the  place  which  f  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  chosen,  that  his  name  maye 
 dwell  there.  And  remembre,  y  thou  wast  a 
 seruaunte  in  Egipte,  so  that  thou  kepe  and 
 do  these  ordjmaunces. 
 
 The  feast  of  Tabernacles  shalt  thou  kepe 
 seuen  dayes,  whan  thou  hast  gathered  in  the 
 frutes  of  thy  barne  3  of  thy  wyne  presse,  and 
 thou  shalt  reioyse  in  thy  feast,  thou  and  thy 
 
 t  Deu.  12.  b.  '  Exod.  12.  a.  and  23.  b.     Leui.  23.  a. 
 
 Num.  9.  a.  and  28.  c.  ^  Deut  12.  a.  14.  b.  15.  c. 
 
 II  2  Par.  35.  a.        /  Exo.  23.  b.  Leu.  23.  c.       f  Act.  2.  a. 
 
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 jTo.  tlmu 
 
 Sonne,  thy  doughter,  thy  seruaunte,  thymayde, 
 the  Leuite,  the  straunger,  the  fatherlesse,  and 
 the  wedowe  that  are  within  thy  gates.  *  Seuen 
 dayes  shalt  thou  kepe  y  feast  vnto  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  in  the  place  that  he  hath  chosen. 
 For  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  blesse  the  in 
 all  thy  frutes  and  in  all  the  workes  of  thine 
 hades.     Therfore  shalt  thou  be  glad. 
 
 "  Thre  tymes  in  the  yeare  shal  all  thy  males 
 appeare  before  the  LORDE  thy  God  (in  the 
 place  that  he  shall  chose)  namely,  in  the  feast 
 of  vnleuended  bred,  in  the  feast  of  wekes,  and 
 in  the  feast  of  Tabernacles.  He  shal  not 
 appeare  emptie  before  the  LORDE,  but 
 euery  one  after  the  gifte  of  his  hande,  acor- 
 dinge  to  the  blessinge  that  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  hath  geuen  the. 
 
 CIjc  vbij.  Ci)apter. 
 
 IUDGES  5  officers  shalt  thou  ordeyne 
 within  all  thy  gates,  which  f  LORDE  thy 
 God  geueth  the  am5ge  thy  trybes,  y  they 
 maye  iudge  the  people  with  righteous  iudg- 
 ment.  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  lawe.  *  Thou 
 shalt  knowe  no  personne  also,  ner  take  giftes. 
 For  t  giftes  blynde  the  eyes  of  y  wyse,  (j  per- 
 uerte  y  righteous  causes.  Loke  what  righte 
 is,  y  shalt  thou  folowe,  that  thou  mayest  lyue 
 (J  possesse  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  shal  geue  the. 
 
 Thou  shalt  plante  no  groue  (of  what  so  euer 
 trees  it  be)  nye  vnto  the  altare  of  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  which  thou  makest  the.  'Thou 
 shalt  set  the  vp  no  piler,  which  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  hateth.  t  Thou  shalt  ofrre  vnto  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  no  oxe  or  shepe,  that  hath 
 a  blemish  or  eny  euell  fauourednesse  on  it : 
 for  that  is  abhominacion  vnto  the  LORDE 
 thy  God. 
 
 ''Yf  there  be  founde  amonge  you  (within 
 eny  of  thy  gates  which  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 shal  geue  y)  a  man  or  woman,  that  worketh 
 wickednesse  in  y  sighte  of  the  LORDE  thy 
 God,  so  that  he  transgresseth  his  couenaiite 
 and  goeth,  and  serueth  other  goddes,  s  wor- 
 shippeth  them,  §  whether  it  be  Sone  or  Mone, 
 or  eny  of  the  hooste  of  heauen,  which  I  haue 
 not  commaunded,  and  it  is  tolde  the,  5  thou 
 hearest  of  it,  '  Then  shalt  thou  make  diligent 
 search  therfore.     And  yf  thou  fyndest  that  it 
 
 •  3  Re.  8.  i.  »  Exo.  23.  b.  »  Deut.  24.  c.  1  Re.  8.  a. 
 t  Exo.  23.  a.  Eccli.  20.  d.  '  1  Reg.  15.  c.  2  Re.  18.  d. 
 t  Leu.  22.  c.     Deu.  15.  c.  ''  Exo.  32.  f.    3  Re.  18.  e. 
 
 4  Re.  10.  d.         SDeut.  4.  c.         '  Deut.  13.  b.  aud  19.  d. 
 
 is  so  of  a  trueth,  that  soch  abhominacion  is 
 wroughte  in  Israel,  then  shalt  thou  brynge 
 forth  the  same  man  or  y  same  woma  (which 
 haue  done  soch  euell)  vnto  thy  gates  and  shalt 
 stone  them  to  death.  ■'^At  the  mouth  of  two 
 or  thre  witnesses  shal  he  dye,  that  is  worthy 
 of  death.  At  the  mouth  of  one  witnes  shal 
 he  not  dye.  The  handes  of  the  witnesses 
 shal  be  the  first  to  kyll  him,  and  the  f  handes 
 of  all  the  people,  that  thou  mayest  put  awaye 
 the  euell  from  the. 
 
 Yf  a  matter  be  to  harde  for  the  in  iudgmet 
 betwixte  bloude  and  bloude,  betwixte  plee 
 and  plee,  betwixte  stroke  and  stroke,  and  yf 
 there  be  matters  of  stryfe  within  thy  gates 
 II  then  shalt  thou  ryse,  and  go  vp  vnto  y  place 
 that  y  LORDE  thy  God  hath  chosen:  and 
 shalt  come  to  the  prestes  the  Leuites,  5  to 
 the  iudge  which  shalbe  at  that  tyme,  and  shalt 
 axe.  "They  shal  shewe  the  how  to  iudge,  and 
 thou  shalt  do  therafter,  as  they  saye  vnto  the, 
 in  y  place  which  the  LORDE  hath  chosen: 
 and  thou  shalt  take  hede  that  thou  do  acor- 
 dinge  vnto  all  f  they  teach  the.  Acordinge 
 to  the  lawe  y  they  teach  the,  a  after  the  iudg- 
 ment  that  they  tell  y,  shalt  thou  do  H  so  that 
 thou  turne  not  asyde  from  f  same,  nether  to 
 the  righte  hande  ner  to  the  lefte. 
 
 And  yf  eny  man  deale  presumptuously,  so 
 that  he  herkeneth  not  vnto  the  prest  (which 
 stondeth  to  do  seruyce  vnto  the  LORDE  thy 
 God)  or  to  the  Iudge,  the  same  shal  dye:  and 
 thou  shalt  put  awaye  the  euell  from  Israel, 
 that  all  f  people  maye  heare,  and  feare,  and 
 be  nomore  presumptuous. 
 
 Whan  thou  ait  come  in  to  y  londe  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  the,  5  takest 
 it  in  possession,  and  dwellest  therin,  and  shalt 
 sale:  **I  wil  set  a  kinge  ouer  me,  as  all  the 
 nacions  haue  aboute  me,  the  shalt  thou  set 
 him  to  be  kynge  ouer  the,  whom  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  shal  chose. 
 
 One  of  thy  brethren  shalt  thou  sett  to  be 
 kynge  ouer  the.  Thou  mayest  not  set  a 
 strauger  ouer  the,  which  is  not  thy  brother. 
 Onely  let  him  not  haue  many  horses,  'y  he 
 brynge  not  y  people  againe  in  to  Egipte 
 thorow  y-  multitude  of  horses,  for  as  moch  as  y 
 LORDE  hath  sayde  vnto  you,  that  from  hence 
 forth  ye  shulde  come  nomore  this  waye  agayne. 
 
 losu.  r.  d.  /Num.  35.  c.  Deut.  19.  c.  l|Deut.  21.  a. 
 Eccli.  45.  d.  «Eze.  44.  d.  II  Deut.  5.  d.  "'l  Reg.  8.  a. 
 '■  3  Reg.  4.  c.    2  Par.  9.  e. 
 
#0.  timih 
 
 d)e  b.  boikt  of  iilosies. 
 
 COap.  jrbuj. 
 
 "  He  shall  not  haue  many  wyues  also,  that 
 his  hert  be  not  turned  awaye.  *  Nether  shal 
 he  gather  liim  syluer  and  golde  to  moch. 
 
 And  whan  he  is  set  vpon  the  seate  of  his 
 kingdome,  he  shal  take  of  the  prestes  the 
 Leuites  this  seconde  lawe,  and  cause  it  be 
 wrytten  in  a  boke,  and  that  shall  he  haue  by 
 him,  +and  he  shall  rede  therin  all  the  dayes  of 
 his  life,  that  he  maye  lerne  to  feare  y  LORDE 
 his  God,  to  kepe  all  the  wordes  of  this  lawe, 
 all  these  ordinauces,  so  that  he  do  therafter. 
 He  shall  not  lifte  vp  his  herte  aboue  his  bre- 
 thren, and  shall  not  turne  asyde  from  the 
 commaundement,  nether  to  the  right  hiide  ner 
 to  the  lefte,  that  he  maye  prologe  his  dayes  in 
 his  kyngdome,  he  and  his  children  in  Israel. 
 
 HHft  jbiij.  €l)aptfr. 
 
 THE  prestes,  *the  Leuites,  all  the  trybe 
 of  Leui  shal  haue  no  parte  ner  enhe- 
 ritaunce  with  Israel.  The  offerynges  of  y 
 LORDE  (I  his  enheritaunce  shal  they  eate. 
 Therfore  shal  they  haue  no  inheritaunce 
 amonge  their  brethren,  because  the  LORDE 
 is  their  enheritaiice,  as  he  hath  saide  vnto  the. 
 This  shalbe  y  prestes  dutye  of  the  people,  (j 
 of  the  that  ofFre,  whether  it  be  oxe  or  shepe, 
 so  that  they  geue  vnto  the  prest  the  shulder 
 and  both  the  chekes,  and  the  brest.  And  the 
 first  frutes  of  thy  come,  of  thy  wyne  and  of 
 thy  oyle,  and  the  first  of  thy  shepe  sheringe. 
 tFor  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  chosen  him 
 out  of  all  thy  trybes,  to  stonde  and  mynyster 
 in  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  he  and  his 
 sonnes  all  the  dayes  of  their  life. 
 
 Yf  a  Leuite  come  out  of  eny  of  thy  gates 
 or  out  of  eny  place  of  all  Israel,  where  he  is 
 a  gest,  and  cometh  with  all  the  desyre  of  his 
 soule  (vnto  the  place  which  the  LORDE  hath 
 chosen)  to  mynister  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  his  God,  like  as  all  his  brethren 
 f  Leuites,  which  stonde  there  before  the 
 LORDE,  the  shal  he  haue  like  porcion  of 
 meate  with  the  other :  besydes  that  which  he 
 hath  of  the  solde  good  of  his  fathers. 
 
 Whan  thou  commest  in  to  y  londe  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  f,  ''thou  shalt 
 not  lerne  to  do  y  abhominacions  of  these 
 nacions,  that  there  be  not  founde  amonge  you, 
 y  maketh  his  sonne  or  doughter  go  thorow 
 
 "3  Re.  11.  a.  •  3  Re.  10.  c.  Esa.  2.  b.  tlosu.  l.b. 
 *•  Num.  18.  c.  Deu.  10.  b.  12.  b.  14.  c.  Eze.  44.  d. 
 t  Num.  3.  b.  and  18.  a.  '  Leu.  18.  a.  and  20.  d.  Deut. 
 12.  d.  and  ir.  b.     4  Re.  21.  a.     lere.  7.  a.  and  19.  a. 
 
 the  tyre,  or  a  prophecier,  or  a  choser  out  of 
 dayes,  or  that  regardeth  the  foules  cryenge, 
 or  a  witch,  or  a  coniurer,  or  soythsayer,  or  an 
 expounder  of  tokens,  or  y  axeth  eny  thinge  of 
 the  deed. 
 
 For  who  so  euer  doth  soch,  is  abhominacion 
 vnto  the  LORDE:  and  because  of  soch  abho- 
 minacions doth  the  LORDE  thy  God  dryue 
 the  out  before  the.  But  thou  shalt  be  per- 
 fecte  with  the  LORDE  thy  God.  For  these 
 nacios  whom  thou  shalt  conquere,  whom  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  hath  geuen  the,  herken  to 
 the  chosers  out  of  dayes,  and  to  the  soyth- 
 sayers:  but  so  shalt  not  thou  do  vnto  the 
 LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 ''A  prophet,  like  vnto  me,  shall  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  raise  the  vp  euen  out  of  the,  g 
 from  amonge  thy  brethren,  ^vnto  him  shal  ye 
 herke,  acordinge  as  thou  desyredest  before 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  in  Horeb,  (in  the  daye 
 of  y  gatheringe  together)  (j  saydest:  'Let  me 
 heare  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  my  God  no- 
 more,  and  se  nomore  this  greate  fyre,  that  I 
 dye  not.  And  y  LORDE  saide  vnto  me: 
 They  haue  well  spoken.  I  wil  rayse  them  vp 
 a  prophet  from  amonge  their  brethren  like 
 vnto  the,  and  wyl  put  my  wordes  in  his  mouth, 
 J  he  shal  speake  vnto  them  all  that  I  shal 
 comaunde  him.  II  And  who  so  euer  wyl  not 
 herken  vnto  my  wordes,  which  he  shal  speake 
 in  my  name,  of  him  wil  I  requyre  it. 
 
 ■^But  yf  a  prophete  presume  to  speake 
 ought  in  my  name,  which  I  haue  not  co- 
 mauded  him  to  speake :  and  he  that  speaketh 
 in  y  name  of  other  goddes,  y  same  prophete 
 shal  dye.  But  yf  thou  saye  in  thine  hert : 
 How  can  I  knowe  what  worde  the  LORDE 
 hath  not  spoken  ?  Euen  whan  the  prophete 
 speaketh  in  the  name  of  y  LORDE,  and  the 
 thinge  foloweth  not,  and  commeth  not  to 
 passe,  y  same  is  the  worde,  y  the  LORDE 
 hath  not  spoke.  The  prophet  hath  spoke  it 
 presumtuously,  therfore  be  not  airayed  of  him. 
 
 Clje  yiy.  Ci)apttt. 
 
 WHAN  f  LORDE  thy  God  shall  haue 
 roted  out  y  nacios,  whose  londe  y 
 LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  the,  so  y  thou 
 hast  conquered  them,  and  dwellest  in  their 
 cities  and  houses,   II  thou  shalt  appoynte  the 
 
 ''  Act.  3.  d.  and  7.  e.  §  Mat.  17.  a.  '  Exo.  20.  c. 
 
 Deut.  5.  c.  II  lob.  12.  f.    Heb.  2.  a.  /  Num.  16.  a. 
 
 Deut.  13.  a.  lere.  28.  a.  Eze.  14.  a.  f  Deut.  4.  g. 
 Num.  33.  b.     losu.  20.  a. 
 
Cfjap.  n* 
 
 m)t  b,  boht  of  iilosifsi* 
 
 Jfo.  tlxmi]. 
 
 out  thre  cities  in  the  myddes  of  the  lode,  y 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue  f  to  pos- 
 sesse.  Thou  shalt  prepare  the  waye,  and  parte 
 the  coastes  of  thy  londe  (which  f  LORDE 
 thy  God  shal  deuyde  out  vnto  the)  in  to  thre 
 partes,  that  whosoeuer  hath  commytted  a 
 slaughter,  maye  flie  thither.  And  this  shalbe 
 the  cause,  "that  whosoeuer  hath  committed  a 
 slaughter,  maye  flye  thyther,  and  lyue. 
 
 *Yf  eny  man  smyte  his  neghboure  vna- 
 warres,  and  hath  not  hated  him  in  t)Tne 
 passed  (as  whan  a  man  goeth  vnto  the  wod 
 with  his  neghboure  to  hew  downe  tymber,  and 
 he  turneth  his  hande  with  the  axe  to  hewe 
 downe  the  wod,  and  the  yron  slyppeth  from 
 the  helue,  and  hytteth  his  neghboure,  that  he 
 dyeth)  the  same  shal  flye  in  to  one  of  these 
 cities,  that  he  maye  lyue,  lest  the  auenger  of 
 bloude  folowe  after  the  deedsleyer,  whyle  his 
 hert  is  whote,and  ouertake  him,  whyle  the  waye 
 is  so  farre,  and  slaye  him,  where  as  yet  no  cause 
 of  death  is  in  hi,  for  so  moch  as  he  hated  him 
 not  in  tyme  passed.  Therfore  commaunde 
 I  the,  that  thou  appoynte  out  thre  cities. 
 
 And  whan  the  LORDE  thy  God  enlargeth 
 thy  borders,  as  he  hath  sworne  vnto  thy  fathers, 
 ft  geueth  the  all  the  lode  which  he  promysed 
 thy  fathers  to  geue  (so  that  thou  kepe  all  these 
 comaundementes,  and  do  y  I  commaunde  the 
 this  daye,  y  thou  loue  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 and  walke  in  his  wayes  all  thy  life  longe)  the 
 shalt  thou  adde  yet  thre  cities  vnto  these  thre, 
 that  innocent  bloude  be  not  shed  in  thy  londe 
 (which  the  LORDE  thy  God  geueth  the  to 
 enheritaunce)  and  so  bloude  come  vpon  the. 
 
 *  But  yf  eny  man  beare  hate  agajTist  his 
 neghboure,  and  layeth  waite  for  him,  and 
 ryseth  agaynst  him,  and  smyteth  him  that  he 
 dye,  and  flyeth  in  to  one  of  these  cities,  then 
 shall  the  Elders  of  the  same  cite  sende  thither, 
 and  cause  him  to  be  fetched  from  thence,  and 
 delyuer  him  in  to  the  handes  of  the  auenger 
 of  bloude,  that  he  maye  dye :  thine  eye  shal  not 
 pitie  him,  and  the  giltye  bloude  shalt  thou  put 
 awaye  fro  Israel,  that  thou  mayest  prospere. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  not  remoue  thy  neghbours 
 marck,  which  they  of  olde  tyme  haue  set  in 
 thine  enheritaunce,  that  thou  enheretest  in 
 the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 geuen  the  to  possesse  it. 
 
 -Exo.  21.b.     »Num.35.d.  Deut.  27.C.     •2Re.  14.  a. 
 '  Deu.  27.  c.      lob  24.  a.  ■<  Nu.  35.  d.      Mat.  18.  b. 
 
 loh.  8.  b.     2Cor.  13.  a.         t  Susan.  1.  {  Deut.  13.  b. 
 
 ''One  witnesse  shal  not  stonde  vp  alone 
 agaynst  a  man,  ouer  eny  trespace  or  synne, 
 what  maner  of  synne  so  euer  it  be,  y  a  man 
 can  do,  but  in  the  mouth  of  two  or  thre  wit- 
 nesses shal  euery  matter  be  stablished. 
 
 t  But  yf  an  vnrighteous  wytnesse  stonde  vp 
 agaynst  eny  man,  to  testifye  eny  trespace  vpon 
 him,  then  shall  both  the  men  that  stryue 
 together,  stonde  before  the  LORDE,  before 
 the  prestes  and  Judges,  which  shall  be  at  the 
 same  tyme.  tAnd  the  iudges  shall  make  dili- 
 gent inquisicion  :  5  yf  the  witnesse  be  founde 
 false,  and  hath  geue  false  witnesse  agaynst  his 
 brother,  then  shall  ye  do  vnto  him,  euen  as 
 he  thoughte  to  do  vnto  his  brother:  that  thou 
 mayest  put  awaye  the  euell  from  the  S  that 
 other  maye  heare  and  feare,  and  take  nomore 
 vpon  them  to  do  soch  wicked  poyntes  amonge 
 you.  Thine  eye  shall  not  pitie  him.  II  Soule 
 for  soule,  eye  for  eye,  tothe  for  tothe,  hande 
 for  hande,  fote  for  fote. 
 
 €!)t  n-  Cfjapttr. 
 
 WHAN  thou  goest  out  to  battayll  agaynst 
 thine  enemies,  and  "seyst  horses  and 
 charettes  of  the  people  more  then  thou,  be 
 not  afrayed  of  them :  for  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  which  bi'ought  y  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  is  with  the.  Now  wha  ye  are  come 
 nye  vnto  the  battayll,  the  prest  shal  steppe 
 forth,  5  speake  to  the  people,  and  saye  vnto 
 the :  Heare  Israel :  Ye  go  this  daye  in  to  the 
 battayll  agaynst  youre  enemies,  let  not  youre 
 hert  faynte.  ■'  Feare  not,  be  not  afrayed,  ner 
 a  drede  of  them.  ^  For  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  goeth  with  you,  to  fyghte  for  you  agaynst 
 youre  enemies,  y  he  maye  saue  you. 
 
 And  the  captaynes  shal  speake  to  y  people, 
 and  saye :  Who  so  hath  buylded  a  new  house, 
 and  hath  not  dedicate  it,  let  him  go,  and  byde 
 in  his  house,  that  he  dye  not  in  y  battayll,  and 
 another  dedicate  it.  **Who  so  hath  planted 
 a  vynyarde,  and  hath  not  yet  made  it  comen, 
 lett  him  go,  and  byde  at  home,  that  he  dye 
 not  in  the  battayll,  and  another  make  it  comen. 
 ttWho  so  hath  spoused  a  wyfe,  and  hath  not 
 yet  brought  her  home,  let  him  go,  and  byde 
 at  home,  y  he  die  not  in  the  battayll,  5 
 another  brynge  her  home. 
 
 And  the  captaines  shal  speake  further  vnto 
 
 §  Deu.  13.  b.  II  Exod.  21.  c.  Leui.  24.  d.  Math.  0.  ' 
 '  Deut.  7.  d.  /  Deut.  1.  c.  Num.  14.  a.  1  Mac.  4. 
 II  Deu.  28.  a.  ••  1  Mac.  3.  g.  tt  Deu.  24. 1 
 
So,  tlmiiii* 
 
 €i)t  b.  \jokt  of  ittoses. 
 
 Cftap.  nu 
 
 the  people,  and  saye  :  *  He  that  feareth  and 
 hath  a  faynte  hert,  lett  him  go,  and  byde  at 
 home,  that  he  make  not  his  brethrens  hert 
 fainte  also,  like  as  his  hert  is.  And  whan  the 
 captaynes  haue  made  an  ende  of  speakinge 
 vnto  the  people,  they  shall  set  the  rulers  of 
 the  boost  before  the  people  in  the  forefronte. 
 
 "  Whan  thou  commest  nye  vnto  a  cite  to 
 fight  against  it,  thou  shalt  offre  them  peace. 
 Yf  they  answere  the  peaceably,  and  open  vnto 
 the,  then  shal  all  f  people  y  is  founde  therin, 
 be  tributaries  vnto  the,  and  serue  y.  But  yf 
 they  w'yl  not  deale  peaceably  with  the,  and 
 wyll  warre  with  the,  then  besege  it:  and  whan 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  delyuereth  it  in  to  thy 
 hande,  thou  shalt  smyte  all  the  males  that  are 
 therin,  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde :  saue  the 
 wemen  and  the  children,  t  As  for  the  catell, 
 and  all  that  is  in  the  cite,  and  all  the  spoyle, 
 thou  shalt  take  them  vnto  thy  selfe,  and  eate 
 the  spoyle  of  thine  enemies,  which  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  geuen  the.  Thus  shalt  thou  do 
 vnto  all  the  cities,  that  are  very  farre  from  the, 
 and  are  not  of  the  cities  of  these  nacions. 
 
 But  in  the  cities  of  these  nacions,  which  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  shall  *geue  the  to  enherit- 
 auce,  thou  shalt  leaue  nothinge  alyue  that  hath 
 breth,  but  shalt  vtterly  destroye  the,  namely  t 
 the  Hethites,  Amorites,  Cananites,  Pheresites, 
 Heuites,  5  lebusites,  as  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 hath  commaunded  the,  y  they  teache  you  not 
 to  do  all  y  abhominacions,  which  they  do 
 vnto  their  goddes,  5  so  ye  to  synne  agaynst 
 the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Whan  thou  must  lye  a  longe  season  before 
 a  cite,  against  the  which  thou  makest  warre  to 
 take  it,  thou  shalt  not  destroye  y  trees  therof 
 that  thou  woldest  hew  them  downe  with  the 
 axe,  for  thou  mayest  eate  therof:  and  ther- 
 fore  shalt  thou  not  hew  them  downe.  For  it 
 is  but  wodd  vpon  the  felde,  and  no  man,  and 
 can  not  come  5  be  buUworkes  agaynst  the. 
 But  the  trees  which  thou  knowest  y  me  eate 
 not  of,  those  shalt  thou  destroye,  ana  rote  out, 
 and  make  buUworkes  therof,  agaynst  the  cite 
 that  warreth  with  the,  tyll  thou  haue  ouer- 
 come  it. 
 
 Ci)c  m-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WHAN  there  is  one  slayne  founde  in  f 
 londe  which  f  LORDE  thy  God  shall 
 
 •  ludic.  7.  a.  •  Num.  21.  c.  Deut.  2.  e.  t  losu.  8.  a. 
 andll.c.         »Deut.31.a.  losu.  6.c.  8  f.  10.  e.  lud.  1.  b. 
 
 geue  y  to  possesse  it,  (j  lyeth  in  y  felde,  a,  it  is 
 not  knowne  who  hath  slaine  him,  then  shal 
 thy  Elders  (i  iudges  go  forth,  and  meet  from 
 the  slayne  vnto  the  cities  that  lye  rounde 
 aboute.  Loke  which  cite  is  the  nexte,  f 
 Elders  of  the  same  shal  take  a  yoge  cowe, 
 which  hath  not  bene  laboured,  ner  hath  drawe 
 in  the  yocke,  j  they  shal  brynge  her  in  to  a 
 valley,  where  as  is  nether  earinge  nor  sowinge, 
 and  strike  of  hir  heade  there  in  the  valley. 
 
 Then  shal  the  prestes  f  children  of  Leui 
 come  forth.  (§For  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 hath  chosen  them,  to  serue  him,  and  to  prayse 
 his  name :  and  at  their  mouth  shal  all  plees 
 and  strypes  be  tryed.)  And  all  the  Elders  of 
 the  same  cite  shall  come  forth  vnto  the  slayne, 
 d  wash  their  handes  ouer  y  yonge  cowe,  whose 
 heade  is  stricken  of  in  the  valley,  and  shal 
 answere  and  sale  :  Oure  hades  haue  not  shed 
 this  bloude,  nether  haue  oure  eyes  sene  it. 
 Be  mercifull  (O  LORDE)  vnto  thy  people  of 
 Israel,  who  thou  hast  delyuered,  ||  laye  no 
 innocent  bloude  vnto  thy  people  of  Israels 
 charge :  then  shall  they  be  reconcyled  from 
 the  bloude.  Thus  shalt  thou  put  awaye  the 
 innocent  bloude  from  the,  in  that  thou  doest 
 the  thinge  which  is  righte  in  the  sighte  of  y 
 LORDE. 
 
 Wha  thou  goest  forth  to  warre  against  thine 
 enemies,  5  the  LORDE  thy  God  delyuereth 
 them  in  to  thine  handes,  so  that  thou  cariest 
 awaye  their  presoners,  and  seist  amoge  the 
 captyues  a  bewtyfuU  woman,  (j  hast  a  desyre 
 vnto  her  to  take  her  to  thy  wife,  the  brynge 
 her  home  to  thine  house,  and  let  her  shaue 
 hir  heade,  and  pare  hir  nayles,  and  put  of  hir 
 clothes  that  she  was  taken  presoner  in,  and  let 
 her  sit  in  thine  house,  and  mourne  for  hir 
 father  and  mother  a  moneth  longe  after  that 
 lye  with  her,  and  mary  her,  and  let  her  be  thy 
 wife.  But  yf  thou  haue  no  fauoure  vnto  her, 
 then  shalt  thou  let  her  go  whither  she  wyll, 
 and  not  to  sell  her,  ner  to  make  cheuesaunce 
 of  her,  because  thou  hast  dishonoured  her. 
 
 'Yf  a  man  haue  two  wyues,  one  that  he 
 loueth,  and  one  that  he  hateth,  and  they  beare 
 him  children,  both  the  beloued  and  the  hated, 
 so  that  the  firstborne  be  hirs  that  is  hated, 
 and  the  tyme  commeth  that  he  dealeth  out 
 the  inheritaunce  vnto  his  children,  then  can 
 he  not  make   the  sonne  of  f  beloued   first 
 
 t  Deut.  7.  a. 
 
 ^Deut.  17.  b.  Eccli.45.  d. 
 '  Gen.  29.  30. 
 
 1  lonae  1.  c. 
 
Cftap.  nih 
 
 €\)t  i).  iiokt  of  Mo^t&, 
 
 So,  dOTh* 
 
 borne  before  the  firstborne  sonne  of  the  hated, 
 but  he  shall  knowe  the  sonne  of  the  hated  for 
 f  first  Sonne,  so  that  he  geue  him  dubble  of 
 all  that  is  at  hande :  *for  the  same  is  y  begyn- 
 nynge  of  his  strength,  5  the  first  byrth  righte 
 is  his. 
 
 t  Yf  eny  man  haue  a  stubbome  and  disho- 
 bedient  sonne,  which  herkeneth  not  vnto  the 
 voyce  of  his  father,  and  mother,  and  whan 
 they  teach  him  nurtoure,  wyll  not  folowe 
 them,  then  shall  his  father  and  mother  take 
 him,  and  brynge  him  to  y  Elders  of  their  cite, 
 and  to  the  gate  of  the  same  place,  and  saye 
 vnto  the  Elders  of  the  cite :  This  oure  sonne 
 is  stobburne  and  dishobediet,  and  herkeneth 
 not  vnto  oure  voyce,  and  is  a  ryoter  and  a 
 dronkarde.  Then  shal  all  the  men  of  y  same 
 cite  stone  him  to  death  :  and  thus  shalt  thou 
 put  awaye  the  euell  fro  the,  that  all  Israel 
 maye  heare  and  feare. 
 
 "Yf  a  man  haue  commytted  a  synne  y  is 
 worthy  of  death,  and  is  put  to  death,  so  that 
 he  is  hanged  on  tre,  then  shal  not  his  body 
 remayne  all  night  on  tre,  but  thou  shalt 
 burye  him  the  same  daye  ( X  For  cursed  is  he 
 of  God  that  is  hanged)  that  thou  defyle  not 
 thy  londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  geueth 
 the  to  enheritaunce. 
 
 Cl^c  ni).  Cl^aptfr. 
 
 YF  thou  se  thy  brothers  oxe  or  shepe,  go 
 astraie,  *thou  shalt  not  withdrawe  thy 
 selfe  from  them,  but  shalt  brynge  the  againe 
 vnto  thy  brother.  But  yf  thy  brother  be  not 
 nye  vnto  the,  ij  thou  knowest  him  not,  then 
 shalt  thou  take  the  in  to  thine  house,  y  they 
 maye  be  with  the,  tyll  thy  brother  axe  after 
 them,  5  then  delyuer  him  the  agayne.  In 
 like  maner  shalt  thou  do  with  his  Asse,  with 
 his  rayment,  5  with  euery  lost  thinge  of  thy 
 brother,  which  he  hath  lost,  5  thou  hast  founde 
 it :  thou  mayest  not  withdrawe  thy  selfe. 
 
 '  Yf  thou  se  thy  brothers  oxe  or  Asse  fallen 
 downe  by  the  waye,  thou  shalt  not  withdrawe 
 thy  selfe  from  him,  but  shalt  heipe  him  vp. 
 
 A  woman  shall  not  weere  y  which  per- 
 tayneth  to  a  man,  nether  shal  a  man  put  on 
 womans  raymet.  For  who  so  euer  doth  soch, 
 is  abhominacion  vnto  f  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 Yf  thou  chaunce  vpon  a  byrdes  nest  by  y 
 waye  in  a  tre,  or  on  the  grounde,  with  yonge 
 
 •  Gen.  49.  a. 
 
 }  Gula.  3.  b. 
 
 t  Exo.  ai.b. 
 Exod.  23.  a. 
 
 "  losu.  8.  f.  and  10.  c. 
 =  Mat.  12.  b.  Luc.  13.  b. 
 
 or  with  egges,  and  the  dame  syttinge  vpon 
 the  yonge  or  vpon  the  egges,  thou  shalt  not 
 take  the  dame  with  the  yonge,  but  shalt  let 
 the  dame  flye,  and  take  the  yonge,  that  thou 
 mayest  prospere  and  lyue  longe. 
 
 \Vhan  thou  buyldest  a  new  house,  make  a 
 battelment  aboute  thy  rofe,  that  thou  lade 
 not  blonde  vpon  thine  house,  yf  eny  man  fall 
 therof. 
 
 ''  Thou  shalt  not  sowe  thy  vynyarde  with 
 dyuerse  sedes,  that  thou  halowe  not  (to  the 
 fullofferynge)  the  sede  which  thou  hast  sowne, 
 with  the  increase  of  the  vynyarde. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  plowe  with  an  oxe  and  an 
 Asse  together  at  one  tyme. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  not  weere  a  garmet,  y  is  mixta 
 with  woUen  and  lynnen  together. 
 
 II  Thou  shalt  make  gardes  vpon  the  foure 
 quarters  of  thy  garment,  wherwith  thou 
 couerest  thy  selfe. 
 
 Yf  a  man  take  a  wife,  and  hate  her  whan 
 he  hath  lyen  with  her,  and  layeth  eny  shame- 
 full  thinge  \aito  hir  charge,  and  bryngeth  vp 
 an  euell  name  vpon  her,  and  sayeth :  I  toke 
 this  wife,  5  whan  I  came  to  her,  I  founde  her 
 not  a  mayde.  Then  shall  the  father  and 
 mother  of  the  damsell  take  her,  and  brynge 
 forth  the  tokens  of  the  damsels  virginite  be- 
 fore the  Elders  of  the  cite,  euen  vnto  the  gate. 
 And  f  damsels  father  shal  saie  vnto  y  Elders : 
 I  gaue  this  man  my  doughter  to  wyfe.  Now 
 hateth  he  her,  and  layeth  a  shamefull  thinge 
 to  hir  charge,  and  sayeth  :  I  founde  not  thy 
 doughter  a  mayde.  And  lo,  these  are  the 
 tokens  of  my  doughters  virginite.  And  they 
 shal  sprede  out  the  clothe  before  the  Elders  of 
 the  cite.  So  shal  the  Elders  of  the  cite  take 
 that  man,  and  chastice  him,  and  put  a  pen- 
 naunce  vpon  him  of  an  hundreth  Sycles  of 
 syluer,  and  geue  the  same  vnto  the  father  of 
 the  damsell,  because  he  hath  broughte  vp  an 
 euell  name  of  a  mayde  in  Israel,  and  he  shall 
 haue  her  to  wyfe,  so  y  he  maye  not  forsake 
 her  all  his  life  longe.  But  yf  it  be  of  a  trueth, 
 that  the  damsell  is  not  founde  a  virgin,  the 
 shal  she  be  brought  forth  vnto  the  dore  of  hir 
 fathers  house,  and  the  me  of  the  cite  shal 
 stone  her  to  death,  f  because  she  hath  wrought 
 foly  in  Israel,  and  played  the  whore  in  hir 
 fathers  house.  And  so  shalt  thou  put  awaye 
 the  euell  from  the. 
 
 §  1  Cor.  11.  a.                ■*  Leui.  19.  e.  '  Leui.  19. 
 II  Nu.  15.  d. f  Deu.  23.  c. 
 
 27 
 
jTo,  dwbi; 
 
 €\)t  b.  bofec  of  Mi^ts. 
 
 Cf)ap.  ^Tiij. 
 
 "  Yf  a  man  be  founde  lienge  with  a  woma 
 that  hath  a  maried  huszbande,  they  shal  dye 
 both  the  man,  j  the  woma  that  he  hath  lien 
 withall.  And  so  shalt  thou  put  awaye  euell 
 from  Israel. 
 
 Yf  a  mayde  be  handfested  to  eny  man,  5 
 another  man  getteth  her  in  the  cite,  5  lyeth 
 with  her,  ye  shal  brynge  them  both  out  vnto 
 the  gate  of  the  cite,  and  stone  them  both,  y 
 they  dye.  The  damsell,  because  she  ci-yed 
 not,  beynge  in  the  cite.  The  man,  because 
 he  hath  brought  his  neghbours  wife  to  shame. 
 And  thou  shalt  put  awaye  the  euell  from  the, 
 
 But  yf  a  man  get  an  handfested  damsell 
 vpon  the  felde,  and  take  her,  and  lye  with  her, 
 then  the  man  that  laye  with  her,  shal  dye 
 alone,  and  vnto  the  damsell  thou  shalt  do 
 nothinge :  for  she  hath  done  no  synne  worthy 
 of  death.  It  is  like  as  yf  a  man  rose  against 
 his  neghboure,  and  slewe  him,  euen  so  is  this 
 also.  For  he  founde  her  in  the  felde,  and  the 
 handfested  damsell  cryed,  and  there  was  no 
 man  to  helpe  her. 
 
 *  Yf  a  man  fynde  a  mayde  that  is  not  had- 
 fested,  and  take  her,  and  lye  with  her,  and  be 
 founde,  then  shal  he  that  laye  with  her,  geue 
 hir  father  fyftie  Sycles  of  syluer,  and  shall 
 haue  her  to  wyfe,  because  he  hath  shamed 
 her :  he  maye  not  forsake  her  all  his  life  loge. 
 
 Noma  shal  take  his  fathers  wife,  ner  vn- 
 couer  his  fathers  couerynge. 
 
 Eifc  n'ii)-  (Cljapttr. 
 
 THERE  shal  none  that  hath  his  stones 
 broken  or  y  is  gelded,  ''  come  in  to  the 
 cogregacion  of  the  LORDE.  There  shal  no 
 whores  childe  also  come  in  to  the  cogregacion 
 of  y  LORDE,  no  not  after  ;y-  tenth  generacio, 
 but  shal  neuer  come  in  to  y  cogregacio  of  y 
 LORDE.  *  The  Ammonites  (j  Moabites  shal 
 not  come  in  to  f  cogregacio  of  y  LORDE, 
 no  not  after  y  tenth  generacion,  but  shall 
 neuer  come  in,  because  they  met  you  not 
 with  bred  5  water  in  y  waye,  wha  ye  came  out 
 of  Egipte.  t  And  besides  y,  they  hired 
 agaynst  you  Balaa  ;y-  sonne  of  Beor,  y  inter- 
 preter out  of  Mesopotamia,  to  curse  y.  But 
 f  LORDE  thy  God  wolde  not  heare  Balaam, 
 and  turned  the  curse  to  a  blessynge  vnto  the : 
 because  the    LORDE   thy  God   loued   the. 
 
 "  Leui.  20.  b.  »  Exo.  22.  c.  •■  Leui.  18.  a.  Deu. 
 26.  c.  ''Esa.  56.  a.  •  2  Esd.  13.  a.  t  Num.  22.  a. 
 losu.  24.  b.        }  Gen.  25.  c.         ^2  Co.  10.  a.  Ephe.  6.b. 
 
 Thou  shalt  wysh  him  nether  prosperite  ner 
 health  all  thy  life  longe  for  euer.  Thou  shalt 
 not  abhorre  an  Edomite :  t  for  he  is  thy 
 brother. 
 
 An  Egipcian  shalt  thou  not  abhorre,  for 
 thou  wast  a  straunger  in  his  londe.  Thi 
 children  whom  they  beget  in  the  thirde  gene- 
 racion, shal  come  in  to  the  congregacion  of  y 
 LORDE. 
 
 §  Wha  thou  goest  out  to  fighte  agaynst 
 thine  enemies,  kepe  the  from  all  wickednesse, 
 
 Yf  there  be  eny  man  amonge  you  which  is 
 vncleane,  so  that  eny  thinge  is  chaunced  to 
 him  by  nighte,  the  same  shal  go  out  of  y  boost 
 vntyll  he  haue  bathed  himselfe  with  water 
 before  euen :  and  whan  the  Sonne  is  gone 
 downe,  he  shall  come  in  to  the  boost  agayne. 
 
 And  without  the  boost  thou  shalt  haue 
 place  to  resorte  vnto  for  necessyte,  (j  thou 
 shalt  haue  a  shoueU  vnder  the  gyrdle :  and 
 whan  thou  wilt  set  f  downe  without,  thou 
 shalt  dygge  therwith  :  and  whan  thou  hast 
 done  thine  easement,  thou  shalt  couer  that 
 which  is  departed  from  the.  For  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  walketh  in  thine  hooste,  to  delyuer 
 the,  and  to  geue  thine  enemies  before  the. 
 Therfore  shall  thy  hooste  be  holy,  that  he  se 
 no  vncleane  thinge  in  the,  and  so  tume  him- 
 selfe from  the. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  delyuer  vnto  his  master  the 
 seruaunt,  which  is  escaped  fro  him  vnto  the 
 He  shall  dwell  with  the  in  the  place  that  he 
 choseth  within  eny  of  thy  gates,  for  his  wealth, 
 and  thou  shalt  not  vexe  him. 
 
 '  There  shal  be  no  whore  amonge  y 
 doughters  of  Israel,  nether  whorekeper  amonge 
 the  sonnes  of  Israel.  II  Thou  shalt  not  bringe 
 y  hyre  of  an  whoore  ner  the  price  of  a  dogg 
 in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE  thy  God  for 
 eny  maner  of  vowe  :  for  they  both  are  abho- 
 minacion  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 •'  Thou  shalt  occupye  no  vsury  \Tito  thy 
 brother,  nether  with  money,  ner  with  fode, 
 ner  with  eny  maner  thinge  that  vsury  maye 
 be  vsed  withaU.  (Vnto  a  strauger  thou  maiest 
 lende  vpo  vsury,  but  not  vnto  thy  brother)  y 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  maye  blesse  the  in  all 
 y  thou  takest  in  hade,  in  the  lode  whither 
 thou  commest  in  to  possesse  it. 
 
 sWhan  thou  makest  a  vowe  vnto  f  LORDE 
 
 Num.  25.  b.  Deut.  22.  c. 
 Leuit.  i!5.  f.  2  Esd.  5.  a. 
 Baruc  6.  e.  Act.  5.  a. 
 
 I  Mich.  1.  b.      f  Exo.  22.  c. 
 «  Num.  30.  a.  Eccls.  5.  a. 
 
 c 
 
Cftap,  miih 
 
 m)t  b,  Ijofce  of  Mo^t$. 
 
 #o,d)C)rFbijJ 
 
 thy  God,  thou  shalt  not  be  slacke  to  per- 
 fourme  it:  for  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal 
 requyre  it  of  the,  and  it  shal  be  synne  vnto 
 the.  Yf  thou  leaue  vowinge,  then  is  it  no 
 synne  vnto  the.  But  that  which  is  proceaded 
 out  of  thy  lyppes  shalt  thou  kepe,  and  do  ther- 
 after,  acordinge  as  thou  hast  vowed  vnto  the 
 LORDE  of  a  frewyll,  which  thou  hast  spoken 
 with  thy  mouth. 
 
 Whan  thou  goest  in  to  thy  neghbours 
 vyniarde,  thou  mayest  eate  of  the  grapes 
 acordinge  to  thy  desyre,  tyll  thou  haue  ynough. 
 But  thou  shalt  put  none  in  to  thy  vessell. 
 
 *  Whan  thou  goest  in  thy  neghbours  corne- 
 felde,  thou  mayest  plucke  the  eares  with  thine 
 hande,  but  with  a  syccle  mayest  thou  not 
 reape  therin. 
 
 Wt)t  niiitj.  Chapter. 
 
 WHAN  a  man  taketh  a  wife,  "and 
 marieth  her,  and  she  findeth  no  fa- 
 uoure  in  his  eyes  because  of  any  vnclennesse, 
 the  shal  he  wryte  a  byll  of  deuorcemet,  and 
 geue  it  her  in  hir  hade,  and  sende  her  out  of 
 his  house.  Yf  whan  she  is  gone  out  of  his 
 house,  she  go,  and  be  another  mans  w)'fe,  and 
 the  same  seconde  man  hate  her  also,  d  wryte 
 a  byll  of  deuorcement,  and  geue  it  her  in  hir 
 hande,  and  sende  her  out  of  his  house :  Or  yf 
 the  same  seconde  man  dye,  which  toke  her  to 
 wife,  then  hir  first  huszbande  that  put  hir 
 awaie,  male  not  take  hir  againe  to  be  his  wife, 
 in  so  moch  as  she  is  defyled,  for  that  is  abho- 
 minacion  before  the  LORDE:  that  thou  make 
 not  the  londe  to  synne,  which  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  geuen  the  to  enheritaiice.* 
 
 Whan  a  man  hath  newly  taken  a  wyfe,  he 
 shall  not  go  a  warrefare,  nether  shall  he  be 
 charged  withall.  He  shal  be  fre  in  his  house 
 one  yeare  longe,  that  he  raaye  be  mery  with 
 his  wife  which  he  hath  taken. 
 
 Thou  shalt  no  take  y  nethermost  and  vp- 
 peraiost  mylstone  to  pledge,  for  he  hath  set  y 
 his  lyuynge  to  pledge. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  be  founde  that  stealeth  one  of 
 his  brethren,  from  amonge  the  childre  of 
 Israel,  and  setteth  him  to  pledge,  or  selleth 
 him  soch  a  thefe  shal  dye,  that  thou  maiest 
 put  awaye  the  euell  from  the. 
 
 Kepe  the  from  the  plage  of  leprosie,  that 
 
 •Mat.  12.  a.  "lere.S.a.  Mai.  2.  c.  Mat.  19. a. and 5. d. 
 »  Deut.  20.  a.  t  Deut.  17.  c.  Mat.  23.  a.  i  Num.  12.  -.i. 
 '  Leu.   19.  c.     Eccli.  7.  c.     Tob.  4.  c.  ■*  lere.  31.  d. 
 
 thou  t  obserue  diligently  and  do  acordynge 
 vnto  all  that  the  prestes  the  Leuites  teach  the, 
 as  I  haue  commaunded  them,  y  shal  ye  ob- 
 serue and  do  therafter.  Remembre  what  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  dyd  vnto  Miriam  t  by  the 
 waye,  whan  ye  were  come  out  of  Egipte. 
 
 Yf  thou  lendest  thy  brother  eny  dett,  thou 
 shalt  not  go  in  to  his  house,  and  take  a  pledge, 
 but  shalt  stonde  without :  and  he,  to  who  thou 
 lendest,  shal  brynge  out  his  pledge  vnto  the. 
 But  yf  it  be  a  poore  body,  thou  shalt  not  lye 
 downe  to  slepe,  with  his  pledge,  but  shalt 
 delyuer  him  his  pledge  agayne,  whan  the 
 Sonne  goeth  downe,  that  he  maye  slepe  in  his 
 awne  rayment,  and  blesse  the,  so  shall  the 
 same  be  rekened  vnto  the  for  righteousnes 
 before  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 'Thou  shalt  not  withdrawe  the  hyre  of  f 
 nedye  and  poore  amonge  thy  brethren,  or 
 straunger  that  is  in  thy  londe,  or  within  thy 
 gates,  but  shalt  geue  him  his  hyre  the  same 
 daye,  that  the  Sonne  go  not  downe  theron, 
 for  so  moch  as  he  is  nedye,  and  his  life 
 susteyned  therwith :  that  he  call  not  vpon  the 
 LORDE  agaynst  the,  and  it  be  synne  vnto  the. 
 
 ''The  fathers  shal  not  dye  for  the  children, 
 ner  the  childre  for  the  fathers,  but  euei-y  one 
 shal  dye  for  his  awne  sjTine. 
 
 ^  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the  righte  of  the 
 straunger  and  of  the  fatherlesse.  And  y 
 wedowes  rayment  shalt  thou  not  take  to 
 pledge :  For  thou  shalt  remembre,  that  thou 
 wast  a  seruaunte  in  Egipte,  and  how  that  f 
 LORDE  thy  God  delyuered  the  from  thence, 
 therfore  commaunde  I  the  to  do  this. ' 
 
 Whan  thou  hast  reaped  downe  thine  haruest 
 in  the  fekle,  and  hast  forgotten  a  shefe  in  the 
 felde,  thou  shalt  not  turne  agayne  to  fetch  it, 
 but  it  shal  be  for  the  straunger,  y  fatherlesse 
 and  the  wedowe,  that  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 maye  blesse  the  in  all  the  workes  of  thy 
 handes. 
 
 Whan  thou  hast  plucked  thine  Olyue  trees, 
 thou  shalt  not  plucke  them  vp  cleane  after- 
 warde :  it  shal  be  for  the  straunger,  the  father- 
 lesse and  the  wedowe.  Whan  thou  hast 
 gathered  thy  vynyarde,  thou  shalt  not  gather 
 it  vp  cleane  afterwarde :  it  shalbe  for  the 
 straunger,  the  fatherlesse  and  the  wedowe. 
 And  thou  shalt  remembre,  that  thou  wast  a 
 
 4  Re.  14.  a.    2  Para.  25.  a.    Ezec.  18.  c.         ^  Deut.  17. 
 and  27.  c.         '  Leuit.  19.  c. 
 
#0.  flnvbiij. 
 
 €i)t  fa.  ftofet  of  iilosiesi. 
 
 Cftap.  v)rfa« 
 
 seruauiit  in   the  londe   of   Egipte :    therfore 
 comaunde  I  the  to  do  this. 
 
 Cl)t  rrb-  Cfjaptrr. 
 
 WHAN  there  is  a  stryfe  betwene  men, 
 they  shalbe  brought  before  y  lawe 
 and  iudged:  and  the  iudges  shall  iustifye  the 
 righteous,  and  condemne  the  vngodly.  And 
 yf  the  vngodly  haue  deserued  strypes,  the 
 iudge  shall  cominaunde  to  take  him  downe, 
 and  they  shall  beate  him  before  him,  acordynge 
 to  the  measure  and  nombre  of  his  trespace. 
 *  Whan  they  haue  geue  him  fortye  strypes, 
 they  shall  beate  him  nomore,  lest  (yf  there  be 
 mo  strj-pes  geuen  him)  he  be  beaten  to  moch, 
 and  thy  brother  be  horrible  before  thine  eyes. 
 
 "Thou  shalt  not  mosell  the  mouth  of  the 
 oxe,  that  treadeth  out  the  come. 
 
 *  Whan  brethren  dwell  together,  and  one  of 
 them  dye  without  children,  then  shall  not  f 
 wife  of  the  deed  take  a  straunge  man  without, 
 'but  hir  kynsman  shal  go  in  vnto  her,  and  take 
 her  to  wyfe :  and  the  first  sonne  that  she 
 beareth,  shal  he  set  vp  after  the  name  of  his 
 brother  which  is  deed,  that  his  name  be  not 
 put  out  of  Israel. 
 
 But  yi  the  man  wyl  not  take  his  kynswoman, 
 then  shal  his  kinszwoman  go  vp  vnder  the 
 gate  to  the  Elders,  and  saye :  My  kynsman 
 refuseth  to  stere  vp  a  name  vnto  his  brother 
 in  Israel,  and  wyl  not  marye  me.  Then  shal 
 the  Elders  of  the  cite  call  him,  and  comen 
 with  him.  Yf  he  stonde  then  and  saye :  I 
 wyl  not  take  her,  then  shal  his  kynszwoman 
 steppe  forth  vnto  him  before  the  Elders,  and 
 lowse  a  shue  fro  his  fote,  and  spyt  in  his  face, 
 and  shal  answere,  and  saye :  Thus  shal  it  be 
 done  vnto  euery  man,  that  wyl  not  builde  his 
 brothers  house.  And  his  name  shalbe  called 
 in  Israel,  the  vnshodd  house. 
 
 Yf  two  men  stryue  together,  and  the  wyfe 
 of  one  renne  to,  to  delyuer  hir  huszbande 
 from  the  hande  of  him  that  smyteth  him,  5 
 put  forth  hir  hande,  and  take  him  by  the 
 secretes,  then  shalt  thou  cut  of  hir  hande,  and 
 thine  eye  shal  not  pitie  her. 
 
 Thou  shalt  not  haue  in  thy  bagg  two  maner 
 of  weightes,  a  greate  and  a  small.  ''  Nether 
 shalt  thou  haue  in  thyne  house  dyuerse  mea- 
 sures, a  greate  and  a  small.  Thou  shalt  haue 
 a  perfecte  and  iust  weighte,  and  a  perfects 
 
 •2  Cor.  11.  a.  <■  1  Cor.  9.  b.  1  Timo.  5.  c.  'Rut. 
 4.  b.     '  Mat.  22.  b.   Luc.  20.  d.     "  Leni.  19.  g.  Mich.  6.  b. 
 
 and  iust  measure,  that  thy  life  maye  be  longe 
 in  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal 
 geue  the.  For  who  so  euer  doth  soch  (yee 
 all  they  that  do  euell)  are  abhominacion  vnto 
 the  LORDE  thy  God.  t  Remebre  what  the 
 Amalechites  did  vnto  the  by  the  waye,  wha 
 ye  were  departed  out  of  Egipte,  how  they 
 buckled  with  the  by  the  waye,  and  smote  thy 
 hynmost,  euen  all  that  were  feble,  which  came 
 after  the  whan  thou  wast  weerye  and  fainte, 
 and  they  feared  not  God.  Now  wha  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  bryngeth  the,  to  rest  fro 
 all  thine  enemies  rounde  aboute  in  the  londe 
 which  the  LORDE  thy  God  geueth  the  for 
 inheritaunce  to  possesse,  then  shalt  thou  put 
 out  the  remembraunce  of  the  Amalechites 
 from  vnder  heauen.     Forget  not  this. 
 
 '<!L\)t  rrSi-  €l)apttr. 
 
 WHAN  thou  commest  in  to  the  londe 
 that  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  geue 
 the  to  inheritaunce,  and  enioyest  it,  and 
 dwellest  therin,  thou  shalt  take  of  all  maner  i 
 first  frutes  of  the  londe,  that  come  out  of  thy 
 grounde,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  geueth 
 the,  5  shalt  put  them  in  a  maunde,  and  go 
 vnto  the  place  which  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 shal  chose  (y  his  name  maye  dwell  there)  and 
 thou  shalt  come  vnto  the  prest  which  shalbe 
 at  that  tyme,  and  saye  vnto  him :  I  knowlege 
 this  daye  \Tito  the  LORDE  thy  God,  that  I 
 am  come  in  to  the  londe,  which  y  LORDE 
 sware  mi  to  oure  fathers  to  geue  vs.  And  the 
 prest  shal  take  the  maunde  out  of  thine  hande, 
 and  set  it  downe  before  the  altare  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 Then  shalt  thou  answere  and  saye  before 
 the  LORDE  thy  God :  The  Syrians  wolde 
 haue  destroyed  my  father,  §  which  wete  downe 
 in  to  Egipte,  and  was  a  straiiger  there  with  a 
 small  folke,  and  became  there  a  naciS  greate, 
 mightie  (t  full  of  people.  II  But  the  Egipcias 
 intreated  vs  euell,  and  troubled  vs,  and  layed 
 an  harde  bondage  vpo  vs.  Then  cried  we 
 vnto  y  LORDE,  the  God  of  oure  fathers. 
 And  the  LORDE  herde  oure  cryenge,'  and 
 loked  on  oure  aduersite,  laboure,  and  op- 
 pressio,  H  ri  brought  vs  out  of  Egipte  with  a 
 mightie  hande,  and  a  stretched  out  arme,  and 
 with  greate  terryblenesse  thorow  tokens  and 
 woders,  and  hath  broughte  vs  vnto  this  place 
 
 t  Exo.  17.  c. 
 ^  Gen.  46.  a. 
 
 i  Exo.  23.  c,  and  34.  c.     Prou.  3.  b. 
 Exod.  l.b.      'Exod.  3.b.      1[Exo.l4.e. 
 
Cftap.  n^bij. 
 
 €i)t  b.  bofer  of  iKosies, 
 
 Jo.  dj:)n:i)r. 
 
 and  hath  geuen  vs  this  londe,  that  floweth 
 with  mylke  and  hony.  Therfore  brynge  I 
 now  the  first  frutes  of  the  londe,  which  the 
 LORDE  hath  geuen  vs.  And  thou  shalt 
 leaue  them  before  the  LORDE  thy  God,  and 
 geue  thankes  before  the  LORDEthy  God,and 
 reioyse  ouer  all  the  good,  that  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  hath  geuen  the,  and  thyne  house : 
 thou  and  the  Leuite,  and  the  straunger  that 
 is  with  the. 
 
 Whan  thou  hast  brought  together  all  f 
 tythes  of  thine  increase  in  the  thirde  yeare," 
 which  is  a  yeare  of  tithes,  thou  shalt  geue  it 
 vnto  the  Leuite,  to  the  straunger,  to  the 
 fatherlesse,  and  to  the  wedowe,  that  they  maie 
 eate  within  thy  gates,  and  be  filled.  And  thou 
 shalt  saye  before  the  LORDE  thy  God : 
 *  I  haue  broughte  that  halowed  is,  out  of  my 
 house,  and  haue  geuen  it  vnto  the  Leuyte, 
 the  straunger,  the  fatherlesse,  and  the  wedowe, 
 acordinge  to  all  thy  commaundement  which 
 thou  hast  comaunded  me.  I  haue  not  trans- 
 gressed thy  commaundementes,  ner  forgotten 
 them.  I  haue  not  eaten  therof  in  my  heuy- 
 nesse,  ner  taken  awaye  therof  in  vnclennesse. 
 I  haue  not  geue  therof  vnto  the  deed.  I 
 haue  bene  obedient  vnto  the  voyce  of  the 
 LORDE  my  God,  and  haue  done  all  as  he 
 hath  commaunded  me.  t  Loke  downe  from 
 thy  holy  habitacion,  from  heauen,  and  blesse 
 thy  people  of  Israel,  and  y  londe  that  thou  hast 
 geuen  vs,  as  thou  swarest  vnto  oure  fathers,  a 
 londe  that  floweth  with  mylke  and  hony. 
 
 In  the  daye  whan  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 commaunded  the,  to  do  acordynge  vnto  all 
 these  ordinaiices  and  lawes,  that  thou  shuldest 
 kepe  them  and  do  therafter  with  all  thy  hert 
 and  with  all  thy  soule.  *  The  same  daye 
 maydest  thou  a  promysse  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  shulde  be  thy  God,  and  y  thou  woldest 
 walke  in  all  his  wayes,  and  kepe  his  ordy- 
 naunces,  his  commaundementes,  and  his  lawes, 
 and  to  herken  vnto  his  voyce.  §  And  the 
 LORDE  promysed  the  vpo  the  same  daye, 
 that  thou  shuldest  be  his  awne  peculier  people, 
 like  as  he  hath  sayde  vnto  the  (so  y  thou  kepe 
 all  his  commaundementes)  and  that  he  wolde 
 make  the  hye  in  prayse  name  and  honoure 
 aboue  all  nacions  which  he  hath  made  II  y  thou 
 mayest  be  an  holy  people  viito  y  LORDE 
 thy  God,  as  he  hath  sayde  vnto  the. 
 
 «  Deu.  14.  c.  'Luc.  18.  b.  tBar.2.  c.  }  Exo.  19.  b. 
 and  24.  a.  Deut.  5.  d.    §  Exo.  19.  a.  Deut.  7.  a.  and  14.  a. 
 
 €1)0  nbi)-  <ffl)aptcr. 
 
 AND  Moses  with  y  Elders  of  Israel,  com- 
 maunded the  people,  j  sayde :  Kepe 
 all  the  commaundementes  which  I  commaunde 
 you  this  daye.  If  And  what  time  as  ye  go 
 ouer  lordane,  in  to  the  londe  y  f  LORDE 
 thy  God  shal  geue  the,  thou  shalt  set  vp  greate 
 stones,  and  playster  them  with  playster,  and 
 wryte  vpon  them  all  the  wordes  of  this  lawe : 
 (whan  thou  art  come  ouer)  y  thou  mayest 
 come  in  to  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  shall  geue  the,  a  londe  y  floweth  with 
 milke  and  hony,  as  y  LORDE  God  of  thy 
 fathers  hath  promysed  the. 
 
 Now  whan  ye  go  ouer  lordane,  ye  shall  set 
 vp  these  stones  (wherof  I  comaunde  you  this 
 daye)  vpon  mount  Eball,  and  playster  them 
 with  playster:  **and  there  shalt  thou  buylde 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God  an  altare  of  stone, 
 whervpon  thou  shalt  lifte  no  yron.  tt  Of  whole 
 stones  shalt  thou  builde  this  altare  vnto  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  and  offire  burntofferinges 
 theron  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God:  and  thou 
 shalt  offre  healthofFeringes,  and  eate  there, 
 and  reioyse  before  the  LORDE  thy  God: 
 and  vpon  the  stones  thou  shalt  wryte  all  the 
 wordes  of  this  lawe  manyfestly  and  well. 
 
 And  Moses  with  the  prestes  and  Leuites 
 spake  vnto  all  Israel,  and  sayde :  Take  hede 
 and  heare  O  Israel :  This  daye  art  thou  be- 
 come the  people  of  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 that  thou  mayest  be  obedient  vnto  the  voyce 
 of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  do  acordinge 
 vnto  all  his  commaundementes  and  ordi- 
 naunces,  which  I  comaunde  the  this  daye. 
 
 tt  And  Moses  charged  the  people  the  same 
 daye,  and  sayde :  These  shal  stonde  vpon 
 mount  Grisim  to  blesse  the  people,  whan  ye 
 are  gone  ouer  lordane :  Simeon,  Leui,  luda, 
 Isachar,  loseph,  and  Ben  lamin.  And  these 
 shal  stonde  vpon  mount  Eball  to  curse  :  Ru- 
 ben, Gad,  Asser,  Zabulon,  Dan  5  Nephtali 
 And  the  Leuites  shal  begynne,  and  saye  vnto 
 euery  man  of  Israel,  with  a  loude  voyce : 
 
 *  Cursed  be  he,  that  maketh  eny  carued 
 Idoll  or  molten  ymage  (an  abhominacion  of 
 the  LORDE,  a  worke  of  the  handes  of  y 
 craftesman)  and  putteth  it  in  a  secrete  place. 
 And  all  the  people  shal  answere  and  saye 
 Amen. 
 
 II  lere.  13.  b.     f  losu.  4.  a. 
 tt  Deut.  11.  d.     losu.  8.  g. 
 
 '  losu.  3.  g.     tt  Exo.  20.  d. 
 "  Exo.  20.  a.     Esa.  57.  a 
 
Lfo.  fvr. 
 
 Cbr  b.  bokf  of  ilflosts. 
 
 Cftap,  )r)rf)iij. 
 
 c 
 
 *  Cursed  be  he,  that  cui-seth  his  father  and 
 mother.    And  all  the  people  shall  save,  Amen. 
 
 °  Cursed  be  he,  y  remoueth  his  neghbours 
 mark.     And  all  the  people  shal  saye,  Amen. 
 
 *  Cursed  be  he,  that  niaketh  a  blynde  man 
 go  out  of  his  waye.  And  all  the  people  shal 
 saye,  Amen. 
 
 '  Cursed  be  he,  that  wresteth  f  righte  of  y 
 straunger,  of  the  fatherlesse,  5  wedowe.  And 
 all  the  people  shal  saye,  Amen. 
 
 ''  Cursed  be  he,  that  lyeth  with  his  fathers 
 wife,  to  vncouer  his  fathers  couerynge.  And 
 all  the  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 '  Cursed  be  he,  y  lyeth  with  eny  maner 
 beest.     And  all  the  people  shal  saye,  Amen. 
 
 t  Cursed  be  he,  y  lyeth  with  his  sister,  which 
 is  the  doughter  of  his  father  or  of  his  mother. 
 And  all  the  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 /Cursed  be  he,  y  lyeth  with  his  mother  in 
 lawe.     And  all  the  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 ^  Cursed  be  he  that  slayeth  his  neghboure 
 secretly.   And  all  the  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 i  Cursed  be  he,  that  receaueth  giftes  to 
 slaye  the  soule  of  innocent  bloude.  And  all 
 the  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 *  Cursed  be  he,  that  contynueth  not  in  all 
 y  wordes  of  this  lawe,  to  do  them.  And  all 
 f  people  shal  saye.  Amen. 
 
 Cl&e  yyhi\\.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  yf  thou  shalt  herken  vnto  f  voyce 
 of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  ■  to  obserue 
 and  do  all  his  commaundementes  which  I  co- 
 maunde  y  this  daye,  then  shall  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  set  y  an  hye  aboue  all  nacions  vpo 
 earth,  and  all  these  blessynges  shal  come  vpon 
 the,  and  ouertake  the,  because  thou  hast  bene 
 obedient  vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  thy 
 God.  Blessed  shalt  thou  be  in  the  towne,  and 
 blessed  in  the  felde.  Blessed  shalbe  the  frute 
 of  thy  body,  the  frute  of  thy  grounde,  and  the 
 frute  of  thy  catell,  and  the  frute  of  thine 
 oxen,  and  the  frute  of  thy  shepe.  Blessed 
 shal  be  thy  baszkett,  (i  thy  stoare.  Blessed 
 shalt  thou  be  wha  thou  goest  in,  and  blessed 
 whan  thou  goest  out.  ^  And  thine  enemies 
 [that  ryse  vp  agaynst  the,  shal  y  LORDE 
 1  cause  to  be  smytten  before  thy  face.  They 
 shal  come  out  agaynst  the  one  waye,  (t  flye 
 before  the  seuen  wayes. 
 
 *  Eio.  21.  b.  -  Deut.  19.  c.  »  Leui.  19.  d. 
 '  Deu.  24.  c.  <•  Leui.  18.  a.  and  20.  b.  Deut.  22.  d. 
 '  Exo.  22.  c.  Leui.  20.  b.  t  Leui.  18.  a.  2  Re.  13.  d. 
 S  Leui.  18.  c.         t  Exo.  21.  b.     Leui.  24.  d.     Deu.  19.  a. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  commaunde  the  bless- 
 ynge  to  be  with  y  in  thy  cellers,  and  in  all 
 that  thou  takest  in  hande,  and  shal  blesse  the 
 in  y  londe  that  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 geue  the.  The  LORDE  shal  set  the  vp  to 
 be  an  holy  people  vnto  himselfe  (as  he  hath 
 sworne  vnto  the)  yf  thou  kepe  the  com- 
 maundementes of  the  LORDE  thy  God:  so 
 that  all  nacions  vpon  earth  shal  se,  that  thou 
 art  called  after  the  name  of  the  LORDE:  j 
 they  shal  be  afrayedof  you.  And  f  LORDE 
 shal  make  y  plenteous  in  goodes,  in  the  frute 
 of  thy  wombe,  in  the  frute  of  thy  catell,  (j  in 
 the  frute  of  thy  grounde,  in  the  londe  that  the 
 LORDE  sware  vnto  thy  fathers,  to  geue  the. 
 
 II  And  the  LORDE  shal  open  vnto  f  his 
 good  treasure,  euen  the  heauen,  to  geue 
 rayne  vnto  thy  londe  in  due  season,  and  to 
 prospere  all  the  workes  of  thine  handes.  1i  And 
 thou  shalt  lede  vnto  many  nacios,  but  thou 
 shalt  borowe  of  no  man.  And  y  LORDE 
 shal  set  the  before,  and  not  behjTide :  (i  thou 
 shalt  be  aboue  onely,  and  not  benethe,  yf  thou 
 be  obedient  vnto  the  commaundementes  of  y 
 LORDE  thy  God,  which  I  commaunde  the 
 this  daye  to  kepe  and  to  do  them :  u  yf  thou 
 **  bowe  not  asyde  from  eny  of  these  wordes, 
 which  I  commaunde  y  this  daye,  either  to  the 
 righte  hande  or  to  the  lefte,  y  thou  woldest 
 walke  after  other  goddes  to  serue  them. 
 
 *  But  yf  thou  wylt  not  herken  vnto  the 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  to  kepe  and 
 to  do  all  his  commaundementes  and  ordi- 
 naunces,  which  I  commaunde  y  this  dale. 
 tt  then  shall  all  these  curses  come  vpon  the. 
 and  ouertake  the.  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in  the 
 towne,  and  cursed  in  y  felde  :  cursed  shal  thy 
 baszket  be,  and  thy  stoare.  Cursed  shall  be 
 the  frute  of  thy  body,  the  frute  of  thy  londe, 
 the  frute  of  thine  oxen,  and  the  frute  of  thy 
 shepe.  Cursed  shalt  thou  be  whan  thou 
 goest  in,  and  cursed  wha  thou  goest  out.  The 
 LORDE  shal  sende  in  to  the,  consuminge, 
 and  complayninge,  and  cursynge,  in  all  that 
 thou  takest  in  hande  to  do,  tyll  he  haue  de- 
 stroyed the  (J  shortly  broughte  the  to  naughte, 
 because  of  thy  wicked  inuencions,  in  that  thou 
 hast  forsaken  me. 
 
 The  LORDE  shall  make  the  pestylence  to 
 byde  longe  with  the,  tyll  he  haue  consumed 
 
 t  Eze.  22.  b.  Mich.  3.  c.  ''  Gal.  3.  b.  •  Leu.  26.  a 
 \  Deu.  20.  a.  ||  Deut.  11.  b.  f  Deu.  15.  a.  •*  Deu, 
 4.  a.  and  17.  c.        *  Leu.  26.  b.        tt  Bar.  1.  b.  Dan.  9.  b, 
 
Cbap.  n^iiU 
 
 Cfte  b.  bokt  of  itlosrs!. 
 
 So.  ntU 
 
 the  out  of  the  londe,  in  to  the  which  thou 
 commest  to  possesse  it.  The  LORDE  shall 
 smyte  the  with  swellynge,  feuers,  heate,  burn- 
 jTige,  venome,  drouth,  and  palenesse,  5  shall 
 persecute  the,  tyll  he  haue  destroyed  the. 
 *  Thy  heauen,  that  is  ouer  thy  heade,  shalbe 
 of  brasse,  and  the  earth  vnder  the,  of  yron. 
 The  LORDE  shall  geue  thy  londe  dust  for 
 rayne,  and  aszshes  from  heauen  vpon  the, 
 vntyll  thou  be  broughte  to  naught.  The 
 LORDE  shall  cause  the  be  smytten  before 
 thine  enemyes.  Thou  shalt  come  out  one 
 waye  agaynst  them,  and  seuen  wayes  shalt 
 thou  flye  before  them,  and  shalt  be  scatered 
 amoge  all  the  kyngdomes  vpon  earth.  Thy 
 carcase  shalbe  meate  vnto  all  maner  foules  of 
 the  ayre,  and  to  all  the  beestes  vpon  earth, 
 and  there  shalbe  no  man  to  fraye  them 
 awaye. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  smyte  the  with  y  botches 
 of  Egipte,  with  the  Emorodes,  with  scalle,  and 
 maungynesse,  that  thou  shalt  not  be  healed 
 therof.  t  The  LORDE  shall  smyte  the  with 
 madnesse,  blyndnesse  and  dasynge  of  hert. 
 And  thou  shalt  grope  at  the  noone  daye,  as  y 
 blynde  gropeth  in  darknesse,  and  shalt  not 
 prospere  in  thy  waye.  And  thou  shalt  sufFre 
 vyolence  and  wronge  all  thy  life  longe,  5  no 
 man  shal  helpe  f.  i  Thou  shalt  spouse  a 
 wife,  but  another  shal  lye  with  her.  §  Thou 
 shalt  buylde  an  house,  but  another  shall  dwell 
 therin.  Thou  shalt  plante  a  vynyarde,  but 
 shalt  not  make  it  comen. 
 
 Thine  oxe  shalbe  slayne  before  thine  eyes, 
 but  thou  shalt  not  eate  therof.  Thine  asse 
 shalbe  violently  taken  awaye  (euen  before  thy 
 face)  and  shal  not  be  restored  y  againe.  Thy 
 shepe  shalbe  geuen  vnto  thine  enemies,  and 
 no  man  shal  helpe  the.  Thy  sonnes  and  thy 
 doughters  shalbe  geuen  vnto  another  nacion, 
 and  thine  eyes  shal  se  it,  and  dase  vpon  them 
 all  the  daye  longe,  and  thy  hande  shal  not  be 
 able  to  delyuer  them.  The  frute  of  thy  londe 
 and  all  thy  laboure,  shall  a  nacion  eate,  which 
 thou  knowest  not :  and  thou  shalt  but  onely 
 be  he  that  shalbe  oppressed  and  sufFre  wronge, 
 all  the  dayes  of  thy  life.  And  thou  shalt  be 
 cleane  besyde  thy  selfe  for  the  sighte,  which 
 thine  eyes  shal  se. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  smyte  the  with  a  mys- 
 cheuous  botch  in  f  knees  5  legges,  so  that 
 
 •  Deut.  10.  c.  t  Mich.  3.  b.  Rom.  I.e.  {  2  Re. 
 12.  c.  4  Deu.  20.  a.  "  Deu.  4.  (1.     4  Re.  24.  d. 
 
 thou  canst  not  be  healed,  euen  from  the  sole 
 of  thy  fote  vnto  the  crowne  of  thy  heade. 
 
 °  The  LORDE  shal  brynge  the  and  thy 
 kynge  (which  thou  hast  set  ouer  the)  vnto  a 
 nacion,  whom  thou  knowest  not,  nether  thy 
 fathers :  and  there  shalt  thou  serue  other 
 goddes,  euen  wodd  and  stone :  and  thou  shalt 
 go  to  waist,  and  become  a  byworde,  j  a  laugh- 
 inge  stocke  amoge  all  nacions,  whither  y 
 LORDE  hath  caryed  the. 
 
 ■*  Thou  shalt  cary  out  moch  sede  in  to  f 
 felde,  and  shalt  gather  but  litle  in :  for  the 
 greshoppers  shal  destroye  it.  Thou  shalt 
 plante  vynyardes  and  dresse  the,  but  thou 
 shalt  nether  drynke  of  the  wyne,  ner  gather 
 of  y  grapes :  for  y  wormes  shal  consume  it. 
 Thou  shalt  haue  Olyue  trees  in  all  thy  coastes, 
 but  shalt  not  be  anoynted  with  the  oyle :  for 
 thyne  Oliue  trees  shalbe  roted  out.  Thou 
 shalt  get  sonnes  and  doughters,  and  yet  not 
 haue  them :  for  they  shal  be  caried  awaye 
 captiue.  All  thy  trees  and  frutes  of  thy 
 londe  shall  be  marred  with  blastinge. 
 
 The  straunger  that  is  with  y,  shal  clymme 
 vp  ouer  the,  and  be  allwaye  aboue  the :  but 
 thou  shalt  come  downe  alowe,  and  lye  euer 
 beneth.  He  shal  lende  vnto  the,  but  thou 
 shalt  not  lende  him.  He  shalbe  before,  but 
 thou  shalt  be  behynde. 
 
 And  all  these  curses  shall  come  vpon  the, 
 and  folowe  the,  and  ouertake  y,  tyll  thou  be 
 destroyed,  because  thou  herkenest  not  vnto  y 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  to  kepe  his 
 commaundemetes  and  ordinaunces,  which  he 
 hath  commaunded  the.  Therfore  shal  there 
 be  tokens  and  wonders  vpon  the,  5  vpon  thy 
 sede  for  euer,  because  thou  hast  not  serued  y 
 LORDE  thy  God  with  a  ioyfull  and  good 
 hert,  whan  thou  haddest  abundaunce  of  all 
 thinges.  And  therfore  shalt  thou  serue  thine 
 enemye,  which  the  LORDE  shal  sende  vpon 
 the,  in  hunger  and  thyrst,  in  nakednesse,  and 
 neade  of  all  thinge :  (t  he  shal  put  a  yocke  of 
 yron  vpon  thy  necke,  vntyll  he  haue  broughte 
 the  to  naughte. 
 
 '  The  LORDE  shal  brynge  a  nacion  vpon 
 the  from  farre,  euen  from  the  ende  of  f  worlde, 
 as  a  flyenge  Aegle :  a  people,  whose  speache 
 thou  canst  not  vnderstonde,  an  harde  fauoured 
 people,  which  regarde  not  the  personne  of  the 
 olde,  ner  haue  compassion  on  the  yonge.  And 
 
 2  Par.  33.  c.     lere.  24.  a.        "  Mich.  6.  c.        '  lere.  5.  c. 
 Bar.  4.  c. 
 
fo,  tnih 
 
 €f)t  b,  bokt  of  i^losesi. 
 
 Cftap.  vm. 
 
 JF 
 
 they  shal  eate  vp  y  frute  of  thy  catell,  5  the 
 frute  of  thy  londe,  tyll  they  haue  destroyed 
 the,  and  shall  leaue  the  nothinge  in  corne, 
 wyne,  oyle,  in  the  frute  of  thy  oxen  and  shepe, 
 vntyll  they  haue  broughte  the  to  naughte  :  and 
 shal  laye  sege  vnto  the  with  in  all  thy  gates, 
 tyll  they  cast  downe  thy  hye  and  stronge 
 walles,  wherin  thou  trustest  thorow  out  all  thy 
 londe.  And  thou  shalt  be  beseged  within  all 
 thy  portes,  thorow  out  all  thy  londe  which  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  hath  geuen  the. 
 
 *Thou  shalt  eate  the  frute  of  thine  awne 
 body,  the  flesh  of  thy  sonnes  and  of  thy 
 doughters,  which  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath 
 geue  the,  in  that  straytnesse  and  sege,  wher- 
 with  thine  enemye  shall  besege  the  :  so  that 
 it  shal  greue  the  man  y  afore  hath  lyued  ten- 
 derly and  in  voluptuousnes  amonge  you,  to 
 loke  vpon  his  brother  and  %'pon  his  wife  y 
 lyeth  in  his  bosome,  and  on  the  sonne  that  is 
 left  ouer  of  his  sonnes,  lest  he  shulde  geue 
 eny  of  them  of  the  flesh  of  his  children  that 
 he  eateth,  in  as  moch  as  there  is  nothinge  left 
 him  in  that  straytnesse  and  sege,  wherwith 
 thine  enemye  shal  besege  y  within  all  thy 
 gates.  And  the  woman  that  afore  hath  lyued 
 so  tenderly  and  voluptuously  amonge  you,  that 
 she  durste  not  set  the  sole  of  hir  fote  vpon  the 
 grounde  for  tendernes  and  voluptuousnes,  shal 
 be  greued  to  loke  vpon  hir  huszbande  that 
 lieth  in  hir  bosome,  and  on  hir  sonne,  and  on 
 hir  doughter :  euen  because  of  hir  doughters 
 which  she  hath  norished  betwixte  hir  legges  in 
 hir  lappe,  and  because  of  hir  sonnes  that  she 
 hath  borne  :  For  she  shall  eate  them  secretly 
 for  very  scarcenesse  of  all  thinges,  in  the 
 straytnesse  and  sege,  wherwith  thine  enemye 
 shal  besege  f  within  thy  gates. 
 
 Yf  thou  wilt  not  be  diligent  to  do  all  the 
 wordes  of  this  lawe  which  are  wrytten  in  this 
 boke,  that  thou  mayest  feare  this  glorious  and 
 fearfull  name,  euen  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 then  shal  the  LORDE  entreate  y  wonderously, 
 with  plages  vpon  y  and  thy  sede,  yee  with 
 greate  and  continuall  plages,  with  euell  and 
 contynuall  sicknesses,  and  shal  brynge  vpo  y 
 all  f  sicknesses  of  Egipte  (wherof  thou  wast 
 afrayed)  and  they  shal  cleue  vnto  the.  Therto 
 all  maner  sicknesses  and  all  maner  plages, 
 which  arc  not  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  this  lawe, 
 shal   the    LORDE  thy  God  cause  to  come 
 
 Tren.  4.  b. 
 lere.  31.  c. 
 
 t  Deut.  10.  d. 
 
 }  Eio.  14.  c. 
 
 vpon  the,  vntyll  he  haue  destroyed  the.  And 
 there  shal  be  left  but  a  fewe  people  of  you, 
 t  which  afore  were  as  the  starres  of  heauen  in 
 multitude:  because  thou  hast  not  herkened 
 vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 "And  as  f  LORDE  reioysed  ouer  you 
 afore,  to  do  you  good,  and  to  multiplye  you, 
 eue  so  shall  he  reioyse  ouer  you,  to  destroye 
 you,  and  to  brynge  you  to  naughte,  and  ye 
 shalbe  waysted  from  of  the  londe,  whither  thou 
 goest  now  to  possesse  it.  For  the  LORDE 
 shal  scater  the  amonge  all  nacions,  from  the 
 one  ende  of  the  worlde  vnto  another,  and 
 there  shalt  thou  serue  other  goddes,  whom 
 thou  knowest  not,  ner  yet  thy  fathers,  euen 
 wodd  and  stone. 
 
 And  amonge  those  same  nacions  shalt  thou 
 haue  no  quyetnesse,  nether  shal  the  sole  of 
 thy  fote  haue  eny  rest:  for  the  LORDE  shal 
 geue  the  there  a  fearfull  hert,  and  dasynge  of 
 eyes,  and  a  troubled  soule,  so  that  thy  life 
 shal  hage  before  the  :  Night  and  daye  shalt 
 thou  feare,  and  shalt  haue  no  trust  in  thy  life. 
 In  the  mornynge  thou  shalt  saye :  Who  shall 
 geue  me  the  euenynge?  And  at  euen  shalt 
 thou  saye:  Who  shal  geue  me  the  mornynge? 
 For  the  very  greate  feare  of  thine  hert,  which 
 shal  make  the  afrayed :  and  for  the  sighte  of 
 thine  eyes  which  thou  shalt  se. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  shal  brynge  the  agayne 
 in  to  Egipte  by  shippe  fidles,  euen  thorow  the 
 waye  wherof  I  sayde  vnto  the :  t  Thou  shalt 
 se  it  nomore  :  and  there  shal  ye  be  soldo  vnto 
 youre  enemies  for  bonde  seruauntes  and  bonde 
 maidens,  and  there  shalbe  no  man  to  bye  you. 
 
 Wi)t  n'iy-  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 THESE  are  f  wordes  of  the  couenaunt, 
 which  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses 
 to  make  with  the  children  of  Israel  ■*  in  the 
 londe  of  the  Moabites,  §  besyde  y  couenaunt 
 which  he  made  with  them  in  Horeb.  And 
 Moses  called  all  Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
 Ye  haue  sene  all  that  the  LORDE  dyd  before 
 youre  eyes  in  the  londe  of  Egipte,  vnto  Pharao 
 with  all  his  seruautes,  and  all  his  londe,  the 
 greate  tentacions  which  thine  eyes  haue  sene, 
 that  they  were  greate  tokes  and  wonders. 
 'And  yet  vnto  this  daye  hath  not  the  LORDE 
 geuen  you  an  hert  that  vnderstondeth,  eyes 
 that  se,  5  eares  that  heare. 
 
 '  Nu.  21.  c.        4  Exo.  19.  a.        <^  Deu.  30.  b.  lere.  31.  d. 
 
Cftap.  m^ 
 
 Ci)c  b.  hokt  of  Mo^(S. 
 
 So,  cxtiiU 
 
 Then  shall  not  the  LORDE  be  mercifull 
 vnto  him,  but  his  wrath  and  gelousy  shall 
 smoke  ouer  soch  a  man,  and  all  the  curses  that 
 are  wrytten  in  this  boke,  shall  lighte  vpon 
 him :  and  the  LORDE  shal  put  out  his  name 
 from  vnder  heauen,  and  shall  separate  him 
 vnto  euell  out  of  all  the  trybes  of  Israel, 
 acordinge  vnto  all  the  curses  of  the  couenaunt, 
 that  is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  this  lawe. 
 
 So  the  posterities  of  youre  childre  which 
 shal  ryse  vp  after  you,  and  the  straungers  that 
 come  out  of  farre  countrees,  shall  saye  (whan 
 they  se  the  plages  of  this  londe,  and  the  dis- 
 eases wherwith  the  LORDE  hath  smytten  it) 
 that  he  hath  brent  vp  all  their  londe  with 
 brymstone  and  salt,  so  y  it  can  not  be  sowne, 
 ner  is  frutefull,  nether  groweth  there  eny 
 grasse  therin,  If  Like  as  Sodom,  Gomor, 
 Adamaand  Zeboim  are  ouerthrowne,  which  the 
 LORDE  ouerthrewe  in  his  wrath  and  anger. 
 
 Then  shall  all  nacions  saye  :  **  Wherfore 
 hath  the  LORDE  done  thus  vnto  this  londe  ? 
 What  greate  wrothfull  displeasure  is  this  ? 
 Then  shalt  it  be  sayde  :  Euen  because  they 
 haue  forsaken  the  couenaunt  of  y  LORDE 
 God  of  their  fathers  (which  he  made  with 
 them  whan  he  broughte  them  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte)  and  they  wete,  and  serued  other 
 goddes,  and  worshipped  the,  euen  soch  goddes 
 as  they  knewe  not,  and  whom  he  had  not 
 deuyded  vnto  them.  Therfore  the  wrath  of 
 the  LORDE  waxed  whote  ouer  this  londe,  to 
 brynge  vpon  it  all  the  curses  that  are  wrytten 
 in  this  boke.  And  the  LORDE  thrust  them 
 out  of  their  londe  with  greate  wrath,  indigna- 
 cion  5  displeasoure  5  hath  cast  them  in  to 
 another  londe,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 
 These  are  the  tt  secretes  of  the  LORDE 
 oure  God,  which  are  opened  vnto  vs  and  oure 
 children  for  euer,  y  we  shulde  do  all  the 
 wordes  of  this  lawe. 
 
 CIjc  m-  Cf)apttr. 
 
 NOW  whan  all  this  commeth  vpon  the, 
 whether  it  be  the  blessinge  or  f  curse 
 which  I  haue  layed  before  the,''  and  thou  goest 
 in  to  thine  hert,  beynge  amoge  the  Heithen, 
 whither  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  thrust  the, 
 and  thou  tumest  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 so  that  thou  herkenest  vnto  his  voyce,  thou 
 and  thy  children  with  all  thy  hert  and  with 
 
 'Deu.  8.  a.         *  Nu.  21.  d.  e.         '  Deu.  2.  f.  and  3.  a.        Soph.  I.e.      ||  Deu.  12.  a.     fGen.l9.  e.      ••lere.  22.b. 
 '  Deu.  4.  a.       tlosu.  9.  d.      f  Gen.  17.  a.      ^lere.  5.  b.        3  Re.  9.  b.       H  1  Cor.  4.  a.       i*  3  Re.  8.  e.  2  Par.  33.  c. 
 
 28 
 
 He  hath  caused  you  to  walke  fortye  yeares 
 ia  the  wyldernesse.  "  Youre  clothes  are  not 
 waxed  olde  vpon  you,  nether  is  thy  shue  waxed 
 olde  on  thy  fote.  Ye  haue  eaten  no  bred,  and 
 dronken  no  w^iie,  ner  stronge  drynke,  that  ye 
 mighte  knowe,  that  he  is  f  LORDE  youre 
 God. 
 
 *And  whan  ye  came  vnto  this  place,  Sihon 
 the  kynge  of  Heszbon,  and  Og  y^  kynge  of 
 Basan,  '  came  out  agaynst  vs  vnto  battayll, 
 and  we  smote  them,  and  toke  their  londe,  and 
 gaue  it  to  enheritaunce  vnto  f  Rubenites  and 
 Gaddites,  and  to  the  halfe  trybe  of  the  Manas- 
 sites.  *Kepe  now  therfore  the  wordes  of  this 
 couenaunt,  and  do  therafter,  that  ye  maye 
 haue  vnderstondinge  in  all  that  ye  do. 
 
 Ye  stonde  this  daye  all  before  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  the  chefe  rulers  of  youre  trybes, 
 youre  Elders,  youre  officers,  euery  man  in  Is- 
 rael, youre  children,  youre  wyues,  f  straungers 
 that  are  in  thine  boost,  t  from  the  hewer  of 
 thy  wodd  vnto  f  drawer  of  thy  water :  that 
 thou  shuldest  enter  in  to  the  couenaunt  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  and  in  to  the  00th  which 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  maketh  with  the  this 
 daye,  that  he  mighte  set  the  vp  this  daye  to  be 
 a  people  vnto  himself,  and  that  he  mighte  be 
 thy  God,  as  he  hath  sayde  vnto  the,  t  and  as 
 he  sware  vnto  thy  fathers,  Abraham,  Isaac 
 and  lacob. 
 
 For  I  make  not  this  couenaunt  and  this 
 ooth  with  you  onely,  but  both  with  you  y  are 
 here  this  daye,  and  stonde  with  vs  before  the 
 LORDE  oure  God,  and  also  with  them  that 
 are  not  here  with  vs  this  daye.  For  ye  knowe 
 how  we  haue  dwelt  in  the  londe  of  Egipte, 
 and  how  we  came  thorow  the  myddes  of  the 
 Heythen,  whom  ye  passed  by,  and  sawe  their 
 abhominacions  and  their  Idols,  wodd  and 
 stone,  syluer  and  golde,  which  were  with  them : 
 Lest  there  be  amoge  you  man  or  woman,  or 
 an  housholde,  or  a  trybe,  which  turneth  awaye 
 his  hert  this  daye  from  the  LORDE  oure 
 God,  to  go  and  to  serue  y  goddes  of  these 
 nacions :  and  lest  there  be  amonge  you  some 
 rote,  that  beareth  gall  5  wormwodd :  so  that 
 though  he  heare  the  wordes  of  this  curse,  he 
 blesse  him  selfe  yet  in  his  hert,  and  saye: 
 i  Tush,  it  shal  not  be  so  euell.  I  wil  walke 
 after  the  II  meanynge  of  myne  awne  hert,  that 
 the  dronken  maye  perishe  with  the  thyrstie. 
 
fo,  (ytiiii. 
 
 Cfte  b.  bofef  of  iiflosfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  ppn. 
 
 all  thy  soule,  in  all  that  I  commaunde  the  this 
 daye,  *then  shal  the  LOKDE  thy  God  turne 
 thy  captiuyte,  and  haue  compassion  vpon  the, 
 and  shal  gather  thy  congregacion  agayne  from 
 amonge  all  the  nacions,  whither  the  LOIIDE 
 thy  God  hath  scatered  the. 
 
 And  though  thou  werest  thrust  out  vnto  the 
 vttemost  partes  of  the  heauen,  yet  shall  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  gather  the  from  thence, 
 and  from  thece  shal  he  fetch  the,  and  shal 
 brjTige  the  in  to  the  londe,  which  thy  fathers 
 haue  possessed,  and  thou  shalt  enioye  it,  and 
 he  shal  do  the  good,  and  multiplye  the  aboue 
 thy  fathers. 
 
 tAnd  the  LOIIDE  thy  God  shall  cireum- 
 cyse  thine  hert,  and  the  hert  of  thy  sede,  that 
 thou  mayest  loue  the  LORDE  thy  God  with 
 all  thy  hert  and  with  all  thy  soule,  that  thou 
 mayest  lyue.  But  all  these  curses  shall  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  laye  vpon  thine  enemyes, 
 and  vpon  them  that  hate  the  and  persecute 
 the.  But  thou  shalt  turne,  and  herken  vnto 
 the  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  to  do  all  his  com- 
 maundementes,  which  I  commaunde  the  this 
 daye.  And  the  LORDE  thy  God  shal  make 
 the  plenteous  in  all  the  workes  of  thine  hades, 
 in  the  frute  of  thy  body,  in  the  frute  of  thy 
 catell,  in  the  frute  of  thy  londe  to  good. 
 
 t  For  the  LORDE  shall  turne,  to  reioyse 
 ouer  the  to  good,  as  he  reioysed  ouer  thy 
 fathers,  so  that  thou  herken  \iito  the  voyce  of 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  (to  kepe  his  com- 
 maundementes  and  ordinaunces,  which  are 
 wrytten  in  the  boke  of  this  lawe)  and  turne 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God  with  all  thy  hert 
 and  with  all  thy  soule. 
 
 §For  the  commaundement  which  I  com- 
 maunde f  this  daye,  is  not  to  wonderfull  for 
 the,  ner  to  farre,  ner  yet  in  heauen,  that  thou 
 neadest  to  saye  :  Who  wil  go  vp  for  vs  in  to 
 heauen,  and  brynge  it  vnto  vs,  that  we  male 
 heare  it  and  do  it?  Nether  is  it  beyonde  the 
 see,  that  thou  neadest  to  saye :  Who  wyll  go 
 ouer  the  see  for  vs,  and  fetch  it  vs,  that  we 
 maye  heare  it,  and  do  it  ?  For  the  worde  is 
 very  nye  vnto  the,  eue  in  thy  mouth  and  in 
 thine  hert,  that  thou  do  it. 
 
 "  Beholde,  I  haue  layed  before  you  this 
 daye,  life  and  good,  death  and  euell.  For  I 
 comaunde  the  this  daye,  to  loue  the  LORDE 
 
 *  lere.  32.  e.  t  Deut.  10.  d.  }  lere.  32.  e. 
 
 ^  Rom.  10.  a.  '  Deut.  11.  d.  lere.  21.  b.  ||  Deu.  4.  d. 
 and  31.  g.       1[  Nu.  20.  b.       ••Nu.  Sr.d.       'Num.  21.  d. 
 
 thy  God,  and  to  walke  in  his  wayes,  and  to 
 kepe  his  commaundementes,  ordinaunces,  and 
 lawes,  that  thou  mayest  lyue  and  multiplye, 
 and  that  the  LORDE  thy  God  maye  blesse 
 the  in  the  londe,  whither  thou  goest  to  pos- 
 sesse  it. 
 
 But  yf  thou  turnest  awaye  thine  hert,  so 
 that  thou  wilt  not  heare,  but  fall  a  waye,  to 
 worships  other  goddes  and  to  serue  them,  I 
 certifye  you  this  daye,  that  ye  shal  perishe, 
 5  not  lyue  longe  in  the  londe,  whither  thou 
 goest  ouer  lordane  to  possesse  it. 
 
 II I  take  heauen  and  earth  this  daye  to 
 recorde  ouer  you :  I  haue  layed  before  you 
 life  and  death,  blessinge  and  cursinge,  that 
 thou  mayest  chose  life,  and  that  thou  and  thy 
 sede  maye  lyue,  y  ye  maye  loue  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  and  herken  vnto  his  voyce,  and 
 cleue  vnto  him :  ( For  he  is  thy  life  and  thy 
 loge  age)  that  thou  mayest  dwell  in  the  londe, 
 which  the  LORDE  sware  vnto  thy  fathers 
 Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  to  geue  them. 
 
 Ci^e  ]:j:n-  Cl^aptfr. 
 
 AND  Moses  wente,  5  spake  these  wordes 
 to  all  Israel,  and  saide  vnto  them :  I 
 am  this  daye  an  hundreth  and  twetye  yeare 
 olde,  I  can  nomore  go  out  and  in :  the  LORDE 
 also  hath  sayde  vnto  me :  HThou  shalt  not  go 
 ouer  tliis  lordane.  The  LORDE  thy  God 
 himselfe  shall  go  before  the  ouer  lordane :  and 
 HE  himselfe  shal  destroye  these  nacions  before 
 the,  that  thou  mayest  conquere  them :  and 
 losua  he  shall  go  ouer  before  the,  **  as  the 
 LORDE  hath  sayde.  And  the  LORDE 
 shal  do  vnto  them,  as  he  dyd  vnto  Sihon  and 
 Og  the  kynges  of  the  Amorites  and  vnto 
 their  lode,*  which  he  destroyed. 
 
 tt  Now  whan  the  LORDE  shal  deliuer  the 
 before  you,  ye  shal  do  vnto  them  acordjnige 
 vnto  all  the  commaundementes  which  I  haue 
 commaunded  you.  Be  manly  and  stroge, 
 feare  not,  and  be  not  afrayed  of  them.  For 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  himselfe  shal  go  with 
 the,  tt  and  shal  not  fayle  the,  ner  forsake  the. 
 
 And  Moses  called  losua,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  before  all  Israel :  Be  stronge  and  bolde, 
 for  thou  shalt  brynge  this  people  in  to  the 
 londe,  which  'the  LORDE  hath  sworne  vnto 
 their  fathers  to  geue  them,  and  thou  shalt 
 
 tt  Ueu.  7.  a.  and  20.  c. 
 
 '  losu. 1.  b. 
 
 tt  losu.  1. 
 3  Reg.  2.  a. 
 
COap.  mu 
 
 €i)t  b,  boht  of  Most^. 
 
 ffo,  c)rcb. 
 
 parte  it  amonge  them  by  lott.  But  the 
 LORDE  himselfe  that  goeth  before  you,  euen 
 HE  shal  be  with  the,  and  shal  not  fayle  the 
 ner  forsake  the:  Feare  not,  and  be  not 
 afrayed. 
 
 And  Moses  wrote  this  lawe,  and  delyuered 
 it  vnto  the  prestes  the  children  of  Leui  ( *whieh 
 bare  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE) 
 and  vnto  all  the  Elders  of  Israel. 
 
 And  he  commaunded  them,  and  sayde: 
 t  At  the  ende  of  seuen  yeares,  in  the  tyme  of 
 the  Fre  yeare,  in  the  feast  of  Tabernacles 
 whan  all  Israel  come  to  appeare  before  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  in  the  place  that  he  shall 
 chose,  thou  shalt  cause  this  lawe  to  be  pro- 
 clamed  before  all  Israel  in  their  eares,  namely, 
 before  the  congregacion  of  the  people,  both 
 of  men,  wemen,  children,  and  thjj  straungers 
 which  are  within  thy  gates :  that  they  maye 
 heare  and  lerne  to  feare  the  LORDE  their 
 God,  and  be  diligent  to  do  all  the  wordes  of 
 this  lawe  :  and  that  their  children  also  which 
 knowe  nothinge,  maye  heare  and  lerne  to 
 feare  the  LORDE  youre  God,  all  youre  lyue 
 dayes  which  ye  lyue  in  the  londe,  whither  ye 
 go  ouer  lordane  to  possesse  it. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses:  Be- 
 holde,  thy  tyme  is  come  that  thou  must  die, 
 call  losua,  and  stonde  in  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  that  I  maye  geue  him  a  charge. 
 Moses  wente  with  losua,  and  stode  in  the 
 Tabernacle  of  witnesse.  And  the  LORDE 
 appeared  in  the  Tabernacle  in  a  cloudy  pyler 
 tand  the  same  cloudy  pyler  stode  in  the  dore 
 of  the  Tabernacle. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Moses :  Be- 
 holde,  thou  shalt  slepe  with  thy  fathers,  and 
 this  people  wyll  ryse  vp,  and  go  a  whoringe 
 after  straunge  goddes  of  the  londe  in  to  the 
 which  they  come,  ^  and  \vyU  forsake  me,  and 
 breake  the  couenaunt  which  I  haue  made  with 
 them.  And  then  shall  my  wrath  waxe  whote 
 agaynst  them,  at  the  same  tyme,  (j  I  shal 
 forsake  the,  and  hyde  my  face  fro  them,  that 
 they  maye  be  consumed.  II  And  so  whan 
 moch  aduersite  g  trouble  commeth  vpo  the, 
 they  shal  saye  :  Is  not  all  this  euell  come  vpo 
 me,  because  God  is  not  with  me  ?  But  I  shal 
 hyde  my  face  at  the  same  tyme  because  of  all 
 the  euell  that  they  haue  done,  in  that  they 
 haue  turned  vnto  other  goddes. 
 
 •  Num.  3.  4. 
 1  Reg.  8.  b. 
 
 t  2  Esdr.  8.  a. 
 II  lere.  2.  d. 
 
 f  Exo.  33.  b. 
 IF  Deut.  32.  a. 
 
 Wryte  now  therfore  this  songe,  5  teach  it 
 the  children  of  Israel,  and  put  it  in  their 
 mouth,  that  this  H  songe  maye  be  a  witnesse 
 vnto  me  amonge  the  children  of  Israel.  For 
 I  wil  brynge  them  in  to  the  londe  which  I 
 sware  vnto  their  fathers,  that  floweth  with 
 mylke  andhony.  **  And  whan  they  eate,  and 
 are  full  and  fatt,  they  shal  turne  vnto  other 
 goddes,  and  serue  them,  and  blaspheme  me 
 and  breake  my  couenaunt. 
 
 And  so  whan  moch  myschefe  and  tribu- 
 lacion  is  come  vpon  them,  this  songe  shall 
 answere  before  them  for  a  witnesse.  It  shall 
 not  be  forgotten  out  of  the  mouth  of  their 
 sede :  for  I  knowe  their  ymaginacion,  that 
 they  go  aboute  euen  now,  before  I  brynge 
 them  in  to  the  londe,  which  I  sware  vnto 
 them. 
 
 So  Moses  wrote  this  songe  at  the  same 
 tjTTie,  and  taughte  it  the  children  of  Israel. 
 And  the  LORDE  gaue  losua  the  sonne  of 
 Nun  a  charge,  and  sayde :  tt  Be  stronge  and 
 bolde,  for  thou  shalt  brynge  the  children  of 
 Israel  in  to  the  londe,  which  I  sware  vnto 
 them,  and  I  wil  be  with  the. 
 
 Now  whan  Moses  had  wrytten  out  all 
 the  wordes  of  this  lawe  in  a  boke,  he  com 
 maunded  the  Leuites  (which  bare  the  Arke 
 of  the  LORDES  couenaunt)  and  sayde:  Take 
 the  boke  of  this  lawe,  and  laye  it  by  the  syde 
 of  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  that  it  maye  be  there  a  wytnesse 
 agaynst  the :  for  I  knowe  thy  stubburnesse 
 and  thy  harde  neck.  "  Beholde,  whyle  I  am 
 yet  alyue  with  you  this  daye,  ye  haue  bene 
 disobedient  vnto  the  LORDE:  how  moch 
 more  after  my  death  ? 
 
 Gather  now  vnto  me  all  the  Elders  of  youre 
 trybes,  and  youre  officers,  y  I  maye  speake 
 these  wordes  in  their  eares,  ttand  take  heauen 
 and  earth  to  recorde  agaynst  them.  For  I 
 am  sure  that  after  my  death  ye  shall  marre 
 youre  selues,  and  turne  asyde  out  of  the  waye, 
 which  I  haue  commaunded  you:  and  so  shall 
 mysfortune  happen  vnto  you  herafter,  be- 
 cause ye  haue  done  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  in  prouokynge  him  thorow  the 
 workes  of  youre  handes. 
 
 So  Moses  spake  out  the  wordes  of  this 
 songe  euen  to  the  ende,  in  the  eares  of  all  the 
 congregacion  of  Israel. 
 
 '  Deut.  8.  c.  tt  losu.  1.  b.  and  23.  c.    3  Reg.  2.  a. 
 
 4  Reg.  17.  c.     Mala.  3.  b.  ft  Deut.  4.  d.  and  30.  d. 
 
jfo.  rrcbi. 
 
 €l)t  t,  I)ofet  of  iHoSfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  rrvij. 
 
 Ci)c  mij-  Ci;apttr. 
 
 HERKEN  (O  ye  heauens)  I  wyll  speake: 
 "and  let  the  earth  heare  the  wordes  of 
 my  mouth. 
 
 My  doctryne  droppe  as  doth  the  raine, 
 and  my  speach  flowe  as  doth  the  dew. 
 
 Euen  as  the  rayne  vpon  the  grasse,  and  as 
 the  droppes  vpon  the  herbe. 
 
 For  I  wyl  call  vpon  the  name  of  the  LO  RDE, 
 geue  ye  the  glory  ■siito  oure  God. 
 
 t  Perfecte  are  the  workes  of  the  Stone,  for 
 aD  his  wayes  are  righteous. 
 
 God  is  true,  and  no  wickednes  is  there  in 
 him,  righteous  and  iust  is  he. 
 
 The  frowarde  and  ouerthwarte  generaeion 
 hath  marred  them  selues  to  himwarde  and  are 
 not  his  children,  because  of  their  deformyte. 
 
 Thankest  thou  the  LORDE  thy  God  so, 
 thou  foolish  and  \Tiwyse  people  ? 
 
 Is  not  he  thy  father*  and  thy  LORDE  ?t 
 Hath  he  not  made  the,  and  prepared  the  ? 
 
 Remembre  the  dayes  that  are  past,  considre 
 the  yeares  of  the  generacions  afore  tyme. 
 
 Axe  thy  father,  he  shall  shewe  the  :  thine 
 elders,  they  shal  tell  the. 
 
 ^Whan  the  most  Hyghest  deuyded  f  na- 
 cions  and  scatred  the  children  of  men. 
 
 Then  set  he  the  borders  of  the  nacions 
 aeordinge  to  the  nombre  of  the  children  of 
 Israel. 
 
 II  For  the  LORDES  parte  is  his  folke, 
 lacob  is  the  meetljTie  of  his  enheritaunce. 
 
 He  founde  him  in  the  wj'ldernesse,  euen  in 
 the  drye  deserte  where  he  roared. 
 
 He  led  him  aboute,  and  gaue  him  vnder- 
 stondinge :  He  kepte  him  as  the  aple  of  his  eye. 
 
 As  an  Aegle  stereth  vp  hir  nest,  and  floter- 
 eth  ouer  hir  yonge :  Euen  so  stretched  he  out 
 his  fethers,  and  toke  Mm  H  and  bare  him  on 
 his  wynges. 
 
 The  LORDE  onely  was  his  gyde,  d  there 
 was  no  straunge  God  with  him. 
 
 He  caried  him  ouer  y  heigth  of  the  earth, 
 and  fed  him  with  the  increase  of  the  felde. 
 
 '  He  caused  him  sucke  hony  out  of  the  rocke, 
 and  oyle  out  of  the  harde  stone. 
 
 Butter  of  the  kyne,  and  mylke  of  the  shepe, 
 with  the  fat  of  the  lambes,  and  rammes  of  the 
 sonnes  of  Basan,  and  hegoates  with  the  fat  of 
 
 '  Esa.  1.  a 
 Eccli.  4'.'.  d. 
 Act.  17.  d. 
 
 jMich.  1.  a.        *  Esa.  55.  c. 
 '  Mala.  1.  a.       J  Gen.  l.d. 
 lDeut.4.  c.       fExo.  19.  a. 
 
 t  Gen.  l.d 
 ^Gen.  11.  b 
 •  Psal.  80.  b 
 
 the  kydneys,   and   wheate:    And   gaue  him 
 dryiike  of  the  very  bloude  of  grapes. 
 
 *  And  whan  he  was  fat  and  had  ynough,  he 
 waxed  wanton. 
 
 He  is  fat,  and  thicke,  and  smothe,  5  hath 
 letten  God  go,  that  made  him,  and  despysed 
 the  rocke  of  his  saluacion. 
 
 He  hath  prouoked  him  to  indignacion, 
 thorow  straunge  goddes,  and  thorow  abhomi- 
 nacion  hath  he  angred  him. 
 
 ''They  oflred  vnto  felde  deuels,  5  not  vnto 
 their  God. 
 
 Vnto  goddes  whom  they  knewe  not,  eue 
 vnto  new  goddes,  y  came  newly  vp,  whom 
 their  fathers  honoured  not. 
 
 Thy  rocke  that  begat  f,  hast  thou  despysed : 
 and  hast  forgotten  God  that  made  the. 
 
 And  whan  the  LORDE  sawe  it,  he  was 
 moued  vnto  wrath  ouer  his  sonnes  and  his 
 doughters. 
 
 And  he  sayde  :  I  wyll  hyde  my  face  from 
 them,  I  wyll  se  what  their  ende  shal  be :  for 
 it  is  a  frowarde  generaeion,  they  are  childre 
 in  whom  is  no  fayth. 
 
 They  haue  prouoked  me  in  it  that  is  not 
 God :  with  their  vanites  haue  they  angred  me. 
 
 tt  And  I  agayne  wil  prouoke  them,  by  those 
 that  are  no  people :  by  a  foolish  nacion  wil  I 
 anger  them. 
 
 For  the  fyre  is  kyndled  in  my  wrath,  and 
 shal  burne  vnto  y  nethermost  hell,  and  shal 
 consume  the  londe  with  the  increase  therof, 
 and  set  the  foundacions  of  f  mountaynes  on 
 fyre. 
 
 I  wil  heape  myscheues  vpo  them,  I  wil 
 spende  all  myne  arowes  at  them. 
 
 They  shal  pyne  awaye  thorow  honger,  5  be 
 consumed  of  the  feuers,  and  of  bytter  sick' 
 nesses. 
 
 "  I  wil  sende  amonge  them  f  tethe  of  beestes, 
 and  furious  serpentes. 
 
 Without  shall  the  swearde  robbe  them,  5 
 feare  in  the  chambers,  both  the  yonge  man 
 and  yonge  woman,  the  suckynge  children  with 
 the  gray  headed  man. 
 
 I  wyll  saye :  ^\Tiere  are  they  ?  I  shall  make 
 their  remembraunce  to  ceasse  from  amonge 
 men. 
 
 Yf  the  wrath  of  the  enemies  were  not 
 gathered,  lest  their  enemies  shulde  be  proude, 
 
 iPsal.  105.  e.       tt  Rom.  10.  c.   Iere.l5.  c. 
 •■  lere.  5.  b.    loel  1.  a. 
 
CI)ap.  miih 
 
 CI)e  b.  hokt  of  iHosts. 
 
 #0.  circbij. 
 
 dF 
 
 (J  might  saie :  Oure  hande  is  hye,  and :  The 
 LORDE  hath  not  done  all  this. 
 
 For  it  is  a  people,  wherin  is  no  councell, 
 and  there  is  no  vnderstondinge  in  them. 
 
 0  that  they  were  wyse  a  vnderstode  this, 
 that  they  wolde  cosidre  what  shulde  happe 
 vnto  them  herafter. 
 
 How  Cometh  it,  y  one  shall  chace  a  thou- 
 sande  of  them,  and  y  two  shal  put  ten  thou- 
 sande  to  flyghte  ? 
 
 Is  it  not  so,  euen  because  their  rocke  hath 
 soldo  them,  and  because  the  LORDE  hath 
 geuen  them  ouer? 
 
 For  oure  rocke  is  not  as  their  rocke,  *of 
 this  are  oure  enemies  iudges  them  selues. 
 
 Their  vyne  is  of  the  vyne  of  Sodom,  and  of 
 the  feldes  of  Gomorra :  their  grapes  are  the 
 grapes  of  gall,  they  haue  bytter  clusters. 
 
 Their  wyne  is  the  poyson  of  Dragons,  ij 
 the  furious  gall  of  Adders. 
 
 Is  not  this  hid  with  me,  and  sealed  vp  in 
 my  treasures  ? 
 
 "  Vengeaunce  is  myne,  and  I  wyU  rewarde 
 in  due  season.  Their  fote  shall  slyde,  for  the 
 tyme  of  their  destruccio  is  at  honde,  and  the 
 thinge  that  is  to  come  vpon  them,  maketh 
 haiste. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  shall  iudge  his  people, 
 t  and  shal  haue  compassion  on  his  seruauntes. 
 For  he  shal  considre  that  their  power  is  awaie, 
 and  that  it  is  gone  with  them,  which  were 
 shut  vp  and  remayned  ouer. 
 
 And  he  shal  saye :  i  Where  are  their  goddes, 
 their  rocke  wherin  they  trusted? 
 
 Of  whose  sacrifices  they  ate  f  fatt,  and 
 dranke  the  wyne  of  their  drjTikofFeringes  ? 
 Let  them  ryse  vp  and  helpe  you,  and  be  youre 
 proteccion. 
 
 Se  now  that  I  I  am,  and  that  there  is  none 
 other  God  but  I. 
 
 1  can  kyll  and  make  alyue:*  what  I  haue 
 smytten,  that  can  I  heale :  §and  there  is  noman 
 able  to  delyuer  out  of  my  hande. 
 
 For  I  wil  lifte  vp  my  hande  to  heauen,  5 
 wyl  saye  :  I  lyue  euer. 
 
 Yf  I  whet  y  edge  of  my  swerde,  and  my 
 hande  take  holde  of  iudgment,  then  wyll  I 
 auenge  me  on  myne  enemies,  and  rewarde 
 them  that  hate  me. 
 
 I  wil  make   myne   arowes   dronken    with 
 
 *  Exo.  14.  c.  1  Reg.  5.  b. 
 t  2  Ma.  7.  b.  t  lere.  2.  d. 
 §  lob  10.  a.         '  Rom.  15.  a. 
 
 "  Rom.  12.  c.  Heb.  10.  d. 
 
 Deut.  4.  f.    1  Reg.  2.  b. 
 
 II  Deut.  6.  b.  and  11.  c. 
 
 bloude,  and  my  swerde  shal  eate  flesh  ouer  f 
 bloude  of  the  slayne,  and  ouer  the  captyuite, 
 and  in  that  the  enemies  heade  shall  be  dis- 
 couered. 
 
 '  Reioyse  ye  Heythen  with  his  people :  for 
 he  wil  auenge  the  bloude  of  his  seruauntes, 
 and  wyl  auenge  him  on  his  enemies,  %  wil  be 
 mercifull  vnto  the  londe  of  his  people. 
 
 And  Moses  came  and  spake  all  the  wordes 
 of  this  songe  in  the  eares  of  the  people,  he 
 and  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun.  Now  wha  Moses 
 had  made  an  ende  of  speakinge  eJl  these  wordes 
 vnto  aU  Israel,  he  sayde  vnto  the :  II  Take  to 
 hert  all  y  wordes,  which  I  testifye  vnto  you 
 this  daye,  that  ye  commaunde  youre  children, 
 to  obserue  and  do  all  the  wordes  of  this  lawe. 
 For  it  is  no  vaine  worde  vnto  you,  but  it  is 
 youre  life :  g  this  worde  shal  prolonge  youre 
 life  in  f  londe,  whither  ye  go  ouer  lordane  to 
 conquere  it. 
 
 And  y  LORDE  spake  vnto  Moses  f  same 
 dale,  J  sayde  :  Get  the  vp  to  this  mount  Aba- 
 rim,  vpon  mount  Nebo,  which  lyeth  in  f  londe 
 of  the  Moabites  ouer  agaynst  lericho,  5  be- 
 holde  the  londe  of  Canaan,  which  I  shall  geue 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel  in  possessio.  And 
 dye  thou  vpon  the  mount,  whan  thou  art 
 come  vp,  and  be  gathered  vnto  thy  people. 
 If  like  as  Aaron  thy  brother  dyed  vpon  mount 
 Hor,  and  was  gathered  vnto  his  people :  Be- 
 cause ye  trespaced  agaynst  me  amonge  the 
 children  of  Israel  by  the  **  water  of  stryfe  at 
 Cades  in  the  wildemesse  of  Zin,  and  sancti- 
 fied me  not  amonge  the  children  of  Israel. 
 For  thou  shalt  se  the  londe  ouer  against  the, 
 which  I  geue  vnto  y  children  of  Israel  but 
 thou  shalt  not  come  in  to  it. 
 
 1!Lf)t  mii)-  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  blessynge,  wherwith  Moses 
 the  man  of  God  blessed  y  childre  of 
 Israel  before  his  death,  and  saide:  ''The 
 LORDE  came  from  Sinai,  ttand  rose  vp  vnto 
 the  from  Seir.  He  appeared  fro  mount  Paran, 
 and  came  with  many  thousande  sayntes.  At 
 his  righte  hande  is  there  a  lawe  of  fyre  for 
 them :  O  how  loued  he  the  people  ?  All  his 
 sayntes  are  in  his  hande,  ti  they  shall  set  them 
 selues  downe  at  thy  fete,  and  receaue  of  thy 
 wordes.      Moses  commaunded  vs  the  lawe 
 
 H  Nu.  20.  d. 
 
 ••Nu.  20.a.      "iExo.S.a.      ttExo.l9. 
 It  Luc.  10.  d.    Sap.  3.  a. 
 
jTo*  tvibiij. 
 
 Cfje  b.  bobe  of  iHosJest, 
 
 C6ap.  jrrjciii). 
 
 which  is  the  enheritaunce  of  the  congregacion 
 of  lacob.  And  he  was  in  the  fulnesse  of  the 
 kynge,  (j  helde  y  rulers  of  f  people  together, 
 with  the  trybes  of  Israel. 
 
 Let  Ruben  lyue,  and  not  dye,  and  his  peo- 
 ple be  fewe  in  nombre. 
 
 This  is  the  blessynge  of  luda.  And  he 
 sayde  :  LOIIDE  heare  the  voyce  of  luda,  and 
 brynge  him  vnto  his  people  :  Let  his  hades 
 multiplye  him,  and  let  him  be  helped  fro  his 
 enemies. 
 
 And  vnto  Leni  he  sayde :  Thy  perfectnes 
 and  thy  lighte  be  acordinge  vnto  the  man  of 
 thy  mercy,  *who  thou  hast  tempted  at  Massa, 
 whan  ye  stroue  by  the  water  of  stryfe.  t  He 
 that  sayeth  vnto  his  father  and  to  his  mother: 
 I  se  him  not :  and  to  his  brother,  I  knowe  him 
 not:  and  to  his  sonne,  I  wote  not  of  him, 
 those  haue  obserued  thy  wordes,  and  kepte 
 thy  couenaunt:  they  shal  teach  lacob  thy 
 iudgmentes,  and  Israel  thy  lawe:  they  shal 
 laie  incense  before  thy  nose,  s  burnt  ofFer- 
 inges  vpon  thine  altare.  LORDE,  blesse 
 thou  his  power  5  accepte  the  workes  of  his 
 handes :  smyte  the  loynes  of  them  y  ryse  vp 
 agaynst  him,  5  of  them  that  hate  him,  that 
 they  lifte  not  vp  them  selues. 
 
 And  to  Ben  lamin  he  saide :  The  beloued 
 of  the  LORDE  shal  dwell  in  hope  on  him: 
 All  the  daye  longe  shal  he  wayte  vpon  him, 
 and  shal  dwell  betwene  his  shulders. 
 
 And  to  Joseph  he  sayde :  t  His  londe  lieth 
 in  the  blessynge  of  the  LORDE,  there  are 
 noble  frutes  of  heauen,  of  the  dew,  and  of  the 
 depe  that  lyeth  beneth:  There  are  noble  frutes 
 of  the  increase  of  the  Sonne,  and  noble  rype 
 frutes  of  y  monethes :  And  of  y  toppes  of  the 
 mountaynes  of  olde,  and  of  the  hilles  allwaye, 
 and  of  the  noble  frutes  of  y  earth,  and  of  the 
 fulnesse  therof.  The  good  will  of  him  §that 
 dwelleth  in  the  buszshe,  come  vpon  the  heade 
 of  loseph,  and  II  vpon  f  toppe  of  his  heade 
 that  was  separated  fr5  amonge  his  brethren. 
 
 His  bewtye  is  as  a  firstborne  oxe,  and  his 
 homes  are  as  y  homes  of  an  Vnicome :  with 
 the  same  shal  he  puszshe  the  nacions  together, 
 euen  vnto  the  endes  of  the  worlde.  These 
 are  the  thousandes  of  Ephraim,  and  the  thou- 
 sandes  of  Manasse. 
 
 And  vnto  Zabulon  he  sayde  :  Reioyse  Za- 
 bulon  of  thy  outgoynge:    but   reioyse   thou 
 
 •  Deut.  33.  b.    Mala.  2.  b. 
 Luc.  14.  d.      tlosu.  16. 17. 
 
 Num.  20.  a. 
 §  Exod.3.  a 
 
 t  Math.  19.  d. 
 IIGen.  49.  cl 
 
 Isachar  of  thy  tentes.  They  shall  call  the 
 people  vnto  f  hyll,  and  there  shal  they  oiFre 
 f  offeringes  of  righteousnes.  For  they  shal 
 sucke  the  abundaunce  of  the  see,  and  the  trea- 
 sures hyd  in  the  sonde. 
 
 And  to  Gad  he  sayde :  Blessynge  haue  Gad, 
 which  maketh  rowme.  He  dwelleth  as  a  lyon, 
 and  spoyleth  the  arme  and  the  toppe  of  the 
 heade.  And  he  sawe  his  begynnynge,  that  f 
 heape  of  the  teachers  laye  hydd  there,  and 
 came  with  the  rulers  of  the  people,  and  exe- 
 cuted the  righteousnesse  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 his  iudgment  on  Israel. 
 
 And  to  Dan  he  sayde :  Dan  a  yonge  lyon, 
 he  shal  flowe  from  Basan. 
 
 And  to  Nephtali  he  saide :  Nephtali  shal 
 haue  abundaunce  of  pleasure,  5  shalbe  full  of 
 the  blessynge  of  the  LORDE :  his  possession 
 shalbe  towarde  the  west  and  south.  And  to 
 Asser  he  sayde :  Asser  be  blessed  with  sonnes, 
 accepted  be  he  with  his  brethren,  and  dyppe 
 his  fote  in  oyle.  Yron  and  brasse  be  on  thy 
 shues.     Thyne  age  be  as  thy  youth. 
 
 There  is  no  God  as  the  God  of  the  lust. 
 He  that  sytteth  vpon  heauen,  be  thy  helpe. 
 And  his  glory  is  in  the  cloudes,  that  is  the 
 dwellynge  of  God  from  the  beginnynge,  and 
 vnder  the  armes  of  the  worlde.  And  he  shal 
 dryue  out  thyne  enemye  before  the,  and  saye : 
 Be  destroyed.  If  And  Israel  shall  dwell  safe 
 alone.  The  eye  of  lacob  shalbe  vpon  f  londe 
 where  come  and  wine  is,  heauen  also  •  shal 
 droppe  with  dewe.  Happye  art  thou  Israel, 
 who  is  lyke  vnto  the  ?  O  thou  people  y  art 
 saued  by  the  LORDE,  which  is  thy  helpe, 
 shylde,  and  the  swerde  of  thy  glorye.  Thyne 
 enemies  shal  pyne  awaye,  and  thou  shalt  treade 
 vpon  the  height  of  them. 
 
 CIjc  mm]-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  Moses  wente  from  the  felde  of  f 
 Moabites  vp  vnto  mount  Nebo,  "vpo  f 
 toppe  of  mout  Pisga  ouer  agaynst  lericho. 
 And  the  LORDE  shewed  him  all  the  londe 
 of  Gilead  vnto  Dan,  and  all  Nephtah,  and 
 the  londe  of  Ephraim  and  Manasse,  and  all 
 the  londe  of  luda,  vnto  y  ^ttemost  see,  and 
 towarde  the  south,  and  the  region  of  the  playne 
 of  lericho  the  cite  of  the  palme  trees  euen 
 \Tito  Zoar.  And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 him:    This  is  the  londe   that  I  sware  vnto 
 
 IT  lerem.  23.  b. 
 
 Num.  17.  c.    2  Ma.  7.  a. 
 
Cftap.  vHTi'nj* 
 
 Cfje  b,  ftofee  of  Mosts. 
 
 So,  tm. 
 
 Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  and  sayde :  I  wyll 
 geue  it  vnto  thy  sede.  Thou  hast  sene  it  with 
 thine  eyes,  *but  thou  shalt  not  go  ouer  thither. 
 So  Moses  y  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  died 
 there  in  the  londe  of  the  Moabites,  acordinge 
 vnto  the  worde  of  y^  LORDE.  And  he  buried 
 him  in  a  valley,  in  the  londe  of  the  Moabites 
 ouer  agaynst  the  house  of  Peor.  And  noman 
 knewe  of  his  graue  vnto  this  daye.  And 
 Moses  was  an  hundreth  and  twentye  yeare 
 olde  whan  he  dyed :  his  eyes  were  not  dymme, 
 and  his  chekes  were  not  fallen.  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  weped  for  Moses  in  y  felde 
 of  the  Moabites  thirtie  dales,  and  the  dayes 
 
 of  the  wepynge   and  mournynge  for  Moses 
 were  fulfilled. 
 
 And  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun  was  filled  with 
 y  sprete  of  wyszdome  (tfor  Moses  had  layed 
 his  hande  vpon  him)  and  the  children  of  Israel 
 herkened  vnto  him,  and  dyd  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  Moses.  And  there  arose  no 
 prophet  more  in  Israel,  like  vnto  Moses,  whom 
 the  LORDE  knewe  face  to  face  in  all  tokens 
 and  wonders  (which  the  LORDE  sent  him  to 
 do  in  y  londe  of  Egipte,  vnto  Pharao,  and  to 
 all  his  seruautes,  and  his  londe)  and  in  all 
 this  mightie  hande  and  greate  visions  which 
 Moses  dyd  in  the  sighte  of  all  Israel. 
 
 t  Nu.  27.  d. 
 
 C6e  tv^t  of  fht  fifte  botte  of  iHoses,  mUth  IBeuteronomiom 
 
Zfft  ^tcontre  parte 
 
 of  tf)t 
 
 CI)t  ftofee  of  Siosiua. 
 Cfte  tjoitt  of  tftf  BiiUges. 
 Wi)t  bokt  of  i^utft. 
 Cfte  firsit  bofef  of  t!)c  i^pitgrsi. 
 dbe  s:^MitiJe  bofee  of  t\)t  Epngesi. 
 Cl)e  tftirlre  6okf  of  tl)f  Ivpngts. 
 C6e  fdtirtl)  bokt  of  tftr  fepges. 
 C&e  first  Ijofee  of  tftr  Cromrlesi. 
 tn)t  ^ttoviOt  boke  of  t&e  Croniclesi. 
 €f)t  first  Ijofee  of  (0Sitrrasi. 
 Cf)e  sifMntJf  boke  of  (Jfsjtiras, 
 €f)t  bokt  of  l)fStrr. 
 
Zi)t  i)okt  of  gjosua* 
 
 SMftat  U)is  bokt  fontepiwtft. 
 
 After  the  death  of  Moses,  God  comaudeth  losua 
 to  get  him  vp,  and  to  go  with  the  people  ouer 
 lordane  in  to  the  londe  of  promes. 
 
 €f)ap.  II. 
 Two   spyes   are  sent  vnto  lericho,  and   Rahab 
 lodgeth  them. 
 
 Cfiap.  III. 
 
 losua  goeth  forth  with  the  people  vnto  lordane  : 
 The  Leuites  are  ordeyned  to  go  before  with  the 
 Arke.  The  one  parte  of  lordane  stondeth  styll, 
 the  other  renneth  downe,  and  the  people  go 
 thorow  it  drye  shodd. 
 
 Cijap.  nil. 
 
 Twolue  stones  doth  losua  cause  to  be  taken  out 
 of  lordane,  and  setteth  them  vp  at  Gilgall  for 
 a  remembraunce. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 The  kynges  beyonde  lordane  are  afrayed.  The 
 people  in  Gilgall  are  circumcysed.  They  eate 
 the  Passeouer  and  vnleuended  bred. 
 
 Cliap.  VI. 
 How  lericho  is  wonne  and  taken. 
 
 Ctiap.  VII. 
 The  Israelites  are  put  to  flight  before  their  ene- 
 mies, because  one  of  the  had  stoUen  of  it  that 
 shulde  haue  bene  damned    and   vtterly   de- 
 stroyed.    The  trespacer  is  stoned  vnto  death. 
 
 Cfiap.  VIII. 
 
 The  cite  of  Hai  is  wonne,  the  people  slayne,  the 
 kynge  taken  alyue  and  hanged,  the  cite  brent, 
 losua  buyldeth  an  altare  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 The  blessynges  and  curses  are  red. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 
 The  Heythen  kynges  prepare  the  selues  agaynst 
 Israel.  The  Gabaonites  saue  their  lyues  by 
 crafte  and  suttyltie. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 The  Heythen  laye  sege  to  Gabaon,  but  losua 
 helpeth  them,  and  wynneth  a  greate  felde, 
 coramaundeth  the  Sonne  to  stonde  styll,  hang- 
 eth  vp  fyue  kynges,  and  taketh  the  cities. 
 
 Cf)ap.    XI. 
 The   Heythe   kynges  gather  the  selues  together 
 agaynst  Israel  :  but  they  are  discomfited,  and 
 their  cities  wonne. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XII. 
 
 The  names  of  the  kynges  whom  losua  and  the 
 Israelites  slewe,  are  here  rehearsed,  euen  one 
 and  thirtye. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 
 The  reranaunt  of  the  londe  on  this  syde  lordane. 
 
 €i)ap.  XIIII. 
 The  dealinge  out  of  the  londe. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XV. 
 The  londe  that  fell  vnto  luda  by  lott. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 
 The  lot  of  Ephraim. 
 
 Cljap.  XVII. 
 The  lot  and  porcion  of  Manasse. 
 
 Cljap.    XVIII. 
 Men  are  sent  out  of  the  seuen  trybes,  to  consyder 
 the  londe,  and  to  deale  it  out.     The  porcion 
 of  Ben  lamin. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIX. 
 The  porcion  of  Simeon,  Zabulon,  Isachar,  Aser, 
 Nephtali  and  Dan. 
 
Cl;ap.  ij. 
 
 €i)t  hokt  of  3os!ua. 
 
 fa,  ttiij* 
 
 Cijap.  XX. 
 The  partinge  out  of  the  fre  cities. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXI. 
 
 Of  the  cities  and  suburbes  of  the  Leuites. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXII. 
 The  two  tribes  and  a  halfe  are  sent  home  agayne, 
 with  a  charge  to  be  diligent  in  kepynge  Gods 
 coramaundement.     Of  the  altare  of  witnesse. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXIIl. 
 losua  calleth  the  people  together  before  his  death, 
 a  exorteth  them  to  cleue  fast  to  the  comraaun- 
 dementes  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIIII. 
 He  calleth  the  people  together  in  Sichem,  and 
 rehearceth  the  benefites  of  God  vnto  the.    The 
 couenaiit  with  God  is  renewed.     losua  dyeth, 
 and  so  doth  Eleasar. 
 
 Wift  first  Cl)apter. 
 
 AFTER  the  death  of  Moses  the  seruaunt 
 of  the  LORDE,  spake  the  LORDE 
 ■vaito  losua  y  sonne  of  Nun  Moses  mynister : 
 My  seruaunt  Moses  is  deed,  vp  now,  and  go 
 ouer  this  lordane,  thou  and  all  this  people  in 
 to  the  londe  that  I  haue  geuen  the  children  of 
 Israel.  *  All  the  places  that  the  soles  of  youre 
 fete  shal  treade  vpon,  haue  I  geuen  vnto  you, 
 as  I  sayde  vnto  Moses :  From  the  wyldernesse 
 and  this  Libanus  vnto  the  greate  water  Eu- 
 phrates :  all  the  londe  of  the  Hethites  vnto 
 the  greate  see  towarde  the  west,  shal  be  youre 
 border.  There  shall  noman  be  able  to  with- 
 stonde  f  all  thy  life  longe.  "And  like  as  I 
 was  with  Moses,  so  wil  I  be  with  the  also. 
 1 1  will  not  fayle  the  nether  forsake  the.  Be 
 stronge  and  bolde:  for  vnto  this  people  shalt 
 thou  deuyde  y  londe,  which  I  sware  vnto  their 
 fathers,  to  geue  it  them. 
 
 t  Be  stroge  therfore  and  very  bolde,  that 
 thou  mayest  kepe  and  do  euery  thynge  acord- 
 inge  to  the  lawe,  that  Moses  my  seruaunt 
 commaunded  the.  Turne  not  asyde  from  it, 
 nether  to  the  righte  hande  ner  to  the  lefte,  'y 
 thou  mayest  deale  wysely  whither  so  euer  thou 
 goest.  §And  let  not  the  boke  of  this  lawe 
 departe  out  of  thy  mouth,  but  exercyse  thy 
 selfe  therin  dale  and  nighte,  that  thou  mayest 
 kepe  and  do  euery  thinge  acordinge  to  it  that 
 is  wrytte  therin:  Then  shalt  thou  prospere  in 
 thy  waies,  and  deale  wysely.  Lo,  I  haue  com- 
 maunded the  to  be  stronge  and  bolde.  Feare 
 not,  and  be  not  afrayed:  for  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  is  with  f,  whither  so  euer  thou  goest. 
 
 Then  commaunded  losua  the  officers  of 
 the  people,  and  sayde :  Go  thorow  the  boost, 
 
 Deut.  11.  d. 
 Heb.  13.  a. 
 
 "  losu.  3.  (1. 
 t  Deu.  31.  b. 
 
 t  Deut.  31.  b. 
 *  Deut.  o.  d. 
 
 and  charge  f  people,  and  saye:  Prepare  you 
 vytayles,  for  ouer  thre  dayes  shal  ye  go  ouer 
 this  lordane,  that  ye  maye  come  in  and  take 
 possession  of  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE 
 youre  God  shal  geue  you. 
 
 And  to  the  Rubenites,  Gaddites,  and  to  the 
 halfe  trybe  of  Manasse,  sayde  losua:  Thynke 
 vpon  the  worde,  II  that  Moses  the  seruaunt  of 
 f  LORDE  spake  vnto  you,  and  sayde:  The 
 LORDE  youre  God  hath  brought  you  to  rest, 
 and  geuen  you  this  londe.  Let  youre  wyues 
 and  children  and  catell  remayne  in  f  londe, 
 that  Moses  gaue  you  on  this  syde  lordane : , 
 But  ye  youre  selues  (as  many  as  be  fightinge 
 men)  shal  go  forth  before  youre  brethren  in 
 harnesse,  and  helpe  them,  tyll  the  LORDE 
 haue  broughte  youre  brethren  to  rest  also  as 
 well  as  you :  that  they  also  maye  take  posses- 
 sion of  the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  shal  geue  them :  Then  shal  ye  turne 
 agayne  in  to  the  londe  of  youre  possession, 
 that  ye  maye  enioye  it,  which  Moses  the  ser- 
 uaunt of  the  LORDE  hath  geuen  you  on  this 
 syde  lordane  towarde  y  Easte.  And  they 
 answered  losua  and  sayde  :  If  All  that  thou 
 hast  commaunded  vs,  wyll  we  do:  and  whither 
 so  euer  thou  sendest  vs,  we  wyl  go  thither. 
 Like  as  we  haue  obeyed  Moses,  so  wyl  we 
 be  obedient  also  vnto  the :  Onely  that  the 
 LORDE  thy  God  be  with  y,  like  as  he  was 
 with  Moses.  Who  so  euer  disobeyeth  thy 
 mouth,  and  herkeneth  not  vnto  thy  wordes  in 
 all  that  thou  hast  commaunded  vs,  shal  dye  : 
 Onely  be  thou  stronge  and  bolde. 
 
 Cijc  ij.  CI)apttr. 
 OSUA    the  sonne  of  Nun  sent   out  two 
 spyes  preuely  from  Setim,  and  sayde  vnto 
 
 ut.  17.  d.  II  Nu.  32.  d.  IT  Deu.  5.  d. 
 
 1  Mac.  2.  d.     lere.  42.  a. 
 
 I 
 
ffo.  cciiii. 
 
 Cl)t  1)0  fei"  of  Siosua. 
 
 Cbap.  uj. 
 
 them  :  Go  youre  waye,  loke  vpon  the  londe 
 and  lericho.  They  wente  forth,  *and  came 
 in  to  y  house  of  an  harlot,  called  Rahab,  and 
 laye  there.  Then  was  it  tolde  the  kynge  of 
 lericho :  Lo,  there  are  men  come  in  this  nighte 
 from  the  childre  of  Israel,  to  spye  the  londe. 
 Then  sent  the  kynge  of  lericho  vnto  Rahab, 
 saynge:  Delyuer  the  men  forth  that  are  come 
 vnto  the  in  to  thy  house,  for  they  are  come  to 
 spye  out  the  whole  londe.  Now  as  for  the 
 two  men,  the  woman  had  hyd  them,  and  Sayde : 
 There  came  men  in  vnto  me  in  dede,  but  I 
 knewe  not  whence  they  were.  And  at  the 
 shuttinge  in  of  the  ^rate  whan  it  was  darcke, 
 they  wente  out,  so  y  I  can  not  tell  whither 
 they  be  gone :  folowe  soone  after  them,  for  ye 
 shal  ouertake  them.  But  she  had  caused  them 
 to  cljTume  vp  vnto  the  house  toppe,  and  hyd 
 them  vnder  the  stalkes  of  flaxe,  that  she  had 
 prepared  her  ypb  the  toppe  of  the  house. 
 Howbeit  the  men  folowed  after  them  in  y 
 waye  towarde  lordane,  euen  vnto  the  feiye : 
 and  whan  they  that  folowed  vpon  them  were 
 gone  forth,  the  gate  was  shut. 
 
 And  or  euer  the  men  layed  them  downe  to 
 slepe,  she  wente  vp  to  them  vnto  the  house 
 toppe,  and  sayde  vnto  the  :  I  knowe  that  the 
 LORDE  shal  delyuer  you  the  londe,  tfor 
 the  feare  of  you  is  fallen  vpon  vs,  and  all  the 
 inhabiters  of  the  londe  are  discoraged  at  youre 
 commynge.  For  we  haue  herde,  how  the 
 LORDE  "dryed  vp  the  water  in  the  reed  see 
 before  you,  wha  ye  departed  out  of  Egipte  :  * 
 and  what  ye  dyd  viito  the  two  kynges  of  the 
 Amorites,  Sihon  and  Og  beyonde  lordane, 
 how  ye  roted  them  out,  and  destroyed  them. 
 And  sence  we  herde  therof,  oure  hert  hath 
 failed  vs,  nether  is  there  a  good  stomacke 
 more  in  eny  man,  by  the  reason  of  youre  com- 
 mynge. For  the  LORDE  youre  God  is  both 
 tlie  God  aboue  in  heaue  and  beneth  vpon  earth. 
 Sweare  now  then  vnto  me§  euen  by  the 
 LORDE  (for  so  moch  as  I  haue  dealte  mer- 
 cifully with  you)  that  ye  wyl  also  shewe  mercy 
 vpon  my  fathers  house  :  and  geue  me  a  true 
 token,  that  ye  wyl  let  my  father  lyue,  and  my 
 mother,  my  brethren,  and  my  sisters,  and  all 
 that  they  haue,  and  delyuer  oure  soules  from 
 death.  The  men  sayde  vnto  her:  II  Yf  we 
 shewe  not  mercy  and  faithfulnesse  vpon  the, 
 whan  the  LORDE  geueth  vs  the  londe,  then 
 let  oure  soule  dye  for  you,  so  farre  as  thou 
 
 •Heb.  ll.e.    lac.  2.  c. 
 
 t  Deu.  S8.  a.     losu.  5.  a. 
 
 betrayest  not  oure  deuyce.  Then  let  she  them 
 downe  thorow  the  w)-ndowe  by  a  coarde  :  for 
 hir  house  was  in  the  wall  of  the  cite,  and  in 
 the  wall  was  hir  dwellynge.  And  she  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Go  youre  waye  vp  to  the  moun- 
 taynes,  lest  they  mete  you  that  folowe  vpon 
 you :  and  hyde  youre  selues  there  thre  dayes, 
 tyll  they  be  come  againe  y  folowe  after  you: 
 and  then  get  you  youre  waye. 
 
 But  the  men  sayde  vnto  her :  As  for  this 
 ooth  that  thou  hast  taken  of  vs,  we  vryW  be 
 discharged  of  it  whan  we  come  in  to  y  londe, 
 excepte  thou  knyttest  in  the  wyndowe  ;y  lyne 
 of  this  rosecoloured  rope  (y  thou  hast  lette 
 vs  downe  with  all)  (j  gatherest  vnto  y  in  to 
 the  house,  thy  father,  thy  mother,  thy  brethren 
 5  all  thy  fathers  house.  And  loke  who  so  euer 
 goeth  out  at  the  dore  of  thy  house,  his  bloude 
 be  ^'pon  his  o\\aie  heade,  and  we  giltlesse. 
 But  of  all  those  y  are  in  thy  house,  yf  a  hande 
 be  layed  vpon  the,  their  bloude  shalbe  vpo 
 oure  heade.  And  yf  thou  bewreiyest  eny  of 
 this  deuyce  of  ours,  the  wil  we  be  discharged 
 of  the  ooth  y  thou  hast  take  of  vs.  She 
 saj'de:  Let  it  be  so  as  ye  saye,  and  she  let 
 the  go.  And  they  wente  their  waye.  And  she 
 knyt  the  rose  coloured  lyne  in  the  wyndowe. 
 
 They  wente  on  their  waye,  and  came  to  the 
 mountaynes,  and  remayned  there  thre  dayes, 
 tyll  they  that  folowed  vpon  them  were  come 
 agayne  :  for  they  soughte  them  thorow  euery 
 strete,  (t  yet  they  founde  them  not.  So  the 
 two  men  turned  agayne,  and  departed  from 
 the  mountaynes,  and  passed  ouer  (lordane) 
 and  came  to  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,  and 
 tolde  him  euery  thinge,  as  they  had  founde  it, 
 (I  they  sayde  vnto  losua  :  The  LORDE  hath 
 geue  vs  all  the  londe  in  to  oure  handes,  and 
 all  they  that  dwell  in  the  londe,  are  sore 
 afrayed  of  vs. 
 
 Cijc  tij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  losua  rose  vp  early,  and  they  de- 
 parted from  Setim,  (t  came  vnto  lordane, 
 he  and  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and  re- 
 mayned there  all  night,  afore  they  wete  ouer. 
 But  after  thre  dayes  wente  the  officers  thorow 
 f  boost,  and  commaunded  the  people,  and 
 sayde :  Whan  ye  se  the  Arke  of  y  couenaunt 
 of  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and  the  prestes 
 from  amoge  the  Leuites  bearinge  it,  departe 
 ye  then  out  of  youre  place,  and  folowe  after 
 
 "  Exo.  14.  e.      }Nu.  21.d.      «Deu.  10.  d.       11  losu.  6.  d. 
 
Cfjap,  iiij. 
 
 Cf)t  hokt  of  Sositia. 
 
 jTo.  trb. 
 
 (but  so,  that  there  be  rowme  betwene  you  and 
 it  by  two  thousande  cubites,  5  that  ye  come 
 not  nye  it)  y  ye  maye  knowe  what  waye  ye 
 shulde  go :  for  ye  neuer  wente  that  waye  afore. 
 
 "  And  losua  sayde  vnto  the  people :  Halowe 
 youre  selues,  for  tomorow  shal  thy  LORDE 
 bringe  wonderous  thinges  to  passe  amoge  you. 
 And  vnto  the  prestes  he  sayde:  Beare  ye  the 
 Arke  of  y  couenaut,  and  go  before  the  people. 
 Then  *  bare  they  the  Arke,  and  wente  before 
 the  people.  And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 losua :  This  daye  wyl  I  begynne  to  make  the 
 greate  in  the  sighte  of  all  Israel,  that  they 
 maie  knowe,  how  that  like  as  I  was  with 
 Moses,  so  am  I  with  the  also.  And  eom- 
 maunde  thou  the  prestes  that  beare  the  Arke, 
 and  saye :  Wlian  ye  come  before  in  the  water 
 of  lordane,  stonde  styll. 
 
 And  losua  sayde  vnto  the  children  of  Israel : 
 Come  hither,  5  heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 youre  God.  He  sayde  morouer :  By  this  shal 
 ye  perceaue,  that  the  lyuynge  God  is  amonge 
 you,  and  that  he  shall  dryue  out  before  you 
 y  Cananites,  Hethites,  Heuites,  Pheresites, 
 Girgosites,  Amorites  and  lebusites.  Beholde, 
 the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  him  y  hath 
 domynion  ouer  all  londes,  shall  go  before  you 
 in  lordane.  Take  now  therfore  twolue  men 
 out  of  y  trybes  of  Israel,  out  of  euery  trybe 
 
 ;.  And  whan  the  soles  of  the  fete  of  the 
 prestes  that  beare  y  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 the  gouemoure  of  all  londes,  are  set  in  the 
 water  of  lordane,  then  shal  y  water  of  lordane 
 withdrawe  it  selfe  from  the  water  that  floweth 
 from  aboue,  that  it  maye  stonde  on  a  heape. 
 
 Now  whan  the  people  departed  out  of  their 
 tentes,  to  go  ouer  lordane,  a,  the  prestes  bare 
 the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  before  the  people, 
 and  came  in  to  lordane,  a,  d)"pte  their  fete 
 before  in  the  water  (as  for  lordane  on  all  his 
 banckes  it  was  full  of  all  maner  waters  t  of 
 the  londe)  then  the  water  that  came  downe 
 fro  aboue,  stode  straight  vp  vpon  one  heape, 
 very  farre  from  the  cite  of  Adom,  that  lyeth 
 on  the  syde  of  Zarthan :  But  the  water  that 
 ranne  downe  to  the  see  (euen  to  the  salt  see) 
 fell  awaye,  and  decreased. 
 
 *So  y  people  wente  thorow  ouer  agaynst 
 lericho.  And  the  prestes  that  bare  the  Arke 
 of  the  LORDES  couenaunt,  stode  drye  in  y 
 myddes  of  lordane,  readye  prepared:   (j  all 
 
 "  Leui.  20.  a.    Nu.  11.  d.     1  Re.  16.  a. 
 t  Some  reade  :  of  the  haruest.    '  Psal.  65.  a. 
 
 *  Nu.  7.  b. 
 t  Deu.  27.  a. 
 
 Israel  wete  thorow  drye  shod,  vntyll  y  whole 
 people  were  all  come  ouer  lordane. 
 
 Wl)t  uij.  CT^aptcr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  sayde  vnto  losua:  Take 
 you  twolue  men,  out  of  euery  trybe  one, 
 5  comaunde  them,  5  saye :  t  Take  vp  twolue 
 stones  out  of  lordane,  from  the  place  where 
 the  fete  of  the  prestes  stode  in  their  araye  : 
 (t,  cary  them  with  you,  y  ye  maie  leaue  them 
 in  y  lodginge,  where  ye  shal  lodge  this  night. 
 The  losua  called  twolue  me  which  were  pre- 
 pared of  the  children  of  Israel,  out  of  euery 
 trybe  one,  (j  sayde  vnto  the :  Go  youre  waye 
 ouer  before  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  in  the  myddes  of  lordane,  5  take  euery 
 man  a  stone  vpon  his  shulder,  after  the  nombre 
 of  the  trybes  of  y  children  of  Israel,  y  they 
 maye  be  a  token  amonge  you.  And  whan 
 youre  children  axe  their  fathers  here  after, 
 and  saye  :  What  do  these  stones  there  ?  That 
 ye  maye  then  saye  vnto  them,  how  that  the 
 water  of  lordane  claue  in  sunder  before  the 
 Arke  of  the  LORDES  couenaunt,  whan  it 
 wente  thorow  lordane,  (s  that  these  stones  are 
 set  for  a  perpetuall  remembraunce  vnto  the 
 children  of  Israel. 
 
 Then  dyd  the  children  of  Israel  as  losua 
 commaunded  them,  and  bare  twolue  stones 
 out  of  the  myddes  of  lordane  (as  the  LORDE 
 had  sayde  vnto  losua)  §  acordinge  to  the 
 nombre  of  the  trybes  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  broughte  the  same  with  them  in  to  the 
 lodginge,  and  lefte  them  there.  And  losua 
 set  vp  twolue  stones  in  y  myddes  of  lordane, 
 where  y  fete  of  the  prestes  stode,  that  bare  y 
 Arke  of  the  couenaunt :  and  there  they  be  yet 
 vnto  this  daye.  As  for  y  prestes  that  bare  y 
 Arke,  they  stode  in  the  myddes  of  lordane, 
 vntyll  all  was  perfourmed  that  tiie  LORDE 
 charged  losua  to  saye  vnto  y  people  II  acordinge 
 as  Moses  gaue  losua  in  conimaundemet.  The 
 people  also  made  haist,  and  wente  ouer.  Now 
 whan  all  the  people  waS  gone  ouer,  the  Arke 
 of  the  LORDE  wente  ouer  also,  and  the 
 prestes  wente  before  the  people. 
 
 If  And  the  Rubenites,  5  Gaddites,  and  y 
 halfe  trybe  of  Manasse  wente  harnessed  before 
 the  childre  of  Israel,  like  as  Moses  had  sayde 
 vnto  the :  Aboute  a  fortye  thousande  men 
 ready  harnessed  to  the  warre,  wente  before 
 
 §  J  Re.  18.  d.       II  Deu.  27.  a.      IT  Num.  32.  c.   losu.  1.  c. 
 
jfo.  rtbi. 
 
 CI)c  bokr  of  Sosua. 
 
 Cftap,  b. 
 
 the  LOIIDE  to  the  battayll,  vpon  y  felde  of 
 lericho.  *  In  that  daye  the  LORDE  made 
 losua  greate  in  the  sighte  of  all  Israel :  and 
 like  as  they  feared  Moses,  so  stode  they  in 
 awe  of  him,  all  his  life  longe. 
 
 And  the  LOIIDE  sayde  vnto  losua :  Com- 
 maunde  .the  prestes  which  beare  the  Arke  of 
 witnesse,  that  they  come  vp  out  of  lordane. 
 So  losua  comaunded  the  prestes,  5  sayde : 
 Come  vp  out  of  lordane.  And  whan  the 
 prestes  y  bare  the  Arke  of  the  couenaut  of  y 
 LORDE  were  come  out  of  lordane,  and  trode 
 with  the  soles  of  their  fete  vpon  the  drye  londe, 
 y  water  of  lordane  came  agayne  in  to  his 
 place,  and  flowed  (like  as  afore  tyme)  vpon  all 
 his  banckes. 
 
 It  was  y  tenth  daye  of  the  first  moneth, 
 whan  the  people  came  vp  out  of  lordane :  a, 
 they  pitched  their  tentes  in  Gilgall  vpon  y 
 East  syde  of  y  cite  of  lericho.  And  y  twolue 
 stones  which  they  had  taken  out  of  lordane, 
 dyd  losua  set  vp  at  Gilgall,  (i  saide  vnto  the 
 children  of  Israel :  t  Whan  youre  children  axe 
 their  fathers  herafter,  5  sale :  What  meane 
 these  stones  ?  Ye  shall  tell  the,  (t  saye :  Israel 
 wete  diye  thorow  lordane,  what  tyme  as  y 
 LORDE  youi-e  God  dryed  vp  y  water  of 
 lordane  before  you,  vntyll  ye  were  oner :  like 
 as  the  LORDE  youre  God  dyd  in  the  reed 
 see,  *  which  he  dryed  vp  before  vs,  y  we 
 mighte  go  thorow :  that  all  the  people  vpon 
 earth  mighte  knowe  the  hade  of  the  LORDE, 
 how  mightie  it  is,  to  the  intent  that  ye  shulde 
 allwaye  feare  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Ci)t  6.  Cf)apter. 
 
 NOW  whan  all  the  kynges  of  f  Amorites 
 that  dwelt  beyonde  lordane  westwarde, 
 and  all  the  kynges  of  y  Cananites  by  the  see 
 syde  herde,  how  y  LORDE  had  dryed  vp  the 
 water  of  lordane  before  the  children  of  Israel, 
 tyll  they  were  come  ouer  ^  their  hert  fayled 
 them,  nether  was  there  eny  more  corage  in 
 them  at  the  presence  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 At  the  same  tyme  sayde  y  LORDE  vnto 
 losua :  Make  the  knyues  II  of  stone,  and  cir- 
 cumcyse  the  children  of  Israel  agayne  the 
 seconde  tyme.  Then  losua  made  him  knyues 
 of  stone,  and  circumcysed  the  childre  of  Israel 
 vpon  the  toppe  of  the  foreszkynnes.  And  the 
 cause  why  losua  circumcysed  all  the  males  of 
 
 •  losu.  3. c 
 Exod.  4.  e. 
 
 t  Exo.  12.d.      i  Exo.  14.  e. 
 t  Nu.  14.  d.  •' 
 
 ^  losu.  2.  b. 
 Exod.  12.  a. 
 
 the  people  y  were  come  out  of  Egipte,  is  this: 
 for  all  the  men  of  warre  dyed  in  y  wildernesse 
 by  the  waye,  after  they  were  departed  out  of 
 Egipte :  for  all  the  people  that  came  forth, 
 were  circumcysed. 
 
 But  all  the  people  that  were  borne  in  f 
 wyldernesse  by  the  waye  (after  they  departed 
 out  of  Egipte)  were  not  circumcysed :  for  the 
 children  of  Israel  walked  fortye  yeares  in  the 
 wyldernesse,  vntyll  all  the  people  of  the  men 
 of  warre  that  came  out  of  Egipte,  were  con- 
 sumed, because  they  herkened  not  vnto  the 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE,  like  as  the  LORDE 
 sware  vnto  them.  If  that  they  shulde  not  se 
 the  londe,  which  the  LORDE  sware  vnto 
 their  fathers  to  geue  vnto  vs,  euen  a  londe 
 that  floweth  with  mylke  5  honye :  their  children 
 which  were  come  vp  in  their  steade,  dyd  losua 
 circumcyse  :  for  they  had  the  foreszkynne,  and 
 were  not  circumcysed  by  the  waye. 
 
 And  whan  all  the  people  were  circumcysed, 
 they  abode  in  their  place,  eue  in  f-  tetes,  tyll 
 they  were  whole.  And  y  LORDE  saide  vnto 
 losua:  To  daie  haue  I  turned  ;y-  shame  of 
 Egipte  awaye  from  you,  (j  the  same  place  was 
 called  Gilgall  vnto  this  daye.  And  whyle  the 
 children  of  Israel  laye  thus  at  Gilgall,  they 
 kepte  Easter  **  the  fourtenth  daye  of  the 
 moneth  at  eue  in  the  felde  of  lericho.  And 
 they  ate  of  the  come  of  the  lode  the  seconde 
 daye  of  the  Easter :  namely,  vnleuended  bred, 
 (J  fyrmentye  of  y  yeare,  eue  the  same  daye. 
 And  vpon  the  morow,  the  tt  Manna  fayled, 
 whan  they  ate  of  the  come  of  y  londe,  so  that 
 the  children  of  Israel  had  nomore  Manna,  but 
 ate  of  the  come  of  the  londe  of  Canaan  the 
 same  yeare. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  that  wha  losua  was  by 
 lericho,  he  lifte  vp  his  eyes,  i  was  awarre,  that 
 there  stode  a  ma  agaynst  him,  and  had  a 
 naked  swerde  in  his  hande.  And  losua  wete 
 to  him,  (J  sayde  vnto  him :  Art  thou  one  of  vs, 
 or  of  oure  enemies  ?  He  sayde :  No,  but  I 
 am  tt  the  prynce  of  the  LORDES  boost,  and 
 now  am  I  come.  Then  fell  losua  dowiie  to 
 the  earth  vpon  his  face,  (j  worshipped  him, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  What  sayeth  my  LORDE 
 vnto  his  seruaimt?  And  the  prynce  ouer  the 
 LORDES  boost  sayde  vnto  him:  §^Put  thy 
 shues  of  thy  fete,  for  the  place  whervpo  thou 
 stondest,  is  holy.     And  losua  dyd  so. 
 
 tt  Exod.  16.  f.     tJ  Dan.  10.  b.     §§  Exod.  3.  a.    Acto.  7.  d. 
 
C&ap«  bu 
 
 Cf)e  bokf  of  Bo^ua. 
 
 jTo,  cctiij. 
 
 ©^t  bi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AS  for  lericho,  it  was  shut  j  kepte  because 
 of  the  childre  of  Israel,  so  that  no  man 
 mighte  go  out  ner  in.  But  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  losua:  Beholde,  I  haue  geuen  lericho 
 with  y  kynge  and  men  of  warre  therof,  in  to 
 thy  hande.  Let  all  the  men  of  warre  go  once 
 rounde  aboute  y  cite,  and  do  so  sixe  dayes. 
 But  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  let  the  prestes 
 take  the  seuen  trompettes  of  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye  before  the  Arke,  and  go  the  same 
 seuenth  daye  seuen  tymes  aboute  the  cite,  and 
 let  the  prestes  blowe  the  trompettes.  And 
 whan  the  home  of  the  yeare  of  lubilye  bloweth 
 and  maketh  a  sounde,  so  that  ye  heare  the 
 trompettes,  all  the  people  shal  make  a  greate 
 shoute,  then  shal  the  walles  of  the  cite  fall 
 downe,  and  y  people  shal  fall  in,  euery  one 
 straight  before  him. 
 
 Then  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun  called  y 
 prestes,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Beare  ye  the 
 Arke  of  the  couenaunt,  and  let  seuen  prestes 
 take  the  seuen  trompettes  of  the  yeare  of 
 lubilye  before  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE. 
 But  vnto  the  people  he  sayde :  Get  you 
 hence,  and  go  roude  aboute  the  cite :  and  let 
 him  that  is  harnessed,  go  before  the  Arke  of 
 the  LORDE.  Whan  losua  had  spoken  this 
 vnto  the  people,  the  seuen  prestes  bare  the 
 seuen  trompettes  of  the  yeare  lubilye  before 
 the  Arke  of  the  LORDE,  and  wente  i  blew 
 the  trompettes,  and  the  Arke  of  the  LORDES 
 couenaut  folowed  after  them :  and  who  so  was 
 harnessed,  wente  before  the  prestes  that  blewe 
 the  trompettes,  and  the  multitude  folowed 
 the  Arke.  And  all  was  full  of  y  noyse  of 
 the  trompettes.  But  losua  commaunded  the 
 people,  and  sayde  :  Ye  shall  make  no  shoute, 
 ner  let  youre  voyce  be  herde,  nether  shall  ye 
 geue  one  worde  out  of  youre  mouth,  vntyll 
 the  daye  y  I  saye  vnto  you :  Make  a  shoute, 
 then  make  a  shoute. 
 
 So  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  wente  once 
 rounde  aboute  the  cite,  and  came  agayne  in 
 to  y  hooste,  5  remayned  therin  :  for  losua 
 vsed  to  ryse  vp  early  in  the  mornynge.  And 
 the  prestes  bare  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  : 
 so  dyd  the  seuen  prestes  beare  the  seuen  trom- 
 pettes of  the  yeare  of  lubilye  before  y  Arke 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  wente  and  blewe  the 
 trompettes :  and  who  so  was  harnessed,  wente 
 
 •  losu.  2.  c.  t  losu.  7.  a.         }  Heb.  11.  e. 
 
 before  the,  but  ;y  multitude  folowed  y  Arke  of 
 the  LORDE.  And  all  was  full  of  the  noyse 
 of  the  trompettes. 
 
 The  seconde  daye  wente  they  once  aboute 
 the  cite  also,  and  came  agayne  in  to  the  hoost. 
 Thus  dyd  they  sixe  dayes.  But  vpon  the 
 seueth  daye  whan  the  mornynge  sprynge  arose, 
 they  gat  them  vp  early,  and  wente  after  the 
 same  maner  seuen  tymes  aboute  y  cite,  so 
 that  vpon  the  same  one  seuenth  daye  they 
 wente  seuen  tymes  aboute  the  cite. 
 
 And  at  the  seueth  tyme  whan  the  prestes 
 blewe  the  trompettes,  losua  sayde  vnto  the 
 people  :  Make  a  shoute,  for  y  LORDE  hath 
 delyuered  you  the  cite :  Howbeit  this  cite,  5 
 all  that  is  therin,  shalbe  damned  vnto  the 
 L,ORDE :  *  onely  the  harlot  Rahab  shal 
 lyue,  (J  all  that  are  with  her  in  f  house,  for 
 she  hyd  the  messaungers,  whom  we  sent  forth. 
 t  Onely  bewarre  of  it  that  is  damned,  lest  ye 
 damne  youre  selues  (yf  ye  take  ought  of  it 
 which  is  damned)  and  make  the  hoost  of 
 Israel  to  be  damned,  and  brynge  it  in  to  mys- 
 fortune.  But  all  the  syluer  and  golde,  with 
 the  ornametes  of  brasse  5  yron,  shalbe  sanc- 
 tified vnto  the  LORDE,  that  itmayecome  to 
 the  LORDES  treasure. 
 
 Then  made  the  people  a  greate  shoute,  and 
 the  prestes  blewe  the  trompettes  (for  whan 
 the  people  herde  the  noyse  of  the  trompettes, 
 they  made  a  greate  shoute)  i  and  the  walles 
 fell,  and  the  people  cljTnmed  vp  in  to  the  cite, 
 euery  one  straight  before  him.  Thus  they  wanne 
 y  cite,  and  §  destroyed  all  that  was  in  the  cite 
 with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  both  man  and 
 woman,  yonge  and  olde,  oxe,  shepe,  and  Asse. 
 
 But  losua  sayde  vnto  y  two  men  which 
 had  spyed  out  the  londe :  Go  in  to  the  house 
 of  the  harlot,  and  bringe  out  the  woman  fro 
 thence  with  all  that  she  hath,  acordynge  as  ye 
 haue  sworne  vnto  her.  Then  y  yonge  men 
 (the  spyes)  wente  in,  and  brought  forth  Rahab 
 with  hir  father  and  mother,  j  brethren,  and 
 all  that  she  had,  and  all  hir  kynred,  and 
 caused  her  to  dwell  without  the  hoost  of 
 Israel.  As  for  the  cite,  they  brent  it  with 
 fyre,  5  all  that  was  therin :  onely  the  syluer 
 and  golde,  and  the  ornamentes  of  brasse  and 
 yr5  put  they  vnto  the  treasure  in  the  house 
 of  y  LORDE:  but  losua  let  lithe  harlot 
 Rahab  lyue,  with  hir  fathers  house,  and  all 
 that  she  had :  5  she  dwelt  in  Israel  vnto  this 
 
 §  Deut.  20.  c. 
 
 Heb.  11.  e.    lacob.  2. 
 
jTo.  ctbiij. 
 
 CI)r  bokr  of  3o^m, 
 
 Cftap.  bij. 
 
 daie,  because  she  had  hyd  the  messaungers 
 who  losua  sent  viito  lericho  to  spye. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  sware  losua,  and  sayde : 
 *  Cursed  be  that  man  before  the  LORDE, 
 which  setteth  vp  this  cite  of  lericho  5  buyldeth 
 it :  Whan  he  laieth  f  foundacio  therof,  let  it 
 cost  him  his  first  sonne :  And  wha  he  setteth 
 vp  the  gates  of  it,  let  it  cost  him  his  ydgest 
 sonne.  Thus  the  LORDE  was  with  losua, 
 so  that  he  was  spoken  of  in  all  londes. 
 
 SEIjt  bi).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 BUT  the  children  of  Israel  had  comytted 
 a  sinne  in  the  "  thinge  y  was  damned  : 
 for  Achan  the  sonne  of  Charmi  the  sonne  of 
 Sabdi  the  soime  of  Serah,  of  f  trybe  of  luda, 
 toke  some  of  it  y  was  daned.  Then  was  the 
 wrath  of  the  LORDE  fearce  ouer  the  children 
 of  Israel. 
 
 Now  whan  losua  sent  out  men  from  lericho 
 vnto  Hai,  which  lyeth  besyde  Bethaue  on  y 
 east  syde  of  Bethel,  he  sayde  vnto  the :  Go 
 vp,  and  spye  the  londe.  And  whan  they  had 
 gone  vp,  and  spyed  out  Hai,  they  came  agayne 
 to  losua,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Let  not  all  the 
 people  go  vp,  but  vjjon  a  two  or  thre  thou- 
 sande,  that  they  maye  go  vp  and  smyte  Hai, 
 lest  all  the  people  weerye  them  selues  there, 
 for  they  are  but  fewe. 
 
 So  there  wente  vp,  of  the  people  vpon  a 
 thre  thousande  men,  and  they  fled  before  the 
 men  of  Hai,  and  they  of  Hai  smote  vpon  a 
 syxe  and  thyrtie  men  of  them,  and  chaced 
 them  from  the  porte  vnto  Sebarim,  and  smote 
 them  downe  the  waye.  Then  was  the  hert 
 of  the  people  discoraged,  t  and  became  like 
 water.  As  for  losua  he  rente  his  clothes,  and 
 fell  vpon  his  face  vnto  the  earth  before  the 
 Arke  of  the  LORDE,  vntill  the  eueninge, 
 with  the  Elders  of  Israel,  and  cast  dust  vpon 
 their  heades. 
 
 And  losua  sayde  :  Oh  LORDE  LORDE, 
 wherfore  hast  thou  broughte  this  people  ouer 
 lordane,  to  delyuer  vs  in  to  the  handes  of  the 
 Aniorites  to  destroye  vs?  O  that  we  had 
 taried  beionde  lordane,  as  we  begane.  Oh 
 my  LORDE,  what  shal  I  saye,  whyle  Israel 
 turneth  his  backe  vpon  his  enemies?  Wha 
 the  Cananites  heare  of  this,  they  shal  com- 
 passe  vs  rounde  aboute,  yee  and  rote  out  oure 
 names  from  of  the  earth.  What  wylt  thou  do 
 then  vnto  thy  greate  name  ? 
 
 ♦.'ilie.  16.  d.         "06^.7.6.     losu.  6.  d.    2  Ma.  12.  f. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  losua: 
 Stode  vp,  why  lyest  thou  so  vpon  thy  face  ? 
 Israel  hath  offended,  and  trasgressed  ouer  my 
 couenaunt,  which  I  commaunded  the.  They 
 haue  taken  also  of  the  thinge  that  was  damned, 
 and  haue  stollen,  and  dyssembled,  and  layed 
 it  amonge  their  ornamentes.  The  children 
 of  Israel  are  not  able  to  stonde  before  their 
 aduersaries,  but  must  turne  their  backes  vpon 
 their  enemies  :  for  they  are  acursed.  I  wyll 
 no  more  be  with  you  from  hece  forth  yf  ye 
 put  not  out  the  damned  from  amonge  you. 
 
 Stonde  vp,  and  sanctifie  the  people,  and 
 saye:  *  Sanctifie  youre  selues  agaynst  tomorow 
 for  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel : 
 t  There  is  a  damned  thinge  in  the  O  Israel, 
 therfore  canst  thou  not  stonde  before  thine 
 enemies,  tyll  ye  put  awaye  the  damned  from 
 amonge  you.  And  ye  shall  ryse  vp  early,  one 
 trybe  after  another  :  and  loke  which  trybe  so 
 euer  the  LORDE  taketh,  the  same  shall  come 
 forth,  one  kynred  after  another:  and  loke 
 which  kynred  the  LORDE  taketh,  the  same 
 shall  come  forth,  one  house  after  another. 
 And  loke  what  house  the  LORDE  taketh, 
 the  same  shal  come  forth,  one  housholder 
 after  another.  And  who  so  euer  is  founde  in 
 y  curse,  the  same  shalbe  burnt  in  the  fyre 
 with  all  that  he  hath :  because  he  hath  gone 
 beyonde  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 committed  folye  in  Israel. 
 
 Then  losua  gat  him  vp  by  tymes  in  the 
 mornynge,  and  brought  forth  Israel,  one  trybe 
 after  another,  and  y  trybe  of  luda  was  taken. 
 And  whan  he  had  brought  forth  the  kynreds 
 in  luda,  y  kinred  of  the  Serahites  was  taken. 
 And  whan  he  had  brought  forth  the  kynred 
 of  the  Serahites,  one  housholde  after  another, 
 Sabdi  was  taken.  And  wha  he  had  brought 
 forth  his  house,  one  housholder  after  another, 
 Achan  the  sonne  of  Charmi  y  sonne  of  Sabdi 
 the  sonne  of  Serah  of  the  trybe  of  luda,  was 
 taken. 
 
 And  losua  sayde  vnto  Achan  :  My  sonne, 
 geue  the  glory  vnto  the  LORDE  the  God  of 
 Israel,  and  geue  him  the  prayse,  and  tell  me, 
 what  thou  hast  done,  and  hide  nothinge  fro  me. 
 
 Then  answered  Achan  vnto  losua,  and 
 sayde :  Verely  I  haue  synned  agaynst  y 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  thus  g  thus  haue  1 
 done  :  I  sawe  amoge  ;y-  spoiles  a  costly  Babi- 
 lonish  garment,  and  two  hudreth   Sycles  of 
 
 t  Psa.21.  b. 
 
 Re.  16.  a.        $  Deut.  13.  c.  and  17.b. 
 
1  Cftap.  biij. 
 
 CI;e  bofef  of  Josiua. 
 
 So,  ttiv* 
 
 syluer  and  a  tunge  of  golde,  worth  fiftye 
 Sycles  in  weight,  vnto  the  which  I  had  a  lust, 
 and  toke  it:  and  beholde,  it  is  hyd  in  the 
 grounde  in  my  tente,  and  the  syluer  vnder  it. 
 
 Then  losua  sent  messaungers  thither,  which 
 ranne  to  the  tente,  and  beholde,  it  was  hyd 
 in  his  tente,  and  the  siluer  vnder  it.  And 
 they  toke  it  out  of  the  tente,  and  broughte  it 
 vnto  losua,  and  to  all  the  children  of  Israel 
 and  poured  it  before  the  LORDE.  Then 
 losua  and  all  Israel  with  him,  toke  Achan  the 
 Sonne  of  Serah  with  the  siluer,  the  garment 
 and  golde  tunge,  his  sonnes  and  doughters,  his 
 oxen  and  asses,  and  shepe,  and  all  that  he  had 
 broughte  they  in  to  f  valley  of  Achor. 
 
 And  losua  sayde :  For  so  moch  as  thou 
 hast  troubled  vs,  the  LORDE  trouble  the 
 this  daye.  And  all  Israel  stoned  him,  and 
 burned  him  with  fyre  with  all  that  he  had. 
 And  whan  they  had  stoned  him,  they  made 
 ouer  him  a  greate  heape  of  stones,  which 
 remayneth  vnto  this  daye.  (So  the  LORDE 
 turned  from  the  rigorousnes  of  his  wrath.) 
 Therfore  is  the  same  place  called  f  valley  of 
 Achor  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 ffi^c  btij.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 AND  f  LORDE  saide  vnto  losua:  Feare 
 not,  and  be  not  afrayed.  "  Take  all  the 
 men  of  warre  with  the,  and  ryse,  and  get  the 
 vp  vnto  Hai.  Beholde,  I  haue  geuen  in  to 
 thy  hande,  the  kynge  of  Hai  with  his  people 
 in  his  cite  5  countre.  And  thou  shalt  do  with 
 Hai  and  the  kynge  of  it,  *as  thou  dyddest 
 with  lericho  and  the  kynge  therof,  sauynge 
 that  ye  shal  deale  amoge  you  their  spoyle  5 
 catell :  but  set  thou  a  t  preuy  watch  behynde 
 the  cite. 
 
 Then  losua  arose,  and  all  y  men  of  warre, 
 to  go  vp  vnto  Hai :  and  losua  chose  thirtie 
 thousande  fightinge  men,  and  sent  them  out 
 by  night,  and  commaunded  them,  and  sayde  : 
 Take  hede,  ye  shal  be  y  preuye  watch  behynde 
 the  cite,  but  go  not  to  farre  from  the  cite,  and 
 se  that  ye  be  redye  alltogether.  As  for  me 
 and  all  the  people  that  is  with  me,  we  wyll 
 make  vs  to  the  cite.  And  whan  they  come 
 forth  agaynst  vs  (tas  afore)  we  wyll  flye  before 
 them,  that  they  maye  folowe  out  after  vs,  tyll 
 we  haue  prouoked  them  forth  of  the  cite  :  for 
 they  shal  thinke  that  we  flye  before  them,  like 
 as  at  y-  first.     And  whyle  we  flye  before  them. 
 
 ye  shal  get  you  vp  out  of  the  preuy  watch,  and 
 Wynne  the  cite.  For  ;y^  LORDE  youre  God 
 shal  delyuer  it  in  to  youre  handes.  But  whan 
 ye  haue  wonne  the  cite,  set  fyre  vpon  it,  doinge 
 §acordinge  vnto  the  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 Beholde,  I  haue  commaunded  you. 
 
 So  losua  sent  them  awaye,  5  they  wente 
 vnto  the  place  of  the  preuy  watch,  and  laye 
 betwixte  Bethel  and  Hai,  on  the  west  syde  of 
 Hai.  But  losua  abode  that  night  amoge  the 
 people.  And  in  the  mornynge  he  arose  early, 
 and  set  the  people  in  order,  and  wente  vp 
 with  the  Elders  of  Israel  before  the  people 
 towarde  Hai :  and  all  the  men  of  warre  that 
 were  with  him,  wente  vp,  5  gat  them  forth, 
 and  came  ouer  agaynst  the  cite,  and  pitched 
 their  tentes  on  the  north  syde  of  Hai,  so  y 
 there  was  but  a  valley  betwene  him  and  Hai. 
 
 He  had  taken  aboute  a  fyue  thousande  men, 
 and  set  them  in  the  hynder  watch  betwene 
 Bethel  and  Hai,  on  the  west  syde  of  the  cite, 
 and  they  ordred  the  people  of  the  whole  boost 
 that  was  on  the  north  syde  of  the  cite,  so  that 
 the  vttemost  of  the  people  reached  vnto  the 
 west  ende  of  the  cite.  So  losua  wente  the 
 same  nighte  in  to  the  myddes  of  the  valley. 
 
 But  whan  the  kynge  of  Hai  sawe  that,  he 
 made  haist,  and  gat  him  vp  early,  and  the 
 men  out  of  the  cite,  to  mete  Israel  to  y  bat- 
 tayll,  with  all  his  people,  euen  righte  before 
 the  felde :  for  he  wyst  not  that  there  was  a 
 preuy  watch  behynde  him  on  the  backe  syde 
 of  the  cite.  But  losua  and  all  Israel  were 
 feble  before  them,  and  fled  by  the  waye  to  y 
 wyldernesse.  Then  cried  all  the  people  in 
 the  cite,  that  they  shulde  folowe  vpon  them, 
 and  they  folowed  after  losua  and  ruszshed  out 
 of  the  cite,  so  that  there  remayned  not  one 
 man  in  Hai  and  Bethel,  which  wente  not  out 
 to  folowe  vpon  Israel,  and  they  lefte  the  cite 
 stondinge  open,  that  they  mighte  persecute 
 Israel. 
 
 The  sayde  y  LORDE  vnto  losua :  Reach 
 out  the  speare  that  thou  hast  in  thine  hande, 
 towarde  Hai :  for  I  wyll  delyuer  it  in  to  thy 
 hande.  And  whan  losua  reached  out  the 
 speare  that  was  in  his  hande,  towarde  y  cite, 
 y  hinder  watch  brake  vp  out  of  their  place, 
 and  ranne  (whan  he  had  stretched  out  his 
 hande)  and  came  in  to  the  cite,  and  wanne 
 it,  and  made  haist,  5  set  fyre  vpon  it.  And 
 the   men    of  Hai   turned   them,   and   loked 
 
 t  losu.  7.  a. 
 
 ^  Deu.  20.  c. 
 
 30 
 
fo,  W. 
 
 Ci)e  bofee  of  Sostia. 
 
 Cfeap.  If. 
 
 iiT 
 
 behynde  them,  and  the  smoke  of  the  cite  wente 
 vp  towarde  heauen,  and  they  had  no  place  to 
 flie  vnto,  nether  hither  ner  thither :  and  the 
 people  that  fled  towarde  the  wyldernes  turned 
 aboute,  to  folowe  vpon  tliem. 
 
 And  whan  losua  and  all  Israel  sawe,  y  the 
 hynder  watch  had  wonne  the  cite  (for  y 
 smoke  of  the  cite  ascended)  they  turned 
 againe,  and  smote  the  men  of  Hai.  And 
 they  in  the  cite  came  forth  also  agajTist  them, 
 so  y  they  came  in  the  myddes  amonge  Israel 
 on  both  the  sydes,  and  they  slewe  them,  so 
 that  there  was  not  one  man  of  them  left  ouer 
 or  escaped  :  and  they  toke  the  kynge  of  Hai 
 alyue,  and  broughte  him  vnto  losua.  And  wha 
 Israel  had  slayne  all  the  inhabiters  of  Hai, 
 which  had  folowed  vpon  them  in  the  felde 
 and  in  the  wildernesse :  and  whan  they  were 
 all  fallen  thorow  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  tyll 
 they  were  destroied,  the  turned  all  Israel  vnto 
 Hai,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  f  swerde. 
 And  of  all  them  which  fell  that  daye  fro  man 
 vnto  woma,  there  were  twolue  thousande,  all 
 men  of  Hai. 
 
 But  losua  withdrue  not  his  hande  (wher- 
 with  he  reached  out  the  speare)  tyll  all  the 
 inhabiters    of    Hai    were    vtterly   destroyed, 
 
 *  sauynge  the  catell  and  the  spoyle  of  f  cite, 
 dyd  Israel  parte  amonge  them  seines,  acord- 
 inge  vnto  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 he  comaunded  losua.  And  losua  burned  vp 
 Hai  and  made  an  heape  therof  for  euer,  which 
 is  there  yet  vnto  this  daye.  And  the  kynge 
 of  Hai  caused  he  to  be  hanged  on  a  tre  vntyll 
 the  euen. 
 
 But  wha  the  Sonne  was  gone  downe,  he 
 commaunded  to  take  his  body  from  the  tre, 
 and  to  cast  it  vnder  the  gate  of  the  cite,  and 
 made  vpon  him  a  greate  heape  of  stones, 
 which  is  there  yet  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 *  Then  buylded  losua  an  altare  vnto  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  vpon  mount  Ebal 
 acordinge  as  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  f  LORDE 
 commaunded  the  children  of  Israel,  as  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  Moses  euen 
 an  altare  of  whole  stone,  whervpon  there  was 
 no  yron  lifted :  and  he  offred  burntofferinges 
 and  healthofFeringes,  and  there  vpon  the  stones 
 he  wrote  the  seconde  lawe  of  Moses,  which 
 he  wrote  before  the  childre  of  Israel. 
 
 And  all  Israel  with  their  Elders  and  officers 
 and  iudges,   stode  on  both  the  sydes  of  the 
 
 *  Num.  31.  d.  Deut.  20.  c.  losu.  8.  a.  and  22.  b.     "  Deut. 
 
 Arke,  right  ouer  agaynst  the  prestes  y  bare 
 the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE, 
 the  straunger  as  well  as  one  of  them  selues, 
 the  one  halfe  besyde  mount  Gr)'sim,  and  the 
 other  halfe  beside  mount  Ebal,  t  as  Moses  the 
 seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  commaunded  afore, 
 to  blesse  the  people  of  Israel.  Afterwarde 
 caused  he  to  proclame  all  the  wordes  of  the 
 lawe  of  the  blessynge  and  cursynge,  as  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe.  There  was 
 not  one  worde  that  Moses  commaunded,  but 
 losua  caused  it  to  be  proclamed  before  all  the 
 congregacion  of  Israel,  and  before  the  weme, 
 and  children,  and  straiigers  which  walked 
 amonge  them. 
 
 €))(  iy.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 NOW  whan  all  the  kjTiges  that  were  be- 
 yonde  lordane  vpon  the  mountaynes, 
 and  in  the  lowe  countrees,  j  in  all  the  hauens 
 of  the  greate  see,  and  besyde  mount  Libanus, 
 herde  this  (namely,  y  Hethites,  Amorites, 
 Cananites,  Pheresites,  Heuites,  and  lebusytes) 
 they  gathered  the  selues  together  with  one 
 acorde,  to  fighte  agaynst  losua,  and  agaynst 
 Israel. 
 
 But  whan  the  inhabiters  of  Gibeon  herde, 
 what  losua  had  done  with  lericho  and  Hai, 
 they  dealte  craftely,  wete  on  their  waie,  and 
 made  a  message,  and  toke  olde  sackes  vpon 
 their  asses,  and  olde  rente  wyne  hotels,  and 
 olde  mended  shues  vpon  their  fete,  and  put 
 on  olde  and  peced  garmentes,  and  all  y  bred 
 of  their  vytayles  was  harde  and  moulde,  and 
 they  wente  vnto  losua  in  to  f  boost  at  Gilgall, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him,  and  to  euery  man  in 
 Israel:  We  are  come  out  of  a  farre  countre, 
 therfore  make  now  a  couenaunt  with  vs.  Then 
 sayde  euery  man  in  Israel  vnto  y  Heuyte  : 
 Peraduenture  thou  dwellest  amonge  vs,  how 
 can  I  then  make  a  couenaunt  with  the  ? 
 
 They  saide  vnto  losua :  We  are  thy  ser- 
 uaiites.  losua  sayde  vnto  them :  What  are 
 ye,  (I  whence  come  ye  ?  They  sayde  :  Thy 
 seruauntes  are  come  out  of  a  very  farre 
 countre,  because  of  the  name  of  the  LORDE 
 thy  God :  for  we  haue  herde  the  reporte  of 
 him,  and  all  that  he  dyd  in  Egipte,  and  all 
 that  he  dyd  vnto  the  two  kynges  of  the 
 Amorites  beyode  lordane,  Sihon  the  kjTige  at 
 Heszbo,  and  Og  the  kpige  of  Basan,  which 
 dwelt    at    Astaroth.      Therfore    sayde    oure 
 
 20.  c.  losu.  10.  e.     '  Deu.  27.  a.  Exo.  20.  d.     t  Deu.  27.  b. 
 
 s 
 
Cftap,  jr. 
 
 Cftf  Ijofef  of  Siosim. 
 
 jTo.  mt. 
 
 Elders  and  all  the  inhabiters  of  oure  coimtre  : 
 Take  fode  with  you  for  youre  iourney,  and 
 go  mete  them,  and  saye  vnto  them :  We  are 
 youre  seruautes,  therfore  make  now  a  bonde 
 with  vs :  This  oure  bred  that  we  toke  out  of 
 oure  houses  for  oure  foode,  was  new  whan  we 
 toke  oure  iourney  towarde  you :  but  now  lo,  it 
 is  harde  (j  moulde.  And  these  bottels  fylled 
 we  new,  and  lo,  they  are  rete.  And  these 
 oure  clothes  and  shues  are  waxed  olde,  by  y 
 reason  of  the  sore  longe  iourney. 
 
 Then  the  captajTies  toke  their  vytayles,  and 
 axed  not  the  mouth  of  the  LORDE.  *And 
 losua  made  peace  with  them,  and  set  vp  a 
 couenaunt  with  them,  that  they  shulde  be 
 saued  alyue,  and  the  rulers  of  the  congregacion 
 sware  vnto  them.  But  thre  dayes  after  that 
 they  had  made  a  couenaunt  with  them,  they 
 herde,  that  they  were  their  neghbours,  and 
 dwelte  amonge  them  :  For  as  the  children  of 
 Israel  wente  forth  on  their  iourney,  they  came 
 on  the  thirde  daye  vnto  their  cities,  which  are 
 called  Gibeon,  Caphira,  Beeroth,  and  Cirath 
 learim,  and  smote  the  not,  because  that  the 
 rulers  of  the  congregacion  had  sworne  vnto 
 them  by  the  name  of  the  LORDE  the  God 
 of  Israel. 
 
 But  whan  all  the  congregacion  murmured 
 agaynst  the  rulers,  all  the  rulers  sayde  vnto 
 the  whole  congregacion :  We  haue  sworne 
 vnto  them  by  the  LORDE  the  God  of  Israel, 
 therfore  maye  we  not  touch  them.  But  this 
 wil  we  do  vnto  them :  Let  them  lyue,  that 
 there  come  no  wrath  vpon  vs,  because  of  the 
 ooth  that  we  haue  made  vnto  them. 
 
 And  the  rulers  sayde  vnto  them  :  Let  them 
 lyue,  that  they  maye  be  t  hewers  of  wodd  and 
 bearers  of  water  for  the  whole  congregacion, 
 as  the  rulers  haue  sayde  vnto  them.  Then 
 losua  called  them,  and  commened  with  them, 
 and  sayde :  Wherfore  haue  ye  disceaued  vs, 
 and  sayde,  that  ye  were  farre  from  vs,  where 
 as  ye  dwell  amonge  vs  ?  Therfore  shall  ye  be 
 cursed,  so  that  of  you  there  shall  not  ceasse 
 seruauntes  to  hew  wodd  and  to  beare  water 
 for  the  house  of  my  God. 
 
 They  answered  losua,  5  sayde :  It  was  tolde 
 thy  seruauntes,  that  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 commaunded  Moses  his  seruaunt,  that  he 
 shulde  geue  you  the  whole  lode,  and  that  he 
 wolde  destroye  all  the  inhabiters  of  the  londe 
 before  you:  therfore  were  we  sore  afrayed  of 
 
 *  2  Reg.  21.  a.        t  Deu.  29.  b. 
 
 oure  lyues  before  you,  and  thus  haue  we  done 
 But  now  lo,  we  are  in  thy  handes:  loke  what 
 thou  thinkest  good  and  righte  to  do  vnto  vs, 
 that  do. 
 
 And  he  dyd  euen  so  vnto  them,  and  dely- 
 uered  them  from  the  children  of  Israels  hade, 
 that  they  shulde  not  slaye  them.  So  vpo  the 
 same  daye  losua  made  them  hewers  of  wodd 
 and  water  bearers  for  the  congregacion,  and 
 for  the  altare  of  the  LORDE  vnto  this  daye, 
 in  the  place  that  he  shall  chose. 
 
 Cljc  r-  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHAN  Adonisedech  the  kynge  of  leru- 
 salem  herde,  that  losua  had  wonne 
 Hai,  and  dannied  it,  and  done  vnto  Hai  and 
 y  kynge  of  it,  like  as  he  dyd  vnto  lericho  and 
 to  the  kynge  therof,  i  and  that  they  of  Gibeon 
 had  made  peace  with  Israel,  and  were  come 
 vnder  them,  they  were  sore  afrayed.  For 
 Gibeon  was  a  greate  cite,  like  as  one  of  the 
 kynges  cities,  and  greater  then  Hai,  and  all 
 the  citesyns  therof  were  men  of  armes.  Ther- 
 fore sent  he  vnto  Hoham  the  kynge  of  Hebron, 
 and  to  Pirea  the  kynge  of  larmuth,  and  to 
 laphia  the  kynge  of  Lachis,  and  to  Debir  the 
 kynge  of  Eglon,  and  caused  to  sale  vnto  them : 
 Come  vp  vnto  me,  and  helpe  me,  that  we 
 male  smyte  Gibeon,  for  they  haue  made  peace 
 with  losua  and  the  children  of  Israel.  Then 
 came  the  fyue  kynges  of  the  Amorites  to- 
 gether, and  wente  vp,  the  kynge  of  lerusalem, 
 the  kynge  of  Hebron,  y^  kynge  of  larmuth, 
 the  kynge  of  Lachis,  the  kynge  of  Eglon, 
 with  all  their  armies,  g  layed  sege  vnto  Gibeon, 
 and  foughte  agaynst  it. 
 
 Howbeit  they  of  Gibeon  sent  vnto  losua  to 
 Gilgall,  and  caused  to  saye  vnto  him :  With- 
 drawe  not  thine  hande  from  thy  seruauntes, 
 come  vp  soone  vnto  vs :  delyuer  and  helpe  vs, 
 for  all  the  kynges  of  the  Amorites  that  dwell 
 vpon  the  mountaynes,  are  gathered  together 
 agaynst  vs.  losua  wente  vp  from  Gilgall, 
 and  all  the  warryers  and  all  the  men  armes 
 with  him.  And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 losua:  ^Feare  them  not,  for  I  haue  geue 
 them  in  to  thy  hande.  There  shall  not  one 
 of  them  be  able  to  stonde  before  the.  So 
 losua  came  sodenly  vpon  them,  for  all  that 
 night  wente  he  vp  from  Gilgall.  II  And  the 
 LORDE  discomfyted  the  before  Israel,  and 
 smote  them  with  a  greate  slaughter  at  Gibeon : 
 
 t  losu.  9.  c.         ^  losu.  8.  a.         ||  Esa.  28.  d. 
 
IjTo.  tcnu 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  3o6ua. 
 
 C&ap.  V. 
 
 5  they  chaced  them  the  waie  downe  to  Beth 
 Horon,  and  smote  them  vnto  Aseka  and 
 Makeda. 
 
 And  whan  they  fled  before  Israel,  the  waye 
 downe  to  Bethoron,  the  LOllDE  caused  a 
 greate  hayle  from  heauen  to  fall  vpon  tliem, 
 vnto  Aseka,  so  that  they  dyed:  j  many  mo  of 
 them  dyed  of  the  hayle,  then  the  children  of 
 Israel  slewe  with  the  swerde. 
 
 Then  spake  losua  vnto  the  LORDE  (the 
 same  daye  that  the  LOllDE  gaue  ouer  the 
 Aniorites  before  the  children  of  Israel)  and 
 sayde  in  the  presence  of  Israel :  *  Sonne,  holde 
 styll  at  Gibeon,  and  thou  Moone  in  the  valley 
 of  Aialon. 
 
 Then  the  Sonne  helde  styll,  and  y  Moone 
 stode,  vntyll  the  people  had  auenged  the 
 seines  on  their  enemies.  Is  not  this  wrytten 
 in  the  boke  of  the  righteous?  Thus  the  Sonne 
 stode  styll  in  the  myddes  of  heauen,  and 
 dj'fFerred  to  go  downe  for  the  space  of  a  whole 
 daye  after.  And  there  was  no  daye  like 
 vnto  this  (nether  before  ner  after)  whan  the 
 LORDE  herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  one 
 man:  for  the  LORDE  fought  for  Israel.  And 
 losua  wente  agayne  to  Gilgall  in  to  the  tetes, 
 and  all  Israel  with  him.  As  for  the  fyue 
 kynges,  they  were  fled,  and  had  hyd  the  selues 
 in  the  caue  at  Makeda. 
 
 Then  was  it  tolde  losua:  We  haue  foude 
 the  fyue  kynges  hyd  in  the  caue  at  Makeda. 
 losua  sayde  :  Rolle  greate  stones  then  before 
 the  hole  of  the  caue,  and  set  men  there  to 
 kepe  them. 
 
 As  for  you,  stonde  not  ye  styll,  but  folowe 
 after  youre  enemies,  and  smyte  them  behynde, 
 and  let  them  not  come  in  their  cities,  for  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  hath  delyuered  the  in  to 
 youre  hande.  And  whan  losua  and  y  children 
 of  Israel  had  ended  the  sore  greate  slaughter 
 vpo  them,  so  y  they  were  brought  to  naught, 
 the  remnaunt  of  them  came  in  to  the  stronge 
 cities. 
 
 So  all  the  people  came  agayne  to  the  boost 
 vnto  losua  to  Makeda  in  peace,  and  no  man 
 durst  moue  his  tunge  agaynst  the  children  of 
 Israel.  losua  sayde  :  Open  the  mouth  of  the 
 caue,  and  brynge  the  fyue  kynges  forth  vnto 
 me.  They  dyd  so,  and  broughte  the  kynges 
 vnto  him  out  of  the  caue  :  the  kinge  of  leru- 
 salem,  the  kynge  of  Hebro,  the  kynge  of  lar- 
 muth,  the  kynge  of  Lachis,  the  kinge  of  Eglon. 
 
 *  Eccli.  46.  a.         t  Deut.  21.  d. 
 
 Whan  these  fyue  kynges  were  broughte 
 forth  vnto  him,  losua  called  euery  man  of 
 Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  the  rulers  of  the  men 
 of  warre  that  wente  with  him:  Come  forth 
 and  treade  vpon  the  neckes  of  these  kynges 
 \vith  youre  fete.  And  they  came  forth,  and 
 trode  vpon  their  neckes  with  their  fete.  And 
 losua  saide  vnto  them:  Be  not  afrayed,  and 
 feare  not :  be  stronge  and  bolde,  for  thus  shal 
 the  LORDE  do  vnto  all  youre  enemies, 
 agaynst  whom  ye  fighte. 
 
 And  losua  smote  them  afterwarde,  and  put 
 them  to  death,  and  hanged  them  vpon  fyue 
 trees.  And  they  hanged  styll  vpon  the  trees 
 vntyll  the  euenynge.  t  But  whan  the  Sonne 
 was  gone  downe,  he  commaunded  to  take 
 them  of  from  the  trees :  and  they  cast  them 
 in  the  caue,  wherin  they  had  hyd  them  selues, 
 S  before  the  hole  of  the  caue  they  layed  greate 
 stones,  which  are  there  yet  vnto  thjs  daye. 
 The  same  daye  wanne  losua  Makeda  also, 
 and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and 
 the  kynge  therof,  and  t  damned  it,  and  all  the 
 soules  that  were  therin,  and  let  none  remayne 
 escaped :  and  dyd  vnto  the  kynge  of  Makeda 
 §  as  he  dyd  vnto  the  kynge  of  lericho. 
 
 Then  losua  and  all  Israel  with  him  de- 
 parted fro  Makeda  vnto  Lybna,  5  foughte 
 agaynst  it.  (And  the  LORDE  gaue  it  with 
 y  kynge  therof  in  to  the  hande  of  Israel)  and 
 smote  it  and  aU  the  soules  that  were  therin, 
 with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  let  not 
 one  remayne  in  it :  and  dyd  vnto  the  kinge 
 therof  as  he  had  done  vnto  the  kynge  of 
 lericho. 
 
 Afterwarde  wente  losua  and  all  Israel  with 
 him  from  Lybna  vnto  Lachis,  and  layed  sege 
 vnto  it,  and  fought  agaynst  it.  And  the 
 LORDE  delyuered  Lachis  also  in  to  the 
 hande  of  Israel,  so  that  they  wanne  it  vpon 
 the  seconde  daye,  and  smote  it  with  y  edge 
 of  the  swerde,  and  all  the  soules  that  were 
 therin,  acordinge  to  all  as  he  had  done  vnto 
 Lybna.  At  the  same  tyme  Horam  f  kynge 
 of  Gazer  wente  vp,  to  helpe  Lachis.  But 
 losua  smote  him  with  all  his  people,  tyll  there 
 remayned  not  one. 
 
 And  losua  wente  with  all  Israel  from  Lachis, 
 vnto  Eglon,  and  layed  sege  vnto  it,  and  fought 
 agajTist  it,  and  wanne  it  the  same  daye,  and 
 smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and 
 damned  all  the  soules  that  were  therin  the 
 
 }  Deut.  20.  c.        ^  losu.  6.  e. 
 
Cftap.  xu 
 
 €f)t  hokt  of  3o£(ua. 
 
 jTo.  wiij. 
 
 same  daye,  acordynge  vnto  all  as  he  had  done 
 vnto  Lachis. 
 
 After  that  wente  losua  with  all  Israel  from 
 Eglon  vnto  Hebron,  and  foughte  agaynst  it, 
 and  wanne  it,  and  smote  it  with  y  edge  of  the 
 swerde,  and  the  kynge  of  it,  and  all  the  cities 
 therof,  and  all  the  soules  that  were  therin, 
 and  let  not  one  remayne,  acordynge  vnto  all 
 as  he  had  done  vnto  Eglon :  and  damned  it, 
 and  all  the  soules  that  were  therin. 
 
 Then  turned  losua  agayne  with  all  Israel 
 towarde  Debir,  and  fought  agaynst  it,  and 
 wanne  it,  with  the  kinge  of  it,  and  all  y  cities 
 therof,  and  smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
 swerde,  and  damned  all  f  soules  that  were 
 therin,  and  let  not  one  remayne  ouer.  Euen 
 as  he  had  done  vnto  Hebro  and  Lybna  with 
 their  kynges,  so  dyd  he  also  vnto  Debir,  and 
 the  kynge  therof. 
 
 Thus  losua  smote  all  the  londe  vpon  the 
 mountaynes,  and  towarde  the  south,  and  in 
 the  lowe  countrees,  and  by  the  ryuers,  with 
 aU  their  kynges,  and  let  not  one  remaine  ouer 
 and  damned  all  that  had  breth,  *as  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  had  commaunded. 
 And  losua  smote  them  from  Cades  Bernea 
 vnto  Gaza,  and  all  the  londe  of  Gosen  vnto 
 Gibeon,  and  toke  all  these  kynges  with  their 
 lode  at  one  tyme :  for  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel  foughte  for  Israel.  And  losua  wente 
 agayne  with  all  Israel  to  the  tentes  vnto  Gilgal. 
 
 Cl^e  V<-  Ci^apttt 
 
 WHAN  labin  the  kynge  of  Asor  herde 
 this,  he  sent  vnto  labob  the  kynge  of 
 Madon  and  to  the  kynge  of  Samron,  and  to 
 the  kynge  of  Achsaph,  and  to  the  kynges  that 
 dwelt  towarde  the  north  vpon  the  mountaynes, 
 and  in  the  playne  on  the  southsyde  of  Cineroth, 
 and  in  the  lowe  countrees,  and  in  the  lord- 
 shippes  of  Dor  by  the  see  syde :  and  to  the 
 Cananites  towarde  y  east  and  west,  to  ;y 
 Amorites,  Hethites,  Pheresites,  and  lebusites, 
 vpon  the  mountaynes  and  to  the  Heuites, 
 vnder  mount  Hermon  in  the  londe  of  Mispa. 
 These  wete  out  with  all  their  armies,  a  greate 
 people,  as  many  as  y  sonde  of  the  see,  and 
 exceadinge  many  horses  and  charettes.  All 
 these  kinges  gathered  the  selues,  and  came, 
 and  pitched  together  by  y  water  of  Meram, 
 to  fighte  with  Israel. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  losua  :  Feare 
 
 t  losu.  10.  b. 
 
 t  Deut.  20.  c. 
 
 them  not,  for  tomorow  aboute  this  tyme  wil  I 
 delyuer  them  all  slayne,  before  the  children 
 of  Israel:  thou  shalt  lame  their  horses,  and 
 burne  their  charettes  with  fire.  tAnd  losua 
 came  sodenly  vpon  them,  and  all  the  men  of 
 warre  with  him  by  the  water  of  Merom,  5 
 fell  vpon  them.  And  the  LORDE  delyuered 
 them  in  to  y  handes  of  Israel,  and  they  smote 
 them,  and  chaced  them  vnto  greate  Sido  and 
 to  the  warme  water,  and  to  the  playne  of 
 Mispa  towarde  y  east :  and  smote  them,  vntyll 
 there  remayned  not  one. 
 
 Then  dealte  losua  with  them  as  ;y-  LORDE 
 had  saide  vnto  him,  5  lamed  their  horses,  (j 
 brent  their  charettes.  And  he  turned  backe 
 at  the  same  tyme,  (t  wanne  Hasor,  5  smote  f 
 kynge  of  it  with  the  swerde  (for  Hasor  was 
 afore  tyme  y  head  cite  of  all  these  kyngdomes) 
 and  smote  all  the  soules  that  were  therin  with 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  damned  it,  5  let 
 nothinge  remayne  that  had  breth,  5  damned 
 Hasor  with  fyre.  All  the  cities  of  these  kyng- 
 domes wane  losua  also,  and  smote  the  with 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  damned  them, 
 t  acordinge  as  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the 
 LORDE  commaunded. 
 
 Howbeit  the  cities  that  stode  vpon  the 
 hilles,  dyd  not  the  children  of  Israel  burne 
 with  fyre:  but  Hasor  onely  dyd  losua  burne. 
 §  And  all  the  spoyles  of  these  cities  and  the 
 catell,  dyd  the  children  of  Israel  deale  amonge 
 them,  but  smote  all  the  men  with  the  edge  of 
 the  swerde,  tyll  they  had  destroyed  them,  and 
 let  nothinge  remayne  that  had  breth.  As  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  his  seruaunt  Moses, 
 and  as  Moses  commaunded  losua,  euen  so 
 dyd  losua,  so  that  there  was  nothinge  vndone 
 of  all  that  the  LORDE  comaunded  Moses. 
 
 So  losua  toke  all  this  lode  vpon  f  moii- 
 taynes,  5  all  y  lyeth  towarde  the  south,  5  all 
 the  londe  of  Gosen,  and  the  lowe  countre,  j 
 the  playne  felde,  and  the  mountayne  of  Israel 
 with  the  valley  therof,  from  the  mountayne 
 that  parteth  the  londe  vp  towarde  Seir,  vnto 
 Baalgad,  in  the  playne  of  mout  Libanus  beneth 
 mount  Hermon.  All  their  kynges  toke  he, 
 and  smote  them,  and  put  the  to  death. 
 II  Howbeit  he  warred  a  longe  season  with 
 these  kynges. 
 
 Yet  was  there  not  one  cite,  that  yelded  it 
 selfe  peaceably  vnto  the  children  of  Israel 
 H  (excepte  the  Heuites,  which  dwelt  at  Gibeon) 
 
 ^  Num.  31.  d. 
 
 I  Exo.  23.  d.         H  losu.  9:  a. 
 
ffo,  miiih 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  3o£(ua, 
 
 Cftap.  rij. 
 
 but  they  wanne  them  all  with  battayll.  And 
 this  was  clone  so  of  the  LORDE  that  their 
 hert  was  so  hardened,  to  come  against  the 
 children  of  Israel  with  battayll,  y  they  mighte 
 be  daned,  (j  no  fauoure  to  be  shewed  vnto 
 them,  but  to  be  destroyed,  *as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  Moses. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  came  losua,  and  roted 
 out  the  Enakims  from  f  mountayne,  from 
 Hebron,  from  Debir,  from  Anab,  from  euery 
 mountayne  of  luda,  and  from  euery  mountayne 
 of  Israel,  and  damned  the  with  their  cities, 
 and  let  none  of  the  Enakims  remayne  in  the 
 londe  of  the  children  of  Israel,  saue  at  Gasa, 
 t  at  Gath,  at  Asdod,  there  remayned  of  them. 
 
 Thus  losua  conquered  all  the  londe  acord- 
 inge  vnto  all  as  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 Moses,  I  gaue  it  vnto  Israel  to  enheritaunce,  i 
 vnto  euery  trybe  his  porcion,  and  f  londe 
 rested  from  warre. 
 
 W^t  jrij.  Cljapter. 
 
 THESE  are  f  kynges  of  the  londe,  who 
 the  childre  of  Israel  smote,  5  conquered 
 their  lode,  beyonde  lordane,  eastwarde,  fro 
 the  water  of  Amon,  vnto  mount  Hermon,  and 
 vnto  all  y  playne  felde  towarde  the  east : 
 §Sihon  the  kynge  of  the  Amorites,  which 
 dwelt  at  Heszbon,  and  had  dominion  from 
 Aroer  that  lieth  by  the  water  syde  of  Amon, 
 and  vnto  the  myddes  of  y  water :  and  ouer 
 halfe  Gilead,  vnto  the  water  of  labok,  which 
 is  the  border  of  the  childre  of  Ammon :  and 
 ouer  the  playne  felde,  vnto  the  see  of  Cynneroth 
 eastwarde,  and  vnto  the  see  of  the  playne  felde, 
 namely  the  Salt  see  towarde  the  east,  the 
 waye  vnto  Beth  lesimoth :  and  from  the  south 
 beneth  by  the  ryuers  of  mount  Pisga. 
 
 And  the  border  of  Og  the  kynge  of  Basan, 
 which  remayned  yet  of  Raphaim, "  and  dwelt  at 
 Astaroth  and  Edrei,  and  had  the  dominion 
 ouer  mout  Hermon,  ouer  Salcha,  and  ouer  all 
 Basan  vnto  the  border  of  Gessuri  5  Maachati, 
 5  of  halfe  Gilead,  which  was  the  border  of 
 Sihon  the  kynge  at  Hesbon.  Moses  the 
 seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  and  the  childre  of 
 Israel  smote  them.  II  And  Moses  the  seruaunt 
 of  f  LORDE  gaue  it  vnto  the  Rubenites, 
 Gaddites  and  to  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse 
 in  possession. 
 
 These  are  the  kynges  of  the  lode,  whom 
 
 •  Deu.  20.  c.  t  1  Re.  17.  a.  t  Nu.  26.  f. 
 
 §  Nu.  21.  d.     Deut.  2.  f.  ■■  Nu.  21.  e.     Deut.  3.  a. 
 
 losua  d  the  children  of  Israel  smote  on  this 
 syde  lordane  westwarde,  fro  Baalgad  vpo  the 
 playne  of  mount  Libanus,  vnto  f  mout  that 
 parteth  the  londe  vp  towarde  Seir,  5  that 
 losua  gaue  vnto  the  trybes  of  Israel  in  pos 
 session,  vnto  euery  one  his  parte,  what  so  euer 
 was  in  f  moutaynes,  valleyes,  playne  feldes, 
 by  the  ryuers,  in  y  wyldernesses  (t  towarde  the 
 south,  the  Hethites,  Amorites,  Cananites, 
 Pheresites,  Heuites,  and  lebusites. 
 
 The  kynge  of  lericho,  *the  kynge  of  Hai, 
 which  lyeth  besyde  Bethel,  Hthe  kynge  of 
 lerusalem,  the  kjTige  of  Hebron,  the  kynge  of 
 larmoth,  the  kynge  of  Lachis,  the  kynge  of 
 Eglon,  the  kynge  of  Geser,  the  kynge  of  Debir. 
 the  kynge  of  Geder,  the  kynge  of  Honna,  the 
 kynge  of  Arad,  f  kynge  of  Libna,  the  kynge 
 of  Adulla,  the  kjTige  of  Makeda,  the  kynge  of 
 Bethel,  the  kynge  of  Tapnah,  the  kynge  of 
 Hepher,  the  kynge  of  Aphek,  the  kynge  of 
 Lasaron,  the  kynge  of  Madan,  the  kjmge  of 
 Hasor,  the  kjTige  of  Simron  Meron,  the  kynge 
 of  Achsaph,  the  kynge  of  Tahenah,  the  kynge 
 of  Megido,  the  kynge  of  Cades,  the  kynge  of 
 lakneam  by  Cannel,  the  kynge  in  the  lord 
 shippes  of  Dor,  the  kynge  of  the  Heithen  at 
 Gilgall,  the  kynge  of  Thirza.  These  are  one 
 and  thirtie  kynges. 
 
 €^c  ni).  Cl^aptrr. 
 
 NOW  whan  losua  was  olde  and  wel  stricken 
 in  age,  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Thou  art  olde  5  well  aged,  and  there  remayneth 
 yet  moch  of  the  londe  to  conquere,  namely  all 
 Galile  of  the  Philistynes,  and  all  Gessuri,  from 
 Sihor  which  floweth  before  Egipte,  vnto  the 
 border  of  Ekron,  northwarde,  which  is  rekened 
 vnto  the  Cananites:  fyue  lordes  of  the  Phi- 
 listynes, namely,  the  Gasites,  the  Aszdodites, 
 the  Ascalonites,  the  Gethites,  the  Ekronites  5 
 the  Hauites.  But  from  the  north  it  is  all  f 
 londe  of  the  Cananites,  and  Maara  of  the 
 Sidonians  vnto  Aphek,  euen  vnto  the  border 
 of  the  Amorites.  Morouer  the  londe  of  the 
 Giblites  eastwarde,  from  Baalgad  vnder  mount 
 Hermon,  tyll  a  ma  come  vnto  Hamath.  All 
 they  that  dwell  vpon  the  mount,  from  Libanus 
 vnto  the  warme  waters,  and  all  the  Sidonians. 
 
 I  wyl  dryue  them  out  before  the  children  of 
 Israel :  Onely  let  them  be  dealte  out  amonge 
 Israel,  as  I  haue  commaunded  the. 
 
 II  Nu.  32.  d.  and  34.  c.     Deut.  3.  b.    losu.  13.  b.       »  losu. 
 
 6.  a.  and  8.  a.        f  losu.  10.  a. 
 
Cftap.  viiij^ 
 
 €f)t  hokt  of  Slossua, 
 
 fo,  ajTfa. 
 
 Deuyde  thou  this  lode  now  to  enheritauce 
 amonge  the  nyne  trybes  and  y  halfe  trybe  of 
 Manasse.  *  For  the  Rubenites  i  Gaddites 
 with  y  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse,  haue  receaued 
 their  enheritauce,  which  Moses  gaue  the  be- 
 yonde  lordane  Eastwarde,  t  acordinge  as  Moses 
 the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  gaue  them  the 
 same,  from  Aroer  which  lieth  vp  by  the  water 
 syde  of  Arnon,  and  the  cite  in  the  myddes  of 
 the  water,  i  all  the  coastes  of  Medba  vnto 
 Dibon,  and  all  the  cities  of  Sihon  the  kynge 
 of  the  Amorites,  which,  dwelt  at  Heszbon, 
 t  vnto  the  border  of  the  children  of  Ammon : 
 and  Gilead  and  f  border  of  Gessuri  and 
 Maachati,  and  all  mout  Hermon,  and  all  Basan 
 vnto  Salcha :  all  f  kyngdome  of  Og  at  Basan, 
 which  dwelt  at  Astaroth  and  Edrei,  that  re- 
 mained yet  ouer  of  Raphaim.  But  Moses 
 smote  them  and  droue  them  out. 
 
 The  children  of  Israel  droue  not  out  the 
 Gessurites  g  Maachathites,  but  both  Gessur 
 and  Maachat  dwelt  amonge  the  childre  of 
 Israel  vnto  this  daye.  i  But  vnto  ;y^  trybe  of 
 the  Leuites  he  gaue  no  enheritaunce :  for  the 
 ofFeringe  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  is  their 
 enheritaunce,  acordinge  as  he  hath  promysed 
 them. 
 
 So  Moses  gaue  vnto  the  trybe  of  y  children 
 of  "  Ruben  after  their  kynreds,  so  that  their 
 border  was  Aroer,  which  lyeth  vpon  the  water 
 syde  of  Arnon,  and  the  cite  in  the  myddes  of 
 the  same  water,  with  all  the  playne  felde  vnto 
 Medba:  Heszbon,  and  all  the  cities  therof 
 which  lye  in  the  playne  felde  :  Dibon,  Bamoth 
 Baal,  5  Beth  Baal  Meon,  lahza,  Kedemoth, 
 Mephaath,  Kiriathaim,  Sibama,  Zeretha  Sahar, 
 vpon  mount  Emek,  Beth  Peor :  the  ryuers  by 
 Pisga,  and  Beth  lesimoth,  and  all  the  cities 
 vpon  the  playne,  and  all  the  realme  of  Sihon 
 kynge  of  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  at  Heszbon, 
 II  whom  Moses  smote  with  the  prynces  of 
 Madian,  Eui,  Rekem,  Zur,  Hur,  5  Reba,  the 
 mightie  men  of  kynge  Sihon,  which  were 
 inhabiters  of  the  londe.  And  Balaam  the 
 Sonne  of  Beor  the  prophecier,  dyd  the  children 
 of  Israel  kyll  with  the  swerde  amonge  the 
 other  that  were  slayne  :  and  the  border  of  y 
 childre  of  Ruben  was  lordane.  This  is  the 
 enheritaunce  of  the  children  of  Ruben  amonge 
 their  kynreds,  cities  and  vyllages. 
 
 •  losu.  12.  b.    tNu.32.  d.     J  losu.  12.  a.    ^Nu.  18.  d. 
 losu.  14.  a.  ■■  Nu.  33.  f.  ||  Nu.  21.  d.  and  31.  a. 
 
 »  losu.  17.  a.     1  Par.  6.  d.  If  losu.  13.  b.  and  18.  a. 
 
 Vnto  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Gad 
 amonge  their  kynreds  gaue  Moses,  so  that 
 their  border  was,  lahesar  and  all  the  cities  in 
 Gilead,  and  the  halfe  londe  of  the  children 
 of  Ammon,  vnto  Aroer,  which  lyeth  before 
 Rabbath:  and  from  Heszbon  vnto  Ramath 
 Mispe  d  Betomim :  and  fro  Mahanaim  vnto 
 the  border  of  Debir.  But  in  the  valley,  Beth 
 Haram,  Beth  Nimra,  Suchoth  and  Zaphon 
 (which  remayned  yet  of  the  realme  of  Sihon 
 kynge  of  Heszbon)  and  was  by  lordane,  vnto 
 the  edge  of  the  see  of  Cyneroth,  on  this  syde 
 lordane  eastwarde.  This  is  the  inheritaunce 
 of  the  children  of  Gad  in  their  kynreds,  cities 
 (I  vyllagyes. 
 
 *Vnto  the  halfe  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Manasse  after  their  kynreds,  gaue  Moses,  so 
 that  their  border  was  fro  Mahanaim,  all  Basan, 
 all  the  kyngdome  of  Og  kynge  of  Basan,  and 
 all  the  townes  of  lair  which  lye  in  Basan, 
 namely  thre  score  cities.  And  halfe  Gilead, 
 Astaroth,  Edrei,  the  cities  of  the  kyngdome  of 
 Og  at  Basan,  vnto  the  children  of  Machir  the 
 Sonne  of  Manasse.  This  is  the  halfe  porcion 
 of  the  children  of  Machir  after  their  kjrnreds. 
 
 This  is  it  that  Moses  dealte  out  vpon  the 
 felde  of  Moab  beyonde  lordane  ouer  agaynst 
 lericho  eastwarde.  H  But  vnto  y  trybe  of 
 Leui  gaue  Moses  no  enheritaunce :  for  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  is  their  enheritaunce, 
 as  he  hath  promysed  them. 
 
 C^c  riii).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 THIS  is  it  that  the  children  of  Israel  haue 
 enheretedin  the  londe  of  Canaan,**  which 
 Eleasar  the  prest,  and  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun, 
 and  the  chefe  of  the  fathers  amonge  the  trybes 
 of  the  children  of  Israel  parted  out  amonge 
 them,  tt  But  by  lot  dyd  they  deuyde  it  out 
 amoge  them,  acordinge  as  the  LORDE  co- 
 maunded  Moses  to  geue  vnto  the  njTie  ti-ybes 
 and  y  halfe  :  for  vnto  the  two  trybes  and  the 
 halfe  dyd  Moses  geue  enheritaunce  beyonde 
 lordane.  tt  But  vnto  the  Leuites  he  gaue  no 
 enheritaunce  amonge  them.  §§  For  of  the 
 childre  of  loseph  there  were  two  trybes, 
 Manasses  and  Ephraim.  Therfore  gaue  they 
 the  Leuites  no  porcion  in  the  londe,  but 
 cities,  to  dwell  therin,  and  suburbes  for  their 
 catell  and  goodes.     IIIIEuen  as  the  LORDE 
 
 ••  Nu.  34.  c.         tt  Nu.  26.  f.  and  33.  f.         U  losu.  13.  b. 
 §§  Gen.  48.  c.         |{||  Num.  35.  a. 
 
jTo.  t(j:bL 
 
 €l)t  bokt  of  Sosiua. 
 
 Cftap.  )rb. 
 
 comaunded  Moses,  so  dyd  the  childrc  of 
 Israel,  and  deuyded  the  londe. 
 
 Then  came  forth  the  children  of  luda  to 
 losua  at  Gilgall :  and  Caleb  f  sonne  of  le- 
 phunne  the  Kenisite  sayde  vnto  him  :  Thou 
 knowest  what  f  LORDE  *sayde  vnto  Moses 
 the  man  of  God,  concerninge  me  and  the  in 
 Cades  Bernea.  I  was  fortye  yeare  olde,  whan 
 Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  tsent  me 
 out  from  Cades  Bernea,  to  spye  out  the  londe, 
 and  I  broughte  him  worde  agayne,  euen  as  I 
 had  it  in  my  hert.  Howbeit  my  brethren  that 
 wente  vp  with  me,  discoraged  the  hert  of  the 
 people :  but  I  folowed  y  LORDE  my  God 
 vnto  the  vttemost. 
 
 Then  sware  Moses  vnto  me  the  same  daye, 
 and  sayde:  The  londe  whervpon  thou  hast 
 troden  with  thy  fote,  shalbe  thine  enheritaunce 
 and  thy  childrens  for  euer,  because  thou  hast 
 folowed  the  LORDE  my  God  vnto  the  vtte- 
 most. And  now  hath  the  LORDE  letten  me 
 lyue,  t  acordinge  as  he  sayde.  It  is  now  fyue 
 and  fortie  yeare  sence  y-  LORDE  spake  this 
 vnto  Moses,  wha  Israel  walked  in  the  wilder- 
 se.  And  now  lo,  this  dale  am  I  fyue  and 
 foure  score  yeare  olde§  and  am  yet  as  stronge 
 to  daye,  as  I  was  in  that  daye  whan  Moses 
 sent  me  out :  euen  as  my  strength  was  then, 
 so  is  it  now  also  to  fighte,  and  to  go  out 
 and  in. 
 
 Geue  me  now  therfore  this  mountayne, 
 wherof  the  LORDE  spake  in  that  daye,  and 
 thou  herdest  it  the  same  daye :  for  now  the 
 Enakims  dwell  theron,  and  it  hath  greate  and 
 etronge  cities:  yf  happly  the  LORDE  wyl  be 
 with  me,  that  I  maye  dryue  the  out,  as  he 
 hath  sayde.  Then  losua  blessed  him,  \\  and 
 so  gaue  Hebron  vnto  Caleb  the  sonne  of 
 lephune.  Therfore  was  Hebron  the  enherit- 
 aunce of  Caleb  the  sonne  of  lephune  the 
 kenisite,  vnto  this  daye,  because  he  folowed 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  vnto  the  vttemost 
 If  But  afore  tyme  was  Hebron  called  Kiriath- 
 arba,  5  greate  people  were  there  amonge  the 
 Enakims.     And  the  lode  ceassed  from  warre. 
 
 CI)e  rb.  CI)apttr. 
 
 THE  lot  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 luda  amonge  their  kynreds,  was  y 
 coaste  of  Edom  by  the  wyldernesse  of  Zin, 
 which  borderth  southwarde  on  the  edge   of 
 
 •  Nu.  14.  c.  t  Nu.  13.  a. 
 
 $  Eccl.  46.  b.      II 1  Par.  7.  d.  losu.  21.  b. 
 
 +  Nu.  14.  c. 
 %  losu.  15.  c. 
 
 the  south  coiitrees.  Their  south  borders  were 
 from  the  vttemost  syde  of  the  salt  see,  that  is, 
 from  the  coast  that  goeth  southwarde,  and 
 comnieth  out  from  thcce  towarde  y  eastsyde 
 of  Acrabblm,  and  goeth  forth  thorow  Zinna, 
 and  yet  goeth  vp  from  the  south  towarde 
 Cades  Bernea,  and  goeth  thorow  Hesron,  and 
 goeth  vp  to  Adara,  j  fetcheth  a  compase 
 aboute  Carcaa,  i  goeth  thorow  Asmona,  and 
 commeth  forth  to  the  ryuer  of  Egipte,  so  that 
 the  see  is  the  ende  of  y  border.  Let  this  be 
 youre  border  southwarde. 
 
 But  the  east  border  is  from  the  salt  see  to 
 the  vttemost  parte  of  lordane. 
 
 The  border  northwarde,  is  from  the  see 
 coast  which  is  on  y  edge  of  lordane,  and  goeth 
 vp  vnto  Beth  Hagla,  and  stretcheth  out  from 
 the  north  vnto  Betharaba,  and  commeth  vp 
 vnto  the  stone  of  Bohen  the  sonne  of  Ruben, 
 and  goeth  vp  vnto  Debir  from  f  valley  of 
 Achor,  and  from  the  north  coaste  that  is 
 towarde  Gilgall,  which  lyeth  ouer  agaynst 
 Adumim  vpwarde,  which  is  on  the  north  syde 
 of  the  water.  Then  goeth  it  vnto  f  water  of 
 Ensemes,  and  commeth  out  vnto  the  **  well  of 
 Rogell.  Then  goeth  it  vp  to  the  valley  of 
 the  sonne  of  Hinnam,  a  longe  besyde  the 
 lebusite  that  dwelleth  from  y  southwarde, 
 that  is  lerusalem  :  and  commeth  vp  vnto  the 
 toppe  of  the  mount  which  lyeth  before  the 
 valley  of  Hinnam  from  the  westwarde,  that 
 borderth  on  the  edge  of  the  valley  of  Raphaim 
 towarde  the  north. 
 
 Then  commeth  it  from  the  toppe  of  the 
 same  mount  vnto  the  water  well  of  Nephtoah, 
 and  commeth  out  vnto  the  cities  of  mount 
 Ephron,  and  boweth  towarde  Baala,  that  is 
 Kiriath  larim,  and  fetcheth  a  cSpasse  aboute 
 from  Baala  westwarde  vnto  mount  Seir,  and 
 goeth  by  the  north  syde  of  the  mount  larim, 
 that  is  Chessalon :  and  cometh  downe  to  Beth- 
 semes,  and  goeth  thorow  Thimna,  and  breaketh 
 out  on  the  north  syde  of  Acron,  and  stretcheth 
 forth  towarde  Sicron,  and  goeth  ouer  mount 
 Baala,  and  commeth  out  vnto  labueel:  so 
 that  their  vttemost  border  is  the  see. 
 
 The  weste  border  is  the  greate  see.  This 
 is  the  border  of  the  children  of  luda  rounde 
 aboute  in  their  kjTireds.  Caleb  the  sonne  of 
 lephune  had  his  porcion  geue  him  amoge  the 
 children  of  luda  (as  the  LORDE  comaunded 
 
 ••3  Reg.  l.b. 
 
Cbaj).  vbi. 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  Bosua. 
 
 Jo.  forbi). 
 
 dT 
 
 losua)  namely  *  Kiriatharba  of  the  father  of 
 Enak,  that  is  Hebron. 
 
 tAnd  Caleb  droue  from  thence  the  thre 
 sonnes  of  Enak,  Sesai,  Ahiman,  and  Thalmas 
 begotten  of  Enak.  And  from  thece  he  wente 
 vp  to  the  inhabiters  of  Debir.  (As  for  Debir, 
 it  was  called  Kiriath  Sepher  afore  tyme.) 
 And  Caleb  sayde  :  t  Who  so  smyteth  Kiriath 
 Sepher  and  wynneth  it,  I  wyll  geue  him  my 
 doughter  Achsa  to  wyfe.  Then  Athniel  the 
 Sonne  of  Kenas  the  brother  of  Caleb  wanne 
 it :  and  he  gaue  him  his  doughter  Achsa  to 
 wife. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  they  wente  in,  that 
 she  was  counceled  of  hir  houszbande,  to  axe 
 a  pece  of  londe  of  hir  father.  And  she  fell 
 downe  from  the  asse.  Then  sayde  Caleb  vnto 
 her:  What  ayleth  the?  She  sayde :  Geue  me 
 a  blessynge,  for  thou  hast  geue  me  a  south  (and 
 drj'e)  londe  :  geue  me  welles  of  water  also. 
 Then  gaue  he  her  welles  aboue  and  beneth. 
 
 This  is  the  enheritaunee  of  the  trybe  of 
 luda  amonge  their  kynreds.  And  the  cities 
 of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  luda,  from  one 
 to  another  by  the  coastes  of  the  Edomites 
 towarde  the  south,  were  these:  Cabzeel,  Eder, 
 lagur,  Kina,  Dimona,  Adada,  Kedes,  Hazor, 
 lethnam,  Siph,  Telem,  Bealot,  Hazor  Hada- 
 tha,  Kirioth  Hezron  that  is  Hasor :  Ama, 
 Sema,  Molada,  Hazor  Gadda,  Hesmon,  Beth 
 palet,  Hazer  Sual,  Beer  Seba,  Bisziothia, 
 Baala,  lim,  Azem,  Eltholad,  Chesil,  Harma, 
 Ziklag,  Madmanna,  San  Sana,  Lebaoth,  Sil- 
 him,  Ain,  Rimo.  §  These  are  nyne  and 
 twentye  cities  (j  their  vyllages. 
 
 But  in  the  lowe  countrees  was  Esthaol, 
 Zaren,  Asna,  Saroah,  Engannim,  Thapua, 
 Enam,  lannoth,  AduUam,  Socho,  Aseka, 
 Saaraim,  Adithaim,  Gedera,  Giderothim. 
 These  are  fourtene  cities  5  their  vyllages. 
 
 Zena  Hadasa,  Migdal  Gad,  Dilean,  Mispa, 
 lakthiel,  Lachis,  Bazekath,  Eglo,  Chabon, 
 Lachma,  Chithlis,  Gedoroth,  Beth  Dagon, 
 Naama,  Makeda.  These  are  sixtene  cities 
 and  their  vyllages. 
 
 Libna,  Ether,  Asen,  lephthah,  Asua,  Nezib, 
 Keila,  Achsib,  Maresa.  These  are  nyne 
 cities  and  their  vyllages.  Ekron  with  hir 
 doughters  and  vyllages.  From  Ekron  vnto 
 the  see,  all  that  reacheth  vnto  Asdod  and  the 
 vyllages  therof.  Asdod  with  the  doughters 
 and  vyllages  therof.     Gasa  with  hir  doughters 
 
 •  losu.  14.  d.      tludic.  1.  b.      t  lud.  1.  c.  1  Re.  17.c. 
 
 and  vyllages  vnto  the  water  of  Egipte.     And 
 the  greate  see  is  his  border. 
 
 But  vpon  the  mount  was  Samir,  latir, 
 Socho,  Danna,  Kiriath  Sanna,  that  is  Debir : 
 Anab,  Esthemo,  Annim,  Gosen,  Holon,  Gilo. 
 These  are  eleuen  cities  and  their  vyllagies. 
 Maon,  Carmel,  Siph,  luta,  lesrael,  lakdea, 
 Sanoah,  Kain,  Gibea,  Thimna.  These  are 
 ten  cities  and  their  vyllages.  Halhul,  Beth- 
 zur,  Gedor,  Maarath,  Beth  Anoth,  Elthekon. 
 These  are  sixe  cities  and  their  vyllages. 
 Kiriath  Baal  (that  i^  Kiriath  learim)  Harabba, 
 two  cities  s  their  vyllages.  And  in  the  wylder- 
 nesse  was  Betharaba,  Middin,  Sechacha,  Nib- 
 san,  and  the  Salt  cite,  and  Engaddi.  These 
 are  sixe  cities  and  their  vyllagies.  li  But  the 
 lebusites  dwelt  at  lerusalem,  and  the  children 
 of  luda  coude  not  dryue  them  awaye.  So 
 the  lebusites  remayne  with  the  children  of 
 luda  at  lerusalem  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Cijt  x^i.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  the  lot  fell  vnto  the  children  of 
 Ephraim  fr5  lordane  ouer  agaynst 
 lericho,  vnto  the  water  on  the  east  syde  of 
 lericho,  and  the  wyldernesse,  y  goeth  vp  from 
 lericho  thorow  the  mountayne  of  Bethel,  and 
 commeth  out  from  Bethel  vnto  Lus,  and 
 goeth  thorow  the  coast  of  Arciataroth,  and 
 stretcheth  downe  westwarde  vnto  f  coaste 
 of  laphleti  to  y  border  of  the  lower  Bethoron, 
 and  vnto  Gaser:  and  the  ende  therof  is  by 
 the  greate  see.  This  the  children  of  Joseph 
 (Manasses  5  Ephraim)  receaued  to  enherit- 
 aunee. 
 
 The  Border  of  the  children  of  Ephraim 
 amonge  their  kynreds  of  their  enheritaunee 
 from  the  east,  was  Ataroth  Adar  vnto  the 
 vpper  Bethoron,  d  goeth  out  westwarde  by 
 Michmethath  that  lyeth  towarde  the  north, 
 there  fetcheth  it  a  compasse  towarde  the  east 
 syde  of  the  cite  Thaenath  Silo,  and  goeth 
 there  thorow  from  the  east  vnto  lanoha,  and 
 commeth  downe  from  lanoha  vnto  Ataroth 
 and  Naaratha,  and  bordreth  on  lericho,  and 
 goeth  out  at  lordane.  From  Thapuah  goeth 
 it  westwarde  vnto  Naalkama,  and  the  out 
 goinge  of  it  is  at  the  see. 
 
 This  is  the  enheritaunee  of  the  trybe  of 
 the  children  of  Ephraim  amonge  their  kyn- 
 reds. And  all  the  borders,  cities  with  their 
 vyllages  of  the  childre  of  Ephraim  laye  scatred 
 
 $  losu.  19.  a. 
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 II  lud.  1.  d. 
 
IjTo.  fiTbuj. 
 
 Ci)f  hoUt  of  3lo6ua. 
 
 Cijap.  )itij. 
 
 amonge  the  enheritaunce  of  the  children  of 
 Manasse.  And  they  droue  not  out  f  Cananites, 
 which  dwelt  at  Gaser.  So  f  Cananites  re- 
 mayned  amoge  Ephraim  vnto  this  daye,  and 
 became  tributaries. 
 
 €l)t  >bi).  €l)apter. 
 
 AND  the  lot  fell  vpo  the  trybe  of  Ma- 
 nasse  (for  *  he  is  Josephs  first  sonne) 
 and  it  fell  vpon  Machir  the  first  sonne  of 
 Manasse  y-  father  of  Gilead :  for  he  was  a 
 ma  of  armes,  therfore  had  he  Gilead  and 
 Basan.  It  fell  also  \Tito  the  other  children  of 
 Manasse,  namely  vnto  y  childre  of  Abieser, 
 the  children  of  Helek,  the  children  of  Asriel, 
 the  children  of  Sechem,  the  children  of 
 Hepher,  and  the  children  of  Semida  :  These 
 are  the  childre  of  Manasse  the  sonne  of 
 Joseph,  males,  amonge  their  kynreds. 
 
 "  But  Zelaphead  the  sonne  of  Hepher  the 
 Sonne  of  Gilead,  the  sonne  of  Machir,  the  sonne 
 of  Manasse,  had  no  sonnes,  but  doughters, 
 and  their  names  are  these :  Mahala,  Noa, 
 Hagia,  Milca,  Tirza,  and  they  came  before 
 Eleasar  the  prest,  and  before  losua  the  sonne 
 of  Nun,  and  before  the  rulers,  and  sayde  : 
 The  LORDE  commaunded  Moses,  to  geue 
 vs  enheritaunce  amonge  oure  brethren.  And 
 so  they  had  enheritaunce  geuen  them  amonge 
 their  fathers  brethren,  acordinge  to  the  com- 
 maundement  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 '^There  feO  vpon  Manasse  ten  meetljoies 
 without  the  londe  of  Gilead  and  Basan,  which 
 lyeth  beyode  lordane.  For  y-  doughters  of 
 Manasse  receaued  enheritaunce  amonge  his 
 sonnes :  but  the  other  children  of  Manasse 
 had  the  londe  of  Gilead.  And  the  border  of 
 Manasse  was  fro  Asser  forth  vnto  Michmeth- 
 ath,  that  lyeth  before  Sichem,  and  reacheth 
 vnto  the  righte  syde  of  them  of  En  Tapuah : 
 for  the  londe  of  Tapuah  fell  vnto  Manasse, 
 and  the  border  of  Manasse  is  vnto  the  childre 
 of  Ephraim.  Then  commeth  it  downe  to 
 Nahelkana  towarde  the  south  syde  of  the 
 ryuer  cities,  which  are  Ephraims  amonge  the 
 cities  of  Manasse.  But  from  the  north  is  the 
 border  of  Manasse  by  the  ryuer,  and  goeth 
 forth  by  the  see  syde,  south  warde  vnto 
 Ephraim,  and  to  Manasse  northwarde,  and 
 the  see  is  his  coaste.  And  it  shal  border  on 
 Aser  from  the  north,  and  on  Isachar  from  the 
 easte. 
 
 So  (amoge  Isachar  and  Asser)  Manasses 
 had  Beth  Sean  and  the  townes  therof,  and 
 leblaam  and  the  townes  therof,  and  them  of 
 Dor  and  their  townes,  and  them  of  En  Dor 
 and  their  townes,  d  them  of  Taanach  and 
 their  townes,  and  them  of  Mageddo  and  their 
 townes,  and  the  thirde  parte  of  (the  cite) 
 Nophet.  And  the  children  of  Manasse  coude 
 not  dryue  awaye  the  inhabiters  of  these  cities, 
 but  the  Cananites  beganne  to  dwell  in  the 
 same  londe.  Howbeit  whan  the  children  of 
 Israel  were  able,  they  made  the  Cananites 
 tributaries,  and  droue  them  not  out. 
 
 Then  spake  the  children  of  loseph  vnto 
 losua,  and  sayde :  Wherfore  hast  thou  geue 
 me  but  one  porcion  and  one  meetljTie  of  en- 
 heritaunce, and  I  am  yet  a  greate  people,  as 
 the  LORDE  hath  blessed  me  so  largely  ? 
 Then  sayde  losua  vnto  them :  For  so  moch 
 as  thou  art  a  greate  people,  go  vp  therfore  in 
 to  y  wodd,  and  make  thy  selfe  rowme  there 
 in  the  londe  of  the  Pheresites  and  Raphaim, 
 seynge  mout  Ephraim  is  to  narowe  for  the. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  children  of  loseph :  We 
 shal  not  be  able  to  attayne  ^Tlto  the  moun- 
 taynes,  for  there  are  yron  charettes  amonge 
 all  the  Cananites,  that  dwell  in  the  londe  of 
 Emek,  by  whom  lyeth  Beth  Sean  and  the 
 vyllages  therof,  and  lesrael  in  Emek.  losua 
 sayde  vnto  the  house  of  loseph,  euen  to 
 Ephraim  and  Manasses:  Thou  art  a  greate 
 people,  (t  for  so  moch  as  thou  art  so  greate, 
 thou  must  not  haue  one  lot,  but  the  moun- 
 tayne  where  y  wod  is,  shal  be  thine :  rote  y 
 out  for  y,  so  shall  it  be  the  outgoinge  of  thy 
 porcion,  whan  thou  dryuest  out  the  Cananites, 
 which  haue  yro  charettes,  g  are  mightie. 
 
 T^c  vbiij.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 AND  all  the  multitude  of  the  children  of 
 Israel  gathered  them  selues  together 
 vnto  Silo,  and  they  set  vp  ;y-  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  the  londe  was  subdued  vnto 
 them.  But  there  were  yet  seuen  trybes  of 
 the  childre  of  Israel,  ^^lto  whom  they  had  not 
 deuyded  their  enheritaunce.  And  losua  sayde 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel :  How  longe  are 
 ye  so  slowe,  to  go  and  coquere  the  londe, 
 which  the  LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers 
 hath  geuen  you  ?  Chose  you  thre  men  out  of 
 euery  trybe,  y  I  maye  sende  them,  and  that 
 they  maye  get  them  vp  and  go  thorow  the 
 
 »  Nu.  27.  a.  and  36.  d. 
 
ICftap.  viv* 
 
 Cfte  ijoke  of  Sosiua. 
 
 :ffo,  rrrijr. 
 
 londe,  and  descrybe  it  acordinge  to  the  en- 
 heritaunces  therof,  and  come  vnto  me. 
 
 Deuyde  the  londe  in  seuen  partes.  ludas 
 shal  remayne  vpon  his  borders  of  the  south 
 syde,  and  the  house  of  Joseph  shal  remayne 
 vpon  his  borders  of  the  north  parte :  but  de- 
 scrybe ye  the  londe  in  seuen  partes,  and  brynge 
 them  vnto  me,  then  shal  I  cast  y  lot  for  you 
 before  the  LORDE  oure  God.  *  For  the 
 Leuites  haue  no  porcion  amonge  you,  but  the 
 presthode  of  the  LORDE  is  their  enherit- 
 aunce.  "As  for  Gad  5  Ruben  and  y  halfe 
 trybe  of  Manasse,  they  haue  receaued  their 
 enheritaunce  beyonde  lordane  eastwarde, 
 which  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 gaue  them. 
 
 Then  the  men  gat  vp,  to  go  their  vpaye. 
 And  whan  they  were  aboute  to  go  for  to  de- 
 scrybe the  londe,  losua  commaunded  them, 
 and  sayde  :  Go  youre  waye,  and  walke  thorow 
 the  londe,  and  descrybe  it,  and  come  agayne 
 vnto  me,  that  I  maye  cast  f  lot  for  you  before 
 the  LORDE  at  Silo.  So  the  men  departed, 
 and  wente  thorow  the  londe,  and  descrybed  it 
 in  seuen  partes  vpon  a  letter  acordinge  to  the 
 cities,  and  came  to  losua  in  to  the  boost  at 
 Silo.  Then  losua  cast  the  lot  ouer  them  at 
 Silo  before  the  LORDE,  and  there  distributed 
 the  londe  amonge  the  children  of  Israel,  vnto 
 euery  one  his  parte. 
 
 And  the  lot  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  fell  acordinge  to  their  kynreds, 
 and  the  border  of  their  lot  wente  out  betwene 
 the  children  of  luda  5  the  children  of  Joseph. 
 And  their  border  was  on  y  north  quarter  of 
 lordane,  and  goeth  vp  from  the  north  syde  of 
 lericho,  and  commeth  vp  to  the  mountayne 
 westwarde,  and  goeth  out  by  the  wyldernesse 
 of  Bethauen,  and  goeth  from  thece  towarde 
 Lus,  euen  by  the  south  syde  of  Lus  (that  is 
 Bethel)  and  commeth  downe  vnto  Ataroth 
 Adar  by  the  mountayne  which  lyeth  on  y 
 outh  syde  of  the  lower  Bethoron.  Then 
 boweth  it  downe,  and  fetcheth  a  compasse 
 vnto  the  south  west  quarter  from  the  mount 
 that  lyeth  ouer  agaynst  Bethoron  towarde  the 
 south,  and  goeth  out  vnto  Kiriath  Baal,  y  is 
 Kiriath  learim,  a  cite  of  the  children  of  luda. 
 This  is  the  west  border. 
 
 But  the  south  border  is  from  Kiriath-Iearim 
 forth,  and  goeth  out  towarde  the  west,  and 
 commeth  forth  vnto  ;^  water  well  of  Nepthoah: 
 
 •  losu.  13.  d.  and  14.  a. 
 
 and  goeth  downe  by  the  edge  of  the  mount, 
 that  lyeth  before  the  valley  of  the  sonne  of 
 Hinnam  :  and  goeth  downe  thorow  the  valley 
 of  Hinnam  on  y  south  syde  of  the  lebusites, 
 and  commeth  downe  to  the  well  of  Rogell, 
 and  stretcheth  from  the  northwarde,  and 
 commeth  out  vnto  En  Semes,  and  commeth 
 forth  to  the  heapes  that  lye  vp  towarde  Adu- 
 mim,  and  cometh  downe  vnto  the  stone  of 
 Bohen  the  sonne  of  Ruben,  and  goeth  a  longe 
 besyde  f  playne  felde  which  lyeth  north  warde, 
 and  commeth  downe  vnto  y  playne  felde,  and 
 goeth  besyde  Beth  Hagla  that  lyeth  towarde 
 the  north,  and  his  ende  is  at  the  north  border 
 of  the  Salt  see,  vnto  y  edge  of  lordane  south 
 warde.     This  is  the  south  border. 
 
 But  lordane  shal  be  the  ende  of  the  east 
 quarter.  This  is  the  enheritaunce  of  y  children 
 of  Ben  lamin  in  their  borders  rounde  aboute, 
 amonge  their  kynreds. 
 
 The  cities  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  amoge  their  kynreds  are  these : 
 lericho,  Beth  Hagla,  Emek  Kezitz,  Betharaba, 
 Zemaraim,  Bethel,  Auim,  Haphar,  Aphra, 
 Caphar  Amonai,  Aphni,  Gaba:  these  are 
 twolue  cities  and  their  vyllages. 
 
 Gibeon,  Rama,  Beeroth,  Mispa,  Caphira, 
 Moza,  Rekem,  leerpeel,  Thareala,  Zela, 
 Eleph,  and  the  lebusites,  that  is  Jerusalem, 
 Gibeath,  Kiriath :  these  are  fourtene  cities 
 and  their  vyllages.  This  is  the  enheritaunce 
 of  the  children  of  Ben  lamin  in  their  kynreds 
 
 Cl^c  yif.  €i)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  fell  the  seconde  lot  of  the  trybe  of 
 the  children  of  Simeon  acordinge  to 
 their  kynreds,  and  their  enheritaunce  was 
 amonge  the  enheritaunce  of  f  children  of 
 luda.  t  And  to  their  enheritaunce  they  had 
 Beer  Seba,  Molada,  Hazar  Sual,  Baala, 
 Azem,  El  Tholad,  Bethul,  Harma,  Ziklag, 
 Betha  Markaboth,  Hazar  Sussa,  Beth  Lebaoth, 
 and  Saruhen  :  these  are  thirtene  cities  5  their 
 vyllages.  Ain,  Rimon,  Ether,  Asan :  these 
 are  foure  cities  and  their  vyllages.  And  all  f 
 vyllages  that  lye  aboute  the  cities  vnto  Balath 
 Beer  Ramath  towarde  the  south.  This  is  the 
 enheritaunce  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Simeon  in  their  kynreds :  for  the  enheritaunce 
 of  the  children  of  Simeon  is  vnder  the  porcion 
 of  the  children  of  luda.  For  so  moch  as  the 
 enheritaunce  of  the  children  of  luda  was  to 
 
fo,  «rv. 
 
 €t)t  bobf  of  SoEfiia, 
 
 Cftap.  n- 
 
 greate  for  them,  therfore  inhereted  the  children 
 of  Simeon  amonge  their  enheritaunce. 
 
 The  thirde  lot  fell  vpon  the  ehildre  of 
 Zabulon  after  their  kynreds.  And  the  border 
 of  their  enheritauce  was  vnto  Sarid,  5  goeth 
 vp  westwarde  to  Mareala,  s  bordreth  vpon 
 Dabaseth,  and  reacheth  vnto  the  ryuer  that 
 floweth  ouer  agaynst  lakneam  :  5  tumeth  from 
 Sarid  eastwarde  vnto  the  border  of  Cisloth 
 Thabor,  and  cometh  out  vnto  Dabrath,  and 
 reacheth  vp  to  lapia,  and  from  thece  goeth  it 
 westwarde  thorow  Githa  Hepher,  and  Itha 
 Kazim,  and  commeth  out  towarde  Rimon, 
 Hamthoar  Hanea,  5  fetcheth  a  compasse 
 aboute  from  the  north  vnto  Nathon,  a  the 
 goynge  out  of  it  is  in  y  valley  lephtha  El, 
 Katath,  Nahalal,  Simron,  ledeala,  (j  Beth- 
 lehem :  These  are  twolue  cities  and  their 
 vyllages.  This  is  the  enheritaiiee  of  the 
 ehildre  of  Zabulon  in  their  kynreds:  these 
 are  their  cities  and  vyllages. 
 
 The  fourth  lot  fell  vpo  the  ehildre  of 
 Isachar  after  their  kynreds,  tj  their  border  was 
 lesraela,  Chessulloth,  Sunem,  Hapharaim, 
 Sion,  Anaharath,  Raabith,  Kision,  Abez, 
 Kemeth,  En  Ganim,  Enhada,  Beth  Pazez, 
 (J  bordreth  vpon  Thabor,  Sahazima,  Beth 
 Semes,  and  y  outgoinge  of  it  was  at  lordane. 
 These  are  sixtene  cities  and  their  vyllages. 
 This  is  the  enheritaunce  of  the  trybe  of  the 
 children  of  Isachar  in  their  kynreds,  cities  and 
 vyllages. 
 
 The  fifth  lot  fell  vpon  the  trybe  of  the 
 children  of  Asser,  after  their  kynreds.  And 
 their  border  was  Helkath,  Hali,  Beten,  Ach- 
 saph,  Alamelech,  Amead,  Miseal,'  and  borderth 
 on  Carmel  vnto  the  see,  and  on  Sihor,  and 
 Libnath,  and  turneth  towarde  the  east  vnto 
 Beth  Dagon,  and  bordreth  on  Zabulon,  and 
 on  the  valley  of  lephtael,  and  towarde  the 
 north  syde  of  Beth  Emek  and  Negiel :  3 
 commeth  out  vnto  Cabul  on  the  lefte  syde  of 
 Ebron,  Rehob,  Hamon  and  Cana,  vnto  greate 
 Sidon.  And  turneth  towarde  Rama,  vnto  the 
 stronge  cite  of  Zor,  and  turneth  towarde  Hossa, 
 and  goeth  out  vnto  the  see,  after  y  meetlyne 
 towarde  Achsib,  Vma,  Aphek,  Rehob. 
 
 These  are  two  and  twentye  cities  and  their 
 vyllages.  This  is  the  enheritaunce  of  the 
 trybe  of  the  children  of  Asser  in  their  kinreds 
 cities  and  vyllages. 
 
 The  syxte   lot   fell  vpon  the  children    of 
 
 Nephtali  in  their  kynreds.  And  their  border 
 was  fro  Heleph  Elon  thorow  Zaanaim,  Adai 
 Nekeb,  labne  El  vnto  Lakum,  and  goeth  out 
 vnto  lordane,  and  turneth  westwarde  to  Asnoth 
 Thabor,  and  cometh  out  from  thence  vnto 
 Hukok,  and  bordreth  on  Zabulon  towarde  the 
 south,  and  on  Asser  towarde  the  west,  and  on 
 luda  by  lordane  towarde  the  east :  and  hath 
 stronge  cities,  Zidimzer,  Hamath  Rakath, 
 Chinnaret,  Adama,  Rama,  Hazor,  Kedes, 
 Edrei,  En  Hazor,  lereon,  Migdal  Elhare, 
 Beth  Anath,  Beth  Sames.  These  are  nyen- 
 tene  cities  and  their  vyllages.  This  is  the 
 enheritaunce  of  y  trybe  of  the  children  of 
 Nephtali  in  their  KjTireds,  cities,  and  vyllages. 
 
 The  seuenth  lot  fell  vpon  the  trybe  of  the 
 children  of  Dan  after  their  kynreds.  And 
 the  border  of  their  enheritaunce  was  Zarea, 
 Esthaol,  Irsames,  Saalabin,  Aialon,  lethla, 
 Elon,  Thimnata,  Ekron,  Eltheke,  Gibethd 
 Baalath,  lehud,  Bnerbarak,  Gat  Rimon,  Me 
 larkon,  Rakon  with  the  border  by  lapho,  and 
 on  the  same  goeth  the  border  of  the  children 
 of  Dan  out.  And  the  children  of  Da  wente 
 vp,  and  foughte  agaynst  Lesem,  and  wanne 
 it,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde, 
 and  toke  it  in  possession,  5  dwelt  therin,  and 
 *  called  it  Dan,  after  y  name  of  their  father. 
 This  is  the  enheritaunce  of  the  trybe  of  the 
 children  of  Dan  in  their  kynreds,  cities,  and 
 vyllages. 
 
 And  wha  y  lode  was  all  parted  out  with 
 the  borders  therof,  the  children  of  Israel  gaue 
 losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,  an  enheritaunce 
 amonge  them,  and  (acordjTige  to  the  com- 
 maundement  of  the  LORDE)  they  gaue  him 
 y  cite  that  he  requyred,  namely,  t  Thimnath 
 Serah,  vpon  moiit  Ephraim :  there  buylded 
 he  the  cite,  and  dwelt  therin. 
 
 These  are  the  enheritaunces  which  Eleasar 
 the  prest  and  losua  y  sonne  of  Nun,  and  the 
 chefest  of  the  fathers  amonge  y  tribes,  deuided 
 out  by  lot  vnto  the  ehildre  of  Israel  at  Silo 
 before  the  LORDE,  euen  before  the  dore  of 
 the  Tabernacle  of  wytnes,  and  so  they  ended 
 the  deuydinge  out  of  the  londe. 
 
 Ei)t  JT-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  losua,  and 
 sayde :  Speake  to  the  children  of  Israel : 
 Geue  amonge  you  fre  cities,  i  wherof  I  spake 
 vnto  you  by  Moses,  that  a  deedsleyer  which 
 
 J  Exo.  21.  b.    Deut.  19.  c. 
 
Cftap.  vxu 
 
 €i)t  bofef  of  3o6ua» 
 
 fo,  am. 
 
 sleyeth  a  soule  vnawarres  and  vnwittingly, 
 maye  flye  thither,  y  they  maye  be  fre  amoge 
 you  from  the  avenger  of  bloude.  And  he 
 that  flyeth  to  one  of  those  cities,  shal  stonde 
 without  before  the  porte  of  the  cite,  and  shewe 
 his  cause  before  the  Elders  of  the  cite,  then 
 shall  they  take  him  to  them  in  to  the  cite,  and 
 geue  him  place  to  dwell  with  them. 
 
 And  yf  the  auenger  of  bloude  folowe  vpon 
 him,  they  shall  not  delyuer  the  deedslayer  in 
 to  his  handes,  for  so  moch  as  he  hath  slayne 
 his  neghboure  vnawarres,  and  was  not  his 
 enemye  afore :  but  he  shall  dwell  in  y  cite, 
 tyll  he  stonde  before  the  congregacion  in 
 iudgment,  vntyll  the  hye  prest  dye,  which 
 shall  be  at  that  tyme.  Then  shall  the  deed- 
 sleyer  returne,  and  go  vnto  his  awne  cite,  and 
 vnto  his  house  to  the  cite,  from  whence  he 
 was  fled. 
 
 Then  appoynted  they  Kedes  in  Galile  vpon 
 mount  Nepthali,  and  Sechem  vpon  mount 
 Ephraim,  and  Kiriatharba,  that  is  Hebron 
 vpon  moiit  luda.  And  beyode  lordane  on 
 the  east  syde  of  lericho,  they  gaue  Beser  in 
 the  wildernes  vpon  the  playne  out  of  the  trybe 
 of  Ruben,  and  Ramoth  in  Gilead  out  of  the 
 trybe  of  Gad,  and  Golan  in  Basan  out  of  the 
 trybe  of  Manasse. 
 
 These  were  the  cities  appoynted  for  all  f 
 children  of  Israel,  and  for  the  straungers  which 
 dwelt  amonge  them,  that  whosoeuer  had  slayne 
 a  soule  vnawarres,  might  flye  thither,  that  he 
 shulde  not  be  put  to  death  by  the  auenger  of 
 bloude,  tyll  he  had  stonde  before  the  con- 
 gregacion. 
 
 Oje  ni-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 THEN  the  chefe  fathers  amonge  the 
 Leuites  came  forth  vnto  Eleasar  the 
 prest  and  to  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,  and  to 
 ;y'  awncient  fathers  amSge  the  trybes  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  and  spake  vnto  them  at 
 Silo  in  the  londe  of  Canaan,  and  sayde :  *The 
 LORDE  commaunded  by  Moses,  that  we 
 shulde  haue  cities  geuen  vs  to  dwell  in,  and 
 the  suburbes  of  the  same  for  oure  catell. 
 Then  the  children  of  Israel  gaue  of  their 
 enheritaunce  these  cities  and  the  suburbes 
 therof,  vnto  the  Leuites,  acordynge  to  the 
 commaundement  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  lot  fell  vpon  the  kynred  of  the 
 Kahathites,   and   the  children  of  Aaron  the 
 
 •  Num.  35.  a. 
 
 prest  amonge  the  Leuites,  had  by  the  lott 
 thyrtene  cities  of  the  trybe  of  luda,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Simeon,  and  of  the  trybe  of  Ben 
 lamin.  The  other  childre  of  Kahath  of  the 
 same  kynred,  had  by  the  lot  ten  cities,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Ephraim,  of  the  trybe  of  Dan,  and 
 of  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse. 
 
 But  the  children  of  Gerson  of  the  same 
 kynred  had  by  the  lot  thyrtene  cities,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Isachar,  of  the  trybe  of  Asser,  of  f 
 trybe  of  Nepthali,  and  of  the  halfe  trybe  of 
 Manasse  at  Basan. 
 
 The  children  of  Merari  of  their  kynred 
 had  twolue  cities,  of  the  trybe  of  Ruben,  of 
 the  trybe  of  Gad,  and  of  the  trybe  of  Zabulon. 
 So  the  children  of  Israel  gaue  these  cities  and 
 their  suburbes  vnto  the  Leuites  by  lott,  as  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  by  Moses. 
 
 Of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  luda,  and 
 of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Simeon,  they 
 gaue  these  cities  (which  they  named  by  name) 
 vnto  the  children  of  Aaron  of  the  kynred  of 
 the  Kahathites  amonge  the  children  of  Leui : 
 for  the  first  lot  was  theyrs. 
 
 So  they  gaue  them  Kiriatharba,  which  was 
 the  fathers  of  Enak,  that  is  Hebron  vpon  the 
 mount  luda,  and  the  suburbes  therof  rounde 
 aboute.  t  But  the  felde  of  the  cite  and  the 
 vyllages  therof,  gaue  they  vnto  Caleb  the 
 Sonne  of  lephune  for  his  possession. 
 
 Thus  gaue  they  vnto  the  children  of  Aaron 
 the  prest,  the  fre  cite  of  the  deed  sleyers, 
 Hebron  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Libna  and 
 the  suburbes  therof,  lathir  and  the  suburbes 
 therof,  Esthuma  and  the  suburbes  therof, 
 Holon  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Debir  and 
 the  suburbes  therof,  Ain  and  the  suburbes 
 therof,  luta  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Beth 
 Semes  and  the  suburbes  therof,  euen  nyne 
 cities  of  these  two  trybes. 
 
 But  of  the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin  they  gaue 
 foure  cities,  Gibeon  and  y  suburbes  therof, 
 Gaba,  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Anathot  and 
 the  suburbes  therof,  Almon  and  the  suburbes 
 therof:  so  that  all  the  cities  of  the  children 
 of  Aaron  the  prest  were  thirtene  with  their 
 suburbes. 
 
 The  kynreds  of  the  other  children  of  Kahath 
 the  Leuites,  had  by  their  lott  foure  cities,  of 
 the  trybe  of  Ephraim,  and  they  gaue  the  the 
 fre  cite  of  the  deedsleiers,  Seche  and  the 
 suburbes  therof  vpon  mount  Ephraim  Gaser 
 
 t  losu.  14.  d.  1  Par.  7.  d. 
 
jfo.  nnih 
 
 C&e  hoU  of  3o9iia. 
 
 Cfeap.  01). 
 
 and  the  suburbes  therof,  Kibzaim  and  the  sub- 
 urbes  therof,  Bethron  and  the  suburbes  therof. 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Dan  foure  cities,  Eltheke 
 and  y  suburbes  therof,  Gibthon  and  the 
 suburbes  therof,  Aialon  and  the  suburbes 
 therof,  Gath  Rimon  and  the  suburbes  therof. 
 Of  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses  two  cities, 
 Thaenach  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Gath 
 Rimon  and  the  suburbes  therof:  so  that  all 
 the  cities  of  the  other  children  of  y  kynred  of 
 Kahath,  were  ten  with  their  suburbes. 
 
 But  viito  the  children  of  Gerson  amonge 
 the  kynreds  of  the  Leuites  were  geuen.  Of 
 the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse  two  cities,  the  fre 
 cite  for  the  deedslayer,  Gola  in  Basan  and  the 
 suburbes  therof,  Beasthra,  and  the  suburbes 
 therof.  Of  the  trybe  of  Isachar  foure  cities, 
 Kision  and  the  suburbes  therof,  Dabrach  and 
 the  suburbes  therof,  larmuth  and  the  suburbes 
 therof,  Engannim  and  the  suburbes  therof. 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Asser  foure  cities,  Miseal, 
 Abdon,  Helkath  and  Rehob  with  the  suburbes 
 therof.  Of  the  trybe  of  Nephtali  thre  cities, 
 the  fre  cite  Kedes  (for  the  deedsleyer)  in 
 GaUle,  Hamoth,  Dor,  and  Karthan  with  the 
 suburbes  therof:  so  that  all  the  cities  of  the 
 kynred  of  the  Gersonites  were  thirtene  with 
 their  suburbes. 
 
 Vnto  the  kynreds  of  Merari  the  other 
 Leuites  were  geuen,  Of  the  trybe  of  Zabulon 
 foure  cities,  lakneam,  Kartha,  Dimna  and 
 Nahalal  with  y  suburbes  therof.  Of  the  trj'be 
 of  Ruben  foure  cities,  Bezer,  lahza,  Kedemoth 
 and  Mephaat  with  their  suburbes.  Of  the 
 trybe  of  Gad  foure  cities,  the  fre  cite  for  the 
 deedsleyer,  Ramoth  in  Gilead,  Mahanaim, 
 Heszbon  and  laeser  with  their  suburbes :  so 
 that  all  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Merari 
 amonge  their  kynreds  of  y  other  Leuites,  were 
 twolue.  Thus  all  the  cities  of  the  Leuites 
 amonge  f  possession  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 were  eight  and  fortye  with  their  suburbes. 
 And  these  cities  were  so  dealte  out,  that  euery 
 one  had  their  suburbes  rounde  aboute,  the  one 
 as  the  other. 
 
 Thus  the  LORDE  gaue  the  children  of 
 Israel  all  the  londe,  which  he  had  sworne  vnto 
 their  fathers  to  geue :  (j  they  toke  possession 
 of  it,  and  dwelt  therin.  And  the  LORDE 
 gaue  the  rest  before  all  those  y  were  aboute 
 them  *like  as  he  sware  vnto  tneir  fathers,  5 
 none  of  their  enemies  stode  agaynst  the,  but 
 
 •Gen.  17.  B.     tNum.32.  f.  Deut.S.b.  losu.  12.  a.    fDeat 
 
 ill  their  enemies  delyuered  he  in  to  their 
 hande.  And  their  myssed  nothinge  of  all  the 
 good  that  the  LORDE  had  promysed  vnto 
 the  house  of  Israel,  it  came  euery  whyt. 
 
 Wift  ni]-  chapter. 
 
 THEN  losua  called  f  Rubenites  and 
 Gaddites,  and  y  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  haue  kepte  all, 
 tthat  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  you,  and  haue  herkened  vnto 
 my  voyce  in  all  y  I  haue  commaiided  you. 
 Ye  haue  not  forsaken  youre  brethre  a  longe 
 season,  vnto  this  daye,  and  haue  wayted  vpon 
 the  commaundement  of  the  LORDE  youre 
 God.  For  so  moch  now  as  the  LORDE 
 youre  God  hath  broughte  youre  brethre  to 
 rest,  as  he  promysed  them,  tume  you  now,  and 
 go  youre  waye  to  youre  tentes  in  to  the  londe 
 of  youre  possession,  which  Moses  the  seruaunt 
 of  the  LORDE  gaue  you  beyode  lordane. 
 
 But  take  diligent  hede  now,  that  ye  do 
 acordinge  to  the  commaundement  and  lawe 
 which  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 hath  commaunded :  ♦  That  ye  lone  the 
 LORDE  youre  God,  and  walke  in  all  his 
 wayes,  and  kepe  his  commaundementes,  and 
 cleue  vnto  him,  and  serue  him  with  all  youre 
 hert  and  with  all  youre  soule.  So  losua 
 blessed  them,  and  let  them  go.  And  they 
 wente  vnto  their  tentes. 
 
 Vnto  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse  had  Moses 
 geuen  possession  at  Basan :  vnto  the  other 
 halfe  gaue  losua  amonge  their  brethren  on 
 this  syde  lordane  westwarde.  And  whan  he 
 let  them  go  to  their  tentes  and  blessed  them, 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  come  home  agayne 
 with  greate  good  \Tito  youre  tetes,  \vith  ex- 
 cead)Tigemoch  catell,  syluer,  golde,  brasse,  j'ron 
 and  rayment,  §  distribute  therfore  the  spoyle 
 of  youre  enemyes  amonge  youre  brethren. 
 
 So  the  Rubenites,  Gaddites,  and  the  halfe 
 trybe  of  Manasse  returned,  and  wente  from 
 the  children  of  Israel  out  of  Silo  (which  lyeth 
 in  the  londe  of  Canaan)  to  go  in  to  the 
 countre  of  Gilead  to  the  londe  of  their  posses- 
 sion, that  they  mighte  possesse  it,  acordynge  to 
 the  commaundement  of  the  LORDEby  Moses. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  vnto  the  heapes  by 
 lordane,  which  lye  in  the  londe  of  Canaan, 
 the  same  Rubenites,  Gaddites,  and  the  halfe 
 tr)'be  of  Manasses  buylded  there  besyde  lor- 
 
 10.  c.      4Deut.  20.b.    Num.  31.  d.   losu.  8.  f.   iRe.SO.e. 
 
 a 
 
cftap*  vni* 
 
 Cfte  bokt  of  Bosua. 
 
 So.  ajrjrin. 
 
 dane,  a  fayre  greate  altare.  But  whan  the 
 children  of  Israel  herde  saye:  Beholde,  the 
 children  of  Ruben,  the  children  of  Gad,  and 
 the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse  haue  buylded  an 
 altare  ouer  agaynst  the  londe  of  Canaan  vpon 
 the  heapes  by  lordane  on  this  syde  the  children 
 of  Israel,  they  gathered  them  selues  together 
 with  the  whole  congregacion  at  Silo,  to  go  vp 
 agaynst  the  with  an  armye.  And  (in  the 
 meane  season)  they  sent  to  them  in  to  the 
 londe  of  Gilead,  Phineas  the  sonne  of  Eleasar 
 the  prest,  and  with  him  ten  chefe  prynces 
 amonge  the  houses  of  their  fathers,  out  of 
 euery  tribe  in  Israel  one.  And  they  came  to 
 the  children  of  Ruben,  to  the  children  of  Gad, 
 and  to  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasse  in  the  londe 
 of  Gilead,  and  sayde : 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  whole  congregacion  of  the 
 LORDE  vnto  you :  *  What  trespace  is  this,  y 
 ye  haue  trespaced  agaynst  the  God  of  Israel, 
 that  ye  shulde  turne  backe  from  f  LORDE 
 this  daye,  to  builde  you  an  altare,  for  to  fall 
 awaye  from  the  LORDE  ? 
 
 t  Haue  we  not  ynough  of  the  wickednesse  of 
 Peor  ?  from  the  which  we  are  not  yet  clensed 
 this  daye,  and  there  came  a  plage  amonge  the 
 congregacion  of  the  LORDE :  and  ye  turne 
 you  backe  this  daye  from  the  LORDE,  and 
 this  daycare  ye  fallen  awaye  from  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  maye  be  wroth  to  daye  or  tomorow  at 
 the  whole  congregacion  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Yf  the  londe  of  youre  possession  be  vncleane, 
 then  come  ouer  in  to  the  londe  that  the 
 LORDE  possesseth,  where  the  dwellynge  of 
 the  LORDE  is,  and  take  possessions  amonge 
 vs,  and  fall  not  awaye  from  the  LORDE  and 
 from  vs,  to  builde  you  an  altare  without  the 
 altare  of  the  LORDE  oure  God.  tDid  not 
 Achan  the  sonne  of  Serah  trespace  in  the 
 thinge  that  was  damned,  and  the  wrath  came 
 ouer  y  whole  congregacion  of  Israel  and  he 
 wente  not  downe  alone  for  his  myszdede  ? 
 
 Then  answered  the  children  of  Ruben,  and 
 the  children  of  Gad,  and  the  halfe  trybe  of 
 Manasse,  and  sayde  vnto  the  heades  and 
 prynces  of  Israel :  The  mightie  God  y  LO  RDE, 
 the  mightie  God  the  LORDE  knoweth,  and 
 Israel  knoweth  also,  yf  this  be  a  trangressynge 
 or  trespacynge  agaynst  the  LORDE,  then  let 
 it  not  helpe  vs  this  daye  :  Yf  we  haue  buylded 
 the  altare,  because  we  wolde  turne  awaye 
 backe    from    the  LORDE,    to   offre   burnt- 
 
 •  ludi.  20.  b.        t  Num.  25.  a.         J  losu.  7.  a. 
 
 offerynges  or  meatofFeringes  theron,  or  to 
 make  eny  deedolFerynges  vpon  it,  then  let  the 
 LORDE  requyre  it:  And  yf  we  haue  not 
 done  it  rather  for  very  feare  of  this  thinge, 
 and  sayde :  To  daye  or  tomorow  mighte  youre 
 children  saye  vnto  oure  children : 
 
 What  haue  ye  to  do  with  the  LORDE  the 
 God  of  Israel?  The  LORDE  hath  set  lordane 
 for  a  border  betwene  vs  and  you  ye  children 
 of  Ruben  and  Gad,  ye  haue  no  porcion  in  the 
 LORDE :  By  this  shulde  youre  children 
 make  oure  children  to  turne  awaye  from  the 
 feare  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Therfore  sayde  we :  Let  vs  make  oure 
 children  an  altare,  not  for  sacrifice,  ner  for 
 burntofferinge,  ^but  that  it  maye  be  a  toke 
 betwene  vs  and  you,  and  oure  posterities,  that 
 we  maye  serue  the  LORDE  in  his  sighte  with 
 oure  burntofferinges,  deedofferinges,  and  other 
 ofFeringes :  and  y  youre  children  to  daye  or 
 tomorow  neade  not  to  saye  vnto  oure  children : 
 Ye  haue  no  parte  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  we  sayde :  But  yf  they  shulde  speake 
 so  vnto  vs,  or  to  oure  posterities  to  daye  or  to- 
 morow, then  maye  we  saye :  Beholde  the  symi- 
 litude  of  y  altare  of  the  LORDE,  which  oure 
 fathers  made,  not  for  sacrifyce,  ner  for  burnt- 
 offerynge,  but  for  a  wy  tnesse  betwene  vs  and  you. 
 
 God  forbydde,  that  we  shulde  fall  awaye 
 from  the  LORDE,  to  turne  backe  from  him 
 this  daye,  and  to  buylde  an  altare  for  sacrifice, 
 for  burntofferinge  and  for  eny  presente,  with- 
 out f  altare  of  the  LORDE  oure  God,  that 
 stondeth  before  his  Habitacion. 
 
 But  whan  Phineas  the  prest,  and  the  chefe 
 of  the  congregacion,  the  prynces  of  Israel 
 which  were  with  him,  herde  these  wordes,  that 
 the  children  of  Ruben,  Gad,  and  Manasse  had 
 spoken,  they  pleased  them  well.  And  Phineas 
 the  Sonne  of  Eleasar  the  prest  sayde  vnto  the 
 children  of  Rube,  Gad  and  Manasse :    This 
 
 ,'e  we  knowe,  that  y  LORDE  is  amonge 
 vs,  in  that  ye  haue  not  trespaced  agaynst  the 
 LORDE  in  this  dede.  Now  haue  ye  de- 
 lyuered  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the  hande 
 of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Then  Phineas  the  sonne  of  Eleasar  the 
 prest,  and  the  rulers  returned  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Gilead,  from  the  children  of  Ruben  and  Gad 
 vnto  y  londe  of  Canaa  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
 and  brought  them  worde  agayne  of  the  matter. 
 
 Then    were   the    children    of    Israel    well 
 
 §  Gen.  31.  g.     Deu.  30.  d.     losu.  24.  f. 
 
jTo.  amiij. 
 
 CI)f  bok^  of  3o£iua. 
 
 Cbap.  vvnj. 
 
 cotente  with  the  thiiige.  And  they  praysed 
 the  God  of  Israel,  and  sayde  nomore  that  they 
 wolde  go  ^-p  agaynst  them  with  an  armye,  to 
 destroye  the  londe  that  the  childre  of  Ruben 
 and  Gad  dwelt  in.  And  y  childre  of  Ruben 
 and  Gad  called  the  name  of  the  altare :  This 
 altare  be  witnesse  betwene  vs,  that  the 
 LORDE  is  God. 
 
 Cf)t  nti)-  Cf)aptn:. 
 
 AND  after  a  longe  season,  whan  the 
 LORDE  had  broughte  Israel  to  rest 
 from  all  their  enemies  rounde  aboute :  and 
 losua  was  now  olde  and  well  stricken  in  age, 
 he  called  all  Israel  and  their  Elders,  heades, 
 iudges,  and  officers,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  I 
 am  olde  and  well  aged,  and  ye  haue  sene  all 
 that  the  LORDE  youre  God  hath  done  vnto 
 all  these  nacions  in  youre  sighte.  For  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  himself  hath  foughte  for 
 you.  Beholde,  I  haue  parted  amonge  you  y 
 renaunt  of  the  nacions  by  lot,  vnto  euery 
 trybe  his  enheritaunce  from  lordane  forth, 
 and  all  the  nacions  whom  I  haue  roted  out 
 vnto  the  gi-eate  see  westwarde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  youre  God  shal  thrust 
 them  out  before  you,  and  dryue  them  awaye 
 from  you,  that  ye  maye  haue  their  londe  in 
 possession,  as  the  LORDE  youre  God  hath 
 promysed  you.  Be  stroge  now  therfore,  that 
 ye  maye  obserue  and  do  all  that  is  wrytten  in 
 the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  Moses :  *  so  that  ye 
 turne  not  asyde  from  it,  nether  to  the  righte 
 hande  ner  to  the  lefte :  that  ye  come  not 
 amonge  ;y-  remnaunt  of  these  nacios,  which 
 are  with  you :  And  se  that  ye  make  no  men- 
 cion  ner  t  sweare  by  the  names  of  their  goddes, 
 nether  serue  them,  ner  bowe  youre  selues  vnto 
 them:  But  cleue  vnto  the  LORDE  youre 
 God,  as  ye  haue  done  vnto  this  daye :  the 
 shal  the  LORDE  dryue  awaye  greate  and 
 mightie  nacions  before  you,  like  as  there  hath 
 no  man  bene  able  to  stonde  before  you  vnto 
 this  daye.  i  One  of  you  shall  chace  a  thou- 
 sande:  for  the  LORDE  youre  God  fighteth 
 for  you,  acordinge  as  he  promysed  you.  Take 
 diligent  hede  therfore  vnto  youre  soules,  that 
 ye  loue  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 "But  yf  ye  turne  backe,  and  cleue  vnto  these 
 other  nacions,  and  make  mariages  with  them, 
 so  that  ye  come  amoge  them,  and  they  amonge 
 
 •  Deu.  4.  a.  and  6.  d.  t  Deu.  10.  d.  t  Leui-  26.  a. 
 Esa.  30.  c.  •  Deu.  7.  a.  and  12.  d.  ^  Nu.  33.  g. 
 
 ||3Re.  2.  a.     ITDeut.  28.b.    ••Gen.  11.  d.     ft  Gen.  12.  a. 
 
 you,  be  ye  sure  then,  that  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  shall  nomore  dryue  out  all  these  nacions 
 before  you,  %  but  they  shall  be  vnto  you  a 
 snare  and  net,  and  prickes  in  youre  sydes,  and 
 thornes  in  youre  eyes,  vntyll  he  haue  destroyed 
 you  from  the  good  lode,  which  the  LORDE 
 youre  God  hath  geuen  you. 
 
 Beholde,  II  this  daye  do  I  go  the  waye  of 
 all  the  worlde,  and  ye  shal  knowe  euen  from 
 all  youre  hert  and  from  all  youre  soule,  that 
 there  hath  not  fayled  one  worde  of  all  the  good 
 that  the  LORDE  youre  God  promysed  you. 
 Now  like  as  all  the  good  is  come  that  the 
 LORDE  youre  God  promised  you :  ITeuen  so 
 shal  the  LORDE  cause  all  euell  to  come  vpon 
 you,  tyU  he  haue  destroied  you  from  this  good 
 londe,  which  the  LORDE  youre  God  hath 
 geuen  you :  yf  ye  transgresse  f  couenaunt  of 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  which  he  hath  com- 
 maunded  you.  And  yf  ye  go  youre  waye  and 
 serue  other  goddes,  and  worshipe  the,  then 
 shall  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  waxe  whote 
 ouer  you,  5  shall  shortly  destroye  you  out  of 
 the  good  londe,  y  he  hath  geuen  you. 
 
 Cl^e  jriiij.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 IOSUA  gathered  all  the  trybes  of  Israel 
 together  vnto  Sichem,  and  called  the 
 Elders  of  Israel,  the  heades,  iudges  and  officers. 
 And  wha  they  were  come  before  God,  he 
 sayde  vnto  all  the  people :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  the  God  of  Israel:  **  Youre  fathers 
 dwelt  afore  time  beyode  y  water,  Abraha  5 
 Nahor  with  Tarah  their  father  g  serued  other 
 goddes.  tt  Then  toke  I  youre  father  Abraham 
 beyonde  the  water,  5  caused  him  to  walke  in 
 the  londe  of  Canaan,  5  multiplied  his  sede, 
 and  gaue  him  Isaac,*  and  vnto  Isaac  I  gaue 
 lacob  and  Esau,  and  gaue  Esau  mout  Seir  to 
 possesse.  *t  As  for  lacob,  5  his  childre,  they 
 wente  downe  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Then  sent  I  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  plaged 
 Egipte'  as  I  haue  done  amonge  the.  After 
 y  ^§  brought  I  you  and  youre  fathers  out  of 
 Egipte.  And  whan  ye  came  to  f  see,  and  the 
 Egipcians  folowed  vpon  youre  fathers  with 
 charettes  and  horse  men  vnto  the  reed  see, 
 then  cryed  they  vnto  the  LORDE,  which  put 
 a  darcknesse  betwene  you  and  the  Egipcians, 
 and  broughte  the  see  vpon  them,  and  ouer- 
 whelmed  them.     And  youre  eyes  haue  sene 
 
 »  Gen.  21.  a.     Gen.  25.  c.     Gen.  32.  a.  }{  Ge.  46.  a. 
 
 '  Eiod.  7.  8.  9.  10.  1 1.  ^^  Exod.  14. 
 
Cfiap,  vniii* 
 
 €i)t  Ijolte  ot  3o£iua. 
 
 #0.  wjcjcb. 
 
 what  I  dyd  to  f  Egipcians,  5  ye  dwelt  in  y 
 wildernes  a  loge  season.  *  And  I  broughte 
 you  in  to  y  londe  of  the  Amorites,  which 
 dwelt  beionde  lordane  :  (j  wha  they  fought 
 agaynst  you,  I  delyuered  them  in  to  youre 
 hande,  that  ye  mighte  haue  their  countre  in 
 possession,  and  I  destroyed  them  before  you. 
 t  Then  Balac  the  sonne  of  Ziphor  the  kynge 
 of  the  Moabites  gat  him  vp,  and  foughte 
 agaynst  Israel :  and  he  sente  and  bad  call 
 Balaam  the  sonne  of  Beor,to  curse  you,  neuer- 
 theles  I  wolde  not  heare  him,  but  I  blessed 
 you,  and  delyuered  you  out  of  his  hande. 
 
 And  whan  ye  wente  ouer  lordane,  and 
 came  vnto  lericho,  the  citesyns  of  lericho 
 foughte  agaynst  you,  the  Amorites,  Pheresites, 
 Cananites,  Hethites,  Girgosites,  Heuites,  (j 
 lebusites :  howbeit  I  delyuered  the  in  to  youre 
 hande.  tAnd  I  sent  hornettes  before  you, 
 which  droue  them  out  before  you,  namely  the 
 two  kynges  of  y  Amorites:  not  thorow  thy 
 swerde,  ner  thorow  thy  bowe.  "And  I  haue 
 geuen  you  a  londe  whervpon  ye  bestowed  no 
 laboure,  and  cities  which  ye  haue  not  buylded, 
 that  ye  might  dwell  therin,  and  that  ye  might 
 eate  of  the  vynyardes  and  olyue  trees  which 
 ye  haue  not  planted.  Feare  the  LORDE 
 now  therfore,*  and  serue  him  perfectly  and  in 
 the  trueth,  and  let  go  the  goddes,  whom  youre 
 fathers  serued  beyonde  the  water  and  in 
 Egipte,  and  serue  ye  y  LORDE. 
 
 But  yf  ye  like  not  to  serue  the  LORDE, 
 the  chose  you  this  daye  whom  ye  wyll  serue : 
 the  God  whom  youre  fathers  serued  beionde  y 
 water,  or  y  goddes  of  the  Amorites,  in  whose 
 lode  ye  dwell.  As  for  me  and  my  house,  we 
 wyll  serue  the  LORDE.  Then  answered  the 
 people,  and  saide :  God  forbidde,  that  we  shulde 
 forsake  the  LORDE,  3  serue  other  goddes. 
 For  the  LORDE  oure  God  brought  vs  and 
 oure  fathers  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte  fro  the 
 house  of  bondage,  and  did  soch  greate  tokens 
 before  oure  eyes,  and  preserued  vs  all  y  waye 
 that  we  wente,  and  amonge  all  the  nacions, 
 whom  we  trauayled  by.  And  the  LORDE 
 thrust  out  before  vs  all  the  people  of  the  Amo- 
 rites that  dwelt  in  the  londe.  Therfore  wyll 
 we  also  serue  the  LORDE,  for  he  is  oure  God. 
 
 losua  sayde  vnto  the  people :  Ye  can  not 
 
 *  Num.  21.   d. 
 t  Exo.  S3,  a.  Deu. 
 Tob.   H.  c. 
 
 t  Num.  22.  a.  Deut.  23.  a. 
 .  d.  «  Deut.  6.  b.  »  1  Reg.  7.  a. 
 losu.    23.   d.  ^4   Re.   23.  a. 
 
 serue  the  LORDE :  for  he  is  an  holy  God, 
 mightie,  and  gelous,  which  spareth  not  youre 
 trangressions  and  synnes.  But  yf  ye  forsake 
 the  LORDE,  and  serue  a  straunge  god,  then 
 shall  the  LORDE  turne  him,  'and  do  you 
 euell,  and  consume  you,  after  that  he  hath 
 done  you  good.  The  people  sayde  vnto  losua: 
 Not  so,  but  we  will  serue  the  LORDE.  Then 
 sayde  losua  vnto  the  people  :  Ye  are  wit- 
 nesses ouer  youre  selues,  that  ye  haue  chosen 
 you  the  LORDE,  to  serue  him.  And  they 
 sayde:  Yee.  Then  put  awaye  from  you  (sayde 
 he)  the  straunge  goddes  y  are  amonge  you, 
 and  enclyne  youre  hertvnto  the  LORDE  the 
 God  of  Israel.  And  the  people  sayde  vnto  lo- 
 sua: We  wyll  serue  the  LORDE  oure  God,  and 
 be  obedient  vnto  his  voyce.  §  So  losua  made 
 a  couenaunt  with  the  people  ;y-  same  daye,  and 
 laied  statutes  5  lawes  before  them  at  Sichem. 
 
 And  losua  wrote  this  acte  in  the  boke  of 
 the  lawe  of  God,''  and  toke  a  greate  stone,  (i 
 set  it  vp  there  vnder  an  oke,  vphich  was  in  y 
 Sanctuary  of  y  LORDE,  and  sayde  vnto  all 
 the  people :  Beholde,  this  stone  shall  be  wit- 
 nesse  ouer  you :  For  it  hath  herde  all  the 
 wordes  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  hath  spoken 
 vnto  vs,  and  shall  be  a  witnesse  ouer  you,  that 
 ye  denye  not  youre  God.  So  losua  let  the 
 people  go  euery  one  to  his  enheritauce. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  after  these  actes,'  y  losua 
 the  sonne  of  Nun  y  seruaut  of  the  LORDE 
 dyed,  whan  he  was  an  hundreth  and  ten  yeare 
 olde,  and  was  buried  in  the  border  ||  of  his 
 enheritauce  at  Thimnath  Serah,  which  lyeth 
 on  the  mount  Ephraim,  on  the  north  side  of 
 mount  Gaas.  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 serued  the  LORDE  as  longe  as  losua  lyued,-' 
 and  the  Elders  (that  lyued  longe  after  losua) 
 which  knewe  all  the  workes  of  y  LORDE, 
 that  he  had  done  vnto  Israel.  IF  The  bones 
 of  loseph,  which  the  children  of  Israel  had 
 broughte  out  of  Egipte,  buried  they  at  Sichem, 
 in  the  pece  of  the  londe,**  y  lacob  boughte  of 
 the  children  of  Hemor  y  father  of  Sichem  for 
 an  hundreth  pens,  and  was  the  enheritaunce  of 
 the  children  of  loseph.  Eleasar  the  sonne  of 
 Aaron  died  also,  and  they  buried  him  at 
 Gibeath,  which  was  Phineas  his  sonnes,  that 
 was  geuen  him  vpon  mount  Ephraim. 
 
 ■<  1  Reg.  7.  c.  '  ludic.  2.  b.  ||  losu,  19.  d. 
 
 /  2  Par.  3-t.  f.         f  Gen.  50.  d.     Exo.  13.  d.     Acto.  7.  b. 
 
 *•  Gen.  33.  d. 
 
 df 
 
 €i)t  tn^t  of  t\)t  Ijofet  of  Sosua* 
 
Zi)t  ftofee  of  ti)t  2itttrgtsS 
 
 callcti,  Kutrtcum. 
 
 aaafjat  t&is  Ijokt  contepm-tl). 
 
 Cl)ap.  I. 
 
 Cljap.    XI. 
 
 ludas  IS  made  captayne  of  the  people,  subdueth 
 
 lepthe  is  made  ruler  of  the  people,  and  ouer- 
 
 the  Cananytes,  and  wyniieth  leriisalem.    Israel 
 
 cometh  Ammon  in  Maspha. 
 
 roteth  not  out   the    Cananites  as  God  com- 
 
 maunded  them 
 
 Cljap.  XII. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 The  Ephraites  rise  vp  against  lepthe,  and  there 
 
 are  slayne  of  them  two  and  fortye  thousande. 
 
 The  angell   of  God   punysheth   them,   because 
 
 they  cosente  to  their  enemies.     The  childre  of 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 
 Israel  serue  Baal,  for  the  which  cause  God 
 
 The  byrth  of  Samson  is  shewed  vnto  his  father 
 
 geueth  them  ouev  in  to  captiuyte. 
 
 and  mother  by  an  angell. 
 
 Cf)ap.   III. 
 God  punysheth  Israel,  and  yet  delyuereth  them 
 wonderously. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XIIII. 
 Samson  taketh  a  wife  iTimnath,  renteth  a  yonge 
 Lyon  in  peces,  and  putteth  forth  a  dark  sen- 
 tence vnto  his  companyons. 
 
 Cibap-  nil- 
 
 Debbora  the  prophetisse   with  Barach   ouerco- 
 
 Cljap.   XV. 
 
 raeth  Sissara,  and  delyuereth  the  people  of  the 
 LORDE 
 
 How   Samson   hurteth   the  Philistynes  with  the 
 foxes.     He  slayeth  a  thousande  me  with  the 
 
 Cljap.  V. 
 
 cheke  bone  of  an  asse. 
 
 The  songe  of  prayse  which  Debbora  and  Barach 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 
 songe  because  of  the  victory. 
 
 Samson  taketh  both  the  portes  of  the  gate  of  the 
 cite  vpon  his  backe,  5  beareth  them  vp  to  the 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 
 mount.     Dalila  the   harlot   bryngeth    him   in 
 
 For  their  synnes  God  geueth  them  ouer  in  to  the 
 
 dotage,  so  that  he  telleth  her  his  secretes,  and 
 
 handes  of  the    Madianites,    from   the   which 
 
 is  biynded  of  his  enemies. 
 
 Gedeon  delyuereth  them. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XVII. 
 
 C})ap.  VII. 
 
 Of  Micha  and  his  ymage  5c. 
 
 How  Gedeon  parteth  his  boost,  (J  discomfiteth 
 
 Cljap.   XVIII. 
 
 the  Madianites. 
 
 Dan  sendeth  out  men  to  spye  the  lode,  which  take 
 
 €i)ap.   VIII. 
 
 Michas  ymage,  5  carie  awaye  the  prest. 
 
 Gedeon  punysheth  the  at  Suchoth,  dyeth,  and  is 
 
 Cljap.  XIX. 
 
 buried. 
 
 How  shamefully  the  Gabeonites  deale  with  the 
 
 Cljap.  IX. 
 
 Leuites  wife. 
 
 Abimelech   seketh   the    superiorite,   slayeth   his 
 
 Ci^ap.  XX. 
 
 seuentye  brethren,  wynneth  Siche  and  Thebes. 
 
 How  the  same  synne  is  punyshed. 
 
 Cl)ap.   X. 
 
 Cfjap.  XXI. 
 
 Thola  d    lair  rule   the  people.     The    Israelites 
 
 The  Ben  lamites  optayne  wyues  in  Israel,  who 
 
 synne,  and  are  punyshed. 
 
 the  Israelites  had  sworne  not  to  geue  them. 
 
 _ 
 
Cbap.  I. 
 
 Cl)e  bofef  of  ti)t  3iiBgesi. 
 
 So.  cfjiTbiM 
 
 9 
 
 €l)t  first  Cijaptfr. 
 
 AFTER  the  death  of  losua  the  children 
 of  Israel  axed  the  LORDE,  and  sayde: 
 Who  shall  go  vp  (J  be  oure  captayne  of  warre 
 against  ;y-  Cananites  ?  The  LORDE  sayde: 
 luda  shall  go  vp.  *  Beholde,  I  haue  delyuered 
 the  londe  in  to  his  hande.  Then  sayde  luda 
 vnto  his  brother  Simeon :  Go  vp  with  me  in 
 to  my  lot,  and  let  vs  fighte  against  the  Ca- 
 nanites, then  wyl  I  go  agayne  with  the  in  to 
 thy  lot :  So  Simeon  wente  with  him. 
 
 Now  whan  luda  wente  vp  the  LORDE 
 delyuered  the  Cananites  and  Pheresites  in  to 
 their  hades,  (j  they  slewe  te  thousande  me  at 
 Besek :  5  they  foude  Adoni  Besek  at  Besek, 
 CL  foughte  agaynst  him,  and  slewe  the  Ca- 
 nanites and  Pheresites.  But  Adoni  Besek 
 fled,  and  they  folowed  after  him:  and  whan 
 they  had  ouertaken  him,  they  cut  of  the  thobes 
 of  his  handes  and  fete. 
 
 Then  sayde  Adoni  Besek :  Thre  score  and 
 ten  kjaiges  with  the  thombes  of  their  hades  5 
 fete  cut  of,  gathered  vp  the  meate  y  was  lefte 
 vnder  my  table.  tNow  as  I  haue  done,  so 
 hath  God  rewarded  me  agayne.  And  he  was 
 broughte  vnto  lerusale,  where  he  dyed. 
 
 But  f  childre  of  luda  foughte  agaynst 
 Jerusalem,  and  wane  it,  land  smote  it  with 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  set  fyre  vpon  the 
 cite.  Then  wente  the  children  of  Israel  do\vne, 
 to  fighte  agaynst  f  Cananites,  y  dwelt  vpon 
 the  mount,  and  towarde  the  south,  and  in  the 
 valleys.  §  And  luda  wente  agaynst  the  Ca- 
 nanites, which  dwelt  at  Hebron.  (As  for 
 Hebron,  it  was  called  Kiriatharba  afore 
 tyme)  and  they  smote  Sesai,  s  Achiman,  and 
 Thalmai. 
 
 And  from  thence  he  wente  agaynst  y  inha- 
 biters  of  Debir  (but  Debir  was  called  Kiriath 
 Sepher  aforetyme.)  And  Caleb  sayde  :  II  He 
 y  smyteth  Kiriath  Sepher,  5  wynneth  it,  I  wyl 
 geue  him  my  doughter  Achsa  to  wife.  Then 
 Athniel  the  sonne  of  Kenas,  Calebs  yongest 
 brother  wane  it.  And  he  gaue  him  his  dough- 
 ter Achsa  to  wife.  And  it  fortuned  y  whan 
 they  wete  in,  she  was  counceled  of  hir  housz- 
 bande,  to  axe  a  pece  of  londe  of  hir  father. 
 And  she  fell  from  the  asse.  The  sayde  Caleb 
 vnto  her :  What  ayleth  y  ?    She  sayde  :  Geue 
 
 *Iosu.  23.  a.  tLeu.  24.  d.  Iudic.15.  c.  JDeu.  20.  c. 
 ^  losu.  15.  d.  II  losu.  15.  d.  2  Par.  12.  a.  1  Re.  17.  c. 
 1IDeu.34.a.       ••  Nu.  10.  d.  1  Re.  15.  d.      •Num.  21.  a. 
 
 me  a  blessynge,  for  thou  hast  geuen  me  a 
 south  ct  drye  londe,  geue  me  also  a  watery 
 londe.  Then  gaue  he  her  a  londe  that  was 
 watery  a  boue  and  beneth. 
 
 And  the  childre  of  y  Kenyte  Moses  brother 
 in  lawe,  wente  vp  out  of  the  ITpalme  cite, 
 with  the  children  of  luda  in  to  the  wylder- 
 nesse  of  luda,  that  lyeth  on  y  south  syde  of 
 the  cite  Arad :  **and  wente  their  waye,  j 
 dwelt  amonge  the  people.  And  luda  wente 
 with  his  brother  Simeon,  3  they  smote  the 
 Cananites  at  Zephath,  5  damned  them,  5 
 called  the  name  of  the  cite  Horma."  ttluda 
 also  wanne  Gasa  with  the  borders  therof,  5 
 Ascalon  with  hir  borders,  5  Accaron  with  the 
 coastes  therof.  And  the  LORDE  was  with 
 luda,  so  that  he  conquered  the  mountaynes 
 but  them  that  dwelt  in  the  valley  coulde  he 
 not  conquere,  because  they  had  yron  charettes. 
 And  acordinge  as  Moses  had  sayde,  they  gaue 
 Hebron  vnto  Caleb,  which  droue  out  the  thre 
 sonnes  of  Enak.*  UHowbeit  y  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  droue  not  out  y  lebusites  which 
 dwelt  at  lerusalem,  but  y  lebusites  dwelt 
 amonge  the  children  of  Ben  lamin  at  leru- 
 salem vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Likewyse  the  children  of  loseph  wete  vp 
 also  vnto  Bethel,  "11  the  LORDE  was  with 
 the.  And  the  house  of  loseph  spyed  out 
 Bethel  (which  afore  tyme  was  called  Lus)  and 
 the  watch  men  sawe  a  man  goinge  out  of  the 
 cite,  and  saide  vnto  him:  Shewe  vs  where  we 
 maye  come  in  to  the  cite,  §^5  we  wyll  shewe 
 mercy  vpon  the.  And  whan  he  had  shewed 
 them  where  they  mighte  come  in  to  the  cite, 
 they  smote  y  cite  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde : 
 but  they  let  the  man  go  (j  all  his  frendes. 
 
 Then  wete  the  same  man  vp  in  to  f  coun- 
 tre  of  the  Hethites,  5  buylded  a  cite,  and 
 called  it  Lus,  5  so  is  the  name  of  it  yet  vnto 
 this  daye.  And  Manasses  III!  droue  not  out 
 Beth  Sean  with  the  vyllages  therof,  ner 
 Thaenah  with  the  vyllages  therof,  ner  the  in- 
 habiters  of  Dor  with  the  vyllages  therof:  ner 
 the  inhabiters  of  lebleam  with  the  vyllages 
 therof,  ner  the  inhabiters  of  Mageddo  with 
 the  vyllages  therof,  and  y  Cananites  beganne 
 to  dwell  in  the  same  londe.  But  whan  Israel 
 was  mightie,  he  made  the  Cananites  tribu- 
 taries, and  droue  them  not  out. 
 
 ttlosu.  15.  a.      » losu.  14.  d.     ^J  losu.  15.  g.     'losu.  16. 
 §^  losu.  2.  c.        Ill]  Nu.  33.  g.     losu.  17.  c. 
 
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 "In  like  maner  Ephraiin  droue  not  out  y 
 Cananites  that  dwelt  at  Gaser,  but  the  Ca- 
 nanites  dwelt  amonge  them  at  Gaser. 
 
 Zabulon  also  droue  not  out  the  inhabiters 
 of  Kitron  and  Nahalol,  but  y  Cananites  dwelt 
 amonge  them,  (t  were  tributaries. 
 
 Asser  droue  not  out  y  inhabiters  of  Aco, 
 (J  y  inhabiters  of  Sidon,  of  Ahelab,  of  Achsib, 
 of  Helba,  of  Aphik  a  of  Ilehob,  but  y  Asser- 
 ites  dwelt  amoge  the  Cananites  that  dwelt  in 
 the  l5de,  for  they  droue  the  not  out. 
 
 Nephtali  droue  not  out  y  inhabiters  of  Beth 
 Semes,  ner  of  Beth  Anath,  but  dwelt  amonge 
 the  Cananites  which  dwelt  in  the  londe :  how- 
 beit  they  of  Beth  Semes  and  of  Beth  Anath 
 were  tributaries. 
 
 And  the  Amorites  subdued  the  childre  of 
 Dan  vpon  the  mountaine,  and  suflFred  them 
 not  to  come  downe  in  to  the  valley.  And  the 
 Amorites  beganne  to  dwell  vpo  mount  Heres 
 at  Aiolon  and  at  Saalbim.  Howbeit  y  hande 
 of  y  house  of  Joseph  was  to  sore  for  them,  and 
 they  became  tributaries.  And  the  border  of 
 the  Amorites  was,  as  a  ma  goeth  vp  towarde 
 Acrabim.  and  from  the  rocke,  j  from  the  toppe. 
 
 €\)t  i).  Cljapttr. 
 
 BUT  there  came  vp  a  messauger  of  y 
 LORDE  from  Gilgall  vnto  Bochim,  and 
 sayde:  I  haue  caried  you  vp  hither  out  of 
 Egipte,  and  broughte  you  in  to  the  londe 
 that  I  sware  vnto  youre  fathers,  (j  saide :  *  I 
 wyl  neuer  breake  my  couenaunt  with  you, 
 that  ye  shulde  make  no  couenaunt  with  the 
 indwellers  of  this  londe,  but  breake  downe 
 their  altares :  Neuertheles  ye  haue  not  herk- 
 ened  vnto  my  voyce.  Wherfore  haue  ye  done 
 this  ?  Then  saide  I  morouer:  I  wil  not  dryue 
 them  out  before  you,  that  they  maye  be  a  fall 
 vnto  you,  and  their  goddes  a  snare.  And 
 whan  y  messaunger  of  the  LORDE  had 
 spoken  these  wordes  vnto  all  the  children  of 
 Israel,  the  people  lifte  vp  their  voyce,  5  wepte, 
 and  called  y  name  of  the  place  Bochim,  and 
 offred  there  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 For  whan  losua  had  sente  awaye  ;y^  people, 
 and  the  childre  of  Israel  were  gone,  euery  one 
 to  his  enheritauce,  for  to  take  possession  of 
 the  londe,  tthe  people  serued  the  LORDE 
 iis  longe  as  losua  lyued  and  y  Elders,  which 
 lyued  longe  after  losua,  and  y  sawe  all  the 
 
 "  losu.  16.  b. 
 '  losu.  24.  f. 
 
 Deut.  7.  a.  and  12.  a. 
 '  lud.  3.  a.  4.  a.  6,  a. 
 
 t  losu.  24.  f. 
 ■•  Deu.  28 
 
 greate  workes  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  dyd 
 for  Israel. 
 
 Now  whan  losua  the  sonne  of  Nun,  the 
 seruaunt  of  the  LORDE,  'was  deed  (whan 
 he  was  an  hudreth  and  ten  yeare  olde)  they 
 buried  him  in  y  border  of  his  inheritaunce  at 
 Timnath  Heres  vpon  mount  Ephraim  on 
 the  north  syde  of  mount  Gaas.  And  whan 
 all  the  same  generacion  was  gathered  vnto 
 their  fathers,  there  came  vp  after  them 
 another  generacion,  which  knew  not  the 
 LORDE,  ner  the  workes  that  he  had  done 
 for  Israel. 
 
 'Then  wroughte  the  children  of  Israel  euell 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  serued  Baalim,  and 
 forsoke  y  LORDE  the  God  of  their  fathers 
 (which  broughte  them  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte)  and  folowed  other  goddes  (j  the  goddes 
 ot  the  nacions  that  dwelt  rounde  aboute  them, 
 5  worshipped  them,  (t  displeased  the  LORDE: 
 for  they  forsoke  y  LORDE  euer  more  and 
 more,  and  serued  Baal  and  Astaroth. 
 
 Then  y  wrath  of  the  LORDE  waxed  whote 
 vpo  Israel,  (t  he  delyuered  the  in  to  y  handes 
 of  those  y  spoyled  the,  that  they  mighte  spoyle 
 them,  (J  solde  the  in  to  the  handes  of  their 
 enemies  roude  aboute,  ij  they  were  not  able 
 to  withstonde  their  enemies  eny  more,  but 
 what  waye  so  euer  they  wolde  out,  f  hade  of 
 the  LORDE  was  agaynst  the  to  their  hurte 
 (euen  as  the  LORDE  ''sayde  and  sware  vnto 
 them)  and  they  were  sore  oppressed. 
 
 Now  whan  the  LORDE  raysed  them  vp 
 iudges,  which  helped  them  out  of  the  hande 
 of  soch  as  spoyled  the,  they  folowed  not  the 
 iudges  nether,  but  wente  a  whoringe  after 
 other  goddes,  5  worshipped  them,  and  were 
 soone  gone  out  of  y  waye  y  their  fathers 
 walked  in,  to  heare  the  cdmaundementes  of 
 the  LORDE,  5  dyd  not  as  they  dyd. 
 
 But  whan  y  LORDE  raysed  vp  iudges 
 vnto  them,  the  LORDE  was  with  y  iudge, 
 and  helped  them  out  of  the  hande  of  their 
 enemies,  as  longe  as  the  iudge  lyued.  t  For 
 the  LORDE  had  pitie  of  their  complaynte, 
 which  they  made  ouer  those  y  subdued  the 
 and  oppressed  them. 
 
 Neuertheles  whan  the  iudge  dyed,  they 
 turned  backe,  "  and  marred  all  more  the  their 
 fathers,  so  that  they  folowed  other  goddes  to 
 serue  them  and  to  bowe  them  selues  vnto 
 
 }  Exod,  2.  d.         '  lud.  3.  b. 
 
Cftap.  ii}. 
 
 €i)t  hoht  of  tfte  SiwJJSfsJ* 
 
 4fo«  fwijr. 
 
 )3 
 
 them :  they  wolde    not  fall    from  their   pur- 
 poses, ner  from  their  obstinate  waye. 
 
 Therfore  waxed  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 allwaie  so  whote  ouer  Israel,  that  he  sayde : 
 For  so  moch  as  the  people  haue  transgressed 
 my  eouenaunt,  which  I  commaunded  their 
 fathers,  (t  folowe  not  my  voyce,  I  wil  from 
 hence  forth  dryue  out  none  of  the  Heythen, 
 who  losua  lefte  behynde  him,  whii  he  dyed, 
 that  by  them  I  maye  proue  Israel,  whether 
 they  wil  kepe  the  waye  of  the  LOIIDE,  to 
 walke  therin,  as  their  fathers  dyd,  or  not. 
 Thus  the  LORDE  suffred  all  these  nacions, 
 so  that  in  a  shorte  t)Tne  he  droue  them  not 
 out,  whom  he  had  not  geuen  ouer  in  to  losuas 
 hande. 
 
 Cljt  ttj.  Ci)ajpt£r. 
 
 THESE  are  the  nacions,  whom  the 
 LORDE  suffred  to  remayne,  y  by 
 them  he  mighte  proue  Israel,  which  had  no 
 vnderstondinge  in  the  warres  of  Canaan : 
 onely  because  y  the  trybes  of  the  childre  of 
 Israel  might  knowe  d  leme  to  warre,  which 
 afore  had  no  knowlege  therof,  namely :  The 
 fyue  lordes  of  y  Philistynes,  ij  all  the  Ca- 
 nanites,  (t.  Sidonians,  {t  the  Hethites  y  dwelt 
 vpon  mount  Libanus,  fro  mount  Baal  Her- 
 mon,  vntyll  a  man  come  vnto  Hemath.  The 
 same  remayned,  that  Israel  mighte  be  proued 
 by  them,  that  it  mighte  be  knowne  whether 
 they  wolde  herken  to  the  commauiidenientes 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  he  commaunded  their 
 fathers  by  Moses. 
 
 Now  whan  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt 
 thus  amoge  the  Cananites,  Hethites,  Amo- 
 rites,  Pheresites,  Heuites  5  lebusites,  t  they 
 toke  their  doughters  to  wyues,  and  gaue  their 
 doughters  vnto  their  sonnes,  5  serued  their 
 goddes,  and  wroughte  wickednes  before  the 
 LORDE,  (I  forgat  the  LORDE  their  God,  5 
 serued  Baalim  5  Astaroth.  Then  y  wrath  of 
 y  LORDE  waxed  whote  ouer  Israel,  (t  he 
 solde  the  vnder  the  hade  of  Cusan  Risathaim 
 kynge  of  Mesopotamia,  5  so  y  childre  of  Israel 
 serued  Cusan  Risathaim  viij.  yeare. 
 
 The  cried  the  childre  of  Israel  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  5  the  LORDE  raysed  the  vp  a 
 sauioure  which  delyuered  the,  namely,  t  Ath- 
 niel  f  Sonne  of  Kenas,  Calebs  yongest  brother. 
 And  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  came  vpon 
 him,  IJ  he  was  iudge  in  Israel,  5  wente  out  a 
 
 '  Deut.  8.  a.  and  13.  a. 
 
 t  Deut.  7.  a.  and  12.  a. 
 
 warre  fare.  And  y  LORDE  delyuered  Cusan 
 Risathaim  the  kynge  of  Syria  in  to  his  hade, 
 so  y  his  hande  was  to  stroge  for  him.  §  Then 
 was  the  londe  in  rest  fortye  yeares.  And 
 Athniel  the  sonne  of  Kenas  dyed. 
 
 But  the  children  of  Israel  dyd  yet  more 
 euell  before  the  LORDE.  Then  the  LORDE 
 strengthed  Eglon  the  kynge  of  y  Moabites 
 agaynst  y  childre  of  Israel,  because  they 
 wrought  wickednesse  before  y  LORDE.  And 
 he  gathered  vnto  him  ;y-  chddre  of  Ammon, 
 (J  the  Amalechites,  j  wete  and  smote  Israel, 
 and  conquered  the  II  cite  of  the  palme  trees. 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  serued  Eglon  y 
 kynge  of  y  Moabites  eightene  yeare.  The 
 cried  they  vnto  the  LORDE.  And  the 
 LORDE  raysed  the  vp  a  sauioure,  namely 
 Ehud  the  sonne  of  Gera  f  sonne  of  lemini, 
 which  was  a  man  that  mighte  do  nothinge 
 with  his  righte  hande. 
 
 And  wha  the  childre  of  Israel  sent  a  pre- 
 sent by  him  vnto  Eglon  the  kynge  of  the 
 Moabites,  Ehud  made  him  a  two  edged  dagger 
 of  a  spanne  longe,  (j  gyrded  it  vnder  his  gar 
 met  vpo  his  righte  thye,  (j  broughte  f  present 
 vnto  Eglon  the  kynge  of  y  Moabites.  As  for 
 Eglon,  he  was  a  very  fat  man. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  delyuered  the  presente, 
 he  let  the  people  go  that  had  caried  the  pre- 
 sent, and  he  himselfe  turned  backe  from  the 
 Idols  at  Gilgall,  g  caused  to  saye  thus  (vnto 
 the  kynge:)  I  haue  a  secrete  thinge  to  tell 
 the  O  kynge.  And  he  commaunded  to  kepe 
 sylence,  5  all  they  that  stode  aboute  him, 
 wente  out  from  him. 
 
 And  Ehud  came  in  vnto  him.  He  sat  in  a 
 syled  Sommer  perler,  which  was  for  him  selfe 
 alone.  And  Ehud  saide  :  I  haue  somwhat  to 
 saye  vnto  the  of  God.  The  rose  he  vp  fro 
 his  seate.  But  Ehud  put  forth  his  lefte  hande, 
 (J  toke  the  dagger  from  his  righte  thye,  q,  thrust 
 it  in  to  his  bely,  so  y  the  hefte  wente  in  also 
 after  the  blade,  5  the  fatt  closed  the  hefte : 
 for  he  drue  not  y  dagger  out  of  his  bely,  5  y 
 fylthines  departed  fro  him.  But  Ehud  gat 
 him  out  at  the  backe  dore,  a  put  to  y  dore 
 after  him,  and  lockte  it. 
 
 Now  whan  he  was  gone,  his  seruauntes 
 came  in,  and  sawe  that  the  dore  of  the  Som- 
 mer perler  was  lockte,  and  they  sayde :  per- 
 aduenture  he  is  gone  to  the  preuye  in  the 
 syled  Sommer  perler. 
 
 {  lud.  1.  c. 
 
 S  2  Par.  15.  d. 
 
 I  Deut.  30.  a. 
 
JfO-  WHTF. 
 
 Cf)e  bobr  of  tbe  3ulisf£(. 
 
 Cbap.  iiij. 
 
 But  whan  they  had  wayted  so  loge  tyll  they 
 were  ashamed  (for  no  man  opened  the  perler 
 dore)  they  toke  the  keye,  and  opened  it. 
 Beholde,  then  laye  their  lorde  deed  vpon  the 
 earth.  As  for  Ehud,  he  was  gotten  awaye, 
 whyle  they  made  so  longe  tariege,  rj  he  wente 
 ouer  by  the  Idols,  and  ranne  his  waye  vnto 
 Seirath. 
 
 And  whan  he  came  in  *  he  blewe  y  trompet 
 vpo  mount  Ephraim,  and  the  children  of 
 Israel  wente  with  him  from  the  mount,  and 
 he  before  them,  and  he  saide  vnto  them  : 
 Folowe  me,  for  the  LORDE  hath  delyuered 
 the  Moabites  youre  enemies  in  to  youre 
 hande.  And  they  folowed  him,  5  wanne  y 
 ferye  of  lordane,  y  goeth  towarde  Moab,  5 
 suffred  no  man  to  go  ouer,  and  at  y  same 
 tyme  they  smote  of  the  Moabites  vpo  a  ten 
 thousande  men,  all  nobles  and  men  of  armes, 
 so  that  there  escaped  not  one.  Thus  were 
 the  Moabites  broughte  vnder  the  hande  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  at  that  tj-me,  and  the  londe 
 was  in  rest  foure  score  yeares. 
 
 Afterwarde  was  t  Samgar  y  sonne  of  Anath, 
 which  slewe  sixe  hundreth  PhiUstynes  with  an 
 oxes  gadd,  and  delyuered  Israel  also. 
 
 E^t  Hi).  Cljaptfr. 
 
 BUT  the  children  of  Israel  dyd  yet  more 
 euell  before  y  LORDE,  whan  Ehud 
 was  deed.  And  the  LORDE  solde  the  in  to 
 the  hande  of  labin  the  kynge  of  the  Cananites, 
 which  dwelt  at  Hazor,  5  the  chefe  captayne  of 
 his  hooste  was  Sissera,  and  he  dwelt  at  Haro- 
 seth  of  the  Heythen.  And  the  childre  of 
 Israel  cried  vnto  the  LORDE:  for  he  had 
 nyne  hiidreth  yron  charettes,  and  subdued  the 
 children  of  Israel  by  violence  twentye  yeare. 
 At  y  same  tyme  was  ludgesse  in  Israel  the 
 prophetisse  Debbora,  the  wyfe  of  Lapidoth, 
 and  she  dwelt  vnder  y  palme  of  Debbora  be- 
 twene  Rama  a  Bethel,  vpon  mount  Ephraim, 
 and  the  children  of  Israel  came  vp  vnto  her 
 to  the  lawe.  She  sent  forth,  tg  called  for 
 Barak  the  sonne  of  Abi  Noam  of  Kedes 
 Nephtali,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Hath  not  ;y- 
 LORDE  the  God  of  Israel  comaunded  the  : 
 Go  thy  waye,  and  get  the  vp  vnto  mount 
 Thabor,  (t  take  with  the  ten  thousande  men 
 of  the  children  of  Nephtali  a  Zabulon?  For 
 I  wil  make  Sissera  the  chefe  captayne  of 
 labins  boost  to  come  to  the  vnto  f  i  water  of 
 
 •  Nu.  10.  a.         t  lud.  5.  a.  t  lud-  a-  b. 
 
 Cyson,  with  his  charettes  and  with  his  multi- 
 tude, and  I  wyll  delyuer  him  in  to  thy  hande. 
 Barak  sayde  vnto  her :  Yf  thou  wilt  come 
 with  me,  I  wil  go :  but  yf  thou  wilt  not  come 
 
 th  me,  I  wil  not  go. 
 
 She  sayde :  I  wyll  go  with  the :  neuerthe- 
 lesse  the  prayse  shal  not  be  thine  in  this 
 iourney  that  thou  goest,  but  f  LORDE  shal 
 delyuer  Sissera  in  to  a  womas  hande.  So 
 Debbora  gat  hir  vp,  and  wente  with  Barak 
 vnto  Kedes.  Then  Barak  called  Zabulon  and 
 Nephtali  vnto  Kedes,  and  wete  on  fote  with 
 ten  thousande  men.  And  Debbora  wente 
 with  him  also.  As  for  Heber  the  Kenyte  he 
 was  departed  from  the  Kenytes  from  the 
 children  of  II  Hobab  Moses  brother  in  lawe, 
 and  had  pitched  his  tent  by  y^  Oke  of  Zaanaim 
 besyde  Kedes. 
 
 Then  was  it  tolde  Sissera,  y  Barak  the 
 sonne  of  Abi  Noa,  was  gone  vp  vnto  mout 
 Thabor:  a,  he  gathered  all  his  charettes 
 together,  nyne  C.  yron  charettes,  5  all  the 
 people  y  was  with  him  from  Haroseth  of  the 
 Heythe,  vnto  the  water  Cyson.  Debbora 
 sayde  vnto  Barak :  Vp,  this  is  the  dale  wherin 
 the  LORDE  hath  delyuered  Sissera  in  to  thy 
 hande :  for  f  LORDE  shal  go  forth  before  f. 
 So  Barak  wente  fro  mount  Thabor,  and  y  ten 
 thousande  men  after  him. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  discomfited  Sissera  with 
 all  his  charettes  5  boost,  5  made  the  afrayed  of 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde  before  Barak,  so  y 
 Sissera  leapte  of  his  charet,  (j  fled  on  fote. 
 Neuerthelesse  Barak  folowed  vpon  the  cha- 
 rettes (s  the  boost  vnto  Haroseth  of  the  Hey- 
 then, (J  all  Sisseras  boost  fell  thorow  f  edge  of 
 the  swerde,  so  y  not  one  escaped.  As  for 
 Sissera,  he  fled  on  fote  vnto  the  tente  of  lael, 
 y  wife  of  Heber  y-  Kenite.  For  there  was 
 peace  betwene  kynge  labin  at  Hasor,  5  the 
 house  of  Heber  the  Kenite. 
 
 lael  wete  forth  to  mete  Sissera,  (j  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Turne  in  my  lorde,  turne  in  to  me, 
 (J  be  not  afrayed.  And  he  turned  in  vnto  her 
 in  to  the  tente,  (t  she  couered  him  with  a  gar- 
 met.  He  sayde  vnto  her :  I  praye  y  geue  me 
 a  litle  water  to  drynke,  for  I  am  a  thyrst. 
 t  The  opened  she  a  mylke  pot,  5  gaue  him 
 to  drynke,  and  couered  him.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  her:  Stode  in  the  tente  dore,  5  yf  one 
 come  (J  axe,  is  there  eny  man  here?  saye 
 Noman. 
 
 §  Psal.  82.  a. 
 
 II  lud. 
 
Cl)ap.  1), 
 
 Cftt  tjofee  of  tl)t  SuDgcei. 
 
 Jfo.  «)T)ru 
 
 Then  lael  the  wife  of  Heber  toke  a  nale 
 of  the  tente,  and  an  hammer  in  hir  hande,  5 
 wente  in  preuely  vnto  him,  5  smote  the  nale 
 in  thorow  the  temples  of  his  heade,  so  y  he 
 sancke  to  y  earth.  As  for  him,  he  was  fallen 
 on  a  slomber,  and  weery,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 But  wha  Barak  folowed  after  Sissera,  lael 
 wente  for  to  mete  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Come  hither,  I  wil  shewe  the  the  man,  whom 
 thou  sekest.  And  whan  he  came  in  vnto  her, 
 he  sawe  Sissera  deed,  5  the  nale  stickinge  in 
 his  temples.  Thus  God  broughte  downe 
 labin  the  kynge  of  the  Cananites  before  the 
 children  of  Israel  at  that  tyme,  (j  the  hande 
 of  the  children  of  Israel  wente  (j  subdued 
 labin  y  kynge  of  the  Cananites,  tyll  they  had 
 roted  him  out.  Then  Debbora  and  Barac 
 the  Sonne  of  Abi  Noam,  sange  at  the  same 
 tyme,  and  sayde : 
 
 Cl)t  b.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 NOW  that  ye  are  come  to  rest,  ye  quyete 
 men  in  Israel,  prayse  y  LORDE, 
 amonge  soch  of  the  people  as  be  fre  wyllinge. 
 
 Heare  ye  kynges,  d  herken  to  ye  prynces : 
 I  wyl,  I  wyl  synge  to  the  LORDE,  euen  vnto 
 the  LORDE  y  God  of  Israel  wil  I  playe. 
 
 *  LORDE,  whan  thou  wentest  out  from 
 Seir,  5  earnest  in  from  the  felde  of  Edom,  y 
 earth  quaked,  the  heauen  dropped,  and  the 
 cloudes  dropped  with  water. 
 
 tThe  hilles  melted  before  the  LORDE, 
 Sinai  before  the  LORDE  the  God  of  Israel. 
 
 In  the  tyme  of  t  Sanger  the  sonne  of  Anath : 
 In  the  tyme  of  §  lael  the  wayes  fayled :  and 
 they  that  shulde  haue  gone  in  pathes,  walked 
 thorow  croked  wayes. 
 
 There  was  scarcenesse,  there  was  scarce- 
 nesse  of  houszbande  men  in  Israel,  vntyll  I 
 Debbora  came  vp,  vntyll  I  came  vp  a  mother 
 in  Israel. 
 
 God  hath  chosen  a  new  thinge.  He  hath 
 ouercome  f  portes  in  battayll :  and  yet  was 
 there  sene  nether  shylde  ner  speare  amonge 
 fortye  thousande  in  Israel. 
 
 My  hert  loueth  y'  teachers  of  Israel :  ye  y 
 are  frewyllinge  amonge  the  people,  prayse  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Ye  that  ryde  vpo  fayre  Asses,  ye  that  syt 
 in  iudgment  and  geue  sentence,  ye  that  go 
 by  the  waye,  prayse  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wha  f  archers  cried  betwene  f  drawers  of 
 
 *  Exo.  19.  c.  Deut.  4.  b.         t  Psal.  96.  a.         t  lud-  3.  d 
 
 water,  then  was  it  spoke  of  y  righteousnes  of 
 the  LORDE,  of  the  righteousnes  of  his  husz- 
 bande  men  in  Israel :  then  ruled  the  people 
 of  the  LORDE  vnder  the  gates. 
 
 Vp  Debbora  vp,  get  the  vp,  get  the  vp,  j 
 rehearse  a  songe.  II  Arise  Barak,  5  catch  him 
 y  catched  the,  thou  sonne  of  Abinoam. 
 
 Then  had  the  desolate  the  rule  with  the 
 mightie  of  the  people.  The  LORDE  had  y 
 dominion  thorow  the  giauntes. 
 
 ^  Out  of  Ephraim  was  their  rote  against 
 Amalek,  and  after  him  Ben  lamin  in  thy 
 people. 
 
 Out  of  Machir  haue  teachers  ruled,  and 
 out  of  Zabulo  are  there  become  gouemours 
 thorow  the  wrytinge  penne. 
 
 And  out  of  Isachar  there  were  prynces 
 with  Debbora,  and  Isachar  was  as  Barak  in  f 
 valley,  sent  with  his  people  on  fote :  As  for 
 Ruben,  he  stode  hye  in  his  awne  consayte, 
 and  separated  him  selfe  from  vs. 
 
 WTiy  abodest  thou  betwixte  the  borders, 
 whan  thou  herdest  the  noyse  of  the  flockes  ? 
 because  Ruben  stode  hye  in  his  awne  cosayte, 
 and  separated  him  selfe  from  vs. 
 
 Gilead  abode  beyonde  lordane,  and  why 
 dwelt  Dan  amonge  the  shippes  ?  Asser  sat  in 
 the  hauen  of  the  see,  and  taried  in  his  porcions. 
 
 But  Zabidons  people  ioperde  their  life  vnto 
 death :  Nephtali  also  in  the  toppe  of  f  felde 
 of  Merom. 
 
 The  kynges  came  5  foughte,  then  foughte 
 y  kynges  of  the  Cananites  at  Thaanah  by 
 the  water  of  Megiddo,  but  spoyle  of  money 
 broughte  they  not  there  from. 
 
 From  heaue  were  they  foughte  agaynst,  the 
 starres  in  their  courses  foughte  with  Sissera. 
 
 The  broke  Cyson  ouerwhelmed  them,  the 
 broke  Kedumim,  yee  the  broke  Cyson.  My 
 soule  treade  thou  vpon  the  mightie. 
 
 Then  made  the  horse  fete  a  ruszshinge  to- 
 gether, for  the  greate  violence  of  their  mightie 
 horse  men. 
 
 Curse  the  cite  of  Meros  (sayde  f  angell  of 
 the  LORDE)  curse  the  citesyns  therof,  be- 
 cause they  come  not  to  helpe  f  LORDE,  to 
 helpe  the  LORDE  to  the  giauntes. 
 
 Blessynge  amonge  wemen  haue  lael  the 
 wife  of  Heber  the  Kenite:  blessinge  haue 
 she  in  the  tente  amonge  the  wemen. 
 
 **WIian  he  axed  water,  she  gaue  him  my  Ike, 
 I  broughte  forth  butter  in  a  lordly  diszshe. 
 
 §  lud.  4.  c.        II  lud.  4.  a.        f  lud.  3.  d.        •*  lud.  4.  c. 
 
jTo.  ttmih 
 
 Cf)e  hoiit  of  tl)t  Butigesi* 
 
 Cftap.  bu 
 
 She  toke  holde  of  the  nale  with  hir  hande, 
 S  the  smyth  hammer  with  hir  righte  hande, 
 and  smote  Sissera,  cut  of  his  heade  5  pearsed 
 and  bored  thorow  his  temples. 
 
 He  bowed  him  selfe  downe  at  hir  fete,  he 
 fell  downe,  and  laye  there.  He  sanke  downe, 
 and  fell  at  hir  fete :  whan  he  had  soncke 
 downe,  he  laye  there  destroyed. 
 
 His  mother  loked  out  at  the  wyndowe,  5 
 cried  piteously  thorow  the  trallace :  Why 
 tarieth  his  charet  out  so  loge,  that  he  cometh 
 not  ?  Wherfore  do  the  wheles  of  his  charet 
 make  so  longe  tarienge  ? 
 
 The  wysest  amoge  his  ladies  answered,  5 
 sayde  vnto  her :  Shulde  they  not  finde  5  de- 
 uide  the  spoyle,  vnto  euery  man  a  fayre  mayde 
 or  two  for  a  pray,  tj  partye  coloured  garmetes 
 of  nedle  worke  to  Sissera  for  a  spoyle,  partye 
 coloured  garmentes  of  nedle  worke  aboute  the 
 necke  for  a  pray  ? 
 
 Tiius  all  thine  enemies  must  perishe  O 
 LORDE :  but  they  that  loue  the,  shal  be 
 euen  as  the  Sonne  rysinge  vp  in  his  mighte. 
 
 And  the  londe  had  peace  fortye  yeares. 
 
 C!)c  bi.  CJjapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  the  children  of  Israel  dyd 
 euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  the 
 LORDE  delyuered  them  vnder  the  hande  of 
 the  Madianites  vij.  yeares.  And  wha  the 
 hande  of  the  Madianites  was  to  mightie  ouer 
 the  children  of  Israel,  the  children  of  Israel 
 made  them  clyfFes  in  f  mountaynes,  and  caues 
 and  holdes,  to  defende  them  selues  from  y 
 Madianites.  And  whan  Israel  sowed  eny 
 thinge,  ;y-  Madianites  and  Amalechites,  and 
 the  children  towarde  the  south  came  vp  vpon 
 them,  and  pitched  their  tetes  agaynst  them, 
 and  destroyed  the  increase  of  the  londe  downe 
 vnto  Gasa,  5  let  nothinge  remayne  ouer  of  the 
 beestes  in  Israel,  nether  shepe,  ner  oxen,  ner 
 asses.  For  they  came  vp  with  their  catell 
 and  tentes,  as  it  had  bene  a  greate  multitude 
 of  greshoppers  (so  that  nether  they  ner  their 
 camels  mighte  be  nombred)  and  fell  in  to  the 
 londe,  that  they  mighte  destroye  it.  Thus  was 
 Israel  exceadinge  small  before  the  Madianites. 
 Then  cried  the  children  of  Israel  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 But  whan  they  cried  vnto  the  LORDE 
 because  of  y  Madianites,  f  LORDE  sent  the 
 a  prophet,  which  sayde  vnto  the  :  Thus  saieth 
 
 *  4  Re.  17.  g.    lere.  10.  a. 
 
 the  LORDE  the  God  of  Israel :  I  caried  you 
 out  of  Egipte,  5  broughte  you  out  of  y  house 
 of  bondage,  5  delyuered  you  from  the  hande 
 of  the  Egipcians,  5  from  the  hade  of  all  them 
 that  oppressed  you,  and  I  haue  thrust  them 
 out  before  you,  j  geuen  you  their  lode  and 
 sayde  vnto  you :  I  am  the  LORDE  youre 
 God.  *  Feare  not  ye  the  goddes  of  the 
 Amorites,  in  whose  londe  ye  dwell :  neuer- 
 theles  ye  haue  not  herkened  vnto  my  voyce. 
 
 And  there  came  an  angell  of  the  LORDE, 
 5  sat  him  downe  vnder  an  Oke  at  Aphra, 
 which  belonged  vnto  loas  the  father  of  f 
 Esrites,  and  his  sonne  Gedeon  was  throsshinge 
 wheate  in  the  barne,  that  he  mighte  flye  awaye 
 before  the  Madianites. 
 
 Then  appeared  vnto  him  the  angell  of  y 
 LORDE,  and  sayde  vnto  him:  The  LORDE 
 with  y  thou  mightie  giaunte.  But  Gedeon 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Syr,  yf  the  LORDE  be  with 
 vs,  wherfore  is  all  this  then  happened  vnto  vs  ? 
 And  where  are  all  the  wonders,  which  oure 
 fathers  tolde  vs,  5  sayde:  The  LORDE 
 brought  vs  out  of  Egipte?  But  now  hath 
 the  LORDE  forsaken  vs,  and  delyuered  vs  in 
 to  the  hande  of  the  Madianites. 
 
 The  LORDE  turned  him  vnto  him,  5 
 sayde :  Go  thy  waye  in  this  thy  strength,  thou 
 shalt  delyuer  Israel  out  of  the  hande  of  y 
 Madianites.  I  haue  sent  the.  But  he  sayde  : 
 My  LORDE,  wherwithall  shal  I  delyuer 
 Israel  ?  Beholde,  my  kynred  is  the  smallest 
 in  Manasse,  j  I  am  the  leest  in  my  fathers 
 house  ?  The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him  :  I 
 will  be  with  the,  so  y  thou  shalt  smyte  the 
 Madianites,  euen  as  though  they  were  but 
 one  man. 
 
 He  sayde  vnto  him :  Yf  I  haue  foude  grace 
 in  thy  sighte,  then  make  me  a  token,  that  it 
 
 thou,  which  speakest  with  me :  go  not 
 awaye,  tyll  I  come  to  f,  and  brynge  a  meat- 
 ofFerynge,  to  set  before  the.  He  sayde :  I 
 wyll  tary,  tyll  thou  comest  agayne.  And 
 Gedeon  wete,  and  made  ready  a  kydd,  and  an 
 Epha  of  vnleuended  floure,  and  layed  the 
 flesh  in  a  maunde,  and  put  the  broth  in  a  pot, 
 and  broughte  it  forth  vnto  him  vnder  the  Oke, 
 and  came  nye.  But  the  angell  of  God  sayde 
 vnto  him :  t  Take  the  flesh  and  the  vnleuended 
 bred,  5  set  it  vpon  the  stonye  rocke  that  is 
 here,  and  poure  the  broth  theron.  And  he 
 dyd  so.     Then  the  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 
Ci)ap.  bij. 
 
 Wl)t  hokt  of  tfie  SuJifffs;. 
 
 fo.  ffvmtj. 
 
 stretched  out  the  staffe  that  he  had  in  his 
 hande,  and  with  the  ende  of  it  he  touched  the 
 flesh  and  the  vnleuended  floure  :  *  and  the 
 fyre  came  out  of  the  rocke,  and  consumed  the 
 flesh  and  the  vnleuended  floure.  And  the 
 angell  of  the  LORDE  vanyshed  out  of  his 
 sighte. 
 
 Now  wha  Gedeon  sawe  that  it  was  an 
 angeU  of  |^  LORDE,  he  sayde:  "O  LORDE 
 LORDE,  haue  I  thus  sene  an  angell  of  f 
 LORDE  face  to  face  ?  The  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Peace  be  with  the,  feare  not,  thou 
 shalt  not  dye.  The  Gedeon  buylded  an  altare 
 there  vnto  f  LORDE,  5  called  it :  The 
 LORDE  of  peace.  The  same  stondeth  yet 
 vnto  this  daye  at  Apra,  y  belogeth  vnto  the 
 father  of  y  Esrites. 
 
 And  in  y  same  night  sayde  ;y-  LORDE  vnto 
 him :  Take  a  fedd  bullocke  fro  amoge  thy 
 fathers  oxen,  5  another  bullocke  of  seuen  yeare 
 olde,  and  breake  downe  the  altare  of  Baall 
 which  is  thy  fathers,  and  cut  downe  the  groue 
 that  stondeth  by  it,  and  buylde  thou  an  altare 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God  aboue  vpon  the 
 toppe  of  this  rocke,  and  make  it  ready,  and 
 take  the  other  buUocke,  and  offre  a  burnt- 
 ofFerynge  with  the  wodd  of  the  groue  that 
 thou  hast  hewen  downe.  Then  toke  Gedeon 
 ten  men  of  his  seruauntes,  and  dyd  as  y 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him  :  but  he  was  afrayed 
 to  do  this  by  daye  tyme,  for  his  fathers  house 
 and  the  people  in  y  cite,  and  so  he  dyd  it  by 
 nighte. 
 
 Now  whan  the  people  in  the  cite  rose  vp 
 early  in  the  mornynge,  beholde,  Baals  altare 
 was  broken,  and  the  groue  hewen  downe  by 
 it,  and  the  other  bullocke  a  burntofferynge 
 vpon  the  altare  that  was  buylded,  5  one  sayde 
 vnto  another:  Who  hath  done  this?  And 
 whan  they  soughte  5  made  searche,  it  was 
 sayde  :  Gedeon  the  sonne  of  loas  hath  done 
 it.  The  sayde  the  people  of  y'  cite  vnto  loas: 
 Brynge  forth  thy  sonne.  He  must  dye,  because 
 he  hath  broken  Baals  altare,  and  hewen  downe 
 the  groue  therby.  But  loas  sayde  vnto  all 
 them  that  stode  by  him:  Wyl  ye  stryue  for 
 Baal  ?  Wil  ye  delyuer  him  ?  He  y  stryueth 
 for  him,  shal  dye  this  mornynge.  Yf  he  be 
 God,  let  him  auege  him  selfe,  because  his 
 altare  is  broken  downe.  From  y  daye  forth 
 was  he  called  lerubaal,  because  it  was  sayde  : 
 
 3  Re.  18.  c. 
 t  lud.  8.  a. 
 
 "  Exo.  33.  d. 
 t  Gen.  18.  d. 
 
 Let  Baal  auenge  him  selfe,  that  his  altare  is 
 broken  downe. 
 
 Whan  y  Madianites  now  5  f  Amalechites, 
 (t  the  childre  towarde  the  soutn  had  gathered 
 the  selues  together,  5  were  passed  thorow 
 (lordane)  g  had  pitched  their  tentes  in  the 
 valley  of  lesrael,  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE 
 endued  Gedeon,  5  he  caused  the  trompet  to 
 be  blowne,  5  called  (the  house  of)  +Abieser, 
 that  they  shulde  folowe  him :  ij  he  sent  mes- 
 saungers  vnto  all  Manasse,  5  called  them,  y 
 they  shulde  folowe  him  also :  and  he  sent 
 messaungers  likewyse  vnto  Asser  5  Zabulon  5 
 Nephtali,  which  came  vp  to  mete  him. 
 
 And  Gedeon  sayde  vnto  God :  Yf  thou  wilt 
 delyuer  Israel  thorow  my  hande,  as  thou  hast 
 saide,  the  wil  I  laye  a  flese  of  woll  in  the 
 courte :  yf  ^  dew  be  onely  vpon  y  flese,  5  drye 
 vpon  all  the  grounde,  then  wyll  I  perceaue, 
 that  thou  shalt  delyuer  Israel  thorow  my 
 hande,  as  thou  hast  sayde.  And  it  came  so  to 
 passe.  And  whan  he  rose  vp  early  on  the 
 morow,  he  wrage  y  dew  out  of  the  flese,  and 
 fylled  a  dyszshe  full  of  water.  And  Gedeon 
 sayde  vnto  God :  *  Be  not  wroth  at  me,  that 
 I  speake  yet  this  one  tyme,  I  wyl  proue  yet 
 but  once  with  the  flese,  let  it  be  drye  onely 
 vpon  the  flese,  and  dew  vpon  all  the  grounde. 
 And  God  dyd  so  the  same  nighte :  so  that  it 
 was  drye  onely  vpon  the  flese,  and  dew  vpon 
 all  the  grounde. 
 
 Ei)c  6ij.  Chapter. 
 
 THEN  lerubaal  (that  is  Gedeon)  gat  him 
 vp  early,  *and  all  the  people  that  was 
 with  him,  and  pitched  their  tentes  besyde  the 
 well  of  Harod,  so  that  he  had  the  boost  of  the 
 Madianites  on  the  north  side  behynde  the 
 hyll  of  More  in  the  valley.  But  the  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  Gedeon  :  The  people  that  be  with 
 f  are  to  many  for  me  to  delyuer  Madian  in  to 
 their  hande,  lest  Israel  boost  them  selues 
 agaynst  me,  and  saye  :  My  hande  hath  dely- 
 uered  me.  Cause  a  proclamacion  now  to  be 
 made  in  the  eares  of  the  people,  and  saye : 
 %  He  that  feareth,  and  is  afrayed,  let  him 
 turne  backe,  and  get  him  soone  fro  mount 
 Gilead.  Then  returned  there  of  the  people 
 aboute  a  two  and  twenty  thousande  so  that 
 there  was  left  but  ten  thousande. 
 
 And   the    LORDE   sayde   vnto    Gedeon. 
 
 »  lud.  6.  f.  §  Deu.  20.  b.     1  Mac.  3.  g. 
 
4fo.  rrnrru'ii* 
 
 €f)t  bokt  of  tJ)e  3iiligt5. 
 
 C6ap.  bit). 
 
 The  people  are  yet  to  many :  brynge  them 
 tlowne  to  the  water,  there  wj'l  I  proue  them 
 for  f :  and  of  whom  I  saye  that  he  shal  go 
 with  the,  the  same  shal  go  with  the  :  but  of 
 wh5  I  saie  that  he  shal  not  go  with  the,  the 
 same  shall  not  go.  And  he  broughte  the 
 people  vnto  f  water.  And  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Gedeon  :  VVhosoeuer  licketh  of  the  water 
 with  his  tuge,  as  a  dogg  licketh,  make  him 
 stonde  asyde  and  lykewyse  who  soeuer  falleth 
 downe  vpo  his  knees  to  drynke.  Then  was 
 the  nombre  of  them  that  had  licked  out  of 
 the  hande  to  the  mouth,  thre  hundreth  men. 
 \nd  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Gedeon  : 
 Thorow  the  thre  hudreth  which  haue  licked, 
 wyl  I  delyuer  you,  and  geue  ouer  the  Ma- 
 dianites  in  to  thy  hade  :  As  for  the  other  peo- 
 ple, let  them  go  euery  one  vnto  his  place. 
 
 And  they  toke  vjtayles  with  thera  for  f 
 people,  and  their  trompettes  :  but  the  other 
 Israelites  let  he  go,  euery  one  vnto  his  tente. 
 And  he  strengthed  himselfe  with  the  thre  hun- 
 dreth men,  and  the  Madianites  boost  laye 
 before  him  beneth  in  the  valley.  And  the 
 same  night  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  him : 
 Vp,  and  go  downe  in  to  the  boost,  for  I  haue 
 geuen  them  ouer  in  to  thy  hande.  But  yf 
 thou  be  afrayed  to  go  downe,  then  let  thy  ser- 
 uaunt  Pura  go  downe  with  the  vnto  the  boost, 
 v  thou  maiest  heare  what  they  saie :  after  that 
 shalt  thou  be  bolde,  and  thy  honde  stronge, 
 that  thou  mayest  go  downe  in  to  the  boost. 
 
 Than  wente  Gedeon  downe  with  his  ser- 
 uaunt  vnto  y  vttemost  parte  of  f  watchme  of 
 armes  y  were  in  y  boost.  And  y  Madianites 
 and  Amalechites,  and  all  the  children  of  the 
 south,  had  layed  them  selues  beneth  in  the 
 valley,  as  a  multitude  of  greshoppers,  and 
 their  Camels  were  not  to  be  nombred  for  mul- 
 titude, euC-  as  the  sonde  on  y  see  shore.  Now 
 whan  Gedeon  came,  beholde,  one  tolde  ano- 
 ther his  dreame,  (j  sayde:  Beholde,  I  haue 
 dreamed  a  dreame :  Me  thoughte  a  bake 
 barlye  lofe  came  rollinge  downe  to  y  boost  of 
 f  Madianites :  and  whan  it  came  to  the  tente, 
 it  smote  it,  and  ouerthrew  it,  and  turned  it 
 vpsyde  downe,  so  that  the  tente  fell.  Then 
 answered  the  other :  That  is  nothinge  els 
 then  y  swerde  of  Gedeon  the  sonne  of  loas 
 \'  Israelite :  God  hath  geue  ouer  the  Ma- 
 dianites with  all  the  boost  in  to  his  hande. 
 Whan  Gedeon  herde  this  dreame  tolde,  (t 
 
 the  interpretacion  of  it,  he  worshipped,  and 
 came  agayne  in  to  the  boost  of  Israel,  and 
 sayde  :  Vp,  for  the  LORDE  hath  delyuered 
 y  boost  of  the  Madianites  in  to  youre  hiide. 
 And  he  deuyded  the  thre  hundreth  men  in  to 
 thre  partes,  and  gaue  euery  one  a  trompet  in 
 his  hande,  and  emptye  pytchers,  and  lampes 
 therin,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  "  Loke  vnto  me, 
 and  do  ye  eue  so,  and  beholde,  wha  I  come  to 
 the  vttemost  parte  of  the  boost,  euen  as  I  do, 
 so  do  ye  also.  Whan  I  blowe  f  trompet,  and 
 all  that  are  vrith  me,  then  shal  ye  blowe  y 
 tropettes  also  rounde  aboute  all  the  boost,  and 
 saye:  Here  the  LORDE  a  Gedeon.  Thus 
 came  Gedeon  and  the  thre  hundreth  men 
 with  him  vnto  the  vttemost  parte  of  y  boost 
 (aboute  the  tyme  whan  the  mydwatch  begyn- 
 neth)  and  waked  vp  the  watchme,  and  blewe 
 with  the  trompettes,  and  smote  asunder  the 
 pitchers  in  their  handes. 
 
 So  all  the  thre  companies  blewe  with  y 
 trompettes,  and  brake  the  pitchers.  But  the 
 lampes  helde  they  in  their  lefte  hande,  and 
 the  trompettes  in  their  righte  hade,  so  that 
 they  blewe,  and  cried:  Here  the  swerde  of 
 the  LORDE  and  Gedeon.  And  euery  one 
 stode  in  his  place  aboute  the  boost.  Then 
 ranne  all  the  boost,  and  cried  and  fled.  And 
 whyle  the  thre  hundreth  men  blewe  the  trom- 
 pettes, y  LORDE  broughte  it  so  to  passe, 
 that  *  euery  mans  swerde  in  all  y  boost  was 
 agaynst  another,  and  the  boost  fled  vnto  Beth- 
 sitha  Zereratha,  and  vnto  the  border  of  the 
 playne  of  Mehohab  besyde  Tabath.  And  y 
 men  of  Israel  of  Nephtali,  of  Asser,  5  of  Ma- 
 nasse  cried,  and  folowed  vpon  the  Madianites. 
 
 And  Gedeon  sent  messaungers  vp  vnto 
 all  mount  Ephraim,  sayenge  :  Come  downe 
 against  the  Madianites,  and  stoppe  the  water 
 from  them  vnto  Beth  Bara  and  lordane.  And 
 then  cryed  all  they  that  were  of  Ephraim,  and 
 stopped  the  water  from  them  VTito  Bethbara 
 and  lordane,  and  toke  two  prj-nces  of  the 
 Madianites  Oreb  and  Zeb,  and  slewe  Oreb 
 vpon  the  rocke  of  Oreb,  and  Zeb  in  the  wj-ne- 
 presse  of  Zeb,  and  folowed  \^on  the  Ma- 
 dianites, and  broughte  the  heades  of  Oreb 
 and  Zeb,  vnto  Gideon  ouer  lordane. 
 
 A 
 
 Eijt  biij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 ND  the  men  of   Ephraim  sayde  vnto 
 
 him  :  Wherforo  hast  thou  done  this  vnto 
 
Cbap,  biij. 
 
 €l)t  ftofee  of  tfte  SlutigfS. 
 
 jTo,  rwjrb. 
 
 vs,  that  thou  hast  not  called  vs,  whii  thou 
 wentest  forth  to  fight  agaynst  y  Madianites? 
 and  they  chode  sore  with  him.  But  he  sayde 
 vnto  them:  What  haue  I  done  now  that  is 
 like  youre  acte  ?  Is  not  the  aftergadderynge 
 of  Ephraim  better  then  the  whole  haruest  of 
 Abieser  ?  "  God  hath  delyuered  y^  prynces  of 
 the  Madianites  Oreb  and  Zeb  in  to  youre 
 hande,  how  coulde  I  do  that  ye  haue  done  ? 
 Wha  he  had  sayde  this,  their  blast  was  swaged 
 from  him. 
 
 Now  whan  Gedeon  came  vnto  lordane,  he 
 wente  ouer  with  the  thre  hundreth  me  that 
 were  with  him,  and  they  were  weery,  and 
 folowed  vpon  their  chace.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  the  men  of  Sucoth :  I  praye  you  geue 
 the  people  that  are  with  me,  some  loaues  of 
 bred  (for  they  are  weery)  that  I  maye  folowe 
 vpon  Zebea  and  Salmana  the  kinges  of  the 
 Madianites. 
 
 But  the  rulers  of  Sucoth  sayde :  Are  the 
 handes  of  Zebea  and  Salmana  in  thy  handes 
 allready,  that  we  must  geue  bred  vnto  thy 
 men  of  warre  ?  Gedeon  sayde  :  Well,  whan 
 the  LORDE  delyuereth  Zebea  and  Salmana 
 in  to  my  hade,  I  wyll  threszshe  youre  flesh 
 with  thornes  of  the  wyldernesse  and  with 
 breares.  And  from  thence  he  wente  vp  vnto 
 Penuel,  and  spake  euen  so  vnto  them.  And 
 the  mc  of  Penuel  gaue  him  like  answere  as 
 they  of  Sucoth.  And  he  sayde  also  vnto  the 
 men  of  Penuel:  Yf  I  come  peaceably  agayne, 
 I  wil  breake  downe  this  tower. 
 
 As  for  Zebea  and  Salmana,  they  were  at 
 Karkar,  and  their  boost  with  them  vpon  a 
 fyftene  thousande,  which  were  all  that  were 
 lefte  of  the  whole  boost  of  the  children  of  the 
 Easte :  for  there  were  fallen  an  hundreth  and 
 twentye  thousande,  that  coulde  drawe  the 
 swerde. 
 
 And  Gedeon  wente  vp  by  the  waye,  where 
 they  dwell  in  the  tentes  on  the  east  side  of 
 Nobah  and  lakbeha,  5  smote  the  boost,  for 
 the  boost  was  carelesse,  and  mystrusted  no- 
 thinge.  And  Zebea  and  Salmana  fled,  but 
 he  folowed  after  them,  and  toke  y  two  kynges 
 of  the  Madianites  Zebea  and  Salmana,  and 
 put  all  the  boost  in  feare. 
 
 Now  whan  Gedeon  y  sonne  of  loas  came 
 agayne  fro  the  battayll  out  of  f  east,  he  toke 
 a  lad  of  the  men  of  Sucoth,  5  examyned  him, 
 which  wrote  him  vp  the  names  of  the  rulers  of 
 
 "  ludi.  6.  g. 
 
 Sucoth,  and  their  Elders,  eue  thre  score  and 
 seuentene  men. 
 
 And  he  came  to  the  men  of  Sucoth,  5 
 sayde :  Beholde,  here  is  Zebea  g  Salmana, 
 cocernynge  who  ye  laughed  me  to  scorne,  5 
 sayde :  Are  the  handes  of  Zebea  and  Salmana 
 in  thy  hiides  all  ready,  that  we  must  geue  bred 
 vnto  thy  men  which  are  weery  ?  And  he  toke 
 the  Elders  of  the  cite,  and  thornes  out  of  the 
 wildernes,  and  breres,  and  caused  y  men  of 
 Sucoth  to  be  torne  therwith.  *  And  the  tower 
 of  Penuel  brake  he  downe,  and  slewe  the  men 
 of  the  cite. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  Zebea  and  Salmana 
 What  maner  of  me  were  they  who  ye  slewe 
 at  Thabor  ?  They  sayde :  They  were  euen 
 like  the,  5  goodly  men,  as  yf  they  had  bene  a 
 kynges  childre.  He  sayde:  They  were  my 
 brethren,  euen  my  mother  sonnes :  As  truly 
 as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  yf  ye  had  lette  them 
 lyue,  I  wolde  not  slaye  you. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  his  first  borne  sonne 
 lether :  Stonde  vp,  (t  slaye  them.  Howbeit 
 the  lad  drue  not  out  his  swerde,  for  he  was 
 afrayed,  for  so  moch  as  he  was  yet  but  a  lad. 
 Zebea  5  Salmana  sayde :  Stonde  thou  vp,  5 
 slaye  vs,  for  as  the  man  is,  soch  is  also  his 
 stregth.  So  Gedeon  arose,  and  slewe  Zebea 
 and  Salmana,  and  toke  the  ornamentes  that 
 were  aboute  their  Camels  neckes. 
 
 Then  sayde  certayne  in  Israel  vnto  Gedeon : 
 Be  thou  lorde  ouer  vs,  thou  and  thy  sonne, 
 and  thy  sonnes  sonne,  for  so  moch  as  thou 
 hast  delyuered  vs  from  y  hande  of  y  Ma- 
 dianites. Neuertheles  Gedeon  saide  vnto 
 them :  I  wil  not  be  lorde  ouer  you,  nether 
 shal  my  sonne  be  lorde  ouer  you,  but  the 
 LORDE  shalbe  lorde  ouer  you. 
 
 Gedeon  sayde  vnto  them :  One  thinge  I 
 desyre  of  you,  Euery  man  geue  me  the  earinge 
 that  he  hath  spoyled.  (For  in  so  moch  as 
 y  men  were  Ismaelites,  they  had  earinges.) 
 They  sayde  :  Them  wyll  we  geue  the.  And 
 they  spred  out  a  cloth,  and  euery  man  cast 
 the  earinge  theron  that  he  had  spoyled.  And 
 the  golden  earynges  which  he  requyred,  had 
 in  weight,  a  thousande  and  seuen  hundreth 
 Sycles  of  Golde,  besyde  the  spanges  and 
 cheynes,  and  scarlet  rayment  which  the  kynges 
 of  the  Madianites  dyd  weere,  and  besyde  the 
 neckbandes  of  their  Camels.  And  Gideon 
 made  a  cote  armoure  therof,  and  set  it  in  his 
 
 dF 
 
\So.  um^t 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  ti)t  3ubgts(» 
 
 Cftajp.  i):. 
 
 cite  at  Aplira.  And  all  Israel  wente  there  a 
 whoringe  after  it,  and  it  turned  to  an  occasion 
 of  fallinge  vnto  Gedeon  and  his  house. 
 
 Thus  were  f  Madianites  brought  downe 
 before  the  chilclren  of  Israel,  and  lifte  vp  their 
 heade  nomore :  and  the  londe  was  in  rest 
 fortye  yeares,  as  loge  as  Gedeon  lyued. 
 
 And  lerubaal  the  sonne  of  loas  wete  5  dwelt 
 in  his  house.  "And  Gedeon  Had  thre  score  5 
 ten  sonnes,  which  were  come  out  of  his  thye  : 
 for  he  had  many  wyues.  And  his  concubyne 
 which  he  had  at  Siche,  bare  him  a  sonne  also, 
 whom  he  called  Abimelech.  And  Gideon  the 
 sonne  of  loas  dyed  in  a  good  age,  a  was  buried 
 at  Aphra  in  f  sepulcre  of  his  father  loas  the 
 father  of  the  Esrites. 
 
 But  whan  Gedeon  was  deed,  the  childre  of 
 Israel  turned  backe,  and  wente  awhoringe  after 
 Baalim,  and  made  a  couenaunt  with  Baal 
 Berith,  y  he  shulde  be  their  God.  And  y 
 childre  of  Israel  thoughte  not  on  f  LORDE 
 their  God,  which  had  delyuered  them  fro  the 
 hande  of  their  enemies  rounde  aboute :  and 
 they  shewed  not  mercy  vnto  the  house  of 
 lerubaal  Gedeon,  acordinge  to  all  the  good 
 that  he  had  done  vnto  Israel. 
 
 Ci^t  t'r.  Cljaptcr 
 
 ABIMELECH  the  sonne  of  lerubaal, 
 wente  vnto  Siche  to  his  mothers  brethren, 
 5  spake  vnto  them,  (j  to  all  the  kynred  of  his 
 mothers  fathers  house,  and  sayde  :  I  praye  you 
 speake  in  the  eares  of  all  the  men  at  Sichem  : 
 What  is  better  for  you,  that  thre  score  and 
 ten  men  all  children  of  lerubaal  shulde  be 
 lordes  ouer  you,  or  that  one  man  shulde  be 
 lorde  ouer  you  ?  Remembre  also  that  I  am 
 youre  bone  and  youre  flesh. 
 
 Then  spake  his  mothers  brethre  all  these 
 wordes  for  him,  in  f  eares  of  all  y  men  at 
 Sichem.  And  their  hert  enclyned  to  Abime- 
 lech, for  they  thoughte  :  He  is  oure  brother : 
 and  gaue  him  thre  score  and  ten  syluerlinges 
 out  of  y  house  of  Baal  Berith.  And  with 
 them  Abimelech  hyred  men  that  were  vaga- 
 bundes  and  of  light  condicions,  which  folowed 
 him.  And  he  came  to  his  fathers  house  vnto 
 Aphra,  and  slew  his  brethren  the  children  of 
 lerubaal,*  euen  thre  score  men  and  te  vpon 
 one  stone.  But  lotham  the  yongest  sonne  of 
 lerubaal  remayned  ouer,  for  he  was  hydd. 
 And  all  the  men  of  Sichem,  and  all  the  house 
 
 "  4  Re.  10.  ii.         '  2  Par.  ai.  a. 
 
 of  Millo  gathered  them  selues  together,  and 
 wente  and  made  Abimelech  kynge  by  the  Oke 
 that  stondeth  at  Sichem. 
 
 Whan  this  was  tolde  lotham,  he  wente,  and 
 stode  vpon  the  toppe  of  mount  Grisim,  and 
 lifte  vp  his  voyce,  cried,  and  sayde :  Heare 
 me  ye  men  of  Sichem,  that  God  maye  heare 
 you  also.  *  The  trees  wente  to  anointe  a  kinge 
 ouer  them,  and  sayde  vnto  the  Olyue  tre : 
 Be  thou  oure  kynge.  But  the  Olyue  tre 
 answered  them :  Shall  I  go  and  leaue  my 
 fatnesse  (which  both  God  and  men  commende 
 in  me)  and  go  to  be  puft  vp  aboue  the  trees  ? 
 Then  sayde  the  trees  vnto  the  fygge  tre : 
 Come  thou  and  be  kynge  ouer  vs.  But  the 
 fygge  tre  sayde  vnto  the :  Shal  I  leaue  my 
 swetnes  and  my  good  frute,  and  go  to  be  puft 
 vp  aboue  the  trees?  Then  sayde  the  trees 
 \Tito  the  vyne :  Come  thou  and  be  oure  kinge. 
 But  the  vyne  sayde  vnto  them :  Shal  I  leaue 
 my  swete  wyne,  which  reioyseth  God  and  men, 
 and  go  to  be  puft  vp  aboue  the  trees  ?  The 
 sayde  all  the  trees  vnto  the  thorne  buszshe : 
 Come  thou,  and  be  kynge  ouer  vs.  And  the 
 thorne  buszshe  sayde  vnto  the  trees :  Yf  it  be 
 true,  y  ye  anoynte  me  to  be  kynge  ouer  you, 
 the  come,  and  put  youre  trust  vnder  my 
 shadowe.  Yf  no,  then  go  fyre  out  of  the 
 thorne  buszshe,  (S  cosume  f  Ceder  trees  of 
 Libano. 
 
 Yf  ye  haue  done  right  now  and  iustly,  y  ye 
 haue  made  Abimelech  to  be  kynge :  and  yf 
 ye  haue  done  well  vnto  lerubaal  and  to  his 
 house,  and  haue  done  vnto  him  as  he  deserued 
 vnto  you.  Which  (euen  my  father)  foughte 
 for  youre  sakes,  and  ioperde  his  lyfe,  to  delyuer 
 out  of  the  Madianites  hiide,  eue  you,  which 
 are  rysen  vp  this  daye  agaynst  my  fathers 
 house,  I  haue  slaine  his  childre,  thre  score 
 personnes  (j  ten  vpon  one  stone,  and  haue  made 
 you  a  kynge  (euen  Abimelech  the  sonne  of 
 his  handmaide)  ouer  the  men  at  Sichem,  for 
 so  moch  as  he  is  youre  brother. 
 
 Yf  ye  haue  done  right  now  and  iustly  vnto 
 lerubaal  and  his  house  this  daye,  then  reioyse 
 ouer  Abimelech,  and  let  him  reioyse  ouer  you. 
 Yf  no,  then  go  fyre  out  from  Abimelech,  and 
 cosume  the  men  of  Sichem  and  the  house  of 
 Millo :  And  fyre  go  out  also  fro  the  men  of 
 Sichem,  and  from  the  house  of  Millo,  and 
 consume  Abimelech.  And  lotha  (whan  he 
 had  spoken  this  out)  fled,  and  gat  him  out  of 
 
Cftap,  iv» 
 
 Cfte  ijokt  of  t\)t  3i«5Jgf£f» 
 
 #0,  i:rj:)iTi3i?» 
 
 the  waye,  and  wente  vnto  Ber,  and  dwelt 
 there  because  of  his  brother  Abimelech. 
 
 Now  whan  Abimelech  had  reigned  thre 
 yeare  ouer  Israel,  *God  sent  an  euell  mynde 
 betwene  Abimelech  and  the  men  of  Siehem 
 (for  the  men  of  Siehem  despysed  Abimelech), 
 and  rehearsed  the  wronge  done  to  the  sonnes 
 of  lerubaal,  and  their  bloude,  and  layed  it 
 vpon  Abimelech  their  brother  which  slewe 
 them,  and  vpon  the  men  of  Siehem  that 
 strengthed  his  hande  therto,  that  he  mighte 
 slaye  his  brethren. 
 
 And  the  men  of  Siehem  set  an  hynder 
 watch  vpon  the  toppes  of  the  mountaynes, 
 and  spoyled  all  them  that  walked  nye  them 
 by  the  waye,  and  it  was  tolde  Abimelech. 
 But  there  came  Gaal  the  sonne  of  Ebed  and 
 his  brethren,  and  entred  in  to  Siehem,  and 
 the  men  of  Siehem  put  their  trust  in  him, 
 and  wete  out  in  to  the  felde,  and  gathered 
 their  vynyardes,  and  pressed  them,  and  made 
 a  daunse,  and  wente  in  to  their  gods  house, 
 and  ate  and  dranke,  and  cursed  Abimelech. 
 
 And  Gaal  y  sonne  of  Ebed  sayde :  Who  is 
 Abimelech?  and  what  is  Siehem,  that  we 
 shulde  serue  him  ?  Is  he  not  the  sonne  of 
 lerubaal,  and  hath  set  Sebul  his  seruaut  ouer 
 the  men  of  tHemor  the  father  of  Siehem? 
 Wherfore  shulde  we  serue  him?  WoldeGod 
 the  people  were  vnder  my  hade,  y  I  mighte 
 put  downe  Abimelech. 
 
 And  it  was  tolde  Abimelech :  Inereaee 
 thine  hooste,  and  departe.  For  Sebul  the 
 chefe  ruler  of  the  cite,  whan  he  herde  the 
 wordes  of  Gaal  y  sonne  of  Ebed,  he  was  wroth 
 fully  displeased,  and  sente  message  secretly  to 
 Abimelech,  and  caused  to  saye  vnto  him  : 
 Beholde,  Gaal  the  sonne  of  Ebed  and  his 
 brethren  are  come  to  Siehem,  and  make  the 
 cite  to  be  agaynst  the. 
 
 Arise  therfore  by  nyght,  thou  and  thy  people 
 that  is  with  the,  and  laye  wayte  for  the  in  the 
 felde  :  and  tomorow  whan  the  Sonne  aryseth, 
 get  the  vp  soone,  and  fall  vpon  the  cite :  and 
 yf  he  and  the  people  that  is  with  him  come 
 out  vnto  the,  the  deale  with  him,  as  thyne 
 hande  fyndeth. 
 
 Abimelech  stode  vp  by  night,  and  all  the 
 people  that  was  with  him,  and  layed  wayte 
 for  Siehem  with  foure  companies  of  men  of 
 warre.  And  Gaal  the  sonne  of  Ebed  wete  out 
 and  stode  at  the  dore  of  the  gate  of  the  cite. 
 
 But  Abimelech  gat  him  vp  out  of  the  hinder 
 watch,  and  the  people  that  was  with  him. 
 Now  whan  Gaal  sawe  the  people,  he  sayde 
 vnto  Sebul :  Beholde,  there  eommeth  a  people 
 downe  from  the  toppe  of  y  mount.  Sebul 
 saide  vnto  him :  Thou  seist  y  shadowe  of  the 
 mountaines  as  though  they  were  me.  Gaal 
 spake  yet  more  and  sayde :  Beholde,  there 
 eommeth  a  people  downe  from  y  myddes  of 
 the  londe,  s  one  bonde  of  men  cometh  by 
 the  waye  to  f  witch  Oke.  The  sayde  Sebul : 
 Where  is  now  thy  mouth  y  sayde :  Who  is 
 Abimelech,  that  we  shulde  serue  him?  Is  not 
 this  y  people,  whom  thou  hast  refused?  Go 
 forth  now,  and  fighte  with  him. 
 
 Gaal  wente  forth  before  the  eitesyns  of 
 Siehem,  and  foughte  with  Abimelech.  But 
 Abimelech  ehaeed  him,  so  that  he  fled,  and 
 there  fell  many  slayne  euen  vnto  the  gate  of 
 the  cite.  And  Abimelech  abode  at  Aruma. 
 But  Sebul  droue  awaye  Gaal  and  his  brethren, 
 so  that  they  must  not  remayne  at  Siehem. 
 Vpon  the  morowe  wente  the  people  forth  in 
 to  y  felde.  Wtia  this  was  tolde  Abimelech,  he 
 toke  the  people,  and  parted  them  in  to  thre 
 bodes  of  men,  and  wayted  for  the  in  the  felde. 
 Now  whan  he  sawe  y  the  people  wete  out  of 
 the  cite,  he  rose  agaynst  the,  and  smote  them. 
 
 Abimelech  and  y  company  of  men  that  was 
 with  him,  fell  vpon  them,  and  stepte  vnto  the 
 dore  of  the  porte :  but  the  other  two  com- 
 panies fell  vpon  all  them  that  were  in  the  felde, 
 and  slewe  them.  The  foughte  Abimelech 
 agaynst  the  cite  all  y  same  daye,  and  wanne 
 it,  and  slewe  the  people  that  was  there  in,  and 
 brake  downe  y  cite,  and  sowed  salt  theron. 
 
 Whan  all  the  men  of  the  tower  of  Siehem 
 herde  this,  they  wente  in  to  a  stronge  holde  of 
 y  house  of  their  God  Berith.  But  whan  Abi- 
 melech herde,  that  all  the  men  of  the  tower  of 
 Siehem  had  gathered  the  selues  together,  he 
 wente  vp  vnto  mount  Zelmon,  and  all  the 
 people  that  was  with  him,  and  toke  an  axe  in 
 his  hade,  and  hewed  downe  a  braunch  of  a 
 tre,  and  toke  it  vp,  a  layed  it  vpon  his  shulder, 
 and  sayde  vnto  all  the  people  that  was  with 
 him  :t  As  ye  haue  sene  me  do,  make  ye  haist, 
 and  do  euen  so  as  I.  Then  all  the  people 
 hewed  downe  euery  one  a  brauch,  and  folowed 
 Abimelech :  and  they  layed  them  to  the  holde, 
 and  set  fyre  vpon  them  agaynst  them  and  the 
 holde :  and  all  the  men  of  the  tower  of  Siehem 
 
 t  lud.  7.  c. 
 
fo,  ttrnbii}. 
 
 €f)t  bokt  of  tl)c  5uligf£(. 
 
 Cbap.  r. 
 
 dyed  thorow  the  smoke  and  fyre,  vpon  a  thou- 
 sande  men  and  wemen. 
 
 As  for  Abimelech,  he  wete  vnto  Thebetz, 
 and  layed  sege  vnto  it,  and  wanne  it.  But  in 
 the  myddes  of  the  cite,  there  was  a  stronge 
 tower,  vnto  the  which  all  the  men  and  wemen, 
 and  all  the  citesyns  of  the  cite  fled,  and  shutt 
 it  after  them,  and  clymmed  vp  to  the  toppe 
 of  the  tower.  Then  came  Abimelech  vnto 
 the  tower,  and  foughte  agaynst  it,  and  came 
 nye  vnto  the  dore  of  the  tower,  that  he  might 
 burne  it  with  fyre.  *  But  a  woman  cast  a  pece 
 of  a  mylstone  vpon  Abimelechs  heade,  and 
 brake  his  brane  panne.  Then  Abimelech  in 
 all  the  haist,  called  the  seruaunt  that  bare  his 
 wapen,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Drawe  out  thy 
 swerde,"  and  kyll  me,  that  it  be  not  sayde  of 
 me  :  A  woman  hath  slayne  him.  Then  his 
 seruaunt  thrust  him  thorow,  and  he  dyed. 
 Whan  the  Israelites  which  were  with  him, 
 sawe,  y  Abimelech  was  deed,  they  gatt  them 
 awaye  euerj'  one  vnto  his  awne  place. 
 
 Thus  God  recompenced  Abimelech  the 
 euell  that  he  had  done  vnto  his  father,  wha  he 
 slewe  his  thre  score  and  ten  brethren :  like 
 wyse  all  the  euell  of  the  men  of  Sichem,  dyd 
 God  rewarde  them  vpon  their  heade  :  and  so 
 the  t  curse  of  lotham  f  sonne  of  lerubaal 
 came  vpon  them. 
 
 €i)t  r-  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 AFTER  Abimelech  there  rose  vp  another 
 sauioure  in  Israel,  Thola  a  man  of 
 Isachar,  and  the  sonne  of  Pua,  the  sonne  of 
 Dodo.  And  he  dwelt  at  Samir  vpo  the 
 mount  Ephraim,  and  iudged  Israel  thre  and 
 twentye  yeare,  and  died,  and  was  buried  at 
 Samir. 
 
 After  him  stode  vp  one  lair  a  Gileadite, 
 and  iudged  Israel  two  and  twentye  yeare,  and 
 had  thirtie  sonnes,t  rydinge  vpon  thirtie  asses 
 foales :  and  had  thirtie  cities,  whose  names 
 are  Hauoth  lair  (that  is,  the  cities  of  lair) 
 vnto  this  daye,  and  lye  in  Gilead.  And  lair 
 dyed,  and  was  buried  at  Camon. 
 
 But  the  children  of  Israel  wrought  wicked- 
 nes  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and  serued 
 Baalim  and  Astaroth,  and  the  goddes  of  Siria, 
 and  the  goddes  of  Sidon,  and  the  goddes  of 
 Moab,  and  the  goddes  of  f  children  of  Am- 
 mon,  and  the  goddes  of  the  Philistines,  and 
 forsoke  y  LORDE,  and  serued  him  not.  Then 
 
 •2Re.  11.  c.       "  1  Reg.31.  a.  1  Par.  n.  a.      t  lud.  9.  c. 
 
 was  y  wrath  of  y-  LORDE  fearce  vpon  Israel, 
 and  he  gaue  the  ouer  vnder  the  hade  of  the 
 Philistynes,  and  of  the  children  of  Ammo. 
 And  they  vexed  and  oppressed  y  children  of 
 Israel  eightene  yeare  longe,  aU  the  children  of 
 Israel  that  were  beyonde  lordane  in  the  londe 
 of  the  Moabites,  which  lyeth  in  Gilead.  The 
 children  of  Amnion  also  wente  ouer  lordane, 
 and  fought  agaynst  luda,  Ben  lamin,  and 
 agaynst  the  house  of  Ephraim,  so  that  Israel 
 was  very  sore  troubled. 
 
 Then  cryed  the  children  of  Israel  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde:  We  haue  synned  cigaynst 
 the,  for  we  haue  forsaken  oure  God,  5  serued 
 Baalim.  But  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  the 
 childre  of  Israel :  Did  not  the  Egipcias,  the 
 Amorites,  the  children  of  Ammon,  f  Phili- 
 stines, the  Sidonians,  the  Amalechites  and 
 Maonites  oppresse  you,  and  I  helped  you  out 
 of  their  hande,  whan  ye  cryed  vnto  me  ?  Yet 
 haue  ye  forsaken  me,  and  serued  other  goddes? 
 Therfore  wyll  I  helpe  you  nomore.  ^  Go  youre 
 waye,  and  crye  vpon  the  goddes  whom  ye 
 haue  chosen,  let  them  helpe  you  in  the  tyme 
 of  youre  trouble. 
 
 But  the  childre  of  Israel  sayde  vnto  the 
 LORDE:  We  haue  synned,  do  thou  vnto  vs 
 what  pleaseth  the,  onely  delyuer  vs  at  this 
 tyme.  And  they  put  the  straunge  goddes 
 fro  them,  and  serued  the  LORDE,  And  his 
 soule  had  pytie  on  the  mysery  of  Israel. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Ammon  called  them 
 selues  together,  and  pitched  in  Gilead :  But 
 the  children  of  Israel  gathered  them  selues 
 together  also,  and  pitched  at  Mispa.  And  f 
 people  of  the  chefest  of  Gilead  sayde  amoge 
 them  selues :  Who  so  euer  begynneth  to  fight 
 agaynst  the  children  of  Ammon,  shalbe  heade 
 ouer  all  them  that  dwell  in  Gilead. 
 
 IEPHTHAE  a  Gileadite  was  a  valeaut 
 man  of  amies,  but  an  harlottes  childe. 
 Gilead  begat  lephthae.  But  whan  the  wyfe 
 had  borne  children  vnto  Gilead,  and  the  same 
 wyues  childre  were  waxe  greate,  they  thrust 
 out  lephtae,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Thou  shalt 
 not  be  heire  in  oure  fathers  house,  for  thou 
 art  another  woinas  sonne.  The  fled  he  from 
 his  brethre,  and  dwelt  in  the  londe  of  Tob. 
 And  there  resorted  vnto  him  vagabudes,  and 
 wete  out  with  him.      And  after  a  certayne 
 
 t  lud.  12.  c.  §  Deut.  32.  e.    lere.  2.  q. 
 
Cbap.  HI. 
 
 Cf)t  bokf  of  tftt  SluUgfS. 
 
 fcunM 
 
 tyme  foughte  the  children  of  Ammon  with 
 Israel. 
 
 Now  wha  the  childre  of  Ammon  foughte 
 thus  with  Israel,  the  Elders  wente  from  Gilead 
 to  fetch  lephthae  out  of  the  londe  of  Tob, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Come,  and  be  oure  cap- 
 tayne,  and  fight  agaynst  the  children  of  Am- 
 
 n.  But  lephthae  sayde  vnto  the  Elders  of 
 Gilead :  Are  not  ye  they  that  hate  me  and 
 haue  thrust  me  out  of  my  fathers  house,  and 
 now  come  ye  to  me  whan  ye  are  in  trouble  ? 
 
 The  Elders  of  Gilead  sayde :  Therfore  come 
 we  now  againe  vnto  the,  that  thou  mayest  go 
 ith  vs,  and  fighte  agaynst  the  children  of 
 Ammon,  and  be  oure  captayne  ouer  all  that 
 dwell  in  Gilead.  lephthae  sayde  vnto  the 
 Elders  of  Gilead  :  Yf  ye  fetch  me  agayne  to 
 fighte  agaynst  the  childre  of  Ammon,  and  the 
 LORDE  delyuer  them  before  me  shal  I  then 
 be  youre  heade  ?  The  Elders  of  Gilead  saide 
 vnto  lephthae :  The  LORDE  be  hearer 
 betwene  vs,  yf  we  do  not  as  thou  hast  sayde. 
 So  lephthae  wete  with  the  Elders  of  Gilead. 
 And  the  people  made  him  heade  and  duke 
 ouer  them.  And  lephthae  spake  all  this 
 before  the  LORDE  at  Mispa. 
 
 Then  sente  lephthae  messaungers  to  the 
 kynge  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and  caused 
 to  saye  vnto  him  :  What  hast  thou  to  do  with 
 me,  that  thou  cdmest  vnto  me  to  fight  agaynst 
 my  londe  ?  The  kynge  of  the  childre  of 
 Ammo  answered  lephthaes  messaungers  Be- 
 cause that  Israel  toke  awaye  my  londe  (whan 
 they  departed  out  of  Egipte)  from  Arnon 
 vnto  labock,  and  vnto  lordane :  geue  it  me 
 agayne  now  therfore  peaceably. 
 
 But  lephthae  sent  yet  mo  messaungers  to 
 f  kynge  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  which 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Thus  sayeth  lephthae :  * 
 Israel  hath  taken  no  londe,  nether  from  the 
 Moabites  ner  from  the  children  of  Ammon  : 
 for  when  they  departed  out  of  Egipte,  Israel 
 walked  thorow  the  wyldernes  vnto  the  reed  see, 
 and  came  to  Cades,  and  *  sent  messaungers 
 to  the  kynge  of  the  Edomites,  and  sayde :  Let 
 me  go  thorow  thy  londe.  But  the  kynge  of 
 y  Edomites  wolde  not  heare  the.  They  sent 
 lykewyse  vnto  the  kynge  of  the  Moabites, 
 which  wolde  not  also.  Thus  Israel  abode  in 
 Cades,  and  compased  the  lode  of  the  Edom- 
 ites and  Moabites,  and  came  on  the  eastsyde 
 of  the  londe  of  the   Moabites   and    pitched 
 
 •Deu.  2.  a.  t  Num.  20.  b.  }Num.  21.C. 
 
 beyonde  Arnon,  and  came  not  within  the 
 coaste  of  the  Moabites.  iFor  Arnon  is  the 
 border  of  the  Moabites. 
 
 And  Israel  sent  messaungers  vnto  Sihon 
 the  kynge  of  the  Amorites  at  Heszbon,  "and 
 caused  to  saye  vnto  him  :  Let  me  go  thorow 
 thy  londe  vnto  my  place.  Neuertheles  Sihon 
 wolde  not  trust  Israel  to  go  thorow  the  border 
 of  his  londe,  but  gathered  all  his  people,  and 
 pitched  at  lahza,  and  foughte  with  Israel. 
 Howbeit  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  gaue 
 Sihon  with  all  his  people  in  to  Israels  hade, 
 so  that  they  slewe  them.  Thus  Israel  con- 
 quered all  the  londe  of  the  Amorites  that 
 dwelt  in  y  same  countre.  And  they  toke 
 possessio  of  all  the  borders  of  the  Amorites, 
 from  Arnon  vnto  labok,  a  from  f  wyldernesse 
 vnto  lordane.  So  y  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 droue  awaye  the  Amorites  before  his  people 
 of  Israel,  and  wilt  thou  coquere  them  ?  Is  it 
 not  so,  yf  thy  God  Camos  gaue  the  oughte  to 
 possesse,  woldest  thou  not  possesse  it  ?  What 
 so  euer  the  LORDE  oure  God  hath  geue  vs 
 before  vs  to  possesse,  that  shal  we  conquere 
 and  take  in  possession. 
 
 Hast  thou  better  right  (thinkest  thou)  the 
 §  Balac  the  sonne  of  Ziphor,  the  kynge  of  y 
 Moabites  ?  Dyd  he  euer  go  to  lawe  or  fighte 
 agaynst  Israel?  Though  Israel  haue  dwelt 
 now  vpo  a  thre  hudreth  yeare  in  Hesbon,  and 
 in  the  vyllages  therof,  in  Aroer  and  in  the 
 vyllages  therof,  and  in  all  the  cities  that  lye 
 by  Arnon.  Why  dyd  not  ye  rescue  it  at  the 
 same  tyme  ?  I  haue  not  offended  the,  5  thou 
 doest  me  euell  to  fighte  agaynst  me.  The 
 LORDE  geue  sentence  this  dale  betwene 
 Israel  and  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 
 Neuertheles  the  kynge  of  the  children  of 
 Ammon  wolde  not  heare  y  wordes  of  lephthae, 
 which  he  sent  vnto  him.  Then  came  y  sprete 
 of  the  LORDE  vpon  lephthae,  and  he  wente 
 thorow  Gilead  and  Manasse,  and  thorow  Mispa 
 which  lleth  in  Gilead,  and  fro  Mispa  that  lieth 
 in  Gilead,  vnto  y-  children  of  Ammon. 
 
 And  lephthae  vowed  a  vowe  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde  :  II  Yf  thou  wilt  delyuer 
 the  childre  of  Ammon  in  to  my  hande,  what 
 so  euer  commeth  (first)  out  at  the  dore  of  my 
 house  in  my  waye,  whan  I  returne  agayne 
 peaceably  from  the  childre  of  Ammon,  that 
 same  shalbe  the  LORDES,  and  I  wyl  offre  it 
 for  a  burntofferynge. 
 
 "  Deut.  2.  d.       §  Nu.  22.  a.  Deut.  23.  a.       ||  Mar.  6.  c. 
 
jTo.  fCvL 
 
 CJ)f  Ijokf  of  tf)f  Siiitisfsi* 
 
 Cftap.  Fij* 
 
 So  lephthae  wente  vpon  the  children  of 
 Ammon,  to  fighte  against  them.  And  y 
 LORDE  gaue  them  in  to  his  hande,  and  he 
 smote  the  from  Aroer  tyll  thou  comest  vnto 
 Minnith,  euen  twentye  cities,  and  vnto  the 
 playne  of  f  vynyardes  a  very  greate  slaughter, 
 and  thus  were  the  children  of  Ammon  sub- 
 dued before  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Now  whan  lephthae  came  to  Mispa  vnto 
 his  house,  beholde,  his  doughter  wente  out  to 
 mete  him  with  tabrettes  and  daunces:  and 
 she  was  his  onely  childe,  (j  he  had  els  nether 
 Sonne  ner  doughter.  And  whan  he  sawe 
 her,  he  rente  his  clothes,  (j  sayde :  Alas  my 
 doughter,  thou  makest  my  hert  soroufuU,  and 
 discomfortest  me :  for  I  haue  opened  my 
 mouth  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  can  not  call  it 
 agayne. 
 
 She  sayde :  My  father,  yf  thou  hast  opened 
 thy  mouth  vnto  the  LORDE,  then  do  vnto 
 me  as  it  is  proceaded  out  of  thy  mouth,  acord- 
 inge  as  the  LORDE  hath  aueged  the  of  thyne 
 enemies  the  children  of  Ammon.  And  she 
 sayde  vnto  hir  father :  Do  this  for  me,  gene 
 me  leue  to  go  downe  vpo  the  mountaynes  two 
 monethes,  that  I  maye  bewepe  my  \arginite 
 with  my  playfeeres.  He  sayde :  Go  thy  waye. 
 And  he  let  her  go  two  monethes.  Then  wente 
 she  with  her  playefeeres,  and  bewayled  hir 
 mayden  heade  vpon  the  mountajTies.  And 
 after  two  monethes  she  came  agayne  vnto  hir 
 father.  And  he  dyd  vnto  her  acordinge  as 
 he  had  vowed.  And  she  had  neuer  bene  in 
 daunger  of  eny  man.  And  it  was  a  custome 
 in  Israel,  that  the  doughters  of  Israel  shulde 
 go  euery  yeare,  and  mourne  for  the  doughter 
 of  lephthae  the  Gileadite,  foure  dayes  in  the 
 yeare. 
 
 Cljt  nj.  Cljapttt. 
 
 AND  they  of  Ephraim  made  insurrec- 
 cion,  I  wente  northwarde,  5  sayde  vnto 
 lephthae :  *  Wherfore  wetest  thou  to  the  bat- 
 tayll  agaynst  the  children  of  Ammon,  5  hast 
 not  called  vs,  that  we  mighte  go  with  the  ? 
 We  wil  burne  thy  house  and  the  with  fyre. 
 lephthae  sayde  vnto  the :  I  and  my  people 
 had  a  greate  matter  with  y  children  of  Ammon, 
 and  I  cried  vpon  you,  but  ye  helped  me  not 
 out  of  their  handes.  Now  whan  I  sawe  y 
 there  was  no  helper,  I  put  *  my  soule  in  my 
 honde,   and  wente   agaynst   the  children   of 
 
 •  lud.  8.  a.  t  Psal.  118.  o. 
 
 Ammon,  and  the  LORDE  delyuered  them 
 in  to  my  hande.  Wherfore  come  ye  vp  to 
 me,  to  fighte  agaynst  me  ? 
 
 And  lephthae  gathered  all  the  men  in 
 Gilead,  5  foughte  agaynst  Ephraim.  And 
 the  men  in  Gilead  smote  Ephraim,  because 
 they  sayde :  Ye  Gileadites  are  as  they  y  fle 
 awaye  before  Ephraim,  (and  dwell)  amoge 
 Ephraim  5  Manasse.  And  the  Gileadites 
 toke  y  ferye  of  lordane  from  Ephraim.  Now 
 wha  one  of  y  fugityue  Ephraites  dyd  saye 
 Let  me  go  ouer,  y  men  of  Gilead  sayde :  Art 
 thou  an  Ephraite  ?  yf  he  answered :  No,  they 
 bad  him  saye :  Schiboleth,  (j  he  sayde :  Sibo- 
 leth,  5  coulde  not  speake  it  righte  :  then  they 
 toke  him,  5  slew  him  at  ;y  ferye  of  lordane, 
 so  y  the  same  tyme  there  fell  of  Ephraim  two 
 d  fortye  M.  lephthae  iudged  Israel  sixe 
 yeares.  And  lephthae  f  Gileadite  dyed,  i 
 was  buried  in  one  of  the  cities  of  Gilead. 
 
 After  him  iudged  Israel  one  Ebzan  of 
 Bethleem,  which  had  thirtie  sonnes  and  as 
 many  doughters:  and  his  thirtie  doughters 
 gaue  he  forth  to  mariage,  and  thirtie  doughters 
 toke  he  from  without  for  his  sonnes,  and 
 iudged  Israel  seuen  yeare,  and  died,  and  was 
 buried  at  Bethleem. 
 
 After  him  iudged  Israel  one  Elon  a  Zabu- 
 lonite,  5  he  iudged  Israel  ten  yeare,  5  was 
 buried  at  Aialon  in  the  londe  of  Zabulon. 
 
 After  him  iudged  Israel  one  Abdo  a  sonne 
 of  Hillel,  a  Pirgathonite,  which  had  fortye 
 sonnes,  5  thirtie  neuies  (t  which  rode  vp5 
 seuentye  Asses  foales)  and  he  iudged  Israel 
 eighte  yeare,  and  dyed,  5  was  buried  at  Pir- 
 gathon  in  the  londe  of  Ephraim  vpon  the 
 mount  of  the  Amalechites. 
 
 Ci^e  jitj.  Cfjapttr. 
 
 AND  the  children  of  Israel  wroughte 
 more  euell  before  the  LORDE,  §{t  the 
 LORDE  gaue  them  ouer  in  to  the  hades  of 
 the  Philistynes  fortye  yeares. 
 
 But  there  was  a  man  at  Zarga,  of  one  of  f 
 kynreds  of  the  Danites,  named  Manoah,  and 
 his  wife  was  ^Tifrutefidl  5  bare  him  no  children. 
 And  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  appeared  vnto 
 f  woman,  j  sayde  ^Tito  her:  Beholde,  thou 
 art  baren,  5  bearest  not :  but  thou  shalt  con- 
 ceaue,  a  beare  a  sonne.  Take  hede  therfore, 
 y  thou  drynke  no  wyne  ner  stronge  drynke, 
 and  y  thou  eate  no  vncleane  thinge,  for  thou 
 
 }  lud.  10.  a.  ^  lud.  10.  b. 
 
Cftap.  viiiU 
 
 €\ft  Ijofce  of  tin  Siiiisesi. 
 
 #0.  ct)rlu 
 
 shalt  conceaue,  and  beare  a  sonne,  *vpo  whose 
 heade  there  shal  come  no  rasoure :  for  f 
 childe  shal  be  a  Nazaree  of  God,  euen  from 
 his  mother  wombe,  and  shall  begynne  to  de- 
 lyuer  Israel  out  of  the  hande  of  the  Philistynes 
 
 Then  came  y  woman  and  tolde  hir  husbande, 
 5  sayde  :  There  came  a  ma  of  God  vnto  me. 
 (t  his  proporcion  was  to  loke  vpon  as  an  angell 
 of  God,  very  terrible,  so  y  I  axed  him  not 
 whence  he  came,  5  whither  he  wolde  :  nether 
 tolde  he  me  his  name.  But  he  sayde  vnto  me : 
 beholde,  thou  shalt  conceaue  (j  beare  a  sonne: 
 drynke  no  wyne  therfore  ner  stroge  drynke,  (j 
 eate  no  vncleane  thinge  :  t  for  the  childe  shal 
 be  called  a  Nazaree  of  God,  euen  fro  his 
 mother  wombe  vnto  his  death. 
 
 Then  Manoah  prayed  the  LORDE,  5 
 sayde  :  Oh  LORDE,  let  y  man  of  God  whom 
 thou  hast  sent,  come  to  vs  agayne,  y  he  maye 
 enfourme  vs  what  we  shall  do  vnto  the  childe 
 which  shalbe  borne.  And  God  herde  the 
 voyce  of  Manoah,  5  the  angell  of  God  came 
 to  his  wife  agayne.  But  she  sat  in  y  felde, 
 and  hir  huszbade  Manoah  was  not  with  her. 
 The  ranne  she  in  all  the  haist,  5  tolde  hir 
 huszbande,  5  saide  vnto  him  :  beholde,  y  man 
 hath  appeared  vnto  me,  y  came  to  me  to  daye. 
 
 Manoah  gat  him  vp,  5  wente  after  his  wife, 
 and  came  to  the  man,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Art  thou  f  man  that  spake  to  the  woman  ? 
 He  sayde :  Yee.  And  Manoah  sayde  :  wha 
 it  commeth  to  passe  that  thou  hast  sayde, 
 what  shal  be  the  maner  and  worke  of  y  childe? 
 The  angell  of  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Ma- 
 noah :  He  shal  kepe  him  from  all  that  I  tolde 
 the  woman  :  he  shal  not  eate  that  which  com- 
 meth of  the  vj'ne,  and  shal  drynke  no  wyne 
 ner  stronge  drynke,  and  eate  no  vncleane 
 thinge  :  5  all  that  I  haue  comaunded  her,  shal 
 he  kepe. 
 
 Manoah  sayde  vnto  y^  angell  of  the 
 LORDE :  let  vs  holde  the  here  (I  praye  the) 
 we  will  prepare  a  kydd  for  the.  Neuertheles 
 y  angell  of  the  LORDE  answered  Manoah  : 
 i  Though  thou  kepest  me  here,  yet  wyll  I  not 
 eate  of  thy  bred.  But  yf  thou  wilt  make 
 a  burntofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  thou 
 mayest  offi-e  it.  (For  Manoah  wist  not  that 
 it  was  an  angell  of  the  LORDE.)  And  Ma- 
 noah sayde  vnto  the  angell  of  the  LORDE : 
 What  is  thy  name,  that  we  maye  prayse  f, 
 
 •  1  Reg.  1.  b. 
 
 t  Matt.  2.  d. 
 §  Gen.  32,  e.    Exo.  3.  c. 
 
 i  Tob.  12.  d. 
 
 whan  it  commeth  now  to  passe,  that  thou  hast 
 sayde  ?  But  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  him :  §  Why  axest  thou  after  my  name, 
 which  is  wonderfull  ? 
 
 Then  toke  Manoah  a  kyd  and  a  meatoffer- 
 jmge,  (I  layed  it  vp6  a  rocke  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 II  which  doth  y  wonders  him  selfe.  But 
 Manoah  and  his  wife  behelde  it.  And  wha 
 the  flamme  wente  vp  from  y  altare  towarde 
 heauen,  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  asceded 
 vp  in  the  flamme  of  the  altare.  Wlian  Ma- 
 noah (t  his  wife  sawe  y,  they  fell  downe  to  y 
 earth  vpo  their  faces.  And  the  angell  of  y- 
 LORDE  appeared  nomore  vnto  Manoah  5 
 his  wife.  The  knewe  Manoah,  that  it  was  an 
 angell  of  the  LORDE,  and  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 wife  :  t  We  must  dye  the  death,  because  we 
 haue  sene  God.  But  his  wife  answered  him : 
 Yf  the  LORDE  wolde  haue  slaine  vs,  he  "had 
 not  receaued  the  burntofferynge  and  meat- 
 offerynge  of  oure  handes :  nether  had  he 
 shewed  vs  all  these  thinges,  ner  letten  vs 
 heare  soch  as  is  now  come  to  passe. 
 
 And  the  woman  broughte  forth  a  sonne 
 and  called  his  name  Samson.  And  the  childe 
 grewe,  and  the  LORDE  blessed  him.  And 
 the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  begane  to  be  with 
 him  in  the  tentes"  of  Dan,  betwene  Zarga  and 
 Esthaol. 
 
 Cljf  vi").  Cljaptft. 
 
 SAMSON  wente  downe  vnto  Thimnath, 
 I  there  he  sawe  a  woman  amoge  the 
 doughters  of  y  Philistynes.  And  whan  he 
 came  vp,  he  tolde  his  father  rt  his  mother,  g 
 sayde :  I  haue  sene  a  woman  amdge  the 
 doughters  of  the  Philistynes,  I  praye  you 
 geue  me  the  same  to  wife.  His  father  5  his 
 mother  sayde  vnto  him  :  Is  there  not  a  woman 
 anionge  the  doughters  of  thy  brethren,  j  in 
 all  thy  people,  but  thou  must  go  (j  take  a  wife 
 amoge  the  Philistynes,  which  are  vncircum- 
 cised  ? 
 
 Samson  sayde  vnto  his  father:  Geue  me 
 this  woma,  for  she  pleaseth  myne  eyes.  But 
 his  father  a,  his  mother  knewe  not  y  it  came  of 
 the  LORDE,  a  that  he  soughte  an  occasion 
 agapist  the  PhilistjTies.  For  the  Philistynes 
 reigned  ouer  Israel  at  y^  same  tyme.  So 
 Samson  wente  downe  with  his  father  and  with 
 his  mother  vnto  Thimnath. 
 
 Psal.  71.  c.  and  135.  a. 
 
 34 
 
#0.  rcrlij. 
 
 Cljt  bofef  of  tf)t  Siiiigtsi. 
 
 Cftap,  rb. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  to  the  vynyardes  of 
 Thimnath,  beholde,  there  came  a  yonge  roar- 
 inge  lyon  against  him.  And  the  sprete  of  the 
 LORDE  came  vpon  him,  and  he  rente  him 
 in  peces,  euen  as  a  kydd  is  parted  a  sunder, 
 and  yet  had  he  nothinge  at  all  in  his  hade,  and 
 he  tolde  it  not  vnto  his  father  3  his  mother. 
 
 Now  whan  he  came  downe,  he  spake  with 
 the  woman,  and  she  pleased  Samsons  eyes. 
 And  after  certayne  dayes  he  came  agayne,  to 
 receaue  her,  ij  wente  out  of  f  waye,  that  he 
 mighte  se  y  deed  carcas  of  the  lyon  :  and  be- 
 holde, in  f  lyons  carcas  there  was  a  swarme 
 of  beyes,  and  hony :  and  he  toke  of  it  in  his 
 hande,  and  ate  therof  by  the  waye :  and  wete 
 vnto  his  father  and  to  his  mother,  and  gaue 
 them  to  eate  also.  But  he  tolde  them  not, 
 that  he  had  taken  the  hony  out  of  the  lyons 
 carcas. 
 
 And  whan  his  father  came  downe  to  the 
 woman,  Samson  made  a  feast  there,  as  the 
 yonge  men  vsed  to  do.  And  whan  they  sawe 
 him,  they  gaue  him  thirtie  companyons  to  be 
 with  him.  Samson  sayde  vnto  them :  I  wil 
 expresse  a  darke  sentence  vnto  you,  yf  ye 
 expounde  me  the  same  with  in  these  seuen 
 dayes  of  the  feast,  I  wyll  geue  you  thirtye 
 shertes,  and  thirtie  chaunge  of  raymente. 
 But  yf  ye  can  not  expounde  it,  then  shall  ye 
 geue  me  thirtie  shertes,  5  thirtie  chaunge  of 
 rayment.  And  they  sayde  vnto  him  :  Shewe 
 forth  thy  ryddle,  let  vs  heare  it.  He  sayde 
 vnto  them:  Meate  wente  out  from  the  de- 
 uourer,  and  swetenesse  from  the  mightie. 
 And  in  thre  dayes  they  coulde  not  expounde 
 the  ryddle. 
 
 Vpon  the  seuenth  daye  they  sayde  vnto 
 Samsons  wife :  Persuade  thy  huszbade,  that 
 he  tell  vs  what  the  ryddle  meaneth,  or  els  we 
 shal  burne  the  and  thy  fathers  house  with  fyTe. 
 Haue  ye  called  vs  hither,  to  brynge  vs  to 
 pouerte  ?  Then  wepte  Samsons  wife  before 
 him,  and  sayde:  Thou  art  displeased  at  me, 
 and  louest  me  not :  thou  hast  expressed  a 
 darke  sentence  vnto  the  children  of  my  people, 
 and  hast  not  tolde  it  me. 
 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  her  :  Beholde,  *  I  haue 
 not  tolde  it  vnto  my  father  and  mother,  and 
 shulde  I  tell  it  the  ?  And  she  wepte  before 
 him  those  seuen  dayes,  whyle  they  had  y  feast. 
 But  on  the  seueth  daye  he  tolde  it  her,  for 
 she  was  so  importune  vpon  him.     And  she  ex- 
 
 pounded the  darke  sentence  vnto  the  children 
 of  her  people.  Then  sayde  the  men  of  the 
 cite  vnto  him  vpon  the  seuenth  daye  or  euer 
 the  Sonne  wente  downe:  What  is  sweter  then 
 hony  ?  What  is  stronger  then  the  lyon  ?  But 
 he  sayde  vnto  the:  Yf  ye  had  not  plowed  with 
 my  calfe,  ye  shulde  not  haue  founde  out  my 
 ryddle.  And  the  sprete  of  y  LORDE  came 
 vpon  him,  and  he  wente  downe  vnto  Ascalon, 
 and  slewe  thirtie  men  of  them,  5  toke  their 
 spoyles,  and  gaue  chaunge  of  rayment  vnto 
 the,  y  had  expounded  the  ryddle.  And  he 
 was  wrothfuUy  displeased,  5  wente  vp  vnto  his 
 fathers  house.  As  for  Samsons  wife,  she  was 
 geuen  vnto  one  of  his  companyons,  which 
 belonged  vnto  him. 
 
 Cljt  r6.  Cijapttr. 
 
 IT  fortuned  after  certaine  dales  aboute  the 
 wheate  haruest  tyme,  y  Samson  visited 
 his  wife  with  a  kydd.  And  wha  he  thoughte, 
 I  wyl  go  to  my  wife  in  to  the  chamber,  hir 
 father  wolde  not  let  him  in,  and  sayde :  I 
 thoughte  thou  wast  displeased  at  her,  and  1 
 gaue  her  vnto  thy  frende.  But  she  hath  a 
 yonger  sister  which  is  more  beutyfull  then 
 she,  let  y  same  be  thine  for  her.  The  sayde 
 Samson  vnto  the  :  I  haue  once  gotte  a  righte 
 occasion  agaynst  the  Philistynes,  I  wyl  do  you 
 displeasure. 
 
 And  Samson  wete  and  catched  thre  hun- 
 dreth  foxes,  and  toke  fyre  brandes,  and 
 festened  one  tayle  to  another,  and  put  euer  a 
 fyre  brande  betwene  two  tayles,  and  kynled 
 the  same  with  fyre,  and  let  them  go  amonge 
 the  Philistynes  come,  and  thus  he  brent  f 
 stoukes  and  the  stondinge  come,  and  f  vyn- 
 yardes, and  the  olyue  trees. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  Philistynes :  Who  hath 
 done  this?  And  they  sayde:  Samson  the 
 husbande  of  the  Thimnites  doughter,  because 
 he  toke  awaye  his  wife  from  him,  and  gaue 
 hir  vnto  his  frende.  Then  wente  the  Philis- 
 tynes vp,  and  brent  her  and  hir  father  also 
 with  fyre. 
 
 But  Samson  sayde  vnto  them :  I  can  suffre 
 you  to  do  this,  neuertheles  I  wyl  be  aueged 
 vpon  you  my  selfe,  and  then  wyl  I  leaue  of. 
 And  he  smote  them  sore  both  vpo  the  shulders 
 (J  loynes:  and  wete  downe,  5  dwelt  in  the  stone 
 clyfFe  at  Etam.  Then  wente  the  Phihstynes 
 vp,  and  layed  sege  \Tito  luda,  g  pitched  at 
 Lechi.     But  they  of  luda  sayde :  Wherfore 
 
€im.  Vbi» 
 
 CfK  bokt  of  ti)t  Sutrgrsi* 
 
 So,  rrrlnj. 
 
 are  ye  come  vp  against  vs  ?  They  answered  : 
 we  are  come  vp  to  bynde  Samson,  y  we  maye 
 do  vnto  him,  as  he  hath  done  vnto  vs. 
 
 Then  wete  there  thre  M.  men  of  luda 
 downe  to  the  stone  clyfFe  of  Etam,  (^  sayde 
 vnto  Samson :  Knowest  thou  not  that  the 
 Philistynes  raigne  ouer  vs?  Wherfore  hast 
 thou  done  this  then  vnto  vs  ?  He  sayde  :  As 
 they  dyd  vnto  me,  so  haue  I  done  vnto  the 
 agayne.  They  sayde  vnto  him :  We  are 
 come  downe  to  bynde  the,  (i  to  delyuer  y  in 
 to  the  hade  of  the  Philistynes.  Samson  sayde 
 vnto  the :  Then  sweare  (j  promyse  me,  y  ye 
 w^ll  not  slaye  me.  They  answered  him :  We 
 wyll  not  kyll  the,  we  wil  but  bjTide  the,  5 
 delyuer  the  in  to  their  hande,  5  wyl  not  slaye 
 y.  And  they  bounde  him  with  two  new 
 coardes  j  caried  him  from  the  stone.  And 
 whan  he  came  vnto  Lechi,  the  Philistynes 
 shouted,  and  rane  vnto  him.  But  y  sprete  of 
 y  LORDE  came  vpon  him,  5  the  coardes 
 aboute  his  armes  were  like  thredes  burnt  in 
 the  fyre,  so  y  the  bondes  were  lowsed  from  his 
 hondes. 
 
 And  he  founde  the  cheke  bone  of  a  deed 
 asse  :  then  put  he  forth  his  hande,  and  toke  it, 
 5  slewe  a  thousande  men  therwith:  And  Sam- 
 son sayde  :  With  an  olde  asses  cheke  bone, 
 yee  eue  with  the  cheke  bone  of  an  asse  haue 
 I  slayne  a  thousande  men.  And  whan  he  had 
 sayde  y,  he  cast  y  cheke  bone  out  of  his 
 hande,  a  called  the  place  Ramath  Lechi.  But 
 wha  he  was  sore  a  thyrst,  he  called  vpo  the 
 LORDE,  g  saide :  Soeh  greate  health  hast 
 thou  geue  by  the  hade  of  thy  seruaunt,  but 
 now  must  I  dye  a  thyrst,  (t,  fall  in  to  f  hande 
 of  f  vncircucised.  The  God  opened  a  gome 
 tothe  in  y  chekebone,  so  y  water  wete  out :  5 
 whan  he  dranke,  his  sprete  came  agayne,  5  he 
 was  refreszshed.  Therfore  vnto  this  daye  it  is 
 yet  called  y  well  of  y  cheke  bone  of  him  y 
 made  intercession.  And  he  iudged  Israel  in 
 the  tyme  of  the  Philistynes  twetye  yeare. 
 
 Ci^e  ybi.  CI)apUr. 
 
 SAMSON  wente  vnto  Gasa,  5  there  he 
 sawe  an  harlot,  a  laye  with  her.  The 
 was  it  saide  vnto  the  Gasites :  Samson  is 
 come  hither.  And  they  compased  him  aboute, 
 (t  caused  to  laye  wayte  for  him  preuely,  ct 
 watched  all  the  nighte  in  the  gate  of  f  cite,  a 
 all  that  nighte  they  helde  them  styll,  d  sayde  : 
 Abyde,   tomorow  whan  it  is  lighte,  we  W7II 
 
 slaye  him.  But  Samson  laye  vnto  mydnighte, 
 then  rose  he  at  mydnighte,  5  toke  holde  on 
 both  y  syde  portes  of  y  gate  of  the  cite,  with 
 both  the  postes,  ({  hite  them  out  with  the 
 barres,  i  layed  them  vpon  his  shulders,  5  bare 
 them  vp  to  y  toppe  of  y  mount  ouer  agaynst 
 Hebron. 
 
 After  this  he  fell  in  to  the  loue  of  a  woman 
 by  y  broke  of  Sorek,  whose  name  was  Dalila, 
 vnto  whom  the  prynces  of  the  Philistynes 
 came  vp,  and  sayde  vnto  her :  Persuade  him 
 and  loke  wherin  he  hath  soch  greate  stregth 
 5  how  we  maye  ouercome  him,  y  we  mighte 
 bynde  him  5  subdue  him,  so  wyll  we  geue  the 
 euery  man  a  M.  and  an  C.  syluerlinges.  And 
 Dalila  sayde  vnto  Samson :  I  praye  the  tell 
 me,  wherin  thy  greate  stregth  is,  5  how  thou 
 mightest  be  bounde  to  be  subdued.  Samson 
 sayde  vnto  her :  Yf  I  were  bounde  with  seue 
 roapes  of  fresh  senowes,  which  are  not  yet 
 dryed  vp,  I  shulde  be  weake,  and  as  another 
 man.  The  the  prynces  of  the  Phihstynes 
 broughte  vp  vnto  her  seuen  new  roapes,  which 
 were  not  yet  dryed  vp.  And  she  bounde  him 
 therwith.  ( But  there  was  wayte  layed  for  him 
 besyde  her  in  the  chamber)  and  she  sayde 
 vnto  him :  The  Philistynes  vpon  the  Samson. 
 Neuertheles  he  brake  the  roapes  in  sunder, 
 eue  as  a  twyned  threde  breaketh,  whan  it 
 hath  catched  the  heate  of  the  fyre.  And  it 
 was  not  knowne  wherin  his  strength  was. 
 
 Then  sayde  Dalila  vnto  Samson  :  beholde, 
 thou  hast  begyled  me  ct  dyssembled  with  me : 
 tell  me  yet,  wherwithall  mayest  thou  be 
 bounde?  He  answered  her:  Yf  they  bounde 
 me  with  new  coardes,  wherwith  no  laboure 
 hath  bene  done,  I  shulde  be  feble,  3  as  another 
 man.  Then  toke  Dalila  new  coardes,  5 
 bounde  him  withall,  and  sayde :  The  Philis- 
 tynes vpo  the  Samson  (but  there  was  wayte 
 layed  for  him  in  the  chamber.)  And  he  brake 
 them  from  his  armes,  euen  as  it  had  bene  a 
 threde. 
 
 Dahla  sayde  vnto  him :  Yet  hast  thou  be- 
 gyled me  5  dessembled  with  me :  O  tell  me 
 yet,  wherwithall  mightest  thou  be  bounde  ? 
 He  answered  her :  Yf  thou  playtest  seue 
 hayrie  lockes  of  my  heade  together  in  a  fyllet, 
 and  fastenest  them  in  with  a  nayle  (I  shulde 
 be  weake.)  And  she  saide  vnto  him :  The 
 Philistynes  vpo  the  Samson.  But  he  awaked 
 out  of  his  slepe,  5  drue  out  f  playted  hayrie 
 I  lockes  with  the  nale  and  the  fyUet. 
 
IjTo.  rriiliuj. 
 
 Cfie  bokt  of  tin  Sulrgesi. 
 
 Cftap.  vbij. 
 
 TliC"  sayde  she  vnto  him :  How  cast  thou 
 saye  y  thou  louest  me,  where  as  thine  hert 
 is  not  yet  with  me  ?  Thre  tjiiies  liast  thou 
 disceaued  me,  and  not  tolde  me  wherin  thy 
 greate  strength  is.  So  whan  she  was  euery 
 daye  importune  vpon  him  with  her  wordes,  5 
 wolde  not  let  him  haue  rest,  his  soule  was 
 faynte  euen  vnto  the  death,  j  he  shewed  her 
 his  whole  hert,  (i  sayde  vnto  her :  *  There 
 came  neuer  rasoure  vpon  my  heade,  for  I  am 
 a  Nazaree  of  God  fro  my  mothers  worabe. 
 Yf  I  were  shauen,  my  strength  shulde  departe 
 fro  me,  so  that  I  shulde  be  weake,  and  as  all 
 other  men.  Now  whan  Dalila  sawe  that  he 
 had  opened  all  his  hert  vnto  her,  she  sent  5 
 called  for  the  prynces  of  the  Philistynes,  5 
 sayde :  Come  yet  once  vp,  for  he  hath  opened 
 his  whole  hert  vnto  me. 
 
 The  came  the  prynces  of  the  Philistjmes 
 vp  vnto  her,  5  broughte  the  money  with  them 
 in  their  handes.  And  she  made  him  to  slepe 
 vpon  hir  lappe,  5  called  one  which  shoue  of 
 the  seue  hayrie  lockes  of  his  heade.  And  she 
 beganne  to  vexe  him.  The  was  his  strength 
 departed  fro  him.  And  she  sayde  vnto  him: 
 The  Philistynes  vpon  the  Samson.  Now  wha 
 he  awoke  out  of  his  slepe,  he  thoughte :  I  wil 
 go  forth  as  I  haue  done  afore  tyrae,  5  ease  my 
 selfe,  5  knewe  not  y  the  LORDE  was  de- 
 parted from  him.  But  the  PhiUstynes  toke 
 him,  5  put  out  his  eyes,  and  broughte  him 
 downe  to  Gasa,  5  bounde  him  with  fetters,  and 
 made  him  to  grynde  in  the  preson.  But  the 
 heer  of  his  heade  beganne  to  growe  agayne, 
 where  it  was  shauen  of. 
 
 Whan  y  prynces  of  the  Philistynes  were 
 gathered  together,  to  make  a  greate  sacrifice 
 vnto  Dagon  their  god,  and  to  be  ioyfull,  they 
 sayde  :  Oure  god  hath  delyuered  Samson  oure 
 enemye  in  to  oure  hande.  Like  wyse  whan  f 
 people  sawe  him,  they  praysed  their  god,  5 
 sayde :  Oure  god  hath  delyuered  in  to  oure 
 handes  oure  enemye,  y  destroyed  oure  londe, 
 (J  slewe  many  of  vs.  Now  whan  their  hert 
 was  ioyfull,  they  sayde :  Let  vs  fetch  Samson, 
 that  he  maye  make  some  pastyme  before  vs. 
 Then  fetched  they  Samson  out  of  the  preson, 
 (J  he  made  pastyme  before  them.  And  they 
 set  him  betwene  two  pilers.  But  Samson 
 sayde  vnto  the  lad  f  led  him  by  the  hande : 
 Let  me  touche  the  pilers  wher  vpon  the  house 
 stondeth,  y  I  maye  leane  ther  vnto.     As  for 
 
 •  Num.  6.  a.     lud.  13.  a. 
 
 y  house,  it  was  full  of  men  5  wemen.  All  the 
 prynces  of  the  Philistynes  were  there  also,  and 
 vpon  the  rofe  were  aboute  a  thre  thousande 
 men  and  wemen,  which  behelde  what  pas- 
 tyme Samson  made. 
 
 But  Samson  called  vpon  the  LORDE,  5 
 sayde:  0  LORDE  LORDE,  thynke  vpon 
 me,  (t  strength  me  but  this  once  O  God  I 
 beseke  the,  y  for  both  myne  eyes  I  maye 
 auege  me  on  the  Philistynes.  And  he  toke 
 holde  of  f  two  mydpilers,  that  the  house  stode 
 vpon  u  was  holden  by,  the  one  in  his  righte 
 hade,  s  y  other  in  his  lefte,  (j  saide  :  My 
 soule  dye  with  the  Philistynes,  5  he  bowed  him 
 selfe  mightely.  Then  fell  the  house  vpon  the 
 prynces  3  vpon  all  the  people  that  were  therin, 
 so  that  there  were  mo  of  y  slayne  which  dyed 
 in  his  death,  the  he  slewe  whyle  he  lyued. 
 Then  came  his  brethren  downe  and  all  his 
 fathers  house,  and  toke  him,  and  caried  him 
 vp,  and  buried  him  in  the  graue  of  his  father 
 Manoah  betwene  Zarga  and  Esthaol.  He 
 iudged  Israel  twentye  yeare. 
 
 W^t  }:bi).  CI)apttr. 
 
 THERE  was  a  man  vpo  mount  Ephraim, 
 named  Micha,  which  sayde  vnto  his 
 mother :  The  thousande  and  hundreth  syluer- 
 linges  which  thou  hast  taken  vnto  the,  5  sworne, 
 and  spoken  of  before  myne  eares  :  beholde,  y 
 same  money  is  by  me,  I  haue  taken  it  vnto 
 me.  Then  sayde  his  mother  :  The  blessinge 
 of  the  LORDE  haue  thou  my  sonne.  So  he 
 gaue  his  mother  the  thousande  5  hundreth 
 syluerlinges  agayne.  And  his  mother  saide : 
 That  money  haue  I  sanctified  vnto  the 
 LORDE  with  my  hande  for  my  sonne,  to 
 make  a  molten  ymage :  therfore  I  geue  it  the 
 agayne.  Neuertheles  he  delyuered  y-  money 
 agayne  vnto  his  mother. 
 
 Then  toke  his  mother  two  hundreth  syluer- 
 linges, (s  put  them  forth  to  y  goldsmyth, 
 which  made  a  molten  ymage,  y  was  after- 
 warde  in  Michas  house.  And  thus  the  man 
 Micha  had  a  gods  house,  5  made  an  ouerbody 
 cote,  d  Idols,  and  fylled  y  handes  of  one  of 
 his  sonnes,  y  he  mighte  be  his  prest.  t  At  y 
 tyme  was  there  no  kynge  in  Israel,  5  euery 
 man  dyd  the  thinge  y  was  righte  in  his  awne 
 eyes.  There  was  a  yoge  man  of  Bethleem 
 luda,  amoge  the  kynreds  of  luda,  and  he  was 
 a  Leuite,  and  was  a  straunger  there.     The 
 
 t  lud.  18.  a.  and  21.  d. 
 
Cbap.  jrbiij. 
 
 Ci)e  ftofee  of  tf)f  SluirgeiS* 
 
 jTo.  crrlb. 
 
 same  wente  out  of  the  cite  of  Bethleem  luda, 
 to  walke  whither  he  coulde. 
 
 And  wha  he  came  vp  to  mount  Ephraim 
 vnto  the  house  of  Micha,  to  go  on  his  iourney, 
 Micha  axed  him  :  Whence  comest  thou  ?  He 
 answered  him :  I  am  a  Leuite  of  Bethleem 
 luda,  and  am  walkynge  where  I  can.  Micha 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Tary  with  me,  thou  shalt  be 
 my  father  and  my  prest,  I  will  geue  the  euery 
 yeare  ten  syluerlinges  and  thy  appoynted 
 raymet,  and  meate  and  drynke :  and  the 
 Leuite  wete  on.  And  the  Leuite  agreed  to 
 abyde  with  the  man :  and  he  helde  the  yonge 
 ma,  as  one  of  his  owne  sonnes.  And  Micha 
 fylled  the  Leuites  hande,  that  he  mighte  be 
 his  prest,  and  so  he  was  in  Michas  house. 
 And  Micha  sayde :  I  am  sure  the  LORDE 
 wyll  do  me  good  now,  that  I  haue  a  Leuite  to 
 my  prest. 
 
 Ki)t  ybiij.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 AT  that  tyme  was  there  no  kynge  in  Israel. 
 And  y  trybe  of  y  Danites  soughte 
 them  an  enheritaunce  to  dwell  in,  *  for  vnto 
 that  daie  there  was  no  enheritaunce  fallen 
 vnto  them  amonge  the  trybes  of  Israel.  And 
 the  childre  of  Dan  sent  out  of  their  kynreds 
 fyue  captaynes  (which  were  men  of  armes) 
 from  Zarga  and  Esthaol,  to  spye  and  search 
 out  the  londe.  And  they  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Go  youre  waie,  and  search  out  the  londe. 
 And  they  came  vp  to  mount  Ephraim  in  to 
 y  house  of  Micha,  and  taried  there  all  nighte. 
 And  whyle  they  were  there  with  Michas 
 huszsholde,  they  knewe  y-  voyce  of  the  yonge 
 man  the  Leuite,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Who 
 broughte  y  hither?  What  makest  thou  here? 
 and  why  woldest  thou  come  hither? 
 
 He  answered  the :  Thus  5  thus  hath  Micha 
 done  vnto  me,  %  hath  hyred  me  to  be  his 
 prest.  They  sayde  vnto  him :  O  axe  at  God, 
 y  we  maye  perceaue,  whether  oure  iourney 
 which  we  go,  shal  prospere  well  or  not.  The 
 prest  answered  them :  Go  youre  waye  in  peace, 
 youre  iourney  y  ye  go,  is  before  the  LOKDE, 
 Then  the  fyue  men  wente  their  waye,  5  came 
 vnto  Lais,  and  sawe  that  the  people  which  was 
 therin,  dwelt  sure,  euen  as  f  Sidonians,  at 
 rest,  and  carelesse,  and  that  there  was  no  lorde 
 in  the  londe  to  vexe  them,  and  were  farre  from 
 the  Sidonias,  and  had  nothinge  to  do  with 
 eny  man. 
 
 And  they  came  to  their  brethre  to  Zarga 
 and  Esthaol.  And  their  brethren  saide  vnto 
 them :  How  is  it  with  you  ?  They  sayde : 
 Arise,  let  vs  go  vp  vnto  them,  for  we  haue  sene 
 the  londe,  y  it  is  a  very  good  londe  :  make 
 haist  therfore,  5  be  not  slacke  to  go,  that  ye 
 maye  come  to  take  possession  of  the  londe. 
 Whan  ye  come,  ye  shall  come  to  a  carelesse 
 people,  and  the  londe  is  wyde  :  for  God  hath 
 delyuered  this  place  in  to  youre  hande,  where 
 nothinge  wanteth  of  all  y  is  vpon  earth. 
 
 Then  wente  there  thence  out  of  the  kynreds 
 of  Dan  from  Zarga  and  Esthaol,  sixe  hundreth 
 men  ready  wapened  to  y  battayll,  and  wente 
 vp,  and  pitched  at  Kiriath  learim  in  luda : 
 therfore  called  they  the  same  place,  y  boost 
 of  Dan,  vnto  this  daye,  which  is  behinde 
 Kiriath  learim. 
 
 And  fro  thence  they  wete  vp  vnto  mout 
 Ephraim,  and  came  to  the  house  of  Micha. 
 Then  answered  the  fyue  men  that  wete  out 
 to  spye  the  londe  of  Lais,  5  sayde  vnto  their 
 brethren  :  Knowe  ye  not  that  in  these  houses 
 there  is  an  ouerbody  cote.  Idols,  5  molten 
 ymages  ?  Now  maye  ye  loke  what  ye  haue  to 
 do.  They  departed  thence,  and  came  to  the 
 house  of  the  yonge  man  the  Leuite  in  Michas 
 house,  and  saluted  him  fredly.  But  the  sixe 
 hundreth  men,  which  were  of  y  children  of 
 Dan,  stode  ready  harnessed  before  y'  gate 
 And  the  fyue  men  that  were  gone  out  to  spye 
 y  londe,  wete  vp,  and  came  thither,  and  toke 
 the  ymage,  the  ouerbody  cote,  5  the  molten 
 Idols.  In  the  meane  whyle  stode  y  prest 
 at  the  gate,  with  the  sixe  hundreth  readye 
 harnessed. 
 
 Now  wha  these  were  come  in  to  Michas 
 house,  and  toke  the  ymage,  the  ouerbody  cote, 
 and  the  molten  Idols,  the  prest  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  What  do  ye  ?  They  answered  him  : 
 Holde  thy  peace,  and  laye  thine  hande  vpon 
 thy  mouth,  and  go  with  vs,  y  thou  mayest  be 
 oure  father  5  prest.  Is  it  better  for  the  to  be 
 prest  in  one  mans  house,  then  amonge  a  whole 
 trybe  a  kynred  in  Israel  ?  This  pleased  the 
 prest  well,  j  he  toke  both  the  ouerbody  cote, 
 and  the  Idols,  and  the  ymage,  and  came  in 
 amonge  the  people.  And  whan  they  turned 
 them  and  wente  thence,  they  sent  their  chil- 
 dren, and  catell,  and  soch  precious  thynges  as 
 they  had,  before  them. 
 
 Whan  they  were  come  farre  now  from  the 
 house  of  Micha,  the  men  y  were  in  Michas 
 
jTo.  mM. 
 
 Ci)C  bofee  of  tt)f  Siulisfs!. 
 
 CJ)ap,  ]ii)f. 
 
 houses  gathered  the  together  by  Michas  house, 
 5  folovved  f  childre  of  Dan,  and  cried  vpon 
 the  childre  of  Dan.  They  turned  their  faces 
 aboute,  and  sayde  vnto  Micha :  What  ayleth 
 the,  y  thou  niakest  soch  a  crienge  ?  He 
 answered  :  Ye  haue  taken  awaye  my  goddes, 
 and  the  prest,  (t  are  goinge  youre  waie,  and 
 what  haue  I  behynde  ?  What  is  here  ?  And 
 yet  ye  saye  vnto  me  :  What  ayleth  the  ?  But 
 the  childre  of  Dan  saide  vnto  him  :  Let  not 
 thy  vovce  be  herde  amoge  vs,  that  some  wroth- 
 full  me  thrust  not  at  the,  and  so  thy  soule 
 and  the  soule  of  thy  house  be  destroyed.  So 
 the  childre  of  Dan  wete  on  their  waye.  And 
 Micha,  whan  he  sawe  y  they  were  to  stronge 
 for  him,  turned  backe,  and  came  agayne  to 
 his  house. 
 
 But  they  toke  that  Micha  had  made,  5  the 
 prest  whom  he  had,  5  came  vnto  Lais,  to  a 
 quyete  carelesse  people,  and  slewe  them  with 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde,  and  burnt  the  cite 
 with  fyre,  and  there  was  no  man  to  delyuer 
 them  :  for  they  laye  farre  fro  Sidon,  and  had 
 to  do  with  no  man.  And  they  laye  in  the 
 valley,  which  is  besyde  Beth  Rehob.  Then 
 buylded  they  the  cite,  (t  dwelt  therin,  *5  called 
 it  Dan,  after  the  name  of  their  father  Dan, 
 whom  Israel  begat.  And  y  cite  was  called 
 Lais  afore  tyme. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Dan  set  vp  the  ymage 
 for  them,  and  Jonathan  y  sonne  of  Gerson 
 the  Sonne  of  Manasse,  tt  his  sonnes  were  prestes 
 amoge  the  trybe  of  y  Danites,  tynto  the  tyme 
 y  they  were  led  awaye  captyue  out  of  the 
 londe.  And  thus  they  set  amonge  the  the 
 ymage  of  Micha,  which  he  had  made,  as  loge 
 as  y  house  of  God  was  at  Silo. 
 
 €i)t  w.  Cfjaptcv. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  was  there  no  kynge  in 
 Israel,  and  there  was  a  man  of  Leui, 
 which  was  a  straijger  besyde  moiit  Ephraim, 
 and  had  taken  him  a  cocubine  of  Bethleem 
 luda  to  wife.  And  wha  she  had  played  the 
 harlot  besyde  him,  she  ranne  fro  him  to  hir 
 fathers  house  vnto  Bethleem  luda,  (j  was 
 there  foure  monethes  longe.  And  hir  husz- 
 bade  gat  him  vp,  g  wente  after  her,  to  speake 
 fredly  with  her,  5  to  fetch  her  againe,  (j  had  a 
 seruaunt  ft  a  couple  of  asses  with  him.  And 
 she  led  him  in  to  hir  fathers  house.  But 
 whan   the  damsels  father  sawe  him,   he  was 
 
 •  losu.  19.  d.  +4  He.  17.  a. 
 
 glad,  (t  receaued  him  :  ft  his  father  in  lawe,  f 
 damsels  father  kepte  him,  so  y  he  taried  thre 
 dayes  with  him :  thus  they  ate  and  droke,  and 
 remayned  there  all  nighte. 
 
 But  on  y  fourth  daye  he  gat  him  vp  early, 
 (J  wolde  go  his  waye.  Then  sayde  y  damsels 
 father  vnto  his  sonne  in  lawe  :  t  Refresh  thine 
 hert  first  \vith  a  morsell  of  bred,  and  then 
 shal  ye  go.  And  they  sat  them  downe,  5  ate 
 and  dronke  both  together:  Then  sayde  the 
 damsels  father  vnto  the  man :  Oh  tarye  all 
 nighte,  y  we  male  refresh  thine  hert.  But  y 
 ma  arose,  i  wolde  nedes  go.  And  his  father 
 in  lawe  constrayned  him  to  tarye  all  nighte. 
 On  the  fifth  daye  in  the  mornynge  he  gat  him 
 vp,  and  wolde  be  gone.  Then  sayde  the 
 damsels  father :  I  praye  the  comforte  thine 
 hert,  (J  let  vs  tary  tyll  y  daye  be  farther  past, 
 and  so  they  ate  both  together. 
 
 And  the  man  gat  him  vp,  and  wolde  go 
 with  his  concubyne  and  with  his  seruaunt. 
 But  his  father  in  lawe  the  damsels  father, 
 saide  vnto  him  agayne :  Lo,  the  daye  is  spente, 
 (J  it  begynneth  to  be  euen,  tary  all  night : 
 beholde,  here  is  lodginge  yet  this  daye,  abyde 
 here  this  night,  it  shal  refresh  thine  hert :  to- 
 morow  by  times  get  you  vp,  and  go  youre 
 waye  vnto  thy  tent.  Neuertheles  the  man 
 wolde  not  tary,  but  gat  him  -^-p,  5  wete  his 
 I  waye,  and  came  ouer  agaynst  lebus  (that  is 
 ilerusalem)  and  his  couple  of  asses  lade,  and 
 I  his  concubyne  with  him. 
 
 Now  whan  they  were  come  nye  vnto  lebus, 
 the  daye  fell  fast  awaye.  And  f  seruaiit 
 saide  vnto  his  master :  I  praie  you  go  on,  and 
 let  vs  turne  in  to  this  cite  of  the  lebusites, 
 and  tarye  therin  allnight.  Notwithstondinge 
 his  master  sayde  vnto  him :  I  wil  not  turne  in 
 to  y  cite  of  the  aleauntes,  that  are  not  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  but  I  wyl  go  ouer  vnto 
 Gibea.  And  he  sayde  vnto  his  seruaut:  Go 
 thou  before,  that  we  maye  come  to  some  place, 
 and  tarye  at  Gibea  or  at  Ramah  allnight. 
 And  they  wente  on  and  walked,  and  the 
 Sonne  wente  downe  vpon  the  harde  by  Gibea, 
 which  lyeth  in  the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin:  and 
 they  turned  in  there,  y  they  mighte  come  in, 
 and  tarye  at  Gibea  all  nighte.  But  whan  he 
 came  in,  he  sat  him  downe  in  y  strete  of  the 
 cite  :  for  there  was  noman  that  wolde  lodge 
 them  in  his  house  that  night. 
 
 And  beholde,  then  came  there  an  olde  ma 
 
 t  Gen.  18.  a.     Psal.  105.  b. 
 
 IE 
 
Cfeap.  vv. 
 
 Cftr  bokt  of  ti)t  Suligcs. 
 
 jTo.  crrlbij. 
 
 dT 
 
 from  his  worke  out  of  the  felde  in  the  euen- 
 inge :  and  he  was  also  of  mount  Ephraini,  and 
 a  straiiger  at  Gibea :  but  y  me  of  that  place 
 were  y  childre  of  leraini.  And  whan  he  lifte 
 vp  his  eies,  (j  sawe  the  straunger  in  the  strete 
 he  sayde  vnto  him  :  Whither  wilt  thou  go  ?  5 
 whence  comest  thou?  He  answered  him  : 
 We  are  goinge  on  oure  iourney  from  Bethlee 
 luda,  vntyll  we  come  besyde  mount  Ephraim, 
 whece  I  am,  and  wente  vnto  Bethleem  luda, 
 and  now  I  go  vnto  y  house  of  y  LOllDE  5 
 no  nifi  wil  harbarow  me.  We  haue  strawe 
 and  proueder  for  oure  asses,  and  bred  and 
 wyne  for  me  and  thy  handmayden,  and  for  the 
 yonge  man  which  is  with  thy  seruaunt,  so  y 
 we  wante  nothinge. 
 
 The  olde  man  sayde :  Peace  be  with  the 
 what  soeuer  thou  wantest,  thou  findest  it  with 
 me,  onely  tarye  not  in  the  strete  all  nighte, 
 And  he  broughte  him  in  to  his  house,  and 
 gaue  the  asses  prouender :  and  they  washed 
 their  fete,  and  ate  5  dronke.  And  wha  their 
 hert  was  now  ioyfull,  the  men  of  the  cyte,  the 
 children  of  Belial,  came,  and  compased  the 
 house  rounde  aboute,  and  ruszshed  at  y  dore, 
 
 d  sayde  vnto  y  olde  man,  which  was  the 
 good  man  of  f  house  :  Bringe  out  the  mii 
 which  is  come  in  to  thy  house,  that  we  maye 
 knowe  him. 
 
 *But  the  good  man  of  the  house  wente 
 forth  to  them,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Oh  no 
 my  brethren,  do  not  so  wickedly,  consideringe 
 this  man  is  come  in  to  my  house :  Oh  do  not 
 soch  folye.  Beholde,  I  haue  a  doughter  yet  a 
 virgin,  and  this  man  hath  a  cocubine,  those 
 wil  I  brynge  forth  vnto  you,  that  ye  maye 
 humble  them,  and  do  with  them  as  ye  lyke : 
 but  do  not  soch  foly  vnto  this  man.  Neuer- 
 theles  the  men  wolde  not  herken  vnto  him. 
 Then  toke  y  man  his  concubine  and  broughte 
 her  forth  vnto  them :  and  they  knewe  her,  and 
 dealte  shamefully  with  her  all  y  night  vntill 
 the  mornynge.  And  whan  the  mornynge 
 brake  on,  they  let  her  go. 
 
 Then  came  the  woman  early  in  the  morn- 
 ynge, and  fell  downe  at  the  dore  of  the  miis 
 house  that  her  lorde  was  in,  and  laye  there 
 tyll  it  was  light.  Now  whan  hir  lorde  rose 
 vp  in  the  mornynge,  and  opened  the  dore  of 
 the  house,  and  wente  forth  to  go  on  his  iour- 
 ney, beholde,  his  concubyne  laye  at  the  dore 
 of  the  house,  and  hir  handes  vpon  the  thres- 
 
 holde.  He  saide  vnto  her :  stonde  vp,  let  vs 
 go.  Neuertheles  she  gaue  him  no  answere. 
 The  toke  he  her  vp  vpon  his  asse,  gat  him  vp, 
 and  wente  vnto  his  place. 
 
 Now  whan  he  came  home,  he  toke  a  swerde, 
 and  helde  his  concubyne,  and  cut  her  with 
 the  bones  and  all  in  to  twolue  peces,  and  sent 
 them  in  to  all  the  coastes  of  Israel.  Who  so 
 euer  sawe  it,  sayde  :  Soch  a  thinge  hath  not 
 bene  done  ner  sene,  sence  the  tyme  that  y 
 children  of  Israel  departed  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte,  vnto  this  daye.  Now  as  concern- 
 ynge  this,  take  youre  advysement,  and  geue 
 youre  councell,  and  shew  it  forth. 
 
 CI)t  n-  Cljapttr. 
 
 THEN  wente  the  children  of  Israel  out 
 and  gathered  a  congregacion  together 
 as  one  man,  fro  Dan  vntill  Bersaba,  and  from 
 the  londe  of  Gilead  vnto  the  LORDE  to 
 Mispa :  and  there  came  together  of  all  the 
 quarters  of  the  people,  and  of  all  the  trybes 
 of  Israel  in  to  the  congregacion  of  the  people 
 of  God,  foure  hundreth  thousande  fote  men 
 that  drue  out  y  swerde.  But  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  herde,  how  that  y  children  of 
 Israel  were  gone  vp  vnto  Mispa.  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  sayde  :  Tell  vs,  how  hap- 
 pened this  euell  ? 
 
 Then  answered  the  Leuite  the  huszbande 
 of  the  woman  that  was  slayne,  and  sayde  :  I 
 came  to  Gibea  in  Ben  lamin  with  my  concu-| 
 byne,  to  tary  there  allnight,  then  the  cytesins 
 of  Gibea  gat  them  vp  agajmst  me,  and  com- 
 pased me  aboute  in  the  house  by  night,  and 
 thoughte  to  slaye  me,  and  defyled  my  cocu- 
 byne,  so  that  she  dyed :  then  toke  I  my  cocu- 
 byne,  and  cut  her  in  peces,  and  sent  the  peces 
 in  to  euery  countre  of  the  inheritaunce  of 
 Israel:  for  they  haue  done  an  abhominacion 
 and  folye  in  Israel.  Beholde,  here  are  ye 
 children  of  Israel :  aduyse  you  well,  and  take 
 this  matter  in  hande. 
 
 So  all  the  people  gat  them  vp  as  one  ma, 
 and  sayde  :  Noma  shal  go  in  to  his  tente,  ner 
 departe  to  his  house,  but  this  wil  we  do  now 
 agaynst  Gibea :  Let  vs  cast  lot,  and  take  ten 
 men  of  an  hundreth,  and  an  hundreth  of  a 
 thousande,  and  a  thousande  of  ten  thousande, 
 out  of  all  y  trybes  of  Israel,  y  they  maie  take 
 fode  for  f  people,  to  come  i  do  with  Gibea 
 Ben  lamin,  acordynge  to  their  folye  which 
 they  haue  done  in  Israel.     Thus  all  the  men 
 
jTo.  fcvlbiij. 
 
 Cljf  Ijofef  of  t\)t  SuUgrs* 
 
 CJ)ajp. ):):, 
 
 of  Israel  beynge  confederate,  gathered  them 
 selues  together  as  one  man  vnto  the  cite:  and 
 the  trybes  of  Israel  sent  men  vnto  all  the  kin- 
 reds  of  Ben  lamin,  and  caused  to  saye  vnto 
 them:  What  manor  of  wickydnes  is  this,  that 
 is  done  amonge  you?  Delyuer  here  therfore 
 the  men  the  children  of  Belial  at  Gibca,  that 
 we  maye  put  them  to  death,  and  do  awaye  the 
 euell  out  of  Israel.  Neuertheles  the  children 
 of  Ben  lamin  wolde  not  folowe  the  voyce  of 
 their  brethren  the  children  of  Israel,  but 
 gathered  them  selues  out  of  y^  cities  vnto 
 Gibea,  to  go  forth  in  battayll  agaynst  the 
 children  of  Israel. 
 
 And  the  same  daye  were  there  nombred  of 
 the  children  of  Ben  lamin  out  of  the  cities, 
 sixe  and  twentye  thousande  men,  that  drue 
 the  swerde,  beside  the  citesyns  of  Gibea  of 
 whom  there  were  tolde  seue  hundreth  chosen 
 
 n.  And  amoge  all  this  people  there  were 
 chosen  out  seuen  hundreth  men,  which  vsed 
 not  the  right  hande  but  the  lefte,  and  yet  with 
 the  slynge  coulde  they  touch  an  heer,  and  not 
 
 ysse.  But  the  men  of  Israel,  beside  them 
 of  Be  lamin,  were  nobred  foure  hudreth  thou- 
 sande, which  drue  the  swerde,  5  were  all  men 
 of  armes.  And  the  children  of  Israel  arose, 
 and  wente  vp  to  the  house  of  God  (in  Silo) 
 and  axed  at  God,  and  sayde  :  Who  shall  go  vp 
 for  vs  to  beginne  the  battayll  with  y  children 
 of  Ben  lamin  ?  The  LORDE  saide :  luda 
 shall  begynne. 
 
 So  the  children  of  Israel  gat  the  vp  in  y 
 mornlge,  5  pitched  ouer  agaist  Gibea,  5  euery 
 man  of  Israel  wete  out  to  fighte  with  Ben 
 lamin,  and  set  them  selues  in  araye  to  fighte 
 agaynst  Gibea.  Then  fell  the  children  of  Ben 
 lamin  out  of  Gibea,  and  slewe  the  same  daye 
 amonge  Israel  two  i  twentye  thousande  to  the 
 grounde. 
 
 But  the  people  of  the  men  of  Israel  com- 
 forted them  selues,  and  made  them  ready  to 
 fighte  yet  more  in  the  same  place,  after  they 
 had  prepared  them  selues  the  daye  afore. 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  wente  vp,  and 
 wepte  before  the  LORDE  vnty  11  the  eiienynge, 
 and  axed  at  the  LORDE,  g  sayde:  Shall  we 
 go  eny  more  to  fighte  with  oure  brethren  the 
 children  of  Ben  lamin  ?  The  LORDE  sayde : 
 Go  vp  vnto  them.  And  whan  the  children 
 of  Israel  gat  them  vp  to  the  childre  of  Ben 
 lamin  on  y  next  daye,  the  Ben  lamites  fell 
 out  of  Gibea  agaynst  them  the  same  daye,  and 
 
 slewe  yet  eightene  thousande  of  y  children 
 of  Israel  to  the  grounde,  which  all  drue  the 
 swerde. 
 
 Then  wente  all  the  children  of  Israel  vp, 
 and  all  the  people,  and  came  to  the  house  of 
 God,  and  wepte,  and  taried  there  before  the 
 LORDE,  (J  fasted  that  daye  vnty  11  the  euen, 
 and  offi'ed  bumtofFerynges  and  deedofferinges 
 before  the  LORDE.  And  the  children  of 
 Israel  axed  at  the  LORDE  (the  Arke  of  the 
 couenaunt  of  God  was  there  at  that  tyme,  and 
 Phineas  the  sonne  of  Eleasar  the  sonne  of 
 Aaron  stode  before  him  at  the  same  tyme)  5 
 they  sayde :  Shal  we  go  forth  eny  more  to 
 fighte  with  oure  brethren  the  childre  of  Ben 
 lamin,  or  shal  we  leaue  of?  The  LORDE 
 sayde :  Go  vp,  tomorow  wyll  I  delyuer  them 
 in  to  youre  handes. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  set  a  preuy  watch 
 agaynst  Gibea  rounde  aboute,  and  so  the 
 children  of  Israel  wente  vp  to  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  on  the  thirde  daye,  and  set  them 
 selues  in  araye  agaynst  Gibea  like  as  the  other 
 two  tymes  afore.  The  came  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  out  agaynst  the  people,  rg  brake 
 out  of  the  cite,  5  beganne  to  slaye  certayne 
 wounded  of  the  people  (like  as  the  other  two 
 times  afore)  in  the  felde  vpon  two  stretes : 
 wherof  one  goeth  towarde  Bethel,  the  other 
 vnto  Gilead  vpon  a  thirtye  men  in  Israel. 
 Then  thought  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin : 
 They  are  smytten  before  vs  like  as  afore.  But 
 the  childre  of  Israel  sayde  :  Let  vs  flye,  that 
 we  maie  prouoke  them  out  of  the  cite  in  to 
 the  hye  stretes. 
 
 Then  all  the  men  of  Israel  gat  them  vp 
 from  their  place,  and  prepared  them  selues 
 vnto  Baal  Thamar.  And  the  hinder  watch 
 of  Israel  brake  out  of  their  place,  from  y  caue 
 of  Gaba,  and  came  vnto  Gibea,  twentye 
 thousande  chosen  men  out  of  all  Israel,  so 
 that  it  was  a  sore  battayll :  but  they  knewe 
 not  that  the  euell  shulde  happen  vnto  them 
 Thus  the  LORDE  smote  Ben  lamin  before 
 the  children  of  Israel,  so  that  the  satne  daye 
 the  children  of  Israel  destroyed  fyue  j  twentye 
 thousande  and  an  hundreth  men  in  Ben  lamin, 
 which  all  drue  the  swerde. 
 
 For  whan  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin  sawe 
 that  they  were  smitten,  the  men  of  Israel  gaue 
 them  rowme  (to  flye).  For  they  trusted  to 
 the  watch,  which  they  had  sett  by  Gibea. 
 And  the  watch  made  haist  also,  (j  brake  forth 
 
 dF 
 
C&ap,  vn* 
 
 Cfte  boht  of  tfie  3«tJ5fs(. 
 
 #0.  tCjrfl^ 
 
 vnto  Gibea,  and  wente  vpon  it,  and  smote  all 
 the  cite  with  the  edge  of  f  swerde.  They 
 were  appoynted  betwene  them  selues  the  men 
 of  Israel  and  the  hynder  watch,  to  fall  vpon 
 them  with  the  swerde,  whan  the  smoke  of  the 
 cite  arose.  Now  whan  the  men  of  Israel 
 turned  them  in  the  battayll,  and  Ben  lamin 
 beganne  to  smyte  the  wounded  in  Israel  vpon 
 a  thirtie  men,  and  thoughte,  they  are  smytten 
 before  vs,  like  as  in  the  battayll  afore,  then 
 beganne  there  a  piler  of  smoke  to  arise  vp 
 from  the  cite.  And  Ben  lamin  loked  behinde 
 them:  and  beholde,  the  flamme  of  f  cite 
 wente  vp  vnto  heauen.  And  the  men  of  Israel 
 turned  them,  and  were  fearce  vpon  ;y^  men  of 
 Ben  lamin :  for  they  sawe  that  the  euell  wolde 
 happen  vnto  them. 
 
 And  they  turned  them  before  the  men  of 
 Israel  in  the  waye  to  the  wyldemesse,  but  the 
 battayll  folowed  vpon  them.  And  them  of 
 the  cite  destroyed  they  amoge  them.  And 
 they  compased  Ben  lamin  rounde  aboute,  and 
 folowed  vpon  them  vnto  Menuah,  and  trode 
 them  downe  tyll  afore  Gibea  eastwarde.  And 
 there  fell  of  Ben  lamin  eightene  thousande 
 men,  which  were  all  men  of  armes. 
 
 Whan  the  remnaunt  of  Ben  lamin  sawe 
 that,  they  turned  them  and  fied  towarde  the 
 wildernesse  vnto  the  stonye  rocke  of  Rimon. 
 But  in  the  same  strete  they  slewe  fyue  thou- 
 sande men,  and  folowed  vpon  them  vnto 
 Gideom,  and  slewe  two  thousande  of  the :  and 
 so  there  fell  the  same  daye  of  Ben  lamin  fyue 
 and  twenty  thousande  men  which  drue  y 
 swerde,  and  were  all  me  of  armes.  Onely 
 sixe  hundreth  men  turned  backe,  and  fled 
 towarde  the  wyldemesse  vnto  the  stonye  rocke 
 of  Rimon,  and  abode  in  the  rocke  of  Rimon 
 foure  monethes.  And  the  men  of  Israel  came 
 agayne  to  the  children  of  Ben  lamin,  and 
 smote  them  that  were  in  the  cite  with  y  edge 
 of  the  swerde,  both  me  and  catell  and  all  that 
 was  founde :  and  what  soeuer  was  foude  in  the 
 cite,  they  cast  it  in  to  the  fyre. 
 
 tE^e  ni  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THE  men  of  Israel  had  swore  at  Mispa,  and 
 sayde :  Neman  shal  geue  his  doughter 
 to  the  Ben  lamites  to  wife.  And  the  people 
 came  to  the  house  of  God  (in  Silo)  5  abode 
 there  before  God  vntill  the  euenynge,  and 
 lifte  vp  their  voyce,  and  wepte  sore,  and  sayde: 
 
 O  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  wherfore  is  this 
 come  to  passe  in  Israel  this  daye  ?  But  on 
 the  morow  the  people  gat  the  vp  early,  and 
 builded  there  an  altare,  and  ofiFred  burnt- 
 offeringes  and  deedofferynges. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  sayde :  Where  is 
 there  eny  ma  of  the  trybes  of  Israel,  that  is 
 not  come  vp  with  the  congregacion  vnto  the 
 LORDE  ?  For  there  was  a  greate  00th  made, 
 that  who  so  came  not  vp  to  Mispa  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  shulde  dye  the  deeth.  And  the 
 children  of  Israel  were  sory  for  Ben  lamin 
 their  brother,  and  sayde :  This  daye  is  there 
 one  trybe  lesse  in  Israel.  How  wyll  we  do 
 that  the  remnaunt  maye  haue  wyues?  For 
 we  haue  sworne  by  the  LORDE,  that  we  ^vyl  JS 
 not  geue  the  wyues  of  oure  doughters.  And 
 they  saide :  Where  is  there  eny  ma  of  the 
 trybes  of  Israel,  that  is  not  come  vp  to  the 
 LORDE  vnto  Mispa?  And  beholde,  there 
 was  not  one  man  of  the  citesyns  of  labes  in 
 Gilead. 
 
 Then  sent  the  congregacion  twolue  thou- 
 sande men  of  armes  thither,  and  commaunded 
 them,  and  sayde :  Go  youre  waye,  and  smite 
 the  citesyns  of  labes  in  Gilead  with  the  swerde, 
 the  wemen  also  and  the  children,  but  so  that 
 ye  do  after  this  maner :  *  Se  that  ye  damne 
 all  them  that  are  males,  and  all  the  wemen 
 that  haue  lyen  with  men.  And  amonge  the 
 citesins  of  labes  in  Gilead  they  foiide  foure 
 hundreth  damsels,  which  were  virgins,  and  had 
 lyen  with  noman :  those  they  broughte  in  to 
 the  hoost  vnto  Silo,  which  lyeth  in  the  londe 
 of  Canaan. 
 
 Then  sent  the  whole  congregacion,  "and 
 caused  to  talke  with  the  children  of  Ben  lamin, 
 which  were  in  the  stonie  rocke  of  Rimo  and 
 called  vnto  them  frendly.  So  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  came  agayne  at  the  same  tyme, 
 and  they  gaue  them  wemen  which  they  had  of 
 the  wemen  of  labes  in  Gilead,  and  founde  no 
 mo  after  that  maner.  Then  were  the  people 
 sory  for  Ben  lamin,  that  y  LORDE  had  made 
 a  gappe  in  the  trybes  of  Israel.  And  the 
 Elders  of  the  congregacio  sayde :  What  wil 
 we  do,  that  the  remnaunt  maye  haue  wyues 
 also?  for  the  weme  in  Ben  lamin  are  destroied, 
 and  they  sayde :  The  enheritaunce  of  them 
 of  Ben  lamin  that  are  escaped,  must  nedes 
 remayne,  that  there  be  not  a  trybe  destroyed 
 out  of  Israel :   5  we  can  not  geue  them  oure 
 
 "  ludi.  20.  g. 
 35 
 
#0,  ttl 
 
 Ein  hokt  of  l\utlh 
 
 CJjap.  u 
 
 doughters  to  wiues.  For  the  children  of  Israel 
 haue  sworne  and  sayde :  Cursed  be  he  that 
 geueth  a  wyfe  to  the  Ben  lamites. 
 
 And  they  sayde  :  Beholde  there  is  a  yearly 
 feast  of  the  LORDE  at  Silo,  which  lieth  on 
 the  northsyde  of  the  Gods  house,  and  on  the 
 eastside  of  the  strete  as  a  ma  goeth  from  Bethel 
 vnto  Sichem,  and  heth  on  the  south  side  of 
 Libona.  And  they  commaunded  the  children 
 of  Ben  lamin,  j  sayde :  Go  youre  waye,  and 
 wayte  in  the  vynyardes.  And  whan  ye  se  that 
 the  doughters  of  Silo  go  forth  by  copanyes  to 
 daunse,  get  you  out  of  the  vynyardes,  and 
 euery  man  take  him  a  wyfe  of  the  doughters 
 of  Silo,  and  go  youre  waye  in  to  the  lode  of 
 Ben  lamin.  As  for  their  fathers  and  brethren, 
 whan  they  come  to  lawe  with  vs,  we  wyll  saye 
 
 vnto  them :  Be  fauourable  to  them,  for  they 
 haue  not  taken  the  in  battaill :  but  ye  gaue  the 
 not  vnto  them  by  time,  and  it  is  youre  faute 
 
 The  children  of  Ben  lamin  did  so,  and 
 acordinge  to  their  nombre  toke  them  wyues 
 from  the  daunse,  whom  they  caught  by  vio' 
 lence,  and  wente  their  waye,  5  dwelt  in  their 
 awne  inheritaunce,  and  buylded  cities  and 
 dwelt  therin.  The  children  of  Israel  also  gat 
 them  vp  from  thence  at  the  same  time,  euery 
 one  to  his  trybe  and  to  his  kinred,  and  departed 
 thece,  euery  man  to  his  awne  inheritaunce, 
 *  At  y  time  was  there  no  kynge  in  Israel,  and 
 euery  man  dyd  y  thinge  y  was  right  in  his 
 awne  eies. 
 
 •  lud.  17.  b.  and  18.  a 
 
 €l)t  enlje  of  tf)t  Ijofee  of  t&e  Sluttgfsi,  taikti  Siiiiram. 
 
 ^i)t  i>okt  of  i^ntfj. 
 
 mW  tl)i2i  Ijofee  tontt^mtih 
 
 Cibap.  I. 
 
 Elimelech  departeth  from  Bethleem  with  his  wife 
 and  two  sonnes  in  to  the  londe  of  the  Moabites, 
 where  the  father  dyeth  and  both  the  sonnes. 
 Ruth  the  wife  of  the  one  sonne  goeth  home 
 with  hir  mother  in  lawe. 
 
 Cijap.  II. 
 
 Ruth  gathered!  vp  eares  of  come  in  the  felde  of 
 Boos  hir  houszbandes  kynsma. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 
 Ruth  lyeth  her  downe  in  the  barne  at  Boos  fete, 
 and  he  geueth  her  good  wordes,  and  ladeth 
 her  with  sixe  measures  of  barlye. 
 
 Ci&ap.  nil. 
 
 Boos  marieth  Ruth,  which  beareth  him  Obed 
 Dauids  graundfather. 
 
 €\)e  first  Cl^aptCT. 
 
 IN  f  tyme  whan  the  ludges  ruled,  there 
 was  a  derth  in  the  londe.  And  there 
 wente  a  ma  from  Bethlee  luda  to  take  his 
 iourney  in  to  the  londe  of  the  Moabites  with 
 his  wife  and  two  sonnes,  which  man  was  called 
 Eli  Meleeh,  and  his  wife  Naemi,  (j  his  two 
 sonnes,  the  one  Mahelon,  and  the  other 
 Chilion :  these  were  Ephrates  of  Bethleem 
 luda.     And  whan  they  came  in  to  the  londe 
 
 of  f  Moabites,  they  dwelt  there.  And  Eli 
 Meleeh  Naemis  huszbande  dyed,  i  she  was 
 left  behinde  with  hir  two  sonnes,  which  toke 
 Moabitish  wyues :  the  one  was  called  Arpa, 
 the  other  Ruth.  And  whan  they  had  dwelt 
 there  ten  yeare,  they  dyed  both,  Mahelon  and 
 Chilion,  so  that  the  woman  remajTied  desolate 
 of  both  hir  sonnes  and  hir  huszbande. 
 
 Then  gat  she  her  vp  with  both  hir  sonnes 
 wyues,  (s  wente  agayne  out  of  the  lode  of  y 
 I  Moabites  (for  she  had  herde  in  the  londe  of 
 
Cf)ap.  ij» 
 
 €i)t  bofee  of  l\i\tf). 
 
 fo.  frit. 
 
 33 
 
 the  Moabites,  y  the  LORDE  had  visited  his 
 people  (J  geuen  them  bred)  5  so  she  departed 
 from  y  place  where  she  was,  5  both  hir  sonnes 
 wyues  with  her.  And  as  they  wete  by  the 
 waye  to  come  agayne  in  to  the  londe  of  luda, 
 she  sayde  vnto  both  hir  sonnes  wyues :  Go 
 youre  waye,  (j  turne  backe  ether  of  yoii  to  hir 
 mothers  house :  the  LORDE  shewe  mercy 
 vpon  you,  as  ye  haue  done  on  the  y  are  deed 
 5  on  me.  The  LORDE  graunte  you,  y  ye 
 maie  fynde  rest  ether  of  you  in  hir  huszbades 
 house  (whom  ye  shal  get)  and  she  kyssed  them. 
 
 Then  lift  they  vp  their  voyce,  and  wepte, 
 (I  sayde  vnto  her:  We  wil  go  with  the  vnto 
 thy  people.  But  Naemi  sayde :  Turne  agayne 
 my  doughters,  why  wolde  ye  go  with  me  ? 
 How  can  I  haue  children  eny  more  in  my 
 body,  to  be  youre  huszbandes?  Turne  agayne 
 my  doughters,  and  go  youre  waye,  for  I  am 
 now  to  olde  to  take  an  huszbande. 
 
 And  though  I  shulde  saye :  I  hope  this 
 night  to  take  an  huszbande  (j  to  brynge  forth 
 children,  yet  eoulde  ye  not  tary  till  they  were 
 growne  vp :  for  ye  shulde  be  to  olde,  so  that 
 ye  eoulde  haue  no  huszbandes.  No  my 
 doughters,  therfore  am  I  sory  for  you,  for  f 
 hade  of  the  LORDE  is  gone  forth  ouer  me. 
 
 Then  lifte  they  vp  their  voyce,  and  wepte 
 yet  more,  and  Arpa  kyssed  hir  mother  in  lawe 
 and  turned  backe  againe)  but  Ruth  abode 
 styll  by  her.  Neuertheles  she  sayde:  Be- 
 holde,  thy  syster  in  lawe  is  turned  backe  vnto 
 hir  people  and  to  hir  god,  turne  thou  againe 
 also  after  thy  sister  in  lawe.  Ruth  answered : 
 Speake  not  to  me  therof,  that  I  shulde  forsake 
 the,  and  turne  backe  from  the  :  whither  so 
 euer  thou  goest,  thither  wil  I  go  also :  and 
 loke  where  thou  abydest,  there  wil  I  abide 
 also :  Thy  people  is  my  people,  j  thy  God  is 
 my  God.  Loke  where  thou  diest,  there  wil 
 I  dye,  and  euen  there  wil  I  also  be  buried. 
 The  LORDE  do  this  and  that  vnto  me, 
 death  onely  shal  departe  vs. 
 
 Now  whan  she  sawe,  that  she  was  stedfastly 
 mynded  to  go  with  her,  she  spake  nomore  to 
 her  therof.  So  they  wente  on  both  together, 
 till  they  came  vnto  Bethleem.  And  whan 
 they  were  come  in  to  Bethleem,  the  whole 
 cite  was  moued  ouer  them,  and  sayde  :  Is  not 
 this  Naemi  ?  Neuerthelesse  she  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  call  me  not  Naemi,  but  Mara  :  for  the 
 Allniightie  hath  made  me  very  sory.  I  de- 
 parted full,  but  the  LORDE  hath  brought 
 
 me  home  agayne  emptye.  Why  call  ye  me 
 then  Naemi?  wha  the  LORDE  hath  broughte 
 me  lowe,  and  the  Allmightie  hath  made  me 
 sory  ? 
 
 It  was  aboute  the  tyme  of  the  begynninge 
 of  the  barlye  haruest,  whan  Naemi  and  hir 
 sonnes  wife  Ruth  y  Moabitysse,  came  agayne 
 from  the  londe  of  the  Moabites  vnto  Bethleem. 
 There  was  a  kinsman  also  of  f  kynred  of  Eli 
 Melech  Naemis  huszbande,  whose  name  was 
 Boos,  which  was  an  honest  man. 
 
 Cf)c  tj.  Ci^aptn-. 
 
 AND  Ruth  the  Moabitisse  saide  vnto 
 Naemi :  Let  me  go  in  to  f  felde,  5 
 gather  eares  of  come,  after  him,  in  whose 
 sight  I  shal  finde  fauoure.  She  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Go  thy  waie  my  doughter.  She  wete 
 on,  (J  came  5  gathered  after  y  reapers  in  y 
 feld.  And  it  fortuned  that  the  same  felde 
 was  the  enheritaunce  of  Boos,  which  was  of 
 the  kynred  of  Elimelech,  and  beholde.  Boos 
 came  from  Bethleem,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 reapers:  The  LORDE  be  with  you.  They 
 answered:  The  LORDE  blesse  the.  And 
 Boos  sayde  vnto  his  yongman  which  had  the 
 ouersight  of  y  reapers :  Whose  damsell  is 
 this?  The  yonge  man  that  was  set  ouer  f 
 reapers,  answered  and  sayde  :  It  is  the  damsell 
 the  Moabitisse,  which  came  agayne  with 
 Naemi  from  the  londe  of  the  Moabites.  And 
 she  sayde  :  Let  me  plucke  vp  and  gather  (I 
 praie  the)  betwene  the  sheues  after  the  reapers: 
 and  thus  is  she  come,  and  hath  stonde  here 
 euer  sence  the  mornynge,  and  within  a  litle 
 whyle  she  wolde  haue  bene  gone  home  agayne. 
 
 Then  sayde  Boos  vnto  Ruth :  Hearest  thou 
 my  doughter?  Thou  shalt  not  come  vpon 
 another  mans  londe  to  gather,  and  go  not 
 awaye  from  hence,  but  tary  with  my  dasels, 
 and  loke  where  they  reape  in  y  felde,  go  thou 
 after  them :  for  I  haue  comaunded  my  ser- 
 uauntes  that  no  man  touch  the.  And  yf  thou 
 be  a  thyrst,  go  thy  waye  to  the  vessell  5  drynke, 
 where  my  seruauntes  drawe.  Then  fell  she 
 downe  vpon  hir  face,  and  bowed  hir  self 
 downe  to  the  earth,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  How 
 haue  I  founde  this  fauoure  in  thy  sighte,  that 
 thou  woldest  knowe  me,  which  am  yet  a 
 straunger  ? 
 
 Boos  answered  and  sayde  vnto  her :    It  is  C 
 tolde  me  alltogether,  what  thou  hast  done  vnto 
 thy  mother  in  lawe  after  thy  huszbades  death. 
 
jTo.  crltj. 
 
 Cl)f  bokt  of  l^utf). 
 
 Cftap.  iij. 
 
 how  that  thou  hast  left  thy  father  and  thy 
 mother,  and  thy  natiue  countre,  and  art  come 
 to  a  people,  whom  thou  hast  not  knowne  afore. 
 The  LOIIDE  recompence  the  thy  doinge, 
 and  thy  rewarde  be  parfecte  with  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  vnto  whom  thou  art  come  to 
 put  tiiy  trust  vnder  his  wynges.  She  sayde : 
 let  me  fynde  fauoure  (syr)  before  thyne  eyes, 
 for  thou  hast  comforted  me,  and  spoken  frendly 
 vnto  thy  handmayde,  where  as  I  am  not  yet 
 like  one  of  thy  handmaydes. 
 
 Boos  sayde  ^aito  her :  Whan  it  is  eatinge 
 t)Tne,  come  hither,  and  eate  of  the  bred,  and 
 dyppe  thy  morsell  in  the  vyneger.  And  she 
 sat  hir  downe  besyde  the  reapers.  And  he  set 
 parched  corne  before  her,  and  she  ate,  (j  was 
 satisfyed,  and  lefte  ouer.  And  wha  she  rose 
 to  gather.  Boos  commaunded  his  seruauntes, 
 and  sayde :  Let  her  gather  betwene  the  sheues 
 also,  and  do  her  no  dishonestye :  and  cast  of 
 the  sheues  Mito  her,  and  let  it  lye  that  she 
 maye  gather  it  vp,  and  se  that  noman  reproue 
 her  for  it. 
 
 So  she  gathered  in  the  felde  vntyll  euen 
 and  she  shaked  out  what  she  had  gathered, 
 and  it  was  allmost  an  Epha  of  barlye :  and 
 she  toke  it  vp,  and  came  in  to  the  cite,  and 
 shewed  hir  mother  in  lawe  what  she  had 
 gathered.  She  toke  forth  also,  and  gaue  her 
 of  that  which  was  left,  wherof  she  was  satys- 
 fyed.  The  sayde  hir  mother  in  lawe  vnto  her: 
 Blessinge  haue  the  man  that  hath  knowne  the, 
 where  thou  hast  gathered  and  laboured  this  daye. 
 
 She  tolde  hir  mother  in  lawe  by  whom  she 
 had  laboured,  and  sayde:  The  mans  name, 
 by  whom  I  haue  wroughte  to  daye,  is  Boos. 
 Naemi  sayde  \Tito  hir  doughter  in  lawe :  The 
 blessynge  of  the  LORDE  haue  he,  for  he 
 hath  not  lefte  of  to  be  mercifuU  vnto  the 
 lyuynge  *  and  to  the  deed.  And  Naemi 
 sayde  vnto  her:  The  same  man  belongeth 
 vnto  vs,  and  is  oure  nye  kynsman.  Ruth  the 
 Moabitisse  saide :  He  saide  morouer  vnto  me : 
 Thou  shalt  resorte  vnto  my  seruauntes,  tyll 
 they  haue  made  an  ende  of  all  my  haruest. 
 Naemi  sayde  vnto  Ruth  hir  doughter  in  lawe : 
 It  is  better  my  doughter,  that  thou  go  forth 
 with  his  damsels,  lest  eny  man  withstode  the 
 in  another  felde.  Thus  she  kepte  herselfe 
 with  Boos  damsels,  so  that  she  gathered  vntill 
 the  barlye  haruest  and  the  wheate  haruest  was 
 out,  and  came  againe  to  hir  mother  in  lawe. 
 
 CJjt  it).  CI)aptfr. 
 
 AND  Naemi  hir  mother  in  lawe  sayde 
 vnto  her :  My  doughter,  I  wyll  prouyde 
 rest  for  the,  that  thou  maiest  prospere.  Boos 
 oure  kynsman,  by  whose  damsels  thou  hast 
 bene,  casteth  vp  barlye  now  this  night  in  his 
 barne.  Bathe  thyselfe  therfore,  and  tmoffell 
 the,  and  put  on  thy  clothes,  and  go  downe 
 vnto  the  barne,  so  y  noma  knowe  the,  tyll 
 they  haue  all  eaten  and  dronken. 
 
 Whan  he  layeth  him  downe  then  to  sleape, 
 mark  y  place  where  he  lyeth  downe,  and 
 come  thou,  and  take  ^'p  the  couerynge  at  his 
 fete,  and  laye  the  downe,  so  shall  he  tell  the 
 what  thou  shalt  do.  She  sayde  vnto  her : 
 what  so  euer  thou  saiest  vnto  me,  I  wil  do  it. 
 
 She  wente  downe  to  the  barne,  s  dyd  all 
 as  hir  mother  in  lawe  had  comaunded  her. 
 And  wha  Boos  had  eate  (j  dronke,  his  hert 
 was  mery,  (j  he  came  and  layed  him  downe 
 behynde  a  heape  of  sheues.  And  she  came 
 secretly,  and  toke  vp  the  eoueringe  at  his  fete, 
 and  layed  hir  do^\Tie.  Now  wha  it  was  mid- 
 night, the  man  was  afrayed,  and  groped  aboute 
 him,  and  beholde,  a  woman  laye  at  his  fete. 
 And  he  sayde :  Who  art  thou  ?  She  answered : 
 I  am  Ruth  thy  handmayden,  sprede  thy 
 wynges  ouer  thy  hadmayden:  for  thou  art 
 the  nexte  kynsman. 
 
 He  sayde :  The  LORDE S  blessinge  haue 
 thou  my  doughter.  Thou  hast  done  a  better 
 mercy  here  after  then  before,  y  thou  art  not 
 gone  after  yonge  men,  nether  riche  ner  poore- 
 Feare  not  now  my  doughter :  All  y  thou  hast 
 sayde,  will  I  do  for  the  :  for  aU  the  cite  of  my 
 people  knoweth,  y  thou  art  a  vertuous  woma. 
 Trueth  it  is  now,  y  I  am  a  nye  kynsma,  but 
 there  is  one  nyer  then  I.  Tarye  thou  all- 
 nighte.  Tomorow  yf  he  take  the,  well:  yf  he 
 like  not  to  take  y,  then  wil  I  take  y  my  selfe, 
 as  truly  as  y  LORDE  lyueth.  Slepe  thou 
 tyll  y  mornynge.  And  she  slepte  at  his  fete 
 vntyll  y  morow.  And  she  rose  vp  or  euer 
 one  coulde  knowe  another.  And  he  thoughte 
 thus :  That  no  ma  knowe  now  y  there  hath 
 come  a  woman  in  to  the  barne,  and  he  sayde : 
 Reach  me  the  cloke  y  thou  hast  on  the,  d 
 holde  it  forth.  And  she  helde  it  forth.  And 
 he  meet  her  sixe  measures  of  barlye,  and 
 layed  it  vpon  her,  5  she  wente  in  to  the  cite, 
 5  came  to  hir  mother  in  lawe,  which  sayde : 
 
 t  Some  reade  :  Anoynte  the. 
 
 13 
 
 C 
 
Cftap,  III]. 
 
 €i)t  boiit  of  l^utl). 
 
 Jfo.  rrluj. 
 
 How  is  it  with  the  my  doughter?  And  she 
 tolde  her  all  y  the  ma  had  done  vnto  her,  5 
 sayde :  These  sixe  measures  of  barlye  gaue 
 he  me,  for  he  sayde :  Thou  shalt  not  come 
 eniptye  vnto  thy  mother  in  lawe.  She  sayde : 
 Abyde  my  doughter,  tyll  thou  se  what  y  mat- 
 ter wil  growe  to :  for  the  man  wilt  not  ceasse, 
 tyll  he  brynge  it  to  an  ende  this  daye. 
 
 Ci^t  tuj.  Cl)a))ttr. 
 
 BOOS  wente  vp  to  ^  gate,  and  sat  him 
 downe  there:  5  beholde,  whan  y  nye 
 kynsman  wente  by,  Boos  spake  vnto  him,  5 
 sayde:  Come  5  syt  the  downe  here  (and  called 
 him  by  his  name.)  And  he  came  5  sat  him 
 downe,  s  he  toke  ten  men  of  the  Elders  of  y 
 cite,  g  sayde :  Syt  you  downe  here.  And 
 they  sat  the  downe.  The  sayde  he  to  the 
 nye  kynszman  :  Naemi  which  is  come  againe 
 fro  the  lode  of  the  Moabites  *  ofFreth  to  sell 
 y  pece  of  londe,  y  was  oure  brothers  Eli 
 Melech,  therfore  thoughte  I  to  shewe  it  be- 
 fore thine  eares,  5  to  tell  the :  Yf  thou  wilt 
 redeme  it,  then  bye  it  before  the  citesyns  5 
 before  the  Elders  of  my  people  :  but  yf  thou 
 wylt  not  redeme  it,  then  tell  me,  y  I  male 
 knowe :  for  there  is  no  nye  kynsma  excepte 
 thou,  and  I  nexte  after  the. 
 
 He  sayde :  I  wil  redeme  it.  Boos  saide : 
 In  the  daye  y  thou  byest  the  lode  out  of  y 
 hande  of  Naemi,  thou  must  take  Ruth  also 
 the  Moabitisse  the  wife  of  the  deed,  that  thou 
 mayest  rayse  vp  a  name  to  y  deed  in  his  in- 
 heritaunce.  The  sayde  he :  I  can  not  re- 
 deme it,  lest  I  happlye  destroye  myne  awne 
 enheritaunce.  Redeme  thou  y  I  shulde 
 redeme,  for  I  can  not  redeme  it.  Bat  this 
 was  an  olde  custome  in  Israel  concernynge  the 
 redemynge  5  chauginge,  v  all  matters  mighte 
 be  stable,  the  one  put  of  his  shue,  u  gaue  it 
 vnto  ;y  other :  y  was  the  testimony  in  Israel. 
 
 And  the  nye  kpisman  sayde  vnto  Boos : 
 Bye  thou  it,  j  he  put  of  his  shue.     And  Boos 
 
 •  Leui.  S5.  d.  lere.  32.  b.       tDeut.  25.a.       }  Ge.  29.  30. 
 
 sayde  vnto  the  Elders  and  to  all  the  people  : 
 Ye  are  witnesses  this  dale,  y  I  haue  boughte 
 out  of  the  hande  of  Naemi,  all  that  belonged 
 to  Eli  Melech,  and  all  that  was  Chilions  and 
 Mahelons :  And  Ruth  the  Moabitisse  Mahe^ 
 Ions  wife,  take  I  to  wife,  t  that  I  maye  rayse 
 vp  a  name  vnto  y  deed  in  his  inheritaunce, 
 and  that  his  name  be  not  roted  out  from 
 amonge  his  brethren,  and  out  of  the  gate  of 
 his  place  :  Of  this  are  ye  witnesses.  And  all 
 the  people  that  was  in  the  gate  with  the  Elders, 
 saide:  We  are  witnesses.  The  LORDE 
 make  the  woman  that  commeth  in  to  thy 
 house,  as  Rachel  and  Lea  {t  which  both  haue 
 buylded  vp  the  house  of  Israel)  that  she  maye 
 be  an  ensample  of  vertue  in  Ephrata,  and 
 haue  an  honorable  name  in  Bethleem.  And 
 thy  house  be  as  f  house  of  Phares  (^  who 
 Thamar  bare  vnto  luda)  thorow  the  sede,  that 
 the  LORDE  shall  geue  the  of  this  damsell 
 
 So  Boos  toke  Ruth,  and  she  became  his 
 wife.  And  whan  he  laye  with  her,  the 
 LORDE  graunted  her  y  she  conceaued,  and 
 bare  a  sonne.  The  sayde  the  wemen  vnto 
 Naemi:  Praysed  be  the  LORDE,  which  hath 
 not  suffred  a  kynsman  to  ceasse  from  the  at 
 this  tyme,  that  his  name  maye  contynue  in 
 Israel :  he  shal  restore  thy  life  agayne,  and 
 prouyde  for  thine  age.  For  thy  sonnes  wife 
 which  hath  loued  the,  hath  borne  him  that  is 
 better  vnto  the,  then  seuen  sonnes. 
 
 And  Naemi  toke  the  childe,  and  layde  it 
 vpon  hir  lappe,  and  became  the  norse  of  it, 
 and  hir  neghbours  gaue  him  a  name  %  sayde : 
 There  is  a  childe  borne  vnto  Naemi,  and  they 
 called  his  name  Obed.  The  same  is  the  father 
 of  Isai,  which  is  y  father  of  Dauid. 
 
 This  is  f  generacion  of  Phares.  II  Phares 
 begat  Hesrom.  Hesrom  begat  Aram.  Aram 
 begat  Aminadab.  Aminadab  begatt  Naasson. 
 Naasson  begat  Salmon.  Salmo  begat  Boos. 
 Boos  begat  Obed.  Obed  begat  Isai.  Isai 
 begat  Dauid. 
 
 s  Gen.  38.  e. 
 
 1  Par.  2.  a.     Matth.  1.  a. 
 
 mn  tiiHt  of  tt)t  bofee  of  aaut&. 
 
Zi)t  fir^t  ftufte  of  ti)t  iipttQti, 
 
 otfttrUjeec  calletr  tje  first  hott  of  ^amutl 
 
 OT&at  tfjis!  hokt  wittepmtf). 
 
 €i)ap.  I. 
 Of  Elcana  and  his  two  wyues.  Vnto  Anna  geueth 
 God  Samuel    which  is  appropriated  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 The  thankfull  songe  of  Anna.     The  sonnes  of 
 Eli  do  wickedly,  their  father  refourmeth  them 
 not,  therfore  is  the  presthode  take  from  him 
 and  his  sonnes. 
 
 Cf)ap.  III. 
 The  reuelacion  shewed  vnto  Samuel,  and  vnto  Eli. 
 
 Cfiap.  nil. 
 
 Israel  fighteth  agaynst  the  Philistynes,  loseth  the 
 victory,  and  is  smytten  the  seconde  tyme.  The 
 Philistynes  wynne  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  : 
 The  two  sonnes  of  Eli  perishe,  the  father 
 falleth  downe  and  breaketh  his  necke. 
 
 Cljap.  V. 
 The  Philistynes  bringe  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 in   to   the    temple   of  Dagon,    which   falleth 
 downe  before  it. 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 The  Philistynes  sende  the  Arke  agayne  vnto  the 
 people  of  God,  with  certayne  giftes  and  offer- 
 
 ynges. 
 
 Cljap.  VII. 
 
 The  Arke  is  broughte  in  to  Aminadabs  house. 
 
 Samuel  exhorteth  the  people  to  amendment. 
 
 Ci)ap.   VIII. 
 Samuels  sonnes  rule  not  well.     The  people  de- 
 syre  to  haue  a  kynge. 
 
 C^ap.  IX.   X. 
 Saul  seketh  his  fathers  asses,  and  cometh  vnto 
 Samuel,  which  (at  the  comaundement  of  the 
 LORDE)  anoynteth  him  kinge,  and  sheweth 
 him  vnto  the  people 
 
 Cljap.   XI. 
 Saul  defendeth  labes  from  Nahas  the  Ammonite. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XII. 
 Samuel  sheweth  his  innocency  vnto  the  people, 
 and  geueth  them  a  godly  exhortacion. 
 
 CI)  a  p.  XIII. 
 
 The  Philistynes  gather  them  selues  agaynst  Israel. 
 Saul  is  disobedient  vnto  the  LORDE.  Samuel 
 reproueth  him. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XIIIL 
 lonathas  discofiteth  the  enemies  by  sotyltie,  Saul 
 helpeth  him  :  the  father  wolde  slaye  the  sonne, 
 the  people  delyuer  him. 
 
 CI)  a  p.   XV. 
 Samuel  comaundeth  Saul  to  damne  Amaiek  and 
 vtterly  to  destroye  him.     Saul  is  dishobedient, 
 (J  therfore  is  he  deposed  from  the  kyngdome 
 Cijap.  XVL 
 Dauid  is  anoynted   kynge.      The  euell   sprete 
 vexeth  Saul,  Dauid  easeth  him  with  playenge 
 at  the  harpe. 
 
 Ci;ap.  XVII. 
 Dauid  destroyeth  Goliath  the  giaute.     The  Phi- 
 listynes fle. 
 
 Cljap.  xvm. 
 
 lonathas  and  Dauid  are  sworne  louers.  Dauid 
 behaueth  himselfe  wysely  in  all  thinges.  The 
 people  loue  him.  Saul  geueth  him  his  doughter 
 of  purpose,  that  the  Philistynes  mighte  de- 
 stroye him. 
 
C6ap»  I. 
 
 €l)t  firstt  boht  of  t\)t  fepnges!* 
 
 So,  alb. 
 
 Cljap.  XIX. 
 
 Saul  commaudeth  to  kyll  Dauid.  lonathas  geueth 
 him  warnynge.  Dauid  flyeth  his  waye.  His 
 wife  delyuereth  him. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XX. 
 
 Dauid  auoydeth  from  the  kynges  displeasure 
 lonathas  warneth  him 
 
 €f)ap.  XXI. 
 Dauid  flieth  vnto  Noba  to  the  prest  Ahiraelech, 
 and  eateth  of  the  shewbred. 
 
 Cljap.   XXII. 
 Dauids  fredes  helpe  him.     Doeg  the   Edomite 
 slayeth  Ahimelech  (j  the  other  prestes  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 Saul  layeth  wayte  for  Dauid.     He  getteth  him 
 out  of  the  waye,  and  the  LORDE  defendeth 
 him. 
 
 Ciiap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Saul  commeth  in  to  Dauids  hande,  which  wil  not 
 slaye  him,  but  cutteth  of  a  pece  of  his  gar- 
 ment, JO. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XXV. 
 Samuel  dyeth.     Nabal  displeaseth  Dauid.    Abi- 
 gail pacifieth  him. 
 
 Cljap.   XXVI. 
 
 Dauid  fyndeth  Saulslepynge,  and  where  as  Abisai 
 wolde  slaye  him,  he  wil  not  suffre  him,  but 
 taketh  awaye  his  speare  and  the  cuppe  of 
 water. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVII. 
 Dauid  flyeth  vnto  Achis  the  kynge  at  Geth. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVIII. 
 
 Dauid  is  made  Achis  captayne.  Saul  axeth 
 councell  at  the  Sothsayer.  Samuel  appeareth 
 vnto  him  and  rebuketh  him. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXIX. 
 
 The  Philistynes  are  not  contente,  that  Dauid 
 shulde  be  their  captayne.  The  kynge  sendeth 
 him  home  agayne. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXX. 
 
 The  Amalechites  fall  vpo  Sicelek.  Dauid  foloweth 
 vpon  them,  and  recouereth  the  spoyle  agayne. 
 
 Cftap.  XXXI. 
 
 The  Philistynes  fighte  agaynst  Israel.  Sauls 
 sonnes  are  slayne,  j  he  wounded,  and  slayeth 
 him  selfe. 
 
 €i)t  first  Cl^apUr. 
 
 THERE  was  a  man  of  Ramathaim  Sophim 
 of  mount  Ephraim,  *  whose  name  was 
 Elcana  y  sonne  of  leroham,  y  sonne  of  Elihu, 
 y  Sonne  of  Tohu,  y  sonne  of  Zuph,  y  was  an 
 Ephrate.  And  he  had  two  wyues,  y  one  was 
 called  Anna,  y  other  Peninna.  As  for  Pe- 
 ninna,  she  had  children,  but  Anna  had  no 
 childre.  And  y^  same  man  wete  vp  fro  his 
 cite  tat  his  tyme,  to  worshippe  and  to  offer 
 vnto  the  LORDE  Zebaoth  at  Silo.  There 
 were  the  prestes  of  the  LORDE  Ophni  and 
 Phineas,  the  two  sonnes  of  Eli.  Now  whan 
 it  came  vpon  a  daye  that  Elcana  offred,  he 
 gaue  partes  vnto  his  wife  Peninna,  and  to  all 
 his  sonnes  and  doughters.  But  vnto  Anna 
 he  gaue  one  deale  heuely,  for  he  loued  Anna. 
 Neuertheles  tthe   LORDE   had   closed   hir 
 
 *  1  Par.  7.  b.         t  Exo.  23.  b.    Deut.  16.  a. 
 
 wombe,  5  hir  aduersary  cast  her  in  the  tethe 
 with  hir  vnfrutefulnes,  because  the  LORDE 
 had  closed  hir  wombe:  thus  dyd  she  euery 
 yeare,  whan  they  wente  vp  to  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  thus  she  prouoked  her. 
 So  she  wepte,  and  ate  nothinge.  But  Elcana 
 hir  huszbande  sayde  vnto  her :  Wherfore 
 wepest  thou  ?  and  why  eatest  thou  not  ?  And 
 wherfore  is  thine  hert  so  greued  ?  Am  not  I 
 better  vnto  the  then  ten  sonnes  ? 
 
 Then  stode  Anna  vp,  whan  she  had  eaten 
 and  dronken  at  Silo.  But  Eli  the  prest  sat 
 vpon  a  stole  by  the  poste  of  the  temple  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  she  was  full  of  heuynes  in 
 hir  herte,  and  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 wepte,  and  vowed  a  vowe,  and  sayde:  O 
 LORDE  Zebaoth,  yf  thou  wilt  loke  vpon  the 
 aduersite  of  thy  handmayden,  and  thynke  vpon 
 me,  and  not  forget  thy  handmayden,  and  wilt 
 
 t  Gen.  29.  d.  and  30.  a. 
 
#0.  cdbu 
 
 Wi)t  t  ftofo  of  tl)t  fepnges. 
 
 Cftap.  ij. 
 
 geue  thy  handmaydeii  a  sonne,  I  wil  geue  him 
 vnto  the  LORDE  all  his  hfe  longe,  *ancl 
 there  shal  no  rasoure  come  vpon  his  heade. 
 
 And  wha  she  had  prayed  longe  before  y 
 LORDE,  Eli  toke  hede  to  hir  mouth,  for 
 Anna  spake  in  hir  hert,  hir  lippes  onely  moued, 
 but  hir  voyce  was  not  herde.  Then  thoughte 
 Eli  she  had  bene  dronken,  and  sayde  vnto 
 her  :  How  longe  wilt  thou  be  dronken  ?  Let 
 come  from  the  the  wyne  that  thou  hast  by 
 the.  Neuertheles  Anna  answered  and  sayde : 
 No  my  lorde,  I  am  a  soroufull  woman,  wyne 
 and  stronge  drynke  haue  I  not  dronken  t  but 
 haue  poured  out  my  hert  before  y  LORDE, 
 Counte  not  thy  handmayden  a  doughter  of 
 Belial :  for  out  of  my  heuy  thoughte  and  sorow 
 haue  I  spoken  hitherto. 
 
 Eli  answered  her,  and  sayde :  Go  thy  waye 
 in  peace,  the  God  of  Israel  shal  graunte  y 
 thy  peticion  that  thou  hast  desyred  of  him. 
 She  sayde:  Let  thy  handmayden  fynde  fa- 
 uoure  in  thy  sighte.  So  the  woman  wente 
 hir  waye  and  ate,  and  loked  nomore  so  sorou- 
 fully:  and  on  y  morow  they  gat  them  vp  by 
 tymes.  And  whan  they  had  worshipped  be- 
 fore y  LORDE,  they  returned,  and  came 
 home  vnto  Ramatha. 
 
 And  Elcana  laye  with  Anna  his  wife,  and 
 the  LORDE  remembred  her.  And  after 
 certayne  dayes,  she  coceaued  and  bare  a  sonne, 
 and  called  his  name  Samuel,  for  I  haue  de- 
 syred him  (sayde  she)  of  the  LORDE.  And 
 whan  the  man  Elcana  wente  vp  with  all  his 
 houszholde  to  ofFre  sacrifice  and  his  vowe  vnto 
 the  LORDE  at  soch  tyme  as  y  custome  was, 
 Anna  wente  not  vp,  but  sayde  vnto  hir  husz- 
 bande:  (I  wil  not  go  vp)  tyll  y  childe  be 
 weened  :  then  will  I  brynge  him,  that  he  maye 
 appeare  before  the  LORDE,  and  cotynue 
 there  *for  euer. 
 
 Elcana  hir  huszbande  sayde  vnto  her :  The 
 do  as  thou  thynkest  best,  tary  tyll  thou  haue 
 weened  him:  but  the  LORDE  perfourme 
 that  he  hath  spoken.  So  the  woman  abode, 
 and  gaue  hir  sonne  sucke,  tyll  she  weened 
 him.  And  whan  she  had  weened  him,  she 
 broughte  him  vp  with  her,  with  thre  buUockes, 
 with  an  Ephi  of  fyne  floure,  and  a  bottell  of 
 wyne,  and  broughte  him  in  to  y'  house  of  the 
 LORDE  at  Silo. 
 
 Neuertheles  the  childe  was  yet  but  yonge. 
 
 '  lud.  13.  a.    Num.  6.  a. 
 ^  Deut.  32.  f. 
 
 tPsal.  41.a.        J  Num.  8.  d. 
 p.  16.  c.    'fob.  13.  a. 
 
 And  they  slewe  a  bullocke,  and  broughte  the 
 childe  vnto  Eli.  And  she  sayde :  O  my  lorde, 
 as  truly  as  thy  soule  lyueth  my  lorde,  I  am 
 the  woman  that  stode  here  by  y,  and  made 
 intercession  vnto  the  LORDE,  whan  I  prayed 
 for  this  childe.  Now  hath  y  LORDE  graunted 
 me  my  peticion,  which  I  desyred  of  him,  ther- 
 fore  haue  I  geuen  him  ouer  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 as  longe  as  he  is  lent  vnto  the  LORDE.  And 
 they  worshipped  y  LORDE  there. 
 
 E\)t  tj.  C})aptcr. 
 
 AND  Anna  prayed,  and  sayde ; 
 My  hert  reioyseth  in  the  LORDE,  ij 
 my  home  is  exalted  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 My  mouth  is  opened  wyde  vpo  myne  ene- 
 mies, for  I  am  glad  of  thy  saluacion. 
 
 There  is  no  man  holy  as  the  LORDE,  for 
 without  the  is  nothinge,  and  there  is  no  co- 
 forte  like  vnto  oure  God. 
 
 Let  go  youre  greate  boostinge  of  hye 
 thynges,  let  go  out  of  youre  mouth  that  olde 
 byworde  :  for  the  LORDE  is  a  God  y  know- 
 eth  all  thinges,  5  he  hath  set  all  workes  in  order. 
 
 The  bowe  of  the  mightie  is  broken,  and 
 the  weake  are  gyrded  aboute  with  strength. 
 
 They  that  were  fylled  afore,  are  solde  for 
 bred :  and  they  that  were  hongrie,  are  satis- 
 fied :  vntyll  the  baren  bare  seuen,  and  tyll  she 
 that  had  many  childre,  was  become  weake. 
 
 ^The  LORDE  slayeth,  and  geueth  life :  he 
 ledeth  vnto  hell,  and  bryngeth  out  agayne. 
 
 The  LORDE  maketh  poore  and  maketh 
 riche:  He  bryngeth  lowe  and  exalteth. 
 
 1  He  taketh  vp  the  neady  out  of  the  dust, 
 and  lifteth  vp  y^  poore  out  of  the  myre,  that 
 he  maye  set  them  amonge  the  prjiices,  and 
 to  let  them  inheret  the  seate  of  honoure  :  for 
 the  foundacions  and  corners  of  the  worlde  are 
 the  LORDES,  and  he  hath  set  the  compase 
 of  the  earth  theron. 
 
 He  shall  preserue  the  fete  of  his  sayntes, 
 but  ;y  vngodly  shal  be  put  to  sylece  in  darc- 
 nesse.  H  For  there  is  no  ma  that  can  do  oughte 
 of  his  owne  power. 
 
 The  LORDES  enemies  shal  be  put  in  feare 
 before  him,  he  shal  thoder  vpo  the  in  heaue. 
 
 The  LORDE  shall  iudge  the  endes  of  the 
 worlde,  ij  shal  geue  stregth  vnto  his  kynge,  (j 
 shall  exalte  the  home  of  his  anoynted. 
 
 Elcana  wente  his  waye  to  Ramath  vnto  his 
 
 II  Psal.  112.  a.         %  Deut.  8.  d. 
 
 C 
 
Cftap.  ij. 
 
 €i)t  u  bokt  of  ti)t  fepngfsi* 
 
 So,  rdbij. 
 
 house.  And  the  childe  became  the  LORDES 
 mynister  before  Eh  the  prest.  But  EHs  sonnes 
 were  the  childre  of  Behal,  and  knewe  not  the 
 LORDE,  ner  the  dutye  of  the  prestes  vnto 
 the  people :  but  whan  eny  man  wolde  oifre 
 oughte,  the  prestes  boye  came,  whyle  the  flesh 
 was  seethinge,  and  had  a  thre  forked  fleshoke 
 in  his  hands,  and  thrust  it  in  to  the  cauldron, 
 or  ketell,  or  panne,  or  pot:  and  loke  what  he 
 drue  forth  with  the  fleshoke,  that  toke  the 
 prest  therof.  Thus  dyd  they  vnto  all  Israel, 
 which  came  thither  vnto  Silo. 
 
 Like  wyse,  or  euer  they  burned  the  fatt,  the 
 prestes  lad  came,  and  sayde  vnto  him  that 
 broughte  the  ofFerynge :  Geue  me  the  flesh, 
 that  I  maye  roste  it  for  the  prest,  for  he  wyl 
 receaue  no  sodden  flesh  of  y,  but  rawe.  Yf 
 eny  man  sayde  then  vnto  him:  Let  the  fat 
 burne  as  it  oughte  to  do  this  daye,  and  after- 
 warde  take  what  thine  hert  desyreth,  then 
 sayde  he  vnto  him :  Thou  shalt  geue  it  me 
 euen  now :  yf  no,  I  wyll  take  it  from  the  by 
 violece.  Therfore  was  the  synne  of  f  childre 
 verygreate  before  the  LORDE,  for  y  people 
 spake  euell  of  y  meatofferynge  of  y  LORDE. 
 But  Samuel  was  a  mynister  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  childe  was  gyrded  with  an 
 ouer  body  cote  of  lynnen.  His  mother  also 
 made  him  a  litle  cote  of  sylke,  and  broughte 
 it  vp  vnto  him  at  couenient  tymes,  wha  she 
 wente  vp  with  hir  huszbande  to  offer  y  offer- 
 ynge  in  due  season. 
 
 And  Eli  blessed  Elcana  (j  his  wife,  and 
 sayde  :  The  LORDE  geue  the  sede  of  this 
 woman,  for  this  good  that  thou  hast  lent  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  And  they  wete  vnto  their 
 place.  And  the  LORDE  vysited  Anna,  so 
 that  she  coceaued  and  bare  thre  sonnes  and 
 two  doughters :  but  the  childe  Samuel  grewe 
 vp  with  the  LORDE. 
 
 As  for  Eli,  he  was  very  olde,  and  herde  of 
 all  that  his  sonnes  dyd  vnto  all  Israel,  and 
 how  they  laye  with  the  wemen  that  serued 
 God  before  the  dore  of  the  tabernacle  of  wit- 
 nesse,  and  he  sayde  vnto  them:  wherfore  do 
 ye  this  ?  For  I  heare  of  youre  euell  conuer- 
 sacion  of  all  this  people.  Not  so  my  childre, 
 this  is  no  good  reporte  that  I  heare,  ye  cause 
 the  people  of  the  LORDE  to  offende.  *Yf 
 eny  ma  synne  agaynst  a  man,  the  iudge  ca 
 redresse  it.  But  yf  eny  ma  synne  agaynst  y 
 LORDE,  who  can  redresse  it?     Neuertheles 
 
 *  iM^itt.  12.  c.        t  Leu.  10.  d.    Deut.  12.  b.       t  3  Re.  2.  d. 
 
 they  herkened  not  vnto  the  voyce  of  their 
 father,  for  the  LORDES  wyll  was  to  slaye 
 them.  But  the  childe  Samuel  wente  and 
 grewe  vp,  (j  was  accepted  of  the  LORDE  (i 
 of  me. 
 
 There  came  a  man  of  God  to  Eli,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 I  shewed  my  selfe  vnto  thy  fathers  house, 
 whan  they  were  yet  in  Egipte  vnder  y  house 
 of  Pharao,  and  chose  him  there  vnto  my  selfe 
 before  all  the  trybes  of  Israel,  for  the  prest- 
 hode,  that  he  shulde  offer  vpon  myne  altare, 
 and  burne  incense,  and  weere  the  ouerbody 
 cote  before  me,  tand  vnto  thy  fathers  house  I 
 gaue  all  the  offeringes  of  the  children  of 
 Israel.  Why  layest  thou  thy  selfe  then  agaynst 
 my  sacrifices  and  meatofferinges,  which  I  com- 
 maunded  (to  offer)  in  the  habitacion:  and  thou 
 honourest  thy  sonnes  more  then  me,  that  ye 
 mighte  fede  youre  selues  with  the  firstlinges 
 of  all  the  meatofferynges  of  my  people  of 
 Israel ? 
 
 Therfore  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel: 
 I  haue  spoken,  that  thy  house  and  thy  fathers 
 house  shulde  walke  before  me  for  euer.  But 
 now  sayeth  the  LORDE  :  That  be  farre  fro 
 me.  But  who  so  euer  honoureth  me,  him  wil 
 I  honoure  also :  as  for  those  y  despyse  me, 
 they  shal  not  be  regarded.  Beholde,  Uhe 
 tyme  shal  come,  that  I  wyll  breake  thyne  arme 
 in  two,  and  the  arme  of  thy  fathers  house,  so 
 that  there  shal  no  oldeman  be  in  thy  house. 
 And  thou  shalt  se  thine  aduersaries  in  the 
 habitacion,  in  all  the  good  of  Israel,  and  there 
 shal  neuer  be  olde  man  in  thy  fathers  house. 
 Yet  wyll  I  not  rote  out  euery  man  of  the  fro 
 myne  altare,  but  y  thyne  eyes  maye  be  con- 
 sumed, 5  that  thy  soule  maye  be  sory:  ^(j  a 
 greate  multitude  of  thy  house  shal  dye,  whan 
 they  are  come  to  be  men. 
 
 And  this  shalbe  a  token  vnto  the,  that  shal 
 come  vpon  thy  two  sonnes  Ophni  and  Phineas: 
 "  They  shall  both  dye  in  one  daye.  II  But  vnto 
 my  selfe  I  wyll  rayse  vp  a  faithfuU  prest,  which 
 shal  do  acordinge  as  it  is  in  my  hert  j  in  my 
 soule :  vnto  him  wyll  I  buylde  a  sure  house, 
 that  he  maye  allwaye  walke  before  myne 
 anoynted.  And  who  so  euer  remayneth  of  thy 
 house,  shall  come  and  worshipe  him  for  a 
 syluer  peny  and  for  a  pece  of  bred,  and  shall 
 saye :  I  praye  the  leaue  me  to  one  prestes 
 parte,  that  I  maye  eate  a  morsell  of  bred. 
 
ffo,  cclbu). 
 
 Cl)e  i,  hokt  of  tljr  fepges. 
 
 CJ)ap.  uj. 
 
 tOjt  iij.  Cf)apUr. 
 
 AND  whan  the  childe  Samuel  mynistred 
 vnto  the  LORDE  vnder  Eli,  the  worde 
 of  f  LORDE  was  deare  at  the  same  tyme, 
 nether  was  there  eny  sure  (j  manifest  vision. 
 And  it  fortuned  at  the  same  tjTiie,  that  Eli 
 laye  in  his  place,  *and  his  eyes  beganne  to  be 
 dynmie,  so  that  he  coulde  not  se.  And  Samuel 
 had  layed  him  downe  in  y  temple  of  the 
 LORDE  (where  the  Arke  of  God  was)  before 
 y  lampe  of  God  was  put  out.  And  the  LORDE 
 called  Samuel.  He  answered :  Beholde,  here 
 am  L  And  he  ranne  vnto  Eli,  %  sayde :  Be- 
 holde, here  am  I,  thou  hast  called  me.  But 
 he  saide :  I  haue  not  called  the,  go  thy 
 waye  agayne,  and  laye  the  downe  to  slepe. 
 And  he  wente  his  waye,  and  layed  him  downe 
 to  slepe. 
 
 The  LORDE  called  againe:  Samuel.  And 
 Samuel  arose,  d  wente  vnto  Eli,  (j  sayde : 
 Beholde,  here  am  I,  thou  hast  called  me. 
 Neueitheles  he  sayde  :  My  sonne,  I  haue  not 
 called  the.  Go  thy  waye  agapie,  and  laye  the 
 downe  to  slepe.  As  for  Samuel,  he  knewe  not 
 the  LORDE  as  yet,  d  the  worde  of  y  LORDE 
 was  not  yet  shewed  vnto  him.  And  y  LORDE 
 called  Samuel  ;y  thirde  tyme.  And  he  arose, 
 5  wente  vnto  Eli,  (j  sayde :  Beholde,  here  am 
 I,  thou  hast  called  me.  Then  perceaued  Eli 
 y  the  LORDE  called  f  childe,  j  he  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Go  thy  waye  agajTie,  5  laye  the  downe 
 to  slepe :  and  yf  the  LORDE  call  the  eny 
 more,  then  saye :  Speake  LORDE,  for  thy 
 seruaunt  heareth.  Samuel  wete  his  waye,  and 
 layed  him  downe  in  his  place.  The  came  f 
 LORDE,  5  stode,  and  called  like  as  afore: 
 Samuel,  Samuel.  And  Samuel  sayde :  Speake 
 (LORDE)  for  thy  seruaunt  heareth.  And 
 the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Samuel :  Beholde,  I 
 do  a  thinge  in  Israel,  y  who  so  euer  shall 
 heare  it,  both  his  eares  shal  glowe.  In  y  daie 
 will  I  rayse  vp  vpon  Eli  t  all  y  I  haue  spoke 
 cocemynge  his  house.  I  will  take  it  in  hande, 
 X  perfourme  it :  for  I  haue  tolde  him,  y  I 
 wilbe  ludge  ouer  his  house  for  euer,  because 
 of  the  wickednes,  y  he  knewe  how  shamefully 
 his  childre  behaued  the  selues,  and  hath  not 
 once  loked  sowerly  therto.  Therfore  haue  I 
 sworne  vnto  y  house  of  Eli,  y  this  \vickednes 
 of  y  house  of  Eli  shall  not  be  recocyled  nether 
 with  sacrifice  ner  with  meatoffringe  for  euer. 
 
 And  Samuel  laye  vnto  ;y  morow,  5  opened  the 
 dores  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  Samuel  was  afrayed  to  tell  the  vysion 
 vnto  Eli.  Then  Eh  called  him  5  sayde: 
 Samuel  my  sonne.  He  answered :  Beholde, 
 here  am  I.  He  sayde :  What  is  y  worde  y 
 the  LORDE  hath  spoke  vnto  the?  hyde  it 
 not  fro  me.  God  do  this  (j  that  vnto  f,  yf 
 thou  hyde  oughte  fro  me,  of  all  that  he  hath 
 talked  with  the.  Then  Samuel  tolde  him  all- 
 together,  (t  hyd  nothinge  from  him.  He 
 sayde:  It  is  the  LORDE,  let  him  do  what 
 pleaseth  him. 
 
 Samuel  grewe  vp,  5  the  LORDE  was  with 
 him,  5  there  fell  none  of  all  his  wordes  vpo 
 the  earth.  And  all  Israel  fro  Dan  vnto  Ber- 
 saba,  knewe  y  Samuel  was  faithfull  to  be  a 
 prophet  of  the  LORDE.  And  the  LORDE 
 appeared  agajTie  at  Silo:  for  the  LORDE 
 shewed  him  selfe  vnto  Samuel  at  Silo,  thorow 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci)t  Hi).  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 AND  all  Israel  spake  of  Samuel.  And 
 Israel  wente  forth  to  the  battayll  against 
 the  Philistynes,  (j  pitched  besyde  the  t  Helpe 
 stone :  As  for  the  Philistynes,  they  pitched  at 
 Aphek,  and  prepared  them  selues  agajTist 
 Israel.  And  whan  the  battayU  beganne,  the 
 boost  was  deuyded,  so  that  Israel  was  smytte 
 before  the  enemies,  5  in  the  edge  in  the  felde 
 they  slewe  aboute  a  foure  thousande  men. 
 And  whan  the  people  came  in  to  the  boost, 
 the  Elders  of  Israel  sayde :  Wherfore  hath  the 
 LORDE  caused  vs  to  be  smytten  this  daie 
 before  the  Philistynes  ?  Let  vs  take  vnto  vs 
 the  Arke  of  the  LORDES  couenaunt  from 
 Silo,  5  let  it  come  amoge  vs,  that  it  maye 
 helpe  vs  from  the  hande  of  oure  enemies. 
 And  the  people  sent  vnto  Silo,  5  caused  to 
 fet  thece  the  Arke  of  f  couenaunt  of  the 
 LORDE  Zebaoth,  that  sytteth  vpon  the 
 Cherubins.  And  with  the  Arke  of  the  co- 
 uenaunt of  God  there  were  the  two  sonnes  of 
 Eli,  Ophni  and  Phineas. 
 
 And  whan  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the 
 LORDE  came  in  to  the  boost,  all  Israel 
 shouted  with  a  greate  shoute,  so  that  the  earth 
 sounded  withall.  But  whan  the  Philistynes 
 herde  f  noyse  of  y  shoute,  they  sayde  :  what 
 noyse  is  this  of  soch  greate  shoutinge  in  the 
 tentes  of  the  Hebrues  ?     And  whan  they  per- 
 
 t  1  Reg.  7.  c. 
 
Cftap.  b. 
 
 €i)t  L  boht  of  tf)t  fepges* 
 
 Jfo.  crli)i% 
 
 ceaued  y  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  was  come 
 in  to  the  hoost,  they  were  afrayed  5  sayde : 
 God  is  come  in  to  the  hoost.  And  they  sayde 
 morouer:  Wo  vnto  vs,  for  it  hath  not  bene 
 thus  afore  tyme.  Wo  vnto  vs.  Who  wil  de- 
 lyuer  vs  fro  the  hande  of  these  hye  goddes  ? 
 These  are  the  goddes  that  smote  Egipte  with 
 all  maner  of  plages  in  the  wyldernesse.  Be 
 stronge  now  and  manly  ye  Philistynes,  that 
 ye  serue  not  the  Hebrues  *as  they  haue  serued 
 you.     Be  manly  and  fighte. 
 
 Then  foughte  the  Philistynes,  (j  Israel  was 
 smytten,  5  euery  one  fled  vnto  his  tete,  ij  there 
 was  a  very  greate  slaughter,  so  that  there  fell 
 of  Israel  thirtye  thousande  foteme,  5  the  Arke 
 of  God  was  take,  tj  the  two  sonnes  of  Eli, 
 Ophni  and  Phineas  dyed. 
 
 Then  rane  there  one  of  Ben  lamin  out  of 
 the  fore  fronte  of  the  battayl,  d  came  vnto 
 Silo  the  same  daye,  5  had  his  clothes  rente, 
 and  had  earth  vpo  his  heade.  And  whan  he 
 came  in,  Heli  sat  vpon  the  seate,  that  he 
 mighte  loke  towarde  the  waye :  for  his  herte 
 was  fearfull  aboute  y  Arke  of  God.  And 
 whan  the  man  came  in  to  the  cite,  he  tolde  it 
 forth :  and  all  the  cite  cried.  And  whan  Eli 
 herde  y  noyse  of  the  cryege,  he  axed :  What 
 noyse  of  busynes  is  this?  The  man  came 
 haistely,  and  tolde  Eli.  (As  for  Eli,  he  was 
 fourescore  and  eightene  yeare  olde,  tand  his 
 eyes  were  dymme,  so  that  he  coulde  not  se.) 
 The  man  sayde  vnto  Eli :  I  come  and  am  fled 
 this  daye  out  of  the  hoost.  He  sayde :  How  is 
 it  my  Sonne  ? 
 
 Then  answered  the  tydinge  bringer,  5  sayde : 
 Israel  is  fled  before  the  Philistynes,  and  a 
 greate  slaughter  hath  there  bene  amonge  the 
 people,  (I  thy  two  sonnes  Ophni  5  Phineas  are 
 deed,  yee  (t  the  Arke  of  God  is  take  awaye. 
 Whan  he  had  made  mencion  of  the  Arke  of 
 God,  he  fell  downe  bacwarde  from  the  seate 
 by  the  gate,  and  brake  his  neck,  and  dyed : 
 for  he  was  olde,  5  an  heuy  man.  He  iudged 
 Israel  fortie  yeares.  The  wife  of  his  sonne 
 Phineas  was  with  childe,  5  shulde  shortly  be 
 delyuered,  whan  she  herde  the  tydinges  y  the 
 Arke  of  God  was  taken,  and  y  hir  brother  in 
 lawe  and  hir  huszbiide  were  deed,  she  bowed 
 hir  selfe  and  trauayled :  for  hir  payne  came 
 vpon  her.  And  whan  she  was  now  at  the 
 poynte  of  death,  the  wemen  that  stode  by  her, 
 sayde :    Feare  not,  thou  hast  a  yoge  sonne. 
 
 •  lud.  13.  a.         t  1  Re.  2.  g. 
 
 But  she  gaue  no  answere,  nether  regarded  it, 
 and  she  called  the  childe  Icabod,  and  sayde : 
 The  glory  is  gone  from  Israel,  because  the 
 Arke  of  God  was  taken  awaye,  and  hir  brother 
 in  lawe  and  hir  huszbande.  And  she  sayde 
 morouer :  The  glory  is  gone  from  Israel,  for 
 the  Arke  of  God  is  take  awaye. 
 
 Clje  b.  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 AS  for  the  Arke  of  God,  the  Philistynes 
 toke  it  and  broughte  it  from  the  stone 
 of  helpe  vnto  Aszdod  in  to  the  house  of  Dagon, 
 and  set  it  besyde  Dagon.  And  whan  they  of 
 Aszdod  rose  vp  early  on  the  morowe,  they 
 founde  Dagon  lyenge  on  his  face  vpon  the 
 earth,  before  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE.  But 
 they  toke  vp  Dagon,  and  set  him  agayne  in 
 his  place.  Neuertheles  whan  they  rose  vp 
 early  on  the  nexte  morowe,  they  founde  Dagon 
 lyenge  on  his  face  agayne  vpon  the  earth 
 before  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE:  but  his 
 heade  and  both  his  hades  hewen  of  vpon  the 
 threszholde,  so  that  the  block  laie  there  onely. 
 Therfore  the  prestes  of  Dagon,  and  all  they 
 that  go  in  to  his  house,  treade  not  vpo  the 
 threszsholde  of  Dagon  at  Aszdod  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 But  the  hande  of  the  LORDE  was  heuy 
 vpon  them  of  Aszdod,  and  destroyed  them, 
 and  smote  Aszdod  and  all  the  borders  therof 
 in  secrete  places.  Whan  the  men  of  Aszdod 
 sawe  that  they  were  so  plaged,  they  sayde : 
 §  Let  not  the  Arke  of  the  God  of  Israel  tary 
 with  vs,  for  his  hande  is  to  harde  vpo  vs  (j 
 vpon  oure  god  Dagon.  And  they  sent  forth 
 and  gathered  all  the  prynces  of  the  Philistynes 
 vnto  them,  and  sayde :  What  shal  we  do 
 with  the  Arke  of  the  God  of  Israel?  Then  an 
 swered  they  of  Geth :  Let  the  Arke  of  the  God 
 of  Israel  be  borne  aboute.  And  they  caried 
 the  Arke  of  the  God  of  Israel  rounde  aboute. 
 
 But  wha  they  bare  it  aboute,  there  was 
 a  very  greate  rumoure  in  the  cite  thorow  the 
 hande  of  the  LORDE,  and  smote  the  people 
 of  the  cite,  from  the  smallest  vnto  the  greatest, 
 and  destroyed  them  in  the  secrete  places. 
 Then  sent  they  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 Ekron.  But  wha  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  Ekron,  they  of  Ekron  cried:  They 
 haue  caried  the  Arke  of  God  aboute  vnto  me, 
 to  slaye  me  and  my  people. 
 
 Then  sente  they  forth,  and  gathered  all  f 
 prynces  of  the  Phihstynes  together,  and  sayde: 
 
 t  1  Reg.  3.  a.         §  Deut.  32.  e. 
 
Jfo.  cdv. 
 
 Cftt  u  bokt  of  t\)t  fejniges* 
 
 Cftap.  bt. 
 
 Sende  awaye  the  Arke  of  the  God  of  Israel 
 agayne  vnto  hir  place,  that  it  slaye  not  me  5 
 my  people  :  for  there  is  a  very  greate  rumoure 
 with  the  deed  in  all  the  cite,  and  the  hande 
 of  God  is  there.  And  the  people  that  dyed 
 not,  were  smytten  in  secrete  places,  so  that 
 the  noyse  of  the  cite  wete  vp  vnto  heauen. 
 
 Wt)t  bi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THUS  was  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  in 
 the  londe  of  the  Philistynes  seuen 
 monethes.  And  the  Philistynes  called  their 
 prestes  and  soythsayers,  and  sayde :  What 
 shal  we  do  with  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE? 
 Shewe  vs,  wher  with  shal  we  sende  it  vnto  hir 
 place  ?  They  sayde  :  Yf  ye  wyll  sende  awaye 
 the  Arke  of  the  God  of  Israel,  sende  it  not 
 awaye  emptye,  but  geue  a  trespace  offerynge: 
 so  shal  ye  be  made  whole,  and  ye  shal  knowe, 
 why  his  hande  departeth  not  from  you. 
 
 They  sayde :  What  is  the  trespace  offeringe 
 that  we  shall  geue  him  ?  They  answered : 
 Fyue  hynder  partes  of  golde,  and  fyue  golden 
 myce,  acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  the  fyue 
 prynces  of  f  Philistynes.  For  there  hath 
 bene  one  maner  of  plage  vpon  you  all,  and 
 vpon  youre  prynces.  Therfore  must  ye  make 
 youre  hynder  partes  of  one  faszshion  and  youre 
 myce,  which  haue  destroyed  youre  londe,  that 
 ye  maye  geue  the  God  of  Israel  the  honoure  : 
 peraduenture  his  hade  shal  be  the  lighter  vpon 
 you  and  vpon  youre  God,  and  vpon  youre 
 londe.  Why  harden  ye  youre  hert,  as  the 
 Egipcians  and  Pharao  hardened  their  hert? 
 Whan  he  shewed  him  selfe  vpon  them  *  dyd 
 not  they  let  them  departe  to  go  their  waye  ? 
 
 Go  to  now  therfore,  and  make  a  new  cart, 
 and  take  two  mylke  kyne,  vpon  y  which  there 
 neuer  came  yock,  and  yocke  them  to  y  cart, 
 and  let  their  calues  tary  behynde  them  at 
 home:  and  take  ye  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 and  laye  it  vpon  the  cart :  and  the  lewels  of 
 golde  that  ye  geue  him  for  a  trespace  offeringe 
 put  in  a  coffer  beside  it,  5  sende  it  awaye  and 
 let  it  go.  And  loke  well :  yf  it  go  the  waie 
 of  hir  awne  coaste  Beth  Semes,  the  hath  he 
 done  vs  all  this  greate  euell :  Yf  no,  then  shal 
 ye  knowe  that  his  hande  hath  not  touched  vs, 
 but  y  it  is  happened  vnto  vs  by  chauce. 
 
 The  men  dyd  so,  and  toke  two  yonge  mylke 
 kyne,  and  yocked  them  to  a  cart,  and  helde 
 their  calues  at  home,  and  layed  the  Arke  of  the 
 
 LORDE  vpon  the  cart,  and  the  coffer  with 
 the  golden  myce,  and  with  the  ymages  of  their 
 disease.  And  the  kyne  wente  straight  waye 
 vnto  Beth  Semes  vpon  one  hye  strete,  and 
 wente  on  blearynge,  and  turned  nether  to  the 
 righte  hande  ner  to  the  lefte.  And  the 
 prynces  of  the  Philistynes  wente  after  them 
 vnto  f  coast  of  Beth  Semes. 
 
 The  Beth  Samites  were  euen  reapynge 
 downe  their  wheate  haruest  in  the  valley,  and 
 lyfte  vp  their  eyes,  and  sawe  the  Arke,  and 
 reioysed  to  se  it.  The  cart  came  in  to  the 
 felde  of  losua  the  Beth  Semite,  and  there  it 
 stode  styll.  And  there  was  a  greate  stone, 
 and  they  claue  the  tymber  of  the  cart,  and 
 offred  the  kyne  vnto  the  LORDE  for  a 
 burntofFerynge. 
 
 But  the  Leuites  toke  downe  the  Arke  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  the  coffer  that  was  by  it, 
 wherin  the  lewels  of  golde  were,  and  set  the 
 vpon  the  greate  stone.  The  men  of  Beth 
 Semes  ofTred  bumtofferynges,  and  other  offer- 
 ynges  also  vnto  the  LORDE  the  same  daye. 
 And  whan  the  fyue  prynces  of  the  Philistynes 
 had  sene  it,  they  departed  agayne  the  same 
 daye  towarde  Ekron. 
 
 These  are  the  golden  diseases,  that  the 
 Philistynes  offred  for  a  trespace  offerynge 
 vnto  the  LORDE :  Aszdod  one,  Gasa  one : 
 Ascalon  one,  Gath  one,  and  Ekron  one :  and 
 golden  myce,  acordynge  to  the  nombre  of  all 
 the  cities  of  the  Philistynes  amonge  the  fyue 
 prynces,  from  the  walled  cite  vnto  the  vyllage, 
 and  vnto  the  greate  playne  felde,  wher  vpon 
 they  set  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  (which 
 was)  vnto  this  daye  vpon  the  felde  of  losua 
 the  Beth  Semite. 
 
 And  certaine  of  Beth  Sames  were  slaine 
 because  they  had  sene  y  Arke  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  he  slewe  fyftye  thousande  and  seuentye 
 men  of  the  people.  Then  mourned  the  people, 
 because  the  LORDE  had  done  so  greate  a 
 slaughter  in  the  people.  And  the  men  at 
 Beth  Semes  sayde  :  Who  maye  stode  before 
 the  LORDE  so  holy  a  God?  And  to  who 
 shal  he  go  fro  vs?  And  they  sent  messaungers 
 to  f  inhabiters  of  Kiriath  learim,  saicge : 
 The  Philistynes  haue  brought  the  Arke  of  God 
 agayne,  come  downe,  5  fetch  it  vp  vnto  you. 
 
 Cl)c  bi].  CI;apttr. 
 
 SO  the  men  of  Kiriath  learim  came  downe, 
 d  fetched  vp  f  Arke  of  f  LORDE,  a 
 
Cljap.  l)uj» 
 
 €i)t  u  bokt  of  tf)t  kpngcsi* 
 
 jTo.  aliru 
 
 brought  it  in  to  y  house  of  *Abinadab  at 
 Gibea,  j  they  consecrated  Eleasar  his  sonne, 
 y  he  might  kepe  y  Arke.  And  fro  y  daye 
 that  the  Arke  of  f  LORDE  abode  at 
 Kiriath  learim,  f  tyme  extended  forth  so  longe 
 tyll  it  came  to  twentye  yeares:  and  all  the 
 house  of  Israel  wepte  after  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  Samuel  sayde  vnto  all  the  house  of 
 Israel :  t  Yf  ye  turne  you  withall  youre  hert 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  then  put  awaye  from  you 
 the  straunge  goddes  and  Astaroth,  and  directe 
 youre  hert  vnto  the  LORDE  and  Jserue  him 
 onely,  so  shall  he  delyuer  you  out  of  the  hande 
 of  the  Philistynes.  Then  the  childre  of  Israel 
 put  awaye  Baalim  and  Astaroth  from  them, 
 and  serued  the  LORDE  onely. 
 
 Samuel  saide :  Gather  all  Israel  together 
 vnto  Mispa,  that  I  maye  praye  for  you  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  And  they  came  together  vnto 
 Mispa,  and  drue  water,  5  poured  it  out  before 
 the  LORDE,  and  fasted  the  same  daye,  and 
 there  they  sayde  :  We  haue  synned  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  So  Samuel  iudged  the  children  of 
 Israel  at  Mispa. 
 
 But  whan  the  Philistynes  herde  that  f 
 children  of  Israel  were  come  together  vnto 
 Mispa,  the  prynces  of  the  Philistynes  wete  vp 
 against  Israel.  Whan  y  childre  of  Israel 
 herde  that,  they  were  afrayed  of  y  Philistynes, 
 5  sayde  vnto  Samuel :  Ceasse  not  to  crye  vnto 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  for  vs,  y  he  male 
 helpe  vs  out  of  the  hande  of  f  Philistynes.^ 
 Samuel  toke  a  fat  lambe,  5  offred  an  whole 
 burntofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  5  cried  vnto 
 the  LORDE  for  Israel,  and  the  LORDE 
 herde  him.  And  whyle  Samuel  was  offerynge 
 y  burnt  sacrifice,  y  Philistines  came  to  fight 
 agaynst  Israel.  But  the  LORDE  thondred  a 
 thonder  vpon  the  Philistynes  the  same  daye  5 
 discofyted  the,  so  y  they  were  smytte  before 
 Israel.  The  wente  y  men  of  Israel  forth,  (t 
 chaced  y  Philistynes,  5  smote  them  till  vnder 
 Beth  Car.  Then  toke  Samuel  a  stone,  5  set 
 it  vp  betwene  Mispa  (j  Sen,  5  called  it  y  Help 
 stone,  (t  sayde  :  °  Hither  to  hath  the  LORDE 
 helped  vs.  Thus  were  the  Philistynes  brought 
 downe,  5  came  nomore  within  the  border  of 
 Israel.  And  y  hade  of  y  LORDE  was  against 
 the  Philistynes,  as  longe  as  Samuel  lyued. 
 
 So  Israel  gat  the  cities  agayne,  that  the 
 Philistynes  had  conquered,  fro   Ekron  vnto 
 
 •  2  Re.  6.  a.  t  losu.  24.  c.  Tob.  14.  c.  f  Deut.  6.  c. 
 Mat.  4.  b.       §  Eccli.  46.  c       -  1  Re.  4.  a.       ||  Deut.  17.  a. 
 
 Gath,  with  the  borders  therof,  those  did  Israel 
 rescue  out  of  the  hande  of  the  Philistynes  :  j 
 Israel  had  peace  with  the  Amorites.  Samuel 
 iudged  Israel  as  loge  as  he  liued,  5  wete 
 aboute  euery  yeare  vnto  Bethel  5  Gilgal  (j 
 Mispa:  5  wha  he  had  iudged  Israel  in  aU 
 these  places,  he  came  agayne  vnto  Ramath  for 
 there  was  his  house,  5  there  he  iudged  Israel, 
 5  builded  an  altare  there  vnto  y  LORDE. 
 
 iZn^c  buj.  Cijaptnr. 
 
 BUT  whan  Samuel  waxed  olde,  he  set  his 
 sonnes  to  be  iudges  ouer  Israel.  His 
 firstborne  sonne  was  called  loel  5  the  secode 
 Abia,  5  they  were  iudges  at  Bersaba.  Ne- 
 uertheles  his  sonnes  walked  not  in  his  wayes, 
 but  enclyned  vnto  couetousnes,  5  II  toke  giftes, 
 S  wraysted  the  lawe.  Then  all  y  Elders  in 
 Israel  gathered  the  selues  together,  5  came 
 to  Ramath  vnto  Samuel,  5  saide  vnto  him  : 
 Beholde,  thou  art  waxen  olde,  g  thy  sonnes 
 walke  not  in  thy  wayes,  If  set  a  kynge  now 
 ouer  vs  therfore,  to  iudge  vs,  as  all  y  Heithe 
 haue.  The  was  Samuel  displeased  wha  they 
 sayde :  Geue  vs  a  kynge,  to  iudge  vs.  And 
 Samuel  prayed  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  LORDE  saide  vnto  Samuel:  Herken 
 vnto  the  voice  of  the  people  in  aU  y  they  haue 
 sayde  vnto  the.  **For  they  haue  not  refused 
 the,  but  me,  y  I  shulde  not  be  kinge  ouer 
 them.  They  do  vnto  the  as  they  haue  done 
 euer,  sence  the  dale  y  I  brought  them  out  of 
 the  londe  of  Egipte  vnto  this  daye,  and  haue 
 forsaken  me,  and  serued  other  goddes.  Herke 
 now  therfore  vnto  their  voyce.  Yet  testifye 
 vnto  them,  and  shewe  them  tt  the  lawe  of  the 
 kynge  that  shall  raigne  ouer  them. 
 
 And  Samuel  tolde  all  the  wordes  of  the 
 LORDE  vnto  y  people,  that  requyred  a  kinge 
 of  him.  This  shal  be  the  lawe  of  the  kynge 
 y  shal  raigne  ouer  you :  tt  Youre  sonnes  shall 
 he  take  for  his  charettes,  and  for  horsmen  to 
 runne  before  his  charettes,  and  to  be  rulers  5 
 captaynes,  to  be  plowemen  to  tyll  his  londe 
 and  to  be  reapers  in  his  haruest,  and  to  make 
 his  harnesse,  and  soch  thinges  as  belonge  to 
 his  charettes.  As  for  youre  doughters,  he 
 shall  take  the,  to  be  Apotecaries,  cokes  and 
 bakers.  *Youre  best  londe  and  vynyardes,  and 
 oyle-gardens  shall  he  take,  and  geue  vnto  his 
 seruauntes :  Of  youre  sedes  also  and  viniardes 
 
 f  iRe.  t2.  c.     Ose.  13.  b.     Act.  13.  b. 
 tt  Deut.  17.  d.  tt  3  Re.  9.  d. 
 
 ••l  Re.  10.  d. 
 »  3  Re.  21 
 
#0.  ttinu 
 
 Ci)t  u  hokt  of  ti)t  fepgcs!. 
 
 Cftap.  u% 
 
 shal  he  take  the  Tithes,  (j  geue  vnto  his  eha- 
 berlaynes  and  seruauntes.  And  youre  ser- 
 uautes  and  youre  maydes,  and  youre  best 
 yonge  men,  and  youre  asses  shal  he  talie,  and 
 do  his  busynes  withall.  Of  youre  flockes  shal 
 he  take  the  Tithes,  and  ye  shal  be  his  ser- 
 uautes.  Whan  ye  shal  crye  then  at  the  same 
 tyme  ouer  youre  kynge,  whom  ye  haue  chosen 
 you,  the  LORDE  shall  not  heare  you  at  the 
 same  tyme.  Neuerthelesse  the  people  refused 
 to  heare  the  voyce  of  Samuel,  and  sayde : 
 Not  so,  but  there  shall  be  a  kynge  ouer  vs,  y 
 we  maye  be  as  all  other  Heithe,  y  oure  kynge 
 maie  iudge  vs,  5  go  forth  before  vs,  and  go- 
 uerne  oure  warres.  The  herkened  Samuel 
 vnto  all  y  f  people  sayde,  i  tolde  it  before  y 
 eares  of  the  LORDE.  The  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  Herken  thou  vnto  their  voyce,  and 
 make  them  a  kynge.  And  Samuel  sayde 
 vnto  the  men  of  Israel :  Go  youre  wave  euery 
 one  vnto  his  cite. 
 
 Clje  if.  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 THERE  was  a  man  of  Ben  lamin  named 
 *  Cis,  the  Sonne  of  Abiel,  the  sonne  of 
 Zeor,  the  sonne  of  Bethorah,  f  sonne  of 
 Apiah,  the  sonne  of  a  man  of  lemini,  a 
 valeaunt  man,  which  had  a  sonne  named 
 Saul,  which  was  so  goodly  a  yonge  man,  that 
 there  was  not  a  goodlier  amonge  the  children 
 of  Israel,  higher  by  the  heade  then  all  the 
 people.  Cis  the  father  of  Saul  had  lost  his 
 asses,  and  he  sayde  vnto  Saul  his  sonne : 
 Take  one  of  the  children  with  the,  get  the 
 vp,  go  thy  waye,  and  seke  the  asses.  And  he 
 wente  his  waye  thorow  mount  Ephraim,  and 
 thorow  the  lode  of  Solisa,  and  founde  them 
 not.  They  wente  thorow  the  lode  of  Saalim, 
 (S  there  they  were  not.  They  passed  thorow 
 f  lode  of  lemini,  (i  foude  the  not.  But  wha 
 they  came  in  to  the  londe  of  Zuph,  Saul 
 sayde  vnto  the  childe  that  was  with  him : 
 Come,  let  vs  go  home  agayne,  lest  my  father 
 let  go  the  asses,  and  take  care  for  vs.  He 
 sayde  :  Beholde,  here  is  an  honorable  man  of 
 God  in  this  cite,  all  that  he  sayeth,  commeth 
 to  passe.  Let  vs  go  thither  now,  peraduenture 
 he  maye  shewe  vs  oure  waye  which  we  go. 
 But  Saul  saide  vnto  his  childe  :  Though  we 
 shulde  go,  what  brynge  we  the  man  ?  For 
 the  bred  is  gone  out  of  oure  walet,  and  els 
 haue  we  no  gifte  to  brynge  the  man  of  God, 
 
 what  haue  we?  The  childe  answered  agayne, 
 and  sayde :  Beholde,  I  haue  the  fourth  parte 
 of  a  syluer  Sycle  by  me,  y  same  wyll  we  geue 
 the  man  of  God,  that  he  maye  shewe  vs  oure 
 waye. 
 
 (Afore  tyme  in  Israel,  whan  a  man  wente 
 to  axe  councell  at  the  LORDE,  he  sayde: 
 Come,  let  vs  go  to  the  Seer:  for  they  that  now 
 are  called  prophetes,  were  called  Seers  afore 
 tyme.)  Saul  sayde  vnto  his  childe :  Thou 
 hast  well  spoken,  come  let  vs  go.  And  whan 
 they  wente  vnto  the  cite  where  the  man  of 
 God  was,  and  came  vp  to  the  cite,  they 
 founde  damsels  which  were  gone  forth  to 
 drawe  water,  vnto  them  they  sayde :  Is  the 
 Seer  here  ?  They  answered  them  and  sayde  : 
 Yee.  Beholde,  he  is  there,  make  haist,  for 
 he  came  in  to  the  cite  this  daye,  because  the 
 people  haue  a  sacrifice  to  do  to  daye  in  the 
 hye  place.  Whan  ye  come  in  the  cite,  ye  shal 
 fynde  him,  afore  he  go  vp  to  the  hye  place  for 
 to  eate  :  for  the  people  wyll  not  eate  tyll  he 
 come.  For  he  shall  blesse  the  offerynge,  then 
 shal  they  eate  that  are  called.  Therfore  go 
 youre  waie  vp,  for  eue  now  shal  ye  finde  him. 
 And  whan  they  came  vp  to  the  cite,  and 
 were  euen  in  the  myddes  of  the  cite,  beholde, 
 Samuel  came  forth  in  their  waye,  and  wolde 
 go  vp  to  the  hye  place,  (t  But  the  LORDE 
 had  opened  Samuels  eare  the  daye  afore,  or 
 euer  Saul  came,  and  sayde:  Tomorow  aboute 
 this  tyme  wyll  I  sonde  a  man  vnto  the  out  of 
 the  lode  of  Ben  lamin,  him  shalt  thou  anoynte 
 to  be  prynce  ouer  my  people  of  Israel,  that  he 
 maye  delyuer  my  people  from  the  hande  of 
 the  Philistynes  :  for  I  haue  loked  vpon  my 
 people,  and  their  crye  is  come  before  me.) 
 Now  whan  Samuel  behelde  Saul,  the  LORDE 
 answered  him :  lo,  y  is  the  man  of  whom  I 
 tolde  the,  that  he  shulde  raigne  ouer  my 
 people. 
 
 Then  came  Saul  vnto  Samuel  vnder  y  gate, 
 and  sayde:  Tell  me  (I  praye  the)  where  is 
 the  Seers  house  ?  Samuel  answered  Saul,  and 
 sayde :  I  am  the  Seer.  Go  vp  before  me  vnto 
 the  hye  place :  for  ye  shall  eate  with  me  to 
 daye,  tomorow  wyll  I  lett  the  go,  and  all  that 
 is  in  thyne  hert,  wyll  I  tell  the :  and  as  for  the 
 Asses  which  were  lost  thre  dayes  agoo,  care 
 not  thou  for  them,  for  they  are  founde.  And 
 to  whom  shall  belonge  all  that  is  pleasaunt  in 
 Israel?  Shall  it  not  belonge  vnto  the  and  to  all 
 
 t  1  Reg.  15.  a. 
 
C&ap.  jr. 
 
 €i)t  u  bofef  of  tl)e  kpngesJ. 
 
 ffo,  ttlm* 
 
 thy  fathers  house  ?  Saul  answered :  Am  not 
 I  a  Sonne  of  lemini,  *  and  of  the  smallest 
 trybe,  and  my  kynred  the  leest  amonge  all 
 the  kynreds  of  y  trybe  of  Ben  lamin  ?  Why 
 speakest  thou  so  the  vnto  me  ?  Samuel  toke 
 Saul  (J  his  childe  5  brought  them  in  to  the 
 perler  where  they  shulde  eate,  and  satt  them 
 aboue  those  that  were  called,  of  whom  there 
 were  aboute  a  thirtie  men.  And  Samuel 
 sayde  vnto  the  coke :  Geue  me  the  porcion 
 that  I  gaue  the,  and  bad  the  kepe  it  by  the. 
 Then  the  coke  toke  vp  a  shulder,  and  bare  it 
 forth,  and  set  it  before  Saul.  And  (Samuel) 
 sayde :  Beholde,  this  is  left,  laye  it  before  the, 
 and  eate :  for  it  was  kepte  for  the  agaynst  this 
 tyme,  whan  I  called  the  people.  Thus  Saul 
 ate  with  Samuel  the  same  daye. 
 
 And  whan  they  were  gone  downe  from  the 
 hye  place  vnto  the  cite,  he  talked  with  Saul 
 in  the  chamber.  And  they  rose  vp  early  on 
 the  morow.  And  whan  the  mornynge  sprynge 
 arose,  Samuel  called  Saul  in  the  chamber,  and 
 sayde :  Vp,  y  I  maye  sende  the  thy  waye. 
 And  Saul  gat  him  vp  :  5  they  both  wete  forth 
 together,  he  and  Samuel.  And  whan  they 
 came  downe  to  the  ende  of  the  cite,  Samuel 
 sayde  vnto  Saul :  Speake  vnto  y  childe,  that 
 he  go  on  forth  before  vs,  but  stode  thou  styll 
 now,  that  I  maie  shewe  the  what  God  hath 
 sayde : 
 
 €i}t  y.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 THEN  toke  Samuel  a  glasse  of  oyle,  and 
 poured  it  vpo  his  heade,  and  kissed  him, 
 and  sayde:  Seist  thou  that  the  LORDE  hath 
 anoynted  the,  to  be  the  prince  ouer  t  his  enhe- 
 ritauce  ?  Whan  thou  goest  now  fro  me,  thou 
 shalt  fynde  two  men  besyde  t  Rachels  graue 
 in  the  coast  of  Ben  lamin  at  Zelzah,  which 
 shal  sale  vnto  the :  The  asses  are  founde, 
 whom  thou  wentest  to  seke :  and  beholde,  thy 
 father  hath  put  the  asses  out  of  his  mynde, 
 and  taketh  thoughte  for  the,  and  sayeth: 
 What  shall  I  do  for  my  sonne  ? 
 
 And  whan  thou  goest  on  forth  from  thence, 
 thou  shalt  come  to  the  Oke  of  Thabor,  there 
 shall  thre  men  fynde  the,  which  go  vp  vnto 
 Godtowarde  Bethel:  onebeareth  thre  kiddes, 
 another  thre  loaues  of  bred  the  thyrde  a  bottel 
 with  wyne  :  and  they  shall  salute  the,  and 
 geue  the  two  loaues,  which  thou  shalt  take  of 
 
 •  ludi.  20.  e.     1  Re. 
 ,  d.  M  Reg.  13.  i 
 
 .  d.         t  Deut.  9.  e.         t  Gen. 
 II  'J  Re.  7.  a.     1  Par.  18.  a. 
 
 their  hande.  After  that  shalt  thou  come  to 
 the  hyll  of  God,  §  where  the  Philistynes  watch 
 is :  and  wha  thou  comest  there  in  to  the  cite, 
 there  shall  mete  the  a  company  of  prophetes 
 commynge  downe  from  the  hye  place,  and 
 before  them  a  Psaltery,  and  tabret,  a  pype  and 
 a  harpe,  and  they  them  selues  prophecienge. 
 And  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  shall  come 
 vpon  the,  and  thou  shalt  prophecye  with  them, 
 and  shalt  be  chaunged  in  to  another  man. 
 
 Whan  these  tokens  now  come  vnto  the, 
 II  then  do  what  so  euer  commeth  vnder  thyne 
 hande :  for  God  is  with  the.  Thou  shalt  go 
 downe  before  me  vnto  Gilgall :  Beholde, 
 thither  wyl  I  come  downe  vnto  the,  that  thou 
 mayest  offi-e  burntofferynges  and  deedofFer- 
 ynges.  "  Seuen  dayes  shalt  thou  tarye  till  I 
 come  to  the,  and  shewe  the  what  thou  shuldest 
 do.  And  whan  he  turned  his  shulder  to  go 
 from  Samuel,  God  chaunged  him  another 
 hert,  and  all  these  tokes  came  the  same  daye. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  vnto  the  hill,  beholde, 
 there  met  him  a  company  of  prophetes  If  and 
 the  sprete  of  God  came  vpon  him,  so  that  he 
 prophecyed  amonge  them.  But  wha  they 
 which  knewe  him  before,  sawe  him  that  he 
 prophecied  with  the  prophetes,  they  sayde  all 
 amonge  them  selues  :  What  is  happened  vnto 
 the  Sonne  of  Cis?  Is  Saul  also  amonge  the 
 prophetes  ?  And  one  y  was  there,  answered 
 and  sayde  :  Who  is  their  father?  **  Hereof 
 came  the  prouerbe  :  Is  Saul  also  amonge  the 
 prophetes  ?  And  wha  he  had  left  of  prO' 
 phecienge,  he  came  vp  to  the  hyll. 
 
 Sauls  vncle  sayde  vnto  him  and  to  his 
 childe :  Whither  wente  ye  ?  They  answered  : 
 To  seke  the  asses.  And  whan  we  sawe  that 
 they  were  awaye,  we  came  vnto  Samuel 
 Then  sayde  Sauls  vncle :  Tell  me,  what  sayde 
 Samuel  vnto  you  ?  Saul  answered  his  vncle  : 
 He  tolde  vs,  y  the  asses  were  foiide.  But  of 
 ;y  kjTigdome  he  tolde  him  nothinge  what 
 Samuel  had  sayde. 
 
 Samuel  called  the  people  together  vnto 
 the  LORDE  to  Mispa,  and  spake  vnto  the 
 children  of  Israel :  Thus  saieth  y  LORDE 
 the  God  of  Israel :  I  broughte  Israel  out  of 
 Egipte,  and  delyuered  you  from  the  hande  of 
 y  Egipcians,  and  from  the  hande  of  all  the 
 kyngdomes  that  oppressed  you.  +t  But  now 
 haue  ye  refused  youre  God,  which  hath  helped 
 
 '  1  Re.  13.  b.  f  1  Re.  11.  b.  ••  1  Re.  19.  d. 
 
 tt  1  Re.  8.  b. 
 
fo.  ulniiU 
 
 €\)t  u  bokt  of  tbe  hpnges. 
 
 CJjap.  n'. 
 
 you  out  of  all  youre  sorowes  and  troubles,  5 
 ye  haue  saide  vnto  him :  Set  a  kinge  ouer  vs 
 Well,  stonde  ye  now  before  f  LORDE  acord- 
 inge  to  youre  trybes  and  kynreds. 
 
 Now  whan  Samuel  had  brought  forth  all 
 the  trybes  of  Israel,  the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin 
 was  taken.  And  whan  he  had  broughte  forth 
 the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin  with  his  kynreds,  the 
 kynred  of  Matri  was  take,  a  Saul  the  sonne  of 
 Cis  was  take.  And  they  sought  him,  but  they 
 founde  him  not. 
 
 Then  axed  they  further  at  the  LORDE, 
 whether  he  was  for  to  come  thither.  The 
 LORDE  answered:  Beholde,  he  hath  hyd 
 him  selfe  amonge  ;y-  vessels.  Then  ranne 
 they  thither,  and  fetched  him.  And  whan  he 
 stode  amonge  the  people,  he  was  hygher  by 
 the  heade  then  all  the  people.  And  Samuel 
 sayde  vnto  all  the  people :  There  se  ye  him 
 whom  the  LORDE  hath  chosen,  for  in  all 
 the  people  there  is  none  like  him.  Then 
 gaue  all  the  people  a  shoute,  and  sayde  :  *God 
 saue  the  new  kynge. 
 
 Samuel  tolde  the  people  all  the  tlawe  of 
 the  kyngdome,  and  wrote  it  in  a  boke,  and 
 layed  it  before  the  LORDE.  And  Samuel 
 let  all  the  people  go,  euery  one  to  his  awne 
 house.  And  Saul  wente  home  also  vnto  Gibea, 
 and  there  wente  with  him  one  parte  of  the 
 boost,  whose  hertes  God  had  touched.  But  the 
 childre  of  Belial  sayde  :  What  shal  this  felowe 
 helpe  vs,  tand  despysed  him,  j  broughte  him 
 no  presente.  But  he  made  him  as  though  he 
 herde  it  not. 
 
 NAHAS  f  Ammonite  wete  vp  (t  layed 
 sege  vnto  labes  in  Gilead.  And  all 
 the  men  of  labes  sayde  vnto  Nahas :  Be  at 
 one  with  vs,  5  we  wyll  serue  the.  But  Nahas 
 y  Ammonite  answered  them:  I  wil  make  a 
 couenaunt  with  you,  of  this  condicion,  that  I 
 maye  thrust  out  all  youre  right  eyes,  and  put 
 you  to  shame  amonge  all  Israel.  Then  sayde 
 all  the  Elders  of  labes  vnto  him:  Geue  vs 
 seuen  dayes  respyte,  that  we  maye  sende  mes- 
 saungers  in  to  all  f  coastes  of  Israel :  Yf  there 
 be  then  no  sauioure,  we  wyl  go  forth  vnto  the. 
 So  the  messaungers  came  vnto  Gibea  of 
 Saul,  and  spake  this  before  the  eares  of  the 
 people.  Then  all  f  people  lifte  vp  their 
 voyce,  and  wepte.      And  beholde,  Saul  came 
 
 k 
 
 •3Reg.  l.d.      tDeu.17.  d.      t  lud.  8.  b.      ^iRe.  lO.c, 
 
 after  the  oxen  out  of  the  felde,  and  sayde 
 What  ayleth  the  people  that  they  wepe  ?  So 
 they  tolde  him  the  earande  of  the  men  of 
 labes.  §Then  came  the  sprete  of  God  vpon 
 him,  whan  he  had  herde  these  wordes,  and 
 his  wrath  was  sore  moued,  and  he  toke  a 
 couple  of  oxen,  and  hewed  them  in  sunder, 
 and  sent  them  in  to  all  the  coastes  of  Israel 
 by  the  messaungers,  sayenge :  Who  so  euer 
 goeth  not  forth  after  Saul  and  Samuel,  his 
 oxen  shalbe  thus  dealte  withall. 
 
 Then  fell  the  feare  of  the  LORDE  vpon 
 the  people,  so  that  they  wente  forth  like  as 
 one  man,  II  and  they  were  tolde  at  Basek,  and 
 of  the  childre  of  Israel  there  were  thre  hun- 
 dreth  thousande  men,  and  thirtie  thousande 
 of  the  children  of  luda.  And  they  spake 
 vnto  the  messaungers  that  were  come :  Saye 
 thus  to  the  men  of  labes  in  Gilead:  Tomorow 
 shal  ye  haue  helpe,  whan  y  Sonne  is  at  the 
 whotest.  Whan  y  messaungers  came  and  tolde 
 this  to  the  men  of  labes,  they  were  glad.  And 
 the  men  of  labes  sayde :  Tomorow  wyll  we 
 come  forth  vnto  you,  that  ye  maye  do  vnto 
 vs,  what  so  euer  it  pleaseth  you.  And  on  y 
 nexte  morow  Saul  set  the  people  in  thre  partes, 
 and  came  in  to  the  boost  aboute  the  mornynge 
 watch,  and  smote  the  Ammonites  tyll  the  daye 
 was  at  the  whotest.  As  for  those  y  remayned, 
 they  were  so  scatred,  that  two  of  them  abode 
 not  together. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  people  vnto  Samuel : 
 Where  are  they  that  sayde :  ^  Shulde  Saul 
 raigne  ouer  vs  ?  Delyuer  vs  here  the  men, 
 that  we  maye  put  them  to  death.  But  Saul 
 sayde :  There  shal  noman  dye  this  daye,  for 
 to  daye  hath  the  LORDE  geuen  health  in 
 Israel.  Samuel  sayde  vnto  the  people:  Come, 
 let  vs  go  vnto  Gilgall,  and  renue  the  kyng- 
 dome there.  Then  wente  all  the  people  vnto 
 Gilgall,  and  there  they  made  Saul  kinge  be- 
 fore the  LORDE  at  Gilgal,  and  ofFred  deed- 
 offeringes  before  the  LORDE.  And  Saul 
 with  all  the  men  of  Israel  reioysed  there  greatly. 
 
 Ci^e  vij-  Cljapttr. 
 
 SAMUEL  sayde  vnto  all  Israel:  Beholde, 
 I  haue  herkened  vnto  youre  voyce  in  all 
 that  ye  sayde  vnto  me,  and  haue  made  a 
 kynge  ouer  you.  And  now  lo,  there  goeth 
 youre  kynge  before  you.  As  for  me,  I  am 
 waxen  olde  and  graye  heered,  and  my  sonnes 
 
 II  1  Re.  13.  c.  and  15.  a.        IT  1  Re.  10.  c. 
 
Cftap.  viih 
 
 €i)t  L  hoht  of  t\)t  fei)n5es!. 
 
 fo,  cri)ffa. 
 
 are  with  you:  and  I  haue  gone  before  you  fro 
 my  youth  vp  vnto  this  daye.  Beholde,  here 
 am  I :  answere  ye  agaynst  me  before  the 
 LORDE  and  his  anoynted,  *yf  I  haue  taken 
 eny  mans  oxe  or  asse,  yf  I  haue  done  eny  man 
 violence  or  wronge,  If  I  haue  oppressed  eny 
 ma,  yf  I  haue  receaued  a  gifte  of  eny  mans 
 hande,  and  kepte  it  secretly,  I  wil  restore  it 
 you  agayne. 
 
 They  saide :  Thou  hast  done  vs  nether  vio- 
 lence ner  wronge,  nether  oppressed,  ner  taken 
 ought  of  eny  mans  hande.  He  sayde:  The 
 LORDE  be  witnesse  agaynst  you,  and  so  be 
 his  anoynted  this  daye,  that  ye  haue  founde 
 nothinge  in  my  hade.  They  saide  :  Yee  they 
 shalbe  witnesses.  And  Samuel  sayde  vnto 
 the  people:  The  LORDE  which  made  Moses 
 and  Aaron,  and  broughte  youre  fathers  out  of 
 the  londe  of  Egipte  (is  here  present.)  Stode 
 forth  now  therfore,  that  I  maye  iudge  you 
 before  the  LORDE  ouer  the  righteousnes  of 
 the  LORDE,  which  he  hath  done  for  you 
 and  youre  fathers. 
 
 t  Whan  lacob  was  come  in  to  Egipte,  youre 
 fathers  cryed  vnto  the  LORDE.  t  And  he 
 sent  Moses  and  Aaron  to  brynge  youre  fathers 
 out  of  Egipte,  and  to  cause  them  for  to  dwell 
 in  this  place. 
 
 §  But  whan  they  forgat  the  LORDE  their 
 God,  he  solde  them  vnder  the  power  of  Sis- 
 sera,  the  captayne  at  Hazor  land  vnder  the 
 power  of  the  Philistynes  If  and  vnder  the  power 
 of  the  kinge  of  the  Moabites,  which  foughte 
 agaynst  them.  But  they  cried  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde :  We  haue  synned,  in 
 that  we  haue  forsaken  the  LORDE,  and 
 serued  Baalim  and  Astaroth.  But  now  de- 
 liuer  vs  from  the  hande  of  oure  enemies,  and 
 we  wyl  serue  the.  **Then  the  LORDE  sent 
 lerubaal,  ttBedan,  ttlephthae,  §§and  Samuel, 
 (J  delyuered  you  from  youre  enemies  rounde 
 aboute,  and  caused  you  to  dwell  safe. 
 
 But  whan  ye  sawe  that  Nahas  the  kynge  of 
 the  children  of  Ammon  came  agajmst  you 
 nil  ye  sayde  vnto  me :  Not  thou,  but  a  kynge 
 shal  raigne  ouer  vs,  where  as  notwithstodinge 
 youre  God  was  youre  kynge.  Now,  there 
 haue  ye  youre  kynge,  who  ye  haue  chosen 
 and  desyred:  for  lo,  the  LORDE  hath  set  a 
 kinge  ouer  you.  Yf  ye  shal  feare  the  LORDE 
 now,  and  serue  him,  and  herken  vnto  his  voice, 
 
 •  Eccli.  46.  d.  Act.  20.  d.  tGen.  46.  a.  Exod.  2.d. 
 tExo.S.b.        ^Iud.4.a.        ||Iud.  13.a.        ITIud.  3.b. 
 
 and  not  be  dishobedient  vnto  the  mouth  of 
 the  LORDE,  then  shall  both  ye  and  youre 
 kynge  that  raigneth  ouer  you,  folowe  y 
 LORDE  youre  God.  But  yf  ye  herken  not 
 vnto  y  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  but  be  disho- 
 bedient vnto  his  mouth,  then  shal  the  hande 
 of  the  LORDE  be  agaynst  you,  and  agaynst 
 youre  fathers. 
 
 Stonde  forth  now  also,  and  beholde  th 
 greate  thinge,  that  the  LORDE  shal  do  be- 
 fore youre  eyes.  Is  not  now  the  wheate  har- 
 uest .''  Yet  wyll  I  call  vpo  the  LORDE,  so 
 that  he  shal  cause  it  thonder  and  rayne,  that 
 ye  shall  knowe  and  se  the  greate  euell,  which 
 ye  haue  done  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE,  in 
 that  ye  haue  desyred  to  haue  a  kynge. 
 
 And  whan  Samuel  called  vpon  the  LORDE, 
 the  LORDE  caused  it  to  thoder  and  raine  the 
 same  daye. 
 
 Then  all  the  people  feared  the  LORDE 
 greatly  and  Samuel,  and  they  sayde  all  vnto 
 Samuel :  Praie  thou  vnto  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  for  thy  seruauntes,  that  we  dye  not :  for 
 beside  oure  sinnes  we  haue  done  this  euell 
 also,  that  we  haue  desyred  vnto  vs  a  kinge. 
 Samuel  sayde  vnto  the  people :  Feare  not,  ye 
 haue  done  all  this  euell  in  dede.  Neuertheles 
 departe  not  backe  from  the  LORDE,  but 
 serue  the  LORDE  with  all  youre  hert,  and 
 go  not  asyde  after  vanite,  for  it  profyteth  you 
 nothinge,  and  can  not  delyuer  you,  in  so 
 moch  as  it  is  but  a  vayne  thinge.  Hf  For  the 
 LORDE  shall  not  forsake  his  people  because 
 of  his  greate  names  sake:  for  the  LORDE 
 hath  begonne  to  make  you  a  people  vnto  him 
 selfe.  But  God  forbyd  that  I  shulde  synne  so 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  to  ceasse  from  prayenge 
 for  you,  and  from  teachinge  you  the  good  5 
 righteous  waye.  Feare  ye  the  LORDE  ther- 
 fore, and  serue  him  faithfully  with  all  youre 
 hert :  for  ye  haue  sene,  how  greate  thinges  he 
 doth  vnto  you.  But  yf  ye  do  wickedly,  both 
 ye  (J  youre  kynge  shal  perishe. 
 
 Wi)t  yii).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 SAUL  had  bene  kynge  one  yeare,  and  wha 
 he  had  raigned  ouer  Israel  two  yeares,  he 
 chose  him  thre  thousande  me  out  of  Israel: 
 two  thousande  were  with  Saul  at  Michmas 
 vpon  the  mount  of  Bethel,  and  one  thousande 
 with  lonathas  at  Gibea  of  Ben  lamin.      As 
 
 "lud.  6.  c.     ttludi.  13.d.     Ulud.ll.a.    §§1  Reg.  7.  a. 
 III!  1  Reg.  8.  a.         f  1[  Exo.  34.  b.   Deut.  9.  e.    losu.  7.  b. 
 
 ~~  37 
 
fo,  tdrbi. 
 
 Cfte  u  bo'ht  of  ti)c  fepnges. 
 
 Cftap.  Fiti}. 
 
 for  the  other  people,  he  let  them  go  euery  one 
 vnto  his  tente.  But  lonathas  smote  f  Phi- 
 listynes  in  their  awne  *  watch,  which  was  at 
 Gibea.  That  came  to  y  Philistynes  eares. 
 And  Saul  caused  to  blowe  the  trompes  in  all 
 the  londe,  5  to  saye :  Let  the  Hebrues  heare. 
 And  all  Israel  herde  saye :  Saul  hath  smytten 
 the  Philistynes  watch,  for  Israel  stanke  before 
 the  Philistynes.  And  all  the  people  cried 
 after  Saul  vnto  Gilgal. 
 
 Then  the  Philistynes  gathered  them  selues 
 together  to  fighte  with  Israel,  thirtie  thou- 
 saride  charettes,  sixe  thousande  horsmen,  and 
 other  people  besyde,  in  nombre  as  the  sonde 
 by  the  See  shore,  and  wente  vp,  and  pitched 
 at  Michmas  on  the  eastsyde  of  Bethauen. 
 Whan  the  men  of  Israel  sawe  that  mysfortune 
 laye  vpon  the  neckes  of  the  (for  the  people 
 was  come  therto)  they  crope  in  to  caues  and 
 dennes,  in  to  rockes,  and  holes  and  welles. 
 But  the  Hebrues  wente  ouer  lordane  in  to  f 
 lande  of  Gad  and  Gilead.  As  for  Saul  he 
 was  yet  at  Gilgal,  and  all  the  people  were 
 fayntharted  after  him.  t  Then  taried  he  seuen 
 dayes  acordinge  to  the  tyme  apoynted  of  Sa- 
 muel. And  whan  Samuel  came  not  vnto 
 Gilgal,  the  people  were  scatered  abrode  from 
 him.  Then  sayde  Saul :  Brynge  me  hither 
 a  burntofferinge  and  deedofFeringes.  And  he 
 offred  a  burntofferynge.  But  whan  he  had 
 made  an  ende  of  the  burntofferynge  beholde, 
 Samuel  came.  Then  wente  Saul  forth  to 
 mete  him,  that  he  might  salute  him. 
 
 But  Samuel  sayde:  What  hast  thou  done? 
 Saul  answered:  I  sawe  that  the  people  was 
 scatered  abrode  fro  me,  and  thou  earnest  not 
 in  due  season:  and  the  Philistynes  were  ga- 
 thered together  at  Michmas.  Then  sayde  I : 
 Now  shall  the  Philistynes  come  downe  to  me 
 vnto  Gilgal,  and  I  haue  not  besoughte  the 
 face  of  the  LORDE:  5  so  I  boldened  my 
 selfe,  d  offred  a  burntofferynge. 
 
 Samuel  sayde  vnto  Saul :  Thou  hast  done 
 foolishly,  and  not  kepte  the  commaundement 
 of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  which  he  com- 
 maunded  the.  For  (yf  thou  haddest  not  done 
 this)  he  had  prospered  thy  kyngdome  vpo 
 Israel  for  euer :  but  now  shall  not  thy  kyng- 
 dome contynue.  t  The  LORDE  hath  soughte 
 him  out  a  man  after  his  owne  hert :  him  hath 
 the  LORDE  commaunded  to  be  prynce  ouer 
 his  people,   for  thou   hast   not   kepte  y  the 
 
 LORDE  commaunded  f.  And  Samuel  arose, 
 and  wente  vp  from  Gilgal  vnto  Gibea  Ben 
 lamin. 
 
 And  Saul  nombred  the  people  that  was 
 founde  with  him,  vpon  a  sixe  hundreth  men 
 Saul  5  his  Sonne  lonathas,  and  y  people  that 
 was  with  them,  taried  at  Gibea  Ben  lamin : 
 but  f  Philistynes  had  pitched  their  tentes  at 
 Michmas.  And  out  of  the  boost  of  the  Phi- 
 listynes there  wente  thre  bondes  of  men  to 
 destroye :  one  turned  the  waye  towarde  Ephra 
 in  to  the  londe  of  Sual :  another  turned  tO' 
 warde  the  waye  of  Bethoron :  the  thirde  turned 
 towarde  the  waye,  that  reacheth  to  the  valley 
 of  Zeboim  vnto  the  wyldernes. 
 
 But  there  was  not  a  smyth  founde  in  all 
 the  lode  of  Israel :  for  y  Philistynes  thoughte : 
 The  Hebrues  mighte  happly  make  swerdes 
 and  speares.  And  all  Israel  were  fayne  to  go 
 downe  to  the  Philistynes,  whan  eny  man  had 
 a  plowshare,  a  mattock,  an  axe,  or  a  sythe  to 
 sharpe  :  and  the  edges  of  the  plowshares,  and 
 mattockes,  rj  forckes,  and  axes,  were  laboured, 
 and  the  poyntes  blont.  Now  whan  the  daye 
 of  the  battayll  came,  there  was  nether  swerde 
 ner  speare  founde  in  the  hande  of  all  the 
 people,  that  was  with  Saul  and  lonathas :  but 
 for  Saul  and  lonathas  his  sonne  there  was 
 somwhat  founde.  And  f  Philistynes  watch 
 wete  out  ouer  by  Michmas. 
 
 Clje  \iii).  CI)aptfv. 
 
 T  fortuned  at  f  same  tyme,  y  lonathas 
 sayde  vnto  his  lad  which  was  his  wapen 
 bearer :  Come,  let  vs  go  ouer  to  the  Philistynes 
 watch  y  lyeth  aboue,  (t  he  tolde  not  his  father. 
 Saul  dwelt  at  y  ende  of  Gibea  vnder  a  Pom- 
 granate  tre,  which  was  in  the  suburbe.  §  And 
 the  people  y  were  by  him,  were  vpon  a  sixe 
 hundreth  men.  And  Ahia  the  sonne  of 
 Achitob  the  brother  of  Icabod,  the  sonne  of 
 Phineas  y  sonne  of  EH  y  prest  of  the  LORDE 
 at  Silo,  wayre  the  ouerbody  cote.  But  the 
 people  knewe  not  that  lonathas  was  gone. 
 
 Betwene  the  passages  where  lonathas 
 soughte  to  go  ouer  vnto  the  Phylistynes 
 watch,  there  were  two  hye  rockes,  the  one  on 
 the  one  syde,  the  other  on  the  other :  the  one 
 was  called  Bozez,  the  other  Senne.  And  y 
 one  laye  on  the  north  syde  towarde  Michmas, 
 and  the  other  on  the  south  syde  towarde  Gaba. 
 And  lonathas  sayde  vnto  his  wapen  bearer: 
 
 }  iRe.  16.  c.        §  1  Re.  13.  d. 
 
 I 
 
Cl)ap«  viiih 
 
 Cfte  L  Ijofet  of  tije  kyngcsf. 
 
 jTo.  cdirbij. 
 
 Come,  let  vs  go  ouer  to  y  watch  of  these  vn- 
 circumcised,  peraduenture  the  LORDE  shall 
 worke  with  vs,  *  For  it  is  no  harde  matter 
 for  the  LORDE  to  helpe  by  many  or  by  fewe. 
 Then  answered  him  his  wapen  bearer :  Do  all 
 that  is  in  thine  hert,  go  on  thy  waie,  beholde, 
 I  am  with  the,  euen  as  thine  hert  wyll. 
 
 lonathas  sayde :  Well  than,  Whan  we  are 
 gone  ouer  to  the  men,  and  come  within  the 
 sighte  of  them,  yf  they  saye  :  stonde  styll,  tyll 
 we  come  to  you,  then  wyll  we  stonde  styll  in 
 oure  place,  and  not  go  vp  to  them.  But  yf 
 they  saye :  Come  \'p  to  vs,  we  wyll  go  vp  to 
 them,  the  hath  the  LORDE  delyuered  them 
 in  to  oure  hande,  and  this  shalbe  a  token  for 
 vs.  Now  whan  they  came  both  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  Philistynes  watch,  the  Philistynes  sayde : 
 Se,  t  y  Hebrues  are  gone  out  of  their  holes, 
 that  they  were  crepte  in  to.  And  the  men  in 
 the  watch  answered  lonathas  and  his  wape 
 bearer,  and  sayde :  Come  vp  to  vs,  and  we 
 wyll  teach  you  what  the  matter  is.  Then 
 sayde  lonathas  to  his  weapen  bearer,  t  Come 
 vp  after  me,  the  LORDE  hath  delyuered 
 them  into  Israels  hande.  And  lonathas 
 clamme  vp  with  handes  and  fete,  and  his 
 wapen  bearer  after  him.  And  lonathas  smote 
 them  downe  before  him,  and  his  wape  bearer 
 slewe  behynde  him,  so  that  the  first  slaughter 
 that  lonathas  and  his  wapen  bearer  dyd,  was 
 vpo  a  twentye  men,  with  in  the  length  of  halue 
 an  aker  of  londe,  which  a  pare  of  oxen  maye 
 tyll  in  one  daye. 
 
 ^  And  there  came  a  fearfulnes  and  flight  in 
 the  boost  vpon  the  felde,  and  amonge  all  the 
 people  of  the  watch :  and  vpon  the  II  destroyers 
 there  came  a  fearfulnes  also  and  flight,  so  that 
 the  londe  was  in  a  rumoure,  and  H  there  came 
 a  flight  thorow  God.  And  Sauls  watchme  at 
 Gibea  Be  lamin  sawe,  that  y  multitude  gat 
 them  awaye,  and  ranne  to  and  fro. 
 
 Saul  sayde  vnto  the  people  that  was  with 
 him :  Tell  and  se  which  of  vs  is  gone  awaye. 
 And  whan  they  nombred,  beholde,  lonathas  (t 
 his  wapen  bearer  was  not  there.  Then  saide 
 Saul  vnto  Ahia :  Brynge  hither  the  Arke  of 
 God  (for  at  that  tyme  was  the  Arke  of  God 
 with  the  children  of  Israel.)  And  whyle  Saul 
 was  yet  speakynge  to  the  prest,  the  multitude 
 in  the  Philistynes  boost  gat  vp,  ranne,  and 
 was  greate.     And  Saul  sayde  vnto  the  prest : 
 
 •  2  Par.  14.  c.  t  ludit.  14.  b.  }  1  Mac.  4.  d. 
 
 §  ludi.  14.  c.  II  1  Re.  13.  d. 
 
 Withdrawe  thine  hande.  And  Saul  cried,  and 
 all  the  people  that  was  with  him,  and  came 
 to  the  battayll.  And  beholde,  **euei-y  mans 
 swerde  was  agaynst  another,  and  there  was  a 
 very  greate  rumoure. 
 
 The  Hebrues  also  that  were  with  y  Philis- 
 tynes afore,  and  had  gone  vp  with  them  in  the 
 boost  on  euery  syde,  ioyned  them  selues  vnto 
 Israel  which  were  with  Saul  and  lonathas, 
 And  all  the  men  of  Israel  which  tthad  hyd 
 the  selues  vpon  mount  Ephraim,  whan  they 
 herde  that  the  Philistynes  fled,  folowed  after 
 them  in  the  battayll.  Thus  f  LORDE 
 helped  Israel  at  that  tyme,  and  f  battayll 
 lasted  vnto  Bethauen. 
 
 And  whan  the  men  of  Israel  came  forth, 
 Saul  charged  all  the  people  the  same  daye, 
 and  sayde :  Cursed  be  euery  man,  which 
 eateth  bred  vntyll  euen,  that  I  maye  auenge 
 me  on  myne  enemies.  Then  all  the  people 
 taisted  no  bred.  And  all  the  people  of  the 
 londe  came  in  to  the  wodd.  But  there  laye 
 bony  vpon  the  felde  :  and  whan  the  people 
 came  in  to  the  wodd,  beholde,  the  hony 
 flowed,  but  no  man  put  of  it  to  his  mouth 
 with  his  hade :  for  the  people  were  afraied 
 because  of  the  ooth.  As  for  lonathas  he  had 
 not  herde,  that  his  father  had  charged  the 
 people,  and  he  put  forth  his  staff  that  he  had 
 in  his  hande,  and  dypped  the  ende  of  it  in  f 
 hony  combe,  and  turned  his  hande  to  his 
 mouth,  and  his  eyes  were  lighted. 
 
 Then  answered  one  of  the  people,  and 
 sayde :  Thy  father  hath  charged  the  people, 
 and  sayde  :  Cursed  be  euery  ma  that  eateth 
 oughte  this  daye.  Neuertheles  the  people 
 were  faynte.  Then  sayde  lonathas :  My 
 father  hath  troubled  the  londe  :  Se  how  lighte 
 myne  eyes  are  become,  because  I  haue  taisted 
 a  litle  of  this  hony.  Yf  the  people  this  daie 
 had  eate  of  the  spoyle  of  their  enemies  that 
 they  founde,  the  slaughter  shulde  haue  bene 
 greater  agaynst  the  Philistynes.  Yet  smote 
 they  the  Philistynes  the  same  daye  froMichmas 
 vnto  Aialon,  and  the  people  were  very  weery. 
 
 And  y  people  turned  to  the  spoyles,  and 
 toke  shepe  and  oxen,  and  calues,  and  slewe 
 them  vpon  the  earth,  ttand  ate  them  with  the 
 bloude.  Then  was  it  tolde  Saul :  Beholde, 
 the  people  synne  agaynst  the  LORDE,  in  that 
 they  eate  bloude.     He  sayde  :   Ye  haue  done 
 
 f  losu.  10.  b.    lud.  4.  c. 
 tt  1  Re.  13.  b. 
 
 •*  lud.  7.  f.    2  Pa.  20.  d. 
 tt  Leui.  7.  c.  and  19.  f. 
 
jTo.  ttWiU 
 
 Cf)f  I.  bokt  of  tl)t  kpges. 
 
 Cftap.  )it. 
 
 dF 
 
 euell :  roll  vnto  me  now  a  greate  stone.  And 
 Saul  sayde  morouer:  Go  abrode  amoge  the 
 people,  and  saye  vnto  them,  that  euery  one 
 brynge  me  his  oxe  and  his  shepe,  and  slaye 
 them  here,  that  ye  niaye  eate,  and  not  to 
 synne  agaynst  the  LORDE  with  eatynge  of 
 blonde.  Then  broughte  all  the  people  euery 
 one  his  oxe  with  his  hiide  the  same  nighte, 
 and  slewe  them  there.  And  Saul  buylded  an 
 altare  vnto  y  LORDE.  This  is  the  first 
 altare  that  he  buylded  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Saul  sayde:  Let  vs  go  downe  after 
 the  Philistynes,  by  nighte,  and  spoyle  them 
 tyll  it  be  cleare  mornynge,  that  we  let  none 
 escape.  They  answered:  Do  what  so  euer 
 pleaseth  the.  But  the  prest  sayde  :  Let  vs 
 go  nye  here  vnto  God.  And  Saul  axed  at  God. 
 Shal  I  go  downe  here  after  y  Philistines  ?  it 
 wilt  thou  delyuer  the  in  to  Israels  hande  ? 
 Neuertheles  he  answered  him  not  at  that  tyme. 
 
 Then  sayde  Saul :  Let  all  the  armyes  of 
 the  people  come  hither,  and  make  search  and 
 se,  in  whom  is  this  synne  at  this  tyme.  For 
 as  truly  as  God  the  Sauioure  of  Israel  lyueth, 
 5  though  it  be  in  my  sonne  lonathas,  he  shal 
 dye.  And  no  man  answered  him  of  all  the 
 people.  And  he  sayde  vnto  all  Israel :  Be  ye 
 on  the  one  syde,  I  (j  my  sonne  lonathas  wyl 
 be  on  this  syde.  The  people  sayde  vnto  Saul : 
 Do  as  it  pleaseth  the.  And  Saul  sayde  vnto 
 the  LORDE  the  God  of  Israel:  Do  thou 
 that  right  is.  The  was  lonathas  and  Saul 
 taken :  but  the  people  wente  forth  fre.  Saul 
 sayde :  Cast  the  lot  ouer  me  and  my  sonne 
 lonathas.  So  lonathas  was  take.  And  Saul 
 sayde  vnto  lonathas :  Tell  me,  what  hast  thou 
 done  ?  lonathas  tolde  him,  5  sayde :  I  taisted 
 a  litle  hony  with  the  staff  that  I  had  in  my 
 hande,  and  beholde,  must  I  dye  therfore  ? 
 The  sayde  Saul :  God  do  this  and  that  vnto 
 me,  lonathas  thou  must  dye  the  death. 
 
 But  the  people  sayde  vnto  Saul:  Shulde 
 lonathas  dye,  that  hath  done  so  greate  health 
 in  Israel  this  night?  God  forbyd.  *As 
 truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  there  shal  not 
 one  heer  of  his  heade  fall  vpon  f  earth :  for 
 with  God  hath  he  wroughte  at  this  tyme.  So 
 the  people  delyuered  lonathas,  that  he  dyed 
 not.  Then  wente  Saul  vp  from  the  Philistynes : 
 and  the  Philistynes  wente  vnto  their  place. 
 
 But  whan  Saul  had  coquered  the  kyngdome 
 
 •  2  Re.  14.  b.  t  Deut.  ^5.  c.  J  1  Re.  9.  a. 
 
 1  Par.  9.  a.  §1  Re.  9.  c. 
 
 ouer  Israel,  he  foughte  against  all  his  enemyes 
 rounde  aboute,  against  the  Moabites,  agaynst 
 the  childre  of  Ammon,  agaynst  the  Edomites, 
 agaynst  the  kynge  of  Zoba,  agaynst  y  Philis- 
 tynes :  and  whither  so  euer  he  turned  him,  he 
 gat  f  victory.  And  he  made  an  hoost,  and 
 smote  ;y  t  Amalechites,  and  delyuered  Israel 
 from  the  hande  of  all  those  that  spoyled  them. 
 
 Saul  had  these  sonnes  :  lonathas,  Isui,  and 
 Malchisua.  And  these  were  y  names  of  his 
 two  doughters :  the  firstbome  Merob,  j  y 
 yogest  Michol.  And  Sauls  wife  was  called 
 Ahinoam,  the  doughter  of  Ahimaas.  And  his 
 chafe  captaynes  name  was  Abner,  the  sonne 
 of  Ner,  Sauls  vncle.  *  Cis  was  y-  father  of 
 Saul.  But  Ner  f  father  of  Abner  was  the 
 Sonne  of  Abiel. 
 
 There  was  a  mightie  sore  warre  against  the 
 Philistynes,  as  loge  as  Saul  lyued.  And  where 
 Saul  sawe  a  man  that  was  stronge  and  mete 
 for  y  warre,  he  toke  him  to  him. 
 
 Wt)t  jrb.  CI)aptnr. 
 
 SAMUEL  sayde  vnto  Saul:  ^ The  LORDE 
 sent  me  to  anoynte  the  for  to  be  kynge 
 ouer  his  people  of  Israel :  heare  now  therfore 
 the  voyce  of  the  wordes  of  the  LORDE. 
 Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE  Zebaoth :  I  haue 
 remembred  what  Amaleck  dyd  vnto  Israel,  II  j 
 how  he  layed  wayte  for  him  in  y  waye,  whan 
 he  wente  out  of  Egipte :  Go  thy  waye  now 
 therfore,  and  smyte  the  Amalechites,  u  damne 
 them  with  all  that  they  haue,  (j  spare  him  not: 
 but  slaye  both  man  and  woman,  children  n 
 sucklynges,  oxen  (j  shepe.  Camels  and  asses. 
 Saul  commaunded  the  people  the  same,  and 
 nombred  them  at  Talaim,  two  hijdreth  thou- 
 sande  fote  men,  5  ten  thousande  men  of  luda. 
 
 And  whan  Saul  came  to  the  cite  of  the 
 Amalechites,  he  set  an  hynder  watch  by  the 
 ryuer,  and  sayde  vnto  f  Kenites :  Get  you 
 hence,  departe,  and  go  downe  from  f  Amale- 
 chites, y  I  smyte  you  not  with  them.  If  for  ye 
 shewed  mercy  vnto  all  the  children  of  Israel, 
 wha  they  departed  out  of  Egipte.  So  the 
 Kenites  gat  them  awaye  from  amonge  the 
 Amalechites. 
 
 Then  smote  Saul  the  Amalechites  from 
 Heuila  vnto  Sur  (which  lyeth  ouer  against 
 Egipte)  5  toke  Agag  the  kynge  of  f  Amale- 
 chites alyue,  5  damned  all  f  people  with  the 
 
 Exo.  17.  c.     Nu.  24.  d.     Deut.  2a.  c. 
 lud.  1.  d. 
 
 t  Nu.  10.  d, 
 
Cfiap.  )fbu 
 
 €i)t  I.  bokc  of  tl)t  kpngfg. 
 
 jTo.  rclnirJ 
 
 edge  of  the  swerde.  Neuertheles  Saul  and 
 the  people  spared  Agag,  and  the  shepe  and 
 oxen  y  were  good  and  fat,  and  the  lambes, 
 and  all  that  was  good,  and  wolde  not  damne 
 the:  but  loke  what  was  foule  and  nothinge 
 worth,  that  they  damned. 
 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 Samuel,  and  sayde  :  It  repenteth  me  that  I 
 made  Saul  kynge,  for  he  hath  turned  him 
 selfe  backe  fro  me,  and  not  cofirmed  my 
 wordes.  Therfore  was  Samuel  angrye,  (j  cried 
 vnto  the  LORDE  all  that  nighte.  And 
 Samuel  gat  him  vp  early,  that  he  might  mete 
 Saul  in  y  mornynge.  And  it  was  tolde  him, 
 that  Saul  was  come  vnto  Carmel,  *  s  had  set 
 him  vp  a  piler,  and  was  gone  aboute,  and 
 come  downe  to  Gilgall. 
 
 Now  whii  Samuel  came  to  Saul,  Saul  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Blessed  be  thou  vnto  y'  LORDE, 
 I  haue  perfourmed  the  worde  of  f  LORDE. 
 Samuel  answered :  What  crye  is  this  then  of 
 shepe  in  myne  eares,  and  the  crye  of  oxen 
 which  I  heare  ? 
 
 Saul  sayde :  They  haue  broughte  them 
 from  the  Amalechites :  for  the  people  spared 
 the  best  shepe  s  oxen  for  the  offerynge  of  y 
 LORDE  thy  God,  the  other  haue  we  damned. 
 Neuertheles  Samuel  answered  Saul :  Let  me 
 tell  the  what  y  LORDE  hath  sayde  vnto  me 
 this  nighte.  He  sayde :  Saye  on.  Samuel 
 sayde :  t  Whan  thou  wast  but  small  in  thine 
 awne  eyes,  wast  thou  not  y  heade  amoge  the 
 trybes  of  Israel?  (j  the  LORDE  anoynted 
 the  to  be  kynge  ouer Israel?  and  y  LORDE 
 sent  y  in  to  the  waye,  (i  sayde  :  Go  thy  waie 
 (I  damne  the  synners  the  Amalechites,  and 
 fighte  agaynst  them,  tyll  thou  haue  vtterly 
 destroyed  the  ?  Wherfore  hast  thou  not 
 herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  but 
 hast  turned  thy  selfe  to  the  spoyle,  and  done 
 euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  ? 
 
 Saul  answered  Samuel :  Yee  I  haue  herk- 
 ened vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  5  haue 
 gone  the  waye  that  y  LORDE  sent  me,  and 
 broughte  Agag  the  kynge  of  the  Amalechites, 
 a  damned  the  Amalechites:  but  y  people  haue 
 take  of  the  spoyle,  shepe  5  oxen,  and  y  best 
 amoge  the  damned,  to  offer  vnto  y  LORDE 
 thy  God  in  Gilgall.  Samuel  saide:  Hath 
 the  LORDE  pleasure  in  sacrifices  and  burnt 
 offerynges,  as  in  obeynge  the  voyce  of  the 
 
 Deu.  17.  a.        t  1  Re.  9.  c.  and  10.  a. 
 
 ^  Exo.  22.  c.       Deut.  18.  b. 
 
 }  Eccls.  4.  c. 
 
 LORDE  ?  Beholde,  t  obedience  is  better 
 then  offerynge,  and  to  herken  is  better  then 
 the  fat  of  rammes.  For  disobedience  is  as 
 y  synne  of  5  witchcrafte,  and  rebellion  is  as 
 the  blasphemy  of  Idolatrye.  In  so  moch 
 now  as  thou  hast  refused  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  he  hath  refused  the  also,  that  thou 
 shuldest  not  be  kynge. 
 
 Then  sayde  Saul  vnto  Samuel :  I  haue 
 synned,  y  I  haue  transgressed  the  commaun 
 dement  of  the  LORDE  and  thy  worde:  for 
 I  was  afrayed  of  the  people,  and  herkened 
 vnto  their  voyce.  And  now  forgeue  me  my 
 synne,  (j  returne  with  me,  that  I  maye  wor- 
 shippe  y^  LORDE.  Samuel  saide  vnto  Saul 
 I  wil  not  turne  backe  with  y,  for  thou  hast 
 refused  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  and  the 
 LORDE  hath  refused  the  also,  y  thou  shuldest 
 not  be  kynge  in  Israel.  And  whan  Samuel 
 turned  him  backe  to  go  his  waye,  he  gat  him 
 by  y  edge  of  his  garment,  5  rete  it.  Then 
 sayde  Samuel  vnto  him  :  The  LORDE  hath 
 rente  the  kyngdome  of  Israel  from  y  this  daye, 
 ij  geuen  it  vnto  thy  neghboure,  which  is  better 
 then  thou.  The  ouerwynner  in  Israel  also 
 shal  not  lye,  nether  shal  he  repente :  for  he 
 is  no  man,  that  he  shulde  repente. 
 
 He  sayde  :  I  haue  synned,  yet  honoure  me 
 now  before  the  Elders  of  my  people  and  before 
 Israel,  and  turne  backe  with  me,  that  I  maye 
 worshippe  the  LORDE  thy  God.  So  Samuel 
 turned  agajTie  after  Saul,  that  Saul  mighte 
 worshippe  the  LORDE.  But  Samuel  sayde: 
 Bringe  me  hither  Agag  the  kynge  of  the 
 Amalechites.  And  Agag  wente  vnto  him, 
 tederly.  And  Agag  saide :  Thus  departeth 
 the  by tternesse  of  death.  Samuel  sayde  :  II 
 Like  as  thy  swerde  hath  made  wemen  child- 
 lesse,  so  shal  thy  mother  also  be  with  out 
 children  amonge  wemen.  So  Samuel  hewed 
 Agag  in  peces  before  y  LORDE  in  Gilgall. 
 
 1[And  Samuel  departed  vnto  Ramath.  But 
 Saul  wente  vp  to  his  house  at  Gibea  Saul. 
 And  Samuel  sawe  Saul  nomore  vnto  the  daye 
 of  his  death.  Neuertheles  Samuel  mourned 
 for  Saul,  because  it  repented  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  had  made  Saul  kynge  ouer  Israel. 
 
 ND  y^  LORDE  sayde  vnto   Samuel : 
 How  longe  moumest   thou   for  Saul, 
 
 A 
 
 1  Exo.  17.  c.  Nu.  14.  I 
 
 f  1  Re.  17.  d. 
 
ijro.cdvp. 
 
 €i)t  L  bofet  of  ti)t  fepnsfS. 
 
 Cljap.  vbij. 
 
 whom  1  haue  refused,  that  he  shulde  not  be 
 kynge  ouer  Israel?  Fyll  thine  home  with  oyle, 
 go  thy  waye,  I  wyll  sende  the  to  Isai  the 
 Bethleemite  :  for  amonge  his  sonnes  haue  I 
 prouyded  me  a  kynge.  Hut  Samuel  sayde  : 
 How  shal  I  go  ?  Saul  shal  perceaue  it,  and 
 shal  slaye  me.  The  LOUDE  sayde  :  Take 
 the  a  calfe  from  the  droue,  5  saye :  I  am  come 
 to  do  sacrifice  vnto  y  LORDE.  And  thou 
 shalt  call  Isai  to  y  sacrifice,  so  shall  I  tell  the 
 what  thou  shalt  do,  that  thou  mayest  anoynte 
 me  him,  whom  I  shall  shewe  the.  Samuel 
 dyd  as  the  LORDE  sayde,  and  came  to 
 Bethleem.  Then  were  the  Elders  of  the  cite 
 astonnyed,  and  wente  forth  to  mete  him,  and 
 sayde  :  *  Is  thy  commynge  peaceable  ?  He 
 sayde :  Yee.  I  am  come  to  do  sacrifice  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  Sanctifye  youre  selues,  5  come 
 with  me  to  the  sacrifice.  And  he  sanctified 
 Isai  and  his  sonnes,  and  called  them  to  the 
 sacrifice. 
 
 Now  wha  they  came  in,  he  behelde  Eliab,  ij 
 thoughte,  whether  he  shulde  be  his  anoynted 
 before  the  LORDE.  But  f  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Samuel:  loke  not  vpon  his  countenaunce, 
 ner  vpon  the  tallnesse  of  his  person.  For  I 
 iudge  not  after  the  sighte  of  man.  A  man 
 hath  respecte  vnto  the  thinge  that  is  before 
 his  eyes,  but  the  LORDE  loketh  vpon  the 
 hert.  Then  Isai  called  Abinadab,  (j  broughte 
 him  before  Samuel.  And  he  sayde  :  This 
 hath  not  the  LORDE  chosen.  Then  Isai 
 broughte  Samma.  But  he  sayde  :  This  also 
 hath  not  the  LORDE  chosen.  Then  broughte 
 Isai  his  seuen  sonnes  before  Samuel.  Neuer- 
 theles  Samuel  saide  vnto  Isai :  The  LORDE 
 hath  chosen  none  of  these. 
 
 And  Samuel  sayde  vnto  Isai :  Are  here  all 
 the  childre  ?  He  sayde :  There  is  yet  one  y 
 leest  of  all,  and  beholde,  he  kepeth  the  shepe. 
 The  sayde  Samuel  vnto  Isai :  Sende  (j  cause 
 him  to  be  fetched,  for  we  will  not  syt  downe 
 at  the  table,  vntyll  he  come.  Then  sent  he, 
 J  caused  him  be  broughte.  And  he  was  well 
 coloured  with  fayre  eyes  5  of  a  beutyfuU  coun- 
 tenaunce. And  the  LORDE  saide:  Aryse, 
 and  anoynte  him,  that  is  he. 
 
 The  toke  Samuel  his  oyle  home,  5  anoynted 
 him  amonge  his  brethre.  And  the  sprete  of 
 the  LORDE  came  vpo  Dauid  fro  y  daye 
 forth.  As  for  Samuel,  he  gat  him  vp,  5  wente 
 vnto  Ramath. 
 
 But  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  departed 
 from  Saul,  and  an  euell  sprete  from  y  LORDE 
 vexed  him.  Then  sayde  Sauls  seruauntes 
 vnto  him :  Beholde,  an  euell  sprete  from  God 
 vexeth  the.  Let  oure  lorde  sale  vnto  his 
 seruauntes  which  stonde  before  him,  y  they 
 seke  a  man  which  can  playe  vpon  the  narpe, 
 and  instrumeiite,  that  whan  the  euell  sprete 
 of  God  Cometh  vpon  the,  he  maye  playe  with 
 his  hande,  to  ease  the  withall.  Then  sayde 
 Saul  vnto  his  seruaiites  :  Prouyde  me  a  ma, 
 that  can  playe  well  vpon  the  instrumente,  j 
 brynge  him  vnto  me. 
 
 Then  answered  one  of  the  children,  ri  sayde : 
 Beholde,  I  sawe  a  sonne  of  Isai  f  Bethleemite, 
 which  can  playe  vpon  the  instrumete,  an 
 honest  (j  valeaiit  man,  and  one  y  hath  vnder- 
 stodinge  in  matters,  j  is  welfauoured.  The 
 Saul  sent  messaungers  vnto  Isai,  sayege : 
 Sende  me  Dauid  thy  sonne,  which  is  with  the 
 shepe.  Then  toke  Isai  an  asse  with  bred,  5  a 
 bottell  with  wyne,  and  a  kyd,  and  sent  it  vnto 
 Saul  by  Dauid  his  sonne.  So  Dauid  came 
 to  Saul,  5  stode  before  him,  (i  he  loued  him 
 well,  and  he  became  his  wapen  bearer.  And 
 Saul  sente  vnto  Isai,  sayege :  Let  Dauid  re- 
 mayne  before  me,  for  he  hath  founde  fauoure 
 in  my  sighte.  Now  whan  the  sprete  of  God 
 came  vpo  Saul,  Dauid  toke  y  harpe,  5  played 
 with  his  hande :  so  was  Saul  refreszshed,  d 
 eased,  (j  the  euell  sprete  departed  from  him. 
 
 Cijt  vbij-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 THE  Philistynes  gathered  their  boost  to 
 f  battayl,  and  came  together  to  Socho 
 in  luda,  (j  pitched  their  tentes  betwene  Socho 
 (t  Aseka,  at  the  ende  of  Damin.  But  Saul  5 
 the  me  of  Israel  came  together,  (t  pitched  in 
 the  Oke  valley,  5  prepared  them  selues  to  the 
 battayll  agaynst  the  Philistynes.  And  the 
 Philistynes  stode  vpon  a  hyll  on  the  one  syde, 
 and  the  Israelites  vpon  a  hyll  on  the  other 
 syde,  so  that  there  was  a  valley  betwene  them. 
 Then  stepte  there  forth  from  amoge  the 
 Philistynes  a  stoute  bolde  man,  named  Goliath 
 of  t  Gath,  sixe  cubites  and  an  hande  breth  hye, 
 and  had  an  helmet  of  stele  on  his  heade,  and 
 a  fast  habergion  vpon  him,  and  the  weight  of 
 his  habergion  was  fyue  thousande  Sides  of 
 stele,  and  harnesse  of  stele  had  he  vpon  his 
 legges,  and  a  shylde  of  stele  vpon  his  shulders : 
 and  the  shaft  of  his  speare  was  like  a  weuers 
 
 tlud.  ll.d. 
 
Cftap.  rbij. 
 
 Cftc  t  1)0  be  of  tfte  fepnges. 
 
 jTo.  tcl)cj:u 
 
 lome,  and  the  yron  of  his  speare  had  sixe 
 hundreth  Sides  of  yron,  and  his  wapen  bearer 
 wente  before  him. 
 
 And  he  stode  and  called  vnto  the  boost  of 
 Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  them:  Wherfore  are 
 ye  come  forth  to  prepare  youre  selues  to  the 
 battayll  ?  Am  not  I  a  Philistyne,  and  ye  the 
 seruauntes  of  Saul  ?  Chose  one  amonge  you 
 to  come  downe  vnto  me:  yf  he  can  fighte 
 agaynst  me  and  slaye  me,  then  wil  we  be 
 youre  seruauntes :  but  yf  I  can  ouercome  him 
 and  slaye  him,  then  shal  ye  be  oure  seruauntes, 
 to  do  vs  seruyce.  And  the  Philistyne  sayde  : 
 I  haue  spoke  diszdanedly  vnto  the  boost  of 
 Israel  this  daye.  Geue  me  one,  and  let  vs 
 fighte  together.  Whan  Saul  and  all  Israel 
 herde  these  wordes  of  y  Philistyne,  they  were 
 astonnyed,  and  sore  afrayed. 
 
 But  Dauid  was  the  sonne  of  a  man  of 
 Ephrata  of  Bethleem  luda,  whose  name  was 
 Isai,  which  had  eight  sonnes,  and  was  an  olde 
 man  in  Sauls  tyme,  and  was  well  strycken  in 
 age  amonge  men.  And  the  thre  eldest  sonnes 
 of  Isai  were  gone  with  Saul  to  the  battayll. 
 And  there  names  were  these :  Eliab  the  first 
 borne,  Abinadab  the  seconde,  and  Samma  the 
 thirde.  But  Dauid  was  the  yongest  of  all. 
 So  whan  the  thre  eldest  were  gone  with  Saul 
 to  the  battayll,  Dauid  wente  agayne  from 
 Saul,  to  kepe  his  fathers  shepe  at  Bethleem. 
 But  the  Philistyne  stepte  forth  early  in  the 
 mornynge  and  at  euen,  and  stode  there  fortye 
 
 Isai  sayde  vnto  Dauid  his  sonne :  Take  this 
 Epha  of  firmentye  for  thy  brethren,  and  these 
 ten  loaues  of  bred  (and  runne  to  the  boost 
 vnto  thy  brethren)  5  these  ten  new  cheses,  and 
 brynge  them  to  f  captayne,  and  loke  how  thy 
 brethren  do,  whether  it  go  well  with  them  or 
 no,  and  take  what  they  byd  the.  But  Saul 
 and  they,  and  all  the  men  of  Israel  were  in 
 the  Oke  valley,  and  foughte  agaynst  the 
 Philistynes. 
 
 Then  Dauid  gat  him  vp  early  in  the  morn- 
 ynge, and  commytted  the  shepe  to  f  keper, 
 and  toke  his  burthen,  wente  his  waye,  as  Isai 
 commaunded  him,  and  came  to  the  tet.  And 
 the  boost  was  gone  forth,  and  had  prepared 
 them  selues,  and  cried  in  the  battayl :  For 
 Israel  had  set  them  selues  in  araye,  and  the 
 Philistynes  were  agaynst  their  boost  in  their 
 araye  also. 
 
 Then  lefte  Dauid  the  vessell  that  he  bare, 
 
 with  the  keper  of  the  stuffe,  and  ranne  to  the 
 boost,  and  wente  in,  and  saluted  his  brethren. 
 And  whyle  he  was  yet  talkynge  with  them, 
 beholde,  then  came  vp  the  stoute  bolde  man, 
 whose  name  was  Goliath,  the  Philistine  of 
 Gath,  out  of  the  Philistynes  boost,  and  spake 
 like  as  afore,  and  Dauid  herde  it.  But  euery 
 man  of  Israel,  whan  he  sawe  the  man,  fled  from 
 him,  and  was  sore  afrayed  of  him. 
 
 And  euery  man  in  Israel  sayde  :  Haue  ye 
 sene  the  man  commynge  vp  hither  ?  For  he  is 
 come  vp  hither,  to  speake  diszdanedly  vnto 
 Israel.  And  who  so  euer  smyteth  him,  him 
 wyll  the  kynge  make  ryche,  and  geue  him 
 his  doughter,  and  make  his  fathers  house  fre 
 in  Israel. 
 
 Then  sayde  Dauid  vnto  the  men  that  stode 
 by  him:  What  shalbe  done  to  the  man,  that 
 smyteth  this  Philistyne,  and  turneth  this  shame 
 awaye  from  Israel  ?  For  what  is  he  this 
 Philistyne  this  vncircucysed,  that  defyeth  the 
 boost  of  y  lyuynge  God?  Then  the  people 
 tolde  him  as  afore :  Thus  shall  it  be  done 
 vnto  f  man  that  smyteth  him.  And  Eliab 
 his  greater  brother  herde  him  talke  with  the 
 men,  and  was  very  wroth  agaynst  Dauid,  and 
 sayde  :  Wherfore  art  thou  come  downe  ?  and 
 why  hast  thou  left  a  fewe  shepe  in  the  wyl- 
 dernesse?  I  knowe  thy  presumptuousnesse 
 well  ynough,  and  the  wickednesse  of  thine 
 hert:  for  thou  art  come  downe  to  se  the 
 battayll.  Dauid  answered :  What  haue  I 
 downe  now  ?  Is  there  not  an  occasion  ?  And 
 he  turned  him  selfe  from  him  vnto  another, 
 and  spake  acordinge  as  he  had  sayde  before. 
 Then  the  people  answered  him  like  as  afore. 
 
 And  whan  they  herde  the  wordes  which 
 Dauid  sayde,  they  tolde  them  in  the  presence 
 of  Saul,  and  he  caused  him  be  fetched.  And 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  Saul :  Let  no  mans  hert  be 
 discoraged  because  of  him.  Thy  seruaunt 
 shall  go,  and  fighte  with  the  Philistyne.  Ne- 
 uertheles  Saul  sayde  vnto  Dauid:  Thou  art 
 not  able  to  go  agaynst  this  Phylistyne  to 
 fighte  with  him,  for  thou  art  but  a  childe :  but 
 this  is  a  man  of  warre  from  his  youth  vp. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  Saul :  Thy  seruaunt  kepte 
 his  fathers  shepe,  and  there  came  a  lyon  and 
 a  Bere,  and  caried  awaye  a  shepe  from  the 
 flocke,  then  wente  I  forth  after  him,  and  smote 
 him,  and  delyuered  it  out  of  his  mouth.  *  And 
 whan  he  wolde  haue  bene  vpon  me,  I  toke 
 
 •  lud.  14.  b.    Heb.  11.  f. 
 
ijTo.  trlvvij. 
 
 Cl)f  t.  Ijofef  of  tf)f  feyngcs. 
 
 Cftap.  rbiij. 
 
 dF 
 
 him  by  his  beerde,  and  smote  him,  and  slewe 
 him.  So  thy  seruaunt  smote  both  the  Lyon 
 and  f  Bere.  Therfore  shall  this  Philistyne 
 this  vncircumcysed  be  euen  as  one  of  them  : 
 for  he  hath  defyed  the  boost  of  the  lyuynge 
 God.  And  Dauid  sayde :  The  LORDE  that 
 delyuered  me  from  y  Lyon  and  Beer,  shall 
 delyuer  me  also  from  this  Philistyne. 
 
 And  Saul  sayde  vnto  Dauid  :  Go  thy  waye, 
 the  LORDE  be  with  the.  And  Saul  clothed 
 Dauid  with  his  clothes,  and  set  an  helmet  of 
 stele  vpon  his  heade,  and  put  an  habergion 
 vpo  him.  And  Dauid  girded  his  swerde  aboue 
 his  clothes,  and  beganne  to  go,  for  he  had 
 neuer  bene  vsed  to  it  afore.  Then  sayde 
 Dauid  vnto  Saul :  I  can  not  go  thus,  for  I 
 haue  not  bene  vsed  to  it,  and  so  he  laied  it 
 from  him,  and  toke  his  staff  in  his  hande,  and 
 chose  fyue  slighte  stones  out  of  the  ryuer,  and 
 put  them  in  the  shepardes  bagge  which  he 
 had  by  him,  and  toke  a  slynge  in  his  hande, 
 and  made  him  to  the  Philistyne.  And  the 
 Philistyne  wente  forth,  and  made  him  to  Dauid, 
 and  his  wapen  bearer  before  him. 
 
 Now  whan  the  Philistyne  loked  5  sawe 
 Dauid,  he  thoughte  scorne  of  him :  for  he 
 was  but  a  childe,  well  coloured,  and  beutyfull 
 to  loke  vpon.  And  the  Philistyne  sayde  vnto 
 Dauid :  Am  I  a  dogg  then,  that  thou  commest 
 vnto  me  with  a  staffe  ?  And  he  cursed  Dauid 
 by  his  God,  and  sayde  vnto  Dauid :  Come 
 hither  to  me,  I  wil  geue  thy  flesh  to  the  foules 
 vnder  the  heauen,  and  to  the  beastes  in  the 
 felde.  Neuertheles  Dauid  sayde  vnto  the 
 Philistyne :  Thou  commest  vnto  me  with 
 swerde,  speare  and  shylde.  But  I  come  vnto 
 the  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE  Zebaoth  the 
 God  of  the  boost  of  Israel,  whom  thou  hast 
 despysed.  This  daye  shall  the  LORDE  de- 
 lyuer the  in  to  my  hade,  that  I  maye  smyte 
 the,  and  take  thy  heade  from  the,  and  geue 
 the  bodies  of  the  boost  of  the  Philistynes  this 
 daye  vnto  the  foules  vnder  the  heauen,  and 
 to  the  wylde  beestes  vpon  the  earth,  that  all 
 the  londe  maye  knowe  y  Israel  hath  a  God. 
 And  all  this  congregacion  shal  knowe,  that  the 
 LORDE  saueth  nether  thorow  swerde  ner 
 speare:  for  the  battayll  is  the  LORDES,  5 
 he  shal  delyuer  you  in  to  oure  handes. 
 
 Now  whan  the  Philistyne  gat  him  vp,  and 
 wente  forth  and  drue  nye  vnto  Dauid,  Dauid 
 made  haiste,  and  ranne  from  y  boost  vnto  the 
 
 •  Eceli.  47.  a.         t  1  Par.  12.  d. 
 
 PhilistjTie.  And  Dauid  put  his  hade  in  his 
 bagg,  and  toke  out  a  stone,  ix  thrue  it  with 
 the  slynge,  *and  hytt  the  Philistyne  euen  in 
 the  fore  heade,  so  that  the  stone  stacke  in  his 
 fore  heade,  and  he  fell  downe  to  the  grounde 
 vpon  his  face. 
 
 So  Dauid  ouercame  f  Philistyne  with  the 
 slynge  and  with  y  stone,  and  smote  him,  and 
 slewe  him.  And  for  so  moch  as  Dauid  had  no 
 swerde  in  his  hande,  he  ranne  and  stode 
 ouer  y  PhilistjTie,  t  and  toke  his  swerde,  and 
 drue  it  out  of  the  sheeth,  and  slewe  him,  and 
 smote  of  his  heade  withall.  Whan  the  Phi- 
 listynes sawe  that  the  strongest  of  them  was 
 deed,  t  they  fled.  And  the  men  of  Israel  and 
 luda  gat  the  vp,  and  cryed  and  folowed  vpon 
 the  PhilistjTies,  tyU  they  came  vnto  the 
 valley,  and  to  the  Portes  of  Ekrpn.  And  the 
 Philistynes  fell  downe  slayne  vnto  Gath  and 
 to  Ekron.  And  the  children  of  Israel  turned 
 agayne  from  chasynge  of  the  Philistynes,  and 
 spoyled  their  tentes.  But  Dauid  toke  the 
 heade  of  the  Philistyne,  and  broughte  it  vnto 
 lerusalem,  as  for  his  armoure,  he  layed  it  in 
 his  tente. 
 
 Whan  Saul  sawe  Dauid  go  forth  agaynst 
 the  Philistyne,  he  saide  vnto  §  Abner  his 
 chefe  captayne :  Abner,  whose  sonne  is  this 
 childe  ?  Abner  sayde :  As  truly  as  thy  soule 
 lyueth  O  kynge,  I  wote  not.  The  kynge 
 sayde :  Axe  the  whose  sonne  the  yonge  ma  is. 
 Now  whan  Dauid  came  agayne  from  the 
 slaughter  of  the  Philistyne,  Abner  toke  him, 
 and  broughte  him  before  Saul,  and  he  had  the 
 Philistynes  heade  in  his  hande.  And  Saul 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Whose  sonne  art  thou,  thou 
 yonge  man  ?  Dauid  sayde  :  I  am  a  sonne  of 
 thy  seruaunt  Isai  the  Bethleemite. 
 
 Cije  vbiii-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  he  had  made  an  ende  of  talk- 
 )Tige  with  Saul,  the  soule  of  lonathas 
 was  bounde  \vith  the  soule  of  Dauid,  and 
 lonathas  loued  him  as  his  owne  soule.  And 
 Saul  toke  him  the  same  daye,  and  let  him  not 
 go  agayne  to  his  fathers  house.  And  lonathas 
 and  Dauid  made  a  couenaunt  together,  for  he 
 loued  him  as  his  owne  soule.  And  lonathas 
 put  of  his  owne  cote  that  he  had  vpon  him, 
 and  gaue  it  vnto  Dauid :  yee  and  his  cloke, 
 his  swerde,  his  bowe,  and  his  girdell.  And 
 Dauid  wente  forth  whither  so  euer  Saul  sent 
 
 {  ludic.  7.f.         ^  1  Re.  14.  g 
 
Cftap.  m. 
 
 €l)t  u  fiofee  of  tl)t  fepngesf. 
 
 ffo,  tclmij. 
 
 him,  and  behaued  him  selfe  wysely.  And 
 Saul  set  him  oner  the  men  of  warre,  and  he 
 pleased  all  the  people  well,  and  all  the  ser- 
 uauntes  of  Saul. 
 
 It  fortuned,  that  whan  Dauid  was  come 
 agayne  from  the  slaughter  of  the  Philistyne, 
 the  wemen  wente  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Israel 
 with  songes  j  daunses,  to  mete  kynge  Saul, 
 with  tymbrels,  with  myrth,  and  with  fyddels. 
 And  the  wemen  sange  one  to  another,  and 
 played  %  sayde :  *  Saul  hath  smytten  his 
 thousande  :  but  Dauid  his  ten  thousande. 
 
 Then  was  Saul  very  wroth,  and  y  worde 
 displeased  him  sore,  and  he  sayde :  They  haue 
 ascrybed  ten  thousande  vnto  Dauid,  and  but 
 one  thousande  vnto  me :  what  shal  he  haue 
 more  but  the  kyngdome  ?  And  from  that 
 daye.  forth,  Saul  loked  sowerly  vpo  Dauid. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after  came  the  euell  sprete 
 of  God  vpon  Saul,  and  prophecyed  in  y 
 myddes  of  the  house.  But  Dauid  played  on 
 the  instrumente  with  his  hande,  as  he  was 
 wonte  daylie.  And  Saul  had  a  iauelynge  in 
 his  hande,  and  cast  it,  and  thoughte :  I  wyll 
 stycke  Dauid  fast  to  the  wall.  Neuerthelesse 
 Dauid  turned  hrmselfe  twyse  awaye  from  him. 
 And  Saul  was  afrayed  of  Dauid :  for  the 
 LORDE  was  with  him,  and  was  departed 
 from  Saul.  Then  Saul  put  him  from  him, 
 and  set  him  to  be  prynce  ouer  a  thousande 
 men,  and  he  went  out  and  in  before  the  peo- 
 ple. And  Dauid  behaued  himselfe  wysely  in  all 
 his  doynges,  and  the  LORDE  was  with  him. 
 
 Now  whan  Saul  sawe  that  he  was  so  excead- 
 ynge  wyse,  he  stode  in  feare  of  him.  But  all 
 Israel  and  luda  loued  Dauid,  for  he  wente 
 out  and  in  before  them.  And  Saul  sayde 
 vnto  Dauid :  Beholde,  my  greatest  doughter 
 Merob  t  wyl  I  geue  the  to  wyfe :  be  stronge 
 now,  (J  gouerne  the  warres  of  the  LORDE. 
 For  Saul  thought :  my  hade  shal  not  be  vpon 
 him,  but  the  hande  of  y  Philistynes.  Neuer- 
 theles  Dauid  answered  Saul :  Who  am  I  ?  i 
 what  is  my  life  (t  the  kynred  of  my  father  in 
 Israel,  that  I  shulde  mary  the  kinges  doughter? 
 
 But  whan  the  tyme  came,  that  Merob  y- 
 doughter  of  Saul  shulde  haue  bene  geue  vnto 
 Dauid,  she  was  geuen  vnto  Adriel  y  Meho- 
 lathite  to  wyfe.  Neuerthelesse  Michol  Sauls 
 doughter  loued  Dauid.  Whan  this  was  tolde 
 Saul,  y  matter  pleased  him  well,  a  he  sayde 
 I   wyl  geue  him  her,  y  she  maye  be  a  snare 
 
 •  1  Re.  21.  d.  and  29.  b.        1 1  Re.  17.  c. 
 
 vnto  him,  a,  that  the  handes  of  y  Philistynes 
 maye  come  vpon  him.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 Dauid  :  This  daye  shalt  thou  be  my  doughters 
 huszbade  y  secode  time.  And  Saul  spake 
 vnto  his  seruautes:  Talke  with  Dauid  secretly 
 5  saye  :  Beholde,  the  kinge  hath  pleasure  in 
 the,  and  all  his  seruauntes  loue  the,  mary  thou 
 therfore  the  kynges  doughter. 
 
 And  Sauls  seruauntes  spake  these  wordes 
 in  the  eares  of  Dauid.  But  Dauid  saide  : 
 Thynke  ye  it  but  a  small  matter,  to  mary  the 
 kynges  doughter?  As  for  me,  I  am  but  a 
 poore  symple  man.  And  Sauls  seruauntes 
 tolde  him  agayne,  and  sayde :  Soch  wordes 
 hath  Dauid  spoken.  Saul  sayde  :  Then  saye 
 ye  vnto  Dauid:  The  kynge  desyreth  no  dowry, 
 but  onely  an  hundreth  foreszkynnes  of  the 
 Philistynes,  that  vengeaunce  maye  be  taken 
 of  the  kinges  enemies.  Howbeit  Saul  thought 
 to  cause  Dauid  be  slayne  by  the  hades  of  the 
 Philistynes.  Then  his  seruauntes  tolde  Dauid 
 these  wordes,  and  Dauid  was  contente  with 
 the  matter,  to  mary  the  kynges  doughter. 
 
 And  after  a  fewe  dayes  Dauid  gatt  him 
 vp,  and  wente  with  his  men,  and  smote  two 
 hundreth  men  amonge  the  Philistynes.  And 
 Dauid  broughte  their  foreszkynnes,  and  made 
 their  nombre  sufficient  vnto  the  kynge,  y  he 
 mighte  mary  the  kynges  doughter.  The  Saul 
 gaue  him  his  doughter  Michol  to  wyfe.  And 
 Saul  sawe  and  perceaued,  that  the  LORDE 
 was  with  Dauid.  And  Michol  Sauls  doughter 
 loued  him.  Then  was  Saul  the  more  afrayed, 
 and  became  his  enemye  as  loge  as  he  lyued. 
 And  whan  the  prynces  of  the  Philistynes 
 wete  forth,  Dauid  behaued  him  selfe  more 
 wysely  then  all  the  seruauntes  of  Saul  in  their 
 outgoynge  :  so  that  his  name  was  in  greate 
 reputacion. 
 
 ISLlft  xiy-  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 SAUL  spake  to  lonathas  his  sonne,  and  to 
 all  his  seruauntes,  that  they  shulde  kyll 
 Dauid.  t  Neuerthelesse  lonathas  the  sonne 
 of  Saul  loued  Dauid  exceadingly,  and  tolde 
 him,  and  sayde :  Saul  my  father  goeth  aboute 
 to  slaye  the.  Kepe  the  therfore  (I  praye  the) 
 in  the  momynge  and  abyde  in  secrete,  and 
 hyde  the.  But  I  wyll  go  forth,  and  stonde 
 besyde  my  father  in  the  felde  where  thou  art, 
 and  wyll  speake  of  the  vnto  my  father:  and 
 what  soeuer  I  se  I  shal  brynge  the  worde. 
 
 t  1  Re.  18.  a. 
 
 ~38 
 
jTo*  ttlmiij. 
 
 €i)t  t  Ijofef  of  t\)t  fepiiffcsf. 
 
 Cfeaj).  n^ 
 
 And  lonathas  reported  y  best  of  Dauid 
 vnto  Saul  his  father,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Oh 
 let  not  the  kynge  synne  agajTist  his  seruaunt, 
 for  he  hath  not  synned  agaynst  the,  and  his 
 doynge  is  very  necessary  for  the,  *  he  put  his 
 lyfe  in  his  hande  also,  and  smote  the  Phi- 
 listyne,  5  the  LORDE  dyd  a  greate  health 
 vnto  all  Israel :  this  hast  thou  sene,  and  re- 
 ioysed  therof.  Wherfore  wylt  thou  then  ofFende 
 agaynst  innocent  bloude,  that  thou  woldest 
 kyll  Dauid  without  a  cause  ?  Then  herkened 
 Saul  vnto  the  voice  of  lonathas  and  sware  : 
 As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  he  shal  not 
 dye.  Then  lonathas  called  Dauid,  and  tolde 
 him  all  these  wordes,  and  brought  him  to  Saul, 
 so  that  he  was  in  presence  like  as  afore  tyme. 
 But  there  arose  a  battayll  agayne,  and 
 Dauid  wente  forth,  and  fought  agaynst  the 
 PhiUstynes,  and  smote  a  greate  slaughter,  so 
 that  they  fled  before  him.  Neuertheles  f 
 euell  sprete  of  the  LORDE  came  ^'pon  Saul, 
 and  he  sat  in  his  house,  and  had  a  iauelynge 
 in  his  hande.  But  Dauid  plaied  vpon  the  in^ 
 strument  with  his  hade.  And  Saul  thought 
 with  the  iauelinge  to  sticke  Dauid  fast  to  the 
 wall.  Howbeit,  he  wente  asyde  fro  Saul  and 
 the  iauelynge  smote  in  the  wall.  And  Dauid 
 fled,  and  escaped  that  night. 
 
 Notwithstondinge  Saul  sent  his  messaungers 
 to  Dauids  house,  that  they  shulde  laye  waj^te 
 for  him,  and  kyll  him  in  the  mornynge.  Mi- 
 chol  Dauids  wyfe  tolde  him  this,  and  sayde : 
 Yf  thou  saue  not  thy  soule  this  night,  thou 
 shalt  dye  tomorow.  t  Then  Michol  let  him 
 downe  thorow  the  wyndow,  so  that  he  wente 
 his  waye,  fled,  and  escaped.  And  Michol 
 toke  an  ymage,  and  layed  it  in  the  bed,  and 
 laied  a  goates  szkinne  at  the  heade  of  it,  and 
 couered  it  with  clothes.  Then  Saul  sent 
 messaiigers,  to  fetch  Dauid.  But  she  sayde  : 
 He  is  sicke.  Neuerthelesse  Saul  sent  mes- 
 saungers to  se  Dauid,  a  sayde :  Bringe  him 
 vp  to  me  with  the  bed,  that  he  maye  be  slayne. 
 Now  whan  the  messaungers  came,  beholde, 
 the  ymage  laye  in  the  bed,  and  a  goates 
 szkynne  at  the  heade  of  it.  Then  sayde  Saul 
 vnto  Michol:  Why  hast  thou  begyled  me,  and 
 let  myne  enemye  go,  that  he  mighte  escape  ? 
 Michol  sayde  vnto  Saul :  He  sayde  vnto  me  : 
 Let  me  go,  or  I  wyl  kyll  the.  As  for  Dauid, 
 he  fled,  and  escaped,  and  came  to  Samuel 
 vnto  Ramath,  and  tolde  him  all  y  Saul  had 
 
 lud.  12.  a.     Psal.  118. 
 
 t  losu.  2.  c.     Act.  9.  c. 
 
 done  vnto  him.  And  he  wente  with  Samuel 
 and  they  abode  at  Naioth. 
 
 And  it  was  tolde  Saul :  Beholde,  Dauid  is 
 at  Naioth  in  Ramath.  Then  Saul  sente 
 messaungers  to  fetch  Dauid.  And  they  sawe 
 a  company  of  prophetes  prophecienge,  and 
 Samuel  had  the  ouersight  of  them.  Then 
 came  the  sprete  of  God  vpon  the  messaungers 
 of  Saul,  so  that  they  prophecyed  also. 
 
 Whan  this  was  tolde  Saul,  he  sent  other  mes- 
 saungers, which  prophecied  likewyse.  Then 
 sente  he  messaungers  the  thyrde  tyme,  and 
 they  in  like  maner  prophecyed.  Then  wente 
 he  himselfe  also  vnto  Ramath,  and  whan  he 
 came  to  the  greate  well  which  is  at  Secho, 
 he  axed  and  sayde :  Where  is  Samuel  and 
 Dauid  ?  Then  was  it  tolde  him  :  beholde, 
 at  Naioth  in  Ramath.  And  he  wente  thither, 
 euen  vnto  Naioth  in  Ramath.  And  y  sprete 
 of  God  came  vpon  him  also,  and  he  wete  5 
 prophecied  till  he  came  vnto  Naioth  in  Ra- 
 math. And  he  put  of  his  clothes,  j  pro- 
 phecied likewise  before  Samuel,  (j  fell  downe 
 naked  all  that  daye  and  all  that  nighte.  t  Here 
 of  came  the  prouerbe:  Is  Saul  also  amonge 
 the  prophetes? 
 
 Wi)t  ry-  Cfjaptnr. 
 
 DAUID  fled  fro  Naioth  in  Ramath,  and 
 came,  s  spake  before  lonathas:  What 
 haue  I  done  ?  What  trespace  haue  I  made  ? 
 What  haue  I  synned  in  f  sighte  of  thy  father, 
 y  he  seketh  to  kyll  me  ?  He  sayde  vnto  him : 
 God  forbyd,  thou  shalt  not  dye.  Beholde, 
 my  father  doth  nothinge,  nether  greate  ner 
 small,  but  he  sheweth  it  before  myne  eares. 
 Wherfore  shulde  my  father  the  hyde  this  fro 
 me  ?  It  shal  not  be  so.  The  sware  Dauid 
 agayne,  and  sayde:  Thy  father  knoweth  well, 
 y  I  haue  founde  fauoure  in  thy  sighte,  therfore 
 shal  he  thynke :  lonathas  shal  not  knowe  of 
 this,  lest  it  greue  him.  Verely,  as  truly  as 
 the  LORDE  lyueth,  and  as  truly  as  thy  soule 
 lyueth,  there  is  but  one  steppe  betwene  me  5 
 death.  lonathas  sayde  vnto  Dauid  :  I  wil  do 
 for  the  what  so  euer  thy  hert  desyreth.  Dauid 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Beholde,  tomorow  is  the  new 
 Mone,  that  I  shulde  syt  at  the  table  with  the 
 kynge.  Let  me  hyde  my  selfe  therfore  in  the 
 felde  vnto  the  thirde  daye  at  euen.  Yf  thy 
 father  then  axe  after  me,  saye:  Dauid  prayed 
 me,  y  he  mighte  runne  to  Bethleem  vnto  his 
 
 1 1  Re.  10.  c. 
 
Cftap.  n* 
 
 €i)t  U  bokt  of  tf)t  fepgesf. 
 
 #0.  ttlnb. 
 
 cite,  for  all  his  kynred  haue  there  a  yearly 
 sacrifice.  Yf  he  saye  then:  It  is  good,  the 
 stondeth  it  well  with  thy  seruaunt.  But  yf 
 he  be  wroth,  thou  shalt  perceaue  that  he  in- 
 tendeth  euell.  Do  mercy  therfore  vpon  thy 
 seruaunt:  *for  with  me  thy  seruaunt  hast  thou 
 made  a  couenaunt  in  the  LORDE.  But  yf 
 there  be  eny  trespace  in  me,  then  slaye  me 
 thy  selfe,  for  why  woldest  thou  brynge  me 
 vnto  thy  father? 
 
 lonathas  sayde:  That  be  farre  from  the, 
 that  I  shulde  perceaue  my  father  to  intende 
 eny  euell  agaynst  the,  and  shulde  not  tell  the. 
 Dauid  sayde :  Who  shal  biynge  me  worde,  yf 
 thy  father  geue  the  an  harde  answere?  lona- 
 thas sayde  vnto  Dauid :  Come,  let  vs  go  forth 
 in  to  the  felde.  And  they  wente  out  both  in 
 to  f  felde.     And  lonathas  sayde  vnto  Dauid : 
 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  yf  I  perceaue  by 
 my  father  tomorow  or  on  the  thirde  daye,  that 
 it  goeth  well  with  Dauid,  5  sende  not  vnto  the, 
 and  shewe  the  before  thine  eares,  then  let  the 
 LORDE  do  this  and  that  vnto  lonathas.  But 
 yf  my  father  delyte  in  euell  agaynst  the,  I  wil 
 shewe  it  before  thine  eares  also,  and  let  f  go, 
 that  thou  mayest  departe  in  peace. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  be  with  the,  as  he  hath 
 bene  with  my  father.  Yf  I  do  it  not,  then  do 
 thou  no  mercy  of  the  LORDE  on  me,  while 
 I  lyue,  no  not  whan  I  dye,  and  plucke  thy 
 mercy  fro  my  house  for  euer.  And  whan  the 
 LORDE  roteth  out  y  enemies  of  Dauid, 
 euery  one  out  of  the  londe,  then  let  Dauid 
 rote  out  lonathas  also  with  his  house,  and  the 
 LORDE  requyre  it  of  the  hande  of  Dauids 
 enemies. 
 
 And  lonathas  proceaded  further,  and  sware 
 vnto  Dauid  (he  loued  him  so  well :  for  he 
 loued  him  euen  as  his  owne  soule)  and  lona- 
 thas sayde  vnto  him :  Tomorow  is  y  new 
 Mone,  and  thou  shalt  be  axed  after :  for  thou 
 shalt  be  wanted  where  thou  wast  wonte  to  sit. 
 But  on  the  thirde  daye  come  downe  soone,  d 
 go  in  to  y  place  where  thou  hydest  the  on 
 the  worckdaye,  (j  set  the  downe  by  the  stone 
 of  Asel :  then  wyl  I  shute  thre  arowes  on  y 
 side,  as  though  I  wolde  shute  at  a  marck :  and 
 beholde,  I  wil  sende  the  boye,  and  saye  vnto 
 him.  Go  seke  f  arowes.  Yf  I  saye  now  vnto 
 the  lad  :  Lo,  the  arowes  lye  hitherwarde  be- 
 hynde  y,  fetch  them,  then  come  thou,  for  it 
 is  peace,  and  there  is  no  parell,  as  truly  as  the 
 
 *  1  Re.  18.  a.  and  23.  d. 
 
 LORDE  lyueth.  But  yf  I  saye  vnto  the  lad: 
 beholde,  the  arowes  lye  yonderwarde  before 
 the,  then  go  thou  thy  waye,  for  the  LORDE 
 hath  let  the  go.  t  As  for  that  which  thou  and 
 I  haue  spoke  together,  the  LORDE  is  be- 
 twene  me  and  the  for  euer. 
 
 Dauid  hid  himself  in  the  felde.  And  wha 
 the  new  Mone  came,  the  kynge  sat  him  downe 
 at  the  table  to  eate.  Whan  the  kynge  had 
 set  him  downe  in  his  place  as  he  was  wonte  by 
 the  wall,  lonathas  stode  vp,  but  Abner  sat 
 him  downe  besyde  Saul.  And  Dauid  was 
 myssed  in  his  place.  And  Saul  spake  no- 
 thinge  that  daye,  for  he  thoughte :  There  is 
 somwhat  happend  vnto  him,  that  he  is  not 
 cleane.  On  the  seconde  daye  of  the  new 
 Mone,  whan  Dauid  was  myssed  in  his  place, 
 Saul  saide  vnto  lonathas  his  sonne :  Wherfore 
 is  not  the  sonne  of  Isai  come  to  the  table 
 nether  yesterdaye  ner  to  daye  ? 
 
 lonathas  answered  Saul:  He  prayed  me 
 that  he  mighte  go  vnto  Bethleem,  and  sayde : 
 Let  me  go,  for  oure  kynred  hath  a  sacrifyce 
 to  do  in  the  cyte,  and  my  brother  hath  sent 
 for  me  himselfe :  yf  I  haue  founde  fauoure 
 now  in  thy  syghte,  I  wyll  go,  and  se  my  bre- 
 thren :  therfore  is  he  not  come  to  the  kynges 
 table.  Then  was  the  kynge  wroth  at  lona- 
 thas, and  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  wicked  and 
 vnthrifte,  I  knowe  how  that  thou  hast  chosen 
 the  sonne  of  Isai,  to  the  shame  of  thy  selfe 
 and  of  thy  shamefull  mother.  For  as  longe 
 as  y  Sonne  of  Isai  lyueth  vpo  earth  nether 
 thou  ner  thy  kingdome  shal  prospere.  Sende 
 now  therfore,  and  cause  him  to  be  fetched 
 vnto  me,  t  for  he  is  a  childe  of  death. 
 
 lonathas  answered  his  father  Saul  and  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Wherfore  shal  he  dye  ?  what  hath 
 he  done  ?  Then  shot  Saul  the  iauelynge  at 
 him,  that  he  might  smite  him.  The  per- 
 ceaued  lonathas,  that  his  father  was  vtterly 
 determed  to  kyll  Dauid,  and  he  rose  vp  from 
 y  table  in  a  wrothfull  displeasure,  and  ate  no 
 bred  y  same  seconde  daye  of  the  new  Mone: 
 for  he  was  vexed  because  of  Dauid,  that  his 
 father  had  done  him  soch  dishonoure. 
 
 On  the  morow  wente  lonathas  forth  in  to 
 the  felde,  at  the  tyme  appoynted  of  Dauid, 
 and  a  litle  boy  with  him,  and  sayde  vnto  f 
 boy:  Runne  and  seke  me  the  arowes  which  I 
 shute.  Whan  the  boy  ranne,  he  shot  an  arowe 
 ouer  him.      And  whan  the  boy  came  to  the 
 
 t  1  Re.  to.  f.        t  1  Re-  26.  c. 
 
 dF 
 
IjTo.  ttlxx^i. 
 
 €f)t  t  bofec  of  tijt  kpnge«{. 
 
 Cftap.  ]C];:u 
 
 place  whither  lonathas  had  shot  f  arowe, 
 lonathas  cryed  after  him,  and  sayde :  The 
 arowe  lyeth  yonderwarde  before  the.  And  he 
 cryed  after  him  agayne :  haist  the,  and  stonde 
 not  styll.  Then  the  boy  gathered  vp  lona- 
 thas arowes,  and  brought  them  to  his  lorde. 
 And  the  boy  knewe  nothinge,  onely  lonathas 
 and  Dauid  knewe  of  y  matter. 
 
 Then  lonathas  gaue  his  boy  his  wapes  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye,  and  cary  them 
 in  to  the  cite.  And  whan  the  boy  was  gone, 
 Dauid  arose  from  the  place  towarde  the  south, 
 and  fell  vpon  his  face  to  the  groude,  and  wor- 
 shipped thre  tymes,  and  they  kissed  one  ano- 
 ther, and  wepte  together.  But  Dauid  most 
 specially.  And  lonathas  saide  vnto  Dauid: 
 Go  thy  waye  in  peace:  *What  soeuer  we  both 
 haue  sworne  5  spoke  together  in  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE,  the  LORDE  be  witnesse  be- 
 twene  me  and  the,  betwene  my  sede  and  thy 
 sede  for  euer.  And  lonathas  gat  him  vp,  and 
 came  in  to  the  cite. 
 
 Wt)t  v>i.  Cl)apt«r. 
 
 DAUID  came  to  Nobe  to  f  prest  Ahi- 
 melech.  And  Ahimelech  was  aston- 
 nyed,  whan  he  sawe  Dauid  comminge,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Why  commest  thou  alone, 
 and  noman  is  with  the  ?  Dauid  sayde  vnto 
 t Ahimelech  the  prest:  The  kinge  hath  c6- 
 mytted  a  matter  vnto  me,  and  sayde :  Let 
 noma  knowe  wherfore  I  haue  sent  the,  and 
 what  I  haue  commaunded  the :  for  I  haue 
 appoynted  my  seruautes  to  mete  me  here  u 
 there.  tYf  thou  haue  now  ought  vnder  thy 
 hande,  a  loafe  of  bred  or  fyue,  geue  me  the 
 same  in  my  hande,  or  what  so  euer  thou 
 findest. 
 
 The  prest  answered  Dauid,  and  sayde :  I 
 haue  no  comen  bred  vnder  my  hande,  but  the 
 holy  bred,  yf  the  yonge  men  haue  onely  re- 
 frained them  selues  from  wemen.  Dauid 
 answered  the  prest,  and  sayde  vnto  him:  The 
 wemen  were  kepte  thre  dayes  from  vs  whan 
 we  departed  forth,  and  the  yonge  mens  vessels 
 were  holy.  But  this  waye  is  vnholy,  neuer- 
 thelesse  it  shalbe  sanctifyed  to  daye  in  the 
 instrumentes.  ^  Then  the  prest  gaue  him  of 
 [j  holy,  in  so  moch  as  there  was  none  other 
 bred  but  the  shewbredes,  which  were  taken 
 vp  before  the  LORDE,  that  there  might  be 
 
 1  Re.  20.  d.      t  t  Re.  14.  a.      }  1  Re.  25.  b.  lud.  8.  b 
 §  Exod.  25.  c.  Leui.  24.  b.  Math.  12.  a.  Mar.  2.  c. 
 
 •  1  Re 
 
 other  fieshbredes  set  therin  the  daye  wha  he 
 toke  them  awaye. 
 
 But  the  same  daye  was  there  a  man  sparred 
 in  before  the  LORDE,  one  of  Sauls  ser- 
 uauntes,  named  Doeg  an  Edomite,  ;y'  might- 
 iest amonge  Sauls  hyrdmen.  And  Dauid 
 sayde  vnto  Ahimelech :  Is  there  not  a  speare 
 or  a  swerde  here  vnder  thine  hande  ?  I  haue 
 not  taken  my  swerde  and  weapens  with  me: 
 for  the  kynges  matter  requyred  haist.  The 
 prest  sayde :  The  swerde  of  Goliath  the  Phi- 
 listyne  II  whom  thou  smotest  in  the  Oke  valley, 
 is  here  wrapped  in  a  cloth  behynde  the  ouer- 
 body  cote.  Yf  thou  wylt  haue  it,  take  it,  for 
 here  is  els  none  but  it.  Dauid  sayde :  There 
 is  not  soch  another,  geue  me  it. 
 
 And  Dauid  gat  him  vp,  and  fled  from  Saul, 
 and  came  to  Achis  ;y^  kynge  of  Gath.  But 
 Achis  seruauntes  sayde  vnto  him :  This  is 
 Dauid  the  kynge  of  the  londe,  of  whom  they 
 sunge  in  the  daunse,  and  sayde:  t  Saul  hath 
 smytten  his  thousande,  but  Dauid  his  ten 
 thousande.  And  Dauid  toke  these  wordes  to 
 hert,  and  was  sore  afrayed  of  Achis  the  kynge 
 of  Gath,  and  altered  his  countenaunce  before 
 them,  and  shewed  himselfe  as  he  had  bene 
 madd  in  their  handes,  and  stackered  towarde 
 the  dores  of  the  gate,  and  his  slauerynges 
 ranne  downe  his  beerd.  Then  sayde  Achis 
 vnto  his  seruauntes :  Beholde,  ye  se  that  the 
 man  is  out  of  his  wyt,  why  haue  ye  brought 
 him  vnto  me  ?  Haue  I  to  fewe  madd  men, 
 that  ye  haue  brought  this  hither  to  be  madd 
 before  me  ?     Shulde  he  come  in  to  my  house? 
 
 Wi)t  mi-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 DAUID  wente  fro  thence,  5  fled  vnto  the 
 caue  of  Adullam.  Whan  his  brethren 
 and  all  his  fathers  house  herde  that,  they  came 
 downe  thither  vnto  him.  And  there  gathered 
 vnto  him  all  men  that  were  in  trouble  and 
 det,  and  sory  of  hert,  and  he  became  their 
 heade,  so  that  there  were  with  him  vpon  a 
 foure  hundreth  men. 
 
 And  Dauid  wente  from  thence  towarde 
 Mispa  in  the  londe  of  the  Moabites,  and 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge  of  the  Moabites :  Let 
 my  father  and  my  mother  go  out  and  in 
 amonge  you,  tyll  I  se  what  God  wil  do  with 
 me.  And  he  lefte  them  before  the  kynge  of 
 f  Moabites,  so  that  they  remayned  by  him,  as 
 
 II  1  Reg.  17.  f.  IF  1  Ree.  18.  b.  and  29.  b. 
 
Cftap.  xnih 
 
 €l)t  u  bo'kt  of  t&e  fe|)nst£ 
 
 jTo.  fdvutij. 
 
 longe  as  Dauid  was  in  the  castell.  Neuer- 
 theles  the  prophet  Gad  sayde  vnto  Dauid : 
 Abyde  not  in  the  castell,  but  go  thy  waye, 
 and  come  in  to  the  londe  of  luda.  Then 
 departed  Dauid,  and  came  in  to  the  wodd  of 
 Hareth.  And  Saul  herde  that  Dauid  and  the 
 men  which  were  with  him,  were  come  forth. 
 
 Now  whyle  Saul  dwelt  at  Gibea  vnder  a 
 groue  in  Rama,  he  had  a  lauelinge  in  his 
 hande,  and  all  his  seruauntes  stode  by  him. 
 Then  sayde  Saul  vnto  his  seruauntes  that 
 stode  by  him :  Heare  ye  children  of  lemini : 
 Shal  the  sonne  of  Isai  geue  lodes  and  vyn- 
 yardes  vnto  you  aU,  (j  make  you  all  captaynes 
 ouer  thousandes  and  ouer  hudreds,  that  ye 
 haue  all  conspyred  agaynst  me,  and  there  is 
 no  ma  that  sheweth  it  before  myne  eares,  *for 
 so  moch  as  my  sonne  also  hath  made  a  coue- 
 naunt  with  the  sonne  of  Isai  ?  There  is  no 
 man  amonge  you  that  letteth  it  for  my  sake, 
 or  y  openeth  it  vnto  myne  eares :  for  my  sonne 
 hath  stered  vp  my  seruauntes  against  me,  that 
 he  maye  laye  wayte  for  me,  as  it  is  manifest. 
 
 Then  answered  Doeg  f  Edomite  which 
 stode  besyde  Sauls  seruauntes,  and  sayde :  1 1 
 sawe  the  sonne  of  Isai,  that  he  came  vnto 
 Nobe,  to  Ahimelech  f  sonne  of  Achitob, 
 which  axed  councell  at  the  LORDE  for  him, 
 and  gaue  him  fode,  (j  the  swerde  of  Goliath 
 the  Philistyne. 
 
 Then  sent  the  kynge,  and  caused  to  call 
 Ahimelech  the  prest  the  sonne  of  Achitob, 
 and  all  his  fathers  house,  the  prestes  that  were 
 at  Nobe,  and  they  came  all  to  the  kynge. 
 And  Saul  sayde :  Heare  thou  sonne  of  Achitob. 
 He  saide  :  Here  am  I  my  lorde.  And  Saul 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Wherfore  haue  ye  cospyred 
 agaynst  me,  thou  j  the  sonne  of  Isai,  that 
 thou  hast  geuen  him  bred  and  a  swerde,  and 
 axed  councell  at  God  for  him,  to  stere  him 
 vp,  that  he  mighte  laye  awayte  for  me,  as  it 
 is  manifest  ? 
 
 Ahimelech  answered  the  kynge  and  saide : 
 And  who  is  amonge  all  thy  seruauntes  like 
 Dauid,  which  is  faithfull,  and  hath  maried  the 
 kynges  doughter,  and  goeth  in  thine  obedience, 
 5  is  honorably  taken  in  thine  house  ?  Haue 
 I  begonne  then  first  this  daye  to  axe  councell 
 at  God  for  him  ?  That  be  farre  fro  me.  Let 
 not  the  kinge  laie  soch  to  his  seruautes  charge 
 in  all  my  fathers  house :  for  thy  seruaunt 
 knewe  not  of  all  these  thinges  nether  small 
 
 •  1  Re.  18.  a.  20.  d.  23.  d.  t  1  Re.  21.  c. 
 
 ner  greate.  Neuertheles  the  kynge  saide : 
 Ahimelech  thou  must  dye  y  death,  thou  and 
 all  thy  fathers  house.  And  the  kynge  sayde 
 to  his  fote  men  that  stode  by  him  :  Turne 
 you,  and  slaye  the  prestes  of  the  LORDE, 
 for  their  hande  is  with  Dauid  also. 
 
 Not  withstondinge  the  kynges  seruauntes 
 wolde  not  laye  their  handes  vpon  f  prestes 
 of  the  LORDE,  to  slaye  them.  Then  saide 
 f  kynge  vnto  Doeg:  Turne  the,  and  slaye 
 the  prestes.  t  Doeg  the  Edomite  turned  him, 
 and  slewe  the  prestes,  so  that  the  same  daye 
 there  dyed  fyue  and  foure  score  men,  which 
 wayre  ouerbody  cotes  of  lynnen.  And  Nob 
 the  cite  of  the  prestes  smote  he  with  the  edge 
 of  the  swerde,  both  men  and  wemen,  children 
 and  sucklynges,  oxen  and  asses,  and  shepe. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  there  escaped  a  sonne  of 
 Ahimelech  (the  sonne  of  Achitob)  whose  name 
 was  Abiathar,  and  fled  after  Dauid,  and  tolde 
 him,  that  Saul  had  slayne  y-  prestes  of  the 
 LORDE.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Abiathar:  I 
 knewe  well  the  same  daye  that  Doeg  the 
 Edomite  was  there,  that  he  wolde  tell  Saul. 
 I  am  giltye  of  the  soules  of  thy  fathers  house. 
 Abyde  thou  with  me,  and  feare  not.  He  that 
 layeth  wayte  for  my  lyfe,  shall  laye  wayte  for 
 thyne  also,  and  thou  shalt  bepreserued  with  me. 
 
 Ci)e  yyii).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  it  was  tolde  Dauid :  Beholde,  the 
 Philistynes  fight  against  Cegila,  and 
 spoyle  the  barnes.  Then  Dauid  axed  at  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde :  Shal  I  go,  (j  smyte 
 these  Phihstynes?  And  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Dauid  :  Go  thy  waye,  thou  shalt  smyte 
 the  Philistynes,  and  delyuer  Cegila.  But  y 
 men  that  were  with  Dauid,  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Beholde,  we  are  here  in  feare  in  lewry,  and 
 shall  we  go  to  Cegila  vnto  the  boost  of  the 
 Philistynes  ?  The  Dauid  axed  at  the  LORDE 
 agayne.  And  the  LORDE  answered  him, 
 and  sayde :  Vp,  get  the  downe  to  Cegila,  for 
 I  wil  delyuer  the  Phihstynes  in  to  thy  hande. 
 
 So  Dauid  wente  with  his  men  vnto  Cegila, 
 and  foughte  agaynst  the  Philistynes,  (t  droue 
 awaye  their  catell,  and  smote  them  with  a 
 greate  slaughter.  Thus  Dauid  delyuered  them 
 of  Cegila.  For  whan  Abiathar  the  sonne  of 
 Ahimelech  fled  vnto  Dauid  at  Cegila,  he  bare 
 downe  the  ouerbody  cote  with  him. 
 
 The  was  it  tolde  Saul,  that  Dauid  was  come 
 
 {  1  Reg.  2.  g.   2  Re.  21.  a. 
 
jTo.  crUvfait}. 
 
 €f)t  t  Ijofet  of  tf)t  itpngesi. 
 
 Cftap.  niiih 
 
 to  Cegila,  and  he  sayde :  God  hath  deUuered 
 him  in  to  my  hade,  for  he  is  shut  fast  in,  now 
 that  he  is  come  in  to  a  cite  which  is  kepte 
 with  gates  and  barres.  And  Saul  caused  for 
 to  call  all  the  people  downe  to  J-  battaill  viito 
 Cegila,  y  they  might  besege  Dauid  and  his 
 
 1.  but  whan  Dauid  perceaued  y  Saul 
 inteded  euell  against  him,  he  saide  vnto 
 Abiathar  f  prest:  Brynge  me  hither  the  ouer- 
 body  cote.  And  Dauid  sayde  :  O  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  thy  seruaunt  hath  herde,  that 
 Saul  goeth  aboute  to  come  for  to  destroye  the 
 cite  of  Cegila  for  my  sake.  Shal  the  citysens 
 of  Cegila  delyuer  me  ouer  in  to  his  handes  ? 
 And  shal  Saul  come  downe,  as  thy  seruaunt 
 hath  herde?  Tell  thy  seruaunt  this,  O 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel.  And  the  LORDE 
 saide  :  He  shal  come  downe. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  :  Shall  the  citysens  of  Cegila 
 delyuer  me  and  my  men  in  to  Sauls  handes  ? 
 The  LORDE  sayde  :  Yee.  The  Dauid  gat 
 him  vp  with  his  me,  of  whom  there  were  vpon 
 a  sixe  hundreth,  (j  walked  whither  they  coulde. 
 Now  whan  it  was  tolde  Saul  that  Dauid  was 
 escaped  from  Cegila,  he  let  his  ioumey  stonde. 
 As  for  Dauid,  he  remayned  in  the  wildernes 
 in  the  castell,  and  abode  vpon  the  mount  in 
 the  wildernes  of  Siph.  But  Saul  soughte  him 
 as  longe  as  he  lyued.  Neuertheles  God  gaue 
 liim  not  in  to  his  handes.  And  Dauid  sawe, 
 that  Saul  was  gone  forth  to  seke  after  his  life. 
 But  Dauid  was  in  the  wildernes  of  Siph,  in 
 the  wodd. 
 
 Then  lonathas  the  sonne  of  Saul  gat  him 
 vp,  and  wete  vnto  Dauid  in  to  the  wod,  and 
 strengthed  his  hande  in  God,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Feare  not,  my  father  Sauls  hande  shal 
 not  finde  f:  and  thou  shalt  be  kynge  ouer 
 Israel,  so  will  I  be  the  nexte  vnto  the.  And 
 y  my  father  knoweth  right  well.  *And  they 
 made  a  couenaunt  both  together  before  the 
 LORDE.  And  Dauid  remayned  in  the  wodd. 
 As  for  lonathas,  he  wente  home  agayne. 
 
 But  the  tSiphites  wente  vp  to  Saul  vnto 
 Gibeath,  and  sayde :  Is  not  Dauid  hyd  with 
 vs  in  the  castell  in  f  wodd,  vpon  mout 
 Hachila,  which  lyeth  on  the  righte  hande  of 
 the  wildernesse  ?  Let  the  kynge  come  downe 
 now  therfore  acordinge  to  all  the  desyre  of  his 
 hert,  and  we  wyll  delyuer  him  in  to  the  kynges 
 hande.     Then  sayde  Saul :    Blessed  be  ye  of 
 
 •  1  Re.  18.  a.  and  20.  b.       t  1  Par.  2.  c.        i  Esa.  37.  b. 
 I  ^  Tlie  rocke  of  partinge  asunder. 
 
 the  LORDE,  that  ye  haue  had  pytie  vpon 
 :  Go  youre  waye  now  therfore,  and  be 
 sure,  that  ye  maye  knowe  and  se  in  what  place 
 his  fete  haue  bene,  and  who  hath  sene  him 
 there :  for  it  is  tolde  me,  that  he  is  full  of 
 sotiltye.  Loke  well  and  spye  out  all  the  places, 
 where  he  hydeth  him,  and  come  agayne  to  me, 
 whan  ye  are  sure,  and  I  will  go  with  you.  Yf 
 he  be  in  the  londe,  I  wyl  enquere  after  him 
 amonge  all  the  thousandes  in  luda. 
 
 Then  gat  they  them  vp,  and  wente  their 
 waye  vnto  Siph  before  Saul.  But  Dauid  and 
 his  men  were  in  the  wyldernes  of  Mao,  euen 
 in  the  felde  on  the  righte  hande  of  the  wil- 
 dernes. Now  whan  Saul  wente  thither  with 
 his  men  to  seke  him,  it  was  tolde  Dauid  and 
 he  gat  him  downe  to  the  rocke,  and  abode  in 
 the  wildernesse  of  Mahon.  Whan  Saul  herde 
 that,  he  folowed  after  Dauid  in  the  wildernesse 
 of  Mahon.  And  Saul  with  his  men  wente  on 
 the  one  syde  of  the  hyU :  Dauid  with  his  men 
 on  y  other  syde  of  y  hill.  But  whan  Dauid 
 made  haist  to  escape  from  Saul,  Saul  with  his 
 men  compased  aboute  Dauid  and  his  men, 
 that  he  might  take  the.  *  Neuertheles  there 
 came  a  messaiiger  vnto  Saul,  and  sayde :  Make 
 haist  and  come,  for  the  Philistynes  are  falle 
 in  to  the  londe.  The  Saul  turned  him  from 
 chacynge  of  Dauid,  and  wente  agaynst  the 
 Philistynes.  Therfore  is  f  place  called  i  Sela 
 Mahelkoth.  And  Dauid  wente  vp  from  thence, 
 and  abode  in  the  castell  at  En  Gaddi. 
 
 Cf)t  TTiii}.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 NOW  whan  Saul  came  agayne  from  the 
 Philistines,  it  was  tolde  him  :  Beholde, 
 Dauid  is  in  the  wyldernes  of  Engaddi.  And 
 Saul  toke  thre  thousande  chosen  men  out  of 
 all  Israel,  and  wente  to  seke  Dauid  with  his 
 men  vpon  the  stony  rockes  of  the  wylde  goates, 
 And  whan  he  came  to  the  shepe  foldes  by  f 
 waye,  there  was  a  caue,  and  Saul  wente  in  to 
 II  couer  his  fete.  But  Dauid  and  his  men  sat 
 behinde  within  the  caue. 
 
 Then  sayde  Dauids  men  vnto  him :  Lo, 
 this  is  the  daye,  wherof  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 hath  sayde  vnto  the :  Beholde,  I  wyll  delyuer 
 thyne  enemye  in  to  thy  hande,  that  thou 
 mayest  do  with  him  what  it  pleaseth  the. 
 And  Dauid  stode  vp,  (j  cut  of  the  typpe  of 
 Sauls  garment  quyetly.    Neuertheles  it  smote 
 
 11  To  couer  his  fete  :    that  is,  to  do  his  necessary  easment 
 
Cftap.  jtrb. 
 
 €f)t  t  boiit  of  ti)t  fepges. 
 
 Jfo.  wI)C)ri)i-, 
 
 him  afterwarde  in  his  hert,  because  he  had 
 cut  of  the  typpe  of  Sauls  garment,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  men  :  The  LORDE  let  that  be  farre 
 fro  me,  that  I  shulde  do  it,  5  laye  my  hande 
 vpo  my  lorde  the  LORDE S  anoynted :  for 
 he  is  y  anoynted  of  the  LORDE.  And  Dauid 
 withelde  his  seruautes  with  wordes,  5  suffred 
 the  not  to  ryse  vp  agaynst  Saul. 
 
 But  whan  Saul  gat  him  vp  out  of  the 
 caue,  and  was  goinge  his  waye,  Dauid  rose  vp 
 also  after  him,  and  wente  out  of  the  caue,  and 
 cried  behynde  Saul,  5  sayde:  My  lorde  the 
 kynge.  And  Saul  loked  behynde  him.  And 
 Dauid  bowed  downe  his  face  to  the  earth, 
 and  worshipped,  and  sayde  vnto  Saul :  Why 
 herkenest  thou  vnto  the  wordes  of  men,  that 
 saye :  Dauid  seketh  thy  mysfortune  ?  Beholde, 
 thine  eyes  se  this  daye  that  the  LORDE  gaue 
 the  in  to  my  hande  in  the  caue,  and  I  was 
 counceled  to  slaye  the :  Neuertheles  thou  wast 
 fauoured,  for  I  sayde :  I  wil  not  laye  my  hande 
 vpon  my  lorde,  for  he  is  the  LORDES 
 anoynted.  Beholde,  my  father  the  typpe  of 
 thy  garment  in  my  hande,  that  I  wolde  not 
 slaye  the,  whan  I  cut  of  the  typpe  of  thy 
 garment.  Knowe  and  se,  y  there  is  no  euell 
 ner  trespace  in  my  hande :  nether  haue  I 
 offended  the,  and  thou  folowest  after  my  soule, 
 to  take  it  awaye.  The  LORDE  shal  be  iudge 
 betwene  me  and  the,  and  auenge  me  on  the, 
 but  my  hade  shal  not  be  vpon  the,  acordinge 
 as  it  is  sayde  after  the  olde  prouerbe :  Vn- 
 godiynes  commeth  of  the  vngodly:  but  my 
 hande  shal  not  be  vpon  the.  Whom  per- 
 secutest  thou  O  kynge  of  Israel,  whom  per- 
 secutest  thou?  a  deed  dogg?  a  flee?  The 
 LORDE  be  iudge,  and  geue  sentence  betwene 
 me  and  the,  and  cosidre  it,  and  defende  my 
 cause,  and  delyuer  me  from  thy  hande. 
 
 Now  whan  Dauid  had  spoken  out  these 
 wordes  vnto  Saul,  Saul  saide :  *  Is  not  this 
 thy  voyce  my  sonne  Dauid?  And  Saul  lifte 
 vp  his  voyce,  and  wepte,  and  saide  vnto  Dauid : 
 Thou  art  more  righteous  then  I :  for  thou  hast 
 recompesed  me  good,  but  I  haue  rewarded  the 
 euell.  And  this  daye  hast  thou  shewed  me 
 how  thou  hast  done  me  good,  for  so  moch  as 
 f  LORDE  hath  delyuered  me  in  to  thy  hande, 
 and  thou  neuertheles  hast  not  slaine  me. 
 What  is  he,  which  yf  he  fynde  his  enemye, 
 wyl  let  him  go  in  agood  waye?  The  LORDE 
 rewarde  the  good  for  y  thou  hast  done  vnto 
 
 me  this  daye.  Beholde  now,  I  knowe  that 
 thou  shah  be  kynge,  5  the  kyngdome  of  Israel 
 stondeth  in  thy  hande :  sweare  now  therfore 
 vnto  me  by  the  LORDE,  y  thou  shalt  not 
 rote  out  my  sede  after  me,  nether  destroie  my 
 name  out  of  my  fathers  house.  And  Dauid 
 sware  vnto  Saul.  Then  wente  Saul  home, 
 but  Dauid  gat  him  vp  with  his  men  vnto 
 the  castell. 
 
 Ci^c  vrb-  Ci^apter. 
 
 AND  Samuel  dyed,  and  all  Israel  gathered 
 them  selues  together,  mourned  for  him, 
 g  buried  him  in  his  house  at  Ramath.  As  for 
 Dauid,  he  rose,  and  wente  downe  in  to  the 
 wyldernesse  of  Paran.  And  there  was  a  man 
 at  Maon,  and  his  possession  at  Carmel,  and 
 the  man  was  of  greate  power,  and  had  thre 
 thousande  shepe,  and  a  thousande  goates. 
 And  it  fortuned  that  he  clypped  his  shepe  at 
 Carmel,  and  his  name  was  Nabal,  but  his 
 wyues  name  was  Abigail,  and  she  was  a 
 woman  of  good  vnderstondinge,  5  bewtyfull  of 
 face.  But  the  man  was  harde,  and  wicked  in 
 his  doynges,  and  was  one  of  Caleb. 
 
 Now  whan  Dauid  herde  in  the  wyldernes  y 
 Nabal  clypped  his  shepe,  he  sent  out  ten  yonge 
 men,  5  saide  vnto  them :  Go  vp  vnto  Carmel, 
 5  whan  ye  come  to  Nabal,  salute  him  frendly 
 on  my  behalfe,  (j  saye :  Good  lucke,  peace  be 
 with  the  a  thine  house,  a  with  all  y  thou  hast. 
 I  haue  herde  saye  that  thou  hast  shepe  clyppers. 
 Now  thy  shepherdes  whom  thou  hast,  haue 
 bene  with  vs,  we  haue  done  them  no  dis- 
 honoure,  and  they  wated  nothinge  of  their 
 nombre,  as  longe  as  they  were  at  Carmel : 
 Axe  thy  yonge  men,  they  shal  tell  the,  and 
 let  thy  yonge  men  fynde  fauoure  in  thy  sighte: 
 for  we  are  come  in  a  good  daye,  geue  thy 
 seruauntes  ij  thy  sonne  Dauid  what  thy  hande 
 fyndeth. 
 
 And  wha  Dauids  yonge  men  came,  and 
 spake  all  these  wordes  on  Dauids  behalfe  vnto 
 Nabal,  they  lefte  of.  But  Nabal  answered 
 Dauids  seruauntes,  s  sayde :  What  is  he  y 
 Dauid  ?  (s  who  is  the  sonne  of  Isai  ?  There 
 are  many  seruauntes  now  y  runne  awaye  from 
 their  masters.  Shulde  I  take  my  bred,  water 
 and  flesh,  that  I  haue  slayne  for  my  clyppers, 
 d  geue  it  vnto  me  whom  I  knowe  not  whence 
 they  are  ? 
 
 The  Dauids  yonge  me  turned  their  waye 
 agayne.     And  whan  they  came  agayne  vnto 
 
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JfO.  CClOT. 
 
 Ci)f  i.  bolte  of  t!)t  bpngesi. 
 
 Cbap.  rpb. 
 
 him,  they  tolde  him  all  these  wordes.  The 
 sayde  Dauid  vnto  his  men :  Euery  man  gyrde 
 his  swerde  aboute  him.  And  euery  one  gyrde 
 his  swerde  aboute  him.  And  Dauid  gyrde  his 
 swerde  aboute  him  also,  and  there  wete  vp 
 after  him  vpon  a  foure  hundreth  men,  but  two 
 hundreth  remayned  with  the  stuffe. 
 
 Neuertheles  one  of  the  yonge  men  tolde  Abi- 
 gail Nabals  wife,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  Dauid 
 sent  messaungers  out  of  the  wyldernes  to  blesse 
 cure  lorde,  Notwithstondinge  he  was  fearce 
 vpo  them,  and  yet  haue  they  bene  very  pro- 
 fitable men  vnto  vs,  and  haue  done  vs  no 
 dishonoure,  and  we  wanted  none  of  the  nombre 
 as  loge  as  we  walked  with  them,  whan  we 
 were  in  the  felde :  but  they  haue  bene  oure 
 wall  daye  and  nighte,  as  longe  as  we  kepte  the 
 shepe  by  them.  Take  hede  now  therfore,  and 
 loke  well  what  thou  doest,  for  there  is  surely 
 a  mysfortune  at  hande  agaynst  oure  lorde,  5 
 agaynst  all  his  house.  And  he  is  a  man  of 
 Belial,  to  whom  no  man  darre  saye  eny  thinge. 
 Then  Abigail  made  haist,  and  toke  two  hun- 
 dred loaues  of  bred,  and  two  hotels  of  wyne, 
 and  fyue  shepe  ready  dighte,  and  fyue  mea- 
 sures of  firmentye,  and  an  hundreth  frayles  of 
 rasens,  and  two  hundreth  frayles  of  fygges,  5 
 layed  them  vp5  asses,  and  sayde  to  hir  yonge 
 men :  Go  ye  youre  waye  before  me,  beholde, 
 I  wyl  come  after.  And  she  tolde  Nabal  hir 
 housbade  nothinge  therof.  And  as  she  rode 
 vpo  the  asse,  and  wente  downe  in  the  shadowe 
 of  y^'hill,  beholde,  Dauid  s  his  me  met  hir 
 downe,  so  that  she  came  vpon  them. 
 
 But  Dauid  sayde :  Wei,  all  that  this  man 
 had  in  y  wyldernes,  haue  I  kepte  for  naughte, 
 so  that  there  wanted  nothinge  of  all  that  he 
 had,  and  he  rewardeth  me  euell  for  good, 
 God  do  this  and  yet  more  vnto  the  enemies 
 of  Dauid,  yf  vntyll  tomorow  in  the  mornynge 
 I  leaue  this  man  (of  all  that  he  hath)  so  moch 
 as  one  that  maketh  water  agaynst  f  wall.  Now 
 whan  Abigail  sawe  Dauid,  she  lighte  downe 
 from  the  asse  in  all  the  haist,  and  fell  vpo  hir 
 face  before  Dauid,  and  worshiped  him  to  the 
 grounde,  and  fell  at  his  fete,  and  sayde :  Oh 
 my  lorde,  let  this  trespace  be  myne,  and  let 
 thy  handmayde  speake  before  thine  eares,  and 
 heare  the  wordes  of  thy  handmayden  :  Let 
 not  my  lorde  set  his  hert  agaynst  this  Nabal 
 the  man  of  Belial,  for  he  is  a  foole,  acordinge 
 as  his  name  is  called :  his  name  is  foole,  and 
 fooUshnes  is  with  him.     As  for  me  thy  hand 
 
 ayde,  I  sawe  not  my  lordes  yonge  men, 
 whom  thou  dyddest  sende. 
 
 But  now  my  lorde,  as  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 lyueth,  and  as  truly  as  thy  soule  lyueth,  the 
 LORDEhath  kepte  the  backe,  y  thou  shuldest 
 not  come  agaynst  bloude,  and  he  hath  de- 
 lyuered  thine  hande. 
 
 Thine  enemyes  be  now  as  Nabal,  and  so  be 
 they  that  wolde  my  lorde  euell.  Here  is  y 
 blessynge,  y  thy  handmayde  hath  brought  my 
 lorde,  take  it,  and  geue  it  vnto  the  yonge  men, 
 that  walke  vnder  my  lorde.  For  a  sure  house 
 shal  f  LORDE  make  my  lorde,  which  fighteth 
 the  fighte  of  the  LORDE,  and  no  euell  shall 
 be  founde  in  the  all  thy  life  longe.  And  yf 
 eny  man  ryse  vp  to  persecute  f,  and  to  laye 
 wayte  for  thy  soule,  then  shal  the  soule  of  my 
 lorde  be  bounde  in  the  bundell  of  f  lyuynge, 
 euen  with  the  LORDE  thy  God.  But  y 
 soule  of  thine  enemies  shalbe  turned  backe 
 with  the  slynge.  Whan  the  LORDE  therfore 
 doth  all  this  good  for  my  lorde  (which  he  hath 
 promysed  the)  and  commaundeth  y  to  be  his 
 Duke  ouer  Israel,  then  shal  it  be  no  stomblinge 
 blocke  ner  occasion  of  fallynge  vnto  my  lordes 
 hert,  that  thou  hast  not  shed  bloude  without 
 a  cause,  and  auenged  thy  selfe,  then  shal  f 
 LORDE  do  good  vnto  my  lorde,  and  thou 
 shalt  thynke  vpon  thy  handmayden. 
 
 Then  saide  Dauid  vnto  Abigail:  Blessed 
 be  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  which  hath 
 sent  the  to  mete  me  this  daye :  and  blessed  be 
 thy  speach,  and  blessed  be  thou,  which  hast 
 kepte  me  backe  this  daye,  that  I  am  not  come 
 agaynst  bloude,  to  auenge  me  with  myne  awne 
 hande.  Verely  (as  truly  as  the  LORDE  the 
 God  of  Israel  lyueth,  which  hath  hyndred  me 
 that  I  shulde  do  the  no  euell.)  Yf  thou 
 haddest  not  met  me  in  all  the  haist,  Nabal 
 shulde  not  haue  had  lefte  him  \-ntyll  y  lighte 
 mornynge,  so  moch  as  one  that  maketh  water 
 agaynst  the  wall.  So  Dauid  toke  of  hir  hade 
 what  she  had  broughte  him,  and  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Go  vp  in  peace  vnto  thy  house :  beholde, 
 I  haue  herkened  vnto  thy  voyce,  and  accepted 
 thy  personne. 
 
 But  whan  Abigail  came  to  Nabal,  beholde, 
 he  had  prepared  a  feast  in  his  house  like  a 
 kynges  feast,  and  his  hert  was  mery,  for  he  was 
 very  dronken.  And  she  tolde  him  nothinge, 
 nether  small  ner  greate  vntyll  f  cleare  morn- 
 ynge. But  whan  it  was  daye,  3  the  wyne  was  come 
 from  Nabal,  his  wife  tolde  him  these  thinges. 
 
 dT 
 
Cl)ap.  vx^U 
 
 €i)t  u  bofef  of  tl)t  k^nut^. 
 
 So,  ttlmi' 
 
 Then  was  his  hert  deed  in  his  body,  so  that 
 he  became  euen  as  a  stone :  and  ouer  ten 
 dayes  the  LORDE  smote  him,  so  y  he  dyed. 
 Whan  Dauid  herde  that  Nabal  was  deed,  he 
 sayde:  Blessed  be  y  LORDE  which  hath 
 auenged  my  rebuke  on  Nabal,  and  preserued 
 his  seruaunt  from  euell.  And  the  LORDE 
 hath  rewarded  Nabal  that  euell  vpon  his  heade. 
 
 And  Dauid  sent,  and  caused  to  talke  with 
 Abigail,  y  he  mighte  take  her  to  wife.  And 
 whan  Dauids  seruauntes  came  to  Abigail  vnto 
 Carmel,  they  spake  vnto  her,  and  saide : 
 Dauid  hath  sent  vs  vnto  the,  that  he  maye 
 take  f  to  wife.  She  rose  vp,  and  worshipped 
 vpon  hir  face  vnto  the  earth,  and  sayde :  be- 
 holde,  here  is  thy  handmayde,  that  she  male 
 do  seruyce  vnto  the  seruauntes  of  my  lorde, 
 and  to  waszshe  their  fete.  And  AbigaO  made 
 haist,  and  gat  her  vp,  and  rode  vpo  an  asse, 
 and  fyue  maydens  that  were  vnder  her,  and 
 wente  after  Dauids  messaungers,  and  became 
 his  wife.  Dauid  toke  Ahinoam  of  lesrael  also, 
 and  they  both  became  his  wyues.  But  Saul 
 gaue  Michol  his  doughter  the  wife  of  Dauid 
 vnto  Phalti  y  sonne  of  Lais  of  Gallim. 
 
 Ci^c  rybi.  Cf)aptnr. 
 
 THEY  of  Siph  came  to  Saul  vnto  Gibe- 
 ath,  5  sayde:  *Is  not  Dauid  hyd  vpo 
 the  hill  of  Hachila,  which  lyeth  ouer  agaynst 
 the  wyldernesse?  Then  Saul  gat  him  vp, 
 and  wente  downe  to  the  wildernes  of  Siph, 
 and  thre  thousande  chosen  men  of  Israel  with 
 him,  to  seke  Dauid  in  the  wildernes  of  Siph, 
 and  pitched  vpon  the  hill  of  Hachila,  which 
 lyeth  by  the  waye  before  the  wildernes.  But 
 Dauid  remayned  in  the  wyldernes,  and  whan 
 he  sawe  that  Saul  came  after  him  in  to  the 
 wildernes,  he  sent  out  spyes,  and  knewe  of  a 
 suertie,  that  he  was  come  in  dede. 
 
 And  Dauid  gat  him  vp,  and  came  to  the 
 place  wRere  Saul  had  pitched  his  tet,  and 
 sawe  the  place  where  Saul  laye  with  his  chefe 
 captayne  +Abner  ;y-  sonne  of  Ner:  for  Saul 
 laye  in  the  tent,  and  the  boost  aboute  him. 
 Then  answered  Dauid,  and  sayde  vnto  Ahime- 
 lech  the  Hethite,  and  to  Abisai  the  sonne  of 
 leru  la  y  brother  of  loab:  Who  wil  go  downe 
 with  me  to  Saul  in  to  the  boost?  Abisai 
 sayde:  I  wil  go  downe  with  the. 
 
 So  Dauid  and  Abisai  came  to  the  people 
 in  the  night  season,  (i  beholde,  Saul  laye  and 
 
 •  1  Re.  23.  d.         t  1  Re.  14.  g. 
 
 slepte  in  the  tent,  and  his  speare  stacke  in  y 
 grounde  at  his  heade.  But  Abner  and  the 
 people  laye  rounde  aboute  him.  The  sayde 
 Abisai  vnto  Dauid:  God  hath  closed  thine 
 enemye  in  thjTie  hande  this  daye.  Therfore 
 will  1  now  thrust  him  thorow  once  with  the 
 speare  euen  in  to  the  grounde,  y  he  shall 
 haue  ynough  of  it.  Neuertheles  Dauid  sayde 
 vnto  Abisai :  Destroye  him  not,  for  who  wil 
 laye  hande  vpon  the  anoynted  of  f  LORDE, 
 5  remayne  vngiltye  ?  Dauid  sayde  morouer : 
 As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  yf  y  LORDE 
 him  selfe  smyte  him  not,  or  excepte  his  tyme 
 come  that  he  dye,  or  that  he  go  in  to  the  bat- 
 tayll  and  perishe,  the  LORDE  let  it  be  farre 
 fro  me,  that  I  shulde  laye  my  hande  on  the 
 LORDES  anoynted.  Take  y  speare  now 
 therfore  at  his  heade,  (j,  the  cuppe  of  water,  j 
 let  vs  go.  So  Dauid  toke  y  speare  5  the 
 cuppe  of  water  at  Sauls  heade,  5  they  wente 
 their  waye.  And  there  was  no  man  y  sawe 
 it,  ner  perceaued  it,  nether  awaked,  but  they 
 slepte  eueiy  one,  for  there  was  a  depe  slepe 
 fallen  vpon  them  from  the  LORDE. 
 
 Now  whan  Dauid  was  come  ouer  on  y  other 
 syde,  he  stode  vpon  the  toppe  of  the  mount  a 
 farre  of  (so  that  there  was  a  wyde  space  be- 
 twene  them)  and  cried  vpon  y  people,  and 
 vp5  Abner  the  sonne  of  Ner,  5  sayde :  Hear- 
 est  thou  not  Abner  ?  And  Abner  answered 
 and  sayde :  Who  art  thou  that  cryest  so,  and 
 diseasest  the  kynge?  And  Dauid  sayde  vnto 
 Abner :  Art  thou  not  a  man  ?  And  where  is 
 there  soch  one  as  thou  in  Israel  ?  Why  hast 
 thou  not  then  kepte  thy  lorde  y  kynge?  for 
 there  is  one  of  f  people  come  in  to  destroye 
 thy  lorde  f  kynge.  It  is  not  well  that  thou 
 hast  done.  As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth 
 t  ye  are  the  children  of  death,  because  ye  haue 
 not  kepte  youre  lorde  the  LORDES  anoynted. 
 Beholde  now,  where  is  y  kynges  speare,  and 
 the  cuppe  of  water  that  was  at  his  heade. 
 
 Then  knewe  Saul  the  voyce  of  Dauid,  and 
 saide :  ^  Is  not  that  thy  voyce  my  sonne  Dauid? 
 Dauid  sayde :  It  is  my  voyce  my  lorde  the 
 kynge.  And  he  sayde  morouer:  Why  doth 
 my  lorde  so  persecute  his  seruaunt?  What 
 haue  I  done  ?  and  what  euell  is  there  in  my 
 hande  ?  Yet  let  my  lorde  the  kynge  heare  but 
 the  wordes  of  his  seruaunt  ?  Yf  y  LORDE 
 prouoke  the  against  me,  let  there  be  smelled 
 a  meatofferynge :  but  yf  the  childre  of  men  do 
 
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#0.  tdmih 
 
 CJ)t  u  bokt  of  ti)t  feyngeg* 
 
 Cftap.  iDcbij. 
 
 it,  cursed  be  they  before  the  LORDE,  be-| 
 cause  they  haue  thrust  me  out  this  daye  (that 
 I  shulde  not  dwell  in  the  LOllDES  inherit- 
 aunce)  and  saye:  Go  thy  waye,  and  serue 
 other  goddes.  So  fall  not  now  my  bloude 
 vpon  the  earth  from  the  face  of  the  LORDE. 
 For  the  kynge  of  Israel  is  gone  forth  to  seke 
 a  flee,  as  a  partriche  is  folowed  on  vpo  the 
 mountaynes. 
 
 And  Saul  sayde :  I  haue  synned :  Come 
 agayne  Dauid  my  sonne,  I  wil  do  the  nomore 
 hurte,  because  my  soule  hath  bene  deare  in 
 thy  sighte  this  daye.  Beholde,  I  haue  done 
 foolishly  and  very  vnwysely.  Dauid  answered 
 and  sayde :  Beholde,  here  is  the  kynges  speare, 
 let  one  of  the  yongemen  come  ouer  here  and 
 fetch  it.  But  the  LORDE  shal  rewarde 
 euery  one  acordinge  to  his  righteousnes  and 
 faith,  for  f  LORDE  delyuered  y  this  daye  in 
 to  my  hande:  neuertheles  I  wolde  not  laie 
 my  hande  vpo  the  LORDES  anoynted.  And 
 as  thy  soule  hath  bene  greatly  reputed  in  my 
 sighte  this  daye,  so  let  f  LORDE  repute  my 
 soule  in  his  sighte,  5  delyuer  me  from  all 
 trouble.  Saul  saide  vnto  Dauid :  Blessed  be 
 thou  Dauid  my  sonne,  thou  shalt  do  it,  5  be 
 able.  But  Dauid  wente  his  waye,  and  Saul 
 turned  agayne  vnto  his  place. 
 
 €^t  >->bij.  C;^apttr. 
 
 DAUID  thoughte  in  his  hert:  One  of 
 these  dayes  shal  I  fall  in  to  the  handes 
 of  Saul:  It  is  better  that  I  get  me  my  waye 
 in  to  y  londe  of  y  Philistynes,  that  Saul  maye 
 leaue  of  from  sekynge  me  in  all  the  coastes  of 
 Israel,  so  shall  I  escape  his  handes.  And  he 
 gat  him  vp,  and  wente  ouer  (with  the  sixe 
 hundreth  men  that  were  with  him)  vnto  Achis 
 the  Sonne  of  Maoch  kynge  of  Gath.  So 
 Dauid  remayned  by  Achis  at  Gath,  with  his 
 me,  euery  one  with  his  housholde,  and  Dauid 
 with  his  two  wyues,  Ahinoam  the  lesraelitisse, 
 and  Abigail  Nabals  wife  of  Carmel.  And 
 whan  worde  came  to  Saul  that  Dauid  was  fled 
 vnto  Gath,  he  soughte  him  nomore. 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Achis :  Yf  I  haue 
 founde  grace  in  thy  sighte,  then  let  there  be 
 geuen  me  a  place  in  one  of  the  cities  of  the 
 londe,  that  I  maye  dwell  therin.  Wherfore 
 shulde  thy  seruaunt  dwell  in  the  kynges  cite 
 with  the  ?  Then  Achis  gaue  him  Siclag  the 
 same  daye.      Therfore  belongeth   Siclag  to 
 
 *  1  Re.  15.  b.        t  Deu.  20.  c. 
 
 the  kynges  of  luda  vnto  this  daye.  The  tyme 
 that  Dauid  dwelt  in  the  londe  of  the  Philis- 
 tynes, is  foure  monethes. 
 
 Dauid  wente  vp  with  his  men,  and  fell  in 
 to  the  londe  of  the  Gessurites  and  Girsites, 
 and  *Amalechites:  for  these  were  the  inha- 
 biters  of  this  londe  of  olde,  as  thou  commest 
 to  Sur  vnto  the  lode  of  Egipte.  But  whii 
 Dauid  smote  y  londe,  the  let  nether  man  ner 
 woman  lyue,  and  toke  the  shepe,  oxen,  asses. 
 Camels  and  rayment,  and  returned  and  came 
 to  Achis.  So  whan  Achis  spake :  Whither 
 fell  ye  in  to  daye  ?  Dauid  sayde :  Towarde 
 the  south  parte  of  luda,  towarde  y  south  parte 
 of  the  lerahmielites,  5  towarde  the  south  parte 
 of  the  Kenites.  But  Dauid  let  nether  man 
 ner  woman  come  lyuynge  vnto  Geth,  and 
 thoughte :  They  mighte  peradueture  speake  5 
 reporte  agaynst  vs :  thus  dyd  Dauid,  and  this 
 was  his  maner  as  longe  as  he  dwelt  in  y  londe 
 of  the  Philistynes.  Therfore  Achis  gaue 
 credence  vnto  Dauid,  and  thoughte :  he  hath 
 made  him  selfe  stynke  before  his  people  of 
 Israel  therfore  shal  he  be  my  seruaunt  for  euer. 
 
 Ci^e  n^dttj.  (Chapter. 
 
 IT  fortuned  at  f  same  tyme,  that  the  Phi- 
 listynes gathered  their  boost  together  to 
 the  battayll,  to  go  agaynst  Israel.  And  Achis 
 sayde  vnto  Dauid:  Thou  shalt  knowe,  that 
 thou  and  thy  men  shal  go  forth  with  me  in 
 the  boost.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Achis:  Well, 
 thou  shalt  se  what  thy  seruaiit  shal  do.  Achis 
 saide  vnto  Dauid :  Therfore  wyll  I  ordene  the 
 to  be  the  keper  of  my  heade  as  longe  as  I 
 lyue.  tAs  for  Samuel,  he  was  deed,  and  all 
 f  people  had  mourned  for  him,  5  buried  him 
 m  his  cite  Ramath.  ^So  Saul  had  dryuen 
 the  soythsayers  and  expounders  of  tokens  out 
 of  y  londe.  Now  whan  the  Philistynes  ga- 
 thered them  selues  together,  and  came  and 
 pitched  their  tentes  at  Sunem,  Saul  gathered 
 all  the  people  together,  5  they  pitched  at 
 Gilboa.  But  whan  Saul  sawe  the  boost  of 
 the  Philistynes,  he  was  afrayed,  and  his  hert 
 was  discoraged,  and  he  axed  councell  at  the 
 LORDE.  But  f  LORDE  gaue  him  no  an- 
 swere,  nether  by  dreames,  ner  by  the  II  hghte, 
 ner  by  prophetes. 
 
 The  sayde  Saul  vnto  his  seruauntes :  Seke 
 me  a  woma  which  hath  a  sprete  of  soyth- 
 sayege,  that  I  maye  go  vnto  her,  and  axe  at 
 
 }  1  Re.  25.  a.        §  Eio.  22.  c.        ||  Deu.  33.  b. 
 
Cftap,  vm 
 
 Cl)t  u  boht  of  tl)c  fepngrs(» 
 
 So.  ttlmiih 
 
 her.  His  seruauntes  sayde  vnto  him :  Be- 
 holde,  at  Endor  is  there  a  woman,  which  hath 
 a  sprete  of  soythsayenge.  And  Saul  chaunged 
 his  clothes,  and  put  on  other,  and  wente  his 
 waye  and  two  men  vAth  him,  and  came  by 
 nighte  vnto  the  woman,  and  sayde :  Prophecye 
 vnto  me  (I  pray  the)  thorow  the  sprete  of 
 soythsayenge,  and  brynge  me  him  vp  whom  I 
 shal  name  vnto  the.  The  woma  saide  vnto 
 him  :  Beholde,  thou  knowest  what  Saul  hath 
 done,  how  he  hath  roted  out  the  soythsayers  (j 
 witches  from  the  londe,  wherfore  wilt  thou 
 brynge  my  soule  then  in  to  f  nett,  that  I 
 maye  be  slayne  ?  But  Saul  sware  vnto  her 
 by  f  LORDE,  and  sayde  :  As  truly  as  the 
 LORDE  lyueth,  there  shall  no  harme  happen 
 vnto  the  for  this.  Then  sayde  f  woman: 
 Whom  shal  I  brynge  vp  vnto  the  ?  He  sayde : 
 Brynge  me  vp  Samuel. 
 
 Now  whan  f  woman  sawe  Samuel,  she 
 cryed  loude,  and  sayde  vnto  Saul:  Wherfore 
 hast  thou  begyled  me  ?  Thou  art  Saul.  And 
 the  kynge  sayde  vnto  her :  Feare  not,  what 
 seist  thou  ?  The  woman  sayde  vnto  Saul :  I 
 se  goddes  comynge  vp  out  of  f  earth  ?  He 
 sayde :  How  is  he  shapened?  She  sayde : 
 There  commeth  vp  an  olde  man,  and  is 
 clothed  with  a  longe  garment.  Then  per- 
 ceaued  Saul  that  it  was  Samuel,  5,  bowed  him 
 selfe  downe  with  his  face  to  the  grounde,  and 
 worshiped  him. 
 
 Samuel  saide  vnto  Saul:  Why  hast  thou 
 disquyeted  me,  to  cause  me  be  broughte  vp? 
 Saul  sayde :  I  am  sore  troubled,  the  Phi- 
 listynes  fighte  against  me,  a,  God  is  departed 
 fro  me,  5  geueth  me  no  answere,  nether  by 
 prophetes  ner  by  dreames:  therfore  haue  I 
 called  the,  y  thou  mightest  shewe  me,  what  I 
 shal  do.  Samuel  sayde  :  What  wilt  thou  axe 
 at  me,  seynge  the  LORDE  is  departed  from 
 the,  and  is  become  thine  enemye  ?  The 
 LORDE  shal  do  vnto  the  euen  as  he  spake 
 by  me,  *and  shall  plucke  the  kyngdome  out 
 of  thy  hande,  and  geue  it  vnto  Dauid  thy 
 neghboure,  because  thou  hast  not  herkened 
 vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  ner  per- 
 fourmed  the  displeasure  of  his  wrath  agaynst 
 Amalek.  Therfore  hath  the  LORDE  done 
 this  now  vnto  the.  Morouer  the  LORDE 
 shal  delyuer  Israel  with  the  also  in  to  the 
 handes  of  the  Philistynes :  t  tomorow  shalt 
 thou  and  thy  sonnes  be  with  me.     And  the 
 
 •  1  Re.  15.  f.        t  1  Re.  31.  a.        *  1  Par.  13.  c. 
 
 boost  of  Israel  shal  the  LORDE  delyuer  in 
 to  the  handes  of  the  Philistynes.  Then  fell 
 Saul  immediatly  vnto  the  earth,  for  he  coulde 
 not  stonde,  and  was  sore  afrayed  at  these 
 wordes  of  Samuel,  so  that  there  was  nomore 
 strength  in  him :  for  he  had  eaten  no  bred  all 
 that  daye  and  all  that  night. 
 
 And  the  woman  wente  in  to  Saul,  5  sawe 
 that  he  was  sore  vexed,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Beholde,  thy  handmayde  hath  herkened  vnto 
 thy  voyce,  and  I  haue  put  my  soule  in  my 
 hande,  so  that  I  haue  herkened  vnto  thy 
 wordes  which  thou  spakest  vnto  me.  Therfore 
 folowe  thou  also  the  voyce  of  thy  handmayde. 
 I  wil  set  a  morsell  of  bred  before  the  to  eate, 
 that  thou  mayest  come  to  thy  strength,  5  go 
 thy  waye.  But  he  refused,  and  sayde,  I  wil 
 not  eate.  Then  his  seruauntes  (t  the  woman 
 copelled  him,  so  that  he  herkened  vnto  their 
 voyce. 
 
 And  he  rose  vp  from  ;y-  grounde,  and  sat 
 vpon  the  bed.  The  woman  had  a  fat  calfe  at 
 home,  so  she  made  haist,  and  kylled  it,  and 
 toke  meell  and  dyd  kneet  it,  and  baked  swete 
 cakes,  5  broughte  them  forth  before  Saul,  5 
 before  his  seruauntes.  And  whan  they  had 
 eaten,  they  stode  vp,  and  wete  their  waye  y 
 nighte. 
 
 JElje  nir-  Ci)aptrr. 
 
 1"^HE  Philistynes  gathered  all  their  armies 
 together  at  Aphek.  But  Israel  pitched 
 at  Ain  in  lesrael.  And  the  prynces  of  the 
 Philistynes  wete  forth  with  hundreds  and  with 
 thousandes,  but  Dauid  and  his  men  wete  be- 
 hynde  with  Achis.  The  sayde  the  prynces  of 
 the  Philistynes :  What  shal  these  Hebrues  do? 
 Achis  saide  vnto  the:  Is  not  this  Dauid  f 
 seruaunt  of  Saul  kynge  of  Israel,  which  hath 
 bene  with  me  now  yeares  and  dayes,  5  I  haue 
 founde  no  euell  in  him  sence  the  tyme  that 
 he  fell  to  me  vnto  this  daye  ?  *  Neuertheles 
 the  prynces  of  y  Philistynes  were  wroth  at 
 him,  5  sayde  vnto  him :  Let  the  man  turne 
 backe  agayne,  5  abyde  in  his  place,  ^  which 
 thou  hast  appoynted  him,  that  he  go  not 
 downe  with  vs  to  y  batayll,  and  become  oure 
 aduersary  in  ;y  felde.  For  wherin  coulde  he 
 better  do  his  lorde  a  pleasure,  the  in  the 
 heades  of  these  men  ?  Is  not  this  Dauid,  of 
 whom  they  sunge  in  the  daunce  :  II  Saul  hath 
 smytte   his   thousande,    but   Dauid    his   ten 
 
 ^  1  Re.  27.  a.        |1  1  Re.  18.  b.  and  21.  d. 
 
jfo.  rrlvrriii). 
 
 CJk  I.  bokt  of  tl)t  fepgesi. 
 
 Cf)ap.  rrp. 
 
 thousande  ?  Then  Achis  called  Dauid,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him:  As  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 lyueth,  I  take  the  for  an  honest  man,  and  thy 
 out  goynge  and  ingoynge  with  me  in  f  hoost 
 pleaseth  me  well,  and  no  euell  haue  I  marked 
 in  the,  sence  y  tyme  that  thou  earnest  to  me 
 vnto  this  daye.  But  thou  pleasest  not  the 
 prynces.  Ileturne  now  therfore,  and  go  thy 
 waye  in  peace,  that  thou  do  no  euell  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  prynces  of  y  Philistynes. 
 
 Dauid  sayde :  What  haue  I  done,  (j  what 
 hast  thou  marked  in  thy  seruaunt,  sence  f 
 tyme  that  I  haue  bene  in  thy  presence  vnto 
 this  daye,  that  I  shulde  not  come  and  fighte 
 agaynst  the  enemies  of  my  lorde  the  kynge  ? 
 Achis  answered  and  sayde  vnto  Dauid:  I 
 knowe  well  that  thou  pleasest  myne  eyes  eue 
 as  an  angell  of  God.  But  the  prynces  of  y 
 Philistynes  haue  sayde :  Let  him  not  go  vp 
 with  vs  vnto  the  batayll.  Get  the  vp  therfore 
 tomorow  by  tymes,  and  thy  lordes  seruauntes 
 which  are  come  with  the.  And  whan  ye 
 haue  gotten  you  vp  early  in  the  mornynge, 
 whan  it  is  lighte,  go  youre  waye.  So  Dauid  g 
 hi-s  men  gat  them  vp  early,  to  go  their  waye 
 in  the  mornynge,  and  to  come  agayne  in  to 
 the  londe  of  the  Philistynes.  But  the  Philis- 
 tynes wente  vp  towarde  lesrael. 
 
 €i)t  m-  CI;aptfr. 
 
 NOW  whan  Dauid  came  to  Siclag  on  the 
 thirde  daie  with  his  men,  the  Amalech- 
 ites  had  falle  in  on  y  south  parte  and  at  Siclag, 
 and  had  smytten  Siclag,  and  burned  it  with 
 fyre,  and  had  caried  awaye  the  weme  out  of 
 it,  both  small  5  greate.  Neuertheles  they  had 
 slayne  no  man,  but  dryuen  the  thence,  and 
 were  goynge  on  their  waye.  Now  whan  Dauid 
 with  his  men  came  to  the  cite,  and  sawe  that 
 it  was  brent  with  fyre,  and  that  their  wyues, 
 sonnes  (j  doughters  were  led  awaye  captyue, 
 Dauid  and  the  people  that  was  with  him  lefte 
 vp  their  voyce,  and  wepte  so  longe  tyll  they 
 coulde  wepe  nomore.  For  Dauids  two  wyues 
 also  were  caried  awaye  captyue,  Ahinoam  f 
 lesraelitisse,  and  Abigail  Nabals  wife  of  Car- 
 mel.  And  Dauid  was  very  soroufuU,  for  the 
 people  wolde  haue  stoned  him :  for  y  soule  of 
 all  the  people  was  in  greate  heuynes,  euery 
 one  ouer  his  sonnes  and  doughters. 
 
 Neuertheles  Dauid  strengthed  him  selfe  in 
 the  LORDE  his  God,  a  sayde  vnto  Abiathar 
 
 y  prest  the  sonne  of  Ahimelech :  *Bringe  me 
 hither  the  ouerbody  cote.  And  whan  Abiathar 
 had  broughte  the  ouerbody  cote  vnto  Dauid, 
 Dauid  axed  at  the  LORDE,  and  sayde :  Shal 
 I  folowe  vpon  the  men  of  warre,  and  shal  I 
 ouertake  them  ?  He  sayde :  Yee,  folowe  \-p5 
 them,  thou  shalt  ouertake  them,  and  shalt 
 rescue  the  pray.  Then  wente  Dauid  his  waye, 
 and  the  sixe  hudreth  men  that  were  with  him. 
 And  whan  they  came  to  the  ryuer  of  Besor, 
 some  stode  styll.  But  Dauid  and  the  foure 
 hundreth  men  folowed  after  :  As  for  the  two 
 hudreth  men  that  stode  styll,  they  had  bene 
 slowe  to  go  ouer  the  ryuer  of  Besor. 
 
 And  they  founde  a  man  of  Egipte  vpon  the 
 felde,  him  they  broughte  vnto  Dauid,  t(s  gaue 
 him  bred  to  eate,  and  water  to  drynke,  and 
 gaue  him  a  quantite  of  fygges,  5  two  quantities 
 of  rasyns.  And  whan  he  had  eaten,  his  sprete 
 came  to  him  againe :  for  in  thre  dayes  and 
 thre  nightes  'v?  had  eate  no  bred,  and  dronke 
 no  water. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  him :  Whose  art  thou  ?  5 
 whence  art  thou  ?  He  sayde  :  I  am  a  childe 
 of  Egipte,  an  Amalechites  seruaunt,  5  my 
 master  hath  forsaken  me,  because  I  was  sicke 
 thre  dayes  a  goo.  We  fell  here  in  towarde  f 
 south  syde  of  Chrethus,  and  vpon  luda,  and 
 towarde  y  south  parte  of  Caleb,  a  haue  burned 
 Siclag  with  fyre. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  him :  Wilt  thou  bringe 
 me  downs  to  these  men  of  warre  ?  He  sayde : 
 Sweare  vnto  me  by  God,  y  thou  shalt  not 
 slaye  me,  ner  delyuer  me  in  to  my  masters 
 hade,  and  I  wil  brynge  the  downe  to  these 
 me  of  warre.  And  he  broughte  the  downe, 
 and  beholde,  they  were  scatred  vpon  all  y- 
 grounde,  eatinge  and  drynkynge,  and  kepynge 
 holy  daye,  and  were  makinge  mery  chere,  be- 
 cause of  all  the  greate  spoyles  that  they  had 
 taken  out  of  the  londe  of  the  Philistynes  and 
 of  luda. 
 
 And  Dauid  smote  them  from  f  morow  tyll 
 the  euen,  agaynst  the  nexte  daye,  so  that 
 there  escaped  none,  excepte  foure  hundreth 
 yonge  men,  which  rode  vpon  camels,  5  fled. 
 So  Dauid  rescued  all  that  the  Amalechites 
 had  taken,  and  his  two  wyues,  5  there  myssed 
 nothinge,  nether  small  ner  greate,  nether 
 sonnes  ner  doughters,  ner  spoyles :  and  what 
 so  euer  they  had  taken,  Dauid  broughte  all 
 agayne.     And  Dauid  toke  the  shepe  and  oxe, 
 
 t  Prou.  25.  d. 
 
Cijap.  vvxi* 
 
 €i)t  L  bokt  of  ti)t  kyng^sf. 
 
 Jfo.  alOTb. 
 
 .f 
 
 and  droue  y  catell  before  him.  And  they 
 sayde  :  This  is  Dauids  spoyle. 
 
 And  whan  Dauid  came  to  the  two  hundreth 
 men,  which  had  bene  slowe  to  folowe  after 
 Dauid,  and  abode  at  the  ryuer  of  Besor,  they 
 wente  forth  to  mete  Dauid,  and  the  people 
 y  was  with  him.  And  Dauid  came  to  the 
 people,  and  saluted  them  frendly. 
 
 Then  answered  soch  men  as  were  euell  5 
 Belials  men  (amonge  them  that  had  gone  with 
 Dauid)  and  sayde :  Seynge  they  wente  not 
 with  vs,  they  shal  haue  none  of  the  spoyles 
 that  we  haue  rescued :  but  let  euery  ma  take 
 his  wife  g  his  children  and  be  goynge. 
 
 Then  sayde  Dauid :  Ye  shall  not  do  so  (my 
 brethren)  with  that  which  y  LORDE  hath 
 geuen  vs,  and  hath  preserued  vs,  and  delyuered 
 these  men  of  warre  (which  were  come  agaynst 
 vs)  in  to  oure  hades.  Who  shulde  cosente 
 vnto  you  herin  ?  like  as  the  porcion  is  of  them 
 that  wente  downe  to  the  battayll,  so  shal  f 
 porcion  be  of  them  also  that  a  bode  with  the 
 stufFe,  (J  shalbe  deuyded  a  lyke. 
 
 From  that  tyme  forth  hath  this  bene  an 
 ordinaunce  5  lawe  in  Israel  vnto  this  daye. 
 And  whan  Dauid  came  to  Siclag,  he  sent  of 
 the  spoyle  vnto  the  Elders  in  luda  his  negh- 
 bours,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  there  haue  ye  the 
 blessynge  out  of  the  spoyle  of  the  enemies  of 
 the  LORDE,  namely  vnto  them  of  Bethel, 
 vnto  them  at  Ramath  in  the  south,  vnto  them 
 at  lathir,  vnto  them  at  Aroer,  vnto  them  at 
 Siphamoth,  vnto  them  at  Eschemoa,  vnto 
 them  at  Rachal,  vnto  them  in  the  cities  of  the 
 lerahmielites,  vnto  them  in  the  cities  of  the 
 Kenites,  vnto  them  at  Horma,  vnto  the  at 
 Borasan,  vnto  the  at  Atach,  vnto  them  at 
 Hebron,  and  vnto  all  the  places  where  Dauid 
 had  walked  with  his  men. 
 
 B 
 
 Cljt  nn-  Cljaptn-. 
 UT  y  *Philistynes  foughte  against  Israel, 
 and  the  men  of  Israel  fled  before  the 
 
 Phihstynes,  and  fell  downe  smytten  vpon  the 
 mount  Gilboa.  And  the  Philistynes  preassed 
 vpon  Saul  and  his  sonnes,  and  slewe  lonathas, 
 5  Abinadab  and  Malchisua  the  sonnes  of  Saul. 
 And  the  battayll  was  sore  agaynst  Saul,  5  the 
 archers  fell  vpon  him  with  bovves,  and  he  was 
 sore  wounded  of  the  archers. 
 
 Then  sayde  Saul  vnto  his  wapebearer : 
 Drawe  out  thy  swerde,  and  thrust  it  thorow 
 me,  that  these  vncircumcised  come  not  and 
 slaie  me,  and  make  a  laughinge  stocke  of  me. 
 Neuertheles  his  wapenbearer  wolde  not,  for 
 he  was  sore  afrayed.  Then  toke  Saul  y 
 swerde,  and  fell  therin.  Now  whan  his  wapen- 
 bearer sawe  that  Saul  was  deed,  he  fell  also 
 vpon  his  swerde,  and  dyed  with  him.  Thus 
 dyed  Saul  and  his  thre  sonnes,  ij  his  wapen- 
 bearer, and  all  his  men  together  the  same 
 daye. 
 
 Whan  y  men  of  Israel  which  were  beyonde 
 the  valley,  and  beyonde  lordane,  sawe,  y  the 
 men  of  Israel  were  fled,  and  that  Saul  anfl 
 his  sonnes  were  deed,  they  lefte  y  cities,  and 
 fled  also.  Then  came  the  Philistynes,  5 
 dwelt  therin. 
 
 t  On  the  nexte  daye  came  the  Philistynes 
 to  spoyle  y  slayne,  and  founde  Saul  and  his 
 thre  sonnes  lyenge  vpon  mount  Gilboa,  and 
 smote  of  his  heade,  and  toke  of  his  harnesse, 
 and  sent  it  in  to  the  lande  of  the  Philistynes 
 rounde  aboute,  to  shewe  it  in  the  house  of 
 their  Idols,  and  amonge  the  people,  5  layed 
 his  harnesse  in  y  house  of  Astaroth  :  but  hi: 
 body  hanged  they  vp  vpo  the  wall  of  Bethsan 
 
 Whan  they  of  labes  in  Gilead  herde,  what 
 the  Philistynes  had  done  vnto  Saul,  they  gat 
 them  vp,  as  many  as  were  men  of  armes,  and 
 wente  all  the  nighte,  and  toke  y  body  of  Saul, 
 and  the  bodies  of  his  sonnes  from  f  wall  of 
 Bethsan,  broughte  the  to  labes,  tand  brent 
 them  there,  and  toke  their  bones,  and  buried 
 them  vnder  f  tre  at  labes,  d  fasted  seuC 
 dayes. 
 
 t  1  Par.  11.  b. 
 
 t  lere.  34.  a. 
 
 COe  tixbt  of  tl)e  firsit  bofec  of  t\n  fejniscg,  otbrrUipse  called 
 tfte  fii-Eit  boke  of  ^amutl. 
 
 c 
 
iMijBt  tftisi  hokt  wixUpmtl), 
 
 Cliap.  I. 
 The  death  of  Saul  is  shewed  vnto  Dauid,  which 
 mourneth  for  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 Dauid  is  anoynted  kynge  of  the  men  of  luda. 
 Abner  goeth  aboute  to  make  Iszboseth  Sauls 
 Sonne  kynge  of  Israel. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 
 Discorde  betwixte  the  house  of  Dauid  and  Saul. 
 Abner  lyeth  with  Sauls  concubyne,  is  reproued 
 therfore,  and  falleth  vnto  Dauid.  loab  stycketh 
 Abner. 
 
 Cl)ap.  nil. 
 
 Iszboseth  is  stickte  of  traitours  whom  Dauid 
 putteth  to  death. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 Dauid  taketh  in  all  the  kyngdome,  and  ouer- 
 commeth  the  Philistynes  on  euery  syde. 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 Dauid  causeth  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  to  be 
 caried  out  of  Abinadabs  house  in  to  the  house 
 of  Obed  Edo.     Vsa  is  punyshed  for  touchinge 
 it.     Dauid  carieth  it  in  to  his  cite. 
 
 Ci^ap.   VII. 
 Dauid  is  forbydde  to  buylde  an  house  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  vnto  whom  he  geueth  thankes. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VIII. 
 Dauid  subdueth   the  Philistynes  and  other  mo 
 aboute  him 
 
 €I)ap.  IX. 
 Dauid  sheweth  fauoure  to  Sauls  kinred,  and  doth 
 the  good  for  lonathas  sake. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X. 
 Dauid  sendeth  messaungers  to  the  kynge  of  the 
 Ammonites,    which   putteth    the    to    shame : 
 wherfore  Dauid  goeth  agaynst  them,  and  wyn- 
 neth  the  victory  of  them  two  tymes. 
 
 Cliap.   XI. 
 Dauid  comitteth  aduoutry  with  Bethseba,  and 
 causeth  hir  huszbade  be  slayne. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XII. 
 The   prophet    Nathan   rebuketh    Dauid,    which 
 knowlegeth  his  synne,  and  requyreth  mercy. 
 His  sonne  dyeth. 
 
 CI)ap.  XIII. 
 
 Ammon  defyleth  Thamar,  therfore  Absalom  slay- 
 eth  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIIII. 
 loab  reconcyleth  Absalom  vnto  his  father  with 
 suttyltie.     Absalom  sendeth  for  loab,  and  be- 
 cause he  Cometh  not  to  him,  he  burneth  vp  his 
 come. 
 
 €l)ap.  XV. 
 Absalo  seketh   his  fathers   kyngdome.      Dauid 
 flyeth  with  his  men. 
 
 €i)ap.  XVI. 
 Dauid  geueth  Siba  all  the  good  of  Mephiboseth  : 
 Semei  curseth  and  blasphemeth  Dauid.     Ab- 
 salom lyeth  with  his  fathers  concubynes. 
 
 Cijap.  XVII. 
 
 The  LORDE  turneth  the  councell  of  Achitophel. 
 The  councell  of  Chusai  goeth  forth. 
 
 €I;ap.   XVIII. 
 Dauids  boost  wynneth  the  victory.     Absalom  is 
 slayne.     Dauid  his  father  is  soroufuU. 
 
Cbap*  I. 
 
 Wbt  ij.  bokt  of  fht  kpng^s!. 
 
 ffo,  ttlm^* 
 
 C!)ap.  XIX. 
 
 loab  rebuketh  the  kinge  for  his  mournynge. 
 Israel  flyeth  in  to  their  tetes.  luda  cleueth 
 vnto  Dauid.  Setnei  and  Mephiboseth  optayne 
 fauoure.  Barsillai  sheweth  the  kynge  greate 
 frendshippe. 
 
 C^ap.   XX. 
 
 Seba  maketh  an  vproure,  and  deuydeth  Israel 
 from  Dauid.  loab  stycketh  Amasa.  loab 
 foloweth  vpon  Seba,  and  laieth  sege  vnto  him 
 in  Abela. 
 
 Cljap.  XXI. 
 
 A  greate  honger.  Sauls  childre  are  geue  vnto  the 
 Gibeonites.  Dauid  fighteth  agaynst  the  Phi- 
 listynes. 
 
 Dauid  prayseth  the  LORDE  with  a  songe  of 
 thankesgeuynge,  because  he  delyuered  him  out 
 of  the  hande  of  Saul  and  other  enemies. 
 
 Cljap.  XXIII. 
 
 The  last  wordes  of  Dauid.     The  names  of  the 
 Worthies  are  rehearsed. 
 
 Cijap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Dauid  nobreth  the  people,  and  displeaseth  the 
 LORDE,  which  plageth  his  londe  with  the 
 pestilence. 
 
 CT)c  firiSt  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 AFTER  f  death  of  Saul  whan  Dauid 
 was  come  agayne  from  the  "slaughter  of 
 f  Amalechites,  and  had  remayned  two  dayes 
 at  Siclag,  beholde,  on  the  thirde  daye  there 
 came  a  man  out  of  Sauls  boost,  with  his 
 clothes  rente,  and  earth  vpon  his  heade.  And 
 whan  he  came  vnto  Dauid,  he  fell  downe  to 
 the  grounde,  and  worshipped.  Dauid  sayde 
 vnto  him:  Whence  commest  thou  ?  He  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Out  of  the  hoost  of  Israel  am  I 
 fled.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  him :  Tell  me,  what 
 is  the  matter  ?  He  sayde  :  the  people  is  fled 
 from  the  battayll,  and  many  of  the  people  are 
 fallen:  Yee  and  Saul  also  is  deed  and  his 
 sonne  lonathas.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  the  yonge 
 ma  that  brought  him  this  worde:  How  know- 
 est  thou  that  Saul  and  lonathas  his  sonne  are 
 deed?  The  yonge  man  y  tolde  him  this, 
 sayde :  I  came  by  chaunce  vnto  mount  Gel- 
 boa,  and  beholde,  Saul  leaned  vpon  his  speare, 
 5  the  charettes  and  horsme  folowed  harde 
 after  him :  and  he  turned  him  aboute,  and 
 sawe  me,  and  called  me.  And  I  sayde : 
 Here,  am  I.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  What 
 art  thou?  I  sayde  vnto  him:  I  am  an  Ama- 
 lechite.  And  he  saide  vnto  me :  Come  to 
 me,  and  kyll  me,  for  anguysh  hath  gotten 
 holde  of  me  :  for  my  life  is  yet  whole  within 
 me.  Then  stepte  I  to  him  and  slewe  him, 
 for  I  knowe  well  that  he  coulde  not  lyue  after 
 his  fall.     And  I   toke  the  crowne  from  his 
 
 ■■  1  Re.  30.  d.        •  2  Reg.  3.  f.  and  13.  f. 
 
 heade,  and  the  armelet  fro  his  arme,  and  haue 
 broughte  it  here  vnto  y  my  lorde.  Then 
 toke  Dauid  holde  of  his  clothes,  *  and  rente 
 them,  and  so  dyd  all  the  me  that  were  with 
 him,  (J  mourned,  and  wepte,  and  fasted  vntyll 
 the  euen,  ouer  Saul  5  lonathas  his  sonne,  and 
 ouer  the  people  of  the  LORDE,  and  ouer 
 the  house  of  Israel,  because  they  were  fallen 
 thoi'ow  the  swerde. 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  to  the  yonge  man  that 
 broughte  him  worde :  What  art  thou  ?  He 
 sayde :  I  am  y  sonne  of  a  straunger  an  Ama- 
 lechite.  Dauid  sayde :  How  happeneth  it 
 that  thou  wast  not  afrayed  to  laye  thine  hade 
 vpon  the  LORDES  anointed  to  destroye 
 him  ?  And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  one  of  his 
 yonge  men :  Come  hither,  and  slaye  him.  And 
 he  smote  him  that  he  dyed.  Then  sayde 
 Dauid  vnto  him :  Thy  bloude  be  vpon  thyne 
 owne  heade.  t  For  thy  mouth  hath  spoken 
 against  thyselfe  and  sayde :  I  haue  slayne 
 the  anoynted  of  the  LORDE.  And  Dauid 
 mourned  this  lamentacion  ouer  Saul  and  lo- 
 nathas his  sonne,  and  commaunded  to  teach 
 the  childre  of  luda  the  bowe.  Beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  righteous. 
 
 The  Eldest  in  Israel  are  slayne  vpon  the 
 heigth  of  the.     How  are  the  Worthies  falle  ? 
 
 t  Tell  it  not  at  Gath :  speake  not  of  it  in 
 y  stretes  at  Ascalon  :  lest  the  doughters  of  ;y- 
 Philistynes  reioyse,  lest  the  doughters  of  y 
 vncircumcysed  tryumphe. 
 
 Ye  mountaynes  of  Gelboa,  nether  dew  ner 
 
 t  Mat.  12.  d.     Luc.  19.  b.         +  Mich.  1.  b. 
 
fo,  crivrvfauj* 
 
 CJ)f  i).  fiofef  of  tl)e  Itpngcs. 
 
 Cftap.  ij. 
 
 rayne  come  vpo  you,  nctlier  lode  be  wherot 
 commeth  Heueoft'erynges :  for  there  is  f 
 shylde  of  the  Wortliies  smj'tten  downe,  the 
 shylde  of  Saul,  as  though  he  had  not  bene 
 anoynted  with  oyle. 
 
 *The  bowe  of  lonathas  fayled  not,  and 
 tthe  swerde  of  Saul  came  not  agayne  voyde 
 from  the  bloude  of  the  slayne,  and  fro  the  fat 
 of  the  giauntes. 
 
 Saul  and  lonathas  lonely  and  pleasaut  in 
 their  lyfe,  and  in  their  deeth  were  not  parted 
 asunder:  lighter  then  Aegles,  and  stronger 
 then  lyons. 
 
 Ye  doughters  of  Israel  wepe  ouer  Saul 
 which  clothed  you  with  purple  in  pleasures, 
 and  decked  you  with  lewels  of  golde  on  youre 
 garmentes. 
 
 How  are  the  Worthies  fallen  so  in  the  bat- 
 tayll  ?  lonathas  is  slayne  vpon  f  heigth  of  the. 
 
 I  am  sory  for  the  my  brother  lonathas : 
 thou  hast  bene  very  louely  vnto  me  :  Thy 
 loue  hath  bene  more  speciall  vnto  me,  then 
 the  loue  of  wemen. 
 
 How  are  the  Worthies  fallen,  and  f  wea- 
 pens  destroyed? 
 
 Wi}t  i).  C!)apttr. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  Dauid  t  axed  at  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde :  Shall  I  go  vp 
 in  to  one  of  the  cities  of  luda?  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him:  Go  vp.  Dauid 
 sayde  :  Whither  ?  He  sayde  :  Vnto  Hebron. 
 So  Dauid  wente  thither  with  his  two  wyues, 
 Ahinoam  the  lesraelitisse,  and  Abigail  Na- 
 bals  wyfe  of  Carmel.  And  Dauid  broughte 
 vp  the  men  that  were  with  him  also,  euery 
 one  with  his  housholde,  and  they  dwelt  in  the 
 cities  of  Hebron.  And  y  men  of  luda  came, 
 and  there  they  anointed  him  kynge  ouer  the 
 house  of  luda. 
 
 And  wha  it  was  tolde  Dauid,  ^  that  they  of 
 labes  in  Gilead  had  buried  Saul,  he  sent 
 messaungers  vnto  them,  sayenge  :  Blessed  be 
 ye  of  the  LORDE,  that  ye  haue  done  soch 
 mercy  vpon  youre  lorde  Saul,  and  haue  buried 
 him.  The  LORDE  therfore  shewe  mercy 
 now  and  faithfulnes  vpon  you.  And  because 
 ye  haue  done  this,  I  also  wyll  do  you  good. 
 Let  youre  hade  now  therfore  be  comforted, 
 and  be  ye  stronge :  for  though  Saul  youre 
 lorde  be  deed,  yet  hath  the  house  of  luda 
 chosen  me  to  be  kynge  ouer  them. 
 
 *  1  Re.  13.  n.  and  14.  b.  t  1  Re.  1/j.  b. 
 
 But  Abner  the  sonne  of  Ner,  which  was 
 Sauls  chefe  capta)Tie,  toke  Iszboseth  the  sonne 
 of  Saul,  and  broughte  him  thorow  the  boost, 
 and  made  him  kynge  ouer  Gilead,  Assuri, 
 lesrael,  Ephraim,  Ben  lamin  and  ouer  all 
 Israel.  And  Iszboseth  the  sonne  of  Saul  was 
 fourtye  yeare  olde,  whan  he  was  made  kynge 
 of  Israel,  5  he  raigned  two  yeares.  But  the 
 house  of  luda  helde  with  Dauid :  II  The  tyme 
 y  Dauid  was  kynge  at  Hebron  ouer  the  house 
 of  luda,  was  seuen  yeare  and  sixe  monethes 
 longe. 
 
 And  Abner  the  sonne  of  Ner  wete  forth 
 with  the  seruauntes  of  Iszboseth  the  sonne  of 
 Saul,  out  of  f  boost  vnto  Gibeon.  And  loab 
 the  Sonne  of  Zeru  la  wete  forth  with  Dauids 
 seruauntes,  and  they  met  together  by  the  pole 
 at  Gibeon,  and  these  laye  on  the  one  syde  of 
 the  pole,  the  other  on  the  other  syde.  And 
 Abner  sayde  vnto  loab :  Let  the  yonge  me 
 get  them  vp,  and  playe  before  vs.  loab  sayde : 
 Let  them  aryse.  Then  gat  they  them  vp,  5 
 wente  in  nombre  twolue  of  Ben  lamin  on 
 Iszboseth  Sauls  sonnes  syde,  and  twolue  of 
 Dauids  seruauntes.  And  euery  one  gat  another 
 by  the  heade,  and  thrust  his  swerde  in  his 
 syde,  and  fell  together :  therfore  is  the  place 
 called  Helkath  hazurim  (that  is,  the  felde  of 
 the  Worthies)  which  is  at  Gibeon. 
 
 And  there  arose  a  sore  harde  battayll  the 
 same  daye.  But  Abner  and  the  men  of  Israel 
 were  put  to  flighte  of  Dauids  seruauntes. 
 Thre  sonnes  of  Zeru  la  were  there,  loab, 
 Abisai  5  Asahel.  As  for  Asahel,  he  was  lighte 
 of  fete  as  a  Roo  in  f  felde,  ij  folowed  after 
 Abner,  and  turned  not  asyde  nether  to  the 
 righte  hande  ner  to  ;y-  lefte  from  Abner. 
 Then  Abner  turned  him  aboute,  and  sayde : 
 Art  thou  Asahel  ?  He  sayde :  Yee.  Abner 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye  ether  to  the 
 righte  hande  or  to  the  lefte,  and  get  the  one 
 of  f  yonge  men,  and  take  his  harnesse  from 
 him.  Neuertheles  he  wolde  not  leaue  of  fro 
 him.  Then  sayde  Abner  agayne  to  Asahel : 
 Get  the  awaye  fro  me,  why  wilt  thou  that  I 
 smyte  the  to  the  grounde .''  and  how  darre  I 
 lifte  vp  my  face  before  thy  brother  loab? 
 Howbeit  he  wolde  not  go  his  waye. 
 
 Then  Abner  thrust  him  in  with  a  speare 
 in  to  his  bely,  so  that  the  speare  wete  out 
 behynde  him.  And  there  he  fell  and  dyed 
 before  him :    and  who  so  came  to  the  place 
 
 tlRe 
 
 2Re.  5.  c.       ^iReg.Sl.c.       ||2Re.  5.a. 
 
Cftap*  u). 
 
 mn  ij,  l)okf  of  tht  fepnges. 
 
 jTo.  ctlm*t>« 
 
 where  Asahel  laye  deed,  stode  styll  there. 
 But  loab  and  Abisai  Mowed  vpon  Abner, 
 till  the  Sonne  wente  downe.  And  whan  they 
 came  to  y  hyll  of  Amma,  which  lieth  before 
 Giah,  by  y  waye  to  the  wildernes  of  Gibeon, 
 the  children  of  Ben  lamin  gathered  them 
 selues  together  behynde  Abner,  and  grewe  to  a 
 multitude,  and  stode  vpon  the  toppe  of  an  hyll. 
 
 And  Abner  called  vnto  loab,  and  sayde : 
 Shal  the  swerde  the  deuoure  without  ende  ? 
 Knowest  thou  not,  that  it  wyll  be  bytter  at 
 the  last?  How  longe  wil  it  be  or  thou  sale 
 vnto  the  people,  that  they  leaue  of  from  their 
 brethre  ?  loab  sayde  :  As  truly  as  God  lyueth 
 yf  thou  haddest  sayde  thus  daye  in  the  morn- 
 inge,  the  people  had  ceassed  euery  one  fi-om 
 his  brother.  And  loab  blewe  the  trompet,  5 
 all  the  people  stode  still,  and  folowed  nomore 
 vpon  Israel,  nether  foughte  they  eny  more. 
 
 Abner  and  his  men  wente  all  that  same 
 night  ouer  the  playne  felde,  and  passed  ouer 
 lordane,  (j  walked  thorow  all  Bithron,  and 
 came  to  the  tentes.  loab  turned  him  from 
 Abner,  and  gathered  all  y  people  together. 
 And  of  Dauids  seruauntes  there  myssed  nyne- 
 tene  men,  and  Asahel.  But  Dauids  seruaiites 
 had  smytten  so  amonge  Ben  lamin  and  the 
 men  of  Abner,  that  thre  hundreth  and  thre 
 score  men  were  deed.  And  they  toke  vp 
 Asahel,  and  buried  him  in  his  fathers  graue 
 at  Bethleem.  And  loab  with  his  men  wete 
 all  that  nighte :  and  at  the  breake  of  the  dale 
 they  came  vnto  Hebron. 
 
 Cf)c  iij.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 AND  there  was  a  longe  battayll  betwene 
 the  house  of  Saul  and  the  house  of 
 Dauid.  But  Dauid  wente  and  increased,  and 
 the  house  of  Saul  wente  and  mynished.  And 
 vnto  Dauid  were  children  borne  at  Hebron. 
 His  firstborne  sonne  Amnion  of  Ahinoam  the 
 lesraelitisse :  the  seconde  Chileab  of  Abigail 
 the  wyfe  of  Nabal  of  Carmel :  the  thirde 
 Absalon  the  sonne  of  Maacha  the  doughterof 
 Thalniai  kynge  of  Gessur :  the  fourth  Adonia 
 the  sonne  of  Hagith :  the  fyfth  Saphatia  the 
 sonne  of  Abital :  f  sixte  lethream  of  Egla 
 Dauids  wife.  These  were  borne  vnto  Dauid 
 at  Hebron. 
 
 Now  whan  it  was  warre  betwene  the  house 
 of  Saul  I  the  house  of  Dauid,  Abner  strengthed 
 Sauls  house.     And  Saul  had  had  a  concubyne, 
 
 '  1  Rec;.  1.).  f.  and  16.  c. 
 
 whose  name  was  Rispa  the  doughter  of  Aia. 
 And  Iszboseth  sayde  vnto  Abner:  Wherfore 
 liest  thou  with  my  fathers  concubyne  ? 
 
 Then  was  Abner  very  wroth  at  these  wordes 
 of  Iszboseth,  and  sayde  :  Am  I  a  dogges  heade 
 then,  that  I  agaynst  luda  do  mercy  vnto  the 
 house  of  Saul  thy  father,  and  vnto  his  brethren 
 and  kynsfolkes  ?  and  haue  not  delyuered  the 
 in  to  y  hande  of  Dauid,  and  thou  layest  a 
 trespace  to  my  charge  this  daye  for  a  womans 
 sake  ?  God  do  Abner  this  and  that,  yf  I  do 
 not  *as  the  LORDE  hath  swome  vnto  Dauid, 
 that  the  kyngdome  maye  be  taken  fro  the 
 house  of  Saul,  and  f  seate  of  Dauid  set  vp 
 ouer  Israel  and  luda,  from  Dan  vnto  Berseba. 
 Then  coulde  he  not  answere  him  one  worde 
 agajTie,  he  feared  him  so. 
 
 And  Abner  sent  messaungers  vnto  Dauid, 
 sayenge  :  Whose  is  the  londe  ?  And  sayde  : 
 Make  thy  couenaunt  with  me.  Beholde,  my 
 hande  shall  be  with  the,  to  turne  all  Israel 
 vnto  the. 
 
 He  sayde :  Wei,  I  wyll  make  a  couenaunt 
 with  the,  but  one  thynge  I  desyre  of  the,  that 
 thou  se  not  my  face,  excepte  thou  brynge 
 me  first  Michol  Sauls  doughter,  whan  thou 
 commest  to  se  my  face.  Dauid  sent  mes- 
 saungers also  vnto  Iszboseth  the  sonne  of 
 Saul,  sayenge :  t  Geue  me  my  wyfe  Michol, 
 whom  I  maried  with  an  hundreth  foreszkinnes 
 of  the  Philistynes.  Iszboseth  sent,  and  caused 
 for  to  take  her  from  the  man  tPalthiel  the 
 sonne  of  Lais.  And  hir  huszbande  wente  with 
 her,  and  wepte  behynde  her  vnto  Bahurim 
 Then  sayde  Abner  vnto  him :  Turne  backe 
 agayne,  and  go  thy  waye.  And  he  turned 
 backe  agayne. 
 
 And  Abner  talked  with  the  Elders  in  Israel, 
 and  sayde  :  Youre  myndes  haue  bene  set  afore 
 tyme  and  longe  a  goo  vpon  Dauid,  that  he 
 mighte  be  kynge  ouer  you,  do  it  now  therfore, 
 for  y  LORDE  hath  sayde  of  Dauid:  I  wil 
 delyuer  my  people  of  Israel  by  the  hade  of 
 Dauid  my  seruaunt,  from  the  hande  of  the 
 Philistynes,  and  from  the  hande  of  all  their 
 enemies. 
 
 Abner  spake  also  before  the  eares  of  Ben 
 lamin,  and  wente  to  speake  before  the  eares 
 of  Dauid  at  Hebron  all  that  Israel  and  the 
 whole  house  of  Ben  lamin  was  contente  withall. 
 Now  whan  Abner  came  to  Hebron  vnto  Dauid, 
 and  twety  men  with  him,  Dauid  made  them  a 
 
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 feast.  And  Abner  sayde  vnto  Dauid :  I  wyll 
 get  me  vp,  and  go  gather  all  Israel  together 
 to  my  lorde  the  kyiige,  and  that  they  maye 
 make  a  couenaunt  with  the,  that  thou  mayest 
 be  kynge,  at  thy  soules  desyre. 
 
 So  Dauid  let  Abner  go  from  him  in  peace. 
 And  beholde,  Dauid  seruautes  and  loab  came 
 from  the  men  of  warre,  and  broughte  a  greate 
 spoyle  with  them.  And  Abner  was  not  now 
 with  Dauid  at  Hebron,  for  he  had  sent  him 
 from  him,  so  that  he  was  gone  his  waye  in  peace. 
 
 But  whan  loab  and  all  the  boost  with  him 
 was  come,  it  was  tolde  him  that  Abner  the 
 Sonne  of  Ner  came  to  the  kynge,  and  how  he 
 had  sent  him  fro  him,  so  that  he  was  gone  his 
 waye  in  peace.  Then  wente  loab  in  to  the 
 kynge,  and  sayde :  What  hast  thou  done  ? 
 Beholde,  Abner  came  to  the,  why  hast  thou 
 sent  him  from  the,  that  he  is  gone  his  waye  ? 
 Knowest  thou  not  Abner  the  sonne  of  Ner  ? 
 For  he  came  to  the  to  disceaue  the,  that  he 
 mighte  knowe  thy  outgoynge,  and  ingoynge, 
 and  to  spie  out  all  that  thou  doest.  And  whan 
 loab  wente  out  from  Dauid,  he  sent  messaiigers 
 after  Abner,  to  fetch  him  agayne  from  Bohar- 
 sira,  and  Dauid  knewe  not  therof.  Now  whan 
 Abner  came  agayne  vnto  Hebron,  loab  brought 
 him  in  to  y  middes  vnder  y  gate,  to  talke  with 
 him  secretly,  and  thrust  him  there  in  to  f 
 bely  that  he  dyed,  because  of  his  brother 
 Asahels  blonde. 
 
 Whan  Dauid  knewe  of  it  therafter,  he  sayde : 
 I  am  vngiltye,  and  so  is  my  kyngdome  for  euer 
 before  the  LORDE  concernynge  the  bloude 
 of  Abner  f  sonne  of  Ner :  but  vpon  the  heade 
 of  loab  fall  it,  and  vpon  all  his  fathers  house, 
 and  in  the  house  of  loab  there  ceasse  not  one 
 to  haue  a  renninge  yssue  and  a  leprosy,  and 
 to  go  vpon  a  stafFe,  and  fall  thorow  the  swerde, 
 and  to  haue  scarnesse  of  bred.  Thus  loab 
 and  his  brother  Abisai  slewe  Abner,  *  because 
 he  had  slayne  their  brother  Asahel  in  the 
 battaill  at  Gibeon. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  loab  and  to  all  y  people 
 y  was  with  him :  Rente  youre  clothes,  and 
 gyrde  sack  cloth  aboute  you,  and  make  la- 
 mentacion  for  Abner.  And  the  kynge  wente 
 after  the  Bere.  And  whan  they  buryed  Abner 
 at  Hebron,  the  kynge  lifte  vp  his  voyce,  and 
 wepte  besyde  Abners  graue,  and  all  the  people 
 wepte  also. 
 
 And  the  kynge  mourned  for  Abner,    and 
 
 sayde :  Abner  is  not  deed  as  a  foole  dyeth. 
 Thy  handes  were  not  bounde,  thy  fete  were 
 not  vexed  with  fetters,  thou  art  fallen  as  a 
 man  falleth  before  wicked  vnthriftes.  Then 
 all  the  people  bewayled  him  yet  more. 
 
 Now  whan  all  the  people  came  in  to  eate 
 with  Dauid,  whyle  it  was  yet  hye  daye,  Dauid 
 sware,  and  sayde :  God  do  this  and  that  vnto 
 me,  yf  I  taist  ether  bred  or  oughte  els  afore 
 the  Sone  go  downe.  And  all  y  people  knewe 
 it,  and  it  pleased  them  well  all  that  y  kynge 
 dyd  in  the  sighte  of  all  the  people.  And  all 
 the  people  and  all  Israel  perceaued  the  same 
 daye,  that  it  came  not  of  the  kynge,  that 
 Abner  the  sonne  of  Ner  was  slayne.  And  the 
 kynge  sayde  vnto  his  seruauntes :  Knowe  ye 
 not  that  this  daye  a  prynce  and  a  greate  man 
 is  fallen  in  Israel  ?  As  for  me,  I  am  yet  but 
 tender  and  anoynted  kynge.  But  the  men 
 the  children  of  Zeru  la  are  to  harde  for  me. 
 The  LORDE  recompence  him  that  doth 
 euell,  acordinge  to  his  wickednes. 
 
 Ci)c  tit).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WHAN  Sauls  sonne  herde  y  Abner  was 
 deed  at  Hebron,  his  hades  were  feble, 
 I  all  Israeli  was  sory.  But  there  were  two 
 men  captaynes  ouer  the  soudyers  vnder  the 
 Sonne  of  Saul,  the  one  was  called  Baena,  the 
 other  Rehob,  sonnes  of  Rimon  y  Berothite, 
 of  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin :  for  Beroth  was 
 coijted  also  in  Ben  lamin.  And  the  Be- 
 rothites  were  fled  vnto  Gethaim,  5  were 
 straiigers  there  vnto  this  daye.  lonathas  also 
 the  Sonne  of  Saul  had  a  sonne  which  was 
 lame  on  his  fete,  ij  was  fyue  yeare  olde  whan 
 the  rumoure  of  Saul  and  lonathas  came  from 
 lesrael.  And  his  norse  toke  him,  and  fled. 
 And  whyle  she  made  haist  and  fled,  he  fell, 
 and  was  lame :  And  his  name  was  Mephiboseth. 
 Then  wente  the  sonnes  of  Rimon  f  Be- 
 rothite, Rehob  5  Baena,  5  came  to  the  house 
 of  Iszboseth,  in  the  heate  of  the  daye,  (t  he 
 laye  vpo  his  bed  at  the  noone  daie.  And 
 they  came  in  to  the  house  to  fetch  wheate,  (j 
 thrust  him  in  the  bely,  5  gat  them  awaye. 
 For  wha  they  came  in  to  y  house,  he  laye 
 vpo  his  bed  in  his  chamber,  3  they  stickte  him 
 to  death,  i  smote  of  his  heade,  and  toke  his 
 heade,  and  departed  by  the  waye  of  the  playne 
 felde  all  that  nighte,  and  broughte  the  heade 
 of  Isboseth  to  Dauid  vnto  Hebron,  and  sayde 
 vnto  the  kynge  :  Beholde,  there  is  the  heade 
 
€lm.  b» 
 
 C&e  ij*  bokt  of  tt)t  fepngcei* 
 
 jTo.  cfj:tu 
 
 of  Iszboseth  the  sonne  of  Saul  thine  enemye, 
 which  layed  wayte  for  thy  soule.  This  daye 
 hath  the  LORDE  auenged  my  lorde  the 
 kynge  of  Saul  and  his  sede. 
 
 Then  answered  Dauid  vnto  Rehob  and 
 Baena  his  brother,  y  sonnes  of  Rimon  f  Be- 
 rothite,  5  sayde:  As  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 lyueth,  which  hath  dehuered  my  soule  out  of 
 all  trouble,  *I  toke  him  y  brought  me  worde 
 and  sayde  :  Saul  is  deed,  and  he  thoughte  he 
 had  bene  a  good  messaunger,  and  at  Siclag  I 
 put  him  to  death,  vnto  whom  I  shulde  haue 
 geuen  a  rewarde  for  his  message.  And  these 
 vngodly  personnes  haue  slayne  a  righteous 
 man  in  his  owne  house  v{jon  his  bed.  Yee 
 shulde  not  I  requyre  his  bloude  of  youre 
 handes,  and  take  you  awaye  from  f  earth  ? 
 And  Dauid  commaunded  his  yonge  men, 
 which  slewe  them,  and  smote  of  their  handes 
 and  fete,  and  hanged  them  vp  by  y  pole  at 
 Hebron.  But  the  heade  of  Iszboseth  toke  they, 
 and  buried  it  tin  Abners  graue  at  Hebron. 
 
 Cijt  b.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 AND  all  the  trybes  of  Israel  came  to 
 Dauid  vnto  Hebron,  and  sayde :  t  Be- 
 holde,  we  are  thy  bone  and  thy  flesh.  And 
 afore  tyme  wha  Saul  was  kynge  ouer  vs,  thou 
 leddest  Israel  out  and  in.  So  the  LORDE 
 hath  sayde :  Thou  shalt  kepe  my  people  of 
 Israel,  and  shalt  be  the  duke  ouer  Israel. 
 And  all  the  Elders  in  Israel  came  to  y  kynge 
 vnto  Hebron.  And  kynge  Dauid  made  a 
 couenaunt  with  them  at  Hebron  before  y 
 LORDE.  And  they  anoynted  Dauid  to  be 
 kynge  ouer  Israel.  Thyrtie  yeare  olde  was 
 Dauid  whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned 
 fortye  yeares.  ^At  Hebron  raigned  he  seue 
 yeares  and  sixe  monethes  ouer  luda :  but  at 
 lerusalem  he  reigned  thre  and  thirtie  yeares 
 ouer  all  Israel  and  luda. 
 
 And  the  kynge  wente  with  his  men  to 
 lerusalem,  agaynst  the  lebusites,  which  dwelt 
 in  the  londe.  Neuertheles  they  sayde  vnto 
 Dauid :  Thou  shalt  not  come  hither  but  the 
 blynde  and  lame  shal  dryue  y  awaie.  (They 
 thoughte  planely,  that  Dauid  shulde  not  come 
 in.)  Howbeit  Dauid  wanne  the  castell  of 
 Sion,  which  is  the  cite  of  Dauid.  Then  sayde 
 Dauid  the  same  daye :  II  Who  so  euer  smyteth 
 the  lebusites,  and  optayneth  the  perquellies, 
 
 •  2  Re.  I.e.  t  2  Reg.  3.  f.  t  1  Par.  12.  a. 
 
 §  2  Re.  2.  b.        II  1  Pa.  12.  a. 
 
 the  lame  (t  the  blynde,  which  (lebusites) 
 Dauids  soule  hateth.  Herof  cometh  the  pro- 
 uerbe :  "  Let  no  blynde  ner  lame  come  in  to 
 the  house.  So  Dauid  dwelt  in  y  castell,  and 
 called  it  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And  Dauid 
 builded  roude  aboute  fro  Millo  and  within. 
 And  Dauid  grewe,  g  the  LORDE  the  God 
 Zebaoth  was  with  him. 
 
 And  Hiram  the  kynge  of  Tyre  sent  mes- 
 saungers  vnto  Dauid,  'and  Ceder  trees  for 
 walles,  and  Carpenters,  and  Masons,  to  builde 
 Dauid  an  house.  And  Dauid  knewe,  that 
 the  LORDE  had  confyrmed  him  kynge  ouer 
 Israel,  and  exalted  his  kingdome  for  his  peo- 
 ple of  Israels  sake.  And  Dauid  toke  yet  mo 
 wyues  and  concubynes  at  lerusalem,  after  he 
 was  come  from  Hebron,  and  there  were  yet 
 mo  sonnes  5  doughters  borne  vnto  him.  K  And 
 these  are  the  names  of  them  that  were  borne 
 \Tito  him  at  lerusalem:  Samma,  Sobab,  Na- 
 than, Salomon,  lebehar,  Elisua,  Nepheg, 
 laphia,  Elisama,  Eliada,  Eliphalet. 
 
 And  whan  the  Philistines  herde  that  Dauid 
 was  anoynted  kinge  ouer  Israel,  they  wete  vp 
 all  to  seke  Dauid.  Whan  Dauid  perceaued 
 that,  he  wete  downe  in  to  a  castell.  But  the 
 Philistynes  came  and  scatered  them  selues 
 beneth  in  the  valley  of  Rephaim.  **And 
 Dauid  axed  at  the  LORDE,  and  sayde:  Shal 
 I  go  vp  agaynst  the  Philistynes  ?  and  wylt 
 thou  delyuer  them  in  to  my  hande  ?  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Dauid:  Go  vp,  I  wyll 
 delyuer  the  Philistynes  in  to  thy  hande. 
 
 And  Dauid  came  vnto  Baal  Prazim,  and 
 smote  the  there,  and  sayde:  The  LORDE 
 hath  deuyded  myne  enemies,  euen  as  the  wa- 
 ters parte  asunder :  therfore  is  the  same  place 
 called  Baal  Prazim.  And  they  lefte  their 
 ymages  there,  but  Dauid  and  his  men  caried 
 the  awaye. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  the  Philistynes  wente  vp 
 agayne,  and  scatered  them  selues  beneth  in 
 the  valley  of  Rephaim.  And  Dauid  axed  at 
 the  LORDE.  The  LORDE  sayde :  Thou 
 shalt  go  vp,  but  compase  them  behinde,  that 
 thou  mayest  be  vpon  them  ouer  agaynst  the 
 Peer  trees  :  and  whan  thou  hearest  vpon  the 
 toppe  of  the  Peertrees,  the  sounde  of  the 
 goinge  be  bolde,  for  then  is  the  LORDE 
 gone  forth  before  the,  to  smyte  the  boost  of 
 the  Philistines.      Dauid  dyd  as  the  LORDE 
 
 Leui.  21.  c.  '  1  Par.  15.  a.  f  1  Par.  3. 
 
 ••  1  Re.  23.  a.    8  Re.  2.  a.  and  5.  d. 
 
#0.  rrjrnj. 
 
 Ei)t  ij.  boke  of  tf)f  fepngfS. 
 
 Cbap.  bi« 
 
 commaunded  him  and  smote  the  Philistynes 
 from  Geba,  tyll  thou  commest  vnto  Gaser. 
 
 CIjc  bi.  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  gathered  agayne  all  the  yonge 
 chosen  men  in  Israel,  "euen  thre  thou- 
 sande,  and  gat  him  vp,  and  wente  with  all  the 
 people  that  was  with  him  of  the  citesins  of 
 luda,  to  fetch  vp  the  Arke  of  God  from 
 thence :  whose  name  is :  The  name  of  the 
 LORDE  Zebaoth  dwelleth  theron  betwene 
 the  Cherubins.  *  And  they  caused  the  arke 
 of  God  to  be  caried  vpo  a  new  cart,  tand 
 fetched  it  out  of  f  house  of  Abinadab,  which 
 dwelt  at  Gibea.  Vsa  and  Ahio  the  sonnes  of 
 Abinadab  droue  f  new  cart.  And  whan  they 
 broughte  it  with  the  Arke  from  the  house  of 
 Abinadab  which  dwelt  at  Gibea,  Ahio  wente 
 before  the  Arke :  and  Dauid  and  all  the  house 
 of  Israel  played  before  the  LORDE,  with  all 
 maner  of  instrumentes  of  Pine  tre,  with  harpes, 
 and  Psalteries,  and  tabrettes,  and  belles,  and 
 CjTnbals. 
 
 t  And  whan  they  came  to  the  barnefloore  of 
 Nahon,  Vsa  stretched  out  his  hande,  ^and 
 helde  the  Arke  of  God,  for  the  oxen  wete  out 
 asyde.  Then  waxed  the  wrath  of  the  LO  RDE 
 fearce  agaynst  Vsa,  and  God  smote  him  there 
 because  of  his  presumpcio,  so  that  he  dyed 
 there  besyde  the  Arke  of  God.  Then  was 
 Dauid  sory,  because  the  LORDE  had  made 
 soch  a  rente  vpon  Vsa,  and  he  called  the  same 
 place  Perez  Vsa  vnto  this  daye.  And  Dauid 
 feared  the  LORDE  the  same  dale,  and  sayde : 
 How  shall  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  come 
 vnto  me?  And  he  wolde  not  let  it  be  broughte 
 to  him  in  to  the  cite  of  Dauid,  but  caused  it 
 be  brought  in  to  y  house  of  Obed  Edom  the 
 Gathite.  And  whan  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 had  contynued  thre  monethes  in  the  house  of 
 Obed  Edom  the  Gathite,  the  LORDE  blessed 
 him  and  all  his  house. 
 
 And  it  was  tolde  kynge  Dauid,  that  the 
 LORDE  had  blessed  the  house  of  Obed  Edo 
 and  all  that  he  had  because  of  the  Arke  of 
 God.  II  Then  wente  he,  and  fetched  vp  the 
 Arke  of  God  out  of  y  house  of  Obed  Edom  in 
 to  the  cite  of  Dauid  with  ioye.  And  wha  they 
 were  gone  sixe  steppes  in  with  the  Arke  of 
 the  LORDE,  they  offered  an  oxe  and  a  fat 
 shepe.  And  Dauid  daunsed  with  all  his  mighte 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  was  girded  with  an 
 
 ouerbody  cote  of  lynne.  And  Dauid  with  all 
 Israel  brought  vp  y  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 with  tabrettes  and  trompettes. 
 
 And  whan  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  came  S 
 in  to  the  cite  of  Dauid,  Michol  the  doughter 
 of  Saul  loked  out  at  a  window,  and  sawe  kynge 
 Dauid  leapynge,  spr}Tiginge  and  dauspige 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  despysed  him  in  hir 
 hert.  But  whan  they  brought  in  ;y  Arke  of 
 the  LORDE,  they  set  it  in  hir  place  in  the 
 myddes  of  the  Tabernacle,  which  Dauid  had 
 pitched  for  it.  And  Dauid  offred  burnt  offer- 
 ynges  and  deed  offerynges  before  f  LORDE. 
 And  whan  Dauid  had  made  an  ende  of  offer- 
 ynge  the  burntofferynges  and  deedofferynges, 
 he  blessed  the  people  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  Zebaoth,  and  dealte  out  vnto  all 
 the  people,  and  to  the  multitude  of  Israel, 
 both  to  man  d  woma,  vnto  euery  one  a  cake 
 of  bred,  and  a  pece  of  flesh,  and  a  meece  of 
 potage.  Then  wente  all  the  people  their 
 waye,  euery  one  vnto  his  house. 
 
 Whan  Dauid  came  agayne  to  blesse  his 
 house,  Michol  the  doughter  of  Saul  wente 
 forth  to  mete  him,  and  sayde:  How  glorious 
 hath  the  kynge  of  Israel  bene  to  daye,  which 
 hath  Micouered  himselfe  before  the  maydes 
 of  his  seruauntes,  like  as  the  rascall  people 
 discouer  them  selues.  But  Dauid  saide  ^Tito 
 Michol :  I  wil  playe  before  y  LORDE,  which 
 hath  chosen  me  afore  thy  father,  and  afore  all 
 his  house,  because  he  hath  commaunded  me 
 to  be  the  prynce  ouer  the  people  of  the 
 LORDE,  euen  ouer  Israel,  and  yet  wyl  I  be 
 vyler  then  so,  and  wyll  be  lowe  in  myne  owne 
 sighte:  and  with  the  maydens  wherof  thou 
 hast  spoken,  wyll  I  be  honoured.  As  for 
 Michol  the  doughter  of  Saul,  she  had  no 
 childe  vnto  the  daye  of  hir  death. 
 
 Cijt  bij.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 NOW  whan  the  kyiige  sat  in  his  house, 
 ^and  the  LORDE  had  geuen  him  rest 
 from  all  his  enemies  on  euery  syde,  he  sayde 
 vnto  the  prophet  Nathan  :  Beliokle,  I  dwell 
 in  a  house  of  Cedre,  and  the  Arke  of  God 
 dwelleth  amonge  the  curtapies.  Nathan 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge :  Go  thy  waye,  what  so 
 euer  thou  hast  in  thine  hert,  y  do :  for  the 
 LORDE  is  with  the.  But  the  same  nighte 
 came  f  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto  Nathan, 
 (J  sayde  :    Go  %  speake  to  my  seruaut  Dauid : 
 
Cftap.  biij. 
 
 Cfef  ij.  tjofef  of  tf)t  bpng^sf. 
 
 jTo*  ccjcfiij. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE  :  Shalt  thou  buylde 
 me  an  house  to  dwell  in  ?  I  haue  dwelt  in 
 no  house  sence  the  daye  that  I  broughte  the 
 children  of  Israel  vnto  this  daye,  but  haue 
 walked  in  the  Tabernacle  and  Habitacion, 
 whither  so  euer  I  wente  with  the  children  of 
 Israel.  Dyd  I  euer  speake  to  eny  of  the 
 trybes  of  Israel  (whom  I  commaunded  to  kepe 
 my  people  of  Israel)  j  sayde :  Wherfore  do  ye 
 not  buylde  me  an  house  of  Ceder  wodd  ? 
 
 So  shalt  thou  speake  now  vnto  my  seruaunt 
 Dauid :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  Zebaoth  : 
 *I  toke  the  from  the  pasture  whan  thou 
 wentest  behynde  the  shepe,  y  thou  shuldest 
 be  f  prynce  ouer  my  people  of  Israel,  (j  haue 
 bene  with  the  whither  so  euer  thou  wentest,  j 
 haue  roted  out  all  thine  enemies  before  the,  (j 
 haue  made  the  a  greate  name,  acordinge  to 
 the  name  of  the  greate  men  vpon  earth.  And 
 for  my  people  of  Israel  I  wyll  appoynte  a 
 place,  and  wyll  plante  them,  that  they  maye 
 remayne  there,  nomore  to  be  remoued,  and  y 
 the  childre  of  wickednes  oppresse  them  no- 
 more,  like  as  afore,  and  sence  the  tyme  that  I 
 ordeyned  ludges  ouer  my  people  of  Israel. 
 And  I  wyll  geue  the  rest  from  all  thine 
 enemies.  And  the  LORDE  sheweth  the, 
 that  the  LORDE  wyl  make  the  a  house. 
 
 t  Now  w'han  thy  tyme  is  fulfylled  y  thou 
 shalt  slepe  with  thy  fathers,  I  wil  after  y  rayse 
 vp  thy  sede,  which  shal  come  of  thy  body  :  his 
 kyngdome  vryl  I  stablishe,  he  shal  buylde  an 
 house  for  my  name,  t  and  I  wyll  stablyshe  y 
 seate  of  his  kyngdome  for  euer.  §  I  wyll  be 
 his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my  sonne.  II  Whan 
 he  doth  a  trespace,  I  wjdl  reproue  him  with 
 the  rodd  of  men  and  with  the  plages  of  f 
 childre  of  men :  But  my  mercy  shal  not  be 
 withdrawen  fro  him,  as  I  haue  withdrawe  it 
 fro  Saul,  who  I  haue  take  awaye  before  the. 
 As  for  thy  house  (t,  thy  kyngdome,  it  shal  be 
 stablished  for  euer  before  the,  %  thy  seate  shal 
 endure  fast  for  euermore. 
 
 Whan  Nathan  had  tolde  all  these  wordes  5 
 all  this  vision  vnto  Dauid,  kynge  Dauid  came 
 and  sat  him  downe  before  the  LORDE,  and 
 sayde:  O  LORDE  God,  who  am  I?  and 
 what  is  my  house,  y  thou  hast  broughte  me 
 thus  farre?  This  O  LORDE  God  hast 
 thou  thoughte  to  litle  also,  but  hast  spoken 
 of  the  house  of  thy  seruaunt  yet  loge  for  to 
 
 •  1  Re.  16.  c.        t3  Re.  5.  a.  4  Re.  8.  c.  Psal.131.  b.        IT  Deu.  32.  f.       **  Deu.  4.  a.        tt  Eio.  14.  a.       Ji  Deu. 
 tlere.33.c.        ^  Heb.  1.  b.        ||  3  Re.  ll.c.  Psal.88.d.  32.  f.        "  1  Par.  19.  d.        ^^  Nu.  24.  d. 
 
 come.  O  LORDE  God,  is  that  the  lawe 
 of  men  ? 
 
 And  what  shall  Dauid  speake  vnto  the? 
 thou  knowest  thy  seruaunt  O  LORDE  God, 
 for  thy  wordes  sake  and  acordinge  to  thy  hert 
 hast  thou  done  all  these  greate  thinges,  y  thou 
 mightest  shewe  the  vnto  thy  seruaunt.  Ther- 
 fore  art  thou  greatly  magnified  O  LORDE 
 God :  If  for  there  is  none  like  the,  5  there  is 
 no  God  but  thou,  acordinge  vnto  all  that  we 
 haue  herde  with  oure  eares.  **  For  where  is 
 there  a  people  vpon  earth  as  thy  people  of 
 Israel  ?  For  whose  sake  God  wente  to  delyuer 
 him  a  people,  anfl  to  make  him  selfe  a  name, 
 and  to  do  them  soch  greate  and  terrible 
 thinges  in  thy  lode  before  thy  people,  'twhom 
 thou  hast  delyuered  vnto  thy  selfe  fro  Egipte, 
 from  the  people,  and  from  their  goddes.  And 
 thy  people  of  Israel  hast  thou  prepared  the  to 
 be  a  people  vnto  thyne  owne  selfe  for  euer, 
 and  thou  O  LORDE  art  become  their  God. 
 
 Stablish  now  y  worde  therfore  for  euer  (O 
 LORDE  God)  which  thou  hast  spoke  ouer 
 thy  seruaunt  (j  ouer  his  house,  %  do  acordinge 
 as  thou  hast  sayde.  So  shall  thy  name  be 
 greate  for  euer,  so  that  it  shal  be  sayde :  The 
 LORDE  Zebaoth  is  the  God  ouer  Israel,  ij 
 the  house  of  thy  seruaunt  Dauid  shal  be  made 
 sure  before  the.  For  thou  LORDE  Zebaoth, 
 thou  God  of  Israel  hast  opened  the  eare  of 
 thy  seruaunt,  and  sayde  :  I  wil  buylde  the  an 
 house.  Therfore  hath  thy  seruaunt  founde 
 his  hert,  to  praye  this  prayer  vnto  the.  ttNow 
 LORDE  God  thou  thy  selfe  art  God,  5  thy 
 wordes  shal  be  the  trueth.  Thou  hast  spoken 
 soch  good  ouer  thy  seruaunt.  Begynne  now 
 therfore,  and  blesse  thy  seruauntes  house, 
 that  it  maye  be  before  the  for  euer,  for  thou 
 LORDE  God  thine  awne  selfe  hast  spoken 
 it :  and  with  thy  blessynge  shal  thy  seruauntes 
 house  be  blessed  for  euer. 
 
 €^e  biij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  after  this,  y  Dauid  smote 
 y  Philistynes,"  and  discomfited  them, 
 and  toke  the  brydell  of  bondage  out  of  the 
 Philistynes  hande.  ^^He  smote  the  Moabites 
 also  to  the  grounde,  so  that  he  broughte  two 
 partes  of  them  to  death,  and  let  one  parte  lyue. 
 Thus  the  Moabites  were  subdued  vnto  Dauid, 
 so  y  they  broughte  him  giftes. 
 
\fo.  ttxciiij* 
 
 €i)t  ij»  bofer  of  tl)e  fepnges. 
 
 CJ)ap.  iV. 
 
 Dauid  smote  Hadad  Eser  also  the  sonne  of 
 Rehob  kynge  of  Zoba,  whan  he  wete  to  fetch 
 his  power  agayne  at  f  water  Euphrates.  And 
 of  them  toke  Dauid  a  thousande  5  seuen 
 hundreth  horsmen,  and  twenty  thousande  fote 
 men,  and  lamed  all  the  charettes,  saue  an 
 hundreth  which  he  kepte  behynde.  But  the 
 Siryans  came  from  Damascon  to  helpe  Hadad 
 Eser  kynge  of  Zoba.  And  Dauid  smote  two 
 and  twentye  thousande  men  of  the  Syrians, 
 and  layed  people  vnto  Damascus  in  Syria. 
 
 Thus  was  Syria  subdued  vnto  Dauid,  so 
 that  they  broughte  him  giftes :  for  f  LORDE 
 helped  Dauid  whither  so  euer  he  wente.  And 
 Dauid  toke  y  shyldes  of  golde,  which  Hadad 
 Esers  seruauntes  had,  and  broughte  them  to  Je- 
 rusalem. But  from  Bethah  %  Berothai  y  cities 
 of  Hadad  Eser  toke  Dauid  very  moch  brasse. 
 *  Whan  Thoi  the  kynge  of  Hemath  herde, 
 that  Dauid  had  smytten  all  the  power  of 
 Hadad  Eser,  he  sent  his  sonne  loram  vnto 
 Dauid  to  salute  him  frendly,  5  to  blesse  him, 
 because  he  had  foughten  with  Adad  Eser  and 
 smytten  him  (for  Thoi  had  warre  with  Hadad 
 Eser)  and  had  Jewels  with  him  of  syluer,  of 
 golde,  and  of  brasse :  which  kynge  Dauid 
 halowed  also  vnto  y  LORDE,  with  the  syluer 
 and  golde  which  he  sanctified  vnto  the 
 LORDE  from  all  the  Heythe,  whom  he  sub- 
 dued, from  Siria,  fro  Moab,  from  the  childre 
 of  Ammon,  from  the  Philistynes,  fro  Amalek, 
 from  the  spoyle  of  Hadad  Eser  y  sonne  of 
 Rehob  kynge  of  Zoba. 
 
 Dauid  gat  him  selfe  a  name  also  whan  he 
 came,  tand  smote  eightene  thousande  of  f 
 Sirians  in  y  Salt  valley.  And  he  layed  people 
 in  all  Edomea,  i  and  all  Edom  was  subdued 
 vnto  Dauid:  for  the  LORDE  helped  Dauid, 
 whither  so  euer  he  wente.  Thus  was  Dauid 
 kynge  ouer  all  Israel.  And  he  executed 
 iudgmente  and  righteousnes  vnto  aO  f  people, 
 loab  f  sonne  of  Zeru  la  was  captayne  ouer 
 the  boost.  losaphat  the  sonne  of  Ahilud  was 
 Chaunceler.  Zadok  the  sonne  of  Achitob,  5 
 Ahimelech  the  sonne  of  Abiathar  were  prestes. 
 Seraia  was  Scrybe.  Benaia  the  sonne  of 
 loiada  was  ouer  y-  Chrethians  a  Plethians. 
 And  the  sonnes  of  Dauid  were  II  prestes. 
 
 W^t  iy.  Ci^apttr. 
 ND  Dauid  sayde :  Remayneth  there  yet 
 eny  man  of  Sauls  house,  that  I  maye 
 
 •  1  Par.  19.  b.  t  1  Par.  19.  c.  t  Gen.  25.  c. 
 
 Na.  24.  d.  §  2  Re.  20.  d.  ||  Some  reade  :  rulers. 
 
 A 
 
 do  mercy  vpon  him  for  lonathas  sake  ?  There 
 was  a  seruaunt  of  Sauls  house,  named  T  Siba, 
 whom  they  called  vnto  Dauid,  a  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Art  thou  Siba  ?  He  sayde : 
 Yee  thy  seruaunt.  The  kynge  sayde:  Is 
 there  yet  eny  man  of  Sauls  house,  y  I  maye 
 do  the  mercy  of  God  vpon  him  ?  Siba  sayde 
 vnto  the  kynge:  ** There  is  yet  a  sonne  of 
 lonathas,  lame  on  his  fete.  The  kynge  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Where  is  he  ?  Siba  sayde  vnto  f 
 kynge  :  Beholde,  he  is  at  Ladober  in  f  house 
 of  tt  Machir  y  sonne  of  Ammuel.  The  sent 
 kynge  Dauid  thither,  a  caused  for  to  fetch 
 him  from  Lodaber  out  of  f  house  of  Machir 
 the  Sonne  of  Ammuel. 
 
 Now  whan  Mephiboseth  the  sonne  of 
 lonathas  the  sonne  of  Saul  came  vnto  Dauid, 
 he  fell  vpon  his  face,  g  worshiped  him.  Dauid 
 sayde:  Mephiboseth.  He  sayde:  Here  am 
 I  thy  seruaunt.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Feare  not,  for  I  wyll  do  mercy  vpon  the  for 
 thy  father  lonathas  sake,  and  wil  restore  vnto 
 the  all  the  londe  of  thy  father  Saul :  but  thou 
 shalt  eate  bred  daylie  at  my  table.  He  wor- 
 shiped and  sayde:  Who  am  I  thy  seruaunt, 
 that  thou  turnest  the  to  a  deed  dogg  as  I  am  ? 
 Then  the  kynge  called  Siba  y  seruaunt  of 
 Saul,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  All  y  hath  be- 
 longed vnto  Saul  j  to  all  his  house,  haue  I 
 geuen  to  thy  lordes  sonne.  Tyll  his  londe  for 
 him  therfore,  thou  g  thy  children  5  seruauntes, 
 5  brynge  it  in,  y  it  maye  be  bred  for  thy  lordes 
 Sonne,  and  y  he  maye  enioye  it :  but  Mephi- 
 boseth thy  lordes  sonne  shal  eate  bred  daylie 
 at  my  table.  Siba  had  fyftene  sonnes  (i  twentye 
 seruauntes.  And  Siba  sayde  vnto  f  kynge : 
 Acordinge  vnto  all  as  my  lorde  the  kynge  hath 
 commaunded  his  seruaunt,  so  shal  his  seruaunt 
 do.  And  let  Mephiboseth  (sayde  Dauid) 
 eate  at  my  table,  as  one  of  the  kynges  owne 
 children.  And  Mephiboseth  had  a  yoge 
 Sonne,  whose  name  was  Micha.  But  all  y 
 dwelt  in  the  house  of  Siba,  serued  Mephibo- 
 seth. As  for  Mephiboseth  him  selfe,  he  dwelt 
 at  lerusalem :  for  he  ate  daylie  at  the  kynges 
 table  Stand  was  lame  on  both  his  fete. 
 
 Cl^c  >-.  €{)aptfr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  after  this,  that  f  kynge 
 of  the  children  of  Ammon  dyed,"  (j  his 
 sonne  Hanun  was  kynge  in  his  steade.  Then 
 sayde  Dauid :    I  wyll  do  mercy  vpon  Hanun 
 
 f  1  Par.  9.  c.  ••  2  Re.  4.  a.  ft  2  Re.  17.  c. 
 
 it  2  Reg.  4.  a.  -  1  Par.  20.  a. 
 
Cfjap,  vu 
 
 Cfte  iU  bokt  of  tfte  Ranges. 
 
 jTo.  rDTfb. 
 
 the  Sonne  of  Nahas,  as  his  father  dyd  mercy 
 vpon  me.  And  so  he  sent,  and  comforted 
 him  by  his  seruaQtes  ouer  his  fathers  death. 
 Now  whan  Dauids  seruaiites  came  in  to  the 
 londe  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  the  mightie 
 men  of  the  children  of  Ammon  sayde  vnto 
 Hanun  their  lorde :  Thynkest  thou  it  is  for 
 the  honoure  of  thy  father  in  thy  sighte,  y 
 Dauid  hath  sent  comforters  vnto  the  ?  Hath 
 he  not  sent  his  seruauntes  vnto  y  (thynkest 
 thou)  to  spye  and  search  out  the  cite  and  to 
 ouerthrowe  it? 
 
 Then  toke  Hanun  the  seruauntes  of  Dauid, 
 and  shoue  of  the  one  halue  of  their  beerdes, 
 and  cut  of  the  halfe  of  their  garmetes  euen 
 by  the  girdell,  and  so  let  them  go.  Wha  this 
 was  tolde  Dauid,  he  sent  to  mete  them  :  for 
 the  men  were  put  to  greate  shame.  And  the 
 kynge  caused  to  saye  vnto  them :  Abyde  at 
 lericho,  tyll  youre  beerdes  be  growne,  s  then 
 come  agayne. 
 
 Whan  the  childre  of  Ammon  sawe  that  they 
 stynked  in  the  sighte  of  Dauid,  they  sent  and 
 hyred  the  Sirians  of  the  house  of  Rehob,  and 
 the  Sirians  at  Zoba  euen  twentye  thousande 
 fote  men,  and  from  the  kynge  of  Maecha  a 
 thousande  men,  and  from  Istob  twolue  thou- 
 sande men.  Whan  Dauid  herde  that,  he  sent 
 loab  with  all  the  boost  of  y  men  of  warre. 
 And  the  children  of  Ammon  wente  forth,  and 
 prepared  them  selues  to  f  battayll  before  the 
 intraunce  of  the  gate.  But  the  Siryans  of 
 Soba,  of  Rehob,  of  Istob  and  of  Maecha  were 
 alone  in  the  felde. 
 
 Now  whan  loab  sawe  that  the  battayll  was 
 set  vpo  him  before  and  behynde,  he  chose  of 
 all  the  best  yonge  men  in  Israel,  5  prepared 
 him  selfe  agaynst  the  Syrians.  And  the  resydue 
 of  the  people  put  he  vnder  the  hande  of  his 
 brother  Abisai,  that  he  mighte  prepare  him 
 agaynst  the  childre  of  Ammon.  And  sayde : 
 Yf  f  Syrians  be  to  mightie  for  me,  helpe  thou 
 me :  but  yf  the  children  of  Ammon  be  to 
 mightie  for  the,  I  shal  helpe  the.  Take  a 
 good  corage  vnto  the,  and  let  vs  be  stronge 
 for  oure  people,  and  for  y  cite  of  oure  God : 
 neuertheles  the  LORDEdo  what  pleaseth  him. 
 
 And  loab  made  him  forth  with  the  people 
 that  was  with  him,  to  fighte  agaynst  the 
 Syrians:  and  they  fled  before  him.  And 
 whan  the  children  of  Ammon  sawe  that  the 
 Syrians  fled,  they  fled  also  before  Abisai,  s 
 
 wente  in  to  the  cite.  So  loab  turned  agayne 
 from  the  children  of  Amnion,  5  came  to 
 lerusalem.  And  whan  the  Syrians  sawe  y 
 they  were  smytten  before  Israel,  they  came 
 together. 
 
 And  Hadad  Eser  sent  5  broughte  out  f 
 Syrians  beyonde  the  water,  and  conueyed  their 
 power  in,  5  Sobath  the  chefe  captayne  of 
 Hadad  Eser  wente  before  the.  Whan  this 
 was  tolde  Dauid,  he  gathered  all  Israel  together, 
 (t  wente  ouer  lordane,  and  came  to  Helam,  5 
 the  Syrians  prepared  them  selues  against  Dauid 
 to  fighte  with  him,  howbeit  the  Syrians  fled 
 before  Israel.  And  Dauid  slewe  of  the  Syrians 
 seue  hundreth  charettes,  5  fortye  thousande 
 horsme,  5  Sobath  the  chefe  captayne  smote  he 
 also,  so  that  he  dyed  there.  Whan  the  kynges 
 which  were  vnder  Adad  Eser,  sawe,  that  they 
 were  smytten  before  Israel,  they  made  peace 
 with  Israel,  and  were  subdued  vnto  them. 
 And  the  Syrians  were  afrayed  to  helpe  the 
 children  of  Ammon  eny  more. 
 
 ffi^e  j:i.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  y  yeare  came  aboute  what 
 tyme  as  ;y  kynges  vse  to  go  forth,  Dauid 
 sent  loab  "  and  his  seruautes  with  him,  and  all 
 Israel,  to  destroye  the  children  of  Ammon 
 and  to  laye  sege  vnto  Rabba:  but  Dauid 
 abode  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  aboute  the  euetyde  it  fortuned  that 
 Dauid  arose  from  his  restinge  place,  5  wente 
 vp  to  y  toppe  of  the  kynges  palace,  and  from 
 y  toppe  he  sawe  a  woman  *waszshinge  hir 
 selfe,  and  the  woman  was  of  a  very  fayre 
 bewtye.  And  Dauid  sent,  and  caused  to  axe 
 what  woman  it  was,  and  sayde :  Is  not  that 
 Bethseba  the  doughter  of  Eliam  the  wife  of 
 Vrias  the  Hethite  ?  And  Dauid  sent  mes- 
 saugers,  and  caused  for  to  fetch  her.  And 
 wha  she  was  come  in  vnto  him,  he  laye  with 
 her.  Neuertheles  she  halowed  hir  selfe  from 
 hir  vnclennes,  and  turned  agayne  vnto  hir 
 house.  And  the  woma  was  with  childe,  and 
 sent,  and  caused  to  tell  Dauid  and  to  saye :  I 
 am  with  childe.  Dauid  sent  vnto  loab  (say- 
 ege  :)  Sende  me  Vrias  y  Hethite.  And  loab 
 sent  Vrias  vnto  Dauid.  And  whan  Vrias 
 came  to  him,  Dauid  axed  him  yf  it  stode  well 
 with  loab,  and  with  the  people  and  with  the 
 battayll. 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  to  Vrias:    Go  downe  in 
 
 *  Exo.  2.  a.     Susan,  c. 
 
fo,  ffjttbu 
 
 C!)c  ij.  ftofee  of  ti)t  fepnsfsf* 
 
 Cftap.  vij* 
 
 to  thy  house,  and  wash  thy  fete.  And  whan 
 Vrias  wente  out  of  the  kynges  palace,  the 
 kynges  gifte  folowed  him.  And  Vrias  layed 
 him  downe  to  slepe  before  the  kynges  palace 
 gate,  where  all  his  lordes  seruauntes  laye,  5 
 wente  not  downe  in  to  his  house.  Whan  worde 
 came  to  Dauid :  Vrias  is  not  gone  downe  in 
 to  his  house,  Dauid  sayde  vnto  him  :  Camest 
 thou  not  ouer  the  felde':*  Why  wentest  thou 
 not  downe  in  to  thy  house  ?  Vrias  sayde  vnto 
 Dauid :  The  Arke  and  Israel  a  luda  abyde  in 
 the  tentes :  And  loab  my  lorde  and  my  lordes 
 seruauntes  lye  in  f  felde,  and  shal  I  go  in  to 
 my  house  to  eate  and  drynke,  and  to  lye  with 
 my  wife?  As  truly  as  thou  lyuest,  and  as 
 truly  as  thy  soule  lyueth,  I  wyll  not  do  this 
 thinge.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Vria :  Abyde  here 
 then  to  daye,  tomorow  wil  I  let  the  go.  So 
 Vrias  abode  at  Jerusalem  the  same  daye,  and 
 the  nexte  also.  And  Dauid  called  him  to  eate 
 d  drynke  before  him,  (j  made  him  dronken. 
 And  at  euen  he  wente  to  lye  him  downe  for 
 to  slepe  vpon  his  couche  with  his  lordes  ser- 
 uauntes, and  wente  not  downe  in  to  his  house. 
 
 On  the  morow  wrote  Dauid  a  letter  vnto 
 loab,  5  sent  it  by  Vrias.  After  this  maner 
 wrote  he  in  the  letter :  Set  Vrias  in  y  sorest 
 parte  of  f  batayll,  d  turne  you  behynde  him, 
 y  he  maye  be  slayne.  Now  wha  loab  layed 
 sege  to  the  cite,  he  set  Vrias  in  y  place,  where 
 he  knewe  y  the  mightiest  men  of  Armes  were. 
 And  whan  the  men  of  the  cite  fell  out  and 
 foughte  agaynst  loab,  there  fell  certayne  of  y 
 people  of  Dauids  seruauntes.  And  Vrias  the 
 Hethite  dyed  also. 
 
 Then  sent  loab,  and  caused  to  tell  f  kynge 
 all  the  matter  concernynge  the  battayll,  and 
 comaunded  the  messaunger,  and  sayde :  Whan 
 thou  hast  tolde  f  kynge  all  the  matter  con- 
 cernynge the  batayll,  and  seist  that  he  is 
 wroth,  and  yf  the  kynge  saye  vnto  the  :  Wher- 
 fore  came  ye  so  nye  the  cite  with  the  batayll  ? 
 Knowe  ye  not  how  they  vse  to  shute  from  the 
 wall  ?  *  Who  smote  Abimelech  the  sonne  of 
 lerubaall  ?  Dyd  not  a  woma  cast  a  pece  of  a 
 mylstone  vpo  him  from  the  wall,  so  that  he 
 dyed  at  Thebez  ?  Why  came  ye  so  nye  the 
 wall  ?  Then  shalt  thou  saye  :  Thy  seruaunt 
 Vrias  the  Hethite  is  deed  also. 
 
 The  messaunger  wente  his  waye,  and  came 
 and  tolde  Dauid  all  together,  wherfore  loab 
 had  sent  him.     And  the   messaunger  sayde 
 
 vnto  Dauid :  The  men  preuayled  against  vs, 
 and  fell  out  vnto  vs  in  to  y  felde  :  and  we  were 
 vpon  them  harde  at  the  dore  of  y  porte.  And 
 the  archers  shot  from  the  wall  vpon  thy  ser- 
 uauntes, and  slewe  certayne  of  the  kynges 
 seruauntes:  and  thy  seruaunt  Vrias  the  Hethite 
 is  deed  also. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  the  messaunger:  Thus 
 shalt  thou  saye  vnto  loab :  Let  not  y  vexe 
 the,  for  the  swerde  consumeth  now  one  now 
 another.  Go  forth  with  the  battayll  against 
 the  cite,  that  thou  mayest  destroye  it,  and 
 coforte  the  men.  And  whan  Vrias  wife  herde 
 that  Vrias  was  deed,  she  mourned  for  hir 
 huszbande.  But  wha  she  had  made  an  ende 
 of  mournynge,  Dauid  sent,  and  caused  her  be 
 fetched  vnto  his  palace,  and  she  became  his 
 wyfe,  and  bare  him  a  sonne.  Neuertheles  this 
 dede  y  Dauid  dyd,  displeased  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wt)t  >ij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  sent  Nathan  vnto 
 Dauid.  Wlian  he  came  to  him,  he  tolde 
 him :  There  were  two  men  in  one  cite,  the 
 one  riche,  the  other  poore.  The  riche  man 
 had  very  many  shepe  and  oxen :  but  the  poore 
 man  had  nothinge  saue  one  litle  shepe,  which 
 he  had  boughte,  and  norished  it,  so  that  it 
 grewe  vp  with  him  and  his  children  together. 
 It  ate  of  his  bred,  and  dranke  of  his  cuppe, 
 and  slepte  in  his  lappe,  and  he  helde  it  as  a 
 doughter.  But  whan  there  came  a  straunger 
 vnto  the  riche  man,  he  spared  to  take  of  his 
 awne  shepe  5  oxen  (to  prepare  oughte  for  the 
 straunger  that  was  come  vnto  him)  and  toke 
 the  poore  mans  shepe,  and  prepared  it  for  the 
 man  that  was  come  vnto  him. 
 
 The  was  Dauid  wroth  with  greate  displeasure 
 agaynst  that  man,  and  sayde  vnto  Nathan : 
 As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  the  man 
 that  hath  done  this,  is  the  childe  of  death. 
 tThe  shepe  also  shal  he  make  good  foure 
 folde,  because  he  hath  done  soch  a  thinge, 
 and  not  spared  it. 
 
 Then  sayde  Nathan  vnto  Dauid :  Thou  art 
 euen  the  man.  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 the  God  of  Israel :  1 1  haue  anoynted  the  to 
 be  kynge  ouer  Israel,  and  delyuered  the  out 
 of  the  hande  of  Saul,  and  haue  geuen  the 
 thy  lordes  house,  and  his  wyues  in  to  thy 
 lappe,  and  the  house  of  Israel  and  luda  haue 
 I  geuen  the :  and  yf  that  be  to  litle,  I  wyl 
 
 t  Exo.  22.  a.  t  1  Re.  16.  c. 
 
 i 
 
Cftap,  )ru}« 
 
 Cftf  ij.  Ijoltf  of  tl)t  kpges. 
 
 #0.  rr)L-tbi]. 
 
 yet  do  this  and  that  for  the  also.  Wherfore 
 hast  thou  then  despysed  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  to  do  soch  euell  in  his  sighte? 
 Vrias  the  Hethite  hast  thou  slayne  with  the 
 swerde:  His  wife  hast  thou  taken  to  be  thy 
 wyfe,  but  him  hast  thou  slayne  with  y  swerde 
 of  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 
 Now  therfore  shal  not  f  swerde  departe 
 from  thy  house  for  euer,  because  thou  hast 
 despysed  me,  and  taken  the  wife  of  Vrias  the 
 Hithite,  to  be  thy  wife.  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE :  Beholde,  *I  wyll  rayse  vp  euell  of 
 thyne  awne  house,  and  wyll  take  thy  wyues 
 before  thyne  eyes,  and  wyl  geue  them  vnto 
 thy  neghboure,  so  that  he  shall  lye  with  thy 
 wyues  by  Sonne  lighte.  For  thou  hast  done 
 it  secretly,  but  I  wyl  do  this  in  the  sighte  of  all 
 Israel,  and  by  Sonne  hghte. 
 
 Then  sayde  Dauid  vnto  Nathan  1 1  haue 
 synned  vnto  the  LORDE.  Nathan  sayde 
 vnto  Dauid:  So  hath  the  LORDE  also  taken 
 awaye  thy  sjTine,  thou  shalt  not  dye.  But 
 for  so  moch  as  thou  thorow  this  dede  hast 
 caused  the  enemies  of  the  LORDE  to  blas- 
 pheme, ;y  Sonne  that  is  borne  vnto  the,  shall 
 dye  the  death.  And  Nathan  wente  home. 
 As  for  the  childe  which  Vrias  wife  bare  vnto 
 Dauid,  the  LORDE  smote  it,  so  that  it  was 
 deedsicke. 
 
 And  Dauid  besoughte  God  for  the  childe, 
 and  fasted,  and  wente  in,  and  laie  all  nighte 
 vpon  the  earth.  Then  rose  the  Elders  of  his 
 house,  and  wolde  haue  taken  him  vp  fro  the 
 grounde :  neuertheles  he  wolde  not,  nether 
 ate  he  with  them.  Vpon  the  seuenth  daye  f 
 childe  dyed.  And  Dauids  seruauntes  durst 
 not  tell  him  that  the  childe  was  deed.  For 
 they  thoughte :  Beholde,  whan  the  childe 
 was  yet  alyue,  we  spake  vnto  him,  and  he 
 herkened  not  vnto  oure  voyce.  How  moch 
 more  shall  it  greue  him,  yf  we  saye :  The 
 childe  is  deed?  And  Dauid  sawe  that  his 
 seruauntes  made  a  whisperinge  together,  and 
 perceaued  that  the  childe  was  deed,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  seruauntes :  Is  the  childe  deed  ?  They 
 sayde :  Yee.  Then  rose  Dauid  vp  from  the 
 earth,  and  waszshed  him  selfe,  and  anoynted 
 him,  and  put  on  other  garmentes,  5  wente  in 
 to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  worshipped. 
 
 And  whan  he  came  agayne,  he  commaunded 
 to  set  bred  before  him,  and  ate.  Then  sayde 
 his   seruauntes   vnto   him:    What   maner   of 
 
 Deut.  28.  c.  1  Re.  16.  d. 
 
 t  Eccli.  47.  c.  Psal.  50.  a. 
 
 thinge  is  this  that  thou  doest?  Whan  the 
 childe  was  alyue,  thou  fastedst  and  weptest : 
 but  now  that  it  is  deed,  thou  stodest  vp  and 
 eatest  ?  He  sayde :  I  fasted  and  wepte  for 
 the  childe  whan  it  was  yet  a  lyue,  for  I 
 thoughte :  Who  knoweth,  peraduenture  the 
 LORDE  maye  be  gracious  vnto  me,  that  the 
 childe  maye  lyue.  t  But  now  that  it  is  deed, 
 wherfore  shulde  I  fast?  Can  I  fetch  it 
 agayne  ?  I  shal  go  vnto  it,  but  it  shall  not 
 come  agayne  vnto  me.  And  whan  Dauid  had 
 comforted  Bethseba  his  wife,  he  wente  in 
 vnto  her,  and  laye  with  her.  ^  And  she  bare 
 a  Sonne,  whom  he  called  Salomon.  And  the 
 LORDE  loued  him.  And  he  put  him  vnder 
 the  hade  of  Nathan  y  prophet,  which  called 
 him  ledidia  because  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 So  loab  foughte  agaynst  Rabba  of  jr  children 
 of  Ammon,  and  wanne  the  kynges  cite,  5  sent 
 messaugers  vnto  Dauid,  (j  caused  to  saye  vnto 
 him :  II I  haue  foughte  against  Rabba,  and 
 haue  wonne  the  water  cite  also.  Gather  thou 
 therfore  the  residue  of  the  people  together, 
 and  laye  sege  to  f  cite,  and  wynne  it,  that  I 
 Wynne  it  not,  and  haue  the  name  therof.  So 
 Dauid  gathered  all  y  people  together,  and 
 wente,  g  foughte  agaynst  Rabba,  and  wanne 
 it,  and  toke  their  kynges  crowne  fro  his  heade 
 (which  in  weight  had  a  talente  of  golde,  and 
 precious  stones)  and  was  set  vpon  Dauids 
 heade,  and  very  moch  spoyle  caried  he  out  of 
 the  cite.  As  for  the  people  that  was  therin, 
 he  broughte  the  forth,  and  layed  them  vnder 
 yron  sawes  and  hokes  and  wedges  of  yron,  and 
 burned  the  in  tyle  ouens.  Thus  dyd  he 
 vnto  all  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 
 Then  returned  Dauid  and  all  the  people  vnto 
 lerusalem  agayne. 
 
 Wt)t  xii].  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  after  this,  that  Absalom 
 y  Sonne  of  Dauid  had  a  fayre  sister, 
 whose  name  was  Thamar,  5  Ammon  the 
 Sonne  of  Dauid  loued  her.  And  Ammon 
 was  in  greate  combraunce,  in  so  moch  that  he 
 was  euen  sicke,  because  of  Thamar  his  sister. 
 For  she  was  a  virgin,  and  Ammon  thoughte  it 
 shulde  be  harde  for  him  to  do  eny  thinge  vnto 
 her.  But  Ammon  had  a  frede,  whose  name 
 was  lonadab  the  sonne  of  Simea  Dauids 
 brother.  And  the  same  lonadab  was  a  very 
 wyse  man,  which  sayde  vnto  him :  Why  art 
 
 t  EcclT.  38.  c.      $1  Par.  3.  a.  Matt.  1.  a.      ||  1  Far.  21.  a. 
 41 
 
 dT 
 
fo,  ccjrrbiij. 
 
 Cftr  ij.  bokf  of  ti)t  fepngfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  ):iijJ 
 
 thou  so  leane  (thou  kynges  sonne)  from  daye 
 to  daye  ?  Mayest  thou  not  tell  me  ?  Then 
 sayde  Ammon  vnto  him :  I  loue  Thamar  my 
 brother  Absaloms  sister  exceadingly. 
 
 lonadab  sayde  vnto  him :  laye  the  downe 
 vpon  thy  bedd,  and  make  the  sicke.  And 
 whan  thy  father  commeth  to  loke  how  thou 
 doest,  saye  vnto  him  :  Oh  let  my  sister  Tha- 
 mar come,  that  she  maye  fede  me,  and  make 
 a  meece  of  meate  before  me,  that  I  maye  se  it, 
 5  eate  it  of  hir  hande.  So  Ammon  layed  him 
 downe,  and  made  him  sicke.  Now  whii  the 
 kynge  came  in  to  loke  how  he  dyd,  Ammon 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  Oh  let  my  sister  Tha- 
 mar come,  and  make  me  a  syppynge  or  two, 
 and  that  I  maye  eate  it  of  hir  hande.  Then 
 sent  Dauid  for  Thamar  in  to  the  house,  and 
 sayde  vnto  her :  Go  thy  waye  to  thy  brother 
 Ammons  house,  5  rtiake  him  a  meece  of 
 meate.  Thamar  wente  vnto  hir  brother 
 Amons  house,  but  he  laye  in  his  bed.  And 
 she  toke  floure,  and  mixte  it,  and  dighte  it 
 before  his  eyes,  and  made  him  a  syppynge. 
 And  she  toke  the  meece  of  meate,  and  poured 
 it  out  before  him :  but  he  wolde  not  eate. 
 
 And  Ammon  saide  :  Put  forth  euery  man 
 fro  me.  And  euery  man  wete  forth  from  him. 
 Then  sayde  Ammon  vnto  Thamar :  Brynge 
 me  that  meece  of  meate  in  to  the  chamber, 
 that  I  maye  eate  it  of  thy  hande.  Then  toke 
 Thamar  f  syppynge  that  she  had  made,  and 
 broughte  it  vnto  Ammon  hir  brother  in  to  the 
 chamber. 
 
 And  whan  she  broughte  it  vnto  him  y  he 
 mighte  eate,  he  toke  holde  of  her,  (j  sayde 
 vnto  her:  Come  my  sister,  lye  with  me.  Ne- 
 uertheles  she  saide  :  Oh  no  my  brother,  force 
 me  not :  for  so  do  they  not  in  Israel,  do  not 
 thou  soch  foly.  Whither  shal  I  go  with  my 
 shame  ?  And  thou  shalt  be  as  one  of  the  vn- 
 wyse  in  Israel.  But  speake  vnto  the  kynge, 
 he  shal  not  withholde  me  from  the. 
 
 Howbeit  he  wolde  not  herken  vnto  her, 
 and  ouercame  her,  *and  forced  her,  and  laye 
 with  her.  And  Ammon  hated  her  excead- 
 ingly, so  that  the  hate  was  greater  then  the 
 loue  was  before.  And  Ammon  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Vp,  and  get  the  hence. 
 
 She  saide  \aito  him  :  This  euell  that  thou 
 thrustest  me  out,  is  greater  then  the  other, 
 that  thou  hast  done  vnto  me.  Neuertheles 
 he  herkened  not  vnto  her,  but  called  his  boye 
 
 •  Gen.  34.  a.     Leui.  18.  a. 
 
 that  serued  him,  and  sayde :  Put  awaye  this 
 woman  fro  me,  and  locke  the  dore  after  her. 
 And  she  had  a  partye  garment  on  :  for  soch 
 garmentes  wayre  f  kynges  doughters  whyle 
 they  were  virgins. 
 
 And  wha  his  seruaunt  had  put  hir  forth,  j 
 lockte  the  dore  after  her,  Thamar  strewed 
 aszshes  vpon  hir  heade,  and  rente  the  partye 
 gannent  which  she  had  vpon  her,  and  layed 
 hir  hande  vpon  hir  heade,  and  wente  on,  and 
 cryed.  And  hir  brother  Absalom  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Hath  thy  brother  Ammon  bene  vnth 
 the  ?  Now  holde  thy  peace  my  sister,  it  is  thy 
 brother,  and  take  not  the  matter  so  to  hert. 
 
 So  Thamar  remaymed  a  \vyddowe  in  her 
 brother  Absaloms  house.  And  whan  kynge 
 Dauid  herde  of  all  this,  he  was  very  sory.  As 
 for  Absalom,  he  spake  nether  euell  ner  good 
 to  Ammon :  but  Absalom  hated  Ammon, 
 because  he  had  forced  his  sister  Thamar. 
 
 After  two  yeares  had  Absalom  shepe  clyp- 
 pers  at  Baal  Hazor,  which  lyeth  by  Ephraim. 
 And  Absalom  called  all  the  kynges  children, 
 and  came  to  the  kynge,  and  sayde  :  Beholde, 
 thy  seruaunt  hath  shepe  clyppers,  let  it  please 
 y  kynge  with  his  seruauntes  to  go  with  his 
 seruaunte.  But  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  Absa- 
 lom :  No  my  sonne,  let  vs  not  all  go,  lest  we 
 be  to  chargeable  vnto  the. 
 
 And  he  wolde  nedes  haue  had  him  to  go, 
 howbeit  he  wolde  not,  but  blessed  him.  Ab- 
 salom sayde :  Shall  my  brother  Ammon  go 
 with  vs  then  ?  The  kjTige  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Wherfore  shall  he  go  with  the?  Then  was 
 Absalom  so  importune  vpon  him,  that  he  let 
 Ammon  and  all  the  kynges  childre  go  with 
 him. 
 
 But  Absalom  commaunded  his  yonge  men, 
 and  sayde :  Take  hede  whan  Ammon  is  mery 
 with  wyne  (and  I  saye  vnto  you:  Smyte  Am- 
 mon, and  slaye  him)  that  ye  be  not  afrayed : 
 for  I  haue  commaunded  you,  be  stronge,  and 
 playe  the  men.  So  Absaloms  yonge  men 
 dyd  vnto  Ammon,  as  Absalom  had  com- 
 maunded them.  Then  stode  all  the  kynges 
 children  vp,  and  euery  one  gat  him  ^-p  vpo 
 his  Mule,  and  fled.  And  whyle  they  were 
 yet  on  their  waye,  the  rumoure  came  to  kynge 
 Dauid,  that  Absalom  had  slayiie  all  the  kynges 
 children,  so  that  not  one  of  them  was  lefte. 
 
 Then  stode  the  kynge  vp,  and  rente  his 
 clothes,  (t  layed  him  downe  vpon  the  earth, 
 and  all  his  seruautes  that  stode  aboute  him, 
 
Cftap*  viiiU 
 
 Wl)t  ij,  bofee  of  tt)t  fepngesf. 
 
 #0.  tq:ti}:. 
 
 rente  their  clothes.  Then  answered  lonadab 
 f  Sonne  of  Simea  Dauids  brother,  and  sayde: 
 Let  not  my  lorde  thynke  that  all  the  yonge 
 men  the  kynges  children  are  deed,  but  y  Am- 
 mon  is  deed  onely :  for  Absalom  hath  kepte 
 it  in  him  selfe  sence  the  daie  that  he  forced 
 his  sister  Thamar.  Therfore  let  not  my  lorde 
 the  kynge  take  it  so  to  hert,  that  all  the 
 kynges  children  shulde  be  deed,  but  that  Am- 
 mon  is  deed  onely. 
 
 As  for  Absalom,  he  fled.  And  the  yonge 
 man  that  kepte  the  watch,  lifte  rp  his  eyes, 
 and  loked,  and  beholde,  A  greate  people  came 
 in  the  waye  one  after  another  by  the  hill  syde. 
 Then  sayde  lonadab  vnto  the  kynge :  Beholde, 
 the  kynges  children  come.  Euen  as  thy  ser- 
 uaunt  sayde,  so  is  it  happened.  And  whan  he 
 had  ended  his  talkynge,  the  kynges  children 
 came,  and  lifte  vp  their  voyce,  and  wepte. 
 
 The  kynge  and  all  his  seruauntes  wepte 
 also  very  sore.  But  Absalom  fled,  and  wente 
 vnto  Thalmai  the  sonne  of  Ammihud  kynge 
 of  Gesur.  As  for  Dauid  he  mourned  for  his 
 Sonne  euery  daye.  Whan  Absalom  was  fled 
 and  gone  vnto  Gesur,  he  was  there  thre  yeare. 
 And  kynge  Dauid  ceassed  from  goinge  out 
 agaynst  Absalom,  for  he  had  comforted  him 
 selfe  ouer  Ammon  that  he  was  deed. 
 
 I 
 
 CIjc  riiij.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 OAB  the  sonne  of  leru  la  perceaued  y  the 
 kynges  hert  was  agaynst  Absalom,  and 
 sent  vnto  Thecoa,  and  caused  to  fetch  from 
 thence  a  prudent  woman  and  saide  vnto  her : 
 Make  lametacion,  and  weere  mournynge  gar- 
 mentes,  (j  anoynte  the  not  with  oyle  :  but 
 fayne  thy  selfe  as  a  woman  which  hath 
 mourned  longe  ouer  a  deed,  and  thou  shalt 
 go  in  to  the  kynge,  and  speake  so  5  so  vnto 
 him.  And  loab  tolde  her  what  she  shulde 
 saye. 
 
 And  whan  the  woman  of  Thecoa  wolde 
 speake  with  the  kynge,  she  fell  vpon  hir  face 
 to  the  grounde,  and  worshipped,  and  sayde : 
 Helpe  me  O  kynge.  The  kynge  sayde  vnto 
 her :  What  ayleth  the  ?  She  sayde  :  I  am  a 
 wedowe,  a  woman  that  mourneth,  and  my 
 huszbade  is  deed.  And  thy  handniayde  had 
 two  sonnes,  which  stroue  together  in  the 
 felde  :  and  whyle  there  was  noman  to  parte 
 the  a  sunder,  the  one  smote  the  other,  and 
 slewe  him. 
 
 *  Deu.  19.  c.         t  1  Re.  14.  g. 
 
 And  beholde,  all  the  whole  kynred  ryseth 
 vp  agaynst  thy  handmayden,  and  saye :  *De- 
 lyuer  him  which  hath  smytten  his  brother, 
 that  we  maye  kyll  him,  for  the  soule  of  his 
 brother  whom  he  hath  slayne,  and  that  we 
 maye  destroye  the  heyre  also.  And  thus  are 
 they  mynded  to  put  out  my  sparke,  which  yet 
 is  lefte,  that  there  shulde  no  name  ner  eny 
 thinge  els  remayne  ouer  vnto  my  huszbade 
 vpon  earth. 
 
 The  kynge  sayde  vnto  the  woman  :  Go  thy 
 waye  home,  I  wil  geue  a  comaundemet  for 
 f.  And  the  woman  of  Thecoa  saide  vnto  y 
 kynge  :  The  trespace  be  vpon  me  (my  lorde 
 y  kynge)  and  vpon  my  fathers  house :  but  the 
 kynge  and  his  seate  be  vngiltye.  The  kynge 
 sayde  :  He  that  speaketh  agaynst  the,  brynge 
 him  vnto  me,  so  shall  he  touch  the  nomore. 
 She  sayde :  Let  the  kynge  thynke  vpon  the 
 LORDE  his  God,  that  there  be  not  to  many 
 auengers  of  bloude  to  destroye,  and  that  they 
 brynge  not  my  sonne  to  naught.  He  sayde 
 t  As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  there  shall 
 not  one  heer  of  thy  sonne  fall  vpon  the  earth. 
 And  the  woman  sayde :  Let  thy  handmayde 
 speake  somwhat  to  my  lorde  the  kynge.  He 
 sayde :  speake  on.  The  woman  sayde :  Wher- 
 fore  hast  thou  deuised  soch  a  thinge  agaynst 
 the  people  of  God  ?  And  how  happeneth  it 
 that  the  kynge  speaketh  soch,  to  make  him- 
 selfe  giltie,  and  causeth  not  his  out  lawe  to  be 
 broughte  agayne  ?  For  we  all  dye  the  death, 
 and  as  the  water  that  sinketh  in  to  the  earth, 
 which  is  not  taken  vp.  i  And  God  will  not 
 take  awaye  the  lyfe,  but  vnbethynketh  him- 
 selfe,  y  euen  the  very  outlawe  be  not  cleane 
 thrust  out  from  him. 
 
 Thus  am  I  come  also  to  speake  this  to  my 
 lorde  the  kynge  in  the  presence  of  the  people, 
 for  thy  handmayden  thoughte  :  I  wyll  speake 
 to  the  kynge,  peraduenture  he  shall  do  that 
 his  handmayden  sayeth,  for  he  shall  heare  his 
 handmayden,  to  delyuer  me  from  the  hande 
 of  all  them,  that  wolde  destroye  me  with  my 
 sonne  from  the  enheritaunce  of  God.  And 
 thy  handmayden  thoughte,  y  worde  of  my 
 lorde  the  kynge  shall  be  as  a  meatofferynge, 
 §  for  my  lorde  the  kinge  is  as  an  angell  of 
 God,  so  that  he  can  heare  good  and  euell, 
 therfore  shall  the  LORDE  thy  God  be  with 
 the. 
 
 The  kynge  answered  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 
 t  Eze.  18.  d.        §  2  Re.  19.  e. 
 
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 woman :  Kepe  nothynge  fro  me  that  I  axe 
 the.  The  woman  sayde :  Let  my  lorde  the 
 kinge  speake  on.  Tlie  kynge  sayde  :  Is  not 
 the  hande  of  loab  with  the  in  all  this?  The 
 woman  answered  and  sayde :  As  truly  as  thy 
 soule  lyueth  (my  lorde  O  kyaige,)  there  is  els 
 noman  nether  at  the  righte  hande  ner  at  y 
 lefte,  but  euen  as  my  LORDE  the  kynge 
 hath  sayde,  for  thy  seruaunt  loab  hath  com- 
 maunded  me,  and  he  himselfe  hath  taughte 
 thy  handmayden  all  these  wordes,  that  I 
 shulde  turne  this  matter  of  this  faszshiS,  this 
 hath  loab  thy  seruaunt  done.  But  my  lorde  is 
 wyse,  as  the  wyszdome  of  an  angell  of  God,  so 
 that  he  knoweth  all  thynges  vpon  earth. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  kynge  vnto  loab :  Beholde, 
 I  haue  done  this :  go  thy  waye  therfore  and 
 brynge  the  childe  Absalom  agayne. 
 
 Then  fell  loab  vpon  his  face  vnto  the 
 grounde,  and  worshipped,  and  thanked  the 
 kynge,  and  sayde :  This  daye  doth  thy  ser- 
 uaunt perceaue,  that  I  haue  founde  grace  in 
 thy  syghte  my  lorde  the  kynge,  in  that  the 
 kynge  doth  as  his  seruaunt  hath  sayde.  So 
 loab  gat  him  vp,  and  wente  vnto  Gesur,  and 
 broughte  Absalom  to  Jerusalem.  But  the 
 kinge  sayde :  Let  him  go  againe  in  to  his 
 house,  and  not  se  my  face.  Thus  Absalom 
 came  agayne  to  his  house,  and  sawe  not  f 
 kynges  face. 
 
 But  in  all  Israel  there  was  not  so  fayre,  and 
 so  maruelous  goodly  a  man,  as  Absalom.  From 
 the  sole  of  his  fote  vnto  the  toppe  of  his  heade 
 there  was  not  one  blemysh  in  him.  And  whan 
 his  heade  was  rounded  (that  was  comonly 
 euery  yeare,  for  it  was  to  heuy  for  him,  so 
 that  it  must  nedes  haue  bene  rounded)  the 
 heer  of  his  heade  weyed  two  hudreth  Sides 
 after  y  kynges  weight.  And  vnto  Absalom 
 there  were  borne  thre  sonnes  and  one  dough ter, 
 whose  name  was  Thamar,  and  she  was  a 
 woman  of  a  fayre  bewtye  :  So  Absalom  abode 
 two  yeare  at  Jerusalem,  and  sawe  not  the 
 kynges  face. 
 
 And  Absalom  sent  for  loab,  that  he  mighte 
 sende  him  to  the  kynge.  And  he  wolde  not 
 come  to  him.  But  he  sent  the  seconde  tyme 
 yet  wolde  he  not  come.  Then  sayde  he  vnto 
 his  seruauntes  :  Ye  knowe  loabs  pece  of  londe 
 that  lyeth  by  myne,  and  he  hath  barlye 
 theron :  go  youre  waye  therfore  and  set  fyre 
 vpon  it.  So  Absaloms  seruauntes  sett  fyre 
 vpon  loabs  pece  of  londe. 
 
 Then  loab  gat  him  vp,  and  came  to  Absa- 
 lom in  to  the  house,  and  sayde  vnto  him: 
 Wherfore  haue  thy  seruauntes  set  fire  vpon 
 my  pece  of  londe  ?  Absalo  sayde  vnto  loab : 
 Beholde,  I  sent  for  the,  and  caused  to  saye 
 vnto  the :  Come  hither,  that  I  maye  sende 
 the  to  the  kynge,  and  to  saye :  Wherfore  came 
 I  from  Gesur  ?  It  were  better  for  me  that  I 
 were  there  yet.  Let  me  therfore  se  the 
 kynges  face.  But  yf  there  be  eny  trespace 
 in  me,  then  put  me  to  death.  And  loab 
 wente  in  to  the  kynge,  and  tolde  him.  And 
 he  called  Absalom,  to  come  in  to  the  kynge, 
 and  he  worshipped  vpon  his  face  to  the 
 grounde  before  the  kynge.  And  the  kynge 
 kyssed  Absalom. 
 
 0)t  >-b.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  after  this  it  fortuned  that  Absalom 
 caused  to  prepare  himselfe  chearettes 
 and  horses,  and  fyftye  men,  which  were  his 
 fote  me.  And  Absalo  gat  him  vp  allwaye 
 early  in  the  mornynge,  and  stode  in  the  waye 
 by  the  porte  :  and  whan  eny  man  had  a  mat- 
 ter which  shulde  come  to  the  kynge  for  iudg- 
 ment,  Absalom  called  vnto  him  and  sayde : 
 Of  what  cite  art  thou  ?  Yf  he  sayde  then : 
 thy  seruaunt  is  of  one  of  the  trybes  of  Israel, 
 then  sayde  Absalom  vnto  him :  Beholde,  thy 
 matter  is  righte  and  plaine :  but  there  is  no- 
 man  appoynted  y  of  the  kynge  to  heare  the 
 
 And  Absalom  sayde :  O  who  setteth  me  to 
 be  iudge  in  y  londe,  that  euery  man  which 
 hath  a  plee  or  matter  to  do  in  y  lawe,  might 
 come  to  me,  that  I  might  helpe  him  to  right. 
 And  whan  eny  man  came  to  him  to  do  wor- 
 shippe  5  to  do  him  obeisaunce,  he  put  forth 
 his  hade,  and  helde  him  5  kyssed  him.  After 
 this  maner  dyd  Absalom  vnto  all  Israel  whan 
 they  came  to  the  lawe  -vnto  the  kynge,  and  so 
 dyd  he  steale  awaye  the  hert  of  y  men  of 
 Israel. 
 
 After  fortye  yeares  sayde  Absalom  vnto  the 
 kynge :  I  wil  go  and  perfourme  my  vowe  at 
 Hebron,  which  I  made  \iito  the  LORDE. 
 For  thy  seruaunt  made  a  vowe,  *  whan  I 
 dwelt  at  Gesur  in  Siria,  and  saide :  Whan  f 
 LORDE  bi-yngeth  me  agayne  to  lerusalem, 
 I  shal  do  a  Gods  seruyce  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 The  kynge  sayde  vnto  him  :  Go  thy  waye  in 
 peace.  And  he  gat  him  vp,  and  wente  vnto 
 Hebron. 
 
Cftap.  j:fa. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  bokt  of  tl)(  fepgtsi. 
 
 #0.  mi. 
 
 But  Absalom  had  sent  out  spyes  in  all  the 
 trybes  of  Israel,  sayenge :  Whan  ye  heare  the 
 noyse  of  the  trompe,  saye :  Absalom  is  made 
 kynge  at  Hebron.  There  wente  with  Absa- 
 lom two  hundreth  men  called  from  Jerusalem, 
 but  they  wente  on  sjonply,  and  knewe  not  of 
 the  matter.  Absalom  sent  also  for  Achito- 
 phel  (the  Gilonyte)  Dauids  counceler,  out  of 
 his  cite  Gilo.  Now  whan  he  did  the  sacrifice, 
 the  conspiracion  was  mightie  and  the  people 
 ranne  together,  and  multyplied  with  Absalom. 
 
 Then  came  one  which  tolde  Dauid,  and 
 sayde,  that  the  hert  of  euery  man  in  Israel 
 folowed  Absalom.  Dauid  sayde  vnto  all  his 
 seruauntes  that  were  with  him  at  lerusalem : 
 Vp,  let  vs  fle,  for  here  shall  be  no  escapynge 
 for  vs  before  Absalom. 
 
 Make  haist  that  we  maye  be  goynge,  lest 
 he  ouertake  vs  and  catch  vs,  and  dryue  some 
 mysfortune  vpon  vs,  and  smyte  the  cyte  with 
 the  edge  of  the  swerde.  Then  sayde  the 
 kynges  seruauntes  vnto  him :  Loke  what  my 
 lorde  y  kinge  choseth,  beholde,  here  are  thy 
 seruauntes.  And  the  kynge  wente  forth  on 
 fote  with  all  his  housholde.  *But  ten  concu- 
 bynes  lefte  he  to  kepe  the  house. 
 
 And  whan  the  kymge  and  all  the  people 
 came  forth  on  fote,  they  wete  farre  from  home, 
 and  all  his  seruauntes  wente  by  him,  and  all 
 the  Chrethians  and  Plethians,  and  all  the 
 Gethites  (euen  sixe  hundreth  men)  which  were 
 come  on  fote  from  Gath,  wente  before  the 
 kynge. 
 
 And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  tithai  f  Geth- 
 ite  :  Why  goest  thou  also  with  vs  ?  Turne 
 backe,  and  byde  with  the  kynge,  for  thou  art 
 a  straunger :  get  the  hence  agayne  vnto  thy 
 place.  Thou  camest  yesterdaye,  and  to  daye 
 thou  iuperdest  to  go  with  vs :  As  for  me,  I 
 vfy\  go  whither  I  can:  turne  thou  backe  agayne, 
 and  mercy  and  faithfulnes  happen  vnto  thy 
 brethren  with  the.  Ithai  answered,  and  sayde, 
 t  As  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  and  as  truly 
 as  my  lorde  the  kynge  lyueth,  loke  in  what 
 place  my  lorde  the  kynge  shalbe,  (whether  it 
 chaunce  to  life  or  death)  there  shal  thy 
 seruaunt  be  also. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  Ithai :  Then  come,  and 
 go  with  vs.  So  wente  Ithai  the  Gethite  and 
 all  his  men,  and  the  whole  multitude  of  the 
 children  that  were  with  him.  And  all  the 
 lande  wepte  with  loude  voyce,  and  all  the 
 
 '  2  Re.  16.  (1.  and  20.  i 
 
 J  Ruth  I.e. 
 
 people  with  them.  And  the  kjmge  wete  ouer 
 the  broke  Cedron,  and  all  the  people  wente 
 ouer  by  the  waye  that  goeth  to  the  wyldemes. 
 
 And  beholde,  Sadoc  was  there  also,  and  all 
 the  Leuites  that  were  with  them,  (t  they  bare 
 y  Arke  of  the  couenaiit  of  God,  and  set  it 
 there.  And  Abiathar  wente  vp,  tyll  all  the 
 people  came  out  of  the  cite.  But  the  kynge 
 sayde  ynto  Sadoc :  Brynge  the  Arke  of  God 
 in  to  the  cite  agayne.  Yf  I  shal  fynde  grace 
 before  the  LORDE,  he  shall  fetch  me  agayne, 
 and  shall  let  me  se  it,  and  the  house  of  it. 
 But  yf  he  saye  thus  :  I  haue  no  pleasure  to  y, 
 beholde,  here  am  I,  let  him  do  with  me  as  it 
 pleaseth  him. 
 
 And  the  kynge  saide  vnto  Sadoc  y  prest: 
 O  thou  ^Seer,  turne  agayne  to  f  cite  with 
 peace,  and  Ahimaas  thy  sonne  with  the  and 
 lonathas  the  sonne  of  Abiathar :  beholde,  I 
 wyl  tary  in  the  playne  of  the  wyldemes,  tyll 
 the  message  come  from  you,  and  tell  me.  So 
 Sadoc  and  Abiathar  broughte  the  Arke  of 
 God  agayne  to  lerusalem,  and  remayned 
 there. 
 
 But  Dauid  wente  vp  to  mount  Olyuete  and 
 wepte,  (J  his  heade  was  couered.  And  all  the 
 people  that  was  with  him,  had  eueiy  man  his 
 heade  couered  and  wente  on  and  wepte.  And 
 whan  it  was  tolde  Dauid,  that  Achitophel  was 
 in  the  cofederacy  with  Absalom,  he  sayde: 
 LORDE  turne  thou  Achitophels  councell  to 
 foolishnes. 
 
 And  whan  Dauid  came  vp  to  the  toppe  of 
 the  mount,  where  the  vse  was  to  worshippe 
 God,  Chusai  the  Arachite  met  him  with  his 
 cote  rent,  and  earth  vpon  his  heade.  And 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  him  :  Yf  thou  go  with  me, 
 thou  shalt  be  chargeable  vnto  me  :  but  yf  thou 
 goest  agayne  in  to  the  cite,  and  sayest  vnto 
 Absalom:  I  am  thy  seruaunt  O  kynge  euen 
 as  I  was  thy  fathers  seruaunt,  so  wyll  I  now 
 be  thy  seruaunt,  II  Then  shalt  thou  brynge 
 Achitophels  councell  to  naughte.  So  is  Sadoc 
 and  Abiathar  y  prestes  with  the,  and  all  that 
 thou  hearest  out  of  the  kynges  house,  tell  it 
 vnto  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the  prestes.  Be- 
 holde, their  two  sonnes  are  with  the:  Ahimaas 
 the  sonne  of  Sadoc,  and  lonathas  the  sonne 
 of  Abiathar,  by  them  mayest  thou  sende  me 
 worde  what  thou  hearest.  So  Chusai  Dauids 
 frende  came  in  to  the  cite.  And  Absalom 
 came  to  lerusalem. 
 
 i  1  Re.  9.  d.         II  2  Re.  17.  a.  and  b.  c. 
 
fo,  tttih 
 
 CI)e  I},  bokt  of  tl)c  itjmges. 
 
 Cftap.  rfau 
 
 Cljt  rbi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Dauid  was  gone  a  lytle  by 
 from  the  toppe  of  the  mount,  beholde, 
 Siba  the  seruaut  of  Mephiboseth  met  him 
 with  a  couple  of  asses  saclled,  wheron  were  two 
 hundreth  loaues  of  bred,  and  an  hundreth 
 quantities  of  rasyns  and  an  hudreth  quantities 
 of  fygges,  and  a  bottell  of  wyne.  Then  sayde 
 the  kynge  vnto  Siba:  What  wilt  thou  do 
 herewith  ?  Siba  sayde  :  The  asses  shalbe  for 
 the  kynges  housholde  to  ryde  vpon,  and  the 
 loaues  and  fygges  for  the  yonge  men  to  eate, 
 and  the  wyne  shallbe  for  them  to  drynke  whan 
 they  are  weery  in  the  wyldernes.  The  kynge 
 sayde:  Where  is  thy  lordes  sonne?  Siba 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  Beholde,  he  abydeth 
 at  lerusale,  for  he  saide :  To  daye  shal  y 
 house  of  Israel  restore  my  fathers  kigdome 
 vnto  me.  The  kynge  saide  vnto  Siba :  Be- 
 holde, *all  that  Mephiboseth  hath,  shalbe 
 thine.  Siba  sayde  with  reuerence.  Let  me 
 finde  grace  in  thy  sight  my  lorde  O  kynge. 
 
 But  whan  kynge  Dauid  came  to  Bahurim, 
 beholde,  there  wente  out  a  man  of  the  kynred 
 of  the  house  of  Saul,  t  whose  name  was  Semei 
 the  sonne  of  Gera,  which  wente  forth  and 
 t  cursed,  and  cast  stones  at  Dauid,  and  at  all 
 kynge  Dauids  seruauntes  and  all  the  people 
 and  all  the  mightie  men  were  at  his  righte 
 hande  and  at  his  lefte.  Thus  sayde  Semei 
 whan  he  cursed  :  Get  the  forth,  get  the  forth 
 thou  bloudy  hounde,  thou  man  of  BeUal. 
 The  LORDE  hath  rewarded  the  for  all  the 
 bloude  of  the  house  of  Saul,  y  thou  becamest 
 kynge  in  his  steade.  Now  hath  the  LORDE 
 geuen  the  kyngdome  in  to  f  hande  of  Absa- 
 lom thy  Sonne,  and  beholde,  now  stickest  thou 
 in  thine  owne  myschefe,  for  thou  art  a  bloudy 
 hounde. 
 
 But  Abisai  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la  sayde  vnto 
 the  kynge:  Shall  this  deed  dogg  curse  my 
 lorde  the  kynge  ?  I  wyl  go  and  take  the 
 heade  awaye  from  him.  The  kynge  saide : 
 Ye  children  of  Zeru  la,  what  haue  I  to  do 
 with  you  ?  Let  him  curse  on,  for  the  LORDE 
 hath  commaunded  him :  Curse  Dauid.  Who 
 can  saye  now :  Why  doest  thou  so  ? 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Abisai  and  to  all 
 his  seruauntes :  Beholde,  my  sonne  which 
 came  of  my  body,  seketh  after  my  lyfe,  how 
 
 '  2  Re.  9.  b. 
 
 §  3  Re.  2.  g. 
 
 t  2  Re.  t9.  b.  t  Exo.  2 
 
 II  2  Re.  12.  c.  and  15.  c. 
 
 moch  more  now  the  sonne  of  lemini  ?  Let 
 him  curse  on,  for  the  LORDE  hath  com- 
 maunded him:  ^peraduenture  the  LORDE 
 shall  consydre  my  aduersyte,  and  recompence 
 me  good  for  his  cursynge  this  daye.  So  Dauid 
 wente  on  his  waye  with  his  men.  But  Semei 
 wente  on  by  the  mount  besyde  him,  and 
 cursed,  and  cast  stones  at  him,  5  threwe  clottes 
 of  earth. 
 
 And  the  kynge  came  in  and  all  the  people 
 that  was  with  him,  weery,  and  refreshed  him- 
 selfe  there.  But  Absalom  and  all  the  people 
 of  the  men  of  Israel  came  to  lerusalem  and 
 Achitophel  with  him.  Whan  Chusai  the 
 Arachite  Dauids  frende  came  in  to  Absalom, 
 he  sayde  vnto  Absalom :  God  saue  the  kynge 
 God  saue  the  kynge. 
 
 Absalom  sayde  vnto  Chusai :  Is  this  thy 
 mercy  vnto  thy  frende  ?  Why  art  thou  not 
 gone  with  thy  frende  ?  Chusai  sayde  vnto 
 Absalom :  Not  so,  but  loke  whom  the  LORDE 
 choseth,  and  this  people,  and  all  the  men  in 
 Israel,  his  wyl  I  be,  and  byde  with  him.  Se- 
 condly, whom  shulde  I  serue  ?  Shulde  I  not 
 do  seruyce  before  his  sonne  ?  Like  as  I  haue 
 serued  in  the  presence  of  thy  father,  so  wyll  I 
 do  seruyce  before  the  also. 
 
 And  Absalom  sayde  vnto  Achitophel :  Geue 
 vs  youre  councell  what  we  shal  do  ?  Achi- 
 tophel sayde  vnto  Absalom :  II  Go  lye  with  thy 
 fathers  concubynes,  whom  he  hath  lefte  to 
 kepe  the  house,  so  shall  all  Israel  heare  that 
 thou  hast  made  thy  father  to  stynke,  and  the 
 hande  of  all  them  that  are  with  y,  shal  be  the 
 bolder.  Then  made  they  a  tente  vnto  Absa- 
 lom If  vpon  the  house  toppe.  And  Absalom 
 laye  with  his  fathers  concubynes  in  the  sighte 
 of  all  Israel. 
 
 At  that  tyme  whan  Achitophel  gaue  a  coun- 
 cell, that  was  euen  as  yf  a  man  axed  councell 
 at  God :  So  were  all  the  councels  of  Achi- 
 tophel both  with  Dauid  and  with  Absalom. 
 
 Ci)£  )r6ij.  Cf)aptfr. 
 
 AND  Achitophel  sayde  vnto  Absalom :  I 
 wil  chose  out  twolue  thousande  me,  and 
 wyl  get  me  vp,  and  persue  Dauid  by  nighte, 
 and  fall  vpo  him  whan  he  is  feble  and  weery: 
 When  I  vexe  him  the,  so  that  all  the  people 
 which  is  by  him,  flieth,  I  wil  smite  the  kynge 
 onely,  and  brynge  all  the   people  vnto  the 
 
 IT  The  bouses  were  flat  in  those  partes  at  that  tj^me. 
 
Cftap.  )itij. 
 
 Cfte  ij.  ftokc  of  tl)^  fepges. 
 
 #0,  miij. 
 
 agayne.  So  whan  euery  man  is  brought  vnto 
 the  as  thou  desyrest,  then  shal  all  the  people 
 be  in  peace.  Absalom  thought  that  good,  and 
 so  dyd  all  the  Elders  in  Israel.  But  Absalom 
 sayde :  I  praye  you  call  Chusai  the  Arachite 
 also,  and  let  vs  heare  what  he  sayeth  therto. 
 And  wha  Chusai  came  in  to  Absalom,  Absa- 
 lom saide  \Tito  him :  Thus  hath  Achitophel 
 spoken,  Saye  thou  now,  shal  we  do  it  or  not  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  Chusai  vnto  Absalom:  It  is 
 no  good  councell  y  Achitophel  hath  geuen  at 
 this  tyme.  And  Chusai  sayde  morouer  : 
 Thou  knowest  thy  father  well  and  his  men, 
 that  they  are  stronge  and  of  a  wrothfull  sto- 
 mack,  euen  *as  a  Beer  that  is  robbed  of  hir 
 yonge  ones  in  the  felde.  Thy  father  also  is  a 
 man  of  warre,  and  wyl  not  be  necliget  with 
 the  people.  Beholde,  he  hath  now  peraduen- 
 ture  hyd  hymselfe  in  some  caue  or  in  some 
 place.  Yf  it  came  to  passe  then  that  it 
 chaunced  euell  at  the  first,  s  there  shulde 
 come  a  rumoure  and  saye :  There  is  a  slaugh- 
 ter done  in  the  people  that  folowed  Absalo : 
 the  shulde  euery  man  be  discoraged,  which 
 els  is  valeaunt,  5  hath  a  hert  like  a  lyo :  for 
 all  Israel  knoweth  that  thy  father  is  stronge, 
 and  that  all  they  which  be  with  him,  are 
 mightie  men. 
 
 But  this  is  my  coucell,  that  thou  gather  to- 
 gether all  Israel  from  Dan  vnto  Berseba  in 
 nombre  as  the  sonde  of  the  See,  and  go  thou 
 thine  owne  person  amonge  them,  then  wil  we 
 fall  vpon  him  in  what  place  we  finde  him,  and 
 wyll  ouerwhelme  him  euen  as  the  dew  falleth 
 vpon  the  earth,  so  that  we  shal  not  leaue  one 
 of  him  and  of  all  his  men.  But  yf  he  resorte 
 in  to  a  cite,  then  shal  all  Israel  cast  roapes 
 aboute  the  same  cite,  and  drawe  it  in  to  the 
 riuer,  so  that  there  shal  not  one  stone  of  it  be 
 founde. 
 
 Then  sayde  Absalom  and  euery  man  in 
 Israel:  The  councell  of  Chusai  the  Arachite  is 
 better  then  Achitophels  councell. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  broughte  it  so  to  passe, 
 that  y  good  councell  of  Achitophel  was  hyndred, 
 that  the  LORDE  mighte  brynge  euell  vpon 
 Absalom. 
 
 t  And  Chusai  sayde  vnto  Sadoc  5  Abiathar 
 the  prestes :  Thus  and  thus  hath  Achitophel 
 counceled  Absalom  and  the  Elders  in  Israel : 
 but  so  and  so  haue  I  counceled.  Sende  now 
 therfore  in  all  the  haist,  and  tell  Dauid,  and 
 
 Prou.  17.  b.         t  Esa.  8.  c.  and  19.  c.         t  2  Re.  15.  g.\ 
 
 saye  :  Abyde  not  all  nighte  in  the  playne  felde 
 of  the  wyldernes,  but  get  the  ouer,  that  the 
 kynge  be  not  swalowed  vp,  and  all  the  people 
 that  is  with  him.  As  for  lonathas  and  Ahi- 
 maaz,  they  stode  by  the  weD  of  Rogel,  and  a 
 damsell  wente  thither  and  tolde  them.  They 
 wente  on  their  waye,  and  tolde  kynge  Dauid, 
 for  they  durst  not  be  sene  to  come  in  to  the  cite. 
 
 But  a  lad  sawe  them,  and  tolde  Absalom. 
 Neuertheles  they  wente  on  their  waye,  and 
 came  to  a  mans  house  at  Bahurim,  which  had 
 a  well  in  his  courte,  and  they  wete  downe  in 
 to  it.  And  the  woman  toke  and  spred  a 
 couerynge  ouer  the  welles  mouth,  5  strowed 
 firmentye  corne  theron,  that  it  was  not  per- 
 ceaued.  Now  whan  Absaloms  seruauntes 
 came  to  the  woman  in  to  the  house,  they 
 sayde :  where  is  Ahimaaz  and  lonathas  ?  The 
 woma  sayde  vnto  them  :  They  are  gone  ouer 
 the  litle  water. 
 
 And  wha  they  soughte  and  founde  them 
 not,  they  wente  agayne  to  lerusalem.  And 
 whan  they  were  gone,  they  clymmed  vp  out  of 
 the  well,  and  wente  their  waye,  and  tolde 
 Dauid  y  kynge,  and  sayde  vnto  Dauid :  Get 
 you  vp,  and  go  soone  ouer  y  water,  for  thus 
 and  thus  hath  Achitophel  geuen  councell 
 agaynst  you. 
 
 Then  Dauid  gat  him  vp,  and  all  the  people 
 that  was  with  him,  and  passed  ouer  lordane 
 tyll  it  was  cleare  mornynge.  And  there  was 
 not  one,  but  he  wente  ouer  lordane. 
 
 Whan  Achitophel  sawe  that  his  coiicell 
 wente  not  forth,  he  sadled  his  asse,  gat  him 
 vp,  and  wete  home  in  to  his  cite  and  put  his 
 house  to  poynte,  and  hanged  him  selfe,  and 
 dyed,  and  was  buried  in  his  fathers  graue. 
 
 And  Dauid  came  to  Mahanaim,  and  Ab- 
 salom wente  ouer  lordane,  j  all  the  men  of 
 Israel  with  him.  And  Absalom  had  set 
 Amasa  ouer  the  boost  in  loabs  steade.  Amasa 
 was  the  sonne  of  a  man,  whose  name  was 
 lethra  a  lesraelite,  which  laye  with  Abigail 
 the  doughter  of  Nahas  the  sister  of  Zeru  la 
 loabs  mother.  But  Israel  and  Absalom 
 pitched  in  Gilead. 
 
 Whan  Dauid  was  come  to  Mahanaim, 
 ^  Nahas  of  Rabbath  of  the  childre  of  Ammon, 
 and  II  Machir  the  sonne  of  Ammiel  of  Lodebar, 
 and  HBarsiUai  a  Gileadite  of  Roglim  broughte 
 bedstuffe,  tapestrie  worke,  basens,  earthen 
 vessell,  whete,    barly,   meel,   parched  corne, 
 
 §  1  Re.  11.  a.  2  Reg.  8. 
 
 I  2  Re.  19.  f.     f  3  Reg.  2.  b.  I 
 
jTo,  rrcitij. 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bobe  of  t\)t  feyngfsf. 
 
 Cftap.  rbiij. 
 
 beenes,  otemeell,  ryse,  hony,  butter,  shepe 
 and  fat  oxen  vnto  Dauid,  and  to  y  people  that 
 was  with  him,  for  to  eate :  for  they  thought, 
 The  people  shall  be  hongrie,  weerye  and 
 thirstye  in  the  wyldernes. 
 
 Clje  vbtij.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  mustred  the  people  y  was 
 with  him,  and  set  captajaies  ouer  the, 
 ouer  thousandes  and  ouer  hundreds.  And 
 sent  out  of  the  people  one  thirde  parte  vnder 
 Abisai  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la  loabs  brother, 
 and  one  thirde  parte  vnder  *  Ithai  the  Gethite. 
 And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  the  people :  I  wyll 
 go  forth  with  you  also.  Neuertheles  the 
 people  sayde:  Thou  shalt  not  go  forth,  for 
 though  we  fle,  or  die  halfe  of  vs  they  shal  not 
 regarde  vs.  For  thou  art  as  ten  thousande  of 
 vs.  Therfore  is  this  better  that  thou  mayest 
 helpe  vs  out  of  the  cite.  The  kynge  sayde : 
 Loke  what  ye  are  content  withall,  that  wyl  I 
 do.  And  the  kynge  stode  in  the  gate,  and  all 
 the  people  wente  forth  by  hundreds  and  by 
 thousandes.  And  y  kinge  comaunded  loab 
 and  Abisai,  and  Ithai,  and  sayde :  Intreate 
 me  the  yonge  man  Absalom  gently.  And  all 
 the  people  herde  it,  wha  the  kynge  comaunded 
 all  the  captaynes  concernynge  Absalom.  And 
 whan  the  people  were  come  forth  in  to  the 
 felde  agaynst  Israel,  the  battayll  beganne  in 
 the  wod  of  Ephraim.  And  the  people  of 
 Israel  were  smitten  there  before  Dauids  ser- 
 uauntes,  so  that  there  was  a  greate  slaughter 
 the  same  daye,  of  twentye  thousande  men. 
 And  the  battaill  was  scatred  abrode  there  in 
 the  londe.  And  the  wod  consumed  moch 
 more  people  the  same  daye,  then  the  swerde 
 consumed. 
 
 And  Absalom  met  Dauids  seruauntes,  and 
 rode  vpon  a  Mule.  And  whan  the  Mule 
 came  vnder  a  greate  thicke  Oke  tre,  his  heade 
 toke  holde  on  the  Oke,  and  so  hanged  he  be- 
 twene  heauen  and  earth,  but  the  Mule  ranne 
 awaye  from  vnder  him.  Whan  a  certayne 
 man  sawe  that,  he  tolde  loab,  and  saide : 
 Beholde,  I  sawe  Absalom  hange  vp5  an  Oke 
 tre.  And  loab  saide  vnto  the  ma  y  tolde  it 
 him :  Beholde,  sawest  thou  that,  why  smotest 
 thou  him  not  there  to  the  groude  ?  so  wolde  I 
 haue  geuen  the  of  myne  awne  behalfe  ten 
 syluerlynges  and  a  gyrdell. 
 
 The  man  sayde  vnto  loab :  Yf  thou  haddest 
 
 •  3  Re.  2.  b. 
 
 woyed  me  a  thousande  syluwlynges  in  my 
 handes,  yet  wolde  I  not  haue  layed  my  handes 
 on  the  kynges  sonne.  For  the  kynge  com- 
 maunded  the  and  Abisai  and  Ithai  before  oure 
 eares,  and  sayde :  Kepe  me  the  yonge  man 
 Absalom.  Or  yf  I  had  dyssembled  vpon  the 
 ioperdy  of  myne  owne  soule  (for  so  moch  as 
 nothinge  shulde  be  hyd  from  f  kinge)  thou 
 thy  selfe  shuldest  haue  stode  against  me. 
 loab  sayde :  Not  so,  I  wil  vpon  him  before 
 thy  face. 
 
 Then  toke  loab  thre  speares  in  his  hande, 
 and  thrust  Absalom  thorow  f  hert,  while  he 
 was  yet  alyue  vpon  the  Oke.  And  ten  yoge 
 men  loabs  weapenbearers,  came  aboute  him, 
 and  smote  him  to  death.  Then  blewe  loab 
 the  trompe,  and  broughte  the  people  agayne, 
 that  they  shidde  folowe  nomore  vpon  Israel. 
 For  loab  wolde  fauoure  the  people.  And 
 they  toke  Absalom,  and  cast  him  in  the  wod 
 in  to  a  greate  pytt,  and  layed  a  greate  heape 
 of  stones  vpon  him.  And  all  Israel  fled,  euery 
 one  vnto  his  tente. 
 
 Absalom  had  set  him  vp  a  piler  whyle  he 
 was  yet  alyue,  which  stode  in  the  kynges 
 valley,  for  he  sayde :  I  haue  no  sonne,  ther- 
 fore shall  this  be  a  remembraunce  of  my 
 name :  and  he  called  the  piler  after  his  owne 
 name.  And  vnto  this  daie  it  is  yet  called 
 Absaloms  place. 
 
 Ahimaas  the  sonne  of  Sadoc  sayde:  Let 
 me  runne  now,  and  brynge  the  kynge  worde, 
 that  the  LORDE  hath  gotten  him  righte  fro 
 the  hande  of  his  enemies.  But  loab  sayde : 
 Thou  shalt  bringe  no  good  tidinges  to  daie 
 another  daye  shalt  thou  brynge  him  worde, 
 and  not  to  daye,  for  the  kynges  sonne  is  deed. 
 But  vnto  Chusi  sayde  loab:  Go  thou  thy 
 waye,  and  tell  the  kyTige  what  thou  hast  sene. 
 And  Chusi  did  his  obeysaiice  vnto  loab,  and 
 ranne.  Ahimaas  the  sonne  of  Sadoc  saide 
 agayne  vnto  loab :  What  and  I  ranne  also  ? 
 loab  sayde  :  What  wilt  thou  runne  my  sonne  ? 
 Come  hither,  thou  shalt  brynge  no  good 
 tydinges.  (He  answered:)  What  and  I  ranne 
 yet.  He  saide  vnto  him  :  Renne  on  thy  waye 
 then.  So  Ahimaas  ranne  the  straight  waye, 
 and  came  before  Chusi. 
 
 As  for  Dauid,  he  sat  betwene  the  two  gates. 
 And  the  watchman  wente  vp  to  f  toppe  of  the 
 porte  vpon  the  wall,  and  lifte  vp  his  eyes,  and 
 sawe  a  man  renninge  alone,  and  cryed,  and 
 tolde  the  kinge.     The  kynge  sayde:   Yf  he 
 
COap.  m. 
 
 SCfte  ij,  bo'kt  of  tf)t  fepngesi* 
 
 So,  ttth. 
 
 dT 
 
 be  alone,  then  is  there  good  tydinges  in  his 
 mouth.  And  as  the  same  wente  and  came 
 forth,  the  watchman  sawe  another  man  ren- 
 nynge,  and  cryed  in  the  porte  and  sayde : 
 Beholde,  there  renneth  a  man  alone.  The 
 kinge  sayde :  The  same  is  a  good  messaunger 
 also.  The  watchman  sayde :  I  se  the  ren- 
 nynge  of  the  first  as  it  were  the  rennynge  of 
 Ahimaas  the  sonne  of  Sadoc.  And  the  kynge 
 sayde :  He  is  a  good  man,  and  bryngeth  good 
 tidinges.  Ahimaas  cryed,  and  sayde  vnto  y 
 kinge :  Peace,  and  worshipped  before  the 
 kynge  vpon  his  face  to  the  grounde,  and 
 sayde  :  Praised  be  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 which  hath  geuen  ouer  f  men  that  lifte  vp 
 their  handes  agaynst  my  lorde  the  kynge. 
 
 The  kynge  sayde :  Goeth  it  well  with  the 
 yonge  man  Absalom  ?  Ahimaas  sayde :  I 
 sawe  a  greate  vproure,  whan  loab  the  kynges 
 seruaunt  sent  me  thy  seruaunt,  and  I  wote 
 not  what  it  was.  The  kynge  sayde :  Go 
 aboute,  and  stonde  here.  And  he  wente 
 aboute  and  stode  there.  Beholde,  then  came 
 Chusi  and  sayde :  I  brynge  good  tydinges  my 
 lorde  the  kynge :  The  LORDE  hath  executed 
 righte  for  the  this  daye,  from  the  hande  of  all 
 them  that  rose  vp  agaynst  the.  But  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  Chusi :  Goeth  it  well  with  the 
 yonge  man  Absalom  ?  Chusi  sayde :  Euen 
 so  go  it  with  all  the  enemyes  of  my  lorde  the 
 kynge,  and  with  all  them  that  ryse  vp  agaynst 
 the  to  do  euell,  as  it  goeth  with  the  yonge 
 man.  Then  was  the  kynge  soroufull,  and 
 wente  vp  in  to  the  perler  vpon  the  gate,  and 
 wepte,  and  as  he  wente,  he  sayde  thus :  O  my 
 Sonne  Absalo,  my  sonne,  my  sonne  Absalom, 
 wolde  God  y  I  shulde  dye  for  the.  O  Ab- 
 salom my  sonne,  my  sonne. 
 
 Wt)t  jt'f-.  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  it  was  tolde  loab  :  beholde,  y  kinge 
 wepeth  5  mourneth  for  Absalom.  And 
 so  out  of  y  victory  of  y  daye  there  came  a 
 mourninge  amonge  all  the  people.  For  the 
 people  had  herde  the  same  daye,  y  the  kynge 
 toke  on  heuely  because  of  his  sonne.  And  f 
 people  stale  awaye  the  same  daye,  so  that 
 they  came  not  in  to  the  cite  :  as  a  people  that 
 is  put  to  shame,  pycketh  them  selues  awaye, 
 whan  they  are  fled  in  a  battayll.  As  for  the 
 kynge,  he  had  couered  his  face,  and  cryed 
 loude,  and  sayde :  Oh  my  sonne  Absalom, 
 Absalom  my  sonne,  my  sonne. 
 
 But  loab  came  to  the  kynge  in  to  the  house, 
 and  sayde :  This  daye  hast  thou  shamed  all 
 thy  seruauntes  (which  haue  delyuered  thy 
 soule  this  daye,  and  the  soules  of  thy  sonnes, 
 of  thy  doughters,  of  thy  wyues,  and  of  thy 
 cocubynes)  in  that  thou  louest  them  that  hate 
 the,  and  hatest  those  that  loue  f.  For  to  daye 
 thou  shewest  thyselfe,  that  thou  carest  not  for 
 the  captaynes  and  seruauntes :  For  I  perceaue 
 this  daye,  that  yf  Absalom  onely  were  alyue, 
 and  we  all  deed  this  daye,  thou  woldest  thynke 
 it  were  well. 
 
 Get  the  vp  now  therfore,  and  go  forth,  and 
 speake  louyngly  vnto  thy  seruauntes.  For  I 
 sweare  vnto  the  by  f  LORDE,  yf  thou  go  not 
 forth,  there  shall  not  be  lefte  the  one  man  this 
 nighte :  this  shalbe  worse  vnto  f,  then  all  the 
 euell  that  happened  the  sence  thy  youth  vp 
 hither  to.  The  the  kynge  gat  him  vp,  and 
 sat  in  the  gate.  And  it  was  sayde  vnto  the 
 people :  beholde,  the  kynge  sytteth  in  the  gate. 
 Then  came  all  the  people  before  f  kynge. 
 But  Israel  was  fled  euery  one  vnto  his  tent. 
 
 And  all  the  people  stroue  in  all  the  trybes 
 of  Israel,  and  sayde  :  The  kynge  ryd  vs  from 
 the  hande  of  oure  enemies,  and  delyuered  vs 
 from  the  hande  of  the  Philistynes,  and  was 
 fayne  to  fle  out  of  the  lode  for  Absalom.  So 
 Absalom  whom  we  had  anoynted  ouer  vs,  is 
 deed  in  the  battayll.  Why  are  ye  so  styll 
 now,  that  ye  fetch  not  the  kynge  agayne  ? 
 
 The  kynge  sent  vnto  Sadoc  5  Abiathar  the 
 prestes,  5  caused  to  saye  vnto  the :  Speake  to 
 the  Elders  of  luda,  5  saye :  Why  wyl  ye  be 
 the  last  to  fetch  the  kynge  agayne  ^Tito  his 
 house  ?  (for  f  sayenge  of  all  Israel  was  come 
 before  the  kynge  in  to  his  house)  ye  are  my 
 brethren,  my  bone,  and  my  flesh.  Wherfore 
 wyl  ye  then  be  the  last  to  brynge  the  kynge 
 agayne?  And  saye  vnto  Amasa:  Art  not 
 thou  my  bone  and  my  flesh  ?  God  do  this  % 
 that  vnto  me,  yf  thou  shalt  not  be  the  chefe 
 captayne  before  me  in  loabs  steade,  as  longe 
 as  thou  lyuest. 
 
 And  he  bowed  the  hert  of  all  the  men  of 
 luda  as  of  one  man.  And  they  sent  vnto  y 
 kynge :  Come  agayne,  thou  and  aU  thy  ser- 
 uauntes :  So  the  kynge  came  agayne.  And 
 whan  he  came  vnto  lordane,  f  men  of  luda 
 were  come  to  Gilgal,  for  to  go  downe  to  mete 
 the  kynge,  that  they  mighte  brynge  y  kynge 
 ouer  lordane.  And  Semei  the  sonne  of  Gera 
 the  sonne  of  lemini,  which  dwelt  at  Bahurim, 
 
jjTo.  tccbu 
 
 Cftf  ij.  bobr  of  t\)t  bpgrs. 
 
 Cftap.  viv. 
 
 made  haist,  and  weiite  downe  with  y  men  of 
 luda  to  mete  kynge  Dauid,  and  there  were 
 with  him  a  thousande  me  of  Ben  lamin. 
 *  Siba  also  the  seruaunt  of  the  house  of  Saul 
 with  his  fyftene  sonnes  and  twenty  seruauntes, 
 5  gat  them  thorow  lordane  and  passed  ouer  f 
 fery,  that  they  mighte  brynge  ouer  the  kynges 
 housholde,  and  to  do  him  pleasure. 
 
 But  Semei  the  sonne  of  Gera  fell  downe 
 before  the  kynge,  whan  he  passed  ouer  lor- 
 dane, and  sayde  vnto  the  kynge:  O  my  lorde, 
 laye  not  the  trespace  vnto  my  charge,  5  thynke 
 not  vpon  it  that  thy  seruaunt  vexed  the,  tin 
 the  daye  whan  my  lorde  the  kynge  wente  out 
 of  Jerusalem :  and  let  not  y  kynge  take  it  to 
 hert,  for  thy  seruaunt  knoweth  that  he  hath 
 synned.  And  beholde,  this  daye  am  I  come 
 the  first  amonge  all  the  house  of  Joseph,  for 
 to  go  downe  to  mete  my  lorde  the  kynge. 
 
 Neuertheles  Abisai  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la 
 answered  and  sayde :  And  shulde  not  Semei 
 dye  therfore,  seynge  he  hath  cursed  f  anoynted 
 of  f  LORDE?  But  Dauid  sayde:  tWhat 
 haue  I  to  do  with  you  ye  children  of  Zeru  la, 
 that  ye  wyll  become  Sathan  vnto  me  this 
 daye?  Shulde  eny  man  dye  this  daye  in 
 Israel  ?  Thynkest  thou  that  I  knowe  not,  y 
 I  am  become  kynge  ouer  Israel  this  daye? 
 And  y  kynge  sayde  vnto  Simei :  Thou  shalt 
 not  dye.     And  the  kynge  sware  vnto  him. 
 
 Mephiboseth  the  sonne  of  Saul  came  downe 
 also  to  mete  the  kynge.  And  he  had  not  made 
 cleane  his  fete  ner  combde  his  beerde,  nether 
 had  he  waszshed  his  clothes  from  the  daye  that 
 the  kynge  was  gone  awaye,  vntyll  the  daye 
 that  he  came  agayne  in  peace.  Now  wha  he 
 came  to  lerusalem  for  to  mete  the  kynge,  the 
 kynge  sayde  vnto  him:  Mephiboseth,  wherfore 
 wentest  thou  not  with  me  ?  And  he  sayde  : 
 My  lorde  O  kynge,  my  seruaut  hath  dealte 
 vnrighteously  with  me:  for  thy  seruaunt 
 thoughte:  I  wil  saddell  an  asse  and  ryde 
 theron,  and  go  vnto  the  kynge :  for  thy  ser- 
 uaunt is  lame,  and  he  hath  accused  thy  ser- 
 uaunt before  my  lorde  y  kynge.  §But  my 
 lorde  f  kynge  is  an  angell  of  God,  and  thou 
 mayest  do  what  pleaseth  the.  For  all  my 
 fathers  house  was  nothinge,  but  people  of 
 death  before  my  lorde  y-  kynge.  II  And  yet 
 hast  thou  set  thy  seruaunt  amonge  them  that 
 eate  at  thy  table.     What  other  righteousnes 
 
 •  'i  Re.  16.  a. 
 Mat.  16.  c. 
 
 t  2  Re.  16.  b.  t  2  Re.  16.  b. 
 
 §  Gen.  33.  b.    2  Re.  14.  a.     Hest.  15.  b 
 
 haue  I,  that  I  shulde  crye  eny  more  vnto  the 
 kynge  ?  The  kynge  sayde  vnto  him  :  What 
 speakest  thou  yet  more  of  thy  matter  ?  I  haue 
 sayde :  Thou  and  Siba  parte  the  londe  betwene 
 you.  Mephiboseth  sayde  vnto  the  kynge : 
 Let  him  take  it  all,  in  as  moch  as  my  lorde  f 
 kynge  is  come  home  in  peace. 
 
 And  Barsillai  the  Gileadite  came  downe 
 from  Roglim,  and  broughte  the  kynge  ouer 
 lordane,  that  he  mighte  coueye  him  in  lor- 
 dane. And  Barsillai  was  very  olde,  so  good 
 as  foure  score  yeare  olde,  IT  the  same  had  pro- 
 uyded  y  kynge  of  fode  whyle  he  was  at  Ma- 
 hanaim,  for  he  was  a  very  noble  man.  And 
 the  kynge  sayde  vnto  Barsillai :  Thou  shalt 
 go  ouer  with  me,  I  wyll  take  care  for  the  with 
 myne  awne  selfe  at  lerusalem.  But  Barsillai 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  What  haue  I  yet  to 
 lyue,  that  I  shulde  go  vp  to  lerusalem  with 
 the  kynge  ?  This  daye  am  I  foure  score  yeare 
 olde.  How  shulde  I  knowe  what  is  good  or 
 euell,  or  taist  what  I  eate  or  drynke,  or  heare 
 what  the  Musicians  do  synge  ?  Why  shulde 
 thy  seruaunt  be  chargeable  first  vnto  my  lorde 
 the  kynge  ?  thy  seruaunt  shall  go  a  litle  with 
 the  kyoige  ouer  lordane.  Why  wil  the  kynge 
 recompence  me  after  this  maner?  Let  thy 
 seruaunt  turne  backe  agayne,  that  I  maye  dye 
 in  my  cite  besyde  my  father  and  my  mothers 
 graue.  Beholde,  there  is  thy  seruaunt  Chi- 
 meam,  let  him  go  ouer  with  my  lorde  the 
 kynge,  and  do  vnto  him  what  pleaseth  the. 
 
 The  kynge  sayde :  Chimeam  shal  go  ouer 
 with  me,  and  I  wyll  do  for  him  what  liketh 
 the :  and  what  so  euer  thou  desyrest  of  me, 
 that  wyll  I  do  for  the  also.  And  whan  all  f 
 people  was  gone  ouer  lordane  and  the  kymge 
 likewyse,  the  kynge  kyssed  Barsillai  and  blessed 
 him,  and  he  turned  vnto  his  place.  And  f 
 kynge  passed  ouer  vnto  Gilgal,  and  Chimeam 
 wente  with  him.  And  all  the  people  of  luda 
 broughte  the  kynge  ouer,  howbeit  there  was 
 but  halfe  of  the  people  of  Israel  there. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  came  all  the  men  of  Israel 
 vnto  the  kyTige,  5  sayde  vnto  him :  Why  haue 
 oure  brethren  the  men  of  luda  stoUen  the 
 awaye,  and  haue  conueyed  f  kynge  and  his 
 housholde  ouer  lordane,  and  all  Dauids  men 
 with  him  ?  Then  answered  they  of  luda  vnto 
 them  of  Israel:  The  kynge  is  of  oure  nye 
 kynred,  why  are  ye  angrie  therfore?     Thynke 
 
 II  2  Re.  9.  b.         H  2  Re.  17.  e. 
 
 dT 
 
Cftap.  FF. 
 
 €i)t  ij,  bo'kt  of  tin  feyngfsi. 
 
 jfo.  fcrbij. 
 
 ye  that  we  haue  receaued  eny  fode  or  giftes 
 of  the  kynge  ?  Then  answered  they  of  Israel 
 vnto  them  of  luda,  {j  sayde:  We  haue  ten 
 tymes  more  with  the  kynge  and  with  Dauid, 
 the  thou,  why  hast  thou  regarded  me  then  so 
 lightly,  that  oures  were  not  the  first  to  fetch 
 oure  kynge  agayne  ?  But  they  of  luda  spake 
 harder  then  they  of  Israel. 
 
 Wl)t  n-  €i)aptn:. 
 
 THERE  was  a  famous  man  of  Belial  there, 
 whose  name  was  Seba  f  sonne  of  Bichri, 
 a  ma  of  lemini,  which  blewe  the  trompe,  and 
 sayde :  *  We  haue  no  porcion  in  Dauid,  ner 
 inheritaunce  in  ^y-  sonne  of  Isai :  let  euery  one 
 get  him  to  his  tent,  O  Israel.  Then  fell  euery 
 man  in  Israel  from  Dauid,  and  folowed  Seba 
 the  sonne  of  Bichri.  But  the  men  of  luda 
 cleued  vnto  their  kynge  from  lordane  vnto 
 lerusale.  Whan  Dauid  came  home  to  leru- 
 salem,  he  toke  the  ten  concubynes  (twhom  he 
 had  lefte  to  kepe  the  house)  and  put  them  in 
 a  holde  to  be  kepte,  and  made  prouysion  for 
 them :  but  he  laye  not  with  them,  and  so 
 were  they  shut  vp  vnto  their  death,  and  lyued 
 wedowes. 
 
 And  y  kynge  sayde  vnto  Amasa :  Call  me 
 all  the  men  of  luda  together  agaynst  the 
 thirde  daye,  s  be  thou  here  present  also.  And 
 Amasa  wete  to  call  luda  together.  And  he 
 was  slacke  to  come  at  y  tyme  which  he  had 
 appoynted  him.  And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Abisai : 
 Now  shall  Seba  the  sonne  of  Bichri  do  vs 
 more  harme  then  Absalom.  Take  thou  thy 
 lordes  seruauntes,  and  folowe  vpon  him,  y 
 he  fynde  not  some  stroge  cities  for  him,  and 
 so  escape  out  of  oure  sighte.  Then  wente 
 loabs  me  forth  after  him,  and  the  Chrethians 
 and  Plethians,  and  all  the  mightie  me :  and 
 they  wete  out  of  lerusalem  to  folowe  vpon 
 Seba  the  sonne  of  Bichri. 
 
 But  whan  they  were  by  the  greate  stone  at 
 Gibeon,  Amasa  came  before  them.  As  for 
 loab,  he  was  gyrded  aboue  his  garment  which 
 he  had  on,  and  vpon  it  he  had  a  swerde  gyrded, 
 which  hanged  by  his  thye  in  the  sheeth,  and 
 wente  easely  out  and  in,  and  fell  fro  him. 
 And  loab  sayde  vnto  Amasa :  Peace  be  with 
 the  my  brother.  And  loab  toke  Amasa  by 
 the  beerde  with  his  righte  hiide,  to  kysse  him. 
 And  Amasa  toke  no  hede  vnto  y  swerde  in 
 loabs  hande,  and  he  thrust  him  tnerwith  in  to 
 
 the  bely,  y  his  bowels  ranne  out  vpon  the 
 earth,  and  he  thrust  at  him  no  more.  And 
 so  he  dyed. 
 
 loab  5  his  brother  Abisai  folowed  vpon 
 Seba  y  sonne  of  Bichri.  And  one  of  loabs 
 seruauntes  stode  by  him,  and  sayde :  What 
 is  he  this  y  wolde  be  agaynst  loab  to  please 
 Dauid,  and  to  be  with  Dauid  in  loabs  steade? 
 As  for  Amasa,  he  laye  rolled  in  the  blonde  in 
 y  myddes  of  the  strete.  But  wha  one  sawe 
 that  all  the  people  stode  there  still,  he  remoued 
 Amasa  from  the  strete  vnto  the  felde,  and  cast 
 a  clothe  vpon  him,  for  so  moch  as  he  sawe, 
 that  who  so  euer  came  by  him,  stode  styll. 
 Now  whan  he  was  put  out  of  the  waye,  euery 
 man  wete  after  loab,  to  folowe  vpon  Seba  the 
 Sonne  of  Bichri. 
 
 And  he  wente  thorow  all  y  trybes  of  Israel 
 vnto  Abel  Beth  Maacha,  and  all  the  best 
 chosen  men  gathered  them  selues  together,  5 
 folowed  after  him,  and  came  and  beseged  him 
 at  Abel  Beth  Maacha,  and  made  a  banke 
 aboute  the  cite  harde  on  y  wall.  And  all  the 
 people  that  was  with  loab,  layed  to  their 
 ordynaunce,  and  wolde  haue  cast  downe  the 
 wall. 
 
 Then  cried  there  a  wyse  woma  out  of  f 
 cite  :  Heare,  heare,  saye  vnto  loab  that  he 
 come  hither,  I  wyl  speake  with  him.  And 
 wha  he  came  to  her,  the  woman  sayde :  Art 
 thou  loab?  He  sayde:  Yee.  She  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Heare  the  wordes  of  thy  hand- 
 mayden.  He  sayde :  I  heare.  She  sayde : 
 The  comon  sayenge  was  somtyme  :  Who  so 
 w)'ll  axe,  let  him  axe  at  Abel,  and  so  came  it 
 to  a  good  ende.  This  is  y  noble  and  faithfull 
 cite  in  Israel,  and  wilt  thou  destroye  the  cite 
 and  the  mother  in  Israel  ?  Why  wilt  thou 
 swalowe  vp  the  enheritaunce  of  the  LORDE? 
 
 loab  answered  and  sayde :  That  be  farre, 
 that  be  farre  fro  me,  that  I  shulde  swalowe  vp 
 and  destroye.  The  matter  is  not  so,  but  a 
 certayne  man  of  mount  Ephraim  named  Seba 
 the  sonne  of  Bichri,  hath  lifte  vp  him  selfe 
 agaynst  kynge  Dauid,  delyuer  him  onely,  and 
 I  wyl  departe  from  the  cite.  The  woman 
 sayde  vnto  loab :  Beholde,  his  heade  shal 
 be  cast  vnto  the  ouer  the  wall.  And  the 
 woman  came  in  to  all  the  people  with  hir 
 w)'szdome.  And  they  smote  of  the  heade  of 
 Seba  the  sonne  of  Bichri,  and  cast  it  vnto 
 loab.     Then  blewe  he  the  trompe,  and  they 
 
jfo.  rcrbiij. 
 
 El)t  ij,  bokt  of  tl)r  bmigrsi. 
 
 Cbap.  HTU 
 
 departed  from  the  cite,  euery  one  vnto  his 
 tent.  But  loab  came  agayne  to  Jerusalem 
 vnto  the  kynge. 
 
 *  loab  was  captayne  ouer  all  the  hoost  of 
 Israel :  Benaia  f  sonne  of  loiada  was  ouer 
 the  Chrethians  and  Plethians:  Adoram  was 
 rent  gatherer :  losaphat  the  sonne  of  Ahilud 
 was  Chaunceler  :  Seia  was  the  scrybe  :  Sadoc 
 and  Abiathar  were  the  prestes:  Ira  also  y 
 lairite  was  Dauids  prest. 
 
 Wl)t  )T«-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THERE  was  a  derth  also  in  Dauids  tyme 
 thre  yeares  together.  And  Dauid 
 soughte  the  face  of  y-  LORDE.  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde:  Because  of  Saul  and  be- 
 cause of  that  bloudy  housholde  t  y  he  slewe 
 the  Gibeonites.  Then  the  kynge  caused  for 
 to  call  the  Gibeonites,  and  spake  vnto  them. 
 (As  for  the  Gibeonites,  they  were  not  of  ;y 
 children  of  Israel,  but  a  remnaunt  of  the 
 Amorites :  howbeit  t  the  children  of  Israel 
 had  sworne  vnto  the,  and  Saul  soughte  for  to 
 smyte  them  in  his  gelousy,  for  the  childre  of 
 Israel  and  luda.)  Then  sayde  Dauid  to  the 
 Gibeonites :  What  shal  I  do  vnto  you  ?  And 
 where  withall  shal  I  make  the  attonement, 
 that  ye  maye  blesse  f  enheritaunce  of  y 
 LORDE  ?  The  Gibeonites  sayde  vnto  him: 
 It  is  not  for  golde  and  syluer  that  we  haue  to 
 do  with  Saul  and  his  house,  nether  haue  we 
 oughte  to  do  for  to  slaye  eny  ma  in  Israel. 
 
 He  sayde :  What  saye  ye  then,  that  I  shal 
 do  vnto  you?  They  sayde  vnto  y  kynge: 
 The  man  that  hath  destroyed  vs  and  broughte 
 vs  to  naughte,  shulde  we  destroye,  that  no- 
 thinge  be  lefte  him  in  all  the  coastes  of  Israel. 
 Let  there  be  geuen  vs  seuen  men  of  his 
 sonnes,  that  we  maye  hange  them  vp  vnto 
 the  LORDE  at  Gibea  of  Saul  the  chosen  of 
 the  LORDE.  The  kynge  sayde  :  I  wyll  geue 
 them.  Howbeit  the  kynge  spared  Mephi- 
 boseth  f  sonne  of  lonathas  f  sonne  of  Saul, 
 because  of  the  ooth  of  the  LORDE  y  was 
 betwene  them :  §  namely,  betwene  Dauid  j 
 lonathas  the  sonne  of  Saul.  But  the  two 
 sonnes  of  Rispa  y  doughter  of  Aia,  whom 
 she  had  borne  vnto  Saul,  Armoni  g  Mephi- 
 boseth,  And  the  fyue  sonnes  of  Michol  the 
 doughter  of  Saul,  whom  she  bare  vnto  Adriel 
 the  sonne  of  Barsillai  the  Mahalothite,  dyd 
 
 t  1  Re.  22.  d. 
 1  Re.  18.  a.  20.  b.  23.  d. 
 
 {  losu.  9.  c. 
 
 the  kynge  take,  and  gaue  them  in  to  the 
 handes  of  f  Gibeonites,  which  hanged  the  vp 
 vpo  the  mount  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 So  these  seuen  fell  at  one  tyme,  and  dyed 
 in  the  tyme  of  the  first  haruest,  whan  y  barly 
 haruest  begynneth.  Then  toke  Rispa  the 
 doughter  of  Aia  a  sack  cloth,  (i  spred  it  vpon 
 the  rock  in  the  begynnynge  of  the  haruest, 
 tyll  the  water  from  the  heauen  dropped  vpo 
 them,  and  sufFred  not  the  foules  of  the  heauen 
 to  rest  on  them  on  the  daye  tyme,  nether  the 
 wylde  beestes  of  the  felde  on  the  nighte  sea- 
 son. And  it  was  tolde  Dauid  what  Rispa  the 
 doughter  of  Aia  Sauls  concubyne  had  done. 
 
 And  Dauid  wente  and  toke  the  bones  of 
 Saul  and  the  bones  of  lonathas  his  sonne 
 from  y  citesens  at  labes  in  Gilead  (which 
 they  II  had  stollen  from  y  strete  at  Bethsan, 
 where  y  Philistynes  had  hanged  the,  what 
 tyme  as  the  Philistynes  had  smytten  Saul 
 vpon  mount  Gilboa)  and  broughte  them  vp 
 from  thence,  and  gathered  them  together  with 
 the  bones  of  them  that  were  hanged.  And 
 the  bones  of  Saul  and  of  his  sonne  lonathas 
 buried  they  in  y  londe  of  Ben  lamin,  besyde 
 y  graue  of  his  father  Cis.  So  after  this  was 
 God  at  one  with  the  londe. 
 
 But  there  arose  warre  agayne  of  f  Philis- 
 tynes agaynst  Israel.  And  Dauid  wente 
 downe  a  his  seruauntes  with  him,  5  foughte 
 agaynst  the  Philistynes.  And  Dauid  was 
 weery,  g  leszbi  of  Nob  (which  was  one  of  the 
 children  of  Rapha,  and  the  weight  of  his 
 speare  was  thre  C.  weight  of  brasse,  and  had 
 a  new  harnesse  vpon  him)  thoughte  to  smyte 
 Dauid.  Neuertheles  Abisai  the  sonne  of 
 Zeru  la  helped  him,  5  smote  the  Philistyne 
 to  death.  Then  sware  Dauids  men  vnto  him, 
 d  sayde  :  t  Thou  shalt  nomore  go  forth  with 
 vs  vnto  the  warre,  that  the  lanterne  in  Israel 
 be  not  put  out. 
 
 **  After warde  there  arose  yet  warre  at  Nob 
 with  the  Philistynes.  Then  Sibechai  the 
 Husathite  smote  Saph,  which  also  was  one  of 
 the  childre  of  Rapha. 
 
 And  there  arose  yet  warre  at  Gob  with  the 
 Philistynes.  Then  Elhanan  the  sonne  of 
 laere  Orgim  a  Bethleemite  smote  Goliath  the 
 Gethite,  which  had  a  speare,  whose  shaft  was 
 like  a  weeuers  lome. 
 
 And  there  arose  yet  warre  at  Gath,  where 
 
 IllRe.  31.  c.        112  Re. 18.  a.         ••iPar.  21.a. 
 
Cfjap.  nih 
 
 Wi)t  ij.  bokt  of  tf)e  fepsfef. 
 
 jTo.  icciv. 
 
 there  was  a  cotencious  man,  which  had  sixe 
 fyngers  on  his  handes,  and  sixe  toes  on  his 
 fete,  that  is  foure  and  twety  in  the  nombre, 
 and  he  was  borne  also  of  Rapha.  And  whan 
 he  spake  despitefully  vnto  Israel,  lonathas  f 
 Sonne  of  Siraea  Dauids  brother  smote  him. 
 These  foure  were  borne  vnto  Rapha  at  Gath, 
 and  fell  thorow  the  hande  of  Dauid  and  of  his 
 seruauntes 
 
 Ci)e  ni).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  spake  the  wordes  of  this 
 songe  before  the  LORDE,  what  tyme 
 as  the  LORDE  had  delyuered  him  fro  the 
 hande  of  all  his  enemies,  and  from  the  hande 
 of  Saul,  and  he  sayde. 
 
 The  LORDE  is  my  stony  rock,  5  my  cas- 
 tell,  and  my  delyuerer. 
 
 God  is  my  strength,  in  him  wyl  I  put  my 
 trust:  my  shylde  (i  the  home  of  my  saluacion, 
 my  defence  ij  my  refuge,  my  Sauioure,  thou 
 shalt  helpe  me  from  violent  wronge. 
 
 *  I  wil  call  vpon  the  LORDE  with  prayse, 
 so  shal  I  be  delyuered  fro  myne  enemies. 
 
 For  the  sorowes  of  death  copased  me,  and 
 the  brokes  of  Belial  made  me  afrayed. 
 
 The  paynes  of  hell  came  aboute  me,  and 
 the  snares  of  death  had  ouertaken  me. 
 
 Wha  I  was  in  trouble,  I  called  vpo  the 
 LORDE,  yee  euen  my  God  called  I  vpon,  5 
 so  he  herde  my  voyce  fro  his  holy  temple,  (j 
 my  coplaynte  (came)  in  to  his  eares. 
 
 The  earth  trembled  and  quaked,  the  foun- 
 dacions  of  the  heauen  shoke  and  moued,  be- 
 cause he  was  wroth. 
 
 Smoke  wente  vp  from  his  nose,  and  con- 
 sumynge  fyre  out  of  his  mouth,  coles  were 
 kyndled  therof. 
 
 He  bowed  the  heauens  and  came  downe, 
 and  it  was  darke  vnder  his  fete. 
 
 He  sat  vpon  Cherub  and  dyd  flye,  and  ap- 
 peared vpon  the  fethers  of  the  wynde. 
 
 He  made  darknes  his  pauylion  rounde 
 aboute  him,  thicke  water  in  the  cloudes  of  y 
 ayre. 
 
 At  the  brightnesse  of  him  were  the  fyre 
 coles  kyndled. 
 
 The  LORDE  thondered  from  heaue,  and 
 the  Hyest  put  forth  his  voyce. 
 
 He  shot  his  arowes,  and  scatered  them : 
 he  lightened,  and  discomfited  them. 
 
 The  pourynges  out  of  the  See  were  sene, 
 
 •  Psal.  17.  a. 
 
 and  the  foundacions  of  the  earth  were  dis- 
 couered  at  the  chydinge  of  the  LORDE,  5 
 at  the  breth  of  the  sprete  of  his  wrath. 
 
 He  sent  downe  from  aboue,  and  receaued 
 me,  and  drue  me  out  of  many  waters. 
 
 He  delyuered  me  fro  my  stronge  enemye, 
 from  them  that  hated  me,  for  they  were  to 
 mightie  for  me. 
 
 They  ouertoke  me  in  the  tyme  of  my  trou- 
 ble, but  the  LORDE  was  my  succoure. 
 
 He  broughte  me  forth  in  to  liberty :  he  de- 
 lyuered me,  because  he  had  a  fauoure  vnto  me. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  rewarde  me  after  my 
 righteousnes,  and  acordinge  to  the  clennes  of 
 my  handes  shal  he  recompence  me. 
 
 For  I  haue  kepte  f  waye  of  the  LORDE, 
 5  haue  not  bene  vn  godly  agaynst  my  God. 
 
 For  I  haue  an  eye  vnto  all  his  lawes,  and 
 haue  not  put  his  ordinaunces  fro  me. 
 
 Therfore  wil  I  be  perfecte  vnto  him,  and 
 wyl  eshue  myne  awne  wickednes. 
 
 So  shal  ;y-  LORDE  rewarde  me  after  my 
 righteousnes,  acordinge  to  the  clenes  of  my 
 handes  in  his  eye  sighte. 
 
 With  the  holy  shalt  thou  be  holy,  and  with 
 the  perfecte  thou  shalt  be  perfecte. 
 
 With  the  cleane  thou  shalt  be  cleane,  and 
 with  the  frowarde  thou  shalt  be  frowarde. 
 
 For  thou  shalt  saue  the  poore  oppressed 
 people,  and  shalt  set  thine  eyes  agaynst  the 
 proude  to  brynge  them  downe. 
 
 For  thou  O  LORDE  art  my  lanterne.  The 
 LORDE  shal  lighte  my  darknesse. 
 
 For  in  y  I  shal  discofite  an  boost  of  men,  5 
 in  my  God  I  shal  leape  ouer  the  wall. 
 
 The  waye  of  God  is  perfecte :  y  wordes  of 
 the  LORDE  are  tryed  in  the  fyre:  he  is  a 
 shylde  for  all  the  that  put  their  trust  in  him. 
 
 For  where  is  there  a  God,  excepte  f 
 LORDE?  Or  who  hath  eny  strength  with- 
 out oure  God  ? 
 
 God  hath  stregthed  me  with  power,  and 
 made  playne  a  perfecte  waye  for  me. 
 
 He  hath  made  my  fete  like  hartes  fete,  5 
 hath  set  me  vp  an  hye. 
 
 He  teacheth  my  handes  to  fighte,  and 
 bendeth  the  stele  bowe  with  myne  armes. 
 
 And  thou  hast  geuen  me  the  shylde  of  thy 
 health,  and  with  thy  louynge  correccion  shalt 
 thou  multiplye  me. 
 
 Thou  hast  enlarged  my  goinge  vnder  me, 
 and  myne  ankles  haue  not  slyded. 
 
 I   wyl  folowe    vpon    myne   enemies,    and 
 
So,  at):. 
 
 €l)t  i),  iiokt  of  tfje  fepugts. 
 
 Cfjap.  mtj. 
 
 dF 
 
 clestroye  the :  and  wyl  not  turne  backe  agayne, 
 tyll  I  haue  broughte  them  to  naught. 
 
 I  wil  cosume  them  and  thrust  them  thorow, 
 that  they  come  not  vp :  they  shal  fall  vnder 
 my  fete. 
 
 Thou  hast  girded  me  with  strength  to  p 
 battayll,  and  hast  subdued  them  vnder  me  y 
 rose  vp  agaynst  me. 
 
 Thou  hast  made  myne  enemies  to  turne 
 their  backes  vpo  me,  that  I  might  destroye 
 them  that  hate  me. 
 
 They  shal  crye,  but  there  shalbe  no 
 Sauioure :  yee  euen  vnto  the  LORDE,  but 
 he  answereth  them  not. 
 
 I  wil  beate  them  as  small  as  the  dust  of  the 
 earth  :  euen  as  ;y  elaye  of  the  stretes  wil  I 
 make  them  thynne,  and  sprede  them  out 
 abrode. 
 
 But  me  shalt  thou  delyuer  from  the  stryu- 
 ynges  of  the  people,  and  shalt  kepe  me  to  be 
 y  heade  of  the  Heythen  :  A  people  whom  I 
 nauo  not  knowne,  shal  serue  me. 
 
 The  straunge  children  haue  denyed  me : 
 at  the  hearynge  of  the  eare  shal  they  herke 
 vnto  me. 
 
 The  straunge  children  are  waxen  olde,  5 
 are  shut  vp  in  their  presons. 
 
 The  LORDE  lyueth,  and  blessed  be  my 
 God,  and  magnified  be  the  strength  of  my 
 health. 
 
 God  seyth  that  I  be  auenged,  and  subdueth 
 the  people  vnto  me. 
 
 He  bryngeth  me  out  fro  myne  enemies :  5 
 from  them  y  ryse  vp  agaynst  me,  shalt  thou 
 exalte  me,  and  from  f  cruel!  man  shalt  thou 
 delyuer  me. 
 
 *  For  this  cause  wyl  I  geue  thankes  vnto 
 the  amonge  the  Heythen,  and  synge  prayses 
 vnto  thy  name. 
 
 Which  doth  greate  health  for  his  kynge,  5 
 sheweth  mercy  vnto  Dauid  his  anoynted,  and 
 to  his  sede  for  euermore. 
 
 Wt)t  niij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  last  wordes  of  Dauid: 
 Dauid  the  sonne  of  Isai  sayde.  The 
 man,  that  was  set  vp  to  be  y  anoynted  of  the 
 God  of  lacob,  5  a  pleasaunt  dyter  of  songes 
 of  Israel,  sayde  :  The  sprete  of  the  LORDE 
 hath  spoken  by  me,  and  the  vtteraunce  therof 
 is  done  thorow  my  tunge.  He  sayde  :  The 
 God  of  Israel  hath  spoke  vnto  me,  the  strength 
 
 of  Israel,  the  gouernoure  amonge  men,  the 
 righteous  gouernoure  in  the  feare  of  God.  As 
 the  lighte  is  in  y  mornynge  whan  the  Sonne 
 aryseth,  so  that  for  the  brightnesse  therof  no 
 cloude  remayneth  :  and  as  the  grasse  loketh 
 vpon  the  earth  thorow  the  rayne,  euen  so  shal 
 my  house  be  with  God.  t  For  he  hath  made 
 an  euerlastinge  couenaunt  with  me,  well  ap- 
 poynted  on  euery  syde  and  sure.  For  this  is 
 all  my  health  g  pleasure,  that  it  shal  growe. 
 But  the  Belial  shal  be  vtterly  u  cleane  roted 
 out  as  the  thornes,  which  me  take  not  in  their 
 hjides.  And  they  y  touch  them,  shal  destroye 
 them  with  yrons  5  speares :  5  in  the  fyre  shal 
 they  be  brent,  that  they  maye  be  broughte  to 
 naught. 
 
 These  are  the  names  of  Dauids  Worthies : 
 lasabeam  y  sonne  of  Hachmoni,  "the  chefest 
 amonge  thre,  which  lifte  vp  his  speare,  5  slewe 
 eight  hundreth  at  one  tjrme. 
 
 After  him  was  Eleasar  the  sonne  of  Dodi 
 the  sonne  of  Ahohi  amonge  the  thre  Worthies 
 with  Dauid,  whan  they  spake  despytefully  to 
 the  Philistynes,  and  were  gathered  together 
 to  the  battayll,  and  the  men  of  Israel  wente 
 vp.  Then  stode  he  vp  and  smote  the  PhiUs- 
 tynes,  tyll  his  hande  was  so  weery  that  it 
 crompled  with  the  swerde.  And  the  LORDE 
 gaue  a  greate  victory  at  the  same  tyme,  so 
 that  the  people  turned  after  him  to  spoyle. 
 After  him  was  Samma  the  sonne  of  Age  f 
 Hararite.  Wha  the  Philistynes  had  gathered 
 them  selues  in  a  company,  and  in  the  same 
 place  there  was  a  pece  of  lode  full  of  small 
 come,  and  the  people  fled  before  the  Philis- 
 tynes, the  stode  he  in  the  myddes  of  f  pece 
 of  londe,  g  delyuered  it,  5  smote  f  Philistynes. 
 And  God  gaue  a  greate  victory. 
 
 And  these  thre  pryncipall  amonge  thirtie, 
 came  downe  in  the  haruest  vnto  Dauid,  'in  to 
 the  caue  of  AduUam,  5  the  boost  of  y  Philis- 
 tynes laye  in  f  valley  of  Rephaim.  But 
 Dauid  was  at  the  same  tyme  in  the  castell, 
 and  y  Philistynes  people  laye  at  Bethleem. 
 And  Dauid  was  desyrous,  and  sayde  :  Wolde 
 God  y  some  man  wolde  fetch  me  a  drynke  of 
 water  out  of  the  well  at  Bethleem  vnder  the 
 gate.  The  brake  the  thre  Worthies  in  to  the 
 hoost  of  the  Philistynes,  and  drue  of  the  water 
 out  of  the  well  at  Bethleem  vnder  y  gate,  5 
 caried  it  3  broughte  it  vnto  Dauid:  neuertheles 
 he  wolde  not  drynke  it,  but  offi'ed  it  vnto  the 
 
Cftap.  vmii^ 
 
 CI)e  ij.  bokt  of  tftf  kpngfs!. 
 
 jTo.  rriTU 
 
 LORDE,  5  sayde :  The  LORDE  let  this  be 
 farre  fro  me,  that  I  shulde  do  it.  Is  it  not 
 the  bloude  of  the  men  that  ioperded  their 
 lyues,  and  wente  thither  ?  And  he  wolde  not 
 drynke  it.     This  dyd  the  thre  Worthies. 
 
 *Abisai  f  brother  of  loab  the  sonne  of 
 Zeru  la  was  one  also  chefe  amoge  thre.  He 
 lifte  vp  his  speare  ij  smote  thre  hundreth,  5 
 was  an  awncient  man  amoge  thre,  5  the  noblest 
 amonge  thre,  5  was  their  ruler.  But  he  came 
 not  vnto  the  thre.  t  And  Benaia  the  sonne 
 of  loiada,  the  sonne  of  Ishail  (a  man  of  greate 
 actes  of  Cabzeell)  smote  two  mightie  giautes 
 of  f  Moabites,  j  wete  downe,  5  slewe  a  lyon 
 at  a  well  in  the  snowe  tyme.  He  smote  also 
 a  fayre  goodly  man  of  Egipte,  which  had  a 
 speare  in  his  hande.  But  he  wete  downe  to 
 him  with  a  staffe,  and  toke  the  speare  out  of 
 the  Egipcians  hande  by  violence,  and  slewe 
 him  with  his  owne  speare.  This  dyd  Benaia 
 the  Sonne  of  loiada,  and  was  a  famous  man 
 amoge  thre  Worthies,  and  more  honorable 
 then  the  thirtie,  but  he  came  not  vnto  the  thre. 
 And  Dauid  made  him  of  his  secrete  coiicell. 
 
 Asahel  the  brother  of  loab  is  amonge  f 
 thirtie :  Elham  his  vncles  sonne  at  Bethleem. 
 Samma  the  Haradite,  Elika  the  Haradite, 
 Helez  the  Paltite,  Ira  the  sonne  of  Ikes  the 
 Tekoite,  Abiser  the  Anthothite,  Mebunai  the 
 Husathite,  Zalmon  the  Ahohite,  Maherai  the 
 Netophatite,  Ithai  the  sonne  of  Ribai  of 
 Gibea  of  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin,  Benaia 
 the  Pirgathonite,  Hidai  of  the  broke  of 
 Gaas,  Abialbon  the  Arbathite,  Asmaueth  the 
 Bahumite,  Ehaheba  the  Baalbonite.  The 
 children  of  lasen  and  lonathas  :  Samma  the 
 Hararite,  Eliphelet  the  sonne  of  Ahaszbai  ;y 
 sonne  of  Maechathi,  Eliam  the  sonne  of 
 Achitophel  y  Gilonite,  Hesrai  of  Carmel, 
 Paerai  the  Arbite,  legael  the  sonne  of  Nathan 
 of  Soba,  Bani  the  Gadite,  Zeleg  the  Am- 
 monite, Naharai  the  Beerothite,  the  weapen 
 bearer  of  loab  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la,  Ira  the 
 lethrite,  Gareb  the  lethrite,  Vrias  the  Hethite. 
 These  are  alltogether  seuen  and  thirtie. 
 
 Cl)e  mii]-  Ci)apUr. 
 
 AND  the  LORDE  was  wrothfully  dis- 
 pleased of  y  new  agaynst  Israel,  "  and 
 moued  Dauid  amonge  them,  because  he  saide : 
 Go,  nombre  Israel  and  luda.  And  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  loab  f  chefe  captayne  of  his  boost: 
 
 •  1  Par.  12.  c.    2  Re.  21.  d.  t  1  Par.  12.  d. 
 
 Go  aboute  in  all  the  trybes  of  Israel,  from 
 Dan  vnto  Berseba,  and  nombre  the  people, 
 that  I  maye  knowe  how  many  they  be.  loab 
 sayde  vnto  the  kynge :  The  LORDE  thy 
 God  adde  vnto  this  people  an  hundreth  tonnes 
 as  moch  as  it  is  now,  that  my  lorde  the  kynge 
 maye  se  his  eyes  lust  theron.  But  why  hath 
 my  lorde  the  kynge  a  desjTe  to  this  thinge  ? 
 Neuertheles  the  kynges  worde  preuayled 
 agaynst  loab  and  the  captaynes  of  the  boost. 
 
 So  loab  and  y  captaynes  of  the  boost  wente 
 forth  from  the  kynge,  to  nombre  the  people 
 of  Israel,  and  passed  ouer  lordane,  and  pitched 
 at  Aroer,  at  the  righte  hande  of  the  cite  which 
 lyeth  in  y  ryuer  of  Gad,  and  at  laseer,  j  came 
 to  Gilead,  and  in  the  lowe  countre  of  Hadsi, 
 and  came  vnto  Dan  laan,  and  aboute  Sidon, 
 and  came  to  the  stronge  cite  of  Tyrus,  and 
 all  the  cities  of  the  Heuites  and  Cananites, 
 and  came  forth  to  the  south  parte  of  luda 
 vnto  Berseba,  and  wete  rounde  aboute  that 
 countre,  and  after  nyne  monethes  and  twenty 
 dales  they  came  to  lerusalem.  And  loab  de- 
 lyuered  vnto  y  kynge  the  summe  of  the  people 
 that  was  nombred.  And  in  Israel  there  were 
 eight  C.  thousande  stronge  men,  that  drue 
 out  the  swerde :  and  in  luda  fyue  hundreth 
 thousande  men.  And  after  that  the  people 
 was  nombred,  Dauids  hert  smote  him  selfe. 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  y  LORDE :  I  haue 
 synned  sore,  that  I  haue  done  this.  And  now 
 LORDE  take  awaie  the  trespace  of  thy  ser- 
 uaunt.     For  I  haue  done  very  \Tiwysely. 
 
 And  whan  Dauid  rose  vp  in  the  mornynge, 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto  the 
 prophet  God,  Dauids  Seer,  5  sayde :  Go  5 
 speake  vnto  Dauid.  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE : 
 I  brynge  the  thre  thinges,  chose  the  one  of 
 them,  that  I  maye  do  it  vnto  the.  Gad  came 
 vnto  Dauid,  and  tolde  him,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Wilt  thou  that  seuen  yeare  derth  shall 
 come  in  to  thy  londe  ?  Or  that  thou  be  fayne 
 to  flye  before  thine  aduersaries  thre  monethes, 
 and  they  to  persecute  the  ?  Or  that  there  be 
 pestilence  thre  dayes  in  the  londe?  Take 
 aduysement  therfore  and  se,  what  answere  I 
 shal  bringe  agayne  vnto  him  y  sent  me. 
 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  Gad :  I  am  in  extreme 
 trouble,  t  Neuertheles  (yf  it  maye  be)  let  me 
 rather  fall  in  to  y  handes  of  the  LORDE  (for 
 his  mercy  is  greate)  I  wyll  not  fall  in  to  the 
 handes  of  men. 
 
 "  1  Par.  22.  a.  }  Eccli.  2,  c.    Susan,  d. 
 
fo.  ttmj. 
 
 Cf)f  1).  bokt  of  tl)r  fepses. 
 
 Cf)ap,  niiii^ 
 
 So  the  LORDE  sent  pestilece  in  to  Israel 
 from  the  morow  vnto  the  tyme  appoynted,  so 
 that  there  dyed  of  the  people  from  Dan  vnto 
 Berseba,  thre  score  and  ten  thousande  men. 
 And  whan  the  angel  stretched  his  hande  ouer 
 Jerusalem  to  destroye  it,  the  LORDE  re- 
 pented ouer  the  euell,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 angell :  It  is  ynough,  holde  now  thy  hande. 
 The  angell  of  the  LORDE  was  besyde  the 
 barne  of  Arafna  the  lebusite.  But  whan 
 Dauid  sawe  the  angell  that  smote  the  people, 
 he  sayde  vnto  the  LORDE :  beholde.  It  is  I 
 that  haue  synned,  I  haue  done  the  trespace : 
 As  for  these  shepe,  what  haue  they  done? 
 Oh  let  thy  hade  be  agaynst  me  and  agaynst 
 my  fathers  house. 
 
 And  Gad  came  to  Dauid  at  the  same  tyme, 
 and  saide  vnto  him:  Go  vp,  and  set  vp  an 
 altare  vnto  the  LORDE  in  y  barne  of  Arafna 
 the  lebusite.  So  Dauid  wete  vp  as  Gad  sayde, 
 and  as  the  LORDE  had  commaunded.  And 
 wha  Arafna  loked  aboute  him,  he  sawe  the 
 kynge  with  his  seruauntes  goinge  vnto  him. 
 
 and  he  worshipped  vpon  his  face  to  the  grounde, 
 and  sayde :  Wherfore  commeth  my  lorde  f 
 kynge  vnto  his  seruaunt  ?  Dauid  sayde :  To 
 bye  the  barne  of  the,  and  to  buylde  an  altare 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  that  the  plage  maye  ceasse 
 from  the  people. 
 
 But  Arafna  sayde  vnto  Dauid :  Let  my 
 lorde  the  kynge  take  it,  and  offre  what  pleaseth 
 him.  Beholde,  there  is  an  oxe  for  a  burnt 
 offerynge,  and  sleddes,  and  vessels  of  oxen  to 
 the  wodd.  All  this  gaue  Arafna  vnto  the 
 kynge.  And  Arafna  sayde  vnto  y  kynge : 
 The  LORDE  thy  God  make  the  accepted 
 vnto  him.  Neuertheles  y  kynge  sayde  vnto 
 Arafna :  Not  so,  but  I  wyll  bye  it  of  the  for 
 as  moch  as  it  is  worth.  For  I  wyl  not  offre 
 burntofFerynges  vnto  y  LORDE,  of  y  which 
 I  haue  for  naughte.  So  Dauid  boughte  the 
 barne  and  the  oxe  for  fiftye  Sides  of  syluer, 
 and  buylded  an  altare  there  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  offred  burntofFerynges  5  deedofferynges. 
 And  the  LORDE  was  mercifuU  vnto  ;y-  londe, 
 and  y  plage  ceassed  from  the  people  of  Israel. 
 
 €bt  citiJc  of  tf)e  sferoiiOf  hofnt  of  tf)C  k^mt$,  otljertopst  catoli 
 tl)e  sifronlif  boke  of  Samuel. 
 
Zi)t  ti^grtrt  ftofte  of  tf^t  fegngti. 
 
 WiiM  11)16  ftoke  conte|)net&» 
 
 Cljap.  I. 
 Adonias  seketh  his  fathers  kyngdome,  Salomon 
 is  ordeyned  kynge. 
 
 CI)ap.   II. 
 Dauid  before  his  death  exhorteth  Salorao  to  god- 
 lynes.     Adonias,  loab  and  Semei  are  put  to 
 death.  Abiathar  is  deposed  from  the  presthode. 
 
 €l)ap.   III. 
 Salomo  optayneth  wyszdome  of  God.     The  wise 
 sentence  of  Salomon  betwene  the  two  wemen 
 that  stroue  for  the  childe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 The  descripcion  of  Salomons  kyngdome,  and  of 
 
 his  wyszdome. 
 
 Ci)ap.  V. 
 Hiram  the  kinge  of  Tyre  sendeth  Salomon  con- 
 
 nynge  craftesmen  to  buylde  the  Temple. 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 The  descripcion   of  the  time  wha  Salomon  be- 
 ganne  to  buylde  the  Temple,  and  how  it  was 
 buylded. 
 
 CI)ap.    Vll. 
 Salomon  buyldeth  himselfe  an  house  of  the  tym- 
 ber  of  mount  Libanus. 
 
 Ci^ap.   VIII. 
 The  Arke  of  the  LORDE  is  brought  in  to  Salo- 
 mons temple.    The  thankesgeuynge  and  prayer 
 of  Salomon. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 The   LORDE  appeareth  vnto  Salomon,  which 
 geueth  Hiram  twenty  cities  5c. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 Quene  Saba  hearynge  of  Salomons  wyszdome, 
 commeth  to  lerusalem. 
 
 Cfjap.    XI. 
 Salomon  displeaseth  God  with  the  loue  of  Hey- 
 thenysh  wemen.    God  deuydeth  his  kyngdome, 
 he  dyeth. 
 
 C]&ap.   XII. 
 Roboam  foloweth  yonge  councell,  and  maketh 
 the  people  to  cleue  to  leroboam,  which  setteth 
 vp  Idolatry  with  the  two  golden  calues. 
 
 Cljap.  XIII. 
 leroboam  despiseth  the  prophet  of  the  LORDE, 
 is  punyshed,  (j  receaued  to  grace  agayne.      A 
 Lyon  slayeth  the  dishobedient  prophet. 
 
 Cljap.  XIIII. 
 leroboam  dyeth,  his  sonne  Nadab  is  kynge.     Of 
 Roboams  dominion. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XV. 
 Abia  reigneth  in   luda,   after  hi  reigneth  Asa, 
 which   hath  warre  with   Baasa  the   kynge  of 
 Israel.      After  him  reigneth  losaphath  :    and 
 Baesa  dyeth. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVL 
 
 Ella  reigneth  in  steade  of  his  father  Baesa. 
 Simri  slayeth  him,  and  taketh  the  kyngdome. 
 The  people  are  deuided.     Achab  is  kynge. 
 
 Cljap.  XVII. 
 
 A  greate  drouth  (j  derth  in  Elias  tyme.  The 
 LORDE  fedeth  him  thorow  the  Rauens,  and 
 by  the  wedowe  at  Sarepta. 
 
 CI)ap.    XVIII. 
 
 Elias  commeth  agayne  vnto  Achab.  All  Baals 
 prestes  are  slayne. 
 
 Cljap.  XIX. 
 
 lesebel  threateneth  Elias,  he  flieth,  and  is  fed 
 and  strengthed  by  the  angell.  The  LORDE 
 talketh  with  him  vpon  mount  Horeb.  Eliseus 
 is  called. 
 
 Cljap.  XX. 
 
 Benadab  the  kynge  of  Siria  fighteth  agaynst 
 Samaria  and  Israel  is  ouercome  and  dis- 
 comfited. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXI. 
 
 Achab  oppresseth  Naboth  for  his  vynyarde. 
 Elias  rebuketh  him. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXII. 
 
 losaphat  ande  Achab  helpe  one  another  to  fighte. 
 The  prophet  Micheas  warneth  them.  I 
 
 43 
 
jTo.  mviiih 
 
 Ci)f  lij.  hokt  of  tin  fepnges. 
 
 Cl^ap,  u 
 
 Cf)c  fiist  Cljnptfr. 
 
 AND  whii  kinge  Dauid  was  olde  s  well 
 strycke  in  age,  he  coulde  not  be  warme, 
 though  he  was  couered  with  clothes.  Then 
 sayde  his  seruauntes  vnto  him :  Let  vs  seke  a 
 yonge  danisell  a  virgin  for  oure  lorde  the 
 kynge,  to  stonde  before  the  kynge,  and  to 
 norish  him,  5  to  slepe  in  his  armes,  and  to 
 warme  oure  lorde  the  kynge.  And  they 
 sought  a  fayre  dasell  in  all  the  coastes  of 
 Israel,  and  founde  Abisag  of  Sunem,  and 
 brought  her  vnto  y  kymge.  And  she  was  a 
 very  fayre  damsell,  and  noryshed  y  kynge, 
 and  serued  him.  Howbeit  the  kynge  knewe 
 her  not. 
 
 Adonias  f  sonne  of  Hagith  lifte  vp  him- 
 selfe,  and  sayde  :  I  wyl  be  kynge.  And  he  pre- 
 pared him  charettes  and  horsmen,  and  fyftie 
 men  to  be  renners  on  fote  before  him.  And 
 his  father  reproued  hi  not  therfore,  so  moch 
 as  to  saye :  Wherfore  doest  thou  so  ?  And 
 he  was  a  man  of  a  very  fayre  bewtye  *  and  he 
 had  begotten  him  nexte  after  Absalo.  And 
 his  matter  stode  by  loab  ;y^  sonne  of  Zeru  la 
 and  by  Abiathar  the  prest,  which  helped 
 Adonias.  But  Sadoc  the  prest,  and  Benaia 
 the  sonne  of  loiada,  and  Nathan  the  prest 
 and  Semei  and  Rei,  and  Dauids  Worthies 
 were  not  with  Adonias. 
 
 And  wha  Adonias  ofFred  shape  and  oxe, 
 and  fat  catell  besyde  the  stone  of  Soheleth, 
 which  lyeth  by  the  twell  of  Rogel,  he  called 
 all  his  brethre  the  kynges  sonnes,  and  all  the 
 men  of  luda  the  kynges  seruaiites.  But  the 
 prophet  Nathan  and  Benaia,  and  the  Worthies, 
 and  his  brother  Salomon  called  he  not.  Then 
 savde  Nathan  vnto  Bethseba  Salomons  mo- 
 ther :  Hast  thou  not  herde  y  Adonias  is  kynge, 
 and  oure  lorde  Dauid  knoweth  not  therof? 
 Come  now  therfore,  I  wyll  geue  the  councell, 
 that  thou  mayest  delyuer  thy  soule  and  the 
 soule  of  thy  sonne  Salomon.  Come  now  and 
 go  in  to  kinge  Dauid  and  saye  vnto  him: 
 Hast  not  thou  my  lorde  the  kynge  sworne  and 
 sayde  vnto  thy  handmayden :  Salomon  thy 
 sonne  shall  be  kynge  after  me,  and  he  shall 
 sytt  vpon  my  seate  ?  Why  is  then  Adonias 
 made  kynge  ?  Beholde,  while  thou  art  yet 
 there,  and  talkest  with  the  kynge,  I  wyll  come 
 in  after  the,  and  tell  forth  thy  tayle.  And 
 Bethseba  wente  in  to  the  kynge  to  f  chamber. 
 
 And  the  kynge  was  very  olde.  And  Abisag 
 of  Sunem  serued  the  kynge.  And  Bethseba 
 bowed  hirselfe,  and  worshipped  the  kynge. 
 
 The  kynge  sayde  :  What  wilt  thou  ?  She 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  My  lorde,  Thou  hast  sworne 
 vnto  thy  handmayde  by  the  LORDE  thy  God: 
 Thy  sonne  Salomon  shall  be  kynge  after  me 
 and  syt  vpon  my  seate.  But  now  lo,  Adonias 
 is  kynge,  and  my  lorde  the  kynge  knoweth  it 
 not.  He  hath  offred  oxen  and  fat  catell,  and 
 many  shepe,  and  hath  called  all  the  kynges 
 sonnes,  and  Abiathar  the  prest,  and  loab  the 
 chefe  captayne.  But  thy  seruaunt  Salomon 
 hath  he  not  bydden.  Neuertheles  thou  my 
 lorde  art  kynge,  the  eyes  of  all  Israel  loke 
 vnto  the,  that  thou  shuldest  shewe  them  who 
 shall  syt  vpon  the  seate  of  my  lorde  the  kynge 
 after  the.  And  wha  my  lorde  the  kynge 
 slepeth  with  his  fathers  then  shal  I  and  my 
 Sonne  Salomon  be  fayne  to  be  synners. 
 
 But  whyle  she  yet  spake  to  the  kynge,  the 
 prophet  Nathan  came,  and  she  tolde  f  kinge: 
 beholde,  there  is  the  prophet  Nathan.  And 
 whan  he  came  in  before  the  kynge,  he  wor- 
 shipped the  kynge  vpon  his  face  to  the  grounde, 
 and  sayde  My  lorde  O  kynge,  hast  thou  saide : 
 Adonias  shal  be  kinge  after  me,  j  syt  vpo  my 
 seate  ?  For  he  is  gone  downe  this  daye,  and 
 hath  offred  oxen,  and  fat  catell,  5  hath  called 
 all  the  kynges  sonnes,  and  the  captaynes,  and 
 the  prest  Abiathar.  And  beholde,  they  eate 
 and  drynke  before  him,  and  saye:  God  saue 
 the  kynge  Adonias.  But  me  thy  seruaunt, 
 and  Sadoc  the  prest,  and  Benaia  the  sonne  of 
 loiada,  and  thy  seruaunt  Salomon  hath  he  not 
 called.  Hath  my  lorde  the  kynge  com- 
 maunded  this,  and  not  certifyed  his  seruauntes 
 who  shall  sytt  vpon  the  seate  of  my  lorde  the 
 kynge  after  him  ? 
 
 The  kinge  answered  and  saide  :  Call  Beth- 
 seba vnto  me.  And  she  came  in  before  the 
 kinge.  And  whan  she  stode  before  the  kynge, 
 the  kynge  sware  and  sayde :  As  truly  as  the 
 LORDE  lyueth  (which  hath  delyuered  my 
 soule  out  of  trouble,)  I  wyl  do  vnto  the  this 
 daye,  euen  as  I  sware  vnto  the  by  the  LORDE 
 the  God  of  Israel,  so  that  Salomon  thy  sonne 
 shalbe  kynge  after  me,  and  he  shal  sit  vpon 
 my  seate  in  my  steade. 
 
 Then  Bethseba  bowed  hir  selfe  with  hir 
 face  to  the  grounde,  and  thanked  the  kynge 
 and  sayde :  God  saue  my  lorde  kynge  Dauid 
 
 t  losu.  15.  b.  and  18.  c. 
 
Cftap.  ij. 
 
 Cf)e  ii],  bokt  of  tl)t  kpngcsi. 
 
 #0.  cciTb. 
 
 dF 
 
 for  euermore.  And  the  kynge  sayde  :  Call 
 me  the  prest  Sadoc  5  the  prophet  Nathan, 
 and  Benaia  the  sonne  of  loiada. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  in  before  the  kynge, 
 the  kynge  sayde  vnto  them:  Take  youre 
 lordes  seruauntes  with  you,  and  set  my  sonne 
 Salomon  vpon  my  Mule,  and  cary  him  downe 
 to  Gihon  :  and  let  Sadoc  f  prest  and  the  pro- 
 phet Nathan,  anoynte  him  there  to  be  kynge 
 oner  Israel,  and  blowe  the  trompe,  and  saye  : 
 God  saue  kynge  Salomon,  and  go  ye  vp  after 
 him  :  and  whan  he  commeth,  he  shal  syt  vpo 
 my  seate,  and  be  kynge  in  my  steade :  for  I  haue 
 ordeyned  him  to  be  prynce  ouer  Israel  and 
 luda.  Then  answered  Benaia  the  sonne  of 
 loiada  vnto  the  kynge,  5  sayde :  Amen. 
 The  LOIIDE  God  of  my  lorde  the  kynge 
 saye  thus  also.  As  the  LORDE  hath  bene 
 with  my  lorde  the  kynge,  so  be  he  with  Salo- 
 mon also,  that  his  seate  maye  be  greater  then 
 the  seate  of  my  lorde  kynge  Dauid. 
 
 Then  wente  they  downe,  the  prest  Sadoc 
 and  the  prophet  Nathan,  and  Benaia  the  sonne 
 of  loiada,  and  the  Chrethians,  g  Plethians,  d 
 set  Salomon  vpon  kynge  Dauids  Mule,  5 
 broughte  him  to  Gihon.  And  Sadoc  the 
 prest  toke  the  oyle  home  out  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle, and  anoynted  Salomon.  And  they 
 blewe  the  trompe :  And  all  y  people  sayde : 
 God  saue  kynge  Salomon. 
 
 And  all  the  people  wente  vp  after  him,  and 
 the  people  pyped  with  pypes,  and  was  veiy 
 ioyfull,  so  that  the  earth  range  at  the  noyse 
 of  them.  And  Adonias  herde  it,  and  all  they 
 whom  he  had  called,  which  were  with  him, 
 and  they  had  new  eaten.  And  whan  loab 
 herde  the  noyse  of  the  trompe,  he  sayde  : 
 What  meaneth  this  noyse  of  the  cite  and  this 
 busynes  ?  But  whyle  he  yet  spake,  beholde, 
 lonathas  the  sonne  of  Abiathar  y  prest 
 came. 
 
 And  Adonias  sayde :  Come  in,  for  thou  art 
 a  valeaunt  man,  and  bryngest  good  tydinges. 
 lonathas  answered  and  sayde  vnto  Adonias  : 
 Alas,  oure  lorde  kynge  Dauid  hath  made 
 Salomon  kynge,  and  hath  sent  with  him  Sadoc 
 the  prest,  and  the  prophet  Nathan,  and  Be- 
 naia the  sonne  of  loiada,  and  the  Chrethians 
 and  Plethians,  and  they  haue  set  him  vpon 
 the  kynges  Mule :  and  Sadoc  y  prest  with  the 
 prophet  Nathan  hath  anoynted  him  kynge  at 
 Gihon,  and  from  thece  are  they  gone  vp  with 
 
 Exo.21.  b. 
 
 '  losu.  23.  d. 
 
 ioye,  that  the  cite  range  with  aU  :  that  is  the 
 noyse  that  ye  haue  herde. 
 
 Salomon  also  sytteth  vpo  the  kynges  seate, 
 and  the  kynges  seruauntes  are  gone  in  to  wysh 
 good  lucke  vnto  oure  lorde  kynge  Dauid,  and 
 haue  sayde :  Thy  God  make  Salomon  a  better 
 name  then  thy  name  is,  and  make  his  seate 
 greater  then  thy  seate.  And  they  haue 
 wyszshed  the  kynge  good  lucke  vpon  the  bed. 
 Morouer  y  kynge  hath  sayde  thus :  Praysed 
 be  y  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  which  this  daye 
 hath  made  one  to  syt  vpon  my  seate,  that 
 myne  eyes  haue  sene  it. 
 
 Then  were  they  afrayed,  and  gatt  them  vp 
 all  that  were  called  by  Adonias,  and  so  they 
 departed  euery  man  his  waye.  But  Adonias 
 was  afrayed  of  Salomon,  and  gat  him  vp,  and 
 wete  his  waye,  5  toke  holde  of  y  homes  of  y 
 altare.  And  it  was  tolde  Salomon  :  beholde, 
 Adonias  feareth  kynge  Salomo,  5  beholde,  he 
 taketh  holde  of  the  homes  of  y  altare,  u  sayeth : 
 Let  kige  Salomo  sweare  vnto  me  this  daye, 
 that  he  shall  not  slaye  his  seruaunt  with  the 
 swerde.  Salomon  sayde :  Yf  he  wil  be  an 
 honest  man,  there  shall  not  one  heer  fall  from 
 him  vpon  the  earth :  but  yf  there  be  euell 
 founde  in  him,  he  shall  dye.  And  kinge 
 Salomo  sent,  and  caused  him  to  be  fetched 
 *  from  the  altare.  And  whan  he  came,  he  fell 
 downe  before  kynge  Salomon.  But  Salomon 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Go  thy  waye  in  to  thy  house 
 
 €l)t  i).  Cf)aptfr. 
 
 NOW  whan  the  tyme  came  that  Dauid 
 shulde  dye,  he  commaunded  Salomon 
 his  sonne,  and  sayde :  "  I  go  the  waye  of  all  the 
 worlde,  Be  thou  stroge  therfore,  and  shewe 
 thyselfe  a  man,  and  kepe  the  watch  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  that  thou  walke  in  his 
 wayes,  and  holde  his  ordinaunces,  his  com- 
 maundementes,  his  lawes,  and  his  testimonies, 
 t  as  it  is  written  in  the  lawe  of  Moses,  that  thou 
 mayest  be  wyse  in  all  that  thou  doest,  and 
 whither  so  euer  thou  tumest  the  :  that  the 
 LORDE  maye  rayse  vp  his  worde,  which  he 
 hath  spoke  ouer  me,  and  saide  :  Yf  thy  chil- 
 dren kepe  their  waye  and  walke  before  me 
 faithfully  and  truly  and  with  all  their  hert  and 
 with  all  their  soule,  the  shal  there  neuer  fayle 
 the  a  man  vpon  the  seate  of  Israel. 
 
 Thou  knowest  well  also  what  loab  the  sonne 
 of  Zeru  la  hath  done  vnto  me,  what  he  dyd 
 
 t  Deut.  17.  d. 
 
So,  tm^i. 
 
 (Ebf  11].  Ookt'  of  t\)t  Ujmges. 
 
 Cbap.  ij. 
 
 vnto  the  two  ehefe  captaynes  of  Israel,  * Abner 
 the  Sonne  of  Ner,  and  t  Amasa  the  sonne  of 
 lether,  whom  he  slewe  and  shed  the  bloude  of 
 warre  wha  it  was  peace,  d  put  the  bloude  of 
 warre  vpon  his  girdel  y  was  aboute  his  loynes, 
 and  in  his  shues  that  were  vpon  his  fete :  Do 
 thou  acordynge  to  thy  wyszdome,  that  thou 
 brynge  not  his  graye  heer  downe  to  the  graue 
 in  peace. 
 
 And  to  the  children  of  Barsyllai  the  Gi- 
 leadite,  thou  shalt  shewe  mercy,  that  they 
 maye  eate  at  thy  table.  For  so  ioined  they 
 the  selues  vnto  me,  whan  I  fled  before  thy 
 brother  Absalom.  And  beholde,  thou  hast 
 .vith  the  t  Semei  the  sonne  of  Gera  the  sonne 
 of  lemini  of  Bahurim,  which  cursed  me  with 
 very  bytter  and  shamefull  cursynges,  what 
 tyme  as  1  wente  to  Mahanaim.  Yet  §  came 
 he  downe  to  mete  me  at  Jordan,  where  I  sware 
 vnto  him  by  the  LORDE,  and  sayde:  I  wyll 
 not  slaye  the  with  the  swerde.  But  suffre  not 
 thou  him  to  be  vngiltye,  for  thou  art  a  wyse 
 man,  and  shalt  wel  knowe  what  thou  oughtest 
 to  do  vnto  him,  that  thou  mayest  brynge  his 
 graye  heer  downe  to  the  graue  with  bloude. 
 
 1  So  Dauid  slepte  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
 buried  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  The  tyme  that 
 Dauid  was  kynge  ouer  Israel,  is  fortie  yeare. 
 "Seuen  yeares  was  he  kynge  at  Hebro  and  thre 
 and  thirtie  yeare  at  Jerusalem.  *And  Salomon 
 sat  vpon  the  seate  of  Dauid  his  father,  and  his 
 kyngdome  was  made  very  sure. 
 
 But  Adonias  the  sonne  of  Hagith  came 
 in  to  Bethseba  Salomons  mother.  And  she 
 sayde :  Is  thy  commynge  peaceable  ?  He 
 spake :  Yee,  and  sayde :  I  haue  somwhat  to 
 saye  to  the.  She  sayde  :  Saye  on.  He  sayde  : 
 Thou  knowest  that  the  kyngdome  was  myne, 
 and  that  all  Israel  had  sett  them  selues  vpon 
 me,  that  I  shulde  be  kynge,  but  now  is  the 
 kyngdome  turned,  and  become  my  brothers : 
 for  he  hath  it  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Now  desyre  I  one  peticion  of  the.  Make 
 not  my  face  ashamed.  She  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Saye  on.  He  sayde  :  Speake  vnto  kynge 
 Salomon  (for  ^he  shall  not  shame  thy  face)  that 
 he  maye  geue  me  Abisag  to  wyfe.  Bethseba 
 sayde:  Wel,  I  wil  speake  to  the  kynge  for  the. 
 
 And  Bethseba  came  in  to  kynge  Salomon 
 to  speake  with  him.  And  the  kynge  stode  vp, 
 and  wente  to  mete  her,  and  worshipped  her, 
 
 •2  Re.  3.  e 
 §2  Re.  19.  (1. 
 
 i  2  Re.  20.  h 
 I  Act.  2.  c.  and  i:: 
 
 t  2  Re.  16.  b. 
 
 ■'  2  Reg.  .5.  a. 
 
 and  sat  him  downe  vpon  his  seate.  And  there 
 was  a  chayre  set  for  the  kynges  mother,  so 
 that  she  sat  at  his  righte  hande.  And  she 
 sayde :  One  peticion  desyre  I  of  the  make  not 
 my  face  ashamed.  The  kynge  sayde :  Axe 
 O  my  mother,  I  wyl  not  shame  thy  face.  She 
 saide :  Let  Abisag  of  Sunem  be  geuen  thy 
 brother  Adonias  to  wyfe. 
 
 Then  answered  kynge  Salomon,  and  saide 
 vnto  his  mother  :  Why  desyrest  thou  Abisag 
 of  Sunem  for  Adonias?  Axe  the  kyngdome  for 
 him  also,  for  he  is  my  greater  brother,  **  and 
 hath  Abiathar  the  prest,  and  loab  the  sonne 
 of  Zeru  la.  And  the  kynge  sware  by  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde :  God  do  this  and  that 
 vnto  me,  Adonias  shall  haue  spoken  this 
 agaynst  his  lyfe.  And  now  as  truly  as  the 
 LORDE  lyueth  which  hath  ordeyned  me,  and 
 made  me  to  syt  vpon  the  seate  of  my  father 
 Dauid,  and  hath  made  me  a  house  (+t  acord- 
 ynge as  he  sayde)  this  daye  shal  Adonias  dye. 
 
 And  kynge  Salomon  sent  thither  by  Benaia 
 the  Sonne  of  loiada,  which  smote  him  that  he 
 dyed.  And  to  the  prest  Abiathar  sayde  y 
 kynge  :  Go  thy  waye  vnto  Anathot  to  thy 
 londe,  for  thou  art  a  man  of  deeth.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  I  wyl  not  slaye  the  this  daye  for  thou 
 hast  borne  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  God 
 before  my  father  Dauid,  and  hast  sufFred 
 also  where  my  father  sufFred. 
 
 Thus  Salomo  put  forth  Abiathar,  that  he 
 must  nomoi'e  be  the  prest  of  the  LORDE, 
 that  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  mighte  be 
 fulfilled,  it  which  he  spake  ouer  the  house  of 
 Eli  at  Silo. 
 
 And  this  rumoure  came  before  loab :  for 
 loab  cleued  vnto  Adonias,  and  not  vnto  Salo- 
 mon. Then  fled  loab  in  to  the  Tabernacle 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  toke  holde  of  the  homes 
 of  the  altare.  And  it  was  tolde  kiiiige  Salo- 
 mon, that  loab  was  fled  in  to  the  Tabernacle 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  beholde,  he  stondeth  at 
 the  altare. 
 
 Then  sent  Salomon  Benaia  the  sonne  of 
 loiada,  and  sayde :  Go  slaye  him.  And 
 whan  Benaia  came  to  the  Tabernacle  of  the 
 LORDE,  he  sayde  ^aito  him :  Thus  sayeth 
 the  kynge :  Come  forth.  He  sayde :  No,  I 
 wyl  dye  here.  And  Benaia  tolde  this  vnto 
 the  kynge  agayne,  and  sayde :  Thus  hath 
 loab  spoken,  and  thus  hath  he  answered  me. 
 
 »  1  Pa.  30.  e. 
 peticion.      *' 
 
 H  tliat  is  :   He  shall  not  denye  the  thv 
 iRe^.  l.a.      tt2Reg.  7.C.      ft  1  Reg.  2.  f 
 
Cfjap.  itj» 
 
 €\)t  iij.  bofef  of  tl)t  kpngfsi. 
 
 jTo,  rantij. 
 
 JF 
 
 The  kinge  saide  vnto  him:  Do  as  he  hath 
 spoken,  and  slaye  him,  and  bury  him,  that 
 thou  mayest  put  fro  me  and  my  fathers  house 
 the  bloude  which  loab  hath  shed  with  out  a 
 cause,  and  that  the  LORDE  maye  recom- 
 pence  him  his  bloude  vpon  his  heade,  because 
 he  smote  two  men,  which  were  more  righteous 
 and  better  then  he,  and  slewe  them  with  |- 
 swerde  that  my  father  Dauid  knewe  not  of : 
 namely,  *Abner  y  sonne  of  Ner  the  chefe 
 captaine  ouer  Israel,  5  Amasa  the  sonne  of 
 lether  y  chefe  captaine  ouer  luda  "y  their 
 bloude  maye  be  recompensed  vpo  y  heade  of 
 loab  and  of  his  sede  for  euer :  but  Dauid  and 
 his  sede,  his  house  and  his  seate  haue  peace 
 for  euermore  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Benaia  the  sonne  of  loiada  wente  vp, 
 and  smote  him,  and  slewe  him :  5  he  was 
 buried  in  his  house  in  the  wyldernes.  And  y 
 kynge  set  Benaia  y  sonne  of  loiada  in  his 
 steade  ouer  the  boost.  And  t  Sadoc  y  prest 
 dyd  the  kynge  set  in  the  steade  of  Abiathar. 
 
 And  the  kynge  sent,  and  caused  for  to  call 
 Semei,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Buylde  the  an 
 house  at  Jerusalem,  and  dwell  there,  and 
 departe  not  from  thence,  nether  hither  ner 
 thither.  In  what  daye  so  euer  thou  departest 
 forth,  and  goest  ouer  f  broke  Cedron,  be  thou 
 sure,  that  thou  shalt  dye  the  deeth  :  thy  bloude 
 be  vpon  thy  heade.  Semei  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge  :  This  is  a  good  meanynge,  as  my  lorde 
 the  kynge  hath  sayde,  so  shal  thy  seruaunt  do. 
 So  Semei  dwelt  at  Jerusalem  a  longe  season. 
 But  after  thre  yeare  it  fortuned  that  two 
 seruauntes  ranne  awaye  from  Semei  vnto  Achis 
 the  Sonne  of  Maecha  kynge  of  Gath. 
 
 And  it  was  tolde  Semei :  beholde,  thy  ser- 
 uauntes are  at  Gath.  Then  Semei  gat  him 
 vp,  and  sadled  his  asse,  and  wete  vnto  Gath 
 to  Achis,  for  to  seke  his  seruautes.  And  wha 
 he  came  thither,  he  broughte  his  seruauntes 
 from  Gath. 
 
 And  it  was  tolde  Salomon,  that  Semei 
 wente  from  lerusalem  vnto  Gath,  and  was 
 come  agayne.  Then  sent  the  kynge,  and 
 caused  for  to  call  Semei,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Sware  not  I  to  the  by  the  LORDE,  and 
 assured  the,  and  sayde :  Loke  what  daye  so 
 euer  thou  departest  out  and  goest  hither  or 
 thither,  be  sure  that  thou  shalt  dye  the  death? 
 And  thou  saydest  vnto  me :  I  haue  herde  a 
 good  meanynge.     Why  hast  thou  not  kepte 
 
 •  2  Re.  3.  c.     °  2  Reg.  20.  b.     t  Kze.  44.  b.     t  2  Re.  l(i.  c. 
 
 the  then  acordinge  to  the  ooth  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  commaundement  that  I  commaunded  the? 
 And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  Semei :  Thou 
 remembrest  all  y  wickednes,  which  thy  hert 
 knoweth  Uhat  thou  dyddest  vnto- my  father 
 Dauid.  The  LORDE  hath  recompenced  y 
 thy  wickednes  vpon  thy  heade.  And  kynge 
 Salomon  is  blessed,  and  the  seate  of  Dauid 
 shalbe  stablished  before  y  LORDE  for  euer. 
 And  the  kynge  commaunded  Benaia  ;y-  sonne 
 of  loiada,  which  wente  forth,  and  smote  him 
 that  he  dyed.  And  the  kyngdome  was  sta- 
 blished by  Salomons  hande. 
 
 Ei)t  ii).  Cfjaptrr. 
 
 AND  Salomon  made  mariage  with  Pharao 
 the  kynge  of  Egipte,  (^  toke  Pharaos 
 doughter,  and  broughte  her  in  to  the  cite  of 
 Dauid,  tyll  he  had  buylded  his  house,  and 
 the  LORDES  house,  and  the  walles  rounde 
 aboute  lerusalem.  But  the  people  offred  yet 
 vpon  the  hye  places :  for  as  yet  there  was  no 
 house  buylded  vnto  the  name  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  that  tyme.  But  Salomon  loued  the 
 LORDE,  and  walked  after  the  ordinaunces 
 of  Dauid  his  father:  excepte  onely  that  he 
 offred  and  brent  incense  vpon  the  hye  places. 
 
 §And  the  kynge  wente  vnto  Gibeon,  to  do 
 sacrifice  there :  for  that  was  a  goodly  hye 
 place.  And  Salomon  ofFred  a  thousande 
 burntofferynges  vpon  the  same  altare.  II  And 
 the  LO RD E  appeared  vnto  Salomon  at  Gibeon 
 in  a  dreame  of  the  nighte,  and  God  sayde : 
 Axe  what  I  shal  geue  y.  Salomo  saide : 
 Thou  hast  done  greate  mercy  vnto  my  father 
 Dauid  thy  seruaunt.  Like  as  he  walked  be- 
 fore the  in  faithfulnes  and  righteousnes,  and 
 in  a  true  hert  with  the,  d  this  greate  mercy  hast 
 thou  layed  vp  for  him,  and  geuen  him  a  sonne 
 to  syt  vpon  his  seate,  as  it  is  now  come  to  passe. 
 
 ^  Now  LORDE  my  God,  thou  hast  made 
 thy  seruaunt  kynge  in  my  father  Dauids 
 steade :  As  for  me,  I  am  but  a  small  yonge 
 man,  knowynge  nether  my  outgoynge  ner 
 ingoynge.  And  thy  seruaunt  is  amonge  the 
 people  whom  thou  hast  chosen :  which  is  so 
 greate,  that  no  man  can  nombre  them  ner 
 descrybe  them  for  multitude.  Geue  thy  ser- 
 uaunt therfore  an  obedient  hert,  that  he  maye 
 iudge  thy  people,  5  vnderstonde  what  is  good 
 (I  bad :  for  who  is  able  to  iudge  this  thy 
 mightie  people? 
 
 §2Par.  l.a.         ||  3  Reg.  9.  a.         U  Sap.  9.  a. 
 
jTo.  crfjcbuj. 
 
 CI)e  ii],  bofee  of  tijt  fepnges. 
 
 Cbap,  liij. 
 
 This  pleased  the  LORDE  well,  that  Sa- 
 lomon axed  soch  a  peticion.  And  God  sayde 
 vnto  him :  For  so  moch  as  thou  axest  this, 
 and  desyrest  not  longe  lyfe,  nether  riches, 
 nether  f  soules  of  thine  enemies,  but  vnder- 
 stodinge  to  heare  iudgment,  beholde,  therfore 
 haue  I  done  acordynge  to  thy  wordes.  *  Be- 
 holde, I  haue  geuen  the  an  hert  of  wyszdome 
 and  vnderstondynge,  so  that  soch  one  as  thou 
 hath  not  bene  before  the,  nether  shall  ryse  vp 
 after  the. 
 
 Yea  and  that  thou  hast  not  prayed  for,  haue 
 I  geuen  the  also,  namely,  ryches,  and  honoure, 
 so  that  amonge  the  kynges  in  thy  tyme  there 
 is  not  soch  one  as  thou.  And  yf  thou  wilt 
 walke  in  my  wayes,  so  that  thou  kepe  myne 
 ordinaunces  and  lawes,"  as  Dauid  thy  father 
 hath  walked,  then  wyll  I  geue  the  a  longe  lyfe. 
 
 And  whan  Salomon  awaked,  beholde,  it 
 was  a  dreame,  tand  he  came  to  lerusale,  and 
 stode  before  the  Arke  of  the  LORDES  co- 
 uenaunt,  and  ofired  bumtofferynges,  and 
 healthofferinges,  and  made  a  greate  feast  vnto 
 his  seruauntes. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  came  there  two  harlottes 
 vnto  y^  kynge,  and  stode  before  him.  And 
 the  one  woman  sayde :  Oh  my  lorde,  I  and 
 this  woman  dwelt  in  one  house,  and  I  was 
 delyuered  of  a  childe  in  the  house  with  her:  5 
 on  the  thirde  daye  after  that  I  was  delyuered, 
 she  was  delyuered  of  a  childe  also.  And  we 
 were  together,  so  y  there  was  no  straunger  in 
 f  house,  but  we  two:  g  this  womans  sonne 
 died  in  the  nighte  (for  she  smoored  him  in  the 
 slepe)  and  she  rose  vp  in  the  nighte,  and  toke 
 my  Sonne  fro  my  syde  (where  thy  handmayde 
 slepte,)  and  layed  it  in  hir  arme,  and  hir  deed 
 Sonne  layed  she  in  myne  arme.  And  whan  I 
 rose  vp  in  the  mornynge  to  geue  my  sonne 
 sucke,  beholde,  he  was  deed.  But  in  the 
 mornynge  I  loked  well,  and  beholde,  it  was 
 not  my  sonne,  whom  I  had  borne. 
 
 The  other  woman  sayde :  Not  so,  my  sonne 
 lyueth,  and  thy  sonne  is  deed.  But  she  sayde: 
 Not  so,  thy  sonne  is  deed,  and  my  sonne 
 liueth.  And  thus  spake  they  before  the  kynge. 
 And  the  kynge  sayde :  This  woma  saieth :  my 
 sonne  lyueth  and  thy  sonne  is  deed :  Yonder 
 woman  sayeth :  Not  so,  thy  sonne  is  deed,  5 
 my  sonne  lyueth.  And  the  kynge  saide : 
 Fetch  me  a  swerde.  And  whan  the  swerde 
 was   brought  before   the   kynge,    the  kynge 
 
 sayde :  Parte  the  lyuynge  childe  in  two  partes, 
 and  geue  this  woman  the  one  halfe,  and  yonder 
 woman  the  other  halfe. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  woman  whose  sonne  lyued, 
 vnto  f  kinge :  (for  hir  motherly  hert  was 
 kyndled  with  pite  ouer  hir  sonne)  Oh  my 
 lorde,  geue  hir  the  childe  alyue,  and  kyll  it 
 not.  But  the  other  sayde  :  Let  it  nether  be 
 myne  ner  thine,  but  let  it  be  parted.  Then 
 answered  the  kynge,  and  sayde :  Geue  this 
 woman  the  lyuynge  childe,  and  slaye  it  not, 
 for  she  is  his  mother.  And  all  Israel  herde 
 of  this  iudgment  that  the  kynge  had  geuen 
 and  they  feared  the  kynge,  for  they  sawe  that 
 y  wysdome  of  God  was  in  him  to  kepe  iudgmet, 
 
 Wtjt  Hi).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THUS  was  Salomon  kynge  ouer  all  Israel, 
 And  these  were  his  prynces :  Asaria  the 
 Sonne  of  Sadoc  the  prest :  Elihoreph,  and  Ahi 
 la  the  sonnes  of  Sisa,  were  prestes :  losaphat 
 the  Sonne  of  Ahilud  was  chaunceler :  Benaia 
 f  Sonne  of  loiada  was  the  chefe  captayne : 
 Sadoc  and  Abiathar  were  prestes  :  Asaria  the 
 Sonne  of  Nathan  was  ouer  the  officers :  Sabud 
 the  sonne  of  Nathan  the  prest  was  the  kynges 
 frende  :  Ahisar  was  stewarde  :  Adoniram  the 
 Sonne  of  Abda  was  rent  gatherer. 
 
 And  Salomon  had  twolue  offycers  ouer  aU 
 Israel,  which  made  prouysion  of  fode  for  the 
 kynge  and  his  house  :  One  had  a  moneth  longe 
 in  f  yeare  to  make  prouysion :  The  sonne  of 
 Hur  vpon  mount  Ephraim.  The  sonne  of 
 Deber  at  Macaz  and  at  Saalbaim,  j  at  Beth- 
 sames,  and  at  Elon,  and  Beth  Hana.  The 
 sonne  of  Hased  at  Aruboth,  and  had  therto 
 Socho  and  aU  the  londe  of  Hepher.  The 
 sonne  of  Abinadab  all  f  lordshippe  at  Dor: 
 (I  had  Taphat  Salomos  doughter  to  wife. 
 Baena  y  sonne  of  Ahilud  at  Thaenach  (j  at 
 Magiddo,  j  ouer  all  Beth  Sean,  which  lyeth 
 besyde  Zarthana  vnder  lesrael  from  Beth  Sean 
 vnto  the  playne  of  Mehelo,  tyll  the  other  syde 
 of  lakmeam.  The  sonne  of  Geber  at  Ramoth 
 in  Gilead :  he  had  the  townes  of  lair  the 
 Sonne  of  Manasse  in  Gilead,  and  had  ;y^  coastes 
 of  Argob  which  lyeth  in  Basan,  euen  thre 
 score  greate  walled  cities,  and  with  brasen 
 barres.  Ahinadab  y  sonne  of  Iddo  at  Maha- 
 naim.  Ahimaas  in  Nephtali :  and  he  also 
 toke  Basmath  Salomons  doughter  to  wife. 
 Baena  the  sonne  of  Husai  in  Asser  and  at 
 
Cftaj).  h. 
 
 €l)t  iij.  bok^  of  ti)t  bpnpsf. 
 
 jTo,  mjriir. 
 
 Aloth.  losaphat  the  sonne  of  Paruha  in 
 Isachar.  Semei  the  sonne  of  Ela  in  Ben 
 lamin.  Geber  the  sonne  of  Vri  in  the  londe 
 of  Gilead,  in  the  londe  of  Sihon  kjnge  of  the 
 Amorites,  and  of  Og  the  kynge  in  Basan. 
 One  officer  was  in  the  same  londe.  As  for 
 luda  and  Israel,  they  were  in  nombre  as  the 
 sonde  of  the  see,  and  ate  and  dronke,  and 
 were  mery.  *Thus  was  Salomo  lorde  ouer 
 all  the  kyngdomes  (from  the  water  of  the 
 londe  of  the  Philistynes,  vnto  the  border  of 
 Egipte)  which  broughte  him  giftes,  and  serued 
 him  as  longe  as  he  lyued. 
 
 And  Salomon  had  daylie  to  his  vytayles 
 thirtye  quarters  of  fyne  meel,  thre  score 
 quarters  of  other  meel,  ten  fat  oxen,  and  twety 
 small  catell,  and  an  hundreth  shepe,  beside 
 hartes  and  Roes,  and  wilde  goates,  and  fat 
 capons,  and  foules.  For  he  had  the  lordshippe 
 of  all  the  londe  on  this  syde  the  water,  fro 
 Tiphsa  vnto  Gasa,  and  ouer  aU  y  kynges  on 
 this  syde  y  water :  5  had  peace  of  all  his  sub- 
 iectes  rounde  aboute,  so  that  luda  and  Israel 
 dwelt  safe,  euery  one  voider  his  vyne,  and 
 vnder  his  figge  tre,  from  Dan  vnto  Berseba, 
 as  longe  as  Salomon  lyued. 
 
 And  Salomo  had  fortye  thousande  cart 
 horses,  and  twolue  thousande  horsmen.  And 
 the  officers  prouyded  the  kynge  Salomon 
 with  vytayles :  and  what  soeuer  belonged  to 
 the  kynges  table,  that  brought  euery  man  in 
 his  moneth,  and  myssed  not :  Barlye  also  5 
 strawe  for  the  horses  and  coursers,  5  broughte 
 them  vnto  the  place  where  y  kynge  was,  euery 
 one  after  his  charge. 
 
 t  And  God  gaue  Salomon  maruelous  greate 
 wyszdome  and  vnderstondinge,  and  a  large 
 hert,  as  the  sonde  that  lyeth  vpon  y  See 
 shore  :  so  that  the  wyszdome  of  Salomon  was 
 greater  then  the  wyszdome  of  all  the  children 
 towarde  the  south  and  of  all  f  Egipcians. 
 And  he  was  wyser  then  all  men,  yee  wyser 
 then  Ethan  the  Esrahite,  Heman,  Chalcal, 
 and  Darda,  the  sonnes  of  Mahol :  and  had  a 
 greate  name  amonge  all  the  Heythe  on  euery 
 syde.  And  he  spake  thre  thousande  t  pro- 
 uerbes,  5  his  §songes  were  a  thousande  d 
 fyue.  And  he  spake  of  trees,  from  y  Ceder 
 of  Libanus  vnto  the  Isope  y  groweth  out  of  y 
 wall :  he  talked  also  of  catell,  of  foules,  of 
 wormes,  of  fiszshes.     And  there  came  of  all 
 
 •Gen.  15.d.     Exo.23.d.     Psal.71.b. 
 t  Prouer.         §  Cant,         ||  2  Reg.  5.  c. 
 
 t  Eccls.  I.e. 
 t  '2  Par.  i'.  a. 
 
 nacions  to  heare  y  wyszdome  of  Salomon,  and 
 there  came  of  all  the  kynges  of  y  earth,  which 
 had  herde  of  his  wyszdome. 
 
 Cl)t  b.  Cl^aptn-. 
 
 AND  Hiram  f  kynge  of  Tyre  sent  his 
 seruauntes  vnto  Salomon,  for  he  had 
 herde,  y  they  had  anoynted  him  kynge  in  his 
 fathers  steade :  for  Hiram  II  loued  Dauid  as 
 loge  as  he  lyued.  If  And  Salomon  sent  vnto 
 Hiram,  sayenge :  **Thou  knowest  that  my 
 father  might  not  buylde  an  house  vnto  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  his  God,  because  of 
 the  warre  that  was  aboute  him,  vntyll  the 
 LORDE  delyuered  them  vnder  the  soles  of 
 his  fete :  But  now  hath  the  LORDE  my  God 
 geuen  me  rest  on  euery  syde,  so  that  there  is 
 no  aduersary  ner  euell  hynderaunce :  Beholde, 
 I  am  therfore  aduysed  to  buylde  an  house 
 vnto  the  name  of  the  LORDE  my  God, 
 acordinge  as  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Dauid 
 my  father,  and  sayde :  tt  Thy  sonne,  whom  I 
 shal  set  vpon  thy  seate  in  thy  steade,  shal 
 buylde  an  house  vnto  my  name.  Commaunde 
 therfore  that  they  hewe  me  downe  Ceders  out 
 of  Libanus,  and  that  thy  seruauntes  be  with 
 my  seruauntes,  5  the  rewarde  of  thy  ser- 
 uauntes wyll  I  geue  the,  what  so  euer  thou 
 shalt  axe :  for  thou  knowest,  y  with  vs  there 
 is  no  ma  which  can  hewe  tymber  as  the  Sido- 
 nians. 
 
 Whan  Hiram  herde  the  wordes  of  Salomon, 
 he  was  very  glad,  and  sayde  :  Praysed  be  the 
 LORDE  this  daye,  which  hath  geuen  Dauid 
 a  wyse  sonne  ouer  this  greate  people.  And 
 Hiram  sent  vnto  Salomon,  sayenge  :  I  haue 
 herde  what  thou  hast  sent  vnto  me :  I  wyl  do 
 acordinge  vnto  all  thy  desyre  with  Ceders  and 
 Pyne  trees.  My  seruaiites  shall  brynge  them 
 downe  from  Libanus  vnto  y  See,  and  I  wyl 
 make  them  to  flote  vp5  the  See,  vnto  the 
 place  which  thou  shalt  shewe  me,  and  there 
 wyl  I  cause  them  to  aryue,  (j  thou  shalt  make 
 the  to  be  fetched.  But  thou  shalt  fulfyll  my 
 desyre  also,  and  geue  fode  vnto  my  housholde 
 folkes.  So  Hira  gaue  Salomon  Ceders  and 
 Pyne  trees  acordinge  to  all  his  desyre.  But 
 Salomon  gaue  Hiram  twentye  thousande 
 quarters  of  wheate  to  eate  for  his  housholde, 
 and  twetye  quarters  of  beaten  oyle.  This 
 gaue  Salomon  yearly  vnto  Hiram. 
 
 ••  1  Par.  23.  b.  and  29.  a.        tt  2  Reg.  7.  c. 
 
^0.  crcvp, 
 
 c 
 
 €i)t  iij.  hokt  of  tl)e  fepg^g. 
 
 €i)np.  Iji. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  gaue  Salomon  wyszdomc, 
 acordynge  as  he  had  sayde  vnto  him,  5  there 
 was  peace  betwene  Hiram  and  Salomon,  and 
 they  made  a  couenaunt  both  together.  And 
 Salomon  made  an  outchosynge  (of  workmen) 
 thorow  out  all  Israel.  And  y  outchosynge 
 was  thirtie  thousande  me,  and  he  sent  the  to 
 mount  Libanus  euery  two  monethes  ten  thou- 
 sande, so  that  they  were  one  moneth  vpon 
 Libanus,  and  two  monethes  at  home.  And 
 *  Adoniram  was  ouer  the  outchosynge. 
 
 And  Salomon  had  thre  score  thousande  5 
 ten  that  bare  burthens,  s  foure  score  thou- 
 sande that  hewed  tymber  vpon  the  mount, 
 besyde  Salomons  chefe  officers,  which  were 
 ordeyned  ouer  the  worke  :  namely  thre  thou- 
 sande and  thre  hundreth,  which  ruled  y  peo- 
 ple that  laboured  there  in  the  worke.  And  f 
 kynge  commaunded,  that  they  shulde  breake 
 out  greate  and  costly  stones,  namely  fre  stone, 
 for  the  foundacion  of  the  house.  And  Salo- 
 mons masons,  and  Hirams,  and  they  that  were 
 in  those  coastes,  hewed  out  5  prepared  tymbre 
 and  stones  to  the  buyldinge  of  the  house. 
 
 Wi)e  bi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 IN  the  foure  hundreth  and  foure  score  yeare 
 after  the  "departinge  of  the  children  of 
 Israel  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  in  the 
 fourth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  Salomon  ouer 
 Israel,  in  the  moneth  Sif  (y  is  the  seconde 
 moneth)  was  the  house  buylded  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  This  house  that  kynge  Salomon 
 buylded  vnto  f  LORDE,  was  thre  score 
 cubytes  loge,  twenty  cubytes  brode,  5  thirtie 
 cubites  hye.  And  he  buylded  a  t  Porche 
 before  the  temple  of  twentye  cubytes  longe 
 after  the  bredth  of  the  house,  5  ten  cubites 
 brode  before  the  house.  And  in  y  house  he 
 made  wyndowes,  which  might  be  opened  and 
 shut  with  lyddes. 
 
 And  rounde  aboute  by  the  wall  of  y  house 
 he  buylded  a  compase,  so  y  it  wente  both 
 aboute  the  temple  and  the  quere,  and  made 
 his  outwarde  wall  roude  aboute.  The  nether 
 most  stacion  was  fyue  cubytes  wyde,  and  y 
 myddest  sixe  cubites  wyde,  and  the  thirde 
 seuen  cubites  wyde.  For  he  layed  balkes 
 rounde  aboute  the  house,  that  they  touched 
 not  y  wall  of  the  house. 
 
 And   whan   f  house  was  buylded,  it  was 
 
 *3Re.4.  a.  and  12.  c.  -  2  Par.  3.  a.    Act.  7.  f. 
 
 t  loh.  10.  c.     Act.  3.  b.  and  5.  b. 
 
 buylded  of  whole  and  outbroken  stones,  so  y 
 there  was  herde  nether  hammer  ner  axe,  ner 
 eny  other  instrument  of  yron,  whan  the  house 
 was  a  buyldinge. 
 
 But  on  the  righte  syde  of  the  myddes  of 
 the  house  there  was  a  dore,  so  y  they  might 
 go  vp  to  the  myddest  stacion  by  a  turne  grese, 
 (I  from  the  myddest  stacion  vnto  y  thirde. 
 Thus  buylded  he  the  house,  5  fynished  it,  (i 
 syled  f  house  both  aboue  (s  by  the  walles  with 
 Ceder  wodd.  He  buylded  a  galery  also  aboue 
 vpon  the  whole  house  fyue  cubytes  hye,  and 
 couered  the  house  with  Ceder  tymber. 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 Salomon,  5  sayde :  Let  this  be  the  house  y 
 thou  buyldest.  Yf  thou  shalt  walke  in  myne 
 ordinaunces,  g  do  acordinge  to  my  lawes,  5 
 kepe  all  my  comaundementes,  to  walke  therin, 
 then  wyl  I  stablyszshe  my  worde  with  ;y,  (t  as 
 I  sayde  vnto  Dauid  thy  father)  5  wyu  dwell 
 amonge  the  childre  of  Israel,  and  wil  not  for- 
 sake my  people  of  Israel. 
 
 Thus  Salomon  buylded  the  house,  5  fy- 
 nished it,  II  buylded  the  walles  on  the  insyde 
 with  Ceder  tymber,  from  the  grounde  of  y 
 house  vnto  the  rofe,  and  syled  it  with  tymbre 
 on  the  ynsyde,  and  ouerlayed  the  floore  of  f 
 house  with  hordes  of  Pyne  tre. 
 
 And  behynde  in  the  house  he  buylded  a 
 wall  of  Ceder  tymber  twentye  cubytes  longe, 
 from  the  floore  viito  the  rofe.  And  there  on 
 the  ynsyde  buylded  he  the  quere  for  the  most 
 holy.  But  the  house  of  the  temple  before 
 the  quere  was  fortye  cubites  longe  :  on  the 
 ynsyde  was  the  whole  house  of  Ceder  with 
 throwne  knoppes  and  floures,  so  that  there 
 was  no  stone  sene.  As  for  the  quere,  he  pre- 
 pared it  on  the  ynsyde  of  the  house,  that  the 
 Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  might 
 be  set  therin.  And  before  the  quere  (which 
 was  twentye  cubites  longe,  twentye  cubytes 
 brode,  and  twentye  cubytes  hye,  and  ouer- 
 layed with  pure  golde)  he  syled  the  altare 
 with  Ceder. 
 
 And  Salomon  ouerlayed  the  house  on  f 
 ynsyde  with  pure  golde,  5  shot  barres  of  golde 
 before  the  quere,  which  he  had  ouerlayed  with 
 golde,  so  that  y  whole  house  was  layed  ouer 
 with  golde.  And  all  the  altare  also  before  y 
 quere  ouerlayed  he  with  golde. 
 
 ^  He  made  also  in  the  quere  two  Cherubins 
 
 t2Re.7.  b.         ^Exo.  25.  b. 
 
Cbap.  bij. 
 
 Cfte  I'l).  hokt  of  tfie  itpfffsf. 
 
 #0,  arjriri. 
 
 ten  cubites  hye  of  Olyue  tre.  One  wynge  of 
 ether  of  the  Cherubs  had  fyue  cubytes,  so 
 that  from  the  edge  of  his  one  \vynge  to  the 
 edge  of  his  other  wynge  there  were  ten  cubytes. 
 Euen  so  had  the  other  Cherub  ten  cubites  also, 
 and  both  the  Cherubs  were  of  one  measure 
 and  of  one  quantitie  so  y  ether  Cherub  was 
 ten  cubites  hye.  And  he  put  the  Cherubins 
 within  in  the  house.  And  the  Cherubins 
 spred  forth  their  wynges,  so  that  the  wynge  of 
 the  one  touched  the  one  wall,  and  the  other 
 Cherubs  wynge  touched  the  other  wall.  But 
 in  the  myddes  of  f  house  the  one  wynge 
 touched  another.  And  he  ouerlayed  the 
 Cherubins  with  golde. 
 
 And  on  all  the  walles  of  the  house  rounde 
 aboute,,  he  caused  to  make  carued  worke,  with 
 earned  Cherubins,  palme  trees,  and  floures. 
 And  the  pauement  of  the  house  ouerlayed  he 
 also  with  golde  plates.  And  at  the  intraunce 
 of  the  quere  he  made  two  dores  of  olyue  tre 
 with  fyue  squared  postes,  and  caused  carued 
 worke  to  be  made  therof  with  Cherubins, 
 palme  trees  and  floures,  5  ouerlayed  them 
 with  plates  of  golde.  So  made  he  also  at  the 
 intraunce  of  the  temple,  foure  squared  postes 
 of  Olyue  tre,  and  two  dores  of  Pyne  tre  (so 
 that  ether  dore  had  two  syde  dores  one 
 haginge  to  another)  and  made  carued  worke 
 therof,  palme  trees  and  floures,  right  as  it  was 
 appoynted. 
 
 And  he  buylded  a  courte  also  within  with 
 thre  rowes  of  fre  stone,  and  with  one  rowe  of 
 playne  Ceder  tymber. 
 
 In  the  fourth  yeare  in  the  moneth  Sif,  was 
 the  foundacion  of  the  LORDES  house  layed: 
 and  in  the  eleuenth  yeare  in  the  moneth  Bui 
 (that  is  the  eight  moneth)  was  the  house 
 fynished  as  it  shulde  be,  so  that  they  were 
 seuen  yeare  a  buyldinge  of  it. 
 
 Ci)E  bij.  CljapUr. 
 
 BUT  Salomon  was  a  buyldinge  his  awne 
 house  thirtene  yeare,  5  fynished  it, 
 namely,  he  buylded  an  house  of  the  wodd  of 
 Libanus,  an  hundreth  cubites  longe,  fiftye 
 cubites  wyde,  j  thirtie  cubites  hye,  foure- 
 squared  with  rowes  of  pilers,  and  with  carued 
 Ceders.  And  the  rofe  aboue  syled  he  also 
 with  Ceder  wodd  vpon  the  fyue  (j  fortie  pilers, 
 for  one  rowe  had  fyftene  pilers,  so  y  there 
 stode  euer  thre  pilers  one  right  ouer  agaynst 
 
 another :  so  that  euery  space  betwixte  the 
 pilers  was  one  ouer  agaynst  another  foure 
 squared  with  the  pilers. 
 
 And  he  made  a  porche  with  pilers  which 
 was  fiftye  cubites  longe,  and  thirtie  cubites 
 brode,  5  yet  a  porche  before  it  with  pilers  tt 
 with  a  greate  poste.  He  made  a  porche  also 
 vnto  y  kynges  seate  (wherin  y  iudgment  was 
 kepte)  and  made  it  to  be  the  porche  of  iudg- 
 ment, and  syled  it  with  Ceder  from  the  paue- 
 ment vnto  the  pauement  agayne,  and  his  owne 
 house  wherin  he  dwelt,  in  y  back  courte  made 
 betwene  y  house  and  the  porche  like  the  other. 
 And  like  vnto  the  porche  made  he  a  house  for 
 Pharaos  doughter,  *whom  Salomon  had  taken 
 to  wife. 
 
 All  these  were  costly  stone  hewen  after  f 
 measure,  cut  with  sawes  on  euery  syde,  from 
 the  grounde  vnto  the  rofe :  and  without  the 
 greate  courte  also.  As  for  the  foundacions, 
 they  were  costly  and  greate  stones,  ten  and 
 eighte  cubites  greate  :  and  costly  fre  stones 
 theron  acordinge  to  f  measure,  and  Ceders. 
 But  the  greate  courte  rounde  aboute  had  thre 
 rowes  of  fre  stone,  5  one  rowe  of  playne  Ce- 
 ders :  Euen  so  also  the  courte  by  f  house  of 
 the  LORDE  within,  and  the  porch  by  the 
 house. 
 
 And  kynge  Salomon  sent  to  fetch  one 
 t  Hiram  of  Tyre  a  wedowes  sonne,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Nephtali,  and  his  father  had  bene  a 
 man  of  Tyre,  t  which  was  a  connynge  ma  in 
 metall,  full  of  wyszdome,  vnderstondinge  and 
 knowlege  to  worke  all  maner  of  metall  worke. 
 Whan  he  came  to  kynge  Salomon,  he  made 
 all  his  worke,  ^  and  made  two  brasen  pilers, 
 ether  of  them  eightene  cubites  hye :  and  a 
 threde  of  xij.  cubites  was  the  measure  aboute 
 both  y  pilers :  and  he  made  two  knoppes  of 
 brasse  molten,  to  set  aboue  vpon  the  pilers : 
 and  euery  knoppe  was  fyue  cubytes  hye  :  and 
 on  euery  knoppe  aboue  vpon  ;y-  pilers  seue 
 wrythen  ropes  like  cheynes.  And  vpon  euery 
 knoppe  he  made  two  rowes  of  pomgranates 
 rounde  aboute  on  one  rope,  wherwith  y  knoppe 
 was  couered.  And  the  knoppes  were  like 
 roses  before  y  porche  foure  cubites  greate. 
 And  the  pomgranates  in  the  rowes  rounde 
 aboute  were  two  hiidreth  aboue  and  beneth 
 vpon  the  rope,  which  wete  rounde  aboute  the 
 thicknes  of  the  knoppe,  on  euery  knoppe  vpon 
 both  the  pilers.     And  set  vp  the  pilers  before 
 
 ^  lere.  52.  e.       1  Par.  19.  b.       4  Re.  25.  b. 
 44 
 
jTo.  mm* 
 
 COe  it),  bofte  of  tl)f  fepgeei. 
 
 Cbap.  bij. 
 
 s 
 
 the  porche  of  the  temple.  And  that  which 
 he  set  on  the  right  hande,  called  he  lachin 
 and  that  which  he  set  on  the  lefte  hande, 
 called  he  Boos.  And  so  stode  it  aboue  vpon 
 the  pilers  euen  like  roses.  Thus  was  the 
 worke  of  f  pilers  fynished. 
 
 And  he  made  a  molten  lauer  ten  cubytes 
 wyde  from  the  one  syde  to  the  other  rounde 
 aboute,  and  fyue  cubites  hye,  and  a  threde  of 
 thirtie  cubites  loge  was  y  measure  rounde 
 aboute :  and  aboute  the  same  lauer  that  was 
 ten  cubites  wyde,  there  wente  knoppes  on  the 
 edge  therof  rounde  aboute  the  lauer.  Two 
 rowes  were  there  of  the  knoppes  molten  with 
 the  lauer. 
 
 And  it  stode  vpon  twolue  bullockes,  wherof 
 thre  were  turned  towarde  the  north,  thre 
 towarde  the  west,  thre  towarde  the  south,  and 
 thre  towarde  the  east,  and  the  lauer  aboue 
 theron,  so  that  all  their  hynder  partes  were 
 within  vnder  the  lauer ;  wherof  the  thicknesse 
 was  an  handbreth :  and  the  edge  of  it  was 
 like  the  edge  of  a  cuppe,  and  as  a  floured  rose, 
 and  it  conteyned  two  thousande  *Battes. 
 
 And  he  made  ten  brasen  seates,  euery  one 
 foure  cubites  longe  and  brode,  and  thre  cu- 
 bites hye.  The  seate  was  made  so,  that  it  had 
 sydes  betwene  the  ledges.  And  on  the  sydes 
 betwene  the  ledges  there  were  lyons,  bullockes 
 and  Cherubins.  And  on  y  ledges  which  were 
 aboue  and  beneth  the  lyons  and  bullockes, 
 were  the  sydes  made  so,  that  they  were  set 
 downwardes.  And  euery  stole  had  foure 
 brasen  wheles  with  brasen  axeltrees.  And 
 vpon  the  foure  corners  there  were  proppes 
 molten,  euery  one  ouer  agaynst  another,  vn- 
 derset  vnto  the  kettell. 
 
 And  the  soket  vpon  the  stole  was  a  cubyte 
 hye  and  rounde,  a  cubyte  and  an  halfe  wyde : 
 and  on  the  soket  there  were  knoppes  in  foldes, 
 which  were  foure  squared  d  not  rounde.  The 
 foure  wheles  stode  beneth  by  the  sydes,  5  the 
 axeltrees  of  the  wheles  were  harde  on  y  seate. 
 Euery  whele  was  a  cubite  and  a  halfe  hye,  and 
 they  were  wheles  like  cart  wheles.  And  their 
 axeltrees,  spokes,  nales,  (j  shaftes  were  all 
 molten.  And  the  foure  proppes  vpo  the 
 foure  corners  of  euery  seate  were  harde  on 
 the  seate. 
 
 And  on  the  soket  aboue  vpon  the  seate  a 
 cubyte  and  an  halfe  rounde  aboute,  there  were 
 ledges  and  sydes  harde  on  the  seate.     And 
 
 *  A  Bat,  was  a  certayne  measure  of  liquore. 
 
 on  the  plat  of  the  same  sydes  and  ledges,  he 
 caused  to  carue  Cherubins,  lyons  and  palme 
 trees,  one  by  another  rounde  aboute  theron. 
 After  this  maner  made  he  ten  molte  seates, 
 one  maner  of  measure  (j  widenes  was  in 
 aO. 
 
 And  he  made  ten  copper  kettels,  so  that 
 one  kettell  coteyned  fortye  Battes,  and  was 
 foure  cubites  greate,  and  vpon  euery  seate 
 was  a  kettell.  And  fyue  seates  set  he  on  the 
 righte  syde  of  the  house,  and  the  other  fyue 
 on  the  lefte  syde.  But  the  lauer  set  he  before 
 on  the  righte  hande  towarde  the  south. 
 
 And  Hiram  made  pottes  also  and  shouels 
 and  basens,  5  so  fynished  he  all  the  worke, 
 that  kynge  Salomon  caused  to  be  made  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE :  namely  f  two  pilers, 
 and  the  rounde  knoppes  aboue  vpon  the  two 
 pilers,  and  the  two  wrythen  ropes  to  couer  the 
 two  rounde  knoppes  vpon  the  pilers.  And 
 the  foure  hudreth  pomgranates  on  the  two 
 wrythen  ropes,  euer  two  rowes  of  pomgranates 
 vnto  euery  rope,  to  couer  the  two  rounde 
 knoppes  vpon  the  pilers.  And  the  ten  seates, 
 and  ten  kettels  theron,  and  the  lauer,  and 
 twolue  bullockes  vnder  y  lauer.  And  the 
 pottes,  shouels  and  basens.  And  all  the  orna- 
 mentes  which  Hiram  made  vnto  kynge  Salo- 
 mon for  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  were  of 
 pure  metall.  In  the  countre  by  lordane, 
 caused  the  kpige  them  to  be  molten  in  thicke 
 earth,  betwene  Sucoth  and  Zarthan.  And 
 Salomon  let  all  the  apparell  be  vnweyed, 
 because  the  metall  was  so  moch. 
 
 Morouer  Salomon  made  all  the  apperell 
 that  belonged  vnto  the  house  of  the  LORDE: 
 namely  a  golden  altare,  a  golden  table  that  the 
 shewbred  laye  on,  fyue  candelstickes  on  the 
 righte  hande,  and  fyue  candelstickes  on  the 
 lefte  (before  the  quere)  of  pure  golde,  with 
 floures,  lampes  and  snofFers  of  golde  therto, 
 flat  peces,  charges,  basens,  spones  and  cen- 
 sours  of  pure  golde.  And  the  hokes  of  f 
 dores  on  the  insyde  of  the  house  in  the  most 
 holy,  and  in  the  dores  of  the  house  of  the 
 teple  of  the  LORDE  were  of  golde. 
 
 Thus  all  the  worke  that  kynge  Salomon 
 made  in  f  house  of  the  LORDE,  was  fynis- 
 shed.  t  And  Salomon  brought  in  that  his 
 father  Dauid  had  sanctified,  of  syluer  and 
 golde  and  ornamentes,  and  layed  it  amonge 
 the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
Cftap.  i)uj» 
 
 CI)t  iij,  boiit  of  tftf  fepngcs!* 
 
 jTo.  mvjciij. 
 
 ^e  biij.  Cijaptrr. 
 
 THEN  gathered  kynge  Salomon  all  f 
 Elders  in  Israel  together,  all  the  rulers 
 of  the  trybes  and  prynces  of  the  fathers 
 amonge  the  children  of  Israel,  vnto  lerusalem, 
 to  brynge  vp  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of 
 the  LORDE,  *out  of  the  cite  of  Dauid,  that 
 is  Sion.  And  there  resorted  vnto  kynge 
 Salomon  all  the  men  in  Israel,  at  the  feast  in 
 the  moneth  Ethanim,  that  is  ;y-  seuenth 
 moneth.  And  whan  all  f  Elders  of  Israel 
 came,  the  prestes  toke  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  broughte  it  vp,  and  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse,  and  all  the  ornamentes  of  the  Sanc- 
 tuary that  were  in  the  Tabernacle.  This  dyd 
 the  prestes  and  the  Leuites.  And  kynge 
 Salomon  and  all  the  congregacion  of  Israel  y 
 were  gathered  vnto  him,  wente  with  him 
 before  the  Arke,  and  ofired  shape  and  bul- 
 lockes,  so  many,  that  they  coulde  not  be 
 nombred  ner  tolde. 
 
 So  the  prestes  broughte  the  Arke  of  the 
 LORDES  couenaunt  vnto  hir  place,  euen  in  to 
 y  Quere  of  the  house  in  the  most  holy  vnder 
 f  wynges  of  the  Cherubins.  For  y  Cherubins 
 spred  out  their  wynges  in  the  place  where  the 
 Arke  stode,  and  couered  the  Arke  and  the 
 staues  therof  from  aboue.  And  the  staues 
 were  so  loge,  that  f  knoppes  of  them  were 
 sene  from  the  Sanctuary  before  f  quere,  but 
 on  the  out  syde  were  they  not  sene,  and  they 
 were  there  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 And  in  the  Arke  there  was  nothinge,  but 
 onely  the  two  tables  of  stone,  t  which  Moses 
 had  layed  therin  at  Horeb,  whan  y  LORDE 
 made  a  couenaunt  with  the  children  of  Israel, 
 what  tyine  as  they  were  departed  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 But  whan  the  prestes  wente  out  of  the 
 Sanctuary,  a  cloude  fyUed  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  soy  the  prestes  coulde  not  stondeti 
 execute  the  office  for  the  cloude :  for  the  glory 
 of  the  LORDE  fylled  the  LORDES  house. 
 Then  sayde  Salomon :  i  The  LORDE  sayde, 
 that  he  wolde  dwell  in  a  darke  cloude.  I  haue 
 buylded  an  house,  to  be  an  habitacion  vnto 
 the :  a  seate,  y  thou  mayest  dwell  there  for 
 euer.  And  y  kynge  turned  his  face,  j  blessed 
 all  the  congregacion  of  Israel.  And  all  the 
 cogregacion  of  Israel  stode,  5  he  sayde : 
 
 •  2  Re.  6.  d. 
 
 t  Deut.  10.  a.  i  Leuil.  16.  a. 
 
 §  2  Re.  7.  a.    1  Par.  23.  b.    2  Par.  6.  a. 
 
 Praysed  be  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel, 
 which  promised  by  his  mouth  vnto  my  father 
 Dauid,  and  by  his  hade  hath  fulfylled  it,  and 
 sayde  :  §  Sence  the  daye  y  I  broughte  my 
 people  of  Israel  out  of  Egipte,  haue  I  chosen 
 no  cite  amoge  all  the  trybes  of  Israel,  to  buylde 
 me  an  house,  that  my  name  might  be  there. 
 II  But  Dauid  haue  I  chosen,  to  be  ouer  my 
 people  of  Israel. 
 
 And  in  dede  my  father  Dauid  was  mynded 
 to  buylde  an  house  vnto  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel:  neuertheles  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  my  father  Dauid:  Where 
 as  thou  wast  mynded  to  buylde  an  house  vnto 
 my  name,  thou  hast  done  well,  that  thou  art 
 so  aduysed.  Howbeit  thou  shalt  not  buylde 
 the  house,  but  thy  sonne  which  shal  come 
 out  of  thy  lojTies,  he  shal  buylde  an  house 
 vnto  my  name.  And  the  LORDE  hath  per- 
 fourmed  his  worde  that  he  spake  :  For  I  am 
 come  vp  in  my  father  Dauids  steade,  and  syt 
 vpon  the  seate  of  Israel,  as  the  LORDE 
 sayde :  and  haue  buylded  an  house  vnto  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel :  and 
 there  haue  I  ordeyned  a  place  for  the  Arke, 
 wherin  is  the  LORDES  couenaunt,  which  he 
 made  with  oure  fathers,  whan  he  broughte 
 them  out  of  y  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  Salomon  stode  before  the  altare  of  the 
 LORDE  in  the  presence  of  the  whole  congre- 
 gacion of  Israel,  and  helde  out  his  handes 
 towarde  heauen,  and  sayde :  tO  LORDE  God 
 of  Israel,  there  is  no  god  like  the,  nether 
 aboue  in  heauen,  ner  beneth  vpo  earth,  thou 
 that  kepest  couenaut  and  mercy  for  all  thy 
 seruauntes  that  walke  before  y  with  all  their 
 hert,  thou  that  hast  kepte  promes  with  my 
 father  Dauid  thy  seruaunt :  With  thy  mouth 
 thou  saydest  it,  and  with  thy  hande  hast  thou 
 fulfylled  it,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 Now  LORDE  God  of  Israel  make  good  vnto 
 my  father  Dauid  thy  seruaunt,  that  which  thou 
 hast  promysed  him,  and  sayde  :  **Thou  shalt 
 not  wante  a  man  before  me  to  syt  vpon  the 
 seate  of  Israel,  yf  thy  childre  kepe  their  waye, 
 so  y  they  walke  before  me  like  as  thou  hast 
 walked  before  me.  Now  thou  God  of  Israel, 
 let  thy  worde  be  verified,  which  thou  hast 
 promysed  vnto  my  father  Dauid  thy  seruaunt. 
 
 For  thynkest  thou  y  God  dwelleth  vpon 
 earth?  ttBeholde  the  heauens  and  the  heauens 
 
 I  1  Re.  16.  a. 
 
 IT  2  Par.  6.C. 
 tt  Esa.  66.  a.   Act.  7.  f. 
 
fo,  ttmmh 
 
 CJ)r  iij,  ftokf  of  tl)f  fepnsfS. 
 
 Cftap.  buj. 
 
 dF 
 
 of  all  heauens  maye  not  contayiie  the :  how 
 shukle  then  this  house  do  it,  that  I  haue 
 buylded?  But  turne  the  vnto  the  prayer  of 
 thy  seruaunt,  and  to  his  supplicacion  (O 
 LORDE  my  God)  that  thou  mayest  heare 
 the  thankesgeuynge  and  prayer,  which  thy 
 seruaunt  maketh  before  the  this  daye,  so  that 
 thine  eyes  be  open  oucr  this  house  night  and 
 daye,  euen  ouer  this  place  (wherof  thou 
 saydest :  *My  name  shall  dwell  there.)  That 
 thou  mayest  heare  the  prayer  which  thy  ser- 
 uaut  maketh  in  this  place,  (i  heare  the  inter- 
 cession of  thy  seruaunt  a  of  thy  people  of 
 Israel,  which  they  shall  make  here  in  this 
 place  of  thy  habitacion  in  heauen :  and  whan 
 thou  hearest  it,  be  gracious. 
 
 Whan  eny  mii  synneth  agaynst  his  negh- 
 boure,  "and  taketh  vpon  him  an  ooth  wherwith 
 he  byndeth  him  selfe,  and  y  ooth  commeth 
 before  thine  altare  in  this  house,  then  heare 
 thou  in  heaue,  and  se  that  thy  seruauntes 
 haue  right,  to  condemne  the  vngodly,  and  to 
 brynge  his  waye  vpon  his  owne  heade,  and  to 
 iustifie  the  righteous,  to  geue  him  acordinge 
 to  his  righteousnes. 
 
 Whan  thy  people  of  Israel  is  smytten  be- 
 fore their  enemies  (whyle  they  haue  synned 
 agajTist  the)  and  yf  they  turne  vnto  the  and 
 knowlege  thy  name,  (t  make  their  prayer  and 
 intercession  vnto  the  in  this  house,  the  heare 
 thou  them  in  heauen,  and  be  mercifull  vnto 
 the  synne  of  thy  people  of  Israel,  and  brynge 
 them  agayne  in  to  the  londe,  y  thou  hast 
 geuen  vnto  their  fathers. 
 
 t  Whan  the  heauen  is  shut  \'p,  so  y  it  rayneth 
 not  (for  so  moch,  as  they  haue  synned  agaynst 
 the)  and  yf  they  make  their  prayer  in  this 
 place,  and  knowlege  thy  name,  and  turne 
 from  their  synnes  wha  thou  troublest  them, 
 heare  thou  them  then  in  heauen,  and  be  mer- 
 cifull vnto  the  syimes  of  thy  seruauntes,  and 
 of  thy  people  of  Israel,  that  thou  mayest 
 shewe  them  the  good  waye,  wherin  they  shulde 
 walke,  and  let  it  rayne  vpon  the  londe  that 
 thou  hast  geuen  thy  people  to  inheritaunce. 
 
 Whan  a  derth,  or  pestilence,  or  drouth,  or 
 burnynge,  or  greshopper  or  catirpiller,  is  in 
 their  londe,  or  whan  his  enemye  layeth  sege  i 
 to  his  portes  in  the  londe,  or  whan  eny  other ' 
 plage  or  disease  happeneth,  who  so  euer  then 
 maketh  his  prayer  and  peticion,  §  whether  it' 
 
 •  Deu.  12.  a.       -  2  Pnr.  6.  d.    Exo.  22.  b.       t  Deu.  30.  a.' 
 t  3  Re.  17.  a.  ^  Esa.  56.  b.  [ 
 
 be  eny  other  men  or  thy  people  of  Israel 
 (which  the  are  aware  of  their  plage)  euery  one 
 in  his  hert,  and  spredeth  out  his  handes  vnto 
 this  house :  Heare  thou  then  in  heauen  in  the 
 seate  where  thou  dwellest,  and  be  mercifull,  5 
 se  that  thou  geue  euery  one  acordinge  as  he 
 hath  walked,  like  as  thou  knowest  his  hert  (for 
 thou  onely  knowest  the  hert  of  all  the  children 
 of  men)  that  they  maye  all  waye  feare  the,  as 
 longe  as  they  lyue  in  the  lande,  which  thou 
 hast  geuen  vnto  oure  fathers. 
 
 II  And  whan  eny  straunger,  that  is  not  of 
 thy  people  of  Israel,  commeth  cWit  of  a  farre 
 countre  for  thy  names  sake  (for  they  shall 
 heare  of  thy  greate  name,  and  of  thy  mightie 
 hade,  and  of  thy  outstretched  arme)  and 
 commeth  to  make  his  prayer  in  this  house, 
 heare  thou  him  then  in  heauen,  euen  in  the 
 seate  of  thy  dwellynge,  and  do  all  for  the 
 which  that  straunger  calleth  vpon  the,  that  all 
 the  nacions  vpon  earth  maye  knowe  thy  name, 
 and  that  they  maye  feare  the,  as  thy  people  of 
 Israel  do :  and  that  they  maye  knowe,  how 
 that  this  house  which  I  haue  buylded,  is 
 named  after  thy  name. 
 
 Whan  thy  people  go  forth  to  the  battayll 
 agaynst  their  enemyes,  the  waye  that  thou 
 shalt  sende  them  If  and  shall  praye  vnto  the 
 LORDE  towarde  the  waye  of  the  cite  which 
 thou  hast  chosen,  and  towarde  the  house  that 
 I  haue  buylded  vnto  thy  name,  heare  thou 
 then  their  prayer  and  peticion  in  heauen,  and 
 execute  iudgment  for  them. 
 
 Whan  they  synne  agaynst  the  (for  **there  is 
 no  ma  that  synneth  not)  cj  thou  be  wroth,  and 
 delyuer  the  vnto  their  enemyes,  so  that  they 
 cary  them  awaye  captyue  in  to  the  enemyes 
 londe  farre  or  nye,  and  yf  they  remembre 
 them  selues  in  the  londe  where  they  are  cap- 
 tyue, and  turne,  and  make  their  intercession 
 vnto  the  in  the  londe  of  their  captyuite,  and 
 saye :  We  haue  synned,  (j  done  amysse,  and 
 haue  bene  vngodly,  and  so  turne  vnto  f  with 
 all  their  hert,  and  with  all  their  soule  m  the 
 lode  of  their  enemies  (which  led  them  awaye 
 captyue)  and  make  their  prayer  vnto  the  to- 
 warde the  waye  of  their  londe,  that  thou  hast 
 geuen  vnto  their  fathers,  euen  towarde  the 
 cite  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and  towarde  the 
 house  that  I  haue  buylded  vnto  thy  name : 
 then  heare  thou  their  prayer  and  supplicacion 
 
 loh.  12.  c.    Acto.  8. 
 
 e.       1  Dan.  6. 
 1  loh.  l.b. 
 
Cl)ap.  in'. 
 
 €\)t  it).  Ijofe^  of  tin  fepngts. 
 
 #o»  cccvitt. 
 
 in  heauen,  *  from  the  seate  of  thy  dwellynge, 
 and  execute  iudgment  for  them,  and  be  mer- 
 cifull  vnto  thy  people  that  haue  synned  agaynst 
 the,  and  vnto  all  their  trespaces,  wherwith 
 they  haue  transgressed  agaynst  the,  t  and 
 graunte  the  mercy  in  the  sighte  of  them  which 
 led  them  awaye  presonners,  that  their  enemyes 
 maye  be  mercyfuU  vnto  them  :  for  they  are 
 thy  people,  and  thyne  enheritaunce,  whom 
 thou  broughtest  out  of  Egipte,  from  the  yron 
 fornace :  that  thine  eyes  maye  be  open  vnto 
 the  peticion  of  thy  seruaunt,  and  of  thy  people 
 of  Israel,  that  thou  maiest  heare  them  in  all 
 thinges  for  the  which  they  shall  call  vpon  the  i 
 (for  thou  O  LORDE  LORDE)  hast  sun- 
 dered them  out  to  be  an  inheritaunce  vnto 
 thy  selfe,  from  amoge  all  the  nacions  vpon 
 earth,  acordinge  as  thou  saydest  by  Moses  thy 
 seruaunt,  whan  thou  broughtest  oure  fathers 
 out  of  Egipte. 
 
 (And  wha  Salomon  had  ended  all  this 
 prayer  and  peticion  before  the  LORDE,  he 
 rose  vp  from  the  altare  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 lefte  of  from  knelynge  and  holdynge  out  of 
 handes  towarde  heauen,  and  stode  and  blessed 
 all  the  congregacion  of  Israel  with  loude  voyce, 
 and  sayde  :  Praysed  be  the  LORDE  which 
 hath  geuen  rest  vnto  his  people,  acordinge  as 
 he  sayde.  There  hath  not  one  fayled  of  all 
 his  good  wordes,  which  he  spake  by  his  ser- 
 uaunt Moses.  The  LORDE  oure  God  be 
 with  vs,  as  he  hath  bene  with  oure  fathers, 
 and  forsake  vs  not,  nether  withdrawe  his 
 hande  from  vs,  but  bowe  oure  hertes  vnto 
 him,  that  we  maye  walke  in  all  his  wayes,  and 
 kepe  his  commaundementes,  ordinaunces  and 
 lawes,  which  he  commaunded  oure  fathers. 
 And  these  wordes  wherwith  I  haue  made  my 
 peticion  before  the  LORDE,  come  nye  vnto 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  daye  and  nighte,  that 
 he  maye  execute  iudgment  for  his  seruaunt 
 and  for  his  people  of  Israel,  euery  one  at  his 
 tyme :  that  all  nacions  vpon  earth  maye  knowe, 
 that  the  LORDE  is  God,  (i  that  there  is  none 
 other.  And  let  youre  hert  be  perfecte  with 
 the  LORDE  oure  God,  to  walke  in  his  sta- 
 tutes, and  to  kepe  his  commaundementes,  as 
 it  is  this  daye. 
 
 And  the  kynge  with  all  Israel  his  people 
 oflFred  sacrifice  before  the  LORDE.  And 
 Salomon    ofFred   deed   oflPerynges    (which  he 
 
 •  Amos  9.  b.  t  1  Esd.  1.  a.  t  Exo.  19.  a. 
 
 §  2  Par.  7.  a.  "  2  Par.  7.  c. 
 
 offred  vnto  the  LORDE)  two  and  twenty 
 thousande  oxen,  and  an  hundreth  j  twenty 
 thousande  shepe.  So  the  kynge  and  all  the 
 children  of  Israel  dedicated  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  The  same  daye  dyd  the  kynge  dedi- 
 cate the  myddelmost  courte,  which  was  before 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE:  that  he  mighte  there 
 perfourme  the  burntoffery nges,  meatoffeiynges, 
 and  the  fat  of  the  deedolFerynges :  for  the 
 brasen  altare  that  stode  before  y  LORDE, 
 was  to  litle  for  the  burntofferynges,  meatoffer- 
 ynges,  and  for  the  fat  of  the  deedolFerynges. 
 
 And  at  the  same  tyme  made  Salomon  a 
 solempne  feast,  and  all  Israel  a  greate  con- 
 gregacion with  him,  from  the  border  of 
 Hemath  vnto  the  ryuer  of  Egipte,  before  the 
 LORDE  oure  God,  seuen  dayes,  and  yet 
 seuen  dayes,  that  were  fourtene  daies.  And 
 on  the  eight  daye  he  let  the  people  go.  And 
 they  blessed  the  kynge,  and  wente  vnto  their 
 tentes  reioysinge  and  with  a  mery  hert,  be- 
 cause of  all  the  good  that  the  LORDE  had 
 done  vnto  Dauid  his  seruaunt,  5  to  his  people 
 of  Israel. 
 
 €\)t  tr.  CI)apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Salomon  had  fynished"  f 
 buyldinge  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  the  kynges  house,  and  all  that  his  desyre 
 and  pleasure  was  to  make,  f  LORDE  ap- 
 peared vnto  him  the  seconde  tyme,  II  euen  as 
 he  appeai'ed  vnto  him  at  Gibeon.  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him:  I  haue  herde  thy 
 prayer  and  peticion,  that  thou  hast  made  be- 
 fore me,  and  haue  sanctified  this  house  which 
 thou  hast  buylded,  that  I  maye  set  my  name 
 there  for  euer :  and  myne  eyes  and  my  hert 
 shalbe  there  allwaye.  And  yf  thou  walke  be- 
 fore me  (as  thy  father  Dauid  walked)  with  a 
 perfecte  and  a  true  hert,  so  that  thou  do  all 
 that  I  haue  commaunded  the,  and  kepe  myne 
 ordinaunces  and  lawes,  then  wyll  I  stablish 
 the  seate  of  thy  kyngdome  ouer  Israel  for  euer, 
 acordinge  as  I  promysed  thy  father  Dauid, 
 and  sayde:  t Thou  shalt  not  wante  a  man 
 from  the  seate  of  Israel. 
 
 But  yf  ye  turne  back  fro  me,  ye  and  youre 
 childre,  and  kepe  not  my  commaundementes 
 and  ordinaunces  which  I  haue  layed  before 
 you,  but  go  and  serue  other  goddes,  and  wor- 
 shipe  them,  then  wyll  I  rote  Israel  out  of  the 
 londe  that  I  haue  geuen  them.    **And  the 
 
 ;  Re.  3.  a.      IT  3  Re.  2.  a. 
 
 '  4  Re.  25.  b.   lere.  7. 
 
fo,  m)i*)it«. 
 
 Cf)f  iij.  hokt  of  tin  ftpgrsf. 
 
 Cfiap,  ):♦ 
 
 house  that  I  haue  halowed  vnto  my  name, 
 wyll  I  put  awaye  fro  my  face.  And  Israel 
 shall  be  come  a  byworde  and  fabell  amoge  all 
 nacions,  and  so  shal  this  hye  house :  so  that 
 euery  one  y  goeth  by,  shall  be  astonyed,  and 
 make  an  hyssynge,  and  saye:  *VVherfore  hath 
 the  LORDE  done  thus  viito  this  londe  and 
 to  this  house  ?  Then  shal  it  be  answered : 
 Because  they  forsoke  f  LORDE  their  God, 
 (which  brought  their  fathers  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte)  and  haue  receaued  other  goddes, 
 and  worshipped  them,  and  serued  them.  Ther- 
 fore  hath  f  LORDE  brought  all  this  euell 
 vpon  them. 
 
 Now  whan  the  twentye  yeares  were  ended, 
 wherin  Salomon  buylded  the  two  houses,  the 
 LORDES  house  and  the  kynges  house,  *  where 
 ATito  Hiram  the  kynge  of  Tyre  brought  Salo- 
 mo  Ceder  trees  j  Pyne  trees,  and  golde  after 
 all  his  desyre,  then  gaue  kynge  Salomon  vnto 
 Hiram  twentye  cities  in  the  countre  of  Galile. 
 And  Hiram  departed  from  Tyre  to  vyset  the 
 cities  which  Salomon  had  geuen  him,  (j  they 
 pleased  him  not,  and  he  sayde  :  What  maner 
 of  cities  are  these  (my  brother)  that  thou  hast 
 geue  me  ?  And  he  called  them  the  londe  of 
 Cabul  vnto  this  daye.  And  Hiram  sent  vnto 
 the  kynge,  sixe  score  hundreth  weight  of 
 Golde.  And  the  same  is  the  summe  of  the 
 taxe,  that  kynge  Salomon  raysed  to  the 
 buyldinge  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 his  awne  house,  (j  Millo,  and  the  walles  of 
 Jerusalem,  and  Hasor,  and  Megiddo,  and 
 Gaser. 
 
 For  Pharao  f  kynge  of  Egipte  came  vp, 
 and  wane  Gaser,  5  brent  it  with  fyre,  5  slewe 
 the  Cananites  y  dwelt  in  the  cite,  5  gaue  it 
 for  a  gifte  vnto  his  doughter  Salom5s  wife. 
 So  Salomon  buylded  Gaser,  5  the  lower 
 Bethoron,  and  Baelath  and  Thamar,  in  y 
 wyldemes,  in  the  londe,  5  all  the  cities  of  the 
 come  houses  that  Salomon  had,  and  all  the 
 cities  of  the  charettes,  5  all  the  cities  of  the 
 horsmen,  and  what  it  pleased  him  to  buylde 
 at  Jerusalem,  in  Libanus,  s  in  euery  countre 
 of  his  domynion. 
 
 And  all  the  remnaunt  of  the  people  of  the 
 Amorytes,  Hethites,  Pheresites,  Heuites  and 
 lebusites,  which  were  not  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  their  children  which  they  lefte  behynde 
 them   in  the  londe   (whom  the  children  of 
 
 •  Deu.  29.  d.   lere.  22.  b.        »  2  Par.  8.  a.       t  2  Re.  5.  b 
 t  Leui.  25.  f.         §  3  Re.  7.  b. 
 
 Israel  coulde  not  vtterly  destroye)  those  dyd 
 Salomon  make  tributaries  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 t  But  of  the  children  of  Israel  he  made  no 
 bondmen,  but  let  them  be  men  of  warre,  and 
 his  seruauntes,  and  prynces,  and  knightes,  and 
 ouer  his  charettes  and  horsme.  And  the 
 officers  which  were  ouer  Salomons  busynesse, 
 were  fyue  hundreth  and  fyftye,  which  ruled 
 the  people,  and  perfourmed  the  worke. 
 
 And  Pharaos  doughter  wente  vp  from  the 
 cite  of  Dauid,  in  to  hir  house  5  which  he  had 
 buylded  for  her.  II  Then  buylded  he  MiUo 
 likewyse.  And  thre  tymes  in  the  yeare  dyd 
 Salomon  offre  burntofferynges  and  deed  ofFer- 
 ynges  vpon  the  altare  H  that  he  had  buylded 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  and  burnt  incense  vpon  it 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  so  was  the  house 
 ended  and  fyoiished. 
 
 **  And  Salomon  made  shippes  also  at  Ezeon 
 Geber,  which  lyeth  by  Eloth  besyde  the  Reed 
 See  shore  in  y  londe  of  the  Edomites.  And 
 Hiram  sent  his  seruauntes  by  shippe,  which 
 were  shipmen,  and  had  experience  of  the  See, 
 with  Salomons  seruauntes ;  and  they  came 
 vnto  tt  Ophir,  and  fetched  from  thence  one  5 
 twenty  score  hundreth  weight  of  golde,  and 
 brought  it  vnto  Salomon. 
 
 AND  whan  kynge  Salomons  fame  of  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  came  to  the  eares 
 of  the  'Quene  of  riche  Arabia,  she  came  to 
 proue  him  with  darke  sentences.  And  she 
 came  to  lerusalem  with  a  maruelous  greate 
 trayne,  with  camels  which  bare  spyces,  and 
 moch  golde,  and  precious  stones.  And  whan 
 she  came  in  to  kynge  Salomon,  she  spake 
 vnto  him  all  that  was  in  hir  hert.  And  Salo- 
 mon tolde  her  euer)i;hinge,  and  the  kynge 
 had  nothinge  in  secrete,  but  he  tolde  it  her. 
 But  whan  the  Quene  of  riche  Arabia  sawe  all 
 the  w)'szdome  of  Salomon,  and  the  house 
 that  he  had  buylded,  and  the  meates  of  liis 
 table,  and  the  dwellinges  of'  his  seruauntes,  5 
 the  ofFyces  of  his  ministers,  and  their  gar- 
 mentes,  and  his  butlers  and  the  burntoffer- 
 ynges which  he  offred  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  she  wondred  exceadingly,  and 
 coulde  no  longer  refrayne,  but  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge  :  It  is  true  that  I  haue  herde  in  my 
 londe  of  thy  behauoure  and  of  thy  wyszdome. 
 
 II  2  Reg.  5.  b.      112  Par.  4.  a.      "3  Re.  22.  g.  2  Par.  8.  d. 
 tt  lere.  10.  b.        »  2  Par.  9.  a.    Mat.  12.  d. 
 
Cftap.  vu 
 
 Wt)t  lij*  ho'kt  of  ti)t  fepngesi. 
 
 #0.  ccwbijJ 
 
 And  I  wolde  not  beleue  it,  tyll  I  came  and 
 sawe  it  with  myne  eyes:  and  beholde,  the 
 halfe  hath  not  bene  tolde  me. 
 
 Thou  hast  more  wyszdome  and  good,  the 
 the  fame  is  that  I  haue  herde.  Happye  are 
 thy  people  and  thy  seruauntes,  that  allwaie 
 stonde  before  the,  and  heare  thy  wyszdome. 
 Praysed  be  the  LORDE  thy  God,  which  had 
 soch  a  pleasure  vnto  the,  that  he  set  the  vpon 
 the  seate  of  Israel :  because  he  hath  allwaye 
 loued  Israel,  and  hath  set  the  to  be  kynge,  that 
 thou  shuldest  mantayne  iustyce  and  equyte. 
 
 And  she  gaue  the  kynge  syxe  score  hun- 
 dreth  weighte  of  golde,  and  very  moch  spyce, 
 and  precious  stones.  There  came  neuer  so 
 moch  spyce  thyther,  as  the  Quene  of  riche 
 Arabia  gaue  vnto  kynge  Salomon.  And 
 Hirams  shippes,  *which  caried  golde  out  of 
 Ophir,  broughte  maruelous  moch  costly  tym- 
 ber  and  precious  stones  from  Ophir.  And  of 
 that  costly  tymber  the  kynge  caused  to  make 
 pilers  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  in  y 
 kinges  house,  and  harpes  and  Psalteries  for 
 the  Musicians.  There  came  nomore  soch 
 costly  tymber,  nether  was  it  sene  vnto  this 
 daye.  And  kynge  Salomon  gaue  the  quene 
 of  riche  Arabia,  all  that  she  desyred  and  axed, 
 besydes  that  which  he  gaue  her  of  a  frye 
 hande.  And  she  returned,  and  departed  in 
 to  hir  lande  with  hir  seruauntes. 
 
 The  golde  that  came  to  Salomon  in  one 
 yeare,  was  nyne  and  thyrtie  score  hundreth 
 weighte,  besydes  that  which  came  of  chapmen, 
 marchauntes  and  Apotecaries,  and  of  the 
 nexte  kynges,  and  of  the  mightie  men  in  the 
 londe.  And  kynge  Salomon  caused  to  make 
 two  hundreth  speares  of  beaten  golde,  sixe 
 hundreth  peces  of  golde  put  he  to  euery  speare : 
 and  thre  hundreth  shyldes  of  ;y  best  golde, 
 euen  thre  pounde  of  golde  vpon  euery  shylde. 
 And  the  kynge  put  them  in  the  t  house  of  the 
 wod  of  Libanus. 
 
 And  the  kynge  made  a  greate  seate  of 
 Yuery,  and  ouerlayed  it  with  y  most  precious 
 golde.  And  the  seate  had  sixe  steppes,  and  y 
 heade  of  the  seate  was  roude  behynde.  And 
 there  were  two  postes  to  leane  vpo  on  both 
 the  sydes  of  the  seate,  and  two  lyons  stode 
 vpon  the  leanynge  postes,  and  twolue  lyons 
 stode  vpon  the  sixe  steppes  on  both  the  sydes. 
 Soch  one  hath  not  bene  made  in  eny  kyng- 
 dome.     All  kynge  Salomos  drynkynge  vessels 
 
 •  3  Re.  9.  B.         to  Re.  7.  a.         j  2  Par.  9.  d. 
 
 were  of  golde,  and  all  the  vessels  in  the  house 
 of  y  wod  of  Libanus  were  of  pure  golde  also : 
 for  syluer  was  not  regarded  in  Salomons  tyme. 
 For  the  kynges  Seeshippe  y  sayled  vpon  the 
 See  with  y  shippe  of  Hiram,  came  once  in 
 thre  yeare,  and  broughte  golde,  syluer,  Yuery, 
 Apes,  and  Pecockes. 
 
 t  Thus  was  kynge  Salomon  greater  in  riches 
 and  wyszdome,  then  aU  the  kynges  vp5  earth : 
 And  all  the  worlde  desyred  to  se  Salomon, 
 that  they  mighte  heare  the  wyszdome  which 
 God  gaue  him  in  his  hert.  And  they  broughte 
 him  yearly  euery  man  his  present,  vessels  of 
 syluer  and  golde,  rayment  and  harnesse, 
 spyces,  horses  and  Mules.  And  Salomon 
 bi'oughte  charettes  and  horsmen  together,  so 
 that  he  had  a  thousande  and  foure  hundreth 
 charettes,  and  twolue  thousande  horsmen : 
 and  those  he  put  in  y  charet  cities,  and  with 
 the  kynge  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  the  kynge  broughte  it  to  passe,  that 
 there  was  as  moch  syluer  at  lerusale  as  stones: 
 and  as  many  Ceders  as  there  were  wylde  figge 
 trees  in  the  valleys.  And  Salomos  horses 
 were  broughte  out  of  Egipte,  and  fr5  Keua : 
 for  the  kynges  marchauntes  fetched  them 
 from  Keua  for  money.  And  a  charet  came 
 vp  out  of  Egipte  for  sixe  hiidreth  Sycles  of 
 Syluer,  and  an  horse  for  an  hiidreth  and 
 fyftye.  Thus  were  they  brought  also  vnto 
 all  the  kynges  of  the  Hethites  and  to  the 
 kynges  of  Siria  by  their  handes. 
 
 tin^t  fi.  Chapter. 
 
 BUT  kynge  Salomon  loued  many  out- 
 landish wemen,  i  Pharaos  doughter,  and 
 wemen  of  Moab,  of  Ammo,  of  Edom,  of 
 Sidon,  and  of  Heth,  euen  of  those  nacions, 
 that  the  LORDE  spake  of  vnto  the  children 
 of  Israel :  "  Go  not  ye  vnto  them,  and  let  not 
 them  come  vnto  you:  they  shal  surely  bowe 
 youre  hertes  after  their  goddes:  Vnto  these 
 dyd  Salomon  enclyne  with  affeccion.  And 
 he  had  seuen  hundreth  wemen  to  wyues,  and 
 thre  hundreth  concubynes,  and  his  wyues 
 turned  his  hert  asyde.  And  whan  he  was  now 
 olde,  his  wyues  bowed  his  hert  after  straunge 
 goddes,  so  that  his  hert  was  not  whole  with 
 the  LORDE  his  God,  as  was  the  hert  of 
 Dauid  his  father. 
 
 So  Salomon  walked  after  Astaroth  the 
 god  of  the  Sidonians,  and  after  Malcom  the 
 
 §  3  Re.  3. 
 
 Exo.  34.  b.    Deut.  7.  a.  and  17.  d. 
 
fo,  tmMh 
 
 CI)t  uj.  bokt  of  ti)t  fepngfS. 
 
 Cftap.  nt 
 
 abhoniinacion  of  the  Ammonites.  And  Salo- 
 mon dyd  y  which  displeased  the  LORDE,  and 
 folowed  not  f  LORDE  to  y  vttemost  as  dyd 
 his  father  Dauid.  The  buylded  Salomo  an 
 hie  place  vnto  Chamos  the  abhominacio  of  y 
 jNIoabites  (vpon  the  mount  that  lyeth  before 
 lerusale)  and  vnto  Moloch  the  abhominacion 
 of  the  Ammonites. 
 
 Thus  dyd  Salomon  for  all  his  outladish 
 wyues,  which  brent  incense,  and  offred  vnto 
 their  goddes.  But  the  LORDE  was  wroth 
 at  Salomon,  because  his  hert  was  turned  asyde 
 from  ;y-  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  *  which  had 
 two  t)Tnes  appeared  vnto  him,  and  comaunded 
 him,  that  he  shulde  not  walke  after  other 
 goddes :  and  yet  kepte  he  not  that  the 
 LORDE  commaunded  him.  Therfore  sayde 
 the  LORDE  vnto  Salomon:  For  so  moch  as 
 this  is  done  with  the,  and  hast  not  kepte  my 
 couenaunt  and  myne  ordinaunces,  which  I 
 commaunded  the,  therfore  wyll  I  also  plucke 
 thy  kyngdome  from  the,  and  geue  it  vnto  thy 
 seruaunt :  Neuertheles  in  thy  tyme  will  I  not 
 do  it,  for  thy  father  Dauids  sake,  but  from  the 
 hande  of  thy  sonne  wyl  I  plucke  it.  Howbeit 
 I  wyl  not  plucke  y  kyngdome  cleane  awaye. 
 One  trybe  wyll  I  geue  vnto  thy  sonne,  for 
 Dauid  my  seruauntes  sake,  and  for  lerusalems 
 sake  which  I  haue  chosen. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  raysed  vp  an  aduersary 
 vnto  Salomon,  euen  Hadad  the  Edomite  of 
 the  kynges  sede,  which  was  in  Edom.  For 
 whan  Dauid  was  in  Edom,  and  loab  the  chefe 
 captayne  wente  vp  to  bury  the  slayne,  he 
 smote  all  the  males  in  Edom.  (For  loab 
 remayned  there  sixe  monethes  and  all  Israel, 
 tyll  he  had  roted  out  all  y  males  that  were  in 
 Edom.)  Then  fled  Hadad,  and  certajTie  men 
 of  ;y  Moabites  with  him,  of  his  fathers  ser- 
 uauntes. As  for  Hadad,  he  was  a  yon. 
 man. 
 
 And  they  gat  them  vp  fro  Madian,  and 
 came  vnto  Paran,  and  toke  men  with  them 
 out  of  Paran,  and  came  in  to  Egipte  vnto 
 Pharao  the  kynge  of  Egipte :  which  gaue 
 him  an  house  and  certayne  vytales  appoynted, 
 5  gaue  him  a  countre.  And  Adad  founde 
 greate  fauoure  in  the  sighte  of  Pharao,  so  that 
 he  gaue  him  to  wife  euen  the  sister  of  his 
 owne  wife  Thaphenes  the  Queue.  And  Tha- 
 phenes  sister  bare  him  Genubath  his  sonne, 
 and  Thaphenes  norished  him  vp  in  Pharaos 
 
 •  3  Re.  3.  a.  and  9.  a. 
 
 house,  in  so  moch  that  Genubath  was  in  Pha- 
 raos house  amonge  Pharaos  children. 
 
 Now  wha  Hadad  herde  in  Egipte,  that 
 Dauid  was  falle  on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  and 
 y  loab  the  chefe  captajiie  was  deed,  he  sayde 
 vnto  Pharao :  Let  me  go  in  to  my  countre. 
 Pharao  sayde  vnto  him  :  What  lackest  thou 
 with  me,  that  thou  wilt  go  in  to  thy  countre  ? 
 He  sayde :  Nothynge,  but  yet  let  me  go. 
 
 God  raysed  him  vp  another  aduersary  also, 
 one  Reson  the  sonne  of  El  lada,  which  fled 
 from  his  lorde  Hadad  Eser  kynge  of  Zeba, 
 and  gathered  men  agaynst  him,  and  was  a 
 captayne  of  the  men  of  warre  whan  Dauid 
 slewe  them :  and  they  wente  vnto  Damascus 
 and  dwelt  there,  and  reigned  at  Damascus, 
 and  he  was  Israels  aduersary  as  loge  as  Salo- 
 mon lyued.  This  is  the  harme  y  Hadad 
 sufFred :  therfore  had  he  euell  will  at  Israel, 
 and  was  kynge  ouer  Siria. 
 
 Morouer  leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat  an 
 Ephraite  Salomons  seruaunt  (and  his  mothers 
 name  was  Zeruga,  a  wedowe)  hfte  vp  his 
 hande  also  agaynst  the  kynge.  And  this  is 
 the  cause  wherfore  he  lifte  vp  his  hande 
 aga)Tist  the  kynge :  Whan  Salomon  buylded 
 Millo,  he  shut  vp  a  gappe  in  the  cite  of  Dauid 
 his  father.  And  leroboam  was  a  ma  of  armes. 
 And  whan  Salomon  sawe  that  it  was  a  mete 
 yonge  man,  he  set  him  ouer  all  the  burthens 
 of  the  house  of  loseph. 
 
 But  at  the  same  tyme  it  fortuned,  that 
 leroboam  wente  out  from  lerusalem,  and  the 
 prophet  Ahias  of  Silo  founde  him  by  the 
 waye,  and  he  had  a  new  cloke  vpon  him,  and 
 they  two  were  alone  in  the  felde.  And  Ahia 
 toke  holde  of  the  new  cloke  y  he  had  on,  and 
 rente  the  same  in  to  twolue  peces,  and  sayde 
 vnto  leroboam :  Take  thou  ten  peces  vnto  the. 
 
 For  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Is- 
 rael :  Beholde,  euen  thus  wyll  I  rente  the 
 kyngdome  from  the  hande  of  Salomo,  and 
 wyll  geue  the  ten  trybes.  One  trybe  shall  he 
 haue  for  my  seruaunt  Dauids  sake,  and  be- 
 cause of  the  cyte  of  lerusalem,  t  which  I  haue 
 chosen  out  of  all  the  trybes  of  Israel:  for  they 
 haue  forsaken  me,  and  worshipped  Astaroth 
 the  god  of  the  Sidonians,  Chamos  the  god  of 
 the  Moabites,  and  Malco  the  god  of  the 
 children  of  Ammon,  and  haue  not  walked  in 
 my  wayes,  to  fulfill  my  pleasure,  myne  ordi- 
 naunces, and  lawes,  as  dyd  Dauid  his  father. 
 
 t  2  Par.  7.  c. 
 
•Cfjap.  vih 
 
 €\)t  iij.  Ijoke  of  ti)t  kpnges. 
 
 fo.  mmx. 
 
 Notwithstondynge  I  wyll  not  take  the  whole 
 kyngdome  from  out  of  his  hande,  but  wil 
 make  him  a  prynce  as  longe  as  he  lyueth  for 
 my  seruaunt  Dauids  sake,  whom  I  dyd  chose, 
 which  kepte  my  commaundementes  (j  ordi- 
 naunces.  *  From  out  of  the  hande  of  his 
 Sonne  wyl  I  take  the  kyngdome,  and  wyl  geue 
 ten  trybes  vnto  the,  and  one  vnto  his  sonne,t 
 that  Dauid  my  seruaunt  maye  allwaye  haue  a 
 lanterne  before  me  in  the  cite  of  Jerusalem, 
 which  I  haue  chosen,  that  I  maye  set  my 
 name  there.  Therfore  wyl  I  take  the  now, 
 to  raygne  ouer  all  that  thine  hert  desyreth, 
 and  thou  shalt  be  kynge  ouer  Israel.  Yf  thou 
 folowe  now  all  that  I  shall  commaunde  the, 
 and  walke  in  my  wayes,  and  fulfill  my  plea- 
 sure to  kepe  myne  ordinaunces  and  com- 
 maundementes, as  dyd  my  seruaiit  Dauid, 
 then  wyll  I  be  with  the,  and  buylde  the  a  sure 
 house,  as  I  buylded  vnto  Dauid,  and  wyl  geue 
 Israel  vnto  the  and  therwith  wyll  I  subdue 
 the  sede  of  Dauid,  but  not  for  euermore. 
 But  Salomon  soughte  to  kyll  leroboam.  Then 
 leroboam  gat  him  vp,  and  fled  in  to  Egipte 
 to  Sisak  the  kynge  of  Egipte,  and  remayned 
 in  Egipte,  tyll  Salomon  dyed. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Salomon,  and 
 all  that  he  dyd,  and  his  wyszdome,  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  Cronicles  of  Salomon.  The  tyme  that 
 Salomon  was  kynge  at  lerusalem  ouer  all  Is- 
 rael, is  fortye  yeare.  And  Salomon  fell  on 
 slepe  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buryed  in  the 
 cile  of  Dauid  his  father,  and  Roboam  his 
 Sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Clje  yi].  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  Roboam  wete  vnto  Sichem,  for  all 
 Israel  "was  come  to  Sichem  to  make 
 him  kynge.  And  whan  leroboam  y  sonne  of 
 Nebat  herde  that,  while  he  was  yet  in  Egipte 
 (t  whither  he  was  fled  for  Salomon)  he  came 
 agayne  out  of  Egipte.  And  they  sent  for  him, 
 and  called  him.  And  leroboam  with  all  the 
 congregacion  of  Israel  came  and  spake  to 
 Roboam,  and  sayde :  Thy  father  made  cure 
 yock  to  harde  :  therfore  make  thou  now  the 
 harde  bondage  and  the  sore  yock  lighter,  and 
 we  wyll  submytte  oure  selues  vnto  the.  He 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Go  youre  waye  vnto  the 
 thirde  daye,  and  then  come  to  me  agayne. 
 And  the  people  wete  their  waye. 
 
 And  Roboam  the  kynge  helde  a  councell 
 
 •3Re.  12.  c.     t  3  Re.  13.  a.  Psal.  131.  b.     <"  2  Pa.  10.  a. 
 
 with  the  Elders  that  stode  before  Salomo  his 
 father  whyle  he  lyued,  5  he  sayde :  What  is 
 youre  councell,  that  we  maye  geue  this  people 
 an  answere  ?  They  sayde  vnto  him :  Yf  thou 
 do  this  people  a  pleasure  to  daye,  and  folowe 
 their  mynde,  and  heare  them,  and  geue  them 
 good  wordes,  then  shal  they  be  obedient  vnto 
 the  as  longe  as  thou  liuest.  Neuertheles  he 
 forsoke  the  councell  that  f  Elders  had  geuen 
 him,  and  axed  councell  at  the  yonge  men 
 which  were  growne  vp  with  him,  and  stode 
 before  him. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  What  is  youre 
 councell  that  we  maye  answere  this  people 
 which  haue  sayde  vnto  me  :  Make  the  yock 
 lighter,  that  thy  father  hath  layed  vpo  vs. 
 And  the  yonge  men  that  were  growne  vp  with 
 him,  sayde  vnto  him :  Where  as  the  people 
 haue  sayde  vnto  the :  Thy  father  hath  made 
 oure  yock  to  sore,  make  thou  it  easyer  for  vs. 
 Thus  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  them  :  My  litle 
 fynger  shall  be  thicker  then  my  fathers  loynes. 
 Now,  my  father  layed  a  sore  yock  vpon  you, 
 but  I  wyl  yet  laye  more  theron :  My  father 
 correcte  you  with  scourges,  but  I  wyl  nourtoure 
 you  with  scorpions. 
 
 So  vpon  the  thyrde  daye  came  leroboam 
 vrith  all  the  people  vnto  Roboam,  as  y  kynge 
 had  appoynted  and  saide,  come  to  me  agayne 
 on  the  thyrde  daye.  And  the  kynge  gaue  the 
 people  an  harde  rough  answere,  and  forsoke 
 the  coiicell  that  the  Elders  had  geuen  him, 
 and  talked  with  them  after  the  councell  of 
 the  yonge  men,  and  sayde :  My  father  made 
 youre  yock  sore,  but  I  wyll  make  it  yet  sorer 
 vpon  you.  My  father  correcte  you  with 
 scourges,  but  I  wil  nourtoure  you  with  scor- 
 pios.  Thus  the  kynge  folowed  not  the  peoples 
 mynde,  for  he  was  turned  so  fro  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  mighte  stablish  his  worde  §  which  he 
 spake  by  Ahias  of  Silo  vnto  leroboam  the 
 sonne  of  Nebat. 
 
 But  whan  all  Israel  sawe  that  the  kynige 
 wolde  not  heare  them,  the  people  gaue  f 
 kynge  an  answere  and  sayde  :  II  What  porcion 
 haue  we  then  in  Dauid  or  inheritaunce  in  the 
 Sonne  of  Isai  ?  Get  the  to  thy  tentes  O  Israel. 
 Loke  thou  now  to  thy  house  thou  Dauid.  So 
 Israel  wente  vnto  their  tentes.  As  for  Robo- 
 am, he  raigned  but  ouer  y  children  of  Israel, 
 which  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  luda.  And  whan 
 kynge    Roboam    sent    thither    Adoram    the 
 
#0.  mm^ 
 
 €l)t  iij.  bokt  of  tl)t  fepgesi. 
 
 CI)ap.  xiij. 
 
 reiitgatherer,  all  Israel  stoned  him  to  death. 
 But  kynge  lloboain  strcngthed  himselfe,  and 
 gat  him  vp  in  to  a  charet,  to  fle  vnto  lerusalem. 
 Thus  departed  Israel  from  the  house  of  Dauid 
 vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Now  whan  all  Israel  herde,  that  leroboam 
 was  come  againe,  they  sent  for  to  call  him  to 
 the  whole  congregacion,  and  made  him  kynge 
 ouer  all  Israel.  And  no  man  folowed  the 
 house  of  Dauid,  saue  onely  the  tribe  of  luda. 
 *And  whan  Roboam  came  to  lerusalem,  aU 
 the  house  of  luda  and  the  trybe  of  Ben 
 lamin  (euen  an  hundreth  and  foure  score 
 thousande  chosen  men  of  armes)  gathered 
 themselues  together  to  fight  against  f  house 
 of  Israel,  (t  to  brynge  the  kyngdome  agayne 
 vnto  Roboam  y  sonne  of  Salomo. 
 
 But  the  worde  of  God  came  to  Semeia  the 
 man  of  God,  and  sayde :  Speake  thou  to  Ro- 
 boam the  Sonne  of  Salomon  kynge  of  luda, 
 and  to  all  y  house  of  luda  and  Ben  lamin, 
 and  to  the  other  people,  and  saye :  Thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE :  Ye  shall  not  go  vp  and  fighte 
 agaynst  youre  brethren  the  children  of  Israel. 
 Let  euery  man  go  home  agayne,  for  this  is  my 
 dede.  And  they  herkened  vnto  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  turned  back,  to  go  their 
 waye,  as  the  LORDE  sayde.  But  Roboam 
 buylded  Sichem  vpon  mount  Ephraim,  and 
 dwelt  therin,  and  departed  thence,  and  buylded 
 t  Penuel. 
 
 leroboa  thoughte  in  his  hert:  The  king- 
 dome  shall  fall  agayne  now  vnto  the  house  of 
 Dauid,  yf  this  people  go  vp  to  offre  in  the 
 LORDES  house  at  lerusalem,  and  so  shall 
 the  hert  of  this  people  turne  to  their  lorde 
 Roboam  kynge  of  luda,  and  the  shal  they 
 slaye  me,  and  fall  agayne  to  Roboam  kynge 
 of  luda.  And  the  kynge  helde  a  councell  t 
 and  made  two  golden  calues,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  It  is  to  moch  for  you  to  go  to  lerusale : 
 beholde,  Hhere  is  thy  God  (O  Israel)  which 
 broughte  y  out  of  Egipte.  And  the  one  set 
 he  at  Bethel,  5  the  other  in  Dan.  And  this 
 dede  turned  to  synne,  for  the  people  wente 
 before  the  one  vnto  Dan. 
 
 He  made  an  house  also  in  the  bye  places, 
 II  and  made  prestes  of  the  smallest  in  the  people, 
 which  were  not  of  the  childre  of  Leui.  And 
 vpon  the  fiftene  daye  of  the  eighte  moneth  he 
 made  an  holy  daye,  like  as  the  solempne  feast 
 
 •2  Par.  11.  a.  flud.  8.  d.  fTob.  l.a.  §  Exo. 
 38.  b.  II  Num.  3.  a.     4  Re.  17.  g.  IT  4  Re.  23.  e. 
 
 in  luda,  and  offered  vpon  the  altare.  Thus 
 dyd  he  at  Bethel,  in  doynge  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 calues  which  he  had  made,  and  at  Bethel  he 
 ordeyned  the  prestes  of  the  hye  places  that  he 
 had  made:  and  otfred  vpon  the  altar  (which 
 he  had  made)  at  Bethel,  the  fiftene  daye  of 
 the  eight  moneth,  which  he  inuented  of  his 
 owne  hert.  And  he  made  the  children  of 
 Israel  an  holy  daye,  5  wente  vp  to  the  altare 
 to  burne  incense. 
 
 Ojt  yii).  Cf)apttr. 
 
 AND  beholde,  there  came  a  ma  of  God 
 from  luda  (thorow  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE)  vnto  Bethel,  and  leroboam  stode 
 by  the  altar  to  burne  incense.  And  he  cried 
 agaynst  the  altare  thorow  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde:  O  altar,  altar,  thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE:  Beholde,  there  shal  be 
 borne  vnto  y  house  of  Dauid  a  sonne,  losias 
 by  name  U  which  on  the  shal  offer  the  prestes 
 of  the  hye  places,  that  burne  incense  vpon 
 the,  and  mens  bones  shal  he  burne  on  the. 
 And  he  gaue  a  wonder  token  the  same  daye, 
 and  sayde :  This  is  the  token,  that  the  LORDE 
 hath  spoken  it,  beholde,  the  altar  shall  ryue, 
 and  the  aszshes,  that  are  theron,  shall  be 
 poured  out. 
 
 But  whan  the  kynge  herde  the  worde  of  the 
 man  of  God,  that  cried  agaynst  the  altare  at 
 Bethel,  he  stretched  out  his  hande  by  y  altare, 
 and  sayde :  Laye  hondes  on  him.  And  his 
 hande  that  he  stretched  out,  wythered,  and 
 he  coulde  not  drawe  it  vnto  him  agayne.  And 
 y  altare  roue,  and  the  aszshes  were  poured  out 
 from  the  altare,  acordinge  to  the  wonder  token 
 that  the  man  of  God  had  geuen  by  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  kynge  answered,  and  sayde  vnto 
 the  man  of  God:  **0  praye  the  face  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  and  make  intercession  for 
 me,  that  my  hande  male  be  restored  vnto  me 
 agayne.  Then  prayed  the  man  of  God  vnto 
 the  face  of  the  LORDE.  And  the  kynges 
 hande  was  restored  him  agayne,  and  became 
 as  it  was  afore.  And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto 
 the  man  of  God :  Come  home  with  me,  and 
 dyne,  and  I  wil  geue  the  a  rewarde. 
 
 But  the  man  of  God  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  : 
 Yf  thou  geuest  me  halfe  thy  house,  I  wil  not 
 come  with  the :  for  in  this  place  wyll  I  nether 
 
 ••  Exod.  8.  b.  9.  f.  10.  c.     Num.  21.  b.     Act.  8.  c. 
 
CI)ap.  nii). 
 
 €i)t  itj.  bofee  of  fbt  fepng^s. 
 
 ffo,  mmt 
 
 eate  bred,  ner  drynke  water.  For  thus  am  I 
 commaunded,  and  thus  is  it  sayde  vnto  me  by 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE :  Thou  shalt  eate 
 no  bred,  and  drynke  no  water,  nether  returne 
 the  waye  that  thou  wentest. 
 
 And  he  departed  another  waye,  and  re- 
 turned not  agayne  the  waye  that  he  came  to 
 Bethel.  But  at  Bethel  there  dwelt  an  olde 
 prophet  vnto  who  his  sonnes  came,  5  tolde 
 him  all  the  workes  y  the  ma  of  God  had  done 
 that  days  at  Bethel,  d  the  wordes  that  he  had 
 spoken  vnto  the  kynge.  And  their  father 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Which  waye  is  he  gone  ? 
 And  his  sonnes  shewed  him  the  waye  that  the 
 man  of  God  was  gone :  which  came  from  luda. 
 He  sayde  vnto  his  sonnes:  Saddell  me  the 
 asse.  And  wha  they  had  sadled  him  the  asse, 
 he  rode  theron,  and  wente  after  the  man  of 
 God,  and  founde  him  syttinge  vnder  an  Oke 
 tre,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Art  thou  the  man 
 of  God  that  came  from  luda?  He  sayde:  Yee. 
 
 He  sayde  vnto  him  :  Come  home  with  me, 
 and  eate  bred.  He  sayde :  I  maye  not  turne 
 backe  with  the,  and  come  with  the.  Nether 
 wyll  I  eate  bred,  ner  drynke  water  with  the  in 
 this  place :  for  it  is  spoken  vnto  me  by  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE :  Thou  shalt  nether 
 eate  bred  there,  ner  yet  drynke  water,  nether 
 shalt  thou  go  agayne  by  the  waye  which  thou 
 wentest.  He  sayde  vnto  him :  I  myselfe  am 
 a  prophet  as  well  as  thou,  and  an  angell  hath 
 spoken  with  me  by  f  worde  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  saide :  Bringe  him  againe  with  the,  that 
 he  maye  eate  bred,  and  drynke  water.  But 
 he  lyed  vnto  him,  and  broughte  him  agayne, 
 so  that  he  ate  bred,  and  dranke  water  in  his 
 house. 
 
 And  whan  they  sat  at  the  table,  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  came  to  the  prophet  that  had 
 broughte  him  agayne,  and  cryed  vnto  the  man 
 which  was  come  fro  luda,  and  sayde :  Thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE :  Because  thou  hast  bene 
 dishobedient  vnto  the  mouth  of  f  LORDE, 
 and  hast  not  kepte  the  commaundement  that 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  commaunded  the,  but 
 hast  turned  backe,  and  hast  eaten  bred,  and 
 dronke  water  in  f  place,  wherof  he  saide  vnto 
 the  :  Thou  shalt  nether  eate  bred  ner  drynke 
 water,  therfore  shall  not  thy  body  come  in  to 
 thy  fathers  graue. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  eaten  bred  and  dronke 
 the  asse  was  sadled  vnto  the  prophet  whom 
 
 he  had  brought  agayne.  *And  wha  he  was 
 gone,  a  lyon  founde  him  by  the  waye,  5  slewe 
 him,  and  his  body  was  cast  in  y  waye.  And 
 the  asse  stode  by  him,  and  the  lyon  stode  by 
 the  body.  And  wha  men  wente  by,  they  sawe 
 the  body  cast  in  the  waye,  and  the  lyon  stond- 
 ynge  besyde  the  body,  and  came  and  tolde  it 
 in  the  cite,  where  the  olde  prophet  dwelt. 
 
 Whan  the  prophet  which  had  broughte  him 
 agayne,  herde  that,  he  sayde :  It  is  the  man 
 of  God,  that  hath  bene  chshobediet  vnto  the 
 mouth  of  the  LORDE,  therfore  hath  y 
 LORDE  delyuered  him  vnto  the  Lyon,  which 
 hath  rente  him,  and  slayne  him,  acordynge 
 to  the  worde  that  the  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 him.  And  he  sayde  vnto  his  sonnes :  Saddell 
 me  the  asse.  And  whan  they  had  sadled  it,  he 
 wente,  and  founde  his  body  cast  in  the  waie 
 and  the  asse  and  the  lyon  stondynge  beside  y 
 body.  The  lyon  had  eate  nothinge  of  the 
 body,  nether  had  he  tome  the  asse.  Then 
 toke  the  prophet  the  deed  coarse  of  the  man  of 
 God,  and  layed  it  vpo  the  asse,  and  broughte 
 it  agayne  in  to  the  cite  of  the  olde  prophet, 
 to  mourne,  and  to  burye  him. 
 
 And  he  layed  the  coarse  in  his  awne  graue, 
 and  they  mourned  for  him :  Alas  my  brother. 
 And  whan  they  had  buryed  him,  he  saide 
 vnto  his  sonnes :  Whan  I  dye,  burye  me  in 
 the  graue  where  the  ma  of  God  is  buried, 
 and  laye  my  bones  besyde  his  bones,  t  For  it 
 shal  come  to  passe,  that  he  cried  (thorow  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE)  against  Bethel,  and 
 agaynst  all  f  houses  of  the  hye  places,  which 
 are  in  the  cities  of  Samaria. 
 
 Howbeit  after  this  acte  dyd  not  leroboa 
 turne  from  his  euell  waye,  but  was  peruerted, 
 and  made  prestes  of  the  hye  places,  eue  of  the 
 smallest  of  the  people  :  Loke  whom  it  pleased 
 him,  his  handes  he  fylled,  5  he  was  prest  of 
 the  hye  places.  And  this  turned  to  synne 
 vnto  the  house  of  leroboa,  to  destroye  him 
 and  to  brynge  him  to  naughte. 
 
 E^c  ftiij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  was  Abia  the  sonne  of 
 leroboam  sicke,  and  leroboam  saide 
 vnto  his  wyfe  :  Get  the  vp,  and  disguise  the, 
 so  that  no  man  perceaue  that  thou  art  Jero- 
 boams wyfe,  and  go  vnto  Silo :  beholde,  there 
 is  the  prophet  Ahias,  *  which  promysed  me  y 
 I  shulde  be  kynge  ouer  this  people :  and  take 
 
 t  3  Re.  11.  c. 
 
ffo.  mmih 
 
 €ht  iih  ho'kt  of  tftr  fepngfsi. 
 
 Cfiap.  viiih 
 
 with  the  ten  loaues  of  bred  and  cakes,  and  a 
 cuppe  with  hony,  j  go  to  him,  that  he  maye 
 tell  the  how  it  shal  go  with  the  childe.  And 
 leroboams  wyfe  did  so,  and  gat  hir  vp,  and 
 wente  vnto  Silo,  and  came  in  to  the  house  of 
 Ahias.  But  Ahias  couldc  not  se,  for  his  eyes 
 were  dymme  for  age.  Neuerthelesse  the 
 LOIIDE  sayde  vnto  Ahias:  Beholde,  lero 
 boams  wyfe  commeth,  to  axe  a  matter  at  the 
 for  hir  sonne,  for  he  is  sycke.  Speake  thi 
 therfore  vnto  her  thus  j  thus.  Now  whan  she 
 came  in,  she  shewed  hirselfe  straunge.  But 
 whan  Ahias  herde  the  noyse  of  hir  fete  goynge 
 in  at  the  dore,  he  saide :  Come  in  thou  wyfe 
 of  leroboa.  Why  shewest  thou  thy  selfe  so 
 straunge  ?  I  am  sent  vnto  y  an  harde  mes- 
 saunger. 
 
 Go  thy  waye  and  tell  leroboam :  Thus 
 sayeth  y  LORDE  God  of  Israel:  "I  haue 
 exalted  the  from  amonge  the  people,  and  set 
 the  to  be  prynce  ouer  my  people  of  Israel,  and 
 haue  rente  the  kyngdome  from  the  house  of 
 Dauid,  and  geuen  it  the.  But  thou  hast  not 
 bene  as  my  seruaunt  Dauid,  which  kepte  my 
 commaundemetes,  and  walked  after  me  with 
 all  his  hert,  so  that  he  did  onely  y  thinge  that 
 was  righte  in  my  sighte  :  and  thou  hast  done 
 worse  then  all  they  that  haue  bene  before  the : 
 thou  hast  gone  thy  waye  and  made  the  other 
 goddes,  and  molten  ymages,  to  prouoke  me 
 vnto  wrath,  and  hast  cast  me  behynde  thy 
 backe. 
 
 Beholde  therfore,  I  wil  brynge  mysfortune 
 vpon  the  house  of  leroboam,  and  wyl  rote 
 out  from  leroboam  eue  him  that  maketh 
 water  agaynst  the  wall,  the  presoner  and  for- 
 saken in  Israel :  and  the  posterite  of  y  house 
 of  leroboam  wyll  I  swepe  out,  as  donge  is 
 swepte  out,  tyll  he  be  cleane  broughte  to 
 naught.  *  He  that  dieth  (of  leroboam)  in  the 
 cite,  the  dogges  shal  eate  him  vp.  But  him  y 
 dyeth  in  the  felde,  shall  the  foules  of  the  aire 
 eat  vp,  for  the  LORDE  hath  spoken  it. 
 
 Get  the  vp  therfore,  and  go  home,  n  whan 
 thy  fete  enter  in  to  y  cite,  the  childe  shal  dye. 
 And  all  Israel  shal  bewayle  him,  and  burye 
 him.  For  he  onely  of  leroboam  shal  come 
 to  the  graue,  because  there  is  some  good 
 founde  in  him  before  the  LORDE  God  of  Is- 
 rael, in  leroboams  house,  t  But  the  LORDE 
 shall  rayse  him  vp  a  kynge,  which  shal  rote 
 
 t  3  Re.  14.  c. 
 
 In.  g.  t  3  Re.  15.  e. 
 
 §  2  Par.  13.  a. 
 
 out  y  house  of  leroboam  in  that  daie.  And 
 what  is  it,  y  is  now  in  hande  all  ready?  And 
 the  LORDE  shal  smyte  Israel,  like  as  a  rede 
 is  moued  in  the  water :  5  shal  rote  out  Israel 
 from  this  good  londe,  that  he  gaue  vnto  their 
 fathers,  (i  shal  scaler  them  beyonde  the  water, 
 because  they  haue  made  their  groues  to  pro- 
 uoke the  LORDE  vnto  wrath.  And  Israel 
 shall  be  geuen  ouer  because  of  the  synne  of 
 leroboam,  which  hath  synned  him  selfe,  (t 
 made  Israel  to  synne. 
 
 And  leroboams  wife  gat  her  vp,  wente  hir 
 waye,  5  came  vnto  Thirza.  And  whan  she 
 came  vpo  the  thresholde  of  the  house,  y  childe 
 dyed,  g  they  buried  him,  5  all  Israel  made 
 lamentacion  for  him,  t  acordinge  to  f  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  he  spake  by  his  ser- 
 uaunt Ahia  y  prophet.  §  What  more  there  is 
 to  saye  of  leroboam,  how  he  foughte  j  raigned, 
 beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the 
 kynges  of  Israel.  The  tyme  that  leroboam 
 raigned,  was  two  ij  twentye  yeare.  And  he 
 slepte  with  his  fathers.  And  Nadab  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Roboam  y  sonne  of  Salomon  was  kynge  in 
 luda.  II  One  and  fortye  yeare  olde  was 
 Roboam  wha  he  was  made  kynge,  (i  seuentene 
 yeare  raigned  he  at  lerusalem,  in  the  cite  y 
 the  LORDE  had  chosen  out  of  all  f  trybes  of 
 Israel,  to  set  his  name  there.  His  mothers 
 name  was  Naema  an  Ammonitisse.  And 
 luda  dyd  y  which  displeased  the  LORDE,  5 
 prouoked  him  to  indignacion  more  the  all  y 
 their  fathers  had  done  with  their  synnes 
 which  they  dyd :  for  they  likewyse  buylded 
 them  hye  places,  pilers,  and  groues  vpo  euery 
 hye  hill,  and  amonge  all  grene  trees.  There 
 were  whoremogers  also,  i  they  dyd  all  y  abho- 
 minacios  of  y  Heythe,  whom  f  LORDE  droue 
 out  before  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 If  But  in  y  fifth  yeare  of  kynge  Roboam 
 wete  Sisack  y-  kynge  of  Egipte  vp  agaynst 
 lerusalem,  j  toke  the  treasure  out  of  -y  house 
 of  the  LC)RDE,  a  out  of  the  kynges  house,  5 
 all  that  mighte  be  gotten,  (t  toke  all  the  shyldes 
 of  golde,  ** which  Salomon  caused  to  be  made. 
 In  steade  wherof  y  kynge  Roboam  caused  for 
 to  make  shyldes  of  stele,  5  commytted  them 
 vnder  the  handes  of  the  chefe  fotemen,  which 
 kepte  the  dore  of  the  kynges  house.  And  as 
 oft  as  the  kynge  wente  in  to  f  house  of  the 
 
 Par.  12.  c.  IF  2  Par.  12.  a.  ••  3  Re.  10.  c. 
 
 2  Par.  9.  b. 
 
Cftap.  )rb» 
 
 €i)t  iij.  bofee  of  tl)t  fepsrsi. 
 
 jTo.  crcvitTiil.l 
 
 LORDE,  the  fote  men  bare  them,  and 
 brought  them  agayne  in  to  the  fote  mens 
 chamber. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Roboam, 
 and  all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in 
 the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  But 
 betwene  Roboam  j  leroboam  there  was  warre 
 as  longe  as  they  lyued.  And  *  Roboam 
 slepte  with  his  fathers,  j  was  buried  with  his 
 fathers  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And  his  mothers 
 name  was  Naema  an  Ammonitisse.  And  his 
 Sonne  Abia  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 El)c  vb.  CI;apttr. 
 
 IN  the  eightenth  yeare  of  kynge  leroboa 
 the  Sonne  of  Nebat,  "was  Abia  kynge  in 
 luda,  and  reigned  thre  yeare  at  Jerusalem. 
 His  mothers  name  was  t  Maecha,  the  doughter 
 of  Abisalom,  and  he  walked  in  all  the  synnes 
 of  his  father,  which  he  had  done  before  him, 
 and  his  hert  was  not  perfecte  with  the  LORDE 
 his  God,  as  was  the  hert  of  Dauid  his  father. 
 i  For  because  of  Dauids  sake  dyd  the  LORDE 
 his  God  geue  him  a  lanterne  at  Jerusalem,  so 
 y  he  raysed  his  sonne  after  him,  (j  manteyned 
 him  at  Jerusalem,  because  Dauid  dyd  the 
 thinge  y  was  righte  in  ;y-  sighte  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  departed  not  from  all  that  he  commaunded 
 him  as  longe  as  he  lyued  (sauynge  in  the 
 matter  with  ^  Vrias  f  Hethite).  But  there 
 was  warre  betwene  Roboam  and  Jeroboam,  as 
 longe  as  he  lyued. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Abia,  and 
 all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the 
 Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Juda.  There  was 
 warre  also  betwene  Abia  and  Jeroboam.  And 
 Abia  slepte  with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried 
 him  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And  Asa  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade.  II  In  y  twentyeth 
 yeare  of  kynge  Jeroboam  ouer  Israel,  was  Asa 
 kynge  in  luda,  and  reigned  one  i  fortye  yeare 
 at  Jerusalem.  His  graundmothers  name  was 
 Maecha  the  doughter  of  Abisalom.  And  Asa 
 dyd  that  which  was  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  as  dyd  his  father  Dauid.  And  he 
 remoued  f  If  whoremongers  out  of  the  londe, 
 and  put  downe  all  the  Idols  that  his  fathers 
 had  made.  **He  put  his  mother  from  the 
 mynistracion,  that  she  had  made  vnto  Miple 
 zeth  in  f  groue.  And  Asa  roted  out  hi: 
 Miplezeth,  and  brent  it  in  the  broke  Cedron : 
 
 '  2  Par.  12.  c. 
 f3  Reg.  11.  f. 
 
 "2  Par.  13.  a. 
 ^  2  Re.  11.  a. 
 
 t  2  Par.  11.  c. 
 2  Par.  14.  a. 
 
 but  the  hye  places  put  he  not  downe.  Yet 
 was  the  hert  of  Asa  perfecte  with  the  LORDE 
 as  longe  as  he  lyued.  And  the  syluer  and 
 golde,  and  vessels  that  his  father  had  halowed, 
 (t  soch  as  was  sanctified  vnto  y  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  that  broughte  he  in.  And  there 
 was  warre  betwene  Asa  5  Baesa  the  kynge  of 
 Israel,  as  longe  as  they  lyued. 
 
 Baesa  the  kynge  of  Israel  wente  vp  agaynst 
 luda,  and  buylded  Rama,  *that  no  man  shulde 
 go  out  and  in  of  Asas  syde  the  kynge  of  luda. 
 Then  toke  Asa  all  the  syluer  and  golde  that 
 was  lefte  in  the  treasure  of  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  in  the  treasure  of  the  kynges 
 house,  and  delyuered  it  in  to  his  seruauntes 
 handes,  a,  sent  it  vnto  ttBenadab  the  sonne  of 
 Tabrimon  the  sonne  of  Hesion  kynge  of  Siria, 
 which  dwelt  at  Damascon,  and  let  saye  vnto 
 him  :  There  is  a  couenaunt  betwene  me  and 
 the,  and  betwene  my  father  and  thy  fath( 
 therfore  sende  I  the  a  present  of  syluer  and 
 golde,  that  thou  shuldest  breake  the  couenaunt 
 which  thou  hast  with  Baesa  the  kynge  of 
 Israel,  that  he  maye  departe  fro  me. 
 
 Benadab  agreed  vnto  kynge  Asa,  and  sent 
 his  captaynes  agaynst  the  cities  of  Israel,  and 
 smote  lion  and  i)an,  ij  Abel  Beth  Maecha, 
 and  all  Cineroth  with  the  whole  londe  of 
 Nephtali.  Wha  Baesa  herde  that,  he  left  of 
 from  buyldinge  Rama,  and  wente  agayne  vnto 
 Thirza. 
 
 Kynge  Asa  caused  it  be  proclamed  in  all 
 luda  :  Here  be  no  man  excepte.  And  they 
 toke  awaye  the  stones  and  tymber  from  Rama, 
 wherwith  Baesa  had  buylded.  And  kynge 
 Asa  buylded  Geba  Ben  lamin  5  Mispa  ther- 
 with. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Asa,  and  of 
 all  his  power,  and  all  that  he  dyd,  and  of  f 
 cities  which  he  buylded,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda: 
 sauynge  that  in  his  olde  age  he  was  diseased 
 in  his  fete.  And  Asa  slepte  with  his  fathers, 
 and  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  cite  of 
 Dauid  his  father.  ttAnd  losaphat  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 But  Nadab  the  sonne  of  leroboam  was 
 kynge  ouer  Israel  in  the  secode  yeare  of  Asa 
 kynge  of  luda,  5  raigned  ouer  Israel  two  yeare, 
 and  dyd  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  walked  in  the  waye  of  his  father,  and  in 
 
 C 
 
 1[  3  Re. 
 
 I.  g.  ••  2  Par.  15.  d.  '  2  Par.  16.  a. 
 
 tt  3  Re.  20.  a.  J{  2  Par.  17.  a. 
 
4fo7  rcc^TViiij. 
 
 Wt)t  iij.  bokf  of  ti)t  fepnfffS. 
 
 Cftap.  )rbu 
 
 dF 
 
 his  synnes,  wherwith  he  made  Israel  to  synne. 
 Howbeit  Baesa  the  sorme  of  Ahia  of  the  house 
 of  Isachar  conspired  agayiist  him,  a  smote 
 him  at  Gibbethon,  which  was  the  Philistynes : 
 for  Nadab  and  all  Israel  layed  sege  to  Gib- 
 bethon. So  Baesa  slewe  him  in  the  thirde 
 yeare  of  Asa  kynge  of  luda,  5  was  kynge  in 
 his  steade.  *  Now  whan  he  was  kynge,  he 
 smote  all  the  house  of  leroboam,  and  let 
 nothinge  of  leroboam  remayne  that  had  breth, 
 tyll  he  had  destroyed  it,  acordynge  to  f 
 worde  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  spake  by  his 
 seruaunt  Ahia  of  Silo,  because  of  leroboams 
 synnes  which  he  dyd,  5  made  Israel  synne 
 withall :  euen  with  y  prouokynge  wherwith  he 
 displeased  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Nadab,  5  all 
 that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the 
 Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel,  and  there 
 was  warre  betwene  Asa  5  Baesa  the  kynge  of 
 Israel,  as  longe  as  they  lyued. 
 
 In  the  thirde  yeare  of  Asa  kynge  of  luda 
 was  Baesa  f  sonne  of  Ahia  kynge  ouer  all 
 Israel  at  Thirza  foure  and  twentye  yeare,  and 
 dyd  that  which  was  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  walked  in  the  waye  of  leroboam, 
 and  in  his  synnes,  wherwith  he  made  Israel 
 to  synne. 
 
 Neuertheles  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  lehu  the  sonne  of  Hanani  agaynst 
 Baesa,  and  sayde :  For  so  moch  as  I  lifted  the 
 out  of  the  dust,  and  made  the  prynce  ouer  my 
 people  of  Israel,  and  thou  walkest  in  the 
 waye  of  leroboam,  and  makest  my  people 
 ouer  Israel  for  to  synne,  to  prouoke  me  vnto 
 wrath  thorow  their  synnes,  beholde,  therfore 
 wyll  I  take  awaye  the  posterite  of  Baesa,  and 
 the  posterite  of  his  house,  and  wyll  set  thine 
 house  euen  as  the  house  of  leroboam  the 
 sonne  of  Nebat.  t  He  that  of  Baesa  dyeth 
 in  the  cite,  the  dogges  shal  deuoure  him :  and 
 who  so  beynge  of  him  dyeth  in  the  felde,  the 
 foules  of  the  ayre  shall  eate  him  vp. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Baesa,  5 
 what  he  dyd,  ij  of  his  power,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  f  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 And  Baesa  slepte  with  his  fathers,  (t  was 
 buried  at  Thirza :  a  his  sonne  Ella  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade.  And  the  worde  of  f  LORDE 
 came  by  the  prophet  lehu  the  sonne  of 
 Hanani,  ouer  Baesa,  and  ouer  his  house,  and 
 agaynst  all  the  euell  that  he  dyd  in  the  sighte 
 
 *3  Re.  14.  c.      t3  Re.  14.  b.  and  16.  a.      *  The  prophet. 
 
 of  y  LORDE,  to  prouoke  him  vnto  wrath 
 thorow  the  workes  of  his  handes  :  so  that  he 
 became  as  the  house  of  leroboam,  and  be- 
 cause he  slewe  Uhis  man. 
 
 CI)c  ybi.  Cijapttr. 
 
 IN  the  sixe  5  twentieth  yeare  of  Asa  kynge 
 of  luda,  was  Ella  the  sonne  of  Baesa 
 kynge  ouer  Israel  at  Thirza  two  yeare. 
 Neuertheles  his  seruaunt  Simri,  f  principall 
 man  ouer  the  halfe  of  y  charettes  cospyred 
 against  him.  As  for  Ella,  he  was  at  Thirza, 
 dranke  5  was  dronke  in  y  house  of  Arza  the 
 ruler  of  Thirza.  And  Simri  came  in,  and 
 slewe  him  in  the  seuen  5  twentieth  yeare  of 
 Asa  kynge  of  luda,  and  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  §  And  whan  he  was  kynge,  and  sat 
 vpon  his  seate,  he  smote  all  the  house  of 
 Baesa,  (t  lefte  not  so  moch  as  one  to  make 
 water  agaynst  y  wall :  his  bloud  auengers  also 
 (J  his  frendes.  II  Thus  dyd  Simri  destroye  all 
 the  house  of  Baesa,  acordinge  to  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  he  spake  ouer  Baesa 
 by  the  prophet  lehu,  because  of  all  the  synnes 
 of  Baesa  and  of  Ella  his  sonne,  which  they 
 dyd,  and  made  Israel  for  to  synne,  to  prouoke 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  vnto  wrath  thorow 
 their  vanities.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of 
 Ella,  and  all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 
 In  the  seuen  and  twentieth  yeare  of  Asa 
 kynge  of  luda,  was  Simri  kynge  vij.  dayes  at 
 Thirza,  and  the  people  laye  before  Gibbethon 
 of  the  Philistynes.  But  whan  the  people  in 
 the  hoost  herde  saye  y  Simri  had  conspired 
 and  slayne  the  kynge,  then  all  Israel  the  same 
 daye  made  Amri  the  chefe  captayne  kynge 
 ouer  all  in  the  hoost.  And  Amri  wente  vp 
 and  all  Israel  with  him  from  Gibbethon,  and 
 layed  sege  vnto  Thirza.  HBut  whan  Simri 
 sawe  y  the  cite  shulde  be  wonne,  he  wente  in 
 to  the  palace  in  the  kynges  house,  5  brent  it 
 with  y  kynges  house,  (j  dyed  because  of  his 
 synnes  which  he  had  committed,  in  that  he 
 dyd  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 walked  in  the  waye  of  leroboam,  and  in  his 
 synnes  which  he  dyd,  wherwith  he  made  Israel 
 to  s)Tine. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Simri,  and 
 how  he  conspired,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  f 
 Cronicles  of  the  kjTiges  of  Israel.  At  the  same 
 tyme  were  y  people  deuyded  in  two  partes : 
 
 $  3  Re.  14.  b.  and  21.  d.        ||  3  Re.  15. 
 
 f  4  Re.  9.  f. 
 
Cftap.  xtij. 
 
 €i)t  lij.  bofee  of  ti)t  fepngcsf. 
 
 fo,  wcrrFb. 
 
 the  one  parte  helde  with  Thibni  the  sonne  of 
 Ginath,  that  they  might  make  him  kynge :  the 
 other  halfe  helde  with  Amri.  But  the  people 
 that  helde  with  Amri,  were  mightier  then  the 
 people  which  helde  with  Thibni  y^  sonne  of  Gi- 
 nath.   And  Thibni  dyed,  and  Amri  was  kynge. 
 
 In  f  one  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  Asa  kynge 
 of  luda,  was  Amri  kynge  ouer  Israel  twolue 
 yeares,  5  raigned  at  Thirza  sixe  yeares.  He 
 boughte  the  mount  of  Samaria  of  Semer 
 for  two  hundreth  weight  of  syluer,  5  buylded 
 vpon  the  mount,  and  called  the  cite  which  he 
 buylded,  after  y  name  of  Semer  f  owner  of  f 
 mount  of  Samaria.  And  Amri  dyd  that  which 
 was  euell  in  f  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 was  worse  then  all  they  that  were  before  him, 
 and  walked  in  all  f  wayes  of  leroboam  f 
 sonne  of  Nebat,  and  in  his  synnes,  wherwith 
 he  made  Israel  to  synne,  so  that  they  pro- 
 uoked  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  vnto  wrath 
 in  their  vanities.  What  more  there  is  to  saye 
 of  Amri,  5  all  that  he  dyd,  and  his  power  that 
 he  exercysed,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel.  And  Amri  slepte 
 with  his  fathers,  ij  was  buried  in  Samaria, 
 and  Achab  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  eight  j  thirtieth  yeare  of  Asa  kynge 
 of  luda,  was  Achab  the  sonne  of  Amri  kynge 
 ouer  Israel,  5  raigned  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria 
 two  I  twentie  yeare,  (j  dyd  euell  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  LORDE,  more  the  all  they  y  were 
 before  him.  And  he  thoughte  it  but  a  small 
 matter  to  walke  in  the  synnes  of  leroboam 
 the  sonne  of  Nebat :  *  and  toke  lesabel  the 
 doughter  of  Eth  Baal  kynge  of  Sidon  to  wife, 
 and  wente  and  serued  Baal,  and  worshiped 
 him.  And  vnto  Baal  he  set  vp  an  altare  in 
 Baals  house,  which  he  buylded  him  in  Sa- 
 maria, and  made  a  groue :  so  that  Achab  dyd 
 more  to  prouoke  the  God  of  Israel  vnto  wrath, 
 then  all  the  kynges  y  were  before  him  in  Israel. 
 
 At  f  same  tyme  dyd  Hiel  of  Bethel  buylde 
 lericho  :  t  It  cost  him  his  first  sonne  Abiram, 
 y  he  layed  y  foundacion :  5  his  yongest  sonne 
 Segub,  y  he  set  vp  the  portes :  Acordinge  to 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  spake  by 
 losua  the  sonne  of  Nun. 
 
 Cljc  ybtj.  Ci)aptEr. 
 
 AND  Elias  y  Theszbite  one  of  the  inha- 
 biters  of   Gilead,   saide  vnto    Achab: 
 tAs  truly  as  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  lyueth, 
 
 *  Deut.  7.  a.        t  losu.  6.  c. 
 
 whose  seruaunt  I  am,  there  shal  nether  rayne 
 ner  dew  come  this  yeare,  excepte  I  speake  it. 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 him,  and  sayde  :  Get  the  hence,  and  turne  the 
 towarde  the  east,  and  hyde  the  by  the  ryuer 
 Crith,  which  is  ouer  agaynst  lordane,  and  thou 
 shalt  drynke  of  the  ryuer :  and  I  haue  com- 
 maunded  the  rauens,  that  they  shal  fede  the 
 there.  He  departed,  and  dyd  acordinge  to 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  and  wente  his 
 waye,  and  sat  him  downe  by  the  ryuer  Crith, 
 which  is  ouer  agaynst  lordane.  And  the  raues 
 broughte  him  bred  and  flesh  in  the  mornynge 
 and  in  the  euenynge,  and  he  dranke  of  the 
 ryuer. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  after  certayne  dayes,  that 
 the  riuer  was  dryed  vp :  for  there  was  no 
 rayne  in  the  lode.  Then  came  y  worde  of  y 
 LORDE  vnto  him,  and  sayde:  ^Get  y  vp, 
 and  go  vnto  Sarepta,  which  lieth  by  Sido  :  for 
 there  haue  I  commaunded  a  wedowe  to  make 
 prouysion  for  the. 
 
 And  he  gat  him  vp,  and  wente  vnto  Sa- 
 repta. And  whan  he  came  to  the  gate  of  y 
 cite,  beholde,  the  wedowe  was  there,  and 
 gathered  stickes.  And  he  called  her,  and 
 sayde  :  Fetch  me  a  litle  water  in  a  vesseU,  y 
 I  maye  drinke.  And  as  she  was  goinge  to 
 fetch  it,  he  cried  vnto  her,  5  sayde :  Brynge 
 me  a  morsell  of  bred  also  in  thine  hande. 
 She  sayde:  As  truly  as  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 lyueth,  I  haue  no  bred,  but  an  handfuU  of 
 floure  in  a  pitcher,  5  a  curtesy  oyle  in  a  cruse : 
 and  beholde,  I  haue  gathered  vp  one  or  two 
 stickes,  d  wyll  go  and  prepare  it  for  me  and 
 my  Sonne,  that  we  maye  eate  and  dye. 
 
 Elias  sayde  vnto  her:  Feare  not,  go  thy 
 waye,  5  do  as  thou  hast  sayde :  yet  make  me 
 first  a  morsell  of  bred  therof,  5  brynge  it  me 
 forth :  (J  afterwarde  shalt  thou  make  it  for  y 
 (J  thy  sonne.  For  thus  sayeth  f  LORDE  God 
 of  Israel :  The  meell  in  the  pitcher  shall  not 
 be  spent,  (j  the  oyle  in  f  cruse  shall  not  fayll, 
 vnto  the  daye  y  the  LORDE  shal  cause  it  for 
 to  rayne  vpo  earth.  She  wente  j  dyd  as  Elias 
 sayde.  And  he  ate,  %  she  also,  and  hir  house 
 a  certayne  season.  The  meel  in  the  pitcher 
 was  not  mynished,  and  the  oyle  in  the  cruse 
 fayled  not,  acordinge  to  the  worde  of  y 
 LORDE  which  he  spake  by  EUas. 
 
 And  after  these  actes  the  sonne  of  the  wife 
 of  f  house  was  sicke:  and  his  sicknes  was  so 
 
 1 3  Re.  18.  f.  4  Re.  3.  c.  Iacob.5.  c.  Luc.  4.  c.     §  Luc.  4.  c. 
 
So.  mm^t 
 
 C!)c  u).  bokt  of  tfit  fepgts;. 
 
 Cbap.  jtbiij. 
 
 cxceatlinge  sore,  that  there  remayned  no  breth 
 in  him.  And  she  sayde  vnto  Eiias :  What 
 haue  I  to  do  with  the,  thou  man  of  God  ?  Art 
 thou  come  in  vnto  me,  y  my  synne  shulde  be 
 kcpte  in  remembraunce,  (j  that  my  sonne 
 shulde  be  slayne  ?  He  sayde  vnto  her  :  Geue 
 me  thy  sonne.  And  he  toke  him  fro  hir  lappe, 
 d  caried  him  vp  in  to  f  chamber  where  he 
 him  selfe  dwelt,  and  layed  him  vpo  his  bed,  5 
 called  vpon  the  LORDE,  and  sayde :  O 
 LORDE  my  God,  hast  thou  dealt  so  euell 
 with  the  wedow  with  whom  I  dwell,  y  thou 
 woldest  slaye  hir  sonne  ?  And  *  he  stretched 
 out  him  selfe  ouer  the  childe  thre  tymes, 
 (J  called  vpon  the  LORDE,  and  saide :  O 
 LORDE  my  God,  let  the  soule  of  this  childe 
 come  agayne  in  to  him.  And  the  LORDE 
 herde  the  voyce  of  Elias.  And  the  soule  of 
 the  childe  came  agayne  vnto  him,  5  he  re- 
 uyued.  And  Elias  toke  the  childe,  and 
 broughte  him  downe  from  the  chamber  in  to 
 the  house  and  delyuered  him  vnto  his  mother, 
 and  sayde  :  Beholde,  thy  sonne  lyueth.  And 
 the  woman  sayde  vnto  Elias :  Now  knowe  I, 
 that  thou  art  a  man  of  God,  5  that  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  is  in  thy  mouth  of  a  trueth. 
 
 3EIjc  ybii).  CJjnptcr. 
 
 AND  after  a  longe  season  came  y  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  vnto  Elias  in  the 
 thirde  yeare,  (t  sayde :  t  Go  thy  waye,  (j  shewe 
 thy  selfe  vnto  Achab,  y  I  maye  cause  it  for  to 
 rayne  vpon  earth.  And  Elias  wente  to  shewe 
 him  selfe  vnto  Achab.  But  there  was  a  greate 
 derth  1  Samaria.  And  Achab  called  Abdia 
 his  chefe  officer :  (As  for  Abdia,  he  feared  f 
 LORDE  greatly :  for  wha  lesabel  roted  out 
 y  prophetes  of  f  LORDE,  Abdia  toke  an  C. 
 prophetes,  and  hyd  them  in  caues,  here  fiftye, 
 I  there  fiftye,  j  prouyded  for  them  with  bred 
 and  water.)  Achab  now  sayde  vnto  Abdia: 
 Go  thorow  the  londe  vnto  all  the  welles  of 
 water  5  ryuers,  yf  happlye  we  maye  finde  hay, 
 (t  to  saue  f  horses  g  mules,  y  all  the  catell 
 perishe  not.  And  they  parted  the  selues  in  to 
 the  londe,  to  go  thorow  it.  Achab  departed  the 
 one  waye  alone,  and  Abdia  y  other  waye  alone. 
 Now  whan  Abdia  was  on  y  waye,  Elias  met 
 him.  And  whan  he  knewe  him,  he  fell  downe 
 vpon  his  face,  j  sayde :  Art  not  thou  my  lorde 
 Elias .''  He  sayde  :  yee,  go  thy  waye,  and  tell 
 thy  lorde :    beholde.   Elias  is  here.     But  he 
 
 •  Eccli.  48.  a.  t  lacob.  5.  c. 
 
 sayde  :  What  haue  I  offended,  that  thou  wilt 
 delyuer  thy  seruaunt  in  to  the  handes  of 
 Achab,  that  he  maye  slaye  me  ?  As  truly  as 
 the  LORDE  thy  God  lyueth,  there  is  no 
 people  ner  kingdome,  but  my  lorde  hath  sent 
 thither  to  seke  the.  And  whan  they  sayde : 
 He  is  not  here,  he  toke  an  ooth  of  the  same 
 kyngdome  and  nacion,  that  they  had  not 
 founde  the.  And  now  thou  sayest :  Go  tell 
 thy  lorde :  beholde,  Elias  is  here.  Now 
 whan  I  were  gone  from  the,  the  sprete  of  the 
 LORDE  shulde  take  y  awaye,  I  cannot  tell 
 whither:  and  yf  I  then  came  and  tolde  Achab, 
 and  founde  the  not,  he  shulde  slaye  me :  But 
 thy  seruaunt  feareth  the  LORDE  from  his 
 youth  vp.  Hath  it  not  bene  tolde  my  lorde 
 what  I  dyd,  whan  lesabel  slewe  the  prophetes 
 of  the  LORDE,  how  that  I  hyd  an  hundreth 
 of  the  LORDES  prophetes,  here  fiftye,  and 
 there  fiftye  in  the  caues,  and  prouyded  for 
 them  with  bred  and  water  ?  And  thou  sayest 
 now  :  Go  thy  waye,  tell  thy  lorde :  Elias 
 here,  that  he  maye  slaye  me.  Elias  saide :  As 
 truly  as  y  LORDE  Zebaoth  lyueth,  before 
 whom  I  stode,  I  wil  shewe  my  selfe  vnto  him 
 this  daye.  Then  wete  Abdia  to  mete  Achab, 
 5  tolde  him.  And  Achab  wete  for  to  mete 
 Elias. 
 
 And  whan  Achab  sawe  Elifis,  Achab  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Art  thou  he  that  troublest  Israel  ? 
 He  sayde  :  I  trouble  not  Israel,  i  but  it  is  thou 
 and  thy  fathers  house,  because  ye  haue  for- 
 saken the  commaundementes  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  walke  after  Baal.  Go  to,  sende  forth 
 now,  and  gather  me  all  Israel  together  vnto 
 mount  Carmell,  and  the  foure  hundreth  and 
 fiftye  prophetes  of  Baal,  and  the  foure  hun- 
 dreth prophetes  of  y  groue,  which  eate  of 
 lesabels  table.  So  Achab  sent  vnto  all  the 
 children  of  Israel,  5  gathered  the  prophetes 
 together  vnto  mount  Carmell. 
 
 Then  stepte  Elias  vnto  all  the  people,  5 
 sayde :  How  longe  halte  ye  on  both  y  sydes  ? 
 Yf  the  LORDE  be  God,  the  walke  after  him  : 
 but  yf  Baal  be  he,  the  folowe  him.  And  the 
 people  gaue  him  no  answere.  The  sayde 
 Elias  vnto  the  people :  I  onely  am  lefte  a 
 prophet  of  y  LORDE:  but  Baals  prophetes 
 are  foure  C.  and  fiftie  me.  Geue  vs  now  two 
 bullockes,  5  let  them  chose  one  buUocke,  5 
 hewe  him  in  peces,  5  laye  him  vpo  the  wod, 
 5  put  no  fyre  theron :  so  wil  I  take  y  other 
 
Cbap.  ifiir. 
 
 €\)t  nj.  hoht  of  tfte  fepnges. 
 
 Jfo.  crcOTfaij, 
 
 bullock,  5  laye  him  vp5  the  wod,  tj  put  no 
 fyre  theron  also :  call  ye  then  vp6  the  name 
 of  youre  god,  d  I  wil  call  vpo  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE:  loke  which  God  now  answereth 
 with  fyre,  let  the  same  be  God.  And  all  the 
 people  answered  5  sayde :  That  is  righte. 
 And  Elias  sayde  vnto  Baals  prophetes :  Chose 
 ye  one  bullock,  and  do  ye  it  first  (for  ye  are 
 many)  and  call  ye  vpon  the  name  of  youre 
 god,  (J  laye  no  fyre  theron. 
 
 And  they  toke  the  bullock  which  he  gaue 
 them,  5  prepared  it,  5  called  vpon  the  name 
 of  Baal  from  the  mornynge  vntyll  the  noone 
 daye,  and  sayde :  O  Baal  heare  vs.  But 
 there  was  nether  voyce  ner  answere.  And 
 they  hopped  aboute  the  altare,  as  their  vse 
 was  to  do.  Now  whan  it  was  noone  daye, 
 Elias  mocked  them,  and  sayde :  Crye  loude, 
 For  he  is  a  god,  peradueture  he  is  musynge, 
 or  hath  somwhat  to  do,  or  is  gone  some  iour- 
 neye,  or  happlye  he  slepeth,  so  that  he  wolde 
 be  waked  vp.  And  they  cried  loude,  and  pro- 
 uoked  the  selues  with  knyues  ij  botkens,  (as 
 their  maner  was)  tyll  y  bloude  folowed.  But 
 whan  f  noone  daye  was  past,  they  prophecied 
 vntyll  the  tyme  that  the  meatofferynge  shulde 
 be  offered,  5  there  was  nether  voyce  ner  an- 
 swere, ner  one  to  regarde  them. 
 
 Then  sayde  Elias  vnto  all  the  people:  Come 
 hither  all  ye  people  vnto  me.  And  whan  all 
 y  people  came  to  him,  he  repayred  y  *altare 
 of  the  LORDE  y  was  broken,  5  ttoke  twolue 
 stones  acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  y  trybes  of 
 the  childre  of  lacob  (vnto  whom  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE  spake,  and  sayde:  J  Thy  name 
 shal  be  Israel)  and  of  y  stones  he  buylded  an 
 altare  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  5  made  a 
 pytt  rounde  aboute  the  altare,  like  two  forowes 
 in  the  corne  londe,  {j  prepared  the  wod,  5 
 hewed  f  bullock  in  peces,  and  layed  him  vpon 
 the  wod,  (t  sayde  :  Fetch  foure  pitchers  full  of 
 water,  and  poured  it  vpo  the  burntofferynge, 
 and  vpon  the  wod.  And  he  sayde :  Do  it  yet 
 once.  And  they  dyd  it  once  agayne.  And 
 he  sayde  :  Do  it  f  thirde  tyme.  And  they  dyd 
 it  the  thirde  tyme.  And  f  water  ranne  aboute 
 the  altare,  and  y  pytt  was  full  of  water  also. 
 
 And  whan  the  tyme  was  to  offer  y-  meat- 
 offerynge, Elias  stepte  forth,  and  sayde :  O 
 LORDE  God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac  and  of 
 Israel,  let  it  be  knowne  this  daye,  that  thou 
 art  God  in   Israel,  and  I  thy  seruaunt,  and 
 
 •  1  Re.  14.  c.        t  losu.  4.  b.        t  Gen.  .32.  c.  and  35.  b. 
 
 that  I  haue  done  all  this  acordinge  vnto  thy 
 worde.  Heare  me  O  LORDE,  O  heare  me, 
 y  this  people  maye  knowe,  how  that  thou  art 
 the  LORDE  God,  that  thou  mayest  after- 
 warde  turne  their  hertes.  §Then  fell  downe 
 the  fyre  of  the  LORDE,  and  consumed  the 
 burntofferinge,  the  wodd,  the  stones  and  the 
 earth,  and  licked  vp  the  water  that  was  in  the 
 pytt.  Whan  all  the  people  sawe  that,  they 
 fell  vpon  their  faces,  and  sayde :  The  LORDE 
 is  God,  y  LORDE  is  God.  Elias  sayde 
 vnto  them :  II  Laye  handes  vpon  Baals  pro- 
 phetes, y  none  of  them  escape.  And  they 
 toke  them.  And  Elias  broughte  them  downs 
 vnto  y  broke  Cyson,  5  slewe  the  there. 
 
 And  Elias  sayde  vnto  Achab :  Go  vp,  eate 
 5  drynke,  for  it  soundeth  as  though  it  wolde 
 rayne  sore.  And  whan  Achab  wete  vp  to 
 eate  s  drinke,  Elias  asceded  vp  to  the  toppe 
 of  Carmel,  (j  bowed  him  selfe  downe  to  the 
 earth,  (j  put  his  heade  betwene  his  knees,  5 
 sayde  vnto  his  lad :  Go  vp,  and  loke  towards 
 the  See.  He  wente  vp  5  loked,  g  sayde : 
 There  is  nothinge.  He  sayde :  Go  agayne 
 seuen  tymes.  And  at  the  seueth  tyme  he 
 sayde  :  Beholde,  there  goeth  vp  a  litle  cloude 
 out  of  the  see,  like  a  mans  hande.  He  saydi 
 Go  vp,  and  sale  vnto  Achab :  Bynde  thy 
 charet,  a  go  downe,  y  the  rayne  ouertake  the 
 not.  And  or  a  ma  coulde  turne  him,  the 
 heauen  veas  blacke  with  cloudes  ij  wynde,  5 
 there  came  a  greate  rayne.  But  Achab  rode 
 his  waie,  (j  departed  vnto  lesrael.  And  the 
 hiide  of  y-  LORDE  came  vpo  Elias,  and  he 
 gyrde  his  loynes,  5  ranne  before  Achab,  tyll 
 he  came  vnto  lesrael. 
 
 Wi)t  vi'r-  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  Achab  tolde  lesabel  all  y  Elias  had 
 done,  (t  how  he  had  slayne  all  Baals 
 prophetes  with  the  swerde.  The  sent  lesabel 
 a  messaunger  vnto  Elias,  sayenge  :  The  goddes 
 do  this  d  that  vnto  me,  yf  I  tomorow  aboute 
 this  tyme,  make  not  thy  soule  as  one  of  these. 
 Then  was  he  afrayed,  5  gat  him  vp,  5  wente 
 where  he  wolde,  5  came  vnto  Berseba  in 
 luda,  and  lefte  his  lad  there.  But  he  him 
 selfe  wente  a  dales  iourney  in  to  f  wyldernes, 
 (S  came  in,  5  sat  him  downe  vnder  a  luniper 
 tre,  g  wyszshed  vnto  his  soule  y  he  mights 
 dye,  5  sayde :  It  is  now  ynough  LORDE, 
 take  my  soule,  for  I  am  no  better  then  my 
 
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 Cf)aj).  n* 
 
 fathers.  And  he  layed  him  downe  ij  slepte 
 vnder  the  luniper  tre. 
 
 And  beholde,  y  angell  touched  him,  (j  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Stonde  vp,  and  eate.  And  he 
 loked  aboute  him,  j  beholde,  at  his  heade 
 there  was  a  bred  baken  on  the  coles,  5  a  cruse 
 with  water.  And  whan  he  had  eaten  and 
 dronke,  he  layed  him  flowne  agajTie  to  slepe. 
 
 And  y  angell  of  the  LORDE,  came  agayne 
 the  seconde  tjine,  5  touched  him,  5  sayde  : 
 Stonde  vp,  and  eate,  for  thou  hast  a  greate 
 waye  to  go.  And  he  arose,  and  ate  and  driike, 
 and  wente  on  thorow  the  strength  of  that 
 meate  *fortye  dayes  and  fortye  nightes,  eue 
 vnto  Horeb  y  mount  of  God :  and  there  he 
 came  to  a  caue,  and  abode  there  allnighte. 
 And  beholde  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 to  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  What  doest 
 thou  here  Elias?  He  sayde:  I  haue  bene 
 zelous  for  the  LORDE  God  Zebaoth:  for 
 the  children  of  Israel  haue  forsaken  thy  coue- 
 naunt,  and  broken  downe  thine  altares,  and 
 slayne  thy  prophetes  with  the  swerde,  and  I 
 am  lefte  onely,  j  they  seke  to  take  awaye  my 
 life.  He  sayde :  Go  forth,  and  stonde  vpon 
 the  mount  before  the  LORDE.  And  be- 
 holde, the  LORDE  wete  ouer  :  and  a  greate 
 mightie  wynde,  which  roue  the  mountaynes, 
 and  brake  the  harde  stones,  came  before  the 
 LORDE,  but  the  LORDE  was  not  in  the 
 wynde.  After  the  wynde  came  there  an 
 earthquake,  but  the  LORDE  was  not  in  the 
 earthquake. 
 
 And  after  the  earth  quake  there  came  a 
 fyre,  but  the  LORDE  was  not  in  the  fyre. 
 And  after  the  fyre  came  there  a  styll  softe 
 hyssinge.  Whan  Elias  herde  that,  he  couered 
 his  face  with  his  cloke,  and  wente  forth,  and 
 stode  in  the  dore  of  the  caue.  And  beholde, 
 there  came  a  voyce  vnto  him,  and  sayde : 
 What  hast  thou  here  to  do  Elias  ? 
 
 He  sayde :  I  haue  bene  zelous  for  the 
 LORDE  God  Zebaoth:  tfor  the  children  of 
 Israel  haue  forsake  thy  couenaunt,  broken 
 downe  thine  altares,  slayne  thy  prophetes  with 
 the  swerde,  5  I  onely  am  lefte,  and  they  seke 
 to  take  awaye  my  life.  But  the  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Go  thy  waye  agayne  thorow 
 the  wyldernes  vnto  Damascon,  5  go  in,  t(t 
 anoynte  Hasael  kynge  ouer  Siria,  ^j  lehu  the 
 Sonne  of  Nimsi  kynge  ouer  Israel,  (j  Eliseus 
 f  Sonne  of  Saphat   of  Abel   Mehola  to  be 
 
 •  Ero.  34.  d.  Matt.  4.  a.         t  Rom.  11.  a.        }  4  Re.  8.  b. 
 
 prophet  in  thy  steade.  And  it  shal  come  to] 
 passe,  y,  who  so  escapeth  the  swerde  of  Hasael, 
 lehu  shall  slaye  him,  5  who  so  escapeth  f\ 
 swerde  of  lehu,  Eliseus  shal  slaye  him.  II  And 
 I  wil  reserue  vnto  me  vij.  M.  men  in  Israel : 
 namely,  all  y  knees  which  haue  not  bowed 
 the  selues  vnto  Baal,  and  euery  mouth  y  hath 
 not  kyssed  him. 
 
 And  he  departed  thence,  5  founde  Eliseus 
 f  Sonne  of  Saphat,  plowinge  with  twolue  yocke 
 of  oxen  before  him,  3  he  him  selfe  was  amoge 
 the  twolue.  And  Elias  wete  vnto  him,  5 
 cast  his  cloke  vpon  him.  And  he  lefte  the 
 oxen,  d  ramie  after  Elias,  5  sayde  :  t  Let  me 
 kysse  my  father  ri,  my  mother,  and  so  wil  I 
 folowe  the.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him:  Go  thy 
 waye,  a  come  agayne,  for  I  haue  some  what 
 to  do  with  the.  And  he  ranne  agayne  from 
 him,  and  toke  a  yock  of  oxen,  and  oifred  it, 
 and  sod  f  flesh  with  the  wod  of  the  oxen 
 plowes,  and  gaue  it  vnto  the  people  to  eate, 
 and  gat  him  vp,  5  folowed  Elias,  and  mynistred 
 vnto  him. 
 
 €1)t  vv-  CI)aj)tcr. 
 
 AND  **Benadab  y  kynge  of  Siria  gathered 
 all  his  power,  5  there  were  two  (j  thirtie 
 kynges  with  him,  (i  horses  5  charettes,  and  he 
 wente  vp,  and  layed  sege  vnto  Samaria,  5 
 foughte  agaynst  it.  And  he  sent  messaungers 
 vnto  Achab  y  kynge  of  Israel  in  to  f  cite,  5 
 caused  to  saye  vnto  him :  Thus  sayeth  Bena- 
 dab  :  Thy  syluer  5  thy  golde  is  rayne,  and  thy 
 wyues  5  thy  best  children  are  myne  also.  The 
 kynge  of  Israel  answered,  5  sayde :  My  lorde 
 O  kynge,  euen  as  thou  hast  sayde,  I  am  thine, 
 and  all  that  I  haue. 
 
 And  the  messaungers  came  agayne,  5  sayde : 
 Thus  sayeth  Benadab :  For  so  nioch  as  I  haue 
 sent  vnto  the,  sayenge :  Thy  syluer  g  thy  golde, 
 thy  wyues  (j  thy  childre  shalt  thou  geue  me, 
 tomorow  aboute  this  tyme  wil  I  sende  my 
 seruautes  vnto  the,  y  they  maye  serch  thyne 
 house  and  the  houses  of  thy  subiectes :  5  loke 
 what  pleasaunt  thinge  thou  hast,  y  shal  they 
 take  in  their  handes,  and  cary  it  awaye.  So 
 the  kpige  of  Israel  called  all  y  Elders  of  the 
 lode,  5  sayde :  Mark  well  (j  se,  what  myschefe 
 this  ma  seketh:  He  sent  vnto  me  for  my  wyues 
 5  children,  for  syluer  5  golde,  j  I  haue  not 
 sayde  him  naye.  Then  sayde  all  the  Elders 
 and  aU  the  people  ^nito  him  :  Thou  shalt  not 
 
 §4  Re.  9.  a.     ||  Rom.  U.  a.      fLuc.9.  f.      "3  Reg.  15.  c 
 
CI)ap.  n* 
 
 Cfte  lij.  bofet  of  tht  kpngcEi. 
 
 jTo.  waw* 
 
 cosente  ner  agree  vnto  him.  And  he  spake 
 vnto  Benadabs  messaugers,  Saye  vnto  my 
 lorde  y  kynge  :  All  y  thynges  wherfore  thou 
 dyddest  sende  vnto  me  thy  seruaunt  at  y  first, 
 wil  I  do,  but  this  can  I  not  do.  And  y  mes- 
 saungers  wete,  and  tolde  this  againe.  The 
 sent  Benadab  vnto  him  sayege  :  The  goddes 
 do  tliis  and  y  vnto  me,  yf  the  dust  of  Samaria 
 shalbe  ynough,  for  euery  one  of  my  people  to 
 brjTige  me  an  handfull  therof.  But  y  kynge 
 of  Israel  answered,  5  sayde :  Tell  him.  Let 
 not  him  y  putteth  on  y'  harnes,  make  his 
 boast  like  him  y  hath  put  it  of.  Wha  Bena- 
 dab herde  y  (eue  as  he  was  diynkinge  with 
 the  kynges  in  y  pauylion)  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 seruautes:  Set  youre  selues  in  araye.  And 
 they  set  the  selues  in  araie  against  f  cite. 
 
 And  beholde,  there  came  a  prophet  vnto 
 Achab  y  kynge  of  Israel,  5  saide :  Thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE:  Hast  thou  sene  all  this  greate 
 multitude  ?  Beholde,  this  dale  wil  I  delyuer 
 the  in  to  thy  hande,  so  y  thou  shalt  knowe, 
 how  y  I  am  y  LORDE.  Achab  sayde:  By 
 whom  ?  He  sayde :  Thus  sayeth  the  LO  RDE : 
 Euen  by  the  yonge  men  of  the  rulers  of  the 
 londe.  He  sayde :  Who  shal  order  the  bat- 
 tayl  ?  He  sayde:  Thou.  Then  mustered  he 
 the  yonge  men  of  the  rulers  of  the  londe,  (j 
 there  were  two  hudreth  and  two  and  thirtie 
 of  them  :  j  after  the  mustured  he  of  the  whole 
 people  of  all  the  childrc  of  Israel,  seue  thou- 
 sande  men,  and  they  wente  out  in  the  noone 
 daye.  As  for  Benadab,  he  dranke  and  was 
 dronken  in  the  pauylion  with  the  two  5  thirtie 
 kynges  which  were  come  to  helpe  him.  And 
 the  yonge  men  of  the  rulers  of  the  londe 
 wente  forth  first. 
 
 Benadab  sent  forth,  (j  they  brought  him 
 worde,  (t  sayde  :  There  come  men  out  of  Sa- 
 maria. He  sayde :  Take  them  alyue,  whether 
 they  be  come  forth  for  peace,  or  for  warre. 
 But  whan  the  londe  rulers  yonge  men  were 
 gone  forth,  and  the  boost  behynde  them, 
 euery  one  smote  him  y  came  in  his  waye. 
 And  the  Sirians  fled,  and  Israel  folowed  after 
 them.  And  Benadab  the  kynge  of  Syria 
 escaped  with  horses  and  horsme.  And  the 
 k)Tige  of  Israel  wente  forth,  and  smote  horses 
 and  charettes,  and  dyd  a  greate  slaughter  on 
 the  Syrians. 
 
 Then  came  there  a  prophet  vnto  the  kynge 
 of  Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye 
 and  strength  the,  and  take  hede,  and  loke 
 
 well  what  thou  doest :  for  whan  the  yeare  is 
 aboute,  the  kynge  of  Syria  shall  come  agaynst 
 the  of  the  new.  For  the  kynge  of  y  Syrians 
 seruauntes  sayde  vnto  him :  Their  goddes  are 
 goddes  of  the  mountaynes,  therfore  haue  they 
 gotten  the  victory. 
 
 But  let  vs  fyghte  with  them  on  the  playne, 
 and  thou  shalt  se  that  we  shal  ouercome  them 
 Do  thus,  put  awaye  the  kynges  euery  one 
 from  his  place,  and  set  dukes  in  their  steades, 
 and  appoynte  the  an  boost  as  was  that  which 
 thou  hast  lost,  5  horses  5  charettes  as  the 
 other  were,  and  let  vs  fight  agaynst  the  in 
 the  plaine,  and  thou  shalt  se  that  we  shal  haue 
 the  victory.  He  cosented  vnto  their  voyce, 
 and  dyd  so. 
 
 Now  whan  the  yeare  was  gone  aboute, 
 Benadab  appoynted  the  Sirians,  and  wente 
 vp  towarde  Aphek,  to  fighte  agaynst  Israel 
 and  the  childre  of  Israel  mustured,  and  pro- 
 uyded  them  selues  with  vytailes,  and  wete  to 
 mete  them,  and  pitched  their  tetes  ouer 
 against  them,  like  two  litle  flockes  of  goates 
 but  the  londe  was  full  of  the  Syrians. 
 
 And  there  came  a  man  of  God,  and  sayde 
 vnto  the  kynge  of  Israel :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE:  Because  the  Syrians  haue  sayde, 
 that  the  LORDE  is  a  God  of  the  moiitaynes 
 and  not  a  God  of  the  valleys,  therfore  haue  I 
 geuen  all  this  greate  heape  in  to  thy  handes, 
 that  ye  maye  knowe  how  that  I  am  y  LORDE, 
 And  they  pitched  their  tentes  right  ouer 
 agaynst  them  seuen  dayes.  But  vpon  y 
 seuenth  daye  they  wente  together  in  to  the 
 battayll :  and  the  children  of  Israel  smote  of 
 the  Sirians  an  hundreth  thousande  fote  men 
 in  one  daye,  and  the  remnaunt  fled  to  Aphek 
 in  to  the  cite,  and  the  wall  fell  vpon  the  other 
 seuen  and  twenty  thousande  men.  And 
 Benadab  fled  also  vnto  the  cite  in  to  a  litle 
 chamber. 
 
 Then  sayde  his  seruauntes  vnto  him  :  Be- 
 holde, we  haue  herde  that  the  kynges  of  the 
 house  of  Israel  are  mercifull  kinges.  Let  vs 
 therfore  put  sack  cloth  aboute  oure  loynes, 
 and  halters  aboute  oure  neckes,  5  go  forth  to 
 the  kynge  of  Israel,  peraduenture  he  shal  let 
 thy  soule  lyue. 
 
 And  they  put  sack  cloth  aboute  their  loynes, 
 and  halters  aboute  their  neckes,  and  came  to 
 the  kynge  of  Israel,  and  sayde :  Benadab  thy 
 seruaunt  sayeth  vnto  the:  O  let  my  soule 
 lyue.     He  sayde :  yf  he  be  yet  alyue,  he  is 
 
 if 
 
IjfO,  tttxl 
 
 Wi)t  iih  boUt  of  tl)t  fepngtss. 
 
 Cftap.  vn'. 
 
 my  brother.  And  the  men  toke  him  shortly 
 at  his  worde,  and  expounded  it  for  them 
 selues  and  sayde :  Yee  Benadab  is  thy  bro- 
 ther. He  sayde:  Come  and  brynge  him. 
 The  wente  Benadab  forth  vnto  him,  and  he 
 caused  him  to  syt  vpon  the  charet,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  The  cities  that  my  father  toke 
 from  thy  father,  ^vyl  I  geue  the  agayne.  And 
 make  thou  stretes  for  thyselfe  at  Damasco,  as 
 my  father  did  at  Samaria,  so  wyl  I  let  the  go 
 with  a  bonde  of  peace.  And  he  made  a 
 couenaunt  with  him,  and  let  him  go. 
 
 Then  spake  there  a  man  amonge  the  child- 
 ren of  the  prophetes  vnto  his  neghboure  by 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE:  I  praye  the  smite 
 me.  But  he  refused  to  smite  him.  Then 
 saide  he  vnto  him,  because  thou  hast  not 
 herkened  vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE, 
 beholde,  therfore  shall  there  a  lyon  smyte  the, 
 whan  thou  goest  fro  me.  *  And  whan  he  wente 
 fro  him,  a  lyon  founde  him,  and  slewe  him. 
 
 And  he  founde  another  man,  and  sayde :  I 
 praye  the  smyte  me.  And  the  man  smote 
 him,  and  wounded  him.  Then  wente  the 
 prophet,  and  stepte  vnto  the  kynge  by  the 
 waye  syde,  and  altered  his  face  with  aszshes. 
 And  whan  the  kynge  wente  by,  he  cried  vpon 
 y  kynge,  and  sayde :  Thy  seruaunt  wente 
 forth  in  to  the  battayll,  and  beholde,  there 
 wente  one  asyde,  and  broughte  a  man  vnto 
 me,  and  sayde :  Kepe  this  ma :  yf  he  be 
 myssed,  thy  soule  shall  be  in  steade  of  his 
 soule,  or  els  thou  shalt  weye  downe  an  hun- 
 dreth  weighte  of  syluer.  And  whyle  thy  ser- 
 uaunt had  here  5  there  to  do,  he  was  awaye. 
 The  kynge  of  Israel  sayde  vnto  him :  It  is 
 thine  owne  iudgment,  thou  hast  geuen  it  thy- 
 selfe. 
 
 Then  put  he  the  aszshes  from  his  face  in 
 all  the  haist.  And  the  kynge  of  Israel  knewe 
 him,  that  he  was  one  of  the  prophetes.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  him:  Thussayeth  the  LORDE: 
 Because  thou  hast  let  the  damned  man  go, 
 therfore  shall  thy  soule  be  for  his  soule,  and 
 thy  people  for  his  people.  And  the  kynge  of 
 Israel  departed  vnto  his  house,  beinge  troubled 
 in  his  mynde  and  full  indignacion,  and  came 
 to  Samaria. 
 
 €\)t  m-  CI)apttr. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  it  fortuned,  that  Na- 
 both  the  lesraelite  had  a  vyniarde  at 
 
 lesreel  besyde  the  palace  of  Achab  kynge  of 
 Samaria.  And  Achab  spake  to  Naboth,  and 
 sayde :  Geue  me  thy  vynyarde,  I  wyll  make 
 me  an  herbgarden  therof,  because  it  is  so  nye 
 my  house :  I  wyl  geue  the  a  better  vynyarde 
 for  it :  or  yf  it  please  the,  I  wyll  geue  the 
 syluer  for  it,  as  moch  as  it  is  worth.  But 
 Naboth  sayde  vnto  Achab:  tThe  LORDE 
 let  that  be  farre  fro  me,  that  I  shulde  geue  y 
 my  fathers  heretage.  Then  came  Achab 
 home,  beinge  moued  and  full  of  indignacion, 
 because  of  the  worde  that  Naboth  the  les- 
 raelite had  spoken  vnto  him,  (t  sayde :  I  wyl 
 not  geue  the  my  fathers  inheritaunce.  And 
 he  laied  him  downe  vpon  his  bed,  and  turned 
 his  face  asyde,  and  ate  no  bred.  Then  lesabel 
 his  wyfe  came  in  to  him  and  sayde  \Tito  him  : 
 What  is  y  matter,  that  thy  sprete  is  so  cobred, 
 and  that  thou  eatest  no  bred  ?  He  sayde  vnto 
 her :  I  haue  spoke  vnto  Naboth  the  lesraelite, 
 and  sayde:  Geue  me  thy  vynyarde  for  money: 
 or  yf  it  please  y,  I  wyl  geue  the  another  for 
 it.  But  he  sayde :  I  wyll  not  geue  the  my 
 vynyarde. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesabel  his  wyfe  vnto  him : 
 What  kingdome  were  in  Israel,  yf  thou  diddest 
 it  ?  Stonde  vp,  and  eate  bred,  I  wyl  get  the 
 the  vynyarde  of  Naboth  the  lesraelite.  And 
 she  wrote  a  letter  vnder  Achabs  name,  and 
 sealed  it  with  his  signet,  and  sent  it  vnto  y 
 Elders  and  rulers  in  his  cite,  which  dwelt 
 aboute  Naboth,  and  wrote  thus  in  f  letter : 
 Proclame  a  fast,  and  set  Naboth  aboue  in  the 
 people,  and  set  two  men  of  Belial  before  him, 
 to  testifye  and  saye :  Thou  hast  blasphemed 
 God  and  the  kynge.  And  brynge  him  forth, 
 and  stone  him  to  death. 
 
 And  the  Elders  and  rulers  of  his  cyte, 
 which  dwelt  in  his  cite,  dyd  as  lesabel  had 
 commaunded  them,  acordynge  as  she  had 
 wrytten  in  the  letter  that  she  sent  vnto  them 
 and  they  proclamed  a  fast,  and  caused  Naboth 
 to  syt  aboue  amonge  the  people.  Then  came 
 the  two  men  of  Belial,  and  stode  before  him, 
 and  testyfyed  agaynst  Naboth  in  y  presence  of 
 the  people,  and  sayde :  Naboth  hath  blas- 
 phemed God  and  the  kynge. 
 
 Then  broughte  they  him  out  of  the  cite, 
 and  stoned  him  to  death.  And  they  sent 
 lesabel  worde,  sayenge  :  Naboth  is  stoned  5 
 put  to  death.  Wha  lesabel  herde  that  Naboth 
 was  stoned  and  deed,  she  sayde  vnto  Achab : 
 
 t  Leui.  25.  d.     Num.  36.  c. 
 
Cftap.  nih 
 
 C&e  itj»  fjokt  of  tf)t  ftpnges!. 
 
 jTo.  m^Iu 
 
 Vp,  and  take  possession  of  the  vynyarde  of 
 Naboth  the  lesraehte,  which  he  denyed  to 
 geue  the  for  money:  for  Naboth  lyueth  no 
 more  but  is  deed.  And  whan  Achab  herde 
 y  Naboth  was  deed,  he  rose  to  go  downe  vnto 
 the  vyniarde  of  Naboth  the  lesraehte,  and  to 
 take  possession  of  it. 
 
 But  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  to 
 EHas  the  Theszbite,  and  sayde  :  Get  the  vp, 
 and  go  downe  to  mete  Achab  the  kynge  of 
 Israel,  which  is  at  Samaria :  beholde,  he  is  in 
 Naboths  vynyarde,  in  to  the  which  he  is  gone 
 downe  to  take  possession  of  it,  and  talke  thou 
 with  him,  and  speake :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE :  Thou  hast  slayne,  and  taken  in 
 possession.  And  thou  shalt  talke  morouer 
 vnto  him,  and  saye:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 Euen  in  the  place  where  the  dogges  licked 
 vp  Naboths  bloude,  shall  the  dogges  licke  thy 
 bloude  also.  And  Achab  sayde  vnto  Elias : 
 Hast  thou  euer  founde  me  thine  enemye  ? 
 He  saide :  Yee,  I  haue  founde  the,  because 
 thou  art  euen  solde  to  do  euell  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  LORDE.  Beholde,  1 1  wyll  brynge 
 mysfortune  vpon  the,  and  take  awaye  thy 
 posterite,  and  wil  rote  out  from  Achab,  euen 
 him  that  maketh  water  agaynst  the  wall,  and 
 him  that  is  shut  vp  and  lefte  behynde  in 
 Israel :  and  thy  house  wyll  I  make  as  the 
 house  of  leroboam  y  sonne  of  Nebat,  and  as 
 the  house  of  Baesa  the  sonne  of  Ahia,  because 
 of  y  prouocacion  wherwith  thou  hast  prouoked 
 me  vnto  wrath,  and  made  Israel  to  synne. 
 
 And  ouer  lesabel  spake  the  LORDE  also 
 and  sayde :  j  The  dogges  shal  deuoure  lesabel 
 y  felde  of  lesrael.  §  Who  so  of  Achab 
 dyeth  in  y  cite,  him  shal  the  dogges  eate  vp : 
 and  who  so  dyeth  in  the  felde,  the  foules 
 vnder  the  heauen  shall  eate  him  vp.  So  cleane 
 II  solde  to  do  myschefe  in  y  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE  hath  no  man  bene,  as  Achab :  for 
 his  lesabel  hath  so  disceaued  him,  and  he 
 maketh  him  selfe  a  greate  abhominacion,  that 
 he  goeth  after  Idols,  acordlge  vnto  all  as  dyd 
 the  Amorites,  Hwhom  the  LORDE  expelled 
 before  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 But  whan  Achab  herde  these  wordes,  he 
 rete  his  clothes,  5  put  a  sack  cloth  on  his  body, 
 5  fasted,  and  slepte  in  sack  cloth,  and  wente 
 aboute  hanginge  downe  his  heade.  And  the 
 worde  of  the   LORDE  came   to  Elias  the 
 
 *  3  Re.  22.  {.        t  4  Re.  9.  b.  Osee  1.  a.        fi  Re.  9.  b, 
 ^  3  Re.  14.  b.  15.  f.  16.  a.         ||  1  Mac.  1.  b. 
 
 Theszbite,  d  sayde  :  Hast  thou  not  sene  how 
 Achab  humbleth  him  selfe  before  me  ?  For 
 so  moch  now  as  he  hijbleth  him  selfe  in  my 
 sighte,  I  wil  not  brynge  that  plage  whyle  he 
 lyueth :  but  by  his  sonnes  life  wil  I  brynge 
 mysfortune  vpon  his  house. 
 
 CIjj  ni).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  there  passed  ouer  thre  yeares,  that 
 there  was  no  warre  betwene  the  Sirians 
 (J  Israel.  **But  in  the  thirde  yeare  wente 
 losaphat  the  kynge  of  luda  downe  to  the 
 kynge  of  Israel.  And  the  kynge  of  Israel 
 sayde  vnto  his  seruauntes :  Knowe  ye  not  y 
 Ramoth  in  Gilead  is  oures  ?  and  we  syt  styll, 
 and  take  it  not  out  of  the  hande  of  the  kynge 
 of  Syria.  And  he  sayde  vnto  losaphat :  Wilt 
 thou  go  with  me  to  the  battaill  vnto  Ramoth 
 in  Gilead?  losaphat  sayde  vnto  the  kynge 
 of  Israel :  I  wyll  be  as  thou,  my  people  as 
 thy  people,  and  my  horses  as  thy  horses. 
 And  losaphat  sayde  vnto  y  kymge  of  Israel : 
 ttAxe  this  daye  at  the  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 Then  the  kynge  of  Israel  gathered  the  pro- 
 phetes  aboute  a  ttfoure  hundreth  men,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Shal  I  go  vnto  Ramoth  in 
 Gilead  to  fighte,  or  shal  I  let  it  alone  ?  They 
 sayde  :  Go  vp,  f  LORDE  shal  delyuer  it  in 
 to  y  kinges  hande.  But  losaphat  sayde  :  Is 
 there  not  one  prophet  here  more  of  y  LORDE, 
 that  we  maye  axe  at  him  ? 
 
 The  kinge  of  Israel  saide  vnto  losaphat : 
 Here  is  yet  a  man,  one  Micheas  the  sonne  of 
 lemla,  at  whom  we  maye  axe  of  the  LORDE: 
 but  I  hate  him,  for  he  prophecieth  me  no  good, 
 but  euell.  losaphat  sayde :  Let  not  the  kynge 
 saye  so.  Then  called  the  kynge  of  Israel  a 
 chamberlayne,  and  sayde :  Brynge  hither 
 soone  Micheas  the  sonne  of  lemla.  As  for 
 the  kynge  of  Israel  and  losaphat  y  kinge  of 
 luda,  they  sat  ether  of  them  vpon  his  seate, 
 arayed  in  their  garmentes  in  the  place  at  f 
 dore  of  the  porte  of  Samaria,  and  all  y  prO' 
 phetes  prophecied  before  the.  And  Sedechias 
 the  sonne  of  Cnaena  had  made  him  homes 
 of  yron,  and  sayde:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 With  these  shalt  thou  puszshe  at  y  Syrians, 
 tyll  thou  brynge  them  to  naughte.  And  all 
 the  prophetes  prophecied  likevvyse,  and  sayde 
 Go  vp  vnto  Ramoth  in  Gilead,  thou  shalt 
 prospere    right   well,   5    the    LORDE    shal 
 
 II  Nu.  21.  d. 
 
 2  Re.  2.  a.  ; 
 
 ••  2  Par.  18.  a.  tt  3  Re.  23.  a. 
 
 id  21.  a.  ttSRe.  18.  c. 
 
fo,  cctirlij. 
 
 €\)t  uj.  bokt  of  tt)t  kpnges. 
 
 Cftap,  rnj. 
 
 delyuer  it  in  to  the  kynges  hande.  And  the 
 messaunger  that  wente  to  call  Micheas  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Beholde,  The  wordes  of  y-  prophetes 
 are  with  one  acorde  good  before  the  kynge, 
 let  thy  worde  therfore  be  as  their  worde,  and 
 speake  thou  good  also. 
 C  Micheas  sayde:  As  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 liueth,  loke  what  the  LORDE  sayeth  vnto  me, 
 y  wyl  I  speake.  And  whan  he  came  to  the 
 kynge,  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  him:  Micheas, 
 shal  we  go  vnto  Ramoth  in  Gilead  to  fight  or 
 shall  we  let  it  alone  ?  He  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Yee,  go  vp,  thou  shalt  prospere  righte  well, 
 the  LORDE  shall  geue  it  in  to  the  kynges 
 hande.  But  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  him  agayne : 
 I  charge  y  that  thou  saye  no  other  thinge  vnto 
 me  but  the  trueth,  in  the  name  of  f  LORDE. 
 He  sayde :  I  sawe  all  Israel  scatred  abrode 
 vpon  the  mountaynes,  as  the  shepe  that  haue 
 no  shepherde.  And  the  LORDE  saide: 
 Haue  these  no  lorde  ?  Let  euery  one  turne 
 home  agayne  in  peace.  Then  sayde  f  kinge 
 of  Israel  vnto  losaphat :  Tolde  not  I  f  that 
 he  wolde  prophecye  me  no  good,  but  euell  ? 
 
 He  sayde :  Heare  now  therfore  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE:  *  I  sawe  the  LORDE  syt 
 vpon  his  seate,  and  all  the  boost  of  heauen 
 stodinge  by  him  at  his  righte  hande  5  at  his 
 lefte.  And  the  LORDE  saide:  Who  wil 
 disceaue  Achab  to  go  vp,  5  fall  at  Ramoth  in 
 Gilead.  And  one  sayde  this,  another  that. 
 Then  wete  there  forth  a  sprete,  (5  stode  before 
 the  LORDE,  and  sayde:  I  wyl  disceaue  him. 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him:  Wherwith? 
 He  sayde  vnto  him  :  I  wyll  go  forth,  and  be  a 
 false  sprete  in  the  mouth  of  all  his  prophetes. 
 He  saide :  Thou  shalt  disceaue  him,  and  shalt 
 be  able  :  go  forth  and  do  so.  Beholde  now, 
 Hhe  LORDE  hath  geue  a  false  sprete  in  f 
 mouth  of  all  these  thy  prophetes,  and  the 
 LORDE  hath  spoken  euell  ouer  the.  Then 
 stepte  forth  Sedechias  the  sonne  of  Cnaena, 
 and  smote  Micheas  vpon  the  cheke,  and  sayde: 
 What,  is  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  departed 
 fro  me,  to  speake  with  the  ?  Micheas  sayde : 
 Beholde,  thou  shalt  se  it  in  y  daye,  whan  thou 
 shalt  go  fr5  one  chamberto  another  to  hyde  the. 
 The  kynge  of  Israel  sayde :  Take  Micheas, 
 and  let  him  remayne  with  Araon  the  ruler  of 
 the  cite,  and  with  loas  the  kynges  sonne,  and 
 saye  :  Thus  sayeth  the  kynge  :  Put  this  man 
 in  preson,  and  fede  him  with  bred  and  water 
 
 of  trouble,  tyll  I  come  agayne  in  peace. 
 Micheas  sayde :  Yf  thou  conimest  agayne  in 
 peace,  then  hath  not  the  LORDE  spoken 
 thorow  me.  And  he  sayde  :  herken  to  all  ye 
 people. 
 
 So  the  kynge  of  Israel  and  losaphat  f 
 kynge  of  luda  wente  vp  vnto  Ramoth  in 
 Gilead.  And  the  kynge  of  Israel  sayde  vnto 
 losaphat :  Chaunge  thy  clothes,  and  come  in 
 to  f  battayll  in  thine  araie.  The  kinge  of 
 Israel  chaunged  his  cl*thes  also,  and  wete  in 
 to  the  battayll.  But  the  kynge  of  Siria  com- 
 maunded  the  rulers  of  his  charettes  (of  whom 
 there  were  two  and  thirtie)  and  saide :  Ye 
 shal  fight  nether  agaynst  small  ner  greate,  but 
 onely  agaynst  the  kynge  of  Israel.  And  whan 
 the  rulers  of  the  charettes  sawe  losaphat,  they 
 thought  it  had  bene  the  kynge  of  Israel,  and 
 fell  vpon  him  with  fightinge.  But  losaphat 
 cried.  So  whan  the  rulers  of  the  charettes 
 sawe  that  it  was  not  y  kinge  of  Israel,  they 
 turned  back  fro  him. 
 
 A  certayne  man  bended  his  bowe  harde, 
 and  shott  the  kynge  of  Israel  betwene  the 
 mawe  and  y  longes.  And  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 charetman:  Turne  thine  hade,  and  cary  me 
 out  of  the  boost,  for  I  am  wounded.  And  y , 
 battayll  was  sore  the  same  daie.  And  the! 
 kinge  stode  vp6  his  charet,  agaynst  the  Syrias 
 and  dyed  in  the  eueninge,  and  the  bloude 
 ranne  from  the  wounde  in  to  the  myddes  of 
 the  charet.  And  whan  the  Sonne  wente 
 downe  there  was  a  proclamacion  made  in  the 
 boost,  and  sayde  :  Euery  one  gett  him  in  to 
 his  cite,  and  to  his  countre.  Thus  the  kynge 
 dyed,  and  was  broughte  vnto  Samaria,  and 
 they  buryed  him  in  Samaria.  And  whan  they 
 waszshed  the  charet  in  the  pole  of  Samaria, 
 f  y  dogges  licked  his  bloude  (but  the  harlottes 
 waszshed  him)  acordinge  to  the  worde  of  ;^| 
 LORDE  which  he  spake.  j 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Achab,  5  all 
 y  he  dyd,  and  of  the  Yuery  house  which  he ' 
 buylded,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles ' 
 of  the  kynges  of  Israel.  So  Achab  slepte  with 
 his  fathers,  and  his  sonne  Abasia  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 i  And  losaphat  the  sonne  of  Asa  was  kynge 
 ouer  luda  in  the  fourth  yeare  of  Achab  kynge 
 of  Israel,  and  was  fyue  and  thirtie  yeare  olde 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and  raigned  fyue. 
 and  twentye  yeare  at  lerusale.     His  mothers' 
 
 i  :i  Reg.  21.  c. 
 
 §  2  Par.  20.  c. 
 
Clbap«  u 
 
 €i)t  mj.  Ijofee  of  tfje  hpges* 
 
 jTo.  rcc)rliij. 
 
 name  was  Asuba  f  doughter  of  Silhi,  and  he 
 walked  in  all  the  waye  of  his  father  Asa,  5 
 departed  not  there  from.  And  he  dyd  that 
 which  was  right  in  y  sighte  of  the  LORDE, 
 yet  put  he  not  awaye  f  hie  places,  and  y 
 people  offred  and  brent  incese  yet  vpon  the 
 hye  places,  and  he  had  peace  with  the  kjmge 
 of  Israel. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  losaphat  and 
 the  mighte  that  he  exercised,  and  how  he 
 fought,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles 
 of  the  kynges  of  luda.      *  He  put  out  of  the 
 
 londe  also  the  whoremongers  that  yet  were 
 lefte,  which  remayned  ouer  in  the  tyine  of  his 
 father  Asa.  And  at  that  tyme  there  were  no 
 kynges  in  Edom.  And  losaphat  had  caused 
 to  make  shippes  vpon  the  See,  which  shulde 
 go  to  fetch  golde  in  Ophir,  but  they  wente 
 not :  for  they  were  broken  at  Ezeon  Gaber. 
 At  that  tyme  sayde  Ahasia  the  sonne  of  Achab 
 vnto  losaphat :  Let  my  seruauntes  passe  with 
 thy  seruauntes  in  the  shippes.  But  losaphat 
 wolde  not.  And  losaphat  slepte  with  his 
 fathers,  and  was  buried  in  y  cite  of  Dauid. 
 And  loram  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 €l)t  enHc  of  tin  tijirtir  bokt  of  tbr  kpgfS, 
 
 Z^t  fonvti)  i)okt  of  ti)t  k^tiQtB. 
 
 (laOat  tfeisj  fiofee  cont^piwtl)* 
 
 C|)ap.  I. 
 Of  the  reigne   of   Ochosias    (otherwyse    called 
 Ahasia)  and  of  loram  his  brother  and  how  the 
 fyre  cosumed  the  two  captaynes  with  their  men. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 Elias  is  taken  vp  in  a  fyrie  charet.     Eliseus  re- 
 ceaueth  the  sprete  of  Elias,  raaketh  the  bytter 
 water  swete,  and  curseth   the  mysnurtoured 
 children. 
 
 Cljap.  III. 
 Of  loram  and  losaphat,  and  of  their  warre,  5 
 what  Eliseus  saide  vnto  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 Eliseus  helpeth  the  woma  that  was  in  dett,  and 
 for  another  woman  which  had  no  children,  he 
 optayneth  one  of  God  :  which  childe  beynge 
 deed  he  rayseth  vp  agayne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 Naaman  the  chefe  captayne  of  Siria  is  clensed 
 from  his  leprosy,  and  Gehasi  Eliseus  seruaunt 
 is  made  leporous. 
 
 C^ap.  VI. 
 
 The  yron  swymmeth  in  the  water.  The  kynge  of 
 Siria  fighteth  agaynst  Israel.  His  seruauntes 
 which  go  aboute  to  take  Eliseus,  are  smytten 
 with  blyndnes.    A  greate  honger  in  Samaria. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 Of  the  foure  lepers  which  came  in  to  the  tentes 
 of  the  Syrians,  and  how  vytayles  beganne  to 
 be  good  chepe 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. 
 
 Of  the  seuen  yeare  derth.  Benadab  is  sick,  and 
 axeth  coiicell  at  Eliseus.  Of  Ochosias  the 
 sonne  of  loram. 
 
 CI)ap.  IX. 
 
 Of  lehu,  how  he  was  anoynted  kinge  ouer  Israel, 
 and  how  he  roted  out  the  house  of  Achab  and 
 of  lesabel. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 The  heades  of  Achabs  seuentie  sonnes  are 
 broughte  vnto  lehu.  Of  Ochosias  brethren, 
 lehu  slayeth  Baal  prestes. 
 
jTo,  rrr)flin). 
 
 Cftt  iiij,  boitt  of  tl)t  fepnge^. 
 
 COap.  i< 
 
 C^ap.  XI. 
 Alalia  destroyeth  all  the  kynges  sede,  saue  loas 
 which  escapeth,  and  is  made  kynge  by  loiada 
 the  prest. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XII. 
 loas  ruleth  well  whyle  loiada  is  aiyue,  but  euell 
 after  his  death. 
 
 Cljap.  XIII. 
 Of  the  kvnges  loachias,  loas  g  leroboam,  and 
 how  the  deed  that  was  layed  in  Eliseus  graue, 
 reuyued. 
 
 Cljnp.   XIIII. 
 Of  loas,  Amasias,  leroboam  and  Azarias. 
 
 C{)ap.   XV. 
 Of  Azarias  the  Leper,  and  of  his  sonne  lonathas. 
 Of  Zacharias  the  kynge  of  Israel.    Of  Sellum, 
 Manahem,  Pacea,  Romelia.    And  howTeglat- 
 phalasser  coquerelh  the  cities  of  luda. 
 
 Cljap.  XVI. 
 Of  Achas,  Resin,  and  Ezechias. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XVII. 
 Of  Osea,  how  Salmanasar  came  vpon  him,  and 
 conquered,  and  caried  the  people  awaye  cap- 
 tyue.      And   how  God  punyshed  those  that 
 came  in  their  steade. 
 
 Cljap.    XVIII. 
 Of  the  good  kynge  Ezechias,  (j  how  Sennacherib 
 troubleth  him. 
 
 €I;ap.  XIX. 
 
 Ezechias  sendeth  vnto  Esay,  which  comforteth 
 him.  God  defendeth  Ezechias,  5  delyuereth 
 him. 
 
 Cljap.  XX. 
 
 Ezechias  is  deed  sick,  but  Esay  at  the  commaun- 
 deroent  of  the  LORDE,  promyseth  him  to 
 lyue  yet  fyftene  yeare. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXI. 
 
 Of  the  reigne  of  the  vngodly  kynge  Manassas, 
 how  he  lyued  and  how  he  dyed.  Of  his  sonne 
 Amon. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXII. 
 
 Of  the  reigne  of  that  noble  5  vertuous  kynge 
 losias,  and  of  his  goodly  actes. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXIII. 
 
 How  losias  caused  the  boke  of  the  couenaiit  to 
 be  red  vnto  all  the  people,  and  setteth  vp  the 
 true  honoure  of  God  againe.  Of  loachas  his 
 sonne. 
 
 Cijap.  XXIIII. 
 
 How  Nabuchodonosor  cometh  vpon  kynge  loach- 
 im,  and  carieth  awaye  loachim  his  sonne  vnto 
 Babilon. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXV. 
 
 Nabuchodonosor  layeth  sege  to  lerusale,  wynneth 
 it,  setteth  fyre  on  it,  and  caryeth  awaye  the 
 kynge  and  the  people  presoners  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 Cljt  fiirst  Cf)apter. 
 
 AHASIA  the  sonne  off  Achab  was  kynge 
 ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  in  y  seuententh 
 yeare  of  losaphat  kige  of  luda,  it  reigned  ouer 
 Israel  two  yeares,  (t  dyd  y  which  was  euell  in 
 y  sight  of  the  LORDE,  and  walked  in  the 
 waye  of  his  father  and  of  his  mother,  3  in  the 
 waie  of  leroboam  y^  sonne  of  Nebat,  which 
 made  Israel  for  to  synne.  And  serued  Baal, 
 and  worshipped  him,  and  displeased  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  eue  as  his  father 
 dyd.  The  Moabites  also  fell  awaye  from 
 Israel,  whan  Achab  was  deed. 
 
 And  Ochosias  fell  thorow  f  grate  in  his 
 chaber  at  Samaria,  and  was  deed  sicke,  and 
 sent  messaungers,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Go 
 youre  waye,  and  axe  councell  at  Beelzebub 
 
 the  god  of  Ekron,  whether  I  shall  recouer 
 from  this  sicknesse.  But  the  angell  of  f 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Elias  the  Theszbite:! 
 Vp,  5  go  mete  the  messaungers  of  the  kynge  S 
 of  Samaria,  and  sale  vnto  them :  Is  there  no 
 God  in  Israel,  that  ye  go  to  axe  councell  at  ^' 
 god  of  Ekron?  Therfore  thus  sayeth  the] 
 LORDE  :  Thou  shalt  not  come  from  the  bed 
 wheron  thou  lyest,  but  shalt  dye  the  death. 
 
 And  Elias  wente  his  waye.  And  wha  f 
 messaungers  came  to  Ochosias  agayne,  he 
 sayde  vnto  the :  A\Tiy  come  ye  agayne  ?  They 
 sayde  vnto  him :  There  came  vp  a  man  in 
 oure  waye,  and  sayde  vnto  vs  :  Go  againe  to 
 the  kinge  that  hath  sent  you,  and  saye  vnto 
 him:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  Is  there  no 
 God  in  Israel,  y  thou  sendest  to  axe  coiicel 
 at  Beelzebub  f  god  of  Ekro?    Therfore  shalt 
 
€1)0^*  iU 
 
 €i)t  iiiU  ijofo  of  tl)^  fepgcis. 
 
 #0.  mjcH). 
 
 3 
 
 thou  not  come  from  y  bed  wheron  thou  lyest, 
 but  shalt  dye  the  death.  He  sayde  vnto 
 them :  What  maner  of  man  was  it  that  raett 
 you,  and  sayde  this  vnto  you  ?  They  sayde 
 vnto  him:  He  had  a  rough  heer  vpon  him, 
 and  a  letheren  gyrdell  aboute  his  loynes.  He 
 sayde  :  It  is  EUas  the  Theszbite. 
 
 And  he  sent  vnto  him  a  captaine  ouer  fiftye, 
 with  the  same  fyftye.  And  whan  he  came 
 vnto  him,  beholde,  he  sat  aboue  vpon  the 
 mout.  He  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  mii  of  God, 
 the  kynge  sayeth :  Thou  shalt  come  downe. 
 Ehas  answered  the  captayne  ouer  fyftye,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Yf  I  be  a  man  of  God,  the 
 fyre  fall  do^vne  then  from  heauen,  and  cosume 
 the  and  thy  fyftie.  *Then  fell  there  fire  from 
 heauen,  and  consumed  him  and  his  fyftye. 
 And  agayne  he  sent  another  captayne  ouer 
 fyftye  vnto  him,  with  his  fyftye,  which  an- 
 swered, and  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  man  of 
 God,  thus  sayeth  the  kynge :  Come  downe  in 
 all  the  haist.  Elias  answered,  and  saide  :  Yf 
 I  be  a  ma  of  God,  f  fire  fall  downe  from  hea- 
 uen, and  consume  the  and  thy  fyftye.  Then 
 fell  the  fyre  of  God  from  heauen,  5  consumed 
 him,  and  his  fyftye.  Agayne,  he  sent  vnto  him 
 the  thirde  captayne  ouer  fyftye,  with  his  fyftie. 
 
 Now  whan  he  came  to  him,  he  kneled  to 
 Elias,  and  besoughte  him,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Thou  man  of  God,  let  my  soule  and  y 
 soules  of  thy  seruauntes  these  fyftye,  be  som- 
 what  worth  in  thy  syghte.  Beholde,  the  fyre 
 fell  downe  from  heauen,  and  hath  consumed 
 the  fyrst  two  captaynes  ouer  fyftye  with  their 
 fyftyes.  But  now  let  my  soule  be  somwhat 
 worth  in  thy  sighte.  Then  saide  the  angel 
 of  the  LORDE  vnto  Elias :  Go  downe  with 
 him,  and  feare  him  not.  And  he  gatt  him  vp, 
 and  wente  downe  with  him  vnto  y  kynge. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE :  Because  thou  hast  sent  forth  mes- 
 saugers,  and  caused  to  axe  councell  at  Beelze- 
 bub the  god  of  Ekron,  as  though  there  were 
 no  God  in  Israel  to  axe  coucell  at  his  worde, 
 therfore  shalt  thou  not  come  from  the  bed 
 wheron  thou  hast  layed  the,  but  shalt  dye  y 
 death.  So  he  dyed,  acordynge  to  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  which  Elias  sayde.  And 
 loram  (his  brother)  was  kynge  in  his  steade  in 
 the  seconde  yeare  of  loram  the  sonne  of  losa- 
 phat  kynge  of  luda :  for  he  had  no  sonne. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Ochosias, 
 
 what  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytte  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 WHAN  the  LORDE  was  mynded  to 
 take  vp  Elias  in  the  tempest,  Elias 
 and  Eliseus  wente  from  Gilgall.  And  Elias 
 sayde  to  EUseus :  Tary  thou  here  I  praye  the, 
 for  the  LORDE  hath  sent  me  vnto  Bethel. 
 But  EUseus  sayde :  As  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 liueth,  and  as  truly  as  thy  soule  lyueth,  I  wyll 
 not  forsake  the.  And  whan  they  came  downe 
 vnto  Bethel,  the  prophetes  children  that  were 
 at  Bethel,  wete  forth  to  Eliseus,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Knowest  thou  not,  that  the  LORDE 
 wyl  take  thy  lorde  awaye  from  thy  heade  this 
 daye  ?  He  saide :  I  knowe  it  well,  holde  ye 
 youre  peace. 
 
 And  Elias  sayde  vnto  him:  Eliseus,  tary 
 thou  here  I  praye  the,  for  the  LORDE  hath 
 sent  me  vnto  lericho.  Neuerthelesse  he  sayde : 
 as  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  and  as  truly 
 as  thy  soule  lyueth,  I  wyl  not  forsake  the. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  vnto  lericho,  the 
 prophetes  children  which  were  at  lericho, 
 stepte  forth  to  Eliseus  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Knowest  thou  not  that  the  LORDE  wyll 
 take  thy  lorde  awaye  from  thy  heade  this  dale? 
 He  sayde  :  I  knowe  it  well,  holde  ye  youre 
 peace.  And  Elias  sayde  vnto  him :  I  praie 
 the  tary  here,  for  y  LORDE  hath  sent  me 
 vnto  lordane.  But  he  sayde :  As  truly  as  the 
 LORDE  lyueth,  and  as  truly  as  thy  soule 
 lyueth,  I  wil  not  forsake  the.  And  they  wente 
 both  together.  But  fyftye  men  of  y  prophetes 
 children  wete  forth,  and  stode  ouer  agaynst 
 the  a  farre  of:  but  they  both  stode  by  lor- 
 dane. Then  toke  Elias  his  cloke,  and  wrapped 
 it  together,  and  smote  the  water,  which  de- 
 uyded  it  selfe  on  both  the  sydes,  so  that  they 
 wete  dry  shod  thorow  it.  And  whan  they 
 were  come  ouer,  Elias  sayde  vnto  Eliseus : 
 Axe  what  I  shall  do  for  the,  afore  I  be  taken 
 awaye  from  the.  Eliseus  saide :  That  thy  sprete 
 maye  be  vpo  me  to  speake  twyse  as  moch. 
 
 He  sayde  :  Thou  hast  desyred  an  harde 
 thinge :  neuertheles  yf  thou  shalt  se  me  wha 
 I  am  taken  awaye  from  the,  it  shal  be  so :  Y"f 
 no,  the  shal  it  not  be.  And  as  they  were 
 goinge  together,  and  he  talked,  there  came  a 
 fyrie  charet  with  horses  of  fyre,  and  parted 
 the  both  asunder,     t  And  so  wente  Elias  vp 
 
fo,  criTlbi. 
 
 €i)t  I'lij.  bokt  of  tftt  kpiig^s. 
 
 Cbap,  iij. 
 
 to  lieauen  in  the  storme.  But  Eliseus  sawe 
 it,  (J  cryed :  My  father,  my  father,  the  charet- 
 man  of  Israel  and  his  horsme.  And  he  sawe 
 him  nomore. 
 
 And  he  toke  holde  of  his  clothes,  and  rente 
 them  in  two  peces,  and  toke  vp  Elias  cloke 
 that  was  fallen  from  him,  and  turned  backe, 
 and  stode  by  the  shore  of  lordane,  and  toke 
 the  same  cloke  of  Elias  which  was  fallen  from 
 him,  and  smote  it  in  the  water,  and  saide: 
 Where  is  now  the  LORDE  God  of  Elias? 
 And  he  smote  it  in  to  the  water,  and  then 
 parted  it  asunder  on  both  the  sydes,  and  Eli- 
 seus wente  thorow. 
 
 And  whan  the  prophetes  children  which 
 were  at  lericho  ouer  agaynst  him,  sawe  him, 
 they  sayde :  The  sprete  of  Ehas  resteth  vpo 
 Eliseus,  and  so  they  wete  forth  to  mete  him, 
 and  worshipped  him  to  the  groude,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Beholde,  there  are  fiftye  valeaunt 
 me  amonge  thy  seruauntes,  let  them  go  and 
 seke  thy  lorde,  peraduenture  the  sprete  of  the 
 LORDE  hath  taken  him,  and  cast  him  vpon 
 some  mountaine  or  in  some  valley.  But  he 
 saide :  Sende  them  not.  Neuertheles  they 
 constrayned  him,  tyll  he  was  ashamed,  and 
 sayde :  Let  them  go.  And  they  sent  fiftye 
 men,  which  soughte  him  thre  dayes :  but  they 
 founde  him  not,  and  came  agayne  vnto  him. 
 And  he  abode  at  lericho,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Tolde  not  I  you,  that  ye  shulde  not 
 go?  And  the  men  of  the  cite  sayde  vnto 
 Eliseus :  Beholde,  there  is  good  dwellynge  in 
 this  cite,  as  my  lorde  seyth,  but  the  water  is 
 euell,  and  the  londe  vnfrutefull. 
 
 He  sayde :  Bringe  me  hither  a  new  vessell, 
 3  put  salt  in  it.  And  they  broughte  it  him. 
 Then  wete  he  forth  vnto  the  well  of  water, 
 and  cast  the  salt  therin,  5  sayde :  Thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE:  I  haue  healed  this  water:  from 
 hence  forth  shal  there  no  deed  ner  vnfrute- 
 fulnes  come  of  it.  So  the  water  was  healed 
 vnto  this  daye,  acordinge  to  the  worde  of 
 Eliseus  which  he  spake. 
 
 And  he  wete  vp  towards  Bethel.  And  as 
 he  was  goynge  vp  by  the  waye,  there  came 
 litle  boyes  out  of  the  cite,  and  mocked  him,  5 
 sayde :  Come  vp  here  thou  balde  heade,  come 
 vp  here  thou  balde  heade.  And  he  turned 
 him  aboute.  And  wha  he  sawe  them,  he 
 cursed  them  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 Then  came  there  two  Beeres  out  of  the  wod, 
 
 *  4  Re.  1.  a.         t  3  Re.  22.  a 
 
 and  rente  two  and  fortye  of  the  children. 
 From  thence  wete  he  vp  vnto  mount  Carmel, 
 and  from  it  turned  he  backe  to  Samaria. 
 
 !ECi)c  iij.  C})aptfr. 
 
 I  ORAM  the  sonne  of  Achab  was  kynge 
 ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  in  f  eightenth 
 yeare  of  losaphat  kynge  of  luda,  5  raigned 
 xij.  yeares,  3  dyd  y  which  was  euell  in  y 
 sighte  of  f  LORDE,  but  not  as  his  father  5 
 his  mother :  for  he  put  awaye  ^y-  pilers  of  Baal, 
 which  his  father  caused  to  make.  Neuertheles 
 he  cleued  vnto  y  synnes  of  leroboa  y  sonne  of 
 Nebat,  which  made  Israel  for  to  synne,  5 
 departed  not  there  fro. 
 
 Mesa  f  kynge  of  the  Moabites  had  many 
 shepe,  5  payed  tribute  vnto  the  kynge  of 
 Israel  with  the  woll  of  an  hundreth  thousande 
 labes,  (I  of  an  hiidreth  thousande  rames.  *  But 
 whan  Achab  was  deed,  the  kynge  of  f  Moabites 
 fell  awaye  fro  the  kynge  of  Israel.  At  ^y-  same 
 tyme  wete  kynge  loram  fr5  Samaria,  3  mus- 
 tered all  Israel,  5  sent  vnto  losaphat  kynge  of 
 luda,  sayenge :  The  kynge  of  the  Moabites  is 
 fallen  awaye  fro  me,  come  thou  with  me  to 
 fighte  agaynst  f  Moabites.  He  sayde  :  I  wil 
 come  vp,  1 1  am  euen  as  thou,  and  my  people 
 as  thy  people,  and  my  horses  as  thy  horses. 
 And  sayde  morouer :  Which  waye  wil  we  go 
 vp  ?  He  sayde :  by  the  waye  in  the  wylder- 
 nesse  of  Edom. 
 
 So  the  kynge  of  Israel,  the  kynge  of  luda, 
 (J  the  kynge  of  Edom  wente  forth.  And  whan 
 they  had  gone  aboute  seue  dayes  ioumey,  y 
 boost  d  the  cateU  y  were  amonge  the  had  no 
 water.  Then  sayde  the  kynge  of  Israel : 
 Alas,  the  LORDE  hath  called  these  thre 
 kynges,  to  delyuer  the  in  to  the  hande  of  the 
 Moabites.  But  losaphat  sayde  :  i  Is  here  no 
 prophet  of  f  LORDE,  y  we  maye  axe  couceU 
 at  y  LORDE  by  him?  Then  answered  one 
 of  y-  kynge  of  Israels  seruauntes,  rj  saide :  Here 
 is  Eliseus  y  sonne  of  Saphat,  which  poured 
 water  vpon  Elias  handes.  losaphat  sayde: 
 The  worde  of  y  LORDE  is  with  him.  So 
 the  kynge  of  Israel  5  losaphat,  and  f  kynge  of 
 Edom  wente  downe  vnto  him. 
 
 But  EUseus  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  of  Israel : 
 What  hast  thou  to  do  with  me?  go  to  the 
 prophetes  of  thy  father  5  to  thy  mothers  pro- 
 phetes. The  kinge  of  Israel  saide  vnto  him: 
 No,  for  y   LORDE  hath  called  these  thre 
 
 t  3  Re.  22.  a. 
 
Ci^ap.  ttij. 
 
 €f)t  tit),  bofee  of  tl)t  k^ixst^. 
 
 go,  aorlbij. 
 
 vpon  the  wall.  Then  came  there  a  greate 
 wrath  ouer  Israel,  that  they  departed  from 
 him,  and  turned  agayne  in  to  their  londe. 
 
 2ri)c  iiij.  €I;a{)Ur. 
 
 AND  there  cried  a  woman  amoge  the 
 wyues  of  the  prophetes  children  vnto 
 Eliseus,  and  sayde :  Thy  seruaunt  my  husz- 
 bade  is  deed,  and  thou  knowest  that  thy 
 seruaunt  feared  the  LORDE.  Now  commeth 
 the  man  that  he  was  detter  vnto,  and  wyll  take 
 awaye  both  my  children  to  be  bonde  ser- 
 uauntes.  Eliseus  sayde  vnto  her :  What  shal 
 I  do  for  the  ?  Tell  me,  what  hast  thou  in  the 
 house  ?  She  sayde :  Thy  handmayden  hath 
 nothinge  in  the  house  but  a  pitcher  with  oyle 
 He  sayde :  Go  thy  waye,  borowe  without  of 
 all  thy  neghboures  emptye  vessels,  5  that  not 
 a  fewe,  and  go  in,  and  shut  y  dore  behynde 
 the  with  thy  sonnes,  and  poure  of  it  in  to  all 
 f  vessels :  ij  whan  thou  hast  fylled  them,  de- 
 lyuer  them  forth. 
 
 She  wente,  and  shut  the  dore  vnto  her  with 
 hir  sonnes,  which  broughte  her  the  vessels,  and 
 so  she  poured  in.  And  whan  the  vessels  were 
 full,  she  sayde  vnto  hir  sonne :  Brynge  me  yet 
 onevessell.  He  sayde  vnto  her:  There  is  not 
 one  vessell  more  here.  Then  stode  f  oyle 
 styll.  And  she  sent,  and  tolde  the  man  of 
 God.  He  sayde :  Go  thy  waye,  sell  the  oyle, 
 and  paye  the  creditour :  but  lyue  thou  and  thy 
 sonnes  of  the  resydue. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  at  f  same  tyme,  that  Eli- 
 seus wente  vnto  Sunem.  And  there  was  a 
 riche  woman,  which  helde  him  to  eate  with 
 her :  j  as  he  passed  oft  thorow  y  waye,  he  wete 
 in  vnto  her :  5  ate  with  her.  And  she  sayde 
 vnto  hir  huszbande :  Beholde,  I  perceaue  that 
 this  is  an  holy  man  of  God,  which  goeth  euer 
 thorow  this  waye,  let  vs  make  hi  a  litle  chamber 
 of  boordes,  5  set  a  bed,  a  table,  a  stole  5  a 
 candelsticke  therin,  that  whan  he  commeth 
 vnto  vs,  he  maye  resorte  thither. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  vpon  a  tyme,  that  he  came 
 in,  (J  layed  him  downe  in  the  chamber,  5  slepte 
 therin.  And  he  saide  vnto  Gehasi  his  childe : 
 Call  this  woma  of  Sunem.  And  wha  he  had 
 called  her,  she  stode  before  him.  He  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Speake  thou  vnto  her,  beholde, 
 thou  hast  mynistred  vnto  vs  in  all  these  thinges, 
 what  shal  I  do  for  the  ?  Hast  thou  eny  matter 
 to  be  spoken  for  to  the  kynge,  or  to  the  chefe 
 captayne  of  the  boost  ?     She  sayde :  I  dwell 
 
 kynges,  to  delyuer  them  in  to  the  handes  of 
 the  Moabites.  Eliseus  sayde:  As  truly  as  the 
 LO  RDE  Zebaoth  lyueth,  before  whom  I  stode, 
 yf  I  regarded  not  losaphat  the  kynge  of  luda, 
 I  wolde  not  regarde  the,  ner  set  oughte  by  y, 
 So  bringe  me  now  a  mynstrell.  And  whan 
 the  mynstrell  played  vpo  the  instrument,  the 
 hande  of  the  LORDE  came  vpo  him.  And 
 he  sayde:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  Make 
 pittes  by  this  broke.  For  thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  :  Ye  shal  se  nether  wynde  ner  rayne, 
 yet  shall  the  broke  be  full  of  water,  that  ye 
 and  youre  housholdes  (j  youre  catell  male 
 drynke.  Yee  and  that  is  but  a  small  thinge 
 in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE.  And  the 
 Moabites  shal  he  delyuer  in  to  youre  handes, 
 so  y  ye  shal  smyte  all  the  stronge  cities,  and 
 all  y  chosen  cities  *  5  shal  fell  downe  all  the 
 good  trees,  and  steppe  all  the  welles  of  water 
 and  all  the  good  feides  shall  ye  make  waist 
 with  stones. 
 
 On  the  morow,  whan  the  meatofferynge  is 
 offered,  beholde,  there  came  water  y  waye 
 from  Edom,  and  fylled  f  londe  with  water. 
 But  whan  the  Moabites  herde,  y  the  kynges 
 came  vp  to  fighte  agaynst  the,  they  called  all 
 y  harnessed  men,  5  their  rulers,  ij  stode  on  f 
 border.  And  whan  they  rose  early  in  f  morn- 
 ynge,  (t  the  Sonne  wete  vp  vpon  y  water,  the 
 Moabites  thoughte  the  water  ouer  agaynst  the 
 to  be  eue  as  reed  as  bloude,  g  they  sayde :  It 
 is  bloude,  y  kynges  haue  destroyed  them  selues 
 with  the  swerde,  s  one  hath  smytten  another. 
 Now  Moab  get  the  vp  to  the  spoyles.  But 
 whan  they  came  to  the  tentes  of  Israel,  the 
 Israelites  gat  vp,  5  smote  the  Moabites,  a  they 
 fled  before  them. 
 
 Neuertheles  they  came  in,  5  smote  Moab,  5 
 brake  downe  the  cities,  5  euery  one  cast  his 
 stone  vpon  all  the  good  feides,  and  made  them 
 full,  and  stopped  all  y  welles  of  water,  and 
 felled  downe  all  the  good  trees,  tyll  there 
 remayned  but  the  stones  in  the  brickwaU,  and 
 they  compased  them  aboute  with  slynges,  and 
 smote  them. 
 
 But  wha  the  kynge  of  y-  Moabites  sawe  y 
 the  battayll  was  to  stroge  for  him,  he  toke  to 
 him  seuen  C.  men,  which  drue  f  swerde,  to 
 fall  vpon  the  kynge  of  Edom :  neuertheles 
 they  were  not  able.  Then  toke  he  his  first 
 sonne,  which  shulde  haue  bene  kynge  in  his 
 steade,  and  offred  him  for  a  burntofferynge 
 
jTo.  ac)ilbii). 
 
 COf  lu).  hoht  of  tht  kpgrs. 
 
 Cbap.  ui}. 
 
 amonge  my  people.  He  sayde :  What  hast 
 thou  then  to  do  ?  Gehasi  sayde :  Alas,  she 
 hath  no  sonne,  and  hir  huszbade  is  olde.  He 
 sayde:  Call  her.  And  wha  he  had  called 
 her,  she  stode  at  the  dore.  And  he  sayde : 
 *Aboute  this  tyme  yf  y  frute  can  lyue,  thou 
 shalt  enbrace  a  sonne.  She  sayde :  Alas,  no 
 my  lorde,  thou  man  of  God,  lye  not  vnto  thy 
 handmayden.  And  the  woman  coneeaued, 
 and  bare  a  sonne  aboute  the  same  tyme,  wha 
 the  frute  coulde  lyue,  acordynge  as  Eliseus 
 had  sayde  vnto  her. 
 
 But  whan  y  childe  was  growne,  it  fortuned, 
 y  he  wente  forth  to  his  father  vnto  the  reapers, 
 (5  sayde  vnto  his  father :  Oh  my  heade,  my 
 heade.  He  saide  vnto  his  seruaut:  Bringe 
 him  to  his  mother.  And  he  toke  him,  and 
 broughte  him  to  his  mother:  and  she  set  him 
 vpon  hir  lappe  vntyll  ;y-  noone  daye,  j  the  he 
 dyed.  And  she  wente  vp,  and  layed  him  vpo 
 the  bed  of  the  man  of  God,  5  shut  the  dore, 
 and  wcte  forth,  (j  called  hir  huszbande,  %  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Sende  me  one  of  the  seruautes, 
 and  an  Asse,  I  wyl  go  quycldy  vnto  the  man 
 of  God,  and  come  agayne.  He  sayde :  Why 
 wilt  thou  go  vnto  him  ?  To  daye  is  it  nether 
 new  moone  ner  Sabbath.  She  sayde :  Well. 
 And  she  sadled  the  asse,  (j  sayde  to  the  yong- 
 man :  dryue  forth,  and  kepe  me  not  bak  with 
 rydinge,  and  do  as  I  byd  the. 
 
 So  she  wente,  and  came  to  the  man  of  God 
 vnto  mount  Carmell.  Wha  the  man  of  God 
 sawe  her  ouer  agaynst  him,  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 childe  Gehasi :  Beholde,  the  Sunamitisse  is 
 there,  runne  now  5  mete  her,  and  axe  her  yf 
 it  go  well  with  her,  and  hir  huszbande  5  hir 
 ae.  She  sayde :  Well.  But  whan  she 
 came  to  the  man  of  God  vpon  y  mount,  she 
 helde  him  by  his  fete.  And  Gehasi  stepte  to 
 her,  to  put  her  awaye.  But  f  man  of  God 
 sayde:  Let  her  alone,  for  hir  soule  is  in 
 heuynes,  and  the  LORDE  hath  hyd  it  fro  me, 
 and  not  shewed  it  me.  She  sayde:  Whan 
 desyred  I  a  sonne  of  my  lorde  ?  Sayde  I  not, 
 y  thou  shuldest  not  mocke  me  ? 
 
 He  sayde  vnto  Gehasi:  Girde  vp  thy  loynes, 
 and  take  my  staffe  in  thy  hande,  and  go  thy 
 waye.  t  Yf  eny  man  mete  the,  salute  him 
 not :  and  yf  eny  man  salute  the,  thanke  him 
 not,  and  laye  thou  my  staffe  vpon  y  childes 
 face.  But  the  childes  mother  sayde :  As 
 truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  and  as  truly  as 
 
 thy  soule  lyueth,  I  wyll  not  leaue  the.  Then 
 gat  he  vp,  and  wente  after  her.  As  for  Ge- 
 hasi, he  wente  before  them,  and  layed  the 
 staffe  vpon  the  childes  face,  but  there  was 
 nether  voyce  ner  felynge.  And  he  wente 
 agayne  to  mete  him,  and  shewed  him,  and 
 sayde  :  The  childe  is  not  rysen  vp. 
 
 And  whan  Eliseus  came  in  to  the  house, 
 beholde,  y  childe  laye  deed  vpo  his  bed.  And 
 he  wete  in,  5  shut  the  dore  on  the  both,  5 
 made  his  prayer  vnto  the  LORDE,  5  wente 
 vp,  (J  layed  him  selfe  vpon  the  childe,  5  layed 
 his  mouth  vpon  the  childes  mouth,  and  his 
 eyes  vpon  his  eyes,  and  his  handes  vpon  his 
 handes,  d  so  stretched  him  selfe  forth  vpon 
 him,  so  y  the  childes  body  was  warme.  And 
 he  rose  vp,  5  wente  in  to  the  house  once  hither 
 and  thither,  (t  wente  vp,  5  layed  him  selfe  a 
 longe  \^on  him.  Then  nesed  the  childe  seue 
 tymes,  and  afterwarde  the  childe  opened  his 
 eyes.  And  he  cried  vpon  Gehasi,  and  sayde: 
 Call  the  Sunamitisse.  And  whan  he  had 
 called  her,  she  came  in  vnto  him.  He  sayde : 
 Take  there  thy  sonne.  Then  came  she,  and 
 fell  at  his  fete,  and  worshipped  vnto  the 
 grounde,  and  toke  hir  sonne,  and  wente  forth. 
 But  wha  Eliseus  came  againe  vnto  Gilgal, 
 there  was  a  derth  in  the  londe,  a  the  prO' 
 phetes  children  dwelt  before  him,  5  he  sayde 
 vnto  his  seruaunt :  Set  on  a  greate  pot,  and 
 make  potage  for  the  children  of  the  prophetes, 
 Then  wente  there  one  in  to  the  felde,  to  gather 
 herbes,  and  founde  a  Cucumbers  stalke, 
 gathered  wylde  Cucumbers  therof  his  cotefull. 
 And  whan  he  came,  he  chopped  it  small  for 
 potage  to  the  pott,  for  they  knewe  it  not, 
 And  wha  they  poured  it  forth  for  the  me  to 
 eate,  5  they  ate  of  f  potage,  they  cried  and 
 sayde :  O  thou  man  of  God,  death  is  in  the 
 pot :  for  they  mighte  not  eate  it.  Neuertheles 
 he  sayde  :  Brynge  meel  hither.  And  he  put 
 it  in  the  pot,  {t  sayde :  Poure  it  out  for  the 
 people,  that  they  maye  eate.  And  then  was 
 it  not  bytter  in  the  pot. 
 
 There  came  a  man  from  Baal  Salisa,  5 
 broughte  the  man  of  God  bred  of  the  first 
 frutes,  namely  twentye  barlye  loaues,  5  new 
 come  in  his  garment.  But  he  sayde :  Geue  it 
 vnto  f  people,  that  they  maye  eate.  His 
 mynister  sayde :  t  How  shall  I  geue  an  hiidreth 
 men  of  this  ?  He  sayde :  Geue  it  vnto  the 
 people,  that  they  maye  eate.     For  thus  sayeth 
 
 I  loh.  6.  a. 
 
Cfjap.  b. 
 
 Cfte  Hi},  hokt  of  ti)t  Upg^g. 
 
 jTo,  ccrj:Iu-. 
 
 a 
 
 the  LORDE  :  They  shal  eate,  and  there  shall 
 be  lefte  ouer.  And  he  set  it  before  them,  so 
 that  they  ate,  and  there  lefte  ouer,  acordinge 
 to  y  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wi)e  b.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 NAAMAN  the  chefe  captayne  of  the 
 kynge  of  Syria,  was  an  excellet  m;!  in 
 the  sighte  of  his  lorde,  and  moch  set  by  (for 
 thorow  him  the  LORDE  gaue  health  vnto 
 Syria)  and  he  was  a  mightie  man,  but  a  leper. 
 And  there  had  men  of  warre  fallen  out  of 
 Syria,  and  earied  awaye  a  litle  damsel  out  of 
 the  londe  of  Israel :  the  same  was  in  seruyce 
 with  Naamas  wife,  and  sayde  vnto  hir  mas- 
 tresse  :  O  that  my  master  were  with  the  pro- 
 phet at  Samaria,  he  wolde  heale  him  from  his 
 leprosy. 
 
 Then  wente  he  in  to  his  lorde,  and  tolde 
 him,  and  sayde :  Thus  and  thus  hath  the 
 damsel  of  the  londe  of  Israel  spoken.  The 
 kynge  of  Syria  sayde :  Go  thy  waye  then,  %  1 
 wyl  wrytte  a  letter  vnto  the  kynge  of  Israel. 
 
 And  he  wente,  and  toke  with  him  ten  hun- 
 dreth  weighte  of  syluer,  and  sixe  thousande 
 guldens,  5  ten  chaunge  of  rayment,  g  broughte 
 the  letter  vnto  the  kynge  of  Israel,  with  these 
 wordes : 
 
 Whan  this  letter  commeth  vnto  the,  be- 
 holde,  thou  shalt  vnderstonde  y  I  haue  sent 
 my  seruaunt  Naaman  vnto  the,  that  thou 
 mayest  heale  him  of  his  leprosy. 
 
 And  whan  the  kynge  of  Israel  red  the  letter, 
 he  rente  his  clothes,  j  sayde :  Am  I  God  then, 
 that  I  can  kyll  and  quycke  agayne,  y  he 
 sendeth  vnto  me,  to  heale  the  man  fro  his 
 leprosy  ?  Considre  and  se,  how  he  seketh  an 
 occasion  vnto  me. 
 
 Whan  Eliseus  the  man  of  God  herde,  y  the 
 kynge  of  Israel  had  rente  his  clothes,  he  sent 
 vnto  him,  sayenge  :  Why  hast  thou  rente  thy 
 clothes  ?  Let  him  come  to  me,  that  he  maye 
 knowe,  y  there  is  a  prophet  in  Israel. 
 
 So  Naaman  came  with  horses  and  charettes, 
 and  helde  still  at  the  dore  of  Eliseus  house. 
 Then  sent  Eliseus  a  messaunger  vnto  him, 
 sayenge :  Go  thy  waye,  and  waszshe  the  seuen 
 tymes  in  lordane,  so  shal  thy  flesh  be  restored 
 the  agayne,  (j  be  clensed.  Then  was  Naaman 
 wroth,  (I  wente  his  waye,  j  sayde :  I  thoughte 
 he  shulde  haue  come  forth  vnto  me,  5  to  haue 
 stode  here  5  to  haue  called  vpo  the  name  of 
 
 the  LORDE  his  God,  d  to  haue  touched  the 
 place  with  his  hande,  5  so  to  haue  put  awaye 
 the  leprosy.  Are  not  f  waters  of  Amana  and 
 Pharphar  at  Damascon  better  then  all  the 
 waters  in  Israel,  y  I  might  waszshe  me  therin 
 S  be  clesed?  and  he  turned  him,  and  wCte  his 
 waye  in  displeasure.  Then  his  seruauntes  gat 
 the  to  him,  and  sayde :  Father,  yf  the  prophet 
 had  comaunded  the  eny  greate  thinge,  shuldest 
 thou  not  haue  done  it  i*  moch  more  the  yf  he 
 saye  vnto  the :  Wasshe  the,  5  thou  shalt  be 
 cleane.  Then  wete  he  downe,  ij  waszshed 
 him  selfe  in  lordane  seue  tymes  (as  the  man 
 of  God  sayde)  (t  his  flesh  was  restored  him 
 agayne,  euen  as  the  flesh  of  a  yonge  childe 
 *  and  he  was  clensed. 
 
 And  he  turned  agayne  to  f  man  of  God 
 with  all  his  armye.  And  whan  he  came  in, 
 he  stode  before  him,  and  sayde :  Beholde,  I 
 knowe  that  in  all  londes  there  is  no  God,  but 
 in  Israel.  Take  now  therfore  this  blessynge 
 I  praye  the  of  thy  seruaunt.  Neuertheles  he 
 sayde:  tAs  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  before 
 whom  I  stonde,  I  wil  not  take  it.  And  he 
 wolde  nedes  haue  him  to  take  it,  but  he  wolde 
 not.  Then  sayde  Naaman :  Mighte  there  not 
 a  burthe  of  this  earth  be  geue  vnto  thy  ser- 
 uaunt, as  moch  as  two  Mules  maye  beare  ? 
 For  thy  seruaunt  wyll  nomore  do  sacrifice  and 
 offer  burntofferynges  vnto  other  goddes,  but 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  That  the  LORDE  maye 
 be  gracious  vnto  thy  seruaunt,  yf  I  worshippe 
 in  the  house  of  Rimmon,  wha  my  lorde  goeth 
 there  in  to  y  house  to  worshippe,  5  leaneth 
 vpon  my  hande.  He  sayde  vnto  him:  Go 
 thy  waye  in  peace. 
 
 And  as  he  was  gone  from  him  a  felde  bredth 
 in  the  londe,  Gehasi  the  seruaunt  of  Eliseus 
 y  man  of  God  thoughte :  beholde,  my  lorde 
 hath  spared  Naama  this  Syrian,  so  that  he 
 hath  not  taken  from  him  y  which  he  broughte: 
 As  truly  as  f  LORDE  lyueth,  I  wil  rune  after 
 him,  5  take  somthinge  of  him. 
 
 So  Gehasi  folowed  Naaman.  And  wha 
 Naaman  sawe  y  he  ranne  after  him,  he  lighte 
 downe  from  the  charet  to  mete  him,  5  sayde : 
 Are  all  thinges  well  ?  He  sayde :  Yee.  But 
 my  lorde  hath  sent  me,  5  caused  to  saye  vnto 
 the  :  Beholde,  there  are  now  come  to  me  fro 
 mount  Ephraim  two  yonge  men  of  the  pro- 
 phetes  childre,  geue  them  a  talete  of  siluer  (I 
 praye  the)  5  two  chaunge  of  rayment.     Naama 
 
 t  3  Re.  13.  b.     Dan.  5.  d. 
 
fo,  ml. 
 
 €\)t  III),  bofet  of  t\)t  kpiigfEf. 
 
 Cftap.  bi. 
 
 saide :  Go  to,  take  two  taletes.  And  he 
 pelled  him,  5  baude  two  talentes  in  two 
 gges,  and  two  chaunge  of  rayment,  and 
 delyuered  it  vnto  two  of  his  seruauntes,  which 
 bare  it  before  him.  And  whan  he  came  in  f 
 darcke,  he  toke  it  from  their  handes,  5  layed 
 it  a  syde  in  the  house,  5  let  the  men  go. 
 
 And  whan  they  were  gone  their  waye,  he 
 stode  before  his  lorde.  And  Eliseus  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Whence  commest  thou  Gehasi  ? 
 He  sayde  :  Thy  seruaunt  wente  nether  hither 
 ner  thither.  But  he  sayde  vnto  him  :  Wente 
 not  my  hert  with  the,  whan  the  man  turned 
 backe  from  his  charet  to  mete  the  ?  Now  thou 
 hast  take  the  syluer  j  the  rayment,  olyue  trees, 
 vynyardes,  shepe,  oxen,  seruauntes  5  maydens. 
 But  the  leprosy  of  Naaman  shal  cleue  vnto 
 the  (J  to  thy  sede  for  euer.  *Then  wete  he 
 forth  from  him  leporous  as  snowe. 
 
 Cl)c  bi.  Ci)apt£r. 
 
 THE  children  of  y  prophetes  sayde  vnto 
 Eliseus:  Beholde,  the  place  where  we 
 dwell  before  y,  is  to  narow  for  vs,  let  vs  go 
 vnto  lordane,  g  euery  one  fetch  tymbre  there, 
 y  we  maye  there  buylde  vs  a  place  to  dwell 
 He  saide :  Go  youre  waye.  And  one 
 sayde :  Go  to  then,  5  come  with  thy  seruauntes. 
 He  sayde :  I  wil  go  with  you.  And  he  wete 
 with  them.  And  whan  they  came  to  lordane, 
 they  hewed  downe  tymber.  And  as  one  was 
 fellynge  downe  a  tre,  the  yron  fell  in  to  the 
 water,  and  he  cried  and  sayde :  Alas  my  lorde, 
 (J  it  is  burowed.  But  the  man  of  God  sayde  : 
 Where  fell  it  in  ?  And  whan  he  had  shewed 
 him  the  place,  he  cut  downe  a  sticke,  and 
 thrust  it  in  there.  Then  swame  the  yron. 
 And  he  sayde:  Take  it  vp.  So  he  put  forth 
 his  hande,  and  toke  it. 
 
 And  the  kynge  of  Syria  warred  agaynst 
 Israel,  and  toke  councell  at  his  seruauntes, 
 and  sayde :  There  (s  there  will  we  lye.  But 
 the  man  of  God  sent  to  y  kynge  of  Israel, 
 sayenge :  Bewarre  y  thou  go  not  vnto  that 
 place,  for  the  Syrians  rest  there.  So  the  kynge 
 of  Israel  sent  vnto  y  place  wherof  y  man  of 
 God  tolde  him,  5  kepte  it,  5  helde  watch  there, 
 5  dyd  that  not  once  or  twyse  onely. 
 
 The  was  y  kynge  of  Syrias  herte  vexed 
 therfore,  and  called  his  seruauntes,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Wyll  ye  not  tell  me,  which  of 
 oure  men  is  fled  vnto  the  kynge  of  Israel? 
 
 •  2  Par.  26.  d. 
 
 Then  sayde  one  of  his  seruauntes :  Not  so 
 my  lorde  O  kynge,  but  Eliseus  the  prophet 
 in  Israel  telleth  the  kynge  of  Israel  all  that 
 thou  speakest  in  thy  chamber  where  thou 
 lyest.  He  sayde  :  Go  youre  waye  the  and 
 loke  where  he  is,  that  I  maye  sende,  and  cause 
 him  be  fetched.  And  they  shewed  him  and 
 sayde :  Beholde,  he  is  at  Dothan.  The  sent 
 he  thither  horses  (j  charetes,  (j  a  greate  power. 
 And  wha  they  came  thither  by  nighte,  they 
 compased  the  cite  aboute.  And  the  mynister 
 of  the  ma  of  God  arose  early  to  get  him  vp. 
 And  as  he  wete  forth,  beholde,  there  laye  an 
 boost  of  men  aboute  f  cite  with  horses  and 
 charettes. 
 
 Then  saide  his  childe  vnto  him :  Alas  syr, 
 how  wyll  we  now  do  ?  He  sayde :  t  Feare 
 not,  for  there  are  mo  of  them  y  are  with  vs, 
 then  of  those  that  are  with  them.  And 
 Eliseus  prayed  5  sayde :  LORDE  open  his 
 eyes,  y  he  maye  se.  Then  the  LORDE 
 opened  f  childes  eyes,  y  he  sawe,  5  beholde, 
 ;y  mount  was  full  of  fyrie  horses  5  charettes 
 roude  aboute  Eliseus.  And  wha  they  came 
 downe  vnto  him,  Eliseus  made  his  prayer,  5 
 sayde :  LORDE  smyte  this  people  with  blynd- 
 nes.  t  And  he  smote  the  with  blyndnes  acord 
 inge  to  the  worde  of  Eliseus.  And  Eliseus 
 saide  vnto  them :  This  is  not  y  waye  nor  the 
 cite,  folowe  me,  I  wil  brynge  you  to  the  man 
 whom  ye  seke.  And  he  broughte  them  vnto 
 Samaria. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  to  Samaria,  Eliseus 
 sayde :  LORDE  open  these  mens  eyes,  y 
 they  maye  se.  And  the  LORDE  opened 
 their  eyes,  y  they  sawe,  5  beholde,  they  were 
 in  the  myddes  of  Samaria.  And  whan  the 
 kynge  of  Israel  sawe  them,  he  saide  vnto 
 Eliseus :  My  father,  shal  I  smyte  the  ?  He 
 saide :  Thou  shalt  not  smyte  the :  loke  whom 
 thou  takest  with  thy  swerde  and  bowe,  smyte 
 those.  Set  bred  and  water  before  them,  that 
 they  maye  eate  and  drynke,  and  let  them 
 departe  vnto  their  lorde.  The  was  there  a 
 greate  dyner  prepared.  And  whan  they  had 
 eaten  and  dronken,  he  let  them  go  to  departe 
 vnto  their  lorde.  From  that  tyme  forth  came 
 the  men  of  warre  of  the  Syrians  nomore  in  to 
 the  londe  of  Israel. 
 
 After  this  it  fortuned,  that  Benadab  the 
 kynge  of  Syria  gathered  all  his  boost,  and 
 wete  vp,  5  layed  sege  vnto  Samaria :  d  there 
 
 t  2  Par.  32.  b.        i  Gen.  19.  c. 
 
Cljap.  bij. 
 
 Cfte  iii).  hokt  of  t\)t  kpscsf. 
 
 #0.  cccli. 
 
 was  a  greate  derth  at  Samaria.  But  they 
 layed  sege  to  the  cite  so  longe,  tyll  an  Asses 
 heade  was  worth  fours  score  syluer  pes,  and 
 the  fourth  parte  of  a  *Cab  of  doues  donge 
 worth  fyue  syluer  pens.  And  whan  the  kynge 
 of  Israel  wente  vnto  the  wall,  a  woman  cried 
 vnto  him  and  sayde :  Helpe  me  my  lorde  O 
 kynge.  He  sayde:  Yf  the  LORDE  helpe 
 the  not,  wherwith  shal  I  helpe  the?  with  f 
 barne  or  with  the  wyne  presse?  And  the 
 kynge  sayde  vnto  her :  What  ayleth  y  ?  She 
 sayde :  This  woman  sayde  vnto  me  :  Geue  vs 
 thy  Sonne,  that  we  maye  eate  him,  tomorow 
 wyll  we  eate  my  sonne.  So  we  sod  my  sonne, 
 5  haue  eaten  him,  and  I  sayde  vnto  her  on  y 
 thirde  daye  :  Geue  vs  thy  sonne  and  let  vs 
 eate  him,  but  she  hath  hyd  him  awaye. 
 
 Whan  the  kynge  herde  the  womans  wordes, 
 he  rente  his  clothes,  whyle  he  was  goynge  to 
 the  wall.  The  sawe  all  the  people,  that  he 
 had  a  sack  cloth  vnder  vpon  his  body.  And  he 
 sayde :  +  God  do  this  and  that  vnto  me,  yf  the 
 heade  of  Eliseus  the  sonne  of  Saphat  shal 
 this  daye  stonde  vpon  him.  As  for  Eliseus, 
 he  sat  in  his  house,  (j  the  Elders  sat  by  him. 
 And  he  sent  a  man  before  him,  but  or  euer 
 the  messaunger  came  to  him,  he  sayde  vnto  f 
 Elders  :  Haue  ye  not  sene  how  this  childe  of 
 murthure  hath  sent  hither,  to  take  awaye  my 
 heade  ?  Take  hede,  whan  the  messaunger 
 Cometh,  y  ye  holde  him  at  the  dore.  Be- 
 holde,  f  noyse  of  his  lordes  fete  foloweth  him. 
 Whyle  he  was  thus  talkynge  with  them,  be- 
 holde,  f  messaunger  came  to  him,  (j  sayde : 
 Beholde,  this  euell  cometh  of  y  LORDE, 
 and  what  more  shal  I  loke  for  of  the  LORDE? 
 
 ^e  bi).  d^aptnr. 
 
 ELISEUS  sayde:  Heare  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE.  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  : 
 t  Tomorow  aboute  this  tyme  shal  a  buszshel 
 of  fyne  meel  be  solde  for  one  Sycle,  and  two 
 buszshels  of  barly  for  one  Sycle  vnder  the 
 porte  of  Samaria.  Then  a  knyghte  (vpon 
 whose  hande  the  kynge  leaned)  answered  the 
 ma  of  God,  and  sayde :  And  though  the 
 LORDE  made  wyndowes  in  heaue,  how 
 coulde  soch  a  thinge  come  to  passe?  He 
 saide :  Beholde,  thou  shalt  se  it  with  thine 
 eyes,  i  shalt  not  eate  therof. 
 
 And  there  were  foure  leporous  men  at  f 
 dore  before  the  porte,  and  one  sayde  vnto 
 
 •  A  Cab  is  a  certayne  measure.       t  3  Re.  19.  a.  and  20.  b. 
 
 another :  Why  tary  we  here  whyle  we  dye  ? 
 Though  we  thoughte  to  come  in  to  the  cite, 
 yet  is  there  derth  in  f  cite,  and  there  shulde 
 we  be  fayne  to  dye.  And  yf  we  tary  here, 
 we  must  dye  also.  Let  vs  go  now,  and  flye 
 vnto  the  boost  of  the  Syrians.  Yf  they  let 
 vs  lyue,  we  shall  lyue :  yf  they  slaye  vs,  then 
 are  we  deed.  And  so  they  gat  them  vp  early, 
 to  come  vnto  the  boost  of  the  Syrians.  And 
 whan  they  came  to  the  vttemost  ende  of  f 
 tentes,  beholde,  there  was  no  body. 
 
 i  For  the  LORDE  had  made  the  Syrians 
 to  heare  a  noyse  of  horses,  charettes,  and  of  a 
 mightie  greate  boost,  so  that  they  sayde  one 
 to  another  amonge  the  selues :  Beholde,  the 
 kynge  of  Israel  hath  hyred  the  kynge  of  the 
 Hethites,  and  the  kynge  of  the  Egipcians 
 agaynst  vs,  to  come  vpo  vs.  And  they  gat 
 them  vp,  and  fled  early  in  the  twylight,  and 
 lefte  their  bothes,  and  horses  and  Asses  in  the 
 tentes  as  they  stode,  5  fled  euery  man  where 
 he  mighte  saue  his  life. 
 
 Now  whan  the  lepers  came  to  the  place  of 
 the  tentes,  they  wente  in  to  the  tentes,  ate  and 
 dronke,  and  toke  syluer,  golde  and  rayment, 
 and  wente  and  hyd  it:  5  came  agayne  5 
 entred  in  to  another  tent,  and  toke  therout, 
 and  wente  and  hyd  it.  But  one  of  them  saide 
 vnto  another  :  Let  vs  not  do  thus,  this  daye  is 
 a  daye  of  good  tidynges.  Yf  we  kepe  this 
 secrete  and  byde  tyll  the  lighte  mornynge, 
 oure  trespace  wyl  be  founde  out.  Let  vs  go 
 now  therfore,  that  we  maye  come,  5  tell  the 
 kynges  house. 
 
 And  whan  they  came,  they  cried  at  the 
 porte  of  the  cite,  and  tolde  them,  and  sayde  : 
 We  came  to  the  tentes  of  the  Sirians,  and 
 beholde,  there  is  no  ma  there,  nether  yet  eny 
 mans  voyce,  but  horses  and  asses  bounde,  and 
 the  bothes  as  they  stonde.  Then  cried  f 
 porters  and  tolde  it  within  in  f  kynges  house. 
 And  the  kynge  arose  in  the  nighte,  g  sayde 
 vnto  his  seruauntes :  I  will  tell  you  how  f 
 Syrians  deale  with  vs:  they  knowe  y  we  suffer 
 honger,  and  are  gone  out  of  the  tetes,  to  hyde 
 them  selues  in  the  felde,  and  thynke  thus : 
 whan  they  go  out  of  the  cite,  we  wyll  take 
 them  alyue,  5  come  in  to  the  cite.  Then 
 answered  one  of  his  seruauntes,  and  sayde : 
 Let  vs  take  the  fyue  horses  that  remayne, 
 which  yet  are  lefte  in  the  cite  (beholde, 
 these  are  left  therin  for  all  f  multitude  in 
 
 t  4  Re.  7.  d. 
 
 §  2  Mac.  5.  a.     Esa.  13.  a. 
 
#0.  mlij. 
 
 Cl)f  iiij.  bokt  of  ti)t  fepngfS. 
 
 Cfjap,  biijJ 
 
 Israel,  which  is  destroyed)  let  vs  sende  these 
 and  se.  The  toke  they  two  charettes  with  y 
 horses.  And  the  kynge  sent  them  vnto  the 
 tentes  of  the  Syrians,  and  sayde :  Go  youre 
 waye  and  se. 
 
 And  whan  they  wente  after  the  vnto  lor- 
 dane,  beholde,  the  waye  laye  full  of  gar- 
 mentes  and  vessels,  which  the  Syrians  had 
 cast  from  the,  whyle  they  made  haist.  And 
 whan  the  messaungers  came  agayne,  and  tolde 
 the  kynge,  the  people  wente  forth,  and  spoyled 
 the  tentes  of  the  Syrians.  And  a  buszshel  of 
 fyne  meell  was  solde  for  a  Sycle,  and  two 
 buszshels  of  barlye  for  a  Sycle  also,  *acord- 
 inge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE.  But  the 
 kynge  appoynted  the  knyghte  (vpon  whose 
 hande  he  leened)  to  be  at  the  gate,  5  the 
 people  trode  vpon  him,  so  that  he  dyed,  euen 
 as  the  man  of  God  sayde,  whan  the  kynge 
 came  downe  vnto  him.  And  it  came  to  passe 
 euen  as  f  man  of  God  tolde  the  kynge,  wha 
 he  sayde :  Tomorow  aboute  this  tyme  shall 
 two  buszshels  of  barlye  be  solde  for  one  Sycle, 
 and  a  buszshel  of  fyne  meel  for  one  Sycle 
 vnder  the  gate  at  Samaria.  And  the  knyghte 
 answered  tne  man  of  God,  and  sayde :  Be- 
 holde, though  f  LORDE  made  wyndowes 
 in  heauen,  how  coulde  soch  a  thinge  come  to 
 passe  ?  Neuertheles  he  sayde :  Beholde,  with 
 thine  eyes  shalt  thou  se  it,  and  shalt  not  eate 
 therof.  And  euen  so  fortuned  it  vnto  him, 
 for  the  people  trode  vpon  him  in  the  gate,  y 
 he  dyed. 
 
 Cljr  bii).  €l)apttr. 
 
 ELISEUS  spake  vnto  the  woma,  t  whose 
 Sonne  he  had  restored  vnto  life  againe, 
 and  saide  :  Get  the  vp,  5  go  with  thine  hous- 
 holde,  and  be  a  straunger  where  thou  canst : 
 for  the  LORDE  shall  call  for  a  derth,  which 
 shal  come  in  to  the  londe  seuen  yeare  loge. 
 The  woman  gat  her  vp,  and  dyd  as  the  man 
 of  God  sayde,  a  wente  with  hir  housholde, 
 and  was  a  straunger  in  the  londe  of  the  Phi- 
 Ustynes  seuen  yeare.  But  whan  the  seuen 
 yeares  were  ended,  the  woman  came  agayne 
 out  of  the  Philistynes  lode,  and  wente  forth 
 to  crye  vpon  the  kynge  for  hir  house  and 
 londe.  The  kynge  spake  vnto  Gehasi  the 
 seruaunt  of  the  man  of  God,  5  sayde:  Tell 
 me  all  the  greate  actes  that  Eliseus  hath  done. 
 And  whyle  he  was  tellynge  the  kynge  how  he 
 
 had  made  one  that  was  deed,  to  lyue  agayne, 
 beholde,  the  woman  whose  sonne  he  had 
 caused  to  reuyue,  came  euen  in  the  meane 
 season,  and  cried  vnto  the  kynge  for  hir  house 
 and  londe.  Then  sayde  Gehasi :  My  lorde  O 
 kynge,  this  same  is  the  woma,  and  this  is  hir 
 Sonne,  whom  Eliseus  restored  vnto  life  agayne. 
 And  the  kynge  axed  f  woman,  and  she  tolde 
 him.  Then  the  kynge  delyuered  her  a  cham 
 berlayne,  j  saide :  Restore  her  agayne  all  that 
 is  hirs,  and  all  the  increase  of  the  londe,  sence 
 the  tyme  that  she  lefte  the  londe  vntyll  now 
 
 t  And  Eliseus  came  to  Damascon,  5  Be- 
 nadab  the  kynge  of  Syria  laye  sicke.  And  it 
 was  tolde  him,  and  sayde :  The  man  of  God 
 is  come  hither.  Then  sayde  the  kynge  vnto 
 Hasael :  Take  giftes  with  the,  5  go  mete  the 
 man  of  God,  and  axe  councell  at  y  LORDE 
 by  him,  and  saye  :  Maye  I  recouer  from  this 
 sicknesse?  Hasael  wente  for  to  mete  him, 
 and  toke  rewardes  with  him,  and  of  all  the 
 goodes  at  Damasco,  as  moch  as  fortye  Camels 
 mighte  beare.  And  whan  he  came,  he  stode 
 before  him,  and  sayde :  Thy  sonne  Benadab 
 the  kynge  of  Syria  hath  sent  me  vnto  the, 
 sayenge :  Maye  I  recouer  from  this  sicknes  ? 
 
 Eliseus  sayde  vnto  him  :  Go  thy  waye  and 
 tell  him :  Thou  shalt  recouer.  But  the 
 LORDE  hath  shewed  me,  y  he  shal  dye  f 
 death.  And  the  man  of  God  loked  earnestly, 
 (J  made  a  troublous  countenaunce,  (j  wepte. 
 The  sayde  Hasael :  Wherfore  wepeth  my 
 lorde  ?  He  sayde :  I  knowe  what  euell  thou 
 shalt  do  vnto  the  children  of  Israel.  Thou 
 shalt  burne  their  stronge  cities  with  fyre,  and 
 slaye  their  yonge  men  with  the  swerde,  and 
 kyll  their  yonge  children,  and  ryppe  vp  their 
 wemen  with  childe. 
 
 Hasael  sayde:  How  so,  is  thy  seruaunt  a 
 dogg,  that  he  shulde  do  soch  a  greate  thynge  ? 
 Eliseus  saide  :  §  The  LORDE  hath  shewed 
 me,  y  thou  shalt  be  kynge  of  Syria.  And  he 
 wete  his  waye  from  Eliseus,  (j  came  to  his 
 lorde,  which  saide  vnto  him :  What  saieth 
 Eliseus  vnto  the  ?  He  sayde :  He  tolde  me, 
 Thou  shalt  recouer.  But  on  the  nexte  daye 
 he  toke  f  bed  couerynge,  and  dypte  it  in 
 water,  and  spred  it  ouer  him,  and  he  dyed,  5 
 Hasael  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  fyfth  yeare  of  loram  the  sonne  of 
 Achab  kynge  of  Israel,  was  loram  f  sonne  of 
 losaphat  kynge   of   luda.      II  Two   n   thirtie 
 
 +  3  Re.  19.  c.  §3  Re.  19.  c.         ||  2  Par.  21.  a. 
 
Cfiap.  in:. 
 
 €l)t  ntj.  bokt  of  tin  fepses. 
 
 jTo.  ccclit). 
 
 yeare  olde  was  he  wha  he  was  made  kynge,  (j 
 reigned  eighte  yeare  at  lerusalem,  (x  walked 
 in  the  waye  of  the  kynges  of  Israel,  as  the 
 house  of  Achab  dyd  (for  Achabs  doughter 
 was  his  wife)  ft  he  dyd  y^ which  was  euell  in  ;y- 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE.  Neuertheles  the 
 LORDE  wolde  not  destroye  luda  for  his  ser- 
 uaunt  Dauids  sake,  *as  he  promysed  him,  to 
 geue  him  euer  a  lanterne  amoge  his  childre. 
 
 At  f  same  tyme  fell  y  Edomites  awaye 
 from  luda,  g  made  a  kynge  ouer  them  selues : 
 f  cause  was  this,  loram  had  gone  thorow 
 Seira,  and  all  the  charettes  with  him,  j  had 
 gotten  him  vp  by  nighte,  and  smytten  the 
 Edomites  that  were  aboute  him,  and  y-  rulers 
 ouer  the  charettes,  so  that  the  people  fled 
 vnto  their  tentes:  therfore  fell  the  Edomites 
 awaye  from  luda  vnto  this  daye.  At  the  same 
 tyme  fell  Libna  awaye  also. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  loram,  (t  all 
 y  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And  loram  fell 
 on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  it  was  buried  with 
 his  fathers  in  f  cite  of  Dauid,  tj  Ochosias  his 
 sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  twolueth  yeare  of  loram  the  sonne 
 of  Achab  kynge  of  Israel,  was  Ochosias  f 
 Sonne  of  loram  kynge  in  luda.  Two  and 
 twentye  yeare  olde  was  Ochosias  whan  he  was 
 made  kynge,  and  reigned  one  yeare  at  leru- 
 salem. His  mothers  name  was  Atalia  the 
 doughter  of  Amri  kynge  of  Israel,  5  he  walked 
 in  the  waye  of  the  house  of  Achab,  (i  dyd  that 
 which  was  euell  in  the  syght  of  y  LORDE, 
 euen  as  dyd  the  house  of  Achab :  for  he  was 
 sonne  in  lawe  in  the  house  of  Achab.  And 
 he  wente  with  loram  the  sonne  of  Achab  in 
 to  the  battayll  agaynst  Hasael  y  kinge  of 
 Syria  vnto  Ramoth  in  Gilead,  but  y  Syrians 
 smote  loram.  "Then  loram  the  kinge  turned 
 backe,  to  be  healed  at  lesreel  of  y  woundes, 
 wherwith  the  Syrians  had  wounded  him  at 
 Ramoth,  whii  he  foughte  with  Hasael  kinge  of 
 Syria.  And  Ochosyas  y  sonne  of  lora  kinge 
 of  luda,  came  downe  to  viset  loram  the  sonne 
 of  Achab  at  lesreel,  for  he  laye  sicke. 
 
 Clje  ir.  Cljapttr. 
 
 ELISEUS  the  prophet  called  one  of  the 
 prophetes   childre,  5  sayde   vnto  him : 
 'Girde  vp  thy  loynes,  and  take  this  cruse  of 
 
 2Re.7.c.      t2Par.22.a.       "  4  Re.  9.  c.       »4Re.4.d.!       ''3Re.21.c.       '  1  Re.  25.  d.   3  Re.  14.  b.       /3Re.21.d. 
 '  3  Re.  19.  c. 
 
 oyle  with  the,  and  go  vnto  Ramoth  in  Gilead: 
 and  wha  thou  comest  thither,  thou  shalt  se 
 there  one  lehu,  f  sonne  of  losaphat  the  sonne 
 of  Nimsi,  and  go  in,  and  byd  him  stonde  vp 
 amonge  his  brethren,  and  brynge  him  in  to 
 the  ynmost  chamber,  (i  'take  thou  y  cruse  of 
 oyle,  and  poure  it  vpon  his  heade,  5  saye  : 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  :  I  haue  anointed 
 the  to  be  kynge  ouer  Israel :  j  thou  shalt  open 
 the  dore,  and  flye,  and  not  tary.  And  the 
 prophetes  yonge  man,  the  childe  wente  his 
 waye  vnto  Ramoth  in  Gilead.  And  whan  he 
 came  in,  beholde,  the  captaynes  of  the  boost 
 sat  there,  and  he  sayde :  I  haue  somwhat  to 
 saye  vnto  the  O  captayne.  lehu  saide :  Vnto 
 whom  amonge  vs  all  ?  He  sayde :  Euen  vnto 
 the  o  captayne. 
 
 Then  stode  he  vp,  and  wente  in.  So  he 
 poured  the  oyle  vpon  his  heade,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel :  I  haue  anoynted  f  to  be  kynge  ouer 
 the  LORDES  people  of  Israel,  ''and  thou 
 shalt  smyte  thy  lorde  Achabs  house,  that  I 
 maye  auenge  the  blonde  of  my  seruauntes  the 
 prophetes,  and  the  blonde  of  all  the  LORDES 
 seruauntes,  from  the  hande  of  lesabel,  that 
 all  the  house  of  Achab  maye  periszshe.  And 
 I  ^vyl  rote  out  from  Achab,  ^euen  him  that 
 maketh  water  agaynst  the  wall,  and  the  closed 
 vp  and  the  desolate  in  Israel :  and  the  house 
 of  Achab  wyll  I  make  euen  as  the  house  of 
 leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat,  and  as  the 
 house  of  Baesa  the  sonne  of  Ahia,  and  y  dogges 
 •^  shall  eate  vp  lesabel  vpon  the  felde  at  lesrael, 
 and  noman  shall  burye  her.  And  he  opened 
 the  dore,  and  fled. 
 
 And  wha  lehu  came  forth  to  his  lordes 
 seruauntes,  they  saide  vnto  him :  Are  all 
 thinges  well  ?  Wherfore  came  this  madd 
 felowe  vnto  the?  He  saide  vnto  them:  Ye 
 knowe  the  man  well,  5  what  he  hath  spoken. 
 They  sayde  :  That  is  not  true,  but  tell  thou 
 He  sayde  :  Thus  and  thus  hath  he  spoken 
 vnto  me,  and  sayde :  Thus  sayeth  the  LO  RD  E : 
 I  haue  anoynted  the  to  be  kynge  ouer  Israel. 
 Then  made  they  haist,  and  euery  one  toke  his 
 garment  and  laied  them  vnder  him  in  maner 
 of  a  iudges  seate,  and  blewe  the  trompet,  and 
 sayde :  lehu  is  made  kinge.  So  lehu  the 
 sonne  of  losaphat  the  sonne  of  Nimsi,  made  a 
 confederacion  agaynst  loram.      As  for  lora 
 
jfo.  mlii'i). 
 
 €i)t  iiij,  hokt  of  tl)f  ki'iigtsi. 
 
 Cfjap.  r. 
 
 he  laye  before  Ilamoth  in  Gilead  with  all 
 Israel  aigaytist  Hasael  the  kynge  of  Syria. 
 *But  loram  the  kynge  was  turned  backe,  y 
 he  might  be  healed  of  the  woundes  wherwith 
 the  Syrians  had  wounded  him,  whfi  he  foughte 
 with  Hasael  the  kynge  of  the  Syrians. 
 
 And  lehu  sayde  :  Yf  it  be  youre  mynde, 
 there  shall  noman  escape  out  of  the  cite,  to 
 go  and  tell  it  at  lesreel.  And  he  rode,  and 
 departed  vnto  lesrael:  for  loram  laye  there, 
 and  Ochosias  the  kinge  of  luda  was  come 
 downe  to  vyset  loram.  But  the  watchman 
 that  stode  vpon  the  tower  at  lesrael,  sawe  the 
 company  of  lehu  commynge,  and  sayde :  I  se 
 a  company.  Then  sayde  loram :  Take  a 
 charet,  and  sende  to  mete  the,  and  saye :  Is 
 it  peace  ?  And  the  charetman  rode  to  mete 
 them,  and  sayde  :  Thus  sayeth  the  kynge  :  Is 
 it  peace  ?  lehu  sayde  :  What  hast  thou  to  do 
 with  peace  ?  Turne  the  behynde  me.  The 
 watchman  tolde  it,  and  sayde :  The  mes- 
 saunger  is  come  vnto  them,  and  c5meth  not 
 agayne.  Then  sent  he  another  charetman, 
 which  whan  he  came  to  them,  saide :  Thus 
 sayeth  the  kynge  :  Is  it  peace  ?  lehu  sayde  : 
 What  hast  thou  to  do  with  peace  ?  Turne  y 
 behynde  me. 
 
 And  the  watchman  tolde  it,  and  sayde : 
 He  is  come  to  them :  and  commeth  not  agayne, 
 and  the  goynge  is  as  it  were  the  goynge  of 
 lehu  the  sonne  of  Nimsi  :  for  he  dryueth  on 
 as  he  were  mad.  Then  sayde  loram  :  Binde 
 the  charet  fast.  And  they  bounde  the  charet, 
 and  so  they  wente  forth,  loram  the  kynge  of 
 Israel,  and  Ochosias  the  kynge  of  luda,  euery 
 one  vpon  his  charet,  to  mete  lehu.  And  they 
 founde  him  vpon  the  felde  of  Naboth  the 
 lesraelite.  And  whan  loram  sawe  lehu,  he 
 sayde  :  lehu,  is  it  peace  ?  But  he  sayde  : 
 What  peace  ?  The  whordome  and  witchcraft 
 of  thy  mother  lesabel  is  not  yet  come  to  an  ende. 
 
 Then  turned  loram  his  hande  and  fled,  and 
 sayde  vnto  Ochosias :  There  is  treason  Ocho- 
 sias. But  lehu  toke  his  bowe,  5  shot  loram 
 betwene  the  armes,  that  the  arowe  wente 
 thorow  his  hert,  and  he  fell  downe  in  his 
 charet.  And  lehu  sayde  vnto  Bidekar  the 
 knyghte :  Take  and  cast  him  in  the  pece  of 
 londe  of  Naboth  the  lesraelite  :  for  I  remem- 
 bre  sence  thou  rodest  with  me  in  a  charet 
 after  Achab  his  father,  that  the  LORDE 
 dT  wolde  laye  this  heuy  burthen  vpon  him.     I 
 
 ♦  4  Re.  8.  d.        t  3  Reg.  21.  c.        J  3  Reg.  16.  b. 
 
 holde  (sayde  the  LORDE)  I  wyl  recompence 
 the  y  bloude  of  Naboth  and  of  his  childre, 
 euen  in  this  pece  of  londe.  Take  him  now 
 and  cast  him  in  to  that  pece  of  londe,  *  acor- 
 dynge  to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Whan  Ochosias  the  kinge  of  luda  sawe 
 this,  he  fled  by  the  waie  vnto  f  garden  house. 
 But  lehu  folowed  after  him,  and  commaunded 
 to  smyte  him  also  vpon  his  charet  in  the 
 goynge  vp  towarde  Gur,  which  lieth  by 
 leblaam :  and  he  fled  vnto  Megiddo,  and 
 dyed  there.  And  his  seruauntes  caused  him 
 to  be  caried  vnto  lerusalem,  and  there  they 
 buryed  him  in  his  awne  graue  with  his  fathers 
 in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  Ochosias  reigned  ouer 
 luda  in  y  eleuenth  yeare  of  lora  y  sonne  of 
 Achab.  And  whan  lehu  came  to  lesrael,  and 
 lesabel  herde  therof,  she  coloured  hir  face, 
 and  decked  hir  heade,  and  loked  out  at  the 
 wyndowe.  And  whan  lehu  came  vnder  the 
 gate,  she  sayde :  t  Prospered  Symri  well  that 
 slewe  his  lorde  ? 
 
 And  he  lifte  vp  his  face  to  the  wyndow, 
 and  sayde  :  Who  is  with  me  ?  Then  resorted 
 there  two  or  thre  chamberlaynes  vnto  him. 
 He  sayde  :  Cast  her  downe  headlinges.  And 
 they  cast  her  downe  headlynges,  so  that  y 
 wall  and  the  horses  were  sprenkled  with  hir 
 bloude,  and  she  was  trodde  vnder  fete.  And 
 whan  he  came  in,  and  had  eaten  and  dronken, 
 he  sayde :  Loke  vpon  yonder  cursed  woman, 
 5  burye  her,  ^for  she  is  a  kynges  doughter. 
 Neuertheles  whan  they  wente  in  to  burye 
 her,  they  founde  nothinge  of  her,  but  the 
 szkull  and  the  fete,  and  the  palmes  of  her 
 handes.  And  they  came  agayne  and  broughte 
 him  worde.  He  saide :  This  is  euen  it  that 
 the  LORDE  spake  by  his  seruaunt  Elias  the 
 Theszbite,  and  sayde  :  "  In  the  felde  of  lesrael 
 shal  the  dogges  eate  lesabels  flesh.  So  the 
 deed  carcase  of  lesabel  became  euen  as  donge 
 in  the  felde  of  lesrael,  so  y  a  man  coulde  not 
 saye  :  This  is  lesabel. 
 
 Ci)c  V.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 ACHAB  had  thre  score  and  ten  sonnes 
 at  Samaria.  *  And  lehu  wrote  a  letter, 
 and  sent  it  to  Samaria,  vnto  the  rulers  of 
 the  cite  lesrael,  euen  vnto  the  Elders,  5  to 
 Achabs  tuters,  sayenge  these  wordes :  Whan 
 this  letter  commeth  vnto  you  with  whom  are 
 youre  lordes  sonnes,  charetes,  horses,  stronge 
 
 §  3  Reg.  16.  d. 
 
 3  Reg.  21.  d.        "  ludi.  8.  g. 
 
Cijap.  r. 
 
 CIk  ill),  ftoke  of  tl)t  fepgtg. 
 
 jTo.  mlb. 
 
 cities,  (J  ordynaunce,  loke  which  is  the  best 
 and  most  righteous  amonge  youre  lordes 
 sonnes,  (t  set  him  vpon  his  fathers  seate,  and 
 fighte  for  youre  lordes  house. 
 
 Neuertheles  they  were  sore  afrayed,  and 
 sayde :  Beholde,  two  kynges  were  not  able  to 
 stonde  before  him,  how  wyl  we  then  endure  ? 
 And  they  that  were  ouer  the  house  and  ouer 
 the  cite,  and  the  Elders  and  tuters  sent  vnto 
 lehu,  sayege  :  We  are  thy  seruauntes,  we  wyll 
 do  all  that  thou  sayest  vnto  vs :  We  wil  make 
 no  man  kynge,  do  thou  what  pleaseth  the. 
 Then  wrote  he  the  seconde  letter  vnto  them 
 with  these  wordes  :  Yf  ye  be  myne,  and  herken 
 vnto  my  voyce,  then  take  the  heades  of  the 
 men  youre  lordes  sonnes,  and  brynge  me  them 
 tomorow  by  this  tyme  vnto  lesrael. 
 
 The  kynges  sonnes  were  thre  score  men 
 and  ten,  and  f  chefe  men  of  the  cite  broughte 
 the  vp.  Now  whan  this  letter  came  they  toke 
 the  kynges  sonnes,  and  slewe  them  euen  thre 
 score  men  and  ten,  and  layed  their  heades  in 
 baszkettes,  and  sent  them  to  him  vnto  lesrael. 
 And  whan  the  messaunger  came,  5  tolde  him, 
 and  sayde :  They  haue  broughte  the  heades 
 of  the  kynges  children,  he  sayde :  Laye  them 
 vpon  two  heapes  at  the  dore  of  the  porte  tyll 
 tomorow. 
 
 And  on  the  morow  whan  he  wente  forth, 
 he  stode,  and  sayde  vnto  all  the  people  :  Are 
 ye  righteous?  Beholde,  I  haue  made  an  ap- 
 poyntmet  against  my  lorde,  and  slayne  him, 
 who  hath  slayne  all  these  then  ?  Vnderstonde 
 ye  now  therfore,  that  there  is  not  fallen  vpon 
 the  earth  one  worde  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 he  spake  agaynst  the  house  of  Achab  :  and  the 
 LORDE  hath  done,  euen  *  as  he  sayde  by 
 his  seruaunt  Elias.  So  lehu  smote  all  the 
 remnaunt  of  the  house  of  Achab  at  lesrael,  all 
 his  greate  men,  his  kynsfolkes,  and  his  prestes, 
 tyll  there  was  not  one  lefte  ouer.  And  he  gat 
 him  vp,  wente  his  waye,  and  came  to  Samaria. 
 
 By  the  waye  there  was  a  shepherdes  house, 
 where  lehu  founde  the  brethren  of  Ochosias 
 kynge  of  luda,  and  sayde :  Whence  are  ye  ? 
 They  sayde  :  We  are  Ochosias  brethren,  and 
 are  goynge  downe  to  salute  the  kynges  children, 
 and  the  queues  children.  He  sayde :  Take 
 them  alyue.  And  they  toke  them  alyue,  and 
 slewe  them  by  the  welles  syde  at  the  shep- 
 herdes house,  euen  two  and  fortye  men,  and 
 let  not  one  of  them  remayne. 
 
 And  whan  he  wente  from  thence,  he  foude 
 lonadab  y  sonne  of  t  Rechab,  which  met  him, 
 5  saluted  him.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Is 
 thyne  hert  righte,  as  myne  hert  is  with  thyne 
 hert?  lonadab  sayde:  Yee.  Yf  it  be  so 
 (sayde  he)  then  geue  me  thy  hande.  And  he 
 gaue  him  his  hande.  And  so  he  caused  him 
 to  syt  besyde  him  in  the  charet,  and  saide : 
 Come  with  me,  and  se  my  zele  for  the  LO RDE. 
 And  they  caryed  him  with  him  vpon  his  charet. 
 And  whan  he  came  to  Samaria,  he  smote  all 
 that  remayned  of  Achab  at  Samaria,  tyll  he 
 had  destroyed  him,  acordynge  to  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  i  which  he  spake  vnto  Elias. 
 
 And  lehu  gathered  all  the  people  together, 
 and  saide  vnto  them :  §  Achab  did  Baal  but 
 litle  seruyce,  lehu  wyll  serue  him  better.  Call 
 vnto  me  now  therfore  all  Baals  prophetes,  all 
 his  seruautes  and  all  his  prestes,  that  there  be 
 none  wantynge,  for  I  haue  a  greate  sacrifyce 
 to  do  vnto  Baal.  Who  so  euer  is  myssed,  shal 
 not  lyue.  But  lehu  dyd  it  craftely,  that  he 
 mighte  destroye  all  the  mynisters  of  Baal. 
 And  lehu  sayde :  Sanctifie  f  feast  vnto  Baal, 
 and  proclame  it.  And  lehu  sent  in  to  all 
 Israel,  and  caused  all  Baals  ministers  to  come, 
 so  that  there  was  noma  lefte  behynde,  which 
 came  not.  And  they  came  in  to  Baals  house, 
 so  that  the  house  of  Baal  was  full  from  one 
 corner  to  another. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  him  that  had  the  rule 
 of  the  vestrye  :  Brynge  forth  rayment  for  all 
 Baals  mynisters.  And  he  broughte  forth  the 
 rayment.  And  lehu  wente  in  to  Baals  house 
 with  lonadab  the  sonne  of  Rechab,  and  sayde 
 vnto  Baals  mynisters:  Search  and  se  that  there 
 be  not  here  amoge  you  eny  mynyster  of  the 
 LORDE,  but  onely  Baals  mynisters. 
 
 And  whan  they  came  in  to  offer  sacrifyces 
 and  burntofferynges,  lehu  appoynted  him  foure 
 score  men  without,  5  sayde  :  Yf  eny  of  these 
 men  escape  whom  I  delyuer  vnder  youre 
 handes,  then  shal  the  same  mans  soule  be  for 
 his  soule.  Now  wha  he  had  made  an  ende  of 
 the  burntofferynge,  lehu  sayde  vnto  the  fote- 
 men  and  knyghtes  :  Go  in,  5  smyte  euery 
 man,  let  noman  go  forth.  And  they  smote 
 the  with  the  edge  of  the  swerde.  And  the 
 fote  men  and  knightes  threw  the  awaie  and 
 wete  vnto  the  cite  of  Baals  house,  and  brought 
 forth  the  piler  in  y  house  of  Baal,  and  brent 
 it,    and  brake  do^vne   Baals   pyler   with  the 
 
 tSRe. '21.C.         ^3Re.  16.  d. 
 
4fo.  mlbu 
 
 Cl)t  lit},  boke  of  tin  fepnges. 
 
 Cfiap.  vi. 
 
 house  of  Baal,  and  made  a  preuy  house  therof 
 vnto  this  dale.  Thus  lehu  destroyed  Baal 
 out  of  Israel.  But  lehu  lefte  not  of  from  the 
 sinnes  of  leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat  (which 
 caused  Israel  to  synne)  namely,  from  the 
 golden  calues  at  Bethel  and  at  Dan.  And 
 the  LORDE  sayde  ^Tito  lehu:  Because  thou 
 hast  bene  wyllinge  to  do  that  which  was  righte 
 in  my  sighte,  5  hast  done  vnto  Achabs  house 
 all  that  was  in  my  hert,  *therfore  shall  thy 
 children  syt  vpon  y  seate  of  Israel  vnto  the 
 fourth  generacion. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  lehu  was  not  diligent  to  walke 
 in  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  with 
 all  his  hert :  for  he  lefte  not  of  fro  the  synnes 
 of  leroboam  which  made  Israel  to  synne.  At 
 the  same  thne  beganne  the  LORDE  to  be 
 greued  at  Israel.  tFor  Hasael  smote  them 
 in  all  the  borders  of  Israel  from  lordane  East- 
 warde,  and  all  the  londe  Gilead  of  the  Gaddites, 
 Rubenites  and  Manassytes,  from  Aroer  that 
 lyeth  on  the  ryuer  by  Arnon,  and  Gilead  and 
 Basan. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  lehu,  and  all 
 that  he  dyd,  and  all  his  power,  beholde,  it  is 
 wryten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 And  lehu  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  5  they 
 buryed  him  in  Samaria.  And  loahas  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade.  The  tyme  that  lehu 
 reigned  ouer  Israel,  is  eight  and  twentye  yeares 
 at  Samaria. 
 
 Wijt  vi-  C]&apttr. 
 
 A  THALIA  the  mother  of  Ochosias,  wha 
 she  sawe  that  hir  sonne  was  deed,  °  gat 
 her  vp,  and  destroyed  all  the  kynges  sede. 
 But  loseba  kynge  lorams  doughter  the  syster 
 of  Ochosias,  toke  loas  the  sonne  of  Ochosias 
 and  stale  him  awaye  with  his  norse  in  the 
 chamber  from  amonge  the  kynges  children 
 which  were  slayne,  and  she  hyd  him  from 
 Athalia,  so  that  he  was  not  slayne.  And  he 
 was  hyd  with  her  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 sixe  yeares.  But  Athalia  was  queue  in  the 
 londe. 
 
 Neuertheles  in  the  seuenth  yeare  sent  loiada, 
 and  toke  the  rulers  ouer  hiidreds  with  the 
 captaynes  and  fote  men,  and  caused  the  to 
 come  to  him  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 and  made  a  couenaunt  with  them,  and  toke  an 
 00th  of  them  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and   shewed   them   the   kynges    sonne,    and 
 
 comaunded  them,  and  sayde :  This  is  it  that 
 ye  shall  do :  One  thirde  parte  of  you  which 
 enter  on  the  Sabbath,  shall  kepe  the  watch  in 
 the  kynges  house,  and  one  thyrde  parte  shal 
 be  at  the  porte  of  Sur,  and  one  thirde  parte 
 shal  be  at  y  porte  which  is  behynde  the  fote 
 men,  and  ye  shal  kepe  the  watch  at  the  house 
 of  Massa.  But  two  partes  of  you  all  that  go 
 of  on  the  Sabbath,  shal  kepe  the  watch  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  aboute  the  kinge  and 
 ye  shall  get  you  rounde  aboute  y  kynge  and 
 euery  one  with  his  weapen  in  his  hande :  and 
 who  so  euer  cometh  within  f  wall,  let  him 
 die,  so  that  ye  be  with  the  kinge,  wha  he  goeth 
 out  and  in. 
 
 'And  the  rulers  ouer  the  hundreds  dyd  all 
 as  loiada  the  prest  had  commauded  them, 
 and  toke  vnto  them  their  men  which  entred 
 vpon  the  Sabbath,  with  those  that  wente  of  on 
 the  Sabbath,  and  came  to  loiada  y  prest.  And 
 the  prest  gaue  the  captaynes  speares  and 
 shyldes  which  had  bene  kynge  Dauids,  and 
 were  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  the 
 fote  men  stode  aboute  the  kynge,  euery  one 
 with  his  weapen  in  his  hande,  fro  the  comer 
 on  the  righte  syde  of  the  house  vnto  the  comer 
 of  the  lefte  syde,  euen  vnto  the  altare  and  to 
 the  house.  And  he  broughte  forth  the  kynges 
 Sonne,  and  set  a  crowne  vpon  his  heade,  and 
 toke  the  t  witnes,  and  made  him  kynge,  and 
 they  were  glad,  and  clapped  their  handes 
 together,  and  sayde :  God  saue  the  kynge. 
 
 ^And  whan  Athalia  herde  the  noyse  of  the  C 
 people  that  ranne  together,  she  came  to  the 
 people  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 loked,  and  beholde,  the  kynge  stode  by  the 
 piler,  as  the  vse  was,  and  the  syngers  and 
 tropettes  by  the  kynge :  and  all  the  people  of 
 V  lode  were  glad,  and  blewe  with  trompettes. 
 But  Athalia  rente  hir  clothes,  5  sayde :  Vp- 
 roure,  vproure.  Neuertheles  loiada  f  prest 
 commaunded  y  rulers  ouer  hundreds,  which 
 were  appointed  ouer  the  hoost,  and  saide  vnto 
 them :  Brynge  her  without  the  wall,  and 
 whosoeuer  foloweth  hir,  let  him  dye  of  the 
 swerde  (for  the  prest  had  sayde,  that  she  shulde 
 not  dye  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.)  And 
 they  layde  handes  vpo  her,  and  she  wente  in 
 by  the  waye  where  the  horses  go  in  to  f  kynges 
 house,  and  there  was  she  slayne. 
 
 Then  made  loiada''  a  couenaunt  betwene  J3 
 the  LORDE  and  the  kynge,  and  the  people,  y 
 
 t4Re.8.a.     "  2  Pa.  22.  d.     *  2  Pa.  24.  a.  |       «2Par.24.c.     J  Deut.  17.  cl.     ^2Par.23.a.    ''2Par.23.e. 
 
Cftap.  nh 
 
 €i)t  iiij.  bofee  of  tl)e  fepnges. 
 
 jTo.  crdbij. 
 
 they  shulde  be  the  people  of  the  LORDE. 
 Likewyse  also  betwixte  the  kynge  and  y 
 people.  Then  wente  all  the  people  of  the 
 londe  in  to  the  house  of  Baal,  and  brake 
 downe  his  altares,  and  destroyed  his  ymages 
 right  well.  And  Mathan  the  prest  of  Baal 
 slewe  they  before  the  altare :  And  the  prest 
 appoynted  the  officers  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  toke  the  rulers  ouer  hundreds, 
 and  the  captaynes,  and  the  fote  men,  and  all 
 y  people  of  the  londe,  %  broughte  the  kynge 
 downe  from  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 came  the  waye  from  the  porte  of  the  fote  men 
 vnto  the  kynges  house,  and  he  sat  vpon  the 
 kynges  seate.  And  all  the  people  of  the  lode 
 were  glad,  and  the  cite  was  at  rest.  As  for 
 Athalia,  they  slewe  her  with  the  swerde  in  f 
 kynges  house.  And  loas  was  seuen  yeare 
 olde,  whan  he  was  made  kynge. 
 
 Cfjt  fij.  Cf)apttr. 
 
 IN  the  seueth  yeare  of  lehu,  was  loas  made 
 kynge,"  and  reigned  fortye  yeare  at  Jeru- 
 salem. His  mothers  name  was  Zibea  of 
 Bersaba.  And  loas  dyd  that  which  was  righte 
 in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  as  longe  as 
 loiada  y  prest  taught  him.  But  they  put  not 
 downe  y  hye  places :  for  the  people  offred  j 
 brent  incense  yet  vpon  the  hye  places. 
 
 And  loas  sayde  vnto  the  prestes :  All  the 
 money  that  is  sanctified  to  be  bestowed  vpo  y 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  namely  the  money  y 
 euery  man  geueth  vnto  the  treasury,  and  y 
 money  that  euery  man  geueth  for  his  soule, 
 and  all  the  money  that  euery  man  geueth  of 
 a  fre  hert,  to  be  bestowed  on  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  let  the  prestes  take  it  vnto  them, 
 euery  one  his  porcion :  with  that  shall  they 
 repayre  the  decaye  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  where  they  fynde  that  there  is  eny 
 decaye. 
 
 But  whan  f  prestes  repayred  not  the  decaye 
 in  the  house  vnto  the  thre  and  twetieth  yeare 
 of  kynge  loas,  loas  the  kynge  called  loiada 
 the  prest  with  the  other  prestes,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Wherfore  do  ye  not  repayre  the 
 decaye  in  the  house  ? 
 
 Therfore  shall  ye  not  take  the  money  vnto 
 you  now  euery  one  his  porcion,  but  shall  geue 
 it  to  the  decaye  of  the  house.  And  the  prestes 
 agreed  to  take  no  money  of  the  people,  and 
 to  repayre  the  decaye  of  the  house. 
 
 Then  loiada  the  prest  toke  a  chest,  and 
 bored  an  hole  aboue  therin,  and  set  it  on  the 
 righte  hande  besyde  the  altare,  at  the  entrynge 
 in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  the 
 prestes  that  kepte  the  thresholde,  put  all  the 
 money  therin  that  was  broughte  vnto  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  Whan  they  sawe  then 
 that  there  was  moch  money  in  the  chest,  *y 
 kynges  scrybe  came  vp  with  the  hye  prest, 
 and  bounde  the  money  together,  and  tolde  it 
 as  moch  as  was  founde  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  so  the  ready  money  was 
 geuen  vnto  them  that  wrought  and  were 
 appoynted  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 they  gaue  it  forth  to  the  carpenters  and  to  the 
 that  buylded  and  wroughte  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  namely,  to  the  dawbers  and  masons, 
 and  to  them  that  boughte  tymber  and  fre 
 stone,  to  repayre  the  decaye  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  and  all  that  they  founde  to  haue 
 nede  of  repayringe  in  the  house. 
 
 Howbeit  there  were  no  syluer  chargers, 
 flat  peces,  basens,  trompettes,  ner  eny  other 
 vessell  of  golde  and  syluer  made  on  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE,  of  the  money  that  was 
 brought  vnto  the  LORDES  house:  but  it 
 was  geuen  vnto  the  workmen  to  repayre  the 
 decaye  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE  therwith. 
 The  men  also  that  the  money  was  delyuered 
 vnto,  for  to  geue  the  workmen,  neded  not  to 
 make  eny  acomptes,  but  did  their  busynes 
 vpon  credence.  But  the  money  of  trespace  of- 
 ferynges  and  synneofFerynges  was  not  broughte 
 vnto  the  house  of  the  LORDE:  for  it  was 
 the  prestes. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  wente  Hasael  the  kynge 
 of  Syria  vp,  and  foughte  agaynst  Gath,  and 
 wanne  it.  And  whan  Hasael  set  his  face  to 
 go  vp  to  lerusalem,  kynge  loas  toke  all  that 
 was  sanctifyed,  which  his  fathers  losaphat, 
 loram  and  Ochosias  the  kynges  of  luda  had 
 halowed,  and  what  he  himselfe  had  sanctifyed, 
 and  all  the  golde  that  was  founde  in  the  trea- 
 sures of  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  in  the 
 kynges  house,  and  sent  it  vnto  Hasael  the 
 kynge  of  Syria.  And  so  he  departed  from 
 lerusalem. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  loas,  and  all 
 that  he  dyd,  it  is  written  in  the  Cronicles  of 
 the  kynges  of  luda.  And  his  seruauntes 
 made  insurreccion  and  conspyred,  and  smote 
 him  in  the  house  of   Millo,  at  the  goynge 
 
fo,  rrrlbiij. 
 
 Cftr  niji.  bokt  of  t\)t  iiyngfiS. 
 
 Cftap.  riij. 
 
 downe  vnto  Silla.  For  losebar  the  soiiiie  of 
 Simeath,  and  losabad  the  sonne  of  Somer  his 
 seruauntes  smote  him  to  death :  and  he  was 
 buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  cite  of  Dauid. 
 And  Amasias  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade. 
 
 Cl)t  viij-  Cijapttr. 
 
 IN  y  XXIII.  yeare  of  loas  the  sonne  of 
 Ochosias  i^ynge  of  luda,  was  loahas  the 
 Sonne  of  lehu  kynge  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria, 
 seuentene  yeare  :  (i  dyd  y  which  was  euell  in 
 the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and  walked  after 
 the  sinnes  of  leroboam  y  sonne  of  Nebat 
 (which  caused  Israel  to  synne)  and  lefte  not 
 of  from  them.  And  y  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 waxed  whote  vpon  Israel,  (t  he  delyuered  them 
 ouer  vnder  the  hande  of  Hasael  kynge  of 
 Syria,  and  vnder  the  hande  of  Benadad  the 
 sonne  of  Hasael,  as  longe  as  they  lyued. 
 
 And  loahas  besoughte  the  face  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  the  LORDE  herde  him,  for 
 he  consydered  the  myserie  of  Israel,  how  the 
 kynge  of  Syria  oppressed  them.  And  f 
 LORDE  gaue  Israel  a  sauioure,  which 
 broughte  them  out  of  the  power  of  the  Syrians, 
 so  y  the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in  their 
 tentes,  like  as  afore  tyme. 
 
 Yet  lefte  they  not  from  the  synnes  of  the 
 house  of  leroboam,  which  caused  Israel  to 
 synne,  but  walked  in  them.  The  groue  at 
 Samaria  stode  styll  also.  For  of  the  people 
 of  loahas  there  were  no  mo  lefte,  but  fyftye 
 horsmen,  ten  charettes,  and  ten  thousande  fote 
 men  :  *  for  the  kynge  of  Syria  had  destroyed 
 them,  and  made  them  as  the  dust  in  the  barne. 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  loahas,  and 
 all  that  he  dyd,  and  his  power,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel.  And  loahas  fell  on  slepe  with  his 
 fathers,  and  was  buried  in  Samaria,  5  loas  his 
 Sonne  was  kinge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  seuen  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  loas 
 kynge  of  luda,  was  loas  the  sonne  of  loahas 
 kynge  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  sixtene  yeare. 
 And  he  dyd  that  which  was  euell  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  departed  not  from  all 
 the  synnes  of  leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat, 
 which  made  Israel  for  to  synne,  but  walked  in 
 them.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  loas, 
 and  what  he  dyd,  5  his  power,  how  he  foughte 
 with   Amasias  kynge  of  luda,  beholde,  it  is 
 
 •  4  Re.  8.  b.  t  4  Re.  2.  c. 
 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel.  And  loas  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers, 
 and  leroboam  sat  vpo  his  seate.  And  loas  was 
 buried  in  Samaria  with  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 
 As  for  Eliseus,  he  fell  in  to  a  sicknes, 
 wherof  he  dyed.  And  loas  the  kynge  of 
 Israel  came  downe  vnto  him,  and  wepte  for 
 him,  and  saide :  ♦  My  father,  my  father,  the 
 charet  man  of  Israel,  and  his  horsmen.  Eliseus 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Take  the  bowe  and  the 
 arowes.  And  whan  he  had  taken  the  bowe 
 and  the  arowes,  he  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  of 
 Israel :  Bende  the  bowe  with  thine  hande. 
 And  he  bent  it  with  his  hade.  And  Eliseus 
 layed  his  hande  vpon  the  kynges  hande,  and 
 sayde  :  Open  that  wyndowe  towarde  the  East. 
 And  he  opened  it.  And  Eliseus  saide :  Shute. 
 And  he  shot.  He  sayde :  one  arowe  of  the 
 saluacion  of  the  LORDE,  one  arowe  of  sal- 
 uacio  agaynst  the  Syrians :  and  thou  shalt 
 smyte  the  Syrians  at  Aphek,  tyll  they  be 
 brought  to  naughte. 
 
 And  he  sayde :  Take  y  arowes.  And  wha 
 he  had  taken  them,  he  sayde  vnto  the  kynge 
 of  Israel :  Smyte  the  earth.  And  he  smote 
 thre  tymes  and  stode  still.  Then  was  the  ma 
 of  God  wroth  at  him,  and  sayde :  Yf  thou 
 haddest  smytten  fyue  or  sixe  times,  thou 
 shuldest  haue  smytten  y  Syrians,  tyll  thou 
 haddest  vtterly  brought  them  to  naughte 
 But  now  shalt  thou  smyte  them  thre  tjines. 
 
 Whan  Eliseus  was  deed  and  buried,  the 
 men  of  warre  of  the  Moabites  fell  in  to  the 
 londe  the  same  yeare.  And  it  fortuned  y 
 they  buryed  a  certaine  man.  But  wha  they 
 sawe  the  men  of  warre,  they  cast  the  man  in 
 to  Eliseus  graue.  t  And  whan  he  was  therin, 
 and  touched  Eliseus  bones,  he  reuyued,  and 
 stode  vpon  his  fete. 
 
 So  Hasael  the  kynge  of  Syria  oppressed 
 Israel,  as  longe  as  loahas  lyued.  But  the 
 LORDE  was  gracious  vnto  them,  and  had 
 mercy  vpon  them,  and  turned  him  to  them 
 for  his  couenauntes  sake,  with  Abraham,  Isaac 
 and  lacob,  and  wolde  not  destroye  the  *  nether 
 dyd  he  cast  them  out  from  his  presence  vnto 
 this  houre. 
 
 And  Hasael  the  kinge  of  Syria  dyed,  and 
 Benadad  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 But  loas  turned  backe,  and  toke  out  of  the 
 hande  of  Benadad  the  sonne  of  Hasael  the 
 cyties  which  he  had  take  in  battaill  out  of  the 
 
 }  Eccli.  48.  b.  ^*  Ueg.  14.  e 
 
Clbap.  )ttiij. 
 
 €f)t  I'll),  bokt  of  tftt  fepngesf. 
 
 JfO,  CtCll)l'. 
 
 hande  of  his  father  loahas :  Thre  tymes  dyd 
 loas  smyte  him,  and  broughte  the  cities  of 
 Israel  agayne. 
 
 CIk  yiii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 IN  the  seconde  yeare  of   loas  y  sonne    of 
 loahas  kynge  of  Israel,  was  Amasias  the 
 Sonne  of   loas  kynge  of   luda  made  kynge  : 
 
 fyue  and  twenty  yeare  olde  was  he,  whan  he 
 was  made  kynge,  j  reigned  nyne  and  twentye 
 yeare  at  lerusale.  His  mothers  name  was 
 loadan  of  lerusalem.  And  he  dyd  that  which 
 was  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  :  yet 
 not  as  his  father  Dauid,  but  euen  as  his  father 
 loas  did  so  dyd  he  also:  for  y  hye  places  were 
 not  put  downe,  but  the  people  offred  and  brent 
 incese  yet  vpon  the  hye  places.  Now  whan 
 he  had  gotten  the  power  of  the  kyngdome,  he 
 smote  his  seruauntes  t  which  had  smytte  the 
 kynge  his  father  :  but  the  children  of  y  deed 
 slayers  slewe  he  not,  acordinge  to  y  which 
 is  wrytte  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  Moses, 
 where  the  LORDE  hath  comaunded  j  sayde : 
 i  The  fathers  shal  not  dye  for  the  children,  j 
 the  children  shal  not  dye  for  the  fathers :  but ' 
 euery  one  shal  dye  for  his  awne  synne. 
 
 Ten  thousande  of  the  Edomites  smote  he 
 also  in  the  Salt  valley,  and  wanne  Sela  in 
 battayll,  and  called  it  latheel  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Then  sent  Amasias  messaungers  vnto  loas 
 the  Sonne  of  loahas  the  sonne  of  lehu  kynge  j 
 of  Israel,  sayenge  :  Come  hither,  let  vs  se  one 
 another.  But  loas  y  kynge  of  Israel  sent 
 vnto  Amasias  the  kynge  of  luda,  sayenge : 
 The  hawthorne  that  is  in  Libanus,  sent  to  the 
 Ceder  tre  in  Libanus,  sayenge :  Geue  thy 
 doughter  vnto  my  sonne  to  wife.  But  a  wylde 
 beest  of  the  felde  ranne  ouer  f  hawthorne, 
 and  trode  it  downe.  Thou  hast  smytte  the 
 Edomites,  therfore  is  thine  hert  waxen  proude: 
 Take  the  prayse,  and  byde  at  home :  why 
 stryuest  thou  for  mysfortune,  y  thou  mayest 
 fall,  and  luda  with  the  ?  Howbeit  Amasias 
 consented  not. 
 
 Then  wete  loas  the  kynge  of  Israel  vp,  and 
 they  sawe  one  another,  he  and  Amasias  the 
 kynge  of  luda  at  Beth  Semes  which  lyeth  in 
 luda.  But  luda  was  smytten  before  Israel,  so 
 that  euery  one  fled  in  to  his  tente.  And  loas 
 the  kynge  of  Israel  toke  Amasias  the  kynge  of 
 luda,  the  sonne  of  loas  the  sonne  of  Ochosias 
 
 *  2  Par.  25.  a.  t  4  Re.  12.  d. 
 
 lere.  31.  d.    Eze.  18.  c.       §  2  Par.  25.  c. 
 
 {  Deu.  24.  c. 
 II  2  Par.  26.  a. 
 
 at  Beth  Semes,  and  came  to  lerusalem,  and 
 brake  downe  y  wall  of  lerusalem  from  y  porte 
 of  Ephraim  vnto  the  corner  porte,  euen  foure 
 hundreth  cubites  loge  :  and  toke  all  the  golde 
 and  syluer,  and  ornamentes  that  were  founde 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  in  y  trea- 
 sures of  the  kynges  house,  (j  the  children  also 
 to  pledge,  (t  departed  agayne  to  Samaria. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  sale  of  loas,  what 
 he  dyd,  and  of  his  power,  5  how  he  foughte 
 with  Amasias  the  kynge  of  luda,  beholde,  it 
 is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel.  And  loas  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers, 
 and  was  buried  at  Samaria  amonge  y  kynges 
 of  Israel.  And  leroboam  his  sonne  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 But  Amasias  the  sonne  of  loas  kynge  of 
 luda,  lyued  after  the  death  of  loas  the  sonne 
 of  loahas  kynge  of  Israel,  fiftene  yeare.  What 
 more  there  is  to  saye  of  Amasias,  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And 
 they  conspyred  agaynst  him  at  lerusalem,  but 
 he  fled  vnto  Lachis.  And  they  sent  after  him 
 vnto  Lachis,  and  slewe  him  there.  And  they 
 broughte  him  vpon  horses,  j  he  was  buried  at 
 lerusalem  with  his  fathers  in  f  cite  of  Dauid. 
 II  And  all  the  people  of  luda  toke  Asarias  in 
 his  sixtenth  yeare,  and  made  him  kynge  in 
 steade  of  Amasias  his  father.  He  buylded 
 ^  Eloth,  and  broughte  it  agayne  vnto  luda, 
 after  that  the  kynge  was  fallen  on  slepe  with 
 his  fathers. 
 
 In  the  fyftenth  yeare  of  Amasias  the  sonne 
 of  loas  kynge  of  luda,  was  leroboam  the 
 Sonne  of  loas-  kynge  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria, 
 one  and  fortye  yeare.  And  he  dyd  that  which 
 was  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 departed  not  from  all  the  synnes  of  leroboam 
 the  sonne  of  Nebat,  which  caused  Israel  for 
 to  synne. 
 
 But  the  borders  of  Israel  broughte  he 
 agayne  from  Hemath  vnto  y  see  that  lyeth  in 
 the  playne  felde,  acordinge  to  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  which  he  spake  by 
 his  seruaunt  **  lonas  y'  sonne  of  Amithai  the 
 prophete,  which  was  of  tt  Gath  Epher.  For 
 the  LORDE  considered  the  myserable  aflBic- 
 cion  of  Israel,  how  that  euen  they  which  were 
 shut  vp  and  desolate,  were  awaye,  and  that 
 there  was  no  helper  in  Israel.  ttAnd  the 
 LORDE  sayde  not  that  he  wolde  destroye  the 
 
 ir  4  Re.  16.  a. 
 
 •*  Ion.  1.  a.  tt  losu.  19.  i 
 
 }t4Re.  13.  e.     Ose.  l.a. 
 
jfo.  utlv. 
 
 €l)t  iii],  iiokt  of  tf)r  fepgtsf. 
 
 CJ)ap.  xb. 
 
 9 
 
 name  of  Israel  from  vnder  hcaue.     And  he 
 helped  the  by  leroboam  tiie  soniie  of  loas. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  leroboam, 
 and  all  that  he  dyd,  and  of  his  power,  how  he 
 foughte,  and  how  broughte  Damascon  and 
 Hemath  agayne  vnto  luda  in  Israel,  beholde, 
 it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel.  And  leroboam  fell  on  slepe  with  his 
 fathers,  with  the  kynges  of  Israel.  And 
 Zacharias  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade 
 
 I 
 
 E^c  iib.  Cijaptcr. 
 N  the  seuen  5  twentieth  yeare  of  lero- 
 boam kynge  of  Israel,  reigned  Asarias  the 
 Sonne  of  Amasias  kynge  of  luda :  and  *  was 
 sixtene  yeare  olde  whan  he  was  made  kynge, 
 and  reigned  two  and  fyftye  yeare  at  lerusalem. 
 His  mothers  name  was  lechalia  of  lerusale. 
 And  he  dyd  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  acordinge  to  all  as  dyd  Amasias  his 
 father,  sauynge  that  they  put  not  downe  the 
 hye  places.  For  the  people  dyd  saeryfiee  and 
 brent  incense  yet  vpon  the  hye  places.  How- 
 beit  the  LORDE  smote  the  kynge,  so  that  he 
 was  leper  vnto  his  death,  t  and  dwelt  in  a  frye 
 house.  But  lotham  the  kynges  sonne  ruled 
 the  house,  and  iudged  the  people  in  the  londe. 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Asarias,  5 
 all  y  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And  Asarias 
 fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  tt  was  buried  with 
 his  fathers  in  the  cite  of  Dauid,  5  lotham  his 
 sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  eight  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  Asarias 
 kynge  of  luda,  was  Zacharias  the  sonne  of 
 leroboam  kynge  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  sixe 
 monethes.  And  he  dydj'  which  was  euell  in 
 the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  euen  as  his  fathers 
 dyd.  He  departed  not  from  y  synnes  of 
 leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat,  which  caused 
 Israel  for  to  synne.  And  Sellum  the  sonne 
 of  labes  conspyred  agaynst  him,  and  smote 
 him  in  the  presence  of  y  people,  and  slewe 
 him,  5  was  kynge  in  his  steade.  What  more 
 there  is  to  saie  of  Zacharias,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel,  t  And  this  is  it,  y  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  lehu:  Thy  children  shall  syt  vpo  the 
 seate  of  Israel  vntyll  the  fourth  generacion. 
 And  euen  so  came  it  to  passe. 
 
 Sellum  the  sonne  of  labes  reigned  in  y 
 nyne  (j  thirtieth  yeare  of  §  Asarias  kynge  of 
 
 »  2  Par.  26.  a.  t  Leui.  13.  g.  J  4  Re.  10.  e. 
 
 luda,  5  reigned  one  moneth  at  Samaria.  For 
 Menahem  the  sonne  of  Gadi  wete  vp  from 
 Thirza,  5  came  to  Samaria,  and  smote  Sellum 
 the  Sonne  of  labes  at  Samaria,  (j  slewe  him, 
 and  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Sellum,  (j  of 
 his  sedicion  which  he  stered  vp,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Israel.  At  the  same  tyme  dyd  Manahem 
 smyte  Tiphsa,  rt  all  y  were  therin,  j  the 
 coastes  therof  from  Thirza,  because  they  wolde 
 not  let  him  in,  and  smote  all  their  wemen  with 
 childe,  and  rypte  them  vp. 
 
 In  the  nyne  5  thirtieth  yeare  of  Asarias  S 
 kynge  of  luda,  beganne  Manahem  the  sonne 
 of  Gad  to  reigne  ouer  Israel  ten  yeares  at 
 Samaria,  and  dyd  that  which  was  euell  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE.  Aslongeas  he  lyued, 
 departed  he  not  from  f  synnes  of  leroboam 
 the  sonne  of  Nebat,  which  caused  Israel  for  to 
 synne.  And  Phul  the  kynge  of  Assiria  came 
 in  to  the  lode.  And  Manahem  gaue  vnto 
 Phul  a  thousande  talentes  of  syluer  to  hokle 
 with  him,  and  to  cofirme  him  in  the  kyng- 
 dome.  And  Manahem  raysed  vp  a  taxe  in 
 Israel  vpon  the  richest,  fiftye  Sycles  of  syluer 
 vpon  euery  man,  to  geue  vnto  f  kynge  of 
 Assiria.  So  the  kynge  of  Assiria  wete  home 
 agayne,  and  taried  not  in  the  londe. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Manahem,  5 
 all  y  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the 
 Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel.  And 
 Manahem  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers.  And 
 Pecahia  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 In  the  fiftieth  yeare  of  Asarias  kynge  of  3£ 
 luda,  beganne  Pecahia  the  sonne  of  Mana- 
 hem to  reigne  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  two 
 yeare,  and  dyd  that  which  was  euell  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE  :  for  he  departed  not 
 fro  the  synnes  of  leroboam  y  sonne  of  Nebat, 
 which  caused  Israel  for  to  synne.  And  Pecah 
 the  sonne  of  Romelia  his  knyghte  conspyred 
 agaynst  him,  5  smote  him  at  Samaria  in  f 
 palace  of  the  kynges  house  with  Argob  and 
 Ariah,  and  fiftye  men  with  him  of  y  childre  of 
 Gilead,  5  slewe  him,  5  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Pecahia,  5  all 
 that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  vvrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 
 In  the  two  and  fiftieth  yeare  of  Asarias 
 kynge  of  luda,  beganne  Pecah  the  sonne  of 
 Romelia  to  reigne   ouer  Israel  at  Samaria, 
 
 §  Some  reade :   Vbia. 
 
CI)<ip.  )rbi. 
 
 €i)e  III).  Ijofee  of  tin  feyngfg. 
 
 #0.  rrcln. 
 
 jr 
 
 twentye  yeare,  (i  dyd  that  which  was  eiiell  in 
 the  sighte  of  ;y-  LORDE :  for  he  departed 
 not  from  the  synnes  of  leroboam  the  sonne  of 
 Nebat,  which  caused  Israel  for  to  synne. 
 
 In  the  tyme  of  Pecah  the  kynge  of  Israel, 
 came  Teglatphalasser  the  kynge  of  Assiria,  j 
 toke  Eion,  Abel  Betli  Maecha,  lanoha,  Kedes, 
 Hasor,  Gilead,  Galile,  and  all  the  londe  of 
 Nephtali,  {t  caried  the  awaye  in  to  Assiria. 
 
 And  Osea  the  sonne  of  Ela  conspyred 
 agaynst  Pecah  the  sonne  of  Romelia,  5  slue 
 him,  and  was  kynge  in  his  steade  in  the  twe- 
 tieth  yeare  of  lotham  the  sonne  of  *Osias. 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Pecah,  rt  all 
 that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 
 In  the  seconde  yeare  of  Pecah  the  sonne 
 of  Romelia  kynge  of  Israel,  was  lotham  the 
 Sonne  of  Osias  kynge  of  luda,  5  was  fyue  and 
 twentye  yeare  olde  whan  he  was  made  kynge, 
 and  reigned  sixtene  yeare  at  lerusalem.  His 
 mothers  name  was  lerusa  the  doughter  of 
 Sadok.  And  he  dyd^  which  was  righte  in  y 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE,  acordinge  vnto  all  as 
 dyd  Osias  his  father,  sauynge  that  he  put  not 
 downe  the  hye  places :  for  the  people  offred  5 
 brent  incense  yet  vpon  the  hye  places.  He 
 buylded  the  hye  porte  of  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of 
 lotham,  and  all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytte  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda. 
 
 At  y  same  tyme  beganne  y  LORDE  to 
 sende  Rezin  y  kynge  of  Syria,  5  Pecah  y 
 sonne  of  Romelia  in  to  luda.  And  lotham  fell 
 on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried  with 
 his  fathers  in  the  cite  of  Dauid  his  father. 
 And  Achas  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 2H^e  rbi.  Chapter. 
 
 IN  the  seuententh  yeare  of  Pecah  y-  sonne 
 of  Romelia,  was  "Achas  the  sonne  of  lotham 
 kynge  of  luda.  Twetye  yeare  olde  was  Achas 
 wha  he  was  made  kynge,  (j  reigned  sixtene 
 yeare  at  lerusalem,  ct  dyd  not  y  which  was 
 righte  in  the  sighte  of  y  LORDL  his  God,  as 
 dyd  Dauid  his  father:  for  he  walked  in  the 
 waye  of  the  kynges  of  Israel,  tYee  and  caused 
 his  sonne  to  go  thorow  the  fyre,  after  the 
 maner  of  the  abhominacions  of  the  Heythen, 
 whom  the  LORDE  droue  awaye  before  the 
 childre  of  Israel.     And  he  dyd  sacrifice,  and 
 
 That  is  Asarias  whom  some  call  Vsia.      "  2  Par.  28.  a. 
 tDeu.  18.  b.     4  Re.  21.  a.         {  Esa.  7.  a. 
 
 brent  incense  vpon  the  hye  places,  (j  vpon  all 
 hilles,  and  amonge  all  grene  trees,  t  Then 
 wente  Rezin  the  kynge  of  Syria,  and  Pecha 
 the  Sonne  of  Romelia  kynge  of  Israel  vp  to 
 lerusalem  to  fighte  agaynst  it,  and  layed  sege 
 to  Achas  :  but  they  coulde  not  wynne  it.  At 
 the  same  tyme  dyd  Rezin  the  kynge  of  Syria, 
 brynge  ^  Eloth  agayne  vnto  Syria,  and  thrust 
 y  lewes  out  of  Eloth.  But  the  Syrians  came 
 5  dwelt  therin  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Neuertheles  Achas  sent  messaungers  vnto 
 Teglatphalasser  f  kynge  of  Assiria,  sayege  : 
 
 I  am  thy  seruaunt  5  thy  sonne,  come  vp  (i 
 helpe  me  out  of  f  hande  of  the  kynge  of 
 Syria,  (j  of  the  kynge  ot  Israel,  which  are 
 rysen  vp  agaynst  me.  And  Achas  toke  the 
 syluer  ({  golde  y  was  founde  in  y  house  of  y 
 LORDE,  s  in  the  treasures  of  y  kynges 
 house,  5  sent  a  present  to  ^y-  kynge  of  Assiria. 
 
 II  And  f  kinge  of  Assiria  cosented  vnto  him,  5 
 wente  vp  to  Damascon,  j  wanne  it,  5  caried 
 them  awaye  vnto  Cira,  g  slewe  Rezin.  And 
 kynge  Achas  wete  to  Damascon  for  to  mete 
 Teglatphalasser  y  kynge  of  Assiria.  And 
 wha  he  sawe  an  altare  y  was  at  Damascon, 
 kynge  Achas  sent  a  patrone  i  symilitude  of  y 
 same  altare  vnto  the  prest  Vrias,  euen  as  it 
 was  made.  And  Vrias  the  prest  buylded  an 
 altare,  and  made  it  acordinge  as  kynge  Achas 
 had  sent  vnto  him  from  Damascon,  tyU  Achas 
 y  kynge  came  from  Damascon. 
 
 And  whan  y  kynge  came  from  Damascon, 
 and  sawe  the  altare,  he  offred  theron,  (t  kyndled 
 his  burntoflFerynges  and  meatofFerynges  vpon 
 it,  and  poured  his  drynkofferinges  theron,  (j 
 caused  the  bloude  of  y  deedofferynges  which 
 he  ofFred,  to  be  sprenkled  vpon  the  altare. 
 But  the  brasen  altare  that  stode  before  the 
 LORDE,  put  he  awaye,  so  that  it  stode  not 
 betwene  the  altare  and  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  but  set  it  in  the  corner  on  the 
 north  syde  of  the  altare. 
 
 And  Achas  the  kjTige  comaunded  Vrias  y 
 prest,  (J  sayde  :  Vpo  the  greate  altare  shalt 
 thou  kyndle  y  burntoffrynge  in  the  mornynge, 
 (t;  the  meatofFrynge  in  the  euenynge,  d  the 
 kynges  burntoiFiynge  (t  his  meatofirynge,  5  the 
 burntoffrynge  of  all  the  people  in  the  londe, 
 with  their  meatofirynge  (t  drynkoffrynige.  And 
 all  the  bloude  of  the  burntofferynges,  (j  all  the 
 bloude    of   the    other   offrynges,    shalt   thou 
 
fo.  tttinu 
 
 €l)t  liij.  hokt  of  tin  fepsts. 
 
 Cl)ap.  v^* 
 
 sprenkle  theron  :  but  with  the  brasen  altare 
 wyll  I  deuyse  what  1  can.  Vrias  the  prest 
 dyd  all  acordinge  as  Achas  the  kynge  com' 
 maunded  him. 
 
 And  kynge  Achas  brake  downe  the  seates, 
 and  put  awaye  the  *ketell  from  aboue,  and 
 toke  the  lauer  from  the  brasen  bullockes  that 
 were  there  vnder,  and  set  it  vpon  y  pauement 
 of  stone.  And  the  pulpit  for  the  Sabbath 
 which  they  had  buylded  in  the  house,  and  y 
 entrye  of  the  kynges  house  turned  he  vnto 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE,  for  the  kynge  of 
 Assirias  sake. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Achas,  what 
 he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  f  Cronicles 
 of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And  Achas  fell  on 
 slepe  with  his  fathers,  5  was  buried  with  his 
 fathers  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And  Ezechias 
 his  Sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Ef)c  ^bi).  Cljapter. 
 
 IN  the  twolueth  yeare  of  Achas  the  kynge 
 of  luda,  begane  Oseas  y  sonne  of  Ela  to 
 reigne  ouer  Israel  at  Samaria  nyne  yeare,  and 
 dyd  y  which  was  euell  in  y  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  but  not  as  y  kynges  of  Israel  y 
 were  before  him.  Agaynst  him  dyd  Salma- 
 nasar  y  kynge  of  Assiria  come  vp.  And 
 Oseas  was  subiecte  vnto  him,  5  gaue  him  try- 
 butes.  But  wha  f  kynge  of  Assiria  perceaued 
 y  Oseas  had  conspyred  5  sent  messaungers  to 
 Sua  y  kynge  of  Egipte,  5  payed  not  trybute 
 yearly  to  f  kynge  of  f  Assirians,  he  beseged 
 him  5  put  him  in  preson.  +  And  the  kynge  of 
 Assiria  wente  vp  in  to  all  the  londe  and  to 
 Samaria,  and  layed  sege  vnto  it  thre  yeare. 
 t  And  in  the  nyenth  yeare  of  Oseas  dyd  f 
 kynge  of  Assiria  wynne  Samaria,  ^  and  caried 
 Israel  awaye  in  to  Assiria,  and  set  them  at 
 Halah  and  at  Habor  by  the  water  Gosan,  and 
 in  the  cities  of  the  Meedes. 
 
 For  whan  the  childre  of  Israel  synned 
 agaynst  f  LORDE  their  God  (y  broughte 
 the  out  of  y  londe  of  Egipte,  from  the  hade 
 of  Pharao  kynge  of  Egipte)  and  serued  other 
 goddes :  and  walked  after  the  customes  of  the 
 Heythe,  whom  the  LORDE  had  dryuen  out 
 before  the  children  of  Israel,  and  dyd  as  the 
 kynges  of  Israel,  and  prouoked  y  LORDE 
 their  God,  and  dyd  secretly  the  thinges  that 
 were  not  righte  in  the  sighte  of  f  LORDE 
 
 '  3  Re.  7.  c.  d.  t  4  Re.  18.  D.  }  Esa.  8.  a. 
 
 (j  4  Es.  13.  e.  II  Deut.  4.  c. 
 
 their  God :  namely  in  that  they  buylded  them 
 hye  places  in  all  cities,  both  in  castels  and 
 stronge  cities,  and  set  vp  pilers  and  groues, 
 vpon  all  hye  hilles,  and  amonge  all  grene 
 trees,  and  brent  incense  there  in  all  y  hye 
 places,  euen  as  dyd  the  Heythen,  whom  the 
 LORDE  had  cast  out  before  them,  %  wroughte 
 wicked  thinges,  wherwith  they  prouoked  the 
 LORDE  vnto  wrath,  5  serued  the  Idols, 
 wherof  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  them :  II  Ye 
 shal  not  do  soch  a  thynge. 
 
 And  whan  the  LORDE  testified  in  Israel 
 and  luda  by  all  the  prophetes  and  Seers, 
 sayenge :  If  0  tume  agayne  from  youre  euell 
 wayes,  and  kepe  my  commaundemetes  and 
 ordynaunces,  acordinge  to  all  y  lawe  which 
 I  gaue  vnto  youre  fathers,  and  that  I  sent 
 vnto  you  by  my  seruauntes  the  prophetes  : 
 they  wolde  not  herken,  **  but  herdened  their 
 neckes,  acordinge  to  the  hardneck  of  their 
 fathers,  which  beleued  not  on  the  LORDE 
 their  God.  Yee  they  despysed  his  ordinaunces 
 and  his  couenaunt  which  he  made  with  their 
 fathers,  and  his  testimonies  which  he  witnessed 
 amonge  them,  and  walked  in  their  awne 
 vanities,  and  became  vayne  folowinge  the 
 Heythen,  which  dwelt  rounde  aboute  them, 
 concernynge  whom  the  LORDE  had  com- 
 maunded  them,  that  they  shulde  not  do  as 
 they  dyd.  Neuertheles  they  forsoke  all  the 
 commaundementes  of  the  LORDE  their  God 
 tt  and  made  them  two  molten  calues  and 
 groues,  and  worshipped  all  the  boost  of  hea- 
 uen,  (I  serued  Baal,  and  tt  caused  their  sonnes 
 and  doughters  to  go  thorow  the  fyre,  and 
 medled  with  soythsayers  and  witches,  and  gaue 
 them  selues  ouer  to  do  that  which  was  euell 
 in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  to  prouoke  him 
 vnto  wrath. 
 
 Then  was  the  LORDE  very  wroth  at  Is- 
 rael, and  put  them  awaye  fro  his  presence,  so 
 y  there  remayned  nomo  ^§but  onely  y  try  be  of 
 luda.  Nether  dyd  luda  kepe  the  commaunde- 
 metes of  the  LORDE  their  God,  but  walked 
 after  the  customes  of  Israel,  which  they  dyd. 
 Therfore  dyd  y  LORDE  cast  awaye  all  f 
 sede  of  Israel,  and  troubled  them,  and  de- 
 lyuered  them  in  to  the  handes  of  the  spoylers, 
 tyll  he  had  cast  them  out  of  his  presence : 
 for  Israel  was  deuyded  from  the  house  of 
 Dauid.     And  they  made  the  a  kynge,   one 
 
 f  lere.  25.  a.      ••  Deut.  31.  f.  Mai.  3.  b.      tt  3  Re.  12.  Q. 
 ttDeu.  18.  b.         §&3Re.  12.C 
 
Cfiap,  piiij. 
 
 €i)t  liij.  hoht  of  tftt  fepngfS. 
 
 jTo.  mljrnj. 
 
 dT 
 
 leroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat,  which  turned 
 Israel  back  from  f  LORDE,  5  caused  the 
 to  synne  so  sore.  Thus  walked  the  childre  of 
 Israel  in  all  f  synnes  of  leroboam,  which  he 
 had  done,  5  departed  not  fro  them,  vntyll  f 
 LORDE  put  Israel  out  of  his  presence, 
 acordinge  as  he  had  spoke  by  all  his  ser- 
 uauntes  y  prophetes.  *  So  Israel  was  caried 
 awaye  out  of  their  awne  londe  to  Assiria  vnto 
 this  daye. 
 
 The  kynge  of  Assiria  caused  men  to  come 
 fro  Babiloii,  from  Cutha,  fro  Aua,  from  He- 
 math  (J  Sepharuaim,  d  caused  the  to  inhabite 
 y  cities  in  Samaria  in  steade  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  And  they  toke  possession  of  Sa- 
 maria, (t  dwelt  in  f  same  cities.  But  wha 
 they  begane  to  dwell  there,  5  feared  not  y^ 
 LORDE,  the  LORDE  sent  lyons  amoge  the, 
 which  slewe  them.  And  they  caused  it  be 
 sayde  vnto  f  kynge  of  Assiria :  The  Heythe 
 whom  thou  hast  broughte  hither,  5  caused 
 them  to  inhabite  the  cities  of  Samaria,  knowe 
 not  the  lawe  of  y^  God  of  the  londe.  Ther- 
 fore  hath  he  sent  lyons  amoge  them,  5  be- 
 holde,  they  slaye  the,  because  they  knowe  not 
 the  ordinaunce  of  the  God  of  the  londe. 
 
 The  kinge  of  Assiria  comaunded  j  saide : 
 Bringe  thither  one  of  y  prestes  y  were  caried 
 awaye  fro  thence  5  let  him  go  thither,  g  dwell 
 there,  5  teach  the  the  ordinance  of  the  God  of 
 y  londe.  Then  came  one  of  y  prestes  which 
 were  caried  awaye  from  Samaria,  5  dwelt  at 
 Bethel,  g  taughte  them  how  they  shulde  feare 
 y  LORDE.  But  euery  people  made  the 
 goddes,  5  put  the  in  the  houses  vpon  y  hye 
 places,  which  the  Samaritanes  had  made, 
 euery  people  I  their  cities  wherin  they  dwelt. 
 They  of  Babilo  made  Sochoth  Benoth.  They 
 of  Chut  made  Nergel.  They  of  Hemath  made 
 Asima.  They  of  Aua  made  Nibehas  a  Thar- 
 thak.  They  of  Sepharuaim  burnt  their  sonnes 
 vnto  Adramelech  and  Anamelech  f  goddes  of 
 the  of  Sepharuaim. 
 
 And  whyle  they  feared  y  LORDE,  they 
 made  prestes  in  y-  hye  places  of  y  lowest 
 amonge  them,  5  put  them  in  ;y^  houses  of  y 
 hye  places:  thus  they  feared  y  LORDE,  g 
 serued  ;y  goddes  also,  acordinge  to  y  cus- 
 tome  of  euery  nacion,  from  whence  they  were 
 broughte.  And  vnto  this  daye  do  they  after 
 y  olde  fashion,  so  y  they  nether  feare  y 
 LORDE,    ner   yet   kepe    their    awne   ordi- 
 
 •  lere.  25.  a.         t  Gen.  32.  e.        J  lud.  6.  b.    lere.  10.  a. 
 
 naunces  and  lawes,  after  the  lawe  and  com- 
 maundement  that  the  LORDE  comaunded 
 the  childre  of  lacob,  t  vnto  whom  he  gaue  f 
 name  of  Israel,  and  made  a  couenaunt  with 
 them,  and  commaunded  them,  and  sayde : 
 t  Feare  none  other  goddes,  and  worshipe  them 
 not,  and  serue  them  not,  and  offer  not  vnto 
 them  :  but  the  LORDE  which  broughte  you 
 out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte,  with  greate  power 
 and  outstretched  arme.  Him  feare,  him  wor- 
 shippe,(i  vnto  him  do  sacrifice:  and  the  statutes, 
 ordi  naunces,  lawe  5  comaundement  which  he 
 hath  caused  to  be  wrytten  vnto  you,  those  se 
 that  ye  kepe,  that  ye  allwaye  do  therafter,  and 
 feare  none  other  goddes.  And  forget  not  the 
 couenaunt  which  he  hath  made  with  you,  lest 
 ye  feare  other  goddes.  But  feare  y  LORDE 
 youre  God,  he  shall  delyuer  you  from  all  youre 
 enemies.  Neuertheles  they  wolde  not  herken, 
 but  dyd  after  their  olde  custome. 
 
 Thus  these  Heythen  feared  the  LORDE, 
 and  serued  their  Idols  also,  and  so  dyd  their 
 children  and  childers  childre  likewyse.  Eue 
 as  their  fathers  haue  done  before  them,  so  do 
 they  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Wi)t  Tibii).  €i)apter. 
 
 IN  the  thirde  yeare  of  Oseas  y  sonne  of  Ela 
 kynge  of  Israel,  ?  reigned  Ezechias  y  sonne 
 of  Achas  kynge  of  luda.  And  he  was  fyue 
 and  twentie  yeare  olde  whan  he  was  made 
 kynge,  5  reigned  nyne  %  twentye  yeare  at 
 lerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was  Abi  the 
 doughter  of  Zachary.  And  he  dyd  that  which 
 was  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE, 
 acordinge  vnto  all  as  dyd  Dauid  his  father. 
 II  He  put  awaye  the  hye  places,  and  brake 
 downe  the  pilers,  i  roted  out  the  groues,  and 
 brake  the  brasen  serpente  ^  which  Moses  had 
 made.  For  vnto  that  tyme  had  the  children 
 of  Israel  brent  incese  vnto  it.  And  it  was 
 called  Nehusthan.  He  put  his  trust  in  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  so  that  after  him 
 there  was  not  his  like  amoge  all  the  kynges 
 of  luda  nether  had  bene  before  him.  He 
 cleued  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  departed  not 
 backe  from  him,  and  kepte  his  commaunde- 
 mentes,  which  the  LORDE  had  comaunded 
 Moses.  And  the  LORDE  was  with  him. 
 And  whither  so  euer  he  wete  forth,  he  behaued 
 him  selfe  wysely.  He  resisted  the  kynge 
 of  Assiria,  and  was  not   subdued  vnto  him. 
 
 §  2  Par.  29.  a.     ||  Deut.  7.  a.  4  Re.  23.  a.     If  Num.  21.  a. 
 
jTo.  rrdviuj. 
 
 Cftf  iiiji.  bofef  of  tl)r  fepg^si. 
 
 Cf)ap.  irbii). 
 
 *  He  smote  the  Philistynes  also  vnto  Gasa,  and 
 their  borders,  from  the  castels  vnto  the  stronge 
 cities. 
 
 In  the  fourth  yeare  of  Ezechias  kynge  of 
 luda"  (y  was  the  seuenth  yeare  of  Oseas  the 
 Sonne  of  Ela  kynge  of  Israel)  came  Salmanasar 
 the  kynge  of  Assiria  vp  agaynst  Samaria,  and 
 layed  sege  vnto  it,  and  wanne  it  after  thre 
 yeares  in  the  sixte  yeare  of  Ezechias,  that  is 
 in  the  nyenth  yeare  of  Oseas  kynge  of  Israel, 
 the  was  Samaria  wotme.  And  the  kynge  of 
 Assiria  caried  Israel  awaye  vnto  Assiria,  and 
 set  them  at  Halah  and  Habor  by  the  water 
 Gosan,  and  in  the  cities  of  the  Meedes.  And 
 all  because  they  herkened  not  vnto  the  voyce 
 of  the  LORDE  their  God,  and  had  trans- 
 gressed his  couenaunt:  And  as  for  all  that 
 Moses  the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  had  com- 
 maunded  the,  they  had  nether  herkened  vnto 
 eny  of  those,  ner  done  them. 
 
 In  the  fourteth  yeare  of  kynge  Ezechias 
 dyd  Sennacherib  y  kynge  of  Assiria  *  come  vp 
 agaynst  all  the  stronge  cities  of  luda,  5 
 coquered  the.  Then  sent  Ezechias  the  kynge 
 of  luda  to  y  kynge  of  Assiria  vnto  Lachis, 
 sayenge :  I  haue  offended,  turne  back  fro  me : 
 loke  what  thou  layest  vnto  me,  I  wil  beare  it. 
 The  the  kynge  of  Assiria  layed  vnto  Ezechias 
 the  kynge  of  luda,  thre  hundreth  talentes  of 
 syluer,  (t  thirtie  talentes  of  golde.  t  So  Eze- 
 chias gaue  ail  y  syluer  y  was  foude  in  f  house 
 of  the  LORDE,  5  in  the  treasures  of  y  kynges 
 house.  At  f  same  tyme  brake  Ezechias  the 
 kynge  of  luda  the  dores  of  the  teple  of  f 
 LORDE,  (J  the  plates  of  golde  which  he  him 
 selfe  had  caused  to  laye  ouer  the,  5  gaue  the 
 vnto  the  kynge  of  Assiria. 
 
 'And  the  kynge  of  Assiria  sent  Thartan,  and 
 the  chefe  chamberlayne,  5  the  chefe  butler 
 from  Lachis  to  kynge  Ezechias  with  a  greate 
 power  vnto  lerusalem.  And  they  wete  vp : 
 and  whan  they  came  there,  they  stode  styll  at 
 the  condyte  by  the  ouer  pole,  which  lyeth  in 
 the  waye  vpo  the  fullers  londe,  and  called  vnto 
 the  kynge.  The  came  there  forth  vnto  them 
 Eliachim  the  sonne  of  Helchias  the  stewarde, 
 and  Sobna  the  scrybe,  5  loah  the  sonne  of 
 Assaph  the  Secretary. 
 
 And  the  chefe  butler  sayde  vnto  the :  Tell 
 kynge  Ezechias :  Thus  sayeth  y  greate  kjTige, 
 eue  the  kynge  of  Assiria :  What  presumpcion 
 is  this  y  thou  trustest  vnto  ?  Thinkest  thou,  y 
 
 I  thou  hast  yet  councell  and  power  to  fighte 
 Where  vnto  trustest  thou  then,  that  thou  art 
 fallen  of  fro  me  ?  Beholde,  puttest  thou  thy 
 trust  in  this  broken  stafFe  of  rede,  in  Egipte  ? 
 which  who  leaneth  vpon,  it  shall  go  in  to  his 
 hande,  5  pearse  it  thorow.  Euen  so  is  Pharao 
 the  kynge  of  Egipte  vnto  all  them  that  put 
 their  trust  in  him.  But  yf  ye  wolde  saye  vnto 
 me :  We  put  oure  trust  in  ;y-  LORDE  oure 
 God.  Is  not  that  he,  whose  hye  places  and 
 altares  Ezechias  hath  take  downe,  and  sayde 
 vnto  luda  and  lerusale :  Before  this  altare 
 which  is  at  lerusale,  shal  ye  worshippe  ? 
 
 Make  a  multitude  now  therfore  vnto  my 
 lorde  the  k)Tige  of  Assiria,  and  I  wil  geue  f 
 two  thousaiide  horses,  let  se  yf  thou  be  able 
 to  man  them :  how  wilt  thou  then  endure  be- 
 fore the  smallest  prynce  of  my  lordes  subiectes? 
 And  trustest  thou  vnto  Egipte  because  of  the 
 charettes  and  horsmen  ?  But  thinkest  thou 
 that  I  came  vp  hither  without  f  LORDE  to 
 destroye  these  cities?  The  LORDE  hath 
 commaunded  me :  Go  vp  in  to  that  londe  and 
 destroye  it. 
 
 Then  sayde  Eliachim  the  sonne  of  Helchia 
 5  Sobna  and  loah  vnto  the  chefe  butler 
 Speake  to  thy  seruauntes  in  the  Syrias  Ian 
 guage,  for  we  vnderstonde  it,  and  speake  not 
 vnto  vs  in  the  lewes  speche  before  the  eares 
 of  the  people  that  are  vpon  the  wall.  Neuer 
 theles  y  chefe  butler  sayde  vnto  the :  Hath 
 my  lorde  then  sent  me  vnto  thy  lorde,  or  to 
 the,  to  speake  these  wordes  ?  Yee  euen  vnto 
 the  men,  which  syt  vpon  the  wall,  that  they 
 maye  eate  their  owne  donge  and  drynke  their 
 owne  stale  with  you.  So  the  chefe  butler 
 stode  and  cried  with  loude  voyce  in  the  lewes 
 language,  and  spake  and  sayde :  Heare  the 
 worde  of  the  greate  kynge  the  kjTige  of  Assiria. 
 Thus  sayeth  the  kynge :  Let  not  Ezechias 
 disceaue  you,  for  he  is  not  able  to  delyuer  you 
 fro  my  hade :  (i  let  not  Ezechias  make  you  to 
 trust  in  the  LORDE,  sayenge:  The  LORDE 
 shall  delyuer  vs,  and  this  cite  shal  not  be 
 geuen  in  to  the  handes  of  y  kynge  of  Assiria. 
 Folowe  not  ye  Ezechias,  for  thus  sayeth  the 
 kynge  of  Assiria : 
 
 Do  me  this  blessjTige,  and  come  forth  vnto  JT 
 me,  so  shal  euery  man  eate  of  his  vyne  and  of 
 his  fygge  tre,  and  drpike  of  his  well,  tyll  I 
 come  my  selfe  and  fetch  you  in  to  a  londe, 
 which  is  like  youre  awne  lode,  wherin  is  corne, 
 
 Eccli.  48.  c.     Esa.  36.  a.       1 4  Re.  12.  d.       '2  Par.  32.  a. 
 
Cftap.  m'* 
 
 Cftt  III).  Oofef  of  tl)e  fepnges. 
 
 fo.  rrdjrb. 
 
 wyne,  bred,  vynyardes,  oyle  trees,  oyle  and 
 hony,  so  shal  ye  lyue,  and  not  dye.  Folowe 
 not  ye  Ezechias,  for  he  disceaueth  you,  when 
 he  sayeth:    The  LORDE  shal  delyuer  vs. 
 
 *  Haue  the  goddes  of  the  Heythen  delyuered 
 euery  one  his  londe  from  the  hande  of  the 
 kynge  of  Assiria  ?  Where  are  the  goddes  of 
 Hemath  and  Arphad  ?  Where  are  the  goddes 
 of  Sepharuaim  Hena  and  lua?  Haue  they 
 delyuered  Samaria  fro  my  hande  ?  Where  is 
 there  one  god  amonge  the  goddes  of  all  londes, 
 which  hath  delyuered  his  londe  fro  my  hande? 
 that  the  LORDE  shulde  delyuer  Jerusalem 
 fro  my  hande. 
 
 As  for  the  people,  they  helde  their  peace, 
 and  gaue  him  no  answere :  for  the  kynge  had 
 commaunded  and  sayde :  Answere  him  no- 
 thinge.  Then  came  Eliachim  the  sonne  of 
 Helchia  y  stewarde,  and  Sobna  the  scrybe, 
 and  loah  the  sonne  of  Assaph  the  Secretary 
 vnto  Ezechias  with  rente  clothes,  and  tolde 
 him  the  wordes  of  the  chefe  butler. 
 
 €l)t  nv.  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 WHAN  Ezechias  f  kynge  herde  this,  "he 
 rente  his  clothes,  (j  put  on  a  sackcloth, 
 ft  wente  in  to  y  house  of  the  LORDE,  (s  sent 
 Eliachim  the  stewarde  (j  Sobna  the  Scrybe 
 with  the  Eldest  prestes,  clothed  in  sack  cloth, 
 vnto  the  prophet  Esay  f  sonne  of  Amos,  (j 
 they  saide  vnto  him  :  Thus  sayeth  Ezechias : 
 This  is  a  daye  of  trouble,  (j  of  defiaunce  3 
 blasphemy.  The  childre  are  come  to  the 
 byrth,  5  there  is  no  strength  to  be  delyuered 
 of  them.  Yf  happly  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 wil  heare  all  the  wordes  of  y  chefe  butler, 
 whom  his  lorde  the  kynge  of  Assiria  hath 
 sent,  to  blasphemie  y  lyuynge  God,  5  to  defye 
 him  with  soch  wordes  as  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  hath  herde,  therfore  lifte  thou  vp  thy 
 prayer  for  the  remnaunt,  which  are  yet  lefte 
 behynde. 
 
 And  wha  kynge  Ezechias  seruauntes  came 
 to  Esay,  Esay  sayde  vnto  them :  Speake  thus 
 vnto  youre  lorde :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 Feare  not  thou  the  wordes  y  thou  hast  herde, 
 wherwith  the  kynge  of  Assirias  seruauntes 
 haue  blasphemed  me.  Beholde,  I  wil  put 
 him  in  another  mynde,  so  y  he  shall  heare 
 tydinges,  5  go  agayne  in  to  his  awne  countre, 
 
 ♦  and  in  his  awne  londe  wil  I  cause  him  to  fall 
 thorow  the  swerde. 
 
 •Eaa.lO.h.         "Eze.ST.a.         tE3a.37.o.    2Par.32.d. 
 
 And  whan  y  chefe  butlar  came  agayne,  he 
 founde  the  kynge  of  Assiria  fightinge  agaynst 
 Libna :  for  he  had  herde  that  he  was  departed 
 from  Lachis.  And  he  herde  of  Taracha  the 
 kynge  of  the  ^orians :  Beholde,  he  is  gone 
 forth  to  fighte  with  the.  Then  turned  he 
 back,  5  sent  messaungers  to  Ezechias,  i  caused 
 to  saye  vnto  him :  Let  not  thy  God  disceaue 
 the,  on  whom  thou  trustest  5  sayest :  Jeru- 
 salem shal  not  be  geue  in  to  the  hade  of  the 
 kynge  of  Assiria.  Beholde,  thou  hast  herde 
 what  the  kynges  of  Assiria  haue  done  vnto  all 
 londes,  (i  how  they  daned  them,  5  shalt  thou 
 be  delyuered  ?  Haue  y  goddes  of  y  Heithen 
 delyuered  the,  whom  my  father  destroyed,  as 
 Gosan,  Haran,  Reseph,  5  the  childre  of  Eden 
 which  were  at  Thalassar  ?  Where  is  y  kynge 
 of  Hemath,  y-  kynge  of  Arphad,  j  y  kinge  of  y 
 cite  Sepharuaim,  Hena  3  lua  ? 
 
 And  whan  Ezechias  had  receaued  the  letters 
 of  the  messaungers  and  had  red  them,  he 
 wente  vp  vnto  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  layed  them  abrode  before  the  LORDE, 
 5  made  his  prayer  before  the  LORDE,  and 
 sayde:  O  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  thou  that 
 syttest  vpo  the  Cherubins,  thou  onely  art  God 
 amonge  all  y  kjiigdomes  of  the  earth,  thou 
 hast  made  heauen  and  earth.  Enclyne  thine 
 eare  O  LORDE,  and  heare :  open  thine  eyes, 
 and  beholde,  and  heare  the  wordes  of  Senna- 
 cherib, which  hath  sent  hither  to  blaspheme 
 the  lyuynge  God.  It  is  true  (O  LORDE) 
 that  the  kynges  of  Assiria  haue  destroyed  the 
 Heythen  and  their  londe  with  the  swerde,  and 
 haue  cast  their  goddes  in  the  fyre :  for  they 
 were  not  Goddes,  but  y'  worke  of  mes  hondes, 
 wodd  and  stone,  therfore  haue  they  destroyed 
 them.  But  now  O  LORDE  helpe  thou  vs 
 out  of  his  hande,  that  all  the  kyngdomes  vpon 
 earth  maye  knowe,  that  thou  LORDE  art 
 God  alone. 
 
 Then  sent  Esay  the  sonne  of  Amos  vnto 
 Ezechias,  sayenge:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel :  Where  as  thou  hast  made  thy 
 prayer  vnto  me  concernynge  Sennacherib  y 
 kynge  of  Assiria,  I  haue  herde  it.  This  is  it 
 that  the  LORDE  hath  spoken  agaynst  him  : 
 He  hath  despysed  y  and  mocked  the  O  virgin 
 thou  doughter  Sion  :  he  hath  shake  his  heade 
 at  the  O  doughter  lerusalem.  t  Whom  hast 
 thou  despysed  tt  blasphemed?  Ouer  whom 
 hast  thou  lifte  vp  thy  voyce  ?    Eue  agaynst  y 
 
 t  Zach.  2.  b.     Matt.  25.  d.     Acto.  9.  a. 
 
jTo.  mlyiiu 
 
 Cl)f  tiij.  bofet  of  tf)t  fepngfs(» 
 
 COap.  Di-. 
 
 dT 
 
 holy  one  in  Israel  hast  thou  lifte  vp  thine 
 eyes :  thou  hast  blasphemed  y  LORDE  by 
 thy  messaungers,  and  sayde :  Thorow  the 
 multitude  of  my  charettes  haue  I  gone  vp  to 
 the  toppes  of  the  mountaynes,  vpon  the  sydes 
 of  Libanus.  I  haue  hewen  downe  his  hye 
 Ceders  and  his  chosen  Pyne  trees,  and  am 
 come  to  the  vttemost  habitacion  of  the  wod  of 
 Carmel  that  belongeth  vnto  it.  I  haue  dygged 
 and  dronke  vp  the  straunge  waters,  and  with 
 f  soles  of  my  fete  haue  I  dryed  vp  the  See. 
 
 But  hast  thou  not  herde  how  that  I  haue 
 done  this  longe  agoo,  and  haue  prepared  it 
 from  the  begynnynge  ?  Now  haue  I  caused  it 
 for  to  come,  that  contencious  stronge  cities 
 mighte  fall  in  to  a  waist  heape  of  stones,  5 
 they  that  dwell  therin,  shal  be  faynte,  and 
 fearfull  and  a  shamed,  *and  shal  be  as  the 
 grasse  vpon  the  felde,  and  as  f  grene  herbe 
 and  hay  vpon  the  house  toppes,  that  wythereth 
 afore  it  be  growne  vp.  I  knowe  thy  habita- 
 cion, thy  out  and  ingoynge,  and  that  thou 
 ragest  agaynst  me.  For  so  moch  then  eis  thou 
 ragest  agaynst  me,  and  seynge  thy  presump- 
 cion  is  come  vp  to  myne  eares,  therfore  wyll 
 I  put  a  rynge  in  thy  nose,  and  a  brydle  bytt 
 in  thy  lippes,  and  wyll  brynge  the  agayne, 
 euen  the  same  waye  thou  earnest. 
 
 And  let  this  be  a  token  vnto  the  O  Eze- 
 chias.  In  this  yeare  eate  y  which  is  fallen,  in 
 the  seconde  yeare  soch  as  groweth  of  it  selfe : 
 In  f  thirde  yeare  sowe  and  reape,  and  plante 
 vynyardes,  and  eate  the  frute  therof.  And  the 
 doughter  luda  which  is  escaped  5  remayneth, 
 shall  from  hence  forth  take  rote  beneth,  and 
 beare  frute  aboue.  For  the  remnaunt  shal 
 go  forth  from  lerusalem,  (t  they  y  are  escaped, 
 shall  go  out  fro  mount  Sion.  The  gelousy  of  the 
 LORDE  Zebaoth  shall  brynge  this  to  passe. 
 
 Therfore  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  con- 
 cernjTige  y  kynge  of  the  Assyrians :  He  shall 
 not  come  in  to  this  cite,  and  shall  shute  no 
 arowe  therin,  nether  shal  there  come  eny 
 shylde  before  it,  nether  shall  he  dygge  eny 
 bScke  aboute  it,  but  shal  go  agayne  the  waye 
 that  he  came,  and  shall  not  come  in  to  this 
 cite,  sayeth  the  LORDE:  and  I  wyll  defende 
 this  cite,  to  helpe  it  for  myne  awne  sake,  and 
 for  my  seruaunt  Dauids  sake. 
 
 And  in  the  same  nighte  wente  the  angell  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  smote  in  the  boost  of  the 
 Assyrians,  an  hundreth  and  fyue  and  foure 
 
 •  Psal.  36.  a.      t  Tobi.  1.  d.       »  2  Par.  32.  c.    Esa.38.  a. 
 
 score  thousande  men.  And  whan  they  gatt 
 them  vp  in  the  mornynge,  beholde,  all  laye 
 full  of  deed  coarses.  t  So  Sennacherib  the 
 kinge  of  Assyria  brake  vp,  and  departed,  and 
 returned,  and  abode  at  Niniue.  And  as  he 
 worshipped  in  y  house  of  Nesrach  his  god,  his 
 awne  sonnes  Adramalech  and  Sarazer  smote 
 him  with  the  swerde,  and  fled  in  to  f  londe  of 
 Ararat.  And  Asarhadon  his  sonne  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 Ei)t  rr-  Cppttr. 
 
 AT  that  tyme  was  Ezechias  deedsicke. 
 "And  the  prophet  Esay  y  sonne  of  Amos, 
 came  to  him,  (j  sayde  vnto  him  :  Thus  sayeth 
 f  LORDE :  Set  thine  house  in  ordre  for  thou 
 shalt  dye  5  not  lyue.  And  he  turned,  his 
 face  to  the  wall,  and  prayed  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 and  sayde  :  Remembre  (O  LORDE)  that  I 
 haue  walked  faithfully  before  the,  5  with  a 
 perfecte  hert,  and  haue  done  y  which  is  good 
 in  thy  syghte.  And  Ezechias  wepte  sore. 
 But  whan  Esay  was  not  gone  out  of  halfe  the 
 cite,  y  worde  of  y  LORDE  came  to  him,  rj 
 sayde  :  Turne  back,  5  tell  Ezechias  f  pryiice 
 of  my  people:  Thus  sayeth  y-  LORDE  God 
 of  thy  father  Dauid :  I  haue  herde  thy  praier, 
 (J  considered  thy  teares.  Beholde,  I  wil  heale 
 y :  on  the  thirde  daye  shalt  thou  go  in  to  f 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  5  fiftene  yeares  wil  I 
 adde  vnto  thy  life,  5  wyll  delyuer  the  j  this 
 cite  from  the  kynge  of  Assyria,  5  this  cite  wil 
 I  defende  for  myne  awne  sake,  and  for  my 
 seruaiit  Dauids  sake.  And  Esay  sayde:  Bringe 
 hither  a  quantite  of  fygges.  And  whan  they 
 broughte  them,  they  layed  them  vpon  the  sore, 
 and  it  weis  healed. 
 
 Ezechias  sayde  vnto  Esay :  Which  is  f 
 token,  that  the  LORDE  wyll  heale  me,  and 
 that  I  shal  go  vp  in  to  the  house  of  y  LORDE 
 on  the  thirde  daye  ?  Esay  sayde  :  This  token 
 shalt  thou  haue  of  the  LORDE,  that  the 
 LORDE  shal  do  acordynge  as  he  hath  sayde. 
 Shall  the  shadowe  go  ten  degrees  forwarde,  or 
 shal  it  turne  ten  degrees  backwarde  ?  Ezechias 
 sayde :  It  is  an  easy  thinge  for  the  shadowe 
 to  go  ten  degrees  downewarde,  y  is  not  my 
 mynde  :  but  that  it  go  ten  degrees  back- 
 warde. Then  cryed  the  prophet  Esay  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  }  and  the  shadowe  wente  backe 
 ten  degrees  in  Achas  Dyall,  which  he  was 
 descended  afore. 
 
 *At  the  same  tyme  Merodach  Baladan  the 
 
 }  Eccli.  48.  , 
 
 '  Esa.  39.  a. 
 
Cftap.  ni' 
 
 €i)t  III},  fiofee  of  tiK  feynges. 
 
 jTo.  fcd)rbi). 
 
 Sonne  of  Baladan  kynge  of  Babilon,  sent  letters 
 and  presentes  vnto  Ezechias,  for  he  had  herde 
 that  Ezechias  had  bene  sieke.  And  Ezechias 
 reioysed  with  them,  5  shewed  them  all  the 
 house  of  rotes,  the  syluer,  golde,  spyces,  and 
 the  best  oyle,  and  the  house  of  ordinaunce, 
 and  all  that  was  founde  in  his  treasures.  There 
 was  nothinge  in  his  house  and  in  all  his  do- 
 mynion,  but  Ezechias  shewed  it  them. 
 
 Then  came  Esay  the  prophet  vnto  kynge 
 Ezechias,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  What  haue 
 these  men  sayde  ?  and  whence  came  they  vnto 
 the  ?  Ezechias  sayde  :  They  came  to  me  out 
 of  a  farre  countre,  euen  from  Babilon.  He 
 sayde  :  What  haue  they  sene  in  thyne  house  ? 
 Ezechias  sayde :  They  haue  sene  all  that  is  in 
 my  house,  and  there  is  nothynge  in  my  trea- 
 sures but  I  haue  shewed  it  them.  Then  sayde 
 Esay  vnto  Ezechias :  Heare  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE:  Beholde,  *the  tyme  commeth,  that 
 it  shall  all  be  caryed  awaye  vnto  Babilon,  and 
 whatsoeuer  thy  fathers  haue  layed  vp  vnto 
 this  daye,  and  there  shall  nothinge  be  lefte, 
 sayeth  the  LORDE.  tYee  and  the  children 
 which  come  of  the,  whom  thou  shalt  beget, 
 shalbe  taken  awaye,  to  be  chamberlaynes  in 
 the  kynge  of  Babilons  palace.  Ezechias  sayde 
 vnto  Esay :  It  is  good  that  the  LORDE  hath 
 spoken.  And  he  sayde  morouer :  Let  there 
 be  peace  yet  and  faithfulnesse  in  my  tyme. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Ezechias, 
 and  all  his  power,  and  what  he  dyd,  and  of 
 the  pole  and  water  condyte,  wher  by  he  con- 
 ueyed  water  in  to  the  cite,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda. 
 t  And  Ezechias  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers, 
 and  Manasses  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 €^t  ni-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 MANASSES  was  twolue  yeare  oide,whan 
 he  was  made  kinge,  "and  reigned  fyue 
 and  fyftye  yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers 
 name  was  Hephziba.  And  he  dyd  that  which 
 was  euell  in  f  sight  of  the  LORDE  (euen 
 after  the  abhominacios  of  the  Heithen,  whom 
 the  LORDE  expelled  before  the  children  of 
 Israel)  and  waxed  frowarde,  and  budded  vp 
 the  hye  places  which  his  father  Ezechias  had 
 destroyed,*  and  sett  vp  Baals  altares,  and 
 made  groues  (as  Achab  the  kynge  of  Israel 
 dyd)  and  worshipped  all  the  hoost  of  heauen, 
 
 *  i  Re.  24.  c.  iind  25.  b.     lere.  32.  c.  t  Dan.  1.  a. 
 
 t  2  Par.  32.  f.  -  2  Par.  33.  a. 
 
 and  serued  them.  And  buylded  altares  in 
 the  LORDES  house,  wherof  the  LORDE 
 sayde:  I  wyll  set  my  name  at  lerusalem. 
 And  in  both  the  courtes  of  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE  buylded  he  altares  vnto  all  the  hoost 
 of  heaue.  And  §  caused  his  sonne  to  go  thorow 
 the  fyre,  and  regarded  byrdescryenge  and 
 tokens,  and  maynteyned  soythsayers,  and  ex- 
 pounders of  tokens,  and  so  moch  dyd  he  of 
 this  which  was  eueD  in  the  sight  of  the 
 LORDE,  that  he  prouoked  him  vnto  wrath. 
 
 A  groue  Idol  also  which  he  had  made,  set 
 he  in  the  house,  wherof  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Dauid  and  to  Salomon  his  sonne:  In 
 this  house,  and  at  lerusalem  (II  which  I  haue 
 chosen  out  of  all  the  trybes  of  Israel)  wil  I  set 
 my  name  for  euer,  and  wyl  not  cause  f  fote 
 of  Israel  to  be  remoued  eny  more  from  the 
 londe,  which  I  gaue  vnto  their  fathers,  yee  so 
 that  they  obserue  and  do  acordynge  vnto  all 
 that  I  haue  charged  them,  and  after  all  the 
 lawe  that  my  seruaunt  Moses  comaunded 
 them.  Neuertheles  they  wolde  not  herken, 
 but  Manasses  disceaued  them,  so  y  they  dyd 
 worse  then  the  Heithen,  whom  the  LORDE 
 expelled  before  y  children  of  Israel. 
 
 Then  spake  the  LORDE  by  his  seruauntes 
 the  prophetes,  and  saide :  Because  that  Ma- 
 nasse  the  kynge  of  luda  hath  gone  these 
 abhominacions,  which  are  worse  then  all  f 
 abhominacions  that  the  Amorites  haue  done 
 which  were  before  them,  and  hath  caused 
 luda  also  to  synne  agaynst  their  God,  therfore 
 thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel : 
 H  Beholde,  I  wyll  brynge  soch  a  plage  vpon 
 lerusalem  and  luda,  that  who  so  euer  heareth 
 it,  both  his  eares  shal  glowe,  and  ouer  leru- 
 salem wyll  I  stretch  forth  the  IjTie  of  Samaria, 
 and  the  weighte  of  the  house  of  Achab,  and 
 wyll  wype  out  Jerusalem,  euen  as  one  wypeth 
 a  platter,  and  I  wyl  ouerthrowe  it.  And  ;y- 
 remnaunt  of  myne  inheritaunce  wil  I  cast 
 out,  5  scater  them  abrode,  (j  wil  delyuer  them 
 in  to  the  hades  of  their  enemies,  to  be  spoyled 
 and  rent  of  all  their  enemies :  because  they 
 haue  done  y  which  is  euell  in  my  sighte,  5 
 haue  prouoked  me  vnto  wrath,  sence  the  daye 
 that  I  broughte  their  fathers  out  of  Egipte, 
 vnto  this  daye.  Manasses  also  shed  excead- 
 inge  moch  innocet  bloude,  so  longe  tyll  leru- 
 sale  was  fuU  on  euery  syde,  without  the  synnes 
 
 »  4  Re.  18.  a.         4  Leu.  20.  d.    Deut.  18.  b.    4  Re.  16.  a. 
 II  3  Re.  9.  a.         U  lere.  19.  a. 
 
So,  rcrljttiij. 
 
 €\)t  iiij,  bokt  of  tOr  fepiifffS, 
 
 Cljap.  nij. 
 
 wherwith  he  caused  luda  for  to  synne,  so  y 
 they  dyd  that  which  was  euell  in  the  sighte  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saie  of  Manassas, 
 and  all  that  he  dyd,  and  his  synnes  which  he 
 commytted,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  Cro- 
 nicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And  Manasses 
 fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
 in  the  garden  besyde  his  house,  namely,  in  the 
 garden  of  Vsa,  and  Amon  his  sonne  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 "Two  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  Amon 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  5  he  reigned  two 
 yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was 
 Mesumeleth,  y  doughter  of  Harus  of  latba, 
 and  he  dyd  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE, 
 as  Manasses  his  father  had  done,  and  walked 
 in  all  the  waye  which  his  father  walked,  and 
 serued  the  Idols  which  his  father  had  serued, 
 andworshipped  them,  and  forsoke  the  LORDE 
 the  God  of  his  father,  and  walked  not  in  the 
 waye  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  his  seruauntes  conspyred  agaynst 
 Amon,  (J  slewe  the  kynge  in  his  house.  But 
 the  people  of  the  londe  slewe  all  them  y  had 
 cospyred  agaynst  kynge  Amon.  And  the 
 people  of  the  londe  made  losias  his  sonne 
 kynge  in  his  steade.  As  for  other  thinges  that 
 Amon  dyd,  beholde,  they  are  wrytten  in  the 
 Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And  he  was 
 buried  in  his  graue  in  Vsas  garde.  And 
 losias  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Cl)e  vv<j-  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 IOSIAS  *was  eight  yeare  olde  wha  he  was 
 made  kynge,  a  reigned  one  and  thirtie 
 yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was 
 ledida  the  doughter  of  Adaia  of  Bascath,  and 
 he  dyd  that  which  was  righte  in  y  sighte  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  walked  in  all  y  waye  of 
 Dauid  his  father,  (j  turned  not  asyde,  nether 
 to  the  righte  hande  ner  to  the  lefte. 
 
 And  in  the  eightenth  yeare  of  kynge  losias, 
 the  kynge  sent  Saphan  y  sonne  of  Asalia  the 
 Sonne  of  Mesulam  the  scrybe,  in  to  y  house 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  sayde :  *Go  vp  to 
 Helchias  the  hye  prest,  that  the  money  that 
 is  brought  vnto  y  house  of  f  LORDE  (which 
 the  tresholde  kepers  haue  gathered  of  y  peo- 
 ple) maye  be  delyuered  vnto  them,  that  they 
 maye  geue  it  to  the  workmen  which  are  ap- 
 poynted  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  5  to 
 
 geue  it  vnto  the  labourers  in  the  house  (y 
 they  maye  repayre  the  decaye  of  the  house) 
 namely,  vnto  the  carpenters,  and  buylders,  g 
 masons,  and  to  them  y  bie  timber  5  fre  stone 
 for  the  repairinge  of  the  house  :  but  so  y  there 
 be  no  accomptes  taken  of  them  concern  ynge 
 the  money,  that  is  vnder  their  hande,  but  y 
 they  deale  withall  vpon  credence. 
 
 And  Helchias  y  prest  sayde  vnto  Sapha  the 
 scrybe  :  1 1  haue  ibunde  the  boke  of  the  lawe 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  Helchias 
 gaue  the  boke  vnto  Saphan,  that  he  might 
 reade  it.  And  Saphan  the  scrybe  bare  it 
 vnto  the  kynge,  and  brought  him  worde  agayne, 
 5  sayde :  Thy  seruauntes  haue  gathered  to- 
 gether y  money  y  was  founde  in  the  house,  5 
 haue  delyuered  it  vnto  the  workme,  which  are 
 appoynted  in  y  house  of  the  LORDE.  And 
 Saphan  the  scrybe  tolde  the  kynge  and  sayde : 
 Helchias  the  prest  hath  delyuered  me  a  boke, 
 and  Saphan  red  it  before  the  kynge. 
 
 But  whan  the  kinge  herde  the  wordes  of 
 the  boke  of  lawe,  he  rente  his  clothes.  And 
 the  kynge  comaunded  Helchias  the  prest,  g 
 Ahicam  the  sonne  of  Saphan,  (;  Achbor  the 
 sonne  of  Michaia,  and  Saphan  the  scribe,  5 
 Asaia  y  kynges  seruaunt,  and  sayde:  ''Go 
 youre  waye  and  axe  councell  at  the  LORDE 
 for  me,  for  the  people,  Stnd  for  all  luda,  con-  C 
 cernynge  the  wordes  of  this  boke  that  is 
 founde  :  forgreate  is  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 that  is  kyndled  ouer  vs,  because  oure  fathers 
 haue  not  herkened  vnto  the  wordes  of  this 
 boke,  to  do  all  that  is  wrytten  vnto  vs  therin. 
 Then  wente  Helchias  the  prest,  and  Ahi- 
 cam, Achbor,  Saphan  5  Asaia  vnto  Hulda 
 the  prophetisse  y  wife  of  SellQ  the  sonne  of 
 Thecua  the  sonne  of  Harham  the  keper  of  f 
 clothes,  and  she  dwelt  at  Jerusalem  in  the 
 seconde  porte,  and  they  spake  vnto  her.  And 
 she  sayde  vnto  them  :  Thus  sayeth  f  LORDE 
 God  of  Jsrael:  Tell  the  man  that  sent  you 
 vnto  me,  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  Be- 
 holde, I  wil  brynge  euell  vpon  this  place,  and 
 the  inhabiters  therof,  euen  all  the  wordes  of  y 
 lawe  which  the  kynge  Ixath  caused  to  be  red, 
 because  they  haue  forsaken  me,  and  brent 
 incense  vnto  other  goddes,  to  prouoke  me 
 vnto  wrath  with  all  the  workes  of  their  handes. 
 Therfore  is  my  wrath  kindled  agaynst  this 
 cite,  and  shall  not  be  quenched. 
 
 But  tell  this  vnto  the  kynge  of  luda,  which 
 
iCftap.  vmU 
 
 Cftf  III),  tiofef  of  ti)t  bpngcs 
 
 So.  mlxix* 
 
 hath  sent  you  to  axe  councell  at  the  LOllDE: 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel: 
 Because  thine  hert  is  not  departed  fro'  the 
 wordes  which  thou  hast  herde,  and  hast  hum- 
 bled thyselfe  before  the  LORDE,  to  heare 
 what  I  haue  spoken  agaynst  this  place  and  the 
 inhabiters  therof  (how  that  they  shall  become 
 a  very  desolacion  and  curse)  g  hast  rente  thy 
 clothes,  and  wepte  before  me,  I  haue  herde 
 it,  sayeth  the  LORDE:  *therfore  wyll  I  gather 
 the  vnto  thy  fathers,  so  y  thou  shalt  be  put  in 
 to  thy  graue  in  peace,  and  thine  eyes  shall  not 
 se  all  the  euell  that  I  wyll  brynge  vpon  this 
 place.  And  they  brought  the  kpige  worde 
 agayne. 
 
 El)e  mi)-  Ci^apttt. 
 
 AND  the  kynge  sent  forth,  and  "  all  the 
 Elders  in  luda  and  Jerusalem  resorted 
 vnto  him,  and  the  kynge  wente  vp  in  to  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  and  all  the  men  of 
 luda,  and  all  the  inhabiters  of  Jerusalem  with 
 him,  the  prestes  and  prophetes  and  all  the 
 people  both  small  and  greate,  tand  all  the 
 wordes  of  the  boke  of  the  couenaunt  that  was 
 founde  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  were 
 red  in  their  eares.  And  the  kinge  stode  vpon 
 a  piler,  ''and  made  a  couenaut  before  the 
 LORDE,  that  they  shulde  walke  after  the 
 LORDE,  and  to  kepe  his  commaundementes, 
 witnesses,  and  ordinaunces  with  all  their  hert 
 and  with  all  their  soule,  y  they  shulde  set  vp 
 the  wordes  of  this  couenaunt,  which  are  wryt- 
 ten  in  this  boke.  And  all  the  people  entred 
 in  to  the  couenaunt. 
 
 And  the  kynge  comaunded  Helchias  the 
 hye  prest,  and  the  prestes  of  the  secode  course, 
 and  the  kepers  of  the  thresholde,  y  they  shulde 
 put  out  of  the  temple  all  the  vessels  which 
 were  made  for  Baal,  and  for  the  groue,  and 
 for  all  the  boost  of  heauen,  j  he  brent  them 
 without  Jerusalem  in  the  valley  of  Cedron,  and 
 the  dust  of  them  was  caryed  vnto  Bethel. 
 
 And  he  put  downe  the  i  Kemurims,  who 
 the  kynges  of  luda  had  founded,  to  burne 
 incense  vpon  the  hye  places,  in  the  cities  of 
 luda,  and  aboute  Jerusalem.  JJe  put  downe 
 also  them  that  brent  incense  vnto  Baal,  to  the 
 Sonne,  and  the  Mone,  and  the  twolue  tokens, 
 and  to  all  y  hoost  of  heauen.  And  the  groue 
 caused  he  to  be  caryed  from  the  house  of  the 
 
 •  4  Re.  23.  f.  "  2  Par.  34.  f.  t  ii  Esd.  8.  a. 
 
 *  losu.  24.  e. 
 
 LORDE  out  of  Jerusalem  in  to  y  valley  of 
 Cedron,  and  brent  it  in  the  valley  of  Cedron, 
 and  made  it  to  dust,  and  cast  the  dust  vpon 
 the  gravies  of  ;y-  comen  people.  And  he  brake 
 downe  the  whorekepers  houses  which  were  by 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE,  wherin  the  wemen 
 made  mansions  for  the  groue. 
 
 And  he  caused  all  the  prestes  for  to  come 
 out  of  the  cities  of  Juda,  and  suspended  y  hye 
 places,  where  the  prestes  brent  incense,  from 
 Geba  vnto  Berseba.  And  brake  downe  the 
 hye  places  in  the  portes,  that  were  at  y  dore 
 of  the  gate  of  Josua  y^  shreue  of  the  cite,  at 
 the  lefte  hande  as  one  goeth  to  the  cite  porte. 
 Yet  had  not  the  prestes  of  the  hye  places 
 oiFred  vpon  the  altare  of  the  L0RI3E  at 
 Jerusalem,  but  ate  vnleuended  bred  amonge 
 their  brethren. 
 
 He  suspended  §Tophet  also  in  the  valley  of 
 the  children  of  Ennon,  that  noman  shulde 
 cause  his  sonne  or  his  doughter  to  go  thorow 
 y  fyre  vnto  Moloch.  And  he  put  downe  the 
 horses,  which  y  kynges  of  Juda  had  set  vnto 
 the  Sonne,  at  the  intringe  in  to  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  besyde  the  chest  of  Netham 
 Melech  the  chamberlayne  which  was  at 
 Paruarim,  and  the  charettes  of  the  Sonne 
 brent  he  with  fyre,  and  the  altares  vpon  the 
 rofe  of  Achabs  perler,  which  the  kynges  of 
 Juda  had  made.  And  the  altares  II  which 
 Manasses  had  made  in  the  two  courtes  of  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  dyd  the  kynge  breake 
 downe.  And  ranne  from  thence,  and  cast 
 the  dust  of  them  in  to  the  broke  Cedron. 
 
 And  the  hye  places  that  were  before  Jeru- 
 salem on  the  righte  hande  of  Mount  Mashith 
 IT  which  Salomon  the  kynge  of  Israel  had 
 buylded  vnto  Astaroth  the  abhomynacion  of 
 Sidon,  and  to  Camos  the  abhominacion  of 
 Moab,  and  to  Malcom  the  abhominacion  of 
 the  children  of  Ammon,  those  did  the  kynge 
 suspende,  and  brake  the  pilers,  and  roted  out' 
 the  groues,  and  fylled  their  places  with  mens 
 bones. 
 
 And  **the  altare  at  Bethel,  and  the  hye 
 place  that  Jeroboam  the  sonne  of  Nebat  made, 
 which  caused  Israel  to  synne,  the  same  altare 
 brake  he  downe,  and  the  hye  place,  5  brent 
 the  hye  place,  and  made  it  to  dust,  and 
 brent  vp  the  groue.  And  losias  turned  him 
 aboute,  and  sawe  the  graues  that  were  vpo  the 
 
 t  Soph.  1.  a.  ^  lere.  7.  d.  ||  4  Re.  21.  a. 
 
 1[  3  Re.  11.  a.  ••  3  Re.  12.  d. 
 
fo,  fccljrjr. 
 
 Ci)e  nij.  bokt  of  tl)t  fepnges* 
 
 Cfiap.  pnii]. 
 
 dF 
 
 mount,  and  caused  the  bones  to  be  fetched 
 out  of  the  graues,  and  brent  them  vpo  the 
 altare,  and  suspended  it,  acordinge  to  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE,  *  which  the  man  of 
 God  cryed  out,  that  tolde  this  before. 
 
 And  he  saycle :  What  titell  is  this,  that  I  se 
 here  ?  And  the  men  of  the  cite  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  It  is  the  graue  of  the  man  of  God,  which 
 came  from  luda,  and  cried  out  this  that  thou 
 hast  done  agaynst  y  altare  of  Bethel.  And 
 he  sayde :  Let  him  lye,  no  man  touche  his 
 bones.  Thus  were  his  bones  delyuered  with 
 the  bones  of  the  prophet  that  came  from 
 Samaria. 
 
 He  put  awaye  also  all  the  houses  of  the  hye 
 places  in  the  cities  of  Samaria  (which  the 
 kynges  of  Israel  had  made  to  prouoke  f 
 LORDE  vnto  wrath)  and  dyd  with  them 
 acordinge  to  all  as  he  had  done  at  Bethel. 
 And  all  f  prestes  of  the  hye  places  that  were 
 there,  offred  he  vp  vpon  the  altares,  and  t  so 
 brent  he  mens  bones  theron,  and  came  agayne 
 to  lerusalem. 
 
 "And  the  kynge  commaiided  the  people, 
 and  sayde:  Kepe  Easter  vnto  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  i  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of 
 this  couenaunt.  For  there  was  no  Easter  so 
 kepte  as  this,  sence  the  tyme  of  the  ludges 
 which  iudged  Israel,  and  in  all  the  tjTnes  of 
 the  kynges  of  Israel,  and  of  the  kynges  of 
 luda :  but  in  the  eightenth  yeare  of  kynge 
 losias,  was  this  Easter  kepte  vnto  the  LORDE 
 at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  losias  expelled  all  soythsayers,  ex- 
 pounders of  tokes,  ymages  and  Idols,  and  all 
 the  abhominacions  which  were  sene  in  the 
 londe  of  luda  and  at  lerusalem,  that  he 
 mighte  set  vp  the  wordes  of  the  lawe,  which 
 were  wrytten  in  the  boke,  that  Helchias  y 
 prest  foude  in  the  house  of  y  LORDE. 
 
 His  like  was  no  kynge  before  him,  which  so 
 couerted  vnto  y  LORDE  with  all  his  hert, 
 with  all  his  soule,  i  with  all  his  strength, 
 acordinge  to  all  the  lawe  of  Moses.  And 
 after  him  came  there  not  vp  soch  another. 
 Yet  turned  not  the  LORDE  from  the  indig- 
 nacion  of  his  greate  wi-ath,  wherwith  he  was 
 displeased  ouer  luda,  because  of  all  the 
 prouocacion  wherwith  Manasses  had  prouoked 
 him.  And  ;y  LORDE  sayde :  §  I  wil  put 
 luda  out  of  my  presence  also,  euen  as  I  haue 
 
 *  3  Re.  13.  a.  t  3  Re.  13.  a.  '  2  Par.  25.  a. 
 
 3  Esd.  1.  a.  t  Deu.  16.  a. 
 
 put  awaye  Israel :  and  this  cite  which  I  haue 
 chosen,  wyl  I  cast  out,  namely,  lerusalem,  (j 
 the  house  wherof  I  sayde :  My  name  shalbe 
 there.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  losias, 
 and  all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in 
 the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda. 
 
 'In  his  tjTne  wete  Pharao  Necho  f  kynge  of 
 Egipte  vp  agaynst  the  kynge  of  Assyria  by 
 the  water  Euphrates.  But  kynge  losias  wente 
 agaynst  him,  and  dyed  at  Megiddo,  wha  he 
 had  sene  him.  And  his  seruauntes  caried  him 
 deed  fro  Megiddo,  d  brought  him  to  leru'sale, 
 (J  buryed  him  in  his  graue.  And  the  people 
 of  the  londe  toke  ||  loahas  the  sonne  of  losias, 
 and  anoynted  him,  and  made  him  kynge  in 
 his  fathers  steade. 
 
 Thre  a  twentye  yeare  olde  was  loahas  wha 
 he  was  made  kynge,  %  reigned  thre  monethes 
 at  lerusale.  His  mothers  name  was  Hamutal 
 y  doughter  of  leremia  of  Libna.  And  he 
 dyd  y  which  was  euell  in  f  sight  of  y  LORDE, 
 euen  as  his  fathers  had  done.  But  Pharao 
 Necho  toke  him  presoner  of  Reblatha  in  the 
 londe  of  Hemath,  y  he  shulde  not  reigne  at 
 lerusalem :  5  raysed  a  taxe  vpo  the  londe,  an 
 hundreth  taletes  of  siluer,  5  one  talente  of 
 golde.  And  Pharao  Necho  made  Eliachim  y 
 Sonne  of  losias  kynge  in  his  father  losias 
 steade,  5  turned  his  name  loachim.  It  But 
 loahas  toke  he,  j  brought  him  in  to  Egipte 
 where  he  dyed.  And  loachim  gaue  the  siluer 
 5  golde  vnto  Pharao,  yet  taxed  he  the  londe,  y 
 he  might  geue  y  syluer  acordynge  to  Pharaos 
 comaundement.  Euery  one  amonge  the 
 people  in  y  londe  taxed  he  after  his  abilite  in 
 siluer  5  golde,  to  geue  it  vnto  Pharao.  Fyue 
 I  twentye  yeare  olde  was  loachim  whan  he 
 was  made  kynge,  5  reigned  eleuen  yeares  at 
 lerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was  Sebida  f 
 doughter  of  Pedaia  of  Ruma,  j  he  dyd  euell 
 in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE,  euen  as  his 
 fathers  had  done. 
 
 €i)t  >:irtiij.  Ci^aptfv. 
 
 IN  his  tyme  came  vp  Nabuchodonosor  f 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  5  loachim  was  in  sub- 
 ieccion  vnto  him  iij.  yeare.  And  he  turned 
 back,  and  rebelled  agajTist  him.  And  f 
 LORDE  sent  men  of  warre  vpon  him  out  of 
 Chaldea,  out  of  Syria,  out  of  Moab,  g  fro 
 amonge  the  childrc  of  Ammon,  (j  caused  the 
 
 I  4  Re.  24.  a. 
 
 'J  Par.  33.  a. 
 H  lere.  22.  b. 
 
 I  That  is  lecbonias. 
 
Cftap*  n^. 
 
 €\)t  iiij.  bo'kt  of  tf)t  kpngts. 
 
 ffo,  mlvxu 
 
 for  to  come  in  to  luda,  to  destroie  it  acordinge 
 to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  spake 
 by  his  seruauntes  the  prophetes.  It  fortuned 
 eue  so  vnto  luda,  *  acordynge  to  y  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  that  he  wolde  put  tnem  awaye 
 from  his  presence,  because  of  y'  sinnes  of 
 Manassas  which  he  dyd,  g  because  of  the 
 innocent  bloude  that  he  shed.  And  he  fylled 
 lerusalem  with  innocent  bloude,  therfore 
 wolde  not  the  LORDE  be  reconcyled. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  loachim, 
 and  all  that  he  dyd,  beholde,  it  is  wrytten  in 
 the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of  luda.  And 
 loachim  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers.  And 
 t  loachim  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 And  the  kynge  of  Egipte  came  nomore  out 
 of  his  londe :  for  the  kynge  of  Babilon  had 
 conquered  all  that  was  the  kynge  of  Egiptes, 
 from  the  ryuer  of  Egipte  vnto  f  water 
 Euphrates.  Eightene  yeare  olde  was  loachim 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned  thre 
 monethes  at  lerusale.  His  mothers  name 
 was  Nebustha  the  doughter  of  Elnathan  of 
 lerusalem.  And  he  dyd  euell  in  the  sighte  of 
 the  LORDE,  euen  as  his  father  had  done. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  wente  the  seruauntes  of 
 Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of  Babilon  vp  to 
 lerusalem,  and  came  vpon  the  cyte  with 
 ordinaunce  of  warre.  And  whan  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor and  his  seruauntes  came  to  the  cite  they 
 layed  sege  vnto  it.  But  loachim  y  kynge  of 
 luda  wente  forth  to  the  kynge  of  Babilon 
 with  his  mother,  with  his  seruauntes,  with  his 
 rulers  and  chamberlaynes.  And  the  kynge  of 
 Babilon  receaued  him  in  the  eight  yeare  of 
 his  reigne. 
 
 t  And  he  toke  forth  fr5  thence  all  the  treasure 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  in  f  kynges 
 house,  and  brake  all  the  golden  vessell  y 
 Salomon  the  kynge  of  Israel  had  made  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  (acordynge  as  the 
 LORDE  had  sayde)  and  caryed  awaye  all 
 lerusalem,  all  the  rulers,  all  the  mightie  men, 
 euen  ten  thousande  presoners,  and  all  the 
 carpenters,  and  all  the  smithes,  and  lefte  none 
 behynde  but  the  poore  people  of  the  londe. 
 
 $And  he  caryed  loachim  awaye  vnto  Babi- 
 lon, and  the  kynges  mother,  the  kinges  wyues, 
 and  his  chamberlaynes :  and  y  mightie  men 
 of  the  londe  led  he  awaye  presoners  also  from 
 lerusalem  vnto  Babilon,  and  seuen  thousande 
 
 •  4  Re.  23.  f.       t  lere.  36.  d.      }  4  Re.  20.  c.  Esa.  29.  b. 
 §  Deu.  28.  (1.    ler.  24.  a.  ■■  ler.  37.  a. 
 
 of  the  best  men,  and  a  thousande  carpenters 
 and  smythes,  and  all  the  stronge  men  of  warre. 
 "And  the  kynge  of  Babilon  made  Matania  his 
 vncle  kynge  in  his  steade,  and  turned  his  name 
 Sedechias, 
 
 II  One  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  Sedechias, 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned  eleuen 
 yeare  at  lerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was 
 Amithal  the  doughter  of  leremia  of  Libna. 
 And  he  dyd  euell  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE, 
 eue  as  loachim  dyd :  for  thus  fortuned  it  vnto 
 lerusale  thorow  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE, 
 tyll  he  had  cast  them  out  fro  his  presence. 
 And  Sedechias  fell  awaye  fro  the  kynge  of 
 Babilon. 
 
 Wl)t  vrb-  CJ)apter. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned,  that  in  y  nyenth  yeare 
 of  his  reigne,  *vpon  the  tenth  daye  of 
 the  tenth  moneth,  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge 
 of  Babilon  came  with  all  his  power  agaynst 
 lerusalem.  And  they  laied  sege  vnto  it,  and 
 buylded  stronge  holdes  rounde  aboute  it. 
 Thus  was  the  cite  beseged  vnto  the  eleuenth 
 yeare  of  kynge  Sedechias.  But  on  f  nyenth 
 daye  of  the  fourth  moneth  Vas  the  honger  so 
 stronge  in  the  cite,  that  the  people  of  the 
 londe  had  nothinge  to  eate.  And  the  cite 
 was  broken  vp,  5  all  the  men  of  warre  fled  in 
 the  night  by  the  waye  of  the  porte  betwene 
 the  two  walles,  which  goeth  to  the  kynges 
 garde.  But  the  Caldees  laye  aboute  the  cite, 
 And  he  fled  by  the  waye  to  the  playne  felde, 
 Neuertheles  the  power  of  the  Caldees  folowed 
 after  the  kynge,  and  toke  him  in  the  plaine 
 felde  of  lericho:  and  all  the  men  of  warre 
 that  were  with  him,  were  scatered  abrode  from 
 him.  And  they  toke  the  kynge,  and  led  him 
 vp  to  the  kjaige  of  Babilon  vnto  Reblatha 
 If  And  he  gaue  iudgmet  vpon  him.  And  they 
 slewe  Sedechias  children  before  his  eyes,  and 
 put  out  Sedechias  eies,  and  bounde  him  with 
 cheynes,  and  caryed  him  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 Vpon  the  seuenth  daye  of  the  fyfth  moneth,  jg 
 that  is  the  ninetenth  yeare  of  Nabuchodonosor 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  came  Nabusaradan  the  chefe 
 captayne  the  kynge  of  Babilons  seruaunt,  vnto 
 lerusalem,  and  brent  y  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  the  kynges  house,  5  all  the  houses  at  leru- 
 salem, and  all  the  greate  houses  brent  he  with 
 fyre.    And  all  the  power  of  the  Caldees  which 
 
 ler.  5'2.  a.    »  lere.  39.  a.  and  52.  a.     '  Eze.  4.  c.  and  5.  d. 
 f.  Some  reade :  And  they  talked  with  hi  of  iudgment. 
 
jTo.  calm. 
 
 €i)t  iii],  bokt  of  tftf  fepngfS, 
 
 Cftap.  VFb. 
 
 was  with  the  chefe  captayne,  brake  downe  the 
 walles  rounde  aboute  lerusalem.  As  for  the 
 other  people  that  yet  were  lefte  in  the  cite, 
 and  were  falle  viito  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  and 
 the  other  comen  people,  Nabusaradan  the 
 chefe  captayne  caryed  them  awaye.  And  of 
 the  poorest  people  dyd  the  chefe  captaine 
 leaue  in  f  londe  to  be  wynegardeners  and 
 plowmen. 
 
 But  the  brasen  pilers  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  seates,  and  the  brasen  lauer 
 that  was  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  dyd  y 
 Caldees  breake  downe,  and  caried  the  metall 
 vnto  Babilon.  And  the  pottes,  shouels,  flesh- 
 okes,  spones,  ft  all  y  brasen  vessell  that  was 
 occupied  in  the  seruyce,  caried  they  awaye. 
 And  y  chefe  captayne  toke  awaye  y  censors 
 and  basens  y  were  of  golde  and  syluer,  two 
 pilers,  one  lauer,  and  the  seates  y  Salomon 
 had  made  for  y  house  of  the  LORDE.  The 
 metall  of  all  these  ornamentes  coulde  not  be 
 weyed.  *Eightene  cubytes  hye  was  one  piler, 
 and  f  knoppe  theron  was  of  brasse  also,  (j  thre 
 cubytes  hye :  ri  the  rope  and  the  pomgranates 
 vpon  the  knoppe  rounde  aboute,  were  all  of 
 brasse.  After  the  same  maner  was  the  other 
 piler  also  with  the  rope. 
 
 And  the  chefe  captayne  toke  Seraia  the 
 prest  of  the  first  course,  a  Sophony  the  prest 
 of  the  seconde  course,  and  thre  dorekepers, 
 and  one  chamberlayne  out  of  the  cite,  which 
 was  appoynted  ouer  y  men  of  warre  :  and  fyue 
 men  that  were  euer  before  the  kynge,  which 
 were  founde  in  the  cite :  and  Sophar  the  cap- 
 tayne, which  taught  the  people  of  y-  londe  to 
 fighte :  and  thre  score  men  of  y  people  of  the 
 londe,  that  were  founde  in  the  cite :  these  dyd 
 Nabusaradan  y-  chefe  captayne  take,  and 
 broughte  them  to  the  kynge  of  Babilon  \Tito 
 Reblatha.     And  the  kynge  of  Babilon  slewe 
 
 *  3  Re.  7.  b.         t  ler.  40.  a.  b. 
 
 them  at  Reblatha  in  f  londe  of  Hemath. 
 Thus  was  luda  caried  awaye  out  of  his  awne 
 londe.  t  But  ouer  the  remnaunt  of  the  peo- 
 ple in  the  londe  of  luda,  whom  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon  lefte  behynde,  he 
 set  Godolias  y  sonne  of  Ahicam  f  sonne  of 
 Saphan.  Now  wha  all  the  captaynes  of  the 
 soudyers,  j  the  men  herde,  that  the  kynge  of 
 Babilon  had  made  Godolias  gouemoure,  they 
 came  to  Godolias  vnto  t  Mispa,  namely,  Ismael 
 y  sonne  of  Nathanias,  (j  lohanna  f  sonne 
 Carea,  j  Seraia  y  sonne  of  Tanhometh  the 
 Netophatite,  i  lesanias  y  sonne  of  Maechati 
 with  their  men.  And  Godolias  sware  vnto 
 them  5  to  their  men,  j  sayde  vnto  them  : 
 §  Feare  not  ye  y  officers  of  the  Caldees,  tary 
 in  the  londe,  ft  submytte  youre  selues  vnto  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  (j  ye  shal  prospere.  II  But 
 in  the  seueth  moneth  came  Ismael  the  sonne 
 of  Nathanias  the  sonne  of  Elisama  (of  the 
 kynges  kynred)  and  ten  men  with  him,  and 
 slewe  Godolias,  and  the  lewes  and  Caldees 
 that  were  with  him  at  Mispa.  Then  all  the 
 people  gat  them  vp,  both  small  and  greate, 
 and  the  captaynes  of  the  hoost,  and  came  in 
 to  Egipte,  for  they  were  afrayed  of  f  Caldees. 
 Howbeit  in  the  seuen  and  thirtieth  yeare 
 after  that  loachim  the  kynge  of  luda  was 
 caried  awaye  on  the  seuen  and  twenty  daye 
 of  the  twolueth  moneth,  Euilmerodach  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon  in  the  first  yeare  of  his 
 reigne,  lifle  vp  the  heade  of  loachim  y  kynge 
 of  luda  out  of  preson,  and  spake  louyngly 
 vnto  him,  and  set  his  trone  aboue  y  trones  of 
 f  kynges  that  were  with  him  at  Babilon,  and 
 chaunged  the  clothes  of  his  captiuyte.  And 
 he  ate  allwaye  before  him  as  longe  as  he 
 lyued.  And  he  appoynted  him  his  porcion, 
 which  w£is  euer  geue  him  daylie  of  the  kynge, 
 as  longe  as  he  lyued. 
 
 tOtherwyse  called,  Masphat.      §Iere.40.c.       ||Iere.41.a. 
 
 €f)t  nxat  of  t\)t  fourtft  bokt  of  tftr  fepngts. 
 
Z^t  fivit  ftufee  of  tfft  €vonicltS, 
 
 calkti  )9aralipomenon. 
 
 aaaijat  tl)is!  bofee  cmttepiwtft* 
 
 Ci)ap.  I.  II. 
 
 €i)ap.  XIIII. 
 
 A  rehearsynge  of  the  generacions. 
 
 How  the  other  trybes  were  called,  and  how  they 
 fetched  awaye  the  Arke 
 
 Cljap.  III. 
 
 Of  Dauid  and  his  sonnes. 
 
 Cijap.   XV. 
 Hiram  sendeth  tymber  vnto  Dauid.     Of  Dauids 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 wyues.     He  ouercommeth  the  Philistynes. 
 
 A  register  of  the  children  of  luda. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 
 €I)ap.  V. 
 A  register  of  the  childre  of  Sime5. 
 
 Dauid  appoynteth  the  Leuites  to  beare  the  Arke. 
 
 €l)ap.  VI. 
 A  register  of  the  Rubenites. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVII. 
 
 The  Arke  is  set  in  the  Tabernacle,  with  sacrifice 
 and  thankesgeuynge. 
 
 €I)ap.  VII. 
 A  register  of  the  children  of  Leui. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XVIII. 
 God  forbyddeth  Dauid  to  buylde  the  temple. 
 
 Cliap.  VIII. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Isachar  %  Ben  lamin. 
 
 Cf)ap.   XIX. 
 Dauid  subdueth  the  enemies  on  euery  syde. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XX. 
 
 Cf)ap.  X. 
 
 Hanun  the  kynge  of  Amon  dealeth  shamefully 
 
 with  Dauid  seruautes,  that  come  to  comforte 
 
 The  nombre  of  the  Israelites,  that  were  caried 
 
 him. 
 
 awaye  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 Cliap.  XXI. 
 
 C})ap.    XI. 
 
 Of  certaine  batels  which  Dauid   winneth  with 
 
 The  battayll  of  the  Philistynes  agaynst  Saul  and 
 
 worshipe. 
 
 his  sonnes. 
 
 Cljap.  XXII. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XII. 
 
 Dauid  nombreth  the  people,  and  displeaseth  the 
 
 How  Dauid  was  anoynted   kynge,    and   of  his 
 
 LORDE,  which  punysheth  the  people  for  his 
 
 kpigdome. 
 
 sake. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 
 Of  Dauids  worthy  men  of  warre,  which  came 
 
 Dauid    prepareth  tymber   and   stone,    golde   5 
 
 vnto  him  out  of  all  the  trybes. 
 
 syluer  for  the  buyldinge  of  the  teple. 
 
\fo,  mlmiih 
 
 Cbf  L  bokt  of  tl)t  Cronitlcs. 
 
 Cljap.  u 
 
 Cljap.  XXUII.  XXV. 
 
 Dauid  in  his  age  before  his  death,  appoynteth 
 the  offices  in  the  house  of  God. 
 
 €j)ap.   XXVI. 
 
 The  office  of  the  children  of  Asaph,  Heman,  and 
 ledithun. 
 
 C^np.   XXVII. 
 The  office  of  the  porters. 
 
 €i,af.  XXVIII. 
 The  office  of  the  captaynes  amonge  the  trybes. 
 
 Ci^ajp.  XXIX. 
 The  wordes  of  Dauid  to  the  captaynes,  to  the 
 people  and  to  Salomon. 
 
 CI;ap.  XXX. 
 How  Dauid  talketh  of  buyldlge  the  temple,  and 
 what  the  prynces  geue  ther  to. 
 
 €i)t  first  CI)apttr. 
 
 ADAM,  "Seth,  Enos,  Kenan,  Mahalaleel, 
 lared,  Henoch,  Mathusalah,  Lamech, 
 Noe,  Sem,  Ham  a  laphet. 
 
 *The  ehildre  of  laphet  are  these  :  Gomer, 
 Magog,  Madai,  lauan,  Tubal,  Mesech  and 
 Thiras.  The  children  of  Gomer  are  these : 
 Ascenas,  Riphat,  Togarma.  The  children  of 
 lauan  are  these :  Elisa,  Tharsisa,  Chitim  and 
 Dodanim. 
 
 The  childre  of  Ham  are  these :  Chus,  Mis- 
 raim,  Phut  5  Canaan.  The  children  of  Chus 
 are  these :  Seba,  Heuila,  Sabtha,  Reyma  5 
 Sabthecha.  The  childre  of  Reyma  are  these : 
 Sheba  (j  Dedan.  Chus,  begat  Nemrod,  y 
 beganne  to  be  mighty  vpon  earthe.  Misraim 
 begat  Ludim,  Enanim,  Lehabim,  Napthuhim, 
 Pathrusim,  and  Casluhim :  of  whom  came  the 
 Philistynes  and  Caphthorims.  Canaan  begat 
 Sidon  his  first  sonne :  Heth,  lebusi,  Amori, 
 Girgosi,  Heui,  Arki,  Sini,  Aruadi,  Zemari 
 and  Hemathi. 
 
 The  childre  of  Sem  are  these:  Elam, 
 Assur,  Arphachsad,  Lud,  Aram,  Vs,  Hul, 
 Gether  g  Maseeh.  Arphachsad  begat  Salah. 
 Salah  begat  Eber.  Vnto  Eber  there  were 
 borne  two  sonnes  :  the  name  of  the  one  was 
 Peleg,  because  that  in  his  tyme  the  worlde 
 was  deuyded,  and  his  brothers  name  was 
 laketan.  And  laketa  begat  Almodad,  Saleph, 
 Hazarmaphet,  larah,  Hadora,  Vsal,  Dikela, 
 Ebal,  Abimael,  Seba,  Ophir,  Heuila  and 
 lobab.    These  all  are  the  children  of  lakethan. 
 
 '^Sem,  Arphachsad,  Salah,  Eber,  Peleg, 
 Regu,  Serug,  Nahor,  Terah,  Abram,  that  is 
 Abraham.  The  children  of  Abraham  are 
 these :  Isaac  and  Ismael.  This  is  their  gene- 
 racion  :  i  The  first  sonne  of  Ismael :  Nebaioth, 
 
 "Gene.A.a.      •Gen.lO.a.      tOene.lI.h.       {Gen. 25.1). 
 
 Cedar,  Abdeel,  Mibsam,  Misma,  Duma,  Masa, 
 Hadad,  Thema,  lethur,  Naphis  s  Kedma. 
 These  are  the  children  of  Ismael. 
 
 The  children  which  Ketura  Abrahams  co- 
 cubyne  bare,  are  these:  *Simram,  laksan, 
 Medan,  Midian,  leszbak  and  Suah.  The 
 children  of  laksan  are  these :  Seba  and  Dedan. 
 And  the  childre  of  Midian  are :  Epha,  Epher, 
 Henoch,  Abida  and  Eldaa.  All  these  are 
 the  childre  of  Ketura.  Abraham  begat  Isaac. 
 The  children  of  Isaac  are :  Esau  and  Israel. 
 §  The  children  of  Esau  are  :  Eliphas,  Reguel, 
 leus,  laelam,  Korah.  The  children  of  Eli- 
 phas are,  Theman,  Omar,  Zephi,  Gaethan, 
 Kenas,  Thimna  5  Amalek.  The  children  of 
 Reguel  are :  Nahath,  Serah,  Samma  and  Misa. 
 
 II  The  children  of  Seir  are :  Lothan,  Sobal, 
 Zibeon,  Ana,  Dison,  Ezer,  Disan.  The 
 children  of  Lothan  are:  Hori  and  Homan 
 and  Thimna  was  the  sister  of  Lothan.  The 
 children  of  Sobal  are:  Aluan,  Manahath, 
 Ebal,  Sephi,  Onam.  The  children  of  Zibeon 
 are  :  Aia  and  Ana.  The  childre  of  Ana, 
 Dison.  The  children  of  Dison  are :  Hamran, 
 Eszban,  lethran  and  Charan.  The  children 
 of  Ezer  are  :  Bilhan,  Seauan  5  Acan.  The 
 children  of  Disan  are  :  Vz  and  Aran. 
 
 These  are  the  kynges  which  reigned  in 
 the  lode  of  Edom,  "or  euer  there  reigned  eny 
 kynge  amonge  the  children  of  Israel:  Bela 
 the  Sonne  of  Beor,  and  the  name  of  his  cite 
 was  Dinhaba.  And  whan  Bela  dyed,  lobab 
 the  sonne  of  Serah  of  Bosra  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  And  whan  lobab  dyed,  Husam  out 
 of  f  londe  of  the  Themanites  was  kynge  in 
 his  steade. 
 
 Whan  Husam  dyed,  Hadad  the  sonnfe  of 
 Bedad  (which  smote  the  Madianites  in  the 
 felde  of  y  Moabites)  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
Cbap.  i). 
 
 Wt)t  t  fiofee  of  tl)t  Cronuks* 
 
 jTo.  raljnrb. 
 
 (J  the  name  of  his  cite  was  Auith.  Whan 
 Hadad  dyed,  Samla  of  Masrek  was  kyiige  in 
 his  steade.  Whan  Samla  dyed,  Saul  of  Re- 
 hobeth  by  the  water  syde,  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  Whan  Saul  dyed,  Baal  Hauan  the 
 Sonne  of  Achbor  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 Whan  Baal  Hauan  dyed,  Hadad  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade,  and  the  name  of  his  cite  was 
 Pagi,  a  his  wyues  name  was  Mehetabeel  the 
 doughter  of  Hatred,  5  doughter  of  Mesahab. 
 But  whan  Hadad  dyed,  there  were  prynces 
 at  Edom :  Prynce  Thimnah,  prynce  Alua, 
 prynce  letheth,  prynce  Ahalibama,  prynce 
 Ela,  prynce  Pinon,  prynce  Kenas,  prynce 
 Theman,  prynce  Mibzar,  prynce  Magdiel, 
 prynce  Iram.    These  are  the  prynces  of  Edom. 
 
 €\)t  tj.  Cl)aptct 
 
 THESE  are  the  children  of  Israel :  Ruben, 
 Simeon,  Leui,  luda,  Isachar,  Zabulon, 
 Dan,  loseph,  Be  lamin,  Nephtali,  Gad  and 
 Aser.  *  The  childre  of  luda :  Er,  Onan  5 
 Sela:  these  thre  were  borne  vnto  him  of  y 
 doughter  Sua  ;y  Cananitisse.  Howbeit  y  first 
 Sonne  of  luda  was  wicked  before  y  LORDE, 
 %  therfore  he  slewe  him.  But  t  Thamar  his 
 sonnes  wife  bare  him  Phares  5  Zarah,  so  y  all 
 y  childre  of  luda  were  fyue. 
 
 t  The  childre  of  Phares  are,  Hesrom  and 
 Hamuel.  The  childre  of  Zarah  are,  Simri, 
 Ethan,  Heman,  Chalcol,  Dara,  which  all  are 
 fyue  in  nombre.  The  childre  of  Channi  are, 
 §  Achan,  which  troubled  Israel,  wha  he  synned 
 in  the  thinge  that  was  damned.  The  children 
 of  Ethan  :  Asaria. 
 
 The  children  which  were  borne  vnto  Hes- 
 rom, are :  Raia,  Thalubai.  II  Ram  begat 
 Aminadab.  Aminadab  begat  Naasson  the 
 prynce  of  the  children  of  luda.  Naasson  be- 
 gat Salmon.  Salmon  begat  Boos.  Boos  begat 
 Obed.  Obed  begat  Isai.  ^  Isai  begat  Eliab 
 his  first  sonne,  Abinadab  the  seconde,  Samma 
 the  thirde,  Nathanael  the  fourth,  Raddai  y 
 fifth,  Ozem  y-  sixte,  Dauid  y  vij.  And  their 
 sisters  were  Zeruia  u  Abigail. 
 
 The  childre  of  Zeruia  are  these  thre :  Abi- 
 sai,  loab  3  Asahel.  Abigail  begat  Amasa. 
 **  The  father  of  Amasa  was  lather  an  Is- 
 maelite. 
 
 Caleb  the  sonne  of  Hesrom  begat  Asuba  f 
 woman,  5  lerigoth.     And  these  are  the  same 
 
 '  Gen.  38 
 
 t  Matt.  1.  a.       i  Ruth  4.  d 
 Matt.  1.  a.        ir  1  Re.  16.  b. 
 
 ,  losu. 
 2  Re.  17.  e. 
 
 womans  childre :  leser,  Sobab,  and  Ardon. 
 But  wha  Asuba  dyed,  Caleb  toke  Ephrat, 
 which  bare  him  Hur.  tt  Hur  begat  Vri.  "Vri 
 begat  Bezaleel. 
 
 Afterwarde  laye  Hesrom  with  y  doughter 
 of  Machir  the  father  of  Gilead,  j  he  toke  her 
 wha  he  was  thre  score  yeare  olde,  and  she 
 bare  him  Segub.  Segub  begat  lair,  which 
 had  thre  5  twentye  cities  in  the  londe  of 
 Gilead.  And  he  toke  out  of  the  same  lesur 
 and  Aram  the  townes  of  lair,  and  Kenath 
 with  the  vyllages  therof,  thre  score  cities.  All 
 these  are  the  children  of  Machir  f  father  of 
 Gilead.  After  y  death  of  Hesrom  in  Caleb 
 Ephrata,  lefte  Hesrom  his  wife  vnto  Abia : 
 which  (wife)  bare  him  Jt  Ashur  f  father  of 
 Thecoa. 
 
 lerahmeel  the  first  sonne  of  Hesrom  had 
 children :  the  first  Ram,  Buna,  Oren  and 
 Ozem  and  Ahia.  And  lerahmeel  had  yet 
 another  wife,  whose  name  was  Athara,  she  is 
 y  mother  of  Onam.  The  childre  of  Ram  the 
 first  Sonne  of  lerahmeel  are,  Maaz,  lamin 
 and  Eker. 
 
 Onam  had  children :  Samai  and  lada.  The 
 children  of  Samai  are,  Nadab  (j  Abisur.  Abi- 
 surs  wife  was  called  Abihail,  which  bare  him 
 Ahban  and  Molid.  The  childre  of  Nadab 
 are,  Seled  and  Appaim.  And  Seled  dyed 
 without  children.  The  children  of  Appaim : 
 lesei.  The  children  of  lesei :  Sesan.  The 
 childre  of  Sesan:  Ahelai.  The  childre  of 
 lada  y  brother  of  Samai  are,  lether  5  lona- 
 than.  But  lether  dyed  without  childre.  The 
 children  of  lonathan  are,  Peleth  and  Sasa  : 
 These  are  the  children  of  lerahmeel.  As  for 
 Sesan,  he  had  no  sdnes,  but  a  doughter.  And 
 Sesan  had  a  seruaut  an  Egipcian,  whose  name 
 was  latha.  And  Sesan  gaue  his  doughter 
 vnto  latha  his  seruaiit  to  wife,  which  bare  him 
 Athai.  Athai  begat  Nathan.  Nathan  begat 
 Sabad.  Sabad  begat  Ephal.  Ephal  begat 
 Obed.  Obed  begat  lehu.  lehu  begat  Asaria. 
 Asaria  begat  Halez.  Halez  begat  Elleasa. 
 Elleasa  begat  Sissemai.  Sissemai  begat  Sal- 
 lum.  Sallum  begat  lekamia.  lekamia  begat 
 Elisama. 
 
 The  children  of  Caleb  the  brother  of  le- 
 rahmeel are.  Mesa  his  first  sonne,  which  is 
 the  father  of  ^^  Siph,  and  of  the  children  of 
 Maresa  the  father  of  Hebron. 
 
 tt  Exo.  31.  a.        tt  1  Par.  4.  a.         ^^  1  Re.  23.  d. 
 
fo,  rrcUTbu 
 
 Cftf  I.  Ijofee  of  tl)t  Ciomdfs!. 
 
 Cfiap.  lij. 
 
 The  children  of  Hebron  are,  Corah,  Tha- 
 puah,  Rekem,  g  Sama.  Sama  begat  Raham 
 y  father  of  larkaam.  Rekem  begat  Samai. 
 The  Sonne  of  Samai  was  called  Maon,  5  Maon 
 was  f  father  of  Bethzur. 
 
 Epha  Calebs  concubyne  bare  Haram,  Mosa 
 5  Gases.  Haram  begat  Gases.  The  childre 
 of  lahdai  are,  Rekem,  lotham,  Gesan,  Pelet, 
 Epha  and  Saaph.  Maecha  Calebs  concubyne 
 bare  Seber  and  Thirhena.  And  she  bare  Saaph 
 also  f  father  of  Madmanna,  and  Scheua  the 
 father  of  Machbena,  and  the  father  of  Gibea. 
 But  *  Achsa  was  Calebs  doughter. 
 
 These  were  the  children  of  Caleb  :  Hur  f 
 first  Sonne  of  Ephrata,  Sobal  the  father  of 
 Kiriath  learim,  Salma  y  father  of  Bethleem, 
 Hareph  y  father  of  Beth  Sader.  And  Sobal 
 the  father  of  Kiriath  learim  had  sonnes, 
 namely  the  halfe  kynred  of  Manuhoth. 
 
 The  kynreds  at  Kiriath  learim  were  f 
 lethites,  Puthites,  Sumathites  5  Misraites. 
 From  these  came  forth  the  Zaregathites  5 
 Esthaolites.  The  children  of  Salma  are  Beth- 
 leem cj  the  Netophathites  the  crowne  of  the 
 house  of  loab,  and  the  halfe  of  the  Manahites 
 of  the  Zareite.  And  f  kynreds  of  the  scrybes 
 which  dwelt  at  labes,  are  y  Thireathites, 
 Simeathites,  Suchothites,  t  these  are  the  Ke- 
 nites,  y  came  of  Hamath  the  father  of  Beth 
 Rechab. 
 
 Cljc  lij.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  childre  of  Dauid,  "which 
 were  borne  vnto  him  in  Hebron.  The 
 first  Sonne,  Amnon  of  Ahinoam  the  lesrael- 
 itisse :  the  seconde,  Daniel  of  Abigail  the 
 Carmelitisse :  the  thirde,  Absalom  y  sonne  of 
 Maecha  y  doughter  of  Thalmai  kynge  of 
 Gesur :  the  fourth,  Adonias  the  sonne  of  Ha- 
 gith :  the  fifth,  Saphathia  of  Abital :  the  siste, 
 lethream  of  his  wife  Egla.  These  sixe  were 
 borne  vnto  him  at  Hebron,  for  he  reigned 
 there  vij.  yeare  5  sixe  monethes.  But  at 
 lerusale  reigned  he  thre  5  thirtie  yeare. 
 
 *  And  these  were  borne  vnto  him  at  Jerusa- 
 lem: Simea,  Sobab,  Nathan,  t  Salomo:  these 
 foure  of  Bethseba  ;y  doughter  of  Ammiel. 
 And  lebear,  Elisama,  Eliphalet,  Noga,  Ne- 
 pheg,  lapia,  Elisama,  Eliada,  Eliphelet,  these 
 nyne.  These  all  are  f  children  of  Dauid 
 besyde  those  y  were  the  childre  of  f  cocu- 
 bynes.     §  And  Thamar  was  their  sister. 
 
 •  loau.  15.  d.  lud.  1.  c.  t  lud.  1.  d.  "2  Reg.  3.  s 
 »  2  Reg.  5.  c.  t  2  Re.  12.  c.  ^2  Re.  13. « 
 
 Salomons  sonne  was  Roboam, '  whose  sonne 
 was  Abia,  whose  sonne  was  Asa,  who  sonne 
 was  losaphat,  whose  sonne  was  loram,  whose 
 sonne  was  Ahasia,  whose  sonne  was  loas, 
 whose  sonne  was  Amasias,  whose  sonne  was 
 Asaria,  whose  soqne  was  lotham,  whose  sonne 
 was  Achas,  whose  sonne  was  Ezechias,  whose 
 sonne  was  Manasses,  whose  sonne  was  Amon, 
 whose  sonne  was  losias.  The  sonnes  of  losias 
 were :  f  first,  lohanna  :  the  seconde,  loaehim : 
 the  ihirde,  Sedechias :  the  fourth,  SaUum. 
 The  childre  of  loachim  were,  lechonias,  whose 
 sonne  was  Sedechias. 
 
 The  childre  of  lechonias  which  were  take 
 presoners,  were  II  Selathiel,  Malchiram,  Pha- 
 daia,  Semeazar,  lekamia,  Hosanna,  Nedabia. 
 The  childre  of  Phadaia  were:  Zorobabel  d 
 Simei.  The  childre  of  Zorobabel  were :  Me- 
 sullam  (t  Hanania,  s  their  sister  Selomith,  and 
 Hasuba,  Ohel,  Barachias,  Hasadia,  lusab 
 Hases,  these  fyue.  The  children  of  Hanania 
 were :  Platia  (j  lesaia,  whose  sonne  was  Re- 
 phaia,  whose  sonne  was  Aman,  whose  sonne 
 was  Obedia,  whose  sonne  was  Sachania.  The 
 children  of  Sachania  were :  Semaia.  The 
 children  of  Semaia  were :  Hatus,  legeal,  Ba- 
 riah,  Nearia,  Saphat  5  Sesa,  these  sixe.  The 
 children  of  Nearia  were:  Elioenai,  Ezechias 
 (t  Asrikii,  these  thre.  The  childre  of  Elioenai 
 were :  Hodaia,  Eliasib,  Platia,  Akub,  lohanna. 
 Delaia  and  Anani,  these  seuen. 
 
 €l;t  tiij.  CijapUr. 
 
 THE  children  of  luda"'  were :  Phares. 
 Hesrom,  Chamii,  Hur  (j  Sobal.  Re- 
 hoia  the  sonne  of  Sobal  begat  lahath.  lahath 
 begat  Ahumai  and  Lahad.  These  are  the 
 kynreds  of  the  Zaregathites,  Elle  f  father  of 
 Etha,  lesreel,  lesma,  ledbas  and  their  sister 
 was  called  Hazelelponi:  and  Penuel  the  father 
 of  Gedor,  (t  Eser  the  father  of  Husa.  These 
 are  the  children  of  Hur  the  first  sonne  of 
 Ephrata  y  father  of  Bethleem. 
 
 H  Ashur  V  father  of  Thecoa  had  two  wyues, 
 Hellea  3,  5Jaera:  and  Naera  bare  Ahusam, 
 Hepher,  Thennu,  CL  Ahastari :  these  are  the 
 childre  of  Naera.  The  childre  of  Hellea 
 were :  Zereth,  lezohar  and  Etlinan.  Chos 
 begat  Anub  and  Hazobeba,  and  the  kynred 
 of  Aharhel  the  sonne  of  Harum.  laebes  was 
 more    honorable  then   his   brethre,    and   his 
 
 'Mat.  l.a.       llJIatt.  l.b.      ■'Gen.  38.  a.      IF  1  Par.  2.  b, 
 
Cftap,  hu 
 
 €l)t  u  hoiit  of  tin  €ronitlt&. 
 
 jfo.  crrUTbij. 
 
 mother  called  him  laebes,  for  she  sayde :  I 
 haue  borne  him  with  trouble. 
 
 And  laebes  called  vpon  the  God  of  Israel, 
 (5  sayde :  *  Yf  thou  wilt  blesse  me,  and  in- 
 crease the  borders  of  my  londe,  5  yf  thy  hande 
 be  with  me,  j  thou  delyuer  me  from  euell,  y 
 it  trouble  me  not.  And  God  caused  it  for  to 
 come  that  he  axed. 
 
 Chalub  the  brother  of  Suah  begat  Mehir : 
 he  is  the  father  of  Esthon.  Esthon  begat 
 Bethrapha,  Passeah,  and  Thehinna  y  father 
 of  the  cite  of  Nahas :  these  are  the  men  of 
 Recha.  The  children  of  Kenas  were :  Ath- 
 niel  and  Saraia.  The  childre  of  Athniel  were, 
 Hathath. 
 
 And  Meonothai  begat  Aphra.  And  Saraia 
 begat  loab  the  father  of  Geharasim  :  for  they 
 were  carpenters.  The  childre  of  Caleb  the 
 Sonne  of  lephune  were :  Iru,  Ela  a  Naam. 
 The  children  of  Ela  were :  Kenas.  Tlie 
 children  of  lehaleleel  were :  Siph,  Sipha, 
 Thiria,  5  Asarieel.  The  childre  of  Esra  were: 
 lether,  Mered,  Epher  a,  lalon,  5  Thahar  with 
 Miriam,  Samai,  leszbah  the  father  of  Esthe- 
 moa,  (J  his  wife  ludi  la  bare  lered  the  father 
 of  Geder,  Heber  the  father  of  Socho,  leku- 
 thiel  y  father  of  Sanoah :  these  are  the 
 children  of  Bithia  the  doughter  of  Pharao, 
 which  Mared  toke. 
 
 The  childre  of  the  wife  Hodia  the  sister  of 
 Naham  y  father  of  Regila,  were,  Hagarmi  g 
 Esthomoa  the  Maechathite. 
 
 The  children  of  Simon  were :  Amnon, 
 Rimna  5  Benhanan,  Thiflon.  The  children 
 of  lesei  were :   Soheth,  and  Ben  Soheth. 
 
 The  childre  of  Sela  y  sonne  of  luda  were : 
 Er,  f  father  of  Lecha.  Laeda  the  father  of 
 Maresa,  5  the  kynred  of  y  lynnenweuers  in 
 y  house  of  Aszbea:  (t  lokim,  5  the  men  of 
 Cosebo,  loas  (j  Seraph,  which  were  hous- 
 holders  in  Moab,  and  dwelt  at  Lahem  and 
 Hadebarim  Athikim.  These  were  potmakers, 
 and  dwelt  amoge  plantes  and  hedges,  besyde 
 the  kynge  in  his  busynes,  and  came  (j  dwelt 
 there. 
 
 Eift  b.  Cf)apter. 
 
 THE  childi'en  of  Simeon"  were  Nemuel, 
 lamin,  larib,  Serah,  Saul :  whose  sonne 
 was  Sallum,  whose  sonne  was  Mipsam,  whose 
 sone  was  Misma.  The  childre  of  Misma 
 were,  Hamuel,  whose  sonne  was  Sachur,  whose 
 
 Sonne  was  Simei.  Simei  had  sixtene  sonnes 
 and  sixe  doughters,  and  his  brethren  had  not 
 many  childre.  And  all  their  kynred  multi- 
 plied not  as  the  children  of  luda.  But  tthey 
 dwelt  at  Berseba,  Molada,  Hazar  Sual,  Bilha, 
 Ezem,  Tholad,  Bethuel,  Harma,  Ziclag,  Beth 
 Marchaboth,  Hazarsussim,  Beth  Birei,  and 
 Saraim  :  these  were  their  cities  vntyll  y  tyme 
 of  kynge  Dauid.  And  their  townes,  Etam, 
 Ain,  Rimmon,  Tochen,  Asan,  these  fyue 
 cities,  3  all  the  vyllages  that  were  aboute  these 
 cities,  vntyll  Baal,  this  is  their  habitacion  and 
 their  kynred  amonge  them. 
 
 And  Mesobab,  lamlech,  losa  the  sonne  of 
 Amasia,  loel,  lehu  the  sonne  of  leschibia, 
 the  sonne  of  Seraia,  the  sonne  of  Asiel, 
 Elioenai,  laecoba,  lesohaia,  Asaia,  Adiel, 
 Ismael  and  Benaia.  Sisa  the  sonne  of  Siphei, 
 y  sonne  of  Alon,  the  sonne  of  ledaia,  the 
 sonne  of  Simri,  the  sonne  of  Semaia.  These 
 were  famous  prynces  in  their  kynreds  of  the 
 house  of  their  fathers,  and  multiplied  in 
 nombre. 
 
 And  they  wente  forth,  that  they  might  come 
 vnto  Gedor  to  the  east  syde  of  the  valley,  to 
 seke  pasture  for  their  shepe.  And  founde  fat 
 and  good  pasture,  and  a  londe  large  on  both 
 the  sydes,  quyete  and  riche  :  for  they  of  Ham 
 dwelt  there  afore  t}Tne. 
 
 And  these  that  are  now  descrybed  by  name, 
 came  in  the  tyme  of  Ezechias  the  kynge  of 
 luda,  and  smote  the  tentes  and  dwelUnges  of 
 those  that  were  founde  there,  and  damned 
 them  vnto  this  daye,  and  dwelt  in  their  steade 
 for  there  had  they  pasture  for  their  shepe. 
 
 There  wente  of  them  also  (of  the  children 
 of  Simeon)  fyue  hundreth  men  vnto  mount 
 Seir,  with  their  rulers:  Platia,  Nearia,  Re- 
 phaia  and  Vsiel,  the  children  of  lesei,  and 
 smote  the  remnaunt  of  the  Amalechites  (which 
 were  escaped)  and  dwelt  there  vnto  this  daye, 
 
 €ije  bt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  children  of  Ruben  the  first  sonne  of 
 Israel :  for  he  was  the  first  sonne,  but 
 t  because  he  defyled  his  fathers  bed,  therfore 
 was  his  first  by  rthrighte  geuen  vnto  the  children 
 of  loseph  the  sonne  of  Israel,  5  he  was  not 
 rekened  to  y  first  byrthrighte  :  for  vnto  luda 
 which  was  mightie  amonge  his  brethren,  was 
 geuen  the  pryncipalite  before  him,  and  the 
 first  byrthrighte  vnto  loseph.     The  children 
 
 i  Gen.  49.  a.  Exo.  6.  b.   Nu.  26.  a. 
 
So,  mlvvbuj. 
 
 Cf)f  u  bokt  of  tl)f  CroitirIt£{, 
 
 Cftap.  bij» 
 
 now  of  Ruben  the  first  sonne  of  Israel  are 
 these  :   Hanoch,  Pallu,  Hesron  and  Charmi. 
 
 The  children  of  lohel  were,  Semaia,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Gog,  whose  sonne  was  Semei,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Micha,  whose  sonne  was  Reaia, 
 whose  sonne  was  Baal,  whose  sonne  was  Beera, 
 *whom  Teglatphalasser  the  kjnge  of  Assiria 
 caried  awaye  presoner.  He  was  a  prj'nce 
 amonge  the  llubenites.  But  his  brethren 
 amonge  his  kynreds  (wha  they  were  rekened 
 amonge  their  generacion)  had  leiel  and 
 Sacharia  to  their  heades. 
 
 And  Bcla  the  sonne  of  Asan  the  sonne  of 
 Sema,  the  sonne  of  loel,  t  dwelt  at  Aroer, 
 and  vntyll  Nebo  a  Baal  Meon.  And  dwelt 
 towarde  v  East,  as  one  cometh  to  the  wyl- 
 dernes  by  f  water  Euphrates :  t  for  their  catell 
 were  many  in  the  londe  of  Gilead. 
 
 And  in  y  tyme  of  Saul  they  foughte  agaynst 
 f  Agarites,  which  fell  thorow  their  hande,  and 
 they  dwelt  in  their  tentes  towarde  all  the  East 
 parte  of  Gilead. 
 
 But  the  children  of  Gad  dwelt  ouer  agaynst 
 them  in  y  countre  of  Basan,  vntyll  Salcha. 
 loel  the  chefest,  and  Sapham  the  secode, 
 laenai  and  Saphat  at  Basan.  And  their 
 brethren  of  the  house  of  their  fathers  were, 
 Michael,  MesuUam,  Seba,  lorai,  laecan,  Sia 
 and  Eber,  these  seuen. 
 
 These  are  the  children  of  Abihail  the  sonne 
 of  Huri,  the  sonne  of  laroah,  the  sonne  of 
 Gilead,  the  sonne  of  Michael,  the  sonne  of 
 lesisai,  f  sonne  of  lahdo,  the  sonne  of  Bus. 
 Ahi  the  sonne  of  Abdiel,  the  sonne  of  Guni 
 was  a  ruler  in  y  house  of  their  fathers,  and 
 they  dwelt  at  Gilead  in  Basan,  and  in  f  vyl- 
 lages  therof,  and  in  all  the  suburbes  of  Saron, 
 vnto  the  vttemost  partes  therof.  All  these 
 were  rekened  in  the  tyme  of  lotham  the  kynge 
 of  luda,  and  of  leroboam  the  kynge  of  Israel. 
 The  children  of  Ruben,  the  Gaddites  5  the 
 halfe  trj'be  of  Manasses  (of  soch  as  were 
 fightinge  men,  which  wayre  shylde  ij  swerde, 
 and  coulde  bende  the  bowe,  and  were  men  of 
 armes)  were  foure  and  forty e  thousande  and 
 seuen  hundreth  and  thre  score,  that  wente 
 forth  to  y  warre.  And  whan  they  foughte 
 agaynst  f  Agarites,  letur,  Naphes  and  Nodab 
 helped  them,  and  delyuered  f  Agarites  in  to 
 their  handes,  and  all  that  was  with  them :  for 
 they  cried  vnto  God  in  f  batayll.      And  he 
 
 ib.  (.  t  losu.  13 
 
 §  losu.  13.  d. 
 
 }  Nu.  32.  a. 
 
 herde  them,  because  they  put  their  trust  in 
 him.  And  they  caried  awaie  their  catell, 
 fyue  thousande  Camels,  two  hundreth  d  fyftie 
 thousande  shepe,  two  thousande  Asses,  and  an 
 hudreth  thousande  soules  of  men.  For  there 
 were  many  wounded,  for  why?  the  battayll 
 was  of  God.  And  they  dwelt  in  their  steade, 
 vntyll  the  tyme  that  they  were  caried  awaye 
 presoners. 
 
 The  childre  of  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses 
 dwelt  in  y  londe  ^  from  Basan  forth  vntyll 
 Baal  Hermon  5  Seuir,  and  mount  Hermon : 
 for  they  were  many.  And  these  were  f 
 heades  of  the  house  of  their  fathers,  Epher, 
 lesei,  Eliel,  Asriel,  leremia,  Hodaneia,  lahdiel, 
 mightie  valeaunt  men,  (j  awncient  heades  in 
 the  house  of  their  fathers. 
 
 And  wha  they  synned  agaynst  f  God  of 
 their  fathers,  and  wente  awhorynge  after  the 
 goddes  of  the  people  of  the  londe,  (whom  God 
 had  destroyed  before  them)  the  God  of  Israel 
 stered  vp  the  sprete  of  Phul  the  kynge  of 
 Assiria,  and  the  sprete  of  Teglatphalassar  the 
 kynge  of  Assiria,  and  led  awaye  the  Rubenites, 
 Gaddites,  and  f  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses,  and 
 broughte  the  vnto  Halah,  and  Habor,  and 
 Hara,  and  to  the  water  of  Gosan  vnto  this 
 daye. 
 
 ^t  bij.  Chapter. 
 
 THE  children  of  Leui  were,"  Gerson, 
 Kahath  and  Merari.  The  childre  of 
 Kahath  were,  Amram,  lezeher,  Hebron  and 
 Vsiel.  The  children  of  Amram  were,  Aaron, 
 Moses  and  Miriam.  The  children  of  Aaro 
 were,  Nadab,  Abihu,  Eleasar  and  Ithamar. 
 Eleasar  begat  Phineas.  Phineas  begat  Abisua. 
 Abisua  begat  Buki.  Buki  begat  Vsi.  Vsi 
 begat  Serahia.  Serahia  begat  Meraioth.  Me- 
 raioth  begat  Amaria.  Amaria  begat  Achitob. 
 Achitob  begat  Sadoc.  Sadoc  begat  Ahimaas. 
 Ahimaas  begat  Asaria.  Asaria  begat  lohanan. 
 lohanii  begat  H Asaria:  for  he  was  prest  in 
 the  house  y  Salomon  buylded  at  lerusalem. 
 Asaria  begat  Amaria.  Amaria  begat  Acihtob. 
 Achitob  begat  Zadock.  Zadock  begat  SaUum. 
 Sallum  begat  **Helchias.  Helchias  begat 
 Asaria.  Asaria  begat  ttSeraia.  Seraia  begat 
 losedec.  But  losedec  was  caried  awaie  whii 
 the  LORDE  caused  luda  5  lerusale  to  be  led 
 awaye  captyue  by  Nabuchodonosor. 
 
 -  Gen.  46.  b.  1[  2  Par.  26.  c.  •*  4  Re.  25 
 
 tt  4  Re.  25.  c. 
 
Cftap.  bij. 
 
 €l)t  L  hoiit  of  tbe  Croitirles. 
 
 #0,  faljiTU'. 
 
 The  children  of  Leui  are  these :  Gerson, 
 Kahath  and  Merari.  These  are  the  names 
 of  the  children  of  Gerson :  Libni  and  Semei. 
 The  names  of  the  childre  of  Kahat  are  these : 
 Amram,  lezohar,  Hebron  and  Vsiel.  The 
 names  of  the  children  of  Merari  are  :  Maheli 
 and  Musi.  These  are  the  kynreds  of  the 
 Leuites  amonge  their  housholdes. 
 
 Gersons  sonne  was  Libni,  whose  sonne  was 
 lahath,  whose  sonne  was  Sima,  whose  sonne 
 was  loah,  whose  sonne  was  Iddo,  whose  sonne 
 was  Serah,  whose  sonne  was  leathrai.  Kahats 
 sonne  was  Aminadab,  whose  sonne  was  Corah, 
 whose  sonne  was  Assir,  whose  sonne  was 
 Elcana,  whose  sonne  was  Abiasaph,  whose 
 Sonne  weis  Assir,  whose  sonne  was  Thahath, 
 whose  sonne  was  Vriel,  whose  sonne  was  Vsia, 
 whose  sonne  was  Saul. 
 
 The  childre  of  Elkana  were,  Amasai  (t 
 Ahimoth,  whose  sonne  was  Elkana,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Elkana  of  Zuph,  whose  sonne  was 
 Nahath,  whose  sonne  was  Eliab,  whose  sonne 
 was  leroham,  whose  sonne  was  Elkana,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Samuel.  Whose  first  borne  sonnes 
 were  Seni  and  Abija. 
 
 Meraris  sonne  was  Maheli,  whose  sonne 
 was  Libni,  whose  sonne  was  Simei,  whose 
 sonne  was  Vsa,  whose  sone  was  Simea,  whose 
 sone  was  Haggia,  whose  sone  was  Asaia. 
 
 These  are  they  whom  Dauid  appoynted  to 
 synge  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  where  the 
 Arke  rested,  (j  they  mynistred  before  the 
 habitaeion  of  the  Tabernacle  of  witnes  with 
 synginge,  vntyll  Salomon  had  buylded  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  at  Jerusalem,  and  they 
 stode  after  their  maner  in  their  office.  And 
 these  are  they  y  stode  i  their  children.  Of  f 
 children  of  Kahath  was  Heman  y  synger,  the 
 Sonne  of  loel,  the  sonne  of  Samuel,  the  sonne 
 of  Elkana,  the  sonne  of  leroham,  f  sonne  of 
 Eliel,  the  sonne  of  Thoah,  the  sonne  of  Zuph, 
 the  sonne  of  Elkana,  the  sonne  of  Mahath, 
 the  sonne  of  Amasai,  the  sonne  of  Elkana, 
 the  sonne  of  lohel,  the  sonne  of  Asaria,  the 
 Sonne  of  Sophonias,  the  sonne  of  Thahath, 
 the  Sonne  of  Assir,  the  sonne  of  Abijasaph, 
 the  sonne  of  Corah,  the  sonne  of  lezehar,  the 
 sonne  of  Kahath,  the  sonne  of  Leui,  the  sonne 
 of  Israel. 
 
 And  his  brother  Assaph  stode  at  his  righte 
 hande,  and  Assaph  was  the  sonne  of  Barachia, 
 the  sonne  of  Simea,  the  sonne  of  Michael,  f 
 sonne  of  Maeseia,  the  sonne  of  Malchija,  the 
 
 sonne  of  Athin,  y  sonne  of  Serah,  the  sonne 
 of  Adaia,  the  sonne  of  Ethan,  the  sonne  of 
 Sima,  the  sonne  of  Simei,  the  sonne  of  lahath, 
 the  Sonne  of  Gerson,  the  sonne  of  Leui. 
 
 Their  brethren  the  childre  of  Merari,  stode 
 on  the  lefte  hande,  namely,  Ethan  the  sonne 
 of  Kusi,  the  sonne  of  Abdi,  the  sonne  of 
 Malluch,  the  sonne  of  Hasabia,  the  sonne  of 
 Amazia,  the  sonne  of  Helehia,  y  sonne  of 
 Amzi,  the  sonne  of  Bani,  the  sonne  of  Samer, 
 the  Sonne  of  Maheli,  the  sonne  of  Musi,  the 
 sonne  of  Merari,  the  sonne  of  Leui. 
 
 As  for  their  brethre  the  Leuites,  they  were 
 geuen  to  all  the  offices  in  the  habitaeion  of 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE:  but  the  office  of 
 Aaron  and  his  sonnes  was  to  kyndle  the  fyre 
 vpon  the  altare  of  burntofferynges,  and  vpon 
 the  altare  of  incense,  and  to  all  the  busynes 
 in  the  most  holy,  and  to  make  attonement  for 
 the  people,  acordinge  as  Moses  f  seruaunt  of 
 God  commaunded. 
 
 These  are  the  children  of  Aaron :  Eleasar 
 his  Sonne,  whose  sonne  was  Phineas,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Abisua,  whose  sonne  was  Buki, 
 whose  Sonne  was  Vsi,  whose  sonne  was  Serahia, 
 whose  sonne  was  Meraioth,  whose  sonne  was 
 Amaria,  whose  sonne  was  Achitob,  whose  sonne 
 was  Sadoc,  whose  sonne  was  Ahimaas. 
 
 And  this  is  their  habitaeion  and  rowme  in 
 their  borders,  namely  of  Aarons  children  of 
 the  kynred  of  f  Kahathites :  for  this  lot  fell 
 vnto  them.  *  And  they  gaue  the  Hebron  in 
 the  londe  of  luda,  d  the  suburbes  of  the  same 
 rounde  aboute.  But  the  felde  of  y  cite  5  the 
 vyllages  therof,  gaue  they  vnto  Caleb  the  sonne 
 of  lephune.  Thus  gaue  they  vnto  the  childi'en 
 of  Aaron  these  fre  cities,  Hebron  5  Libna  with 
 their  suburbes,  lather,  j  Esthemoa,  Hilen, 
 Debir,  Asan  and  Bethsemes,  with  their  sub- 
 urbes. And  out  of  the  trybe  of  Ben  lamin, 
 Geba,  Alemeth  and  Anathot  with  their  sub- 
 urbes, so  y  all  the  cities  in  their  kinred  were 
 thirtene.  The  other  childre  of  Kahath  of  their 
 kynred,  had  out  of  y  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses, 
 ten  cities  by  lot.  The  children  of  Gerson  of 
 their  kynred,  had  out  of  y  trybe  of  Isachar,  5 
 out  of  the  trybe  of  Asser,  5  out  of  the  trybe  of 
 Nephtali,  5  out  of  the  trybe  of  Manasses  in 
 Basan,  thirtene  cities.  The  childre  of  Merari 
 of  their  kynred,  had  by  lot  out  of  the  trybe  of 
 Ruben,  (j  out  of  the  trybe  of  Gad,  and  out  of 
 the  trybe  of  Zabulon,  twolue  cities. 
 
 *  losu.  14.  d.  aod  21.  b. 
 
ffo,  tctlm^ 
 
 d)c  i,  bokt  of  tf)c  Cronirirs. 
 
 Cftap.  biij. 
 
 And  vnto  y  Leuites  gaue  the  childre  of 
 Israel  cities  with  their  suburbes,  namely  by 
 lot,  out  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  luda,  d 
 out  of  the  trybe  of  the  childre  of  Simeon,  i 
 out  of  the  trybe  of  the  children  of  Ben  lamin, 
 euen  those  cities,  which  they  appoynted  by 
 IE  name.  *  But  the  kynreds  of  the  children  of 
 Kahath  had  the  cities  of  their  borders  out  of 
 the  trybe  of  Ephraim. 
 
 So  gaue  they  now  vTito  the  (namely  vnto 
 the  kynred  of  the  children  of  Kahath)  f  fre 
 cities,  Sichem  vpon  mount  Ephraim,  Geser, 
 lakmeam,  Bethoron,  Aialon,  and  Gath  Rimon 
 with  their  suburbes.  And  out  of  y  halfe  trybe 
 of  Manasses,  Aner  and  Bileam  with  their 
 suburbes.  But  vnto  the  children  of  Gerson 
 they  gaue  out  of  the  kynred  of  the  halfe  trybe 
 of  Manasses,  Gola  in  Basan  and  Astharoth 
 with  their  suburbes.  Out  of  the  trybe  of 
 Isachar,  Kedes,  Dabrath  Ramoth,  and  Anem 
 with  their  suburbes.  Out  of  the  trybe  of  Asser, 
 Masai,  Abdo,  Hukoh  and  Sehob,  with  their 
 suburbes.  Out  of  the  trybe  of  Nephtali, 
 Kedes  in  Galile,  Hamon  and  Kiriathaim  with 
 their  suburbes.  Vnto  the  other  children  of 
 Merari  gaue  they  out  of  the  trybe  of  Zabulon, 
 Rimano  and  Thabor  with  their  suburbes.  And 
 beyode  lordane  ouer  agaynst  lericho  east- 
 warde  besyde  lordane  out  of  the  trybe  of 
 Ruben,  Bezer  in  the  wildernes,  lahza,  Kede- 
 moth  and  Mepaath  with  their  suburbes.  Out 
 of  the  trybe  of  Gad,  Ramoth  in  Gilead, 
 Mahanaim,  Heszbon  and  laeser  with  their 
 suburbes. 
 
 Ojt  biij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 THE  children  of  Isachar  were,  Thola, 
 Pua,  lasub  and  Simrom,  these  foure. 
 The  children  of  Thola  were,  Vsi,  Rephaia, 
 leriel,  lahemai  and  lebsam  and  Samuel, 
 heades  in  the  house  of  their  fathers  of  Thola, 
 (J  mightie  men  in  their  kynred,  tin  nombre  in 
 the  tyme  of  Dauid,  two  and  twentye  thousande 
 and  sixe  hundreth.  The  children  of  Vsi  were, 
 lesrahia.  The  children  of  lesrahia  were, 
 Michael,  and  Obedia,  loel  and  lesia:  all 
 these  fyue  were  heades.  And  with  them 
 amonge  their  kjoired  in  the  house  of  their 
 fathers  there  were  ready  harnessed  men  of 
 warre  to  the  battayll,  sixe  and  thirtie  thou- 
 sande :  for  they  had  many  wiues  and  children. 
 And  the  mightie  men  of  their  brethren  in  all 
 
 *  losu.  21.  c.  t2Re.  2t.  J  Gen.  30.  b. 
 
 the  kjiireds  of  Isachar,  were  seue  and  foure 
 score  thousande,  and  were  all  nombred. 
 
 The  children  of  Ben  lamin,  were,  Bela, 
 Becher,  and  ledieel,  these  thre.  The  children 
 of  Bela,  were,  Ezbon,  Vsi,  Vsiel,  leremoth  ij 
 Iri,  these  fyue,  heades  in  ;y^  house  of  their 
 fathers,  mightie  men :  and  were  nombred  two 
 (J  twentie  thousande  and  foure  and  thyrtie. 
 
 The  childre  of  Becher  were,  Semira,  loas 
 Elieser,  Elioenai,  Amri,  leremoth,  Abia, 
 Anathot  s  Alameh,  all  these  were  the  children 
 of  Becher,  and  were  rekened  in  their  kinreds 
 after  the  heades  in  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
 valeaunt  men,  twentie  thousande,  and  two 
 hundreth.  The-  children  of  ledieel  were 
 Bilhan.  The  childre  of  Bilhan  were,  leus, 
 Ben  lamin,  Ehud,  Cnaena,  Sethan,  Tharsis 
 and  Ahisahar,  all  these  were  the  children  of 
 ledieel,  heades  of  the  fathers,  valeaunt  men, 
 euen  seuentene  thousande,  which  wente  forth 
 to  the  warre  for  to  fighte.  And  Supim  and 
 Hupim  were  the  childre  of  Ir.  But  Husim 
 were  the  children  of  Aher. 
 
 The  children  of  Nephtali  were :  lahziel, 
 Guni,  lezer  and  Sallum,  J  the  children  of 
 Bilha. 
 
 The  children  of  Manasses  are  these :  Esriel, 
 whom  his  concubyne  Aramiel  dyd  beare 
 ^But  (first)  begat  he  Machir  the  father  of 
 Gilead.  And  Machir  gaue  wyues  vnto  Hupim 
 (t  Supim,  (5  their  sisters  name  was  Maecha, 
 His  secode  sonnes  name  was  Zelaphehad.  II  And 
 Zelaphehad  had  doughters.  And  Maecha  f 
 wife  of  Machir  bare  a  sonne  whose  name  was 
 Phares,  (j  his  brothers  name  was  Sares,  and 
 his  sonnes  were  Vlam  and  Rakem.  Mams 
 Sonne  was  Bedam.  These  are  the  children 
 of  Gilead  f  sonne  of  Machir  the  sonne  of 
 Manasses.  And  his  sister  Molecheth  bare 
 Ishud,  Abieser  and  Mahela.  And  Semida 
 had  these  children :  Ahean,  Sichem,  Likhi 
 and  Aniam. 
 
 The  children  of  Ephraim  were  these :  Su-  (J 
 thelah,  whose  sonne  was  Bered,  whose  sonne 
 was  Thahath,  whose  sonne  was  Eleada,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Thahath,  whose  sonne  was  Sabad, 
 whose  Sonne  was  Suthelah,  whose  sonne  was 
 Eser  and  Elead.  And  the  men  of  Gath,  that 
 dwelt  in  the  londe,  slewe  them,  because  they 
 were  gone  downe  to  take  their  catell.  And 
 their  father  Ephraim  mourned  for  them  a  longe 
 season,  and  his  brethren  came  to  comforte  him. 
 
 J  losu.  17.  1 
 
 I  Num.  26.  d.  27.  a.  36. 
 
Cftap.  I'v. 
 
 Cftf  t.  bokt  of  t\)t  Croni'clesf, 
 
 jTo,  rcclF^i. 
 
 And  he  wente  in  to  his  wife,  which  con- 
 ceaued,  and  bare  a  sonne,  whom  he  called 
 Bria,  because  of  the  aduersite  that  was  in  his 
 house.  His  doughter  was  Seera,  which  builded 
 the  lower  and  vpper  Bethoron,  5  Vsen  Serea. 
 Whose  Sonne  was  Rephad  i  Reseph,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Thelah,  whose  sonne  was  Thahan, 
 whose  Sonne  was  Laedan,  whose  sonne  was 
 Ammihud,  whose  sonne  was  Elisama,  whose 
 sonne  was  Nun,  whose  sonne  was  losua. 
 
 And  their  substaunce  5  dwellynge  was. 
 Bethel  and  the  vyllages  therof,  and  towarde 
 the  East  syde  of  Naeran,  and  towarde  the 
 westparte  of  Geser  and  y  vyllages  therof. 
 Sechem  and  hir  vyllages  vnto  Aia  and  hir 
 vyllages.  And  by  the  children  of  Manasses, 
 Bethsean  and  f  vyllages  therof,  Thaenach  and 
 the  vyllages  therof,  Dor  and  the  vyllages  therof. 
 In  these  dwelt  the  children  of  Joseph  the  sonne 
 of  Israel. 
 
 The  children  of  Asser  were  these :  lemna, 
 lesua,  lesui,  Bria  and  Serah  their  sister.  The 
 children  of  Bria  were,  Heber  and  Malchiel, 
 this  is  y  father  of  Birsauith.  Heber  begat 
 laphet,  Somor,  Hothan,  and  Sua  their  sister. 
 The  childre  of  laphlet  were,  Passach,  Bimehal 
 and  Asuath,  these  were  the  chUdre  of  laphlet. 
 The  childre  of  Somer  were,  Ahi,  Rahag, 
 lehuba,  and  Aram.  And  the  children  of  his 
 brother  Hele  were,  Zophah,  lemna,  Seles  and 
 Amal.  The  children  of  Zophah  were,  Suah, 
 Harnepher,  Sual,  Beri,  lemra,  Bezer,  Hod, 
 Sama,  Silsa,  lethran  and  Beera.  The  children 
 of  lether  were,  lephune,  Phispa  and  Ara.  The 
 children  of  Vila  were  Arab,  Haniel  and  Rizia. 
 
 All  these  were  the  children  of  Asser,  heades 
 in  the  house  of  their  fathers,  chosen  out, 
 valeaunt  men,  and  heades  amonge  the  prynces, 
 and  were  mustered  to  the  warre  for  to  fight, 
 in  their  nombre,  sixe  and  twentye  thousande 
 men. 
 
 Cl)e  tv.  Ci^aptir. 
 
 BEN  lamin  begat  Bela  his  fyrst  sonne, 
 Aszbal  the  secode,  Ahrah  y  thirde,  Noah 
 the  fourth,  Rapha  the  fyfth.  And  Bela  had 
 children:  Gera,  Abihud,  Abisua,  Neman, 
 Ahoah,  Gera,  Sphuphan  and  Huram. 
 
 These  are  Ehuds  children,  which  were 
 heades  of  the  fathers  amonge  the  citesyns  at 
 Geba,  and  wete  awaye  vnto  Manahath,  namely 
 Naeman,  Ahia  and  Gera,  the  same  caryed 
 
 them  awaye,  and  begat  Vsa  and  Ahihud.  And 
 Seharaim  (whan  he  had  sent  the  awaye)  begat 
 children  in  the  londe  of  Moab  of  Husim  and 
 Baera  his  wyues.  And  of  Hodes  his  wyfe 
 begat  he  lobab,  Zibea,  Mesa,  Malcham,  leus, 
 Sachia,  and  Mirma,  these  are  his  children, 
 heades  of  the  fathers. 
 
 Of  Husim  begat  he  Ahitob  and  Elpaal. 
 The  childre  of  Elpaal  were :  Eber,  Miseam 
 and  Samed.  The  same  buylded  Ono  5  Lod 
 and  the  vyllages  therof.  And  Bria  and  Sama 
 were  heades  of  the  fathers  amonge  the  citesyns 
 at  Aialon.  These  chaced  awaye  the  of  Gath. 
 His  brethre  Sasak,  leremoth,  Sebadia,  Arad, 
 Ader,  Michael,  lespa  and  loha,  these  are  the 
 children  of  Bria.  Sebadia  Mesullam,  Ezechi, 
 Heber,  lesmerai,  leslia,  loab,  these  are  y  chil- 
 dre of  Elpaal.  lakim  Sichri,  Sabdi,  Eloenai, 
 Zilthai,  Eliel,  Adaia,  Braia  and  Simrath,  these 
 are  the  childre  of  Semei.  lespan,  Eber, 
 Eliel,  Abdon,  Sichri,  Hanan,  Hanania,  Elan, 
 Enthothia,  lephdeia  and  Penuel,  these  are 
 the  children  of  Sasak.  Samserai,  Seharia, 
 Athalia,  laeresia,  Elia  and  Sichri,  these  are, 
 the  children  of  leroham.  These  are  the  heades 
 of  the  fathers  of  their  kynreds,  which  dwelt  at 
 lerusalem. 
 
 *  But  at  Gibeon  dwelt,  the  father  of  Gibeon, 
 (J  his  wyues  name  was  Maecha,  and  his  first 
 sonne  was  Abdon,  Zur,  Cis,  Baal,  Nadab, 
 Gedor,  Ahio  and  Secher.  Mikloth  begat 
 Simea.  And  they  dwelt  ouer  agaynst  their 
 brethre  at  lerusalem  with  theirs.  Ner  begat 
 Cis.  t  Cis  begat  Saul.  Saul  begat  lonathas, 
 Melchisua,  Abinadab  and  Esbaal.  The  sonne 
 of  lonathas  was  Meribaal.  Meribaal  begat 
 Micha.  The  children  of  Micha  were :  Pithon, 
 Melech,  Thaerea  and  Ahas.  Ahas  begat 
 loadda.  loadda  begat  Alemeth,  Asmaueth 
 and  Simri.  Simri  begat  Moza.  Moza  begat 
 Binea,  whose  sonne  was  Rapha,  whose  sonne 
 was  Eleasa,  whose  sonne  was  Azel.  Azel  had 
 sixe  sonnes,  whose  names  were :  Esricam, 
 Bochru,  lesmael,  Searia,  Abadia,  Hanan,  all 
 these  were  the  sonnes  of  Azel. 
 
 The  children  of  Esek  his  brother  were : 
 Vlam  his  first  sonne,  leus  the  seconde,  Eli- 
 pelet  the  thirde.  The  children  of  Vlam  were 
 valeaunt  men,  and  coulde  handell  bowes,  and 
 had  many  sonnes,  and  sonnes  sonnes  an  hun- 
 dreth  and  fiftye.  All  these  are  of  the  children 
 of  Ben  lamin. 
 
 I  t  1  Re.  9.  a.  and  14.  g.     1  Par.  10.  e. 
 
ffo,  mlmih 
 
 Cfte  I,  bobf  of  t\)t  CrontfIf£f» 
 
 Cbaj).  v. 
 
 Cljt  v.  CljapUr. 
 
 AND  all  Israel  were  nombred :  and  be- 
 holde,  they  are  wrytten  in  the  boke  of 
 the  kynges  of  Israel  and  luda,  and  now  are 
 they  caried  awaie  vnto  Babilo  for  their  synne, 
 euen  they  y  afore  dwelt  in  their  possessions 
 and  cities,  namely  Israel,  f  prestes,  Leuites 
 and  Nethinim.  But  at  lerusalem  dwelt  cer- 
 tayne  of  the  children  of  luda,  some  of  the 
 children  of  Ben  lamin,  some  of  the  children 
 of  Ephraim  and  of  Manasses.  *  Namely  of 
 the  children  of  Phares  the  sonne  of  luda,  was 
 Vthai  the  sonne  of  Ammihud  the  sonne  of 
 Amri,  the  sonne  of  Imri,  the  sonne  of  Bani. 
 Of  Soloni,  Asaia  f  first  sonne,  and  his  other 
 sonnes.  Of  the  children  of  Serah,  leguel  and 
 his  brethren,  sixe  hundreth,  foure  score  and  ten. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Ben  lamin,  Sallu  f 
 Sonne  of  Mesullam,  the  sonne  of  Hodauia,  f 
 sonne  of  Hasnua.  And  lebneia  the  sonne  of 
 leroham.  And  Ela  the  sonne  of  Vsi  the 
 sonne  of  Michri.  And  Mesullam  the  sonne  of 
 Sephatia  the  sonne  of  Reguel  the  sonne  of 
 lebneia.  And  their  brethren  in  their  kinreds 
 nyne  hundreth  and  syxe  and  fyftye.  All  these 
 were  heades  of  the  fathers  in  the  house  of 
 their  fathers. 
 
 Of  the  prestes:  ledaia,  loiarib,  lachim, 
 And  Asaria  the  sonne  of  Helchia,*  the  sonne 
 of  Mesullam,  the  sonne  of  Sadoc,  the  sonne 
 of  Meraioth,  the  sonne  of  Achitob,  prynce  in 
 the  house  of  God.  And  Adaia  the  sonne  of 
 leroham,  the  sonne  of  Pashur,  the  sonne  of 
 Malchia.  And  Maesai  the  sonne  of  Adiel  the 
 sonne  of  lachsera,  the  sonne  of  Mesullam,  the 
 Sonne  of  Messylemeth,  the  sonne  of  Immer. 
 And  their  brethren  heades  in  the  house  of 
 their  fathers  a  thousande,  seuen  hundreth  and 
 thre  score  valeaunt  men  in  executynge  the 
 offj-ce  in  the  house  of  God. 
 
 Of  the  Leuites  of  the  children  of  Merari, 
 Semaia  the  sonne  of  Hasub,  '^the  sonne  of 
 Asrikam,  the  sonne  of  Hasabia.  And  Bat 
 bakar  the  carpenter  and  Galal.  And  Ma- 
 thania  y  sonne  of  Micha  y  sonne  of  Sichri, 
 the  Sonne  of  Assaph.  And  Obadia  the  sonne 
 of  Semaia,  the  sonne  of  Galal,  y  sonne  of 
 Elkana,  which  dwelt  in  the  vyllages  of  the 
 Netophatites. 
 
 The  porters  were :  ''  Sallum,  Acub,  Talmon, 
 Ahiman,  with  their  brethren,  and  Sallum  the 
 
 •2Esd.  n.a.         -aEsd.  ll.b.  »2Esd.  ll.c. 
 
 chefest:  for  hither  to  had  the  children  of  Leui 
 kepte  the  watch  at  the  eastsyde  of  the  kinges 
 gate  by  armies.  And  Sallum  the  sonne  of 
 Core,  the  sonne  of  Abiassaph,  the  sonne  of 
 Corah,  and  his  brethren  of  his  fathers  house. 
 
 The  Corahytes  were  in  the  worke  of  the 
 seruyce,  to  kepe  the  thresholdes  of  the  Taber- 
 nacle :  and  their  fathers  in  the  boost  of  the 
 LORDE,  to  kepe  the  intraunce.  Phineas 
 the  Sonne  of  Eleasar  was  the  prynce  ouer 
 them,  because  the  LORDE  had  bene  with 
 him  before.  Sacharia  the  sonne  of  Meselemia 
 was  keper  at  the  dore  of  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse. 
 
 All  these  were  chosen  out  to  be  kepers  of 
 the  thresholdes  euen  two  hundreth  and  twolue, 
 These  were  nombred  in  their  vyllages.  And 
 Dauid  and  Samuel  the  Seer  fouded  them 
 thorow  their  faith,  that  they  and  their  chil- 
 dren shulde  kepe  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 namely  to  kepe  the  watch  of  y'  house  of  the 
 Tabernacle. 
 
 These  dorekepers  were  appointed  towarde 
 the  foure  wyndes,  towarde  the  East,  towarde 
 the  West,  towarde  the  North,  'towarde 
 South.  But  their  brethre  were  in  their  vy' 
 lages,  that  they  might  come  allwaye  on  the 
 seuenth  daye  to  be  with  them :  for  vnto  these 
 foure  maner  of  chefe  dorrkepers  were  the 
 Leuites  committed.  And  they  had  the  ouer- 
 sight  of  the  chestes  and  treasures  in  y  house 
 of  God. 
 
 In  the  nighte  season  also  remayned  they 
 aboute  the  house  of  God :  for  their  dewtye  was 
 to  geue  attendaunce  to  open  euery  mornynge 
 And  some  of  them  had  the  ouersight  of  the 
 mynistrynge  vessell :  for  they  bare  the  vessell 
 out  and  in.  And  some  of  the  were  ap- 
 poynted  ouer  the  vessell,  and  ouer  all  the  holy 
 vessell,  ouer  the  fine  wheate  floure,  ouer  y 
 wyne,  ouer  the  oile,  ouer  the  frankencense 
 ouer  the  swete  odoures  :  but  some  of  y  prestes 
 children  made  the  *  incense. 
 
 Vnto  Mathithia  one  of  the  Leuites  the 
 fyrst  sonne  of  Sallum  the  Corahite,  were  f 
 pannes  comytted.  And  certayne  of  the  Ka- 
 hathites  their  brethren  were  appointed  ouer 
 the  shewbred,  to  prepare  it  euery  Sabbath 
 daye. 
 
 These  are  the  heades  of  the  singers  amSge 
 the  fathers  of  the  Leuites  chosen  out  ouer  the 
 chestes :    for   daye   and   night  were  they   in 
 
 ■■aEsd.ll.c.     ''2Esd.ll.c.     'Num.S.d.     iExo.SQ.i 
 
Cftap.  nj* 
 
 C6f  I.  Ijofo  of  ti)t  Cronirlesf. 
 
 jTo.  cccIjiTlftij* 
 
 worke  withall.  These  are  the  heades  of  f 
 fathers  amonge  y  Leuites  in  their  kinreds. 
 These  dwelt  at  lerusalem. 
 
 *At  Gibeon  dwelt  leiel  the  father  of  Gi- 
 beon,  his  wiues  name  was  Maecha,  and  his 
 fyrst  Sonne  Abdon,  Zur,  Cis,  Baal,  Ner, 
 Nadab,  Gedor,  Ahaio,  Sacharia,  Mikloth. 
 Mikloth  begat  Simeam.  And  they  dwelt  also 
 aboute  their  brethren  at  lerusalem  amonge 
 theirs.  Ner  begat  Cis,  Cis  begat  Saul,  Saul 
 begat  lonathas,  Malchisua,  Abinadab,  Esbaal. 
 The  Sonne  of  lonathas  was  Meribaal.  Meri- 
 baal  begat  Micha.  The  children  of  Micha 
 were,  Pithon,  Melech  and  Thaherea.  Ahas 
 begat  laera,  laera  begat  Alemeth,  Asmaueth 
 and  Simri.  Simri  begat  Moza.  Moza  begat 
 Binea,  whose  sonne  was  Raphaia,  whose  sonne 
 was  Eleasa,  whose  sonne  was  Azel.  Azel  had 
 sixe  sonnes,  whose  names  were :  Asrikam, 
 Boehru,  lesmael,  Searia,  Obadia,  Hanan. 
 These  are  the  children  of  Azel. 
 
 Wl)c  fi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  Philistynes  foughte  agaynst  Israel. 
 "And  they  of  Israel  fled  before  the 
 Philistynes,  and  f  wounded  fell  vpon  mount 
 Gilboa.  And  the  Philistynes  folowed  vpon 
 Saul  and  his  sonnes,  and  smote  lonathas, 
 Abinadab  and  Malchisua  ;y^  sonnes  of  Saul. 
 And  the  battayll  was  sore  agaynst  Saul.  And 
 the  archers  came  vpon  him,  so  that  he  was 
 wounded  of  the  archers.  Then  sayde  Saul 
 vnto  his  weapenbearer:  Drawe  out  thy  swerde, 
 and  thrust  it  thorow  me,  that  these  vncircum- 
 cysed  come  not,  and  deale  shamefully  with 
 me.  Neuertheles  his  weapenbearer  wolde  not, 
 for  he  was  sore  afrayed.  Then  toke  Saul  his 
 swerde,  and  fell  therin.  Whan  his  weapen- 
 bearer sawe  that  Saul  was  deed,  he  fell  vpon 
 his  swerde  also,  and  dyed. 
 
 Thus  died  Saul  and  his  thre  sonnes,  and 
 all  his  housholde  together.  And  whan  the 
 men  of  Israel  which  were  in  y  valley,  sawe, 
 that  Saul  and  his  sonnes  were  deed,  they  lefte 
 their  cities  and  fled:  and  the  Philistynes  came 
 and  dwelt  therin. 
 
 *0n  the  morowe  came  the  Philistynes  to 
 spoyle  the  slayne,  and  founde  Saul,  and  his 
 sonnes  lyenge  vpon  mount  Gelboa,  and  stryped 
 him  out,  and  toke  his  heade,  and  his  harnesse, 
 and  sent  it  aboute  in  to  f  londe  of  the  Philis- 
 tjTies,  and  caused  it  to  be  shewed  before  their 
 
 1  Par.  9.  d.     "  1  Re.  31. 
 
 1  Re.  31.  b.     t  1  Reg.  15 
 
 Idoles  and  the  people.  And  his  weapens  layed 
 they  in  the  house  of  their  god,  and  styckte  vp 
 his  heade  vpon  the  house  of  Dagon. 
 
 But  whan  all  they  of  labes  in  Gilead  herde 
 of  euery  thinge,  that  the  Philistynes  had  done 
 vnto  Saul,  they  gat  them  vp  (as  many  as  were 
 men  of  armes)  and  toke  the  body  of  Saul  and 
 of  his  sonnes,  and  broughte  them  vnto  labes, 
 and  buryed  their  bones  vnder  the  Oke  at 
 labes,  and  fasted  seuen  dayes. 
 
 Thus  dyed  Saul  in  his  trespace  which  he 
 commytted  agaynst  the  LORDE,  because 
 the  kepte  not  the  worde  of  the  LORDE :  j  (j 
 because  he  axed  councell  at  the  soythsayer, 
 and  axed  not  at  the  LORDE,  therfore  slewe 
 he  him,  5  turned  the  kyngdome  vnto  Dauid. 
 
 Cije  vtj.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  all  Israel  resorted  to  Dauid  vnto 
 Hebron,  'and  sayde :  Beholde,  we  are 
 thy  bone  and  thy  flesh.  And  afore  tyme 
 whan  Saul  reigned,  thou  leddest  Israel  out  and 
 in.  So  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  sayde 
 vnto  the :  Thou  shalt  kepe  my  people  of 
 Israel,  and  thou  shalt  be  the  prynce  ouer  my 
 people  of  Israel.  And  all  the  Elders  of  Israel 
 came  to  the  kynge  vnto  Hebron.  And  Dauid 
 made  a  couenaunt  with  them  at  Hebron  before 
 the  LORDE.  And  they  anoynted  Dauid  to 
 be  kynge  ouer  Israel  ^  acordynge  to  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  by  Samuel. 
 
 And  Dauid  and  all  Israel  wete  vnto  le- 
 rusalem, that  is  lebus :  for  the  lebusites 
 dwelt  in  the  I5de.  And  the  citesyns  of  lebus 
 saide  vnto  Dauid:  Thou  shalt  not  come  in 
 hither.  Howbeit  Dauid  wiine  y'  castell  of 
 Sio,  which  is  y  cite  of  Dauid.  And  Dauid 
 sayde :  II  who  so  euer  smyteth  y^  lebusites  first, 
 shal  be  a  prynce  5  captajTie.  The  loab  y 
 sonne  of  Zeruia  clymmed  vp  first,  5  was  made 
 captayne.  So  Dauid  dwelt  in  y  castell,  ther- 
 fore was  it  called  y  cite  of  Dauid.  And  he 
 buylded  y  cite  roude  aboute,  fro  Millo  forth 
 on  euery  syde.  As  for  y  remnaunt  of  f  cite, 
 loab  buylded  it,  5  repayred  it.  And  Dauid 
 wete  forth  5  grewe,  g  the  LORDE  Zebaoth 
 was  with  him. 
 
 These  are  y  chefe  amoge  y  mightie  me  of 
 Dauid,  which  dealt  valeauntly  with  him  in  his 
 kyngdome  with  all  Israel,  to  make  him  kynge. 
 acordinge  to  the  worde  of  y  LORDE  ouer 
 Israel.      And  this  is   y  nombre   of  Dauids 
 
 {  1  Re.  28.  b.    '  2  Reg.  5.  a.    ^1  Re.  16.  c.     ||  2  Reg.  5.  b. 
 
jTo.  mlxmiU 
 
 €\)t  u  hoixt  of  tlK  Cronirks, 
 
 Cftap.  n'lj. 
 
 mightie  men :  lesabeam  the  sonne  of  Hach- 
 moni  the  chefest  amoge  thirtie.  He  lifte  vp 
 his  speare,  (t  smote  thre  C.  at  one  tyme. 
 
 After  him  was  Eleasar  the  sonne  of  Dodo 
 the  Ahohite,  and  he  was  amoge  the  thre 
 mightie.  This  man  was  with  Dauid  wha  they 
 blasphemed,  5  the  Philistynes  gathered  the 
 selues  there  to  f  batayll.  And  euu  ther  was 
 there  a  pece  of  londe  full  of  barly,  5  the  peo- 
 ple fled  before  the  Philistynes.  And  they 
 stode  in  the  myddes  of  the  londe,  and  rescued 
 it,  and  smote  the  Philistynes.  And  the 
 LORDE  gaue  a  greate  health. 
 
 "  And  thre  of  the  chefest  thirtie  wete  downe 
 to  the  rocke  vnto  Dauid  in  to  the  caue  of 
 Adullam.  But  the  Philistynes  boost  laye  in 
 the  valley  of  Rephaim.  As  for  Dauid,  he 
 was  in  the  castell.  And  the  Philistynes  peo- 
 ple were  then  at  Bethleem.  And  Dauid  was 
 desyrous,  and  sayde :  O  that  some  wolde 
 geue  me  to  drynke  of  the  water  out  of  the  well 
 at  Bethleem  vnder  the  gate.  The  brake  those 
 thre  in  to  the  Philistynes  boost,  and  drue  of 
 the  water  out  of  the  well  at  Bethleem  vnder 
 the  gate,  and  caried  it,  and  broughte  it  vnto 
 Dauid.  Neuertheles  he  wolde  not  drynke  it, 
 but  poured  it  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  sayde  : 
 God  let  this  be  farre  fro  me,  y  I  shulde  do  it, 
 and  drynke  the  bloude  of  these  men  in  y 
 parell  of  their  life :  for  with  the  parell  of 
 their  life  haue  they  broughte  it:  therfore 
 wolde  he  not  drynke  it.  This  dyd  the  thre 
 Worthies. 
 
 Abisai  the  brother  of  loab,  he  was  the 
 chefest  amonge  thre.  And  he  lifte  vp  his 
 speare,  and  smote  thre  hundreth.  And  he 
 was  famous  amonge  thre,  and  before  the 
 thirde,  more  honorable  then  the  two,  yet  came 
 he  not  vnto  the  thre. 
 
 Benaia  the  sonne  of  loiada  the  sonne  of 
 Ishail  of  Cabzeel,  *  was  a  man  of  greate  actes. 
 He  smote  two  lyons  of  the  Moabites.  And 
 he  wente  downe,  and  smote  a  lyon  in  the 
 myddes  of  a  well  in  the  tyme  of  snowe.  He 
 smote  a  man  of  Egipte  also,  which  was  fyue 
 cubites  greate  of  stature,  and  had  in  his  hande 
 a  speare  like  a  weuers  lome.  Yet  wente  he 
 downe  to  him  with  a  stafFe,  and  toke  the 
 speare  out  of  his  hande,  and  slewe  him  with 
 his  awne  speare.  This  dyd  Benaia  the  sonne 
 of  loiada,  and  was  a  famous  man  amonge 
 thre    Worthies,  and  most  awncient  amonge 
 
 thirtie.  But  vnto  the  thre  came  he  not. 
 Howbeit  Dauid  made  him  of  his  secrete 
 councell. 
 
 The  valeaunt  Worthies  are  these :  Asahel 
 the  brother  of  loab,  Elhanam  his  Vncles 
 Sonne  of  Bethleem,  Samoth  the  Harodite, 
 Helez  the  Pelonite,  Ira  the  sonne  of  Ekes 
 the  Thecoite,  Abraser  the  Anathothite,  Sibe- 
 chai  the  Husathite,  Ilai  the  Ahohite,  Matherai 
 the  Netophatite,  Heled  y  sonne  of  Baena  y 
 Netophatite,  Ithai  y  sonne  of  Ribai  of  Gibeath 
 of  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin,  Benaia  the  Pir- 
 gathonite,  Hura  of  the  broke  of  Gaas.  Abiel 
 the  arbathite,  Asmaueth  the  Baherunite, 
 Eliahba  the  Saalbonite.  The  children  of 
 Hasem  y  Gisonite,  lonathas  the  sonne  of 
 Sage  the  Hararite,  Ahiam  the  sonne  of  Sachar 
 the  Hararite,  Eliphal  the  sonne  of  Vr,  Hepher 
 the  Macherathite,  Ahia  the  Pelonite,  Hezro 
 of  Carmel,  Naerai  the  sonne  of  Aszbai,  loel 
 the  brother  of  Nathan,  Mibehar  the  sonne  of 
 Hagri,  Zeleg  the  Ammonite,  Naherai  the 
 Berothite  the  wapenbearer  of  loab  the  sonne 
 of  Zeruia,  Ira  the  lethrite,  Gareb  the  lethrite, 
 Vrias  the  Hethite,  Sabad  the  sonne  of  Ahalai, 
 Adina  the  sonne  of  Sisa  the  Rubenite,  a  cap- 
 tayne  of  the  Rubenites,  and  there  were  thirtie 
 vnder  him  :  Hanam  y  sonne  of  Maecha,  losa- 
 phat  the  Mathonite,  Vsiay  Astharathite,  Sama 
 and  laiel,  the  sonnes  of  Hotham  the  Aroerite, 
 lediael  the  sonne  of  Simri,  loha  his  brother 
 the  Thirzite,  Eliel  the  Mahenite,  leribai  and 
 losua  the  sonnes  of  Elnaan,  lethma  the  Mo- 
 abite,  Eliel,  Obed,  laesiel  of  Mizobaia. 
 
 Cljt  yii).  €I)apttr. 
 
 THESE  also  came  to  Dauid  vnto  Siclag 
 "^whan  he  was  yet  kepte  asyde  because 
 of  Saul  the  sonne  of  Cis :  And  they  were  like 
 wyse  amonge  the  worthies  y  helped  in  the 
 battayll,  and  coulde  handle  bowes  with  both 
 their  handes,  (i  coulde  cast  stones,  and  shute 
 arowes  with  the  bowe. 
 
 Of  Sauls  brethren  which  were  of  Ben 
 lamin :  The  chefest  Ahieser  and  loas  f  chil- 
 dren of  Samaa  the  Gibeathite.  lesiel  and 
 Pelet  the  children  of  Asmaueth.  Baracha  j 
 lehu  the  Anthothite.  lesmaia  the  Gibeonite, 
 valeaunt  amonge  thirtie  and  ouer  thirtie. 
 leremia,  lahasiel,  lohanan,  losabad  the  Ge- 
 derathite.  Eleusai,  lerimoth,  Bealia,  Sa- 
 maria, Saphatia  the  Harophite,  Elkana,  lesiia, 
 
C&ap,  xiih 
 
 €i)t  u  bokf  of  tl)t  Cvonitlt^, 
 
 fo,  mlnTvb. 
 
 Asareel,  lasabeain  y  Korahyte,  loela  and 
 Sabadia  the  children  of  leroham  of  Gedor. 
 
 Of  the  Gaddites  resorted  there  \Tito  Dauid 
 to  the  castell  in  the  wyldernesse,  mightie 
 Worthies  and  men  of  armes,  which  hiidled 
 speares  and  swerdes,  and  had  faces  like  lios, 
 5  were  as  swifte  as  the  Roes  vpon  f  moun- 
 taynes.  The  fyrst  Eser,  the  seconde  Obadia, 
 the  thyrde  Eliab,  the  fourth  Masmanna,  y 
 fyfth  leremia,  the  sixte  Athai,  the  seueth 
 Eliel,  the  eight  lohanna,  the  nyenth  Elsabad, 
 the  tenth  leremia,  y  eleuenth  Machbanai. 
 These  were  of  the  children  of  Gad,  heades  in 
 the  boost,  the  leest  oner  an  hundreth,  and  y 
 greatest  ouer  a  thousande.  These  are  they 
 which  in  the  fyrst  moneth  wente  ouer  lordane, 
 whan  it  was  full  on  both  the  shores,  so  that  all 
 the  valleys  were  eauen  both  towarde  the  East 
 and  towarde  the  West. 
 
 There  came  of  the  children  of  Ben  lamin 
 also  and  of  luda  vnto  the  castell  of  Dauid. 
 But  Dauid  wente  forth  vnto  them,  and  an- 
 swered and  sayde  vnto  them :  Yf  ye  come  to 
 me  in  peace,  and  to  helpe  me,  my  hert  shal 
 be  with  you.  But  yf  ye  come  vp6  dlsceate, 
 and  to  be  mine  aduersaries  (where  as  there  is 
 yet  no  vnrighte  in  me)  the  God  of  oure  fathers 
 loke  vpon  it,  and  rebuke  it.  Neuertheles  the 
 sprete  endued  Amasai  the  captayne  amonge 
 thirtie,  and  he  sayde :  We  are  thine  O  Dauid, 
 and  holde  with  the  thou  sonne  of  Isai.  Peace, 
 peace  be  with  the,  peace  be  with  thy  helpers, 
 for  thy  God  helpeth  the.  Then  Dauid  re- 
 ceaued  them,  and  made  them  captaynes  ouer 
 the  men  of  warre. 
 
 And  of  Manasses  there  fell  certaine  vnto 
 Dauid,  whan  he  came  to  the  battayll  with  the 
 Philistynes  agaynst  Saul,  and  helped  them 
 not,  *for  the  prynces  of  f  Philistynes  coun- 
 celed  to  let  him  go  from  them,  and  sayde : 
 Yf  he  fell  vnto  his  lorde  Saul,  it  mighte  cost 
 vs  oure  neckes.  Now  wha  he  departed  vnto 
 Siclag,  there  fell  vnto  him  of  Manasses,  Adna, 
 losabad,  lediael,  Michael,  losabad,  Elihu, 
 Zilthai,  heades  ouer  thousandes  in  Manasses. 
 And  they  helped  Dauid  against  the  men  of 
 warre :  for  they  were  all  valeaunt  Worthies,  and 
 were  captaynes  ouer  the  boost.  And  euery 
 daye  came  there  some  to  Dauid,  to  helpe  him, 
 till  there  was  a  greate  boost  as  an  boost  of  God. 
 
 And  this  is  the  nombre  of  the  heades  har- 
 nessed vnto  the  warre,  which  came  to  Dauid 
 
 vnto  Hebron,  for  to  turne  the  kyngdome  of 
 Saul  vnto  him,  acordynge  to  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 The  childre  of  luda,  which  handled  speares 
 and  swerdes,  were  sixe  thousande,  j  eight 
 hundreth  ready  harnessed  vnto  y  warre.  Of 
 the  children  of  Simeon  noble  men  of  armes 
 for  the  battayll,  seuen  thousande  and  an  hii- 
 dreth.  Of  the  children  of  Leui  foure  thou- 
 sande and  sixe  hundreth.  And  loiada  the 
 prynce  amonge  them  of  Aaron  with  thre  thou- 
 sande and  seuen  hundreth.  Sadoc  the  yonge 
 valeaunt  man  of  armes  with  his  fathers  house, 
 two  and  twentye  rulers.  Of  the  children  of 
 Ben  lamin  Sauls  brother,  thre  thousande : 
 for  vnto  that  time  helde  many  of  the  yet  with 
 the  house  of  Saul. 
 
 Of  y  children  of  Ephraim,  twentie  thou- 
 sande and  eighte  hundreth  valeaunt  men  of 
 armes,  and  famous  in  the  house  of  their  fathers. 
 Of  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses,  eightene  thou- 
 sande, named  by  name,  to  come  and  make 
 Dauid  kynge.  Of  the  children  of  Isachar 
 (which  were  men  of  \Tiderstondynge,  whan 
 nede  requyred  to  knowe  what  Israel  shulde 
 do)  two  hundreth  captaynes,  and  all  their 
 brethren  folowed  their  worde.  Of  Sabulon, 
 soch  as  wente  forth  in  the  boost  to  y  warre, 
 ready  with  all  maner  of  weapens  for  the  bat- 
 tayll, fyftye  thousande,  beynge  of  one  mynde 
 to  kepe  them  selues  in  ordre. 
 
 Of  Nephtali,  a  thousande  captaynes,  (j  with 
 them  soch  as  handled  shylde  and  speare,  seuen 
 and  thyrtie  thousande.  Of  Dan,  ready  har- 
 nessed to  the  battayll,  eight  and  twentye  thou- 
 sande, and  sixe  hundreth.  Of  Asser,  soch  as 
 wente  forth  in  y  boost,  ready  harnessed  to  the 
 battayll,  fortye  thousande.  From  beyonde 
 lordane,  of  the  Rubenites,  Gaddites  and  the 
 halfe  trybe  of  Manasses,  with  all  maner  of 
 weapens  to  the  battayll,  an  hiidreth  and  twen- 
 tye thousande. 
 
 All  these  men  of  warre,  ready  harnessed  to 
 the  battayll,"  came  with  a  whole  hert  vnto 
 Hebron,  to  make  Dauid  kynge  ouer  all  Israel. 
 And  all  Israel  besyde  were  of  one  hert,  that 
 Dauid  shulde  be  made  kynge.  And  there 
 were  they  with  Dauid  thre  dayes,  eatynge 
 and  drynkynge  :  for  their  brethren  had  pre- 
 pared for  them.  And  soch  neghbours  as 
 were  aboute  them  vntyll  Isachar,  Zabulon  and 
 Nephtali,  brought  bred  vpon  Asses,  Camels, 
 
 '  2  Reg.  5.  a. 
 
fo,  tttivn^t 
 
 Wi)t  i,  ftoke  of  tfte  Cromcks. 
 
 Cbap.  niii* 
 
 Mules  and  oxen  to  eate :  meel,  fyges,  rasens, 
 wyne,  oyle,  oxen,  shepe,  very  many :  for  there 
 was  ioye  in  Israel. 
 
 Ci)t  pii).  C{)aptn:. 
 
 AND  Dauid  helde  a  counceir  with  the 
 captayTies  ouer  thousandes  and  ouer 
 hundreds,  and  with  all  the  prynces,  and  sayde 
 vnto  all  the  congregaeion  of  Israel :  Yf  it  lyke 
 you,  and  yf  it  be  of  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 let  vs  sende  forth  on  euery  syde  to  oure  other 
 brethren  in  all  the  countrees  of  Israel,  and  to 
 the  prestes  and  Leuites  in  the  cities  where 
 they  haue  suburbes,  y  they  maye  be  gathered 
 together  vnto  vs,  ana  let  vs  fetch  the  Arke  of 
 oure  God  agayne  vnto  vs :  for  by  Sauls  tyme 
 we  axed  after  it.  The  sayde  the  whole  cogre- 
 gacion,  that  the  same  shulde  be  done,  for  it 
 pleased  all  the  people  well. 
 
 So  Dauid  gathered  all  Israel  together  from 
 Sihor  of  Egipte,  tyll  a  man  come  vnto  Hemath, 
 to  fetch  the  Arke  of  God  from  Kiriath  learim. 
 And  Dauid  wente  vp  with  aU  Israel  to  Kiriath 
 learim,  which  lieth  in  luda,  to  brynge  from 
 thence  the  Arke  of  God  the  LORDE,  that 
 sytteth  vpo  the  Cherubins,  where  the  name  is 
 named :  and  they  caused  the  Arke  of  God  to 
 be  caried  vpo  a  new  cart  from  the  house  of 
 Abinadab. 
 
 Vsa  and  his  brethren  droue  the  cart.  As 
 for  Dauid  and  all  Israel,  they  played  with  all 
 their  strength  before  God,  with  songes,  with 
 harpes,  with  psalteries,  with  tabrettes,  with 
 Cymbales  and  trompes. 
 
 But  whan  they  came  to  the  bame  flioore  of 
 Chidon,  Vsa  stretched  out  his  hande  to  holde 
 the  Arke :  for  the  oxen  wente  out  asyde. 
 Then  waxed  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  fearce 
 ouer  Vsa,  j  smote  him,  because  he  stretched 
 out  his  hade  to  the  Arke,  so  y  he  dyed  there 
 before  God.  The  was  Dauid  sory,  because  f 
 LORDE  had  made  soch  a  rente  vpo  Vsa,  and 
 called  the  place  Perez  Vsa,  vnto  this  daye. 
 And  Dauid  stode  in  feare  of  God  the  same 
 daye,  5  sayde :  How  shal  I  brynge  y  Arke  of 
 God  vnto  me  ?  Therfore  wolde  he  not  let  y 
 Arke  of  God  be  broughte  vnto  him  in  to  y 
 cite  of  Dauid,  but  caried  it  in  to  y  house  of 
 Obed  Edom  the  Gathite.  So  the  Arke  of 
 God  abode  with  Obed  Edom  in  his  house  thre 
 monethes.  And  y  LORDE  blessed  Obed 
 Edoms  house  and  all  that  he  had. 
 
 "  2  Re.  6.  a.         '2  Reg.  5.  c. 
 
 Cljc  vb.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 AND  Hiram  y  kjmge  of  Tyre*  sent  mes- 
 saungers  vnto  Dauid  and  Cedre  tymber, 
 and  masons  and  carpenters,  to  buylde  him 
 an  house.  And  Dauid  perceaued,  that  the 
 LORDE  had  confirmed  him  kynge  ouer 
 Israel:  for  his  kyngdome  increased  for  his 
 people  of  Israels  sake.  And  Dauid  toke  yet 
 mo  wyues  at  lerusalem,  5  begat  yet  mo  sonnes 
 (J  doughters.  And  the  names  of  them  y  were 
 borne  vnto  him  at  lerusalem,  are  these : 
 Sammua,  Sobab,  Nathan,  Salomon,  lebehar, 
 Elisua,  Elipalet,  Noga,  Nepheg,  laphia,  Eli- 
 samma,  Baal  lada,  Eliphalet. 
 
 And  whan  the  Philistynes  herde  that  Dauid 
 was  anoynted  kynge  ouer  all  Israel,  they  wente 
 vp  all  to  seke  Dauid.  Whan  Dauid  herde 
 that,  he  wente  forth  agaynst  them.  And 
 the  PhilistyTies  came,  and  scatered  the  selues 
 beneth  in  y  valley  of  Rephaim.  And  Dauid 
 axed  councell  at  God,  j  sayde :  Shal  I  go  vp 
 agaynst  the  Philistynes?  and  wilt  thou  delyuer 
 them  in  to  my  hande  ?  The  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Go  vp,  and  I  wil  delyuer  them  in 
 to  thy  hande.  And  whan  they  were  gone  vp 
 to  Baal  Prasim,  Dauid  smote  them  there 
 And  Dauid  sayde :  God  hath  deuyded  myne 
 enemies  thorow  my  hande,  euen  as  the  water 
 parteth  asunder:  therfore  called  they  the  place 
 Baal  Prasim.  And  there  lefte  they  their 
 goddes.  Then  *commaunded  Dauid  to  bume 
 them  with  fyre. 
 
 But  the  PhiUstynes  gat  them  thither  agayne, 
 and  "scatered  them  selues  beneth  in  f  valley, 
 And  Dauid  axed  councell  at  God  agayne, 
 And  God  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  shalt  not  go 
 vp  behynde  them,  but  turne  the  from  them 
 that  thou  mayest  come  vpon  the  ouer  agajTist 
 the  Peertrees.  So  whan  thou  hearest  aboue 
 vpon  the  Peertrees  the  noyse  of  the  goynge, 
 go  thou  forth  then  to  the  batayll :  for  God  is 
 gone  forth  then  before  the  to  smyte  the  boost 
 of  the  Philistynes.  And  Dauid  dyd  as  God 
 commaunded  him.  And  they  smote  the  boost 
 of  the  Philistynes  from  Gibeon  forth  vnto 
 Gaser.  And  Dauids  name  was  noysed  out  in 
 all  londes.  And  the  LORDE  caused  f  feare 
 of  him  to  come  vpo  all  the  Heythen. 
 
 Ojt  rbi.  Cljaptnr. 
 
 ND  he  buylded  him  houses  in  the  cite 
 
 of  Dauid,  tt  made  ready  a  place  for  f 
 
 A 
 
Ctjap.  jrbij. 
 
 €i)t  L  bokt  of  ti)t  Cromclte!. 
 
 ffo,  mlmbij. 
 
 Arke  of  God,  5  pitched  a  Tabernacle  for  it. 
 At  that  tyme  sayde  Dauid :  The  Arke  of  God 
 is  not  to  be  borne,  but  onely  of  y  Leuites : 
 *for  them  hath  the  LORDE  chosen  to  beare 
 the  Arke  of  the  LORDE,  and  to  mynister 
 vnto  him  for  euer.  Therfore  gathered  Dauid 
 all  Israel  together  vnto  Jerusalem,  to  brynge 
 vp  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  vnto  the  place 
 which  he  had  prepared  for  it. 
 
 And  Dauid  broughte  the  children  of  Aaron 
 d  the  Leuites  together.  Of  the  children  of 
 Kahath:  Vriel  the  chefe  with  his  brethren, 
 an  C.  and  twentye.  Of  the  children  of 
 Merari :  Asaia  the  chefe  with  his  brethre,  two 
 C.  and  twentye.  Of  the  childre  of  Gerson : 
 loel  the  chefe  with  his  brethren,  an  C.  and 
 thirtie.  Of  y  childre  of  Elizaphan :  Semaia 
 the  chefe  with  his  brethren,  two  hundreth. 
 Of  the  childre  of  Hebron :  Eliel  the  chefe, 
 with  his  brethre,  foure  score.  Of  the  children 
 of  Vsiel :  Amminadab  the  chefe,  with  his 
 brethren,  an  hudreth  and  twolue. 
 
 And  Dauid  called  Sadoc  and  Abiathar  the 
 prestes,  and  the  Leuites,  namely  Vriel,  Asaia, 
 loeli,  Semaia,  Eliel,  Aminadab,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Ye  are  the  heades  of  f  fathers 
 amonge  the  Leuites :  sanctifye  youre  selues 
 therfore  (j  youre  brethre,  f  ye  maye  brynge 
 vp  the  Arke  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel, 
 to  the  place  y  I  haue  prepared  for  it.  t  For 
 afore  whan  ye  were  not  there,  the  LORDE 
 oure  God  made  a  rent  amonge  vs,  because 
 we  soughte  him  not,  as  we  shulde  haue  done. 
 So  y  prestes  5  the  Leuites  halowed  the  selues, 
 y  they  mighte  brynge  vp  the  Arke  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel.  And  the  children 
 of  Leui  bare  the  Arke  of  God  the  LORDE 
 vpon  their  shulders  with  the  staues  theron, 
 tas  Moses  comaunded  acordinge  to  f  worde 
 of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Dauid  spake  vnto  f  rulers  of  y  Leuites, 
 that  they  shulde  ordeyne  some  of  their  brethren 
 to  be  syngers  with  psalteries,  harpes  and  loude 
 instrumentes,  and  Cimbales,  to  synge  loude 
 with  ioye. 
 
 Then  the  Leuites  appoynted  Heman  y 
 Sonne  of  loel :  and  of  his  brethren  Assaph 
 the  Sonne  of  Barachias :  and  of  the  children 
 of  Merari  their  brethren,  Ethan  the  sonne  of 
 Cusaia :  and  vdth  them  their  brethren  of  the 
 seconde  course,  namely  Zacharias,  laesiel, 
 Semiramoth,    lehiel,    Vnni,    Eliab,    Benaia, 
 
 •  Num.  4.  b.  t  1  Par.  14.  b. 
 
 Maeseia,  Mathithia,  Elipheleia,  Mikneia,  Obed 
 Edom,  leiel,  the  dore  kepers.  For  Heman, 
 Assaph  and  Ethan  were  syngers,  with  brasen 
 belles  makynge  a  loude  noyse  :  but  Zacharias, 
 laesiel,  Semiramoth,  lehiel,  Vnni,  Eliab, 
 Maeseia  5  Benaia  with  Phalteries  to  Alamoth : 
 Mathithia,  Elipheleia,  Mikneia,  Obed  Edom, 
 leiel  (J  Asasia  with  harpes  to  synge  aboue  them 
 on  hye.  Chenania  the  ruler  of  the  Leuites 
 was  the  master  gi  Musick  to  teach  them  for  to 
 synge,  for  he  was  a  man  of  vnderstondinge. 
 
 And  Barachias  and  Elcana  were  the  dore- 
 kepers  of  the  Arke.  But  Sachania,  losaphat, 
 Nathaneel,  Amasai,  Zacharias,  Benaia,  Elieser 
 the  prestes,  blewe  the  trompettes  before  y  Arke 
 of  God.  And  Obed  Edom  and  lehia  were 
 dorekepers  of  the  Arke. 
 
 So  Dauid  and  the  Elders  of  Israel,  and  the 
 captaynes  ouer  thousandes  wente  vp  to  fetch 
 the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE 
 out  of  the  house  of  Obed  Edom  with  ioye. 
 And  whan  God  had  helped  the  Leuites  y 
 bare  the  Arke  of  the  LORDES  couenaunt, 
 there  were  ofTred  seuen  bullockes  a  seuen 
 rames.  And  Dauid  had  a  lynne  garment  vpo 
 him,  and  so  had  all  the  Leuites  y  bare  the 
 Arke,  and  y  syngers,  and  Chenania  the  master 
 of  Musick  vrith  the  syngers.  Dauid  had  an 
 ouerbody  cote  of  lynnen  vpon  him  also. 
 
 Thus  all  Israel  brought  vp  the  Arke  of  the 
 couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  with  myrth,  with 
 trompettes,  tabrettes,  5  loude  Cymbales,  with 
 psalteries  and  harpes.  Now  whan  the  Arke 
 of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  came  in  to 
 the  cite  of  Dauid,  Michol  y  doughter  of  Saul 
 loked  out  at  a  wyndowe :  5  wha  she  sawe  kynge 
 Dauid  daunsynge  5  playenge,  she  despysed  him 
 in  hir  hert. 
 
 Cljc  vbi).  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 AND  wha  they  brought  in  the  Arke  of 
 God,  "they  set  it  in  y  Tabernacle,  that 
 Dauid  had  pitched  for  it,  and  offred  burnt- 
 oiferynges  i  thankofFerynges  before  God.  And 
 wha  Dauid  had  ended  the  burntofFerynges  and 
 thankofferynges,  he  blessed  the  people  in  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE,  (j  distributed  vnto  euery 
 man  in  Israel  (both  vnto  man  and  woman)  a 
 cake  of  bred,  and  a  pece  of  flesh  and  a  meece 
 of  potage. 
 
 And  he  appoynted  before  the  Arke  of  ;y 
 LORDE  certayne  Leuites  to  mynister,  that 
 
 t  Exo.  2j.  b. 
 
 '  2  Re.  6.  d 
 
So,  frdmtiij. 
 
 €i)t  u  bokt  of  tl)t  Ciomclrs. 
 
 Cbap.  ubij. 
 
 they  shulde  geue  prayse,  thankes  and  loauinges 
 vnto  the  LORUE  God  of  Israel:  namely 
 Assaph  the  first,  Zacharias  the  seconde,  leiel, 
 Semiramoth,  lehiel,  Mathithia,  Eliab,  Benaia, 
 Obed  Edom  and  lehiel,  with  psalteries  and 
 harpes.  But  Assaph  with  loude  Cymbales. 
 Benaia  and  lehasiel  the  prestes  with  tabrettes, 
 allwaye  before  the  Arke  of  y  couenaunt  of  God. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  ordeyned  Dauid  first  of 
 all  to  geue  thakes  vnto  the  LORDE  by  Assaph 
 and  his  brethren. 
 
 °0  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  call 
 vpon  his  name,  tell  the  people  what  thinges 
 he  hath  done. 
 
 O  let  youre  songes  be  of  him  :  prayse  him, 
 and  let  youre  talkynge  be  of  all  his  wonderous 
 workos. 
 
 Geue  his  holy  name  a  good  reporte :  let 
 hert  of  them  reioyee,  that  seke  the  LORDE. 
 
 O  seke  the  LORDE  and  his  strength,  seke 
 his  face  euermore. 
 
 Remebre  his  maruelous  workes  that  he 
 hath  done,  his  wonders,  and  the  iudgmetes  of 
 his  mouth. 
 
 Ye  sede  of  Israel  his  seruaunt,  ye  children 
 of  lacob  his  chosen. 
 
 He  is  the  LORDE  oure  God,  his  iudg- 
 metes are  in  all  londes. 
 
 Be  myndefull  euer  of  his  couenaut  what  he 
 hath  commaunded  in  to  a  thousande  genera- 
 cions. 
 
 *  Which  he  made  with  Abraham,  ci,  +  his 
 ooth  vnto  Isaac. 
 
 And  he  t  confirmed  the  same  vnto  lacob 
 for  a  perpetuall  lawe,  and  to  Israel  for  an 
 euerlastinge  couenaunt. 
 
 And  sayde  :  Vnto  the  wyl  I  geue  y  londe 
 of  Canaan,  f  metelyne  of  youre  inheritaunce. 
 
 Wha  they  were  yet  but  small  5  fewe  in 
 nobre,  and  straungers  in  the  same  londe. 
 
 And  they  wente  from  one  nacion  to  another, 
 5  from  one  realme  to  another  people. 
 
 He  suffred  no  man  to  hurte  them,  and  re- 
 proued  euen  kynges  for  their  sakes. 
 
 ^  Touch  not  myne  anoynted,  5  do  my  pro- 
 phetes  no  harme. 
 
 *  O  synge  vnto  f  LORDE,  let  all  f  earth  be 
 tellynge  of  his  saluacion  from  daye  to  daye. 
 
 Declare  his  holynes  amoge  the  Heythe,  (t 
 his  wonderous  workes  amonge  y  people. 
 For  the  LORDE  is  greate,  and  can  not 
 
 "  Psai.  104..  a. 
 {  Gen.  28.  c. 
 
 *  Gen.  22.  c. 
 i  Psal.  104.  b. 
 
 t  Gen.  26.  a. 
 »  Psal.  95.  a. 
 
 worthely  be  praysed,  and  more  to  be  had  in 
 awe  then  all  goddes. 
 
 As  for  all  the  goddes  of  the  Heythe,  they 
 are  but  Idols :  II  but  it  is  the  LORDE  that 
 made  the  heauens. 
 
 Thankesgeuynge  and  worshipe  are  before 
 him,  strength  and  ioye  is  in  his  place. 
 
 Ascrybe  vnto  the  LORDE  ye  kynreds  of 
 nacions  :  ascrybe  vnto  the  LORDE  worshipe 
 and  strength. 
 
 Ascrybe  \Tito  the  LORDE  the  honoure  of 
 his  name  :  brynge  presentes,  and  come  before 
 him,  and  worshipe  f  LORDE  in  f  bewtye  of 
 holynes. 
 
 Let  the  whole  earth  stode  in  awe  of  him 
 he  hath  made  the  compase  of  the  worlde  so 
 fast,  that  it  can  not  be  moued. 
 
 Let  the  heauens  reioyse,  and  let  the  earth 
 be  glad :  and  let  if  be  tolde  amonge  the  Hey- 
 then,  that  the  LORDE  reigneth. 
 
 Let  the  See  make  a  noyse,  and  the  fulnesse 
 therof :  let  the  felde  be  ioyfull,  and  all  that 
 therin  is. 
 
 Let  all  the  trees  in  the  wod  leape  for  ioye 
 before  the  LORDE,  for  he  commeth  to  iudge 
 the  earth. 
 
 O  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  for  he 
 is  gracious  :  and  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer 
 
 And  saye :  Helpe  vs  O  God  oure  Sauioure, 
 and  gather  vs  together,  and  delyuer  vs  from 
 the  Heythen,  that  we  maye  geue  thankes  vnto 
 thy  holy  name,  and  synge  prayses  vnto  the  in 
 thy  Psalmes. 
 
 Praysed  be  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 from  euerlastinge  to  euerleistinge :  and  let  all 
 people  saye,  Amen,  And :  Prayse  be  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 So  he  lefte  Assaph  and  his  brethren  there 
 before  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the 
 LORDE,  to  mynister  allwaye  before  the 
 Arke,  euery  daye  his  daye  worke.  But  Obed 
 Edom  and  their  brethren,  eight  and  thre  score, 
 and  Obed  Edom  the  sonne  of  ledithun,  and 
 Hossa,  to  be  dore  kepers.  And  Sadoc  y  prest, 
 5  his  brethre  the  prestes,  lefte  he  before  the 
 habitacion  of  the  LORDE  vpon  the  hye 
 place  at  Gibeo,  to  offire  burntsacrifices  daylie 
 vnto  the  LORDE  vpon  the  altare  of  burnt 
 offerynges  in  the  mornynge  5  in  the  euenynge, 
 as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  11  lawe  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  he  comaunded  vnto  Israel.     And  with 
 
 II  Gen.  1.  a.  IT  Exo.  29.  g.     Nu.  28.  a. 
 
Cfiap.  vbitj. 
 
 €i)t  I.  bokt  of  tfte  Croinclrsi. 
 
 jTo.  wrivHTtlf. 
 
 them  Heman  5  ledithun,  and  y  other  chosen, 
 which  were  named  by  name  to  geue  thankes 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  because  his  mercy  en 
 dureth  for  euer.  And  with  them  Heman  5 
 ledithun  to  strylce  vpon  the  tabrettes  and 
 Cymbales,  and  the  musicall  instrumentes  of 
 God.  As  for  the  childre  of  ledithun,  he 
 made  them  doreicepers.  So  all  the  people 
 departed,  euery  one  to  his  house :  and  Dauid 
 returned  also  to  blesse  his  house. 
 
 I 
 
 Cijt  rbiij-  Ci)<q)ttr. 
 
 T  fortuned  wha  Dauid  dwelt  in  his  house, 
 _  "  he  sayde  vnto  y  prophet  Nathan :  Be- 
 holde,  I  dwell  in  a  house  of  Ceder,  and  the 
 Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  is 
 amonge  the  curtaynes. 
 
 Nathan  saide  vnto  Dauid :  What  so  euer  is 
 in  thine  hert,  that  do  :  for  God  is  with  y. 
 But  the  same  night  came  y  worde  of  God  vnto 
 Nathan,  and  sayde  :  Go  and  speake  to  Dauid 
 my  seruaunt:  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE: 
 Thou  shalt  not  buylde  me  an  house  to  be  an 
 habitacio :  for  I  haue  dwelt  in  no  house  sence 
 the  daye  that  I  broughte  forth  the  children  of 
 Israel,  vnto  this  daye :  But  where  the  Taber- 
 nacle and  habitacion  hath  bene,  there  haue  I 
 bene  where  so  euer  I  haue  walked  in  all 
 Israel.  Spake  I  euer  to  eny  of  the  ludges  in 
 Israel  (whom  I  commaunded  to  kepe  my 
 people)  and  sayde:  Wherfore  do  ye  .not 
 buylde  me  an  house  of  Cedre  tymber? 
 
 So  shalt  thou  speake  now  vnto  my  seruaunt 
 Dauid  :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  Zebaoth : 
 I  toke  the  from  the  pasture  behynde  the  shepe, 
 that  thou  shuldest  be  the  prynce  ouer  my 
 people,  and  haue  bene  with  the  whither  so 
 euer  thou  wetest,  and  haue  roted  out  all  thine 
 enemies  before  the,  and  haue  made  the  a 
 acordinge  to  the  name  of  the  greate 
 men  that  are  vpo  earth.  And  for  my  people 
 of  Israel,  I  wyll  appoynte  them  a  place,  and 
 wyl  plante  them,  that  they  maye  dwell  there, 
 and  nomore  to  be  remoued.  And  the  childre 
 of  wickednes  shal  oppresse  them  nomore,  like 
 as  afore  tyme,  whan  I  comaunded  the  ludges 
 ouer  my  people  of  Israel.  And  I  w^l  subdue 
 all  thine  enemies,  and  do  declare  vnto  the, 
 that  the  LORDE  wyl  buylde  the  an  house. 
 
 *  But  whan  thy  dayes  are  fulfilled,  that  thou 
 departest  hence  with  thy  fathers,  I  wyl  after 
 the  rayse  vp  thy  sede,  which  shall  be  eue  one 
 
 "2  Re.  7.  a.         •  2  Re.  7.  c.     Psal.  131.  b. 
 
 of  thy  sonnes  :  his  kyngdome  wyl  I  stabliszhe, 
 he  shal  buylde  me  an  house,  a  I  wyl  make  his 
 seate  sure  for  euer.  I  wyl  be  his  father,  and 
 he  shal  be  my  sonne.  And  I  wyl  not  with- 
 drawe  my  mercy  from  him,  as  I  haue  with- 
 drawen  it  fro  him  that  was  before  the :  But  I 
 wyll  set  him  in  my  house  and  in  my  kyng- 
 dome for  euer,  so  that  his  seate  shalbe  sure 
 for  euermore. 
 
 And  wha  Nathan  had  spoken  vnto  Dauid 
 acordinge  to  all  these  wordes  5  all  this  vision, 
 kynge  Dauid  came  and  sat  him  downe  before 
 the  LORDE,  and  sayde :  O  LORDE  God, 
 who  am  I  ?  and  what  is  my  house,  y  thou  hast 
 broughte  me  thus  farre?  And  this  (O  God) 
 hast  thou  thoughte  yet  to  litle,  but  hast  spoken 
 of  thy  seruauntes  house  yet  longe  for  to  come. 
 And  thou  LORDE  God  hast  loked  downe 
 vpon  me  from  aboue,  euen  as  one  man  loketh 
 vpon  another.  Wliat  more  shal  Dauid  saye 
 viito  the,  y  thou  bryngest  thy  seruaunt  to  soch 
 honoure?  Thou  knowest  thy  seruaunt  O 
 LORDE,  for  thy  seruauntes  sake  and  acord 
 inge  to  thy  hert  hast  thou  done  all  these  greate 
 thinges,  that  thou  mightest  shewe  all  greate 
 thinges  vnto  thy  seruaunt.  LORDE  t  there 
 is  none  lyke  the,  and  there  is  no  God  but 
 thou,  of  whom  we  haue  herde  with  oure  eares. 
 And  t  where  is  there  a  people  vpon  earth  as 
 thy  people  of  Israel,  where  God  wente  to 
 delyuer  him  a  people,  and  to  make  him  selfe 
 a  name  thorow  greate  5  temble  thinges,  to 
 cast  out  the  Heythen  before  thy  people,  whom 
 thou  hast  delyuered  out  of  Egipte  ?  and  y 
 people  of  Israel  hast  thou  made  thy  people 
 for  euer,  and  thou  LORDE  art  become  their 
 God. 
 
 Now  LORDE,  let  the  worde  be  verified 
 for  euer,  that  thou  hast  spoken  ouer  thy  ser- 
 uaunt and  ouer  his  house,  j  do  as  thou  hast 
 spoken :  and  let  thy  name  endure  and  be 
 magnified  for  euer,  that  it  maye  be  sayde :  The 
 LORDE  Zebaoth,  the  God  of  Israel  is  the 
 God  in  Israel,  and  that  the  house  of  thy  ser- 
 uaunt Dauid  maye  be  stablyszhed  before  the  : 
 for  thou  LORDE  hast  opened  the  eare  of 
 thy  seruaunt,  that  thou  wilt  buylde  him  an 
 house.  Therfore  hath  thy  seruaunt  founde 
 (confydence)  to  make  his  prayer  before  the. 
 Now  LORDE,  thou  art  God,  and  hast  pro- 
 mysed  soch  good  vnto  thy  seruaunt.  Begynne 
 now  to  blesse  the  house  of  thy  seruaunt,  that 
 
 t  Deut.  32.  f.  t  Deut.  4.  a. 
 
ffo,  tmt. 
 
 Cf)f  u  bofee  of  tl)t  Cronicksf. 
 
 Cftaj).  m. 
 
 c 
 
 it  niaye  be  euermore  before  the :  for  loke 
 what  thou  blessest  (O  LORDE)  the  same  is 
 blessed  for  euer. 
 
 €f)t  rir-  CfjapUr. 
 
 AFTER  this  smote  Dauid  the  Philistynes, 
 and  subdued  them,  "and  toke  Gath  (j 
 the  vyllages  therof  out  of  the  hande  of  the 
 Philistynes.  He  smote  the  Moabites  like- 
 wyse,  so  that  the  Moabites  were  subdued  vnto 
 Dauid,  and  gaue  him  trybute.  He  smote 
 Hadad  Eser  also  f  kynge  of  Zoba  in  Hemath, 
 whan  he  wente  to  set  vp  his  power  by  the 
 water  Euphrates. 
 
 And  Dauid  toke  from  him  a  thousande 
 charettes,  seuen  thousande  horsmen,  and  twe- 
 tye  thousande  fote  men.  And  Dauid  lamed 
 all  the  charettes,  and  kepte  an  hundreth 
 charettes  ouer.  And  the  Syrias  came  from 
 Damascon,  to  helpe  Hadad  Eser  the  kynge  of 
 Zoba.  Howbeit  Dauid  smote  two  5  twentie 
 thousande  of  the  same  Syrians,  and  layed 
 men  of  warre  at  Damascon  in  Syria,  so  that 
 the  Syrians  were  subdued  vnto  Dauid,  and 
 broughte  him  trybute.  For  the  LORDE 
 helped  Dauid,  whither  so  euer  he  wente. 
 
 And  Dauid  toke  the  shyldes  of  golde,  y 
 Hadad  Esers  seruaiites  had,  5  broughte  the  to 
 lerusale.  And  out  of  Tibehath  5  Chun  the 
 cities  of  Hadad  Eser,  toke  Dauid  very  moch 
 brasse,  *wherof  Salomon  made  the  brasen 
 lauer,  and  pilers",  and  brasen  vessels. 
 
 And  wha  Thogu  the  kynge  of  Hemath 
 herde,  y  Dauid  had  smytten  all  f  power  of 
 Hadad  Eser,  he  sent  his  sonne  Hadora  vnto 
 kynge  Dauid,  to  salute  him  5  to  blesse  him, 
 because  he  had  foughte  with  Hadad  Eser,  5 
 smytte  hi  (for  Thogu  had  warre  with  Hadad 
 Eser)  and  all  the  same  vessels  of  golde,  syluer 
 and  of  brasse,  dyd  kynge  Dauid  consecrate 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  with  the  syluer  and  golde 
 that  he  had  taken  from  the  Heythe,  namely, 
 from  the  Edomites,  Moabites,  Ammonites, 
 Philistynes,  and  Amalechites. 
 
 And  Abisai  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la  smote 
 eightene  thousande"  of  the  Edomites  in  the 
 Salt  valley,  and  layed  me  of  warre  in  Edomea, 
 so  that  all  the  Edomites  were  subdued  vnto 
 Dauid:  for  Jr  LORDE  helped  Dauid,  whither 
 so  euer  he  wente. 
 
 Thus  Dauid  reigned  ouer  all  Israel,  and 
 executed  iudgment  and  righteousnes  vnto  all 
 
 the  people,  loab  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la  was 
 captayne  ouer  the  boost.  losaphat  the  sonne 
 of  Ahilud  was  Cliaunceler.  Sadoc  the  sonne 
 of  Achitob,  and  Ahimelech  y  sonne  of  Abia- 
 thar,  were  prestes.  Sauesa  was  Scrybe.  Be- 
 naia  the  sonne  of  loiada  was  ouer  the  Chre- 
 thians  5  Plethians.  ^And  Dauids  sonnes  were 
 chefe  at  y  kynges  hande. 
 
 E})f  rr-  Cljaptnr. 
 
 AND  after  this  dyed  Nahas  y  kynge  of 
 the  childre  of  Ammon,  ''and  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade.  Then  sayde  Dauid: 
 I  wil  do  mercy  vpon  Hanun  the  sonne  of 
 Nahas,  for  his  father  dyd  mercy  vpon  me : 
 and  so  he  sent  messaungers  to  comforte  him 
 ouer  his  father.  And  wha  Dauids  seruauntes 
 came  in  to  the  londe  of  the  children  of  Am- 
 mon vnto  Hanun  to  comforte  him,  the  prynces 
 of  the  children  of  Ammon  sayde  vnto  Hanun : 
 Thinkest  thou  that  Dauid  honoureth  thy  father 
 in  thy  sighte,  that  he  hath  sent  coforters  vnto 
 the?  Yee  his  seruauntes  are  come  vnto  the, 
 to  search  and  to  ouerthrowe,  and  to  spye  out 
 the  londe.  Then  toke  Hanun  the  seruauntes 
 of  Dauid,  and  shoue  them,  5  cut  the  halfe  of 
 their  garmentes  of,  eue  by  the  loynes,  5  so  let 
 the  go.  And  they  wente  their  waye,  5  sent 
 men  to  tell  Dauid.  Neuertheles  he  sent  to 
 mete  them  (for  y  men  were  put  to  greate 
 shame)  and  the  kynge  sayde :  Abyde  at 
 lericho,  tyll  youre  beerdes  be  growne,  and 
 then  come  agayne. 
 
 Whan  the  childre  of  Ammon  sawe,  that 
 they  stynked  in  y  sighte  of  Dauid,  both  Hanun 
 and  the  children  of  Ammon  sent  a  thousande 
 taletes  of  syluer,  to  hyre  charettes  and  hors- 
 men out  of  Mesopotamia,  out  of  Maecha  and 
 out  of  Zoba  :  and  hyred  two  and  thirtie  thou- 
 sande charettes,  (i  y  kynge  of  Maecha  with 
 his  people,  which  came  a,  pitched  their  tentes 
 before  Medba.  And  the  children  of  Ammon 
 gathered  them  selues  together  out  of  their 
 cities,  and  came  to  the  battayll.  Whan  Dauid 
 herde  that,  he  sent  loab  thither  with  all  the 
 hoost  of  the  men  of  amies.  And  the  childre  of 
 Ammon  were  gone  forth,  and  prepared  them 
 selues  to  the  battayll  before  the  gate  of  the 
 cite.  But  the  kynges  y  were  come,  kepte 
 them  asyde  in  the  felde. 
 
 Now  wha  loab  sawe  that  the  battaj'll  was 
 agaynst  him   both  before   and   behynde,   he 
 
 "■  2  Re.  8.  c.  t  2  Re.  8.  c.  ''2  Reg.  10.  a. 
 
 a 
 
Cbap.  vrih 
 
 ^iyt  U  bokt  of  tl)f  Cionuks. 
 
 jTo,  cfcjtrcu 
 
 chose  of  all  the  best  yonge  men  in  Israel,  and 
 prepared  him  selfe  agaynst  f  Syrians.  As  for 
 f  residue  of  the  people,  he  put  them  vnder 
 the  hande  of  Abisai  his  brother,  that  they 
 shulde  prepare  them  selues  agaynst  the  chil- 
 dren of  Ammon,  and  he  sayde :  Yf  y  Syrias 
 be  to  mightie  for  me,  helpe  thou  me :  but  yf 
 the  childi-e  of  Ammon  be  to  stroge  for  y,  I 
 shall  helpe  the  :  take  a  good  corage  vnto  the, 
 and  let  vs  quyte  oure  selues  manly  for  oure 
 people  and  for  the  cities  of  oure  God  :  neuer- 
 theles  the  LORDE  do  what  pleaseth  him. 
 And  loab  made  him  forth  with  the  people 
 that  was  with  him,  to  fighte  agaynst  y  Sy- 
 rians: a  they  fled  before  him.  And  whan 
 the  children  of  Ammon  sawe  y  the  Syrians 
 fled,  they  fled  also  before  Abisai  his  brother, 
 and  wente  in  to  the  cite.  And  loab  came  to 
 lerusalem. 
 
 But  whan  the  Syrians  sawe  that  they  were 
 smytte  before  Israel,  they  sent  messaungers, 
 and  broughte  forth  y  Syrians  which  were 
 beyonde  the  water.  And  Sophach  the  chefe 
 captayne  of  Hadad  Eser  wente  before  them. 
 Wha  this  was  tolde  Dauid,  he  gathered  all 
 Israel  together,  and  wente  ouer  lordane.  And 
 whan  he  came  at  them,  he  set  y  battayll  in 
 araye  agaynst  them.  And  Dauid  prepared 
 him  selfe  to  y-  battayll  agaynst  f  Syrians,  (t 
 they  foughte  with  him :  but  y  Syrias  fled 
 before  Israel.  And  Dauid  slewe  of  the  Syrians 
 seuen  thousande  charettes,  a  fortye  thousande 
 fote  men.  And  Sophach  the  chefe  captayne 
 slewe  he  also.  And  whan  Hadad  Esers  ser- 
 uauntes  sawe  that  they  were  smytte  before 
 Israel,  they  made  peace  with  Dauid  5  his 
 seruauntes.  And  the  Syrians  wolde  helpe 
 the  childre  of  Ammon  nomore. 
 
 Wife  ni-  CI)aptn-. 
 
 AND  whan  y-  yeare  came  aboute,  "what 
 tyme  as  y  kynges  vse  to  go  forth,  loab 
 broughte  the  power  of  the  boost,  g  destroyed 
 the  londe  of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
 came  and  layed  sege  vnto  Rabba.  But  Dauid 
 abode  at  lerusalem.  *And  loab  smote  Rabba, 
 and  brake  it  downe.  And  Dauid  toke  their 
 kynges  crowne  from  his  heade,  and  founde  the 
 weighte  of  a  talent  of  golds  theron,  5  precious 
 stones.  And  it  was  set  vpo  Dauids  heade. 
 And  very  moch  spoyle  caried  he  out  of  the 
 cite.     As  for  the  people  that  were  therin,  he 
 
 broughte  the  forth,  (j  parted  them  in  sunder 
 with  sawes,  5  hokes  5  betels  of  yron.  Thus 
 dyd  Dauid  vnto  all  y  cities  of  the  childre  of 
 Ammon.  And  Dauid  departed  againe,  with 
 the  people  vnto  lerusalem. 
 
 Afterwarde  arose  there  warre  at  Gasar  wth 
 the  Philistynes.  Then  Sibechai  y  Husathite 
 smote  Sibai,  which  was  one  of  the  children  of 
 Rephaim,  and  he  subdued  him.  And  there 
 arose  warre  agayne  with  the  Philistynes.  The 
 Elhamah  y^  sonne  of  lair  smote  Lahemi  y 
 brother  of  Goliath  f  Gathite,  whose  speares 
 staff  was  like  a  weeuers  lome.  Afterwarde 
 was  there  a  battayll  at  Gath,  where  there  was 
 a  man  of  a  greate  stature,  y  had  sixe  fyngers 
 and  sixe  toes,  which  make  foure  and  twentye. 
 And  he  was  borne  also  of  Rapha,  and  spake 
 despytefully  vnto  Israel.  But  lonathas  the 
 Sonne  of  Simea  Dauids  brother  smote  him. 
 These  were  the  childre  of  Rapha  at  Gath,  5 
 fell  thorow  y  hande  of  Dauid,  and  of  his 
 seruauntes. 
 
 Wi)e  nfi].  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  Sathan  stode  agaynst  Israel,*  a  en- 
 tysed  Dauid  to  nombre  Israel.  And 
 Dauid  sayde  vnto  loab  a  to  ^  rulers  of  the 
 people  :  Go  youre  waye,  nombre  Israel  from 
 Berseba  vnto  Dan,  and  brynge  me  the  nombre 
 of  the,  that  I  maye  knowe  it.  loab  sayde : 
 The  LORDE  make  his  people  an  hundreth 
 tymes  mo  then  they  are  now.     But  my  lorde 
 
 0  kynge,  are  they  not  all  my  lordes  seruauntes? 
 Why  doth  my  lorde  then  axe  therafter?  Wher- 
 fore  shal  there  a  trespace  come  vpon  Israel  ? 
 
 Neuertheles  the  kynges  worde  preuayled 
 agaynst  loab.  And  loab  wente  forth,  and 
 walked  thorow  all  Israel,  and  came  to  leru- 
 salem, and  delyuered  vnto  Dauid  y  nombre  of 
 the  people  that  was  tolde.  And  of  all  Israel 
 there  were  a  thousande  tymes  a  thousande, 
 and  an  hundreth  thousande  men,  that  drue 
 out  the  swerde :  and  of  luda  foure  hundreth 
 thousande  and  seuetye  thousande  men,  which 
 drue  out  the  swerde.  As  for  Leui  and  Ben 
 lamin,  he  nombred  them  not  amonge  these : 
 for  the  kynges  worde  was  abhominable  vnto 
 loab. 
 
 But  this  displeased  God  righte  sore :  for  he 
 smote  Israel.     And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  God: 
 
 1  haue  synned  greuously,  that  I  haue  done 
 this.     But  now  take  awaye  the  trespace  of  thy 
 
jfo.  mvcij. 
 
 €ln  u  bofef  of  t\)t  Croniclfsi. 
 
 Cf)a}j.  iLTiij. 
 
 seruaunt :  for  I  haue  done  very  vnwysely. 
 And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Gad  Dauids 
 Seer,  5  sayde  :  Go  speake  to  Dauid,  j  saye : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  Thre  thinges  laye 
 I  before  the,  chose  f  one  of  them,  y  I  maye 
 do  it  vnto  the.  And  wha  Gad  came  to 
 Dauid,  he  spake  vnto  him  :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  :  Chose  y  ether  thre  yeare  derth,  or 
 thre  monethes  to  flye  before  thine  aduersaries, 
 (J  before  the  swerde  of  thine  enemies,  y  it 
 maye  ouertake  the :  or  thre  dayes  f  swerde  of 
 the  LORDE,  5  pestilece  in  the  londe,  y  the 
 angell  of  the  LORDE  maye  destroye  in  all  f 
 coastes  of  Israel.  Loke  now  what  answere  I 
 shal  geue  vnto  him  y  sent  me.  Dauid  sayde 
 vnto  Gad :  I  am  in  greate  trouble  :  yet  wyl  I 
 rather  fall  in  to  f  hande  of  the  LORDE,  for 
 his  mercy  is  exceadynge  greate,  i  I  wil  not 
 fall  in  to  the  handes  of  men. 
 
 Then  dyd  the  LORDE  cause  pestilence  to 
 come  in  to  Israel,  so  that  there  fell  of  Israel 
 thre  score  i  ten  thousande  me.  And  God 
 sent  the  angell  to  lerusale  for  to  destroye  it. 
 And  euen  in  the  destruccion  the  LORDE 
 considered,  and  he  repeted  of  the  euell,  and 
 sayde  vnto  the  angell  f  destroyer :  It  is 
 ynough,  holde  now  thy  hande. 
 
 The  angell  of  the  LORDE  stode  besyde  f 
 barne  of  Arnan  f  lebusite.  And  Dauid  lifte 
 vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  the  angell  of  ;^  LORDE 
 stondinge  betwene  heaue  and  earth,  and  a 
 naked  swerde  in  his  hande  stretched  out  ouer 
 lerusalem.  Then  Dauid  and  y  Elders  bejTige 
 clothed  with  sack  cloth,  fell  vpo  their  faces. 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  God  :  Am  not  I  he 
 that  caused  the  people  to  be  nombred  ?  I  am 
 he  that  hath  synned  and  done  euell :  as  for 
 these  shepe,  what  haue  they  done  ?  LORDE 
 my  God,  let  thine  hande  be  agaynst  me  and 
 agaynst  my  fathers  house,  and  not  agaynst  thy 
 people  to  plage  them. 
 
 iVnd  the  angell  sayde  vnto  Gad,  that  he 
 shulde  speake  vnto  Dauid,  that  Dauid  shulde 
 go  vp,  5  set  vp  an  altare  in  the  barne  of  Arnan 
 the  lebusite.  So  Dauid  wente  vp  acordinge 
 to  y  worde  of  Gad,  which  he  spake  in  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE.  But  whan  Arnan 
 turned  him,  and  sawe  the  angell  (and  his 
 foure  sonnes  with  him)  they  hyd  the  selues : 
 for  Arnan  throszshed  wheate. 
 
 Now  whan  Dauid  came  to  Arnan,  Arnan 
 loked,  and  was  aware  of  Dauid,  and  wete 
 forth  out  of  the  barne,  and  worshipped  Dauid 
 
 with  his  face  to  the  grounde.  And  Dauid 
 sayde  vnto  Arnan  :  Geue  me  rowme  in  the 
 barne,  to  buylde  an  altare  vnto  the  LORDE 
 therin :  for  y  full  money  shalt  thou  geue  it 
 me,  that  the  plage  maye  ceasse  from  the 
 people. 
 
 But  Arnan  sayde  vnto  Dauid :  Take  it  vnto 
 the,  and  let  my  lorde  the  kynge  do  as  pleaseth 
 him.  Beholde,  that  oxe  geue  I  for  a  burnt- 
 ofFerynge,  and  those  vessels  to  the  oxe,  and 
 wheate  for  the  meatofferynge,  I  geue  it  all. 
 Neuertheles  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  Arnan  :  Not 
 so  :  but  for  y  full  money  wyl  I  bye  it :  for  that 
 which  is  thine  wyl  not  I  take  for  the  LORDE, 
 and  offre  a  burntofferynge  for  naughte. 
 
 So  Dauid  gaue  Arnan  for  f  rowme,  sixe 
 hundreth  Sycles  of  golde  in  weight.  And 
 there  buylded  Dauid  an  altare  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  (T  offred  burntofferynges  5  slayn- 
 offerynges.  And  whan  he  called  vpo  the 
 LORDE,  he  herde  him  thorow  the  fyre  from 
 heaue  vpon  y  altare  of  the  burntofferynge. 
 And  y  LORDE  sayde  vnto  the  angell,  that 
 he  shulde  put  his  swerde  in  to  his  sheeth. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  wha  Dauid  saw^e,  that 
 the  LORDE  had  herde  him  vpon  the  come 
 floore  of  Arnan  y  lebusite,  he  dyd  sacrifice 
 there.  For  f  habitacion  of  y  LORDE  which 
 Moses  had  made  in  the  wyldernes,  and  the 
 altare  of  burntofferynges,  was  at  that  tyme  in 
 the  hye  place  at  Gibeon.  But  Dauid  coulde 
 not  go  thither  to  seke  God  before  it,  for  he 
 feared  the  swerde  of  the  LORDES  angell. 
 And  Dauid  sayde  :  *  Here  shal  be  y  house  of 
 God  f  LORDE,  and  this  the  altare  of  burnt- 
 offerynges for  Israel. 
 
 Cf)£  fj»j-  Cljaptnr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  comaunded  to  gather  to- 
 gether the  straungers  that  were  in  y 
 londe  of  Israel,  and  appoynted  masons  to 
 hewe  stone  for  the  buyldinge  of  the  house 
 of  God.  And  Dauid  prepared  moch  yron 
 for  nales  in  the  dores  of  the  portes,  and  for 
 soch  thinges  as  were  to  be  naled  together, 
 and  so  moch  brasse,  that  it  was  not  to  be 
 weyed :  and  Cedre  trees  innumerable :  for 
 they  of  Zidon  (i  Tyre  brought  Dauid  moch 
 Cedre  t)Tnbre :  for  Dauid  thoughte,  Salom5 
 my  Sonne  is  but  a  childe  and  tender :  But  the 
 house  that  shal  be  buylded  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 shal  be  greate,  that  his  name  5  prayse  maye 
 
 ■  '.'  Par.  3.  a. 
 
|Ci)ap.  vni'ij. 
 
 C!)e  I.  bokt  of  tl)t  Croni'cIfEi. 
 
 #0.  ttcftirj. 
 
 be  exalted  in  all  londes,  therfore  wyl  I  prouyde 
 for  him.  So  Dauid  made  greate  prouysion 
 before  his  death. 
 
 And  he  called  Salomon  his  sonne,  (j  com- 
 maunded  him  to  buylde  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  and  sayde  vnto  him: 
 My  sonne,  *I  was  minded  to  buylde  an  house 
 vnto  the  name  of  the  LORDE  my  God,  but 
 the  worde  of  y  LORDE  came  vnto  me,  and 
 sayde:  Thou  hast  shed  moch  bloude,  and 
 strycken  many  battayls,  therfore  shalt  thou 
 not  buylde  an  house  vnto  my  name,  for  as 
 moch  as  thou  hast  shed  so  moch  bloude  vpon 
 the  earth  before  me.  Beholde,  the  sonne 
 which  shal  be  borne  vnto  the,  shal  be  a  quyete 
 man :  and  I  wyl  cause  him  to  be  in  rest  from 
 al  his  enemies  on  euery  syde,  for  his  name 
 shalbe  Salomon :  for  I  wyll  geue  peace  and 
 rest  vpon  Israel  as  longe  as  he  lyueth.  He 
 shal  buylde  an  house  vnto  my  name.  He  shal 
 be  my  sonne,  and  I  wyll  be  his  father.  And 
 I  wyl  stablyshe  y  seate  of  his  kyngdome  vpo 
 Israel  for  euer. 
 
 Now  my  sonne,  the  LORDE  shal  be  wyth 
 the,  and  thou  shalt  prospere,  that  thou  mayest 
 buylde  an  house  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 acordynge  as  he  hath  spoken  of  the.  The 
 LORDE  also  shal  geue  the  wyszdome  5  vn- 
 derstondynge,  and  shal  commytte  Israel  vnto 
 the,  that  thou  mayest  kepe  the  lawe  of  the 
 LORDE  thy  God.  But  then  shal  thou 
 prospere,  yf  thou  take  hede  to  do  after  the 
 ordynaunces  and  lawes  which  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  Moses  vnto  Israel.  Be  stronge, 
 and  take  a  good  corage  vnto  the,  feare  not, 
 and  be  not  faynt  harted.  Beholde,  I  haue  in 
 my  pouerte  prouyded  for  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  an  hundreth  thousande  talentes  of 
 golde,  and  a  thousande  tymes  a  thousande 
 talentes  of  syluer,  and  brasse  and  yron  without 
 nombre  :  for  there  is  so  moch  of  it. 
 
 And  tymbre  and  stone  haue  I  prepared 
 thou  mayest  get  more  therof.  Thou  hast 
 many  workmen  also,  mesons  and  carpenters  in 
 stone  and  tymber,  and  all  maner  of  men  that 
 haue  vnderstondinge  in  all  worke  off  golde, 
 syluer,  brasse,  and  yron  without  nombre.  Yet 
 get  the  vp,  and  be  doynge,  and  the  LORDE 
 shal  be  with  the. 
 
 And  Dauid  commaunded  all  the  rulers  of 
 Israel,  to  helpe  Salomon  his  sonne,  and  sayde : 
 Is  not  the  LORDE  youre  God  with  you,  and 
 
 hath  geuen  you  rest  on  euery  syde  ?  for  he 
 hath  delyuered  the  inhabiters  of  the  londe  in 
 to  youre  handes,  and  the  londe  is  subdued 
 before  the  LORDE  and  before  his  people. 
 Geue  ouer  youre  hert  now  therfore  and  youre 
 soule,  to  seke  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and 
 get  you  vp,  and  buylde  a  Sanctuary  vnto  the 
 LORDE  God,  that  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt 
 of  the  LORDE  and  the  holy  vessels  of  God, 
 maye  be  brought  in  to  the  house,  which  shalbe 
 buylded  vnto  the  name  of  the  LORDE.  So 
 Dauid  made  Salomon  his  sonne  kynge  ouer 
 Israel,  whan  he  himselfe  was  olde,  and  had 
 lyued  ynough. 
 
 Ci^t  n'iiij-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  gathered  all  the  rulers  in 
 Israel  together,  and  the  prestes  5  Le- 
 uites,  to  nombre  y  Leuites  from  thirtie  yeare 
 olde  5  aboue.  And  f  nombre  of  the  (which 
 were  stroge  men)  fro  heade  to  heade,  was 
 eight  and  thirtie  thousande :  of  whom  there 
 were  foure  j  twentie  thousande,  which  dyd 
 their  diligence  in  the  worke  ouer  y  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  sixe  thousande  officers  and 
 ludges,  and  foure  thousande  porters,  5  foure 
 thousande  that  songe  prayses  vnto  f  LORDE 
 with  instrumentes,  which  he  had  made  to 
 synge  prayse  with  all. 
 
 And  Dauid  made  the  ordinaunce  amonge 
 the  children  of  Leui,  namely  amoge  Gerson, 
 Kahath  %  Merari.  The  Gersonites  were : 
 Laedan  and  Simei.  The  children  of  Lae- 
 dan :  the  first,  lehiel,  Sethan,  and  loel,  these 
 thre. 
 
 The  children  of  Simei  were :  Salomith, 
 Hasiel  and  Haran,  these  thre.  These  were 
 the  chefe  amonge  the  fathers  of  Laedan. 
 These  also  were  the  children  of  Simei: 
 lahath,  Sina,  leus  and  Bria,  these  foure  were 
 Simeis  children  also.  lahath  was  the  first, 
 Sina  the  seconde.  As  for  leus  and  Bria,  they 
 had  not  many  childre,  therfore  were  they 
 couted  but  for  one  fathers  house. 
 
 t  The  children  of  Kahath  were :  Amram, 
 lezehar,  Hebron  and  Vsiel,  these  foure.  The 
 childre  of  Amram  were  :  Aaron  and  Moses, 
 t  As  for  Aaron,  he  was  separated,  to  be  sanc- 
 tified for  the  Most  holy,  he  j  his  sonnes  for 
 euer,  to  bume  incense  before  the  LORDE, 
 (J  to  mynister  and  blesse  in  f  name  of  the 
 LORDE  for  euermore.     And  the  children  of 
 
 t  Exod.  6.  c.    1  Par.  7.  a. 
 
 t  Exo.  29.  a. 
 
jfo.  tttmiiU 
 
 €i)t  u  bokt  of  tl)r  <Croniflt£(, 
 
 Cftap.  rxb. 
 
 Moses  the  man  of  God  were  named  amonge 
 y  trybe  of  the  Leuites.  *The  childre  of 
 Moses  were  Gerson  and  EUeser. 
 
 The  children  of  Gerson,  the  fyrst  was 
 Sebuel.  The  children  of  Elieser,  the  fyrst 
 was  Rehabia  j  Elieser  had  none  other  children. 
 But  f  childre  of  Rehabia  were  many  therouer. 
 The  children  of  lezehar  were  :  Salomith  the 
 fyrst.  The  children  of  Hebron  were  :  leria 
 the  fyrst,  Amaria  the  seconde,  lahasiel  the 
 thirde  and  lakmeam  f  fourth.  The  children 
 of  Vsiel  were  :  INIicha  the  fyrst  and  lesia  the 
 seconde 
 
 The  children  of  Merari  were:  Maheli  (t 
 Musi.  The  children  of  Maheli  were :  Eleasar 
 and  Cis.  And  Eleasar  dyed,  and  had  no 
 sonnes  but  doughters.  And  the  children  of 
 Cis  their  brethren  toke  them.  The  children 
 of  Musi  were  :  Maheli,  Eder  and  leremoth, 
 these  thre.  These  are  the  children  of  Leui 
 amonge  their  fathers  houses,  and  the  chefest 
 of  the  fathers,  which  were  counted  after  the 
 nombre  of  y  names  heade  by  heade  :  which 
 executed  the  worke  of  the  offices  in  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE  +  from  thirtie  yeare  olde  i 
 aboue.  For  Dauid  sayde :  The  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel  hath  geuen  his  people  rest,  j 
 shall  dwell  at  lerusalem  for  euer. 
 
 Amonge  y  Leuites  also  were  the  childre  of 
 Leui  nombred  from  thirtie  yeare  olde  and 
 aboue,  t  that  they  neded  not  to  beare  ;y 
 Habitacion  with  all  the  vessels  of  their  office, 
 but  acordinge  to  y  last  wordes  of  Dauid,  y 
 they  shulde  stonde  vnder  the  hande  of  the 
 children  of  Aaron,  to  mjTiister  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  in  the  courte,  and  to  the  chestes, 
 and  for  purifyenge,  and  to  all  maner  of  sanc- 
 tifyenge,  and  to  euery  worke  of  the  office  in 
 the  house  of  God.  And  for  f  shewbred,  for 
 the  fyne  floure,  for  the  meatoifiynge,  for 
 the  vnleuended  wafers,  for  the  pannes,  for  f 
 fryenge,  and  for  all  maner  of  weight  and 
 measure.  And  in  the  mornjTige  to  stonde  for 
 to  geue  thankes  and  to  prayse  the  LORDE, 
 and  in  the  euenynge  likewyse.  And  vpon  all 
 Sabbathes,  Newmones  and  feastes  to  offre  all 
 the  bumtofferj'nges  vnto  the  LORDE,  acord- 
 inge to  the  nombre  and  ordre,  allwaye  before 
 the  LORDE  :  to  wayte  vpon  the  Tabernacle 
 of  witnesse  and  of  the  Sactuary,  and  vpon 
 their  brethre  the  children  of  Aaron,  to 
 mynister  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 t  Num.  4. 
 
 t  2  Par.  35.  a. 
 
 Clje  vrb-  Cljapttr. 
 
 THIS  was  y  ordinaunce  of  the  childre  of 
 Aaron.  *  The  children  of  Aaron  were, 
 Nadab,  Abihu,  Eleasar  and  Ithamar.  But 
 Nadab  and  Abihu  dyed  before  their  fathers, 
 and  had  no  children.  And  Eleasar  and 
 Ithamar  were  prestes.  And  Dauid  ordred 
 them  after  his  maner:  Sadoc  out  of  the 
 children  of  Eleasar,  and  Ahimelech  out  of 
 the  children  of  Ithamar,  acordinge  to  their 
 nombre  and  office.  And  there  were  mo  chefe 
 stronge  men  founde  amonge  the  children  of 
 Eleasar,  then  the  children  of  Ithamar.  And 
 he  ordeyned  them  after  this  maner :  namely, 
 sixtene  out  of  y  childre  of  Eleasar  to  be 
 rulers  thorow  out  their  fathers  house :  j  eight 
 of  the  children  of  Ithamar  thorow  out  their 
 fathers  house.  Neuertheles  he  ordeyned  them 
 by  lot,  because  that  both  the  pryncipall  of  the 
 children  of  Eleasar  and  of  Ithamar  were  in  f 
 Sanctuary,  and  chefe  before  God.  And  the 
 Scr)'be  Semeia  the  sonne  of  Nethaneel  one  of 
 the  Leuites,  wrote  them  vp  before  y  kynge 
 and  before  the  rulers,  and  before  Sadoc  the 
 prest,  (T  before  Ahimelech  the  sonne  of  Abia- 
 thar,  5  before  the  chefe  of  the  fathers  amonge 
 the  prestes  (j  Leuites:  namely  one  fathers 
 house  for  Eleasar,  and  the  other  for  Ithamar. 
 
 And  the  first  lot  fell  vpon  loiarib,  the 
 seconde  vpon  ledana,  the  thirde  vpo  Harim, 
 the  fourth  vpon  Seorim,  the  fifth  vpo  Mal- 
 chia,  the  sixte  vpon  Meiamin,  the  seuenth 
 vpon  Hakoz,  the  eight  vpon  II  Abia,  the 
 nyenth  vpon  lesua,  the  tenth  vpon  Sechania, 
 the  eleuenth  vpon  Eliasib,  the  twolueth  ■i'pon 
 lakim,  the  thirtenth  \'pon  Hupa,  the  fourtenth 
 vpon  lesebeab,  the  fiftenth  vpon  Bilga,  the 
 sixtenth  vpon  Immer,  the  seuententh  vpon 
 Hesir,  the  eightenth  vpon  Hapizez,  the  nyen- 
 tenth  \-pon  Pethahia,  the  twentieth  vpon  le- 
 heszkel,  the  one  and  twentieth  vpon  lachin,  the 
 two  (J  twentieth  vpon  Samul,  the  thre  %  twen- 
 tieth v[w  Dalaia,  f  foure  and  twentieth  vpo 
 Maasia.  This  is  their  course  after  their  office, 
 to  go  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  acordinge 
 to  their  maner  vnder  their  father  Aaron,  as 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  commaunded  him. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Leui  amonge  the  children 
 of  Amram,  was  Subael.  Amonge  the  children 
 of  Subael,  was  lohdea.  Amonge  the  children 
 of  Rehabia,  was  f  first  lesia.     Amonge  the 
 
 ^  Leui.  10.  a.     Num.  3.  a. 
 
 I  Luc.  1.  a. 
 
 c 
 
Cljap,  vv^ih 
 
 CIjc  h  bofec  of  tl)t  Croniclts, 
 
 fo.  ffcvfb. 
 
 lezeharites  was  Selomoth.  Anionge  the  child- 
 ren of  Selomoth  was  lahath.  The  children 
 of  Hebron  were :  leria  y  first,  Amaria  the  se- 
 conde,  lehasiel  the  thirde,  lakneam  the  fourth. 
 The  children  of  Vsiel  were:  Micha.  Amoge 
 the  children  of  Micha  was  Samir.  The  bro- 
 ther of  Micha  was  lesia.  Amonge  the  children 
 of  lesia  was  Zacharias.  The  children  of  Me- 
 rari  were :  Maheli  s  Musi,  whose  sonne  was 
 laesia.  The  childre  of  Merari  of  his  sonne 
 laesia  were:  Soham,  Sacur  (j  Ibri.  Maheli 
 had  Eleasar  :  for  he  had  no  sonnes.  Of  Cis, 
 the  children  of  Cis  were:  lerahmeel  and 
 Musi.  The  children  of  Musi  were,  Maheli, 
 Eder  and  leremoth.  These  are  the  childre  of 
 y  Leuites  thorow  out  y  house  of  their  fathers. 
 And  the  lot  was  cast  for  them  also  besyde 
 their  brethren  the  children  of  Aaron,  in  the 
 presence  of  kynge  Dauid  and  Sadoc  and  Ahi- 
 melech,  and  before  the  chefe  fathers  amonge 
 the  prestes  d  Leuites,  as  well  for  the  leest  bro- 
 ther as  for  the  chefest  amonge  the  fathers. 
 
 Cijt  yi:bi.  Ci)aptn:. 
 
 AND  Dauid  with  the  chefe  captaynes 
 sundered  to  the  offices  amonge  f  childre 
 of  Assaph,  Heman  g  ledithun  y  prophetes 
 with  harpes,  psalteries  j  Cymbales,  and  they 
 were  nonibred  vnto  the  worke  acordynge  to 
 their  offyce.  Amonge  the  childre  of  Assaph 
 was  Sakur,  loseph,  Nethania,  Asarela,  childre 
 of  Assaph  vnder  Assaph  which  prophecyed 
 besyde  y  kynge.  Of  ledithun:  The  children 
 of  ledithun  were,  Gedalia,  Zori,  lesaia,  Hasa- 
 bia,  Mathithia  (Simei)  these  sixe  vnder  their 
 father  ledithun  with  harpes,  whose  prophe- 
 cienge  was  to  geue  thankes  and  to  praise  the 
 LORDE.  Of  Heman:  The  children  of  He- 
 man  were  Bukia,  Mathania,  Vsiel,  Sebuel, 
 lerimoth,  Hanania,  Hanani,  Eliatha,  Gilthi, 
 Romamthieser,  laszbaksa,  Mallothi,  Hothir 
 and  Mehesioth.  All  these  were  the  children 
 of  Hema  the  kynges  Seer  in  the  wordes  of 
 God  to  lyfte  vp  the  home  :  for  God  gaue 
 Heman  fourtene  sonnes  a  thre  daughters. 
 
 All  these  were  vnder  their  fathers  Assaph 
 ledithun  and  Heman,  to  synge  in  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE  with  Cymbales,  Psalteries  5 
 harpes,  acordynge  to  the  office  in  the  house  of 
 God  besyde  the  kynge.  And  their  nombre 
 with  their  brethren,  which  were  taughte  in 
 the  songe  of  the  LORDE  (euery  one  hauynge 
 vnderstondinge)  was  two  hundreth  5  eight  and 
 foure  score.     And  they  cast  the  *  lottes  ouer 
 
 their  offyce,  for  the  leest  as  for  the  greatest, 
 for  the  master  as  for  the  scolar. 
 
 And  the  first  Lot  fell  vpo  loseph  which 
 was  of  Assaph:  the  seconde  vpo  Gedolia  with 
 his  brethre  and  sonnes,  of  whom  there  were 
 twolue.  The  thirde  vpo  Sacur  with  his  sonnes 
 d  brethre,  of  who  there  were  twolue.  The 
 fourth  vpon  lezri  with  his  sonnes  and  bre- 
 thren, of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The  fyfth 
 vpo  Nethania  with  his  sonnes  and  brethre, 
 of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The  syxte  vpon 
 Bukia  with  his  sonnes  and  brethren,  of  whom 
 there  were  twolue.  The  seuenth  vpon  lesreela 
 with  his  sonnes  and  brethre,  of  whom  there 
 were  twolue.  The  eighte  vpon  lesaia  with 
 his  sonnes  and  brethren,  of  whom  there  were 
 twolue.  The  nyenth  vpon  Mathania  with 
 his  sonnes  and  brethre,  of  whom  there  were 
 twolue.  The  tenth  vpon  Simei  with  his  sonnes 
 and  brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue. 
 The  eleuenth  vpon  Asraeel  with  his  sonnes 
 and  brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue. 
 The  twolueth  vpon  Hasabia  with  his  sonnes 
 and  brethre,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 thirtenth  vpon  Subael  with  his  sonnes  and 
 brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 fourtenth  vpon  Mathithia  with  his  sonnes  5 
 brethre,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 fyftenth  vpo  leremoth  with  his  sonnes  and 
 brethre,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 syxtenth  vpon  Anania  with  his  sonnes  and 
 brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 seuenteth  vpon  laszbekasa  with  his  sonnes 
 (J  brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 eightenth  vpon  Hanani  with  his  sonnes  and 
 brethre,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 nyententh  vpon  Mallothi  with  his  sonnes  j 
 brethren,  of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The 
 twentieth  vpon  Eliatha  with  his  sonnes  and  bre- 
 thre, of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The  one  5 
 twctieth  vpon  Hothir  with  his  sonnes  5  brethre 
 of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The  two  and 
 twentieth  vpon  Gidalthi  with  his  sonnes  5  bre- 
 thren, of  whom  there  were  twolue.  The  thre 
 and  twentieth  vpon  Mehesioth  with  his  sonnes 
 and  brethren  of  whom  there  were  twolue. 
 The  foure  and  twetyeth  vpon  Romamthieser 
 with  his  sonnes  and  brethren,  of  whom  there 
 were  twolue. 
 
 CJe  n'Bij.  Ci)aj)t«. 
 F    the    ordinauces   of    the   dorekepers. 
 Amonge  the  Korahytes  was  Meselemia 
 
 o 
 
jfo,  mvfbu 
 
 €l)t  I.  hoUt  of  tbf  Cionirks, 
 
 Cftap.  ntij. 
 
 of  the  children  of  Assaph.  The  children  of 
 Meselemia  were  these :  the  fyrstborne  Zacha- 
 rias,  the  seconde  lediael,  f  thirde  Sebadia, 
 the  fourth  lathniel,  f  fifth  Elam,  the  sixte 
 lohanan,  the  seuenth  Elioenai.  The  children 
 of  Obed  Edom  were  these :  the  firstborne 
 Semaia,  the  seconde  losabad  the  thirde  loah, 
 the  fourth  Sachur,  y  fyfth  Nethaneel,  the 
 sixte  Ammiel,  the  seuenth  Isachar,  the  eight 
 Pegulthai :  for  God  had  blessed  him.  And 
 vnto  Semaia  his  sonne  there  were  sonnes 
 borne  also,  which  bare  rule  in  the  house  of 
 their  fathers :  for  they  were  mightie  valeaunt 
 men.  The  children  of  Semaia  were,  Athni, 
 Rephael,  Obed  and  Elsabad,  whose  brethren 
 were  valeaunt  men,  Elihu  and  Semachia :  all 
 these  were  of  the  children  of  Obed  Edom. 
 Meselemia  had  children  and  brethren  which 
 were  stronge  men,  euen  eightene. 
 
 Hossa  of  the  children  of  Merari  had  child- 
 ren, Simri  the  chefest :  for  y  fyrstborne  was 
 not  there,  therfore  dyd  his  father  appoynte 
 him  to  be  chefest,  the  secode  Helchias,  f 
 thirde  Tebalia,  y  fourth  Zacharias.  All  the 
 children  and  brethren  of  Hossa  were  thirtene. 
 
 This  is  the  ordinaunce  of  the  dorekepers 
 amonge  the  heades  of  the  valeaunt  men  in 
 the  ofiyce  besyde  their  brethren,  to  mynister 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  the  lot 
 was  cast  for  the  small  as  for  f  greate  thorow 
 out  the  house  of  their  fathers  at  euery  dore. 
 The  lot  towarde  the  East  fell  vpon  Meselemia. 
 And  the  lot  was  cast  for  Zacharias  his  sonne, 
 which  was  a  man  of  prudent  councell,  5  vnto 
 him  it  fell  towarde  the  North :  But  vnto  Obed 
 Edom  towarde  the  South,  and  to  his  sonnes 
 besyde  the  house  of  Esupim.  And  vnto 
 Supim  and  Hossa  towarde  the  West  by  the 
 gate  of  Salechet  in  the  strete  of  the  bumtofFer- 
 inges,  where  the  tabernacles  stonde  together. 
 
 Towarde  the  East  were  there  sixe  of  the 
 Leuites.  Towarde  the  north  foure  on  f  dale 
 tyme.  Towarde  the  south  foure  on  the  daye 
 season  likewyse.  Besyde  Esupim  two  (t  two. 
 By  Parbar  westwarde  were  there  foure  in  the 
 strete,  and  two  besyde  Parbar.  These  are 
 the  ordinaunces  of  the  dorekepers  amonge  the 
 children  of  the  Korahites,  and  the  children  of 
 Merari.  Of  the  Leuites,  was  Ahia  ouer  the 
 treasures  of  the  house  of  God,  and  ouer  the 
 treasures  that  were  sanctifyed. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Laedan,  the  childre  of 
 the  Gersonites.     Of  Laedan  were  these  the 
 
 heades  of  the  fathers,  namely  y  lehielites. 
 The  children  of  the  lehielites  were,  Setha 
 and  his  brother  loel  ouer  the  treasures  of  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  Amonge  the  Am- 
 ramites,  lezeharites,  Hebronites  and  Vsielites, 
 was  Sebuel  the  sonne  of  Gerson  the  sonne  of 
 Moses,  prynee  ouer  the  treasures.  His  bro- 
 ther Elieser  had  a  sonne  Rehabia,  whose 
 Sonne  was  lesaia,  whose  sonne  was  lora,  whose 
 Sonne  was  Sichri,  whose  sonne  was  Selomith : 
 the  same  Selomith  and  his  brethren  were  ouer 
 all  the  treasures  of  the  thinges  that  were 
 halowed,  which  kinge  Dauid  halowed,  and  the 
 pryncipall  of  the  fathers  amonge  the  rulers 
 ouer  thousandes  11  ouer  hundreds,  and  rulers 
 in  the  boost  (of  warres  and  spoyles  had  they 
 halowed  it,  to  repayre  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE)  and  ouer  all  y  Samuel  the  Seer, 
 and  Said  the  sonne  of  Cis,  (j  Abner  the  sonne 
 of  Ner,  and  loab  the  sonne  of  Zeru  la  had 
 halowed :  what  soeuer  was  sanctifyed,  it  was 
 vnder  the  hande  of  Selomith  and  his  brethren. 
 Amonge  the  lezeharites  was  Chenaia  with  his 
 sonnes  for  the  worke  without  ouer  Israel,  ofJy- 
 cers  5  ludges.  Amonge  the  Hebronites  was  Ha- 
 sabia  5  his  brethren,  valeaunt  men,  a  thousande 
 and  seuen  hundreth,  ouer  the  ofFyces  of  Israel 
 on  this  syde  lordane  westwarde  for  all  maner 
 worke  of  the  LORDE,  and  to  serue  the  kinge. 
 But  amonge  the  Hebronites  was  leria  the 
 chefest  amonge  the  Hebronites  of  his  kinred 
 amoge  the  fathers.  And  search  was  made 
 amonge  them,  and  in  the  fortieth  yeare  of 
 kynge  Dauid  there  were  founde  valeaut  men 
 at  laeser  in  Gilead,  and  their  brethren  mightie 
 men,  two  thousande  and  seuen  hundreth  pryn- 
 cipall fathers,  and  Dauid  set  the  ouer  the 
 Rubenites,  Gaddites,  and  ouer  the  halfe  trybe 
 of  Manasses,  for  all  soch  busynes  as  belonged 
 vnto  God  and  the  kynge. 
 
 Ei)c  \jbii).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THE  children  of  Israel  acordinge  to  their 
 nombre,  were  heades  of  the  fathers,  and 
 ouer  thousandes  and  ouer  hundreds,  5  officers 
 waytinge  vpon  the  kynge,  to  go  of  5  on  after 
 their  course  euery  moneth  one,  in  all  f 
 monethes  of  y  yeare.  Euery  course  had  foure 
 5  twentye  thousande. 
 
 Ouer  the  first  course  of  the  first  moneth, 
 was  lasebeam  y  sonne  of  Sabdiel,  and  vnder 
 his  course  were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 Of  the  children  of  Phares  was  the  pryncipall 
 
CI)ap»  vm^ 
 
 Clje  I.  hokt  of  tftc  CronulfsJ. 
 
 #0.  cra-tbij. 
 
 amonge  all  the  chefe  captaynes  in  the  first 
 moneth. 
 
 Ouer  the  course  of  the  seconde  moneth  was 
 Dodai  the  Ahohite,  and  Mikloth  was  the 
 prynce  ouer  his  course.  And  vnder  his  course 
 were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  thirde  pryncipall  captayne  of  the  thirde 
 moneth,  was  Benaia  the  sonne  of  loiada  y 
 prest,  and  vnder  his  course  were  foure  and  twen- 
 tye thousande.  *This  is  y  Benaia  the  Worthie 
 amonge  thirtie  and  aboue  thirtie,  And  his 
 course  was  vnder  his  sonne  Ammi  Sabad. 
 
 The  fourth  in  y  fourth  moneth  was  Asahel 
 the  brother  of  loab,  and  Sabadia  his  sonne 
 after  him,  and  vnder  his  course  were  foure 
 and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  fifth  in  the  fifth  moneth  was  Samehuth 
 the  lesrahite,  and  vnder  his  course  were  foure 
 and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  sixte  in  the  sixte  moneth,  was  Ira  y 
 Sonne  of  Ickes  the  Thecoite,  and  vnder  his 
 course  were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  seuenth  in  the  seuenth  moneth,  was 
 Helez  the  Pelonite  of  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
 and  vnder  his  course  were  foure  and  twetye 
 thousande. 
 
 The  eight  in  the  eight  moneth,  was  Sibechai 
 the  Husathite  of  y  Sarehites,  and  vnder  his 
 course  were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  nyenth  in  the  nyenth  moneth,  was 
 Abieser  the  Anthothite  of  the  childre  of  le- 
 raini,  5  vnder  his  course  were  foure  and  twe- 
 tye thousande. 
 
 The  tenth  in  the  tenth  moneth,  was  Maherai 
 the  Netophatite  of  the  Serahites,  and  vnder  his 
 course  were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  eleuenth  in  the  eleueth  moneth,  was 
 Benaia  the  Pirgathonite  of  the  children  of 
 Ephraim,  and  vnder  his  course  were  foure 
 and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 The  twolueth  in  the  twolueth  moneth  was 
 Heldai  y  Netophatite  of  Athniel,  and  vnder 
 his  course  were  foure  and  twentye  thousande. 
 
 Ouer  the  trybes  of  Israel  were  these : 
 Amonge  the  Rubenites  was  Prynce  Elieser 
 the  sonne  of  Sichri.  Amonge  the  Simeonites 
 was  Sephatia  the  sonne  of  Maecha.  Amonge 
 the  Leuites  was  Hasabia  the  sonne  of  Kemuel. 
 Amonge  the  Aaronites  was  Sadoc.  Amoge 
 luda  was  Elihu  one  of  Dauids  brethren. 
 Amonge  Isachar  was  Amri  the  sonne  of  Mi- 
 chael.   Amonge  Zabul5  was  lesmaia  the  soime 
 
 •  2  Re.  23.  d.     1  Par.  12.  d. 
 
 of  Obadia.  Amonge  Nephtali  was  leremoth 
 the  sonne  of  Asriel.  Amonge  the  children  of 
 Ephraim  was  Hosea  the  sonne  of  Asasia. 
 Amonge  the  halfe  trybe  of  Manasses  was  loel 
 the  sonne  of  Pedaia.  Amonge  the  halfe  trybe 
 of  Manasses  in  Gilead  was  leddo  the  sonne 
 of  Zacharias.  Amonge  Ben  lamin  was  laesiel 
 the  Sonne  of  Abner.  Amonge  Dan  was  Asareel 
 the  Sonne  of  leroham.  These  are  the  princes 
 of  the  trybes  of  Israel. 
 
 But  Dauid  toke  not  the  nombre  of  them 
 that  were  twentye  yeare  olde  and  there  vnder : 
 for  the  LORDE  had  promysed  to  multiplye 
 Israel  as  the  starres  of  the  szkie.  +  Howbeit 
 loab  the  sonne  of  Zeruia  had  begonne  to 
 nombre  them,  and  perfourmed  it  not :  for 
 there  came  wrath  vpon  Israel  for  the  same 
 cause,  therfore  came  not  the  nombre  in  to  y 
 Cronicles  of  kynge  Dauid. 
 
 Ouer  the  kynges  treasures  was  Asmaueth 
 the  Sonne  of  Adiel.  And  ouer  the  treasures 
 in  the  lode,  in  the  cities,  vyllages  and  castels 
 was  lonathan  the  sonne  of  Vsia.  Ouer  the 
 huszbandmen  to  tyll  the  londe  was  Esri  the 
 sonne  of  Chelub.  Ouer  the  vynyardes  was 
 Simei  the  Ramathite.  Ouer  the  wyne  Cellers 
 and  treasures  of  wyne  was  Sabdi  the  Siphimite. 
 Ouer  the  oyle  gardens  and  Molbery  trees  in 
 the  lowe  feldes,  was  Baal  Hanan  the  Gaderite. 
 Ouer  the  treasure  of  the  oyle  was  loas.  Ouer 
 y  oxen  of  the  pasture  at  Saron  was  Sitari  the 
 Saronite.  Ouer  the  oxen  in  the  valleys  was 
 Saphath  the  sonne  of  Adlai. 
 
 Ouer  the  Camels  was  Obil  the  Ismaelite. 
 Ouer  the  asses  was  lehethia  the  Meronothite. 
 Ouer  the  shepe  was  lasis  the  Hagarite.  All 
 these  were  rulers  ouer  kynge  Dauids  goodes. 
 lonathan  Dauids  vncle  was  of  the  counceU  a 
 wyse  man  and  a  scrybe.  And  lehiel  the 
 sonne  of  Hachmoni  was  with  the  kynges 
 children,  t  Achitophel  also  was  of  the  kynges 
 councell.  Husai  the  Arachite  was  the  lunges 
 frende.  After  Achitophel  was  loiada  f  sonne 
 of  Benaia  and  Abiathar.  As  for  loab,  he 
 was  the  kynges  chefe  captayne  of  warre. 
 
 Eiit  txir-  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  Dauid  gathered  vnto  lerusalem  aU 
 the  rulers  of  Israel,  namely  y  prynces 
 of  the  trybes,  the  rulers  ouer  the  courses, 
 which  wayted  vpon  the  kynge,  the  captaynes 
 ouer  thousandes  and  ouer  hundreds,  the  rulers 
 
 t  1  Par.  22.  a.         f  1  Re.  16.  d. 
 
jTo,  mj:cbiij. 
 
 €i)t  h  Ijofee  of  tl)t  Crom'ries. 
 
 Cftap.  jrjiT- 
 
 ouer  the  goodes  and  catell  of  the  kynge  and 
 of  his  sonnes,  with  the  chaberlaines,  warryers 
 and  valeaunt  men.  And  Dauid  the  kynge 
 stode  vp  vpon  his  fete,  and  saide  :  Heare  me 
 my  brethren  and  my  people  :  *I  was  mynded 
 to  buylde  an  house,  where  the  Arke  of  the 
 couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  shulde  rest,  and  a 
 fote  stole  for  the  fete  of  oure  God,  and  pre- 
 pared my  selfe  for  to  buylde.  But  God  sayde 
 vnto  me :  "  Thou  shalt  not  buylde  an  house 
 vnto  my  name,  for  thou  art  a  man  of  warre, 
 and  hast  shed  bloude. 
 
 tNow  hath  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 chosen  me  out  of  all  my  fathers  house,  y  I 
 shulde  be  kynge  ouer  Israel :  for  t  luda  hath 
 he  chosen  to  be  the  Prynce,  and  in  the  house 
 of  luda  amonge  my  fathers  children  hath  he 
 had  pleasure  vnto  me,  to  make  me  kynge 
 ouer  all  Israel :  and  amSge  all  my  sonnes  (for 
 the  LORDE  hath  geuen  me  many  sonnes)  he 
 hath  chosen  Salomon  my  sonne,  to  syt  vpon 
 the  seate  of  the  kyngdome  of  the  LORDE 
 ouer  Israel,  and  hath  sayde  vnto  me  :  ^  Salo- 
 mon thy  sonne  shall  buylde  me  an  house  and 
 my  courtes  :  for  I  haue  chosen  him  to  be  my 
 sonne,  ij  I  wil  be  his  father,  5  wyll  stablishe 
 his  kyngdome  for  euer,  yf  he  be  constant  to 
 do  after  my  commaundementes  and  lawes,  as 
 it  is  this  daye.  Now  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel 
 the  congregacion  of  the  LORDE,  and  in  the 
 eares  of  oure  God,  se  that  ye  obserue  and 
 seke  all  the  commaundemetes  of  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  that  ye  maye  possesse  this  good 
 londe  and  that  ye  and  youre  children  male 
 haue  y  inheritaunce  therof  for  euer. 
 
 And  thou  my  sonne  Salomo,  knowe  thou 
 the  God  of  thy  father,  and  serue  him  with  all 
 thy  hert,  and  with  the  desyre  of  thy  soule : 
 for  the  LORDE  searcheth  all  hertes,  and 
 vnderstondeth  all  thoughtes  (j  ymaginacions. 
 Yf  thou  seke  him,  thou  shalt  fynde  him :  but 
 yf  thou  forsake  him,  he  shall  refuse  the  for 
 euer.  Take  hede  now,  for  the  LORDE  hath 
 chosen  the,  to  buylde  an  house  to  be  the 
 Sactuary  :  be  stronge,  and  make  it. 
 
 And  Dauid  gaue  Salomon  his  sonne  a 
 patrone  of  the  Porche,  and  of  his  house,  and 
 of  the  celles  and  perlers  and  ynnermer  cha- 
 bers,  and  of  the  house  of  the  Mercyseate,  (t, 
 of  all  that  he  had  in  his  mynde,  namely  of  the 
 courte  of  the  LORDES  house,  and  of  all 
 the  oratories  rounde  aboute  the  treasures  in 
 
 y  house  of  God,  and  of  the  treasures  of  soch 
 thinges  as  were  halowed,  of  the  ordinaunces 
 of  the  prestes,  and  Leuites,  and  of  all  y  busy- 
 nesse  of  the  offyces  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Golde  (gaue  he  him)  after  y  golde  weight 
 for  all  maner  of  vessels  of  euery  ofFyce,  and 
 all  siluer  ornamentes  after  the  weight  for  all 
 maner  of  vessell  of  euery  offyce  :  and  weight 
 for  the  golden  candilstickes  and  golden  lampes, 
 for  euery  candilstycke  and  his  lampes  his 
 weight:  likewyse  for  the  siluer  candilstickes 
 gaue  he  the  weight  to  the  candilsticke  (t  his 
 lampes,  acordynge  as  was  requyred  for  euery 
 candilstycke.  He  gaue  golde  also  for  y  tables 
 of  the  shewbred,  for  euery  table  his  weight : 
 and  syluer  lykewise  for  the  syluer  tables.  And 
 pure  golde  for  the  fleshokes,  basens  and  cen- 
 sors :  and  for  the  golden  cuppes,  vnto  euery 
 cuppe  his  weight :  and  for  the  siluer  cuppes, 
 vnto  euery  cuppe  his  weighte :  and  for  the  altare 
 of  incense  his  weighte,  of  the  most  pure  golde. 
 
 And  a  patrone  of  the  charett  of  the  golden 
 Cherubins,  that  they  mighte  sprede  out  them 
 selues,  and  couer  the  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  of 
 the  LORDE.  All  this  is  geuen  me  in  wrytinge 
 of  the  hande  of  the  LORDE,  to  make  me  vn- 
 derstonde  all  the  workes  of  the  patrone. 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  Salomo  his  sonne : 
 Be  thou  manly  and  stronge,  and  make  it, 
 feare  not,  and  be  not  fayntharted,  the  LORDE 
 God  my  God  shal  be  with  the,  and  shall  not 
 withdrawe  his  hande,  ner  fayle  the,  tyll  thou 
 haue  fynished  euery  worke  for  the  seruyce  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  Beholde,  the  courses 
 of  the  prestes  and  Leuites  to  all  the  offyces  in 
 the  house  of  God  are  with  the  in  euery  worke, 
 and  are  willinge,  and  haue  wisdome  to  all  the 
 offyces :  and  so  haue  the  prynces  and  all  the 
 people  for  euery  thinge  that  thou  hast  to  do. 
 
 Cl)t  m'-  Cfjapttr. 
 
 AND  kynge  Dauid  sayde  vnto  all  the 
 congregacion :  God  hath  chosen  Salo- 
 mon one  of  my  sonnes,  which  yet  is  yonge  and 
 tender.  But  the  worke  is  greate :  for  it  is  not 
 a  mans  palace,  but  the  LORDE  Gods.  Yet 
 haue  I  after  all  my  abilite  prepared  vnto  the 
 house  of  God,  golde  for  the  vessels  of  golde, 
 syluer  for  them  of  syluer,  brasse  for  them  of 
 brasse,  yron  for  the  of  yron,  wod  for  them  of 
 wod,  Onix  stones,  set  Rubyes,  g  stones  of 
 dyuerse   coloures,   5   all    precious    stones,   5 
 
 {  Ge.  49.  b.    1  Par.  6. 
 
 1  Par.  18.  b.    2  Par.  6.  b. 
 
Cfeap.  m* 
 
 CI)e  u  Ijofee  of  tfte  CronirIf£J» 
 
 jTo.  rrcjcfi'ir. 
 
 Marble  stones  in  multitude.  Besydes  this, 
 for  the  good  wyl  y  I  haue  to  the  house  of 
 God,  I  haue  of  myne  awne  proper  good  thre 
 M.  taletes  of  golde  of  Ophir,  j  seuen  M, 
 taletes  of  pure  syluer,  which  I  geue  vnto  the 
 holy  house  of  God,  besyde  all  y  I  haue  pre- 
 pared, to  ouerlaye  y  walles  of  the  house,  y 
 the  same  which  ought  to  be  of  golde,  maye 
 be  of  golde :  (j  -that  it  which  ought  to  be  of 
 syluer,  maye  be  of  syluer :  and  for  all  maner 
 of  worke  by  the  hande  of  the  craftesmen. 
 And  who  is  now  fre  wyllinge,  to  fyll  his  hande 
 this  daye  vnto  the  LORDE  ? 
 
 Then  were  the  prynces  of  the  fathers,  f 
 prynces  of  the  trybes  of  Israel,  the  captaynes 
 ouer  thousandes  u  ouer  hundreds,  the  rulers 
 ouer  the  kynges  busynes,  fre  wyllinge,  5  gaue  to 
 y-  mynistracion  in  the  house  of  God  fyue  M.  ta- 
 lentes  of  golde,  and  ten  M.  guldens,  and  ten  M. 
 talentes  of  syluer,  eightene  M.  taletes  of  brasse, 
 and  an  hundred  M.  taletes  of  yron.  And  by 
 whomso  euerwere  foude  stones,  they  gaue  them 
 to  the  treasure  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 vnder  the  hade  of  lehiel  the  Gersonite. 
 
 And  y  people  were  glad  that  they  were  fre 
 wyllinge :  for  they  gaue  it  with  a  good  wyll 
 (euen  with  all  their  hert)  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 And  Dauid  also  y  kynge  reioysed  greatly,  and 
 praysed  God,  and  sayde  before  the  whole  con- 
 gregacion :  Praysed  be  thou  O  LORDE  God 
 of  Israel  oure  father,  vnto  the  belongeth  wor- 
 shippe  and  power,  glory,  victory  5  thankes : 
 for  all  that  is  in  heauen  and  earth,  is  thine  : 
 thine  is  y  kyngdome,  and  thou  art  exalted 
 aboue  all  prynces.  Thine  are  riches  and  ho- 
 noure  before  y,  thou  reignest  ouer  all,  in  thy 
 hande  consisteth  power  and  might,  in  thy  hade 
 is  it  to  make  euery  man  greate  and  stronge. 
 
 Now  thake  we  the  oure  God,  and  prayse  f 
 name  of  thy  glory  :  For  who  am  I  ?  What  is 
 my  people  ?  that  we  shulde  be  able  with  a 
 fre  wyll  to  offre,  as  this  is  done  ?  For  of  the 
 commeth  all,  and  of  thy  hande  haue  we  geuen 
 it  the :  *  For  we  are  but  pilgrems  5  strangers 
 before  the,  as  were  all  oure  fathers.  Oure 
 life  vpon  earth  is  as  a  shadowe,  and  here  is  no 
 abydinge.  O  LORDE  oure  God,  all  this 
 abundaunce  that  we  haue  prepared  to  buylde 
 the  an  house  vnto  thy  name,  came  of  thy 
 hande,  and  is  thine  aUtogether.  I  knowe  my 
 God,  that  thou  tryest  the  hert,  and  that  vn- 
 
 •Gen.  47.  b.     Heb.  11.  c.         t  3  Reg.  2.  f. 
 
 faynednes  is  acceptable  vnto  the ;  therfore 
 haue  I  geue  all  this  with  an  vnfayned  hert, 
 eue  with  a  good  wyll,  and  now  haue  I  had 
 ioye  to  se  thy  people  (which  here  are  present) 
 ofFre  with  a  fre  wyll  vnto  the.  O  LORDE 
 God  of  oure  fathers  Abraham,  Isaac,  5  Is- 
 rael, kepe  thou  euermore  soch  purposes  and 
 thoughtes  in  y  hertes  of  thy  people,  5  prepare 
 thou  their  hertes  vnto  the.  And  graunte  my 
 sonne  Salomon  a  perfecte  hert,  that  he  maye 
 kepe  thy  comaundementes,  thy  testimonies,  (j 
 thy  statutes,  that  he  maye  do  all,  5  buylde  this 
 palace,  which  I  haue  prepared. 
 
 And  Dauid  sayde  vnto  the  whole  cogrega- 
 cion :  O  prayse  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 And  all  the  cogregacion  praysed  y  LORDE 
 God  of  their  fathers,  (j  bowed  them  selues,  (j 
 worshipped  the  LORDE  5  then  the  kynge, 
 and  ofFred  sacrifices  vnto  the  LORDE.  And 
 on  y  nexte  morow  ofFred  they  burntoflferynges, 
 a  M.  bullockes,  a  M.  rames,  a  M.  labes  with 
 their  drynkofFerynges,  5  plenteously  ofFred  they 
 amonge  all  Israel.  And  they  ate  and  dranke  y 
 same  dale  before  the  LORDE  with  greate  ioye. 
 and  made  Salomon  the  sonne  of  Dauid  kynge  ;y 
 seconde  tyme,  and  anoynted  him  to  be  y  prynce 
 for  the  LORDE,  tj  Sadoc  to  be  the  prest. 
 
 tThus  sat  Salomon  vpon  the  seate  of  y 
 LORDE,  kynge  in  his  fathers  steade,  5  pros- 
 pered. And  all  Israel  obeyed  him,  5  all  y 
 rulers  5  mightie  men,  5  all  kynge  Dauids 
 children  submytted  themselues  vnto  kynge 
 Salomon.  And  y  LORDE  made  Salomon 
 excellent  (j  greate  in  y  sighte  of  all  Israel, 
 §  and  gaue  him  soch  a  glorious  kyngdome,  as 
 none  had  before  him  ouer  Israel. 
 
 So  had  Dauid  now  bene  kynge  ouer  all 
 Israel.  And  y  tyme  that  he  was  kynge  ouer 
 Israel,  is  fortye  yeares :  At  Hebron  reigned 
 he  seuen  yeare,  and  at  lerusalem  thre  ij  thirtie 
 yeare,  5  dyed  in  a  good  age,  full  of  dayes, 
 riches  and  honoure.  And  Salomon  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 These  actes  of  kynge  Dauid  (both  f  first 
 and  last)  beholde,  they  are  wrytten  amonge 
 the  actes  of  Samuel  the  Seer,  and  amonge 
 the  actes  of  the  prophet  Nathan,  and  amoge 
 the  actes  of  Gad  the  Seer,  with  all  his  kyng- 
 dome, power  and  tymes  which  passed  vnder 
 him,  both  vpon  Israel  5  vpon  all  the  kyng- 
 domes  of  the  earth. 
 
 tSRe. 
 
 §  3  Re.  4.  a. 
 
 €i)t  mXit  of  tl)t  first  bofee  of  tfte  Crom'cksi, 
 
Zi)t  itton'Ot  ftofec  of  ti)t  €v0niclti, 
 
 callctJ  llaralipomcttott. 
 
 fflsa&at  tl)isi  bokt  tontt^mtl)^ 
 
 C!)ap.  I. 
 Of  the   kyngdome   of  Salomon,   to  whom   the 
 LORDE  appeareth,  and  Salomon  maketh  his 
 prayer  vnto  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 How  Salomon  deuyseth  to  buylde  the  temple  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Cliap.  III. 
 How  he  begynneth  to  buylde,  and  after  what 
 faszshion. 
 
 Cfjap.   IIII. 
 Of  the  ornamentes  of  the  temple. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 The  Arke  is  broughte  in  to  the  temple,  Sc. 
 
 Clfiap.  VI. 
 Salomon  speaketh  vnto  the  people,  prayseth  God, 
 and  beseketh  him  to  heare  soch  as  make  their 
 prayer  in  the  temple. 
 
 €f)ap.  VII. 
 The  fyre  commeth  from  heauen,  5  consumeth  the 
 sacrifice.    The  kynge  J  the  people  offre.     The 
 LORDE  appeareth  vnto  Salomon,  and  pro- 
 myseth  to  heare  him. 
 
 Cliap.   VIIL 
 Salomon  buyldeth  cities,  and  subdueth  the  Hey- 
 then.     Of  his  captaynes  and  of  his  wife. 
 
 €l)ap.  IX. 
 The   Quene   of  Saba   bringeth    presentes  vnto 
 Salomon,  s  receaueth  giftes  of  him.     Salomon 
 dyeth. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 Roboam  oppressynge  the  people,  maketh  them 
 to  fall  awaye  from  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 The   LORDE  wil  not  sufFre  Roboam  kynge  of 
 luda  (J  Be  larain  to  fighte  agaynst  Israel.     He 
 buyldeth  cities. 
 
 .      C})ap.  XII. 
 Roboam   forsaketh  the   lawe   of   the   LORDE. 
 The  kynge  of  Egipte  commeth  vpon  him.    The 
 LORDE  delyuereth  him. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 Of  Abia  (I  leroboam  g  their  warres. 
 
 Ci^ap.  Xnil.  XV. 
 Of  kynge  Asa. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVL 
 
 Baesa  cometh  vp  against  Asa,  which  agreeth  with 
 him,  therfore  is  he  rebuked. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XVII. 
 Of  the  reigne  of  losaphat. 
 
 Cl^ap.   XVIIL 
 losaphat  maketh  frendshippe  with  Achab,  and 
 helpeth  him  to  fight. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XIX. 
 
 lehu  rebuketh   losaphat   for  he  pynge  the  vn- 
 
 godly.     losaphat  amendeth,  and  lyueth  well. 
 
 €i)ap.  XX. 
 The  Moabites  j  Ammonites  with  the  Syrians  and 
 Edomites  go  forth   agaynst   losaphat,  which 
 prayeth  vnto  God,  and  he  helpeth  him. 
 
Cljap,  U 
 
 Clje  ij.  Ijofee  of  tl)e  Cronitles* 
 
 So,  tmu 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXI. 
 
 losaphat  dyeth.  loram  his  sonne  is  made 
 kynge,  slayeth  his  brethren,  and  forsaketh 
 the  LORDE.  Edom  falleth  awaye  from  luda. 
 God  punysheth  loram. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXII. 
 Ochosias  is  made  kinge,  and  taketh  parte  with 
 Achabs  sonne. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXIII. 
 loiada  maketh  loas  kynge,  5  coramaundeth  to 
 slaye  Athalia. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Whyle  loiada  lyueth,  kynge  loas  doth  well,  but 
 after  his  death  he  forsaketh  the  LORDE  :  And 
 because  Zacharias  reproueth  him,  he  comaund- 
 eth  to  stone  him  to  death.  His  awne  ser- 
 uauntes  kyll  him  vpon  his  bed. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXV. 
 Of  kynge  Amasias,  which  smyteth  the  Edomites. 
 He  worshippeth  their  Idols,  therfore  the  pro- 
 phet reproueth  him.  He  wyll  nedes  fight  with 
 the  kynge  of  Israel,  which  ouercommeth  him 
 and  taketh  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVI. 
 
 Of  kynge  Osias  otherwyse  called  Vsia  or  Azarias : 
 of  his  buyldinges,  j  how  he  became  leper  for 
 his  presurapcion. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVII. 
 Of  lothams  reigne,  of  his  buyldinges,  and  of  his 
 warres. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVIII. 
 Of  the  wicked  kynge  Achas. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXIX.  XXX.  XXXI. 
 
 Of  the  verteous  kynge  Ezechias,  and  of  his  noble 
 actes. 
 
 Cpp.  XXXII. 
 
 Sennacherib  layeth  sege  to  lerusalem,  Ezechias 
 comforteth  the  people.  Sennacherib  threat- 
 eneth,  but  the  LORDE  delyuereth  luda 
 Ezechias  is  sicke  and  recouereth. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXXIII. 
 Of  the  reigne  of  Manasses,  and  of  his  amend- 
 ment from  his  wickednes.     Of  kynge  Ammon 
 his  sonne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXIIII.  XXXV. 
 
 Of  the  reigne  and  most  vertuous  actes  of  kynge 
 losias,  and  of  his  death. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXVI. 
 
 Thre  monethes  reigneth  loachas,  after  whom 
 reigneth  Eliachim  other  wyse  called  loachim, 
 whom  Nabuchodonosor  carieth  vnto  Babilon, 
 and  in  his  steade  reigneth  loachim  his  sonne 
 which  also  is  led  awaye  captyue  vnto  Babilon 
 Sedechias  is  made  kynge,  and  at  the  last  caried 
 away  presoner  with  all  the  people,  and  leru- 
 salem destroyed. 
 
 €^c  fi'riSt  Cl^apter. 
 
 AND  Salomon  the  sonne  of  Dauid  was 
 stablyshed  in  his  kyngdome,  "and  the 
 LORDE  his  God  was  with  him,  5  made  him 
 exceadinge  greate.  And  Salomon  spake  vnto 
 all  Israel,  to  the  captaynes  ouer  thousandes 
 and  ouer  hundreds,  to  the  Judges,  and  to  all 
 f  prynces  in  Israel,  and  to  the  chefest  fathers, 
 so  that  they  wente  (Salomon  and  the  whole 
 congregaeion  with  him)  vnto  the  hye  place 
 which  was  at  Gibea :  *  for  there  was  y  Taber- 
 nacle of  f  witnesse  of  God,  +  which  Moses 
 the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  had  made  in  f 
 wyldernesse.  t  For  Dauid  had  brought  vp 
 the  Arke  of  God  from  Kiriath  larim,  whan  he 
 
 '  3  Reg.  3.  a. 
 
 t  Exo.  36.  b. 
 
 had  prepared  for  it:  for  he  had  pitched  a  tent 
 for  it  at  lerusalem.  As  for  f  brasen  altare 
 §  which  Bezaleel  the  sonne  of  Vri  the  sonne  of 
 Hur  had  made,  it  was  there  before  the  habita- 
 of  the  LORDE:  and  Salomon  and  the  con- 
 gregaeion soughte  God.  And  Salomon  offred 
 a  thousande  burntofFerynges  vpo  the  brasen 
 altare  that  stode  before  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnesse. 
 
 In  the  same  nighte  appeared  God  vnto 
 Salomon,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Axe,  what 
 shal  I  geue  the?  And  Salomon  sayde  vnto 
 God :  Thou  hast  done  greate  mercy  vnto  my 
 father  Dauid,  and  hast  made  me  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  Now  LORDE  God,  let  thy  worde 
 that    thou  hast  promysed   vnto   my  father 
 
 t  2  Re.  6.  a.  ^  Exo.  38.  a. 
 
fo,  tmij* 
 
 CI)c  ij.  bofec  of  tf)t  Cronicli-s!* 
 
 Cftap.  ij.l 
 
 Dauid,  be  verified,  *  for  thou  hast  made  me 
 kynge  ouer  a  people,  which  is  as  many  in  nobre 
 as  the  dust  vpon  the  earth.  Graunte  me 
 wyszdome  therfore  and  knowlege,  y  I  maye 
 go  out  and  in  before  this  people :  for  who  is 
 able  to  iudge  this  greate  people  of  thine  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  God  vnto  Salomon:  For  so 
 moch  as  thou  art  so  mynded,  and  hast  not 
 desyrcd  riches  ner  good,  ner  honoure,  ner  the 
 soules  of  thine  enemies,  ner  longe  life,  but 
 hast  requyrcd  ^vyszdome  and  knowlege,  to 
 iudge  my  people,  ouer  whom  I  haue  made  the 
 kynge,  wyszdome  therfore  and  knowlege  be 
 geuen  the.  Morouer,  riches  5  good  and  ho- 
 noure wyll  I  geue  the,  so  that  soch  one  as 
 thou  hath  not  bene  before  the  amoge  the 
 kynges,  nether  shal  be  after  the. 
 
 So  came  Salomon  from  the  hye  place  (which 
 was  at  Gibeon)  "vnto  lerusale  from  y  Taber- 
 nacle of  witnesse,  and  reigned  ouer  Israel. 
 And  Salomon  gathered  him  charettes  and 
 horsmen,  so  that  he  had  a  thousande  and 
 foure  hundreth  charettes,  5  twolue  thousande 
 horsmen:  and  those  appoynted  he  to  be  in 
 the  charet  cities,  and  with  the  kynge  at  Jeru- 
 salem. And  the  kynge  broughte  it  so  to 
 passe,  that  there  was  as  moch  syluer  a  golde 
 at  lerusale  as  stones :  and  as  many  Ceders,  as 
 the  Molberyes  trees,  that  are  in  the  valleys. 
 And  there  were  horses  broughte  vnto  Salomon 
 out  of  Egipte,  d  the  kynges  marchauntes 
 fetched  them  from  Kena  for  moneye.  And 
 they  came  vp,  and  broughte  out  of  Egipte  a 
 charet  for  sixe  hudreth  syluer  pes,  and  an 
 horse  for  an  hundreth  and  fiftye.  Thus 
 broughte  they  also  vnto  all  the  kynges  of  the 
 Hethites,  and  to  the  kynges  of  f  Syrians. 
 
 €i)e  i).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AND  Salomon  thoughte  to  buylde  an 
 house  vnto  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  (j 
 an  house  for  his  kyngdome:  and  tolde  out 
 thre  score  and  ten  thousande  men  to  beare 
 burthens,  and  foure  score  thousande  that  hewed 
 tymber  vpo  the  mount,  and  thre  thousande  and 
 sixe  hundreth  officers  ouer  them.  tAnd  Sa- 
 lomon sent  vnto  Hiram  the  kynge  of  Tyre, 
 sayenge  :  As  t  thou  dyddest  with  my  father,  5 
 sendedst  him  Ceder  trees,  to  builde  an  house 
 for  to  dwell  in  (euen  so  do  thou  with  me  also.) 
 Beholde,  I  wyl  buylde  an  house  vnto  the  name 
 of  the  LORUEmy  God,  to  sanctifie  it,  for  to 
 
 •  Sap.  9.  a.  '2  Re.  4.  c.  and  10.  e.  t  3  Reg.  5.  a. 
 
 burne  good  incense  before  him,  and  allwaye 
 to  prepare  f  shewbred,  and  burntofferynges 
 in  the  momynge  and  in  the  euenynge,  on  the 
 Sabbathes  5  New  mones,  and  solempne  feastes 
 of  f  LORDE  oure  God  euermore  for  Israel. 
 
 And  the  house  that  I  wyl  buylde,  shal  be  )3 
 greate :  for  oure  God  is  greater  then  all  goddes. 
 But  who  is  able  to  buylde  him  an  house? 
 For  heauen  it  the  heauens  of  all  heauens  maye 
 not  coprehende  him.  Who  am  I  then,  that  I 
 shulde  buylde  him  an  house  ?  But  onely  for 
 this  intent  to  burne  incense  before  him? 
 
 Sede  me  now  therfore  a  wyse  ma  to  worke 
 with  golde,  syluer,  brasse,  yron,  scarlet,  purple, 
 yalow  sylke  and  soch  one  as  can  graue  earned 
 worke  with  the  wyse  men  that  are  with  me  in 
 lewry  and  Jerusalem,  whom  my  father  Dauid 
 ordeyned.  And  sende  me  tjTnber  of  Ceder, 
 pyne  tre  and  costly  wodd  from  Libanus :  for  I 
 knowe  that  thy  seruauntes  can  hewe  tymber 
 vpon  Libanus.  And  beholde,  my  seruauntes 
 shalbe  with  thy  seruauntes,  to  prepare  me 
 moch  tymber :  for  the  house  that  I  wyl  buylde 
 shalbe  greate  5  maruelous  goodly. 
 
 And  beholde,  I  wyl  geue  vnto  the  carpenters 
 thy  seruauntes  which  hewe  the  tymber,  twetye 
 thousande  quarters,  of  beaten  wheate,  and 
 twentye  thousande  quarters  of  barlye,  and 
 twentye  thousande  Batthes  of  wyne,  and  twen- 
 tye thousande  Batthes  of  oyle. 
 
 Then  sayde  Hiram  the  kynge  of  Tyre  by 
 wrytinge,  and  sent  it  vnto  Salomon :  Because 
 the  LORDE  loueth  his  people,  therfore  hath 
 he  made  f  to  be  kynge  ouer  them.  And 
 Hiram  sayde  morouer:  Praysed  be  y  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  which  made  heauen  (i  earth,  that 
 he  hath  geue  kynge  Dauid  a  wyse  and  prudent 
 Sonne,  and  soch  one  as  hath  vnderstondinge 
 to  buylde  an  house  vnto  the  LORDE,  ij  an 
 house  for  his  realme.  Therfore  sende  I  now 
 a  wyse  man  that  hath  vnderstondynge,  §  euen 
 Hiram  Abi  (which  is  the  sonne  of  a  woman  of 
 the  doughters  of  Dan,  and  his  father  was  of 
 Tyre)  which  can  worke  in  golde,  syluer,  brasse, 
 yron,  stone,  tymber,  scarlet,  yalowe  sylke, 
 lynnen,  purple  and  to  carue  all  maner  of 
 thinges,  and  to  make  what  conynge  thinge  so 
 euer  is  geuen  him,  with  thy  wyse  men,  and 
 with  the  wyse  men  of  my  lorde  kynge  Dauid 
 thy  father.  And  now  let  my  lorde  sende  the 
 wheate,  barlye,  oyle  and  wyne  vnto  his  ser 
 uautes,  acordinge  as  he  hath  sayde,   and  so 
 
 t  2  Re.  5.  c.  is  Re.  7.  b. 
 
ICOap.  iiij. 
 
 CJ)f  ij.  \iokt  of  t\)t  Ciomrlrs!. 
 
 #0,  mtiij. 
 
 wyll  we  hewe  y  tymber  vpoii  Libaiius,  as 
 moch  as  thou  nedest,  and  wyll  brynge  it  by 
 flotes  in  the  See  vnto  lapho,  from  whence 
 thou  mayest  brynge  it  vp  to  lerusaleni. 
 
 And  Salomon  nombred  all  the  straungers 
 in  the  londe  of  Israel,  acordinge  to  the  nombre 
 whan  Dauid  his  father  nombred  them:  and 
 there  were  founde  an  hundreth  a  fiftye  thou 
 sande,  thre  thousande  and  sixe  hudreth.  And 
 of  the  same  he  made  thre  score  and  ten  thou- 
 sande bearers  of  burthens,  and  foure  score 
 thousande  hewers  vp5  y  mount,  and  thre 
 thousande  and  sixe  hundreth  ouerseers,  which 
 helde  y  people  at  their  worke. 
 
 Wi)e  tij.  Cl)apter. 
 
 AND  Salomon  beganne  to  buylde  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  at  Jerusalem 
 vpon  the  mount  Moria,  *  that  was  shewed  vnto 
 Dauid  his  father,  which  Dauid  had  prepared 
 for  the  rowme,  vpon  the  come  floore  of  Arnan 
 the  lebusite.  In  the  seconde  daye  of  the 
 seconde  moneth  in  the  fourth  yeare  of  his 
 reigne  begane  he  to  buylde.  And  so  layed 
 Salomon  the  foundacion  to  buylde  the  house 
 of  God :  first  the  length  thre  score  cubytes, 
 the  bredth  twentye  cubites :  and  the  Porche 
 before  the  wydenes  of  the  house,  was  twentye 
 cubites  longe,  but  the  height  was  an  hundreth 
 and  twentye,  and  he  ouerlayed  it  on  the  ynsyde 
 with  pure  golde. 
 
 But  the  greate  house  syled  he  with  Pyne 
 tre,  and  ouerlayed  it  with  the  best  golde,  and 
 made  palme  trees  and  throwne  worke  theron, 
 and  ouerlayed  the  house  with  precious  stones 
 to  beutifye  it.  As  for  the  golde,  it  was  golde 
 of  Paruaim.  And  the  balkes  and  postes  aboue, 
 and  the  walles,  and  the  dores  of  it  ouerlayed 
 he  with  golde,  and  caused  Cherubins  to  be 
 earned  on  the  walles. 
 
 He  made  also  the  house  of  the  Most  holy, 
 whose  length  was  twentye  cubites  acordinge  to 
 the  wydenesse  of  the  house :  and  the  bredth 
 of  it  was  twentye  cubites  likewyse,  and  he 
 ouerlayed  it  with  the  best  golde  by  sixe 
 hundreth  talentes.  And  for  nales  he  gaue 
 fiftye  Sides  of  golde  in  weight,  and  ouerlayed 
 the  chambers  with  golde.  He  made  also  in 
 the  house  of  the  most  holy,  two  Cherubins  of 
 earned  worke,  and  ouerlayed  them  with  golde: 
 and  the  length  on  the  wynges  of  the  Cherubins, 
 so  that  one   wynge   had   fyue  cubytes,   and 
 
 touched  the  wall  of  the  house :  and  the  other 
 wynge  had  fyue  cubytes  also,  and  touched  the 
 wynge  of  the  other  Cherub. 
 
 Euen  so  had  one  wjaige  of  the  other  Cherub 
 fyue  cubites  likewyse,  and  touched  the  wall  of 
 the  house :  and  his  other  wynge  had  fyue 
 cubites  also,  and  touched  the  wynge  of  the 
 other  Cherub :  so  that  these  wynges  of  the 
 Cherubins  were  spred  out  twentye  cubites 
 wyde.  And  they  stode  vp5  their  fete,  and 
 their  face  was  turned  to  the  house  warde. 
 
 He  made  a  vayle  also  of  yalow  sylke,  scarlet, 
 purple  and  lynenworke,  and  made  Cherubins 
 theron.  And  before  the  house  he  made  two 
 pilers  fyue  and  thirtie  cubites  longe,  and  the 
 knoppes  aboue  theron,  fyue  cubytes.  And  he 
 made  throwne  worke  for  the  quere,  and  put 
 it  aboue  vpon  the  pilers :  and  made  an  hundreth 
 pomgranates,  and  put  them  on  the  wrythren 
 worke.  And  he  set  vp  the  pilers  before  the 
 temple,  the  one  on  the  righte  honde,  and  the 
 other  on  the  lefte :  and  that  on  the  righte 
 honde  called  he  lachin,  and  it  on  the  lefte 
 honde  called  he  Boos. 
 
 €i)t  titj.  Cl)ajiter. 
 
 HE  made  a  brasen  altare  also,  twentye 
 cubytes  longe,  and  twentye  cubytes 
 brode,  and  ten  cubites  hye.  t  And  he  made 
 a  molten  lauer  ten  cubites  wyde  fro  the  one 
 syde  to  the  other  rounde  aboute,  and  fyue 
 cubytes  hye.  And  a  metelyne  of  thirtie 
 cubites  mighte  comprehende  it  aboute.  And 
 ymages  of  BuUockes  were  vnder  it.  And 
 aboute  the  lauer  (which  was  ten  cubites  wyde) 
 there  were  two  rowes  of  knoppes,  y  were 
 molten  withall. 
 
 It  stode  so  vpon  the  bullockes,  that  thre 
 were  turned  towarde  the  north,  thre  towarde 
 the  west,  thre  towarde  the  south,  and  thre 
 towarde  the  east,  and  the  lauer  aboue  vpon 
 them,  and  all  their  hynder  partes  were  on  the 
 ynsyde.  The  thicknesse  of  it  was  an  hand 
 bredth,  and  the  edge  of  it  was  like  the  edge 
 of  a  cuppe,  and  as  a  floured  rose.  And  it 
 conteyned  thre  thousande  Batthes. 
 
 And  he  made  ten  kettels,  wherof  he  set 
 fyue  on  the  righte  hande  and  fyue  on  the 
 lefte,  to  waszshe  in  them  soch  thinges  as 
 belonged  to  the  bumtofFerynge,  that  they 
 mighte  thrust  them  therin :  but  y  lauer  (made 
 he)  for  the  prestes  to  wash  in. 
 
 t  3  Reg.  7.  d. 
 
jTo.  mtiiiU 
 
 Zi)t  ij.  bokf  of  tf)f  Cronirlfsi. 
 
 Cl)ap.  b. 
 
 li 
 
 Ten  golden  canclelstickes  made  he  also  as 
 they  ought  to  be,  and  set  them  in  the  temple: 
 fyue  on  the  righte  hande,  and  fyue  on  the 
 lefte.  And  made  ten  tables,  and  set  them  in 
 the  temple :  fyue  on  the  righte  hande,  and 
 fyue  on  the  lefte.  And  made  an  hundreth 
 basens  of  golde.  He  made  a  courte  likewyse 
 for  the  prestes,  and  a  greate  courte,  and  dores 
 in  the  courte,  and  ouerlayed  y  dores  with 
 brasse.  And  the  lauer  set  he  on  the  righte 
 syde  towarde  the  south  east.  And  Hiram 
 made  cauldrons,  shouels  and  basens. 
 
 So  Hiram  fynished  the  worke  which  he 
 made  for  kynge  Salomon  in  the  house  of  God: 
 namely  the  two  pilers  with  the  roundels  and 
 knoppes  aboue  vpon  both  the  pilers,  and  both 
 the  wrythen  ropes  to  couer  both  the  roundels 
 of  f  knoppes  aboue  vpo  the  pilers,  and  the 
 foure  hundreth  pomgranates  on  both  the 
 wrj'the  ropes,  two  rowes  of  pomgranates  on 
 euery  rope,  to  couer  the  roundels  of  the 
 knoppes  that  were  aboue  vpon  the  pilers. 
 
 He  made  the  stoles  also  and  y  kettels  vpon 
 the  stoles,  and  a  lauer,  and  twolue  bullockes 
 there  vnder.  And  pottes,  shouels,  fleshokes, 
 and  all  their  vessels  made  Hiram  Abif  of  pure 
 metall  for  kynge  Salomon  vnto  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE.  In  the  coaste  of  lordane  dyd 
 the  kynge  cause  them  to  be  molten  in  thicke 
 earth  betwene  Suchoth  and  Zaredatha. 
 
 And  Salomon  made  all  these  vessels  which 
 were  so  many,  that  the  weight  of  y  metall  was 
 not  to  be  soughte  out.  And  Salomon  made 
 all  the  ornamentes  for  the  house  of  God : 
 namely,  the  golden  altare,  the  tables  and  the 
 shewbreds  theron,  the  candelstickes  with  their 
 lampes  of  pure  golde,  to  burne  before  the 
 Quere  acordinge  to  the  maner :  and  the  floures 
 and  the  lampes  and  the  snofFers  were  of  golde, 
 all  these  were  of  pure  golde. 
 
 And  the  knyues,  basens,  spones  and  pottes, 
 were  of  pure  golde.  And  the  intraunce  and 
 his  dores  within  vnto  the  Most  holy,  and  the 
 dores  of  the  house  of  the  temple  were  of  golde. 
 Thus  was  all  -y-  worke  fynished,  which  Salomon 
 made  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 €^t  b.  Cljapttr 
 
 AND  Salomon  broughte  in  all  y  his  father 
 Dauid  had  sanctified,"  namely,  syluer 
 and  golde,  and  all  maner  of  ornamentes,  and 
 layed  them  in  the  treasures  of  the  house  of 
 
 "SRe.  7.  g. 
 
 God.  *Tht'  gathered  Salomon  all  the  Elder.- 
 in  Israel  together,  all  f  heades  of  the  trybes 
 prynces  of  the  fathers  amoge  the  childre  of 
 Israel  vnto  lerusale,  to  brynge  vp  the  Arke  of 
 the  couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  out  of  the  cite 
 of  Dauid,  that  is  Sion.  And  there  resorted 
 vnto  the  kynge  all  the  men  in  Israel  at  the 
 feast,  that  is  in  the  seuenth  moneth,  and  all  f 
 Elders  in  Israel  came. 
 
 And  y  Leuites  toke  the  Arke,  5  broughte 
 it  vp  with  the  Tabernacle  of  witnesse,  and  all 
 the  holy  vessels  that  were  in  the  Tabernacle : 
 and  f  prestes  and  Leuites  broughte  them  vp, 
 As  for  kynge  Salomon  and  all  the  c5gregacion 
 of  Israel  that  was  gathered  vnto  him  before 
 the  Arke,  they  oflfred  shepe  and  oxen,  so  many, 
 that  no  man  coulde  nombre  ner  reken  them 
 
 Thus  the  prestes  broughte  the  Arke  of  y 
 couenaunt  of  the  LORDE  ^Tito  hir  place  in 
 to  the  quere  of  the  house,  euen  in  to  f  Most 
 holy  vnder  the  wynges  of  the  Cherubins,  so 
 that  the  Cherubins  spred  out  their  wynges 
 ouer  the  place  of  the  Arke :  and  the  Cherubins 
 couered  the  Arke  and  the  staues  therof  from 
 aboue.  And  the  staues  were  so  longe,  y  the 
 knoppes  of  them  were  sene  from  the  Arke 
 before  the  quere,  but  on  the  outsyde  were 
 they  not  sene.  And  it  was  there  vnto  this 
 daye.  And  there  was  nothinge  in  the  Arke, 
 saue  the  two  tables,  which  Moses  put  therin 
 at  Horeb,  whan  the  LORDE  made  a  coue- 
 naunt with  the  childre  of  Israel,  what  tyme  as 
 they  were  departed  out  of  Egipte. 
 
 And  whan  the  prestes  wente  out  of  the 
 Sanctuary  (for  all  f  prestes  that  were  founde, 
 sanctified  them  selues,  because  the  courses 
 were  not  kepte)  the  Leuites  with  all  those 
 that  were  -Niider  Asaph,  Heman,  ledithun  and 
 their  children  and  brethren,  beynge  clothed 
 in  lynnen,  songe  with  Cymbales,  psalteries 
 and  harpes,  and  stode  towarde  the  east  parte 
 of  the  altare,  and  an  hundreth  3  twentye 
 prestes  with  them,  which  blewe  with  trom- 
 pettes.  And  it  was,  as  yf  one  dyd  trompet 
 and  synge,  as  though  a  voyce  had  bene  herde 
 of  praysinge  and  geuynge  thankes  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  whan  the  voyce  arose  from  f  trom- 
 pettes,  cymbales  and  other  instrumentes  of 
 musick,  and  from  praysinge  the  LORDE 
 (because  he  is  gracious,  and  because  his  mercy 
 endureth  for  euer)  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 
Cftap.  bu 
 
 Cfte  ij,  boke  of  tht  CronirlfS. 
 
 jfo.  rmb. 
 
 was  fylled  on  the  ynsyde  with  a  cloude,  so  y 
 the  prestes  coulde  not  stonde  to  mynister  for 
 the  cloude:  for  the  glory  of  the  LORDE 
 fylled  the  house  of  God. 
 
 €!){  6t.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  sayde  Salomon:  The  LORDE 
 sayde,  "that  he  wolde  dwell  in  a  darck 
 cloude  :  I  haue  buylded  an  house  to  be  an 
 habitacion  vnto  the :  (j  a  seate,  y  thou  mayest 
 dwell  there  for  euer.  And  the  kynge  turned 
 his  face,  and  blessed  all  the  congregacion  of 
 Israel:  for  the  whole  cogregacion  of  Israel 
 stode,  s  he  sayde :  Praysed  be  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  which  promysed  by  his  mouth 
 vnto  my  father  Dauid,  and  with  his  hande 
 hath  fulfylled  it,  wha  he  sayde :  *  Sece  the 
 tyme  that  I  broughte  my  people  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Egipte,  I  haue  chosen  no  cite  in  all 
 f  trybes  of  Israel,  to  buylde  an  house  for  my 
 name  to  be  there,  nether  haue  I  chosen  eny 
 man  to  be  prynce  ouer  my  people  of  Israel. 
 t  But  lerusalem  haue  I  chosen,  for  my  name 
 to  be  there :  5  Dauid  haue  I  electe,  to  be 
 prynce  ouer  my  people  of  Israel. 
 
 And  whan  my  father  Dauid  was  mynded 
 to  buylde  an  house  vnto  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Dauid  my  father :  Where  as  thou  wast 
 mynded  to  buylde  an  house  vnto  my  name, 
 thou  hast  done  well :  howbeit  thou  shalt  not 
 buylde  the  house,  but  thy  sonne  which  shall 
 come  out  of  thy  loynes,  shal  buylde  the  house 
 vnto  my  name. 
 
 Thus  hath  y  LORDE  now  perfourmed  his 
 worde,  that  he  spake  :  for  I  am  come  vp  in 
 my  father  Dauids  steade,  and  syt  vpon  the 
 seate  of  Israel,  euen  as  the  LORDE  sayde,  5 
 haue  buylded  an  house  vnto  the  name  of  f 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  5  in  it  haue  I  put  f 
 Arke,  wherin  is  the  couenaunt  of  y  LORDE, 
 which  he  made  with  the  childre  of  Israel. 
 
 And  he  stode  before  the  altare  of  the 
 LORDE  in  the  presence  of  the  whole  con- 
 gregacion of  Israel,  and  spred  out  his  handes : 
 for  Salomon  had  made  a  brasen  pulpit,  and 
 set  it  in  the  myddes  of  the  courte,  fyue 
 cubites  longe,  and  fyue  cubites  brode,  and 
 thre  cubites  hye :  vpon  the  same  stode  he, 
 and  fell  downe  vpon  his  knees  in  the  presence 
 of  the  whole  cogregacion  of  Israel,  and  helde 
 
 »  3  Re?.  8.  1). 
 
 2  Re.  7.  a.   3  Re.  8.c. 
 t  3  Reg.  8.  c. 
 
 t  2  Par.  7.  c. 
 
 out  his  handes  towarde  heaue  and  sayde  :  t  O 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  there  is  no  god  like 
 the,  nether  in  heauen  ner  vpon  earth,  thou 
 that  kepest  couenaunt  and  mercy  for  thy  ser- 
 uauntes,  that  walke  before  the  with  all  their 
 hert.  Thou  hast  kepte  promes  with  my  father 
 Dauid  thy  seruaunt:  With  thy  mouth  thou 
 saydest  it,  and  with  thy  hande  hast  thou  ful- 
 fylled it,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye.  Now 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  make  good  vnto  my 
 father  Dauid  thy  seruaunt,  that  which  thou 
 hast  promysed  him,  5  sayde  :  Thou  shalt  not 
 want  a  man  before  me,  to  syt  vpon  the  seate 
 of  Israel :  yf  thy  children  kepe  their  waye,  so 
 y  they  walke  in  my  lawe,  like  as  thou  hast 
 walked  before  me:  Now  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel,  let  thy  worde  be  verified,  which  thou 
 hast  promysed  vnto  Dauid  thy  seruaunt. 
 
 For  thinkest  thou  that  God  in  very  dede 
 dwelleth  amonge  men  vpon  earth  ?  §  Beholde, 
 the  heauen  and  y-  heauens  of  all  heauens  maye 
 not  coteyne  the :  how  shulde  then  this  house 
 do  it,  which  I  haue  buylded  ?  But  tume  the 
 vnto  the  prayer  of  thy  seruaunt,  and  to  his 
 supplicacio  (O  LORDE  my  God)  that  thou 
 mayest  heare  the  thankesgeuynge  and  prayer, 
 which  thy  seruaunt  raaketh  before  the,  so  that 
 thine  eyes  be  open  ouer  this  house  daye  and 
 night,  euen  ouer  this  place  (wherin  thou 
 saydest  thou  woldest  set  thy  name)  that  thou 
 mayest  heare  the  prayer,  which  thy  seruaunt 
 shall  make  in  this  place.  Heare  now  therfore 
 the  intercession  of  thy  seruaunt  and  of  thy 
 people  of  Israel,  what  so  euer  they  shall  desyre 
 in  this  place  :  heare  thou  it  from  the  place  of 
 thy  habitacion,  eue  from  heauen :  and  whan 
 thou  hearest  it,  be  mercifull. 
 
 '  Whan  eny  ma  synneth  agajTist  his  negh- 
 boure,  and  an  ooth  be  put  vpon  him  which 
 he  ought  to  sweare,  and  the  ooth  commeth 
 before  thine  altare  in  this  house,  then  heare 
 thou  from  heauen,  and  se  y  thy  seruaunt  haue 
 righte,  so  that  thou  rewarde  the  vngodly,  and 
 recopence  him  his  waye  vpon  his  awne  heade, 
 and  to  iustifye  the  righteous,  and  to  geue  him 
 acordinge  to  his  righteousnes. 
 
 Whan  thy  people  of  Israel  is  smytte  before 
 their  enemies  (whyle  they  haue  synned  agaynst 
 the)  and  yf  they  turne  vnto  the,  and  knowlege 
 thy  name,  and  make  their  prayer  and  inter- 
 cession before  the  in  this  house,  then  heare 
 
 ^  Esa.  66.  a.    lere.  23.  d.    Acto.  7.  ( 
 Exo.  22.  b. 
 
fo,  crccbu 
 
 Cfte  ij.  bokt  of  tin  CromrlfS. 
 
 Cftap.  faij. 
 
 dF 
 
 thou  them  from  heaueii,  and  be  mercifull 
 vnto  the  synne  of  thy  people  of  Israel,  (j 
 brynge  them  agayne  in  to  the  londe,  y  thou 
 hast  geuen  them  and  their  fathers. 
 
 *  Whan  the  heauen  is  shut  vp,  so  that  it 
 rayne  not  (for  so  moch  as  they  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the)  and  yf  they  make  their  prayer  in 
 this  place,  and  knowlege  thy  name,  and  turne 
 from  their  synnes  (whan  thou  hast  brought 
 them  lowe)  heare  thou  them  then  in  heauen, 
 and  be  mercifull  vnto  the  synne  of  thy  ser- 
 uauntes,  and  of  thy  people  of  Israel,  that 
 thou  mayest  teach  them  the  good  waye  wherin 
 they  shulde  walke,  and  let  it  rayne  vpon  thy 
 londe  which  thou  hast  geuen  thy  people  to 
 possesse. 
 
 Whan  a  derth,  or  pestilence,  or  drouth,  or 
 blastinge,  or  greshopper  or  catirpiller,  is  in 
 the  londe  :  Or  whan  their  eneraye  layeth  sege 
 to  their  portes  in  the  lode,  or  whan  eny  other 
 plage  or  disease  happeneth,  who  so  euer  the 
 maketh  his  prayer  or  peticion  amonge  eny 
 maner  of  men,  or  amonge  all  thy  people  of 
 Israel,  yf  eny  man  fele  his  plage  and  disease, 
 and  spredeth  out  his  handes  vnto  this  house, 
 heare  thou  then  from  heauen,  euen  from  y 
 seate  of  thy  habitacion,  and  be  mercifull : 
 and  geue  euery  man  acordinge  to  all  his 
 wayes,  in  so  moch  as  thou  knowest  his  hert 
 (for  thou  onely  knowest  the  hert  of  the  children 
 of  men)  that  they  maye  feare  the,  and  all  waye 
 walke  in  thy  wayes,  as  longe  as  they  lyue  in 
 the  londe,  which  thou  hast  geuen  vnto  oure 
 fathers. 
 
 And  whan  eny  straunger  which  is  not  of 
 thy  people  of  Israel,  commeth  out  of  a  farre 
 countre  because  of  thy  greate  name,  and 
 mightie  hande,  and  out  stretched  arme,  and 
 commeth  to  make  his  prayer  in  this  house, 
 heare  thou  him  then  from  heaue,  euen  from 
 the  seate  of  thy  habitacion :  and  do  all  for  y 
 which  that  straunger  calleth  vp5  the,  that  all 
 the  nacions  vpon  earth  maye  knowe  thy  name, 
 and  feare  the,  as  thy  people  of  Israel  do  :  and 
 that  they  maye  knowe,  how  y  this  house  which 
 I  haue  buylded,  is  named  alter  thy  name. 
 
 Whan  thy  people  go  forth  to  f  battayll 
 agaynst  their  enemies,  the  waye  that  thou 
 shalt  sende  them,  and  shall  praye  vnto  the 
 t  towarde  the  waye  of  this  cite  which  thou 
 hast  chosen,  and  towarde  the  house  that  I 
 haue  buylded  vnto  thy  name,  heare  thou  the 
 
 •3  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 t  Dan.  6.  b. 
 
 their  prayer  and  peticion  from  heauen,  and 
 helpe  them  to  their  righte. 
 
 Whan  they  synne  agaynst  the  (^for  there 
 is  no  man  that  synneth  not)  and  thou  be 
 wroth  at  them,  and  geue  them  ouer  before 
 their  enemyes,  so  that  they  cary  them  awaye 
 captyue  in  to  a  countre  farre  or  nye,  and  y{ 
 they  turne  within  their  hertes  in  the  londe 
 where  they  are  presoners,  and  so  conuerte, 
 and  make  their  intercession  vnto  the  in  the 
 londe  of  their  captiuyte,  and  saye :  We  haue 
 synned,  and  done  amysse,  and  haue  bene 
 vngodly :  and  so  turne  them  selues  vnto  y 
 with  all  their  hert  and  with  all  their  soule  in 
 the  londe  of  their  captiuyte,  wherin  they  are 
 presoners :  and  make  their  prayer  towarde  the 
 waye  of  their  owne  londe,  which  thou  gauest 
 vnto  their  fathers,  and  towarde  the  cite  which 
 thou  hast  chosen,  and  towarde  the  house  that 
 I  haue  buylded  vnto  thy  name :  then  heare 
 thou  their  prayer  and  supplicacion  from  hea- 
 uen, euen  from  the  seate  of  thy  dwellynge, 
 and  helpe  them  to  their  righte,  and  be  mer- 
 cifull vnto  thy  people  that  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the.  My  God,  let  thine  eyes  now  be 
 ope,  and  let  thine  eares  geue  hede  vnto  prayer 
 in  this  place.  II  Aryse  now  O  LORDE  God 
 vnto  thy  restinge  place,  thou  and  the  Arke  of 
 thy  strength.  Let  thy  prestes  O  LORDE 
 God  be  clothed  with  health,  and  let  thy 
 sayentes  reioyse  ouer  this  good.  LORDE 
 God,  turne  not  awaye  the  face  of  thine 
 anoynted :  thinke  vpon  the  mercies  of  thy 
 seruaunt  Dauid. 
 
 Eljt  bij.  Cljapter. 
 
 AND  wha  Salomo  had  ended  his  praier, 
 there  fell  a  fyre  from  heauen,  and  co- 
 sumed  the  burntofferynge  and  the  other  offer- 
 inges.  And  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  fylled 
 the  house,  so  that  f  prestes  coulde  not  go  in 
 to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  while  f  glory 
 of  the  LORDE  filled  f  LORDES  house. 
 And  all  the  children  of  Israel  sawe  the  fyre 
 fall  downe,  and  the  glory  of  the  LORDE 
 ouer  the  house  :  and  they  fell  on  their  knees 
 with  their  faces  to  the  grounde  vpon  the  paue- 
 ment,  and  worshipped,  and  gaue  thankes  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  because  he  is  gracious,  and 
 because  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  As  for 
 the  kynge  and  all  the  people,  they  ofFred 
 before  the  LORDE. 
 
 ^  1  loh.  1.  b.  II  Psal.  131.  a. 
 
Cfeap.  biij. 
 
 €f)t  ih  boiit  of  tf)t  Cronitlts* 
 
 So,  cmbij. 
 
 For  kynge  Salomon  ofFred  two  and  twetye 
 thousands  bullockes,  and  an  hundreth  thou- 
 sande  and  twentye  thousande  shepe,  5  so  both 
 the  kynge  and  all  the  people  dedicated  the 
 house  of  God. 
 
 But  the  prestes  stode  in  their  watches,  5 
 the  Leuites  with  the  musicall  instrumentes  of 
 the  LORDE,  which  kynge  Dauid  had  caused 
 to  make  for  to  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 (because  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer)  with 
 psalmes  of  Dauid  thorow  their  hande.  And 
 the  prestes  blewe  trompettes  ouer  agaynst 
 them,  and  all  Israel  stode. 
 
 And  Salomon  halowed  the  myddelmost 
 courte,  which  was  before  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  for  there  prepared  he  the  burnt- 
 oiferynges  and  the  fat  of  the  slayne  offeringes : 
 for  the  brasen  altare  that  Salomon  made, 
 might  not  conteyne  all  the  burntofferinges, 
 meatoffeiynges,  and  the  fat. 
 
 *  And  at  the  same  tyme  helde  Salomon  a 
 feast  seuen  dales  longe,  and  all  Israel  with 
 him  a  very  greate  congregacion,  from  He- 
 math  vnto  the  ryuer  of  Egipte,  and  on  the 
 eight  daye  helde  he  a  conuocacion.  For  the 
 dedicacion  of  the  altare  helde  they  seuen 
 daies,  and  the  feast  seuen  dayes  also. 
 
 But  on  the  thre  and  twentyeth  daye  of  the 
 seuenth  moneth  he  let  the  people  go  vnto  their 
 tentes  ioyfull  and  with  mery  hertes  because  of 
 all  the  good,  that  the  LORDE  had  done  vnto 
 Dauid,  vnto  Salomo,  and  to  his  people  of  Israel. 
 
 Thus  fynished  Salomo  the  house  of  y 
 LORDE,  and  the  kinges  house,  and  all  y 
 came  in  his  hert  to  make  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  in  his  awne  house,  prosperously. 
 And  the  LORDE  appeared  vnto  Salomon  in 
 the  nighte  season,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  I 
 haue  herde  thy  prayer  t  and  chosen  this  place 
 vnto  my  selfe  for  an  house  of  sacrifyce. 
 
 Beholde,  whan  I  shut  the  heaue  so  y  it  raine 
 not,  or  commaunde  the  greshopper  to  cosume 
 the  londe,  or  cause  a  pestilence  to  come 
 amonge  my  people,  to  humble  my  people, 
 which  is  named  after  my  name  :  and  yf  they 
 praye,  and  seke  my  face,  and  turne  from  their 
 euell  wayes,  the  wyl  I  heare  them  from  hea- 
 uen,  and  wyll  forgeue  their  sinne,  and  heale 
 their  londe.  So  shal  myne  eyes  now  be  open, 
 and  myne  eares  shal  be  attente  vnto  prayer 
 in  this  place.  Thus  haue  I  now  chosen  this 
 house,  and  sanctifyed  it,  that  my  name  maye 
 
 *  1  Mac.  4.  g.        t  2  Par.  6.  a.         i  Some  reade  :  them. 
 
 be  there  for  euer:  and  myne  eyes  and  my 
 hert  shal  allwaye  be  there. 
 
 And  yf  thou  waike  before  me,  as  thy  father 
 Dauid  walked,  so  that  thou  do  aU  that  I  com- 
 maunde the,  and  kepe  myne  ordinances  and 
 lawes,  then  wyll  I  stablishe  the  seate  of  thy 
 kyngdome,  acordynge  as  I  promysed  thy  fa- 
 ther Dauid,  and  sayde :  Thou  shalt  not  wante 
 a  man  to  be  lorde  ouer  Israel.  But  yf  ye 
 turne  backe,  and  forsake  myne  ordynaunces 
 and  commaundemetes  which  I  haue  layed 
 before  you,  and  so  go  youre  waye,  and  serue 
 other  goddes,  and  worshippe  them,  the  wyll  I 
 rote  *  you  out  of  my  londe  that  I  haue  geuen 
 you :  and  this  house  which  I  haue  sanctifyed 
 vnto  my  name,  wil  I  cast  awaye  out  of  my 
 presence,  and  geue  it  ouer  to  be  a  byworde 
 and  fabell  amoge  all  nacions.  And  euery 
 one  that  goeth  by,  shall  be  astonnyed  at  this 
 hye  house,  and  shall  hysse  at  it,  and  saye : 
 §Wherfore  hath  the  LORDE  dealte  thus 
 with  this  londe  and  with  this  house  ?  Then 
 shall  it  be  sayde :  Euen  because  they  haue 
 forsaken  the  LORDE  God  of  their  fathers 
 (which  brought  them  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte)  d  haue  cleued  vnto  other  goddes,  d 
 worshipped  them,  and  serued  the:  therfore 
 hath  he  brought  all  this  euell  vpon  the. 
 
 €l)t  bitj.  Ci&apttr. 
 
 AND  after  twentye  yeares  (wherin  Salo- 
 mon buylded  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 and  his  awne  house)  he  buylded  the  cyties 
 also  which  Hiram  gaue  vnto  Salomon,  and 
 caused  the  children  of  Israel  to  dwell  therin. 
 And  Salomon  wente  vnto  Hemath  Zoba,  and 
 made  it  stronge,  and  buylded  Thadmor  in  the 
 wyldernes,  and  all  the  cornecyties  which  he 
 buylded  in  Hemath.  He  buylded  the  vpper 
 and  lower  Bethoron  likewyse,  so  that  they 
 were  stronge  cities  with  walles,  portes  and 
 barres.  And  Baelath,  and  all  the  cornecities 
 which  Salomon  had,  and  all  the  cities  of  the 
 charettes  and  of  the  horse  men,  and  all  that 
 Salomon  had  lust  to  buylde,  both  at  lerusalem 
 and  vpon  Libanus,  and  in  all  the  londe  of  his 
 domynion. 
 
 All  the  remnaunt  of  the  people  of  the 
 Hethites,  Amorites,  Pheresites,  Heuites  and 
 lebusites,  which  were  not  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  and  their  children  which  they  had  lefte 
 behynde  them  in  the  londe,  (whom  the  children 
 
 ^  Deu.  28.  d.     lere.  22.  a. 
 
jfo.  tmbiij. 
 
 Cl)f  ih  hokt  of  t\)t  Cronicles. 
 
 Cftap.  u\ 
 
 of  Israel  had  not  vtterly  destroied)  those  dyd 
 Salomon  make  trybutaries  vnto  this  daye. 
 As  for  the  children  of  Israel,  Salomon  made 
 no  bondmen  of  them  vnto  his  worke,  but  they 
 were  men  of  warre,  and  chefe  captaynes,  and 
 ouer  his  charettes  5  horsmen.  And  the  chefe 
 of  kynge  Salomons  officers  were  two  hundreth 
 and  fyftie,  which  ruled  the  people. 
 
 And  Salomon  caused  Pharaos  doughter  to 
 be  fetched  vp  out  of  the  cite  of  Dauid,  in  to 
 the  house  that  he  had  buylded  for  her :  for  he 
 sayde :  My  wyfe  shall  not  dwell  in  the  house 
 of  Dauid  the  kynge  of  Israel,  for  it  is  sancti- 
 fyed,  in  as  moch  as  y  Arke  of  the  LORDE 
 is  come  in  to  it. 
 
 Then  ofFred  Salomon  burntofferynges  vnto 
 the  LORDE  vpon  the  LORDES  altare, 
 which  he  had  buylded  before  the  porche,  euery 
 one  vpon  his  daye  to  offre  after  the  comaunde- 
 mente  of  Moses,  on  the  Sabbathes,  Newmones 
 5  at  the  appoynted  seasons  of  the  yeare,  euen 
 thre  tymes,  namely  in  f  feast  of  vnleuended 
 bred,  in  the  feast  of  wekes,  5  in  the  feast  of 
 Tabernacles. 
 
 And  he  set  the  prestes  in  ordre  to  their 
 ministracion  *acordynge  as  Dauid  his  father 
 had  appoynted,  and  the  Leuites  in  their 
 offyces,  to  geue  thankes  and  to  mynister  in  the 
 presence  of  the  prestes,  euery  one  vpon  his 
 And  the  dorekepers  in  their  courses, 
 euery  one  at  his  dore,  for  so  had  Dauid  the 
 ma  of  God  commaunded. 
 
 And  they  departed  not  from  the  kynges 
 commaundement  ouer  the  prestes  and  Le- 
 uites in  euery  matter  and  in  the  treasures. 
 Thus  was  all  Salomons  busynesse  made  ready, 
 from  the  daye  that  the  foundacion  of  the 
 LORDES  house  was  layed,  tyll  it  was 
 fynished,  so  that  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 was  all  prepared. 
 
 t  Then  wente  Salomon  vnto  Ezeon  Geber, 
 and  vnto  Eloth  by  the  See  syde  in  the  londe 
 of  Edomea.  And  Hiram  sent  him  shippes 
 by  his  seruauntes  which  had  knowlege  of  the 
 See,  and  they  wente  with  Salomos  seruauntes 
 vnto  Ophir,  and  fetched  from  thence  foure 
 hundreth  and  fyftye  talentes  of  golde,  and 
 broughte  it  vnto  kynge  Salomon. 
 
 C})c  if.  Cljaptor. 
 
 ND  whan  the  "queue  of  rich  Arabia 
 
 herde  the  fame  of  Salomon,  she  came 
 
 A 
 
 1  Par.  10.  d.         t  3  Reg.  9.  e. 
 
 with  a  very  greate  tryne  to  lerusalem  (with 
 Camels  that  bare  spyces  and  golde,  and  pre- 
 cious stones)  to  proue  Salomon  with  darke 
 sentences.  And  whan  she  came  vnto  Salo- 
 mon, she  spake  vnto  him  all  that  she  had 
 deuysed  in  hir  mynde.  And  the  kynge  tolde 
 her  all  hir  matters,  5  Salomon  had  nothinge 
 in  secrete,  but  he  tolde  it  her. 
 
 And  whan  the  Quene  of  riche  Arabia  sawe 
 the  wyszdome  of  Salomon,  and  y  house  that 
 he  had  buylded,  the  meates  of  his  table,  the 
 dwellinges  of  his  seruauntes,  y  offices  of  his 
 mynisters  and  their  garmentes,  5  his  butlers 
 and  their  apparell,  and  his  parler  where  he 
 wente  vp  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 she  coulde  no  longer  refrayne.  And  she  sayde 
 vnto  the  kynge :  It  is  true  that  I  haue  herde 
 in  my  londe  of  thy  behaueoure  and  of  thy 
 wyszdome  :  howbeit  I  wolde  not  beleue  their 
 wordes,  tyll  I  came  my  selfe,  5  sawe  it  with 
 myne  eyes :  and  beholde,  the  halfe  of  thy 
 greate  wyszdome  hath  not  bene  tolde  me : 
 there  is  more  in  f  then  the  fame  that  I  haue 
 herde.  Happye  are  thy  men,  and  happie  are 
 these  thy  seruauntes,  y  allwaye  stonde  before 
 the,  and  heare  thy  wyszdome.  Praysed  be 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  which  had  soch  plea- 
 sure vnto  the,  that  he  hath  set  the  vpon  his 
 seate  to  be  kynge  vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 Because  thy  God  loueth  Israel,  to  set  them 
 vp  for  euer,  therfore  hath  he  ordeyned  f  to 
 be  kynge  ouer  them,  that  thou  shuldest  mayn- 
 tayne  iustice  and  equyte. 
 
 And  she  gaue  y  kynge  an  hundreth  and 
 twentye  talentes  of  golde,  5  very  moch  spyce 
 5  precious  stones.  There  were  no  mo  soch 
 spyces  as  these  that  the  Quene  of  riche  Arabia 
 gaue  vnto  kynge  Salomo.  And  Hirams  ser- 
 uauntes and  the  seruauntes  of  Salomon,  which 
 broughte  golde  from  Ophir,  broughte  costly 
 tymber  also  s  precious  stones. 
 
 And  of  the  same  costly  tymber  dyd  Salo- 
 mon cause  to  make  stares  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  kynges  house,  and  harpes 
 and  psalteries  for  the  Musicians.  There  was 
 no  soch  tymber  sene  before  in  the  londe  of 
 luda.  But  kynge  Salomon  gaue  the  Quene 
 of  riche  Arabia  all  that  she  desyred  and  axed 
 5  moch  more  then  she  had  broughte  vnto  the 
 kynge.  And  she  returned,  and  departed  in  to 
 hir  londe  with  hir  seruauntes. 
 
 The  golde  that  was  broughte  vnto  Salomon 
 
 "  3  Re.  10.  a.     Matt.  12.  a. 
 
Cf)ap.  v» 
 
 €i)t  ij.  I)oltf  of  tl)f  CronirlfS. 
 
 Jfb.  cmiv* 
 
 in  one  yeare,  was  sixe  hundreth  and  sixe  and 
 thre  score  talentes,  besydes  that  y  chapmen 
 and  marchauntes  broughte.  And  all  the 
 kynges  of  the  Arabians,  and  the  lordes  in  y 
 londe  broughte  golde  and  syluer  vnto  Salo- 
 mon. Of  the  which  kynge  Salomon  made 
 two  hundreth  speares  of  beaten  golde,  so  y 
 sixe  hundreth  peces  of  beaten  golde  came  vp5 
 one  speare :  it  thre  hundreth  shildes  of  beaten 
 golde,  so  that  thre  hundreth  peces  of  beaten 
 golde  came  to  one  shylde  :  and  the  kynge  put 
 the  in  the  house  of  the  wod  of  Libanus. 
 
 And  the  kynge  made  a  greate  seate  of 
 Yuery,  and  ouerlaied  it  with  pure  golde :  and 
 the  seate  had  sixe  steppes,  and  a  fotestole  of 
 golde  festened  vnto  the  seate,  and  it  had  two 
 leanynge  postes  vpon  both  the  sydes  of  the 
 seate,  and  two  lyons  stode  beside  the  leanynge 
 postes,  and  there  stode  twolue  Lions  vpo  the 
 syxe  steppes  on  both  the  sides.  In  all  realmes 
 hath  not  soch  one  bene  made. 
 
 And  all  kynge  Salomons  drynkynge  vessels 
 were  of  golde,  and  all  the  vessels  of  the  house 
 of  the  wod  of  Libanus,  were  of  pure  golde : 
 for  syluer  was  rekened  nothinge  in  Salomons 
 tyme.  For  the  kynges  shippes  wente  vpon 
 the  See  with  the  seruauntes  of  Hira,  5  came 
 once  in  thre  yeare,  and  brought  golde,  syluer, 
 Yuery,  Apes  and  Pecockes. 
 
 Thus  was  kynge  Salomon  greater  then  all 
 the  kynges  vpon  earth,  in  riches  and  wisdome. 
 And  all  the  kynges  of  y  earth  desired  (to  se) 
 Salomons  face,  and  to  heare  his  wysdome, 
 which  God  had  geuen  him  in  his  hert.  And 
 they  brought  him  yearly  euery  ma  his  present: 
 Jewels  of  siluer  and  golde,  raymet,  harnesse, 
 spyces,  horses  and  Mules. 
 
 And  Salomon  had  foure  thousande  charet- 
 horses,  "and  twolue  thousande  horsmen,  and 
 put  them  in  the  charet  cities,  and  with  the 
 kynge  at  Jerusalem.  And  he  was  lorde  ouer 
 all  the  kynges  from  the  water  vnto  the  londe 
 of  the  Philistynes,  and  to  the  coaste  of  Egipte. 
 And  the  kynge  brought  it  so  to  passe,  that 
 there  was  as  moch  syluer  at  Jerusalem  as 
 stones :  and  as  many  Ceders,  as  there  were 
 Molbery  trees  in  the  valleys.  And  there  were 
 horses  broughte  vnto  him  out  of  Egipte,  and 
 out  of  all  countres. 
 
 Wha.t  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Salomon, 
 both  of  his  first  and  of  his  last,  beholde,  it  is 
 writte  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  prophet  Nathan, 
 
 and  in  the  prophecies  of  Ahia  of  Silo,  ti  in  f 
 actes  of  Jeddi  the  Seer  against  leroboa  f 
 Sonne  of  Nebat.  And  Salomo  reigned  at 
 lerusale  ouer  all  Israel  fortie  yeares.  And 
 Salomon  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers,  5  was 
 buried  in  the  cyte  of  Dauid  his  father.  And 
 Roboa  his  sonne  was  kige  I  his  steade. 
 
 Cijc  >-.  €l)apUr. 
 
 ROBOAM  wente  vnto  Sichem :  for  all 
 Israel  was  come  vnto  Sichem  :  *  to  make 
 him  kinge.  And  whan  leroboa  the  sonne  of 
 Nebat  herde  that,  which  was  in  Egipte 
 (*whither  he  was  fled  for  kynge  Salomon)  he 
 came  agayne  out  of  Egipte.  And  they  sent 
 for  him  and  called  him.  And  leroboam  came 
 with  all  Israel,  and  spake  to  Roboam,  and 
 sayde  :  Thy  father  made  oure  yocke  greuous : 
 make  thou  lighter  now  y  harde  bondage  of 
 thy  father,  and  f  heuy  yocke  that  he  layed 
 vpon  vs,  and  we  ^vyll  submytte  oure  selues 
 vnto  the.  He  sayde  vnto  them :  Come  to  me 
 agayne  ouer  thre  dayes.  And  f  people  wente 
 their  waye. 
 
 And  Roboam  the  kynge  axed  coiicell  at 
 the  Elders,  which  had  stonde  before  Salomon 
 his  father  whyle  he  lyued,  and  he  sayde : 
 What  is  youre  councell,  that  I  maye  geue 
 this  people  an  answere  ?  They  spake  vnto 
 him,  and  sayde :  Yf  thou  be  louynge  vnto  this 
 people,  and  deale  gently  with  them,  and  geue 
 them  good  wordes,  then  shal  they  allwaye  be 
 obedient  vnto  the.  Neuerthelesse  he  forsoke 
 the  councell  of  the  Elders  that  they  had  geuen 
 him,  and  toke  councell  at  y^  yonge  men  which 
 were  growne  vp  with  him,  and  stode  before 
 him.  And  he  sayde  \'Tito  the :  What  is  youre 
 councell,  that  we  maye  answere  this  people, 
 which  haue  spoken  vnto  me,  and  saide : 
 Make  oure  yock  lighter,  y  thy  father  layed 
 vpon  vs  ?  The  yongemen  y  were  growne  vp 
 with  him,  spake  vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Thus 
 shalt  thou  saye  vnto  the  people,  that  haue 
 talked  with  the  (t  spoken  :  Thy  father  made 
 oure  yock  to  heuy,  make  thou  oure  yock 
 lighter.  Thus  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  them  :  My 
 litle  finger  shalbe  thicker  then  my  fathers 
 loynes.  Yf  my  father  hath  layed  an  heuy 
 yock  vpon  you,  I  wyl  make  youre  yock  the 
 more.  My  father  chastened  you  with  scourges, 
 but  I  wyl  beate  you  with  scorpions. 
 
 Now  whan   leroboam  and  all  the  people 
 
 »3Re.  t2.  a.        "SRe.  It.g. 
 
ijTo.  rcrcjr. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  bokt  of  tbr  Cromrlrs. 
 
 Cftap.  ru 
 
 came  to  Roboam  on  the  thirde  daye  (acord- 
 ynge  as  y  kinge  sayde  :  Come  to  me  againe 
 on  the  thirde  dale)  the  kpige  gaue  the  an 
 harde  answere.  And  Roboa  the  kynge  for- 
 soke  y  councell  of  the  Elders,  j  spake  vnto 
 the  alter  f  yonge  mens  councell,  (j  sayde :  Yf 
 my  father  haue  made  youre  yock  to  heuy,  I 
 ml  make  it  yet  heuyer.  My  father  chastened 
 you  mth  scourges,  but  I  wyl  beate  you  with 
 scorpios.  Thus  the  kynge  folowed  not  f  peo- 
 ples minde  :  for  so  was  it  determyued  of  God, 
 y  y  LORDE  might  stablishe  his  worde, 
 •which  he  spake  by  Ahia  of  Silo,  vnto  lero- 
 boa  f  Sonne  of  Nebat.  But  whan  all  Israel 
 sawe  that  the  kynge  wolde  not  consente  vnto 
 them,  y  people  answered  the  kynge,  and  sayde : 
 What  porcion  haue  we  then  in  Dauid,  or  in- 
 heritauce  in  the  sonne  of  Isai  ?  Let  euery 
 man  of  Israel  get  him  to  his  tent.  Loke  thou 
 now  to  thy  house  Dauid.  And  all  Israel  wente 
 vnto  their  tentes,  so  that  Roboam  reigned  but 
 ouer  the  children  of  Israel  that  dwelt  in  the 
 cities  of  luda.  And  Roboam  sent  forth  Ado- 
 ram  the  rentgatherer,  but  the  children  of 
 Israel  stoned  him  to  death.  And  kynge  Ro- 
 boii  strengthed  himselfe  vpon  his  charet,  to 
 flye  vnto  lerusalem.  Thus  fell  Israel  awaie 
 fro  the  house  of  Dauid  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Wi)e  ri.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Roboam  came  to  lerusalem, 
 he  gathered  together  the  house  of  luda 
 and  Ben  lamin  (euen  an  hiidreth  and  foure 
 score  thousande  chosen  men  of  armes)  to 
 fyghte  agaynst  Israel,  that  they  mighte  brynge 
 the  kyngdome  agayne  vnto  Roboam.  But  f 
 worde  of  the  LORDE  came  to  Semaia  the 
 man  of  God,  and  sayde :  Speake  to  Roboam 
 the  Sonne  of  Salomon  kynge  of  luda,  and  to 
 all  Israel  y  are  in  luda  and  Ben  lamin,  and 
 saye :  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE :  Ye  shal 
 not  go  vp,  ner  fyght  eigaynst  youre  brethren : 
 let  euery  man  go  home  agayne,  for  this  is  my 
 dede.  They  herkened  vnto  the  wordes  of  y 
 LORDE,  and  wete  not  forth  agaynst  leroboa. 
 As  for  Roboa,  he  dwelt  at  lerusalem,  and 
 buylded  vp  the  stronge  cities  in  luda,  namely 
 Bethlee,  Etan,  Tekoa,  Bethzur,  Socho,  Adulla, 
 Gath,  Maresa,  Siph,  Adoraim,  Laches,  Aseka, 
 Zarega,  Aialon,  and  Hebron  (which  were  the 
 fensed  cities  in  luda  and  Ben  lamin)  5  he 
 made  them  stronge,  and  set  prynces  therin,  5 
 
 '  prouyded  them  of  vytayles,  oyle  and  wyne, 
 and  in  all  cities  prepared  he  shildes  and 
 speares,  and  made  them  very  stronge.  And 
 luda  and  Ben  lamin  were  vnder  him. 
 
 The  Prestes  and  Leuites  also  came  vnto 
 him  out  of  Israel  and  from  aU  the  borders 
 therof,  And  lefte  their  suburbes  %  possession 
 and  came  to  luda  vnto  lerusalem :  for  lero- 
 boam  and  his  sonnes  expelled  them,  that  they 
 shulde  not  execute  the  ofFyce  of  y  presthode 
 vnto  f  LORDE.  But  for  himselfe  he  fouded 
 prestes  to  y  hye  places,  5  to  feldedeuels  5 
 calues,  which  he  caused  to  make.  And  after 
 them  came  there  men  out  of  aU  the  trybes  of 
 Israel,  which  gaue  ouer  their  hertes  to  seke  f 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  5  came  to  lerusale 
 for  to  ofFre  vnto  the  LORDE  God  of  their 
 fathers.  And  so  strengthed  they  y  kingdome 
 of  luda,  and  matayned  Roboam  the  sonne  of 
 Salomon  thre  yeare  longe :  for  they  walked  in 
 y  waye  of  Dauid  5  Salomon  thre  yeares. 
 
 And  Roboam  toke  Mahelath  f  doughter  of 
 leremoth  y^  sonne  of  Dauid  to  wife,  j  Abihail 
 the  doughter  of  Eliab  y  sonne  of  Isai,  which 
 bare  him  these  sonnes  :  leus,  Semaria  5  Sa- 
 hara. After  her  toke  he  Maecha  the  doughter 
 of  Absalom,  which  bare  him  Abia,  Athai  Sisa 
 and  Selomith.  But  Roboam  loued  Maecha 
 the  doughter  of  Absalom  better  then  all  his 
 wyues  (J  concubynes  :  for  he  had  eightene 
 wyues  and  thre  score  cocubjmes,  and  begat 
 eight  (J  twentye  sonnes,  and  thre  score  dough- 
 ters.  And  Roboam  set  Abia  the  sonne  of 
 Maecha  to  be  heade  and  prpice  amonge  his 
 brethren :  for  he  thoughte  to  make  him  kjTige : 
 for  he  was  wyse,  j  more  mightie  then  all  his 
 sonnes  in  all  the  countrees  of  luda  5  Ben 
 lamin,  and  in  all  the  stronge  cities.  And  he 
 gaue  them  plenteousnes  of  fode,  and  desyred 
 many  wyues 
 
 Wi)e  rij-  Cf)a{)ttr. 
 
 BUT  wha  the  kyngdome  of  Roboam  was 
 confirmed  and  stablyshed,  he  forsoke  the 
 lawe  of  the  LORDE  5  all  Israel  with  him. 
 And  in  the  fj'fth  yeare  of  Roboam  wete  Sisack 
 the  kynge  of  Egipte  vp  agaynst  lerusalem  (for 
 they  had  transgressed  agaynst  the  LORDE) 
 with  a  thousande  and  two  hundreth  charettes, 
 and  with  thre  score  thousande  horsmen,  and 
 the  people  were  innumerable  that  came  with 
 him  out  of  Egipte,  Libya,  Suchim  5  out  of 
 Ethiopia,  and  he  wanne  the  stroge  cities  that 
 were  in  luda,  and  came  to  lerusalem.  I 
 
 C 
 
Cf)ap»  rtij. 
 
 Eht  ih  l)obt  of  tJ)r  Cronirks. 
 
 ffo*  mtvu 
 
 Then  came  Semaia  y  prophet  vnto  Roboani 
 and  to  y  rulers  of  luda  (which  were  gathered 
 together  at  Jerusalem  for  Sisack)  (j  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE :  Ye  haue 
 lefte  me,  therfore  haue  I  lefte  you  also  in 
 Sisacks  hande.  The  the  rulers  in  Israel  with 
 the  kynge  submytted  them  selues,  and  sayde : 
 The  LORDE  is  righteous. 
 
 But  wha  the  LORDE  sawe  y  they  hiibled 
 them  selues,  y  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  to 
 Semaia,  d  sayde :  They  haue  humbled  them 
 selues,  therfore  wyl  I  not  destroye  them,  but 
 I  wyl  geue  them  a  litle  delyueraunce,  that  my 
 indignacion  fall  not  vpon  Jerusalem  by  Sisack : 
 for  they  shalbe  subdued  vnto  him,  y  they  maye 
 knowe  what  it  is  to  serue  me,  5  to  serue  the 
 kyngdomes  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Thus  wete  Sisack  the  kynge  of  Egipte  vp 
 to  Jerusalem,  (j  toke  the  treasures  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  ij  the  treasures  in  the 
 kynges  house,  and  caried  all  awaye,  and  toke 
 the  shyldes  of  golde,  *  that  Salomon  caused  to 
 make :  in  steade  wherof  kynge  Roboa  made 
 shyldes  of  stele,  and  commytted  the  vnto  the 
 chefe  fotemen,  which  kepte  the  dore  of  the 
 kynges  house.  And  as  oft  as  the  kynge  wente 
 in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  y  fote  men 
 came  a  bare  them,  5  brought  them  againe  in 
 to  y  fote  mens  chaber.  And  for  so  moch  as 
 he  submytted  himselfe,  y  wrath  of  f  LORDE 
 turned  fro  him,  so  that  all  was  not  destroied : 
 for  there  was  yet  some  good  in  luda. 
 
 Thus  was  Roboam  the  kinge  stablished  in 
 Jerusalem,  and  reigned.  One  and  fortye 
 yeare  olde  was  Roboam  wha  he  was  made 
 kynge,  and  reigned  seuentene  yeare  at  Jeru- 
 salem in  the  cite,  t which  the  LORDE  had 
 chosen  out  of  all  the  trybes  of  Jsrael,  to  set  his 
 name  there.  His  mothers  name  was  Naema 
 an  Ammonitisse :  and  he  did  euell,  and  pre- 
 pared not  his  hert  to  seke  the  LORDE. 
 
 These  actes  of  Roboam,  both  fyrst  and  last, 
 are  wrytten  in  the  actes  of  Semaia  the  pro- 
 phet, (s  of  Jddo  the  Seer,  and  are  noted,  a  so 
 are  the  warres  that  Roboam  and  Jeroboam  had 
 together  as  longe  as  they  lyued.  And  Roboam 
 fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers  and  was  buryed  in 
 the  cite  of  Dauid,  ij  Abia  his  sonne  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 Ci)e  vtij.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 IN  the  eightenth  yeare  of  kynge  Jeroboam, 
 was  Abia  kjiige  in  Juda,  tt  reigned  thre 
 
 •  2  P:<T.  9.  b.  t  2  Par.  7.  b.  t  3  Re.  12.  d. 
 
 yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was 
 Michaia  the  doughter  of  Vriel  of  Gibea.  And 
 there  was  warre  betwene  Abia  and  Jeroboam. 
 And  Abia  prepared  himselfe  to  the  battayll 
 with  foure  hudreth  thousande  stronge  chosen 
 men  of  warre.  But  Jeroboam  made  himselfe 
 ready  to  fight  agaynst  him  with  eight  hundreth 
 thousande  chosen  men  of  strength. 
 
 And  Abia  gatt  him  vp  vpon  the  hyll  Ze- 
 maraim,  which  lyeth  vpon  mount  Ephraim 
 and  sayde :  Herken  vnto  me  thou  Jeroboam 
 and  all  Jsrael:  Knowe  ye  not  that  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Jsrael  hath  geuen  Dauid  y  kyngdome 
 of  Jsrael  for  euer,  vnto  him  and  his  sonnes 
 with  a  Salt  couenaunt  ?  But  Jeroboa  the 
 Sonne  of  Nebat,  the  seruaunt  of  Salomon 
 Dauids  sonne,  gat  him  vp  (j  fell  awaye  from 
 his  lorde.  And  there  resorted  vnto  him  vaga- 
 boundes  and  children  of  Belial,  and  haue 
 strengthed  them  selues  against  Roboa  the 
 Sonne  of  Salomo  :  for  Roboam  was  but  yonge 
 and  of  a  fearfuU  hert,  and  coulde  not  resiste 
 them. 
 
 Now  thinke  ye  to  set  youre  selues  against 
 the  kyngdome  of  the  LORDE  amonge  the 
 sonnes  of  Dauid,  for  so  moch  as  there  is  so 
 greate  a  multitude  of  you,  g  haue  y  golden 
 calues  if  Jeroboam  made  you  for  goddes. 
 §  Haue  ye  not  expelled  the  prestes  of  the 
 LORDE  the  children  of  Aaron  and  the 
 Leuites  ?  and  haue  made  you  prestes  of  youre 
 awne,  euen  as  the  people  of  the  londes?  Who 
 so  euer  commeth  to  fyll  his  hande  with  a  yonge 
 bullocke  and  seuen  rammes,  shal  be  preste 
 vnto  them  that  are  not  goddes. 
 
 But  with  vs  is  y  LORDE  oure  God,  who 
 we  forsake  not :  and  the  prestes  that  minister 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  the  children  of  Aaron  and 
 the  Leuites  in  their  busines,  and  euery  mor- 
 nynge  and  euery  euenynge  kjaidle  they  the 
 bumtofferynges  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  the 
 swete  incense,  and  prepare  the  shewbred  vpo 
 the  pure  table,  and  the  golden  candilsticke 
 with  his  lampes,  to  be  kyndled  euery  euen- 
 ynge :  for  we  wayte  vpo  the  LORDE  oure 
 God. 
 
 As  for  you,  ye  haue  forsaken  him.  Beholde, 
 God  is  the  captayne  of  oure  boost,  and  with 
 vs  are  his  prestes,  and  the  llblowynge  trom- 
 pettes,  to  trompe  agaynst  you.  Ye  children 
 of  Jsrael,  fight  not  agaynst  the  LORDE  God 
 of  youre  fathers :  for  ye  shal  not  prospere. 
 
 §  2  Pii.  11.  d.  II  N'um.  10.  a. 
 
jfo.  rcrrnj. 
 
 Eht  ij,  hokt  of  tl)t  Ciomdts(» 
 
 CI)ap.  vni). 
 
 Neuertheles  Icroboam  made  a  preuy  watch 
 on  eiiery  syde,  to  come  vpoii  them  behyiide, 
 so  that  they  were  before  luda,  and  y  preuy 
 watch  behynde.  Now  wliii  luda  turned  them, 
 beholde,  there  was  battayll  before  the  5  be- 
 hynde. Then  cryed  they  vnto  y  LORDE,  5 
 the  prestes  tromped  with  the  trompettes,  j 
 wha  euery  man  in  luda  gaue  a  shoute,  God 
 plaged  leroboam  and  Israel  before  Abia  and 
 luda.  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled  before 
 luda,  and  God  gaue  them  in  to  their  handes, 
 so  that  Abia  5  his  people  dyd  a  greate  slaughter 
 vpon  them,  and  there  fell  wounded  of  Israel 
 fyue  hundreth  thousande  chosen  men. 
 
 Thus  were  the  children  of  Israel  subdued 
 at  that  tyme,  but  the  children  of  luda  were 
 comforted,  for  they  put  their  trust  in  y- 
 LORDE  God  of  their  fathers.  And  Abia 
 folowed  vpon  leroboam,  and  wanne  cities  fro 
 him.  Bethel  with  the  vyllages  therof,  lesana 
 with  hir  vyllages,  and  Ephron  with  the  vil- 
 lages therof,  so  that  leroboam  came  nomore 
 to  strength,  as  longe  as  Abia  lyued.  And  the 
 LORDE  smote  him  that  he  dyed. 
 
 Now  whan  Abia  was  strengthed,  he  toke 
 fourtene  wyues,  and  begat  two  and  twentye 
 sonnes  and  sixtene  daughters.  What  more 
 there  is  to  saye  of  Abia,  and  of  his  wayes  and 
 his  doynges,  it  is  wrytten  in  the  storye  of  the 
 prophet  Iddo.  And  Abia  fell  on  slepe  with 
 his  fathers,  and  they  buryed  hira  in  y  cite 
 of  Dauid :  and  Asa  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade.  In  his  tyme  was  the  londe  in  rest  ten 
 yeares. 
 
 Ci^e  ipiii).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  "Asa  dyd  that  which  was  good  5 
 right  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  his 
 God,  and  put  awaye  the  straunge  altares,  and 
 the  hye  places,  and  brake  the  pilers,  and 
 hewed  downe  the  groues,  and  sayde  vnto  luda, 
 that  they  shulde  seke  the  LORDE  God  of 
 their  fathers,  and  to  do  after  y  lawe  and  com- 
 maundementes.  And  the  hye  places  and 
 ymages  put  he  awaye  out  of  all  the  cities  of 
 luda:  and  the  kyngdome  had  rest  before  him. 
 And  he  builded  strSge  cities  in  luda,  whyle 
 the  londe  was  in  quietnes,  g  whyle  there  was 
 no  warre  agaynst  him  in  the  same  yeares  : 
 for  f  LORDE  gaue  him  rest. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  luda :  Let  vs  buylde  vp 
 these  cities,  and  fense  them  rounde  aboute 
 
 with  walles  and  towres,  with  portes  and  barres, 
 while  the  londe  is  yet  with  vs :  for  we  haue 
 soughte  the  LORDE  oure  God,  and  he  hath 
 geuen  vs  rest  on  euery  syde.  So  they  buylded, 
 and  it  wente  prosperously  with  the.  And  Asa 
 had  an  boost  of  me  which  bare  shildes  5 
 speares,  out  of  luda  thre  C.  thousande,  and 
 out  of  Ben  lamin  two  hudreth  and  foure 
 score  thousande,  that  bare  shyldes  (j  coulde 
 shute  with  bowes,  and  all  these  were  mightie 
 stronge  men. 
 
 But  Serah  the  Moryan  came  out  against 
 the  with  an  boost  of  a  thousande  times  a  thou- 
 sande, and  with  thre  hundreth  charettes,  and 
 came  vnto  Maresa.  And  Asa  wente  forth 
 agaynst  him.  And  they  prepared  them  selues 
 to  the  battayll  in  the  valley  Zephata  beside 
 Maresa.  And  Asa  called  \'pon  f  LORDE 
 his  God  and  sayde  :  *  LORDE,  it  is  no  dif- 
 ferece  with  y,  to  helpe  by  fewe  or  by  many. 
 Helpe  vs  O  LORDE  oure  God :  for  oure 
 trust  is  in  the,  (j  in  thy  name  are  we  come 
 forth  against  this  multitude.  LORDE  oure 
 God,  let  no  man  preuayle  agaynst  the. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  smote  the  Morias  before 
 Asa  and  before  luda,  so  that  they  fled.  And 
 Asa  with  f  people  that  was  by  him,  folowed 
 vpon  them  vnto  Gerar.  And  the  Morias  fell, 
 so  that  none  of  them  remained  alyue,  but 
 were  smytten  before  the  LORDE  and  before 
 his  boost.  And  they  caried  exceadinge  moch 
 spoyle  from  thence.  And  he  smote  all  the 
 cyties  aboute  Gerar,  for  a  fearfulnesse  of  the 
 LORDE  came  vpon  them.  And  they  spoyled 
 all  the  cities,  for  there  was  moch  spoyle  in 
 them.  They  smote  the  tentes  of  the  catell 
 also,  and  toke  many  shepe  and  Camels,  and 
 came  agayne  to  lerusalem. 
 
 Wt)t  rb.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  the  sprete  of  God  came  vpo  Asarias 
 the  sonne  of  Obed,  which  wente  forth 
 to  Asa,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Heare  me  Asa 
 and  all  luda  ij  Ben  lamin  :  The  LORDE  is 
 with  you,  whyle  ye  are  with  him :  and  yf  ye 
 seke  him,  he  wylbe  founde  of  you.  But  yf 
 ye  forsake  him,  he  shal  forsake  you  also. 
 Neuertheles  there  shal  be  many  dayes  in 
 Israel,  that  t  there  shalbe  no  true  God,  no 
 prest  to  teach,  (j  no  lawe.  And  whan  they 
 turne  in  their  trouble  vnto  the  LORDE  God 
 of  Israel,  and  seke  him,   he  shalbe  founde. 
 
Cf)ap.  jcbi. 
 
 €l)t  ij,  bokt  of  tl)f  CronidfS. 
 
 jfo.  mrjriij. 
 
 At  that  tyme  shall  it  not  be  well  with  him 
 that  goeth  out  and  in  :  for  there  shal  be  greate 
 vproures  vpon  all  them  y  dwell  on  the  earth. 
 For  one  people  shall  all  to  smyte  another,  g 
 one  cite  another :  for  God  shal  vexe  them 
 with  all  maner  of  trouble.  But  be  ye  stronge, 
 and  let  not  youre  handes  be  feble :  for  youre 
 worke  hath  his  rewarde. 
 
 Whan  Asa  herde  these  wordes,  and  the 
 propheciege  (of  Asarias  the  sonne)  of  Obed 
 the  prophet,  he  toke  a  corage  vnto  him,  and 
 put  awaye  the  abhominacions  out  of  all  f 
 londe  of  luda  and  Ben  lamin,  and  out  of  the 
 cities  that  he  had  wonne  vpon  mount  Ephraim : 
 and  renued  the  LORDES  altare,  which  stode 
 before  the  porche  of  the  LORDE.  And  all 
 luda  and  Ben  lamin  gathered  them  selues 
 together,  and  the  straungers  with  them  out  of 
 Ephraim,  Manasses  and  Simeon :  for  there 
 fell  many  vnto  him  out  of  Israel,  whan  they 
 sawe  that  the  LORDE  his  God  was  with  him. 
 And  they  resorted  vnto  lerusalem  in  the  thirde 
 moneth  of  the  fyftenth  yeare  of  the  reigne  of 
 Asa,  and  the  same  daye  offi-ed  they  vnto  the 
 LORDE  of  the  spoyle  that  they  had  broughte, 
 seuen  hiidreth  oxen,  and  seuen  thousande 
 shepe. 
 
 And  they  entred  in  to  y  couenaunt,  that 
 they  wolde  seke  the  LORDE  God  of  their 
 fathers,  with  all  their  hert  and  with  all  their 
 soule.  And  who  so  euer  wolde  not  seke  y 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  shulde  dye,  both 
 small  I  greate,  both  man  and  woman :  and 
 they  sware  vnto  the  LORDE  with  loude 
 voyce,  with  shoutinge,  with  trompettes  and 
 with  shawmes.  And  aU  luda  were  glad  ouer 
 the  ooth :  for  they  had  sworne  with  all  their 
 hert,  and  they  soughte  him  with  a  whole  wyll : 
 and  he  was  founde  of  them,  and  the  LORDE 
 gaue  them  rest  on  euery  syde. 
 
 And  Asa  f  kynge  put  downe  his  mother 
 from  the  mynistracion,  that  she  had  founded 
 in  the  groue  vnto  Miplezeth.  And  Asa  roted 
 out  hir  Miplezeth,  and  beate  it  in  sunder,  and 
 brent  it  by  the  broke  Cedron.  But  the  hye 
 places  were  not  put  downe  out  of  Israel.  Yet 
 was  the  hert  of  Asa  perfecte  as  longe  as  he 
 lyued.  And  loke  what  his  father  had  halowed, 
 and  that  he  him  selfe  had  halowed,  he  broughte 
 it  in  to  y  house  of  God,  syluer,  golde  and 
 omametes.  And  there  was  no  warre  vnto  the 
 fyue  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  the  reigne  of  Asa. 
 
 €i)t:  \b\.  Cijapttr. 
 
 IN  the  sixe  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  y  reigne 
 of  Asa,  "  wente  Baesa  the  kynge  of  Israel 
 vp  agaynst  luda,  and  buylded  Rama,  to  let 
 Asa  the  kynge  of  luda,  y  he  shulde  not  go 
 out  and  in  :  But  Asa  toke  forth  the  treasure 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  the  syluer 
 and  golde  in  the  kynges  house,  and  sent  it 
 vnto  Benadad  y  kynge  of  Syria,  which  dwelt 
 at  Damascon,  and  caused  to  saye  vnto  him : 
 There  is  a  couenaunt  betwene  me  and  the, 
 betwene  my  father  and  thy  father,  therfore 
 haue  I  sent  y  syluer  and  golde,  that  thou 
 mayest  breake  y  couenaunt  with  Baesa  the 
 kynge  of  Israel,  that  he  maye  departe  fro  me. 
 
 Benadad  herkened  vnto  kynge  Asa,  and 
 sent  his  hoost  agaynst  the  cities  of  Israel, 
 which  smote  Eion,  Dan  and  Abel  Maim,  and 
 all  the  corne  cities  of  Nephtali.  Whan  Baesa 
 herde  that,  he  lefte  of  from  buyldinge  Rama, 
 and  ceassed  from  his  worke.  But  kynge  Asa 
 toke  all  luda  vnto  him,  and  caried  awaye  _y 
 stones  and  tymber  (wherwith  Baesa  buylded) 
 and  he  buylded  Geba  5  Mizpa  withall. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  came  Hanani  the  Seer 
 vnto  Asa  the  kynge  of  luda,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Because  thou  hast  trusted  vnto  th 
 kynge  of  Syria,  and  not  put  thy  trust  in  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  therfore  is  the  power  of 
 the  kynge  of  Syria  escaped  thy  hade.  *Were 
 not  the  Moryans  and  Lybians  a  greate  mul- 
 titude with  exceadinge  many  charettes  and 
 horsmen  ?  Yet  gaue  the  LORDE  them  in  to 
 thy  hande,  whan  thou  dyddest  put  thy  trust  in 
 him :  for  the  eyes  of  the  LORDE  loke  rounde 
 aboute  all  londes,  to  strength  them  y  are  in 
 him  with  all  their  hert.  Thou  hast  done  vn- 
 wysely,  therfore  shalt  thou  haue  warre  from 
 hece  forth.  But  Asa  was  wroth  at  y  Seer, 
 and  put  him  in  preson :  for  he  murmured 
 with  him  ouer  this  thinge.  And  Asa  oppressed 
 certayne  of  the  people  at  y  same  tyme. 
 
 These  actes  of  Asa  both  first  and  last,  be- 
 holde,  they  are  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  f  kynges 
 of  luda  (I  Israel.  And  Asa  was  diseased  in 
 his  fete  in  the  nyne  and  thirtieth  yeare  of 
 his  reigne,  and  endured  ther  ouer.  t  Nether 
 soughte  he  the  LORDE  in  his  sicknesse,  but 
 trusted  vnto  Phisicians.  Thus  fell  Asa  on 
 slepe  with  his  fathers,  5  dyed  in  the  one  and 
 fortieth  yeare  of  his  reigne,  5  was  buried  in 
 
jTo.  mrvuiji. 
 
 Cf)r  ij.  bofef  of  tl)e  Ci-omrlrs. 
 
 Ci)ap.  fbiji. 
 
 his  awne  sepulcre  which  he  had  caused  to  l)e 
 graucn  for  him  selfe  in  the  cite  of  Dauid. 
 And  they  layed  him  vpon  his  bed,  which  was 
 fylled  with  swete  odoures  5  all  maner  of  spyces 
 (made  after  f  Apotecaries  craft)  and  made  a 
 very  greate  burnynge. 
 
 Cfjc  vbij.  Ci^npttr. 
 
 AND  losaphat  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his 
 steade,  j  waxed  mightie  against  Israel. 
 And  he  put  men  of  warre  in  all  the  stronge 
 cities  of  luda,  and  set  officers  in  the  londe  of 
 luda,  and  in  the  cities  of  Ephraim,  which  Asa 
 his  father  had  wonne.  And  the  LORDE 
 was  with  losaphat :  for  he  walked  in  the  olde 
 wayes  of  his  father  Dauid,  (j  soughte  not 
 Baalim,  but  the  God  of  his  father,  5  walked 
 in  his  eommaundementes,  5  not  after  the 
 workes  of  Israel :  therfore  dyd  the  LORDE 
 stablyshe  the  kyngdome  in  his  hade.  And  all 
 luda  gaue  presentes  vnto  losaphat,  it  he  had 
 greate  riches  ri  worshippe.  And  whan  his 
 hert  was  coraged  in  the  wayes  of  the  LORDE, 
 he  put  downe  styll  the  hye  places  and  groues 
 out  of  luda. 
 
 In  the  thirde  yeare  of  his  reigne  sent  he 
 his  prynces,  Benhail,  Obadia,  Zacharias, 
 Nethaneel  5  Michaia,  to  teach  in  the  cities  of 
 luda :  fi  with  them  the  Leuites :  Semaia, 
 Nethania,  Sebadia,  Asahel,  Semiramoth, 
 lonathan,  Adonia,  Tobia  (t  Tob  Adonia,  (t 
 with  them  y  prestes  Elisama  %  loram.  And 
 they  taughte  in  luda,  5  had  the  boke  of  the 
 lawe  of  y  LORDE  with  them,  a,  wente  aboute 
 in  all  f  cities  of  luda,  5  taughte  the  people. 
 
 And  the  feare  of  the  LORDE  came  vpon 
 all  y  kyngdomes  in  the  countrees  that  laye 
 aboute  luda,  so  y  they  foughte  not  agaynst 
 losaphat.  And  the  Philistynes  broughte 
 presentes  and  trybute  of  syluer  vnto  losaphat. 
 And  the  Arabians  broughte  him  seuen  thou- 
 sande  and  seuen  hundreth  rammes,  and  seuen 
 thousande  and  seuen  hundreth  he  goates. 
 Thus  increased  losaphat,  5  grewe  euer  greater. 
 And  he  buylded  castels  and  corne  cities  in 
 luda.  And  dyd  moch  in  the  cities  of  luda,  and 
 had  valeaunt  and  mightie  men  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  this  was  y  ordinaunce  thorow  out  the 
 I  nouse  of  their  fathers,  which  were  rulers  ouer 
 (the  thousandes  in  luda.  Adna  a  captayne,  (5 
 with  him  were  thre  hudreth  thousande  mightie 
 I  men.  ^  Nexte  vnto  him  was  lohanan  y  chefe, 
 land  with  him  were  two  hundreth  and  foure 
 
 score  thousande.  Nexte  him  was  Amasia  the 
 Sonne  of  Sichri  the  fre  wyllinge  of  y  LORDE, 
 and  with  him  were  two  hundreth  thousande 
 valeaunt  men.  Of  the  children  of  Ben  lamin 
 was  Eliada  a  mightie  man,  and  with  him  were 
 two  hundreth  thousande  ready  with  bowes 
 and  shyldes.  Nexte  vnto  him  was  losabad, 
 and  with  him  were  an  hundreth  and  foure 
 score  thousande  harnessed  men  of  warre.  All 
 these  wayted  vpon  the  kynge,  besydes  those 
 that  the  kynge  had  layed  in  the  stroge  cities 
 thorow  out  all  luda. 
 
 €^t  jbiij.  €i)apttv. 
 
 AND  losaphat  had  greate  riches  and 
 worshippe,  and  made  frendshippe  with 
 Achab.  *  And  after  two  yeares  wente  he 
 downe  to  Achab  vnto  Samaria.  And  Achab 
 caused  many  shepe  and  oxe  to  be  slayne  for 
 him  and  for  y  people  that  were  with  him. 
 And  he  counceled  him  to  go  vp  \'nto  Ramoth 
 in  Gilead.  And  Achab  the  kjmge  of  Israel 
 sayde  vnto  losaphat  the  kynge  of  luda :  Go 
 with  me  vnto  Ramoth,  in  Gilead.  He  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  I  am  as  thou,  and  my  people  as 
 thy  people,  we  wyll  go  with  the  vnto  the 
 battayll. 
 
 But  losaphat  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  of 
 Israel :  Axe  councell  (I  praye  the)  this  daye 
 at  the  worde  of  the  LORDE.  And  the 
 k)Tige  of  Israel  gathered  the  prophetes  to- 
 gether, euen  foure  hundreth  men,  (t  saide  vnto 
 them :  Shal  we  go  to  the  battayll  vnto  Ramoth 
 in  Gilead,  or  shal  I  let  it  alone?  They  sayde: 
 Go  vp,  God  shal  delyuer  it  in  to  the  kynges 
 hade.  But  losaphat  sayde  :  Is  there  not  yet 
 one  prophet  of  the  LORDE  here,  y  we  maye 
 axe  at  him  ?  The  kynge  of  Israel  sayde  vnto 
 losaphat :  There  is  yet  one  man,  at  whom  we 
 maye  axe  of  f  LORDE :  but  I  hate  him,  for 
 he  prophecieth  me  no  good,  but  allwaye  euell, 
 namely  Micheas  the  sonne  of  lemla.  losa- 
 phat sayde  :  Let  not  the  kynge  saye  so.  And 
 the  kynge  of  Israel  called  one  of  his  chamber- 
 laynes,  5  sayde :  Brynge  hither  soone  Micheas 
 the  sonne  of  lemla. 
 
 And  the  kynge  of  Israel,  and  losaphat  the 
 kynge  of  luda,  sat  either  of  them  vpon  his 
 seate,  arayed  in  their  garmentes.  Euen  in 
 the  place  at  the  dore  of  the  porte  of  Samaria 
 sat  they,  and  all  y  prophetes  prophecied  before 
 them.     And  Sedechias  the  sonne  of  Cnaena 
 
Cftap.  m* 
 
 €])t  ij,  bofet  of  tf)e  Cronid^sf, 
 
 So,  afcut. 
 
 had  made  him  hoi-nes  of  yrou,  and  sayde : 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  With  these  shalt 
 thou  puszshe  at  the  Syrians,  tyll  thou  brynge 
 them  to  naughte.  And  all  the  prophetes  pro- 
 phecied  likewyse,  5  sayde :  Go  vp  vnto  Ra- 
 moth  in  Gilead,  and  thou  shalt  prospere,  and  f 
 LORDEshal  delyuer  it  in  to  thekynges  hande. 
 
 And  the  messaunger  that  wente  to  call 
 Micheas,  spake  vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Be- 
 holde,  f  wordes  of  the  prophetes  are  with  one 
 acorde  good  before  the  kynge:  let  thy  worde 
 (I  praye  the)  be  as  one  of  theirs,  and  speake 
 thou  good  also.  But  Micheas  sayde:  As  truly 
 as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  loke  what  my  God 
 sayeth  vnto  me,  y  wyl  I  speake.  And  whan 
 he  came  to  the  kynge,  the  kynge  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Micheas,  shulde  we  go  vnto  Ramoth  in 
 Gilead  to  the  battayll,  or  shulde  we  let  it 
 alone  ?  He  saide  :  Go  vp,  and  ye  shal  pros- 
 pere. It  shal  be  geue  you  in  youre  handes. 
 But  y  kynge  sayde  vnto  him  :  I  charge  y  yet 
 agayne,  that  thou  tell  me  nothinge  but  f 
 trueth  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Then  saide  he :  I  sawe  all  Israel  scatered 
 abrode  vpo  the  mountaynes,  as  the  shepe  y 
 haue  no  shepherde.  And  the  LORDE  sayde 
 Haue  these  no  lorde  ?  Let  euery  one  turne 
 home  agayne  in  peace.  The  sayde  the  kynge 
 of  Israel  vnto  losaphat :  Dyd  not  I  tell  the, 
 y  he  wolde  prophecie  me  no  good,  but  euell  ? 
 
 And  he  sayde :  Therfore  heare  ye  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE:  *I  sawe  the  LORDE  syt 
 vpon  his  seate,  and  all  the  hoost  of  heauen 
 stondinge  at  his  righte  hande  5  at  his  lefte. 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  :  Who  wyll  disceaue 
 Achab  the  kynge  of  Israel,  that  he  maye  go 
 vp  a  fall  at  Ramoth  in  Gilead  ?  And  whan 
 one  sayde  thus,  another  so,  there  came  forth 
 a  sprete,  and  stode  before  y  LORDE,  and 
 sayde :  I  wyl  disceaue  him.  The  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Wherwith?  He  sayde:  I 
 wyll  go  forth,  and  be  a  false  sprete  in  the 
 mouth  of  all  his  prophetes.  And  he  sayde : 
 Thou  shalt  disceaue  him,  and  shalt  be  able : 
 go  thy  waye,  and  do  so.  Beholde  now,  t  the 
 LORDE  hath  geuen  a  false  sprete  in  the 
 mouth  of  all  these  thy  prophetes,  and  the 
 LORDE  hath  spoke  eueU  agaynst  the. 
 
 Then  stepte  forth  Sedechias  the  sonne  of 
 Cnaena,  and  smote  Micheas  vpon  the  cheke, 
 and  sayde :  Which  waye  is  the  sprete  of  y 
 LORDE  departed  fro  me,  to  speake  thorow 
 
 •  3  Re.  22.  d.     Esa.  6.  a. 
 
 the  ?  Micheas  sayde  :  Beholde,  thou  shalt  se 
 it,  whan  thou  commest  in  to  y  ynmost  chamber 
 to  hyde  the.  But  the  kynge  of  Israel  sayde : 
 Take  Micheas,  and  let  him  remayne  with 
 Amon  the  ruler  of  the  cite,  and  with  loas  the 
 sonne  of  Melech,  and  saye  :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 kynge  :  Put  this  man  in  preson,  and  fede  him 
 with  bred  and  water  of  trouble,  tyll  I  come 
 agayne  in  peace.  Micheas  saide:  Yf  thou 
 commest  agayne  in  peace,  then  hath  not  the 
 LORDE  spoken  thorow  me.  And  he  sayde: 
 Herken  to  all  ye  people. 
 
 So  the  kynge  of  Israel,  and  losaphat  ;y' 
 kynge  of  luda  wente  vp  vntp  Ramoth  in 
 Gilead.  And  f  kynge  of  Israel  sayde  vnto 
 losaphat :  Chaunge  thy  clothes,  and  come  to 
 the  battayll  in  thine  araye.  And  y-  kynge  of 
 Israel  chaunged  his  rayment,  5  came  in  to  the 
 battayll.  But  the  kynge  of  Syria  had  com- 
 maunded  the  rulers  of  his  charettes :  Ye  shal 
 fighte  nether  agaynst  small  ner  greate,  but 
 onely  agaynst  the  k)Tige  of  Israel. 
 
 Now  whan  the  rulers  of  the  charrettes  sawe 
 losaphat,  they  thoughte :  It  is  y  kynge  of 
 Israel,  and  they  wete  aboute  to  fighte  agaynst 
 him.  But  losaphat  cryed,  and  the  LORDE 
 helped  him.  And  God  turned  them  from 
 him :  for  whan  the  rulers  of  the  charettes 
 sawe  that  it  was  not  y  kynge  of  Israel,  they 
 turned  back  from  him.  But  a  certayne  man 
 bended  his  bowe  harde,  5  shot  the  kynge  of 
 Israel  betwene  the  mawe  and  the  longes. 
 The  sayde  he  vnto  his  charet  man :  Turne 
 thine  hade,  and  cary  me  out  of  the  hoost,  for 
 I  am  wounded.  And  the  battayll  was  sore 
 the  same  daye.  And  the  kynge  of  Israel  stode 
 vpon  his  charet  agaynst  the  Syrians  vntyll 
 the  euenynge,  and  dyed  wha  the  Sonne  wente 
 downe. 
 
 2EI)c  )ri(:.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 BUT  losaphat  the  kynge  of  luda  came 
 home  agayne  in  peace  vnto  lerusalem. 
 And  lehu  f  sonne  of  flanani  the  Seer  wete 
 forth  to  mete  him,  s  sayde  vnto  kynge  lo- 
 saphat :  Shuldest  thou  so  helpe  the  vngodly, 
 and  loue  them  that  hate  the  LORDE?  And 
 for  this  cause  is  y  wrath  vpo  the  from  the 
 LORDE:  neuertheles  there  is  some  good 
 founde  in  the,  that  thou  hast  put  the  groues 
 out  of  the  londe,  and  hast  prepared  thine  hert 
 to  seke  God.     So  losaphat  abode  at  lerusalem. 
 
So,  rcrrvbi. 
 
 €h(  ij,  Ijokt  of  tl)t  Ciomdfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  n. 
 
 And  he  woiite  agayiie  ainonge  the  people, 
 from  Berseba  vnto  mout  Ephraim,  and 
 broughte  them  agayne  to  the  LORDE  God 
 of  their  fathers.  And  he  set  Judges  thorow 
 out  the  londe,  in  all  the  stronge  cities  of  luda, 
 and  a  certayne  in  euery  cite.  And  sayde 
 vnto  the  Judges :  Take  hede  what  ye  do :  for 
 ye  execute  not  the  iudgment  of  man,  but  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  he  is  with  you  in  iudgmet: 
 therfore  let  the  feare  of  the  LORDE  be  with 
 you,  and  bewarre,  and  do  it:  for  with  the 
 LORDE  oure  God  there  is  no  vnrighteousnes, 
 ner  respecte  of  personnes,  ner  acceptinge  of 
 giftes. 
 
 And  at  Jerusalem  dyd  Josaphat  ordeyne 
 certayne  of  the  Leuites  and  prestes,  and  of 
 the  awncict  fathers  of  Jsrael  for  y  iudgment 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  ouer  the  matter  of  the 
 lawe,  and  caused  them  to  dwell  at  Jerusalem 
 and  commaunded  them,  and  sayde  :  Se  that 
 ye  do  thus  in  the  feare  of  the  LORDE,  in 
 faithfulnes  5  in  a  perfect  hert.  In  all  causes 
 that  come  vnto  you  from  youre  brethren  (whicl: 
 dwell  in  their  cities)  betwene  bloude  and 
 bloude,  betwene  lawe  and  commaundement, 
 betwene  statutes  and  ordinaunces  ye  shal  en- 
 forme  them,  y  they  synne  not  against  the 
 LORDE,  and  so  the  wrath  to  come  vpon 
 you  and  youre  brethren.  Do  thus,  and  ye 
 shal  not  ofFende. 
 
 Beholde,  Amaria  the  prest  is  chefe  ouer 
 you  in  all  causes  of  f  LORDE  :  so  is  Sabadia 
 the  Sonne  of  Jsmael  prynce  in  the  house  of 
 Juda  in  all  the  kynges  matters:  Ye  haue 
 officers  likewyse  the  Leuites  before  you.  Take 
 a  good  corage  vnto  you,  and  be  doynge,  and 
 the  LORDE  shalbe  with  the  good. 
 
 €^t  n.  Ctaptfr. 
 
 AFTER  this  came  the  childre  of  Moab, 
 the  children  of  Ammon,  and  certayne 
 of  Amanim  with  them,  to  fighte  against  Josa- 
 phat. And  they  came  and  tolde  Josaphat,  and 
 sayde :  There cometh agreate multitude agayiist 
 the  from  beyonde  the  See  of  Syria,  (i  beholde, 
 they  are  at  Hazezon  Thamar,  that  is  Engaddi. 
 And  Josaphat  was  afrayed,  (i  set  his  face 
 to  seke  f  LORDE,  5  caused  a  fast  to  be  pro- 
 clamed  in  all  Juda.  And  Juda  came  together 
 to  seke  the  LORDE.  And  out  of  all  y  cities 
 of  Juda  came  they  to  seke  the  LOJIDE. 
 And  Josaphat  stode  amoge  y  cogregacion  of 
 luda  5  Jerusalem  in  the  house  of  y  LORDE 
 before  the  new  courte,  and  sayde : 
 
 O  LOJIDE  God  of  oure  fathers,  art  not 
 thou  God  in  heauen,  and  hast  domynion  in 
 all  the  kyngdomes  of  the  Heythen  ?  And  in 
 thy  hande  is  strength  and  power,  and  there 
 is  no  man  that  can  withstode  the.  Jiast  not 
 thou  oure  God  expelled  the  inhabiters  of  this 
 londe  before  thy  people  of  Jsrael  ?  and  hast 
 geue  it  vnto  the  sede  of  Abraham  thy  louer 
 for  euer  ?  so  that  they  haue  dwelt  in  it,  5  haue 
 buylded  the  a  Sanctuary  vnto  thy  name  therin, 
 and  sayde  :  Yf  there  come  eny  plage,  swerde. 
 iudgmet,  pestilence,  or  derth  vpon  vs,  we 
 wyll  stonde  before  this  house  euen  before 
 the  (for  thy  name  is  in  this  house)  and  wyll 
 crye  vnto  the  in  oure  trouble,  and  thou  shalt 
 heare,  and  shalt  saue  vs.  Beholde  now,  the 
 children  of  Ammon,  of  Moab,  (j  they  of  mount 
 Seir,  vpon  whom  *  thou  woldest  not  suffre  the 
 children  of  Jsrael  to  go,  whan  they  wente  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  but  they  were  fayne  to 
 departe  from  the,  and  not  to  destroye  them : 
 and  beholde,  they  deale  contrarely  with  vs, 
 and  come  to  thrust  vs  out  of  the  inheritaunce, 
 that  thou  hast  geuen  vs  in  possession.  O  oure 
 God,  wylt  thou  not  iudge  them  ?  For  in  vs 
 is  no  strength  to  withstonde  this  greate  mul- 
 titude that  commeth  agaynst  vs.  We  knowe 
 not  what  we  shulde  do,  but  oure  eyes  loke 
 vnto  the.  And  all  Juda  stode  before  the 
 LORDE,  with  their  children,  wyues  and 
 sonnes. 
 
 But  vpon  Jehasiel  the  sonne  of  Zacharias, 
 the  Sonne  of  Benaia,  the  sonne  of  Jehiel,  the 
 Sonne  of  Mathania  the  Leuite  of  f  children 
 of  Assaph,  came  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE 
 in  the  myddes  of  the  congregacion,  and  sayde 
 Geue  hede  all  thou  Juda,  and  ye  inhabiters 
 of  Jerusalem,  and  thou  kynge  Josaphat:  Thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE  vnto  you:  Be  not  ye 
 afrayed,  nether  feare  ye  this  greate  multitude 
 for  it  is  not  ye  that  fighte,  but  God.  To' 
 morow  shal  ye  go  downe  vnto  the.  And 
 beholde,  they  go  vp  by  Sis,  and  ye  shal  fynde 
 them  at  the  reed  see  by  the  broke  before  the 
 wyldernes  of  leruel :  for  ye  shall  not  fighte  in 
 this  cause.  Do  ye  but  steppe  forth,  and 
 stonde,  and  se  the  health  of  the  LORDE  that 
 is  with  you.  Feare  not  O  Juda  and  Jerusalem, 
 and  be  not  afrayed,  tomorowgo  ye  forth  agaynst 
 them,  and  the  LORDE  shal  be  with  you. 
 
 The  Josaphat  bowed  him  selfe  with  his  face 
 to  the  earth,  g  all  luda,  5  the  inhabiters  of 
 
 C 
 
iCftap.  v)Lt 
 
 €i)t  ij,  bo'kt  of  t\)t  CroniflfS* 
 
 4ro»mr)ttij.| 
 
 lemsalem  fell  before  the  LORDE,  rt  wor- 
 shipped the  LORDE.  And  the  Leuites  of  y 
 childre  of  the  Kahathites  (j  of  the  children  of 
 the  Corahites  arose  to  prayse  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel  with  loude  voyce  on  hye.  And 
 they  gat  them  vp  early  in  f  mornynge,  and 
 wete  forth  by  the  wyldernesse  of  Thekoa. 
 
 And  whan  they  were  goynge  out,  losaphat 
 stode,  5  sayde :  Herke  vnto  me  O  luda,  5  ye 
 indwellers  of  lerusale  :  Put  youre  trust  in  the 
 LORDE  youre  God,  5  ye  shal  be  safe  :  and 
 geue  credence  vnto  his  prophetes,  5  ye  shall 
 prospere.  And  he  gaue  councell  vnto  y  people, 
 and  appoynted  the  syngers  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 and  them  that  gaue  prayse  in  the  bewtye  of 
 holynes,  to  go  before  the  harnessed  me,  5 
 to  saye :  O  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  And  whan 
 they  beganne  to  geue  thankes  and  prayse, 
 *  the  LORDE  caused  the  hynder  watch  that 
 was  come  agaynst  luda,  to  come  vpon  the 
 childre  of  Ammon,  Moab  (t  them  of  mount 
 Seir,  and  they  smote  them.  Then  stode  the 
 children  of  Ammon  j  Moab  agaynst  them  of 
 mount  Seir,  to  damne  them,  and  to  destroye 
 them.  And  whan  they  had  destroyed  them  of 
 mount  Seir,  one  helped  another  to  destroye 
 them  selues  also.  And  whan  luda  came  to 
 Mispa  vnto  the  wyldernes,  they  turned  them 
 towarde  the  multitude,  and  beholde,  the  deed 
 bodies  laye  vpo  the  earth,  so  that  none  was 
 escaped. 
 
 And  losaphat  came  with  his  people  to 
 deuyde  the  spoyles  of  them.  And  they  founde 
 amonge  them  so  moch  goodes  and  rayment 
 and  precious  Jewels  (which  they  toke  from 
 them)  that  they  coulde  not  beare  them.  And 
 thre  dayes  were  they  deuydinge  the  spoyle 
 for  it  was  so  moch.  On  the  fourth  daye  came 
 they  together  in  to  the  valley  of  blessynge : 
 for  there  blessed  they  the  LORDE.  Therfore 
 is  the  place  called  the  valley  of  blessinge  vnto 
 this  daye. 
 
 So  euery  man  of  luda  5  Jerusalem  turned 
 back  agayne,  5  losaphat  before  them,  to  go  to 
 lerusale  with  ioye  :  for  y  LORDE  had  geuen 
 them  gladnesse  on  their  enemies.  And  they 
 entred  in  to  Jerusalem  with  psalteries,  harpes 
 5  trompettes  vnto  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 And  there  came  a  feare  of  God  ouer  all  the 
 kyngdomes  in  the  londes,  whan  they  herde 
 that   the    LORDE   had   foughte   agaynst   f 
 
 *  lud.  7.  f.     1  Re.  14.  e.        <■  3  Re.  22.  pr. 
 
 enemies  of  Jsrael.  Thus  was  y  kyngdome  of 
 losaphat  in  quyetnes,  (j  God  gaue  him  rest  on 
 euery  syde. 
 
 And  Josaphat  reigned  ouer  Juda,  5  was 
 fyue  (5  thirtie  yeare  olde  whan  he  was  made 
 kynge,  5  reigned  fyue  5  twentye  yeare  at 
 Jerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was  Asuba 
 the  doughter  of  Silhi.  And  he  walked  in  the 
 waye  of  his  father  Asa,  5  departed  not  asyde 
 from  doynge  y  which  was  righte  in  the  sighte 
 of  the  L0RI3E :  sauynge  that  y  hye  places 
 were  not  put  downe,  for  the  people  had  not 
 yet  prepared  their  hert  to  the  God  of  their 
 fathers.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Josa- 
 phat, both  the  first  3,  the  last,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  actes  of  Jehu  y  sonne  of  Ha- 
 nani,  which  he  noted  vp  in  the  boke  of  the 
 kynges  of  Jsrael. 
 
 "Afterwarde  dyd  losaphat  the  kynge  of  Juda 
 agree  with  Ahasia  the  kynge  of  Israel,  which 
 was  vngodly  in  his  doynges.  And  he  agreed 
 with  him  to  make  shippes,  for  to  go  vpon  the 
 see.  And  they  made  the  shippes  at  Ezeon 
 Gaber.  But  Elieser  the  sonne  of  Dodana  of 
 Maresa  prophecied  agaynst  Josaphat,  and 
 sayde  :  Because  thou  hast  agreed  with  Ahasia, 
 therfore  hath  the  LORDE  broken  thy  workes. 
 And  so  y  shippes  were  broken,  i  mighte  not 
 go  vpon  the  See. 
 
 Wt)t  ryi-  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  losaphat  fell  on  slepe*  with  his 
 fathers,  5  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in 
 the  cite  of  Dauid,  5  Joram  his  sonne  was 
 kynge  in  his  steade.  And  he  had  brethre  the 
 sonnes  of  losaphat :  Asaria,  lehiel,  Zacharias, 
 Asaria,  Michael  g  Sephatia.  All  these  were 
 the  children  of  losaphat  kynge  of  luda.  Arid 
 their  father  gaue  them  many  giftes  of  syluer, 
 golde  g  lewels,  with  stronge  cities  in  luda. 
 But  the  kyngdome  gaue  he  vnto  loram :  for 
 he  was  the  first  borne. 
 
 But  whan  loram  came  vp  ouer  his  fathers 
 kyngdome,  %  had  gotten  the  power  of  it,  he 
 slewe  all  his  brethre  with  the  swerde,  j  cer- 
 tayne  rulers  also  in  Israel,  t  Two  (j  thirtie 
 yeare  olde  was  loram  whan  he  was  made 
 kynge,  5  reigned  eight  yeare  at  lerusale,  5 
 walked  in  the  waye  of  y  kynges  of  Israel, 
 euen  as  the  house  of  Achab  dyd  (for  Achabs 
 doughter  was  his  wife)  5  he  dyd  that  which 
 was  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 "  3  Re.  22.  g.         t  4  Re.  8.  c. 
 
 dT 
 
Cfte  ij,  bokt  of  t\)t  €voimlt&* 
 
 Cftap.  nih 
 
 Neuertheles  f  LORDE  wolde  not  destroie 
 the  house  of  Dauid,  for  the  couenauntes  sake, 
 *  which  he  made  with  Dauid,  and  acordinge 
 as  he  had  sayde,  y  he  wolde  geue  him  and  his 
 children  a  lanterne  for  euermore. 
 
 At  f  same  tjine  fell  y  Edomites  awaye  from 
 luda,  and  made  a  kynge  ouer  them  selues: 
 for  loram  had  gone  ouer  with  his  captaynes 
 and  all  the  charettes  with  him,  ij  had  gotten 
 him  vp  in  the  night  season,  and  slayne  the 
 Edomites  on  euery  syde,  and  the  rulers  of  the 
 charettes :  therfore  fell  y  Edomites  awaye 
 from  luda  vnto  this  daye.  At  y  same  tyme 
 fell  Lybna  awaye  from  him  also :  because  he 
 forsoke  the  LORDE  God  of  his  fathers.  He 
 made  hye  places  also  on  the  mountaynes  in 
 luda,  and  caused  them  of  lerusale  to  go 
 awhorynge,  and  disceaued  luda. 
 
 But  there  came  a  wrytinge  vnto  him  fro 
 the  prophet  Elias,  sayenge :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God  of  thy  father  Dauid:  Because 
 thou  hast  not  walked  in  the  wayes  of  thy  father 
 losaphat,  nether  in  y  wayes  of  Asa  the  kynge 
 of  luda,  but  walkest  in  the  waye  of  the  kynges 
 of  Israel,  and  makest  luda  and  them  of  Jeru- 
 salem to  go  awhorynge  after  the  whordome  of 
 the  house  of  Achab,  and  hast  slayne  thy  bre- 
 thren also  of  thy  fathers  house,  which  were 
 better  the  thou.  Beholde,  the  LORDE  shal 
 smyte  the  with  a  greate  plage  on  thy  people, 
 on  thy  children  5  thy  wyues,  and  on  all  thy 
 substaunce.  But  thou  thy  selfe  shalt  haue 
 moch  sicknesse  in  thy  bowels,  tyll  thy  bowels 
 go  forth  from  daye  to  daye  for  very  disease. 
 
 So  f  LORDE  raysed  vp  agaynst  loram, 
 the  sprete  of  the  Philistynes,  a  Arabians, 
 which  lye  besyde  the  Morians,  and  they  wente 
 vp  in  to  luda,  and  waysted  it,  and  caried 
 awaye  all  the  substaunce  that  was  founde  in 
 the  kynges  house,  5  his  sonnes,  and  his  wyues, 
 so  y  there  was  not  one  sonne  lefte  him,  saue 
 loahas  his  yogest  sonne.  And  after  all  this 
 dyd  y  LORDE  smjle  him  in  his  bowels,  with 
 soch  a  sicknesse  as  coulde  not  be  healed.  And 
 whyle  that  endured  from  daye  to  daye,  whan 
 the  tyme  of  two  yeares  was  expyred,  his 
 bowels  wente  from  him  with  his  sicknesse,  and 
 he  dyed  in  euell  diseases. 
 
 And  they  made  not  a  buminge  ouer  him, 
 as  they  dyd  vnto  his  fathers.  Two  and  thirtie 
 yeare  olde  was  he  wha  he  was  made  kynge, 
 
 *  2  Re.  7.  c.  -  4  Re.  8.  d.  i  That  is  Ochosias, 
 
 otberwyse  called  Ahasia.  {  4  Re.  9.  b. 
 
 and  reigned  eight  yeare  at  lerusale,  and 
 walked  not  well.  And  they  buried  him  in 
 the  cite  of  Dauid,  but  not  araoge  the  sepul- 
 cres  of  the  kynges. 
 
 Cf)£  nv-  Ciiapttr. 
 
 AND  they  of  Jerusalem"  made  Ochosias 
 his  yogest  sonne  kynge  in  his  steade : 
 for  the  men  of  warre  that  came  with  the  hoost 
 of  the  Arabians,  had  slayne  aU  f  first,  ther- 
 fore reigned  Ochosias  the  sonne  of  Joram 
 kynge  of  Juda.  Two  and  fortye  yeare  olde 
 was  Ochosias  whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and 
 reigned  one  yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers 
 name  was  Athalia  the  doughter  of  Amri.  And 
 he  walked  also  in  f  wayes  of  the  house  of 
 Achab :  for  his  mother  entysed  him  so  y  he 
 was  vngodly.  Therfore  dyd  he  eueU  in  f 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE,  euen  as  y  house  of 
 Achab :  for  they  were  his  councell  geuers 
 after  his  fathers  death,  to  destroye  him,  and 
 he  walked  after  their  councell. 
 
 And  he  wente  ^vith  loram  the  sonne  of 
 Achab  kynge  of  Israel,  to  the  battayU  vnto 
 Ramoth  in  Gilead,  agaynst  Hasael  the  kynge 
 of  Syria.  But  the  Syrias  smote  loram,  so  y 
 he  turned  back  to  be  healed  at  lesreel :  for  he 
 had  woundes  that  were  geuen  him  at  Rama, 
 whan  he  foughte  with  Hasael  the  kynge  of 
 Syria.  And  +  Asarias  the  sonne  of  loram 
 kynge  of  luda  wete  downe  to  vyset  Joram  y 
 Sonne  of  Achab  at  Jesreel,  which  laye  sicke  : 
 For  it  was  ordeyned  of  God  vnto  Ochosias, 
 that  he  shulde  come  to  Joram,  5  so  to  go  forth 
 with  loram  agaynst  lehu  f  sonne  of  Nimsi, 
 twhom  the  LORDE  had  anoynted  to  rote 
 out  the  house  of  Achab. 
 
 Now  whan  Jehu  wolde  be  aueged  of  f  house 
 of  Achab,  he  founde  certayne  rulers  of  Juda, 
 and  f  childre  of  Ochosias  brethren  which 
 serued  Ochosias,  and  he  slewe  them.  §  And 
 he  soughte  Ochosias,  and  they  ouertoke  him, 
 wha  he  had  hyd  him  at  Samaria :  a  he  was 
 broughte  vnto  Jehu,  which  slewe  him,  and 
 they  buried  him,  for  they  sayde :  He  is  the 
 sonne  of  losaphat,  which  soughte  y  LORDE 
 with  all  his  hert.  And  there  was  no  man 
 more  of  the  house  of  Ochosias  that  raighte  be 
 kynge. 
 
 Whan  Athalia  the  mother  of  Ochosias 
 sawe  y  hir  sonne  was  deed,*  she  gat  hir  vp,  5 
 
 C 
 
 B 
 
Sftap.  mij. 
 
 Cfie  tj.  bofee  of  tf)t  CronidfS. 
 
 jTo.  rrra-tv. 
 
 destroyed  all  the  kynges  sede  in  the  house  of 
 luda.  But  losabeath  f  kynges  sister  toke 
 loas  f  Sonne  of  Ochosias,  and  stale  him  awaye 
 fro  ainonge  the  kynges  childre  y  were  slayne, 
 I  put  him  with  his  norse  in  a  chamber.  Thus 
 losabeath  kynge  lorams  doughter,  the  wyfe 
 of  loiada  the  prest,  hyd  him  from  Athalia, 
 so  y  he  was  not  slayne :  for  she  was  Ochosias 
 sister.  And  he  was  hyd  \vith  them  in  the 
 house  of  God  sixe  yeares,  for  so  moch  as 
 Athalia  was  quene  in  the  londe. 
 
 W^c  nii)-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 BUT  in  the  seuenth  yeare  was  loiada  bolde, 
 "and  toke  the  rulers  ouer  hundreds: 
 namely  Asaria  y  sonne  of  leraham,  Ismael  y 
 sonne  of  lohanan,  Asaria  y  sonne  of  Obed, 
 Maeseia  y  sonne  of  Adaia,  and  Elisaphat  y 
 sonne  of  Sichri  with  him,  in  to  the  couenaunt: 
 and  they  wente  aboute  in  luda,  and  broughte 
 f  Leuites  together  out  of  all  the  cities  of  luda, 
 and  the  chefe  fathers  of  Israel,  to  come  vnto 
 Jerusalem.  And  all  the  cogregacion  made  a 
 couenaunt  with  the  kynge  in  the  house  of 
 God,  and  he  sayde  vnto  them :  Beholde,  the 
 kynges  sonne  shal  be  kynge,  *  eue  as  the 
 LORDE  spake  cocernynge  the  children  of 
 Dauid. 
 
 This  is  it  therfore  y  ye  shal  do :  The  thirde 
 parte  of  you  that  entre  on  the  Sabbath,  shalbe 
 amonge  the  prestes  5  Leuites,  which  are  dore^ 
 kepers  at  the  thresholdes  :  a  one  thirde  parte 
 in  the  kynges  house,  and  one  thirde  parte  at 
 the  grounde  porte.  But  all  the  people  shalbe 
 in  the  courtes  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  that  no  man  go  in  to  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  excepte  the  prestes  and  Leuites 
 that  mynister  there,  they  shal  go  in :  for  they 
 are  halowed.  And  let  all  f  people  wayte 
 vpon  the  LORDE.  And  the  Leuites  shal 
 get  them  rounde  aboute  f  kynge,  euery  one 
 with  his  weapen  in  his  hande.  And  who  so 
 els  goeth  in  to  y  house,  let  him  dye.  And  they 
 shall  be  with  the  kynge  wha  he  goeth  out  5  in. 
 
 And  the  Leuites  5  all  luda  dyd  as  loiada  y 
 prest  had  commaunded,  and  euery  one  toke 
 his  men  that  entred  on  the  Sabbath,  with 
 those  y  wente  of  on  the  Sabbath :  for  loiada 
 f  prest  sufFred  not  those  two  companies  to 
 parte  asunder.  And  loiada  y  prest  gaue  the 
 captaynes  ouer  hundreds  speares  5  shyldes, 
 and  kynge  Dauids  weapons,  which  were  in  the 
 
 ^  4  Re.  11.  a.         "SRe.  7.  c.         t  Deut.  17.  d. 
 
 house  of  God,  and  set  all  the  people  euery  one 
 with  his  weapen  in  his  hande,  from  the  righte 
 corner  of  the  house,  vnto  the  lefte  corner  of 
 the  altare,  and  to  the  house  warde  aboute  the 
 kynge.  And  they  broughte  forth  the  kynges 
 sonne,  5  set  the  crowne  vpon  his  heade,  and 
 gaue  them  the  t  wytnesse,  5  made  him  kynge. 
 And  loiada  with  his  sonnes  anoynted  him,  (t 
 sayde :  God  saue  the  kynge. 
 
 But  whan  Athalia  herde  the  noyse  of  f 
 people  y  ranne  together  and  praysed  f  kynge, 
 she  wente  forth  to  the  people  in  to  y  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  loked:  and  beholde,  y 
 kynge  stode  in  his  place  at  f  intraunce,  and 
 the  rulers  and  trompettes  aboute  y  kynge : 
 and  all  the  people  of  the  londe  were  glad,  5 
 blewe  the  trompes,  and  there  were  syngers  y 
 coulde  playe  with  all  maner  of  musicall  in- 
 strumentes.  But  she  rete  hir  clothes,  5  sayde : 
 Sedicion,  sedicion.  Neuertheles  loiada  y 
 prest  gat  him  forth  with  the  captaynes  ouer 
 hundreds  and  rulers  of  the  boost,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Brynge  her  forth  betwene  y  walles, 
 5  who  so  euer  foloweth  her,  shal  be  slayne 
 with  y  swerde :  for  the  prest  had  comaunded, 
 that  she  shulde  not  be  slayne  in  y  house  of 
 the  LORDE.  And  they  layed  handes  on 
 her.  And  whan  she  came  at  the  intraunce  of 
 the  horsgate  of  the  kynges  house,  they  put 
 her  to  death  there. 
 
 And  loiada  made  a  couenaunt  betwene  him 
 and  all  the  people,  and  the  kynge,  y  they 
 shulde  be  the  people  of  the  LORDE.  The 
 wete  all  the  people  in  to  the  house  of  Baal 
 and  destroyed  it,  5  brake  downe  his  altares  j 
 ymages,  5  slewe  Mathan  the  prest  of  Baal 
 before  the  altare.  And  loiada  appoynted  y 
 officers  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE  amoge 
 the  prestes  5  Leuites  t  whom  Dauid  had 
 ordeyned  for  y^  house  of  the  LORDE,  to  offre 
 burnt  sacrifices  vnto  f  LORDE,  as  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  §  la  we  of  Moses :  with  ioye  5 
 songes  made  by  Dauid.  And  f  porters  set  he 
 at  y  gates  of  y^  house  of  y  LORDE,  y  none 
 shulde  entre,  which  were  defiled  with  eny 
 maner  of  thinge. 
 
 And  he  toke  the  captaynes  ouer  hudreds 
 and  the  mightie  men  and  lordes  of  y  people, 
 and  all  the  people  of  the  londe,  and  brought 
 the  kinge  downe  from  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  broughte  him  thorow  the  hye 
 porte  of  the   kynges  house,  and  caused  the 
 
 i  1  Par.  24.  25.         §  Num.  28. 
 
fo,  rcfrvr. 
 
 €l)t  ij.  bokf  of  tin  CronicIesJ. 
 
 Cftap.  iDTiuj. 
 
 kinge  sit  vpon  the  seate  royall.  And  all  the 
 people  of  the  lode  were  glad,  and  the  cite  was 
 at  rest.  But  Athalia  was  slayne  with  the 
 swerde. 
 
 C[)f  vjiuj.  Cljaptn-. 
 
 10 AS"  was  seuen  yeare  olde  whan  he  was 
 made  kynge,  and  reigned  fortie  yeare  at 
 lerusale.  His  mothers  name  was  Zibea  of 
 Berseba.  And  loas  dyd  that  which  was  right 
 in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE,  as  longe  as 
 loiada  the  prest  lyued.  And  loiada  gaue 
 him  two  wiues,  j  he  begat  sonnes  j  doughters. 
 Afterwarde  deuysed  loas  to  renue  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE,  g  gathered  together  the 
 prestes  and  Leuites,  5  sayde  vnto  the:  Go 
 forth  vnto  all  the  cities  of  luda,  tj  gather  the 
 money  of  all  Israel,  to  repayre  f  house  of  God 
 yearly,  and  do  it  righte  soone :  but  the  Leuites 
 made  no  haist. 
 
 Then  the  kynge  called  loiada  the  pryncipall, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Why  lokest  thou  not 
 vnto  the  Leuites,  y  they  bringe  in  from  luda 
 and  Jerusalem,  *the  coUeceion  which  Moses 
 the  seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  appoynted  to  be 
 gathered  amoge  Israel  for  the  Tabernacle  of 
 witnes  ?  For  y  vngodly  Athalia  5  hir  sonnes 
 haue  waisted  the  house  of  God :  and  all  that 
 was  halowed  for  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 haue  they  bestowed  on  Baalim. 
 
 Then  commaunded  the  kynge  to  make  a 
 chest,  and  to  set  it  without  at  the  intraunce 
 of  the  house  of  the  LORDE:  5  caused  it  to 
 be  proclamed  in  luda  and  lerusale,  that  they 
 shulde  bringe  in  to  the  LORDE,  the  colleccio, 
 which  Moses  the  seruaut  of  God  appointed 
 vnto  Israel  in  y-  wildernes.  The  were  all  y 
 rulers  glad,  5  so  were  all  y  people,  d  brought 
 it,  and  cast  it  in  to  the  chest,  tyll  it  was  full. 
 
 And  whan  the  tyme  was  y  the  Leuites 
 shulde  brynge  the  Arke  at  y  kinges  comaunde- 
 ment  (whan  they  sawe  y  there  was  moch  money 
 therin)  then  came  the  kinges  scrybe,  5  he  y 
 was  appoynted  of  the  chefe  prest,  and  emptyed 
 the  chest,  and  caried  it  againe  in  to  his  place. 
 Thus  dyd  they  euery  daye,  so  that  they 
 gathered  moch  money  together.  And  f  kinge 
 and  loiada  gaue  it  vnto  y^  workmasters  of  y 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  and  they  hired  masons 
 and  carpenters  to  repayre  the  house  of  y 
 LORDE,  and  men  that  coulde  worke  in  yron 
 and  brasse,  to  repayre  the  house  of  y  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  labourers  wrought,  so  that  y^  re- 
 pairinge  in  y  worke  wente  forwarde  thorow 
 their  hande,  and  they  set  the  house  of  God  in 
 his  bewtye,  and  made  it  stronge.  And  whan 
 they  had  perfounned  this,  they  brought  the 
 resydue  of  the  money,  before  the  kynge  and 
 loiada,  wherof  there  were  made  vessels  for 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE,  vessels  for  the 
 ministracion  and  burntofferinge,  spones  and 
 ornamentes  of  golde  and  siluer.  And  they 
 ofFred  burntofferynges  allwaye  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  as  longe  as  loiada  lyued. 
 
 And  loiada  waxed  olde,  and  had  lyued 
 longe  ynougli,  and  dyed,  a  was  an  hundreth 
 and  thirtie  yeare  olde  whan  he  dyed :  and 
 they  buried  him  in  the  cite  of  Dauid,  amonge 
 the  kynges,  because  he  had  done  good  vnto 
 Israel,  and  towarde  God  (i  his  house.  And 
 after  the  death  of  loiada,  came  the  rulers  in 
 luda,  and  worshipped  the  kynge. 
 
 Then  consented  the  kynge  vnto  the.  And 
 they  forsoke  the  house  of  the  LORDE  God 
 of  their  fathers,  and  serued  f  groues  and 
 y mages.  Then  came  y  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 vpo  luda  and  lerusalem  because  of  this  trespace 
 of  theirs.  Yet  sent  he  prophetes  vnto  the,  y 
 they  shulde  turne  vnto  the  LORDE,  5  they 
 testified  vnto  the  :  but  they  wolde  not  heare. 
 
 And  the  sprete  of  God  came  vpon  t  Zachary 
 the  Sonne  of  loiada  the  prest,  which  stode  ouer 
 y  people,  u  sayde  vnto  the :  Thus  sayfeth  God : 
 Wherfore  do  ye  transgresse  the  comaunde- 
 mentes  of  the  LORDE,  which  shall  not  be 
 to  youre  prosperite :  for  ye  haue  forsaken  f 
 LORDE,  therfore  shal  he  forsake  you.  Ne- 
 uertheles  they  conspyred  agaynst  him,  ij  stoned 
 him  at  y  kynges  comaundement  in  y  courte 
 of  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  loas  y 
 kinge  thought  not  on  the  mercy  y  loiada 
 his  father  had  done  for  him,  but  slewe  his 
 Sonne.  Notwithstondinge  wha  he  dyed,  he 
 sayde :  The  LORDE  shal  loke  vpon  it,  and 
 requyre  it. 
 
 And  whan  the  yeare  was  gone  aboute,  f 
 power  of  the  Syrians  wente  vp,  (j  came  to 
 luda  5  lerusalem,  and  destroyed  the  rulers  in 
 the  people,  and  sent  all  the  spoiles  of  them 
 vnto  Damascon.  For  the  power  of  the  Sy- 
 rians came  but  with  a  fewe  men,  yet  gaue  y 
 LORDE  a  very  greate  power  in  to  their 
 hande  :  because  they  had  forsaken  y  LORDE 
 God  of  their  fathers.    They  executed  iudgment 
 
Cfeap.  rirfa. 
 
 Cf)f  ih  ^okt  of  tl)t  Cronul^s. 
 
 jTo,  rrnrri. 
 
 also  vpon  loas.    And  whan  they  departed  fro 
 him,  they  lefte  him  in  greate  sicknesses. 
 
 Neuertheles  his  seruauntes  eonspyred  against 
 him  (because  of  the  bloude  of  the  childre  of 
 loiada  the  prest)  5  slewe  him  vpo  his  bed,  5 
 he  dyed,  and  they  buryed  him  in  the  cite  of 
 Dauid,  but  not  amonge  the  sepulcres  of  the 
 liynges.  They  that  eonspyred  against  him, 
 were  these :  Sabad  ;y^  sonne  of  Simeath  the 
 Ammonitisse,  and  losabad  the  sonne  of  Simrith 
 the  Moabitisse.  As  for  his  sonnes,  and  thei 
 summe  that  was  gathered  vnder  him,  and  the 
 buyldinge  of  the  house  of  God,  beholde,  they 
 are  wiytten  in  the  storye  in  the  boke  of  the 
 kynges.  And  Amasias  his  sonne  was  kynge 
 in  his  steade. 
 
 Cljt  vr6-  Cljapttr. 
 
 FYUE  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  Amasias 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned 
 nyne  and  twentye  yeare  at  lerusalem.  His 
 mothers  name  was  loadan  of  lerusalem.  And 
 he  dyd  y  which  was  right  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  but  not  with  a  whole  hert.  Now 
 whan  his  kingdome  was  in  stregth,  he  slewe 
 his  seruaiites  which  had  slayne  the  kinge  his 
 father.  But  their  childre  slewe  he  not,  for  so 
 is  it  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  Moses, 
 *where  the  LORDE  comaundeth,  and  sayeth: 
 The  fathers  shal  not  dye  for  the  children, 
 nether  shal  the  children  dye  for  the  fathers : 
 but  euery  one  shal  die  for  his  awne  synne. 
 
 And  Amasias  broughte  luda  together,  and 
 set  them  after  the  fathers  houses,  after  the 
 rulers  ouer  thousandes  j  ouer  hundreds  amonge 
 all  luda  and  Ben  lamin,  and  nombred  them 
 from  twentye  yeare  olde  i  aboue,  and  founde 
 of  the  thre  hundreth  thousande  chosen  men, 
 which  were  able  to  go  forth  to  the  warre,  and 
 caryed  speares  and  shyldes.  And  out  of  Israel 
 appoynted  he  an  hundreth  thousande  stronge 
 men  of  warre  for  an  hundreth  talentes  of  siluer. 
 
 But  there  came  a  man  of  God  vnto  him, 
 and  sayde:  O  kynge.  Let  not  the  boost  of 
 Israel  come  with  the  :  for  the  LORDE  is  not 
 with  Israel,  nether  with  all  the  childre  of 
 Ephraim.  For  yf  thou  commest  to  shewe  thy 
 boldnes  in  the  battaill,  God  shal  make  the  fall 
 before  thine  enemies.  For  God  hath  power  to 
 helpe,  and  to  cause  for  to  fall.  Amasias  sayde 
 vnto  the  man  of  God :  What  shal  be  done 
 then  with  y  hundreth  talentes  y  I  haue  geue 
 
 *  Deut.  24.  c.    4  Re.  14.  a.    Eze.  18".  c. 
 
 f  soudyers  of  Israel  ?  The  ma  of  God  sayde : 
 The  LORDE  hath  yet  more  the  this  to  geue 
 the.  So  Amasias  separated  out  the  men  of 
 warre  which  were  come  to  him  out  of  Ephraim, 
 y  they  shulde  departe  vnto  their  place.  Then 
 waxed  their  wrath  very  whote  agaynst  luda, 
 and  they  wente  agayne  vnto  their  place  in 
 wrothfull  displeasure.  And  Amasias  stregthed 
 himselfe,  and  caried  out  his  people,  and  wente 
 forth  in  to  the  Salt  valley,  and  smote  ten 
 thousande  of  the  children  of  Seir. 
 
 And  the  childre  of  luda  toke  ten  thousande 
 of  the  alyue,  whom  they  broughte  vp  to  the 
 toppe  of  a  mountayne,  and  cast  the  downe 
 headlinges  from  the  toppe  of  the  mount,  so 
 that  they  all  to  barst  in  sunder.  But  y  childre 
 of  the  men  of  warre  whom  Amasias  had  sent 
 awaye  agayne  (that  they  shulde  not  go  to  the 
 battayll  with  his  people)  fell  in  to  the  cities  of 
 luda,  from  Samaria  vnto  Beth  Horon,  and 
 smote  thre  thousande  of  me,  and  toke  moch 
 spoyle. 
 
 And  whan  Amasias  came  agayne  from  the 
 slaughter  of  the  Edomites,  he  broughte  the 
 goddes  of  the  children  of  Seir,  and  made  them 
 his  goddes,  and  worshipped  before  them,  5/ 
 brent  incense  vnto  them.  Then  was  the 
 LORDE  very  wroth  at  Amasias,  %  sent  vnto 
 him  a  prophet,  which  sayde  vnto  him :  Why 
 sekest  thou  the  goddes  of  the  people,  which 
 coulde  not  delyuer  their  folke  from  thy  hande? 
 And  whan  he  talked  with  him,  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Haue  they  made  y  of  the 
 kynges  councell  ?  Ceasse,  why  wilt  thou  be 
 smytten  ?  Then  the  prophet  ceassed,  d  sayde  : 
 I  perceaue,  that  the  LORDE  is  mjmded  to 
 destroye  y,  because  thou  hast  done  this,  and 
 herkenest  not  vnto  my  councell. 
 
 "  And  Amasias  f  kjTige  of  luda  toke  coficell, 
 5  sent  vnto  loas  the  sonne  of  loahas  y  sonne 
 of  lehu,  kynge  of  Israel,  sayege  :  Come,  let 
 vs  se  one  another.  But  loas  the  kjTige  of 
 Israel  sent  vnto  Amasias  y  kynge  of  luda, 
 sayenge :  The  hawthorne  in  Libanus  sent 
 vnto  y  Cedre  tre  in  Libanus,  sayege :  Geue 
 thy  doughter  vnto  my  sonne  to  wife.  But  a 
 wylde  beest  in  Libanus  ranne  ouer  f  haw- 
 thorne, (t  trode  it  downe.  Thou  thnikest : 
 Beholde,  I  haue  smytten  the  Edomites,  ther- 
 fore  is  thine  hert  proude  to  boaste.  Now 
 byde  at  home  :  why  stryuest  thou  after  mys- 
 fortune,  that  thou  mavest  fall  (t  luda  with  the? 
 
fo,  rrrcrnj. 
 
 Cftf  ij.  ftohc  of  ti)t  CronicIfS. 
 
 C&ap.  vvbi. 
 
 Neuertheles  Amasias  consented  not :  for  so 
 was  it  broughte  to  passe  of  God,  y  they  rnighte 
 be  geuen  in  to  the  handes  of  the  enemies, 
 because  they  soughte  the  goddes  of  y  Edom- 
 ites.  Then  wente  loas  the  kynge  of  Israel 
 vp,  (I  they  sawe  one  another,  he  and  Amasias 
 the  kynge  of  luda,  at  Beth  Semes  which 
 lyeth  in  luda.  But  luda  was  smytte  before 
 Israel,  and  they  fled  euery  one  vnto  his  tent. 
 
 And  loas  the  kynge  of  Israel  toke  Amasias 
 y  kynge  of  luda,  the  sonne  of  loas  y  Sonne  of 
 loahas,  at  Beth  Semes,  (i  broughte  him  to 
 lerusalem,  tt,  brake  rlowne  the  wall  of  lerusale, 
 from  f  porte  of  Ephraim  vnto  the  corner 
 porte,  eue  foure  hundreth  cubites  longe :  and 
 toke  with  him  all  the  golde,  and  siluer,  and 
 all  the  ornamentes  that  were  foude  in  y  house 
 of  God  with  Obed  Edom,  and  in  the  treasures 
 in  the  kynges  house,  and  the  childre  to  pledge 
 vnto  Samaria.  And  Amasias  the  sonne  of 
 loas  kynge  of  luda,  lined  after  the  death  of 
 loas  the  sonne  of  loahas  kynge  of  Israel 
 fiftene  yeare. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Amasias 
 (both  the  first  and  last)  beholde,  it  is  written 
 in  f  boke  of  the  kynges  of  luda  5  Israel.  And 
 fro  the  tyme  forth  that  Amasias  departed  from 
 the  LORDE,  they  conspyred  against  him  at 
 lerusalem.  But  he  fled  vnto  Lachis.  The 
 sent  they  after  him  vnto  Lachis,  5  slewe  him 
 there.  And  they  brought  him  vpo  horses  g 
 buried  him  beside  his  fathers  in  the  cite  of  luda. 
 
 Wife  n^i.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  all  the  people  of  luda  toke  Osias, 
 "which  was  syxtene  yeare  olde,  and 
 made  him  kynge  in  steade  of  his  father  Ama- 
 sias. He  builded  Eloth,  5  broughte  it  agayne 
 vnto  luda,  after  that  the  kynge  was  fallen  on 
 slepe  with  his  fathers.  Sixtene  yeare  olde 
 was  Osias  whan  he  was  made  kinge,  and 
 reigned  two  and  fiftie  yeare  at  lerusale.  His 
 mothers  name  was  lechalia  of  lerusalem.  And 
 he  did  right  in  the  syght  of  the  LORDE,  as 
 his  father  Amasias  had  done,  and  soughte  God 
 as  longe  as  Zacharias  lyued,  which  taughte  in 
 the  visyons  of  God :  and  as  longe  as  he  sought 
 the  LORDE,  God  made  him  to  prospere. 
 
 For  he  wente  forth,  and  foughte  agaynst 
 the  Philistynes,  and  brake  downe  f  walles  of 
 Gath,  and  the  walles  of  labne,  and  the  walles 
 of  Aszdod,  and  buylded  cities  aboute  Aszdod, 
 
 a,  amonge  the  Philistynes.  For  God  helped 
 him  agaynst  the  Philistines,  against  the  Ara- 
 bians, agaynst  them  of  Gur  Baal,  5  agaynst 
 the  Meunites.  And  f  Ammonites  gaue  Osias 
 presentes,  (j  his  name  came  in  to  Egipte :  for 
 he  was  exceadinge  stronge.  And  Osias  buylded 
 towres  at  lerusalem  vpon  the  comerporte, 
 and  on  the  valley  gate,  and  on  other  comers, 
 and  made  them  stronge.  He  buylded  castels 
 also  in  the  wyldemesse,  and  dygged  many 
 Welles:  for  he  had  many  catell,  both  in  the 
 medewes  and  in  the  playnes,  huszbandmen 
 also  and  wynegardeners  on  the  mountaynes 
 and  on  Carmel :  for  he  delyted  in  huszbandrye. 
 
 And  Osias  had  an  boost  of  men  of  warre 
 goynge  forth  to  the  battaill,  which  were  nobred 
 vnder  the  hande  of  leiel  the  scrybe  5  of 
 Maesa  the  ofiycer,  vnder  the  hade  of  Hanania 
 of  the  kynges  rulers.  And  the  nombre  of  the 
 chefe  fathers  amonge  the  stronge  me  of  warre, 
 was  two  thousande  and  syxe  hundreth.  And 
 vnder  the  hande  of  the  boost  thre  hundreth 
 thousande,  and  seuen  thousande  and  fyue  hun- 
 dreth mete  for  the  battayll,  in  the  strength  of 
 an  armye  to  helpe  the  kinge  agaynst  the  ene- 
 mies. And  Osias  prepared  for  aU  the  boost, 
 shyldes,  speares,  helmettes,  brestplates,  bowes 
 and  slyngstones.  And  at  lerusale  he  made 
 ordinaunce  coningly,  to  be  vpon  the  towres 
 and  in  the  pynnacles,  to  shute  arowes  and 
 greate  stones.  And  the  fame  of  him  came 
 farre  abrode,  because  he  was  specially  helped, 
 tyll  he  became  mightie. 
 
 And  whan  his  power  was  greate,  his  hert 
 arose  to  his  awne  destruccion :  for  he  tres- 
 paced  agaynst  the  LORDE  his  God,  and 
 wente  in  to  the  temple  of  the  LORDE,  to 
 bume  incense  vpon  the  altare  of  incense. 
 But  Asanas  the  prest  wente  after  him,  and 
 foure  score  prestes  with  him,  valeaunt  men, 
 and  withstode  kynge  Osias,  and  saide  vnto 
 him  :  *It  belongeth  not  vnto  thy  ofJyce  (Osias) 
 to  bume  incense  vnto  the  LORDE,  but  vnto 
 the  prestes  belongeth  it,  euen  vnto  the  children 
 of  Aaron,  which  are  halowed  to  bume  incense. 
 Go  forth  out  of  the  Sanctuary:  for  thou 
 offendest,  and  it  shall  be  no  worshippe  vnto 
 the  before  God  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Osias  was  wroth,  and  had  a  censoure 
 in  his  hande.  *And  whyle  he  murmured  with 
 the  prestes,  the  leprosy  spronge  out  of  his 
 foreheade  in  the  presence  of  the  prestes  in 
 
|Ci)ap»  0biij. 
 
 Wi)t  ij.  Ijofee  of  ti)t  €voi\itlt$. 
 
 So.  tcfcjrrtij. 
 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE  before  the  ahare 
 of  incense.  And  Asarias  the  chefe  prest 
 turned  his  heade  towarde  him,  and  so  dyd  all 
 the  prestes,  and  beholde,  he  was  leper  in  his 
 foreheade.  And  they  put  him  out  from 
 thence.  Yee  he  made  haist  himselfe  to  go 
 forth,  for  his  plage  came  of  the  LORDE. 
 Thus  became  Osias  f  kynge  a  leper  vnto  his 
 death,  and  dwelt  full  of  leprosye  in  a  fre 
 house  :  for  he  was  put  out  of  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  But  loram  his  sonne  had  the 
 ouersight  of  the  kynges  house,  and  iudged  the 
 people  in  the  londe. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  sale  of  Osias  (both 
 first  and  last)  Esay  the  sonne  of  Amos  hath 
 wrytten  it.  And  Osias  fell  on  slepe  with  his 
 fathers,  and  they  buryed  him  with  his  fathers 
 in  the  pece  of  grounde  beside  f  kynges  sepul- 
 cres :  for  they  sayde  :  He  is  leporous.  And 
 lotham  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 W^t  yrbi).  Cijapttr. 
 
 IOTHAM  was  fyue  and  twentye  yeare  olde 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  "and  reigned 
 sixtene  yeare  at  Jerusalem.  His  mothers 
 name  was  lerusa  the  daughter  of  Sadoc :  (j  he 
 dyd  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  as 
 did  Osias  his  father :  sauynge  y  he  wente  not 
 in  to  the  temple  of  the  LORDE,  and  the 
 people  yet  marred  them  selues.  He  buylded 
 the  hye  porte  of  the  house  of  f  LORDE,  and 
 on  the  wall  of  Ophel  buylded  he  moch,  and 
 buylded  the  cities  vpon  the  mountaynes  of  luda, 
 and  in  the  woddes  buylded  he  castelsandtowres. 
 
 And  he  fought  with  the  kinge  of  the  child- 
 ren of  Ammon,  and  ouercame  them,  so  that 
 the  childre  of  Ammon  gaue  him  f  same  yeare 
 an  hundreth  talentes  of  sUuer,  ten  thousande 
 quarters  of  wheate,  and  ten  thousande  of 
 barlye.  So  moch  dyd  the  children  of  Ammon 
 geue  him  also  in  y  seconde  (j  thirde  yeare. 
 Thus  became  lotham  mightye,  for  he  gyded 
 his  wayes  before  the  LORDE  his  God. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  lotham,  (j 
 all  his  warres,  and  his  waies,  beholde,  it  is 
 wrytten  in  f  boke  of  the  kinges  of  Israel  5 
 luda.  Fyue  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  he 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  g  reigned  sixtene 
 yeare  at  lerusale.  And  lotha  fell  on  slepe 
 with  his  fathers,  5  they  buryed  him  in  the  cite 
 of  Dauid,  and  Achas  his  sonne  was  kynge  in 
 his  steade. 
 
 Cf)e  n^iij.  CljapUr. 
 
 ACHAS  *was  twentye  yeare  olde  whan  he 
 was  made  kynge,  and  reigned  sixtene 
 yeare  at  Jerusalem,  and  dyd  not  that  which 
 was  righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  as 
 did  Dauid  his  father,  but  walked  in  the  wayes 
 of  the  kinges  of  Israel,  and  made  molten 
 ymages  vnto  Baalim,  and  brent  incense  in  the 
 valley  of  the  children  of  Hennon,  and  '  bret  his 
 awne  sonnes  in  ;y-  fire,  after  the  abhominacions 
 of  the  Heithen,  who  the  LORDE  expelled 
 before  the  childre  of  Israel.  And  he  dyd 
 sacrifice  and  brent  incense  vpon  the  hye  places 
 and  vpon  the  hilles,  and  amoge  all  grene  trees. 
 
 Therfore  dyd  the  LORDE  his  God  delyuer 
 him  in  to  the  hande  of  the  kynge  of  Syria,  so 
 that  they  smote  him,  and  caryed  awaye  a 
 greate  multitude  of  his  men  presoners,  and 
 broughte  them  to  Damascon.  He  was  geuen 
 also  vnder  the  hande  of  the  kynge  of  Israel, 
 so  y  he  dyd  a  greate  slaughter  vpon  him. 
 For  Pecah  the  sonne  of  Romelia  smote  in 
 luda  an  hundreth  5  twentye  thousande  in  one 
 daye  (which  all  were  valeaunt  men)  eue  be- 
 cause they  had  forsaken  y  LORDE  God  of 
 their  fathers.  And  Sichri  a  mightie  ma  of 
 Ephraim  slewe  Maeseia  y  kinges  sonne,  5 
 Asrikam  the  prynce  of  the  house,  5  Elkana 
 the  nexte  vnto  the  kynge.  And  the  children 
 of  Israel  caried  of  their  brethren  presoners 
 two  hundreth  thousande,  wemen,  sonnes  and 
 doughters,  and  toke  a  greate  spoyle  from  them, 
 and  broughte  the  spoyle  vnto  Samaria. 
 
 But  eue  there  was  there  a  prophet  of  f 
 LORDE,  whose  name  was  Obed,  which  wete 
 out  to  mete  y  boost  that  came  to  Samaria, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Beholde,  because  the 
 LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers  is  wroth  at 
 luda,  therfore  hath  he  geuen  them  ouer  in  to 
 youre  handes:  but  ye  haue  slayne  them  so 
 abhominably,  that  it  is  come  vnto  heaue.  Now 
 thinke  ye  to  subdue  the  children  of  luda  and 
 lerusalem,  to  be  bondmen  and  bondmaydens 
 vnto  you.  Is  not  this  a  trespace  then  with 
 you  agaynst  the  LORDE  youre  God?  Herken 
 now  vnto  me,  and  sende  y  presoners  hence 
 agayne,  whom  ye  haue  caried  awaye  from 
 youre  brethren  :  for  the  wrath  of  y  LORDE 
 is  fearce  ouer  you. 
 
 Then  gat  vp  certayne  of  the  chefe  of  the 
 children  of  Ephraim,   Asarias   the   sonne  of 
 
 '  Deut.  18.  b.    4  Re.  21.  a. 
 
fo,  tmmiih 
 
 CJjt  i).  boht  of  ti)t  Crom'cI^S, 
 
 Cl)ap.  jTinr. 
 
 lohanan,  Barachias  the  sonne  of  Mesillemoth, 
 Ezechias  the  somie  of  Salkim,  (t  Amasa  y 
 Sonne  of  Hadlai,  agaynst  them  y  came  from 
 f  battayll,  (j  sayde  vnto  them:  Ye  shal  not 
 brynge  the  presoners  in  hither,  for  youre 
 mynde  is  but  to  make  vs  trespace  before  the 
 LOHDIC,  to  make  oure  synnes  and  offences 
 tiie  greater :  for  the  trespace  is  to  moch  all- 
 ready,  5  the  wrath  is  fearce  ouer  Israel.  So 
 the  boost  lefte  the  presoners  (j  the  spoyle 
 before  f  rulers  and  before  the  whole  cogre- 
 gacion. 
 
 Then  stode  vp  the  men  (which  now  were 
 rehearced  by  name)  and  toke  the  presoners, 
 and  as  many  as  were  naked  amonge  them, 
 clothed  they  with  y  spoyles,  5  deckte  them, 
 and  put  shues  vpon  their  fete,  and  gaue  the 
 to  eate  and  drynke,  and  anoynted  them,  and 
 caried  them  v'pon  asses  (as  many  as  were 
 feble)  and  broughte  them  to  lericho  to  y 
 Palme  cite  vnto  their  brethren,  and  came 
 agayne  to  Samaria.  *  At  the  same  tyme  sent 
 kynge  Achas  vnto  the  kynges  of  Assur,  y  they 
 shulde  helpe  him.  And  the  Edomites  came 
 agayne,  and  smote  luda,  and  caried  some 
 awaye  captyue.  The  Philistynes  also  fell  in 
 to  the  cities  in  the  playne,  5  towarde  y  south 
 parte  of  luda,  (j  wanne  Beth  Semes,  Aialon, 
 Gederoth,  and  Socho  with  the  vyllages  therof, 
 Timna  with  the  vyllages  therof,  u  Gimso  with 
 the  vyllages  therof,  and  dwelt  therin.  For  f 
 LORDE  subdued  luda  for  Achas  sake  y 
 kynge  of  luda,  because  he  made  luda  naked, 
 and  rebelled  agaynst  the  LORDE.  And 
 Teglatpilnesser  the  kynge  of  Assur  came 
 agaynst  him,  and  beseged  him,  5  he  was  not 
 mightie  ynough  for  him. 
 
 For  Achas  spoyledthe  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  the  kynges  house,  and  of  the  rulers,  to 
 geue  vnto  f  kynge  of  Assur,  but  it  helped  him 
 not.  Morouer  kinge  Achas  trespaced  yet 
 more  against  the  LORDE  euen  in  his  trouble, 
 and  dyd  sacrifyce  vnto  the  goddes  of  them  of 
 Damascon,  which  had  smitten  him,  5  sayde : 
 The  goddes  of  the  kynges  of  Syria  helpe 
 them,  therfore  wil  I  offre  vnto  them,  that  they 
 maye  helpe  me  also,  where  as  the  same  yet 
 were  a  fall  vnto  him  and  to  all  Israel. 
 
 And  Achas  gathered  the  vessels  of  f  house 
 of  God  together,  and  brake  the  vessels  in  y 
 house  of  God,  5  t  shut  the  dores  of  the  house 
 of  f  LORDE,  and  made  him  altares  in  all 
 
 corners  at  lerusalem,  and  euery  where  in  the 
 cyties  of  luda  made  he  hye  places  to  burne 
 incense  vnto  other  goddes,  and  prouoked  f 
 LORDE  God  of  his  fathers  vnto  wrath. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  him  and  of 
 all  his  wayes  (both  first  and  last)  beholde,  it 
 is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  kynges  of  luda 
 and  Israel.  And  Achas  fell  on  slepe  with  his 
 fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  f  cite  of 
 lerusalem  :  for  they  brought  him  not  amonge 
 the  sepulcres  of  the  kynges  of  Israel.  And 
 Ezechias  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Cljc  yriy.  Cljapter. 
 
 EZECHIAS"  was  fyue  d  twentye  yeare 
 olde  whan  he  was  made  kynge,  g  reigned 
 nyne  5  twentye  yeares  at  lerusalem.  His 
 mothers  name  was  Abia  f  doughter  of  Zachary. 
 And  he  dyd  that  which  was  right  in  the  sight 
 of  the  LORDE,  as  did  his  father  Dauid. 
 t  He  opened  the  dores  of  y  house  of  the 
 LORDE  in  the  first  moneth  of  f  first  yeare 
 of  his  raigne,  5  made  them  stronge,  %  brought 
 in  the  prestes  and  Leuites,  and  gathered  them 
 together  vnto  the  East  streate  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Herken  vnto  me  ye  Leuites,  sanctifye 
 youre  selues  now,  that  ye  maye  halowe  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers, 
 and  put  fylthines  out  of  the  Sanctuary :  for 
 oure  fathers  haue  trespaced,  and  done  y  which 
 was  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  oure 
 God,  and  haue  forsaken  him.  For  they 
 turned  their  faces  from  the  habitacio  of  f 
 LORDE  oure  God,  5  turned  their  backes  on 
 it,  and  shut  the  dores  of  the  Porche,  and  put 
 out  the  lampes,  and  brent  no  incense,  (j  ofFred 
 no  burntsacrifyces  in  the  Sanctuary  vnto  the 
 God  of  Israel. 
 
 Therfore  is  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  come 
 ouer  luda  and  lerusalem,  and  he  hath  geuen 
 them  ouer  to  be  scatred  abrode,  desolate  and 
 to  be  hyssed  at,  as  ye  se  with  youre  eies.  For 
 beholde,  euen  for  the  same  cause  fell  oure  fa- 
 thers thorowthe  swerde,  oure  sonnes  doughters 
 and  wyues  were  caryed  awaye  captyue.  Now 
 am  I  mynded  to  make  a  couenaunt  with  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  y  he  maye  turne 
 awaie  from  vs  his  wrath  5  indignacion.  Now 
 my  sonnes,  be  not  ye  negligent:  §for  the 
 LORDE  hath  chosen  you  to  stode  before  him, 
 and  to  be  his  mynisters  and  to  burne  incense 
 vnto  him. 
 
 t  'J  Pa.  28.  d. 
 
 ^  Num.  18.  a. 
 
C&ap»  mr:^ 
 
 C6e  iU  boke  of  tOe  €ronitk$. 
 
 So,  mtr:}:ii* 
 
 Then  rose  the  Leuites  :  Mahath  the  sonne 
 of  Amasai,  and  loel  the  sonne  of  Asaria  of  the 
 children  of  the  Kahathites.  Of  the  children 
 of  Merari:  Cis  the  sonne  of  Abdi,  tj  Asaria  the 
 Sonne  of  lehaleleel.  Of  the  children  of  the 
 Gersonites:  loah  the  sonne  of  Simma,  and 
 Eden  the  sonne  of  loah.  And  of  the  childre 
 of  Elizaphan :  Simri  j  leiel.  And  of  the 
 childre  of  Assaph :  Sachary  and  Mathania. 
 And  of  the  children  of  Heman :  lehiel  and 
 Simei.  And  of  the  children  of  ledithun : 
 Semaia  and  Vsiel. 
 
 And  they  gathered  their  brethren  together, 
 and  were  sanctified,  and  wente  in  acordinge 
 to  the  kynges  commaundement  at  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  to  dense  the  house  of  y 
 LORDE.  And  the  prestes  entred  within  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE  to  purifye,  and  put 
 out  all  the  vnclennes  that  was  founde  in  the 
 teple  of  the  LORDE,  in  the  courte  of  the 
 LORDES  house:  and  the  prestes  toke  it  vp, 
 and  caryed  it  out  in  to  the  broke  Cedron. 
 The  fyrst  daye  of  the  fyrst  moneth  beganne 
 they  to  sanctifye  them  selues,  and  on  the 
 eight  daye  of  the  moneth  wente  they  in  to  the 
 porche  of  the  LORDE,  and  halowed  the  house 
 of  ^  LORDE  eight  dayes,  and  fynished  it  on 
 the  sixtenth  daye  of  the  fyrst  moneth. 
 
 And  they  wete  in  to  the  kynge  Ezechias, 
 and  sayde :  We  haue  clensed  all  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  the  altare  of  burntofferynges, 
 and  all  his  vessels,  the  table  of  the  shewbred 
 and  all  the  apparell  therof :  and  all  the  orna- 
 mentes  that  kynge  Achas  cast  awaye  wha  he 
 was  kynge,  what  tyvae  as  he  transgressed,  those 
 haue  we  prepared  and  halowed.  Beholde, 
 they  are  before  the  altare  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  the  kynge  Ezechias  gat  him  vp  early, 
 and  gathered  together  the  Elders  of  the  cite, 
 and  wete  vp  vnto  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  they  broughte  seuen  bullockes,  seuen 
 rammes,  seuen  lambes,  and  seuen  he  goates 
 to  be  the  synofFerynge,  for  the  Sanctuary,  j 
 for  luda.  And  he  spake  vnto  the  prestes  the 
 children  of  Aaron,  that  they  shulde  offre  vpon 
 the  altare  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 So  they  slewe  the  bullockes,  and  the  prestes 
 toke  the  bloude,  and  sprenkled  it  vpon  y 
 altare :  and  slewe  the  rammes,  and  sprenkled 
 the  bloude  vpon  the  altare:  and  slewe  the 
 labes,  and  sprenkled  the  bloude  vpon  the 
 altare.  And  the  goates  to  y  synofferynge 
 brought  they  before  the  kynge  and  the  con- 
 
 gregacio,  and  layed  their  handes  vpon  them  : 
 and  the  prestes  slewe  them,  and  sprenkled 
 their  bloude  vpon  the  altare  to  make  attonemet 
 for  all  Israel :  for  the  kynge  commaunded  to 
 ofFre  burntsacrifyces  and  sinofferinges  for  all 
 Israel. 
 
 And  he  set  the  Leuites  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  with  Cymbales,  Psalteries  and 
 harpes,  *  as  Dauid  had  commaunded,  and  Gad 
 the  kynges  Seer,  and  the  prophet  Nathan,  for 
 it  was  the  commaundement  of  the  LORDE 
 by  his  prophetes.  And  the  Leuites  stode 
 with  the  musicall  instrumentes  of  Dauid,  ri  the 
 prestes  with  the  trompettes.  And  Ezechias 
 commaunded  them  to  otfre  burntsacrifyces 
 vpon  the  altare.  And  aboute  the  tyme  that 
 the  burntsacrifyce  begane  to  be  ofFred  the 
 songe  of  the  LORDE  beganne  also,  and  y 
 trompettes,  anddyuerse  instrumentes  of  Dauid 
 the  kynge  of  Israel  and  all  the  congregacion 
 gaue  praise  (j  thankes :  and  the  songe  of  the 
 Musicians,  and  y  blowynge  of  the  trompetters, 
 endured  all  tyll  the  burntofferynge  was  fy- 
 nished. 
 
 Now  whan  the  burntofferynge  was  perfour- 
 med,  the  kynge  and  all  they  that  were  with 
 him,  bowed  them  selues,  and  gaue  praise  and 
 thankes.  And  Ezechias  the  kynge  with  the 
 rulers  commaunded  the  Leuites  to  prayse  the 
 LORDE  with  the  songes  of  Dauid  and  As- 
 saph the  Seer.  And  they  gaue  prayse  tyll 
 they  were  ioyfuU,  and  they  bowed  them  selues, 
 and  worshipped. 
 
 And  Ezechias  answered  and  saide  :  Now 
 haue  ye  fylled  youre  hades  vnto  the  LORDE 
 steppe  forth,  and  brynge  hither  y  sacrifyces 
 and  thankofFerynges  vnto  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  the  congregacion  broughte 
 sacrifyces  and  thankofFerynges,  and  eueiy  ma 
 of  a  fre  wyllinge  hert  brought  burntofferynges. 
 And  the  nombre  of  the  burntofferynges  that 
 the  congregacion  broughte.  was  thre  score 
 bullockes  and  ten,  an  hundreth  rames,  and 
 two  hundreth  lambes,  and  all  these  for  the 
 burntofferynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  they 
 sanctifyed  sixe  hundreth  bullockes,  and  thre 
 thousande  shepe. 
 
 But  the  prestes  were  to  fewe,  and  coulde 
 not  pluck  of  the  skynnes  of  all  the  burnt- 
 offerynges, therfore  toke  they  their  brethren 
 the  Leuites,  tyll  the  worke  was  fyniszhed,  and 
 tyll  the  prestes  were  halowed  (for  the  Leuites 
 
 •  1  Par.  26.  a. 
 
 57 
 
#0.  rrmTbi. 
 
 iEOr  i).  bofef  of  t})f  CromcU'6. 
 
 Cftap.  OT. 
 
 are  easier  to  be  halowed  then  the  prestes)  and 
 many  of  the  burnt  offerynges  were  with  the 
 fat  of  the  thankotferynges  and  diynkofferynges 
 to  the  burntsacrifices.  Thus  was  the  minis- 
 tracion  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE  prepared. 
 And  Ezechias  reioysed  with  all  the  people, 
 that  they  were  prepared  with  God :  for  it  was 
 done  righte  haistely. 
 
 €l)c  m:  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  Ezechias  sent  in  to  all  Israel  and 
 luda,  and  wrote  letters  vnto  Ephraim 
 and  Manasses,  that  they  shulde  come  to  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  at  Jerusalem,  to  kepe 
 easter  ^-nto  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel.  And 
 the  kynge  helde  a  couucell  with  his  rulers, 
 and  all  the  cogregacion  at  Jerusalem,  *to  kepe 
 Passeouer  in  the  seeonde  moneth :  for  at  that 
 tyme  they  coulde  not  kepe  it,  because  the 
 prestes  were  not  sanctified  ynough,  and  the 
 people  wei'e  not  yet  come  together  vnto  Jeru- 
 salem. And  it  pleased  the  kynge  well  and  all 
 the  c5gregacion.  And  they  appointed  it  to  be 
 proclamed  thorow  out  all  Jsrael  from  Berseba 
 vnto  Dan,  that  they  shulde  come  to  kepe 
 Passeouer  vnto  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel : 
 for  they  were  not  many  to  kepe  it  as  it  is 
 wrytten. 
 
 And  the  postes  wente  with  the  letters  from 
 the  hande  of  the  kynge  and  of  his  rulers 
 thorow  out  all  Israeli  and  Juda,  at  y  kynges 
 commaundement,  and  sayde :  Ye  cliildren  of 
 Jsrael,  turne  you  vnto  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob,  and  he  shal  turne 
 to  y  escaped,  which  are  lefte  ouer  amonge  you 
 from  the  hande  of  the  kynge  of  Assur :  and 
 be  not  ye  as  youre  fathers  and  brethren,  which 
 rebelled  agajTist  the  LORDE  God  of  their 
 fathers,  and  he  gaue  the  ouer  in  to  desolacion 
 as  ye  se  youre  selues.  Be  not  ye  hardnecked 
 now  as  were  youre  fathers,  but  ofFre  youre 
 hiide  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  come  to  his 
 sanctuary,  which  he  hath  sanctified  for  euer, 
 and  serue  the  LORDE  youre  God,  5  so  shal 
 the  indignacion  of  his  wrath  turne  awaye  from 
 you.  For  yf  ye  turne  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 then  shal  youre  brethren  and  children  haue 
 mercy  in  the  sighte  of  them  which  holde  them 
 in  captiuyte,  that  they  maye  come  aga}aie  in 
 to  this  londe  :  tfor  the  LORDE  youre  God  is 
 gracious  and  mercifuU,  and  shal  not  turne  awaye 
 his  face  from  you,  yf  ye  conuerte  vnto  him. 
 
 I  And  the  postes  wente  from  one  cite  to 
 another  in  the  londe  of  Ephraim  and  Ma- 
 nasses, and  vnto  Zabulon.  But  they  mocked 
 them  and  laughed  them  to  scome.  Yet  were 
 there  some  of  Asser  and  Manasses,  and  of 
 Zabulon,  that  submytted  them  selues,  and 
 came  to  lerusalem.  And  the  hande  of  God 
 came  in  to  luda,  so  that  he  gaue  the  one  hert 
 to  do  after  the  commaundement  of  the  kynge 
 and  the  rulers  at  the  worde  of  the  LORDE. 
 And  there  came  together  vnto  lerusale  a 
 greate  people,  to  kepe  the  feast  of  vnle- 
 uended  bred  in  the  seeonde  moneth,  a  very 
 greate  congregacion. 
 
 And  they  gat  them  vp,  and  put  dowTie  f 
 t  altares  that  were  at  lerusalem,  and  all  the 
 incense  put  they  awaye,  and  cast  it  in  to  the 
 broke  Cedron,  and  slewe  the  Passeouer  on 
 the  fourtenth  daye  of  the  secode  moneth, 
 And  y  prestes  and  Leuites  were  ashamed, 
 and  halowed  them  selues,  and  broughte  the 
 bumtofferynges  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  stode  in  their  ordinaunce,  as  it  was  acord- 
 inge,  after  the  lawe  off  Moses  the  man  of  God. 
 And  the  prestes  sprenkled  the  bloude  from 
 the  hande  of  the  Leuites :  for  there  were 
 many  in  the  cogregacion  which  were  not 
 sanctified,  therfore  dyd  the  Leuites  kyU  Passe 
 ouer  for  them  which  were  not  clensed,  that 
 they  mighte  be  sanctified  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 There  were  many  people  also  of  Ephraim, 
 Manasses,  Isachar  and  Zabulon,  which  were 
 not  cleane,  but  ate  the  Easter  lambe  not  as 
 it  is  wrj'tten :  for  Ezechias  prayed  for  them, 
 and  sayde  :  The  LORDE,  which  is  gracious, 
 shalbe  mercifull  vnto  all  them  that  prepare 
 their  hertes  vnto  God,  to  seke  the  LORDE 
 God  of  their  fathers,  though  they  be  not 
 clensed  after  the  holy  purificacion.  And  the 
 LORDE  herde  Ezechias,  and  healed  the 
 people.  Thus  the  children  of  Israel  that 
 were  founde  at  lerusale,  helde  y  feast  of  vn- 
 leuended  bred  seuen  dayes  with  greate  ioye. 
 And  the  Leuites  and  prestes  praysed  the 
 LORDE  euery  daye  with  the  loude  instru- 
 mentes  of  the  LORDE.  And  Ezechias 
 spake  hertely  vnto  all  y  Leuites,  which  had 
 good  vnderstondinge  in  the  LORDE,  and 
 they  ate  the  feast  seuen  dayes,  and  ofFred 
 thakofferynges,  and  gaue  thankes  vnto  f 
 LORDE  God  of  their  fathers. 
 
 And  all  the  congregacion  deuysed  to  kepe 
 
C&ap.  vnU 
 
 C6e  ij,  bokf  of  tin  Croni'rks. 
 
 jTo.  fmrvbij. 
 
 the  feast  yet  other  seue  dayes,  and  so  they 
 helde  it  those  seuen  dayes  also  with  ioye  :  for 
 Ezechias  the  kinge  of  luda  gaue  an  Heue- 
 offerynge  for  the  cogregacion,  euen  a  thou- 
 sands bullockes,  and  seuen  thousands  shepe. 
 But  the  rulers  gaue  an  HeueofFeringe  for  y 
 congregacion,  euen  a  thousands  bullockes, 
 and  ten  thousande  shepe.  And  many  of  the 
 prestes  sanctified  them  selues. 
 
 And  the  whole  congregacion  of  luda  re- 
 ioysed,  the  prestes  and  Leuites,  and  all  the 
 congregacion  that  came  out  of  Israel,  and  the 
 straungers  that  were  come  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Israel,  and  they  that  dwelt  in  luda,  and 
 greate  ioye  was  there  at  lerusalem :  for  sence 
 the  tyme  of  Salomon  the  sonne  of  Dauid  the 
 kynge  of  Israel,  was  there  no  soch  (ioye)  at 
 lerusale.  And  the  prestes  and  Leuites  stode 
 vp  and  blessed  the  people,  and  their  voyce 
 was  herde,  and  their  prayer  came  in  to  his 
 holy  habitacion  in  heauen. 
 
 Ci)e  viiTi-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  all  this  was  fynished,  all  the 
 Israelites  that  were  founde  in  f  cities 
 of  luda,  wente  out,  and  brake  the  pilers,  and 
 hewed  downe  the  groues,  and  brake  downe 
 the  hye  places  and  altares  out  of  all  luda,  Ben 
 lamin,  Ephraim  and  Manasses,  tyll  they  had 
 destroyed  the.  And  all  the  children  of  Israel 
 wente  agayne  euery  one  to  his  possession  vnto 
 their  cities. 
 
 But  Ezechias  set  the  prestes  and  Leuites 
 in  their  ordinaunces,  euery  one  after  his  office, 
 both  the  prestes  and  Leuites,  for  the  burnt- 
 sacrifices  and  thankofferynges,  to  mynister,  to 
 geue  thankes  and  prayse  in  the  gates  of  the 
 boost  of  the  LORDE.  And  the  kynge  gaue 
 his  porcion  of  his  substaiice  for  the  burnt- 
 ofFerynges  in  the  mornynge  and  euenynge, 
 and  for  the  burntofferynges  of  the  Sabbath, 
 and  of  the  newmone  and  of  the  feastes,  as  it 
 is  wrytten  in  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  he  spake  vnto  f  people  which  dwelt  at 
 lerusalem,  that  they  shulde  geue  porcios  vnto 
 the  prestes  and  Leuites,  y  they  mighte  the 
 more  stedfastly  endure  in  the  lawe  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  wha  y  worde  came  forth,  the 
 childre  of  Israel  gaue  many  fyrst  frutes  of 
 come,  wyne,  oyle,  hony,  and  all  maner  increace 
 of  the  felde,  and  broughte  in  moch  of  all 
 maner  tithes.  And  the  children  of  Israel 
 and  luda  which  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  luda, 
 
 broughte  the  tithes  also  of  oxen  and  shepe, 
 and  the  tithes  of  soch  thinges  as  were  sanc- 
 tifyed,  which  they  had  halowed  vnto  the 
 LORDE  their  God,  and  made  here  an  heape, 
 and  there  an  heape.  In  the  thirde  moneth 
 begane  they  to  laye  vpon  heapes,  and  in  the 
 seuenth  moneth  dyd  they  fynishe  it. 
 
 And  wha  Ezechias  with  the  rulers  wente 
 in,  and  sawe  the  heapes,  they  praysed  the 
 LORDE,  and  his  people  of  Israel.  And 
 Ezechias  axed  the  prestes  and  Leuites  con- 
 cernynge  the  heapes.  And  Asaria  the  prest 
 the  chefe  in  the  house  of  Sadoc,  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Sence  the  tyme  that  they  beganne  to 
 brynge  the  Heueofferynges  in  to  y  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  we  haue  eaten,  and  are  satisfied, 
 and  yet  is  there  lefte  ouer:  for  the  LORDE 
 hath  blessed  his  people,  therfore  is  this  heape 
 lefte  ouer.  Then  commaunded  the  kynge, 
 that  they  shulde  prepare  chestes  in  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE.  And  they  prepared  them, 
 and  put  in  the  Heueofferynges,  and  tithes  and 
 that  which  was  halowed,  faithfully. 
 
 And  the  ouersighte  of  the  same  had  Cha- 
 nania  the  Leuite,  and  Simei  his  brother  the 
 seconde,  and  lehiel,  Asasia,  Naglath,  Asahel, 
 lerimoth,  losabad,  Eliel,  lesmachia,  Mahath 
 and  Benaia,  ordeyned  of  the  hande  off  Cha- 
 nania  and  Simei  his  brother,  acordinge  to  the 
 commaundement  of  kynge  Ezechias.  But 
 Asaria  was  prynce  in  the  house  of  God.  And 
 Core  f  Sonne  of  lemna  the  Leuite  the  porter 
 of  the  Eastgate  was  ouer  the  frewyllinge  giftes 
 of  God  (which  were  geuen  for  Heueofferynges 
 vnto  the  LORDE)  and  ouer  the  Most  holy, 
 And  vnder  his  hande  were,  Eden,  Miniamin, 
 lesua,  Semaia,  Amaria,  and  Sachania  in  the 
 cities  of  the  prestes  vpon  credence,  that  they 
 shulde  geue  vnto  their  brethre  acordinge  to 
 their  courses,  to  the  leest  as  to  the  greatest. 
 
 And  vnto  them  that  were  counted  for 
 men  childre  from  thre  yeare  olde  and  aboue, 
 amonge  all  the  that  wete  in  to  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  euery  one  vpo  his  daye  to  their 
 office  in  their  attendaunces  after  their  courses. 
 And  they  that  were  rekened  for  prestes  in  the 
 house  of  their  fathers,  and  the  Leuites  from 
 twentye  yeare  and  aboue,  in  their  attendaunces 
 after  their  courses.  And  they  that  were  rekened 
 amonge  their  children,  wyues,  sonnes  and 
 doughters  amoge  the  whole  congi-egacion :  for 
 that  which  was  halowed,  sanctifyed  they  vpon 
 credence.     There  were  men  also  named  by 
 
 C 
 
jTo.  mrv)itiij» 
 
 €i)t  ij.  bokc  of  tl)f  Croniricef. 
 
 CJ)ap.  jLTLTij. 
 
 name  ainonge  Aarons  children  the  prestes 
 vpon  the  feldes  of  the  suburbes  in  all  y  cities, 
 that  they  shulde  geue  porcions  vnto  all  the 
 men  children  anioge  the  prestes,  and  to  all 
 then^  that  were  noinbred  amonge  the  Leuites. 
 Thus  dyd  Ezechias  in  all  luda,  and  dyd 
 that  which  was  good,  righte  and  true  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE  his  God.  And  in  all 
 the  busynes  that  he  toke  in  hade  concernynge 
 the  seniyce  of  the  house  of  God,  acordinge  to 
 the  lawe  and  commaundement,  to  seke  his 
 God,  that  dyd  he  with  all  his  hert,  and  ther- 
 fore  prospered  he  well. 
 
 El)t  mi]-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  and  faithfulnes  came 
 Sennacherib"  the  kynge  of  Assur,  and 
 wente  in  to  luda,  and  pitched  before  the 
 stroge  cities,  and  thoughte  to  plucke  them 
 vnto  him.  And  whan  Ezechias  sawe  that 
 Sennacherib  came,  and  that  his  face  stode  to 
 fighte  agaynst  Jerusalem,  he  deuysed  with  his 
 rulers  and  mightie  men,  to  couer  the  waters 
 of  the  welles  that  were  without  the  cite,  and 
 they  helped  him :  and  there  gathered  together 
 a  greate  people,  and  couered  all  y  welles  and 
 water  brokes  in  the  myddes  of  the  londe,  and 
 sayde  :  Lest  the  kynges  of  Assur  fynde  moch 
 water  wha  they  come.  And  he  toke  a  corage 
 vnto  him,  and  buylded  all  the  walles  where 
 they  were  in  decaye,  and  made  towres  theron, 
 and  buylded  yet  another  wall  without,  and 
 strengthed  Millo  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And 
 made  moch  ordinaunce  and  shyldes,  and  set 
 captaynes  of  warre  ouer  the  people. 
 
 And  gathered  them  vnto  him  vpon  the 
 brode  strete  by  the  gate  of  the  cite,  and  spake 
 hertely  vnto  them,  and  sayde :  Be  stronge 
 and  bolde,  feare  not,  and  be  not  afrayed  for 
 the  kynge  of  Assur,  ner  all  y  multitude  that 
 is  with  him  :  for  there  is  one  greater  with  vs 
 then  with  him.  With  him  is  a  *  fleshly  anne, 
 but  with  vs  is  the  LORDE  oure  God,  to 
 helpe  vs  and  to  fighte  for  vs.  And  ;y  people 
 trusted  vnto  the  wordes  of  Ezechias  kynge  of 
 luda. 
 
 *Afterwarde  sent  Sennacherib  the  kynge  of 
 Assur  his  seruauntes  vnto  Jerusalem  (for  he 
 laye  before  Lachis,  ti  all  his  boost  with  him) 
 to  Ezechias  f  kinge  of  luda,  (t,  to  all  luda 
 that  was  at  lerusale,  sayenge :  Thus  sayeth 
 Sennacherib  f  kynge  of  Assur :  Wherin  put 
 
 ye  youre  trust  ye  that  dwell  in  the  beseged 
 lerusalem  ?  Ezechias  disceaueth  you,  that  he 
 maye  delyuer  you  vnto  death,  hoger,  and 
 thyrst,  and  sayeth :  The  LORDE  oure  God 
 shal  delyuer  vs  from  the  hande  of  the  kynge 
 of  Assur.  Is  it  not  Ezechias,  that  hath  put 
 awaye  his  hye  places  and  altares,  and  sayde 
 vnto  luda  and  lerusalem  :  Before  one  altare 
 shal  ye  worshippe,  and  burne  incense  theron  ? 
 
 Knowe  ye  not  what  I  and  my  fathers  haue 
 done  to  all  y  people  in  the  londes?  Haue 
 the  goddes  of  the  Heythen  in  the  londes  bene 
 able  to  delyuer  their  countrees  fro  my  hande  ? 
 What  is  he  amonge  all  the  goddes  of  these 
 Heythen  (whom  my  father  damned)  that  was 
 able  to  delyuer  his  people  fro  my  hande  ?  y 
 youre  God  shulde  be  able  to  delyuer  fro  my 
 hande.  Therfore  let  not  Ezechias  now  dis- 
 ceaue  you,  and  let  him  not  persuade  you  any 
 soch  thinge,  and  beleue  him  not.  For  yf  no 
 god  of  all  the  Heythe  and  kyngdomes  might 
 delyuer  his  people  fro  my  hande  and  from  the 
 hande  of  my  progenitours,  then  shal  not  youre 
 goddes  be  able  to  delyuer  you  fro  my  hande. 
 
 His  seruautes  also  spake  yet  more  against 
 the  LORDE  God,  and  agaynst  his  seruaunt 
 Ezechias.  And  he  wrote  a  letter  to  blaspheme 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  and  spake  of  him, 
 and  sayde :  Like  as  the  goddes  of  the  Heythen 
 in  their  londes  haue  not  bene  able  to  delyuer 
 their  people  from  my  hande,  euen  so  shal  not 
 the  God  of  Ezechias  delyuer  his  people  fro 
 my  hande. 
 
 And  they  cryed  with  loude  voyce  in  the 
 lewish  langage  vnto  the  people  of  lerusalem 
 that  were  vpon  the  wall,  to  make  them  fearfull 
 and  to  be  fayntharted,  that  they  might  wynne 
 the  cite.  And  they  spake  agaynst  the  God  off 
 lerusalem,  euen  as  agaynst  the  goddes  off  the 
 nacions  vpon  earth,  which  were  but  the  workes 
 of  mens  hondes. 
 
 But  contrary  wyse  the  kynge  Ezechias  and 
 the  prophet  Esay  the  sonne  of  Amos  prayed, 
 and  cryed  vnto  heaue.  And  the  LORDE 
 sent  an  angell,  which  destroyed  all  the  mightie 
 men  of  the  boost,  and  the  prynces  and  rulers 
 in  y  tentes  of  the  kymge  of  Assur,  so  that  he 
 departed  agayne  with  shame  in  to  his  owne 
 londe.  t  And  whan  he  wente  in  to  liis  gods 
 house,  they  y  came  of  his  owne  body,  slewe 
 him  there  with  the  swerde.  Thus  the  LORDE 
 helped  Ezechias  and  them  at  lerusalem,  out 
 
€im,  miih 
 
 Ci)e  ij.  Ijoke  of  tijt  Cronicks. 
 
 jfo.  ttttxviv* 
 
 Jf 
 
 of  the  hade. of  Sennacherib  f  kynge  of  Assur, 
 and  of  all  other,  and  mayntayned  the  fro  all 
 on  euery  syde,  so^  many  broughte  presentes 
 vnto  the  LORDE  to  Jerusalem,  and  Jewels 
 vnto  Ezechias  the  kynge  of  luda.  And 
 afterwarde  was  he  exalted  in  the  sighte  of  all 
 Heythen. 
 
 At  y  same  tyme  was  Ezechias  deedsicke, 
 and  he  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE,  "  which 
 made  him  promes,  and  gaue  him  a  wonder- 
 token.  But  Ezechias  recopensed  not  acord- 
 inge  as  was  geuen  vnto  him,  for  his  hert  was 
 lifted  vp :  therfore  came  the  wrath  vpon  him, 
 and  vpon  luda  and  Jerusalem.  Neuertheles 
 Ezechias  humbled  him  selfe  because  his  hert 
 had  bene  exalted,  with  them  at  Jerusalem 
 therfore  came  not  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 vpon  them,  whyle  Ezechias  lyued. 
 
 And  Ezechias  had  very  greate  riches  and 
 worshippe,  and  made  him  treasures  of  syluer, 
 golde,  precious  stones,  spyces,  shyldes,  and  all 
 maner  costly  vessell,  and  come  houses  for  the 
 increace  of  come,  wyne  and  oyle,  and  stalles 
 for  all  maner  catell,  and  foldes  for  the  shepe, 
 and  buylded  him  cities,  and  had  many  catell 
 of  shepe  and  oxen :  for  God  gaue  him  very 
 moch  good. 
 
 Jt  is  the  same  Ezechias  that  couered  the 
 hye  water  condyte  in  Gihon,  and  conveyed 
 it  vnder  on  the  west  syde  of  f  cite  of  Dauid : 
 for  Ezechias  prospered  in  all  his  workes.  But 
 whan  the  interpreters  the  chefe  of  Babilon 
 were  sent  vnto  him,  to  axe  question  at  him 
 (concernynge  the  wondertoke  that  had  hap- 
 pened in  the  londe)  God  lefte  him  *to  be 
 tempted,  that  it  might  be  knowne  what  soeuer 
 was  in  his  hert. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Ezechias, 
 and  of  his  niercifulnes,  beholde,  it  is  wrytte 
 in  the  vision  of  the  prophet  Esay  the  sonne 
 of  Amos,  and  in  the  boke  of  the  kynges  of 
 Juda  and  Jsrael.  And  Ezechias  fell  on  slepe 
 with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried  him  ouer 
 the  sepulcres  of  the  children  of  Dauid,  and 
 all  Juda  and  they  of  Jerusale  dyd  him  wor- 
 shippe in  his  death :  and  Manasses  his  sonne 
 was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Cl)e  m'»h  Cijapttr. 
 
 MANASSES  was  twolue  yeare  olde  wha 
 he    was   made  kynge,  *  and  reigned 
 fyue  and  fiftye  yeare  at  Jerusalem,  and  dyd 
 
 ■■  4  Re.  20.  a.  Esa.  28.  a.       *  Deut.  8.  a.        '4  Re.  21.  a. 
 
 that  which  was  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE  (euen  after  the  abominacions  of 
 the  Heythen,  whom  the  LORDE  expelled 
 before  the  children  of  Jsrael)  and  turned 
 backe,  and  buylded  the  hye  places,  (t  which 
 his  father  Ezechias  had  broken  downe)  and 
 set  vp  altares  vnto  Baalim,  and  made  groues, 
 and  worshipped  all  the  boost  of  heauen,  and 
 serued  them.  He  buylded  altares  also  in  y 
 LORDES  house,  wherof  the  LORDE  had 
 sayde :  t  At  Jerusalem  shal  my  name  be  for 
 euer.  And  vnto  all  the  boost  of  heauen 
 buylded  he  altares  in  both  the  courtes  of  y 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  And  in  the  valley  of 
 the  sonne  of  Hennon  caused  he  his  awne 
 sonnes  to  go  thorow  the  fyre,  and  chosed 
 dayes,  (j  regarded  byrdescryenge,  and  witches, 
 and  founded  soythsayers  and  expounders  of 
 tokens,  and  dyd  moch  that  was  euell  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  LORDE  to  prouoke  him  vnto 
 wrath. 
 
 Carued  ymages  also  and  Jdols  (which  he 
 caused  to  make)  set  he  vp  in  Gods  house, 
 wherof  the  LORDE  saide  vnto  Dauid  and  to 
 Salomon  his  sonne  :  In  this  house  at  Jerusa- 
 lem which  J  haue  chosen  out  of  all  the  trybes 
 of  Jsrael,  wyl  J  set  my  name  for  euer  and 
 wyl  nomore  let  the  fote  of  Jsrael  remoue  fro 
 the  londe  that  J  appoynted  for  their  fathers, 
 so  farre  as  they  obserue  to  do  all  y  I  haue 
 commaunded  them,  in  all  the  lawe,  statutes 
 and  ordinaunces  by  Moses.  But  Manasses 
 disceaued  Juda  and  them  of  Jerusale,  so  that 
 they  dyd  worse  then  the  Heythen,  whom  the 
 LORDE  destroyed  before  the  children  of 
 Jsrael.  And  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  Manas- 
 ses and  his  people,  and  they  regarded  it  not. 
 
 Therfore  dyd  the  LORDE  cause  the  rulers  C 
 of  the  boost  of  the  kynge  of  Assur  to  come 
 vpo  the,  which  toke  Manasses  presoner  with 
 bodes,  and  bounde  him  with  cheynes,  g 
 broughte  him  vnto  Babilon.  J  And  whan  he 
 was  in  trouble,  he  made  intercession  before 
 the  LORDE  his  God,  and  humbled  him  selfe 
 greatly  before  the  God  of  his  fathers,  and 
 prayed  and  besoughte  him.  Then  herde  he 
 his  prayer,  and  broughte  him  agayne  to  Jeru- 
 salem to  his  kyngdome.  And  Manasses  knewe 
 that  the  LORDE  is  God. 
 
 Afterwarde  buylded  he  y  vttemost  wall  of 
 the  cite  of  Dauid,  on  the  west  syde  of  Gihon 
 by  the  broke,    and  at  the  intraunce  of  the 
 
jfo.  uttm* 
 
 Cfte  ij»  boftt  of  tl)f  CronuIfS, 
 
 CI)ap.  OTiiij. 
 
 m 
 
 Fyshgate,  and  rounde  aboute  *Ophel,  and 
 made  it  very  hye.  And  layed  captaynes  in  y 
 strode  cities  of  luda,  a  put  awaye  y  straunge 
 goddes  tt  Idols  out  of  y  house  of  f  LORDE, 
 and  all  the  altares  which  he  had  buylded  vpo 
 the  mount  of  the  house  of  the  LOKDE,  and 
 in  lerusaleni,  and  cast  them  out  of  the  cite, 
 and  buylded  the  altare  of  the  LOKDE,  and 
 ofFred  slaynofferynges  and  thankofferynges 
 theron,  and  commaunded  luda,  that  they 
 shuldc  serue  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel. 
 Neuertheles  though  the  people  offred  vnto  the 
 LORDE  their  God,  yet  ofFred  they  vpon  the 
 hye  places. 
 
 What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  Manasses 
 and  of  his  prayer  to  his  God,  and  the  wordes 
 of  the  Seers  that  spake  vnto  him  in  the  name 
 of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  beholde,  they 
 are  amonge  the  actes  of  the  kynges  of  Israel. 
 And  his  prayer  and  intercession,  and  all  his 
 synne  and  offence,  5  the  rowmes  wherin  he 
 buylded  the  hye  places  d  groues  and  founded 
 ydols,  afore  he  hijbled  himselfe,  beholde,  they 
 are  wrytten  amonge  the  actes  of  the  Seers. 
 And  Manasses  fell  on  slepe  with  his  fathers, 
 and  they  buried  him  in  his  house,  and  Amon 
 his  Sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 Two  and  twetye  yeare  olde  was  Amon  wha 
 he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned  two  yeare  at 
 lerusale,  and  dyd  euell  in  the  sighte  of  the 
 LORDE,  as  Manasses  his  father  had  done. 
 And  Amon  ofFred  vnto  all  the  Idols  that  his 
 father  Manasses  had  made  and  serued  the. 
 Yet  dyd  not  he  humble  himselfe  before  the 
 LORDE,  as  Manasse  his  father  had  sub- 
 mitted himselfe :  but  Amon  trespaced  euer 
 more  and  more.  And  his  seruauntes  c5spyred 
 agaynst  him,  and  slewe  him  in  his  house. 
 Then  smote  the  people  in  the  londe  all  them 
 that  had  conspyred  agaynst  kynge  Amon.  And 
 the  people  in  the  londe  made  losias  his  sonne 
 kynge  in  his  steade. 
 
 CJjc  yvmi-  Cljnptcf. 
 OSIAS  was  eight  yeare  olde  whan  he  was 
 made  kynge,"  and  reigned  one  and  thirtye 
 yeare  at  lerusalem,  and  dyd  that  which  was 
 righte  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE,  and  walked 
 in  the  wayes  of  Dauid  his  father,  and  turned 
 not  asyde,  nether  to  the  righte  hande  ner  to 
 the  lefte.  For  in  the  eight  yeare  of  his  reigne 
 wha  he  was  yet  but  a  childe,  he  beganne  to 
 
 I 
 
 seke  the  God  of  his  father  Dauid:  and  in  the 
 twolueth  yeare  begane  he  to  dense  luda  and 
 lerusale  from  the  hye  places  and  groues,  and 
 carued  Idols,  and  molten  ymages :  and  caused 
 the  altares  of  Baalim  to  be  broken  downe 
 before  him,  and  the  ymages  that  were  theron, 
 hewed  he  downe.  And  f  groues  and  carued 
 Idols  and  molte  ymages  brake  he  in  peces, 
 and  made  them  to  dust,  and  scatred  it  vpon 
 the  graues  of  them  that  had  offretl  vnto  them. 
 And  the  bones  of  the  prestes  brent  he  vpo 
 the  altares,  and  so  clesed  he  luda  5  lerusale, 
 a  in  y  cities  of  Manasses,  Ephraim,  Simeon, 
 and  vnto  Nephtali  in  their  wyldemesses  on 
 euery  syde.  And  wha  he  had  broken  downe 
 the  altares  and  groues,  and  smytten  the  Idols 
 in  peces,  and  hewed  downe  all  the  ymages  in 
 all  the  londe  of  Israel,  he  came  agayne  to 
 lerusalem. 
 
 In  the  eighteth  yeare  of  his  reigne  *  wha  he 
 had  clensed  the  londe  and  the  house,  he  sent 
 Saphan  the  sonne  of  Asalia  and  Maeseia  the 
 Shreue  of  the  cite,  and  loath  the  sonne  of 
 loahas  the  Chaunceler,  to  repay  re  the  house 
 of  the  LORDE  his  God.  And  they  came  to 
 Helchias  y  hye  prest,  and  there  was  delyuered 
 vnto  them  the  money  that  was  broughte  vnto 
 the  house  of  God,  which  the  Leuites  (that 
 kepte  the  threshouldes)  had  gathered,  of  Ma- 
 nasses, Epraim,  and  of  all  the  residue  in  Israel, 
 and  of  all  luda  5  Ben  lamin,  and  of  them  that 
 dwelt  at  lerusale,  and  they  delyuered  it  vnto 
 the  hades  of  the  worke  men  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  gaue  it  vnto  those  that 
 wrought  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  where 
 it  was  in  decaye,  y  they  shulde  repayre  it. 
 And  the  same  gaue  it  forth  vnto  the  car- 
 penters and  buylders,  to  bye  fre  stone  and 
 hewen  tymber  for  the  balkes  in  the  houses, 
 which  the  kynges  had  destroyed.  And  the 
 men  laboured  faithfully  in  the  worke. 
 
 And  ouer  them  wei-e  ordeyned,  lahath  and 
 Obadia  the  Leuites  of  the  children  of  Merari: 
 Zachary  and  MesuUam  of  the  children  of  the 
 Kahathites,  to  further  the  worke,  and  they 
 were  all  Leuites  that  coulde  playe  vpon  in- 
 strumentes.  But  ouer  them  that  bare  burthens 
 and  furthured  all  maner  of  worke  in  all  the 
 offices,  there  were  scrybes,  officers  and  dore 
 kepers  of  the  Leuites.  And  wha  they  toke 
 out  the  money  that  was  broughte  vnto  f  house 
 of  the  LORDE,  Helchias  the  prest  founde 
 
Cbap*  m^* 
 
 Clje  ij,  bolte  of  tOe  CronwI^si. 
 
 fo,  mcmu 
 
 the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  geuen 
 by  Moses.  And  Helchias  answered,  and  saide 
 vnto  Saphan  the  Scrybe :  *  I  haue  foiinde  the 
 boke  of  the  lawe  in  y  house  of  y  LORDE. 
 And  Helchias  delyuered  the  boke  vnto  Saphan. 
 And  Saphan  bare  it  vnto  the  kynge,  and 
 broughte  y  kynge  worde  agajaie,  and  sayde : 
 All  that  was  geuen  vnder  the  handes  of  thy 
 seruauntes,  that  make  they:  and  y-  money  that 
 was  founde  in  y  house  of  the  LORDE,  haue 
 they  gathered  together,  and  delyuered  it  vnto 
 f  officers,  and  to  the  workmen.  And  Saphan 
 the  Scrybe  tolde  the  kynge,  and  sayde :  Hel- 
 chias the  prest  hath  delyuered  me  a  boke. 
 
 And  Saphan  red  therin  before  the  kynge. 
 And  whan  the  kynge  herde  the  wordes  of  the 
 lawe,  he  rente  his  clothes.  And  the  kynge 
 commaunded  Helchias  and  Ahicam  the  sonne 
 of  Saphan,  and  Abdon  the  sonne  of  Micha, 
 and  Saphan  the  Scrybe,  and  Asaia  the  kynges 
 seruaunt,  and  sayde :  Go  youre  waye,  axe 
 councell  at  the  LORDE  for  me  and  for  the 
 remnaunt  in  Israel,  and  for  luda,  concernynge 
 these  wordes  of  the  boke  that  is  founde.  For 
 greate  is  the  indignacion  of  the  LORDE  that 
 is  gone  forth  ouer  vs,  because  oure  fathers 
 haue  not  kepte  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  to 
 do  acordinge  as  it  is  wrytten  in  this  boke. 
 Then  wete  Helchias  (with  the  other  that  were 
 sent  from  the  kynge)  vnto  the  prophetisse 
 Hulda  the  wife  of  Sallum  the  Sonne  of  The- 
 coath  the  sonne  of  Hasra  the  keper  of  the 
 clothes,  which  dwelt  at  Jerusalem  in  the  secode 
 parte,  and  they  spake  this  vnto  her. 
 
 And  she  sayde  vnto  them :  Thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  God  of  Israel :  Tell  the  man  y 
 sent  you  vnto  me:  Thus  sayeth  f  LORDE: 
 Beholde,  I  wil  brynge  plages  vpo  this  place 
 and  the  inhabiters  therof,  eue  all  the  curses 
 which  are  wrytten  in  the  boke,  that  was  red 
 before  the  kynge  of  luda :  because  they  haue 
 forsake  me,  and  bret  incese  vnto  other  goddes, 
 to  prouoke  me  with  all  the  workes  of  their 
 handes.  And  my  indignacion  shal  go  forth 
 %'pon  this  cite,  and  shal  not  be  quenched. 
 
 And  after  this  maner  shal  ye  saye  vnto  the 
 kynge  of  luda,  that  sent  you  to  axe  councell 
 at  the  LORDE:  Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel  concernynge  the  wordes  that 
 thou  hast  herde :  Because  thine  hert  is  moued, 
 and  because  thou  hast  humbled  thy  selfe  in 
 the  sighte  of  God,  whan   thou   herdest   his 
 
 >  4  Re.  22.  b. 
 
 '  4  Re.  23.  a.  t  losue  24.  f. 
 
 wordes  agaynst  this  place  and  the  inhabiters 
 therof,  and  hast  submytted  thy  selfe  before  me, 
 and  rent  thy  clothes,  and  weptc  before  me, 
 therfore  haue  I  herde  the,  sayeth  ;y  LORDE. 
 Beholde,  I  wil  gather  the  vnto  thy  fathers, 
 and  thou  shalt  be  layed  in  thy  gi-aue  with 
 peace,  so  y  thine  eyes  shal  not  se  all  the  euell 
 that  I  wyl  brynge  ouer  this  place,  and  the 
 indwellers  therof^  And  they  broughte  the 
 kynge  worde  agayne. 
 
 Then  sent  f  kynge,  "and  caused  all  the 
 Elders  in  luda  and  lerusalem  to  come  to- 
 gether. And  the  kynge  wente  vp  in  to  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  and  all  the  men  of 
 luda  and  inhabiters  of  lerusale,  the  prestes, 
 the  Leuites,  and  all  the  people  both  small  and 
 greate :  and  all  the  wordes  in  the  boke  of  the 
 couenaunt  that  was  founde  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  were  red  in  their  eares.  And  y 
 kynge  stode  in  his  place,  and  made  a  coue- 
 naunt before  the  LORDE,  that  they  shulde 
 walke  after  the  LORDE,  to  kepe  his  co- 
 maundementes,  his  testimonies,  and  his  sta- 
 tutes with  all  their  hert  and  with  all  their 
 soule,  to  do  acordinge  vnto  all  the  wordes  of 
 the  couenaunt  that  are  wrytten  in  this  boke. 
 
 And  there  stode  all  they  that  were  founde 
 at  lerusalem  and  in  Ben  lamin.  And  y 
 inhabiters  of  lerusalem  dyd  acordinge  to  the 
 couenaunt  of  God  the  God  of  their  fathers 
 And  losias  put  awaye  all  abhominacions  out 
 of  all  the  londes  that  were  the  children  of 
 Israels,  and  caused  all  them  that  were  founde 
 in  Israel,  to  serue  the  LORDE  their  God, 
 t  As  longe  as  losias  lyued,  departed  they  not 
 from  the  LORDE  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
 
 AND  losias  kepte  Passeouer*  vnto  the 
 LORDE  at  lerusalem,  and  slewe  the 
 Passeouer  on  the  fourtenth  daye  off  the  first 
 moneth,  and  set  the  prestes  in  their  offices, 
 and  strengthed  them  to  their  mynistracion  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 Leuites  that  taughte  in  all  Israel,  and  were 
 sanctified  vnto  y  LORDE :  Put  the  holy  Arke 
 in  the  house  that  Salomon  y  sonne  of  Dauid 
 kynge  of  Israel  dyd  buylde.  tYe  shal  beare 
 it  nomore  ^-pon  youre  shulders.  Se  that  ye 
 serue  now  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and  his 
 people  of  Israel,  and  prepare  the  house  of 
 youre   fathers   in   youre    courses,   as   it   was 
 
 'SEsd.  l.a.         }lPa.24.  d. 
 
jTo.  mtvmU 
 
 Cf)t  ij.  I30fet  of  tl)c  Cromries. 
 
 Cbap.  jrrjcb. 
 
 appoynted  by  Dauid  the  kynge  of  Israel,  and 
 by  Salomo  his  sonne :  and  stonde  in  the 
 Sanctuary  after  y  course  of  the  fathers  houses 
 amonge  youre  brethren  the  children  of  the 
 people,  And  after  the  course  of  the  fathers 
 houses  amonge  the  Leuites,  and  kyll  Passe- 
 ouer,  sanctifye  and  prepare  youre  brethren, 
 that  they  maye  do  acordinge  to  the  worde  of 
 the  LOllDE  by  Moses. 
 B  And  losias  gaue  lambes  and  yonge  kyddes 
 which  were  males,  to  the  HeueofFerynge  for 
 the  comontye  (all  to  the  Passeouer  for  euery 
 one  that  was  founde)  in  the  nombre  thirtye 
 thousande,  and  thre  thousande  oxen,  all  of  the 
 kynges  good.  And  his  prynces  of  their  awne 
 good  wyll  gaue  to  the  Heueofferynge  for  the 
 people,  d  for  the  prestes  and  Leuites  (namely, 
 Helchias,  Zachary  and  lehiel  the  prynces  in 
 f  house  of  God  amoge  the  prestes)  for  the 
 Passeouer,  two  thousande  and  sixe  hundreth, 
 And  thre  hudreth  oxen.  But  Chanania,  Se- 
 maia,  Nathaneel  and  his  brethren,  Gasabia, 
 leiel  and  losabad  the  chefe  of  the  Leuites 
 gaue  the  Leuites  to  the  Heue  ofFerynge  for 
 the  Passeouer,  fyue  thousande  shepe,  g  fyue 
 hundreth  oxen. 
 
 Thus  was  the  Gods  seruyce  prepared,  and 
 the  prestes  stode  in  their  place,  and  the  Leuites 
 in  their  courses  acordinge  to  the  kynges  com- 
 maundement.  And  they  kylled  the  Passeouer, 
 and  the  prestes  toke  it  off  their  handes,  and 
 sprenkled  it :  and  the  Leuites  toke  the  skynnes 
 off  them,  and  remoued  the  burntolTerynge  there 
 from,  to  geue  it  amonge  the  porcions  of  the 
 fathers  houses  in  the  multitudes  of  their  con- 
 gregacion  to  oiFre  vnto  the  LORDE,  *as  it  is 
 wrytten  in  y  boke  of  Moses,  Euen  so  dyd  they 
 with  the  oxen  also.  And  they  dighte  the 
 Passeouer  at  the  fyre  t  acordinge  to  the  lawe. 
 And  that  which  was  halowed,  dighte  they  in 
 pottes,  kettels,  and  pannes,  and  made  haisf 
 for  the  comon  people.  Afterwarde  prepared 
 they  for  them  selues  also  and  for  y  prestes : 
 for  the  prestes  the  children  of  Aaron  were 
 occupied  in  the  burntofFerynges  and  fat  vntyll 
 the  nighte.  Therfore  must  the  Leuites  pre- 
 pare for  them  selues  and  for  the  prestes  the 
 children  of  Aaron. 
 
 And  the  syngers  the  children  of  Asaph 
 stode  in  their  place  (acordinge  to  t  Dauids 
 commaundement)  and  Asaph  and  Heman, 
 and  ledithim  the  kynges  Seer,  and  the  porters 
 
 •  Leuit.  1.  a.  t  Exo.  12.  b. 
 
 at  all  the  gates.  And  they  departed  not  from 
 their  office.  For  the  Leuites  their  brethren 
 prepared  for  them.  Thus  was  all  the  Gods 
 seruyce  prepared  the  same  daye,  that  the 
 Passeouer  mighte  be  kepte,  and  the  burnt- 
 sacrifices  ofFredvpon  thealtare  ofF the  LORDE 
 acordinge  to  the  commaundement  of  kynge 
 losias. 
 
 So  the  children  of  Israel  that  were  at  hande, 
 helde  Passeouer  at  that  tyme,  and  the  feast  of 
 vnleuended  bred,  seuen  dayes.  Sence  y  tyme 
 of  Samuel  the  prophet,  was  no  Passeouer 
 kepte  in  Israel  like  this :  and  no  kynge  of 
 Israel  had  holdc  soch  a  Passeouer  as  lositis 
 dyd,  and  the  prestes,  Leuites,  all  luda,  and 
 soch  as  were  founde  of  Israel,  and  the  inha- 
 biters  of  lerusalem.  In  the  eighteth  yeare  of 
 the  reigne  of  losias  was  this  Passeouer  kepte. 
 After  this,  whan  losias  had  prepared  the 
 house,  Necho  the  kynge  of  Egipte  wente  vp 
 to  fighte  agaynst  Carcamis  besyde  Euphrates. 
 And  losias  wete  forth  agaynst  him.  But  he 
 sent  messaungers  vnto  him,  sayenge :  What 
 haue  I  to  do  with  the  O  kynge  oft'  luda  ?  I 
 am  not  come  now  agaynst  the,  but  I  fighte 
 agaynst  another  house  :  and  God  hath  sayde 
 that  I  shal  make  haist.  Ceasse  from  God 
 which  is  with  me,  that  he  destroye  the  not, 
 Neuertheles  losias  turned  not  his  face  from 
 him,  but  prepared  himselfe  to  fighte  with  him, 
 and  herkened  not  vnto  the  wordes  of  Necho 
 out  of  the  mouth  of  God,  ij  came  to  fighte 
 with  him  vpon  the  playne  besyde  Mageddo. 
 But  the  Archers  shot  at  kynge  losias.  And 
 the  kynge  sayde  vnto  his  seruauntes:  Gary 
 me  awaye,  for  I  am  sore  wounded.  And  his 
 seruautes  toke  him  from  the  charet,  and  caried 
 him  vpon  his  seconde  charet,  and  broughte 
 him  to  lerusalem.  And  he  dyed,  and  was 
 buried  amonge  the  sepulcres  ofF  his  fathers. 
 
 And  All  luda  and  lerusalem  mourned  for 
 losias,  and  leremy  bewayled  losias,  and  all 
 the  synginge  men  and  wemen,  spake  their 
 lametacions  ouer  losias  vnto  this  daye,  and 
 made  a  custome  therof  vnto  this  daye.  Be- 
 holde,  it  is  wrytten  also  amonge  the  Lamen- 
 tacions.  What  more  there  is  to  saye  of  losias, 
 and  his  mercy  acordinge  to  the  scripture  in 
 the  lawe  of  the  LORDE,  and  of  his  actes 
 (both  first  and  last)  beholde,  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  boke  of  the  kynges  of  Israel  and 
 luda. 
 
 t  1  Pa.  26.  27. 
 
Cftap.  nj^u 
 
 Ci)t  ij.  ho'kt  of  ti)t  CronirIc£f» 
 
 Cfjt  nT6<-  Ci)aptn-. 
 
 AND  the  people  of  the  londe  " toke  loahas 
 the  Sonne  of  losias,  and  made  him  kynge 
 in  his  fathers  steade  at  Jerusalem.  Thre  and 
 twentye  yeare  olde  was  loahas  whan  he  was 
 made  kynge,  and  reigned  thre  monethes  at 
 Jerusalem.  For  the  kynge  of  Egipte  deposed 
 jhim  at  lerusalem,  and  condemned  the  londe 
 I  in  an  hundreth  talentes  of  syluer,  and  one 
 talent  off  golde.  And  the  kynge  of  Egipte 
 made  Eliachim  his  brother  kynge  ouer  luda 
 and  lerusale,  and  turned  his  name  loachim. 
 But  Necho  toke  his  brother  loahas,  and  caried 
 him  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Fyue  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  loachim 
 wha  he  was  made  kynge,  and  reigned  eleue 
 yeare  at  lerusale,  and  dyd  that  which  was 
 euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  his  God. 
 *  And  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon 
 wente  vp  agaynst  him,  and  bounde  him  with 
 cheynes,  to  cary  him  vnto  Babilon.  And 
 Nabuchodonosor  broughte  certayne  vessels  of 
 f  house  of  the  LORDE  vnto  Babilon,  and 
 put  them  in  his  temple  at  Babilon.  What 
 more  there  is  to  saye  of  loachim,  and  off  his 
 abhominacions  which  he  dyd,  and  that  were 
 founde  in  him,  beholde,  they  are  wrytten  in 
 the  boke  of  the  kynges  of  Israel  and  luda. 
 And  loachim  his  sonne  was  kynge  in  his  steade. 
 Eight  yeare  olde  was  loachim  whan  he  was 
 made  kynge,  and  reigned  thre  monethes  and 
 ten  dayes  at  lerusale,  and  dyd  {^  which  was 
 euell  in  the  sighte  of  y  LORDE.  But  wha 
 the  yeare  came  aboute,  Nabuchodonosor  sent 
 thither,  and  caused  him  be  fetched  vnto  Ba- 
 bilon with  the  costly  vessels  and  Jewels  of  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  and  made  Sedechias 
 his  brother  kynge  ouer  luda  and  Jerusalem. 
 
 *  One  and  twentye  yeare  olde  was  Sedechias 
 whan  he  was  made  kynge,  5  reigned  eleuen 
 yeare  at  Jerusalem,  and  dyd  that  which  was 
 euell  in  the  sighte  of  the  LORDE  his  God, 
 and  submytted  not  himselfe  before  the  face  of 
 the  prophet  leremy,  which  spake  out  of  the 
 mouth  of  the  LORDE.  He  fell  awaye  also 
 from  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon 
 (which  had  taken  an  ooth  of  him  by  God)  and 
 was  styfnecked,  and  hardened  his  hert,  that  he 
 shulde  not  conuerte  vnto  the  LORDE  God 
 
 »4   Re.   23.  f.         3  Esd.   1.  d.  »  4  Re.  24.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  52.  a.  4  Re.  24.  d.       t  lere.  25.  a.       }  4  Re.  25.  a.  I 
 
 mcmiih 
 
 of  Israel.  And  all  y  chefe  amonge  the  prestes, 
 and  the  people,  multiplyed  their  synnes,  acord- 
 inge  to  all  the  abhominacions  of  the  Heythen, 
 and  dyfyled  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 he  had  sanctified  at  lerusalem. 
 
 t  And  the  LORDE  God  of  their  fathers 
 sent  vnto  them  early  by  his  messaungers  (for 
 he  spared  his  people  and  his  habitacion)  but 
 they  laughed  the  messaungers  of  God  to  scorne, 
 and  despysed  his  wordes,  and  had  his  pro- 
 phetes  in  derision,  so  loge  tyll  the  indignacion 
 of  the  LORDE  increased  ouer  his  people, 
 and  there  was  no  remedye  of  healinge.  t  For 
 he  broughte  the  kynge  of  the  Caldees  vpon 
 them,  and  caused  for  to  slaye  all  their  yonge 
 men  with  the  swerde  in  the  house  of  their 
 Sanctuary,  and  spared  nether  yonge  ma  ner 
 virgin,  nether  aged  ner  graiid  father,  but  gaue 
 them  all  in  to  his  hande.  And  all  the  vessels 
 in  the  house  of  God,  greate  and  small,  the 
 treasures  in  the  house  of  y  LORDE,  and  the 
 treasures  of  the  kynge  and  of  his  prynces,  all 
 this  caused  he  to  be  caried  vnto  Babilon. 
 And  they  brent  the  house  of  God,  and  brake 
 downe  the  wall  of  lerusale,  and  all  the  palaces 
 therof  brent  they  with  fyre,  so  that  all  the 
 costly  ornamentes  of  it  were  destroyed. 
 
 And  loke  who  escaped  y  swerde,  hi  caried 
 he  awaye  vnto  Babilon,  g  they  became  his 
 seruautes,  (j  the  seruauntes  of  his  sonnes,  tyll 
 the  Persians  had  the  empyre:  §that  f  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  by  the  mouth  of  leremy 
 mighte  be  perfourmed,  euen  vntyll  the  londe 
 had  ynough  of  hir  Sabbathes :  for  all  the  tyme 
 of  the  desolacion  was  it  Sabbath,  vntyll  the 
 seuentye  yeares  were  fulfylled. 
 
 '  But  in  the  first  yeare  of  Cyrus  the  kynge  of 
 Persia  (that  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  spoken 
 by  the  mouth  of  leremy  mighte  be  fulfylled) 
 the  LORDE  raysed  vp  the  sprete  of  Cyrus 
 the  kynge  of  Persia,  that  he  caused  it  be  pro- 
 clamed  thorow  out  all  his  empyre,  yee  and  by 
 wrytinge  also,  sayenge  :  Thus  sayeth  Cyrus 
 the  kynge  of  Persia:  The  LORDE  God  of 
 heauen  hath  geuen  me  all  the  kyngdomes  in 
 the  londe,  and  hath  commaunded  me  to 
 buylde  him  an  house  at  lerusalem  in  luda. 
 Who  soeuer  now  amonge  you  is  of  his  people, 
 the  LORDE  his  God  be  with  him,  and  let 
 him  go  vp. 
 
 §  lere.  25.  b. 
 
 ■  1  Esd.  1.  a.       3  Esd.  2.  a. 
 
 €t)t  tiiHt  of  tl)f  swonlif  hokt  of  tfte  Croni'cltsi. 
 
€^t  firiJt  iJOfet  of  iEgHraS. 
 
 OTftat  tftis  bokf  coittfpitfti). 
 
 Ci&ap.  I. 
 
 Cyrus  (otherwyse  called  Cores)  the  kynge  of 
 Persia,  geueth  the  lewes  lycece  to  go  agayne 
 to  lerusalem,  and  to  buylde  it 
 
 Cl^ap.   II. 
 The  nombre  of  them  that  wente  vp  from  Babilon 
 vnto  lerusalem. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 The   people   resorte   to    lerusalem,   the    prestes 
 buylde  the  altare,  kepe  the  feastes  and  sacri- 
 fices, and  prepare  to  buylde  the  temple. 
 
 Cljap.  nil. 
 
 The  Heythen  wolde  buylde  with  them :  and 
 because  they  are  not  suffred,  therfore  laboure 
 they  (with  their  councell  and  letters)  to  hynder 
 the  buyldinge  of  the  temple. 
 
 Ci&ap.  V. 
 In  this  tyme  prophecied  Aggeus  and  Zachary. 
 The  officers  of  the  Heythen  forbyd  the  buyld- 
 inge, and  hynder  it. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 Darius  renueth   the  commaundement  of  Cyrus, 
 and   geueth  the  lewes  lycece  to  buylde   the 
 temple. 
 
 CI)ap.   VII. 
 
 Artaxerses  sendeth  Eszdras  vnto  lerusalem  with 
 a  charge  vnto  the  officers  beyonde  the  water. 
 
 Cfjap.   VIII. 
 
 The  nombre  of  them  that  wente  vp  with  Eszdras 
 vnto  lerusalem. 
 
 Cijap.  IX. 
 
 Eszdras  is  sory  that  the  people  haue  myxte  them 
 selues  with  the  Heythenish  wemen. 
 
 Cljap.  X. 
 
 They   make   a  couenaunt   to   put   awaye   their 
 Heythenish  wyues. 
 
 ffljjt  first  CI)apt«. 
 
 IN  the  "first  yeare  of  Cyrus  kynge  oiF  Persia 
 (that  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  spoken 
 *by  the  mouth  of  leremy  might  be  fulfilled) 
 the  LORDE  stored  vp  the  sprete  of  Cyrus 
 kynge  of  Persia,  y  he  caused  it  be  pro- 
 clamed  thorow  out  all  his  empyre,  yee  and  by 
 wrytinge  also,  sayenge :  Thus  sayeth  Cyrus 
 the  kynge  of  Persia :  The  LORDE  God  of 
 heaue  hath  geuen  me  all  the  kyngdomes  in 
 the  londe  tand  hath  commaunded  me  to 
 buylde  him  an  house  at  lerusalem  in  luda. 
 
 "  2  Pa.  36.  d.     3  Esd.  2.  a. 
 
 Who  soeuer  now  amonge  you  is  of  his  people, 
 the  LORDE  his  God  be  with  him,  and  let 
 him  go  vp  to  lerusalem  in  luda,  and  buylde 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel.  He 
 is  f  God  that  is  at  lerusale.  And  who  so 
 euer  remayneth  yet  in  eny  maner  of  place 
 (where  he  is  a  straunger)  let  the  me  of  his 
 place  helpe  him  with  syluer  and  golde,  with 
 good  and  cateU  of  a  good  frewUl,  for  the  house 
 of  God  at  lerusalem. 
 
 Then  gat  vp  the  pryncipall  fathers  of  luda 
 and  Ben  lamin,  and  the  prestes  and  Leuites, 
 and  all  they  whose  sprete  God  had  raysed  to 
 
C6ap.  ij. 
 
 Cf)e  I.  bofee  of  as^iUva^. 
 
 jfo,  montrfa* 
 
 go  vp,  and  to  buylde  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 at  lerusale.  And  all  they  that  were  aboute 
 them,  strengthed  their  hande  with  vessels  of 
 syluer  and  golde,  with  good  and  eatell,  and 
 Jewels,  besydes  that  which  they  gaue  of  their 
 awne  frewill.  And  kynge  Cyrus  brought 
 forth  the  vessels  of  the  LORDES  house, 
 *which  Nabuchodonosor  had  take  out  of  Jeru- 
 salem, and  put  in  his  gods  house.  But  Cyrus 
 f  kynge  of  Persia  brought  the  forth  by  Mith- 
 redath  the  treasurer,  and  nombred  the  vnto 
 Seszbazar  the  prynce  of  luda.  And  this  is 
 the  nombre  of  them  :  thirtye  basens  of  golde, 
 and  a  thousande  basens  of  syluer,  and  nyne 
 and  twentye  knyues,  thirtye  cuppes  of  golde, 
 and  of  other  syluer  cuppes  foure  hundreth 
 and  ten,  and  of  other  vessels  a  thousande. 
 So  that  all  the  vessels  both  of  golde  and  syluer, 
 were  fyue  thousande  and  foure  hundreth. 
 Seszbazar  broughte  them  all  vp,  with  them 
 that  came  vp  out  of  the  captiuyte  off  Babilon 
 vnto  Jerusalem. 
 
 Wi)t  i).  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  childre  of  the  londe  that 
 wente  vp  out  of  the  captiuyte  (wh5 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon  had 
 caried  awaye  vnto  Babilon)  and  came  agayne 
 to  Jerusalem  and  in  to  luda,  euery  one  vnto 
 his  cite,  and  came  with  Zorobabel,  Jesua, 
 Nehemias,  Seraia,  Reeleia,  Mardachai,  Bil- 
 san,  Mispar,  Begeuai,  Rehum  and  Baena. 
 This  is  now  the  nombre  of  the  men  of  the 
 people  of  Jsrael :  The  children  of  Phares,  two 
 thousande,  an  hudreth,  and  two  and  seuentye : 
 the  children  of  Sephatia,  thre  hundreth  and 
 two  and  seuentye :  the  children  of  Arath, 
 seuen  hundreth  and  fyue  and  seuentye :  the 
 children  of  Pahath  Moab  amonge  the  children 
 of  Jesua  Joab,  two  thousande,  eight  hundreth 
 and  twolue :  the  children  of  Elam,  a  thou- 
 sande, two  hundreth  and  foure  and  fiftye  :  the 
 children  of  Sathu,  nyne  hundreth,  and  fyue 
 and  fortye  :  the  children  of  Sacai,  seue  hun- 
 dreth and  thre  score :  the  children  of  Bani, 
 sixe  hundreth  and  two  and  fortye :  the  children 
 of  Bebai,  sixe  hundreth  and  thre  and  twentye : 
 the  children  of  Asgad,  a  thousande  two  hun- 
 dreth and  two  and  twentye :  the  children  of 
 Adonicam,  sixe  hudreth  and  sixe  and  sixtye  : 
 the  children  of  Bigeuai,  two  thousande  and 
 sixe  and  fiftye :  the  children  of  Adin,  foure 
 
 •  2  Pa.  36.  c.    Dan.  1.  a. 
 
 hundreth  and  foure  and  fiftye :  the  children 
 of  Ater  of  Ezechias,  eight  and  nynetye  :  the 
 children  of  Bezai,  thre  hundreth  and  thre 
 and  twentye :  the  children  of  lorath,  an  hun- 
 dreth and  twolue :  the  children  of  Hasum, 
 two  hundreth  and  thre  and  twentye :  the 
 children  of  Gibbar,  fyue  and  nynetye :  the 
 children  off  Bethleem,  an  hundreth  and  thre 
 and  twentye :  the  men  off  Netopha  sixe  and 
 fiftye :  the  men  off  Anathot,  an  hundreth  and 
 eight  and  twentye :  the  children  off  Asmaueth, 
 two  and  fortye :  the  children  off  Kiriath  Arim, 
 Caphira  and  Beeroth,  seuen  hundreth  and 
 thre  and  fortye :  the  children  off  Rama  and 
 Gaba,  sixe  hundreth  and  one  and  twetye :  the 
 men  off  Michmas,  an  hundreth  and  two  and 
 twentye :  the  men  of  Bethel  and  Ai,  two 
 hundreth  and  thre  and  twentye  :  the  childre 
 of  Nebo,  two  and  fyftye :  the  children  of 
 Magbis,  an  hudreth  and  sixe  and  fiftye :  the 
 childre  of  the  other  Elam  a  thousande,  two 
 hundreth  and  foure  and  fiftye :  the  children 
 of  Harim,  thre  hundreth  and  twentye  :  the 
 childre  of  Lodhadid  and  Ono,  seue  hiidreth 
 and  fyue  and  twetye :  the  childre  of  Jericho, 
 thre  hundreth  and  fyue  and  fortye  :  the  child- 
 ren of  Senaa,  thre  thousande,  sixe  hundreth 
 and  thirtye. 
 
 The  prestes.  The  children  of  ledaia-  of 
 the  house  of  Jesua,  nyne  hundreth  and  thre 
 and  seuentye :  the  childre  of  Jemmer,  a  thou- 
 sande and  two  and  fiftye :  the  children  of 
 Pashur,  a  thousande  and  two  hudreth,  and 
 seuen  and  fortye  :  the  childre  of  Harim,  a 
 thousande  and  seuentene. 
 
 The  Leuites.  The  children  of  Jesua  and 
 Cadmiel  of  the  children  of  Hodauia,  foure 
 and  seuentye.  The  syngers,  the  children  of 
 Asaph,  an  hundreth  and  eight  and  twentye. 
 The  children  of  the  dorekepers.  The  children 
 of  Sallum,  the  children  of  Ater,  the  childre 
 off  Talmon,  the  children  off  Acub,  the  children 
 off  Hatita,  and  the  children  off  Sobai :  allto- 
 gether  an  hundreth  and  nyne  and  thirtye. 
 
 The  Nethinims.  The  children  of  Ziha,  the 
 children  of  Hasupha,  the  children  of  Tabaoth, 
 the  children  of  Ceros,  the  children  of  Sieha, 
 the  children  of  Padon,  the  children  of  Lebana, 
 the  children  of  Hagaba,  the  children  of  Acub, 
 the  childre  of  Hagab,  the  children  of  Samlai, 
 the  children  of  Hanan,  the  children  of  Giddel, 
 the  children  of  Gahar,  the  childre  of  Reaia, 
 the  children  of  Rezin,  the  children  of  Necuba, 
 
jTo.  rccwTbu 
 
 Cf)e  U  I)ofee  of  Csijlirasf. 
 
 Cfeap.  I'lj. 
 
 the  children  of  Gasan,  the  children  of  Vsa, 
 the  children  of  Passeah,  the  children  of  Bessai, 
 the  children  of  Asna,  the  children  of  Meunim, 
 the  children  of  Nephussim,  the  children  of 
 Bacbuc,  the  childre  of  Hacupha,  the  children 
 of  Harhur,  f  childre  of  Hazeluth,  f  childre 
 of  Mehira,  the  children  of  Harsa,  the  children 
 of  Barcom,  the  children  of  Sissera,  the  child- 
 ren of  Thamah,  the  children  of  Neziah,  the 
 children  of  Hatipha. 
 
 The  children  of  Salomons  seruauntes.  The 
 children  of  Sotai,  the  children  of  Sophereth, 
 the  children  of  Pruda,  the  children  of  laela, 
 the  childre  of  Darcon,  the  childre  of  Giddell, 
 the  childre  of  Sephatia,  the  children  of  Hattil, 
 the  children  of  Pochereth  of  Zebaim,  the 
 children  of  Ami.  All  the  Nethinims  and  the 
 children  off  Salomons  seruauntes  were  allto- 
 gether,  thre  hundreth  and  two  and  nyentye. 
 
 And  these  wete  vp  also,  Mithel,  Melath, 
 Thel,  Harso,  Cherub,  Addon  and  Immer. 
 But  they  coulde  not  shewe  their  fathers  house 
 ner  their  sede,  whether  they  were  of  Israel. 
 The  children  of  Delaia,  the  children  of  To- 
 bias, the  children  of  Necoda,  sixe  hundreth 
 and  two  and  fiftye. 
 
 And  of  the  children  of  the  prestes.  The 
 children  of  Habaia,  the  children  of  Hacom, 
 the  children  of  Barsillai,  which  toke  one  of 
 the  daughters  of  Barsillai  the  Gileadite  to 
 wife,  and  was  counted  amonge  the  same  names : 
 these  soughte  the  register  of  their  byrth,  and 
 founde  none,  therfore  were  they  put  from  the 
 presthode.  And  Hathirsatha  sayde  vnto  them, 
 that  they  shulde  not  eate  of  the  most  holy, 
 tyll  there  rose  vp  a  prest  with  the  *lighte  and 
 perfectnesse. 
 
 The  whole  congregacion  as  one  man,  was 
 two  and  fortye  thousande,  thre  hundreth  and 
 thre  score :  besyde  their  seruauntes  and 
 maydes,  of  whom  there  were  seue  thousande, 
 thre  hundreth  and  seuen  and  thirtye.  And 
 they  had  two  hundreth  singinge  men  and 
 wemen,  seue  hundreth  and  sixe  and  thirtye 
 horses,  two  hundreth  and  fyue  and  fortye 
 Mules,  foure  hudreth  and  fyue  and  thirtye 
 Camels,  and  sixe  thousande,  seuen  hundreth 
 and  twentye  Asses. 
 
 And  certayne  of  the  chefe  fathers,  whan 
 they  came  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE  at 
 lerusalem,  they  were  well  mynded  vnto  the 
 house  of  God,  that  it  shulde  be  set  in  his 
 
 '  Ezod.  28.  c. 
 
 '  2  Esd.  8.  a.  3  Esd.  5.  c.       t  Nu.  28.  a. 
 
 place,  and  gaue  after  their  abilyte  vnto  the 
 treasure  of  the  worke,  one  and  thre  score 
 thousande  guldens,  and  fyue  thousande  pounde 
 of  syluer,  and  an  hundreth  prestes  garmentes. 
 So  the  prestes  and  the  Leuites,  and  certayne 
 of  ;y-  people,  and  the  syngers,  and  the  porters, 
 and  ;y  Nethinims  dwelt  in  their  cities,  and  all 
 Israel  in  their  cities. 
 
 Cljt  iij.  Cf)apter. 
 
 AND  whan  the  seuenth  moneth  came, 
 "and  the  children  of  Israel  were  now  in 
 their  cities,  the  people  came  together  euen  as 
 one  man,  vnto  lerusalem.  And  there  stode 
 vp  lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec  and  his  brethren 
 the  prestes,  and  Zorobabel  the  sonne  of  Sala- 
 thiel  and  his  brethren,  and  buylded  the  altare 
 of  the  God  of  Israel,  to  offre  burntofferynges 
 theron,  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe  of  Moses 
 the  man  of  God,  and  the  altare  set  they  vpon 
 his  sokettes  (for  there  was  a  fearfulnes  amonge 
 them  because  of  the  nacions  and  lodes)  and 
 offred  burntofferinges  theron  vnto  y  LORDE 
 in  the  mornynge  and  at  euen.  And  helde 
 the  feast  of  Tabernacles  t  as  it  is  wrytten,  and 
 offred  burntsacrifices  daylie  after  the  nombre 
 as  acordinge  was,  euery  daye  his  sacrifice. 
 Afterwarde  the  daylie  burntofferynges  also, 
 and  of  the  new  Mones  and  of  all  the  feast 
 dayes  of  the  LORDE  that  were  halowed,  and 
 allmaner  of  fre  wyllinge  offeringes,  which  they 
 did  of  their  awne  fre  wyl  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 ^  Vpon  the  fii-st  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth 
 beganne  they  to  offre  burnt  sacrifices  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  But  the  foundacion  of  the  teple  of 
 the  LORDE  was  not  yet  layed.  Neuertheles 
 they  gaue  money  vnto  y  masons  and  car- 
 penters, and  meate  and  drynke  and  oyle  vnto 
 them  of  Zidon  and  of  Tyre,  to  brynge  the 
 Cedre  tymbre  from  Libanus  by  See  vnto 
 II  loppa,  acordinge  to  the  comaundement  of 
 Cyrus  the  kynge  of  Persia. 
 
 In  the  seconde  yeare  of  their  commjTige 
 vnto  the  house  of  God  at  lerusalem  in  the 
 seconde  moneth,  beganne  Zorobabel  the  sonne 
 of  Salathiel,  and  lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec, 
 and  the  remnauiit  of  their  brethren  the  prestes 
 and  Leuites,  and  all  they  that  were  come  out 
 of  the  captiuyte  vnto  lerusalem,  and  appoynted 
 the  Leuites  fro  twentye  yeare  olde  and  aboue, 
 to  se  that  the  worke  of  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE  wete  forwarde.      And  lesua  stode 
 
 }  Nu.  29.  a.       §  3  Esd.  5.  e.       {|  Otlierwyse  called  laplio. 
 
C{)ap.  iiij. 
 
 Ci)e  i.  bokt  of  ©SjUra^. 
 
 fo,  tmm^ih 
 
 with  his  sonnes  and  brethren,  and  Cadmiel 
 with  his  sonnes,  and  the  children  of  luda,  to 
 furthur  the  workmen  of  the  house  of  God, 
 namely  the  ehildre  of  Henadad  with  their 
 children  and  their  brethren  the  Leuites. 
 
 And  whan  the  buylders  layed  the  foundacion 
 of  the  temple  of  the  LORDE,  the  prestes 
 stode  in  their  araye,  with  trompettes.  And 
 the  Leuites  the  children  of  Asaph  with  Cim- 
 bales,  to  prayse  f  LORDE  *  with  the  Dytie 
 of  Dauid  kynge  of  Israel.  And  they  sunge 
 together,  geuynge  prayse  5  thankes  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  because  he  is  gracious,  and  because 
 his  mercy  endureth  for  euer  vpon  Israeli. 
 And  all  the  people  shouted  loude  in  praysinge 
 the  LORDE,  because  the  foundacion  of  y 
 house  of  the  LORDE  was  layed.  Neuertheles 
 many  of  the  olde  prestes  and  Leuites  and 
 awncient  fathers,  which  had  sene  the  house 
 afore  in  his  foundacion,  and  this  was  now 
 before  their  eyes,  wepte  loude.  But  many 
 shouted  with  ioye,  so  that  the  noyse  gaue  a 
 greate  sounde,  in  so  moch  that  the  people 
 coulde  not  knowe  y  ioyfull  sounde  for  the 
 noyse  of  the  wepinge  in  the  people :  for  the 
 people  shouted  loude,  so  that  the  noyse  was 
 herde  farre  of. 
 
 Wi)t  Hi).  Cljapter. 
 
 BUT  whan  the  aduersaries  of  luda  and 
 Ben  lamin  herde,  that  the  children  of 
 the  captiuyte  buylded  the  teple  vnto  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  they  came  to  Zoro- 
 babel  s  to  the  pryncipall  fathers,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  We  wyl  buylde  with  you  :  for  we 
 seke  the  LORDE  youre  God  like  as  ye  do. 
 And  we  haue  done  sacrifice  vnto  him,  t  sence 
 the  tyme  that  Assar  Hadon  the  kynge  of 
 Assur  broughte  vs  vp  hither.  But  Zorobabel 
 and  lesua  and  the  other  awnciet  fathers  of 
 Israel,  answered  them  :  It  is  not  mete  for  vs 
 and  you  to  buylde  the  house  of  oure  God,  but 
 we  wyl  buylde  alone  vnto  the  LORDE  God 
 of  Israel,  t  as  Cyrus  the  kynge  of  Persia  hath 
 commaunded  vs. 
 
 Then  the  folke  of  the  londe  hyndered  the 
 people  of  luda,  and  made  them  afrayed  to 
 buylde,  and  hyred  councelers  aganst  them 
 and  hyndered  their  deuyce,  as  longe  as  Cyrus 
 the  kynge  of  Persia  lyued,  vntyll  the  reigne 
 off  Darius  kynge  off  Persia.  But  whan 
 Ahasuerus  was  kynge,  in  the  begynnynge  off 
 
 his  reigne  wrote  they  vnto  him  a  complaynte 
 agaynst  them  of  luda  and  lerusalem. 
 
 And  in  the  tyme  of  Artaxerses,  wrote 
 Bisellam,  Mithridath,  Tabeel  and  the  other 
 of  their  councell  vnto  Artaxerses  the  kynge 
 of  Persia.  But  the  scripture  of  y  letter  was 
 wrytten  in  the  Syrians  speach,  and  was 
 interpretated  in  the  langage  of  the  Syrians. 
 Rehum  y  chaunceler,  and  Simsai  the  scrybe, 
 wrote  this  letter  agaynst  lerusalem  to  Arta- 
 xerses the  kynge. 
 
 We  Rehum  the  chaunceler,  and  Simsai  the 
 scribe,  and  other  of  the  councell  of  Dina,  off 
 Arphasath,  off  Tarplat,  off  Persia,  off  Arach, 
 of  Babilon,  of  Susan,  of  Deha,  and  of  Elam, 
 and  other  of  the  people  Whom  the  greate  and 
 noble  Asnaphar  broughte  ouer,  and  set  in  the 
 cities  of  Samaria,  and  other  on  this  syde  the 
 water,  and  in  Canaan.  And  this  is  y  summe 
 of  the  letter  that  they  sent  vnto  kynge 
 Artaxerses : 
 
 Thy  seruauntes  the  men  on  this  syde  the 
 water  and  in  Canaan.  Be  it  knowne  vnto  y 
 kynge,  that  the  lewes  which  are  come  vp  from 
 the  to  vs  vnto  lerusale  in  to  that  sedicious  5 
 wicked  cite,  buylde  the  same,  and  make  vp  y 
 walles  of  it,  5  brynge  it  out  of  y  foundacion. 
 Be  it  knowne  now  therfore  vnto  f  kynge,  y 
 yf  this  cite  be  buylded  (j  the  walles  made  vp 
 agayne,  the  shal  not  they  geue  tribute,  toll, 
 and  yearly  custome,  and  their  deuyce  shal  do 
 f  kynge  harme.  But  now  that  we  all  are 
 therby  which  destroyed  the  temple,  we  wolde 
 no  longer  se  the  kynges  dishonoure.  Therfore 
 sent  we  out,  and  caused  the  kynge  to  be  cer- 
 tified therof :  That  it  maye  be  soughte  in  v 
 Cronicles  of  thy  progenitours,  and  so  shalt 
 thou  fynde  in  the  same  Cronicles,  and  per- 
 ceaue,  that  this  cite  is  sedicious  and  noysome 
 vnto  kynges  and  londes,  and  that  they  cause 
 other  also  to  rebell  of  olde,  and  for  the  same 
 cause  was  this  cite  destroyed.  Therfore  do 
 we  certifie  the  kynge,  that  yf  this  cite  be 
 buylded,  and  the  walles  therof  made  vp,  thou 
 shalt  kepe  nothinge  on  this  syde  the  water  by 
 the  reason  of  it. 
 
 Then  sent  f  kynge  an  answere  vnto  Rehum 
 the  chaunceler,  and  Simsai  the  Scrybe,  and 
 to  the  other  of  their  councell  that  dwelt  in 
 Samaria,  and  vnto  the  other  beyonde  y  water. 
 Peace  and  salutacion.  The  letter  wliich  ye 
 sent  vnto  vs,  hath  bene  opely  red  before  me. 
 
 }  1  Esd.  1. 
 
 §  4  Re.  17.  c. 
 
l#o.  rrccnTJ^buj. 
 
 Cfte  I.  hokt  of  esiliras. 
 
 Cftap.  b. 
 
 and  I  haue  comniaunded  to  make  search : 
 and  it  is  founde,  that  this  cite  of  olde  hath 
 made  insurreccion  agaynst  kynges,  d  how  y 
 vproure  and  rebellion  hath  bene  commytted 
 therin.  There  haue  bene  mightie  kynges 
 also  at  lerusalc,  which  haue  reigned  ouer  all 
 that  is  beyonde  the  water,  and  toll,  tribute 
 and  yearly  custome  was  geuen  vnto  them. 
 Do  ye  now  after  this  commaundemct,  forbyd 
 the  same  men,  that  the  cite  be  not  builded, 
 tyll  I  haue  geue  comaundemet.  Take  hede 
 now  that  ye  be  not  necligent  here  in,  lest  the 
 kynge  haue  harme  there  thorow. 
 
 Now  wha  kynge  Artaxerses  letter  was  red 
 before  Rehum  the  chaunceler  and  Simsai  the 
 Scrybe  and  their  councell,  they  wente  vp  in 
 all  the  haist  to  Jerusalem  vnto  the  lewes,  and 
 forbad  them  with  the  arme  and  auctorite. 
 Then  ceassed  the  worke  of  the  house  of  God 
 at  Jerusalem,  and  continued  so  vnto  the 
 seconde  yeare  of  Darius  kynge  of  Persia. 
 
 Cf)c  6.  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 THE  prophetes,  Aggeus  and  Zachary  f 
 Sonne  of  Iddo,  prophecied  vnto  f  lewes 
 that  were  in  luda  and  lerusale,  in  the  name 
 of  the  God  of  Israel.  "Then  gat  vp  Zoro- 
 babel  the  sonne  of  Salathiel,  and  lesua  the 
 Sonne  of  losedec,  and  beganne  to  buylde  the 
 house  of  God  at  Jerusalem,  and  with  them  the 
 prophetes  of  God  which  strengthed  the.  At 
 the  same  tyme  came  to  the  Thathnai  the 
 debite  on  this  syde  the  water,  and  Sethar  of 
 Bosen,  and  their  councelers,  and  sayde  thus 
 vnto  them :  Who  hath  commaunded  you  to 
 buylde  this  house,  and  to  make  vp  the  walles 
 therof?  Then  tolde  we  them  the  names  of 
 the  men,  that  made  this  buyldinge.  But  the 
 eye  of  their  God  came  %'pon  the  Elders  of  the 
 lewes,  that  they  were  not  inhibyte,  tyll  the 
 matter  was  brought  before  Darius,  and  tyll 
 there  came  a  wrytinge  therof  agayne. 
 
 This  is  the  summe  of  the  letter  y  Thathnai 
 the  Debyte  on  this  syde  the  water,  and  Sethar 
 of  Bosen,  and  their  councellers  of  Apharsach 
 (which  were  on  this  syde  the  water)  sent  vnto 
 kynge  Darius.  And  these  are  the  wordes  that 
 B  they  sent  vnto  him :  Vnto  Darius  the  kynge, 
 all  peace.  Be  it  knowne  vnto  the  kynge,  that 
 we  came  in  to  Jewry  to  the  house  of  f  greate 
 God,  which  is  buylded  with  all  maner  of  stone, 
 and  balckes  are  layed  in  the  walles,  and  y 
 
 "  Agg.  1.  c. 
 
 *  3  Reg.  6.  a. 
 
 t  4  Re.  24.  and  25. 
 
 worke  goeth  fast  forth,  and  prospereth  in  their 
 handes.  Neuertheles  we  axed  the  Elders  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Who  hath  comaunded  you 
 to  buylde  this  house,  and  to  make  vp  the 
 walles  therof?  We  axed  their  names  also, 
 that  we  might  certifye  the,  and  haue  wrytten 
 the  names  of  the  men  that  were  their  rulers. 
 
 But  they  answered  vs  with  these  wordes, 
 and  sayde :  We  are  the  seruautes  of  the  God 
 of  heauen  and  earth,  and  buylde  the  house 
 y  was  buylded  many  yeares  agoo,  *which  a 
 greate  kynge  of  Israel  buylded  and  set  vp. 
 Howbeit  whan  oure  fathers  prouoked  the  God 
 of  heauen  vnto  wrath,  *  he  gaue  them  ouer  in 
 the  hande  of  Nabuehodonosor  the  kynge  of 
 Babilon  the  Caldee,  which  brake  downe  this 
 house,  (J  caried  ;y-  people  awaye  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 *  Neuertheles  in  the  first  yeare  of  Cyrus  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  y  same  kynge  Cyrus  com- 
 maunded to  buylde  this  house  of  God:  for 
 the  vessels  of  golde  and  siluer  in  the  house  of 
 God,  which  Nabuehodonosor  toke  out  of  the 
 temple  at  lerusale,  and  broughte  the  in  to  y 
 temple  at  Babilon,  those  dyd  Cyrus  the  kynge 
 take  out  of  y  temple  at  Babilon,  §  and  de- 
 lyuered  them  vnto  Seszbazer  by  name,  whom 
 he  made  Debyte,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Take 
 these  vessels,  go  thy  waye  and  brynge  them 
 vnto  the  temple  at  lerusalem,  and  let  the 
 house  of  God  be  buylded  in  his  place.  Then 
 came  the  same  Seszbazar,  and  layed  y  foun^ 
 dacion  of  the  house  of  God  at  lerusalem. 
 Sence  that  tyme  hath  it  bene  in  buyldinge. 
 and  yet  is  it  not  fjiiished.  Yf  it  please  f 
 kynge  now,  let  there  be  search  made  in  f 
 kjTiges  treasure  house  which  is  at  Babilon, 
 whether  it  haue  bene  kynge  Cyrus  com- 
 maundement,  that  the  house  of  God  at  Jeru- 
 salem shulde  be  buylded  :  (j  sende  vs  ;y  kynges 
 mynde  concernynge  the  same. 
 
 CJjt  bt.  CJ)aptfr. 
 
 THEN  comaunded  kinge  Darius,  that 
 search  shulde  be  made  in  f  library  of  f 
 kynges  treasure  house,  which  laye  at  Babilon. 
 So  at  Egbathanis  in  a  castell  that  lyeth  in  the 
 londe  of  the  Meedes,  there  was  founde  a  boke, 
 5  in  it  was  there  an  acte  wrytten  after  this 
 maner:  In  the  firet  yeare  of  kynge  Cyrus, 
 comaunded  the  same  kynge  Cyrus  to  buylde 
 f  house  of  God  at  lerusalem,  in  the  place 
 where   the  sacrifice  is  made,    5  to  laye  the 
 
|Clbap«  bij. 
 
 snbc  I.  6ofee  of  egitiras» 
 
 jTo.  mtinnrtr. 
 
 foundacion  to  beare  thre  score  cubites  heyght, 
 5  thre  score  cubites  bredth,  5  thre  walles  of 
 all  maner  of  stones,  and  one  wall  of  tymber,  5 
 the  expences  shalbe  geuen  of  the  kynges 
 house.  And  the  golde  and  syluer  vessel!  of  y 
 house  of  God  (which  Nabuchodonosor  toke 
 out  of  the  temple  at  lerusalem,  and  broughte 
 vnto  Babilon)  shalbe  restored  agayne,  y  they 
 maye  be  broughte  vnto  the  temple  at  lerusale 
 to  their  place  in  to  the  house  of  God. 
 
 Get  you  farre  from  them  therfore,  thou 
 Thathnai  Debyte  beyonde  the  water,  and 
 Sethar  of  Bosen,  5  youre  councelers  which 
 are  beyonde  the  water.  Let  them  worke  in  y 
 house  of  God,  that  the  Debyte  of  y  lewes 
 and  their  Elders  maye  buylde  the  house  of 
 God  in  his  place.  I  haue  commaunded  also, 
 what  shalbe  done  to  f  Elders  of  luda  for  the 
 buyldinge  of  the  house  of  God,  that  there 
 shal  diligently  be  take  of  the  kynges  goodes, 
 euen  of  the  rentes  beyonde  the  water,  5  geuen 
 vnto  the  men,  and  that  they  be  not  hyndered, 
 And  yf  they  haue  nede  of  calues,  lambes, 
 or  goates  for  the  burntofFrynge  vnto  ;y^  God  of 
 heauen,  wheate,  salt,  wyne  and  oyle,  after  the 
 custome  of  the  prestes  at  lerusalem,  there 
 shalbe  geuen  them  daylie  as  is  acordinge 
 and  se  that  this  be  not  done  necligetly,  that 
 they  maye  offre  swete  sauoures  vnto  y  God  of 
 heauen,  and  praye  for  the  kynges  lyfe,  and 
 for  his  children.  This  commaundement  haue 
 I  geue.  And  what  man  so  euer  he  be  that 
 altereth  these  wordes,  there  shal  a  balke  be 
 taken  from  his  house,  and  set  vp,  and  he  shal 
 be  hanged  theron,  and  his  house  shalbe  prysed 
 for  the  dede. 
 
 But  the  God  that  dwelleth  in  heauen, 
 destroye  all  kynges  and  people,  that  put  to 
 their  hade  to  alter  and  to  breake  downe  the 
 house  of  God  at  lerusalem.  I  Darius  haue 
 commaunded,  that  this  be  diligently  done. 
 
 Then  Thathnai  y  Debyte  beyonde  ;y  water, 
 and  Sethar  of  Bosen  with  their  councelers  (to 
 whom  kynge  Darius  had  sent)  dyd  their  dili- 
 gence. And  f  Elders  of  the  lewes  buylded, 
 and  they  prospered  thorow  the  prophecienge 
 of  Aggeus  the  prophet  and  Zachary  the  sonne 
 of  Iddo:  and  they  buylded,  and  set  vp  the 
 worke,  acordinge  to  the  commaundement  of 
 the  God  of  Israel,  and  after  the  commaunde- 
 ment of  Cyrus,  Darius  and  Artaxerses  kjmges 
 of  Persia.     And  they  perfourmed  the  house 
 
 vnto  the  thirde  daye  of  the  moneth  Adar,  that 
 was  the  sixte  yeare  of  the  reigne  of  kynge 
 Darius. 
 
 *  And  the  children  of  Israel,  the  prestes, 
 the  Leuites,  and  the  other  children  of  f  cap- 
 tyuite  helde  the  dedicacion  of  the  house  of 
 God  with  ioye,  and  ofired  at  the  dedicacion 
 of  the  house  of  God,  an  hundreth  calues,  two 
 hundreth  lambes,  foure  hundreth  goates :  and 
 for  the  synofferynge  for  all  Israel,  twolue  he 
 goates,  acordinge  to  the  nombre  of  the  trybes 
 of  Israel,  and  set  the  prestes  in  their  courses, 
 and  y  Leuites  in  their  offices,  to  mynister 
 vnto  God  which  is  at  lerusale,  as  it  is  wrytten 
 in  the  boke  of  Moses. 
 
 And  the  children  of  the  captyuite  helde 
 Passeouer  vpon  the  fourtenth  daye  of  the 
 first  moneth :  for  y  prestes  and  Leuites  had 
 purified  them  selues,  so  y  they  were  all  cleane 
 as  one  man,  and  kylled  Passeouer  for  all  the 
 children  of  the  captyuite,  and  for  their  bre 
 thre  the  prestes,  and  for  them  selues.  And 
 the  childre  of  Israel  which  were  come  agayne 
 out  of  captiuyte,  and  all  soch  as  had  separated 
 them  selues  vnto  them  from  the  fylthinesse 
 of  the  Heythen  in  the  londe,  to  seke  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  ate  5  helde  the  feast 
 of  vnleueded  bred  seuen  dayes  with  ioye :  for 
 the  LORDE  had  made  them  glad,  and  turned 
 the  hert  of  the  kynge  of  Assur  vnto  the,  so 
 that  their  handes  were  strengthed  in  the  worke 
 of  the  house  of  God,  which  is  ;y  God  of  Israel. 
 
 Cljt  bij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  in  the  reigne  of  Ar- 
 taxerses kynge  of  Persia,  '"  there  wente 
 vp  from  Babilon,  Eszdras  the  sonne  of  Seraia, 
 the  sonne  of  Asaria,  the  sonne  of  Helchias, 
 the  Sonne  of  Sallum,  the  sonne  of  Sadoc,  the 
 sonne  of  Achitob,  the  sonne  of  Amaria,  the 
 sonne  of  Asaria,  the  sonne  Meraioth,  the 
 sonne  of  Serahia,  y  sonne  of  Vsi,  the  sonne 
 of  Buki,  the  sonne  of  Abisua,  the  sonne  of 
 Phineas,  the  sonne  of  Eleasar,  the  sonne  of 
 Aaron  the  chefe  prest,  which  was  a  quycke 
 scrybe  in  the  lawe  of  Moses,  t  which  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  dyd  geue.  And  f 
 kynge  gaue  him  all  that  he  requyred,  acord- 
 inge to  the  hande  of  the  LORDE  his  God 
 vpon  him. 
 
 And  there  wente  vp  certayne  of  the  children 
 of  Israel,   and   of  the   prestes,    and   of  the 
 
 "  3  Esd.  8.  a.         t  Exo.  20.  a. 
 
jfo.  mtf:l 
 
 €f)t  u  bofee  of  (©sfjlirasi. 
 
 COap.  \iiij. 
 
 Leuites,  of  the  syngers,  of  the  porters,  and  of 
 the  Nethinims  viito  lerusalem,  in  the  seuenth 
 yeare  of  kynge  Artaxerses.  And  they  came 
 to  lerusalem  in  the  fifth  moneth,  that  is  the 
 seuentli  yeare  of  the  kynge.  For  vpon  the 
 first  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  deuysed  he  to 
 go  vp  from  Babilon :  and  on  y  first  daye  of 
 the  fifth  moneth  came  he  to  lerusalem,  acord- 
 inge  to  the  good  hande  of  God  vpon  him : 
 For  Eszdras  prepared  his  hert  to  seke  the 
 lawe  of  the  LOllDE,  and  to  do  it,  and  to 
 teach  the  precepte  5  iudgment  in  Israel. 
 
 And  this  is  the  summe  of  the  letter,  that 
 kynge  Artaxerses  gaue  vnto  Eszdras  the  prest, 
 the  scrybe,  which  was  a  teacher  in  the  wordes 
 of  the  LORDE  and  of  his  statutes  ouer 
 Israel.  Vnto  Eszdras  the  prest  and  scrybe  in 
 the  lawe  of  the  God  of  heauen,  peace  and 
 salutacion.  I  haue  commaunded,  that  all  they 
 of  the  people  of  Israel,  and  of  the  prestes  and 
 Leuites  in  my  realme,  which  are  mynded  of 
 their  awne  good  wyll  to  go  vp  to  lerusalem, 
 that  they  go  with  the,  beynge  sent  of  the 
 kynge  and  of  the  seuen  lordes  of  the  councell, 
 to  vyset  luda  and  lerusalem,  acordinge  to  the 
 lawe  of  God,  which  is  in  thy  hade :  And  that 
 thou  shuldest  take  with  the,  syluer  and  golde, 
 which  the  kynge  and  the  lordes  of  his  councell 
 geue  of  their  awne  good  wyll  vnto  the  God  of 
 Israel  (whose  habitacion  is  at  lerusalem)  and 
 all  the  syluer  and  golde  that  thou  canst  fynde 
 in  all  f  countre  of  Babilon :  with  it  that  the 
 people  and  prestes  geue  of  their  awne  good 
 wil  vnto  the  house  of  God  at  lerusalem. 
 
 Take  thou  the  same,  and  bye  diligently 
 with  the  same  money,  calues,  lambes,  goates, 
 and  meatofferynges  and  drynkofferynges,  to  be 
 offred  vpon  the  altare  of  the  house  of  youre 
 God  at  lerusalem.  And  loke  what  it  lyketh 
 the  and  thy  brethren  to  do  with  the  remnaunt 
 of  the  money,  that  do  after  the  wyll  of  youre 
 God.  And  the  vessels  that  are  geuen  the  for 
 the  mynistracion  in  the  house  of  thy  God, 
 those  delyuer  thou  before  God  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  what  so  euer  thinge  more  shal  be 
 nedefull  for  the  house  of  thy  God,  which  is 
 necessary  for  the  to  spende,  let  the  same  be 
 geue  out  of  the  kynges  chamber.  I  kynge 
 Artaxerses  haue  commaunded  all  the  trea- 
 surers beyonde  the  water,  y  loke  what  so  euer 
 Eszdras  the  prest  and  scrybe  in  the  lawe  of 
 the  God  of  heaue,  requyreth  of  you,  that  ye 
 
 fulfyll  the  same  diligently,  vntyll  an  hundreth 
 talC'tes  of  syluer,  and  tyll  an  hundreth  quarters 
 of  wheate,  and  tyll  an  hudreth  Batthes  of 
 wyne,  and  tyll  an  hundreth  Batthes  of  oyle, 
 and  salt  without  measure.  Whatsoeuer  be- 
 longeth  to  the  lawe  of  the  God  of  heauen,  let 
 the  same  be  done  with  diligence  for  the  house 
 of  the  God  of  heaue,  that  there  come  no 
 wrath  vpon  the  kynges  realme  (j  his  children. 
 
 And  knowne  be  it  vnto  you,  that  ye  shall 
 haue  no  auctorite  to  requyre  taxinge  5  custome, 
 and  yearly  i-entes  vpon  eny  of  the  prestes, 
 Leuites,  syngers,  porters,  Nethinims  and  my- 
 nisters  in  f  house  of  this  God.  But  thou 
 Eszdras  (after  the  wyszdome  of  thy  God  that 
 is  in  thy  hande)  set  thou  iudges  and  arbiters, 
 to  iudge  all  the  people  that  is  beyonde  lor- 
 dane,  euen  all  soch  as  knowe  the  lawe  of  thy 
 God :  and  them  that  knowe  it  not,  those  se 
 that  ye  teache.  And  who  so  euer  wyl  not 
 diligently  fulfyll  the  lawe  of  thy  God,  and  the 
 kynges  lawe,  shall  haue  his  iudgmet  for  the 
 dede,  whether  it  be  vnto  death,  or  to  be 
 banyshed,  or  to  be  condemned  in  good,  or  to 
 be  put  in  preson. 
 
 Praysed  be  the  LORDE  God  of  oure 
 fathers,  which  so  hath  inspyred  y-  kynges  hert 
 to  garnysh  the  house  of  God  at  lerusalem : 
 and  hath  enclyned  his  mercy  vnto  me  in  the 
 presence  of  the  kynge,  and  his  councelers, 
 and  before  all  the  kynges  hye  estates.  And 
 I  was  comforted  (acordinge  to  the  hade  of  the 
 LORDE  my  God  ouer  me)  and  so  gathered 
 I  the  heades  of  Israel  together,  y  they  mighte 
 go  vp  with  me. 
 
 C^e  btij.  CI)aptnr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  heades  of  their  fathers 
 that  were  named,  "  which  wente  vp  with 
 me  from  Babilon,  what  tyme  as  kynge  Arta- 
 xerses reigned.  Of  the  childre  of  Phineas, 
 Gersom :  of  the  children  of  Ithamar,  Daniel : 
 of  the  children  of  Dauid,  Hattus :  of  the 
 childre  of  Pareos,  Zachary,  and  the  men 
 childre  nombred  with  him,  an  hundreth  and 
 fiftye.  Of  the  children  of  Pahath  Moab, 
 Eleoenai  the  sonne  of  Serahia,  and  with  him 
 two  hundreth  males. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Sechania,  the  sonne  of 
 lehasiel,  and  with  him  thre  hundreth  males. 
 Of  the  children  of  Adin  Ebed,  the  sonne  of 
 lonathan,  and  with  him  fiftie  males.  Of 
 the   children  of  Elam,   lesaia   the   sonne  of 
 
Cfeap,  fall). 
 
 Cfte  I.  faofee  of  esjlrrag. 
 
 ffo.  ttmlu 
 
 Athalia,  and  with  him  seuentie  males.  Of 
 the  children  of  Sephatia,  Sebadia  the  sonne 
 of  Michael,  and  with  him  foure  score  males. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  loab,  Obadia  the  sonne 
 of  lehiel,  and  with  him  two  hundreth  5 
 eightene  men  children.  Of  the  children  of 
 Selomith,  the  sonne  of  losiphia,  and  with  him 
 an  hundreth  and  thre  score  males. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Bebai,  Zachary  the  sonne 
 of  Bebai,  and  with  him  eight  and  twentye 
 males.  Of  the  children  of  Asgad,  lohanan 
 the  yongest  sonne,  and  with  him  an  hundreth 
 and  ten  males.  Of  the  last  children  of  Ado- 
 nicam,  and  these  were  their  names:  Eliphelet, 
 leiel  and  Semaia,  and  with  them  thre  score 
 males.  Of  the  children  of  Bigeuai,  Vthai 
 and  Sabud,  and  with  them  seue  males.  And 
 I  gathered  them  together  by  the  water  that 
 renneth  towarde  Aheua,  3  there  abode  we  thre 
 dayes. 
 
 And  whan  I  loked  amonge  the  people  5 
 the  prestes,  I  founde  no  Leuites  there.  The 
 sent  I  Elieser,  Ariel,  Semaia,  Elnathan,  larib, 
 Elnathan,  Natha,  Zachary  and  Mesullam  the 
 rulers,  and  loiarib  and  Elnathan  the  teachers, 
 and  those  sent  I  vnto  Iddo  y  chefest  at  Casi- 
 phia,  that  they  shulde  fetch  us  mynysters  for 
 the  house  of  oure  God,  and  I  tolde  them 
 what  they  shulde  saye  vnto  Iddo  and  to  his 
 brethren  the  Nethinims  at  Casiphia. 
 
 And  (acordinge  to  the  good  hande  of  oure 
 God  vpon  us)  they  broughte  us  a  wyse  man 
 from  amonge  the  children  of  Maheli  the  sonne 
 of  Leui  the  sonne  of  Israel,  euen  Serebia 
 with  his  sonnes  and  brethren,  eightene.  And 
 Haisabia,  and  with  him  lesaia  of  the  children 
 of  Merari,  with  his  brethren  5  their  sonnes, 
 twentye.  And  of  the  Nethinims,  whom  Dauid 
 and  the  princes  gaue  to  mynister  vnto  the 
 Leuites,  two  hundreth  5  twentye,  all  named 
 by  name. 
 
 'And  euen  there  at  the  water  besyde  Aheua, 
 caused  I  a  fastinge  to  be  proclamed,  y  we 
 mighte  humble  oure  selues  before  oure  God, 
 to  seke  of  him  a  righte  waye  for  us,  (j  oure 
 children  and  all  oure  substaunce.  For  I  was 
 ashamed  to  require  of  the  kynge,  soudyers  5 
 horsmen,  to  helpe  us  agaynst  the  enemye  in 
 the  waye.  For  we  had  sayde  vnto  the  kynge : 
 The  hande  of  oure  God  is  for  the  best  vpon 
 all  them  that  seke  him,  and  his  violence  and 
 wrath  vpon  all  them  that  forsake  him.     So 
 
 "3  Esd.  8.  d. 
 
 we  fasted,  and  soughte  this  at  oure  God,  and 
 he  herde  us. 
 
 And  I  toke  out  twolue  of  the  chefe  prestes, 
 Serebia  and  Hasabia,  and  ten  of  their  brethren 
 with  them,  and  weyed  them  there  the  syluer 
 and  golde  and  vessels  for  the  Heue  offeringe 
 vnto  the  house  of  oure  God,  which  the  kynge, 
 and  the  lordes  of  his  councell  and  prynces, 
 and  all  Israel  that  were  at  hande,  had  geuen 
 to  the  Heue  offerynge  :  and  there  weyed  I 
 them  vnder  their  hande  sixe  hundreth  and 
 fiftye  talentes  of  syluer,  and  in  syluer  vessell 
 an  hundreth  talentes,  and  in  golde  an  hundreth 
 talentes,  twentye  cuppes  of  golde  of  a  thou 
 sande  guldens,  and  two  costly  ornamentes  of 
 good  brasse,  as  cleare  as  golde,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them:  Ye  are  holy  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 therfore  are  the  vessels  holy  also,  and  so  is  the 
 syluer  and  golde  that  is  geuen  of  a  good  wyll 
 vnto  the  LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers 
 Watch  ye  therfore  and  kepe  it,  tyU  ye  weye  it 
 downe  before  the  chefe  prestes  and  Leuites, 
 and  awncient  fathers  of  Israel  at  lerusalem  in 
 the  chestes  of  the  hoflse  of  the  LORDE. 
 Then  toke  the  prestes  and  Leuites  that  weyed 
 syluer  and  golde  5  vessell,  to  brynge  it  to 
 lerusalem  vnto  f  house  of  oure  God. 
 
 So  we  brake  vp,  from  the  water  of  Aheua 
 on  the  twolueth  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  to 
 go  vnto  lerusalem  :  and  the  hande  of  oure 
 God  was  vpon  us,  and  delyuered  us  fro  the 
 hande  of  the  enemies  and  preuy  waytinges  by 
 the  waye.  And  we  came  to  lerusalem,  and 
 abode  there  thre  dayes.  But  on  y  fourth 
 daye  was  the  syluer  and  golde,  and  vessell 
 weyed  in  the  house  of  oure  God  vnder  the 
 hande  of  Meremoth  the  sonne  of  Vrias  the 
 prest,  and  with  him  Eleasar  the  sonne  of 
 Phineas,  and  with  them  losabad  the  sonne  of 
 lesua,  and  Noadia  f  sonne  of  Benui  the  Le- 
 uitesi  acordinge  to  the  nombre  5  weight  of 
 euery  one.  And  the  weight  was  all  wrytten 
 vp  at  the  same  tyme. 
 
 And  the  children  of  the  captiuyte,  which 
 were  come  out  of  preson,  offred  burntofFer- 
 inges  vnto  f  God  of  Israel :  twolue  bullockes 
 for  all  Israel,  sixe  and  nynetye  rammes,  seuen 
 and  seuentye  lambes,  and  twolue  goates  for  a 
 synofFerynge,  all  to  the  burnt  oiFeringe  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  they  delyuered  the  kjTiges 
 commyssion  vnto  the  kynges  officers,  5  to  the 
 Debytes  on  this  syde  the  water.  And  they 
 promoted  the  people  and  the  house  of  God. 
 
fo.  tcrcrli). 
 
 ClK  u  ho'kt  of  (Dsijftrasi. 
 
 Cftap*  ir. 
 
 Cljc  iy.  Cfjapttr. 
 
 WHAN  all  this  was  perfourmed,  the 
 rulers  came  to  me,  and  sayde  :  The 
 people  of  Israel,  and  the  prestes,  (t  Leuites 
 are  not  separated  from  the  nacions  in  the 
 londes  as  touchinge  their  abhominacions, 
 namely  of  the  Cananites,  Hethites,  Pheresites, 
 lebusites,  Ammonites,  Moabites,  Egipcians, 
 and  Amorites.  *  For  they  haue  taken  the 
 doughters  of  the  same,  %  their  sonnes,  and 
 haue  myxte  the  holy  sede  with  f  nacions  in 
 the  londes  :  and  the  hande  of  the  rulers  and 
 lordes  of  councell  hath  bene  principall  in  this 
 trespace. 
 
 Whan  I  herde  this,  I  rente  my  clothes  and 
 my  rayment,  and  plucte  out  the  heer  of  my 
 heade  and  of  my  beerd,  and  sat  mournynge. 
 And  there  resorted  vnto  me  all  soch  as  feared 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 because  of  the  greate  transgression.  And  I 
 sat  mournynge  vntyll  the  euenynge  sacrifyce. 
 And  aboute  the  euenynge  sacrifice  I  rose  vp 
 fro  my  heuynes,  and  rente  my  clothes  and 
 my  raiment,  and  fell  vpon  my  knees,  and 
 spred  out  my  handes  vnto  the  LORDE  my 
 God,  and  sayde : 
 
 My  God,  I  am  ashamed,  and  darre  not 
 lifte  vp  mine  eies  vnto  the  my  God  :  for  oure 
 wickednesses  are  growne  ouer  oure  heade,  d 
 oure  trespaces  are  waxen  greate  vnto  ^y'  heaue. 
 Sence  the  tyme  of  oure  fathers  haue  we  bene 
 in  greate  trespace  vnto  this  dale,  t  and  because 
 of  oure  wickednesses  haue  we  and  oure  kynges 
 bene  delyuered  in  to  the  hande  of  y  kynges  of 
 the  nacions,  in  to  the  swerde,  in  to  captiuyte, 
 in  to  spoyle,  and  in  to  confusion  of  face,  as  it 
 is  come  to  passe  this  daye. 
 
 But  now  is  there  a  litle  and  sodane  gra- 
 ciousnes  come  from  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 so  that  some  of  vs  are  escaped,  that  he  male 
 geue  vs  a  nayle  in  his  holy  place,  that  oure 
 God  maye  lighte  oure  eyes,  and  geue  vs  a 
 litle  lyfe  in  oure  bondage.  For  we  are  bond- 
 men, and  oure  God  hath  not  forsake  vs  though 
 we  be  bondmen,  and  hath  enclyned  mercy 
 vnto  vs  in  the  sighte  of  the  kynges  of  Persia, 
 that  they  shulde  geue  vs  lyfe,  and  promote 
 the  house  of  oure  God,  and  to  sett  vp  the 
 desolacion  therof,  and  to  geue  vs  an  hedge  in 
 luda  and  lerusalem. 
 
 O  oure  God,  what  shall  we  saye  now  after 
 
 •  Dent.  7.  a.  and  12.  d.     losu.  23.  c.      ludic.  3.  a. 
 
 this .''  that  we  haue  forsaken  thy  commaunde- 
 mentes,  which  thou  hast  commaunded  by  thy 
 seruauntes  the  prophetes,  and  saide :  The 
 londe  wherin  ye  shal  come  to  possesse  it,  is 
 an  vncleane  londe  thorow  the  fylthines  of  the 
 people  of  the  londes,  in  their  abhominacions 
 wherwith  they  haue  made  it  full  of  vnclennes 
 on  euery  syde.  Therfore  shal  ye  not  geue 
 youre  doughters  vnto  their  sonnes,  and  their 
 doughters  shall  ye  not  take  vnto  youre  sonnes, 
 and  seke  not  their  peace  and  welth  for  euer, 
 that  ye  maye  be  stronge,  and  enioye  the  good 
 in  the  londe,  and  y  ye  and  youre  children 
 maye  haue  the  inheritaunce  of  it  for  euermore. 
 
 And  after  all  this  that  is  come  vpon  vs  (be- 
 cause of  oure  euell  dedes  and  greate  trespace) 
 thou  oure  God  hast  spared  oure  wickednesses, 
 and  hast  geuen  vs  a  delyueraunce  as  it  is 
 come  to  passe. 
 
 As  for  vs,  we  haue  turned  backe,  (j  haue 
 let  go  thy  commaundementes,  to  make  con- 
 tracte  with  the  people  of  these  abhominacions. 
 Wilt  thou  then  be  wroth  at  vs,  tyll  we  be 
 vtterly  consumed,  so  that  nothynge  remayne, 
 and  tyll  there  be  no  delyueraunce?  O  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  thou  art  righteous,  for  we  re- 
 maine  yet  escaped,  as  it  is  this  daie.  Beholde, 
 in  thy  presence  are  we  in  oure  trespace,  for 
 because  of  it  is  there  no  stondinge  before  the. 
 
 E^c  r.  Ci^apter. 
 
 AND  whan  Eszdras  prayed  after  this 
 maner  and  knowleged,  wepte,  and  laie 
 before  the  house  of  God,  there  resorted  vnto 
 him  out  of  Israel  a  very  greate  congregacion 
 of  men  and  wemen,  and  children  :  for  the 
 people  wepte  very  sore.  And  Sachania  the 
 Sonne  of  lehiel  one  of  the  children  of  Elam, 
 answered,  and  sayde  vnto  Eszdras  :  We  haue 
 trespaced  agaynst  the  LORDE  oure  God,  in 
 that  we  haue  taken  straunge  wyues  of  all  the 
 people  of  the  londe.  Now  there  is  hope  yet 
 in  Israel  cocerninge  this,  therfore  let  vs  make 
 a  couenaiit  now  with  oure  God,  that  we  shal 
 put  awaye  all  the  wyues  (and  soch  as  are 
 borne  of  them)  acordynge  to  the  councell  of 
 f  LORDE,  and  of  them  that  feare  the  com- 
 maundement  of  oure  God,  y  we  maye  do 
 acordynge  to  the  lawe.  Get  the  vp  therfore, 
 for  the  matter  belongeth  vnto  the.  We  wyll 
 be  with  the,  be  of  good  comforte,  and  do  it. 
 Then  rose  Eszdras,  and  toke  an  ooth  of  the 
 
C6ap.  F. 
 
 €i)t  U  faofef  of  esijtrrag. 
 
 jTo.  mcjrluj. 
 
 rulers,  prestes  and  Leuites,  and  of  all  Israel, 
 that  they  shulde  do  acordynge  to  this  worde  : 
 and  they  swore.  And  Eszdras  stode  vp  before 
 the  house  of  God,  and  wente  in  to  the  chamber 
 of  lohanan  the  sonne  of  Eliasab.  And  whan 
 he  came  thither,  he  ate  no  bred,  and  dranke 
 no  water :  for  he  mourned  because  of  the 
 transgression  of  them  that  had  bene  in  eaptiuyte. 
 
 And  they  caused  a  proclamacion  be  made 
 thorow  out  luda  and  Jerusalem,  vnto  all  the 
 children  which  had  bene  in  captiuite,  y  they 
 shulde  gather  them  selues  together  vnto 
 lerusale :  And  that  who  soeuer  came  not 
 within  thre  dayes  acordinge  to  the  deuyce  of 
 the  rulers  and  Elders,  all  his  substaunce  shulde 
 be  forfett,  and  he  put  out  from  the  cogregacion 
 of  the  captiue. 
 
 Then  all  the  men  of  luda  and  Ben  lamin 
 gathered  them  selues  together  vnto  lerusalera 
 in  thre  dayes,  y  is  on  the  twentieth  daye  of 
 the  nyenth  moneth :  and  all  the  people  sat  in 
 the  strete  before  the  house  of  God,  and  trem- 
 bled because  of  the  matter,  and  for  the  rayne. 
 And  Eszdras  y  prest  stode  vp,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  *  Ye  haue  transgressed,  y  ye  haue  taken 
 straunge  wyues,  to  make  the  trespace  of  Israel 
 yet  more :  confesse  now  therfore  vnto  f 
 LORDE  God  of  youre  fathers,  a  do  his  plea- 
 sure, and  separate  youre  selues  from  the  people 
 of  the  londe,  rt  from  y  straunge  wyues.  The 
 answered  all  the  cogregacion,  g  sayde  with 
 loude  voyce :  Let  it  be  done  as  thou  hast  sayde. 
 But  the  people  are  many,  5  it  is  a  raynye 
 wether,  5  they  canot  stode  here  without,  nether 
 is  this  a  worke  of  one  daye  or  two,  for  we  are 
 many  y  haue  offended  in  this  transgression. 
 Let  vs  appoynte  oure  rulers  therfore  in  all  the 
 congregacion,  y  all  they  which  haue  taken 
 straunge  wyues  in  oure  cities,  maye  come  at 
 the  tyme  appoynted,  and  the  Elders  of  euery 
 cite  and  their  Judges  with  them,  tyll  the  wrath 
 of  oure  God  because  of  this  matter  be  turned 
 awaye  from  vs. 
 
 Then  were  appoynted  Jonathan  the  sonne 
 of  Asahel  ij  Jehasia  the  sonne  of  Thecua  ouer 
 this  matter.  And  Mesullam  and  Sabthai  the 
 Leuites  helped  them.  And  the  children  of 
 the  eaptiuyte  dyd  euen  so.  And  Eszdras  the 
 prest,  and  f  awncient  fathers  thorow  the  house 
 of  their  fathers,   and  all  that  were  now   re- 
 
 hearsed by  name,  separated  theselues,  and  sat 
 them  downe  on  the  first  daye  of  the  tenth 
 moneth,  to  exame  this  matter.  And  on  y 
 first  daye  of  y  first  moneth  broughte  they  the 
 matter  to  a  conclusion,  concernynge  all  the 
 men  y  had  take  straunge  wyues. 
 
 And  amoge  the  childre  of  the  prestes  there 
 were  men  founde  y  had  take  straunge  wyues, 
 namely  amoge  the  children  of  lesua  the  sonne 
 of  Josedec  j  of  his  brethre,  Maeseia,  Elieser, 
 Jarib  and  Godolia.  And  they  gaue  their  hades 
 there  vpon,  that  they  wolde  put  awaye  their 
 wyues :  5  for  their  trespace  offerynge  to  geue 
 a  rame  for  their  trespace.  Amoge  the  children 
 of  Jmmer,  Hanani  5  Sabadia.  Amonge  the 
 childre  of  Harim,  Maeseia,  Eha,  Semaia, 
 Jehiel,  and  Vsia.  Amonge  y  children  of 
 Pashur,  Elioenai,  Maeseia,  Jsmael,  Nethaneel, 
 losabad  5  Eleasa.  Amonge  the  Leuites,  Jo- 
 sabad,  Simei  and  Celaia,  He  is  that  Celita, 
 Pethahia,  luda  and  Eleasar.  Amonge  the 
 syngers,  Elyasib.  Amonge  th'e  porters,  Sallum, 
 Telem  and  Vri. 
 
 Of  Israel.  Amonge  the  children  of  Pareos, 
 Ramia,  lesia,  Malchia,  Meiamin,  Eleasar, 
 Malchia  5  Benaia.  Amonge  y  children  of 
 Elam,  Mathania,  Zachary,  Jehiel,  Abdy,  lere- 
 moth  (t  Elia.  Amonge  the  children  of  Sathu, 
 Elioenai,  Eliasib,  Mathania,  Jeremoth,  Sabad 
 (J  Asisa.  Amonge  the  children  of  Bebai,  lo- 
 hanan, JIanania,  Sabai  5  Athlai.  Amonge 
 the  children  of  Bani,  Mesullam,  Malluch, 
 Adaia,  Jasub,  Seal  and  Jeremoth.  Amonge 
 the  children  of  Pahath  Moab,  Adna,  Chelal, 
 Benaia,  Maesea,  Mathania,  Bezaleel,  Benui 
 and  Manasse.  Amonge  the  children  of  Harim, 
 Elieser,  Jesia,  Malchia,  Semaia,  Simeon,  Be 
 Jamin,  Malluch  (j  Samaria.  Amonge  the 
 childre  of  Hasum,  Mathnai,  Mathatha,  Sabad, 
 Eliphelet,  Jeremai,  Manasse  5  Simei.  Amoge 
 the  childre  of  Bani,  Maedai,  Amram,  Huel, 
 Benaia,  Bedia,  Chelui,  Naia,  Meremoth, 
 Eliasib,  Mathania,  Mathnai,  laesau,  Bani, 
 Benui,  Simei,  Selemia,  Nathan,  Adaia,  Mach- 
 nadbai,  Sasai,  Sarai,  Asareel,  Selemia,  Sa- 
 maria, Sallum,  Amaria,  5  Joseph.  Amonge 
 the  childre  of  Nebo,  Jeiel,  Mathithia,  Sabad, 
 Sebina,  laddai,  Joel,  and  Benaia.  All  these 
 had  taken  straunge  wyues.  And  amonge  the 
 same  wyues  there  were  some,  that  had  borne 
 children. 
 
 €i)t  tixbt  of  tin  flrsit  bokt  of  CSjiirasi. 
 
€1)t  ittoxiat  ibofte  of  ©sflrrag, 
 
 otftetUjgoc  calktr  tbt  toikc  of  Bthtmim. 
 
 C^af.  I. 
 
 Nehemias  mourneth  for  the  captiuyte  of  the 
 people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 Nehemias  optayneth  licence  of  the  kynge  Ar- 
 taxerses  (otherwyse  called  Arthasastha)  to  go 
 vnto  lerusalem. 
 
 Cpp.  III. 
 Of  buyldinge  the  cite. 
 
 Cljap.    IIII. 
 The  officers  go  aboute  to  hynder  the  buyldinge. 
 The  lewes  watch,  (j  prepay  re  theselues  to  buylde 
 and  to  fighte. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. 
 Nehemias  reproueth  vsury. 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 The  officers  go  aboute  to  kyll  Nehemias. 
 
 Cljap.   VII. 
 The  nombre  of  them  that  departe  from  Babilon. 
 
 Cljap.   VIII. 
 
 In  the  feast  of  the  Tabernacles  readeth  Eszdras 
 the  boke  of  the  lawe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 
 The  lawe  is  red  before  the  people,  which  are 
 exhorted  vnto  godlynesse. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X. 
 
 They  renue  the  couenaunt  with  the  LORDE,  and 
 scale  it. 
 
 Cf)'ap.  XI. 
 
 How  the  people  are  sundered  out,  some  to  dwell 
 at  lerusalem,  and  some  in  the  cities  without. 
 
 Cibap.  XII. 
 
 The  names  of  the  prestes  and  Leuites  that  wente 
 vp  with  Zorobabel.  Of  the  dedicacion  of  the 
 wall  at  lerusalem. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 
 They  separate  the  straungers  from  amonge  the 
 people  of  God.  The  porcion  of  the  Leuites  is 
 appoynted,  and  the  Sabbath  renued. 
 
 Ci)e  first  Cl&apter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  actes  of  Nehemias  the 
 Sonne  of  Hachalia.  It  fortuned  in  f 
 moneth  Chisleu  in  f  twetieth  yeare,  that  I 
 was  in  the  castell  at  Susan :  and  Hanani  one 
 of  my  brethren  came  with  certayne  me  of 
 luda,  and  I  axed  them  how  the  lewes  dyd 
 that  were  delyuered  and  escaped  from  the 
 captiuyte,  5  how  it  wente  at  lerusale.     And 
 
 they  sayde  vnto  me:  The  remnaunt  of  the 
 captiuyte  are  there  in  the  londe  in  greate 
 mysfortune  5  rebuke.  *  The  walles  of  lerU' 
 salem  are  broken  downe,  and  the  portes  therof 
 are  brent  with  fyre. 
 
 Wha  I  herde  these  wordes,  I  sat  me  downe 
 5  wepte,  g  mourned  two  dayes,  5  fasted  5 
 prayed  before  the  God  of  heauen,  5  sayde :  O 
 LORDE  God  of  heauen,  thou  greate  5  terrible 
 God,  t  thou  y  kepest  couenaunt  5  mercy  for 
 
 t  Exo.  20.  a.  and  34.  a.    Deut.  7.  b. 
 
Cftap.  I}. 
 
 Wt)t  ij,  bo'kt  of  CsijUras!* 
 
 ffo,  mcjrlb. 
 
 them  y  loue  the  s  obserue  thy  comaunde- 
 mentes :  let  thy  eares  marke,  5  let  thine  eies 
 be  open,  y  thou  mayest  heare  the  prayer  of 
 thy  seruaunt,  which  I  praye  now  before  y 
 daye  and  nighte  for  the  children  of  Israel  thy 
 seruauntes,  5  knowlege  the  synnes  of  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel,  which  we  haue  commytted 
 agaynst  the. 
 
 And  I  5  my  fathers  house  haue  synned  also. 
 We  haue  bene  corrupte  vnto  the,  in  y  we 
 haue  not  kepte  the  comaundementes,  statutes 
 5  lawes,  which  thou  comaundedst  thy  seruaunt 
 Moses.  Yet  call  to  remembraunce  y  worde 
 that  thou  comaundedst  thy  seruaunt  Moses, 
 and  saydest:  *Yf  ye  trasgresse,  then  wil  I 
 scater  you  abrode  amonge  the  nacios.  But  yf 
 ye  turne  vnto  me,  and  kepe  my  commaunde- 
 mentes  5  do  them :  though  ye  were  cast  out 
 vnto  the  vttemost  parte  of  heauen  yet  wyl  I 
 gather  you  from  thence,  and  wyll  brynge  you 
 from  thence,  eue  vnto  the  place,  that  I  haue 
 chosen  for  my  name  to  dwell  there.  They 
 are  thy  seruauntes,  and  thy  people,  whom 
 thou  hast  delyuered  thorow  thy  greate  power 
 5  mightie  hande.  0  LORDE,  let  thine  eares 
 marke  the  prayer  of  thy  seruaunt,  i  the  prayer 
 of  thy  seruauntes,  whose  desyre  is  to  feare  thy 
 name,  5  let  thy  seruaunt  prospere  this  daye,  j 
 graunte  him  mercy  in  the  sight  of  this  man : 
 for  I  was  the  kynges  butlar. 
 
 Ci)e  i).  Cl)^tfr. 
 
 IN  the  moneth  Nisan  of  the  twentieth  yeare 
 of  kynge  Artaxerses,  wha  the  wyne  stode 
 before  him,  I  toke  vp  the  wyne,  and  gaue  it 
 vnto  f  kynge,  and  I  Wcis  heuy  in  his  presence. 
 Then  sayde  f  kynge  vnto  me:  Why  lokest 
 thou  so  sadly  r  Thou  art  not  sicke,  that  is  not 
 f  matter,  but  thou  art  heuy  harted.  Neuer- 
 theles  I  was  sore  afrayed,  ij  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge :  God  saue  the  kynges  life  for  euer, 
 shulde  I  not  loke  sadly  ?  the  cite  of  my  fathers 
 buryall'  lyeth  wayest,  5  the  portes  therof  are 
 consumed  with  the  fyre.  Then  sayde  the 
 kynge  vnto  me:  What  is  the  thy  request? 
 Then  made  I  my  prayer  to  the  God  of  heaue, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  kynge :  yf  it  please  the 
 kynge,  and  yf  thy  seruaunt  be  fauoured  in  thy 
 sighte,  I  beseke  the  sende  me  in  to  luda  vnto 
 f  cite  of  my  fathers  buryall,  that  I  maye 
 buylde  it. 
 
 And  f  kynge  sayde  vnto  me,  j  so  dyd  the 
 quene  y  sat  by  him :  How  loge  shal  thy  iourney 
 
 cotynue,  and  wha  wilt  thou  come  agayne? 
 And  it  pleased  y  kynge  to  sende  me,  and  I 
 set  him  a  tyme,  5  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  Yf 
 it  please  the  kynge,  let  him  geue  me  letters 
 to  the  Debites  beyonde  f  water,  y  they  maye 
 conueye  me  ouer,  tyll  I  come  in  to  luda :  j 
 letters  vnto  Assaph  the  lorde  of  the  kynges 
 wod,  y  he  maye  geue  me  wodd  for  balkes  to 
 the  gates  of  the  palace,  which  are  harde  on 
 the  house  5  harde  on  the  walles  of  the  cite,  j 
 for  the  house  that  I  shal  entre  in  to.  And  y 
 kynge  gaue  me  acordinge  to  the  good  hande 
 of  God  vpo  me.  And  whan  I  came  to  y 
 Debites  beyonde  the  water,  I  gaue  them  y 
 kynges  letters.  And  the  kynge  sent  captaynes 
 and  horsmen  with  me. 
 
 But  whan  Saneballath  the  Horonite,  5 
 Tobias  the  seruaunt  of  the  Ammonites  herde 
 y,  it  greued  them  sore,  y  there  was  come  a 
 man  which  soughte  the  welth  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  And  whan  I  came  to  Jerusalem,  (i 
 had  bene  there  thre  dales,  I  gat  me  vp  in  f 
 night  season,  5  a  fewe  men  with  me :  for  I 
 tolde  no  man  what  God  had  geue  me  in  my 
 hert  to  do  at  lerusaleni :  5  there  was  not  one 
 beest  with  me,  saue  it  y  I  rode  vpon.  And 
 I  rode  by  nighte  vnto  the  valley  porte  before 
 the  Dragon  well,  j  to  the  Dongporte,  5  con- 
 sidered y  walles  of  lerusalem  that  were  broken 
 downe,  (j  the  portes  therof  consumed  with  the 
 fyre.  And  I  wente  ouer  vnto  y  Well  porte, 
 IJ  to  the  kynges  condyte,  5  there  was  no  rowme 
 for  my  beest,  y  it  coulde  go  vnder  me.  Then 
 wete  I  on  in  the  nighte  by  the  broke  syde,  5 
 cosidered  y  wall,  5  turned  back,  (j  came  home 
 agayne  to  y  valley  porte. 
 
 And  y  rulers  knewe  not  whither  I  wete,  or 
 what  I  dyd :  for  hither  to  had  I  not  tolde  the 
 lewes  5  the  prestes,  the  councelers  5  the  rulers, 
 5  the  other  y  laboured  in  the  worke,  g  I  saide 
 vnto  the :  Ye  se  the  myserye  y  we  are  in, 
 how  lerusale  lyeth  wayst,  (j  how  f  gates  therof 
 are  brent  with  fyre,  come,  let  vs  buylde  vp  y 
 walles  of  lerusale,  y  we  be  nomore  a  rebuke. 
 And  I  tolde  the  of  the  good  hade  of  my  God 
 which  was  vpo  me  :  And  f  kynges  wordes  y 
 he  had  spoke  vnto  me.  And  they  saide  : 
 Then  let  vs  get  vp.  And  we  buylded,  and 
 their  handes  were  strengthed  to  good. 
 
 But  whan  Saneballat  y  Horonite,  and  To- 
 bias the  seruaunt  of  f  Ammonites,  g  Gosem 
 the    Arabian   herde   it,    they   laughed  vs  to 
 
fo,  rrrrilbi. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  bokr  of  (C^itiras. 
 
 Cftap.  lij. 
 
 scorne,  and  despised  vs,  5  sayde  :  What  is  this 
 that  ye  do?  Wyll  ye  fall  awaye  agayne  from 
 the  kynge  ?  Then  answered  I  them,  and 
 sayde :  The  God  of  heauen  shal  cause  vs  to 
 prospere  :  for  we  his  seruauntes  are  gotten  vp, 
 d  are  buyldinge.  As  for  you,  ye  haue  no  por- 
 cio  ner  right,  ner  remembraunce  in  lerusale. 
 
 Ei)t  iij.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 AND  Eliasib  the  hye  prest  gat  him  vp 
 with  his  brethren  the  prestes,  and 
 buylded  the  Shepegate.  They  halowed  it, 
 and  set  vp  the  dores  of  it:  euen  vnto  the 
 tower  Mea  halowed  they  it,  namely  vnto  the 
 *tower  of  Hananeel.  Nexte  vnto  him  buylded 
 y  men  of  lericho.  And  besyde  him  buylded 
 Sachur  the  sonne  of  Imri.  But  the  Fysh- 
 porte  dyd  the  children  of  Senaa  buylde,  they 
 couered  it,  and  set  on  the  dores,  lockes  and 
 barres  of  it.  Nexte  vnto  him  buylded  Mere- 
 moth  the  sonne  of  ^'ria  the  sonne  of  Hacoz. 
 Nexte  vnto  him  buylded  MesuUam  y  sonne 
 of  Barachias  f  sonne  of  Mesesabeel.  Nexte 
 vnto  him  buylded  Sadoc  y  sonne  of  Baena. 
 Nexte  vnto  him  buylded  they  of  Thecoa. 
 But  their  greate  me  put  not  their  neckes  to  y 
 seruyce  of  their  lorde. 
 
 The  Oldgate  buylded  loiada  f  sonne  of 
 Passeah,  {j  Mesullam  the  sonne  of  Besodia : 
 they  couered  it,  and  set  on  the  dores,  lockes 
 
 barres  of  it.  Nexte  vnto  them  buylded 
 Melacia  of  Gibeon,  and  ladon  of  Morono, 
 me  of  Gibeon  and  of  Mispa,  for  the  seate  of 
 the  Debyte  on  this  syde  the  water.  Nexte 
 vnto  him  buylded  Vsiel  the  sonne  of  Harhaia 
 the  goldsmyth.  Nexte  vnto  him  buylded 
 Hanania  f  Apotecaiys  sonne,  5  they  repayred 
 lerusale  vnto  the  brode  wall.  Nexte  vnto 
 him  buylded  Rephaia  the  sonne  of  Hur,  the 
 ruler  of  the  halfe  quarter  of  Jerusalem.  Nexte 
 vnto  him  buylded  ledaia  the  sonne  of  Ha- 
 rumaph,  ouer  agaynst  his  house.  Nexte  vnto 
 him  buylded  Hattus  the  sonne  of  Hasabenia. 
 But  Malchia  the  sonne  of  Harim,  and  Hasub 
 the  Sonne  of  Pahath  Moab  buylded  f  other 
 pece,  and  the  tower  beside  the  fornace.  Nexte 
 ^Tlto  him  buylded  Sallum  the  sonne  of  Halohes 
 the  ruler  of  the  halfe  quarter  of  lerusalem, 
 and  his  daughters. 
 
 The  valley  gate  buylded  Hanum,  and  the 
 citesins  of  Sanoah.  They  buylded  it,  and  set 
 on  the  dores,  lockes  and  barres  therof,  and  a 
 
 ■  lere.  31.  f.    Zach.  14.  b. 
 
 thousande  cubytes  on  the  wall,  vnto  the 
 Dogeporte.  But  the  Dongeporte  buylded 
 Malechia  the  sonne  of  Rechab,  the  ruler  of 
 the  fourth  parte  of  the  vynyardes  :  He  buylded 
 it,  (J  set  on  the  dores,  lockes  (t  barres  therof. 
 But  the  VVellgate  builded  Sallum  y  sonne  of 
 Chal  Hose,  the  ruler  of  the  fourthparte  of 
 Mispa  :  He  builded  it,  3  couered  it,  5  set  on 
 ;y-  dores,  lockes,  it  barres  therof,  5  the  wall 
 vnto  the  pole  of  Sybah  by  the  kynges  garden, 
 vnto  the  steppes  that  go  downe  from  the  cite 
 of  Dauid.  After  him  builded  Nehemia  the 
 sonne  of  Aszbuk,  the  ruler  of  the  halfe  quar- 
 ter of  Bethzur,  vntyll  the  other  side  ouer 
 agaynst  the  sepulcres  of  Dauid,  and  to  the 
 pole  Asuia,  rt  vnto  the  house  of  the  mightie. 
 
 After  him  buylded  the  Leuites,  Rehum 
 the  Sonne  of  Bani.  Nexte  vnto  him  buylded 
 Hasabia  y  ruler  of  the  halfe  quarter  at  Regila 
 in  his  quarter.  After  him  buylded  their 
 brethre,  Banai  the  sonne  of  Henadab,  the 
 ruler  of  the  halfe  quarter  of  Segila.  After 
 him  buylded  Eser  the  sonne  of  lesua  y  ruler 
 of  Mispa,  the  other  pece  hard  ouer  against 
 the  Harnesse  corner.  After  him  buylded 
 Baruc  the  sonne  of  Sabai  the  other  pece  wor- 
 shipfully  (5  costly,  fro  the  corner  vnto  y  dore 
 of  y  house  of  Eliasib  y  hye  prest.  After  him 
 builded  Meremoth  the  sonne  of  Vria  the 
 Sonne  of  Hacos  the  other  pece,  fro  y  dore  of 
 Eliasibs  house,  vnto  the  ende  of  the  house  of 
 Eliasib.  After  him  buylded  the  prestes,  the 
 me  of  the  countre.  After  him  buylded  Ben 
 lamin  and  Hasub  ouer  against  their  house. 
 After  the  buylded  Asaria  the  sonne  of  Maeseia 
 the  Sonne  of  Anania  nexte  vnto  his  house. 
 After  him  buylded  Benui  y-  sonne  of  Henadad 
 the  other  pece  from  the  house  of  Asaria  vnto 
 the  turnynge,  and  \Tito  the  corner. 
 
 After  him  buylded  Palal  the  sonne  of  Vsai, 
 ouer  agaynst  the  comer  g  the  hye  tower, 
 which  lieth  out  ouer  fro  the  kynges  house, 
 besyde  the  courte  of  the  preson.  After  him 
 Pedaia  the  sonne  of  Pareos  (As  for  y  Nethi- 
 nims  they  dwelt  in  Ophel,  vnto  y  Watergate, 
 towarde  the  east  where  ;y  tower  lieth  out). 
 After  him  buylded  they  of  Thecoa  y  other 
 pece  ouer  against  y  greate  tower,  y  lieth  out- 
 warde,  and  vnto  the  wall  of  t  Ophel. 
 
 But  from  the  Horsgate  forth  buylded  f 
 prestes,  euery  one  ouer  agaynst  his  house. 
 After  them  buylded  Sadoc  f  sonne  of  Immer 
 
 dF 
 
(Cftap.  h. 
 
 Ci)e  ih  bofee  of  CSiliras;. 
 
 So.  mrirlbij. 
 
 ouer  against  his  house.  After  him  buylded 
 Semaia  the  sonne  of  Sachania  y  keper  of  the 
 eastgate.  After  him  buylded  Hanania  the 
 Sonne  of  Selemia,  d  Hanum  the  sonne  of 
 Zalaph  y  sixte,  y  other  peace.  After  him 
 builded  Mesullam  the  sonne  of  Berechia  ouer 
 against  his  chest.  After  him  builded  Malchia 
 the  goldsmythes  sonne,  vntyll  y  house  of  the 
 Nethinims,  and  of  the  marchauntes  ouer 
 agaynst  the  councell  gate,  and  to  the  perler 
 in  the  corner.  And  betwene  the  perler  of 
 the  corner  vnto  the  Shepegate  builded  the 
 goldsmythes  and  the  marchauntes. 
 
 Ci^t  Hi).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 BUT  whan  Saneballat  herde  that  we 
 builded  y  wall,  he  was  wroth,  (j  toke 
 greate  indignacio  5  mocked  f  lewes  (j  saide 
 before  his  brethre  11  the  mightie  men  of  Sa- 
 maria :  What  do  the  impotet  lewes  ?  shall 
 they  be  thus  sufFred  ?  shall  they  ofFre  ?  shal 
 they  perfourme  it  in  one  daie  ?  shal  they  make 
 f  stones  whole  againe,  y  are  brought  to  dust, 
 5  brent?  And  Tobias  the  Ammonite  beside 
 him  saide  :  Let  the  builde  on,  yf  a  foxe  go 
 vp,  he  shall  breake  downe  their  stonye  wall. 
 Heare  O  thou  oui-e  God,  how  we  are  despysed, 
 turne  their  shame  vpon  their  awne  heade,  y 
 thou  mayest  geue  them  ouer  in  to  despisinge 
 in  the  londe  of  their  captiuite.  Couer  not 
 their  wickednesse,  5  put  not  out  their  sinne 
 fro  thy  presence :  for  they  haue  prouoked  the 
 buylders.  Yet  buylded  we  the  wall,  (j  ioyned 
 it  whole  together,  vnto  y  halfe  heigth.  And 
 the  people  were  well  mynded  to  laboure. 
 
 But  whan  Saneballat,  (t  Tobias,  and  y 
 Arabias,  5  Ammonites,  j  Aszdodites  herde,  y 
 the  walles  of  Jerusalem  were  made  vp,  and 
 that  they  had  begonne  to  stoppe  vp  f  gappes, 
 they  were  very  wroth,  and  cospyred  all  to- 
 gether, to  come  and  fight  against  Jerusalem, 
 (J  to  make  an  hinderaunce  therin.  Neuerthe- 
 les  we  made  oure  praier  vnto  oure  God,  5  set 
 watchme  vpo  the  wall  daye  5  night  ouer 
 against  them.  And  luda  saide  :  The  stregth 
 of  the  bearers  is  to  feble,  5  there  is  to  moch 
 dust,  we  are  not  able  to  builde  on  the  wall.' 
 And  oure  aduersaries  thought :  They  shall 
 not  knowe  nether  se,  tyll  we  come  in  the 
 myddes  amonge  the,  and  slaye  them,  ij  hynder 
 y  worke.  But  whan  the  lewes  that  dwelt 
 besyde  them,  came  out  of  all  the  places  where 
 they  dwelt  aboute  vs,  and  tolde  vs  as  good  as 
 
 te  tymes,  then  set  I  the  people  after  their 
 kynreds  with  their  swerdes,  speares  a  bowes 
 beneth  in  the  lowe  places  behynde  the  wall,  (t 
 loked,  and  gat  me  vp,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 chefe  men  and  rulers,  5  to  the  other  people : 
 Be  not  ye  afrayed  of  them,  thynke  vpon  y 
 greate  LORDE  which  ought  to  be  feared,  5 
 fighte  for  youre  brethren,  sonnes,  daughters, 
 wyues,  5  houses.  Neuertheles  whan  oure  ene- 
 mies herde  y  we  had  gotten  worde  of  it,  God 
 broughte  their  councell  to  naughte,  and  we 
 turned  all  againe  to  the  wall,  euery  one  vnto 
 his  laboure.  And  from  that  time  forth  it 
 came  to  passe,  y  the  halfe  parte  of  the  yonge 
 men  dyd  the  laboure,  a  the  other  halfe  parte 
 helde  the  speares,  shyldes,  bowes,  and  brest- 
 plates,  and  the  rulers  stode  behynde  all  the 
 house  of  luda,  which  buylded  on  the  wall',  5 
 bare  burthes,  from  those  that  laded  the. 
 With  one  hande  dyd  they  y  worke,  and  with 
 the  other  helde  they  the  weapen.  And  euery 
 one  y  buylded,  had  his  swerde  girde  by  his 
 side,  5  so  builded  they.  And  the  trompetters 
 stode  beside  me. 
 
 And  I  sayde  vnto  the  pryncipall  men,  5 
 rulers,  and  to  y  other  people :  The  worke  is 
 greate  5  large,  5  we  are  separated  vpon  the 
 wall  one  farre  from  another.  Loke  in  what 
 place  now  ye  heare  the  noise  of  y  trompe,  re- 
 sorte  ye  thiter  vnto  vs.  *Oure  God  shal  fight 
 for  vs,  (J  we  wil  be  labourige  in  y  worke.  And 
 the  halfe  parte  of  the  helde  y  speares  fr5  f 
 morninge  springe,  till  f  starres  came  forth. 
 And  at  y  same  tyme  sayde  I  vnto  y  people  : 
 Euery  one  abyde  with  his  seruaunt  at  Jeru- 
 salem, y  in  the  night  season  we  maye  geue 
 attendaunce  to  ;y-  watch,  and  to  laboure  on 
 the  daye  tyme.  As  for  me  and  my  brethren, 
 5  my  seruauntes,  and  y-  men  of  the  watch  be- 
 hynde me,  we  put  neuer  of  our  clothes,  so 
 moch  as  to  washe  oure  selues. 
 
 €l)c  b.  Cpptn:. 
 
 AND  there  arose  a  greate  complaynte  of 
 f  people,  5  of  their  wyues  against  their 
 brethren  the  lewes.  And  there  were  some  y 
 sayde :  oure  sonnes  and  doughters  are  to  many, 
 let  vs  take  come  for  the,  5  eate,  that  we  maye 
 lyue.  Some  saide :  Let  vs  set  oure  londes, 
 vynyardes  a  houses  to  pledge,  5  take  vp  come 
 in  the  derth.  But  some  saide  :  Let  vs  borowe 
 money  of  the  kinge  vpo  vsury  for  oure  londes 
 
#0.  ccrrplbiij. 
 
 Cfte  ij.  bofef  of  ®£(|tJra£!. 
 
 Cf)ap»  bu 
 
 and  vjTiyardes.  Now  are  oure  brethrens  bodies 
 as  oure  awne  bodies,  and  their  children  as 
 oure  children :  els  shulde  we  subdue  oure 
 sonnes  and  doughters  vnto  bondage,  and  some 
 of  oure  doughters  are  subdued  allready,  and 
 no  strength  is  there  in  oure  handes,  and  other 
 men  shal  haue  oure  londes  and  vynyardes. 
 
 But  whan  I  herde  their  complaynte  and 
 soch  wordes,  it  displeased  me  sore,  and  I  ad- 
 uysed  so  in  my  mynde,  y  I  rebuked  the  coun- 
 celers,  and  the  rulers,  and  sayde  vnto  them : 
 *  Wyl  ye  requyre  vsury  one  of  another  ?  And 
 I  broughte  a  greate  congregacion  agaynst 
 them,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  We  (after  oure 
 abilyte)  haue  boughte  oure  brethren  the 
 lewes,  which  were  solde  vnto  the  Heythen. 
 And  wyl  ye  sell  youre  brethren,  whom  we 
 haue  boughte  vnto  vs  ?  Then  held  they  their 
 peace,  5  coulde  fynde  nothinge  to  answere. 
 
 And  I  sayde :  It  is  not  good  that  ye  do. 
 Oughte  ye  not  to  walke  in  the  feare  of  God, 
 because  of  the  rebuke  of  the  Heythen  oure 
 enemies?  I  and  my  brethre,  and  my  ser- 
 uauntes  haue  lent  them  money  and  come : 
 but  as  for  vsury,  let  vs  leaue  it.  Therfore 
 this  same  daye  se  that  ye  restore  the  their 
 londes  agayne,  their  vynyardes,  oyle  gardens 
 and  houses,  and  the  hundreth  parte  of  the 
 money  of  the  corne,  wyne  and  oyle  that  ye 
 haue  wonne  of  them.  Then  sayde  they :  We 
 wyl  restore  them  agayne,  and  wyl  requyre 
 nothinge  of  them,  and  wyl  do  as  thou  hast 
 spoken.  And  I  called  the  prestes,  and  toke 
 an  ooth  of  the,  that  they  shulde  do  so.  And 
 I  shoke  my  lappe,  and  sayde  :  God  shake  out 
 euery  man  after  the  same  maner  fro  his  house 
 and  laboure,  that  maynteyneth  not  this  worde : 
 euen  thus  be  he  shaken  out,  and  voyde.  And 
 all  y  congregacion  sayde  :  Amen,  and  praysed 
 the  LORDE.     And  the  people  dyd  so. 
 
 t  And  from  the  tyme  forth  that  it  was  com- 
 mytted  vnto  me  to  be  a  Debyte  in  the  londe 
 of  luda,  namely  from  the  twentieth  yeare 
 vnto  the  two  and  thirtieth  yeare  off  kynge 
 Artaxerses  (that  is  twolue  yeare)  I  and  my 
 brethre  lyued  not  of  soch  sustenaunce  as  was 
 geuen  to  a  Debyte :  For  the  olde  Debytes 
 that  were  before  me,  had  bene  chargeable 
 vnto  the  people,  and  had  take  of  the  bred  and 
 wyne,  and  fortye  Sycles  of  syluer:  Yee  and 
 their  seruauntes  had  oppressed  the  people. 
 But  so  dyd  not   I,  and  that  because  of  the 
 
 feare  of  God.  I  laboured  also  in  the  worke 
 vpon  the  wall,  and  boughte  no  lode.  And  all 
 my  seruautes  came  thither  together  vnto  f 
 worke.  Morouer  there  were  at  my  table  an 
 hundreth  and  fiftie  of  the  lewes  and  rulers, 
 which  came  vnto  me,  from  amonge  the  Hey- 
 then, that  are  aboute  vs.  And  there  was 
 prepared  me  daylie  an  oxe,  and  sixe  chosen 
 shepe,  and  byrdes,  and  euer  once  in  ten  dayes 
 a  greate  summe  of  wyne.  Yet  requyred  not 
 I  the  lyuynge  of  a  Debyte  for  y  bondage  was 
 greuous  vnto  y-  people.  ThjTike  vpo  me  my 
 God  vnto  y  best,  acordlge  to  all  that  "  I  haue 
 done  for  this  people. 
 
 €i)t  bi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  Saneballat,  Tobias  and  Gosem 
 the  Arabian,  and  the  other  of  oure  ene- 
 myes  herde,  that  I  had  buylded  the  wall,  and 
 that  there  were  no  mo  gappes  ther  in  (howbeit 
 at  the  same  tyme  had  I  not  hanged  the  dores 
 vpon  the  gates)  Saneballat  and  Gosem  sent 
 vnto  me,  sayenge:  Come  and  let  us  mete 
 together  in  the  vyllages  vpon  the  playne  of 
 the  cite  Ono.  Neuertheles  they  thoughte  to 
 do  me  euell.  Notwithstondynge  I  sent  mes- 
 saungers  vnto  them,  sayenge :  I  haue  a  greate 
 busynes  to  do,  I  can  not  come  downe.  The 
 worke  shulde  stonde  still,  yf  I  were  necligent. 
 and  came  downe  to  you.  Howbeit  they  sent 
 vnto  me  as  good  as  foure  tymes  after  the  same 
 maner.     And  I  gaue  the  same  answere. 
 
 Then  sent  Saneballat  his  seruaunt  vnto  me 
 the  fifth  tyme,  with  an  open  letter  in  his 
 hande,  wherin  was  wrytten :  It  is  tolde  the 
 Heythen,  5  Gosem  hath  sayde  it,  that  thou 
 and  the  lewes  thynke  to  rebell :  for  f  which 
 cause  thou  buyldest  the  wall,  and  wylt  be 
 their  kynge  in  these  matters,  and  hast  or- 
 deyned  the  prophetes  to  preach  of  the  at  leru- 
 salein,  and  to  saye  :  He  is  kynge  of  luda. 
 
 Now  shal  this  come  to  the  kynges  eares 
 come  now  therfore,  and  let  us  take  oure  coun- 
 cell  together.  Neuertheles  I  sent  vnto  him, 
 sayenge :  There  is  no  soch  thinge  done  as 
 thou  sayest :  thou  hast  fayned  it  out  of  thine 
 owne  hert.  For  they  were  all  mynded  to 
 make  us  afrayed,  and  thoughte :  They  shal 
 withdrawe  their  handes  from  the  worke,  y  they 
 shal  not  laboure.  Howbeit  I  stregthed  my 
 hande  the  more. 
 
 And  I  came  vnto  f  house   of  Semaia  f 
 
C&ap.  bij. 
 
 CI)e  ij,  hoikt  of  (esjUrasf, 
 
 #0.  mt]fli)r. 
 
 Sonne  of  Delaia  the  sonne  of  Mechetabeel,  5 
 he  had  shut  him  selfe  within,  5  sayde :  Let  us 
 come  together  in  to  y  house  of  God,  eue  vnto 
 f  myddes  of  y  teple,  5  sparre  f  dores  of  f 
 teple :  for  they  wyl  come  to  slaye  y,  yee  eue 
 in  the  night  wyl  they  come  to  put  the  to 
 death.  But  I  sayde  :  Shulde  soch  a  ma  flye  ? 
 Shulde  soch  a  ma  as  I  am,  go  in  to  y  teple,  to 
 saue  his  life  ?  I  wyl  not  go  in. 
 
 For  I  perceaued,  that  God  had  not  sent 
 him  :  Yet  spake  he  prophecye  vpon  me,  neuer- 
 thelesse  Tobias  and  Saneballat  had  hired  him 
 for  money.  Therfore  toke  he  the  money,  that 
 I  shulde  be  afrayed,  and  so  to  do  and  synne, 
 that  they  might  haue  an  euell  reporte  of  me, 
 to  blaspheme  me.  My  God  thynke  thou 
 vpon  Tobias  and  Saneballat,  acordynge  vnto 
 these  their  workes,  and  of  y-  prophet  Noadia. 
 and  of  the  other  prophetes,  y  wolde  haue  put 
 me  in  feare. 
 
 And  the  wall  was  fynished  on  the  fyue  5 
 twentyeth  daye  of  the  moneth  Elul,  in  two 
 and  fyftye  dayes.  And  whan  all  oure  enemies 
 herde  therof,  all  the  Heithen  y  were  aboute 
 vs,  were  afraied,  and  their  corage  failed  the  : 
 for  they  perceaued,  that  this  worke  came  of 
 God.  And  at  f  same  tyme  were  there  many 
 of  ^y'  chefe  of  luda,  whose  letters  wete  vnto 
 Tobias,  g  from  Tobias  vnto  them  (for  there 
 were  many  in  luda  that  were  sworne  vnto 
 him  :  for  he  was  the  sonne  in  lawe  of  Sacha- 
 nia  the  sonne  of  Arab,  and  his  sonne  lohanan 
 had  the  doughter  of  MesuUam  the  sonne  of 
 Barachia,  and  they  spake  good  of  him  before 
 me,  and  tolde  him  my  wordes.)  And  Tobias 
 sent  letters,  to  put  me  in  feare. 
 
 Ei)t  bij.  Cl^apter. 
 
 NOW  whan  we  had  buylded  the  wall  I 
 hanged  on  the  dores,  and  the  porters, 
 syngers  and  Leuites  were  appoynted.  And  I 
 comaunded  my  brother  Hanani,  and  Hanania 
 the  ruler  of  the  palace  at  Jerusalem:  (for  he 
 was  a  faithfull  man,  and  feared  God  more 
 then  dyd  many  other)  and  I  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Let  not  the  gates  of  lerusale  be  opened  vntyll 
 the  Sonne  be  whote.  And  whyle  they  are 
 yet  stondinge  in  the  watch,  the  dores  shall  be 
 shut  and  barred.  And  there  were  certayne 
 citesyns  of  Jerusalem  appoynted  to  be  watch- 
 men, euery  one  in  his  watch,  and  aboute  his 
 house.  As  for  f  cite,  it  was  large  of  rowme, 
 and  greate,  but  y  people  were  fewe  therin, 
 and  the  houses  were  not  buylded. 
 
 And  my  God  gaue  me  in  my  hert,  that  I 
 gatherd  together  the  pryncipall  men  and  y^ 
 people,  to  nombre  them,  and  I  founde  a 
 register  of  their  nombre,  *  which  came  vp 
 afore  out  of  the  captiuyte  (whom  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  f  kynge  of  Babilo  had  caryed  awaie) 
 and  dwelt  at  Jerusalem  and  in  luda,  euery 
 one  vnto  his  cite,  and  were  come  with  Zoro- 
 babel,  lesua,  Nehemias,  Asaria,  Raamia, 
 Naheman,  Mardachai,  Bilsan,  Mispereth, 
 Bigeuai,  Nehum  and  Baena. 
 
 This  is  the  nombre  of  the  men  of  the  peo- 
 ple of  Israel.  The  children  of  Pareos  were  two 
 thousande,  an  hundreth  and  two  andseuentye: 
 The  children  of  Sephatia,  thre  hundreth  5  two 
 and  seuentye  :  the  children  of  Arah,  sixe  hun- 
 dreth and  two  and  fiftye:  y  children  of  Pahath 
 Moab  amonge  the  childre  of  lesua  and  loab, 
 two  thousande,  eight  hudreth,  and  eightene : 
 the  children  of  Elam,  a  thousande,  two  hun- 
 dreth, and  foure  and  fyftye:  the  children  of 
 Sathu,  eight  hundreth  g  fyue  and  fortye,  the 
 children  of  Sacai,  seuen  hundreth  and  thre 
 score :  the  children  of  Benni,  sixe  hundreth, 
 and  eight  and  fortye  :  y  children  of  Bebai, 
 sixe  hundreth  and  eight  and  twentye :  the 
 children  of  Asgad,  two  thousande,  thre  hun- 
 dreth and  two  and  twentye  :  the  children  of 
 Adonicam,  syxe  hundreth  5  thre  score :  the 
 children  of  Bigeuai,  two  thousande,  and  seuen 
 and  thre  score:  the  childre  of  Adin,  sixe 
 hudreth  g  fine  and  fiftye:  the  childre  of  Alter 
 of  Ezechias,  eight  and  nyentye. 
 
 The  children  of  Hasum,  thre  hundreth  5 
 eighte  and  twentye :  the  children  of  Bezai, 
 thre  hundreth  and  foure  and  twentye :  the 
 children  of  Hariph,  an  hundreth  and  twolue 
 the  children  of  Gibeon,  fyue  and  nyentye :  the 
 men  of  Bethleem  and  Netopha,  an  hudreth 
 and  eight  and  foure  score :  the  men  of  Ana- 
 thot,  an  hundreth  and  eight  and  twentye:  the 
 men  of  Beth  Asmaueth,  two  and  fortye :  the 
 men  of  Kiriath  learim,  Caphira  and  Beeroth, 
 seuen  hundreth  and  thre  and  fortye  :  the  men 
 of  Rama  and  Gaba,  sixe  hiidreth  and  one  and 
 twentye :  the  men  of  Michmas,  an  hundreth 
 and  two  and  twentye:  the  men  of  Bethel  and 
 Ai,  an  hundreth  and  thre  and  twentye :  the 
 men  of  Nebo,  an  hundreth  and  two  and  fiftye: 
 the  children  of  the  other  Elam,  a  thousande, 
 two  hundreth  and  foure  and  fyftye :  the  child- 
 ren of  Haram,  thre  hundreth  and  twentye: 
 
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 the  children  of  lericho,  thre  hundreth  and 
 fyue  and  fortye :  the  children  of  Lodhadid  j 
 Ono,  seuen  hundreth  and  one  and  twentye : 
 the  children  of  Scnaa,  thre  thousande,  nyne 
 hundreth  and  thirtye. 
 
 The  prestes.  The  children  of  ledaia  of  the 
 house  of  Icsua,  nyne  hundreth  and  thre  and 
 seuentye:  the  children  of  Immer,  a  thousande 
 and  two  and  fyftye :  the  children  of  Pashur,  a 
 thousande,  two  hundreth  and  seue  and  fortye  : 
 the  children  of  Harim,  a  thousande  and  seuen- 
 tene. 
 
 The  Leuites.  The  children  of  lesua  of 
 Cadmiel  amonge  the  children  of  Hodua,  foure 
 5  seuentye.  The  syngers.  The  children  of 
 Assaph,  an  hundreth  and  eight  and  fortye. 
 The  porters  were :  The  children  of  Sallum, 
 the  children  of  Ater,  the  childre  of  Talmon, 
 the  children  of  Acub,  the  children  of  Hatita, 
 the  children  of  Sobai,  alltogether  an  hundreth 
 and  eight  and  thirtye. 
 
 The  Nethinims.  The  children  of  Ziha,  f 
 childre  of  Hasupha,  the  childre  of  Tabaoth, 
 the  children  of  Ceros,  the  children  of  Sia,  y 
 children  of  Padon,  the  children  of  Libana, 
 the  children  of  Hagaba,  the  children  of  Sal- 
 mai,  the  children  of  Hanan,  the  children  of 
 Giddel,  the  children  of  Gahar,  the  children  of 
 Reaia,  the  children  of  Rezin,  the  children  of 
 Necoda,  the  childre  of  Gasam,  the  childre  of 
 Vsa,  the  children  of  Passeah,  the  children  of 
 Bessai,  the  children  of  Megunim,  the  children 
 of  Nephusim,  the  children  of  Bachuc,  the 
 children  of  Hacupha,  the  childre  of  Harhur, 
 the  children  of  Bazlith,  the  children  of 
 Mehida,  the  children  of  Harsa,  the  children  of 
 Barcos,  the  children  of  Sissera,  the  children  of 
 Thamah,  the  children  of  Neziah,  f  children 
 of  Hatipha. 
 
 The  childre  of  Salomons  seruauntes  were : 
 The  children  of  Sotai,the  childre  of  Sophereth, 
 the  children  of  Prida,  the  childre  of  laela,  the 
 children  of  Darcon,  the  childre  of  Giddel,  the 
 childre  of  Sephatia,  the  childre  of  Hatil,  f 
 childre  of  Pochereth  of  Zebaim,  the  children 
 of  Amon.  All  the  Nethinims  %  the  childre 
 of  Salomons  seruauntes,  were  thre  hundreth 
 and  two  and  nynetye. 
 
 And  these  wente  vp  also :  Michel,  Mela, 
 Thel,  Harsa,  Cherub,  Addo,  Immer:  but 
 they  coulde  not  shewe  their  fathers  house  ner 
 their  sede,  whether  they  were  of  Israel.     The 
 
 •  Deu.  31.  c.     4  Re.  23.  a. 
 
 childre  of  Delaia,  y  children  of  Tobia,  g  the 
 childre  of  Necoda,  were  sixe  hudreth  (t  two  tt 
 fortye.  And  of  the  prestes  were,  the  children 
 of  Habaia,  the  childre  of  Hacoz,  the  children 
 of  Barsillai,  which  toke  one  of  f  doughters  of 
 Barsillai  the  Gileadite  to  wyfe,  and  was  named 
 afther  their  name.  These  soughte  the  register 
 of  their  generacion,  and  whan  they  foude  it 
 not,  they  were  put  from  y  presthode.  And 
 Hathirsatha  sayde  vnto  them,  y  they  shulde 
 not  eate  of  f  most  holy,  tyll  there  came  vp  a 
 prest  with  f  light  and  perfectnesse. 
 
 The  whole  congregacio  as  one  ma,  was  two  J^ 
 and  fortye  thousande  thre  hundreth,  and  thre 
 score :  besyde  their  seruauntes  and  maydes, 
 of  whom  there  were  seuen  thousande,  thre 
 hundreth  and  seue  and  thirtye.  And  they  had 
 two  hundreth  and  seuen  and  fortie  synginge 
 men  and  wemen,  seuen  hundreth  and  sixe  and 
 thirtie  horses,  two  hiidreth  and  fyue  and  fortie 
 Mules,  foure  hundreth  and  fyue  and  thirtie 
 Camels :  sixe  thousande,  seue  hundreth  and 
 twentye  Asses. 
 
 And  certayne  of  the  awnciet  fathers  gaue 
 vnto  the  worke.  Hathirsatha  gaue  to  the 
 treasure  a  thousande  guldens,  fiftie  basens, 
 fyue  hundreth  and  thyrtie  prestes  garmentes. 
 And  some  of  the  chefe  fathers  gaue  vnto  f 
 treasure  of  the  worke,  twetye  thousande  guld- 
 ens, two  thousande  and  two  hundreth  poiide 
 of  siluer.  And  the  other  people  gaue  twetye 
 thousande  guldens,  and  two  thousande  pounde 
 of  siluer,  and  seue  and  thre  score  prestes  gar- 
 mentes. And  the  prestes  and  Leuites,  the 
 Porters,  the  syngers,  and  the  other  of  the 
 people,  and  the  Nethinims,  and  aU  Israel, 
 dwelt  in  their  cities. 
 
 CI)c  biij.  €i)xpttr. 
 
 NOW  whan  the  seuenth  moneth  drue  nye, 
 and  f  children  of  Israel  were  in  their 
 cities,  all  the  people  gathered  them  selues 
 together  as  one  man  vpon  the  strete  before 
 the  Watergate,  and  sayde  vnto  Eszdras  the 
 scrybe,  that  he  shulde  fetch  the  boke  of  the 
 lawe  of  Moses,  which  the  LORDE  com- 
 maunded  Israel.  *And  Eszdras  the  prest 
 brought  f  lawe  before  the  congregacio  both  of 
 men  and  wemen,  and  of  all  that  coulde 
 vnderstonde  it,  vpon  the  first  daye  of  the 
 seuenth  moneth,  and  red  therin  in  the  strete 
 that  is  before  the  Watergate,  from  f  light 
 momynge  vntyll  the  noone  daye  before  men 
 
Cfjap.  ij:. 
 
 m)e  iU  bokt  of  (B^ibtas. 
 
 So*  ttttlu 
 
 and  wemen  and  soch  as  coulde  vnderstonde 
 it :  and  the  eares  of  all  the  people  were  in- 
 clyned  vnto  the  boke  of  the  lawe.  And 
 Eszdras  the  scrybe  stode  vpon  an  hye  pulpit 
 of  wod,  which  they  had  made  for  the  preach- 
 ynge,  a  beside  him  stode  Mathithia,  Sema, 
 Anania  Vria,  Ezechias,  and  Maeseia  on  his 
 righte  hand:  And  on  his  lefte  honde  stode 
 Pedaia,  Misael,  Malchia,  Hasum,  Haszbadana, 
 Zachary  and  Mesullam. 
 
 And  Eszdras  opened  y  boke  before  all  ;y^ 
 people,  for  he  stode  aboue  all  y  people.  And 
 whan  he  opened  it,  all  the  people  stode  vp. 
 And  Eszdras  praysed  the  LORDE  the  greate 
 God.  And  all  the  people  answered  Amen, 
 Amen,  with  their  handes  vp,  and  bowed  the 
 selues,  and  worshipped  y  LORDE  with  their 
 faces  to  the  grounde.  And  lesua,  Bani,  Se- 
 rebia,  lamin,  Acub,  Sabthai,  Hodaia,  Maeseia, 
 Celita,  Asaria,  losabad,  Hanam,  Plaia,  and  the 
 Leuites,  caused  y  people  to  geue  hede  vnto 
 the  lawe,  5  the  people  stode  in  their  place. 
 And  they  red  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  God 
 distinctly  and  planely,  so  that  men  vnderstode 
 the  thinge  that  was  red.  And  Nehemias 
 (which  is  Hathirsatha)  and  Esdras  the  prest 
 and  scrybe,  and  the  Leuites  y  caused  the 
 people  to  take  hede,  sayde  vnto  all  the  people : 
 This  daye  is  holy  vnto  the  LORDE  youre 
 God :  be  not  ye  sory  therfore,  g  wepe  not. 
 For  all  y  people  wepte,  wha  they  herde  the 
 wordes  of  the  lawe. 
 
 Therfore  sayde  he  vnto  them  :  Go  youre 
 waye,  and  eate  the  fat,  and  drynke  the  swete, 
 and  sende  parte  vnto  them  also  that  haue  not 
 prepared  themselues :  for  this  daye  is  holy 
 vnto  oure  LORDE,  be  not  ye  sory  therfore : 
 for  the  ioye  of  the  LORDE  is  youre  strength. 
 And  the  Leuites  stylled  all  the  people,  and 
 sayde  :  Holde  youre  peace,  for  the  daye  is 
 holy,  vexe  not  ye  youre  selues.  And  all  the 
 people  wente  their  waye  to  eate  and  drinke, 
 and  to  sende  parte  vnto  other,  and  to  make 
 greate  myrth,  for  they  had  vnderstonde  the 
 wordes  that  were  declared  vnto  them. 
 
 And  on  the  nexte  daye  were  gathered  to- 
 gether the  chefe  fathers  amonge  all  the  people, 
 and  the  prestes  and  Leuites,  vnto  Esdras  the 
 scrybe,  that  he  shulde  teach  them  f  wordes  of 
 the  lawe.  And  they  founde  written  in  the 
 lawe,  *  how  that  the  LORDE  had  com- 
 maunded  by  Moses,  that  the  childre  of  Israel 
 
 •  Leui.  23.  f. 
 
 shulde  dwell  in  bothes  in  the  feast  of  the 
 seuenth  moneth.  And  so  they  caused  it  be 
 declared  and  proclamed  in  all  their  cities,  5  at 
 Jerusalem,  sayenge  :  Go  vp  vnto  f  mout  and 
 fetch  Olyue  braunches,  Pynebraunches,  Myrt- 
 braunches,  Palmebraunches,  a  braunches  of 
 thicketrees,  to  make  bothes  as  it  is  wrytten. 
 
 And  f  people  wente  vp,  and  fetched  the, 
 and  made  them  bothes,  euery  one  vpon  the 
 rofe  of  his  house,  and  in  their  courtes,  and  in 
 the  courtes  of  the  house  of  God,  and  in  the 
 strete  by  the  Watergate,  and  in  the  strete  by 
 Ephraims  porte.  And  all  the  congregacion 
 of  them  that  were  come  agayne  out  of  the 
 captyuite,  made  bothes,  and  dwelt  therin : 
 for  sence  the  tyme  of  losua  the  sonne  of  Nu 
 vnto  this  daye,  had  not  the  children  of  Israel 
 done  so,  and  there  was  very  greate  gladnesse. 
 And  euery  daye  from  the  first  dale  vnto  the 
 last,  red  he  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of  God. 
 And  seuen  dayes  helde  they  the  feast,  (j  on 
 the  eight  daye  the  gatherynge  together, 
 acordynge  vnto  the  maner. 
 
 Ei)t  iy.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 IN  the  foure  and  twentieth  daye  of  this 
 moneth  came  the  children  of  Israel  to- 
 gether with  fastinge  and  sackclothes,  and 
 earth  vpon  them,  and  separated  the  sede  of 
 Israel  from  all  the  straunge  children,  and 
 stode  and  knowleged  their  synnes,  and  the 
 wyckednesses  of  their  fathers,  and  stode  vp  in 
 their  place,  and  red  in  the  boke  of  the  lawe  of 
 the  LORDE  their  God  foure  tymes  on  the 
 daye,  and  they  knowleged,  and  worshipped 
 the  LORDE  their  God  foure  tymes  on  the 
 daye.  And  the  Leuites  stode  on  hye,  namely 
 lesua,  Bani,  Cadmiel,  Sebania,  Buni,  Serebia, 
 Bani,  and  Chenani,  and  cryed  loude  vnto  the 
 LORDE  their  God.  And  the  Leuites,  lesua, 
 Cadmiel,  Bani,  Hasabenia,  Serebia,  Hodia, 
 Sebania,  Pethahia,  sayde :  Stonde  vp,  prayse 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  for  euer:  and  let 
 thankes  be  geue  vnto  the  name  of  thy  glorye, 
 which  excelleth  all  thankesgeuynge  and  prayse. 
 LORDE,  thou  art  alone,  thou  hast  made 
 heauen,  and  the  heauen  of  all  heauens,  with 
 all  their  boost,  the  earth  and  all  that  therin  is, 
 the  See  and  all  that  is  therin :  thou  geuest 
 life  vnto  all,  and  y  boost  of  heauen  bowe 
 themselues  vnto  the.  Thou  art  the  LORDE 
 God,  that  hast  chosen  Abra,  and  broughte 
 him  out  of  Vr  in   Chaldea,  s  called  him 
 
jTo.  cmltj. 
 
 €i)t  I'j.  bo'kt  of  <i!56^Ura£i. 
 
 Cftap.  ir. 
 
 Abraham,*  and  founde  his  hert  faithfull  before 
 the,  t  and  madest  a  couenaut  ^vith  him,  to 
 geue  vnto  his  sede  the  londe  of  the  Cananites, 
 Hethites,  Amorites,  Pheresites,  lebusites,  and 
 Girgosites,  and  hast  made  good  thy  wordes : 
 for  thou  art  righteous,  t  And  hast  considered 
 the  mysery  of  oure  fathers  in  Egipte,  and 
 herde  their  complainte  by  the  reed  See,  and 
 shewed  tokes  and  wonders  vpo  Pharao,  and 
 on  all  his  seruautes,  and  on  all  his  people  of 
 his  londe :  for  thou  knewest  y  they  were  pre- 
 sumptuous s  eruell  against  them,  (j  so  madest 
 thou  Hhe  a  name  as  it  is  this  daie.  And  the 
 reed  See  partedst  thou  in  sunder  before  them, 
 so  that  they  wete  thorow  the  myddes  of  the 
 See  drye  shod :  a  their  persecuters  threwest 
 thou  in  to  the  depe  as  a  stone,  in  the  mightie 
 waters,  and  leddest  them  on  the  daye  tyme  in 
 a  cloudy  pyler,  and  on  the  nighte  season  in 
 a  piler  of  fyre,  to  shewe  them  lighte  in  the 
 waye  y  they  wente. 
 
 "Thou  earnest  downe  also  vp5  mount  Sinai, 
 and  spakest  vnto  them  from  heauen,  and 
 gauest  them  righte  iudgmentes,  true  lawes, 
 good  commaundementes  and  statutes,  and 
 declared  vnto  them  thy  holy  Sabbath,  and 
 commaunded  them  preceptes,  ordinaunces, 
 and  lawes,  by  Moses  thy  seruaunt:  and  II  gauest 
 them  bred  from  heauen  whan  they  were 
 hongrye,  and  H  broughte  forth  water  for  them 
 out  of  the  rock  whan  they  were  thyrstye  :  and 
 promysed  them,  *that  they  shulde  go  in,  and 
 take  possession  of  the  londe,  where  ouer  thou 
 haddest  lyfte  vp  thine  hande  for  to  geue  them. 
 
 Neuertheles  oure  fathers  were  proude  and 
 hardnecked,  so  that  they  folowed  not  thy  co- 
 maundementes,  and  refused  to  heare,  and  were 
 not  myndefuli  of  the  wonders  y  thou  dyddest 
 for  them :  but  became  obstynate  and  heady, 
 in  so  moch  that  they  turned  back  to  their 
 bondage  in  their  dishobedience.  But  thou 
 my  God  forgauest,  and  wast  gracious,  mercifull, 
 pacient,  and  of  greate  goodnesse,  and  for- 
 sokest  them  not.  **  And  though  they  made 
 a  molten  calfe  (and  sayde  :  This  is  thy  God, 
 that  broughte  the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte) 
 and  dyd  greate  blasphemies,  yet  forsokest  thou 
 them  not  in  the  wyldernes,  acordinge  to  thy 
 greate  mercy,  tt  And  y  cloudy  piler  departed 
 not  from  them  on  y  daye  tyme  to  lede  them 
 
 •Gen.  11.  d.  Gen.  17.  a.  tGen.lS.d.  jExo.S.b. 
 §  Some  reade  :  them.  "Exo.  19.  20.  Deut.  4.  b.  ||  Exo. 
 16.  a.       f  Num.  20.  b.       "  Gen.  22.  c.       *•  Eio.  32.  b. 
 
 the  waye,  nether  the  piler  of  fyre  in  the  night 
 season,  to  shewe  them  lighte  in  the  waye  that 
 they  wente. 
 
 And  thou  gauest  them  thy  good  sprete  to 
 enfourme  them,  ttand  withheldest  not  thy 
 Manna  from  their  mouth,  ^^and  gauest  the 
 water  wha  they  were  thirstie.  Fortye  yeares 
 longe  madest  thou  prouysion  for  them  in  the 
 wyldernesse,  so  that  they  wanted  nothinge : 
 nil  their  clothes  waxed  not  olde,  and  their  fete 
 swelled  not.  And  thou  gauest  the  kigdomes 
 (J  nacions,  5  partedst  the  acordinge  to  their 
 porcions,  so  that  they  possessed  If  IT  the  londe  of 
 Sihon  kynge  of  Heszbon,  5  the  londe  of  Og  f 
 kynge  of  Basan.  ***  And  their  childre  mul- 
 tiplyedst  thou  as  the  starres  of  heauen,  and 
 broughtest  the  in  to  the  londe  wherof  thou 
 haddest  spoken  vnto  their  fathers,  that  they 
 shulde  go  in  to  it,  and  haue  it  in  possession. 
 
 And  f  children  wente  in,  and  possessed  the 
 londe,  tttand  thou  subdudest  before  the  the 
 inhabiters  of  the  londe,  euen  the  Cananites,  5 
 gauest  them  in  to  their  hande,  and  their  kynges 
 and  f  people  of  the  londe,  y  they  might  do 
 with  them  what  they  wolde.  And  they  wanne 
 their  stronge  cities,  5  a  fat  londe,  and  toke 
 possession  of  houses  y  were  full  of  all  maner 
 goodes,  welles  dygged  out,  vynyardes,  oyl- 
 gardens,  (j  many  frutefuU  trees :  and  they  ate 
 a  were  fylled,  5  became  fat,  5  lyued  in  welth 
 thorow  thy  greate  goodnes.  Neuertheles  they 
 were  disobedient,  and  rebelled  agaynst  the, 
 and  cast  thy  lawe  behynde  their  backes,  tttand 
 slewe  thy  prophetes  (which  exhorted  them  so 
 earnestly,  that  they  shulde  couerte  vnto  the) 
 and  dyd  greate  blasphemies.  Therfore  gauest 
 thou  them  ouer  in  to  the  hade  of  their  enemies 
 that  vexed  them. 
 
 And  in  y  tyme  of  their  trouble  they  cried 
 vnto  the,  and  thou  hardest  them  from  heauen : 
 and  thorow  thy  greate  mercy  thou  gauest  them 
 sauiours,  which  helped  the  out  of  the  hande 
 of  their  enemies.  But  whan  they  came  to  rest, 
 they  turned  back  agayne  to  do  euell  before 
 the :  therfore  leftest  thou  them  in  the  hande 
 of  their  enemies,  so  y  they  had  y  dominion 
 ouer  them.  So  they  couerted,  and  cryed  vnto 
 the,  and  thou  herdest  them  from  heauen,  and 
 many  a  tyme  hast  thou  delyuered  them 
 acordinge  to  thy  greate  mercy,  and  testified 
 
 tt  Exo.  13.  d.     n  Exo.  16.  f.    fjfj  Exo.  17.  a.     ||{|  Deut.  8.  a. 
 %%  Nu.  21.  d.  •••  Gen.  22.  c.  ttt  losu.  2. 3.  4. 
 
 ttt  3  Re.  18.  b. 
 
Cf)ap.  v. 
 
 €l)t  ij,  bofee  of  esiiliras. 
 
 jfo.  mdiij. 
 
 dr 
 
 vnto  them,  that  they  shulde  turne  agayne  vnto 
 thy  lawe. 
 
 Notwithstodinge  they  were  proude,  and 
 herkened  not  vnto  thy  comaundementes,  but 
 synned  in  thy  lawes  (which  a  man  shulde  do, 
 (J  lyue  in  them)  5  turned  their  shulder  awaye, 
 d  were  styffnecked,  5  wolde  not  heare.  And 
 many  yeares  dyddest  thou  forbeare  them,  5 
 testified  vnto  them  thorow  thy  sprete,  euen  by 
 the  office  of  thy  prophetes,  5  yet  wolde  they 
 not  heare.  Therfore  gauest  thou  the  in  to  y 
 hade  of  y  nacions  in  the  londes.  But  for  thy 
 greate  mercies  sake  thou  hast  not  vtterly  c6- 
 sumed  them,  nether  forsaken  them  :  for  thou 
 art  a  gracious  and  mercifull  God. 
 
 Now  oure  God,  thou  greate  God,  mightie 
 and  terrible,  thou  that  kepest  couenaunt  and 
 mercy,  regarde  not  a  litle  all  the  trauayle  y 
 hath  happened  vnto  vs,  (j  oure  kynges,  prynces, 
 prestes,  prophetes,  fathers  5  all  thy  people, 
 sence  the  tyme  of  the  kynges  of  Assur  vnto 
 this  dale.  Thou  art  righteous  in  all  y  thou 
 hast  broughte  vpo  vs :  for  thou  hast  done 
 righte.  As  for  vs,  we  haue  bene  vngodly, 
 and  oure  kynges,  prynces,  prestes  5  fathers 
 haue  not  done  after  thy  lawe,  ner  regarded  thy 
 comaundementes,  g  thy  earnest  exhortacios 
 wherwith  thou  hast  exhorted  them,  (j  haue  not 
 serued  f  in  their  kyngdome,  and  in  thy  greate 
 goodes  y  thou  gauest  them,  and  in  the  large 
 and  plenteous  lode  which  thou  gauest  them  to 
 good,  and  haue  not  conuerted  from  their  wicked 
 workes.  Beholde,  therfore  are  we  in  bondage 
 this  daye :  Yee  euen  in  the  lode  that  thou 
 gauest  vnto  oure  fathers,  to  enioye  the  frutes 
 and  goodes  therof,  beholde,  there  are  we  bond- 
 men. And  greate  is  the  increase  of  it  vnto 
 the  kynges,  whom  thou  hast  set  ouer  vs  be- 
 cause of  our  synnes,  and  they  haue  dominion 
 ouer  oure  bodies  and  catell,  and  we  are  in 
 greate  trouble. 
 
 And  in  all  this  made  we  a  sure  couenaunt, 
 5  wrote  it,  5  let  oure  prynces,  Leuites  5  prestes 
 seale  it. 
 
 UTijt  V-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 THE  sealers  were :  Nehemias  (that  is) 
 Hathirsatha  the  sonne  of  Hachalia  and 
 Sedechias,  Seraia,  Asaria,  leremy,  Pashur, 
 Amaria,  Malchia,  Hattus,  Sebania,  Malluch, 
 Harim,  Meremoth,  Obadia,  Daniel,  Sinthun, 
 Baruch,  Mesullam,  Abia,  Meiamin,  Maasga, 
 Bilgai  and  Semaia :  these  were  prestes. 
 
 •  losu.  24.  c.     2  Par.  15.  c.        t  Deut.  7.  a. 
 
 The  Leuites  were :  lesua  y  sonne  of  Asania, 
 Binui  amonge  the  childre  of  Henadad,  Cad- 
 miel.  And  their  brethren  :  Sechania,  Hodia, 
 Celita,  Plaia,  Hauan,  Micha,  Rehob,  Hasabia, 
 Sachur,  Serebia,  Sebania,  Hodia,  Bani  and 
 Beninu.  The  heades  of  the  people  were : 
 Pareos,  Pahath  Moab,  Elam,  Sathu,  Bani, 
 Buni,  Asgad,  Sebai,  Adonia,  Bigenai,  Adiu, 
 Ater,  Hezechias,  Asur,  Hodia,  Hasum,  Bezai, 
 Hariph,  Anathot,  Neubai,  Magpias,  Mesullam, 
 Hesir,  Mesesabeel,  Sadoc,  laddua,  Platia, 
 Hanan,  Anaia,  Hoseia,  Hanania,  Hasub, 
 Halohes,  Pilha,  Sobek,  Rehum,  Hasabna, 
 Maeseia,  Ahia,  Hanan,  Anan,  Malluch,  Harim 
 and  Baena. 
 
 And  the  other  people,  the  prestes,  Leuites, 
 Porters,  syngers,  Nethinims,  5  all  they  that 
 had  separated  them  selues  from  f  people  in 
 the  lodes  vnto  the  lawe  of  God,  with  their 
 wyues,  sonnes  and  daughters,  as  many  as  coulde 
 vnderstonde  it,  and  their  lordes  that  had  rule 
 of  them,  receaued  it  for  their  brethren. 
 
 *And  they  came  to  sweare,  and  to  bynde 
 them  selues  with  an  00th  to  walke  in  Gods 
 lawe,  which  was  geuen  by  Moses  the  seruaunt 
 of  God,  that  they  wolde  obserue  and  do  acord- 
 inge  vnto  all  the  commaundementes,  iudg- 
 mentes  and  statutes  of  the  LORDE  oure  God: 
 tand  that  we  wolde  not  geue  oure  doughters 
 vnto  the  people  in  the  lode,  nether  to  take 
 their  doughters  for  oure  sonnes.  t  And  yf  y 
 people  of  the  lode  broughte  ware  on  the  Sab- 
 bath, and  all  maner  of  vytayles  to  sell,  that  we 
 wolde  not  take  it  of  them  on  the  Sabbath  and 
 on  the  holy  dayes.  §  And  that  we  wolde  let 
 the  seueth  yeare  be  fre  concernynge  all  maner 
 of  charge. 
 
 And  we  layed  a  statute  vpon  oure  selues, 
 to  geue  yearly  y  thirde  parte  of  a  Sycle  to  the 
 mynistracion  in  the  house  of  oure  God,  namely 
 to  the  shewbred,  to  the  daylie  meatofferynge, 
 to  the  daylie  burntofferynge  of  f  Sabbathes, 
 of  the  new  mones  and  feast  dayes,  and  to  the 
 thinges  that  were  sanctified,  and  to  the  syn- 
 oiferynges,  to  reconcyle  Israel  with  all,  and  to 
 all  the  busynes  in  f  house  of  oure  God. 
 
 And  we  cast  the  lot  amonge  the  prestes, 
 Leuites  and  the  people,  for  offerynge  of  f 
 wod,  to  be  brought  vnto  f  house  of  oure  God 
 from  yeare  to  yeare,  after  the  houses  of  oure 
 fathers,  that  it  might  be  brent  at  tymes  ap- 
 poynted,  vpon  the  altare  of  the  LORDE  oure 
 
 }  2  Esd.  13.  c. 
 
 I  Leui.  S5.  a.     Deut.  15,  a. 
 
fo,  tmUiiU 
 
 C!)t  ij.  bofee  of  (Ksijltrag, 
 
 C6ap.  vU 
 
 I  God,  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe :  and  yearly 
 I  to  brynge  the  firstlinges  of  oure  londe,  5  the 
 !  firstUnges  of  oure  frutes  of  all  trees,  yeare  by 
 jyeare,  vnto  ^  house  of  the  LORDE:  and  the 
 firstlinges  of  oure  sonnes,  and  of  oure  catell 
 g  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe :  and  the  firstlinges 
 I  of  oure  oxen  and  of  oure  shepe,  that  we  shulde 
 brynge  all  this  to  the  house  of  oure  God  vnto 
 the  prestes  that  mynister  in  the  house  of  oure 
 God :  and  that  we  shulde  brynge  the  first- 
 linges of  oure  dowe,  and  of  oure  HeueoiFer- 
 inges,  and  the  frutes  of  all  maner  trees,  of 
 wyne  also  and  of  oyle,  vnto  the  prestes  to  the 
 chestes  of  the  house  of  oure  God.  And  the 
 tithes  of  oure  lode  vnto  the  Leuites,  y  the 
 Leuites  might  haue  the  tithes  in  all  the  cities 
 of  oure  mynistracion. 
 
 And  the  prest  the  sonne  of  Aaron  shal  with 
 the  Leuites  haue  also  of  the  tithes  of  f  Leuites, 
 so  that  the  Leuites  shal  brynge  vp  the  tithes 
 of  their  tithes  vnto  the  house  of  oure  God  to 
 the  chest  in  f  treasure  house.  For  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  and  the  children  of  Leui  shall 
 brynge  vp  the  Heueofferynges  of  the  come, 
 wyne  and  oyle  vnto  the  chestes,  there  are  the 
 vessels  of  the  Sanctuary,  5  the  prestes  y 
 mynister,  and  the  porters  5  syngers,  y  we 
 forsake  not  the  house  of  oure  God. 
 
 €i)t  n-  Cf)apttr. 
 
 AND  the  rulers  of  the  people  dwelt  at 
 Jerusalem.  But  the  other  people  cast 
 lottes  therfore,  so  that  amoge  ten  one  parte 
 wente  to  Jerusalem  in  to  the  holy  cite  to 
 dwell,  and  nyne  partes  in  the  cities.  And  f 
 people  thanked  all  the  men  that  were  willinge 
 to  dwell  at  lerusalem. 
 
 These  are  the  heades  of  the  londe  that 
 dwelt  at  lerusalem.  In  the  cities  dwelt  luda 
 euery  one  in  his  possession  y  was  in  their  cities, 
 namely  Israel,  the  prestes,  Leuites,  y  Nethi- 
 nims,  and  the  children  of  Salomons  seruauntes. 
 And  at  lerusale  dwelt  certayne  of  the  children 
 of  luda  (J  of  Ben  lamin. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  luda :  Athaia  the  sonne 
 of  Vsia  y  sonne  of  Zachary,  the  sonne  of 
 Amaria,  the  sonne  of  Sephatia,  the  sonne  of 
 Mahelaleel,  of  the  children  of  Phares.  And 
 Maeseia  the  sonne  of  Baruch,  the  sonne  of 
 Chal  Hose,  the  sonne  of  Hasaia,  the  sonne  of 
 Adaia,  the  sonne  of  loiarib,  the  sonne  of 
 Zachary,  the  sonne  of  Siloni.     All  the  childre 
 
 of  Phares  that  dwelt  at  lerusalem,  were  foure 
 C.  and  eight  5  thre  score  valeaunt  men. 
 
 *  These  are  the  childre  of  Ben  lamin :  Sallu 
 the  sonne  of  Mesullam,  y  sonne  of  loed, 
 the  sonne  of  Pedaia,  the  sonne  of  Colaia,  f 
 sonne  of  Maeseia,  the  sonne  of  Ithiel,  f  sonne 
 of  lesaia.  And  after  him  Sabai,  Sallai :  nyne 
 hundreth  and  eight  and  twentye.  And  loel 
 the  Sonne  of  Sichri  had  the  ouersight  of  them : 
 and  luda  y  sonne  of  Hasnua  ouer  the  seconde 
 parte  of  the  cite. 
 
 'Of  the  prestes  there  dwelt:  ledaia  f  sonne 
 of  loiarib,  lachin.  Seraia  the  sonne  of  Hel- 
 chias  f  Sonne  of  Mesullam,  the  sonne  of  Sadoc, 
 the  Sonne  of  Meraioth,  the  sonne  of  Achitob, 
 was  prynce  in  the  house  of  God :  5  his  brethre 
 that  perfourmed  the  worke  in  y  house :  of 
 whom  there  were  viij.  C.  and  xxij.  And 
 Adaia  the  sonne  of  leroham,  the  sonne  of 
 Plalia,  the  sonne  of  Amzi,  the  sonne  of 
 Zachary,  the  sonne  of  Pashur  %  his  brethre, 
 chefe  amoge  the  fathers  :  of  whom  there  were 
 two  hundreth  and  two  and  fortye.  And 
 Amassai  the  sonne  of  Asariel  the  sonne  of 
 Ahusai,  the  sonne  of  Mesillemoth,  the  sonne 
 of  Immer:  and  his  brethren  were  valeaunt 
 men,  of  whom  there  were  an  hundreth  and 
 eight  and  twentye.  And  their  ouerseer  was 
 Sabdaiel  the  sonne  of  Gedolim. 
 
 ■*  Of  the  Leuites :  Semaia  the  sonne  of  Hasub, 
 the  Sonne  of  Asrikam,  the  sonne  of  Hasabia, 
 the  Sonne  of  Buniii :  And  Sabthai  and  losa- 
 bad  of  the  chefe  of  the  Leuites,  in  the 
 outwarde  busynes  of  y'  house  of  God.  And 
 Mathania  the  sonne  of  Micha,  the  sonne  of 
 Sabdi,  the  sonne  of  Assaph,  which  was  the 
 pryncipall  to  begynne  the  thankesgeuynge  vnto 
 prayer.  And  bacbuchia  f  seconde  amoge  his 
 brethren,  and  Abda  the  sonne  of  Sammua, 
 the  sonne  of  Galal,  the  sonne  of  ledithun- 
 All  the  Leuites  in  the  holy  cite  were  two 
 hundreth  and  foure  5  foure  score.  *  And  f 
 porters  Acub  and  Talman,  and  their  brethren 
 y  kepte  the  partes,  were  an  hundreth  and  two 
 and  seuentye.  As  for  the  residue  of  Israel, 
 the  prestes  and  Leuites,  they  were  in  all  the 
 cities  of  luda,  euery  one  in  his  inheritaunce. 
 And  the  Nethinims  dwelt  in  Ophel :  and 
 Zipha  and  Gispa  belonged  vnto  the  Nethinims. 
 The  ouerseer  of  the  Leuites  at  lerusalem,  was 
 Vsi  the  Sonne  of  Bani,  the  sonne  of  Hasabia, 
 the  sonne  of  Mathania,  the  sonne  of  Micha. 
 
 ''IPar.lO.  b.  'IPar,  10.  c 
 
 C 
 
C&ap.  vih 
 
 Cl)e  ij,  Jjofee  of  CSitirasi. 
 
 jTo,  mtlb. 
 
 Of  the  children  of  Assaph  there  were 
 syngers  aboute  f  busynes  in  the  house  of 
 God :  for  it  was  the  kynges  commaundement 
 cocernynge  them,  that  f  syngers  shulde  deale 
 faithfully,  euery  daye  as  acordinge  was. 
 
 And  Pethaia  the  sonne  of  Mesesabeel  of 
 the  childre  of  Serah  the  sonne  of  luda  nexte 
 the  kynge  in  all  matters  coneernynge  the 
 people.  And  the  children  of  luda  that  were 
 without  in  the  townes  of  their  londe,  dwelt 
 some  at  Kiriath  Arba,  and  in  the  vyllages 
 therof,  d  at  Dibon,  and  in  the  vyllages  therof : 
 and  at  Cabzeel,  and  in  f  vyllages  therof :  and 
 at  lesua,  Molada,  Bethphalet,  Hazarsual, 
 Berseba  and  in  their  vyllages :  5  at  Siclag 
 and  Mochona,  and  in  their  vyllages :  And  at 
 Enrimmon,  Zarega,  leremuth,  Sanoah,  Adul- 
 1am  and  in  their  vyllages :  At  Laehis,  and  in 
 the  feldes  therof:  At  Aseka,  and  in  the  vyl- 
 lages therof:  and  dwelt  from  Berseba  vnto  the 
 valley  of  Hinnom. 
 
 The  children  of  Ben  lamin  of  Gaba,  dwelt 
 at  Michmas,  Aia,  Bethel  and  in  their  vyllages. 
 And  at  Anathoth,  Nob,  Anania,  Hazor, 
 Rama,  Githaim,  Hadid,  Ziboim,  Neballat, 
 Lod,  Ono  5  in  the  Carpeters  valley.  And 
 certayne  of  the  Leuites  y  had  porcions  in 
 luda,  dwelt  in  Ben  lamin. 
 
 CI)t  nj-  CJjapttr. 
 
 THESE  are  y  prestes  and  Leuites  that 
 wente  vp  with  Zorobabel  f  sonne  of 
 Saalthiel  and  with  lesua:  Seraia,  leremy, 
 Esdras,  Amaria,  Malluch,  Hattus,  Sechania, 
 Rehum,  Meremoth,  Iddo,  Ginthoi,  Abia, 
 Meiamin,  Maadia,  Bilga,  Semaia,  loiarib, 
 ledaia,  Sallu,  Amok,  Helchias  5  ledaia. 
 These  were  the  heades  amoge  the  prestes  and 
 their  brethren  in  the  tyme  of  lesua.  The 
 Leuites  were  these  :  lesua,  Benui,  Cadmiel, 
 Serebia,  luda  and  Mathania,  ouer  the  office 
 of  thankesgeuynge,  they  5  their  brethre : 
 Bacbuchia  5  Vnni  and  their  brethre,  were 
 aboute  them  in  the  watches. 
 
 lesua  begat  loachim.  loachim  begat  Elia- 
 sib.  Eliasib  begat  loiada.  loiada  begat 
 lonathan.  Jonathan  begat  laddua.  And  in 
 the  t}Tne  of  loachim  were  these  the  chefe 
 fathers  amonge  the  prestes  :  namely  of  Seraia 
 was  Meraia,  of  leremy  was  Hanania,  of  Esz- 
 dras  was  MesuUam,  of  Amaria  was  lohanan, 
 of  Malluch   was    lonathan,    of  Sebania  was 
 
 Joseph,  of  Harim  was  Adna,  of  Meraioth  was 
 Helcai,  of  Iddo  was  Zachary,  of  Giiithon  was 
 Mesidla,  of  Abia  was  Sichri,  of  Miniamin 
 Moadia  was  Piltai,  of  Bilga  was  Sammua,  of 
 Semaia  was  lonathan,  of  loiarib  was  Mathnai, 
 of  ledaia  was  Vsi,  of  Sallai  was  Callai,  of 
 Amok  was  Eber,  of  Helchias  was  Hasabia,  of 
 Gedaia,  was  Nethaneel. 
 
 And  in  the  tyme  of  Eliasib.  loiada,  lo- 
 hanan and  laddua,  were  the  chefe  fathers 
 amonge  the  Leuites,  and  the  prestes  wrytte 
 vnder  the  reigne  of  Darius  y  Persian.  The 
 children  of  Leui  the  pryncipall  fathers  were 
 wrytten  in  the  Cronicles,  vntyll  the  tyme  of 
 lohanan  the  sonne  of  Eliasib.  And  these 
 were  the  chefe  amoge  the  Leuites,  Hasabia, 
 Serebia  and  lesua  the  sonne  of  Cadmiel,  5 
 their  brethren  ouer  agaynst  them,  to  geue 
 prayse  and  thankes,  acordinge  as  Dauid  y  ma 
 of  God  had  ordeyned  it,  one  watch  ouer 
 agaynst  another.  Mathania,  Bacbuchia,  Oba- 
 dia,  MesuUam,  Talmon  and  Acub  were  porters 
 in  the  watch  at  the  thresholdes  of  the  gates. 
 These  were  in  the  tyme  of  loiachim  the  sonne 
 of  lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec,  and  in  the 
 tyme  of  Nehemias  the  Debyte,  and  of  the 
 prest  Eszdras  the  scrybe. 
 
 And  in  the  dedicacion  of  the  wall  at  Jeru- 
 salem, were  the  Leuites  soughte  out  of  all 
 their  places,  that  they  mighte  be  broughte  to 
 Jerusalem,  to  kepe  f  dedicacion  in  gladnesse, 
 with  thankesgeuynges,  with  synginge,  with 
 Cymbales,  Psalteries  and  harpes.  And  the 
 children  of  the  syngers  gathered  the  selues 
 together  from  the  playne  countre  aboute  Jeru- 
 salem, and  from  the  vyllages  of  Nethophathi, 
 and  firom  the  house  of  Gilgal,  3  out  of  the 
 feldes  of  Gibea  5  Asmaueth  :  for  f  syngers 
 had  buylded  them  vyllages  aboute  Jerusalem. 
 And  ;y  prestes  and  Leuites  purified  them 
 selues,  and  clensed  the  people,  the  gates  and 
 the  waU. 
 
 And  J  caused  the  prynces  to  go  vp  vpon 
 the  wall,  and  appoynted  two  greate  queres  of 
 thankesgeuynge,  which  wete  on  the  righte 
 hande  of  the  wall  towarde  the  Donggate, 
 and  after  them  wete  Hosaia,  and  halfe  of  the 
 prynces  of  Juda,  5  Asaria,  Eszdras,  Mesullam, 
 Juda,  Ben  Jamin,  Semaia  and  leremy :  and 
 certayne  of  the  prestes  childre  with  trompettes, 
 namely  Zachary  f  sonne  of  Jonathan,  the 
 Sonne  of  Semaia,  the  sonne  of  Mathania,  the 
 sonne  of  Michaia,  the  sonne  of  Sachur,  the 
 
fo,  rrrclfat. 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bokt  of  (CSitiras. 
 
 COap,  nij. 
 
 Sonne  of  Assaph,  and  his  brethren,  Semaia, 
 Asareel,  Milalai,  Gilalai,  Maai,  Nathaneel 
 and  luda  and  Hanani,  with  the  musicall 
 instrumentes  of  Dauid  f  man  of  God. 
 
 And  Eszdras  f  scrybe  before  the  towarde 
 the  VVellgate,  and  they  wente  vp  ouer  agaynst 
 them  vpon  the  steppes  of  the  cite  of  Dauid  at 
 the  goynge  vp  of  the  wall  to  the  house  of 
 Pauid,  vnto  the  Watergate  Eastwarde. 
 
 The  other  querc  of  thankesgeuynge  wente 
 ouer  against  them,  and  I  after  them,  and  the 
 halfe  parte  of  the  people  vpon  y  wall,  towarde 
 f  Fornacegate  vpwarde,  vntyll  f  brode  wall, 
 and  to  f  porte  of  Ephraim,  and  to  the  Old- 
 gate,  aiid  to  y  Fyshgate,  and  to  the  tower  of 
 Hananeel,  and  to  the  tower  of  Meah,  vntyll 
 the  Shepegate.  And  in  y  presongate  stode 
 they  styll,  and  so  stode  the  two  queres  of 
 thankesgeuynge  of  the  house  of  God,  and  I 
 and  the  halfe  of  the  rulers  with  me,  and  the 
 prestes,  namely  Eliachim,  Maeseia,  Miniamin, 
 Michaia,  Elioenai,  Zachary,  Hanania,  with 
 tropettes,  and  Maeseia,  Semaia,  Eleasar,  Vsi, 
 lohanan,  Malchia,  Elam  and  Aser.  And  the 
 syngers  songe  loude,  and  lesrahia  was  the 
 Guerseer. 
 
 And  the  same  daye  were  there  greate  sa- 
 crifices ofFred,  5  they  reioysed :  for  God  had 
 geue  them  greate  gladnesse,  so  that  both  the 
 wyues  and  children  were  ioyfull,  5  the  myrth 
 of  Jerusalem  was  herde  farre  of. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme.  were  there  men  ap- 
 poynted  ouer  the  treasure  chestes  (wherin 
 were  y  Heue  o£Ferynges,  the  firstlinges  and 
 the  tithes)  that  they  shulde  gather  them  out 
 of  y  feldes  aboute  the  cities,  to  destribute  the 
 vnto  the  prestes  and  Leuites  acordinge  to  the 
 lawe :  for  luda  was  glad  of  the  prestes,  and 
 Leuites,  that  they  stode  and  wayted  vpon  the 
 office  of  their  God,  and  the  office  of  the  puri- 
 ficacion.  And  the  syngers  5  porters  stode 
 after  the  commaundemet  of  Dauid  d  of  Salo- 
 mon his  Sonne :  *  for  in  the  tyme  of  Dauid 
 and  Assaph,  were  the  chefe  syngers  founded, 
 and  the  songes  of  prayse  and  thankesgeuynge 
 vTito  God.  In  the  tyme  of  Zorobabel  and 
 Nehemias,  dyd  all  Israel  geue  porcios  vnto 
 the  syngers  and  porters,  euery  daye  his  por- 
 cion,  and  they  gaue  thinges  halowed  vnto 
 the  Leuites,  and  the  Leuites  gaue  thjnges 
 that  were  sanctified,  vnto  the  childre  of 
 Aaron. 
 
 •  1  Par.  34.  a.  t  Ueut.  23.  a.  t  Nu.  US.  a. 
 
 Cije  vitj.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  what  tyme  as  the  boke  of  Moses 
 was  red  in  y  eares  of  the  people,  there 
 was  founde  wrytten  therin,  ty  the  Ammonites 
 and  Moabites  shulde  neuer  come  in  to  the 
 congregacion  of  God,  because  they  mett  not 
 the  children  of  Israel  with  bred  and  water,* 
 and  hyred  Balaam  against  the,  that  he  shulde 
 curse  them  :  neuertheles  oure  God  turned  f 
 curse  in  to  a  blessynge.  Now  whan  they 
 herde  the  lawe,  they  separated  from  Israel 
 euery  one  that  had  myxte  him  selfe  therin. 
 And  before  this  had  the  prest  Eliasib  de- 
 lyuered  the  chest  of  y  house  of  oure  God 
 vnto  his  kynsman  Tobia :  for  he  had  made 
 him  a  greate  chest,  and  there  had  they  afore- 
 tyme  layed  the  meatofFerynges,  frankencense, 
 vessell,  and  the  tithes  of  come,  wyne  and 
 oyle  (acordinge  to  the  commaundement  geuen 
 to  the  Leuites,  syngers  and  porters)  and  the 
 Heueofferynges  of  the  prestes. 
 
 But  in  all  this  was  not  I  at  lerusalem :  for 
 in  f  two  and  thirtieth  yeare  of  Artaxerses 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  came  I  vijto  the  kynge,  and 
 after  certayne  dayes  optayned  I  lycence  of  the 
 kynge  to  come  to  lerusale.  And  I  gat  know- 
 lege  of  y  euell  that  Eliasib  dyd  vnto  Tobia, 
 in  that  he  had  made  him  a  chest  in  the  courte 
 of  the  house  of  God,  and  it  greued  me  sore, 
 and  I  cast  forth  all  the  vessels  of  Tobias  house 
 out  of  the  chest,  and  commanded  them  to 
 dense  the  chest.  And  thither  broughte  I 
 agayne  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  God,  the 
 meatofferynge  and  the  incense. 
 
 And  I  perceaued,  that  the  porcions  of  f 
 Leuites  were  not  geuen  them,  for  the  whicn 
 cause  the  Leuites  and  syngers  were  fled,  euery 
 one  to  his  londe  for  to  worke.  Then  reproued 
 I  the  rulers,  and  sayde :  Why  forsake  we  the 
 house  of  God  ?  But  I  gathered  them  to- 
 gether, and  set  them  in  their  place.  Then 
 brought  all  luda  the  tithes  of  come,  wyne 
 and  oyle  vnto  the  treasure.  And  I  made 
 treasurers  ouer  ;y  treasure,  euen  Selemia  f 
 prest,  and  Sadoc  the  scrybe,  5  of  the  Leuites 
 Pedaia,  and  vnder  their  hande  Hanan  the 
 Sonne  of  Sachur  the  sonne  of  Mathania :  for 
 they  were  counted  faithfuU,  and  their  office 
 was,  to  destribute  vnto  their  brethren.  ^Thynke 
 vpon  me  O  my  God  here  in,  5  wype  not  out 
 
 C 
 
Cbap.  n'lj. 
 
 Wt)t  ij.  bofee  of  €sijlrra£(. 
 
 So.  mtMh 
 
 my  mercy,  that  I  haue  shewed  on  y  house  of 
 my  God,  5  on  the  offices  therof. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  sawe  I  some  tredinge 
 wyne  presses  on  the  Sabbath,  and  brynginge 
 in  clusters,  and  asses  laden  wyth  wyne,  grapes, 
 fygges,  and  brynginge  all  maner  of  burthens 
 vnto  Jerusalem,  vpon  the  Sabbath  daye.  And 
 I  rebuked  them  earnestly  y  same  daye  that 
 they  solde  f  vytayles.  There  dwelt  me  of 
 Tyre  also  therin,  which  broughte  fysh  and  all 
 maner  of  ware,  and  solde  on  the  Sabbath  vnto 
 the  childre  of  luda  and  Jerusalem.  Then 
 reproued  I  the  rulers  in  luda,  and  saide  vnto 
 them :  What  euell  thinge  is  this  that  ye  do, 
 and  breake  the  Sabbath  daye?  Dyd  not 
 oure  fathers  euen  thus,  and  oure  God  broughte 
 all  this  plage  vpon  vs  j  vpon  this  cite  ?  And 
 ye  make  the  wrath  more  yet  vpon  Israel,  in 
 that  ye  breake  the  Sabbath. 
 
 And  whan  the  portes  of  Jerusalem  were 
 drawen  vp  before  the  Sabbath,  I  commanded 
 to  shutt  the  gates,  and  charged  that  they 
 shulde  not  be  opened  tyll  after  the  Sabbath : 
 and  some  of  my  seruauntes  set  I  at  the  gates, 
 y  there  shulde  no  burthe  be  broughte  in  on 
 the  Sabbath  daye.  Then  remayned  the  chap- 
 men and  marchauntes  once  or  twyce  ouer 
 nighte  without  Jerusalem  with  all  maner  of 
 wares.  Then  reproued  J  them  sore,  5  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Why  tary  ye  all  night  aboute  the 
 wall?  Yf  ye  do  it  once  agayne,  I  wil  laye 
 handes  vpon  you.  From  that  tyme  forth  came 
 they  nomore  on  the  Sabbath.      And  J  sayde 
 
 vnto  the  Leuites  which  were  cleane,  that  they 
 shulde  come  and  kepe  the  gates,  to  halowe 
 the  Sabbath  daye.  Thynke  vp6  me  (O  my 
 God)  cocernynge  this  also,  5  spare  me  acord- 
 ynge  to  thy  greate  mercy. 
 
 And  at  the  same  tyme  sawe  J  Jewes,  that 
 maried  wyues  of  Asdod,  Ammon  and  of  Moab, 
 and  their  children  spake  halfe  in  the  speache 
 of  Asdod,  and  coulde  not  speake  in  y  Jewish 
 language,  but  by  y  tonge  mighte  a  ma  per- 
 ceaue  euery  people.  And  J  reproued  them, 
 and  cursed  them,  5  smote  certayne  men  of 
 the,  and  plucte  them  vp,  and  toke  an  00th  of 
 them  by  God:  "Ye  shal  not  geue  youre 
 daughters  vnto  their  sonnes,  nether  shal  ye 
 take  their  daughters  vnto  youre  sonnes,  or  for 
 youre  selues.  *Dyd  not  Salomon  y  kynge  of 
 Jsrael  synne  ther  in  ?  %  yet  amonge  many 
 Heythen  was  there  no  kynge  like  him,  5  he  was 
 deare  vnto  his  God,  and  God  made  him  kynge 
 ouer  all  Jsrael,  and  the  outlandish  wemen. 
 
 And  one  of  the  children  of  loiada  the  sonne 
 of  Eliasib  y  hye  prest,  had  made  a  cotracte 
 W7th  Saneballath  the  Horonite  :  but  I  chaced 
 him  fro  me.  O  my  God,  thynke  thou  vpon 
 them  that  are  quyte  of  the  presthode,  and 
 haue  defyled  the  couenaunt  of  the  presthode 
 and  of  the  Leuites.  Thus  clensed  I  them 
 from  all  soch  as  were  outlandish,  and  ap- 
 poynted  the  courses  of  the  prestes  and  Leuites, 
 euery  one  to  his  office,  and  to  offi-e  the  wod  at 
 tymes  appoynted,  and  the  first  frutes.  Thynke 
 thou  vpon  me  (O  my  God)  for  the  best. 
 
 €l)t  trdit  of  tf)t  itcoriHt  bofee  of  Csf^Uras;,  otftertopse  caUth 
 ti)t  hoht  of  ^ftemiasi. 
 
m)t  i)0kt  of  J^tQttt. 
 
 OTljat  tOisi  bokt  tontt^iwti). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 Ahasuerus  maketh  a  greate  feast  to  his  lordes 
 and  prynces,  calleth  for  Vasthi  the  quene,  she 
 commeth  not,  therfore  is  she  deposed  from  the 
 kyngdome. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 Amonge    the    daughters,    Hester    pleaseth    the 
 kynge.     Mardocheus  geueth  the  kynge  warn- 
 ynge  of  his  harrae. 
 
 Cibap-  III- 
 
 Ama  is  greate  with  the  kynge,  hateth  Mar- 
 docheus that  wil  not  worshippe  him,  and  c6- 
 maundeth  to  slaye  all  the  lewes. 
 
 €i)ap.  nil. 
 
 Greate  heuynes  amonge  the  lewes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 Hester  cometh  before  the  kynge,  and  byddeth 
 him  and  Aman  to  a  feast.  Aman  maketh  a 
 galowe  for  Mardocheus. 
 
 Cf)ap.  VI. 
 
 Mardocheus  is  recompensed  for  his  frendshippe 
 shewed  vnto  the  kynge. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VII. 
 
 Hester  prayeth  for  hir  people,  Aman  is  hanged 
 on  the  galowe  that  he  had  prepared  for  Mar- 
 docheus. 
 
 CI)ap.   VIII. 
 
 The  kynge  geueth  Amas  house  vnto  the  quene, 
 and  at  hir  request  he  causeth  Amis  wrytinges 
 to  be  called  agayne. 
 
 CI)ap.  IX. 
 
 Amans  sonnes  are  hanged  also,  and  many  ene- 
 myes  slayne.     The  lewes  kepe  a  ioyfull  feast. 
 
 €i)aii?.  X. 
 Of  the  auctorite  of  Mardocheus  vnder  the  kvnge. 
 
 Cf)t  first  CI)aptfr. 
 
 IN  the  tyme  of  Ahasuerus,  which  reigned 
 from  India  vnto  Ethiopia,  ouer  an  hun- 
 dreth  and  seuen  and  twentye  londes,  what 
 tyme  as  he  sat  on  his  seate  roiall  in  the  cas- 
 tell  of  Susan  in  the  thirde  yeare  of  his  reigne, 
 he  made  a  feast  vnto  all  his  prynces  and  ser- 
 uauntes,  namely  vnto  the  mightie  men  of 
 Persia  and  Media,  to  the  Debities  and  rulers 
 jof  his  countrees,  that  he  mighte  she  we  the 
 noble  riches  of  his  kingdome,  and  the  glorious 
 worshippe  of  his  greatnesse,  many  dayes  longe, 
 jcuen  an  hundreth  and  foure  score  dayes. 
 I  And  whan  these  dayes  were  expyred,  the 
 I  kynge  made  a  feast  vnto  all  the  people  that 
 
 were  in  the  castell  of  Susan,  both  vnto  greate 
 and  small,  seuen  dayes  longe  in  the  courte  of 
 the  garden  by  the  kynges  palace :  where  there 
 hanged  whyte,  reed  5  yalow  clothes,  fastened 
 with  coardes  of  lynnen  and  scarlet  in  siluer 
 rynges,  vpon  pylers  of  Marble  stone. 
 
 The  benches  were  of  golde  and  siluer  made 
 vpon  a  pauement  of  grene,  white,  yalowe  and 
 black  Marble.  And  y  drinke  was  caried  in 
 vessels  of  golde,  and  there  was  euer  chaunge 
 of  vessell.  And  the  kinges  wine  was  moch 
 acordynge  to  the  power  of  the  kynge.  And 
 noman  was  appoynted  what  he  shulde  drinke  : 
 for  the  kynge  had  commaunded  all  the  officers 
 of  his  house,  that  euery  one  shulde  do  as  it 
 lyked  him.     And  the  quene  Vasthi  made  a 
 
C6ap.  ij. 
 
 Cf)f  hokt  of  ^^t^ttr. 
 
 jTo.  ftcfli'it:. 
 
 feast  also  for  the  wemen  in  the  palace  of 
 Ahasuerus.  And  on  the  seuenth  daye  whan 
 the  kynge  was  mery  of  the  wine,  he  c6- 
 maunded  Mehuman,  Bistha,  Harbona,  Big- 
 tha,  Abagtha,  Sethar  and  Charcas,  the  seuen 
 chamberlaynes  (that  dyd  seruyee  in  the  pre- 
 sence of  kynge  Ahasuerus)  to  fetch  the  quene 
 Vasthi  with  the  crowne  regall,  that  he  might 
 shewe  y  people  and  prynces  hir  fairnesse  :  for 
 she  was  bewtifull.  But  the  quene  Vasthi 
 wolde  not  come  at  the  kynges  worde  by  his 
 chamberlaynes.  Then  was  the  kynge  very 
 wroth,  and  his  indignacio  kyndled  in  him. 
 
 And  the  kynge  spake  to  f  wyse  men  that 
 had  vnderstondinge  in  the  ordinaunces  of  the 
 londe  (for  the  kinges  matters  must  be  hiidled 
 before  all  soch  as  haue  knowlege  of  the  lawe 
 and  iudgment :  And  the  nexte  vnto  him  were, 
 Charsena,  Sethar,  Admatha,  Tharsis,  Meres, 
 Marsena  and  Memuchan,  the  seuen  prynces 
 of  the  Persias,  and  Meedes,  which  sawe  the 
 kynges  face,  and  satt  aboue  in  the  kyngdome) 
 What  lawe  shulde  be  execute  vpon  the  quene 
 Vasthi,  because  she  dyd  not  acordynge  to  the 
 worde  of  the  kynge  by  his  chamberlaines. 
 The  saide  Memucha  before  the  kynge  (j  the 
 prynces  :  The  quene  Vasthi  hath  not  onely 
 done  euell  agaynst  the  kinge  but  also  agaynst 
 all  the  prynces  and  all  the  people  in  all  the 
 londes  of  kynge  Ahasuerus,  for  this  dede  of 
 the  quene  shall  come  abrode  vnto  all  wemen, 
 so  that  they  shall  despyse  their  huszbandes 
 before  their  eyes,  and  shall  saye :  The  kynge 
 Ahasuers  comaunded  Vasthi  y^  quene  to  come 
 before  him,  but  she  wolde  not.  And  so  shall 
 the  pryncesses  in  Persia  and  Media  saye  lyke- 
 wyse  vnto  all  the  kynges  prynces,  whan  they 
 heare  of  this  dede  of  the  quene,  thus  shall 
 there  aryse  despytefulnes  and  wrath  ynough. 
 Yf  it  please  the  kynge,  let  there  go  a  kyngly 
 commaundemet  from  him,  and  let  it  be  wryt- 
 ten  acordynge  to  the  lawe  of  the  Persians  and 
 Medians  (and  not  to  be  transgressed)  that 
 Vasthi  come  nomore  before  kynge  Ahasuerus, 
 and  let  the  kynge  geue  the  kyngdome  vnto 
 another  that  is  better  then  she. 
 
 And  y  this  wrytinge  of  the  kynge  which 
 shalbe  made,  be  published  thorow  out  all  his 
 empyre  (which  is  greate)  that  all  wyues  maye 
 holde  their  huszbandes  in  honoure,  both 
 amonge  greate  and  smal. 
 
 This  pleased  the  kynge  and  the  prynces, 
 
 •  4  Reg.  2-t.  c. 
 
 and  the  kynge  dyd  acordynge  to  the  worde  of 
 Memuchan.  Then  were  there  letters  sent 
 forth  in  to  all  the  kynges  londes,  in  to  euery 
 londe  acordinge  to  the  wrytinge  therof,  and  to 
 euery  people  after  their  laguage,  y  euery  man 
 shulde  be  lorde  in  his  awne  house.  And  this 
 caused  he  be  spoken  after  the  language  of  his 
 people. 
 
 ULijt  i).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  whan  the  displeasure 
 of  kynge  Ahasuerus  was  layed,  he 
 thoughte  vpon  Vasthi,  what  she  had  done, 
 and  what  was  concluded  concernynge  her. 
 Then  sayde  the  kynges  seruauntes:  Let  there 
 be  fayrre  yonge  virgins  soughte  for  the  kynge, 
 and  let  the  kynge  appoynte  ouerseers  in  all  f 
 londes  of  his  empyre,  that  they  maye  brynge 
 together  all  fayre  yonge  virgins  vnto  the  castel 
 of  Susan  to  the  Wemens  buyldinge,  vnder  the 
 hande  of  Hegai  the  kynges  chamberlayne, 
 that  kepeth  the  wemen,  and  let  him  geue 
 them  their  apparell.  And  loke  which  damsell 
 pleaseth  the  kynge,  let  her  be  quene  in  Vas- 
 this  steade.  This  pleased  the  kynge,  and  he 
 dyd  so. 
 
 In  the  castell  of  Susan  there  was  a  lewe, 
 whose  name  was  Mardocheus,  the  sonne  of 
 lair,  the  sonne  of  Simei,  the  sonne  of  Cis,  the 
 Sonne  of  lemini,  which  was  caried  awaye  from 
 Jerusalem,  *  whan  lechonias  the  kynge  of 
 luda  was  led  awaye,  (whom  Nabuchodonosor 
 the  kynge  of  Babilon  caried  awaye)  and  he 
 norished  Hadassa  (that  is  Hester)  his  vncles 
 daughter :  for  she  had  nether  father  ner 
 mother,  and  she  was  a  fayre  and  beutyfuU 
 damsell.  And  whan  hir  father  and  mother 
 dyed,  Mardocheus  receaued  hir  as  his  awne 
 daughter. 
 
 Now  whan  y  kynges  comaundemet  and 
 comyssion  was  published,  5  many  dasels  were 
 broughte  together  vnto  the  castell  of  Susan 
 vnder  y  hande  of  Hegai,  Hester,  was  take 
 also  vnto  y  kynges  house  vnder  f  hande  of 
 Hegai  y  keper  of  y  weme,  5  the  damsell 
 pleased  him,  a  she  founde  grace  in  his  sighte. 
 And  he  put  her  with  hir  maydes  in  f  best 
 place  of  y  Womcs  buildige.  And  Hester 
 shewed  it  not  vnto  hir  people  5  hir  kynred : 
 for  Mardocheus  had  charged  her,  y  she  shulde 
 not  tell  it.  And  Mardocheus  walked  euery 
 daye  before  y-  courte  of  y  Womes  buyldinge, 
 y  he  might  knowe  how  Hester  dyd,  and  what 
 shulde  become  of  her. 
 
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I;fo.  mclv. 
 
 €\)t  boiit  of  ^t^ttv. 
 
 Cl)ap.  iij. 
 
 And  whan  the  appoynted  tynie  of  euery 
 dainsell  came  that  she  shulde  come  to  f  kynge 
 Ahasuerus,  after  that  she  had  bene  twokie 
 monethes  in  the  dcckynge  of  the  wemen  (for 
 their  deckynge  must  haue  so  moch  tyme, 
 namely  sixe  monethes  with  Balme  (S  Myrre,  (t 
 sixe  monethes  with  good  spyces,  so  were  the 
 weme  beutifyed)  then  wente  there  one  damsell 
 vnto  y  kynge,  and  what  so  euer  she  requyred, 
 y  must  be  geuu  her  to  go  with  her  out  of  the 
 vVomens  buyldinge  vnto  y  kynges  palace. 
 And  whan  one  came  in  the  euenynge,  f  same 
 wete  fro  him  on  y  morow  in  to  y'  seconde 
 house  of  wemen,  vnder  the  hande  of  Saasgas 
 the  kynges  chamberlayne,  which  kepte  f  con- 
 cubines. And  she  must  come  vnto  the  kynge 
 nomore,  excepte  it  pleased  the  kynge,  and  that 
 he  caused  her  to  be  called  by  name. 
 
 Now  whan  the  tyme  came  of  Hester  the 
 daughter  of  Abihail  Mardocheus  vncle  (whom 
 he  had  receaued  as  his  awne  daughter)  y  she 
 shulde  come  to  the  kynge,  she  desyred  nothinge 
 but  what  Hegai  the  kynges  chamberlayne  the 
 keper  of  the  wemen  sayde. 
 
 And  Hester  founde  fauoure  in  the  sighte  of 
 all  them  that  loked  vpon  her.  And  Hester 
 was  taken  vnto  kynge  Ahasuerus  in  to  the 
 house  royall,  in  the  tenth  moneth  which  is 
 called  Tebeth,  in  the  seuenthe  yeare  of  his 
 reigne. 
 
 And  the  kynge  loued  Hester  aboue  all  the 
 wemen,  and  she  founde  grace  and  mercy  in 
 his  sighte  before  all  the  virgins :  and  he  set 
 the  queues  croune  vpon  hir  heade,  and  made 
 her  queue  in  steade  of  Vasthi.  And  the  kynge 
 made  a  greate  feast  vnto  all  his  prynces  and 
 seruauntes  (which  feast  was  because  of  Hes- 
 ter) and  let  the  londes  be  in  quyetnes,  5  gaue 
 royall  giftes. 
 
 And  whan  the  virgins  were  gathered  to- 
 gether the  seconde  tyme,  Mardocheus  sat  in 
 the  kynges  gate.  And  as  yet  had  not  Hester 
 shewed  hir  kynred  and  hir  people,  acordinge 
 as  Mardocheus  had  bydden  her:  for  Hester 
 dyd  after  the  worde  of  Mardocheus,  like  as 
 whan  he  was  hir  tutoure.  At  the  same  tyme 
 whyle  Mardocheus  sat  in  the  kynges  gate,  two 
 of  the  kinges  chamberlaynes,  Bigthan  and 
 Theres  which  kepte  the  dore,  were  wroth,  and 
 sought  to  laye  their  handes  on  the  kynge 
 Ahasuerus:  Wherof  Mardocheus  gat  know- 
 lege,  and  tolde  it  vnto  queue  Hester,  and 
 Hester  certified  the  kynge  therof  in  Mardo- 
 
 cheus name.  And  whan  inquisicion  was  made, 
 it  was  founde  so.  And  they  were  both  hanged 
 on  tre :  and  it  was  wrytte  in  the  Cronicles 
 before  the  kynge. 
 
 €i)t  iij.  Cl^apter. 
 
 AFTER  these  actes  dyd  the  kynge  pro- 
 mote Aman  the  sonne  of  Amadathi  the 
 Agagite,  and  set  him  hye,  (t  set  his  seate 
 aboue  all  f  pi-ynces  that  were  with  him.  And 
 all  the  kynges  seruauntes  that  were  in  the 
 gate,  bowed  their  knees,  and  dyd  reuerence 
 vnto  Aman  :  for  the  kinge  had  so  comaunded. 
 But  Mardocheus  bowed  not  the  knee,  and 
 worshipped  him  not.  Then  the  kynges  ser- 
 uauntes which  were  in  the  kynges  gate,  sayde 
 vnto  Mardocheus :  Why  transgresses!  thou 
 the  kynges  commaundement  ?  And  whan  they 
 spake  this  daylie  vnto  him,  and  he  folowed 
 them  not,  they  tolde  Aman,  that  they  mighte 
 se  whether  Mardocheus  matters  wolde  endure : 
 for  he  had  tolde  them,  y  he  was  a  lewe.  And 
 wha  Aman  sawe,  that  Mardocheus  bowed  not 
 the  knee  vnto  him,  ner  worshipped  him,  he 
 was  full  of  indignacion  5  despyte,  that  he 
 shulde  laye  hondes  onely  on  Mardocheus: 
 for  they  had  shewed  him  y  people  of  Mardo- 
 cheus, but  he  sought  to  destroye  the  people 
 of  Mardocheus,  and  all  the  people  that  were 
 in  the  whole  empyre  of  Ahasuerus. 
 
 In  the  first  moneth  that  is  the  moneth 
 Nissan,  in  y  twolueth  yeare  of  kinge  Aha- 
 suerus, was  there  occasion  and  oportunyte 
 sought  by  Aman,  from  one  daye  to  another, 
 and  from  the  same  moneth  vnto  the  twolueth 
 moneth,  that  is  the  moneth  Adar.  And  Ama 
 sayde  vnto  kinge  Ahasuerus :  There  is  a  peo- 
 ple scatered  abrode  and  dispersed  amonge  all 
 people  in  all  the  londes  of  thine  empire,  and 
 their  lawe  is  cotrary  vnto  all  people,  and 
 they  do  not  after  the  kynges  lawes,  nether  is 
 it  the  kinges  profit  to  suffre  the  after  this 
 maner.  Yf  it  please  the  kynge,  let  him 
 wryte,  that  they  maye  be  destroyed,  5  so  wil  I 
 weye  downe  ten  thousande  talentes  of  siluer, 
 vnder  the  handes  of  the  workmen,  to  be 
 brought  in  to  the  kynges  chamber.  Then  toke 
 the  kynge  his  rynge  from  his  hande,  and  gaue 
 it  vnto  Aman  the  sonne  of  Amadathi  the 
 Agagite  the  lewes  enemie.  And  the  kinge 
 sayde  vnto  Aman  :  Let  the  siluer  be  geuen 
 the,  and  that  people  also,  to  do  withall  what 
 pleaseth  the. 
 
CI)ap.  b. 
 
 Eht  bokt  of  Sfsitn-. 
 
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 Then  were  the  kynges  scrybes  called  on  y 
 thirtenth  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  (j  there  was 
 wrytten  (acordynge  as  Aman  eomniauded) 
 vnto  the  kynges  prynces,  and  to  the  Debites 
 euery  where  in  the  londes,  and  to  the  cap- 
 taynes  of  euery  people  in  the  countrees  on 
 euery  syde,  acordynge  to  the  wrytinge  of 
 euery  nacion,  and  after  their  language  in  the 
 name  of  kynge  Ahasuerus,  and  sealed  with 
 the  kynges  rynge.  And  the  wrytynges  were 
 sent  by  postes  in  to  all  the  kynges  lodes,  to 
 rote  out,  to  kyll,  and  to  destroye  all  lewes, 
 both  yonge  and  olde,  childre  and  wemen  in 
 one  daye  (namely  vpon  the  thirtenth  daye  of 
 the  twolueth  moneth,  which  is  the  moneth 
 Adar)  and  to  spoyle  their  goodes. 
 
 This  was  the  summe  of  the  wrytinge,  y 
 there  shulde  be  a  commaundement  geuen  in 
 all  londes,  to  be  published  vnto  all  people,  y 
 they  shulde  be  ready  agaynst  the  same  daye 
 And  the  postes  wente  in  all  the  haist  acord- 
 ynge to  the  kynges  commaundement.  And 
 in  the  castell  of  Susan  was  the  comaunde- 
 ment  deuysed.  And  the  kynge  (j  Aman  sat  g 
 dranke.     But  y  cite  of  Susan  was  disquieted 
 
 CIjc  ut).  Cijapttr. 
 
 WHAN  Mardocheus  perceaued  all  that 
 was  done,  he  rete  his  clothes,  and  put 
 on  a  sack  cloth,  (t  aszshes,  (t  wente  out  in  to 
 the  myddes  of  the  cite,  and  cried  loude  and 
 lamentably,  and  came  before  the  kynges  gate : 
 for  there  might  no  man  entre  within  the 
 kynges  gate,  that  had  a  sack  cloth  on.  And 
 in  all  lodes  5  places,  as  farre  as  the  kynges 
 worde  and  commaundement  extended,  there 
 was  greate  lamentacion  amonge  the  lewes, 
 and  many  fasted,  wepte,  mourned,  5  laye  in 
 sack  clothes  5  in  aszshes.  So  Hesters  dasels, 
 and  hir  chamberlaines,  came  and  tolde  it  her. 
 Then  was  the  quene  exceadingly  astonnyed. 
 And  she  sent  rayment,  that  Mardocheus 
 shulde  put  them  on,  and  laye  the  sacklothe 
 from  him.  But  Mardocheus  wolde  not  take 
 them.  The  called  Hester  Hathac  one  of  the 
 kinges  chamberlaines  (which  stode  before  her) 
 and  gaue  him  a  comaundement  vnto  Mar- 
 docheus, that  he  might  knowe  what  it  were, 
 and  wherfore  he  dyd  so.  So  Hathac  wente 
 forth  to  Mardocheus  vnto  the  strete  of  the 
 cite,  which  was  before  the  kynges  gate. 
 
 And  Mardocheus  tolde  him  of  all  y  had 
 happened  vnto  him,  and  of  the  summe  of  siluer 
 
 that  Ama  had  promysed  to  weie  downe  in 
 the  kynges  chamber  because  of  y  lewes  for  to 
 destroye  them,  and  he  gaue  him  the  copye  of 
 the  commaundement,  that  was  deuysed  at 
 Susan  to  destroye  them,  that  he  mighte  shewe 
 it  vnto  Hester,  and  to  speake  to  her  and 
 charge  her,  y  she  shulde  go  in  to  the  kynge, 
 and  make  her  prayer  and  supplicacion  vnto 
 him  for  hir  people. 
 
 And  wha  Hathat  came  in,  and  tolde  Hester 
 the  wordes  of  Mardocheus,  Hester  spake  vnto 
 Hathat,  and  comaunded  him  to  saye  vnto 
 Mardocheus :  All  the  kynges  seruauntes,  and 
 the  people  in  the  londes  of  the  kynge  knowe, 
 that  who  so  euer  commeth  within  the  courte 
 vnto  y  kynge,  whether  it  be  man  or  woman, 
 which  is  not  called,  the  comaundement  is  that 
 the  same  shal  dye  immediatly,  excepte  the 
 kynge  holde  out  the  golde  cepter  vnto  him, 
 that  he  maye  lyue.  As  for  me,  I  haue  not 
 bene  called  to  come  in  to  the  kynge  now  this 
 thirtie  dayes. 
 
 And  wha  Mardocheus  was  certified  of 
 Hesters  wordes,  Mardocheus  bad  saie  againe 
 vnto  Hester :  Thynke  not  to  saue  thine  awne 
 life,  vfhyle  thou  art  in  y  kynges  house  before 
 all  lewes :  for  yf  thou  boldest  thy  peace  at 
 this  tyme,  then  shal  the  lewes  haue  helpe  and 
 delyueraunce  out  of  another  place,  5  thou  j 
 thy  fathers  house  shalbe  destroyed.  And  who 
 knoweth  whether  thou  art  come  to  the  kyng- 
 dome,  for  this  tymes  sake  ?  Hester  bad  geue 
 Mardocheus  this  answere  :  Go  thou  thy  waye 
 then,  (J  gather  together  all  y  lewes  y  are 
 founde  at  Susan,  5.  fast  ye  for  me,  y  ye  eate 
 not  5  drynke  not  in  thre  dayes,  nether  daye 
 ner  nighte.  I  5  my  damsels  wil  fast  likewyse, 
 (I  so  wyl  I  go  in  to  the  kynge  cotrary  to  the 
 comaundement :  yf  I  perishe,  I  perishe.  So 
 Mardocheus  wente  his  waye,  ij  dyd  all  y 
 Hester  had  comaunded  him. 
 
 CJjc  b.  Chapter. 
 
 AND  on  the  thirde  daye  put  Hester  on 
 hir  royall  apparell,  and  stode  in  the 
 courte  of  y  kinges  palace  within  ouer  agaynst 
 the  kynges  house.  And  f  kynge  sat  vpo  his 
 royall  seate  in  y  kynges  palace  ouer  agaynst  y 
 dore  of  the  house.  And  whan  the  kynge  sawe 
 Hester  the  quene  stodinge  in  the  courte,  she 
 founde  grace  in  his  sighte.  And  y  kynge 
 helde  out  the  golde  cepter  in  his  hade  towarde 
 Hester.     So  Hester  stepte  forth,  and  touched 
 
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 the  toppe  of  y  cepter.  Then  sayde  f  kynge 
 vnto  her:  What  wilt  thou  queue  Hester?  it 
 what  requyrest  thou  ?  axe  eue  the  halfe  of  y 
 empyre,  5  it  shal  be  geuc  the.  Hester  sayde : 
 Yf  it  please  f  kynge,  let  f  kynge  5  Aman 
 come  this  daye  vnto  f  banket  y  I  haue  pre- 
 pared. The  kynge  sayde :  Cause  Aman  to 
 make  haist,  y  he  maye  do  as  Hester  hath  saide. 
 
 Now  whfi  the  kynge  5  Aman  came  to  f 
 banket  y  Hester  had  prepared,  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  Hester  whan  he  had  dronken  wyne : 
 Hester,  what  is  thy  petieion  ?  it  shal  be  geue 
 the.  And  what  requyrest  thou  ?  euen  the 
 halfe  of  the  empyre,  it  shal  be  done. 
 
 Then  answered  Hester  and  sayde :  My 
 petieion  and  desire  is,  yf  I  haue  founde  grace 
 in  f  sight  of  the  kynge,  5  yf  it  please  the  kinge 
 to  geue  me  my  petieion,  and  to  fulfill  my  re- 
 quest, then  let  the  kynge  5  Aman  come  to  the 
 bancket  y  I  shal  prepare  for  the,  and  so  wil  I 
 do  tomorow  as  the  kynge  hath  sayde. 
 
 Then  wente  Aman  forth  the  same  daye 
 ioyfull  and  mery  in  his  mynde.  And  whan 
 he  sawe  Mardocheus  in  the  kynges  gate,  y  he 
 stode  not  vp  and  kneled  before  him,  he  was 
 full  of  indignacion  at  Mardocheus.  Neuer- 
 theles  he  refrained  himselfe :  and  wha  he 
 came  home,  he  sent,  and  called  for  his  fredes, 
 and  Seres  his  wyfe,  and  tolde  them  of  the 
 glory  of  his  riches,  and  the  multitude  of  his 
 children,  all  together  how  the  kynge  had  pro- 
 moted him  so  greatly,  and  how  that  he  was 
 taken  aboue  the  prynces  and  seruauntes  of 
 the  kynge.  Aman  sayde  morouer  :  Yee  and 
 Hester  the  quene  let  no  man  come  with  the 
 kynge  vnto  the  bancket  that  she  had  prepared, 
 excepte  me,  and  tomorow  am  I  bidden  vnto 
 her  also  with  the  kynge.  But  in  all  this  am  I 
 not  satisfied  as  longe  as  I  se  Mardocheus  the 
 lewe  syttinge  in  f  kynges  gate.  Then  sayde 
 Seres  his  wife  and  all  his  frendes  vnto  him  : 
 Let  the  make  a  galowe  of  fiftye  cubites  hie,  3 
 tomorow  speake  thou  vnto  the  kynge,  that 
 Mardocheus  maye  be  hanged  theron,  yf  thou 
 comest  merely  with  the  kynge  vnto  the  bancket. 
 Aman  was  well  content  withall,  and  caused  a 
 galowe  to  be  prepared. 
 
 CI)t  bi.  CljapUr. 
 
 THE  same  night  coulde  not  the  kynge 
 slepe,  and  he  commaunded  to  brynge  f 
 Cronicles  and  storyes  :  which  wha  they  were 
 red  before  f  kinge,  they  happened  on  the 
 
 place  where  it  was  wrytte,  how  Mardocheus 
 had  tolde,  that  the  kynges  two  chaberlaynes 
 (which  kepte  y  tresholdes)  sought  to  laie 
 hondes  on  kinge  Ahasuerus.  And  the  kynge 
 saide :  What  worshippe  and  good  haue  we 
 done  to  Mardocheus  therfore?  Then  sayde 
 the  kynges  seruauntes  that  mynistred  vnto 
 him.  There  is  nothinge  done  for  him.  And 
 the  kynge  sayde:  Who  is  in  y  courte?  (for 
 Aman  was  gone  in  to  y  courte  without  before 
 f  kinges  house,  y  he  might  speake  vnto  f 
 kinge  to  hange  Mardocheus  on  y  tre,  y  he 
 had  prepared  for  him.)  And  the  kinges 
 seruauntes  saide  vnto  him :  Beholde,  Ama 
 stodeth  in  the  courte.  The  kynge  saide :  Let 
 him  come  in.  And  wha  Ama  came  in,  f 
 kinge  saide  vnto  him :  W'hat  shal  be  done 
 vnto  f  ma,  whom  the  kynge  wolde  fayne 
 brynge  vnto  worshippe  ?  But  Hamii  thought 
 in  his  hert:  Whom  shulde  the  kynge  els  be 
 glad  to  brynge  vnto  worshippe,  but  me  ?  And 
 Aman  sayde  vnto  the  kynge :  Let  the  man 
 vnto  whom  the  kynge  wolde  be  glad  to  do 
 worshippe,  be  broughte  hither,  that  he  maye 
 be  araied  with  the  royall  garmentes  which  the 
 kynge  vseth  to  weere :  and  the  horse  that  the 
 kynge  rydeth  vpon,  and  that  the  crowne  royall 
 maye  be  set  vpon  his  heade.  And  let  this 
 rayment  and  horse  be  delyuered  vnder  the 
 hande  of  one  of  the  kynges  prynces,  that  he 
 maye  araye  the  man  withall  (whom  the  kynge 
 wolde  fayne  honoure)  and  cary  him  vpon  the 
 horse  thorow  the  strete  of  the  cite,  and  cause 
 it  to  be  proclamed  before  him  :  Thus  shal  it 
 be  done  to  euery  man,  whom  the  kynge  wolde 
 fayne  honoure. 
 
 The  kynge  sayde :  Make  haist,  and  take 
 (as  thou  hast  sayde)  the  raymet  and  the  horse, 
 and  do  euen  so  with  Mardocheus  y-  lewe  that 
 sitteth  before  the  kynges  gate,  and  let  nothinge 
 fayle  of  all  that  thou  hast  spoken.  Then  toke 
 Aman  the  rayment  and  the  horse,  and  arayed 
 him,  and  broughte  him  on  horszbacke  thorow 
 the  strete  of  the  cite,  and  proclamed  before 
 him :  Euen  thus  shall  it  be  done  vnto  euery 
 man  whom  the  kynge  is  disposed  to  honoure, 
 And  Mardocheus  came  agayne  to  the  kynges 
 gate,  but  Aman  gat  him  home  in  all  the  haist, 
 moumynge  with  bare  heade,  and  tolde  Seres 
 his  wyfe  and  all  his  frendes,  euery  thynge  that 
 had  happened  him.  Then  sayde  his  wise  men 
 and  Seres  his  wyfe  vnto  him :  Yf  it  be  Mar- 
 docheus of  the  sede  of  the  lewes,  before  who 
 
Ci)ai),  biij. 
 
 Cftr  bo^t  of  Ir^ttr. 
 
 jTo.  crrrlirtij. 
 
 thou  hast  begonne  to  fall,  thou  canst  do 
 nothynge  vnto  him,  but  shalt  fall  before  him. 
 Whyle  they  were  yet  talkynge  with  him,  came 
 the  kynges  chamberlaynes,  and  caused  Aman 
 to  make  haist  to  come  vnto  the  bancket  that 
 Hester  had  prepared. 
 
 tlD)t  bi).  Cijaptn. 
 
 AND  whan  the  kynge  and  Aman  came  to 
 the  bancket  that  queue  Hester  had 
 prepared,  the  kyuge  sayde  vnto  Hester  on  the 
 seconde  daye  whan  he  had  droken  wyne : 
 What  is  thy  peticlon  queue  Hester,  that  it 
 maye  be  geuen  the?  And  what  requyrest 
 thou?  Yee  axe  euen  halfe  of  the  empyre, 
 and  it  shal  be  done.  Hester  f  queue  answered 
 and  sayde :  Yf  I  haue  founde  grace  in  thy 
 sighte  (O  kynge)  and  yf  it  please  the  kynge, 
 then  graunte  me  my  lyfe  at  my  desyre  and 
 my  people  for  my  petieions  sake :  for  we  are 
 solde  to  be  destroyed,  to  be  slayne,  and  to 
 perishe.  And  wolde  God  we  were  solde  to  be 
 bondmen  and  bondwemen,  then  wolde  I  holde 
 my  tonge,  so  shulde  not  the  enemye  be  so  hye 
 to  the  kynges  harme.  The  kynge  Ahasuerus 
 spake  (t  saide  vnto  queue  Hester :  What  is  he 
 that  ?  Or  where  is  he  y  darre  presume  in  his 
 mynde  to  do  soch  a  thinge  after  that  maner  ? 
 Hester  sayde :  The  enemye  and  aduersary  is 
 this  wicked  Aman. 
 
 As  for  Ama,  he  was  exceadingly  afraied 
 before  y^  kynge  5  y^  quene.  And  the  kynge 
 arose  fro  the  bancket  u  fro  f  wyne  in  his  dis- 
 pleasure, and  wente  in  to  the  palace  garden. 
 And  Aman  stode  vp,  and  Jjesoughte  quene 
 Hester  for  his  life :  for  he  sawe  y  there  was 
 a  mischauce  prepared  for  him  of  the  kynge 
 allready. 
 
 And  whan  the  kynge  came  agayne  out  of 
 the  palace  garden  in  to  f  parler  where  they 
 had  eaten,  Aman  had  layed  him  vpon  the  bed 
 that  Hester  sat  vpon.  Then  saide  the  kinge : 
 wyl  he  force  the  quene  also  besyde  me  in  the 
 house  ?  As  soone  as  that  worde  wente  out  of 
 the  kynges  mouth,  they  couered  Amans  face. 
 And  Harbona  one  of  the  chamberlaynes  that 
 stode  before  the  kynge,  sayde :  Beholde,  there 
 stondeth  a  galowe  in  Amas  house  fiftie  cubytes 
 hye,  which  he  had  made  for  Mardocheus,  that 
 spake  good  for  y  kinge.  The  kynge  sayde : 
 Hange  him  theron.  So  they  hanged  Aman 
 on  the  galowe  that  he  had  made  for  Mar- 
 docheus.    Then  was  the  kynges  wrath  stylled. 
 
 Cljt  bit).  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  same  daye  dyd  kynge  Ahasuerus 
 geue  the  house  of  Aman  the  lewes 
 enemye,  vnto  quene  Hester.  And  Mardo- 
 cheus came  before  f  kinge :  for  Hester  tolde 
 how  that  he  beloged  vnto  her.  And  the 
 kynge  put  of  his  fynger  rynge,  which  he  had 
 taken  from  Aman,  g  gaue  it  vnto  Mardocheus. 
 And  Hester  set  Mardocheus  ouer  the  house 
 of  Aman.  And  Hester  spake  yet  more  before 
 the  kynge,  and  fell  downe  at  his  fete,  5  be- 
 sought him,  that  he  wolde  put  awaye  the 
 wyckednes  of  Aman  the  Agagite,  and  his 
 deuice  that  he  had  jnnagined  against  f  lewes. 
 And  the  kynge  helde  out  the  golden  cepter 
 vnto  Hester.  Then  rose  Hester,  and  stode 
 before  the  kynge,  and  sayde :  Yf  it  please 
 the  kynge,  and  yf  I  haue  fofide  grace  in  his 
 sight,  (t  yf  it  be  couenyent  for  the  kinge,  and 
 yf  it  be  accepted  in  his  sighte,  then  let  it  be 
 wrytte,  y  the  letters  of  the  deuyce  of  Ama 
 the  Sonne  of  Amadathai  the  Agagite,  male 
 be  called  agayne :  which  letters  he  wrote,  to 
 destroie  y  lewes  in  all  y  kynges  lodes.  For 
 how  can  I  se  the  euell  that  shal  happe  vnto 
 my  people?  and  how  can  I  loke  vpon  the 
 destruction  of  my  kynred  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  y  kynge  Ahasuerus  vnto  quene 
 Hester,  and  to  Mardocheus  the  lewe :  Be- 
 holde, I  haue  geuen  Hester  the  house  of 
 Aman,  5  him  haue  they  hanged  vpon  a  tre, 
 because  he  layed  hade  vpon  f  lewes.  Wryte 
 ye  now  therfore  for  the  lewes,  as  it  liketh  you 
 in  the  kynges  name,  and  seale  it  with  y  kynges 
 rynge  (for  the  wrytinges  that  were  wrytten  in 
 y  kynges  name,  and  sealed  with  the  kynges 
 lynge,  durst  no  man  dysanuUe.)  Then  were 
 the  kynges  scrybes  called  at  the  same  tyme  in 
 the  thirde  moneth,  that  is  the  moneth  Siuan, 
 on  the  thre  i  twentieth  dale. 
 
 And  it  was  wrytten  (as  Mardocheus  c6- 
 maunded)  vnto  the  lewes  and  to  the  prynces, 
 to  the  Debities  and  captaynes  in  the  londes 
 from  India  vntyll  Ethiopia,  namely,  an  hund- 
 reth  and  seuen  and  twentye  londes,  vnto  euery 
 one  acordinge  to  the  wrytinge  therof,  vnto 
 euery  people  after  their  speche,  and  to  the 
 lewes  acordinge  to  their  wrytinge  and  language. 
 
 And  it  was  written  in  the  kynge  Ahasuerus 
 name,  and  sealed  with  the  kynges  lynge. 
 And  by  postes  that  rode  vpon  swyfte  yonge 
 Mules,  sent  he  the  wrytinges,  wher  in  the 
 
#0.  tmlviiii. 
 
 Cbe  Ijokf  of  ?l?rsitfr. 
 
 Cf)ap»  i)r. 
 
 kynge  graunted  the  lewes  (in  what  cities  so 
 euer  they  were)  to  gather  them  selues  together, 
 and  to  stonde  for  their  lyfe,  and  for  to  rote 
 out,  to  slaye,  and  to  destroye  all  the  power  of 
 the  people  and  londe  that  wolde  trouble  them, 
 with  children  and  wemen,  and  to  spoyle  their 
 good  vpon  one  daye  in  all  the  londes  of  kynge 
 Ahasuerus,  namely  vpon  the  thirtenth  daye  of 
 the  twolueth  moneth,  which  is  the  moneth 
 Adar. 
 
 The  summe  of  the  wrytinge  was,  how  there 
 was  a  comaundement  geuen  in  all  londes  to 
 be  published  vnto  all  the  people,  that  y  lewes 
 shulde  be  ready  agaynst  that  daye  to  auenge 
 them  selues  on  their  enemies.  And  the  postes 
 that  rode  vpon  the  Mules,  made  haist  with  all 
 spede,  aeordinge  to  the  kynges  worde :  and 
 the  commaundement  was  deuysed  in  the  castel 
 of  Susan. 
 
 As  for  Mardocheus,  he  wente  out  from  the 
 kynge  in  royall  apparell  of  yalow  and  whyte, 
 and  wyth  a  greate  crowne  of  golde,  beynge 
 arayed  with  a  garment  of  linnen  and  purple, 
 and  y  cite  of  Susan  reioysed  5  was  glad :  but 
 vnto  the  lewes  there  was  come  light  and  glad- 
 nesse,  5  ioye  j  worshippe.  And  in  all  londes 
 and  cities,  in  to  what  places  so  euer  the  kynges 
 worde  and  commaundemet  reached,  there 
 was  ioye  %  myrth,  prosperite  and  good  dayes 
 amonge  the  lewes :  in  so  moch  that  many  of 
 the  people  in  the  londe  became  of  the  lewes 
 beleue,  for  the  feare  of  the  lewes  came  vpon 
 them. 
 
 Hn^t  ij:.  Ci^aptcv. 
 
 IN  the  twolueth  moneth,  that  is  the  moneth 
 Adar,  vpon  the  thyrtenth  daye,  which  the 
 kinges  worde  and  comaundement  had  ap- 
 poynted,  that  it  shulde  be  done,  eue  vpon  f 
 same  dale  y  the  enemies  shulde  haue  destroyed 
 the  lewes  to  haue  oppressed  them,  it  turned 
 contrary  wise,  euen  y  the  lewes  shulde  subdue 
 their  enemies.  Then  gathered  the  lewes 
 together  in  their  cities  within  all  f  londes  of 
 kynge  Ahasuerus,  to  laye  honde  on  soch  as 
 wolde  do  the  euell,  5  no  man  coulde  with- 
 stonde  them :  for  y  feare  of  the  was  come  ouer 
 all  people.  And  all  the  rulers  in  the  londes, 
 and  prynces  and  Debities,  and  officers  of  the 
 kinge  promoted  the  lewes:  for  the  feare  of 
 Mardocheus  came  vpo  the.  For  Mardocheus 
 was  greate  in  the  kynges  house,  5  the  reporte 
 of  him  was  noised  in  all  lodes,  how  he  increased 
 d  grewe. 
 
 Thus  the  lewes  smote  all  their  enemies  with 
 a  sore  slaughter,  and  slewe  and  destroyed,  5 
 dyd  after  their  wyll  vnto  soch  as  were  their 
 aduersaries.  And  at  y  castell  of  Susan  slewe 
 the  lewes  and  destroied  fyue  hudreth  men:  % 
 slewe  Parsandatha,  Dalphon,  Aspatha,  Pora- 
 tha,  Adalia,  Aridatha,  Parmastha,  Arissai, 
 Aridai,  Vaiesatha,  the  ten  sonnes  of  Ainan  y 
 Sonne  of  Amadathi  y  enemie  of  the  lewes 
 but  on  his  goodes  they  layed  no  handes.  At 
 the  same  tyme  was  the  kynge  certified  of  the 
 nombre  of  those  that  were  slaine  at  the  castell 
 of  Susan.  And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  quene 
 Hester:  The  lewes  haue  slayne  and  destroyed 
 fyue  hudreth  men  at  y  castell  of  Susan,  and 
 the  ten  sonnes  of  Ama  :  What  shal  they  do 
 in  the  other  londes  of  y  kynge  ?  What  is  thy 
 peticion,  that  it  maye  be  geuen  the  ?  5  what 
 requirest  thou  more  to  be  done  ?  Hester 
 sayde :  Yf  it  please  the  kynge,  let  him  sufFre 
 the  lewes  tomorow  also  to  do  aeordinge  vnto 
 this  dayes  commaundement,  that  they  maye 
 hange  Amans  ten  sonnes  vpd  f  tre.  And 
 the  kynge  charged  to  do  so,  and  the  com 
 maundement  was  deuysed  at  Susan,  5  Amans 
 ten  sonnes  were  hanged.  And  the  lewes 
 gathered  the  selues  together  at  Susan,  vpon 
 the  fourtenth  daye  of  the  moneth  Adar,  and 
 slewe  thre  hundreth  men  at  Susan,  but  on 
 their  goodes  they  laied  no  hades. 
 
 As  for  the  other  lewes  in  the  kynges  lodes, 
 they  came  together,  5  stode  for  their  lyues,  5 
 gatt  rest  fro  their  enemies :  and  slewe  of  their 
 enemies  fyue  and  seuentye  thousande,  how- 
 beit  they  layed  no  hondes  on  their  goodes. 
 This  was  done  on  the  thirteth  dale  of  the 
 moneth  Adar,  and  on  the  fourtenth  daye  of 
 the  same  moneth  rested  they,  which  (daye) 
 they  ordeyned  to  be  a  daye  of  feastinge  and 
 gladnesse.  But  the  lewes  at  Susan  were  come 
 together  both  on  the  thyrtenth  daye  and  on 
 the  fourtenth,  and  on  the  fyftenth  daye  they 
 rested,  and  the  same  daye  ordeyned  they  to 
 be  a  daye  of  feastinge  5  gladnes.  Therfore 
 the  lewes  that  dwelt  in  the  vyllages  and  vn- 
 walled  townes,  ordeyned  y  fourtenth  daye  of 
 the  moneth  Adar,  to  be  a  daye  of  feastinge 
 and  gladnes,  and  one  sent  giftes  vnto  another. 
 
 And  Mardocheus  wrote  these  actes,  and 
 sent  the  writinges  vnto  all  the  lewes  y  were 
 in  all  f  londes  of  kynge  Ahasuerus,  both  nye 
 and  farre,  that  they  shulde  yearly  receaue  and 
 holde  the  fourtenth  and  fiftenth  daie  of  the 
 
Cfeap.  V. 
 
 Cbe  bokc  of  ^t^Uv, 
 
 moneth  Adar,  as  the  daies  wherin  y  lewes 
 came  to  rest  from  their  enemies,  a  as  a  moneth 
 wherin  their  payne  was  turned  to  ioye,  and 
 their  sorowe  in  to  prosperite :  that  they  shulde 
 obserue  the  same  as  dayes  of  wealth  and 
 gladnes,  and  one  to  sende  giftes  vnto  another, 
 I  to  distribute  vnto  the  poore. 
 
 And  the  lewes  receaued  it  that  they  had 
 begonne  to  do,  and  that  Mardoeheus  wrote 
 vnto  them :  how  that  Aman  the  sonne  of 
 Amadathai  all  y  lewes  enemye,  had  deuysed 
 to  destroye  all  the  lewes,  and  caused  the  lot 
 to  be  cast  for  to  put  them  in  feare,  and  to 
 brynge  them  to  naughte  :  and  how  Hester 
 wente  and  spake  to  the  kpige,  that  thorow 
 letters  his  wicked  deuyce  (which  he  jmiagyned 
 agaynst  the  lewes)  might  be  turned  vpon  his 
 awne  heade,  and  how  he  and  his  sonnes  were 
 hanged  on  the  tre.  For  the  which  cause  they 
 called  this  daye  Purim  after  the  name  of 
 the  lot,  acordynge  to  all  y  wordes  of  this 
 wrytinge:  and  what  they  the  selues  had  sene, 
 and  what  had  happened  vnto  them. 
 
 And  the  lewes  set  it  vp,  and  toke  it  vpon 
 them  and  their  sede,  and  vpon  all  soch  as 
 ioyned  themselues  vnto  them,  that  they  wolde 
 not  mysse  to  obserue  these  two  dayes  yearly, 
 acordynge  as  they  were  wrytte  and  appoynted, 
 how  y  these  dayes  are  not  to  be  forgotten,  but 
 to  be  kepte  of  childers  children  amoge  all 
 kynreds  in  all  londes  and  cities.  They  are 
 the  dayes  of  Purim,  which  are  not  to  be  ouer- 
 
 fo,  cmljib. 
 
 slipte  amonge  the  lewes,  and  the  memoriall 
 of  them  oughte  not  to  perishe  from  their  sede. 
 And  queue  Hester  the  daughter  of  Abihail 
 and  Mardoeheus  the  lewe,  wrote  with  all  auc- 
 torite,  to  confirme  this  seconde  wrytinge  of 
 Purim,  and  sent  the  letters  vnto  all  the  lewes 
 in  the  hundreth  and  seuen  and  twentye 
 londes  of  f  empyre  of  Ahasuerus,  with  frendly 
 and  faithfull  wordes,  to  confinne  these  dayes 
 of  Purim,  in  their  tyme  appoynted,  aco'rd- 
 ynges  as  Mardoeheus  the  lewe  and  Hester  the 
 queue  had  ordeined  cocernynge  them :  lyke 
 as  they  vpon  their  soule  and  vpon  their  sede 
 had  c5fii-med  the  actes  of  the  *  fastinges  and 
 of  hir  coplainte.  And  Hester  comaunded  to 
 stablish  these  actes  of  this  Purim,  and  to  wryte 
 them  in  a  boke. 
 
 €i)t  y.  CI)aptcr. 
 
 AND  the  kynge  Ahasuerus  layed  tribute 
 vpon  the  londe,  and  vpon  the  lies  of 
 the  See.  As  for  all  y  worke  of  his  power  and 
 auctoryte,  and  y  greate  worshippe  of  Mardo- 
 eheus, which  the  kynge  gaue  him,  beholde,  it 
 is  wrytten  in  the  Cronicles  of  the  kynges  of 
 Media  5  Persia,  For  Mardoeheus  the  lewe 
 was  the  seconde  nexte  vnto  kynge  Ahasuerus, 
 and  greate  amonge  y  lewes,  and  accepted 
 amonge  the  multitude  of  his  brethren,  as  one 
 y  seketh  the  welth  of  his  people,  and  speaketh 
 the  best  for  all  his  sede. 
 
 ^e  mat  of  t\)t  ^ttov^t  parU  of  tin  0M  €t&tmmnU 
 
" 
 
 1 
 
 Zf)t  Utt  of  3)oib. 
 
 aaaOat  tftis;  faofee  tont^piwtf). 
 
 Cl)ap.  I.  II. 
 
 Cljap.  XII. 
 
 The  prosperite  of  lob,  and  how  God  geueth  Satan 
 
 All  thinges  come  off  the  mightie  ordinaunce  of 
 
 power  ouer  his  body  ad  goodes,  which  he  is 
 
 God.     The  wicked  haue  better  dayes  then  the 
 
 content  withall. 
 
 godly. 
 
 Cijap.   III. 
 The  flesh  can  not  sufTre :   and  here  is  described 
 
 Cljap.  XIII. 
 lob  speaketh  as  he  thinketh,  reproueth  the  ypo- 
 crysy  of  his  frendes,  and  comendeth  the  wis- 
 
 the  vnpacient  man,  that  grudgeth  agaynst  the 
 
 dome  of  God. 
 
 iudgment  of  God. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIIII. 
 
 Cl)ap.  IIII. 
 
 The  miserable  life  off  man. 
 
 (obs  frendes  comforte  him,  and  geue  his  synnes 
 
 the  blame  of  his  punyshmet. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XV.  XVI. 
 
 Cijap.  V. 
 
 No  man  is  innocet  before  God.    The  conuersacion 
 
 of  the  vngodly. 
 
 That  no  man  is  without  synne.     A  prayse  off  the 
 
 allmightynesse  and  louynge  kyndnesse  of  God. 
 
 Cliap.  XVII. 
 
 Cfiap.  VI. 
 
 lob  declareth  his  mysery. 
 
 lob  excuseth  his  owne  vnpacience,   layeth  ypo- 
 
 Cfiap.   XVIII. 
 
 crysie  to  his  fredes  charge,  ad  sayeth  they  are 
 
 Baldad  reproueth  lob  as  vngodly,  and  sheweth  the 
 
 but  dyssemblers. 
 
 punyshment  off  the  wicked. 
 
 Cijap.   VII. 
 
 Cljap.   XIX. 
 
 A  freudly  contencion  that  lob  maketh  with  God, 
 shewinge  themyserable  life  and  trauayle  of  man. 
 
 lob  sheweth  his  miserable  estate,  and  reproueth 
 his  frendes,  in  that  they  increace  his  payne. 
 
 1 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. 
 
 €l)ap.  XX. 
 
 Baldad  reproueth  lob.     The  nature  of  ypocrytes. 
 
 Punysmentofftheproude,  vngodly  and  ypocrytes. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 
 Cljap.  XXI. 
 
 All  men  are  synners  in  the  sight  of  God,  and 
 
 Wicked  men  haue  prosperite  in  this  worlde.    God 
 
 rightuousnesse  commeth  only  of  him.     He  pu- 
 
 punysheth  acordinge  to  his  owne  will. 
 
 nysheth  also  whom  he  will. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXII. 
 
 Cljap.  X. 
 
 They  tell   lob,  that  is  punyshment  commeth  for 
 
 No  man  is  without  synne,  nether  maye  eny  man 
 
 his  synnes. 
 
 escape  the  honde  of  God . 
 
 Cljap.  XXIII.  XXIIII. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 
 lob  defendeth  his  innocecy. 
 
 Sophar  reproueth  lob  of  synne  :  and  for  so  moch 
 
 as  no  man  maye  withstonde  God,  he  byddeth 
 
 Cljap.  XXV. 
 
 him  be  paciet. 
 
 No  ma  is  innocet  before  God. 
 
Cftap.  u 
 
 Cfte  Ijolte  of  306. 
 
 jTo,  rmlirbij. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXVI. 
 
 lob  mocketh  his  fredes,  because  they  go  aboute 
 to  proue  the  thynge,  that  he  denieth  not.  The 
 power  of  God. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XXVII. 
 God  punysheth  vs  not  acordinge  to  oure  merites, 
 but  is  mercifull  and  spareth  euen  the  vngodly. 
 Agayne,  he  chasteneth  the  most  righteous  (as 
 lob  was)  with  aduersite. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXVIII. 
 The  wisdome  ad  foreknowlege  of  God. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXIX. 
 
 The  prosperite  that  lob  was  in  afore.  His  inno- 
 cency  and  good  dedes. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXX. 
 He  complayneth  of  his  mysery :    how  the  igno- 
 raunt  and  symple  people  laugh  him  to  scorne. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXI. 
 He  rehearseth  his  innocet  life. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXXII. 
 lobs  frendes  are  angrie,  and  forsake  hira. 
 
 Cljap.   XXXIII. 
 God  punysheth  for  synne,  yet  heareth  he  a  meke 
 prayer. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 lob  withstodeth  the  wordes  of  them,  which  saye, 
 that  the  wicked  only  are  punyshed. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXV. 
 lob  is  reproued,  for  holdinge  himself  rightuous. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXVI 
 
 An  argument,  that  God  punisheth  no  man,excepte 
 he  haue  deserued  it. 
 
 Ctap.   XXXVII. 
 
 The  power  of  God  is  here  descrybed.     lob  is 
 reproued. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXXVIII.  XXXIX.  XL.  XLI. 
 
 The  foreknowlege  and  wisdome  of  God. 
 
 Cljap.  XLII 
 
 lobs  frendes  are  reproued,  and  he  himself  is  re- 
 stored to  his  prosperite  agayne. 
 
 CIjc  first  Cljapttr. 
 
 IN  the  lode  of  Hus"  there  was  a  man  called 
 lob :  an  innocent  and  vertuous  man,  soch 
 one  as  feared  God,  and  eschued  euell.  This 
 man  had*  vij.  sonnes,  and  iij.  doughters.  His 
 substaunce  was  vij.  M.  shape,  iij.  M.  camels, 
 V.  C.  yock  of  oxen,  v.  C.  she  asses,  and  a  very 
 greate  housholde :  so  y  he  was  one  of  the  most 
 principall  men  amoge  all  them  of  the  east 
 countre.  His  sonnes  now  wente  on  euery 
 man,  and  made  banckettes :  one  daye  in  one 
 house,  another  daye  in  another,  and  sent  for 
 their  iij.  sisters,  to  eate  (j  drinke  with  them. 
 So  when  they  had  passed  ouer  the  tyme  of 
 their  banckettinge  rounde  aboute,  lob  sent 
 for  them,  and  clensed  them  agayne,  stode  vp 
 early,  and  ofFred  for  euery  one  a  bretoiFeringe. 
 For  lob  thought  thus :  peraduenture  my  sonnes 
 haue  done  some  offence,  and  haue  bene  vn- 
 thankfull  to  God  in  their  hertes.  And  thus 
 dyd  lob  euery  daye. 
 
 ■"Now  vpon  a  tyme,  when  the  seruauntes  of 
 God  came  and  stode  before  the   LORDE, 
 
 Sathan  came  also  amonge  them.  And  the 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  Sathan :  From  whence 
 commestthou?  Sathan  answered  the  LORDE, 
 and  sayde :  I  haue  gone  aboute  the  lode,  ''and 
 walked  thorow  it. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  Satha:  hast 
 thou  not  considered  my  seruaunt  lob,  how 
 that  he  is  an  innocet  and  vertuous  ma :  soch 
 one  as  feareth  God,  and  eschueth  euell,  and 
 that  there  is  none  like  him  in  the  londe? 
 Sathan  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the  LO  RDE : 
 Doth  Ipb  feare  God  for  naught?  hast  thou 
 not  preserued  him,  his  house,  and  all  his  sub- 
 staunce on  euery  syde  ?  hast  thou  not  blessed 
 the  workes  of  his  hondes?  Is  not  his  pos- 
 session encreaced  in  the  londe?  But  laye 
 thyne  honde  vpo  him  a  litle,  touch  once  all 
 that  he  hath,  and  (I  holde)  he  shall  curse  the 
 to  thy  face.  And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 Sathan  :  lo  all  that  he  hath,  be  in  thy  power : 
 only  vpon  him  self  se  that  thou  laye  not  thine 
 honde.  Then  wente  Sathan  forth  from  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Now  vpon  a  certayne  daye  when  his  sonnes 
 
jfo.  mcljrbi'ij. 
 
 C&f  Ijofef  of  Sol), 
 
 C&ap.  ij. 
 
 and  doughters  were  eatinge,  and  drynkinge 
 wyne  in  their  eldest  brothers  house,  there 
 came  a  messaunger  vnto  lob,  and  sayde : 
 Whyle  the  oxen  were  a  plowinge,  and  the 
 Asses  goingc  in  the  pasture  besyde  them  :  the 
 Sabees  came  in  violetly,  and  toke  them  all 
 awaye:  yee  they  haue  slayne  the  seruauntes 
 with  the  swearde,  and  I  only  ranne  my  waye, 
 to  tell  the. 
 
 And  whyle  he  was  yet  speakynge,  there 
 came  another,  and  sayde  :  The  fyre  of  God  is 
 fallen  from  heauen,  it  hath  consumed  5  bret 
 vp  all  the  shepe  and  seruauntes :  and  I  only 
 ranne  my  waye,  to  tell  the.  In  the  meane 
 season  whyle  he  was  yet  speakinge,  there  came 
 another,  and  sayde :  The  Caldees  made  thre 
 armies,  and  fell  in  vpon  the  camels,  which 
 they  haue  caried  awaye,  yee  and  slayne  the 
 seruauntes  with  the  swearde :  and  I  only  am 
 gotte  awaye,  to  tell  the.  Whyle  he  was 
 speakinge,  there  came  yet  another,  ad  sayde  : 
 Thy  sonnes  and  doughters  were  eatinge  ad 
 drynkinge  wyne  in  their  eldest  brothers  house, 
 ad  sodenly  there  came  a  mightie  greate  wynde 
 out  off  the  South,  and  smote  the  iiij.  corners 
 of  the  house :  which  fell  vpon  thy  children,  so 
 that  they  are  deed :  and  I  am  gotten  awaye 
 alone,  to  tell  the. 
 
 Then  lob  stode  vp,  and  rente  his  clothes 
 shaued  his  heade,  fell  downe  vpon  the  groude, 
 worshipped,  and  sayde  :  "  Naked  came  I  out  of 
 my  mothers  wombe,  and  naked  shall  I  turne 
 thither  agayne.  *  The  LOIIDE  gaue,  and  the 
 LORDE  hath  taken  awaye  (the  LORDE 
 hath  done  his  pleasure)  now  "^ blessed  be  y 
 name  off  the  LORDE.  In  all  these  thinges 
 dyd  lob  not  offende,  ner  murmured  foolishly 
 agaynst  God. 
 
 W^t  i).  €i)apUv. 
 
 IT  happened  also  apon  a  tyme,  ''that  when 
 the  seruauntes  of  God  came  (j  stode  before 
 the  LORDE,  Sathan  came  also  amonge  them, 
 and  stode  before  him.  And  the  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  Sathan :  From  whence  commest 
 thou .''  Sathan  answered  and  sayde :  "■  I  haue 
 gone  aboute  the  lode,  and  walked  thorow  it. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  Sathan: 
 Hast  thou  not  considered  my  seruaunt  lob, 
 how  that  he  is  an  innocent  (j  vertuous  man 
 soch  one  as  feareth  God,  and  eschueth  euell, 
 
 "  Eccls.  ^ 
 Psal.  112. 
 
 1  Tim.  6. 
 lob  Si.  b. 
 
 '  Eccli.  40.  b.     Gen.  3.  d. 
 lob  l.b.  '  1  Pe.  5.  b. 
 
 and  that  there  is  none  like  him  in  the  londe  y 
 But  thou  mouedest  me  agaynst  him,  to  punysh 
 him  :  yet  is  it  in  vayne,  for  he  contynueth  still 
 in  his  godlynesse. 
 
 Sathan  answered  the  LORDE,  and  sayde : 
 Skynne  for  skynne  ?  yee  a  man  will  geue  all 
 y  euer  he  hath,  for  his  life.  But  laye  thine 
 honde  vpon  him,  touch  him  once  vpon  the 
 bone  and  flesh,  and  (I  holde)  he  shall  curse 
 the  to  thy  face.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE 
 vnto  Satha :  lo,  there  hast  thou  him  in  thy 
 power,  but  spare  his  life. 
 
 So  wente  Sathan  forth  from  the  LORDE, 
 and  smote  lob  with  maruelous  sore  byles,  from 
 the  sole  off  the  fote  vnto  his  crowne :  so  that 
 he  sat  vpon  the  grounde  in  the  asshes,  and 
 scraped  of  the  etter  off  his  sores  with  a 
 potsherde. 
 
 Then  sayde  his  wife  vnto  him  :  'Dost  thou 
 yet  cotynue  in  thy  perfectnesse  ?  curse  God,  a 
 dye.  But  lob  sayde  vnto  her :  Thou  speakest 
 like  a  foolish  woma.  Seinge  we  haue  re- 
 ceaued  prosperite  at  the  honde  of  God,  wher- 
 fore  shulde  we  not  be  content  with  aduersite 
 also  ?  '  In  all  these  thinges,  dyd  not  lob  synne 
 with  his  lippes. 
 
 Now  when  lobs  frendes  herde  of  all  v 
 trouble,  that  happened  vnto  him,  there  came 
 thre  off  them,  eueiy  one  from  his  owne  place : 
 namely,  Eliphas  the  Themanite,  Baldad  the 
 Suhite,  and  Sophar  the  Naamathite. 
 
 For  they  were  agreed  together  to  come,  to 
 shewe  their  compassion  vpon  him,  and  to 
 comforte  him.  So  when  they  lifte  vp  their 
 eyes  a  farre  off,  they  knewe  him  not. 
 
 Then  they  cried,  and  wepte :  then  euery 
 one  off  them  rente  his  clothes,  and  sprynckled 
 dust  vpon  their  heades  in  the  ayre.  They  sat 
 them  downe  by  him  also  vpon  the  grounde, 
 vij.  dayes  and  vij.  nightes.  Nether  was  there 
 eny  of  them  that  spake  one  worde  vnto  him, 
 for  they  sawe  that  his  payne  was  very  greate. 
 
 Wi)e  ii).  Cljapttv. 
 
 AFTER  this  opened  lob  his  mouth,  and 
 cursed  his  daye,  and  sayde  :  *  lost  be  that 
 daye,  wherin  I  was  borne :  and  the  night,  in 
 the  which  it  was  sayde  :  there  is  a  manchilde 
 conceaued.  The  same  daye  be  turned  to 
 darcknesse,  and  not  regarded  of  God  from 
 aboue,  nether  be  shyned  vpo  with  light :  but 
 
 <■  Tob. '2.  d.         slobl.d.         ''  Simile  lere.  20.  d. 
 
CI)ap.  b« 
 
 Cfte  hokt  of  3o&, 
 
 jfo.  tccflri'v. 
 
 be  couered  with  darcknesse,  and  the  shadowe 
 of  death.  Let  the  dymme  cloude  fall  vpon  it, 
 and  let  it  be  lapped  in  with  sorowe.  Let  the 
 darckstorme  ouercome  y  night,  let  it  not  be 
 reckoned  amonge  the  dayes  off  the  yeare,  ner 
 counted  in  the  monethes.  Despysed  be  that 
 night,  and  discommended :  let  them  that  curse 
 the  daye,  geue  it  their  curse  also,  euen  those 
 that  be  ready  to  rayse  vp  Leuiathan.  Let 
 the  starres  be  dymme  thorow  darcknesse  of  it. 
 Let  it  loke  for  light,  but  let  it  se  none,  nether 
 the  rysynge  vp  of  the  fayre  mornynge:  be- 
 cause it  shut  not  vp  the  wombe  that  bare  me, 
 ner  hyd  these  sorowes  fro  myne  eyes. 
 
 Alas,  why  dyed  I  not  in  y  byrth  ?  "  Why 
 dyd  not  I  perysh,  as  soone  as  I  came  out  of 
 my  mothers  wobe  ?  Why  set  they  me  vp6  yir 
 knees?  Why  gaue  they  me  suck  with  their 
 brestes  ?  Then  shulde  I  now  haue  lyen  still, 
 I  shulde  haue  slepte,  and  bene  at  rest :  like  as 
 the  kynges  ad  lordes  of  f  earth,  which  buylde 
 them  selues  speciall  places :  As  the  prynces 
 that  haue  greate  substaunce  of  golde,  (t  their 
 houses  full  of  syluer.  O  that  I  vtterly  had  no 
 beynge,  or  were  as  a  thige  borne  out  of  tyme 
 (that  is  put  asyde)  ether  as  yonge  children, 
 which  neuer  sawe  the  light.  There  must  the 
 wicked  ceasse  from  their  tyranny,  there  soch 
 as  are  ouerlaboured,  be  at  rest :  there  are 
 those  letten  out  fre,  which  haue  bene 
 preson,  so  that  they  heare  nomore  the  voyce 
 of  theoppressoure:  There  are  small  and  greate 
 thebonde  man,  and  he  that  is  fre  fro  his  master. 
 
 Wherfore  is  the  light  geuen,  to  him  that  is 
 in  mysery?  and  life  vnto  them,  that  haue 
 heuy  hertes  ?  (Which  longe  for  death,  and 
 it  commeth  not :  for  yf  they  might  fynde  their 
 graue,  they  wolde  be  maruelous  glad,  as  those 
 that  dygge  vp  treasure)  To  the  man  whose 
 waye  is  hyd,  which  God  kepeth  backe  from  him. 
 
 This  is  the  cause,  that  I  syghe  before  I 
 eate,  and  my  roaringes  fall  out  like  a  water 
 floude.  For  the  thynge  that  I  feared,  is  come 
 vpon  me :  and  the  thynge  that  I  was  afrayed 
 of,  is  happened  vnto  me.  Was  I  not  happy  ? 
 Had  I  not  quyetnesse  ?  Was  I  not  in  rest  ? 
 And  now  commeth  soch  mysery  vpon  me. 
 
 Cijc  Hi).  Chapter. 
 
 THEN  answered  Eliphas  of  Theman  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :    Yf  we  begynne   to 
 comon  with  the,  peradueture  thou  wilt  be  mys- 
 
 •'  lere.  20.  d.       »  Tob.  2.  d.       '  Gala.  6.  a.       •*  Dan.  10.  c. 
 
 content,  but  who  can  witholde  himself  from 
 speakynge  ?  Beholde,  thou  hast  bene  a  teacher 
 of  many,  and  hast  comforted  the  weery  hondes. 
 
 Thy  wordes  haue  set  vp  those  that  were 
 fallen,  thou  hast  refresshed  the  weake  knees. 
 But  now  that  the  plage  is  come  vpon  the, 
 thou  shreckest  awaye :  now  that  it  hath 
 touched  thyself,  thou  art  faint  harted.  *  Where 
 is  now  thy  feare  of  God,  thy  stedfastnesse,  thy 
 pacience,  and  the  perfectnesse  of  thy  Hfe  ? 
 Considre  (I  praye  the)  who  euer  peryshed, 
 beynge  an  innocent?  Or,  when  were  the 
 godly  destroyed?  'As  for  those  that  plowe 
 wickednesse  (as  I  haue  sene  myself)  and  sowe 
 myschefe,  they  reape  y  same.  For  whe  God 
 bloweth  vpon  them,  they  perysh,  and  are  de- 
 stroyed thorow  the  blast  of  his  wrath.  The 
 roaringe  of  the  lyon,  the  cryenge  off  the 
 lyonesse,  (^  y-  teth  off  y  lyos  whelpes  are  broke 
 The  greate  lyon  perysheth,  because  he  ca  get 
 no  pray  and  the  lyons  whelpes  are  scatred 
 abrode. 
 
 There  is  spoken  vnto  me  a  thynge  in  coun- 
 cell,  which  hath  geuen  a  terrible  sounde  in 
 myne  eare,  with  a  vision  in  the  night,  ''when 
 men  are  fallen  a  slepe.  Soch  feare  and  drede 
 came  vpo  me,  that  all  my  bones  shoke.  And 
 when  the  wynde  passed  ouer  by  me,  the  hayres 
 of  my  flesh  stode  vp. 
 
 Then  stode  there  one  before  me,  whose  face 
 I  knewe  not :  an  ymage  there  was,  and  the 
 wether  was  still,  so  that  I  herde  this  voyce : 
 Maye  a  man  be  iustified  before  God  ?  '  Maye 
 there  eny  man  be  iudged  to  be  clene,  by  rea- 
 son of  his  owne  workes?  Beholde,  he  hath 
 founde  vnfaythfulnesse  amonge  his  owne  ser 
 uauntes,  and  proude  disobedience  amonge  his 
 angels. 
 
 How  moch  more  the  shal  they  (that  dwell 
 in  houses  of  claye,  whose  foundacion  is  but 
 earth)  be  moth  eaten  ?  They  shalbe  destroyed 
 from  the  mornynge  vnto  the  euenynge  :  yee 
 they  shall  perish,  or  euer  they  be  awarre :  and 
 be  taken  awaye  so  clene,  that  none  of  the 
 shall  remayne,  but  be  deed,  or  euer  they  be 
 awarre  off  it. 
 
 Wl)t  b.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 NAME  me  one  els,  yf  thou  canst  fynde 
 eny  :  yee  loke  aboute  the,  vpon  eny  of 
 the  holy  men.  As  for  the  foolish  man  dis- 
 pleasure kylleth  him,    and  anger  slayeth  y 
 
 « lob  25.  a.   Psal.  142.a.   Rom.  3.  b.   lob  15.  b.   2Pe.  2.d. 
 
ijTo.  rmljTT. 
 
 Cf)t  bokr  of  3ob, 
 
 Cfiap.  bi. 
 
 ignoraunt.  'I  haue  sene  my  self,  when  the 
 foolish  was  depe  roted,  that  his  bewty  was 
 sodely  destroyed  :  that  his  children  were  with- 
 out prosperite  or  health :  that  they  were  slayne 
 in  the  dore,  and  no  ma  to  delyuer  them:  *that 
 his  haruest  was  eaten  vp  off  the  hungrie  :  that 
 the  weapened  man  had  spoyled  it,  and  that 
 the  thurstie  had  droncke  vp  his  riches.  It  is 
 not  the  earth  that  bryngeth  forth  trauayle, 
 nether  commeth  sorow  out  of  y  groude :  but 
 it  is-  man,  that  is  borne  vnto  mysery,  like  as 
 the  byrde  for  to  fle. 
 
 But  now  will  I  speake  off  the  LORDE, 
 and  talke  of  God :  which  doth  thinges,  that 
 are  vnsearcheable,  '  and  marueles  without  no- 
 bre :  Which  geueth  rayne  vpo  the  earth,  and 
 poureth  water  vpon  all  thinges :  which  setteth 
 vp  them  of  lowe  degi-e,  and  sendeth  pros- 
 perite, to  those  that  are  in  heuynesse  :  Which 
 destroyeth  the  deuyces  of  the  sotyll,  "^  so  that 
 they  are  not  able  to  perfourme  the  thynges 
 that  they  take  in  hode:  which  compaseth  y- 
 wyse  in  their  owne  craftynesse,  and  ouer- 
 troweth  the  councell  of  the  wicked:  'In  so 
 moch  that  they  runne  in  to  darcknesse  by 
 fayre  daye,  and  grope  aboute  them  at  the 
 noone  daye,  like  as  in  the  night. 
 
 And  so  he  delyuereth  the  poore  from  the 
 swearde,  from  their  mouth,  and  from  the  hode 
 of  the  cruell :  that  the  poore  maye  haue  hope, 
 5  that  the  mouth  of  the  oppressoure  maye  be 
 topped. 
 
 Beholde,  ^happie  is  the  man,  whom  God 
 punysheth :  therfore,  despyse  not  thou  y^  chas- 
 tenjaige  of  the  Allmighty.  For  though  he 
 make  a  wounde,  he  geueth  a  medicyne  agayne : 
 though  he  smyte,  his  honde  maketh  whole 
 agayne. 
 
 He  delyuereth  the  out  of  sise  troubles,  so 
 that  in  the  seuenth  there  can  no  harme  touch 
 the.  In  the  myddest  of  honger  he  saueth  f 
 from  death :  and  when  it  is  warre,  from  the 
 power  of  the  swearde. 
 
 He  shall  kepe  the  from  the  perlous  tonge 
 so  that  when  trouble  commeth,  thou  shalt  not 
 nede  to  feare.  ■'In  destruccion  and  derth 
 thou  shalt  be  mery,  and  shalt  not  be  afrayed 
 for  the  beastes  of  the  earth :  But  the  castels  in 
 the  londe  shal  be  confederate  with  the,  5  the 
 beastes  of  the  felde  shall  geue  the  peace : 
 
 •Ps»\.36.d.  'Deu.sa.d.  "  Deu.  28.  b.  Eccli.  10.  e. 
 Lu.  1.  d.    Ps.  144.  b.  146.  a.     1  Re.  2.  b.  ''  Esa.  8.  c. 
 
 1  Cor.  3.  c.   Psal.  32.  b.        '  Deu.  28.  c.        ^  Psal.  10.  a. 
 
 Yee  thou  shalt  se,  that  thy  dwellynge  place 
 shalbe  in  rest :  thou  shalt  beholde  thv  sub- 
 staunce,  and  be  nomore  punyshed  for  svnne. 
 Thou  shalt  se  also,  that  thy  sede  shall  en- 
 creace,  and  that  thy  posterite  shalbe  as  the 
 grasse  vpon  the  earth.  Thou  shalt  come  to 
 thy  graue  in  a  fayre  age,  like  as  f  corne 
 sheeues  are  brought  in  to  the  barne  in  due 
 season.  Lo,  this  is  the  matter,  as  we  oure  selues 
 haue  proued  by  experience.  Therfore  now 
 that  thou  hearest  it,  take  better  hede  to  thy  selff. 
 
 Cl)c  bt.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  and  sayde :  O  that  my  misery 
 weere  weyed,  and  my  punyshment  layed 
 in  the  balaunces:  for  then  shulde  itbeheuyer, 
 then  the  sonde  of  the  see.  This  is  the  cause, 
 that  my  wordes  are  so  soroufull. 
 
 For  the  allmighty  hath  shott  at  me  with 
 his  arowes,  whose  indignacion  hath  droncke 
 vp  my  sprete,  and  y  terrible  feares  of  God 
 fight  agajTist  me.  Doth  the  wilde  asse  roare 
 when  he  hath  grasse?  'Or  crieth  the  oxe, 
 whe  he  hath  fodder  ynough  ?  Maye  a  thynge 
 be  eaten  vnseasoned,  or  without  salt  ?  What 
 taist  hath  y  whyte  within  the  yoke  an  egg? 
 The  thinges  that  some  t)'me  I  might  not 
 awaye  withall,  are  now  my  meate  for  very 
 sorow.  O  that  I  might  haue  my  desyre :  0 
 y  God  wolde  graunte  me  the  thyTige,  that  I 
 longe  for :  That  he  wolde  begynne  and  smyte 
 me  :  that  he  wolde  let  his  honde  go,  5  hew  me 
 downe.  The  shulde  I  haue  some  coforte : 
 yee  I  wolde  desyre  him  in  my  payne,  that  he 
 shulde  not  spare,  for  I  will  not  be  agaynst  f 
 wordes  of  the  holy  one. 
 
 What  power  haue  I  to  endure  ?  Or  what 
 is  myne  ende,  that  my  soule  might  be  paciet  ? 
 Is  my  strength  the  strength  of  stones  ?  Or, 
 is  my  flesh  made  of  brasse  ?  Am  I  able  to 
 helpe  my  self?  Is  not  my  strength  gone  fro  me, 
 like  as  yf  one  withdrewe  a  good  dede  from  his 
 frende,  and  forsoke  the  feare  of  God  ?  MjTie 
 owne  brethren  passe  ouer  by  me  as  the  water- 
 broke,  that  hastely  runneth  thorow  y-  valleys. 
 *  But  they  that  feare  the  horefrost,  the  snowe 
 shal  fall  -vpon  them. 
 
 When  their  tytae  cometh,  they  shalbe  de- 
 stroyed and  perishe  :  and  when  they  be  set  on 
 fyre,  they  shalbe  remoued  out  of  their  place. 
 
 fPro.S.b.  iPet.  4.  c.  Heb.l2.a.  Osee6.a. 
 '  Amos  3.  a.        '  Esa.  66.  a. 
 
CI)ap*  bt'tj. 
 
 Cf)e  hokt  of  3oh, 
 
 ffo.  tmlvru 
 
 for  the  pathes  y  they  go  in,  are  croked :  they 
 haist  after  vayne  thinges,  and  shal  perish. 
 Considre  the  pathes  oiF  Theman,  5  the  wayes 
 off  Saba,  wherin  they  haue  put  their  trust. 
 Confounded  are  they,  that  put  eny  cofidence 
 in  them :  For  whe  they  came  to  opteyne  the 
 thynges  that  they  loked  for,  they  were  brought 
 to  confucion. 
 
 Eue  so  are  ye  also  come  vnto  me :  but  now 
 that  ye  se  my  myseiy,  ye  are  afrayed.  Dyd  I 
 desyre  you,  to  come  hyther  ?  Or,  to  geue  me 
 eny  off  youre  substaunce  ?  To  delyuer  me 
 from  the  enemies  honde,  or  to  saue  me  from 
 the  power  oif  the  mightie  ?  Teach  me  and  I 
 will  holde  my  tonge :  and  yf  I  do  erre,  shewe 
 me  wherin. 
 
 Wherfore  blame  ye  then  the  wordes,  that 
 are  well  and  truly  spoken  ?  which  of  you  can 
 reproue  them  ?  Sauynge  only  that  ye  are 
 sotyll  to  check  mens  sayenges,  and  can  speake 
 many  wordes  in  the  wynde.  Ye  fall  vpon  the 
 fatherlesse,  ad  go  aboute  to  ouerthrowe  youre 
 owne  frende.  Wherfore  loke  not  only  vpon 
 me,  but  vpon  youre  selues  :  whether  I  lye,  or 
 no.  Turne  in  to  youre  owne  selues  (I  praye 
 you)  be  indifferent  iudges,  and  considre  myne 
 vngyltinesse  :  whether  there  be  eny  vnright 
 uousnesse  in  my  tonge,  or  vayne  wordes  in 
 my  mouth. 
 
 Ci^e  bi).  CI)apttr. 
 
 IS  not  the  life  off  ma  vpon  earth  a  very 
 batayU  ?  Are  not  his  dayes,  like  the 
 dayes  of  an  hyred  seruaunte  ?  For  like  as  a 
 bonde  seruaunt  desyreth  the  shadowe,  and  as 
 an  hyi-elinge  wolde  fayne  haue  an  ende  of  his 
 worke :  Euen  so  haue  I  laboured  whole 
 monethes  longe  (but  in  vayne)  and  many  a 
 carefull  night  haue  I  tolde.  When  I  layed 
 me  downe  to  slepe,  I  sayde :  "O  when  shal  I 
 ryse  ?  Agayne,  I  longed  sore  for  the  night. 
 Thus  am  I  full  off  sorowe,  till  it  be  darcke. 
 My  flesh  is  clothed  with  wormes,  fylthinesse 
 and  dust :  my  skynne  is  ^vythered,  and 
 crompled  together:  *my  dayes  passe  ouer 
 more  spedely,  the  a  weeuer  can  weeue  out  his 
 webbe,  and  are  gone,  or  I  am  awarre.  O 
 remembre,  that  my  life  is  but  a  wynde,  ad 
 that  myne  eye  shal  nomore  se  the  pleasures 
 therof,  yee  and  that  none  other  mans  eye  shall 
 se  me  eny  more.  For  yf  thou  fasten  thine 
 eyes  vpon  me,  I  come  to  naught,   like  as  a 
 
 Deu.  28.  g.  '  lob  9.  c.  14.  a.  '  Dan.  2.  a. 
 
 cloude  is  cosumed  and  vanyshed  avvaye,  euen 
 so  he  that  goeth  downe  to  hell,  commeth  no- 
 more  vp,  ner  turneth  agayne  in  to  his  house, 
 nether  shall  his  place  knowe  him  eny  more. 
 
 Therfore  I  will  not  spare  my  mouth,  but 
 will  speake  in  the  trouble  of  my  sprete,  in  f 
 bytternesse  of  my  mynde  will  I  talke.  Am  I 
 a  see  or  a  whalfysh,  that  thou  kepest  me  so  in 
 preson  ?  When  I  thynke  :  my  bedd  shall 
 comforte  me,  I  shall  haue  some  refresshinge 
 by  talkynge  with  myself  vpon  my  couche  : 
 "The  troublest  thou  me  with  dreames,  ad 
 makest  me  so  afrayed  thorow  visions,  that  my 
 soule  wyssheth  rather  to  be  hanged,  and  my 
 bones  to  be  deed. 
 
 I  can  se  no  remedy,  I  shall  lyue  nomore : 
 
 0  spare  me  then,  for  my  dayes  are  but  vayne. 
 ■^  What  is  man,  that  thou  hast  him  in  soch 
 reputacion,  and  settest  so  moch  by  him  ? 
 Thou  takest  diligent  care  for  him,  and  sodely 
 doest  thou  trye  him. 
 
 Why  goest  thou  not  fro  me,  ner  lettest  me 
 alone,  so  longe  till  I  swalow  downe  my  spetle 
 
 1  haue  offended,  what  shal  I  do  vrrto  y^,  O 
 thou  preseruer  off  men  ?  Why  hast  thou 
 made  me  to  stonde  in  thy  waye,  and  am  so 
 heuy  a  burden  vnto  my  self?  Why  doest  thou 
 not  forgeue  me  my  s)aine  ?  Wherfore  takest 
 thou  not  awaye  my  wickednesse  ?  Beholde, 
 now  must  I  slepe  in  the  dust:  and  yff  thou 
 sekest  me  tomorow  in  the  momynge,  I  shalbe 
 gone 
 
 CIjc  6iij.  Cf)apttr. 
 
 THEN  answered  Baldad  the  Suhite,  and 
 sayde :  How  longe  wilt  thou  talke  of 
 soch  thinges?  how  longe  shal  thy  mouth 
 speake  so  proude  wordes?  Doth  God  per- 
 uerte  the  thinge  that  is  laufull  ?  Or,  doth 
 the  AUmightie  destroye  the  thynge  that  is 
 right  ?  '  Whe  thy  sonnes  spined  agaynst  him, 
 dyd  not  he  punysh  the  for  their  wickednesse  ? 
 Yff  thou  woldest  now  resorte  vnto  God  by 
 tymes,  'and  make  thine  humble  praj'er  to  y 
 AUmightie  :  yf  thou  woldest  lyue  a  pure  and 
 a  godly  life :  shulde  he  not  wake  vp  vnto  the 
 immediatly,  j  geue  the  the  bewtie  of  right- 
 uousnesse  agayne  ?  In  so  moch,  that  where  I 
 so  euer  thou  haddest  litle  afore,  thou  shuldest 
 now  haue  greate  abundaunce.  Enquere  of 
 them  that  haue  bene  before  the,  search  dili- 
 gently amonge  thy  forefathers  :  Namely,  y  we 
 
 "i  Miitt.6.  c.  Deu.  8.  a.  Gen.22.a.     'lob  I.e.    /Deu.  30.  a. 
 
iJTo.  mcIjiTij. 
 
 Cf)f  bokt  of  3oI). 
 
 C&ap.  ir. 
 
 are  but  of  yesterdaye,  and  considre  not,  that 
 cure  dayes  vpon  earth  are  buth  a  very  shadow. 
 "They  shall  shewe  the,  they  shall  tell  the,  yee 
 they  will  gladly  confesse  the  same. 
 
 Maye  a  resshe  be  grene  without  moystnesse? 
 maye  the  grasse  growe  without  water  ?  No : 
 but  (or  euer  it  be  shot  forth,  and  or  euer  it  be 
 gathered)  it  wythereth,  before  eny  other  herbe. 
 Euen  so  goeth  it  with  all  them,  that  forget 
 God :  and  euen  thus  also  shal  the  ypocrytes 
 hope  come  to  naught.  His  confidence  shalbe 
 destroyed,  for  he  trusteth  in  a  spyders  webbe. 
 
 He  leeneth  him  vpo  his  house,  but  he  shal 
 not  stonde :  he  holdeth  him  fast  by  it,  yet 
 shal  he  not  endure.  Oft  tymes  a  thinge  doth 
 florish,  and  men  thynke  that  it  maye  abyde 
 the  Sonneshyne:  it  shuteth  forth  the  braunches 
 in  his  garden,  it  taketh  many  rotes,  in  so 
 moch  that  it  is  like  an  house  off  stones.  But 
 yf  it  be  taken  out  oiF  his  place,  euery  man 
 denyeth  it,  sayenge  :  I  knowe  the  not.  Lo, 
 thus  is  it  with  him,  that  reioyseth  in  his  owne 
 doinges  :  and  as  for  other,  they  growe  out  of 
 the  earth. 
 
 Beholde,  God  will  not  cast  awaye  a  vertuous 
 man,  nether  wil  he  helpe  the  vngodly.  Thy 
 mouth  shall  he  fyll  with  laughynge,  ad  thy 
 lyppes  with  gladnesse.  They  that  hate  the, 
 shalbe  confounded,  j  y  dwellinges  of  y  vngodly 
 shal  come  to  naught. 
 
 Elje  ij:.  (il^aptcr. 
 OB  answered,  and  sayde :  *  As  for  y  I 
 knowe  it  is  so  of  a  treuth,  y  a  man  com- 
 pared vnto  God,  can  not  be  iustified.  Yf  he 
 wil  argue  with  him,  he  shall  not  be  able  to 
 answere  him  vnto  one  amonge  a  thousande. 
 He  is  wyse  of  hert,  and  mightie  in  strength. 
 Who  euer  prospered,  that  toke  parte  agaynst 
 him  ?  He  translateth  the  moutaynes,  or  euer 
 they  be  awarre,  j  ouerthroweth  them  in  his 
 wrath.  He  remoueth  the  earth  out  of  hir 
 place,  that  hir  pilers  shake  \vithall.  He  com- 
 maundeth  the  Sone,  (j  it  ryseth  not :  he  closeth 
 vp  the  starres,  as  it  were  vnder  a  signet.  He 
 himself  alone  spredetb  out  y  heauens,  and 
 goeth  vpon  the  wawes  of  the  see.  He  maketh 
 the  '  Waynes  of  heauen,  the  Orions,  the  *  vij. 
 starres  and  the  secrete  places  of  the  south. 
 He  doth  greate  thinges,  soch  as  are  vnsearche- 
 able,  yee  and  wonders  without  nombre. 
 
 '  Psal.  142.  a.  Ro.  X  b.  lob  4.  b.  13.  b. 
 25.  a,  c  Amos  5.  a. 
 
 I 
 
 Yf  he  came  by  me,  I  might  not  loke  vpo 
 him :  yf  he  wente  his  waye,  I  shulde  not 
 perceaue  it.  Yf  he  be  haisty  to  take  eny 
 thinge  awaye,  who  wil  make  him  restore  it 
 agayne  ?  Who  wil  saye  vnto  him  :  what  doest 
 thou?  ''He  is  God,  whose  wrath  no  man 
 maye  withstode  :  but  the  proudest  of  all  must 
 stoupe  vnder  him.  How  shulde  I  then  answere 
 him?  or,  what  wordes  shulde  I  fynde  out 
 agaynst  him  ?  Yee  though  I  be  rightuous, 
 yet  will  I  not  geue  him  one  worde  agayne, 
 but  mekely  submytte  my  self  to  my  iudge. 
 All  be  it  that  I  call  vpon  him,  and  he  heare 
 me,  yet  am  I  not  sure,  y  he  hath  herde  my 
 voyce :  he  troubleth  me  so  with  the  tempest, 
 and  woundeth  me  out  of  measure  without  a 
 cause.  He  will  not  let  my  sprete  be  in  rest, 
 but  fylleth  me  with  bytternesse. 
 
 Yf  men  will  speake  of  strength,  he  is  the 
 strogest  of  all :  yf  me  will  speake  of  right- 
 ousnes,  who  darre  be  my  recorde  ?  )'f  I  will 
 iustifie  my  self,  mjTie  owne  mouth  shall 
 codemne  me  :  yf  I  will  put  forth  my  self  for 
 a  perfecte  man,  he  shal  proue  me  a  wicked 
 doer  :  For  that  I  shulde  be  an  innocent,  my 
 coscience  knoweth  it  not,  yee  I  my  self  am 
 weery  off  my  life. 
 
 This  one  thlge  wil  I  saye  :  '  He  destroyeth 
 both  the  rightuous  j  vngodly.  And  though 
 he  slaye  sodenly  with  the  scourge,  yet  laugheth 
 he  at  the  punyshment  of  the  innocent.  As 
 for  the  worlde,  he  geueth  it  ouer  in  to  the 
 power  of  the  wicked,  soch  as  the  rulers  be, 
 wherof  all  londes  are  full.  Is  it  not  so? 
 where  is  there  eny,  but  he  is  soch  one  ? 
 
 •^My  dayes  haue  bene  more  swifte,  then  a 
 runner  :  they  are  gone  sodenly,  and  haue  sene 
 no  good  thinge.  They  are  passed  awaye,  as 
 the  shippes  that  be  good  vnder  sale,  and  as 
 the  Aegle  that  haisteth  to  the  pray.  When  I 
 am  purposed  to  forget  my  complayninges  to 
 chaunge  my  countenaunce,  and  to  coforte  my 
 self:  then  am  I  afrayed  of  all  my  workes,  for 
 I  knowe,  thou  fauourest  not  an  euell  doer. 
 Yf  I  be  then  a  wicked  one,  why  haue  I 
 laboured  in  vayne?  Though  I  wasshed  my 
 self  with  snowe  water,  and  made  myne  hondes 
 neuer  so  clene,  yet  shuldest  thou  dyppe  me  in 
 f  myre,  d  myne  owne  clothes  shulde  defyle 
 me.  For  he  y  I  must  geue  answere  vnto, 
 and  with  whom  I  go  to  lawe,  is  not  a  man  as 
 
 •  Some  call  these  seuen  starres,  the  clock  henne  with  hir 
 chekens.  '' Eccls.  8.  ff.  lere.  10.  a.  'Eccls.  9.a.  f  lob  7.  a. 
 
Cijap.  )ru 
 
 €l)t  bofec  of  3oI). 
 
 jTo.  trcdinriij. 
 
 I  am.  Nether  is  there  eny  dayes  man  to 
 reproue  both  the  partes,  or  to  laye  his  hode 
 betwlxte  vs.  Let  him  take  his  rod  awaye  fro 
 me,  yee  let  him  make  me  nomore  afrayed  of 
 him,  and  then  shal  I  answere  him  without 
 eny  feare.  For  as  longe  as  I  am  in  soch 
 fearfulnesse,  I  can  make  no  answere :  And 
 why  ?   it  greueth  my  soule  to  lyue. 
 
 Cf)t  r-  €l)apttr. 
 
 NEUERTHELESSE,  now  will  I  put 
 forth  my  wordes :  I  ml  speake  out  of 
 the  very  heuynesse  off  my  soule,  and  will  saye 
 vnto  God :  O  do  not  condemne  me,  but  shewe 
 me  the  cause,  wherfore  thou  iudgest  me  on 
 this  maner.  Thinkest  thou  it  well  done,  to 
 oppresse  me,  to  cast  me  of  (beinge  a  worke  of 
 thy  hondes)  and  to  manteyne  the  councell  of 
 the  vngodly  ?  Hast  thou  fleszshy  eyes  then, 
 or  doest  thou  loke  as  man  loketh?  Are  thy 
 dayes  as  the  dayes  of  man,  and  thy  yeares  as 
 mans  yeares  ?  that  thou  makest  soch  inquisi- 
 cion  for  my  wickednesse,  and  searchest  out 
 my  synne?  where  as  (notwithstondinge)  thou 
 knowest  that  I  am  no  wicked  person,  (i  that 
 there  is  no  man  able  to  delyuer  me  out  of 
 thine  honde.  "Thy  hondes  haue  made  me,  (f 
 fashioned  me  alltogether  rounde  aboute,  wilt 
 thou  then  destroye  me  sodely  ?  O  remembre 
 (I  beseke  the)  how  that  thou  madest  me  of 
 the  moulde  of  the  earth,  and  shalt  brynge  me 
 to  earth  agayne. 
 
 Hast  thou  not  milked  me,  as  it  were  mylck: 
 and  turned  me  to  cruddes  like  chese  ?  Thou 
 hast  couered  me  with  skynne  and  flesh,  and 
 ioyned  me  together  with  bones  (j  synowes. 
 Thou  hast  graunted  me  life,   and  done  me 
 
 id :  and  the  diligent  hede  that  thou  tokest 
 vpon  me,  hath  preserued  my  sprete. 
 
 Though  thou  hydest  these  thinges  in  thine 
 hert,  yet  am  I  sure,  that  thou  remembrest  the 
 all.  Wherfore  didest  thou  kepe  me,  when 
 I  synned,  and  hast  not  clensed  me  fro  myne 
 oiFence  ?  Yf  I  do  wickedly,  wo  is  me  ther- 
 fore :  Yf  I  be  rightuous,  yet  darre  I  not  lift 
 vp  my  heade :  so  full  am  I  of  confucion,  and 
 se  myne  owne  misery. 
 
 Thou  huntestme  out  (beynge  in  heuynesse) 
 as  it  were  a  Lyon,  and  troublest  me  out  of 
 measure.  Thou bringest  fresh  witnesses  agaynst 
 me,  thy  wrath  increasest  thou  vpon  me,  very 
 many  are  the  plages  that  I  am  in.     Wherfore  i 
 
 "  Gen.  1.  d.    Psal.  118.  k.  | 
 
 hast  thou  brought  me*  out  of  my  mothers 
 wombe  ?  O  that  I  had  perished,  (j  that  no 
 eye  had  sene  me.  Yf  they  had  caried  me  to 
 my  graue,  as  soone  as  I  was  borne,  then  shulde 
 I  be  now,  as  though  I  had  neuer  bene. 
 
 Shall  not  my  short  life  come  soone  to  an 
 ende  ?  O  holde  the  fro  me,  let  me  alone,  that 
 I  maye  ease  myself  a  litle  :  afore  I  go  thyther, 
 from  whence  I  shal  not  turne  agayne :  Namely, 
 to  that  londe  of  darcknesse  5  shadowe  of  death: 
 yee  in  to  that  darck  clowdy  londe  11  deadly 
 shadowe,  where  as  is  no  ordre,  but  terrible 
 feare  as  in  the  darcknesse. 
 
 CJjc  vi-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  answered  Sophar  the  Naamathite, 
 and  sayde :  Shulde  not  he  that  maketh 
 many  wordes,  be  answered?  Shulde  he  that 
 bableth  moch,  be  commended  therin  ?  Shulde 
 men  geue  eare  vnto  the  only?  Thou  wilt 
 laugh  other  men  to  scorne,  5  shal  no  body 
 mocke  the  agayne  ?  Wilt  thou  saye  vnto  God : 
 The  thinge  that  I  take  in  honde,  is  perfecte, 
 (t  I  am  clene  in  thy  sight  ?  O  that  God  wolde 
 speake,  and  open  his  lippes  agaynst  the,  that 
 he  might  shewe  the  (out  of  his  secrete  wysz- 
 dome)  how  manyfolde  his  lawe  is:  then  shuldest 
 thou  knowe,  that  God  had  forgotten  the,  be- 
 cause of  thy  synnes. 
 
 Wilt  thou  fynde  out  God  with  thy  sekjTige? 
 wilt  thou  attayne  to  the  perfectnesse  of  the 
 Allmightie?  He  is  hyer  the  heaue,  what 
 wilt  thou  do  ?  Deper  the  hell,  how  wilt  thou 
 then  knowe  him  ?  His  length  exceadeth  the 
 length  of  the  earth,  and  his  bredth  y^  bredth 
 of  the  see.  Though  he  turne  all  thinges  vp 
 syde  do\^Tie,  close  them  in,  or  thrust  the  to- 
 gether, who  darre  check  him  therfore  ? 
 
 For  it  is  he,  that  knoweth  the  vanite  of 
 men  :  "he  seyth  their  wickednesse  also,  shulde 
 he  not  then  considre  it  ?  A  vayne  body  ex- 
 alteth  him  self,  and  the  sonne  of  man  is  like 
 a  wylde  asses  foale.  Yf  thou  haddest  now  a 
 right  herte,  5  liftest  vp  thine  hondes  towarde 
 him  :  yf  thou  woldest  put  awaye  the  wicked- 
 nesse,  which  thou  hast  in  honde,  so  that  no! 
 vngodlynesse  dwelt  in  thy  house:  Then 
 mightest  thou  lift  vp  thy  face  without  shame, 
 the  shuldest  thou  be  sure,  and  haue  no  nede 
 to  feare. 
 
 Then  shuldest  thou  forget  thy  misery,  andi 
 thynke  nomore  vpon  it,  then  vpon  the  waters; 
 
 »  lob  3.  b.    lere.  20.  d. 
 
 1  Re.  16.  b.     lere.  17.  d. 
 
fo,  tmlvmh 
 
 C&t  bokt  of  3oh, 
 
 Cbap.  nj. 
 
 that  runne  by.  Then  shukle  thy  life  be  as 
 cleare  as  the  noone  daye,  and  sprynge  forth 
 as  the  mornynge.  Then  mightcst  thou  haue 
 com  forth,  in  the  liope  that  thou  hast :  5  slope 
 quyetly,  when  thou  art  buried.  Tlien  shuldest 
 thou  take  thy  rest,  and  no  mii  to  make  the 
 afrayed,  yee  many  one  shukle  set  moch  by  the. 
 As  for  the  eyes  of  the  vngodly,  they  shal  bej 
 consumed,  and  not  escape  :  their  hope  shalbe 
 misery  and  sorow  of  mynde. 
 
 Cfje  rij-  Cljapter. 
 
 SO  lob  answered,  and  sayde :  Then  (no 
 doute)  ye  are  the  men  alone,  and  wysz- 
 dome  shal  perish  with  you.  But  I  haue 
 vnderstodinge  as  well  as  ye,  and  am  no  lesse 
 then  ye.  Yee  who  knoweth  not  these  thinges? 
 Thus  he  that  calleth  vpo  God,  and  whom  God 
 heareth,  is  mocked  of  his  neghboure :  the 
 godly  a.  innocent  man  is  laughed  to  scorne. 
 Godlynesse  is  a  light  despysed  in  y  hertes  of 
 the  rich,  j  is  set  for  them  to  stomble  vpon. 
 
 The  houses  of  robbers  are  in  wealth  and 
 prosperite,  5  they  that  maliciously  medle 
 agaynst  God,  dwel  without  care :  yee  God 
 geueth  all  thinges  richely  with  his  honde. 
 
 Axe  the  catell,  5  they  shal  enfourme  the : 
 the  foules  of  the  ayre,  and  they  shall  tell  y : 
 Speake  to  the  earth,  and  it  shall  shewe  the : 
 Or  to  the  fyshes  of  the  see,  and  they  shal 
 certifie  the.  What  is  he,  but  he  knoweth, 
 that  y  hode  of  the  LORDE  made  all  these? 
 In  whose  honde  is  the  soule  of  eueiy  lyuynge 
 thinge,  and  the  breth  of  all  men.  Haue  not 
 the  eares  pleasure  in  hearinge,  *and  the  mouth 
 in  tastinge  the  thinge  that  it  eateth  ?  Amonge 
 olde  personnes  there  is  wyszdome,  and  amonge 
 the  aged  is  vnderstodinge.  Yee  with  God  is 
 wyszdome  and  strength,  it  is  he  that  hath 
 councell  5  foreknowlege.  Yf  he  breake  do wne 
 a  thinge,  who  can  set  it  vp  agayne  ?  ''Yf  he 
 shutt  a  thinge,  who  wil  open  it  ?  Beholde,  yf 
 he  witholde  the  waters,  they  drye  vp :  Yf  he 
 let  the  go,  they  destroye  the  earth.  With  him 
 is  strength  and  wyszdome  :  he  knoweth  both 
 the  disceauer,  and  him  that  is  diseeaued. 
 
 He  carieth  awaye  the  wyse  men,  as  it  were 
 a  spoyle,  and  bryngeth  the  iudges  out  of  their 
 wyttes.  He  lowseth  the  gyrdle  of  kynges, 
 and  gyrdeth  their  loynes  with  a  bonde,  he 
 ledeth  awaye  the  prestes  in  to  captiuyte,  and 
 
 "  Sap.  3.  a.    lob  34.  a. 
 Apo.  3.  b.     Esa.  50.  a. 
 
 '  lob  32.  d.  '  Esa.  22.  d. 
 
 ■"  2  Par.  18.  c.     Eze.  14.  b. 
 
 turneth  the  mightie  vp  syde  downe.  ''He 
 taketh  the  verite  from  out  of  the  mouth,  5 
 disapoynteth  f  aged  of  their  wyszdome.  He 
 poureth  out  confucion  vpon  prynces,  and 
 coforteth  them  that  haue  bene  oppressed. 
 Loke  '  what  lyeth  hyd  in  darcknesse,  he  de- 
 clareth  it  opely :  and  the  very  shadowe  of 
 death  bringeth  he  to  light.  He  both  increaseth 
 the  people,  and  destroyeth  them  :  He  maketh 
 them  to  multiplie,  and  dryueth  them  awaye. 
 He  chaungeth  the  herte  of  the  prynces  and 
 kynges  of  the  earth,  and  disapoynteth  them : 
 so  that  they  go  wadringe  out  of  the  waye,  and 
 grope  in  the  darcke  without  light,  stackeringe 
 to  and  fro  like  droncken  men. 
 
 2Cf)c  ^iij.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 LO,  all  this  haue  I  sene  with  myne  eye, 
 herde  with  myne  eare,  g  vnderstonde  it. 
 Loke  what  ye  knowe,  that  same  do  I  knowe 
 also,  nether  am  I  inferior  vnto  you.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  I  am  purposed  to  talke  with  the  All- 
 mightie,  and  my  desyre  is  to  comon  with  God. 
 As  for  you,  ye  are  workmasters  of  lyes :  and 
 vnprofitable  Phisicians  aUtogether.  Wolde  God 
 ye  kepte  youre  tonge,  that  ye  might  be  taken 
 for  wyse  men.^  Therfore  heare  my  wordes,  and 
 pondre  the  sentence  of  my  lippes.  Will  ye  make 
 answere  for  God  with  lyes,  and  mateyne  him 
 with  disceate  ?  WU  ye  accepte  f  personne  of 
 God,  and  intreate  for  him  ?  Shal  that  helpe  you, 
 when  he  calleth  you  to  rekenynge  ?  Thynke 
 ye  to  begyle  him,  as  a  man  is  begyled? 
 Punysh  you  shall  he  and  reproue  you,  yf  ye 
 do  secretly  accepte  eny  personne.  Shall  he 
 not  make  you  afrayed,  when  he  sheweth  him 
 self?  Shal  not  his  terrible  feare  fall  vpo  you? 
 youre  remembraunce  shalbe  like  the  dust, 
 youre  pryde  shalbe  turned  to  claye. 
 
 Holde  youre  tonges  now,  and  let  me  speake, 
 for  there  is  some  thinge  come  in  to  my  mynde- 
 Wherfore  do  I  beare  my  flesh  in  my  teth,  and 
 my  soule  in  myne  hondes?  Lo,  there  is  nether 
 coforte  ner  hope  for  me,  yf  he  wil  slaye  me, 
 '  But  yf  I  shewe  and  reproue  myne  owne  wayes 
 in  his  sight,  he  is  euen  the  same,  that  maketh 
 me  whole  :  and  why?  there  maye  no  Ypocrite 
 [come  before  him,  Heare  my  wordes,  and 
 pondre  my  sayenges  with  youre  eares.  Be- 
 holde, though  sentence  were  geuen  vpon  me, 
 I  am  sure  to  be  knowne  for  vngilty.     What  is 
 
 «  Luc.  12.  a.        /  Pro.  17.  d.        s  Psal.  31.  a.    Luc.  15.  c 
 
Cftap,  viJ. 
 
 COe  fjofe^  of  Sob. 
 
 jTo,  rcccIjTrb. 
 
 he,  that  will  go  to  lawe  with  me  ?  For  yf  I 
 holde  my  tonge,  I  shal  dye.  Neuerthelesse 
 graunte  me  ij.  thinges,  and  then  will  I  not 
 hyde  my  self  from  the. 
 
 Withdrawe  thine  honde  fro  me,  (t  let  not 
 the  fearfull  drede  of  the  make  me  afrayed. 
 And  then  sende  for  me  to  the  lawe,  y  I  maye 
 answere  for  my  self:  or  els,  let  me  speake,  and 
 geue  thou  the  answere.  How  greate  are  my 
 myszdedes  5  synnes?  Let  me  knovve  my  tnls- 
 gressions  (j  offences.  Wherfore  hydest  thou 
 thy  face,  and  holdest  me  for  thine  enemye  ? 
 Wilt  thou  be  so  cruell  5  extreme  vnto  a  flyenge 
 leaf,  and  folowe  vpon  drye  stubble  ?  that  thou 
 layest  so  sharply  to  my  charge,  and  wilt  vtterly 
 vndoo  me,  for  y  synnes  of  my  yougth  ?  Thou 
 hast  put  my  fote  in  the  stockes  :  "  thou  lokest 
 narowly  vnto  all  my  pathes,  5  marekest  the 
 steppes  of  my  fete  :  where  as  I  (notwithstond- 
 inge)  must  consume  like  as  a  foule  earion,  and 
 as  a  cloth  that  is  moth  eaten. 
 
 E\)t  H"}-  Cijaptcr. 
 
 MAN  that  is  borne  of  a  woman,  hath  but 
 a  shorte  tyme  to  lyue,  and  is  full  of 
 dyuerse  miseries.  He  cometh  vp,  and  falleth 
 awaye  like  a  floure.  He  flyeth  as  it  were  a 
 shadowe,  and  neuer  continueth  in  one  state. 
 Thinkest  thou  it  now  well  done,  to  open  thine 
 eyes  vpon  soch  one,  and  to  brynge  me  before 
 the  in  iudgment?  Who  can  make  it  cleane, 
 that  commeth  of  an  vncleane  thinge?  No 
 body.  The  dayes  of  man  are  shorte,  y  nombre 
 of  his  monethes  are  knowne  only  vnto  the. 
 Thou  hast  apoynted  him  his  boundes,  he  can 
 not  go  beyonde  them.  Go  from  him,  that  he 
 maye  rest  a  litle  :  vntill  his  daye  come,  which 
 he  loketh  for,  like  as  an  hyrelinge  doth. 
 
 Yf  a  tre  be  cutt  downe,  there  is  some  hope 
 yet,  that  it  will  sproute  and  shute  forth  the 
 braunches  againe :  For  though  a  rote  be  waxen 
 olde  and  deed  in  the  grounde,  yet  whe  the 
 stocke  getteth  the  sent  of  water,  it  will  budde, 
 and  brynge  forth  bowes,  like  as  when  it  was 
 first  planted.  But  as  for  man,  when  he  is 
 deed,  perished  and  consumed  awaye,  what 
 becommeth  of  him  ?  '  The  floudes  when  they  be 
 dryed  vp,  j  the  ryuers  when  they  be  emptie, 
 are  fylled  agayne  thorow  the  flowinge  waters 
 of  the  see  :  '  but  when  man  slepeth,  he  ryseth 
 not  agayne,  vntill  the  heauen  perish  :  he  shal 
 not  wake  vp  ner  ryse  out  of  his  slepe.     O 
 
 ■"  Psal.  24.  c.  lob  33.  a.  '  Eccs.  1.  a.  '  Esa.  Al,  b. 
 
 that  thou  woldest  kepe  me,  and  hyde  me  in 
 the  hell,  vntill  thy  wrath  were  stilled  :  5  to 
 appoynte  me  a  tyme,  wherin  thou  mightest 
 remembre  me.  Maye  a  deed  man  lyue 
 agayne  ?  ''  All  the  dayes  of  this  my  pilgrem- 
 age  am  I  lokynge,  when  my  chaunginge  shal 
 come.  Yf  thou  woldest  but  call  me,  I  shulde 
 obeie  the  :  '  only  despyse  not  the  worke  of 
 thine  owne  hondes. 
 
 For  thou  hast  nombred  all  my  goynges,  yet 
 be  not  thou  to  extreme  vpon  my  synnes, 
 Thou  hast  sealed  vp  myne  offences,  as  it  were 
 in  a  bagg  :  but  be  mercifull  vnto  my  wicked- 
 nesse.  The  mountaynes  fall  awaye  at  the  last, 
 the  rockes  are  remoued  out  of  their  place,  the 
 waters  pearse  thorow  the  very  stones  by  litle 
 and  litle,  the  floudes  waszshe  awaye  the  gra- 
 uell  (J  earth :  Euen  so  destroyest  thou  the 
 hope  of  man  in  like  maner.  Thou  preuaylest 
 agaynst  him,  so  that  he  passeth  awaye  :  thou 
 chaungest  his  estate,  and  puttest  him  from 
 the.  Whether  his  children  come  to  worshipe 
 or  no,  he  can  not  tell :  And  yf  they  be  men  of 
 lowe  degre,  he  knoweth  not.  Whyle  he  lyueth, 
 his  flesh  must  haue  trauayle  :  and  whyle  the 
 soule  is  in  him,  he  must  be  in  sorowe. 
 
 E\)t  vi-  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  answered  Eliphas  the  Themanite, 
 and  sayde :  Shulde  a  wyse  man  geue 
 soch  an  answere  (as  it  were  one  that  spake  in 
 the  wynde)  and  fyll  his  stomacke  with  anger  ? 
 Thou  reprouest  with  wordes,  that  are  nothinge 
 wroth :  and  speakest  the  thinges,  which  can 
 do  no  good.  As  for  shame,  thou  hast  set  it 
 asyde,  els  woldest  thou  not  make  so  many 
 wordes  before  God :  but  thy  wickednesse 
 teacheth  thy  mouth,  and  so  thou  hast  chosen 
 the  a  craftie  tonge.  Thine  owne  mouth  con- 
 demneth  the,  and  not  I :  yee  thine  owne 
 lippes  shappe  the  an  answere.  Art  thou  the 
 first  man,  that  euer  was  borne  ?  Or,  wast  thou 
 made  before  the  hylles  ?  hast  thou  herde  the 
 secrete  councell  of  God,  that  all  wyszdome  is  to 
 litle  for  y  ?  What  knowest  thou,  y  we  knowe 
 not  ?  What  vnderstondest  thou,  but  we  can  the 
 same  ?  With  vs  are  olde  and  aged  men,  yee 
 soch  as  haue  lyued  longer  then  thy  forefathers. 
 Dost  thou  nomore  regarde  the  comforte  of 
 God?  but  thy  wicked  wordes  wil  not  suffre 
 the.  Why  doth  thine  herte  make  the  so 
 proude?     Why  stondest  thou  so   greatly  in 
 
 2  Pet.  3.         "  Gen.  47.  b.  Psal.  118.  c.         '  Psal.  137.  b. 
 
!#o.  mclirbu 
 
 €f)t  ftofef  of  Sob. 
 
 Cftap.  )rbu 
 
 thine  owne  coiiceate  ?  Where  vnto  loke  thine 
 eyes,  y  thy  mynde  is  so  puft  vp  agaynst  God 
 5  lettest  soch  wordes  go  out  of  thy  mouth? 
 What  is  man,  that  he  shulde  be  vncleane? 
 what  hath  he  (which  is  borne  of  a  woman) 
 wherby  he  might  be  iinowne  to  be  rightuous  l* 
 Beholde,  he  hath  founde  vnfaithfulnesse 
 amoge  his  owne  sanctes :  "  yee  the  very  hea- 
 uens  are  vnclene  in  his  sight.  How  moch 
 more  then  an  abhominable  and  vyie  ma, 
 which  dryncketh  wickednesse  like  water  ?  I 
 will  tell  the,  heare  me :  I  wil  shewe  the  a 
 thinge,  that  I  knowe :  which  wyse  men  haue 
 tolde,  5  hath  not  bene  hyd  from  their  fathers: 
 vnto  whom  only  the  londe  was  geuen,  that  no 
 straunger  shulde  come  amonge  them. 
 
 The  vngodly  despayreth  all  the  dayes  of 
 his  life,  '  5  the  nombre  of  a  tyrauntes  yeares 
 is  vnknowne.  A  fearfull  sounde  is  euer  in  his 
 eares,  i  when  it  is  peace,  yet  feareth  he  de^ 
 struccion  :  He  beleueth  neuer  to  be  delyuered 
 out  of  darcknesse,  the  swearde  is  allwaye 
 before  his  eyes.  When  he  goeth  forth  to  get 
 his  lyuinge,  he  thinketh  planely,  that  the  daye 
 of  darcknesse  is  at  honde.  Sorow  and  careful- 
 nesse  make  him  afrayed,  a  copasse  him  rounde 
 aboute,  like  as  it  were  a  kinge  with  his  boost 
 redy  to  the  battayll.  For  he  hath  stretched 
 out  his  honde  agaynst  God,  5  armed  himself 
 agaynst  f  Allmightie.  He  runneth  proudly 
 vpon  him,  5  with  a  stiff  necke  fighteth  he 
 agaynst  him :  where  as  he  couereth  his  face 
 with  fatnesse,  and  maketh  his  body  well 
 lykynge.  Therfore  shall  his  dwellynge  be  in 
 desolate  cities,  5  in  houses  which  no  ma  in- 
 habiteth,  but  are  become  heapes  of  stones. 
 
 He  shall  not  be  rich,  nether  shall  his  sub- 
 staunce  continue,  ner  encrease  vpon  earth. 
 He  shal  neuer  come  out  of  darcknesse,  the 
 flame  shal  drye  vp  his  braunches,  with  y  blast 
 of  the  mouth  of  God  shal  he  be  take  awaie. 
 He  wil  nether  applye  himself  to  faithfulnes 
 ner  treuth,  so  sore  is  he  disceaued  with  vanite. 
 He  shall  perish,  afore  his  tyme  be  worne 
 out,  and  his  honde  shal  not  be  grene.  He 
 shal  be  pluckte  of  as  an  vntymely  grape  from 
 f  vyne,  and  shal  let  his  floure  fall,  as  the  olyue 
 doth.  For  the  congregacion  of  Ypocrites  is 
 vnfrutefull,  j  the  fyre  shal  consume  the  houses 
 of  soch,  as  are  gredy  to  receaue  giftes.  '  He 
 conceaueth  trauayle,  he  beareth  myschefe,  5 
 his  body  bryngeth  forth  disceate. 
 
 •  lob  4.  b.     2  Pet.  2.  d.         »  Gen.  4.  b. 
 
 Cl)c  \U.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  and  sayde^  I  haue  oft  tymes 
 herde  soch  thinges.  Miserable  geuers  of 
 comforte  are  ye,  all  the  sorte  of  you.  Shall 
 not  thy  vayne  wordes  come  yet  to  an  ende  ? 
 Or,  hast  thou  yet  eny  more  to  saye  ?  I  coude 
 speake,  as  ye  do  also.  But  wolde  God,  that 
 youre  scale  were  in  my  soules  steade :  then 
 shulde  I  heape  vp  wordes  agaynst  you,  and 
 shake  my  heade  at  you.  I  shulde  comforte 
 you  with  my  mouth,  and  release  youre  payne 
 with  f  talkinge  of  my  lyppes.  But  what  shall 
 I  do .''  For  all  my  wordes,  my  sorow  wil  not 
 ceasse :  and  though  I  holde  my  toge,  yet  wil 
 it  not  departe  fro  me.  And  now  that  I  am 
 full  of  payne,  and  all  that  I  haue  destroied 
 (wherof  my  wryncles  beare  wytnesse)  there 
 stodeth  vp  a  dyssembler  to  make  me  answere 
 with  lyes  to  my  face.  He  is  angrie  at  me,  he 
 hateth  me,  and  gnassheth  vpon  me  with  his  teth. 
 Myne  enemy  skouleth  vpon  me  with  his  eyes. 
 They  haue  opened  their  mouthes  wyde  vpon 
 me,  ''and  smytten  me  vpon  the  cheke  despite- 
 fully,  they  haue  eased  the  selues  thorow  myne 
 aduersite.  God  hath  geuen  me  ouer  to  the 
 vngodly,  and  delyuered  me  in  to  the  hondes 
 of  y  wicked.  I  was  somtyme  in  wealth,  but 
 sodenly  hath  he  brought  me  to  naught.  He 
 hath  taken  me  by  the  neck,  he  hath  rente  me, 
 and  set  me,  as  it  were  a  marck  for  him  to 
 shute  at.  He  hath  compased  me  rounde 
 aboute  with  his  dartes,  he  hath  wounded  my 
 loynes,  d  not  spared.  My  bowels  hath  he 
 poured  vpon  the  grounde.  He  hath  geue  me 
 one  wounde  vpon  another,  and  is  falle  vpon 
 me  like  a  giaunte.  I  haue  sowed  a  sack  cloth 
 vpon  my  skynne,  and  lye  with  my  strength  in 
 the  dust. 
 
 My  face  is  swolle  with  wepinge,  5  myne 
 eyes  are  waxen  dymme.  Howbeit  there  is  no 
 wickednesse  in  my  hondes,  and  my  prayer  is 
 clene.  O  earth,  couer  not  my  bloude,  and  let 
 my  crienge  fynde  no  rowme.  For  lo,  my 
 witnesse  is  in  heauen,  and  he  that  knoweth 
 me,  is  aboue  in  the  heyth.  My  frendes 
 laugh  me  to  scome,  but  myne  eye  poureth  out 
 teares  vnto  God.  Though  a  body  might 
 pleate  with  God,  as  one  man  doth  with 
 another,  yet  the  nombre  of  my  yeares  are 
 come,  5  1  must  go  the  waye,  from  whence  I 
 shal  not  turne  agayne. 
 
 )3 
 
 C 
 
 Psal.  7.  b.   Esa.  59.  a. 
 
 3  Re.  a.  d.   Mar.  14.  g. 
 
C&ap.  }:ix. 
 
 Cfte  boke  of  3ob» 
 
 fo,  mdjcjrbij. 
 
 C^e  Vbij-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 MY  breth  fayleth,  my  dayes  are  shortened, 
 I  am  harde  at  deathes  dore.  I  haue 
 disceaued  no  man,  yet  must  myne  eye  cotinue 
 in  heuynesse.  O  delyuer  me,  and  set  me  by 
 the,  who  shall  then  be  able  to  thrust  my 
 hondes  together  ?  Thou  hast  with  holde  their 
 hertes  from  vnderstodinge,  therfore  shall  they 
 not  be  set  vp  an  hye.  He  promiseth  his 
 fredes  parte  of  his  good,  but  his  ovvne  ehildre 
 spende  it.  He  hath  made  me  as  it  were  a 
 byworde  of  the  comon  people,  I  am  his  gest- 
 inge  stoeke  amoge  the.  My  countenaunce  is 
 heuy  for  very  anger,  5  the  inembres  of  niy 
 body  are  become  like  a  shadowe.  Vertuous 
 me  therfore  shall  wel  cosidre  this,  and  the 
 innocent  shal  take  parte  agaynst  the  Ypocrite. 
 The  rightuous  wil  kepe  his  waye,  and  he 
 y  hath  cleane  handes,  wil  euer  be  stronger  5 
 stronger.  As  for  you,  turne  you,  5  get  you 
 hence,  for  I  can  not  se  one  wyse  ma  amonge 
 you.  My  dayes  are  past,  my  thoughtes  are 
 vanished  awaye,  which  haue  vexed  myne 
 herte,  chaunginge  the  night  in  to  daye,  (j  y 
 light  in  to  darcknes.  Though  I  tary  neuer 
 so  moch,  yet  the  graue  is  my  house,  and  I 
 must  make  my  bed  in  the  darcke.  I  call  cor- 
 rupcion  my  father,  and  the  wormes  call  I  my 
 mother  and  my  sister.  What  helpeth  then 
 my  longe  tarienge  ?  Or,  who  wil  fulfill  the 
 thinge,  that  I  loke  for?  All  that  I  haue, 
 shall  go  downe  in  to  the  pytt,  s  lye  with  me 
 in  the  dust. 
 
 Clje  vbttj.  €{)apter. 
 
 THEN  answered  Baldad  the  Suhite,  and 
 sayde  :  when  wil  ye  make  an  ende  of 
 youre  wordes?  Marcke  well,  and  considre, 
 we  wil  speake  also.  Wherfore  are  we  counted 
 as  beestes,  5  reputed  so  vyle  in  youre  sight  ? 
 Why  destroyest  thou  thy  self  with  anger? 
 Shal  y  earth  be  forsaken,  or  the  stones  re- 
 moued  out  of  their  place  because  of  y  ?  Shal 
 not  the  light  of  the  vngodly  be  put  out?  yee 
 the  flame  of  his  fyre  shal  not  burne.  The 
 light  shalbe  darcke  in  his  dwellinge,  5  his 
 candle  shalbe  put  out  with  him.  His  pre- 
 sumptuous goinges  shal  be  kepte  in,  and  his 
 owne  councell  shal  cast  him  downe.  For  his 
 fete  shalbe  taken  in  the  nett,  and  he  shal 
 walke  in  the  snare.     His  fote  shalbe  holden 
 
 in  the  gilder,  and  the  thurstie  shal  catch  him. 
 The  snare  is  layed  for  him  in  the  grounde, 
 and  a  pytfall  in  the  waye. 
 
 Fearfulnesse  shal  make  him  afrayed  on 
 euery  syde,  that  he  shall  not  knowe,  where  to 
 get  out.  Honger  shalbe  his  substaunce,  and 
 myszfortune  shall  hange  vpon  him.  He  shall 
 eate  his  owne  skynne,  yee  his  owne  armes  shall 
 he  deuoure,  beynge  a  firstborne  of  death.  All 
 his  comforte  and  hope  shal  be  roted  out  of  his 
 dwellynge,  very  fearfulnesse  shall  brynge  him 
 to  the  kynge.  Other  men  shall  dwel  in  his 
 house  (which  now  is  none  of  his)  and  brym- 
 stone  shalbe  scatered  vpon  his  habitacion. 
 His  rotes  shalbe  dryed  vp  beneth,  5  aboue 
 shall  his  haruest  be  cut  downe.  His  remem- 
 braunce  shall  perish  from  the  earth,  %  his 
 name  shall  not  be  praysed  in  the  stretes :  he 
 shalbe  dryuen  from  the  light  in  to  darcknesse, 
 and  be  cast  clene  out  of  the  worlde.  He  shall 
 nether  haue  children  ner  kynszfolkes  amonge 
 his  people,  no  ner  eny  posterite  in  his  countre : 
 yonge  5  olde  shalbe  astonyshed  at  his  death. 
 Soch  are  now  the  dwellynges  of  the  wicked, 
 and  this  is  y  place  of  him  that  knoweth  not 
 God. 
 
 Cije  yiy.  C-^apttr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  j  sayde  :  How  loge  wil  ye 
 vexe  my  mynde,  5  trouble  me  with  wordes? 
 Lo,  ten  tymes  haue  ye  reproued  me :  are  ye 
 not  ashamed,  for  to  laugh  me  so  to  scome  ? 
 yf  I  go  wronge,  I  go  wronge  to  my  self.  But 
 yf  ye  wil  enhaunce  youre  selues  agaynst  me,  j 
 accuse  me  to  be  a  wicked  personne  because  of 
 the  shame  that  is  come  vpon  me :  knowe  this 
 then,  y  it  is  God,  which  hath  handled  me  so 
 violetly,  5  hath  compased  me  aboute  with  his 
 scourges.  Beholde,  though  I  crie,  yet  violece 
 is  done  vnto  me,"  I  can  not  be  herde :  Though 
 I  complane,  there  is  none  to  geue  sentece 
 with  me.  He  hath  hedged  vp  my  path,  I  ca  not 
 get  awaye,  he  hath  set  darcknesse  in  my  gate. 
 
 He  hath  spoyled  me  of  myne  honoure,  5 
 taken  the  crowne  awaye  fro  my  heade.  *  He 
 hath  destroyed  me  on  euery  syde,  and  I  am 
 vndone  :  My  hope  hath  he  taken  awaye  fro 
 me,  as  it  were  a  tre  plucte  vp  by  the  rote. 
 His  wrath  is  kyndled  agaynst  me,  he  taketh 
 me,  as  though  I  were  his  enemy. 
 
 His  men  of  warre  came  together,  which 
 made  their  waye  ouer  me,  and  beseged  my 
 
fo,  mdnWh 
 
 CfK  bofef  of  Slol). 
 
 Cftap.  FF. 
 
 'dwelliiige  rounde  aboute.  'He  hath  put  my 
 I  brethren  farre  awaye  fro  me,  and  soch  as  were 
 ofmyne  acquauntaunce,  are  become  straugers 
 vnto  me.  Myne  owne  kynsz  folkes  haue  for- 
 saken me,  and  my  frendes  haue  put  me  out  of 
 remembraunce.  The  seruauntes  and  maydens 
 of  myne  owne  house  take  me  for  a  strauger, 
 and  I  am  become  as  an  aleaunt  in  their  sight. 
 
 When  I  call  vpon  my  seruaut,  he  geueth 
 me  no  answere  :  no  though  I  praie  him  with 
 my  mouth.  Myne  owne  wyfe  maye  not  abyde 
 my  breth,  I  am  fayne  to  speake  fayre  vnto  the 
 children  of  myne  owne  body.  Yee  the  very 
 deserte  fooles  despyse  me,  and  when  I  am 
 gone  from  them,  they  speake  euell  vpon  me. 
 All  soch  as  were  my  most  familiers,  abhorre 
 me  :  and  they  whom  I  loued  best,  are  turned 
 agaynst  me.  My  bone  hangeth  to  my  skynne, 
 and  the  flesh  is  awaye,  only  there  is  left  me 
 the  skynne  aboute  my  teth.  Haue  pite  vpon 
 me,  haue  pite  vpon  rae  (o  ye  my  frendes)  for 
 the  hande  of  the  LORDE  hath  touched  me. 
 Seynge  God  persecuteth  me,  wil  ye  vexe  me 
 also  ?  Haue  ye  not  yet  ynough  of  the  trouble 
 of  my  flesh  ? 
 
 O  that  my  wordes  were  written,  O  that 
 they  were  put  in  a  boke :  wolde  God  they 
 were  graue  with  an  yron  pene  in  leade  or  in 
 stone.  For  I  am  sure,  that  my  redemer 
 lyueth,  and  that  I  shall  ryse  out  of  the  earth 
 in  the  latter  daye :  that  I  shal  be  clothed 
 againe  with  this  skynne,  and  se  God  in  my 
 flesh.  Yee  I  my  self  shal  beholde  him,  not 
 with  other  but  with  these  same  eyes.  My 
 reynes  are  consumed  within  me,  when  yee  saye : 
 Why  do  not  we  persecute  him?  we  haue  founde 
 an  occasion  agaynst  him.  But  bewarre  of  the 
 swearde,  for  the  swearde  wylbe  avenged  of 
 wickednesse,  and  be  sure,  that  there  is  a 
 iudgment. 
 
 Wtie  n-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  answered  Sophar  the  Naamathite, 
 and  sayde  :  For  the  same  cause  do  my 
 thoughtes  compell  me  to  answere.  And  why .'' 
 my  mynde  is  tossed  here  and  there.  I  haue 
 sufficiently  herde  the  checkynge  (j  reprofe, 
 therfore  am  I  purposed  to  make  answere  after 
 my  vnderstodinge.  Knowest  thou  not  this, 
 namely:  that  from  the  begynninge  (euer 
 sence  the  creacion  of  man  vpon  earth)  the 
 prayse  of  the  vngodly  hath  bene  shorte,  and  that 
 
 •  Psal.  37.  b.        »  Eccls.  5.  6- 
 
 the  ioye  of  Ypocrytes  continued  but  y  twinck- 
 linge  of  an  eye?  Though  he  be  magnified  vp 
 to  the  heaue,  so  that  his  heade  reacheth  vnto 
 the  cloudes :  yet  he  perisheth  at  the  last  like 
 donge :  In  so  moch  y  they  which  haue  sene 
 him,  saye :  Where  is  he  ?  He  vanysheth  as 
 a  dreame,  so  that  he  can  no  more  be  founde, 
 5  passeth  awaye  as  a  vision  in  y  night.  So 
 that  the  eye  which  sawe  him  before,  getteth 
 now  no  sight  of  him,  (j  his  place  knoweth  him 
 nomore.  His  childre  go  a  begginge,  their 
 handes  bringe  the  to  sorow  and  heuynesse. 
 
 From  his  youth  his  bones  are  ful  of  vyce, 
 which  shal  lie  downe  with  him  in  f  earth, 
 Whe  wickednesse  is  swete  in  his  mouth,  he 
 hydeth  it  vnder  his  tonge.  That  he  fauoureth, 
 that  wyll  he  not  forsake,  but  kepeth  it  close  in 
 his  throte.  The  meate  that  he  eateth,  shalbe 
 turned  to  the  poyson  of  serpetes  within  his 
 body.  The  riches  y  he  deuoureth,  shall  he 
 perbreake  agayne,  for  God  shal  drawe  them 
 out  of  his  bely.  The  serpentes  heade  shall 
 sucke  him,  and  the  adders  tonge  shall  slaye 
 him  :  so  that  he  shal  nomore  se  the  ryuers  and 
 brokes  of  hony  and  butter  :  But  laboure  shal 
 he,  (J  yet  haue  nothinge  to  eate.  Greate  tra- 
 uayle  shal  he  make  for  riches,  but  he  shal  not 
 enioye  them.  And  why  ?  he  hath  oppressed 
 the  poore,  and  not  helped  them :  houses  hath 
 he  spoyled,  and  not  buylded  them.  His  bely 
 coude  neuer  be  fylled,  therfore  shall  he  perish 
 in  his  couetousnesse.  He  deuoured  so  gredely, 
 y  he  left  nothinge  behynde,  therfore  his  goodes 
 shal  not  prospere.  *  Though  he  had  plenteous- 
 nesse  of  euery  thinge,  yet  was  he  poore,  (j 
 therfore  he  is  but  a  wretch  on  euery  syde. 
 
 For  though  y  wicked  haue  neuer  so  moch 
 to  fyll  his  bely,  yet  God  shal  sende  his  wrath 
 vpon  him,  and  cause  his  battayll  to  rayne  ouer 
 him :  so  that  yf  he  fie  the  yron  weapens,  he 
 shall  be  shott  with  the  stele  bowe.  The 
 arowe  shal  be  taken  forth,  rt  go  out  at  his 
 backe,  and  a  glisteringe  swearde  thorow  f 
 gall  of  him,  feare  shal  come  vpo  him.  There 
 shal  no  darcknes  be  able  to  hyde  him.  An 
 vnkyndled  fyre  shal  consume  him,  and  loke 
 hat  remayneth  in  his  house,  it  shall  be  de- 
 stroyed. I'he  heauen  shall  declare  his  wicked- 
 nesse, 5  the  earth  shal  take  parte  agaynst 
 him.  The  substaunce  that  he  hath  in  his 
 house,  shalbe  taken  awaye  and  perish,  in  the 
 daye  of  the  LORDES  wrath.     'This  is  the 
 
 '  lob  27.  b. 
 
Cfeap,  mu 
 
 CI)c  bofee  of  3oi). 
 
 jTo.  rml)nri)r* 
 
 porcion  that  f  wicked  shal  haue  of  God,  and 
 the  heretage  that  he  maye  loke  for  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 €i)t  ni-  €l)aptcr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  and  sayde  :  O  heare  my 
 wordes,  and  amende  youre  selues.  Suffre 
 me  a  Utle,  that  I  maye  speake  also,  and  the 
 laugh  my  wordes  to  scorne,  yf  ye  will.  Is  it 
 with  a  man,  that  I  make  this  disputacio? 
 Which  yf  it  were  so,  shulde  not  my  sprete  be 
 the  in  sore  trouble?  Marck  me  well,  be 
 abaszshed,  and  laye  youre  hade  vpon  youre 
 mouth.  For  whe  I  pondre  s  considre  this,  I 
 am  afrayed,  and  my  flesh  is  smytten  with 
 feare.  "Wherfore  do  wicked  me  lyue  in  health 
 and  prosperite,  come  to  their  olde  age,  n 
 increase  in  riches  ?  Their  childers  children 
 lyue  in  their  sight,  g  their  generacion  before 
 their  eyes.*  Their  houses  are  safe  from  all 
 feare,  for  the  rodd  of  God  doth  not  smyte 
 the.  Their  bullocke  gendreth,  and  that  not 
 out  of  tyme :  their  cow  calueth,  and  is  not 
 vnfrutefull. 
 
 They  sende  forth  their  children  by  flockes, 
 and  their  sonnes  lede  the  daunce.  "They 
 beare  with  them  tabrettes  and  harpes,  and 
 haue  instrumentes  of  musick  at  their  pleasure. 
 They  spende  their  dayes  in  welthynesse :  but 
 sodenly  they  go  downe  to  hell.  They  saye 
 vntoGod:  go  from  vs,  we  desyre  not  the  know- 
 lege  of  thy  wayes.  ''  What  maner  of  felowe  is 
 the  AUmightie,  that  we  shulde  serue  him? 
 What  profit  shulde  we  haue,  to  submitte  oure 
 selues  vnto  him  ?  Lo,  there  is  vtterly  no  good- 
 nesse  in  them,  therfore  will  not  I  haue  to  do 
 with  the  councell  of  the  vngodly.  '  How  oft 
 shal  the  candle  of  y  wicked  be  put  out  ?  how 
 oft  commeth  their  destruccion  vpon  them  ? 
 O  what  sorowe  shall  God  geue  them  for  their 
 parte  in  his  wrath  ?  ■'^Yee  they  shal  be  euen  as 
 chafFe  before  the  wynde,  and  as  dust  that  the 
 storme  carieth  awaye. 
 
 And  though  God  sane  their  childre  from 
 soch  sorowe,  yet  wil  he  so  rewarde  the  selues, 
 that  they  shal  knowe  it.  Their  owne  destruc- 
 cion and  misery  shal  they  se  with  their  eyes, 
 and  drynke  of  the  fearfull  wrath  of  the  All- 
 mighty.  For  whath  careth  he,  what  become 
 of  his  housholde  after  his  death  ?  whose 
 monethes  passe  awaye  swifter  then  an  arowe. 
 
 »  Psal.  72.  a.     lere.  12. 
 Esa.  5.  b.     Amos  6.  a. 
 
 "•  Pro.  3.  b.     Heb.  12.  a. 
 ''  Exo.  5.  b.     Mala.  o.  c. 
 
 In  as  moch  the  as  God  hath  y  hyest  power  of 
 all,  who  can  teach  him  eny  knowlege  ?  One 
 dyeth  now  when  he  is  mightie  j  at  his  best, 
 rich  and  in  prosperite  :  euen  when  his  bowels 
 are  at  the  fattest,  and  his  bones  full  of  mary. 
 Another  dyeth  in  sorowe  and  heuynesse,  and 
 neuer  had  good  dales.  Now  slepe  they  both 
 a  like  in  the  earth,  j  the  wormes  couer  them. 
 But  I  knowe  what  ye  thinke,  yee  and  what  ye 
 ymagin  agaynst  me  vnrightuously.  ^  For  ye 
 saye  :  where  is  the  prjaices  palace  ?  where  is 
 the  dwellynge  of  the  vngodly :  Axe  eny  man 
 that  goeth  by  the  waye,  and  (yf  ye  will  not 
 regarde  their  tokens  j  dedes)  he  shal  tell 
 you,  ''that  the  wicked  is  kepte  vnto  the  daye 
 of  destruccion,  and  that  the  vngodly  shalbe 
 brought  forth  in  the  daye  of  wrath.  Who 
 darre  reproue  him  for  his  wayes  to  his  face  ? 
 who  rewardeth  him  for  the  vngraciousnesse 
 that  he  doth?  Yet  shal  he  be  brought  to  his 
 graue,  and  watch  amonge  the  heape  of  the 
 deed.  The  shal  he  be  fayne  to  be  buried 
 amoge  the  stones  by  the  broke  syde.  All 
 men  must  folowe  him,  (t  there  are  innumer- 
 able gone  before  him.  0  how  vayne  is  the 
 comforte  y  ye  geue  me  ?  Are  not  youre  an- 
 sweres  cleane  contrary  to  right  and  treuth  ? 
 
 Ei^t  ni]-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 SO  Eliphas  the  Themanite  gaue  answere, 
 (J  sayde :  Maye  a  man  be  copared  vnto 
 God  in  wyszdome,  though  he  seme  to  him 
 self,  for  to  be  like  him  ?  What  pleasure  hath 
 God  in  y  thou  art  rightuous  ?  Or  what  doth 
 it  profite  him,  y  thy  waies  are  perfecte  ?  Is 
 he  afrayed  to  reproue  the,  5  to  steppe  forth 
 with  the  in  to  iudgment?'  Cometh  not  this 
 for  thy  greate  wickednesse,*  5  for  thine  vn- 
 gracious  dedes  which  are  innumerable  ?  Thou 
 hast  take  the  pledge  from  thy  brethre  for 
 naught,  (I  robbed  the  naked  of  their  clothinge : 
 'To  soch  as  were  weery,  hast  thou  geue  no 
 water  to  drjTike,  thou  hast  withdrawe  bred 
 fro  the  hungrie  :  Shulde  soch  one  the  as  vseth 
 violece,  wroge  a  oppression  (doinge  all  thinges 
 of  parcialyte,  5  hauynge  respecte  of  personnes) 
 dwell  in  the  lode  ?  Thou  hast  sent  wyddowes 
 awaye  emptie  and  oppressed  the  poore  fa- 
 therlesse. 
 
 Therfore  art  thou  compased  aboute  with 
 snares  on  euery  syde,   5  sodely  vexed  with 
 
 '  Pro.  24.  c.  /  Psal.  1.  b.  g  lob  20.  *  2  Pet.  2.  b. 
 Matt.  13.  d.    ■  lere.  2.  c.    '  Osee  l3.b.    '  lob  27.29. 30.31. 
 
fo,  mtlvn'' 
 
 Cl)t  bolie  of  3oi). 
 
 Cftap.  niih 
 
 feare.  Shuldest  thou  the  se  no  darcknesse  ? 
 Shulde  not  the  water  floude  runne  oner  the  ? 
 Now  because  y  God  is  liyer  the  the  heauens, 
 5  because  thou  seist  y  the  starres  are  so  hye, 
 wilt  thou  therfore  saye  :  "Tush,  how  shulde 
 God  knowe  ?  Doth  his  dominion  reach  be- 
 yonde  the  cloudes  ?  Tush,  the  cloudes  couer 
 him,  y  he  maye  not  se,  for  he  dwelleth  in 
 heauen.  Well,  thou  wilt  kepe  the  olde  waye, 
 y  all  wicked  me  haue  gone  :  both  olde  (t  yonge, 
 whose  foundacion  is  a  runnynge  water,  which 
 saye  vnto  God :  go  from  vs,  and  after  this 
 maner :  *  Tush,  what  wil  the  Allmightie  do 
 vnto  vs?  where  as  he  (not  with  stodinge) 
 fylleth  their  houses  with  all  good.  Which 
 meanynge  of  the  vngodly  be  farre  fro  me. 
 '  For  with  ioy  shal  the  godly,  and  with  glad- 
 nesse  shal  the  innocent  se,  that  their  increase 
 shal  be  hewen  downe,  5  their  posterite  con- 
 sumed with  the  fyre. 
 
 Therfore  recocile  the  vnto  God,  5  be  con- 
 tent, so  shal  all  thinges  prospere  with  the 
 right  well.  ''  Receaue  the  lawe  at  his  mouth, 
 (J  laye  vp  his  wordes  in  thine  herte.  For  yf 
 thou  wilt  turne  to  the  Allmightie,  "thou  shalt 
 stonde  fast,  5  all  vnrightuousnesse  shall  be 
 farre  from  thy  dwellinge :  He  shal  geue  the 
 an  haruest,  which  in  plenty  5  abundaunce 
 shall  exceade  the  dust  of  the  earth,  and  the 
 golde  of  Ophir  like  ryuer  stones.  Yee  the 
 Allmightie  his  owne  self  shalbe  thine  haruest, 
 5  the  heape  of  thy  money.  Then  shalt  thou 
 haue  thy  delyte  in  the  Allmightie,  j  lift  vp 
 thy  face  vnto  God.  The  shalt  thou  make 
 thy  prayer  vnto  him,  j  he  shal  heare  the,  5 
 thou  shalt  kepe  thy  promyses.  The,  loke 
 what  thou  takest  in  honde,  he  shal  make  it  to 
 prospere  with  the,  and  the  light  shall  shyne  in 
 thy  wayes.  For  who  so  humbleth  himself, 
 him  shal  he  set  vp :  and  who  so  loketh  mekely, 
 shalbe  healed.  Yf  thou  be  innocet,  he  shal 
 saue  the  :  and  thorow  the  vngiltynesse  of  thyne 
 handes  shalt  thou  be  delyuered. 
 
 Wi)t  nii)-  €i)aptcr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  and  sayd :  My  sayenge  is 
 yet  this  daye  in  bytternes,  and  my  hande 
 heuy  amonge  my  groninges.  O  that  I  might 
 se  him  5  fynde  him :  O  that  I  might  come 
 before  his  seate,  to  pleate  my  cause  before 
 him,  and  to  fyll  my  mouth  with  argumentes  : 
 
 Eccli.  23.d.  Eze.  8.b.  9.c. 
 •>  Pro.  2.  a. 
 
 »  lob  21.  b. 
 Deu.  30.  a. 
 
 That  I  might  knowe,  what  answere  he  wolde 
 geue  me  :  5  that  I  might  vnderstonde,  what 
 he  wolde  saye  vnto  me.  Wil  he  pleate  agaynst 
 me  with  his  greate  power  5  strength,  or  wyll 
 he  leane  him  self  vtterly  vpon  me  ?  Oh  no, 
 let  him  not  do  so  with  me.  But  let  hym 
 geue  me  like  power  to  go  to  lawe,  then  am  I 
 sure  to  Wynne  my  matter.  For  though  I  go 
 before,  I  fynde  him  not :  yf  I  come  behynde, 
 I  ca  get  no  knowlege  of  him  :  Yf  I  go  on  the 
 left  syde  to  pondre  his  workes,  I  can  not 
 atteyne  vnto  them :  Agayne,  yf  I  go  on  the 
 right  syde,  he  hydeth  himself,  y  I  can  not  se 
 him.  'But  as  for  my  waye,  he  knoweth  it: 
 (J  trieth  me  as  y  golde  in  f  fyre. 
 
 Neuertheles  my  fete  kepe  his  path,  his  hye 
 strete  haue  I  holden,  and  not  gone  out  of  it. 
 I  haue  not  forsaken  the  comaundemet  of  his 
 lippes,  but  loke  what  he  charged  me  with  his 
 mouth,  that  haue  I  shutt  vp  in  my  herte.  It 
 is  he  himself  alone,  who  will  turne  him  back? 
 He  doth  as  him  listeth,  and  bryngeth  to  passe 
 what  he  wil.  He  rewardeth  me  in  to  my 
 bosome,  (i  many  other  thinges  mo  doth  he,  as 
 he  maye  by  his  power.  This  is  f  cause,  that 
 I  shrenke  at  his  presence,  so  that  when  I  con- 
 sidre  him,  I  am  afrayed  of  him.  For  in  so 
 moch  as  he  is  God,  he  maketh  my  herte  soft : 
 and  seynge  that  he  is  Allmightie,  he  putteth 
 me  in  feare.  Thus  can  not  I  get  out  of  darck- 
 nesse, the  cloude  hath  so  eouered  my  face. 
 
 C!)e  vniij-  Cf)apttr. 
 
 (^ONSIDERINGE  then  that  there  is  no 
 _y  tyme  hyd  from  the  Allmightie,  how 
 happeneth  it,  that  they  which  knowe  him,  wil 
 not  regarde  his  dayes?  For  some  me  there 
 be,  ^that  remoue  other  mes  londe  markes: 
 that  robbe  them  of  their  catell,  and  kepe  the 
 same  for  their  owne :  that  dryue  awaye  the 
 asse  of  the  fatherlesse :  that  take  y  wyddowes 
 oxe  for  a  pledge :  that  thrust  the  poore  out  of 
 the  waye,  ''5  oppresse  the  symple  of  the  worlde 
 together.  Beholde,  the  wilde  asses  in  ^y  de- 
 serte  go  by  tymes  (as  their  maner  is)  to  spoyle : 
 Yee  the  very  wildernesse  ministreth  foode  for 
 their  children.  They  reape  the  corne  felde 
 that  is  not  their  owne  :  and  gather  the  grapes 
 out  of  his  vynyarde,  whom  they  haue  oppressed 
 by  violence.  They  are  the  cause  y  so  many 
 men  are  naked  and  bare,  hauynge  no  clothes 
 
 /  Sap.  3.  a.   1  Pet.  1.  b. 
 
 «  Deu.  19.  c.  ! 
 Exo.  23.  a. 
 
Cftap,  jtrbtj. 
 
 Wi)t  bokt  of  Sob. 
 
 So,  nttlmi* 
 
 to  couer  them  and  kepe  them  from  colde : 
 So  that  when  the  showers  in  the  mountaynes 
 haue  rayned  vpon  them,  j  they  be  all  wett, 
 they  haue  none  other  sucoure,  but  to  kepe 
 them  amonge  the  rockes. 
 
 They  spoyle  the  suckinge  fatherlesse  child- 
 ren, and  put  the  poore  in  preson  :  In  so  moch 
 that  they  let  them  go  naked  without  clothinge, 
 and  yet  the  hungrie  beare  the  sheeues.  The 
 poore  are  fayne  to  laboure  in  their  oyle  mylles, 
 yee  and  to  treade  in  their  wyne  presses,  and 
 yet  to  sufFre  thyrst.  "The  whole  cite  crieth 
 vnto  the  LORDE  with  sighinge,  the  soules 
 of  the  slayne  make  their  complaynte:  But 
 God  destroyeth  them  not  for  all  this,  where  as 
 they  (not  with  stodinge)  are  rebellious  and 
 disobedient  enemies :  which  seke  not  his  light 
 and  waye,  ner  turne  agayne  in  to  his  path. 
 *Tymely  in  the  mornynge  do  they  aryse,  to 
 murthur  the  symple  and  poore,  (j.  in  the  night 
 they  go  a  stealinge. 
 
 The  eye  of  the  vngodly  is  like  the  aduou- 
 terer,  that  wayteth  for  the  darcknesse,  and 
 sayeth  thus  in  him  self:  Tush,  there  shal  no 
 ma  se  me,  5  so  he  disgyseth  his  face.  In  the 
 night  season  they  search  the  houses,  and  hyde 
 them  selues  in  the  daye  tyme,  but  wil  not 
 knowe  y  light.  For  as  soone  as  the  daye 
 breaketh,  the  shadowe  of  death  commeth  vpo 
 them,  and  they  go  in  horrible  darcknesse. 
 The  vngodly  is  very  swyft :  0  y  his  porcio 
 also  vpo  earth  were  swyfter  then  f  runnynge 
 water,  which  sufFreth  not  y  shipma  to  beholde 
 the  fayre  5  pleasaut  vyniardes.  O  y  they  (for 
 the  wickednesse  which  they  haue  done)  were 
 drawen  to  the  hell,  sooner  the  snowe  melteth 
 at  the  heate.  O  y  all  copassion  vpon  the 
 were  forgotte :  y  their  daynties  were  wormes : 
 that  they  were  clene  put  out  of  remenibraunce, 
 5  vtterly  hewe  downe  like  an  vnfrutefull  tre. 
 For  they  manteyne  the  baren,  5  make  them 
 y  they  can  not  beare,  5  vnto  wyddowes  they 
 do  no  good.  They  plucke  downe  the  mightie 
 with  their  power,  5  when  they  them  selues  are 
 gotten  vp,  they  are  neuer  without  feare,  as 
 longe  as  they  Hue.  And  though  they  might 
 be  safe,  yet  they  wil  not  receaue  it,  for  their 
 eyes  loke  vpon  their  owne  wayes.  They  are 
 exalted  for  a  litle,  but  shortly  are  they  gone, 
 brought  to  extreme  pouerte,  5  take  out  of  the 
 waye  :  yee  5  vtterly  plucte  of  as  the  eares  of 
 
 "  Apoc.  6.  b.  4  Es.  15.  b.      »  Luc.  22.  d.       «Psal.  142.  a. 
 lob  4.  b.   lob  13.  b.   Rom.  3.  b. 
 
 come.  Is  it  not  so  ?  Who  wil  the  reproue 
 me  as  a  Ivar,  5  saye  y  my  wordes  are  nothinge 
 worth  ? 
 
 Cl^t  nb.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  answered  Baldad  the  Suhite,  5 
 sayde :  Power  5  feare  is  with  him  aboue, 
 that  maketh  peace  (sittinge)  in  his  hynesse, 
 whose  men  of  warre  are  innumerable,  and 
 whose  light  aryseth  ouer  all.  '  But  how  maye 
 a  man  copared  vnto  God,  be  iustified  ?  Or, 
 how  can  he  be  clene,  that  is  borne  of  a  woman? 
 Beholde,  the  Moone  shyneth  no  thinge  in 
 comparison  to  him,  5  the  starres  are  vnclene 
 in  his  sight.  How  moch  more  the,  ma,  that 
 is  but  corrupcion :  and  the  sonne  of  man, 
 which  is  but  a  worme  ? 
 
 CIjc  yfii.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 I  OB  answered,  and  sayde :  O  how  helpest 
 thou  the  weake  ?  what  comforte  geuest 
 thou  vnto  him  that  hath  no  stregth  ?  Where 
 is  y  coiicell  y  thou  shuldest  geue  him,  which 
 hath  no  wyszdome  ?  Wilt  thou  so  shewe 
 thine  excellent  rightuousnes  ?  Before  whom 
 hast  thou  spoken  those  wordes  ?  Who  made 
 the  breth  to  come  out  of  thy  mouth  ?  The 
 giauntes  (t  worthies  y  are  slayne,  (s  lye  vnder 
 f  worlde  with  their  copanions  :  yee  5  all  they 
 which  dwell  beneth  in  the  hell  are  not  hyd 
 fro  him,  %  the  very  destruccion  it  self  ca  not 
 be  kepte  out  of  his  sight.  He  stretcheth  out 
 f  north  ouer  the  emptie,  5  hageth  y  earth 
 vpo  nothinge.  He  byndeth  y  water  in  his 
 cloudes,  that  they  fall  not  downe  together. 
 He  holdeth  back  his  stole,  that  it  ca  not  be 
 sene,  and  spredeth  his  cloudes  before  it. 
 
 ''  He  hath  copased  the  waters  with  certayne 
 boundes,  vntill  the  daye  5  night  come  to  an 
 ende.  The  very  pilers  of  heaue  treble  ij 
 quake  at  his  reprofe.  ^He  stilleth  the  see 
 with  his  power,  (i,  thorow  his  wyszdome  hath 
 he  set  forth  y  worlde.  With  his  sprete  hath  he 
 garnished  the  heaues,  5  with  his  hande  hath 
 he  wounded  the  rebellious  serpet.  This  is  now 
 a  shorte  summe  of  his  doynges.  But  who  is 
 able  sufficiently  to  rehearce  his  workes  ?  Who 
 can  perceaue  and  vnderstonde  f  thondre  of  his 
 power  ? 
 
 Ci^e  niij-  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 I  OB  also  proceaded  and  wete  forth  in  his 
 communicacion,  sayege  :  As  truly  as  God 
 
 "I  Psal.  103.  b.   lere.  5.  d.    lob  38.  a.       'Matt.  8.  c. 
 
ffo,  mtlmii' 
 
 Ei)t  bo'kt  of  3oI). 
 
 Cf)ap.  FFbuj, 
 
 k 
 
 lyueth  (which  hath  taken  awaye  my  power  fro 
 me)  (J  the  Allmightie,  that  hath  vexed  my 
 mynde  :  My  Uppes  shall  talke  of  no  vanite, 
 and  my  tonge  shal  speake  no  disceate,  whyle 
 my  breth  is  in  me,  and  as  longe  as  the 
 wynde  (that  God  hath  geuen  me)  is  in  my 
 nostrels. 
 
 God  forbydde,  that  I  shulde  graunte  youre 
 cause  to  be  right.  As  for  me,  vntill  myne 
 ende  come  wil  I  neuer  go  fro  myne  inno- 
 cency.  My  rightuous  dealynge  wil  I  kepe 
 fast,  5  not  forsake  it:  For  my  conscience 
 reproueth  me  not  in  all  my  conuersacion. 
 Therfore  myne  enemy  shalbe  founde  as  the 
 vngodly,  5  he  y  taketh  parte  agaynst  me,  as 
 the  vnrightuous.  What  hope  hath  f  Ypocrite, 
 though  he  haue  greate  good,  and  though  God 
 geue  him  riches  after  his  hertes  desyre  ?  Doth 
 God  heare  him  the  sooner,  whe  he  crieth  vnto 
 him  in  his  necessite  ?  Hath  he  soch  pleasure 
 5  delyte  in  the  Allmightie,  that  he  darre  all- 
 waye  call  vpon  God  ?  I  wil  teach  you  in  the 
 name  of  God,  5  the  thinge  that  I  haue  of  f 
 Allmightie,  wil  I  not  kepe  from  you.  Be- 
 holde,  ye  stonde  in  youre  owne  conceate,  as 
 though  ye  knew  all  thinges.  Wherfore  then  do 
 ye  go  aboute  with  soch  vayne  wordes,  sayege : 
 This  is  the  porcion  that  the  wicked  shall  haue 
 of  God,  5  the  heretage  that  Tyrauntes  shal 
 receaue  of  f  Allmightie.  Yf  he  get  many 
 childre,  they  shal  perish  with  the  swearde,  5 
 his  posterite  shall  haue  scarcenesse  of  bred. 
 Loke  whom  he  leaueth  behinde  him,  they 
 shal  dye  5  be  buried,  5  no  man  shall  haue  pite 
 of  his  wyddowes.  Though  he  haue  as  moch 
 money  as  the  dust  of  the  earth,  j  raymet  as 
 ready  as  the  claye,  he  maye  well  prepare  it : 
 but  the  godly  shal  put  it  vpon  him,  and  the 
 innocct  shal  deale  out  the  money.  His  house 
 shal  endure  as  the  moth,  5  as  a  bothe  that  the 
 watch  man  maketh.  When  the  rich  man 
 dyeth,  he  carieth  nothinge  with  him :  he  is 
 gone  in  y  twincklynge  of  an  eye.  Destruccion 
 taketh  holde  vpo  him  as  a  water  floude,  a  f 
 tepest  stealeth  him  awaye  in  the  night  season. 
 A  vehement  wynde  carieth  him  hence,  5  de- 
 parteth :  a  storme  plucketh  him  out  of  his 
 place.  It  ruszsheth  in  vpon  him,  and  sparet.h 
 him  not,  he  maye  not  escape  from  the  power 
 therof.  Than  clappe  me  their  hodes  at  him, 
 yee  and  least  of  him,  whe  they  loke  vpon  his 
 place. 
 
 '  Deu.  8.  b.  »  Eccli.  1.  a.  7.  c.  lacob.  1.  a. 
 
 Wi)t  nfa")'  Cl)apttr. 
 
 THERE  are  places  where  syluer  is  molte, 
 (I  where  golde  is  tryed :  °  where  yron  is 
 dygged  out  of  the  grounde,  5  stones  resolued 
 to  metall.  The  darcknes  shal  once  come  to 
 an  ende,  he  can  seke  out  the  grounde  of  all 
 thinges :  the  stones,  the  darcke,  5  the  horrible 
 shadows,  with  the  ryuer  of  water  parteth  he 
 a  sunder  the  straunge  people,  y  knoweth  no 
 good  neghbourheade :  soch  as  are  rude,  vn- 
 manerly  (j  boysteous.  He  bryngeth  foode  out 
 of  the  earth,  5  y  which  is  vnder,  consumeth 
 he  with  fyre.  1  here  is  founde  a  place,  whose 
 stones  are  clene  Saphirs,  and  where  y  clottes 
 of  the  earth  are  golde.  There  is  a  waye  also 
 that  the  byrdes  knowe  not,  that  no  vulturs  eye 
 hath  sene :  wherin  y  proude  j  hye  mynded 
 walke  not,  5  where  no  lyon  commeth.  There 
 putteth  he  his  honde  vpon  the  stony  rockes,  5 
 ouerthroweth  the  raountaynes.  Ryuers  flowe 
 out  of  the  rockes,  5  loke  what  is  pleasaunt, 
 his  eye  seyth  it.  Out  of  droppes  bryngeth  he 
 greate  floudes  together,  j  the  thinge  that  is 
 hyd  bryngeth  he  to  light.  How  commeth  a 
 man  then  by  wyszdome  ?  '  Where  is  the  place 
 that  men  fynde  vnderstondinge  ?  Verely  no 
 man  can  tell  how  worthy  a  thinge  she  is, 
 nether  is  she  foude  in  the  lode  of  the  lyuynge. 
 The  depe  sayeth :  she  is  not  in  me.  The  see 
 sayeth :  she  is  not  with  me.  She  can  not  be 
 gotten  for  the  most  fyne  golde,  nether  maye 
 the  pryce  of  her  be  bought  with  eny  moneye. 
 No  wedges  of  golde  of  Ophir,  no  precious 
 Onix  stones,  no  Saphirs  maye  be  compared 
 vnto  her.  No,  nether  golde  ner  Christall, 
 nether  swete  odours  ner  golden  plate.  There 
 is  nothinge  so  worthy,  or  so  excellet,  as  once 
 to  be  named  vnto  her :  for  parfecte  wyszdome 
 goeth  farre  beyonde  the  all.  The  Topas  that 
 Cometh  out  of  Inde,  maye  in  no  wyse  be 
 lickened  vnto  her :  yee  no  maner  of  apparell 
 how  pleasaunt  and  fayre  so  euer  it  be. 
 
 From  whece  then  commeth  wyszdome  ?  5 
 where  is  the  place  of  vnderstondinge  ?  She  is 
 hyd  from  the  eyes  of  all  men,  yee  (j  fro  the 
 foules  of  the  ayre.  Destruccion  5  death  sale  : 
 we  haue  herde  tell  of  her  with  oure  eares. 
 But  God  seyth  hir  waie,  5  knoweth  hir  place. 
 For  he  beholdeth  the  endes  of  the  worlde, 
 and  loketh  vpon  all  that  is  vnder  the  heaue. 
 When  he  weyed  the  wyndes,  5  measured  f 
 
 3  Reg.  3.  b.  4.  c.    Pro.  2.  a.    Sap.  7.  b. 
 
Cftajj.  TO- 
 
 CI)c  hokt  of  3ob, 
 
 waters :  when  he  set  the  rayne  in  ordre,  and 
 gaue  the  mightie  floudes  a  lawe :  Then  dyd 
 he  se  her,  the  declared  he  her,  prepared  her 
 and  knewe  her.  And  vnto  man  he  sayde : 
 "  Beholde,  to  feare  the  LORDE,  is  wyszdome: 
 I  to  forsake  euell,  is  vnderstondinge. 
 
 Wt)t  ni'r-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 SO  lob  proceaded  and  wete  forth  in  his 
 coramunicacion,  sayenge :  O  y  I  were  as 
 I  was  in  the  monethes  by  past,  5  in  the  dayes 
 whe  God  preserued  me :  when  his  Hght  shyned 
 vpon  my  heade  :  whe  I  wente  after  the  same 
 hght  (J  shyne  eue  thorow  the  darcknesse.  As 
 it  stode  with  me,  whe  I  was  welthy  5  had 
 ynough :  whe  God  prospered  my  house :  when 
 the  allmightie  was  with  me :  when  my  hous- 
 holde  folkes  stode  aboute  me :  whe  my  wayes 
 ranne  ouer  with  butter,  (j  when  the  stony 
 rockes  gaue  me  ryuers  of  oyle :  when  I  wente 
 thorow  the  cite  vnto  the  gate,  5  whe  they  set 
 me  a  chayre  in  y  strete :  whe  the  yonge  me 
 (as  soone  as  they  sawe  me)  hyd  the  selues,  g 
 when  the  aged  arose,  5  stode  vp  vnto  me : 
 whe  the  princes  left  of  their  talkinge,  5  laied 
 their  hade  to  their  mouth :  whe  the  mightie 
 kepte  still  their  voyce,  and  whe  their  tonges 
 cleued  to  the  rofe  of  their  mouthes.  When 
 all  they  y  herde  me,  called  me  happie :  5 
 when  all  they  y  sawe  me,  wysshed  me  good. 
 For  I  delyuered  f  poore  whe  he  cried,  5  the 
 fatherlesse  y  wanted  helpe.  He  y  shulde 
 haue  bene  lost,  gaue  me  a  good  worde,  (t  y 
 widdowes  hert  praised  me.  And  why  ?  I 
 put  vpon  me  rightuousnes,  which  couered  me 
 as  a  garmet,  g  equite  was  my  crowne.  I  was 
 an  eye  vnto  the  blynde,  j  a  fote  to  the  lame. 
 I  was  a  father  vnto  the  poore,  5  whe  I  knew 
 not  their  cause,  I  sought  it  out  dihgetly.  I 
 brake  the  chaftes  of  y  vnrightuous,  *  5  plucte 
 the  spoyle  out  of  their  teth. 
 
 Therfore,  I  thought  verely,  y  I  shulde  haue 
 dyed  in  my  nest :  d  y  my  dayes  shulde  haue 
 bene  as  many  as  the  sondes  of  the  see.  For 
 my  rote  was  spred  out  by  the  waters  syde,  5 
 the  dew  laye  vpo  my  come.  My  honoure 
 encreased  more  5  more,  and  my  bowe  was 
 euer  the  stronger  in  my  hande.  Vnto  me 
 men  gaue  eare,  me  they  regarded,  5  with 
 sylence  they  taried  for  my  coiicell.  Yf  I  had 
 spoken,  they  wolde  haue  it  none  other  wayes, 
 my  wordes  were  so  well  taken  amonge  the. 
 
 •  Psal.  no.  b.   Pro.  1.  a.  9.  b.   Eccli.  1.  c. 
 
 jTo.  cmlmiih 
 
 They  wayted  for  me,  as  the  earth  doth  for  the 
 rayne :  (t  gaped  vpon  me,  as  the  groude  doth 
 to  receaue  the  latter  shower.  When  I  laughed, 
 they  knew  well  it  was  not  earnest:  5  this 
 testimony  of  my  coutenaunce  pleased  the 
 nothinge  at  all.  When  I  agreed  vnto  their 
 waye,  I  was  the  chefe,  j  sat  as  a  kynge  amonge 
 his  seruauntes:  Or  as  one  that  comforteth 
 soch  as  be  in  heuynesse. 
 
 €l)c  VVV-  €l)apttr. 
 
 BUT  now  they  that  are  my  inferiours  5 
 yonger  then  I,  haue  me  in  derision :  yee 
 eue  they,  whose  fathers  I  wolde  haue  thought 
 scorne  to  haue  set  with  the  dogges  of  my  catell. 
 The  power  5  stregth  of  their  hades  might  do 
 me  no  good,  (j  as  for  their  age,  it  is  spet  (t 
 past  awaye  without  eny  profit.  For  very 
 misery  ti  honger,  they  wente  aboute  in  the 
 wildernesse  like  wretches  5  beggers,  pluckynge 
 vp  herbes  from  amonge  the  buszshes,  (j  the 
 lunipers  rote  was  their  meate.  And  when  they 
 were  dryuen  forth,  men  cried  after  them,  as  it 
 had  bene  after  a  thefe.  Their  dwellinge  was 
 beside  foule  brokes,  yee  in  the  caues  5  dennes 
 of  the  earth.  Vpo  the  drye  heeth  wete  they 
 aboute  crienge,  n  in  the  brome  hilles  they 
 gathered  them  together.  They  were  the 
 children  of  fooles  5  vylanes,  which  are  deed 
 awaye  fro  the  worlde.  "■  Now  am  I  their 
 songe,  (J  am  become  their  iestinge  stocke.  they 
 abhorre  me,  they  fle  farre  fro  me  5  stayne  my 
 face  with  spetle.  For  y  LORDE  hath  opened 
 his  quyuer,  he  hath  hytt  me,  5  put  a  brydle  in 
 my  mouth.  Vpon  my  right  hade  they  rose  B 
 together  agaynst  me,  they  haue  hurte  my  fete, 
 made  a  waye  to  destroye  me,  5  my  path  haue 
 they  clene  marred.  It  was  so  easy  for  them 
 to  do  me  harme,  that  they  neded  no  man  to 
 helpe  the.  They  fell  vpon  me,  as  it  had 
 bene  ;y  breakynge  in  of  waters,  a  came  in  by 
 heapes  to  destroye  me.  Fearfulnesse  is  turned 
 agaynst  me.  Myne  honoure  vanisheth  awaye 
 more  swiftly  then  wynde,  5  my  prosperite 
 departeth  hece  like  as  it  were  a  cloude. 
 Therfore  is  my  mynde  poured  fuU  of  heuy- 
 nesse, (J  ;y  dayes  of  trouble  haue  take  holde 
 vpon  me.  My  bones  are  pearsed  thorow  in  f 
 night  season,  5  my  synewes  take  no  rest. 
 With  all  their  power  haue  they  chaunged  my 
 garmet,  5  gyrded  me  therwith,  as  it  were  with 
 a  coate.     I  am  eue  as  it  were  claye,  5  am 
 
 *  Gen.  14.  c.  '  Tren.  3.  f.  Psal.  68.  b. 
 
jro»  ttulmiiih 
 
 Cfte  Ijoke  of  3oI). 
 
 Chap,  mi* 
 
 become  like  aszshes  5  dust.  Whe  I  crie  vnto 
 the,  thou  doest  not  heare  me  :  5  though  I 
 stonde  before  the,  yet  thou  regardest  me  not. 
 Thou  art  become  myne  enemye,  5  with  thy 
 violet  hade  thou  takest  parte  agaynst  me.  In 
 tymes  past  thou  didest  set  me  vp  an  hye,  as  it 
 were  aboue  y  winde,  but  now  hast  thou  geue 
 me  a  very  sore  fall.  Sure  I  am,  y  thou  wilt 
 delyuer  me  vnto  death :  where  as  a  lodgyng 
 is  prepared  for  all  me  lyuinge.  Now  vse  not 
 me  to  do  violcce  vnto  the,  j  are  destroyed  all- 
 ready  :  but  where  hurte  is  done,  there  vse 
 thei  to  helpe.  Dyd  not  I  wepe  in  f  tyme  of 
 trouble  ?  Had  not  my  soule  copassion  vpo  y 
 poore  ?  Yet  neuerthelesse  where  as  I  loked 
 for  good,  euell  happened  vnto  me  :  and  where 
 as  I  waited  for  light,  there  came  dareknesse. 
 My  bowels  seeth  with  in  me  (j  take  no  rest, 
 for  y  dayes  of  my  trouble  are  come  vpo  me. 
 Meicely  5  lowly  came  I  in,  yee  5  without  eny 
 displeasure  :  1  stode  vp  in  y  cogregacion,  5 
 commoned  with  the.  But  now  I  am  a  co- 
 panyon  of  dragons,  5  a  felowe  of  Estriches. 
 My  skynne  vpo  me  is  turned  to  black,  j  my 
 bones  are  bret  with  heate :  my  harpe  is  turned 
 to  sorow,  5  my  pipe  to  wepinge. 
 
 Ei)c  nv-  Cljaptrv. 
 
 I  MADE  a  couenaunt  with  myne  eyes,  y  I 
 wolde  not  "loke  vpo  a  dasell.  For  how 
 greate  a  porcio  shal  I  haue  of  God  fr5  aboue? 
 5  what  enheritaiice  fro  y  Almightie  on  hie  ? 
 As  for  the  vngodly  5  he  y  ioyneth  himself  to 
 y  copani  of  wicked  doers  shal  not  destruccion 
 5  misery  come  vpon  him  ?  '  Doth  not  he  se 
 my  wayes,  d  tell  all  my  goinges  ?  Yf  I  haue 
 cleued  vnto  vanite,  or  yf  my  fete  haue  runne 
 to  disceaue :  let  me  be  weyed  in  an  eauen 
 balaunce,  that  God  maye  se  my  innocency. 
 Yf  so  be  that  I  haue  withdrawen  my  fote  out 
 of  the  right  waye,  yf  my  hert  hath  folowed 
 myne  eye  sight,  yf  I  haue  stayned  or  defyled 
 my  hodes :  O  then  is  it  reason  that  I  sowe, 
 and  another  eate  :  yee  that  my  generacion  and 
 posterite  be  clene  roted  out.  '  Yf  my  hert  hath 
 lusted  after  my  neghbours  wife,  or  yf  1  haue 
 layed  wayte  at  his  dore  :  O  then  let  my  wife 
 be  another  mans  harlot,  and  let  other  lye  with 
 her.  For  ''this  is  a  wickednesse  and  synne, 
 that  is  worthy  to  be  punyshed,  yee  a  fyre  that 
 vtterly  shulde  consume,  5  rote  out  all  my  sub- 
 
 .     Eccli.  41. 
 •  2  Re.  12.  c. 
 
 »  Pro.  5.  c. 
 '  Deu.  22.  c. 
 
 staunce.  Dyd  I  euer  thynke  scorne  to  do 
 right  vnto  my  seruautes  and  maydens,  when 
 they  had  eny  matter  agaynst  me  ?  But  seynge 
 that  God  wil  sytt  in  iudgment,  what  shal  I 
 do  .•'  And  for  so  moch  as  he  wil  nedes  vyset 
 me,  what  answere  shal  I  geue  him  ?  He  that 
 fashioned  me  in  my  mothers  wombe,  made  he 
 not  him  also  ? .  were  we  not  both  shappen  alyke 
 in  oure  mothers  bodies?  When  the  poore 
 desyred  eny  thinge  at  me,  haue  I  denyed  it 
 them  ?  Haue  I  caused  f  wyddowe  stonde 
 waytinge  for  me  in  vayne  ?  Haue  I  eaten  my 
 porcion  alone,  that  the  fatherles  hath  had  no 
 parte  with  me?  (for  mercy  grewe  vp  with  me 
 fro  my  youth,  j  compassion  fro  my  mothers 
 wombe.)  Haue  I  sene  eny  man  perish  thorow 
 nakednescr  wantof  clothinge?  Or,  eny  poore 
 man  for  lack  of  rayment,  whose  sydes  thanked 
 me  not,  because  he  was  wamied  with  f  woU 
 of  my  shepe  ? 
 
 Dyd  I  euer  lyft  vp  my  honde  to  hurte  the 
 fatherlesse?  Yee  in  the  gate  where  I  sawe 
 my  self  to  be  in  auctorite :  The  let  myne 
 arme  fall  fro  my  shulder,  j  myne  aniie  holes 
 be  broken  from  the  ioyntes.  For  I  haue  euer 
 feared  y  vengeaunce  j  punyshmet  of  God,  u 
 knew  very  well,  y  I  was  not  able  to  beare  his 
 burthe.  Haue  I  put  my  trust  in  golde  ?  Or, 
 haue  I  sayde  to  the  fynest  golde  of  all :  thou 
 art  my  cofidence  ?  Haue  I  reioysed  because 
 my  substaunce  was  greate,  and  because  my 
 honde  gat  so  moch  ?  "  Dyd  I  euer  greatly  re- 
 garde  the  rysinge  of  the  Sonne  ?  Or,  had  I 
 the  goinge  downe  of  f  Moone  in  greate  repu- 
 tacion  ?  Hath  my  hert  medled  priuely  with 
 eny  disceate?  Or,  dyd  I  euer  kysse  myne 
 owne  honde  (that  were  a  wickednesse  worthy 
 to  be  punyshed,  for  then  shulde  I  haue  denyed 
 the  God  that  is  aboue.)  Haue  I  euer  reioysed 
 at  the  hurte  of  myne  enemy?  ■'^Or,  was  I  euer 
 glad,  y  eny  harme  happened  vnto  him  ?  Oh 
 no,  I  neuer  suifred  my  mouth  to  do  soch  a 
 sinne,  as  to  \v)'sh  him  euell.  Yet  they  of 
 myne  owne  housholde  saye :  who  shal  let  vs, 
 to  haue  oure  bely  ful  of  his  flesh?  I  haue 
 not  suffred  a  straunger  to  lye  with  out,  but 
 opened  my  dores  vnto  him.  Haue  I  euer 
 done  eny  wicked  dede  where  thorow  I  shamed 
 my  self  before  men  :  Or  eny  abhominacion,  y 
 I  was  fayne  to  hyde  it  ?  For  yf  I  had  feared 
 eny  greate  multitude  of  people :    Or  yf  I  had 
 
 '  Deu.  4.  c.  17.  b.     Sap.  13.  a.        /  Pro.  17.  a. 
 
Cf)a[),  miih 
 
 €l)t  hokt  of  306. 
 
 ffo,  mtlmii. 
 
 bene  dispysed  of  y  sjinple,  Oh  then  shulde  I 
 haue  bene  afrayed.  Thus  haue  I  quyetly  spent 
 my  lyfe,  and  not  gone  out  at  y  dore.  O  that 
 I  had  one  which  wolde  heare  me.  Lo,  this  is 
 my  cause.  Let  y  AUmightie  geue  me  answere : 
 (S  let  him  that  is  my  cotrary  party,  sue  me 
 th  a  lybell.  Then  shall  I  take  it  vpon  my 
 shulder,  5  as  a  garlade  aboute  my  heade.  I 
 haue  tolde  the  nombre  of  my  goinges,  and 
 delyuered  them  vnto  him  as  to  a  prynce.  But 
 yf  case  be  that  my  londe  crie  agaynst  me,  or 
 y  the  forowes  therof  make  eny  complaynte : 
 yf  I  haue  eaten  the  frutes  therof  vnpayed  for, 
 yee  yf  I  haue  greued  eny  of  the  plow  men : 
 Than,  let  thistles  growe  in  steade  of  my  wheate, 
 U  thornes  for  my  barlye. 
 
 Here  ende  the  wordes  of  lob. 
 
 E'ifc  vvnj-  €]^apttr. 
 
 SO  these  thre  men  wolde  stryue  nomore 
 with  lob,  because  he  helde  himself  a 
 rightuous  man.  But  Eliu  the  sonne  of  Ba- 
 rachel  the  Bussite  "of  the  kynred  of  Ram,  was 
 very  sore  displeased  at  lob,  that  he  called 
 himself  iust  before  God.  And  with  lobs  thre 
 fredes  he  was  angrie  also,  because  they  had 
 founde  no  reasonable  answere  to  ouercome 
 him.  Now  taried  Eliu  till  they  had  ended 
 their  communicacion  with  lob,  for  why  ?  they 
 were  elder  then  he.  So  when  Eliu  y  sonne 
 of  Barachel  y  Bussite  sawe,  that  these  thre 
 men  were  not  able  to  make  lob  answere,  he 
 was  myscontent :  so  that  he  gaue  answere 
 himself,  and  sayde :  '  Consideringe  y  I  am 
 yonge,  5  ye  be  men  of  age,  I  was  afrayed,  3 
 durst  not  shewe  forth  my  mynde,  for  I  thought 
 thus  within  my  self:  '^It  becometh  olde  men  to 
 speake,  (t  the  aged  to  teach  wyszdome.  Euery 
 ma"*  (no  doute)  hath  a  mynde,  but  it  is  the 
 inspyracion  of  the  AUmightie  that  geueth 
 vnderstondinge.  All  men  are  not  wyse,  nether 
 doth  euery  aged  man  vnderstonde  the  thinge 
 that  is  laufull.  Therfore  wil  I  speake  also  (in 
 so  farre  as  I  maye  be  herde)  5  wil  shewe  yow 
 myne  opinyon.  For  whe  I  had  wayted  till  ye 
 made  an  ende  of  youre  talkynge,  j  herde  youre 
 wyszdome,  what  argumetes  ye  made  in  youre 
 communicacion :  yee  when  I  had  diligently 
 pondred  what  ye  sayde,  I  founde  not  one  of 
 you  that  made  eny  good  argument  agaynst 
 
 »Gen.  22.d.       »Ecci.32.  b.       <■  lob  12.  b.      •'Dan.! 
 Pro.  2.  a. 
 
 lob,  or  that  directly  coude  make  answere  vnto 
 his  wordes :  lest  ye  shulde  prayse  youre  selues, 
 to  haue  founde  out  wyszdome:  because  it  is 
 God  that  hath  cast  him  out,  d  no  man.  Ne- 
 uerthelesse,  seynge  he  hath  not  spoken  vnto 
 me,  therfore  will  not  I  answere  him  as  ye  haue 
 done  (for  they  were  so  abaszshed,  that  they 
 coude  not  make  answere,  ner  speake  one  worde) 
 but  in  so  moch  as  ye  wil  not  speake,  stondinge 
 still  like  dome  men  5  makinge  no  answere :  I 
 haue  a  good  hope  for  my  parte  to  shappe  him 
 an  answere  5  to  shewe  him  my  meanynge. 
 For  I  am  full  of  wordes,  (t  the  sprete  that  is 
 within  me,  copelleth  me.  Beholde,  I  am  as 
 the  new  wyne  which  hath  no  vente,  S  bursteth 
 the  new  vessels  in  sunder.  Therfore  wil  I 
 speake,  that  I  maye  haue  vete  :  I  wil  open  my 
 lyppes,  and  make  answere.  I  will  regarde  no 
 maner  of  personne,  no  man  wil  I  spare.  For 
 yf  I  wolde  go  aboute  to  please  me,'  I  knowe  not 
 how  soone  my  maker  wolde  take  me  awaye. 
 
 Cl^t  Vntij-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WHERFORE,  heare  my  wordes  (O  lob) 
 {I  herken  vnto  all,  that  I  wyll  saye : 
 Beholde,  I  wil  open  my  mouth,  5  my  tonge 
 shal  speake  out  of  my  chawes.  My  hert  shall 
 ordre  my  wordes  a  right,  (j  my  lyppes  shal 
 talke  of  pure  wyszdome.  The  sprete  of  God 
 hath  made  me,-'  5  the  breth  of  the  AUmightie 
 hath  geue  me  my  life.  Yf  thou  c;lst,  then 
 geue  me  answere :  prepare  thy  self  to  stode 
 before  me  face  to  face.  Beholde,  before  God 
 am  I  euen  as  thou,  for  I  am  fashioned  and 
 made  eue  of  the  same  moulde.  Therfore, 
 thou  nedest  not  be  afrayed  of  me,  nether  nedest 
 thou  to  feare,  that  my  auctorite  shal  be  to 
 heuy  for  the.  Now  hast  thou  spoken  in  myne 
 eares,  d  I  haue  herde  y  voyce  of  thy  wordes : 
 I  am  clene  without  eny  fawte,'  I  am  innocent, 
 d  there  is  no  wickednesse  in  me.  But  lo,  he 
 hath  pyked  a  quarell  agaynst  me,  (j  taketh  me 
 for  his  enemy :  he  hath  put  my  fote  in  the 
 stockes,  a  loiceth  narowly  vnto  all  my  pathes. 
 Beholde,  vnto  these  vnreasonable  wordes  of 
 thyne  wil  I  make  answere. 
 
 Shulde  God  be  reproued  of  man  ?  Why 
 doest  thou  then  stryue  agaynst  him,  because 
 he  geueth  the  no  accomptes  of  all  hisdoinges? 
 For  whe  God  doth  once  commaunde  a  thinge, 
 there  shulde  no  man  be  curious,  to  search 
 
 6. 2.  b.        I  lob  16.  c. 
 lob  13.  c. 
 
#o»  mrirjiTbi* 
 
 Cf)e  hoiit  of  3ob, 
 
 €l)&v*miiiU 
 
 whether  it  be  riglit.  "  In  dreames  and  visions 
 of  the  night  season  (when  slombrynge  cometh 
 vpo  me,*  that  they  fall  a  slepe  in  their  beddes) 
 he  rowneth  them  in  the  eares,  he  infourmeth 
 them,  %  sheweth  the  planely,  that  it  is  he, 
 which  withdraweth  man  from  euell,  delyuereth 
 him  from  pryde,  kepeth  his  soule  from  de- 
 struccion,  (j  his  life  from  f  swearde.  he 
 chasteneth  him  with  sicknesse,  5  bringeth  him 
 to  his  bed:  he  laieth  sore  punyshmet  vpo  his 
 bones,  so  that  his  life  maye  awaye  with  no 
 bred,  5  his  soule  abhorreth  to  eate  eny  dayntie 
 meate :  In  so  moch,  that  his  body  is  clene 
 consumed  awaye,  5  his  bones  appeare  no  more. 
 His  soule  draweth  on  to  destruccion,  (j  his  Ufa 
 to  death.  Now  yf  there  be  an  angel  (one 
 amonge  a  thousande)  sent  for  to  speake  vnto 
 ma,  and  to  shewe  him  the  right  waye :  the  the 
 LORDE  is  mercifull  vnto  him,  j  sayeth:  He 
 shalbe  delyuered,  y  he  fall  not  downe  to  de- 
 struccion, for  I  am  sufficiently  recociled.  Than 
 his  flesh  (which  hath  bene  in  misery  5  trouble) 
 shalbe,  as  it  was  in  his  youth.  For  yf  he 
 submitte  himself  vnto  God,  he  is  gracious,  (j 
 sheweth  him  his  countenaunce  ioyfully,  5  re- 
 wardeth  man  for  his  rightuousnes.  Soch  a 
 respecte  hath  he  vnto  me.  Therfore  let  a 
 man  cofesse,  (5  saye :)  I  offended,  but  he  hath 
 chastened  5  refourmed  me :  I  dyd  vnrightu- 
 ously,  neuerthelesse  he  hath  not  recopensed 
 me  therafter.  Yee  he  hath  delyuered  my 
 soule  from  destruccion,  5  my  life,  that  it  seyth 
 ;y  light.  Lo,  thus  worketh  God  all  waie  with 
 ma,  that  he  kepeth  his  soule  from  perishinge, 
 (5,  latteth  him  enioye  the  light  of  f  lyuinge. 
 Marke  well  (0  lob)  5  heare  me:  holde  the 
 still,  vntiU  I  haue  spoken.  But  yf  thou  hast 
 eny  thinge  to  saye,  then  answere  me  and 
 speake,  for  thy  answere  pleaseth  me.  Yf  thou 
 hast  nothinge,  then  heare  me,  and  holde  thy 
 tonge,  so  shal  I  teach  the  wyszdome. 
 
 ®l)t  jfjriuj.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 ELIU  proceaded  forth  in  his  comunica- 
 cion,  5  sayde:  Heare  my  wordes  (O  ye 
 wyse  men)  herken  vnto  me,  ye  y  haue  vnder- 
 stondinge.  For  like  as  the  mouth  tasteth  the 
 meates,  so  the  eare  proueth  5  discerneth  the 
 wordes.  'As  for  the  iudgmet,  let  vs  seke  it  out 
 amonge  oure  selues,  y  we  maye  knowe  what 
 is  right.     And  why  ?     lob  hath  sayde :   I  am 
 
 "  Gen.  20.  a.  J8.  c.  31.d.  »  Dan.  2.  a.     Matt.  2.  b.i 
 
 '  1  Cor.  14.  d.    lob  13.  b.  16.  c.  33.  a.  '  Psal.  61.  b.  I 
 
 rightuous,  but  God  doth  me  wronge.  I  must 
 nedes  be  a  lyar,  though  my  cause  be  right :  5 
 violetly  am  I  plaged,  where  as  I  made  no 
 favrte.  where  is  there  soch  one  as  lob,  y 
 drinketh  vp  scornefulnes  like  water?  which 
 goeth  in  y  company  of  vricked  doers,  5  walketh 
 with  vngodly  me  ?  For  he  saieth :  Though  a 
 ma  be  good,  yet  is  he  naught  before  God. 
 Therfore  herke  vnto  me,  ye  y  haue  vnder- 
 stondinge. 
 
 Farre  be  it  from  God,  that  he  shulde  medle 
 with  wickednesse :  and  farre  be  it  from  the 
 Allmightie,  y  he  shulde  medle  with  vnrightu- 
 ous  dealynge :  but  he  rewardeth  the  workes  of 
 man, ''  and  causeth  euery  man  to  fynde  acord- 
 inge  to  his  wayes.  For  sure  it  is,  that  God 
 codemneth  no  man  wrongeously,  and  the 
 iudgmet  of  the  Allmightie  is  not  vnrightuous. 
 Who  ruleth  the  earth  in  his  steade?  Or, 
 whom  hath  he  set  to  gouerne  the  whole 
 worlde?  To  whom  hath  he  geuen  his  herte, 
 for  to  drawe  his  sprete  and  breth  vnto  him  ? 
 '  All  flesh  shal  come  together  vnto  naught,  3 
 all  me  shal  tume  agayne  vnto  earth.  Yf  thou 
 now  haue  vnderstodinge,  heare  what  I  saye 
 and  herken  to  the  voyce  of  my  wordes. 
 
 Maye  he  be  made  whole,  that  loueth  no 
 right  ?  Yf  thou  were  a  very  innocent  man, 
 shuldest  thou  then  be  punyshed?  For  he  is 
 euen  the  same,  y  knoweth  the  rebellious 
 kynges,  ij  sayeth  to  princes :  Vngodly  men  are 
 ye.  He  hath  no  respecte  vnto  the  personnes  of  f 
 lordly,  (J  regardeth  not  the  rich  more  the  poore. 
 For  they  be  all  the  worke  of  his  hondes. 
 
 In  the  twincklinge  off  an  eye  shall  they  be 
 slayne  :  and  at  mydnight,  when  the  people  (j 
 the  tyrauntes  rage,  then  shal  they  perish,  ad 
 be  taken  awaye  without  hondes.  '^And  why? 
 his  eyes  loke  vpon  the  wayes  of  man,  and  he 
 seyth  all  his  goinges.  There  is  no  darcknes 
 ner  thicke  shadowe,  y  can  hyde  the  wicked 
 doers  from  him.  For  no  ma  shalbe  suflPred  to 
 go  in  to  iudgment  with  God. 
 
 ^  Many  one,  yee  innumerable  doth  he 
 punyshe  and  setteth  other  in  their  steades. 
 For  he  knoweth  their  euell  5  darcke  workes, 
 therfore  shal  they  be  destroyed.  They  that 
 were  in  f  steade  of  Seers,  dealt  hke  vngodly 
 me.  Therfore  turned  they  back  traytorously 
 and  vnfaithfully  fro  hi,  5  wolde  not  receaue 
 his  wayes.     In  so  moch  that  they  haue  caused 
 
 Matt.  16.  d.     lere.  25.  b. 
 Gen.  3.  d.        /lob  31.  a. 
 
 Rom.  3.  a. 
 Pro.  5.C. 
 
 '  Psal.  145.  ; 
 ;  Dan.  2.  c. 
 
Cf)ap.  mbt 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  3ob, 
 
 jTo.  mrirjrirfJi). 
 
 f  voyce  of  the  poore  to  come  vnto  him,  5  now 
 he  heareth  the  coplaynte  of  soch  as  are  in  ne- 
 cessite.  Yf  he  delyuer  5  graunte  pardo,  who 
 will  iudge  or  eondemne?  But  yf  he  hyde 
 awaye  his  countenaunce,  who  wil  turne  it 
 aboute  agayne,  whether  it  be  to  the  people  or 
 to  eny  man?  For  the  wickednesse  (;  synne 
 of  ;y-  people,  he  maketh  an  ypocrite  to  reigne 
 ouer  the.  For  so  moch  then  as  I  haue  be- 
 gonne  to  talke  of  God,  I  wil  not  hyndre  the. 
 Yf  I  haue  gone  amysse,  enfourme  me :  yf  I 
 haue  done  wronge,  I  wil  leaue  of.  Wilt  thou 
 not  geue  a  reasonable  answere  ?  Art  thou 
 afrayed  of  eny  thinge,  seynge  thou  begiinest 
 first  to  speake,  5  not  I  ?  For  els  the  men  of 
 vnderstodinge  ij  \visdome  that  haue  herde  me, 
 might  saye  :  What  cast  thou  speake  ?  As  for 
 lob  he  hath  nether  spoken  to  the  purpose  ner 
 wysely.  O  father,  let  lob  be  well  tryed,  be- 
 cause he  hath  turned  himself  to  f  wicked : 
 yee  aboue  his  synnes  he  hath  blasphemed, 
 which  offence  he  hath  done  euen  before  vs,  in 
 y  he  stryueth  agaynst  God  with  his  wordes. 
 
 Cf)c  m'b-  Cljapttr. 
 
 ELIU  spake  morouer,  and  sayde:  Think- 
 est  thou  it  right  that  thou  sayest :  I  am 
 rightuous  before  God  ?  Seinge  thou  sayefet 
 so,  how  doest  thou  knowe  it?  What  thinge 
 hast  thou  more  excellet,  the  I  y  am  a  synner  ? 
 Therfore  will  I  geue  answere  vnto  the  5  thy 
 frendes :  loke  vnto  the  heaue,  5  beholde  it: 
 cosidre  y  cloudes,  how  they  are  hyer  then 
 thou.  Yf  thou  synnest,  what  dost  thou  vnto 
 him  ?  Yf  thine  offences  be  many,  how  gettest 
 thou  his  fauoure  ?  Yf  thou  be  rightuous,  what 
 geuest  thou  him  ?  °0r,  what  receaueth  he  of 
 thy  handes  ?  Of  soch  an  vngodly  personne  as 
 thou,  5  of  ^  Sonne  of  man  that  is  rightuous  as 
 thou  pretendest  to  be :  there  is  a  greate  crie  5 
 coplaynte  made  by  the  that  are  oppressed  with 
 violence,  yee  euery  man  complayneth  vpon 
 the  cruell  arme  of  tyrannies.  For  soch  one 
 neuer  sayeth :  Where  is  God  that  made  me  ? 
 ad  y  shyneth  vpon  vs,  that  we  might  prayse 
 him  in  the  night?  Which  geueth  vs  more 
 vnderstodinge  then  he  doth  the  beastes  of  the 
 earth,  and  teacheth  vs  more  then  the  foules  off 
 heaue. 
 
 Yf  eny  soch  complayne,  no  ma  geueth 
 answere,  and  y  because  of  the  wickednesse 
 off  proude  tyrauntes.    But  yf  a  man  call  vpon 
 
 »  Psal.  39.  b.     Heb.  10.  a.     Peal.  49.  a.  »  Psal.  31.  b. 
 
 God,  doth  not  he  heare  him  ?  Doth  not  the 
 Allmightie  accepte  his  crie  ?  Wha  thou 
 speakest  then,  shulde  not  he  pardon  the,  yfF 
 thou  open  thy  self  before  him,  and  put  thy 
 trust  in  him  ?  Then  vseth  he  no  violence  in 
 his  wrath  nether  hath  he  pleasure  in  curious 
 and  depe  inquisicions.  Therfore  hath  lob 
 opened  his  mouth  but  in  vayne,  ad  folishly 
 hath  he  made  so  many  wordes. 
 
 Ci)t  mbi-  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 ELIU  proceaded  forth  in  his  talkinge,  5 
 sayde  :  holde  the  still  a  litle,  and  I  shal 
 shewe  the,  what  I  haue  yet  to  speake  on  Gods 
 behalfe.  I  wil  open  vnto  y  yet  more  of  myne 
 vnderstondinge,  and  proue  my  maker  rightu- 
 ous. True  are  my  wordes,  d  no  lye :  and  the 
 knowlege  wherwithall  I  argue  agaynst  the,  is 
 perfecte.  Beholde,  God  casteth  not  awaye  f 
 mightie,  for  he  himselff  is  mightie  in  power 
 and  wisdome. 
 
 As  for  the  vngodly,  he  preserueth  the  not  but 
 helpeth  the  poore  to  their  right.  *  He  tumeth 
 not  his  eyes  awaye  from  the  rightuous  he 
 setteth  vp  kynges  in  their  Trone,  and  cofirm 
 eth  them,  so  that  they  allwaye  syt  therin.  But 
 yf  they  be  layed  in  preson  and  cheynes,  or 
 bounde  with  the  bondes  of  pouerte :  then 
 sheweth  he  them  their  workes  ad  dedes  and 
 the  synnes  wherwith  they  haue  vsed  cruell 
 Aaolence. 
 
 He  with  punyshinge  and  nurturinge  off 
 them,  rowneth  them  in  the  eares,  warneth 
 them  to  leaue  of  from  their  wickednesse,  and 
 to  amende.  Yf  they  now  will  take  hede  and 
 be  obedient,  they  shall  weere  out  their  dayes 
 in  prosperite, '  and  their  yeares  in  pleasure  ad 
 ioye.  But  yff  they  will  not  obeye,  they  shall 
 go  thorow  the  swearde,  5  perish  or  euer  they 
 be  awarre.  As  for  soch  as  be  fayned,  dys- 
 semblers  and  ypocrytes,  they  heape  vp  wrath 
 for  them  selues :  for  they  call  not  vpon  him, 
 though  they  be  his  presoners.  Thus  their 
 soule  perisheth  in  foolishnesse,  and  their  lyfe 
 with  -y  condened.  The  poore  delyuereth  he 
 out  of  his  straytnesse,  and  comforteth  soch  as 
 be  in  necessite  and  trouble.  Euen  so  shall  he 
 kepe  the  (yf  thou  wilt  be  content)  from  the 
 bottomlesse  pytte  that  is  beneth :  5  yf  thou 
 wilt  holde  the  quyete,  he  shal  fyll  thy  table 
 with  plenteousnesse. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  thou  bast   condemned   the 
 
 2Re.  7.  c.     4  Re.  10.  c.     2  Par.  33.  c.         '  Esa.  1.  c. 
 
fo,  cccd)iT)rbti|. 
 
 Cf)t  bofee  of  3ot). 
 
 C&ap.  mbij* 
 
 iudgincMit  of  the  vngodly,  yee  eueii  soch  a 
 iudgment  and  sentence  shalt  thou  sufFre.  For 
 then  shal  not  thy  cause  be  stilled  with  crueltie, 
 ner  pacified  with  many  giftes.  Hath  God  or- 
 dened  then,  that  the  glorious  life  off  the  j  all 
 soch  mightie  men  shulde  not  be  put  downe  ? 
 Prolonge  not  thou  the  tyme,  till  there  come 
 a  night  for  the,  to  set  other  people  in  thy 
 steadc.  Rut  bewarre  that  thou  turne  not 
 asydo  to  wickednesse  and  synne,  which  hytherto 
 thou  hast  chosen  more  then  mekenesse.  Be- 
 holde,  God  is  of  a  mightie  hye  power:  Where 
 is  there  soch  a  gyde  and  lawegeuer  as  he? 
 Who  wil  reproue  him  of  his  waye?  who  wil 
 saye  vnto  him  :  thou  hast  done  wronge  ? 
 
 O  considre  how  greate  and  excellent  his 
 workes  be,  whom  all  men  loaue  and  prayse  : 
 yee  wondre  at  him,  and  yet  they  se  him  but 
 a  farre  of.  Beholde,  so  greate  is  God,  that  he 
 passeth  oure  knowlege,  nether  are  we  able  to 
 come  to  y  expericce  of  his  yeares.  He  turn- 
 eth  y  water  to  smal  droppes,  he  dryueth  his 
 cloudes  together  for  to  rayne,  "so  that  they 
 poure  downe  and  droppe  vpon  men.  He  can 
 sprede  out  the  cloudes  (a  couerynge  off  his 
 tabernacle)  and  cause  his  light  to  shyne  vpo 
 them,  and  to  couer  the  botome  of  the  see. 
 By  these  thinges  gouerneth  he  his  people, 
 and  geueth  the  abundaunce  of  meate.  In  y 
 turnynge  of  a  hande  he  hydeth  the  light,  (t  at 
 his  commaundement  it  commeth  agayne.  The 
 rysinge  vp  therof  sheweth  he  to  his  frendes 
 and  to  the  catell. 
 
 Cl;t  mbtj.  CI)apttr. 
 
 AT  this  my  hert  is  astonnied,  and  moued 
 out  of  his  place.  Heare  then  the  sounde 
 of  his  voyce,  and  the  noyse  y  goeth  out  of  his 
 mouth.  He  gouerneth  euery  thinge  vnder  the 
 heauen,  and  his  light  reacheth  vnto  the  ende 
 of  the  worlde.  A  roaringe  voyce  foloweth 
 him  :  for  his  glorious  magesty  geueth  soch  a 
 thondre  clappe,  that  (though  a  man  heare  it) 
 yet  maye  he  not  perceaue  it  afterwarde.  It 
 geueth  an  horrible  sownde,  when  God  sendeth 
 out  his  voyce  :  greate  thinges  doth  he,  which 
 we  can  not  coprehende.  *When  he  com- 
 maundeth  the  snowe,  it  falleth  vpon  the  earth : 
 As  soone  as  he  geueth  the  rayne  a  charge, 
 Immediatly  the  showers  haue  their  strength 
 and  fall  downe.  He  sendeth  feare  vpon  euery 
 man,   that    they   might    knowe    their    owne 
 
 •  Deu.  ll.c.  28,  d.         '  Psal.  148.  b. 
 
 workes.  The  beestes  crepe  in  to  their  dennes, 
 (t  take  their  rest.  Out  of  the  south  commeth 
 the  tempest,  and  colde  out  of  the  north. 
 
 At  the  breth  of  God,  the  frost  commeth,  5 
 the  waters  are  shed  abrode.  The  cloudes 
 do  their  laboure  in  geuynge  moystnesse,  the 
 cloudes  poure  downe  their  rayne.  He  dis- 
 tributeth  also  on  euery  syde,  acordinge  as  it 
 pleaseth  him  to  deale  out  his  workes,  that 
 they  maye  do,  what  so  euer  he  commaundeth 
 the  thorow  the  whole  worlde :  whether  it  be 
 to  punysh  eny  londe,  or  to  do  good  vnto  them, 
 that  seke  him. 
 
 Herken  vnto  this  (o  lob)  stonde  still,  and 
 considre  the  wonderous  workes  of  God.  Art 
 thou  of  coucel  with  God,  when  he  doth  these 
 thinges  ?  When  he  causeth  the  light  to  come 
 forth  of  his  cloudes  ?  Art  thou  of  his  coucell, 
 when  he  spredeth  out  the  cloudes  ?  Hast  thou 
 the  perfects  knowlege  of  his  wonders?  and 
 how  thy  clothes  are  warme,  whe  the  I5de  is 
 still  thorow  the  south  wynde  ?  hast  thou 
 helped  him  to  spred  out  the  heauen,  which  is 
 to  loke  vpo,  as  it  were  cast  of  cleare  metall  ? 
 Teach  vs  what  we  shal  saye  vnto  hi,  for  we  are 
 vnmete  because  of  darcknes.  Shal  it  be  tolde 
 him,  what  I  saye  ?  Shulde  a  man  speake,  or 
 shulde  he  kepe  it  backe  ?  For  euery  ma  seith 
 not  the  light,  y  he  kepeth  cleare  in  the 
 cloudes,  which  he  clenseth  whan  he  maketh 
 the  wynde  to  blowe.  Golde  is  brought  out  of 
 the  north,  but  the  prayse  and  honoure  off  Gods 
 feare  commeth  fro  God  himself.  It  is  not  we 
 that  can  fynde  out  the  allmightie :  for  in 
 power,  equite  and  rightuousnesse  he  is  hyer 
 then  can  be  expressed.  Seinge  then  that 
 euery  body  feareth  him,  why  shulde  not  all 
 wyse  men  also  stode  in  feare  of  hi? 
 
 W^e  >TV6ttj.  Cl^aptfr. 
 
 THEN  spake  the  LORDE'  vnto  lob  out 
 of  the  storme,  and  sayde  :  what  is  he, 
 that  hydeth  his  mynde  with  foolysh  wordes? 
 Gyrde  vp  thy  loynes  like  a  ma,  for  I  will  ques- 
 tion the,  se  thou  geue  me  a  dyrecte  answere. 
 Where  wast  thou,  when  I  layed  y  foundacions 
 of  the  earth  ?  Tell  planely  yff  thou  hast  vnder- 
 stondinge.  Who  hath  measured  it,  knowest 
 thou  ?  Or,  who  hath  spred  y^  lyne  vpon  it  ? 
 Where  vpon  stode  the  pilers  of  it?  ''Or,  who 
 layed  y-  corner  stone  ?  where  wast  thou  when 
 the  mornynge  starres  gaue   me   prayse,    ad 
 
 lob  40. 
 
 ■f  Psal.  23.  ! 
 
Cfeap*  rinrt'):. 
 
 €f)t  bofee  of  Sob. 
 
 jTo.  rmliniTir. 
 
 when  all  the  angels  of  God  reioysed  ?  "  Who 
 shutt  the  see  with  dores,  when  it  brake  forth 
 as  a  childe  out  off  his  mothers  wombe  ?  When 
 I  made  the  cloudes  to  be  a  coueringe  for  it, 
 and  swedled  it  with  f  darcke  ?  *  when  I  gaue 
 it  my  comaundement,  makynge  dores  5  barres 
 for  it,  sayenge  :  Hither  to  shalt  thou  come, 
 but  no  further,  and  here  shalt  thou  laye  downe 
 thy  proude  and  hye  wawes.  Hast  thou  geue 
 the  mornynge  his  charge  (as  soone  as  thou 
 wast  borne)  and  shewed  the  dayespringe  his 
 place,  y  it  might  take  holde  of  the  corners  of 
 the  earth,  5  y  the  vngodly  might  be  shake 
 out  ?  Their  tokos  5  weapes  hast  thou  turned 
 like  claye,  d  set  the  vp  agayne  as  the  chaung- 
 inge  of  a  garment.  Yea  thou  hast  spoyled 
 the  vngodly  off  their  light,  (t  broke  the  arme 
 of  the  proude.  Camest  thou  euer  in  to  the 
 groude  of  the  see,  Or,  hast  thou  walked  in  y 
 lowe  corners  of  y  depe  ?  Haue  the  gates  of 
 death  bene  opened  vnto  the  or  hast  thou  sene 
 the  dore  of  euerlastige  treasure  ?  Hast  thou 
 also  perceaued,  how  brode  y  earth  is  ?  Now 
 yf  thou  hast  knowlege  of  all,  the  shewe  me 
 where  light  dwelleth,  and  where  darcknes  is : 
 y  thou  mayest  briiige  vs  vnto  their  quarters, 
 yf  thou  cast  tell  the  waye  to  their  houses. 
 Knewest  thou  (when  thou  wast  borne)  how 
 olde  thou  shuldest  be  ? 
 
 Wentest  thou  euer  in  to  the  treasuries  off 
 the  snowe,  or  hast  thou  sene  y"  secrete  places 
 of  the  hale :  which  I  haue  prepared  agaynst 
 the  tyme  of  trouble,  agaynst  the  tyme  of 
 batell  (t  warre  ?  By  what  waye  is  the  light 
 parted,  (j  the  heate  dealt  out  vpon  earth? 
 Who  deuydeth  the  abundauce  of  waters  in  to 
 ryuers,  or  who  maketh  a  waye  for  the  stormy 
 wether,  y  it  watereth  g  moystureth  y  drye  5 
 baren  grounde  :  to  make  the  grasse  growe  in 
 places  where  no  body  dwelleth,  j  in  the  wil- 
 dernes  where  no  ma  remayneth  ?  Who  is  the 
 father  of  rayne  ?  Or,  who  hath  begotten  the 
 droppes  of  dew  ?  Out  of  whose  wobe  came 
 the  yse  ?  who  hath  gendred  the  coldnes  of  y 
 ayre  ?  y  the  waters  are  as  harde  as  stones,  5 
 lye  congeeled  aboue  the  depe.  Hast  thou 
 brought  y  vij.  starres  together?  Or,  art  thou 
 able  to  breake  the  Circle  of  heaue?  Cast  thou 
 bringe  forth  the  mornynge  starre  or  the  euen- 
 ynge  starre  at  couenient  tyme,  (j  coueye  the 
 home  agayne  ?  Knowest  thou  the  course  off 
 heaue,  y  thou  mayest  set  vp  the  ordinaunce 
 
 '  lere.  5.  d.  '  Psal.  32.  b.  103.  b.    Luc.  8.  c. 
 
 therof  vpo  earth  ?  Morouer,  cast  thou  lift  vp 
 thy  voyce  to  f  cloudes,  y  they  maye  poure 
 downe  a  greate  rayne  vpo  the  ?  Canst  thou 
 thodre  also  y  they  maye  go  their  waye,  j  be 
 obedict  vnto  the,  sayege :  lo,  here  are  we  ? 
 Who  geueth  sure  wisdome,  or  stedfast  vnder 
 stodinge  ?  who  nombreth  the  cloudes  in  wis- 
 dome ?  who  stilleth  y  vehement  waters  of  the 
 heaue  ?  who  tumeth  the  clottes  to  dust,  (j  the 
 to  be  clottes  agayne?  Huntest  thou  the  praye 
 fro  the  Lyon,  or  fedest  thou  his  whelpes  lyege 
 in  their  denes  (j  lurkinge  in  their  couches? 
 who  prouydeth  meate  for  the  rauen,  whe  his 
 yonge  ones  crie  vnto  God,  ad  fie  aboute  for 
 want  of  meate  ? 
 
 Cljc  nyiy.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 KNOWEST  thou  the  tyme  when  the  wilde 
 gotes  brige  forth  their  yoge  amoge  the 
 stony  rockes  ?  Or  layest  thou  wayte  when  the 
 hindes  vse  to  fawne  ?  Rekenest  thou  the 
 monethes  after  they  ingendre,  y  thou  knowest 
 the  tyme  of  their  bearinge?  Or  when  they 
 lye  downe,  when  they  cast  their  yonge  ones,  5 
 when  they  are  delyuered  off  their  trauayle  j 
 pa)Tie  ?  How  their  yoge  ones  growe  vp  5  waxe 
 greate  thorow  good  fedinge  ?  who  letteth  the 
 wilde  asse  go  fre,  or  who  lowseth  the  bodes  of 
 the  Moole  ?  Vnto  who  I  haue  geuen  the 
 wyldernes  to  be  their  house,  (i  the  vntilled 
 londe  to  be  their  dwellinge  place.  That  they 
 maye  geue  no  force  for  the  multitude  off 
 people  in  the  cities,  nether  to  regarde  the 
 crienge  of  the  dryuer  :  but  to  seke  their  pas- 
 ture aboute  the  moiitaynes,  5  to  fulowe  vpon 
 the  grene  grasse.  Wyll  the  vnicorne  be  so 
 tame  as  to  do  y  seruyce,  or  to  abyde  still  by 
 thy  cribbe  ?  Cast  thou  bynde  y  yock  aboute 
 him  in  thy  forowes,  to  make  him  plowe  after 
 the  in  y  valleis  ?  Mayest  thou  trust  hi  (be- 
 cause he  is  stroge)  or  comitte  thy  laboure 
 vnto  hi?  Mayest  thou  beleue  hi,  y  he  wil 
 brIge  home  thy  corne,  or  to  cary  eny  thinge 
 vnto  thy  barne  ?  The  Estrich  (whose  fethers 
 are  fayrer  the  y  wynges  of  the  sparow  hauke) 
 whe  he  hath  layed  his  egges  vpon  the  grounde, 
 he  bredeth  them  in  the  dust,  and  forgetteth 
 them  :  so  that  they  might  be  troden  with 
 fete,  or  broken  with  somme  wilde  beast. 
 
 So  harde  is  he  vnto  his  yong  ones,  as 
 though  they  were  not  his,  and  laboureth  in 
 vayne  without  eny  feare.     And  that  because 
 
 '  Exod.  9.  e.     losu.  10.  c. 
 65 
 
i#o.  cctcpc. 
 
 €\)t  bofee  of  3ob, 
 
 Cftap.  ]rL 
 
 God  hath  taken  wisdome  from  him,  5  hath 
 not  geuen  him  vnderstondinge.  When  his 
 tyme  is,  he  flyeth  vp  an  hye,  and  careth 
 nether  for  horse  ner  man. 
 
 Hast  thou  geuen  the  horse  is  strength,  or 
 lerned  him  to  bowe  downe  his  neck  with  feare : 
 that  he  letteth  him  self  be  dryuen  forth  like  a 
 greshopper,  where  as  the  stoute  neyenge  that 
 he  maketh,  is  fcarfull?  he  breaketh  y  grounde 
 with  the  hoffes  of  his  fete  chearfully  in  his 
 strength,  and  runneth  to  mete  the  harnest 
 men.  He  layeth  asyde  all  feare,  his  stomack 
 is  not  abated,  nether  starteth  he  a  back  for 
 eny  swerde.  Though  the  quyuers  rattle  vpon 
 him,  though  the  speare  and  shilde  glistre : 
 yet  russheth  he  in  fearsly,  and  beateth  vpon 
 the  grounde.  He  feareth  not  the  noyse  of  the 
 trompettes,  but  as  soone  as  he  heareth  the 
 shawmes  blowe,  tush  (sayeth  he)  for  he  smell- 
 eth  the  batell  afarre  of,  f  noyse,  the  captaynes 
 and  the  shoutinge. 
 
 Commeth  it  thorow  thy  wysdome,  that  the 
 goshauke  flyeth  towarde  the  south  ?  Doth  the 
 Aegle  mounte  vp  5  make  his  nest  on  hye  at 
 thy  commaundement  ?  He  abydeth  in  the 
 stony  rockes,  ad  vpon  the  hye  toppes  of  harde 
 mountaynes,  where  no  man  can  come.  From 
 thence  maye  he  beholde  his  praye,  and  loke 
 farre  aboute  with  his  eyes.  "  His  yonge  ones 
 are  fed  with  bloude,  and  where  eny  deed  body 
 lyeth,  there  is  he  immediatly. 
 
 Morouer,  God  spake  vnto  lob  and  sayde: 
 Can  he  that  stryueth  with  the  Allmightie,  be 
 at  rest  ?  Shulde  not  he  which  disputeth  with 
 God,  geue  him  an  answere  ?  lob  answered  the 
 LORDE,  sayenge  :  Beholde,  I  am  to  vyle  a 
 personne,  to  answere  the,  therfore  will  I  laye 
 my  hande  vpon  my  mouth.  Once  or  twyse 
 haue  I  spoken,  but  I  will  saye  nomore. 
 
 Ci)C  j-l.  Ci^apttv. 
 
 THEN  spake  the  LORDE  vnto  lob  out 
 of  the  storme,  and  sayde :  *gyrde  vp  thy 
 loynes  like  a  man,  and  tell  me  the  thlge  that 
 I  will  axe  the.  Wilt  thou  disanulle  my  iudg- 
 ment  ?  Or,  wilt  thou  condemne  me,  y  thou 
 thy  self  mayest  be  made  rightuous  ?  Is  thine 
 arme  then  like  the  arme  of  God?  Maketh 
 thy  voyce  soch  a  soiide  as  his  doth?  Then 
 arme  thy  self  with  thine  owne  power,  vp,  decke 
 the  in  thy  ioly  araye,  poure  out  the  indigna- 
 cion  of  thy  wrath:  se  that  thou  cast  downe 
 
 »  Mat.  24.  c.        »  lob  38.  a.        '  Esa.  27.  a.     Psal.73.  b. 
 
 all  p  proude,  loke  well,  that  thou  makest  all 
 soch  as  be  stubbunie,  to  obeye :  treade  all  the 
 vngodly  vnder  thy  fete,  cast  the  downe  in  to 
 the  myre,  and  couer  their  faces  with  darck- 
 nesse :  Then  will  I  confesse  also,  that  thyne 
 owne  right  honde  hath  saued  the. 
 
 Beholde,  the  cruell  beaste  (whom  I  made 
 with  the)  which  eateth  haye  as  an  oxe  :  lo, 
 how  stronge  he  is  in  his  loynes,  and  what 
 power  he  hath  in  the  nauell  of  his  body.  He 
 spredeth  out  his  tale  like  a  Cedre  tre,  all  his 
 vaynes  are  stiff.  His  shynnes  are  like  pipes 
 off  brasse,  his  rygge  bones  are  like  staues  of 
 yro.  First  when  God  made  him,  he  ordened 
 the  wyldernesse  for  him,  y  the  mountaynes 
 shulde  geue  him  grasse,  where  all  the  beastes 
 off  the  felde  take  their  pastyme.  He  lyeth 
 amoge  the  redes  in  the  Mosses,  the  fennes 
 hyde  him  with  their  shadowe,  and  the  wylowes 
 of  the  broke  couer  him  rounde  aboute.  Lo, 
 without  eny  laboure  might  he  drynke  out  the 
 whole  floude,  and  suppe  off  lordane  without 
 eny  trauayle.  Who  darre  laye  honde  vpon 
 him  openly,  and  vndertake  to  catch  him  ?  Or, 
 who  darre  put  an  hoke  thorow  his  nose,  ad 
 laye  a  snare  for  him  ? 
 
 Darrest  thou  drawe  out '  Leuiathan  with  an 
 angle,  or  bynde  his  tonge  with  a  snare  ?  Canst 
 thou  put  a  rynge  in  the  nose  of  him,  or  bore 
 his  chaftes  thorow  with  an  aule  ?  Wyll  he 
 make  many  fayre  wordes  with  the  (thynkest 
 thou)  or  flatre  the  ?  Wyll  he  make  a  couenaunt 
 with  the  ?  Or,  art  thou  able  for  to  compell 
 him  to  do  the  eontynuall  seruyce  ?  Wilt  thou 
 take  thy  pastjTne  with  him  as  with  a  byrde,  or 
 geue  him  vnto  thy  maydens,  that  thy  com- 
 panyons  maye  hew  him  in  peces,  to  be  parted 
 amonge  the  marchaunt  men  ?  Canst  thou  fyll 
 the  nett  with  his  skynne,  or  f  fysh  panyer 
 with  his  heade?  Darrest  thou  laye  honde 
 vpon  him?  It  is  better  for  the  to  considre 
 what  harme  might  happe  the  there  thorow  and 
 not  to  touch  him.  For  when  thou  thynkest 
 to  haue  holde  vpon  him,  he  shall  begyle  the : 
 Euery  man  also  that  seyth  him,  shall  go  backe. 
 And  why  ?  there  darre  none  be  so  bolde,  as 
 to  rayse  him  vp. 
 
 C1)E  vli-  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHO"*  is  able  to  stonde  before  me  ?    Or, 
 who  hatli  geuen  me  eny  thynge  afore 
 hande,   that  I  am  bounde   to  rewarde   him 
 
!Ci)ap,  irfij. 
 
 €\)t  bokt  of  SioI)» 
 
 #0,  mmu 
 
 agayne  ?  All  thinges  vnder  heauen  are  myne. 
 
 I  feare  him  not,  whether  he  threaten  or  speake 
 
 fayre.     Who  lifteth  him  vp  and  stripeth  him 
 
 out  of  his  clothes,  or  who  taketh  him  by  the 
 
 bytt  of  his  bryclle  ?  Who  openeth  the  dore  of 
 
 his  face?  for  he  hath  horrible  tethe   rounde 
 
 aboute.     His  body  is  couered  with  scales  as  it 
 
 were  with  shyldes,  lockte  in,  kepte,  and  well 
 
 copacte  together.    One  is  so  ioyned  to  another, 
 
 that  no  ayre  can  come  in  :  Yee  one  hangeth 
 
 so  vpon  another,  and  sticke  so  together,  that 
 
 they  can  not  be  sundered.     His  nesinge  is  like 
 
 a  glisteringe  lyre,  and  his  eyes  like  the  morn- 
 
 ynge  shyne.     Out  of  his  mouth  go  torches  and 
 
 fyre  brandes,  out  off  his  nostrels  there  goeth  a 
 
 smoke,  like  as  out  off  an  hote  seetinge  pott. 
 
 His  breth  maketh  the  coales  burne,  the  flame 
 
 goeth  out  of  his  mouth.     In  his  necke  re- 
 
 mayneth  strength,  and  before  his  face  sorowe 
 
 is  turned  to  gladnesse.     The  membres  of  his 
 
 body  are  ioyned  so  strayte  one  to  another,  and 
 
 cleue  so  fast  together,  that  he  can  not  be  moued. 
 
 His  hert  is  as  harde  as  a  stone,  ad  as  fast 
 
 as  the  stythye  that  the  hammer  man  smyteth 
 
 vpon.     When  he  goeth  :  the  mightiest  off  all 
 
 are  afrayed,    and   the    wawes  heuy.     YfF  he 
 
 drawe  out  the  swearde,  there  maye  nether 
 
 speare  ner  brest  plate  abyde  him.    He  setteth 
 
 as  moch  by  a  strawe  as  by  yro,  and  as  moch 
 
 by  a  rotten  stocke  as  by  metall.     He  starteth 
 
 not  awaye  for  him  that  bendeth  the  bowe,  5 
 
 as  for  slynge  stones,  he  careth  as  moch  for 
 
 stubble  as  for  them.     He  counteth  the  hammer 
 
 no  better  then  a  strawe,  he  laugheth  him  to 
 
 scorne  that  shaketh  the  speare.     He  treadeth 
 
 the  golde  in  the  myre  like  f  sharpe  potsherdes. 
 
 He  maketh  the  depe  to  seeth  and  boyle  like 
 
 a  pott,  and  stereth  the  see  together  like  an 
 
 oyntment.     The  waye  is  light  after  him,  the 
 
 depe  is  his  walkynge  place.     Vpon  earth  is 
 
 there  no  power  like  -iTito  his,  for  he  is  so  made, 
 
 that  he  feareth  not.     YfF  a  man  will  cosidre 
 
 all  hye  thinges,  this  same  is  a  kynge  ouer  all 
 
 the  children  off  pryde. 
 
 Wi)t  xlij.  C|)apter. 
 
 THE  lob  answered  the  LORDE,  and 
 sayde  :  "  I  knowe  that  thou  hast  power 
 of  all  thinges,  and  that  there  is  no  thought 
 hyd  vnto  the.     For  who  can  kepe  his  owne 
 
 «  Esa.  29.  c.    1  Re.  16.  b. 
 ''Matt.  19. d.     Luc.  18.  c. 
 
 '  Matt.  5.  c.        <:  Gen.  4.  a. 
 '  Pro.  10.  c.    Eccli.  11.  b. 
 
 councell  so  secrete,  but  it  shall  be  knowiie  ? 
 Therfore  haue  I  spoken  vnwysely,  seyncre 
 these  thinges  are  so  hye,  and  passe  myne 
 vnderstondinge.  O  herken  thou  vnto  me 
 also,  and  let  me  speake:  answere  me  vnto 
 the  thinge  that  I  will  axe  the.  I  haue  geuen 
 diligent  eare  vnto  the,  and  now  I  se  y  with 
 myne  eyes.  Wherfore  I  geue  myne  owne  self 
 y  blame,  and  take  repentaunce  in  the  dust  and 
 asshes. 
 
 Now  whe  the  LORDE  had  spoken  these 
 wordes  vnto  lob,  he  sayde  vnto  Eliphas  y 
 Themanite :  I  am  displeased  with  the  (j  thy 
 two  frendes,  for  ye  haue  not  spoken  the  thinge 
 y  is  right  before  me,  Hke  as  my  seruaunt  lob 
 hath  done.  Therfore  take  vij.  oxen  and  seuen 
 rammes,  and  go  to  my  seruaunt  lob,*  ofFre  vp 
 also  for  youre  selues  a  brentofFerynge,  and  let 
 my  seruaunt  lob  praye  for  you.  Him  will  I 
 accepte,  and  not  deale  with  you  after  youre 
 foolishnesse :  in  that  ye  haue  not  spoke  y  thinge 
 which  is  right,  hke  as  my  seruaunt  lob  hath  done. 
 
 So  Eliphas  the  Themanite,  Baldad  y  Su- 
 hite  and  Sophar  the  Naamathite  wete  their 
 waye,  and  did  acordynge  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  them.  The  LORDE  also  ''ac- 
 cepted the  personne  off  lob,  and  the  LORDE 
 turned  him  vnto  lob,  whe  he  prayed  for  his 
 frendes:  '*Yee  the  LORDE gaue  lob  twyse  as 
 moch  as  he  had  afore. 
 
 And  the  came  there  vnto  him  all  his  brethren, 
 all  his  sisters  with  all  them  that  had  bene  off 
 his  acquatauce  afore,  and  ate  bred  with  him  in 
 his  house,  wondringe  at  him,  ad  comfortinge 
 him  ouer  all  the  trouble,  that  the  LORDE 
 had  brought  vpon  him.  'Euery  ma  gaue  him 
 a  shepe  and  a  lewell  of  golde. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  made  lob  richer  then  he 
 was  before  :  for  he  had  xiiij.  M.  shepe,  vi.  M. 
 camels,  a  M.  yock  oxc,  and  a  M.  asses.  He 
 had  children  also:  vij.  sonnesandiij.doughters. 
 The  first  he  called  Daye,  the  seconde,  po- 
 uerte :  the  thirde,  All  plenteousnes.  In  all 
 the  londe  were  none  founde  so  fayre,  as  the 
 doughters  of  lob,  g  their  father  gaue  them 
 enheritaunce  amonge  their  brethren.  After 
 this  lyued  lob  xl.  yeares,  so  that  he  sawe  his 
 children,  g  his  childers  children  vnto  the  fourth 
 generacion.-'^  And  so  he  dyed,  beinge  olde  j 
 of  a  perfecte  age. 
 
 1.  a.  /  Gen. 50.  d.       Tob.  14.  a.       Psal.  127.  a 
 
 Cfje  eiilre  of  ti)t  hokt  of  Slob. 
 
lEI^t   ^fialter. 
 
 Cljc  first  pSalme. 
 
 O  BLESSED  is  f  man,  y  goeth  not  in  the 
 councell  of  f  vngodly :"  y  abydeth  not 
 in  the  waye  off  synners,  s  sytteth  not  in  f 
 seate  of  the  scornefull.  But  delyteth  in  the 
 lawe  of  y  LORDE,  *5  exercyseth  himself  in 
 his  lawe  both  daye  and  night.  Soch  a  mil  is 
 like  a  tre  plated  by  y  water  syde,  'y  brigeth 
 forth  his  frute  in  due  Season. 
 
 His  leeues  shal  not  fall  o&i  ad  loke  what 
 soeuer  he  doth,  it  shal  prospere.  As  for  the 
 vngodly,  it  is  not  so  with  them  :  but  they  are 
 like  the  dust,''  which  f  wynde  seatereth  awaye 
 from  of  the  grounde.  Therfore  the  vngodly 
 shall  not  be  able  to  stonde  in  the  iudgmet, 
 'nether  the  synners  in  the  congregacion  off  the 
 rightuous.  For  the  LORDE  aloweth  f  waye 
 of  the  rightuous,  but  the  waye  of  the  vngodly 
 shal  perishe. 
 
 Wi)t  ij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 WHY  do  the  Heithe  grudge  ?■''  why  do 
 the  people  ymagyn  vayne  thinges? 
 The  kynges  of  the  earth  stode  vp,  and  the 
 rulers  are  come  together,  agaynst  the  LORDE 
 ad  agaynst  his  ano)Tited.  Let  vs  breake  their 
 bondes  a  sunder,  and  cast  a  waye  their  yocke 
 from  vs.  Neuerthelesse,  he  that  dwelleth  in 
 heauen,  shalF  laugh  the  to  scorne :  yee  euen 
 the  LORDE  himselff  shall  haue  them  in  de- 
 rision. Then  shal  he  speake  vnto  them  in  his 
 wrath,  and  vexe  them  in  his  sore  displeasure. 
 Yet  haue  I  set  my  kynge  vpon  my  holy  hill 
 of  Sion.  As  for  me  I  will  preach  the  lawe, 
 wherof  the  LORDE  hath  sayde  vnto  me: 
 Thou  art  my  sonne,''  this  daye  haue  I  begotten 
 the.  Desyre  off  me,  and  I  shall  geue  the  the 
 Heithen  for  thine  enheritaunce,  Yee  the  vtte- 
 most  partes  of  the  worlde '  for  thy  possession. 
 Thou  shalt  rule  them  with  a  rodde  of  yron,' 
 and  breake  the  in  paces  like  an  erthen  vessell. 
 
 ■■  Esa.  8.  c.  19.   c.       I'sal.  32.  b.  >  Pro.  2.  3. 
 
 '  lere.  17.  b.        ■'  Pro.  10.  c.    Esa.  29.  b.        '  Esa.26.  b. 
 /Act.  4.0.      Psal.  70.  a.  and  82.  a.  «  Pro.  1.  c. 
 
 Be  wyse  now  therfore  (o  ye  kynges)  be  warned, 
 ye  that  are  iudges  of  the  earth.  Serue  the 
 LORDE  with  feare,  and  reioyse  before  him 
 with  reuerence.  Kysse  the  sonne,  lest  the 
 LORDE  be  angrie,  and  so  ye  perish  from  the 
 right  waye.  For  his  wrath  shalbe  kindled 
 shortly:'  blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their 
 trust  in  him. 
 
 Ci^t  iij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 WHY  are  they  so  many  (o  LORDE)  y 
 trouble  me  ?  a  greate  multitude  are 
 they,  that  ryse  agaynst  me.  Yee  many  one 
 there  be  that  saye  off  my  soule  :  there  is  no 
 helpe  for  him  in  God.  Sela.  But  thou  (o 
 LORDE)  art  my  defender,  my  worshipe,  ad 
 the  lifter  vp  of  my  heade.  I  call  vpon  the 
 LORDE  with  my  voyce,  and  he  heareth  me 
 out  of  his  holy  hill.  Sela.  I  layed  me  downe 
 and  slepte,  but  I  rose  vp  agayne,  for  the 
 LORDE  susteyTied  me.  I  am  not  afrayed 
 for  thousandes  of  the  people,  that  copasse  me 
 rounde  aboute.  Vp  LORDE,  and  helpe  me, 
 o  my  God :  for  thou  smytest  all  mjTie  ene- 
 mies vpon  the  cheke  bones,  and  breakest  the 
 teth  of  the  vngodly.  Helpe  belongeth  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  therfore  let  thy  blessynge  be 
 vpon  thy  people. 
 
 Cijt  titj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  me  whe  I  cal,  o  God  of  my 
 rightuousnes,  thou  that  comfortest  me 
 in  my  trouble :  haue  mercy  vpon  me,  and 
 herken  vnto  my  prayer.  O  ye  sonnes  off 
 men :  how  longe  will  ye  blaspheme  myne 
 honoure?  why  haue  ye  soch  pleasure  in 
 vanyte,  d  seke  after  lyes  ?  Sela.  Knowe  this, 
 that  the  LORDE  dealeth  maruelously  with  his 
 saynte :  and  when  I  call  vpon  the  LORDE, 
 he  heareth  me.  "Be  angrie,  but  synne  not: 
 como  with  youre  owne  hertes  vpo  youre  beddes, 
 S  remebre  youre  selues.   Sela.     Offre  y  sacri- 
 
 '•  Heb.  1.  d.  b.  h. 
 »  Apo.  2.  d.  19.  c. 
 "■  Ephe.  4.  c. 
 
 .let.   13.   d. 
 Esa.  36.  c. 
 
 Psal.  81.  a. 
 '  lere.  17.  b. 
 
psalmt  bi). 
 
 Wl)t  pEialtfr, 
 
 jTo.  cacj:n'ij. 
 
 fice  of  rightuousnes,  5  put  youre  trust  in  ^ 
 LORDE.  There  be  many  y  saye  :  who  wil 
 do  vs  eny  good?  where  as  thou  (o  LORDE) 
 hast  shewed  vs  the  light  of  thy  countenauce. 
 Thou  reioysest  myne  herte,  though  their  en- 
 creace  be  greate  both  in  come  5  wyne.  Ther- 
 fore  wil  I  laye  me  downe  in  peace,  5  take  my 
 rest :  for  thou  LORDE  only  settest  me  in  a 
 sure  dwellynge. 
 
 Ojt  6.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  my  wordes  (0  LORDE)  con- 
 sidre  my  callynge.  O  marke  the  voyce 
 of  my  petieion,  my  kynge  5  my  God  :  for 
 vnto  the  wil  I  make  my  praver.  Heare  my 
 voyce  by  tymes  (o  LORDE)  for  "early  in  the 
 morninge  wil  I  gett  me  vnto  the,  yee  a  y  with 
 diligece.  For  thou  art  not  the  God  y  hath 
 pleasure  in  wickednesse,  there  maye  no  vn- 
 godly  personne  dvvel  with  the.  Soch  as  be 
 cruell  maye  not  stonde  in  thy  sight,  thou  art 
 an  enemie  vnto  all  wicked  doers. 
 
 Thou  destroyest  the  lyers :  the  LORDE 
 abhorreth  the  bloude  thurstie  and  disceatfull. 
 But  as  for  me,  'I  wil  come  in  to  thy  house, 
 euen  vpon  the  multitude  of  thy  mercy  :  ad  in 
 thy  feare  wyll  I  worshipe  towarde  thy  holy 
 teple.  Lede  me  (o  LORDE)  in  thy  right 
 uousnesse,  because  of  myne  enemyes,  ad  make 
 thy  waye  playne  before  me.  For  there  is  no 
 faithfirinesse  in  their  mouthes :  they  dyssem- 
 ble  in  their  hertes :  their  throte  is  an  open 
 sepulchre :  with  their  tonges  they  disceaue. 
 Punysh  them  (0  God)  that  they  maye  perish 
 in  their  owne  ymaginacions :  cast  them  out 
 because  of  the  multitude  of  their  vngodlinesse, 
 for  they  rebell  agaynst  the.  Agayne,  let  all 
 them  that  put  their  trust  in  the,  reioyse  :  ye 
 let  them  euer  be  geuynge  of  thankes,  because 
 thou  defendest  them  :  that  they  which  loue 
 thy  name,  maye  be  ioyfull  in  the.  For  thou 
 LORDE  geuest  thy  blessinge  vnto  the  right 
 uous  :  and  with  thy  fauorable  kyndnes  thou 
 defendest  him,  as  with  a  shylde. 
 
 Cf)e  bt.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 OH  LORDE,  rebuke  me  not  in  thine 
 anger  •/  Oh  chaste  me  not  in  thy  heuy 
 displeasure.  Haue  mercy  vpon  me  (o  LORDE) 
 for  I  am  weake :  o,  LORDE  heale  me,  for  all 
 my  bones  are  vexed.     My  soule  also  is  in 
 
 ■■  Sap.  14.  b.    Pro.  3.  d.       "  Psal.  137.  a. 
 30.  b.      Psal.  37.  a.        •>  Matt.  7.  b.  25.  d. 
 
 ■  lere.  10.  d. 
 Luc.  13.  c. 
 
 o 
 
 greate  trouble,  but  LORDE  how  longe? 
 Turne  the  (o  LORDE)  %  delyuer  my  soule : 
 Oh  saue  me,  for  thy  mercies  sake.  For  in 
 death  no  man  remebreth  the  :  Oh  who  wil 
 geue  the  thankes  in  the  hell?  I  am  weery  of 
 gronynge  :  Euery  night  wasshe  I  my  bedde, 
 5  water  my  couche  with  my  teares.  My  cou- 
 tenauce  is  chaunged  for  very  inwarde  grefe,  I 
 c5sume  awaye,  I  haue  so  many  enemies. 
 ''Awaye  fro  me  all  ye  wicked  doers,  for  the 
 LORDE  hath  herde  the  voyce  off  my  wepinge 
 The  LORDE  hath  herde  myne  humble  peti- 
 cio,  the  LORDE  hath  receaued  my  prayer, 
 All  myne  enemies  shalbe  cofounded  s  sore 
 vexed :  yee  they  shalbe  turned  backe  and  put 
 to  shame,  and  that  right  soone. 
 
 Wi)t  bi).  A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 LORDE  my  God,  in  y  do  1  trust 
 _  saue  me  fro  all  the  y  persecute  me,  '( 
 delyuer  me.  Lest  he  hantch  vp  my  soule 
 like  a  lyon,  (t  teare  it  in  peces,  whyle  there  is 
 none  to  helpe.  O  LORDE  my  God,  yfF  I 
 haue  done  eny  soch  thinge  :  yf  there  be  eny 
 vnrightuousnes  in  my  hades  :  Yff  I  haue  re 
 warded  eueU  vnto  the  y  dealt  frendly  with  me 
 or  hurte  the  y  without  eny  cause  are  myne 
 enemies:  Then  let  myne  enemie  persecute 
 my  soule,  j  take  me  :  yee  let  hi  treade  my 
 life  downe  in  the  earth,  (i  laye  myne  honoure 
 in  the  dust.  Sela.  Stode  vp  (o  LORDE)  in 
 thy  wrath,  lift  vp  thyself  ouer  the  furious 
 indignacio  of  myne  enemies :  aryse  vp  (for 
 me)  in  the  vengeaunce  that  thou  hast  pro- 
 mysed.  •'^That  the  congregacion  of  the  peo- 
 ple maye  come  aboute  the,  for  their  sakes 
 therfore  lift  vp  thyselff  agayne.  The  LORDE 
 is  iudge  ouer  the  people:  Auenge  me  then 
 (o  LORDE)  acordinge  to  my  rightuousnes  j 
 innocency.  Oh  let  the  wickednes  of  the  vn- 
 godly  come  to  an  ende  :  but  manteyne  the 
 iust,  thou  rightuous  God,  y  triest  the  very 
 hertes  ct  the  reynes.  My  helpe  cometh  of 
 God,  « which  preserueth  them  y  are  true  of 
 herte.  God  is  a  rightuous  iudge,  g  God  is 
 euer  threateninge.  Yf  men  wil  not  turne,  he 
 hath  whet  his  swearde :  he  hath  bent  his  bowe 
 5  made  it  ready.  He  hath  prepayred  him  the 
 weapens  of  death,  (j  ordened  his  arowes  to 
 destroye.  ''  Beholde,  he  trauayleth  with  mys- 
 chefe,  he  hath  coceaued  vnhappynesse,  and 
 
 '  2  Re.  19.  24.  26.  /  Deu.  32.  e.  t  Deu.  10.  d. 
 
 *  lob  15.  d.    Esa.  59.  a. 
 
jTo.  rtcrrriiij. 
 
 mn  psnittn 
 
 ^salme  bii).: 
 
 brought  forth  a  lye.  "He  hath  grauen  and 
 dyggcd  vp  a  pytte,  but  he  shal  fall  himself  in 
 to  f  pytte  y  he  hath  made.  '  For  his  vnhap- 
 pynes  shall  come  vpon  his  owne  heade,  5  his 
 wickednes  shall  fall  vpon  his  owne  pate.  As 
 for  me,  I  will  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE 
 for  his  rightuousnes  sake,  and  wil  prayse  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  the  most  hyest 
 
 CJ)e  biij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 O  LORDE  oure  gouemoure:  how  won- 
 derfull  is  thy  name  in  all  the  worlde  ? 
 how  excellent  is  thy  glory  aboue  the  heauens  ? 
 '  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  very  babes  (j  suck- 
 linges  thou  hast  ordened  prayse,  because  of 
 thine  enemies,  y  thou  mightest  destroye  the 
 enemie  and  the  auenger.  For  I  considre  thy 
 heauens,  euen  the  worke  off  thy  fyngers :  the 
 Moone  and  the  starres  which  thou  hast  made. 
 Oh  what  is  man,  y  thou  art  so  myndfull  of 
 him  ?  ether  the  sonne  of  ma  that  thou  visitest 
 him  ?  ''After  thou  haddest  for  a  season  made 
 him  lower  the  the  angels,  thou  crownedest 
 him  with  honoure  5  glory.  ^Thou  hast  set 
 him  aboue  the  workes  off  thy  hondes :  thou 
 hast  put  all  thinges  in  subieccion  vnder  his 
 fete.  All  shepe  and  oxen,  yee  and  the  beastes 
 of  the  felde.  The  foules  of  the  ayre :  the  fysh 
 of  the  see,  and  what  so  waUceth  thorow  the 
 wayes  of  the  see.  O  LORDE  oure  gouer- 
 noure,  how  wonderful!  is  thy  name  in  all  the 
 worlde  ? 
 
 Cf)t  t^.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 I  WIL  geue  thakes  vnto  the  (o  LORDE) 
 with  my  whole  herte,  ^  I  wil  speake  of  all 
 thy  maruelous  workes.  I  wil  be  glad  j  reioyse 
 in  the,  yee  my  songes  wil  I  make  of  thy  name, 
 o  thou  most  hyest.  Because  thou  hast  dryue 
 myne  enemies  abacke,  they  were  discofited,  5 
 perished  at  thy  presence.  For  thou  hast 
 manteyned  my  right  and  my  cause :  thou  syt- 
 test  in  the  Trone  that  art  the  true  iudge. 
 Thou  rebukest  the  Heithen,  and  destroyest 
 the  vngodly,  thou  puttest  out  their  name  for 
 euer  and  euer.  The  enemies  swerdes  are 
 come  to  an  ende,  thou  hast  ouerthrowen  their 
 cities,  their  memoriall  is  perished  with  the. 
 But  f  LORDE  endureth  for  euer,  he  hath 
 prepared  his  seate  vnto  iudgmet.  He  gouem- 
 eth  f  worlde  with  rightuousnes  5  ministreth 
 
 •Ecclj.27.e.   Hest.T.b.      >Psal.l39.  b.      'Matt.  21. b. 
 ''  Psal.  143.  a.   Heb.  2.  b. 
 
 true  iudgmet  vnto  the  people.  The  LORDE 
 is  a  defence  for  the  poore,  a  defence  in  the 
 tyme  of  trouble.  Therfore  they  y  knowe  thy 
 name,  put  their  trust  in  f :  for  thou  (LORDE) 
 neuer  faylest  the,  that  seke  the.  'O  prayse 
 the  LORDE,  which  dwelleth  in  Sion,  shewe 
 y^  people  of  his  doinges.  And  why  ?  he 
 maketh  inquysicion  for  their  bloude,  and  re- 
 merabreth  them  :  *  he  forgetteth  not  the  com- 
 playTite  of  the  poore.  Haue  mercy  vpo  me 
 (o  LORDE)  considre  the  trouble  that  I  am 
 in  amoge  myne  enemies,  thou  that  liftest  me 
 vp  from  y  gates  of  death.  That  I  maye  shewe 
 all  thy  prayses  within  the  portes  off  the  dough- 
 ter  Sion,  and  reioyse  in  thy  sauynge  health. 
 As  for  the  Heithen,  they  are  suncke  downe  in 
 the  pytte  that  they  made  :  in  the  same  nette 
 which  they  spred  out  priuely,  is  their  owne 
 fote  take.  Thus  f  LORDE  is  knowne  to 
 execute  true  iudgment,  whe  the  vngodly  is 
 trapped  in  the  workes  of  his  owne  handes. 
 Sela.  The  wicked  must  be  turned  vnto  hell, 
 and  all  the  Heithen  y  forget  God.  But  the 
 poore  shal  not  allwaye  be  out  of  remem- 
 braunce,  the  paciet  abydinge  of  soch  as  be 
 in  trouble  shall  not  perish  for  euer.  Vp 
 LORDE,  let  not  man  haue  the  vpper  hade, 
 let  the  Heithe  be  codemned  before  the.  O 
 LORDE,  set  a  scolemaster  ouer  the,  that  the 
 Heithe  maye  knowe  them  selues  to  be  but 
 me.     Sela. 
 
 Here  the  Hebrues  begynne  the  x.  psalme. 
 
 WHY  art  thou  gone  so  farre  of,  o 
 LORDE?  wilt  thou  hyde  thyselff  in 
 tyme  of  trouble  ?  Whyle  y^  vngodly  hath  the 
 ouer  hande,  the  poore  must  suflre  persecucion : 
 O  that  they  were  taken  in  the  ymaginacions 
 which  they  go  aboute.  For  the  %Tigodly 
 maketh  boost  of  his  owne  hertes  desyre,  the 
 cuvetous  blesseth  him  self,  and  blasphemeth 
 the  LORDE.  The  vngodly  is  so  proude 
 and  fuU  of  indignacio,  that  he  careth  not: 
 nether  is  God  before  his  eyes.  His  wayes  are 
 allwaye  filthie,  thy  iudgmentes  are  farre  out 
 of  his  sight,  he  defyeth  all  his  enemies.  For 
 he  sayeth  in  his  herte  :  Tush,  I  shal  neuer  be 
 cast  downe,  there  shal  no  harme  happe  vnto 
 me.  His  mouth  is  fuU  of  cursynge,  fraude 
 and  disceate :  vnder  his  toge  is  trauayle  5 
 sorow.     He  sytteth  lurkynge  in  the  gardens, 
 
 '  Gen.  1.  d.   Ephe.  I.e.       /  Psal.  110.  a.  and  137.  a. 
 5  Deu.  4.  e.   Psal.  75.  a.      *  Psal.  21.  c. 
 
^£{alnw  nij. 
 
 €\)t  pgalter. 
 
 fo,  tcajicb. 
 
 dF 
 
 that  he  maye  pryuely  murthur  the  innocent, 
 his  eyes  are  set  vpo  the  poore.  He  lyeth 
 waytinge  secretly,  as  it  were  a  lyon  in  his 
 denne.  He  lurketh  that  he  maye  rauysh  the 
 poore,  yee  to  rauish  the  poore,  when  he  hath 
 gotten  him  in  to  his  nett.  Then  smyteth  he, 
 then  oppresseth  he  5  casteth  downe  the  poore 
 with  his  auctorite.  For  he  sayeth  in  his 
 herte:  Tush,  God  hath  forgotten,  he  hath 
 turned  a  waye  his  face,  so  y  he  will  neuer  se 
 it.  Aryse  o  LORDE  God,  Uft  vp  thine 
 honde,  and  forget  not  the  poore.  Wherfore 
 shulde  the  wicked  blaspheme  God,  and  saye 
 in  his  herte:  Tush,  he  careth  not  for  it? 
 This  thou  seist,  for  thou  considrest  the  mysery 
 and  sorowe  :  The  poore  geueth  himselff  ouer 
 in  to  thy  hande,  and  committeth  him  vnto 
 the,  for  thou  art  the  helper  of  the  frendlesse. 
 Breake  thou  f  arme  off  the  vngodly  and 
 malycious,  search  out  the  wickednesse  which 
 he  hath  done,  that  he  maye  perish.  The 
 LORDE  is  kynge  for  euer,  ye  Heithen  shal 
 perish  out  off  his  londe.  LORDE,  thou  hearest 
 the  desyrous  longinge  off  the  poore:  their  herte 
 is  sure,  that  thine  eare  herkeneth  therto.  Helpe 
 the  fatherlesse  and  poore  vnto  their  right,  that 
 the  vngodly  be  nomore  exalted  vpon  earth, 
 
 Ci^e  y.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 IN  the  LORDE  put  I  my  trust :  how  will 
 ye  then  saye  to  my  soule :  that  she  shulde 
 fle  as  a  byrde  vpon  youre  hiU  ?  For  lo,  the 
 vngodly  haue  bet  their  bowe,  and  made  redy 
 their  arowes  in  the  quyxier :  "that  they  maye 
 priuely  shute  at  them,  which  are  true  of 
 herte.  The  very  foundacion  haue  they  cast 
 downe,  what  ca  the  rightuous  the  do  withall  ? 
 But  the  LORDE  is  in  his  holy  temple,  the 
 LORDE S  seate  is  in  heauen  :  *He  cosidereth 
 it  with  his  eyes,  "his  eye  lyddes  beholde  the 
 children  of  men.  The  LORDE  seith  both 
 the  rightuous  and  vngodly,  but  who  so  de- 
 liteth  in  wickednes,  him  his  soule  abhorreth. 
 Vpon  the  vngodly  he  shal  rayne  snares,  fyre, 
 brymstone,  storme  and  tempest :  this  rewarde 
 shal  they  haue  to  dryoike.  For  the  LORDE 
 is  rightuous,  ad  he  loueth  rightuousnes,  his 
 countenaunce  beholdeth  the  thige  y  is  iust. 
 
 Cl^e  ^•t.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 ELPE  LORDE,  for  there  is  not  one 
 saynte  more :   very  fewe  faithfull  are 
 
 26.  c.      "  Aba.  2.  c.      "■  Esa.  66.  a.      ■*  Psal.  118.  c. 
 
 H 
 
 there  amonge  the  children  off  men.  Euery 
 man  telleth  lyes  to  his  neghboure,  they  do  but 
 flater  with  their  lippes  and  dissemble  in  their 
 herte.  O  that  the  LORDE  wolde  rote  out 
 all  disceatfuU  lippes,  ad  the  tonge  that  speak- 
 eth  proude  thinges.  Which  saye  :  Oure  toge 
 shulde  preuayle :  we  are  they  that  ought  to 
 speake,  who  is  lorde  ouer  vs  ?  Now  for  the 
 troubles  sake  off  the  oppressed,  g  because  of 
 the  complaynte  of  the  poore,  I  wil  vp  (sayeth 
 the  LORDE)  I  wil  helpe  the,  and  set  the  at 
 rest.  The  wordes  of  the  LORDE  are  pure 
 wordes :  ''eue  as  y  syluer,  which  from  earth  is 
 tried  and  purified  vij.  tymes  in  the  fyre.  Kepe 
 the  therfore  (o  LORDE)  and  preserue  vs  fro 
 this  generacion  for  euer.  And  why  ?  when 
 vanite  and  ydylnes  getteth  the  ouer  hande 
 amonge  the  children  of  men,  all  are  full  of  y 
 vngodly. 
 
 Clje  vij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HOW  longe  wilt  thou  forget  me,  o 
 LORDE?  for  euer?  how  longe  wilt 
 thou  hyde  thy  face  fro  me  ?  Oh  how  loge 
 shall  I  seke  councell  in  my  soule  ?  how  longe 
 shall  I  be  so  vexed  in  my  herte  ?  how  longe 
 shal  myne  enemie  triumphe  ouer  me  ?  Con- 
 sidre,  ad  heare  me,  o  LORDE  my  God 
 lighten  myne  eyes,  that  I  slepe  not  in  death 
 Lest  myne  enemie  saye:  I  haue  preuayled 
 agaynst  hi,  for  yf  I  be  cast  downe,  they  that 
 trouble  me  will  reioyse  at  it. 
 
 But  my  trust  is  in  thy  mercy,  and  my  hert 
 is  ioyfull  in  thy  sauynge  health.  I  wil  synge 
 of  the  LORDE,  that  dealeth  so  louyngly 
 with  me.  (Yee  I  wil  prayse  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  the  most  hyest.) 
 
 Cl)e  jrttj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  foolish  bodyes  saye  in  their  hertes  : 
 '  Tush,  there  is  no  God.  They  are 
 corrupte,  ad  become  abhominable  in  their 
 doynges,  there  is  not  one  y  doth  good.  ■'^The 
 LORDE  loked  downe  ir5  heaue  vpo  the 
 children  of  men,  to  se  yf  there  were  eny,  that 
 wolde  vnderstonde  a  seke  after  God.  But 
 they  are  all  gone  out  of  the  waye,  they  are 
 alltogether  become  vnprofitable :  there  is 
 none  that  doth  good,  no  not  one.  ^Thei 
 throte  is  an  open  sepulcre,  with  their  tonges 
 they  haue  disceaued,  the  poyson  of  Aspes  is 
 
 <  Psal.  52.  a.      /  Gen.  11.  b.  18.  c.      «  Rom.  3.  b. 
 
fo*  mtfthi. 
 
 Ci)t  ^galttn 
 
 vnder  their  lippes.*  Their  mouth  is  full  of 
 cursinge  and  bytternes,  their  fete  are  swift  to 
 shed  bloude.*  Destruecion  5  wretchednes 
 are  in  their  wayes,  ad  the  waye  of  peace  haue 
 they  not  knowne :  there  is  no  feare  off  God 
 before  their  eyes.*  How  can  they  haue  vnder- 
 stondinge,  y  worke  myschefe,  eatinge  vp  my 
 people,  as  it  were  bred,  a  call  not  vpo  y 
 LORDE  ? 
 
 Therfore  shal  they  be  brought  in  greate 
 feare,  for  God  stondeth  by  the  generacion  of 
 the  rightuous.  As  for  you,  ye  haue  made  a 
 mocke  at  the  coucell  of  the  poore,  because  he 
 putteth  his  trust  in  the  LORDE.  "  Oh  y  the 
 sauynge  health  were  geuen  vnto  Israel  out  off 
 Sion.  Oh  that  the  LORDE  wolde  delyuer 
 his  people  out  of  captiuyte.  The  shulde  lacob 
 reioyse,  and  Israel  shulde  be  right  glad. 
 
 Cf)£  viiij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 LORDE,  who  shall  dwell  in  thy  taber- 
 nacle ?  *  who  shal  rest  vpo  thy  holy  hill " 
 Euen  he  y  ledeth  an  vncorrupte  life :  that 
 doth  the  thinge  which  is  right,  ad  that  speak- 
 eth  the  treuth  from  his  herte.  He  y  vseth  no 
 disceat  in  his  tonge  :  he  that  doth  no  euell  to 
 his  neghboure,  (j  slaundreth  not  his  neghbours. 
 He  y  setteth  not  by  the  vngodly  but  maketh 
 moch  of  the  that  feare  the  LORDE:  he  y 
 sweareth  vnto  his  neghboure  g  dispoyntetn 
 him  not.  '  He  that  geueth  not  his  money 
 vpon  vsury,  and  taketh  no  rewarde  agaynst 
 the  innocet.  Who  so  doth  these  thiges,  shal 
 neuer  be  remoued. 
 
 %i)t  )rb.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 PRESERUE  me  (o  God)  for  in  the  do  I 
 trust.  I  haue  sayde  vnto  y  LORDE  : 
 thou  art  n>y  God,  my  goodes  are  nothinge 
 vnto  the.  AH  my  delyte  is  vpon  the  sanctes 
 that  are  in  the  earth,  and  vpon  soch  like.  But 
 they  y  runne  after  another,  shall  haue  greate 
 trouble.  Their  drynkofferynges  of  bloude  wil 
 not  I  offre,  nether  make  mencion  of  their 
 name  in  my  mouth.  ''The  LORDE  himself 
 is  my  good  and  my  porcion,  thou  manteynest 
 my  enheritauce.  The  lott  is  fallen  vnto  me 
 in  a  fayre  grounde,  yee  I  haue  a  goodly 
 heretage.  I  wil  thanke  the  LORDE  for 
 geuynge  me  warnynge :  my  reynes  also  haue 
 
 •  Tliese  thre  verses  are  not  in  the  Hebrue.  "  Esa. 
 
 59.  c.    Rom.  n.d.  »Esii.  33.  b.    Psal.  23.  a.    Matt. 
 
 19.  c.     Iloh.l.b.  '  Kze.  18.  a.  ""Tren.S.  c. 
 
 psalme  vinj. 
 
 chastened  me  in  the  night  season.  Afore 
 honde  sawe  I  God  allwayes  before  me,  "for 
 he  is  on  my  right  honde,  that  I  shulde  not 
 be  moued. 
 
 ■'Therfore  dyd  my  hert  reioyce,  j  my  tunge 
 was  glad,  my  flesh  also  shall  rest  in  hope. 
 For  why?  thou  shalt  not  leaue  my  soule  in 
 hell,  ?  nether  shalt  thou  suSre  thy  saynte  to  se 
 corrupcion.  Thou  hast  shewed  me  the  wayes 
 off  Hfe :  thou  shalt  make  me  full  of  ioye  with 
 thy  countenaunce.  At  thy  right  hande  there 
 is  pleasure  and  ioye  for  euermore. 
 
 Wi)t  jbi.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  f  right  (O  LORDE) ''  cosidre 
 my  coplaynte  :  herken  vnto  my  prayer, 
 that  goeth  not  out  of  a  fayned  mouth.  Let 
 my  sentence  come  forth  fro  thy  presence,  and 
 loke  vpon  the  thinge  that  is  equall.  '  Thou 
 hast  proued  d  visited  myne  herte  in  the  night 
 season :  thou  hast  tried  me  in  the  fyre,  5  hast 
 founde  no  wickednes  in  me  :  for  I  vtterly  pur- 
 posed, that  my  mouth  shulde  not  offende, 
 Because  of  the  wordes  of  thy  lippes,  I  haue 
 kepte  me  fro  the  workes  of  men,  in  f  waye 
 off  the  murthurer.  Oh  ordre  thou  my  goynges 
 in  thy  pathes,  that  my  fote  steppes  slippe  not, 
 For  vnto  the  I  crie,  heare  me  o  God :  enclyne 
 thine  eares  to  me,  and  herke  vnto  my  wordes. 
 Shewe  thy  maruelous  louinge  kindnesse,  thou 
 that  sauest  them  which  put  their  trust  in  the. 
 from  soch  as  resist  thy  right  honde.  Kepe  me 
 as  the  apple  of  an  eye,  defende  me  vnder  the 
 shadowe  of  thy  wynges.*  From  the  vngodly 
 that  trouble  me,  fro  myne  enemies  which 
 compasse  my  soule  rounde  aboute. 
 
 Which  manteyne  their  owne  welthynesse 
 with  oppression,  (t  their  mouth  speaketh  proude 
 thinges.  They  lye  waytinge  in  cure  waye  on 
 euery  syde,  turnynge  their  eyes  downe  to  the 
 grounde.  Like  as  a  lyon  that  is  gredy  of  his 
 pray,  5  as  it  were  a  lyons  whelpe  lurckynge  in 
 his  denne.  Vp  LORDE,  dispoynte  him  5 
 cast  him  downe  :  delyuer  my  soule  with  thy 
 swerde  from  the  vngodly.  Fro  the  men  of 
 thy  honde  (o  LORDE)  from  the  men  off  the 
 worlde,  which  haue  their  porcion  in  this  life : 
 whose  belies  thou  fyllest  with  thy  treasure. 
 
 They  haue  children  at  their  desyre,  and  leaue 
 the  reste  of  their  substaiice  for  their  babes. 
 
 Pro.  3.  c 
 Pro.  17. 
 
 /  Act.  2.  c.      ?Act.  13.  d. 
 '  Zac.  2.  b.     Matt.  23.  e. 
 
 Ephe.  6.  b. 
 
^sfalme  xhiU 
 
 €l)t  psalter. 
 
 jTo.  tcttvttiU 
 
 But  as  for  me,  I  will  beholde  thy  presence 
 in  rightuousnes  :  and  when  thy  glory  appear- 
 eth,  I  shal  be  satisfied. 
 
 Cljc  ybtj.      A  psalme  of  Dauid  when  he  was 
 delyuered  from  the  honde  off  Saul. 
 
 IWIL  loue  the  (o  LORDE)  my  stregth. 
 The  LORDE  is  my  sucoure,  my  refuge, 
 my  Sauioure:  my  god,  my  helper  T  who  I 
 trust :  my  buckler,  y  home  of  my  health,  5 
 my  proteccio.     I  wil  prayse  f  LORDE  5  call 
 vpon  him,  "  so  shal  I  be  safe  fro  myne  enemies 
 The  sorowes  of  death  cSpassed   me,*  5  the 
 brokes  of  vngodlynes  made  me  afrayed.     Th 
 paynes  of  hell  came  aboute  me,  the  snares  of 
 death  toke  holde  vpo  me.     Yet  in  my  trouble 
 I  called  vpo  the  LORDE,  5  coplayned  vnto 
 my  God.     So  he  herde  my  voyce  out  off  his 
 holy  teple,  5  my  coplaynte  came  before  hi, 
 yee   eue   in   to   his  eares.     '  The  the  earth 
 trembled  5  quaked,  the  very  foiidacios  of  the 
 hilles  shoke  5  were  remoued,  because  he  was 
 wrothe.     There  wete  a  smoke  out  of  his  nos- 
 trels,  ad  a  cosumynge  fyre  out  of  his  mouth, 
 so  y  coales  were  kyndled  at  it.     He  bowed 
 the  heaues  j  came  downe,  5  it  was  darcke 
 vnder  his  fete.     He  rode  vpo  the  Cherubins  5 
 dyd  fle  :  he  came  flyenge  with  the  ^vynges  of 
 the  wynde.   He  made  darcknesse  his  pauylion 
 rounde  aboute  hi,  with  darcke  water  5  thicke 
 cloudes  to  couer  him.     At  the  brightnes  off 
 his  presence  the  cloudes  remoued,  with  hale 
 stones  (s  coales  of  fyre.     The  LORDE  also 
 thondred  out  of  y  heaue,  5  the  heyth  gaue  his 
 thondre  with  hale  stones  j  coales  of  fyre.    He 
 sent   out  his  arowes  5  scatred   the,   he  cast 
 sore    lighteninges,    5    destroyed    the.      The 
 springes  of  waters  were  sene,  (j  the  foundaci5s 
 of  the  roiide  worlde  were  discouered  at  thy 
 chiding  (o  LORDE)  at  the  blastinge  j  breth 
 of  thy  displeasure.     He  sent  downe  fro  the 
 heyth  to  fetch  me,  s  toke  me  out  of  greate 
 waters.     He   delyuered   me    fro  my  stronge 
 enemies,   and    fro   my   foes   which   were   to 
 mightie  for  me.     They  preuented  me  in  the 
 tyme  of  my  trouble,  but  ;y^  LORDE  was  my 
 defence.     He  brought  me  forth   also   in   to 
 lyberte :  5  delyuered  me,  because  he  had  a 
 fauoure  vnto  me.  The  LORDE  shall  rewarde 
 me  after  my  rightuous  dealynge,  5  acordinge 
 to  the  clenesse  of  my  hodes  shal  he  recopense 
 
 2  Re.  22.  a. 
 ''  2  Re.  22.  d. 
 
 114.  a.  '  Matt.  27.  f.        e  Deu.  4.  f.      *  Aba.  3.  c. 
 
 '  Pro.  6.  b.  /  Psal.  18.  b.  113.  c. 
 
 me.  For  I  haue  kepte  the  wayes  of  the 
 LORDE,  (J  haue  not  behaued  myself  wickedly 
 agaynst  my  God.  I  haue  an  eye  vnto  all  his 
 lawes,  (S  cast  not  out  his  commaundemetes 
 fro  me.  Vncorrupte  will  I  be  before  hi,  5  wil 
 eschue  myne  owne  wickednes.  Therfore  shal 
 y  LORDE  rewarde  me  after  my  rightuous 
 dealinge,  5  acordinge  vnto  y  clenesse  of  my 
 hodes  in  his  eye  sight.  With  the  holy  thou 
 shalt  be  holy,  5  with  f  innocet  thou  shalt  be 
 innocet.  With  the  clene  thou  shalt  be  clene 
 ''  d  with  the  frowarde  thou  shalt  be  frowarde. 
 For  thou  shalt  saue  the  poore  oppressed,  5 
 brige  downe  the  hye  lokes  of  the  proude. 
 'Thou  lightest  my  cadle,  o  LORDE  my 
 God:  thou  makest  my  darcknesse  to  be  light. 
 For  in  the  I  can  discofit  an  boost  of  me  :  yee 
 in  my  God  I  ca  leape  ouer  the  wall. 
 
 '  The  waye  of  God  is  a  perfecte  waye  :  the 
 wordes  of  the  LORDE  are  tried  in  the  fyre  : 
 he  is  a  shylde  of  defence,  for  all  them  that 
 trust  in  him.  ?  For  who  is  God,  but  the 
 LORDE?  ''  Or,  who  hath  eny  strength,  but 
 oure  God  ?  It  is  God  that  hath  gj'rded  me 
 with  stregth  and  made  my  waye  vncorrupte. 
 He  hath  made  my  fete  like  hartes  fete,  and 
 set  me  vp  an  hye.  '  He  teacheth  myne  hondes 
 to  fight,  and  maketh  myne  armes  to  breake 
 euen  a  bowe  off  stele.  Thou  hast  geue  me 
 the  defence  of  thy  health,  thy  right  hande 
 vpholdeth  me,  and  thy  louynge  correccion 
 maketh  me  greate.  Thou  hast  made  rowme 
 ynough  vnder  me  for  to  go,  that  my  fote 
 steppes  shulde  not  slyde.  I  will  folowe  vpon 
 myne  enemies,  and  take  them :  I  will  not 
 turne  till  they  be  discomfited.  I  will  smyte 
 them,  they  shall  not  be  able  to  stonde,  but 
 fall  vnder  my  fete.  Thou  hast  gyrded  me 
 with  strength  vnto  y  batell,  thou  hast  throwe 
 them  all  downe  vnder  me,  that  rose  vp  agaynst 
 me.  Thou  hast  made  myne  enemies  to  turne 
 their  backes  vpon  me,  thou  hast  destroyed 
 the  y  hated  me.  They  cried,  but  there  was 
 none  to  helpe  the :  *  yee  euen  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  but  he  herde  the  not.  I  will  beate 
 them  as  small  as  the  dust  before  the  wynde,  I 
 will  cast  them  out  as  ;y  claye  in  the  stretes. 
 Thou  shalt  delyuer  me  from  the  stryuinges  of 
 the  people,  thou  shalt  make  me  the  heade  of 
 the  Heithe.  A  people  whom  I  haue  not 
 knowne,  shall  serue  me. 
 
 '  Psal.  143.  a.       '  Pro.  1.  c. 
 
 IE 
 
fo,  mcvcbii). 
 
 Cf)e  ^gaiter. 
 
 ^salnw  xhiij. 
 
 As  soone  as  they  heare  of  me,  they  shall 
 obeye  me,  but  the  straunge  childre  dyssemble 
 with  me.  The  straunge  children  are  waxe 
 olde,  and  go  haltinge  out  of  their  pathes. 
 The  LORDElyueth:  ad  blessed  be  my  helper, 
 praysed  be  the  God  of  my  health.  Eue  y 
 God  which  seyth  that  I  be  auenged,  and  sub- 
 dueth  the  people  vnto  me.  It  is  he  that 
 delyuereth  me  fro  my  cruell  enemies:  thou 
 shalt  lift  me  vp  from  them  that  ryse  agaynst 
 me,  thou  shalt  ryd  me  from  the  wicked  man. 
 
 "  For  this  cause  I  wil  geue  thankes  vnto  ;y 
 (o  LOIIDE)  amonge  the  Gentiles,  and  synge 
 prayses  vnto  thy  name.  'Greate  prosperite 
 geueth  he  vnto  his  kynge,  andsheweth  louinge 
 kyndnesse  vnto  Dauid  his  anoynted,  yee  g 
 vnto  his  sede  for  euermore. 
 
 Cf)e  Vbiij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  very  heaues  declare  the  glory  off 
 God,''  ad  the  very  firmamet  sheweth  his 
 hadye  worke.  One  daye  telleth  another,  and 
 one  night  certifieth  another.  There  is  nether 
 speach  ner  laguage,  but  their  voyces  are  herde 
 amoge  the.  Their  soude  is  gone  out  in  to  all 
 londes,''  and  their  wordes  in  to  the  endes  of 
 the  worlde. 
 
 In  the  hath  he  sett  a  tabernacle  for  f  S5ne, 
 which  Cometh  forth  as  a  brydegrome  out  of 
 his  chambre,  (j  reioyseth  as  a  giaunte  to  rune 
 his  course.  It  goeth  forth  fro  the  one  ende 
 of  the  heauen,  and  runneth  aboute  vnto  the 
 same  ende  agayrie,  5  there  maye  no  ma  hyde 
 himself  fro  the  heate  therof.  The  lawe  of  the 
 LORDE  is  a  perfecte  lawe,  itquickeneth  the 
 
 ule.  'The  testimony  of  f  LORDE  is  true, 
 (S  geueth  wisdome  euen  vnto  babes.  The 
 statutes  of  the  LORDE  are  right,  g  reioyse 
 the  herte:  y  comaundemet  of  ;y  LORDE  is 
 pure,  and  geueth  light  vnto  the  eyes. 
 
 The  feare  of  the  LORDE  is  cleane,  5  en- 
 dureth  for  euer :  the  iudgrtientes  of  the 
 LORDE  are  true  and  rightuous  alltogether. 
 More  pleasunt  are  they  then  golde,  -"^yee  then 
 moch  fyne  golde  :  sweter  then  bony  j  the  bony 
 combe.  These  thy  seruaunt  kepeth,^  s  for 
 kepinge  of  them  there  is  greate  rewarde. 
 Who  can  tell,  how  oft  he  offendeth  ?  Oh 
 clese  thou  me  fro  my  secrete  fautes.  Kepe 
 thy  seruaiite  also  from  presumptuous  synnes, 
 lest  they  get  the  dominion  ouer  me :  so  shal  I 
 
 •  Ro.  15.  a.     '  2  Re.  22.  g.     '  Ro.  1.  c. 
 Psal.   17.  c.     Deu.  4.  a.     Psal.  118.  r. 
 
 ''  Ro.  10.  c. 
 Matt.    11.  c. 
 
 be  vndefyled  5  innocct  fro  the  greate  offence. 
 Yee  the  wordes  of  my  mouth  j  the  meditacio 
 of  my  herte  shalbe  acceptable  vnto  the,  o 
 LORDE,  my  helper  and  my  redemer. 
 
 TO^c  viV-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  LORDE  heare  the  in  the  tyme  off 
 trouble,  the  name  of  the  God  of  lacob 
 defende  the.  Sende  the  helpe  fro  the  Sanc- 
 tuary, 5  strength  y  out  of  Sion.  Remembre 
 all  thy  offerynges,  and  accepte  thy  brent  sacri- 
 fice. Sela.  Graunte  the  thy  hertes  desyre, 
 5  fulfill  all  thy  mynde.  We  will  reioyse  in 
 thy  health,  ft  triuphe  in  y  name  of  the  LORDE 
 oure  God:  the  LORDE  perfourme  all  thy 
 peticios.  Now  knowe  I,  that  the  LORDE 
 helpeth  his  anoynted,  and  will  heare  him  fro 
 his  holy  heauen :  mightie  is  the  helpe  of  his 
 right  hode.  Some  put  their  trust  in  charettes, 
 (J,  some  in  horses  :  but  we  wil  remebre  y  name 
 of  the  LORDE  oure  God.  They  are  brought 
 downe  and  fallen,  but  we,are  rysen  and  stonde 
 vp  right.  Saue  (LORDE)  5  helpe  vs  (o 
 kynge)  when  we  call  vpon  the. 
 
 CI)e  vr-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 LORDE,  how  ioyfull  is  the  kynge  in  thy 
 strength?  O  how  exceadinge  glad  is  he 
 of  thy  sauynge  health  ?  Thou  hast  geuen  him 
 his  hertes  desyre,  (j  hast  not  put  him  fro  the 
 request  of  his  lippes.  Sela.  For  thou  hast 
 preueted  him  with  liberall  blessinges,  5  set  a 
 crowne  of  golde  vpon  his  heade.  ''He  asked 
 life  of  the,  (j  thou  gauest  him  a  longe  life,  eue 
 for  euer  d  euer.  His  honoure  is  greate  in  thy 
 sauynge  health,  glory  and  greate  worshipe  shalt 
 thou  laye  vpon  him.  For  thou  shalt  geue 
 him  euerlastige  felicite,  5  make  him  glad  with 
 the  ioye  of  thy  coiitenauce.  And  why?  be- 
 cause the  kinge  putteth  his  trust  in  the 
 LORDE,  I  in  the  mercy  of  the  most  hiest 
 he  shal  not  myscary.  Let  all  thine  enemies 
 fele  thy  honde,  let  thy  right  honde  fynde  out 
 all  the  y  hate  the.  I'hou  shalt  make  the  like 
 a  fyre  ouen  in  tyme  of  thy  wrath :  the  LORDE 
 shal  destroye  the  in  his  displeasure,  5  the  fyre 
 shall  consume  them.  Their  frute  shalt  thou 
 rote  out  of  the  earth,  (j  their  sede  fro  amoge 
 the  childre  of  men.  For  they  inteded  mys- 
 chefe  agaynst  the,  5  ymagined  soch  deuyces, 
 as  they  were  not  able  to  perfourme.     Ther- 
 
 /  Pro.  8.  a.         ePsal.  118.  a.         *  2  Re.  12.  f. 
 
^salme  mih 
 
 €f)t 
 
 Ssialt^r. 
 
 jTo,  mtj:ri]r» 
 
 fore  shalt  thou  put  the  to  flight,  (j  with  thy 
 stringes  thou  shalt  maice  ready  thine  arowes 
 agaynst  the  faces  off  them.  Be  thou  exalted 
 (LORDE)  in  thine  owne  strength,  so  wil  we 
 synge  and  prayse  thy  power. 
 
 Cijc  \yi.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 MY  God,  my  God :  why  hast  thou  for- 
 saken me  !*"  y  wordes  of  my  coplaynte 
 are  farre  fro  my  health.  O  my  God,  I  crie  in 
 the  daye  tyme,  but  thou  hearest  not :  and  in 
 the  night  season  also  I  take  no  rest.  Yet 
 dwellest  thou  in  the  Sanctuary,  o  thou  worshipe 
 of  Israel.  Oure  fathers  hoped  in  the,  they 
 trusted  in  the,  ad  thou  dyddest  delyuer  them. 
 They  called  vpon  the,  and  were  helped :  they 
 put  their  trust  in  the,  and  were  not  cofounded. 
 But  as  for  me,  I  am  a  worme  and  no  man :  a 
 very  scorne  of  me  and  the  outcast  of  the 
 people.  All  they  y  se  me,  laugh  me  to  scorne : 
 'they  shute  out  their  lippes,  and  shake  their 
 heades.  He  trusted  in  God,'  let  him  delyuer 
 him :  let  him  helpe  hi,  yf  he  wil  haue  him. 
 But  thou  art  he  that  toke  me  out  of  my 
 mothers  wobe : ''  thou  wast  my  hope,  when  I 
 hanged  yet  vpon  my  mothers  brestes.  I  haue 
 bene  left  vnto  the  euer  sence  I  was  borne, 
 thou  art  my  God,  eue  fro  my  mothers  wombe. 
 O  go  not  fro  me  the,  for  trouble  is  harde  at 
 honde,  and  here  is  none  to  helpe  me.  Greate 
 bulles  are  come  aboute  me,  fatt  oxen  close  me 
 in  on  euery  syde.  They  gape  vpon  me  with 
 their  mouthes,  as  it  were  a  rampinge  and 
 roaringe  lyon. 
 
 'I  am  poured  out  like  water,  all  my  bones 
 are  out  of  ioynt:  my  hert  in  the  myddest  off 
 my  body  is  euen  like  meltinge  waxe.  My 
 strength  is  dried  vp  like  a  potsherde,  my  tunge 
 cleueth  to  my  goomes,  and  thou  hast  brought 
 me  in  to  the  dust  of  death.  For  dogges  are 
 come  aboute  me,  the  coucell  of  y  wicked  hath 
 layed  sege  agaynst  me.  They  pearsed  my 
 hondes  and  my  fete,  I  might  haue  tolde  all 
 my  bones :  as  for  them,  they  stode  staringe 
 and  lokinge  vpon  me.  They  haue  parted  my 
 garmentes  amonge  them,-*^  ad  cast  lottes  vpor 
 my  vesture. 
 
 But  be  not  thou  farre  fro  me,  o  LORDE: 
 thou  art  my  sucoure,  haist  the  to  helpe  me. 
 Delyuer  my  soule  from  the  swearde,  my  dear- 
 
 o  Matt.  27.  e.  Mar.lS.d.  »Psal.  108.d.  'Matt.Zr.c. 
 ■Tsal.  70.  a.  «Io3ue7.  a.  2  Re.  14.  b.  /Mat.  27.  d. 
 loh.  19.  c.        «Psal.34.  b.        *Heb.2.c.        '  Psal.9.b. 
 
 linge  from  the  power  of  the  dogge.  Saue  me 
 from  the  lyons  mouth,  and  heareme  fro  amonge 
 the  homes  off  the  vnicornes.?  So  will  I  declare 
 thy  name  vnto  my  brethren,''  in  the  myddest 
 off  the  congregacion  will  I  prayse  the.  O 
 prayse  the  LORDE  ye  that  feare  him :  Mag- 
 nifie  him  all  ye  sede  of  lacob,  u  let  all  ;y  sede 
 of  Israel  feare  hi.  '  For  he  hath  not  despysed 
 ner  abhorred  the  myserable  estate  of  the  poore: 
 he  hath  not  hyd  his  face  fro  me,  but  whe  I 
 called  vnto  him,  he  herde  me.  I  wil  prayse 
 the  in  the  greate  congregacion,  and  perfourme 
 my  vowes  in  the  sight  off  all  the  that  feare  the. 
 The  poore  shal  eate  ad  be  satisfied:  *they  y 
 seke  after  y  LORDE  shal  prayse  him:  youre 
 herte  shal  lyue  for  euer. 
 ■  All  the  endes  of  the  worlde  shal  remembre 
 them  selues,  a  be  turned  vnto  the  LORDE: 
 and  all  the  generacions  of  the  Heithen  shal 
 worshipe  before  him.  For  the  kyngdome  is 
 the  LORDES,  and  he  shal  be  the  gouernoure 
 of  y  Heithen.  All  soch  as  be  fat  vpo  earth, 
 shal  eate  also  and  worshipe  :  All  they  that  lye 
 in  the  dust,  and  lyue  so  hardly,  shall  fall  downe 
 before  him.  The  sede  shall  serue  him,  and 
 preach  of  the  LORDE  for  euer.  They  shal 
 come,  (J  declare  his  rightuousnes:  vnto  a  people 
 that  shal  be  borne,'  who  the  LORDE  hath 
 made. 
 
 Cljt  VPJ.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  my  shepherde,"  I  can 
 wante  nothinge.  He  fedeth  me  in  a 
 grene  pasture,  ad  ledeth  mp  to  a  fresh  water. 
 He  quickeneth  my  soule,  5  bringeth  me  forth 
 in  the  waye  of  rightuousnes  for  his  names  sake, 
 "Though  I  shulde  walke  now  in  the  valley  of 
 the  shadowe  of  death,  yet  I  feare  no  eueU,  for 
 thou  art  with  me :  thy  staffe  d  thy  shepehoke 
 coforte  me.  Thou  preparest  a  table  before 
 me  agaynst  mine  enemies :  thou  anoyntest  my 
 heade  with  oyle,  5  fyllest  my  cuppe  full.  Oh 
 let  thy  louynge  kyndnes  5  mercy  folowe  me  all 
 the  dayes  off  my  life,  that  I  maye  dwell  in  the 
 house  off  the  LORDE  for  euer. 
 
 Wt)t  fyii).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  earth  is  the  LORDES,'  5  all  that 
 therin  is :   the  copase  of  the  worlde,  ad 
 all  y  dwell  therin.     For  he  hath  fouded  it  vpo 
 
 *  Psal.  iSl.b. 
 "  Pro.  10.  b. 
 lob  38.  a. 
 
 '  Psal.  101.  c.       "  loh.  10.  a.    1  Pe.  2.  c. 
 •  Deu.  10.  c.    lere.  27.  a.    1  Cor.  10.  c. 
 
ffo,  b. 
 
 €i)t 
 
 psialt^r. 
 
 ^salme  miiU 
 
 the  sees,  5  buylded  it  vpon  the  floudes.  Who 
 shal  go  vp  in  to  the  hill  off  the  LORDE? 
 Or,  who  shal  reinayue  in  his  holy  place  ?  Eue 
 he  y  hath  innocet  hodes  5  a  clene  herte  :  which 
 lifteth  not  vp  his  mynde  vnto  vanite,  g  sweareth 
 not  to  disceaue. "  He  shal  receaue  the  blessinge 
 fro  tlie  LOllDE,  fid  mercy  fro  God  his  saui- 
 oure.  This  is  y  generacio  of  the  y  seke  him, 
 of  the  y  seke  thy  face,  o  lacob.  Sela.  Open 
 youre  gates  (o  ye  prices)  let  the  euerlastinge 
 dores  be  opened,  y  y  kynge  of  glory  maye 
 come  in.  Who  is  this  kynge  of  glory  ?  It  is 
 the  LORDE  stroge  and  mightie,  euen  the 
 LORDE  mightie  in  batell. 
 
 Open  youre  gates  (o  ye  prynces)  let  the 
 euerlastinge  dores  be  opened,  y  the  kynge  off 
 glory  maye  come  in.  Who  is  this  kynge  off 
 glory?  It  is  the  LORDE  of  hoostes,  he  is 
 the  kynge  of  glory.     Sela. 
 
 Cijc  VViiij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 VNTO  the  (0  LORDE)  I  lift  vp  my 
 soule.  My  God,  I  trust  in  |^:  Oh  let 
 me  not  be  confounded,*  lest  mjne  enemies 
 triuphe  ouer  me.  For  all  they  y  hope  in  y 
 shal  not  be  ashamed:  butsochasbe  scornefull 
 despysers  with  out  a  cause,  they  shall  be  put  to 
 cofucio.  Shewe  me  thy  wayes  (o  LORDE) 
 5  teach  me  thy  pathes.  Lede  me  in  thy  trueth 
 and  lerne  me,  for  thou  art  the  God  off  my 
 health,  and  in  the  is  my  hope  all  the  daye  longe. 
 
 Call  to  remembraunce,  O  LORDE,  thy 
 tender  mercyes  s  thy  louinge  kyndnesses, 
 which  haue  bene  euer  of  olde.  Oh  remebre 
 not  y  synnes  5  offences  of  my  youth,  but 
 acordinge  vnto  thy  mercy  thynke  vpon  me  (O 
 LORDE)  for  thy  goodnesse.  O  how  fredly 
 5  rightuous  is  the  LORDE,  therfore  wil  he 
 teach  synners  in  the  waye.  He  ledeth  the 
 symple  a  right,  and  soch  as  be  meke  the 
 lerneth  he  his  wayes.  All  the  wayes  of  the 
 LORDE  are  very  mercy  5  faithfulnesse,  vnto 
 soch  as  kepe  his  testament  and  couenaunt. 
 For  thy  nimes  sake,"^  O  LORDE,  be  mercifull 
 vnto  my  synne,  for  it  is  greate.  What  so  euer 
 he  be  that  feareth  the  LORDE,  he  shal  shewe 
 him  the  waye  that  he  hath  chosen. 
 
 His  soule  shall  dwell  at  ease,  and  his  sede 
 shall  possesse  the  londe.  The  secrete  of  the 
 LORDE  is  amonge  them  that  feare  him,  and 
 he  sheweth  them  bus  couenaunt.''     Myne  eyes 
 
 '  Eio.  20.  b. 
 
 »  Rom.  9- 
 Esa.  43.  d. 
 
 d.  Esa.  28.  c.  Psal.  30.  a, 
 ■*  lere.  31.  f. 
 
 are  euer  lokynge  vnto  the  LORDE,  for  he 
 shal  plucke  my  fete  out  of  y  nett.  Turne  the 
 vnto  me  and  haue  mercy  vpon  me,  for  I  am 
 desolate  and  in  misery.  The  sorowes  of  my 
 herte  are  greate,  O  brynge  me  out  of  my 
 troubles. 
 
 Loke  vpon  my  aduersite  and  misery,  and 
 forgeue  me  all  my  synnes.  Considre  how 
 myne  enemies  are  many,  and  beare  a  malicious 
 hate  agaynst  me.  O  kepe  my  soule,  and 
 delyuer  me :  let  me  not  be  confounded,  for  I 
 haue  put  my  trust  in  the.  Let  innocency  and 
 rightuous  dealinge  wayte  vpon  me,  for  my 
 hope  is  in  the.  Delyuer  Israel  (O  God)  out 
 of  all  his  trouble. 
 
 Cf)e  yv6.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BE  thou  my  iudge  (O  LORDE)  for  I 
 walke  innocently :  my  trust  is  in  the 
 LORDE,  therfore  shall  I  not  fall. 
 
 "Examen  me  O  LORDE,  and  proue  me: 
 trie  out  my  reynes  and  my  hert.  For  thy 
 louynge  kyiidnesse  is  before  myne  eyes,  and  I 
 walke  in  thy  trueth.  I  syt  not  amoge  vayne 
 personnes,  and  haue  no  fellishipe  with  the 
 disceatfull.  I  hate  the  congregacion  of  the 
 wicked,  and  I  will  not  syt  amonge  the  vngodly. 
 
 -'  I  waszshe  my  hondes  with  innocency  O 
 LORDE,  and  so  go  I  to  thine  aulter.  That 
 I  maye  shewe  the  voyce  of  thy  prayse,  and 
 tell  of  all  thy  wonderous  workes.  LORDE, 
 I  loue  the  habitacion  of  thy  house,  and  f 
 place  where  thy  honoure  dwelleth.  O  destroye 
 not  my  soule  with  the  synners,  ner  my  life 
 with  the  bloudthurstie.  In  whose  hondes  is 
 wickednesse,  and  their  right  honde  is  full  of 
 giftes.  s  But  as  for  me  I  will  walke  inno- 
 cently :  ''  O  delyuer  me,  and  be  mercifull  vnto 
 me.  My  fote  stondeth  right:  I  wil  prayse 
 the  (O  LORDE)  in  the  congregacions. 
 
 Ci)e  lybi.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  my  light  and  my 
 health :  '  whom  then  shuJde  I  feare  ? 
 the  LORDE  is  the  strength  of  my  life,  for 
 whom  the  shulde  I  be  afrayed?  Therfore 
 when  the  wicked  (euen  myne  enemies  s  my 
 foes)  came  vpon  me,  to  eate  vp  my  flesh, 
 they  stombled  and  fell.  Though  an  hoost  of 
 men  were  layed  agaynst  me,  yet  shal  not  my 
 hert  be  afrayed :   and  though  there  rose  vp 
 
 ■  Psal.  16.  a.  58.  c. 
 
 *  Deu.  17.  a. 
 
 /  Esa.  l.b.  «  Exo.  23.  a. 
 
 *  Psal.  HI.  b. 
 
^galine  vxiv* 
 
 €f)t  ^salt^r. 
 
 ffo,  liu 
 
 warre  against  me,  yet  vnl  I  put  my  trust  in 
 him.  "  One  things  haue  I  desyred  of  the 
 LORDE,  which  I  wil  requyre  :  namely,  that 
 I  maye  dwell*  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 all  the  dayes  of  my  life,  to  beholde  the  fayre 
 beutie  of  the  LORDE,  and  to  vyset  his 
 temple. 
 
 For  in  the  tyme  of  trouble  he  hath  hyd  me 
 in  his  tabernacle,  '  yee  in  the  secrete  place  of 
 his  dwellinge  hath  he  kepte  and  set  me  vp 
 vpon  a  rocke  of  stone.  And  now  hath  he 
 lift  vp  my  heade  aboue  myne  enemies,  that 
 copassed  me  rounde  aboute.  Therfore  wil  I 
 offre  in  his  dwellinge,  the  oblacion  of  thfikes- 
 geuynge :  I  wil  both  synge  (j  speake  prayses 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  Herke  vnto  my  voyce 
 (O  LORDE)  when  I  crie  vnto  the:  haue 
 mercy  vpon  me  %  heare  me.  My  hert 
 speaketh  vnto  the,  my  face  seketh  thee,  yee 
 LORDE,  thy  face  wil  I  seke.  O  hyde  not 
 thou  thy  face  fro  me,  cast  not  thy  seruaunt  of 
 in  displeasure.  Thou  art  my  succoure,  leaue 
 me  not,  nether  forsake  me,  O  God  my  Sa- 
 uioure.  For  my  father  and  my  mother  haue 
 forsaken  me,  but  the  LORDE  hath  taken 
 me  vp.  Shewe  me  thy  waye  O  LORDE,  and 
 lede  me  in  the  right  path,  because  of  myne 
 enemies.  Delyuer  me  not  in  to  the  wylles  of 
 myne  aduersaries,  for  there  are  false  wytnesses 
 rysen  vp  against  me,  and  they  ymagyn  mys- 
 chefe.  Neuerthelesse,  I  beleue  verely  to  se 
 the  goodnesse  of  the  LORDE  in  the  londe 
 of  the  lyuynge.  ''O  tary  thou  f  LORDES 
 leysure,  be  stronge,  let  thine  hert  be  of  good 
 comforte,  and  wayte  thou  still  for  the  LORDE. 
 
 Clje  n'bi]'     A  psalrae  of  Dauid. 
 
 VNTO  the  wil  I  crie,  o  my  stronge  de- 
 fence :  thinke  no  scorne  of  me,  lest  (yf 
 thou  make  the  as  though  thou  herdest  not)  I 
 become  like  them,  that  go  downe  in  to  y  pytte. 
 Heare  the  voyce  of  my  humble  peticion,  when 
 I  crie  vnto  the,  and  holde  vp  my  hondes 
 towarde  thy  holy  temple. 
 
 O  plucke  me  not  awaye  amonge  the  vngodly 
 and  wicked  doers,  '  which  speake  frendly  to 
 their  neghboure,  but  ymagin  myschefe  in  their 
 hertes.  Rewarde  them  acordinge  to  their 
 dedes  and  wickednesse  of  their  owne  inuen- 
 cions.  Recompense  them  after  y  workes  of 
 their  hodes,    paye  them  that  they  haue  de- 
 
 -  Luce  10.  d.  »2Re.7.c.  '  1  Re.  21.  a.  2  Re.  33.  c. 
 Psal.  30.  d.  '  lere.  9.  a.  /  Deut.  8.  d.  e  Deut. 
 12.  a.  *  Exo.  7.  8.  Exo.  9.  e.  Exo.  14.  f.  Matth.  8.  c. 
 
 serued.  For  they  regarde  not  the  workes  of 
 the  LORDE,  ner  the  operacion  of  his  hades : 
 therfore  shal  he  breake  them  downe,  and  not 
 buylde  them  vp.  Praysed  be  f  LORDE, 
 for  he  hath  herde  the  voyce  of  my  humble 
 peticio.  'The  LORDE  is  my  stregth  and 
 my  shylde :  my  herte  hoped  in  him,  (j  I  am 
 helped:  therfore  my  hert  dauseth  for  ioye, 
 and  I  will  synge  prayses  vnto  him.  The 
 LORDE  is  the  strength  of  his  people,  he  is 
 the  defender  and  Sauioure  of  his  anoynted. 
 
 O  helpe  thy  people,  geue  thy  blessynge 
 vnto  thy  enheritaunce :  *  fede  them,  and  set 
 them  vp  for  euer. 
 
 Wi)t  nbitj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 ASCRYBE  vnto  the  LORDE  (o  ye 
 mightie)  ascribe  vnto  the  LORDE 
 worshipe  and  strength.  Geue  the  LORDE 
 the  honoure  of  his  name,  bowe  youre  selues 
 to  the  holy  magesty  of  the  LORDE.  -*  It  is 
 the  LORDE  that  commaundeth  the  waters  : 
 It  is  the  glorious  God  that  maketh  f  thonder: 
 it  is  the  LORDE  y  ruleth  the  see.  The 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE  is  mightie  in  operacion, 
 the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  is  a  glorious  voyce. 
 '  The  voyce  of  the  LORDE  breaketh  the 
 Cedre  trees :  yee  the  LORDE  breaketh  the 
 Ceders  of  Libanus.  He  maketh  them  to 
 skippe  like  a  calfe :  *  Libanus  and  Sirion  like 
 a  yonge  vnycorne.  'The  voyce  of  the  LORDE 
 deuideth  the  flames  of  fyre  :  the  voyce  of  the 
 LORDE  shaketh  the  wildernesse,  yee  the 
 LORDE  shaketh  the  wildernesse  of  Cades. 
 The  voyce  of  the  LORDE  moueth  f 
 hyndes  (t  discouereth  the  thicke  buszshes :  in 
 his  temple  shal  euery  man  speake  of  his 
 honoure.  The  LORDE  stilleth  the  water 
 floude,  (J  y  LORDE  remayneth  a  kynge  for 
 euer.  The  LORDE  shall  geue  power  vnto 
 his  people,  the  LORDE  shal  geue  his  people 
 the  blessynge  of  peace. 
 
 Wt)t  JViV-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 I  WIL  magnifie  f  (O  LORDE)  for  thou 
 hast  set  me  vp,  j  not  suffred  my  foes  to 
 triuphe  ouer  me.  O  LORDE  my  God,  I 
 cried  vnto  the,  and  thou  hast  healed  me. 
 "'Thou  LORDE  hast  brought  my  soule  out 
 of  hell :  thou  hast  kepte  my  life,  where  as 
 they  go  downe  to  the  pytte.     Synge  prayses 
 
 e.  17.  d.  '  Deut.  3.  b.  '  Num.  16.  c. 
 
 ■"  1  Re?.  2.  b.    Psal.  85.  b. 
 
JTO.  t!l). 
 
 €ht  psalUr. 
 
 vnto  the  LORDE  (o  ye  sayntes  of  his)  geue 
 thankes  vnto  him  for  a  remembraunce  of  his 
 holynesse.  °  For  his  wrath  endureth  but  the 
 twinckliiige  of  an  eye,  and  his  pleasure  is  in 
 life  :  heuynesse  maye  well  endure  for  a  night, 
 but  ioye  commeth  in  the  mornynge. 
 
 As  for  me,  whe  I  was  in  prosperite,  I  sayde: 
 Tush,  I  shal  neuer  fall  more.  (And  why? 
 thou  LORDE  of  thy  goodnesse  haddest  made 
 my  hill  so  stronge.)  But  as  soone  as  thou 
 turnedest  thy  face  fro  me,  I  was  brought  in 
 feare.  The  cried  I  vnto  y  (O  LORDE)  yee 
 vnto  f  LORDE  made  I  my  prayer.  What 
 profit  is  there  in  my  bloude,  *  yf  I  go  downe 
 to  corrupcion  ?  Maye  the  dust  geue  thankes 
 vnto  f?  Or  shal  it  declare  thy  faithfulnesse? 
 Heare  (O  LORDE)  and  haue  mercy  vpon 
 me  :  LORDE  be  thou  my  helper.  And  so 
 thou  hast  turned  my  heuynesse  in  to  ioye: 
 thou  hast  put  of  my  sack  cloth,  5  gyrded  me 
 with  gladnesse.  That  my  honoure  might 
 synge  prayses  vnto  the  with  out  ceassynge :  O 
 LORDE  my  God,  I  wil  geue  thankes  vnto 
 the  for  euer. 
 
 Cljt  virv.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 IN  the,  O  LORDE,  is  my  trust :  let  me 
 neuer  be  put  to  cofucion,'  but  delyuer  me 
 in  thy  rightuousnesse.  Bowe  downe  thine 
 eare  to  me,  make  haist  to  delyuer  me :  be 
 thou  my  stronge  rocke  and  a  house  of  defence, 
 that  thou  mayest  saue  me.  For  thou  art  my 
 stronge  holde  %  my  castell :  O  be  thou  my 
 gyde,  (J  lede  me  for  thy  names  sake.  Drawe 
 me  out  of  the  nett  y  they  haue  layed  priuely 
 for  me,''  for  thou  art  my  stregth. 
 
 In  to  thy  hondes  I  commende  my  sprete : 
 thou  hast  delyuered  me  O  LORDE  thou  God 
 of  treuth.  I  hate  them  that  holde  of  vanities, 
 and  my  trust  is  in  the  LORDE.  I  will  be 
 glad  and  reioyse  in  thy  mercy :  for  thou  hast 
 considred  my  trouble,  thou  hast  knowne  my 
 soule  in  aduersite.  Thou  hast  not  delyuered 
 me  ouer  in  to  the  hodes  of  the  enemie,  but 
 hast  set  my  fete  in  a  large  rowme.  Haue 
 mercy  vpon  me,  O  LORDE,  for  I  am  in 
 trouble,  myne  eye  is  consumed  for  very 
 heuynesse,  yee  my  soule  and  my  body.  My 
 life  is  waxen  olde  with  heuynesse,  and  my 
 yeares  with  mournynge.  My  stregth  fayleth 
 me  because  of  my  aduersite,  and  my  bones 
 
 Esa.  .M.  b.    S;  Cor.  4.  c.     »  Psal.  6.  c.     '  Psal.  24.  a.  70.  a. 
 ''  I  Re.  19.  a.  and  23.  b.     Luc.  23.  e. 
 
 ^stalme  nr. 
 
 are  corrupte.  I  am  become  a  very  reprofe 
 amonge  all  myne  enemies,  my  neghbours  (j 
 they  of  myne  owne  acquauntaunce  are  afrayed 
 of  me  :  they  y  se  me  in  the  strete,  coveye 
 them  selues  fro  me.  I  am  clene  forgotten 
 and  out  of  mynde,  as  a  deed  man  :  I  am  be- 
 come like  a  broken  vessell. 
 
 For  I  haue  herde  the  blasphemy  of  the 
 multitude :  euery  man  abhorreth  me :  they 
 haue  gathered  a  councel  together  agaynsl  me, 
 and  are  purposed  to  take  a  waye  my  life. 
 
 But  my  hope  is  in  y  O  LORDE,  5  I  saye : 
 thou  art  my  God.  My  tjnme  is  in  thy  honde : 
 delyuer  me  from  the  honde  of  myne  enemies, 
 5  from  them  y  persecute  me.  Shewe  thy 
 seruaunt  the  light  of  thy  countenaunce,  helpe 
 me  for  thy  mercies  sake.  Let  me  not  be 
 confounded  (o  LORDE)  for  I  call  vpon  the: 
 let  the  vngodly  rather  be  put  to  confucion, 
 and  brought  vnto  the  hell.  Let  the  lyenge 
 lippes  be  put  to  sylence,  which  cruelly,  disz- 
 danedly  (i  despitefully  speake  agaynst  the 
 rightuous.  O  how  greate  and  manifolde  is  thy 
 good,  which  thou  haist  hyd  for  them  that  feare 
 y?  O  what  thinges  bringest  thou  to  passe 
 for  them,  that  put  their  trust  in  the,  euen 
 before  the  sonnes  of  men  ? 
 
 Thou  hydest  them  priuely  by  thine  owne 
 presence  from  the  proude  men,  thou  kepest 
 them  secretly  in  thy  tabernacle,  from  the 
 strife  of  tonges.  Thankes  be  to  the  LORDE, 
 for  he  hath  shewed  me  maruelous  greate 
 kyndnesse  in  a  stronge  cite.  For  when  the 
 sodane  feare  came  vpon  me,  I  sayde :  I  am 
 cast  out  of  thy  sight.  Neuertheles,  thou 
 herdest  myne  humble  prayer,  when  I  cried 
 vnto  the.  O  loue  the  LORDE  (all  ye  his 
 sayntes)  for  the  LORDE  preserueth  the  faith- 
 full,  and  plenteously  rewardeth  he  the  proude 
 doer.  '  Be  stroge  therfore  5  take  a  good  herte 
 vnto  you,  all  ye  that  put  youre  trust  in  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Cljt  nv'-     ^  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BLESSED  are  they,  whose  vnrightuous- 
 nesse  is  forgeuen,  '^and  whose  synnes  are 
 couered.  Blessed  is  the  man,  vnto  whom  the 
 LORDE  imputeth  no  synne,  in  whose  sprete 
 there  is  no  gyle.  For  whyle  I  helde  my 
 tonge,  my  bones  consumed  awaye  thorow  my 
 daylie    complaynynges.      And    because   thy 
 
^galme  miih 
 
 Cbe  psalter. 
 
 fo,  Mh 
 
 hande  was  so  heuy  vpon  me  both  daye  and 
 night,  my  moysture  was  like  the  drouth  in 
 Sommer.     Sela. 
 
 Therfo're  I  confessed  my  synne  vnto  the, 
 and  hyd  not  myne  vnrightuousnesse.  "  I  saide : 
 I  will  knowlege  myne  offence,  and  accuse  my 
 self  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  so  thou  forgauest 
 me  the  wickednesse  of  my  synne. 
 
 Sela.  *For  this  shal  euery  saynte  make 
 his  prayer  vnto  the  in  due  season,  therfore 
 shall  not  the  greate  water  floudes  come  nye 
 him.  Thou  art  my  defence  in  the  trouble 
 that  is  come  aboute  me,  O  copasse  thou  me 
 aboute  also  with  the  ioye  of  delyueraunce. 
 
 Sela.  "^I  wil  enforme  the,  and  she  we  the 
 the  waye  wherin  thou  shalt  go :  1  wil  fasten 
 myne  eyes  vpon  the.  ''Be  not  ye  now  like 
 horses  5  mooles,  which  haue  no  vnderstond- 
 inge.  Whose  mouthes  thou  must  holde  with 
 bytt  ij  brydle,  yf  they  wil  not  obeie  the. 
 
 Greate  plages  shall  y  vngodly  haue,  but 
 who  so  putteth  his  trust  in  the  LORDE, 
 mercy  shall  compasse  him  on  euery  syde.  Be 
 glad  (o  ye  rightuous)  and  reioyse  in  the 
 LORDE,  be  ioyfull  all  ye  that  are  true  of  herte. 
 
 8I^t  vnij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 REIOYSE  in  f  LORDE  (o  ye  rightuous) 
 'for  it  becommeth  well  the  iust  to  be 
 thankfull.  Prayse  the  LORDE  with  harpe : 
 'synge  psalmes  vnto  him  with  the  lute  and 
 instrument  of  ten  strynges.  Singe  him  a  new 
 songe,  yee  synge  lustely  vnto  him  d  with  a 
 good  corage.  For  the  worde  of  f  LORDE 
 is  true,  and  all  his  workes  are  faithful!.  He 
 loueth  mercy  5  iudgment,  f  earth  is  full  of 
 the  goodnesse  of  the  LORDE.  *By  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE  were  the  heauens  made, 
 5  all  the  hoostes  of  them  by  y  breth  of  his 
 mouth.  He  gathereth  y  waters  together  as  it 
 were  in  a  bottell,  '%  laieth  vp  the  depe  in 
 secrete.  Let  all  the  earth  feare  the  LORDE, 
 and  let  all  them  that  dwell  in  the  worlde, 
 stode  in  awe  of  him.  For  loke  what  he  sayeth, 
 it  is  done :  'and  loke  what  he  comaudeth,  it 
 stondeth  fast.  *  The  LORDE  bryngeth  the 
 councell  of  the  Heithen  to  naught,  and  turneth 
 the  deuyces  of  the  people. 
 
 'But  the  coucell  of  the  LORDE  endureth, 
 and  the  thoughtes  of  his  hert  from  generacion 
 
 •  lob  13.  b.  Luce  15.  c.  »  Pro.  18.  b.  '  Pro.  2. 3. 
 ''  Tob.  6.  d.  Pro.  26.  a.  '  Paal.  96.  b.  /  Colo.  3.  b 
 Ephe.  5.  b.  «  Gen.  1.  a.  Colos.  1.  b.  '  lob  38.  a. 
 '  Psal.  148.  a.      '  Esa.  8.  c.      '  E3a.  46.  b.     "■  Psal.  143.  c 
 
 to  generacion.  "Blessed  are  the  people  that 
 holde  the  LORDE  for  their  God,  (t  blessed 
 are  the  folke  whom  he  hath  chosen  to  be  his 
 heretage.  "The  LORDE  loketh  downe  from 
 heauen,  5  beholdeth  all  the  children  of  men : 
 from  his  stronge  seate  he  considreth  all  them 
 y  dwell  in  the  worlde.  ■"  He  only  hath 
 fashioned  all  the  hertes  of  them,  (j  knoweth 
 all  their  workes.  A  kynge  is  not  helped  by 
 his  owne  greate  boost,  nether  is  a  giaunte 
 saued  thorow  the  might  of  his  owne  stregth. 
 
 ''A  horse  is  but  a  vayne  thynge  to  saue  a 
 man,  it  is  not  the  power  of  his  stregth  that 
 can  delyuer  him.  '  Beholde,  the  eye  of  the 
 LORDE  loketh  vnto  them  that  feare  him,  5 
 put  their  trust  in  his  mercy.  That  he  maye 
 delyuer  their  soules  from  death,  and  to  fede 
 them  in  the  deare  tyme.  Let  oure  soule 
 paciently  abyde  the  LORDE,  for  he  is  oure 
 helpe  and  shilde.  So  shal  oure  herte  reioyse 
 in  him,  because  we  haue  hoped  in  his  holy  name. 
 Let  thy  mercifuU  kyndnesse  (o  LORDE)  be 
 vpon  vs,  like  as  we  put  oure  trust  in  the. 
 
 Wt)t  JTV'ij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 I  WIL  allwaye  geue  thankes  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  his  prayse  shal  euer  be  in  my 
 mouth.  My  soule  shall  make  hir  boast  in 
 the  LORDE :  the  poore  oppressed  shal  heare 
 therof,  and  be  glad.  O  prayse  f  LORDE 
 ith  me,  and  let  vs  magnifie  his  name  to- 
 gether. 'I  sought  the  LORDE,  and  he 
 herde  me,  yee  he  delyuered  me  out  of  all  my 
 feare.  They  that  haue  an  eye  vnto  him, 
 shalbe  lightened,  5  their  faces  shall  not  be 
 ashamed.  This  poore  man  cried  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  he  herde  him,  yee  and  dely- 
 uered him  out  of  all  his  troubles.  'The  angell 
 of  the  LORDE  pitcheth  his  tente  rounde 
 aboute  them  that  feare  him,  and  delyuereth 
 them. 
 
 O  taist  and  se  how  frendly  the  LORDE 
 is,  '  blessed  is  the  man  y  trusteth  in  him.  O 
 feare  the  LORDE,  ye  y  be  his  sayntes:  "for 
 they  that  feare  him,  lacke  nothinge.  The 
 rich  shal  want  and  sufFre  hunger,  but  they 
 which  seke  the  LORDE,  shal  wat  no  maner 
 of  thinge,  that  is  good.  Come  hither  (o  ye 
 children)  herken  vnto  me,  I  wil  teach  you  the 
 feare  of  the  LORDE.      'Who  so  listeth  to 
 
 "  Psal.  101.  c. 
 «  Eccli.  15.  c. 
 '  Psal.  i.  b. 
 
 »  Pro.  16.  a.  21.  a.  p  Pro.  21.  d, 
 
 'iRe.  21.d.       •4Re.  6. 19.   losueS.  d, 
 Paal.  127.  a.  Matt.  6.  c.        »  1  Pet.  3.  b 
 
l#o.  Uui}. 
 
 mn  i^^nltn; 
 
 ^salme  ^Tjriiij. 
 
 lyue,  (J  wolde  fayne  se  good  dayes.  Let  liiin 
 refrayne  his  tonge  from  euell,  and  his  lippes 
 that  they  speaiie  no  gyle.  Let  him  eschue 
 euell,  and  do  good :  Let  him  seke  peace  5 
 ensue  it.  For  the  eyes  of  the  LORDE  are 
 ouer  the  rightuous,  and  his  eares  are  open  vnto 
 their  prayers.  But  the  face  of  the  LOllDE 
 beholdeth  them  that  do  euel,  to  destroye  the 
 remembraunce  of  them  out  of  the  earth. 
 
 When  the  rightuous  crie,  the  LORDE 
 heareth  them,  and  delyuereth  the  out  of  all 
 their  troubles.  The  LORDE  is  nye  vnto 
 them  y  are  contrite  in  hert,  5  wil  helpe  soch 
 as  be  of  an  huble  sprete.  "Greate  are  -^ 
 troubles  of  the  rightuous,  but  the  LORDE 
 delyuereth  them  out  of  all.  He  kepeth  all 
 their  bones,  so  y  not  one  of  them  is  broken. 
 But  miszfortune  shal  slaye  the  vngodly,  and 
 they  that  hate  y  rightuous  shal  be  giltie.  The 
 LORDE  delyuereth  the  soules  of  his  ser- 
 uaiites,  and  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in 
 him,  shal  not  ofFende. 
 
 CI)t  yyyiii).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 STRYUE  thou  with  them  (o  LORDE) 
 that  stryue  with  me,  fight  thou  agaynst 
 them  that  fight  agaynst  me.  Laye  honde 
 vpon  the  shylde  and  speare,  and  stonde  vp  to 
 helpe  me.  Drawe  out  thy  swearde,  and  stoppe 
 the  waye  agaynst  them  that  persecute  me, 
 saye  vnto  my  soule:  I  am  thy  helpe.  Let 
 them  be  cofounded  and  put  to  shame,  that 
 seke  after  my  soule  :  let  the  be  turned  back 
 and  brought  to  confucion,  that  ymagin  mys- 
 chefe  for  me.  *Let  the  be  as  f  dust  before 
 the  wynde,  and  the  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 scaterynge  the.  Let  their  waye  be  darcke 
 and  slippery,  and  the  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 to  persecute  them.  For  they  haue  pryuely 
 laied  their  nett  to  destroye  me  without  a 
 cause,  yee  and  made  a  pitte  for  my  soule, 
 which  I  neuer  deserued.  Let  a  sodane  de- 
 struccio  come  vpon  him  vnawarres,  'and  y 
 nett  that  he  hath  layed  priuely,  catch  him 
 self,  that  he  maye  fall  in  to  his  owns  mys- 
 chefe.  But  let  my  soule  be  ioyfull  in  the 
 LORDE,  and  reioyse  in  his  helpe.  All  my 
 bones  shal  sale  :  LORDE,  who  is  like  vnto 
 the  ?  which  delyuerest  f  poore  from  those 
 that  are  to  stronge  for  him,  yee  the  poore  and 
 the  nedy  from  his  robbers. 
 
 Pro.  24.  c.  2  Tim.  3.  b.        "  Psal.  82.  b. 
 1  Tes.  5.  a.  Eccli.  27.  a. 
 
 '  Matt.  24.  a. 
 
 False  witnesses  are  rysen  vp,  cj  laye  to  my 
 charge  thinges  that  I  knowe  not.  ''They 
 rewarde  me  euell  for  good,  to  the  greate  dis' 
 comforth  of  my  soule.  Neuertheles,  when 
 they  were  sick,  I  put  on  a  sack  cloth  :  I  hum- 
 bled my  soule  with  fastinge,  and  my  prayer 
 turned  in  to  myne  owne  bosome.  I  behaued 
 my  self  as  though  it  had  bene  my  frende  or 
 my  brother,  I  wete  heuely,  as  one  y  mourneth 
 for  his  mother.  '  But  in  my  aduersite  they 
 reioyse,  and  gather  them  together :  yee  y  very 
 lame  come  together  agaynst  me  vnawarres, 
 makynge  mowes  at  me,  c[  ceasse  not. 
 
 With  y  gi-edy  (j  scornefull  ypocrites,  they 
 gnaszshed  vpon  me  with  their  teth.  LORDE, 
 whan  wilt  thou  loke  vpo  this  ?  O  restore  my 
 soule  from  y  wicked  rumoure  of  the,  my 
 dearlinge  from  the  lyons.  ^  So  wil  I  geue  f 
 thankes  in  the  greate  congregacion,  5  prayse 
 the  amonge  moch  people.  O  let  the  not 
 triuphe  ouer  me,  that  are  myne  enemies  for 
 naught :  O  let  them  not  wyncke  with  their 
 eyes,  that  hate  me  without  a  cause.  *And 
 why  ?  their  comonynge  is  not  for  peace,  but 
 they  ymagin  false  wordes  agaynst  y  outcastes 
 of  the  londe.  They  gape  vpon  me  with  their 
 mouthes,  sayenge :  there  there :  we  se  it  with 
 oure  eyes.  This  thou  seist,  o  LORDE : 
 holde  not  thy  tonge  the  :  go  not  farre  fro  me, 
 o  LORDE.  Awake  (LORDE)  and  stonde 
 vp  :  auenge  thou  my  cause,  my  God,  and  my 
 LORDE.  ludge  me  (o  LORDE  my  God) 
 acordinge  to  thy  rightuousnesse,  y  they  tri- 
 uphe not  ouer  me.  O  let  the  not  saye  in 
 their  hertes :  there  there,  so  wolde  we  haue  it, 
 O  let  them  not  saye :  we  haue  ouercome  him, 
 Let  them  be  put  to  confucion  and  shame, 
 that  reioyse  at  my  trouble  :  let  the  be  clothed 
 with  rebuke  and  dishonoure,  that  boost  the 
 selues  agaynst  me.  Let  them  also  be  glad 
 and  reioyse,  that  fauoure  my  rightuous  deal 
 inge :  yee  let  them  saye  allwaye  :  blessed  be 
 y  LORDE,  which  hath  pleasure  in  the  pros- 
 perite  of  his  seruaunt.  And  as  for  my  tonge, 
 it  shall  be  talkynge  of  thy  rightuousnes  and  of 
 thy  prayse,  all  the  daye  longe. 
 
 Cijt  yyjb.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 MY  hert  sheweth  me  the  wickednesse  of 
 the  vngodly,  that  there  is  no  feare  of 
 God  before  his  eyes.      For  he  dyssembleth 
 
 ^  Pro.  17.  a.   lob  31.  c. 
 f  loh.  15.  c. 
 
 /  Psal.  21.  c. 
 
pgalme  m^i* 
 
 mt  psaltn-. 
 
 #0.  Ub. 
 
 before  his  face,  so  longe  till  his  abhominable 
 synne  be  founde  out.  The  wordes  of  his 
 mouth  are  vnrightuousnesse  and  disceate,"  he 
 wil  not  be  lerned  to  do  good. 
 
 He  ymagineth  myschefe  vpon  his  bedde,  he 
 will  come  in  no  good  waye,  ner  refuse  the 
 thinge  that  is  euell.  'Thy  mercy  (O  LORDE) 
 reacheth  vnto  the  heauen,  and  thy  faithful- 
 nesse  vnto  the  cloudes.  Thy  rightuousnesse 
 stondeth  like  the  stronge  mountaynes,  g  thy 
 iudgment  like  the  greate  dope.  Thou  LORDE 
 preseruest  both  me  5  beestes.  '  How  precious 
 is  thy  mercy  (O  God)  that  the  children  of  men 
 maye  put  their  trust  vnder  y  shadowe  of  thy 
 wynges  ?  They  shalbe  satisfied  with  the 
 pleteousnesse  of  thy  house,  and  thou  shalt 
 geue  them  drynke  of  the  ryuer  of  thy  plea- 
 sures. '^For  by  the  is  y  well  of  life,  5  in  thy 
 light,  shall  we  se  light.  0  sprede  forth  thy 
 louynge  kyndnesse  vnto  them  that  knowe  the, 
 J  thy  rightuousnes  vnto  the  that  are  true  of 
 hert.  O  let  not  the  fote  of  pryde  ouertake 
 me,  O  let  not  the  hande  of  y  vngodly  cast  me 
 downe.  As  for  wicked  doers,  they  fall,  they 
 are  cast  downe,  j  are  not  able  to  stode. 
 
 ?CI)t  yyybi.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 FRETT  not  thy  self  at  the  vngodly,  be 
 not  thou  envious  agaynst  the  euell  doers. 
 '  For  they  shall  soone  be  cut  downe  like  f 
 grasse,  5  be  wythered  euen  as  y  grene  herbe. 
 Put  thou  thy  trust  in  y  LORDE,-'  j  be  doinge 
 good:  so  shalt  thou  dwell  in  the  londe,  5 
 verely  it  shal  fede  the.  Delyte  thou  in  the 
 LORDE,  ij  he  shal  geue  the  thy  hertes  desyre. 
 «C6mitte  thy  waye  vnto  y  LORDE,  set  thy 
 hope  in  him,  and  he  shal  brynge  it  to  passe. 
 Yee  he  shall  make  thy  rightuousnesse  as  cleare 
 as  the  light,  5  thy  iust  dealinge  as  the  noone 
 daye.  Holde  the  still  in  y  LORDE,  and 
 abyde  pacietly  vpon  him:  but  greue  not  thy 
 self  at  one  that  hath  prosperite,  and  lyueth  in 
 abhominacion.  Leaue  of  from  wrath,  let  go 
 displeasure,  let  not  thy  gelousy  moue  the  also 
 to  do  euell.  For  wicked  doers  shal  be  roted 
 out,  but  they  that  pacietly  abyde  the  LORDE, 
 shal  enheret  the  londe. 
 
 SufFre  yet  a  litle  whyle,  d  f  vngodly  shal  be 
 clene  gone :  thou  shalt  loke  after  his  place,  5 
 he  shal  be  awaye.     ''But  the  meke  spreted 
 
 '  Eccli.  21.  b.  »  Matt.  5.  g.  '  Esa.  30.  d,  ''  lere.  2.  b. 
 '4Re.  19.e.  /Deu.  4.  a.5.  d.  «  Pro.  16.  a.  *Matt.5.a. 
 ■  Psal.  2.  a.  '  Pro.  15.  b.     Eccli.  29.  d.     1  Tim.  6.  b. 
 
 shal  possesse  the  earth,  5  haue  pleasure  in 
 moch  rest.  The  vngodly  layeth  wayte  for  the 
 iust,  5  gnaszsheth  vpon  him  with  his  tethe. 
 
 But  y^  LORDE  laugheth  him  to  scorne,"  for 
 he  seith  y  his  daye  is  cominge.  The  vngodly 
 drawe  out  the  swerde  (j  bende  their  bowe,  to 
 cast  downe  y  symple  (j  poore,  and  to  slaye 
 soch  as  go  f  right  waye.  Neuertheles,  their 
 swerde  shal  go  thorow  their  owne  hert,  and 
 their  bowe  shalbe  broke.  *A  small  thinge  y 
 the  rightuous  hath,  is  better  then  greate  riches 
 of  the  vngodly.  For  the  armes  of  y  vngodly 
 shalbe  broken,  but  the  LORDE  vpholdeth 
 the  rightuous.  The  LORDE  knoweth  the 
 dayes  of  the  godly,  %  their  enheritaQce  shal 
 endure  foreuer.  They  shal  not  be  cofounded 
 in  f  perlous  tyme,  5  in  ;y-  dayes  of  derth  they 
 shall  haue  ynough.  As  for  f  vngodly,  they 
 shall  perishe :  (j  whe  f  enemies  of  f  LORDE 
 are  in  their  floures,  they  shal  cosume,  yee 
 euen  as  the  smoke  shal  they  cosume  awaye. 
 The  vngodly  *  boroweth  and  paieth  not  agayne, 
 but  the  rightuous  is  mercifull  5  liberall.  Soch 
 as  be  blessed  of  him,  shal  possesse  the  londe : 
 5  they  whom  he  curseth,  shalbe  roted  out. 
 The  LORDE  ordreth  a  good  mans  goinge,  g 
 hath  pleasure  in  his  waye.  Though  he  fall, 
 he  shal  not  be  hurte,  for  the  LORDE  vp- 
 holdeth him  with  his  hade.  '  I  haue  bene 
 yonge,  (j  now  am  olde :  yet  sawe  I  neuer  the 
 rightuous  forsake,  ner  his  sede  to  seke  their 
 bred.  The  rightuous  is  euer  mercifull,  u 
 ledeth  getly,  therfore  shal  his  sede  be  blessed. 
 Fie  fro  euell,  (j  do  y  thinge  that  is  good,  so 
 shalt  thou  dwell  for  euer. 
 
 For  y  LORDE  loueth  f  thinge  y  is  right, 
 he  forsaketh  not  his  sayntes,  but  they  shal  be 
 preserued  for  euermore :  as  for  the  sede  of 
 the  vngodly,  it  shalbe  roted  out.  Yee  the 
 rightuous  shal  possesse  y  lode,  s  dwell  therin 
 for  euer.  ""The  mouth  of  the  rightuous  is 
 exercised  in  wyszdome,  (j  his  toge  talketh  of 
 iudgment.  The  lawe  of  his  God  is  in  his 
 hert,  therfore  shal  not  his  fotesteppes  slyde. 
 The  vngodly  seyth  the  rightuous,  5  goeth 
 aboute  to  slaye  him.  But  the  LORDE  wil 
 not  leaue  him  in  his  hodes,  ner  codemne  him 
 when  he  is  iudged.  Hope  thou  in  the  LORDE, 
 5  kepe  his  waye  :  5  he  shal  so  promote  the, 
 that  thou  shalt  haue  the  lode  by  enheritauce, 
 
 '  .Some  reade  thus :  The  vngodly  ledeth  vpon  vsury  and 
 not  for  naught.  'Pro.  24.  c.       Psal.  33.  c.  144.  b. 
 
 Psal.  111.  a.     Pro.  11.  b.  "  Pro.  10.  d. 
 
 07 
 
fO,  tliJU 
 
 Cftt  psialttr. 
 
 pfalme  v^Tbij. 
 
 (J  se,  when  the  vngodly  shall  perishe.  I  my 
 self  haue  sene  the  vngodly  in  greate  power,  5 
 florishinge  like  a  grene  baye  tre  :  but  when  I 
 wente  by,  lo,  he  was  gone  :  I  sought  him,  but 
 he  coude  no  where  be  founde. 
 
 Kepe  innocency,  and  take  hede  vnto  the 
 thinge  that  is  right,  for  that  shall  brynge  a  man 
 peace  at  the  last.  As  for  the  trusgressours, 
 they  shal  perishe  together,  and  the  vngodly 
 shal  be  roted  out  at  3?  last.  The  helpe  of  the 
 rightuous  conmieth  of  the  LORDE,  he  is 
 their  strength  in  the  tyme  of  trouble.  The 
 LORDE  shal  stdde  by  them,  and  saue  them: 
 he  shal  delyuer  them  from  the  vngodly,  and 
 helpe  the,  because  they  put  their  trust  in  him. 
 
 Cl)t  Vn'feij'     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 PUT  me  not  to  rebuke  (Oh  LORDE)  in 
 thine  anger : "  Oh  chaste  me  not  in  thy 
 heuy  displeasure.  For  thy  arowes  stick  fast 
 in  me,  and  thy  honde  presseth  me  sore. 
 There  is  no  whole  parte  in  my  body,  because 
 of  thy  displeasure :  there  is  no  rest  in  my 
 bones,  by  reason  of  my  synnes.  For  my 
 wickednesses  are  gone  ouer  my  heade,  and  are 
 like  a  sore  burthen,  to  heuy  for  me  to  beare. 
 
 My  woundes  styncke  3  are  corrupte,  thorow 
 my  folishnesse.  I  am  brought  in  to  so  greate 
 trouble  and  misery,  that  I  go  mournynge  all 
 the  daye  longe.  For  my  loynes  are  clene 
 dried  vp,  and  there  is  no  whole  parte  in  my 
 body.  I  am  feble  and  sore  smytte,  I  roare 
 for  the  very  disquietnes  of  my  hert. 
 
 LORDE,  thou  knowest  all  my  desyre,  i 
 my  gronynge  is  not  hyd  from  the.  My  hert 
 paunteth,  my  strength  hath  fayled  me,  5  the 
 light  of  myne  eyes  is  gone  fro  me.  My  louers 
 5  frendes*  stonde  lokynge  vpon  my  trouble, 
 and  my  kynsmen  are  gone  a  farre  of." 
 
 They  that  sought  after  my  life,  and  to  do 
 me  euell,  spake  of  lyes  and  jTnagined  disceate 
 all  the  daye  longe.  As  for  me,  I  was  like  a 
 deaf  ma,  and  herde  not:  and  as  one  that  were 
 domme,  not  openynge  his  mouth.  I  am  be- 
 come as  a  man  that  heareth  not,  and  that  can 
 make  no  resistaunce  with  his  mouth. 
 
 For  in  the  (O  LORDE)  is  my  trust,  thou 
 shalt  heare  me,  0  LORDE  my  God.  My 
 desyre  is,  y  myne  enemies  triumphe  not  ouer 
 me :  for  yf  my  fote  slippe,  they  reioyse  greatly 
 against  me.     I  am  redy  to  suffre  trouble,  and 
 
 •lere.  10.  d.     Psal.  6.  a.         '  lob  19.  b.         '  Psal.  54.  b. 
 <<  Psal.  89.  b.  118.  1.         '  lob  7.  a.  8.  a. 
 
 my  heuynesse  is  euer  in  my  sight.  For  I  c6- 
 fesse  my  wickednesse,  n,  my  synne  greueth  me. 
 But  myne  enemies  lyue,  and  are  mightie : 
 and  they  that  hate  me  without  a  cause,  are 
 many  in  nombre.  They  that  rewarde  me 
 euell  for  good,  speake  euell  of  me,  because  I 
 folowe  the  thinge  that  good  is.  Forsake  me 
 not  (O  LORDE  my  God)  O  go  not  farre  fro 
 me.  Haist  the  to  helpe  me,  O  LORDE  my 
 succoure. 
 
 €^f  )iT)^buj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 ISAYDE :  I  wil  kepe  my  waies,  that  I 
 offended  not  in  my  tonge.  And  so  I  shut 
 my  mouth,  whyle  the  vngodly  layed  wayte  for 
 me.  I  helde  my  tonge,  I  was  domme,  I  kepte 
 sylence,  yee  eue  from  good  wordes,  but  it  was 
 payne  and  grefe  to  me.  My  hert  was  bote 
 within  me,  (j  whyle  I  was  thus  musynge,  the 
 fyre  kyndled :  so  that  I  spake  with  my  tonge. 
 ''LORDE,  let  me  knowe  myne  ende,  and  the 
 nombre  of  my  dayes :  that  I  maye  be  certified 
 what  I  wante.  "  Beholde,  thou  hast  made  mv 
 dayes  a  spanne  longe,  and  my  life  is  as  it  were 
 nothinge  before  the.  O  how  vayne  are  all 
 men  lyuynge?  Sela.  Yee  euery  man  walketh 
 as  it  were  a  shadowe,  and  disquieteth  himself 
 in  vayne  :  he  heapeth  vp  riches,-'  and  can  not 
 tell  to  whom  he  gathereth  them.  And  now 
 LORDE,  wherin  shall  I  comforte  me?  my 
 hope  is  in  the.  Delyuer  me  from  all  myne 
 offences,  and  make  me  not  a  scorne  vnto  the 
 foolish.  I  kepe  sylece,  and  open  not  my 
 mouth,  for  thou  hast  done  it.  Turne  thy 
 plages  awaye  fro  me,  for  I  am  c5sumed  thorow 
 the  feare  of  thy  hade.  When  thou  punyshest 
 man  for  synne,  thou  chastenest  him :  so  that 
 his  beutie  consumeth  awaye,  like  as  it  were  a 
 mothe.     O  how  vayne  are  all  men  ? 
 
 Sela.  Heare  my  prayer  o  LORDE,  and 
 considre  my  callinge :  shewe  not  thy  self  as 
 though  thou  sawest  not  my  teares.  For  I  am 
 a  straunger  and  pilgrymme  with  the,  ^as  all 
 my  forefathers  were.  Oh  spare  me  a  litle, 
 that  I  maye  refresh  my  self,  before  I  go  hence, 
 and  be  nomore  sene. 
 
 Cljt   vrviV-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 IWAYTED  paciently  for   the    LORDE, 
 which   enclyned    himself  vnto    me,   and 
 herde  my  callinge.     He  brought  me  out  of 
 
 /  Luc.  12.  b. 
 
 «  1  Par.  30. 
 
^galme  jrlu 
 
 CJ)f 
 
 isalttr. 
 
 the  horrible  pitte,  out  of  the  myre  and  claye  : 
 he  set  my  fete  vpo  the  rocke,  and  ordred  my 
 goinges.  He  hath  put  a  new  songe  in  my 
 mouth,  euen  a  thankesgeuynge  vnto  oure  God. 
 Many  men  seynge  this,  shal  feare  the  LOllDE, 
 a  put  their  trust  in  him.  "  Blessed  is  the  man 
 that  setteth  his  hope  in  the  LORDE,  and 
 turneth  not  vnto  the  proude,  5  to  soch  as  go 
 aboute  with  lies.  O  LORDE  my  God,  greate 
 are  thy  wonderous  workes  which  thou  hast 
 done:  5  in  thy  thoughtes  towarde  vs  there 
 maye  none  be  lickened  vnto  the. 
 
 I  wolde  declare  them,  and  speake  of  the : 
 but  they  are  so  many,  that  they  can  not  be 
 tolde.  '  Sacrifice  and  offeringe  thou  woldest 
 not  haue  *  but  a  body  hast  thou  ordeined  me : 
 burntofferynges  and  sacrifice  for  synne  thou 
 hast  not  alowed.  Then  sayde  I :  Lo,  I  come. 
 In  the  begynnynge  of  the  boke  it  is  written 
 of  me,  that  I  shulde  fulfill  thy  wil  O  my  God, 
 5  that  am  I  contet  to  do :  '  yee  thy  lawe  is 
 within  my  hert.  I  wil  preach  of  thy  right- 
 uousnesse  in  the  greate  congregaeion  :  Lo,  I 
 wil  not  refrayne  my  lippes,  o  LORDE,  j  that 
 thou  knowest.  I  do  not  hyde  thy  rightuousnes 
 in  my  hert,  my  talkynge  is  of  thy  treuth  and 
 sauynge  health :  I  kepe  not  thy  louynge  mercy 
 and  faithfulnesse  backe  from  the  greate  con- 
 gregaeion.    Turne  not  thou  thy  mercy  fro  me 
 
 0  LORDE,  but  let  thy  louynge  kyndnesse 
 and  treuth  allwaye  preserue  me.  For  innu- 
 merable troubles  are  come  aboute  me:  my 
 synnes  haue  taken  soch  holde  vpon  me,  that 
 
 1  am  not  able  to  loke  vp :  yee  they  are  mo  in 
 nombre  then  the  hayres  of  my  heade,  and  my 
 hert  hath  fayled  me.  O  LORDE,  let  it  be 
 thy  pleasure  to  deliuer  me,  make  haist  (o 
 LORDE)  to  helpe  me.  Let  them  be  ashamed 
 and  cofounded,  ''  that  seke  after  my  soule,  to 
 destroie  it :  let  them  fall  backwarde  and  be 
 put  to  confucion,  that  wysh  me  euell. 
 
 Let  the  soone  be  brought  to  shame,  that 
 crie  ouer  me :  there  there.  But  let  all  those 
 that  seke  the,  be  ioyfull  and  glad  in  the :  and 
 let  all  soch  as  delyte  in  thy  sauynge  health, 
 saye  allwaye  :  the  LORDE  be  praysed.  As 
 for  me,  I  am  poore  5  in  mysery,  but  the 
 LORDE  careth  for  me.  Thou  art  my 
 helper  5  redemer,  make  no  longe  tariege, 
 o  my  God. 
 
 "  lere.  17.  b.  *  Heb.  10.  a.  *  Some  reade  thus  : 
 
 but  myne  eares  hast  thou  opened.  '  lere.  31.  f.  Psal. 
 
 21.  c.     ''  Psal.  69.  a.  lob  31.  c.  Pro.  17.  a.     '  Pro.  14.  c. 
 
 jTo.  tifaij. 
 
 CI)t  f\.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BLESSED  is  he,  y  considreth  y  poore :  '^ 
 LORDE  shal  delyuer  him  in  the  tyme 
 of  trouble.  The  LORDE  shal  preserue  him, 
 and  kepe  him  alyue :  he  shal  make  him  to 
 prospere  vpon  earth,  and  shal  not  delyuer  him 
 in  to  y  wil  of  his  enemies.  The  LORDE 
 shal  refresh  him,  when  he  lyeth  sick  vpon  his 
 bedd,  yee  thou  makest  his  bed  in  all  his 
 sicknesse.  I  sayde:  LORDE  be  mercifull 
 vnto  me,  heale  my  soule,  for  I  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the.  Myne  enemies  speake  euell  vpo 
 me  :  whan  shal  he  dye,  and  his  name  perishe  ? 
 Though  he  came  in  to  se,  yet  meaned  he 
 falsede  in  his  hert,  heapinge  myschefe  vpon 
 himself.  All  they  that  hate  me,  runne  to- 
 gether agaynst  me,  and  ymagin  euell  agaynst 
 me.  They  haue  geuen  a  wicked  sentence 
 vpon  me :  when  he  lyeth,  he  shal  ryse  vp 
 nomore.  -'^Yee  euen  myne  owne  familier 
 frende,  whom  I  trusted,  which  dyd  eate  my 
 bred,  hath  lift  vp  his  hele  agaynst  me.  But 
 be  thou  mercifull  vnto  me  (o  LORDE)  rayse 
 thou  me  vp,  and  I  shal  rewarde  them.  By 
 this  I  knowe  thou  fauourest  me,  that  my 
 enemie  shal  not  triumphe  ouer  me.  Thou 
 hast  vpholden  me  because  of  my  innocency, 
 and  set  me  before  thy  face  for  euer.  O  blessed 
 be  ^  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  from  hece  forth 
 and  for  euermore.  Amen,  Amen. 
 
 Cljc  ylt.     A  psalme  of  the  childie  of  Corah. 
 
 LIKE  as  the  hert  desyreth  the  water  brokes. 
 so  longeth  my  soule  after  the,  o  God.  My 
 soule  is  a  thurste  for  God,  y  ee  e  uc  for  the  lyu  j-nge 
 God :  wha  shal  I  come,  5  beholde  the  face  of 
 God  ?  *  My  teares  are  my  meate  daye  and 
 night,  whyle  it  is  daylie  sayde  vnto  me :  where 
 is  now  thy  God  ?  Now  when  I  thinke  there 
 vpo,  I  poure  out  my  hert  by  my  self:  ''  for  I 
 wolde  fayne  go  hence  with  the  multitude,  5 
 passe  ouer  with  them  vnto  the  house  of  God,  in 
 y  voyce  of  prayse  5  thankesgeuynge,  amonge 
 soch  as  kepe  holy  daye.  '  Why  art  thou  so 
 full  of  heuynes  (o  my  soule)  5  why  art  thou 
 so  vnquiete  within  me  ?  O  put  thy  trust  in 
 God,  for  I  wil  yet  geue  him  thankes,  for  the 
 helpe  of  his  countenaiice.  My  God,  my  soule 
 is  vexed  within  me  :  therfore  I  remebre  the 
 londe  of  lordane,*  5  the  litle  hill  of  Hermonim. 
 
 e  Psal.  79.  a.        *  1  Reg. 
 42.  a.  '  losue  12.  a. 
 
jTo.  bbtij. 
 
 €i)t  ^gator. 
 
 ^sfalnit  jrlij. 
 
 )3 
 
 One  depe  calleth  another  with  the  voyce  of 
 thy  whystles,  "all  thy  wawes  (i  water  floudes 
 are  gone  ouer  rae.  The  LOIIDE  hath  pro- 
 mised his  louynge  kyndnesse  dayUe,  therfore 
 wil  I  prayse  him  in  the  night  season,  and 
 make  my  prayer  \nito  f  God  of  my  life.  I 
 wil  saye  vnto  God  my  stony  rock :  why  hast 
 thou  forgotten  me?  why  go  I  thus  heuely, 
 whyle  the  enemie  oppresseth  me  ?  VVhyle 
 my  bones  are  broken,  5  whyle  myne  enemies 
 cast  me  in  the  tethe,  daylie  sayenge  vnto  me : 
 where  is  now  thy  God?  Why  art  thou  so 
 heuy  (o  my  soule)  (t  why  art  thou  so  disquieted 
 within  me  ?  O  put  thy  trust  in  God,  for  I 
 wil  yet  thanke  him  for  the  helpe  of  his  couii 
 tenaunce,  and  because  he  is  my  God. 
 
 €i)e  rlij.  Ssalmt. 
 
 GEUE  sentence  \'pon  me  (o  God)  5  de- 
 fende  my  cause  agaynst  the  vnholy 
 people :  Oh  delyuer  me  from  the  disceatfull 
 (t  wicked  man.  For  thou  (o  God)  art  my 
 stregth  :  why  hast  thou  shot  me  from  the  ? 
 Why  go  I  then  so  heuely,  whyle  the  enemie 
 oppresseth  rae?  Oh  sende  out  thy  light  5 
 thy  trueth,  y  they  maye  lede  me  5  brynge  me 
 vnto  thy  holy  hiU  and  to  thy  dwellinge. 
 
 That  I  maye  go  in  to  the  aulter  of  God, 
 euen  vnto  the  God  which  is  my  ioye  5  pleasure, 
 I  vpon  the  harpe  to  geue  thakes  vnto  y,  0  God, 
 my  God.  Why  art  thou  so  heuy  (o  my  soule) 
 'l  why  art  thou  so  disquieted  within  me? 
 O  put  thy  trust  in  God,  for  I  wil  yet  geue 
 him  thakes  for  y  helpe  of  his  countenauce, 
 and  because  he  is  my  God. 
 
 Cljc  jrltij.     A  psalme  of  the  ehildre  of  Corah. 
 
 WE  haue  herde  with  oure  eares  (o  God) 
 ■^oure  fathers  haue  tolde  vs,  what  thou 
 hast  done  in  their  tyme,  of  olde. 
 
 How  thou  hast  dryue  out  the  Heithen  with 
 thy  honde,  5  plated  the  in :  how  thou  hast 
 destroyed  the  nacions  5  cast  the  out.  For 
 they  ■'gat  not  the  londe  in  possession  thorow 
 their  owne  swerde,  nether  was  it  their  owne 
 arme  that  helped  them.  But  thy  right  hade, 
 thyne  arme  j  the  light  of  thy  countenaunce, 
 because  thou  haddest  a  fauoure  vnto  them. 
 
 Thou  art  f  kinge  ({  my  God,  thou  sendest 
 helpe  vnto  lacob.  Thorow  f,  wil  we  ouer- 
 throwe  oure  enemies :  5  in  thy  name  will  we 
 treade  them  vnder,  that  ryse  vp  agaynst  vs. 
 
 lone  2. 
 
 '  Psal.  41.  a.      '  Deut.  6.  b.      '  Deut.  9.  a, 
 '  Psal.  97.  a. 
 
 For  I  will  not  trust  in  my  bowe,  it  is  not 
 my  swerde  y  shal  helpe  me.  But  it  is  thou 
 that  sauest  vs  fro  oure  enemies,  and  puttest 
 them  to  confucion  that  hate  vs.  We  will 
 allwaye  make  oure  boast  of  God,  and  prayse 
 thy  name  for  euer.  Sela.  But  now  thou  for- 
 sakest  vs,  rj  puttest  vs  to  confucion,  and  goest 
 not  forth  with  oure  hoostes.  ■'  Thou  makest  vs 
 to  turne  oure  backes  vpon  oure  enemies,  so 
 that  they  which  hate  vs,  spoile  oure  goodes. 
 ^Thou  lettest  vs  be  eaten  vp  like  shepe,  5 
 scatrest  vs  amonge  the  Heithen. 
 
 Thou  sellest  thy  people  for  naught,  5  takest 
 no  moneye  for  them.  Thou  makest  vs  to  be 
 rebuked  of  oure  neghbours,  to  be  laughed  to 
 scorne  and  had  in  derision,  of  them  that  are 
 rounde  aboute  vs.  ''  Thou  hast  made  vs 
 very  byworde  amonge  the  Heithen,  5  that  the 
 people  shake  their  heades  at  vs.  My  cofucion 
 is  daylie  before  me,  a  the  shame  of  my  face 
 couereth  me.  For  the  voyce  of  the  slaunderer 
 (T  blasphemer,  for  the  enemie  and  auenger. 
 All  this  is  come  vpon  vs,  5  yet  haue  we  not 
 forgotten  the,  ner  behaued  oure  selues  vnfaith- 
 fully  in  thy  couenaunt.  Oure  hert  is  not 
 turned  baciie,  nether  oure  steppes  gone  out  of 
 thy  waye.  That  thou  smytest  vs  so  in  the 
 place  of  the  serpet,  1  couerest  vs  with  f 
 shadowe  of  death.  Yf  we  had  forgotten  the 
 name  of  oure  God,  5  holde  vp  oure  hondes  to 
 eny  straunge  God :  Shulde  not  God  fynde  it 
 out  ?  for  he  knoweth  the  very  secretes  of  the 
 hert.  But  for  thy  sake  we  are  kylled  all  the 
 dale  longe,  'and  are  counted  as  shepe  apoynted 
 to  be  slayne.  Vp  LORDE,  why  slepest  thou  ? 
 Awake,  and  cast  vs  not  of  for  euer.  Wherfore 
 hydest  thou  thy  face  ?  wilt  thou  clene  forget 
 oure  misery  and  oppressio  ?  For  oure  soule  is 
 brought  lowe  euen  vnto  the  dust,  and  oure 
 bely  cleueth  vnto  the  grounde.  Arise  o 
 LORDE,  helpe  vs,  and  delyuer  vs  for  thy 
 mercie  sake. 
 
 Wi)t  yliii).     A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 MY  hert  is  dytinge  of  a  good  matter,  I 
 speake  of  that,  which  I  haue  made  of 
 the  kynge :  My  tonge  is  f  penne  of  a  ready 
 wryter.  Thou  art  the  fayrest  amonge  the 
 children  of  me,  full  of  grace  are  thy  lippes, 
 therfore  God  blesseth  the  for  euer. 
 
 Gyrde  the  with  thy  swerde  vpon  thy  thee 
 
 ;/  Psal.  59.  b. 
 
 *  Esaie  53.  b. 
 ■  Rom.  8.  e. 
 
I^gjalmt  vMj* 
 
 €i)t  ^sialUr, 
 
 fo,  Ui^ 
 
 (o  thou  mightie)  with  worshipe  and  renowne. 
 Good  lucke  haue  thou  with  thine  honoure, 
 ryde  on  with  the  treuth,  mekenesse  (t  right- 
 uousnes:  5  thy  right  hode  shal  teach  f 
 woderfuU  thinges.  Thy  arowes  are  sharpe, 
 the  people  shalbe  subdued  vnto  the,  euen  in 
 the  myddest  amonge  the  kynges  enemies. 
 
 "  Thy  seate  (o  God)  endureth  for  euer :  the 
 cepter  of  thy  kyngdome  is  a  right  cepter. 
 
 Thou  hast  loued  rightuousnesse,  5  hated 
 iniquite :  wherfore  God  (which  is  thy  God) 
 hath  anoynted  the  with  the  oyle  of  gladnes 
 aboue  thy  felowes.  All  thy  garmentes  are 
 like  myrre,  Aloes  a  Cassia,  when  thou  comest 
 out  of  thine  yuerie  palaces  in  thy  beutifull 
 glory.  Kynges  doughters  go  in  thy  goodly, 
 araye,  5  vpon  thy  right  honde  stondeth  the 
 quene  in  a  vesture  of  the  most  fyne  golde. 
 Herken  (o  doughter)  considre,  5  enclyne  thine 
 eare :  forget  thine  owne  people,  j  thy  fathers 
 house.  So  shal  the  kynge  haue  pleasure  in 
 thy  beutie,  for  he  is  thy  LORDE,  5  thou  shalt 
 worshipe  him.  The  doughters  of  Tyre  shal 
 be  there  with  giftes,*  the  riche  amonge  the 
 people  shal  make  their  supplicacion  before  the. 
 The  kynges  doughter  is  all  glorious  within, 
 hir  clothinge  is  of  wrought  golde.  She  shalbe 
 brought  vnto  the  kynge  in  rayment  of  nedle 
 worke,  and  maydens  after  her:  soch  as  be 
 next  her  shalbe  brought  vnto  the.  With  ioye 
 and  gladnesse  shal  they  be  brought,  and  go  in 
 to  the  kynges  palace.  In  steade  of  thy  fathers 
 thou  hast  gotten  children,  whom  thou  shalt 
 make  prynces  in  all  londes.  I  wil  remembre 
 thy  name  from  one  generacio  to  another : 
 therfore  shal  the  people  geue  thankes  vnto 
 the,  worlde  without  ende. 
 
 Cl)e  >lb.    A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 IN  oure  troubles  and  aduersite,  we  haue 
 founde,  that  God  is  oure  refuge,  oure 
 strength  and  helpe.  Therfore  wil  we  not 
 feare,  though  the  earth  fell,  and  though  the 
 hilles  were  caried  in  to  the  myddest  of  the  see. 
 
 ''  Though  the  waters  of  the  see  raged  a  were 
 neuer  so  troublous,  5  though  the  mountaynes 
 shoke  at  the  tepest  of  the  same.     Sela. 
 
 "Tor  there  is  a  floude,  which  with  his  ryuers 
 reioyseth  f  cite  of  God,  the  holy  dwellynge  of 
 the  most  hyest.  God  is  in  f  myddest  of  her, 
 therfore  shall  she  not  be  remoued :  for  God 
 helpeth  her,  5  y  right  early.     The  Heithen  are 
 
 »  Heb.  1.  b.      '  Esa.  23.  c.    Eze.  27.  28.      '  Psal.  92.  a. 
 
 madd,  the  kyngdomes  make  moch  adoo :  but 
 whe  he  sheweth  his  voyce,  y  earth  melteth 
 awaye.  The  LORDE  of  hoostes  is  with  vs, 
 the  God  of  lacob  is  oure  defence. 
 
 Sela.  O  come  hither,  5  beholde  y  workes 
 of  the  LORDE,  what  destruccios  he  hath 
 brought  vpo  f  earth.  '  He  hath  made  warres 
 to  ceasse  in  all  the  worlde :  he  hath  broken 
 the  bowe,  he  hath  knapped  the  speare  in 
 sonder,  i  bret  the  charettes  in  the  fyre.  Be 
 still  the  5  confesse  y  I  am  God:  I  wil  be 
 exalted  amonge  the  Heithe,  5  I  wil  be  exalted 
 vpon  earth.  The  LORDE  of  hoostes  is  with 
 vs,  the  God  of  lacob  is  oure  defence.     Sela. 
 
 Iiriie  ylbi.     A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 OCLAPPE  youre  h5des  together  (all  ye 
 people)  O  synge  vnto  God  with  the 
 voyce  of  thakesgeuynge.  For  the  LORDE 
 the  most  hyest  is  to  be  feared,  g  he  is  the 
 greate  kynge  vpo  all  f  earth.  He  shal  subdue 
 the  people  vnder  vs,  (j  the  Heithe  vnder  oure 
 fete.  He  choseth  vs  for  an  heretage,  the 
 beutie  of  lacob  whom  he  loued.  Sela.  God 
 is  gone  vp  with  a  mery  noyse,  5  the  LORDE 
 with  the  sownde  of  the  tropet.  O  synge 
 prayses,  synge  prayses  vnto  God:  O  synge 
 prayses,  synge  prayses  vnto  oure  kynge. 
 
 For  God  is  kynge  of  all  the  earth,  O  synge 
 prayses  vnto  him  with  vnderstondinge. 
 
 God  is  kinge  ouer  the  Heithe,  God  sitteth 
 in  his  holy  seate.  The  prynces  of  the  people 
 are  gathered  together  vnto  the  God  of  Abra- 
 ham :  for  God  is  farre  farre  hyer  exalted,  then 
 the  mightie  lordes  of  the  earth 
 
 Ci)e  j:lbtj.    A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 GREATE  is  f  LORDE  5  hyelie  to  be 
 praysed,  in  y  cite  of  oure  God,  eue  vpo 
 his  holy  hill.  The  hill  of  Sion  is  like  a  fayre 
 plate,  wherof  all  the  londe  reioyseth:  vpon  the 
 north  syde  lyeth  the  cite  of  the  greate  kinge. 
 
 God  is  well  knowne  in  hir  palaces,  y  he  is 
 the  defence  of  the  same.  ■'^For  lo,  kynges  are 
 gathered,  and  gone  by  together.  They  mar- 
 veled, to  se  soch  thinges:  they  were  astonnied, 
 g  sodely  cast  downe.  Feare  came  there  vpon 
 the,  d  sorowe  as  vpo  a  woman  in  hir  trauayle. 
 Thou  shalt  breake  f  shippes  of  the  see,  thorow 
 the  east  wynde.  Like  as  we  haue  herde,  so 
 se  we  in  the  cite  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 in  the  cite  of  oure  God :    God  vpholdeth  the 
 
 •<  loh.  7.  d.        '  Psal.  75.  a.        /  2  Par.  20,  a. 
 
#0.  irr. 
 
 €i)t  ^^altfr. 
 
 ^sialmf  vibiij. 
 
 same  for  euer.  Sela.  We  wayte  for  thy 
 louynge  kyndnesse  (o  God)  in  the  myddest  of 
 thy  temple.  O  God,  acordinge  vnto  thy  name, 
 so  is  thy  prayse  vnto  the  worldes  ende :  thy 
 right  hode  is  full  of  rightuousnes. 
 
 °0h  let  the  mout  Sion  reioyse,  5  f  doughters 
 of  luda  be  glad  because  of  thy  iudgmetes. 
 Walke  aboute  Sion,  go  rounde  aboute  her, 
 and  tell  hir  towres.  Marke  well  hir  walles, 
 set  vp  hir  houses :  that  it  maye  be  tolde  them 
 y  come  after.  For  this  God  is  oure  God  for 
 euer  j  euer,  and  he  shal  allwaie  be  oure  gyde. 
 
 Cf)t  ylbii).    A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 OHEARE  this,  all  ye  people:  pondre  it 
 well,  all  ye  that  dwell  vpo  the  earth. 
 
 Hye  d  lowe,  riche  5  poore,  one  with  another. 
 
 My  mouth  shal  speake  of  wyszdome,  and 
 my  hert  shal  muse  of  vnderstondinge.  I  wil 
 encline  myne  eare  to  the  parable,  d  shewe  my 
 darcke  speach  vpon  the  harpe.  Wherfore 
 shulde  I  feare  the  euell  dayes,  whe  the  wicked- 
 nesse  of  my  heles  copaseth  me  rounde  aboute? 
 They  that  put  their  trust  in  their  good,  5  boost 
 them  selues  in  the  multitude  of  their  riches. 
 No  man  maye  deliuer  his  brother,  ner  make 
 agrement  for  him  vnto  God. 
 
 *  For  it  costeth  more  to  redeme  their  soules, 
 so  that  he  must  let  that  alone  for  euer.  Yee 
 though  he  lyue  loge,  j  se  not  y  graue.  '  For  it 
 shal  be  sene,  y  soch  wyse  me  shal  dye  5  perishe 
 together,  as  well  as  the  ignoraunt  and  foolish, 
 5  leaue  their  goodes  for  other.  Loke  what  is 
 in  their  houses,  it  cotinueth  still :  their  dwell- 
 inge  places  endure  from  one  generacion  to 
 another,  5  are  called  after  their  owne  names 
 vpon  the  earth.  Neuerthelesse  mij  abydeth 
 not  in  soch  honoure,  but  is  copared  vnto  y 
 brute  beastes,  5  becometh  like  vnto  the. 
 
 This  waie  of  theirs  is  very  foolishnesse,  5 
 yet  their  posterite  prayse  it  with  their  mouth. 
 
 Sela.  They  lye  in  the  hell  like  shepe,  death 
 shal  gnawe  vpon  them,  5  the  rightuous  shal 
 haue  dominacion  of  them  in  the  momynge  by 
 tymes :  their  stregth  shal  consume,  (s  hell  shalbe 
 their  dwellinge.  But  God  shal  deliuer  my 
 soule  from  the  power  of  hell,  when  he  receaueth 
 me.  Sela.  O  be  not  thou  afrayed,  whan  one 
 is  made  riche,  5  the  glory  of  his  house  increased. 
 ''For  he  shal  cary  nothinge  awaye  with  him 
 when  he  dyeth,  nether  shal  his  pompe  folowe 
 
 •Psal.  96.b. 
 ''  lob  27.  b. 
 
 >lIoh.2.a.    1  Pet.  I.e.    '^Eccls.2.b.c.3.c. 
 '  Esaie  2.  a.         /Esaie  1.  b.    lerem.  7.  c. 
 
 him.  Whyle  he  lyueth,  he  is  counted  an 
 happie  man :  t;  so  loge  as  he  is  in  prosperite, 
 me  speake  good  of  him.  But  whe  he  foloweth 
 his  fathers  generacion,  he  shal  neuer  se  light 
 eny  more. 
 
 When  a  man  is  in  honoure  and  hath  no 
 vnderstodinge,  he  is  compared  vnto  the  brute 
 beastes,  and  becommeth  like  vnto  them. 
 
 C]^t  ydV.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 THE  LORDE  euen  the  mightie  God 
 hath  spoke,  3  called  the  worlde  from  the 
 rysinge  vp  of  the  sonne  vnto  the  goinge  downe 
 of  the  same.  Out  of  Sion  apeareth  the  glorious 
 beutie  of  God.'  Oure  God  shal  come,  and  not 
 kepe  sylence :  there  goeth  before  him  a  con- 
 sumynge  fyre,  and  a  mightie  tempest  rounde 
 aboute  him.  He  shal  call  the  heauens  from 
 aboue,  and  the  earth,  that  he  maye  iudge  his 
 people.  Gather  my  sayntes  together  vnto  me, 
 those  J  set  more  by  the  couenaunt  then  by 
 eny  ofieringe.  And  the  heauens  shal  declare 
 his  rightuousnesse,  for  God  is  iudge  himself. 
 
 Sela.  Heare,  o  my  people :  let  me  speake, 
 let  me  testifie  amonge  you,  o  Israel :  I  am 
 God,  euen  thy  God.  I  reproue  the  not  be- 
 cause of  thy  sacrifice,  thy  burntofFeringes  are 
 allwaye  before  me.  ^1  wil  take  no  bullockes 
 out  of  thy  house,  ner  gotes  out  of  thy  foldes. 
 For  all  the  beestes  of  the  felde  are  myne,  and 
 thousandes  of  catell  vpon  the  hilles. 
 
 I  knowe  all  the  foules  vpon  the  mountaynes, 
 and  the  wilde  beastes  of  the  felde  are  in  my 
 sight.  ^Yf  I  be  hongrie,  I  wil  not  tell  the 
 for  y  whole  worlde  is  myne,  and  all  that  therin 
 is.  Thynkest  thou,  that  I  wil  eate  the  flesh 
 of  oxen,  or  drynke  the  bloude  of  goates?  Offre 
 vnto  God  prayse  and  thankesgeuynige,  and 
 paye  thy  vowes  vnto  the  most  hyest.  ''  And 
 call  vpo  me  in  the  tyme  of  trouble,  so  wil  I 
 heare  the,  that  thou  shalt  thanke  me.  But 
 vnto  the  vngodly  sayeth  God :  Why  doest  thou 
 preach  my  lawes,  and  takest  my  couenaunt  in 
 thy  mouth  ?  Where  as  thou  hatest  to  be  re- 
 fourmed,  and  easiest  my  wordes  behynde  the? 
 Yf  thou  seist  a  thefe,  thou  runnest  with  him, 
 and  art  partaker  with  the  aduouterers.  Thou 
 lettest  thy  mouth  speake  wickednesse,  5  thy 
 tonge  paynteth  disceate.  Thou  syttest  and 
 speakest  agaynst  thy  brother,  yee  and  slaundrest 
 thine  owne  mothers  sonne.     This  thou  doest, 
 
 f  Psal.  23.  a.     1  Cor.  10.  c.         *  2  Par.  15.  a. 
 
psalme  Inj. 
 
 €f)t  psfaton 
 
 jTo.  Irjil. 
 
 whyle  I  holde  my  tonge :  and  thinkest  me  to 
 be  eue  soch  one  as  thy  self:  but  I  wil  reproue 
 the,  (I  set  my  self  agaynst  the.  O  considre 
 this,  ye  that  forget  God:  lest  I  plueke  you 
 awaie,  and  there  be  none  to  delyuer  you. 
 Who  so  offreth  me  thakes  and  prayse,  he  ho- 
 noureth  me  :  j  this  is  the  waye,  wherby  I  wil 
 shewe  him  the  sauynge  health  of  God. 
 
 Cije  (.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HAUE  mercy  vpon  me  (o  God)  after  thy 
 goodnes,  d  aeordinge  vnto  thy  greate 
 mercies,  do  awaye  myne  offences. 
 
 AVash  me  well  fro  my  wickednesse,  5  dense 
 me  fro  my  synne."  For  1  knowlege  my  fautes, 
 and  my  synne  is  euer  before  me. 
 
 Agaynst  the  only,  agaynst  the  haue  Isynned, 
 and  done  euell  in  thy  sight:  that  thou  mightest 
 be  iustified  in  thy  saynges,*  and  shuldest  ouer 
 come  when  thou  art  iudged. 
 
 Beholde,  I  was  borne  in  wickednesse,  and 
 in  synne  hath  my  mother  conceaued  me. 
 
 But  lo,  thou  hast  a  pleasure  in  the  treuth, 
 and  hast  shewed  me  secrete  wyszdome.  '0 
 reconcile  me  with  Isope,  and  I  shal  be  clene : 
 wash  thou  me,  and  I  shalbe  whyter  then 
 snowe.  Oh  let  me  heare  of  ioye  and  glad- 
 nesse,  that  the  bones  which  thou  hast  broken, 
 maye  reioyse.  Turne  thy  face  fro  my  synnes, 
 and  put  out  all  my  myszdedes.  ''  Make  me  a 
 clene  hert  (o  God)  and  renue  a  right  sprete 
 within  me.  Cast  me  not  awaie  from  thy 
 presence,  and  take  not  thy  holy  sprete  fro  me. 
 
 0  geue  me  the  comforte  of  thy  helpe  agayne, 
 and  stablish  me  with  thy  fre  sprete.    Then  shal 
 
 1  teach  thy  wayes  vnto  the  wicked,  that  synners 
 maye  be  conuerted  vnto  the.  Delyuer  me  from 
 bloudegyltynesse  o  God,  thou  that  art  the  God 
 of  my  health,  that  my  tonge  maye  prayse  thy 
 rightuousnesse.  Open  my  lippes  (0  LORDE) 
 that  my  mouth  maye  shewe  thy  prayse. 
 
 "  For  yf  thou  haddest  pleasure  in  sacrifice,  I 
 wolde  geue  it  the :  but  thou  delytest  not  in 
 burntofferynges.  The  sacrifice  of  God  is  a 
 troubled  sprete,  -'a  broken  and  a  cotrite  hert 
 (o  God)  shalt  thou  not  despise.  O  be  fauorable 
 and  gracious  vnto  Sion,  that  the  walles  of 
 Jerusalem  maye  be  buylded.  For  then  shalt 
 thou  be  pleased  with  the  sacrifice  of  rightuous- 
 nesse," with  the  burntofferynges  and  oblacions: 
 then  shal  they  laye  bullockes  vpon  thine  aulter. 
 
 "Psal.  31.  a.    lob  13.  b. 
 Ephe.  3.  c.     1  Pet.  3.  c. 
 
 Luc.  18.  b.  "  Rom.  3.  a. 
 
 ■<  Eze.  36.  e.     Act.  2.  a. 
 
 Ci^e  (t.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 WHY  boastest  thou  thy  self  (thou  Ty- 
 raunt)  that  thou  canst  do  myschefe  ? 
 Where  as  the  goodnesse  of  God  endureth  yet 
 daylie.  Thy  tonge  ymagineth  wickednesse, 
 and  with  lyes  it  cutteth  like  a  sharpe  rasoure. 
 Thou  louest  vngraciousnesse  more  the  good, 
 to  talke  of  lyes  more  then  rightuousnesse.  Sela. 
 
 Thou  louest  to  speake  all  wordes  y  maye 
 do  hurte,  O  thou  false  toge.  Therfore  shal 
 God  cleane  destroye  the,  smyte  the  in  peces, 
 plueke  the  out  of  thy  dwellinge,  and  rote  the 
 out  of  the  londe  of  the  lyuinge.     Sela. 
 
 The  rightuous  shal  se  this,  5  feare,  and 
 laugh  him  to  scorne.  ''  Lo,  this  is  the  ma,  y 
 toke  not  God  for  his  stregth,  but  trusted  vnto 
 the  multitude  of  his  riches,  5  was  mightie  in 
 his  wickednesse.  As  for  me,  I  am  like  a  grene 
 olyue  tre  in  f  house  of  God :  my  trust  is  in 
 the  tender  mercy  of  God  for  euer  5  euer. 
 
 I  wil  allwaye  geue  thankes  vnto  the,  for 
 that  thou  hast  done :  and  wil  hope  in  thy 
 name,  for  thy  sayntes  like  it  well. 
 
 C1)C  lij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  foolish  bodies  saye  in  their  hertes  : 
 '  Tush,  there  is  no  God.  Corrupte  are 
 they,  and  become  abhominable  in  their  wicked- 
 nesses: there  is  not  one,  that  doth  good.  God 
 loked  downe  from  heauen  vpo  the  children  of 
 men,  to  se  yf  there  were  eny  that  wolde 
 vnderstonde,  or  seke  after  God.  '  But  they 
 are  all  gone  out  of  y  waye,  they  are  all  be- 
 come vnprofitable :  there  is  none  y  doth  good, 
 no  not  one.  How  ca  they  haue  vnderstond- 
 inge,  that  are  the  workers  of  wickednes,  eat- 
 inge  vp  my  people  as  it  were  bred,  5  call  not 
 vpon  God  ?  They  are  afrayed,  where  no 
 feare  is :  for  God  breaketh  the  bones  of  them 
 that  besege  the :  thou  puttest  them  to  confu- 
 cion,  for  God  despiseth  them.  Oh  y  the 
 sauynge  health  were  geuen  vnto  Israel  out  of 
 Sion :  Oh  that  the  LORDE  wolde  delyuer 
 his  people  out  of  captiuyte.  Then  shulde 
 lacob  reioyse,  5  Israel  shulde  be  right  glad. 
 
 Cl){  [iij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid 
 
 HELPE  me  (0  God)  for  thy  names  sake, 
 and  delyuer  me  in  thy  stregth.     Heare 
 my  prayer  (o  God)  considre  the  wo^-des  of  my 
 
 '  Mich.  6.  b.         /  Esa.  66.  a.         e  Ro.  12.  a.         *  Psal. 
 48.  a.  Luc.  12.  b.        '  Psal.  13.  a.        *  Rom.  3.  b. 
 
So,  tinU 
 
 Cfte  ^£(ator. 
 
 ^salint  Ii'tij. 
 
 mouth.  For  straungers  are  rysen  vp  agaynst 
 me,  and  the  mightie  (which  haue  not  God 
 before  their  eyes)  seke  after  my  soule.  Sela. 
 But  lo,  God  is  my  helper :  it  is  he  that  vp- 
 holdeth  my  soule.  He  shall  rewarde  euell 
 vnto  myne  enemies,  "  and  in  thy  treuth  shalt 
 thou  destroye  them.  A  frewil  oiferinge  wil  I 
 geue  the,  and  prayse  thy  name  o  LORDE, 
 because  it  is  so  comfortable. 
 
 For  thou  hast  delyuered  me  out  of  all  my 
 trouble,  so  that  myne  eye  seyth  his  desyre  vpo 
 myne  enemies. 
 
 Wtjt  Itiij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  my  prayer  (o  God)  and  hyde  not 
 thy  self  fro  my  peticion.  Take  hede 
 vnto  me  and  heare  me,  how  piteously  I 
 mourne  5  coplayne.  The  enemie  crieth  so,  5 
 the  vngodly  commeth  on  so  fast :  for  they  are 
 mynded  to  do  me  some  myschefe,  so  mali- 
 ciously are  they  set  agaynst  me.  My  herte  is 
 heuy  within  me,  and  the  feare  of  death  is 
 fallen  vpon  me.  Fearfullnesse  and  tremblinge 
 are  come  vpon  me,  and  an  horrible  drede  hath 
 ouerwhelmed  me.  And  I  sayde:  O  that  I 
 had  wynges  like  a  doue,  that  I  might  fie 
 somwhere,  and  be  at  rest.  Lo,  then  wolde  I 
 get  me  awaye  farre  of,  and  remayne  in  the 
 wildernesse.     Sela. 
 
 I  wolde.  make  haist  to  escape,  from  the 
 stormy  wynde  and  tempest.  Destroie  their 
 tonges  (o  LORDE)  and  deuyde  them,  *for  I 
 se  vnrightuousnes  u  strife  in  y  cite.  This 
 goeth  daye  and  night  aboute  the  walles,  mys- 
 chefe and  vyce  are  in  the  myddest  of  it. 
 
 Wickednesse  is  therin,  disceate  and  gyle  go 
 not  out  of  hir  stretes.  Yf  it  were  myne 
 enemie  that  reuyled  me,  I  coude  beare  it :  or 
 yf  one  that  ought  me  euell  will  dyd  threaten 
 me,  I  wolde  hyde  myself  from  him.  But  it  is 
 thou  my  companyon,  "my  gyde  and  myne 
 owne  familier  frede.  We  had  swete  and  se- 
 crete communicacion  together,  and  louyngly 
 walked  we  together  in  f  house  of  God. 
 
 ''  Let  death  come  hastely  vpon  them,  and 
 let  them  go  downe  quick  in  to  hell,  for  wicked- 
 nes  is  amonge  them  in  their  dwellinges. 
 
 As  for  me,  I  will  call  vnto  God,  and  the 
 LORDE  shall  helpe  me.  In  the  eueninge, 
 mornynge  and  at  noone  daye  wil  I  mourne 
 
 Deut.  3' 
 
 '  Gen.  11.  b.      '  Psal.  37.  b.   Mich.  7.  a. 
 ■'  Num.  16.  c. 
 
 and  complayne :  and  he  shal  heare  my 
 voyce. 
 
 It  is  he  that  delyuereth  my  soule  in  peace, 
 from  them  that  laye  waite  for  me :  for  they 
 are  many  agaynst  me.  Yee  euen  God  that 
 endureth  for  euer,  shal  heare  me,  and  brynge 
 them  downe.     Sela. 
 
 For  they  wil  not  turne :  and  why  ?  they 
 feare  not  God.  Yee  they  laye  hondes  vpon 
 soch  as  be  at  peace  with  him,  and  so  thei 
 breake  his  couenaunt.  Their  mouthes  are 
 softer  then  butter,  g  yet  haue  they  batell  in 
 their  mynde  :  their  wordes  are  smoother  then 
 oyle,  and  yet  be  they  very  swerdes.  '  O  cast 
 thy  burthen  (or  care)  vpon  the  LORDE,  he 
 shal  norish  the,  and  not  leaue  the  rightuous  in 
 vnquietnesse.  But  as  for  them,  thou  (o  God) 
 shalt  cast  them  downe  in  to  the  pitte  of  de- 
 struccion.  The  bloudthurstie  and  disceatfull 
 shal  not  lyue  out  half  their  dales.  Neuerthe- 
 lesse  my  trust  is  in  the. 
 
 Wi)t  16.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BE  mercifull  vnto  me  (0  God)  for  men  wil 
 treade  me  downe :  they  are  daylie  fight- 
 inge  (t  troublinge  me.  Myne  enemies  treade 
 me  daylie  vnder  their  fete,  for  they  be  many, 
 y  proudly  fight  agaynst  me. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  whe  I  am  afrayed,  I  put  my 
 trust  in  the.  I  wil  comforte  my  self  in  Gods 
 worde,  yee  I  wil  hope  in  God,  and  not  feare : 
 What  can  flesh  then  do  vnto  me  ? 
 
 They  vexe  me  daylie  in  my  wordes :  all  y 
 they  ymagin,  is  to  do  me  euell.  They  holde 
 alltogether,  5  kepe  them  selues  close :  they 
 marck  my  steppes,  how  they  maye  catch  my 
 soule.  But  in  vayne,  for  it  shal  escape  the 
 and  why?  thou  (o  God)  in  thy  displeasure 
 shalt  cast  downe  soch  people.  Thou  tellest 
 my  flittinges,  thou  puttest  my  teares  in  thy 
 botell,  and  nombrest  them.  When  so  euer  I 
 call  vpon  the,  myne  enemies  are  put  to  flight: 
 wherby  1  knowe,  that  thou  art  my  God.  In 
 Gods  worde  wil  I  reioyse,  in  the  LORDES 
 worde  wil  I  comforte  me.  Yee  in  God  do  I 
 trust,  (J  am  not  afraied :  what  ca  man  the  do 
 vnto  me  ?  Vnto  the  (o  God)  wil  I  paye  my 
 vowes,  vnto  f  wil  I  geue  thiikes  5  prayse. 
 ■^  For  thou  hast  delyuered  my  soule  fro  death, 
 g  my  fete  fro  fallinge,  y  I  maye  walke  before 
 God  in  f  light  of  f  lyuynge. 
 
 '  Matt.  6.  c.    Luc.  12.  c.  1  Pot.  5.  a.        f  Psal.  1 14.  b. 
 
pi^alme  Itiiij* 
 
 Win  psalter. 
 
 #0.  tijnij. 
 
 Ci)e  Ibi.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BE  merciful!  vnto  me  (o  God)  be  mercifull 
 vnto  me,  for  my  soule  trusteth  in  y  :  "  5 
 vnder  the  shadowe  of  thy  wynges  shal  be  my 
 refuge,  vntill  wickednesse  be  ouerpast. 
 
 I  call  vnto  God  f  most  hyest,  eue  f  God  y 
 shal  helpe  me  vp  agayne.  He  shal  sende 
 fro  heauen,  5  saue  me  fro  the  reprofe  of  him 
 that  wolde  swalowe  me  vp.     Sela. 
 
 This  shal  God  sende,  for  his  mercy  and 
 faithfulnesse  sake.  I  lye  with  my  soule 
 amonge  the  cruell  lyons:  euen  amonge  the 
 children  of  men,  whose  tethe  are  speares  and 
 arowes,  and  their  tonge  a  sharpe  swerde. 
 
 Set  vp  thy  self  (o  God)  aboue  the  heaues, 
 and  thy  glory  aboue  all  the  earth.  They  haue 
 layed  a  nett  for  my  fete,  (j  pressed  downe  my 
 soule :  they  haue  dygged  a  pyt  before  me,  and 
 are  fallen  in  to  it  them  selues. 
 
 Sela.  *  My  hert  is  ready  (o  God)  my  hert 
 is  ready,  to  synge  and  geue  prayse.  Awake 
 (o  my  glory)  awake  lute  and  harpe,  I  my  self 
 wil  awake  right  early.  I  wil  geue  thakes  vnto 
 the  (o  LORDE)  amonge  the  people,  I  wil 
 synge  prayses  vnto  the  amonge  the  Heithe. 
 "  For  y  greatnes  of  thy  mercy  reacheth  vnto 
 the  heauens,  and  thy  faithfulnesse  vnto  the 
 cloudes.  Set  vp  thy  self  (o  God)  aboue  the 
 heaues,  5  thy  glory  aboue  all  f  earth. 
 
 Wi)t  Ibij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 YF  youre  myndes  be  vpon  rightuousnesse 
 in  dede,  then  iudge  the  thinge  that  is 
 right,  o  ye  sonnes  of  men.  But  ye  ymagin 
 myschefe  in  youre  hertes,  and  youre  hondes 
 deale  with  wickednesse.  The  vngodly  are 
 frowarde,  eue  from  their  mothers  wombe  :  as 
 soone  as  they  be  borne,  they  go  astraie  5 
 speake  lyes.  They  are  as  furious  as  the  ser- 
 pent, ''euen  like  the  deaf  Adder  that  stoppeth 
 hir  eares.  That  she  shulde  not  heare  the 
 voyce  of  the  charmer,  charme  he  neuer  so 
 wysely.  Breake  their  teth  (o  God)  in  their 
 mouthes,  smyte  the  chaft  bones  of  the  lyons 
 whelpes  in  sonder,  o  LORDE. 
 
 That  they  maye  fall  awaye,  like  water  y 
 runneth  a  pace :  and  that  when  they  shote 
 their  arowes,  they  maye  be  broke.  Let  the 
 cosume  awaye  like  a  snale,  5  like  the  vn- 
 tymely  frute  of  a  woman,  and  let  them  not  se 
 
 Matt.  23.  c. 
 '  Acto.  7.  I 
 
 Psal.  107.  a. 
 '  1  Re.  25.  g. 
 
 '  Psal.  102.  b. 
 /  Psal.  58.  c. 
 
 the  Sonne.  Or  euer  youre  thornes  be  sharpe, 
 the  wrath  shal  take  them  awaye  quycke,  like 
 a  stormy  wynde.  '  The  rightuous  shal  reioyse 
 when  he  seyth  the  vengeaunce,  and  shal  wash 
 his  fete  in  the  bloude  of  the  vngodly.  So 
 that  men  shal  saye :  verely,  there  is  a  rewarde 
 for  y  rightuous :  doutles,  there  is  a  God  that 
 iudgeth  the  earth. 
 
 C^t  Ibitj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 DELYUER  me  fro  myne  enemies  (o  my 
 God)  II  defende  me  fro  the  y  ryse  vp 
 agaynst  me.  O  delyuer  me  fro  the  wicked  doers, 
 5  saue  me  fro  the  bloudthurstie  me.  For  lo, 
 they  lye  waytinge  for  my  soule  :  f  mightie  me 
 are  gathered  together  against  me,  with  out  eny 
 offence  or  faute  of  me,  o  LORDE.  They 
 rune  5  prepare  the  selues,  with  out  my  faute  : 
 Arise,  come  thou  helpe  me,  j  beholde.  Stode 
 vp  o  LORDE  God  of  hoostes,  thou  God  of 
 Israel,  to  vyset  all  Heithen  :  be  not  mercifull 
 vnto  the  y  ofFende  of  malicious  wickednesse. 
 Sela.  ■'  Let  the  go  to  (t  fro,  5  runne  aboute 
 the  cite  youlinge  like  dogges.  Beholde,  they 
 speake  (agaynst  me)  with  their  mouth,  swerdes 
 are  vnder  their  lippes,  for  who  reproueth  the  ? 
 «  But  thou  (o  LORDE)  shalt  haue  them  in 
 derision,  thou  shalt  laugh  all  Heithe  to  scorne. 
 My  stregth  do  I  ascrybe  vnto  the,  for  thou 
 (o  God)  art  my  defender.  God  sheweth  me 
 his  goodnesse  plenteously,  God  letteth  me  se 
 my  desyre  vpo  myne  enemies.  Slaye  the  not, 
 lest  my  people  forget  it :  but  scatre  the  abrode 
 with  thy  power  5  put  the  downe,  o  LORDE 
 oure  defence.  For  y  synne  of  their  mouth,  for 
 the  wordes  of  their  lippes,  i  because  of  their 
 pryde,  let  the  be  taken :  j  why  ?  their  preach- 
 inge  is  of  cursynge  d  lyes.  Cosume  them  in  thy 
 wrath,  cosume  the  y  they  maye  perish,  ij  knowe 
 y  it  is  God,  which  ruleth  in  lacob  and  in  all 
 the  worlde.  Sela.  ''  Let  the  go  to  5  fro,  5 
 rune  aboute  the  cite,  youlinge  like  dogges. 
 Let  the  runne  here  5  there  for  meate,  and 
 grudge  when  they  haue  not  ynough.  As  for 
 me,  I  wil  synge  of  thy  power,  ad  prayse  thy 
 mercy  betymes  in  the  mornynge :  for  thou 
 art  my  defence  and  refuge  in  the  tyme  of  my 
 trouble. 
 
 Vnto  the  (o  my  strength)  wil  I  synge,  for 
 thou  (o  God)  art  my  defence,  and  my  merciful 
 God. 
 
 •'  Psal.  2.  a.     Pro.  I.e.        *  Psal.  58.  a 
 
jTo.  tiniii. 
 
 mn  psalter. 
 
 P^alme  Iiv. 
 
 Eljt  (tv.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 OGOD,  thou  y  liast  cast  vs  out  and  scatred 
 vs  abrode,  thou  y  hast  bene  so  sore 
 displeased  at  vs,  coforte  vs  agayne.  Thou  y 
 hast  remoued  the  lode  5  deuyded  it,  heale  the 
 sores  therof,  for  it  shaketh.  "Thou  hast  showed 
 thy  people  heuy  thinges,  thou  hast  geuen  vs 
 a  drynke  off  wyne,  y  we  slobre  withall.  Yet 
 hast  thou  geuc  a  toke  for  soch  as  feare  the,  y 
 they  maye  cast  It  vp  in  y  treuth.  Sela.  That 
 thy  beloued  might  be  delyuered,  helpe  them 
 with  thy  right  hande,  and  heare  me.  God 
 hath  spoke  in  his  Sactuary  (which  thinge  re- 
 ioyseth  me)  'T  wil  deuyde  Siche,  (j  mete  out 
 the  valley  of  Suchoth.  Galaad  is  myne,  Ma- 
 nasses  is  myne,  Ephraim  is  the  strength  of  my 
 heade,  luda  is  my  eaptayne.  Moab  is  my 
 washpotte,  ouer  Edom  wil  I  stretch  out  my 
 shue,  Philistea  shal  be  glad  of  me.  Who  will 
 lede  me  in  to  the  stronge  cite?  Who  will 
 bringe  me  in  to  Edom  ?  Shalt  not  thou  do 
 it,  o  God,  thou  y  hast  cast  vs  out:  ''thou  God,  y 
 wentest  not  out  with  oure  hoostes?  O  be  thou 
 cure  helpe  in  trouble,  for  vayne  is  the  helpe 
 of  man.  Thorow  God  we  shal  do  greate  actes, 
 for  it  is  he  that  shal  treade  downe  oure  enemies. 
 
 Ci)I  I>r.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  my  crienge  (o  God)  geue  hede 
 vnto  my  prayer.  From  the  endes  of  y 
 earth  wil  I  call  vnto  the,  whe  my  herte  is  in 
 trouble :  Oh  set  me  vp  vpo  an  hye  rocke.  For 
 thou  art  my  hope,  a  stronge  tower  for  me 
 agaynst  the  enemie.  I  will  dwell  in  thy  taber- 
 nacle for  euer,  that  I  maye  be  safe  vnder  the 
 couerynge  of  thy  wynges.  Sela.  For  thou 
 o  LORDE)  hast  herde  my  desyres,  thou  hast 
 geuen  an  heretage  vnto  those  that  feare  thy 
 name.  Thou  shalt  graunte  the  kynge  a  loge 
 life,  that  his  yeares  maye  endure  thorow  out 
 all  generacions.  That  he  maye  dwell  before 
 God  for  euer :  Oh  let  thy  louynge  mercy  5 
 faithfulnes  preserue  him.  So  wil  I  allwaye 
 synge  prayses  vnto  thy  name,''  y  I  maye  daylie 
 perfourme  my  vowes. 
 
 ®f)e  I)ii.    A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 MY  soule  wayteth  only  vpon  God,  for  of 
 him  commeth  my  helpe.  He  only  is 
 my  stregth,  my  saluacion,  my  defence,  so  y  I 
 shal  not  greatly  fall.    How  longe  wil  ye  ymagin 
 
 '  Esa.  51.  d.    lere.  25.  c. 
 ''  Psal.  55.  b. 
 
 <•  Psal.  107.  a.       '  Psal.  43.  b, 
 Reg.  l.b.    Psal.  41.  a. 
 
 myschefe  agaynst  euery  man  ?  ye  shal  be  slayne 
 all  y  sorte  of  you:  yee  as  a  tottringe  wall  shal 
 ye  be,  5  like  a  broken  hedge.  Their  deuyce 
 is  only  how  to  put  him  out,  their  delyte  is 
 lyes  :  they  geue  good  wordes  with  their  mouth 
 but  curse  with  their  herte.  Sela.  Neuer 
 theles,  my  soule  abydeth  only  vpon  God,  for 
 he  is  my  God.  He  only  is  my  stregth,  my 
 saluacion,  my  defence :  so  y  I  shal  not  fall. 
 In  God  is  my  health,  my  gloi7,  my  might,  5 
 in  God  is  my  trust.  O  put  youre  trust  in  him 
 allwaye  (ye  people)  'poure  out  youre  hertes 
 before  him,  for  God  is  oure  hope.  Sela.  As 
 for  men,  they  are  but  vayne,  me  are  disceat- 
 full:  vpo  the  weightes  they  are  al  together 
 lighter  then  vanite  it  self.  O  trust  not  in  wronge 
 (t  robbery,  geue  not  youre  selues  vnto  vanite : 
 yf  riches  increase,  set  not  youre  herte  vpon  them. 
 God  spake  once  a  worde,  twyse  haue  I  herde 
 the  same :  that  power  belongeth  vnto  God. 
 That  thou  LORUE  art  mercifull,  5  that  thou 
 rewardest  euery  man '  acordinge  to  his  workes. 
 
 ®i)t  lyi).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 OGOD,  thou  art  my  God:  early  wil  I 
 seke  the.  °  My  soule  thursteth  for  the, 
 my  flesh  longeth  after  the  in  a  bare  a  drie 
 lode,  where  no  water  is.  Thus  do  I  loke  for 
 the  in  thy  Sactuary,  that  I  might  beholde  thy 
 power  (J  glory.  For  thy  louynge  kyndnesse  is 
 better  then  life,  my  lyppes  shal  prayse  the. 
 As  loge  as  I  Hue  wil  I  magnifie  the,  (t  lift  vp 
 my  hondes  in  thy  name.  My  soule  is  satisfied 
 eue  as  it  were  with  marry  j  fatnesse,  when  my 
 mouth  prayseth  the  with  ioyfull  lippes.  In 
 my  bedde  wil  I  remembre  y,  ij  whe  I  wake, 
 my  talkynge  shalbe  of  the. 
 
 For  thou  hast  bene  my  helper,  5  vnder  the 
 shadowe  of  thy  wynges  wil  I  reioyse.  My 
 soule  hangeth  vpon  the,  thy  right  honde  vp- 
 holdeth  me.  They  seke  after  my  soule,  but 
 in  vayne,  for  they  shal  go  vnder  the  earth. 
 They  shal  fall  in  to  the  swei-de,  d  be  a  porcio 
 for  foxes.  But  y  kynge  shal  reioyse  in  God : 
 all  they  that  sweare  by  hym,  shal  be  commuded, 
 *  for  the  mouth  of  lyers  shalbe  stopped 
 
 Ci)t  Ijruj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 EARE  my  voyce   (o  God)  in  my  c6- 
 playnte,  preserue  my  life  fro  feare  of  f 
 
 H 
 
 rRom.  2.  a.         «  Psal.  118.  1.  142.  : 
 
 '  Deut.  6.  c. 
 
^saline  I):bu 
 
 C})t  psalter. 
 
 jTo.  ij:b. 
 
 Hyde  me  from  the  gatheringe  together  of  y 
 frowarde,  fro  f  heape  of  wicked  doers.  Which 
 whette  their  tuges  Uke  a  swerde,  5  shute  with 
 their  venimous  wordes  like  as  with  arowes. 
 That  they  maye  preuely  hurte  y  innocet,  5 
 sodely  to  hit  him  vnth  out  eny  feare. 
 
 They  haue  deuysed  myschefe,  and  com- 
 moned  amonge  them  selues,  how  they  maye 
 laye  snares :  tush  (saye  they)"  who  shall  se  them  ? 
 
 They  ymagin  wickednesse,  and  kepe  it  se- 
 crete amonge  them  selues,  euery  man  in  y 
 depe  of  his  herte.  But  God  shall  sodenly 
 shute  with  an  arowe,  y  they  shall  be  wounded. 
 Yee  their  owne  tunges  shall  make  them  fall, 
 In  so  moch  that  who  so  seyth  the,  shal  laugh 
 the  to  scorne.  And  all  men  that  se  it,  shal 
 saye :  this  hath  God  done,  for  they  shal  per- 
 ceaue,  y  it  is  his  worke.  The  rightuous  shal 
 reioyse  in  the  LORDE,  and  put  his  trust  in 
 him :  and  all  they  y  are  true  off  herte,  shalbe 
 glad  therof. 
 
 Ci)f  lyttij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid.» 
 
 THOU  (0  God)  art  praysed  in  Sion,  and 
 vnto  the  is  the  vowe  perfourmed.  Thou 
 hearest  the  prayer,  therfore  cometh  all  flesh 
 vnto  the.  Oure  myszdedes  preuayle  agaynst 
 vs,  oh  be  thou  mercyfull  vnto  oure  synnes. 
 Blessed  is  the  man  who  thou  chosest'  and  re- 
 ceauest  vnto  the,  that  he  maye  dwell  in  thy 
 eourte :  he  shall  be  satisfied  with  the  pleasures 
 of  thy  house,  euen  off  thy  holy  temple.  Heare 
 vs  aeordinge  vnto  thy  woderfull  rightuousnesse, 
 o  God  oure  saluacio  :  thou  that  art  the  hope 
 of  all  the  endes  of  y  earth,  and  oif  the  brode 
 see.  Which  in  his  strength  setteth  fast  the 
 moutaynes,  ij  is  gyrded  aboute  with  power. 
 Which  stilleth  f  ragige  of  the  see,  the  roaringe 
 ofl^  his  wawes,  and  the  woodnes  of  the  people. 
 They  that  dwell  in;y-vttemost  partes  are  af rayed 
 at  thy  tokens,  thou  makest  both  the  mornynge 
 and  euenynge  starres  to  prayse  y.  Thou 
 visetest  the  earth,  thou  watrest  it,  and  makest 
 it  very  plenteous.  The  ryuer  of  God  is  full 
 of  waters,  thou  preparest  man  his  come,  ad 
 thus  thou  prouydest  for  the  earth.  Thou 
 watrest  hir  forowes,  thou  breakest  the  harde 
 clottes  therof,  thou  makest  it  soft  with  y 
 droppes  of  rayne,  and  blessest  the  increase  of 
 it.  Thou  crownest  the  yeare  with  thy  good, 
 and  thy  fotesteppes  droppe  fatnesse.  The 
 dwellinges  of  the  wildernes  are  fatt  also,  y 
 
 1  Re.  18.  d. 
 
 '  Epbe.  1.  a. 
 
 ■  Psal.  99. 
 
 they  droppe  withall,  5  the  litle  hilles  are  plea- 
 saunt  on  euery  syde.  The  foldes  are  full  of 
 shepe,  the  valleys  stonde  so  thicke  with  corne 
 y  they  laugh  and  synge. 
 
 EljE  Ivb.     A  psalme  off  Dauid. 
 
 OBE  ioyfuU  in  God'  (all  ye  lodes)  synge 
 prayses  vnto  the  honoure  of  his  name 
 make  his  prayse  to  be  glorious.  Saye  vnto 
 God :  O  how  wonderfull  are  thy  workes  ? 
 thorow  the  greatnesse  of  thy  power  shal  thine 
 enemies  be  confouded.  O  y  all  the  worlde 
 wolde  worshipe  the,  synge  of  the  and  prayse 
 thy  name.  Sela.  O  come  hither  and  be- 
 holde  the  workes  of  God,  which  is  so  wonder- 
 full  in  his  doinges  amonge  the  children  of  men. 
 He  turned  the  see  in  to  drye  lode,''  so  that 
 they  wente  thorow  the  water  on  fote:  therfore 
 wil  we  reioyse  in  him.  He  ruleth  with  his 
 power  for  euer,  his  eyes  beholde  the  people : 
 the  rennagates  shal  not  be  able  to  exalte  them 
 selues.  Sela.  O  magnifie  oure  God  (ye  people) 
 make  y-  voyce  off  his  prayse  to  be  herde. 
 Which  holdeth  oure  soule  in  life,  and  suifreth 
 not  oure  fete  to  shppe.  For  thou  (o  God) 
 hast  proued  vs,  thou  hast  tried  vs  like  as  syluer 
 is  tried.  Thou  hast  brought  vs  in  to  cap- 
 tiuyte,  and  layed  trouble  vpon  oure  loynes. 
 Thou  hast  suffred  men  to  ryde  ouer  oure 
 heades,  we  wete  thorow  fyre  and  water,'  butt 
 thou  hast  brought  vs  out,  and  refreshed  vs. 
 
 Therfore  will  I  go  in  to  thy  house  with  bret 
 offeringes,  to  paye  the  my  vowes,-'^  which  I 
 promised  with  my  lippes,  and  spake  with  my 
 mouth,  when  I  was  in  trouble.  I  wil  offre 
 vnto  the  fatte  brentsacrifices  with  the  smoke 
 of  riimes,  I  will  offi-e  bullockes  and  goates. 
 Sela.  O  come  hither  and  herke  (all  ye  that 
 feare  God)  I  wil  tell  you,  what  he  hath  done 
 for  my  soule.  I  called  vnto  hi  with  my  mouth 
 and  gaue  him  prayses  with  my  tuge.  (YfF 
 I  enclyne  vnto  wickednes  with  my  herte,  f 
 LORDE  wil  not  heare  me.)  Therfore  God 
 hath  herde  me,  ad  considred  the  voyce  off  my 
 prayer.  Praysed  be  God,  which  hath  not  cast 
 out  my  prayer,  ner  turned  his  mercy  fro  me. 
 
 GOD  be  mercifull  vnto  vs,  blesse  vs,  5  3 
 shewe  the  light  off  his  countenaiice  apon 
 vs.  Sela.     That  we  maye  knowe  thy  waye  vpo 
 earth,  thy  sauynge  health  amonge  all  Heithen. 
 
 ^  Exo.  14.  e.     losue  3.  d. 
 
 ^  Esa.  43.  a.         /  Eccli.  5.  a. 
 
So,  ii)Lbt. 
 
 Cbe  ^galtn*. 
 
 lasalmf  Iifai). 
 
 Let  the  people  prayse  the  (o  God)  yee  let  all 
 people  prayse  the.  O  let  the  people  reioyse 
 and  be  glad,  that  thou  iudgest  the  f'olke  right- 
 uously,  and  gouernest  the  nacions  vpo  earth. 
 Let  the  people  prayse  the  (o  God)  let  all 
 people  prayse  the.  God  (euen  oure  ovvne  God) 
 geue  vs  his  blessinge,  that  the  earth  maye 
 bringe  forth  hir  increase.  God  blesse  vs,  and 
 let  all  the  endes  of  f  worlde  feare  him. 
 
 Cfje  lybi).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 LET  God  aryse,"  so  shal  his  enemies  be 
 scatered,  and  they  that  hate  him,  shal 
 fle  before  him.  Like  as  the  smoke  vanisheth, 
 so  shalt  thou  dr)'ue  them  awaye :  and  like  as 
 waxe  melteth  at  the  fyre,  so  shall  the  vngodly 
 perish  at  the  presence  off  God. 
 
 But  the  rightuous  shal  be  glad  j  reioyse 
 before  God,  they  shalbe  mery  5  ioyful.  Oh 
 synge  vnto  God,  synge  prayses  vnto  his  name: 
 magnifie  him  y  rydeth  aboue  the  heaues 
 (whose  name  is  y  LORDE)  5  reioyse  before  hi 
 
 He  is  a  father  of  y  fatherlesse,  he  is  a  de- 
 fender of  widdowes :  *  eue  God  in  his  holy 
 habitacio.  He  is  the  God  y  maketh  me  to 
 be  of  one  mynde  in  a  house,  (j  bryngeth  f 
 presoners  out  of  captiuite  in  due  season,"^  but 
 letteth  y  rennagates  cotinue  in  scarcenesse. 
 O  God,  when  thou  wetest  forth  before  thy 
 people,  whe  thou  wetest  thorow  y  wildernes. 
 Sela.  ''The  earth  shoke,  5  y  heauens  dropped 
 at  the  presence  of  God  in  Sinai,  at  y  pre- 
 sence of  God  which  is  y  God  of  Israel.  Thou 
 o  God  sendest  a  gracious  rayne  vpon  thyne 
 enheritauce,  5  refreshest  it,  when  it  is  drye. 
 That  thy  beastes  maye  dwell  therin,  which 
 thou  of  thy  goodnes  hast  prepared  for  the 
 poore.  The  LORDE  shal  geue  the  worde, 
 with  greate  hoostes  of  Euagelistes.  '  Kinges 
 with  their  armies  shal  fle,  u  they  of  y  hous- 
 holde  shal  deuyde  ;y  spoyle.  Yf  so  be  y  ye 
 lye  amoge  the  pales,  the  doues  fethers  shalbe 
 couered  with  syluer,  (j  hir  winges  of  the  coloure 
 of  golde.  When  the  Allmightie  setteth  kynges 
 vpo  the  earth,  it  shal  be  cleare  euen  in  the 
 darcknesse.  The  hill  of  Basan  is  Gods  hill, 
 the  hill  of  Basan  is  a  pleteous  hill.  Why 
 hoppe  ye  so,  ye  greate  hilles?  It  pleaseth 
 God  to  dwell  vpo  this  hill,  yee  the  LORDE 
 wil  abyde  in  it  for  euer.  The  charettes  of 
 God  are  many  M.  tymes  a  thousande,  the 
 LORDE  is  amoge  them  in  the  holy  Sinai. 
 
 •  Num.  10.  d.        »  Deut.  10.  d.        '  Exo.  13.  d.        ■*  Exo. 
 
 ^Thou  art  gone  vp  an  hye,  thou  hast  led  cap- 
 tyuite  captyue,  5  receaued  giftes  for  me:  Yee 
 euen  for  thy  enemies,  that  they  might  dwell 
 with  the  LORDE  God.  Praysed  be  the 
 LORDE  daylie,  eue  y  God  which  helpeth  vs, 
 5  poureth  his  benefites  vpo  vs.  Sela.  The 
 God  y  is  oure  Sauioure,  eue  God  the  LORDE 
 by  wh5  we  escape  death.  The  God  that 
 smyteth  his  enemies  vpo  the  heades  ij  vpon 
 the  hayrie  scalpes  :  soch  as  go  on  still  in  their 
 wikednes.  The  LORDE  hath  sayde  :  some 
 wil  I  bringe  agayne  from  Basan,  some  wil  I 
 bringe  agayne  fro  the  depe  of  the  see.  That 
 thy  fote  maye  be  dipped  in  the  bloude  of  thine 
 enemies,  it  that  thy  dogges  maye  licke  it  vp. 
 
 It  is  well  sene  (o  God)  how  thou  goest,  how 
 thou  my  God  and  kynge  goest  in  the  SanC' 
 tuary.  The  syngers  go  before,  and  then  the 
 mynstrells  amonge  the  maydens  with  the 
 tymbrels.  O  geue  thankes  vnto  God  the 
 LORDE  in  the  congregacion,  for  the  welles 
 of  Israel.  ^  There  litle  Beniamin,  the  prynces 
 of  luda,  the  prynces  of  Zabulo,  and  the 
 prynces  of  NephthaU  beare  rule  amoge  them. 
 Thy  God  hath  comitted  stregth  vnto  the. 
 stablish  the  thinge  (o  God)  that  thou  hast 
 wrought  in  vs.  For  thy  teples  sake  at  leru- 
 salem  shal  kynges  brynge  presentes  vnto  the 
 Reproue  the  beestes  amonge  the  redes,  the 
 heape  of  bulles  with  the  calues :  those  that 
 dryue  for  money.  Oh  scatre  the  people  that 
 delyte  in  batayle.  The  prynces  shal  come  out 
 of  Egipte,  the  Morians  lode  shal  stretch  out 
 hir  hondes  vnto  God.  Synge  vnto  God,  o  ye 
 kjTigdomes  of  the  earth  :  o  synge  prayses  vnto 
 the  LORDE.     Sela. 
 
 Which  sytteth  in  the  heauens  ouer  all  fro 
 the  begynnynge:  Lo,  he  shal  sende  out  his 
 voyce,  yee  and  that  a  mightie  voyce.  As- 
 crybe  ye  the  power  vnto  God,  his  glory  is  in 
 Israel,  and  his  might  in  the  cloudes.  God  is 
 wonderfull  in  his  Sanctuar)',  he  is  the  God  of 
 Israel,  he  will  geue  strength  and  power  vnto 
 his  people.     Blessed  be  God. 
 
 Ei)t  ij:bii).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HELPE  me  (o  God)  for  the  waters  are 
 come  in  eue  vnto  my  soule.  I  sticke 
 fast  in  the  depe  myre,  where  no  grounde  is  : 
 I  am  come  in  to  depe  waters,  and  the  floudes 
 wil  drowne  me.  I  am  weery  of  crienge,  my 
 throte  is  drye,  my  sight  fayleth  me,  for  wayt- 
 
 20.  c.    ludic.  5.  a.     '  los.  10.  b.      /  Ephe.  4.  a.     f  ludi.  20. 
 
^sialme  Iw. 
 
 Cfte  ^sialtfr. 
 
 jro»  ivbij. 
 
 s 
 
 inge  so  longe  vpon  my  God.  "They  y  hate 
 me  without  a  cause,  are  mo  then  the  hayres 
 of  my  heade :  they  that  are  myne  enemies  5 
 wolde  destroye  me  giltlesse,  are  mightie  :  I 
 am  fayne  to  paye  the  thinges  y  I  neuer  toke. 
 God,  thou  knowest  my  symplenesse,  and  my 
 fautes  are  not  hyd  from  the.  Let  not  them 
 that  trust  in  the  (0  LORDE  God  of  hoostes) 
 be  ashamed  for  my  cause  :  let  not  those  y 
 seke  the,  be  confounded  thorow  me,  o  God  of 
 Israel.  And  why  ?  for  thy  sake  do  I  sufFre 
 reprofe,  shame  couereth  my  face.  I  am  be- 
 come a  straunger  vnto  my  brethren,  and  an 
 aleaunt  vnto  my  mothers  children.  *  For  the 
 zele  of  thine  house  hath  euen  eaten  me,  and 
 the  rebukes  of  them  that  rebuked  the,  is  fallen 
 vpon  me.  I  wepte  and  chastened  my  self  with 
 fastinge,  and  that  was  turned  to  my  reprofe. 
 '  I  put  on  a  sackecloth,  and  therfore  they  iested 
 vpon  me.  They  that  satt  in  the  gate,  spake 
 agaynst  me,  and  the  dronckardes  made  songes 
 vpon  me.  But  LORDE,  I  made  my  prayer 
 vnto  the  in  an  acceptable  tyme :  Heare  me  (o 
 God)  with  thy  greate  mercy  5  sure  helpe. 
 Take  me  out  of  the  myre,  y  I  syncke  not : 
 Oh  let  me  be  delyuered  fro  the  y  hate  me,  a 
 out  of  y  depe  waters.  Lest  f  water  floude 
 drowne  me,  that  the  depe  swalowe  me  not  vp, 
 (J  y  the  pitte  shut  not  hir  mouth  vpon  me. 
 Heare  me  (o  LORDE)  for  thy  louynge 
 kyndnesse  is  confortable :  turne  the  vnto  me 
 acordinge  vnto  thy  greate  mercy.  Hyde  not 
 thy  face  from  thy  seruaiit,  for  I  am  in  trouble : 
 O  haist  y  to  helpe  me.  Drawe  nye  vnto  my 
 soule,  and  saue  it :  O  delyuer  me  because  of 
 myne  enemies.  Thou  knowest  my  reprofe, 
 my  shame  j  my  dishonoure :  my  aduersaries 
 are  all  in  thy  sight.  The  rebuke  breaketh 
 my  hert,  5  maketh  me  heuy :  I  loke  for  some 
 to  haue  pitie  vpon  me,  but  there  is  no  man  : 
 J  for  some  to  coforte  me,  but  I  fynde  none. 
 ''  They  gaue  me  gall  to  eate,  5  whe  I  was 
 thurstie,  they  gaue  me  vyneger  to  drynke. 
 '  Let  their  table  be  made  a  snare  to  take 
 them  selues  withall,  an  occasion  to  fall  a  a 
 rewarde  vnto  them.  Let  their  eyes  be  blynded, 
 that  they  se  not:  5  euer  bowe  downe  their 
 backes. 
 
 Poure  out  thy  indignacion  vpon  them,  5  let 
 thy  wrothfuU  displeasure  take  holde  of  them. 
 /Let  their  habitacion  be  voyde,  5  no  man  to 
 
 -  loh.  13.  c.     Psal.  34.  c.  "  Psal.  118.  f.     loh.  2.  b. 
 
 Rom.  11.  a.  '  lob  30.  a.     Tren.  3.  f.  •<  Mat.  W.d. 
 
 dwell  in  their  tentes.  For  they  persecute  I 
 him  whom  thou  hast  smytten,  g  besyde  thy 
 woundes  they  haue  geuen  him  moo.  Let 
 them  fall  fro  one  wickednesse  to  another,  % 
 not  come  in  to  thy  rightuousnesse.  Let  the 
 be  wyped  out  of  f  boke  of  the  lyuinge,^  (j  not 
 be  written  amonge  the  rightuous.  As  for  me, 
 I  am  poore  5  in  heuynesse,  let  thy  helpe  de- 
 fende  me,  o  God.  That  I  maye  prayse  f 
 name  of  God  with  a  songe,  j  magnifie  it 
 with  thankesgeuynge.  This  shal  please  the 
 LORDE  better  then  a  bullocke,  that  hath 
 homes  5  hoffes.  O  considre  this  5  be  glad 
 (ye  that  be  in  aduersite)  seke  after  God,  5 
 youre  soule  shal  lyue. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  heareth  the  poore,  5  de- 
 spyseth  not  his  presoners.  Let  heauen  5  earth 
 praise  him,  the  see  5  all  that  moueth  therin. 
 For  God  wil  saue  Sion,  j  buylde  the  cities  of 
 luda,  that  men  maye  dwell  there,  tj  haue  the 
 in  possession.  The  sede  of  his  seruauntes 
 shal  iheret  it,  j  they  that  loue  his  name,  shal 
 dwell  therin. 
 
 Cljt  lyiy.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HAIST  the  (o  God)  to  delyuer  me,'  5  to 
 helpe  me,  o  LORDE.  Let  the  be 
 shamed  j  confounded  that  seke  after  my 
 soule :  let  them  be  turned  backwarde  5  put  to 
 confucio,  that  wysh  me  euell.  Let  them 
 soone  be  brought  to  shame,  y  crie  ouer  me  : 
 there  there. 
 
 But  let  all  those  that  seke  the,  be  ioyfull  5 
 glad  in  the  :  and  let  all  soch  as  delyte  in  thy 
 sauynge  health,  saye  alwaye  :  y  LORDE  be 
 praysed.  As  for  me,  I  am  poore  j  in  misery, 
 haist  the  God  for  to  helpe  me.  Thou  art  my 
 helpe,  my  redemer  u  my  God :  oh  make  no 
 lorge  tarienge. 
 
 €i)t  In-  i^Jfalmt. 
 
 IN  the,  o  LORDE,  is  my  trust,'  let  me 
 neuer  be  put  to  cofucio,  but  rydde  me  5 
 delyuer  me  thorow  thy  rightuousnesse :  en 
 cline  thine  eare  vnto  me,  (t  helpe  me.  Be  thou 
 my  stronge  holde  (where  vnto  I  maye  allwaye 
 fie)  thou  that  hast  promised  to  helpe  me  :  for 
 thou  art  my  house  of  defence  (t  my  castell. 
 Delyuer  me  (o  my  God)  out  of  f  hade  of  the 
 vngodly,  out  of  the  hande  of  the  vnrightuous 
 5  cruell  man.     For  thou  (o  LORDE  God) 
 
 loh.  18.  c. 
 s  Exo.  32. 
 
 '  Ro.  11.  b.  /  Mat.  23.  e.    Act.  1.  d. 
 
 *  Psal.  39.   c.  •  Psal.  30.   a. 
 
jTo.  tixUiU 
 
 €\)t  ^sialUr. 
 
 ^salmf  I)rn. 
 
 art  the  thinge  that  I  loge  for,  "  thou  art  my 
 hope  euen  fro  my  youth.  I  haue  leaned  vpo 
 f  euer  sens  I  was  borne,  thou  art  he  that  toke 
 me  out  of  my  mothers  wombe,  therfore  is  my 
 prayse  allwaye  of  the.  I  am  become  a  wonder 
 vnto  the  multitude,  but  my  sure  trust  is  in 
 the.  Oh  let  my  mouth  be  fylled  with  thy 
 prayse  5  honoure  all  the  daye  loge.  Cast  me 
 not  awaye  in  myne  olde  age,  forsake  me  not 
 when  my  strength  fayleth  me.  For  myne 
 enemies  speake  agaynst  me,  (t  they  that  laye 
 wayte  for  my  soule,  take  their  councell  to- 
 gether, sayenge  :  God  hath  forsake  him,  per- 
 secute him,  take  him,  for  there  is  none  to 
 helpe  him.  Go  not  farre  fro  me,  o  God :  my 
 God,  haist  the  to  helpe  me.  Let  them  be 
 cofounded  a  perish,  that  are  agaynst  my  soule : 
 let  the  be  couered  with  shame  (j  dishonoure, 
 that  seke  to  do  me  euell.  As  for  me,  I  wil 
 pacietly  abyde  allwaye,  5  wil  euer  encrease 
 thy  prayse.  My  mouth  shal  speake  of  thy 
 rightuousnesse  g  sauynge  health  all  the  daye 
 loge,  for  I  knowe  no  ende  therof.  Let  me 
 go  in  (o  LORDE  God)  5  I  wil  make  mencion 
 of  thy  power  and  rightuousnesse  only.  Thou 
 (o  God)  hast  lerned  me  fro  my  youth  vp  vn- 
 till  now,  therfore  wil  I  tell  of  thy  wonderous 
 workes.  Forsake  me  not  (o  God)  in  myne 
 olde  age,  when  I  am  gray  headed :  vntill  I 
 haue  shewed  thyne  arme  vnto  childers  child- 
 ren,' (J  thy  power  to  all  them  that  are  yet  for 
 to  come.  Thy  rightuousnes  (o  God)  is  very 
 hie,  thou  that  doest  greate  thinges:  o  God, 
 who  is  like  vnto  the  ?  O  what  greate  troubles 
 (I  aduersite  hast  thou  shewed  me  ?  ij  yet  didest 
 thou  turne  5  refresh  me,  yee  u  broughtest  me 
 from  the  depe  of  the  earth  agayne.  Thou 
 hast  brought  me  to  greate  honoure,  5  com- 
 forted me  on  euery  syde.  Therfore  wil  I 
 prayse  the  5  thy  faithfulnesse  (o  God)  "^playege 
 vpon  the  lute,  vnto  the  wil  I  synge  vpon  the 
 harpe,  o  thou  holy  one  of  Israel.  My  lippes 
 wolde  fayne  synge  prayses  vnto  the :  5  so 
 wolde  my  soule,  whom  thou  hast  delyuered. 
 My  tonge  talketh  of  thy  rightuousnesse  all 
 the  daye  longe,  for  they  are  confounded  5 
 brought  vnto  shame,  y  sought  to  do  me  euel. 
 
 Wi^tljiyi,     A  psal me  of  Salomon. 
 >  EUE  the  kinge  thy  iudgmet  (o  God) 
 JT  and  thy  rightuousnesse  vnto  the  kynges 
 
 "  Psal.  21. 1 
 ''  Deu.  17.  d. 
 
 lere.  1.  a.       »  Deut.  6.d.      '  2 
 <■  Psal.  88.  e.        /  Exo.  23.  d. 
 
 Reg.  7.  b, 
 Re.  4.  b. 
 
 sonne.  That  he  maye  gouerne  thy  people 
 acordinge  vnto  right,  ''and  defende  thy  poore. 
 That  the  mountaynes  maye  brynge  peace,  and 
 the  litle  hilles  rightuousnes  vnto  the  people. 
 He  shal  kepe  the  symple  folke  by  their  right, 
 defende  the  childrc  of  the  poore,  and  punysh 
 the  wrongeous  doer. 
 
 '  Thou  shalt  be  feared  as  longe  as  f  Sonne 
 and  the  Moone  endureth,  from  onegeneracion 
 to  another.  He  shal  come  downe  like  the 
 rayne  in  to  a  flese  of  woU,  and  like  the 
 droppes  that  water  y  earth.  In  his  tyme  shal 
 rightuousnesse  florish,  yee  and  abundauce  of 
 peace,  so  longe  as  the  Moone  endureth. 
 
 ■'  His  dominion  shalbe  from  the  one  see  to 
 the  other,  and  from  the  floude  vnto  the 
 worldes  ende.  They  that  dwell  in  the  wilder- 
 nes,  shal  knele  before  him,  5  his  enemies  shal 
 licke  the  dust.  ^  The  kynges  of  the  see  and 
 of  the  lies  shal  brynge  presentes,  y  kinges  of 
 Araby  5  Saba  shall  ofFre  giftes.  All  kynges 
 shal  worshipe  him,  g  all  Heithe  shal  do  him 
 seruyce.  For  he  shal  deliuer  the  poore  whc 
 he  crieth,  5  the  nedy  y  hath  no  helpe.  He 
 shall  be  fauorable  to  the  symple  5  poore,  he 
 shal  preserue  the  soules  of  soch  as  be  in  ad- 
 uersite. He  shal  deliuer  their  soules  from 
 extorcion  5  wronge,  a  deare  shal  their  bloude 
 be  in  his  sight.  He  shal  lyue,  5  vnto  him 
 shalbe  geue  of  f  golde  of  Arabia :  Prayer 
 shal  be  made  euer  vnto  him,  (t  daylie  shal  he 
 be  praysed.  There  shalbe  an  heape  of  come 
 in  the  earth  hye  vpon  the  hilles,  his  frute  shal 
 shake  like  Libanus,  5  shal  be  grene  in  the 
 cite,  like  grasse  vpo  the  earth.  His  name 
 shal  endure  for  euer,  his  name  shal  remayne 
 vnder  the  sonne  amonge  the  posterites,  which 
 shal  be  blessed  thorow  him,  5  all  the  Heithen 
 shal  prayse  him.  Blessed  be  the  LORDE 
 God,  euen  the  God  of  Israel,  which  only  doth 
 woderous  thinges.  And  blessed  be  the  name 
 of  his  maiesty  for  euer,  and  all  londes  be  ful- 
 filled with  his  glory.     Amen,  Amen. 
 
 Here  ende  the  prayers  of  Dauid   the  sonne  of 
 lesse. 
 
 TO^e  Ivvij-     A  psaime  of  Asaph. 
 
 OHOW  louynge  is  God  vnto  Israel,  to 
 soch  as  are  of  a  clone  hert?     Neuer- 
 thelesse  my  fete  were  allmost  gone,  my  tread- 
 
 e  3  Re.  10.  a.     Esa.  60.  a.     Matt.  2.  b. 
 
^sfalme  Ixnih 
 
 Wi)t  ^salt^r. 
 
 fo.  Irvir, 
 
 inges  had  wel  nye  slipte.  And  why  ?  I  was 
 greued  at  y  wicked,"  to  se  the  vngodly  in 
 soch  prosperite.  For  they  are  in  no  parell  of 
 death,  but  stonde  fast  liiie  a  palace.  They 
 come  in  no  misfortune  Hke  other  folke,  nether 
 are  they  plaged  hke  other  men.  And  this  is 
 the  cause  that  they  be  so  puft  vp  in  pryde,  (j 
 ouerwhelmed  with  cruelte  and  vnrightuous- 
 nesse.  Their  eyes  swell  for  fatnesse,  they  do 
 euen  what  they  lyst.  Corrupte  are  they,  and 
 speake  blasphemies  maliciously,  proude  and 
 presumptuous  are  their  wordes.  They  stretch 
 forth  their  mouth  vnto  the  heauen,  (j  their 
 tonge  goeth  thorow  the  worlde.  Therfore  fall 
 the  people  vnto  them,  and  there  out  sucke 
 they  no  small  auauntage.  *  Tush  (saye  they) 
 how  shulde  God  perceaue  it  ?  is  there  know- 
 lege  in  the  most  hyest  ?  Lo,  these  are  the 
 vngodly,  these  prospere  in  the  worlde,  these 
 haue  riches  in  possession.  Shulde  I  then 
 dense  my  hert  in  vayne  (thought  I)  '5  wash 
 my  hondes  in  innocency  ?  Wherfore  shulde  I 
 be  then  punyshed  daylie,  d  be  chastened  euery 
 mornynge  ?  Yee  I  had  allmost  also  sayde  euen 
 as  they:  but  lo,  then  shulde  I  haue  condemned 
 the  generacion  of  thy  children.  Then  thought 
 I  to  vnderstonde  this,  but  it  was  to  harde  for 
 me.  Vntill  I  wete  in  to  y  Sanctuary  of  God, 
 1  considered  the  ende  of  these  men.  Namely, 
 how  thou  hast  set  the  in  a  slippery  place, 
 ''  that  thou  maiest  cast  the  downe  headlynges 
 g  destroye  the.  O  how  sodenly  do  they  con- 
 sume, perish,  (t  come  to  a  fearful!  ende  ?  'Yee 
 euen  like  as  a  dreame  when  one  awaketh,  so 
 makest  thou  their  ymage  to  vanish  out  of  the 
 cite.  Thus  my  hert  was  greued,  a  it  wente 
 euen  thorow  my  reynes. 
 
 So  foolish  was  I  and  ignoraunt,  and  as  it 
 were  a  beest  before  the.  Neuerthelesse,  I  am 
 allwaye  by  the,  thou  boldest  me  by  my  right 
 hande.  Thou  ledest  me  with  thy  coucel,  and 
 afterwarde  receauest  me  vnto  glory.  O  what 
 is  there  prepared  for  me  in  heauen?  there  is 
 nothinge  vpo  earth,  that  I  desyre  in  compa- 
 rison of  the.  My  flesh  and  my  herte  fayleth, 
 but  God  is  the  strength  of  my  hert,  and  my 
 porcion  for  euer.  -^  For  lo,  they  that  forsake 
 the,  shal  perishe,  thou  destroyest  all  them  that 
 committe  fornicacion  agaynst  the.  But  it  is 
 good  for  me,  to  holde  me  fast  by  God,  to  put 
 
 »  Aba.  1.  c.    lere.  12.  a.    lob  21.  a.  »  Psal.  93.  a. 
 
 Mai.  3.  c.        <•  Psal.  91.  a.         '  Psal.  89.  a.  Esa.  29.  b. 
 /  Num.  18.  c.   Psal.  118.  h.    Tren.  3.  c. 
 
 my  trust  in  the  LORDE  God,  and  to  speake 
 of  all  thy  workes. 
 
 Ojt  lyyii).     A  psalme  of  Asapli 
 
 OGOD,  wherfore  doest  thou  cast  vs  so 
 cleane  awaye  ?  why  is  thy  wrath  so 
 hote  agaynst  ;y-  shepe  of  thy  pasture  ?  O  thynke 
 vpon  thy  congregacion,  whom  thou  hast  pur- 
 chased fro  the  begynnynge  :  the  staff  of  thine 
 inheritaunce,  whom  thou  hast  redemed,  euen 
 this  hill  of  Sion  wherin  thou  dwellest.  Treade 
 vpon  them  with  thy  fete,  d  cast  them  downe 
 to  the  grounde,  for  the  enemie  hath  destroyed 
 alltogether  in  the  Sactuary.  Thy  aduersaries 
 roare  in  thy  houses,  5  set  vp  their  banners  for 
 tokens.  Men  maye  se  the  axes  glister  aboue, 
 like  as  those  that  hewe  in  the  wod.  They 
 cutt  downe  '^all  the  sylinge  worke  of  f  Sactuary 
 with  bylles  (j  axes.  They  haue  set  fyre  vpon 
 thy  Sactuary,  they  haue  defiled  y  dwellynge 
 place  of  thy  name,  eue  vnto  the  groiide.  Yee 
 they  saye  in  their  hertes  :  Let  vs  spoyle  the 
 all  together,  thus  haue  they  brent  vp  all  the 
 houses  of  God  in  the  londe.  We  se  oure 
 tokens  nomore,  there  is  not  one  prophet  more, 
 no  not  one  that  vnderstondeth  enymore.  Oh 
 God,  how  loge  shal  the  aduersary  do  this  dis- 
 honoure?  how  loge  shal  the  enemie  blaspheme 
 thy  name  ?  for  euer  ?  Why  withdrawest  thou 
 thine  honde  ?  why  pluckest  thou  not  thy  right 
 hode  out  of  thy  bosome,  to  consume  thine 
 enemies  ?  But  God  is  my  kynge  of  olde,  the 
 helpe  that  is  done  vpon  earth  he  doth  it  him- 
 self. Thou  deuydest  y^  see  thorow  thy  power, 
 ''  thou  breakest  the  heades  of  the  dragos  in 
 the  waters. 
 
 '  Thou  smytest  the  heades  of  Leuiathan  in 
 peces,  5  geuest  him  to  be  meate  for  the  people 
 in  the  wildernesse.  Thou  dyggest  vp  welles 
 (J  brokes,  thou  dryest  vp  mightie  waters.  The 
 daye  is  thyne,  d  the  night  is  thine  :  thou  hast 
 prepared  the  lightes  j  the  Sonne.  Thou  hast 
 set  all  y  borders  of  the  earth,  thou  hast  made 
 both  Sommer  5  wynter.  Remembre  this 
 (o  LORDE)  how  the  enemie  rebuketh,  5 
 how  the  foolish  people  blaspheme  thy  name. 
 O  delyuer  not  the  soule  of  thy  turtle  done 
 vnto  the  beestes,  d  forget  not  the  congrega- 
 cion of  the  poore  for  euer.  Loke  vpon  the 
 couenaunt,  for  the  darcke  houses  of  the  earth 
 
 e  4  Re.  25.  b.  2  Pa.  36.  c.    Eze.  16.  d.  .      *  Exo.  14.  . 
 •  Esa.  27.  a.     lob  40.  c. 
 
'jTo.  t«)rr. 
 
 mn  ^sfaiun 
 
 ^salme  ImiiU 
 
 are  full  of  wickednesse.  O  let  not  the  sjonple 
 go  awaye  ashamed,  for  the  poore  d  nedy  geue 
 prayses  vnto  thy  name.  Aryse  (o  God)  5 
 manteyne  thine  o\vne  cause,  remembre  how 
 the  foolish  ma  blasphemeth  the  daylie.  For- 
 get not  the  voyce  of  thine  enemies,  for  the 
 presumpcion  of  them  that  hate  the,  increaseth 
 euer  more  j  more. 
 
 (TOjje  In'iiii-     A  psahne  of  Asaph. 
 
 VNTO  the  (o  God)  will  we  geue  thakes, 
 yee  vnto  the  wyll  we  geue  thankes,  3 
 seynge  thy  name  is  so  nye,  we  will  tell  of  thy 
 wonderous  workes.  When  I  maye  get  a  con- 
 uenient  tyme,  I  shal  iudge  acordinge  vnto 
 right.  The  earth  is  weake  5  all  that  is  therin, 
 but  I  beare  vp  hir  pilers.     Sela. 
 
 I  sayde  vnto  the  madde  people  :  deale  not 
 so  madly,  5  to  the  vngodly :  set  not  vp  youre 
 homes.  Set  not  vp  youre  homes  an  hye,  i 
 speake  not  with  a  stiff  necke.  For  promocio 
 commeth  nether  from  the  east  ner  from  the 
 west,  ner  yet  fro  the  wyldernesse.  And  why  ? 
 God  is  the  iudge :  "  he  putteth  downe  one  3 
 setteth  vp  another.  For  in  the  honde  of  the 
 LORDE  there  is  a  cuppe  full  of  stronge  wyne, 
 5  he  poureth  out  of  the  same :  As  for  the 
 dregges  therof,  all  y  vngodly  of  the  earth  shal 
 drynke  them,  g  sucke  them  out.  But  I  wil 
 talke  of  the  God  of  laeob,  5  prayse  him  for 
 euer.  All  the  homes  of  the  vngodly  will  I 
 breake,  5  y  homes  of  the  rightuous  shalbe 
 exalted. 
 
 1 
 
 %i)t  \xyb.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 N  luda  is  God  knowne,  his  name  is  greate 
 _  in  Israel.  At  Salem  is  his  tabernacle,  j 
 his  dwellinge  in  Sion.  There  breaketh  he  the 
 arowes  of  the  bowe,  f  shylde,  '  the  swerde  3 
 the  whole  battayll. 
 
 Sela.  Thou  art  of  more  honoure  5  might 
 the  the  hilles  of  robbers.  The  proude  shalbe 
 robbed  5  slepe  their  slepe,  u  ;y-  mightie  shalbe 
 able  to  do  nothinge  with  their  hodes.  Whe 
 thou  rebukest  them  (o  God  of  lacob)  both 
 the  charettes  g  horsmen  shal  fall  on  slepe. 
 Thou  art  feareful,  for  who  maye  abyde  in  thy 
 sight,  when  thou  art  angrie  ?  "  When  thou 
 lattest  thy  iudgment  be  herde  from  heauen, 
 the  erth  trembleth  5  is  still.  Yee  when 
 God  aryseth  to  geue  iudgment,  5  to   helpe 
 
 •  Eccl.  35.  b.  Esa.  51.  b.  lere.  25.  c.  »  Psal.  45.  b. 
 
 '  lud.  4.  c.    2  Par.  29.  d.    4  Reg.  19.  g. 
 
 all   them   that  be  in   aduersite   vpon   earth. 
 Sela. 
 
 When  thou  punyshest  one  man,  he  must 
 knowlege,  that  thou  art  redy  to  punysh  other 
 mo.  ''Loke  what  ye  promyse  vnto  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  se  that  ye  kepe  it,  all  ye  that  be 
 roiide  aboute  him  :  brynge  presentes  vnto  him 
 y  ought  to  be  feared.  Which  taketh  awaye  the 
 breth  of  prynces,  5  is  wonderfull  amoge  the 
 kynges  of  the  earth. 
 
 Cljt  lyybi.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 I  CRIED  vnto  God  with  my  voyce,  'yee 
 euen  vnto  God  cried  I  with  my  voyce,  5 
 he  herde  me.  In  the  tyme  of  my  trouble  I 
 sought  the  LORDE,  I  helde  vp  my  hondes 
 vnto  him  in  the  night  season,  for  my  soule 
 refused  all  other  comforte.  When  I  was  in 
 heuynesse,  I  thought  vpo  God:  whe  my  hert 
 was  vexed,  then  dyd  I  speake. 
 
 Sela.  Thou  heldest  myne  eyes  wakynge, 
 I  was  so  feble,  that  I  coude  not  speake. 
 ^Then  remembred  I  the  tymes  of  olde,  5  the 
 yeares  that  were  past.  I  called  to  remem 
 braunce  my  songe  in  the  night,  I  commoned 
 with  myne  owne  herte,  and  sought  out  my 
 sprete.      Wil  the  LORDE  cast  out  for  euer? 
 
 Wil  he  be  nomore  intreated  ?  Is  his  mercy 
 cleane  gone?  Is  his  promyse  come  vtterly 
 to  an  ende  for  euermore  ?  Hath  the  LORDE 
 forgotten  to  be  gracious?  Or,  hath  he  shut 
 vp  his  louynge  kyndnesse  in  displeasure? 
 Sela.  At  the  last  I  came  to  this  poynte,  that 
 I  thought :  O  why  art  thou  so  foolish  ?  the 
 right  honde  of  the  most  hyest  can  chaunge  all. 
 
 Therfore  wil  I  remembre  the  workes  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  call  to  mynde  thy  wonders  of 
 olde  tyme.  I  wil  speake  of  all  tliy  workes, 
 and  my  talkynge  shalbe  of  thy  doinges. 
 
 Thy  waye  (o  God)  is  holy,  who  is  so  greate 
 I  mightie  as  God  ?  Thou  art  the  God,  that 
 doth  wonders,  thou  hast  declared  thy  power 
 amonge  the  people.  ^Thou  with  thine  arme 
 hast  delyuered  thy  people,  euen  the  sonnes  of 
 lacob  and  loseph.  Sela.  The  waters  sawe 
 f  (o  God)  y  waters  sawe  y,  5  were  afrayed  :  y 
 depthes  were  moued.  The  thicke  cloudes 
 poured  out  water,  y  cloudes  thodered,  and  thy 
 arowes  wente  abrode.  Thy  thonder  was  herde 
 rounde  aboute,  the  lighteninges  shone  vpon 
 the  grounde,  the  earth  was  moued  and  shoke 
 
 '  Deut.  23.  d.  Eccls.  5.  a.     '  Psal.  141.  a.    /  Psal.  142.  a. 
 f  Eio.  14.  d. 
 
psialine  IiThij» 
 
 €i)t  psalter. 
 
 #0.  irjrjru 
 
 withall.  Thy  waye  was  in  the  see,  and  thy 
 pathes  in  the  greate  waters,  yet  coude  no  man 
 knowe  thy  fotesteppes.  Thou  leddest  thy 
 people  like  a  flocke  of  shepe,  by  the  honde  of 
 Moses  and  Aaron. 
 
 ffl^C  Ixyhi].     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 HE  A  RE  my  lawe  (o  my  people)  encline 
 youre  eares  vnto  f  wordes  of  my  mouth. 
 "  I  wil  open  my  mouth  in  parables,  and 
 speake  of  thinges  of  olde.  Which  we  haue 
 herde  and  knowne,  and  soch  as  oure  fathers 
 haue  tolde  vs.  That  we  shulde  not  hyde 
 them  from  the  children  of  the  generacions 
 to  come :  but  to  shewe  the  honoure  of  the 
 LORDE,  his  might  and  wonderfull  workes 
 that  he  hath  done.  He  made  a  couenaunt 
 with  lacob,  ''and  gaue  Israel  a  lawe,  which  he 
 cSmaunded  oure  forefathers  to  teach  their 
 children.  That  their  posterite  might  knowe 
 it,  and  the  children  which  were  yet  vnborne. 
 
 To  the  intent  y  when  they  came  vp,  they 
 might  shewe  their  children  the  same.  That 
 they  also  might  put  their  trust  in  God,  (j  not 
 to  forget  what  he  had  done,  but  to  kepe  his 
 comaundementes.  "^And  not  to  be  as  their 
 forefathers,  a  frowarde  and  ouerthwarte  gene- 
 racion,  a  generacion  that  set  not  their  herte  a 
 right,  and  whose  sprete  was  not  true  towarde 
 God.  Like  as  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
 which  beynge  harnessed  and  carienge  bowes, 
 turned  them  selues  backe  in  the  tyme  of  bat- 
 tayll.  They  kepte  not  the  couenaut  of  God, 
 S  wolde  not  walke  in  his  lawe. 
 
 They  forgat  what  he  had  done,  and  the 
 wonderfull  workes  that  he  had  shewed  for 
 them.  Maruelous  thinges  dyd  he  in  the 
 sight  of  their  fathers  in  the  londe  of  Egipte, 
 euen  in  the  felde  of  Zoan.  ''  He  deuyded  the 
 see  and  let  them  go  thorow  it,  and  made  the 
 waters  to  stonde  like  a  wall.  "In  the  daye 
 tyme  he  led  them  with  a  cloude,  and  all  the 
 night  thorow  with  a  light  of  fyre.  He  cloaue 
 the  hard  rockes  in  the  wildernesse,  and  gaue 
 them  drynke  therof,  as  it  had  bene  out  of  the 
 greate  deapth.  He  brought  waters  out  of  the 
 stony  rocke,  so  that  they  gusshed  out  like  the 
 ryuers.  Yet  for  all  this  they  synned  agaynst 
 him,  and  prouoked  the  most  hyest  in  the  wil- 
 dernesse.   They  tempted  God  in  their  hertes, 
 
 "Mat.  13.6.  Exo.  12.  d.  Deut.4.b.  and  11.  c.  Ephe. 6.a. 
 »  Exo.  12.e.andl3.  d.  Deut.6.d.  '  Eze.  18.  b.  andSO.c. 
 Deut.  32.  a.        ■*  Exo.  14.  e.        «  Exo.  13.  d.   Exo.  17.  b. 
 
 and  requyred  meate  for  their  lust.  -'For  they 
 spake  agaynst  God  and  sayde  :  Yee  yee,  God 
 shal  prepare  a  table  in  the  wyldernesse,  shall 
 he  ?  Lo,  he  smote  the  stony  rocke,  that  the 
 watery  streames  gusshed  out,  and  the  streames 
 flowed  withall :  but  how  can  he  geue  bred  and 
 prouyde  flesh  for  his  people?  When  the 
 LORDE  herde  this,  he  was  wroth :  so  the 
 fyre  was  kyndled  in  lacob,  and  heuy  displea- 
 sure agaynst  Israel. 
 
 Because  they  beleued  not  in  God,  and  put 
 not  their  trust  in  his  helpe.  So  he  com- 
 mauded  the  cloudes  aboue,  and  opened  the 
 dores  of  heauen.  '  He  rayned  downe  Manna 
 vpo  them  for  to  eate,  and  gaue  them  bred 
 from  heauen.  Then  ate  they  angels  fode,  for 
 he  sent  them  meate  ynough.  He  caused  the 
 east  wynde  to  blowe  vnder  the  heauen,  and 
 thorow  his  power  he  brought  in  the  south 
 wynde.  ■*  He  made  flesh  to  rayne  vpon  them 
 as  thicke  as  dust,  and  fethered  foules  like  the 
 sonde  of  f  see.  He  let  it  fall  amoge  their 
 tetes  roiide  aboute  their  habitaci5s.  So  they 
 ate  5  were  fylled,  for  he  gaue  them  their  owne 
 desyre.   ■  They  were  not  dispoynted  of  their  lust. 
 
 But  whyle  y  meate  was  yet  in  theyr  mouthes : 
 The  heuy  wrath  of  God  came  vpo  the,  slewe 
 y  welthiest  of  the,  i  smote  downe  f  chosen 
 men  of  Israel.  But  for  all  this  they  synned 
 yet  more,  *and  beleued  not  his  woderous 
 workes.  Therfore  their  dayes  were  consumed 
 in  vanite,  and  sodenly  their  yeares  were  gone. 
 When  he  slewe  them,  they  sought  him,  and 
 turned  them  early  vnto  God. 
 
 They  thought  then  that  God  was  their 
 socoure,  and  that  the  hye  God  was  their  re- 
 demer.  Neuerthelesse,  they  dyd  but  flater 
 him  in  their  mouthes,  and  dissembled  with 
 him  in  their  tonges.  For  their  herte  was  not 
 whole  with  him,  nether  continued  they  in  his 
 couenaunt.  But  he  was  so  mercifull,  that  he 
 forgaue  their  mysdedes,  and  destroyed  them 
 not :  Yee  many  a  tyme  turned  he  his  wrath 
 awaye,  and  wolde  not  suffre  his  whole  displea- 
 sure to  aryse.  'For  he  considered  y  they  were 
 but  flesh  :  euen  a  wynde  that  passeth  awaye, 
 and  commeth  not  agayne.  O  how  oft  haue 
 they  greued  him  in  the  wildernesse  ?  How 
 many  a  tyme  haue  they  prouoked  him  iu  the 
 deserte  ?     They  turned  backe  5  tempted  God, 
 
 Nu.  20.  b.    1  Co.  10.  a.  /  Exo.  16.  a.     Num.  11.  a. 
 
 sExo.  16.C.  Deut. 8. a.  Sap.  16. d.  Ioh.6.d.    "Exo.  16. c. 
 Num.  11. g.    "Num.ll.g.    '  Num.  14.  a.    'PsaI.102.b. 
 
 69 
 
fo,  'bmh 
 
 Cbe  psalter. 
 
 dT 
 
 and  moued  the  holy  one  in  Israel.  They 
 thought  not  of  his  hade,  in  y  daye  when  he 
 delyuered  them  from  the  hande  of  f  enemie. 
 How  he  had  wrought  his  miracles  in  Egipte, 
 and  his  woders  in  the  londe  of  Zoan.  How 
 he  turned  their  waters  in  to  bloude,  so  that 
 they  might  not  drynke  of  the  ryuers. "  How 
 he  sent  lyse  amonge  them,  to  eate  them  vp, 
 and  frogges  to  destroye  them.  How  he  gaue 
 their  frutes  vnto  the  eatirpiller,  and  their 
 laboure  vnto  the  greshopper.  *How  he  bett 
 downe  their  vynyardes  with  hayle  stones,  and 
 their  Molbery  trees  with  the  frost.  How  he 
 smote  their  catell  with  haylestones,  and  their 
 floekes  with  hote  thoder  boltes.  How  he 
 sent  vpon  them  y  furiousnesse  of  his  wrath, 
 anger  5  displeasure :  with  trouble  and  fallinge 
 in  of  euel  angels.  "  When  he  made  a  waye  to 
 his  fearfull  indignacio,  and  spared  not  their 
 soules  from  death,  yee  and  gaue  their  catell 
 ouer  to  the  pestilence.  ''When  he  smote  all 
 the  firstborne  in  Egipte,  the  most  principall 
 and  mightiest  in  y  dwellinges  of  Ham. 
 
 But  as  for  his  owne  people,  he  led  them 
 forth  like  shepe,  and  caried  them  in  the  wyl- 
 dernesse  like  a  flocke.  He  brought  them  out 
 safely,  that  they  shulde  not  feare,  and  ouer- 
 whelmed  their  enemies  with  the  see.  He 
 caried  them  vnto  the  borders  of  his  Sanctuary : 
 euen  in  to  this  hill,  which  he  purchased  with 
 his  right  hande.  '  He  dyd  cast  out  the  Heithen 
 before  them,  caused  their  londe  to  be  deuyded 
 amonge  them  for  an  heretage,  and  made  y 
 tribes  of  Israel  to  dwell  in  their  tetes.  For 
 all  this  they  tempted  and  displeased  the  most 
 hye  God,  and  kepte  not  his  couenaunt.  But 
 turned  their  backes  and  fell  awaye  like  their 
 forefathers,  startinge  asyde  like  a  broken 
 bowe.  And  so  they  greued  him  with  their 
 hie  places,  5  prouoked  him  with  their  ymages. 
 When  God  herde  this,  he  was  wroth,  and  toke 
 sore  displeasure  at  Israel.  /  So  that  he  for- 
 soke  the  tabernacle  in  Silo,  euen  his  habitacion 
 wherin  he  dwelt  amonge  men.  ^  He  delyuered 
 their  power  in  to  captiuyte,  and  their  glory  in 
 to  the  enemies  hode.  He  gaue  his  people 
 ouer  in  to  the  swerde,  for  he  was  wroth  with 
 his  heretage. 
 
 The  fyre  consumed  their  yonge  men,  and 
 their  maydes  were  not  geuen  to  mariage. 
 
 •  Exo.  7.  d.  Exo.  8.  e.  Exo.  8.  b.  "  Exo.  10.  d. 
 Exo.  9.  c.        '  Exo.  9.  a.  '  Exo.  12.  e.   Psal.  134.  b. 
 
 '  Deut.  3.  a.   losu.  6.  a.        /  lere.  7.  a.        el  Re.  4.  5. 6. 
 
 1  Reg.  4.  a.    '  Psal.  86.  a.     » 1  Re.  16.  c.      '  2  Par.  36.  c. 
 
 ^salim  Iinrbiij. 
 
 Their  prestes  were  slayne  with  the  swerde 
 and  there  were  no  wyddowes  to  make  la- 
 mentacion.  So  the  LORDE  awaked  as  one 
 out  of  slepe,  and  like  a  giaunte  refreshed  with 
 wyne.  ''He  smote  his  enemies  in  y  hynder 
 partes,  and  put  them  to  a  perpetuall  shame. 
 He  refused  the  tabernacle  of  loseph,  and 
 chose  not  the  trybe  of  Ephraim.  Neuerthe 
 lesse,  he  chose  ^  trybe  of  luda,  eue  the  hill 
 of  Sion  which  he  loued.  'And  there  he 
 buylded  his  temple  on  hye,  and  layed  y  foun 
 dacion  of  it  like  f  grounde,  that  it  might  per- 
 petually endure.  'He  chose  Dauid  also  his 
 seruaut,  and  toke  him  awaye  from  the  shepe 
 foldes.  As  he  was  folowinge  the  yowes  greate 
 with  yonge,  he  toke  him,  that  he  might  fede 
 lacob  his  people,  and  Israel  his  enheritaunce. 
 So  he  fed  them  with  a  faithfuil  and  true  hert, 
 and  ruled  them  with  all  y  diligence  of  his  power. 
 
 %\)t  l)iT6iij.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 OGOD,  f  Heithen  are  fallen  in  to  thine 
 heretage:  'thy  holy  temple  haue  they 
 defyled,  and  made  lerusalem  an  heape  of 
 stones.  "'  The  deed  bodies  of  thy  seruauntes 
 haue  they  geuen  vnto  f  foules  of  the  ayre  to 
 be  deuoured,  and  the  flesh  of  thy  sayntes  vnto 
 f  beestes  of  the  londe.  Their  bloude  haue 
 they  shed  like  water  on  euery  syde  of  leru- 
 salem, and  there  was  no  ma  to  burie  them. 
 "We  are  become  an  open  shame  vnto  oure 
 enemies,  a  very  scorne  and  derision  vnto  them 
 that  are  rounde  aboute  vs. 
 
 LORDE,  how  longe  wilt  thou  be  angrie  ? 
 shal  thy  gelousy  bunie  like  fyre  for  euer  ? 
 Poure  out  thy  indignacion  vpon  the  Heithen 
 that  knowe  the  not,  "  and  vpon  the  kyngdomes 
 that  call  not  vpon  thy  name. 
 
 For  they  haue  deuoured  Jacob,  and  layed 
 waiste  his  dwellinge  place.  ''O  remebre  not 
 oure  olde  synnes,  but  haue  mercy  vpon  vs  (5 
 that  soone)  for  we  are  come  to  greate  mysery. 
 
 Helpe  vs  (o  God  oure  Sauyoure)  fory  glory 
 of  thy  name  :  o  delyuer  vs,  5  forgeue  vs  oure 
 synnes  for  thy  names  sake.  Wherfore  shall 
 }  Heithe  saye :  where  is  now  their  God  ?  O 
 et  the  vengeaunce '  of  thy  seruauntes  bloude 
 that  is  shed,  be  openly  shewed  vpon  the  Heithe 
 in  oure  sight.  O  let  the  soroufuU  sighinge  of 
 the  presoners  come  before  the,  and  acordinge 
 
 lere.   15.  a.     lere.  16.  a.  and   34.   d.      1   Mac.    7.  c. 
 1  Reg.  9.  b.    Psal.  43.  b.    lere.  19.  a.         »  lere.  10.  d. 
 P  Esa.  64.  b.        «  Psal.  113.  b. 
 
^salint  Imi^ 
 
 €i)t  isalUr. 
 
 fo,  bmi). 
 
 o  LORDE  God  of  hoostes,  shewe  the  light 
 of  thy  coutenauce,  i  we  shal  be  whole. 
 
 SEi^t  IVfT-     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 SYNGE  merely  vnto  God  which  is  oure 
 stregth,  make  a  chearful  noyse  vnto  f 
 God  of  lacob.  Take  y  psalme,  brynge  hither 
 the  tabret,  the  mery  harpe  (j  lute.  Blowe  vp 
 the  tropettes  in  the  new  Moone,  vpon  oure 
 solepne  feast  daye.-'^  For  this  is  the  vse  in 
 Israel,  5  a  lawe  of  the  God  of  lacob. 
 
 This  he  ordened  in  Joseph  for  a  testimony, 
 when  he  came  out  of  Egipte,  5  had  herde  a 
 strauge  laguage.  When  he  eased  his  shulder 
 from  the  burthe,  5  when  his  hondes  were 
 delyuered  fro  the  pottes.  «  Whe  thou  calldest 
 vpon  me  in  trouble,  I  helped  the  5  herde  the, 
 what  tyme  as  the  storme  fell  vpo  the,  I  proued 
 the  also  at  the  water  of  strife.     Sela. 
 
 Heare  o  my  people,  for  I  assure  the  o  Israel, 
 yf  thou  wilt  herken  vnto  me  :  There  shal  no 
 straunge  God  be  in  the,  nether  shalt  thou 
 worshipe  eny  other  God.  *  I  am  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  which  brought  the  out  of  the  lode 
 of  Egipte :  ope  thy  mouth  wyde,  5  I  shal  fyll 
 it.  '  But  my  people  wolde  not  heare  my 
 voyce,  (J  Israel  wolde  not  obeye  me.  So  I 
 gaue  the  vp  vnto  their  owne  hertes  lust,*  (j  let 
 the  folowe  their  owne  ymaginacions.  O  y 
 my  people  wolde  obeye  me,  for  yf  Israel 
 wolde  walke  in  my  wayes,  I  shulde  soone  put 
 downe  their  enemies,  5  turne  myne  hode 
 agaynst  their  aduersaries.  The  haters  of  f 
 LORDE  shulde  mysse  Israel,  but  their  tyme 
 shulde  endure  for  euer.  He  shulde  fede  them 
 with  the  fynest  wheate  floure,  '5  satisfie  them 
 with  hony  out  of  the  stony  rocke. 
 
 Ci^t  lyyyi.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 GOD  stondeth  in  the  congregacion  of  the 
 goddes,  d  is  a  iudge  amonge  the  iudges. 
 "'How  longe  wil  ye  geue  wroge  iudgment,  % 
 accepte  the  personnes  of  the  vngodly  ?  Sela. 
 Defends  the  poore  5  fatherlesse,  se  that  soch 
 as  be  in  nede  5  necessite  haue  right.  Delyuer 
 the  outcaste  (j  poore,"  g  saue  hym  from  the 
 hande  of  the  vngodly.  Neuertheles,  they  wil 
 not  be  lerned  5  vnderstonde,  but  walke  on 
 still  in  darcknesse :  "  therfore  must  all  the 
 foundacions  of  the  londe  be  moued.     I  haue 
 
 vnto  f  power  of  thine  arme,  preserue  those  y 
 are  appoynted  to  dye.  And  for  the  blasphemy 
 wher  with  oure  neghbours  haue  blasphemed 
 V,  rewarde  the  (o  LORDE)  seuefolde  in  to 
 their  bosome.  So  we  y  be  thy  people  (t  shepe 
 of  thy  pasture,  shal  geue  the  thankes  for  euer, 
 (J  wil  allwaye  be  shewinge  forth  thy  prayse 
 more  5  more 
 
 Cfjt  Ifji):.     A  psalme  of  Asaph. 
 
 HEARE  o  thou  shepherde  of  Israel,  thou 
 y  ledest  lacob  like  a  flocke  of  shepe: 
 shewe  thy  self,  thou  y  syttest  vpo  y  Cherubins. 
 "  Before  Ephraim,  Be  lamin  5  Manasses : 
 stere  vp  thy  power  5  come  helpe  vs.  Turne 
 vs  agajTie  (o  God)  shewe  the  light  of  thy 
 countenauce  (j  we  shalbe  whole.  O  LORDE 
 God  of  hoostes,  how  loge  wilt  thou  be  angrie 
 ouer  the  prayer  of  thy  people  ?  Thou  hast 
 fed  the  with  the  bred  of  teares,*  yee  thou  hast 
 geuen  the  pleteousnes  of  teares  to  drynke. 
 Thou  hast  made  vs  a  very  strife  vnto  oure 
 neghbours,  and  oure  enemies  laugh  vs  to 
 scorne. 
 
 Turne  vs  agayne  (thou  God  of  hoostes) 
 shewe  the  light  of  thy  coutenauce,  5  we  shalbe 
 whole.  "  Thou  hast  brought  a  vynyarde  out 
 of  Egipte,  thou  didest  cast  out  y  Heithe,  5 
 plate  it.  Thou  maydest  rowme  for  it,  a,  caused 
 it  to  take  rote,  so  y  it  fylled  the  lode.  The 
 hilles  were  couered  with  the  shadowe  of  it,  5 
 so  were  the  stronge  Cedre  trees  with  the  bowes 
 therof.  She  stretched  out  hir  braiiches  vnto 
 the  see,  ''5  hir  bowes  vnto  the  water:  Wliy 
 hast  thou  then  broken  downe  hir  hedge,  that 
 all  they  which  go  by,  plucke  of  hir  grapes  ? 
 
 The  wilde  bore  out  of  the  wod  hath  wrutt 
 it  vp,  5  the  beestes  of  the  felde  haue  deuoured 
 it.  Turne  y  agayne  (thou  God  of  hoostes) 
 loke  downe  from  heauen,  beholde  5  viset  this 
 vynyarde.  Manteyne  it,  that  thy  right  hode 
 hath  plated,  5  the  sonne  whom  thou  maydest 
 so  moch  of  for  thy  self.'  For  why  ?  it  is  bret 
 with  fyre,  3.  lyeth  waist :  o  let  the  perishe  at 
 the  rebuke  of  thy  wrath. 
 
 Let  thy  honde  be  vpon  the  man  of  thy  right 
 honde,  5  vpon  the  man  who  thou  maydest  so 
 moch  off  for  thine  owne  self.  And  so  wil  not 
 we  go  backe  from  the :  oh  let  vs  lyue,  5  we 
 shal  call  vpon  thy  name.     Turne  vs  agayne 
 
 "  Nu.  2.  c.  »  Psal.  41.  a.  '  Esa.  5.  a.  lere.  12.  b. 
 Mat.  21.  d.  ■<  Psal.  88.  a.  '  Exo.  4.  d.  2  Par.  36.  c. 
 /  Nume.  10.  a.  «  Eio.  3.  b.  Exo.  19.  c.  Exo.  17.  a. 
 
 *■  Exo.  20.  a.  ■Pro.  1.  c 
 "  Mich.  3.  a.  Soph.  3.  a. 
 Exo.  22.  b.    loh.  10.  d. 
 
 '  Rom.  1.  d. 
 "  Pro.  24.  b. 
 
 Deut.  32.  b. 
 °  Esa.  3.  a. 
 
jfo,  iiniiij. 
 
 Cbr  ^5altfi% 
 
 ^saline  Imih 
 
 sayde  :  ye  are  goddes,  ye  all  are  the  childre  of 
 f  most  hyest.  But  yc  shal  dye  like  men,  (t 
 fall  like  one  of  the  tyrauntes.  Aryse  (o  God) 
 5  iudge  thou  the  earth,"  for  all  Heithen  are 
 thine  by  enheritaunce. 
 
 ?EI)C  lyvyi].     A  psalms  of  Asaph. 
 
 HOLDE  not  thy  tonge  (o  God)  kepe  not 
 still  syloce,  rcfrayne  not  thy  self,  o  God. 
 '  For  lo,  thy  enemies  make  a  murmuringe, 
 I  they  y  hate  the,  lifte  vp  their  heade.  They 
 ymagin  craftely  agaynst  thy  people,  j  take 
 councell  agaynst  thy  secrete  ones.  Come 
 (saye  they)  let  vs  rote  them  out  from  amonge 
 the  people,  that  the  name  of  Israel  maye  be 
 put  out  of  remebraunce.  For  they  haue  cast 
 their  heades  together  with  one  consent,  5  are 
 cofederate  agaynst  the.  The  tabernacles  of 
 the  Edomites  j  Ismaelites,  the  Moabites  tt 
 Hagarenes.  Gebal,  Ammon  and  Amalech : 
 the  Philistynes  with  them  that  dwell  at  Tyre. 
 Assur  also  is  ioyned  vnto  the  a  helpe  th( 
 children  of  Loth.    Selah. 
 
 But  do  thou  to  them  as  vnto  the  Madian 
 ites,  vnto  Sisera  and  vnto  labin  by  ;y'  broke 
 of  Cyson.  "  Which  perished  at  Endor,  5  be- 
 came as  the  doge  of  y  earth.  Make  their 
 prynces  like  Oreb  and  Zeeb  :  ''  Yee  make  all 
 their  prynces  like  as  Zebea  and  Salmana. 
 
 Which  saye :  we  wil  haue  the  houses  of 
 God  in  possession.  O  my  God,  make  them 
 like  vnto  a  whele,'  and  as  the  stuble  before 
 the  wynde.  Like  as  a  fyre  that  burneth  vp 
 the  wodd,  5  as  the  flame  that  consumeth  the 
 mountaynes.  Persecute  them  euen  so  with 
 thy  tempest,  5  make  them  afrayed  with 
 thy  storme.  Make  their  faces  ashamed  (o 
 LORDE)  y  they  maye  seke  thy  name.  Let 
 the  be  cofounded  5  vexed  euer  more  j  more : 
 Let  the  be  put  to  shame  5  perish.  That 
 they  maye  knowe,  that  thou  art  alone,  that 
 thy  name  is  the  LORDE,  and  that  thou  only 
 art  the  most  hyest  ouer  all  the  earth. 
 
 Wt^e  Inyii}-    A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 OHOW  amiable  are  thy  dwelliges,  thou 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  ?/  My  soule  hath 
 a  desyre  5  loginge  for  v  courte  of  y  LORDE, 
 my  hert  5  my  flesh  reioyse  in  y  lyuynge  God, 
 For  the  sparow  hath  founde  nir  an  house,  5 
 the  swalowe  a  nest,  where  she  maye  laye  hir 
 
 '  Psal. 
 
 lull.  7.  g.   lud.  8.  b. 
 
 lud.  7.  e.   lud.  4.  c. 
 
 yoge  :  eue  thy  aulters  O  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 my  kynge  5  my  God.  O  how  blessed  are 
 they  that  dwell  in  thy  house,  they  are  allwaye 
 praysinge  f.  Blessed  are  y  men  whose  stregth 
 is  in  y,  in  whose  herte  are  thy  wayes. 
 
 Which  goinge  thorow  the  vale  of  mysery, 
 vse  it  for  a  well,  and  the  poles  are  fylled  with 
 water.  They  go  from  strength  to  strength 
 and  so  the  God  of  Gods  apeareth  vnto  the  in 
 Sion.  O  LORDE  God  of  hoostes,  heare  my 
 prayer :  herken  o  God  of  lacob. 
 
 Beholde  o  God  oure  defence,  loke  vpon  the 
 face  of  thyne  anoynted.  For  one  daye  in  thy 
 courte  is  better  then  a  thousande  :  I  had 
 rather  be  a  dore  keper  in  the  house  of  my 
 God,  then  to  dwell  in  the  tentes  of  the  vn- 
 godly.  For  the  LORDE  God  is  a  light  and 
 defence,  the  LORDE  wil  geue  grace 
 worshipe,  and  no  good  thinge  shal  he  witholde 
 from  them,  that  lyue  a  godly  life.  O  LORDE 
 God  of  hoostes,  blessed  is  the  man,  y  putteth 
 his  trust  in  the. 
 
 Wt)t  Imiii).   A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah 
 
 LORDE,  thou  barest  a  loue  vnto  thy 
 londe,  thou  didest  bringe  agayne  the 
 captiuyte  of  lacob.  Thou  diddest  forgeue  the 
 offence  of  thy  people,''  and  couerdest  all  their 
 synnes.     Sela. 
 
 Thou  tokest  awaye  all  thy  displeasure,  j 
 turnedest  thy  self  from  thy  wrothful  indigna- 
 cion.  Turne  vs  then  (o  God  oure  Sauioure) 
 (J  let  thine  anger  ceasse  from  vs.  Wilt  thou 
 be  displeased  at  vs  for  euer  ?  wilt  thou  stretch 
 out  thy  wrath  from  one  generacion  to  another? 
 Wilt  thou  not  turne  agayne,  5  quycken  vs, 
 that  thy  people  maye  reioyse  in  the  .'' 
 
 I  wil  herken  what  the  LORDE  God  wil 
 sale,  for  he  shal  speake  peace  vnto  his  people 
 and  to  his  sayntes,  that  they  turne  not  them 
 selues  vnto  foolishnes.  For  his  saluacion  is 
 nye  them  that  feare  him,  so  that  glory  shal 
 dwell  in  oure  londe.  Mercy  and  trueth  are 
 met  together,  rightuousnesse  and  peace  kysse 
 ech  other.  Trueth  shal  ryse  out  of  y  earth, 
 and  rightuousnesse  shal  loke  downe  from 
 heauen.  And  why?  the  LORDE  shal 
 shewe  louinge  kyndnesse,  and  oure  londe 
 shal  geue  hir  encrease.  Rightuousnesse  shal 
 go  before  him,  and  prepare  the  waye  for  his 
 commynge. 
 
 '  Psal.  1.  b.  and  34.  a.  /  2  Cor.  5.  a.  s  Can.  5.  c. 
 
 *  Psal.  31.  a. 
 
^sialnw  Im^iih 
 
 €'l)t  ^sialter. 
 
 #0.  tiW^, 
 
 Cljt  lyyyh.  ^Salme.     A  prayer  of  Dauid. 
 
 BOWE  downe  thine  eare  (o  LORDE)  and 
 heare  me,  for  I  am  eofortles  and  poore. 
 
 0  kepe  my  soule,  for  I  am  holy :  my  God, 
 helpe  thy  seruaunt  that  putteth  his  trust  in 
 the.     Be  mercifull  vnto  me  (o  LORDE)  for 
 
 1  call  daylie  vpon  the.  Coforte  the  soule  of 
 thy  seruaunt,  for  vnto  the  (o  LORDE)  do  I 
 lift  vp  my  soule.  "  For  thou  LORDEl  art 
 good  and  gracious,  ij  of  greate  mercy  vnto  all 
 them  that  call  vpon  the. 
 
 Geue  eare  LORDE  vnto  my  prayer,  and 
 pondre  my  humble  desyre.  In  the  tyme  of 
 my  trouble  I  call  vpon  the,  for  thou  hearest 
 me.  Amonge  the  goddes  there  is  none  like 
 the  o  LORDE,  there  is  not  one  that  ca  do 
 as  thou  doest.  All  nacions  whom  thou  hast 
 made,  shall  come  and  worshipe  before  the 
 o  LORDE,  and  shal  glorifie  thy  name.  For 
 thou  art  greate,  thou  doest  wonderous  thinges, 
 thou  art  God  alone.  Lede  me  in  thy  waye 
 (o  LORDE)  that  I  maye  walke  in  thy  trueth : 
 
 0  let  my  hert  delyte  in  fearynge  thy  name. 
 
 1  thanke  the  o  LORDE  my  God,  g  wil  prayse 
 thy  name  for  euer.  For  greate  is  thy  mercy 
 towarde  me,  *thou  hast  delyuered  my  soule 
 from  y  nethermost  hell.  O  God,  the  proude 
 are  rysen  agaynst  me,  and  the  cogregacion  of 
 y  mightie  seketh  after  my  soule,  5  set  not 
 before  their  eyes.  '  But  thou  (o  LORD 
 God)  art  full  of  compassion  and  mercy,  longe 
 suft'rynge,  greate  in  goodnesse  (j  trueth.  O 
 turne  the  then  vnto  me,  haue  mercy  vpo  me: 
 geue  thy  strength  vnto  thy  seruaunt,  i  helpe 
 the  Sonne  of  thy  handmayde. 
 
 Shewe  some  toke  vpon  me  for  good,  that 
 they  which  hate  me,  maye  se  it  and  be 
 ashamed  :  because  thou  LORDE  hast  helped 
 me,  5  comforted  me. 
 
 Ci)e  IvVVbi-     A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah. 
 
 HIR  foundacions''  are  vp5  the  holy  hilles  : 
 the  LORDE  loueth  the  gates  of  Sion 
 more,  the  all  y  dwelliges  of  lacob. 
 
 Very  excellet  thiges  are  spoke  of  y,  thou 
 cite  of  God.  Sela.  I  wil  thinke  vpo  Rahab 
 (S  Babil5,  so  that  they  shal  knowe  me :  Yee 
 the  Philistynes  also  5  they  of  Tyre  with  the 
 Morians.  Lo,  there  was  he  borne.  And  of 
 Sion  it  shalbe  reported,  that  he  was  borne  in 
 
 "  Exo.  34.  a.  loel  2.  c.  Psal.  102.  a.  144.  a.  '  Psal. 
 
 29.  a.      '  Psal.  102.  a.  144.  a.  Eio.  34.  a.       ■<  Psal.  77.  g. 
 
 her,  euen  the  most  hyest  which  hath  buylded 
 her.  The  LORDE  shal  cause  it  be  preached 
 (J  written  amonge  the  people,  that  he  was 
 borne  there.     Sela. 
 
 Therfore  the  dwellinge  of  all  syngers  ij 
 daunsers  is  in  the. 
 
 CI)e  l)rj:)rbtj.     A  psalme  of  the  children  of  Corah 
 
 O  LORDE  God  my  Sauyoure,  I  erie 
 daye  %  night  before  the :  Oh  let  my 
 prayer  entre  in  to  thy  presence,  encline  thine 
 eare  vnto  my  callynge.  For  my  soule  is  full 
 of  trouble,  5  my  life  draweth  nye  vnto  hell. 
 I  am  couted  as  one  of  the  that  go  downe  vnto 
 the  pytte,  I  am  eue  as  a  ma  that  hath  no 
 stregth.  Fre  amoge  the  deed,  like  vnto  the 
 y  lye  in  the  graue,  which  be  out  of  remem- 
 brauce,  and  are  cutt  awaye  from  thy  honde. 
 Thou  hast  layed  me  in  the  lowest  pytte,  in  f 
 darcknesse  and  in  the  depe.  Thy  indignacion 
 lieth  hard  vpon  me,  and  thou  vexest  me  with 
 all  thy  floudes.  Sela.  Thou  hast  put  awaye 
 myne  acquataunce  farre  fro  me,  5  made  me 
 to  be  abhorred  of  them :  I  am  so  fast  in 
 preson,  that  I  can  not  get  forth. 
 
 My  sight  fayleth  for  very  trouble :  LORDE, 
 I  call  daylie  vpo  the,  and  stretch  out  my 
 hondes  vnto  the.  '  Doest  thou  shewe  wonders 
 amonge  the  deed?  Can  the  physicias  rayse 
 them  vp  agayne,  that  they  maye  prayse  the  ? 
 -'^Maye  thy  louynge  kyndnes  be  shewed  in  the 
 graue,  or  thy  faithfulnesse  in  destruccion  ? 
 Maye  thy  wonderous  workes  be  knowne  in 
 the  darcke,  or  thy  righteousnes  in  the  londe 
 where  all  thinges  are  forgotte  ? 
 
 Vnto  the  I  crie  (o  LORDE)  and  early 
 Cometh  my  prayer  before  the.  LORDE,  why 
 puttest  thou  awaye  my  soule  ?  Wherfore 
 hydest  thou  thy  face  fro  me  ?  My  strength  is 
 gone  for  very  sorow  and  misery,  with  fearful- 
 nesse  do  I  beare  thy  burthens.  Thy  wrothfuU 
 displeasure  goeth  ouer  me,  the  feare  of  the 
 oppresseth  me.  They  come  rounde  aboute 
 me  daylie  like  water,  and  compase  me  toge- 
 ther on  euery  syde.  My  louers  and  fredes 
 hast  thou  put  awaye  fro  me,  and  turned  awaye 
 myne  acquantaunce. 
 
 Ci)£  IVVV6«J-   A  psalme  of  Ethan  the  Esrahite. 
 
 MY  songe  shal  be  allwaye  of  the  louynge 
 kyndnesse  of  the  LORDE,  ^  with  my 
 
 '  Psal.  6.  a.        /  Esa.  38.  d.        e  Psal.  100.  a. 
 
 € 
 
fo,  tirirbi. 
 
 Win  ^galtnr. 
 
 ^salim  Im^iih 
 
 mouth  wil  I  euer  be  shewinge  thy  faithful- 
 nesse  fro  one  generaciou  to  another.  For  I 
 haue  sayde :  mercy  shal  be  set  vp  for  euer. 
 thy  faithfulnesse  shalt  thou  stabUsh  in  the 
 heauens.  ''  I  haue  made  a  couenaunt  with 
 my  chosen,  I  haue  sworne  vnto  Dauid  my 
 seruaunt.  Thy  sede  wil  I  stabHsh  for  euer, 
 and  set  vp  thy  Trone  from  one  generacion  to 
 another.     Sela. 
 
 O  LORDE,  the  very  heaues  shal  prayse 
 thy  wonderous  workes,  *  yee  5  thy  faithfulnes 
 in  f  congregacion  of  the  sayntes.  For  who  is 
 he  amonge  the  cloudes,  that  mays  be  copared 
 viito  the  LORDE  ?  '  Yee  what  is  he  amonge 
 the  goddes,  that  is  like  vnto  the  LORDE? 
 God  is  greatly  to  be  feared  in  the  councell  of 
 the  sayntes,  5  to  be  had  in  reuerence  of  all 
 the  that  are  aboute  him.  O  LORDE  God 
 of  hoostes,  who  is  like  vnto  the  in  power  ?  thy 
 trueth  is  rounde  aboute  the.  ''Thou  rulest 
 the  pryde  of  the  see,  thou  stillest  the  wawes 
 therof,  whe  they  arise.  Thou  breakest  the 
 proude,  like  one  that  is  wounded,  thou  scatrest 
 thine  enemies  abrode  with  thy  mightie  arme. 
 The  heaues  are  thine,  the  earth  is  thine  :  thou 
 hast  layed  the  foundacio  of  the  roiide  worlde 
 and  all  that  therin  is.  Thou  hast  made  the 
 north  and  the  south.  Tabor  and  Hermon  shal 
 reioyse  in  thy  name.  Thou  hast  a  mightie 
 arme,  stronge  is  thy  hande,  and  hye  is  thy 
 right  hande.  Rightuousnes  and  equite  is  the 
 habitacion  of  thy  seate,  mercy  and  trueth 
 go  before  thy  face.  Blessed  is  the  people 
 (o  LORDE)  that  can  reioyse  in  the,  and 
 walketh  in  the  light  of  thy  countenaunce. 
 Their  delite  is  in  thy  name  all  the  daye  longe, 
 and  thorow  thy  rightuousnesse  they  shalbe 
 exalted.  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  their 
 strength,  g  thorow  thy  fauoure  shalt  thou  lift 
 vp  oure  homes.  '  The  LORDE  is  oure 
 defence,  and  the  holy  one  of  Israel  is  oure 
 kynge.  Thou  spakest  somtyme  in  visios  vnto 
 thy  sayntes,  and  saydest :  I  haue  layed  helpe 
 vpon  one  that  is  mightie,  I  haue  exalted  one 
 chosen  out  of  the  people.  -^I  haue  founde 
 Dauid  my  seruaut,  with  my  holy  oyle  haue  I 
 anoynted  him.  My  honde  shal  holde  him 
 fast,  and  my  arme  shal  strength  him.  The 
 enemie  shal  not  ouercome  him,  and  the  sonne 
 of  wickednesse  shal  not  hurte  him.     I  shal 
 
 "  2  Reg.  7.  c.  Psal.  131.  a.  »  Psal.  18.  a.  '  Psal. 
 85.  b.  ■<  Exo.  14.  e.  Mat. 8.  c.  «Esa.  l.a.  Abac. 
 1.  c.  /I  Re.  16.  a.     2  Reg.  5.  a.  s  2  Reg.  8. 
 
 smyte   downe   his   foes  before  his  face,  and 
 plage  them  that  hate  him. 
 
 My  trueth  also  a  my  mercy  shalbe  with  him, 
 and  in  my  name  shal  his  home  be  exalted.  I 
 wil  set  his  honde  in  the  see,^  and  his  right 
 honde  in  the  floudes.  He  shal  call  me :  thou 
 art  my  father,  my  God,  and  the  strength  of 
 my  saluacion.  And  I  wil  make  him  my  first- 
 bome,  hyer  then  the  kinges  of  the  earth. 
 
 My  mercy  wil  I  kepe  for  him  for  euermore, 
 and  my  couenaunt  shall  stonde  fast  with  him. 
 His  sede  wil  I  make  to  endure  for  euer,  yee 
 and  his  Trone  as  the  dayes  of  heauen.  *  But 
 yf  his  childre  forsake  my  lawe,  and  walke  not 
 in  my  iudgmentes.  Yf  they  breake  myne 
 ordinaunces,  and  kepe  not  my  commaunde- 
 mentes.  I  wil  vyset  their  offences  with  the 
 rodde,  and  their  synnes  with  scourges.  Ne- 
 uerthelesse,  my  louynge  kyndnesse  wil  I  not 
 vtterly  take  from  him,  ner  suffre  my  trueth  to 
 fayle.  My  couenaunt  wil  I  not  breake,  ner 
 disanulle  the  thinge  y  is  gone  out  of  my 
 lippes.  I  haue  sworne  once  by  my  holynesse, 
 that  I  wil  not  fayle  Dauid.  His  sede  shal 
 endure  for  euer,  and  his  seate  also  like  as  the 
 Sonne  before  me.  'He  shal  stonde  fast  for 
 euermore  as  the  Moone,  and  as  the  faithfuU 
 witnesse  in  heauen. 
 
 Sela.  But  now  thou  forsakest  and  abhorrest 
 thyne  anoynted,  and  art  displeased  at  him 
 Thou  hast  turned  backe  the  couenaunt  of  thy 
 seruaunt,  and  cast  his  crowne  to  the  grounde. 
 Thou  hast  ouer  throwne  all  his  hedges,*  and 
 broke  downe  his  stronge  holdes.  Al  they 
 that  go  by,  spoyle  him,  he  is  become  a  rebuke 
 vnto  his  neghbours.  Thou  settest  vp  the 
 right  hade  of  his  enemies,  and  makest  all  his 
 aduersaryes  to  reioyse.  Thou  hast  taken 
 awaye  the  strength  of  his  swerde,  and  geuest 
 him  not  victory  in  the  battayll.  Thou  hast 
 put  out  his  glory,  and  cast  his  Trone  downe 
 to  the  grounde.  The  dayes  of  his  youth  hast 
 thou  shortened,  and  couered  him  mth  dis- 
 honoure.     Sela. 
 
 LORDE,  how  longe  wilt  thou  hyde  thy 
 self?  For  euer?  shal  thy  wrath  burne  like 
 fyre  ?  O  remembre  how  shorte  my  tyme  is, 
 hast  thou  made  all  men  for  naught  ?  '  What 
 man  is  he  that  lyueth,  and  shal  not  se 
 death  ? 
 
 dF 
 
 *2  Re.7.c.  3  Re.  9.  b.        'Psal.  71.  a. 
 '  Gen.  2.  c.    Heb.  9.  d. 
 
 '  Psal.  79.  b. 
 
^sfalim  ni* 
 
 CI)c 
 
 ^sjalter. 
 
 Maye  a  ma  delyuer  his  owne  soule  from  the 
 honde  of  hell?     Sela. 
 
 LORDE,  where  are  thy  olde  louynge  kynd- 
 nesses,  which  thou  sworest  vnto  Dauid  in  thy 
 trueth  ?  Remebre  LORDE  the  rebuke  that 
 f  multitude  of  the  people  do  vnto  thy  ser- 
 uauntes,  j  how  I  haue  borne  it  in  my  bosome. 
 °  Wherwith  thine  enemies  blaspheme  the,  5 
 slaudery  fotesteppes  of  thy  anoynted.  Thankes 
 be  to  the  LORDE  for  euermore:  Amen, 
 Amen. 
 
 A  prayer  of  Moses  the  man  of  God. 
 
 LORDE,  thou  art  oure  refuge  from  one 
 generaeion  to  another.  Before  the 
 mountaynes  were  brought  forth,  or  euer  the 
 earth  a  the  worlde  were  made,  thou  art  God 
 from  euerlastinge  and  worlde  with  out  ende. 
 Thou  turnest  man  to  destruceion,  Agayne, 
 thou  sayest :  come  agayne  ye  children  of  men. 
 *  For  a  thousande  yeares  in  thy  sight  are  but 
 as  yesterdaye  that  is  past,  and  like  as  it  were 
 a  night  watch. 
 
 As  soone  as  thou  scatrest  them,  they  are 
 euen  as  a  slepe,  and  fade  awaye  sodenly  like 
 the  grasse.  '  In  the  momynge  it  is  grene 
 and  groweth  vp,  but  in  the  euenynge  it  is  cutt 
 downe  and  wythered.  For  we  consume  awaye 
 in  thy  displeasure,  and  are  afrayed  at  thy 
 wrothfull  indignacion.  Thou  settest  oure 
 miszdedes  before  the,  and  oure  secrete  synnes 
 in  the  light  of  thy  countenaunce.  For  when 
 thou  art  angrie,  ail  oure  dayes  are  gone,  we 
 brynge  oure  yeares  to  an  ende,  as  it  were  a 
 tayle  that  is  tolde.  The  dayes  of  oure  age 
 are  iij.  score  yeares  j  ten :  d  though  men  be 
 so  stronge  that  they  come  to  iiij.  score  yeares, 
 yet  is  their  strength  then  but  laboure  and 
 sorowe :  so  soone  passeth  it  awaye,  5  we  are 
 gone.  But  who  regardeth  the  power  of  thy 
 wrath,  thy  fearfull  g  terrible  displeasure  ?  O 
 teach  vs  to  nombre  oure  dayes,  that  we  maye 
 applie  ''oure  hertes  vnto  wyszdome. 
 
 Turne  the  agayne  (o  LORDE)  at  the  last, 
 and  be  gracious  vnto  thy  seruauntes.  O 
 satisfie  vs  with  thy  mercy,  and  that  soone :  so 
 shal  we  reioyse  and  be  glad  all  the  dayes  of 
 oure  life.  Comforte  vs  agayne,  now  after  the 
 tyme  that  thou  hast  plaged  vs,  and  for  the 
 yeares  wherin  we  haue  suffred  aduersite. 
 
 - 1  Pet.  3.  b. 
 
 Psal.  36.  a.     Esa 
 
 !  Pet.  3.  b. 
 ''  Psal.  38.  a. 
 
 ^  Psal.  72.  c 
 '  Matt.  4.  a 
 
 So*  liRlJij. 
 
 Shewe  thy  seruauntes  thy  worke,  5  their 
 children  thy  glory.  And  the  glorious  maiesty 
 of  the  LORDE  oure  God  be  vpon  vs :  O 
 prospere  thou  the  worke  of  oure  hondes  vpon 
 vs,  o  prospere  thou  oure  hondy  worke. 
 
 WHO  so  dweUeth  vnder  y  defence  of  the 
 most  hyest,  (t  abydeth  vnder  ;y'  sha- 
 dowe  of  y  allmightie :  He  shal  saye  vnto  y 
 LORDE :  o  my  hope,  (j  my  stronge  holde,  my 
 God,  in  who  I  wU  trust.  For  he  shal  deliuer 
 the  fro  the  snare  of  the  hunter,  j  fro  the 
 noysome  pestilence.  He  shal  couer  the  vnder 
 his  wynges,  that  thou  mayest  be  safe  vnder 
 his  fethers :  his  faithfulnesse  and  trueth  shal 
 be  thy  shylde  and  buckler.  So  y  thou  shalt 
 not  nede  to  be  afrayed  for  eny  bugges  by  night, 
 ner  for  arowe  that  flyeth  by  daye. 
 
 For  the  pestilece  that  crepeth  in  f  darck- 
 nesse,  ner  for  the  sicknesse  y  destroyeth  in  the 
 noone  daye.  A  thousande  shal  fall  besyde 
 the,  and  ten  thousande  at  thy  right  honde, 
 but  it  shal  not  come  nye  the.  Yee  with  thyne 
 eyes  shalt  thou  beholde,  and  se  the  rewarde 
 of  the  vngodly.  For  thou  LORDE  art  my 
 hope,  thou  hast  set  thy  house  of  defence  very 
 hye.  There  shal  no  euell  happen  vnto  the, 
 nether  shal  eny  plage  come  nye  thy  dweUinge. 
 ''For  he  shall  geue  his  angels  charge  ouer  the, 
 to  kepe  the  in  all  thy  wayes. 
 
 They  shal  beare  the  in  their  hondes,  that 
 thou  hurte  not  thy  fote  agaynst  a  stone. 
 
 Thou  shalt  go  vp6  the  Lyon  and  Adder, 
 the  yonge  Lyon  and  the  Dragon  shalt  thou 
 treade  vnder  thy  fete.  Because  he  hath  set 
 his  loue  vpon  me,  I  shal  delyuer  him :  I 
 shal  defende  him,  for  he  hath  knowne  my 
 name. 
 
 -'^When  he  calleth  vpon  me,  I  shall  heare 
 him  :  yee  I  am  with  him  in  his  trouble,  wher- 
 out  I  wil  delyuer  him,  and  brynge  him  to 
 honoure.  With  loge  life  wil  I  satisfie  him,  (j 
 shewe  him  my  saluacion. 
 
 Wi)c  m-  ^Jfalmt. 
 
 IT  is  a  good  thinge  to  geue  thankes  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  and  to  synge  prayses*  vnto 
 thy  name,  o  most  hyest.  To  tell  of  thy  lou- 
 ynge kyndnesse  early  in  the  momynge,  and  of 
 thy  trueth  in  the  night  season. 
 
 Luc.  4.  b.      Exo.  23.  c.      Psal.  33.  a.  /  Psal.  4 
 
 e  Heb.  13.  c. 
 
jTo.  Iiwbuj. 
 
 m)t  psialter. 
 
 ^salme  mj. 
 
 Vpon  an  instrumet  of  ten  strynges,  vpon 
 the  lute  and  with  a  songe  vpon  the  harpe. 
 
 "  For  thou  t,01lDE  hast  made  me  glad 
 thorow  thy  workes,  and  I  wil  reioyse  ouer  the 
 operacion  of  thy  hondes.  O  LORDE,  how 
 glorious  are  thy  workes,  thy  thoughtes  are 
 very  depe.  An  vnwyse  man  wil  not  knowe 
 this,  5  a  foole  wil  not  vnderstode  it.  *  That 
 the  vngodly  are  grene  as  the  grasse,  and  that 
 all  the  workes  of  wickednes  do  florish,  to  be 
 destroyed  for  euer.  But  thou  LORDE  o 
 most  hyest,  abydest  worlde  without  ende. 
 
 For  lo,  thy  enemies  (o  LORDE)  lo,  thy 
 enemies  shal  perishe,  and  all  the  workers  of 
 wickednes  shalbe  scatred  abrode.  'But  my 
 home  shalbe  exalted  like  the  home  of  an 
 Vnicorne,  5  shal  be  anoynted  with  fresh  oyle. 
 Myne  eye  also  shal  se  his  lust  of  myne  ene- 
 mies, 5  myne  eare  shall  heare  his  desyre  of 
 the  wicked  y  ryse  vp  agaynst  me.  The 
 rightuous  shal  florish  like  a  palme  tre,  and 
 growe  like  a  Cedre  of  Libanus.  Soch  as  be 
 planted  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  be 
 frutefull,  plenteous  5  grene.  That  they  maye 
 shewe,  how  true  the  LORDE  my  stregth  is, 
 and  that  there  is  no  vnrightuousnesse  in  him. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  kynge,  and  hath  put  on 
 glorious  apparell,  the  LORDE  hath 
 put  on  his  apparell,  5  gyrded  himself  with 
 stregth  :  ''  he  hath  made  the  rounde  worlde  so 
 sure,  that  it  can  not  be  moued.  From  that 
 tyme  forth  hath  thy  seate  bene  prepared,  thou 
 art  from  euerlastinge.e  The  floudes  aryse  /(o 
 LORDE)  the  floudes  lift  vp  their  noyse,  f 
 floudes  lift  vp  their  wawes.  The  wawes  of 
 the  see  are  mightie,  5  rage  horribly :  ^  but  yet 
 the  LORDE  that  dwelleth  on  hye,  is  mightier. 
 Thy  testimonies  (o  LORDE)  are  very  sure, 
 holynesse  becommeth  thyne  house  for  euer. 
 
 Wt)t  ycii].  ^sialmt. 
 
 O  LORDE    God,  to  whom  vengeaunce 
 belogeth :  '•    thou   God  to  whom    ven- 
 geaunce belongeth,  shewe  thy  self. 
 
 Arise  thou  iudge  of  the  worlde,  d  rewarde 
 the  proude  after  their  deseruynge.  LORDE, 
 how  longe  shal  the  vngodly,  '  how  longe  shal 
 the  vngodly  tryumphe  ?    How  longe  shal  all 
 
 •  Rom.  l.b.  Sap.  13.  a.  »Psal.72.  c.  "^Nu.SS.  d.  24.b. 
 '  Psal.  23.  a.  '  Esa.  6.  a.  /  Psal.  45.  a.  88.  b. 
 
 «  Deut.  26.  c.      »  Deut.  32.  c.  Rom.  12.  c.      '  Psal.  72.  a. 
 *  Esa.  29.  c.      Eze.  8.  b.  9.  b.      lob  22.  b.       Eccli.  23.  d. 
 
 wicked  doers  speake  so  diszdaynedly,  and 
 make  soch  proude  boastynge  ?  They  amyte 
 downe  thy  people  (o  LORDE)  and  trouble 
 thine  heretage.  They  murthur  the  widdowe 
 and  the  straunger,  and  put  the  fatherlesse  to 
 death.  And  yet  they  sale:  Tush,  the  LORDE 
 seyth  not,  *  the  God  of  lacob  regardeth  it  not. 
 Take  hede,  ye  vnwise  amonge  the  people:  o 
 ye  fooles,  when  wil  ye  vnderstonde  ?  He  that 
 planted  the  eare,  shal  he  not  heare  ?  he  that 
 made  the  eye,  shal  not  he  se  ?  '  He  that  nur- 
 tureth  the  Heithen,  and  teacheth  a  man  know 
 lege,  shal  not  he  punysh?  The  LORDE 
 knoweth  the  thoughtes  of  men,  that  they  are 
 but  vayne.  Blessed  is  the  ma,  whom  thou 
 lernest  (o  LORDE)  and  teachest  him  in  thy 
 lawe.  That  thou  mayest  geue  him  pacience 
 in  tyme  of  aduersite,  vntiU  the  pytte  be 
 dygged  vp  for  the  vngodly.  For  the  LORDE 
 wil  not  fayle  his  people,  nether  wil  he  forsake 
 his  inheritaunce.  And  why?  iudgment  shalbe 
 turned  agayne  vnto  rightuousnesse,  and  all 
 soch  as  be  true  of  hert  shal  folowe  it.  Who 
 ryseth  vp  with  me  agaynst  the  wicked  ?  who 
 taketh  my  parte  agaynst  the  euell  doers  ?  Yf 
 the  LORDE  had  not  helped  me,  my  soule 
 had  allmost  bene  put  to  sylence. 
 
 "  When  I  sayde :  my  fote  hath  slipped,  thy 
 mercy  (o  LORDE)  helde  me  vp.  In  y  mul- 
 titude of  the  sorowes  that  I  had  in  my  herte, 
 thy  comfortes  haue  refreshed  my  soule. 
 
 Wilt  thou  haue  eny  thinge  to  do  with  the 
 stole  of  wickednesse,  which  ymagineth  mys- 
 chefe  in  the  lawe?  They  gather  them  together 
 agaynst  the  soule  of  the  rightuous,  5  condemne 
 the  innocent  bloude.  But  the  LORDE  is 
 my  refuge,  my  God  is  the  stregth  of  my  con- 
 fidece.  He  shal  recompence  the  their  wicked- 
 nesse, and  destroye  them  in  their  owne  malice  : 
 yee  the  LORDE  oure  God  shal  destroye  them. 
 
 €^t  rtiii].  ^jialmt. 
 
 OCOME,  let  vs  prayse  the  LORDE,  let 
 vs  hertely  reioyse  in  the  strength  of  oure 
 saluacion."  Let  vs  come  before  his  presence 
 with  thakesgeuynge,  5  shewe  oure  self  glad  in 
 him  with  psalmes.  For  the  LORDE  is  a 
 greate  God,  and  a  greate  kynge  aboue  all 
 goddes.  In  his  honde  are  all  y  corners  of  the 
 earth,  and  the  strength  of  the  hilles  is  his 
 
 '  Gen.  7.  d.  and  19.  Exo.  14.  e.  1  Cor.  3.  c.  Baruc  4.  a. 
 lob  13.  b.  1  loh.  1.  b.  Psal.  31.  a.  2  Cor.  1.  a. 
 Ephe.  5.  b. 
 
l^salme  irtbij. 
 
 €\)t  pgalter. 
 
 fo,  ttrnv. 
 
 also.     The  see  is  his,  for  he  made  it,  and  his 
 hondes  prepared  the  drie  lode. 
 
 O  come,  let  vs  worshipe  and  bowe  downe 
 oure  selues:  Letvsknele  before  theLORDE 
 oure  maker.  For  he  is  oure  God  :  as  for  vs, 
 "we  are  the  people  of  his  pasture,  and  the 
 shepe  of  his  hodes.  To  daye  yf  ye  wil  heare 
 his  voyce,  harde  not  youre  hertes,  as  whe  ye 
 prouoked  in  tyme  of  temptacion  in  the  wilder- 
 nes.  Where  youre  fathers  tepted  me,  proued 
 me,  and  sawe  my  workes.  XL.  yeares  longe 
 was  I  greued  with  that  generacion,  d  sayde  : 
 they  euer  erre  in  their  hertes,  they  verely 
 haue  not  knowne  my  wayes.  *Therfore  I 
 sware  vnto  the  in  my  wrath,  that  they  shulde 
 not  enter  in  to  my  rest. 
 
 Cf)c  vc6-  3PiSaImt. 
 
 OSYNGE  vnto  the  LORDE  a  new 
 songe,'  synge  vnto  the  LORDE  all  the 
 whole  earth.  Synge  vnto  y  LORDE,  j 
 prayse  his  name,  be  tellynge  of  his  saluacion 
 from  daye  to  daye.  Declare  his  honoure 
 amonge  the  Heithe,  and  his  wonders  amonge 
 all  people.  ''  For  y  LORDE  is  greate,  and 
 can  not  worthely  be  praysed  :  he  is  more  to 
 be  feared  then  all  goddes.  As  for  all  f 
 goddes  of  the  Heithe,  they  be  but  Idols,  but 
 it  is  the  LORDE  that  made  the  heaues. 
 
 Thankesgeuynge  and  worshipe  are  before 
 him,  power  and  honoure  are  in  his  Sanc- 
 tuary. <•  Ascrybe  vnto  the  LORDE  (o  ye 
 kinredes  of  the  Heithen)  ascrybe  vnto  the 
 LORDE  worshipe  and  strength.  Ascrybe 
 vnto  the  LORDE  the  honoure  of  his  name, 
 brynge  presentes,  and  come  in  to  his  courte. 
 O  worshipe  the  LORDE  in  the  beutye  of 
 holynesse,  let  the  whole  earth  stonde  in  awe  of 
 him.  Tell  it  out  amonge  the  Heithe,  that 
 the  LORDE  is  kynge:  and  that  it  is  he  which 
 hath  made  the  rounde  worlde  so  fast,  that  it 
 cannot  be  moued,  and  how  that  he  shal  iudge 
 the  people  rightuously.  Let  the  heaues  re- 
 ioyse,  and  let  the  earth  be  glad :  let  the  see 
 make  a  noyse,  yee  j  all  that  therin  is.  Let 
 the  felde  be  ioyfull  and  all  that  is  in  it,  let  all 
 the  trees  of  the  wodd  leape  for  ioye.  Before 
 the  LORDE,  for  he  commeth  :  for  he  cometh 
 to  iudge  the  earth :  yee  with  rightuousnesse 
 shal  he  iudge  the  worlde,  and  y-  people  with 
 his  trueth. 
 
 '  Paal.  a2.  a.  99.  a.     Heb.  3.  a.  b.  4.  b.  »  Nu.  U.  c. 
 
 Heb.  4.  a.         <•  1  Par.  17.  a.         •>  Psal.  46.  a.  Eccli.  43.  d. 
 '  Psal.  28.  a.    7  Psal.  43.  a.    e  ludic.  5.  a.      »  Psal.  18.  a. 
 
 Ci)c  licbt.  Psalmf. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  kjTige,  the  earth  maye 
 be  glad  therof :  ■'^yee  the  multitude  of 
 the  lies  maie  be  glad  therof.  Cloudes  and 
 darcknesse  are  rounde  aboute  him,  rightuous- 
 nesse and  iudgment  are  the  habitacion  of  his 
 seate.  There  goeth  a  fyre  before  him,  to 
 burne  vp  his  enemies  on  euery  syde.  His 
 lightenynges  geue  shyne  vnto  the  worlde,  the 
 earth  seyth  it  (s  is  afraied.  *  The  hilles  melt 
 like  wax  at  the  presence  of  f  LORDE,  at 
 the  presence  of  the  LORDE  of  the  whole 
 earth.  ''  The  very  heauens  declare  his  right- 
 uousnes,  (t  all  people  se  his  glory.  Cofounded 
 be  all  they  that  worshipe  ymages,  and  delite 
 in  their  Idols:  worshipe  him  all  ye  goddes. 
 Sion  heareth  of  it  and  reioyseth :  '  yee  all  f 
 doughters  of  luda  are  glad  because  of  thy 
 iudgmentes,  o  LORDE.  For  thou  LORDE 
 art  the  most  hyest  ouer  all  the  earth,  thou  art 
 exalted  farre  aboue  all  goddes.  *0  ye  that 
 loue  the  LORDE,  se  that  ye  hate  the  thinge 
 which  is  euell:  the  LORDE  preserueth  the 
 soules  of  his  sayntes,  he  shal  delyuer  the  from 
 the  honde  of  the  vngodly.  There  is  spronge 
 vp  a  light  for  the  rightuous,  and  a  ioyfull 
 gladnesse  for  soch  as  be  true  herted. 
 
 'Reioyse  therfore  in  the  LORDE,  ye 
 rightuous :  and  geue  thankes  for  a  remem- 
 braunce  of  his  holynesse. 
 
 Ci^c  ycbi).  ^sialmt. 
 
 OSYNGE  vnto  the  LORDE  a  new 
 songe,  '"for  he  hath  done  maruelous 
 thinges.  With  his  owne  right  honde  and  with 
 his  holy  arme  hath  he  gotten  the  victory.  The 
 LORDE  hath  declared  his  sauynge  health, 
 and  his  rightuousnes  hath  he  openly  shewed 
 in  the  sight  of  the  Heithe. 
 
 "  He  hath  remembred  his  mercy  and  trueth 
 towarde  the  house  of  Israel :  so  that  all  the 
 endes  of  the  worlde  se  the  sauynge  health  of 
 oure  God.  Shewe  youre  self  ioyfull  vnto  the 
 LORDE  all  ye  londes,  synge,  reioyse  and 
 geue  thankes."  Prayse  the  LORDE  vpon 
 the  harpe,  synge  to  the  harpe  with  a  psalme 
 of  thankesgeuynge.  With  trompettes  also  j 
 shawmes :  O  shewe  youre  selues  ioyfull  before 
 the  LORDE  the  kynge.  Let  the  see  make 
 a  noyse  and  all  y  therin  is,   yee  the  whole 
 
 i  Psal.  47.  b. 
 
 "■  Psal.  95.  a.  149. 
 
 "  Ephe.  5.  b. 
 
 Amos  5.  b.  '  Psal.  32.  a. 
 
 »  Gen.  12.  a.  15.  a.     Esa.  52.  b. 
 
 70 
 
#0.  hm- 
 
 €i)t  psalter. 
 
 psalme  jrcbiij. 
 
 worlde  (j  all  that  dwell  therin.  Let  the  floudes 
 clappe  their  hondes,  "and  let  all  the  hilles  be 
 ioyfull  together.  Before  the  LORDE,  for 
 he  is  come  to  iudge  the  earth.  Yee  with 
 rightuousnes  shall  he  iudge  the  worlde,  and 
 the  people  with  equite. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  kynge,  be  the  people 
 neuer  so  vnpacient :  he  sytteth  vpon  the 
 Cherubins,  be  the  earth  neuer  so  vnquiete. 
 The  LORDE  is  greate  in  Sion,  a,  hye  aboue 
 all  people.  O  let  men  geue  thakes  viito  thy 
 greate  5  wonderful  name,  for  it  is  holy.  The 
 kynges  power  loueth  iudgment,  thou  pre- 
 parest  equite,  thou  executest  iudgmet  a  right- 
 uousnes in  lacob.  *0  magnifie  the  LORDE 
 oure  God,  fall  downe  before  his  fote  stole, 
 for  he  is  holy.  Moses  (j  Aaron  amonge  his 
 prestes,  5  Samuel  amonge  soch  as  call  vpo  his 
 name :  these  called  vpon  the  LORDE,  5  he 
 herde  the.  ''He  spake  vnto  the  out  of  the 
 cloudy  piler,  for  they  kepte  his  testimonies,  g 
 the  lawe  that  he  gaue  them. 
 
 Thou  herdest  the  (o  LORDE  oure  God) 
 thou  forgauest  the  o  God,  g  punyshedst  their 
 owne  invencions.  O  magnifie  the  LORDE 
 oure  God,  and  worshipe  him  vp5  his  holy  hill, 
 for  the  LORDE  oure  God  is  holy. 
 
 HS^t  ycix.  Pifalmc. 
 
 OBE  ioyfull  in  God''  (all  ye  lodes)  serue 
 the  LORDE  with  gladnes,  come  before 
 his  presence  with  ioye.  Be  ye  sure,  y  the 
 LORDE  he  is  God:  It  is  he  y  hath  made 
 vs,  5  not  we  oure  selues :  we  are  but  his  peo- 
 ple, 5  the  shepe  of  his  pasture.  O  go  youre 
 waye  in  to  his  gates  the  with  thankesgeuynge, 
 S  in  to  his  courtes  with  prayse  :  be  thakfuU 
 vnto  him,  j  speake  good  of  his  name.  '  For 
 the  LORDE  is  gracious,  his  mercy  is  euer- 
 lastinge,  and  his  treuth  endureth  from  gene- 
 racion  to  generacion. 
 
 Ci)e  c.  ^galmc.     A  thakesgeuynge  of  Dauid. 
 
 MY  songe  shalbe  of  mercy  and  iudgment, 
 yee  vnto  the^  (o  LORDE)  wil  I  synge. 
 O  let  me  haue  vnderstondinge  in  the  waye  of 
 godlynesse,  vntill  the  tyme  that  thou  come 
 vnto  me  :  5  so  shal  I  walke  in  my  house  with 
 an  innocent  herte.      I   wil   take   no  wicked 
 
 '  Psal.  95.  a.     '1  Par.  29.  a.    '  Nu 
 P9al.65.a.  Psal.  94.  b.  Eze.34.  d. 
 
 Q.  12.  a.   1  Reg.  3.  a. 
 'Psal. 116.  a.llS.m. 
 
 thinge  in  honde,  I  hate  the  synne  of  vnfaith- 
 fulnesse,  it  shal  not  cleue  vnto  me.  A  fro- 
 warde  herte  shal  departe  fro  me,  I  wil  not 
 knowe  a  wicked  personne. 
 
 Who  so  preuely  slaundreth  his  neghboure, 
 him  wil  I  destroye :  Who  so  hath  a  proude 
 loke  5  an  hye  stomacke,  I  maye  not  awaye 
 with  him.  Myne  eyes  shal  loke  for  soch  as 
 be  faithfull  in  the  londe,  y  they  maye  dwell 
 with  me :  and  who  so  ledeth  a  godly  life,  shal 
 be  my  seruaunt.  There  shall  no  disceatfull 
 personne  dwell  in  my  house,  he  that  telleth 
 lyes  shal  not  tary  in  my  sight.  I  shal  soone 
 destroye  all  the  vngodly  of  the  londe,  that  all 
 wicked  doers  maye  be  roted  out  of  the  cite  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Wife  ci.  ^sialme. 
 
 HEARE  my  prayer^  (o  LORDE)  and  let 
 my  criege  come  vnto  the.  Hyde  not 
 thy  face  fro  me  in  the  tyme  of  my  trouble : 
 enclyne  thine  eares  vnto  me  when  I  call,  O 
 heare  me,  and  that  right  soone.  For  my 
 dayes  are  consumed  awaye  like  smoke,  g  my 
 bones  are  brent  vp  as  it  were  a  fyre  brande 
 
 My  hert  is  smytte  downe  and  wythered 
 like  grasse,  so  that  I  forget  to  eate  my  bred, 
 
 ''  For  the  voyce  of  my  gronynge,  my  bone 
 wil  scarse  cleue  to  my  flesh.  I  am  become 
 like  a  Pellicane  in  the  wildernes,  and  like  an 
 Oule  in  a  broken  wall.  I  wake,  and  am  euen 
 as  it  were  a  sparow  sittinge  alone  vpon  the 
 house  toppe.  Myne  enemies  reuyle  me  all 
 the  daye  longe,  they  laugh  me  to  scorne,  and 
 are  sworne  together  against  me.  I  eate  ashes 
 with  my  bred,  and  mengle  my  drynke  with 
 wepynge.  And  that  because  of  thy  indignacion 
 and  wrath,  for  thou  hast  taken  me  vp,  and 
 cast  me  awaye.  My  dayes  are  gone  like  a 
 shadowe,  and  I  am  wythered  like  grasse. 
 But  thou  (o  LORDE)  endurest  for  euer,  and 
 thy  remembraunce  thorow  out  all  generacions. 
 Arise  therfore  and  haue  mercy  vpon  Sion, 
 'for  it  is  tyme  to  haue  mercy  vpon  her,  yee 
 the  tyme  is  come.  And  why  ?  thy  seruauntes 
 haue  a  loue  to  hir  stones,  %  it  pitieth  them  to 
 se  her  in  the  dust.  The  Heithen  shal  feare 
 thy  name  (o  LORDE)  and  all  the  kynges  of 
 the  earth  thy  maiesty.  For  the  LORDE 
 shal  buylde  vp  Sion,  and  shal  apeare  in  his 
 glory.     He  tumeth  him  vnto  the  prayer  of 
 
 /Psal.  88.  a.      «  Psal.  142.  a.     »  Tren.  4.  b.     '2  Pa.  36.  d. 
 lere.  25.  b.  29.  b.    1  Esd.  1.  a.  6.  7. 
 
 c 
 
pgalme  ti'ij. 
 
 €f)t  isfalter. 
 
 fo,  limu 
 
 the  poore  destitute,  and  despyseth  not  their 
 desyre.  This  shalbe  written  for  those  y  come 
 after,  "that  the  people  which  shalbe  borne, 
 maye  prayse  the  LORDE. 
 
 For  He  loketh  downe  from  his  Sanctuary, 
 out  of  the  heauen  doth  the  LORDE  be- 
 holde  the  earth. 
 
 That  he  maye  heare  the  mournynges  of 
 soch  as  be  in  captiuyte,  and  delyuer  the  child- 
 ren of  death.  That  they  male  preach  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  in  Sion,  and  his  wor- 
 shipe  at  Jerusalem.  When  the  people  are 
 gathered  together,  and  the  kyngdomes  also  to 
 serue  y  LORDE.  He  hath  brought  downe 
 my  strength  in  my  iourney,  and  shortened 
 my  dayes.  Yet  wil  I  saye :  0  my  God,  take 
 me  not  awaye  in  f  myddest  of  myne  age  :  as 
 for  thy  yeares,  they  endure  thorow  out  all 
 generacions.  "^Thou  LORDE  in  the  begyn- 
 nynge  hast  layed  y  foundacion  of  the  earth, 
 and  the  heauens  are  the  workes  of  thy  hondes. 
 They  shal  perishe,  but  thou  shalt  endure: 
 they  all  shall  wexe  olde  as  doth  a  garment,  (j 
 as  a  vesture  shalt  thou  chaunge  the,  and  they 
 shalbe  chaunged.  But  thou  art  the  same, 
 and  thy  yeares  shal  not  fayle. 
 
 The  children  of  thy  seruauntes  shall  con- 
 tynue,  5  their  sede  shal  prospere  in  thy  sight. 
 
 Wt)C  ci).     A  psalme  of  Daiiid. 
 
 PRAYSE  the  LORDE  (o  my  soule)  jail 
 that  is  within  me  prayse  his  holy  name. 
 Prayse  the  LORDE  o  my  soule,  5  forget  not 
 all  his  benefites.  Which  forgeueth  all  thy 
 synnes,  and  healeth  all  thy  infirmities.  '  Which 
 saueth  thy  life  from  destruccion,  and  crowneth 
 the  with  mercy  5  louynge  kyndnesse.  Which 
 satisfieth  thy  desyre  with  good  thinges,  mak- 
 ynge  the  yonge  and  lusty  as  an  Aegle.  The 
 LORDE  executeth  rightuousnesse  and  iudg- 
 ment,  for  all  them  y  suffre  wronge.  He 
 shewed  his  wayes  vnto  Moses,  and  his  workes 
 vnto  the  children  of  Israel.  'The  LORDE 
 is  full  of  compassion  and  mercy,  longe  suf- 
 feringe,  and  of  greate  goodnesse.  He  wil  not 
 allwaye  be  chydinge,  nether  wil  he  kepe  his 
 anger  for  euer. 
 
 He  hath  not  dealt  with  vs  after  oure  synnes, 
 ner  rewarded  vs  acordinge  to  oure  wicked- 
 nesses.    « For  loke  how  hye  the  heaue  is  in 
 
 "  Psal.21.d.  'Psal.Sa.b.  '  Hebre.  1.  b.  ''Esa.  40.a. 
 2  Pet.  3.  b.  'Psal.  31.a.  /Exo.34.  a.  Psal.So.  c.  144.  a. 
 «  Psal.  56.  b.  107.  a.        "   Psal.  77.  d.        '  Psal.  101.  d 
 
 comparison  of  the  earth,  so  greate  is  his  mercy 
 also  towarde  them  that  feare  him. 
 
 Loke  how  wyde  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
 so  farre  hath  he  set  oure  synnes  from  vs. 
 
 Yee  like  as  a  father  pitieth  his  owne  child- 
 ren, euen  so  is  the  LORDE  mercifuU  vnto 
 the  that  feare  him.  ''  For  he  knoweth  wherof 
 we  be  made,  he  remembreth  that  we  are  but 
 dust.  That  a  man  in  his  tyme  is  but  as  is 
 grasse,  5  florisheth  as  a  floure  of  the  felde. 
 
 For  as  soone  as  the  wynde  goeth  ouer  it,  it  is 
 gone,  and  the  place  therof  knoweth  it  nomore. 
 But  the  mercifull  goodnesse  of  f  LORDE 
 endureth  for  euer  and  euer,  'vpon  them  y 
 feare  him,  and  his  rightuousnesse  vpon  their 
 childers  children.  Soch  as  kepe  his  coue- 
 naunt,  and  thinke  vpon  his  commaundementes 
 to  do  them.  The  LORDE  hath  prepared 
 his  seate  in  heaue,  and  his  kyngdome  ruleth 
 ouer  all.  O  prayse  the  LORDE  ye  angels 
 of  his,  ye  that  be  mightie  in  stregth,  fulfiUinge 
 his  commaundement,  that  me  maye  heare  the 
 voyce  of  his  wordes.  O  prayse  the  LORDE 
 all  ye  his  hoostes,  ye  seruauntes  of  his,  that 
 do  his  pleasure.  O  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE  all  ye  workes  of  his,  in  euery  place 
 of  his  dominion :  prayse  thou  the  LORDE, 
 o  my  soule. 
 
 Wi)t  citj.  Jpialmt. 
 
 PRAYSE  the  LORDE  o  my  soule:*  O 
 LORDE  my  God,  thou  art  become  ex- 
 ceadinge  glorious,  thou  art  clothed  with  ma- 
 iesty  and  honoure.  Thou  deckest  thy  self 
 with  light,  as  it  were  with  a  garment,  thou 
 spredest  out  the  heauen  like  a  curtayne. 
 
 Thou  voltest  it  aboue  with  waters,  thou 
 makest  the  cloudes  thy  charet,  and  goest  vpon 
 the  wynges  of  the  wynde.  'Thou  makest 
 thine  angels  spretes,  ^nd  thy  ministers  flammes 
 of  fyre.  Thou  hast  layed  y  earth  vpon  hir 
 foundacion,  that  it  neuer  moueth  at  eny  tyme. 
 Thou  couerest  it  with  the  depe  like  as  with  a 
 garmet,  "'so  that  the  waters  stonde  aboue  the 
 hilles.  "But  at  thy  rebuke  they  fle,  at  the 
 voyce  of  thy  thonder  they  are  af rayed.  (Then 
 are  the  hilles  sene  alofte,  5  the  valleys  beneth 
 in  their  place  which  thou  hast  appoynted  for 
 the.)  "Thou  hast  set  them  their  boundes, 
 which  they  male  not  passe,  that  they  turne 
 
 ^  Psal.  103.  d.    '  Heb.  l.b.    "  Gen. 7.  d.      "  Psal.  105.  b 
 lere.  5.  d.  lob  26.  b.  38.  a.  Deu.  11.  b.  28.  b.  lob  5.  b. 
 
~fo,  timih 
 
 €f)t  ^^(HUi\ 
 
 ^salme  riiij. 
 
 not  agayne  to  couer  f  earth.  Thou  causest 
 the  welles  to  sprynge  vp  amonge  the  valleys, 
 and  the  waters  runne  amonge  f  hilles.  That 
 all  the  beastes  of  the  felde  maye  haue  drynke, 
 5  that  the  wylde  asses  maye  quench  their 
 thyrste. 
 
 Aboue  vpon  the  hilles  haue  the  foules  of 
 the  ayre  their  habitacion,  and  synge  amonge 
 the  braunches.  Thou  watrest  the  hylles  from 
 aboue,  the  erth  is  fylled  with  y  frutes  of  thy 
 workes.  Thou  bryngest  forth  grasse  for  the 
 catell,  and  grene  herbe  for  the  seruyce  of  men. 
 "Thou  bryngest  fode  out  of  the  earth:  wyne 
 to  make  glad  y  herte  of  ma,  oyle  to  make  him 
 a  chearfull  coiintenaunce,  5  bred  to  strength 
 mans  herte.  The  trees  of  the  LORDE  are 
 full  of  sappe,  euen  the  trees  of  Libanus  which 
 he  hath  planted.  There  make  the  byrdes 
 their  nestes,  and  the  fyrre  trees  are  a  dwellinge 
 for  the  storcke.  The  hilles  are  a  refuge  for 
 the  wylde  goates,  and  so  are  the  stony  rockes 
 for  y  conyes.  Thou  hast  appoynted  the 
 Moone  forcertayne  seasons,  the  Sonne  knoweth 
 his  goinge  downe.  Thou  makest  darcknesse, 
 that  it  maye  be  night,  wherin  all  the  beastes 
 of  the  forest  do  moue.  Yee  and  the  yonge 
 lyons  which  roare  after  the  praye,  and  seke 
 their  meate  at  God.  But  when  the  Sonne 
 ariseth,  they  get  them  awaye  together,  and 
 lye  them  downe  in  their  dennes.  *  Then 
 goeth  man  forth  to  his  worke,  and  to  till  his 
 londe  vntill  the  euenynge.  O  LORDE,  how 
 manifolde  are  thy  workes,  right  wysely  hast 
 thou  made  the  all :  yee  the  earth  is  fuU  of  thy 
 riches.  So  is  this  greate  and  wyde  see  also, 
 wherin  are  thinges  crepinge  innumerable, 
 both  small  and  greate  beastes.  There  go  the 
 shippes  ouer,  "^and  there  is  that  Leuiathan, 
 whom  thou  hast  made,  to  take  his  pastyme 
 therin. 
 
 They  wayte  all  vpo  the,  that  thou  mayest 
 geue  them  meate  in  due  season.  ''  Whe  thou 
 geuest  it  them,  they  gather  it:  whe  thou 
 openest  thine  honde,  they  are  fylled  with  good. 
 
 But  when  thou  hydest  thy  face,  they  are 
 soroufuU  :  '  yf  thou  takest  awaye  their  breth, 
 they  dye,  5  are  turned  agayne  to  their  dust. 
 
 Agayne,  when  thou  lattest  thy  breth  go 
 forth,  they  are  made,  and  so  thou  renuest  the 
 face  of  the  earth.     The  glorious  magesty  of 
 
 "  Gen.  1.  d.      Psal.  146.  b.      Eccli.  31.  d.      Gen.  18.  a. 
 ludic.  19.  b.  »  Gene.  3.  d.         '  Esa.  27.  a.    lob  40.  c, 
 
 Psal.  73.  b.        ■•  Psal.  144.  b.         '  Gen.  2.  b.        /  Psal. 
 
 the  LORDE  endureth  for  euer,  and  the 
 LORDE  reioyseth  in  his  workes.  The  earth 
 trebleth  at  the  loke  of  him, 'he  doth  but  touch 
 f  hilles  and  they  smoke.  I  will  synge  vnto 
 the  LORDE  as  longe  as  I  lyue,  I  wil  prayse 
 my  God  whyle  I  haue  my  beinge.  O  that  my 
 wordes  might  please  him,  for  my  ioye  is  in 
 the  LORDE.  As  for  synners,  they  shal  be 
 cosumed  out  of  the  earth,  and  the  vngodly 
 shal  come  to  an  ende :  ^  but  prayse  thou  the 
 LORDE,  o  my  soule.     Halleluya. 
 
 Ci)e  (iiij.  ^i^almc. 
 
 OGEUE  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 call  vpon  his  name:  ''tell  the  people 
 what  thinges  he  hath  done.  O  let  youre 
 songes  be  of  him :  prayse  him,  and  let  youre 
 talkynge  be  of  all  his  wonderous  workes. 
 Geue  his  holy  name  a  good  reporte,  let  their 
 hertes  reioyse  that  seke  the  LORDE. 
 
 Seke  the  LORDE,  and  his  strength,  seke 
 his  face  euermore.  Remembre  the  maruelous 
 workes  that  he  hath  done,  his  wonders  and 
 the  iudgmentes  of  his  mouth.  O  ye  sede  of 
 Abraham  his  seruaunt,  ye  children  of  lacob 
 his  chosen.  He  is  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 whose  punyshmentes  are  thorow  out  all  the 
 worlde.  He  is  allwaye  myndfull  of  his 
 couenaunt,  and  promyse  that  he  made  to  a 
 thousande  generacions. 
 
 '  Yee  the  couenaunt  that  he  made  with 
 Abraham,  and  the  ooth  that  he  swore  vnto 
 Isaac.  And  apoynted  the  same  vnto  lacob 
 for  a  lawe,  and  to  Israel  for  an  euerlastinge 
 testament.  Sayenge  :  vnto  the  wil  I  geue 
 the  londe  of  Canaan,  the  lott  of  youre  heretage. 
 When  there  was  yet  but  a  fewe  of  them,  and 
 they  straungers  therin.  What  tyme  as  they 
 wente  from  one  nacion  to  another,  from  one 
 kyngdome  to  another.  He  sufFred  no  man 
 to  hurte  them,  *but  reproued  euen  kynges 
 for  their  sakes.  Touch  not  myne  anoynted, 
 do  my  prophetes  no  harme. 
 
 Morouer  he  called  for  a  derth  vpon  the 
 lode,  and  destroyed  all  the  prouysion  of  bred. 
 
 '  But  he  had  sent  a  man  before  them,  euen 
 loseph  which  was  solde  to  be  a  bonde  seruaunt. 
 They  hurte  his  fete  in  the  stockes,  the  yron 
 pearsed  his  herte.     '"Vntill  the  tyme  that  his 
 
 143.  a.  e  Psal.  103.  a.  <  1  Par.  17.  b.  Esa.  12.  a. 
 '  Gen.  17.  a.    Gen.  26.  a.    Gen.  28.  a.  '  Gen.  12.  d. 
 
 and  20.  a.         '  Gen.  45.  a.  37.  f.  39.  a.         "  Luc.  2.  c. 
 
p^alme  cb« 
 
 CI)e  psalter. 
 
 fo,  ^miii* 
 
 worde  came,  and  till  the  worde  of  f  LORDE 
 had  tried  him.  "Then  sent  the  kinge  and 
 caused  him  be  delyuered,  the  prynce  of  the 
 people  bad  let  him  go.  He  made  him  lorde 
 of  his  house,  5  ruler  of  all  his  substaunce. 
 That  he  might  enfourme  his  prynces  after  his 
 wil,  and  teach  his  Senatours  wysdome.  *  Israel 
 also  came  in  to  Egipte,  and  lacob  was  a 
 straunger  in  the  lode  of  Ham. 
 
 "  But  he  increased  his  people  exceadingly, 
 and  made  them  stronger  then  their  enemies. 
 
 Whose  hert  turned,  so  that  they  hated  his 
 people,  and  dealt  vntruly  with  his  seruauntes. 
 ''  Then  sent  he  Moses  his  seruaunt,  and  Aaron 
 whom  he  had  chosen.  These  dyd  his  tokens 
 amoge  them,  and  wonders  in  the  londe  of 
 Ham.  "  He  sent  darcknesse  and  it  was  darcke, 
 for  they  were  not  obedient  vnto  his  worde. 
 'He  turned  their  waters  in  to  bloude,  and 
 slewe  their  fishe.  Their  londe  brought  forth 
 frogges,«  yee  euen  in  their  kynges  chambers. 
 He  spake  the  worde,  5  their  came  all  maner 
 of  flies  u  Use  in  all  their  quarters.  He  gaue 
 them  hale  stones  for  rayne,  and  flammes  of 
 fyre  in  their  lode.  He  smote  their  vynyardes 
 5  fige  trees,  and  destroyed  the  trees  that  were 
 in  their  coastes.  He  spake  y  worde,  ''  and 
 their  came  greshoppers  5  catirpillers  innumer- 
 able. These  ate  vp  all  the  grasse  in  their 
 lode,  and  deuoured  the  frutes  of  their  groude. 
 He  smote  all  y  first  borne  in  their  lode,'  euen 
 the  chefe  of  all  their  substaunce.  He  brought 
 them  forth  with  syluer  5  golde,  there  was  not 
 one  feble  personne  amoge  their  trybes.  Egipte 
 was  glad  of  their  departinge,  for  they  were 
 afraied  of  the. 
 
 *He  spred  out  a  cloude  to  be  a  couerynge, 
 and  fyre  to  geue  light  in  the  night  season. 
 
 'At  their  desyre,  there  came  quales,  and 
 he  fylled  them  with  the  bred  of  heaue.  '"  He 
 opened  the  rocke  of  stone,  5  the  waters  flowed 
 out :  so  that  ryuers  ranne  in  the  wildernesse. 
 
 For  why,  he  remembred  his  holy  promyse 
 which  he  had  made  vnto  Abraham  his  ser- 
 uaunt. Thus  he  brought  forth  his  people 
 with  ioye,  and  his  chosen  with  gladnesse. 
 
 And  gaue  them  the  lodes  of  the  Heithe, 
 where  they  toke  the  labours  of  the  people 
 in  possession.  That  they  might  kepe  his 
 statutes,  and  obserue  his  lawes.    Halleluya. 
 
 '  Gen.  41.  f.  '  Gen.  46.  a.  '  Exo.  1.  a.  Acto.  7.  c. 
 ■*  Exo.  3.  4.  5.  Acto.  7.  d.  '  Exo.  10.  c.  /  Exo.  7.  d. 
 I  Exo.  8.  b.    Exo.  8.  d.    Psal.  77.  c.  *  Exo.  10.  d. 
 
 '  Exo.  11.  a.  12.  c.  '  Exo.  13.  d.  '  Exo.  16.  a. 
 
 Ei^t  cb.  ^ialmt.     Halleluya. 
 
 OGEUE  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  for 
 he  is  gracious,  and  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  "  Who  can  expresse  y  noble  actes 
 of  the  LORDE,  or  shewe  forth  all  his  prayse  ? 
 Blessed  are  they  that  allwaye  kepe  iudg- 
 ment,  and  do  rightuousnes.  Remembre  vs 
 (o  LORDE)  acordinge  to  the  fauoure  that 
 thou  bearest  vnto  thy  people  :  o  vyset  vs  with 
 thy  sauinge  health.  That  we  might  se  the 
 pleasure  of  thy  chosen,  that  we  might  reioyse 
 in  the  gladnesse  of  thy  people,  and  geue 
 thankes  with  thine  enheritaunce.  "  We  haue 
 synned  with  oure  fathers,  we  haue  done  amysse, 
 we  haue  dealt  wickedly.  Oure  fathers  re- 
 garded not  thy  wonders  in  Egipte,  they  kepte 
 not  thy  greate  goodnesse  in  remebraunce :  but 
 were  dishobediet  at  the  see,  eue  at  the  reed 
 see.  Neuertheles,  he  helped  the  for  his  names 
 sake,  that  he  might  make  his  power  to  be 
 knowne.  He  rebuked  the  reed  see,  and  it 
 was  dried  vp :  ''so  he  led  the  thorow  the  depe 
 as  in  a  wildernesse.  Thus  he  saued  them 
 from  the  honde  of  the  hater,  g  delyuered  them 
 from  the  honde  of  the  enemie. 
 
 As  for  those  y  troubled  them,  the  waters 
 ouerwhelmed  the,  there  was  not  one  of  the 
 left.  '  Then  beleued  they  in  his  worde,  and 
 songe  prayse  vnto  him.  But  within  a  whyle 
 they  forgat  his  workes,  (j  wolde  not  abyde  his 
 councell.  '  A  lust  came  vpo  them  in  the 
 wildernesse,  so  that  they  tempted  God  in  the 
 deserte.  Yet  he  gaue  them  their  desyre,  and 
 sent  the  ynough  at  their  willes.  They  angred 
 Moses  in  the  tetes,'  and  Aaron  the  saynte 
 of  the  LORDE.  So  the  earth  opened  (s 
 swalowed  vp  Dathan,  and  couered  the  con- 
 gregacio  of  Abiram.  The  fyre  was  kyndled 
 in  their  company,  the  flame  brent  vp  the 
 vngodly.  '  They  made  a  calfe  in  Horeb,  and 
 worshipped  the  molte  ymage.  Thus  they 
 turned  his  glory  in  to  the  similitude  of  a 
 calfe,  y  eateth  haye.  They  forgat  God  their 
 Sauioure,  which  had  done  so  greate  thinges 
 in  Egipte.  Wonderous  workes  in  the  londe 
 of  Ham,  and  fearfuU  thinges  in  the  reed  see. 
 So  he  sayde  he  wolde  haue  destroyed  them, 
 had  not  Moses  his  chosen  stonde  before  him 
 in  y  gappe :  to  turne  awaie  his  wrothfull 
 indignacion,  lest  he  shulde  destroye  the. 
 
 "  Exo.  17.  b.    Nu.  20.  b.    Exo.  17.  a.  "1  Mac.  4.  c. 
 
 ludit.  13.  c.    Psal.  106.  a.    EcclT.  43.  d.  •  ludit.  7.  c. 
 
 pPsal.  103.  a.        5  Exo.  15.  a.         "^  Nu.  11.  a.         '  Nu. 
 16.  a.  '  Exo.  32.  a.  1  Cor.  10.  a.  Rom.  1.  c. 
 
jfo.  tivvniiij. 
 
 '€\)t  psalter. 
 
 ^daltm  cbtJ 
 
 "Yee  they  thought  scorne  of  y  pleasaunt 
 londe,  and  gaue  no  credence  vnto  his  worde. 
 
 But  murmured  in  their  tentes,  and  herk- 
 ened  not  vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Then  Uft  he  vp  his  honde  agaynst  them,  to 
 ouerthrowe  them  in  the  wildernes.  To  cast 
 out  their  sede  amonge  the  nacions,  and  to 
 scaler  them  in  the  londes.  'They  ioyned 
 them  selues  vnto  Baal  Peor,  and  ate  the 
 offeringes  of  the  deed.  Thus  they  prouoked 
 him  vnto  anger  with  their  owne  invecions,  and 
 the  plage  was  greate  amonge  them. 
 
 Then  stode  vp  Phineas  and  executed 
 iustice,  5  so  the  plage  ceased.  'And  that  was 
 counted  vnto  him  for  rightuousnesse,  amonge 
 all  posterites  for  euermore.  They  angerd 
 him  also  at  the  waters  of  strife,  ''so  that  Moses 
 was  punyshed  for  their  sakes.  Because  they 
 prouoked  his  sprete,  and  he  tolde  the  planely 
 with  his  lippes.  Nether  destroyed  they  the 
 Heithen,  'as  the  LORDE commaunded  them. 
 But  were  mengled  amonge  the  Heithen,  and 
 lerned  their  workes. 
 
 In  so  moch  that  they  worshipped  their 
 ymages,  which  turned  to  their  owne  decaye. 
 
 Yee  they  offred  their  sonnes  and  their 
 doughters  vnto  deuels.  And  shed  the  inno- 
 cent bloude  of  their  sonnes  and  of  their 
 doughters,  whom  they  ofFred  vnto  the  ymages 
 of  Canaan,  so  that  the  londe  was  defyled  with 
 bloude.  Thus  were  they  stayned  with  their 
 owne  workes,  and  wente  a  whoringe  with  their 
 owne  invencions.  Therfore  was  the  wrath  of 
 the  LORDE  kyndled  agaynst  his  people,  in 
 so  moch  that  he  abhorred  his  owne  enherit- 
 aunce.  And  gaue  them  ouer  in  to  the  honde 
 of  the  Heithe,  and  they  that  hated  them,  were 
 lordes  ouer  them.  Their  enemies  oppressed 
 the,  and  had  them  in  subieccion.  Many  a 
 tyme  dyd  he  delyuer  them,  but  they  prouoked 
 him  with  their  owne  invecions,  and  were 
 brought  downe  for  their  wickednesse.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  whe  he  sawe  their  aduersite,  he  herde 
 dieir  complaynte.  ■'^  He  thought  vpo  his 
 couenaunt,  and  pitied  the,  acordinge  vnto  the 
 multitude  of  his  mercies.  Yee  he  made  all 
 those  y  had  led  them  awaye  captiue,  to  pitie 
 them.  Delyuer  vs  (o  LORDE  oure  God)  5 
 gather  vs  from  amoge  the  Heithen :  that  we 
 maye  geue  thankes  to  thy  holy  name,  j  make 
 
 "  Num.  14.  a.  »  Num.  25.  a.  losue  22.  d.  1  Cor.  10.  a. 
 '  Gen.  l.i.  b.  '  Deut.  1.  f.  3.  e.  4.  e.  '  Deut.  7.  a. 
 
 and  12.  a.  lud.  2.  a.  1  Reg.  16.  a.  lud.  S.  b.  Deut.  32.  c. 
 4  Re.  23.  c.    Leui.  20.  a.    Deu.  18.  b.    Eze.  20.  d.    lere. 
 
 oure  boast  of  thy  prayse.  "Blessed  be  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  from  euerlastinge  and 
 worlde  \vithout  ende,  and  let  all  people  saye : 
 Amen,  Amen.     Halleluya. 
 
 Clje  cbi.  gSalme. 
 
 OGEUE  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  for 
 he  is  gracious,  ''and  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  Let  them  geue  thakes  whom  the 
 LORDE  hath  redemed,  (j  delyuered  from  the 
 hande  of  the  enemie.  And  gathered  the  out 
 of  the  londes,  fro  the  east,  fro  the  west,  fro  the 
 north  5  from  the  south. 
 
 They  wente  astraye  in  the  wildernesse  in 
 an  vntroden  waye,  j  founde  no  cite  to  dwell 
 in.  Hongrie  j  thirstie,  a  their  soule  faynted 
 in  the.  So  they  cried  vnto  the  LORDE  in 
 their  trouble,  (j  he  delyuered  the  from  their 
 distresse.  He  led  the  forth  by  f  right  waie, 
 y  they  might  go  to  y  cite  where  they  dwelt, 
 
 O  that  me  wolde  prayse  the  goodnesse  of 
 the  LORDE,  j  the  wonders  that  he  doth  for 
 the  childre  of  me.  '  For  he  satisfied  the  emptie 
 soule,  (t  fylled  the  hongrie  soule  with  good. 
 
 Soch  as  sat  in  darcknesse  and  in  the  shadowe 
 of  death,  *beynge  fast  bounde  in  misery  g  yron 
 Because  they  were  not  obediet  to  the  c6- 
 maundementes  of  God,  but  lightly  regarded 
 the  councell  of  the  most  highest. 
 
 Their  herte  was  vexed  with  laboure,  they 
 fell  downe,  g  there  was  none  to  helpe  them 
 
 So  they  cried  vnto  the  LORDE  in  their 
 trouble,  (j,  he  delyuered  them  out  of  their  dis' 
 tresse.  He  brought  the  out  of  darcknesse  j 
 out  of  the  shadowe  of  death,  j  brake  their 
 bondes  in  sonder.  O  that  men  wolde  prayse 
 the  goodnesse  of  the  LORDE,  (t  the  woders 
 that  he  doth  for  the  childre  of  men.  For  he 
 hath  broken  the  gates  of  brasse,  5  smitte  the 
 barres  of  yron  in  sonder.  Foolish  me  were 
 plaged  for  their  offence,  d  because  of  their 
 wickednesse.  Their  soule  abhorred  all  maner 
 of  meate,  they  were  eue  harde  at  deathes  dore. 
 So  they  cried  vnto  the  LORDE  in  their 
 trouble,  5  he  delyuered  the  out  of  their  dis- 
 tresse. He  sent  his  worde  '(j  healed  the,  5 
 saued  the  from  destruccion.  O  that  men 
 wolde  prayse  the  goodnesse  of  the  LORDE, 
 5  the  wonders  that  he  doth  for  the  children  of 
 men.     "'That  they  wolde  offre  vnto  him  the 
 
 d.  and  44.  a.  /  Deu.  30.  a.  s  Luc.  1.  f. 
 
 *  ludit.  13.  c.  Psal.  lOo.  a.  117.  a.  135.  a.  1  Mac.  4.  c. 
 Exo.  16.  a.  Deut.  8.  a.  '  Psal.  77.  c.  104.  e.  2  Par.  33. 
 'Nu.  21.b.    Esaic38.  b.    Matt.  8.  a.  "  Heb.  13.  c. 
 
^sialntc  cbiij. 
 
 Ci)t  psalter. 
 
 sacrifice  of  thankesgeuynge,"  and  tell  out  his 
 workes  with  gladnes.  They  that  go  downe  to 
 the  see  in  shippes,  ij  occupie  their  busynesse 
 in  greate  waters.  These  men  se  the  workes 
 of  the  LORDE,  j  his  wonders  in  the  depe. 
 For  at  his  worde,  *the  stormy  wynde  aryseth, 
 and  lifteth  vp  the  wawes  therof. 
 
 They  are  caried  vp  to  the  heauen,  (j  downe 
 agayne  to  the  depe,  their  soule  melteth  awaye 
 in  the  trouble.  They  rele  to  and  fro,  they 
 stacker  like  a  droncken  man,  and  are  at  their 
 wittes  ende.  So  theycrie  vnto  the  LORDE 
 in  their  trouble,  5  he  delyuereth  the  out  of 
 their  distresse.  'He  maketh  the  storme  to 
 ceasse,  so  that  the  wawes  are  still. 
 
 The  are  they  glad  because  they  be  at  rest, 
 (J  so  he  bryngeth  them  vnto  the  hauen  where 
 they  wolde  be.  O  that  men  wolde  prayse  the 
 goodnes  of  the  LORDE,  and  the  wonders  that 
 he  doth  for  the  children  of  men. 
 
 That  they  wolde  exalte  him  in  the  cogre- 
 gacion  of  the  people,  g  loaue  him  in  the  seate 
 of  the  elders.  ''Which  turneth  the  floudes  in 
 to  drie  londe,  and  drieth  vp  the  water  sprynges. 
 A  frutefull  londe  maketh  he  baren,  for  the 
 wickednesse  of  them  that  dwell  therin.  Agayne, 
 he  maketh  the  wildernes  a  stondinge  water, 
 and  water  sprynges  of  a  drye  grounde.  There 
 he  setteth  the  hongrie,  that  they  maye  buylde 
 them  a  cite  to  dwell  in.  That  they  maye 
 sowe  their  groiide,  plante  vynyardes,  to  yelde 
 them  frutes  of  increase.  He  blesseth  them, 
 so  that  they  multiplie  exceadingly,  and  suffreth 
 not  their  catell  to  decrease.  Whe  they  are 
 minished  j  brought  lowe  thorow  oppressio, 
 thorow  eny  plage  or  trouble.  Though  he 
 suffre  the  to  be  eueU  intreated  thorow  ty- 
 rauntes,  or  let  them  wandre  out  of  the  waye 
 in  the  wildernesse  :  Yet  helpeth  he  the  poore 
 out  of  misery  (at  the  last)  and  maketh  him  an 
 housholde  like  a  flocke  of  shepe.  The  rightuous 
 wil  cosidre  this  and  reioyse,  the  mouth  of  all 
 wickednesse  shall  be  stopped.  Who  so  is 
 wyse,  and  pondreth  these  thinges  well,  shall 
 vnderstonde  the  louynge  kyndnesses  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 W\)t  Chi).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 OGOD,  my  hert  is  ready  to  synge,  s  to 
 geue  prayse.     'Awake    (0  my   glory) 
 awake  lute  (s  harpe,   I  my  selfe  will  awake 
 
 •  1  Pet.  2.  a.      '  lone  1.  a.    Act.  27.  b.      '  Matt.  8.  c.        «  Psal.  59.  b. 
 '  3  Re.  17.  a.   Esa.  43.  c.      'Psal.  56.  b.      /Psal.  102.  d. 
 
 So,  Irjrirjrfa. 
 
 right  early.  I  wU  geue  thakes  vnto  the  (o 
 LORDE)  amonge  the  people,  I  wU  synge 
 prayses  vnto  the  amonge  the  Heithe. 
 
 ■Tor  the  greatnesse  of  thy  mercy  is  higher 
 then  the  heauens,andthyfaithfulnesse  reacheth 
 vnto  the  cloudes.  Set  vp  thy  self  (o  God) 
 aboue  the  heaues,  (j  thy  glory  aboue  all  the 
 earth.  That  thy  beloued  maye  be  delyuered : 
 helpe  then  with  thy  right  hande,  5  heare  me. 
 God  hath  spoken  in  his  Sanctuary^  (which 
 thinge  reioyseth  me.)  I  will  deuyde  Sichem, 
 and  mete  out  the  valley  of  Suchoth.  Galaad 
 is  myne,  Manasses  is  myne,  Ephraim  is  the 
 stregth  of  my  heade,  luda  is  my  captaine. 
 Moab  is  my  wash  potte,  ouer  Edom  wil  I 
 stretch  out  my  shue,  Philistea  shal  be  glad  of 
 me.  Who  wil  lede  me  in  to  the  stronge  cite? 
 Who  wil  brynge  me  in  to  Edom?  Shalt  not 
 thou  do  it  (o  God)  which  hast  cast  vs  out: 
 thou  God,  y  wentest  not  forth  with  cure 
 hoostes?  O  be  thou  oure  helpe  in  trouble, 
 for  vayne  is  the  helpe  of  man.  Thorow  God 
 we  shall  do  greate  actes,  for  it  is  he  y  shal 
 treade  downe  oure  enemies. 
 
 Cf)c  tbiij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HOLDE  not  thy  toge,  o  God  of  my  prayse. 
 For  the  mouth  of  the  vngodly,  yee  and 
 the  mouth  of  the  disceatfull  is  opened  vpon 
 me,  and  speake  agaynst  me  with  false  toges. 
 They  compase  me  aboute  with  wordes  of  hatred, 
 I  fight  agaynst  me  without  a  cause.  For  the 
 loue  that  I  had  vnto  them,  they  take  now  my 
 contrary  parte,  but  I  geue  my  self  vnto  prayer. 
 Thus  they  rewarde  me  euell  for  good,  5 
 hatred  for  my  good  will.  ''  Set  an  vngodly  man 
 to  be  ruler  ouer  him,  5  let  Satan  stonde  at  his 
 right  hande.  When  sentence  is  geuen  vpon 
 him,  let  him  be  codempned,  and  let  his  prayer 
 be  turned  in  to  synne.  'Let  his  dayes  be 
 fewe,  and  his  bishopricke  another  take.  Let 
 his  children  be  fatherlesse,  5  his  wife  a  wyd- 
 dowe.  Let  his  children  be  vagabundes,  and 
 begg  their  bred :  let  them  seke  it,  as  they  that 
 be  destroyed.  Let  the  extorcioner  cosume  all 
 that  he  hath,  and  let  straungers  spoyle  his 
 laboure.  Let  there  be  no  man  to  petie,  ner  to 
 haue  compassion  vpon  his  fatherlesse  children. 
 Let  his  ende  be  destruccion,  and  in  the  nexte 
 generacion  let  his  name  be  clene  put  out. 
 Let  the  wickednesse  of  his  fathers  be  had  in 
 
 *  Leui.  26.  c.    Deut.  28.  c.     Zach.  3.  n. 
 '  loh.  17.  b.    Acto.  1.  d. 
 
\fo.  Umbt. 
 
 Cf)e 
 
 remembraunce  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  let  not  the  synne  of  his  mother  be  done 
 awaye. 
 
 Let  them  be  allwaye  before  the  LORDE, 
 but  as  for  the  menioriall  of  them  selues,  let  it 
 perish  from  out  of  the  earth.  And  that  because 
 his  mynde  was  not  to  do  good,  but  persecuted 
 the  poore  helplesse,  and  him  that  was  vexed 
 at  the  herte,  to  slaye  him.  His  delite  was  in 
 cursy  nge,  and  therfore  shall  it  happe  vnto  him : 
 he  loued  not  blessynge,  and  that  shall  be  farre 
 fro  him.  He  clothed  him  self  with  cursynge 
 like  as  with  a  rayment :  yee  it  wente  in  to  his 
 bowels  like  water,  and  like  oyle  in  to  his  bones. 
 Let  it  be  vnto  him  as  the  cloke  that  he  hath 
 vpon  him,  and  as  the  gyrdle  that  he  is  gyrded 
 withall.  Let  it  thus  happen  from  the  LORDE 
 vnto  myne  enemies,  and  to  those  that  speake 
 euell  agaynst  my  soule.  But  deale  thou  with 
 me  (o  LORDE  God)  acordinge  vnto  thy 
 name,  for  swete  is  thy  mercy.  O  delyuer  me, 
 for  I  am  helplesse  (i  poore,  (j  my  herte  is 
 wounded  within  me.  I  go  hence  like  f  shadowe 
 that  departeth,  and  am  dryuen  awaye  as  y 
 greshoppers.  My  knees  are  weake  thorow 
 fastinge,  my  flesh  is  dried  vp  for  want  of 
 fatnesse.  I  am  become  a  rebuke  vnto  them, 
 they  loke  vpo  me"  and  shake  their  heades. 
 Helpe  me  o  LORDE  my  God,  oh  saue  me 
 for  thy  mercies  sake.  That  they  maye  knowe, 
 how  that  this  is  thy  hande,  and  that  thou  hast 
 done  it.  Though  they  curse,  yet  blesse  thou: 
 and  let  them  be  cofounded,  that  ryse  vp  agaynst 
 me,  but  let  thy  seruaunt  reioyse.  Let  myne 
 aduersaries  be  clothed  with  their  owne  shame, 
 as  with  a  cloake. 
 
 As  for  me,  I  wil  geue  thankes  vnto  the 
 LORDE  with  my  mouth,  and  prayse  him 
 amonge  the  multitude.  *For  he  stondeth  at 
 the  right  hande  of  the  poore,  to  saue  him 
 from  soch  as  condempne  his  soule. 
 
 Cljt  civ.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 THE  LORDE  sayde  vnto  my  LORDE: 
 '  Syt  thou  on  my  right  hande,  vntill  I 
 make  thine  enemies  thy  fotestole. 
 
 The  LORDE  shal  sende  the  rodde  of  thy 
 power  out  of  Sion,  be  thou  ruler  euen  in  y 
 myddest  amonge  thine  enemies.  In  the  daye 
 of  thy  power  shal  thy  people  oflfre  the  frewill 
 
 "Psal.ai.a.  >Psa\.lo.b.  "■  Mat.  22.  d.  Mar.l2.d. 
 Luc.ao.e.  ICor.  15.C.  Heb.  l.b.aiid  lO.b.  ''Heb.T.c. 
 •  Psal.  91 .  a.       /  Psal.  33.  b.    Gen.  15.  c.        «  Psal.  104.  e. 
 
 3galttr. 
 
 ^sialint  civ. 
 
 ofiferinges  with  an  holy  worshipe,  y  dewe  of 
 thy  byrth  is  of  the  wobe  of  the  mornynge. 
 The  LORDE  sware,  and  wil  not  repent: 
 ''Thou  art  a  prest  for  euer  after  y  order  of 
 Melchisedec.  The  LORDE  vpon  thy  right 
 honde,  shal  smyte  euen  kynges  in  the  daye 
 of  his  wrath.  He  shal  be  iudge  amoge  the 
 Heithen,  he  shal  fyll  them  with  deed  bodies, 
 and  smyte  in  sonder  the  heades  ouer  dyuerse 
 countres.  He  shal  drynke  of  the  broke  in  the 
 waye,  therfore  shal  he  lift  vp  his  heade. 
 
 Ei)i:  cy.  ^6a\mt.     Halleluia. 
 
 I  WIL  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE  with 
 my  whole  herte :  secretly  amonge  the 
 faithfull,  and  in  the  congregacion.  The  workes 
 of  the  LORDE  are  greate,"  sought  out  of  all 
 the  that  haue  pleasure  therin.  His  worke  is 
 worthy  to  be  praysed  and  had  in  honoure,  and 
 his  rightuousnesse  endureth  for  euer.  The 
 mercifull  5  gracious  LORDE  hath  so  done  his 
 marvelous  workes,  y  they  ought  to  be  had  in 
 remebrauee.  ^  He  geueth  meate  vnto  the  v 
 feare  him,  he  is  euer  myndfull  of  his  couenaiit. 
 He  sheweth  his  people  the  power  of  his 
 workes,  that  he  maye  geue  them  the  heretage 
 of  the  Heithen.  The  workes  of  his  hodes  are 
 verite  5  iudgment,  all  his  comaundemetes  are 
 true.  They  stonde  fast  for  euer  5  euer,^  5 
 are  done  in  trueth  5  equite.  He  sent  re- 
 dempcion  vnto  his  people,  he  hath  com- 
 maunded  his  couenaunt  for  euer,  holy  5  re- 
 uerent  is  his  name.  ''The  feare  of  the  LORDE 
 is  the  begynnynge  of  wyszdome,  a  good  vnder- 
 stondinge  haue  all  they  that  do  therafter :  the 
 prayse  of  it  endureth  for  euer. 
 
 %f)e  q:i.  l^ialmc.     Halleluya. 
 
 BLESSED  is  the  man  y  feareth  the 
 LORDE,  (J  'hath  greate  delite  in  his 
 coniniaundementes.  His  sede  shall  be  mightie 
 vpon  earth,  the  generacion  of  the  faithfull 
 shalbe  blessed.  Riches  g  pleteousnesse  shalbe 
 in  his  house,  5  his  rightuousnes  endureth  for 
 euer.  Vnto  the  godly  there  ariseth  vp  light 
 in  the  darcknesse :  he  is  merciful,  louynge  5 
 rightuous.  ''Wei  is  him  that  is  mercifull,  5 
 lendeth  gladly,  (t  podreth  his  wordes  with  dis- 
 crecion.  For  he  shal  neuer  be  moued,  the 
 rightuous  shal  be  had  in  an  euerlastinge  re- 
 
 ''Iob28. c.  Pro.  1.  a. and  9. b.  Eccli.  1.  c.  'Psal. 36. d. 
 'Psal.36.d.  Pro.  11. c.  and  19. c.  E3a.49.d.  Pro.lO.a. 
 Psal.  26.  a. 
 
pgaliw  tniih 
 
 €i)t  psalter* 
 
 jTo.  timti). 
 
 membraunce.  He  wil  not  be  afrayed  for  eny 
 euell  tydinges,  his  herte  stondeth  fast,  (j  be- 
 leueth  in  y  LORDE.  His  herte  is  stablished, 
 he  wil  not  shrencke,  vntill  he  se  his  desyre 
 vpon  his  enemies.  "  He  hath  sparsed  abrode, 
 (I  geue  to  the  poore,  his  rightuousnes  re- 
 mayneth  for  euer,  his  home  shal  be  exalted  with 
 honoure.  The  vngodly  shal  se  it,  s  it  shal  greue 
 him :  he  shall  gnash  with  his  teth  5  consume 
 awaye,  5  the  desyre  of  the  vngodly  shal  perish. 
 
 €1)t  cyi).  ^Salmc.    Halleluya. 
 
 PRAYSE  the  LORDE  (O  ye  seruauntes) 
 O  prayse  the  name  of  the  LORDE.' 
 Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  fro 
 this  tyme  forth  for  euermore.  The  LORDES 
 name  is  worthy  to  be  praysed,  "fro  the  rysinge 
 vp  of  the  Sonne  vnto  the  goinge  downe  of  the 
 same.  The  LORDE  is  hye  aboue  all  Heithen, 
 and  his  glory  aboue  the  heaues.  Who  is  hke 
 vnto  the  LORDE  oure  God,  y  hath  his 
 dwellinge  so  hye,  which  humbleth  himself,  to 
 beholde  that  is  in  heauen  and  earth  ?  ''  Which 
 taketh  vp  the  symple  out  of  the  dust,  and 
 lifteth  the  poore  out  of  the  myre.  That  he 
 maye  set  him  amonge  the  prynees,  euen 
 amonge  the  prynees  of  his  people.  Which 
 maketh  the  baren  woman  to  kepe  house,  and 
 to  be  a  ioyfull  mother  of  children.  Halleluya. 
 
 Ci)c  cyii).  3p£ialmc. 
 
 WHEN  Israel  came  out  of  Egipte,  5  the 
 house  of  lacob  'from  amonge  that 
 straunge  people.  luda  was  his  Sactuary, 
 Israel  his  dominion.  •'^The  see  sawe  that,  and 
 fled,  lordan  turned  backe.  The  mountaynes 
 skipped  like  rammes,  5  the  litle  hilles  like 
 yonge  shepe.  What  ayled  the  (o  thou  see) 
 that  thou  fleddest?  and  thou  lordan,  that 
 thou  turnedest  backe  ?  Ye  mountaynes,  that 
 ye  skipped  like  rammes?  and  ye  litle  hilles, 
 like  yonge  shepe  ?  The  earth  trembled  at 
 the  presence  of  the  LORDE,  at  the  presence 
 of  the  God  of  lacob.  « Which  turned  the 
 harde  rocke  in  to  a  stondinge  water,  5  the 
 flynt  stone  in  to  a  sprynginge  well. 
 
 Here  the  Hebrues  begynne  the  cxv.  psalme. 
 Not  vnto  vs  (o  LORDE)  not  vnto  vs,  but 
 vnto  thy  name  geue  the  prayse,  for  thy  louinge 
 
 •■  Pro.  11.  c.  2  Cor.  9.  b.  '  Psal.  133.  a.  and  134.  a. 
 c  Mala.  I.e.  ''  1  Re.  2.  b.  '  Exo.  13.  a.  /  Exo.  14.  e. 
 losu.  3.  d.        «  Exo.  17.  b.    Nu.  20.  b.        *  Psal.  78.  b. 
 
 mercy  and  faithfulnes.  Wherfore  shal  the 
 Heithen  saye :  ''  where  is  now  their  God  ? 
 
 As  for  oure  God,  he  is  in  heauen,  he  doth 
 what  soeuer  it  pleaseth  him.  Their  ymages 
 are  but  syluer  and  golde,  euen  the  worke  of 
 mens  hodes.  '  They  haue  mouthes,  and  speake 
 not :  eyes  haue  they,  but  they  se  not. 
 
 They  haue  eares,  and  heare  not :  noses 
 haue  they,  but  they  smell  not.  They  haue 
 handes  and  handle  not,  fete  haue  they,  but 
 they  can  not  go,  nether  can  they  speake 
 thorow  their  throte.  They  that  made  them, 
 are  like  vnto  them,  and  so  are  all  soch  as  put 
 their  trust  in  them.  But  let  Israel  trust  in  y 
 LORDE,  for  he  is  their  sucoure  s  defence. 
 Let  the  house  of  Aaron  put  their  trust  in  y 
 LORDE,  for  he  is  their  sucoure  5  defence. 
 They  that  feare  the  LORDE,  let  the  put 
 their  trust  in  the  LORDE,  *for  he  is  their 
 sucoure  and  defence.  The  LORDE  is 
 myndefuU  of  vs,  5  blesseth  vs:  he  blesseth 
 y  house  of  Israel,  he  blesseth  y  house  of 
 Aaron.  Yee  he  blesseth  all  them  that  feare 
 the  LORDE,  both  small  5  greate.  The 
 LORDE  encrease  you  more  5  more :  you, 
 and  youre  childre.  For  ye  are  y  blessed  of 
 the  LORDE,  which  made  heauen  j  earth. 
 All  the  whole  heauens  are  the  LORDES, 
 but  the  earth  hath  he  geue  vnto  y  childre  of 
 men.  'The  deed  prayse  not  the  (o  LORDE) 
 nether  all  they  that  go  downe  in  to  sylence. 
 But  we  will  prayse  the  LORDE,  from  this 
 tyme  forth  for  euermore.     Halleluya. 
 
 Ci)c  tjtitj.  J^salmc. 
 
 I  AM  wel  pleased,  j  the  LORDE  hath 
 herde  y  voyce  of  my  prayer.  That  he 
 hath  enclyned  his  eare  vnto  me,  therfore  wil 
 I  call  vpo  him  as  longe  as  I  lyue.  '"The 
 snares  of  death  copased  me  rounde  aboute, 
 the  paynes  of  hell  gat  holde  vpon  me,  I 
 founde  trouble  and  heuynesse.  Then  called 
 I  vpon  f  name  of  the  LORDE :  o  LORDE, 
 delyuer  my  soule.  Gracious  is  f  LORDE  5 
 rightuous,  yee  oure  God  is  merciful!. 
 
 The  LORDE  preserueth  ;y  symple,  I  was 
 brought  downe,  and  he  helped  me.  Turne 
 agayne  then  vnto  thy  rest  (o  my  soule)  for 
 the  LORDE  hath  geuen  the  thy  desyre. 
 
 And  why?  "thou  hast  delyuered  my  soule 
 
 '  Psal.  134.  c.    Esa.  44.  b.    lere.  10.  a.  *  Psal.  17.  c. 
 
 '  Psal.  6.  a.    Esa.  38.  d.  ■"  1  Re.  23.  c.    Psal.  17.  a. 
 
 Psal.  55.  b. 
 
/o.  timtu). 
 
 m)':  mnlUi\ 
 
 from  death,  myne  eyes  from  teares,  and  my 
 fete  from  fallinge.  I  wil  walke  before  f 
 LORDE,  in  the  londe  of  the  lyuynge. 
 
 Ci^c  cyb.  ^ialmt. 
 
 Thispsalmedothe  Hebrues  ioyne  vntoitthatgoeth 
 before,  and  it  is  with  them  the  cxvi.  psalme. 
 
 IBELEUED,  "and  therfore  haue  I  spoke, 
 but  I  was  sore  troubled.  I  sayde  in  my 
 haist :  All  men  are  lyers. 
 
 What  rewarde  shal  I  geue  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 for  all  the  benefites  y  he  hath  done  vnto  me  ? 
 I  wil  receaue  the  cuppe  of  saluacio,  and  call 
 vpon  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 I  wil  paye  my  vowes  in  the  presence  of  all 
 his  people,  right  deare  in  the  sight  of  f 
 LORDE  is  the  death  of  his  sayntes.  O 
 LORDE,  I  am  thy  seruaunt,  I  am  thy  ser- 
 uaunt,  and  the  sonne  of  thy  handmayden, 
 thou  hast  broken  my  bondes  in  sonder.  I 
 wil  offre  the  *the  sacrifice  of  thankes  geuynge, 
 and  wil  call  vpon  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 I  wil  paye  my  vowes  vnto  the  LORDE  in 
 the  sight  of  all  his  people,  in  the  courtes  of 
 the  LORDES  house,  eue  in  the  myddest  of 
 the,  0  Jerusalem.     Halleluya. 
 
 Cfjc  tjrbt.  Psalmt. 
 
 OPRAYSE  the  LORDE  all  ye  Gentiles, 
 laude  him  all  ye  people.  "^  For  his  mer- 
 cifull  kyndnes  is  euer  more  and  more  towarde 
 vs,  5  the  trueth  of  the  LORDE  endureth  for 
 euer.     Halleluya. 
 
 Ci^t  cybi).  iSsalmc. 
 
 OGEUE  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  for 
 he  is  gracious,  and  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.''  Let  Israel  now  confesse,  y  his 
 mercy  endureth  for  euer.  Let  the  house  of 
 Aaron  now  confesse,  that  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  Yee  let  the  now  that  feare  the 
 LORDE,  confesse,  that  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  I  called  vpon  the  LORDE  in 
 trouble,  and  the  LORDE  herde  me  at  large. 
 The  LORDE  is  my  helper,  'I  wil  not  feare 
 what  man  doeth  vnto  me.  The  LORDE  is 
 my  helper,  5  I  shal  se  my  desyre  vpon  myne 
 enemies.  It  is  better  to  trust  in  the  LORDE, 
 then  to  put  eny  confidence  in  man.  It  is 
 better  to  trust  in  the  LORDE,  then  to  put 
 
 "  2  Cor.  4.  c.  Rom.  3.  a.  »  Hebr.  13.  c.  Psal.  91.  a. 
 ■■  Rom.  15.  c.  "f  ludit.  13.  c.  Psal.  105.  a.  106.  a.  135.  a. 
 iMac.  4.  c.        '  Heb.  13.  a.         /Exo.  15.  a.  Esa.  12.  a. 
 
 psalme  iTb» 
 
 eny  confidece  in  prynces.  All  Heithen  com- 
 pased  me  rounde  aboute,  but  in  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE  wil  I  destroye  the. 
 
 They  kepte  me  in  on  euery  syde,  but  in  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE,  I  wil  destroye  them. 
 
 They  came  aboute  me  like  bees,  5  were  as 
 bote  as  the  fyre  in  the  thomes,  but  in  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  I  wil  destroye  them 
 
 They  thrust  at  me,  that  I  might  fall,  but 
 the  LORDE  was  my  helpe.  ^The  LORDE 
 is  my  stregth,  (t  my  songe,  5  is  become  my 
 saluacion.  The  voyce  of  ioye  5  myrth  is  in 
 the  dwellynges  of  f  rightuous,  for  f  right 
 hande  of  the  LORDE  hath  gotte  the  victory. 
 
 The  right  hande  of  the  LORDE  hath  the 
 preemynence,  the  right  hade  of  the  LORDE 
 hath  gotte  the  victory.  I  wil  not  dye,  but 
 lyue,  and  declare  the  workes  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  chastened  5  correcte  me, 
 but  he  hath  not  geuen  me  ouer  vnto  death. 
 
 ^Open  me  the  gates  of  rightuousnes,  y  I 
 maye  go  in  there  thorow,  j  geue  thakes  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  This  is  the  dore  of  the  LORDE, 
 the  rightuous  shall  entre  in  thorow  it. 
 
 I  thanke  the,  y  thou  hast  herde  me,  5  art 
 become  my  saluacio.  '''The  same  stone  which 
 the  buylders  refused,  is  become  the  heade 
 stone  in  the  corner.  This  was  the  LORDES 
 doinge,  (j  it  is  maruelous  in  oure  eyes.  This 
 is  the  daye  which  the  LORDE  hath  made, 
 let  vs  reioyse  and  be  glad  in  it.  Helpe  now 
 o  LORDE,  0  LORDE  sende  vs  now  pros- 
 perite. 
 
 '  Blessed  be  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE,  we  wish  you  good  lucke,  ye  that 
 be  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  God  is  the 
 LORDE,  (5  hath  shewed  vs  light :  O  garnish 
 the  solempne  feast  with  grene  braunches,  eue 
 vnto  the  homes  of  f  aulter.  Thou  art  my 
 God,  (J  I  wil  thanke  the :  thou  art  my  God, 
 and  I  wil  prayse  the.  O  geue  thankes  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  for  he  is  gracious,  5  his  mercy 
 endureth  for  euer. 
 
 ^t  tyUi].  Psalme. 
 
 ALEPH. 
 
 BLESSED  are  those  y  be  vndefiled  in  the 
 waye :  'which  walke  in  the  la  we  of  f 
 LORDE.  Blessed  are  they  that  kepe  his  tes- 
 timonies, (I  sake  him  with  their  whole  herte. 
 
 p  Esa.  26.  a.  *  Matt.  21.  e.    Act.  4.  a.     1  Pet.  2. 
 
 Matt.  21.  a.  Mar.  11.  a.   loh.  12.  b.         *  Psal.  1.  a. 
 
^isialmt  tirbiij. 
 
 Cfjr  ^salt^r. 
 
 jTo.  'bmix. 
 
 Which  walke  in  his  wayes,  5  do  no  wicked- 
 nesse.  "Thou  hast  geuen  strayte  charge  to 
 kepe  thy  commaundementes.  O  that  my 
 wayes  were  stablished  to  kepe  thy  statutes. 
 So  shulde  I  not  be  confounded,  whyle  I  haue 
 respecte  vnto  all  thy  commaundementes.  I 
 wil  thanke  the  with  an  vnfayned  herte,  be- 
 cause I  am  lemed  in  the  iudgmentes  of  thy 
 rightuousnesse.  I  wil  kepe  thy  statutes,  o 
 forsake  me  not  vtterly. 
 
 BETH. 
 
 Where  withall  shall  a  yonge  man  dense  his 
 waye  ?  Euen  by  rulinge  himself  after  thy 
 worde.  With  my  whole  herte  do  I  seke  y, 
 O  let  me  not  go  wronge  out  of  thy  comaunde- 
 metes.  *  Thy  wordes  haue  I  hyd  within  my 
 herte,  y  I  shulde  not  synne  agaynst  the. 
 
 Praysed  be  thou  O  LORDE,  0  teach  me 
 thy  statutes.  With  my  lippes  wil  I  be  tellynge 
 out  all  the  iudgmentes  of  thy  mouth. 
 
 I  haue  as  greate  delite  in  the  waye  of  thy 
 testimonies,  as  in  all  maner  of  riches.  I  wil 
 exercise  my  self  in  thy  comaundementes,  5 
 haue  respecte  vnto  thy  fotepathes.  My  delite 
 shalbe  in  thy  statutes,  I  will  not  forget  thy 
 wordes. 
 
 GIMEL. 
 
 O  do  well  vnto  thy  seruaunt,  that  I  maye 
 lyue  and  kepe  thy  wordes.  Open  thou  myne 
 eyes,  5  so  shal  I  spie  out  wonderous  thinges  in 
 thy  lawe.  '  I  am  a  strauger  vpo  earth,  O  hyde 
 not  thy  commaundementes  fro  me. 
 
 My  soule  breaketh  out,  for  the  very  fer- 
 uent  desyre  that  I  haue  allwaye  vnto  thy 
 iudgmentes.  Thou  rebukest  the  proude, 
 cursed  are  they  that  departe  from  thy  com- 
 maundemetes.  O  tume  fro  me  shame  5 
 rebuke,  for  I  kepe  thy  testimonies.  Prynces 
 also  syt  5  speake  agaynst  me,  but  thy  seruaut 
 is  occupied  in  thy  statutes.  In  thy  testimonies 
 is  my  delite,  they  are  my  councelers. 
 
 DALETH. 
 
 My  soule  cleueth  to  the  dust,  0  quicken 
 thou  me  acordinge  to  thy  worde.  ''  I  know- 
 leged  my  wayes,  5  thou  herdest  me,  0  teach 
 me  then  thy  statutes.  Make  me  to  vnder- 
 stonde  the  waye  of  thy  commaundemetes,  5 
 so  shal  I  talke  of  thy  wonderous  workes. 
 
 My  soule  melteth  awaye  for  very  heuynesse, 
 o  set  me  vp  acordinge  vnto  thy  worde. 
 
 "  Deut.  4.  5.  6.7.  8.  losu.  22.  2-1.     *  Deut.  6.  b.  and  11.  c. 
 
 Take  fro  me  the  waye  of  lyenge,  5  graunte 
 me  thy  lawe.  I  haue  chosen  the  waye  of 
 treuth,  thy  iudgmentes  haue  I  layed  before 
 me.  I  sticke  vnto  thy  testimonies,  o  LORDE 
 cofounde  me  not.  I  wil  rune  the  waye  of 
 thy  commaundementes,  when  thou  hast  com- 
 forted my  herte. 
 
 HE 
 
 Teach  me  o  LORDE  the  waye  of  thy 
 statutes,  and  I  shal  kepe  it  vnto  the  ende.  O 
 geue  me  vnderstondinge,  and  I  shal  kepe  thy 
 lawe,  yee  I  shal  kepe  it  with  my  whole  herte. 
 
 Lede  me  in  the  path  of  thy  commaunde- 
 metes, for  that  is  my  desyre.  Enclyne  myne 
 herte  vnto  thy  testimonies,  ij  not  to  cuvet- 
 ousnes.  O  tume  awaye  myne  eyes,  lest  they 
 beholde  vanite,  5  quicke  me  in  thy  waie. 
 
 O  stablish  thy  worde  in  thy  seruaunt,  y  I 
 maye  feare  the.  Take  awaye  the  rebuke  y  I 
 am  afraied  of,  for  thy  iudgmetes  are  amiable. 
 Beholde,  my  delite  is  in  thy  commaudemetes, 
 o  quycke  me  in  thy  rightuousnesse. 
 
 VAU. 
 
 Let  thy  louynge  mercy  come  vnto  me 
 (0  LORDE)  and  thy  sauynge  health  acord- 
 inge vnto  thy  worde.  That  I  maye  geue 
 answere  vnto  my  blasphemers,  for  my  trust  is 
 in  thy  worde.  O  take  not  f  worde  of  treuth 
 vtterly  out  of  my  mouth,  for  my  hope  is  in  thy 
 iudgmentes.  So  shal  I  allwaye  kepe  thy  lawe, 
 yee  for  euer  and  euer.  And  I  wil  walke  at 
 liberty,  for  I  seke  thy  commaundementes.  I 
 wil  speake  of  thy  testimonies  euen  before 
 kynges,  and  wil  not  be  ashamed. 
 
 My  delite  shalbe  in  thy  commaundementes, 
 which  I  loue.  My  hondes  also  wiU  I  lift  vp 
 vnto  thy  commaundemetes  which  I  loue,  5 
 my  talkynge  shalbe  of  thy  statutes. 
 
 ZAIN. 
 
 0  thynke  vpon  thy  seruaunt  as  concemynge 
 thy  worde,  wherin  thou  hast  caused  me  to 
 put  my  trust.  For  it  is  my  comforte  in  my 
 trouble,  yee  thy  worde  quyckeneth  me. 
 
 The  proude  haue  me  greatly  in  derision, 
 yet  shrencke  not  I  from  thy  lawe.  I  remembre 
 thy  euerlastinge  iudgmentes  (0  LORDE)  and 
 am  comforted.  I  am  horribly  afrayed  for  ;y- 
 vngodly,  that  forsake  thy  lawe. 
 
 Thy  statutes  are  my  songes  in  the  house  of 
 my  pilgremage.      I  thynke  vpon  thy  name 
 
 '  Gen.  47.  b.   lob  14.  b. 
 
 ''  Psal.  43.  c 
 
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 (o  LORDE)  in  the  night  season,  and  Itepe 
 thy  lawe.  It  is  myne  owne,  for  I  kepe  thy 
 commaundementes. 
 
 HETH 
 
 Thou  art  my  porcion  (o  LORDE)  I  am 
 purposed  to  kepe  thy  lawe.  "  I  make  myne 
 humble  peticion  in  thy  presence  with  my 
 whole  herte,  o  be  mercifull  vnto  me  acordinge 
 vnto  thy  worde.  I  call  myne  owne  wayes  to 
 remembraunce,  and  turne  my  fete  in  to  thy 
 testimonies.  I  make  haist,  and  prolonge  not 
 the  t)Tne,  to  kepe  thy  commaundemetes. 
 The  congregacions  of  the  vngodly  haue  robbed 
 me,  but  I  forget  not  thy  lawe.  *At  mydnight 
 stonde  I  vp,  to  geue  thakes  vnto  the,  for  the 
 iudgmentes  of  thy  rightuousnesse. 
 
 I  am  a  companyon  of  all  them  that  feare 
 the,'  and  kepe  thy  commaundementes. 
 
 The  earth  (o  LORDE)  is  full  of  thy  mercy, 
 O  teach  me  thy  statutes. 
 
 THETH. 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  hast  dealt  frendly  with 
 thy  seruaunt,  acordinge  vnto  thy  worde. 
 
 O  lerne  me  kyndnesse,  nourtoure  5  know- 
 lege,  for  I  beleue  thy  commaundementes. 
 
 Before  I  was  troubled,  I  wente  wronge,  but 
 now  I  kepe  thy  worde.  Thou  art  good  and 
 frendly,''  O  teach  me  thy  statutes. 
 
 The  proude  ymagin  lyes  \^on  me,  but  I 
 kepe  thy  commaundemetes  with  my  whole 
 herte.  Their  herte  is  as  fat  as  brawne,  but 
 my  delite  is  in  thy  lawe.  It  is  good  for  me 
 that  I  haue  bene  in  trouble,  that  I  maye  lerne 
 thy  statutes.  The  lawe  of  thy  mouth  is  dearer 
 vnto  me,  the  thousandes  of  golde  5  syluer. 
 
 Thy  hades  haue  made  me  'and  fashioned 
 me,  O  geue  me  vnderstondinge,  that  I  maye 
 lerne  thy  commaundementes.  They  that 
 feare  the,  wil  be  glad  when  they  se  me, 
 because  I  put  my  trust  in  thy  worde.  I  knowe 
 (o  LORDE)  y  thy  iudgmentes  are  right,  and 
 y  thou  of  very  faithfulnesse  hast  caused  me 
 be  troubled.  O  let  thy  mercifull  kyndnesse 
 be  my  comforte,  acorcfinge  to  the  promyse 
 that  thou  hast  made  vnto  thy  seruaunt.  O  let 
 thy  louynge  mercies  come  vnto  me,  that  I 
 maye  lyue,  for  thy  lawe  is  my  delyte.  Let 
 the  proude  be  confounded,  which  handle  so 
 
 "  Nu.  18.  c.  »  Psal.  62.  a.  "■  Psal.  32.  a, 
 
 ■"  Matt.  19.  c.         '  Gen.  1.  d.    lob  10.  a.         /  Psal.  38.  a 
 and  89.  b.  5  lere.  Si.  b.  ^  Psal.  32.  b.  and  llti.  a 
 
 psalmt  Drbiij. 
 
 falsly  agaynst  me.  But  let  soch  as  feare  the, 
 I  knowe  thy  testimonies,  be  turned  vnto  me. 
 0  let  my  herte  be  vndefyled  in  thy  statutes, 
 that  I  be  not  ashamed. 
 
 My  soule  longeth  for  thy  sauynge  health, 
 for  my  trust  is  in  thy  worde.  Myne  eyes  loge 
 sore  for  thy  worde,  sayege:  Oh  when  wilt 
 thou  coforte  me?  For  I  am  become  like  a 
 botell  in  f  smoke,  yet  do  not  I  forget  thy 
 statutes.  •'^How  many  are  the  dayes  of  thy 
 seruaunt?  Whe  wilt  thou  be  auenged  of 
 my  aduersaries  ?  *  The  proude  haue  dygged 
 pittes  for  me,  which  are  not  after  thy  lawe. 
 
 All  thy  commaundemetes  are  true,  they 
 persecute  me  falsly,  O  be  thou  my  helpe. 
 
 They  haue  almost  made  an  ende  of  me 
 vpon  earth,  but  I  forsake  not  thy  commaunde- 
 metes. O  quycke  me  after  thy  louinge 
 kyndnes,  5  so  shall  I  kepe  the  testimonies  of 
 thy  mouth. 
 
 LAMED. 
 
 O  LORDE,  thy  worde  endureth  for  euer 
 in  heaue.  *  Thy  treuth  also  remayneth  from 
 one  generacion  to  another :  thou  hast  layed 
 the  foundacion  of  the  earth,  and  it  abydeth. 
 
 They  cotinue  this  daye  acordinge  to  thy 
 ordinaunce,  for  all  thinges  serue  the.  Yf  my 
 delyte  were  not  in  thy  lawe,  I  shulde  perishe 
 in  my  trouble.  I  wil  neuer  forget  thy  c6- 
 maundementes,  for  with  the  thou  quyckenest 
 me.  I  am  thine,  oh  helpe  me,  for  I  seke  thy 
 commaundementes.  The  vngodly  laye  wayte 
 for  me  to  destroye  me,  but  I  considre  thy 
 testimonies.  I  se  that  all  thinges  come  to  an 
 ende,  but  thy  commaundemet  is  exceadinge 
 brode. 
 
 MEM. 
 
 O  what  a  loue  haue  I  vnto  thy  lawe  ?  all 
 the  daye  longe  is  my  talkynge  of  it.  Thou 
 thorow  thy  commaundement  hast  made  me 
 \vyser  the  myne  enemies,  for  it  is  euer  by  me. 
 
 '  I  haue  more  vnderstondinge  then  all  my 
 teachers,  for  thy  testimonies  are  my  studye. 
 
 Yee  I  am  wyser  then  the  aged,  for  I  kepe 
 thy  comaundementes.  I  refrayne  my  fete 
 from  euery  euell  waye,  that  I  maye  kepe  thy 
 wordes.  I  shrenck  not  from  thy  iudgmentes, 
 for  thou  teachest  me.  *0  how  swete  are  thy 
 wordes  vnto  my  throte  ?     Yee  more  the  hony 
 
 £sa.  40.  a.     Matt.  5.  b.  and  24.  c.  ■  Deu.  4.  a. 
 
 *  Eze.  2.  b.  and  3.  a.   Psal.  18.  b. 
 
^salme  t}:biij* 
 
 CI)e  psalter. 
 
 vnto  my  mouth.  Thorow  thy  commaunde- 
 mentes  I  get  vnderstondinge,  therfore  I  hate 
 all  false  wayes, 
 
 NUN. 
 
 Thy  worde  is  a  lanteme  vnto  my  fete  5  a 
 light  vuto  my  pathes.  "  I  haue  sworne  5  am 
 stedfastly  purposed,  to  kepe  the  iudgmetes  of 
 thy  rightuousnesse.  I  am  troubled  aboue 
 measure,  quycken  me  (0  LORDE)  acordinge 
 vnto  thy  worde.  Let  the  frewilofferinges  of 
 my  mouth  please  the  (o  LORDE)  j  teach 
 me  thy  iudgmetes.  My  soule  is  allwaye  in 
 my  hode,  yet  do  not  I  forget  thy  lawe.  The 
 vngodly  haue  laied  a  snare  for  me,  but  yet 
 swarue  not  I  fro  thy  comaundemetes.  Thy 
 testimonies  haue  I  claymed  as  myne  heretage 
 for  euer  :  5  why  ?  they  are  the  very  ioye  of 
 my  herte.  I  applye  myne  herte  to  fulfill  thy 
 statutes  allwaye,  euen  vnto  the  ende. 
 
 SAMECH. 
 
 I  hate  f  vngodly,  but  thy  lawe  do  I  loue. 
 
 Thou  art  my  defence  5  shylde,  my  trust  is 
 in  thy  worde.  Awaye  fro  me  ye  wicked,  I 
 wil  kepe  the  commaundementes  of  my  God. 
 
 0  stablish  me  acordinge  vnto  thy  worde,  y 
 I  maye  lyue,  ij  let  me  not  be  disapoynted  of 
 my  hope.  Holde  thou  me  vp,  5  I  shall  be 
 safe :  yee  I  shal  euer  be  talkynge  of  thy 
 statutes.  Thou  treadest  downe  all  the  y 
 departe  from  thy  statutes,  for  they  ymagin 
 but  disceate.  Thou  puttest  awaye  all  the  vn- 
 godly of  the  earth  like  drosse,  therfore  I  loue 
 thy  testimonies.  My  flesh  trebleth  for  feare 
 of  the,  and  I  am  afrayed  of  thy  iudgmetes. 
 
 AIN. 
 
 1  deale  with  the  thinge  y  is  laufull  5  right, 
 O  geue  me  not  ouer  vnto  my  oppressours. 
 
 Be  thou  suertie  for  thy  seruaiit  to  do  him 
 good,  that  the  proude  do  me  no  wronge. 
 
 Myne  eyes  are  waysted  awaye  with  lokynge 
 for  thy  health,  %  for  f  worde  of  thy  rightuous- 
 nesse. O  deale  witn  thy  seruaunt  acordinge 
 vnto  thy  louynge  mercy,  and  teach  me  thy 
 statutes.  I  am  thy  seruaunt,  O  graunte  me 
 vnderstodinge,  that  I  maye  knowe  thy  testi- 
 monies. It  is  tyme  for  the  (0  LORDE)  to 
 laye  to  thine  hode,  for  they  haue  destroyed 
 thy  lawe.  For  I  loue  thy  comaundemetes 
 aboue  golde  and  precious  stone.  Therfore 
 holde  I  straight  all  thy  commaundemetes,  and 
 all  false  wayes  I  vtterly  abhorre. 
 
 "  2  Re.  22.  d.   Psal.  18.  b.    Pro.  6.  c.  »  Deu.  4.  a. 
 
 ffo,  "bxlu 
 
 Thy  testimonies  are  wonderfull,  therfore 
 doth  my  soule  kepe  them.  *  When  thy  worde 
 goeth  forth,  it  geueth  light  and  vnderstodinge, 
 eue  vnto  babes.  I  ope  my  mouth  j  drawe  in 
 my  breth,  for  I  desyre  thy  commaundemetes. 
 O  loke  thou  vpon  me,  and  be  mercyfull,  as 
 thou  vsest  to  do  vnto  those  y  loue  thy  name. 
 Ordre  my  goinges  after  thy  worde,  that  no 
 wickednesse  raigne  in  me.  O  delyuer  me 
 from  the  wrogeous  dealinges  of  me,  and  so 
 shal  I  kepe  thy  commaundemetes.  Shewe 
 the  light  of  thy  countenaunce  vnto  thy  ser- 
 uaunt, and  lerne  me  thy  statutes.  Myne 
 eyes  gusshe  out  with  water,  because  men  kepe 
 not  thy  lawe. 
 
 ZADI. 
 
 Rightuous  art  thou  (o  LORDE)  s  true  is 
 thy  iudgmet.  The  testimonies  that  thou  hast 
 commauded,  are  exceadinge  rightuous  and 
 true.  "My  zele  hath  euen  consumed  me, 
 because  myne  enemies  haue  forgotten  thy 
 wordes.  Thy  worde  is  tried  to  the  vttemost, 
 5  thy  seruaunte  loueth  it.  I  am  small  and  of 
 no  reputaciS,  yet  do  not  I  forget  thy  c6- 
 maiidementes.  Thy  rightuousnesse  is  an  euer- 
 lastinge  rightuousnes,  and  thy  lawe  is  true 
 Trouble  and  heuynesse  haue  take  holde  vpo 
 me,  yet  is  my  delite  in  thy  commaundementes, 
 The  rightuousnes  of  thy  testimonies  is  euer- 
 lastinge,  o  graunte  me  vnderstondinge,  and  I 
 shal  lyue. 
 
 COPH. 
 
 I  call  with  my  whole  herte,  heare  me  (o 
 LORDE)  I  wil  kepe  thy  statutes.  Yee  euen 
 vpo  the  do  I  call,  helpe  me,  and  I  shal  kepe 
 thy  testimonies.  Early  in  f  momynge  do  I 
 crie  vnto  the,  for  in  thy  worde  is  my  trust. 
 Myne  eyes  preuete  f  night  watches,  y  I 
 might  be  occupied  in  thy  wordes.  Heare  my 
 voyce  (o  LORDE)  acordlge  vnto  thy  louynge 
 kyndnesse,  quycke  me  acordlge  as  thou  art 
 wot.  They  drawe  nye  y  of  malice  persecute 
 me,  (J  are  farre  fro  thy  lawe.  Be  thou  nye  at 
 hode  also  (o  LORDE)  for  thy  promises  are 
 faithfull. 
 
 As  concemynge  thy  testimonies,  I  haue 
 knowne  euer  sens  the  begynnynge,  that  thou 
 hast  grounded  them  for  euer. 
 
 O  considre  my  aduersite,  j  delyuer  me,  for  TJ 
 
 Psal.  18.  b.    Mat.  11.  c. 
 
 Psal.  68.  b.    loha.  2.  b. 
 
#0.  tivlij. 
 
 mt  psalter. 
 
 psalme  mv. 
 
 I  do  not  forget  thy  lawe.  Manteyne  thou 
 my  cause  and  defende  me,  quycken  me  acor- 
 dinge  vnto  thy  worde.  Health  is  farre  fro 
 the  vngodly,  for  they  regarde  not  thy  statutes. 
 Create  is  thy  mercy  (o  LORDE)  quycken 
 me  as  thou  art  wont.  Many  there  are  that 
 trouble  me,  and  persecute  me,  yet  do  not  I 
 swarue  fro  thy  testimonies.  It  greueth  me, 
 whan  I  se,  that  the  transgressours  kepe  not 
 thy  lawe.  Considre  (LORDE)  how  I  loue 
 thy  comaundementes,  O  quycken  me  with  thy 
 louinge  kyndnesse.  Thy  worde  is  true  from 
 euerlastinge,  all  the  iudgmentes  of  thy  right- 
 uousnesse  endure  for  euermore. 
 
 SIN. 
 
 The  prynces  persecute  me  without  cause, 
 but  my  herte  stodeth  in  awe  of  thy  wordes. 
 
 '  I  am  as  glad  of  thy  worde,  as  one  y  fyndeth 
 greate  spoyles.  As  for  lyes,  I  hate  5  abhorre 
 them,  but  thy  lawe  do  I  loue.  Seuen  tymes 
 a  daye  do  I  prayse  the,  because  of  thy  right- 
 uous  iudgmentes.  Greate  is  the  peace  y  they 
 haue  which  loue  thy  lawe,  5  they  are  not 
 offended  at  it.  LORDE,  I  loke  for  thy  sau- 
 ynge  health,  5  do  after  thy  comaundemetes. 
 My  soule  kepeth  thy  testimonies,  5  loueth 
 the  exceadingly.  I  kepe  thy  comaundemetes 
 5  testimonies,  for  all  my  wayes  are  before  the. 
 
 THAU. 
 
 Let  my  coplaynte  come  before  the  (o 
 LORDE)  geue  me  vnderstondinge,  acordinge 
 vnto  thy  worde.  Oh  let  my  supplicacio  come 
 before  the,  delyuer  me  acordinge  to  thy  pro- 
 myse.  My  lippes  shall  speake  of  thy  prayse, 
 seynge  thou  hast  taught  me  thy  statutes. 
 
 Yee  my  toge  shall  synge  of  thy  worde,  for 
 all  thy  comaundemetes  are  right.  Let  thy 
 hade  heipe  me,  for  I  haue  chosen  thy  c6- 
 maudementes.  I  longe  for  thy  sauynge  health 
 (o  LORDE)  5  in  thy  lawe  is  my  delyte.  Oh 
 let  my  soule  lyue  5  prayse  the,  y  thy  iudg- 
 mentes maye  helpe  me.  I  go  astraye,  like  a 
 shepe  that  is  lost :  Oh  seke  thy  seruaunt,  for 
 I  do  not  forget  thy  commaundementes. 
 
 Ci)t  cyiy.  ^fffllme. 
 
 WHEN  I  am  in  trouble,  I  call  vpon  f 
 LORDE,  5  he  answereth  me.*  De- 
 lyuer my  soule  (o  LORDE)  fro  lyenge  lippes, 
 a  fro  a  disceatfull  toge.  What  rewarde  shal 
 be  geuen  or  done  vnto  the,  thou  false  tonge  ? 
 
 •EsaieP.  a.         »  Ion.  2.  a.         '  Esa.  2.  a.  Mich.  4.  a. 
 
 Euen  mightie  s  sharpe  arowes,  with  hote 
 burnige  coales.  Wo  is  me  y  my  banishmet 
 endureth  so  loge  :  I  dwell  in  the  tabernacles 
 of  the  soroufull.  My  soule  hath  loge  dwelt 
 amonge  them,  that  be  enemies  vnto  peace. 
 I  laboured  for  peace,  but  when  I  spake  therof, 
 they  made  them  to  batayll. 
 
 EJ)t  f>T-  33«alme. 
 
 I  LI  FT  vp  myne  eyes  vnto  the  hilles,  fro 
 whence  commeth  my  helpe  ?  My  helpe 
 Cometh  euen  from  the  LORDE,  which  hath 
 made  heauen  and  earth.  He  wiU  not  suffre 
 thy  fote  to  be  moued,  and  he  y  kepeth  the, 
 slepeth  not.  Beholde,  he  that  kepeth  Israel, 
 doth  nether  slombre  ner  slepe.  The  LORDE 
 himself  is  thy  keper,  the  LORDE  is  thy 
 defence  vpon  thy  right  honde.  So  that  the 
 Sonne  shal  not  burne  the  by  daye,  nether  the 
 Moone  by  night.  The  LORDE  preserueth 
 the  from  all  euell,  yee  it  is  the  LORDE 
 that  kepeth  thy  soule.  The  LORDE  pre- 
 serueth thy  goinge  out  and  thy  comynge  in, 
 from  this  tyme  forth  for  euermore. 
 
 Ci)e  ciji.    A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 I  WAS  glad,  when  they  sayde  vnto  me : 
 ■^we  wil  go  in  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 Oure  fete  shal  stonde  in  thy  gates,  O  leru- 
 salem.  lerusale  is  buylded  as  a  cite,  that  is 
 at  vnite  in  it  self.  For  there  ■y  trybes  go  vp, 
 euen  the  trybes  of  the  LORDE:  to  testifie 
 vnto  Israel,  to  geue  thanckes  vnto  the  name 
 of  the  LORDE.  For  there  is  the  seate  of 
 iudgement,  eue  the  seate  of  the  house  of 
 Dauid.  O  praye  for  the  peace  of  lerusale, 
 they  shal  prospere  that  loue  the.  Peace  be 
 within  thy  walles,  and  plenteousnes  within 
 thy  palaces.  For  my  brethren  and  compa- 
 nyons  sakes,  I  wil  wish  the  prosperite.  Yee 
 because  of  y  house  of  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 I  wil  seke  to  do  the  good. 
 
 VNTO  the  lift  I  vp  myne  eyes,  ''thou  y 
 dwellest  in  the  heauens.  Beholde,  euen 
 as  the  eyes  of  seruaiites  loke  vnto  the  handes 
 of  their  masters  :  and  as  the  eyes  of  a  mayden 
 vnto  the  handes  of  hir  mastresse,  euen  so  oure 
 eyes  wayte  vpon  the  LORDE  oure  God, 
 vntill  he  haue  mercy  vpo  vs.  Haue  mercy 
 vpo  vs  (o  LORDE)  haue  mercy  vpon  vs,  for 
 
 Zach.  8.  d.         ''  2  Par.  6.  d.    Esa.  66.  a. 
 
f  salnte  mMj. 
 
 C&e  ^sfator. 
 
 #0.  "byliih 
 
 we  are  vtterly  despysed.  Oure  soule  is  fylled 
 with  the  scomefull  reprofe  of  the  welthy,  5 
 with  f  despitefulnesse  of  the  proude. 
 
 W^t  CJTtij.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 IF  the  LORDE  had  not  bene  of  oure  syde 
 (now  maye  Israel  saye)  Yf  the  LORDE 
 had  not  bene  of  oure  syde,  whe  me  rose  vp 
 agaynst  vs :  "  They  had  swalowed  vs  vp 
 quycke,  when  they  were  so  wrothfully  dis- 
 pleased at  vs.  *Yee  the  waters  had  drowned 
 vs,  the  streame  had  gone  ouer  oure  soule. 
 
 The  depe  waters  of  the  proude  had  gone 
 eue  vnto  oure  soule.  But  praysed  be  y 
 LORDE,  which  hath  not  geuen  vs  ouer  for  a 
 pray  vnto  their  teth.  Oure  soule  is  escaped, 
 euen  as  a  byrde  out  of  the  snare  of  f  fouler : 
 f  snare  is  broke,  and  we  are  delyuered. 
 Oure  helpe  stodeth  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE,  which  hath  made  heauen  and 
 earth. 
 
 THEY  that  put  their  trust  in  f  LORDE, 
 are  eue  as  the  mount  Sion,  ''which  maye 
 not  be  remoued,  but  stodeth  fast  for  euer. 
 The  hilles  stonde  aboute  Jerusalem,  euen  so 
 stondeth  the  LORDE  rounde  aboute  his 
 people,  fro  this  tyme  forth  for  euermore. 
 That  the  rodd  of  the  vngodly  come  not  in  to 
 the  lott  of  the  rightuous,  lest  the  rightuous 
 put  their  honde  vnto  wickednesse.  Do  wel 
 (o  LORDE)  vnto  those  that  be  good  and 
 true  of  herte.  As  for  soch  as  turne  backe 
 vnto  their  owne  wickednesse,  'the  LORDE 
 shal  lede  them  forth  with  the  euell  doers :  but 
 peace  be  vpon  Israel. 
 
 Cf)e  cyyb.  \%ialmt. 
 
 WHEN  the  LORDE  tumeth  agayne  y 
 captiuyte  of  Sion,  then  shal  we  be 
 like  vnto  them  that  dreame.  The  shal  oure 
 mouth  be  fylled  with  laughter,  and  oure  tonge 
 with  ioye.  Then  shal  it  be  sayed  amonge 
 the  Heithen:  the  LORDE  hath  done  greate 
 thinges  for  them.  Yee  the  LORDE  hath 
 done  greate  thinges  for  vs  allready,  wherof  we 
 reioyse.  Turne  oure  captiuyte  (o  LORDE) 
 as  the  ryuers  in  the  south.  -'^They  that  sowe 
 in  teeres,  shal  reape  in  ioye.  He  y  now  goeth 
 his  waye  wepige  5  beareth  forth  good  sede. 
 
 ••  Pro.  1.  a. 
 '  Gala.  6.  b. 
 
 '  Esa.  8.  b. 
 /  Gala.  6. 
 
 ■  Psal.  120.  a. 
 «  Exo.  1.  d. 
 
 ''  Pro.  10.  d. 
 4  Re.  9.  d. 
 
 shal  come  agayne  with  ioye,  and  brynge  his 
 sheaues  with  him. 
 
 Cf)t  tijbi.    A  psalme  of  Salomon. 
 
 EXCEPTEthe  LORDEbuylde  thehouse, 
 their  labour  is  but  lost  that  buylde  it.^ 
 
 Excepte  the  LORDE  kepe  the  cite,  the 
 watchman  waketh  but  in  vayne.  'Tt  is  but 
 lost  labour  that  ye  ryse  vp  early,  and  take  no 
 rest,  but  eate  the  bred  of  carefulnesse :  'for 
 loke  to  whom  it  pleaseth  him,  he  geueth  it  in 
 slepe.  Lo,  children  and  f  frute  of  the  wombe 
 are  an  heretage  and  gift,  that  cometh  of  the 
 LORDE.  Like  as  the  arowes  in  the  hode 
 of  the  giaiite,  eue  so  are  the  yonge  childre. 
 
 Happie  is  the  ma,  y  hath  his  quyuer  full  of 
 them :  they  shal  not  be  ashamed,  when  they 
 speake  with  their  enemies  in  the  gate. 
 
 Cf)e  t)Tbij-  33«alme. 
 
 BLESSED  are  all  they  'that  feare  the 
 LORDE,  (J  walke  in  his  wayes.  For  thou 
 shalt  eate  the  laboures  of  thine  owne  hondes  :  o 
 well  is  the,  happie  art  thou.  Thy  wife  shalbe 
 as  a  frutefuU  vyne  vpon  the  walles  of  thy 
 house.  Thy  children  like  the  olyue  braunches 
 roude  aboute  thy  table.  Lo,  thus  shal  y  ma 
 be  blessed,  y  feareth  the  LORDE.  ^The 
 LORDE  shal  so  blesse  the  out  of  Sion,  that 
 thou  shalt  se  lerusale  in  prosperite  all  thy  life 
 longe.  Yee  that  thou  shalt  se  thy  childers 
 childre,  5  peace  vpo  Israel. 
 
 Ci^t  cyybii).  JSsfalmt. 
 
 MANY  a  tyme  haue  they  fought  agaynst 
 me  fro  my  youth  rp  (maye  Israel  now 
 sale).  Yee  many  a  tyme  haue  they  fought 
 agaist  me  fro  my  youth  vp,  but  they  haue  not 
 ouercome  me.  The  plowers  plowed  vpo  my 
 backe,  5  made  loge  forowes.  But  the  rightous 
 LORDE  hath  hewen  y  yocke  of  f  vngodly 
 in  peces.  Let  them  be  confoundea  5  turned 
 backwarde,  as  many  as  haue  euell  will  at  Sion. 
 '"  Let  the  be  eue  as  the  haye  vpon  the  house 
 toppes,  which  wythereth  afore  it  be  pluckte  vp. 
 Wherof  the  mower  fylleth  not  his  hande, 
 nether  he  that  byndeth  vp  the  sheaues,  his 
 bosome.  So  that  they  which  go  by,  saye  not 
 so  moch  as :  the  LORDE  prospere  you,  we 
 wish  vou  good  lucke  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Pro.  10.  c.    'Eccli.  11.  b.    '  Psal.  33.  b.      'Num.6,  d. 
 lob  42.  c.    Gen.  50.  d.   Tobi.  14.  a.         "Psal.  36.  a. 
 
fo,  tixliiii. 
 
 €i)t  ^sialtfr. 
 
 ^salm^  tmx 
 
 OUT  of  the  depe  call  I  vnto  the  (o 
 LORDE)  LORDE  heare  my  voyce. 
 Oh  let  thine  eares  considre  well  the  voyce  of 
 my  complaynte.  "Yf  thou  (LORDE)  wilt 
 be  extreme  to  marcke  what  is  done  amysse, 
 Oh  LORDE,  who  maye  abyde  it?  But 
 there  is  mercy  with  the,  that  thou  mayest  be 
 feared.  I  loke  for  the  LORDE,  my  soule 
 doth  wayte  for  him,  and  in  his  worde  is  my 
 trust.  My  soule  doth  paciently  abyde  the 
 LORDE,  fro  the  one  mornynge  to  the  other. 
 Let  Israel  trust  in  the  LORDE,  for  with  the 
 LORDE  there  is  mercy  and  plenteous  re- 
 dempcion.  '  And  he  shal  redeme  Israel  from 
 all  his  synnes. 
 
 5ri)C  cvrf-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 LORDE,  I  am  not  hye  mynded,  Ihaue  no 
 proude  lokes."  I  do  not  exercise  myself 
 in  greate  matters,  which  are  to  hye  for  me. 
 But  I  refrayne  my  soule  and  kepe  it  lowe, 
 like  as  a  childe  y  is  weened  from  his  mother, 
 yee  my  soule  is  euen  as  a  weened  childe.  Let 
 Israel  trust  in  the  LORDE,  fro  this  tyme 
 forth  for  euermore. 
 
 W^t  cyrfx.  Psaltnt. 
 
 LORDE,  remembre  Dauid  and  all  his 
 trouble.  ''  How  he  swore  vnto  f  LORDE, 
 (J  vowed  a  vowe  vnto  ;y-  mightie  one  of  lacob : 
 I  wil  not  come  within  the  tabernacle  of  my 
 house,  ner  clymme  vp  I  to  my  bedde.  I  wil 
 not  sufFre  myne  eyes  to  slepe,  ner  myne  eye 
 lyddes  to  slober.  Vntill  I  fynde  out  a  place 
 for  the  LORDE,  an  habitacio  for  the  mightie 
 one  of  lacob.  Lo,  we  herde  of  the  same  at 
 Ephrata,  g  foude  it  in  f  wod. 
 
 We  wil  go  in  to  his  tabernacle,  5  fall  downe 
 before  his  fotestole.  '  Arise  (o  LORDE)  in 
 to  thy  restinge  place,  thou  5  f  arke  of  thy 
 stregth. 
 
 ^  Let  thy  prestes  be  clothed  with  rightuous- 
 nesse,  and  let  thy  sayntes  reioyse.  For  thy 
 seruaunte  Dauids  sake  turne  not  awaye  the 
 presence  of  thine  anoynted.  The  LORDE 
 hath  made  a  faithfuU  00th  vnto  Dauid,  ^  %  he 
 shal  not  shrenke  from  it :  Of  the  frute  of  thy 
 body  shal  I  set  vpon  thy  seate.  Yf  thy  child- 
 lob  9.  a.  Psal.  ua.  a.  »  Esa.  43.  d.  '  Eccli.  3.  c. 
 *  2  Re.  34.  d.  1  Para.  22.  d.  '  2  Par.  6.  g.  /  Exo. 
 
 28.  a.  Ephe.  6.  b.  i  2  Re.  7.  c.  1  Par.  18.  b.  Psal.  88.  a. 
 Act.  2.  d.  K  Psal.  22.  d.  Esaie  61.  b.  *  Luce  1.  f. 
 
 ren  wil  kepe  my  couenaunt,  i  my  testimony  y 
 I  shal  leme  the,  their  childre  also  shal  syt  vpo 
 thy  seate  for  euermore.  For  the  LORDE 
 hath  chosen  Sio,  to  be  an  habitacio  for  him^ 
 self  hath  he  chosen  her.  This  shalbe  my  rest, 
 here  wil  I  dwel,  for  I  haue  a  delite  therin. 
 I  will  blesse  hir  vytales  with  increase,  j  wil 
 satisfie  hir  poore  with  bred.  *  I  wil  decke  hir 
 prestes  with  health,  u  hir  sayntes  shal  reioyse 
 5  be  glad.  '  There  shall  I  make  the  home  of 
 Dauid  to  florish,  I  haue  ordened  a  lanterne 
 for  myne  anoynted.  As  for  his  enemies,  I 
 shal  clothe  the  with  shame,  but  vpon  himself 
 shal  his  crowne  florish. 
 
 Clje  lyyyi).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  how  good  5  ioyfull  a  thinge 
 it  is,  *  brethre  to  dwell  together  in  vnite. 
 It  is  like  y  precious  oyntment  vpon  the  heade, 
 that  ranne  downe  vnto  the  beerd,  eue  vnto 
 Aarons  beerd,  '5  wete  downe  to  the  skyrtes 
 of  his  clothinge.  Like  the  dewe  of  Hermon, 
 which  fell  vpon  the  hill  of  Sion."*  For  there 
 the  LORDE  promised  his  blessynge,  and  life 
 for  euermore. 
 
 Wijt  cfTjitj.  psalme. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  O  prayse  the  LORDE  all  ye 
 seruauntes  of  the  LORDE,  "  ye  that  by 
 night  stode  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  O 
 lift  vp  youre  handes  in  the  Sanctuary,  and 
 prayse  the  LORDE.  The  LORDE  y  made 
 heauen  5  earth,  blesse  the  out  of  Sion. 
 
 o 
 
 PRAYSE   f   name   of  f   LORDE, 
 
 praise  it  o  ye  seruautes  of  ^^  LORDE. 
 
 °  Ye  y  stode  in  f  house  of  f  LORDE,  in 
 the  courtes  of  the  house  of  oure  God.  O 
 prayse  the  LORDE,  for  the  LORDE  is 
 gracious  :  o  synge  prayses  vnto  his  name,  for 
 it  is  louely.  ""  For  why,  the  LORDE  hath 
 chosen  lacob  vnto  him  self,  5  Israel  for  his 
 owne  possessio.  For  I  knowe  y  y  LORDE 
 is  greate,  a  y  oure  LORDE  is  aboue  all 
 goddes.  What  so  euer  y  LORDE  pleaseth, 
 y  doth  he  in  heaue  a  in  earth,  in  the  see  5  in 
 all  depe  places.  '  He  bryngeth  forth  the 
 cloudes  from  the  endes  of  the  worlde,  he 
 turneth  f  lighteniges  vnto  rayne,    bringlge 
 
 3  Re.  11.  f.  15.  a.  '  Phil.  2.  a.  Ephe.  4.  a.  '  Eio. 
 
 30.  d.  Leui.  8.  b.  •"  Pro.  19.  b.  »  Psal.  112.  a.  134.  a. 
 1  Tim.  2.  b.  Nu.  6.  d.  «  Psal.  112.  a.  133.  a.  P  Deu. 
 4.  c.  and  10.  e.  '  lere.  10.  c.  51.  a. 
 
^salim  fOTbu 
 
 Eht  pgalter. 
 
 fo,  tij:Ib. 
 
 the  wyndes  out  of  their  treasuries.  "  Which 
 smote  the  firstborne  of  Egipte,  both  of  man 
 and  beest.  He  hath  sent  tokens  and  wonders 
 in  to  the  myddest  of  the  (o  thou  londe  of 
 Egipte)  vpon  Pharao  and  all  his  seruauntes. 
 
 *  which  smote  dyuerse  nacions,  s  slewe  mightie 
 kynges.  "  Sihon  kynge  of  f  Amorites,  Og 
 the  kynge  of  Basan,  and  all  the  kyngdomes  of 
 Canaa.  And  gaue  their  lode  for  an  heretage, 
 for  an  heretage  vnto  Israel  his  people.  Thy 
 name  (o  LORDE)  endureth  for  euer,  so  doth 
 thy  memoriall  (o  LORDE)  from  one  genera- 
 cion  to  another.  ''  For  the  LORDE  wil 
 auege  his  people,  d  be  gracious  vnto  his  ser- 
 uaiites.  As  for  the  ymages  of  the  Heithe, 
 '  they  are  but  syluer  and  golde,  the  worke  of 
 mens  hades.  They  haue  mouthes,  %  speake 
 not :  eyes  haue  they,  but  they  se  not.  They 
 haue  eares,  and  yet  they  heare  not,  nether  is 
 there  eny  breth  I  their  mouthes. 
 
 They  that  make  them,  are  like  vnto  them, 
 S  so  are  all  they  that  put  their  trust  in  the. 
 Prayse  the  LORDE  ye  house  of  Israel, 
 prayse  the  LORDE  ye  house  of  Aaron. 
 Prayse  the  LORDE  ye  house  of  Leui,  ye 
 that  feare  y  LORDE,  prayse  the  LORDE. 
 Praysed  be  the  LORDE  out  of  Sion,  which 
 dwelleth  at  lerusale.     Halleluya. 
 
 Wi)t  crnb-  333almc. 
 
 OGEUE  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  for 
 he  is  gracious,  •'  and  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  O  geue  thakes  vnto  the  God  of  all 
 goddes,  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  O 
 thanke  the  LORDE  of  all  lordes,  for  his 
 mercy  endureth  for  euer.  ^  Which  only  doth 
 greate  wonders,  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
 euer.  WTiich  by  his  wysdome  made  the 
 heauens,    for   his   mercy   endureth  for  euer. 
 
 *  Which  layed  out  the  earth  aboue  the  waters, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  Which  hath 
 made  greate  lightes,  for  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  The  Sonne  to  rule  the  daye,  for 
 his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  The  Moone 
 and  the  starres  to  gouerne  the  night,  for  his 
 mercy  endureth  for  euer.  '  Which  smote 
 Egipte  with  their  firstborne,  for  his  mercy 
 endureth  for  euer.  And  brought  out  Israel 
 from  amonge  them,  for  his  mercy  endureth 
 
 -  Exo.  12.  e.  Exo.  7.  8.  9. 10.  »  losu.  12.  a.  '  Num. 
 21.  c.  Deut.  3.  a.  ■*  Deu.  32.  e.  '  Psal.  113.  b. 
 
 Esa.  44.  b.  lere.  10.  a.  /  ludit.  13.  c.  Psal.  105.  a. 
 
 106.  a.  117.  a.  1  Mac.  4.  c.  Deu.  10.  d.  e  lud.  13.  d. 
 Psal.  71.  c.  ''  lob  38.  a.     Psal.  23.  a.     Gen.  1.  b. 
 
 for  euer.  With  a  mightie  hade  and  a  stretched 
 out  arme,  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer. 
 Which  deuyded  the  reed  see  in  to  partes,  for 
 his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  *  And  made 
 Israel  to  go  thorow  f  myddest  of  it,  for  his 
 mercy  endureth  for  euer. 
 
 But  as  for  Pharao  and  his  boost,  he  ouer- 
 threwe  them  in  the  reed  see,  for  his  mercy 
 endureth  for  euer.  'Which  led  his  people 
 thorow  the  wyldernesse,  for  his  mercy  en- 
 dureth for  euer.  ""  Which  smote  greate  kynges, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  Yee  and 
 slewe  mightie  kynges,  for  his  mercy  endureth 
 for  euer.  "  Sihon  kynge  of  the  Amorites,  for 
 his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  And  Og  the 
 kynge  of  Basan,  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
 euer. 
 
 And  gaue  awaye  their  londe  for  an  heretage, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.  Euen  for 
 an  heretage  vnto  Israel  his  seruaunt,  for  his 
 mercy  endureth  for  euer.  °  Which  remebreth 
 vs,  whe  we  are  in  trouble,  for  his  mercy  en- 
 dureth for  euer.  ""  Which  geueth  foode  vnto 
 all  flesh,  for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer. 
 
 O  geue  thankes  vnto  the  God  of  heauen, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer. 
 
 ^i)e  ciijbi.  ^m\me. 
 
 BY  the  waters  of  Babilon  we  sat  downe 
 and  wepte,  '  when  we  remebred  Sion. 
 As  for  oure  harpes,  we  hanged  them  vp  vpon 
 the  trees,  that  are  therin.  The,  they  that  led 
 vs  awaye  captyue,  requyred  of  vs  a  songe  and 
 melody  in  oure  heuynes :  synge  vs  one  of  the 
 songes  of  Sion.  How  shal  we  synge  the 
 LORDES  '  songe  in  a  straiige  lode  ?  Yf  I 
 forget  the  (o  lerusalem)  let  my  right  hande 
 be  forgotten.  Yf  I  do  not  remembre  the, 
 let  my  tonge  cleue  to  the  rofe  of  my  mouth : 
 yee  yf  I  preferre  not  lerusalem  in  my  myrth. 
 '  Remembre  the  childre  of  Edom  (o  LORDE) 
 in  the  daye  of  lerusalem,  how  they  sayde : 
 downe  with  it,  downe  with  it,  eue  to  the 
 grounde.  '  O  doughter  Babilo,  thou  shalt 
 come  to  misery  thy  self:  yee  happie  shal  he 
 be,  that  rewardeth  f  as  thou  hast  serued  vs. 
 Blessed  shal  he  be,  that  taketh  thy  children, 
 and  throweth  them  agaynst  the  stones. 
 
 '  Exo.  12.  e.  *  Exo.  14.  e.  '  Exo.  15.  16.  17. 
 
 "■1050.12.3.  "Nu.  21.  c.  Deu.  3.  a.  »Iud.  2.  3.4. 
 f  Psal.  103.  d.  1  Eze.  I.e.  and  3. b.  ■■  Mat.  7.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  49.  d.     Eze.  25.  b.     Abd.  1.  a.  '  Esa.  l3.  c. 
 
 lere.  50.  51. 
 
 /:: 
 
fo,  livlbu 
 
 €i)t  ^SsfaltiT. 
 
 ^saline  wjrbij. 
 
 Ci^t  t^Tbij-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 IWIL  geuc  thakes  vnto  the  (o  LORDE) 
 with   my  whole   hart,    euen  before  the 
 goddes  wil  I  synge  prayses  vnto  the. 
 
 ■■  I  wil  worshippe  towarde  thy  holy  teple,  and 
 prayse  thy  name  because  of  thy  louynge  kynd- 
 nesse  and  treuth,  for  thou  hast  magnified  thy 
 worde,  acordynge  vnto  thy  greate  name.  When 
 I  call  vpo  the,  thou  hearest  me,  and  endewest 
 my  soule  with  moch  stregth.  All  the  kynges 
 of  the  earth  shal  prayse  the  (o  LORDE)  when 
 they  heare  the  wordes  of  thy  mouth.  Yee 
 they  shal  synge  in  the  wayes  of  the  LORDE, 
 that  greate  is  the  glory  of  the  LORDE.  *  For 
 though  the  LORDE  be  hye,  yet  hath  he 
 respecte  vnto  f  lowly:  as  for  y  proude,  he 
 beholdeth  him  afarre  off.  Though  I  walke  I 
 f  myddest  of  trouble,  yet  shalt  thou  refresh 
 me:  thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thine  hade  vpo 
 the  furiousnes  of  myne  enemies,  (t  thy  right 
 [hande  shal  saue  me.  The  LORDE  shal 
 make  good  for  me,  yee  thy  mercy  (o  LO  RDE) 
 endureth  for  euer:  Mespyse  not  then  the 
 worke  of  thine  owne  handes. 
 
 Cl)e  tnT^itj-     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  searchest  me  out,  and 
 knowest  me.  Thou  knowest  my  downe 
 syttinge  a  my  vprisynge,  thou  vnderstodest 
 my  thoughtes  afarre  of.  Thou  art  aboute  my 
 path  (s  aboute  my  bedd,  (j  spyest  out  all  my 
 wayes.  For  lo,  there  is  not  a  worde  I  my 
 toge,  but  thou  (o  LORDE)  knowest  it  allto- 
 gether.  Thou  hast  fashioned  me  behinde  5 
 before,  5  layed  thine  hode  vpon  me.  Soch 
 knowlege  is  to  wonderful!  j  excellet  for  me,  I 
 can  not  atteyne  vnto  it.  Whither  shal  I  go 
 then  from  thy  sprete?  ''Or,  whither  shal  I  fle 
 from  thy  presence  ?  '  Yf  I  clymme  vp  in  to 
 heauen,  thou  art  there :  yf  I  go  downe  to  hell, 
 thou  art  there  also.  Yf  I  take  the  wynges  of 
 the  mornynge,  g  remayne  in  the  vttemost 
 parte  of  the  see :  Euen  there  also  shal  thy 
 honde  lede  me,  and  thy  right  hande  shal  holde 
 me.  Yf  I  saye  :  peradueture  the  darcknesse 
 shal  couer  me,  then  shal  my  night  be  turned 
 to  daye.  Yee  the  darcknesse  is  no  darcknesse 
 with  the,  but  the  night  is  as  cleare  as  the 
 daye,  the  darcknesse  (j  light  are  both  alike. 
 For  my  rcynes  are  thyne,  thou  hast  couered 
 me  in  my  mothers  wombe.    I  wil  geue  thakes 
 
 >  Psal.  112.  a. 
 
 :  lob  14.  b. 
 
 vnto  the,  for  I  am  woderously  made :  mar- 
 uelous  are  thy  workes,  and  that  my  soule 
 knoweth  right  well.  My  bones  are  not  hyd 
 from  the,  though  I  be  made  secretly,  and 
 fashioned  beneth  in  the  earth.  Thine  eyes 
 se  myne  vnparfitnesse,  they  stonde  all  writte 
 I  thy  boke :  my  dayes  were  fashioned,  when 
 as  yet  there  was  not  one  of  them. 
 
 How  deare  are  thy  coucels  vnto  me  o  God 
 
 0  how  greate  is  the  summe  of  them  ?  Yf  I 
 tell  them,  they  are  mo  in  nombre  then  the 
 sonde  :  when  I  wake  vp,  I  am  present  with 
 the.  Wilt  thou  not  slaye  f  wicked  (oh  God) 
 that  the  bloudethyrstie  mighte  departs  fro 
 me  ?  For  they  speake  vnright  of  the,  thine 
 enemies  exalte  them  selues  presumptuously, 
 
 I  hate  them  (o  LORDE)  that  hate  the,  g 
 
 1  maye  not  awaye  with  those  that  ryse  vp 
 agaynst  the.  Yee  I  hate  them  right  sore, 
 therfore  are  they  myne  enemies.  -'Trye  me 
 (o  God)  and  seke  the  grounde  of  myne  hert : 
 proue  me,  ij  examen  my  thoughtes.  Loke 
 well,  yf  there  be  eny  waye  of  wickednesse  in 
 me,  5  lede  me  in  the  waye  euerlastinge. 
 
 Ci^t  inyiy.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 DELYUER  me  (0  LORDE)  from  the 
 euell  men,  oh  preserue  me  from  the 
 wicked  men.  Which  ymagin  myschefe  in 
 their  hertes,  (j  stere  vp  strife  all  the  daye 
 longe.  They  sharpen  their  tonges  like  a  ser- 
 pent. Adders  poyson  is  vnder  their  lippes, 
 Sela.  Kepe  me  (o  LORDE)  from  the  hande 
 of  the  vngodly,  preserue  me  from  the  wicked 
 men,  which  are  purposed  to  ouerthrowe  my 
 goinges.  The  proude  haue  layed  a  snare  for 
 me,  (J  spred  a  nett  abrode  with  coardes,  yee  5 
 sett  trappes  in  my  waye.     Sela. 
 
 But  my  sayenge  is  vnto  the  LORDE :  thou 
 art  my  God,  heare  the  voyce  of  my  prayer  o 
 LORDE.  O  LORDE  God,  thou  strength 
 of  my  health,  thou  hast  couered  my  heade  in 
 y  daye  of  battayll.  Let  not  f  vngodly  haue 
 his  desyre  (o  LORDE)  let  him  not  haue  his 
 purpose,  lest  they  be  to  proude.  Sela.  Let 
 the  myschefe  of  their  owne  lippes^  fall  vpon  f 
 head  of  the,  y  copase  me  aboute.  Let  bote 
 burnynge  coales  fall  vpo  the,  let  the  be  cast 
 in  to  the  fyre,  and  in  to  the  pytt,  that  they 
 neuer  ryse  vp  agayne.  A  man  full  of  wordes 
 shal  not  prospers  vpon  earth :  a  malicious  5 
 wicked  person  shal  be  hunted  awaye  and  de- 
 
 los  9.  a.       '  lere.  23.  d.      /  Psal.  25.  a.       «  Psal.  7.  b. 
 
^Bgalme  orti'ij. 
 
 €f)t  psalter. 
 
 fo,  tiyMU 
 
 stroyed.  Sure  I  am,  that  the  LORDE  wil 
 auenge  the  poore,  and  manteyne  the  cause  of 
 the  helplesse.  The  rightuous  also  shal  geue 
 thakes  vnto  thy  name,  5  the  iust  shal  continue 
 in  thy  sight. 
 
 Cf)c  tyl.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 LORDE,  I  call  vpon  the  :  haist  the  vnto 
 me,  and  consider  my  voyce,  whe  I  crie 
 vnto  the.  "  Let  my  prayer  be  set  forth  in  thy 
 sight  as  the  incese,  and  let  the  liftinge  vp  of 
 my  hades  be  an  euenynge  sacrifice.  *  Set  a 
 watch  (o  LORDE)  before  my  mouth,  yee  a 
 watch  at  the  dore  of  my  lippes.  O  let  not 
 myne  hert  be  enclyned  to  eny  euell  thige,  to 
 be  mynded  as  the  vngodly  or  wicked  men,  lest 
 I  eate  of  soch  thinges  as  please  the. 
 
 Let  the  rightuous  (rather)  smyte  me  frendly, 
 and  reproue  me :  so  wil  I  take  it,  as  though 
 he  had  poured  oyle  vpo  my  heade :  it  shal  not 
 hurte  my  heade,  yee  I  wil  praye  yet  for  their 
 wickednesse.  Their  iudges  stoble  at  the  stone, 
 yet  heare  they  my  wordes,  y  they  be  ioyfull. 
 Oure  bones  lye  scatered  before  f  pytt,  like  as 
 when  one  graueth  and  dyggeth  vp  the  grounde. 
 But  myne  eyes  loke  vnto  y,  o  LORDE  God: 
 in  the  is  my  trust,  oh  cast  not  out  my  soule. 
 Kepe  me  fro  f  snare  which  they  haue  layed 
 for  me,  and  fro  the  trappes  of  the  wicked  doers. 
 Let  the  vngodly  fall  in  to  their  owne  nettes 
 together,  vntill  I  be  gone  by  them. 
 
 Ci^e  c|ili.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 I  CRIE  vnto  the  LORDE  with  my  voyce, 
 yee  eue  vnto  the  LORDE  do  I  make  my 
 supplicacion.  I  poure  out  my  complaynte 
 before  him,  and  shewe  him  of  my  trouble. 
 When  my  sprete  is  in  heuynesse,  for  thou 
 knowest  my  path  :  in  the  waye  where  in  I 
 walke,  haue  they  preuely  layed  a  snare  for  me. 
 I  loke  vpon  my  right  honde  5  se,  there  is  no 
 man  that  wil  knowe  me.  I  haue  no  place  to 
 fie  vnto,  no  man  careth  for  my  soule.  Ther- 
 fore  do  I  crie  vnto  the  (o  LORDE)  and 
 saye :  thou  art  my  hope  and  my  porcion,  in 
 the  londe  of  the  lyuynge.  Cosidre  my  com- 
 playnte, for  I  am  brought  very  lowe.  Oh 
 delyuer  me  fro  my  persecutors,  for  they  are 
 to  stronge  for  me  :  Brynge  my  soule  out  of 
 preson,  that  I  maye  geue  thakes  vnto  thy 
 name :  which  thinge  yf  thou  wilt  graute  me, 
 
 Exo.  30.  b.  Nu.  28.  a. 
 ■*  lob  4.  b.  25.  a.  15.  b. 
 
 »  Eccli.  22.  c. 
 '  Paal.  76.  a. 
 
 'Psal.  101.  a. 
 /  Psal.  62.  a. 
 
 then  shal  the  rightuous  resorte  vnto  my  co- 
 pany. 
 
 Ci^C  VtHj.     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 HEARE  my  prayer  (0  LORDE)  considre 
 my  desyre:  answere  me  for  thy  treuth 
 5  rightuousnesse  sake."  And  entre  not  in  to 
 iudgment  with  thy  seruaunt,  for  in  thy  sight 
 shal  no  man  lyuynge  be  iustified.''  For  the 
 enemie  persecuteth  my  soule,  he  smyteth  my 
 life  downe  to  the  grounde,  he  layeth  me  in  the 
 darcknesse,  as  the  deed  men  of  the  worlde 
 Therfore  is  my  sprete  vexed  within  me,  and 
 my  herte  within  me  is  desolate.  Yet  do  I 
 remebre  the  tymes  past,"  I  muse  vpo  all  thy 
 workes,  yee  I  exercise  my  self  in  the  workes 
 of  thy  hondes.  ^l  stretch  forth  my  hondes 
 vnto  the,  my  soule  crieth  vnto  the  out  of  the 
 thyrstie  londe.  Sela.  Heare  me  (o  LORDE) 
 and  that  soone,  for  my  sprete  waxeth  faynte : 
 hyde  not  thy  face  fro  me,  lest  I  be  like  vnto 
 the  that  go  downe  in  to  the  graue.  Oh  let 
 me  heare  thy  louynge  kyndnesse  by  tymes  in 
 the  mornynge,  for  in  the  is  my  trust :  shewe 
 thou  me  the  waye  that  I  shulde  walke  in,  for 
 I  lift  vp  my  soule  vnto  the.  Delyuer  me  (o 
 LORDE)  fro  myne  enemies,  for  I  resorte 
 vnto  the. 
 
 Teach  me  to  do  the  thinge  that  pleaseth  the, 
 for  thou  art  my  God  :  let  thy  louynge  sprete 
 lede  me  forth  vnto  the  londe  of  rightuousnesse. 
 Quycke  me  (o  LORDE)  for  thy  names  sake, 
 and  for  thy  rightuousnesse  sake  brynge  my 
 soule  out  of  trouble.  And  of  thy  goodnesse 
 scater  myne  enemies  abrode,  and  destroye  all 
 them  that  vexe  my  soule,  for  I  am  thy  ser- 
 uaunt. 
 
 Ci^c  cylii).     A  psalme  of  Dauid. 
 
 BLESSED  be  the  LORDE  my  refuge,? 
 which  teacheth  my  hades  to  warre,  5  my 
 fyngers  to  fight.  My  hope  and  my  castell, 
 my  defence  and  my  delyuerer,  my  shylde  in 
 whom  I  trust,  which  gouerneth  the  people 
 that  is  vnder  me.  LORDE,  what  is  ma,  that 
 thou  hast  soch  respecte  vnto  him  ?''  Or  the 
 Sonne  of  man,  that  thou  so  regardest  him  ? 
 Man  is  like  a  thinge  of  naught,  "his  tyme 
 passeth  awaye  like  a  shadowe.  Bowe  thy 
 heaues  (o  LORDE)  5  come  downe,  touch  the 
 mountaynes,  y  they  maye  smoke  withall. 
 
 g  Psal.  17.  d.     2  Re.  22.  e.        *  Psal.  8.  b.         ■  lob  8.  a. 
 
fo,  "iJvMih 
 
 m)t  ^J£ialtn\ 
 
 ^salim  tvliiij. 
 
 Sende  forth  the  Ughtenynge  5  scater  the, 
 shute  out  thuie  arowes  and  consume  them. 
 Sende  downe  thhie  hande  from  aboue,  delyuer 
 me  and  take  me  out  of  y  greate  waters,  from 
 the  hande  of  straunge  ehildre.  Whose  mouth 
 talketh  of  vanitc,  (i  their  right  hade  is  a  right 
 iiande  of  falsede.  That  I  maye  synge  a  new 
 songe  vnto  the  (o  God)  a  synge  prayses  vnto 
 the  vpon  a  tenstrynged  lute.  Thou  that  geuest 
 victory  vnto  kynges,  and  hast  delyuered  Dauid 
 thy  seruaunt  from  the  parell  of  the  swerde. 
 Saue  me  and  delyuer  me  from  the  honde  of 
 straunge  childre,  whose  mouth  talketh  of  vanite 
 and  their  right  hande  is  a  right  hande  of 
 falsede.  That  oure  sonnes  maye  growe  vp  as 
 the  yoga  plantes,"  and  that  oure  doughters 
 maye  be  as  the  polished  corners  of  the  temple. 
 That  oure  garners  maye  be  full  and  plenteous 
 with  all  maner  of  stoare  :  that  oure  shape 
 maye  brynge  forth  thousandes  and  hundreth 
 thousands  in  oure  villages.  That  oure  oxen 
 maye  be  stronge  to  laboure,  that  there  be  no 
 myschaunce,  no  dacaye,  and  no  complayninge 
 in  oure  stretes. 
 
 Happie  are  the  people  that  be  in  soeh  a 
 case :  yee  blessed  are  the  people,  which  haue 
 the  LORDE  for  their  God.* 
 
 CIjc  Cflittj.     A  psalms  of  Dauid. 
 
 IWIL  magnifia  the  (o  my  God  5  kynge)  I 
 wil  prayse  thy  name  for  euer  cE  euer. 
 Euery  daya  wil  I  geue  thankes  vnto  tha,  and 
 prayse  thy  name  for  euer  and  euer.  Graata 
 is  tha  LORDE,  s  marualous  worthy  to  be 
 praysed,  there  is  no  ende  of  his  greatnessa. 
 One  generacion  shal  prayse  thy  workes  vnto 
 another,  and  declare  thy  power.  As  for  ma  I 
 wil  be  talklge  of  thy  worshipe,  thy  glory,  thy 
 praysa  and  woderous  workes. 
 
 So  that  men  shal  speake  of  tha  might  of 
 thy  marualous  actas,  and  tall  of  thy  greatnes. 
 
 The  memoriall  of  thy  abundaunt  kyndnes 
 shal  be  shewed,  and  me  shal  synga  of  thy  right- 
 eousnessa.  '  The  LORDE  is  gracious  and 
 mercifull,  longe  sufFerynge  g  of  greate  good- 
 nesse.  Tha  LORDE  is  louynge  vnto  euery 
 man,  and  his  mercy  is  ouer  all  his  workes. 
 All  thy  workes  prayse  tha  (o  LORDE)  and 
 thy  sayntes  geue  thankes  vnto  the.  They 
 shewe  the  glory  of  thy  kyngdoma,  and  talke 
 of  thy  power.      That  thy  power,    thy  glory 
 
 -  Deut.  28.  a.  *  Psal.  32.  b.  '  Exo.  34.  a.  Psal.  85.  c. 
 102.  a.  ■*  Luc.  1.  c.    Dan.  3.  f.  and  7.  d.      Psal.  44.  b. 
 
 J  mightynessa  of  thy  kyngdoma  might  be 
 knowne  vnto  men.  ''  Thy  kyngdoma  is  an 
 auerlastinge  kyngdome,  {i  thy  dominion  en- 
 dureth  thorow  out  all  ages.  The  LORDE 
 vpholdeth  all  soch  as  shulda  fall,  and  lifteth 
 vp  all  those  that  be  downe.  Tha  eyes  of  all 
 wayte  vpon  the,  and  thou  geuest  them  their 
 meate  in  due  season.  Thou  openest  thine 
 hade,  and  fyllest  all  thingas  lyuynge  with 
 plantaousnassa.  The  LORDE  is  righteous 
 in  all  his  wayes,  s  holy  in  all  his  workes.  The 
 LORDE  is  nye  vnto  all  them  that  call  vpon 
 him,  yee  all  soch  as  call  \'pon  him  faithfully. 
 
 He  fulfilleth  the  desyre  of  them  that  feare 
 him,  he  heareth  their  crie,  and  helpeth  them. 
 
 The  LORDE  presaruath  all  them  that  loue 
 him,  but  scatereth  abrode  all  tha  vngodly. 
 
 My  mouth  shal  spaake  the  praysa  of  the 
 LORDE,  And  let  all  flesh  geue  thankes  vnto 
 his  holy  name  for  euer  and  euar.     Hallaluya. 
 
 €i)t  crlh.  i^Salmc. 
 
 PRAYSE  tha  LORDE  (o  my  soule :) 
 'whyla  I  lyua  wil  I  praysa  tha  LORDE, 
 yee  as  loge  as  I  haue  any  beynge,  ^l  wil  synge 
 prayses  vnto  my  God.  O  put  not  youre  trust 
 in  prynces,  ner  in  the  childe  of  man,  for  there 
 is  no  helpe  in  the.  For  whan  y  brath  of  man 
 goeth  forth,  he  shal  turne  agayne  to  his  earth, 
 and  so  all  his  thoughtes  perisha.  Blessed  is 
 he  that  hath  y  God  of  lacob  for  his  helpa, 
 and  whose  hope  is  in  tha  LORDE  his  God. 
 Which  made  heauen  and  earth,?  y-  sea  and  all 
 that  therin  is,  which  kepeth  his  promise  for 
 euer.  Which  helpeth  them  to  right  y  suffre 
 wronga,  which  fedeth  y  hongria.  The  LORDE 
 lowseth  men  out  of  preson,  the  LORDE 
 geuath  sight  to  the  blynde. 
 
 The  LORDE  helpeth  the  vp  that  are 
 fallen,  the  LORDE  loueth  the  righteous. 
 The  LORDE  careth  for  the  straungars,  ha 
 defendeth  f  fatherlesse  and  wyddowe  :  as  for 
 the  waye  of  ;y  vngodly,  he  turneth  it  vpsyde 
 downe.  The  LORDE  thy  God  (o  Sion)  is 
 kynge  for  euermore,  and  thorow  out  all 
 generacions.     Hallaluya. 
 
 Cljc  nlbt.  ^salmc. 
 
 O  PRAYSE  the  LORDE,   for  it  is  a 
 good  thinge  to  synge  prayses  vnto  oure 
 God :  yee  a  ioyfuU  and  pleasaunt  thinge  is  it 
 
 Prou.  24.  c.  Psal.  33.  c.  36.  d.  Psal.  103.  d.     '  Psal.  102.  a. 
 /  Psal.  117.  a.  «  Act.  14.  c.      Apoc.  14.  b. 
 
psalim  cU 
 
 €i)t  ^5altfi% 
 
 So,  tivUx* 
 
 to  be  thankful!.  The  LORDE  shal  buylde 
 vp  lerusale,  5  gather  together  y  outcastes  of 
 Israel.  He  healeth  the  contrite  in  herte,  and 
 byndeth  vp  their  woundes.  "  He  telleth  the 
 nombre  of  the  starres,  and  calleth  them  all  by 
 their  names.  Greate  is  oure  LORDE,  and 
 greate  is  his  power,  yee  his  wyszdome  is 
 infinite.  The  LORDE  setteth  vp  y  meke,  5 
 bryngeth  y  vngodly  downe  to  y  groQde. 
 
 *0  synge  vnto  y  LORDE  with  thankesgeu- 
 ynge,  synge  praysesvpo  y  harpe  vnto  oure  God. 
 
 Which  couereth  y  heauen  with  cloudes, 
 prepareth  rayne  for  f  earth,'  5  maketh  f 
 grasse  to  growe  vpon  the  mountaynes.  Which 
 geueth  foder  vnto  y  catell,''  5  fedeth  y  yonge 
 rauens  y  call  vpo  him.  He  hath  no  pleasure 
 in  the  strength  of  an  horse,  nether  delyteth 
 he  in  eny  mas  legges.  But  the  LORDES 
 delyte  is  in  them  that  feare  him,  and  put 
 their  trust  in  his  mercy. 
 
 Cljt  cylbi).  ^Salmt. 
 
 This  psalme  do  the  hebrues  ioyne  vnto  it,  that 
 
 goeth  before. 
 
 PRAYSE  f  LORDE  o  lerusale,  prayse 
 thy  God  o  Sion.  For  he  maketh  fast  y 
 barres  of  thy  gates,  5  blesseth  thy  childre 
 within  f.  He  maketh  peace  in  thy  borders, 
 (J  fylleth  ;y'  with  ;y^  floure  of  wheate.  He 
 sendeth  forth  his  comaundemet  vpo  earth,^ 
 his  worde  runeth  swiftly.  He  geueth  snowe 
 like  woU,  (J  scatereth  y  horefrost  like  ashes. 
 He  casteth  forth  his  yse  like  morsels,  who  is 
 able  to  abyde  his  frost  ?  He  sendeth  out  his 
 worde  and  melteth  them,  he  bloweth  with  his 
 wynde,  (j  the  waters  flowe.  He  sheweth  his 
 worde  vnto  lacob,  his  statutes  (j  ordinaunces 
 vnto  Israel.  He  hath  not  dealte  so  with  all 
 the  Heithen,  nether  haue  they  knowlege  of 
 his  lawes.     Halleluya. 
 
 Ei)e  fjlbitj.  33salmc. 
 
 O  PRAYSE  the    LORDE  of  heauen, 
 prayse  him  in  the  heyth.     Prayse  him 
 all  ye  angels  of  his,  prayse  hi  all  his  boost. 
 
 Prayse  him  Sonne  11  Moone,  prayse  him  all 
 ye  starres  5  light.  Prayse  him  all  ye  heauens, 
 5  ye  waters  y  be  vnder  the  heauens.  Let 
 them  prayse  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  for 
 
 -  Esa.  40.  d.     '  1  Esd.  3.  c.    '  Psal.  103.  b.     ''  lob  38.  d. 
 '  Gene.  1.  a. 
 
 €i)t  trdit  of  tftt  psalter. 
 
 SELA.  In  the  psalter  this  words  Sela  commeth  very  oft,  and  (after  the  mynde  of  the  iterpreters)  it 
 is  asraoch  to  saye  as,  allwaye,  contynually,  for  euer,  forsoyth,  verely,  a  liftinge  vp  of  the  voyce, 
 or  to  make  a  pause  and  earnestly  to  consider,  and  to  ponder  the  sentece. 
 
 he  comaunded,  -^g  they  were  made.  He  hath 
 made  the  fast  for  euer  and  euer,  he  hath  geue 
 them  a  lawe  which  shal  not  be  broke.  Prayse 
 the  LORDE  vpon  earth,  ye  whalfishes  and 
 all  depes.  Fyre  and  hayle,  snowe  u  vapors, 
 wynde  and  storme,  fulfillynge  his  worde. 
 Mountaynes  and  all  hilles,  frutefull  trees  j  all 
 Ceders.  Beastes  and  all  catell,  wormes  5 
 fethered  foules.  Kynges  of  the  earth  j  all 
 people,  princes  5  all  iudges  of  y  worlde. 
 Yonge  men  5  maydes,  olde  men  and  children. 
 Let  them  prayse  the  name  of  the  LORDE, 
 for  his  name  only  is  excellent,  and  his  prayse 
 aboue  heauen  and  earth.  He  exalteth  the 
 home  of  his  people,  all  his  sayntes  shal  prayse 
 him,  the  children  of  Israel,  euen  the  people 
 that  serueth  him.     Halleluya. 
 
 CI)t  crlir.  iSsalmt.     Halleluya. 
 
 O  SYNGE  vnto  f  LORDE  a  new  songe, 
 ^let  the  cogregacion  of  sayntes  prayse 
 him.  Let  Israel  reioyse  in  him  that  made 
 him,  and  let  the  children  of  Sion  be  ioyfull  in 
 their  kynge.  Let  them  prayse  his  name  in 
 the  daiice,  let  them  synge  prayses  vnto  him 
 with  tabrettes  and  harpes.  For  the  LORDE 
 hath  pleasure  in  his  people,  and  helpeth  the 
 mekeharted.  Let  the  sayntes  be  ioyfull  with 
 glory,  let  them  reioyse  in  their  beddes.  Let 
 the  prayses  of  God  be  in  their  mouth,''  and 
 sharpe  swerdes  in  their  handes.  To  be 
 auenged  of  the  Heithe,  g  to  rebuke  the  people. 
 To  bynde  their  kjoiges  in  cheynes,  5  their 
 nobles  with  lynckes  of  yron.  That  they  maye 
 be  auenged  of  them,  as  it  is  written,  '  Soch 
 honoure  haue  all  his  sayntes.  Halleluya. 
 Ci^e  cl.  i9Salmc.     Halleluya. 
 
 O  PRAYSE  the  LORDE  in  his  Sanc- 
 tuary, prayse  him  in  the  firmament  of 
 his  power.  Prayse  him  in  his  noble  actes, 
 prayse  him  in  his  excellet  greatnesse. 
 
 Prayse  him  in  the  sounde  of  the  trompet, 
 prayse  him  vp5  the  lute  and  harpe.  Prayse 
 him  in  the  cymbals  and  daunse,  prayse  him 
 vpon  the  strynges  and  pype.  Prayse  him  vpo 
 the  welltuned  cymbals,  prayse  him  vpon  the 
 loude  cymbals.  Let  euery  thinge  y  hath 
 breth,  prayse  the  LORDE.     Halleluya. 
 
 /  Psal.  32.  b.     e  Esa.  42.  b.     "  Heb.  4. 
 
 '  Deut.  32.  f. 
 
Zi)t  ^tonttiyt^  of  Salomon. 
 
 OTbat  tftisi  hoht  tontt^xttf). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 The  wysdome  of  God  calleth  vs  by  the  mouth  of 
 Salomo,  exorteth  vs,  and  geueth  vs  warnynge 
 to  eschue  the  wicked  :  whose  vngodly  couersa- 
 cion  in  worde  and  worke,  and  punyshment  also 
 of  the  same,  is  here  descrybed. 
 
 Clibap-  II- 
 How  wisdome  maye  be  gotten,  and  what  profit 
 commeth  of  it. 
 
 C{)ap.   III. 
 He  exorteth  us   to   the   feare  of  God   and   to 
 pacience  :   he  commendeth  wyszdome,  d   re- 
 quyreth  us  to  cleue  vnto  the  same. 
 
 Cljap.  nil. 
 
 A  fatherly  exortacion  vnto  wisdome,  with  the 
 profit  therof,  and  how  we  ought  to  refrayne  the 
 mebres  of  oure  body  fro  euell. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 He  exorteth  vnto  wyszd5e,  and  to  bewarre  of 
 harlottes  :  he  telleth  what  harme  maye  folowe 
 therout,  whe  men  medle  with  soch  :  he  teacheth 
 men,  louyngly  to  cleue  vnto  their  maried  wyues, 
 and  descrybeth  the  ende  of  the  vngodly. 
 
 €I)ap.  VI. 
 He  warneth  men  to  bewarre  of  suertishipe,  ex- 
 orteth the  slouthfull  to  laboure,  sheweth  the 
 wikednesse  of  false  tonges,  and  requyreth  men 
 
 to  bewarre  of  aduoutry,  because  it  is   more 
 perlous  then  theft  or  felony. 
 
 CI)ap.  VII. 
 He  exorteth  vnto  wiszdome,   sheweth  the  con- 
 dicions  of  harlottes,  and  what  hurt  happeneth 
 vnto  soch  as  enclyne  to  the  prouocacios  and 
 desyres  of  the  flesh. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 
 Wyszdome  calleth  men  swetely  vnto  her,  and 
 
 telleth  them  what  treasure  and  power  she  hath. 
 
 A    c5mendacion    and    prayse    of   wiszdome, 
 
 wherout  euery  ma  is  exorted  to  cleue  vnto  her. 
 
 Cfiap.  IX. 
 
 Wyszdome  crieth  vpo  the  ignoraut,  and  promiseth 
 them  greate  thinges.  The  foolish  maner  of  a 
 light  woman. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 From  this  chapter  forth  vnto  the  XXXI,  there 
 are  described  many  swete,  louely  and  wyse 
 sentences,  which  teach  men  wyszdome  and 
 what  profit  commeth  of  it :  Agayne,  how  men 
 maye  auoyde  foolishnesse,  and  the  hurte  therof. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XXXI. 
 
 Wyszdome  warneth  vs  to  bewarre  of  euell  women, 
 and  descrybeth  the  couersacion,  maner,  5 
 behauoure  of  an  honest  maried  wyfe. 
 
 THESE  are  the  prouerbes  of  Salomon  the 
 Sonne  of  Dauid  kynge  of  Israel :  to  leme 
 wyszdome,  nurtoure,  viiderstondinge,  pru- 
 dence, rightuousnesse,  iudgment  and  equite. 
 That  the  very  babes  might  haue  wyt,  and 
 that  yonge  men  might  haue  knowlege  and 
 vnderstondinge.  By  hearinge,  the  wyse  ma 
 shal  come  by  more  wysdome :   and  by  ex- 
 
 perience, he  shal  be  more  apte  to  vnder- 
 stonde  a  parable,  and  the  interpretacion 
 therof:  the  wordes  of  the  wyse,  and  the 
 darcke  speaches  of  the  same.  "The  feare  of 
 the  LORDE  is  the  begynnynge  of  wysdome. 
 But  fooles  despyse  wysdome  and  nurtoure. 
 
 •  lob  28.  c.  Pro.  9.  b.   Psal.  110.  b.   EccU.  1.  c. 
 
Cftajp.  lij. 
 
 Salomons  proiwrbes. 
 
 #0.  Uu 
 
 Ci)c  first  CijapUr. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  heare  thy  fathers  doctryne. 
 and  forsake  not  the  lawe  of  thy  mother 
 for  that  shal  brynge  grace  vnto  thy  heade,  5 
 shal  be  a  cheyne  aboute  thy  necke.  My  sonne, 
 cosente  not  vnto  synners,"  yf  they  entyse  the, 
 and  saye :  come  wyth  us,  let  us  laye  wayte  for 
 bloude,  s  lurke  preuely  for  the  innocet  wythout 
 a  cause :  let  us  swalowe  the  vp  hke  f  hell,  Met 
 us  deuoure  the  quycke  and  whole,  as  those 
 that  go  downe  in  to  the  pytt.  So  shal  we  fynde 
 all  maner  of  costly  riches,  and  fyll  oure  houses 
 wyth  spoyles.  Cast  in  thy  lott  amonge  us, 
 we  shal  haue  all  one  purse. 
 
 My  Sonne,  waike  not  thou  with  them,  re- 
 fray  ne  thy  fote  fro  their  wayes.  "^  For  their  fete 
 rune  to  euell,  5  are  haistie  to  shed  bloude. 
 But  in  vayne  is  y  net  layed  forth  before  the 
 byrdes  eyes.  Yee  they  the  selues  laye  wayte 
 one  for  anothers  bloude,  and  one  of  the  wolde 
 slaye  another.  These  are  the  wayes  of  all  soch  as 
 be  couetous,  that  one  wolde  rauysh  anothers  life. 
 
 Wyszdome  crieth  without,''  5  putteth  forth 
 hir  voyce  in  the  stretes.  She  calleth  before  y 
 congregacion  in  f  open  gates,  and  sheweth  hir 
 wordes  thorow  f  cite,  sayenge :  O  ye  childre, 
 how  loge  wil  ye  loue  childyshnesse  ?  how  longe 
 wil  f  scorners  delyte  in  scornynge,  5  f  vnwyse 
 be  enemies  vnto  knowlege?  O  turne  you  vnto 
 my  correccion :  lo,  I  wil  expresse  my  mynde 
 vnto  you,  and  make  you  vnderstode  my  wordes. 
 Seinge  then  that  I  haue  called,  and  ye  refused 
 it :  'I  haue  stretched  out  my  honde,  and  no 
 ma  regarded  it,  but  all  my  coucels  haue  ye 
 despysed,  and  set  my  correccios  at  naught. 
 Therfore  shal  I  also  laugh  in  youre  destruccion, 
 and  mocke  you,  when  y  thinge  that  ye  feare 
 Cometh  vpon  you:  euen  whe  f  thinge  that  ye 
 be  afrayed  of,  faUeth  in  sodenly  like  a  storme, 
 and  youre  misery  like  a  tempest:  yee  wha 
 trouble  and  heuynesse  cometh  vpon  you.  Then 
 shal  they  call  vpo  me,  but  I  wil  not  heare : 
 they  shal  seke  me  early,  but  they  shal  not 
 fynde  me :  And  y  because  they  hated  knowlege, 
 and  receaued  not  y  feare  of  y  LORDE,  but 
 abhorred  my  councell,  and  despysed  my  cor- 
 reccion. Therfore  shal  they  eate  f  frutes  of 
 their  owne  waye,  and  be  fylled  with  their 
 owne  councels :  for  f  turnynge  awaye  of  y 
 vnwyse  shal  slaye  the,  5  f  prosperite  of  fooles 
 
 shalbe  their  owne  destruccio.  But  who  so 
 harkeneth  vnto  me,  shal  dwell  safely,  ^and 
 haue  ynough  without  eny  feare  of  euell. 
 
 TOfje  ij.  C{)apter. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  yf  thou  wilt  receaue  my  wordes, 
 and  kepe  my  comaundemetes  by  the, 
 that  thine  eare  maye  herken  vnto  wysdome, 
 applie  thine  herte  then  to  vnderstodinge.  For 
 yf  thou  criest  after  wyszdome,  j  callest  for 
 knowlege :  yf  thou  sekest  after  her  as  after 
 money,  and  dyggest  for  her  as  for  treasure : 
 The  shalt  thou  vnderstonde  y  feare  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  fynde  f  knowlege  of  God.  For 
 it  is  the  LORDE  that  geueth  wyszdome,  ^  out 
 of  his  mouth  commeth  knowlege  and  vnder- 
 stondinge.  He  preserueth  ;y-  welfare  of  the 
 rightuous,  and  defendeth  them  y  walke  inno' 
 cently :  he  kepeth  them  in  f  right  path,  and 
 preserueth  y  waye  of  his  sayntes.  Then  shalt 
 thou  vnderstonde  rightuousnesse,  iudgment 
 and  equite,  yee  and  euery  good  path.  Yf 
 wyszdome  entre  in  to  thine  herte,  and  thy 
 soule  delyte  in  knowlege :  then  shal  councell 
 preserue  the,  and  vnderstondinge  shal  kepe  the, 
 That  thou  mayest  be  delyuered  fro  f  euell 
 waye,  and  from  the  man  y  speaketh  frowarde 
 thinges.  From  soch  as  leaue  the  hye  strete, 
 and  walke  I  y  wayes  of  darcknesse :  which 
 reioyse  in  doynge  euell,  and  delyte  I  wicked 
 thinges:  whose  wayes  are  croked,  and  their 
 pathes  slaunderous. 
 
 ''That  thou  mayest  be  delyuered  also  from 
 the  straunge  woman,  and  from  her  that  is  not 
 thine  owne  :  which  geueth  swete  wordes,  for- 
 saketh  the  huszbande  of  hir  youth,  and  for- 
 getteth  the  couenaunt  of  hir  God.  For  hir 
 house  is  enclyned  vnto  death,  and  hir  pathes 
 vnto  hell.  All  they  that  go  in  vnto  her,  come 
 not  agayne,  nether  take  they  holde  of  the 
 waye  of  life. 
 
 That  thou  mayest  walke  in  y  good  waye, 
 and  kepe  the  pathes  of  the  rightuous.  For 
 the  iust  shal  dwell  in  the  londe,  and  the  inno- 
 centes  shal  remayne  in  it :  but  the  vngodly 
 shalbe  roted  out  of  y  londe,  and  the  wicked 
 doers  shalbe  taken  out  of  it. 
 
 '  Esa.  29.  d. 
 Psal.  13.  a. 
 
 "  Psal.  123.  a. 
 ''  Pro.  8.  a. 
 
 '  Esa.  59.  a.    Pro.  6.  b. 
 '  Esa.  65.  b.    lere.  7.  b. 
 
 M 
 
 €i)t  ii).  Ci^apter. 
 Y  Sonne,"  forget  not  my  lawe,  but  se  y 
 thine  hert  kepe  my  comaundemetes. 
 
 /Pro.S.c.    «Iaco.l.a.c.    Eccls.  1.  a.andT.c.   Iob.28.b. 
 3  Reg.  3.  b.  4.  c.        *  Pro.  7.  a.  and  5.  a.        'Deu.ll.a. 
 
IjTo.  tilii. 
 
 ^aloimittS  ^routi1)f£(. 
 
 C&ap,  III). 
 
 For  they  shal  prologe  f  dayes  5  ycares  of  thy 
 lyfe,  (J  brynge  f  peace.  Let  mercy  5  faith- 
 fulnes  neuer  go  from  f :  bynde  the  about  thy 
 iiecke,  5  wryte  tlieiii  in  the  tables  of  thine 
 herte.  So  shalt  thou  fynde  fauoure  and,  good 
 vnderstondinge  in  f  sight  of  God  and  men. 
 Put  tiiy  trust  in  y  LORDE  with  all  thine 
 herte,  and  leane  not  vnto  thine  owne  vnder- 
 stondinge. In  all  thy  wayes  haue  respecte 
 vnto  him,  and  he  shal  ordre  thy  goinges.  "  Be 
 not  wyse  in  thine  owne  conceate,  but  feare  y 
 LORDE  and  departe  from  euell :  so  shal  thy 
 nauel  be  whole,  and  thy  bones  stronge. 
 
 Honoure  the  LORDE  with  thy  substaunce, 
 5  with  f  firstlinges  of  all  thine  encrease :  so  I 
 shal  thy  barnes  be  fylled  with  plenteousnesse, 
 and  thy  presses  shal  flowe  ouer  with  swete 
 wyne.  My  sonne,  despyse  not  the  chastenynge 
 of  y  LORDE,  nether  faynte  when  thou  art 
 rebuked  of  him.  For  who  the  LORDE  loueth, 
 him  he  chasteneth :  and  yet  delyteth  in  him 
 euen  as  a  father  in  his  owne  sonne.  Well  is 
 him  that  fyndeth  wyszdome,  5  opteyneth  vn- 
 derstondinge, for  the  gettinge  of  it  is  better 
 then  eny  marchaundise  of  syluer,  5  the  profit 
 of  it  is  better  then  golde.  Wyszdome  is  more 
 worth  the  precious  stones,  '5  all  y  thinges  y 
 thou  canst  desyre,  are  not  to  be  compared 
 vnto  her.  Vpon  hir  right  hande  is  longe  life, 
 5  vpon  hir  left  hande  is  riches  5  honoure. 
 
 Hir  wayes  are  pleasaunt  wayes,  and  all  hir 
 pathes  are  peaceable.  She  is  a  tre  of  life ''  to 
 them  that  laye  holde  vpon  her,  and  blessed 
 are  they  that  kepe  her  fast. 
 
 With  wyszdome  hath  y  LORDE  layed  the 
 foiidacion  of  y  earth,  j  thorow  vnderstondinge 
 hath  he  stablished  y  heaues.  Thorow  his 
 wiszdome  f  depthes  breake  vp,  5  y  cloudes 
 droppe  downe  the  dew.  My  sonne,  let  not 
 these  thinges  departe  from  thyne  eyes,  but 
 kepe  my  lawe  and  my  councell :  so  shal  it  be 
 life  vnto  thy  soule,  5  grace  vnto  thy  mouth. 
 
 Then  shalt  thou  walke  safely  in  thy  waye,  5 
 thy  fote  shal  not  stomble.  Yf  thou  slepest, 
 thou  shalt  not  be  afrayed,  'but  shalt  take  thy 
 rest  (t  slepe  swetely.  Thou  neddest  not  to  be 
 afrayed  of  eny  sodane  feare,  nether  for  the 
 violent  russhinge  in  of  the  vngodly,  when  it 
 comnieth. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  shal  be  besyde  the,  5  kepe 
 
 •  Esa.  a.  0.  Rom.  12.  c.  '  Tob.  4.  b.  Deut.  26.  a. 
 Mala.  3.  b.  Exo.  23.  c.  and  34.  c.  1  Pet.  4.  b.  Tob.  1 2.  c. 
 Heb.  12.  a.    Apo.  3.  d.  '  Pro.  8.  a.  ''  Gen.  2.  b. 
 
 thy  fote  y  thou  be  not  taken.  Refuse  not  to 
 do  good  vnto  him  that  shulde  haue  it,  so  longe 
 as  thine  hande  is  able  to  do  it.  Saye  not  vnto 
 thy  neghboure  :  go  thy  waye  it  come  agayne, 
 tomorow  wil  I  geue  the :  where  as  thou  hast 
 now  to  geue  him.  Intende  no  hurte  vnto  thy 
 neghboure,  seynge  he  hopeth  to  dwell  in  rest 
 by  the.  Stryue  not  lightly  with  eny  man, 
 where  as  he  hath  done  y  no  harme.  ■'  Folowe 
 not  a  wicked  man,  and  chose  none  of  his 
 wayes:  for  the  LORDE  abhorreth  the  fro- 
 warde,  but  his  secrete  is  amonge  the  righteous. 
 The  curse  of  the  LORDE  is  in  the  house  of 
 the  vngodly,  but  he  blesseth  the  dwellinges 
 of  the  righteous. 
 
 As  for  the  scornefull,  he  shal  laugh  the  to 
 scorne,  but  he  shal  geue  grace  vnto  the  lowly, 
 The  wyse  shal  haue  honoure  in  possession,  but 
 shame  is  the  promocio  that  fooles  shal  haue, 
 
 Cljt  iitj.  CI;aptcr. 
 
 HEARE  (O  ye  children)  the  fatherly  ex- 
 ortacio,  (t  take  good  hede,  that  ye  maye 
 lerne  wyszdome.  Yee  I  shal  geue  you  a  good 
 rewarde,  yf  ye  wil  not  forsake  my  lawe.  For 
 when  I  myself  was  my  fathers  deare  sonne, 
 and  tenderly  beloued  of  my  mother,  he  taught 
 me  also,  sayenge :  slet  thine  herte  receaue  my 
 wordes,  kepe  my  coramaundementes,  and  thou 
 shalt  lyue. 
 
 Get  the  wyszdome,  get  the  vnderstondinge, 
 forget  not  y  wordes  of  my  mouth,  5  shreke  not 
 from  them.  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shal 
 preserue  the:  loue  her,  and  she  shal  kepe  the. 
 The  chefe  poynte  of  wyszdome  is,  that  thou 
 be  wyllynge  to  opteyne  wyszdome,  and  before 
 all  thy  goodes  to  get  the  vnderstondynge. 
 Make  moch  of  her,  ''and  she  shal  promote  the: 
 Yee  yf  thou  embracest  her,  she  shal  brynge 
 the  vnto  honoure. 
 
 She  shal  make  the  a  gracious  heade,  and 
 garnish  the  with  y  crowne  of  glory.  Heare 
 my  Sonne,  and  receaue  my  wordes,  that  the 
 yeares  of  thy  life  maye  be  many.  I  wil  shewe 
 the  y  waye  of  wyszdome,  and  lede  the  in  the 
 right  pathes.  So  that  yf  thou  goest  therin, 
 there  shal  no  straytnesse  hynder  the :  and 
 when  thou  runnest,  thou  shalt  not  fall.  Take 
 fast  holde  of  doctryne,  let  her  not  go :  kepe 
 her,  for  she  is  thy  life. 
 
 Pro.  I.e.  fPro.  1.  a.  «  Deut.  6.  b.  tl.  c.  32.  g. 
 
 '■  Deu.  26.  d. 
 
Cftap.  bi. 
 
 ^akiinonei  ^roiUTbesi, 
 
 jTo.  iiliij. 
 
 Come  not  in  the  path  of  the  vngodly,  "and 
 walks  not  in  the  waye  of  the  wicked. 
 
 Eschue  it,  5  go  not  therin :  departe  asyde, 
 %  passe  ouer  by  it.  For  they  can  not  slepe, 
 excepte  they  haue  first  done  some  myschefe : 
 nether  take  they  eny  rest,  excepte  they  haue 
 first  done  some  harme.  For  they  eate  the 
 bred  of  wickednesse,  and  drike  the  wyne  of 
 robbery.  The  path  of  the  rightuous  shyneth 
 as  the  Ught,  and  is  euer  brighter  (j  brighter 
 vnto  the  parfecte  daye.  But  y  waye  of  the 
 vngodly  is  as  the  darcknesse,  wherin  me  fall, 
 or  they  be  awarre. 
 
 '  My  Sonne,  marcke  my  wordes,  and  enclyne 
 thine  eare  vnto  my  saynges.  Let  them  not 
 departe  from  thine  eyes,  kepe  them  euen  in 
 the  myddest  of  thine  herte.  For  they  are 
 life  vnto  all  those  that  finde  the,  and  health 
 vnto  all  their  bodies.  Kepe  thine  hart  with 
 all  diligence,  for  there  vpon  hangeth  life. 
 Put  awaye  from  the  a  frowarde  mouth,  and 
 let  the  lippes  of  slaunder  be  farre  from  the. 
 Let  thine  eyes  beholde  the  thinge  y  is  right, 
 (J  let  thine  eye  lyddes  loke  straight  before  the. 
 Podre  the  path  of  thy  fete,  so  shal  all  thy 
 wayes  be  sure.  'Turne  not  asyde,  nether  to 
 the  right  hande  ner  to  the  lefte,  but  witholde 
 thy  fote  from  euell. 
 
 Cl)f  b.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  geue  hede  vnto  my  wyszdome, 
 5  bowe  thine  eare  vnto  my  prudece  :  y 
 thou  mayest  regarde  good  councell,  and  that 
 thy  lippes  maye  kepe  nurtoure. 
 
 ''  For  the  lippes  of  an  harlot  are  a  droppinge 
 hony  combe,  and  hir  throte  is  softer  then 
 oyle.  But  at  y  last  she  is  as  bitter  as  worm- 
 wod,  and  as  sharpe  as  a  two  edged  swerde. 
 Hir  fete  go  downe  vnto  death,  and  hir  steppes 
 pearse  thorow  vnto  hell.  She  regardeth  not 
 the  path  of  life,  so  vnstedfast  are  hir  wayes, 
 that  thou  canst  not  knowe  them.  Heare  me 
 therfore  (0  my  soime)  and  departe  not  fro  the 
 wordes  of  my  mouth.  Kepe  thy  waye  farre 
 from  her,  and  come  not  nye  y  dores  of  hir 
 house.  That  thou  geue  not  thine  honoure 
 vnto  another,  and  thy  yeares  to  the  cruell. 
 That  other  men  be  not  fylled  with  thy  goodes, 
 5  that  thy  labours  come  not  in  a  straunge 
 house.  Yee  that  thou  mourne  not  at  the  last 
 (when  thou  hast  spent  thy  body  and  goodes) 
 
 Paal.  1.  a.  and  36.  a. 
 '  Deut.  5.  d.  and  17.  c. 
 
 '   Num.  15.  d. 
 "  Pro.  7.  a. 
 
 Deut.  11.  < 
 Eccls.  9.  b. 
 
 and  then  saye  :  Alas,  why  hated  I  nurtoure  ? 
 why  dyd  my  hert  despyse  correccion  ?  VVher- 
 fore  was  not  I  obedient  vnto  the  voyce  of  my 
 teachers,  5  herkened  not  vnto  them  that  in- 
 fourmed  me  ?  I  am  come  almost  in  to  all 
 mysfortune,  in  the  myddest  of  the  multitude 
 and  congregacion.  Drinke  of  the  water  of 
 thine  owne  well,  and  of  the  ryuers  that  runne 
 out  of  thine  owne  spriges.  Let  thy  welles 
 flowe  out  a  brode,  that  there  maye  be  ryuers 
 of  water  in  the  stretes.  But  let  them  be  only 
 thine  owne,  5  not  straungers  with  the.  Let 
 thy  well  be  blessed,  and  be  glad  with  the  wife 
 of  thy  youth.  Louynge  is  the  hynde,  and 
 frendly  is  the  Roo :  'let  her  brestes  alwaye 
 satisfie  the,  and  holde  the  euer  content  with 
 hir  loue.  My  sonne,  why  wilt  thou  haue 
 pleasure  in  an  harlot,  and  embrace  the  bosome 
 of  another  woma?  •'For  euery  mas  wayes  are 
 open  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE,  and  he 
 podereth  all  their  goinges.  The  wickednesses 
 of  the  vngodly  shal  catch  himself,  and  with  the 
 snares  of  his  owne  synnes  shal  he  be  trapped. 
 Because  he  wolde  not  be  refourmed,  he  shal 
 dye :  and  for  his  greate  foolishnesse  he  shal 
 be  destroyed. 
 
 €l)t  bi.  Cijapttr. 
 
 MY  sone,  yf  thou  be  suertie  for  thy  negh- 
 boure,  *  thou  hast  fastened  thine  hode 
 with  another  ma :  yee  thou  art  boijde  with 
 thine  owne  wordes,  and  taken  with  thine  owne 
 speach.  Therfore  (my  sonne)  do  this,  dis- 
 charge thy  self,  for  thou  art  come  1  to  thy 
 neghbours  daunger.  Go  thy  waye  then  soone, 
 (J  intreate  thy  neghboure :  let  not  thyne  eyes 
 slepe,  ner  thine  eye  lyddes  slomber.  Saue 
 thy  self  as  a  doo  fro  f  honde,  5  as  a  byrde 
 fro  the  hode  of  the  fouler.  Go  to  the  Emmet 
 (thou  slogarde)  cosidre  hir  wayes,  tt  lerne  to 
 be  wyse.  ''  She  hath  no  gyde,  no  teacher,  no 
 leder:  yet  in  the  sommer  she  prouideth  hir 
 meate,  5  gathereth  hir  foode  together  1  y 
 haruest.  How  loge  wilt  thou  slepe,  thou 
 slogish  ma  ?  Wha  wilt  thou  aryse  out  of  thy 
 slepe  ?  Yee  slepe  on  still  a  litle,  slober  a 
 litle,  folde  thine  handes  together  yet  a  litle, 
 that  thou  mayest  slepe  :  so  shal  pouerte  come 
 vnto  the  as  one  y  trauayleth  by  the  waye,  5 
 necessite  like  a  wapened  man.  A  dissem- 
 blynge  person,    a  wicked  man  goeth  with  a 
 
 /  lob  31.  a.  and  34.  c.        e  Pro.  21.  b.  17.  c.  20.  c. 
 *  Pro.  24.  d.  30.  c.    Pro.  13.  a. 
 
 73" 
 
fo,  XtlUih 
 
 ^akinwns  ^roiu'itfs. 
 
 C6ap.  bij. 
 
 frowarde  mouth :  he  wyncketh  with  his  eyes, 
 he  tokeneth  with  his  fete,  he  poynteth  with 
 his  fyngers,  he  is  euer  ymageninge  myschefe 
 (5  frowardnesse  in  his  hert,  g  causeth  discorde. 
 Therfore  shal  his  destruecion  come  hastely 
 vpo  him,  sodenly  shal  he  be  all  tobroken,  and 
 not  be  healed. 
 
 There  be  sixe  thinges,  which  the  LOIIDE 
 hateth,  5  the  seuenth  he  vtterly  abhorreth: 
 A  proude  loke,  a  dyssemblynge  tonge,  hades 
 that  shed  innocent  bloude,  an  herte  y  goeth 
 aboute  with  wicked  ymaginacios,  *fete  that  be 
 swift  in  rennynge  to  do  myschefe,  a  false  wyt- 
 nesse  y  bringeth  vp  lyes,  s  soch  one  as  soweth 
 discorde  amonge  brethren.  My  sonne,  kepe 
 thy  fathers  comaundemetes,  j  forsake  not  y 
 lawe  of  thy  mother.  Put  the  vp  together  in 
 thine  herte,  and  bynde  the  aboute  thy  necke. 
 That  they  maye  lede  the  where  thou  goest, 
 preserue  the  when  thou  art  aslepe,  (t  y  when 
 thou  awakest,  thou  mayest  talke  of  the  ('  For 
 the  commaundement  is  a  lanterne,  and  the 
 lawe  a  light :  yee  chastenynge  5  nurtoure  is  y 
 waye  of  life)  that  they  maye  kepe  the  fr5  the 
 euell  woman,  ''(j  from  the  flaterynge  tonge  of 
 the  harlott :  y  thou  lust  not  after  her  beuty  in 
 thine  herte,  5  lest  thou  be  take  with  hir  fayre 
 lokes.  An  harlot  wil  make  a  ma  to  begg  his 
 bred,  but  a  marled  woman  wil  hunt  for  y  pre- 
 cious life.  Maye  a  man  take  fyre  in  his  bo- 
 some,  and  his  clothes  not  be  brent  ?  Or  can 
 one  go  vpon  bote  coales,  and  his  fete  not  be 
 hurte  ?  Euen  90,  who  so  euer  goeth  in  to  his 
 neghbours  wifej  and  toucheth  her,  can  not  be 
 vngiltie.  '  Men  do  not  vtterly  despyse  a  thefe, 
 that  stealeth  to  satisfie  his  soule,  when  he  is 
 hongerie :  but  yf  he  maye  be  gotten,  he  re- 
 storeth  agayne  seuen  tymes  asmoch,  or  els  he 
 maketh  recompence  with  all  the  good  of  his 
 house.  But  who  so  comitteth  aduoutrie  with 
 a  woma,  he  is  a  foole,  and  bryngeth  his  life  to 
 destruecion.  He  getteth  him  self  also  shame 
 S  dishonoure,  soch  as  shal  neuer  be  put  out. 
 For  the  gelousy  a.  wrath  of  the  ma  will  not  be 
 Itreated,  no  though  thou  woldest  ofre  him  greate 
 giftes  to  make  amendes,  he  will  not  receaue 
 them. 
 
 Efjt  bi].  Cl^aptn-. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  kepe  my  wordes,  j  laye  vp 
 my  comaundemetes  by  the.     '  Kepe 
 my  comaundemetes  5  my  lawe,  eue  as  the 
 
 Psul.  17.  c.  Pro.  la.  d. 
 
 ■*  Pro.  5.  a.  and  7. 
 
 Pro.  l.a.        cPsal.  118.0, 
 '  Exo.  22.  a. 
 
 aple  of  thine  eye,  5  thou  shalt  lyue.  Bynde 
 them  vpon  thy  fyngers,  5  wryte  the  in  the 
 table  of  thine  hert.  Saye  vnto  wysdome : 
 thou  art  my  sister,  and  call  vnderstondinge 
 thy  kyns woman  :  ''that  she  maye  kepe  f  fro  f 
 strauge  woma,  5  fro  y  harlot  which  geueth 
 swete  wordes.  For  out  of  the  wyndowe  of 
 my  house  I  loked  thorow  the  trelies,  5  be- 
 helde  the  simple  people :  5  amonge  other 
 yonge  folkes  I  spyed  one  yonge  foole  goinge 
 ouer  the  stretes,  by  the  comer  in  the  waye 
 towarde  the  harlottes  house  in  the  twylight  of 
 the  euenynge,  when  it  begane  now  to  be 
 night  and  darcke.  And  beholde,  there  mett 
 him  a  womii  in  an  harlottes  apparell  (a  dis- 
 ceatfuU,  waton  5  an  vnstedfast  woma  :  whose 
 fete  coude  not  abyde  in  y  house,  now  is  she 
 without,  now  1  y  stretes,  (j  lurketh  I  euery 
 corner)  she  caught  y  yoge  ma,  kyssed  him  5 
 was  not  ashamed,  sayege :  I  had  a  vowe  to 
 paye,  (t  this  daye  I  perfourme  it.  Therfore 
 came  I  forth  to  mete  the,  that  I  might  seke 
 thy  face,  and  so  I  haue  founde  the.  I  haue 
 deckte  my  bed  with  coueringes  5  clothes  of 
 Egipte.  My  bed  haue  I  made  to  smell  of 
 Myrre,  Aloes  and  Cynamom.  Come,  let 
 lye  together,  a  take  oure  pleasure  till  it  be 
 daye  light.  For  the  good  man  is  not  at  home, 
 he  is  gone  farre  of.  He  hath  taken  the  bagg 
 of  moneye  with  him,  who  can  tell  whe  he 
 cometh  home?  ''Thus  with  many  swete 
 wordes  she  ouercame  him,  and  with  hir  flater- 
 inge  lippes  she  wanne  him. 
 
 Immediatly  he  foloweth  her,  as  it  were  an 
 oxe  led  to  the  slaughter  (and  like  as  it  were 
 to  the  stockes,  where  fooles  are  punyshed)  so 
 longe  till  she  hath  wounded  his  lyuer  with  hir 
 darte  :  like  as  yf  a  byrde  haisted  to  the  snare, 
 not  knowinge  that  the  parell  of  his  life  lyeth 
 there  vp5.  Heare  me  now  therfore  (o  mj 
 Sonne)  and  marcke  the  wordes  of  my  mouth 
 Let  not  thine  herte  wandre  in  hir  wayes,  5  be 
 not  thou  disceaued  in  hir  pathes.  For  many 
 one  hath  she  wouded  and  cast  downe,  yee 
 many  a  stronge  ma  hath  she  slayne.  Hi 
 house  is  the  waye  vnto  hell,  where  men  go 
 downe  to  the  chambers  of  death. 
 
 D 
 
 CJ)c  6iij.  €i)aptn-. 
 OTH   not    wysdome    crie  ?    '  doth    not 
 vnderstondinge   put   forth    hir   voyce? 
 
 Nil.  Ij.  (I. 
 ■:ccls.  7.  d. 
 
 «  Pro.  2.  b.  and  : 
 '  Pro.  1.  b. 
 
jCftap.  ij:. 
 
 Salomons  ^Srountrs. 
 
 So,  till). 
 
 Stondeth  she  not  in  the  hye  places  in  the 
 stretes  5  wayes?  doth  she  not  crie  before  the 
 whole  cite,  5  in  the  gates  where  men  go  out  (j 
 in  ?  It  is  you,  o  ye  men  (sayeth  she)  whom  I 
 call.  Vnto  you  (o  ye  childre  of  me)  lift  I  vp 
 my  voyce.  Take  hede  vnto  knowlege  o  ye 
 ignoraiit,  be  wyse  in  herte  o  ye  fooles.  Geue 
 eare,  for  I  wil  speake  of  greate  matters,  5 
 open  my  lippes  to  tell  thinges  that  be  right. 
 For  my  throte  shal  be  talkynge  of  y  trueth, 
 d  my  lippes  abhorre  vngodlynesse.  All  the 
 wordes  of  my  mouth  are  rightuous,  there  is 
 no  frowardnesse  ner  falsede  therin.  They  are 
 all  playne  to  soch  as  wil  vnderstode,  5  right  to 
 the  that  fynde  knowlege.  Receaue  my  doc- 
 tryne  therfore  and  not  syluer,"  5  knowlege 
 more  then  fyne  golde.  For  wysdome  is  more 
 worth  then  precious  stones,  yee  all  the  thinges 
 that  thou  cast  desyre,  are  not  to  be  compared 
 vnto  it. 
 
 I  wysdome  haue  my  dwellynge  with  know- 
 lege, and  prudent  councell  is  myne  owne. 
 With  me  is  the  feare  of  the  LORDE,  and  f 
 eschuynge  of  euell.  As  for  pryde,  disdayne, 
 an  euell  waye,  5  a  mouth  that  speaketh  wicked 
 thiges,  I  vtterly  abhorre  the.  I  can  geue 
 councell,  and  be  a  gyde  :  I  haue  vnderstond- 
 inge,  I  haue  strength. 
 
 Thorow  me,  kynges  reigne :  *thorow  me, 
 prices  make  iust  lawes.  Thorow  me,  lordes 
 beare  rule,  and  all  iudges  of  f  earth  execute 
 iudgmet.  I  am  louynge  vnto  those  that  loue 
 me, '  and  they  that  seke  me  early,  shal  f)Tide  me. 
 
 Riches  ij  honoure  are  with  me,  yee  excellent 
 goodes  (J  rightuousnes.  My  frute  is  better 
 the  golde  ij  precious  stone,  5  myne  encrease 
 more  worth  then  fyne  syluer.  I  walke  in  f 
 waye  of  rightuousnes,  5  in  the  strete  of  iudg- 
 ment.  That  I  maye  sende  prosperite  to  those 
 that  loue  me,  5  to  encrease  their  treasure. 
 
 The  LORDE  himself  had  me  in  possessio 
 in  the  begynnynge  of  his  wayes,  or  euer  he 
 beganne  his  workes  afore  tyme.  ''I  haue  bene 
 ordened  fro  euerlastige,  5  fro  f  beginnynge  or 
 euer  the  earth  was  made.  When  I  was  borne, 
 there  were  nether  depthes  ner  springes  of 
 water.  Before  the  foundacions  of  y  moun- 
 taynes  were  layed,  yee  before  all  hilles  was  I 
 borne.  The  earth  and  all  that  is  vpon  the 
 earth  was  not  yet  made,  no  not  the  grounde 
 it  self.     "  For  when  he  made  the  heauens,  I 
 
 "  Pro.  16.  b.    Pro.  3.  b. 
 Sapi.  6.  a.       '  Luc.  lib. 
 
 Psal.  18.  b. 
 "  Eccli.  24.  b. 
 
 Deut.  17.  d. 
 '  Sap.  9.  b. 
 
 was  present:  whahe  set  the  depthes  in  ordre: 
 whan  he  hanged  the  cloudes  aboue  :  whan  he 
 fastened  the  sprynges  of  the  depe  :  .'^Whan  he 
 shutt  the  see  within  certayne  bowndes,  that  y 
 waters  shulde  not  go  ouer  their  marckes. 
 When  he  layed  the  foundacions  of  the  earth, 
 I  was  with  him,  ordringe  all  thinges,  delytinge 
 daylie  j  reioysynge  allwaye  before  him.  As 
 for  the  roude  copase  of  his  worlde,  I  make  it 
 ioyfull,  for  my  delyte  is  to  be  amoge  the  child- 
 ren of  men.^ 
 
 Therfore  barken  vnto  me  (o  ye  children) 
 for  blessed  are  they  that  kepe  my  wayes. 
 
 O  geue  eare  vnto  nurtoure,  be  wyse,  and 
 refuse  it  not.  Blessed  is  f  man  that  heareth 
 me,  watchinge  daylie  at  my  gates,  g  geuynge 
 attendaunce  at  the  postes  of  my  dores. 
 
 For  who  so  fyndeth  me,  fyndeth  life,  and 
 shal  optayne  fauoure  of  the  LORDE.  But 
 who  so  offendeth  agaynst  me,  hurteth  his  owne 
 soule.  All  they  that  hate  me,  are  the  louers 
 of  death. 
 
 Ci)e  iy.  Cl)aptn-. 
 
 WYSDOME  hath  buylded  herself  an 
 house,  and  hewen  out  seuen  pilars : 
 she  hath  slaughted,  poured  out  hir  wyne,  and 
 prepared  hir  table.  She  hath  sent  forth  hir 
 maydens  to  crie  vpo  the  hyest  place  of  the 
 cite :  Who  so  is  ignoraiit,  let  him  come  hither. 
 And  to  the  vnwise  she  sayde :  O  come  on 
 youre  waye,  eate  my  bred,  and  drynke  my 
 wyne,  which  I  haue  poured  out  for  you.  For- 
 sake ignoraiice,  and  ye  shal  lyue  :  and  se  that 
 ye  go  in  the  waye  of  vnderstondinge. 
 
 Who  so  reproueth  a  scomefuU  personne, 
 getteth  him  self  dishonoure :  and  he  that  re- 
 buketh  the  vngodly,  stayneth  himself. 
 
 Reproue  not  a  scomer,  lest  he  owe  the  euell 
 wil :  but  rebuke  a  wyse  man,  and  he  wil  loue 
 the.  Geue  a  discrete  man  but  an  occasion,  (j 
 he  wilbe  the  wyser:  teach  a  rightuous  man, 
 and  he  wil  increase.  The  feare  of  the 
 LORDE  is  the  begynnynge  of  wysdome,  ''  5 
 the  knowlege  of  holy  thinges  is  vnderstond- 
 inge. For  thorow  me  thy  dayes  shalbe  pro- 
 longed, and  the  yeares  of  thy  life  shal  be 
 many.  Yf  thou  be  wyse,  thy  wysdome  shal 
 do  thy  selfe  good :  but  yf  thou  thynkest 
 scorne  therof,  it  shalbe  thine  owne  harme.  A 
 foolish  restlesse  woman,  fuU  of  wordes,  and 
 
 f  lob  26.  c.  38.  a.        e  Soph.  3.  d.         *  lob  28. 
 110.  b.    Eccli.  1.  c.   Pro.  4.  b. 
 
So.  Dlbu 
 
 iB)aIonu)nE(  ^rouerbesi. 
 
 Cftap.  v. 
 
 soch  one  as  hath  no  knowlege,  sytteth  in  the 
 dores  of  hir  house  vpo  a  stole  aboue  in  the 
 cite,  to  call  soch  as  go  by  and  walke  straight 
 in  their  wayes.  Who  so  is  ignoraunt  (sayeth 
 she)  let  him  come  hither,  and  to  the  vnwyse 
 she  sayeth  :  stollen  waters  are  swete,  5  the 
 bred  that  is  preuely  eaten,  Imth  a  good  taist. 
 
 Hut  they  cosider  not  that  death  is  there, 
 and  that  hir  gestes  go  downe  to  hell. 
 
 €i)t  y.  Cl)apttr. 
 These  are  prouerbes  of  Salomon. 
 
 AVVYSE  Sonne  maketh  a  glad  father,  but 
 "  an  vndiscrete  sonne  is  the  heuynesse 
 of  his  mother.  Treasures  that  are  wickedly 
 gotten,  profit  nothinge,  but  rightuousnesse 
 delyuereth  from  death.  *  The  LORDE  wil 
 not  let  the  soule  of  the  rightuous  suflFre  hoger, 
 but  he  putteth  y  v-ngodly  fro  his  desyre.  An 
 ydle  hande  maketh  poore,  but  a  quycke  labor- 
 inge  hande  maketh  riche. 
 
 Who  so  gathereth  in  Sommer,  is  wyse :  but 
 he  that  is  slogish  in  haruest,  bringeth  himself 
 to  confucion.  Louynge  and  fauorable  is  the 
 face  of  the  rightuous,  but  y  fore  heade  of  the 
 vngodly  is  past  shame,  and  presumptuous. 
 '  The  memoriall  of  the  iust  shall  haue  a  good 
 reporte,  but  the  name  of  the  vngodly  shal 
 stynke.  A  wyse  man  wil  receaue  warnynge, 
 but  a  foole  wil  sooner  be  smytten  in  the  face. 
 He  that  leadeth  an  innocent  life,  walketh 
 surely :  ''  but  who  so  goeth  a  wroge  waye, 
 .^halbe  knowne.  He  y  wynketh  with  his  eye, 
 wil  do  some  harme  :  but  he  that  hath  a  foolish 
 mouth,  shalbe  beaten.  The  mouth  of  a  right- 
 uous man  is  a  well  of  life,  but  f  mouth  of  the 
 vngodly  is  past  shame,  5  presumptuous.  Euell 
 will  stereth  vp  strife,  'but  loue  couereth  y 
 multitude  of  synnes. 
 
 In  f  lippes  of  him  y  hath  vnderstodinge  a 
 ma  shal  fynde  wysdome,  but  y  rodde  belogeth 
 to  f  backe  of  f  foolish.  Wyse  me  laye  vp 
 knowlege,  but  y  mouth  of  y  foolish  is  nye 
 destruccio.  The  rich  mas  goodes  are  his  stroge 
 holde,  but  pouerte  oppresseth  the  poore. 
 
 The  rightuous  laboureth  to  do  good,  but  the 
 vngodly  vseth  his  increase  vnto  synne. 
 
 To  take  hede  vnto  y  chastenynge  of  nur- 
 toure,  is  y  waye  of  life  :  but  he  that  refuseth 
 to  be  refourmed,  goeth  wroge.    Dissemblynge 
 
 "  Pro.  15.  c.    Pro.  11.  a.    Eccli,  5.  b.  »  Pro.  12.  c. 
 
 Psal.  111.  a,  ■'Psal.  22.  a.    Pro.  28.  c.    Eccl.  27.  d. 
 
 1  Pet.  4.  b.  /  lob  42.  c.     Eccli.  11.     Psal.  126.  a. 
 
 lippes  kepe  hatred  secretly,  and  he  that  speak- 
 eth  eny  slaunder,  is  a  foole.  Where  moch 
 bablinge  is,  there  must  nedes  be  offence  :  he 
 that  refrayneth  his  lippes,  is  wysest  of  all.  An 
 innocent  tonge  is  a  noble  treasure,  but  the 
 herte  of  the  vngodly  is  nothinge  worth.  The 
 lippes  of  the  rightuous  fede  a  whole  multitude, 
 but  fooles  shal  dye  in  their  owne  foly.  •'  The 
 blessynge  of  the  LORDE  maketh  rich  me, 
 as  for  carefull  trauayle,  it  doth  nothinge  therto. 
 A  foole  doth  wickedly  5  maketh  but  a  sporte 
 of  it :  neuertheles  it  is  wysdome  for  a  man  to 
 bewarre  of  soch. 
 
 The  thinge  that  the  vngodly  are  afrayed  of, 
 shal  come  vpon  them,  but  the  rightuous  shal 
 haue  their  desyre.  The  vngodly  is  like  a 
 tempest  that  passeth  ouer  5  is  nomore  sene, 
 but  the  rightuous  remayneth  sure  for  euer. 
 As  vyneger  is  to  the  teth,  and  as  smoke  is 
 vnto  ;y-  eyes,  eue  so  is  a  slogish  personne  to 
 them  that  sende  him  forth.  The  feare  of  y 
 LORDE  maketh  a  loge  life,  but  y^  yeares  of 
 y  vngodly  shal  be  shortened.  The  pacient 
 abydinge  of  the  rightuous  shalbe  turned  to 
 gladnesse,  but  the  hope  of  the  vngodly  shal 
 perish.  The  waye  of  the  LORDE  geueth  a 
 corage  vnto  y^  godly,  but  it  is  a  feare  for 
 wicked  doers.  The  rightuous  shal  neuer  be 
 ouerthrowne,  ^but  y  vngodly  shal  not  remayne 
 in  the  londe.  The  mouth  of  the  iust  wilbe 
 talkynge  of  wysdome,  but  the  tonge  of  the 
 frowarde  shal  perish.  The  lippes  of  the  righ- 
 tuous are  occupied  in  acceptable  thinges,  but 
 the  mouth  of  the  vngodly  taketh  them  to  the 
 worst. 
 
 A  FALSE  balaunce  is  an  abhominacion 
 vnto  the  LORDE,*  but  a  true  weight 
 pleaseth  him.  Where  pryde  is,  there  is  shame 
 also  and  confucion  :  but  where  as  is  lowlynes, 
 there  is  wysdome.  The  innocent  dealynge  of 
 the  iust  shal  lede  them,  but  the  vnfaithful- 
 nesse  of  the  despysers  shalbe  their  owne  de- 
 struccion.  '  Riches  helpe  not  in  the  daye  of 
 vengeaunce,  but  rightuousnesse  delyuereth  fro 
 death.  The  rightuousnes  of  y  innocent  ordreth 
 his  waye,  but  the  vngodly  shal  fall  in  his  owne 
 wickednesse.  The  rightuousnesse  of  the  iust 
 shal  delyuer  them,  but  the  despysers  shalbe 
 taken  in  their  owne  vngodlynesse.     When  an 
 
 Mat.  6.  c.  d.         «  Psa.  124.  a.  Psal.  ,'36.  d.         "  Pro.  16.  b. 
 20.  b.  d.         '  Prou.  10.  a.   Eccli.  5.  b. 
 
Cf)at),  vii* 
 
 ^alomone!  ^rounlies. 
 
 #0.  tilbij. 
 
 vngodly  man  dyeth,  his  hope  is  gone,  the  con- 
 fydence  of  riches  shal  perish.  The  rightuous 
 shalbe  delyuered  out  of  trouble,  5  the  vngodly 
 shal  come  in  his  steade.  Thorow  f  mouth  of 
 y  dyssembler  is  his  neghboure  destroyed,  but 
 thorow  knowlege  shal  the  iust  be  delyuered. 
 "  When  it  goeth  well  with  the  rightuous,  the 
 cite  is  mery :  and  when  the  vngodly  perish, 
 there  is  gladnesse.  When  the  iust  are  in 
 wealth,  the  cite  prospereth :  but  whan  the 
 vngodly  haue  the  rule,  it  decayeth.  A  foole 
 bryngeth  vp  a  slaunder  of  his  neghboure,  but 
 a  wyse  man  wil  kepe  it  secrete.  *  A  dys- 
 semblynge  person  wil  discouer  preuy  thinges, 
 but  he  that  is  of  a  faithfull  hert,  wil  kepe 
 councel.  '  Where  no  good  councel  is  there 
 the  people  decaye :  but  where  as  are  many 
 that  can  geue  councell,  there  is  wealth.  ''  He 
 that  is  suertye  for  a  straunger,  hurteth  him- 
 self: but  he  that  medleth  not  with  suerte- 
 shippe,  is  sure.  A  gracious  woma  manteyneth 
 honestie,  as  for  the  mightie,  they  manteyne 
 ryches.  He  y  hath  a  gentle  liberall  stomacke, 
 is  mercifull :  but  who  so  hurteth  his  negh- 
 boure, is  a  tyraiit. 
 
 The  laboure  of  the  vngodly  prospereth  not, 
 but  he  that  soweth  rightuosnes,  shal  receaue  a 
 sure  rewarde.  Like  as  rightuousnes  bryngeth 
 life,  eue  so  to  cleue  vnto  euell,  bryngeth  death. 
 The  LORDE  abhorreth  a  fayned  hert,  but 
 he  hath  pleasure  in  them  that  are  vndefyled. 
 It  shal  not  helpe  y  wicked,  though  they  laye 
 all  their  hondes  together,  but  the  sede  of  the 
 rightuous  shalbe  preserued.  A  fayre  woman 
 without  discrete  maners,  is  like  a  rynge  of 
 golde  in  a  swynes  snoute.  The  iust  laboure 
 for  peace  and  traquylite,  but  the  vngodly  for 
 disquyetnesse. 
 
 Some  man  geueth  out  his  goodes,  and  is 
 the  richer,  but  y  nygarde  (hauynge  ynough) 
 wil  departe  from  nothinge,  and  yet  is  euer  in 
 pouerte.  '^He  that  is  lyberall  in  geuynge, 
 shal  haue  plenty :  and  he  that  watereth,  shal 
 be  watered  also  himself.  Who  so  hoordeth 
 vp  his  come,  shalbe  cursed  amonge  the  people : 
 but  blessynge  shal  light  vpon  his  heade  that 
 selleth  it.  He  that  laboureth  for  honesty 
 fyndeth  his  desyre :  but  who  so  seketh  after 
 myschefe,  it  shal  happe  vnto  him.  He 
 that  trusteth  in  his  riches,  shal  haue  a  fall. 
 
 -  Pro.  14.  d. 
 Pro.  6.  a. 
 /  2  Cor.  9.  b. 
 
 '  Pro.  10.  b.  '  3  Re.  12.  a. 
 
 *  Psal.  36.  d.  and  111.  b.     Luc.  6.  d. 
 
 «  lere.  17.b.  Pro.  18.  b.        ''  1  Pet.  4.c. 
 
 but  y  rightuous  shal  florish  as  the  grene 
 leaf.? 
 
 Who  so  maketh  disquyetnesse  in  his  owne 
 house,  he  shal  haue  wynde  for  his  heretage, 
 and  the  foole  shal  be  seruaunt  to  the  wyse. 
 
 The  frute  of  the  rightuous  is  as  the  tre  of 
 life,  a  wyse  man  also  wynneth  mens  soules. 
 ''Yf  f  rightuous  be  recopesed  vpo  earth,  how 
 moch  more  the  the  vngodly  5  y  synner  ? 
 
 Wl)t  n).  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHO  so  loueth  wyszdome,  wil  be  con- 
 tent to  be  refourmed :  but  he  that 
 hateth  to  be  reproued,  is  a  foole.  A  good 
 man  is  acceptable  vnto  the  LORDE,'  but  y 
 wicked  wyl  he  condempne.  A  man  ca  not 
 endure  in  vngodlynesse,  but  f  rote  of  y  right 
 eous  shal  not  be  moued.  A  stedfast  woman 
 is  a  crowne  vnto  hir  huszbonde :  but  she  that 
 behaueth  herself  vnhonestly,  is  a  corrupcion 
 in  his  bones.  The  thoughtes  of  y  righteous 
 are  right,  but  the  ymaginacion  of  the  vngodly 
 are  disceatfuU.  The  talkynge  of  the  vngodly 
 is,  how  they  maye  laye  wayte  for  bloude,  but 
 the  mouth  of  y  righteous  wil  delyuer  them 
 Or  euer  thou  canst  turne  the  aboute,*  the 
 vngodly  shal  be  ouerthrowne,  but  the  house 
 of  the  righteous  shal  stode. 
 
 A  man  shalbe  commended  for  his  wyszdome, 
 but  a  foole  shal  be  despysed.  A  simple  man 
 which  laboureth  and  worketh,'  is  better  the 
 one  that  is  gorgious  and  wanteth  bred. 
 
 A  righteous  man  regardeth  the  life  of  his 
 catell,  but  the  vngodly  haue  cruell  hertes. 
 '"  He  that  tilleth  his  lode,  shal  haue  plenteous- 
 nesse  of  bred :  but  he  y  foloweth  ydylnes,  is  a 
 very  foole.  The  desyre  of  y  vngodly  hunteth 
 after  myschefe,  but  the  rote  of  the  righteous 
 bryngeth  forth  frute.  "The  wicked  falleth  in 
 to  the  snare  thorow  y  malyce  of  his  owne 
 mouth,  but  the  iust  shal  escape  out  of  parell. 
 Euery  man  shal  enioye  good  acordinge  to  the 
 innocency  of  his  mouth,  and  after  the  workes 
 of  his  hades  shal  he  be  rewarded.  Loke  what 
 a  foole  taketh  in  honde,  he  thinketh  it  well 
 done  :  but  he  that  is  wyse,  wyl  be  coiiceled. 
 A  foole  vttereth  his  wrath  in  all  the  haist,  but 
 a  discrete  man  forgeueth  wronge.  A  iust 
 man  will  tell  the  trueth,  s  shewe  the  thinge  y 
 is  right :  but  a  false  wytnesse  discea^ieth.     A 
 
 Gen.  4.  a.        *  Psal.  36. 
 20.  d.  Pro.  28. 
 
 '  Eccls.  10.  d. 
 "  Pro.  13.  a. 
 
I/O.  ^iiiin* 
 
 Mlomonsf  ^3roiin1jfg. 
 
 Cftap.  jLtiji^ 
 
 slauuderous  personno  pricketh  like  a  swerde, 
 but  a  wyse  mans  tonge  is  wholsome.  A  true 
 mouth  is  euer  constiit,  but  a  dyssemblinge 
 toge  is  soone  chauiiged.  They  that  ymagin 
 euell  in  their  mynde,  wil  disceaue :  but  the 
 councelers  of  peace  shal  haue  ioye  folowinge 
 the.  There  shal  no  mysfortune  happen  vnto 
 the  iust,  but  the  vngodly  shal  be  fylled  with 
 misery.  "The  LORDE  abhorreth  disceatfull 
 lippes,  but  they  that  laboure  for  treuth,  please 
 him.  He  that  hath  vnderstodinge,  can  hyde 
 his  wysdome :  but  an  vndiscrete  herte  telleth 
 out  his  foolishnesse.  A  diliget  hande  shal 
 beare  rule,  but  the  ydle  shal  be  vnder  tribute. 
 Heuynesse  discorageth  ;y-  herte  of  man,*  but  a 
 good  worde  maketh  it  glad  agayne.  The 
 righteous  is  liberall  vnto  his  neghboure,  but 
 the  waye  of  the  vngodly  ml  disceaue  them 
 selues.  A  disceatfull  man  shal  fynde  no 
 vautage,  but  he  that  is  content  with  that  he 
 hath,'  is  more  worth  the  golde.  In  the  waye 
 of  righteousnesse  there  is  life,  as  for  eny  other 
 waye,  it  is  the  path  vnto  death. 
 
 Ei^e  yii).  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 A  WYSE  Sonne  wyll  receaue  his  fathers 
 warnynge,  but  he  y  is  scornefull,  wyll 
 not  heare  when  he  is  reproued.  A  good  ma 
 shal  enioye  the  frute  of  his  mouth,  but  he  that 
 hath  a  frowarde  mynde,  shalbe  spoyled.  He 
 that  kepeth  his  mouth,  kepeth  his  life :  but 
 who  so  speaketh  vnaduysed,  fyndeth  harme. 
 The  slogarde  wolde  fayne  haue,  and  can  not 
 get  his  desyre :  but  the  soule  of  the  diligent 
 shal  haue  plenty.  A  righteous  man  abhorreth 
 lyes,  but  the  vngodly  shameth  both  other  and 
 himself.  Righteousnesse  kepeth  the  innocet 
 in  the  waye,  but  vngodlynesse  shal  ouerthrowe 
 the  synner. 
 
 Some  men  are  riche,  though  they  haue  no- 
 thinge  :^  agayne,  some  me  are  poore  hauynge 
 greate  riches.  With  goodes  euery  man  de- 
 lyuereth  his  life,  and  the  poore  wyl  not  be 
 reproued.  The  light  of  the  righteous  maketh 
 ioyfull,"  but  the  candle  of  the  vngodly  shal  be 
 put  out.  Amonge  the  proude  there  is  euer 
 strife,  but  amonge  those  that  do  all  thinges 
 with  aduysement,  there  is  wyszdome.  Hastely 
 gotte  goodes  are  soone  spent,  but  they  that  be 
 gathered  together  with  the  hande,  shal  increase. 
 Longe  tarienge  for  a  thinge  that  is  dyfferred, 
 
 '  Pro.  6.  b.  »  Pro.  15.  b.  and  17.  d.     Eccli.  30.  c. 
 
 '  2  Tim.  6.  b.  Heb.  13.  a.        ^Pro.ll.c.         'Pro.24.c. 
 
 greueth  y  herte :  but  when  the  desyre  com 
 meth,  it  is  a  tre  of  life.  Who  so  despyseth 
 the  worde,  destroyeth  himself:  but  he  that 
 feareth  the  comaundement,  shal  haue  peace. 
 The  lawe  is  a  wel  of  life  vnto  the  wyse,  that 
 it  maye  kepe  him  from  the  snares  of  death. 
 Good  vnderstondinge  geueth  fauoure,  but 
 harde  is  the  waye  of  the  despysers.  A  wyse 
 man  doth  all  thinges  with  discrecion,  but  a 
 foole  wil  declare  his  foly.  An  vngodly  mes- 
 sauger  bryngeth  myschefe,  but  a  faithfull 
 embassitoure  is  wholsome.  He  that  thinketh 
 scorne  to  be  refourmed,  commeth  to  pouerte 
 and  shame :  but  who  so  receaueth  correccion, 
 shal  come  to  honoure.  When  a  desyre  is 
 brought  to  passe,  it  delyteth  the  soule  :  but 
 fooles  abhorre  him  that  eschueth  euell.-''  He 
 that  goeth  in  the  company  of  wyse  men,  shal 
 be  wyse  :  but  who  so  is  a  copanyo  of  fooles, 
 shal  be  hurte.  Myschefe  foloweth  vpon  syn- 
 ners,  but  the  rightuous  shal  haue  a  good 
 rewarde.  Which  their  childers  childre  shal 
 haue  in  possessio,  for  ?  the  riches  of  the  synner 
 is  layed  vp  for  f  iust.  There  is  plenteousnesse 
 of  fode  in  the  feldes  of  the  poore,  (t  shalbe 
 increased  out  of  measure.  ''  He  that  spareth 
 the  rodde,  hateth  his  sonne :  but  who  so  loueth 
 him,  holdeth  him  euer  in  nurtoure.  The 
 rightuous  eateth,  and  is  satisfied,  but  y  bely 
 of  the  vngodly  hath  neuer  ynough. 
 
 Wi)e  yiii).  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 A  WYSE  woma  vpholdeth  hir  house,  but 
 a  fooUsh  wife  plucketh  it  downe. 
 
 Who  so  feareth  the  LORDE,  walketh  in 
 the  right  path  :  (j  regardeth  not  him  that  ab- 
 horreth the  wayes  of  the  LORDE.  In  the 
 mouth  of  the  foolish  is  the  boostinge  of  lord- 
 shipe,  but  ;y'  lippes  of  y  wyse  wilbe  warre  of 
 soch.  Where  no  oxen  are,  there  the  crybb  is 
 emptie :  but  where  the  oxen  laboure,  there  is 
 moch  frute.  A  faithfuD  wytnesse  wyl  not 
 dyssemble,  but  a  false  recorde  wil  make  a  lye. 
 
 A  scornefull  body  seketh  wyszdome,  (j  fynd- 
 eth it  not :  but  knowlege  is  easy  to  come  by, 
 vnto  him  that  vnl  vnderstonde.  *  Se  y  thou 
 medle  not  with  a  foole,  5  do  as  though  thou 
 haddest  no  knowlege.  The  wyszdome  of  him 
 that  hath  vnderstondinge  is,  to  take  hede  vnto 
 his  waye,  but  the  foolishnesse  of  the  vnwyse 
 disceaueth.     Fooles   make   but   a   sporte   of 
 
 /Sap.  2.  c.        '  lob  27.  c.         *  Eccli.  30.  a.  Psal.  23.  b. 
 Hebr.  12.  b.  Psal.  33.  b.        >  Pro.  8.  a. 
 
CI)ap.  )rb. 
 
 J^alonxons 
 
 ^rotintefii. 
 
 synne,  but  there  is  fauourable  loue  amoge  the 
 J3  rightuous.     The  herte  of  him  that  hath  vnder- 
 stondinge  wil  nether  dispare  for  eny  sorow, 
 ner  be  to  presumptuous  for  eny  sodane  ioye. 
 
 The  houses  of  the  vngodly  shalbe  ouer- 
 throwne,  but  the  tabernacles  of  f  righteus 
 shal  florishe.  "There  is  a  waye,  which  some 
 men  thinke  to  be  right,  but  the  ende  therof 
 ledeth  vnto  death.  The  herte  is  soroufull 
 euen  in  laughter,  and  the  ende  of  myrth  is 
 heuynesse.  An  vnfaithfuU  personne  shal  be 
 fylled  with  his  owne  wayes,  but  a  good  ma 
 wyl  bewarre  of  soch.  An  ignoraiit  body 
 beleueth  all  thinges,  but  who  so  hath  vnder- 
 stondinge,  loketh  well  to  his  goinges.  A  wyse 
 man  feareth,  and  departeth  from  euell,  but  a 
 foole  goeth  on  presumptuously.  An  vnpacient 
 man  handeleth  foolishly,  but  he  that  is  well 
 aduysed,  doth  other  wayes. 
 
 The  ignoraut  haue  foolishnes  in  possessio, 
 but  the  wyse  are  crowned  with  knowlege. 
 
 The  eueU  shal  bowe  them  selues  before  f 
 good,  and  the  vngodly  shal  wayte  at  the  dores 
 of  the  rightuous.  The  poore  is  hated  euen  of 
 his  owne  neghbours,  but  the  riche  hath  many 
 frendes.  Who  so  despyseth  his  neghboure, 
 doth  amysse :  *but  blessed  is  he  that  hath 
 pyte  of  the  poore.  They  that  ymagin  wicked- 
 nes,  shalbe  disapoynted  :  but  they  that  muse 
 vpo  good  thinges,  vnto  soch  shal  happen 
 mercy  and  faithfulnesse.  Diliget  laboure 
 bryngeth  riches,  but  where  many  vayne  wordes 
 are,  truly  there  is  scarcenesse. 
 
 Riches  are  an  ornament  vnto  the  wyse,  but 
 the  ignoraunce  of  fooles  is  very  foolishnesse 
 A  faithfull  wytnesse  delyuereth  soules,  but  a 
 lyar  dysceaueth  them.  The  feare  of  the 
 LORDE  is  a  stroge  holde,  for  vnto  his  he 
 wyl  be  a  sure  defence.  The  feare  of  the 
 LORDE  is  a  well  of  life,  to  auoyde  the 
 snares  of  death.  The  increase  and  prosperite 
 of  the  comons  is  the  kynges  honoure,  but  the 
 decaye  of  the  people  is  the  confucio  of  the 
 prynce.  Pacience  is  a  token  of  wiszdome, 
 but  wrath  and  haistie  displeasure  is  a  token  of 
 foolishnesse.  A  mery  herte  is  the  life  of  the 
 body,  but  rancoure  consumeth  awaye  the 
 bones.  '  He  that  doth  a  poore  man  wroge, 
 blasphemeth  his  maker:  but  who  so  hath 
 pitie  of  the  poore,  doth  honoure  vnto  God. 
 
 '  Deu.  12.  a.  Pro.  16.  c.  »  Psal.  40.  a.  «  Math.         Esa.  66.  i 
 
 25.  d.  Pro.  11.  b.       "i  Pro.  11.  b.       '  Pro.  15.  c.  and  25.  c.       |  Eccli.  30. 
 1  Res;.  25.  b.  3  Reg.  12.  b.        /  Pro.  21.  d.    Eccls.  34.  c. 
 
 #0.  nitr. 
 
 The  vngodly  is  afrayed  of  euery  parell,  but 
 the  rightuous  hath  a  good  hope  eue  in  death 
 Wyszdome  resteth  in  the  herte  of  him  that 
 hath  vnderstondinge,  and  he  wyll  teach  them 
 that  are  vnlerned.  ''  Rightuousnes  setteth 
 vp  the  people,  but  wyckednesse  bryngeth 
 folke  to  destruccion.  A  discrete  seruaunt  is 
 a  pleasure  vnto  y  kynge,  but  one  y  is  not 
 honest,  prouoketh  him  vnto  wrath. 
 
 Cljc  xb.  Ci^apter. 
 
 ASOFTE  aswere"  putteth  downe  displea- 
 sure, but  frowarde  wordes  prouoke  vnto 
 anger.  A  wyse  tonge  commendeth  knowlege, 
 a  foolish  mouth  blabbeth  out  nothinge  but 
 foolishnesse.  The  eyes  of  the  LORDE  loke 
 in  euery  place,  both  vpon  y  good  and  badd. 
 A  wholsome  tonge  is  a  tre  of  life,  but  he  that 
 abuseth  it,  hath  a  broken  mynde.  A  foole 
 despyseth  his  fathers  correccion,  but  he  y 
 taketh  hede  whan  he  is  reproued,  shal  haue  f 
 more  vnderstodinge. 
 
 In  the  house  of  the  rightuous  are  greate 
 riches,  but  in  the  increase  of  the  vngodly 
 there  is  mysordre.  A  wyse  mouth  poureth 
 out  knowlege,  but  f  herte  of  the  foolish  doth 
 not  so.  ^The  LORDE  abhorreth  y  sacrifice 
 of  the  vngodly,  but  the  prayer  of  the  rightuous 
 is  acceptable  vnto  him.  The  waye  of  the 
 vngodly  is  an  abhominacio  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 but  who  so  foloweth  righteousnes,  him  he 
 loueth.  He  that  forsaketh  f  right  strete,  C 
 shalbe  sore  punyshed :  g  who  so  hateth  cor- 
 reccion, falleth  in  to  death.  The  hell  with 
 hir  payne  is  knowne  vnto  the  LORDE,  how 
 moch  more  then  the  hertes  of  men  ? 
 
 ^Ascornefull  body  loueth  not  oney  rebuketh 
 him,  nether  wil  he  come  amonge  f  wyse.  *A 
 mery  herte  maketh  a  chearfull  countenaunce, 
 but  an  vnquyet  mynde  maketh  it  heuy.  A 
 wyse  herte  wil  seke  after  knowlege,  but  y 
 mouth  of  fooles  medleth  with  foolishnesse. 
 All  the  dayes  of  the  poore  are  miserable,  but 
 a  quyete  herte  is  as  a  cotynuall  feast.  '  Better 
 is  a  litle  with  the  feare  of  the  LORDE  then 
 greate  treasure,  for  they  are  not  without 
 sorowe.  Better  is  a  meace  of  potage  with  £ 
 loue,  then  a  fat  oxe  with  euell  will. 
 
 *An  angrie  man  stereth  vp  strife,  but  he  y 
 is  pacient  stilleth  discorde.     The  waye  of  f 
 
 e  Sap.  2.  c.  "  Pro.  12.  d.  and  17.  d. 
 
 '  Psal.  36.  b.  1  Tim.  6.  b.         *  Pro.  13.  a. 
 
fo,  Wr. 
 
 ^aloinons  prowrijts. 
 
 Ci)ap.  )il)i. 
 
 slouthfull  is  full  of  thornes,  but  f  strete  of  the 
 rightuous  is  well  clensed.  A  wyse  sonne 
 maketh  a  glad  father,  "but  an  vndiscrete  body 
 shameth  his  mother.  A  foole  reioyseth  in 
 fooUsh  thinges,  but  a  wyse  man  loketh  well  to 
 his  owne  goinges.  Vnaduysed  thoughtes  shal 
 come  to  naught,  but  where  as  are  men  y  can 
 geue  councell,  there  is  stedfastnesse.  O  how 
 ioyfull  a  thinge  is  it,  a  man  to  geue  a  con- 
 uenient  answere  ?  O  how  pleasaunt  is  a 
 worde  spoken  in  due  season  ?  The  waye  of 
 life  ledeth  vnto  heaue,  y  a  man  shulde  bewarre 
 of  hell  beneth. 
 
 The  LORDE  wjd  breake  downe  f  house 
 of  f  proude,  but  he  shal  make  fast  y-  borders 
 of  f  wj-ddowe.  The  LORDE  abhoreth  y 
 ymaginacions  of  f  wicked,  but  pure  wordes 
 are  pleasaunt  vnto  him.  The  couetous  man 
 wrutteth  vp  his  owne  house,  but  who  so  hateth 
 rewardes,  shal  lyue.  A  rightuous  ma  miiseth 
 in  his  mynde  how  to  do  good,  but  y  mynde 
 of  the  vngodly  jTuagineth,  how  he  maye  do 
 harme.  The  LORDE  is  farre  from  the 
 vngodly,  but  he  heareth  y  prayer  of  the 
 rightuous.  Like  as  y  cleamesse  of  f  eyes 
 reioyseth  f  herte,  so  doth  a  good  name  fede 
 y  bones.  The  eare  y  harkeneth  vnto  whol- 
 sorae  wamynge,  and  enclyneth  therto,  shall 
 dwell  amonge  f  wyse.  He  that  refuseth  to 
 be  refourmed,  despyseth  his  owne  soule  :  but 
 he  that  submytteth  himself  to  correccion,  is 
 wyse. 
 
 Ci)e  j:6t.  Cijapter. 
 
 THE  feare  of  ;y-  LORDE  is  y  right  scyece 
 of  wyszdome,  and  lowlynes  goeth  before 
 honoure.  A  man  maye  well  purpose  a  thinge 
 in  his  harte,  but  y  answere  of  f  tonge  cometh 
 of  y  LORDE.  *  A  ma  thinketh  all  his  waies 
 to  be  clene,  but  it  is  y  LORDE  y  fashioneth 
 y  myndes.  'Commytte  thy  workes  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  and  loke  what  thou  deuysest,  it 
 shal  prospere.  The  LORDE  doth  all  thinges 
 for  his  owne  sake,  yee  5  when  he  kepeth  y 
 vngodly  for  f  daye  of  wrath. 
 
 The  LORDE  abhorreth  all  presumptuous 
 5  proude  hertes,  there  maye  nether  strength 
 ner  power  escape.  With  louynge  mercy  5 
 faithfulnesse  synnes  be  forgeuen,  and  who  so 
 feareth  y-  LORDE  eschueth  euell.  WTien  a 
 mans  wayes  please  f  LORDE,  he  maketh  his 
 
 Pro.  10.  a.       »  Pro.  21.  a.  Psal.  32.  b.        '  Psal.  36.  a.        /  Pro.  8.  a. 
 ''  Pro.  19.  c.         '  Pro.  11.  a.  and  20.  b. 
 
 very  enemies  to  be  his  frendes.  Better  is  it 
 to  haue  a  litle  thinge  with  rightuousnes,  the 
 greate  rentes  wrongeously  gotten.  ''A  ma 
 deuyseth  a  waye  in  his  herte,  but  it  is  f 
 LORDE  y  ordreth  his  goinges.  When  y 
 prophecy  is  in  ;y  lippes  of  y  kynge,  his  mouth 
 shal  not  go  wroge  in  iudgment.  '  A  true 
 measure  5  a  true  balauce  are  y  LORDES, 
 he  maketh  all  weightes.  It  is  a  greate 
 abhominacio  when  kynges  are  wycked,  for  a 
 kjTiges  seate  shulde  be  holden  vp  with  right- 
 eousnesse. 
 
 Righteous  lippes  are  pleasaut  vnto  kynges, 
 and  they  loue  him  y  speaketh  ;y  trueth. 
 
 The  kynges  displeasure  is  a  messaunger  of 
 death,  but  a  w)-se  man  wjd  pacifie  him. 
 
 The  cherefuU  countenaiice  of  y  kynge  is 
 hfe,  and  his  louynge  fauoure  is  as  the  euenynge 
 dewe.  ■'  To  haue  wyszdome  in  possession  is 
 better  then  golde,  and  to  get  vnderstondynge, 
 is  more  worth  then  syluer.  The  path  of  f 
 righteous  eschueth  euell,  5  who  so  loketh  well 
 to  his  wayes,  kepeth  his  owne  soule. 
 
 Presumptuousnes  goeth  before  destruccion, 
 and  after  a  proude  stomake  there  foloweth  a 
 fall.  Better  it  is  to  be  of  humble  mynde  with 
 the  lowly,  then  to  deuyde  f  spoyles  with  f 
 proude.  He  y  handleth  a  matter  wj'sely, 
 opteyneth  good :  5  blessed  is  he,  *y  putteth 
 his  trust  in  y  LORDE.  WTio  so  hath  a  wyse 
 vnderstondinge,  is  called  to  councell :  but  he 
 y  can  speake  fayre,  getteth  more  riches. 
 Vnderstondinge  is  a  well  of  life  vnto  him  y 
 hath  it,  as  for  y  chastenynge  of  fooles,  it  is 
 but  foolishnesse.  The  herte  of  the  w)'se 
 enfourmeth  his  mouth,  and  amendeth  f 
 doctryne  in  his  lyppes. 
 
 Fayre  wordes  are  an  hony  combe,  a  refresh- 
 inge  of  y  mynde,  5  health  of  y  bones. 
 
 ''  There  is  a  waye  y  men  thinke  to  be  right, 
 but  the  ende  therof  leadeth  vnto  death.  A 
 troublous  soule  disquyeteth  hir  selfe,  for  hir 
 owne  mouth  hath  brought  her  therto.  An 
 vngodly  personne  stereth  vp  eueD,  and  in  his 
 lippes  he  is  as  an  whole  bumynge  fyre. 
 
 A  frowarde  body  causeth  strife,  and  he  y  is 
 a  blabbe  of  his  tonge,  maketh  deuysion  amonge 
 prjTices.  A  wicked  ma  begyleth  his  negh- 
 boure,  d  ledeth  him  f  waye  y  is  not  good. 
 
 He  that  wyncketh  with  his  eyes,  ymagineth 
 myschefe :   and  he  y  byteth  his  lippes,  wyl  do 
 
 «  Psal.  2.  b.  *  Pro.  14.  b.  Dent  12.  a. 
 
 £sa.  55.  b. 
 
COap.  uti'ij. 
 
 ^aloinond  ^roimiiee. 
 
 some  hanne.     °  Age  is  a  crowne  of  worshipe, 
 yf  it  be  founde  in  the  waye  of  righteousnes, 
 
 A  pacient  man  is  better  then  one  that  is 
 stroge :  and  he  that  can  rule  him  selfe,  is 
 more  worth  then  he  y  wynneth  a  cite.  The 
 lottes  are  cast  in  to  the  lappa,  but  their  fall 
 stodeth  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 CJjE  >bij.  Ci&apttr. 
 
 BETTER  is  a  drye  morsell  with  quyet- 
 nesse,  the  a  full  house  and  many  fatt 
 catell  with  stryfe.  *  A  discrete  seruaut  shal 
 haue  more  rule  then  the  sonnes  y  haue  no 
 wysdome,  and  shal  haue  like  heretage  with 
 the  brethren.  '  Like  as  syluer  is  tried  in  the 
 fyre  and  golde  in  the  fornace,  euen  so  doth 
 the  LORDE  proue  the  hertes.  A  wicked 
 body  holdeth  moch  of  false  lippes,  5  a  dys- 
 semblynge  persone  geueth  eare  to  a  disceatfull 
 toge.  ■*  Who  so  laugheth  y  poore  to  seorne. 
 blasphemeth  his  maker :  and  he  y  is  glad  of 
 another  mans  hurte,  shal  not  be  vnpunyshed. 
 Childers  children  are  a  worshipe  vnto  the 
 elders,  and  the  fathers  are  the  honoure  of  the 
 children.  An  eloquent  speach  becometh  not 
 a  foole,  a  dyssemblinge  mouth  also  besemeth 
 not  a  prynce.  Liberalite  is  a  precious  stone 
 vnto  him  that  hath  it,  for  where  so  euer  he 
 becometh,  he  prospereth.  Who  so  couereth 
 another  mans  offence,  seketh  loue :  but  he 
 y  discloseth  the  faute,  setteth  frendes  at 
 variaunce.  One  reprofe  only  doth  more  good 
 to  him  y  hath  vnderst5dinge,  then  an  C.  stripes 
 vnto  a  foole.  A  sedicious  personne  seketh 
 myschefe,  but  a  cruell  messaunger  shal  be 
 sent  agaynst  him.  It  were  better  to  come 
 agaynst  a  she  Bere  robbed  of  hir  whelpes, 
 then  agaynst  a  foole  in  his  foolishnes.  '  Who 
 so  rewardeth  euell  for  good,  the  plage  shal 
 not  departe  fro  his  house.  ^  He  y  soweth 
 discorde  5  strife,  is  like  one  y  dyggeth  vp  a 
 water  broke  :  but  an  open  enemie  is  like  the 
 water  y  breaketh  out  5  reneth  abrode.  The 
 LORDE  hateth  as  well  him  y  iustifieth  ;y- 
 vngodly,  as  him  y  condempneth  the  innocet. 
 What  helpeth  it  to  geue  a  foole  money  in  his 
 hode,  where  as  he  hath  no  mynde  to  bye 
 wyszdome?  He  is  a  frende  that  allwaye 
 loueth,  ^  and  in  aduersite  a  man  shal  knowe 
 who  is  his  brother.     Who  so  promiseth  by  the 
 
 Leui.  19.  g.  »  Eccls.  10.  d.  '  Sap.  3.  a.  1  Pet.  1.  b. 
 ''  Pro.  14.  d.  lob  31.  c.  Pro.  24.  c.  '  1  Reg.  24.  c.  26.  b. 
 /  2  Reg.  12.  c.        I  Pro.  6.  a.  11.  b.         *  Pro.  12.  d.  and 
 
 jTo,  tJlut 
 
 hande,  a  is  suertie  for  another,  he  is  a  foole. 
 He  y  loueth  strife,  delyteth  in  synne :  5  who 
 so  setteth  his  dore  to  hye,  seketh  after  a  fall. 
 Who  so  hath  a  frowarde  herte,  opteyneth  no 
 good :  and  he  y  hath  an  ouerthwarte  tonge, 
 shal  fall  in  to  myschefe.  An  vnwyse  body 
 bryngeth  him  selfe  in  to  sorowe,  and  f  father 
 of  a  foole  can  haue  no  ioye.  *A  mery  herte 
 maketh  a  lusty  age,  but  a  sorowfull  mide 
 dryeth  vp  f  bones.  The  vngodly  taketh  giftes 
 out  of  the  bosome,  to  wraist  the  wayes  of 
 iudgment.  '  Wyszdome  shyneth  in  f  face  of 
 him  y  hath  vnderstondinge,  but  f  eyes  of 
 fooles  wandre  thorow  out  all  lodes.  *  An  vn- 
 discrete  sonne  is  a  grefe  vnto  his  father,  and 
 heuynesse  vnto  his  mother  y  bare  him.  To 
 punysh  y  innocent,  and  to  smyte  f  prynces  y 
 geue  true  iudgmct,  are  both  euell.  He  is  wyse 
 and  discrete,  y  tempereth  his  wordes :  '  and 
 he  is  a  ma  of  vnderstodinge,  y  maketh  moch 
 of  his  sprete.  '"  Yee  a  very  foole  (when  he 
 holdeth  his  tonge)  is  counted  wyse,  and  to 
 haue  vnderstodinge,  when  he  shutteth  his 
 lippes. 
 
 ^t  V6"j-  Ci&apter. 
 
 WHO  so  hath  pleasure  to  sowe  discorde, 
 piketh  a  quarell  in  euery  thinge.  A 
 foole  hath  no  delyte  in  vnderstodinge,  but 
 only  in  those  thinges  wherin  his  herte  re 
 ioyseth.  Where  vngodlynes  is,  there  is  also 
 diszdayne  :  d  so  there  foloweth  shame  5  dis- 
 honoure.  The  wordes  of  a  mas  mouth  are 
 like  depe  waters,  and  the  well  of  wyszdome  is 
 like  a  full  streame.  "  It  is  not  good  to  regarde 
 ^  personne  of  the  vngodly,  or  to  put  backe  y 
 righteous  in  iudgmet.  A  fooles  lippes  are 
 euer  brawlinge,  and  his  mouth  prouoketh  vnto 
 batayll.  A  fooles  mouth  is  his  owne  destruc- 
 cion,  and  his  lippes  are  y  snare  for  his  owne 
 soule.  The  wordes  of  a  slaunderer  are  very 
 woudes,  and  go  thorow  vnto  the  ynmost 
 partes  of  the  body.  Who  so  is  slouthfull  and 
 slacke  in  his  laboure,  is  f  brother  of  him  y 
 is  a  waister.  The  name  of  f  LORDE  is  a 
 stronge  castell,  y  righteous  flyeth  vnto  it,  and 
 shalbe  saued.  But  y  rich  mas  goodes  are  his 
 stronge  holde,  yee  he  taketh  them  for  an  hye 
 wall  roude  aboute  him.  After  pryde  cometh 
 destruccio,  and  honoure  after  lowlyues.     "  He 
 
 15.  b.  Eccls.  30.  c.  Exo.  23.  a.        '  Eccls.  8.  a.        '  Pro. 
 
 19.  b.  '  laco.  1.  b.  "  lob  13.  "  Pro.  24.  c. 
 
 "  Eccls.  11.  a. 
 
 74 
 
1/0.  iJlvij. 
 
 Salomons;  ^romites. 
 
 that  geueth  sentece  in  a  matter  before  he 
 heare  it,  is  a  foole,  and  worthy  to  be  confounded. 
 A  good  stomacke  dryueth  awaye  a  miis  disease, 
 but  wha  f  sprete  is  vexed,  who  maye  abyde 
 it?  A  wyse  herte  laboureth  for  knowlege, 
 and  a  prudent  eare  seketh  vnderstondinge. 
 LiberaUte  bryngeth  a  man  to  honoure  and 
 worshipo,  a  setteth  him  amonge  greate  men. 
 
 The  righteous  accuseth  hi  self  first  of  all, 
 yf  his  neghboure  come,  he  shal  fynde  him. 
 The  lot  ])acifieth  f  variauce,  5  parteth  f 
 raightie  asunder.  The  vnite  of  brethren  is 
 stronger  then  a  castell,  and  they  that  holde 
 together  are  like  the  barre  of  a  palace.  A 
 mans  bely  shalbe  satisfied  with  the  frute  of 
 his  owne  mouth,  and  with  the  increase  of  his 
 lippes  shal  he  be  fylled.  Death  and  life  stonde 
 in  the  power  of  the  tonge,  he  that  loueth  it, 
 shal  enioye  the  frute  therof.  "  Who  so  fyndeth 
 a  wife  fyndeth  a  good  thynge,  5  receaueth  an 
 wholsome  benefite  of  the  LORDE.  The 
 pooremaketh  supplicacion  and  pray  ethmekely, 
 but  the  riche  geueth  a  rough  answere. 
 
 A  frende  that  delyteth  in  loue,  doth  a  man 
 more  fredshipe,  and  sticketh  faster  vnto  him  then 
 a  brother. 
 
 €i)e  riy.  C^apttr. 
 
 BETTER  is  the  poore  *that  lyueth  godly, 
 the  the  blasphemer  that  is  but  a  foole. 
 Where  no  discrecion  is,  there  the  soule  is  not 
 well :  and  who  so  is  swifte  on  fote,  stombleth 
 hastely.  Foolishnesse  maketh  a  man  to  go 
 out  of  his  waye,  5  then  is  his  herte  vnpacient 
 agaynst  the  LORDE.  Riches  make  many 
 frendes,  but  the  poore  is  forsake  of  his  owne 
 frendes.  'A  false  wytnesse  shal  not  remayne 
 vnpunyshed,  and  he  that  speaketh  lyes  shal 
 not  escape.  The  multitude  hageth  vpo  greate 
 men,  (j  euery  man  fauoureth  him  that  geueth 
 rewardes.  As  for  the  poore,  he  is  hated 
 amonge  all  his  brethren :  yee  his  owne  frendes 
 forsake  him,  (j  he  that  geueth  credece  vnto 
 wordes,  getteth  nothinge.  He  that  is  wyse, 
 loueth  his  owne  soule :  £ind  who  so  hath  vnder- 
 stondinge, shal  prospere.  A  false  wytnesse 
 shal  not  remayne  vnpunyshed,  d  he  y  speaketh 
 lyes  shal  perishe.  Delicate  ease  becometh 
 not  a  foole,  moch  more  vnsemely  is  it,  a 
 bonde  man  to  haue  y  rule  of  prynces.  A 
 wyse  man  putteth  of  displeasure,  5  it  is  his 
 honoure  to  let  some  fautes  passe. 
 
 •  Pro.  19.  b.  and  21.  b. 
 '  Pro.  28.  c.     Psal.  132.  a 
 
 '  Pro.  28.  a.       '  Deut.  19.  d. 
 '  Pro.  17.  d.     Pro.  27.  b. 
 
 Cftap.  pt'jt:. 
 
 ''The  kynges  disfauoure  is  like  f  roaringe 
 of  a  Lyo,  but  his  fredshipe  is  like  the  dewe 
 vpo  f  grasse.  'An  vndiscrete  sonne  is  f 
 heuynes  of  his  father,  5  a  braulynge  wife  is 
 like  the  topp  of  an  house,  where  thorow  it  is 
 euer  droppynge.  House  5  riches  maye  a  ma 
 haue  by  f  heretage  of  his  elders,  •'but  a  dis- 
 crete womfi  is  the  gifte  of  the  LORDE. 
 Slouthfulnes  bryngeth  slepe,  j  an  ydell  soule 
 shal  suffer  hSger.  Who  so  kepeth  the  c6- 
 maundemet,  kepeth  his  owne  soule :  but  he  y 
 regardeth  not  his  waye,  shal  dye.  He  y  hath 
 pitie  vpon  the  poore,  ledeth  vntoy  LORDE: 
 5  loke  what  he  layeth  out,  it  shalbe  payed 
 him  agayne.  Chaste  thy  sonne  whyle  there 
 is  hope,  but  let  not  thy  soule  be  moued  to 
 slaye  hi.  For  greate  wrath  bryngeth  harme, 
 therfore  let  him  go,  and  so  mayest  thou  teach 
 him  more  nurtoure.  O  geue  eare  vnto  good 
 councell,  5  be  content  to  be  refourmed,  that 
 thou  mayest  be  wyse  hereafter.  *  There  are 
 many  deuices  in  a  mas  herte,  neuertheles  the 
 coucell  of  f  LORDE  shal  stode.  It  is  a  mans 
 worshipe  to  do  good,  5  better  it  is  to  be  a 
 poore  ma,  then  a  dyssembler.  The  feare  of 
 the  LORDE  preserueth  the  life,  yee  it  geueth 
 pleteousnes,  without  the  visitacio  of  any  plage. 
 ''  A  slouthfuU  body  shuteth  his  honde  in  to  his 
 bosome,  so  y  he  can  not  put  it  to  his  mouth. 
 Yf  thou  smytest  a  scomeful  personne,  the 
 'ignoraut  shal  take  better  hede:  5  yf  thou 
 reprouest  one  y  hath  vnderstondinge,  he  wil 
 be  f  wyser.  He  y  hurteth  his  father  or 
 shuteth  out  his  mother,  is  a  shamefull  %  an 
 vnworthy  sonne.  My  sonne,  heare  nomore 
 the  doctrine  y  leadeth  the  awaye  from  the 
 wordes  of  vnderstondinge. 
 
 A  false  wytnes  laugheth  iudgmet  to  scome, 
 S  the  mouth  of  the  vngodly  eateth  vp  wicked- 
 nes.  Punyshmentes  are  ordened  for  the 
 scomefull,  and  stripes  for  fooles  backes. 
 
 W^t  >:>■.  fl^aptfr. 
 
 WYNE  is  a  voluptuous  thinge,  5  drock- 
 ennes  causeth  sedicion :  *  who  so  de- 
 lyteth therin,  shal  neuer  be  wyse.  'The  kynge 
 ought  to  be  feared  as  the  roaringe  of  a  lyon, 
 who  so  prouoketh  him  vnto  anger,  offendeth 
 agaynst  his  owne  soule.  It  is  a  mans  honoure 
 to  kepe  himself  from  strife,  but  they  y  haue 
 pleasure  in  braulinge,   are   fooles  eueryone. 
 
 /  Pro.  18.  c.      «  Pro.  16.  b.      *  Pro.  26.  b.      *  Pro.  21. b. 
 *  Ephe.  6.  b.    3  Esd.  3.  c.       '  Pro.  24.  b. 
 
Cftap.  wi. 
 
 ^alonuins  proufrbcg. 
 
 fo,  tiimj. 
 
 A  slouthfull  body  wyl  not  go  to  plowe  for 
 colde,  therfore  shal  he  go  abegginge  in  Som- 
 mer,  and  haue  nothinge.  Wyse  councell  in 
 the  herte  of  man  is  like  a  water  in  the  depe 
 of  the  earth,  but  he  that  hath  vnderstondinge, 
 bryngeth  it  forth.  Many  there  be  that  are 
 called  good  doers,  but  where  shal  one  fynde  a 
 true  faithful  ma  ?  Who  so  ledeth  a  godly  and 
 an  innocent  Ufe,  "happie  shal  his  children  be, 
 whom  he  leaueth  behynde  him. 
 
 A  kynge  that  sytteth  in  iudgment,  and 
 loketh  well  aboute  him,  dryueth  awaye  all 
 euell.  Who  can  saye :  *my  hert  is  cleane,  I 
 am  innocent  from  synne  ?  To  vse  two  maner 
 of  weightes,  or  two  maner  of  measures,  both 
 these  are  abhominable  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 A  childe  is  knowne  by  his  conuersacion, 
 whether  his  workes  be  pure  and  right.  As 
 for  the  hearinge  of  the  eare  %  the  sight  of  f 
 eye,  y  LORDE  hath  made  the  both.  Delyte 
 not  thou  in  slepe,  lest  thou  come  vnto  pouerte : 
 but  ope  thine  eyes,  5  thou  shalt  haue  bred 
 ynough.  It  is  naught,  It  is  naught  (saye 
 men)  whan  they  haue  it,  but  whan  it  is  gone, 
 they  geue  it  a  good  worde. 
 
 A  mouth  of  vnderstodinge  is  more  worth 
 then  golde,  many  precious  stones,  and  costly 
 lewels.  '  Take  his  garment  that  is  suertie  for 
 a  straunger,  j,  take  a  pledge  of  him  for  f  vn^ 
 knowne  mans  sake.  Eueiy  ma  liketh  the 
 bred  that  is  gotten  with  disceate,  but  at  the 
 last  is  mouth  shalbe  fylled  with  grauell. 
 
 Thorow  councell  the  thinges  that  men 
 deuyse  go  forwarde :  5  with  discrecion  ought 
 warres  to  be  taken  in  honde.  Medle  not 
 with  him  that  bewrayeth  secretes,  and  is  a 
 slaunderer,  and  disceaueth  with  his  lippes 
 ''Who  so  curseth  his  father  and  mother,  his 
 light  shalbe  put  out  in  the  myddest  of  darck- 
 se.  The  heretage  that  commeth  to  haistely 
 at  the  first,  shal  not  be  praysed  at  the  ende. 
 Saye  not  thou :  I  will  recompence  euell,  but 
 put  thy  trust  in  the  LORDE,  5  he  shal  de- 
 fende  f.  '  The  LORDE  abhorreth  two  maner 
 of  weightes,  and  a  false  balauce  is  an  euell 
 thinge.  ■'The  LORDE  ordreth  euery  mas 
 goinges,  for  what  is  he,  that  vnderstondeth 
 his  owne  wayes  ?  It  is  a  snare  for  a  man  to 
 blaspheme  that  which  is  holy,  «(i  then  to  go 
 aboute  with  vowes.    A  wyse  kynge  destroyeth 
 
 "  Psal.  36.  »  1  loh.  1.  b.         «  Pro.  6.  a.  and  27.  b. 
 
 ■"Exo.ao.  b.  Leu.  20.  b.  and  21.  b.   Deu.27.c.  2  Re.  15.  a. 
 Mat.  3.  e.     Ro.  12.  c.  '  Pro.  20.  b.  /  lere.  10.  d. 
 
 f  vngodly,  %  bryngeth  the  whele  ouer  them. 
 The  lanterne  of  y  LORDE  is  ;y-  breth  of  man, 
 5  goeth  thorow  all  the  inwarde  partes  of  the 
 body.  Mercy  (i  faithfulnes  preserue  the  kynge,'' 
 5  with  louynge  kyndnes  his  seate  is  holden  vp. 
 The  strength  of  yonge  men  is  their  worshipe, 
 I  a  gray  heade,  is  an  honoure  vnto  y  aged. 
 Woundes  dryue  awaye  euell,  and  so  do  stripes 
 the  inwarde  partes  of  the  body. 
 
 Ci^e  vrt-  Ci^apter. 
 
 THE  kynges  hert  is  in  the  hande  of  the 
 LORDE,  'like  as  are  the  ryuers  of 
 water :  he  maye  turne  it  whyther  so  euer  he 
 yll.  Euery  man  thinketh  his  owne  waye  to 
 be  right,  but  the  LORDE  iudgeth  y  hertes. 
 *To  do  rightuousnesse  and  iudgmet  is  more 
 acceptable  to  the  LORDE  the  sacrifice. 
 
 A  presumptuous  loke,  a  proude  stomacke, 
 5  the  lanterne  of  the  vngodly  is  synne.  The 
 deuyses  of  one  that  is  diligent,  brynge  plen- 
 teousnes :  but  he  y  is  vnaduysed,  commeth 
 vnto  pouerte.  Who  so  hoordeth  vp  riches 
 with  f  disceatfulnes  of  his  tonge,  he  is  a  foole. 
 (5  like  vnto  them  that  seke  their  owne  death. 
 The  robberies  of  the  vngodly  shalbe  their 
 owne  destruccion,  for  they  wolde  not  do  the 
 thynge  that  was  right.  The  wayes  of  the  fro 
 warde  are  straunge,  'but  y  workes  of  him  y  is 
 cleane,  are  right.  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  a 
 corner  vnder  y  house  toppe,  then  with  a  braul- 
 inge  woman  in  a  wyde  house. 
 
 The  soule  of  the  vngodly  wysheth  euell,  and 
 hath  no  pitie  ■^'pon  his  neghboure. 
 
 When  the  scornefuU  is  punyshed,  the  igno- 
 raunt  take  f  better  hede :  5  when  a  wyse  man 
 is  warned,  he  wil  receaue  the  more  vnder- 
 stondinge. The  rightuous  enfourmeth  the 
 house  of  the  vngodly,  but  f  vngodly  go  on 
 still  after  their  owne  wickednesse.  Who  so 
 stoppeth  his  eare  at  the  criege  of  the  poore, 
 '"he  shal  crie  himself  and  not  be  herde.  A 
 preuy  rewarde  pacifieth  displeasure,  and  a 
 gifte  in  the  bosome  stiUeth  furiousnesse. 
 
 The  iust  delyteth  in  doynge  the  thynge  that 
 is  right,  but  the  workers  of  wickednesse  abhorre 
 the  same.  The  man  that  wandreth  out  of  the 
 waye  of  wyszdome,  shal  remayne  in  the  co- 
 gregacion  of  f  deed.  He  y  hath  pleasure  in 
 banckettes,  "shal  be  a  poore  man  :  Who  so 
 
 ;iReg.  15.      'Pro.  29.  b.      '4  Reg.  I.e.      '  Mich.  6.  b, 
 '  Tit.  1.  c.    Pro.  25.  d.       "  Matt.  18.  d.       "  Pro.  23.  a. 
 
IjTo.  iJinitj. 
 
 Salomons 
 
 3roiinI)CS. 
 
 Ci)ap.  nih 
 
 delyteth  in  wj'ne  and  delicates,  shal  not  be 
 riche.  The  vngodly  shalbe  geuen  for  the 
 rightuous,  (J  the  wicked  for  the  iust. 
 
 It  is  better  to  dwell  in  a  wyldernesse,  °  the 
 with  a  chydinge  and  an  angrie  woman.  In  a 
 wyse  mans  house  there  is  greate  treasure  and 
 plenteousnesse,  but  a  foolish  body  spendeth 
 vp  all.  ^^^lO  so  foloweth  rightuousnesse  and 
 mercy,  fjnideth  both  life,  rightuousnesse  and 
 honoure.  A  wyse  man  wynneth  the  cite  of 
 the  mightie,  and  as  for  the  strength  y  they 
 trust  in,  he  brj'ngeth  it  downe.  Who  so 
 kepeth  his  mouth  and  his  tonge,  *the  same 
 kepeth  his  soule  from  troubles.  He  y  is 
 proude  n,  presumptuous,  is  called  a  scornefull 
 ma,  which  in  wrath  darre  worke  maliciously. 
 
 The  voluptuousnesse  of  the  slouthfull  is  his 
 owne  death,  for  his  hades  wyll  not  laboure. 
 
 He  coueteth  and  desyreth  all  the  daye 
 longe,  but  the  rightuous  is  allwaye  geuynge  (j 
 kepeth  nothinge  backe.  'The  sacrifice  of  the 
 vngodly  is  abhominacion,  for  they  offre  the 
 thinge  y  is  gotten  with  wickednes.  ''A  false 
 wytnesse  shal  perishe,  but  he  y  wilbe  content 
 to  heare,  shal  allwaye  haue  power  to  speake 
 himself.  An  vngodly  man  goeth  forth  rashly, 
 but  the  iust  refounneth  his  owne  waye. 
 
 There  is  no  wyszdome,  'there  is  no  vnder- 
 stondinge,  there  is  no  councell  agaynst  the 
 LORDE.  The  horse  is  prepared  agaynst  y 
 daye  of  battayll,  but  the  LORDE  geueth  the 
 victory. 
 
 Ei)t  viij.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 A  GOOD  name  is  more  worth  then  greate 
 riches,  •''and  louynge  fauoure  is  better 
 then  syluer  and  golde.  Whether  riches  or 
 pouerte  do  mete  vs,  it  commeth  all  of  God. 
 A  wyse  man  seyth  the  plage  and  hydeth  him- 
 self, but  the  foolish  go  on  still  and  are  pu- 
 nyshed.  The  ende  of  lowlynes  tt  the  feare  of 
 God,  is  riches,  honoure,  prosperite  and  health. 
 Speares  and  snares  are  in  f  waye  of  the  fro- 
 warde,  but  he  y  wil  kepe  his  soule,  let  him  fle 
 fro  soch.  Yf  thou  teachest  a  childe  in  his 
 youth  what  waye  he  shulde  go,  he  shall  not 
 leaue  it  when  he  is  olde.  The  rich  ruleth 
 the  poore,  and  ;y-  borower  is  seruaunt  to  f 
 lender.  He  y  soweth  wickednesse,  shal  reape 
 sorowe,  5  the  rodde  of  his  plage  shal  destroye 
 
 •  Eccli.  25.  c.      »  Pro.  12.  b.       ^  Pio.  15.  b.  lere.  7.  c. 
 Pro.  19.  a.  '  Esa.  8.  c.  and  46.  b.     Psal.  32.  c. 
 
 /  EcclI.  41.  b.  Eccls.  7.  a.     «  Eccli.  31.  c.      "  Pro.  23.  c. 
 
 him.  ^  A  louynge  eye  shalbe  blessed,  for  he 
 geueth  of  his  bred  vnto  y  poore.  Cast  out  y 
 scornefull  man,  and  so  shal  strife  go  out  with 
 him,  yee  variaunce  and  slaunder  shal  cease. 
 Who  so  delyteth  to  be  of  a  clene  herte  and  of 
 gracious  lyppes.  y  kynge  shal  be  his  frende. 
 
 The  eyes  of  y  LORDE  preserue  knowlege, 
 but  as  for  f  wordes  of  y  despyteful,  he  biyng- 
 eth  them  to  naught.  The  slouthfull  body 
 sayeth :  there  is  a  lyo  with  out,  I  might  be 
 slayne  in  y  strete.  The  mouth  of  an  harlot 
 is  a  depe  pytt,  ''  wherin  he  falleth  that  f 
 LORDE  is  angrie  withall.  Foolishnes  stick- 
 eth  in  the  herte  of  y  lad,  but  y'  rod  of  correc- 
 cion  driueth  it  awaye.  Who  so  doth  a  poore 
 man  wronge  to  increase  his  owne  riches, 
 geueth  (comoly)  ^Tito  the  rich,  and  at  the  last 
 commeth  to  pouerte  himself.  My  sonne, 
 bowe  downe  thine  eare,  and  herken  vnto  the 
 wordes  of  wyszdome,  applye  thy  mynde  vnto 
 my  doctryne :  for  it  is  a  pleasaunt  thinge  yf 
 thou  kepe  it  in  thine  herte,  and  practise  it  in 
 thy  mouth  :  that  thou  mayest  allwaye  put  thy 
 trust  in  the  LORDE.  Haue  not  I  warned  y 
 very  oft  with  councell  and  lerninge  ?  y  I 
 might  shewe  y  the  treuth,  and  that  thou  with 
 the  verite  mightest  answere  them  y  laye  eny 
 thinge  against  y?  Se  y  thou  robbe  not  f 
 poore  because  he  is  weake,  and  oppresse  not 
 y  simple  in  iudgment:  for  f  LORDE  himself 
 wyl  defende  their  cause,  and  do  violence  vnto 
 them  y  haue  vsed  violence. 
 
 Make  no  fredshipe  with  an  angrie  wylfuU 
 man,  and  kepe  no  company  with  y  furious : 
 lest  thou  lerne  his  wayes,  and  receaue  hurte 
 vnto  thy  soule.  '  Be  not  thou  one  of  them  y 
 bynde  their  hande  vpo  promyse,  and  are 
 suertie  for  dett :  for  yf  thou  hast  nothinge  to 
 pave,  they  shal  take  awaye  thy  bed  from 
 vnder  the.  '  Thou  shalt  not  remoue  the  lande 
 marcke,  which  thy  fore  elders  haue  sett.  Seist 
 thou  not,  y  they  which  be  diligent  in  their 
 busines  stonde  before  kynges,  and  not  amonge 
 the  symple  people  ? 
 
 Cf)t  vritj.  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHEN  thou  syttest  at  the  table  to  eate 
 with  a  lorde,  ordre  thy  self  manerly 
 with  y  thinges  that  are  set  before  y.  Measure 
 thine  appetite  :  and  yf  thou  wilt  rule  thine 
 
 Pro.  6.  a.  11.  b.  17. 
 Deut.  27.  c. 
 
CI)ap.  xniih 
 
 Salomons 
 
 3rou^ri)CSi» 
 
 So,  lilj:b» 
 
 owne  self,  be  not  ouer  gredy  of  his  meate,  for 
 meate  begyleth  and  disceaueth. 
 
 "  Take  not  ouer  greate  trauayle  and  laboure 
 to  be  riche,  bewarre  of  soch  a  purpose.  Why 
 wilt  thou  set  thine  eye  vpon  f  thinge,  which 
 sodenly  vanisheth  awaye?  For  riches  make 
 them  selues  wynges,  and  take  their  flight  like 
 an  Aegle  in  to  y  ayre.  Eate  not  thou  with  f 
 envyous,  and  desyre  not  his  meate,  for  he  hath 
 a  maruelous  herte.  He  sayeth  vnto  y :  eate 
 and  drynke,  where  as  his  herte  is  not  with  y. 
 Yee  y  morsels  that  thou  hast  eaten  shalt  thou 
 perbreake,  and  lese  those  swete  wordes.  Tel 
 nothinge  in  to  y  eares  of  a  foole,  for  he  wyl 
 despyse  the  wyszdome  of  thy  wordes.  *  Re- 
 moue  not  f  olde  lande  marke,  and  come  not 
 within  f  felde  of  the  fatherlesse :  For  he  y 
 deliuereth  them  is  mightie,  euen  he  shal  de- 
 fende  their  cause  agaynst  the.  Applie  thine 
 herte  vnto  lernynge,  and  thine  eare  to  the 
 wordes  of  knowlege.  '  Witholde  not  correc- 
 cion  from  y  childe,  for  yf  thou  beatest  him 
 with  the  rodde,  he  shal  not  dye  therof.  Thou 
 smytest  him  with  the  rodde,  but  thou  delyuer- 
 est  his  soule  from  hell.  My  sonne,  yf  thy 
 herte  receaue  wyszdome,  my  herte  also  shal 
 reioyce  :  yee  my  reynes  shal  be  very  glad,  yf 
 thy  lyppes  speake  the  thinge  y  is  right.  ^  Let 
 not  thine  herte  be  gelous  to  folowe  synners, 
 but  kepe  f  still  in  the  feare  of  the  LORDE 
 all  the  daye  loge  :  for  the  ende  is  not  yet 
 come,  and  thy  pacient  abydinge  shal  not  be  in 
 vayne.  My  sonne,  geue  eare  5  be  wyse,  so 
 shal  thine  hert  prospere  in  the  waye.  Kepe 
 no  company  with  wyne  bobbers  and  ryotous 
 eaters  of  flesh  :  for  soch  as  be  dronckardes 
 and  ryotous,  '  shal  come  to  pouerte,  5  he  that 
 is  geuen  to  moch  slepe,  shal  go  with  a  ragged 
 cote.  Geue  eare  vnto  thy  father  that  begat 
 the,  and  despyse  not  thy  mother  whan  she  is 
 olde.  Laboure  for  to  get  y  treuth :  sell  not 
 awaye  wyszdome,  nourtoure  5  vnderstodinge 
 (for  a  righteous  father  is  maruelous  glad  of  a 
 wyse  sonne,  5  delyteth  in  hi)  so  shal  thy  father 
 be  glad,  and  thy  mother  that  bare  the,  shal 
 reioyse.  My  sonne,  geue  me  thyne  herte,  and 
 let  thine  eyes  haue  pleasure  in  my  wayes. 
 '  For  an  whore  is  a  depe  graue,  and  an  harlot 
 is  a  narow  pytt.  She  lurketh  like  a  thefe,  and 
 those  that  be  not  awarre  she  brigeth  vnto  her. 
 Where  is  wo  ?  where  is  sorow?  where  is  strife? 
 
 «  Ecci.  27.  a.  lere.  17.  b.  1  Tim.  6.  b.  "  Pro.  22.  d. 
 
 '  Pro.  13.  c.  Eccls.30.  a.        ■'  Pro.  24. a.  and  c. 
 
 where  is  braulynge  ?  where  are  woundes  with- 
 out cause?  where  be  reed  eyes?  Euen  amonge 
 those  that  be  euer  at  the  wyne,  and  seke  out 
 where  the  best  is.  Loke  not  thou  vpon  the 
 wyne,  how  reed  it  is,  and  what  a  coloure  it 
 geueth  in  the  glasse. 
 
 It  goeth  downe  softly,  but  at  the  last  it 
 byteth  like  a  serpet,  and  styngeth  as  an  Adder. 
 
 So  shal  thine  eyes  loke  vnto  straunge  women, 
 rt  thine  herte  shal  muse  vpon  frowarde  thinges. 
 Yee  thou  shalt  be  as  though  thou  slepte,  in  y 
 myddest  of  y  see,  or  vpo  y  toppe  of  the  mast. 
 They  wounded  me  (shalt  thou  sale)  but  it 
 hath  not  hurte  me,  they  smote  me,  but  I  felt 
 it  not.  Whe  I  am  wel  wakened,  I  wil  go  to 
 f  drynke  agayne. 
 
 €^t  yxiii].  Cl^apter. 
 
 BE  not  thou  gelous  ouer  wicked  me,  5  de- 
 syre not  thou  to  be  amonge  them.^ 
 For  their  herte  ymagineth  to  do  hurte,  g 
 their  lippes  talke  of  myschefe.  Thorow  wysz- 
 dome an  house  shalbe  buylded,  j  with  vnder- 
 stondinge  it  shalbe  set  vp.  Thorow  discrecion 
 shal  y  chiibers  be  fylled  with  all  costly  ij  plea- 
 saunt  riches.  A  wyse  mii  is  stroge,  yee  a  ma 
 of  vnderstodinge  is  better,  the  he  y  is  mightie 
 of  stregth.  For  with  discrecion  must  warres 
 be  take  in  honde,  and  where  as  are  many  y 
 can  geue  councell,  there  is  y  victory.  Wysz- 
 dome is  an  hie  thinge,  yee  eue  to  y  foole,  for 
 he  darre  not  ope  his  mouth  in  f  gate.  He  y 
 ymagineth  myschefe,  maye  wel  be  called  an 
 vngracious  personne.  The  thoughte  of  y- 
 foolish  is  synne,  5  y  scornefuU  is  an  abhomi- 
 nacion  vnto  me.  Yf  thou  be  ouersene  5  nec- 
 liget  in  tyme  of  nede,  the  is  thy  stregth  but 
 small.  Delyuer  the  y  go  vnto  death,  5  are 
 led  awaie  to  be  slaine,  5  be  not  necliget  therin. 
 Yf  thou  wilt  saye :  I  knewe  not  of  it.  Thynk- 
 est  thou  y  he  which  made  y  hertes,  doth  not 
 cosidre  it  ?  5  y  he  which  regardeth  thy  soule, 
 seith  it  not?  Shal  not  he  recopence  euery 
 man  acordinge  to  his  workes?  My  sonne, 
 thou  eatest  hony  j  y  swete  hony  cobe,  because 
 it  is  good  5  swete  in  thy  mouth.  Euen  so 
 shall  y^  knowlege  of  wysdome  be-  vnto  thy 
 soule,  as  soone  as  thou  hast  gotte  it.  And 
 there  is  good  hope,  yee  thy  hope  shal  not  be 
 in  vayne.  Laye  no  preuy  waite  wickedly 
 vpon  f  house  of  f  rightuous,  (j  disquiete  not 
 
 •  Pro.  22.  c.        /Pro.  22.  b.        e  Pro.  23.  b.  24.  c. 
 
ffo,  tJirbu 
 
 Salomons  piouerbfs!. 
 
 Cftap.  inrb. 
 
 his  restinge  place.  "  For  a  iust  mfi  falleth 
 seuen  tymes,  5  ryseth  vp  agayne,  but  f  vn- 
 godly  fall  in  to  wickednes.  Reioyce  not  thou 
 at  f  fall  of  thine  enemie,  '  and  let  not  thine 
 herte  be  glad  whan  he  stombleth. 
 
 Lest  f  LORDE  (when  he  seyth  it)  be 
 angrie,  5  turne  his  wrath  from  him  vnto  the. 
 ''  Let  not  thy  wrath  g  gelousy  moue  f,  to 
 follow  f  wicked  and  vngodly.  And  why  ?  y 
 wicked  hath  nothinge  to  hope  for,  ''  a  f  cadle 
 of  the  vngodly  shall  be  put  out.  My  sonne, 
 feare  thou  y  LORDE  tg  f  kinge,  5  kepe  no 
 copany  with  f  slaunderous :  for  their  destruc- 
 cion  shal  come  sodenly,  j  who  knoweth  f  fall 
 of  the  both  ? 
 
 These  are  also  f  saieges  of  f  wyse. 
 '  It  is  not  good,  to  haue  respecte  of  any 
 personne  in  iudgmet.  He  y  saieth  to  f  vn- 
 godly :  thou  art  rightuous,  him  shall  the  peo- 
 ple curse,  yee  f  comotie  shal  abhorre  him. 
 But  they  y  rebuke  f  vngodly  shalbe  co- 
 mended,  5  a  riche  blessinge  shal  come  vpo 
 the.  He  maketh  him  self  to  be  well  loued, 
 that  geueth  a  good  answere.  First  make  vp 
 thy  worke  y  is  with  out,  5  loke  well  vnto  y 
 which  thou  hast  in  f  felde,  5  the  buylde  thine 
 house.  Be  no  false  wytnesse  agaynst  thy 
 neghboure,  5  hurte  him  not  with  thy  lyppes, 
 '  Saye  not :  I  wil  hadle  him,  eue  as  he  hath 
 dealte  with  me,  5  wil  rewarde  euery  ma  acord- 
 inge  to  his  dedes.  I  wente  by  f  felde  of  y 
 slouthfull,  5  by  f  vynyarde  of  the  foolish  ma. 
 And  lo,  it  was  all  couered  with  nettels,  5  stode 
 full  of  thistles,  5  f  stone  wall  was  broke 
 downe.  This  I  sawe,  5  cosidered  it  wel :  I 
 loked  vpo  it,  5  toke  it  for  a  wamynge.  ^  Yee 
 slepe  on  still  a  litle,  slobre  a  litle,  folde  thine 
 hodes  together  yet  a  litle:  so  shall  pouerte 
 come  vnto  the  as  one  y  trauayleth  by  y  waye, 
 5  necessite  like  a  wapened  man. 
 
 THESE  also  are  Salomons  prouerbes, 
 which  the  men  of  Ezechias  kinge  of 
 luda  gathered  together.  It  is  the  honoure  of 
 God  to  kepe  a  thinge  secrete,  ''  but  f  kinges 
 honoure  is  to  search  out  a  thinge.  The  hea- 
 uen  is  hie,  f  earth  is  depe,  and  f  kinges  hert 
 is  vnsearcheable.  Take  f  drosse  from  y  syl- 
 uer,  (J  there  shalbe  a  cieane  vessell  therof. 
 
 -  Psal.  33.C.36.  d.       'Pro.  17.  a.        =  Pro.  23.  b. 24.  a. 
 I''  lob  21.  b.     Pro.  13.  a.     Pro.  20.  a.  «  Pro.  18.  a. 
 
 /  Pro.  20.  c.      I  Pro.  6.  b.       *  Deut.  17.  d.      ■  Luc.  14.  b. 
 
 Take  awaye  vngodlinesse  fro  y  kynge,  5  his 
 seate  shalbe  stablished  with  rightuousnes. 
 
 Put  not  forth  thy  self  in  y  presence  of  f 
 kynge,  j  prease  not  in  to  f  place  of  greate 
 men. 
 
 Better  it  is  y  it  be  sayde  vnto  f  :  -come  vp 
 hither,  then  thou  to  be  set  downe  in  f  pre- 
 sence of  f  prynce,  whom  thou  seyst  with  thine 
 eyes.  *Be  not  haistie  to  go  to  the  lawe,  lest 
 happlie  thou  ordre  thy  self  so  at  f  last,  y  thy 
 neghboure  put  f  to  shame.  Handle  thy  mat- 
 ter with  thy  neghboure  himself,  5  discouer  not 
 another  mans  secrete :  lest  whan  men  heare 
 therof,  it  turne  to  thy  dishonoure,  5  lest  thine 
 euell  name  do  not  ceasse.  A  worde  spoken 
 in  due  season,  is  like  apples  of  golde  in  a 
 syluer  dyshe. 
 
 The  correccion  of  the  wyse  is  to  an  obe- 
 dient eare,  a  golden  cheyne  and  a  lewel  of 
 golde.  Like  as  the  wynter  coole  in  the  har- 
 uest,  so  is  a  faithfull  messaunger  to  him  that 
 sent  him,  %  refreszsheth  his  masters  mynde. 
 
 Who  so  maketh  greate  boastes  5  geueth 
 nothinge,  is  like  cloudes  5  wynde  without 
 rayne.  'With  pacience  maye  a  prjaice  be 
 pacified,  5  with  a  soft  tonge  maye  rigorousnes 
 be  broke.  Yf  thou  findest  hony,  eate  so  moch 
 as  is  sufficiet  for  f :  lest  thou  be  ouerfull,  5 
 per  breake  it  out  againe.  Withdrawe  thy 
 foote  fro  thy  neghbours  house,  lest  he  be 
 weery  of  the,  and  so  abhorre  the.  Who  so 
 beareth  false  wytnesse  agaynst  his  neghboure, 
 he  is  a  very  speare,  a  swearde  ij  a  sharpe 
 arowe.  The  hope  of  the  vngodly  in  tjTne  of 
 nede,  is  like  a  rotten  toth  and  a  slippery  foote 
 Who  so  syngeth  a  songe  to  a  wicked  herte, 
 clotheth  hi  with  ragges  in  the  colde,  and 
 poureth  vyneger  vpon  chalke.  Yf  thine  enemie 
 honger,  fede  him : "  yf  he  thyrst,  geue  him 
 drynke :  for  so  shalt  thou  heape  coales  of  fyre 
 vpo  his  heade,  and  the  LORDE  shal  rewarde 
 the.  The  north  wynde  dryueth  awaye  the 
 rayne,  euen  so  doth  an  earnest  sober  coun- 
 tenauce  a  back  byters  tonge.  It  is  better  to 
 syt  in  a  corner  vnder  the  rofe,  "then  with  a 
 braulynge  woman  in  a  wyde  house.  A  good 
 reporte  out  of  a  farre  countre,  is  like  colde 
 water  to  a  thyrstie  soule.  A  righteous  man 
 fallynge  downe  before  the  vngodly,  is  like  a 
 troubled  well  and  a  spiynge  y  is  destroyed. 
 
 '  Eccli.  i 
 
 1  Re.2d. 
 
 Matt.  5.  c.  '  Pro.  15.  a. 
 
 "  Rom.  12.  c.    1  Res.  30.  b. 
 
 Gene.  32.  a. 
 "Pro.  21.  b. 
 
 m\ 
 
Cftap,  ]rj:bij. 
 
 Salomons  ^3roiwrI)C6. 
 
 So,  iilrbij. 
 
 "Like  as  it  is  not  good  to  eate  to  moch  hony, 
 euen  so  he  that  wyll  search  out  hye  thynges, 
 it  shsJ  be  to  heuy  for  him.  He  that  can  not 
 rule  him  self,  is  like  a  cite,  which  is  broken 
 downe,  and  hath  no  walles. 
 
 Cl)c  n^i.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 LIKE  as  snowe  is  not  mete  in  sommer, 
 ner  rayne  in  haruest:  euen  so  is  wor- 
 shipe  vnsemely  for  a  foole.  Like  as  ;y^  byrde 
 and  the  swalowe  take  their  flight  and  fle  here 
 and  there,  so  the  curse  that  is  geuen  in  vayne, 
 shal  not  light  vpon  a  man.  *  Vnto  the  horse 
 belongeth  a  whyppe,  to  the  Asse  a  brydle,  and 
 a  rodde  to  the  fooles  backe.  Geue  not  the 
 foole  an  answere  after  his  fooUshnesse,  lest 
 thou  become  like  vnto  him :  but  make  y  foole 
 an  answere  to  his  foolishnesse,  lest  he  be  wyse 
 in  his  owne  coceate.  He  is  lame  of  his  fete, 
 yee  droncken  is  he  in  vanite,  that  comitteth 
 eny  thinge  to  a  foole.  Like  as  it  is  an 
 vnsemely  thige  to  haue  legges  5  yet  to  halte, 
 eue  so  is  a  parable  in  y  fooles  mouth. 
 
 He  y  setteth  a  foole  in  hye  dignite,  y  is  eue 
 as  yf  a  man  dyd  cast  a  precious  stone  vpo  f 
 galous.  A  parable  in  a  fooles  mouth,  is  like 
 a  thome  y  pricketh  a  droncken  man  in  v 
 hande.  A  man  of  experience  discerneth  all 
 thinges  well,  but  who  so  hyreth  a  foole,  hyreth 
 soch  one  as  wyl  take  no  hede.  Like  as  the 
 dogg  turneth  agayne  to  his  vomite,"  euen  so  a 
 foole  begynneth  his  foolishnesse  agayne  afresh. 
 Yf  thou  seyest  a  man  y  is  wyse  in  his  owne 
 conceate,  there  is  more  hope  in  a  foole  then 
 in  hi.  ''The  slouthfull  sayeth :  there  is  a 
 leoparde  in  y  waye,  and  a  lyon  in  y  myddest 
 of  the  stretes.  Like  as  the  dore  turneth  aboute 
 vpon  the  tresholde,  euen  so  doth  the  slouthfull 
 welter  himself  in  his  bedd.  "The  slouthfull 
 body  thrusteth  his  hode  in  to  his  bosome,  and 
 it  greueth  him  to  put  it  agayne  to  his  mouth. 
 The  slogarde  thinketh  him  self  wyser,  then  vij. 
 men  that  sytt  and  teach. 
 
 Who  so  goeth  by  and  medleth  with  other 
 mens  strife,  he  is  like  one  y  taketh  a  dogg  by 
 f  eares.  Like  as  one  shuteth  deadly  arowes 
 and  dartes  out  of  a  preuy  place,  ■'^euen  so  doth 
 a  dyssembler  with  his  neghboure,  And  then 
 sayeth  he :  I  dyd  it  but  in  sporte.  Where  no 
 wodd  is,  there  the  fyre  goeth  out -J  and  where 
 the  bacbyter  is  taken  awaye,  there  the  strife 
 ceaseth.     Coles  kyndle   heate,  and  wodd   y 
 
 •■Eccli.3.  c.  »  Psal.Sl.b.  '2Pet.  2.  d.  "Tro.  22.b. 
 'Pro.l9.d.    /Psal.  lO.a.    «Eccli.28.  b.      ^  Eccls.  10.  b. 
 
 fyre :  euen  so  doth  a  braulinge  felowe  stere  vp 
 variaunce.  A  slaunderers  wordes  are  like 
 flatery,  but  they  pearse  f  inwarde  partes  of  y 
 body.  Venymous  lippes  5  a  wicked  herte,  are 
 like  a  potsherde  couered  with  syluer  drosse 
 An  enemie  dyssembleth  with  his  lippes,  and 
 in  the  meane  season  he  ymagineth  myschefe  : 
 but  wha  he  speaketh  fayre,  beleue  him  not 
 for  there  are  seuen  abhominacios  in  his  herte. 
 Who  so  kepeth  euell  will  secretly  to  do  hurte, 
 his  malyce  shal  be  shewed  before  the  whole 
 congregacion.  ''Who  so  dyggeth  vp  a  pytt, 
 shal  fal  therin :  and  he  y  weltreth  a  stone, 
 shal  stomble  vpon  it  hymselfe. 
 
 A  dyssemblynge  tonge  hateth  one  that 
 rebuketh  him,  and  a  flaterlge  mouth  worketh 
 myschefe. 
 
 Cl^e  nbi].  Ci^apttr. 
 
 MAKE  not  thy  boost  of  tomorow,  for 
 thou  knowest  not  what  maye  happen 
 todaye."  Let  another  ma  prayse  the,  5  not 
 thine  owne  mouth:  yee  other  folkes  lippes, 
 and  not  thyne.  *The  stone  is  heuy,  and  the 
 sonde  weightie :  but  a  fooles  wrath  is  heuyer 
 then  they  both.  Wrath  is  a  cruell  thlge,  and 
 furiousnesse  is  a  very  tempest:  yee  who  is 
 able  to  abyde  envye?  'An  open  rebuke  is 
 better,  then  a  secrete  loue.  Faithfull  are  the 
 woundes  of  a  louer,  but  f  kysses  of  an  enemie 
 are  disceatfull.  He  that  is  full,  abhorreth  an 
 hony  combe:  but  vnto  him  that  is  hogrie, 
 euery  sower  thinge  is  swete.  He  that  oft 
 tymes  flytteth,  is  like  a  byrde  y  forsaketh  hir 
 nest.  The  herte  is  glad  of  a  swete  oyntment 
 and  sauoure,  but  a  stomacke  that  ca  geue  good 
 councell,  reioyseth  a  mans  neghboure.  Thyne 
 owne  frende  and  thy  fathers  frende  se  thou 
 forsake  not,  but  go  not  in  to  thy  brothers  house 
 in  tyme  of  thy  trouble. 
 
 Better  is  a  frende  at  hode,  then  a  brother 
 farre  of.  My  sonne,  be  wyse,  and  thou  shalt 
 make  me  a  glad  herte :  so  that  I  shal  make 
 answere  vnto  my  rebukers.  A  wyse  man 
 seynge  the  plage  wyl  hyde  him  self,  as  for 
 fooles  they  go  on  still,  and  suffer  harme.  Take 
 his  garment  that  is  suertie  for  a  straunger,"  a 
 take  a  pledge  of  him  for  the  vnknowne  mans 
 sake.  He  that  is  to  hastie  to  praise  his  negh- 
 boure aboue  measure,  shalbe  taken  as  one  y 
 geueth  him  an  euell  reporte.  A  brawlynge 
 woman  and  the  rofe  of  the  house  droppynge 
 
 Eccli.  27.  e.  '  Eze.  28.  a.     Luc.  12.  b.    Iaco.4.  b.' 
 
 *  Eccli.  22.  0.       '  Psa.  140.  a.    Luc.  22.  d.      •»  Pro.  10.  c. ' 
 
jTo.  tiWij, 
 
 Salomons  ^loiirrbfS. 
 
 Cbap.  vjttiij.l 
 
 in  a  raynie  daye,"  mayc  well  be  compared  to- 
 gether. He  that  refrayiieth  her,  refrayneth 
 the  wynde,  and  holdeth  oyle  fast  in  his  hode. 
 Like  as  one  yro  whetteth  another,  so  doth  one 
 man  coitiforte  another.  Who  so  kepeth  his 
 fyge  tre,  shal  enioye  the  frutes  therof :  he  that 
 wayteth  vpon  his  master,  shal  come  to  honoure. 
 Like  as  in  one  water  there  apeare  dyuerse 
 faces,*  cue  so  dyuerse  men  haue  dyuerse  hertes. 
 Like  as  hell  d  destruccion  are  neuer  full,  euen 
 so  the  eyes  of  me  can  neuer  be  satisfied. 
 Syluer  is  tryed  in  the  moulde,  5  golde  in  the 
 fornace,  s  so  is  a  man,  whan  he  is  openly 
 praysed  to  his  face.  Though  thou  shuldest 
 bray  a  foole  with  a  pestell  in  a  morter  like 
 otemeell,  yet  wil  not  his  foolishnesse  go  from 
 him.  '  Se  y  thou  knowe  the  nombre  of  thy 
 catell  thy  self,  and  loke  well  to  thy  flockes. 
 For  riches  abyde  not  allwaye,  %  the  crowne 
 endureth  not  for  euer.  The  hay  groweth,  ;y- 
 grasse  cometh  vp,  s  herbes  are  gathered  in  y 
 mountaines. 
 
 The  lambes  shal  clothe  the,  5  for  the  goates 
 thou  shalt  haue  money  to  thy  huszbondry. 
 
 Thou  shalt  haue  goates  mylck  ynough  to 
 fede  the,  to  vpholde  thy  husholde,  a  to  susteyne 
 thy  maydens. 
 
 THE  vngodly  flyeth  no  man  chasynge  him,'' 
 but  the  rightuous  stondeth  stiff  as  a 
 lyon.  Because  of  synne  y  londe  doth  oft 
 chaunge  hir  prynce :  but  thorow  men  of  vn- 
 derstondinge  5  wyszdome  a  realme  endureth 
 longe.  One  poore  man  oppressinge  another 
 by  violence,  is  like  a  contynuall  rayne  that 
 destroyeth  f  frute.  They  that  forsake  the 
 lawe,  prayse  f  vngodly :  but  soch  as  kepe  the 
 lawe,  abhorre  them.  'Wicked  men  discerne 
 not  the  thinge  y  is  right,  but  they  that  seke 
 after  the  LORDE,  discusse  all  thinges.  /A 
 poore  man  ledynge  a  godly  life,  is  better  then 
 the  riche  that  goeth  in  frowarde  wayes.  Who 
 so  kepeth  the  lawe,  is  a  childe  of  vnderstond- 
 inge:  but  he  j- fedeth  ryotous  men,  shameth 
 his  father.  Who  so  increaseth  his  riches  by 
 vautage  j  wynnynge,  let  him  gather  them  to 
 helpe  the  poore  withall.  *He  that  turneth 
 awaye  his  care  from  hearinge  f  lawe,  his  prayer 
 shalbe  abhorred.  Who  so  ledeth  y  rightuous  in 
 
 »  Pro.  19.  b.  »  Pro.  30.  b.     Eccls.  1.  a.     Eccll.  14.  a. 
 
 Ecci.  27.b.  «  loh.  10.  a.  "i  Leui.  26.  c.  'iCor.  2.b. 
 /Pro.  19.  a.  «Pro.  1.  b.  *Eccli.  lO.a.  Pro.  28.  d. 
 Pro.  29.  a.    lob  13.  b.   Psal.  13.a.     lloh.  1.  b.     Eccli.7.  c 
 
 to  an  euell  waye,  shal  fall  in  to  his  owne  pytt, 
 but  y  iust  shal  haue  the  good  in  possession. 
 
 The  rich  man  thynketh  him  self  to  be  wyse, 
 but  the  poore  that  hath  vnderstondinge,  ca 
 perceaue  him  wel  ynough.  ''  When  rightuous 
 men  are  in  prosperite,  the  doth  honoure  florish: 
 but  when  the  vngodly  come  vp,  y  state  of  men 
 chaungeth.  He  that  hydeth  his  synnes,  shall 
 not  prospere :  but  who  so  knowlegeth  them  and 
 forsaketh  them,  shall  haue  mercy.  Well  is 
 him  that  stodeth  all  waye  in  awe :  as  for  him 
 that  hardeneth  his  herte,  he  shal  fall  in  to 
 mischefe.  Like  as  a  roaringe  lyon  and  an 
 hongrie  beer,  euen  so  is  an  vngodly  prynce 
 ouer  the  poore  people. 
 
 Where  the  prynce  is  without  vnderstond- 
 inge, there  is  greate  oppression  ij  wronge : 
 but  yf  he  be  soch  one  as  hateth  couetousnesse, 
 he  shal  longe  raigne.  'He  that  by  violece 
 sheddeth  eny  mans  bloude,  shal  be  a  ren- 
 nagate  vnto  his  graue,  and  no  man  shal  be 
 able  to  sucoure  him.  ''  Who  so  leadeth  a  godly 
 and  an  innocet  life,  shalbe  safe :  but  he  that 
 goeth  frowarde  wayes,  shall  once  haue  a  fall 
 He  y  tylleth  his  londe,'  shal  haue  plenteous- 
 nesse  of  bred :  but  he  that  foloweth  ydilnesse 
 shal  haue  pouerte  ynough.  A  faithfuU  man 
 is  greatly  to  be  commeded,  but  he  that  maketh 
 to  moch  haist  for  to  be  riche,  "shal  not  be 
 vngiltie.  To  haue  respecte  of  personnes  in 
 iudgment  is  not  good :  And  why  ?  he  will  do 
 wronge,  yee  euen  for  a  pece  of  bred.  He 
 that  will  be  rich  all  to  soone,  hath  an  euell 
 eye,  and  considereth  not,  that  pouerte  shall 
 come  vpon  him.  He  that  rebuketh  a  man 
 shall  fynde  more  fauoure  at  y  last,  the  he  that 
 flatreth  him.  Who  so  robbeth  his  father  and 
 mother,"  and  sayeth  it  is  no  synne :  the  same 
 is  like  vnto  a  mortherer. 
 
 He  that  is  of  a  proude  stomacke,  stereth 
 vp  strife:  but  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in  f 
 LORDE,  shalbe  well  fedd.  He  that  trusteth 
 in  his  owne  hert,  is  a  foole:  but  he  that  dealeth 
 wisely,  shalbe  safe.  "  He  that  geueth  vnto  the 
 poore,  shal  not  wante :  but  he  that  turneth 
 awaye  his  eyes  from  soch  as  be  in  necessite, 
 shall  suffre  greate  pouerte  himself. 
 
 ''  Whan  the  vngodly  are  come  vp,  men  are 
 fayne  to  hyde  them  selues :  but  whe  they 
 perish,  the  rightuous  increase. 
 
 '  Gen.  4.  b.        *  Pro.  10.  d.  '  Pro.  12.  b.   EcclT.  20.  d. 
 
 ■"iTimo.e.b.  Pro.  23.  a.  "  Math.  15.  a.  »Iere.  17.  b. 
 Psal.  48.  a.     2Cor.  9.b.     Deut.  15.  a.  P  Pro.  28.  b. 
 
 and  29.  a. 
 
 C 
 
(Itftap.  m^ 
 
 ^alomonss  ^rounteg. 
 
 fo,  "Him, 
 
 Ci)t  VVU-  Ci)aptn-. 
 
 HE  that  is  stifFnecked  ij  wyll  not  be  re- 
 fourmed,  shal  sodenly  be  destroyed  with 
 out  eny  helpe.  "  Where  y  rightuous  haue  the 
 ouer  hande,  f  people  are  in  prosperite :  but 
 where  the  vngodly  beareth  rule,  there  y  people 
 mourne.  Who  so  loueth  wyszdome,  maketh 
 his  father  a  glad  man  :*  but  he  y  kepeth  har- 
 lottes,  spedeth  awaye  y  he  hath.  With  true 
 iudgment  y  kynge  setteth  vp  the  londe,  but 
 yf  he  be  a  man  y  taketh  giftes,  he  turneth  it 
 vpsyde  downe.  Who  so  flatreth  his  neghboure, 
 layeth  a  nette  for  his  fete.  The  synne  of  y 
 wicked  is  his  owne  snare,  but  f  righteous  shal 
 be  glad  and  reioyse.  The  righteous  con- 
 sidreth  the  cause  of  the  poore,  but  the  vngodly 
 regardeth  no  vnderstondynge.  Wicked  people 
 brynge  a  cite  in  decaye,  but  wyse  men  set  it 
 vp  agayne.  Yf  a  wyse  man  go  to  lawe  with 
 a  foole  (whether  he  deale  with  him  frendly  or 
 roughly)  he  getteth  no  rest.  The  bloude 
 thyrstie  hate  the  rightuous,  but  the  iust  seke  his 
 soule.  A  foole  poureth  out  his  sprete  alltoge- 
 ther,  but  a  wyse  man  kepeth  it  in  till  afterwarde. 
 Yf  a  prynce  delyte  in  lyes,  all  his  seruauntes 
 are  vngodly.  The  poore  and  the  lender  mete 
 together,  the  LORDE  lighteneth  both  their 
 eyes.  "  The  seate  of  the  kinge  y  faithfully 
 iudgeth  the  poore,  shal  continue  sure  for  euer- 
 more.  The  rodde  and  correccion  mynistre 
 wyszdome,  but  yf  a  childe  be  not  loked  vnto, 
 be  bryngeth  his  mother  to  shame.  When  the 
 vngodly  come  vp,  wickednesse  increaseth :  but 
 the  rightuous  shall  se  their  fall.  Nurtoure  thy 
 Sonne  with  correccion,  and  he  shal  comforte 
 the,  yee  he  shal  do  the  good  at  thine  hert. 
 Where  no  prophet  is,  there  the  people  perishe : 
 but  well  is  him  that  kepeth  the  lawe.  A  seruaut 
 wil  not  be  the  better  for  wordes,  for  though 
 he  vnderstonde,  yet  wil  he  not  regarde  them. 
 
 Yf  thou  seyst  a  man  that  is  haistie  to  speake 
 vnaduysed,  thou  mayest  trust  a  foole  more 
 then  him.  He  that  delicately  bryngeth  vp 
 his  seruaunt  from  a  childe,  shal  make  him  his 
 master  at  length.  An  angrie  man  stereth  vp 
 strife,  and  he  that  beareth  euell  wyll  in  his 
 mynde,  doth  moch  euell.  ''After  pryde  com- 
 meth  a  fall,  but  a  lowly  sprete  bryngeth  greate 
 worshipe.  Who  so  kepeth  company  with  a 
 thefe,  hateth  his  owne  soule :  he  heareth 
 blasphemies,  j  telleth  it  not  forth. 
 
 He  that  feareth  men,  shal  haue  a  fall :  but 
 
 "  Pro.  28.  b.  d.     »  Pro.  5.  a.     '  Pro.  20.  d.     ■*  lob  22.  c. 
 Psal.  17.  c.  18.  b.  118.  c.  /  Deut.  4.  a.  and  12.  d. 
 
 who  SO  putteth  his  trust  in  the  LORDE,  shal 
 come  to  honoure.  Many  there  be  that  seke 
 f  prynces  fauoure,  but  euery  mans  iudgment 
 commeth  from  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  rightuous  abhorre  the  vngodly  :  but  as 
 for  those  that  be  in  y  right  waye,  y  wicked 
 hate  them. 
 
 Clje  nj-  Ci^apUr. 
 The  wordes  of  Agur  the  sonne  of  lake. 
 
 THE  prophecie  of  a  true  faithfull  man, 
 who  God  hath  helped,  whom  God  hath 
 coforted  d  norished.  For  though  I  am  y  leest 
 of  all,  (J  haue  no  mas  vnderstodige  (for  I 
 neuer  lerned  wiszdome)  yet  haue  I  vnderstod- 
 inge  (J  am  well  enfourmed  in  godly  thinges. 
 Who  hath  clymmed  vp  i  to  heauen  ?  Who 
 hath  come  downe  from  thence  ? 
 
 Who  hath  holden  y  wynde  fast  in  his  hade? 
 Who  hath  coprehended  y  waters  in  a  gar- 
 ment ?  Who  hath  set  all  the  endes  of  y 
 worlde?  What  is  his  name,  or  his  sonnes 
 name  ?  Canst  thou  tell  ?  '  All  the  wordes  of 
 God  are  pure  5  cleane,  for  he  is  a  shylde  vnto 
 all  them,  that  put  their  trust  in  him.  /  Put 
 thou  nothinge  therfore  vnto  his  wordes,  lest 
 he  reproue  the,  and  thou  be  founde  as  a  lyar. 
 
 Two  thinges  I  requyre  of  the,  that  thou  wilt 
 not  denye  me  before  I  dye.  Remoue  fro  me 
 vanite  and  lyes :  geue  me  nether  pouerte  ner 
 riches,  only  graunte  me  a  necessary  lyuynge. 
 ^  Lest  yf  I  be  to  full,  I  denye  y,  5  saye :  what 
 felowe  is  y  LORDE?  And  lest  Ibeinge  con 
 strayned  thorow  pouerte,  fall  vnto  stealinge, 
 and  forsweare  the  name  of  my  God. 
 
 Accuse  not  a  seruaunt  vnto  his  master,  lest 
 he  speake  euell  of  the  also,  and  thou  be  hurte. 
 He  that  bryngeth  vp  an  euell  reporte  vpo  the 
 generacion  of  his  father  and  mother,  is  not 
 worthy  to  be  commended. 
 
 The  generacion  that  thynke  them  selues 
 cleane,  shal  not  be  clensed  from  their  fylthy- 
 nesse.  There  are  people  y  haue  a  proude 
 loke,  and  cast  vp  their  eye  lyddes.  This 
 peoples  tethe  are  swerdes,  and  \vith  their  chaft 
 bones  they  consume  and  deuoure  the  symple 
 of  the  earth,  and  the  poore  from  amonge  me. 
 
 This  generacion  (which  is  like  an  horsleche) 
 hath  two  doughters :  f  one  is  called,  fetch 
 hither :  the  other,  brynge  hither. 
 
 There  be  thre  thinges  that  are  neuer  satisfied, 
 and  the  fourth  saieth  neuer  hoo.  'The  hell, 
 a  womans  wombe,  and  the  earth  hath  neuer 
 
 «  Deut.  8.  c.  and  31.  e.   Exo.  5.  a.    lob  21.  b.   Eccli.  27.  a. 
 ''  Pro.  27.  c. 
 
fo,  IiUt. 
 
 ^aloinonsJ  ^roiieitfd* 
 
 C6ap.  mu 
 
 water  ynough.  As  for  fyre,  it  sayeth  neuer: 
 hoo.  "Who  so  laugheth  his  father  to  scorne, 
 and  setteth  his  mothers  commaudement  at 
 naught :  the  rauens  pycke  out  his  eyes  in  the 
 valley,  and  deuoured  be  he  of  the  yonge  Aegles. 
 
 *  There  be  thre  thinges  to  hye  for  me,  and 
 as  for  the  fourth,  it  passeth  my  knowlege. 
 
 The  waye  of  an  Aegle  in  y  ayre,  y  waye  of 
 a  serpent  ouer  f  stone,  f  waye  of  a  shippe  in 
 f  see,  5  f  waye  of  a  ma  with  a  yonge  woma. 
 Soch  is  the  waye  also  of  a  wyfe  y  breaketh 
 wedlocke,  which  wypeth  hir  mouth  like  as 
 wha  she  hath  eate,  (j  sayeth  :  As  for  me,  I 
 haue  done  no  harme.  Thorow  thre  thinges 
 the  earth  is  disquieted,  ij  the  fourth  maye  it 
 not  beare  :  Thorow  a  seruaut  y  beareth  rule, 
 thorow  a  foole  y  hath  greate  riches,  thorow  an 
 ydle  houswife,  j  thorow  an  handmayden  y  is 
 heyre  to  hir  mastres.  There  be  foure  thinges 
 in  the  earth,  the  which  are  very  litle  :  but  in 
 wyszdome  they  exceade  the  wyse.  '  The  Em- 
 mettes  are  but  a  weake  people,  yet  gather 
 they  their  meate  together  in  y  haruest. 
 
 The  conyes  are  but  a  feble  folke,  yet  make 
 they  their  couches  amonge  the  rockes.  The 
 greshoppers  haue  not  a  gyde,  yet  go  they  forth 
 together  by  heapes.  The  spyder  laboureth 
 with  hir  hades,  i  y  in  ^  kynges  palace. 
 
 There  be  thre  thinges  y  go  stiffly,  but  the 
 goinge  of  the  fourth  is  the  goodliest  of  all.  A 
 Lyon  which  is  kynge  of  beastes,  ij  geueth  place 
 to  no  man :  A  cock  ready  to  fight :  A  rame : 
 And  a  kynge  y  goeth  forth  with  his  people. 
 
 Yf  thou  be  so  foolish  to  magnifie  thy  self, 
 or  medlest  with  eny  soch  thinge,  the  laye  thine 
 hade  vpon  thy  mouth.  Who  so  chyrneth 
 mylck,  maketh  butter:  he  that  rubbeth  his 
 nose,  maketh  it  blede,  and  he  that  causeth 
 wrath,  bryngeth  forth  strife. 
 
 ®l)e  m'i-  Cijaptcr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes  of  Kynge  Lamuel, 
 I  f  lesson  y  his  mother  taught  him. 
 My  Sonne,  thou  sonne  of  my  body:  O  my 
 deare  beloued  sonne,  geue  not  ouer  thy  sub- 
 staunce  (i  mynde  vnto  women,  which  are  the 
 destruccio  eue  of  kynges.  O  Lamuel,  geue 
 kinges  no  wyne,  geue  kynges  5  prynces  no 
 stronge  drynke :  lest  they  beinge  dronken 
 forget  the  lawe,  g  regarde  not  f  cause  of  the 
 
 Exo.  21.  b.     Deu.  27.  c. 
 
 I  poore,  5  of  all  soch  as  be  in  aduersite.  Geue 
 stronge  drynke  vnto  soch  as  are  condempned 
 to  death,  (j  wyne  vnto  those  y  mourne  :  that 
 they  maye  drynke  it,  (j  forget  their  misery  5 
 aduersite.  Be  thou  an  aduocate  5  stonde  in 
 iudgment  thyself,  to  speake  for  all  soch  as  be 
 dome  5  sucourles.  With  thy  mouth  defende 
 y  thinge  y  is  laufuU  and  right,  and  f  cause  of 
 y  poore  and  helplesse. 
 
 Wlio  so  fyndeth  an  honest  faithful  woma, 
 she  is  moch  more  worth  the  perles.  The 
 herte  of  hir  husbande  maye  safely  trust  in 
 her,  so  that  he  shal  haue  no  nede  of  spoyles. 
 
 She  wil  do  him  good  5  not  euel  all  y  dayes 
 of  hir  life.  She  occupieth  woll  5  flax,  5 
 laboureth  gladly  with  hir  handes.  She  is 
 like  a  marchauntes  shippe,  that  bryngeth  hir 
 vytayles  from  farre.  She  is  vp  in  f  night 
 season,  to  prouyde  meate  for  hir  housholde,  5 
 foode  for  hir  maydens.  She  considreth  lode, 
 5  byeth  it,  and  with  the  frute  of  hir  handes 
 she  planteth  a  vynyarde.  She  gyrdeth  hir 
 loynes  with  strength,  and  courageth  hir  armes. 
 And  yf  she  perceaue  that  hir  houswifrie  doth 
 good,  hir  candle  goeth  not  out  by  night.  She 
 layeth  hir  fyngers  to  the  spyndle,  5  hir  hande 
 taketh  holde  of  f  rocke. 
 
 She  openeth  hir  hande  to  f  poore,  yee  she 
 stretcheth  forth  hir  hades  to  soch  as  haue  nede. 
 She  feareth  not  y  the  colde  of  wynter  shal 
 hurte  hir  house,  for  all  hir  housholde  folkes 
 are  duble  clothed.  She  maketh  hir  self  fayre 
 ornametes,  hir  clothlge  is  whyte  sylke  5  purple. 
 Hir  huszbade  is  moch  set  by  in  y  gates,  whe 
 he  sytteth  amonge  y  rulers  of  f  londe.  She 
 maketh  cloth  of  sylke  5  selleth  it,  and  de- 
 lyuereth  a  gyrdle  vnto  y  marchaiit. 
 
 Strugth  and  honoure  is  hir  clothinge,  5  in 
 the  latter  daye  she  shal  reioyse.  She  openeth 
 hir  mouth  with  wyszdome,  5  in  hir  toge  is  the 
 lawe  of  grace.  She  loketh  wel  to  the  wayes 
 of  hir  housholde,  5  eateth  not  hir  bred  with 
 ydilnes.  Hir  children  arise  5  call  hir  blessed, 
 5  hir  huszbande  maketh  moch  of  her.  INIany 
 daughters  there  be  y  gather  riches  together, 
 but  thou  goest  aboue  the  all.  As  for  fauoure, 
 it  is  disceatfull,  and  beutie  is  a  vayne  thinge : 
 but  a  woman  that  feareth  the  LORDE,  she 
 is  worthy  to  be  praysed.  Geue  her  of  the 
 frute  of  hir  handes,  and  let  hir  owne  workes 
 prayse  her  in  the  gates. 
 
 CI)t  ciUjt  of  ti)t  proimtfE^  of  Salomon. 
 
iEttltstastcfii. 
 
 «J)at  tftis  Ijoke  coiitepnetfi.  • 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 All  thinges  (yf  a  ma  wyl  cosidre  them  wel)  are 
 but  vanite.  Neuertheles  amoge  them  all  there 
 is  nothige  weaker  and  more  vnstedfast,  then 
 man  him  self. 
 
 €f)ap.   II. 
 
 In  this  chapter  (and  in  the  other  also)  he  maketh 
 oft  tymes  mesion  of  the  wordes  and  couersacio 
 of  the  vngodly  :  that  by  this  meanes  he  maye 
 the  better  cause  men  to  despyse  all  creatures, 
 in  respecte  of  the  only  euerlastinge  God. 
 
 CI)ap.  III. 
 Euery  thinge  hath  a  tyme.  There  is  no  thige, 
 but  God  hath  put  tedyousnesse  and  trauayle 
 in  it,  to  exercise  men  withall.  What  so  euer 
 a  man  enioyeth  of  his  laboure,  the  same  is  a 
 gift  of  God,  geuen  to  the  intent  that  men 
 shulde  feare  him. 
 
 C^ap.  nil. 
 A    cosideracion    of  diuerse   thinges.      There    is 
 nothinge  so  excellent  and  hye,  but  yf  it  do  not 
 the  deuty  and  office  where  vnto  it  is  ordened, 
 it  shalbe  brought  lowe. 
 
 Ci)ap.  V. 
 Agaynst  foolish  and  temerarious  vowes.     Let  no 
 man  maruayle  that  so  moch  euell  is  done,  for 
 the  wicked  are  many.     Agaynst  the  riche  and 
 agaynst  riches. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 
 Agaynst  those  riche  me  that  darre  not  enioye 
 
 their  riches  :  how  mad  and  foolish  they  be. 
 
 Cfjap.  VII. 
 No  man   knoweth  what  is  for  to  come.     How 
 worthy  a  thige  it  is  to  haue  a   good   name. 
 The  profit  of  wyszdome. 
 
 Cl^ap.  VIII. 
 Of  the  obediece  which  men  owe  vnto  God  and 
 to  their  heades.  The  loge  sufferaunce  of  God 
 is  not  to  be  despised.  It  is  not  possible  for 
 eny  ma,  to  coprehende  the  workes  that  be  in 
 the  worlde. 
 
 Ci^ap.   IX. 
 Like  thinges  happen  vnto  all  men  :  therfore  with 
 myrth  and  thankfulnesse  shulde   men  enioye 
 the   giftes   of   God.     Wyszdome   passeth  all 
 thinges. 
 
 CI)ap.  X.  XI. 
 
 In  these  two  chapters  are  many  wyse  and  profit- 
 able sentences,  wel  worthy  to  be  considered  of 
 euery  man. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 In  this  chapter  the  preacher  sheweth  his  whole 
 meanynge,  as  though  he  wolde  saye  :  As  for 
 all  the  thinges  that  be  vnder  the  Sonne  (wher 
 of  I  haue  spoken)  I  haue  cosidered  them,  and 
 proued  them  metely  wel  by  experience.  And 
 this  is  the  conclucion,  that  there  is  nothynge 
 stedfast  and  durable  but  God  himself,  who  men 
 ought  to  feare,  and  to  haue  his  coraaunde- 
 mentes  before  their  eyes  euen  from  their 
 youth  vp. 
 
 Wi)t  first  Cijaptcr. 
 
 These  are  the  wordes  of  the  Preacher,  the  sonne 
 
 of  Dauid,  kynge  of  lerusalem. 
 
 ALL  is  but  vanite  (saieth  y  preacher)  "all 
 is   but   playne  vanite.      For  what   els 
 
 hath  a  ma,  of  all  the  laboure  y  he  taketh 
 vnder  the  Sonne?  One  generacio  passeth 
 awaye,  another  commeth,  but  the  earth 
 abydeth  still.  The  Sone  aryseth,  the  Sonne 
 goeth  downe,  5  returneth  to  his  place,  y  he 
 maye  there  ryse  vp  agayne.    The  wynde  goeth 
 
fo,  Wnh 
 
 erdf^iaytfsi. 
 
 Cftap.  i]. 
 
 towarde  f  South,  5  fetcheth  his  copase  aboute 
 vnto  the  North,  d  so  turneth  in  to  himself 
 agayne.  "All  floudes  riinne  in  to  the  see,  a 
 yet  the  see  is  not  fylled :  for  loke  vnto  wliat 
 place  the  waters  runne,  thence  they  come 
 agayne.  All  thinges  are  so  harde,  y  no  mil 
 can  expresse  them.  'The  eye  is  not  satisfied 
 with  sight,  the  eare  is  not  fylled  with  hearinge. 
 The  thingc  y  hath  bene,  cometh  to  passe 
 agayne :  s  y  thinge  y  hath  bene  done,  is  done 
 agayne,  there  is  no  new  thinge  vnder  the 
 Sonne.  Is  there  eny  thinge,  wherof  it  maye 
 be  sayde :  lo,  this  is  new  ?  For  it  was  loge 
 agoo  in  the  tymes  y  haue  bene  before  vs. 
 The  thinge  y  is  past,  is  out  of  remebraunce  : 
 Eue  so  the  thiges  that  are  for  to  come,  shal 
 no  more  be  thought  vpo  amoge  the  that  come 
 after.  I  myself  f  Preacher,  beynge  kynge  of 
 Israel  5  lerusale,  applyed  my  mynde  to  seke 
 out  5  search  for  the  knowlege  of  all  thiges  y 
 are  done  vnder  heaue.  Soch  trauayle  j 
 laboure  hath  God  geue  vnto  y  childre  of  me, 
 to  exercyse  the  selues  therl. 
 
 Thus  I  haue  considered  all  the  thinges  that 
 come  to  passe  vnder  the  Sone,  a  lo,  they  are 
 all  but  vanite  (t  vexacion  of  mynde.  The 
 croked  can  not  be  mayde  straight,  5  the  fautes 
 ca  not  be  nobred.  I  comoned  with  myne 
 owne  herte,  sayege  :  '\o,  I  am  come  to  a 
 greate  estate,  and  haue  gotte  more  wyszdome, 
 the  all  they  y  haue  bene  before  me  in  leru- 
 salem.  Yee  my  hert  had  greate  experiece  of 
 wyszdome  s  knowlege,  for  there  vnto  I  applyed 
 my  mynde :  y  I  might  knowe  what  were 
 wyszdome  5  vnderstodinge,  what  were  erroure 
 (J  foolishnes.  And  I  perceaued  y  this  also  was 
 but  a  vexacion  of  mynde :  for  where  moch 
 wyszdome  is,  there  is  also  greate  trauayle  (j 
 disquietnes :  (j  y  more  knowlege  a  man  hath, 
 the  more  is  his  care. 
 
 CJjc  i).  Cijaptcr. 
 
 THE  sayde  I  thus  in  my  hert :  Now  go 
 to,  I  wil  take  myne  ease  j  haue  good 
 dayes.  But  lo,  that  was  vanite  also :  in  so 
 moch  that  I  sayde  vnto  laughter :  thou  art 
 madd,  and  to  myrth  :  what  doest  thou  ? 
 
 So  I  thought  in  my  herte,  to  withdrawe 
 my  flesh  from  wyne,  to  applye  my  mynde  vnto 
 wyszdome,  and  to  comprehede  foolishnes,  vntill 
 the  tyme  that  (amoiige  all  f  thinges  which 
 are  vnder  f  Sonne)  I  might  se  what  were  best 
 
 '  lob  14.  b.  »  Pro.  27.  c.    Eccli.  14.  a.    Eccls.  3.  b. 
 
 for  men  to  do,  so  longe  as  they  lyue  vnder 
 heauen. 
 
 ''  I  made  gorgious  fayre  workes,  I  buylded 
 me  houses,  and  planted  vynyardes :  I  made 
 me  ortchardes  and  gardens  of  pleasure,  and 
 planted  trees  in  them  of  all  maner  frutes.  'I 
 made  poles  of  water,  to  water  f  grene  and 
 frutefull  trees  withall.  I  bought  seruauntes 
 and  maydes,  and  had  a  greate  housholde.  As 
 for  catell  and  shepe,  I  had  more  substaunce 
 of  them,  then  all  they  y  were  before  me  in 
 lerusalem.  I  gathered  syluer  (i  golde  together, 
 euen  a  treasure  of  kynges  (t  londes. 
 
 I  prouided  me  syngers  and  wome  which 
 coude  playe  of  instrumentes,  to  make  men 
 myrth  and  pastime.  I  gat  me  drynkynge 
 cuppes  also  and  glasses.  (Shortly)  I  was 
 greater  (j  in  more  worshipe,  then  all  my  pre- 
 decessours  in  lerusale.  For  wyszdome  re- 
 mayned  with  me :  5  loke  what  so  euer  myne 
 eyes  desyred,  I  let  them  haue  it :  5  wherin  so 
 euer  my  herte  delyted  or  had  eny  pleasure,  I 
 withhelde  it  not  fro  it.  Thus  my  hert  re- 
 ioysed  in  all  y  I  dyd,  and  this  I  toke  for  the 
 porcion  of  all  my  trauayle.  But  whan  I 
 considered  all  the  workes  y  my  handes  had 
 wrought,  and  all  the  labours  that  I  had  taken 
 therin :  lo,  all  was  but  vanite  and  vexacion  of 
 mynde,  5  nothinge  of  eny  value  %Tider  f 
 Sonne.  Then  turned  I  me  to  considre  wysz- 
 dome, erroure  and  foolishnesse  (for  what  is  he 
 amonge  men,  that  might  be  compared  to  me 
 y  kynge  in  soch  workes  ?)  and  I  sawe,  that 
 wyszdome  excelleth  foolishnesse,  as  farre  as 
 light  doth  darknesse.  For  a  wyse  man  beareth 
 his  eyes  aboute  in  his  heade,  but  the  foole 
 goeth  in  the  darknesse.  I  perceaued  also 
 that  they  both  had  one  ende. 
 
 Then  thought  I  in  my  mynde :  Yf  it  happen 
 vnto  the  foole  as  it  doth  vnto  me,  what  nedeth 
 me  then  to  laboure  eny  more  for  wyszdome  ? 
 So  I  confessed  within  my  harte,  that  this  also 
 was  but  vanite.  For  the  wyse  are  euer  as 
 litle  in  remembraunce  as  the  foolish,  and  all 
 the  dayes  for  to  come  shalbe  forgotten,  yee 
 the  wyse  man  dyeth  as  well  as  y  foole.  Thus 
 begiine  I  to  be  weery  of  my  life,  in  so  moch 
 that  I  coude  awaye  with  nothinge  that  is  done 
 vnder  the  Sonne,  for  all  was  but  vanite  5 
 vexacion  of  mynde :  Yee  I  was  weery  of  all 
 my  laboure,  which  I  had  taken  vnder  the 
 Sonne,   because  I  shulde  be  fayne  to  leaue 
 
 ■  SReg.S.  b.  and4.  c. 
 
 ;Reg.  3.4.  5.6.7.     «  3  Reg.  4.  9. 
 
Cftap.  itij. 
 
 (erclfgtas;tx£j. 
 
 fo.  liimii. 
 
 them  vnto  another  man,  that  cometh  after 
 me :  for  who  knoweth,  whether  he  shalbe  a 
 wyse  ma  or  a  foole?  And  yet  shal  he  be 
 lorde  of  all  my  labours,  which  I  with  soch 
 wyszdome  haue  taken  vnder  the  Sonne.  Is 
 not  this  a  vayne  thinge  ? 
 
 So  I  turned  me  to  refrayne  my  mynde  from 
 all  soch  trauayle,  as  I  toke  vnder  the  Sonne  : 
 for  so  moch  as  a  man  shulde  weery  him  self 
 with  wyszdome,  with  vnderstondinge  and 
 opportunite,  and  yet  be  fayne  to  leaue  his 
 labours  vnto  another,  y  neuer  swett  for  them. 
 This  is  also  a  vayne  thinge  and  a  greate 
 misery.  For  what  getteth  a  ma  of  all  y 
 laboure  (j  trauayle  of  his  mynde,  y  he  taketh 
 vnder  the  Sonne,  but  heuynesse,  sorowe  5 
 disquyetnes  all  y  dayes  of  his  life  ?  In  so 
 moch  that  his  herte  can  not  rest  in  the  night. 
 Is  not  this  also  a  vayne  thinge  ?  Is  it  not 
 better  then  for  a  ma  to  eate  and  drynke,  and 
 his  soule  to  be  mery  in  his  laboure  ?  Yee  I 
 sawe  that  this  also  was  a  gifte  of  God :  "  For 
 who  maye  eate,  drynke,  or  brynge  eny  thige 
 to  passe  without  him  ?  And  why  ?  he  geueth 
 vnto  ma,  what  it  pleaseth  him  :  whether  it  be 
 wyszdome,  vnderstondinge,  or  gladnesse.  But 
 vnto  the  synner  he  geueth  weeryness  and 
 sorow,  that  he  maye  gather  and  heape  to- 
 gether y  thinge,  y  afterwarde  shalbe  geuen 
 vnto  him  whom  it  pleaseth  God.  This  is  now 
 a  vayne  thinge,  yee  a  very  disquietnesse  and 
 vexacio  of  mynde. 
 
 Cf)t  iij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 EUERY  thinge  hath  a  tyme,  yee  all  that 
 is  vnder  the  heauen,  hath  is  conuenient 
 season.  There  is  a  tyme  to  be  borne,  and  a 
 tyme  to  dye.  *  There  is  a  tyme  to  plate,  and 
 a  tyme  to  plucke  vp  the  thinge,  y  is  planted  : 
 A  tyme  to  slaye,  and  a  tyme  to  make  whole  : 
 A  tyme  to  breake  downe,  and  a  tyme  to 
 buylde  vp :  A  tyme  to  wepe,  and  a  tyme  to 
 laugh :  A  tyme  to  mourne,  and  a  tyme  to 
 daunse :  A  tyme  to  cast  awaye  stones,  and 
 a  tyme  to  gather  stones  together :  A  tyme 
 to  enbrace,  5  a  tyme  to  refrayne  from  en- 
 bracynge :  A  tyme  to  wynne,  and  a  tyme  to 
 lese  :  A  tyme  to  spare,  and  a  tyme  to  spende : 
 A  tyme  to  cutt  in  peces,  and  a  tyme  to  sowe 
 together :  'A  tyme  to  kepe  sylece,  and  a  tyme 
 to  speake :  A  tyme  to  loue,  5  a  tyme  to  hate : 
 A  tyme  of  warre,  and  a  tyme  of  peace. 
 
 1  Timo.  4.  a.     '  lob  U.  i 
 
 ■Eccli.  20.  a.     ""Eccls.  l.i 
 
 What  hath  a  ma  els  (that  doth  eny  thinge) 
 but  weerynesse  and  laboure  ?  For  as  touch- 
 inge  the  trauayle  and  carefulnesse  which  God 
 hath  geuen  vnto  me,  I  se  that  he  hath  geuen 
 it  them,  to  be  exercised  in  it.  All  this  hath 
 he  ordened  maruelous  goodly,  to  euery  thinge 
 his  due  tyme.  He  hath  plated  ignoraunce 
 also  in  the  hertes  of  men,  y  they  shulde  not 
 fynde  out  f  grounde  of  his  workes,  which  he 
 doth  from  y  beginninge  to  y  ende.  So  I 
 perceaued,  y  in  these  thinges  there  is  no- 
 thinge  better  for  a  man,  the  to  be  mery  j  to 
 do  well  so  longe  as  he  lyueth.  For  all  y  a 
 man  eateth  5  drynketh,  yee  what  so  euer  a 
 ma  enioyeth  of  all  his  laboure,  y  same  is  a  gift 
 of  God.  I  cosidered  also  y  what  so  euer  God 
 doth,  it  cotinueth  for  euer,  5  y  nothinge  can 
 be  put  vnto  it  ner  take  from  it :  j  y  God  doth 
 it  to  y  intent,  y  men  shulde  feare  him.  ''The 
 thinge  y  hath  bene,  is  now :  (j  the  thinge  y  is 
 for  to  come,  hath  bene  afore  tyme,  for  God 
 restoreth  agayne  the  thinge  that  was  past. 
 Morouer,  I  sawe  vnder  y  Sonne,  vngodly- 
 nesse  in  the  steade  of  iudgment,  5  iniquite  in 
 steade  of  rightuousnesse. 
 
 Then  thought  I  in  my  mynde :  God  shal 
 separate  the  rightuous  from  the  vngodly,  5 
 then  shal  be  the  tyme  ix  iudgmet  of  all  coun- 
 cels  II  workes.  I  comoned  with  myne  owne 
 herte  also  cocernynge  the  childre  of  men  :  how 
 God  hath  chosen  them,  and  yet  letteth  the 
 apeare,  as  though  they  were  beastes :  for  it 
 happeneth  vnto  men  as  it  doth  vnto  beastes, 
 (J  as  the  one  dyeth,  so  dyeth  f  other  :  yee  they 
 haue  both  one  maner  of  breth,  so  y  (in  this) 
 a  man  hath  no  preemynence  aboue  a  beest, 
 but  all  are  subdued  vnto  vanite.  They  go  all 
 vnto  one  place,  for  as  they  be  all  of  dust,  so 
 shal  they  all  turne  vnto  dust  againe. 
 
 "Who  knoweth  the  sprete  of  man  y  goeth 
 vpwarde,  and  the  breth  of  the  beest  y  goeth 
 downe  in  to  the  earth  ?  Wherfore  I  perceaue, 
 y  there  is  nothinge  better  for  a  man,  then  to 
 be  ioyfull  in  his  laboure,  for  that  is  his  porcion. 
 But  who  wil  brynge  him  to  se  the  thinge,  that 
 shal  come  after  him  ? 
 
 €1)1  Hi).  Ci)apter. 
 
 SO  1  turned  me,  -'^and  considered  all  the 
 violent  wronge  that  is  done  vnder  the 
 Sonne :   and  beholde,  the  teares  of  soch  as 
 
 ■  EcclT.  12.  b.  Sap. 
 
 /  Abac.  1.  a.   Eccls.  5.  a. 
 
fo,  tiimiii. 
 
 ®crIe£Jiasitf£{t 
 
 Cftap.  fa. 
 
 were  oppressed,  and  there  was  no  man  to 
 comforte  them,  or  that  wolde  delyuer  and  de- 
 fende  them  from  the  violence  of  their  oppres- 
 sours.  Wherfore  I  iudged  those  that  are  deed, 
 to  be  more  happie  then  soch  as  be  alyue :  yee 
 him  that  is  yet  vnborne  to  be  better  at  ease 
 the  they  both,  because  he  seith  not  the 
 miserable  workes  that  are  done  vnder  the 
 Sonne.  Agayne,  I  sawe  that  all  trauayle  and 
 diligence  of  laboure  was  hated  of  euery  man. 
 This  is  also  a  vaine  thinge,  and  a  vexacion  of 
 mynde.  The  foole  foldeth  his  handes  to- 
 gether, 5  eateth  vp  his  owne  flesh.  One  hand- 
 full  (saieth  he)  is  better  with  rest,  the  both  f 
 handes  full  with  laboure  and  trauayle.  Mor- 
 ouer,  I  turned  me,  and  beholde  yet  another 
 vanite  vnder  the  Sonne.  There  is  one  man, 
 no  mo  but  himself  alone,  hauynge  nether 
 childe  ner  brother :  yet  is  there  no  ende  of  his 
 carefull  trauayle,  his  eyes  can  not  be  satisfied 
 with  riches,  (yet  doth  he  not  remembre  him- 
 self, 5  saye:)  For  whom  do  I  take  soch  tra- 
 uayle ?  For  whose  pleasure  do  I  thus  con- 
 sume awaye  my  lyfe  ?  This  is  also  a  vayne 
 and  miserable  thinge.  Therfore  two  are  better 
 then  one,  for  they  maye  well  enioye  the  profit 
 of  their  laboure.  Yf  one  of  them  fall,  his 
 companyon  helpeth  him  vp  againe :  But  wo  is 
 him  that  is  alone,  for  yf  he  fall,  he  hath  not 
 another  to  helpe  him  vp.  Agayne,  when  two 
 slepe  together,  they  are  warme :  but  how  can 
 a  body  be  warme  alone  ?  One  maye  be  ouer- 
 come,  but  two  maye  make  resistaiice  :  A  thre- 
 folde  cable  is  not  lightly  broken.  A  poore 
 childe  beynge  wyse,  is  better  then  an  olde 
 kinge,  that  doteth,  and  can  not  bewarre  in 
 tyme  to  come.  °  Some  one  commeth  out  of 
 preson,  5  is  made  a  kynge  :  5  another  which 
 is  borne  in  the  kyngdome,  commeth  vnto 
 pouerte.  And  I  perceaued,  y  all  men  lyuynge 
 vnder  the  Sonne,  go  with  the  seconde  childe, 
 that  commeth  vp  in  the  steade  of  the  other. 
 As  for  the  people  that  haue  bene  before  him, 
 and  that  come  after  him,  they  are  innu- 
 merable :  yet  is  not  their  ioye  the  greater 
 thorow  him.  This  is  also  a  vayne  thinge  and 
 a  vexacion  of  mynde.  Whan  thou  commest 
 in  to  the  house  of  God,  kepe  thy  fote,  and 
 drawe  nye,  that  thou  may  est  heare  :  *that  is 
 better  then  the  ofleringes  of  fooles,  for  they 
 knowe  not  what  euell  they  do. 
 
 Gen.  41.  b.     1  Ue.  16.  c. 
 4  Re.  25.  a. 
 
 1  Re.  12.  c.     2  Par.  33.  c. 
 1  Reg.  15.  e. 
 
 €i)t  6.  C;^apt«r. 
 
 BE  not  hastie  with  thy  mouth,  a  let  not 
 thine  hert  speake  eny  thige  rashly  be- 
 fore God.  For  God  is  in  heauen,  ij  thou 
 vpon  earth,  therfore  let  thy  wordes  be  fewe. 
 For  where  moch  carefulnesse  is,  there  are 
 many  dreames :  (j  where  many  wordes  are, 
 there  men  maye  heare  fooles.  '  Yf  thou  make 
 a  vowe  vnto  God,  be  not  slacke  to  perfourme 
 it.  As  for  foolish  vowes,  he  hath  no  pleasure 
 in  them.  Yf  thou  promyse  eny  thinge,  paye 
 it :  for  better  it  is  that  thou  make  no  vowe, 
 then  that  thou  shuldest  promise,  and  not  paye. 
 Vse  not  thy  mouth  to  cause  thy  flesh  for  to 
 synne,  y  thou  saye  not  before  the  angell :  my 
 foolishnesse  is  in  f  faute. 
 
 For  the  God  wil  be  angrie  at  thy  voyce, 
 and  destroye  all  y  workes  of  thine  handes. 
 
 And  why?  where  as  are  many  dreames  5 
 many  wordes,  there  are  also  dyuerse  vanities: 
 ''but  loke  y  thou  feare  God.  Yf  thou  seyst 
 the  poore  to  be  oppressed  and  wrongeously 
 dealt  withall,  so  y  equite  5  the  right  of  the 
 lawe  is  wraisted  in  the  londe :  maruell  not  thou 
 at  soch  iudgmet,  for  one  greate  ma  kepeth 
 touch  with  another,  and  the  mightie  helpe 
 the  selues  together.  The  whole  londe  also 
 with  the  feldes  and  all  that  is  therin,  is  in 
 subieccion  and  bondage  vnto  y  kinge. 
 
 He  that  loueth  money,  wil  neuer  be  satis- 
 fied with  money :  and  who  so  delyteth  in 
 riches,  shal  haue  no  profit  therof.  Is  not  this 
 also  a  vayne  thinge  ?  Where  as  many  riches 
 are,  there  are  many  also  that  spende  them 
 awaye.  And  what  pleasure  more  hath  he 
 that  possesseth  them,  sauynge  that  he  maye 
 loke  vpon  them  with  his  eyes  ?  A  labouringe 
 man  slepeth  swetely,  whether  it  be  litle  or 
 moch  that  he  eateth:  'but  the  abundaunce  of 
 the  riche  wil  not  suifre  him  to  slepe. 
 
 Yet  is  there  a  sore  plage,  which  I  haue  sene 
 vnder  the  Sonne  (namely)  riches  kepte  to  the 
 hurte  of  him  y  hath  them  in  possession. 
 
 ^  For  oft  times  they  perishe  with  his  greate 
 misery  and  trouble  :  and  yf  he  haue  a  childe, 
 it  getteth  nothinge.  Like  as  he  came  naked 
 out  of  his  mothers  wombe,  so  goeth  he  thither 
 agayne,  and  carieth  nothinge  awaye  with  him 
 of  all  his  laboure.  This  is  a  miserable  plage, 
 y  he  shal  go  awaye  euen  as  he  came.      What 
 
 '  Deu.  23.  d.    Baruc  6.  e.       •>  Eccls.  4.  a.       '  lob  20.  c. 
 /  lob  1.  c. 
 
Cljap.  biU 
 
 (Stclt&m&US 
 
 ffo,  ^In^* 
 
 helpeth  it  him  then,  y  he  hath  labored  in  the 
 wynde  ?  All  the  daies  of  his  life  also  must 
 he  eate  in  the  darcke,  with  greate  careful- 
 nesse,  sicknesse  d  sorow. 
 
 "  Therfore  me  thinks  it  a  better  and  a  fayrer 
 thinge,  a  man  to  eate  and  drynke,  and  to  be 
 refreshed  of  all  his  laboure,  y  he  taketh  vnder 
 the  Sonne  all  the  dayes  of  his  life  which  God 
 geueth  him,  for  this  is  his  porcion.  For  vnto 
 whom  so  euer  God  geueth  riches,  goodes  and 
 power,  he  geueth  it  him  to  enioye  it,  to  take 
 it  for  his  porcion,  and  to  be  refreshed  of  his 
 laboure :  this  is  now  the  gifte  of  God.  For  he 
 thinketh  not  moch  how  longe  he  shal  lyue,  for 
 so  moch  as  God  fylleth  his  hert  with  glad- 
 nesse. 
 
 El)t  bt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THERE  is  yet  a  plage  vnder  f  Sonne,  ij 
 it  is  a  generall  thinge  amonge  me : 
 when  God  geueth  a  man  riches,  goodes  tt 
 honoure,  so  that  he  wanteth  nothinge  of  all 
 that  his  herte  can  desyre  :  and  yet  God  geueth 
 him  not  leue  to  enioye  the  same,  but  another 
 man  spedeth  them.  This  is  a  vayne  thinge  (j 
 a  miserable  plage.  Yf  a  man  begett  an  hun- 
 dreth  children,  and  lyue  many  yeares,  so  that 
 his  dayes  are  many  in  nombre,  and  yet  can 
 not  enioye  his  good,  nether  be  buried :  as  for 
 him  I  saye,  that  an  vntymely  byrth  is  better 
 then  he.  For  he  cometh  to  naught,  (j  goeth 
 his  waye  in  to  darcknes,  and  his  name  is  for- 
 gotten. Morouer,  he  seyth  not  the  Sonne, 
 and  knoweth  of  no  rest  nether  here  ner  there : 
 Yee  though  he  lyued  two  thousande  yeares, 
 yet  hath  he  no  good  life.  Come  not  all  to 
 one  place?  All  the  laboure  that  a  man 
 taketh,  is  for  himself,  and  yet  his  desyre  is 
 neuer  fylled  after  his  mynde.  For  what  hath 
 the  wyse  more  then  the  foole  ?  What  helpeth 
 it  the  poore,  that  he  knoweth  to  walke  before 
 the  lyuynge  ?  The  sight  of  the  eyes  is  better, 
 then  that  the  soule  shulde  so  departe  awaye. 
 Howbeit  this  is  also  a  vayne  thinge  and  a  dis- 
 quietnesse  of  mynde.  What  is  more  excellent 
 then  man  ?  yet  can  he  not  in  the  lawe  get  the 
 victory  of  him  that  is  mightier  the  he :  A 
 vayne  thinge  is  it  to  cast  out  many  wordes, 
 but  what  hath  a  man  els  ? 
 
 Ci)c  hi].  Cf)apttr. 
 
 FOR  who  knoweth  what  is  good  for  man 
 lyuynge,  in  f  dayes  of  his  vayne  life, 
 
 "  Eccls.  2.  d.       "  Pro.  2a.  a.    Cant.  1.  a.        '  Pro.  27.  a. 
 
 which  is  but  a  shadowe  ?  Or,  who  wil  tell  a 
 man,  what  shal  happen  after  him  vnder  the 
 Sonne  ?  *  A  good  name  is  more  worth  then 
 a  precious  oyntment,  and  the  daye  of  death  is 
 better  the  y  daye  of  byrth. 
 
 It  is  better  to  go  in  to  an  house  of  mourn- 
 ynge,  then  in  to  a  bancket  house.  For  there 
 is  the  ende  of  all  men,  and  he  that  is  lyuinge, 
 taketh  it  to  herte.  It  is  better  to  be  sory 
 then  to  laugh,  for  whe  the  countenaunce  is 
 heuy,  the  herte  is  ioyfull.  The  herte  of  y 
 wyse  is  in  the  mournynge  house,  but  the  hert 
 of  the  foolish  is  in  the  house  of  myrth.  It  is 
 better  to  geue  eare  to  the  ehastenynge  of  a 
 wyse  man,  'then  to  heare  the  songe  of  fooles. 
 For  the  laughinge  of  fooles  is  like  f  crackynge 
 of  thornes  vnder  a  pott.  And  y  is  but  a 
 vayne  thinge. 
 
 Who  so  doeth  wronge,  maketh  a  wyse  man 
 to  go  out  of  his  witt,  and  destroyeth  a  gentle 
 hert.  The  ende  of  a  thinge  is  better  then  the 
 begynnynge.  The  pacient  of  sprete  is  better 
 then  the  hie  mynded.  Be  not  haistely  angrie 
 in  thy  mynde,  for  wrath  resteth  in  the  bosome 
 of  a  foole.  Saye  not  thou  :  What  is  the  cause 
 that  y  dayes  of  y  olde  tyme  were  better,  then 
 they  y  be  now  ?  for  that  were  no  wyse  ques- 
 tion. Wyszdome  is  better  then  riches,  yee 
 moch  more  worth  then  the  eye  sight.  For 
 wyszdome  defendeth  as  well  as  moneye,  and 
 the  excellent  knowlege  and  wyszdome  geueth 
 life  vnto  him  that  hath  it  in  possession.  Con- 
 sidre  the  worke  of  God,  how  that  no  man  can 
 make  the  thinge  straight,  which  he  maketh 
 croked.  Vse  well  the  tyme  of  prosperite,  and 
 remembre  the  tyme  of  mysfortune  :  for  God 
 maketh  the  one  by  the  other,  so  that  a  man 
 can  fynde  nothinge  els. 
 
 These  ij.  thiges  also  haue  I  cosidred  in  y 
 tyme  of  vanite :  y  the  iust  man  perisheth  for 
 his  rightuousnes  sake,  (j  the  vngodly  liueth  in 
 his  wickednesse.  Therfore  be  thou  nether  to 
 rightuous  ner  ouer  wyse,  ''  y  thou  perish  not : 
 be  nether  to  vnrightuous  also  ner  to  foolish, 
 lest  thou  die  before  thy  tyme.  It  is  good  for 
 the  to  take  holde  of  this,  tt,  not  to  let  y  go  out 
 of  thy  hande.  For  he  y  feareth  God  shal 
 escape  them  all. 
 
 "Wvszdome  geueth  more  corage  vnto  the 
 wyse,  then  ten  mightie  men  of  the  citie :  for 
 there  is  not  one  iust  vpo  earth,  y  doth  good, 
 (J  sinneth  not.     Take  not  hede  vnto  euery 
 
 ''Rom. 11. c.    '^2Re.20.c.  Eccll.r.a.  2Par.6.f.  Luc. 17. a. 
 
jTo.  tJluTbi. 
 
 (errlfsiiastrg. 
 
 Ci)ap.  biij. 
 
 worde  y  is  spoken,  lest  thou  heare  thy  ser- 
 uaunt  curse  the  :  foi-  thine  owne  hert  knoweth, 
 that  thou  thy  self  also  hast  oft  tymes  spoke 
 euell  by  other  men.  All  these  thinges  haue 
 I  proued  because  of  wyszdome  :  "for  I  thought 
 to  be  wyse,  but  she  wente  farther  fro  me  then 
 she  was  before,  yee  (j  so  depe  that  I  might 
 not  reach  vnto  her.  I  applied  my  mynde 
 also  vnto  knowlcge,  and  to  seke  out  sciece, 
 wisdome  and  vnderstondinge :  to  knowe  the 
 foolishnesse  of  the  vngodly,  and  the  erroure 
 of  dotinge  fooles.  And  I  founde,*  that  a  woman 
 is  bytterer  then  death  :  for  she  is  a  very  angle, 
 hir  hert  is  a  nett,  and  hir  handes  are  cheynes. 
 Who  so  pleaseth  God  shal  escape  from  her, 
 but  the  synner  will  be  taken  with  her. 
 
 Beholde  (sayeth  f  preacher)  this  haue  I 
 diligently  searched  out  j  proued,  y  I  might 
 come  by  knowlege  :  which  as  yet  I  seke,  and 
 fynde  it  not.  Amonge  a  thousande  men  I 
 haue  founde  one,  but  not  one  woman  amonge 
 all.  '  Lo,  this  onely  haue  I  founde,  that  God 
 made  man  iust  (j  right,  but  they  seke  dyuerse 
 sotylties,  where  as  no  man  hath  wj'szdome  5 
 vnderstodinge,  to  geue  answere  there  vnto. 
 
 Ojc  btij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WYSZDOME  maketh  a  mas  face  to 
 shyne,''  but  malice  putteth  it  out  of 
 fauoure.  Kepe  the  kynges  commaundemet 
 (I  warne  the)  (j  the  00th  y  thou  hast  made 
 vnto  God.  Be  not  haistie  to  go  out  of  his 
 sight,  %  se  thou  cotynue  in  no  euell  thinge : 
 for  what  so  euer  it  pleaseth  him,  y  doeth  he. 
 Like  as  when  a  kynge  geueth  a  charge,  his 
 commaundement  is  mightie :  Euen  so  who 
 maye  saye  vnto  him  :  what  doest  thou  ? '  Who 
 so  kepeth  the  commaundement,  shall  fele  no 
 harme :  but  a  wyse  mans  herte  discerneth 
 tjTTie  and  maner  :  For  euery  thinge  wil  haue 
 opportunite  and  iudgment,  and  this  is  the 
 thinge  that  maketh  men  full  of  carefulnes  5 
 sorowe.  And  why  ?  a  man  knoweth  not  what 
 is  for  to  come,  for  who  wyll  tell  him?  Nether 
 is  there  eny  ma  y  hath  power  ouer  y  sprete, 
 to  kepe  stil  f  sprete,  ner  to  haue  eny  power 
 in  the  tyme  of  death :  It  is  not  he  also  that 
 can  make  an  ende  of  the  batayll,  nether  maye 
 vngodlynes  delyuer  him  y  raedleth  withall. 
 
 All  these  thinges  haue  I  considered,  and 
 applied  my  mynde  vnto  euery  worke  that  is 
 vndcr  the  Sonne:    how  one  man  hath  lord- 
 
 shipe  vpon  another  to  liis  owne  harme.  For 
 I  haue  oft  sene  y  vngodly-^  brought  to  their 
 graues,  and  fallen  downe  from  the  hye  and 
 glorious  place :  in  so  moch  y  they  were  for- 
 gotten in  the  cite,  where  they  were  had  in  so 
 hye  (J  greate  reputacion.  This  is  also  a  vayne 
 thinge.  Because  now  that  euell  workes  are 
 not  haistely  punyshed,  the  hert  of  man  geueth 
 him  self  ouer  vnto  wickednesse  :  But  though 
 an  euell  personne  offende  an  hundreth  tymes, 
 and  haue  a  longe  life  :  yet  am  I  sure,  that  it 
 shal  go  well  with  the  that  feare  God,  because 
 they  haue  him  before  their  eyes.  Agayne, 
 as  for  the  vngodly,  it  shall  not  be  well  with 
 him,  nether  shal  he  prologe  his  dayes :  but 
 euen  as  a  shadowe,  so  shall  he  be  that  feareth 
 not  God. 
 
 Yet  is  there  a  vanite  vpon  earth :  There 
 be  iust  men,  vnto  whom  it  happeneth,  as 
 though  they  had  the  workes  of  the  vngodly : 
 Aga)Tie,  there  be  vngodly,  with  whom  it  goeth 
 as  though  they  had  the  workes  of  f  rightuous. 
 This  me  thinke  also  a  vaine  thinge.  Ther- 
 fore  I  commende  gladnesse,  because  a  man 
 hath  no  better  thinge  vnder  the  Sonne,  then 
 to  eate  and  drynke,  and  to  be  mery :  for  that 
 shal  he  haue  of  his  laboure  all  the  dales  of  his 
 life,  which  God  geueth  him  vnder  the  Sonne. 
 When  I  applied  my  mynde  to  lerne  wyszdome, 
 and  to  knowe  the  trauayle  that  is  in  the  worlde 
 (and  that  of  soch  a  fashion,  y  I  sufh'ed  not 
 myne  eyes  to  slepe  nether  daye  ner  night)  I 
 vnderstode  of  all  y  workes  of  God,  that  it  is 
 not  possible  for  a  man,  to  attayne  vnto  y  workes 
 that  are  done  vnder  y-  Sonne  :  and  though  he 
 bestowe  his  laboure  to  seke  them  out,  yet  can 
 he  not  reach  vnto  the  :  yee  though  a  wyse  man 
 wolde  vndertake  to  knowe  them,  yet  might  he 
 not  fynde  them. 
 
 Cl^e  iy.  €]^apttr. 
 
 FOR  all  these  thinges  purposed  I  in  my 
 mynde  to  seke  out.  The  righteus  and 
 wyse  yee  and  their  workes  also  are  in  the 
 hande  of  God :  and  there  is  no  man  that 
 knoweth  ether  the  loue  or  hate  of  the  thinge 
 that  he  hath  before  him.  It  happeneth  vnto 
 one  as  vnto  another :  It  goeth  with  the  right- 
 uous as  with  the  vngodly :  *  with  the  good  5 
 cleane  as  with  the  vncleane :  with  him  that 
 offereth  as  with  him  that  offereth  not :  like  as 
 it  goeth  with  the  vertuous,  so  goeth  it  also 
 
 '  lob  9.  b.    Leui.  18.  a.        /  Psal.  36.  e.  f  lob  9. 
 
Cftap,  V* 
 
 (ealfgiastrs. 
 
 jTo.  iilinrfjij. 
 
 with  the  synner :  As  it  happeneth  vnto  the 
 periured,  so  happeneth  it  also  vnto  him  that 
 is  afrayed  to  be  man  sworne.  Amonge  all 
 thinges  y  come  to  passe  vnder  the  Sonne,  this 
 is  a  misery,  that  it  happeneth  vnto  all  alyke. 
 This  is  the  cause  also  that  the  hertes  of  men 
 are  full  of  wickednesse,  5  madd  foolishnesse 
 is  in  their  hertes  as  longe  as  they  lyue,  vntill 
 they  dye. 
 
 And  why  ?  As  longe  as  a  man  lyueth,  he 
 is  careles:  for  a  quyck  dogg  (saye  they)  is 
 better  the  a  deed  lion :  for  they  that  be  lyuynge, 
 knowe  y  they  shall  dye :  but  they  y  be  deed, 
 knowe  nothinge,  nether  deserue  they  eny  more. 
 For  their  memoriall  is  forgotte,  so  y  they  be 
 nether  loued,  hated  ner  envyed :  nether  haue 
 they  eny  more  parte  in  y  worlde,  in  all  y  is 
 done  vnder  the  Sonne.  Go  thou  thy  waye 
 then,  eate  thy  bred  with  ioye,  tj  drynke  thy 
 wyne  with  gladnesse,  for  thy  workes  please 
 God.  Let  thy  garmetes  be  all  waye  whyte,"  (j 
 let  thy  heade  want  no  oyntmct.  '  Vse  thy  self 
 to  lyue  ioyfully  with  thy  wife  whom  thou  louest, 
 all  y  dales  of  thy  life  (which  is  but  vayne)  y 
 God  hath  geue  the  vnder  the  Sonne,  all  f 
 dayes  of  thy  vanite  :  for  y  is  thy  porcion  in 
 this  life,  of  all  thy  laboure  a  trauayle  y  thou 
 takest  vnder  the  Sonne.  What  so  euer  thou 
 takest  in  hande  to  do,  that  do  with  all  thy 
 power:  for  amoge  the  deed  (where  as  thou 
 goest  vnto)  there  is  nether  worke,  councell, 
 knowlege  ner  wyszdome. 
 
 So  I  turned  me  vnto  other  thinges  vnder  ;y 
 Sonne,  and  I  sawe,  that  in  runnynge,  it  helpeth 
 not  to  be  swift :  in  batayll,  it  helpeth  not  to 
 be  stronge  :  to  fedynge,  it  helpeth  not  to  be 
 wyse  :  to  riches,  it  helpeth  not  to  be  sutyll : 
 to  be  had  in  fauoure,  it  helpeth  not  to  be 
 connynge  :  but  that  all  lyeth  in  tyme  5  for- 
 tune. '  For  a  man  knoweth  not  his  tyme,  but 
 like  as  the  fyshe  are  take  with  the  angle,  and 
 as  the  byrdes  are  catched  with  the  snare : 
 Eue  so  are  men  taken  in  the  perilous  tyme, 
 when  it  commeth  sodenly  vpon  them. 
 
 This  wiszdome  haue  I  sene  also  vnder  f 
 Sone,  (I  me  thought  it  a  greate  thinge.  There 
 was  a  litle  cite,  5  a  few  me  within  it :  so  there 
 came  a  greate  kynge  (j  beseged  it,  (j  made 
 greate  bulworkes  agaynst  it.  And  in  the  cite 
 there  was  founde  a  poore  man  (but  he  was 
 wyse)  which  with  his  wyszdome  delyuered  the 
 
 •■  Matt.  6.  b.  »  Pro.  5.  c.  '  Luc.  21.  d. 
 
 ■*  Sap.  6.  a.     3  Re.  22.  c.       '  1  Re.  17.  c.       /  Rom.  12.  b. 
 
 cite  :  yet  was  there  no  body,  y  had  eny  respecte 
 vnto  soch  a  symple  man.  Then  sayde  I : 
 wyszdome  is  better  then  strength.  ''Neuer- 
 theles,  a  symple  mans  wyszdome  is  despysed, 
 5  his  wordes  are  not  herde.  A  wise  mans 
 councell  that  is  folowed  in  sylence,  is  farre 
 aboue  the  crienge  of  a  captaine  amoge  fooles, 
 For  wyszdome  is  better  then  harnesse :  *  but 
 one  vnthrift  alone  destroyeth  moch  good. 
 
 E\)t  V.  Cljaptn-. 
 
 DEED  flyes  y  corruppe  swete  oyntment  5 
 make  it  to  styncke,  are  somthinge  more 
 worth  then  the  wyszdome  5  honoure  of  a  foole. 
 A  wyse  mans  hert  is  vpon  the  right  hande,  but 
 a  fooles  hert  is  vpon  the  left.  A  dotinge  foole 
 thinketh,  y  euery  ma  doth  as  foolishly  as  him- 
 self. Yf  a  principall  sprete  be  geue  the  to 
 beare  rule,-'^  be  not  negliget  the  in  thine  office : 
 for  so  shal  greate  wickednesse  be  put  downe, 
 as  it  were  with  a  medecyne.  Another  plage 
 is  there,  which  I  haue  sene  vnder  the  Sonne : 
 namely,  y  ignoraunce  y  is  comonly  amonge 
 prynces :  in  y  a  foole  sytteth  in  greate  dignite, 
 d  the  rich  are  sett  downe  beneth :  I  se  ser- 
 uauntes  ryde  vpon  horses,  (j  prynces  goinge 
 vpon  their  fete  as  it  were  seruauntes.  ^But 
 he  y  dyggeth  vp  a  pytt,  shall  fall  therin  him- 
 self: (J  who  so  breaketh  downe  the  hedge,  a 
 serpent  shal  byte  him.  Who  so  remoueth 
 stones,  shall  haue  trauayle  withall :  and  he 
 that  heweth  wod,  shalbe  hurt  thenvith. 
 
 When  an  yron  is  blont,  and  y  poynt  not 
 sharpened,  it  must  be  whett  againe,  and  that 
 with  might :  Euen  so  doth  wiszdome  folowe 
 diligence.  A  babler  of  his  tonge  is  no  better, 
 then  a  serpent  that  styngeth  without  hyssynge. 
 The  wordes  out  of  a  \vyse  mans  mouth  are 
 gracious,  but  the  lippes  of  a  foole  wil  destroye 
 himself.  The  begynnynge  of  his  talkynge  is 
 foolishnes,  and  the  last  worde  of  his  mouth  is 
 greate  madnesse.  A  foole  is  so  full  of  wordes, 
 that  a  man  can  not  tell  what  ende  he  wyll 
 make :  who  wyl  then  warne  him  to  make  a 
 conclucion  ?  The  laboure  of  y  foolish  is  gre- 
 uous  vnto  the,  while  they  knowe  not  how  to 
 go  in  to  the  cite. 
 
 Wo  be  vnto  the  (O  thou  realme  and  londe)  C 
 whose  kynge  is  but  a  childe,  and  whose  prynces 
 are  early  at  their  banckettes.     But  well  is  the 
 (O  thou  realme  and  londe)  whose  kinge  is 
 
 76 
 
Jjfo,  tilFFbuj. 
 
 OJalcsiiastfS. 
 
 Cl)ap.  j:U 
 
 come  of  nobles,  and  whose  prynces  eate  in 
 clue  season,  for  strength  and  not  for  lust. 
 Thorow  slouthfulnesse  the  balkes  fall  downe, 
 and  thorow  ydle  hades  it  rayneth  in  at  the 
 house.  Meate  maketh  men  to  laugh,"  and 
 wyne  maketh  them  mery  :  but  vnto  money 
 are  all  thinges  obedient.  Wysh  the  kynge  no 
 euell  in  thy  thought,  and  speake  no  hurte  of 
 f  ryche  in  thy  preuy  chambre  :  for  a  byrde  of 
 the  ayre  shal  betraye  thy  voyce,  and  with  hir 
 fethers  shal  she  bewraye  thy  wordes. 
 
 lEift  n-  CJjapter. 
 
 SENDE  thy  vytayles  ouer  the  waters,  and 
 so  shalt  thou  fynde  the  after  many  yeares. 
 Geue  it  awaye  amonge  seuen  or  eight,  for 
 thou  knowest  not  what  misery  shal  come  vpo 
 earth.  Whe  the  cloudes  are  full,  they  poure 
 out  rayne  vpon  the  earth.  And  whe  f  tre 
 falleth,  (whether  it  be  towarde  the  south  or 
 north)  in  what  place  so  euer  it  fall,  there  it 
 lyeth.  He  that  regardeth  f  wynde,  shal  not 
 sowe :  and  he  that  hath  respecte  vnto  the 
 cloudes,  shal  not  reape.  Now  like  as  thou 
 knowest  not  the  waye  of  the  wynde,  ner  how 
 f  bones  are  fylled  in  a  mothers  wombe  :  Euen 
 so  thou  knowest  not  the  workes  of  God,  which 
 is  the  workemaster  of  all. 
 
 Cease  not  thou  therfore  with  thy  handes  to 
 sowe  thy  sede,  whether  it  be  in  f  momynge 
 or  in  the  euenynge :  for  thou  knowest  not 
 whether  this  or  that  shall  prospere,  5  yf  they 
 both  take,  it  is  the  better.  The  light  is  swete, 
 5  a  pleasaunt  thinge  is  it  for  the  eyes  to  loke 
 vpon  the  Sonne.  Yf  a  man  lyue  many  yeares, 
 and  be  glad  in  them  all,  let  him  remembre  the 
 dayes  of  darcknesse,  which  shal  be  many  :  5 
 when  they  come,  all  thinges  shal  be  but  vanite. 
 Be  glad  then  (O  thou  yonge  man)  in  thy 
 youth,  and  lat  thine  hert  be  mery  in  thy  yonge 
 dayes :  folowe  the  wayes  of  thine  owne  hert, 
 and  the  lust  of  thine  eyes  :  but  be  thou  sure, 
 that  God  shal  bringe  the  in  to  iudgment  for 
 all  these  thinges. 
 
 CI)t  n).  CT)apttr. 
 ^UT  awaye  displeasure  out  of  thy  hert,  5 
 remoue  euell  from  thy  body :  for  childe- 
 
 ■  Psal.  103.  b. 
 
 "  Eccls.  3. 1 
 
 hode  and  youth  is  but  vanite.  Remembre 
 thy  maker  in  thy  youth,  or  euer  the  dayes  of 
 aduersite  come,  and  or  the  yeares  drawe  nye, 
 when  thou  shalt  saye :  I  haue  no  pleasure  in 
 them :  before  the  Sonne,  f  light,  f  Moone 
 and  the  starres  be  darckened,  and  or  the 
 cloudes  turne  agayne  after  the  rayne :  when 
 the  kepers  of  the  house  shall  tremble,  and 
 when  the  stronge  men  shal  bowe  them  selues: 
 when  the  Myllers  stonde  still  because  they  be 
 so  fewe,  and  when  the  sight  of  the  wyndowes 
 shal  waxe  dymme :  whan  the  dores  in  the 
 stretes  shal  be  shutt,  and  whan  f  voyce  of  the 
 Myller  shall  be  layed  downe :  whan  men  shall 
 ryse  vp  at  the  voyce  of  the  byrde,  and  whan 
 all  y  doughters  of  musyck  shalbe  brought  lowe : 
 whan  men  shal  feare  in  hye  places,  and  be 
 afrayed  in  the  stretes :  whan  the  Almonde  tre 
 shalbe  despysed,  the  greshopper  borne  out, 
 and  whan  greate  pouerte  shall  breake  in : 
 when  man  goeth  to  his  longe  home,  and  the 
 mourners  go  aboute  the  stretes.  Or  euer  the 
 syluer  lace  be  taken  awaye,  and  or  the  golden 
 bende  be  broken  :  Or  the  pott  be  broken  at 
 the  well,  (s  the  whele  vpon  the  Cisterne : 
 Or  'dust  be  turned  againe  vnto  earth  from 
 whence  it  came,  and  or  the  sprete  returne 
 vnto  God,  which  gaue  it.  "All  is  but  vanite 
 (sayeth  the  preacher)  aU  is  but  playne 
 vanite. 
 
 The  same  preacher  was  not  wyse  alone,  but 
 taught  the  people  knowlege  also :  he  gaue 
 good  hede,  sought  out  the  groiide  and  set 
 forth  many  parables.  His  diligence  was  to 
 fynde  out  acceptable  wordes,  right  scripture, 
 and  the  wordes  of  trueth.  ''  For  the  wordes 
 of  f  wyse  are  like  prickes  and  nales  that  go 
 thorow,  wherwith  men  are  kepte  together : 
 for  they  are  geuen  of  one  shepherde  onely. 
 Therfore  bewarre  (my  sonne)  that  aboue  these 
 thou  make  the  not  many  ij  innumerable  bokes, 
 nor  take  dyuerse  doctrynes  in  hande,  to  weery 
 thy  body  withall. 
 
 Lat  vs  heare  the  conclucion  of  all  thinges : 
 Feare  God,  and  kepe  his  comaundementes, 
 for  that  toucheth  all  men :  For  God  shall 
 iudge  all  workes  and  secrete  thinges,  whether 
 they  be  good  or  euell. 
 
 €i)t  trim  of  (Bttk&m^tt&f  tdMi  t\)t  fan^tv. 
 
€antita  ijl^anticotum. 
 
 Ci)t  first  Cl^apttr. 
 
 OTHAT  thy  mouth  wolde  geue  me  a 
 kysse,  for  thy  brestes  are  more  pleasaunt 
 then  wyne,  j  that  because  of  the  good  and 
 pleasaunt  sauoure.  "  Thy  name  is  a  swete 
 smellynge  oyntment,  therfore  do  the  maydens 
 loue  the :  yee  that  same  moueth  me  also  to 
 renne  after  the. 
 
 The  kynge  hath  brought  me  in  to  his  preuy 
 chambre.  We  wil  be  glad  5  reioyce  in  the, 
 we  thynke  more  of  thy  brestes  then  of  wyne : 
 well  is  them  that  loue  the. 
 
 I  am*  black  (o  ye  doughters  of  lerusale) 
 like  as  the  tentes  of  the  Cedarenes/  and  as  the 
 hanginges  of  Salomon :  but  yet  am  I  faire  5 
 welfauoured  withal.  Maruell  not  at  me  y  I 
 am  so  black,  u  why  ?  f  Sonne  hath  shyned 
 vpo  me.  For  whan  my  mothers  childre  had 
 euell  wil  at  me,  they  made  me  f  keper  of  the 
 vynyarde.  Thus  was  I  fayne  to  kepe  a  vyn- 
 yarde,  which  was  not  myne  owne. 
 
 Tell  me  (o  thou  whom  my  soule  loueth) 
 where  thou  fedest,  where  thou  restest  at  the 
 noone  daye  :  lest  I  go  wronge,  and  come  vnto 
 the  flockes  of  thy  companyons. 
 
 Yf  thou  knowe  not  thy  self  (o  thou  fay  rest 
 amoge  women)  tha  go  thy  waye  forth  after  ;y 
 fotesteppes  of  the  shepe,  as  though  thou 
 woldest  fede  thy  goates  besyde  y  shepherdes 
 tentes.  There  wil  I  tary  for  the  (my  loue) 
 with  myne  boost  5  with  my  charettes,  which 
 shal  be  no  fewer  then  Pharaos." 
 
 Then  shal  thy  chekes  j  thy  neck  be  made 
 fayre,  (j  hanged  with  spages  5  goodly  iewels  : 
 a  neck  bande  of  golde  wil  we  make  f  with 
 syluer  bottons.     When  the  kynge  sytteth  at 
 
 •  Eccls.  7.  a.  »  Gen.  25.  b.      2  Par.  3.  c. 
 
 the  table,  he  shal  smell  my  Nardus :  for  a 
 bodell  of  Myrre  (o  my  beloued)  lyeth  betwixte 
 my  brestes.  A  cluster  of  grapes  of  Cypers, 
 or  of  the  vynyardes  of  Engaddi,  art  thou  vnto 
 me,  O  my  beloued. 
 
 ''O  how  fayre  art  thou  (my  loue)  how  fayre 
 art  thou  ?  thou  hast  doues  eyes.  O  how 
 fayre  art  thou  (my  beloued)  how  well  fauored 
 art  thou  ?  Oure  bed  is  decte  with  floures,  f 
 sylinges  of  oure  house  are  of  Cedre  tre,  5 
 oure  balkes  of  Cypresse. 
 
 €i)e  i).  (fl^apttr. 
 
 I  AM  the  floure  of  the  felde,  and  lylie  of  the 
 valleys :  as  the  rose  amonge  the  thornes, 
 so  is  my  loue  amonge  the  daughters. 
 
 Like  as  the  aple  tre  amonge  the  trees  of  the 
 wodd,  so  is  my  beloued  amonge  the  sonnes. 
 My  delite  is  to  sitt  vnder  his  shadowe,  for  his 
 frute  is  swete  vnto  my  throte.  He  bryngeth 
 me  in  to  his  wyne  seller,  and  loueth  me 
 specially  well.  Refresh  me  with  grapes,  co- 
 forte  me  with  apples,  for  I  am  sick  of  loue. 
 "  His  left  hade  lyeth  vnder  my  heade,  j  his 
 right  hande  enbraceth  me. 
 
 I  charge  you  (0  ye  doughters  of  Jerusalem) 
 by  the  Roes  5  hyndes  of  the  felde,  y  ye  wake 
 not  yp  my  loue  ner  touch  her,  till  she  be  con- 
 tent herself. 
 
 Me  thynke  I  heare  the  voyce  of  my  be- 
 loued; lo,  there  commeth  he  hoppinge  vpon  f 
 mountaynes,  and  leapinge  ouer  the  litle  hilles. 
 My  beloued  is  like  a  Roo  or  a  yonge  hart. 
 Beholde,  he  stondeth  behynde  oure  wall,  he 
 loketh  in  at  the  wyndowe,  5  pepeth  thorow 
 the  grate. 
 
fo,  iiim*. 
 
 ^alomong  Jialtttts. 
 
 Cftap.  iij. 
 
 My  beloued  answered  3  sayde  vnto  me  :  O 
 stode  vp  my  loue,  my  doue,  my  beutyfuU,  (i 
 come :  for  lo,  the  wynter  is  now  past,  the 
 rayne  is  awaie  j  gone.  The  floures  are  come 
 vp  in  the  felde,  tlie  twystinge  tyme  is  come, 
 the  voyce  of  the  turtle  doue  is  herde  in  cure 
 londe.  The  fyge  tre  bryngeth  forth  hir  fyges, 
 the  vynes  beare  blossoms,  and  haue  a  good 
 smell. 
 
 0  strxle  vp  my  loue,  my  beutyfull,  and  come 
 (my  doue)  out  of  the  caues  of  the  rockes,  out 
 of  the  holes  of  the  wall :  O  let  me  se  thy 
 countenaunce  and  heare  thy  voyce,  for  swete 
 is  thy  voyce  and  fayre  is  thy  face.  Gett  vs 
 the  foxes,  yee  the  litle  foxes  that  hurte  f 
 vynes,  for  oure  vynes  beare  blossoms. 
 
 My  loue  is  myne,  and  I  am  his,  (which 
 fedeth  amfjge  the  lylies)  vntill  the  daye  breake, 
 and  till  the  shadowes  be  gone.  Come  agayne 
 preuely  (o  my  beloued)  like  as  a  Roo  or  a 
 yonge  harte  vnto  the  mountaynes. 
 
 Ci)t  iij.  Cljaptfv. 
 
 BY  night  in  my  bedd,  I  sought  him,  whom 
 my  soule  loueth  :  yee  diligently  sought  I 
 him,  but  I  founde  him  not.  I  wil  get  vp 
 (thought  I)  and  go  aboute  the  cite:  vpon  the 
 market  and  in  all  y  stretes  will  I  seke  him 
 whom  my  soule  loueth,  but  whan  I  sought 
 him,  I  founde  him  not.  The  watchmen  that 
 go  aboute  f  cite,  founde  me.  Sawe  ye  not 
 him,  whom  my  soule  loueth  ? 
 
 So  whan  I  was  a  litle  past  them,  I  foiide 
 him  whom  my  soule  loueth.  I  haue  gotten 
 holde  vpon  him,  and  wyl  not  let  him  go,  vntill 
 I  brynge  him  in  to  my  mothers  house,  and  in 
 to  hir  chambre  that  bare  me. 
 
 1  charge  you  (o  ye  dough ters  of  lerusale) 
 by  the  Roes  and  hytides  of  the  felde,  *  that  ye 
 wake  not  vp  my  loue  ner  touch  her,  till  she  be 
 content  herself. 
 
 Who  is  this,  that  commeth  out  of  y  wyl- 
 dernesse  like  pilers  of  smoke,  as  it  were  a 
 smell  of  Myrre,  frankencense  and  all  maner 
 spyces  of  the  Apotecary  ? 
 
 Beholde,  aboute  Salomos  bedsteade  there 
 stonde  LX.  valeaunt  men  of  the  mightie  in 
 Israel.  They  holde  swerdes  euery  one,  5 
 are  experte  in  warre.  Euery  man  hath  his 
 swerde  vpo  his  thee,  because  of  feare  in  the 
 night. 
 
 Kynge  Salomon  hath  made  himself  a  bed- 
 
 '  Cant.  6.  a.         »  Cant.  2.  b.         ■=  Cant.  1.  c. 
 
 steade  of  the  wodd  of  Libanus,  the  pilers  are 
 of  syluer,  the  coueringe  of  golde,  f  seate  of 
 purple,  ;y  grounde  pleasauntly  paued  for  the 
 doughters  of  Jerusalem. 
 
 Go  forth  (o  ye  doughters  of  Sion)  and  be- 
 holde kynge  Salomon  in  the  crowne,  wherwith 
 his  mother  crowiied  him  in  the  daye  of  his 
 mariage,  and  in  the  daye  of  the  gladnesse  of 
 his  hert. 
 
 Ci)t  iiij.  €{)apttr. 
 
 OHOW  fayre  art  thou '  (my  loue)  how 
 fayre  art  thou?  thou  hast  doues  eyes 
 besyde  that  which  lyeth  hid  within.  ''  Thy 
 hayrie  lockes  are  like  a  flocke  of  shepe  that 
 be  clypped,  which  go  first  vp  from  t-he  wash- 
 inge  place :  where  euery  one  beareth  two 
 twyns,  and  not  one  \Tifrutefull  amoge  them. 
 Thy  lippes  are  like  a  rose  coloured  rybende, 
 thy  wordes  are  louely :  thy  chekes  are  like  a 
 pece  of  a  pomgranate,  besydes  that  which  lyed 
 hyd  within.  Thy  neck  is  like  the  tower  of 
 Dauid  buylded  with  bulworkes,  wher  vpon 
 there  hage  a  thousande  sheldes,  yee  all  the 
 weapes  of  the  giautes.  Thy  two  brestes  are 
 '  like  two  twyns  of  yonge  roes,  which  fede 
 amoge  the  lilies.  O  that  I  might  go  to  the 
 mountayne  of  Myrre,  and  to  the  hyll  of 
 frankynsense  :  till  the  daye  breake,  and  till 
 the  shadowes  be  past  awaye.  Thou  art  all 
 fayre  (o  my  loue)  (j  no  spott  is  there  in  the. 
 
 Come  to  me  from  Libanus  (o  my  spouse) 
 come  to  me  from  Libanus  :  come  soone  the 
 next  waye  from  the  toppe  of  Amana,  from  the 
 toppe  of  Sanir  and  Hermon,  from  the  Lyons 
 dennes  and  from  the  mountaynes  of  f  leo 
 pardes.  Thou  hast  woiided  my  hert  (o  my 
 sister,  my  spouse)  thou  hast  wounded  my  hert, 
 with  one  of  thine  eyes,  and  with  one  cheyne 
 of  thy  neck.  O  how  fayre  and  louely  are  thy 
 brestes,  my  sister,  my  spouse  ?  Thy  brestes 
 are  more  pleasaunt  then  wyne,  and  the  smell 
 of  thy  oyntmentes  passeth  all  spices.  Thy 
 lippes  (o  my  spouse)  droppe  as  the  hony 
 combe,  yee  mylck  and  hony  is  vnder  thy 
 tonge,  and  the  smell  of  thy  garmentes  is  like 
 the  smell  of  frankynsense. 
 
 Thou  art  a  well  kepte  garden  (o  my  sister, 
 my  spouse)  thou  art  a  well  kepte  water  sprynge, 
 a  sealed  well.  The  frutes  that  sproute  in  the, 
 are  like  a  very  paradyse  of  pogranates  with 
 swete   frutes:  as  Cypresse,  Nardus,    Saffron, 
 
 ''  Cant.  6.  a.         '  Cant.  7.  a. 
 
Cl!)a}).  bu 
 
 ^alomonsf  ^alettrsi. 
 
 #0,  UIv)Ti. 
 
 Calmus,  and  all  the  trees  of  Libanus :  Myrre, 
 Aloes,  and  all  the  best  spyces.  Thou  art  a 
 well  of  gardens,  a  well  of  lyuynge  waters, 
 which  renne  downe  from  Libanus.  Vp  thou 
 northwynde,  come  thou  south wynde,  and  blowe 
 vpd  my  garde,  that  the  smell  therof  maye  be 
 caried  on  euery  syde  :  Yee  that  my  beloued 
 maye  come  in  to  my  garden,  j  eate  of  the 
 frutes  and  apples  that  grows  therin. 
 
 €i)t  b.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 COME  in  to  my  garden  o  my  sister,  my 
 spouse:  I  haue  gathered  my  Myrre  with 
 my  spyce,  I  wil  eate  my  hony  and  my  hony 
 cobe,  I  wil  drynke  my  wyne  5  my  mylk.  Eate 
 (o  ye  frendes)  drynke  and  be  mery,  0  ye  be- 
 loued. 
 
 As  I  was  a  slepe,  5  my  hert  wakynge,  I 
 herde  the  voyce  of  my  beloued,  wha  he 
 knocked.  Open  to  me  (sayde  he)  o  my  sis- 
 ter, my  loue,  my  doue,  my  derlinge  :  for  my 
 heade  is  full  of  dew,  and  f  lockes  of  my  hayre 
 are  full  of  the  night  droppes. 
 
 I  haue  put  off  my  cote,  how  ca  I  do  it  on 
 agayne  ?  I  haue  washed  my  fete,  how  shal  I 
 fyle  them  agayne  ?  But  whan  my  loue  put  in 
 his  hande  at  the  hole,  my  hert  was  moued 
 towarde  him  :  so  that  I  stode  vp  to  open  vnto 
 my  beloued.  My  hades  dropped  with  Myrre, 
 d  the  Myrre  ranne  downe  my  fyngers  vpon  f 
 lock.  Neuerthelesse  wha  I  had  opened  vnto 
 my  beloued,  he  was  departed,  and  gone  his 
 waye. 
 
 Now  like  as  afore  tyme  whan  he  spake,  my 
 hert  coude  no  longer  refrayne  :  Euen  so  now 
 I  sought  hi,  but  I  coude  not  fynde  him  :  I 
 cried  vpon  him,  neuerthelesse  he  gaue  me  no 
 answere.  So  the  watchmen  that  wente  aboute 
 the  cite,  foude  me,  smote  me,  and  wounded 
 me :  Yee  they  that  kepte  the  walles,  toke 
 awaye  my  garmet  fro  me.  I  charge  you 
 therfore  (o  ye  doughters  of  Jerusalem)  yf  ye 
 fynde  my  beloued,  that  ye  tell  him,  how  that 
 I  am  sick  for  loue. 
 
 Who  is  thy  loue  aboue  other  louers,  O  thou 
 fayrest  amonge  wemen?  Or,  what  can  thy  loue 
 do,  more  then  other  louers,  that  thou  chargest 
 vs  so  straitly  ? 
 
 As  for  my  loue,  he  is  whyte  and  reade 
 coloured,  a  synguler  personne  amonge  many 
 thousandes :  his  heade  is  the  most  fyne  golde, 
 the  lockes  of  his  hayre  are  buszshed,  browne 
 
 as  the  euenynge :  His  eyes  are  as  the  eyes  of 
 doues  by  the  water  brokes,  washen  with  mylck, 
 and  remaynynge  in  a  plenteous  place :  His 
 chekes  are  like  a  garden  bedd,  where  in  the 
 Apotecaryes  pliite  all  maner  of  swete  thinges : 
 His  lippes  droppe  as  the  floures  of  the  most 
 pryncipall  Myrre,  his  hades  are  full  of  golde 
 rynges  and  precious  stones.  His  body  is  as 
 the  pure  yuery,  decte  ouer  with  Saphyres  : 
 "  His  legges  are  as  the  pilers  of  Marbell,  sett 
 vpon  sokettes  of  golde :  His  face  is  as  Liba- 
 nus, and  as  the  bewty  of  the  Cedre  trees  : 
 His  throte  is  swete,  yee  he  is  alltogether  louely. 
 Soch  one  is  my  loue  (o  ye  doughters  of  Jeru- 
 salem) soch  one  is  my  loue. 
 
 Whither  is  thy  loue  gone  the  (o  thou  fayrest 
 amonge  weme)  whither  is  thy  loue  departed, 
 that  we  maye  seke  him  with  the  ? 
 
 Ci&t  fit.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 MY  loue  is  gone  downe  in  to  his  garden, 
 vnto  y  swete  smellinge  beddes,  that  he 
 maye  refresh  himself  in  the  garden,  and  gather 
 floures.  My  loue  is  myne,  and  I  am  his, 
 which  fedeth  amonge  the  lilies. 
 
 Thou  art  pleasaunt  (o  my  loue)  euen  as 
 louelynesse  itself,  thou  art  fayre  as  Jerusalem, 
 glorious  as  an  armye  of  men  with  their  baners 
 (Turne  awaye  thine  eyes  fro  me,  for  they 
 make  me  to  proude.)  *  Thy  hayrie  lockes  are 
 like  a  flocke  of  goates  vpon  y  mount  of  Galaad. 
 Thy  teth  are  like  a  flock  of  shepe  y  be  clypped, 
 which  go  out  of  the  washinge  place :  where 
 euery  one  beareth  two  twyns,  5  not  one  vn- 
 frutefull  amoge  them.  Thy  chekes  are  like 
 a  pece  of  a  pomgranate,  besydes  y  which  lyeth 
 hid  within.  There  are  thre  score  quenes, 
 '  foure  score  concubynes,  and  yonge  weme 
 without  nombre.  But  one  is  my  doue,  my 
 derlynge.  She  is  the  onely  beloued  of  hir 
 mother,  5  deare  vnto  her  that  bare  her.  Wha 
 the  daughters  sawe  her,  they  sayde  she  was 
 blessed :  Yee  the  quenes  and  concubines 
 praysed  her.  What  is  she  this,  that  pepeth 
 out  as  the  mornynge  ?  fayre  as  the  Moone, 
 excellent  as  the  Sonne,  glorious  as  an  armye 
 of  men  with  their  banners  ? 
 
 I  wente  downe  in  to  the  nutt  garden,  to  se 
 what  grew  by  the  brokes,  to  loke  yf  the  vyn- 
 yarde  florished,  and  yf  the  pomgranates  were 
 shot  forth.  Then  the  charettes  of  the  prynce 
 of  my  people  made  me  sodenly  afrayed.  Turne 
 
I  fo,  tiimih 
 
 ^alomonsf  93alettc5, 
 
 Cftap.  bi). 
 
 againe,  turne  againe  (O  thou  Sulamite)  tume 
 agayne,  turne  agayne,  that  we  maye  loke 
 vpon  the. 
 
 Wi)t  bi).  Cljapter. 
 
 WHAT  pleasure  haue  ye  more  in  y  Sula- 
 mite, than  when  she  daunseth  amonge 
 the  men  of  warre?  O  how  pleasaunt  are 
 thy  treadinges  with  thy  shues,  thou  prynces 
 daughter  ?  Thy  thees  are  like  a  fayre  iewell, 
 which  is  wrought  by  a  connynge  workmaster : 
 Thy  nauell  is  like  a  rounde  goblett,  which  is 
 neuer  without  drynke  :  Thy  wombe  is  like  an 
 heape  of  wheate,  sett  aboute  with  lilies :  Thy 
 two  brestes  are  Uke  two  twyns  of  yonge  roes : 
 Thy  neck  is  as  it  were  a  tower  of  yuery: 
 Thyne  eyes  are  like  y  water  poles  in  Hesebon, 
 besyde  the  porte'  of  Bathrabbim :  Thy  nose 
 is  like  the  tower  of  Libanus,  which  loketh 
 towarde  Damascus :  That  heade  that  stondeth 
 vpon  the  is  like  Carmel :  The  hayre  of  thy 
 heade  is  like  the  kynges  purple  folden  vp  in 
 plates. 
 
 O  how  fayre  and  louely  art  thou  (my  der- 
 Ipige)  in  pleasures?  Thy  stature  is  like  a 
 date  tre,  and  thy  brestes  like  the  grapes.  I 
 sayde :  I  wil  clymme  vp  in  to  the  date  tre, 
 and  take  holde  of  his  braunches.  Thy  brestes 
 also  shalbe  as  the  vyne  grapes,  the  smell  of 
 thy  nostrels  like  the  smell  of  apples,  and  thy 
 throte  like  the  best  wyne. 
 
 This  shalbe  pure  5  cleare  for  my  loue,  his 
 lippes  and  teth  shal  haue  their  pleasure. 
 There  wil  I  tume  me  vnto  my  loue,  and  he 
 shal  turne  him  vnto  me.  O  come  on  my  loue, 
 let  vs  go  forth  in  to  the  felde,  and  take  oure 
 lodginge  in  the  vyllages.  In  the  mornynge 
 wil  we  ryse  by  tymes,  and  go  se  the  vynyarde  : 
 yf  it  be  spronge  forth,  yf  the  grapes  be  growne, 
 5  yf  the  pomgranates  be  shott  out.  There 
 il  I  geue  the  my  brestes:  There  shal  the 
 Mandragoras  geue  their  smell  besyde  oure 
 dores :  There  (o  my  loue)  haue  I  kepte  vnto 
 the  all  maner  of  frutes,  both  new  and  olde. 
 
 Wt)t  btij.  Chapter. 
 THAT  I  might  fynde  the  without  5 
 kysse  f,  whom   I  loue  as  my  brother 
 
 o 
 
 which  suckte  my  mothers  brestes:  j  that  thou 
 woldest  not  be  offended,  yf  I  toke  the  and 
 brought  the  in  to  my  mothers  house :  that 
 thou  mightest  teach  me,  and  that  I  might 
 geue  the  drynke  of  spyced  wyne  and  of  the 
 swete  sappe  of  ray  pomgranates.  "  His  lefte 
 hande  lyeth  vnder  my  heade,  j  his  right  hande 
 embraceth  me. 
 
 I  charge  you  (o  ye  daughters  of  lerusale) 
 that  ye  wake  not  vp  my  loue  ner  touch  her, 
 tyll  she  be  content  herself.  What  is  she  this, 
 that  Cometh  vp  from  the  wildemes,  and  leaneth 
 vpon  hir  loue  ?  I  am  the  same  that  waked 
 the  vp  amonge  the  aple  trees,  where  thy 
 mother  beare  y^,  where  thy  mother  brought 
 the  in  to  the  worlde. 
 
 O  set  me  as  a  scale  vp5  thine  hert,  and  as 
 a  scale  vpon  thine  arme  :  for  loue  is  mightie 
 as  the  death,  j  gelousy  as  the  hell.  Hir  coales 
 are  of  fyre,  and  a  very  flamme  of  the  LORDE 
 so  y  many  waters  are  not  able  to  quench  loue, 
 nether  maye  y  streames  drowne  it.  Yee  yf 
 man  wolde  geue  all  the  good  of  his  house  for 
 loue,  he  shulde  counte  it  nothinge. 
 
 When  oure  loue  is  tolde  oure  yonge  sister, 
 whose  brestes  are  not  yet  growne,  what  shal 
 we  do  vnto  her  ?  Yf  she  be  a  wall,  we  shal 
 buylde  a  syluer  bollworke  there  vpon  :  Yf  she 
 be  a  tower,  we  shal  festen  her  with  hordes  of 
 Cedre  tre. 
 
 Yf  I  be  a  wall,  5  my  brestes  like  towres, 
 then  am  I  as  one  that  hath  founde  fauoure  in 
 his  sight. 
 
 Salomon  had  a  vynyarde  at  Baal  Hamon, 
 this  vynyarde  delyuered  he  vnto  the  kepers : 
 y  euery  one  for  the  frute  therof  shulde  geue 
 him  a  thousande  peces  of  syluer.  But  my 
 vynyarde  (o  Salomon)  geueth  the  a  thousande, 
 and  two  hundreth  to  f  kepers  of  the  frute. 
 
 Thou  that  dwellest  in  the  gardens,  O  let 
 me  heare  thy  voyce,  that  my  companyons 
 maye  herken  to  the  same.  O  get  the  awaye 
 (my  loue)  as  a  roo  or  a  yonge  hert  vnto  the 
 swete  smellinge  moiitaynes. 
 
 8Df)t  tvHit  of  Salomons  33aktUs,  ralkU  Cairtita  Caittitonun. 
 
 Fautes  escaped  in  the  pryntinge  of  this  parte. 
 
 In  the  syxte  Chapter  of  lob,  the  letter  3, 
 
 Within  the  yoke  an  egg,  rede,  Within  the  yoke  of  an  egg. 
 
 In  the  Psalter. 
 
 Ill  the  cxxxvi.  psalme,  the  seconde  verse  : 
 
 Vpon  the  trees,  rede,  Vpon  the  wyllye  trees. 
 
mi  tt)c  ^tupijeteg 
 
 in  ISngli0]b^» 
 
 Csiap. 
 
 30eL 
 
 abatut. 
 
 Slerrmp. 
 
 amoei. 
 
 ^opftonp. 
 
 J5arucJ)» 
 
 9B)Jip. 
 
 aggeus. 
 
 €^ttt)itl 
 
 Sonag. 
 
 Zarftarp. 
 
 IBaniel. 
 
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 iMicfteag. 
 
 iHalatftp, 
 
 (2Bsiea£f. 
 
 ^um. 
 
Zi)t  propljtt  6gaj)^ 
 
 fflaa^at  Csap  tom^mti). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 The  prophet  rebuketh  the  people  of  Israel,  for 
 their  abhominacions. 
 
 Cf)ap.  II. 
 The  callynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 Cl)ap.   III. 
 Punyshmet  of  God,  specially  for  the  pryde  of 
 wemen. 
 
 Cf)ap.  nil. 
 
 Plages  to  come,  wyth  a  promyse  of  the  grace  and 
 conforte  thorow  Christ. 
 
 Cpp.  V. 
 
 The  louynge  kyndnes  of  God  towarde  Israel, 
 afore  other  people.  Agayne,  the  vnthankful- 
 nes  and  vnfaithfulnes  of  them. 
 
 Cl&ap.  VI. 
 The  sendynge  of  Esay.     The  harde  hertes  of  the 
 people. 
 
 Cijap.   VII. 
 He  rebuketh  the  kynge,  for  beynge  afrayed  of 
 the  vngodly  kynges  of  the  Heithen,  and  be- 
 cause he  put  not  his  trust  in  God.    He  geueth 
 him  a  toke  of  grace,  which  he  receaueth  not. 
 
 €f)ap.   VIII. 
 The  people  forsake  God,  i   seke  helpe  at  the 
 Heithen. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 
 He  putteth  the  in  mynde  of  the  mysery  that  is 
 past.  Of  the  cBmynge  and  kyngdome  of 
 Christ.     Punyshment  for  their  pryde. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 Punyshment  of  vnrighteous  rulers.    The  comforte 
 of  Israel  agaynst  the  pryde  of  the  kynge  of  the 
 Assyrians. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 A  prophecie  of  Christ. 
 
 CI)ap.  XII. 
 A  thankesgeuynge  of  the  faithfuU  people. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 Punyshment  to  come  vpon  Babilon,  by  the  Per- 
 sians 5  Medes. 
 
 €l)ap.  XIIII. 
 God  will  haue  mercy  on  his  people.     He  threten- 
 eth  Palestina. 
 
 CI)ap.  XV. 
 The  plage  of  Moab. 
 
 «ri)ap.  XVI. 
 The  vexacion  5  feare  of  Moab. 
 
 Cljap.  XVII 
 
 Punyshmet  of  Damascus  5  siria. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XVIII. 
 The  callynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 Cljap.   XIX.  XX. 
 
 Plages  vpon  Egipte  5  Ethiopia. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXI 
 The  punyshmet  of  Babilon,  Duma,  and  Arabia. 
 
 Ci^ap.    XXII. 
 The  punyshment   vpon  lerusale   by   Senacherib. 
 Sobna  is  put  downe,  Eliachim  commeth  in  his 
 steade. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 The  punyshment  of  Tyre,  of  all  the  cities  by  the 
 see  coast,  and  of  the  lies. 
 
 c^ap.  xxnii. 
 
 Of  the  generall  punyshment  of  the  whole  earth 
 vnto  the  ende  of  the  worlde. 
 
ilin  piojpfttt  Gfsiap, 
 
 Ctap.  XXV. 
 A  thakesgeuynge   vnto  God.     The  callinge  of 
 the  Heithen 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXVI. 
 Men  ought  to  trust  onely  I  God. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVII. 
 The  punyshment  of  Leuiathan.     The  goodnes  of 
 God.     The  delyueraunce  of  Israel.     The  call- 
 ynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 iffi^ap.  XXVIII. 
 The  punishment  of  Ephraim.     Of  mens  lawes. 
 Of  the  stone  in  Sion. 
 
 €})ap.  XXIX. 
 Punyshmet  vpon  lerusalem  for  mens  lawes  and 
 doctrynes. 
 
 Cijap.  XXX. 
 Gods  people  are  punyshed,  for  sekinge  helpe  at 
 other  then  him  self. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXI. 
 He  calleth  the  people  agayne  to  God,  and  pro- 
 miseth  them  defence. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXXH. 
 Health  vnder  the  kynge  of  righteousnes.      He 
 threateneth  the  carelesse  cities. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXIII. 
 Punyshmet  vpon  the  enemies  of  Gods  people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 Gods  plage  vpon  the  Heithen. 
 
 Cfjap.  XXXV. 
 
 A  coforte,    %  secrete  promyse  concernynge  the 
 callynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVI. 
 
 Sennacherib  the  kinge  of  the  Assirians  sendeth 
 his  hoost  to  besege  lerusale. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVIJ. 
 The  prayer  of  Ezechias.     God  coforteth  him  by 
 Esay.     The  angel  of  the  LORDE  putteth  the 
 Assirians  hoost  to  shame. 
 
 C^ap.  XXXVIII. 
 Ezechias  is  deed   sicke.     God  helpeth  him  vp 
 agayne.     He  thanketh  God. 
 
 €i)ap.  XXXIX. 
 
 The  kynge  of  Babilon  sendeth  Embassitours  vnto 
 Ezechias,  which  sheweth  them  his  treasure,  5 
 displeaseth  God  with  all. 
 
 CI)ap.  XL. 
 
 The  delyuerauce  not  onely  of  Israel  out  of  the 
 captiuyte  of  Babilon,  but  of  all  faithfuU  also 
 in  Christ.  The  vanyte  of  ma.  The  excellent 
 power  of  God. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XLI. 
 
 God  reasoneth  with  the  lewes  5  getiles,  (j  re- 
 proueth  the  people  of  Israel  for  their  vn- 
 thankfulnes. 
 
 Cfiap.  XLII. 
 
 The  comynge  5  power  of  Christ.  The  praise  of 
 God.     Punishment  of  the  vngodly. 
 
 C{)ap.  XLIII. 
 A  prophecye  of  the  comynge  of  the  Sauioure. 
 He  putteth  them  in  myndeof  thebenefites  past. 
 
 CI)ap.   XLIIII. 
 Vnthakfulnes  of  the  people.    The  vanite  of  Idols 
 or  ymages.     The  madd  foolishnes  of  those  that 
 make  the,  or  worshipe  them. 
 
 Cpp.  XLV. 
 The  LORDE  onely  is  the  true  God  of  Israel. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XLVI. 
 Of  the  destruccion  of  ymages.    The  power  of  the 
 true  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLVII. 
 
 Plages  vpon  proude  Babilon. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XLVIIL 
 Agaynst  the  vanite  of  ymages. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XLIX. 
 The  comynge  5  ofSce  of  Christ.     SaluaciS  for 
 the  lewes  and  for  the  gentyles. 
 
 Ci)ap.  L. 
 The  lewes  refused,  because  they  haue  forsaken 
 their  maker,  and  go  a  whoringe  with  straunge 
 
 Ci^ap-  LI. 
 
 The  mightie  God  hath  euer  done  them  good  :  yf 
 they  cleue  to  him,  there  shal  no  body  hurte 
 them. 
 
 Cl)ap.  LII. 
 
 A  promyse  of  Messias  :  He  waketh  vp  the  lewes 
 and  Gentyles  also  to  the  commynge  of  him. 
 
jTo.  blOTbi. 
 
 €f)t  propftft  (0s(ap. 
 
 Cf)ap.  u 
 
 Cf)ap.   LIII. 
 He  complayneth  of  the  hardneckes  of  the  people, 
 5  testifieth  clearly  of  Christ. 
 
 CI)ap.  LIIII. 
 One  church  of  lewes  (j  Getiles. 
 
 fifjap.  LV. 
 God  calleth  all  men  to  his  goodnes  in  Christ. 
 
 Cf)ap.  LVI. 
 How  the  church  of  Christ  shulde  prepare  hir  self 
 agaynst  his  coinynge.     A  complaynte  of  false 
 prophetes  and  rulers. 
 
 Ci^ap.  LVII. 
 He  rebuketh  the  prophetes,  rulers  and  the  people, 
 and  promyseth  mercy  to  all  soch  as  wyl  turne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  LVni. 
 He  putteth  the  prophetes  in  mynde  of  their  office. 
 What  the  true  fast  is. 
 
 Ci&ap.  LIX. 
 
 Why  God  heareth  not  the  lewes. 
 
 €})ap.  LX. 
 He  calleth  vnto  all  soch  as  feare  God,  that  they 
 wyl  knowe  his  goodnes. 
 
 C^ap.  LXI. 
 The  office  of  a  prophet,  fulfilled  specially  in  Christ. 
 
 Ci&ap.  LXn. 
 
 The  prophet  maye  not  leaue  of  to  crie,  to  warne, 
 and  to  exorte,  vntyll  the  light  of  grace  aryse 
 in  Sion. 
 
 CJ)ap.  LXIII. 
 
 An  exortacion  to  receaue  the  Sauioure  for  to  come. 
 
 Cfjap.  LXIHI. 
 He  longeth  sore  for  the  commynge  of  the  Sa- 
 uioure, sheweth  his  power,  5  prayeth  for  the 
 people. 
 
 €t)ap.  LXV. 
 Of  the  forsakinge  of  the  lewes,  and  callinge  of 
 the  Heithen. 
 
 Ci^ap.  LXVI. 
 The  outwarde  ceremonies  of  the  lewes  are  re- 
 fused :  and  here  is  shewed  the  true  seruyce  of 
 God. 
 
 THIS  is  the  prophecy  of  Esay  the  sonne 
 of  Amos,  which  he  shewed  vpon  luda 
 and  lerusalem :  In  the  tyme  of  Osias, 
 loathan,  Ahas,  and  Ezechias  kyngesof  luda. 
 
 W^e  firfit  Ci^apter. 
 
 HEARE  o  heauen,  herken  o  earth,"  for 
 the  LORDE  speaketh:  I  haue  no- 
 rished  5  brought  vp  children,  and  they  are 
 fallen  awaye  fro  me.  An  oxe  knoweth  his 
 lorde,  and  an  Asse  his  masters  stall,  but 
 Israel  knoweth  nothinge,  my  people  hath  no 
 vnderstondinge.  Alas  for  this  syuful  people, 
 which  are  experte  in  blasphemies,  a  frawerde 
 generacion,  vnnatural  children.  *  They  haue 
 forsaken  the  LORDE,  they  haue  prouoked 
 the  holy  one  of  Israel  vnto  anger,  and  are 
 gone  bacward.  Wherfore  shulde  ye  be  plaged 
 eny  more  ?  For  ye  are  euer  faUinge  awaye. 
 The  whole  heade  is  sick,  and  the  herte  is 
 very  heuy.  'From  the  sole  of  the  foote  vnto 
 the  heade,  there  is  no  whole  parte  in  all  youre 
 body :  but  all  are  woundes,  botches,  sores  and 
 
 "  Deut.  32.  a.    Mich.  1.  a.    lere.  8.  b.    Osee  7.  c. 
 »  Psal.  88.  c.    Abac.  1.  c.         '  Deut.  28.  d. 
 
 strypes,  which  can  nether  be  helped,  bounde 
 vp,  molified,  ner  eased  with  eny  oyntment. 
 
 ''Youre  londe  lieth  waist,  youre  cities  are 
 brent  vp,  youre  enemies  deuoure  youre  londe, 
 and  ye  must  be  fayne  to  stonde,  and  loke 
 vpon  it :  and  it  is  desolate,  as  it  were  with 
 enemies  in  a  batell.  Morouer  y  doughter  of 
 Syon  is  left  alone  like  a  cotage  in  a  vynyearde, 
 like  a  watchouse  in  tyme  of  warre,  like  a  be^ 
 seged  citie.  And  excepte  the  LORDE  of 
 hostes  had  left  us  a  few  alyue :  '  we  shulde 
 haue  bene  as  Sodoma,  a,  like  vnto  Gomorra. 
 
 ■'Heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  ye  ty- 
 rauntes  of  Sodoma :  and  herken  vnto  the 
 lawe  of  oure  God,  thou  people  of  Gomorra. 
 Why  offre  ye  so  many  sacrifices  vnto  me? 
 I  am  discontent  for  the  brentoffringes  of 
 wethers,  and  with  f  fatnesse  of  fedbeastes.  I 
 haue  no  pleasure  m  the  bloude  of  bullockes, 
 lambes  and  gootes.  When  ye  apeare  before 
 me,  who  requyreth  you  to  treade  within  my 
 porches  ?  Offre  me  no  mo  oblacions,  for  it  is 
 but  lost  laboure.     '  I  abhorre  youre  incense. 
 
 ■>  Leuit.  26.        '  Ro.  9.  f.        /  lere.  7.  c.   Mat. "9.  b. 
 e  Hiere.  6.  e.    Amos  5.  b.    Mich.  6.  b. 
 
Cftap.  iU 
 
 Cfee  propOtt  Csiap, 
 
 I  maye  not  awaye  with  youre  newmoones, 
 youre  Sabbathes  and  solempne  dayes.  "  Youre 
 fastinges  are  also  in  vayne.  I  hate  youre  new 
 holy  dayes  and  fastinges,  euen  fro  my  very 
 harte.  They  make  me  weery,  I  can  not  abyde 
 them.  Though  ye  holde  out  youre  hondes, 
 *yet  turne  I  myne  eyes  from  you.  And 
 though  ye  make  many  prayers,  yet  heare  I 
 nothinge  at  all,  for  youre  hondes  are  full  of 
 bloude. 
 
 Wash  you,  make  you  clene,  '^put  awaye 
 youre  euell  thoughtes  out  of  my  sight,  cease 
 from  doinge  of  eueU  and  violence.  Lerne  to 
 do  right,  applie  youre  selues  to  equyte,  de- 
 lyuer  the  oppressed,  helpe  the  fatherlesse  to 
 his  right,  let  the  wydowes  complaynte  come 
 before  you.  Now  go  to  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 we  wil  talke  together.  Is  it  not  so  ?  Though 
 youre  synnes  be  as  read  as  scarlet,  shal  they 
 not  be  whyter  then  snowe?  And  though 
 they  were  like  purple,  shall  they  not  be  like 
 whyte  woll  ?  Is  it  not  so  ?  Yf  ye  be  louynge 
 (J  obedient,  ye  shal  enioye  the  best  thinge  that 
 groweth  in  the  londe.  ■*  But  yf  ye  be  obstinate 
 and  rebellious,  ye  shalbe  deuoured  with  the 
 swerde :  for  thus  the  LORDE  hath  pro- 
 mised with  his  owne  mouth. 
 
 How  happeneth  it  then  that  the  rightuous 
 citie  (which  was  full  of  equite)  is  become 
 vnfaithfull  as  an  whore  ?  rightuousnes  dwelt  in 
 it,  but  now  murthur.  'Thy  Siluer  is  turned 
 to  drosse,  and  thy  wyne  myxte  with  water. 
 Thy  prynces  are  traytours  and  companyons  of 
 theues.  -/^They  loue  giftes  altogether,  and 
 folowe  rewardes.  As  for  the  fatherles,  they 
 helpe  him  not  to  his  right,  nether  wil  they  let 
 the  wydowes  causes  come  before  them.  Ther- 
 fore  speaketh  the  LORDE  God  of  hostes  the 
 mighty  one  of  Israel :  Ah  I  must  ease  me  of 
 myne  enemies,  and  a  venge  me  vpo  the.  And 
 therfore  shal  I  laye  my  honde  vpon  the,  and 
 burne  out  thy  drosse  from  the  fynest  and 
 purest,  and  put  out  all  thy  leade,  ij  set  thy 
 iudges  agayne  as  they  were  somtyme,  and  thy 
 Senatours  as  they  were  from  f  begynnynge. 
 ?  Then  shalt  thou  be  called  the  rightuous  citie, 
 the  faithful  citie.  But  Sion  shalbe  redemed 
 with  equyte,  and  hyr  captiuyte  with  rightuous- 
 nesse.  For  the  transgressours  and  vngodly, 
 and  soch  as  are  become  vnfaithfull  vnto  the 
 
 "  Esa.  58.  a.         »  Zach.  7.  b.     Mat.  6.  b.     Esa.  59.  a. 
 
 lere.  7.  a.  and  21.  a.  and  22.  a.  •'Deut.ll.b.  Leui.26.d. 
 Deut.  28.  d.  '  Pro.  25.  a.  Eze.  22.  b.  /  lere.  5.  g. 
 I  Zach.  8.  a.      "  lere.  10.  c.     '  Esa.  29.  b.     *  Mich.  4.  a. 
 
 fo,  tilmiiih 
 
 LORDE,  must  all  together  be  vtterly   de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 And  excepte  ye  be  ashamed  of  the  oke- 
 trees  wherin  ye  haue  so  delited,  and  of  the 
 gardes  that  ye  haue  chosen  :  ye  shalbe  as  an 
 oke  whose  leaues  are  fallen  awaye,  ''and  as  a 
 garden  that  hath  no  moystnesse.  And  as  for 
 the  glory  of  these  thinges,  it  shalbe  turned  to 
 drie  strawe,  'and  he  that  made  them  to  a 
 sparke.  And  they  shal  both  burne  to- 
 gether, so  that  no  man  shalbe  able  to  quench 
 them. 
 
 Ci)i  tj.  Cl)apter. 
 
 MOROUER  this  is  the  worde  that  was 
 opened  vnto  Esaye  the  sonne  of  Amos, 
 vpon  luda  and  lerusalem.  It  will  be  also  in 
 processe  of  tyme:  *That  the  hill  where  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  is  buylded,  shalbe  f 
 chefe  amoge  hilles,  and  exalted  aboue  al  litle 
 hilles.  'And  al  heithe  shal  prease  vnto  him 
 and  the  multitude  of  people  shall  go  vnto 
 him,  speakinge  thus  one  to  another:  '"vp,  let 
 us  go  to  the  hill  of  the  LORDE,  and  to  the 
 house  of  y  God  of  lacob :  y  he  maye  shewe 
 us  his  waye,  "and  y  we  maye  walke  in  his 
 pathes.  For  f  lawe  shal  come  out  of  Syon, 
 and  the  worde  of  God  from  lerusalem,  and 
 shal  geue  sentence  amonge  the  heithen,  and 
 shal  reforme  the  multitude  of  people  :  So  that 
 they  shal  breake  their  swerdes  and  speares,  to 
 make  sythes,  sycles  5  sawes  therof." 
 
 ''From  that  tyme  forth  shal  not  one  people 
 lift  vp  wapen  agaynst  another,  nether  shal 
 they  lerne  to  fight  from  thensforth.  It  is  to 
 the  that  I  crie  (o  house  of  lacob)  vp,  let  us 
 walke  in  the  light  of  the  LORDE.  But  thou 
 art  scatred  abrode  with  thy  people  (o  house 
 of  lacob)  for  ye  go  farre  beyonde  youre  fathers, 
 whether  it  be  in  Sorcerers  (whom  ye  haue  as 
 the  phylistynes  had)  or  in  calkers  of  mens 
 byrthes,  wherof  ye  haue  to  many.  '  As  soone 
 as  youre  londe  was  ful  of  syluer  and  golde, 
 and  no  ende  of  youre  treasure :  so  soone  as 
 youre  londe  was  ful  of  stronge  horses  and  no 
 ende  of  youre  charettes :  '  Inmediatly  was  it 
 ful  of  Idols  also,  euen  workes  of  youre  owne 
 hondes,  which  ye  youre  selues  haue  facioned, 
 and  youre  fyngers  haue  made.  There  kneleth 
 the  man,  there  falleth  the  man  downe  before 
 
 'Zach.  8.  d.      "  Psal.  121.  a.    Iere.31.  a.     "Psal.  49.a. 
 Acto.l.a.    »Ioel3.b.    ''Mich.4.b.    '  Deut. B.C. and  17. d. 
 Esa.  44.  b. 
 
#0.  liIjrFirbiij. 
 
 Cftf  propbct  (i!55ap. 
 
 Cftap.  I'lj. 
 
 them,  so  y  thou  canst  not  bringe  him  awaye 
 from  thence. 
 
 And  therfore  get  f  soone  in  to  some  rock, 
 "and  hyde  the  in  the  grounde  from  the  sight 
 of  the  fearful  iudge,  and  from  y  glory  of  his 
 Magestie.  Which  casteth  downe  f  high  lokes 
 of  presumptuous  personnes,  *and  brj'ngeth 
 lowe  the  pryde  of  ma,  and  he  only  shall  be 
 exalted  in  y  daye.  For  the  daye  of  y  LOIIDE 
 of  hostes  snal  go  ouer  all  pryde  d  presumpcio, 
 vpon  all  the  that  exalte  the  selues,  and  shal 
 bringe  them  all  downe :  vpo  all  high  5  stoute 
 Cedre  trees  of  Libanus,  and  vpon  all  the  okes 
 of  Basan,  vpon  all  high  hilles,  and  vpon  all 
 stoute  mountaynes,  vpon  all  costly  towres, 
 and  vpon  all  stronge  walles,  vpon  all  shippes 
 of  the  see,  and  vpon  euery  thinge  y  is  glo- 
 rious and  pleasaunt  to  loke  vpon. 
 
 'And  it  shall  bringe  downe  the  pryde  of 
 man,  ''and  laye  mans  presumptuousnesse  full 
 lowe,  and  the  LORDE  shal  only  haue  the 
 victory  in  that  daye.  'But  the  Idols  shal 
 utterly  be  roted  out.  Men  shal  crepe  in  to 
 holes  of  stone,  -'^and  in  to  caues  of  the  earth, 
 from  the  sight  of  the  fearfull  iudge,  and  from 
 the  glory  of  his  magesty:  «what  tyme  as  he 
 shal  make  him  vp  to  shake  the  earth.  Then, 
 the  shal  ma  cast  awaye  his  goddes  of  syluer 
 and  golde  (which  he  neuertheles  had  made  to 
 honoure  the)  vnto  Molles  and  Backes :  that 
 he  maye  the  better  crepe  in  to  the  caues  and 
 rockes,  and  in  to  the  clifFes  of  hard  stones, 
 from  y  sight  of  the  fearful  iudge  and  from  the 
 glory  of  his  Magesty. 
 
 Ci)e  iij.  €f)aptn. 
 
 EUERY  man  can  eschue  a  persone  moued 
 in  anger,  for  what  doth  he  wysely  ?  Euen 
 so  shal  y  LORDE  of  hoostes  take  awaye  fro 
 lerusale  5  ludci,  all  possessios  d  power,  all 
 meat  and  drinke,  f  captayne  and  the  soudyare, 
 f  iudge  and  the  prophete,  the  wyse  and  the 
 aged  ma,  the  worshipful  of  fiftie  yeare  olde, 
 and  the  honorable  :  the  Senatours,  and  men 
 of  vnderstondinge  :  the  masters  of  craftes  and 
 oratours.  And  I  shal  geue  you  children  to 
 be  youre  prynces  (saieth  the  LORDE)  and 
 babes  shall  haue  the  rule  of  you.  ''  One  shall 
 euer  be  doinge  violence  and  wronge  to  ano- 
 ther. The  boye  shal  presume  agaynst  the 
 elder,  and  the  vyle  persone  agaynst  the  honor- 
 
 •?Te»a.  l.b.  »Esa.5.  b.  'Soph.  2.  b.  ''Esa.31.  d 
 '  Luc.  23.  c.  Oaeae  10.  b.  /Apo.e.  d.         cEsa.  31.b 
 
 able.  Yee  one  shal  take  a  frende  of  his  owne 
 kynred  by  f  bosome,  and  save  :  thou  hast 
 clothinge,  thou  shalt  be  oure  heade,  for  thou 
 mayest  kepe  us  from  this  fall  and  parell. 
 
 Then  shall  he  sweare  and  saye  :  I  can  not 
 helpe  you.  Morouer,  there  is  nether  meate 
 ner  clothinge  in  my  house,  make  me  no  rueler 
 of  the  people.  For  lerusalem  and  luda  must 
 decaye,  because  that  both  their  wordes  and 
 councels  are  agaynst  the  LORDE,  they  pro- 
 uoke  the  presence  of  his  magesty  vnto  anger. 
 The  chaunginge  of  their  countenaunce  be- 
 wrayeth  them,  yee  they  declare  their  owne 
 synnes  them  selues,  as  the  Sodomites,  5  hyde 
 the  not.  Wo  be  vnto  their  soules,  for  they 
 shalbe  heuely  rewarded.  Then  shal  they 
 saye :  O  happie  are  the  godly,  for  they  maye 
 enioye  the  frutes  of  their  studies.  '  But  wo 
 be  to  y  vngodly  and  vnrightuous  for  they 
 shalbe  rewarded  after  their  workes.  O  my 
 people,  rybaudes  oppresse  y,  and  women  haue 
 rule  of  the. 
 
 O  my  people,  thy  leders  deceaue  the,  and 
 *  treade  out  the  waye  of  thy  footsteppes.  '  The 
 LORDE  is  here  to  comon  of  the  matter,  and 
 stondeth  to  geue  iudgment  with  the  people. 
 The  LORDE  shal  come  forth  to  reason  with 
 the  Senatours  and  prynces  of  his  people,  "and 
 shal  saye  thus  vnto  them :  It  is  ye  that  haue 
 burnt  vp  my  vynyearde,  the  robbery  of  the 
 poore  is  in  youre  house.  Wherfore  do  ye 
 oppresse  my  people,  and  marre  y  faces  of  the 
 innocentes  ?  thus  shal  the  God  of  hoostes 
 reuyle  them. 
 
 Morouer  thus  saieth  y^  LORDE:  Seinge 
 the  doughters  of  Sion  are  become  so  proude, 
 and  come  in  with  stretched  out  neckes,  and 
 with  vayne  wanton  eyes :  seinge  they  come  in 
 trippinge  so  nycely  with  their  fete  :  Therfore 
 shal  the  LORDE  shaue  the  heades  of  the 
 doughters  of  Sion,  and  make  their  bewtie 
 bare  in  that  daye.  In  that  daye  shal  the 
 LORDE  take  awaye  the  gorgiousnes  of  their 
 apparel,  and  spanges,  cheynes,  partlettes,  and 
 colares,  bracelettes  and  hooues,  ;y  goodly 
 floured,  wyde  and  broderd  raymet,  brusshes 
 and  headbandes,  rynges  and  garlades,  holy 
 daye  clothes  and  vales,  kerchues  and  pynnes, 
 glasses  and  smockes,  bonettes  and  taches. 
 
 And  in  steade  of  good  smell  there  shalbe 
 stynck  amonge  them.     And  for  their  gyrdles 
 
 Eze.  20.  e.       *  Pro.  28.  b.       <  Roma.  2.  a.    Matth.  16.  d, 
 *  Esaiffi  28.  b.       '  lud.  1.  c.        "  Esaiae  5.  a. 
 
Ci)ap.  b. 
 
 €\)t  propf)et  (Jpsap. 
 
 #0.  Wmv* 
 
 there  shalbe  lowse  bondes.  And  for  wellset 
 hayre  there  shalbe  baldnesse.  In  steade  of  a 
 stomacher,  a  sack  cloth,  and  for  their  bewty 
 wythrednesse  and  sonneburnynge.  Their  hus- 
 bondes  and  their  mightie  men  shall  perish  with 
 the  swerde  in  batell. 
 
 Cljt  iiij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AT  that  tyme  shall  their  gates  mourne  and 
 complayne,  and  they  shal  syt  as  desolate 
 folck  vpon  the  earth.  Then  shal  seuen  wyiies 
 take  holde  of  one  man,  and  saye :  we  will  laye 
 all  oure  meat  and  cloothinge  together  in 
 comon,  only  that  we  maye  be  called  thy 
 wyues,  and  that  this  shamefuU  reprofe  maye 
 be  take  from  us.  "After  that  tyme  shal  the 
 braunch  of  y  LORDE  be  beutiful  and 
 mightie,  and  f  frute  of  the  earth  shalbe  fayre 
 and  pleasaunt '  for  those  Israelites  that  shall 
 springe  therof.  Then  shall  the  remnaunt  in 
 Sion  and  the  remnaunt  at  lerusalem  be  called 
 holy:  namely  al  soch  as  are  written  amonge 
 the  lyuynge  at  lerusalem  :  what  tyme  as  the 
 LORDE  shall  wash  awaye  the  desolacion  of 
 the  doughters  of  Sio,  ad  pourge  the  bloude  out 
 from  lerusale,  with  f  wynde  of  his  smoke  and 
 fyre. 
 
 Morouer  vpon  all  the  dwellinges  of  the 
 hill  of  Sion  and  vpon  their  whole  congrega- 
 cion,  shal  the  LORDE  prouyde  a  cloude  and 
 smoke  by  daye,  and  the  shyninghe  of  a  flam- 
 mynge  fyre  by  night,  for  all  their  glory  shalbe 
 preserued.  And  lerusalem  shall  be  a  taber- 
 nacle for  a  shadowe  because  of  hete  in  the 
 daye  tyme,  a  place  and  refuge  where  a  man 
 maye  kepe  him  for  wether  and  rayne. 
 
 Eift  b.  Cljapttr. 
 
 NOW  well  than,  I  will  synge  my  beloued 
 frende  a  songe  of  his  vynyearde.  '  My 
 beloued  frende  hath  a  vyneyearde  in  a  very 
 frutefuU  plenteous  grounde.  This  he  hedged, 
 this  he  walled  rounde  aboute,  and  planted  it 
 with  goodly  grapes.  In  the  myddest  of  it 
 buylded  he  a  towre,  and  made  a  wyne  presse 
 therin.  And  afterwarde  when  he  loked  y  it 
 it  shulde  bringe  him  grapes,  it  brought  forth 
 thornes.  I  shewe  you  now  my  cause  (o  ye 
 Citysens  of  lerusalem  and  whole  luda :) 
 ludge  I  praye  you  betwixte  me :  and  my 
 wynegardinge.     ■*  What  more  coude  haue  bene 
 
 °  Zach.  3.  b. 
 ■*  lere.  2.  d. 
 
 '  Isaiae  62.  c.     '  lere.  2. 
 '  Esaiae  32.  c.  and  56.  c. 
 
 Matth.  2] .  d. 
 /lob  21.  b. 
 
 done  for  it,  that  I  haue  not  done  ?  Wher- 
 fore  then  hath  it  geuen  thornes,  where  I  loked 
 to  haue  had  grapes  of  it. 
 
 Well,  I  shall  tell  you  how  I  will  do  with  my 
 vynyarde :  I  will  take  the  hedge  from  it,  that 
 it  maye  perish,  and  breake  downe  y  wall,  that 
 it  maye  be  troden  vnder  fote.  I  will  laye  it 
 waist,  that  it  shall  nether  be  twysted  nor  cut, 
 but  beare  thornes  and  breares.  I  wil  also 
 forbyd  y  cloudes,  that  they  shal  not  rayne 
 vpon  it.  As  for  the  vynyarde  of  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  it  is  the  house  of  Israel,  and  whole 
 luda  his  fayre  plantinge.  Of  these  he  loked 
 for  equyte,  but  se  there  is  wronge  :  for  right- 
 uousnesse,  lo,  It  is  but  misery. 
 
 Wo  to  you  that  ioyne  one  house  to  another, 
 and  bringe  one  londe  so  nigh  vnto  another, 
 till  ye  can  get  no  more  grounde.  '  Wil  ye 
 dwell  vpon  the  earth  alone  ?  The  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  rowneth  me  thus :  I  myne  eare  : 
 shal  not  many  greater  and  more  gorgious 
 houses  be  so  waist,  that  no  man  shall  dwell  in 
 the  ?  And  ten  akers  of  vynes  shal  geue  but 
 a  Quarte,  and  xxx.  bushels  of  sede  shal  geue 
 but  thre. 
 
 Wo  be  vnto  them  that  ryse  vp  early  to  vse 
 them  selues  in  dronkynnes,  and  yet  at  night 
 are  more  superfluous  with  wyne.  In  whose 
 companies  are  harpes  and  lutes,  '  tabrettes  and 
 pipes,  and  wyne.  But  they  regarde  not  the 
 worke  of  the  LORDE,  ^  and  cosidre  not  the 
 operacio  of  his  hondes.  Therfore  cometh  my 
 folck  also  in  captiuyte,  ''  because  they  haue  no 
 vnderstondynge.  Their  glory  shalbe  myxte 
 with  huger,  and  their  pryde  shalbe  marred  for 
 thurste.  Therfore  gapeth  hel,  and  openeth 
 hyr  mouth  marvelous  wyde :  that  pryde,  boost- 
 inge  and  wisdome,  with  soch  as  reioyse  therin, 
 maye  descende  in  to  it. 
 
 '  Thus  shal  man  haue  a  fall,  he  shalbe 
 brought  lowe,  and  the  high  lokes  of  the 
 proude  layde  downe.  But  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes,  y  holy  God :  shalbe  exalted  and  vn- 
 touched,  when  he  shal  declare  his  equyte  and 
 rightuousnesse  after  this  maner.  Then  shal 
 y  lambes  eate  their  apoynted  foder,  and  shal 
 fede  plenteously  in  the  mountaynes.  Wo  vnto 
 vayne  persones,  that  drawe  wickednes  vnto 
 the,  as  it  were  with  a  coorde :  and  synne,  as 
 it  were  with  a  cart  rope.  Which  vse  to  speake 
 on  this  maner :  let  him  make  haist  now,  and 
 
 '  Osee  i.  b.  Abac.  2.  b. 
 
 Esaiae  2.  b. 
 
jTo.  "bn. 
 
 €f)t  propbct  C^ap. 
 
 Cftap.  fau 
 
 dT 
 
 go  forth  with  his  worke,  that  we  maye  se  it. 
 "  Let  the  couticel  of  y  holy  one  of  Israel 
 come,  and  drawe  nie,  y  we  maye  knowe  it. 
 
 '  Wo  vnto  them  that  call  euel  good,  and 
 good  euel :  which  make  darcknesse  light,  ij 
 light  darcknesse,  y  make  sower  swete,  and 
 swete  sower.  Wo  vnto  them  that  are  wyse 
 in  their  owne  sight,  and  thinke  them  selues  to 
 haue  vnderstodinge.  '  Wo  vnto  them,  y  are 
 connynge  men  to  suppe  out  wjTie,  and  experte 
 to  set  vp  drokenesse.  ''  These  gyue  sentence 
 with  the  vngodly  for  rewardes,  but  condemne 
 the  iust  cause  of  the  rightuous. 
 
 Therfore,  like  as  fyre  licketh  vp  the  strawe, 
 and  as  the  flame  cosumeth  the  stubble:  Euen 
 so  (when  their  root  is  ful,)  their  blossome  shal 
 vanish  awaye  like  dust  or  smoke,  'for  they 
 despyse  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 and  blaspheme  the  worde  of  the  holy  maker 
 of  Israel. 
 
 Therfore  is  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  kyn- 
 dled  also  agaynst  his  people,  and  he  shaketh 
 his  honde  at  them  :  yee  he  shal  smyte  so,  that 
 the  hilles  shal  tremble.  And  their  carcases 
 shal  lye  in  the  ope  stretes,  like  myre.  -^  After 
 all  this,  the  wrath  of  God  shall  not  ceasse, 
 but  he  shal  stretch  his  hode  wyder.  And  he 
 shal  gyue  a  toke  vnto  a  straunge  people,  ^  and 
 call  vnto  them  in  a  farre  countre :  and  be- 
 holde,  they  shal  come  hastely  with  spede. 
 There  is  not  one  faynt  nor  feble  amonge 
 them,  no  not  a  slogish  nor  slepery  parsone. 
 There  shal  not  one  of  them  put  of  the  gyrdle 
 from  his  loynes,  ner  lowse  the  lachet  of  his 
 shue.  Their  arowes  are  sharpe,  and  their 
 bowes  bent.  Their  horse  hoofes  are  like  flynt, 
 and  their  cart  wheles  like  a  stormy  wynde. 
 Their  crie  is  as  it  were  of  a  lyon,  and  the 
 roaringe  of  them  like  lyons  whelpes.  They 
 shal  roare,  and  hatch  vp  the  praye,  and  no 
 man  shal  recouer  it  or  get  it  from  the.  In 
 that  daye  they  shalbe  so  fearce  vpon  them,  as 
 the  see.  And  yf  we  loke  vnto  the  londe, 
 beholde,  it  shalbe  all  darcknesse  and  sorowe. 
 Yf  we  loke  to  heauen :  beholde,  it  shalbe 
 darck  with  careful  desperacion. 
 
 Ci^c  bi.  €l)apttr. 
 N  the  same  yeare  y  kynge  Osias  dyed,  I 
 sawe  the  LORDE  ^sittinge  vpon  an  high 
 
 I 
 
 •"  Pro.  20.  c.         •  l>ro.  17.  c.  Mich.  3.  a.         <■  Pro.  3.  a. 
 •"  Pro.  17.  c.     Deut.  17.  a.     Ezec.  13.  d.  '  Nu.  11.  g. 
 
 /  Esa.  9.  e.        s  Esa.  43.  c.     Dan.  9.  c.         *  3  Reg.  22.  c. 
 
 and  glorious  seate,  and  his  trayne  fylled  f 
 palace.  From  aboue  flakred  the  Seraphins, 
 wherof  euery  one  had  sex  wynges.  With 
 twayne  ech  couered  his  face,  with  twayne  his 
 fete,  and  with  twayne  dyd  he  flye.  They 
 cried  also  ech  one  to  other  on  this  maner: 
 holy,  holy,  holy  is  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.' 
 The  whole  worlde  is  ful  of  his  glory.  Yee 
 the  geastes  and  dorechekes  moued  at  their 
 crienge,  and  the  house  was  ful  of  smoke. 
 Then  I  sayde :  O  wo  is  me.  For  I  was 
 astonished :  that  I  (which  am  a  man  of  vn- 
 clene  lippes,  and  dwell  amonge  people  y  hath 
 vnclene  lippes  also:)  Shulde  se  f  Kynge  and 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  with  myne  eyes. 
 
 Then  flewe  one  of  the  Seraphins  vnto  me, 
 hauinge  a  hote  cole  in  his  honde,  which  he 
 had  taken  from  the  aulter  with  the  tonges,  and 
 touched  my  mouth,  and  sayde  :  lo,  this  hath 
 touched  thy  mouth,  5  thy  vnrightouousnes  is 
 taken  awaye,  and  thy  synne  forgeuen.  After 
 this  I  herde  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  takinge 
 advysement  on  this  maner :  Whom  shall  I 
 sende,  and  who  wilbe  oure  messaunger  ?  The 
 I  sayde :  here  am  I,  sende  me.  And  so  he 
 sayde  :  go,  and  tel  this  people :  ye  shall  heare 
 in  dede,  but  ye  shal  not  vnderstonde,  *  ye  shal 
 planely  se,  and  not  perceaue.  Harden  the 
 harte  of  this  people,  stoppe  their  eares,  and 
 shut  their  eyes,  that  they  se  not  with  their 
 eyes,  heare  not  with  their  eares,  and  vnder- 
 stonde not  with  their  hartes,  and  conuerte  and 
 be  healed. 
 
 Then  spake  I:  LORDE,  how  longe?  he 
 answered :  vntil  the  cities  be  vtterly  without 
 inhabitours,  and  y  houses  without  men,  till 
 the  lode  be  also  desolate,  and  lye  ^Tibuylded. 
 For  the  LORDE  shal  take  the  men  farre 
 awaye,  so  that  the  londe  shal  lye  waist.  Ne- 
 uertheles,  the  tenth  parte  shal  remayne  therin, 
 for  it  shal  conuerte  and  be  fruteful.  And 
 likewise  as  the  Terebyntes  and  Oketrees 
 bringe  forth  their  frutes,  so  shal  the  holy  sede 
 haue  frute.' 
 
 C!)t  bij.  C})aj)Ur. 
 
 IT  happened  in  the  tyme  of  Ahas  the  sonne 
 of  lonathas,  "which  was  the  sonne  of 
 loathan  Kynge  of  luda :  that  Rezin  the  Kinge 
 of  Siria,  and  Poca  RomeUes  sonne,  Kynge  of 
 
 4  Reg.  25.  a.  2  Par.  6.  d.  •  Apoc.  4.  c.  '  Matth.  13. b. 
 Mar.  4.  a.  Luc.  8.  b.  Act.  28.  (.  loha.  12.  f.  Rom.  11.  b. 
 '  Galat.  3.  c.         '"  4  Reg.  16.  a.  2  Par.  28.  a. 
 
C{)ap.  buj. 
 
 €i)t  prophet  €siap. 
 
 #0.  ti}:tu 
 
 Israel :  wente  vp  toward  lerusalem  to  besege 
 it  (but  wanne  it  not.)  Now  when  the  house 
 of  Dauid  (that  is  Ahas)  herde  worde  therof, 
 y  Siria  and  Ephraim  were  confederate  to- 
 gether :  his  herte  quaked  (yee  and  f  hertes 
 also  of  his  people)  like  as  a  tre  in  the  felde, 
 that  is  moued  with  the  wynde. 
 
 Then  sayde  God  vnto  Esay :  go  mete 
 Ahas  (thou  and  thy  sonne  Sear  lasub)  at  the 
 heade  of  f  ouer  pole,  in  the  fote  path  by  the 
 fullers  grounde,  and  saye  vnto  him  :  take  hede 
 to  thy  self  and  be  still,  but  feare  not,  nether 
 be  faynt  harted,  for  these  two  tales :  that  is : 
 for  these  two  smokynge  fyre  brandes,  the 
 wrath  and  furiousnes  of  Rezin  the  Sirian  and 
 Romelies  sonne :  because  that  the  Kynge  of 
 Siria  Ephraim  and  Romelies  sonne  haue 
 wekedly  conspyred  agaynst  the,  sayenge  :  We 
 will  go  downe  in  to  luda,  vexe  the,  and  brynge 
 them  vnder  vs,  and  set  a  Kynge  there,  euen 
 the  Sonne  of  Taball.  For  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God  ther  to.  It  shall  not  so  go 
 forth,  nether  come  so  to  passe :  for  the  head 
 citie  of  f  Sirians  is  Damascus,  but  the  head 
 of  Damascus  is  Rezin.  And  after  fyue  and 
 threscore  yeare,  shal  Ephraim  be  nomore  a 
 people.  And  the  chefe  citie  of  Ephraim  is 
 Samaria,  but  the  head  of  Samaria  is  Romelies 
 sonne.  And  yf  ye  beleue  not,  there  shall  no 
 promyse  be  kepte  with  you." 
 
 Morouer,  God  spake  vnto  Ahas,  sayenge  : 
 requyre  a  token  of  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 whether  it  be  towarde  the  depth  beneth  or 
 towarde  f  hight  aboue.  The  sayde  Ahas :  I 
 will  requyre  none,  nether  will  I  tempte  the 
 LORDE.  The  LORDE  answered:  Then 
 heare  to,  ye  of  the  house  of  Dauid :  Is  it  not 
 ynough  for  you,  that  ye  be  greuous  vnto  men, 
 but  ye  must  greue  my  God  also  ?  And  ther- 
 fore  the  LORDE  shal  geue  you  a  token  of 
 him  self:  '  Beholde,  a  virgin  shal  coceaue 
 and  beare  a  sonne,  and  shal  call  his  name 
 Emanuel.  Butter  and  hony  shal  he  eate,  y 
 he  maye  knowe  the  euel,  and  chose  f  good. 
 But  or  euer  that  childe  come  to  knowlege,  to 
 eschue  the  euel  and  chose  the  good:  The 
 londe  (that  thou  art  so  afrayde  for)  shalbe 
 desolate  of  both  hir  kynges. 
 
 The  LORDE  also  shal  sende  a  tyme  vpon 
 the,  vpon  thy  people,  and  vpo  thy  fathers 
 house  (soch  as  neuer  came  sence  the  tyme  y 
 
 »  Heb.  3.  b.       »  Luc.  1.  d.    Math.  1.  d.       '2  Par.  32.  a. 
 Esa.  36.  a.       •*  2  Par.  22.  e.      '  Esa.  30.  b. 
 
 Ephraim  departed  from  luda)  thorow  y  kynge 
 of  the  Assirians.  For  at  the  same  tyme  shal 
 the  LORDE  whistle  for  the  flyes  y  are  aboute 
 the  water  of  Egipte,  '  and  for  y  Beyes  in  the 
 Assirians  londe.  These  shall  come,  and  shal 
 light  all  in  the  valeyes,  in  y  vowtes  of  stone, 
 vpon  all  grene  thinges,  and  in  all  corners. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  shal  the  LORDE  shaue 
 the  hayre  of  the  heade  and  the  fete  and  the 
 beerd  clene  of,  with  the  rasoure  that  he  shall 
 paye  them  withall  beyonde  the  water :  namely, 
 with  y  kynge  of  the  Assirians.  At  the  same 
 tyme  shall  a  man  lyue  with  a  cowe,  and  two 
 shepe.  Then  because  of  the  aboundaunce  of 
 mylck,  ■'he  shal  make  butter  and  eat  it.  So 
 that  euery  one  which  remayneth  in  the  londe, 
 shal  eate  butter  and  hony.  At  the  same  tyme 
 aU  vynyardes  (though  there  be  a  thousand 
 vynes  in  one,  and  were  solde  for  a  thousand 
 siluerlinges)  shalbe  turned  to  brears  and 
 thornes.  Like  as  they  shal  come  in  to  the 
 londe  with  arowes  and  bowes,  so  shal  all  the 
 londe  become  brears  and  thornes.  And  as 
 for  all  hilles  that  now  are  hewen  downe,  thou 
 shalt  not  come  vpo  them,  for  feare  of  brears 
 and  thornes.  But  the  catel  shal  be  dryuen 
 thither,  and  the  shepe  shal  fede  there. 
 
 CI)t  biij.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 MOROUER  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 me  :  '  Take  the  a  greate  leaf,  and  wryte 
 in  it,  as  men  do  with  a  penne,  that  he  spede 
 him  to  robbe,  and  haist  him  to  spoyle.  And 
 Inmediatly  I  called  vnto  me  faithful  wyt- 
 nesses :  Vrias  the  prest,  and  Zacharias  f 
 sonne  of  Barachias.  After  that  went  I  vnto 
 the  prophetisse,  that  now  had  conceaued  and 
 borne  a  sonne.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE  to 
 me :  geue  him  this  name :  Maherschalal 
 haschbas,  that  is .  a  spedie  robber,  an  hastie 
 spoyler.  For  why,  or  euer  the  childe  shal 
 haue  knowlege  to  saye:  Abi  and  Im,  y  is 
 father,  and  mother :  shal  y  riches  of  Damascus 
 and  f  substaunce  of  Samaria  be  take  awaye, 
 -'^thorow  the  kynge  of  f  Assirians. 
 
 The  LORDE  spake  also  vnto  me,  sayenge: 
 «for  so  moch  as  the  people  refuseth  the  stil- 
 renninge  water  of  Silo,  and  put  their  delite 
 in  Rezin  and  Romelies  sonne :  Beholde,  the 
 LORDE  shal  bringe  mightie  and  great  floudes 
 of  water  vpon  them  :  namely,  ''f  kynge  of  the 
 
 /4Re.  16.  b.     4  Re.  17. 
 EsaisE  30.  a.   label  9.  a. 
 
 e  lere.  2.  a.    Psal.  123.  a. 
 '  4  Reg.  18.  c.    Esaia;  36.  a. 
 
fo,  iijrtij. 
 
 €i)t  i)ropi)ct  €s(ap. 
 
 C6ap,  u*. 
 
 Assirians  with  all  his  power.  Which  shall 
 poure  out  his  furyousnes  vpo  euery  man,  and 
 renne  ouer  all  their  bankes.  And  shal  breake 
 in  vpon  luda,  increasinge  in  power,  till  he  get 
 him  by  the  throte.  He  shal  fyl  also  the  wyde- 
 nesse  of  thy  londe  with  his  brode  wynges, 
 
 0  Emanuel.  Go  together  ye  people,  and 
 gather  you,  herken  to  all  ye  of  farre  coun - 
 trees.  Mustre  you,  and  gather  you :  mustre 
 you  and  gather  you,  take  youre  councel  to- 
 gether, "yet  must  youre  councel  come  to 
 nought :  go  in  honde  withal,  yet  shal  it  not 
 prospere.  Excepte  Emanuel :  (that  is  God) 
 be  with  us.  For  the  LORDE  chastised  me, 
 and  toke  me  by  y  honde,  and  warned  me, 
 sayenge  vnto  me  :  that  I  shulde  not  walcke 
 in  the  waye  of  this  people.  He  sayde  mor- 
 ouer :  rounde  with  none  of  the,  who  so  euer 
 saye :  yonder  people  are  bounde  together. 
 '  Neuertheles  feare  them  not,  nether  be  afrayde 
 of  them,  but  sanctifie  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 let  him  be  youre  feare  and  drede.  For  he  is 
 the  sanctifienge,  and  stone  to  stomble  at,  f 
 rock  to  fall  vpon,  a  snare  and  net  to  both  the 
 houses :  to  Israel,  and  the  inhabitours  of  leru- 
 salem.  And  many  shal  stomble,  fall,  and  be 
 broke  vpon  him  :  yee  they  shalbe  snared  and 
 taken. 
 
 Now  laye  the  witnesses  together  (sayde  the 
 LORDE)  '^and  scale  the  lawe  with  my  dis- 
 ciples. Thus  I  waite  vpon  the  LORDE, 
 that  hath  turned  his  face  from  the  house  of 
 lacob,  and  I  loke  vnto  him.  ''But  lo,  as  for 
 me,  and  the  children  which  the  LORDE 
 hath  geuen  me :  we  are  a  token  and  a  wondre 
 in  Israel,  for  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  sake, 
 which  dwelleth  vpon  the  hill  of  Syon. 
 
 And  therfore  yf  they  saye  vnto  you :  aske 
 councel  at  the  soythsayers,  witches,  charmers 
 and  coniurers,  then  make  them  this  answere : 
 Is  there  a  people  enywhere,  that  axeth  not 
 councel  at  his  God:  whether  it  be  concernynge 
 the  dead,  or  the  lyuynge  ?  ^  Yf  eny  man  want 
 light,  let  him  loke  vpon  the  lawe  and  the 
 testimony,  whether  they  speake  not  after  this 
 meanynge.  Yf  he  do  not  this,  he  stombleth 
 and  suffreth  huger.  And  yf  he  suflre  honger, 
 he  is  out  of  pacience,  and  blasphemeth  his 
 kynge  and  his  God.  Then  loketh  he  vp- 
 warde,  and  downe  warde  to  the  earth,  and 
 
 "Esniieig.  e.      'lPet.3.  b.   4  Re?.  17.  g.   Matth.  lO.d. 
 
 1  Cor.  1.  d.  i  Pet.  2.  b.  '  Daniel  8.  d.'^  ■*  Heb.  2.  d. 
 •  Psal.  19.      /Matth.  4.  b.       «  4  Reg.  15.  f.  4  Reg.  17.  a. 
 
 beholde,  there  is  trouble  and  darcknesse, 
 vexacion  is  rounde  aboute  him,  and  the  cloude 
 of  erroure.  And  out  of  soch  aduersite,  shall 
 he  not  escape. 
 
 Wl)t  iy.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 EUEN  like  as  in  tyme  past  it  hath  bene 
 well  sene,  ^that  f  londe  of  Zabulon  and 
 the  londe  of  Nepthali  (where  thorow  the  see 
 waye  goeth  ouer  lordane  in  to  the  londe  of 
 Galilee)  ^vvas  at  the  first  in  litle  trouble,  but 
 afterward  sore  vexed. 
 
 Neuertheles  f  people  that  haue  dwelt  in 
 darcknesse,  shal  se  a  greate  light.  As  for 
 them  that  dwel  in  the  londe  of  the  shadowe 
 of  death,  vpon  them  shal  the  light  shyne. 
 Shalt  thou  multiplie  the  people,  and  not  in- 
 crease the  ioye  also  ?  ''  They  shal  reioyse 
 before  the  euen  as  men  make  mery  in  haruest, 
 and  as  men  that  haue  gotten  the  victory, 
 when  they  -deale  the  spoyle.  For  thou  shalt 
 breake  the  yocke  of  the  peoples  burthen :  the 
 staff  of  hys  shulder,  'and  the  rod  of  his  op- 
 pressoure,  as  in  y  daye  at  Madia. 
 
 Morouer  all  temerarious  and  sedicious 
 power  (yee  where  there  is  but  a  cote  fyled 
 with  bloude)  shalbe  burnt,  and  fede  the  fyre. 
 For  vnto  us  a  childe  shalbe  borne,  *  and  vnto 
 us  a  Sonne  shalbe  geue.  Vpo  his  shulder 
 shal  the  kyngdome  lye,  and  he  shalbe  called 
 with  his  owne  name  :  'The  woderous  geuer 
 of  councel,  the  mightie  God,  the  euerlastinge 
 father  the  prynce  of  peace,  he  shal  make  no 
 ende  to  encrease  the  kyngdome  and  peace, 
 and  shal  syt  vpon  the  seate  of  Dauid  and  in 
 his  kyngdome,  to  set  vp  the  same,  to  stablish 
 it  with  equyte  and  righ'tuousnesse,  from  thence 
 forth  for  euermore.  This  shal  the  gelousy  of 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes  bringe  to  passe. 
 
 The  LORDE  sent  a  worde  in  to  lacob, 
 the  same  is  come  in  to  Israel.  All  the  peo- 
 ple also  of  Ephraim,  and  they  that  dwel  in 
 Samaria,  can  saye  with  pryde  and  hie  sto- 
 mackes,  on  this  maner :  The  tyle  worcke  is 
 fallen  downe,  but  we  will  buylde  it  with  harder 
 stones.  The  Molbery  tymbre  ys  broken,  but 
 we  shal  set  it  vp  agayne  with  Cedre.  Neuer- 
 theles, the  LORDE  shal  prepare  Rezin  the 
 enemie  agaynst  the,  and  so  ordre  their  aduer- 
 saries,  that  y   Sirians  shal  laye  holde  vpon 
 
 ''  Psal.  1 18.  X.  Prouer.  16.  c.  '  Esaia;  37.  f.  ludi.  6.  and  7. 
 '  Luca:  1.  c.  Matth.  I.e.  'Pha.4.b.  Daniel?,  g.  7. c. 
 lohe.  12.  d. 
 
Cfiap.  jr. 
 
 C6e  propl^et  (0£(ap. 
 
 jTo.  IrFCi'ij. 
 
 them  before,  and  the  PhiHstynes   behynde, 
 and  so  deuoure  Israel  with  open  mouth. 
 
 After  all  this,  the  "wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  not  ceasse,  but  yet  his  hande  shalbe 
 stretched  out  still.  For  the  people  turneth 
 not  vnto  him,  that  chastiseth  them,  nether 
 do  they  seke  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  Ther- 
 fore  the  LORDE  shal  rote  out  of  Israel  both 
 heade  and  tale,  braunch  and  twygge  in  one 
 daye.  By  the  heade,  is  vnderstonde  the 
 Senatoure  and  honorable  man,  and  by  y  tale, 
 the  prophet  that  preacheth  lyes.  For  all  they 
 which  enfourme  the  people  that  they  be  in  a 
 right  case,  soch  be  disceauers.  Soch  as  men 
 thynke  also  to  be  perfecte  amonge  these,  are 
 but  cast  awaye. 
 
 Therfore  shal  the  LORDE  haue  no  plea- 
 sure in  their  yonge  me,  nether  fauoure  their 
 fatherlesse  and  wydowes.  For  thei  are  alto- 
 gether ypocrites  and  wicked,  and  all  their 
 mouthes  speake  foly.  After  all  this  shal  not 
 the  LORDES  wrath  ceasse,  but  yet  hishonde 
 shalbe  stretched  out  still.  For  the  vngodly 
 burne,  as  a  fyre  in  the  bryers  and  thornes :  j 
 And  as  it  were  out  of  a  fyre  in  a  wod  or  a 
 redebush,  so  ascendeth  the  smoke  of  their 
 pryde. 
 
 For  this  cause  shal;^  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  fall  vpon  the  londe,  and  the  people 
 shalbe  consumed,  as  it  were  with  fyre,  no  man 
 shal  spare  his  brother.  Yf  a  man  do  turne 
 him  to  the  right  honde,  he  shal  famesh,  or 
 to  the  lefte  hande  to  eat,  he  shal  not  haue 
 ynough.  Euery  man  shal  eate  the  flesh  of 
 his  owne  arme :  Manasses  shal  eate  Eph- 
 raim,  and  Ephraim  Manasses,  and  they  both 
 shal  eate  luda.  After  all  this  shal  not  the 
 LORDES  wrath  ceasse,  but  yet  shal  his  honde 
 be  stretched  out  still. 
 
 €i)e  y.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WO  be  vnto  you  y  make  vnrightuous 
 lawes,*  and  devyse  thinges,  which  be 
 to  harde  for  to  kepe  :  wherthorow  the  poore 
 are  oppressed,  on  euery  syde,  and  the  inno- 
 cetes  of  my  people  are  there  with  robbed  of 
 iudgment :  that  wyddowes  maye  be  youre 
 praye,  and  that  ye  maye  robbe  the  father- 
 lesse. What  will  ye  do  in  tyme  of  the  visita- 
 cion  and  destruction,  that  shal  come  from 
 farre  ?  To  whom  will  ye  renne  for  helpe  ?  or 
 
 "  Esa.  5.  d.  10.  a.      '  Luc.  11.  f.  Mat.  T. 
 EsaiEE  3.  d.  and  9.  c.  ''  Esaiae  26.  a. 
 
 .  a.  Esa.  28.  a. 
 lere.  25.  b. 
 
 to  whom  will  ye  geue  youre  honoure,  that  he 
 maye  kepe  it  ?  that  ye  come  not  amonge  the 
 presoners,  or  lye  amonge  the  deed  ?  '  After 
 all  this  shal  not  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 ceasse,  but  yet  shal  his  honde  be  stretched 
 out  still. 
 
 ''  Wo  be  also  vnto  Assur,  which  is  a  staff  of 
 my  wrath,  in  whose  honde  is  the  rod  of  my 
 punyshment.  For  I  shal  sende  him  amonge 
 those  ypocritish  people,  amonge  the  people 
 that  haue  deserued  my  disfauoure  shal  I  send 
 him  :  that  he  maye  utterly  robbe  them,  spoyle 
 them,  and  treade  them  downe  like  the  myre 
 in  the  strete.  Howbeit  his  meanynge  is  not 
 so,  nether  thinketh  his  harte  of  this  fashion. 
 But  he  ymagineth  only,  how  he  maye  ouer- 
 throwe  and  destroye  moch  people,  for  he 
 saieth :  are  not  my  princes  all  kynges  ?  Is  not 
 Calno  as  easie  to  wynne,  ''as  Charchamis?  Is 
 it  harder  to  conquere  Antiochia  then  Arphad? 
 Or  is  it  lighter  to  ouercome  Damascus  the 
 Samaria?  As  who  say  :  I  were  able  to  wynne 
 the  kingdome  of  the  Idolaters  and  their  goddes, 
 but  not  lerusalem  and  Samaria.  Shal  I  not 
 do  vnto  lerusalem  and  their  ymages,  as  I  dyd 
 vnto  Samaria  and  their  ymages  ? 
 
 Wherfore  the  LORDE  saieth:  As  soone  as 
 I  haue  perfourmed  my  whole  worcke  vpon 
 the  Hyl  of  Syon  and  lerusalem :  the  will  I 
 also  vyset  the  noble  and  stoute  kynge  of 
 Assiria,  with  his  wysdome  and  pryde.  For 
 he  stondeth  thus  in  his  owne  coceate  :  'This 
 do  I,  thorow  the  power  of  myne  owne  honde, 
 and  thorow  my  wisdome :  For  I  am  wyse,  I 
 am  he  that  remoue  the  londes  of  the  people, 
 I  robbe  their  prynces :  and  (like  one  of  the 
 worthies)  I  dryue  them  from  their  hie  seates. 
 My  honde  hath  founde  out  the  hoostes  of  the  € 
 people,  as  it  were  a  nest.  And  like  as  egges, 
 that  were  layde  here  and  there,  are  gathered 
 together :  So  do  I  gather  all  countrees.  And 
 there  is  no  man,  y  darre  be  so  bolde,  as  to 
 touch  a  fether,  that  darre  open  his  mouth,  or 
 once  whisper. 
 
 ^  But  doth  the  axe  boost  itself,  agaynst  him 
 y  heweth  therwith,  or  doth  the  sawe  make 
 eny  krakinge,  agaynst  him  that  ruleth  it  ? 
 That  were  euen  like,  as  yf  the  rod  dyd  exalte 
 it  self  agaynst  him,  that  beareth  it :  or  as 
 though  y  staff  shulde  magnifie  it  self,  as  who 
 saye  :  it  were  no  wodd.     ''  Therfore  shal  the 
 
 Eze.21.  b. 
 Eze.  29.  b. 
 
 '  4  Reg.  18.  f.        /Deut.  8.  d.     Esa.  47.  b. 
 «  Esa.  45.  b.     Rom.  9.  c.         *  Esa.  37.  f. 
 
ffo,  timiii. 
 
 €i)t  propbft  ©gap. 
 
 Cftap.  jcu 
 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  sende  him  poiierte  in  his 
 riches,  and  burne  vp  his  power,  as  it  were  with 
 a  fyre.  "  But  the  Ught  of  Israel  shalbe  y  fyre, 
 and  his  Sanctuary  shalbe  the  flame,  and  it 
 shal  kyndle,  and  burne  vp  his  thornes  and 
 breyers  in  one  daye,  yee  all  the  glory  of  his 
 woddes  and  feldes  shalbe  consumed  with  body 
 and  soule.  As  for  him  self,  he  shalbe  as  one 
 chased  awaye.  The  trees  also  of  his  felde 
 shalbe  of  soch  a  nombre,  that  a  childe  maye 
 tell  them. 
 
 After  y  daye  shal  the  remnaunt  of  Israel, 
 and  soch  as  are  escaped  out  of  the  house  of 
 lacob,  seke  no  more  coforte  at  him  that  smote 
 them,  but  shal  conforte  them  selues  with  faith- 
 fulnesse  and  treuth  in  the  LORDE,  the  holy, 
 one  of  Israel.  '  The  remnaunt,  yee  and  the 
 Posteryte  of  lacob,  shal  couerte  vnto  God  the 
 mighty  one.  For  though  thy  people  (o  Israel) 
 be  as  the  sonde  of  the  see,  yet  shal  but  the 
 remnaunt  of  them  only  conuerte  vnto  him. 
 Perfecte  is  the  iudgmet  of  him  that  floweth 
 in  rightuousnesse :  and  therfore  y  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  shal  perfectly  fulfil  the  thinge,  that 
 he  hath  determyned  in  the  myddest  of  the 
 whole  worlde.  Therfore  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God  of  hoostes  :  Thou  my  people, 
 that  dwellest  in  Sion,  be  not  afrayde  for  the 
 kinge  of  the  Assirians :  He  shal  wagg  his 
 staff  at  the,  yee  and  beate  the  with  the  rodd, 
 as  the  Egiptias  dyd  sometyme :  But  scone 
 after,  shal  my  wrath  and  my  indignacion  be 
 fulfylled  agaynst  their  blasphemies. 
 
 Morouer  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  shal  pre- 
 pare a  scourge  for  him,  Hike  as  was  the  punysh- 
 met  of  Madia  vpo  y  mount  of  Oreb.  ''  And 
 he  shal  lift  vp  his  rod  ouer  the  see,  as  he  dyd 
 somtyme  ouer  the  Egiptians.  Then  shal  his 
 burthen  be  taken  from  thy  shulders,  and  his 
 yock  from  thy  neck,  yee  the  same  yock  shal 
 corrupte  for  very  fatnesse.  He  shal  come  to 
 Aiath,  and  go  thorow  toward  Migron.  But 
 at  Machmas  shal  he  muster  his  hooste,  and 
 go  ouer  y  foorde.  Gaba  shal  be  their  restinge 
 place,  Rhama  shalbe  afrayde,  Gabea  Saul 
 shal  fle  awaye.  The  voyce  of  y^  noyse  of  thy 
 horses  (o  doughter  Gallim)  shalbe  herde  vnto 
 lais  and  to  Anathoth,  which  also  shalbe  in 
 trouble.  Madmena  shal  tremble  for  feare, 
 but  the  citesyns  of  Gabim  are  maly,  yet  shal 
 
 '  Mat.  13.  a.  »  3  Re.  19.  c.      Ro.  9.  c.     Esa.  28.  f. 
 
 and  U.  c.  '  Esa.  37.  f.  ludic.  7.  g.  ■>  Exo.  14.  c. 
 «  Mat.  1.  a.  Eaa.  61.  a.  Luc.  4.b.  and  7.  c.    /  2  Thes.2.  b. 
 
 he  remayne  at  Nob  that  daye.  After  that, 
 shal  he  lift  vp  his  honde  agaynst  the  mount 
 Sion,  and  agaynst  the  hill  of  lerusalem.  But 
 se,  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes  shal  take 
 awaye  the  proude  from  thence,  with  feare.  He 
 shal  hew  downe  the  proude,  and  fel  the  hie 
 mynded.  The  thornes  of  the  wod  shal  be 
 rooted  out  with  yron,  and  Libanus  shal  haue 
 a  mightie  fal. 
 
 E\)t  yi.  ffljapter. 
 
 AFTER  this  there  shal  come  a  rod  forth 
 of  y  Kynrede  of  lesse,'  and  a  blossome 
 out  of  his  rote.  The  sprete  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  hght  vpon  it :  the  sprete  of  wysdome,  and 
 vnderstondinge :  the  sprete  of  councel,  and 
 strength :  y  sprete  of  knowlege,  and  of  the 
 feare  of  God  :  and  shal  make  him  feruent  in 
 the  feare  of  God.  For  he  shal  not  geue 
 sentece,  after  the  thinge  y  shal  be  brought 
 before  his  eies,  nether  reproue  a  matter  at  the 
 first  hearinge  :  but  with  rightousnesse  shal  he 
 iudge  the  poore,  and  with  holynes  shal  he 
 refourme  the  symple  of  the  worlde. 
 
 ■'  He  shal  smyte  f  worlde  with  f  staff  of 
 his  mouth,  5  with  y  breath  of  his  mouth 
 shal  he  slaye  the  wicked.  « Rightuousnesse 
 shalbe  the  gyrdle  of  his  loynes,  treuth  and 
 faithfulnesse  the  gyrdinge  vp  of  his  raynes. 
 The  shal  f  wolfe  dwel  with  the  labe,  and  the 
 leoparde  shal  lye  downe  by  the  gote.''  Bul- 
 lokes,  lyons  and  catel  shal  kepe  company 
 together,  so  that  a  litle  childe  shal  dryue  them 
 forth.  The  cowe  and  the  Bere  shal  fede  to- 
 gether, and  their  yongones  shal  lye  together. 
 The  lyo  shal  eate  strawe  like  the  oxe,  or  the 
 cowe.  The  childe  whyle  he  sucketh,  shal 
 haue  a  desyre  to  the  serpentes  nest,  and  whe 
 he  is  weened,  he  shal  put  his  hande  in  to  the 
 Cockatryce  denne.  'Noman  shal  do  euel  to 
 another,  no  man  shal  destroye  another,  in  aU 
 the  hill  of  my  Sanctuary.  For  the  earth 
 shalbe  ful  of  y  knowlege  of  y  LORDE,  euen 
 as  though  the  water  of  the  see  flowed  ouer 
 the  earth. 
 
 Then  shal  the  Gentiles  enquere  after  the 
 rote  of  Jesse  (which  shalbe  set  vp  for  a  token 
 vnto  the  Gentiles)  for  his  dwellinge  shalbe 
 glorious.  *At  the  same  tyme  shal  the  LORDE 
 take  in  honde  agayne,  'to  conquere  f  remnaunt 
 
 «  Ephe.  6.  b.        *  Esa.  65.  d. 
 '  Ro.  15.  b. 
 
 ■  Esa.  65.  d. 
 '  Esa.  10.  d. 
 
Cftap.  jTiii 
 
 Cfte  propljet  Csap. 
 
 jTo*  iiFCbJ 
 
 of  his  people  (which  are  lefFt  alyue)  From 
 the  Assirias,  Egiptians,  Arabians,  Morians, 
 Elamites,  Caldeyes,  Antiochias  and  Ilodes  of 
 the  see.  °  And  he  shal  set  vp  a  toke  amonge 
 the  Gentiles,  and  gather  together  y  dispersed 
 of  Israel,  yee  and  the  outcastes  of  luda  from 
 the  foiire  corners  of  f  worlde.  The  hatred  of 
 Ephraim,  and  y  enmyte  of  luda  shalbe  clene 
 rooted  out.  Ephraim  shal  beare  no  euel  wil 
 to  luda,  and  luda  shal  not  hate  Ephraim : 
 but  they  both  together  shal  flye  vpo  the 
 shulders  of  the  Philistynes  toward  the  West, 
 and  spoyle  them  together  that  dwell  toward 
 the  East.  The  Idumytes  and  the  Moabites 
 shal  let  their  hodes  fall,  and  the  Ammonites 
 shalbe  obedient  vnto  them. 
 
 The  LORDE  also  shal  cleue  the  tunges  of 
 the  Egipcias  see,  and  with  a  mightie  wynde 
 shal  he  lift  vp  his  honde  ouer  Nilus,  and  shal 
 smyte  his  seue  streames  and  make  men  go 
 ouer  drye  shod.  And  thus  shal  he  make  a 
 waye  for  his  people,  y  remayneth  from  the 
 Assirians,  *like  as  it  happened  to  y  Israelites, 
 what  tyme  they  departed  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte. 
 
 Cj^t  nj.  Ctaptre. 
 
 SO  that  then  thou  shalt  saye :  O  LORDE, 
 I  thanke  the,  for  thou  wast  displeased  at 
 me,  but  thou  hast  refrayned  thy  wrath,  and 
 hast  mercy  vpon  me.  '  Beholde,  God  is  my 
 health,  in  whom  I  trust,  and  am  not  afrayde. 
 For  the  LORDE  God  is  my  strength,  and 
 my  prayse,  he  also  shalbe  my  refuge.  Ther- 
 fore  with  ioye  shal  ye  drawe  water  out  of  the 
 Welles  of  the  Sauioure,  and  then  shal  ye  saye  : 
 ''  Let  vs  geue  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 call  vpon  his  name,  and  declare  his  councels 
 amonge  the  people,  and  kepe  them  in  re- 
 membraunce,  for  his  name  is  excellet.  O 
 synge  praises  vnto  the  LORDE,  for  he  doth 
 greate  thinges,  as  it  is  knowne  in  all  the 
 worlde.  Crie  out,  and  be  glad,  thou  that 
 dwellest  in  Sion,  for  greate  is  thy  prince  :  the 
 holy  one  of  Israel. 
 
 Ci)c  jtij.  CI)aptn-. 
 
 THIS  is  f  heuy  burthe  of  Babilo,  which 
 Esaye  the  sonne  of  Amos  dyd  se.  Make 
 some  tokes  to  the  hie  hilles,  '  call  vnto  them, 
 holde  vp  youre  hode,  that  the  prynces  maye 
 
 "  Luc.  2.  c 
 Psal.  117.  b. 
 
 '  Exo.  14.  f.        '  Abac.  3.  c.  Exo.  15.  a. 
 '  Psal.  104.  a.  1  Para.  16.  b.     '  lere.  50.  a. 
 
 go  in  at  the  dore.  For  I  will  sende  for  my 
 debites  and  my  gyautes  (sayeth  the  LORDE) 
 and  in  my  wrath  I  will  call  for  soch,  as 
 tryumphe  in  my  glory. 
 
 -'With  that,  me  thought  I  herde  in  the 
 moutaynes,  a  noyse,  like  as  it  had  bene  of  a 
 greate  people :  and  a  ruszshinge,  as  though 
 the  kyngdomes  of  all  nacions  had  come  toge- 
 ther. (And  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  was  the 
 captayne  of  the  whole  armye.)  As  they  had 
 come  not  only  out  of  farre  countrees,  but  also 
 from  the  endes  of  the  heaues :  Eue  thi 
 LORDE  himself  with  the  ministers  of  his 
 wrath,  to  destroye  the  whole  lode.  Mourne 
 therfore,  for  the  daye  of  the  LORDE  is  at 
 honde,  and  commeth  as  a  destroyer  from  f 
 allmighty.  Then  shall  all  hondes  be  letten 
 downe,  and  all  mens  hertes  shal  melt  awaie, 
 they  shal  stonde  in  feare,  carefulnesse  and 
 sorowe  shal  come  vpo  them,  and  they  shal 
 haue  payne,  as  a  woman  that  traueleth  with 
 childe.  ^  One  shall  euer  be  abaszshed  of 
 another,  (t  their  faces  shal  bume,  like  f  flame. 
 
 For  lo,  the  daye  of  the  LORDE  shall  come, 
 terrible,  full  of  indignacion  and  wrath:  to 
 make  the  londe  waist,  and  to  root  out  the 
 synne  therof.  For  the  starres  and  planetes  of 
 heauen  shal  not  geue  their  light,  the  Sonne 
 shalbe  quenched  in  the  rysinge,  *  and  the 
 Mone  shal  not  shyne  with  his  light.  And  I 
 wil  punysh  the  wickednesse  of  the  worlde,  j  the 
 synnes  of  the  vngodly,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 The  hye  stomackes  of  the  proude  will  I  take 
 awaye,  and  will  laye  downe  the  boostinge  of 
 tyrauntes.  I  will  make  a  man  dearer  the 
 fyne  golde,  and  a  man  to  be  more  worth,  the 
 a  golden  wedge  of  Ophir.  Morouer,  I  will  so 
 shake  the  heaue,  that  the  earth  shall  remoue 
 out  of  hir  place. 
 
 Thus  shall  it  go  with  Babilon,  in  the  wrath 
 of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  in  f  daye  of  his 
 fearfuU  indignacio.  And  Babilon  shalbe  as 
 an  hunted  or  chased  doo,  and  as  a  flocke  with- 
 out a  shepherde.  Euery  ma  shal  tume  to  his 
 owne  people,  %  fle  echone  in  to  his  owne 
 londe.  Who  so  is  founde  alone,  shalbe  shot 
 thorow :  And  who  so  gather  together,  shalbe 
 destroyed  with  the  swerde.  Their  children 
 shalbe  slayne  before  their  eyes,  their  houses 
 spoyled,  j  their  wyues  rauyshed.  For  lo,  I 
 shall  bringe  vp  f  Medes  agaynst  the,  which 
 
 /  4  Re.  7.  b.  2  Mac.  5.  a.        «  Nau.  2.  c.        »Ezec.  32.  b. 
 loel  2.  b.  and  3.  c. 
 
jfo.  tivcbi. 
 
 €\}t  propbft  (©sJap. 
 
 Cbap.  vni). 
 
 shal  not  regarde  syluer,  nor  be  desyrous  of 
 golde.  Then  shall  yonge  mens  bowes  be 
 knapped  asunder.  The  Medes  shal  haue  no 
 pitie  N'po  wome  with  childe,  5  their  faces  shall 
 not  spare  f  childre.  And  Babilo  (y  glory  of 
 kigdomes  and  bewtie  of  the  Caldees  honoure) 
 shalbe  destroyed,  eue  as  God  destroyed  Sodom 
 (J  Gomorra."  It  shal  neuer  be  more  inha- 
 bited, nether  shal  there  be  eny  more  dwell- 
 inge  there,  from  generaeion  to  generacion. 
 
 The  Arabians  shall  make  no  mo  tentes 
 there,  nether  shall  the  shepardes  make  their 
 foldes  there  eny  more:  but  wylde  beastes 
 shal  lie  there,  (i  y^  houses  shalbe  full  of  greate 
 Oules.  Estriches  shal  dwell  there,  (i  Apes 
 shal  daunse  there  :  The  litle  Oules  shall  erie 
 in  the  palaces,  one  after  another,  5  Dragos 
 shalbe  in  the  pleasaut  perlours.  And  as  for 
 Babilons  tyme,  it  is  at  honde,  (S  hir  dayes 
 maye  not  be  longe  absent. 
 
 Cl)t  jiiij.  Cijapter. 
 
 BUT  f  LORDE  wilbe  mercyfull  vnto 
 lacob,  %  wyll  take  vp  Israel  agayne,  5 
 set  the  in  their  owne  lode.  Straugers  shal 
 cleue  vnto  the,  (t  get  the  to  f  house  of  lacob. 
 'They  shal  take  f  people,  5  cary  the  home 
 with  the.  And  y  house  of  Israel  shal  haue 
 the  in  possession,  for  seruautes  5  maydes  in  y 
 lode  of  y  LORDE.  They  shal  take  those 
 prisoners,  whose  captyues  they  had  bene  afore : 
 5  rule  those,  y  had  oppressed  the.  When  f 
 LORDE  now  shal  bringe  y^  to  rest,  fro  y  tra- 
 uayle,  feare,  5  harde  bondage  y  thou  wast  laden 
 with  all:  then  shalt  thou  vse  this  mockage 
 vpon  y  kinge  of  Babilon,  j  saye :  How  hap- 
 peneth  it  y  ^  oppressour  leaueth  of?  Is  f 
 golden  tribute  come  to  an  ende?  Doutles  the 
 LORDE  hath  broken  the  staff  of  the  vngodly, 
 g  the  cepter  of  ;y'  lordly.  Which  whe  he  is 
 wroth,  smyteth  y  people  with  durable  strokes, 
 5  in  his  woders  he  persecuteth  the,  5  tameth 
 the  cotinually.  And  therfore  y  whole  worlde 
 is  now  at  rest  and  quyetnesse,  5  men  synge 
 for  ioye. 
 
 Yee  euen  the  Fyrre  trees  and  Cedres  of 
 Libanus  reioyse  at  thy  fall,  sayenge :  Now  y 
 thou  art  layde  downe,  there  come  no  mo  vp 
 to  destroye  vs.  Hell  also  trembleth  at  thy 
 commynge.  All  mightie  men  and  pryTices  of 
 the  earth,  steppe  forth  before  the.  AH  kynges 
 of  the  earth  stonde  vp  fro  their  seates,  that 
 
 •  Gen.  19.  c.        '  Abdie  l.d.  Zach.  2.  b.         '  Luc.  10.  c. 
 
 they  maye  all  (one  after  another)  synge  and 
 speake  vnto  the.  Art  thou  wounded  also  as 
 we  ?  art  thou  become  like  vnto  vs  ?  Thy 
 pompe  and  thy  pryde  is  gone  downe  to  hell:' 
 Mothes  shalbe  layde  vnder  the,  5  wormes 
 shalbe  thy  coueringe. 
 
 How  art  thou  fallen  from  heauen''  (0  Luci- 
 fer) thou  faire  mornige  childe?  hast  thou 
 gotten  a  fall  euen  to  the  grounde,  thou  that 
 (notwithstondinge)  dyddest  subdue  the  peo- 
 ple? And  yet  thou  thoughtest  in  thine  harte: 
 I  will  clymme  vp  in  to  heauen,  and  make  my 
 seate  aboue  the  starres  of  God,  I  wyll  syt 
 vpon  the  glorious  mount  toward  the  North,  I 
 wyll  clpnine  vp  aboue  the  cloudes,  5  wilbe 
 like  the  highest  of  all.  Yet  darre  I  laye,  y 
 thou  shalt  be  brought  downe  to  the  depe  of 
 hell.  '  They  that  se  the,  shal  narowly  loke 
 vpo  the,  and  thinke  in  them  selues,  sayenge 
 Is  this  the  man,  that  brought  all  londes  in 
 feare,  and  made  f  kingdomes  afrayde :  Is  this 
 he  that  made  the  worlde  in  a  maner  waist,  5 
 layde  the  cities  to  the  grounde,  which  let  not 
 his  prisoners  go  home  ? 
 
 How  happeneth  it,  that  the  kynges  of  all 
 people  lie,  euery  one  at  home  in  his  owne 
 palace,  with  worshipe,  and  thou  art  cast  out 
 of  thy  graue  like  a  wilde  braunch  :  like  as 
 dead  mens  rayment  that  are  shott  thorow  with 
 the  swerde :  as  they  that  go  downe  to  the 
 stones  of  the  depe  :  as  a  dead  coarse  that  is 
 troden  vnder  fete :  and  art  not  buried  with 
 them  ?  Euen  because  that  thou  hast  waisted 
 thy  lode,  and  destroyed  thy  people.  For  the 
 generacion  of  the  wicked  shalbe  without 
 honoure,  for  euer.  There  shal  a  waye  be 
 sought  to  destroye  their  childre,  for  their 
 fathers  wckednes :  they  shal  not  come  vp 
 agayne  to  possesse  the  londe,  and  fyll  the 
 worlde  ful  of  castels  and  townes. 
 
 I  wil  stonde  vp  agaynst  them  (sayeth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  and  root  out  y  name  and 
 generacion  of  Babilon  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 5  wil  geue  it  to  the  Otters,  and  wil  make 
 water  poddels  of  it.  And  I  wil  swepe  them 
 out  with  the  besome  of  destruccion,  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  The  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  hath  sworne  an  ooth,  sayege :  It  shal 
 come  to  passe  as  I  haue  determined:  5  shalbe 
 fulfilled  as  I  haue  deuysed.  •'^The  Assirians 
 shalbe  destroyed  in  my  londe,  and  vpon  my 
 mountaynes  wyll  I  treade  them  vnder   fote. 
 
 Apo.  12.  d. 
 
 Eze.  31.  c.  Eze.  32.  c. 
 
Cf)ap.  v^u 
 
 Ein  propftft  ofsap. 
 
 fo,  tixthij. 
 
 Wher  thorow  his  yocke  shall  come  from  you,  5 
 his  burthen  shalbe  taken  from  youre  shulders. 
 This  deuyce  hath  God  taken  thorow  the 
 whole  worlde,  and  thus  is  his  honde  stretched 
 out  ouer  all  people.  For  yf  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  determe  a  thinge,  who  wyl  dysanulle 
 it  ?  And  yf  he  stretch  forth  his  honde,  who 
 wil  holde  it  in  agayne  ? 
 
 The  same  yeare  that  kynge  Achas  dyed, 
 God  threatned  by  Esay  on  this  maner :  "  Ile- 
 ioyse  not  (thou  whole  Palestina)  as  though  y 
 rod  of  him  y  beateth  the  were  broken  :  For 
 out  of  y  serpentes  rote,  there  shal  waxe  a 
 kockatrice,  5  the  frute  shalbe  a  fyrie  worme. 
 But  the  poore  shall  fede  of  the  best  thinges, 
 and  the  symple  shal  dwell  in  safetie.  '  Thy 
 rotes  wil  I  destroye  with  honger,  and  it  shall 
 slaye  thy  remnaunt.  Mourne  ye  portes,  wepe 
 ye  Cities.  And  feare  thou  (o  whole  Palestina) 
 for  there  shal  come  fro  the  North  a  smoke, 
 whose  power  no  man  maye  abyde.  Who 
 shall  then  maynteyne  the  messages  of  the 
 Gentyles?  But  the  LORDE  stablisheth 
 Syon,  (J  the  poore  of  my  people  shall  put 
 their  trust  in  him. 
 
 Cl)c  yb.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 THIS  is  ;y-  heuy  burthe  vpo  Moab  :  Ar  of 
 Moab  was  destroyed  (as  me  thought)  in 
 the  night  season :  '  The  walles  of  Moab 
 perished  in  the  night,  n  vanished  awaye:  They 
 wete  to  Baith  and  Dibon  in  the  hie  places, 
 for  to  wepe :  Moab  did  mourne  fro  Nebo  to 
 Medba :  All  their  heades  were  colled,  and  al 
 their  beardes  shauen.  ''  In  their  stretes  were 
 they  gyrded  aboute  with  sack  cloth.  In  all 
 the  toppes  of  their  houses  d  stretes  was  there 
 nothinge,  but  mournynge  and  wepinge.  He- 
 sebon  and  Eleale  cried,  that  their  voyce  was 
 herde  vnto  lahaz.  The  worthies  also  of  Moab 
 bleared  and  cried  for  very  sorow  of  their 
 myndes:  Wo  is  my  hert  for  Moabs  sake. 
 They  fled  vnto  the  cite  of  Zoar,  which  is  like 
 a  fayre  fruteful  bullock,  they  went  vp  to 
 Luhith,  wepinge.  The  waye  toward  Horo- 
 naim  was  ful  of  lamentacion  for  y  hurte.  The 
 waters  of  Nimrim  were  dried  vp,  the  grasse 
 was  wythred,  the  herbes  destroyed,  5  what 
 necessary  grene  thinge  there  was  besyde.  In 
 like  maner  the  thinge  y  was  left  them  of  their 
 substaunce,  they  caried  it  by  water  to  Araby. 
 
 ■■  lere.  47.  a. 
 '  4  Reg.  1.  b. 
 
 Ezec.  25.  c.     Soph.  2.  a.     3  Reg.  12.  b. 
 '  Eze.  25.  b.    Soph.  2.  b.    lere.  48.  f. 
 
 The  crie  went  ouer  the  whole  londe  of  Moab : 
 from  Eglaim  vnto  Beer,  was  there  nothinge 
 but  mournynge.  The  waters  of  Dimon  were 
 full  of  bloude,  for  f  enemie  had  sent  thither  a 
 bonde  of  men,  which  as  a  lyon,  layde  waite 
 for  the  remnaunt  of  the  londe,  and  for  them 
 y  were  escaped. 
 
 Ei)t  rbi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THEN  sent  the  lordes  of  the  lode  a  ma 
 of  warre,  from  the  rocke  that  lieth  to- 
 ward the  deserte,  vnto  the  hill  of  the  doughter 
 Sion  (For  as  for  the  doughters  of  Moab,  they 
 were  as  it  had  bene  a  trymblinge  byrde,  y  is 
 put  out  of  hir  nest,  by  the  fery  of  Arnon) 
 which  messaunger  sayde :  gather  youre  coun- 
 cel,  come  together,  couer  vs  with  youre  sha- 
 dowe  in  the  myddaye,  "as  the  night  doth: 
 hyde  the  chased,  g  bewraye  not  the  that  are 
 fled,  let  the  persecuted  Moabites  dwel  amoge 
 you,  be  oure  open  refuge  agaynst  the  de- 
 stroyer :  for  the  aduersary  oppresseth  vs,  the 
 robber  vndoeth  vs,  j  the  tyraunte  dryueth  vs 
 out  of  oure  londe.  But  y  Trone  of  youre 
 kingdome  is  ful  of  grace,  therfore  he  that  syt- 
 teth  vpon  it  with  faithfulnesse  g  treuth  in  the 
 house  of  Dauid,  knowe  the  thinge  i  do  his 
 diligence  to  helpe  shortly,  acordinge  to  Equite 
 and  rightuousnes.  As  for  Moabs  pride  (shal 
 they  answere)  it  is  wel  knowne.  ■'^And  all 
 though  they  be  e-xcellent,  pi'oude,  arrogant,  j 
 hie  mynded :  yet  is  their  strength  nothinge 
 like.  And  therfore  Moab  complayneth  vnto 
 Moab,  wher  thorow  they  come  all  to  mourne : 
 (J  now  y  they  be  smytten,  they  take  their 
 deuyce  beneth  by  the  bryckwall,  and  make 
 their  coplaynte. 
 
 The  suburbes  also  of  Hesebon  were  made 
 waist,  5  the  princes  of  the  Gentyles  hewed 
 downe  y  vynyardes  of  Sibma,  which  were 
 planted  with  noble  grapes,  and  spred  vnto 
 lazer,  and  went  vnto  the  ende  of  the  deserte, 
 whose  braunches  stretched  their  selues  forth 
 beyonde  the  see.  Therfore  I  mourned  for 
 lazer,  (j  for  f  vynyardes  of  Sibma  with  greate 
 sorow.  I  poured  my  teares  vpon  Hesebon  5 
 Eleale,  for  all  their  songes  were  layde  downe, 
 in  their  haruest  5  gatheringe  of  their  grapes  : 
 Myrth  and  chere  was  gone  out  of  y  felde  5 
 vynyardes,  in  so  moch,  that  no  man  was  glad 
 ner  sunge.      There  wete  no  treader  in  to  the 
 
 Eze.  7.  c.  ''  lere.  48.  b.  Act.  18.  b.  '  Esa.  21.  c. 
 
 /  lere.  48.  c.    Ezec.  25.  b. 
 
jfo.  tmbiij. 
 
 €f)t  propftft  Csiap. 
 
 Cftap.  )rf)t). 
 
 wynepresse,  their  mery  chere  was  layde  downe, 
 Wherfore  my  bely  robled  (as  it  had  bene  a 
 lute)  for  Moabs  sake,  5  myne  inwarde  mem- 
 bres,  for  the  bryckwalles  sake.  For  it  hap- 
 pened thus  also  :  whu  Moab  sawe  that  she  was 
 turned  vp  syde  downe :  "she  went  vp  an  hie  in 
 to  hir  sanctuary,  to  make  hir  prayer  there, 
 but  she  might  not  be  helped.  This  is  the 
 deuyce,  which  the  LORDE  toke  in  honde  at 
 that  tyme  agaynst  Moab.  But  now  the 
 LORDE  sayeth  thus:  In  thre  yeare  shal  ;y 
 power  of  Moab  with  their  pope  (which  is 
 greate)  be  minished,  like  as  f  burthe  of  an 
 hyred  seruaunte  :  And  as  for  y  remnaunt  of 
 them,  they  shalbe  lesse  then  a  fewe,  and  not 
 rekened  moch  worth. 
 
 Cljc  vbtj.  Clbapttr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  heuy  burthe  vpo  Damascus: 
 *Beholde,  Damascus  shal  be  nomore  a 
 cite,  but  an  heape  of  broken  stones.  The 
 cities  of  Aroer  shalbe  waist,  The  catel  shal  lie 
 there,  (j  noma  shal  fraye  the  awaye.  Eph- 
 raim  shal  no  more  be  stroge,  a  Damascus 
 shal  no  more  be  a  kyngdome.  And  as  for  y 
 glory  of  f  remnaunt  of  y  Sirians,  it  shalbe  as 
 the  glory  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  saieth  y 
 
 }3  ^  LORDE  of  hoostes.  At  that  tyme  also  shal 
 i^  glory  of  lacob  be  very  poore,  5  his  fatnes 
 leane.  It  shal  happe  to  the,  as  when  one 
 sheareth  in  haruest,  which  cutteth  his  handful 
 with  the  sickle,  5  when  one  gathreth  f  sheaues 
 together  in  the  valley,  of  Rephaim,  there  re- 
 mayneth  yet  some  ears  ouer.  Or  as  whe  one 
 shaketh  an  olyue  tre,  '  which  fyndeth  but  two 
 or  thre  olyue  beries  aboue  in  the  toppe,  and 
 foure  Or  fyue  in  the  braunches.  Thus  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel  hath  spoken. 
 
 Then  shal  man  couerte  agayne  vnto  his 
 maker,  5  tume  his  eyes  to  the  holy  one  of 
 Israel.  And  shal  not  tume  to  the  aulters  that 
 are  f  worke  of  his  owne  hodes,  nether  shal  he 
 
 C  loke  vpon  groaues  5  ymages,  which  his  fyngers 
 haue  wrought.  At  the  same  tyme  shal  their 
 stronge  cities  be  desolate,  like  as  were  once  f 
 forsake  plowes  5  come,  which  they  forsoke, 
 "for  feare  of  f  children  of  Israel. 
 
 So  shalt  thou  (o  Damascus)  be  desolate, 
 because  thou  hast  forgotte  God  thy  Sauioure, 
 5  hast  not  called  to  remebraunce  y  rock  of 
 thi  stregth,  Wherfore  thou  hast  also  set  a 
 fayre  plate,  g  grafted  a  straunge  braunch.    In 
 
 •  Deut.  32.  e.       »  lere.  49.  d.   Amos  1.  a.      '  Esa.  24.  b. 
 
 the  daye  when  thou  diddest  plante  it,  it  was 
 greate,  and  gaue  soone  the  frute  of  thi  sede : 
 But  in  the  daye  of  haruest,  thou  shalt  reape 
 an  heape  of  sorowes  ij  miseries. 
 
 Wo  be  to  the  multitude  of  moch  people, 
 that  russh  in  like  the  see,  and  to  the  heape  of 
 folke,  that  renne  ouer  all  like  greate  waters. 
 "  For  though  so  many  people  increase  as  the 
 flowinge  waters,  and  though  they  be  armed, 
 yet  they  fle  farre  of,  and  vanish  awaye  like 
 the  dust  with  the  wynde  vpon  an  hill,  and  as 
 the  whyrle  wjTide  thorow  a  storme.  Though 
 they  be  fearful  at  night,  yet  in  the  mominge 
 it  is  gone  with  the.  This  is  their  porcion,  that 
 do  vs  harme,  and  heretage  of  them,  that 
 robbe  vs. 
 
 Ci^t  jbi'i}.  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 WO  be  to  the  londe  of  flienge  shippes, 
 which  is  of  this  syde  y  floude  of 
 Ethiopia  :  which  sendeth  hir  message  ouer  the 
 see  in  shippes  of  redes  vpo  y  water,  and 
 sayeth :  go  soone,  and  do  youre  message  vnto 
 a  straunge  and  harde  folke  :  to  a  fearful  peo- 
 ple, 5  to  a  people  y  is  further  then  this :  to  a 
 desperate  and  pylled  folke,  whose  londe  is 
 deuyded  from  vs  with  ryuers  of  water.  Yee 
 all  ye  y  syt  in  the  compasse  of  the  worlde, 
 and  dwell  vpon  the  earth :  when  the  token 
 shalbe  geuen  vpo  the  mountaynes,  then  loke 
 vp  :  and  when  the  home  bloweth,  then  herken 
 to,  for  thus  hath  ;y^  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me. 
 I  layde  me  downe,  and  pondred  the  matter  in 
 my  house,  at  the  noone  daye  when  it  was 
 bote  :  and  there  fel  a  myslinge  shower,  like  a 
 dew,  as  it  happeneth  in  haruest.  But  the 
 frutes,  were  not  yet  ripe  cut  of,  and  the  grapes 
 were  but  yonge  and  grene.  Then  one  smote 
 of  the  grapes  with  an  hoke,  yee  he  hewed 
 downe  also  the  buwes  and  the  braunches,  5 
 dyd  cast  the  awaye.  And  thus  they  were 
 layde  waist,  for  the  foules  of  the  mountaynes, 
 and  for  f  beastes  of  the  earth  together.  So 
 y  the  foules  sat  ther  vpon,  and  the  beastes  of 
 the  earth  wyntered  there.  Then  shal  there 
 be  a  present  brought  vnto  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes :  euen  that  harde  folke,  that  fearful 
 folke,  and  that  further  is  the  this  :  y  desperate 
 and  pylled  folke  (whose  londe  is  deuyded 
 from  vs  with  floudes  of  water)  vnto  the  place 
 of  the  name  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  •'euen 
 vnto  the  hill  of  Sion. 
 
 ■'  4  Re.  7.  b.        '  Esa.  37.  f.        /  Deut.  12.  a. 
 
Ci)ap»  n' 
 
 €i)t  propijet  (Ss^ap* 
 
 fo,  iiFrip. 
 
 c 
 
 Ci)e  ):i>^.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  heuy  burthen  vpon  Egipte : 
 "Beholde,  the  LORDE  wil  ryde  vpon 
 a  swifte  cloude,  and  come  in  to  Egipte.  And 
 the  goddes  of  Egipte  shal  trytnble  at  his 
 compige,  and  the  hert  of  Egipte  shal  quake 
 within  her.  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 I  wil  stere  vp  the  Egiptians  one  agaynst 
 another  amonge  them  selues,  'so  that  one 
 shalbe  euer  agaynst  his  brother  and  negh- 
 boure,  yee  one  cite  agaynst  another,  and  one 
 kyngdome  agaynst  another.  And  Egipte 
 shalbe  choked  in  hir  self.  Whe  they  axe 
 councel  at  their  goddes,  at  their  Prophetes,  at 
 their  soythsayers  and  witches:  then  will  I 
 bringe  their  councel  to  naught. 
 
 I  wil  delyuer  Egipte  also  in  to  the  hondes 
 of  greuous  rulers,  and  a  cruel  kinge  shal  haue 
 the  rule  of  them.  The  water  of  the  see 
 shalbe  drawe  out,  Nilus  shal  synke  awaye,  5 
 be  dronke  vp.  The  ryuers  also  shalbe  drawen 
 out,  the  welles  shal  decreace  and  drie  awaye. 
 Rede  and  rush  shal  fayle,  the  grasse  by  the 
 waters  syde  or  vpon  f  ryuers  bancke,  yee  and 
 what  so  euer  is  sowen  by  the  waters,  shalbe 
 wythered,  destroyed,  a,  brought  to  naught. 
 The  fyshers  shall  mourne,  all  soch  as  cast 
 angles  in  the  water,  shal  complayne,  (t  they 
 that  sprede  their  nettes  in  the  water,  shalbe 
 faynt  harted.  Soch  as  laboure  vpon  flax  j 
 sylcke,  shal  come  to  pouerte,  5  they  also  that 
 weeue  fyne  workes.  All  the  poundes  of 
 Egipte,  all  the  policie  of  their  Moates  (t  diches 
 shal  come  to  naught." 
 
 Yee  the  vndiscrete  prynces  of  Zoan,  the 
 councel  of  the  wyse  Senatours  of  Pharao, 
 shal  tume  to  foolishnesse :  Those  that  darre 
 boast  5  saye  of  Pharaos  behalfe :  I  am  come 
 of  wyse  people.  I  am  come  of  ir  olde  regall 
 Progeny.  But  where  are  now  thy  wyse  me  ? 
 Let  them  tel  the  5  shewe  the,  what  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  hath  taken  in  honde 
 agaynst  Egypte.  Fooles  are  those  prynces  of 
 Zoan,  a  proude  are  the  prynces  of  Noph :  yee 
 they  "dysceaue  Egypte  with  the  nobilite  of 
 their  stocke.  For  the  LORDE  hath  made 
 Egypte  droncke  with  the  sprete  of  erroure, 
 and  they  shal  vse  it  in  all  matters :  eue  like  as 
 a  dronke  ma  goeth  spewinge  aboute.  For 
 Egipte  shal  lacke  good  councel,  so  y  they 
 
 '  lere.  46.  a.   Eze.  29.  a.    Luc.  21.  d. 
 '  2  Reg.  17.  b. 
 
 '  Mar.  13.  a. 
 
 shal  not  knowe  what  to  do,  nether  beginnynge 
 nor  ende,  nether  vpon  the  lode  nor  water. 
 The  shal  f  Egiptias  be  like  vnto  wome, 
 afrayde  d  astoied,  at  the  liftinge  vp  of  the 
 h5de,  which  y  LORDE  of  hoostes  shal  lifte 
 vp  ouer  them. 
 
 The  londe  of  luda  also  shal  make  the  Egip- 
 tians afrayde,  who  so  doth  but  speake  vpon  it, 
 shal  put  them  in  feare :  And  that  because  of 
 the  councel,  which  y  LORDE  of  hoostes  hath 
 devysed  agaynst  them.  Then  shal  the  fyue 
 cities  of  Egipte  speake  with  the  Canaanites 
 tunge,  ande  sweare  by  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 %  Heliopolis  shalbe  one  of  them.  At  the 
 same  tyme  shal  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  haue 
 an  aulter  in  the  myddest  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  with  this  title  ther  by:  Vnto  the 
 LORDE.  This  shalbe  a  token  or  testimony 
 •'vnto  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  in  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  when  they  shal  crie  vnto  him,  be- 
 cause of  those  that  oppresse  them :  that  he 
 shal  sende  them  a  captayne  and  a  Sauioure 
 to  delyuer  them. 
 
 Morouer,  Egipte  shalbe  bought  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  Egiptians  also  shal  knowe 
 the  LORDE  at  the  same  tyme  :  they  shal  do 
 him  reuerence  with  peace  ofFringes,  and  with 
 meat  ofFringes:  they  shal  promyse  him  of- 
 fringes,  yee  g  paye  him  also.  Thus  the 
 LORDE  shal  smyte  Egipte,  5  heale  it  agayne: 
 I  so  shal  they  tume  to  y^  LORDE,  and  he 
 also  shal  haue  mercy  vpo  them,  and  saue 
 them.  Then  shal  there  be  a  comon  waye  out 
 of  Egipte  in  to  Assiria.  The  Assirians  shal 
 come  in  to  Egipte,  and  the  Egypcians  in  to 
 Assiria.  The  Egipcians  also  and  the  Assirians 
 shal  both  haue  one  Gods  seruyce.  Then  shal 
 Israel  with  honoure  be  the  thirde  to  Egipte 
 and  Assur.  And  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 shal  blesse  them,  sayenge :  Blissed  is  my 
 people  of  the  Egipcians,  Assur  is  the  worke 
 of  my  hodes,  but  Israel  is  myne  enheritaunce. 
 
 ^t  rr-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 THE  same  yeare  that  Harthan  came  to 
 Aschdod,  where  Sarge  the  kinge  of  the 
 Assirians  sent  him,  what  tyme  as  he  also  be- 
 seged  Aschdod,  5  wane  it  f  same  season  :  The 
 spake  the  LORDE  vnto  Esaye  f  sonne  of 
 Amos,  sayenge :  go  and  lowse  of  y  sack  cloth 
 fro  thy  loynes,  and  put  of  thy  shues  from  thy 
 
 ■I  Esaie  8.  c.  '3  Re?.  22.  d.        /  Deut.  10.  d. 
 
jfo.  lie. 
 
 Cfte  propfttt  ®E(aj). 
 
 Cftajp,  jDfi. 
 
 fete.  And  so  he  dyd,  goinge  naked  (i  barefote, 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE:  where  as  my  ser- 
 uaunt  Esaye  goeth  naked  and  barefote,  it  is  a 
 token  and  signifienge  of  the  thinge,  that  after 
 thre  yeare  shal  come  vpo  Egipte  and  Ethiopia, 
 For  euen  thus  shal  the  kinge  of  the  Assirians 
 driue  both  yonge  and  olde,  as  prisoners  naked 
 and  barefote,  out  of  Egipte  and  Ethiopia, 
 And  shal  dyscouer  f  shame  of  Egipte.  They 
 shalbe  also  at  their  wittes  ende,  and  ashamed 
 one  of  another :  the  Egipcians  of  the  Moryans, 
 and  the  Morians  of  the  Egipcians,  at  the  sight 
 of  their  glory. 
 
 Morouer  they  that  dwel  in  ;y^  lies  shal  saye 
 euen  the  same  daye :  beholde,  this  is  cure 
 hope,  to  whom  we  fled  to  seke  helpe,  that  we 
 might  be  delyuered  from  the  kinge  of  f 
 Assirians.     How  will  we  escape? 
 
 €i)t  n'i-  Ci^apter. 
 
 THIS  is  the  heuy  burthe  of  the  waist  see: 
 A  greuous  visi5  was  shewed  vnto  me, 
 like  as  when  a  storme  of  wynde  and  rayne 
 russheth  in  from  the  wyldernesse,  that  terrible 
 londe.  Who  so  maye  disceaue  (sayde  the 
 voyce)  let  him  disceaue  :  Who  so  maye  dis- 
 troye,  let  him  distroye.  Vp  Elam,  besege  it 
 o  Madai,  for  I  will  still  all  their  gronynges. 
 With  this,  the  raynes  of  my  backe  were  ful  of 
 payne :  "  Panges  came  vpon  me,  as  vpon  a 
 woman  in  hir  trauayle.  When  I  herde  it,  I 
 was  abasshed :  and  whe  I  loked  vp,  I  was 
 afrayde.  Myne  herte  paunted,  I  trembled 
 for  feare.  The  darcknesse  made  me  fearfuU 
 in  my  mynde. 
 
 Yee  soone  make  redy  the  table  (sayde  this 
 voyce)  kepe  the  watch,  eate  and  drynke :  Vp 
 ye  captaynes,  take  you  to  youre  shylde,  for 
 thus  the  LORDE  hath  charged  me:  go  thy 
 waye,  and  set  a  watchma,  that  he  maye  tell 
 what  he  seyth.  And  whe  he  had  wayted 
 diligetly,  he  sawe  two  horsmen :  the  one 
 rydinge  vpon  an  Asse,  the  other  vpon  a  camel. 
 And  the  lyon  cried :  LORDE,  I  haue  stonde 
 waytinge  all  the  whole  daye,  and  haue  kepte 
 my  watch  all  the  night.  With  y  came  there 
 one  rydinge  vpon  a  charet,  which  answered, 
 and  sayde  :  *  Babilon  is  fallen,  she  is  turned 
 vpsyde  downe,  and  all  y  ymages  of  hir  goddes 
 are  smytten  to  f  grounde.  This  (o  my  felowe 
 throsshers  and  fanners)  haue  I  herde  of  the 
 
 lere.  13.  a. 
 and  18.  B. 
 
 *  lere.  51.  a.  Apo.  14.  b. 
 '  lere.  49.  b. 
 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel,    to 
 shewe  it  vnto  you. 
 
 Tlie  heuy  burthen  of  Duma. 
 
 One  of  Seir  cried  vnto  me :  '  watchman, 
 what  hast  thou  espied  by  night  ?  Watchman, 
 what  hast  thou  espied  by  night  ?  The  watch- 
 man answered:  The  daye  breaketh  on,  and 
 the  night  is  comynge :  Yf  youre  request  be 
 earnest,  then  axe,  and  come  agayne. 
 The  lieuy  burthen  vpon  Arabia. 
 
 ■'At  euen  ye  shal  abyde  in  the  wod,  in  the 
 waye  toward  Dedanim.  Mete  the  thurstie 
 with  water,  (o  ye  citisens  of  Hema)  mete  those 
 with  bred  that  are  fled.  For  thei  shal  runne 
 awaye  from  the  weapen,  from  the  drawe 
 swerde,  from  the  bet  bowe,  and  from  the 
 greate  batell.  For  thus  hath  the  LORDE 
 spoken  vnto  me :  ouer  a  yeare  shal  all  the 
 power  of  Cedar  be  gone,  like  as  when  the 
 office  of  an  hyred  seruaunte  goeth  out :  And 
 the  remnaunt  of  the  good  Archers  of  Cedar," 
 shalbe  very  few:  For  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel  hath  spoken  it. 
 
 The  heuy  burthen,  apon  the  valley  of  Visions. 
 
 WHAT  hast  thou  there  to  do,  that  thou 
 clymnest  vp  in  to  the  house  toppe, 
 o  thou  citie  of  miracles,  sedicious  and  wilfull? 
 seinge,  thy  slayne  me  are  nether  killed  with 
 swerde,  ner  deed  in  batel  ?  For  all  thy  cap- 
 taynes gat  them  to  their  horses  from  the  ordi- 
 naunce,  yee  they  are  altogether  rydden  awaye, 
 and  fled  farre  of.  When  I  perceaued  y,  I 
 sayde  :  awaye  fro  me,  y  I  maye  wepe  bytterly. 
 '  Take  no  laboure  for  to  coforte  me,  as  touch- 
 inge  the  destruction  of  my  people.  For  this 
 is  f  daye  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes,  wherin 
 he  will  plage,  treade  downe,  and  wede  out  the 
 valley  of  Visios,  and  breake  downe  the  walles, 
 with  soch  a  crack,  that  it  shal  geue  a  sownde 
 in  the  mountaynes. 
 
 I  sawe  the  Elamites  take  the  quyuers  to 
 carte  and  to  horse,  and  that  the  walles  were 
 bare  from  harnesse.  Thy  goodly  valleys  were 
 ful  of  Charettes,  the  horse  men  made  them 
 soone  to  besege  the  gates.  Then  was  the 
 coueringe  of  luda  put  from  thence,  and  then 
 was  sene  the  sege  of  the  tymbre  house.  There 
 shal  ye  se  the  riftes  in  the  walles  of  the  cite  of 
 
 ''  Esa.  16.  a.        '  lere.  49.  e.        /  lere.  9.  a.  Luce  19.  d. 
 
Cftap,  HTUj. 
 
 Cfte  propI)ft  (Ksfap* 
 
 ffo.  icu 
 
 Dauid,"  wherof  there  shalbe  many.  Ye  shal 
 gather  together  the  waters  of  the  lower  pole, 
 and  tel  the  houses  of  lerusale,  and  break  of 
 some  of  the  to  kepe  f  walles.  And  ye  shal 
 make  a  pyt  betwyxte  f  twayne  walles  of  the 
 water  of  the  olde  pole,  and  nothinge  regarde 
 him,  that  toke  it  in  honde  and  made  it.  And 
 at  the  same  tyme  shal  f  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 cal  me  to  wepinge  mouminge,  to  baldnesse 
 and  puttinge  on  of  sack  clothe.  But  they  to 
 fulfil  their  lust  and  wilfulnes,  slaughter  oxe, 
 theykyll  shepe,  theyeate  costly  meate,  i  drynke 
 wyne :  *  let  vs  eate  and  drinke,  tomorow  we 
 shal  die.  Neuertheles  whe  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  herde  of  it,  he  sayde :  yee,  yf  this 
 wickednes  of  yours  shalbe  remitted,  ye  must 
 die  for  it.  This  hath  f  LORDE  God  of 
 hoostes  spoken. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes: 
 'Go  in  to  the  treasury  vnto  Sobna  the  gouern- 
 oure,  and  saye  vnto  him  :  What  hast  thou 
 here  to  do  ?  g  from  whece  comest  thou  ?  that 
 thou  hast  made  the  a  graue  here  ?  For  he 
 had  caused  a  costly  tombe  of  stone  to  be  made 
 for  himself,  and  a  place  to  lye  in  to  be  hewen 
 out  of  a  rock.  Beholde  the  LORDE  shal 
 cast  the  out  by  violence,  he  will  deck  the  of 
 another  fashion,  and  put  vpon  the  a  straunge 
 clothe.  He  shal  carie  y  in  to  a  farre  coutre, 
 like  a  ball  with  his  hondes.  There  shalt  thou 
 die,  there  shal  the  pompe  of  thy  charettes 
 haue  an  ende :  thou  vylleyne  of  the  house  of 
 thy  LORDE:  I  wil  shute  the  out  of  thine 
 office,  and  put  the  from  thine  estate. 
 
 After  this  wil  I  cal  my  seruaunt  Eliakim,  f 
 Sonne  of  Helkia,  and  araye  him  with  thy  cote, 
 and  gyrde  him  with  thy  gyrdle,  and  I  wil  geue 
 thy  power  in  to  his  honde.  He  shalbe  a  father 
 of  the  citisens  of  lerusalem,''  and  of  the  Kynred 
 of  luda.  I  will  also,  laye  the  keye  of  Dauids 
 house  vpon  his  shulders,  and  yf  he  open,  no 
 man  shal  shit,  and  yf  he  do  shyt,  no  man  shal 
 open.  I  wil  fasten  him  to  a  nale  in  the  place 
 of  the  most  hie  faithfulnesse,"  and  he  shalbe 
 vpon  the  glorious  trone  of  his  fathers  house. 
 They  shal  hage  vpon  him  all  the  glory  of  his 
 fathers  house,  of  the  children  and  childers 
 childre,  all  apparel  small  and  great,  all  instru- 
 mentes  of  measure  (j  musike.  This  shal  come 
 to  passe  (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  when 
 the  nale,  y  is  fastened  to  the  place  of  the 
 
 ieg.  5.  b.       »  Sap.  2.  b.  1  Cor.  15.  c.       '  Esa.  36.  a. 
 ''  Apo.  1.  d.  lob  12.  b.  I 
 
 highest  faithfulnesse :  shalbe  pluckt  of.  And 
 whe  the  weight  that  hangeth  vpon  it,  shal  fall, 
 be  broken,  and  hewen  in  peces.  For  the 
 LORDE  himself  hath  sayde  it. 
 
 Wije  yyii).  Chapter. 
 
 AN  heuy  burthen  vpon  Tirus.  Mourne 
 ye  shippes  of  Tharsis,  ■'^for  she  is 
 throwne  downe  to  the  grounde,  and  conquered 
 of  them,  that  are  come  from  Cithiin.  The 
 Indwellers  of  the  Ilondes,  the  marchauntes  of 
 Sidon,  and  they  that  occupied  the  see  (of 
 whom  thou  wast  ful  somtyme)  are  at  a  poynte 
 For  by  see  were  there  frutes  brought  vnto  the, 
 and  all  maner  of  come  by  water.  Thou  wast 
 the  comon  marcket  of  al  people.  Sido  is  sory 
 for  it,  yee  and  all  f  power  of  the  see  coplaneth, 
 and  saieth :  O  y  I  had  neuer  traueled  with 
 childe,  that  I  had  neuer  borne  eny,  y  I  had 
 nether  norished  boye,  ner  brought  vp  doughter. 
 As  soone  as  Egipte  perceaueth  it,  she  wilbe 
 as  sory  as  Tirus  it  self.  Go  ouer  the  see, 
 Mourne  ye  y  dwel  in  the  lies.  Is  not  that 
 the  glorious  cite,  which  hath  bene  of  longe 
 antiquite?  whose  natyues  dwellinge  farre  of, 
 commende  her  so  greatly  ?  Who  hath  deuysed 
 soch  thinges  vpon  Tirus  the  crowne  of  al 
 cities,  whose  marchautes  and  captaynes  were 
 the  highest  and  principal  of  the  worlde  ?  Eue 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes  hath  deuysed  it,  that 
 he  maye  put  downe  al  pompe,  and  minish  all 
 the  glory  of  the  worlde.  Go  thorow  thy  londe 
 (^o  thou  doughter  of  the  see)  as  men  go  ouer 
 the  water,  and  there  is  not  a  gyrdle  more. 
 
 ''Thus  the  LORDE  (that  remoueth  the 
 kingdomes,  and  hath  taken  in  hande  agaynst 
 that  mightie  Canaan  to  rote  it  out:)  hath 
 stretched  out  his  honde  ouer  the  see,  and 
 sayde :  From  hence  forth  shalt  thou  make  no 
 more  myrth  (o  thou  doughter  Sidon)  for  thou 
 shalt  be  put  downe  of  the  Cethes.  Stonde 
 vp  therfore,  and  go  where  the  enemie  wil  carie 
 the,  where  thou  shalt  also  haue  no  rest.  Be- 
 holde (for  thyne  ensample:)  The  Caldees 
 were  soch  a  people,  that  no  man  was  like 
 them.  Assur  buylded  them:  he  set  vp  his 
 castels  (J  palaces,  and  broke  them  downe 
 agayne.  And  therfore  mourne  (ye  shippes  of 
 the  see)  for  youre  power  shalbe  throwne  downe. 
 
 After  that,  shal  the  Ixx.  yeares  of  Tirus 
 (euen  as  longe  as  their  kinges  life  was)  be 
 
 '  Zach.  10,  a.  f  lere.  47.  c.     Eze.  26.  a.  and  27,  28. 
 
 s  lob  12.  b.  '  Dan.  2.  c. 
 
Jfo,  Mj, 
 
 Cfte  propftet  Csap. 
 
 Cbap,  vniij. 
 
 forgotten.  And  after  Ixx.  yeares,  it  shal 
 happe  to  Tirus  as  with  an  harlot  that  playeth 
 vpon  a  lute.  Take  thy  lute  (sale  men  to  her) 
 and  go  aboute  the  citie,  thou  art  yet  an  vn- 
 knowne  wensche,  make  pastyme  with  dyuerse 
 balettes,  wherby  thou  mayest  come  in  to  ac- 
 quantaunce.  Thus  shal  it  happen  after  Ixx. 
 yeares.  "  The  LORDE  shal  uiset  the  citie  of 
 Tirus,  and  it  shal  come  aga)Tie  to  hyr  Mar 
 chaundyse,  and  shal  occupie  with  al  the  King, 
 domes  that  be  in  the  worlde.  But  all  hir 
 occupicge  and  wynnynge,  shalbe  halowed  vnto 
 the  LORDE.*  For  then  shal  they  laye  vp 
 nothinge  behinde  them  nor  vpon  heapes :  but 
 the  marchaiidise  of  Tirus  shal  beloge  vnto  the 
 citisens  of  the  LORDE,  to  the  fedinge  and 
 susteninge  of  the  hugrie,  and  to  the  clothinge 
 of  the  aged. 
 
 Cijt  rniij-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  f  LORDE  shal  waist  and 
 plage  the  worlde,  'he  shal  make  the  face 
 of  the  earth  desolate,  5  scatre  abrode  y  inha- 
 bitours  therof.  Then  shal  the  prest  be  as  the 
 people,  the  master  as  the  seruaunt,  the  dame 
 like  the  mayde,  the  seller  like  the  byer,  he 
 that  ledeth  vpon  vsury,  like  him  y  boroweth 
 vpo  vsury,  the  creditoure,  as  the  detter.  Yee 
 miserably  shal  f  worlde  be  waysted  5  clene 
 destroyed.  For  y  LORDE  hath  so  determed 
 in  himself.  The  earth  shalbe  heuye  and 
 decaye  :  The  face  of  y  earth  shal  perish  ij  fal 
 awaye,  the  proude  people  of  y-  worlde  shal 
 come  to  naught.  For  f  earth  is  corrupte  of 
 hir  indwellers. 
 
 For  why?  they  haue  offended  f  lawe, 
 chaunged  the  ordinaiices,  and  made  the  euer- 
 lastinge  testamet  of  none  effecte.  And  ther- 
 fore  shal  the  curse  deuoure  the  earth:  for  they 
 y  dwell  thero,  haue  synned,  wherfore  they 
 shalbe  brent  also,  and  those  that  remayne, 
 shalbe  very  few.  The  swete  wyne  shal 
 mourne,  the  grapes  shalbe  weake,  and  all  y 
 haue  bene  mery  in  harte,  shal  sighe.  ''The 
 myrth  of  tabrettes  shalbe  layde  downe,  the 
 chere  of  the  ioyful  shal  ceasse,  and  the  plea- 
 sure of  lutes  shal  haue  an  ende :  there  shal 
 no  more  wyne  be  dronke  with  myrth,  the 
 beer  shal  be  bytter  to  the  that  drinke  it,  the 
 wicked  cities  shalbe  broken  downe,  all  houses 
 shalbe  shut,  that  no  man  maye  come  in. 
 
 In  the  stretes  shal  there  be  lift  vp  a  crie 
 
 '  Act.  21.  a.      »  Psal.  44.  c. 
 
 '  Apo.  18. 
 
 because  of  wyne,  all  mens  chere  shal  vanish 
 awaye,  and  all  ioye  of  the  earth  shal  passe. 
 Desolacion  shal  remayne  in  the  cities,  and  the 
 gates  shalbe  smytten  with  waistnesse.  For  it 
 shal  happen  vnto  all  londes  and  to  all  people, 
 like  as  when  a  ma  smyteth  downe  y  olyues, 
 y  are  left  vpon  the  tre:  'or  seketh  after  grapes, 
 when  the  wpie  gatheringe  is  out.  And  those 
 same  (that  remayne)  shal  lift  vp  their  voyce, 
 and  be  glad,  5  shal  magnifie  the  glory  of  the 
 LORDE,  euen  from  the  see,  5  prayse  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  in  the 
 valeis  and  Ilodes.  We  heare  songes  sunge  to 
 the  prayse  of  the  rightuous,  fro  al  the  endes  of 
 the  worlde.  Therfore  I  must  speake  :  O  my 
 vnfrutfulnesse,  o  my  pouerte.  Wo  is  me,  all  is 
 ful  of  synneres,  which  offende  of  purpose  and 
 malice.  And  therfore,  (o  thou  that  dwellest 
 vpon  the  earth)  there  is  at  hode  for  the,  feare, 
 pyt  and  snare.  Who  so  escapeth  the  terrible 
 crie,  shal  fall  in  to  the  pyt.^  And  yf  he  come 
 out  of  the  pyt,  he  shalbe  take  with  the  snare. 
 For  the  wyndowes  aboue  shalbe  opened,  and 
 the  foundacion  of  the  earth  shal  moue. 
 
 The  earth  shal  geue  a  greate  crack,  it  shal 
 haue  a  sore  ruyne,  and  take  an  horrible  fall. 
 The  earth  shal  stacker  like  a  dronken  man, 
 and  be  take  awaye  like  a  tent.  Hir  misdedes 
 shal  lie  so  heuye  vpo  her,  y  she  must  fall,  and 
 neuer  rise  vp  agayne.  At  the  same  tyme 
 shal  the  LORDE  mustre  together  the  hie 
 hooste  aboue,  and  f  kynges  of  the  worlde 
 vpon  the  earth.  These  shalbe  coupled  toge- 
 ther as  prisoners  be,  and  shalbe  shut  in  one 
 warde  and  punished  innumerable  dales.  ^  The 
 Moone  and  the  Sonne  shalbe  ashamed,  when 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes  shal  rule  them  at 
 lerusalem  vpon  the  mount  Sion,  before  and 
 with  his  excellent  councel. 
 
 €\)t  rrb-  Ci^apter. 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  art  my  God,  I  wil  prayse 
 the,  and  magnifie  thy  name :  For  thou 
 brmgest  marvelous  thinges  to  passe,  acordinge 
 to  thine  olde  councels,  truly  and  stedfastly. 
 ''  Thou  makest  of  townes,  heapes  of  stone : 
 and  of  head  cities,  broken  walles :  The  palaces 
 of  the  wicked  destroyest  thou  out  of  the  citie, 
 that  they  shal  neuer  be  buylded  againe.  Ther- 
 fore the  very  rude  people  must  magnifie  the, 
 and  the  cities  of  the  cruel  heithen  must  feare 
 the.     For  thou  art  the  poore  mans  helpe,  a 
 
 Esa.l7.  b.      /lere.  48.S.      «  Luc.  21.  c.      ''Esa.26.a. 
 
COap*  n^u 
 
 €1)1  propftrt  (!5sap» 
 
 So*  Mih 
 
 stregth  for  the  neadful  in  his  necessite.  Thou 
 art  a  defence  agaynst  euel  wether,  a  schadowe 
 agaynst  the  hete.  But  vnto  the  presumptuous, 
 thou  art  lilie  a  stroge  whyrle  wynde,  that 
 casteth  downe  the  boostinge  of  the  vngodly, 
 thou  liepest  men  from  heate  with  the  shadow 
 of  the  cloudes,  thou  cuttest  of  the  braunches 
 of  tyrauntes. 
 
 Morouer  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  shal  once 
 prepare  a  feast  for  all  people  vpo  the  hill :  "  A 
 plenteous,  costly,  pleasaunt  feast,  of  fat  and 
 welfed  beastes,  of  swete  and  most  pure  thinges. 
 Vpon  the  hill  shal  he  take  awaye  the  syde 
 vale  y  hageth  before  y  face  of  al  people,  and 
 the  coueringe  wherwith  all  Gentiles  are  co- 
 uered.  *As  for  death,  he  shal  vtterly  cosume 
 it.  The  LORDE  God  shal  wipe  awaye  the 
 teares  from  all  faces,  and  take  awaye  the  con- 
 fucio  of  his  people  thorow  y  whole  worlde. 
 For  y  LORDE  himself  hath  sayde  it. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  shal  it  be  sayde  :  lo,  this 
 is  cure  God  in  who  we  put  oure  trust,  'and  he 
 hath  healed  vs.  This  is  the  LORDE  that  we 
 haue  wayted  for :  Let  vs  reioyse  d  delyte  in 
 his  health.  For  the  hode  of  y  LORDE 
 ceaseth  vpo  this  hil.  But  Moab  shalbe 
 throsshe  downe  vnder  him,  like  as  the  straw  is 
 trode  vnder  fete  in  a  doge  hiU.  For  he  shal 
 stretch  out  his  hodes  vpon  him,  like  as  a 
 swimmer  doth  to  swymme.  And  with  the 
 power  of  his  hondes  shal  he  east  downe  his 
 hie  pompe.  As  for  his  stroge  holdes  g  hie 
 walles :  he  shal  buwe  them,  cast  the  downe, 
 and  fell  the  to  the  grounde  in  to  dust. 
 
 Oje  nbi.  €T)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  shal  this  songe  be  sunge  in  the 
 londe  of  luda:  ''We  haue  a  stroge  citie, 
 the  walles  5  the  ordinaiice  shal  kepe  vs.  Ope 
 y  gates,  y  the  good  people  maye  go  in,  which 
 laboureth  for  the  treuth.  And  thou,  which 
 art  the  doer  and  hast  the  matter  in  honde 
 shalt  prouyde  for  peace,  '  eue  the  peace  y  me 
 hope  for  in  the.  Hope  stil  in  the  LORDE, 
 for  in  the  LORDE  God  is  euerlastinge  stregth. 
 For  why,  it  is  he,  y  bringeth  lowe  the  hie 
 mynded  citesyns,  5  casteth  downe  the  proude 
 cities.  He  casteth  the  to  the  groude,  yee 
 eue  in  to  f  myre,  y  they  maye  be  trode  vnder 
 the  fete  of  the  symple,  5  with  the  steppes  of 
 
 "  Luc.  14.  d.  »  Ose.  13.  e.    1  Co.  15.  g.   Apo.  7.  d. 
 
 and  21.  a.  <■  Ephe.  2.  a.  "'  Pro.  18.  b.     Zac.  2.  a. 
 
 Psal.  117.  b.  'Rom.  5.  a.    Esa.  12.  b.   Esa.  25.  a. 
 
 the  poore.  -'Thou  (LORDE)  cosidrest  the 
 path  of  y  rightuous,  whether  it  be  right, 
 whether  the  waye  of  y  rightuous  be  right. 
 Therfore  (LORDE)  we  haue  a  respecte  vnto 
 the  waye  of  thy  iudgmentes,  thy  name  and 
 thy  remebraunce  reioyse  the  soule.  «My  soule 
 lusteth  after  the  all  the  night  loge,  5  my 
 mynde  haisteth  frely  to  the.  For  as  soone  as 
 thy  iudgment  is  knowne  to  the  worlde,  the  the 
 inhabitours  of  the  earth  lerne  rightuousnesse. 
 But  the  vngodly  (though  he  haue  receaued 
 grace)  yet  lerneth  he  not  rightuousnesse, 
 but  in  that  place  where  he  is  punished,  he 
 offendeth,  5  feareth  not  the  glory  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 LORDE,  they  wil  not  se  thine  hie  honde, 
 but  they  shal  se  it,  and  be  confounded :  whe 
 thou  shalt  deuoure  them  with  the  wrath  of  the 
 people,  and  with  the  fyre  of  thine  enemies. 
 But  vnto  vs  (LORDE)  prouyde  for  peace : 
 ''for  thou  workest  in  vs  all  oure  workes.  O 
 LORDE  oure  God,  though  soch  lordes  haue 
 dominacion  vpon  vs  as  knowe  not  the  :  yet 
 graute,  that  we  maye  only  hope  in  the,  and 
 kepe  thy  name  in  remembraunce.  '  The 
 malicious  Tyrauntes  whe  they  die,  are  nether 
 in  life  nor  in  the  resurrectio,  for  thou  visitest 
 the  and  rootest  the  out,  and  destroyest  all  the 
 memoryall  of  them.  Agayne,  thou  increacest 
 the  people  (o  LORDE),  thou  increacest  the 
 people,  thou  shalt  be  praysed  and  magnified 
 in  all  f  endes  of  the  worlde.  The  people 
 that  seke  vnto  the  in  trouble,  that  same  ad- 
 uersite  which  they  complane  of,  is  vnto  the  a 
 chastenynge  before  the.  Like  as  a  wife  with 
 childe  (whe  hir  trauayle  cometh  vpo  her)  *  is 
 ashamed,  crieth  and  suffi-eth  the  payne :  Eue 
 so  are  we  (o  LORDE)  in  thy  sight.  We  are 
 with  childe,  we  trauayle, '  s  beare,  5  with  the 
 sprete  we  bringe  forth  health,  wherethorow 
 the  earth  is  vndestroyed,  and  the  inhabitours 
 of  the  worlde  perish  not. 
 
 "'  But  as  for  thy  dead  men  and  ours,  that  be 
 departed,  they  are  in  life  and  resurrection. 
 They  lie  in  the  earth,  they  wake,  d  haue  ioye : 
 for  thy  dew  is  a  dew  of  life  5  light.  But  f 
 place  of  the  malicious  Tyrauntes  is  falle 
 awaye.  "  So  go  now  my  people  in  to  thy 
 chabre,  and  shut  the  doore  to  the,  and  suflre 
 now  f  twicklinge  of  an  eye,  "  till  the  wrath  be 
 
 /  Pro.  16.  a.    lere.  10.  d.  «  Psal.  62.  a.  and  142.  a. 
 
 ''  Phil.  2.  a.       'Psa.  51.  b.       '  loh.  16.  c.        'Roni.8.  d. 
 "  2  Cor.  6.  b.         "  Gen.  19.  c.         »  Apo.  6.  b. 
 
 m 
 
ffo,  MiiU 
 
 €f)t  propbrt  OJsiaj). 
 
 Cl)ap.  ijbij. 
 
 ouerpast.  For  beholde,  the  LORDE  wil  go 
 out  of  his  habitacion,  "5  vyset  the  wickednes 
 of  the  that  dwell  vpon  earth.  He  wil  discouer 
 the  bloude  that  she  hath  deuoured,  she  shal 
 neuer  hyde  the,  that  she  hath  murthured. 
 
 Cf)t  v>bij-  Cljapttr. 
 
 THEN  the  LORDE  with  his  heuye,  great 
 and  loge  swearde  shal  vyset  Leuiatha, 
 that  invincible  serpet :  eue  Leuiatha  y  croked 
 serpent,  and  shal  slaye  the  Wallfish  in  y  see. 
 At  the  same  tyme  shal  me  synge  of  the  vyn- 
 yarde  of  Muscatel.  I  the  LORDE  kepe  it, 
 and  water  it  in  due  season.  I  watch  daye  a 
 night,  that  no  man  breake  in  to  it.  I  beare 
 no  euel  wil  in  my  mynde.  Who  will  compell 
 me,  that  I  greatly  forgettinge  all  faithfulnesse, 
 shulde  burne  it  vp  at  once  with  thornes  (j 
 bushes  ?  Or  who  will  enforce  me  to  kepe  or 
 make  peace  ?  It  wil  come  to  this  poynte,  y 
 lacob  shalbe  rooted  againe,  and  Israel  shalbe 
 grene  5  beare  floures,  5  they  shal  fyll  y  whole 
 worlde  with  their  frute.  Smyteth  he  not  his 
 smyter,  as  euel  as  he  is  smytte  himself? 
 Destroieth  he  not  y  murtherers,  as  he  is 
 murthured  ?  Euery  ma  recopenseth  with  y 
 measure  y  he  receaueth :  He  museth  vpo  his 
 sore  wyiide,  as  vpo  the  dayes  of  extreme  heate. 
 And  therfore  shal  the  iniquite  of  lacob  be 
 thus  reconciled.  And  so  shal  he  take  awaye 
 all  f  frute  of  his  synnes. 
 
 As  for  aulter  stones,  he  shal  make  them  all 
 as  stones  beaten  to  poulder :  the  Groues  and 
 Idols  shal  not  stonde.  The  stronge  cities  shalbe 
 desolate,  and  f  fayre  cities  shalbe  left  like  a 
 wildernes.  The  catel  shal  fede  and  lie  there, 
 and  the  shepe  shal  eate  it  vp.  Their  haruest 
 shal  be  brent,*^  their  wyues  which  were  their 
 bewtie  when  they  came  forth  :  shalbe  defyled. 
 For  it  is  a  people  without  vnderstodinge,  and 
 therfore  he  y  created  them,  shal  not  fauoure 
 them :  and  he  y  made  them,  shal  not  be 
 merciful  to  the.  In  y  tyme  shal  y  LORDE 
 shute  from  f  swifte  water  of  Euphrates,  vnto 
 f  ryxier  of  Egipte.  And  there  shal  the  chil- 
 dren be  chosen  out  one  by  one.  Then  shal 
 the  greate  trompet  be  blowen,  so  that  those 
 which  haue  bene  destroyed  in  the  Assirians 
 londe,  and  those  that  be  scatred  abrode  in 
 Egipte :  shal  come  a  worshipe  the  LORDE 
 at  lerusale,  vpo  the  holy  mount. 
 
 <•  Mich.  1.  a.        »  Danie.  9.  c.        '  Deut.  28.   Leui.  26. 
 Deu.  32.  b.        ""OseeS.  a.        'Esa.  40.a.        /Esn.S.c. 
 
 WO  be  to  y  crowne  of  pryde,  to  f  dronke 
 Ephraemites,''  and  to  the  faydinge 
 floure,  to  the  glory  of  his  pope,  y  is  vpo  the 
 toppe  of  the  pleteous  valley :  which  me  be 
 ouer  laden  with  wyne.  Beholde,  the  strength 
 and  power  of  the  LORDE  shal  breake  in  to 
 the  londe  on  euery  syde,  like  a  tempest  of 
 hale,  that  beareth  downe  stronge  holdes,  and 
 like  an  horrible,  mightie  and  ouer  flomnge 
 water.  And  the  proude  crowne  of  the  dronken 
 Ephraemites,  shal  be  troden  vnder  foote.  And 
 as  for  the  faydinge  floure,'  the  glory  of  his 
 pompe,  which  is  vpon  the  toppe  of  the  plenteous 
 valley:  it  shal  happen  vnto  him,  as  to  an 
 vntymely  frute  before  the  haruest  come.  Which 
 as  soone  as  it  is  sene,  is  by  and  by  deuoured 
 or  euer  it  come  well  in  a  mans  honde. 
 
 And  then  shal  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  be 
 a  ioyful  crowne,  and  a  glorious  garlade  vnto 
 the  remnaunt  of  his  people.  Vnto  the  lowly, 
 he  shalbe  a  sprete  of  iudgment,  and  vnto  them 
 that  dryue  awaye  the  enemies  from  f  gates, 
 he  shalbe  a  sprete  of  stregth.  But  they  go 
 wronge  by  y  reason  of  wyne,  they  fall  and 
 stacker  because  of  stroge  drynke.  Yee  eue 
 the  prestes  and  prophetes  them  selues  go 
 amisse,-*^  they  are  dronken  with  wyne,  and 
 weake  braned  thorow  stronge  drynke.  They 
 erre  in  seinge,  and  in  iudgmet  they  fayle.  For 
 all  tables  are  so  ful  of  vomyte  and  fylthynes, 
 y  no  place  is  clene.  What  is  he  amonge  them, 
 y  can  teach,  instructe  or  enfourme  the  childre, 
 
 hich  are  weened  from  suck  or  taken  from 
 the  brestes :  of  eny  other  fashion,  then :  '  Com- 
 maunde  y  maye  be  commaunded,  byd  y  maye 
 be  bydde,  forbyd  that  maye  be  forbydde,  kepe 
 backe  y  maye  be  kepte  backe,  here  a  litle, 
 there  a  litle.    ''And  therfore  the  LORDE  also 
 
 hal  speake  with  lispinge  lippes  and  with  a 
 straunge  laguage  vnto  this  people,  to  whom  he 
 spake  afore  of  this  maner :  This  shal  bringe 
 rest,  yf  one  refresh  the  weery,  ye  this  shal 
 bringe  rest.  But  they  had  no  will  to  heare. 
 And  therfore  the  LORDE  shal  answere  their 
 stubbournes  (Comaunde  y  maye  be  co- 
 maunded,  byd  y  maye  be  bydden,  forbyd  y 
 maye  be  forbydde,  kepe  backe  y  maye  be 
 kepte  backe,  here  a  litle,  there  a  litle)  That 
 they  maye  go  forth,  fall  backwarde,  be  brussed, 
 
 «  Esa.  10.  a.  Mat.  23.  b.        *  1  Cor.  14.  c. 
 
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 snared  and  taken.  Wherfore  heare  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  ye  mockers  that  rule  the 
 LORDES  people,  which  is  at  lerusale.  For 
 ye  coforte  youre  selues  thus :  Tush,  death  j 
 we  are  at  a  poynte,  g  as  for  hell,  we  haue 
 made  a  codicion  with  it:  that  though  there 
 breake  out  eny  sore  plage,  it  shal  not  come 
 vpon  vs.  "  For  with  disceate  wil  we  escape, 
 and  with  nymblenes  will  we  defende  oure 
 selues.  *Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  Beholde,  I  wil  laye  a  stone  in  Sion,  a 
 greate  stone,  a  costly  corner  stone  for  a  sure 
 foundacion  :  y  who  so  putteth  his  trust  in  him, 
 shal  not  be  confouded.  Rightuousnes  wil  I 
 set  vp  agayne  in  y  balaunce,  and  iudgment  in 
 the  weightes.  "^The  tepest  of  hale  shal  take 
 awaye  youre  refuge,  that  ye  haue  to  disceaue 
 withal,  and  y  ouerflowinge  waters  shal  breake 
 downe  youre  stroge  holdes  of  dissimulacio. 
 Thus  the  appoyntmet  that  ye  haue  made  with 
 death,  shalbe  done  awaye,  and  the  codicion 
 that  ye  made  with  hell,  shal  not  stode.  When 
 the  greate  destructio  goeth  thorow,  it  shal  all 
 to  treade  you.  It  shal  take  you  quyte  awaye 
 before  it.  For  it  shal  go  forth  early  in  the 
 mornynge,  and  contynue  only  y  daye  and  y 
 night.  And  the  very  feare  only  shal  teach 
 you,  when  ye  heare  it.  For  f  bedde  shal  be 
 so  narow  y  a  ma  ca  not  lye  vpon  it.  And  the 
 coueringe  to  small,  that  a  ma  maye  not  wynde 
 him  self  therin.  ''  For  the  LORDE  shal  steppe 
 forth  as  he  dyd  vpon  the  mount  Perazim,  and 
 shal  take  on  as  he  dyd  vpo  the  dale  of  Gabaon : 
 that  he  maye  bringe  forth  his  deuyce,  his 
 straunge  deuyce:  and  fidfil  his  worke,  his 
 wonderful  worcke.  And  therfore  make  no 
 mockes  at  it,  that  youre  captiuyte  increase 
 not :  for  I  haue  herde  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 saye,  that  there  shal  come  a  soden  destruction 
 and  plage  vpon  the  whole  earth.  Take  hede, 
 and  heare  my  voyce,  pondre  and  merck  my 
 wordes  wel.  Goeth  not  the  husbonde  man 
 euer  in  due  season  earnestly  to  his  londe? 
 he  moweth  5  ploweth  his  grounde  to  sowe. 
 And  whe  he  hath  made  it  playne,  he  soweth 
 it  with  fitches  or  comyn.  He  soweth  f  wheate 
 and  Barlye  in  their  place.  Milium  and  Rye 
 also  in  their  place.  And  y  he  maye  do  it 
 right,  his  God  teacheth  him  and  sheweth  him. 
 For  he  treadeth  not  the  fitches  out  with  a 
 wajTie,  nether  bringeth  he  the  cart  here  and 
 
 "  Amos  9.  d.  »  Psal.  117.  c.     Ro.  9.  g.    1  Pet.  2.  a. 
 
 Luc.  20.  b.         '  1  Cor.  1.3.  b.         <>  Esa.  37.  f.     2  Re.  6.  d. 
 
 there  ouer  the  comyn,  but  he  throssheth  y 
 fitches  out  with  a  flale,  and  the  comyn  with  a 
 rod.  As  for  the  wheate,  he  grj'ndeth  it  to 
 make  bred  therof,  In  as  moch  as  he  can  not 
 bringe  it  to  passe  with  treadinge  out.  For 
 nether  the  brussinge  that  the  cart  wheles  make, 
 ner  his  beastes  can  grynde  it.  This  and  soch 
 like  thinges  come  of  the  LORDE  of  hostes 
 which  is  maruelous  in  councel,  and  greate  in 
 rightuousnesse. 
 
 Wi)t  yrif.  €I)aptnr. 
 
 WO  vnto  the  o  Ariel  Ariel,  thou  cite  that 
 Dauid  wane.'  Take  yet  some  yeares, 
 and  let  some  feastes  yet  passe  ouer :  then  shal 
 Ariel  be  beseged,  so  that  she  shal  be  heuy 
 and  sorouful,  and  shal  be  vnto  me  euen  as  a 
 lyon.  For  I  wil  laye  sege  to  the  rounde 
 aboute,  and  kepe  y  in  with  towers,  and  graue 
 vp  dykes  agaynst  f.  And  thou  shalt  be  brought 
 lowe,  and  speake  out  of  the  earth,  and  thy 
 wordes  shal  go  humbly  out  of  f  grounde. 
 Thy  voyce  shal  come  out  of  the  earth,  like 
 the  voyce  of  a  witch,  and  thy  talkinge  shal 
 groane  out  of  the  myre.  For  the  multitude 
 of  thine  enemies  shalbe  like  mealdust.  ■'And 
 the  nombre  of  Tyrauntes  shalbe  as  y  dust  that 
 the  wynde  taketh  awaye  sodenly. 
 
 Thou  shalt  be  visited  of  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  with  thondre,  earth  quake,  and  with  a 
 greate  crack,  with  the  whyrle  wynde,  tempest, 
 and  with  the  flame  of  a  consumynge  fyre. 
 But  now  the  multitude  of  all  the  people,  that 
 went  out  agaynst  Ariel :  the  whole  hooste,  the 
 stronge  holdes,  and  sege :  is  like  a  dreame 
 which  apeareth  in  the  night.  '^It  is  like  as 
 when  an  hungrie  man  dreameth  that  he  is 
 eatynge,  and  when  he  awaketh,  he  hath  no- 
 thinge  :  like  as  when  a  thurstie  man  dreameth 
 that  he  is  drinkinge,  and  when  he  awaketh,  he 
 is  faynt,  and  his  soule  vnpacient. 
 
 So  is  the  multitude  of  all  people,  that 
 mustre  them  selues  agaynst  the  hill  of  Sion. 
 But  ye  shalbe  at  youre  wittes  ende,  ye  shalbe 
 abasshed :  ye  shal  stackre,  and  rele  to  and  fro. 
 Ye  shalbe  dronken,  but  not  of  wyne.  Ye 
 shal  fall,  but  not  thorow  dronkenes :  For  the 
 LORDE  shal  geue  you  an  hard  slepinge 
 sprete,  and  holde  downe  youre  eyes :  namely 
 youre  prophetes  and  heades  which  shulde  se, 
 them  shal  he  couer.     ''And  all  visions  shalbe 
 
 losue  10.  b.    1  Par.  14.  d.  «  Eze.  43.  c.     2  Reg. 
 
 /  Psal.  1.  b.        e  Psal.  72.  c.      .  »  Esa.  6.  b. 
 
fo,  titbi. 
 
 €\)t  propftet  Csap, 
 
 Cfjap,  m^ 
 
 vnto  you,  as  the  wordes  that  stonde  in  a  sealed 
 lettre,  when  one  offreth  it  to  a  man  that  is 
 lerned,  and  sayeth :  rede  vs  this  lettre.  The 
 he  answereth :  I  ca  not  rede  it,  for  it  is  shutt. 
 But  yf  it  be  geue  to  one  y  is  not  lerned,  or 
 sayde  vnto  him :  rede  this  lettre :  Then  sayeth 
 he.     I  can  not  rede. 
 
 Therfore  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE :  "  For  so 
 moch  as  this  people  draweth  nye  me  with  their 
 mouth,  and  prayseth  me  highly  with  their 
 lippes  (where  as  there  herte  neuertheles  is 
 farre  fro  me,  and  the  feare  which  they  owe 
 vnto  me,  that  turne  they  to  mens  lawes  and 
 doctrynes)  therfore  wil  I  also  shewe  vnto  this 
 people,  a  maruelous  terrible  and  greate  thinge 
 (Namely  this:)  *I  wil  destroye  the  wisdome  of 
 their  wise,  and  the  vnderstodinge  of  their 
 lerned  men  shal  perish.  '  Wo  be  vnto  them 
 that  seke  so  depe,  to  hyde  their  ymaginacion 
 be  fore  the  LORDE,  which  rehearce  their 
 coucels  in  y-  darknes,  and  save:  who  seith  vs, 
 or  who  knoweth  vs  ? 
 
 Which  ymaginacion  of  yours  is  euen  as  when 
 the  potters  claye  taketh  advisemet,  as  though 
 the  worke  might  saye  to  y  worke  master: 
 make  me  not,  or  as  when  an  erthen  vessel 
 saieth  of  the  potter :  he  vnderstondeth  not. 
 Se  ye  not  that  it  is  hard  by,  that  Libanus 
 shalbe  turned  in  to  Channel,  and  that  Channel 
 shalbe  taken  as  a  wodde?  Then  shal  deaf 
 men  vnderstonde  the  wordes  of  the  boke,  and 
 the  eyes  of  the  blynde  shal  se  without  eny 
 cloude  or  darknes.  The  oppressed  shal  holde 
 a  mery  feast  in  the  LORDE,  and  the  poore 
 people  shal  reioyse  in  the  holy  one  of  Israel. 
 
 Then  shal  the  furious  people  ceasse,  and  f 
 mockers  shal  be  put  awaye,  and  all  they  y 
 do  wronge  shalbe  rooted  out,  soch  as  laboure 
 to  drawe  me  vnto  synne : '  and  y  disceaue  him, 
 which  reproueth  them  in  the  gate,  5  soch  as 
 turne  good  personnes  to  vanite. 
 
 And  therfore  the  LORDE  (euen  the  de- 
 fender of  Abraham)  saieth  thus  vnto  the  house 
 of  lacob :  ^  Now  shal  not  lacob  be  ashamed, 
 nor  his  face  cofounded,  when  he  seith  amonge 
 his  children  (whom  my  hondes  haue  made) 
 soch  as  halowe  my  name  amonge  them :  that 
 they  maye  sanctifie  the  holy  one  of  lacob,  and 
 feare  the  God  of  Israel :  and  that  they  which 
 afore  tyme  were  of  an  erroneous  sprete,  haue 
 
 ^  Mat.  15.  a.     Mar.  7.  a.        'Abdiel.c.    1  Cor.  1.  c. 
 '  Esa.  47.  d.    Ecci.  23.  b.     Eze.  9.  c.  <>  Esa.  23.  d, 
 
 lere.  2.  b.        «Pro.  l.b.        /  Esa.  43.  a.        f  Esa.  8.  b. 
 
 now   vnderstondinge,   and  y  soch  as  before 
 coude  not  speake,  are  now  lerned  in  my  lawe. 
 
 €^c  m-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WO  be  to  those  shrenkinge  children 
 (saieth  the  LORDE)  « which  seke 
 councel,  but  not  at  me :  which  take  a  webbe 
 in  honde,  but  not  after  my  will :  that  they 
 maye  heape  one  synne  vpon  another.  They 
 go  downe  in  to  Egipte,  (and  axe  me  no  coun- 
 cel) to  seke  helpe  at  the  power  of  Pharao, 
 and  coforte  in  the  shadowe  of  the  Egipcias. 
 But  Pharaos  helpe  shalbe  youre  cofucion,  and 
 the  comforte  in  the  Egipcians  shadowe  shalbe 
 youre  owne  shame.  Youre  rulers  haue  bene  at 
 Zoan,  and  youre  messaungers  came  vnto  Hanes. 
 ''But  ye  shal  all  be  ashamed  of  the  people  y 
 maye  not  helpe  you,  which  shal  not  bringe  you 
 strength  or  comforte,  but  shame  and  confucion. 
 
 Youre  beastes  haue  borne  burthens  vpo 
 their  backes  towarde  the  South,  thorow  the 
 waye  that  is  ful  of  pareU  and  trouble,  because 
 of  the  lyo  and  lyones,  of  the  Cockatrice  and 
 shutynge  dragon.  Yee  the  Mules  bare  youre 
 substaunce,  and  the  Camels  brought  youre 
 treasure  vpon  their  croked  backes,  vnto  a 
 people  that  can  not  helpe  you.  For  the 
 Egipcians  helpe  shalbe  but  vane  and  lost. 
 Therfore  I  tolde  you  also  y  youre  pryde 
 shulde  haue  an  ende.  '  Wherfore  go  hece, 
 and  write  them  this  in  their  tables,  and  note 
 it  in  a  booke  :  that  it  maye  remayne  by  their 
 posterite,  and  be  stil  kepte.  For  it  is  an  ob- 
 stinate people,  *vnfaithful  children,  children 
 that  will  not  heare  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 They  darre  saye  to  the  prophetes  :  'Intro- 
 mitte  youre  selues  with  nothinge,  and  vnto  f 
 Soythsayers :  tell  us  of  nothinge  for  to  come, 
 but  speake  frendly  wordes  vnto  vs,  and  preach 
 vs  false  thinges.  Treade  out  of  the  waye,  go 
 out  of  the  path,  turne  the  holy  one  of  Israel 
 from  vs.  Therfore  thus  saieth  the  holy  one 
 of  Israel :  In  as  moch  as  ye  haue  cast  of  youre 
 bewtie,  and  conforted  youre  selues  with  power 
 and  nymblenesse,  and  put  youre  confidence 
 therin :  therfore  shal  ye  haue  this  myschefe 
 aga)Tie  for  youre  destruction  and  fall,  like  as 
 an  hie  wall,  that  falleth  because  of  some  rift 
 (or  blast,)  whose  breakinge  cometh  sodenly. 
 
 And  youre  destruction  shalbe  like  as  an 
 
 Eze.  29.  a.     4  Reg.  18.  d.     lere.  16.  b.  '  Esa. 
 
 '  Esa.  1.  a.  '  lere.  11.  d.    Amos  7.  b. 
 
Cftap.  mi^ 
 
 €l)t  propJ)tt  (25s(ai). 
 
 jTo.  ticiiij,\ 
 
 erthe  pot,  "which  breaketh  no  man  touchinge 
 it,  yee  and  breaketh  so  sore,  that  a  man  shal 
 not  fynde  a  sheuer  of  it  to  fetch  fyre  in,  or  to 
 take  water  with  all  out  of  the  pyt.  *  For  the 
 LORDE  God,  euen  the  holy  one  of  Israel 
 hath  pror.aised  thus  :  With  stilsittinge  and  rest 
 shal  ye  be  healed.  In  quyetnesse  and  hope 
 shal  youre  strength  lie.  Notwithstondinge 
 ye  regarde  it  not,  but  ye  will  sale:  No,  for 
 thus  are  we  cdstrayned  to  fle  vpo  horses. 
 (And  therfore  shall  ye  fle)  we  must  ryde  vpon 
 swift  beastes,  and  therfore  youre  persecutours 
 shal  yet  be  swifter.  ''A  thousand  of  you  shal 
 fle  for  one,  or  at  the  most  for  fyue,  which  do 
 but  only  geue  you  euell  wordes :  vntil  ye  be 
 desolate,  as  a  ship  mast  vpon  an  hie  moun- 
 tayne,  and  as  a  beaken  vpon  an  hill. 
 
 ''Yet  stondeth  the  LORDE  waitinge,  that 
 he  maye  haue  mercy  vpon  you,  and  lifteth 
 him  self  vp,  that  he  maye  receaue  you  to 
 grace.  For  the  LORDE  God  is  rightuous. 
 Happie  are  all  thai  that  wate  for  him.  For 
 thus  (o  thou  people  of  Sion  and  ye  citisens  of 
 lerusalem)  shal  ye  neuer  be  in  heuynes,  for 
 doutlesse  he  will  haue  mercy  vpon  the.  As 
 soone  as  he  heareth  the  voyce  of  thy  crie,  he 
 will  helpe  the.  The  LORDE  geueth  you 
 the  bred  of  aduersite,  and  the  water  of  trou 
 ble.  But  thine  instructer  fleyth  not  farre 
 from  the,  yf  thine  eyes  loke  vnto  thine  in 
 structer,  and  thine  eares  harken  to  his  worde, 
 that  crieth  after  the  and  saieth :  '  This  is  the 
 waye,  go  this,  and  turne  nether  to  the  right 
 honde  nor  the  leffite. 
 
 Morouer  yf  ye  destroye  the  syluer  workes 
 of  youre  Idols,  and  cast  awaye  the  golden 
 coapes  that  ye  deckt  them  withall  (as  fylthy- 
 nes)  and  sale,  get  you  hence :  The  wU  he 
 geue  rayne  to  the  sede,  that  ye  shal  sowe  in 
 the  earth,  and  geue  you  breade  of  the  en- 
 crease  of  the  earth,  so  that  all  shalbe  plen- 
 teous and  abundaunt.  ^  Thy  catel  also  shal 
 he  fede  in  the  brode  medowes,  yee  thyne  oxe 
 and  Mules  that  till  the  grounde,  ahal  eate 
 good  fodder,  which  is  pourged  with  f  fanne. 
 Goodly  ryuers  shal  flowe  out  of  all  his  moun- 
 5£  taynes  and  hilles.  In  the  daye  of  the  greate 
 slaughter  when  the  towers  shal  fall,  «the  Moone 
 shal  shyne  as  the  Sonne  and  f  Sone  shyne 
 shalbe  seuefolde,  and  haue  as  moch  shyne,  as 
 in  seuen  dayes  beside. 
 
 "  Psal.  2.  b.      »  Exo.  14.  d.   2  Par.  20.  c.      ■■  Loui.  26.  b. 
 losu.  23.  c.        <'  Ro.  2.  a. 
 
 In  that  daye  shal  the  LORDE  bjnide  vp 
 f  brussed  sores  of  his  people,  and  heale  their 
 woundes.  Beholde,  the  glory  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  come  from  farre,  his  face  shal  burne,  that 
 no  man  shalbe  able  to  abyde  it,  his  lippes  shal 
 wagge  for  very  indignacion,  and  his  tunge 
 shal  be  as  a  consumynge  fyre.  His  breath 
 like  a  vehement  floude  of  water,  which  goeth 
 vp  to  the  throte.  That  he  maye  take  awaye 
 y  people,  which  haue  turned  them  selues  vnto 
 vanite,  and  the  brydle  of  erroure,  that  lieth  in 
 other  folkes  chawes. 
 
 But  ye  shal  synge,  as  the  vse  is  in  f  night 
 of  the  holy  solempnite.  Ye  shal  reioyse  from 
 youre  hert,  as  they  that  come  with  the  pipe, 
 when  they  go  vp  to  the  mount  of  the  LORDE, 
 vnto  y  rock  of  Israel.  The  LORDE  also  dF 
 shal  set  vp  the  power  of  his  voyce,  and  de- 
 clare his  terrible  arme,  with  his  angrie  coun- 
 tenaunce,  yee  and  the  flame  of  the  consumynge 
 fyre,  with  earth  quake,  tempest  of  wynde,  and 
 hale  stones.  *Then  shal  the  Assirian  feare 
 also,  because  of  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  shal  smyte  him  with  the  rodde.  And 
 the  same  rodde  which  the  LORDE  wil  sende 
 vpon  him,  shal  moue  the  whole  foundacion : 
 with  trompet,  with  noyse  of  warre  and  batell 
 to  destroye.  '  For  he  hath  prepared  the  fyre 
 of  payne  from  the  begynnynge,  yee  euen  for 
 kynges  also.  This  hath  he  made  depe  5  wyde, 
 f  norishinge  therof  is  fyre  and  wodde  innu- 
 merable, which  the  breath  of  the  LORDE 
 kyndleth,  as  it  were  a  match  of  brymstone. 
 
 El)e  mi-  Ci^apter. 
 
 WO  vnto  them  that  go  downe  in  to 
 Egipte  for  helpe,  and  trust  in  horses, 
 and  conforte  them  selues  in  Charettes,  be- 
 cause they  be  many,  and  in  horse  me  because 
 they  be  lustie  and  stronge.  But  they  regarde 
 not  the  holy  one  of  Israel,  and  they  aske  no 
 question  at  the  LORDE.  Where  as  he 
 neuertheles  plageth  y  wicked,  and  yet  goeth 
 not  from  his  worde,  wha  he  steppeth  forth  and 
 taketh  the  victory  agaynst  the  housholde  of 
 the  frauwerde,  and  against  the  helpe  of  euel 
 doers.  Now  the  Egiptians  are  men,  and  not 
 God,  and  their  horses  flesh  and  not  sprete. 
 And  as  soone  as  the  LORDE  stretcheth  out 
 his  honde,  then  shal  the  helper  fall,  and 
 he  that  shulde  haue  bene  helped,  and  shal 
 
 '  Deut.  4.  a.     /  Psal.  36.  b.       «  2  Pet.  3.  b       "  Esa.  10.  a. 
 •  Mat.  25.  d. 
 
jTo.  ticbuj. 
 
 €i)t  propftft  ®6ap. 
 
 Cftap.  vhtO* 
 
 altogether  be  destroyed.  For  thus  hath  the 
 LORDE  spoke  vnto  me  :  "Like  as  the  Lyon 
 or  lyos  whelpe  roareth  vpon  the  pray  that  he 
 hath  gotten,  and  is  not  afrayde,  though  y 
 multitude  of  shepardes  crie  out  vpon  him, 
 nether  abashed  for  all  the  heape  of  them :  So 
 shal  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  come  downe 
 from  the  mount  Sion,  and  defende  his  hill 
 Like  as  byrdes  flotre  aboute  their  nestes,  so 
 *shal  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  kepe,  saue,  de- 
 fende and  deliuer  Jerusalem.  Therfore  (o  ye 
 childre  of  Israel)  turne  agayne,  like  as  ye  haue 
 exceaded  in  youre  goinge  back.  For  in  y 
 daye  euery  man  shal  cast  out  his  Idols  of 
 syluer  and  golde,  '  which  ye  haue  made  with 
 youre  synfid  hondes.  Assur  also  shalbe  slayne 
 with  the  swerde,  not  with  a  mans  swerde.  A 
 swerde  shal  deuoure  him,  ''but  not  a  mans 
 swerde.  And  he  shal  fle  from  the  slaughter, 
 and  his  seruauntes  shalbe  taken  prisoners. 
 He  shal  go  for  feare  to  his  stronge  holdes,  and 
 his  prynces  shal  fle  from  his  badge.  This 
 hath  y  LORDE  spoke,  whose  light  bumeth 
 in  Sion,  and  his  fp"e  in  lerusalem. 
 
 Wi)t  mi)-  Cl)apUr. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  the  kinge  shal  gouerne  after 
 f  rule  of  rightuousnes,  and  y  princes 
 shal  rule  acordinge  to  the  balaunce  of  equite. 
 He  shalbe  vnto  me,  as  a  defence  for  the  wynde, 
 and  as  a  refuge  for  the  tempest,  like  as  a  ryuer 
 of  water  in  a  thurstie  place,  and  f  schadowe 
 of  a  greate  rock  in  a  drie  lode.  The  eyes  of 
 the  seinge  shall  not  be  dymme,  and  the  eares 
 of  them  that  heare,  shal  take  diliget  hede. 
 The  hert  of  the  vnwise,  shal  attayne  to  know- 
 
 3,  and  the  vnparfite  tuge  shal  speake 
 planely  and  distinctly.  Then  shal  the  nygarde 
 be  no  more  called  gentle,  ner  the  ehurle  lybe- 
 rall.  But  the  ehurle  wil  be  churlishly  mynded, 
 and  his  hert  wil  worke  euell  and  playe  the 
 ypocrite,  and  ymagyn  abhominacios  agaynst 
 God,  to  make  the  hungrie  leane,  and  to  with- 
 holde  drinke  from  the  thurstie :  These  are  the 
 perlous  weapons  of  the  cuvetous,  these  be  his 
 shameful  councels :  that  he  maye  begyle  the 
 poore  with  disceatful  workes,  yee  euen  there 
 as  he  shulde  geue  sentence  with  the  poore. 
 'But  the  liberall  person  ymagineth  honest 
 thinges,  and  commeth  vp  with  honesty. 
 
 Vp  (ye  rich  and  ydle  cities),  harken  vnto 
 
 "Apo.S.  a.    Gen.  49.  b.       »  Deut.  32.  b.       '  Esa.  2.  d. 
 '  Eaa.  37.  f.      '  Pro.  17.  b.     f  Roma.  5.  a.      «  lerein.  33.  c. 
 
 my  voyce.  Ye  careles  cities,  marcke  my 
 wordes.  After  yeares  and  dayes  shal  ye  be 
 brought  in  feare,  o  ye  carelesse  cities.  For 
 Haruest  shalbe  out,  and  the  grape  gatheringe 
 shal  not  come.  O  ye  rich  ydle  cities,  ye  that 
 feare  no  parell,  ye  shalbe  abashed  and  re- 
 moued:  when  ye  se  the  barennesse,  the  naked- 
 nesse  and  preparinge  to  warre.  Ye  shal  knock 
 vpo  youre  brestes,  because  of  the  pleasaunt 
 felde,  and  because  of  the  fruteful  vjTiyarde. 
 My  peoples  felde  shal  bringe  thornes  and 
 thistels,  for  in  euery  house  is  voluptuousnes 
 5  in  the  cities,  wilfulnes.  The  palaces  also 
 shalbe  broken,  and  the  greatly  occupide  cities 
 desolate.  The  towers  and  bulwerckes  shal 
 become  dennes  for  euermore,  the  pleasure  of 
 Mules  shalbe  turned  to  pasture  for  shepe  : 
 Vnto  the  tjTiie  that  y  sprete  be  poured  vpon 
 vs  from  aboue. 
 
 Then  shal  the  wildernesse  be  a  fruteful 
 felde  (I  the  plenteous  felde  shalbe  rekened  for 
 a  wodde.  Then  shal  equyte  dwel  in  the 
 deserte,  and  rightuousnesse  in  a  fruteful  londe. 
 •'^And  the  rewarde  of  rightuousnesse  shalbe 
 peace,  and  hir  frute  rest  and  quietnesse  for 
 euer.  « And  my  people  shal  dwel  in  the  ynnes 
 of  peace,  in  my  tabernacle  and  pleasure,  where 
 there  is  }Tiough  in  the  all.  And  whe  the  hale 
 falleth,  it  shal  fall  in  the  wodde  and  in  the 
 citie.  O  how  happy  shal  ye  be,  whe  ye  shal 
 safely  sowe  youre  sede  besyde  all  waters  (i 
 dryue  thither  the  fete  of  youre  oxe  5  asses. 
 
 Cljt  vntij-  Cljaptrr. 
 
 THERFORE  wo  vnto  the  (o  robber) 
 shalt  not  thou  be  robbed  also?*  and 
 vnto  the  that  laiest  wait,  as  who  saye  there 
 shulde  no  waite  be  layde  for  the  ?  '  Wo  vnto 
 the  which  doest  hurte,  euen  so  shalt  thou 
 be  hurt  also.  And  as  thou  layest  waite,  so 
 shal  wait  be  layde  for  the  also. 
 
 LORDE  be  merciful  vnto  vs,  we  wait  for 
 the.  *  Thine  arme  is  at  a  poynte  to  vyset  vs, 
 but  be  thou  oure  health  in  the  tyme  of  trouble. 
 Graute  that  the  people  maye  fle  at  the  anger 
 of  thy  voyce,  5  that  at  thy  vpstondinge  the 
 Gentiles  maye  be  scatred  abrode,  and  that 
 their  spoyle  maye  be  gathered,  as  the  gres- 
 hoppers  are  comonly  gathered  together  in  to 
 the  pj-t.  Stonde  vp  LORDE,  thou  that 
 dwellest  on  hie :  Let  Si5  be  fylled  with  equyte 
 
 *  Math. 26.  e.      '  Leui.  24.  d.   Exod.21.b.  Sapien.  ll.c. 
 Math.  7.  a.         '  Psalm  9.  b. 
 
Cftap.  WTiii), 
 
 Cfte  propI)tt  Csfap. 
 
 #0.  Wr* 
 
 and  rightuousnesse.  Let  treuth  and  faithful- 
 nesse  be  in  hir  tyme :  power,  health,  wisdome, 
 knowlege  5  the  feare  of  God  are  hir  treasure. 
 Beholde,  their  aungels  crie  with  out,  the 
 messaungers  of  peace  wepe  bytterly.  The 
 stretes  are  waist,  there  walketh  no  man  therin, 
 the  appoyntment  is  broken,  the  cities  are 
 despised,  they  are  not  regarded,  the  desolate 
 earth  is  in  heuynes.  Libanus  taketh  it  but 
 for  a  sporte,  that  it  is  hewen  downe :  Saron  is 
 like  a  wyldernes  :  Basa  (t  Channel  are  turned 
 vpside  downe.  And  therfore  saieth  y  LORDE: 
 I  wil  vp,  now  wil  I  get  vp,  now  wil  I  aryse. 
 "  Ye  shal  conceaue  stubble,  and  beare  strawe, 
 a  youre  sprete  shal  be  the  fyre,  that  it  maye 
 consume  you  :  (j  the  people  shalbe  burnt  like 
 lyme,  (t  as  thornes  burne  that  are  hewen  of,  5 
 cast  in  the  fyre. 
 
 Now  herken  to  (ye  that  are  farre  of)  how  I 
 do  with  them,  5  cosidre  my  glory,  ye  that  be 
 at  honde.  The  synners  at  Sion  are  afrayde, 
 a  sodane  fearfulnesse  is  come  vpon  the  ypo- 
 crytes.  What  is  he  amonge  us  (saye  they) 
 that  will  dwell  by  that  consumynge  fyre? 
 which  of  vs  maye  abyde  that  euerlastinge 
 heate?  *He  that  ledeth  a  godly  hfe  (saye  I) 
 (t  speaketh  the  treuth  :  He  that  abhorreth  to 
 do  violence  and  disceate :  he  that  kepeth  his 
 hode  that  he  touch  no  rewarde  :  which  stop- 
 peth  his  eares,  that  he  heare  no  councel 
 agaynst  the  innocent :  which  holdeth  downe 
 his  eyes,  that  he  se  no  euel.  He  it  is,  that 
 shal  dwel  on  hie,  whose  sauegarde  shalbe  in 
 the  true  rocke,  to  him  shalbe  geuen  the  right 
 true  meat  d  drynke.  His  eyes  shal  se  the 
 kynge  in  his  glory :  d  in  the  wyde  worlde,  and 
 his  herte  shal  delite  in  the  feare  of  God. 
 What  shal  then  become  of  the  scrybe?"  of  the 
 Senatoure?  what  of  him  that  teacheth  childre? 
 There  shalt  thou  not  se  a  people  of  a  straunge 
 tuge,  to  haue  so  diffused  a  liiguage,  that  it 
 maye  not  be  vnderstonde  :  nether  so  straunge 
 a  speache,  but  it  shal  be  perceaued. 
 
 There  shal  Sion  be  sene,  the  head  citie  of 
 oure  solempne  feastes.  There  shal  thine  eyes 
 se  Jerusalem  that  glorious  habitation :  the 
 tabernacle  that  neuer  shal  remoue,''  whose 
 nales  shal  neuer  be  taken  out  worlde  without 
 ende,  whose  coardes  euerychone  shal  neuer 
 corruppe :  for  the  glorious  Magesty  of  the 
 LORDE  shal  there  be  present  amoge  vs. 
 In  that  place   (where  fayre  broade  ryuers  5 
 
 "  Ieremi.5.c.     •■  Psalm  14.  a.  23.  a.    'iCor.  l.d.    ■*  Heb. 
 
 streames  are)  shal  nether  Gallye  rowe,  ner 
 greate  shippe  sale.  For  the  LORDE  shalbe 
 oure  capteyne,  "the  LORDE  shalbe  oure  lawe 
 geuer.  The  LORDE  shalbe  oure  kinge,  tt  he 
 himself  shalbe  oure  Sauioure.  There  are  the 
 coardes  so  layd  abrode,  that  they  ca  not  be 
 better:  The  mast  set  vp  of  soch  a  fashion, 
 that  no  baner  ner  sale  hageth  thero  :  but  there 
 is  dealed  greate  spoyle,  yee  lame  men  runne 
 after  the  pray.  There  lieth  no  ma  that  saieth: 
 I  am  sick,  but  all  euel  is  taken  awaye  from 
 the  people,  that  dwel  there. 
 
 Wi)t  miii).  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 COME  ye  Heithen  5  heare,  take  hede  ye 
 people.  Herke  thou  earth  j  all  that  is 
 therin  :  thou  rounde  copasse  5  al  that  groweth 
 thervpon :  for  the  LORDE  is  angrie  with  al 
 people,  {t  his  displeasure  is  kindled  agaynst  all 
 the  multitude  of  them,  to  curse  them,  5  to 
 slaye  them.  So  that  their  slayne  shalbe  cast 
 out,  (t  their  bodies  stincke :  that  eue  the  very 
 hilles  shalbe  wet  with  the  bloude  of  them.  All 
 the  starres  of  heauen  shalbe  consumed,  j  the 
 heauen  shal  folde  together  like  a  roll,  'd  all  the 
 starres  therof  shall  fall,  like  as  the  leaues  fall 
 from  the  vynes  and  fygetrees.  For  my  swearde 
 (saieth  he)  shalbe  bathed  in  heauen,  (X  shal 
 immediatly  come  downe  vpon  Idumea,  and 
 vpon  the  people  which  I  haue  cursed  for  my 
 vengeaunce. 
 
 And  the  LORDES  swearde  shalbe  full  of 
 bloude,  (J  be  rustie  with  the  fatnesse  5  bloude 
 of  lambes  and  gootes,  with  the  fatnesse  of 
 neeres  of  the  wethers.  For  the  LORDE  shal 
 kyl  a  great  offringe  in  Bosra,  and  in  the  londe 
 of  Idumea.  There  shal  the  Vnicornes  fall 
 with  the  BuUes,  (that  is  with  the  giauntes) 
 and  their  londe  shalbe  washed  with  bloude,  5 
 their  grounde  corrupte  with  fatnesse.  Vnto 
 the  also  (o  Sion)  shal  come  the  daye  of  the 
 vengeaunce  of  God,^  and  the  yeare  when  as 
 thyne  owne  iudgmentes  shalbe  recompensed. 
 Thy  floudes  shalbe  turned  to  pytch,  and  thine 
 earth  to  brymstone,  (j  therwith  shal  the  londe 
 be  kyndled,  so  that  it  shal  not  be  quenched 
 daye  ner  night:  But  smoke  euermore,  g  so 
 forth  to  lie  waist.  And  no  man  shal  go  thorow 
 thy  londe  for  euer :  ''  But  Pellicanes,  Storkes, 
 great  Oules,  and  Rauens  shall  haue  it  in 
 possession,  5  dwell  there  in. 
 
 For   God   shal   sprede    out    the    lyne    of 
 
 9.  b.   Maco.  4.  c.    /2Pet.  3.  b.    sEsa.  63.a.    'Sopb.S.b. 
 SO 
 
 a 
 
iJTo.  bc^ 
 
 €l)t  piopOct  (Ksfap. 
 
 Cftap.  vwl). 
 
 desolacion  vpon  it,  3  weye  it  with  the  stones  of 
 emptynes.  When  kinges  are  called  vpo,  there 
 shalbe  none,  and  all  princes  shalbe  awaye 
 Thornes  shal  growe  in  their  palaces,  nettels  5 
 thistles  in  their  stronge  holdes,  y  the  dragons 
 maye  haue  their  pleasure  therin,  5  that  they 
 maye  be  a  courte  for  Estriches.  "There  shal 
 straunge  visures  and  monstruous  beastes  mete 
 one  another,  5  the  wylde  kepe  company  to- 
 gether. There  shal  the  lamia  lye,  5  haue  hir 
 lodginge.  There  shall  the  hedghogge  buylde, 
 digge,  be  there  at  home,  and  brings  forth  his 
 yonge  ones.  There  shal  the  kytes  come  to- 
 gether, ech  one  to  his  like. 
 
 Seke  thorow  the  scripture  of  the  LORDE 
 (S  rede  it.  There  shal  none  of  these  thinges 
 be  left  out,  there  shal  not  one  (ner  soch  like) 
 fayle.  For  what  his  mouth  commaundeth, 
 that  same  doth  his  sprete  gather  together  (or 
 fulfilleth).  Vpon  whom  so  euer  f  lot  falleth, 
 or  to  whom  he  dealeth  it  with  the  line :  those 
 shal  possesse  the  enheritaunce  from  generacion 
 to  generacion,  and  dwel  therin. 
 
 Wift  vjTTb.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 BUT  the  deserte  (j  wildernesse  shal  reioyse, 
 f  waist  grounde  shal  be  glad,  and  florish 
 as  the  lilly.  She  shal  florish  pleasauntly,  and 
 be  ioyful,  and  euer  be  geuynge  of  thankes 
 more  and  more.  For  y  glory  of  libanus, 
 the  bewty  of  Charmel  5  Saro  shalbe  geuen 
 her.  These  shal  knowe  the  honoure  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  magesty  of  oure  God.  And 
 therfore  strength  y  weake  hodes,  and  conforte 
 the  feble  knees.'  Saye  vnto  them  that  are  of 
 a  fearful  hert :  Be  of  good  chere,  and  feare 
 not.  Beholde  :  youre  God  cometh,  to  take 
 vengeaunce  5  to  rewarde,  God  cometh  his 
 owne  self,  and  wil  delyuer  you.  ■*  Then  shal 
 the  eyes  of  the  blinde  be  lightned,  and  the 
 eares  of  the  deaflP  opened.  Then  shal  the 
 lame  man  leape  as  an  herte,  5  the  domme  mas 
 tuge  shal  geue  thankes. 
 
 In  the  wildernesse  also  there  shal  welles 
 springe,  and  floudes  of  water  in  the  deserte. 
 The  drie  grounde  shal  turne  to  ryuers,  and 
 the  thurstie  to  springes  of  water.  Where  as 
 dragons  dwelt  afore,  there  shal  growe  swete 
 floures  and  grene  russhes.  There  shalbe  foot- 
 pathes  5  comon  stretes,  this  shalbe  called  the 
 
 «  Tren.  4.  b.        <•  loh.  5.  b.  Deut.  28.        '  Heb.  12.  b. 
 Deut.  20.  a.  31.  b.  •*  Matt.  11.  a.  15.  c.     Luc.  7.  c. 
 
 Psal.  8.  a.  'Esa.  41.C.      Esa.  43.  c.      Esa.  44.  a. 
 
 '  holy  waye.  No  vnclene  person  shal  go  thorow 
 it,  for  the  LORDE  himself  shal  go  with  the 
 that  waye,  and  the  ignoraut  shal  not  erre, 
 There  shalbe  no  lyon,  and  no  rauyshinge  beast 
 shall  come  therin  nor  be  there,  but  men  shal 
 go  there  fre  and  safe.  •'And  the  redemed  of 
 the  LORDE  shal  conuerte,  and  come  to  Sion 
 with  thankesgeuinge.  Euerlastinge  ioye  shal 
 they  haue,  pleasure  (i  gladnesse  shalbe  amoge 
 them,  And  as  for  all  sorow  and  heuynes,  it 
 shal  vanish  awaye. 
 
 ffi^t  mbi-  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 IN  the  xiiij.  yeare  of  kinge  Ezechias,  ^carne 
 Sennacherib  kinge  of  the  Assirians  downe, 
 to  laye  sege  vnto  all  the  stronge  cities  of  luda. 
 And  the  kinge  of  the  AssiriSs  sent  Rabsaches 
 from  Lachis  toward  Jerusalem,  agaynst  kinge 
 Ezechias,  with  a  greuous  hooste,  which  set 
 him  by  the  condite  of  the  ouerpole,  in  the 
 waye  that  goeth  thorow  y  fullers  lode.  And 
 so  there  came  forth  vnto  him  Eliachim  ''Hel- 
 chias  Sonne  the  presydent,  Sobna  the  scribe, 
 and  loah  Asaphs  sonne  the  Secretary. 
 
 And  Rabsaches  sayde  vnto  them :  Tel 
 Ezechias,  that  the  greate  kinge  of  Assiria 
 sayeth  thus  vnto  him  :  What  presumpcion  is 
 this,  that  thou  trustest  vnto?  Thou  thinkest 
 (peradueture)  that  thou  hast  councel  (j  power 
 ynough,  to  mayntene  this  warre  :  or  els  wher 
 to  trustest  thou,  that  thou  castest  thi  self  of  fro 
 me  ?  lo.  Thou  puttest  thy  trust  in  a  broken 
 staff  of  rede'  (I  meane  Egipte)  which  he  that 
 leaneth  vpon,  it  goeth  in  to  his  honde  5  shuteth 
 him  thorow.  Euen  so  is  Pharao  the  kinge  of 
 Egipte,  vnto  all  the  that  trust  in  him.  But 
 yf  thou  woldest  saye  to  me :  We  trust  in  f 
 LORDE  oure  God  :  A  goodly  god,  in  dede  : 
 whose  hie  places  5  aulteres  Ezechias  toke 
 downe,  and  commaunded  luda  and  Jerusalem, 
 to  worships  only  before  the  aulter.  Abyde 
 the,  thou  hast  made  a  condicion  with  my  lorde 
 the  kinge  of  the  Assirias,  that  he  shulde  geue 
 the  two  thousande  horses :  Art  thou  able  to 
 set  me  there  vp  ?  Seinge  now  that  thou  canst 
 not  resist  the  power  of  the  smallest  prynce 
 that  my  lorde  hath,  how  darrest  thou  trust 
 in  f  charettes  and  horse  men  of  Egipte  ?  Mor- 
 ouer,  thinkest  thou  y  I  am  come  downe  hither, 
 to  destroye  this  londe  with  out  the  LORDES 
 
 /  1  Pet.  1.  c.  Apo.  21.  a.         e  4  Re.  18 
 Esa.  7.  c.     8.  b.    10.  a.    17.  d.    33.  a. 
 •  4  Re.  18.  d.    Ezec.  29.  a. 
 
Cftap.  m^ih 
 
 €i)t  propbct  €siaj)« 
 
 fo,  licjru 
 
 will?  The  LORDEsaydevntome:  go  downe 
 in  to  that  londe,  that  thou  mayest  destroye  it. 
 
 Then  sayde  Eliachim,  Sobna  5  lohah  vnto 
 Rabsaches :  Speake  to  vs  thy  seruauntes  (we 
 praye  the)  in  the  Sirians  language,  for  we 
 vnderstonde  it  well :  And  speake  not  to  vs  in  i 
 the  lewes  tunge,  lest  the  folcke  heare,  which 
 lieth  vpon  the  wall.  Then  answered  Rab- 
 saches: Thinke  ye,  y  the  kinge  sent  me  to 
 speake  this  only  vnto  you  ?  Hath  he  not  sent 
 me  to  the  also,  that  lie  vpo  the  wall?  that 
 they  be  not  copelled  to  eate  their  owne  donge, 
 and  drinke  their  owne  stale  with  you  ? 
 
 And  Rabsaches  stode  stiff,  5  cried  with  a 
 loude  voyce  in  the  lewes  tiige,  and  sayde: 
 Now  take  hede,  how  the  greate  kinge  of  the 
 Assirias  geueth  you  warnynge.  Thus  saieth 
 the  kinge :  Let  not  Ezechias  disceaue  you,  for 
 he  shal  not  be  able  to  delyuer  you.  Morouer, 
 let  not  Ezechias  comforte  you  in  the  LORDE, 
 when  he  saieth :  The  LORDE  with  out  doute 
 shal  defende  vs,  5  shal  not  geue  ouer  this  cite 
 in  to  the  hondes  of  the  kinge  of  the  Assirias, 
 beleue  him  not.  But  thus  saieth  the  kinge  of 
 Assiria :  opteyne  my  fauoure,  enclyne  to  me : 
 So  maye  euery  ma  enioye  his  vynyardes  and 
 fygetrees,  and  drinke  the  water  of  his  cisterne : 
 vnto  the  tyme  that  I  come  myself,  5  bringe 
 you  in  to  a  londe,  y  is  like  youre  owne :  wher 
 in  is  wheat  and  wyne,  which  is  both  sowen 
 with  sede,  and  planted  with  vynyardes.  Let 
 not  Ezechias  disceaue  you,  when  he  sayeth 
 vnto  you:  the  LORDE  shal  delyuer  us. 
 
 "Might  the  goddes  of  the  Gentiles  kepe 
 euerymans  londe,  from  the  power  of  the  kinge 
 of  the  Assirians?  Wher  is  the  God  of  hemath 
 5  Arphad  ?  Where  is  the  God  of  Sepharnaim? 
 And  who  was  able  to  defende  Samaria  out  of 
 my  honde  ?  Or  which  of  all  the  goddes  of  the 
 lodes,  hath  deliuered  their  countre  out  of  my 
 power,  so  that  the  LORDE  shulde  delyuer 
 Jerusalem  fro  my  honde  ?  Vnto  this,  Ezechias 
 messaungers  helde  their  tunges,  and  answered 
 not  one  worde :  for  the  kinge  had  charged 
 them,  that  they  shulde  geue  him  none  an- 
 swere.  So  came  Eliachim  Elchias  sonne  the 
 presidet,  Sobna  the  scrybe,  and  loah  Asaphs 
 sonne  the  Secretary,  vnto  Ezechias  with  rente 
 clothes,  5  tolde  him  the  wordes  of  Rabsaches. 
 Ci)c  mbi).  Ci^apUr. 
 
 WHEN  Ezechias  herde  that,  he  rente  his 
 clothes,*  (J  put  on  a  sack  cloth,  (t  went 
 
 to  the  temple  of  the  LORDE.  But  he 
 sent  Eliachim  the  Presidet,  Sobna  the  scrybe 
 with  the  eldest  prestes  cloothed  in  sack,'  vnto 
 the  Prophet  Esay  the  sonne  of  Amos,  tE  they 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Thus  saieth  Ezechias :  this 
 is  the  daye  of  trouble,  of  plage  (t  of  wrath : 
 like  as  when  a  childe  cometh  to  the  byrth,  but 
 the  woman  hath  no  power  to  bringe  it  forth. 
 The  LORDE  thy  God  (no  doute)  hath  well 
 considered  the  wordes  of  Rabsaches,  whom  his 
 lorde  y  kinge  of  the  Assirians  hath  sent,  to 
 defie  5  blaspheme  the  lyuyiige  God :  with  soch 
 wordes,  as  the  LORDE  thy  God  hath  herde 
 right  well.  And  therfore  lift  vp  thy  prayer 
 for  the  remnaunt,  that  yet  are  left.  So  the 
 seruauntes  of  kinge  Ezechias  came  to  Esay. 
 
 And  Esay  gaue  them  this  answere :  Sale  thus 
 vnto  youre  lorde :  thus  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 Be  not  afrayde  of  the  wordes  that  thou  hast 
 herde,  wherwith  the  kinge  of  Assirias  ser- 
 uauntes haue  blasphemed  me.  Beholde,  I 
 will  cause  a  wynde  go  ouer  him,''  as  soone  as 
 he  heareth  it,  he  shal  go  agayne  in  to  his 
 countre,  there  will  I  distroye  him  with  the 
 swerde.  'Now  when  Rabsaches  returned,  he 
 founde  y  kinge  of  Assiria  layenge  sege  to 
 Lobna,  for  he  had  vnderstonde,  that  he  was 
 departed  from  Lachis.  For  there  came  a 
 rumoure,  y  Taracha  kinge  of  Ethiopia  was 
 come  forth  to  warre  agaynst  him. 
 
 And  when  the  kinge  of  Assiria  herde  y,  he 
 sent  other  messaungers  to  kinge  Ezechias,  with 
 this  commaundement.  Saye  thus  to  Ezechias 
 kinge  of  luda :  Let  not  thy  God  disceaue  the, 
 in  whom  thou  hopest,  5  sayest :  lerusale  shal 
 not  be  geue  in  to  the  hondes  of  the  kinge  of 
 Assiria.  For  thou  knowest  well,  how  the 
 kinges  of  Assiria  haue  handled  all  the  londes, 
 that  they  haue  subuerted,  5  hopest  thou  to 
 escape  ?  Were  the  people  of  the  Gutiles  (whom 
 my  progenitours  coquered)  deliuered  at  eny 
 tyme  thorow  their  goddes  ?  As  namely,  Gozan, 
 Haran,  Rezeph,-'^  g  the  childre  of  Eden,  which 
 dwell  at  Thalassar.  Where  is  the  kinge  of 
 Hemath,  (i  the  kinge  of  Arphad,  5  the  kinge 
 of  the  citie  Sepharnaim,  Ena  and  Aua  ?  Now 
 when  Ezechias  had  receaued  f  lettre  of  the 
 messaungers,  s  red  it,  he  went  vp  in  to  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE,  5  opened  the  lettre 
 before  f  LORDE.  And  Ezechias  prayed  be- 
 fore the  LORDE  on  this  maner:  O  LORDE 
 of  hoostes,  thou  God  of  Israel,  which  dwellest 
 
 33 
 
jTo.  trrjrij. 
 
 €l)t  propl)ft  €£(ap. 
 
 CJ)ap.  m^iih 
 
 vpo  Clierubin.  "Thou  art  the  God,  that  only 
 is  God  of  all  the  kingdomes  of  the  worlde,'  for 
 thou  only  hast  created  haue  a  earth.  Eneline 
 thine  eare  LOllDE  tj  cosidre,  open  thine 
 eyes  (o  LORDE,)  5  se,  and  pondre  all  the 
 wordes  of  Senacherib,  which  hath  sent  his 
 embassage  to  blaspheme  the,  the  lyuynge  God. 
 It  is  true  (o  LORDE)  that  the  kinges  of 
 Assiria  haue  coquered  all  kingdomes  5  londes. 
 5  cast  their  goddes  in  the  fyre.  Notwithstod- 
 inge  those  were  no  goddes  but  the  workes  of 
 mens  hondes,  of  wodd  or  stone,  therfore  haue 
 they  destroyed  them.  Delyuer  vs  then  (o 
 LORDE  oure  God)  from  the  hondes  of  Sen- 
 nacherib, y  all  kingdomes  of  the  earth  maye 
 knowe,  that  thou  only  art  y  LORDE.  Then 
 Esay  the  sonne  of  Amos  sent  vnto  Ezechias, 
 sayetige:  Thus  saieth  y  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel :  Where  as  thou  hast  made  thy  prayer 
 vnto  me,  as  touchinge  Sennacherib,  this  is 
 the  answere,  that  the  LORDE  hath  geuen 
 concernynge  him :  Despised  art  thou,  5  mocked 
 (o  dougliter  of  Sion)  he  hath  shaken  his  heade 
 at  the,  o  doughter  of  Jerusalem."  But  thou 
 Sennacherib,  whom  hast  thou  defied  or  blas- 
 phemed? ''And  agaynst  who  hast  thou  lifted 
 vp  thy  voyce,  5  exalted  thy  proude  lokes  ?  euen 
 agaynst  the  holy  one  of  Israel.  Thou  with 
 thy  seruauntes  hast  blasphemed  the  LORDE, 
 and  thus  boldest  thou  of  thy  self:  I  couer  the 
 hie  mountaynes,  g  sydes  of  Libanus  with  my 
 horsmen.  And  there  wil  I  cutdowne  the  hie 
 Cedre  trees  %  the  fayrest  Fyrre  trees.  I  will 
 vp  in  to  the  heyth  of  it  (s  in  to  the  chefest  of 
 his  timbre  woddes.  Yf  there  be  no  water,  I 
 wil  graue  5  drynke.  And  as  for  waters  of 
 defence,  I  shal  drie  them  vp  with  the  fete  of 
 myne  hooste.  Yee  (saiest  thou)  hast  thou  not 
 herde,  what  I  haue  taken  in  honde,  5  brought 
 to  passe  of  olde  tyme  ?  That  same  wil  1  do 
 now  also :  waist,  destroye,  i  bringe  the  stronge 
 cities  vnto  heapes  of  stones.  For  their  inha- 
 bitours  shalbe  like  lame  men,  brought  in  feare 
 d  confounded.  They  shalbe  like  the  grasse  5 
 grene  herbes  in  the  felde,  like  the  hay  vpo 
 house  toppes,  that  wythereth,  afore  it  be 
 growne  vp. 
 
 I  knowe  thy  wayes,  thy  goinge  forth  5  thy 
 comynge  home,  yee  5  thy  madnesse  agaynst 
 me.  Therfore  thy  furiousnesse  agaynst  me,  5 
 thy  pryde  is  come  before  me.     I  wil  put  a 
 
 ■■  Baruc  2.  c.         '  Exo.  2.i.  c.    Gene.  1.  a.         "■  Zac.  2.  b. 
 Matt.  25.  b.         ■<  Act.  9.  a.         '  Esa.  31.  b. 
 
 rynge  in  thy  nose,  (j  a  bridle  byt  in  the  chawes 
 of  the,  (I  turne  the  aboute,  eue  the  same  waye 
 thou  camest.  I  wil  geue  the  also  this  token 
 (o  Ezechias)  this  yeare  shalt  thou  eate  that  is 
 kepte  in  stoare,  5  the  next  yeare  soch  as 
 groweth  of  himself,  and  in  the  thirde  yeare  ye 
 shal  sowe  and  reape,  yee  ye  shal  plante  vyn- 
 yardes,  and  enioye  the  frutes  therof. 
 
 And  soch  of  the  house  of  luda  as  are  escaped, 
 shal  come  together,  and  the  remnaunt  shal 
 take  rote  beneth,  (j  bringe  forth  frute  aboue. 
 For  the  escaped  shal  go  out  of  lerusale,  5  the 
 remnaunte  from  the  mount  Sion.  And  this 
 shal  the  gelousy  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 bringe  to  passe.  Therfore  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE,  cocernynge  the  kinge  of  the  Assi- 
 rians :  He  shall  not  come  in  to  the  citie,  and 
 shal  shute  no  arowe  in  to  it,  there  shall  no 
 shilde  hurte  it,  nether  shal  they  graue  aboute 
 it.  The  same  waye  that  he  came,  shal  he 
 returne,  and  not  come  at  this  citie,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  And  I  wil  kepe  and  saue  the  citie 
 (saieth  he)  for  myne  owne,  5  for  my  seruaunte 
 Dauids  sake. 
 
 Thus  the  angel  went  forth,' and  slewe  of  the 
 Assirians  hooste,  an  clxxxv.  thousande.-'^  And 
 when  men  arose  vp  early  (at  lerusale:)  Be- 
 holde,  all  laye  ful  of  deed  bodies.  So  Sen- 
 nacherib the  kinge  of  the  Assirians  brake  vp, 
 and  dwelt  at  Niniue.  Afterwarde  it  chaunsed, 
 as  he  prayed  in  the  Teple  of  Nesrah  his  god, 
 that  Adramalech  and  Sarazer  his  owne  sonnes 
 slewe  him  with  the  swearde,  and  fled  in  to  the 
 londe  of  Ararat.  And  Esarhadon  his  sonne 
 reigned  after  him. 
 
 Cljt  m^ii].  Cljapttr. 
 
 NOT  longe  afore  this,  was  Ezechias  dead- 
 sick  :  'And  the  prophet  Esay  the  sonne 
 of  Amos  came  vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Thus 
 commaundeth  the  LORDE:  Set  thy ne  house 
 in  ordre,  for  thou  must  dye,  and  shalt  not 
 escape.  Then  Ezechias  turned  his  face  to- 
 warde  the  wall,  (j  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  sayde :  Remembre  (o  LORDE)  that  I 
 haue  walked  before  the  in  treuth  and  a  sted- 
 fast  hert,  and  haue  done  the  thinge  that  is 
 pleasaunt  to  the.  And  Ezechias  wepte  sore. 
 The  sayde  God  vnto  Esay :  Go  and  speake 
 vnto  Ezechias:  The  LORDE  God  of  Dauid 
 thy  father  sendeth  y  this  worde:  *I  haue  herde 
 
 /•tRe.  19.  g. 
 
 Ecci.  48.  b.         *  4  Re.  20.  a. 
 "  lone  3.  b. 
 
Cftap.  vl 
 
 €l)t  proplKt  C'Sap. 
 
 fo.  titnij. 
 
 thy  prayer,  and  considred  thy  teares :  beholde, 
 I  will  put  XV  yeares  mo  vnto  thy  life,  and 
 delyuer  the  and  the  citie  also,  from  the  honde 
 of  the  kinge  of  Assiria,  for  I  will  defende  the 
 cite.  "And  take  the  this  token  of  the  LORDE, 
 y  he  will  do  it,  as  he  hath  spoken :  Beholde, 
 1  will  returne  the  shadowe  of  Achas  Diail,  y 
 now  is  layed  out  with  the  Sonne,  and  bringe 
 it  ten  degrees  bacward.  So  the  Sonne  turned 
 ten  degrees  bacward,  the  which  he  was  de- 
 scended afore. 
 
 A  thankesgeuynge,  which  Ezechias  kinge  of 
 luda  wrote,  when  he  had  bene  sicke,  d  was 
 recouered. 
 
 I  thought  I  shulde  haue  gone  to  the  gates 
 of  hell  in  my  best  age,  and  haue  wanted  the 
 residue  of  my  yeares. 
 
 I  spake  within  my  self:  I  shal  neuer  viset 
 the  LORDE  God  in  this  life :  I  shal  neuer  se 
 man,  amonge  the  dwellers  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Myne  age  is  folden  vp  together  and  taken 
 awaye  fro  me,  like  a  sheperdes  cotage :  my 
 lyfe  is  hewen  of,  like  as  a  weeuer  cutteth  of 
 his  webb. 
 
 Whyl  I  was  yet  takinge  my  rest,  he  hewed 
 me  of,  5  made  an  ende  of  me  in  one  daie. 
 
 *I  thought  I  wolde  haue  lyued  vnto  the 
 morow,  but  he  brussed  my  bones  like  a  lyon, 
 and  made  an  ende  of  me  in  one  daye. 
 
 Then  chatred  I  like  a  swalowe,  and  like  a 
 Crane,  and  mourned  as  a  done. 
 
 I  lift  vp  myne  eyes  in  to  f  hight :  O 
 LORDE,  (sayde  I)  violence  is  done  vnto  me, 
 be  thou  suertie  for  me. 
 
 What  shal  I  speake  or  saye,  that  he  maye 
 this  doo  ?  y  I  maye  lyue  out  all  my  yeares, 
 yee  in  the  bytternesse  of  my  life  ? 
 
 Verely  (LORDE,)  men  must  lyue  in  byt- 
 ternesse, ij  all  my  life  must  I  passe  ouer 
 therin :  For  thou  raysest  me  vp,  and  wakest 
 me.  But  lo,  I  wilbe  wel  content  with  this 
 bytternes. 
 
 Neuertheles  my  couersacion  hath  so  pleased 
 f,  that  thou  woldest  not  make  an  ende  of  my 
 life,  so  that  thou  hast  cast  aU  my  synnes  be- 
 hynde  thy  backe. 
 
 For  hell  prayseth  not  the,  "death  doth  not 
 magnifie  the. 
 
 They  that  go  downe  in  to  the  graue,  prayse 
 not  thy  treuth :  but  the  lyuynge,  yee  the  ly- 
 uynge  acknowlege  the,  like  as  I  do  this  daye. 
 
 "iReg.  2.g.     Hob4.  d.     'Psal.  116.  d.  Psal.  6.  a.  Psal.8. 
 
 The  father  telleth  his  children  of  thy  faith- 
 ful nesse. 
 
 Delyuer  vs  (o  LORDE)  and  we  wil  synge 
 prayses  in  thy  house,  all  the  dayes  of  oure  life. 
 
 And  Esay  sayde :  take  a  playster  of  fyges, 
 and  laye  it  vpon  the  sore,  so  shal  it  be  whole. 
 Then  saide  Ezechias  :  O  what  a  greate  thinge 
 is  this,  that  I  shal  go  vp  in  to  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Cljt  jy}:iy.  Ci&apttr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  Merodach  Balada,'' 
 Baladas  sonne  kinge  of  Babilon,  sent 
 lettres  and  presentes  to  Ezechias.  For  he 
 vnderstode,  how  that  he  had  bene  sick,  (j  was 
 recouered  agayne.  "And  Ezechias  was  glad 
 therof,  d  shewed  them  the  comodities  of  his 
 treasure :  of  syluer,  of  golde,  of  spyces  j  rootes, 
 of  precious  oyles,  all  that  was  in  his  cub- 
 boordes  and  treasure  houses.  There  was  not 
 one  thinge  in  Ezechias  house,  5  so  thorow  out 
 all  his  kingdome,  but  he  let  them  se  it. 
 
 The  came  Esay  the  prophet  to  kinge  Eze- 
 chias, and  sayde  vnto  him  :  What  haue  y  men 
 sayde,  and  from  whence  came  they  vnto  the  ? 
 Ezechias  answered  :  They  came  out  of  a  farre 
 countre  vnto  me  :  out  of  Babilon.  Esay  sayde: 
 what  haue  they  looked  vpon  in  thyne  house  ? 
 Ezechias  answerde  :  All  that  is  in  myne  house, 
 haue  they  sene  :  and  there  is  nothinge  in  my 
 treasure,  but  I  shewed  it  them. 
 
 Then  sayde  Esay  vnto  Ezechias :  ^Vnder- 
 stode the  worde  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 Beholde,  the  tyme  wil  come,  that  euery  thinge 
 which  is  in  thine  house,  and  all  that  thy  pro- 
 genitours  haue  layde  vp  in  stoare  vnto  this 
 daye,  shalbe  caried  to  Babilon,  and  nothinge 
 left  behinde.  This  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 Yee  and  parte  of  thy  sonnes  that  shal  come  of 
 the,  and  whom  thou  shalt  get,  shalbe  caried 
 hence,  and  become  gelded  chamberlaines  in 
 the  kinge  of  Babilons  courte :  Then  sayde 
 Ezechias  to  Esay :  Now  God  prospere  his 
 owne  councel,  which  thou  hast  tolde  me.  He 
 sayde  morouer  :  So  that  there  be  peace,  and 
 faithfulnesse  in  my  tyme. 
 
 CJ)e  yl  CJ^apttr. 
 
 BE  of  good  chere  my  people,  be  of  good 
 chere  (saieth  youre  God)  Conforte  Je- 
 rusalem, and  tell  her:  that  hir  trauale  is  at 
 an  ende,  that  hir  offence  is  pardoned,  that  she 
 
 ■<  4  Re.  20.  c.        '  2  Par.  32.  e.        /  4  Re.  2.  c. 
 
ffo,  ticrit'tj. 
 
 Cftc  piop!)ft  (fisap. 
 
 Cljap.  xl\ 
 
 hath  receaued  of  the  LOIIDES  hondc  suffi- 
 cient correction  for  all  hir  synnes.  A  voyce 
 crieth  :  "Prepare  f  waye  for  the  LOllDE  in 
 the  wyldernesse,  make  straight  j-  path  for 
 oure  God  in  the  deserte.  Let  all  valleis  be 
 exalted,  and  euery  mountayne  and  hill  be 
 layde  lowe.  What  so  is  croked,  let  it  be  made 
 straight,  and  let  the  rough  places  be  made 
 playne  feldes.  '  For  the  glory  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  apeare,  (t  all  flesh  shal  se  it,  for  why,  f 
 mouth  of  the  LORDE  hath  spoken  it. 
 
 The  same  voyce  spake :  Now  crie.  And 
 I  sayde  :  what  shal  I  crie  ?  Then  spake  it 
 that,  aU  flesh  is  grasse,  and  that  all  the  bewtie 
 therof,  is  as  the  floure  of  the  felde/  When 
 the  grasse  is  wytthered,  the  floure  falleth 
 awaye.  Euen  so  is  the  people  as  grasse,  when 
 the  breath  of  the  LORDE  bloweth  vpon 
 them.  Neuerthelesse  whether  the  grasse 
 wyther,  or  the  floure  fade  awaye : ''  Yet  the 
 worde  of  oure  God  endureth  for  euer.  Mor 
 ouer  the  voyce  cried  thus:  Go  vp  vnto  the 
 hill  (o  Sion)  thou  that  bringestgood  tidinges, 
 lift  vp  thy  voyce  with  power,  o  thou  preacher 
 Jerusalem.  Lift  it  vp  without  feare,  and  say 
 vnto  the  cities  of  luda  :  '  Beholde,  youre  God : 
 beholde,  the  LORDE,  euen  the  almightie 
 shal  come  with  power,  5  beare  rule  with  his 
 arme.  Beholde,  he  bringeth  his  treasure  with 
 him,  and  his  workes  go  before  him.  He  shal 
 fede  his  flock  like  an  hirdman.^  He  shal 
 gather  the  lambes  together  with  his  arme,  and 
 carie  them  in  his  bosome,  (j  shal  kindly  in- 
 treate  those  that  beare  yonge. 
 
 Who  hath  holden  the  waters  in  his  fist? 
 Who  hath  measured  heauen  with  his  spanne, 
 and  hath  comprehended  all  the  earth  of  f 
 worlde  in  thre  fyngers?  Who  hath  weyed 
 the  mountaynes  and  hilles  ?  *  Who  hath  re- 
 fourmed  the  mynde  of  the  LORDE?  Or 
 who  is  of  his  councel  to  teach  him  ?  At 
 whom  hath  he  asked  coucel,  to  make  him 
 ynderstode,  and  to  lerne  him  the  waye  of 
 iudgment :  to  teach  him  science,  and  to  en- 
 structe  him  in  the  waye  of  vnderstodinge  ? 
 Beholde,  all  people  are  in  coparison  of  him, 
 as  a  droppe  to  a  bucket  full,  and  are  counted 
 as  the  leest  thinge  y  the  balaunce  weyeth. 
 Beholde,  f  lies  are  in  comparison  of  him,  as 
 the  shadowe  of  the  Sonne  beame.     Libanus 
 
 Matt.  3.  a.    Mar.  1.  a.   Luc.  3.  c.  Esa.  57.  e.    loh.  1.  d. 
 loh.  1.  b.  '  Psal.  89.  a.     Ecci.  14.  e.    laco.  1.  b. 
 
 ^  P«t-  ^-  d-  •'  Matt.  .5.  d.     Psal.  32.  b.    laco.  1.  b. 
 
 is  not  sufficiet  to  ministre  fyre  for  his  offringe, 
 and  all  the  beastes  therof  are  not  ynough  to 
 one  sacrifice.  All  people  in  comparison  of 
 him,  are  rekened,  as  nothinge,  ''yee  vayne 
 vanite  and  emptynesse. 
 
 To  whom  then  will  ye  licke  God  ?  or  what 
 similitude  will  ye  set  vp  vnto  him  ?  Shal  the 
 earner  make  him  a  earned  ymage  ?  and  shal 
 the  goldsmyth  couer  him  with  golde,  or  cast 
 him  in  to  a  fourme  of  syluer  plates  ?  Mor- 
 ouer  shal  the  ymage  maker  (y  the  poore  man 
 which  is  disposed,  maye  haue  somthinge  to 
 set  vp  also)  seke  out  and  chose  a  tre,  that  is 
 not  rotten,  and  carue  therout  an  ymage,  y 
 moueth  not?  Knowe  ye  not  this?  Herde 
 ye  neuer  of  it  ?  Hath  it  not  bene  preached 
 vnto  you  sence  the  begynnynge  ?  Haue  ye 
 not  bene  enfourmed  of  this,  sence  the  foun- 
 dacion  of  y  earth  was  layde  :  That  he  sytteth 
 vpon  the  Circle  of  the  worlde,  and  that  all  the 
 inhabitours  of  the  worlde  are  in  coparison  of 
 him,  but  as  greshoppers  :  '  That  he  spredeth 
 out  the  heaues  as  a  coueringe,  that  he  stretch- 
 eth  them  out,  as  a  tent  to  dwell  in  :  That  he 
 bringeth  princes  to  nothinge,  and  the  iudges 
 of  the  earth  to  dust:  so  that  they  be  not 
 planted  nor  sowen  agayne,  nether  their  stocke 
 rooted  agayne  in  the  earth  ?  For  as  soone  as 
 he  bloweth  vpon  them,  they  wither  (j  fade 
 awaye,  like  the  strawe  in  a  whirle  wynde. 
 
 To  whom  now  wil  ye  licken  me,  u  whom 
 shal  I  be  like,  saieth  the  holy  one  ?  Lift  vp 
 youre  eyes  an  hie,  and  considre.  Who  hath 
 made  those  thinges,  which  come  out  by  so 
 greate  heapes  ?  and  he  can  call  them  all  by 
 their  names.  *  For  there  is  nothinge  hyd  vnto 
 the  greatnesse  of  his  power,  strength,  and 
 might.  How  maye  then  lacob  thinke,  or 
 how  maye  Israel  saye :  My  wayes  are  hyd 
 from  the  LORDE,  and  my  God  knoweth  not 
 of  my  iudgmentes.  Knowest  thou  not,  or 
 hast  thou  not  herde,  that  the  euerlastinge 
 God,  the  LORDE  which  made  all  the  corners 
 of  the  earth,  is  nether  weery  nor  faynt,  and 
 that  his  wisdome  cannot  be  comprehended: 
 but  that  he  geueth  strength  vnto  the  weery, 
 and  power  vnto  the  faynte?  Children  are 
 weery  and  faynt,  and  the  strongest  men  fall : 
 'But  vnto  them  that  haue  the  LORDE  before 
 their  eyes,  shal  strength  be  encreased,  Aegles 
 
 lPet.2.b.        'Esa.  62.  c. 
 
 /  Esa.  34.  d. 
 
 f  Sap.9.b 
 
 Ro.ll.d.      "Psal.  61.  b. 
 
 '  Esa.  44.  e. 
 
 '  Psal.  146.  a 
 
 '  lere.  17.  b. 
 
C6ap.  vlu 
 
 €i)t  propftet  (0£(ap. 
 
 So,  icrb. 
 
 wynges  shal  growe  vpon  them :  When  they 
 runne,  they  shal  not  fall :  and  when  they  go, 
 they  shal  not  be  weery. 
 
 Wl)t  vlt.  Ci)apter. 
 
 BE  still  (ye  Ilondes)  and  herken  vnto  me. 
 Be  stronge  ye  people,  Come  hither,  and 
 shew  youre  cause,  we  will  go  to  the  lawe  to- 
 gether. Who  rayseth  vp  f  iuste  from  the 
 rysinge  of  the  Sonne,  and  calleth  him  to  go 
 forth  ?  Who  casteth  downe  the  people,  and 
 subdueth  the  kinges  before  him :  that  he  maye 
 throwe  them  all  to  the  groude  with  his  swearde, 
 and  scatre  them  like  stuble  with  his  bowe? 
 He  foloweth  vpon  them,  and  goeth  safely  him- 
 self, and  Cometh  in  no  footpath  with  his  fete. 
 Who  hath  made,  created,  and  called  the  ge- 
 neracions  from  the  begynnynge  ?  Euen  I  the 
 LORDE,  '■  which  am  the  first,  and  with  the  last. 
 Beholde  ye  lies,  that  ye  maye  feare,  and 
 ye  endes  of  the  earth,  that  ye  maye  be  abasshed, 
 draw  nye,  and  come  hither.  Euery  man  hath 
 exorted  his  neghboure,  and  brother,  and  byd- 
 den  him  be  stronge.  The  Smyth  conforted 
 the  moulder,  5  the  Ironsmyth  the  hammer- 
 man, sayenge :  It  shalbe  good,  that  we  fasten 
 this  cast  worke :  and  then  they  fastened  it 
 with  nales,  that  it  shulde  not  be  moued.  And 
 thou  Israel  my  seruaunt:  lacob  my  electe 
 sede  of  Abraha  my  beloued,  whom  I  led  from 
 the  endes  of  the  earth  by  the  honde :  For  I 
 called  the  from  farre,  (t  saide  vnto  the  :  Thou 
 shalt  be  my  seruaunt :  *  I  haue  chosen  the,  5 
 will  not  cast  f  awaye :  be  not  afrayde,  for  I 
 wil  be  with  f.  Loke  not  behinde  f,  for  I  wil 
 be  thy  God,  to  stregth  y,  helpe  f,  5  to  kepe  y 
 with  this  right  hode  of  myne.  Beholde,  all 
 they  that  resist  the,  shal  come  to  confucion 
 and  shame  :  and  thine  aduersaries  shalbe  de- 
 stroyed (J  brought  to  naught.  So  that  who  so 
 seketh  after  them,  shal  not  fynde  them.  Thy 
 destroyers  shal  perish,  5  so  shall  they  that 
 vndertake  to  make  batell  agaynst  the.  For  I 
 thy  LORDE  5  God,  wil  strength  thy  right 
 honde.  Euen  I  that  saye  vnto  the :  Feare 
 not,  I  will  helpe  the.  Be  not  afrayde  thou 
 litle  worme  lacob,  and  thou  despysed  Israel : 
 For  I  will  helpe  the,  saieth  the  LORDE,  5 
 the  holyone  of  Israel  thine  avenger.  Beholde, 
 I  wil  make  the  a  treadinge  cart  5  a  new  flale, 
 y  thou  mayest  throsshe  5  grynde  the  moun- 
 
 '  Esa.  44.  a.    Esa.  48.  b.    Apoc.  2.  c.         '  Esa.  44.  c. 
 Esa.  43.  a. 
 
 taynes,  and  bringe  the  hilles  to  poulder.  Thou 
 shalt  fanne  them,  5  the  wynde  shal  carie  them 
 awaye,  (j  the  whyrlwj'nde  shal  scatre  the. 
 But  thou  shalt  reioyse  in  the  LORDE,  and 
 shalt  delite  in  praysinge  the  holyone  of  Israel. 
 
 When  the  thurstie  and  poore  seke  water  g 
 fynde  none,  '  5  when  their  tunge  is  drie  of 
 thurst :  ''  I  geue  it  them,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 I  the  God  of  Israel  forsake  them  not.  I 
 bringe  forth  floudes  in  the  hilles,  5  welles  in 
 the  playne  feldes.  I  turne  y  wildernes  to 
 ryuers,  and  the  drie  londe  to  condyles  of 
 water.  I  plante  in  the  wayst  grounde  trees  of 
 Cedre,  Boxe,  Myrre  and  olyues.  And  in  the 
 drie,  I  set  Fyrre  trees,  elmes  and  hawthornes 
 together.  All  this  do  I,  y  they  altogether 
 maye  se  and  marcke,  perceaue  with  their 
 hertes,  5  considre :  that  the  honde  of  the 
 LORDE  maketh  these  thinges,  and  that  the 
 holyone  of  Israel  bringeth  them  to  passe. 
 Stonde  at  youre  cause  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 and  bringe  forth  youre  strogest  grounde,  coun- 
 celeth  the  kinge  of  lacob.  Let  the  goddes 
 come  forth  them  selues,  and  shewe  vs  the 
 thinges  y  are  past,  what  they  be  :  let  the  de- 
 clare the  vnto  vs,  y  we  maye  take  them  to 
 herte,  and  knowe  them  herafter.  Ether,  let 
 the  shewe  vs  thinges  for  to  come,  and  tel  vs 
 what  shalbe  done  herafter :  so  shal  we  knowe, 
 that  they  be  goddes.  Shewe  somthinge,  ether 
 good  or  bad,  so  wil  we  both  knowlege  y  same, 
 (i  tel  it  out. 
 
 Beholde,  ye  goddes  are  of  naught,  a,  youre 
 makinge  is  of  naught,  but  abhomination  hath 
 chosen  you.  Neuertheles  I  haue  waked  vp 
 one  from  the  North,  g  he  shal  come.  And 
 another  from  the  East,  which  shal  caU  vpo  my 
 name,  5  shal  come  to  the  prynces,  as  the 
 Potter  to  his  claye,  d  as  y  Potter  treadeth 
 downe  the  myre.  Who  tolde  y  afore  ?  So 
 wil  we  confesse  5  saye,  that  he  is  rightuous. 
 But  there  is  none  that  sheweth  or  declareth 
 eny  thinge,  there  is  none  also  that  heareth 
 youre  wordes.  Beholde,  I  will  first  graiite 
 the  of  Sion  5  lerusalem  to  be  Euangelistes. 
 But  when  I  cosidre  :  there  is  not  one  amonge 
 the  y  prophecieth,  nether  (when  I  axe  him)  y 
 answereth  one  worde.  Lo,  wicked  are  they  5 
 vayne,  with  the  thinges  also  that  they  take  in 
 honde :  yee  wynde  are  they,  and  emptynesse, 
 with  their  ymages  together. 
 
 '  Gene.  21.  c.        ''  Esa.  33.  b.  and  43.  c.  and  44.  a. 
 
 c 
 
jfo.  irrbu 
 
 Cf)f  propftft  (££(aj). 
 
 Cftap.  rlij. 
 
 Cijc  vlij-  Ci)<iptn-. 
 
 BEHOLDE  now  therfore,  this  is  my  ser- 
 uaunt  whom  1  will  kepe  to  my  self:  "my 
 electe,  In  whom  my  soule  shalbe  pacified.  I 
 will  geue  him  my  sprete,  that  he  maye  shewe 
 forth  iudgment  5  equyte  amonge  the  Gentiles. 
 He  shal  not  be  an  outcryer,  ner  an  hie 
 mynded  person.  His  voyce  shall  not  be 
 herde  in  f  stretes.  A  brussed  rede  shal  he 
 not  breake,  i  the  smokinge  flax  shal  he  not 
 quench :  but  faithfully  (i  truly  shal  he  geue 
 iudgmet.  He  shal  nether  be  ouersene  ner 
 haistie,  that  he  maye  restore  rightuousnesse 
 vnto  the  earth  :  5  the  Getiles  also  shal  kepe 
 his  lawes.  *  For  thus  saieth  God  the  LORDE 
 vnto  him  (Euen  he  that  made  the  heauens, 
 and  spred  them  abrode,  (i  set  forth  the  earth 
 with  hir  encrease  :  which  geueth  breath  vnto 
 the  people  that  is  in  it,  5  to  them  that  dwel 
 therin)  I  the  LORDE  haue  called  y  in  right- 
 uousnesse, (J  led  the  by  the  honde.  Therfore 
 wil  I  also  defende  the,  5  geue  the  for  a  coue- 
 naunt  of  the  people,  (j  to  be  the  light  of  the 
 Getiles.  ■■  That  thou  mayest  open  the  eyes  of 
 the  blinde,  let  out  the  prysoners,  5  them  that 
 syt  in  darknesse,  out  of  the  dongeon  house. 
 I  myself,  whose  name  is  the  LORDE,  which 
 geue  my  power  to  none  other,  nether  myne 
 honoure  to  the  goddes :  shewe  you  these  new 
 tidinges,  and  tel  you  them  or  they  come,  for 
 olde  thinges  also  are  come  to  passe. 
 
 Synge  therfore  vnto  the  LORDE,  a  new 
 songe  of  thakes  geujTige,  blow  out  his  prayse 
 vnto  the  ende  of  the  worlde.  They  that  be 
 ypon  the  see,  j  all  that  is  therin,  prayse  him, 
 the  lies  (t  they  that  dwel  in  them.  Let  the 
 wildernes  with  hir  cities  lift  vp  hir  voyce,  the 
 townes  also  that  be  in  Cedar.  Let  them  be 
 glad  that  syt  vpon  rockes  of  stone,  and  let 
 tliem  crie  downe  from  the  hie  mountaynes : 
 ascribinge  almightynes  vnto  the  LORDE,  5 
 magnifienge  him  amonge  the  Getiles.  The 
 LORDE  shal  come  forth  as  a  gyaunte,  and 
 take  a  stomacke  to  him  like  a  fresh  man  of 
 warre.  He  shal  roare  and  crie,  and  ouercome 
 his  enemies. 
 
 I  haue  longe  holden  my  peace  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  shulde  I  therfore  be  still,  and  kepe 
 sylence  for  euer  ?     I  will  crie  like  a  trauelinge 
 
 '  Matt.  3.  d.  Matt.  V>.  d.  Matt.  17.  a.  »  Esa.  4'1.  e. 
 Eaa.  40.  f.  '  Esa.  49.  b.       Luc.  2.  c.      Zac.  9.  b. 
 
 ■"  Psa.  149.  ii.  <•  Esa.  44.  b.  /  Matt.  15.  b. 
 
 woman,  and  once  wil  I  destroye,  and  deuoure. 
 I  wil  make  waist  both  mountayne  5  hill,  (t  drie 
 vp  euery  grene  thinge,  that  groweth  theron. 
 I  wil  drie  vp  the  floudes  of  water,  d  drinke  vp 
 the  ryuers.  I  wil  bringe  the  blinde  in  to  a 
 strete,  that  they  knowe  not :  and  lede  them  in 
 to  a  fotepath,  that  they  are  ignoraunt  in.  I 
 shal  make  darknesse  light  before  the,  5  the 
 thinge  y  is  croked,  to  be  straight.  These 
 thinges  will  I  do,  5  not  forget  them.  '  And 
 therfore  let  them  conuerte,  and  be  ashamed 
 earnestly,  that  hope  in  Idols,  5  saye  to  fashioned 
 ymages  :  ye  are  oure  godes. 
 
 Heare,  o  ye  deaf  men,  and  sharpen  youre 
 sightes  to  se  (0  ye  blinde.)  .'^But  who  is 
 blynder,  the  my  seruaunt  ?  Or  so  deaf,  as  my 
 raessaungers,  whom  I  sent  vnto  them  ?  For 
 who  is  so  blynde  as  my  people,  5  they  y 
 haue  the  rule  of  them  ?  They  are  like,  as  yf 
 thou  vnderstodest  moch,  and  keptestnothinge: 
 or  yf  one  herde  well,  but  were  not  obedient. 
 The  LORDE  be  merciful  vnto  them  for  his 
 rightuousnesse  sake,  that  his  worde  might  be 
 magnified  g  praysed.  But  it  is  a  myscheuous 
 (J  wiked  people.  Their  yonge  men  belonge 
 all  to  the  snare,  5  shal  be  shut  in  to  preson 
 houses.  ^  They  shal  be  caried  awaye  captyue 
 and  no  man  shal  lowse  them.  They  shal  be 
 trode  vnder  fote,  ''5  no  man  shal  laboure  to 
 bringe  the  agayne.  But  who  is  he  amonge 
 you,  y  pondreth  this  in  his  mynde,  y  con- 
 sidreth  it,  d  taketh  it  for  a  warnynge  in  tyme 
 to  come  ? 
 
 '  Who  suffred  lacob  to  be  trodden  vnder 
 fote,  and  Israel  to  be  spoyled?  dyd  not  the 
 LORDE''  Now  haue  we  synned  agaynst 
 him,  and  haue  had  no  delite  to  walke  in  his 
 wayes,  nether  bene  obedient  vnto  his  lawe. 
 Therfore  hath  he  poured  vpon  vs  his  wroothful 
 displeasure,  and  stroge  batell,  which  maketh 
 vs  haue  to  do  on  euery  syde,  yet  will  we  not 
 vnderstode  :  He  burneth  vs  vp,  yet  syncketh 
 it  not  in  to  oure  hartes. 
 
 Ci)e  vliij.  Cl&apUr. 
 
 BUT  now,  the  LORDE  that  made  the  (o 
 lacob)  'and  he  that  fashioned  the  (o  Is- 
 rael) saieth  thus:  Feare  not,  for  I  will  defende 
 y.  I  haue  called  y  by  thy  name,  thou  art 
 myne    owne.      When    thou   wentest   in   the 
 
 (  Deut.  28.         *  Esa.  44.  d.         ■  Baruc  1.  d.    Tobi.  3.  a. 
 Dan.  9.  a.  '  Esa.  41.  b.  4  Re.  17.  g.  Deut.  7.  a.    Deu, 
 
 26.  d.  Ose.  1.  b.  Exo.  14.  e.  Dan.  3.  d. 
 
Cbaj).  jLlitij* 
 
 C&e  propbet  Csap. 
 
 jfo.  iJC):bij, 
 
 water,  I  was  by  the,  that  the  stroge  floudes 
 shulde  not  pluck  f  awaye :  When  thou  walkest 
 in  the  fyre,  it  shal  not  burne  f,  and  the  flame 
 shall  not  kindle  vpon  the.  For  I  am  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  the  holyone  of  Israel,  thy 
 Sauioure.  I  gaue  Egipte  for  thy  delyueraunce, 
 the  Moryas  and  the  Sabees  for  the :  because 
 thou  wast  deare  in  my  sight,  and  because  I 
 set  by  the,  and  loued  the.  "  I  pilled  all  men 
 for  the,  and  delyuered  vp  all  people  for  thy 
 sake,  *  that  thou  shuldest  not  feare,  for  I  was 
 with  the.  I  wil  bringe  thy  sede  from  the 
 east,  and  gather  the  together  from  the  west. 
 I  wU  saye  to  the  north :  let  go.  And  to  the 
 south,  kepe  not  backe :  But  bringe  me  my 
 sonnes  from  farre,  and  my  doughters  from  the 
 endes  of  the  worlde :  Namely,  all  those  that 
 be  called  after  my  name :  For  the  haue  I 
 created,  fashioned,  and  made  for  myne  ho- 
 noure. 
 
 Bringe  forth  that  people,  whether  they  haue 
 eyes  or  be  blynde, '  deaf  or  haue  eares.  All 
 nacions  shal  come  in  one,  and  be  gathered  in 
 one  people.  But  which  amonge  yonder  goddes 
 shall  declare  soch  thinges,  (j  tell  vs  what  is  to 
 come  ?  Let  them  bringe  their  witnesses,  so 
 shal  they  be  fre :  for  the  men  shal  heare  it, 
 and  saye  :  it  is  truth.  But  I  bringe  you  wit- 
 nesses (saith  the  LORDE)  euen  those  that 
 are  my  seruauntes,  whom  I  haue  chosen :  to 
 the  intent  that  ye  might  be  certified,  and  geue 
 me  faithful  credence :  yee  and  to  cosidre,  that 
 I  am  he,  before  whom  there  was  neuer  eny 
 God,  and  that  there  shalbe  none  after  me 
 ''  I  am  only  the  LORDE,  and  without  me 
 is  there  no  Sauioure.  I  geue  warnynge,  I 
 make  whole,  I  teach  you,  that  there  shulde  be 
 no  straunge  God  amonge  you.  And  this 
 recorde  must  ye  beare  me  youre  selues  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  that  I  am  God.  And  euen  he 
 am  I  from  the  begynnynge,  and  there  is  none, 
 '  that  can  take  eny  thinge  out  of  my  honde. 
 And  what  I  do,  can  no  man  chaunge. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  the  holy  one  of 
 Israel  youre  redemer:  -^  For  youre  sake  I  will 
 sende  to  Babilon,  and  bringe  all  the  strongest 
 of  them  from  thence :  Namely,  the  Caldees 
 that  boost  them  of  their  shippes :  Euen  I  the 
 LORDE  youre  holy  one  which  haue  made 
 Israel,  and  am  youre  kinge.     Morouer,  thus 
 
 »  Esa.  41.  d.    Matt.  8.  b.  »  Esa.  29.  d.    Galat.  3.  a. 
 
 '  Luc.  14.  c.    Epbe.  2.  d.  ''  Esa.  44.  b.    Apoc.  1.  b, 
 
 Osee  13.  b.        '  loh.  10.  f.  /Eaa.  5.  d.       (tExo.  14.  e. 
 
 los.  3.  d.  Esa.  10.  a.  Esa.  37.  f.  *  1  Cor.  5.  d.  Apoc.  21.  b. 
 
 saieth  the  LORDE  (Euen  he  that  maketh  a 
 waye  in  the  see,  ^and  a  footpath  in  the  inightie 
 waters:  which  bringeth  forth  the  charettes  and 
 horses,  the  hooste  and  the  power,  that  they 
 maye  fall  a  slepe  and  neuer  ryse,  and  be  ex- 
 tincte,  like  as  tow  is  quenched. 
 
 *  Ye  remembre  not  thinges  of  olde,  and  re- 
 garde  nothinge  that  is  past.  Therfore  beholde, 
 I  shal  make  a  new  thinge,  and  shortly  shall  it 
 apeare  :  Ye  shall  well  knowe  it,  I  tolde  it  you 
 afore,  but  I  will  tell  it  you  agaane. 
 
 I  will  make  stretes  in  the  deserte,  and  ryuers 
 of  water  in  the  wildernesse.  The  wilde 
 beastes  shal  worshippe  me :  the  dragon,  and 
 the  Estrich.  '  For  I  shall  geue  water  in  y 
 wildernesse,  and  streames  in  the  deserte :  that 
 I  maye  geue  drike  to  my  people,  whom  I 
 chose.  This  people  haue  I  made  for  my  self, 
 and  they  shal  shewe  forth  my  prayse.  For 
 thou  (lacob)  woldest  not  call  vpon  me,  but 
 thou  haddest  an  vnlust  towarde  me,  o  Israel. 
 Thou  gauest  me  not  thy  yonge  beastes  for 
 burntofFringes,  nether  didest  honoure  me  with 
 thy  sacrifices.  Thou  boughtesi  me  no  deare 
 spice  with  thi  money,  nether  pouredest  the  fat 
 of  thy  sacrifices  vpon  me.  *Howbeit  I  haue 
 not  bene  chargeable  vnto  the  in  ofFriges, 
 nether  greuous  in  Incense. 
 
 'But  thou  hast  lade  me  with  thy  synnes, 
 and  wearied  me  with  thy  vngodlynes  :  Where 
 as  I  yet  am  euen  he  only,  that  for  myne  owne 
 selfes  sake  do  awaye  thine  offences,  g  forget 
 thy  synnes :  so  that  I  wil  neuer  thinke  vpon 
 them.  Put  me  now  in  remembraunce  (for 
 we  will  reason  together)  (j  shewe  what  thou 
 hast  for  the,  to  make  the  quyte.  ""  Thy  first 
 father  offended  sore,  and  thy  rulers  haue 
 synned  agaynst  me.  Therfore  I  ether  sus 
 pended,  or  slewe  the  chefest  prynces :  I  dyd 
 curse  lacob,  and  gaue  Israel  in  to  reprofe. 
 
 Cijc  yliii).  Ci^apter. 
 
 SO  heare  now,  o  lacob  my  seruaunt,  and 
 "Israel  whom  I  haue  chose.  For  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE,  that  made  the,  fashioned 
 the,  and  helped  the,  euen  from  thy  mothers 
 wombe :  Be  not  afrayde  (o  lacob  my  ser- 
 uaunte,)  thou  rightuous,  whom  I  haue  chosen. 
 "  For  I  shal  poure  water  vpon  the  drie 
 grounde,  and  ryuers  vpon  the  thurstie.    I  shal 
 
 ■  Psal.  106.  d.  Esa.  35.  b.  41.  c.  44.  a.  *  Esa.  l.b.  lere 
 7.  c.  '  Psal.  24.  b.  lere.  33.  b.  '"  Gen.  3.  b.  Nu.  20.  b 
 "  lere.  30.  b.  lere.  46.  g.  Esa.  43.  a.  Esa.  41.  b.  »  Eze 
 36.  d.  loel  2.  g.  Act.  2.  g. 
 
 81 
 
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 Cbt  propljft  (Jfsfap. 
 
 Cfjap,  irliitj. 
 
 a 
 
 poure  my  sprete  vpon  thi  sede,  and  myne 
 encrease  vpo  thy  stocke.  They  shal  growe 
 together,  like  as  the  grasse,  and  as  the  Willies 
 by  the  waters  side.  One  will  sayo :  I  am  the 
 LORDES.  Another  wil  call  vnder  the  name 
 of  lacob.  The  thirde  shal  subscrybe  with  his 
 honde  vnto  y  LOIIDE,  and  geue  him  self 
 vnder  the  name  of  Israel. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  hath  the  LORDE  spoke : 
 "  euen  the  kinge  of  Israel,  and  his  avenger,  y 
 LORDE  of  hoostes:  I  am  the  first,  and  the 
 last,  and  without  me  is  there  no  God.  For 
 what  is  he,  that  euer  was  like  me,  which  am 
 from  euerlastinge  ?  Let  him  shewe  his  name 
 and  do  wherthorow  he  maye  be  lickened  vnto 
 me.  Let  him  tell  you  forth  planely  thiges, 
 that  are  past  and  for  to  come :  yee  and  that 
 without  eny  feare  or  stoppe.  For  haue  not  I 
 euer  tolde  you  hyther  to,  5  warned  you  ?  Ye 
 can  beare  me  recorde  youre  selues.  Is  there 
 eny  God  excepte  me  ?  or  eny  maker,  that  I 
 shulde  not  knowe  him  ? 
 
 Wherfore  all  caruers  of  Idols  are  but  vayne, 
 and  their  laboure  lost.  They  must  beare 
 recorde  them  selues,  that  (seinge  they  can 
 nether  se  ner  vnderstonde)  they  shalbe  con- 
 founded. '  Who  shulde  now  make  a  god,  or 
 fashio  an  Idol,  that  is  profitable  for  nothinge  ? 
 '  Beholde  all  the  felashippe  of  the  must  be 
 brought  to  confucion.  Let  all  the  workmasters 
 of  them  come  and  stonde  together  from 
 amonge  men :  they  must  be  abashed  and  con- 
 fouded  one  with  another.  The  smyth  taketh 
 yron,  and  tempreth  it  with  hote  coles,  and 
 fashioneth  it  with  hammers,  (e  maketh  it  with 
 all  the  strength  of  his  armes :  Yee  somtyme 
 he  is  faynt  for  very  hunger,  and  so  thurstie, 
 that  he  hath  no  more  power.  The  carpenter 
 (or  ymage  earner)  taketh  me  the  tymbre,  and 
 spredeth  forth  his  lyne :  he  marketh  it  with 
 some  coloure :  he  playneth  it,  he  ruleth  it,  ad 
 squareth  it,  and  maketh  it  after  the  ymage  of 
 a  man,  and  acordinge  to  the  bewtie  of  a  man : 
 that  it  maye  stonde  in  the  temple. 
 
 Morouer,  he  goeth  out  to  hewe  downe 
 Cedre  trees :  He  bringeth  home  Elmes  and 
 okes,  and  other  tymbre  of  the  wodd.  Or  els 
 the  Fyrre  trees  which  he  planted  himself,  ad 
 soch  as  the  rayne  hath  swelled,  which  wodde 
 serueth  for  me  to  burne.  Of  this  he  taketh 
 and  warmeth  himself  withall :  he  maketh  a 
 
 Esa.  41.  b.  Apo.  1.  d.  Esa.  48.  b.  Apo.  22.  c.  Esa.  43.  b. 
 »  Esa.  42.  b.         ■■  Psal.  113.  b.  Sap.  13.  c. 
 
 fyre  of  it  to  bake  bred.  And  after  warde 
 maketh  a  god  there  of,  to  honoure  it :  and  an 
 Idol,  to  knele  before  it.  One  pece  he  burneth 
 in  the  fyre,  with  another  he  rosteth  flesh,  that 
 he  maye  eate  roste  his  bely  full :  with  the 
 thirde  he  wanneth  himself,  and  saieth  :  A  ha: 
 I  am  well  warmed,  I  haue  bene  at  the  fyre. 
 And  of  the  residue,  he  maketh  him  a  god,  and 
 an  Idol  for  himself.  He  kneleth  before  it,  he 
 worshippeth  it,  he  prayeth  vnto  it,  and  sayeth : 
 delyuer  me,  for  thou  art  my  god. 
 
 ''Yet  men  nether  considre  ner  vnderstonde, 
 because  their  eyes  are  stopped,  that  they  can 
 not  se  :  and  their  hertes,  that  they  can  not 
 perceaue.  They  pondre  not  in  their  myndes 
 (for  they  haue  nether  knowlege  ner  vnder- 
 stodinge)  to  thinke  thus:  I  haue  bret  one 
 pece  in  the  fyre,  I  haue  baked  bred  with  f 
 coles  there  of,  I  haue  rosted  flesh  withall,  5 
 eaten  it :  Shal  I  now  of  the  residue  make  an 
 abhominacion,  and  fall  downe  before  a  rotten 
 pece  of  wodd?  The  kepinge  of  dust,  and 
 folishnesse  of  herte  hath  turned  them  a  syde : 
 so  that  none  of  them  can  haue  a  fre  conscience 
 to  thinke  :  maye  not  I  erre  ? 
 
 Cosidre  this  (0  lacob  and  Israel)  for  thou 
 art  my  seruaiit.  I  haue  made  the,  that  thou 
 mightest  serue  me.  O  Israel,  forget  me  not. 
 'As  for  thyne  offences,  I  dryue  them  awaye 
 like  the  cloudes,  and  thy  synnes  as  the  myst 
 Turne  f  agayne  vnto  me,  (5  I  will  delyuer  f. 
 Be  glad  ye  heauens,  whom  the  LORDE 
 hath  made,  let  all  y  is  here  beneth  vpon  the 
 earth,  be  ioyfull.  Reioyse  ye  mountaynes  {j 
 woddes,  with  all  the  trees  that  are  in  you: 
 for  f  LORDE  shal  redeme  lacob,  5  shewe 
 his  glory  vpon  Israel.  For  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  thy  redemer,  euen  he  that  fashioned 
 the  from  thy  mothers  wombe :  -^  I  am  the 
 LORDE,  which  do  all  thinges  my  self  alone. 
 I  only  haue  spred  out  the  heauens,  and  I  only 
 haue  layde  the  foundacion  of  the  earth.  I 
 destroye  the  tokens  of  witches,  and  make  the 
 Sothsayers  go  wronge.  As  for  the  wise,  I 
 turne  them  bacward,  and  make  their  conninge 
 folishnesse. 
 
 But  I  set  vp  the  purpose  of  my  seruauntes, 
 and  fulfil  the  councel  of  my  messaiigers.  I 
 saye  to  lerusale  :  turne  agayne  :  And  to  the 
 cities  of  luda,  be  ye  buylded  agayne  :  and  I 
 repayre  their  decayed  places.     I  saye  to  the 
 
 ''  Esa.  42.  c.        '  Esa.  43.  d.        /Rom.  11.  d.  Gen.  1.  a. 
 Esa.  4.  c. 
 
Cbap.  Fib. 
 
 €i)t  prop&ft  Ofsap. 
 
 fo,  irciru'. 
 
 grounde  :  be  drie.  And  I  drie  vp  thy  water 
 floudes.  I  saye  to  Cirus :  thou  art  myiie  hyrd 
 man,  so  that  he  shal  fulfill  all  thinges  after  my 
 will.  I  saye  to  Jerusalem :  be  thou  buylded, 
 and  to  the  teple :  be  thou  fast  grounded. 
 
 Ci^e  rlS-  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 THUS  saieth  the  LORDE  vnto  Cirus  his 
 anoynted,"  whom  he  ledeth  by  f  right 
 hode :  that  the  people  maye  fall  downe  before 
 him :  I  wil  lowse  the  gyrdle  of  kinges,  y  they 
 shal  open  the  gates  before  thy  face,  and  not 
 to  shut  their  dores.  I  wil  go  before  the,  and 
 make  the  croked  straight.  I  shal  breake  the 
 brasen  dores,  g  burst  the  yron  barres.  I  shall 
 geue  the  the  hyd  treasure,  d  the  thinge  which 
 is  secretly  kepte  :  that  thou  mayest  knowe,  y 
 *  I  the  God  of  Israel  haue  called  the  by  thy 
 name  :  and  that  for  lacob  my  seruaunt  sake, 
 I  for  Israel  my  chosen.  For  I  called  the  by 
 thy  name,  and  ordened  the,  or  euer  thou 
 knewest  me:  Euen  I  the  LORDE, 'before 
 whom  there  is  none  other,  for  without  me  there 
 is  no  God.  I  haue  prepared  the,  ''or  euer  thou 
 knewest  me  :  that  it  might  be  knowne  from 
 the  risynge  of  the  Sonne  to  the  goinge  downe 
 of  the  same,  that  all  is  nothinge  without  me. 
 '  For  I  am  the  LORDE,  5  there  is  els  none. 
 It  is  I  y  created  the  light  and  darcknes,  I 
 make  peace  and  trouble :  Yee  euen  I  the 
 LORDE  do  all  these  thinges.  The  heauens 
 aboue  shal  droppe  downe,  and  the  cloudes  shal 
 rayne  rightuousnes.  The  earth  shal  open  it 
 self,  and  brynge  forth  health,  and  therby  shal 
 rightuousnes  florish.  Euen  I  the  LORDE 
 shal  bringe  it  to  passe. 
 
 '^Wo  be  vnto  him  that  chydeth  with  his 
 maker,  the  potsherde  with  the  potter.  Saieth 
 f  claye  to  the  potter:  What  makest  thou?  or, 
 thy  worke  serueth  for  nothige  ?  Wo  be  vnto 
 him,  y  saieth  to  his  father:  why  begettest 
 thou  ?  And  to  his  mother :  why  bearest  thou? 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE,  euen  the  holy  one 
 5  maker  of  Israel :  Axe  me  of  thinges  for  to 
 come,  concernynge  my  sonnes :  and  put  me 
 in  remebraunce,  as  touchinge  the  workes  of 
 my  hodes :  I  haue  made  the  earth,  and  created 
 ma  vpon  it.  With  my  hondes  haue  I  spred 
 forth  heauen,  and  geuen  a  commaundment 
 for  all  the  hooste  therof.     I  shal  wake  him  vp 
 
 -  1  Esd.  1.  a.    *Gen.  39.  a.    <•  Esa.  43.  b.     •'lere.  l.a. 
 '  Gen.  1.  ludic.  9.  d.  /lere.  18.  a.  19.  c.    Esa.  29.  c. 
 
 Ro.  9.  d.  Eccli.  33.  b.        <lEsd.  l.a.        '■Rom.  11.  d. 
 
 with  rightuousnesse,  and  ordre  all  his  wayes. 
 He  shal  buylde  my  cite,  S(t  let  out  my  prisoners: 
 5  that  nether  for  gift  nor  rewardes,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  sayde  morouer:  The 
 occupiers  of  Egipte,  the  marchauntes  of  the 
 Moryans  and  Sabees,  shal  come  vnto  the 
 with  tribute,  they  shalbe  thine,  they  shal 
 folowe  the,  and  go  with  cheynes  vpon  their 
 fete.  They  shal  fall  downe  before  the,  and 
 make  supplicacion  vnto  the.  For  God  (with 
 out  who  there  is  none  other  God)  shal  be  with 
 the.  ''  O  how  profounde  art  thou  o  God,  thou 
 God  5  Sauioure  of  Israel  ?  Confounded  be 
 ye,  and  put  to  dishonoure :  go  hence  together 
 with  shame,  all  ye  that  be  workmasters  of 
 erroure :  (that  is  worshippers  of  Idols.)  But 
 Israel  shalbe  saued  in  the  LORDE,  which  is 
 the  euerlastinge  saluacio :  They  shal  not  come 
 to  shame  ner  confucion,  worlde  without  ende. 
 
 For  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE :  '  euen  he 
 that  created  heauen,  the  God  y  made  the 
 earth,  that  fashioned  it,  and  set  it  forth :  I 
 haue  not  made  it  for  naught,  but  I  made  it  to 
 be  enhabited :  Euen  I  the  LORDE,  without 
 whom  there  is  none  other.  I  haue  not  spoken 
 secretly,*  nether  in  darcke  places  of  the  earth. 
 It  is  not  for  naught,  that  I  sayde  vnto  the 
 sede  of  lacob :  seke  me.  I  am  the  LORDE, 
 which  whe  I  speake,  declare  the  thinge  that 
 is  rightuous  and  true.  Let  the  be  gathered  5 
 come  together,  let  the  drawe  nye  hyther,  y  are 
 escaped  of  the  people :  Haue  they  eny  vnder- 
 stondinge,'  that  set  vp  the  stockes  of  their 
 Idols,  and  praye  vnto  a  god,  that  ca  not  helpe 
 the?  Let  men  drawe  nye,  let  them  come 
 hither,  ad  aske  councel  one  at  another,  and 
 shewe  forth :  What  is  he,  that  tolde  this  be- 
 fore? or,  who  spake  of  it,  euer  sence  the 
 begynnynge  ?  Haue  not  I  y  LORDE  done 
 it :  without  "  whom  there  is  none  other  God  ? 
 the  true  God  and  sauioure,  "  and  there  is  els 
 none  but  I  ?  And  therfore  turne  you  vnto  me 
 (all  ye  endes  of  the  earth)  so  shal  ye  be  saued, 
 for  I  am  God,  %  there  is  els  none.  I  sweare 
 by  my  self :  out  of  my  mouth  cometh  f  worde 
 of  rightuousnesse,  and  that  maye  no  man 
 turne :  but  all  knees  shal  bowe  vnto  me,"  and 
 all  tunges  shal  sweare  by  me,  sayenge :  Verely 
 in    the   LORDE    is    my   rightuousnes   and 
 
 Gen.  1.  a. 
 "  Esa.  48.  b. 
 
 Exo.  20.  c. 
 '  Esa.  44.  b. 
 
 '  Esa,  44.  c.    Baruc  6. 
 '  Ro.  14.  b.    PhU.  2.  b, 
 
#0.  IrcvF. 
 
 Wi)t  piopOft  €2!ai). 
 
 Cbap.  Fibi. 
 
 strength.  To  him  shal  mc  come :  but  all 
 they  that  thinke  scorne  of  him,  shalbe  con- 
 founded. And  the  whole  sede  of  Israel  shalbe 
 iustified,  j  praysed  in  f  LORDE. 
 
 W^t  rlbi.  Cljapter. 
 
 NEUERTHELES  Bel  shal  fall,"  5  Nabo 
 shalbe  broken :  whose  yniages  are  a 
 burthe  for  the  beastes  and  catell,  to  ouerlade 
 the,  and  to  make  them  weery.  They  shal 
 syncke  downe,  and  fall  together:  for  they 
 maye  not  ease  them  of  their  burthen,  ther- 
 fore  must  they  go  in  to  captiuyte. 
 
 Herken  vnto  me,  o  house  of  laeob,  and  all 
 ye  that  remayne  yet  of  the  housholde  of  Israel : 
 whom  I  haue  borne  from  youre  mothers 
 wombe,  and  brought  you  vp  from  youre  byrth, 
 till  ye  were  growen  :  I  I  which  shall  beare  you 
 vnto  youre  last  age :  I  haue  made  you,  I  will 
 also  norish  you,  beare  you  and  saue  you. 
 Whom  will  ye  make  me  like,  in  fashion  or 
 ymage,  that  I  maye  be  like  him?  *Ye  fooles 
 (no  doute)  wil  take  out  syluer  and  golde  out 
 of  youre  purses,  and  weye  it,  and  hyre  a  gold- 
 smyth  to  make  a  god  of  it,  that  men  maye 
 knele  downe  and  worshipe  it.  '^Yet  must  he 
 be  taken  on  mens  shulders  and  borne,  and  set  in 
 his  place,  that  he  maye  stonde  and  not  moue. 
 Alas  that  men  shulde  crie  vnto  him,  which 
 geueth  no  answere :  and  delyuereth  not  the 
 man  that  calleth  vpon  him,  from  his  trouble. 
 
 Considre  this  well,  and  be  ashamed,  Go 
 in  to  youre  owne  selues  (O  ye  runnagates). 
 Remembre  the  thinges  which  are  past,  sence 
 the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde :  that  I  am 
 God,  and  that  there  is  els  no  God,  yee  and  y 
 there  is  nothinge  like  vnto  me.  In  the  be- 
 gynnynge of  a  thinge,  I  she  we  the  ende 
 therof :  and  I  tel  before,  thinges  that  are  not 
 yet  come  to  passe.  With  one  worde  is  my 
 deuyce  accomplished,  j  fulfilleth  all  my  plea- 
 sure. I  call  a  byrde  out  of  the  east,  ''and  all 
 that  I  take  in  honde,  out  of  farre  countrees. 
 As  soone  as  I  commaunde,  I  bringe  it  hither : ' 
 as  soone  as  I  thinke  to  deuyse  a  thinge,  I  do  it. 
 
 Heare  me,  o  ye  that  are  of  an  hie  stomack, 
 but  farre  from  rightuousnesse.  I  shal  bringe 
 forth  my  rightuousnesse.  It  is  not  farre,  and 
 my  health  shal  not  tarie  longe  awaye.  I  wil 
 laye  health  in  Sio,  and  geue  Israel  my  glory. 
 
 '  Dani.  14.  c.     1  Re.  5.  a.    lere.  5.  a.  »  Esa.  44.  f. 
 
 Exo.  32.  a.  c  Esa.  44.  c.     Baruc  6.  c.         ''  Exo.  16.  c. 
 
 •  Psal.  148.  a.  32.  b.  /  Eze.  16.    d.     Nau.  3.  b. 
 
 Cl)t  vlbij.Cljapter. 
 
 BUT  as  for  the  (O  doughter,  thou  virgin 
 Babilon)  thou  shalt  syt  in  the  dust. 
 Thou  shalt  syt  vpon  the  groiide,  and  not  in 
 a  trone  (o  thou  mayden  of  Chaldea).  Thou 
 shalt  nomore  be  called  tender,  and  pleasaut. 
 Thou  shalt  bringe  forth  the  querne,  5  grynede 
 meel,  put  downe  thy  stomacher,  make  bare 
 thy  knees,  and  shalt  wade  thorow  the  water 
 ryuers.  ■'^Thy  shame  shalbe  discouered,  ad 
 thy  preuyties  shal  be  sene.  For  I  wil  auenge 
 me  of  the,  and  no  man  shal  let  me :  saieth 
 oure  redemer,  which  is  called  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes,  the  holy  one  of  Israel. 
 
 Syt  still,  holde  thy  tunge,  and  get  the  into 
 some  darcke  corner  (O  doughter  Caldea)  for 
 thou  shalt  nomore  be  called  lady  of  kyng- 
 domes.  I  was  so  wroth  with  my  people,  y  I 
 punyshed  myne  enheritaunce,*  and  gaue  them 
 in  to  thy  power.  Neuertheles,  thou  shewdest 
 them  no  mercy,  but  euen  the  very  aged  men 
 of  the,  didest  thou  oppresse  right  sore  with 
 thy  yock,  5  thou  thoughtest  thus:  I  shalbe 
 lady  for  euer.  And  besyde  all  that,  thou  hast 
 not  regarded  these  thinges,  nether  cast,  what 
 shulde  come  after. 
 
 Heare  now  therfore,  thou  wilful,  that  syttest 
 so  carelesse,  5  speakest  thus  in  thine  herte  : ''  I 
 am  alone,  and  without  me  is  there  none :  I 
 shal  neuer  be  wydow,  ner  desolate  agayne. 
 And  yet  both  these  thiges'  shal  come  to  the 
 vpo  one  daye  in  the  twincklinge  of  an  eye : 
 Namely,  wyddowhead,  and  desolacion.  They 
 shal  mightely  fall  vpon  the,  for  f  multitude 
 of  thy  witches,  and  for  the  greate  heape  of 
 thy  coniurers.  For  thou  hast  conforted  thy 
 self  in  thy  disceatfulnes,  and  hast  sayde  :  No 
 ma  seith  me.  Thyne  owne  wisdome  5  con- 
 nynge  haue  disceaued  the,  *  In  that  thou  hast 
 sayde :  I  am  alone,  and  without  me  there  is 
 none.  Therfore  shal  trouble  come  vpo  f,  5 
 thou  shalt  not  knowe,  from  whece  it  shal  arise. 
 Myschefe  shal  fall  vpo  f,  which  thou  shalt  not 
 be  able  to  put  of.  A  sodane  misery  shal  come 
 vpon  the,  or  euer  thou  be  awarre. 
 
 Now  go  to  thy  coniurers,  and  to  the  multi- 
 tude of  thy  witches,  (whom  thou  hast  bene  ac- 
 quanted  withal  from  thi  youth)  yf  they  maye 
 helpe  the,  or  strengths  the.     Thou  hast  hither 
 
 f  Pro.  21.  b.    lere.  50.  b. 
 '  Dani.  3.  e. 
 
 "  Esa.  10.  b.     Apo.  18.  c. 
 Esa.  29.  c. 
 
Cftap.  vMij, 
 
 Cfte  propftet  Csfap* 
 
 ffo,  iic^Ti. 
 
 to  had  many  councels  of  them,  so  let  the 
 heauengasers  s  the  beholders  of  starres,  come 
 on  now  and  delyuer  the:  yee  and  let  the 
 shewe,  when  these  new  thinges  shall  come 
 vpon  the.  Beholde,  they  shalbe  like  strawe, 
 which  yf  it  be  kindled  with  fyre,  no  man  maye 
 rydde  it  for  the  vehemence  of  the  flame :  And 
 yet  it  geueth  no  zynders  to  warme  a  ma  by, 
 ner  cleare  fyre  to  syt  by.  Euen  so  shal  they  be 
 vnto  the,  whom  thou  hast  vsed  5  occupide  from 
 thy  youth.  Euery  one  shal  shewe  f  his  erro- 
 neous waye,  yet  shall  none  of  them  defende  the. 
 
 Cl^e  rlbii).  Cl)apt«r. 
 
 HEARE  this,  O  thou  house  of  lacob  :  ye 
 y  are  called  by  the  name  of  Israel,  and 
 are  come  out  of  one  stocke  with  luda:  which 
 sweare  by  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 beare  witnesse  by  the  God  of  Israel  (but  not 
 with  treuth  and  right)  "which  are  called  fre 
 men  of  the  holy  citie,  as  they  that  loke  for 
 conforth  in  the  God  of  Israel,  whose  name  is 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 The  thinges  that  I  shewed  you  euer  sence 
 the  begynnynge  :  Haue  I  not  brought  the  to 
 passe,  immediatly  as  they  came  out  of  my 
 mouth,  and  declared  them  ?  And  they  are 
 come  ?  Howbeit  I  knewe  that  thou  art  ob- 
 stinate, and  that  thy  neck  hath  an  yron  vane, 
 and  that  thy  brow  is  of  brasse.  Neuertheles 
 I  haue  euer  sence  the  begynnynge  shewed  the 
 of  thinges  for  to  come,  and  declared  the  vnto 
 the,  or  euer  they  came  to  passe :  that  thou 
 shuldest  not  saye:  myne  Idol  hath  done  it, 
 my  carued  or  cast  ymage  hath  shewed  it. 
 Heare  5  considre  all  these  thinges,  whether  it 
 was  ye  that  prophecied  the :  But  as  for  me, 
 I  tolde  the  before  at  the  begynnynge,  new  5 
 secrete  thinges,  y  thou  knewest  not  of:  'And 
 some  done  now  not  of  olde  time,  wherof  thou 
 neuer  herdest,  before  they  were  brought  to 
 passe :  that  thou  canst  not  saye :  I  knewe  of 
 them.  Morouer  there  be  some  wherof  thou 
 hast  nether  herde  ner  knowne,  nether  haue 
 they  bene  opened  vnto  thine  eares  afore  tyme. 
 For  I  knew  that  thou  woldest  maliciousli 
 offende,  therfore  haue  I  called  the  a  trans- 
 gressoure,  euen  from  thy  mothers  wombe. 
 
 Neuertheles  for  my  names  sake,  I  haue 
 withdrawen  my  wrath,  and  for  myne  honours 
 
 «  Ephe.  2.  b.     Esa.  51.  c.    lerem.  3.  f.        »  Esa.  37.  f. 
 Exo.  3.  b.        ■<  Esa.  42.  b.  '  Esa.  41.  b.    Apo.  1.  b. 
 
 /Esa.  45.  d.      «Ro.7.b.   ITim.l.b.  Tit.3.  b.    Deut.  28. 
 
 sake  I  haue  ouersene  the,  so  that  I  haue  not 
 rooted  the  out.  Beholde  I  haue  pourged  the, 
 and  not  for  moneye.  I  haue  chosen  the  in 
 the  fyre  of  pouerte,  And  that  only  for  myne 
 owne  sake,  'for  I  geue  myne  Honoure  to  none 
 other,  that  thou  shuldest  not  despise  me 
 Herken  vnto  me  o  lacob,''  5  Israel  who  I  haue 
 called.  I  am  euen  he  that  is,  I  am  y  first 
 and  the  last.'  My  honde  is  the  foundacion  of 
 the'earth,  5  my  right  honde  spanneth  ouer  the 
 heauens.  As  soone  as  I  called  the  they  were 
 there.  Gather  you  all  together,  ad  herken : 
 Which  of  yonder  goddes  hath  declared  this, 
 that  the  LORDE  wil  do  by  the  kinge  of 
 Babilon,  (whom  he  loueth  5  fauoureth)  and 
 by  the  Caldees  his  arme?  I  my  self  alone 
 haue  tolde  you  this  before.  Yee  I  shal  call 
 him  and  bringe  him  forth,  5  geue  him  a  pros- 
 perous iourneye.  Come  nye  5  heare  this :  haue 
 I  spoke  eny  thige  darckly^  sence  the  begyn- 
 nynge ?  whe  a  thige  begynneth,  I  am  there. 
 
 Wherfore  the  LORDE  God  with  his  sprete 
 hath  sent  me.  And  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 thine  avenger,  the  holyone  of  Israel :  *"  I  am  f 
 LORDE  thy  God,  which  teach  the  profitable 
 thinges,  and  lede  f  the  waye,  that  thou  shuldest 
 go.  Yf  thou  wilt  now  regarde  my  comaunde- 
 ment,  thy  welthynes  shalbe  as  the  water 
 streame :  5  thy  rightuousnes  as  the  wawes 
 flowinge  in  the  see.  Thy  sede  shalbe  like  as 
 the  sonde  in  the  see,  g  the  frute  of  thy  body, 
 like  the  grauel  stones  therof :  Thy  name  shal 
 not  be  roted  out,  nor  destroyed  before  me. 
 Ye  shal  go  awaye  from  Babilon,  and  escape 
 the  Caldees  with  a  mery  voyce.  ''  This  shalbe 
 spoken  of,  declared  abrode,  j  go  forth  vnto  the 
 ende  of  the  worlde :  so  that  it  shalbe  sayde : 
 The  LORDE  hath  defended  his  seruaunte 
 lacob,  that  they  suSred  no  thurste,'  whe  they 
 trauayled  in  the  wildernesse.  He  claue  the 
 rockes  a  sonder,  and  the  water  gusshed  out. 
 As  for  the  vngodly,  they  haue  no  peace,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.* 
 
 MESSIAS. 
 
 HERKEN  vnto  me,  ye  lies,  and  take  hede 
 ye  people  from  farre :  The  LORDE 
 hath  called  me  fro  my  byrth,  and  made  mecion 
 of  my  name  fro  my  mothers  wobe :    'he  hath 
 
 »  lere.  51.  a.     1  Esd.  1.  b.  ■  Exo.  17.  b.     Nu.  20.  b. 
 
 '  Esa.  57.  c.        '  Esa.  51.  c.    Eph.  6.  b. 
 
jTo.  ttmu 
 
 €\)t  propbft  (Csiap. 
 
 Cftap.  jrlir. 
 
 made  my  mouth  like  a  sharpe  swerde,  vnder 
 f  shadowe  of  his  honde  hath  he  defended  me, 
 and  hyd  me  in  his  quyuer,  as  a  good  arowe, 
 and  sayde  vnto  me :  Thou  art  my  seruaunt 
 Israel,  I  wilbe  honoured  in  the."  Then  an- 
 swerde  I:  I  shal  lese  my  laboure,  I  shal 
 spende  my  strength  in  vayne.  Neuertheles,  I 
 wil  commytte  my  cause  and  my  worke  vnto 
 the  LORDE  my  God.  And  now  saieth  the 
 LORDE  (eue  he  that  fashioned  me  fro  my 
 mothers  wombe  to  be  his  seruaute,  that  I 
 maye  bringe  lacob  agayne  vnto  him :  how- 
 beit,  Israel  will  not  be  gathered  vnto  hi  agayne. 
 In  whose  sight  I  am  greate,  which  also  is  my 
 LORDE,  my  God  and  my  stregth.)  Let  it 
 be  but  a  smal  thinge,  that  thou  art  my  ser- 
 uaunt, to  set  vp  the  kinreddes  of  lacob,  5  to 
 restore  the  destructio  of  Israel :  'yf  I  make 
 the  not  also  the  light  of  the  Gentiles,  that  thou 
 mayest  be  my  health  vnto  the  ende  of  the 
 worlde. 
 
 Morouer  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  the 
 aveger  and  holy  one  of  Israel,  because  of 
 the  abhorringe  and  despisinge  amonge  the 
 Gentiles,  concemynge  the  seruaunt  of  all 
 them  y  beare  rule :  Kynges  and  prynces  shal 
 se,  and  arise  and  worshipe,  because  of  the 
 LORDE  that  he  is  faithfull :  and  because  of 
 the  holy  one  of  Israel,  which  hath  chosen  the. 
 
 '  And  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  In  the 
 tyme  apoynted  wil  I  be  present  with  the. 
 And  in  the  houre  of  health  vAl  I  helpe  the,  5 
 delyuer  the.  I  wil  make  the  a  pledge  for  y 
 people,  so  y  thou  shalt  helpe  vp  the  earth 
 agayne,  and  chalenge  agayne  the  scatred  here- 
 tages :  ''  That  thou  mayest  saye  to  y  presoners : 
 go  forth,  (J  to  them  that  are  in  darknesse : 
 come  in  to  the  light,  that  they  maye  fede  in 
 the  hie  wayes,  s  get  their  lyuynge  in  all  places. 
 There  shal  nether  hunger  ner  thurste,  heate 
 nor  Sonne  hurte  them.  -^For  he  that  fauoureth 
 them,  shal  lede  them,  and  geue  them  drike 
 of  the  springe  welles.  I  will  make  wayes 
 vpon  all  my  mountaynes,  and  my  fote  pathes 
 shalbe  exalted.  And  beholde,  they  shal 
 come  from  farre:  lo,  some  from  the  north 
 and  west,  some  from  the  south.  ^  Reioyse 
 ye  heauens,  and  synge  prayses  thou  earth : 
 Talke  of  ioye  ye  hilles,  for  God  wil  coforte 
 his  people,  (j  haue  mercy  vpon  his,  y  be  in 
 trouble. 
 
 •  loU.  17.  a.  »  Esa.  42.  b. 
 
 =  2  Cor.  6.  a.  lere.  11.  a.  Esa.  42.  a. 
 
 Act.  13.  g.    loh.  8.  b. 
 ''  Luc.  4.  c.  Zach.  9.  b. 
 
 Then  shal  Sion  saye :  God  hath  forsaken 
 me,  and  the  LORDE  hath  forgotte  me. 
 '  Doth  a  wife  forget  the  childe  of  hir  wombe, 
 ad  the  sonne  who  she  hath  borne  ?  And 
 though  she  do  forget,  yet  wil  not  I  forget  the, 
 Beholde,  I  haue  written  the  vp  vpon  my 
 hondes,  thy  walles  are  euer  in  my  sight.  They 
 that  haue  broken  the  downe,  shal  make  haist 
 to  buylde  the  vp  agayne :  and  they  that  made 
 the  waist,  shal  dwell  in  the.  Lift  vp  thine 
 eyes,  and  loke  aboute  the :  all  these  shal  gather 
 them  together,''  and  come  to  the.  As  truly  as 
 I  lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE)  thou  shalt  put 
 them  all  vpo  the,  as  an  apparell,  and  gyrde 
 the  to  the,  as  a  bryde  doth  hir  lewels.  As 
 for  thy  londe  that  lieth  desolate,  waisted  5 
 destroyed :  it  shalbe  to  narow  for  the,  that 
 shal  dwell  in  it.  And  they  y  wolde  deuoure 
 the,  shalbe  farre  awaye.  Then  the  childe  who 
 y  bare  shall  bringe  forth  vnto  ;y^,  shal  saye  in 
 thine  eare :  this  place  is  to  narow,  syt  nye 
 together,  y  I  maye  haue  rowme.  Then  shalt 
 thou  thinke  by  thy  self:  Who  hath  begotte  me 
 these  ?  seinge  I  am  bare  5  aloe,  a  captyue  5 
 an  outcast  ?  And  who  hath  norished  the  vp 
 for  me  ?  I  am  desolate  ij  alone,  but  fro  whece 
 come  these  ? 
 
 And  therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Beholde,  I  will  stretch  out  myne  honde  to  the 
 Gentiles,  and  set  vp  my  token  to  the  people. 
 They  shal  bringe  the  thy  sonnes  in  their 
 lappes,  (t  carie  thy  doughters  ^^lto  f  vpon  their 
 shulders.  For  tinges  shalbe  thy  noursinge 
 fathers,  and  Queues  shalbe  thy  noursinge 
 mothers.  They  shal  fall  before  the  with 
 their  faces  flat  vpon  the  earth,  and  lick  vp  the 
 dust  of  thy  fete :  that  thou  mayest  knowe, 
 how  that  I  am  the  LORDE.  ■  And  who  so 
 putteth  his  trust  in  me,  shal  not  be  confounded. 
 Who  spoyleth  the  giaunte  of  his  pray?  or 
 who  taketh  the  presoner  from  the  mightie  ? 
 And  therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  The 
 prisoners  shalbe  taken  from  the  giaunte,  and 
 the  spoyle  delyuered  from  the  violete  :  for  I 
 wil  maynteyne  thy  cause  agaynst  thine  aduer- 
 saries,  and  saue  thy  sonnes.  And  wil  fede 
 thine  enemies  with  their  owne  fleshe,  and 
 make  the  drinke  of  their  owne  bloude,  as  of 
 swete  wyne.  And  all  flesh  shad  knowe  (0 
 lacob)  that  I  am  the  LORDE  thy  Sauioure, 
 and  stronge  auenger. 
 
 Apo.r.d.        /Esa.52.b.      «  lere.  14.  d.   Psal.  111.  a. 
 »  Gen.  15.  a.    Esa.  60.  a.        '  Ro.  9.  d. 
 
Cf)ap.  It. 
 
 Cl)c  propl)et  Csap. 
 
 jTo.  ifmij. 
 
 €:i)c  1.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 THUS  saieth  the  LORDE :  Where  is  the 
 bill  of  youre  mothers  deuorcemet,  that  I 
 sent  vnto  her  ? "  or  who  is  the  vsurer,  to  who 
 I  solde  you  ?  Beholde,  for  youre  owne  off eces 
 are  ye  solde :  *(j  because  of  youre  transgres- 
 sion, is  youre  mother  forsake.  For  why  wolde 
 no  ma  receaue  me,  when  I  came  ?  5  when  I 
 called,  no  man  gaue  me  answere.  Was  my 
 hode  clene  smyte  of,  that  it  might  not  helpe? 
 or,  had  I  not  power  to  delyuer  ?  "^lo,  at  a 
 worde  I  drike  vp  the  see,  5  of  water  floudes  I 
 make  drie  lode  :  so  y  for  want  of  water,  the 
 fish  corruppe  and  die  of  thurst.  ''  As  for 
 heauen,  I  clooth  it  with  darcknesse,  and  put 
 a  sack  vpon  it. 
 
 The  LORDE  God  hath  geue  me  a  wel 
 lerned  tiige,  so  that  I  can  conforte  them  which 
 are  troubled,"  yee  (j  y  in  due  season.  He 
 waked  myne  eare  vp  by  tymes  in  f  mornynge 
 (as  f  scolemasters  do)  y  1  might  herke.  The 
 LORDE  God  hath  opened  myne  eare,  ther 
 fore  ca  I  not  saye  naye,-'^  ner  with  drawe  my 
 self,  but  I  offre  my  backe  vnto  y  smyters,  and 
 my  chekes  to  the  nyppers.  I  turne  not  my 
 face  fro  shame  ad  spittinge,  for  the  LORDE 
 God  helpeth  me,  therfore  shal  I  not  be  co- 
 founded.  I  haue  hardened  my  face  like  a 
 flynt  stone,  for  I  am  sure,  that  I  shal  not 
 come  to  confucion.  Myne  aduocate  speaketh 
 for  me,  who  wil  then  go  with  me  to  lawe  ? 
 Let  vs  stode  one  agaynst  another :  yf  there 
 be  eny  that  wil  reason  with  me,  let  him  come 
 here  forth  to  me.  Beholde,  the  LORDE 
 God  stondeth  by  me,  ^  what  is  he  that  can 
 condempne  me?  lo,  they  shalbe  all  like 
 as  an  olde  cloth,  *  which  f  mothes  shal  eate 
 vp. 
 
 Therfore  who  so  feareth  the  LORDE 
 amoge  you,  let  him  heare  the  voyce  of  his 
 seruaiit.  Who  so  walketh  in  darcknesse,  j  no 
 light  shyneth  vpo  him,  let  him  hope  in  the 
 LORDE,  and  holde  him  by  his  God.  But 
 take  hede,  ye  haue  all  kyndled  a  fyre,  and 
 gyrded  youre  selues  with  the  flame :  Ye  walke 
 in  the  glistrlge  of  youre  owne  fyre,  and  in  the 
 flame  that  ye  haue  kyndled.  This  cometh 
 vnto  you  fro  my  honde,  namely,  y  ye  shal 
 slepe  in  sorowe. 
 
 "  lere.  3.  a.  '  Esa.  59.  a.  "  Exo.  14.  c.  losu.  3.  d. 
 ■<  Exo.  10.  c.  '  2  Cor.  1.  a.  /  Psal.  39.  b.  lob  30.  d. 
 Mat.  26.  g.     Heb.  13.  c.  «  Ro.  8.  f.  *  Psalm  101. 
 
 '  Gen.  21.  a.      Rom.  4.  a.       Gen.  12.  a.  '  Esa.  2.  a. 
 
 Cljc  It.  Cijaptfr. 
 
 HERKEN  vnto  me,  ye  that  holde  of  right 
 uousnes,  ye  that  seke  the  LORDE. 
 Take  hede  vnto  the  stone,  wherout  ye  are 
 hewen,  and  to  the  graue  wherout  ye  are  digged. 
 '  Considre  Abraham  youre  father,  g  Sara  that 
 bare  you  :  how  that  I  called  him  alone,  pros- 
 pered him  wel,  5  encreased  him  :  how  the 
 LORDE  conforted  Sio,  and  repayred  all  hir 
 decaye :  makinge  hir  deserte  as  a  Paradise, 
 and  hir  wildernesse  as  the  garden  of  the 
 LORDE.  Myrth  and  ioye  was  there,  thankes 
 geuynge  and  y  voyce  of  prayse.  Haue  respecte 
 vnto  me  then  (o  my  people)  and  laye  thine 
 eare  to  me :  for  a  lawe,  and  an  ordinaunce 
 shal  go  forth  fro  me,*  to  lighten  the  Gentiles. 
 It  is  hard  by,  that  my  health  (j  my  rightuous- 
 nesse  shal  go  forth,  and  the  people  shalbe 
 ordred  with  myne  arme. 
 
 The  Ilondes  (that  is  y-  Gentiles)  shal  hope 
 in  me,  and  put  their  trust  in  myne  arme. 
 Lift  vp  youre  eyes  toward  heaue,  and  loke 
 vpon  the  earth  beneth.  '  For  the  heauens 
 shal  vanish  awaye  like  smoke,  and  the  earth 
 shall  teare  like  a  clothe,  5  they  that  dwel 
 therin,  shal  perish  in  like  maner.  "  But  my 
 health  endureth  for  euer,  and  my  rightuous- 
 nes  shall  not  ceasse.  Therfore  hercken  vnto 
 me,  ye  y  haue  pleasure  in  rightuousnes,  "thou 
 people  that  bearest  my  lawe  in  thine  herte. 
 "  Feare  not  the  curse  of  men,  be  not  afrayde 
 of  their  blasphemies  5  reuylinges  :  for  wormes 
 (J  mothes  shal  eat  the  vp  like  clothe  3  woU. 
 But  my  rightuousnesse  shal  endure  for  euer, 
 5  my  sauynge  health  from  generacion  to 
 generacion. 
 
 Wake  vp,  wake  vp,  j  be  stronge  :  O  thou 
 arme  of  the  LORDE :  wake  vp,  lyke  as  in 
 tymes  past,  euer  and  sence  the  worlde  beganne. 
 ''Art  not  thou  he,  that  hast  wounded  that 
 proude  lucifer,  and  hewen  the  dragon  in 
 peces?  Art  not  thou  euen  he,  which  hast  dried 
 vp  the  depe  of  the  see,  which  hast  made  playne 
 the  see  grounde,  that  the  delyuered  might  go 
 thorow?  'That  the  redemed  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  turned  agayne,  might  come  with  ioye 
 vnto  Sio,  there  to  endure  for  euer  ?  That 
 myrth  and  gladnesse  might  be  with  them : 
 that  sorowe  5  wo  might  fle  from  the  ?    ''  Yee 
 
 '  Psal.  101.  d.    Matt.  24.  c.    2  Pet.  3.  b.         ■»  Psalm  36. 
 
 lere.  31.  f.        •  Matt.  10.  d.     Luc.  12.  a.     Psal.  101.  d. 
 
 p  Esa.  14.  d.    Exo.  14.  c.      ?  1  Esd.  1.  b.      '2  Cor.  1.  a. 
 
ffo,  ^miiih 
 
 €i)t  propftft  ®sap. 
 
 Cfjap.  It). 
 
 I,  I  am  eue  he,  that  in  all  thlges  geueth  you 
 consolacion.  What  art  thou  then,  that  fearest 
 a  mortall  ma,  f  childe  of  man,  which  goeth 
 awaye  as  doeth  the  floure?  And  forgettest 
 the  LOIIDE  that  made  the,"  that  spred  out 
 the  heauens,  and  layde  the  foundacion  of  the 
 earth.  But  thou  art  euer  afrayde  for  the  sight 
 of  thyne  oppressoure,  which  is  ready  to  do 
 harme:  Where  is  the  wrath  of  the  oppressoure? 
 It  Cometh  on  fast,  it  maketh  haist  to  apeare: 
 It  shal  not  perish,  y  it  shulde  not  be  able  to 
 destroye,  nether  snal  it  fayle  for  faute  of 
 norishinge.  I  am  the  LORDE  thy  God,  that 
 make  the  see  to  be  still,*  and  to  rage :  whose 
 name  is  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  I  shal  put 
 my  worde  also  in  thy  mouth,  and  defende  the 
 with  the  turnynge  of  my  honde:  that  thou 
 mayest  plante  the  heauens,  and  laye  the 
 foundacions  of  the  earth,  and  saye  vnto  Sion : 
 thou  art  my  people. 
 
 Awake,  Awake,  and  stonde  vpo  lerusalem, 
 'thou  that  from  the  honde  of  the  LORDE, 
 hast  dronke  out  the  cuppe  of  his  wrath ; 
 thou  that  hast  supped  of,  and  sucked  out 
 the  slombringe  cuppe  to  the  botome.  For 
 amonge  all  the  sonnes  whom  thou  hast  be- 
 gotten, there  is  not  one  that  maye  holde  the 
 vp :  and  not  one  to  lede  the  by  the  honde,  of 
 aU  the  sonnes  that  thou  hast  norished.  Both 
 these  thinges  are  happened  vnto  the,  but  who 
 is  sory  for  it?  Yee,  destruction,  waistinge, 
 hunger  (j  swerde :  but  who  hath  conforted  the? 
 Thy  sonnes  lie  comfortles  at  y  heade  of  euery 
 strete  like  a  take  venyson,  5  are  ful  of  f  ter- 
 rible wrath  of  y  LORDE,  3  punyshmet  of  thy 
 God.  And  therfore  thou  miserable  5  dronke 
 (howbeit  not  with  wyne)  Heare  this :  Thus 
 saieth  thy  LORDE  :  thy  LORDE  5  God,  f 
 defender  of  his  people :  Beholde,  I  wil  take 
 f  slobrige  cuppe  out  of  thy  hode,  eue  y  cuppe 
 with  the  dregges  of  ray  wrath :  y  fro  hence 
 forth  thou  shalt  neuer  drinke  it  more,  5  wil 
 put  it  I  their  hode  that  trouble  the :  which 
 haue  spoken  to  thy  soule :  stoupe  downe,  that 
 we  maye  go  ouer  the:  make  thy  body  eaue 
 with  the  grounde,  and  as  the  strete  to  go  vpon. 
 
 Cf)f  lij.  C{)apttr. 
 P  Sion  vp,  take  thy  strength  vnto  the : 
 put  on  thine  honest  rayment  o  lerusale. 
 
 V 
 
 •  Esa.  40.  a.  1  Pet.  1.  d 
 «  Psal.  74.  b.  lere.  25.  c. 
 Exo.  1.  a.      4  Re.  18. 
 
 *  Esa.  49.  i 
 <<  Ro.  7.  b. 
 /  Ro.  2.  d. 
 
 Matt  8.  c. 
 
 ■  Gen.  46.  a. 
 
 Eze.  36.  d. 
 
 thou  citie  of  the  holy  one.  For  from  this 
 tyme  forth,  there  shal  no  vncircumcised  ner 
 vncleane  person  come  in  the.  Shake  the  fro 
 the  dust,  arise  d  stonde  vp,  o  lerusale.  Pluck 
 out  thy  neck  from  the  bode,  o  thou  captyue 
 doughter  Sion.  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 ''Ye  are  solde  for  naught,  therfore  shal  ye  be 
 redemed  also  without  eny  money. 
 
 For  thus  hath  the  LORDE  sayde :  'My 
 people  wete  downe  afore  tyme  in  to  Egipte, 
 there  to  be  straungers.  Afterwarde  dyd  the 
 kinge  of  the  Assirians  oppresse  the,  for  naught. 
 And  now  what  profit  is  it  to  me  (saieth  f 
 LORDE)  y  my  people  is  frely  caried  awaye, 
 ■'^S  brought  m  to  heuynes  by  their  rulers,  and 
 my  name  euer  still  blasphemed?  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  'But  y  my  people  maye  knowe 
 my  name,  I  my  self  wiO  speake  in  that  daye. 
 Beholde,  here  am  I.  O  how  bewtiful  are  the 
 fete  of  the  Embassitoure,  y  bringeth  the  meS' 
 sage  fro  the  mountayne,  ''5  proclameth  peace 
 y  brlgeth  the  good  tydinges,  5  preacheth 
 health,  3  saieth  vnto  Sion :  Thy  God  is  the 
 kinge.  Thy  watchme  shal  lift  vp  their  voyce, 
 with  loude  voyce  shal  they  preach  of  him :  for 
 they  shal  se  him  present,  whe  the  LORDE 
 shal  come  agayne  to  Sion. 
 
 Be  glad,  'o  thou  desolate  lerusale,  5  reioyse 
 together :  for  the  LORDE  will  coforte  his 
 people,  he  wil  delyuer  lerusale.  The  LORDE 
 wil  make  bare  his  holy  arme,*  (j  shewe  it  forth 
 in  the  sight  of  all  the  Getiles,  5  all  the  endes 
 of  the  earth  shal  se  the  sauynge  health  of  oure 
 God.  'Awaye,  Awaye,  get  you  out  fro  thence, 
 I  touch  no  vncleane  thinge.  Go  out  from 
 amonge  soch.  And  be  cleane,  ye  that  beare  the 
 vessel!  of  the  LORDE.  But  ye  shal  not  go 
 out  with  sedicio,  ner  make  haist  as  they  that  fie 
 awaye :  for  the  LORDE  shal  go  before  you, 
 ""ad  the  God  of  Israel  shal  kepe  the  watch. 
 
 Beholde,  my  seruaunt  shal  deale  wysely, 
 therfore  shal  he  be  magnified,  exalted  5 
 greatly  honoured.  Like  as  f  multitude  shal 
 wodre  vpon  him,  because  his  face  shalbe  so 
 deformed  (t.  not  as  a  mans  face,  5  his  bewtie 
 like  no  man  :  Euen  so  shal  the  multitude  of 
 the  Getiles  loke  vnto  him,  (j  f  kinges  shal 
 shut  their  mouthes  before  him.  For  they  y 
 haue  not  bene  tolde  of  him,  shal  se  him  :  "and 
 they  y  herde  nothinge  of  him,  shal  beholde  him. 
 
 s  Naum  2.  d. 
 '  2  Cor.  6.  d. 
 
 '•  Ro.  10.  c. 
 "  Exo.  13.  d. 
 
 Esa.  49.  d.      *  Psal.  97. 
 "  Rom.  15.  c.    Esa.  65. 
 
Cftap.  lilt]. 
 
 €f)t  propljft  (Ssap. 
 
 So,  Ircvrb. 
 
 €l)t  lit).  Cl)apUr. 
 
 BUT  who  geueth  credence  vnto  oure 
 preachinge  ?  "  Or  to  who  is  the  arme 
 of  the  LORDE  knowne  ?  He  shal  growe 
 before  the  LORDE  like  as  a  brauch,  ij  as  a 
 rote  in  a  drie  grounde.  He  shal  haue  nether 
 bewty  ner  fauoure.  When  we  loke  vpon  him, 
 there  shalbe  no  fayrnesse :  we  shal  haue  no 
 lust  vnto  him.  '  He  shalbe  the  most  symple 
 IX  despised  of  all,  which  yet  hath  good  expe- 
 rience of  sorowes  g  infirmities.  We  shal  reken 
 him  so  symple  5  so  vyle,  that  we  shal  hyde 
 oure  faces  fro  him.  '^Howbeit  (of  a  treuth) 
 he  only  taketh  awaye  oure  infirmite,  (i  beareth 
 oure  payne  :  ''Yet we  shal  iudge  him,  as  though 
 he  were  plaged  and  cast  downe  of  God:  where 
 as  he  (not  withstodinge)  shal  be  woiided  for 
 oure  offences,  ti  smytten  for  oure  wickednes. 
 For  the  payne  of  oure  punyshmet  shalbe 
 layde  vpo  him,  %  with  his  stripes  shal  we  be 
 healed. 
 
 As  for  vs,  we  go  all  astraye  (like  shepe), 
 euery  one  turneth  his  owne  waye.  But  thorow 
 him,  the  LORDE  pardoneth  all  oure  synnes 
 He  shal  be  payned  5  troubled,  ad  shal  not 
 ope  his  mouth.  "  He  shalbe  led  as  a  shepe  to 
 be  slayne,  yet  shal  he  be  as  still  as  a  lambe 
 before  the  shearer,  5  not  open  his  mouth. 
 He  shal  be  had  awaye,  his  cause  not  herde,  g 
 without  eny  iudgment :  Whose  generacion  yet 
 no  man  maye  nombre,  when  he  shalbe  cut  of 
 fro  the  grounde  of  the  lyvinge :  Which  pu- 
 nyshment  shal  go  vpon  him,  for  the  trans- 
 gression of  my  people.  ■'^His  graue  shalbe 
 geue  him  with  the  codemned,  j  his  crucifienge 
 with  the  theues,  « Where  as  he  dyd  neuer 
 violence  ner  vnright,  nether  hath  there  bene 
 eny  disceatfulnesse  in  his  mouth. 
 
 Yet  hath  it  pleased  f  LORDE  to  smyte 
 him  with  infirmite,  ''that  when  he  had  made 
 his  soule  an  offeringe  for  synne,  he  might  se  a 
 loge  lastinge  sede.  And  this  device  of  the 
 LORDE  shal  prospere  in  his  honde.  With 
 trauayle  and  laboure  of  his  soule,  shal  he 
 optayne  greate  riches.  My  rightuous  seruaunt 
 shall  with  his  wisdome  iustifie  g  delyuer  the 
 multitude,  for  he  shal  beare  awaye  their  synnes. 
 Therfore  wil  I  geue  him  the  multitude  for 
 his  parte,  5  he  shal  deuyde  the  stroge  spoyle 
 
 Ro.  10.  c.  loh.  12.  e.  »Hebr.  3.  a.  'Math.8.  b. 
 1  Pet.  2.  d.  ''2  Cor.  tl.  c.  •  lere.  11.  d.  Actu.8.  f. 
 Mat.  27.  b.  1  Cor.  5.  c.  /Mat.  27.  e.  «  2  Cor. .").  c. 
 1  Pet.  2.  d.        '■  loba.  12.  c.    Rom.  8.  d.        '  Rom.  3.  c. 
 
 because  he  shal  geue  ouer  his  soule  to  death, 
 *  I  shalbe  rekened  amonge  the  transgressours, 
 which  neuertheles  shal  take  awaye  y  synnes  of 
 the  multitude,  and  make  intercession  for  the 
 myszdoers. 
 
 €f)c  liii).  €i)apttr. 
 
 THERFORE  be  glad  now,  thou  barg  that 
 bearest  not.  Reioyce,  synge  g  be  mery, 
 thou  y  art  not  with  childe :  For  the  desolate 
 hath  moo  children,  'then  the  maried  wife, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Make  thy  tente  wyder, 
 5  sprede  out  the  hanginges  of  thine  habitacio : 
 spare  not,  laye  forth  thy  coardes,  and  make 
 fast  thy  stakes  :  for  thou  shalt  breake  out  on 
 the  right  syde  and  on  the  left,  g  thy  sede  shal 
 haue  f  Getiles  in  possession,  ad  dwel  in  the 
 desolate  cities.  Feare  not,  for  thou  shalt  not 
 be  confouded  :  Be  not  ashamed,  for  thou  shalt 
 not  come  to  confucion.  Yee  thou  shalt  forget 
 the  shame  off  thy  youth,  and  shalt  not  re- 
 membre  the  dishonoure  of  thy  wedowheade. 
 For  he  that  made  the,  shalbe  thy  LORDE 
 g  husbonde  (whose  name  is  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes)  '"(J  thine  avenger  shalbe  euen  the 
 holy  one  off  Israel,  the  LORDE  of  the  whole 
 worlde.  For  the  LORDE  shal  call  the, 
 beinge  as  a  desolate  soroufull  woman,  and  as 
 a  yonge  wife  that  hath  broken  hir  wedlocke  : 
 saieth  thy  God. 
 
 A  litle  while  haue  I  forsaken  the,  "but  with 
 greate  mercifulnes  shal  I  take  the  vp  vnto 
 me.  Whe  I  was  angrie,  I  hid  my  face  from 
 the  for  a  litle  season,  but  thorow  euerlastinge 
 goodnesse  shal  I  pardon  the,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  thine  avenger.  And  this  must  be 
 vnto  me,  as  the  water  of  Noe  :  For  like  as  I 
 haue  sworne  y  I  wil  not  bringe  the  water  off 
 Noe  eny  more  vpo  the  worlde:"  So  haue  I 
 sworne,  ''y  I  wil  neuer  be  angrie  with  the,  ner 
 reproue  the :  The  mountaynes  shall  remoue, 
 g  the  hilles  shal  fall  downe  :  but  my  louynge 
 kyndnesse  shal  not  moue,  and  the  bonde  off 
 my  peace  shal  not  fall  downe  fro  f,  saieth  y 
 LORDE  thy  merciful  louer. 
 
 Beholde,  thou  poore,  vexed  g  despised :  I  ^ 
 wil  make  thy  walles  of  precious  stones,  'ij  thy 
 foundacio    of    Saphires,    thy    wyndowes    off 
 Cristall,  thi  gates  of  fyne  cleare  stone,  5  thy 
 borders  of  pleasaut  stones.     Thy  childre  shal 
 
 '  Marc.  15.  d.    Luc.  22.  b.        '  Gala.  4.  d.       •"  Esa.  62.  a. 
 Eze.  16.  b.      Esa.  48.  a.  "  Esa.  26.  d.     Psal.  29.  a 
 
 »  Gen.  9.  b.        P  2  Re.  7.  c.        i  Esa.  6.  b. 
 
I  jTo.  rrrwti. 
 
 Win  propftft  Csap, 
 
 Cf)ajp.  lb. 
 
 all  be  taught  of  God,"  5  I  wil  geue  the  plen- 
 teousnes  of  peace.  In  rightiiousnes  shalt  thou 
 be  grounded,  (j  be  farre  fro  oppression :  for 
 the  which  thou  nedest  not  be  afrayed,  nether 
 for  hynderauee,  for  it  shal  not  come  nye  the. 
 Beholde,  f  aleaunt  y  was  farre  fro  the,  shal 
 dwell  with  the :  5  he  y  was  somtyme  a  straunger 
 vnto  the,  shalbe  ioyned  with  the :  Beholde,  I 
 make  the  smyth  y  bloweth  the  coles  in  the 
 fyre,  j  he  maketh  a  weapon  after  his  hondy 
 worke.  I  make  also  the  waister  to  destroye : 
 but  all  the  weapens  y  are  made  agaynst  the, 
 shal  not  prospere.  And  as  for  all  tunges, 
 y  shal  resiste  the  in  iudgmet,  *thou  shalt 
 ouercome  the,  j  c5demne  them.  This  is  the 
 heretage  of  the  LORDES  seruauntes,  ij  the 
 rightuousnes  that  they  shal  haue  of  me, 
 saieth  the  LOllDE. 
 
 €\)t  It).  CijBpttr. 
 
 COME  to  the  waters  all  ye,"^  y  be  thurstie, 
 (I  ye  that  haue  no  moneye.  Come,  bye, 
 that  ye  maye  haue  to  eate.  Come,  bye  wyne 
 5  mylck,  without  eny  money,  or  moneye 
 worth,  Wherfore  do  ye  laye  out  youre  moneye, 
 for  the  thinge  y  fedeth  not,  and  spende  youre 
 laboure  aboute  the  thinge  that  satisfieth  you 
 not  ?  But  herke  rather  vnto  me,  ad  ye  shal 
 eate  of  the  best,  (j  youre  soule  shal  haue  hir 
 pleasure  in  pleteousnes.  Enclyne  youre  eares, 
 3  come  vnto  me,  take  hede  g  youre  soule  shal 
 lyue.  ''  For  I  will  make  an  euerlastinge  coue- 
 naunt  with  you,  eue  the  sure  mercies  of  Dauid. 
 
 Beholde,  I  shal  geue  him  for  a  witnesse 
 amoge  y  folke,  for  a  prynce  5  captayne  vnto 
 the  people.  Lo,  thou  shalt  call  an  vnknowne 
 people :  d  a  people  that  had  no  knowlege  of 
 the,  shall  runne  vnto  the  :  because  off  the 
 LORDE  thy  God,  y  holy  one  of  Israel,  which 
 glorifieth  the.  Seke  the  LORDE  while  he 
 maye  be  founde,  call  vpo  him  while  he  is  nye. 
 'Let  the  vngodly  man  forsake  his  wayes,  fid 
 •'^ihe  vnrightuous  his  ymaginacios,  (i  turne 
 agayne  vnto  the  LORDE,  so  shal  he  be  mer- 
 ciful vnto  him :  and  to  oure  God,  for  he  is 
 redy  to  forgeue. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  My  thoughtes 
 are  not  youre  thoughtes,  5  youre  wayes  are 
 not  my  wayes  :  But  as  farre  as  the  heauens 
 are  hyer  then  the  earth,  so  farre  do  my  waies 
 
 "  I  lob.  2.  d.    loh.  6.  c.  '  Luc.  21.  b.    Actu.  4.  a. 
 
 Eccs.  51.  d.    loh.  7.  d.    Apo.  22.  d.  ''  Act.  13.  d. 
 
 !Re.7.c.  'Eze.  18.  e.  /Eze.3.?.  c.    Psal.  102. 
 
 exceade  yours,  ^  ri  my  thoughtes  yours.  And 
 like  as  the  rayne  j  snowe  cometh  downe  from 
 heaue,  j  returneth  not  thither  agayne,  but 
 watereth  the  earth,  maketh  it  frutefull  5  grene, 
 that  it  maye  geue  come  5  breade  vnto  the 
 sower:  So  the  worde  also  that  commeth  out 
 of  my  mouth,  shal  not  turne  agayne  voyde 
 vnto  me,  but  shal  accoplish  my  wil  5  prospere 
 in  the  thinge,  wherto  I  sende  it.  And  so 
 shal  ye  go  forth  with  ioye,  (t  be  led  with 
 peace.  The  mountaynes  and  hilles  shal  synge 
 with  you  for  ioye,  and  all  the  trees  of  the 
 felde  shal  clappe  their  hondes.  For  thornes, 
 there  shal  growe  Fyrre  trees,  (j  f  Myrte  tre 
 in  the  steade  of  breres.  And  this  shal  be  done 
 to  the  prayse  of  the  LORDE,  ij  for  an  euer- 
 lastinge toke,  that  shal  not  be  taken  awaye. 
 
 Ei)t  Ibi.  C{)apt£r. 
 
 THUS  saieth  f  LORDE  :  Kepe  equite, 
 and  do  right,  for  my  sauynge  health 
 shal  come  shortly,  5  my  rightuosnes  shalbe 
 opened.  Blissed  is  the  man  y  doth  this,  g  the 
 mans  childe  which  kepeth  the  same.  He  that 
 taketh  hede,  ''y  he  vnhalowe  not  the  Sabbath 
 (that  is)  he  that  kepeth  himself  that  he  do  no 
 euel.  Then  shal  not  the  straunger,  which 
 cleaueth  to  the  LORDE,  saye  :  'Alas  the 
 LORDE  hath  shut  me  cleane  out  from  his 
 people.  Nether  shal  the  gelded  man  saye :  lo, 
 I  am  a  drie  tre.  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE, 
 first  vnto  the  gelded  y  kepeth  my  Sabbath  : 
 Namely :  that  holdeth  greatly  of  the  thinge 
 that  pleaseth  me,  and  kepeth  my  couenaut : 
 Vnto  them  wil  I  geue  in  my  housholde  and 
 .vith  in  my  walles,  a  better  heretage  g  name : 
 the  yf  they  had  bene  called  sonnes  3  daugh- 
 ters. I  wil  geue  them  an  euerlastinge  name, 
 that  shall  not  perishe.  Agayne,  he  saieth  vnto 
 the  straugers  that  are  disposed  to  sticke  to 
 the  LORDE,  to  serue  him,  j  to  loue  his 
 name :  That  they  shalbe  no  bode  me.  And 
 all  they,  which  kepe  the  selues,  that  they  vn- 
 halowe not  the  Sabbath,  namely :  that  they 
 fulfill  my  couenaut:  Them  wil  I  bringe  to  my 
 holy  moiitayne,  '(t  make  the  ioyfuU  in  my  house 
 of  prayer.  Their  burnt  offringes  and  sacrifices 
 shalbe  accepted  vpo  myne  aulter,  "  for  my 
 house  shalbe  an  house  of  prayer  for  all  people. 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  which  ga- 
 
 «  Ueu.  i 
 '  loh.  1. 
 
 "  Esa.  58.  0.  '  Deu.  23.  a. 
 
 lMac.7.  e.         "•  Math.  21.  b.  3  Reg.  8.  f. 
 
CJjap,  Mi], 
 
 €l)t  propljct  (!56ap. 
 
 ffo,  ticrvbi). 
 
 thereth  together  the  seatred  of  Israel :  "  I  wil 
 bringe  yet  another  cogregacion  to  him.  All 
 the  beastes  of  the  felde,  5  all  the  beastes  of  f 
 wod,  shal  come  to  deuoure  hi.  For  his  watch- 
 men are  all  blinde,  they  haue  alltogether  no 
 vnderstondinge,  they  are  all  domme  dogges, 
 *  not  beinge  able  to  barcke,  they  are  slepery  : 
 slogish  are  they,  5  lie  snortinge :  they  are 
 shamelesse  dogges,  y  be  neuer  satiszfied.  The 
 sheperdes  also  in  like  maner  haue  no  vnder- 
 stondinge, but  euery  man  turneth  his  owne 
 waye,  '  euery  one  after  his  owne  couetousnes, 
 mth  all  his  power.  Come  (saye  they)  I  wil 
 fetch  wyne,  so  shal  we  fyll  oure  selues,  that 
 we  maye  be  dronken.  And  do  tomorow,  like 
 as  to  daye,  yee  and  moch  more. 
 
 CIjc  I6ij.  €})apUr. 
 
 BUT  in  the  meane  season  f  righteous 
 perisheth,  ^  no  ma  regardeth  it  in  his 
 hert.  Good  godly  people  are  taken  awaye,  5 
 no  ma  cosidreth  it.  ''  Namely :  that  the  righ- 
 teous is  conuayed  awaye  thorow  f  wicked : 
 that  he  himself  might  be  in  rest,  lie  quietly 
 vpon  his  bed,  5  lyue  after  his  owne  pleasure. 
 Come  hither  therfore  ye  charmers  children, 
 '■  ye  sonnes  of  the  aduoutrer  ij  the  whore : 
 Wherin  take  ye  youre  pleasure  ?  Vpo  whom 
 gape  ye  with  youre  mouth,  5  bleare  out  youre 
 tonge  ?  Are  ye  not  childre  of  aduoutry,  5  a 
 sede  of  dissimulacion  ?  '  Ye  take  youre  plea- 
 sure vnder  the  okes,  ij  vnder  all  grene  trees, 
 the  childe  beynge  slayne  in  the  valleys,  i 
 dennes  of  stone.  Thy  parte  shalbe  with  the 
 stony  rockes  by  the  ryuer :  Yee  euen  these 
 shal  be  thy  parte.  For  there  thou  hast  poured 
 meat  and  drynkoffringes  vnto  the.  Shulde  I 
 oufersee  that  ?  Thou  hast  made  thy  bed  vpon 
 hie  mountaynes,  thou  wentest  vp  thither,  and 
 there  hast  thou  slayne  sacrifices.  Behynde 
 the  dores  j  postes,  hast  thou  set  vp  thy  re- 
 membraunce  ? 
 
 When  thou  haddest  discouered  thyself  to 
 another  then  me,  when  thou  wetest  downe,  5 
 made  thy  bed  wyder  (that  is)  when  thou  didest 
 carue  the  certayne  of  yonder  Idols,  5  louedest 
 their  couches,  where  thou  sawest  the :  Thou 
 wentest  straight  to  kinges  with  oyle  5  dyuerse 
 oyntmentes  (that  is)  « thou  hast  sent  thy  mes- 
 saungers  farre  of,  and  yet  art  thou  fallen  in  to 
 
 "  Mar.  11.  b.  Luc.  19.  d.  »  lere.  12.  b.  'Iere.6.b. 
 Esa.  22.  b.     1  Cor.  15.  c.     Sapi.  2.  b.  ''  Sap.   2.  b. 
 
 Eccli.  33.  b.  '  Matt.  12.  d.  /  Eze.  16.  b.  Esa.  65.  a. 
 lere.  7.  a.  Deut.  18.  b.  Eze.  20.  d.  Leui.  20.  a.  Deut.32.  c. 
 
 the  pyt  therby.  Thou  hast  had  trouble  for  y 
 multitude  of  thyne  owne  wayes,  yet  saydest 
 thou  neuer :  I  wil  leaue  of.  ''  Thou  thinkest 
 to  haue  life  (or  health)  of  thy  self,  and  ther- 
 fore thou  beleuest  not  that  thou  art  sick.  For 
 when  wilt  thou  be  abaszshed  or  feare,  seinge 
 thou  hast  broken  thy  promyse,  5  remembrest 
 not  me,  nether  hast  me  in  thine  hert  ?  Think- 
 est thou,  that  I  also  will  holde  my  peace  (as 
 afore  tyme)  y  thou  fearest  me  not  ?  Yee 
 verely  I  wil  declare  thy  goodnes  (j  thy  workes, 
 but  they  shal  not  profit  y,  '  whe  thou  criest, 
 let  thy  chosen  heape  delyuer  the.  But  the 
 wynde  shal  take-  them  all  awaye,  j  cary  the 
 in  to  f  ayre.  Neuertheles,  they  y  put  their 
 trust  in  me,  shal  inheret  the  londe,  and  haue 
 ray  holy  hill  in  possession. 
 
 And  therfore  thus  he  saieth :  Make  redy, 
 make  redy,  and  dense  y  strete,  take  vp  what 
 ye  can  out  of  the  waye,  that  ledeth  to  my 
 people.  For  thus  saieth  the  hie  and  excellet, 
 euen  he  that  dwelleth  in*  euerlastingnesse, 
 whose  name  is  the  holyone :  *  I  dwel  hie  aboue 
 and  in  the  sanctuary,  (i  with  him  also,  y  is  of 
 a  cotrite  and  hiible  sprete :  y  I  maye  heale  a 
 troubled  mynde,  and  a  cotrite  herte.  '  For  I 
 chide  not  euer,  (j  am  not  wroth  with  out  ende. 
 But  y  blastinge  goeth  fro  me,  though  I  make 
 the  breath.  I  am  wroth  with  hi  for  his  coue- 
 tousnes (J  lust,  I  smyte  him,  I  hyde  me,  and 
 am  angrie,  whe  he  turneth  him  self,  and 
 foloweth  y  bywaye  of  his  o\vne  hert.  But 
 yf  I  maye  se  his  right  waye  agayne,  I  make 
 him  whole,  I  lede  him,  and  restore  him  vnto 
 them  whom  he  maketh  ioyful,  (t  that  were  sory 
 for  him.  I  make  the  frutes  of  thakesgeuinge. 
 I  geue  peace  vnto  them  that  are  farre  of," 
 and  to  them  that  are  nye,  saye  I  the  LORDE, 
 that  make  him  whole.  But  the  wicked  are 
 like  the  raginge  see,  that  ca  not  rest,  whose 
 water  fometh  with  the  myre  g  grauel.  "  Eue 
 so  y  wicked  haue  no  peace,  saieth  my  God. 
 
 ^f)t  Ibiij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  therfore  crie  now,  ° as  loude  as  thou 
 canst.  Leaue  not  of,  lift  vp  thy  voyce 
 like  a  tropet,  and  shewe  my  people  their 
 offences,  and  y  house  of  lacob  their  synnes. 
 For  they  seke  me  dalye,  and  wil  knowe  my 
 wayes,    euen  as  it  were  a  people   that  dyd 
 
 s  Ose.  12.  a.  Eze.  16.  b.  *  Math.  9.  b.  '  lere.  2.  d. 
 Deut.32.  d.  *  Psal.  50. b.  Esa. 61.  a.  'Psal.  lOl.a. 
 ""  Ephe.  2.  d.  "  Esa.  48.  d.  '  Eze.  3.  c.  lere.  19.  a. 
 lona;  3.  a.  Mat.  10.  a.  and  28.  c. 
 
IjTo.  imtiij. 
 
 Zln  propbft  (Csaj). 
 
 Cftaj).  Ii)r» 
 
 right,  and  had  not  forsaken  the  statutes  of 
 their  God.  They  argue  with  me  concernynge 
 right  iudgment,  and  vn.\  pleate  at  the  lawe 
 with  their  God.  Wherfore  fast  we  (saye  they) 
 and  thou  seist  it  not  ?  we  put  oure  hues  to 
 straitnesse,  and  thou  regardest  it  not  ? 
 S  Beholde,  when  ye  fast,  youre  lust  remayneth 
 still :  "  for  ye  do  no  lesse  violence  to  youre 
 detters :  lo,'  ye  fast  to  strife  and  debate,  and 
 to  smyte  him  with  youre  fist,  that  speaketh 
 vnto  you.  Ye  fast  not  (as  somtyme)  that 
 youre  voyce  might  be  herde  aboue.  *  Thynke 
 ye  this  fast  pleaseth  me,  that  a  ma  shulde 
 chasten  himself  for  a  daye,  and  to  wryth  his 
 heade  aboute  like  an  hoke  in  an  hairy  cloth,  5 
 to  lye  vpon  the  earth  ?  Shulde  that  be  called 
 fastinge,  or  a  daye  y  pleaseth  f  LORDE? 
 But  this  fastinge  pleaseth  not  me,  "^till  y  tyme 
 be  thou  lowse  him  out  of  bondage,  that  is  in 
 thy  daunger :  that  thou  breake  the  ooth  of 
 wicked  bargaynes,  that  thou  let  the  oppressed 
 go  fre,  and  take  from  them  all  maner  of  bur- 
 thens. ''It  pleaseth  not  me,  till  thou  deale 
 thy  bred  to  the  hongrie,  j  brynge  the  poore 
 fatherlesse  home  in  to  thy  house,  when  thou 
 seist  the  naked  that  thou  couer  him,  and  hyde 
 not  thy  face  fro  thine  owne  flesh.  Then  shal 
 thy  light  breake  forth  as  y  mornynge,  and  thy 
 health  florish  right  shortly :  '  thy  rightuous- 
 nesse  shal  go  before  the,  and  y  glory  of  the 
 LORDE  shal  embrace  the. 
 
 Then  yf  thou  callest,  the  LORDE  shal 
 answere  the:  •'yf  thou  criest,  he  shal  saye: 
 here  I  am.  Yee  yf  thou  layest  awaye  thy 
 burthens,  and  boldest  thy  fyngers,  and  ceasest 
 from  blasphemous  talkinge,  yf  thou  hast  com- 
 passion vpon  the  hongrie,  and  refreszshest  f 
 troubled  soide :  ^  Then  shal  thy  light  springe 
 out  in  the  darknesse,  and  thy  darknesse  shalbe 
 as  the  noone  daye.  The  LORDE  shal  euer 
 be  thy  g)'de,  and  satisfie  the  desyre  of.  thine 
 hei-t,  and  fyl  thy  bones  with  marr)'.  Thou 
 shah  be  like  a  freshwatred  garden,  and  like 
 the  founteyne  of  water,  that  neuer  leaueth 
 runnynge.  Then  the  places  that  haue  euer 
 bene  waist,  shalbe  buylded  of  the :  there 
 shalt  thou  laye  a  foundacion  for  many  kjTi- 
 reds.  Thou  shalt  be  called  the  maker  vp  of 
 hedges,  and  f  buylder  agayne  of  f  waye  of 
 the  Sabbath. 
 
 "  Esa.  l.b.  »Zach.  7.  '  Deu.  15.  a.  "i  Eze.  18.  b. 
 Mat.  So.  b.  'Luc.  11.  d.  /  Pro.  21.  b.  fZach.7.a. 
 .Mat.  .1.  b.  *  Esa.  .i6.  a.     Esa.  66.  d.  '  Esa.  50.  a. 
 
 ''  Yee  yf  thou  tume  thy  fete  from  the  Sab- 
 bath, so  that  thou  do  not  the  thinge  which 
 pleaseth  thyself  in  my  holy  daye :  then  shalt 
 thou  be  called  vnto  the  pleasaunt,  holy  (t  glo- 
 rious Sabbath  of  the  LORDE,  where  thou 
 shalt  be  in  honoure :  so  y  thou  do  not  after 
 thine  owne  j-maginacion,  nether  seke  thine 
 owne  wil,  ner  speake  thine  owne  wordes.  The 
 shalt  thou  haue  thy  pleasure  in  f  LORDE, 
 which  shal  carie  y  hie  aboue  y  earth,  5  fede 
 the  with  the  heretage  of  lacob  thy  father :  for 
 the  LORDES  owne  mouth  hath  so  promised. 
 
 E]^e  lij:.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  the  LORDES  honde  is  not 
 so  shortened  y  it  can  not  helpe,  '  nether 
 is  his  eare  so  stopped  y  it  maye  not  heare. 
 But  youre  rayszdedes  haue  separated  you 
 from  youre  God,  (j  youre  synnes  hyde  his  face 
 from  you,  y  he  heareth  you  not.  For  youre 
 hondes  are  defyled  with  bloude,  *and  youre 
 fvngers  with  vnrighteousnesse :  Youre  lippes 
 speake  lesynges,  5  youre  tonge  setteth  out 
 wickednes.  No  man  regardeth  righteousnes, 
 5  no  ma  iudgeth  truly.  Euery  man  hopeth  in 
 vayne  thinges,  and  ymagineth  disceate,  c6- 
 ceaueth  weerynesse,  5  bringeth  forth  euell. 
 '  They  brede  cockatrice  egges,  rt  weeue  y  spy- 
 ders  webb.  Who  so  eateth  of  their  egges, 
 dieth.  But  yf  one  treade  vpon  the,  there 
 Cometh  vp  a  serpent.  Their  webbe  maketh 
 no  clothe,  (t  they  maye  not  couer  the  with 
 their  labours.  Their  dedes  are  f  dedes  of 
 wickednes,  i  y  worke  of  robbery  is  in  their 
 hodes.  Their  fete  runne  to  euell,  5  they 
 make  haist  to  shed  innocet  bloude.  "Their 
 coucels  are  wicked  coiicels,  harrae  5  de 
 struccio  are  in  their  wayes.  But  f  waye  of 
 peace  they  knowe  not.  In  their  goinges  is 
 no  equ\-te,  their  wayes  are  so  croked,  y  who 
 so  euer  goeth  therin,  knoweth  nothinge  of 
 peace. 
 
 And  this  is  f  cause  y  equite  is  so  farre  fro  J3 
 vs,  rt  y  rightuousnes  edmeth  not  nye  vs.  "  We 
 loke  for  light,  lo,  it  is  darknesse  :  for  y  morn- 
 ynge shyne,  se,  we  walke  in  y-  darke.  We 
 grope  like  y  blynde  vpon  y  wall,  we  grope 
 euen  as  one  y  hath  none  eyes.  We  stomble 
 at  f  noone  daye,  as  though  it  were  toward 
 nignt :  in  y  fallinge  places,  like   men  y  are 
 
 Nume.ll.c.  *  lere.  5.  c.  Esa.  1.  d.  'lob  15. d. 
 
 Psa.  7.  c.  "  Prou.  1.  b.  Psal.  9.  c.  Psal.  13.  a.  Rom. 
 
 3.  b.  "  Sapi.  5.  a.    lob  30.  c.    Deut.  28.  c.     loh.  12.  e. 
 
ICftap.  Iv. 
 
 €\)t  propbet  OSsai). 
 
 #0.  iJWDi', 
 
 half  deed.  We  roare  all  like  Beeves,  (j  mourne 
 stil  like  doues.  We  loke  for  equite,  but  there 
 is  none  :  for  health,  but  it  is  farre  fro  vs.  For 
 oure  offences  are  many  before  f,  (t  oure  synnes 
 testifie  agaynst  vs.  Yee  we  must  cofesse  y 
 we  offende,  5  knowlege,  y  we  do  amysse : 
 Namely,  transgresse  j  dyssemble  agaynst  y 
 LORDE,  (J  fall  awaye  fro  oure  God:  vsinge 
 presfiptuous  3  traytorous  ymaginacions,  d  cast' 
 inge  false  matters  in  oure  hertes.  And  ther- 
 fore  is  equyte  gone  asyde,  5  righteousnes 
 stodeth  farre  of:  "treuthis  fallen  downe  in  the 
 strete,  and  the  thinge  that  is  playne  and  open, 
 maye  not  be  shewed.  Yee  y  treuth  is  lade  in 
 preson,  and  he  that  refrayneth  himself  fro 
 euel,  must  be  spoyled. 
 
 *  When  the  LORDE  sawe  this,  it  displeased 
 him  sore,  y  there  was  no  where  eny  equite. 
 He  sawe  also,  that  there  was  no  man,  which 
 had  pitie  therof,  or  was  greued  at  it.  And 
 he  helde  him  by  his  owne  power,  and  cleued 
 to  his  owne  rightuousnes.  '  He  put  right- 
 uousnes  vpo  him  for  a  brest  plate,  5  set  the 
 helmet  of  health  vpo  his  heade.  He  put  on 
 wrath  in  steade  of  clothlge,  5  toke  gelousy 
 aboute  him  for  a  cloke :  (like  as  when  a 
 man  goeth  forth  wrothfully  to  recopence  his 
 enemies,  d  to  be  avenged  of  his  aduersaries.) 
 Namely,  that  he  might  recompence  and  re- 
 warde  the  Ilodes,  wherthorow  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  might  be  feared,  from  the  risynge  of 
 the  Sone :  and  his  magesty,  vnto  the  goinge 
 downe  of  the  same. 
 
 J^or  he  shal  come  as  a  violent  waterstreame, 
 which  the  wynde  of  the  LORDE  hath  moued. 
 ''  But  vnto  Sion  there  shal  come  a  redemer,  and 
 vnto  them  in  lacob  that  turne  from  wicked- 
 nesse,  saieth  the  LORDE.  I  will  make  this 
 couenaunt  with  them  (sayeth  y  LORDE) : 
 My  sprete  that  is  come  vpon  the,  5  the  wordes 
 which  I  haue  put  in  thy  mouth,  shal  neuer  go 
 out  of  thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  f  mouth  of  thy 
 childre,  no  ner  out  of  y-  mouth  of  thy  childers 
 ehildre,  from  this  tyme  forth  for  euer  more. 
 
 Ti)e  Ir.  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 AND  therfore  get  the  vp  by  tymes,'  for 
 thy  light  cometh,  %  the  glory  of  f 
 LORDE  shal  ryse  vp  vpo  f.  For  lo,  while 
 f  darknesse  5  cloude  couereth  the  earth  5  the 
 
 "  Ose.  4.  a.  Dani.  8.  c.  '  Amos  5.  a.  "■  Ephe.  6.  b. 
 1  Thes.  5.  <•  Psal.  13.  a.  Ro.  11.  d.  '  Act.  26.  c. 
 
 Eph.  5.  b.  /Esa.  19.  e.  <Esa.49.c.    Gen.  15.  a. 
 
 people,  the  LORDE  shal  she  we  the  light,-'  ft 
 his  glory  shal  be  sene  in  the.  The  Gentiles 
 shal  come  to  thy  light,  ^5  kynges  to  the 
 brightnes  y  springeth  forth  vpo  y.  Lift  vp 
 thine  eyes,  5  loke  rounde  aboute  the  :  All 
 these  gather  the  selues,  5  come  to  the.  Sonnes 
 shal  come  vnto  y  from  farre,  5  doughters  shal 
 gather  the  selues  to  the  on  euery  side.  When 
 thou  seist  this,  thou  shalt  maruel  exceadingly, 
 and  thine  hert  shalbe  opened :  when  the  power 
 of  the  see  shalbe  couerted  vnto  the  (that  is) 
 whe  the  strength  of  the  Gentiles  shal  come 
 vnto  the.  The  multitude  of  Camels  shal 
 couer  y,  the  Dromedaries  of  Madia  and  Epha. 
 All  they  of  Saba  shal  come,  ''bringinge  golde 
 5  incense,  5  shewinge  the  prayse  of  the 
 LORDE.  All  the  catel  of  Cedar  shalbe 
 gathered  vnto  ;y-,  the  riimes  of  Nabaioth  shal 
 serue  the, '  to  be  offred  vpo  myne  aulter,  which 
 I  haue  chosen,  %  in  the  house  of  my  glory 
 which  I  haue  garnished.  But  what  are  these 
 that  fle  here  like  the  cloudes,  and  as  the  doues 
 flienge  to  their  wyndowes  ? 
 
 The  lies  also  shal  gather  the  vnto  me,  and 
 specially  the  shippes  of  y  see  :  that  they  maye 
 bringe  the  sonnes  from  farre,  and  their  syluer 
 and  their  golde  with  them,  vnto  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  vnto  the  holy  one  of 
 Israel,  that  hath  glorified  the.  *  Strangers 
 shal  buylde  vp  thy  walles,  and  their  klges  shal 
 do  the  seruyce.  For  when  I  am  angrie,  I 
 smyte  the  :  and  when  it  pleaseth  me,  I  pardon 
 the.  Thy  gates  shal  stonde  open  still  both 
 daye  and  night,'  and  neuer  be  shut :  that  the 
 hooste  of  the  Gentiles  maye  come,  and  that 
 their  kinges  maye  be  brought  vnto  the.  For 
 euery  people  (j  kingdome  that  serueth  not  the, 
 shal  perish,  and  be  distroyed  with  the  swerde. 
 The  glory  of  libanus  shal  come  vnto  the :  The 
 Fyrre  trees.  Boxes  ij  Cedres  together,  to 
 garnish  the  place  of  my  Sanctuary,  for  I  wil 
 glorifie  the  place  of  my  fete. 
 
 Morouer  those  shal  come  knelinge  vnto 
 the,  y  haue  vexed  the :  g  all  they  that  despised 
 y,  shal  fall  downe  at  thy  fote.  Thou  shalt  be 
 called  the  cite  of  the  LORDE,  the  holy  Sion 
 of  Israel.  Because  thou  hast  bene  forsake 
 and  hated,  so  that  noman  went  thorow  the  :  I 
 wil  make  the  glorious  for  euer  and  euer,  ad 
 ioyful  thorow  out  all  posterities.    ""  Thou  shalt 
 
 Mar.  8.  a.  *  Matt.  2.  b.    Psal.  71.  •  Heb.  13.  b, 
 
 '  Esa.  54.  b.        '  Apo.  21.  g.         ■»  Esa.  49.  e. 
 
 c 
 
#0.  iirrjT. 
 
 Zl)t  piopftft  €631). 
 
 Cfjap.  In. 
 
 sucke  the  mylck  of  the  Gentiles,  and  kinges 
 brestes  shal  fade  the.  And  thou  shalt  knowe 
 that  I  the  LORDE  am  thy  Sauioure  and 
 defender,  the  mighty  one  of  lacob.  For 
 brasse  wil  I  geue  the  golde,  and  for  yron 
 syluer,  for  wod  brasse,  and  for  stones  yron. 
 I  wil  make  peace  thy  ruler,  and  rightuousnes 
 thyne  officer.  Violence  and  robbery  shal 
 neuer  be  herde  of  in  thy  Jonde,  nether  harme 
 and  destruction  with  in  thy  borders.  Thy 
 walles  shalbe  called  health,  (t  thy  gates  the 
 prayse  of  God.  "  The  Sonne  shal  neuer  be 
 thy  daye  light,  ad  the  light  of  the  Moone 
 shal  neuer  shyne  vnto  the  :  *  but  y  LORDE 
 himself  shalbe  thy  euerlastinge  light,  g  thy 
 God  shalbe  thy  glory. 
 
 Thy  Sonne  shal  neuer  go  downe,  (j  thy 
 Moone  shal  not  be  taken  awaye,  for  the 
 LORDE  himself  shalbe  thy  euerlastinge  light, 
 ad  thy  sorouful  dayes  shalbe  rewarded  y.  Thy 
 people  shalbe  all  godly,  t  possesse  the  londe 
 for  euer :  the  floure  of  my  plantinge,  the 
 worke  of  my  hondes,  wherof  I  wil  reioyce. 
 The  yongest  rt  leest  shal  growe  in  to  a  thou- 
 sande,  rt  the  symplest  in  to  a  stronge  people. 
 I  the  LORDE  shal  shortly  bringe  this  thinge 
 to  passe  in  his  tynne. 
 
 Ei)e  Iri.  Cfjapter. 
 
 THE  sprete  of  the  LORDE  God  is  ^vith 
 me,'  for  f  LORDE  hath  anoynted  me, 
 5  sent  me,  to  preach  good  tydlges  vnto  the 
 poore,  y  I  might  bynde  vp  y  wounded  hertes, 
 y  I  might  preach  delyueraunee  to  y  captyue, 
 5  open  the  preson  to  the  that  are  bounde  : 
 V  I  might  declare  y  acceptable  yeare  of  y 
 LORDE,  (I  the  daye  of  y  avegeaunce  of  oure 
 God :  that  I  might  comforte  all  them  that  are 
 in  heuynesse,''  that  I  might  geue  vnto  them  y 
 mourne  in  Sion,  bewty  in  the  steade  of  asshes, 
 ioyful  oyntmet  for  sighinge,  pleasaunt  raymet 
 for  an  heuy  mlde  :  That  they  might  be  called 
 excellent  in  rightuousnesse,  a  platinge  of  the 
 LORDE'  for  him  to  reioyce  in. 
 
 They  shal  buylde  the  loge  rough  wildemes, 
 1  set  vp  y  olde  deserte.  They  shal  repajTe 
 the  waist  places,  j  soch  as  haue  bene  voyde 
 thorow  out  many  generacios.  Straugers  shal 
 stode  X  fede  youre  catel,  i  the  Aleauntes 
 shalbe  youre  plowme  %  reapers.  But  ye  shalbe 
 named  the  prestes  of  the  LORDE,'  (t  me 
 
 •  Apo.  iil.  g.  »  Apo.  '2!;.  b.  '  Luc.  7.  c.  Luc.  4.  c. 
 Esa.  11. a.  Esa.66.a.  Esa.  57.  c.      ^  Matt.  5.  a.  Matt.  11.  d. 
 
 shall  call  you  the  seruautes  of  oure  God.  Ye 
 shall  enioye  the  goodes  of  f  Getiles  j  tryuphe 
 in  their  substaiice.  For  youre  greate  reprofe 
 1  shame,  shal  they  haue  ioye,  y  ye  maye  haue 
 parte  with  the.  For  they  shal  haue  dubble 
 possession  i  their  lode,  j  euerlastinge  ioye 
 shalbe  with  thein.^  For  I  the  LORDE, 
 which  loue  right  ad  hate  robbery  (though  it 
 were  offred  me)  shal  make  their  workes  ful  of 
 faithfulnes,  i  make  an  euerlastinge  couenaunt 
 with  them. 
 
 Their  sede  also  and  their  generacion  shal 
 be  knowne  amoge  the  Gentiles,  and  amoge 
 the  people.  All  they  that  se  them,  shall 
 knowe,  that  they  are  the  hie  blessed  sede  of  y 
 LORDE.  And  therfore  I  am  ioyful  in  the 
 LORDE,  it  my  soule  reioyseth  in  my  God, 
 For  'he  shall  put  vpon  me  the  garmet  of 
 health,  rj  couer  me  with  the  matle  of  right- 
 uousnes. He  shal  decke  me  like  a  bryde- 
 grome,  ■[  as  a  bryde  that  hath  hir  apparell 
 vpo  her.  For  like  as  y  grounde  bringeth 
 forth  frute,  d  as  the  garde  shuteth  forth  sede : 
 So  shal  the  LORDE  God  cause  rightuousnes, 
 and  the  feare  of  God  to  florish  forth  before  all 
 the  Heithen. 
 
 ^t  Irij.  Cljaptnr. 
 
 FOR  Sions  sake  therfore  wil  I  not  holde 
 my  tiige,  ft  for  lerusales  sake  I  will  not 
 ceasse :  vntill  their  rightuousnes  breake  forth 
 as  y  shyninge  light,  j  their  health  as  a  bum- 
 ynge  lampe.  Then  shal  the  Getiles  se  thv 
 rightuousnesse  5  all  kinges  thy  glory.  Thou 
 shalt  be  named  with  a  new  name,  which  the 
 mouth  of  5'  LORDE  shal  shewe.  Thou  shalt 
 be  a  crowne  in  the  honde  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  a  glorious  garlade  in  the  hode  of  thy  God. 
 From  this  tynne  forth  thou  shalt  neuer  be 
 called  the  forsake,  3  thy  lode  shal  nomore  be 
 called  the  wildernesse.  But  thou  shalt  be 
 called  Hephziba  (that  is,  ray  beloued)  5  thy 
 londe  Beula  (that  is)  a  marled  woma  :  '  for  f 
 LORDE  loueth  y,  5  thy  lode  shalbe  inhabited. 
 And  like  as  a  yonge  ma  taketh  a  doughter  to 
 mariage,  so  shal  God  mary  himself  vnto  thy 
 sonnes.  And  as  a  brydegrome  is  glad  of  his 
 bryde,  so  shal  God  reioyse  ouer  the. 
 
 I  wil  set  watchme  vpo  thy  walles  (o  Jeru- 
 salem) which  shall  nether  ceasse  daye  nor 
 night,  to  preach  f  LORDE.     And  ye  also 
 
 '  Esa.  60.  d.        f  Esa.  66.  d.  lere.  33.  d.  t  Luc. '.'.  d. 
 
 *  Psal.  131.  b.        ■  Eze.  16.  b.  Osee  2.  d.  Esa.  54.  a. 
 
Cf)ap.  l)tiuj» 
 
 €i)t  prop!)ft  dPsiaj). 
 
 #0.  litmt 
 
 shall  not  kepe  him  close,  nor  leaue  to  speake 
 of  hi,  vntill  lerusale  be  set  vp,  5  made  the 
 prayse  of  the  worlde.  The  LOIIDE  hath 
 sworne  by  his  right  honde  5  by  his  stronge 
 arme,  that  fr5  hence  forth  he  wil  not  geue  thy 
 corne  to  be  meate  for  thine  enemies,  ner  thy 
 wyne  (wherl  thou  hast  laboured)  to  be  drynke 
 for  y  straungers.  But  they  that  haue  gathered 
 in  the  corne,  shal  eate  it,  5  geue  thankes  to  the 
 LORDE:  5,  they  that  haue  borne  in  the  wyne, 
 shall  drynke  it  in  the  court  of  my  Sanctuary. 
 Stode  back,  u  departe  a  sunder,  ye  y  stonde 
 vnder  y  gate,  make  rowme  ye  people,  repayre 
 the  strete,  (j  take  awaye  f  stones,  5  set  out  a 
 toke  for  the  people.  "  Beholde,  y  LORDE 
 proclameth  in  the  endes  of  the  worlde :  tel  y 
 doughter  Sio :  se,  thy  Saluacio  cometh,  be- 
 holde, he  bringeth  his  treasure  with  him,  (t 
 his  workes  go  before  him.  For  they  who  y 
 LORDE  delyuereth,  shalbe  called  the  holy 
 people :  j  as  for  the,  thou  shalt  be  named  the 
 greatly  occupied,  and  not  the  forsaken. 
 
 €l)t  ini].  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WHAT  is  he  this,  that  cometh  from 
 Edom,  with  stayned  reade  clothes  of 
 Bosra :  (which  is  so  costly  cloth)  j  cometh  in 
 so  neebly  with  all  his  stregth  ?  I  am  he  y 
 teacheth  rightuousnes,  5  am  of  power  to  helpe 
 Wherfore  the  is  thy  clothinge  reade,  5  thy 
 raymet  like  his  y  treadeth  in  f  wyne  presse  ? 
 I  haue  trodde  the  presse  my  self  alone,  {j  of 
 all  people,  there  was  not  one  with  me.  Thus 
 haue  I  trode  downe  myne  enemies  in  my 
 wrath,*  and  set  my  fete  vpo  them  in  my  in- 
 dignacion  :  And  their  bloude  sprange  vpo  my 
 cloothes,  (s  so  haue  I  stayned  all  my  rayment. 
 For  the  daye  of  vengeauce  that  I  haue  take 
 in  honde,  (j  the  yeare  of  my  delyueraunce  is 
 come.  I  loked  aboute  me,  and  there  was  no 
 ma  to  shewe  me  eny  helpe.  I  fel  downe,  and 
 no  man  helde  me  vp.  The  I  helde  me  by 
 myne  owne  arme,  5  my  feruetnesse  susteyned 
 me.  And  thus  haue  I  troden  downe  the 
 people  in  my  wrath,  and  bathed  them  in  my 
 displeasure :  In  so  moch  that  I  haue  shed 
 their  bloude  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 I  will  declare  the  goodnesse  of  the  LORDE, 
 yee  and  the  prayse  of  the  LORDE  for  all 
 that  he  hath  gyuen  vs,  for  the  greate  good  y 
 he  hath  done  for  Israel :  which  he  hath  gyuen 
 
 '  Esi.  40 
 Esa.  34.  b. 
 
 ».     Zacha.  9.  b. 
 Eio.  lo.  a.    Es: 
 
 Matt.  ai.  a.     Esa.  26.  c. 
 .12.  a.     ''Exo.  13.  (1.  14.  d. 
 
 them  of  his  owne  fauoure,  g  acordinge  to  the 
 multitude  of  his  louynge  kindnesses.  For  he 
 sayde :  These  no  doute  wilbe  my  people,  and 
 no  shrokinge  children,  and  so  he  was  their 
 Sauioure.  ''  In  their  troubles  he  forsoke  the 
 not,  but  the  angel  that  went  forth  from  his 
 presence,  delyuered  them :  Of  very  loue  5 
 kindnesse  that  he  had  vnto  them,  redemed  he 
 them.  He  hath  borne  them,  and  caried  them 
 vp  euer,  sence  the  worlde  begane.  But  after 
 they  prouoked  him  to  wrath  and  vexed  his 
 holy  minde,  he  was  their  enemie,  and  fought 
 agaynst  them  him  self.  Yet  remebred  he  the 
 olde  tyme,  of  Moses  g  his  people :  '"  How  he 
 brought  them  from  the  water  of  the  see,  as  a 
 shepherde  doth  with  his  shepe :  how  he  had 
 geuen  his  holy  sprete  amonge  them :  how  he  had 
 led  Moses  by  the  right  honde  with  his  glorious 
 arme :  how  he  had  deuyded  the  water  before 
 them  (wherby  he  gat  him  self  an  euerlastinge 
 name)  how  he  led  them  in  the  depe,  as  an 
 horse  is  led  in  the  playne,  that  they  shulde 
 not  stomble.  The  sprete  of  the  LORDE  led 
 them,  as  a  tame  beast  goeth  in  the  felde. 
 
 Thus  (o  God)  hast  thou  led  thy  people,  to 
 make  thy  self  a  glorious  name  with  all.  Loke 
 downe  then  from  heaue,-'  and  beholde  the 
 dwellinge  place  of  thy  sanctuary  5  thy  glory 
 How  is  it,  y  thy  gelousy,  thy  strength,  the 
 multitude  of  thy  mercies  and  thy  louynge 
 kyndnesse,  wyl  not  be  entreated  of  vs  ?  -"  Yet 
 art  thou  oure  father :  For  Abraham  knoweth 
 vs  not,  nether  is  Israel  acquanted  with  vs. 
 But  thou  LORDE  art  oure  father  and  re- 
 demer,  and  thy  name  is  euer  lastinge.''  O 
 LORDE  wherfore  hast  thou  led  vs  out  of  thy 
 waye?  wherfore  hast  thou  hardened  oure 
 hertes,  that  we  feare  the  not?  Be  at  one 
 with  vs  agayne,  for  thy  seruauntes  sake  y  are 
 of  the  generacio  of  thy  heretage.  Thy  people 
 hath  had  but  litle  of  thy  Sanctuaiy  in  pos- 
 sessio,  for  oure  enemies  haue  take  it  in :  And 
 we  are  become,  euen  as  we  were  from  the 
 beginnynge:  but  thou  art  not  their  LORDE, 
 for  they  haue  not  called  vpon  thy  name. 
 
 Cljt  Iviitj-  Cijapter. 
 
 OTHAT  thou  woldest  cleue  the  heauen  in 
 sonder,  5  come  downe :  that  the  moun- 
 taynes  might  melt  awaye  at  thy  presence,  like 
 as  at  an  bote  fyre :    and  that  the  malicious 
 
 23.  c.       'Exo.  14.  c.    Psal.  76.  b.        /Deu.26.  d.    Baruc 
 d.    «Matt6b.    l.uc.ll.a.   Matt.23.a.     *  Psal.llS.b. 
 
jfo.  hmvh 
 
 €i)t  propl)ft  OPgap. 
 
 Cftap.  I)rb, 
 
 might  boyle,  as  the  water  doth  vpon  the  fyre: 
 Wherby  thy  name  might  be  knowne  amoge 
 thine  enemies,  5  y  the  Getiles  might  treble 
 before  y.  That  tliou  mightest  come  downe 
 with  thy  wonderous  straunge  workes,  then 
 shulde  the  hilles  melt  at  thy  presence.  For 
 sence  the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde  there  was 
 none  (excepte  thou  o  God)  that  herde  or  per- 
 ceaued,  "nether  hath  eny  eye  sene  what  thou 
 dost  for  the,  that  put  their  trust  in  the. 
 
 Thou  helpest  him  that  doth  right  with 
 cherefulnesse,  and  them  that  thynke  vpon  thy 
 waves.  But  lo,  thou  art  angrie,  for  we  ofTende, 
 and  haue  bene  euer  in  synne,  and  there  is  not 
 one  whole.  *  We  are  all  as  an  vnclene  thinge, 
 (t  all  oure  rightuousnesses  are  as  the  clothes 
 stayned  with  the  floures  of  a  woman :  we  fall 
 euerychone  as  the  leaf,  for  oure  synnes  carie 
 vs  awaye  like  the  wynde.  There  is  no  man 
 that  calleth  vpon  thy  name,  that  stondeth  vp 
 to  take  holde  by  the.  Therfore  hydest  thou 
 thv  face  from  vs,  and  consumest  vs,  because 
 of  oure  synnes. 
 
 But  now  o  LORDE,  "^thou  father  of  ours : 
 we  are  the  claye,  and  thou  art  oure  potter, 
 and  we  all  are  the  worke  of  thy  hondes.  Be 
 not  to  sore  displeased  (o  LORDE)  and  kepe 
 not  oure  offences  to  loge  in  thy  remembraunce, 
 but  considre  that  we  all  are  thy  people.  The 
 cities  of  thy  Sanctuary  lye  waist,  ''Sion  is  a 
 wildernesse,  and  Jerusalem  a  deserte.  Oure 
 holy  house  which  is  oure  bewty,  where  oure 
 fathers  praysed  the,  is  brent  vp,  yee  all  oure 
 comodities  and  pleasures  are  waysted  awaye. 
 Wilt  thou  not  be  intreated  (LORDE)  for  all 
 this  ?     Wilt  thou  holde  thy  peace,  and  scourge 
 
 Wi)t  Ijb.  Ci^aptn-. 
 
 THEY  shal  seke  me,  that  hitherto  haue 
 not  axed  for  me  : ''  they  shal  fynde  me, 
 that  hither  to  haue  not  sought  me.  Then 
 shal  I  saye  immediatly,  to  the  people  that 
 neuer  called  vpon  my  name :  I  am  here,  I 
 am  here.  For  thus  longe  haue  I  euer  holden 
 out  my  hondes  to  an  vnfaithful  people,  that 
 go  not  the  right  waye,  but  after  their  owne 
 ymaginacions :  To  a  people,  that  is  euer  de- 
 fyenge  me  to  my  face.  ■'^They  make  their 
 oblacions  in  gardens,  and  their  smoke  vpon 
 
 "iCor.  2.b.  >Ro.3.b.  Psal.  13.  a.  'Matt.  6.  b. 
 lerc.  18.  b.  Ro.  9.  c.  Ecci.  33.  b.  lere.  10.  d.  Psal. 
 78.  a.  lere.  26.  d.  ■'Mich.  3.  c.  'Esa.52.  a.  Ro.  10.  d. 
 /  Deut.  12.  a.    Deut.  14.  b.        JLeuit.  ll.a.    Deut.  14.a. 
 
 aulters  of  bricke,  they  lurck  amonge  the  graues, 
 and  lie  in  the  dennes  all  night.  «They  eate 
 swyne  flesh,  and  vnclene  broth  is  in  their 
 vessels.  Yf  thou  comest  nye  them,  they  saie: 
 touch  me  not,  for  I  am  holyer  then  thou. 
 
 All  these  men  when  1  am  angrie,  shalbe 
 turned  to  smoke  and  fyre,  that  shal  burne  for 
 euer.''  Beholde,  it  is  written  before  my  face, 
 3  shal  not  be  forgotten,  but  recopensed.  I 
 shal  rewarde  it  them  in  to  their  bosome :  'I 
 meane  youre  mysdedes,  and  the  mysdedes  of 
 youre  fathers  together  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 which  haue  made  their  smokes  vpon  the  moun- 
 taynes,  and  blasphemed  me  vpon  the  hilles : 
 therfore  will  I  measure  their  olde  dedes  in  to 
 their  bosome  agayne. 
 
 Morouer  thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  'like  as 
 when  one  wolde  gather  holy  grapes,  men  saye 
 vnto  him :  breake  it  not  of,  for  it  is  holy : 
 Euen  so  will  I  do  also  for  my  seruauntes  sakes, 
 that  I  will  not  destroye  them  all.  'But  I  will 
 take  a  sede  out  of  lacob,  and  out  of  luda  one, 
 to  take  possession  of  my  hill.  My  chosen  shal 
 possesse  these  thinges,  j  my  seruauntes  shall 
 dwell  there.  Saron  shalbe  a  shepefolde,  and 
 the  valley  of  Achor"  shal  geue  stallinge  for  the 
 catell  of  my  people,  that  feare  me.  But  as  for 
 you,  ye  are  they,  y  haue  forsaken  the  LORDE, 
 and  forgotten  my  holy  hill.  Ye  haue  set  vp 
 an  aulter  vnto  fortune,  5  geue  rich  drinkofFer- 
 inges  vnto  treasure.  Therfore  wil  I  nombre 
 you  with  the  swerde,  that  ye  shall  be  destroyed 
 all  together.  "  For  when  I  called,  no  man  gaue 
 me  answere :  when  I  spake,  ye  herkened  notj 
 vnto  me,  but  dyd  wickednes  before  myne  eyes,  j 
 and  chosed  the  thinge  that  pleased  me  not. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Beholde,  ray  seruauntes  shal  eate,  but  ye  shall 
 haue  honger.  Beholde,  ray  seruauntes  shall 
 drynke,  but  ye  shal  suffre  thurste.  Beholde, 
 my  seruauntes  shal  be  mery,  but  ye  shal  be 
 cofounded.  Beholde,  my  seruauntes  shal  re- 
 ioyse  for  very  quietnesse  of  herte."  But  ye 
 shal  crie  for  sorow  of  hert,  and  coplayne  for 
 vexacion  of  mynde.  Youre  name  shal  not  be 
 sworne  by  amonge  my  chosen,  for  God  the 
 LORDE  shal  slaye  you,  and  call  his  ser- 
 uauntes by  another  name.  ''  Who  so  reioyseth 
 vpo  earth,  shall  reioyse  in  the  true  God :  And 
 Who  so  sweareth  vpo  earth,  shal  sweare  in  the 
 
 ''  Matt.  25.  d.  '  lere.  7.  a.    Esa.  57.  a.    Eze.  20.  d. 
 
 '  Ro.  11.  b.  '  3  Re.  19.  c.  Ro.  9.  c.  "■  Tosu.  7.  d. 
 "  Pro.  1.  c.     lere.  7.  c.  "  lacob.  4.  b.  P  lere.  9.  d. 
 
 1  Cor.  1.  d.     2  Cor.  11.  a. 
 
Cftap.  Ijrbi. 
 
 €i)t  propfttt  Csap, 
 
 So.  lionrn'ij* 
 
 true  God.  For  the  olde  enemite  shalbe  for- 
 gotten, and  taken  awaye  out  of  my  sight.  For 
 lo,  I  shal  make  a  new  heaue,  "(j  a  new  earth. 
 And  as  for  the  olde,  they  shall  neuer  be 
 thought  vpo,  ner  kepte  in  mynde :  but  me 
 shalbe  glad  and  euermore  reioyse,  for  the 
 thinges,  that  I  shall  do. 
 
 For  why :  Beholde,  I  shal  make  a  ioyfull 
 lerusale,  yee  I  my  self  will  reioyse  with  leru- 
 salem,  5  be  glad  with  my  people :  *And  the 
 voyce  of  wepinge  and  waylinge  shall  not  be 
 herds  in  her  from  thece  forth.  There  shall 
 neuer  be  childe  ner  olde  man,  that  haue  not 
 their  full  dayes.  But  whe  the  childe  cometh 
 to  an  huderth  yeare  olde,  it  shall  dye.  And 
 yf  he  that  is  an  huderth  yeare  of  age  do 
 wronge,  he  shalbe  cursed.  'They  shal  buylde 
 houses,  and  dwel  in  them :  they  shal  plante 
 vynyardes,  and  eate  the  frute  of  them.  They 
 shall  not  buylde,  (j  another  possesse :  they 
 shall  not  plante,  and  another  eate  :  ''  But  the 
 life  of  my  people  shalbe  like  a  tre,  and  so 
 shal  the  worke  of  their  hondes. 
 
 My  chosen  shal  lyue  longe,  they  shall  not 
 laboure  in  vayne,  ner  beget  with  trouble :  for 
 they  are  the  hie  blessed  sede  of  the  LORDE, 
 (J  their  frutes  with  them.  And  it  shalbe,  that 
 or  euer  they  call,  I  shal  answere  them. '  Whyle 
 they  are  yet  but  thinkinge  how  to  speake, 
 I  shal  heare  them.  The  wolfF  and  the  lambe 
 shal  fede  together,  and  the  lyon  shal  eate  haye 
 like  the  bullocke.  But  earth  shalbe  the  ser- 
 petes  meate.  ^  There  shal  no  man  hurte  ner 
 slaye  another,  in  all  my  holy  hill,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 t!Li)t  lybi.  Ci)apter. 
 
 THUS  saieth  the  LORDE:  Heaue  is  my 
 seate,  *and  the  earth  is  my  fote  stole. 
 Where  shal  now  the  house  stonde,  y  ye  will 
 buylde  vnto  me?  And  where  shal  be  the 
 place,  y  I  wil  dwel  in  ?  As  for  these  thinges, 
 my  hode  hath  made  them  all,  and  they  are 
 all  created,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Which  of 
 them  shal  I  then  regarde?  Eue  him  that  is 
 of  a  lowly  troubled  sprete,  and  stodeth  in  awe 
 of  my  wordes.  For  who  so  slayeth  an  oxe 
 for  me,  doth  me  so  greate  dishonoure,  as  he  y 
 kylleth  a  ma.  He  that  kylleth  a  shepe  for 
 me,  choketh  a  dogge.     He  that  bringeth  me 
 
 "  2  Pet.  3.  b.  Apo.  21.  a.       »  Apo.  21.  a.      <■  Deut.  28.  c. 
 
 Gene.  2.  b.     lere.  17.  b.     Psal.  1.  a.  «  Esa.  11.  b. 
 
 /  Gene.  3.  b.  I  Act.  7.  f.    Act.  17.  d.    3  Re.  8.  d. 
 
 2Par.6.d.   E3a.57. c.  £sa.61.a.  Psal.SO. b.       *  lobS.b. 
 
 meat  offringes,  ofFreth  swynes  bloude:  Who 
 so  maketh  nfe  a  memoriall  of  Incense,  prayseth 
 the  thinge  y  is  vnright.  Yet  take  they  soch 
 wayes  in  honde,  and  their  soule  deliteth  in 
 these  abhominacions. 
 
 *  Therfore  wil  I  also  haue  pleasure  in  laugh- 
 inge  them  to  scorne,  and  the  thinge  that  they 
 feare,  wil  I  bringe  vpon  the.  For  when  I 
 called,  no  man  gaue  answere  :  when  I  spake, 
 they  wolde  not  heare  :  But  dyd  wickednesse 
 before  myne  eyes,  j  chose  the  thinges  that 
 displease  me.  Heare  the  worde  of  God  all 
 ye,  that  feare  the  thinge  which  he  speaketh. 
 Youre  brethren  that  hate  you,  and  cast  you 
 out  for  my  names  sake,  saye :  Let  the  LORDE 
 magnifie  himself,  that  we  maye  se  youre  glad- 
 nesse  :  5  yet  they  shalbe  c5founded. 
 
 '  For  as  touchinge  the  cite  and  the  temple, 
 I  heare  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE,  that  will 
 rewarde,  and  recompece  his  enemies :  like  as 
 when  a  wife  bringeth  forth  a  man  childe,  or 
 euer  she  sufFre  the  payne  of  the  byrth  and 
 anguysh  of  f  trauayle.  Who  euer  herde  or 
 sawe  soch  thinges?  doth  the  grounde  beare 
 in  one  daye  ?  or  are  the  people  borne  all  at 
 once,  as  Sion  beareth  his  sonnes  ?  For  thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE:  Am  I  he  that  maketh 
 other  to  beare,  and  beare  not  my  self  ?  Am 
 not  I  he  that  beareth,  *  and  maketh  baren  ? 
 saieth  thy  God.  Reioyse  with  lerusalem, 
 I  be  glad  with  her,  all  ye  that  loue  her.  Be 
 ioyful  with  her,  all  ye  that  mourned  for  her. 
 For  ye  shal  sucke  cdforte  out  of  hir  brestes, 
 and  be  satisfied.  Ye  shal  taist,  and  haue 
 delite  in  the  plenteousnesse  of  hir  power.  For 
 thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  beholde,  I  wil  let 
 peace  1  to  her,  like  a  water  floude,  5  y  might 
 of  the  Heithe  like  a  flowinge  streame.  Then 
 shal  ye  sucke,  ye  shal  be  borne  vpon  hir  sydes, 
 and  be  ioyful  vpo  hir  knees.  For  like  as  a 
 childe  is  comforted  of  his  mother,  so  shal  I 
 conforte  you,  and  ye  shalbe  comforted  in  Je- 
 rusalem.' And  when  ye  se  this,  youre  herte 
 shal  reioyse,  and  youre  bones  shal  florish  like 
 an  herbe. 
 
 Thus  shal  the  honde  of  the  LORDE  be 
 knowne  amonge  his  seruauntes,  and  his  in- 
 dignacion  amonge  his  enemies.  For  beholde, 
 the  LORDE  shal  come  with  fyre,  and  his 
 charet  shal  be  like  a  whyrlwynde,   that   he 
 
 Pro.  1.  b.      Esa.  65.  b.  "  lere.  18.  a.      Zac.  14.  a. 
 
 '  Gen.  16.  a.  29.  f.  30.  a.    Math.  5.  b.  '  Pro.  17.  d. 
 
 Eze.  37.  a. 
 
jTo.  iiWTufj. 
 
 €l)t  propbet  €6ap. 
 
 Cftap.  I)rbu 
 
 maye  recompence  his  vengeaunce  in  his  wrath, 
 and  his  indignacion  with  the  flame  of  fyre. 
 For  f  LORDE  shal  iudge  all  flesh  with  the 
 fyre  and  with  his  swerde,  and  there  shalbe  a 
 greate  nombre  slayne  of  the  LORDE.  Soch 
 as  haue  made  them  selues  holy  and  cleane  in 
 the  gardens,  and  those  that  haue  eaten  swyne 
 flesh,  myce,  and  other  abhominacios,  shal  be 
 taken  awaye  together,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 For  I  wil  come  to  gather  all  people  and  tonges, 
 with  their  workes  and  ymaginacions :  these 
 shal  come,  and  se  my  glory.  Vnto  them  shal 
 I  geue  a  toke,  and  sende  certayne  of  the  (that 
 be  delyuered)  amonge  the  Gentiles:  in  to 
 CeHcia,  Africa  and  Lidia  (where  men  can 
 handle  bowes)  in  to  Italie  also  and  Greke  londe. 
 "The  lies  farre  of,  that  haue  not  herde 
 speake  of  me,  a  haue  not  sene  my  glory :  shal 
 preach  my  prayse  amonge  the  Gentiles,  and 
 shal  bringe  all  youre  brethre  for  an  offringe 
 
 •■  Esa.  (il.  a.  52.  a.  60.  a.  65.  a. 
 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  out  of  al  people,  vpo 
 horses,  charettes  and  horse  lytters,  vpo  Mooles 
 and  cartes  to  Jerusalem  my  holy  hill  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  like  as  the  children  of  Israel 
 bringe  the  offringe  in  cleane  vessels,  to  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 *And  I  shal  take  out  certayne  of  them  for 
 to  be  preastes  and  leuites,  saieth  y  LORDE. 
 For  like  as  the  new  heaue  and  the  new  earth 
 which  I  wil  make,  shalbe  fast  stablished  by 
 me:  (saieth  the  LORDE)  So  shal  youre 
 sede  and  youre  name  contynue,  and  there 
 shalbe  a  new  Moone  for  the  other,  and  a  new 
 Sabbath  for  the  other,  (i  all  flesh  shal  come 
 to  worshipe  before  me,  (saieth  y  LORDE.) 
 And  they  shal  go  forth,  and  loke  vpo  the 
 caryons  of  them,  that  haue  transgressed 
 agaynst  me.  For  their  wormes  shal  not  dye, 
 'nether  shal  their  fyre  be  quenched,  5  all  flesh 
 shal  abhorre  them. 
 
 'Esa.  61.  a.  1  Pet.  2.  Rom.  12.  a.        '  Mat.  9,  g.  Mar.  9.  e. 
 
 Cfje  tidit  of  tbe  propJjet  Csiap, 
 
®^e  ^rop|)et  ^tttmp. 
 
 OTftat  Sierfinp  ront(j)it£H)» 
 
 C{)ap.  1. 
 He  declareth  first  his  callinge,  and  in  a  vision  he 
 seith  the  destruccion  of  lerusalem. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 
 The  faithfulnesse  and  louynge  mercy  of  God  : 
 
 Agayne,  the  vnthanckfulnes  of  the  people. 
 
 CI)ap.  III. 
 He  crieth  vpon  the  people  to  amende,  and  shew- 
 eth  them  the  wrath  of  God. 
 
 CI)ap.  nil. 
 
 He  layeth  the  wrothfuU  displeasure  of  God  before 
 them,  and  exorteth  the  to  amendment. 
 
 €l)ap.  V.  VI.  VII.  VIII. 
 The  wrath  of  God,  and  the  cause  therof.    Plages 
 and  misery  for  to  come. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 
 The  prophet  mourneth  and  coplayneth  vpon  the 
 synnes  of  the  people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 He  geueth  the  warnynge,  that  they  folowe  not 
 the  vses  and  customes  of  the  Heithe,  and 
 sheweth  them  how  vayne  a  thinge  it  is  to  wor- 
 shipe  ymages,  and  to  forget  the  true  lyuynge 
 God. 
 
 CI)ap.  XI. 
 
 He  puteth  them  in  remembraQce  of  the  coue- 
 naunt,  sheweth  their  misery,  (j  complayneth  of 
 his  owne  persecucion. 
 
 etfaf.  XII. 
 
 The  prosperite  of  the  wicked,  5  trouble  of  the 
 that  are  godly.  The  forsakynge  of  the  lewes, 
 and  callynge  of  the  Heithe. 
 
 (fl:i)ap.  xni. 
 
 Sore  plages  vp5  the  people,  shewed  vnto  the 
 prophet  by  the  lynninge  breche. 
 
 Cijap.   XIIII. 
 The  derth  of  frutes.     So  wroth  is  God  at  the 
 people,  that  he  forbiddeth  the  prophet  to  praye 
 for  them. 
 
 Cljap.   XV. 
 God  wil  not  be  intreated,  where  his  lawe  is  troden 
 vnder  fote.     He  answereth  the  prophet  to  his 
 complaynte. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVI. 
 The  LORDE  forbiddeth    the   prophet   fo   kepe 
 company  with  the  people,  or  to  take  a  wife  in 
 that  place,  for  he  is  mynded  to  punish  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVII. 
 Punyshment  of  them  that  forsake  the  LORDE, 
 and  put  their  trust  in  men.     A  comaundement 
 concernynge  the  Sabbath. 
 
 C^ap.  XVIII. 
 By  the  potters  worke  the  prophet  is  taught,  so 
 that  he  warneth  the  people,  and  telleth  them 
 of  the  punyshment. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIX. 
 The  plage  vpo  lerusalem  and  Tophet. 
 
 Ci)ap.    XX. 
 Pashur  the  chefe  prest  smyteth  leremy  the  pro- 
 phet, and  putteth  him  in  preson  :  which  shew- 
 eth him  his  plage  for  to  come. 
 
 C^ap.  XXI. 
 
 The  prophet  sheweth  the  kynge,  what  shal  become 
 of  the  cite. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXII. 
 
 He  exorteth  the  kynge  and  all  the  people  vnto 
 godlynesse,  and  telleth  what  shal  become  of 
 Sellii  (other  wyse  called  loas)  the  sonne  of 
 losias :  and  what  shal  happe  to  lechonias  the 
 sonne  of  loachim. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXIII. 
 He     reproueth    the    wicked    rulers    and    false 
 prophetes.  
 
Cf)t  propbet  Srrtmp. 
 
 C^ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXXVII. 
 
 The  vision  of  the  fyge  maOdes. 
 
 Pharao   commeth   out  of  Egipte   to  helpe  the 
 kynge,  but  in  vayne.     leremy  is  put  in  preson. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXV. 
 
 C^ap.  XXXVIII. 
 
 He  reproueth  the  kynge  and  all  the  people,  and 
 
 The  prynces  laboure  to  haue  the  prophet  deed, 
 they  put  him  I  a  sorer  preson :  but  Abdemelech 
 
 sheweth  the  punyshment  for  to  come  vpon  the 
 heithen. 
 
 getteth   him  out,   and   the   kynge   comoneth 
 
 Cf)ap.   XXVI. 
 
 with  him. 
 
 Because  the  prophet  rebuketh  the  people,  the 
 
 €l)ap.  XXXIX. 
 
 prestes  and  the  prophetes  put  him  to  trouble  : 
 
 The  cite  of  lerusalem  is  wonne,  the  kynge  taken. 
 
 but  at  the  last  Ahicam  delyuereth  him. 
 
 his  sonnes  and  prynces  slayne  before  his  face, 
 his  owne  eyes  put  out,  and  he  led  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 Cljap.  XXVII. 
 
 But  leremy  and  Abdemelech  escape. 
 
 God    commaundeth    the    prophet  for   to  make 
 
 Cl)ap.  XL. 
 
 bondes  and  cheynes,  to  signifie  the  captiuyte 
 
 of  the  Heithen  kynges. 
 
 How  the  chefe  captayne  intreateth  leremy.    Go- 
 dolias  is  made  gouernoure  of  the  londe,  the 
 
 tfi^ap.  xxvin. 
 
 people  resorte  vnto  him. 
 
 Hananias  the  false  prophet  withstondeth  Jeremy. 
 
 Cfiap.  XLI. 
 
 Cijap.  XXIX. 
 
 Israael  slayeth  Godolias,  and  taketh  the  people 
 
 presoners,  but  lohanna  defendeth  them. 
 
 A  lettre  of  leremy  sent  vnto  the  presoners  at 
 
 Babilon. 
 
 C^ap.  XLIl. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXX. 
 
 The  captaynes  axe  councell  at  leremy,  but  folowe 
 
 leremy  (at  the  comaundement  of  God)  wryteth 
 
 him  not. 
 
 his  sermons  in  a  boke.     Swete  and  cofortable 
 
 Cijap.  XLIII.  XLIIII. 
 
 promises  vnto  the  godly  :   Agayne,  the  wrath 
 
 They  wil  nedes  go  in  to  Egipte  agaynst  the  com- 
 
 of  God  agaynst  the  wicked. 
 
 maundement  of  God.     The  prophet  exorteth 
 the  to  the  cotrary,  and  to  leaue  their  ydolatry  : 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXI. 
 
 Neuertheles,  they  regarde  it  not,  but  wil  do  as 
 
 He  putteth  the  people  in  mynde  of  the  louynge 
 
 their  fathers  dyd  before  them. 
 
 mercy  and  benefites  of  God,    and  coforteth 
 them  with  his  promises. 
 
 CI)ap.  XLV. 
 
 leremy  coraforteth  Baruch,  cocernynge  his  weak- 
 
 Cliap.  XXXII. 
 
 nesse  of  mynde. 
 
 The  prophet  beynge  in  preson  sheweth  the  dely- 
 
 Cfiap.  XLVI. 
 
 ueraunce  of  the  people  out  of  captiuyte. 
 
 The    summe   of   leremies  preachinge  vnto   the 
 
 Cfiap.  XXXHI. 
 
 Heithen,  specially  vnto  Egipte. 
 
 A  playne  and  manifest  prophecy  of  the  kyngdome 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLVII. 
 
 of  Christ. 
 
 Agaynst  the  Philistynes. 
 
 Cibap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 Cljap.  XLVIII. 
 
 He  sheweth  the  kynge  Sedechias  and  the  people 
 
 Agaynst  Moab. 
 
 €i)ap.  XLIX. 
 
 their  punyshmet  for  breakynge  the  couenaunt. 
 
 Cliap.  XXXV. 
 
 Agaynst  the  Ammonites,  Edomites,  Damascus, 
 
 He  reproueth  the  disobediece  of  the  people, 
 
 Cedar  and  Elam. 
 
 thorow  the  good  example  of  the  Rechabites. 
 
 Cljap.  L.  LI. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXXVI. 
 
 Agaynst  Babilon. 
 
 The  kynge  burneth  the  prophetes  boke,  but  a 
 
 €I)ap.  LII. 
 
 greater  is  wrytte  agayne  for  it,  and  the  kynge 
 
 A  recitynge  how  lerusale  was  beseged,  wonne, 
 
 punyshed. 
 
 and  taken. 
 
Cftap*  ij. 
 
 €i)t  propfKt  Sfwmp. 
 
 jTo.  iroDTirbij. 
 
 T 
 
 HESE  are  the  Sermons  of  leremy  the 
 Sonne  of  Helchia  the  prest,  one  of  them 
 that  dwelt  at  Anathot  in  the  londe  of  Ben 
 lamin:"  when  the  LORDE  had  first  spoken 
 with  him,  in  the  tyme  of  losias  the  sonne 
 of  Amon  kinge  of  luda,  in  the  xiij  yeare  of 
 his  kingdome :  and  so  duringe  vnto  the 
 tyme  of  loachim  the  sonne  of  losias  kinge 
 of  luda,  and  vnto  the  xj  yeares  of  Sedechias 
 the  sonne  of  losias*  kinge  of  luda  were 
 ended :  when  lerusalem  was  taken,  euen  in 
 the  fyfth  Moneth. 
 
 €i)t  first  Ci^apUr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  spake  thus 
 vnto  me :  '  Before  I  fasshioned  the  in 
 thy  mothers  wobe,  I  dyd  knowe  the :  And  or 
 euer  thou  wast  borne,  I  sanctified  the,  5  or- 
 dened  the,  to  be  a  prophet  vnto  the  people. 
 The  sayde  I:''  Oh  LORDE  God,  I  am  vn- 
 mete,  for  I  am  yet  but  yonge.  And  the 
 LORDE  answered  me  thus :  Saye  not  so,  I 
 am  to  yonge  :  '  For  thou  shalt  go  to  all  that  I 
 shall  sende  the  vnto,  and  what  so  euer  I  co- 
 maunde  the,  that  shalt  thou  speake.  Be  not 
 afrayed  of  their  faces,  for  I  wilbe  with  the,  to 
 delyuer  the,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 •'And  with  that,  the  LORDE  stretched  out 
 his  honde,  and  touched  my  mouth,  and  sayde 
 morouer  vnto  me  :  Beholde  I  put  my  wordes 
 in  thy  mouth,  and  this  daye  do  I  set  the  ouer 
 the  people  and  kingdomes :  that  thou  mayest 
 rote  out,  breake  of,  destroye,  and  make  waist ; 
 and  that  thou  mayest  buylde  vp,  and  plate. 
 After  this,  the  LO  RDE  spake  vnto  me  sayenge : 
 leremy,  what  seist  thou  ?  And  I  sayde  :  I  se 
 a  wakynge  rodde.^  Then  sayde  y  LORDE : 
 thou  hast  sene  right,  for  I  will  watch  diligently 
 vpon  my  worde,  to  perfourme  it. 
 
 It  happened  afterwarde,  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  to  me  agayne,  5  sayde :  What  seist 
 thou?  *And  I  sayde  :  I  do  se  a  seethinge  pot, 
 lokinge  from  out  of  the  north  hitherwarde. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  me :  Out 
 of  the  north '  shall  come  a  plage  vpon  all  the 
 dwellers  of  the  londe.  For  lo,  I  will  call  all 
 the  officers  of  the  kyngdomes  of  the  north, 
 (saieth  the  LORDE.)  And  they  shall  come, 
 and  euery  one  shall  set  his  seate  in  the  gates 
 of  lerusalem,  and  in  all  their  walles  rounde 
 
 »  lere.  11.  d.     »  lere.  39.  a.    4  Re.  25.  a.  '  Esa.  44.  a. 
 
 6.  a.  Psal.  70.  a.      ''  lere.  14.  b.  Exo.  4.  c.  '  Act.  9.  b. 
 
 Matt.  10.  c.      1  Cor.  3.  a.      lere.  18.  a.  /  Esa.  6.  a. 
 
 slere.  24.  b.      *Iob41.b.          'lere.  4.  b.  Abac.  1.  b. 
 
 M' 
 
 aboute,  and  thorow  all  the  cities  of  luda. 
 And  thorow  them  shall  I  declare  my  iudg- 
 ment,  vpon  all  the  wickednesse  of  those  men 
 that  haue  forsaken  me  :  that  haue  offVed  vnto 
 straunge  goddes,  5  worshipped  the  workes  of 
 their  owne  hondes. 
 
 And  therfore  gyrde  vp  thy  loynes,'  arise, 
 and  tell  them  all,  that  I  geue  the  in  cSmaunde- 
 ment.  Feare  them  not,  I  will  not  haue  the 
 to  be  afrayed  of  the.  For  beholde,'  this  daye 
 do  I  make  the  a  stroge  fensed  towne,  an  yron 
 pyler,  and  a  wall  of  *  stele  agaynst  f  whole 
 londe,  agaynst  the  kinges  and  mightie  men  of 
 luda,  agaynst  the  prestes  and  people  of  the 
 londe.  They  shall  fight  agaynst  the,  but  they 
 shall  not  be  able  to  ouercome  the:  '"for  I  am 
 with  the,  to  delyuer  the,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 El)t  i).  C]^aptrr. 
 OROUER,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 
 _    comaunded  me  thus  :  "  Go  thy  waye, 
 
 crie  in  the  eares  of  lerusale,  5  saye :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE:  I  remembre  the  for  the 
 kyndnesse  of  thy  youth,  and  because  of  thy 
 stedfast  loue :  in  that  thou  folowdest  me 
 thorow  the  wildernesse,  in  an  vntilled  londe. 
 Thou  Israel  wast  halowed  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  so  was  his  first  frutes.  °  All  they  that 
 deuoured  Israel,  offended :  miszfortune  fell 
 vpon  them,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Heare 
 therfore  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  O  thou 
 house  of  lacob,  and  all  the  generacion  of  the 
 house  of  Israel.  Thus  saieth  y  LORDE 
 vnto  you : 
 
 What  vnfaithfulnesse  founde  youre  fathers 
 in  me,  that  they  wente  so  farre  awaye  fro  me, 
 fallinge  to  lightnesse,  and  beinge  so  vayne  ? 
 They  thought  not  in  their  hertes :  Where 
 haue  we  left  the  LORDE,  v  brought  vs  out 
 of  the  lode  of  Egipte  :  ''y  led  vs  thorow  the 
 wildernesse,  thorow  a  deserte  and  rough  londe, 
 thorow  a  drie  and  a  deedly  londe,  yee  a  londe 
 that  no  man  had  gone  thorow,  and  wherein 
 no  man  had  dwelt.  '  And  when  I  had  brought 
 you  in  to  a  pleasaunt  welbuylded  londe,  that 
 ye  might  enioye  the  frutes  and  all  the  como- 
 dities  of  the  same:  'ye  went  forth  and  defyled 
 my  londe,  5  brought  myne  heretage  to  ab- 
 hominacion. 
 
 The  prestes  the   selues  saide  not  once; 
 
 lere.  25.  b.  '  Eze.  3.  a.        '  lere.  15.  d.         •  Or  brasse. 
 
 "'  lere.  25.  d.  "  lere.  3.  d.         »  lere.  10.  d.  and  30.  c. 
 
 Zac.  2.  b.  '  Exo.  14.  c.  '  Esa.  32.  f.  Deut.  6.  b. 
 ■•  lere.  32.  c. 
 
jTo.  tir)tT)rf)ii). 
 
 €t)t  propfift  Sfifmin 
 
 Cfcap.  ij.| 
 
 where  is  ^  LORDE?  "They  y  haue  the 
 lawe  in  their  hondes,  knowe  me  not :  The 
 shepherdes  oifende  agaynst  me.  The  pro- 
 phetes  do  seruyce  vnto  Baal,  (j  folowe  soch 
 thinges  as  shall  bringe  them  no  profit. 
 
 Wherfore  I  am  constrayned  (sayeth  the 
 LORDE)  to  make  my  complaynte  vpon  you, 
 and  vpon  youre  children.  Go  in  to  the  lies 
 of  Cethim,  and  loke  wel :  sende  vnto  Cedar, 
 take  diligent  hede :  and  se,  whether  soch 
 thinges  be  done  there,  whether  the  Gentiles 
 themselues  deale  so  falsly  a  vntruly  with  their 
 goddes  (which  yet  are  no  goddes  in  dede.*) 
 But  my  people  hath  geuen  ouer  their  hie  ho- 
 noure,  for  a  thinge  that  maye  not  helpe  them. 
 
 Be  astonished  (o  ye  heauens)  be  afrayde, 
 5  abashed  at  soch  a  thinge,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 For  my  people  hath  done  two  euels.  ''They 
 haue  forsake  me  the  well  of  the  water  of  life, 
 and  digged  them  pittes,  yee  vile  and  broken 
 pittes,  that  holde  no  water.  Is  Israel  a  bonde 
 seruaunt,  or  one  of  the  housholde  ?''  Why  is 
 he  then  so  spoyled  ?  Why  do  they  roare  and 
 crie  then  vpon  him,  as  a  lyon  ?  They  haue 
 made  his  londe  wayst,  "his  cities  are  so  brent 
 vp,  that  there  is  no  man  dwellinge  in  them. 
 Yee  the  children  of  Noph  and  Taphanes  haue 
 defyled  thy  necke. 
 
 Cometh  not  this  vnto  the,  because  thou 
 hast  forsaken  the  LORDE  thy  God,-'^  euer 
 sence  he  led  the  by  the  waye?  And  what 
 hast  thou  now  to  do  in  f  strete  of  Egipte  ?  to 
 drinke  foule  water  ?  Ether,  what  makest  thou 
 in  the  waye  to  Assiria  ?  To  drinke  water  of 
 the  floude  ?  'Thine  owne  wickednesse  shal 
 reproue  the,  and  thy  tumynge  awaye  shal  con- 
 demne  the :  that  thou  mayest  knowe  and  vn- 
 derstonde,  how  euel  and  hurtful  a  thinge  it  is, 
 y  thou  hast  forsaken  the  LORDE  thy  God, 
 and  not  feared  him,  saieth  the  LORDE  God 
 of  hoostes. 
 
 ''I  haue  euer  broken  thy  yock  of  olde,  5 
 bursten  thy  bondes:  yet  saiest  thou,  I  wil 
 nomore  serue,  but  (like  an  harlot)  thou  run- 
 nest  aboute  vpon  all  hie  hilles,  i  amonge  all 
 grene  trees:  where  as  I  planted  the  out  of 
 noble  grapes  and  good  rotes.  '  How  art  thou 
 turned  then  in  to  a  bytter,  vnfrutefull,  and 
 straunge  grape  ?  Yee  and  that  so  sore  :  that 
 though  thou  wasshest  the  with  Nitrus  5  makest 
 
 •  Marc.  12.  e.  loh.  5.  d.  »  Psal.  95.  a.  '  Baruc  3.  b. 
 lere.  17.  c.  loh.  4.  b.  ''  Exo.  4.  d.  '  Esa.  1.  b. 
 /  lere.  32.  c.  «  lob  22.  b.  "  Esa.  65.  a.  Eze.  20.  d. 
 lere.  3.  b.  '  Esa.  3.  a.  *  lere.  3.  b.    4  Ke.  17.  b. 
 
 thiself  to  sauoure  with  that  swete  smellinge 
 herbe  of  Borith :  yet  in  my  sight  thou  art 
 stayned  with  thy  wickednesse,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 Save  not  now :  I  am  not  vnclene,  and  I 
 haue  not  folowed  the  goddes.  *Loke  vpo 
 thyne  owne  waies  in  the  woddes,  valleis  (j 
 dennes :  so  shalt  thou  knowe,  what  thou  hast 
 done.  Thou  art  like  a  swift  Dromedary,  that 
 goeth  easely  his  waye :  and  thy  wantonnes  is 
 like  a  wilde  Asse,  that  vseth  the  wildernesse, 
 and  that  snofFeth  and  bloweth  at  his  wil.  Who 
 can  tame  the  ?  All  they  that  seke  the,  shal 
 not  fayle,  but  fynde  the  in  thyne  owne  vn- 
 clennes.  Thou  kepest  thy  fote  from  naked- 
 nes,  and  thy  throte  from  thurste,  and  thinkest 
 thus  in  thy  self:  tush,  I  wil  take  no  sorowe,  I 
 wil  loue  the  straunge  goddes,  5  hange  vpon 
 them. 
 
 Like  as  a  thefe  that  is  taken  with  the  dede, 
 commeth  to  shame,  eue  so  is  the  house  of 
 Israel  come  to  confucion :  the  comon  people, 
 their  kinges  and  rulers,  their  prestes  and  pro- 
 phetes.  'For  they  saye  to  a  stock,  thou  art 
 my  father,  and  to  a  stone :  thou  hast  begotten 
 me,  yee  they  haue  turned  their  back  vpon  me, 
 d  not  their  face.  But  in  the  tyme  of  their 
 trouble,  when  they  saye  :  stonde  vp,  and  helpe 
 vs,  I  shal  answere  the  :  ""  Where  are  now  thy 
 goddes,  that  thou  hast  made  the  ?  byd  them 
 stonde  vp,  and  helpe  the  in  the  tyme  of  nede? 
 For  loke  how  many  cities  thou  hast  (o  luda) 
 so  many  goddes  hast  thou  also. 
 
 Wherfore  the  wil  ye  go  to  lawe  with  me, 
 seinge  ye  all  are  synners  agaynst  me,  saieth 
 the  LORDE?  It  is  but  lost'laboure,  that  I 
 smyte  youre  children,  for  they  receaue  not  my 
 correction.  "Youre  owne  swearde  destroyeth 
 youre  prophetes,  like  a  deuouringe  lyon.  Yf 
 ye  be  the  people  of  the  LORDE,  then  herke 
 vnto  his  worde :  Am  I  the  become  a  wilder- 
 nesse vnto  the  people  of  Israel  ?  or  a  londe 
 that  hath  no  light?  Wherfore  saieth  my 
 people  then :  we  are  falle  of,  and  we  wil  come 
 no  more  vnto  the  ?  Doth  a  mayden  forget 
 hir  raymet,  or  a  bryde  hir  stomacher  ?  And 
 doth  my  people  forget  me  so  loge  ?  Why 
 boostest  thou  thy  wayes  so  hylie,  (to  optayne 
 fauoure  there  thorow)  when  thou  hast  yet 
 stained  them  with  blasphemies  ? 
 
 lere.  5.  b.     Esa.  57.  a.     Eze.  16.  b.  '  Rom.  1.  c. 
 
 lere.  32.  d.     Zac.  7.  b.  "■  Esa.  57.  b.     Deut.  32.  e, 
 
 lere.  11.  c.         "2  Par.  24.  d. 
 
Clbap.  Hj. 
 
 Wl)t  pvopf)tt  icremp. 
 
 jTo.  ^tmij:' 
 
 °  Vpon  thy  wynges  is  founde  the  bloude  of 
 poore  and  innocent  people,  and  that  not  in 
 corners  and  holes  only,  but  opely  in  all  these 
 places.  Yet  darrest  thou  saye :  I  am  gilt- 
 lesse:  Tush,  his  wrath  can  not  come  vpo  me. 
 Beholde,  I  wil  reason  with  y,  because  thou 
 darrest  saye :  I  haue  not  offended.  O  how 
 euel  wil  it  be  for  the,  to  abyde  it:  *when  it 
 shall  be  knowne,  how  oft  thou  hast  gone  bac- 
 warde?  For  thou  shalt  be  confounded,  as 
 wel  of  Egipte,  as  of  the  Assirians  :  Yee  thou 
 shalt  go  thy  waye  from  the,  5  smyte  thyne 
 hondes  together  vpon  thy  heade.  Because 
 the  LORDE  shal  bringe  that  confidence  and 
 hope  of  thine  to  naught,  and  thou  shalt  not 
 prospere  with  all. 
 
 Ci)t  itj.  Cl)aptcir. 
 
 COMONLY,  when  a  man  putteth  awaye 
 his  wife,  '  and  she  goeth  from  him,  and 
 marieth  with  another,  then  the  question  is : 
 shulde  he  resorte  vnto  her  eny  more  after  that? 
 Is  not  this  felde  then  defyled  and  vnclene? 
 ■^  But  as  for  the,  thou  hast  played  the  harlot 
 with  many  louers,  yet  turne  agayne  to  me, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Lift  vp  thine  eyes  on 
 euery  syde,  and  loke,  yf  thou  be  not  defyled. 
 Thou  hast  waited  for  them  in  the  stretes,  and 
 as  a  murtherer  in  the  wildernesse.  Thorow 
 thy  whordome  and  shameful!  blasphemies,  is 
 the  londe  defyled. 
 
 '  This  is  the  cause,  that  the  rayne  and  euen- 
 ynge  dew  hath  ceased.  Thou  hast  gotten  the 
 an  whores  foreheade,  and  canst  not  be  ashamed. 
 Els  woldest  thou  saye  vnto  me :  O  my  father, 
 thou  art  he  that  hast  brought  me  vp,  and  led 
 me  fro  my  youth :  Wilt  thou  then  put  me 
 awaye,  and  cast  me  of  for  euer  ?  Or  wilt  thou 
 withdrawe  thy  self  clene  firo  me  ?  Neuertheles, 
 thou  speakest  soch  wordes,  but  thou  art  euer 
 doinge  worse,  and  worse. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  also  vnto  me,  in  the 
 tyme  of  losias  the  kinge :  Hast  thou  sene 
 what  that  shrekinge  Israel  hath  done?  how 
 she  hath  runne  vp  vpon  all  hie  hilles,  -'and 
 amonge  all  thick  trees,  and  there  played  the 
 harlot''  hast  thou  sene  also,  (when  she  had 
 done  all  this)  how  I  sayde  vnto  her :  that  she 
 shulde  turne  agayne  vnto  me,  and  yet  she  is 
 not  returned  ?    *  luda  that  vnfaithfuU  sister  of 
 
 •■  Deut.  18.  b.  lere.  7.  a.  Eze.  20.  d.  Psal.  105.  c.  '  4  Re. 
 18.  d.  Eze.  29.  a.  Esa.  30.  a.  lere.  17.  b.  '  Deu.  24.  a. 
 ''  Osee  it.  a.    Eze.  16.  b.    Osee  8.  b.  <  3  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 I  hirs  also  sawe  this :  Namely,  that  affter  I  had 
 I  well  sene  the  aduoutrye  of  the  shrenkinge 
 harlot  Israel,  I  put  her  awaye,  and  gaue  her  a 
 byll  of  deuorcement. 
 
 For  all  this,  hir  vnfaithfuU  sister  luda  was 
 not  ashamed,  but  wente  backe  and  played  the 
 whore  also.  Yee  and  the  noyse  of  hir  whor- 
 dome hath  defyled  the  whole  lode.  For  she 
 hath  committed  hir  aduoutrie  with  stones  and 
 stockes. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  hir  vnfaithfuU  sister  luda  is 
 not  '''  turned  vnto  me  agayne  with  hir  whole 
 herte,  but  faynedly,  saieth  the  LORDE.  And 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me:  The  bacslyder 
 Israel  is  more  rightuous,  '  the  the  vnfaithfuU 
 luda:  and  therfore  go  preach  these  wordes 
 towarde  the  north,  5  saye  :  Thou  shrenkinge 
 Israel,  turne  agayne  (saieth  the  LORDE,) 
 and  I  will  not  turne  my  face  from  you,  for  I 
 am  merciful,  saieth  the  LORDE,  5  I  will  not 
 allwaye  beare  displeasure  agaynst  the :  but  on 
 this  eondicion,  that  thou  knowe  thy  greate 
 blasphemy :  Namely,  that  thou  hast  vnfaith- 
 fuUy  forsaken  the  LORDE  thy  God,  '  5  hast 
 made  thy  silf  partaker  of  straunge  goddes 
 vnder  all  grene  trees,  but  hast  had  no  wil  to 
 heare  my  voyce,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 '  O  ye  shrenkinge  children,  turne  agayne, 
 saieth  the  LORDE,  and  I  wilbe  maried  with 
 you.  For  I  will  take  one  out  of  the  citie  and 
 two  out  of  one  generacion  from  amoge  you, 
 and  bringe  you  out  of  Sion :  and  will  geue 
 you  hyrdme  after  myne  owne  mynde,  which 
 shal  fede  you  vnth  lernynge  and  wyszdome. 
 Morouer,  when  ye  be  increased  and  multi- 
 plied in  the  londe,  then  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 there  shall  nomore  boost  be  made  of  the  arke 
 of  the  LORDES  Testament:  No  man  shaU 
 thinke  vpon  it,  nether  shaU  eny  man  make 
 mencion  of  it :  for  from  thence  forth  it  shall 
 nether  be  visited,  ner  honoured  with  giftes. 
 
 Then  shall  lerusalem  be  called  the  LORDES 
 seate,  and  all  Heithen  shalbe  gathered  vnto 
 it,  for  the  name  of  the  LORDE  sake,  which 
 shalbe  set  vp  at  lerusalem.  And  from  that 
 tyme  forth,  they  shall  folowe  nomore  the 
 ymaginacion  of  their  owne  frauwarde  herte. 
 
 The  those  y  be  of  the  house  of  luda,  shal 
 go  vnto  the  house  of  Israel :  And  they  shal 
 come  together  out  of  the  north,  ""in  to  the 
 
 f  lere.  2.  d.    4  Re.  17.  b.        «  Eze.  23.  b.        *  Osee  5. 
 '  Eze.  16.  e.  '  lere.  5.  b.  Esa.  57.  a.  '  Eze.  2. 
 
 Osee  14.  a.  Eze.  14.  a.    Osee  2.  d.        "  Matt.  8.  b. 
 
jTo.  tiai. 
 
 Cftf  propl)tt  Sertmj), 
 
 C6ap.  luj. 
 
 same  londe  that  I  haue  geuen  youre  fathers. 
 I  haue  shewed  also,  how  I  toke  the  vp  beinge 
 but  a  ehilde,  and  gaue  the  a  pleasaunt  londe 
 for  thine  heretage,  yee  and  a  goodly  hooste  of 
 the  Heithen :  and  how  I  commaunded  the, 
 °  that  thou  shuldest  call  me  father  only,  and 
 not  to  shrencke  fro  me. 
 
 But  like  iis  a  woman  fayleth  hir  louer,  so 
 are  ye  vnfaithfull  vnto  me  (o  ye  house  of 
 Israel)  saielh  the  LOllDE.  And  therfore 
 the  voyce  of  the  children  of  Israel  was  herde 
 on  euery  side,  wepinge  and  waylinge :  *  for 
 they  haue  defyled  their  waye,  and  forgotten 
 God  their  LORDE. 
 
 O  ye  shrenkinge  children,  tume  agayne, 
 (saynge :  lo,  we  are  thine,  for  thou  art  the 
 LORDE  oure  God:)  And  so  shal  I  heale 
 youre  bacturnynges.  The  hilles  fall,  and  all 
 the  hie  pryde  of  the  mountaynes,  but  the 
 health  of  Israel  stondeth  only  vpon  God  oure 
 LORDE. 
 
 '  Confucion  hath  deuoured  oure  fathers  la- 
 bours from  oure  youth  vp :  yee  their  shepe 
 and  bulloekes,  their  sonnes  and  doughters. 
 So  do  we  also  slepe  in  oure  confucion,  and 
 shame  couereth  vs :  for  we  and  oure  fathers 
 from  oure  youth  vp  vnto  this  daye  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the  LORDE  oure  God,  and  haue  ''not 
 obeyed  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 Cf)t  iu'j.  Cljapttr. 
 
 O  ISRAEL,  yf  thou  wilt  tume  the,  then 
 tume  vnto  me,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 And  yf  thou  wilt  put  awaye  thy  abhominacios 
 out  of  my  sight,  thou  shalt  not  be  moued: 
 '  And  shalt  sweare :  The  LORDE  lyueth :  in 
 treulh,  in  equite  and  rightuousnesse :  and  all 
 people  shall  be  fortunable  and  ioyfuU  in  him. 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE,  to  all  luda  and 
 lerusalem :  plowe  youre  londe,  and  sowe  not 
 amonge  the  thornes. 
 
 '  Be  circumcided  in  the  LORDE,  and  cut 
 awaye  the  foreskjTine  of  youre  hertes,  all  ye 
 of  luda,  5  and  all  the  indwellers  of  lerusalem : 
 that  my  indignacion  breake  not  out  like  fyre, 
 5  kyndle,  so  that  no  man  maye  quench  it, 
 because  of  the  wickednes  of  youre  ymagina- 
 cions. 
 
 Preach  in  luda  and  lerusalem,  crie  out  and 
 speake :  *  blowe  the  trompettes  in  the  londe, 
 
 "  Matt.  23.  c.  »  lere.  31.  c.  '  Tren.  5.  a.  Dan.S.b. 
 6.  a.  Banic  1.  b.  lere.  14.  a.  Psal.  105.  a.  Esa.  64.  a. 
 Heat.  14.  a.      ludit.  7.  c.  ''  \  Esd.  9.  a.  and  10.  b. 
 
 I '  lere.  5.  a.  and  12.  a.     /  lere.  6.  b.  and  9.  a.      8lere.  21.  c. 
 
 crie  that  euery  man  maye  heare,  and  saye  : 
 Gather  you  together,  and  we  will  go  in  to 
 stronge  cities.  Set  vp  the  token  in  Sion, 
 spede  you,  and  make  no  tarienge :  for  I  will 
 bringe  a  greate  plage,  and  a  greate  destruc- 
 tion from  the  north.  '  For  the  spoyler  of  the 
 Gentiles  is  broken  vp  from  his  place,  as  a  lyon 
 out  of  his  dene,  that  he  maye  make  the  londe 
 waist,  and  destroye  the  cities,  so,  that  no  man 
 maye  dwell  thferin.  Wherfore  gyrde  youre 
 selues  aboute  with  sack  cloth,  moume,  and 
 wepe,  for  the  fearfuU  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  not  be  withdrawen  from  you. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  (saieth  the  LORDE)  the 
 hert  of  the  kinge  and  of  the  prynces  shal  be 
 gone,  the  prestes  shalbe  astonished,  and  the 
 prophetes  shalbe  sore  afrayed.  Then  sayde 
 I:  O  LORDE  God,  hast  thou  then  dis- 
 ceaued  this  people  and  lerusalem,  sayenge : 
 ye  shall  haue  peace,  *  and  now  the  swearde 
 goeth  thorow  their  lyues?  Then  shal  it  be 
 saide  to  the  people  5  to  lerusalem :  '  there 
 commeth  a  warme  wynde  from  the  north 
 thorow  the  waye  of  my  people,  but  nether  to 
 fanne,  ner  to  clese. 
 
 After  that  shall  there  come  vnto  me  a 
 stronge  wynde,  and  then  ml  I  also  geue  sen- 
 tence vpon  them.  For  lo,  he  commeth  downe 
 like  as  a  cloude,  and  his  charettes  are  like  a 
 stormy  wynde  :  ""  his  horsmen  are  swifter  then 
 the  Aegle.  Wo  vnto  vs,  for  we  are  destroyed. 
 O  lerusalem,  wash  thine  hert  from  wicked- 
 nesse,"  that  thou  mayest  be  helped.  How 
 longe  shal  thy  noysome  thoughtes  remayne 
 with  the  ? 
 
 For  a  voyce  from  Dan  and  from  f  hill  of 
 Ephraim  speaketh  out,  and  telleth  of  a  de- 
 stmction.  Beholde,  the  Heithen  geue  leru- 
 salem wamynge,  and  preach  vnto  her,  that  hir 
 destroyers  are  comynge  from  farre  countrees. 
 They  tell  the  cities  of  luda  the  same  also, 
 they  shall  geue  them  wamynge  in  euery  place, 
 like  as  the  watch  men  in  the  felde.  For  they 
 haue  prouoked  me  to  wrath,  "saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 ''  Thy  wayes  and  thy  thoughtes,  haue  brought 
 the  vnto  this,  this  is  thyne  owne  wickednesse 
 and  disobediece,  that  hath  possessed  thyne 
 hert :  Ah  my  bely,  ah  my  bely,  (shalt  thou 
 crie)  how  is  my  hert  so  sore  ?  my  hert  paunt- 
 
 *  Esa.  58.  a.  •  lere.  1.  c.  'Deut.28.  a.  'lere.  1.  b. 
 "•  Tren.  4.  d.  Dan.  7.  a.  "  Esa.  1.  c.  •  Zac.  8.  c. 
 
 f  3  Re.  18.  b.  lere.  2.  c.  and  44.  d. 
 
Cftap.  b. 
 
 €i)t  propf)ft  Sifremp. 
 
 jTo.  iirjcli. 
 
 eth  within  me,  I  can  not  be  still,  for  I  haue 
 herde  the  crienge  of  the  trompettes,  and  peales 
 of  warre. 
 
 They  crie  murthur  vpon  murthur,  the  whole 
 londe  shal  perish.  Immediathly  my  tentes 
 were  destroyed,  and  my  hanginges,  in  the 
 twincklinge  of  an  eye.  How  longe  shall  I  se 
 the  tokens  of  warre,  and  heare  the  noyse  of 
 the  trompettes  ? 
 
 Neuertheles  this  shall  come  vpon  them, 
 because  my  people  is  become  foolish,  °  and 
 hath  vterly  no  vnderstondinge.  They  are  the 
 children  of  foolishnes,  *and  without  eny  dis- 
 crecio.  To  do  euell,  they  haue  witt  ynough : 
 but  to  do  well,  they  haue  no  wiszdome.  I 
 haue  loked  vpon  the  earth,  and  se,  it  is  wayst 
 and  voyde.  I  loked  towarde  heauen,  and  it 
 had  no  shyne. 
 
 I  behelde  the  mountayiies,  and  they  trem- 
 bled, and  all  the  hilles  were  in  a  feare.  I 
 loked  aboute  me,  and  there  was  no  body,  and 
 all  the  byrdes  of  the  ayre  were  awaye.  I 
 marked  well,  and  the  plowed  felde  was  become 
 waist :  yee  all  their  cities  were  broken  downe 
 at  the  presence  of  the  LORDE,  and  indigna- 
 cion  of  his  wrath. 
 
 For  thus  hath  the  LORDE  sayde:  The 
 whole  londe  shalbe  desolate,  yet  will  I  not 
 then  haue  done.  And  therfore  let  the  earth 
 mourne,  and  let  the  heauen  be  sory  aboue : 
 for  the  thinge  that  I  haue  purposed  and  taken 
 vpon  me  to  do,  shal  not  repente  me,  and  I 
 will  not  go  from  it.  The  whole  londe  shal  fie, 
 for  the  noyse  of  the  horsmen  and  bowmen : 
 they  shall  runne  in  to  dennes  in  to  woddes,  and 
 clymme  vp  the  stony  rockes.  All  the  cities 
 shalbe  voyde,  and  no  man  dwellinge  therin. 
 
 What  wilt  thou  now  do,  thou  beinge  de- 
 stroyed ?  '  For  though  thou  clothest  thy  self 
 with  scarlet,  5  deckest  y  with  gold:  though 
 thou  payntest  thy  face  with  colours,  ''  yet  shalt 
 thou  trymme  thy  self  in  vayne. 
 
 For  those  that  hither  to  haue  bene  thy 
 greate  fauourers,  shal  abhorre  the,  and  go 
 aboute  to  slaye  y.  For  (me  thinke)  I  heare 
 a  noyse,  like  as  it  were  of  a  woman  trauelinge, 
 or  one  laboringe  of  hir  first  childe  :  Euen  the 
 voyce  of  the  doughter  Sion,  that  casteth  out 
 hir  armes,  and  swowneth,  sayenge :  Ah  wo  is 
 me,  how  sore  vexed  and  faynte  is  my  herte, 
 for  them  that  are  slayne  ? 
 
 »  Esa.  5.  d. 
 4  Re.  9.  f. 
 
 Baruc  3.  d. 
 "•  lere.  4. 
 
 '  Deut.  32.  b. 
 
 a.  12.  c.  / 
 
 '  lere. 2.  c. 
 Deut.  17.  d 
 
 Cl)c  b.  €I)apter. 
 
 LOKE  thorow  Jerusalem,  beholde  and  se: 
 Seke  thorow  hir  stretes  also  within,  yf 
 ye  can  fynde  one  man,  that  doth  equall  and 
 right,  or  that  laboureth  to  be  faithfull :  and  I 
 shall  spare  him  (saieth  the  LORDE).  'For 
 though  they  can  saye :  the  LORDE  lyueth, 
 yet  do  they  sweare  to  disceaue  :  Where  as  thou 
 (o  LORDE)  lokest  only  vpon  faith  and  treuth. 
 
 Thou  hast  scourged  them,  but  they  toke  no 
 repentaunce :  thou  hast  correcte  them  for 
 amendemet,  but  they  refused  thy  correction. 
 They  made  their  faces  harder  then  a  stone, 
 and  wolde  not  amende. 
 
 Therfore  I  thought  in  my  self:  peraduen- 
 ture  they  are  so  symple  and  folish,  that  they 
 vnderstonde  nothinge  of  the  LORDES  waye, 
 •'^and  iudgmentes  of  oure  God.  Therfore  will 
 I  go  vnto  their  heades  and  rulers,  and  talke 
 with  them :  yf  they  knowe  the  waye  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  the  iudgmetes  of  oure  God. 
 But  these  (in  like  maner)  haue  broken  the 
 yock,  and  bursten  the  bondes  in  sonder. 
 
 Wherfore  a  lyon  out  of  the  wod  shal  hurte 
 them,  *and  a  wolfe  in  the  euenynge  shal  de- 
 stroye  them.  The  cat  of  the  mountayne  shal 
 lie  lurkinge  by  their  cities,  to  teare  in  peces  all 
 them,  that  come  therout.  For  their  offences 
 are  many,  and  their  departinge  awaye  is  greate. 
 
 ''  Shulde  I  then  for  all  this  haue  mercy 
 vpon  the  ?  Thy  children  haue  forsaken  me, 
 and  sworne  by  them  that  are  no  goddes.  And 
 albeit  they  were  bounde  to  me  in  mariage,  yet 
 they  fell  to  aduoutrie,  and  haunted  harlottes 
 houses. 
 
 In  the  desyre  of  vnclenly  lust  they  are  be- 
 come like  the  stoned  horse,  euery  man  neyeth 
 at  his  neghbours  wife.  '  Shulde  1  not  correcke 
 this,  saieth  the  LORDE? 
 
 '  Shulde  -I  not  be  avenged  of  euery  people, 
 that  is  like  vnto  this  ?  Clymme  vp  vpon  their 
 walles,  beate  them  downe,  but  destroye  them 
 not  vtterly:  cut  of  their  braunches,  because 
 they  are  not  the  LORDES. 
 
 For  vnfaithfully  hath  the  house  of  Israel 
 and  luda  forsaken  me,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 'They  haue  denied  the  LORDE,  and  sayde 
 it  is  not  he. 
 
 Tush,  there  shall  no  miszfortune  come  vpon 
 vs,   we  shall  se  nether  swearde  ner  honger. 
 
 «Deut.32.d.       ''Sopho.l.a.      •Eze.22.b.      '  lere.  9.  a. 
 '  2  Pet.  2.  a.  lere.  14.  b.  Deu.  29.  c.  Soph.  1.  c.  lere.  23.  c. 
 
 84  ~~~ 
 
 a 
 
#0.  ticriij. 
 
 €\)t  propf)rt  Seirmp. 
 
 Cftap.  bi. 
 
 As  for  the  warnyiige  of  the  prophetes,  they 
 take  it  but  for  wynde,  "yee  there  is  none  of 
 these,  which  will  tell  them,  that  soch  thinges 
 shal  happen  vnto  them. 
 
 Wherfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God 
 of  hoostes :  because  ye  speake  soch  wordes, 
 beholde  :  *The  wordes  that  are  in  thy  mouth 
 will  I  turne  to  fyre,  and  make  the  people  to 
 be  wod,  that  it  maye  consume  them. 
 
 'Lo,  I  will  bringe  a  people  vpo  you  from 
 farre,  o  house  of  Israel  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 a  mightie  people,  an  olde  people,  a  people 
 whose  speach  thou  knowest  not,  nether  vnder- 
 stodest  what  they  saye. 
 
 Their  arowes  are  sodane  death,  yee  they 
 them  selues  be  very  giauntes.  This  people 
 shal  eate  vp  thy  frute  (j  thy  meate,  yee  they 
 shal  deuoure  thy  sonnes  and  thy  doughters, 
 thy  shepe  and  thy  bullockes. 
 
 They  shall  eate  vp  thy  grapes  5  fyges.  As 
 for  thy  stronge  and  well  fensed  cities,  wherin 
 thou  didest  trust,  they  shal  destroye  them  with 
 the  swearde. 
 
 Neuertheles  I  will  not  then  haue  done  with 
 you,  saieth  the  LORDE.  But  yf  they  saye : 
 wherfore  doth  the  LORDE  cure  God  all  this 
 vnto  vs  ? 
 
 Then  answere  them  :  because,  that  like  as 
 ye  haue  forsake  me,  and  ''serued  straunge 
 goddes  in  youre  owne  londe,  euen  so  shall  ye 
 serue  other  goddes  also  in  a  straunge  londe. 
 
 Preach  this  vnto  the  house  of  lacob,  d  crie 
 it  out  in  luda,  and  saye  thus :  Heare  this 
 (thou  folish  and  vndiscrete  people.)  'Ye  haue 
 eyes,  but  ye  se  not :  eares  haue  ye,  but  ye 
 heare  not. 
 
 Feare  ye  not  me,  saieth  the  LORDE  ? 
 Are  ye  not  ashamed,  to  loke  me  in  the  face  ? 
 ■'  which  bynde  the  see  with  the  sonde,  so  that 
 it  can  not  passe  his  boundes  :  For  though  it 
 rage,  yet  can  it  do  nothinge :  and  though  the 
 wawes  therof  do  swell,  yet  maye  they  not  go 
 ouer. 
 
 But  this  people  hath  a  false  and  an  obsti- 
 nate herte,  they  are  departed  and  gone  awaye 
 fro  me.  They  thinke  not  in  their  hartes  :  O 
 let  vs  feare  the  LORDE  oure  God,  that 
 geueth  vs  rayne  early  and  late,  when  nede  is: 
 which  kepeth  euer  still  theharuest  for  vs  yearly. 
 
 Neuertheles  youre  miszdedes  haue  turned 
 these  from  you,  *(j  youre  synnes  haue  robbed 
 
 "  lere.  6.  b. 
 •*  lere.  16.  b. 
 
 "  Esa.  ; 
 Deu.  28. 
 
 •  Deut.28.f.  Barn.  4.  c. 
 '  Esa.  6.  b.    loh.  9.  d. 
 
 you  herof.  For  amonge  my  people  are  founde 
 wicked  personnes,  that  priuely  laye  snares  and 
 waite  for  men,  to  take  them,  and  destroye  them. 
 
 And  like  as  a  net  is  full  of  byrdes,  so  are 
 their  houses  full  of  that,  which  they  haue 
 gotten  with  falsede  and  disceate.  Herof 
 Cometh  their  greate  substaunce  and  riches, 
 herof  are  they  fat  and  welthy,  and  are  runne 
 awaye  fro  me  with  shamefull  blasphemies. 
 They  ministre  not  the  lawe,  ''they  make  no 
 ende  of  the  fatherlesses  cause,  they  iudge  not 
 the  poore  acordinge  to  equite. 
 
 '  Shulde  I  not  punysh  these  thinges,  saieth 
 the  LORDE?  Shulde  I  not  be  avenged  of 
 all  soch  people,  as  these  be?  Horrible  and 
 greuous  thinges  are  done  in  the  londe. 
 
 The  prophetes  teach  falsely,  and  the  prestes 
 folowe  them,  and  my  people  hath  pleasure 
 therin.     What  will  come  therof  at  the  last  ? 
 
 Ci)t  bi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 COME  out  of  Jerusalem,  ye  stronge 
 childre  of  Ben  lamin  :  'blowe  vp  the 
 trompettes  ye  Teeuites,  set  vp  a  token  vnto 
 Bethacarem,  for  a  plage  and  a  greate  misery 
 pepeth  out  from  the  North. 
 
 I  will  licken  the  doughter  Sion  to  a  fayre 
 and  tendre  woman,  and  to  her  shall  come  the 
 shepherdes  with  their  flockes.  Their  tentes 
 shal  they  pitch  rounde  aboute  her,  and  euery 
 one  shal  fede  with  his  honde.  Make  batell 
 agaynst  her  (shal  they  saye  :)  Arise,  let  vs  go 
 vp,  while  it  is  yet  daye. 
 
 Alas,  the  daye  goeth  awaye,  j  the  night 
 shadowes  fall  downe  :  Arise,  let  vs  go  vp  by 
 night,  and  destroye  hir  stronge  holdes,  for  thus 
 hath  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  commaunded. 
 
 Hew  downe  hir  trees,  and  set  vp  bulworkes 
 agaynst  lerusale.  This  is  the  cite  that  must 
 be  punished,  for  in  her  is  all  raaliciousnes. 
 Like  as  a  codjte  aboundeth  in  water,  eue  so 
 this  citie  aboudeth  in  wickednes.  Robbery 
 and  vnrightuousnesse  is  herde  in  her,  sorow  5 
 woundes  are  euer  there  in  my  sight.  Amede 
 the  (o  Jerusalem)  lest  I  with  drawe  my  herte 
 from  the,  and  make  the  desolate :  5  thy  londe 
 also,  y  no  man  dwel  in  it.  For  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  The  residue  of  Israel 
 shalbe  gathered,  as  the  remnaunt  of  grapes. 
 
 And  therfore  turne  thine  honde  agayne  in 
 to  the  baszket,  like  the  grape  gatherer.     But 
 
 /■  Iob26.b.28.a.     «  Esa.  59.  a.      *  Esa.  I.e.      'lere.  9.  a. 
 lere.  5.  b.        '4  Re.  14.  a. 
 
C6ap.  bij. 
 
 CI)e  propljet  Scrtmp. 
 
 jTo.  ticvUij, 
 
 vnto  whom  shal  I  speake  ?  whom  shal  I  warne, 
 that  he  maye  take  hede  ?  °  Their  eares  are  so 
 vncircumcised,  that  they  maye  not  heare. 
 
 Beholde,  *they  take  the  worde  of  God  but 
 for  a  scorne,  and  haue  no  lust  therto.  And 
 therfore  I  am  so  full  of  thy  indignacion 
 (o  LORDE)  that  I  maye  suffre  no  longer. 
 Shed  out  thy  wrath  vpon  the  children  that  are 
 mthout,  and  vpon  all  yonge  men.  Yee  the 
 man  must  be  taken  presoner  with  the  wife, 
 and  the  aged  with  the  crepel.  Their  houses 
 with  their  londes  and  wiues  shal  be  turned 
 vnto  straungers,  whe  I  stretch  out  myne  hode 
 vpon  the  inhabitours  of  this  londe,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  '  For  from  the  leest  vnto  the  most, 
 they  hange  all  vpon  covetousnes :  and  from 
 the  prophet  vnto  the  prest,  they  go  all  aboute 
 with  falsede  and  lyes. 
 
 ''And  besyde  that,  they  heale  the  hurte  of 
 my  people  with  swete  wordes,  sayenge :  peace, 
 peace,  when  there  is  no  peace  at  all.'  Ther- 
 fore they  must  be  ashamed,  for  they  haue 
 comitted  abhominacion.  But  how  shulde  they 
 be  ashamed,  when  they  knowe  nothinge,  nether 
 of  shame  ner  good  nurture  ?  -'^And  therfore 
 they  shal  fall  amonge  the  slayne,  and  in  the 
 houre  when  I  shall  viset  them,  they  shal  be 
 brought  downe,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  go  in  to  the 
 stretes,  considre  and  make  inquisicion  for  the 
 olde  waye :  and  yf  it  be  the  good  and  right 
 waye,  then  go  therin,  that  ye  maye  fynde  rest 
 for  youre  soules.  ( But  they  saye  :  we  will  not 
 walke  therin)  and  I  will  set  watchmen  ouer 
 you,  and  therfore  take  hede  vnto  the  voyce  of 
 the  trompet.  But  they  saye  :  we  will  not  take 
 hede.  Heare  therfore  ye  Gentiles,  and  thou 
 congregacion  shalt  knowe,  what  I  haue  de- 
 uysed  for  them.  Heare  thou  earth  also :  be- 
 holde, *  I  will  cause  a  plage  come  vpon  this  peo- 
 ple, euen  the  frute  of  their  owne  ymaginacions. 
 For  they  haue  not  bene  obedient  vnto  my 
 wordes  and  to  my  lawe,  but  abhorred  them. 
 Wherfore  bringe  ye  me  incense  from  Saba, 
 5  swete  smellinge  Calamus  from  farre  coun- 
 trees  ?  Youre  burnt  offeringes  displease  me, 
 and  I  reioyse  not  in  youre  sacrifices. 
 
 And  therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  be- 
 holde, I  will  make  this  people  fall,  and  there 
 shal  fall  from  amonge  them  the  father  with 
 
 "  lere.  4.  a.  9.  d.  '  lere.  5.  c.  lere.  20.  b.  '  lere.  8.  b. 
 Esa.  56.  c.  ''  Esa.  56.  c.  lere.  8.  b.  <^  Eze.  13.  b. 
 /  lere.  10.  e.    «  lere.  19.  a.    *  Esa.  1.  b.  lere.  7.  c. 
 
 the  children,  one  neghboure  shal  perish  with 
 another. 
 
 Morouer  thus  saieth  y  LORDE :  Beholde, 
 ■there  shal  come  a  people  from  the  North,  5 
 a  greate  people  shal  arise  from  y  endes  of  f 
 earth,  with  bowes  5  with  dartes  shal  they  be 
 weapened :  It  is  a  rough  5  fearce  people,  an 
 vnmerciful  people:  their  voyce  roareth  like 
 the  see,  they  ride  vp5  horses  wel  apointed  to  y 
 batell  agaynst  the,  o  doughter  Sion.  Then 
 shal  this  crie  be  herde  :  Oure  armes  are  feble, 
 heuynes  and  sorow  is  come  vpon  vs,  as  vpon 
 a  woman  trauelinge  with  childe.  Noman  go 
 forth  in  to  the  felde,  no  man  come  vpon  the 
 hie  strete  :  for  the  swearde  and  feare  of  the 
 enemie  shalbe  on  euery  side. 
 
 Wherfore,  gyrde  a  sack  cloth  aboute  the 
 (o  thou  doughter  of  my  people)  sprynkle  thy 
 self  with  aszshes,  *mourne  and  wepe  bitterly, 
 as  vpon  thy  only  beloued  sonne :  For  the 
 destroyer  shal  sodenly  fall  vpon  vs.  The 
 haue  I  set  for  a  prouer  of  my  harde  people, 
 to  seke  out  and  to  trye  their  wayes.  For  they 
 are  all  vnfaithful  and  fallen  awaye,  they  hange 
 vpon  shameful  lucre,  they  are  clene  brasse  and 
 yron,  for  they  hurte  and  destroye  euery  man. 
 The  bellous  are  brent  in  the  fyre,  the  leade 
 is  consumed,  the  melter  melteth  in  vayne,  for 
 the  euel  is  not  taken  awaye  from  them.  Ther- 
 fore shal  they  be  called  naughty  syluer,  because 
 the  LORDE  hath  cast  them  out. 
 
 Cl)t  bij.  Ci^apter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes,  that  God  spake 
 vnto  leremy :  '  Stonde  vnder  the  gates 
 of  the  LORDES  house,  and  crie  out  these 
 wordes  there,  with  a  loude  voyce,  and  saye : 
 Heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  all  ye  of 
 luda,  that  go  in  at  this  dore,  to  honoure  the 
 LORDE.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  the  God  of  Israel.  "'Amende  youre 
 wayes  and  youre  councels,  and  I  wil  let  you 
 dwell  in  this  place.  Trust  not  in  false  lyenge 
 wordes,  sayenge:  here  is  the  temple  of  the 
 LORDE,  here  is  the  temple  of  the  LORDE, 
 here  is  the  temple  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 "For  yf  ye  will  amende  youre  waies  and 
 councels,  yf  ye  wil  judge  right  betwixte  a  man 
 and  his  neghboure  :  yf  ye  wil  not  oppresse  the 
 straunger,  the  fatherles  5  the  wyddowe  :  yf  ye 
 
 '  lere.  1.  b.  5.  c.  Abac.  1.  b.  *  Amos  8.  b.  '  lere. 
 17.  d.  and  26.  a.  "  Esa.  1.  c.  lere.  26.  c.  "  Exo. 
 
 22.  c.  Zach.  8.  c.  Leuit.  19.  g.  lob  24.  a. 
 
fo,  lir)i1iu). 
 
 €i)t  propbrt  Sfifinj). 
 
 Cftap.  bij. 
 
 will  not  shed  innocent  bloude  in  this  place : 
 yf  ye  wil  not  cleue  to  strange  goddes  to  youre 
 owne  destruction  :  then  wil  I  let  you  dwell  in 
 this  place,  yee  in  the  londe  that  I  gaue  afore 
 tyme  vnto  youre  fathers  for  euer.  But  take 
 hede,  yee  trust  in  councels,  that  begyle  you 
 and  do  you  no  good.  For  when  ye  haue  stolle, 
 murthured,  committed  aduoutrie,  and  periury: 
 Whe  ye  haue  offred  vnto  Baal,  folowinge 
 straunge  re  vnknowne  goddes :  "  Then  come 
 ye,  and  stonde  before  me  in  this  house  (which 
 hath  my  name  geuen  vnto  it)  and  saye  :  Tush, 
 we  are  absolued  quyte,  though  we  haue  done 
 all  these  abhominacions. 
 
 What  ?  *  thinke  you  this  house  that  beareth 
 my  name,  is  a  denne  of  theues  ?  And  these 
 thinges  are  not  done  priuely,  but  before  myne 
 eyes,  saieth  the  LOllDE.  Go  to  my  place 
 in  Silo,  where  vnto  I  gaue  my  name  afore 
 tyme,  and  loke  well  what  I  dyd  to  the  same 
 place,  for  the  wickednes  of  my  people  of 
 Israel.  And  now,  though  ye  haue  done  all 
 these  dedes  (saieth  the  LORDE)  and  I  my 
 self  rose  vp  euer  by  tymes  to  warne  you  and 
 to  comon  with  you :  yet  wolde  ye  not  heare 
 me :  I  called,  ye  wolde  not  answere.  'And 
 therfore  euen  as  I  haue  done  vnto  Silo,  so  wil 
 I  do  to  this  house,  that  my  name  is  geuen 
 vnto,  (and  that  ye  put  youre  trust  in)  yee 
 vnto  the  place  that  I  haue  geuen  to  you  and 
 youre  fathers.  ''  And  I  shal  thrust  you  out  of 
 my  sight,  as  I  haue  cast  out  all  youre  brethren 
 the  whole  sede  of  Ephraim. 
 
 Therfore  thou  shalt  not  praye  for  this 
 people,  thou  shalt  nether  geue  thakes,  nor 
 byd  prayer  for  them :  thou  shalt  make  no  in- 
 tercession to  me  for  them,  for  in  no  wise  will 
 I  heare  the.  Seist  thou  not  what  they  do  in 
 the  cities  of  luda,  and  without  Jerusalem  ? 
 •'^The  children  gather  stickes,  the  fathers 
 kyndle  the  fyre,  the  mothers  kneade  the  dowe, 
 to  bake  cakes  for  the  queue  of  heauen. 
 
 They  poure  out  drinkoffi-inges  vnto  strauge 
 goddes,  to  prouoke  me  vnto  wrath :  How  be 
 it  they  hurte  not  me  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 but  rather  confounde,  and  shame  them  selues. 
 
 And  therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  :  beholde,  my  wrath  and  my  indignacion 
 shalbe  poured  out  vpon  this  place,  vpon  men 
 and  catell,  vpo  the  trees  in  the  felde  and  all 
 
 "  3  Re.  8.  a.  i>  Esa.  56.  b.    loh.  2.  b.    Matt.  21.  b. 
 
 lere.  32.  d.  losu.  18.  a.  lere.  26.  a.  1  Re.  3.  4.  6.  6. 
 '  Esa.  65.  b.    Pro.  1.  c.    Luc.  21.  a.  ''4  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  14.  b.    1  loh.  5.  a.    Eze.  14.  c.  /  lere.  44.  e. 
 
 frute  of  the  londe,  ct  it  shal  burne  so,  that  no 
 man  maye  quench  it. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes,  the 
 God  of  Israel :  ^  Ye  heape  vp  youre  burnt- 
 offringes  with  youre  sacrifices,  (j  eate  f  flesh. 
 ''  But  when  I  brought  youre  fathers  out  of 
 Egipte,  I  spake  no  worde  vnto  them  of  burnt- 
 ofFringes  and  sacrifices :  but  this  I  commaunded 
 them,  sayenge :  herken  and  obeye  my  voyce, 
 •and  I  shalbe  youre  God  and  ye  shal  be  my 
 people  :  so  that  ye  walke  in  all  the  wayes, 
 which  I  haue  comaunded  you,  that  ye  maye 
 prospere. 
 
 *  But  they  were  not  obedient,  they  inclyned 
 not  their  eares  there  vnto,  but  went  after  their 
 owne  ymagynacions  and  after  the  mocions  of 
 their  owne  wicked  herte,  and  so  turned  them 
 selues  awaye,  and  conuerted  not  vnto  me. 
 And  this  haue  they  done,  from  the  tyme  that 
 youre  fathers  came  out  of  Egipte,  vnto  this 
 daye. 
 
 '  Neuertheles,  I  sent  vnto  them  my  ser- 
 uauntes  all  the  prophetes :  I  rose  vp  early  and 
 sent  them  worde,  yet  wolde  they  not  herke, 
 ner  oiFre  me  their  eares,  but  were  obstinate, 
 and  worse  then  their  fathers. 
 
 And  thou  shalt  now  speake  all  these  wordes 
 vnto  them,  but  they  shal  not  heare  the  :  thou 
 shalt  crie  vpon  them,  but  they  shal  not  answere 
 the.  Therfore  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  them : 
 this  is  the  people,  that  nether  heareth  the 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE  their  God,  ner  re- 
 ceaueth  his  correction.  ""  Faithfulnes  a  treuth 
 is  clene  rooted  out  of  their  mouth. 
 
 "  Wherfore  cut  of  thine  hayre,  and  cast  it 
 awaye,  take  vp  a  complaynte  in  the  whole 
 londe :  for  the  LORDE  shal  cast  awaye,  and 
 scatre  the  people,  y  he  is  displeased  withall. 
 
 "  For  the  children  of  luda  haue  done  euell 
 in  my  sight,  saieth  the  LORDE.  They  haue 
 set  vp  their  abhominacions,  in  the  house  y 
 hath  my  name,  and  haue  defyled  it.  ''  They 
 haue  also  buylded  an  aulter  at  Tophet,  which 
 is  in  the  valley  of  y  childre  of  Enno :  y  they 
 might  burne  their  sonnes  and  doughters,  which 
 I  neuer  comaunded  them,  nether  came  it  euer 
 in  my  thought.  And  therfore  beholde,  the 
 dayes  shal  come  (saieth  the  LORDE)  that  it 
 shal  no  more  be  called,  Tophet,  or '  the  valley 
 of  the  children  of  Ennon,  but  the  valley  of 
 
 «  Esa.  1.  a.  »  Deut.  10.  a.     Esa.  43.  d.     Exo.  6.  b. 
 
 i  Exo.  20.  a.         *  Zach.  7.  b.  '  lere.  25.  a.         "  lere. 
 
 5.  a.  "  Eze.  5.  a.         »  lere.  32.  d.         P  4  Re.  23.  e. 
 
 Deut.  32.  c.  Psal.  105.  e.  lere.  44.  a.  » lere.  19.  e. 
 
Cftap.  hiij. 
 
 €ht  propftrt  Sfrrmp, 
 
 fo,  lrc)rlb. 
 
 the  slayne :  for  in  Tophet  they  shal  be  buried, 
 because  they  shal  els  haue  no  rowme.  "  Yee 
 y  deed  bodies  of  this  people  shal  be  eaten  vp 
 of  the  foules  of  the  ayre  5  wilde  beastes  of  the 
 earth,  j  no  man  shal  fraye  them  awaie.  'And 
 as  for  the  voyce  of  myrth  5  gladnesse  of  the 
 cities  of  luda,  5  lerusalem,  the  voyce  of  the 
 brydegrome  and  of  the  bryde :  °  I  will  make 
 them  ceasse,  for  the  londe  shal  be  desolate. 
 
 El)c  biij.  CT)aptcr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme,  saieth  the  LORDE, 
 the  bones  of  the  kinges  of  luda,  the 
 bones  of  his  princes,  the  bones  of  the  prestes 
 and  prophetes,  yee  and  the  bones  of  the 
 citisens  of  lerusale,  shalbe  brought  out  of 
 their  graues''  and  layed  agaynst  the  Sonne, 
 the  Moone  and  all  the  heauenly  hooste:  whom 
 they  loued,  whom  they  serued,  whom  they 
 ranne  after,  whom  they  sought  (j  worshipped. 
 They  shal  nether  be  gathered  together  ner 
 buried,  but  shal  lye  vpo  the  earth,  to  their 
 shame  and  despisinge. 
 
 "And  all  they  that  remayne  of  this  wicked 
 generacion,  shal  desyre  rather  to  dye  the  to 
 lyue :  where  so  euer  they  remayne,  5  where 
 as  I  scatre  them,  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes.  This  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  them  also : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Do  men  fall  so, 
 that  they  arise  not  vp  agayne :  And  turne 
 they  so  farre  awaye,  y  they  neuer  conuerte  ? 
 Wherfore  then  is  this  people  and  lerusalem 
 gone  so  farre  backe,  that  they  turne  not 
 againe  ?  They  are  euer  the  longer  the  more 
 obstinate,  and  wiU  not  be  conuerted. 
 
 For  I  haue  loked,  and  considered :  -^  but 
 there  is  no  ma,  that  speaketh  a  good  worde : 
 there  is  no  man,  that  taketh  repetaunce  for  his 
 synne,  that  will  so  moch  as  saye :  wherfore 
 haue  I  done  this  ?  But  euery  man  (as  soone 
 as  he  is  turned  backe)  runneth  forth  still, 
 like  a  wilde  horse  in  a  battayl.  The  Storke 
 knoweth  his  apoynted  tyme,  the  Turtledoue, 
 f  Swalow  and  the  Crane,  cosidre  the  tyme  of 
 their  trauayle :  « but  my  people  will  not  knowe 
 the  tyme  of  the  punyshment  of  the  LORDE. 
 How  darre  ye  saye  then :  we  are  wise,  we 
 haue  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  amonge  vs? 
 
 Beholde,  the  disceatfull  penne  of  the 
 scrybes,  setteth  forth  lies:  therfore  shal  the 
 
 -  lere.  8.  b.  9.  c.  '  Eze.  26.  b.  '  lere.  16.  b.  2,i.  b. 
 Deut.  4.  e.  Sap.  21.  a.  '  Luc.  23.  c.  /  Eze.  20.  f. 
 Esa.  1.  a.  *  Deut.  4.  a.   Psal.  18.  a.  '  lere.  6.  b. 
 
 wise  be  confounded,  they  shalbe  afrayed  and 
 taken  :  for  lo,  ''  they  haue  cast  out  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE :  what  wyszdome  can  then 
 be  amonge  them  ?  Wherfore,  I  will  geue 
 their  wyues  vnto  aleauntes,  and  their  feldes  to 
 destroyers. 
 
 For  from  the  lowest  vnto  the  hyest,  they 
 folowe  all  shamefull  lucre:  and  from  the 
 prophet  vnto  the  prest,  they  deale  all  with  lies. 
 '  Neuertheles,  they  heale  the  hurte  of  my 
 people  with  swete  wordes,  sayenge:  peace, 
 peace,  where  there  is  no  peace  at  all. 
 
 Fye  for  shame,  how  abhominable  thinges 
 do  they  ?  And  yet  they  be  not  ashamed,  yee 
 they  knowe  of  no  shame. 
 
 *  Wherfore  in  the  tyme  of  their  visitacion, 
 they  shal  fall  amonge  the  deed  bodies,  saieth 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Morouer  I  will  gather  them  in  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  so  that  there  shal  not  be  one  grape 
 vpon  the  vyne,  nether  one  fyge  vpon  the  fyge 
 tre,  and  the  leaues  shalbe  plucte  of. 
 
 Then  will  I  cause  them  to  departe,  and 
 saye :  why  prolonge  we  the  tyme  ?  Let  vs 
 gather  oure  selues  together,  and  go  in  to  the 
 stronge  cite,  there  shall  we  be  in  rest :  For 
 the  LORDE  oure  God  hath  put  vs  to  sylence, 
 and  geuen  vs  water  myxte  with  gall,  to  drynke, 
 because  we  haue  synned  agaynst  him. 
 
 We  loked  for  peace,  and  we  fayre  not  the 
 better,  we  wayted  for  the  tyme  of  health, 
 and  lo,  here  is  nothinge  but  trouble. 
 
 Then  shall  the  noyse  of  his  horses  be  herde 
 from  Dan,  the  whole  londe  shall  be  afrayed  at 
 the  neyege  of  his  stronge  horses :  for  they 
 shal  go  in,  and  deuoure  the  londe,  with  all 
 that  is  in  it :  the  cities,  and  those  that  dwell 
 therin.  "*  Morouer,  I  will  sende  Cockatrices 
 (J  serpetes  amonge  you  (which  will  not  be 
 charmed)  and  they  shal  byte  you,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Sorowe  is  come  vpon  me,  and  heuynes 
 vexeth  my  herte :  for  lo,  the  voyce  of  the 
 criege  of  my  people  is  herde  from  a  farre 
 countre :  Is  not  the  LORDE  in  Sion  ?  Is 
 not  he  kinge  in  her?  Wherfore  then  haue 
 they  greuedme  (shall  the  LORDE  saye)  with 
 their  ymages  and  foolish  straunge  fashions  ? 
 The  haruest  is  gone,  the  S5mer  hath  an  ende, 
 and  we  are  not  helped.     I  am  sore  vexed, 
 
 Esa.  56.  c.    Eze.  13.  b.  »  lere.  7.  d.  '  lere.  14.  d. 
 
 "  Leui.  26.  d. 
 
So,  icvlfau 
 
 €l)t  propf)ft  Sifremp, 
 
 Cftap.  i)c. 
 
 because  of  the  hurte  of  my  people :  I  am 
 heuy  and  abashed,  for  there  is  no  more  Triacle 
 at  Galaad,  and  there  is  no  Phisician,  that  cii 
 heale  the  hurte  of  my  people. 
 
 Cfjc  ix-  €l;aptn;. 
 
 OWHO  will  geue  my  heade  water 
 a  ynough,  %  a  well  of  teares  for  myne 
 eyes :  that  I  maye  wepe  night  ad  daye,  for  the 
 slaughter  of  my  people  ?  VVolde  God  that  I 
 had  a  cotage  some  where  farre  from  folke,  that 
 I  might  leaue  my  people,  and  go  from  the : 
 for  they  be  all  aduoutrers  and  a  shrenckinge 
 sorte.  They  bede  their  tijges  like  bowes,  to 
 shute  out  lies :  As  for  the  treuth,  they  maye 
 nothinge  awaye  with  all  in  the  worlde.  For 
 they  go  from  one  wickednes  to  another,  and 
 holde  nothinge  of  me,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Yee  one  must  kepe  himself  from  another, 
 no  man  maye  safely  trust  his  owne  brother  : 
 for  one  brother  vndermyneth  another,  5  one 
 neghboure  begyleth  another.  Yee  one  dis- 
 sembleth  with  another,  and  they  deale  with  no 
 treuth.  *  They  haue  practised  their  tunges  to 
 lye,  and  taken  greate  paynes  to  do  myschefe. 
 They  haue  set  their  stole  in  the  myddest  of 
 disceate,  and  (for  very  dissemblinge  falsede) 
 they  wil  not  knowe  me,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 beholde,  I  wil  melte  them  and  trie  the,  for 
 what  shulde  I  els  do  to  my  people  ?  Their 
 tunges  are  like  sharpe  arowes,  'to  speake  dis- 
 ceate. With  their  mouth  they  speake  peace- 
 ably to  their  neghboure,  but  preuely  they  laye 
 waite  for  him.  Shulde  I  not  punysh  them 
 for  these  thinges,  saieth  the  LORDE?  '^Or, 
 shulde  I  not  be  auenged  of  eny  soch  people, 
 
 this?  Vpon  the  mountajTies  will  I  take  vp 
 a  lamentacion  and  soroufull  crie,  and  a  mourn- 
 ynge  vpon  the  fayre  playnes  of  the  wildernes : 
 Namely,  how  they  are  so  brente  vp,  that  no 
 man  goeth  there  eny  more :  Yee  a  man  shal 
 not  heare  one  beast  crie  there. 
 
 "  Byrdes  and  catell  are  all  gone  from  thece. 
 I  will  make  Jerusalem  also  an  heape  of  stones, 
 and  a  denne  of  venymous  wormes.  And  I 
 wil  make  the  cities  of  luda  so  waist,  that  no 
 man  shal  dwell  therin.  What  man  is  so  wise, 
 as  to  vnderstonde  this  ?  Or  to  whom  hath  the 
 LORDE  spoken  by  mouth,  that   he   maye 
 
 "  lere.  12.  b.  Matt.  10.  c.  Miche  7.  a.  '  Psal.27.  a. 
 
 '  Pro.  18.  a.  Psal.  17.  a.  <<  lere.  5.  b.  e.  '  Psal.  78.  a. 
 Mich.  3.  c.        /  Osee  14.  d.         e  Deu.  29.  b.    losu.  24.  c. 
 
 shewe  this,  and  saye :  ■'  O  thou  londe,  why 
 perishest  thou  so?  Wherfore  art  thou  so 
 brent  vp,  and  like  a  wildernesse,  that  no  ma 
 goeth  thorow  ?  Yee  the  LORDE  himself 
 tolde  the  same  vnto  them,  that  forsoke  his 
 lawe,  and  kepte  not  the  thynge  that  he  gaue 
 them  in  commaundement,  nether  lyued  ther- 
 after :  ^  but  folowed  the  wickednes  of  their 
 owne  hertes,  and  serued  straunge  goddes,  as 
 their  fathers  taught  them. 
 
 Therfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes,  the  God  of  Israel :  Beholde,  I  will 
 fede  this  people  with  wormwod,  and  geue  the 
 gall  to  drynke.  ''  I  will  scatre  them  also 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  whom  nether  they  ner 
 their  fathers  haue  knowne :  and  I  will  sende  a 
 swearde  amonge  them,  '  to  persecute  them, 
 vntill  I  bringe  them  to  naught.  Morouer,  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  loke  that  ye 
 call  for  mournynge  wyues,  and  sende  for  wise 
 women :  that  they  come  shortly,  and  singe  a 
 mouniynge  songe  of  you:  that  the  teares 
 maye  fall  out  of  oure  eyes,  and  that  oure  eye 
 lyddes  maye  guszhe  out  of  water. 
 
 For  there  is  a  lamentable  noyse  herde  of 
 Sion :  O  how  are  we  so  sore  destroyed  ?  O 
 how  are  we  so  piteously  confounded?  We 
 must  forsake  oure  owne  naturall  countre,  and 
 we  are  shot  out  of  oure  owne  lodgiges.  Yet 
 heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  (o  ye  women) 
 and  let  youre  eares  regarde  the  wordes  of  his 
 mouth :  that  ye  maye  leme  youre  doughters 
 to  mourne,  and  that  euery  one  maye  teach  hir 
 neghbouresse,  to  make  lamentacion.  Namely 
 thus :  Deeth  is  clymme  vp  in  at  oure  wyndowes, 
 he  is  come  in  to  oure  houses,  to  destroye  the 
 childe  before  the  dore,  (j  f  yonge  man  in  the 
 strete. 
 
 But  tell  thou  planely,  thus  saieth  ^  LO  RDE : 
 The  deed  bodies  of  men  shal  lye  vpon  f 
 grounde,  as  the  donge  vpon  the  felde,  '  and  as 
 the  hay  after  the  mower,  and  there  shal  be  no 
 man  to  take  them  vp.  Morouer,  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE:  Let  not  the  wise  man  reioyse 
 in  his  wisdome,  ner  the  stronge  man  in  his 
 strength,  '  nether  the  rich  man  in  his  riches : 
 But  who  so  wil  reioyse,  let  him  reioyse  in  this, 
 that  he  vnderstodeth,  and  knoweth  me  :  for  I 
 am  the  LORDE,  which  do  mercie,  equite  and 
 rightuousnes  vpon  earth.     '"Therfore  haue  I 
 
 *  Dea.  32.  c.   lere.  23.  c.        '  Deu.  28.  c.        '  lere.  7.  d 
 
 8.  b.        '  Esa.  65.  c.  1  Cor.  1.  g.  2  Co.  10.  d.        "■  Matt, 
 
 9.  b.  12.  a.    Ose.  6.  b. 
 
Cijap,  V* 
 
 €i)t  propI)^t  Snrinj). 
 
 So,  iicvlbtj. 
 
 pleasure  in  soch  thinges,  saieth  y  LORDE. 
 Beholde,  the  tyme  cometh  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 that  I  wil  vyset  all  them,  whose  foreskjmne  is 
 vncircumcised :  The  Egipeians,  "the  lewes, 
 the  Edomites,  the  Ammonites,  the  Moabites, 
 and  the  shauen  Madianites,  that  dwel  in  the 
 wildernes.  '  For  all  y  Gentiles  are  vncircum- 
 cised in  the  flesh,  but  all  the  house  of  Israel, 
 are  vncircumcised  in  the  herte. 
 
 Eljt  f.  Cljapter. 
 
 HEARE  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  y  he 
 speaketh  vnto  the,  o  thou  house  of  Israel : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  Ye  shal  not  lerne 
 after  the  maner  of  the  Heithe,  '  and  ye  shal 
 not  be  afrayed  for  the  tokens  of  heauen  :  for 
 the  Heithen  are  afrayed  of  soch  :  Yee  all  the 
 customes  and  lawes  of  the  Getiles  are  nothinge, 
 but  vanite.  ''  They  hewe  downe  a  tre  in  the 
 wod  with  the  hondes  of  the  workeman,  and 
 fashion  it  with  the  axe :  they  couer  it  ouer 
 with  golde  or  syluer,  they  fasten  it  with  nales 
 and  hammers,  that  it  moue  not.  It  stodeth 
 as  stiff  as  the  palme  tre,  it  can  nether  speake 
 ner  go,  but  must  be  borne.  '  Be  not  ye 
 afrayed  of  soch,  for  they  ca  do  nether  good 
 ner  euel.  But  there  is  none  like  vnto  f  (o 
 LORDE)  thou  art  greate,  •'^and  greate  is  the 
 name  of  thy  power.  Who  wolde  not  feare 
 the  ?  or  what  kige  of  the  Gentiles  wolde  not 
 obeye  the  ? 
 
 For  amonge  all  the  wysemen  of  the  Gen- 
 tiles, and  in  all  their  kingdomes,  there  is  none, 
 that  maye  be  lickened  vnto  the.  They  are 
 all  together  vnlerned  and  vnwise.  All  their 
 eonnynge  is  but  vanite  :  namely,  wod,  syluer, 
 which  is  brought  out  of  Tharsis,  and  beate  to 
 plates  :  "  and  golde  from  Ophir,  a  worke  y  is 
 made  with  the  honde  of  the  craftesman  5  the 
 caster,  clothed  with  yalow  sylck  and  scarlet: 
 euen  so  is  the  worke  of  their  wyse  men  all 
 together.  But  the  LORDE  is  a  true  God,  a 
 lyuinge  God,  and  an  euerlastinge  kinge.  ''  Yf 
 he  be  wroth,  the  earth  shaketh:  all  the  Getiles 
 maye  not  abyde  his  indignacion. 
 
 As  for  their  goddes,  it  maye  well  be  sayde 
 of  the :  they  are  goddes,  that  made  nether 
 heaue  ner  earth  :  therfore  shal  they  perish  fro 
 the  earth,  and  from  all  thinges  vnder  heauen. 
 
 lere.  25.  c.         '  lere.  4.  a.  6.  b.    Rom.  2.  c.         '  Hsa. 
 
 47.  e.        ■*  Esa.  44.  b.       '  Baruc  6.    4  Re.  17.  g.       /  Apo. 
 
 a.  «  3  Ree-.9.  *  Naum  1.  a.  ■  Gen.  1.  a. 
 
 '  But  (as  for  oure  God)  he  made  the  earth 
 with  his  power,  and  with  his  wisdome  hath  he 
 fynished  the  whole  compasse  of  the  worlde, 
 with  his  discrecion  hath  he  spred  out  the  hea- 
 uens,  At  his  voyce  the  waters  gather  together 
 in  the  ayre,  he  draweth  vp  f  cloudes  from  the 
 vttemost  partes  of  f  earth :  *  he  turneth  lighten 
 inge  to  rayne,  and  brlgeth  forth  the  wyndes 
 out  of  their  treasuries :  '  His  wisdome  maketh 
 all  men  fooles.  And  confunded  be  all  casters 
 of  ymages,  '"  for  that  they  cast,  is  but  a  vayne 
 thinge,  and  hath  no  life.  "  The  vayne  craftes 
 men  with  their  workes,  that  they  in  their 
 vanite  haue  made,  shall  perish  one  with  ano- 
 ther in  the  tyme  of  visitacion.  Neuertheles, 
 lacobs  porcio  is  not  soch :  but  it  is  he,  that 
 hath  made  all  thinges,  and  Israel  is  the  rodd 
 of  his  inheritauce:  The  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 is  his  name.  Put  awaye  thy  vnclennesse  out 
 of  the  londe,  thou  that  art  in  the  stronge 
 cities.  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Be- 
 holde, I  wil  now  thrust  out  the  inhabitours  of 
 this  londe  a  greate  waye  off,  and  trouble  them 
 of  soch  a  fashio,  that  they  shal  no  more  be 
 founde. 
 
 Alas,  how  am  I  hurte  ?  Alas,  how  panefull 
 are  my  scourges  vnto  me  ?  For  I  cosidre  this 
 sorow  by  my  self,  s  I  must  suffre  it,  My  taber- 
 nacle is  destroyed,  and  all  my  coardes  are 
 broken.  My  children  are  gone  fro  me,  ad 
 can  no  where  be  founde.  Now  haue  I  none 
 to  sprede  out  my  tente,  or  to  set  vp  my  hang- 
 inges.  For  the  hyrdmen  haue  done  folishly, 
 that  they  haue  not  sought  the  LORDE.  Ther- 
 fore haue  they  dealt  vnwisely  with  their  catell, 
 d  all  are  scatred  abrode.  Beholde,  the  noyse 
 is  harde  at  honde,  and  greate  sedieio  out  of  the 
 north :  to  make  the  cities  of  luda  a  wylder- 
 nesse,  and  a  dwellinge  place  for  Dragons. 
 °  Now  I  knowe  (o  LORDE)  that  it  is  not  in 
 mas  power  to  ordre  his  ovrae  waies,  or  to  rule 
 his  owne  steppes  (j  goinges.  Therfore  chaste 
 thou  vs  (o  LORDE)  but  with  fauoure, ''  and 
 not  in  thy  wrath,  bringe  vs  not  vtterly  to 
 naught.  Poure  out  thy  indignacion  rather  vpon 
 the  Getiles,  that  knowe  f  not,  and  vpon  the 
 people  that  call  not  on  thy  name  :  And  that 
 because  they  haue  consumed,  deuoured  and 
 destroyed  lacob,  and  haue  roted  out  his 
 glory. 
 
 lere.  ol.c.  'Psal.  134.b.  '  Psal.  143.  "'Esa.44.  b. 
 "  Esa.  1.  d.  lere.  6.  c.  »  Pro.  20.  d.  P  Esa.  64.  b. 
 1.  78.  a.  Eccls.36.  a.  lere.  30.  c.  50.  b. 
 
fo,  titxMij, 
 
 €l)t  propfttt  Sfrrmp. 
 
 CI)ap.  fiV 
 
 ffifjc  n-  €f)apter. 
 
 THIS    is    another    Sermon,    which    the 
 LORDE  commaunded  leremy  for  to 
 preach,  sayenge : 
 
 Heare  the  wordes  of  the  couenaunt,  and 
 speake  vnto  ail  luda,  and  to  ail  them  that 
 dwel  at  Jerusalem,  And  saye  thou  vnto  the : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel: 
 Cursed  be  euery  one,  that  is  not  obedient 
 vnto  y  wordes  of  this  couenaut:  which  I  com- 
 maunded vnto  youre  fathers,  what  tyme  as  I 
 brought  them  out  of  Egipte,  from  the  yron 
 fornace,  sayenge :  "  Be  obedient  vnto  my 
 voyce,  and  do  accordinge  to  all  that  I  com^ 
 maunde  you  :  *  so  shal  ye  be  my  people,  and  I 
 wil  be  youre  God,  and  will  kepe  my  promyse, 
 y  I  haue  sworne  vnto  youre  fathers  :  Namely, 
 that  I  wolde  geue  them  'a  londe  which  floweth 
 with  mylke  and  hony,  as  ye  se,  it  is  come  to 
 passe  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Then  answered  I,  and  sayde :  Amen.  It 
 is  euen  so  LORDE,  as  thou  sayest.  Then 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me  agayne :  Preach 
 this  in  f  cities  off  luda  and  rounde  aboute 
 Jerusalem,  and  saye :  Heare  the  wordes  off 
 this  couenaunt,  that  ye  maye  kepe  them.  For 
 I  haue  diligently  exorted  youre  fathers,  euer 
 sence  the  tyme  that  I  brought  them  out  off 
 the  Londe  off  Egipte,  vnto  this  daye.  I 
 gaue  them  warnynge  by  tymes,  sayenge : 
 herken  vnto  my  voyce :  ''  Neuertheles,  they 
 wolde  not  obeye  me,  nor  enclyne  their  eares 
 vnto  me,  "but  folowed  the  wicked  ymaginacios 
 of  their  owne  hertes.  And  therfore  haue  I 
 accused  them  as  transgressours  of  all  the 
 wordes  off  this  conuenaunt,  that  I  gaue  them 
 to  kepe,  which  they  (notwithstodinge)  haue 
 not  kepte. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me :  It  is 
 foude  out,  that  whole  Israel  and  all  the  citisens 
 off  lerusalem  are  gone  backe.  They  haue 
 turned  them  selues  to  the  blasphemies  off 
 their  fore  fathers,  which  had  no  lust  to  heare 
 my  worde.  Euen  likewise  haue  these  also 
 folowed  straunge  goddes,  and  worshipped 
 them.  The  house  off  Israel  and  luda  haue 
 broken  my  couenaunt,  which  I  made  with 
 their  fathers. 
 
 Therfore  thus   saieth  the  LORDE:    Be- 
 
 •  Exo.  19.  a.  »  Exo.  6.  b.  '  Gen.  15.  c.  26.  a.  28.  c. 
 '  lere.  13.  b.  '  lere.  9.  b.  Deu.  24.  c.  /  Zach.  7.  b. 
 I  Deu.  32.  c.   *  lere.  2.  d.   '  lere.  7.  c.   '  lere.  15.  a. 
 
 holde,  I  will  sende  a  plage  amonge  you,  which 
 ye  shal  not  be  able  to  escape :  and  though  ye 
 erie  vnto  me,  I  will  not  heare  you.-'^  The  shal 
 the  townes  off  luda  and  the  citisens  off  leru- 
 salem go,  and  call  vpon  their  goddes,  vnto 
 whom  they  made  their  oblacios :  « but  they 
 are  not  able  to  helpe  them  in  tyme  off  their 
 trouble.  ''  For  as  many  cities  as  thou  hast 
 (o  luda)  so  many  goddes  hast  thou  also:  'And 
 loke  how  many  stretes  there  be  in  the  (o  leru- 
 salem) so  many  shameful  aulters  haue  ye  set 
 vp,  to  offre  vpon  them  vnto  Baal.  *  But  praye 
 not  thou  for  this  people,  byd  nether  prayse 
 ner  prayer  for  them :  for  though  they  crie 
 vnto  me  in  their  trouble,  yet  will  I  not  heare 
 them. 
 
 O  thou  beloued,  why  doest  thou  so  shame^ 
 full  greate  blasphemies  in  my  house?  'euen 
 as  though  that  holy  flesh  might  absolue  the, 
 specially  when  thou  hast  made  thy  boost  off 
 thy  wickednes.  The  LORDE  called  the  a 
 grene  olyue  tre,"  a  fayre  one,  a  frutefull  one, 
 a  goodly  one  :  but  now  that  there  is  a  contrary 
 reporte  off  the  abrode,  he  will  burne  the  vp, 
 ad  destroye  thy  braunches.  "  For  the  LORDE 
 off  hoostes  that  plated  the,  hath  deuysed  a 
 plage  for  the  (o  thou  house  of  Israel  (t  luda) 
 for  y  euel  that  ye  haue  done,  to  prouoke  him 
 to  wrath,  in  that  ye  dyd  seruyce  vnto  Baal. 
 
 This  (o  LORDE)  haue  I  lerned  of  the, 
 and  vnderstonde  it,  for  thou  hast  shewed  me 
 their  ymaginacions.  °  But  I  (as  a  meke  lambe) 
 was  caried  awaye  to  be  slayne :  not  knowinge, 
 that  they  had  deuysed  soch  a  councel  agaynst 
 me,  sayenge :  ''  We  will  destroye  his  meate 
 with  wod,  and  dryue  him  out  of  the  londe  of 
 the  lyuynge,  that  his  name  shal  neuer  be 
 thought  vpon.  Therfore  I  will  beseke  the 
 now  (o  LORDE  of  hoostes)  'thou  rightuous 
 iudge,  thou  that  tryest  the  reynes  and  the 
 hertes :  let  me  se  the  auenged  of  them,  for 
 vnto  the  haue  I  committed  my  cause.  The 
 LORDE  therfore  spake  thus  of  the  citesens 
 of  Anothot,  that  sought  to  slaye  me,  sayege  : 
 '  Preach  not  vnto  vs  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE,  or  els  thou  shalt  dye  of  oure  hondes. 
 Thus  (I  saye)  spake  the  LORDE  of  hoostes: 
 Beholde,  I  will  viset  you.  Youre  yonge  me 
 shal  perish  with  the  swearde,  youre  sonnes 
 and  youre  doughters  shal  vtterly  dye  of  honger, 
 
 '  Agg.  2.  b. 
 
 Esa.  12.  d. 
 20.  c.   17.  b. 
 
 "■  lere.  17.  b.  Matt.  7.  b.  Ro.  11.  c. 
 Esa.  33.  b.  P  lere.  18.  b.  <  lere. 
 '  Esa.  30.  b.  Amo.  7.  b. 
 
tCftap.  riij. 
 
 €l)t  propftrt  Sfr^nip. 
 
 jTo.  iJcirliv. 
 
 so  that  none  shal  remayne.  For  vpon  the 
 citesyns  off  Anathot  wil  I  bringe  a  plage,  and 
 the  yeare  of  their  visitacion. 
 
 V^t  ^i).  Cl^apter. 
 
 OLORDE,  thou  art  more  rightuous,  then 
 that  I  shulde  dispute  with  the :  Neuer- 
 theles,  let  me  talke  with  the  in  thinges 
 reasonable.  "  How  happeneth  it,  that  the 
 waye  off  the  vngodly  is  so  prosperous?  and 
 that  it  goeth  so  wel  \vith  them,  which  (with 
 out  enyshame)  offede  and  lyue  in wickednesse? 
 Thou  plantest  them,  they  take  rote,  they 
 growe,  and  bringe  forth  frute.  They  boost 
 moch  off  the,  yet  doest  thou  not  punysh  them. 
 But  thou  LORDE  (to  whom  I  am  well 
 knowne)  thou  that  hast  sene,  5  proued  my 
 herte,  take  them  awaye,  like  as  a  flock  is 
 caried  to  the  slaughter  house,'  and  apoynte 
 them  for  the  daye  off  slaughtinge. 
 
 How  longe  shall  the  londe  mourne,  and 
 all  the  herbes  off  the  felde  perish,  for  the 
 wickednes  off  them  that  dwell  therin? 
 
 '  The  catell  and  the  byrdes  are  gone,  yet 
 saye  they :  tush,  God  will  not  destroye  vs 
 vtterly. 
 
 Seinge  thou  art  weery  in  runnynge  with 
 the  fote  men,  how  wilt  thou  then  runne  with 
 horses  ?  In  a  peaceable  sure  londe  thou 
 mayest  be  safe,  but  how  wilt  thou  do  in  the 
 furious  pryde  of  lordane  ?  For  thy  brethren 
 ad  thy  kynred  haue  altogether  despised  the, 
 and  cried  out  vpon  the  in  thine  absence. 
 ''  Beleue  them  not,  though  they  speake  fayre 
 wordes  to  the.  As  for  me  (saye  I)  I  haue 
 forsaken  myne  owne  dwellinge  place,  and  left 
 myne  heretage.  My  life  also  that  I  loue  so 
 wel,  haue  I  geuen  in  to  the  hodes  of  myne 
 enemies.  Myne  heretage  is  become  vnto  me, 
 as  a  Lyon  in  the  wod.  It  oried  out  vpon  me, 
 therfore  haue  I  forsaken  it.  '  Myne  heretage 
 is  vnto  me,  as  a  spreckled  byrde,  a  byrde  of 
 dyuerse  coloures  is  vpon  it.  Go  hence,  and 
 gather  all  the  beastes  of  the  felde  together, 
 that  they  maye  eate  it  vp. 
 
 -'^  Dyuerse  hyrdme  haue  broken  downe  my 
 vynyarde,  and  troden  vpon  my  porcion.  Of 
 my  pleasaunt  porcion,  they  haue  made  a  wil- 
 dernes  5  deserte.  They  haue  layed  it  waist : 
 and  now  that  it  is  waist,  it  sigheth  vnto  me. 
 Yee  the  whole  londe  lieth  waist,  and  no  man 
 
 ^  lob  21.  a.  Aba.  I.e.        »2Pet.  2.  c. 
 Deu.  29.  c.    Soph.  1.  c.   lere.  5.  b.  23.  c. 
 
 '  lere.  14.  b. 
 ''  lere.  9.  a. 
 
 regardeth  it.  The  distroyers  come  ouer  the 
 heeth  euery  waye,  for  *the  swearde  off  the 
 LORDE  shal  consume  from  the  one  ende  of  y 
 lode  to  the  other,  and  no  flesh  shal  haue  rest. 
 They  shal  sowe  wheat,  and  reepe  thornes. 
 They  shal  take  heretage  in  possession,  but  it 
 shal  do  them  no  good.  And  ye  shalbe  con- 
 founded of  youre  owne  wynnynges,  because  of 
 the  greate  wrath  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  vpon  all  myne 
 euel  neghbours,  that  laye  honde  on  myne 
 heretage,  which  I  haue  geuen  my  people  of 
 Israel :  Beholde,  I  wil  plucke  them  (namely 
 Israel)  out  of  their  londe,  and  put  out  the 
 house  of  luda  from  amonge  them.  ''And  whe 
 I  haue  rooted  the  out,  I  wilbe  at  one  with  the 
 agayne,  and  wil  haue  mercy  vpon  them  :  and 
 brynge  them  agayne,  euery  man  to  his  owne 
 heretage,  and  in  to  his  lode.  And  yf  they 
 (namely  that  trouble  my  people)  wil  lerne  f 
 wayes  of  them,  to  sweare  by  my  name  :  The 
 LORDE  lyueth  (like  as  they  lerned  my 
 people  to  sweare  by  Baal)  the  shal  they  be 
 rekened  amoge  my  people.  '  But  yf  they 
 wil  not  obeye,  the  will  I  rote  out  the  same 
 folke,  and  destroye  them,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Cfjt  ftij.  Cfjaptcr. 
 OROUER,   thus  saied  the  LORDE 
 
 _    vnto  me :   go  thy  waye  g  get  the  a 
 
 lynnen  breche,  and  gyrde  it  aboute  thy  loynes, 
 and  let  it  not  be  wet.  Then  I  got  me  a 
 brech,  acordinge  to  the  commaundemet  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  put  it  aboute  my  loynes.  After 
 this,  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  me  agayne : 
 Take  the  breche  that  thou  hast  prepared  g 
 put  aboute  the,  and  get  the  vp,  and  go  vnto 
 Euphrates,  and  hyde  it  in  a  hole  off  the  rock. 
 So  wet  I,  and  hydde  it,  as  the  LORDE 
 commaunded  me.  And  it  happened  longe 
 after  this,  that  the  LORDE  spake  vnto  me : 
 Vp,  and  get  the  to  Euphrates,  and  fet  the 
 breche  from  thence,  which  I  commaunded  the 
 to  hyde  there.  Then  went  I  to  Euphrates, 
 and  digged  vp,  and  toke  the  brech  from  the 
 place  where  I  had  hyd  it :  and  beholde,  the 
 brech  was  corrupte,  so  that  it  was  profitable 
 for  nothinge. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  me :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE:  Euen  so  will  I  corruppe 
 the  pryde  off  luda,  and  the  hie  mynde  off 
 
 M' 
 
 'Esa.  19.C.  /Esa.  56.  c.    Esa.  5.  a. 
 
 'i  Deu.  4.C.  30.  a.  Esa.  54.  b.  1  Esd.  1.  a. 
 
 I  Pro.  22.  d. 
 'Mat.  22.  b. 
 
jTo.  titl. 
 
 €\)t  propI)ct  Scrfmj). 
 
 Cbap.  jriii). 
 
 lerusale.  °  This  people  is  a  wiciced  people, 
 they  will  not  heare  my  worde,  they  folowe  y 
 wicked  yinaginacions  off  their  owne  hert,  5 
 hange  vpon  strauge  goddes,  the  haue  they 
 serued  5  worshipped  :  and  therfore  they  shalbe 
 as  this  brech,  that  serueth  for  nothinge.  For 
 as  strately  as  a  brech  lieth  vpon  a  mas  loynes, 
 so  strately  dyd  I  bynde  y  whole  house  of  Israel, 
 and  the  whole  house  of  luda  vnto  me,  saieth 
 the  LORDE:*  that  they  might  be  my  people : 
 that  they  might  haue  a  glorious  name :  y  they 
 might  be  in  honoure :  but  they  wolde  not 
 obeye  me.  Therfore  laye  this  ryddle  before 
 them,  and  saye:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel :  euery  pot  shal  be  fylled  with 
 wyne.  And  they  shal  saye :  thinkest  thou  we 
 knowe  not,  y  euery  pot  shalbe  fylled  with 
 wyne  ?  Then  shalt  thou  saye  vnto  them  : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Beholde,  I  shal 
 fyll  all  the  inhabitours  of  this  lode  with 
 dronckenes,  the  kynges  that  syt  vpo  Dauids 
 stole,  the  prestes  and  prophetes,  with  all  y 
 dwell  at  lerusalem.  And  I  will  shute  them 
 one  agaynst  another,  yee  y-  fathers  agaynst 
 the  sonnes,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 I  wil  not  pardon  them,  I  wil  not  spare  them, 
 ner  haue  pitie  vpon  them :  but  destroye  them. 
 Be  obedient,  geue  eare,  take  no  diszdayne  at 
 it,  for  it  is  the  LORDE  himself  that  speaketh. 
 Honoure  f  LORDE  youre  God  herein,  or  he 
 take  his  light  from  you,  and  or  euer  youre 
 fete  stomble  in  darknesse  at  y  hill :  lest  whe 
 ye  loke  for  the  light,  he  turne  it  in  to  y 
 shadowe  and  darknesse  of  death.  But  yf  ye 
 wil  not  heare  me,  that  geue  you  secrete 
 warnynge,  I  will  mourne  fro  my  whole  herte 
 for  youre  stubburnesse.  Titeously  will  I 
 wepe,  and  the  teares  shall  guszhe  out  of  myne 
 eyes.  For  the  LORDES  flocke  shal  be  caried 
 awaye  captiue.  Tell  the  kinge  5  the  rulers : 
 Humble  youre  selues,  set  you  downe  lowe,  for 
 f  crowne  of  youre  glory  shal  fall  from  youre 
 heade.  The  cities  towarde  the  south  shalbe 
 shut  vp,  I  no  man  shal  open  the.  All  luda 
 shal  be  caried  awaye  captyue,  so  that  none 
 shall  remayne. 
 
 Lift  vp  youre  eyes,  and  beholde  the,  that 
 come  from  the  North :  Like  a  fat  flocke  shal 
 they  fall  vpon  the.  To  whom  wilt  thou  make 
 thy  mone,  when  they  come  vpon  the  ?  for  thou 
 hast  taught  the  thy  self,  and  made  the  masters 
 
 "  lere.  7.  c.  11.  b.  18 
 lere.  31.  c.    Thren.  1. 
 
 .  19.  c.  »  Deu.  4.  c.  28.  d. 
 
 ''  lere.  30.  a.    Esa.  13.  b. 
 
 ouer  the.  ■*  Shal  not  sorowe  come  vpo  the,  as 
 on  a  woman  trauelinge  with  childe  ?  And  yf 
 thou  woldest  saye  the  in  thine  hert:  Wher- 
 fore  come  these  thinges  vpo  me  ?  Eue  for  the 
 multitude  of  thy  blasphemies,  'shall  thy  hynder 
 partes  5  thy  fete  be  discouered.  For  like 
 as  the  man  of  Inde  maye  chaunge  his  skynne, 
 5  the  cat  of  the  mountayne  hir  spottes :  so 
 maye  ye  that  be  exercised  in  euell,  do  good. 
 Therfore  will  I  scatre  you,  lyke  as  ;y  stobble 
 that  is  take  awaye  with  y  south  wynde.  This 
 shal  be  youre  porcion,  and  the  porcion  of 
 youre  measure,  wher  with  ye  shal  be  rewarded 
 of  me,  saieth  the  LORDE :  because  ye  haue 
 forgotten  me,  and  put  youre  trust  in  disceat 
 ful  thinges.  'Therfore  shall  I  turne  thy  clothes 
 ouer  thy  heade,  and  discouer  thy  thees,  that 
 thy  preuyties  maye  be  sene:  thy  aduoutrie, 
 thy  deedly  malice,  thy  beastlynes  and  thy 
 shamefull  whordome.  For  vpon  the  feldes 
 and  hilles  I  haue  sene  thy  abhominacions. 
 Wo  be  vnto  the  (0  lerusale)  whe  wilt  thou 
 euer  be  clensed  enymore  ? 
 
 Cl^t  Vtiij-  Cljapttr. 
 
 The  worde  of  the  LORDE  shewed  vnto  leremy, 
 
 cocernynge  the  derth  oft'  the  frutes. 
 
 IUDA  shal  mourne,  men  shall  not  go  moch 
 more  thorow  his  gates :  the  londe  shal  be 
 nomore  had  in  reputacion,  5  the  crie  of  leru- 
 sale shal  breake  out.  The  lordes  shall  sende 
 their  seruauntes  to  fetch  water,  5  when  they 
 come  to  the  welles,  they  shal  fynde  no  water, 
 but  shal  carie  their  vessels  home  emptie.  They 
 shal  be  ashamed  ad  confounded,  5  shal  couer 
 their  heades.  ^  For  the  groude  shalbe  dried 
 vp,  because  there  cometh  no  rayne  vpon  it. 
 The  plowmen  also  shalbe  ashamed,  ad  shal 
 couer  their  heades.  The  Hynde  shal  forsake 
 the  yonge  fawne,  that  she  brlgeth  forth  in  f 
 felde,  because  there  shalbe  no  grasse.  The 
 wilde  Asses  shall  stonde  in  the  IVIosse,  and 
 drawe  in  their  wynde  like  the  Dragos,  their 
 eyes  shal  fayle  for  wat  of  grasse. 
 
 Doutles  oure  owne  wickednesse  rewarde  vs: 
 But  LORDE  do  thou  acordingeto  thy  name, 
 though  oure  transgressions  and  sjTines  be 
 many.  "  For  thou  art  the  comforte  a  helpe 
 of  Israel  in  the  tyme  of  trouble.  Why  mlt 
 thou  be  as  a  straunger  in  the  Londe,  and  as 
 
 Esa.  21.  a.       '  lere.  15.  b.      /Osee  2.  b.       t  lere.  S3,  b. 
 ^  Esa.  49.  b.  lere.  16.  c.  17.  c. 
 
Cfiap.  )fb. 
 
 Ci)f  propftrt  3fRm|). 
 
 fo,  ML 
 
 one  that  goeth  ouer  the  felde,  ad  cometh  in 
 only  to  remayne  for  a  night  ?  Why  wilt  thou 
 make  thy  self  a  cowarde,  and  as  it  were  a 
 giaute  that  yet  maye  not  helpe?  For  thou 
 art  ours  (o  LORDE)  and  we  beare  thy  name, 
 therfore  forsake  vs  not. 
 
 Then  spake  the  LORDE,  concernynge  this 
 people  y  haue  pleasure  to  go  so  nembly  with 
 their  fete,  and  leaue  not  of,  and  therfore  dis- 
 please the  LORDE :  in  so  moch,  that  he  will 
 now  bringe  agayne  to  remembraunce  all  their 
 myszdedes,  ad  punysh  all  their  synnes.  Yee 
 euen  thus  sayde  the  LORDE vnto me:  Thou 
 shalt  not  praye  to  do  this  people  good.  "  For 
 though  they  fast,  I  will  not  heare  their  prayers. 
 And  though  they  offre  burnt  offriges  (j  sacri- 
 fices, yet  wil  not  I  accepte  them.  For  I  will 
 destroye  them  with  the  swearde,  honger  and 
 pestilence.  Then  answerde  1 :  0  LORDE 
 God,  the  prophetes  saye  vnto  them :  *  Tush, 
 ye  shal  se  no  swearde,  and  no  honger  shall 
 come  vpon  you,  but  the  LORDE  shal  geue 
 you  continuall  rest  in  this  place. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me:  The 
 prophetes  preach  lies  vnto  them  in  my  name. 
 '  I  haue  not  spoken  with  them,  nether  gaue  I 
 them  eny  charge,  nether  dyd  I  sende  the :  yet 
 they  preach  vnto  you  false  visions,  charmynge, 
 vanite,  and  disceatfulnesse  of  their  owne  herte. 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  As  for 
 those  prophetes  that  preach  in  my  name 
 (whom  I  neuertheles  haue  not  sent)  and  y 
 saye :  Tush,  there  shal  nether  batel  ner  hon- 
 ger be  in  this  londe :  With  swearde  ad  with 
 honger  shal  those  prophetes  perish,  ■*  and  the 
 people  to  whom  they  haue  preached,  shal  be 
 cast  out  of  Jerusalem,  dye  of  honger,  ad  be 
 slayne  with  the  swearde,  (and  there  shal  be  no 
 man  to  burie  them)  'both  they  ad  their  wyues, 
 their  sonnes  and  their  doughters.  For  thus 
 wil  I  poure  their  wickednes  vpon  the.  This 
 shalt  thou  saye  also  vnto  them :  Myne  eyes 
 shal  wepe  without  ceassinge  daye  j  night. 
 '  For  my  people  shalbe  destroyed  with  greate 
 harme,  and  shall  perish  with  a  greate  plage. 
 For  yff  I  go  in  to  the  felde,  lo,  it  lieth  all  full 
 off  slayne  men  :  Yff  I  come  in  to  the  cite,  lo, 
 they  be  all  fameshed  of  honger. 
 
 Yee  their  prophetes  also  and  prestes  shal  be 
 led  in  to  an  vnknowne  londe. 
 
 '  lere.  7.  b.  Esa.  1.  b.  '  lere.  5.  b.  Soph.  1.  c.  lere. 
 14.  b.  23.  c.  '  lere.  23.  d.  <>  Zach.  13.  a.  '  lere.  16.  a. 
 /  Thren.  2.  (.  Tren.  1.  d.         s  lere.  8.  c.         *  Esa.  49.  e. 
 
 Hast  thou  then  vtterly  forsaken  luda  ? 
 (sayde  I)  Dost  thou  so  abhorre  Sio  ?  Or  hast 
 thou  so  plaged  vs,  that  we  can  be  healed  no 
 more  ?  *  We  loked  for  peace,  and  there  cometh 
 no  good :  for  the  tyme  of  health,  (j  lo,  here 
 is  nothinge  but  trouble.  We  knowlege  (o 
 LORDE)  all  oure  myszdedes,  and  the  synnes 
 of  oure  fathers,  that  we  haue  offended  f.  Be 
 not  displeased  (o  LORDE)  for  thy  names 
 sake,  forget  not  thy  louynge  kyndnes :  ''  Re- 
 membre  f  trone  of  thyne  honoure,  breake 
 not  the  couenaut,  that  thou  hast  made  with 
 vs.  '  Are  there  eny  amonge  the  goddes  of  the 
 Gentiles,  that  sende  rayne,  or  geue  the  showers 
 of  heauen  ?  Dost  not  thou  it  o  LORDE  oure 
 God,  in  who  we  trust?  Yee  LORDE,  thou 
 dost  all  these  thinges. 
 
 €i)t  vb.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 THEN  spake  the  LORDE  vnto  me,  ad 
 sayde :  *  Though  Moses  and  Samuel 
 stode  before  me,  yet  haue  I  no  herte  to  this 
 people.  Dryue  them  awaye,  that  they  maye 
 go  out  of  my  sight.  And  yf  they  saye  vnto 
 the :  '  Whyther  shal  we  go  ?  The  tell  the :  The 
 LORDE  geueth  you  this  answere :  Some  vnto 
 death,  some  to  the  swearde,  some  to  honger. 
 some  in  to  captiuyte.  For  I  will  bringe  foure 
 plages  vpon  them,  saieth  the  LORDE.  '"  The 
 swearde  shal  stragle  them,  the  dogges  shal 
 deuoure  them,  the  foules  of  the  ayre  ad  beestes 
 of  the  earth  shal  eate  them  vp,  and  destroye 
 them.  I  will  scatre  them  aboute  also  in  all 
 kingdomes  and  londes  to  be  plaged,  because 
 of  Manasses  "  the  sonne  of  Ezechias  kinge  of 
 luda,  for  the  thinges  that  he  dyd  in  Jerusalem. 
 Who  shal  then  haue  pite  vpon  the,  o  Jeru- 
 salem ?  Who  shal  be  sory  for  the  ?  Or  who 
 shal  make  intercession,  to  opteyne  peace  for 
 the?  seinge  thou  goest  fro  me,  ad  turnest 
 bacwarde,  saieth  the  LORDE?  Therfore  I 
 will  stretch  out  myne  honde  agaynst  the,  to 
 destroye  the,  and  I  will  not  be  intreated.  I 
 will  scatre  the  abrode  with  the  fanne  on  euery 
 side  of  the  londe :  "  I  will  waist  my  people 
 and  destroye  them,  for  they  haue  had  no  lust 
 to  turne  from  their  owne  wayes.  I  wiU  make 
 their  wyddowes  mo  in  nombre,  then  the  sondes 
 of  the  see.  Vpon  f  mothers  of  their  children, 
 I  shal  bringe  a  destroyer  in  the  noone  daye. 
 
 ■  lere.  5.  d.  *  lere.  7.  b.  11.  c.  14.  b.     Eze.  14.  c. 
 
 '  Zach.  11.  b.  Eze.  5.  c.       "  lere.  16.  a.       "4  Re.  21.  a. 
 °  lere.  6.  c. 
 
ijTo,  MiU 
 
 CI)c  propftft  Sfinn)!). 
 
 Cftap.  )rbu 
 
 "  Sodenly  and  vnawarres,  shal  I  sende  a  feare 
 vpon  their  cities.  She  that  hath  borne  vij. 
 children,  shal  haue  none,  hir  herte  shal  be  ful 
 of  sorowe. 
 
 The  Sonne  shall  fayle  her  in  the  cleare 
 daye,  when  she  shalbe  confounded  and  faynte 
 for  very  heuynesse.  '  As  for  those  y  remayne, 
 I  wil  delyuer  them  vnto  the  swearde  off  their 
 enemies,  saieth  the  LORDE.  'O  mother, 
 alas  that  euer  thou  dydest  beare  me,  an  ene- 
 mie  and  hated  of  the  whole  londe :  Though 
 I  neuer  lente  ner  receaued  vpon  vsury,  yet 
 euery  man  speake  euell  vpon  me.  And  f 
 LORDE  answered  me  :  Lede  not  I  the  then 
 vnto  good?  Come  not  I  to  the,  when  thou 
 art  in  trouble :  and  helpe  y,  when  thine  ene- 
 mie  oppresseth  the  ?  Doth  one  yron  hurte 
 another,  or  one  metall  that  cometh  from  the 
 north,  another  ?  As  for  youre  riches  and  trea- 
 sure, I  wil  geue  them  out  in  to  a  pray,  ''  not 
 for  eny  money,  but  because  of  all  youre  synnes, 
 that  ye  haue  done  I  all  youre  coastes.  And  I 
 wil  brige  you  with  youre  enemies  in  to  a  londe, 
 '  y  ye  knowe  not :  for  the  fyre  that  is  kyndled 
 in  my  indignacion,  shal  burne  you  vp. 
 
 O  LORDE  (sayde  I  then)  thou  knowest 
 all  thinges,  therfore  remembre  me,  ad  viset 
 me,  delyuer  me  fro  my  persecuters :  Receaue 
 not  my  cause  in  thy  loge  wrath,  yet  thou 
 knowest,  that  for  thy  sake  I  suffre  rebuke. 
 'When  I  had  founde  thy  wordes,  I  at  them  vp 
 gredely :  they  haue  made  my  hert  ioyfull  5 
 
 d.  For  I  call  vpon  thy  name,  o  LORDE 
 God  off  hoostes.  I  dwell  not  amonge  the 
 scorners,  nether  is  my  delyte  therin :  but  I 
 dwell  only  in  the  feare  of  thy  honde,  for  thou 
 hast  fylled  me  with  byttemes.  Shall  my 
 heuynes  endure  for  euer?  Are  my  plages 
 then  so  greate,  y  they  maye  neuer  be  healed  ? 
 Wilt  thou  be  as  a  water,  that  falleth,  and  can 
 not  contynue  ?  Vpon  these  wordes,  thus  sayde 
 the  LORDE  vnto  me :  Yf  thou  wilt  turne 
 agayne,  I  shal  set  the  in  my  seruyce :  and  yf 
 thou  wilt  take  out  the  thinge  that  is  precious 
 from  the  vyle,  thou  shalt  be  euen  as  myne 
 owne  mouth.  ^  They  shal  conuerte  vnto  the, 
 but  turne  not  thou  vnto  the  :  and  so  shal  I 
 make  the  a  stroge  wall  of  stele  agaynst  this 
 people.  ''They  shal  fight  agaynst  the,  but 
 they  shal  not  preuayle.     For  I  my  self  will  be 
 
 "  1  Tess.  5.  a.       '  Amo.  8. 
 17.  a.  26.  b.  «Deu.  32.C. 
 
 s  lere.  21.  a.        *  lere.  1.  c. 
 
 "■  lere.  20.  d.  ''  lere. 
 /Eze.  3.  a.  Psal.  118.  n. 
 '  Leui.  10.  b.   lere.  14.  c, 
 
 with  the,  to  helpe  the,  and  delyuer  the,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.  And  I  will  ryd  the  out  of  the 
 hondes  of  the  wicked,  and  delyuer  the  out  of 
 the  honde  of  Tirauntes. 
 
 €f)c  ^bt.  Cl)aptCT. 
 
 MOROUER,  thus  sayde  the  LORDE 
 vnto  me  :  Thou  shalt  take  f  no  wife, 
 ner  beget  children  in  this  place.  For  of  the 
 children  that  are  borne  in  this  place,  of  their 
 mothers  that  haue  borne  them,  and  of  their 
 'fathers  that  haue  begotten  them  in  this  londe, 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  They  shal  dye  an 
 horrible  deeth,  no  ma  shal  moume  for  them, 
 ner  burie  them,  but  they  shal  lye  as  doge 
 vpon  the  earth.  They  shal  perish  thorow  the 
 swearde  and  honger,  and  their  *  bodies  shal  be 
 meate  for  the  foules  of  the  ayre,  and  beestes  of 
 the  earth.  Agayne,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE : 
 Go  not  vnto  them,  that  come  together,  for  to 
 mourne  and  wepe  :  for  I  haue  taken  my  peace 
 fro  this  people  (saieth  the  LORDE)  yee  my 
 fauoure  and  my  mercy.  And  in  this  londe 
 shal  they  dye,  olde  and  yonge,  and  shall  not 
 be  buried ;  no  man  shall  bewepe  them,  no  man 
 shall  clippe  or  shaue  himselff  for  them. 
 
 There  shal  not  one  viset  another,  to  moume 
 with  them  for  their  deed,  or  to  comforte  them. 
 One  shall  not  offre  another  the  cuppe  off  con- 
 solacion,  to  forget  their  heuynes  for  father 
 and  mother.  '  Thou  shalt  not  go  in  to  their 
 feast  house,  to  syt  downe,  moch  lesse  to  eate 
 or  drynke  with  them.  For  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  off  hoostes  the  God  off  Israel:  "Be- 
 holde,  I  shall  take  awaye  out  of  this  place,  the 
 voyce  off  myrth  ad  gladnesse,  the  voyce  off  the 
 brydegrome  and  off  the  bryde :  yee  and  that 
 in  youre  dayes,  that  ye  maye  se  it. 
 
 "  Now  when  thou  shewest  this  people  all 
 these  wordes,  and  they  saye  vnto  the :  Wher- 
 fore  hath  the  LORDE  deuysed  all  this  greate 
 plage  for  vs?  Or  what  is  the  offence  and 
 synne,  that  we  haue  done  agaynst  the  LORDE 
 oure  God?  Then  make  thou  them  this  an- 
 swere :  Because  youre  fathers  haue  forsaken 
 me  (saieth  the  LORDE)  "and  haue  cleued 
 vnto  straunge  goddes,  whom  they  haue  ho- 
 noured and  worshipped :  but  me  haue  they 
 forsake,  and  haue  not  kepte  my  la  we.  ''And 
 ye  with  youre   shamefull  blasphemies,   haue 
 
 '  Psal.  78.  a.  lere.  15.  a. 
 25.  b.  "  lere.  7.  b. 
 P  lere.  7.  d. 
 
 '  1  Cor.  5.  b. 
 lere.  5.  d. 
 
 "  lere.  7.  d. 
 '  Deu.  4.  d. 
 
Cbaip«  Vbij. 
 
 Cfte  propfttt  Sfremp, 
 
 ffo,  Miij, 
 
 exceaded  the  wickednes  off  youre  fathers. 
 For  euery  one  off  you  foloweth  the  frawerde 
 euel  ymaginacion  off  his  owne  hert,  and  is  not 
 obedient  vnto  me. 
 
 "Therfore  wil  I  cast  you  out  off  this  londe, 
 in  to  a  londe  that  ye  and  youre  fathers  knowe 
 not :  and  there  shall  ye  serue  straunge  goddes 
 daye  and  night,  there  will  I  shewe  you  no  fa- 
 uoure.  Beholde  therfore  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 the  dales  are  come,  that  it  shall  nomore  be 
 sayed:  *The  LORDE  lyueth,  which  brought 
 the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte: 
 but  (it  shall  be  sayde)  the  LORDE  lyueth, 
 that  brought  the  children  of  Israel  from  the 
 North,  5  from  all  londes  where  I  had  scatred 
 them.  For  I  wil  bringe  the  agayne  in  to  the 
 lode,  that  I  gaue  vnto  their  fathers. 
 
 Beholde,  (saieth  the  LORDE)  I  will  sende 
 out  many  fiszhers'  to  take  them,  and  after  y 
 wil  I  sende  out  many  hunters  to  hunte  the 
 out,  from  all  mountaynes  and  hilles  ad  out  of 
 the  caues  of  stones.  For  myne  eyes  beholde 
 all  their  wayes,  and  they  can  not  be  hyd  fro 
 my  face,  nether  can  their  wicked  dedes  be 
 kepte  close  out  of  my  sight.  But  first  will 
 I  sufficiently  rewarde  their  shameful!  blas- 
 phemies and  synnes,  wherwith  they  haue  de- 
 fyled  my  londe :  Namely,  with  their  stinck- 
 inge  Idols  and  abhominacions,  wherwith  they 
 haue  fylled  myne  heretage.  ''O  LORDE,  my 
 strength,  my  power,  and  refuge  in  tyme  off 
 trouble.  The  Gentiles  shall  come  vnto  the 
 from  the  endes  off  the  worlde,  and  saye : 
 Verely  oure  fathers  haue  cleued  vnto  lies, 
 their  Idols  are  but  vayne  and  vnprofitable. 
 How  can  a  man  make  those  his  goddes,  which 
 are  not  able  to  be  goddes  ?  And  therfore,  I 
 will  once  teach  them  (saieth  f  LORDE)  I  wil 
 shewe  them  my  honde  and  my  power,  that 
 they  maye  knowe,  y  my  name  is  f  LORDE. 
 
 €i)t  vbij.  Cf)apter. 
 
 YOURE  synne  (o  ye  off  the  trybe  of  luda) 
 is  writte  in  the  table  of  youre  hertes,  5 
 graue  so  vpon  the  edges  of  youre  aulters  with 
 a  penne  of  yron  5  with  an  Adamat  clawe : 
 y  youre  children  also  maye  thynke  vpon  youre 
 aulters,  woddes,  thicke  trees,  hie  hilles,  moun- 
 taynes (J  feldes.  'Wherfore,  I  will  make  all 
 youre  substaunce  5  treasure  be  spoyled,  for 
 
 Deu.  28.  c.  lere.  23.  b.  '  lere.  23.  b.  '  Matt.  4.  c. 
 '' lere.  14.  a.  17.  c.  ■•  lere.  15.  c.  20.  b.  /Psal.  48.a. 
 lere.  46.  e.  48.  a.    Pro.  11.  c.   Eze.  29.  a.        «  Psal.  2.  b. 
 
 the  greate  synne  that  ye  haue  done  vpon 
 youre  hie  places,  thorow  out  all  f  coostes  off 
 youre  lode.  Ye  shal  be  cast  out  also  from 
 the  heretage,  that  I  gaue  you.  And  I  wil 
 subdue  you  vnder  the  heuy  bodage  of  youre 
 enemies,  in  a  londe  that  ye  knowe  not.  For 
 ye  haue  ministred  fyre  to  my  indignacion, 
 which  shal  burne  euermore.  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE :  ■'^ Cursed  be  the  man  that  putteth 
 his  trust  in  man,  ad  that  taketh  flesh  for  his 
 arme  :  and  he,  whose  herte  departeth  from  f 
 LORDE.  He  shall  be  like  the  heeth,  that 
 groweth  in  the  wildernes.  As  for  the  good 
 thinge  that  is  for  to  come,  he  shall  not  se  it : 
 but  dwell  in  a  drie  place  off  the  wildernes,  in 
 a  salt  and  vnoccupied  londe.  O  Blissed  is  the 
 man,  «that  putteth  his  trust  in  the  LORDE, 
 and  whose  hope  the  LORDE  is  himself.  For 
 he  shalbe  as  a  tre,  that  is  planted  by  the  water 
 syde :  which  spredeth  out  the  rote  vnto  moyst- 
 nesse,  whom  the  heate  can  not  harme,  when 
 it  commeth,  but  his  leaues  are  grene.  And 
 though  there  growe  but  litle  frute  because  off 
 drouth,  yet  is  he  not  carefuU,  but  he  neuer 
 leaueth  of  to  bringe  forth  frute.  Amonge  all 
 thinges  lyuynge,  man  hath  the  most  disceat- 
 full  and  vnsercheable  hert. 
 
 Who  shall  then  knowe  it?  *Euen  I  the 
 LORDE  ripe  out  the  grounde  off  the  hert, 
 ad  search  the  reynes  and  rewarde  euery  ma 
 acordinge  to  his  wayes,  and  acordinge  to  the 
 frute  off  his  councels. 
 
 The  disceatfull  maketh  a  nest,  but  bringeth 
 forth  no  yonge :  He  commeth  by  riches,  but 
 not  rightuously.  In  the  myddest  off  his  life 
 must  he  leaue  them  behinde  him,  and  at  the 
 last  be  founde  a  very  foole.  But  thou  (o 
 LORDE)  whose  trone  is  most  glorious,  ex- 
 cellent and  off  most  antiquite,  which  dwellest 
 in  the  place  of  oure  holy  rest :  Thou  art  the 
 comforte  off  Israel.  All  they  that  forsake  the,  £ 
 shalbe  confounded:  'all  they  that  departe 
 from  the,  shalbe  written  in  earth,  for  they 
 haue  forsaken  the  LORDE,  the  very  condite 
 of  the  waters  of  life. 
 
 Heale  me  (o  LORDE)  and  I  shall  be  whole : 
 saue  thou  me,  and  I  shalbe  saued,  for  thou 
 art  my  prayse.  Beholde,  these  men  saye  vnto 
 me:  Where  is  the  worde  of  the  LORDE? 
 Let  it  come.    Where  as  I  neuertheles  ledinge 
 
 Pro.  22.  c.    Psal.  1.  a.  117.  a.  124.  a.  *  Apo.  2.  d. 
 
 lere.  11.  d.   Rom.  2.  a.  Pro.  23.  a.   Psal.  51.  b.  Luc.  12.  b. 
 lere.  2.  b.  loh.  4.  b.   Eze.  36.  d. 
 
Ifo^tMliiii, 
 
 CI)r  piopbrt  Strrmp. 
 
 Cftap.  rbiij. 
 
 the  flock  in  thy  wayes,  haue  compelled  none 
 by  violence.  For  I  neuer  desyred  eny  mas 
 deeth,  this  knowest  thou  well.  My  wordes 
 also  were  right  before  the.  "  Be  not  now  ter- 
 rible vnto  me  (o  LORDE)  for  thou  art  he, 
 in  whom  I  hope,  when  I  am  in  pareU.  Let 
 my  persecuters  be  confounded,  but  not  me  : 
 let  them  be  afraycd,  and  not  me.  Thou  shalt 
 bringe  vpon  the  the  tyme  off  their  plage,  and 
 shalt  destroye  them  right  sore. 
 
 Agayne,  thus  hath  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto 
 me :  *  Go  and  stonde  vnder  the  gate,  where 
 thorow  the  people  and  the  kinges  of  luda  go 
 out  and  in,  yee  vnder  all  the  gates  of  leru 
 salem,  and  saye  vnto  them  :  Heare  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE,  ye  kinges  of  luda,  and  all 
 thou  people  of  luda,  and  all  ye  citesyns  of 
 lerusalem,  that  go  thorow  this  gate :  Thus 
 the  LORDE  commaundeth  :  'Take  hede  for 
 youre  lyues,  that  ye  carie  no  burthen  vpon 
 you  in  the  Sabbath,  to  bringe  it  thorow  the 
 gates  of  lerusalem :  ye  shall  beare  no  burthen 
 also  out  of  youre  houses  in  the  Sabbath :  Ye 
 shall  do  no  laboure  there  in,  but  halo  we  the 
 Sabbath,  as  I  commaunded  youre  fathers. 
 ''How  be  it  they  obeyed  me  not,  nether  herk- 
 ened  they  vnto  me :  but  were  obstinate  5 
 stubbume,  ad  nether  obeyed  me,  ner  receaued 
 my  correccion. 
 
 Neuertheles,  yf  ye  will  heare  me  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  and  beare  no  burthen  in  to  f  cite 
 thorow  this  gate  vpon  the  Sabbath :  Yf  ye 
 will  halo  we  the  Sabbath,  "so  that  ye  do  no 
 worke  there  in :  then  shal  there  go  thorow  the 
 gates  of  this  cite,  kinges  and  prynces,  that 
 shall  syt  vpon  the  stole  of  Dauid  :  They  shall 
 be  caried  vpon  charettes,  and  ryde  vpon 
 horses,  both  they  and  their  princes :  Yee 
 whole  luda  and  all  the  citesyns  of  lerusalem 
 shall  go  here  thorow,  and  this  cite  shall  euer 
 be  the  more  and  more  inhabited.  There  shall 
 come  men  also  from  the  cities  of  luda,  from 
 aboute  lerusalem,  ad  from  f  londe  of  Ben 
 lamin,  from  the  playne  feldes,  from  the  moun- 
 taynes  and  from  the  wildernesse  :  which  shall 
 bringe  burntofFringes,  sacrifices,  oblacions, 
 and  incense,  and  ofiVe  vp  thankesgeuynge  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE.  But  yfl'  ye  will 
 not  be  obedient  vnto  me,  to  halowe  the  Sab- 
 bath, so  that  ye  will  beare  youre  burthens 
 
 •  lere.  14.  a.  16.  c.        '  lere.  7.  a.  26.  a.        '  Deu.  4.  b. 
 Deu.  5.  b.    Exo.  20.  b.        ''  Eze.  20.  b.  '  Exo.  20.  b. 
 
 /  Esa.  45.  b.    Ro.  9.  c.   lere.  19.  c.        (  Eze.  18.  c.  33.  c. 
 
 thorow  the  gates  off  lerusalem  vpon  the 
 Sabbath :  Then  shall  I  set  fyre  ■\'pon  the  gates 
 off  lerusalem,  ad  it  shal  burne  vp  the  houses 
 off  lerusalem,  and  no  man  shal  be  able  to 
 quench  it. 
 
 Wt)c  vbitj.  Cf)apttr. 
 
 This  is  another  communicacion,   that  God  had 
 with  leremy,  sayenge  : 
 
 ARISE,  and  go  downe  in  to  the  Potters 
 house,  and  there  shall  I  tell  the  more 
 oflP  my  mynde.  Now  when  I  came  to  the 
 Potters  house,  I  founde  him  makinge  his 
 worke  vpon  a  whele.  The  vessel  that  the 
 Potter  made  off  claye,  brake  amonge  his 
 hodes :  So  he  beganne  a  new,  and  made  ano- 
 ther vesseU,  acordinge  to  his  mynde.  Then 
 sayde  the  LORDE  thus  vnto  me :  •'^Maye  not 
 I  do  with  you,  as  this  Potter  doth,  O  ye  house 
 off  Israel?  saieth  the  LORDE?  Beholde, 
 ye  house  off  Israel :  ye  are  in  my  honde,  euen 
 as  the  claye  in  the  Potters  honde. 
 
 5  When  I  take  in  honde  to  rote  out,  to  de^ 
 stroye,  or  to  waist  awaye  eny  people  or  kig- 
 dome :  yff  that  people  (agaynst  whom  I  haue 
 thus  deuysed)  couerte  from  their  wickednes : 
 Immediatly,  I  repente  oiF  the  plage,  that  I 
 deuysed  to  bringe  vpon  the. ''  Agayne :  Whe 
 I  take  in  honde,  to  buylde,  or  to  plante  a  peo- 
 ple or  a  kingdome :  yff  the  same  people  do 
 euell  before  me,  and  heare  not  my  voyce: 
 Immediatly,  I  repente  of  the  good,  that  I 
 deuysed  to  do  for  them. 
 
 Speake  now  therfore  vnto  whole  luda,  and 
 to  them  that  dwell  at  lerusalem :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE :  Beholde,  I  am  deuysinge  a 
 plage  for  you,  and  am  takinge  a  thinge  in 
 honde  agaynst  you. 
 
 ■Therfore,  let  euery  man  tume  from  his 
 euell  waye,  *take  vpon  you  the  thinge  that  is 
 good,  and  do  right.  But  they  saye :  '  No  more 
 of  this,  we  will  folowe  oure  owne  ymaginacions, 
 and  do  euery  ma  acordinge  to  the  wiLfulnesse 
 of  his  owne  mynde. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Axe 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  yf  eny  man  hath  herde 
 soch  horrible  thinges,  as  the  doughter  of  Sion 
 hath  done.  Shal  not  f  snowe  (y  melteth  vpon 
 the  stony  rockes  of  Libanus)  moysture  the 
 feldes  ?     Or  maye  the  springes  off  waters  be 
 
 Luc.  15.  a.   ''looe.  3.  1  Re.  15.   '  lone.  3.  lere.  25.  a. 
 '  lere.  35.  c.    '  lere.  13.  b. 
 
Cl;ap,  xiV* 
 
 €\)t  propOft  Si^wmp. 
 
 fo.  Mb, 
 
 so  grauen  awaye,  that  they  runne  no  more, 
 geue  moystnesse,  ner  make  frutefull?  But 
 my  people  hath  so  forgotten  me,  y  they  haue 
 made  sacrifice  vnto  vayne  goddes.  And  whyle 
 they  folowed  their  owne  wayes  they  are  come 
 out  of  the  hie  strete,  and  gone  in  to  a  fote 
 waye  not  vsed  to  be  troden.  Where  thorow 
 they  haue  brought  their  londe  in  to  an  euer- 
 lastinge  wildernesse  and  scorne :  "  So  y  who  so 
 euer  trauayleth  ther  by,  shalbe  abashed,  and 
 wagge  their  heades.  With  an  East  wynde  will 
 I  scatre  the,  before  their  enemies.  And  when 
 their  destruction  cometh,  I  will  tume  my 
 backe  vpo  them,  but  not  my  face. 
 
 *Then  sayde  they:  come,  let  vs  ymagin 
 somthinge  agaynst  this  leremy.  Yee  this 
 dyd  euen  the  prestes,  to  whom  f  lawe  was 
 commy tted :  the  Senatours,  y  were  the  wysest : 
 and  the  prophetes,  which  wanted  not  y  worde 
 off  God.  Come  (sayde  they)  let  vs  cut  out 
 his  tiige,  and  let  vs  not  regarde  his  wordes. 
 Considre  me  (o  LORDE)  and  heare  the 
 voyce  of  myne  enemies.  Do  they  not  re- 
 compence  euell  for  good,  "^when  they  dygg  a 
 pyt  for  my  soule  ?  ''  Remembre,  how  that  I 
 stode  before  the,  to  speake  for  the,  ad  to  tume 
 awaye  thy  wrath  from  them. 
 
 '  Therfore  let  their  childre  dye  of  hunger, 
 and  let  them  be  oppressed  with  the  swearde. 
 Let  their  wyues  be  robbed  of  their  childre, 
 and  become  wyddowes :  ■'let  their  huszbodes 
 be  slayne,  let  their  yonge  men  be  kylled  with 
 the  swearde  in  the  felde.  Let  the  noyse  be 
 herde  out  of  their  houses,  when  the  murtherer 
 Cometh  sodenly  vpon  them :  For  they  haue 
 digged  a  pit  to  take  me,  and  layed  snares  for 
 my  fete.  *Yet  LORDE,  thou  knowest  all 
 their  coucell,  that  they  haue  deuysed,  to  slaye 
 me.  And  therfore  forgeue  them  not  their 
 wickednes,  and  let  not  their  synne  be  put  out 
 of  thy  sight :  but  let  them  be  iudged  before 
 the  as  the  giltie :  This  shalt  thou  do  vnto  the 
 in  y  tyme  of  thy  indignacion. 
 
 Cf)c  nv-  Ci^apUr. 
 
 MOROUER,  thus  saide  the  LORDE 
 vnto  leremy :  Go  thy  waye,  and  bye 
 the  an  erthen  pytcher,  and  bringe  forth  the 
 Senatours  and  chefe  prestes  in  to  the  valley 
 of  the  children  off  Ennon,  which  lieth  before 
 
 "  lere.  19.  b.  49.  c.         '  lere.  11.  (1.  '  Psal.  108.  a. 
 
 Psal.  34.b.  ''lere.  10.  d.  'Tren.  3.  f.  /Psal.  108.  a. 
 «  lere.  11.  d.        ''4Re.  21.c.    lere.  6.  c.        '  Deu.  12  d. 
 
 the  porte  that  is  made  of  brick,  5  shewe  them 
 there  the  wordes,  that  I  shall  tell  the,  and 
 saye  thus  vnto  them :  Heare  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  ye  kinges  of  luda,  ad  ye  citesyns 
 of  Jerusalem :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE'  of 
 hoostes  the  God  of  Israel:  Beholde,  I  will 
 bringe  soch  a  plage  vpon  this  place,  that  f 
 eares  of  all  that  heare  it,  shal  glowe.  ''And 
 that  because  they  haue  forsake  me,  and  vn- 
 halowed  this  place,  and  haue  offred  in  it 
 vnto  straunge  goddes:  wh5  nether  they,  their 
 fathers,  ner  the  kinges  off  luda  haue  knowne. 
 They  haue  filled  this  place  also  with  the  bloude 
 of  innocentes, '  for  they  haue  set  vp  an  aulter 
 vnto  Baal,  to  burne  their  children  for  a  burnt- 
 offringe  vnto  Baal,  which  I  nether  com- 
 maunded,  ner  charged  them,  nether  thought 
 once  there  vpon. 
 
 Beholde  therfore,  f  tyme  cometh*  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  y  this  place  shal  nomore  be 
 called  Tophet,  ner  y  valley  of  f  childre  of 
 Enno,  but  y  vaUey  of  slaughter.  For  in  this 
 place  wil  I  slaye  the  Senatours  of  luda  5 
 lerusale,  5  kill  the  downe  with  the  swearde  in 
 f  sight  of  their  enemies,  ad  of  them  that  seke 
 their  lyues.  And  their  deed  carcases  wil  I 
 geue  to  be  meate  for  the  foules  of  the  ayre, 
 and  beestes  of  the  felde.  And  I  wil  make 
 this  cite  so  desolate,  ad  despysed:  that  'who 
 so  goeth  there  by,  shal  be  abaszhed  5  geast 
 vpon  her,  because  of  all  hir  plages. 
 
 I  will  fede  them  also  with  the  flesh  "'  of  their 
 sonnes  5  their  doughters.  Yee  "  euery  one  shal 
 eate  vp  another  in  the  beseginge  (j  straytnesse, 
 wher  with  their  enemies  (y  seke  their  lyues) 
 shal  kepe  the  in.  And  the  pitcher  shalt  thou 
 breake  in  the  sight  of  the  mc,  y  shalbe  with 
 the,  and  saye  vnto  the :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  off  hoostes :  °Eue  so  wil  I  destroye 
 this  people  5  cite :  as  a  Potter  breaketh  a 
 vessel,  that  can  not  be  made  whole  agayne. 
 
 In  Tophet  shal  they  be  buried,''  for  they 
 shal  haue  none  other  place.  Thus  wil  I  do 
 vnto  this  place  also,  saieth  the  LORDE,  and 
 to  the  y  dwell  there  in :  yee  I  wil  do  to  this 
 cite,  as  vnto  Tophet  (For  the  houses  of  le- 
 rusale 5  the  houses  of  the  kinges  of  luda  are 
 defyled,  like  as  Tophet,)  because  off  all  the 
 houses,  in  whose  parlers  they  dyd  sacrifice 
 vnto  all  the  hooste  of  heaue,  and  poured  out 
 
 28.  b.  Eze.20.d.  Psal.  105.  e.  Eze.  16.  b.  'lere.  7. d, 
 '  3  Re.  9.  b.  lere.  18.  b.  49.  c.  50.  b.  "  Tre.  4.  b. 
 "  Den.  28.  b.        » lere.  18.  a.        P  lere.  7.  b. 
 
IjTo.  Mbu 
 
 Cf)f  propftft  intrnp. 
 
 Cftap.  n* 
 
 Idrynke  ofFringes  vnto  straunge  goddes.  And 
 so  leremy  came  from  Tophet,  where  the 
 LOIIDE  had  sent  him  to  prophecie,  and 
 stode  in  the  courte  off  the  house  off  the 
 LORDE,  and  spake  to  all  the  people:  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  off  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel :  Beholde,  I  will  bringe  vpon  this  cite 
 and  vpon  euery  towne  aboute  it,  all  the  plages 
 that  I  haue  deuysed  agaynst  them :  for  they 
 haue  bene  obstinate,"  ad  wolde  not  obeye  my 
 warnynges. 
 
 €3f)c  n-  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHEN  Pashur  the  preast, ,  the  sonne 
 off  Emmer,  chefe  in  the  house  of  f 
 LORDE,  herde  leremy  preach  so  stedfastly: 
 *he  smote  leremy,  and  put  him  in  the  stockes, 
 that  are  by  the  hie  gate  of  Ben  lamin,  in  the 
 house  of  f  LORDE.  The  nexte  daye  folow- 
 inge,  Pashur  brought  leremy  out  of  the  stockes 
 agayne.  Then  sayde  leremy  vnto  him:  The 
 LORDE  shall  call  the  nomore  Pashur  (that 
 is  excellent  and  increasinge)  but  Magor  (that 
 is  fearfuU  ad  afrayed)  euery  where.  For  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE :  beholde,  I  will  make 
 the  afrayed,  the  thy  self,  and  all  that  fauoure 
 f :  which  shal  perish  with  the  swearde  off  their 
 enemies,  euen  before  thy  face. 
 
 And  I  wil  geue  whole  luda  vnder  the  power 
 of  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  which  shall  carie  some 
 vnto  Babilon  presoners,  and  slaye  some  with 
 the  swearde.  Morouer,  "^all  y  substaunce  of 
 this  londe,  all  their  precious  and  gorgeous 
 workes,  all  costlynesse,  and  all  the  treasure  of 
 the  kinges  of  luda :  wil  I  geue  in  to  the  hodes 
 of  their  enemies,  which  shal  spoyle  them,  and 
 carie  them  vnto  Babilon.  But  as  for  the  (o 
 Pashur)  thou  shalt  be  caried  vnto  Babilon 
 with  all  thine  housholde,  i  to  Babilo  shalt 
 thou  come,  where  thou  shalt  die,  and  be 
 buried :  thou  and  all  thy  fauourers,  to  whom 
 thou  hast  preached  lies.  O  LORDE,  thou 
 makest  me  weake,  but  thou  refreszhest  me,  (t 
 makest  me  stronge  agayne.  ''AH  the  daye 
 longe  am  I  despysed,  and  laughed  to  scorne 
 of  euery  man :  because  I  haue  now  preached 
 longe  agajaist  malicious  Tyranny,  and  shewed 
 them  off  destruccion.  ''For  f  which  cause 
 they  cast  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  in  my 
 teth,  and  take  me  euer  to  the  worst. 
 
 Wherfore,  I  thought  from  hence  forth,  not 
 
 «  lere.  7.  c.  13.  b.  »  Act.  23.  a.  loh.  18.  c.  '  4  Re. 
 20.  c.     lere.  15.  c.  17.  a.  ■<  Tre.  3.  b.  '  lere.  6.  b. 
 
 to  speake  of  him,  ner  to  preach  eny  more  in 
 his  name.  But  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 was  a  very  bumynge  fyre  in  my  hert  and  in 
 my  bones,  which  when  I  wolde  haue  stopped, 
 I  might  not.  For  why,  I  herde  so  many 
 derisios  and  blasphemies,  -'^yee  euen  of  myne 
 owne  companyons,  and  off  soch  as  were  con- 
 uersaunte  with  me :  which  wente  aboute,  to 
 make  me  afrayed  sayenge :  vpon  him,  let  vs 
 go  vpon  him,  to  feare  him,  and  make  him 
 holde  his  tonge:  y  we  mayeouercome  him, 
 and  be  avenged  off  him. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  stode  by  me,  like  a 
 mightie  giaunte  :  therfore  my  persecuters  fell, 
 and  coude  do  nothinge.  They  shal  be  sore 
 confouded,  for  they  haue  done  vnwisely,  they 
 shall  haue  an  euerlastinge  shame.  And  now, 
 0  LORDE  of  hoostes,^  thou  rightuous  sercher 
 (which  knowest  the  reynes  and  the  very  hertes : ) 
 let  me  se  them  punyshed,  for  vnto  the  I  com- 
 mitte  my  cause. 
 
 Synge  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  prayse  him, 
 for  he  hath  delyuered  the  soule  off  the  op- 
 pressed, from  the  honde  off  the  violent.  Cursed 
 be  the  daye,  wherein  I  was  borne :  ''  vnhappie 
 be  y  daye,  where  in  my  mother  brought  me 
 forth.  Cursed  be  the  man,  that  brought  my 
 father  the  tidinges,  to  make  him  glad,  sayenge : 
 thou  hast  gotten  a  sonne.  Let  it  happen  vnto 
 that  man,  as  to  the  cities'  which  y-  LORDE 
 turned  vpside  downe  (when  he  had  longe 
 herde  the  wicked  rumoure  of  them)  because 
 he  slewe  me  not,  as  soone  as  I  came  out  off 
 my  mothers  wombe,  and  because  my  mother 
 was  not  my  graue  hirselff,  that  the  byrth 
 might  not  haue  come  out,  but  remayned  still 
 in  her.  *  Wherfore  came  I  forth  off  my  mo- 
 thers wombe  ?  To  haue  experience  of  laboure 
 and  sorowe?  and  to  lede  my  life  with  shame? 
 
 Cije  ni.  €i)afttt. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  vnto  leremy,  what  tyme  as  kinge 
 Sedechias  sent  vnto  him  Pashur  the  sonne  off 
 Melchia,  and  Sophonias  the  sonne  of  Maasia, 
 prest,  sayenge :  Axe  councell  at  the  LORDE 
 (we  praye  the)  of  oure  behalfe,  for  Nabu- 
 chodonosor  the  kinge  off  Babilon  besegeth  vs, 
 yS  the  LORDE  (peraduenture)  will  deale 
 with  vs,  acordinge  to  his  maruelous  power, 
 and  take  him  from  vs. 
 
 /Psal.  30.b.         «Iere.  11.  d.         »  lob  3.  a.    lere.  15.b. 
 ■  Gen.  19.  c.  *  lob  10.  c. 
 
Cfeap.  vvih 
 
 €i)t  prophet  Sfrtmpt 
 
 fo,  titM}, 
 
 Then  spake  leremy :  Geue  Sedechias  this 
 answers,  "Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  off 
 Israel :  beholde,  I  will  turne  backe  the  weapens, 
 that  ye  haue  in  youre  hondes,  wherwith  ye 
 fight  agaynst  the  kinge  of  Babilo  d  the  Caldees, 
 which  besege  you  rounde  aboute  f  walles :  j 
 I  wil  brlge  the  together  in  to  the  myddest  of 
 this  cite,  and  I  my  selfF  will  fight  agaynst  you, 
 with  an  outstretched  honde,  ad  with  a  mightie 
 arme,  in  greate  displeasure  and  terrible  wrath: 
 and  will  smyte  them,  that  dwell  in  this  cite  : 
 yee  both  me  ad  catell  shal  dye  of  the  pestilence. 
 
 And  after  this  (saieth  the  LORDE)  I  shall 
 delyuer  Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda,  (j  his 
 seruauntes,  his  people  (and  soch  as  are  escaped 
 in  the  cite,  from  the  pestilence,  swearde,  and 
 honger)  '  in  to  the  power  of  Nabuchodonosor 
 kinge  of  Babilon  :  yee  in  to  the  hodes  of  their 
 enemies,  in  to  the  hodes  of  those  y  folowe  vpon 
 their  lyues,  which  shall  smyte  them  with  y 
 swerde :  they  shal  not  pite  the,  they  shal  not 
 spare  them,  they  shall  haue  no  mercy  vpon  them. 
 
 And  vnto  this  people  thou  shalt  saye : 
 "  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  beholde,  I  laye 
 before  you  the  waye  of  life  and  deeth.  Who 
 so  abydeth  in  this  cite,  shal  perish :  ether  with 
 the  swearde,  with  honger,  or  with  pestilece. 
 But  who  so  goeth  out  to  holde  on  y  Caldees 
 parte,  y  besege  it,  he  shal  saue  his  life,  and 
 shall  Wynne  his  soule  for  a  pray.  For  I  haue 
 set  my  face  agaynst  this  cite''  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  to  plage  it,  and  to  do  it  no  good. 
 It  must  be  geue  in  to  the  honde  of  the  kinge 
 of  Babilon,  i  be  brent  with  fyre. 
 
 And  vnto  the  house  of  the  kinge  off  luda, 
 saye  thus  :  Heare  the  worde  of  f  LORDE 
 (o  thou  house  off  Dauid)  for  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  :  '  Ministre  rightuousnes,  and  that 
 soone,  delyuer  the  oppressed  fro  violent  power: 
 or  euer  my  terrible  wrath  break  out  like  a  fyre, 
 and  burne  so,  that  no  man  maye  quech  it,  be- 
 cause of  the  wickednes  of  youre  ymaginacions. 
 Beholde  (saieth  the  LORDE)  ^  I  wil  come 
 vpo  you,  that  dwel  in  the  valleis,?  rockes  and 
 feldes  and  saye :  Tush,  who  will  make  vs 
 afrayed  ?  or  who  will  come  in  to  oure  houses  ? 
 For  I  will  vyset  you  (saieth  the  LORDE)  be- 
 cause off  the  wickednes  off  youre  invencions, 
 and  will  kyndle  soch  a  fyre  in  youre  wod,  as 
 shall  cosume  all,  that  is  aboute  you. 
 
 "  lere.  37.  a.  4  Re.  22.  b.      2  Par.  18.  a.      lere.  42.  a, 
 
 *  lere.  29.  a.  '  Deu.  30.  e.    lere.  38.  a.    lere.  27.  a. 
 
 "<  lere.  32.  a.  '  Zach.  7.  b.  lere.  22.  a.  Esa.  1.  e.  lere 
 
 4.  a.  Zach.  B.C.  /  lerfi  48.  a.      s  lere.  12.  a.  Deu.  29.  c 
 
 Cl)t  nih  Cljaptft. 
 
 THUS  sayde  the  LORDE  also:  Go 
 downe  in  to  the  house  of  the  kinge  off 
 luda,  and  speake  there  these  wordes,  (j  saye  : 
 Heare  the  worde  ofFthe  LORDE,  thou  kinge 
 off  luda  that  syttest  in  the  kyngly  seate  off 
 Dauid :  thou  and  thy  seruauntes  and  thy 
 people,  that  go  in  5  out  at  this  gate.  *  Thus 
 the  LORDE  commaundeth :  kepe  equite  and 
 rightuousnesse,  delyuer  the  oppressed  fro  the 
 power  off  the  violent :  do  not  greue  ner 
 oppresse  the  straunger,  the  fatherlesse  ner 
 the  wyddowe,  ad  shed  no  innocet  bloude  in 
 this  place. 
 
 And  yff  ye  kepe  these  thinges  faithfully, 
 then  shall  there  come  in  at  the  dore  off  this 
 house  kynges,  to  syt  vpo  Dauids  seate  :  they 
 shal  be  caried  in  Charettes  and  ryde  vpon 
 horses,  both  they  5  their  seruauntes,  ad  their 
 people.  '  But  yf  ye  wil  not  be  obedient  vnto 
 these  commaundementes,  I  sweare  by  myne 
 owne  self  (saieth  y  LORDE)  this  house  shal 
 be  waist.  For  thus  hath  the  LORDE  spoken 
 vpon  the  kinges  house  of  luda :  Thou  art  the 
 heade,  as  Galaad  is  in  Libanus:  Wliat  wilt 
 thou  laye  of  it,  yf  I  make  the  not  so  waist  (d 
 thy  cities  also)  that  no  man  shal  dwell  there 
 in  ?  I  will  prepare  a  destroyer  with  his  wea- 
 pes  for  the,  to  hew  downe  thy  special  Cedre 
 trees,  and  to  cast  them  in  the  fyre. 
 
 And  all  the  people  that  go  by  this  cite, 
 shall  speake  one  to  another:  Wherfore  hath 
 the  LORDE  done  thus  vnto  this  noble  cite  ? 
 Then  shall  it  be  answered :  because  they  haue 
 broken  the  couenaunt  off  the  LORDE  their 
 God,*  and  haue  worshipped  and  serued  straiige 
 goddes.  Mourne  not  ouer  the  deed,  and  be 
 not  wo  for  them,  but  be  sory  for  him  that 
 departeth  awaye  :  for  he  commeth  not  agayne, 
 ad  seeth  his  natyue  countre  no  more.  For 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE,  'as  touchinge  Sellum 
 the  Sonne  of  losias  kinge  of  luda,  which 
 reygned  after  his  father,  and  is  caried  out  off 
 this  place : 
 
 He  shal  neuer  come  hither  agayne,  for  he 
 shal  dye  in  the  place,  where  vnto  he  is  led 
 captyue,  and  shall  se  this  londe  nomore.  '"  Wo 
 worth  him,  that  buyldeth  his  house  with  vn- 
 rightuousnes,  ad  his  perlers  with  the  good, 
 
 lere.  5.  b.  14.  b.  23.  c.   Soph.  1.  c.  *  Esa.  I.e.  lere. 
 
 21.  d.     Zach.  7.  b.    8.  c.  '  lere.  51.  c.     Esa.  45.  c. 
 
 Heb.  6.  b.  '  Deu.  29.  b.     3  Re.  9.  b.     4  Re.  23.  b. 
 
 '  2  Par.  3.  b.         "  Esa.  5.  c.   Agg.  1.  a. 
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 that  he  hath  gotten  by  violence :  which  neuer 
 recompenseth  his  neghburs  laboure,  ner  paycth 
 him  his  hyre.  He  thinketh  in  himself:  I  wil 
 buylde  me  a  wyde  house,  ad  gorgeous  perlers : 
 He  causeth  wyndowes  to  be  hewen  there  in, 
 and  the  sylinges  and  geastes  maketh  he  off 
 Cedre,  and  paynteth  them  with  Zenober. 
 Thinkest  thou  to  reigne,  now  that  thou  pro- 
 uokest  me  to  wrath  with  thy  Cedre  trees  r' 
 
 Dyd  not  thy  father  eate  and  drjTike,  and 
 prospere  well,  as  loge  as  he  dealt  with  equite 
 ad  rightuousnesse  ?  Yee  when  he  helped  y 
 oppressed  and  poore  to  their  right,  then 
 prospered  he  well. 
 
 From  whence  came  this,  but  only  be- 
 cause he  had  me  before  his  eyes  ?  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  Neuertheles,  as  for  thine  eyes  and 
 thine  herte,  they  loke  vpon  covetousnesse,  to 
 shed  innocent  bloude,  to  do  wronge  and 
 violence.  And  therfore,  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  agaynst  loachim,  y  sonne  of  losias 
 kynge  of  luda :  "  They  shall  not  mourne  for 
 him  (as  they  vse  to  do)  alas  brother,  alas 
 syster :  Nether  shall  they  saye  vnto  him : 
 Alas  syr,  alas  for  that  noble  prynce.  But  as 
 an  Asse  shall  he  be  buried,  corrupte  and  be 
 cast  without  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 
 
 CljTnme  vp  the  hill  off  Libanus  (o  thou 
 doughter  Sion)  lift  vp  thy  voyce  vpon  Basan, 
 crie  from  all  partes:  for  all  thy  louers  are 
 destroyed.  I  gaue  the  warninge,  whyle  thou 
 wast  yet  I  prosperite.  But  thou  saydest :  I  wil 
 not  hears.  And  this  maner  hast  thou  vsed 
 from  thy  youth,  that  thou  woldest  neuer  heare 
 my  voyce.  All  thy  hyrdmen  shalbe  dryuen 
 with  the  wynde,  and  thy  derlinges  shalbe  caried 
 awaye  in  to  captiuyte  :  Then  shalt  thou  be 
 brought  to  shame  and  confucion,  because  of 
 all  thy  wickednes :  *  thou  that  dwellest  vpon 
 Libanus,  ad  makest  thy  nest  in  the  Cedre 
 trees.  O  how  greate  shal  thy  mournynge  be, 
 when  thy  sorowes  come  vpon  the,  as  a  woman 
 trauelinge  with  childe? 
 
 As  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE.) 
 Though  lechonias  the  sonne  off  loachim 
 kinge  off  luda  were  the  signet  off  my  right 
 honde,  yet  will  I  plucke  him  of:  And  I  wil 
 geue  the  in  to  y  power  off  the  that  seke  to 
 slaye  the,  and  in  to  the  power  off  them  that 
 thou  fearest :  in  to  the  power  off  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  the  kinge  off  Babilon,  and  in  to  the 
 
 '  4  Re.  23.  24.  a. 
 lere.  13.  d.  30.  a. 
 
 lere.  56.  d. 
 '  4  Reg.  2 
 
 a.  13.  b.  21.  a. 
 ■i  Ezec.  34.  a. 
 
 power  of  the  Caldees.  Morouer,  I  will  sende 
 the,  and  thy  mother  that  bare  the,  in  to  a 
 straunge  londe,  where  ye  were  not  borne,  ad 
 there  shall  ye  dye.  But  as  for  the  londe  that 
 ye  will  desyre  to  returne  vnto,  ye  shall  neuer 
 come  at  it  agayne.  This  ma  lechonias  shal 
 be  like  an  pnage  robbed  and  tome  in  peces, 
 which  pleaseth  no  man,  for  all  his  apparell. 
 Wherfore  both  he  and  his  sede  shalbe  sent 
 awaye,  and  cast  out  in  to  a  lode,  that  they 
 knowe  not. 
 
 O  thou  earth,  earth,  earth  :  heare  the  worde 
 off  the  LORDE:  Wryte  this  man  amonge 
 the  outlawes,  for  no  prosperite  shall  this  man 
 haue  all  his  life  longe.  Nether  shall  eny  of 
 his  sede  be  so  happie,  as  to  syt  vpon  the  seate 
 of  Dauid,  and  to  beare  rule  in  luda. 
 
 €f)c  yfii].  Cijapter. 
 
 WO  be  vnto  the  shepherdes,  ''that  de- 
 stroye,  and  scatre  my  flocke,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.  Wherfore,  this  is  the  c6- 
 maundemet  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel, 
 vnto  the  shepherdes  that  fede  my  people  :  Ye 
 scatre  ad  thrust  out  my  flocke,  and  loke  not 
 vpon  them.  Therfore,  now  will  I  vyset  the 
 wickednes  of  youre  ymaginacions,  saieth  f 
 LORDE :  And  will  gather  together  the  rem- 
 naunt  of  my  flocke,  from  all  londes  that  I  had 
 dryuen  them  vnto,  and  will  bringe  them 
 agayne  to  their  pastures,  that  they  maye 
 growe  and  increace.  I  will  set  shepherdes 
 also  ouer  them,  which  shall  fede  them.  They 
 shall  no  more  feare  and  drede,  for  there  shall 
 none  off  them  be  lost,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 ''  Beholde,  the  tyme  commeth  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  that  I  wil  rayse  vp  the  rightuous 
 braunch  off  Dauid,  which  shall  beare  rule, 
 'and  discusse  matters  with  wyszdome,  and 
 shall  set  vp  equyte  and  rightuousnes  agayne 
 in  the  earth. 
 
 *  In  his  tyme  shall  luda  be  saued,  and  Israel 
 shal  dwell  without  feare.  And  this  is  the 
 name  that  they  shall  call  him :  euen  the 
 LORDE  oure  rightuous  maker.''  And  ther- 
 fore beholde,  the  tyme  commeth  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  that  it  shall  no  more  be  sayde :  the 
 LORDE  lyueth,  which  brought  the  children 
 off  Israel  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte :  But 
 the  LORDE  lyueth,  which  brought  forth,  ad 
 led  the  sede  of  the  house  oflF  Israel,  out  off 
 
 /Esa.  11.  a.        e  Deu.  33.  a. 
 1.  d.      lere.  16.  c. 
 
Cfeajp*  itTiij* 
 
 €f)t  propbet  3f«mp. 
 
 So,  Mix, 
 
 the  north  londe,  and  from  all  countrees  where 
 I  had  scatred  them,  and  they  shal  dwell  in 
 their  owne  londe  agayne. 
 
 My  herte  breaketh  in  my  body  because  of 
 the  false  prophetes,  all  my  bones  shake :  I  am 
 become  like  a  droncken  man  (that  by  the 
 reason  of  wyne  can  take  no  rest)  for  very  feare 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  of  his  holy  wordes: 
 Because  the  londe  is  full  of  aduoterers,  where 
 thorow  it  is  destroyed  and  mourneth,  "  and  f 
 pleasaunt  pastures  of  the  deserte  are  dryed  vp. 
 Yee  the  waye  that  men  take,  is  wicked,  5 
 their  gouernaunce  is  nothinge  like  the  holy 
 worde  of  the  LORDE.  For  the  prophetes 
 and  the  prestes  them  selues  are  poluted 
 Ypocrytes,  ad  their  wickednes  haue  I  founde 
 in  my  house,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Wherfore, 
 their  waye  shall  be  slippery  in  the  dareknesse, 
 wherein  they  maye  stacker  and  fall.  For  I 
 will  bringe  a  plage  vpon  them,  euen  the  yeare 
 of  their  visitacion,  saieth  the  LORDE.  I 
 haue  sene  foly  amonge  the  prophetes  of 
 Samaria,  y  they  preched  for  Baal,  ad  dis- 
 ceaued  my  people  off  Israel.  I  haue  sene 
 also  amonge  the  Prophetes  off  Jerusalem  foule 
 aduoutery,  and  presumptuous  lies.  They  take 
 the  most  shamefuU  men  by  the  hode,  flatringe 
 them,  so  that  they  ca  not  returne  from  their 
 wickednes.  All  these  with  their  citesyns  are 
 vnto  me,  as  Sodom,  and  as  the  inhabitours  off 
 Gomorre. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  concernynge  the  prophetes :  *  Beholde, 
 I  wil  fede  them  with  wormwod,  5  make  them 
 dryncke  the  water  of  gall.  For  fro  the  pro- 
 phetes of  Jerusalem  is  the  sicknes  of  Ypocrisie 
 come  in  to  all  the  londe. 
 
 And  therfore  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  geueth 
 you  this  warnynge :  ''  Heare  not  the  wordes  of 
 the  prophetes,  that  preach  vnto  you,  and  dis- 
 ceaue  you :  for  they  speake  the  meanynge  of 
 their  owne  herte,  and  not  out  of  the  mouth  of 
 the  LORDE.  ''They  saye  vnto  them,  that 
 despyse  me  :  The  LORDE  hath  spoken  it : 
 Tush,  ye  shal  prospere  right  well.  And  vnto 
 all  them,  that  walke  after  the  lust  of  their 
 owne  herte,  they  saye :  Tush,  there  shall  no 
 myszfortune  happen  you.  For  who  hath  sytten 
 in  the  councell  of  the  LORDE,  that  he  hath 
 herde  and  vnderstonde,  what  he  is  aboute  to 
 
 » lere.  14.  a.  »  lere.  9.  b.  '  lere.  27.  b.  and  28.  b. 
 lere.  12.  a.  Soph. I.e.  lere.  5.  b.  and  14. b.  Deut.  29. c. 
 lere.  30.  d.    /  lere.  30.  d.    I  lere.  14.  b.     »  Psal.  138.  a. 
 
 do?  'Who  hath  marcked  his  deuyce,  and 
 herde  it  ?  Beholde,  the  stormy  wether  of  the 
 LORDE  (that  is,  his  indignacion)  shal  go 
 forth,  and  shal  fall  downe  vpon  the  heade  of 
 the  vngodly.  And  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  not  turne  agayne,  vntill  he  perfourme, 
 and  fulfyll  the  thoughte  of  his  herte.  ■'^And  in 
 the  latter  dayes  ye  shall  knowe  his  meanynge. 
 
 I  haue  not  sent  these  prophetes,  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  and  yet  they  ranne.  I  haue  not 
 spoken  to  them,  and  yet  they  preached.  '  But 
 yf  they  had  continued  in  my  councell  and 
 herde  ray  wordes:  they  had  turned  my  people 
 from  their  euell  wayes  and  wicked  ymagina- 
 cions.  ''Am  I  the  God  that  seeth  but  the 
 thinge,  which  is  nye  at  honde,  and  not  that  is 
 farre  of?  saieth  the  LORDE.  Maye  eny 
 man  hyde  him  self  so,  that  I  shal  not  se  him? 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  "Do  not  I  fulfill  heauen 
 and  earth?  saieth  the  LORDE.  I  haue 
 herde  well  ynough,  what  the  prophetes  saye, 
 that  preach  lyes  in  my  name,  sayege :  I  haue 
 dreamed,  I  haue  dreamed.  How  longe  wil 
 this  cotynue  in  the  prophetes  hertes,  to  tel 
 lyes,  and  to  preach  the  craftie  sotylte  of  their 
 owne  herte?  Whose  purpose  is,  (with  the 
 dreames  that  euery  one  tell)  to  make  my 
 people  forget  my  name,  as  their  fore  fathers 
 dyd,  whe  Baal  came  vp.  The  prophet  that 
 hath  a  dreame,  let  him  tell  it :  and  he  that 
 vnderstondeth  my  worde,*  let  him  shewe  it 
 faithfully. 
 
 For  what  hath  chafFe  and  wheat  to  do 
 together?  saieth  the  LORDE.  Is  not  my 
 worde  like  a  fyre,  (saieth  the  LORDE)  and 
 like  an  hammer,  that  breaketh  the  harde 
 stone  ?  Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE : 
 beholde,  I  wil  vpo  the  prophetes,  that  steale 
 my  worde  priuely  from  euery  man.  Beholde, 
 here  am  I  (saieth  the  LORDE)  agaynst  the 
 prophetes,  that  take  vpon  their  tunges  to 
 speake:  The  LORDE  hath  sayde  it.  Be- 
 holde, here  am  I  (saieth  y  LORDE)  agaynst 
 those  prophetes,  that  darre  prophecy  lies,  and 
 disceaue  my  people  with  their  vanities  and 
 miracles,  whom  I  neuer  sent,  ner  commaunded 
 them.  They  shal  do  this  people  greate  harme, 
 saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Yf  this  people,  ether  eny  prophete  or  prest 
 axe  the,  and  saye :  what  is  the  burthen  of  the 
 
 Ezecb.  8.  b.  '  Psal.  138.  a.    Amoa  9.  a.    Esa.  66.  a. 
 
 Act.  7.  f.  and  17.  d.  '  1  Pet.  4.  b.    1  Cor.  4.  a. 
 
 3E 
 
 dT 
 
ffo,  lidr. 
 
 Ci)f  piopbft  Sntinj). 
 
 COap.  xyiU). 
 
 LORDE?  Thou  shall  saye  vnto  them: 
 What?  bui'then?  Therforc  will  I  cast  you 
 fro  me  (saieth  the  LOIIDE)  because  ye  youre 
 selues  are  a  burthen.  And  the  prophet,  prest 
 or  people  that  vseth  this  terme  (the  burthen 
 of  the  LOllDE)  him  will  I  viset,  and  his 
 house  also. 
 
 But  thus  shall  ye  saye,  euery  one  to  another: 
 What  answere  hath  the  LOIIDE  geuen  ?  or, 
 what  is  the  LORDES  commaundement ? 
 And  as  for  the  burthen  of  the  LORDE,  ye 
 shal  speake  nomore  of  it:  for  euery  mans 
 owne  worde  is  his  burthen,  because  ye  haue 
 altered  the  wordes  of  the  lyuynge  God  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  oure  God. 
 
 Thus  shall  euery  man  saye  to  the  prophetes : 
 what  answere  hath  the  LORDE  geuen  the? 
 Or,  what  saieth  the  LORDE?  And  not 
 once  to  name  the  burthen  of  the  LORDE. 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  For  so 
 moch  as  ye  haue  vsed  this  terme  (the  burthen 
 of  the  LORDE)  where  as  I  notwithstondinge 
 sent  vnto  you,  and  forbade  you  to  speake  of 
 the  LORDES  burthen : 
 
 Beholde  therfore,  I  will  repute  you  as  a 
 burthen,  and  will  cast  you  out  of  my  presence : 
 yee  and  the  cite  also,  that  I  gaue  you  and 
 youre  fathers  :  and  will  bringe  you  to  an  euer- 
 lastinge  confucion,  and  in  to  soch  a  shame,  as 
 shal  neuer  be  forgotten. 
 
 C^e  niii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  shewed  me  a  visio :  Be- 
 holde, there  stode  two  maundes  of  figes 
 before  f  Teple  of  the  LORDE,  "after  y  Na- 
 buchodonosor  kynge  of  Babilo  had  led  awaye 
 captyue  lechonias  the  sonne  of  loachim  kinge 
 of  luda,  the  mightie  men  also  of  luda,  with 
 the  workemasters  and  conynge  men  of  leru- 
 salem,  vnto  Babilon.  In  the  one  maunde 
 were  very  good  fyges,  euen  like  as  those  that 
 be  first  ripe.  In  the  other  maunde  were  very 
 naughtie  figes,*  which  might  not  be  eaten,  they 
 were  so  euell. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  me :  what 
 seist  thou  leremy  ?  I  sayde  :  fyges,  where  of 
 some  be  very  good,  and  some  so  euel,  that  no 
 man  maye  eate  them. 
 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 me,  after  this  maner:  Thus  saieth  f  LORDE 
 the  God  of  Israel :  like  as  thou  knowest  the 
 
 •  4  Reg.  u.  d. 
 Sl.f.SO.d.  3«.e. 
 
 '  Ose.  9.  b. 
 ■*  lere.  a9.  c. 
 
 '  Deu.  29.  a.    lere. 
 •Psal.78.a.  Baru.  3.  a. 
 
 good  fyges,  so  shal  I  knowe  the  men  led  awaye, 
 whom  I  haue  sent  out  of  this  place  in  to  the 
 londe  of  the  Caldees,  for  their  profite  :  and  I 
 will  set  myne  eyes  vpon  them  for  the  best,  for 
 I  will  bringe  them  agayne  in  to  this  londe :  I 
 will  buylde  them  vp,  and  not  breake  them 
 downe :  I  will  plante  them,  and  not  rote  them 
 out.  "^And  I  will  geue  them  an  herte,  to 
 knowe,  how  that  I  am  the  LORDE.  They 
 shalbe  my  people,  and  I  wilbe  their  God,  for 
 they  shal  returne  vnto  me  with  their  whole 
 herte. 
 
 ''And  like  as  thou  knowest  the  naughtie 
 fyges,  which  maye  not  be  eate,  they  are  so 
 euel:  Euen  so  wil  I  (saieth  the  LORDE)  let 
 Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda,  (ye  and  all  his 
 prjTices,  {J  the  residue  of  lerusalem  that  re- 
 mayne  ouer  in  this  londe,  (j  them  also  that 
 dwell  in  Egipte)  to  be  vexed  3  plaged  in  all 
 kingdomes  (j  londes.  And  will  make  them  to 
 be  a  reprofe,  'a  comon  by  worde,  a  laughinge 
 stocke  5  shame,  in  all  the  places,  where  I  shal 
 scatre  them.  I  will  sende  the  swearde,  honger 
 5  pestilence  amonge  them,  vntill  I  haue  clene 
 consumed  them  out  of  the  londe,  that  I  gaue 
 vnto  them  g  their  fathers. 
 
 €i)t  nb-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 ASERMONE  that  was  geuen  vnto  le- 
 remy, vpon  all  the  people  of  luda :  In 
 the  fourth  yeare  of  loachim  the  sonne  of  losias 
 kinge  of  luda,  that  was,  in  the  first  yeare  of 
 Nabuchodonosor  kinge  of  Babilon.  Which 
 sermone,  leremy  the  prophet  made  vnto  all 
 the  people  of  luda,  i  to  all  f  Inhabitours  of 
 lerusale,  on  this  maner : 
 
 From  the  xiij  yeare  of  losias  the  sonne  of 
 Amon  kinge  of  luda,  vnto  this  present  daye, 
 (that  is  euen  xsiij  yeare)  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  hath  bene  committed  vnto  me. 
 '  And  so  I  haue  spoke  to  you,  I  haue  rysen  vp 
 early,  I  haue  geue  you  warnynge  in  season, 
 but  ye  wolde  not  heare  me.  Though  the 
 LORDE  hath  sent  his  seruauntes,  ^all  the 
 prophetes  vnto  you  in  season :  Yet  wolde  ye 
 not  obeye,  ye  wolde  not  encline  youre  eares 
 to  heare. 
 
 He  sayde :  turne  agayne  euery  man  from 
 his  euell  waye,  *(!  from  youre  wicked  ymagi- 
 nacioris,  5  so  shal  ye  dwell  for  euer  in  the 
 londe,  that  the  LORDE  promised  you  5  youre 
 
 /  lere.  29.  c.  44.  a.  35.  c.        fSPar.  36.  c.       ''4Re.  17.c. 
 
Cljajp,  )r)rb. 
 
 €l)t  propftft  Sififinj). 
 
 So,  M):\, 
 
 fore  fathers :  And  go  not  after  straunge  goddes, 
 serue  them  not,  worshipe  them  not,  5  angre 
 me  not  with  the  workes  of  youre  hodes :  then 
 will  not  I  punysh  you.  Neuertheles,  ye  wolde 
 not  heare  me  (saieth  the  LORDE)  but  haue 
 defied  me  with  the  workes  of  youre  hodes,  to 
 youre  owne  greate  harme. 
 13  Wherfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes :  Because  ye  haue  not  herkened  vnto 
 my  worde,  lo,  I  will  sende  out,  5  call  for  all 
 the  people,  y  dwell  in  the  north"  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  (J  wil  prepayre  Nabuchodonosor 
 the  kinge  of  Babilon  my  seruaunt,  *and  wil 
 bringe  them  vpon  this  londe,  and  vpon  all  y 
 dwell  therein,  5  vpon  all  the  people  that  are 
 aboute  them,  and  will  vterly  rote  them  out. 
 I  will  make  of  them  a  wildernesse,  a  mockage, 
 and  a  continuall  deserte. 
 
 Morouer,  I  will  take  from  them  the  voyce 
 of  gladnesse  and  solace,  'the  voyce  of  the 
 brydegrome  5  the  bryde,  the  voyce  of  the 
 anoynted,  with  the  creszshettes :  5  this  whole 
 londe  shal  become  a  wildernes,  j  they  shall 
 serue  the  sayde  people  and  the  kinge  of  Ba 
 bilon,  thre  score  yeares  and  ten.  ''When  the 
 Ixx  yeares  are  expyred,  I  wil  viset  also  the 
 wickednesse  of  the  kinge  of  Babylon  5  his 
 people,  saieth  the  LORDE :  yee  i  the  londe 
 of  the  Caldees,  5  wil  make  it  a  perpetuall 
 wildernes,  5  wil  fulfil  all  my  wordes  vpon  that 
 londe,  which  I  haue  deuysed  agaynst  it :  yee 
 all  that  is  written  in  this  boke,  which  leremy 
 hath  prophecied  of  all  people :  so  that  they 
 also  shal  be  subdued  vnto  dyuerse  nacions  5 
 greate  kynges,  for  I  ml  recompense  them, 
 ^acordinge  to  their  dedes  j  workes  of  their 
 owne  hondes. 
 
 For  thus  hath  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 spoken  vnto  me:  ■'^Take  this  wyne  cuppe  of 
 indignacion  fro  my  honde,  that  thou  mayest 
 cause  all  the  people  (to  whom  I  sende  the)  for 
 to  drinke  of  it :  that  when  they  haue  dronke 
 thereof,  they  maye  be  madd,  5  out  of  their 
 wyttes,  when  the  swearde  commeth,  that  I 
 wil  sende  amSge  them.  Then  toke  I  the 
 cuppe  from  the  LORDES  honde,  5  made  all 
 the  people  drynke  there  of,  vnto  whom  the 
 LORDE  had  sent  me. 
 
 But  first  the  cite  of  Jerusalem,  5  all  the 
 cities  of  luda,  their  kinges  5  prynces:  to  make 
 
 lere.  l.b.  '  Esa.  10.  a.  lere.  17.  a.  '  lere.  7.  (I. 
 andie.b.  ■'lere.KQ.b.  lEs.l.a.  lere.  5.  e.  SPar.Sti.d. 
 Dan.  9.  a,  Zach.  1.  b.     »  lob  34.  b.    /  Esa.  51.  d. 
 
 the  desolate,  waist,  'despysed  (j  cursed,  acord- 
 inge  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye.  Yee  5 
 Pharao  y  kinge  of  Egipte,  his  seruauntes,  his 
 prynces  (t  his  people  altogether  one  with 
 another  and  all  kinges  of  the  londe  of  Hus, 
 all  kinges  of  the  Philistynes  londe,  Ascalon, 
 Gaza,  Accaron  5  the  remnaunt  of  Aszdod,  the 
 Edomites,  the  Moabites  a  the  Ammonites: 
 all  the  kinges  of  Tirus  5  Sidon :  the  kinges 
 of  the  lies,  that  are  beyonde  the  see :  Dedan, 
 Thema,  Buz  j  the  shauen  Ismaelites :  e  all  the 
 kinges  of  Araby,  5  (generally)  all  the  kinges 
 that  dwell  in  the  deserte :  all  the  kinges  of 
 Simri,  all  the  kinges  of  Elam,  all  y  kinges  of 
 the  Meedes,  all  kinges  towarde  the  north 
 (whether  they  be  farre  or  nye)  euery  one  with 
 his  neghbours :  Yee  and  all  the  kingdomes 
 that  are  vpon  the  whole  earth.  The  kinge  of 
 Sesach  (sayde  he)  shal  drinke  with  them  also. 
 And  saye  thou  vnto  them :  this  is  tKe  com- 
 maundement  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the 
 God  of  Israel :  drinke  and  be  droncken,  spewe, 
 and  fall,  that  ye  neuer  ryse :  and  that  thorow 
 the  swearde,  which  I  wil  sende  amonge  you. 
 But  yf  they  will  not  receaue  the  cuppe  of  thy 
 honde,  and  drinke  it,  then  tell  them:  Thus 
 doth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  threaten  you: 
 ''drynke  it  ye  shal,  and  that  shortly.  For 
 I  begynne  to  plage  the  cite,  that  my  name 
 is  geuen  vnto:  thpike  ye  then,  that  I  will 
 leaue  you  vnpunyshed  ?  Ye  shall  not  go  quyte. 
 For  why,  I  call  for  a  swearde  vpo  all  the  in- 
 habitours  of  the  earth,  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes. 
 
 Therfore  tell  them  all  these  wordes,  and 
 saye  vnto  them :  '  The  LORDE  shal  crie 
 from  aboue,  and  let  his  voyce  be  herde  from 
 his  holy  habitacion.  With  a  greate  noyse  shall 
 he  crie  from  his  courte  regall.  He  shal  geue 
 a  greate  voyce  (like  the  grape  gatherers)  and 
 the  sounde  thereof  shalbe  herde  vnto  the 
 endes  of  the  worlde.  For  the  LORDE  hath 
 a  iudgment  to  geue  vpon  all  people,  and  will 
 holde  his  courte  of  iustice  with  all  flesh  and 
 punyshe  the  vngodly,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 ''For  thus  sayeth  y  LORDE  of  hoostes: 
 Beholde,  a  miserable  plage  shall  go  from  one 
 people  to  another,  and  a  greate  stormy  water 
 shal  arise  from  all  the  endes  of  the  earth. 
 And  the  same  daye  shall  the  LORDE  him- 
 
 Psal.  74.  b. 
 1  Pet.  4.  c. 
 
 e  lere.  9.  d.  ''  lere.  49.  b.     Eze.  9.  b. 
 
 '  loel  3.  c.     Amos  1.  a.  *  lere.  30.  d. 
 
So,  MnU 
 
 €i)t  propbtt  3eremj), 
 
 Cbap.  iDTfau 
 
 self  slaye  them,  from  one  ende  of  the  earth  to 
 another.  There  shall  no  nione  be  made  for 
 eny  of  them,  none  gathered  vp,  none  buried : 
 but  shall  lie  as  dunge  vpon  the  grounde. 
 
 Mournc  (o  ye  shepherdes)  ij  crie :  sprinckle 
 youre  selues  with  aszshes,  o  ye  rammes  of  the 
 flocke :  for  the  tyme  of  youre  slaughter  is  ful- 
 filled, and  ye  shal  fall  hke  vessels  connyngly 
 made  for  pleasure. 
 
 "  The  shepherdes  shall  haue  no  waye  to  fie, 
 and  the  rammes  of  the  flocke  shall  not  escape. 
 Then  shal  the  shepherdes  crie  horribly,  and 
 the  rammes  of  the  flocke  shal  mourne :  for 
 the  LOIIDE  shal  consume  their  pasture,  and 
 their  best  feldes  shal  lie  deed  because  of  the 
 horrible  wrath  of  the  LORDE.  They  shall 
 forsake  their  foldes  like  as  a  lyon :  For  their 
 londes  shalbe  waist,  because  of  the  wrath  of 
 the  destroyer,  and  because  of  his  fearfuU  in- 
 dignacion. 
 
 IN  the  begynnynge  of  the  reigne  of  loachim 
 the  Sonne  of  losias  kynge  of  luda,  came 
 this  worde  from  the  LORDE,  sayenge :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE :  *  Stonde  in  the  courte 
 of  the  LORDES  house,  and  speake  vnto  all 
 them  which  (out  of  the  cities  of  luda)  come 
 to  do  worshippe  in  the  LORDES  house,  all 
 the  wordes  y  I  commaunde  the  to  saye.  Loke 
 that  thou  kepe  not  one  worde  backe,  yf  (pera- 
 uenture)  "^they  will  herke,  and  turne  euery 
 man  from  his  wicked  waye:  that  I  maye  also 
 repente  of  the  plage,  which  I  haue  determed 
 to  brynge  vpon  them,  because  of  their  wicked 
 invencions. 
 
 And  after  this  maner  shalt  thou  speake 
 vnto  them  :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  yf  ye 
 will  not  obeye  me,  to  walke  in  my  lawes, 
 which  I  haue  geuen  you,  and  to  heare  the 
 wordes  of  my  seruauntes  the  prophetes,  whom 
 I  sent  vnto  you,  rysynge  vp  tymely,  and  still 
 sendinge :  Yf  ye  will  not  folowe  the  (I  saye) 
 then  will  I  do  to  this  house,  as  I  dyd  vnto 
 Silo,  and  will  make  this  cite  to  be  abhorred  of 
 all  the  people  of  the  earth.  ''And  the  prestes, 
 the  prophetes  and  all  the  people  herde  leremy 
 preach  these  wordes,  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Now  when  he  had  spoken  out  all  the  wordes, 
 that  the  LORDE  commaunded  him  to  preach 
 
 •Psal.  141.  a.  '  lere.  7.  a.  17.  d.  '  Deut.  4.  a.  12.  b. 
 ''  lere.  7.  ».        »  4  Re.  15.  g.    lere.  36.  b.        /  loh.  19.  a. 
 
 vnto  all  the  people,  then  the  prestes,  the  pro- 
 phetes and  all  the  people  toke  holde  vpon 
 him,  and  sayde :  thou  shalt  dye.  How  darrest 
 thou  be  so  bolde,  as  to  saye  in  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE :  it  shal  happen  to  this  house  as 
 it  dyd  vnto  Silo?  and  this  cite  shalbe  so 
 waist,  that  no  man  shal  dwell  there  in  ? 
 
 And  when  all  the  people  were  gathered 
 aboute  leremy  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE, 
 the  prynces  of  luda  herde  of  this  rumoure,  i 
 they  came  soone  out  of  the  kinges  Palace  in 
 to  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  and  sat  them 
 downe  before  the  new  dore  of  the  LORDE. 
 "  Then  spake  the  prestes  and  the  prophetes 
 vnto  the  rulers  (j  to  all  the  people,  these 
 wordes :  '  This  man  is  worthy  to  dye,  for  he 
 hath  preached  agaynst  this  cite,  as  ye  youre 
 selues  haue  herde  with  youre  eares. 
 
 Then  sayde  leremy  vnto  the  rulers  and  to 
 all  the  people  :  The  LORDE  hath  sente  me 
 to  preach  agaynst  this  house  (j  agaynst  this 
 cite  all  the  wordes  that  ye  haue  herde.  « Ther- 
 fore  amende  youre  wayes,  and  youre  advyse- 
 mentes,  and  be  obedient  vnto  the  voyce  of 
 the  LORDE  youre  God:  so  shal  the  LORDE 
 repet  of  the  plage,  y  he  had  deuysed  agaynst 
 you.  Now  as  for  me :  I  am  in  youre  hondes, 
 do  with  me,  as  ye  thinke  expediet  and  good. 
 But  this  shall  ye  knowe :  yf  ye  put  me  to 
 death,  ye  shal  make  youre  selues,  this  cite  5 
 all  the  inhabi tours  there  of,  *giltie  of  innocent 
 bloude.  For  this  is  of  a  treuth:  that  the 
 LORDE  hath  sente  me  vnto  you,  to  speake 
 all  these  wordes  in  youre  eares. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  rulers  and  the  people  vnto 
 the  prestes  and  prophetes :  This  man  maye 
 not  be  condemned  to  death,  for  he  hath 
 preached  vnto  vs  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE 
 oure  God.  The  Elders  also  of  the  londe  stode 
 vp,  5  sayde  thus  vnto  all  the  people :  '  Micheas 
 the  Morascite,  which  was  a  prophet  vnder 
 Ezechias  kinge  of  luda,  spsike  to  all  the  peo- 
 ple of  luda :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes :  ■*  Sion  shalbe  plowed  like  a  felde, 
 lerusale  shalbe  an  heape  of  stones,  5  the  hill 
 of  the  LORDES  house  shalbe  turned  to  an 
 hie  wod.  Dyd  Ezechias  f  kinge  of  luda  5 
 the  people  of  luda  put  him  to  deeth  for  this  ? 
 No  verely,  but  rather  feared  f  LORDE,  5 
 made  their  praier  vnto  him.  For  the  which 
 cause  also  f  LORDE  repented  of  the  plage, 
 
 I  lere.  7.  a.       *  Mat.  23.  e        ■  Mich.  1.  a.       '  Mich.  3.  c 
 
 c 
 
Cl)ap.  jD^bij. 
 
 Cfte  propbft  Sn-emp. 
 
 So,  Mxii], 
 
 y  he  had  deuysed  agaynst  them.  Shulde  we 
 then  do  soch  a  shamefull  dede  agaynst  oure 
 soules  ?  There  was  a  prophet  also,  that 
 preached  stiffly  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE, 
 called  Vrias  the  sonne  of  Semeia  of  Cariathi- 
 arim  :  this  ma  preached  also  agaynst  this  cite 
 (5  agaynst  this  lode,  acordinge  to  all  as  leremy 
 saieth.  "  Now  when  loachim  the  kinge  with 
 all  the  estates  5  prynces  had  herde  his  wordes, 
 the  kinge  went  aboute  to  slaye  him.  *  When 
 Vrias  perceaued  that,  he  was  afrayed,  (t  fled, 
 (X  departed  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Then  loachim  the  kinge  sent  seruauntes 
 in  to  the  lode  of  Egipte,  Namely:  Elnatha 
 the  Sonne  of  Achbor,  5  certayne  men  with 
 him  in  to  Egipte,  which  fetched  Vrias  out  of 
 Egipte,  (s  brought  him  vnto  kinge  loachim 
 that  slewe  him  with  the  swearde,  5  cast  his 
 deed  body  in  to  y  como  peoples  graue.  But 
 Ahicam  the  sonne  of  Saphan  helped  leremy, 
 that  he  came  not  in  to  the  hondes  of  the 
 people  to  be  slavne. 
 
 Ei)C  ijbi).  Cl^apter. 
 
 IN  the  begynnynge  of  the  reigne  of  loachim 
 the  sonne  of  losias  kynge  of  luda,  came 
 this  worde  vnto  leremy  from  the  LORDE, 
 which  spake  thus  vnto  me  :  Make  the  bondes 
 5  chaynes,  and  put  them  aboute  thy  neck,  5 
 sende  the  to  the  kinge  of  Edom,  the  kinge  of 
 Moab,  the  kinge  of  Amon,  the  kinge  of  Tirus, 
 (S  to  the  kinge  of  Sidon :  5  that  by  the  mes- 
 saungers,  which  shal  come  to  Jerusalem  vnto 
 Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda,  and  byd  them 
 saye  vnto  their  masters:  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel,  speake 
 thus  vnto  youre  masters :  '  I  am  he  that  made 
 the  earth,  the  men  (j  f  catell  that  are  vpon 
 the  grounde,  with  my  greate  power  g  out- 
 stretched arme,  5  haue  geuen  it  vnto  whom  it 
 pleased  me.  ''  And  now  will  I  delyuer  all 
 these  londes  in  to  the  power  of  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  the  kinge  of  Babilon  my  seruaunt.  The 
 beestes  also  of  the  felde  shal  I  geue  him  to  do 
 him  seruyce.  And  all  people  shal  serue  him, 
 5  his  sonne,  and  his  childes  children,  vntil  the 
 tyme  of  the  same  lode  be  come  also :  Yee 
 many  people  g  greate  kinges  shal  serue  him. 
 
 Morouer,  that  people  5  kingdome  which  wil 
 not  serue  Nabuchodonosor,  and  that  wil  not 
 put  their  neckes  vnder  f  yock  of  the  kinge  of 
 
 »  3  Re.  22.  d.  '  2  Re.  19.  a.  Matt.  2.  c.  '  Deut.  10.  c. 
 ''Ecci.  10.  a.    ludic.  11.  d.    lere.  32.  a.    Dan.  4.  c.    lere. 
 
 Babilon:  the  same  people  will  I  viset  with 
 swearde,  with  honger,  with  pestilence,  vntill  I 
 haue  consumed  them  in  his  hondes,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  'And  therfore,  folowe  not  youre 
 prophetes,  soythsayers,  expounders  of  dreames, 
 charmers  3,  witches,  which  saye  vnto  you :  ye 
 shal  not  serue  the  kinge  of  Babilon.  For 
 they  preach  you  lies,  to  bringe  you  farre  from 
 youre  londe,  5  that  I  might  cast  you  out,  5 
 destroye  you.  But  the  people  that  put  their 
 neckes  vnder  the  yock  of  the  kinge  of  Babi- 
 lon, 5  serue  him,  those  I  wil  let  remayne  still 
 in  their  owne  lode  (saieth  the  LORDE)  5 
 they  shal  occupie  it,  5  dwell  there  in. 
 
 ''^All  these  thinges  tolde  I  Sedechias  the 
 kinge  of  luda,  and  sayde :  Put  youre  neckes 
 vnder  the  yock  of  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  and 
 serue  him  tt  his  people,  that  ye  maye  lyue. 
 Why  wilt  thou  and  thy  people  perish  with  the 
 swearde,  with  honger,  with  pestilence  :  like  as 
 the  LORDE  hath  deuysed  for  all  people,  that 
 wil  not  serue  the  kinge  of  Babilon  ?  Therfore 
 geue  no  eare  vnto  those  prophetes  (that  tell 
 you:  Ye  shall  not  serue  the  kinge  of  Babilon) 
 for  they  preach  you  lies,  ^  nether  haue  I  sent 
 them,  saieth  the  LORDE:  how  be  it  they  are 
 bolde,  falsely  for  to  prophecie  in  my  name : 
 that  I  might  y  sooner  dryue  you  out,  j  that  ye 
 might  perish  vrith  youre  preachers. 
 
 I  spake  to  the  prestes  also  and  to  all  the 
 people :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  *  Heare 
 not  the  wordes  of  those  prophetes,  that  preach 
 vnto  you,  5  saye :  Beholde,  the  vessels  of  the 
 LORDES  house  shall  shortly  be  brought 
 hither  agayne  from  Babilon :  For  they  pro- 
 phecie lies  vnto  you.  Heare  them  not,  but 
 serue  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  y  ye  maye  lyue. 
 Wherfore  will  ye  make  this  cite  to  be  de- 
 stroyed? But  yf  they  be  true  prophetes  in 
 very  dede,  and  yf  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 be  commytted  vnto  them,  then  let  them  praye 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes,  that  the  remnaunt 
 of  the  ornamentes  (which  are  in  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  remayne  yet  in  the  house 
 of  the  kinge  of  luda  and  at  Jerusalem)  be 
 not  caried  to  Babilon  also.  For  thus  hath  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  spoken  concernynge  the 
 pylers,  the  lauer,  the  seate  and  the  residue  of 
 the  ornamentes  that  yet  remayne  in  this  citie, 
 which  Nabuchodonosor  the  kinge  of  Babilon 
 toke   not,   when    he  caried  awaye  lechonias 
 
 25.  b.  lere.  22.  b.  38.  a.  42.  c.  '  lere.  23.  c.  39.  b. 
 f  lere.  38.  c.    «  lere.  23.  c.  lere.  29.  b.    ^  lere.  28.  a. 
 
jTo.  iicUinj. 
 
 €l)t  piopbrt  Snrinj). 
 
 Cbnp.  jLTbiij* 
 
 "  the  Sonne  of  loachim  kinge  of  luda,  with  all 
 the  power  of  luda  and  lerusalem,  from  Jeru- 
 salem vnto  Babilon,  captyue. 
 
 Yee  thus  hath  the  LOKDE  of  hoostes  the 
 God  of  Israel  spoken,  as  touchinge  the  residue 
 of  the  ornamentes  of  the  LORDES  house,  of 
 the  kinge  of  ludaes  house,  and  of  lerusalem : 
 '  They  shalbe  caried  vnto  Babilon,  and  there 
 they  shall  remayne,  vntil  I  vyset  them,  saieth 
 the  LO  RDE.  Then  wil  I  bringe  them  hither 
 agayne.  'And  this  was  done  in  the  same 
 yeare  :  euc  in  the  begynnynge  of  the  reigne 
 of  Sedechias  kinge  of  luda. 
 
 Cfjt  yytii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 BUT  in  the  fourth  yeare  of  the  reigne  of 
 Sedechias  kinge  of  luda,  in  the  fifth 
 Moneth,  It  happened,  that  Hananias  y  sonne 
 of  Assur  the  prophet  of  Gabaon,  spake  to  me 
 in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  in  the  presence 
 of  the  prestes  5  of  all  the  people,  2  sayde : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God 
 of  Israel :  I  haue  broke  the  yock  of  the  kinge 
 of  Babilon,  and  after  two  yeare  will  ''I  bringe 
 agayne  in  to  this  place,  all  the  ornamentes 
 of  the  LORDES  house,  y  Nabuchodonosor 
 kinge  of  Babilon  caried  awaye  from  this  place 
 vnto  Babilon.  Yee  I  will  bringe  agayne 
 lechonias  the  sonne  of  loachim  the  kinge  of 
 luda  himself,  with  all  the  presoners  of  luda, 
 (y  are  caried  vnto  Babilon,)  eue  in  to  this 
 place,  saieth  y  LORDE,  for  I  wil  breake  f 
 yock  of  the  kinge  of  Babilo. 
 
 Then  the  prophet  leremy  gaue  answere 
 vnto  that  prophet  Hananias,  before  the  prestes 
 5  before  all  the  people  that  were  present  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE.  And  the  prophet 
 leremy  sayde  :  'Amen,  the  LORDE  do  that, 
 I  graunte  the  thinge,  which  thou  hast  prophe- 
 cied:  that  he  maye  bringe  agayne  all  the 
 ornamentes  of  the  LORDES  house,  (j  restore 
 all  the  presoners  from  Babilon  in  to  this  place. 
 Neuertheles,  herken  thou  also,  what  I  will 
 saye,  that  thou  5  all  the  people  maye  heare  : 
 The  prophetes  that  were  before  vs  in  tymes 
 past,  which  prophecied  of  warre,  or  trouble, 
 or  pestilence,  ether  of  peace,  vpon  many  na- 
 cions  5  greate  kingdomes,  were  proued  by 
 this  (yf  God  had  sende  them  in  very  dede) 
 when  the  thinge  came  to  passe,  which  that 
 prophet  tolde  before. 
 
 '  4  Re.  24.  c.  »  4  Re.  25.  b.  ■■  1  Esd.  1.  b. 
 
 lere.  27.C.        'Mich.  3.  c.        /Deu.  18.  d.     Nu.  16.  a. 
 
 Mnd  Hananias  the  prophet  toke  the  chayne 
 from  the  prophet  leremias  neck,  5  brake  it: 
 (t  with  that  sayde  Hananias,  that  all  the  people 
 might  heare:  Thus  hath  the  LORDE  spoken: 
 Euen  so  will  I  breake  the  yock  of  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor kinge  of  Babilo,  from  the  neck  of  all 
 nacions,  yee  (j  that  within  this  two  yeare. 
 And  so  the  prophet  leremy  wente  his  waye. 
 After  now  that  Hananias  the  prophet  had 
 taken  the  chayne  from  the  prophet  leremies 
 neck,  and  broken  it:  The  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  came  vnto  the  prophet  leremy 
 sayenge  :  Go,  and  tell  Hananias  these  wordes : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Thou  hast  broken 
 the  chayne  of  wodd,  but  in  steade  of  wodd, 
 thou  shalt  make  chaynes  of  yron.  For  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel :  I  wil  put  a  yock  of  yron  vpon  the 
 neck  of  all  this  people,  that  they  maye  serue 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  yee  5 
 so  shal  they  do.  And  I  wil  geue  him  f  beestes 
 in  the  felde.  ^  Then  sayde  the  prophet  leremy 
 vnto  y  prophet  Hananias :  Heare  me  { I  praye 
 the)  Hananias  :  The  LORDE  hath  not  sent 
 the,  but  thou  bringest  this  people  in  to  a  false 
 beleue.  And  therfore  thus  saieth  y  LORDE : 
 beholde,  I  wil  sende  the  out  of  the  lode,  5 
 within  a  yeare  thou  shalt  die,  because  thou 
 hast  falsely  spoke  agaynst  the  LORDE.  So 
 Hananias  the  prophet  died  the  same  yeare  in 
 the  seuenth  Moneth. 
 
 Cljt  n'iT-  Ci&apttr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  Copie  of  the  lettre,  y  leremy 
 the  prophet  sent  from  lerusalem  vnto 
 the  presoners:  the  Senatours,  prestes,  pro- 
 phetes, (J  all  the  people,  whom  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor had  led  vnto  Babilo :  after  y^  tyme  y 
 kinge  lechonias  5  his  Quene,  his  chambre- 
 laynes,  the  prynces  of  luda  5  lerusale  a  the 
 workmasters  of  lerusale  were  departed  thither. 
 Which  lettre,  Elasa  f  sonne  of  Sapha  5  Ga- 
 maria  y  sonne  of  Helchia  dyd  beare,  who 
 Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda  sent  vnto  Babilo 
 to  Nabuchodonosor  y  kinge  of  Babilo  :  these 
 were  y  wordes  of  leremias  lettre  :  Thus  hath 
 f  LORDE  of  hoostes  f  God  of  Israel  spoke, 
 vnto  all  the  presoners,  y  were  led  fro  lerusale 
 vnto  Babilo :  ''  Buylde  you  houses  to  dwell 
 therein  :  plate  you  gardes,  y  ye  maye  enioye 
 the  frutes  thereof :  '  take  you  wyues,  to  beare 
 
 f  lere. 
 
 '  Gen.  1.  d.  9. 
 
Cfeap.  mx. 
 
 €f)t  propftet  ierfntp. 
 
 fo*  Mxb, 
 
 you  sonnes  and  doughters:  prouyde  wyues 
 for  youre  sonnes,  a  huszbondes  for  youre 
 doughters :  that  they  maye  get  sonnes  (j 
 doughters,  and  that  ye  maye  multiphe  there. 
 Laboure  not  to  be  fewe,  but  seke  after  peace 
 I  prosperite  of  the  cite,  where  in  ye  be  pre- 
 soners,  (j  praye  vnto  God  for  it.  "  For  in  the 
 peace  there  of,  shal  youre  peace  be. 
 
 *For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 the  God  of  Israel :  Let  not  those  prophetes 
 and  soythsaiers  y  be  amonge  you,  disceaue 
 you:  (s  beleue  not  youre  owne  dreames.  "^For 
 why,  they  preach  you  lies  in  my  name,  (j  I 
 haue  not  sent  them,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 But  thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  When  ye  haue 
 fulfilled  Ixx  yeares  at  Babilon,''  I  wil  bringe 
 you  home,  and  of  myne  owne  goodnes  I  will 
 carie  you  hither  agayne  vnto  this  place.  For 
 I  knowe,  what  I  haue  deuysed  for  you,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.  My  thoughtes  are  to  geue 
 you  peace,  5  not  trouble  (which  I  geue  you 
 all  redie)  (j  that  ye  might  haue  hope  agayne. 
 'Ye  shall  crie  vnto  me,  ye  shal  go  %  call  vpo 
 me,  5  I  shal  heare  you.  'Ye  shal  seke  me,  d 
 fynde  me  :  Yee,  yf  so  be  that  ye  seke  me 
 with  youre  whole  herte,  I  will  be  founde  of 
 you  (saieth  the  LORDE)  and  will  delyuer 
 you  out  of  preson,  5  gather  you  together 
 agayne  out  of  all  places,  where  in  I  haue 
 scatred  you,  saieth  the  LORDE:  and  wil 
 bringe  you  agayne  to  the  same  place,  from 
 whence  I  caused  you  be  caried  awaye  captyue. 
 But  where  as  ye  saye,  that  God  hath  raysed 
 you  vp  prophetes  at  Babilon :  Thus  hath  the 
 LORDE  spoken  (concernynge  the  kingethat 
 sytteth  in  the  stole  of  Dauid,  and  all  y  people 
 that  dwell  in  this  cite,  ^  youre  brethren  that 
 are  not  gone  with  you  in  to  captiuyte.)  Thus 
 (I  saye)  speaketh  the  LORDE  of  hoostes: 
 Beholde,  I  wil  sende  a  swearde,  honger  5 
 pestilence  vpon  them,*  and  wil  make  them 
 like  vntymely  fyges,  that  maye  not  be  eate 
 for  bytternes.  And  I  wil  persecute  them 
 with  the  swearde,  with  honger  5  death. 
 
 I  will  delyuer  them  vp  to  be  vexed  of  all 
 kingdomes,  to  be  cursed,  abhorred,  laughed 
 to  scorne,  5  put  to  confucion  of  all  the  people, 
 amonge  whom  I  haue  scatred  them  :  j  that 
 because  they  haue  not  bene  obedient  vnto 
 my  commaundementes,  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 
 "  Baru.  1.  c.       1  Tim.  2.  a.  »  lere.  23.  c.  27.  b. 
 
 lere.  14.  e.        ■'2  Pa.  36.  d.     lere.  25.  b.     1  Esd.  1.  a. 
 Deu.  4.  e.  30.  a.  (  loan.  7.  d.  «  4  Reg.  24.  d. 
 
 which  I  sent  vnto  them  by  my  seruauntes  the 
 prophetes.  '  I  stode  vp  early,  and  sent  vnto 
 them,  but  they  wolde  not  heare,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  Heare  therfore  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  all  ye  presoners,  whom  I  sent 
 from  lerusale  vnto  Babilon  :  Thus  hath  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel  spoken, 
 of  Achab  ;y-  sonne  of  Colaias,  (t  of  Sedechias 
 the  sonne  of  Maasia,  which  prophecie  lies 
 vnto  you  in  my  name  :  Beholde,  I  wil  delyuer 
 them  in  to  the  honde  of  Nabuchodonosor  the 
 kinge  of  Babilon,  that  he  maye  slaye  them 
 before  youre  eyes.  And  all  y  presoners  of 
 luda  that  are  in  Babilon,  shal  take  vpo  them 
 this  terme  of  cursinge,  and  saye :  Now  God 
 do  vnto  the,  as  he  dyd  vnto  Sedechias  a, 
 Achab,  whom  the  kinge  of  Babilon  rosted  in 
 the  fyre,  because  they  synned  shamefully  in 
 Israel. 
 
 For  they  haue  not  onely  defiled  their  negh 
 hours  wyues,  but  also  preached  lyenge  wordes 
 in  my  name,  which  I  haue  not  commaunded 
 them.  This  I  testifie,  5  assure,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  But  as  for  Semeia  the  Nehe- 
 lamite,  thou  shalt  speake  vnto  him :  Th 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel :  Because  thou  hast  sealed  lettres  vnder 
 thy  name,  vnto  all  the  people  that  is  at  leru- 
 salem,  5  to  Sophonias  the  sonne  of  Maasia 
 the  prest,  yee  and  sent  them  to  all  the  prestes : 
 where  in  thou  wrytest  thus  vnto  him :  The 
 LORDE  hath  ordened  the  to  be  prest  in 
 steade  of  loiada  the  prest,  that  thou  *shuldest 
 be  the  chefe  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 aboue  all  prophetes,  5  preachers,  5  that  thou 
 mightest  put  them  in  preson,  or  in  y  stockes. 
 How  happeneth  it  then,  that  thou  hast  not 
 reproued  leremy  of  Anathot,  which  neuer 
 leaueth  of  his  prophecienge.  And  beside  all 
 this,  he  hath  sent  vs  worde  vnto  Babilon,  and 
 tolde  vs  planely,  that  oure  captiuyte  shal  longe 
 endure  :  that  we  shulde  buylde  vs  houses  to 
 dwell  therin,  j  to  plante  vs  gardens,  that  we 
 might  enioye  the  frutes  therof.  Which  lettre 
 Sophonias  the  prest  dyd  rede,  and  let  leremy 
 the  prophet  heare  it. 
 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  leremy,  sayenge:  Sende  worde  to  all 
 them  that  be  in  captiuyte,  on  this  maner: 
 'Thus  hath  the  LORDE  spoken  concernynge 
 
 *  lere.  24.  b.     '  lere.  25.  a.  44.  a.     '4  Re  11  a 
 2  Par.  83.  a.    '  lere.  28.  c. 
 
 87 
 
tjTo.  tidjrbu 
 
 Cl)c  piopbtt  Seremj). 
 
 Cfjap,  m* 
 
 Semeia  f  Nehelamite  :  Because  that  Semeia 
 hath  prophecied  vnto  you  without  my  coin- 
 myssion,  (j  brought  you  in  to  a  false  hope, 
 therfore  thus  the  LOllDE  doth  certifie  you: 
 Beholde,  I  wil  vyset  Semeia  the  Nehelamite, 
 5  his  sede :  so  that  none  of  his  shall  remayne 
 amonge  this  people,  (j  none  of  them  shall  se 
 the  good,  y  I  \vill  do  for  this  people,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.  .For  he  hath  preached  falsely 
 of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Cibf  m-  chapter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes,  that  the  LORDE 
 shewed  vnto  leremy,  saienge :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel :  "  Wryte  vp 
 diligently  all  the  wordes,  that  I  haue  spoken 
 vnto  the,  in  a  boke.  For  lo,  the  tyme  com- 
 meth  (saieth  the  LORDE)  that  I  will  bringe 
 agayne  the  presoners  of  my  people  of  Israel 
 and  luda,  saieth  the  LORDE:  For  I  will 
 restore  them  vnto  the  londe,  that  I  gaue  to 
 their  fathers,  and  they  shall  haue  it  in  pos- 
 session. 
 
 Agayne,  these  wordes  spake  the  LORDE, 
 cocernynge  Israel  and  luda  :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE :  We  heare  a  terrible  crie,  feare  and 
 disquietnesse.  For  what  els  doth  this  signifie, 
 that  I  se?  Namely,  that  all  stronge  men 
 smyte,  euery  man  his  honde  vpon  his  loynes, 
 as  a  woman  in  the  payne  of  hir  trauayle.  Who 
 euer  sawe  a  man  trauayle  with  childe  ?*  En- 
 quere  therafter,  5  se.  Yee  all  their  faces  are 
 maruelous  pale. 
 
 Alas  for  this  daye,  which  is  so  dredefidl, 
 that  none  maye  be  lickened  vnto  it :  and  alas 
 for  the  tyme  of  Jacobs  trouble,  from  the  which 
 he  shall  yet  be  delyuered.  For  in  that  daye, 
 saieth  the  LORDE,  I  will  take  his  yock  from 
 of  thy  neck,  g  breake  thy  bondes.  They  shall 
 nomore  serue  straunge  goddes  vnder  him,  but 
 they  shall  do  seruyce  vnto  God  their  LORDE, 
 and  to  Dauid  their  kinge,"  whom  I  will  rayse 
 vp  vnto  them.  And  as  for  the,  o  my  seruaunt 
 lacob,  feare  not  (saieth  f  LORDE)  and  be 
 not  afrayed,  o  Israel.  For  lo,  ''  I  will  helpe 
 the  also  from  farre,  5  thy  sede  from  the  londe 
 of  their  captiuyte. 
 
 And  lacob  shall  turne  agayne,  he  shalbe  in 
 rest,  and  haue  a  prosperous  life,  and  no  man 
 shall  make  him  afrayed.  For  1  am  with  the, 
 to   helpe   the,    saieth    the    LORDE.     And 
 
 •'  lere.  3 
 '  Amos  9. 
 
 '  lere.  13.  d.      '  Eze.  34.  d.    lere.  46.  e 
 '  lere.  10.  d.     Exo.  34.  a.     Nahu.  1.  a, 
 
 though  I  shal  destroye  all  the  people,  amonge 
 whom  I  haue  scatred  the,  yet  will  I  not 
 destroye  the,  but  correcke  the,  and  that  with 
 discrecion.  '  For  I  knowe,  that  thou  art  in  no 
 wise  without  faute.  Therfore  thus  saieth  f 
 LORDE :  I  am  sory  for  thy  hurte  and 
 woundes.  There  is  no  man  to  medle  with 
 thy  cause,  or  to  bynde  vp  thy  woundes :  there 
 maye  no  man  helpe  the. 
 
 All  thy  louers  haue  forgotten  the,  and  care 
 nothinge  for  the.  For  I  haue  geuen  the  a 
 cruell  stroke,  and  chastened  the  roughly :  and 
 that  for  the  multitude  of  thy  myszdedes,-'^  for 
 thy  synnes  haue  had  the  ouer  hande.  Why 
 makest  thou  mone  for  thy  harme  ?  I  my  self 
 haue  pite  of  thy  sorowe,  but  for  the  multitude 
 of  thy  myszdedes  and  synnes,  I  haue  done 
 this  vnto  the. 
 
 And  therfore  all  they  that  deuoure  the, 
 shalbe  deuoured,  and  all  thine  enemies  shal 
 be  led  in  to  captiuyte.  All  they  that  make 
 the  waist,  shalbe  waisted  them  selues :  and  all 
 those  that  robbe  the,  will  I  make  also  to  be 
 robbed.  For  I  will  geue  the  thy  health 
 agayne,  and  make  thy  woundes  whole,  saieth 
 the  LORDE:  because  they  reuyled  the,  as 
 one  cast  awaye  and  despised,  o  Sion. 
 
 *  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  Beholde,  I 
 will  set  vp  lacobs  tentes  agayne,  and  defende 
 his  dwellinge  place.  The  cite  shalbe  buylded 
 in  hir  olde  estate,  and  the  houses  shal  haue 
 their  right  foundacion.  And  out  of  them  shall 
 go  thankesgeuynge,  and  the  voyce  of  ioye. 
 
 I  will  multiplie  them,  and  they  shall  not 
 mynishe :  I  shall  endue  them  with  honoure, 
 and  no  man  shall  subdue  them.  Their  chil- 
 dren shalbe  as  afore  tyme,  and  their  congre- 
 gacion  shal  cotinue  in  my  sight.  And  all 
 those  that  vexe  them,  will  I  viset. 
 
 A  captayiie  also  shall  come  of  them,'  and  a 
 prynce  shall  springe  out  from  the  myddest  of 
 them :  him  will  I  chalenge  to  myself,  and  he 
 shall  come  vnto  me.  'For  what  is  he,  that 
 geueth  ouer  his  herte,  to  come  vnto  me  ? 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  'Ye  shalbe  my  people 
 also,  and  I  wilbe  youre  God.  Beholde,  on 
 the  other  syde  shall  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE 
 breake  out  as  a  stormy  water,  as  a  mightie 
 whyrle  wynde :  and  shal  fall  vpo  the  heades 
 of  the  vngodly. 
 
 The  terrible  displeasure  of  the  LORDE 
 
 /■  lere.  13.  d.  « lere.  2.  a.  20.  d.  *Nu.24.  a.  'Wich.o.  a, 
 '  loan.  <>.  e.    '  lere.  13.  b.  24.  b.  3.  f.  lere.  23.  c.  25.  d 
 
Cf)ap.  mi' 
 
 €l)t  proplKt  Bf«mp. 
 
 jTo.  tirintij. 
 
 shall  not  leaue  of,  vntill  he  haue  done,  a  per- 
 fourmed  the  intent  of  his  herte,"  which  in  the 
 latter  dayes  ye  slial  vnderstonde.  At  the  same 
 tyme  (saieth  the  LORDE)  shal  I  be  the  God 
 of  all  the  generacions  of  Israel,  i  they  shalbe 
 my  people. 
 
 Clbt  m'<-  Chapter. 
 
 THUS  saieth  the  LORDE:  The  people 
 of  Israel  which  escaped  in  y  wildernes 
 from  the  swearde,  'founde  grace  to  come  in  to 
 their  rest.  Euen  so  shal  the  LORDE  now 
 also  apeare  vnto  me  from  farre,  and  saye :  I 
 loue  the  with  an  euerlastinge  loue,  therfore 
 do  I  sprede  my  mercy  before  the.  "^I  will 
 repayre  the  agayne  (o  thou  doughterof  Israel) 
 that  thou  mayest  be  fast  and  sure.  Thou 
 shalt  take  thy  tabrettes  agayne,  (j  go  forth 
 with  them,  that  lede  the  daunce. 
 
 Thou  shalt  plante  vynes  agayne  vpon  f 
 hilles  of  Samaria,  and  the  grape  gatherers 
 shall  plante,  and  synge. 
 
 And  when  it  is  tyme,  the  watchmen  vpon 
 the  mount  of  Ephraim  shall  crie :  ''Arise,  let 
 vs  go  vp  vnto  Sion  to  oure  LORDE  God, 
 for  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Reioyce  with 
 gladoes  because  of  lacob,  crie  vnto  the  heade 
 of  the  Gentiles :  speake  out,  synge,  and  saye : 
 The  LORDE  shall  delyuer  his  people,  the 
 remnaunt  of  Israel,  j  make  them  whole.  Be- 
 holde,  I  mil  bringe  them  agayne  from  out  of 
 the  north  lode,  and  gather  them  from  the 
 endes  of  the  worlde,  with  the  blynde  and  lame 
 that  are  amonge  them,  with  the  women  that 
 be  greate  with  childe,  and  soch  as  be  also 
 delyuered :  and  the  company  of  them  that 
 come  agayne,  shal  be  greate. 
 
 They  departed  from  hence  in  heuynes,  but 
 with  ioye  will  I  bringe  them  hither  agayne. 
 I  will  lede  them  by  the  ryuers  of  water  in  a 
 straight  waye,  where  they  shall  not  stomble : 
 For  I  wiU  be  Israels  father,  and  Epraim  shalbe 
 my  firstborne.' 
 
 Heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  (o  ye 
 Gentiles)  preach  in  the  lies,  that  lie  farre  of, 
 and  saye :  he  that  hath  scatred  Israel,  shall 
 gather  him  together  agayne,  and  shall  kepe 
 him  as  a  shepherde  doth  his  flocke.  For  the 
 LORDE  shall  redeme  lacob,  and  ryd  him 
 from  the  honde  of  the  violent.  And  they 
 shal  come,  5  reioyce  vpon  the  hill  of  Sion,  (i 
 
 "  lere.  23.  c 
 Deut.  32.  a. 
 
 »  Nu.  14.  c. 
 Gen.  48.  d. 
 
 '  Eze.  16.  b. 
 /  lere.  3.  e. 
 
 "  Esa.2.  a. 
 Mutt.  2.  c. 
 
 shall  haue  plenteousnes  of  goodes,  which  the 
 LORDE  shall  geue  them :  Namely,  wheate, 
 wyne,  oyle,  yonge  shepe  and  calues.  And 
 their  conscience  shalbe  as  awell  watred  garden, 
 for  they  shall  nomore  be  hongrie. 
 
 Then  shal  the  mayde  reioyce  in  the  daunce, 
 yee  both  yonge  and  olde  folkes.  For  I  will 
 turne  their  sorow  in  to  gladnesse,  and  will 
 comforte  them,  and  make  them  ioyfull,  euen 
 from  their  hertes.  I  will  poure  plenteousnes 
 vpon  the  hertes  of  the  prestes,  and  my  people 
 shalbe  satisfied  with  good  thinges,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  ^The  voyce  of 
 heuynes,  wepynge  and  lamentacion  came  vp 
 in  to  heauen :  euen  of  Rachel  mournynge  for 
 hir  children,  and  wolde  not  be  comforted, 
 because  they  were  awaye. 
 
 But  now  saieth  the  LORDE:  leaue  of 
 from  wepynge  and  crienge,  witholde  thyne 
 eyes  from  teares,  for  thy  laboure  shalbe  re- 
 warded, saieth  the  LORDE.  And  they  shall 
 come  agayne  out  of  the  londe  of  their  enemies: 
 Yee  euen  thy  posterite  shall  haue  consolacion 
 in  this  (saieth  the  LORDE)  that  thy  children 
 shall  come  agayne  in  to  their  owne  londe. 
 
 Morouer  I  herde  Ephraim,  (that  was  led 
 awaye  captyue)  complayne  on  this  maner :  O 
 LORDE,  thou  hast  correcte  me,*  and  thy 
 chastenynge  haue  I  receaued,  as  an  vntamed 
 calfe.  "  Conuerte  thou  me,  and  I  shalbe  con- 
 uerted,  for  thou  art  my  LORDE  God.  Yee 
 as  soone  as  thou  turnest  me,  I  shall  refourme 
 my  self:  and  when  I  vnderstonde,  I  shall 
 smyte  vpon  my  thee.  For  verely  I  haue 
 comitted  shamefull  thinges :  O  let  my  youth 
 beare  this  reprofe  and  confucion. 
 
 Vpon  this  complaynte,  I  thought  thus  by 
 my  self:  'is  not  Ephraim  my  deare  sonne? 
 Is  he  not  the  childe,  with  whom  I  haue  had 
 all  myrth  and  pastyme  ?  For  sence  the  tyme 
 that  I  first  comoned  with  him,  I  haue  him 
 euer  in  remembraunce :  therfore  my  very 
 herte  dryueth  me  vnto  him :  gladly  and 
 louyngly  will  I  haue  mercy  vpon  him,  saieth 
 the  LORDE.  Get  the  watchmen,  prouyde 
 teachers  for  the :  set  thine  herte  vpon  the 
 right  waie,  that  thou  shuldest  walke,  and  turne 
 agayne:  (o  thou  doughter  of  Israel,)  turne 
 agayne  to  these  cities  of  thyne.  How  longe 
 wilt  thou  go  astraie,  o  thou  shrekinge  doughter? 
 
 5  Eze.  20.  f.         *  Zach.  1.  a.    Tren.  5.  c.         ■  Gen.  48.  d. 
 
 c 
 
jTo.  lrrij:biij. 
 
 €f)t  propftft  3le«mp, 
 
 Cfeap.  vmU 
 
 jr 
 
 For  the  LORDE  will  worke  a  new  thynge 
 vpon  earth :  A  woman  shall  compasse  a  man. 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the 
 God  of  Israel :  It  will  come  therto,  that  when 
 I  haue  brought  luda  out  of  captiuyte,  these 
 wordes  shalbe  herde  in  y  londe  and  in  his 
 cities:  "The  LORDE,  which  is  the  fayre 
 brydegrome  of  rightuousnesse,  make  the  frute- 
 full,  o  thou  holy  hill :  And  there  shall  dwell 
 luda  and  all  hir  cities,  the  shepherdes  and 
 huszbonde  men  :  For  I  shall  fede  the  hongrie 
 soule,'  and  refresh  all  faynte  hertes.  When  I 
 herde  this,  I  came  agayne  to  my  self,  and 
 mused,  like  as  I  had  bene  waked  out  of  a 
 swete  slepe. 
 
 Beholde  (saieth  the  LORDE)  the  dayes 
 come,  that  I  will  sowe  the  house  of  Israel  and 
 the  house  of  luda,  with  men  and  with  catell. 
 Yee  it  shall  come  therto,  "^  that  like  as  I  haue 
 gone  aboute  in  tymes  past  to  rote  them  out, 
 to  scatre  them,  to  breake  them  downe,  to 
 destroye  them  and  chaste  them :  Euen  so  will 
 I  also  go  diligently  aboute,  to  buylde  them 
 vp  agayne,  and  to  plante  them,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 ''  Then  shall  it  no  more  be  sayde :  f  fathers 
 haue  eaten  a  sower  grape,  and  the  childrens 
 teth  are  set  on  edge :  for  euery  one  shal  dye 
 for  his  owne  myszdede,  so  that  who  so  eateth 
 a  sower  grape,  his  teth  shalbe  set  on  edge. 
 
 'Beholde,  the  dayes  come  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  y  I  will  make  a  new  couenaunt 
 with  f  house  of  Israel  (j  with  y  house  of  luda: 
 not  after  the  couenaunt  that  I  made  with  their 
 fathers,  when  I  toke  them  by  the  honde,  {j 
 led  them  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte :  which 
 couenaunt  they  brake,  wherfore  I  punyshed 
 them  sore,  saieth  the  LORDE:  But  this  shal 
 be  the  couenaunt  that  I  will  make  with  the 
 house  of  Israel  after  those  dayes,'  saieth  the 
 LORDE :  I  will  plante  my  lawe  in  the  in- 
 warde  partes  of  them,  and  write  it  in  their 
 hertes,  and  wilbe  their  God,  and  they  shalbe 
 my  people. 
 
 And  from  thece  forth  shall  no  man  teach 
 his  neghboure  or  his  brother,  and  saye :  knowe 
 the  LORDE:  But  they  shall  all  knowe  me, 
 from  the  lowest  vnto  the  hyest,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  For  I  will  forgeue  their  mysz- 
 dedes,  and  wil  neuer  remembre  their  synnes 
 
 '  Esa.  62.  a.  '  Matt.  5.  a.  11.  e.  '  Deu.  28.  g. 
 
 Zach.  8.  c.    lere.  32.  c.  ■<  Eze.  18.  a.  '  Heb.  8.  b. 
 
 /Hebre.  10.  d.  Esa.  51.  b.  lere.  24.  b. 30.  d.      <Gene.  l.b. 
 
 eny  more.  *Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  which 
 gaue  the  sonne  to  be  a  light  for  the  daye,  and 
 the  Moone  and  starres  to  shyne  in  the  night : 
 which  moueth  the  see,  so  that  the  floudes 
 therof  waxe  fearce  :  his  name  is  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes.  Like  as  this  ordinaunce  shal  neuer 
 be  taken  out  of  my  sight,  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 So  shal  the  sede  of  Israel  neuer  ceasse,  but 
 all  waye  be  a  people  before  me. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  like  as 
 the  heauen  aboue  can  not  be  measured,  and 
 as  the  foundacions  of  the  earth  beneth  maye 
 not  be  sought  out :  *  So  will  I  also  not  cast  out 
 the  whole  sede  of  Israel,  for  that  they  haue 
 commytted,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Beholde, 
 the  daies  come  saieth  the  LORDE,  y  the 
 cite  of  y  LORDE  shalbe  enlarged  from  the 
 towre  of  Hananeel,  vnto  f  gate  of  the  corner 
 wall.  '  From  thence  shal  the  right  measure 
 be  taken  before  her  vnto  the  hill  toppe  of 
 Gareb,  and  shal  come  aboute  Gaatha,  and  the 
 whole  valley  of  the  deed  carcases,  and  of  the 
 ashes,  *(j  all  Seremoth,  vnto  the  broke  of 
 Cedron :  and  from  thence  vnto  the  corner  of 
 the  horsgate  towarde  y  east,  where  as  the 
 Sanctuary  of  the  LORDE  also  shal  be  set. 
 And  when  it  is  now  buylded,  (j  set  vp  of  this 
 fashion  it  shall  neuer  be  broken,  ner  cast 
 downe  eny  more. 
 
 W^t  mi)-  Cf)apttr. 
 
 THESE  wordes  spake  the  LORDE  vnto 
 leremy,  in  the  tenth  yeare  of  Sedechias 
 kinge  of  luda,  which  was  f  xviij  yeare  of 
 Nabuchodonosor,  what  tyme  as  the  kinge  of 
 Babilons  hooste  layed  sege  vnto  lerusalem. 
 But  leremy  the  prophet  laye  bounde  in  f 
 courte  of  the  preson,  which  was  in  the  kinge 
 of  ludaes  house  :  where  Sedechias  the  kinge 
 of  luda  caused  him  to  be  layed,  because  he 
 had  prophecied  of  this  maner:  'Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE:  Beholde,  I  will  delyuer  this 
 cite  in  to  the  hondes  of  the  kinge  of  Babilon, 
 which  shal  take  it.  As  for  Sedechias  the 
 kinge  of  luda,  he  shal  not  be  able  to  escape 
 the  Caldees,  but  surely  he  shall  come  in  to 
 the  hondes  of  the  kinge  of  Babilon:  which 
 shall  speake  with  him  mouth  to  mouth,  and 
 one  of  them  shall  loke  another  in  the  face. 
 And  Sedechias  shalbe  caried  vnto   Babilon, 
 
 Ro.  ll.a.    '  2Esd.3.  a.  Zach.  14.  b.    '  lere.  19.  b. 
 '  lere.  21.  c.  lere.  34.  a.  27.  a.  38.  a.  39.  a. 
 
Cftap.  vmU 
 
 C6e  propftet  Sfrcmp. 
 
 fo.  Mxih 
 
 and  there  shall  he  be,  vntill  the  tyme  that  I 
 vyset  him,  saieth  the  LORDE.  But  yf  thou 
 takest  in  hode  to  fight  agaynst  the  Caldees, 
 thou  shalt  not  prospere. 
 
 Andleremysayde:  Thus  hath  the  LORDE 
 spoken  vnto  me:  Beholde,  Hananeel  the  sonne 
 of  Sellura  thine  Vncles  sonne  shall  come  vnto 
 the,  and  requyre  the  to  redeme  y  londe,  that 
 lieth  in  Anathot  vnto  thy  self :  "  for  by  reason 
 of  kynred  it  is  thy  parte  to  redeme  it,  and  to 
 bye  it  out. 
 
 And  so  Hananeel  myne  Vncles  sonne  came 
 to  me  in  the  courte  of  the  preson,  (acordinge 
 to  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,)  and  sayde 
 vnto  me:  Bye  my  londe  (1  praye  the)  that 
 lieth  in  Anothot  in  the  countre  of  Ben  lamyn : 
 for  by  heretage  thou  hast  right  to  lowse  it  out 
 for  thy  self,  therfore  redeme  it.  Then  I  pre- 
 ceaued,  that  this  was  the  commaundement  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  so  I  lowsed  the  londe  from 
 Hananeel  of  Anathot,  myne  Vncles  sonne, 
 and  weyed  him  there  the  moneye :  euen  seuen 
 sycles,  and  ten  syluer  pens. 
 
 I  caused  him  also  to  make  me  a  writinge, 
 and  to  seale  it,  and  called  recorde  there  by, 
 and  weyed  him  there  the  money  vpon  the 
 waightes.  So  I  toke  the  euydence  with  the 
 copie  (when  it  was  orderly  sealed  and  red 
 ouer)  and  I  gaue  the  euydence  vnto  Baruch 
 the  Sonne  of  Nerias  the  sonne  of  Maasia  in 
 the  sight  of  Hananeel  my  cosen,  and  in  the 
 presence  of  the  witnesses,  that  be  named  in 
 the  euydence,  and  before  all  the  lewes  that 
 were  therby  in  the  courte  of  the  preson. 
 
 I  charged  Baruch  also  before  them,  saienge : 
 The  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel 
 commaundeth  the,  to  take  this  sealed  euydence 
 with  the  copie,  and  to  laye  it  in  an  erthen 
 vessell,  that  it  maye  longe  continue. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel  hath  determed,  that  houses,  feldes  and 
 vynyardes  shalbe  possessed  agayne  in  this  londe. 
 
 Now  when  I  had  delyuered  the  euydence 
 vnto  Baruch  f  sonne  of  Nerias,  I  besought 
 the  LORDE,  sayenge :  *0  LORDE  God, 
 It  is  thou  that  hast  made  heauen  and  earth 
 with  thy  greate  power  and  hie  arme,  and  there 
 is  nothinge  to  harde  for  f.  Thou  shewest 
 mercy  vpon  thousandes,  'thou  recompecest  the 
 wickednes  of  the  fathers,  in  to  the  bosome  of 
 the  children  that  come  after  them. 
 
 Leui.  25.  d.   Nu.  27.  a.  36.  a.   Ruth  4.  a.        'Gene.  1.  a. 
 lere.  10.  b.        '  Eio.  34.  a.        •>  Ro.  2.  a. 
 
 Thou  art  the  greate  and  mightie  God, 
 whose  name  is  the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  greate 
 in  councell,  and  infinite  in  thought:  Thine 
 eyes  loke  vpon  all  the  wayes  of  mens  children, 
 ''to  rewarde  euery  one  after  his  waye,  and 
 acordinge  to  the  frutes  of  his  inuencions : 
 Thou  hast  done  greate  tokens  and  wonders  in 
 the  londe  of  Egipte  (as  we  se  this  daye)  vpon 
 the  people  of  Israel  and  vpon  those  men  :  to 
 make  thy  name  greate,  as  it  is  come  to  passe 
 this  daye  :  '  Thou  hast  brought  thy  people  of 
 Israel  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  with  tokens, 
 with  wondres,  with  a  mightie  honde,  with  a 
 stretched  out  arme  and  with  greate  terriblenes: 
 and  hast  geuen  them  this  londe,  Uke  as  thou 
 haddest  promysed  vnto  their  fathers :  Namely, 
 that  thou  woldest  geue  them  a  lode,  that  flow- 
 eth  with  my  Ike  and  honye. 
 
 •'^Now  when  they  came  therin,  and  pos- 
 sessed it,  they  folowed  not  thy  voyce,  and 
 walked  not  in  thy  lawe  :  but  all  that  thou  com- 
 maundedest  them  to  do,  that  haue  they  not 
 done,  and  therfore  come  all  these  plages  vpon 
 them. 
 
 Beholde,  there  are  bulworckes  made  now 
 agaynst  the  cite,  to  take  it:  and  it  shalbe 
 wonne  of  the  Caldees  that  besege  it,  with 
 swearde,  with  honger  and  death,  and  loke 
 what  thou  hast  spoken,  that  same  shal  come 
 vpon  them. 
 
 For  lo,  all  thinges  are  present  vnto  the : 
 Yet  sayest  thou  vnto  me  (o  LORDE  God) 
 and  commaundest  me,  that  I  shall  loose  a 
 pece  of  londe  vnto  my  self,  and  take  witnesses 
 therto :  and  yet  in  the  meane  season  the  cite 
 is  delyuered  in  to  the  power  of  the  Caldees. 
 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 me,  sayenge:  Beholde,  I  am  the  LORDE 
 God  of  all  flesh.  Is  there  eny  thinge  then  to 
 harde  for  me  ?  Therfore  thus  sayde  the 
 LORDE:  beholde,  I  shal  delyuer  this  cite  in 
 to  the  power  of  the  Caldees,  and  in  to  the 
 power  of  Nabuchodonosor*  the  kinge  of  Babi' 
 Ion,  they  shall  take  it  in  :  For  the  Caldees 
 shall  come,  and  wynne  this  cite,  and  set  fyre 
 vpon  it,  and  burne  it :  with  the  gorgeous 
 houses,  in  whose  parlers  they  haue  made 
 sacrifice  vnto  Baal,  and  poured  drynke  offer- 
 inges  vnto  straunge  goddes,  to  prouoke  me 
 vnto  wrath. 
 
 For  seinge  the  children  of  Israel  and  the 
 
 .  7.  vnto  the  15.  chapter.        /  ludi. 
 e  lere.  25.  b.  39.  b. 
 
jTo.  tit\n» 
 
 €i)t  propOtt  3e«mp. 
 
 Cfiap.  miih 
 
 children  of  luda  haue  wrought  wickednes 
 before  me  euer  from  their  youth  vp,  what 
 haue  they  els  done,  but  prouoked  me  with 
 the  workes  of  their  owne  hondes  ?  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Or,  what  hath  this  cite  bene  els,  but  a  pro- 
 uokinge  of  my  wrath,  euer  sence  the  daye  that 
 I  buylded  it,  vnto  this  houre  ?  Wherin  I  cast 
 it  out  of  my  sight,  because  of  the  greate  blas- 
 phemies of  the  childre  of  Israel  and  luda, 
 which  they  haue  done  to  prouoke  me :  yee 
 they,  their  kinges,  their  prynces,  their  prestes, 
 their  prophetes,  whole  luda,  and  all  the  cite- 
 syns  of  lerusalem. 
 
 "  When  I  stode  vp  early,  and  taught  them 
 and  instructe  them,  they  turned  their  backes 
 to  me,  and  not  their  faces.  They  wolde  not 
 heare,  to  be  refourmed  and  correcte.  They 
 haue  set  their  goddes  in  f  house,*  that  is 
 halowed  vnto  m-y  name,  to  defyle  it.  They 
 haue  buylded  hie  places  for  Baal  in  the  valley 
 of  the  children  of  Ennon,  to  vowe  their  sonnes 
 and  doughters  vnto  Moloch:  which  I  neuer 
 commaiided  them,  nether  came  it  euer  in  my 
 thought,  to  make  luda  synne  with  soch  abho- 
 minacion. 
 
 Morouer  thus  hath  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel  spoken,  concernynge  this  cite,  which 
 (as  ye  youre  selues  confesse)  shalbe  delyuered 
 in  to  the  honde  of  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  when 
 it  is  wonne  vnth  the  swerde,  with  honger  and 
 with  pestilence.  '  Beholde,  I  will  gather  them 
 together  from  all  londes  wherin  I  haue  scatred 
 them  in  my  wrath,  in  my  fearfuU  and  greate 
 displeasure :  and  will  bringe  them  agayne  vnto 
 this  place,  where  they  shal  dwell  safely.  And 
 they  shalbe  my  people,  and  I  wilbe  their  God. 
 And  I  will  geue  them  one  herte  and  one 
 waye,  that  they  maye  feare  me  all  the  dales 
 of  their  life,  that  they  and  their  children  after 
 them  maye  prospere.  'And  I  will  set  vp  an 
 euerlastinge  couenaunt  with  them.  Namely: 
 that  I  will  neuer  ceasse  to  do  them  good,  and 
 that  I  will  put  my  feare  in  their  hertes,  so 
 that  they  shall  not  runne  awaye  fro  me. 
 
 ^Yee  I  will  haue  a  lust  and  pleasure  to  do 
 them  good,  and  faithfully  to  plante  them  in 
 this  londe,  with  my  whole  herte,  and  with  all 
 my  soule. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  like  as  I 
 haue  brought  all  this  greate  plage  vpon  this 
 
 '  lere.  Si.  d.         *  lere.  7.  a.  d.         '  Deu.  30.  a. 
 ^  Psal.  118.  c. 
 
 people :  so  will  I  also  bringe  vpon  them  all 
 the  good,  that  I  haue  promysed  them.  And 
 men  shall  haue  their  possessions  in  this 
 londe,  wherof  ye  saye  now,  that  it  shal  nether 
 be  inhabited  of  people  ner  of  catell,  but  be 
 deliuered  in  to  the  hodes  of  the  Caldees :  Yee 
 londe  shalbe  bought  for  money,  i  euydeces 
 made  ther  vpon  it  sealed  before  witnesses  in 
 the  countre  of  Ben  lamin,  5  rounde  aboute 
 lerusalem :  in  the  cities  of  luda,  in  the  cities 
 that  are  vp5  the  mountaynes,  (j  in  them  that 
 lie  beneth,  yee  5  in  the  cities  that  are  in 
 the  deserte.  For  I  wil  bringe  their  presoners 
 hither  agayne,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 d)t  xmi)-  Chapter. 
 
 MOROUER  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 ^came  vnto  leremy  on  this  maner,  whe 
 he  was  yet  bounde  in  the  courte  of  the  preson : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE,  which  fulfiUeth  the 
 thinge  that  he  speaketh,  the  LORDE  which 
 perfourmeth  the  thinge  that  he  taketh  in 
 honde  :  euen  he,  whose  name  is  the  LORDE : 
 Thou  hast  cried  vnto  me,  and  I  haue  herde 
 the :  I  haue  shewed  greate  and  hie  thinges, 
 which  were  vnknowne  vnto  you. 
 
 Thus  (I  saye)  spake  the  LORDE  God  of 
 Israel,  concernynge  the  houses  of  this  cite, 
 and  the  houses  of  the  kinges  of  luda :  that 
 they  shalbe  broken  thorow  the  ordinaunce  and 
 iveapens,  when  the  Caldees  come  to  besege 
 them :  and  they  shalbe  fylled  with  the  deed 
 carcases  of  men,  whom  I  will  slaye  in  my 
 wrath  and  displeasure  :  whe  I  turne  my  face 
 from  this  cite,  because  of  all  hir  wickednes. 
 Beholde,  (saieth  the  LORDE)  I  will  heale 
 their  woundes,  and  make  them  whole  :  I  will 
 open  them  the  treasure  of  peace  and  treuth. 
 
 ''And  I  will  returne  the  captiuyte  of  luda 
 and  Israel :  and  will  set  them  vp  agayne,  as 
 they  were  afore.  From  all  myszdedes  (wherin 
 they  haue  oifended  agaynst  me)  I  will  clese 
 them :  And  all  their  blasphemies  which  they 
 haue  done  agaynst  me,  when  they  regarded 
 me  not,  I  will  forgeue  them. 
 
 And  this  shal  get  me  a  name,  a  prayse  and 
 honoure,  amonge  all  people  of  the  earth,  which 
 shall  heare  all  the  good,  that  I  will  shewe  vnto 
 them :  Yee  they  shall  be  afrayed  and  astonnied 
 at  all  the  good  dedes  and  benefites,  that  I 
 will  do  for  them.     Morouer,  thus  saieth  the 
 
 /Deu.39.  b.  lere. 31. e. 
 *  E8a.43.  d. 
 
 «  lere.  20.  a.  32.  a, 
 
Ctiap.  miiih 
 
 €l)t  propbet  Seremp, 
 
 jfo,  titl}:xu 
 
 LORDE :  "  In  this  place,  wherof  ye  saye  that 
 it  shalbe  a  wildernesse,  wherin  nether  people 
 ner  catell  shal  dwell:  In  Uke  maner  in  the 
 cities  of  luda  and  without  lerusalem  (which 
 also  shalbe  so  voyde,  that  nether  people  ner 
 catell  shall  dwell  there)  Shal  the  voyce  of 
 gladnesse  be  herde  agayne,  the  voyce  of  the 
 brydegrome  and  of  the  bryde,  the  voyce  of 
 them  that  shall  synge :  (*Prayse  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes,  for  he  is  louynge,  and  his  mercy 
 endureth  for  euer)  and  the  voyce  of  them 
 that  shall  ofFre  vp  giftes  in  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  For  I  will  restore  the  captiuyte  of 
 this  londe,  as  it  was  afore,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  It  shall 
 come  yet  therto,  that  in  this  londe,  which  is 
 voyde  from  men  and  catell,  and  in  all  the 
 cities  of  the  londe,  there  shal  be  set  vp 
 shepherdes  cotages :  in  the  cities  vpon  the 
 mountaynes,  and  in  the  cities  that  lie  vpon 
 the  playne,  and  in  the  deserte. 
 
 In  the  londe  of  Ben  lamin,  in  the  feldes  of 
 lerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of  luda  shal  the 
 shepe  be  nombred  agayne,  vnder  the  honde 
 of  him,  that  telleth  them,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 Beholde,  ^the  tyme  commeth  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  that  I  wil  perfourme  that  good 
 thinge,  which  I  haue  promised  vnto  the  house 
 of  Israel  and  to  the  house  of  luda.  In  those 
 dales  and  at  the  same  tyme,  I  will  bringe  forth 
 vnto  Dauid,  the  braunch  of  rightuousnes,  and 
 he  shall  do  equite  and  rightuousnesse  in  the 
 londe.  "'  In  those  dales  shall  luda  be  helped, 
 and  lerusalem  shall  dwell  safe,  and  he  that 
 shall  call  her  is  euen  God  oure  rightuous 
 maker.  For  thus  the  LORDE  promyseth : 
 "  Dauid  shal  neuer  want  one,  to  syt  vpon  the 
 stole  of  the  house  of  Israel :  'nether  shall  the 
 prestes  and  Leuites  want  one  to  ofFre  all  waye 
 before  me,  burntofferinges,  to  kyndle  the 
 meatofFeringes,  (t  to  prepare  the  sacrifices. 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 leremy  after  this  maner :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE:  *Maye  the  couenaunt  which  I 
 haue  made  with  daye  and  night,  be  broken, 
 that  there  shulde  not  be  daye  and  night  in 
 due  season  ?  Then  maye  my  couenaunt  also 
 be  broken,  which  I  made  with  Dauid  my  ser- 
 uaunt,  and  so  he  not  to  haue  a  sonne  to  reigne 
 in  his  Trone.  ''  So  shall  also  the  prestes  and 
 Leuites  neuer  fayle,  but  serue  me.     '  For  like 
 
 °  lere.  7.  d.  »  1  Ma.  4.  c.  Psal.  117.  a.  <^  lere.  23.  a. 
 ''  Eaa.  S-Z.  a.      '  2  Re. 7.  e.     /I  Re. 2.  e-.      e  Gene.  8.  d. 
 
 as  the  starres  of  heauen  maye  not  be  nombred, 
 nether  the  sonde  of  the  see  measured  :  so  will 
 I  multiplie  the  sede  of  Dauid  my  seruaunt, 
 and  of  the  Leuites  my  ministers. 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 to  leremy,  saienge  :  Cosidrest  thou  not  what 
 this  people  speaketh  ?  Two  kynreddes  (saye 
 they)  had  the  LORDE  chosen,  5  those  same 
 two  hath  he  cast  awaye.  For  so  farre  is  my 
 people  come,  y  they  haue  no  hope  to  come 
 together  eny  more,  and  to  be  one  people 
 agayne.  Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE : 
 Yf  I  haue  made  no  couenaunt  with  daye  j 
 night,  and  geue  no  statute  vnto  heauen  and 
 earth :  then  will  I  also  cast  awaye  the  sede  of 
 Dauid  my  seruaunt :  so  that  I  wil  take  no 
 prynce  out  of  his  sede,  to  rule  the  posterite 
 of  Abraha,  Isaac  and  lacob.  But  yet  I  will 
 turne  agayne  their  captiuyte,  and  be  mercifuU 
 vnto  them. 
 
 Wt)t  nmi-  Cljapter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes  which  the  LORDE 
 spake  vnto  leremy,*  what  tyme  as  Nabu- 
 chodonosor  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  5  all  his 
 hoostes  (out  of  all  the  kingdomes  y  were  vnder 
 his  power)  and  all  his  people,  fought  agaynst 
 lerusalem  and  all  the  cities  therof.  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel:  Go,  g 
 speake  to  Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda,  5  tell 
 him  :  'The  LORDE  sendeth  the  this  worde : 
 Beholde,  I  will  delyuer  this  cite  in  to  the  hode 
 of  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  he  shal  burne  it,  and 
 thou  shalt  not  escape  his  hondes,  but  shalt  be 
 led  awaye  presoner,  and  delyuered  into  his 
 power.  Thou  shalt  loke  the  kinge  of  Babilon 
 in  the  face,  and  he  shal  speake  with  the  mouth 
 to  mouth,  and  then  shalt  thou  go  to  Babilon. 
 Yet  heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  o  Sede- 
 chias thou  kinge  of  luda :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  vnto  the :  Thou  shalt  not  be  slayne 
 with  the  swearde,  but  shalt  die  in  peace.  Like 
 as  thy  fore  fathers,  "'the  kinges,  thy  progenit- 
 ours  were  brente :  so  shalt  thou  be  brente  also, 
 5  in  the  moumynge  they  shal  saye  :  oh  lorde. 
 For  thus  haue  I  determed,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 Then  spake  leremy  the  prophet  all  these 
 wordes  vnto  Sedechias  kinge  of  luda  in  leru- 
 salem: what  tyme  as  the  kinge  of  Babilons 
 hooste  beseged  lerusalem,  and  the  remnaunt 
 of  the  cities :  Namely,  Lachis  a  Azecha,"  which 
 
 ''lPet2.a.  '  Gen.  15.  a.  22.  c.  'lere.  39.  a.  '  4  Re. 
 25.  a.  lere.  32.  a.  39.  a.      "  1  Re.  31.  c.     "2  Par.  11.  a. 
 
jTo.  Mnih 
 
 Cl)f  propftrt  Snrmp. 
 
 Cftap.  m^* 
 
 yet  remayned  of  the  stronge  defensed  cities  of 
 luda. 
 
 These  are  the  wordes  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  viito  leremythe  prophet,  when  Sedechias 
 was  agreed  with  all  the  people  at  Jerusalem, 
 that  there  shulde  be  proclamed  a  liberte :  "  so 
 that  euery  man  shulcle  let  fre  go  his  seruaunt 
 and  handemayde,  Hebrue  5  Hebruesse,  j  no 
 lewe  to  holde  his  brother  as  a  bonde  man. 
 Now  as  they  had  consented,  euen  so  they  were 
 obedient,  5  let  them  go  fre.  But  afterwarde 
 they  repented,  j  toke  agayne  the  seruauntes 
 and  handomaydens,  whom  they  had  letten  go 
 fre,  and  so  made  them  bonde  agayne. 
 
 For  the  which  cause  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  camevnto  leremy  from  the  LORDE 
 himself,  sayenge :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel :  I  made  a  couenaunt  with 
 youre  fathers,  when  I  brought  them  out  of 
 Egipte,  (that  they  shulde  no  more  be  bond- 
 men,) sayenge:  *  When  seuen  yeares  are  out, 
 euery  man  shal  let  go  fre  his  bought  seruaunte 
 an  Hebrue,  yf  he  haue  serued  him  sixe  yeares. 
 But  youre  fathers  obeied  me  not  (j  herkened 
 not  vnto  me.  As  for  you,  ye  were  now  turned, 
 (J  dyd  right  before  me,  in  y  ye  proclamed, 
 euery  ma  to  let  his  neghboure  go  fre,  j  in  y 
 ye  made  a  couenaunt  before  me,  in  the  temple 
 that  beareth  my  name :  But  yet  ye  haue 
 turned  youre  selues  agayne,  and  blasphemed 
 my  name :  In  this,  y  euery  man  hath  requyred 
 his  seruaunt  and  hand  mayden  agayne,  whom 
 ye  had  letten  go  quyte  and  fre,  and  compelled 
 them  to  serue  you  agayne,  and  to  be  youre 
 bonde  men.  And  therfore  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE:  Ye  haue  not  obeyed  me,  euery 
 man  to  proclame  fredome  vnto  his  brother 
 and  neghboure :  wherfore,  I  will  call  you  vnto 
 a  fredome,  saieth  the  LORDE:  euen  vnto 
 the  swearde,  to  the  pestilence,  and  to  honger, 
 and  will  make  you  to  be  plaged  in  all  the 
 kyngdomes  of  the  earth.  Yee  those  men  that 
 haue  broke  my  couenaunt,  and  not  kepte  the 
 wordes  of  the  apoyntmet,  which  they  made 
 before  me :  '  when  they  hewed  the  calfe  in 
 two,  5  when  there  wente  thorow  the  two  halfes 
 therof :  The  prynces  of  luda,  the  prynces  of 
 Jerusalem,  the  gelded  men,  the  prestes  and 
 all  the  people  of  the  londe  (which  wete  thorow 
 the  two  sydes  of  the  calfe.)  Those  men  wil  I 
 geue  in  to  the  power  of  their  enemies,  and  in 
 
 •  Eio.  21.  a.  Leuit.  25.  f.  Deut.  15.  b.  »  Deut  15.  b. 
 
 Exo.  21.  a.  '  Gene.  1.5.  b. 
 
 to  the  hondes  of  them  that  folowe  vpon  their 
 lyues. 
 
 ''And  their  deed  bodies  shall  be  meate  for 
 the  foules  of  the  ayre,  and  beestes  of  the  felde. 
 As  for  Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda  5  his 
 j)rynces,  I  will  delyuer  them  in  to  the  power 
 of  their  enemies,  and  of  them  that  desyre  to 
 slaye  them,  and  in  to  the  honde  of  the  kynge 
 of  Babilons  hooste,  'which  now  is  departed 
 from  you  :  But  thorow  my  commaundement 
 (saieth  the  LORDE)  they  shal  come  agayne 
 before  this  cite,  they  shall  fight  agaynst  it, 
 Wynne  it,  and  burne  it.  Morouer  I  will  laye 
 the  cities  of  luda  so  waist,  that  no  man  shall 
 dwell  therin. 
 
 5n[)c  m^.  Cf)apttt. 
 
 THE  wordes  which  the  LORDE  spake 
 vnto  leremy,  (in  the  reigne  of  loachim 
 the  Sonne  of  losias  kinge  of  luda)  are  these : 
 Go  vnto  y  house  of  the  Rechabites,  d  call 
 them  out,  5  bringe  the  to  f  house  of  the 
 LORDE  in  to  some  commodious  place,  and 
 geue  them  wyne  to  drynke.  Then  toke  I 
 lasanias  the  sonne  of  leremy,  the  sonne  of 
 Habazania,  and  his  brethre  and  all  his 
 sonnes,  and  the  whole  housholde  off  the  Re- 
 chabites :  and  brought  them  to  the  house  off 
 the  LORDE,  in  to  the  closet  of  the  children 
 off  Hanan  the  sonne  off  Igdalia  the  man 
 off  God :  which  was  by  the  closet  off  the 
 prynces,  that  is  aboue  the  closet  of  Maasia 
 the  Sonne  of  Sellum,  which  is  the  chefe  off  the 
 tresuiy.  And  before  the  sonnes  of  the  kynred 
 of  the  Rechabites,  I  set  pottes  full  of  wyne, 
 and  cuppes,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  dr)'nke 
 wyne.  But  they  sayde  :  we  drynke  no  wyne, 
 For  lonadab  the  sonne  of  Rechab  oure  father 
 commaunded  vs,  sayenge :  Ye  and  youre 
 sonnes  shall  neuer  drynke  wyne,^  buylde  no 
 houses,  sowe  no  sede,  plante  no  vynes,  yee 
 ye  shall  haue  no  vynyardes :  but  for  all  youre 
 tjTiie  ye  shall  dwell  in  tetes,  y  ye  maye  lyue 
 loge  in  the  lode,  wherin  ye  be  straiigers. 
 
 Thus  haue  we  obeyed  the  comaundemet  of 
 lonadab  y  sonne  of  Rechab  oure  father,  in  all 
 y  he  hath  charged  vs,  and  so  we  drynke  no 
 wyne  all  oure  lyue  longe :  we,  oure  wyues. 
 oure  sonnes  g  oure  doughters.  Nether  buylde 
 we  eny  house  to  dwell  therin,  we  haue  also 
 amonge  vs  nether  vynyardes,  ner  come  I5de 
 
 ''  Psal.  78.  a.  lere.  7.  d.        '  lere.  37.  a.        /  4  Re.  V 
 «  lere.  29.  b. 
 
Cftap.  m\iu 
 
 Cfte  propf)et  Beremp. 
 
 So,  Udw'ijJ 
 
 to  sowe  :  but  we  dwell  in  tentes,  we  obeye,  5 
 do  acordinge  vnto  all,  that  lonadab  cure 
 father  commaunded  vs. 
 
 But  now  y  Nabuchodonosor  the  kinge  of 
 Babilo  came  vp  in  to  the  lode,  we  sayde : 
 come,  let  vs  go  to  lerusale,  y  we  maye  escape 
 the  hooste  of  the  Caldees  ad  the  Assirias  :  5 
 so  we  dwell  now  at  lerusale.  Then  came  f 
 worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto  leremy,  sayenge 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God 
 of  Israel :  Go  5  tell  whole  luda  (j  all  the 
 inhabitours  of  lerusale :  Wyll  ye  not  be  re- 
 fourmed,  to  obeye  my  wordes?  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  The  wordes  which  lonadab  the 
 Sonne  off  Rechab  comaunded  his  sonnes,  y 
 they  shulde  drynke  no  wyne,  are  fast  5  surely 
 kepte :  for  vnto  this  daye  they  drynke  no 
 wyne :  but  obeye  their  fathers  comaundement. 
 But  as  for  me,"  I  haue  stode  vp  early,  I  haue 
 spoke  vnto  you,  i  geuen  you  earnest  warn- 
 ynge  :  5  yet  haue  ye  not  bene  obediet  vnto 
 me.  Yee  I  haue  sent  my  seruautes,  all  the 
 prophetes  vnto  you,  I  rose  vp  early,  i  sent  you 
 worde,  sayenge :  O  turne  you,  euery  man 
 from  his  wicked  waye  :  amede  youre  lyues,  j 
 go  not  after  strauge  goddes,  to  worshippe 
 the  :  y  ye  maye  cotinue  in  the  lode,  which 
 I  haue  geuen  vnto  you  and  youre  fathers, 
 but  ye  wolde  nether  heare  me,  ner  folowe 
 me. 
 
 The  childre  of  lonadab  Rachabs  sonne 
 haue  stedfastly  kepte  their  fathers  comaude- 
 ment,  y  he  gaue  them,  but  this  people  is  not 
 obedient  vnto  me.  And  therfore  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes  f  God  of  Israel : 
 Beholde,  I  wil  bringe  vp5  luda  5  vpo  euery 
 one  y  dwelleth  in  lerusale,  all  the  trouble  y 
 I  haue  deuysed  agaynst  the.  *  For  I  haue 
 spoke  vnto  the,  but  they  wolde  not  folowe  : 
 I  haue  called  vnto  them,  neuertheles  they 
 wolde  geue  me  no  answere.  leremy  also 
 spake  vnto  the  housholde  off  the  Rechabites: 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God 
 of  Israel :  For  so  moch  as  ye  haue  obeyed  f 
 comaundemet  of  lonadab  youre  father,  3 
 kepte  all  his  preceptes,  5  done  acordinge  vnto 
 all  y  be  hath  bydden  you  :  Therfore  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel:  'lonadab  the  sonne  of  Rechab  shal 
 not  fayle,  but  haue  one  out  of  his  stocke,  to 
 stode  allwaye  before  me. 
 
 «  lere.  18.  a.  25.  a.       »  Pro.  1.  c.  Ksa.  65.  b.      Iere.7.  b. 
 'lere.  33.  e.  "i  lere.  30.  a.  'lere.  18.  a. 
 
 Cl)e  mbi-  chapter. 
 
 IN  the  fourth  yeare  of  loachim  the  sonne 
 of  losias  kynge  of  luda,  came  f  worde  of 
 the  LORDE  vnto  leremy,  sayege :  Take  a 
 boke,  5  ''write  therin  all  y  wordes,  y  I  haue 
 spoke  to  the,  to  Israel,  to  luda  a,  to  all  the 
 people,  fro  the  tyme  y  I  begiine  for  to  speake 
 vnto  the  (in  y  reigne  of  losias)  vnto  this 
 daye.  That  when  the  house  of  luda  heareth 
 of  the  plage,  which  I  haue  deuysed  for  the, 
 they  maye  peradueture  turne,  'euery  man  fro 
 his  wicked  waye,  that  I  maye  forgeue  their 
 offences  and  synnes. 
 
 Then  dyd  leremy  call'^Baruch  the  sonne  of 
 Nerias,  s  Baruch  wrote  in  the  boke  at  f  mouth 
 of  leremy,  all  the  wordes  of  the  LORDE, 
 which  he  had  spoken  vnto  him.  And  leremy 
 commaunded  Baruch  sayenge  :  I  am  in  pre- 
 son,  so  that  I  maye  not  come  in  to  the  house 
 of  y  LORDE:  therfore  go  thou  thither,  g 
 rede  the  boke,  that  thou  hast  wrltte  at  my 
 mouth :  Namely,  the  wordes  off  the  LORDE, 
 g  rede  the  in  the  LORDES  house  vpon  the 
 fastinge  daye  :  that  the  people,  whole  luda,  5 
 all  they  that  come  out  of  the  cities,  maye 
 heare.  Peraduenture  they  will  praye  mekely 
 before  the  face  of  the  LORDE,  and  turne, 
 euery  one  from  his  wicked  waye.  For  greate 
 is  the  wrath  and  displeasure,  that  the  LORDE 
 hath  taken  agaynst  this  people. 
 
 So  Baruch  the  sonne  of  Nerias  dyd,  acord- 
 inge vnto  all  that  leremy  the  prophet  c6- 
 mauded  him,  readinge  the  wordes  off  the 
 LORDE  out  off  the  boke  in  the  LORDES 
 house.  And  this  was  done  in  the  fyfth  yeare 
 off  loachim  y  sonne  of  losias  kinge  of  luda, 
 in  the  ix.  moneth  « when  it  was  commaunded, 
 that  all  the  people  of  lerusalem  shulde  fast 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  they  also  that  were 
 come  from  the  cities  of  luda  vnto  lerusalem. 
 
 Then  red  Baruch  the  wordes  of  leremy 
 out  of  the  boke  within  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE,  out  of  y-  treasury  of  ''Gamarias  the 
 Sonne  off  Saphan  the  scrybe,  which  is  besyde 
 the  hyer  loffte  off  the  new  dore  of  the  LORDES 
 house  :  that  all  y  people  might  heare.  Now 
 whe  Micheas  the  sonne  of  Gamarias  the  sonne 
 of  Saphan  had  herde  all  the  wordes  of  the 
 LORDE  out  of  f  boke,  he  wete  downe  to 
 the  kinges  palace  m  to  f  scrybes  chabre,  for 
 
fo,  Mxyiii), 
 
 €i)t  propOft  Sfwmp. 
 
 C6ap.  nr^ih 
 
 there  all  y  prynces  were  set:  Elisama  the 
 scrybe,  Dallas  the  sonne  of  Semei,  Elnatha 
 the  Sonne  off  Achbor,  Gamarla  the  sonne  of 
 Saphan,  Sedechias  the  sonne  of  Hananias, 
 with  all  the  princes.  And  Micheas  tolde 
 them  all  the  wordes,  y  he  herde  Baruch  rede 
 out  of  the  boke  before  the  people. 
 
 Then  all  the  prynces  sent  lehudi  f  sonne 
 of  Nathanias  the  sonne  of  Salamia  the  sonne 
 of  Chusi,  vnto  Baruch,  sayenge :  Take  in 
 thine  honde  the  boke,  wherout  thou  hast  red 
 before  all  the  people,  and  come.  So  Baruch 
 the  sonne  of  Nerias  toke  y  boke  in  his  honde, 
 and  came  vnto  them.  And  they  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Syt  downe,  and  rede  the  boke,  y  we 
 maye  heare  also.  So  Baruch  red,  y  they 
 might  heare.  Now  when  they  had  herde  all 
 the  wordes,  they  were  abaszhed  one  vpon 
 another,  and  sayde  vnto  Baruch :  We  wil  cer- 
 tifie  the  kinge  of  all  these  wordes.  And  they 
 examined  Baruch,  sayenge :  Tell  vs,  how 
 didest  thou  wryte  all  these  wordes  out  off  his 
 mouth  ?  Then  Baruch  answered  them  :  He 
 spake  all  these  wordes  vnto  me  with  his 
 mouth,  and  I  done  was  with  him,  and  wrote 
 them  in  the  boke. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  prynces  vnto  Baruch :  Go 
 thy  waye,  and  hyde  the  with  leremy,  so  that 
 no  man  knowe  where  ye  be.  And  they  went 
 in  to  the  kinge  to  the  courte.  But  they  kepte 
 the  boke  in  the  chambre  off  Elisama  the 
 scrybe,  ad  tolde  the  kynge  all  the  wordes,  that 
 he  might  heare.  So  the  kynge  sent  lehudi 
 to  fetch  him  f  boke,  which  he  brought  out  of 
 Elisama  y  scrybes  chambre.  And  lehudi 
 red  it,  that  the  kynge  and  all  the  prynces, 
 which  were  aboute  him,  might  heare.  Now 
 the  kynge  sat  in  the  wynter  house,  for  it  was 
 in  the  ix.  Moneth,  and  there  was  a  good  fyre 
 before  him.  And  whe  lehudi  had  red  tnre 
 or  foure  leaues  therof,"  he  cut  the  boke  in 
 peces  with  a  penne  knyfe,  and  cast  it  in  to 
 the  fyre  vpo  the  herth,  vntil  the  boke  was  all 
 brente  in  the  fyre  vpon  the  herth. 
 
 Yet  no  man  was  abashed  therof,  or  rente 
 his  clothes :  nether  the  kynge  himselffe,  ner 
 his  seruauntes,  though  they  herde  all  these 
 wordes.  Neuertheles  Elnathan,  Dallas  ad 
 Garaarias,  besoughte  the  kinge,  that  he  wolde 
 not  burne  the  boke :  notwithstondinge  f  kynge 
 wolde  not  heare  them,  but  commaunded  le- 
 ramyhel  the  sonne  off  Amalech,  Sarias  the 
 
 '  Acto.  19.  b. 
 
 »  4  Re.  24.  b. 
 
 '  lere.  it.  c. 
 
 Sonne  of  Esriel  and  Selamia  f  sonne  of  Ab- 
 diel,  to  laye  hondes  vpon  Baruch  the  scrybe, 
 and  vpon  leremy  the  prophet :  but  the 
 LORDE  kepte  them  out  of  sight.  After 
 now  that  the  kynge  had  brente  the  boke,  ad 
 y  sermos  which  Baruch  wrote  at  f  mouth  off 
 leremy:  The  worde  of  the  LOKDE  came 
 vnto  leremy  sayenge :  Take  another  boke, 
 and  write  in  it  all  the  forsayde  sermons,  that 
 were  written  in  the  first  boke,  which  loachim 
 the  kynge  off  luda  hath  brente. 
 
 And  tell  loachim  the  kynge  off  luda,  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE:  thou  hast  brente  f  boke, 
 and  thoughtest  within  thy  selff:  Why  hast 
 thou  written  therin,  that  the  kynge  off  Babilon 
 shal  come,  (i  make  this  lode  waist  ?  so  that  he 
 shall  make  both  people  and  catel  to  be  out  of 
 it  ?  *  Therfore  thus  the  LORDE  saieth,  of 
 loachim  the  kynge  of  luda :  There  shal  none 
 of  his  generacion  syt  vpon  the  trone  of  Dauid. 
 His  deed  corse  shalbe  cast  out,'  that  the  heat 
 off  the  daye,  and  the  frost  of  the  night  maye 
 come  vpon  him :  And  I  will  vyset  the  wicked- 
 nes  of  him,  of  his  sede,  and  of  his  seruauntes. 
 Morouer  all  the  euell  that  I  haue  promised 
 the  (though  they  herde  me  not)  will  I  bringe 
 vpon  them,  vpon  y  inhabitours  of  Jerusalem, 
 and  vpon  aU  luda.  Then  toke  leremy 
 another  boke,  and  gaue  it  Baruch  the  scrybe 
 the  Sonne  of  Nerias,  which  wrote  therin  out 
 of  the  mouth  off  leremy  :  all  the  sermons 
 that  were  in  the  first  boke,  which  loachim 
 the  kynge  off  luda  dyd  burne.  And  there 
 were  added  vnto  them  many  mo  sermons, 
 then  before. 
 
 Wi)t  njbi).  CJapttr. 
 
 SEDECHIAS  y  sonne  of  losias  ^which 
 was  made  kynge  thorow  Nabuchodonosor 
 kynge  of  Babilon)  reigned  in  the  londe  of 
 luda,  in  the  steade  off  lechonias  the  sonne  of 
 loachim.  But  nether  he,  ner  his  seruauntes, 
 ner  the  people  in  the  lode  wolde  obeye  the 
 wordes  of  f  LORDE,  which  he  spaJce  by 
 the  prophet  leremy.  '  Neuertheles  Sedechias 
 the  kynge  sent  luchal  the  sonne  of  Selamia 
 and  Sophonias  the  sonne  of  Maasia  the  prest 
 to  the  prophet  leremy,  sayenge :  O  praye  thou 
 vnto  the  LORDE  oure  God  for  vs.  Now 
 leremy  walked  fre  amonge  the  people  at  that 
 tyme,  and  was  not  put  in  preson  as  yet.  ^  Pha- 
 raos  hooste  also  was  come  out  of  Egipte :  which 
 
 '  4  Re.  24.  d. 
 
 •  lere.  21.  a.  24.  a.        /  Eze.  17.  b. 
 
C&ap.  m^iih 
 
 €i)t  propftet  Sewmp. 
 
 fo,  lidjTrfa, 
 
 when  the  Caldees  that  beseged  lerusalem, 
 perceaued,  they  departed  from  thence. 
 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  leremy  the  prophet,  sayege  :  Thus  saieth 
 y  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  This  answere  shal 
 ye  geue  to  the  kynge  of  luda,  that  sent  you 
 vnto  me  for  councell :  "  Beholde,  Pharaos 
 hooste  which  is  come  forth  to  helpe  you,  shall 
 returne  to  Egipte  in  to  his  owne  londe  :  But 
 the  Caldees  shall  come  agayne,  j  fight  agaynst 
 this  cite,  wynne  it,  and  set  fyre  vpon  it.  For 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE  :  dlsceaue  not  youre 
 owne  myndes,  thinkynge  on  this  maner : 
 Tush,  the  Caldees  go  now  their  waye  from 
 vs :  No,  they  shall  not  go  their  waye.  For 
 though  ye  had  slayne  the  whole  hooste  off  the 
 Caldees  that  besege  you,  and  euery  one  of  the 
 slayne  laye  in  his  tent,  yet  shulde  they  stonde 
 vp,  and  set  fyre  vpon  this  cite.  Now  whe  the 
 hooste  of  the  Caldees  was  broke  vp  from  leru- 
 sale  for  feare  of  the  Egipcians  armye,  leremy 
 went  out  of  lerusale  towarde  the  lode  of  Ben 
 lamin,  to  do  cert.ayne  busynesse  there  amoge 
 f-  people.  And  whe  he  came  vnder  Ben 
 lamyns  Porte,  there  was  a  porter  called  lerias 
 the  Sonne  of  Selamia*  y  zone  of  Hananias, 
 which  fell  vpo  him  5  toke  him,  sayege :  thy 
 mynde  is  to  runne  to  the  Caldees.  Then 
 sayde  leremy :  It  is  not  so,  I  go  not  to  the 
 Caldees.  Neuertheles  lerias  wolde  not  beleue 
 him,  but  brought  leremy  boude  before  the 
 princes.  Wherfore  the  princes  were  angrie 
 with  leremy,  causinge  him  to  be  beaten,  5  to 
 be  layed  in  preson  in  the  house  of  lonathas 
 the  scrybe.  For  he  was  the  ruler  of  the 
 preson.  Thus  was  leremy  put  in  to  the 
 dongeon  5  preson,  and  so  laye  there  a  longe 
 tyme.  'Then  Sedechias  the  kynge  sent  for 
 him,  5  called  him,  5  axed  him  quietly  in  his 
 owne  house,  sayenge  :  thinkest  thou  this  busy- 
 nes  (that  now  is  in  honde)  cometh  of  the 
 LORDE  ?  leremy  answerde :  yee  y  it  doth  : 
 I  thou  (sayde  he)  shalt  be  delyuered  in  to  the 
 kynge  of  Babilons  power. 
 
 Morouer,  leremy  sayde  vnto  kynge  Se- 
 dechias :  What  haue  I  offended  agaynst  y, 
 agaynst  thy  seruaiites,  or  agaynst  this  people, 
 that  ye  haue  caused  me  be  put  in  preson  ? 
 ''Where  are  youre  prophetes,  which  haue  pro- 
 phecied  vnto  you  and  sayde,  that  y-  kynge  of 
 Babilo  shulde  not  come  agaynst  you  5  this 
 I5de  ?     And  therfore  heare  now,  0  my  lorde 
 
 the  kynge  :  let  my  prayer  be  aecepte  before 
 the,  5  sende  me  nomore  in  to  f  house  of 
 lonathas  the  scrybe,  that  I  dye  not  there. 
 Then  Sedechias  the  kynge  commaunded  to 
 put  leremy  in  the  fore  entrie  off  the  preson, 
 and  dayly  to  be  geuen  him  a  cake  of  bred, 
 and  els  no  dighte  meate,  vntill  all  the  bred  in 
 the  cite  was  eaten  vp.  Thus  leremy  remayned 
 in  f  fore  entre  off  the  preson. 
 
 Ctjf  jTFbU).  Cijaptrr. 
 
 SAPHATIAS  the  sonne  off  Matha,  Ge- 
 dolias  the  sonne  of  Pashur,  luchal  the 
 Sonne  of  Selamia,  5  Pashur  the  sonne  of 
 Malchias  perceaued  the  wordes,  y  leremy 
 had  spoke  vnto  all  the  people,  namely  on  this 
 maner:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Who  so 
 remayneth  in  this  cite,  shall  perish,  ether  with 
 the  swearde,  '  with  honger  or  with  pestilence  : 
 But  who  so  falleth  vnto  the  Caldees,  shal 
 escape,  wynnynge  his  soule  for  a  pray,  5  shal 
 lyue.  For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  This 
 cite  (no  doute)  ^must  be  delyuered  in  to  y 
 power  of  the  kige  of  Babilo,  5  he  also  shal 
 Wynne  it.  The  sayde  the  prynces  vnto  y 
 kynge :  Syr,  we  besech  you  let  this  man  be 
 put  to  death.  For  thus  he  discorageth  the 
 hodes  of  the  soudyers  y  be  in  this  cite,  5  the 
 hodes  of  all  the  people,  whe  he  speaketh  soch 
 wordes  vnto  the.  This  ma  verely  laboureth 
 not  for  peace  of  y  people,  but  mischefe.  Se- 
 dechias the  kinge  answered  and  sayde :  lo,  he 
 is  in  youre  hodes,  for  y  kIge  maye  denye  you 
 nothinge.  Then  toke  they  leremy,  and  cast 
 him  in  to  the  dongeon  off  Malchias  the  sonne 
 off  Amalech,  that  dwelt  in  the  fore  entre  off 
 the  preson.  And  they  let  downe  leremy  with 
 coardes  in  to  a  dongeon,  where  there  was  no 
 water,  but  myre.  So  leremy  stack  fast  in 
 the  myre.  Now  when  Abdemelech  the  Morian 
 beynge  a  chamberlayne  in  the  kynges  courte, 
 vnderstode,  that  they  had  cast  leremy  in  to 
 the  dongeon :  he  went  out  off  the  kynges  house 
 and  spake  to  the  kynge  (which  the  sat  vnder 
 the  porte  off  Ben  lamin)  these  wordes:  My 
 lorde  the  kynge,  where  as  these  men  medle 
 with  leremy  the  prophet,  they  do  him  wronge : 
 Namely,  in  that  they  haue  put  him  in  preson, 
 there  to  dye  of  honger,  for  there  is  no  more 
 bred  in  the  cite.  The  the  kynge  commanded 
 Abdemelech  the  Morian,  and  sayde:  Take 
 from  hece  xxx.  men  whom  thou  wilt,  5  drawe 
 
 ■'  lere.  28.  29.         '  lere.  21.  b.  27.  a.        /  lere.  32.  a. 
 
jTo.  Mn^i, 
 
 €\)t  propftct  Strrmp. 
 
 Cbap.  n:nj:.| 
 
 vp  lereniy  the  prophet  out  of  the  dongeon, 
 before  he  dye.  So  Abdemelech  toke  the  men 
 with  him,  a,  went  to  y  house  of  Amalech,  5 
 there  vnder  an  ahnery  he  gat  olde  ragges  5 
 worne  cloutes,  tl  let  the  downe  by  a  coarde, 
 in  to  the  dongeon  to  leremy. 
 
 And  Abdemelech  the  Morian  sayde  vnto 
 the  prophet  leremy :  O  put  these  ragges  and 
 cloutes  vnder  thine  arme  holes,  betwixte  the 
 and  the  coardes  :  ad  leremy  dyd  so.  So  they 
 drewe  vp  leremy  with  coardes  and  toke  him 
 out  of  the  dongeon,  and  he  remayned  in  the 
 fore  entrie  of  the  preson.  The  Sedechias  the 
 kynge  sent  and  caused  leremy  the  prophet  be 
 called  \Tito  him,  in  to  the  thirde  entrie,  that 
 was  by  the  house  off  the  LORDE. "  And 
 the  kynge  sayde  vnto  leremy :  I  wil  axe  the 
 somwhat,  but  hyde  nothinge  fro  me.  The 
 leremy  answerde  Sedechias  :  Yf  I  be  playne 
 vnto  the,  thou  wilt  cause  me  suffre  death  :  yf 
 I  geue  the  coucell,  thou  wilt  not  folowe  me. 
 So  the  kynge  swore  an  ooth  secretly  vnto 
 leremy,  sayenge :  As  truly  as  the  LORDE 
 lyueth,  that  made  vs  these  soules,  I  will  not 
 slaye  the,  ner  geue  the  in  to  the  hodes  of 
 them,  that  seke  after  thy  life. 
 
 Then  sayde  leremy  vnto  Sedechias :  Thus  1 
 saieth  f  LORDE  off  hoostes  the  God  of] 
 Israel:  Yf  case  be,  that  thou  wilt  go  forth  1 
 vnto  the  kynge  off  Babilons  prynces,  thou 
 shalt  saue  thy  life,  *and  this  cite  shall  not  be 
 bret,  yee  both  thou  and  thy  housholde  shall 
 escape  with  youre  lyues.  But  yff  thou  wilt 
 not  go  forth  to  the  kynge  off  Babilons  prynces, 
 then  shal  this  cite  be  delyuered  in  to  the 
 hondes  of  the  Caldees  which  shal  set  fyre 
 vpon  it,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  able  to  escape 
 them.  And  Sedechias  sayde  vnto  leremy : 
 I  am  afrayde  for  the  lewes,  that  are  fled  vnto 
 the  Caldees,  lest  I  come  in  their  hodes,  and 
 so  they  to  haue  me  in  derision. 
 
 But  leremy  answerde:  No,  they  shal  not 
 betraye  the  :  O  herken  vnto  the  voyce  off  the 
 LORDE  (I  beseke  f)  which  I  speake  vnto 
 the,  so  shalt  thou  be  well,  and  saue  thy  life. 
 But  yf  thou  wilt  not  go  forth,  the  LORDE 
 hath  tolde  me  this  planely :  Beholde,  all  the 
 women  that  are  left  in  the  kynge  of  ludaes 
 house,  shal  go  out  to  the  kynge  of  Babilons 
 prynces.  For  they  thynke,  y  thou  art  dis- 
 ceaued  :  and  that  y^  men  in  whom  thou  didest 
 put  thy  trust,  haue  gotten  the  vnder,  and  set 
 
 thy  fete  fast  in  the  myre,  and  gone  their  waye 
 from  the.  Therfore  all  thy  wyues  with  their 
 children  shall  fle  vnto  the  Caldees,  and  thou 
 shalt  not  escape  their  hondes,  but  shalt  be  f 
 kynge  of  Babilons  presoner,  5  this  cite  shall 
 be  brent.  Then  sayde  Sedechias  vnto 
 leremy :  loke  y  no  body  knowe  off  these 
 wordes,  and  thou  shalt  not  dye.  But  yf  the 
 prynces  perceaue,  that  I  haue  talked  with  the, 
 and  come  vnto  the,  sayenge :  0  speake,  what 
 sayde  the  kynge  to  the  ?  hyde  it  not  from  vs, 
 and  we  wil  not  put  the  to  death.  Tell  vs 
 (we  praye  the)  what  sayde  y-  kynge  to  the? 
 Se  thou  geue  them  this  answere  •  I  haue 
 humbly  besought  the  kynge,  that  he  will  let 
 me  lye  no  more  in  lonathas  house,  that  I  dye 
 not  there  ?  Then  came  all  the  princes  vnto 
 leremy,  and  axed  him,  And  he  tolde  them, 
 after  the  maner  as  the  kynge  bad  him. '  Then 
 they  helde  their  peace,  for  they  perceaued 
 nothinge.  So  leremy  abode  still  in  the  fore 
 entrie  off  the  preson,  vntUl  the  daye  that 
 Jerusalem  was  wonne. 
 
 Cl)t  yn'ih  Cl^apttr. 
 
 NOW  when  the  cite  off  lerusale  was 
 taken''  (for  in  the  ix.  yeare  of  Sedechias 
 kynge  of  luda  in  the  tenth  Moneth,  came 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  off  Babilon  and  all 
 his  hooste,  and  beseged  Jerusalem.  And  in 
 the  xi.  yeare  of  Sedechias  in  the  fourth  Moneth 
 y  ix.  daye  of  y  Moneth,  he  brake  in  to  the 
 cite).  Then  all  the  kynge  of  Babilons  prynces 
 came  in,  5  sat  the  downe  vnder  the  porte : 
 Nergall,  Sarezer,  Samgarnebo,  Sarsechim, 
 Rabsaris,  Nergal,  Sarezer,  Rabmag,  with  aU 
 the  other  prynces  of  the  kynge  of  Babilon. 
 And  when  Sedechias  'the  kynge  of  luda  with 
 his  soudyers  sawe  them,  they  fled,  and  de- 
 parted out  of  y  cite  by  night  thorow  the  kynges 
 garde,  and  thorow  the  porte  that  is  betwene 
 the  two  walles,  and  so  they  wente  towarde  the 
 wildemesse. 
 
 But  the  Caldees  hooste  folowed  fast  after 
 them,  and  toke  Sedechias  in  the  felde  of 
 lericho,  and  brought  him  presoner  to  Nabu- 
 chodonosor the  kynge  off  Babilo  vnto  Reb 
 latha,  that  lieth  in  the  londe  off  Hemath  where 
 I  he  gaue  iudgment  ^'pon  him.  So  the  kynge 
 of  Babilon  caused  the  children  of  Sedechias 
 and  all  the  nobles  off  luda  be  slayne,  before 
 his  face  at  Reblatha.     And  made  Sedechias 
 
 '  lere.  3J.  a.   4  Re.  25.  a.   lere.  oi.  a.         '  lere.  34 
 
iCftap.  vl 
 
 €f)t  propftet  Seitinp, 
 
 ffo.  iicUTbij. 
 
 eyes  be  put  out,  and  boude  him  with  chaynes, 
 and  sent  him  to  Babilon. 
 
 Morouer,  the  Caldees  bret  vp  the  kynges 
 palace,  "with  f  other  houses  of  the  people,  and 
 brake  downe  the  walles  off  Jerusalem.  As  for 
 the  remnaunt  of  the  people  that  were  in  the 
 cite,  and  soch  as  were  come  to  helpe  them 
 (what  so  euer  was  left  of  the  come  sorte) 
 Nabuzaradan  the  chefe  captayne  caried  them 
 to  Babilon.  But  Nabuzarada  the  chefe  cap- 
 tayne let  the  rascall  people  (and  those  that 
 had  nothinge)  dwell  still  in  the  lode  off  luda, 
 and  gaue  them  vynyardes  and  come  feldes  at 
 the  same  tyme.  Nabuchodonosor  also  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon  gaue  Nabuzarada  the  chefe 
 captayne  a  charge,  cocernynge  leremy,  say- 
 enge :  take  and  cherish  him,  and  make  moch 
 off  him :  se  thou  do  him  no  harme,  but  in- 
 treate  him  after  his  owne  desyre. 
 
 So  Nabuzarada  f  chefe  captayne,  Nabu- 
 saszba  the  chefe  chamberlayne,  Nergalsarezer 
 the  treasurer  and  all  the  kynge  of  Babilons 
 lordes,  *  sent  for  leremy,  5  caused  him  be  fet 
 out  off  the  fore  entrie  off  the  preson,  and 
 committed  him  vnto  Godolias  the  sonne  off 
 Ahicam  the  sonne  of  Saphan  :  that  he  shulde 
 carie  him  home,  and  so  he  dwelt  amonge  the 
 people.  '  Now  whyle  leremy  laye  yet  bounde 
 in  the  fore  entrie  of  the  preson,  y  worde  off 
 the  LORDE  came  vnto  him  sayenge :  Go, 
 and  tell  Abdemelech  the  Morian :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  off  hoostes  f  God  off 
 Israel :  Beholde,  the  cruell  and  sharpe  plage 
 that  I  haue  deuysed  for  this  cite,  will  I  brynge 
 vpon  them,  that  thou  shalt  se  it:  but  I  wil 
 delyuer  the  (sayeth  the  LORDE)  and  thou 
 shalt  not  come  in  the  hondes  off  those  men, 
 whom  thou  fearest.  For  doutles  I  will  saue 
 the,  so  that  thou  shalt  not  perish  with  the 
 swearde  :  but  thy  life  shalbe  saued,  and  that 
 because  thou  hast  put  thy  trust  in  me,  saieth 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Cf)e  vl-  Cl^apUr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  maner,  how  the  LORDE  in- 
 treated  leremy,  when  Nebuzaradan  the 
 ''chefe  captayne  had  let  him  go  fre  from  Rama, 
 whither  as  he  had  led  him  bounde,  amonge  all 
 the  presoners,  that  were  caried  from  lerusalem 
 and  luda  vnto  Babilon.  The  chefe  captayne 
 called  for  leremy,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  The 
 
 '  4  Re.  25.  b.  lere.  Si.  d. 
 ''  lere.  43. 
 
 »  lere.  38.  d. 
 losue  18.  d. 
 
 '  lere.  40.  b. 
 
 LORDE  thy  God  spake  mightely  before  offi 
 the  mysery  vpon  this  place:  Now  the  LORDE  ^ 
 hath  sent  it,  and  perfourmed  it,  as  he  had| 
 promised :  For  ye  haue  synned  agaynst  the ' 
 LORDE,  and  haue  not  bene  obedient  vnto 
 his  voyce,  therfore  commeth  this  plage  vpon 
 you.  Beholde,  I  lowse  the  bondes  from  thy 
 hodes  this  daye :  yf  thou  wilt  now  go  with  me 
 vnto  Babilon,  vp  the :  For  I  will  se  to  the, 
 and  prouyde  for  the  :  But  yf  thou  wilt  not 
 go  with  me  to  Babilon,  then  remayne  here. 
 Beholde,  all  the  londe  is  at  thy  will :  '  loke 
 where  thou  thinkest  conveniet  5  good  for  the  I 
 to  Abyde,  there  dwell.  Yf  thou  canst  not  be ;  J3 
 content  to  dwell  alone,  then  remayne  with: 
 Godolias  the  sonne  off  Ahica  the  sonne  of! 
 Sapha,  ■'^whom  the  kynge  of  Babilo  hath  made 
 gouernoure  ouer  f  cities  of  luda,  u  dwell  with  [ 
 him  amonge  the  people,  or  remayne,  where 
 so  euer  it  pleaseth  y.  So  the  chefe  captayne 
 gaue  him  his  expeses  with  a  rewarde,  5  let 
 him  go.  ^  Then  wete  leremy  vnto  Godolias  y 
 sonne  of  Ahica  to  Masphat,  1  dwelt  there 
 with  him  amonge  the  people  that  were  left  in 
 the  londe. 
 
 Now  when  y  captajTies  of  the  hooste  of 
 luda  (which  with  their  felowes  were  scatred 
 abrode  on  euery  syde  in  y  lode)  vnderstode, 
 y  the  kynge  of  Babilo  had  made  Godolias  y 
 sonne  of  Ahica  gouernoure  in  the  lode,  5  y 
 man,  wife  5  childe,  yee  5  the  poore  men  in 
 the  londe  (y  were  not  led  captyue  to  Babilon) 
 shulde  be  vnder  his  lurisdictio :  They  came 
 to  Godolias  vnto  Masphat :  Namely,  Ismael 
 the  Sonne  of  Nathanias,  lohana  (j  lonathas  the 
 sonnes  of  Carea,  Sareas  the  sonne  of  Tanho- 
 meth,  the  sonnes  of  Opheus  y  Netophetite, 
 lesanias  y  sonne  of  Machati,  with  their  copa- 
 nyons.  And  Godolias  the  sonne  of  Ahicam 
 the  sonne  off  Sapha,  swore  vnto  the  i  their 
 felowes  on  this  maner :  *  Be  not  afrayed  to  ^ 
 serue  the  Caldees,  dwell  in  the  lode,  5  do  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon  seruyce,  so  shal  ye  prospere. 
 Beholde,  I  dwell  at  Masphat  to  be  an  officer 
 in  the  Caldees  behalfe,  (j  to  satisfie  soch  as 
 come  to  vs.  Therfore  gather  you  wyne,  come 
 and  oyle,  and  kepe  them  in  youre  ware 
 houses,  and  dwell  in  youre  cities,  that  ye  haue 
 in  kepinge. 
 
 Yee  all  the  lewes  also  y  dwelt  in  Moab 
 vnder  f  Ammonites,  in  Idumea  j  in  aU  y 
 
 '  Gen.  13.  b.   Tob.  1.  b.        /4Re.  25.c.        «  lere.  39.  c. 
 »  4  Re.  25.  c. 
 
ijTo.  DcUTbuj. 
 
 €f)t  propbft  Sncmp, 
 
 Cl)ap.  ylu 
 
 coutrees,  whe  they  herde,  y  the  kinge  of  Ba- 
 bilo  had  made  GodoHas  the  sonne  of  Ahica. 
 the  Sonne  of  Saphii,  gouernoure  vpo  the  y 
 were  left  in  luda:  All  the  lewes  (I  saye)  re- 
 turned out  off  all  places  where  they  were  fled 
 vnto  :  5  came  in  to  the  lode  of  luda  to  Godo- 
 lias  vnto  Masphat,  5  gathered  wyne  and  other 
 frutes,  and  that  very  moch. 
 
 Morouer  lohanna  the  sonne  of  Carea  5  all 
 f  captaynes  of  f  hooste,  y  were  scatred  on 
 euery  syde  in  the  londe,  came  to  Godolias  in 
 Masphat,  5  sayde  vnto  him:  knowest  thou  not 
 y  Baalis  kinge  of  y-  Ammonites  hath  sent 
 Ismael  y  sonne  of  Nathanias,  to  slaye  the? 
 But  Godolias  y  sonne  of  Ahica  beleued  the 
 not.  The  sayde  lohana  the  sonne  of  Carea 
 vnto  Godolias  in  Masphat  these  wordes  se- 
 cretly: Let  me  go  (I  praye  the)  5  I  will  slaye 
 Ismael  the  sonne  of  Nathanias,  so  y  no  body 
 shal  knowe  it.  Wherfore  will  he  kyll  the,  y 
 all  the  lewes  which  resorte  vnto  the,  might 
 be  scatred,  5  the  remnaunt  in  luda  perishe  ? 
 The  sayde  Godolias  the  sonne  of  Ahicam  to 
 lohanna  the  sonne  of  Carea :  Thou  shalt  not 
 do  it,  for  they  are  but  lies,  that  men  saye  of 
 Ismael. 
 
 Cf)t  yli.  Cl)apUr. 
 UT  in  the  seuenth  Moneth  it  happened. 
 
 B 
 
 Sonne  of  Elisama  (one  of  f  kynges  bloude) 
 came  with  the  that  were  greatest  aboute  the 
 kynge,  (i  ten  men  that  were  sworne  with  him : 
 vnto  Godolias  the  sonne  off  Ahicam  to  Mas- 
 phat, and  eate  there  together.  And  Ismael  f 
 Sonne  of  Nathanias  with  those  ten  men  that 
 were  sworne  to  him,  starte  vp,  and  smote 
 Godolias  the  sonne  of  Ahicam  the  sonne  of 
 Saphan  with  the  swearde,  a  slewe  hym,  whom 
 the  kynge  off  Babilo  had  made  gouernoure 
 off  the  londe.  Ismael  also  slewe  all  the  lewes 
 that  were  with  Godolias  at  Masphat,  and  all 
 the  Caldees  that  he  founde  there  waitynge 
 vpon  him. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after  that  he  had  slayne 
 Godolias  (the  matter  was  yet  vnknowne)  there 
 came  certayne  men  from  Sichem,  fro  Silo  and 
 Samaria,  to  the  nombre  off  Ixxx.  which  had 
 shauen  their  beerdes,  rent  their  clothes,  (t 
 were  all  heuye,  bringinge  meat  oifringes  and 
 incense  in  their  hondes,  to  offre  it  in  the 
 S  house  off  the    LORDE.      And    Ismael   the 
 
 •  4  Re.  85.  d.        »  3  Re.  lo.        '  4  Re.  25.  c. 
 
 sonne  of  Nathanias  went  forth  of  Masphat 
 wepinge,  to  mete  them.  Now  whe  he  met 
 them,  he  sayde :  Go  youre  waye  to  Godolias 
 the  sonne  of  Ahicam.  And  when  they  came 
 in  the  myddest  off  the  cite,  Ismael  the  sonne 
 off  Nathanias  (with  them  that  were  sworne 
 vnto  him)  slewe  them,  eue  at  the  myddest  off 
 the  pyt.  Amonge  these  Ixxx.  me  there  were 
 ten,  y  sayde  vnto  Ismael :  Oh  slaye  vs  not, 
 for  we  haue  yet  a  greate  treasure  in  the  felde, 
 off  wheate,  barley,  oyle  and  hony.  So  he 
 spared  the,  and  slewe  them  not  with  their 
 brethren.  Now  the  pyt  wherin  Ismael  dyd 
 cast  the  deed  bodies  off  the  me  (whom  he 
 slewe  because  off  Godolias)  had  kynge  Asa 
 caused  to  be  made,  *  for  feare  off  Baasa  the 
 kynge  off  Israel,  and  the  same  pit  dyd  Ismael 
 fyll  with  slayne  men.  As  for  the  renaunt  off  the 
 people,  the  kynges  doughters  and  all  the  peo- 
 ple that  were  yet  left  at  Masphat,  "vpon  whom 
 Nabusaradan  the  chefe  Captayne  had  made 
 Godolias  the  sonne  of  Ahicam  gouernoure : 
 Ismael  the  sonne  off  Nathanias  caried  them 
 awaye  presoners  towarde  the  Ammonites. 
 But  when  lohana  the  sonne  off  Carea  and  all 
 they  which  had  bene  captaynes  ouer  the 
 kynges  hooste  with  him,  ''  herde  of  all  the 
 wickednes  that  Ismael  the  sonne  off  Nathanias 
 had  done:  they  toke  their  companyons,  and 
 wente  out  for  to  fight  with  Ismael  the  s5ne 
 of  Nathanias,  and  founde  him  by  the  waters 
 of  Rabim  in  Gabaon.  Now  when  all  the 
 people,  whom  Ismael  led  captyue,  sawe  lo- 
 hana f  sonne  off  Carea  and  all  the  other 
 captaynes  off  the  hooste,  they  were  glad.  So 
 all  the  people  that  Ismael  had  caried  awaye 
 fro  Masphat,  were  brought  agayne. 
 
 And  whe  they  returned,  they  came  to  lo- 
 hanna the  sonne  off  Carea.  But  Ismael  the 
 sonne  off  Nathanias  fled  from  lohana  with 
 eight  of  his  sworne  companyons,  (j  wente  to 
 the  Ammonites.  Then  lohanna  the  sonne  of 
 Carea  and  all  the  captaynes  of  the  hooste  that 
 were  with  him,  toke  the  remnaut  of  the  peo- 
 ple, whom  Ismael  the  sonne  of  Nathanias  had 
 led  awaye  (When  he  had  slayne  Godolias  the 
 sonne  of  Ahica)  whom  they  also  had  rescued 
 from  him  :  fightinge  men,  women  5  children, 
 and  gelded  men,  whom  they  brought  agayne 
 from  Gabaon :  and  wente  from  thence,  and 
 sat  them  downe  at  Geruth  Chimham,  which 
 lieth  besyde  Bethlee,  that  they  might  go  in  to 
 
Cftaj).  jrliiji* 
 
 €f)t  propftet  Slcwnip. 
 
 fo*  Mmj:, 
 
 Egipte  for  feare  of  the  Caldees :  of  whom 
 they  were  afrayed,  because  that  Ismael  the 
 Sonne  off  Nathanias  had  slayne  GodoUas  Ahi- 
 cams  Sonne,  whom  the  kynge  off  Babilon  had 
 made  gouernoure  in  the  londe. 
 
 €^e  vlij-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 SO  all  the  rulers,  and  lohana  the  sonne  off 
 Carea,  lesanias  the  sonne  oiF  Osias  came 
 with  all  the  people  fro  the  least  vnto  the  most, 
 5  sayde  vnto  leremy  the  prophet :  '  O  heare 
 oure  petieio,  that  thou  mayest  praye  for  vs 
 vnto  the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  for  the  rem- 
 naunt,  wherof  there  be  very  few  left  off  many, 
 as  thou  seist  vs :  that  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 maye  shewe  vs  a  waye  to  go  in,  5  tell  vs,  what 
 we  shulde  do.  Then  leremy  the  prophete 
 sayde  vnto  them :  I  haue  herde  you.  Be- 
 holde,  I  will  praye  vnto  God  youre  LORDE, 
 as  ye  haue  requyred  me :  and  loke  what 
 answere  the  LORDE  geueth  you,  I  shall 
 certifie  you  theroff,  and  kepe  nothinge  back 
 fro  you.  *■  And  they  sayde  vnto  leremy : 
 The  LORDE  off  treuth  g  faithfulnes  be  oure 
 recorde,  that  we  wil  do  all,  that  the  LORDE 
 thy  God  commaundeth  vs,  whether  it  be  good 
 
 euell.  We  will  herken  vnto  the  voyce  off 
 oure  LORDE  God,  to  whom  we  sende  the : 
 that  we  maye  prospere,  when  we  haue  folowed 
 the  voyce  off  the  LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 And  after  ten  dayes  came  the  worde  off  the 
 LORDE  vnto  leremy.  Then  called  he  Jo- 
 hanna the  Sonne  of  Carea,  and  all  the  cap- 
 taynes  of  the  people  that  were  with  him  :  Yee 
 5  all  the  people  from  the  leest  to  the  most,  5 
 sayde  vnto  them:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel  vnto  whom  ye  sent  me,  to  laye 
 forth  youre  prayers  before  him:  Yf  ye  wil 
 dwell  in  this  londe,  I  shall  buylde  you  vp,  5 
 not  breake  you  downe :  I  shall  plante  you,  5 
 not  rote  you  out:  for  I  am  pacified,  as  cocern- 
 ynge  the  trouble  that  I  haue  done  to  you. 
 Feare  not  the  kynge  off  Babilon,  off  whom  ye 
 stonde  in  awe :  O  be  not  afrayed  off  him, 
 saieth  the  LORDE:  for  I  will  be  with  you, 
 to  helpe  you,  and  delyuer  you  from  his  honde. 
 I  will  pardon  you,  I  wil  haue  mercy  vpon  you, 
 and  brynge  you  agayne  in  to  youre  owne  londe. 
 
 Neuertheles,  yf  ye  purpose  not  to  dwell  in 
 this  londe,  ner  to  folowe  the  voyce  off  the 
 LORDE  youre  God :  but  will  saye  thus :  we 
 
 "  lere.  40.  a.   '  lere.  21.  a.  lere.  37.  a. 
 1  Mac.  2.  d.  lere.  43.  a.   ''  lere.  27.  a. 
 
 f  losue  1.  c. 
 '  lere.  41.  c. 
 
 will  not  dwell  here,  but  go  in  to  Egipte: 
 where  we  shall  nether  se  warre,  heare  the 
 noyse  off  batell,  ner  suffre  honger,  there  will 
 we  dwell.  Wherfore  heare  now  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  o  ye  remnaunt  of  luda.  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel :  ''  Yf  ye  be  whole  purposed  to  go  in  to 
 Egipte,  ad  to  be  there  as  straugers:  'the 
 swearde  that  ye  feare,  shall  ouer  take  you  in 
 Egipte :  and  the  honger  wheroff  ye  be  here 
 afrayed,  shall  hange  vpon  you  in  to  Egipte, 
 and  there  ye  shall  dye.  For  all  they,  that  off 
 set  purpose  vndertake  to  go  in  to  Egipte, 
 there  to  ease  them  selues  off  their  mysery, 
 shall  perish  with  the  swearde,  with  honger  and 
 pestilence  :  not  one  off  them  shall  remayne, 
 there  shal  none  escape  the  plage,  that  I  wil 
 bringe  vpon  them. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  off  hoostes 
 the  God  off  Israel :  like  as  my  wrath  and 
 indignacion  is  come  vpon  the  inhabitours  of 
 lerusale,  so  shall  my  displeasure  go  forth  vpon 
 you  also,  yf  ye  go  in  to  Egipte :  For  there  ye 
 shalbe  reuyled,  abhorred,  brought  to  shame 
 and  confucion :  and  as  for  this  place,  ye  shall 
 neuer  se  it  more.  The  LORDE  forbyddeth 
 you  (o  ye  remnaut  of  luda)  that  ye  shall  not 
 go  in  to  Egipte.  And  forget  not  that  I  haue 
 warned  you  earnestly  this  daye  els  shal  ye 
 begyle  youre  selues.  ■'^For  ye  sent  me  vnto 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  and  sayde  :  O  praye 
 thou  the  LORDE  oure  God  for  vs :  and  loke 
 what  answere  the  LORDE  oure  God  geueth 
 the,  that  bringe  vs  agayne,  ad  we  shall  do 
 thereafter.  Now  haue  I  shewed,  and  de- 
 clared vnto  you  the  voyce  off  the  LORDE 
 youre  God,  for  the  which  cause  he  hath  sent 
 me  to  you.  ^  Yf  ye  will  not  folowe  it,  be  sure, 
 y  ye  shall  perishe  with  the  swearde,  with 
 honger  5  pestilence :  euen  in  the  same  place, 
 where  youre  lust  was  to  go,  and  dwell. 
 
 Wtjt  jrlitj.  CI)apttr. 
 
 NOW  when  leremy  had  ended  aU  f 
 wordes  of  f  LORDE  God  vnto  f  peo- 
 ple, (for  their  sakes  to  whom  God  had  sent 
 him)  Asarias  the  sonne  of  Osias,  j  lohana  f 
 Sonne  of  Carea,  with  all  the  proude  personnes, 
 sayde  vnto  leremy:  Thou  lyest,  the  LORDE 
 oure  God  ''hath  not  sent  y  to  speake  vnto  vs, 
 that  we  shulde  not  go  in  to  Egipte,  and  dwell 
 
 /  lere.  42.  a.        g  Deu.  28.  c.        *  lere.  42.  a. 
 
IjTo.  Mm- 
 
 €l)t  propbft  Sfrtmp. 
 
 C6ap.  rliiij. 
 
 there :  Hut  Baruch  the  soiine  of  Nerias  pro- 
 uoketh  the  agaynst  vs,  that  he  might  bringe 
 vs  in  to  the  captyuyte  off  the  Caldees :  that 
 they  might  slaye  vs,  and  carie  vs  awaye  pre- 
 soners  vnto  Babilon 
 
 So  lohanna  the  sonne  of  Carea,  and  all  the 
 captaynes  of  the  hooste,  and  ail  the  people 
 folowed  not  the  commaundement  of  the 
 LORDE:  Namely,  to  dwell  in  the  londe  off 
 luda :  But  lohanna  the  sonne  of  Carea  j  all 
 the  captaynes  of  the  hooste,  caried  awaye  all 
 the  reninaunt  in  luda,  that  were  come  together 
 agayne  from  the  Heithen  (amoge  whom  they 
 had  bene  scatred)"  to  dwell  in  the  londe  of 
 luda:  Men,  women, childre,  the  kynges  dough- 
 ters:  all  those  that  Nabusaradan  the  chefe 
 captayne  had  left  with  Godolias  the  sonne  of 
 Ahicam.  They  caried  awaye  also  the  prophet 
 leremy,  Baruch  the  sonne  of  Nerias,  and  so 
 came  in  to  Egipte :  for  they  were  not  obedient 
 viito  the  commaundement  of  God.  Thus 
 came  they  to  Taphnis. 
 
 And  in  Taphnis  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 happened  vnto  leremy,  sayenge :  Take  greate 
 stones  in  thine  hode,  and  hyde  them  in  the 
 brick  wall,  vnder  the  dore  off  Pharaos  house 
 in  Taphnis,  that  all  the  men  of  luda  maye  se, 
 and  saye  vnto  them :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel :  *  Beholde,  I  will 
 sende  and  call  for  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge 
 of  Babilon  my  seruaunt,  and  will  set  his  seate 
 vpon  these  stones  that  I  haue  hyd,  and  he  shall 
 sprede  his  tente  ouer  them. 
 
 And  when  he  commeth,  he  shal  smyte  the 
 lode  of  Egipte  with  slaughter,  with  preson- 
 ment  and  with  the  swearde.  He  shall  set  fyre 
 vpon  the  temples  of  the  Egipcias  goddes,  and 
 burne  them  vp,  (j  take  them  selues  presoners. 
 Morouer  he  shall  araye  himselff  with  the  lode 
 of  Egipte,  like  as  a  shepherde  putteth  on  his 
 cote,  and  shall  departe  awaye  from  thence 
 in  peace.  The  pilers  also  of  the  temple  of 
 the  Sonne  that  is  in  Egipte,  shal  he  breake  in 
 peces,  and  burne  the  tempels  of  the  Egipcians 
 
 €^e  yliii).  Ci)q)ter. 
 
 THI S  is  the  worde  y  was  shewed  to  leremy 
 coceminge  all  y  lewes,  which  dwelt  in 
 Egipte :  at  Magdal,  at  Taphnis,  at  Memphis, 
 J  in  the  londe  of  Patures.  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of  Israel :    Ye 
 
 lere.  41.  c.         *  lere.  46.  c. 
 
 lere.  25.  a.  29. 
 
 haue  sene  all  y  mysery,  y  I  haue  brought  vpon 
 lerusalem,  and  vpon  all  the  cities  of  luda:  so 
 that  this  daye  they  are  desolate,  and  no  man 
 dwellinge  therin :  j  y  because  of  the  greate 
 blasphemies,  which  they  committed,  to  pro- 
 uoke  me  vnto  anger :  In  that  they  wente 
 backe  to  do  sacrifice  ad  worshipe  vnto  straunge 
 goddes :  whom  nether  they,  ner  ye,  ner  youre 
 fathers  haue  knowne.  How  be  it,  I  sent  vnto 
 them  my  seruautes  all  the  prophetes :  'I  rose 
 vp  early,  I  sent  vnto  them,  and  gaue  them 
 warninge :  O  do  no  soch  abhominable  thinges, 
 d  thinges  that  I  hate.  But  they  wolde  not 
 folowe  ner  herke,  to  turne  from  their  wicked- 
 nes,  and  to  do  no  more  sacrifice  vnto  straunge 
 goddes. 
 
 Wherfore  my  indignacion  5  wrath  was  kyn- 
 dled,  and  it  brente  vp  the  cities  of  luda,  the 
 feldes  with  the  stretes  off  lerusalem :  so  that 
 they  were  made  waist  and  desolate,  as  it  is 
 come  to  passe  this  daye.  Now  therfore  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel:  How  happeneth  it,  that  ye  do  so 
 greate  euell  vnto  youre  owne  soules,  thus  to 
 destroye  the  men  and  women,  childre  and 
 babes  of  luda?  so  that  none  of  you  is  left, 
 because  ye  prouoke  me  vnto  wrath  with  the 
 workes  of  youre  owne  hondes :  whe  ye  offre 
 vnto  straunge  goddes  in  the  londe  off  Egipte, 
 where  as  ye  be  gone  to  dwell :  That  ye  might 
 vtterly  perishe,  and  that  ye  might  be  reuyled 
 and  shamfully  intreated  of  all  nacions.  Or, 
 haue  ye  now  forgotten  the  wickednes  off  youre 
 forefathers,  the  wickednes  off  f  kynges  of  luda 
 and  their  wyues,  f  wickednes  that  ye  youre 
 selues  ad  youre  wyues  haue  done  in  the  londe 
 of  luda,  in  the  cite  and  in  the  londe  off 
 lerusalem  ? 
 
 Yet  are  ye  not  sory  this  daye,  ye  feare  not, 
 nether  walke  ye  in  my  lawe  and  in  my  com- 
 maundementes,  that  I  haue  geue  vnto  you 
 and  youre  forefathers. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 the  God  off  Israel :  ''I  am  stedfastly  advysed 
 and  determed,  to  punysh  you,  and  to  rote  out 
 all  luda.  '  As  for  the  remnaunt  off  luda  that 
 purposly  wente  in  to  Egipte,  there  to  ease 
 them  off  their  mysery :  I  will  take  them,  and 
 they  shall  all  be  destroyed.  In  y  londe  of 
 Egipte  shall  they  perishe,  beynge  consumed 
 with  the  swearde  and  with  honger.  For  from 
 f  leest  vnto  f  most,  they  shal  perishe  with  the 
 
 <<  Amo.  9.  b.         '  lere.  42.  c.  43.  a. 
 
Cljap.  vliJ* 
 
 €l)t  projpfiet  Serfmp. 
 
 #0.  Mxm^ 
 
 swearde  and  with  honger.  Morouer  they 
 shalbe  reuyled,  abhorred,  shamed,  and  con- 
 founded. For  I  will  viset  them  that  dwell  in 
 Egipte,  "as  I  haue  visited  Jerusalem :  with  the 
 swearde,  with  honger  and  with  pestilence: 
 So  that  none  off  the  remnaunt  off  luda,  which 
 are  gone  to  dwell  in  Egipte,  shall  be  left  to 
 come  agayne  in  to  ;y-  londe  off  luda :  all  though 
 they  thynke  to  come  thither  agayne,  and  to 
 dwell  there.  For  none  shal  come  agayne,  but 
 soeh  as  are  fled  awaye. 
 
 Then  all  the  men  which  knewe  that  their 
 wyues  had  offred  vnto  straunge  goddes,  i  a 
 greate  sorte  off  wyues  that  stode  there,  yee 
 and  all  the  people  that  dwelt  there  in  Egipte 
 in  the  cite  of  Patures,  answerde  leremy,  (j 
 sayde :  As  for  the  wordes  that  thou  hast  spoken 
 vnto  vs  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  we  will 
 in  no  wyse  heare  them:  but  what  so  euer 
 goeth  out  of  oure  owne  mouth,  that  wil  we 
 do :  We  will  do  sacrifice,  and  offre  oblacions 
 vnto  the  Quene  off  heauen :  *like  as  we  and 
 oure  forefathers,  oure  kynges  and  oure  heades 
 haue  done  in  the  cities  off  luda,  and  in  the 
 stretes  and  feldes  of  lerusalem.  For  then 
 had  we  plenteousnesse  off  vytales,  then  were 
 we  in  prosperite,  and  no  myszfortune  came 
 vpon  vs. 
 
 But  sens  we  left  of,  to  offre,  and  to  do 
 sacrifice  vnto  the  Quene  of  heauen,  'we  haue 
 had  scarcenes  of  all  thinges,  and  perish  with 
 the  swearde  and  honger.  Last  of  all,  when 
 we  wome  did  sacrifice  and  offred  vnto  the 
 Quene  of  heaue,  did  we  make  her  cakes  ad 
 poure  vnto  her  drinkofferinges,  to  do  her 
 seruyce,  without  oure  huszbondes  wylles  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  leremy  vnto  all  the  people,  to 
 the  men,  to  the  women  and  to  all  the  folke, 
 which  had  geuen  him  that  answere :  Dyd  not 
 the  LORDE  remembre  the  sacrifices  that  ye, 
 youre  forefathers,**  youre  kiges  5  rulers  (with 
 all  the  people)  haue  offred  in  the  cities  of 
 luda,  in  the  stretes  and  londe  off  lerusalem  ? 
 and  hath  he  not  considered  this  in  his  mynde? 
 In  so  moch,  that  the  LORDE  might  no 
 longer  suffre  the  wickednes  off  youre  inuen- 
 cions,  and  the  abhominable  thynges  which  ye 
 dyd  ?  '  Is  not  youre  londe  desolate  5  voyde, 
 yee  and  abhorred,  so  that  no  ma  dwelleth  therin 
 eny  more,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye  ? 
 -'Dyd  not  all  this  happen  vnto  you,  because 
 
 «  lere.  39.       » lere.  7.  b.       '1  Mach.  1.  b.       <<  lere.  39. 
 '  Esa.  1.  a.        /  3  Re.  18.  b.  lere.  2.  c.  3.  e.  5.  e. 
 
 ye  made  soch  sacrifice,  and  synned  agaynst 
 the  LORDE?  Ye  haue  not  folowed  his  voyce, 
 to  walke  in  his  lawe,  in  his  ordinaunces  and 
 statutes.^ 
 
 Yee  this  is  the  cause,  that  all  mysfortune 
 happened  vnto  you,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this 
 daye. 
 
 Morouer,  leremy  spake  vnto  all  the  people 
 and  to  all  the  women :  Heare  the  worde  off 
 the  LORDE  all  luda,  ye  that  be  in  the  londe 
 off  Egipte:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  off 
 hoostes  the  God  of  Israel:  Ye  and  youre 
 wyues  haue  spoken  with  youre  owne  mouth, 
 the  thinge  that  ye  haue  fulfilled  in  dede. 
 
 Yee  thus  haue  ye  sayde  :  ''  We  will  not  fayle, 
 but  do  the  thynge  that  pleaseth  vs  :  we  wil  do 
 sacrifice  and  poure  out  drynkoffringes  to  the 
 Quene  of  heauen.  Purposly  haue  ye  set  vp 
 youre  owne  good  meanynges,  5  hastely  haue 
 ye  fulfilled  youre  owne  intente.  And  therfore, 
 heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  all  luda,  ye 
 that  dwell  in  the  londe  off  Egipte. 
 
 Beholde, '  I  haue  sworne  by  my  greate  name 
 (saieth  the  LORDE)  that  my  name  shal  not 
 be  rehearsed  thorow  eny  mans  mouth  of  luda, 
 in  all  the  londe  of  Egipte :  to  saye :  The 
 LORDE  God  lyueth,  for  I  wil  watch,  to  plage 
 them,  and  not  for  their  wealth.  And  all  the 
 men  of  luda  that  be  in  the  lode  of  Egipte, 
 *  shal  perish  with  the  swearde  and  with  hoger, 
 vntill  they  be  vtterly  destroyed. 
 
 Neuertheles,  those  that  fled  awaye  for  f 
 swearde,  shal  come  agayne  in  to  the  lode  of 
 luda  (but  there  shal  be  very  fewe  of  them) 
 And  all  the  remnaunt  off  luda,  that  are  gone 
 in  to  Egipte,  there  to  dwell,  shall  knowe,  whose 
 wordes  shalbe  founde  true :  theirs  or  myne. 
 Take  this  for  a  token,  that  I  wil  viset  you  in 
 this  place  (saieth  the  LORDE)  and  that  ye 
 maye  knowe,  how  that  I  (without  doute)  wil 
 perfourme  my  purpose  vpon  you,  to  punysh 
 you.  Beholde  (saieth  the  LORDE)  I  wil 
 delyuer  Pharao  Ophram  kynge  of  Egipte  in 
 to  the  hondes  of  his  enemies,  y  seke  after  his 
 life :  euen  as  I  gaue  Sedechias  the  kynge  of 
 luda  'in  to  the  hondes  of  Nabuchodonosor 
 kige  of  Babilo,  which  sought  after  his  life. 
 
 €\)t  rib.  Ci^apter. 
 
 THESE   are   the  wordes   y  Jeremy  the 
 prophet  spake  vnto  Baruch  the  sonne 
 
 s  Baruc  3.  a.     *  lere.  44.  c.      '  Gen.  22.  a. 
 '  4  Re.  25.  a.    lere.  39.  b. 
 
 '  lere.  42.  c. 
 
\So,  Mxn% 
 
 €\)t  propftft  Sitrcni)^. 
 
 Cftap.  xM* 
 
 of  Nerias,  "after  that  he  had  written  these 
 Serinds  in  to  a  boke  at  the  mouth  of  leremy, 
 In  the  fourth  yeare  of  loachim  the  sonne  of 
 losias  kynge  of  luda. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel 
 vnto  the,  O  Baruch :  In  so  moch  as  thou 
 thoughtest  thus  (when  thou  wast  writinge) 
 Wo  is  me,  the  LOHDE  hath  geuen  me  payne 
 for  my  trauayle :  I  haue  weeried  my  self  with 
 sighinge,  and  shall  I  fynde  no  rest  ?  Therfore 
 tell  hhn  (O  lereniy)  y  the  LORDE  saieth 
 thus:  Reholde,  The  thige  that  I  haue  buylded, 
 wil  I  breake  downe  agayne,  and  rote  out  the 
 thinge,  that  I  haue  planted,  yee  this  whole 
 londe.  And  sekest  thou  yet  promocio  ?  Loke 
 not  for  it,  and  desyre  it  not.  For  I  will  bringe 
 a  miserable  plage  vpo  all  flesh,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  *  But  thy  life  will  I  geue  the  for  a 
 pray,  where  so  euer  thou  goest. 
 
 Ei)c  )rl6t.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 HERE  folowe  the  wordes  off  the  LORDE 
 to  the  prophet  leremy,  which  he  spake 
 vnto  the  Gentiles.  "^  These  wordes  folowinge 
 preached  he  to  the  Egipcias  eoncernynge  the 
 hoost  off  Pharao  Necho  kynge  off  Egipte, 
 when  he  was  in  Charcamis  besyde  the  water 
 off  Euphrates :  what  tyme  as  Nabuchodonosor 
 the  kynge  of  Babilon  slewe  him,  In  the  fourth 
 yeare  off  loachim  the  sonne  off  losias  kynge 
 off  luda. 
 
 Ye  make  redy  buckler  and  shylde,  ye  go 
 forth  to  fight :  Yee  harnesse  youre  horses,  j 
 set  youre  selues  vpon  them :  Ye  set  youre 
 salettes  fast  on,  ye  bringe  forth  speares,  ye 
 scoure  youre  sweardes,  j  put  on  youre  brest 
 plates. 
 
 But  alas,  how  happeneth  it,  that  I  se  you 
 so  afrayed  ?  why  shrecke  ye  backe  ?  wherefore 
 are  youre  worthies  slayne  ?  Yee  they  runne 
 so  fast  awaye,  that  none  off  them  loketh 
 behynde  him.  Fearfulnesse  is  fallen  vpon 
 euerychone  off  them,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 The  lightest  off  fote  shall  not  fie  awaye,  and 
 the  worthies  shall  not  escape. 
 
 Towarde  the  north  by  the  water  of  Euphrates 
 they  shall  stomble  and  fall.  But  what  is  he 
 this,  that  swelleth  vp,  as  it  were  a  floude, 
 roaringe  ti  raginge  like  the  streames  off  water  ? 
 It  is  Egipte  that  ryseth  vp  like  the  floude,  and 
 casteth  out  the  waters  with  so  greate  noyse. 
 
 "  lere.  36.  a.  »  lere.  21.  b.  c  Esa.  19.  a.  30.  a. 
 
 Eze.  29.  a.  30.  31.    4  Re.  24.  b. 
 
 For  they  saye  :  We  will  go  vp,  and  will 
 couer  the  earth  :  we  wil  destroye  y  cities,  with 
 them  that  dwell  therin.  Get  you  to  horse 
 backe,  roll  forth  y  Charettes,  come  forth  ye 
 worthies :  ye  Moriaiis,  ye  Libeans  with  youre 
 buclers,  ye  Lideans  with  youre  bowes :  So 
 shall  this  daye  be  vnto  the  LORDE  God  of 
 hoostes,  a  daye  of  vegeaunce,  that  he  maye 
 avege  him  of  his  enemies.  The  swearde  shal 
 deuoure,  it  shal  be  satisfied  and  bated  in  their 
 bloude :  For  the  LORDE  God  off  hoostes 
 shall  haue  a  slayneoffringe  towarde  the  North, 
 by  the  water  of  Euphrates.  Go  vp  (o  Galaad) 
 d  bringe  triacle  vnto  the  doughter  off  Egipte : 
 
 But  in  vayne  shalt  thou  go  to  surgery,  for 
 thy  wounde  shall  not  be  stopped.  The  Heithen 
 shall  heare  off  thy  shame,  and  the  londe  shalbe 
 full  of  thy  confucion :  for  one  stronge  man  shall 
 stomble  vpon  another,  how  then  shulde  they 
 not  fall  both  together? 
 
 These  are  the  wordes  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  to  the  prophet  leremy,  '  eoncernynge  f 
 hoost  of  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon, 
 which  was  to  destroye  the  londe  off  Egipte : 
 Preach  out  thorow  the  londe  of  Egipte,  and 
 cause  it  be  proclamed  at  Migdal,  Memphis 
 and  Taphnis,  and  saye :  Stonde  still,  make 
 the  redie,  for  the  swearde  shal  consume  the 
 rounde  aboute. 
 
 How  happeneth  it  that  thy  mightie  worthies 
 are  fallen  ?  why  stode  they  not  fast  ?  Euen 
 because  the  LORDE  thrust  them  downe. 
 The  slaughter  was  greate,  for  one  fell  euer 
 still  vpon  another.  One  cried  vpon  another : 
 Vp,  let  vs  go  agayne  to  oure  owne  people, 
 and  to  oure  owne  naturaU  countre,  from  the 
 swearde  of  oure  enemie. 
 
 Crie  euen  there :  O  Pharao  kynge  of  Egipte, 
 the  tyme  will  bringe  sedicion.  ■'^As  truly  as  I 
 lyue  (saieth  the  kynge,  whose  name  is  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  it  shall  come  asy  mount 
 of  Thabor,  and  as  Libanus  yf  it  stode  in  the 
 see.  O  thou  doughter  of  Egipte,  make  redy 
 thy  geer  to  flyt.  For  Memphis  shalbe  voyde 
 and  desolate,  so  that  noma  shal  dwell  therin. 
 The  londe  of  Egipte  is  like  a  goodly  fayre 
 calfe,  but  one  .shall  come  out  of  the  north  to 
 dryue  her  forwarde.  Hir  wagied  souldyers 
 that  be  with  her,  are  like  fat  calues. 
 
 They  also  shall  fle  awaye  together,  and  not 
 abyde :   for  the  daye  off  their  slaughter  and 
 
 ''  lere.  36.  a.  '  lere.  45.  b.  /Isa.  48.  a.   11.  e. 
 
Cftap.  xMiU 
 
 Cf)e  jprop!)tt  Beremp. 
 
 fo.  Mmiih 
 
 the  tyme  of  their  visitacion  shall  come  vpon 
 them. 
 
 The  crie  off  their  enemies  shall  make  a 
 noyse,  as  the  blast  of  a  trompet.  For  they 
 shall  entre  in  with  their  hooste,  and  come 
 with  axes,  as  it  were  hewers  downe  of  wod. 
 And  they  shall  cut  downe  hir  wod  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  with  out  eny  discrecion.  For  they 
 shal  be  mo  in  nobre  then  the  greshoppers,  so 
 that  no  man  shalbe  able  to  tell  the.  The 
 doughter  of  Egipte  shalbe  confouded,  whe  she 
 shalbe  delyuered  in  to  the  hondes  off  the  peo- 
 ple off  the  north. 
 
 Morouer  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 the  God  of  Israel :  Beholde  I  will  vyset  that 
 restlesse  people  off  Alexandria,  Pharao  and 
 Egipte,  yee  both  their  goddes  and  their 
 kynges :  euen  Pharao,  and  all  them  y  litten 
 vnto  him.  "Yee  I  will  delyuerthem  in  to  the 
 hondes  off  those,  that  seke  after  their  lyues : 
 Namely,  in  to  the  power  off  Nabuchodonosor 
 the  kynge  off  Babllon,  and  in  to  the  power  off 
 his  seruaiites.  'And  after  all  these  thinges,  it 
 shalbe  inhabited  as  afore  tyme,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 '  But  be  not  thou  afrayed  (o  my  seruaunt 
 lacob)  feare  not  thou,  o  Israel.  For  lo,  I  wil 
 helpe  the  from  farre,  and  thy  sede  from  the 
 londe  of  thy  captiuyte.  lacob  also  shall  come 
 agayne,  and  be  in  rest :  he  shall  be  rich,  and 
 no  man  shall  do  him  harme.  ■*  Feare  thou 
 not  (o  lacob  my  seruaunt)  saieth  the  LORDE, 
 for  I  am  with  the :  and  will  destroye  all 
 nacions,  amonge  whom  I  haue  scatred  the 
 Neuertheles  I  will  not  consume  the,  but 
 chasten  the  and  correcke  the  :  yee  and  that 
 with  discrecion :  nether  wil  I  spare  the,  as  one 
 that  were  fautlesse. 
 
 E^t  vlbij.  Ci^apter. 
 
 THESE  are  the  wordes,  that  the  LORDE 
 spake  vnto  leremy  the  prophet  agaynst 
 the  Phylistines,'  before  that  Pharao  smote  the 
 cite  off  Gaza.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 Beholde,  there  shall  waters  arise  out  off  the 
 north :  and  shall  growe  to  a  greate  floude, 
 runnynge  ouer  and  couerynge  the  londe,  the 
 cities  and  them  that  dwell  therin. 
 
 And  the  men  shall  crie,  and  all  they  that 
 dwell  in  the  londe,  shall  moume  at  the  noyse 
 and  stampynge  off  their  stronge  barded  horses, 
 
 "  lere.  14.  b. 
 Agg.  2.  a. 
 
 »  Eze.  29.  b. 
 '  Esa.  14.  c. 
 
 '  Esa.  44.  a.  lere.  30.  b. 
 Eze.  25.  c.      Soph.  '2.  a. 
 
 at  the  shakynge  off  their  charettes,  and  at  the 
 romblinge  off  the  wheles.  The  fathers  shall 
 not  loke  to  their  children,  so  feable  and  weery 
 shall  their  hondes  be  :  at  the  same  tyme,  when 
 he  shal  be  there,  to  destroye  the  whole  londe 
 off  the  Phylistynes.  He  shall  make  waist 
 both  Tirus,  Sidon  ad  all  other  that  are  sworne 
 vnto  them. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  will  destroye  all  Pale* 
 tina,  and  the  other  lies,  that  be  deuyded  fro 
 the  countre.  Baldnesse  is  come  vpon  Gaza, 
 Ascalon  with  hir  other  valleys  shall  kepe  hir 
 peace. 
 
 How  longe  wilt  thou  slaye,  O  thou  swearde 
 off  the  LORDE  ?  Turne  agayne  in  to  thy 
 sheeth,  reste,  and  leaue  off.  But  how  can 
 it  ceasse,  when  the  LORDE  himselff  hath 
 geuen  it  a  charge  agaynst  Ascalon,  and  raysed 
 it  vp  agaynst  the  cities  off  the  see  coast  ? 
 
 Cijc  flbtij-  Cljaptn-. 
 
 THUS  saieth  f  LORDE  off  hoostes  f 
 God  of  Israel  against  Moab:  ^Wo  be 
 to  y  cite  of  Nebo,  for  it  shal  be  layed  waist, 
 brought  to  confucion  and  taken.  Yee  thy 
 stroge  cite  of  Cariatharim  shalbe  brought  to 
 shame,  and  afrayed :  Moab  shall  nomore  be 
 had  in  honoure  :  Wicked  councell  shalbe  taken 
 vpon  Hesebon.  Come  (shall  they  saye)  let  vs 
 rote  them  out,  that  they  maye  be  nomore 
 amonge  the  nombre  of  the  Gentiles,  yee  that 
 they  maye  nomore  be  thought  vpon :  Thus 
 the  swearde  shall  persecute  y.  A  voyce  shall 
 crie  from  Horonaim :  With  greate  waistinge 
 and  destruction,  is  Moab  made  desolate. 
 
 And  this  crie  shalbe  herde  in  all  hir  cities 
 At  the  goinge  vp  vnto  Luhith  there  shall  arise 
 a  lametacion  :  and  downe  towarde  Horonaim, 
 there  shall  be  herde  a  cruell  and  a  deedly  crie : 
 Get  you  awaye,  saue  youre  lyues  j  be  like  vnto 
 the  heeth  in  y  wildernes.  *  For,  because  thou 
 hast  trusted  in  thy  stronge  holdes  and  treasure, 
 thou  shalt  be  taken.  Chamos  with  his  prestes 
 and  prynces  shall  go  awaye  in  to  captiuyte. 
 
 The  destroyer  shal  come  vpon  all  cities, 
 none  shall  escape.  The  valleys  shalbe  de- 
 stroyed, and  the  feldes  shall  be  layed  waist : 
 like  as  the  LORDE  hath  determed. 
 
 Make  a  token  vnto  Moab,  that  she  get  hir 
 awaye  spedely :  for  hir  cities  shalbe  made  so 
 desolate,    that   no   man    shall   dwell   therin. 
 
 /  Esa.  15.  a.   16.  a.   25.  b.     Eze.  25.  b.    Soph.  2.  b.    losue 
 13.  c.  «  lere.  17.  b.   Eze.  29.  a.    Esa.  2.  b. 
 
ffo,  Mmiiih 
 
 Eijt  propbft  SScrfinp. 
 
 Cf)ap.  jrlbiij. 
 
 Cursed  be  he  that  doth  the  worke  of  the 
 LOllDE  necligently,  and  cursed  be  he  that 
 kepeth  backe  his  swearde  from  sheddynge  off 
 bloude." 
 
 Moab  hath  euer  bene  rich  and  carlesse 
 from  hir  youth  vp,  she  hath  sytten  and  take 
 hir  ease  with  hir  treasure.  She  was  neuer  yet 
 put  out  oft'  one  vesseil  in  to  another  (y  is)  she 
 neuer  wente  awaye  in  to  captyuyte,  therfore 
 hir  taist  remayneth,  and  hir  sauoure  is  not  yet 
 chaunged. 
 
 But  lo,  the  tyme  commeth  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  that  I  shall  sende  hir  trussers  to 
 trusse  her  vp,  to  prepare  and  season  hir  ves- 
 sels :  yee  hir  tankerdes  rattell,  and  shake  to  (i 
 fro.  And  Moab  shalbe  ashamed  off'  Chamos, 
 like  as  Israel  was  ashamed  off"  Bethel,  wheriii 
 she  put  hir  trust. 
 
 Wherfore  do  ye  thinke  thus :  we  are  mightie, 
 and  stronge  men  off  warre?*  Moab  shal  be 
 destroyed,  and  hir  cities  brente  vp : '  hir  chosen 
 yonge  men  shall  be  slayne,  saieth  the  kinge, 
 whose  name  is  the  LORDE  off"  hoostes.  The 
 destruction  off"  Moab  commeth  on  a  pace,  and 
 hir  fall  is  at  honde. 
 
 All  hir  neghbours  shall  mourne  for  her, 
 and  all  they  that  knowe  hir  name,  shal  saye  : 
 0  how  happeneth  it,  that  the  stronge  staff 
 and  the  goodly  rod  is  thus  broken  ?  And 
 thou  doughter  Dibo,  come  downe  from  thy 
 glory,  and  syt  in  pouerte.  For  he  that  de- 
 stroyeth  Moab,  shall  come  vp  to  the  also,  and 
 breake  downe  thy  stronge  holdes. 
 
 And  thou  that  dwellest  in  Aroer,  get  the 
 to  f  strete,  5  loke  aboute  the :  axe  them  that 
 are  fled  and  escaped,  and  saye  :  what  thynge 
 is  happened  ?  O,  Moab  is  confounded  and 
 ouercome. 
 
 Mourne  and  crie,  tell  it  out  at  Arnon,  that 
 Moab  is  destroyed.  And  mysery  shall  come 
 vpon  the  playne  londe  :  Namely,  vpo  holon, 
 and  laza :  vpon  Mephat  and  Dibo,  vpon 
 Nebo  and  the  house  of  Diplathaim,  vpon 
 Cariatharim  and  Bethgamul,  vpon  Bethmaon 
 and  Carioth,  vpon  Bosra  and  all  the  cities  in 
 the  lode  off  Moab,  whether  they  lye  farre  or 
 neare. 
 
 The  home  of  Moab  shal  be  smytte  downe, 
 (t  hir  arme  broken,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Make 
 hir  dronken  (for  she  magnified  hir  self  aboue 
 the  LORDE:)  that  men  maye  clappe  their 
 hondes  at  hir  vomyte,  and  that  she  also  maye 
 
 be  laughed  to  scorne.  O  Israel,  shall  thou 
 not  laugh  him  to  scorne,  when  he  is  taken 
 amoge  theues  ?  ''  Yee  because  off"  thy  wordes 
 that  thou  hast  spoken  agaynst  him,  thou  shalt 
 be  dryuen  awaye.  Ye  Moabites  shal  leaue  the 
 cities,  and  dwell  in  rockes  off  stone,  and  become 
 like  doues,  that  make  their  nestes  in  holes. 
 
 As  for  Moabs  pryde,  we  haue  herde  off  it. 
 she  is  very  hie  mynded.  'I  knowe  hir  stout- 
 nesse,  hir  boostinge,  hir  arogacy  and  the  pryde 
 off  hir  stomack,  saieth  the  LORDE.  F 
 hir  furiousnes  maye  nether  vpholde  hir  with 
 strength,  ner  dede.  Therfore  shal  there 
 mournynge  be  made  for  Moab,  and  euery  ma 
 shal  crie  for  Moabs  sake :  a  lamentacion 
 shalbe  made,  to  the  men  that  stonde  vpon 
 the  wall.  So  will  I  mourne  for  the  also  (o 
 lazer)  and  for  the,  O  thou  vynyarde  off  Sybma. 
 
 Thy  wyne  braiiches  shal  come  ouer  y  see, 
 and  the  braunches  off  lazer  but  vnto  the  see 
 the  destroyer  shall  breake  in  to  thy  haruest 
 and  grape  gatheringe.  Myrth  and  cheare 
 shalbe  taken  awaye  from  the  tymbre  felde, 
 and  from  the  whole  londe  off  Moab. 
 
 There  shall  be  no  swete  wyne  in  the  presse, 
 the  treader  shall  haue  no  stomacke  to  crie, 
 yee  there  shall  be  none  to  crie  vnto  him : 
 which  afore  tyme  were  herde  from  hesebon 
 to  Eleale  and  loaz,  which  lifted  vp  their 
 voyce  from  Zoar  vnto  Horonaim,  that  bul- 
 lock off"  thre  yeare  olde.  The  waters  also  off" 
 Nemrim  shalbe  dried  vp. 
 
 Morouer  I  will  make  Moab  ceasse  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  from  the  offringes  and  censinge 
 that  she  hath  made  vnto  hir  goddes  in  hie 
 places.  Wherfore  my  herte  mourneth  for 
 Moab,  like  a  crowde  playenge  an  heuy  songe: 
 and  for  the  mens  sake  off  the  bricke  wall  my 
 herte  mourneth  also,-'  euen  as  a  pype,  that 
 pipeth  a  dolefull  songe :  for  they  shalbe  very 
 fewe,  and  destroyed. 
 
 All  heades  shall  be  shauen,  and  all  beerdes 
 clipped  off:  all  hondes  bounde,  and  all  loynes 
 gyrded  aboute  with  sack  cloth.  Vp5  all  the 
 house  toppes  and  stretes  off"  Moab,  there 
 shalbe  mournynge :  For  I  will  breake  Moab 
 like  an  vnprofitable  vesseil  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 O  how  fearfull  is  she  ?  O  how  mourneth  she  ? 
 O  how  doth  Moab  hange  downe  hir  heade, 
 and  is  ashamed  ?  Thus  shall  Moab  be  a 
 laughinge  stocke,  and  had  in  derision  off  aU 
 them,  that  be  rounde  aboute  her. 
 
 ''  Nu.  27.  a.         '  Esa.  16.  b.    lere.  49.  c.         ^  Esa.  15.  a. 
 
 dF 
 
Cf)ap»  )fli)r. 
 
 €i)t  projplbft  Sifitmp* 
 
 jTo.  Mm^* 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE :  "Beholde, 
 the  enemie  shal  come  flyenge  as  an  Aegle, 
 and  sprede  his  wynges  vpon  Moab.  They 
 shall  clymme  oiier  the  walles,  and  wynne  the 
 stronge  holdes.  Then  the  mighty  mens  hertes 
 in  Moab,  *shalbe  like  the  herte  oft'  a  woman 
 trauelinge  with  childe. 
 
 And  Moab  shalbe  made  so  desolate,  that 
 she  shal  nomore  be  a  people,  because  she  hath 
 set  vp  her  selfe  agaynst  the  LORDE.  Feare, 
 pyt,  and  snare  shall  come  vpo  the  (o  Moab) 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Who  so  escapeth  the 
 feare,  shal  fall  in  the  pyt :  and  who  so  getteth 
 out  off"  the  pyt,  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare." 
 
 For  I  will  bringe  a  yeare  off"  visitacion  vpon 
 Moab,  saieth  the  LORDE.  They  that  are 
 able  to  fie,  shall  stonde  vnder  the  shadowe  off 
 Hesebon.  For  there  shall  go  a  fyre  out  off 
 Hesebon,  and  a  flame  from  Sion,  s  shall 
 burne  vp  that  proude  people  off  Moab,  both 
 before  and  behynde. 
 
 Wo  be  vnto  the  (o  Moab)  for  thou  people 
 off  Chamos  shalt  perish :  Yee  thy  sonnes  and 
 doughters  shall  be  led  awaye  captyue.  Yet 
 at  the  last  will  I  bringe  Moab  out  off  cap- 
 tiuyte  agayne,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Thus 
 farre  off  the  plage  off  Moab. 
 
 Clje  yliy.  Cijapttr. 
 
 AS  concerninge  the  Ammonites,  ''thus  the 
 LORDE  saieth  :  Hath  Israel  no  child- 
 ren, or  is  he  without  an  heyre  ?  Why  hath 
 youre  kynge  then  taken  Gad  in  ?  wherfore 
 doth  his  people  dwell  in  his  cities  ?  Beholde 
 therfore,thetymecommeth  (saieth  ^  LORDE) 
 that  I  will  brynge  a  noyse  off  warre  in  to  Ra- 
 bath  off  the  Ammonites.  Label  shalbe  deso- 
 late, and  hir  cities  brent  vp :  and  the  Israelites 
 shall  be  lordes  ouer  those,  that  had  the  in 
 possession  afore,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Hese- 
 bon shall  mourne,  for  it  shal  be  roted  out  off 
 the  grounde,  saieth  the  LORDE.  The  cities 
 off  Rabath  shall  crie  out,  and  gyrde  them 
 selues  with  sack  cloth :  they  shall  mourne, 
 and  runne  aboute  the  waUes :  for  their  kynge 
 shall  be  led  awaye  presoner  :  yee  his  preestes 
 and  prynces  with  him. 
 
 Wherfore  trustest  thou  in  the  water  streames, 
 that  flowe  to  and  fro,  o  thou  fearce  doughter : 
 and  thynkest  thou  art  so  safe  (by  reason  off 
 thy  treasure)  that  no  man  shal  come  to  the  ? 
 
 »  Deu.  28.  c.  lere.  49.  d.  «■  lere.  49.  d.  "■  Esa.  24.  e. 
 ■I  Eze.  21.  d.25.  a.  Amos  1.  a.        "Esa.  21.  b.    Eze.  25.  b. 
 
 Beholde,  I  will  brynge  a  feare  vpon  the, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  off  hoostes,  from  all 
 those  that  be  aboute  the :  so  that  ye  shall  be 
 scatred  euery  man  from  another,  and  no  ma 
 shall  gather  them  together  agayne,  that  be 
 fled.  But  after  that,  I  will  bringe  the  Am- 
 monites also  out  off  captyuyte  agayne. 
 
 Vpon  the  Edomites  hath  the  LORDE  off 
 hoostes  spoken  on  this  maner:  'Is  there  no 
 more  wyszdome  in  Theman  ?  Is  there  no 
 more  good  councell  amonge  his  people  ?  Is 
 their  wyszdome  then  turned  clene  to  naught  ? 
 Get  you  hence,  turne  youre  backes,  crepe 
 downe  in  to  the  depe,  O  ye  citesyns  off  Dedan. 
 
 For  I  will  bringe  destructio  vpon  Esau,  yee 
 and  the  daye  off  his  visitacion.  Yff  the  grape 
 gatherers  came  vpon  the,  shulde  they  not 
 leaue  some  grapes?  Yff  the  night  robbers 
 came  vpon  the,  shulde  they  not  take  so  moch, 
 as  they  thought  were  ynough  ? 
 
 But  I  will  make  Esau  bare,  and  discouer 
 his  secretes,  so  that  he  shall  not  be  able  to 
 hyde  them.  His  sede  shalbe  waisted  awaye, 
 yee  his  brethren  and  his  neghbours,  ad  he 
 himselff  shall  not  be  left  behinde. 
 
 Thou  shalt  leaue  thy  fatherlesse  children 
 behinde  the,  -^^and  I  will  kepe  them  and  thy 
 wydowes  shall  take  their  comforth  in  me.  For 
 thus  hath  the  LORDE  spoken:  Beholde, 
 they  that  men  thought  were  vnmete  to  drinke 
 of  the  cuppe,  haue  dronken  with  the  first : 
 and  thynkest  thou  then  to  be  fre  ? 
 
 No,  no :  thou  shalt  nether  be  quyte  nor  fre, 
 but  thou  must  drynke  also :  For  why,  I  haue 
 sworne  by  my  selff  (saieth  the  LORDE)  that 
 Bosra  shall  become  a  wyldemesse,  an  open 
 shame,  a  laughinge  stocke  and  cursynge :  and 
 hir  cities  shalbe  a  continuall  deserte. 
 
 For  I  am  perfectly  infourmed  of  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  hath  sent  a  message  all  ready  vnto 
 the  Heithen.  Gather  you  together,  and  go 
 forth  agaynst  them :  make  you  ready  to  the 
 battayle,  for  lo :  *  I  will  make  the  but  small 
 amonge    the    Heithen,    and    litle    regarded 
 
 amonge  men. 
 
 Thy  hie  stomack  5  the  pryde  of  thy  herte 
 haue  disceaued  f,  because  thou  wilt  dwell  in 
 the  holes  of  stony  rockes,  and  haue  the  hie 
 mountaynes  in  possession.  Neuertheles  though 
 thy  nest  were  as  hie  as  the  Aegles,  yet  wil  I 
 cast  the  downe,  saieth  the  LORDE.   Morouer 
 
 32.  f.  35.  a.  f  lere.  25.  b.     Eze.  9.  b.     1  Pe.  4.  c. 
 
 f  Abdie  1.  a.   Esa.  47.  b.   lere.  48.  d. 
 
jTo.  Mni^bh 
 
 €i)t  propOrt  Snfmp. 
 
 Ci)ap.  U| 
 
 Idumea  shall  be  a  wildernesse:  "who  so  goeth 
 by  it,  shalbe  abashed,  and  wondre  at  all  hir 
 miserable  plages.  Like  as  Sodom,  Gomor 
 and  the  cities  that  laye  there  aboute,  were 
 turned  vpsyde  dowiie  (saieth  f  LORDE)  so 
 shal  no  body  dwell  in  Idumea,  and  no  man 
 shal  haue  his  habitacion  there.  Beholde,  hke 
 as  the  Lyon  cometh  vp  from  the  pleasaunt 
 medowes  of  lordane  vnto  y  grene  pastures 
 of  Ethfi,  so  wil  I  dryue  him,  5  make  him  runne 
 agaynst  her.  But  who  is  the  yonge  man  that 
 I  will  ordene  therto  ?  Who  is  hke,  vnto  me? 
 What  is  he  that  will  stryue  with  me  ?  What 
 shepherde  maye  stonde  in  my  hondes  ? 
 
 Therfore  heare  the  counceU  of  the  LORDE, 
 that  he  hath  taken  vpon  Idumea :  a  his  pur- 
 pose, that  he  hath  deuysed  vpon  the  citesyns 
 of  Theman  :  The  leest  of  the  flocke  shal 
 teare  them  in  peces,  a  loke  what  fayre  thynge 
 they  haue,  they  shal  make  it  waist,  it  them- 
 selues  also.  At  the  noyse  of  their  fall  f  earth 
 shal  quake,  the  crie  of  their  voyce  shalbe 
 herde  vnto  the  reed  see.  Beholde,  y  enemie 
 shall  come  and  fle  vp  hither,  like  as  it  were 
 an  Aegle,  5  sprede  his  wynges  vpon  Bosra. 
 Then  shal  the  hertes  of  the  worthies  in  Edom 
 be  'as  the  herte  of  a  woman  trauelinge  of 
 childe.  Vpon  Damascus,  Hemath  and  Ar- 
 phad  shall  come  confucion,  for  they  shall 
 heare  euell  tydinges :  they  shal  be  tossed  to 
 and  fro  like  the  see  that  can  not  stonde  still. 
 Damascus  shalbe  sore  afrayde,  a  shal  fle, 
 tremblinge  shal  come  vpon  her.  Sorowe  and 
 payne  shal  ouer  take  her  as  a  woman  trauel- 
 inge of  childe.  But  how  shulde  so  worship- 
 full  and  glorious  a  cite  be  forsaken  ?  Heare 
 therfore :  hir  yonge  men  shal  fall  in  the  stretes, 
 and  all  hir  men  of  warre  shal  be  take  awaye 
 in  that  tyme,  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 I  will  kyndle  a  fyre  in  the  walles  of  Damascus, 
 which  shal  cosume  the  palace  of  Benadad. 
 
 As  for  Cedar  and  the  kyngdome  of  Hasor, 
 ''whom  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon 
 smote  downe,  the  LORDE  hath  spoken  thus 
 vpon  them:  Arise,  and  get  you  vp  \Tito 
 Cedar,  and  destroye  the  people  towarde  the 
 easte.  Their  tentes  and  their  flockes  shal  they 
 take  awaye,  yee  their  hanginges  and  their  ves- 
 sell.  Their  Camels  also  shall  they  cane  awaye 
 with  them.  They  shall  come  aboute  them  on 
 euery  syde  with  a  fearfull  crie. 
 
 ■■  lere.  18.  b.  19.  b.  50.  b.  Gene.  19.  c. 
 lere.  48.  f.    Esa.  17.  e.    Amos  1.  a. 
 
 Psal.  136.  b. 
 ''  Esa.  21.  c. 
 
 Fle,  get  you  soone  awaye,  crepe  in  to  caues, 
 that  ye  maye  dwell  there :  O  ye  inhabitours 
 of  Hasor,  saieth  the  LORDE:  for  Nabu- 
 chodonosor y  kinge  of  Babilon  hath  holden  a 
 councel  concernynge  you,  (j  concluded  his 
 deuyce  agaynst  you.  Arise,  5  get  you  vp 
 agaynst  yonder  rich  (t  carelesse  people  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  which  haue  nether  gates  ner 
 dore  barres,  a  that  dwell  not  together.  Their 
 Camels  shalbe  stoUen,  i  the  droues  of  their 
 catell  dryuen  awaye. 
 
 Morouer.  these  that  be  shauen  wil  I  scatre 
 towarde  all  the  wyndes,  s  bringe  them  to 
 destruction :  Yee  d  that  thorow  their  owne 
 familiers,  saieth  the  LORDE.  Hasor  also 
 shall  be  a  dwellinge  for  Dragons,  and  an 
 euerlastinge  wildernesse :  so  that  no  body 
 shal  dwell  there,  and  no  man  shal  haue  there 
 his  habitacion. 
 
 These  are  the  wordes,  that  the  LORDE 
 '  spake  to  the  prophet  leremy  concernynge 
 Elam,  in  the  begynnynge  of  the  reigne  of 
 Sedechias  kinge  of  luda.  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes :  Beholde,  I  wil  breake 
 the  bowe  of  Elam,  and  take  awaye  their 
 strength :  and  vpon  Elam  I  wil  bringe  the 
 foure  \vyndes  from  y  foure  quarters  of  heauen, 
 (J  wil  scatre  them  agajTist  the  same  foure 
 wyndes.  And  there  shal  be  no  people,  but 
 some  of  Elam  shal  fle  vnto  them. 
 
 For  I  wil  cause  Elam  be  afrayed  of  their 
 enemies,  5  of  them  that  seke  their  lyues :  5 
 wil  bringe  \'p6  them  the  indignacion  of  my 
 wrath,  saieth  the  LORDE.  And  I  wil  per- 
 secute them  with  the  swearde  so  longe  til  I 
 haue  brought  them  to  naught.  I  wil  set  my 
 stole  in  Elam,  I  wil  destroye  both  the  kinge  5 
 V  prynces  from  thence,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 But  in  processe  of  tyme,  I  wil  bringe  Elam 
 out  of  captiuyte  aga^me,  saieth  the  LORDE, 
 
 €J)t  I.  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 THE  wordes  y  the  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 the  prophet  leremy,  concernynge  Babi' 
 Ion,  (t  the  londe  of  the  Caldees :  -'  Preach 
 amonge  the  Gentiles,  let  youre  voyce  be  herde. 
 make  a  toke :  crie  out,  kepe  no  sylence,  but 
 saye :  Babilon  shal  be  wonne,  Bel  shalbe  co- 
 founded,  and  Merodach  shalbe  ouercome. 
 
 Yee  their  goddes  shal  be  brought  to  shame, 
 and  their  ymages  shall  stonde   in  feare.     For 
 
 «•  Eze.  32.  d.  Dan.  8.  a.        /  Esa.  13.  a.  47.  a.  lere.  25.  b. 
 31.  a.  Esa.  46.  a.  Dan.  5.  a. 
 
 JT 
 
C&ap*  L 
 
 C6e  prophet  Semnp. 
 
 jTo.  IicIjtTFhij'J 
 
 out  of  the  north  there  shal  come  a  people 
 agaynst  her,  which  shal  make  hir  londe  so 
 waist,  that  no  body  shal  dwell  therin :  nether 
 man  ner  beast,  for  they  shall  fie  and  departe 
 from  thence.  In  those  dayes  (s  at  that  tyme 
 (saieth  the  LORDE)  "  the  childre  of  Israel 
 shall  come,  they  5  the  children  of  luda, 
 wepinge  5  makinge  haist,  5  shal  sake  the 
 LORDE  their  God.  They  shall  axe  the 
 waye  to  Sion,  thyther  shall  they  turne  their 
 faces,  5  come,  and  hange  vpon  the,  in  a  coue- 
 naunt  that  neuer  shal  be  broken. 
 
 *  My  people  hath  bene  a  lost  flocke,  my 
 shepherdes  haue  disceaued  them,  5  haue  made 
 them  go  astraye  vpon  the  hilles.  They  haue 
 gone  from  the  mountayne  to  the  litle  hill,  (i 
 forgotten  their  folde.  All  they  y  came  vpon 
 them,  haue  deuoured  the :  j  their  enemies 
 sayde  :  We  haue  made  no  faute  agaynst  them, 
 for  they  haue  displeased  the  LORDE,  yee 
 euen  the  LORDE  which  is  the  bewtie  of 
 their  rightuousnes,  d  y  defended  their  fatliers. 
 Yet  shal  ye  fie  from  liabilon,  5  departe  out  of 
 y  londe  of  the  Caldees,  and  ye  shall  be  as  the 
 rammes  that  go  before  the  flocke.  Tor  lo, 
 I  will  wake  vp  an  boost  of  people  from  f 
 northren  londe,  5  bringe  them  vpon  Babilon : 
 these  shal  laye  sege  to  it,  i  wynne  it :  Their 
 arowes  shal  not  mysse,  like  as  a  connynge 
 archer  shuteth  not  wronge.  And  the  Caldees 
 shalbe  spoyled,  5  all  they  that  spoyle  them, 
 shalbe  satisfied,  saieth  the  LORDE:  ''because 
 ye  were  so  chearfuU  ij  glad,  to  treade  downe 
 myne  heretage,  5  fulfilled  youre  pleasures,  as 
 the  calues  in  the  grasse :  and  triumphed  ouer 
 them  like  the  buUes,  when  ye  had  gotten  the 
 victory.  Youre  mothers  shalbe  sore  con- 
 founded, and  they  that  bare  you,  shal  come 
 to  shame.  She  shall  be  the  leest  set  by 
 amonge  the  nacions,  voyde,  waist,  5  dried  vp. 
 No  man  shal  be  able  to  dwell  there,  for  the 
 feare  of  y  LORDE,  but  she  shal  be  whole 
 desolate.  All  they  that  go  by  Babilon,  '  shall 
 stonde  still,  g  be  abashed,  j  shal  wondre  at  all 
 hir  plages. 
 
 Go  forth  in  youre  araye  agaynst  Babilon 
 rounde  aboute,  all  ye  that  can  hiidle  bowes  : 
 shute  at  her,  spare  no  arowes,  for  she  hath 
 synned  agaynst  the  LORDE.  Crieout:  vpon 
 her,  vpon  her,  agaynst  her  roude  aboute :  she 
 shal  yelde  her  selfe,  her  foundacios  shal  fall. 
 
 1  Esd.  1.  a. 
 <*  Esa.  47.  a. 
 
 "  lere.  25.  a.  Eze.  36.  f. 
 lere.  18.  b.  19.  b.  49.  o. 
 
 '  lere.  30.  g. 
 /Exo.  21.b. 
 
 IT  hir  walles  shall  come  downe,  for  it  shalbe 
 the  vengeaunce  of  the  LORDE.  'Yee  ve- 
 geaunce  shalbe  taken  of  her,  5  as  she  hath 
 done,  so  shal  she  be  dealt  withall.  They  shal 
 rote  out  the  sower  from  Babilon,  5  him  y 
 handleth  the  sickle  in  haruest.  For  feare  of 
 the  swearde  of  the  enemie,  euery  man  shall 
 get  him  to  his  owne  people,  5  euery  man  shal 
 fle  to  his  owne  londe.  Israel  is  a  scatred 
 flocke,  the  Lyons  haue  dispersed  them.  ^  First 
 the  kinge  of  the  Assirians  deuoured  them,  last 
 of  all  this  Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of  Babilon 
 hath  brussed  all  their  bones. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 the  God  of  Israel :  Beholde,  I  will  viset  the 
 kinge  of  Babilon  5  his  kingdome,  ''  as  I  haue 
 visited  the  kinge  of  the  Assirians :  and  wiU 
 bringe  Israel  agayne  to  his  pleasaunt  pasture, 
 that  he  maye  fede  vpon  Charmel  5  Basan, 
 and  be  satisfied  vpon  the  mount  of  Ephraim 
 5  Galaad.  In  those  dayes  and  at  the  same 
 tyme  (saieth  the  LORDE)  '  yf  the  offence  of 
 Israel  be  sought  foi",  there  shal  none  be  founde : 
 Yf  men  enquere  for  the  synne  of  luda,  there 
 shal  be  none:  for  I  wil  be  mercifull  vnto  them, 
 whom  I  suffre  to  remayne  ouer. 
 
 Go  downe  (0  thou  avenger)  in  to  the  ene- 
 mies londe,  5  viset  them  that  dwell  therin : 
 downe  with  them,  and  smyte  them  vpon  the 
 backes,  saieth  the  LORDE  :  do  acordinge  to 
 all,  that  I  haue  commaunded  the.  There  is 
 gone  aboute  the  londe  a  crie  of  a  slaughter  j 
 greate  murthur,  namely  on  this  maner :  How 
 happeneth  it,  that  the  hammer  of  the  whole 
 worlde  is  thus  broken  (;  brussed  in  sender? 
 How  chaunceth  it,  that  Babilon  is  become  a 
 wildernes  amonge  the  Heithen  on  this  maner  ? 
 I  my  self  haue  layed  wayte  for  the,  (t  thou  art 
 taken  :  vnawarres  art  thou  trapped  5  snared : 
 for  why,  thou  hast  prouoked  f  LORDE  vnto 
 anger:  The  LORDE  hath  opened  his  house 
 of  ordinaunce,  5  brought  forth  the  weapens  of 
 his  wrath.  For  the  thinge  that  is  done  in  the 
 londe  of  the  Caldees,  it  is  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  worke. 
 
 These  thinges  shal  come  vpon  her  at  the 
 last,  they  shal  breake  in  to  hir  preuy  chabres, 
 they  shall  leaue  her  as  bare  as  stones,  that  be 
 layed  together  vpon  heapes.  They  shall  so 
 destroye  her,  y  nothinge  shal  be  left.  They 
 shal  slaye  all  hir  mightie  souldyers,  and  put 
 
 Leu.  24.  d.  lohel  3.  b.  <  4  Reg.  17.  e.   Esa.  10.  a. 
 
 4  Re.  25.  b.         »  4  Re.  19.  g.  Esa.  14.  d.        ■  lere.  51.  a. 
 
\fo,  Mm^iii' 
 
 €\)t  propftet  Semnp. 
 
 Cftap,  li. 
 
 dT 
 
 them  to  death.  Wo  be  vnto  the,  for  the  tlaye 
 5  tyme  of  their  visitacion  is  at  honde.  Me- 
 thinke  I  heare  already  a  crie,  of  them  that  be 
 fled  5  escaped  out  of  the  londe  of  Babilon, 
 which  shewe  in  Sion  the  vengeaunce  of  the 
 LOllDE  oure  God,  the  vengeaunce  of  his 
 temple :  Yee  a  voyce  of  them,  that  crie 
 agaynst  Habilon:  Call  vp  all  the  archers 
 agaynst  Babilon,  pytch  youre  tentes  rounde 
 aboute  her,  that  none  escape.  "  Recompence 
 her,  as  she  hath  deserued :  and  acordinge  as 
 she  hath  done,  so  deale  with  her  agayne :  for 
 she  hath  set  vp  her  self  agaynst  the  LORDE, 
 agaynst  f  holy  one  of  Israel.  Therfore  shal 
 hir  yonge  men  fall  downe  in  the  stretes,  (i  all 
 hir  men  of  warre  shal  be  roted  out  in  y  daye, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Beholde,  I  speake  vnto 
 the  (o  thou  proude)  saieth  the  LORDE  God 
 of  hoostes :  for  thy  daye  shal  come,  eue  the 
 tyme  of  thy  visitacio.  And  the  proude  shal 
 stomble  (j  fall,  5  no  man  shal  helpe  him  vp. 
 I  wil  burne  vp  his  cities  with  fyre,  g  it  shal 
 consume  all  that  is  rounde  aboute  him. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  The 
 children  of  Israel  5  luda  sufFre  violence  to- 
 gether. All  they  that  haue  them  in  captiuyte, 
 kepe  them  fast,  j  wil  not  let  them  go :  but 
 their  aveger  5  redemer  is  mightie,  whose  name 
 is  the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  he  shal  manteyne 
 their  cause,  he  shal  make  the  londe  shake,  5 
 iudge  them  that  dwell  therin,  one  with  another. 
 The  swearde  shall  come  vpon  the  Caldees 
 (saieth  the  LORDE)  vpon  them  that  dwell 
 in  Babilon,  vpon  their  prynces,  5  vpo  their 
 wyse  me :  The  swearde  vpon  their  soythsayers, 
 (as  for  those,  they  shall  become  fooles.)  The 
 swearde  vpo  their  worthies,  so  that  they  shal 
 stonde  in  feare:  The  swearde  vpon  their 
 horsmen  and  charettes,  5  vpon  all  the  comon 
 people  that  dwell  vnder  the  :  so  that  they  all 
 shal  become  like  women  :  The  swearde  vpon 
 their  treasure,  so  that  it  shal  be  stollen  awaye : 
 The  swearde  vpon  their  waters,  so  that  they 
 shalbe  dried  vp:  For  the  londe  worshippeth 
 ymages,  5  delyteth  in  straunge  wondrefull 
 thinges.  Therfore  shal  wilde  beestes.  Apes  j 
 Estriches  dwell  therin :  for  there  shal  neuer 
 man  dwell  there,  nether  shal  eny  man  haue 
 his  habitacion  there  for  euer  more.  'Like 
 as  God  destroyed  Sodom  5  Gomorre,  with 
 the  cities  that  laye  there  aboute,  saieth  the 
 
 '  Apoc.  18.  b. 
 
 *  Geue.  19.  d. 
 Deut.  28.  c. 
 
 •  lere.  50.  b. 
 
 LORDE :  So  shal  noman  dwell  there  also, 
 nether  shal  eny  mil  haue  there  his  habitacion. 
 '  Beholde,  there  shal  come  a  people  from  the 
 north,  with  a  greate  bonde  of  men,  (i  many 
 kinges  shal  stonde  vp  from  the  endes  of  the 
 earth :  They  beare  bowes  i  buclers,  cruell  are 
 they  d  vnmercifull. 
 
 Their  voyce  roareth  like  the  raginge  see, 
 they  ryde  vpon  horses,  5  come  weapened  to 
 fight  agaynst  the  :  O  Babilon.  As  soone  as 
 the  kinge  of  Babilon  heareth  tell  of  them,  his 
 hondes  shal  waxe  feable :  Sorowe  and  heuynes 
 shall  come  vpon  him,  as  a  woman  trauelinge 
 with  childe.  Beholde,  ''like  as  the  Lyon 
 commeth  vp  from  the  pleasaunt  medowes  of 
 lordane  vnto  the  grene  pastures  of  Ethan,  so 
 wil  I  dryue  the  forth,  and  make  them  runne 
 agaynst  her.  But  whom  shal  I  chose  out,  5 
 ordene  to  soch  thinge  ?  '  For  who  is  like  me, 
 or  who  wil  stryue  with  me  ?  or  what  shepherde 
 maye  stonde  agaynst  me  ?  Therfore  heare 
 the  councel  that  the  LORDE  hath  geuen 
 vpon  Babilon,  and  the  deuyce  that  he  hath 
 taken  vpon  the  londe  of  the  Caldees.  The 
 leest  amoge  the  people  shal  teare  them  in 
 peces,  5  loke  what  pleasaunt  thinge  they  haue : 
 they  shal  laye  it  waist.  The  noyse  at  f  wyn- 
 nynge  of  Babilon  shal  moue  the  earth,  %  the 
 crie  shalbe  herde  amonge  the  Getiles. 
 
 Cl^e  li.  Cijapter. 
 
 THUS  hath  the  LORDE  sayde:  ^Be- 
 holde, I  will  rayse  vp  a  perlous  wynde 
 agaynst  Babilon  5  hir  citesens,  y  beare  euell 
 win  agaynst  me.  I  wil  sende  also  in  to  Babilo 
 fanners,  to  fanne  her  out,  5  to  destroye  hir 
 londe :  for  in  the  daye  of  hir  trouble  they  shal 
 be  aboute  her  on  euery  syde.  Morouer,  the 
 LORDE  hath  sayde  vnto  the  bowe  men,  5  to 
 them  y  clymme  ouer  the  walles  in  brest  plates : 
 Ye  shal  not  spare  hir  yonge  me,  kyll  downe 
 all  hir  boost.  Thus  the  slayne  shal  fall  downe 
 in  the  londe  of  the  Caldees,  and  the  wounded 
 in  the  stretes.  ^As  for  Israel  5  luda,  they 
 shall  not  be  forsake  of  their  God,  of  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes,  of  the  holyone  of  Israel: 
 no,  though  they  haue  fylled  all  their  londe  full 
 of  synne.  ''Fie  awaye  from  Babilon,  euery 
 man  saue  his  life.  Let  no  man  holde  his 
 tunge  to  hir  wickednes,  for  the  tyme  of  the 
 LORDES  vengeaunce  is  come,  yee  he  shal 
 
 '  lere.  49.  c 
 
 '  lob  41.  a. 
 «  lere.  50.  d.         ' 
 
 /  lere.  25.  b.  50.  a. 
 Esa.  48.  d. 
 
Cftap.  It. 
 
 CfK  propftrt  Sifi*nnp. 
 
 jTo.  trrlOTi)i'. 
 
 m 
 
 rewarde  her  agayne.  Babilon  hath  bene  in 
 the  LORDES  honde  a  golden  cuppe,  "y 
 maketh  all  londes  droncken.  Of  hir  wjme 
 haue  all  people  droncken,  therfore  are  they 
 out  of  their  wittes.  '  But  sodenly  is  Babilon 
 fallen,  and  destroyed.  Mourne  for  her, 
 bryiige  plasters  for  hir  woundes,  yf  she  maye 
 peraduenture  be  healed  agayne.  We  wolde 
 haue  made  Babilon  whole  (saye  they)  but  she 
 is  not  recouered.  Therfore  wil  we  let  hei 
 alone,  (j  go  euery  ma  in  to  his  owne  countre 
 For  hir  iudgmet  is  come  in  to  heauen,  (i  is 
 gone  vp  to  the  cloudes.  And  therfore  come 
 on,  we  will  shewe  Sion  the  worke  of  the 
 LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 Make  sharpe  the  arowes,  and  fyll  the 
 quyuers :  'for  the  LORDE  shall  rayse  vp  the 
 sprete  of  the  kynge  of  the  Meedes,  which 
 hath  allready  a  desyre  to  destroye  Babilon. 
 This  shalbe  the  vengeaunce  of  the  LORDES, 
 and  the  vengeaunce  of  his  temple. 
 
 Set  vp  tokens  vpon  the  walles  of  Babilon, 
 make  youre  watch  stronge,  set  youre  watch- 
 men in  araye,  yee  holde  preuye  watches :  (j 
 yet  for  all  that  shall  the  LORDE  go  forth 
 with  the  deuyce,  which  he  hath  taken  vpon 
 them  that  dwell  in  Babilon. 
 
 O  thou  that  dwellest  by  the  greate  waters, 
 o  thou  that  hast  so  greate  treasure  and  riches, 
 thyne  ende  is  come :  (t  the  rekenynge  of  thy 
 wynnynges.  ''The  LORDE  of  hoostes  hath 
 swome  by  himself,  that  he  wil  ouer  whelme 
 the  with  men  like  greshoppers  in  nombre, 
 which  with  a  corage  shall  crie  Alarum  Alarum 
 agaynst  the.  'Yee  euen  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes,  that  with  his  power  made  the  earth, 
 with  his  wiszdome  prepayred  f  rounde  worlde, 
 5  with  his  discrecion  spred  out  the  heauens. 
 As  soone  as  he  letteth  his  voyce  be  herde,  the 
 waters  in  the  ayre  waxe  fearce:  'He  draweth 
 vp  the  cloudes  from  the  endes  of  the  earth. 
 He  turneth  y  lightenynges  to  rayne,  he 
 bringeth  the  wyndes  out  of  their  secrete 
 places.  By  the  reason  of  wyszdome,  all  men 
 are  become  fooles.  « Confounded  be  all  the 
 casters  of  jinages  :  for  ^y-  thinge  that  they 
 make,  is  but  chsceate,  5  hath  no  breath. 
 Vayne  is  it,  j  worthy  to  be  laughed  at :  5  in 
 the  tyme  of  visitacion  it  shal  perish. 
 
 Neuertheles,  the  porcion  of  lacob  is  none 
 soch  :    but  he  that  made  all  thinges,  whose 
 
 lere.  25.  c.        *  Esa.  21.  b.   Apo.  18.  a.  14.  b.        '  Lai. 
 2.  c.     3  Re.  11.  c. 
 
 name  is  the  LORDE  of  hooste.s,  he  is  the 
 rodde  of  his  enheritaunce.  Thou  breakest 
 my  weapens  of  warre,  5  yet  thorow  the  I  haue 
 scatred  the  nacions  j  kyngdomes :  Thorow 
 the  haue  I  scatred  horse  5  horse  man,  yee  the 
 charettes,  (t  soch  as  sat  vpon  them :  Thorow 
 the  I  haue  scatred  man  j  woman,  olde  and 
 yonge,  bacheler  5  mayden.  Thorow  the  I 
 haue  scatred  the  shepherde  5  his  flocke,  the 
 husbond  man  %  his  catell,  the  prynces  g  the 
 rulers.  Therfore  wil  I  rewarde  the  cite  of 
 Babilon  5  all  hir  citesyns  the  Caldees,  with  all 
 the  euell  which  they  haue  done  vnto  Sion  : 
 Yee  that  ye  youre  selues  shall  se  it,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  Beholde,  I  come  vpon  the  (thou 
 noysome  hill)  saieth  the  LORDE,  thou  that 
 destroyest  all  londes.  I  wil  stretch  out  my 
 honde  ouer  the,  (t  cast  the  downe  from  the 
 stony  rockes :  5  wil  make  the  a  brente  hill,  so 
 that  nether  corner  stones,  ner  pinnacles,  ner 
 foundacion  stones  shalbe  taken  eny  more  out 
 of  the,  but  waist  5  desolate  shalt  thou  lie  for 
 euermore,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Set  vp  a  toke  in  the  londe :  blowe  the 
 trompettes  amonge  the  Heithen,  prouoke  the 
 nacions  agaynst  her,  call  the  kyngdomes,  of 
 Ararat,  Mennij  Ascanes  agaynst  her:  nombre 
 out  Taphsar  agaynst  her,  bringe  as  greate  a 
 sorte  of  horses  agaynst  her,  as  yf  they  were 
 greshoppers.  Prepare  agaynst  them  f  people 
 of  the  Meedes  with  their  kynges,  prynces  ij  all 
 their  chefe  rulers,  yee  and  the  whole  londe 
 that  is  vnder  them. 
 
 The  londe  also  shal  shake  g  be  afrayed, 
 when  the  deuyce  of  the  LORDE  shall  come 
 forth  agaynst  Babilon  :  to  make  the  londe  of 
 Babilon  so  waist,  that  no  ma  shal  dwell  eny 
 more  therin.  The  Worthies  of  Babilon  shal 
 leaue  the  batell,  5  kepe  them  selues  in  stronge 
 holdes,  their  strength  hath  fayled  them,  they 
 shalbe  like  women.  Their  dwellinge  places 
 shal  be  brent  vp,  their  barres  shalbe  broken. 
 One  purseuaunt  shal  mete  another,  yee  one 
 poste  shal  come  by  another,  to  bringe  the 
 kinge  of  Babilon  tydinges :  that  his  cite  is 
 taken  in  on  euery  syde,  the  foordes  occupyde, 
 the  fennes  brent  vp,  and  the  souldyers  sore 
 afrayed. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  jf 
 God  of  Israel :  The  doughter  of  Babilon  hath 
 bene  in  hir  tyme  like  as  a  threszshinge  floore, 
 
 ■^  Am. IS  6.  c.  lere.  22.  a.       « lere.  10.  b.      /  Psal.  134.  b. 
 «  Esa.  44.  c.  Baru.  6.  a. 
 
jfo.  iicrc. 
 
 €i)t  propbft  Serrmp. 
 
 Cftap.  lu 
 
 but  shortly  shal  hir  haruest  come.  Nabucho- 
 donosor  the  kinge  of  Babilon  hath  deuoured 
 and  distroyed  me,  he  hath  made  me  an  emptie 
 vessel!.  He  swalowed  me  vp  like  a  Dragon, 
 and  fylled  his  bely  with  my  delicates :  he 
 hath  cast  me  out,  he  hath  take  my  substaunce 
 awaye,  5  the  thinge  that  was  left  me  hath  he 
 caried  vnto  Babilon,  saieth  the  doughter,  that 
 dwelleth  in  Sion  :  Yee  5  my  bloude  also,  vnto 
 the  Caldees,  saieth  Jerusalem.  Therfore  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  :  Beholde,  I  wil  defends 
 thy  cause,  d  avenge  the :  I  will  drynke  vp  hir 
 see,  5  drye  vp  hir  water  sprynges. 
 
 "  Babilon  shal  become  an  heape  of  stones, 
 a  dwellinge  place  for  dragons,  a  fearfulnes  (j 
 wondringe,  because  no  man  dwelleth  there. 
 They  shall  roare  together  like  lyons,  5  as  the 
 yonge  lyons  when  they  be  angrie,  so  shal  they 
 bede  them  selues.  In  their  heate  I  shal  set 
 drynke  before  the,  5  they  shalbe  droncken  for 
 ioye  :  Then  shal  they  slepe  an  euerlastinge 
 slepe,  *CE  neuer  wake,  saieth  the  LOIIDE. 
 I  shal  carie  them  downe  to  be  slayne  like 
 shepe,  like  wethers  ij  gootes.  O,  how  was 
 Sesah  wonne  ?  O,  how  was  the  glory  of  y 
 whole  londe  taken?  how  happeneth  it,  that 
 Babilon  is  so  wondred  at  amonge  the  Heithe  ? 
 The  see  is  rysen  ouer  Babilon,  5  hath  couered 
 her  with  his  greate  wawes.  Hir  cities  are 
 layed  waist,  the  londe  lieth  vnbuylded  and 
 voyde :  it  is  a  londe  where  no  man  dwelleth, 
 (J  where  no  ma  traueleth  thorow.  Morouer, 
 'I  wil  vyset  Bel  at  Babilo :  g  the-  thinge  that 
 he  hath  swalowed  vp,  that  same  shal  I  plucke 
 out  of  his  mouth.  The  Gentiles  also  shall 
 runne  nomore  vnto  him,  yee  and  the  walles  of 
 Babilon  shal  fall. 
 
 ''  O  my  people,  come  out  of  Babilon,  that 
 euery  man  maye  saue  his  life,  from  the  fearfuU 
 wrath  of  the  LORDE.  Be  not  faynte  herted, 
 5  feare  not  at  euery  rumoure  that  shalbe  herde 
 in  the  londe :  for  euery  yeare  bringeth  new 
 tydinges,  yee  straunge  wickednes  and  lord- 
 snipe.  And  lo,  the  tyme  commeth  that  I  wil 
 vyset  the  ymages  of  Babilo,  and  the  whole 
 londe  shalbe  confounded,  yee  and  hir  slayne 
 shal  lie  in  the  myddest  of  her.  Heauen  and 
 earth  with  all  that  is  therin,  'shall  reioyce 
 ouer  Babilon,  when  the  destroyers  shal  come 
 vpon  her  from  the  north,  saieth  y  LORDE. 
 '  Like  as  Babilo  hath  beaten  downe  and 
 
 •  Esa,  21. 
 Dan.  14.  d. 
 
 '  lere.  51.  b.        <■  lere.  50.  a.  Esa.  46.  a. 
 2  Cor.  6.  c.  Esa.  52.  b.        «  Apoc.  18.  e. 
 
 slayne  many  out  of  Israel,  so  shal  there  fall 
 many,  and  be  slayne  in  all  hir  kyngdome. 
 Ye  that  haue  escaped  the  swearde,  haist  you, 
 stode  not  still,  remembre  the  LORDE  afarre 
 of:  and  thinke  vpon  lerusalem,  for  we  were 
 ashamed  to  heare  the  blasphemies :  oure 
 faces  were  couered  with  shame,  because  the 
 straunge  aleauntes  came  in  to  the  Sanctuary 
 of  the  LORDE.  Wherfore  beholde  (saieth 
 the  LORDE)  the  tyme  commeth,  that  I  wil 
 vyset  the  ymages  of  Babilon,  and  thorow  the 
 whole  lode  they  shal  mourne  and  fall.  *  Though 
 Babilon  clymmed  vp  in  to  heaue,  and  kepte 
 her  power  an  hie :  yet  shal  I  sende  her  de- 
 stroyers saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 A  piteous  crie  shall  be  herde  from  Babilon, 
 and  a  greate  mysery  from  the  londe  of  the 
 Caldees:  when  the  LORDE  destroyeth  them, 
 and  when  he  dryueth  out  the  hie  stomack  j 
 proude  boostinge,  where  with  they  haue  bene 
 as  furious,  as  the  wawes  of  greate  water 
 floudes,  and  made  greate  crakes  with  their 
 wordes.  For  the  destroyers  shall  come  vpon 
 her  (euen  vpon  Babilon)  which  shal  take  hir 
 worthies,  and  brake  their  bowes :  for  God  is 
 disposed  to  avenge  him  self  vpon  them,  5  suf- 
 ficiently to  recompence  the.  Yee  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  I  will  make  their  prynces,  their  wyse 
 men,  their  chefe  rulers  (t  all  their  worthies, 
 droncke  :  so  that  they  shal  slepe  an  euerlast- 
 inge slepe,  and  neuer  wake  :  Thus  saieth  the 
 kinge,  whose  name  is  y  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  :  The  thicke  wall  of  Babilon  shal  be 
 broken,  and  hir  proude  gates  shalbe  brente  vp. 
 And  the  thinge  that  the  Getiles  and  the  peo- 
 ple haue  wrought  with  greate  trauayle  and 
 laboure,  shal  come  to  naught,  and  be  con- 
 sumed in  the  fyre. 
 
 This  is  the  charge  that  leremy  gaue  vnto 
 Sarias  the  sonne  of  Nerias,  the  sonne  of 
 Maasia,  when  he  wente  towarde  Babilon  with 
 Sedechias  the  kinge  of  luda,  in  the  fourth 
 yeare  of  his  reigne.  Now  this  Sarias  was  a 
 peaceable  prynce.  leremy  wrote  in  a  boke, 
 all  the  misery  that  shulde  come  vpon  Babilon, 
 yee  and  all  these  sermons  that  be  written 
 agaynst  Babilon,  and  gaue  Sarias  this  charge: 
 When  thou  commest  vnto  Babilon,  se  that 
 thou  rede  all  these  wordes,  and  saye :  O 
 LORDE,  thou  art  determed  to  rote  out  this 
 
 /  lere.  30.  c.         e  lere.  49.  d. 
 
C6ap.  Iij, 
 
 Cfte  propI)ft  Stremp. 
 
 jTo.  titftu 
 
 place,  so  that  nether  people  ner  catell  shal 
 dwell  there  eny  more,  but  to  lie  waist  for 
 euer:  and  when  thou  hast  redde  out  the 
 boke,  bynde  a  stone  to  it,  and  cast  it  in  the 
 myddest  of  Euphrates,  and  saye :  "  Eue  thus 
 shal  Babilon  syncke,  5  be  thrust  downe  with 
 the  burthen  of  trouble,  that  I  will  bringe 
 vpon  her:  so  that  she  shal  neuer  come  vp 
 agayne.  Thus  farre  are  f  preachinges  of 
 leremy. 
 
 Ci)e  It).  €{)aptnr. 
 
 SEDECHIAS  was  xxj.  yeare  olde,  when 
 he  was  made  kynge,  *5  he  raigned  xj. 
 yeare  in  lerusalem.  His  mothers  name  was 
 Hamithal,  leremies  doughter  of  Lobna.  He 
 lyued  wickedly  before  the  LORDE  euen  as 
 loachim  dyd.  Wherfore  the  LORDE  was 
 angrie  at  lerusalem  j  luda,  so  longe  till  he 
 had  cast  the  out  of  his  presence.  And  Sede- 
 chias  fel  from  the  kynge  of  Babilon.  '  But 
 in  f  ix.  yeare  of  his  raigne.  In  the  teth 
 Moneth,  the  tenth  daye  of  the  Moneth  it 
 happened,  that  Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of 
 Babilon  with  all  his  hooste  came  before  leru- 
 salem, s  beseged  it,  5  made  them  bulworkes 
 rounde  aboute  it.  And  this  beseginge  of  the 
 cite  endured  vnto  the  xj.  yeare  of  kynge  Se- 
 dechias. 
 
 And  in  the  fourth  Moneth,  the  ix  daye  of 
 the  Moneth,  there  was  so  greate  honger  in 
 the  cite :  that  there  were  no  more  vitayles  for 
 the  people  of  the  londe.  ''  So  all  the  souldyers 
 brake  awaye,  and  fled  out  of  the  cite  by  night, 
 thorow  the  waye  of  the  porte  betwene  the 
 two  walles  by  the  kynges  garden.  Now  y 
 Caldees  had  copassed  the  cite  rounde  aboute, 
 yet  wente  these  men  their  waye  towarde  the 
 wildernesse. 
 
 And  so  the  Caldees  folowed  vpon  them, 
 and  toke  Sedechias  the  kinge  in  the  felde  of 
 lericho,  when  his  boost  was  runne  from  him. 
 So  they  caried  the  kynge  awaye  presoner  to 
 Reblatha,  vnto  the  kinge  of  Babilon  in  the 
 londe  of  Hemath,  '  where  he  gaue  iudgment 
 vpon  him. 
 
 The  kinge  of  Babilo  also  caused  Sedechias 
 sonnes  be  slayne  before  his  face,  yee  d  put  aU 
 the  prynces  of  luda  to  death  at  Reblatha. 
 Morouer  he  put  out  the  eyes  of  Sedechias, 
 caused  him  be  bounde  with  cheynes,  to  be 
 
 '  Apoc.  18.  e.        »  i  Re.  24.  d.  2  Par.  36.  b.        '  lere. 
 39.  a.  4  Re.  25.  a.  <'  lere.  38.  b.  39.  a. 
 
 caried  vnto  Babilon :  5  let  him  lie  in  preson, 
 till  he  dyed. 
 
 Now  y  tenth  daye  of  the  fyfth  Moneth  in 
 the  xix  yeare  of  Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of 
 Babilon,  Nabusaradan  the  chefe  captayne  and 
 the  kinge  of  Babilons  seruauntes  came  vnto 
 lerusalem,  (j  brent  vp  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE.  He  brent  vp  also  the  kinges 
 palace,  all  the  houses  5  all  the  gorgeous  buyld- 
 inges  in  lerusale.  And  the  whole  boost  of 
 the  Caldees  y  were  with  the  chefe  captayne, 
 brake  downe  all  the  walles  of  lerusalem 
 rounde  aboute. 
 
 As  for  the  poore  people  (5  soch  folke  as  yet 
 was  left  in  the  cite,  which  also  were  fallen  to 
 the  kinge  of  Babilon,  yee  5  what  people  as 
 yet  remayned :  Nabusaradan  the  chefe  cap- 
 tayne caried  them  awaye  presoners.  But  f 
 poore  people  of  the  countre,  dyd  Nabusar- 
 adan the  chefe  captayne  leaue  in  the  londe, 
 to  occupie  the  vynyardes  5  feldes.  The  Cal- 
 dees also  brake  the  brasen  pilers,  that  were  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE,  yee  the  seate  and 
 the  brasen  lauer  that  was  in  the  house  of  f 
 LORDE:  jj  caried  all  the  metall  of  them 
 vnto  Babilon.  They  toke  awaye  also  the 
 Cauldrons,  shouels,  flesh  hokes,  sprinklers, 
 spones  5  all  the  brasen  vessell  that  was  occu- 
 pide  in  the  seruyce:  with  the  basens,  cole- 
 pannes,  sprinklers,  pottes,  candilstickes,  spones, 
 and  cuppes :  wherof  some  were  of  golde,  and 
 some  of  syluer. 
 
 The  chefe  captayne  toke  also  the  two  pilers, 
 the  lauer,  the  xij  brasen  bullockes  y  stode 
 vnder  y  seate,  -^^ which  kinge  Salomon  made  in 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE :  5  all  the  vessell 
 conteyned  so  moch  metall,  that  it  might  not 
 be  weyed.  For  euery  piler  was  xviij  cubites 
 hie,  5  the  rope  that  went  aboute  it,  was  xij 
 cubites,  s  foure  fingers  thick  and  rounde : 
 Now  vpon  the  rope  were  brasen  knoppes,  5 
 euery  knoppe  was  fyue  cubites  hie :  5  vpon 
 the  knoppes  were  whopes,  5  pomgranates 
 rounde  aboute  of  clene  brasse. 
 
 After  this  maner  were  both  the  pilers 
 fashioned  with  the  pomgranates,  wherof  there 
 were  an  hundreth  and  xcvj,  which  hanged 
 vpon  the  whoopes  rounde  aboute.  The  chefe 
 captayne  also  toke  Sarias  f  hie  prest,  5  So- 
 phonias  that  was  chefe  next  him,  and  the  thre 
 kepers  of  the  treasury.     He  toke  out  of  the 
 
jfo.  bcwij. 
 
 Wt)t  iUmentarionsf  of  3e«mp. 
 
 C&ap.  u 
 
 Icite  a  chamberlayne  which  was  a  captayne  of 
 the  souldyers,  (t,  seuen  men   that   were   the 
 
 ikinges  seruauntes,  which  were  founde  in  the 
 
 I  cite :  5  Sepher  a  captayne  that  vsed  to  muster 
 the  men  of  warre :  with  Ix  men  of  the  countrc 
 that  were  taken  in  the  cite.  These  Nabu- 
 saradan  the  chefe  captayne  toke,  u  caried  them 
 to  the  kinge  of  Babilon  vnto  Reblatha :  and 
 
 I  the  kinge  of  Babilon  caused  them  to  be  put 
 to  death  at  Reblatha  in  the  londe  of  Hemath. 
 And  thus  luda  was  ledde  awaye  captyue,  out 
 of  his  owne  londe. 
 
 This  is  the  sinniiie  of  the  people,  whom  Nabu- 
 chodonosor  ledde  awaye  captyue. 
 
 In  the  seuenth  yeare  of  his  reigne,  he  caried 
 awaye  of  y  lewes,  thre  thousande  thre  and 
 twenty.  In  the  xviij  yeare  Nabuchodonosor 
 caried  awaye  from  lerusalem  eight  hunderth 
 and  xxxij   personnes.     In  the  xxiij   yeare  of 
 
 Nabuchodonosor  Nabusaradan  the  chefe  cap- 
 tayne, toke  awaye  seuen  hundreth  xlv  lewes 
 presoners.  The  whole  summe  of  all  the  pre- 
 soners,  is  foure  thousande  and  sex  hundreth. 
 
 "In  the  xxxvij  yeare  after  that  loachim  the 
 kinge  of  luda  was  caried  awaye  in  the  xxv 
 daye  of  the  xij  Moneth,  Euilmerodach  kinge 
 of  Babilon  (the  same  yeare  y  he  reigned) 
 gaue  loachim  the  kinge  of  luda  his  pardon, 
 and  let  him  out  of  preson,  and  spake  louyngly 
 to  him :  And  set  his  trone  aboue  y  trones  of 
 the  other  kinges  that  were  with  him  in  Babi- 
 lon. He  chaunged  also  the  clothes  of  his 
 preson,  yee  and  he  att  with  him  all  his  life 
 longe.  And  he  had  a  cotinuall  lyuynge  geuen 
 him  of  the  kinge  of  Babilon,  euery  daye  a 
 certayne  thinge  alowed  him,  all  the  dayes  of 
 his  life,  vntill  he  dyed. 
 
 m)t  tiiHt  of  t\)t  piopl)ft  3tmn^, 
 
 Z'^t  aamcntactong  of  ^ttttnp. 
 
 AND  it  came  to  passe  (after  Israel  was 
 brought  in  to  captiuyte,  and  lerusalem 
 destroyed:)  that  leremy  the  prophet  sat 
 wepinge,  mournynge  and  makinge  his  mone 
 in  lerusalem :  so  that  with  an  heuy  herte 
 he  sighed,  5  sobbed,  sayeiige  : 
 
 Cljc  first  CljapUr. 
 
 ALAS,  how  sitteth  the  cite  so  desolate,  y 
 some  tyme  was  full  of  people  ?  how  is 
 she  become  like  a  wedowe,  which  was  the  lady 
 of  all  nacions  ?  "  How  is  she  brought  vnder 
 tribute,  that  ruled  all  iondes  ? 
 
 '  2  Re.  4.  b.   4  Re.  15.  a. 
 
 She  wepeth  sore  in  the  night,  so  that  y 
 teares  runne  downe  hir  chekes :  for  amonge 
 all  hir  louers,  there  is  none,  that  geueth  her 
 eny  eomforte :  yee  hir  nexte  frendes  abhorre 
 her,  5  are  become  hir  enemies. 
 
 luda  is  taken  presoner,  because  she  was 
 defyled :  (j  for  seruynge  so  many  straunge 
 goddes,  she  dwelleth  now  amonge  the  Heithen. 
 She  fyndeth  no  rest,  all  they  that  persecuted 
 her,  toke  her,  and  so  she  dwelleth  amonge  hir 
 enemies. 
 
 The  stretes  of  Sion  mourne,  because  no 
 man  commeth  more  to  the  solempne  feastes : 
 All  hir  gates  are  desolate,  hir  prestes  make 
 
Cbap.  ij. 
 
 Cfie  aamentaiions  of  Sfrnnp, 
 
 fo,  lifiiriij. 
 
 latnentacion,  hir  maydens  are  carefull,  and 
 she  herself  is  in  greate  heuynesse. 
 
 Hir  enemies  are  fallen  vpon  hir  heade,  (j 
 
 haue  put  her  to  shame:  because  the  LORDE 
 
 hath  chastened  her  for  hir  greate  wickednes : 
 
 hir  children  are  ledde  awaye  captiue  before 
 
 their  enemie. 
 
 All  the  bewtie  of  the  doughter  of  Sion  is 
 awaye,  hir  prynces  are  become  like  wethers, 
 that  fynde  no  pasture.  They  are  dryue  awaye 
 before  their  enemie,  so  that  they  haue  no  more 
 power. 
 
 Now  doth  Jerusalem  remembre  the  tyme  of 
 hir  misery  g  disobedience,  yee  the  ioye  5  plea- 
 sure y  she  hath  had  in  tymes  past :  seynge  hir 
 people  is  brought  downe  thorow  the  power  of 
 their  enemie,  j  there  is  no  man  for  to  helpe 
 her :  hir  enemies  stode  lokinge  at  her  and 
 laugh  hir  Sabbath  dayes  to  scorne. 
 
 Jerusalem  synned  euer  more  j  more,  ther- 
 fore  is  she  come  in  decaye.  All  they  that  had 
 her  in  honoure,  despise  her:  for  they  haue 
 sene  hir  fylthinesse.  Yee  she  sigheth,  and  is 
 a  shamed  of  herselfe. 
 
 Hir  skyrtes  are  defyled,  she  remebred  not 
 what  wolde  folowe :  therfore  is  hir  fall  so 
 greate,  and  there  is  no  ma  to  comforte  her.  O 
 LORDE,  cosidre  my  trouble,  for  myne  enemie 
 hath  the  vpper  honde. 
 
 The  enemie  hath  put  his  honde  to  all  the 
 precious  thinges  that  she  had,  yee  euen  before 
 hir  eyes  came  the  Heithen  in  and  out  of  the 
 Sanctuary :  whom  thou  (neuertheles)  *hast 
 forbydden  to  come  within  thy  congregacion. 
 
 All  hir  people  seke  their  bred  with  heuynes, 
 5  loke  '  what  precious  thinge  euery  man  hath, 
 that  geueth  he  for  meate,  to  saue  his  life. 
 Considre  (O  LORDE)  and  se,  how  vyle  I 
 am  become. 
 
 O  ye  all  that  go  fore  by,  beholde  and  se, 
 yf  there  be  eny  sorowe  like  vnto  myne,  wher 
 with  the  LORDE  hath  troubled  me,  in  the 
 daye  of  his  fearefuU  wrath. 
 
 From  aboue  hath  he  sent  downe  a  fyre,  in 
 to  my  bones  and  chastened  me:  he  hath  layed 
 a  net  for  my  fete,  and  throwne  me  wyde  open : 
 he  hath  made  me  desolate,  so  that  I  must  euer 
 be  mournynge. 
 
 The  yocke  of  my  transgression  is  come  at 
 the  last,  with  his  honde  hath  he  taken  it  vp, 
 and  put  it  aboute  my  neck.     My  strength  is 
 
 "  lere.  Ub.  a.  *  Deu.  23.  a.  '  i  Re.  6.  f.  Treu.  2.  c. 
 '  lere.  14.  c.     Tren.  2.  e.        «  Dan.  9.  a.        /Tren.  4.  b. 
 
 gone :  the  LORDE  hath  delyuered  me  in 
 to  those  hondes,    wherout  I  can  not  quyte 
 
 yself. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  destroyed  all  the  mightie 
 men,  that  were  in  me.  He  hath  proclamed 
 a  feast,  to  slaughter  all  my  best  me.  The 
 LORDE  hath  troden  downe  the  doughter  of 
 luda,  like  as  it  were  in  a  wyne  presse. 
 
 Therfore  do  I  wepe,  and  myne  eyes  gusshe 
 out  of  water:  ''for  the  coforter  that  shulde 
 quycken  me,  is  farre  fro  me.  My  children 
 are  dryuen  awaye,  for  why  ?  the  enemie  hath 
 gotten  the  ouer  honde. 
 
 Sion  casteth  out  hir  hSdes,  and  there  is  no 
 man  to  comforte  her.  The  LORDE  hath 
 layed  the  enemies  rounde  aboute  lacob,  and 
 Jerusalem  is  as  it  were  a  menstruous  woma, 
 in  the  myddest  of  them. 
 
 The  LORDE  is  rightuous,"  for  I  haue  pro- 
 uoked  his  countenaunce  vnto  anger.  O  take 
 hede  all  ye  people,  and  considre  my  heuynes : 
 My  maydens  and  my  yonge  men  are  led  awaye 
 in  to  captiuyte. 
 
 I  called  for  my  louers  (but  they  begyled 
 me:)  for  my  prestes  and  councelers,  but  they 
 perished :  euen  while  they  sought  for  meate, 
 to  saue  their  lyues. 
 
 Considre  (O  LORDE)  how  I  am  troubled, 
 my  wombe  is  disquieted,  my  herte  turneth 
 aboute  in  me,  and  I  am  full  of  heuynes.  The 
 swearde  hurteth  me  without,  and  within  I  am 
 like  vnto  death. 
 
 They  heare  my  mournynge,  but  there  is 
 none  that  wil  comforte  me.  All  myne  ene- 
 mies haue  herde  of  my  trouble,  and  are  glad 
 therof,  because  thou  hast  done  it.  But  thou 
 shalt  brynge  forth  the  tyme,  when  they  also 
 shal  be  like  vnto  me. 
 
 From  the  shall  come  all  their  aduersite : 
 thou  shalt  plucke  them  awaye,  eue  as  thou 
 hast  plucked  me,  because  of  all  my  wicked- 
 nesse.  For  my  sorow  is  very  greate,  and  my 
 herte  is  heuy. 
 
 Ci^c  tj.  Cfjapter. 
 
 ALAS,  how  hath  f  LORDE  darckened 
 the  doughter  of  Sion^  so  sore  in  his 
 wrath  ?  As  for  the  honoure  of  Israel,  he  hath 
 casten  it  downe  from  heauen :  « How  hap- 
 peneth  it,  that  he  remembred  not  his  owne 
 fote  stole,  when  he  was  angrie  ? 
 
 e  1  Par.  19.  a.    Psal.  98.  a. 
 
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ffo,  bcjrniij. 
 
 €f)t  ilaimntanonsi  of  3crcmp. 
 
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 The  LORDE  hath  east  downe  all  the  glory 
 of  lacob  without  eny  fauoure  :  All  the  stroiige 
 places  of  the  doughter  Iiida  hath  he  broken 
 in  his  wrath,  %  throwne  them  downe  to  the 
 grounde :  hir  kyngdome  a  hir  prynces  hath  he 
 suspended. 
 
 In  the  wrath  of  his  indignacion  he  hath 
 broken  all  the  homo  of  Israel :  he  hath  with 
 drawe  his  right  honde  from  the  enemie  :  yee 
 a  flame  of  fyre  is  kyndled  in  Jacob,  5  hath 
 consumed  vp  all  rounde  aboute. 
 
 He  hath  bent  his  bowe  like  an  enemie,  he 
 hath  fastened  his  right  honde  as  an  aduersary : 
 and  euery  thinge  that  was  pleasaut  to  se,  he 
 hath  smyten  it  downe.  He  hath  poured  out 
 his  wrath  like  a  fyre,  in  to  the  tabernacle  of 
 the  doughter  Sion. 
 
 The  LORDE  is  become,  like  as  it  were  an 
 enemie,  he  hath  cast  downe  Israel  5  all  his 
 places:  yee  all  his  stronge  holdes  hath  he 
 destroyed,  and  fylled  the  doughter  of  luda 
 with  moch  sorow  and  heuynesse. 
 
 Hir  tabernacle  (which  was  like  a  garden  of 
 pleasure)  hath  he  destroyed :  hir  hie  solepne 
 feastes  hath  he  put  downe.  "The  LORDE 
 hath  brought  it  so  to  passe,  that  the  hie  so- 
 lempne  feastes  and  Sabbathes  in  Sion,  are 
 clene  forgotte.  In  his  heuy  displeasure  hath 
 he  made  the  kynge  5  prestes  to  be  despised. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  forsaken  his  owne  aulter, 
 5  is  wroth  with  his  ownie  Sanctuary,  s  hath 
 geuen  the  walles  of  their  towres  in  to  the 
 hondes  of  the  enemie.  Their  enemies  made 
 a  noyse  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  as  it 
 had  bene  in  a  solempne  feast  daye. 
 
 The  LORDE  thought  to  breake  downe  the 
 walles  of  the  doughter  Sion,  he  spred  out  his 
 lyne,  %  drewe  not  in  his  honde,  till  he  had 
 destroyed  them.  Therfore  mourne  the  tur- 
 rettes  and  the  broken  walles  together. 
 
 Hir  portes  are  casten  downe  to  the  grounde, 
 hir  barres  are  broken  %  smytten  in  sonder: 
 hir  kynge  (j  prynces  are  caried  awaye  to  the 
 Getiles.*  They  haue  nether  lawe  ner  pro- 
 phetes,  ner  yet  eny  vision  from  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  Senatours  of  the  doughter  Sion  sit 
 vpon  the  grounde  in  sylence,  they  haue  strowed 
 aszshes  vpon  their  heades,  and  gyrded  them 
 selues  with  sack  cloth.  The  maydens  of  le- 
 rusalem  hange  downe  their  heades  to  the 
 grounde. 
 
 'Myne  eyes  begynne  to  fayle  me  thorow 
 
 •  lere.  7.  b.       »  lere.  52.  b.      '  Tren.  I.e.       ''  lere.  5.  b. 
 
 wepinge,  my  body  is  disquieted,  my  leuer  is 
 poured  vpon  the  earth,  for  the  greate  hurte 
 of  my  people,  seynge  the  children  and  babes 
 dyd  swowne  in  the  stretes  of  the  cite. 
 
 Euen  when  they  spake  to  their  mothers: 
 where  is  meate  and  drynke  ?  for  whyle  they 
 so  sayde,  they  fell  downe  in  the  stretes  of  the 
 cite,  Uke  as  they  had  bene  wounded,  and  some 
 dyed  in  their  mothers  bosome. 
 
 What  shal  I  saye  of  the  (O  thou  doughter 
 Jerusalem)  to  whom  shall  I  licke  the?  To 
 whom  shal  I  c5pare  the  (o  thou  doughter 
 Sion)  to  comforte  the  withall  ?  Thy  hurte  is 
 like  a  mayne  see,  who  maye  heale  the  ? 
 
 Thy  prophetes  haue  loked  out  vayne  5  foUsh 
 thinges  for  the,''  they  haue  not  shewed  the  of 
 thy  wickednesse,  to  kepe  the  from  captiuyte : 
 but  haue  ouerladen  the,  and  thorow  feilsede 
 scatred  the  abrode. 
 
 All  they  that  go  by  the,  clappe  their  hondes 
 at  the :  hissinge  and  wagginge  their  heades 
 vpon  the  doughter  lerusalem,  and  saye:  is 
 this  the  cite  that  men  call  so  fayre,  wherin 
 the  whole  londe  reioyseth  ? 
 
 All  thine  enemies  gape  vpon  the,  whisper- 
 inge  and  bytinge  their  teth,  sayenge  :  let  vs 
 deuoure,  for  the  tyme  that  we  loked  for,  is 
 come :  we  haue  founde  and  sene  it. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  fulfilled  the  thinge, 
 that  he  was  purposed  to  do :  and  perfourmed 
 that  he  had  deuysed  longe  agoo :  he  hath  de- 
 stroyed, and  not  spared.  He  hath  caused 
 thine  aduersary  to  trj'umphe  ouer  the,  and  set 
 vp  the  home  of  thine  enemie. 
 
 Let  thine  hert  crie  vnto  the  LORDE,  O 
 thou  cite  of  the  doughter  Sion :  'let  thy  teares 
 rUne  downe  like  a  ryuer  daye  5  night :  rest 
 not,  5  let  not  the  aple  of  thine  eye  leaue  of. 
 
 Stonde  vp,  and  make  thy  prayer  in  the  first 
 watch  of  the  night,  poure  out  thine  hert  like 
 water  before  the  LORDE:  lift  vp  thine 
 hondes,  for  the  lyues  of  thy  yonge  children, 
 that  dye  of  honger  in  the  stretes. 
 
 Beholde  (O  LORDE)  5  considre,  why  hast 
 thou  gathered  me  \'p  so  clene?  Shal  the 
 women  then  eate  their  owne  frute,  euen  chil- 
 dren of  a  spanne  longe?  Shal  the  prestes  and 
 prophetes  be  slayne  thus  in  the  Sanctuary  of 
 the  LORDE? 
 
 Yonge  5  olde  lye  behinde  the  stretes  vpon 
 the  grounde,  my  maydens  5  yonge  men  are 
 slayne  with  the  swearde :  whom  thou  in  the 
 
 14.  b.  23.  c.  27.  b.  29.  b.        '  Deu.  4.  c.  30.  a.    lere.  29.  c. 
 
 ty 
 
iCftap.  iij. 
 
 C6e  iLammtaci'ong  of  Sltrrmp. 
 
 jfo.  iTf j:tb. 
 
 I 
 
 daye  of  thy  wrothfull  indignacion  hast  put  to 
 death :  Yee  euen  thou  hast  put  them  to  death, 
 I  not  spared  them. 
 
 My  neghbours  that  are  rounde  aboute  me, 
 hast  thou  called,  as  it  were  to  a  feast  daye : 
 so  that  in  the  daye  of  the  LORDES  wrath 
 none  escaped,  nether  was  eny  left  behinde. 
 Those  that  I  had  brought  vp  5  norisshed,  hath 
 myne  enemy  destroyed 
 
 €i)t  ti).  Cl^apter. 
 
 AM  the  ma,  that  (thorow  the  redd  of  his 
 wrath )  haue  experiece  of  misery. 
 
 He  droue  me  forth,  and  led  me :  yee  in  to 
 darcknesse,  but  not  in  to  light. 
 
 Agaynst  me  only  he  turneth  his  honde,  5 
 layeth  it  euer  vpon  me. 
 
 My  flesh  (j  my  skynne  hath  he  made  olde, 
 and  my  bones  hath  he  brussed. 
 
 He  hath  buylded  rounde  aboute  me,  5  closed 
 me  in  with  gall  and  trauayle. 
 
 He  hath  set  me  in  darcknesse,  as  they  that 
 be  deed  for  euer. 
 
 He  hath  so  hedged  me  in,  that  I  can  not 
 get  out,  5  hath  layed  heuy  lynckes  vpon  me, 
 
 Though  I  crie  5  call  piteously,  yet  heareth 
 he  not  my  prayer. 
 
 He  hath  stopped  vp  my  wayes  with  foure 
 squared  stones,  g  made  my  pathes  croked. 
 
 He  layeth  waite  for  me  like  a  Bere,  and  as 
 a  lyon  in  a  hole. 
 
 He  hath  marred  my  wayes,  and  broke  me 
 in  peces,  he  hath  layed  me  waist  altogether 
 
 He  hath  bent  his  bowe,  and  made  me  as  it 
 were  a  marck  to  shute  at. 
 
 The  arowes  of  his  quyuer  hath  he  shot,  euen 
 in  to  my  reynes. 
 
 I  am  laughed  to  scorne  of  all  my  people 
 they  make  songes  vpon  me  all  f  daye  loge. 
 
 fie  hath  fylled  me  with  bytternesse,  j  geuen 
 me  wormwod  to  drynke. 
 
 He  hath  smytten  my  teth  in  peces,  5  rolled 
 me  in  the  dust. 
 
 He  hath  put  my  soule  out  of  rest,  I  forget 
 all  good  thinges. 
 
 I  thought  in  my  self:  I  am  vndone,  there  is 
 no  hope  for  me  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 O  remembre  yet  my  mysery  and  my  trouble, 
 the  wormwod  and  the  gall. 
 
 Yee  thou  shalt  remebre  them,  for  my  soule 
 melteth  awaye  in  me. 
 
 Whyle  I  cosidre  these  thinges  in  my  hert, 
 I  get  a  hope  agayne. 
 
 Namely,  that  the  mercies  of  the  LORDE  In 
 are  not  clene  gone,  5  that  his  louynge  kynd- 
 nesse  ceasseth  not. 
 
 His  faithfulnes  is  greate,  and  renueth  itself  H 
 as  the  mornynge. 
 
 The   LORDE  is  my  porcion   (saieth  my  H 
 soule)  therfore  wil  I  hope  in  him.  j 
 
 O  how  good  is  the  LORDE  vnto  the,  that  CO 
 put  their  trust  in  him,  and  to  the  soule  that 
 seketh  after  him  ? 
 
 O  how  good  is  it  with  stilnesse  to  wate  and 
 tarie,  for  the  health  of  the  LORDE? 
 
 O  how  good  is  it  for  a  man,  to  take  the  yock 
 vpon  him  from  his  youth  vp  ? 
 
 He  sitteth  alone,  he  holdeth  him  still,  and 
 dwelleth  quietly  by  him  self. 
 
 He  layeth  his  face  vpon  the  earth,  yf  (per 
 case)  there  happen  to  be  eny  hope. 
 
 He  ofFreth  his  cheke  to  the  smyter,  he  will 
 be  content  with  reproues. 
 
 For  the  LORDE  wil  not  forsake  for  euer. 
 
 But  though  he  do  cast  of,  yet  (acordinge  to 
 y  multitude  of  his  mercies)  he  receaueth  to 
 grace  agayne. 
 
 For  he  doth  not  plage,  5  cast  out  the  chil- 
 dren of  men  from  his  herte. 
 
 To  treade  all  the  presoners  of  the  earth 
 vnder  his  fete. 
 
 To  moue  the  iudgment  of  man  before  the 
 most  highest. 
 
 To  condemne  a  man  in  his  cause :  The 
 LORDE  hath  no  pleasure  in  soch  thinges. 
 
 What  is  he  then  that  saieth:  there  shulde 
 somthinge  be  done  without  the  LORDES 
 comaundement  ? 
 
 Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  most  highest  goeth 
 not  euell  and  good. 
 
 Wherfore  then  murmureth  the  lyuinge  man  ? 
 let  him  murmoure  at  his  owne  synne. 
 
 Let  vs  loke  well  vpon  oure  owne  waies,  d 
 remembre  oure  selues,  and  tume  agayne  to  f 
 LORDE. 
 
 Let  vs  lift  vp  oure  hertes  with  oure  hondes 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  that  is  in  heauen. 
 
 We  haue  bene  dyssemblers  5  haue  oifended, 
 wilt  thou  therfore  not  be  intreated  ? 
 
 Thou  hast  couered  vs  in  thy  wrath,  j  per- 
 secuted vs,  thou  hast  slayne  vs  without  eny 
 fauoure. 
 
 Thou  hast  hyd  thy  self  in  a  cloude,  that 
 oure  prayer  shulde  not  go  thorow. 
 
 Thou  hast  made  vs  outcastes,  and  to  be 
 despysed  amonge  the  Heithen. 
 
jTo.  rirvrbu 
 
 Cljf  iLamrntanons  of  Slrmnp. 
 
 Cl)np.  iiij. 
 
 All  oure  enemies  gape  vpon  vs. 
 
 Feare  and  snare  is  come  vpon  vs,  yee  des- 
 pite and  destruccion. 
 
 Whole  ryuers  of  water  guszshe  out  of  myne 
 eyes,  for  the  greate  hurte  of  my  people. 
 
 Myne  eyes  runne,  and  can  not  ceasse,  for 
 there  is  no  rest. 
 
 0  LORDE,  when  wilt  thou  loke  downe  fro 
 heauen,  and  considre? 
 
 Myne  eye  breaketh  my  herte,  because  of 
 all  the  doughters  of  my  cite. 
 
 Myne  enemies  hunted  me  out  sharpely  like 
 a  byrde,  yee  and  that  with  out  a  cause. 
 
 They  haue  put  downe  my  life  in  to  a  pitte, 
 and  layed  a  stone  vpon  me. 
 
 They  poured  water  vpon  my  heade,  then 
 thought  1 :  now  am  I  vndone. 
 
 1  called  vpon  thy  name  (O  LORDE)  out 
 of  the  depe  pitte. 
 
 Thou  hast  herde  my  voyce,  (j  hast  not 
 turned  awaye  thine  eares  fro  my  sighinge  and 
 crienge. 
 
 Thou  hast  enclyned  thy  self  vnto  me,  whe 
 I  called  vpon  the,  %  haist  sayde :  feare  not. 
 
 Thou  (O  LORDE)  hast  mayntened  the 
 cause  of  my  soule,  and  hast  redemed  my  life. 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  hast  sene  my  blasphemers, 
 take  thou  my  cause  vpon  the. 
 
 Thou  hast  well  considred  how  they  go  aboute 
 to  do  me  harme,  (j  that  all  their  councels  are 
 agaynst  me. 
 
 Thou  hast  herde  their  despytefull  wordes 
 (0  LORDE)  yee  and  all  their  ymaginacions 
 agaynst  me. 
 
 The  lippes  of  myne  enemies,  a  their  deuyces 
 that  they  take  agaynst  me,  all  the  daye  longe. 
 
 Thou  seist  also  their  sittinge  downe  and 
 their  rysinge  vp,  they  make  their  songes  of 
 nothinge  but  of  me. 
 
 Rewarde  them  (O  LORDE)  acordinge  to 
 the  workes  of  their  hondes. 
 
 Geue  them  y  thinge,  that  their  owne  herte 
 is  afrayed  of:  euen  thy  curse. 
 
 Persecute  them,  (O  LORDE)  with  thy 
 indignacion,  %  rote  them  out  from  vnder  the 
 heauen. 
 
 CJ)e  tuj.  Cl)npter. 
 
 OHOW  is  the  golde  become  so  dymme  ? 
 How  is  the  goodly  coloure  of  it  so 
 sore  chaunged  ?  and  the  stones  of  f  Sanctuary 
 thus  scatred  in  the  corner  of  euery  strete  ? 
 
 °Gen.  19.  c.         'Psal.  lOI.a. 
 
 The  children  of  Sion  that  were  all  waye  in 
 honoure,  (;  clothed  with  y  most  precious  golde: 
 how  are  they  now  becomme  like  the  erthen 
 vessels  which  be  made  with  the  potters  honde? 
 
 The  Lamyes  geue  their  yonge  ones  suck 
 with  bare  brestes:  but  the  doughter  of  my 
 people  is  cruel,  and  dwelleth  in  the  wylder- 
 nesse :  like  the  Estriches. 
 
 The  tonges  of  the  suckinge  children,  cleue 
 to  y  rofe  of  their  mouthes  for  very  thurst.  The 
 yonge  children  axe  bred,  but  there  is  noman, 
 that  geueth  it  them. 
 
 They  that  were  wonte  to  fayre  delicatly, 
 perishe  in  the  stretes :  they  that  afore  were 
 brought  vp  in  purple,  make  now  moch  of 
 donge. 
 
 The  synne  of  the  doughter  of  my  people  is 
 become  greater,  then  ywickednesse  of  Sodome, 
 that  sodcly  was  destroyed,"  and  not  taken  with 
 hondes. 
 
 Hir  absteyners  (or  Nazarees)  were  whyter 
 then  y  snowe  or  mylke :  their  coloure  was 
 fresh  read  as  the  Corall,  their  beutie  like  the 
 Saphyre. 
 
 But  now  their  faces  are  very  black :  *  In  so 
 moch,  that  thou  shuldest  not  knowe  them  in 
 the  stretes.  Their  skynnecleueth  totheirbones. 
 It  is  wythered,  and  become  like  a  drye  stock. 
 
 They  that  be  slayne  with  the  swearde,  are 
 happier,  then  soch  as  dye  of  honger,  and 
 perishe  awaye  famishinge  for  the  frutes  of  the 
 felde. 
 
 The  wome  (which  of  nature  are  pitefuU) 
 haue  sodden  their  owne  children''  with  their 
 hondes :  that  they  might  be  their  meate,  in  y 
 miserable  destruccion  of  the  doughter  of  my 
 people. 
 
 The  LORDE  hath  perfourmed  his  heuy 
 wrath  :  "*  he  hath  poured  out  the  furiousnes  of 
 his  displeasure.  He  hath  kindled  a  fyre  in  Sion, 
 which  hath  consumed  the  foundacions  therof. 
 
 Nether  the  kinges  of  the  earth,  ner  all  f 
 inhabitours  of  the  worlde,  wolde  haue  beleued:, 
 that  the  enemie  5  aduersary  shulde  haue  come 
 in  at  the  gates  of  the  cite  of  lerusale. 
 
 Which  neuertheles  is  come  to  passe  for  f 
 synnes  of  hir  prophetes,  and  for  the  wickednes 
 of  hir  prestes,  that  haue  shed  innocentes 
 blonde  within  her. 
 
 So  that  these  blynde  men  wete  stomblinge 
 in  the  stretes,  and  stayned  them  selues  with 
 bloude,  which  els  wolde  touche  no  bloudy  cloth. 
 
 <■  Deu.  28.  c.     4  Re.  6.  f.     Tren.  2.  e.  ''  Tren.  2.  a. 
 
Cftap*  b. 
 
 €i)t  iLaimntacions!  of  Sieremp. 
 
 jTo.  Uorcbi). 
 
 ty 
 
 But  they  cried  vnto  euery  ma, :  fle  the  stayn- 
 yiige,  awaye,  get  you  hece,  touch  it  not.  Yee 
 (sayde  they)  ye  must  be  brent,  ye  must  dwell 
 amonge  the  Gentiles,  5  byde  no  longer  here. 
 
 The  countenaunce  of  the  LORDE  hath 
 banyshed  them,  5  shal  neuer  loke  more  vpon 
 them :  For  they  them  selues  nether  regarded 
 the  prestes,  nor  pitied  their  elders. 
 
 Wherfore  yet  oure  eyes  fayle  vs,  whyle  we 
 loke  for  vayne  helpe  :  seynge  we  be  euer  wait- 
 ynge  vpon  a  people,  that  can  do  vs  no  good. 
 
 They  laye  so  sharpe  waite  for  vs,  that  we 
 can  not  go  safe  vpon  the  stretes :  for  oure 
 ende  is  come,  oure  dayes  are  fulfilled,  oure 
 ende  is  here. 
 
 Oure  persecutors  are  swifter  then  the  Aegles 
 of  the  ayre :  they  folo  wed  vpon  vs  ouer  the  moun- 
 taynes,  and  layed  wait  for  vs  in  f  wildernesse. 
 
 The  very  breth  of  oure  mouth : "  euen  the 
 anoynted  LORDE  himself  shalbe  take  in  oure 
 synnes,  of  whom  we  saye  :  Vnder  his  shadowe 
 we  shalbe  preserued  amonge  the  Heithen. 
 
 And  thou  (O  doughter  Edom)  that  dwellest 
 in  the  londe  of  Hus,  be  glad  and  reioyce :  for 
 the  cuppe  shal  come  vnto  the  also,  which  whe 
 thou  suppest  of,  thou  shalt  be  droncke. 
 
 Thy  synne  is  wel  punished  (O  thou  dough- 
 ter Sion)  he  shall  not  sufFre  the  to  be  caried 
 awaye  eny  more.  But  thy  wickednesse  (0 
 doughter  Edom)  shall  he  vyset,  and  for  thy 
 synnes  sake,  he  shal  lede  the  in  to  captiuyte. 
 
 Wl)t  b.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 CALL  to  remebraunce  (O  LORDE)  what 
 we  haue  suffred,  cosidre  and  se  oure 
 cofucion.  Oure  enheritaunce  is  turned  to  the 
 straungers,  5  oure  houses  to  the  aleauntes. 
 We  are  become  carefull  and  fatherlesse,  and 
 
 "  Gen.  2.  b.        '  lere.  31.  e.  Eze.  18.  a. 
 
 oure  mothers  are  as  the  wydowes.  We  are 
 fayne  to  drynke  oure  owne  water  for  moneye, 
 and  oure  owne  wod  must  we  bye  with  moneye. 
 Oure  neckes  are  vnder  persecucion,  we  are 
 weery,  and  haue  no  rest. 
 
 Afore  t}'me  we  yelded  oure  selues  to  the 
 Egipcians,  and  now  to  the  Assirians,  only  that 
 we  might  haue  bred  ynough.  Oure  fathers 
 (which  now  are  gone)  haue  synned,  *(s  we 
 must  beare  their  wickednesse.  Seruauntes 
 haue  the  rule  of  vs,  and  no  man  delyuereth 
 vs  out  of  their  hodes.  We  must  get  oure 
 lyuynge  with  the  parell  of  oure  lyues,  because 
 of  the  drouth  of  the  wildernesse. 
 
 Oure  skynne  is  as  it  had  bene  brent  in  an 
 ouen,  for  very  sore  honger.  The  wyues  are 
 raueshed  in  Sion,  (j  the  maydens  in  the  cities 
 of  luda.  The  prynces  are  hanged  vp  with 
 the  honde  of  the  enemies,  they  haue  not 
 spared  the  olde  sage  men,  they  haue  taken 
 yonge  mens  lyues  from  them,  and  the  boyes 
 are  hanged  vp  vpon  trees.  The  elders  syt  no 
 more  vnder  the  gates,  and  the  yonge  men  vse 
 no  more  playenge  of  Musick.  The  ioye  of 
 oure  herte  is  gone,  oure  mery  quere  is  turned 
 in  to  mourninge.  The  garlande  of  oure  heade 
 is  fallen :  alas,  that  euer  we  synned  so  sore. 
 
 Therfore  oure  hert  is  full  of  heuynesse,  5 
 oure  eyes  dymme  :  because  of  f  hill  of  Sion 
 that  is  destroyed.  In  so  moch,  that  the  foxes 
 runne  vpon  it.  But  thou  (O  LORDE)  that 
 remaynest  for  euermore,  and  thy  seate  worlde 
 with  out  ende  :  Wherfore  wilt  thou  still  forget 
 vs,  and  forsake  vs  so  longe  ?  O  LORDE  : 
 Turne  thou  vs  vnto  the,  5  so  shal  we  be  turned. 
 '  Renue  oure  dales  as  in  olde  tyme,  for  thou 
 hast  now  banished  vs  longe  ynough,  and  bene 
 sore  displeased  at  vs. 
 
 €f)t  tv^t  of  tl)t  2Lameiitations  of  Scwmp. 
 
Zf)t  ^topfjtt  ^nmd). 
 
 2!23I)at  Barucft  tontfpitftl^. 
 
 CI)ap.  I. 
 
 Baruch  readeth  the  boke  before  the  kynge  and 
 all  the  people,  which  sende  nioneyto  lerusalem. 
 
 Cljap.   II. 
 
 They  knowlege,  that  they  haue  deserued  punysh- 
 
 ment :  God  promyseth  them  forgeuenesse. 
 
 Cl)ap.   III. 
 They  praye  hartely  beinge  in   preson,  and   he 
 exorteth  them  to  amende. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 A  sermon  to  the  people,  with  an  exortacion  to 
 
 pacience. 
 
 €f)ap.  V. 
 He  conforteth  them,  and  sheweth  the  vocacion  of 
 
 the  Heitiien. 
 
 €I)ap.  VI. 
 A  copie  of  the  epistole,  that  Jeremy  sent  to  the 
 lewes,  which  were  led  awaye  presoners  vnto 
 Babilon. 
 
 T 
 
 HESE  are  the  wordes  of  the  boke,  that 
 _  Baruch  the  sonne  of  Nerias  the  sonne 
 of  Maasia,  the  sonne  of  Sedechias,  the  sonne 
 of  Sedei,  the  sonne  of  Helchia,  wrote  at 
 Babilon  in  the  fifth  yeare  the  seueth  daye 
 of  the  moneth :  "  what  tyme  as  the  Caldees 
 wanne  lerusalem  and  brent  it. 
 
 Ci^e  a'r^t  Ct)apter. 
 
 AND  Baruch  dyd  rede  the  wordes  of 
 this  boke,  that  lechonias  the  sonne  of 
 loachim  kynge  of  luda  might  heare :  and  in 
 the  presence  of  all  the  people,  that  were  come 
 to  heare  the  boke :  yee  and  before  all  the 
 noble  kinges  sonnes,  before  y  lordes  of  the 
 councell  and  elders:  and  before  the  whole 
 people,  from  f  lowest  vnto  the  hyest :  before 
 all  them  that  dwelt  at  Babilon,  by  f  water  of 
 Sodi.  Which  when  they  herde  it,  wepte, 
 fasted,  and  prayed  before  the  LORDE. 
 
 They  made  a  colleccion  also  of  money, 
 acordinge  to  euery  mans  power,  and  sent  it  to 
 lerusalem  vnto  loachim  the  sonne  of  Helchia 
 the  Sonne  of  Salon  prest,  with  y^  other  prestes : 
 and  to  all  the  people  which  were  with  him  at 
 lerusale,  what  tyone  as  they  had  gotten  the 
 ornaraentes  of  the  temple  of  y  LORDE  (that 
 were  taken  awaye  out  of  the  temple)  that  they 
 might  brynge  them  agayne  in  to  the  londe 
 of  luda,  the  x.  daye  of  the  moneth  Siban : 
 
 namely,  syluer  vessel,  (which  Sedechias  the 
 Sonne  of  losias  kinge  of  luda  had  made.) 
 After  that  Nabuchodonosor  kinge  of  Babilon 
 had  take  lechonias,  with  all  his  prynces,  lordes, 
 and  all  the  people,  and  led  them  captyue  from 
 lerusalem  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 And  they  sayde :  *  Beholde,  we  haue  sent 
 you  money,  to  bye  you  bumtofferynges  and 
 incense  withall :  make  you  vnleuended  bred, 
 I  ofFre  for  synne  vpon  the  aulterof  the  LORDE 
 oure  God.  'And  praye  for  the  prosperite  of| 
 Nabuchodonosor  kinge  of  Babilon,  and  of 
 Balthasar  his  sonne :  y  their  dayes  maye  be 
 vpon  earth,  as  the  dayes  of  heauen  :  that  God 
 also  maye  geue  vs  strength,  and  lighten  oure 
 eyes  :  that  we  maye  lyue  vnder  the  defence  of 
 Nabuchodonosor  kinge  of  Babilon,  and  vnder 
 the  proteccion  of  Balthasar  his  sonne  :  that  we 
 maye  longe  do  them  seruyce,  and  fymde  fa- 
 uoure  in  their  sight.  Praye  for  vs  also  vnto 
 the  LORDE  oure  God,  for  we  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the  LORDE  oure  God,  and  vnto  this 
 daye  is  not  his  wrath  turned  yet  awaye  from 
 vs.  And  se  that  ye  rede  this  boke  (which  we 
 haue  sent  vnto  you  to  be  rehearced  in  the 
 temple  of  the  LORDE)  vpon  the  hye  dayes, 
 and  at  tyrnie  conuenient. 
 
 Thus  shal  ye  save:  ''The  LORDE  oure 
 God  is  rightuous,  but  we  are  worthy  of  cofu- 
 cion  5  shame:  like  as  it. is  come  to  passe  this 
 
 C 
 
 lere.  29.  b.    1  Tim.  SI.  a. 
 
 '  Baruc  2.  b.    Dan.  9.  a. 
 
Cl^ap.  i)« 
 
 €i)t  piopfert  iBarucft. 
 
 Jfo.  irfjrcir. 
 
 daye,  vnto  all  luda,  a  to  euery  one  y  dwelleth 
 at  Jerusalem  :  to  oure  kinges,  prynces,  prestes, 
 prophetes  5  to  oure  fathers.  We  haue  syiined 
 before  the  LORDE  oure  God,  we  haue  not 
 put  oure  trust  in  him,  nergeuen  him  credence: 
 we  haue  not  obeyed  him,  we  haue  not  herk- 
 ened  vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  oure 
 God,  to  walke  in  the  commaundementes  that 
 he  gaue  vs.  Sens  the  daye  that  he  brought 
 oure  forefathers  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte 
 vnto  this  present  daye,  we  haue  bene  euer  a 
 mysbeleuynge  and  an  vnfaithful  people  vnto  y 
 LORDE  oure  God  :  destroyenge  oure  selues 
 vtterly,  and  shrenckinge  backe,  that  we  shulde 
 not  heare  his  voyce. 
 
 Wherfore  there  are  come  vpon  vs  greate 
 plages  d  dyuerse  curses,"  like  as  the  LORDE 
 deuysed  by  Moses  his  seruaut :  which  brought 
 oure  forefathers  out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte,  to 
 geue  vs  a  lode,  that  floweth  with  mylcke  and 
 hony,  like  as  it  is  to  se  this  daye.  Neuer- 
 theles,  we  haue  not  herkened  vnto  the  voyce 
 of  the  LORDE  oure  God,  acordinge  to  all 
 the  wordes  of  the  prophetes,  whom  he  sent 
 vnto  vs  and  to  oure  rulers:  but  euery  man 
 folowed  his  owne  mynde  and  wicked  ymagi- 
 nacion :  to  ofFre  vnto  strauge  goddes,  and  to 
 do  euel  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 €^c  ij.  Cl^apter. 
 
 FOR  the  which  cause  the  LORDE  oure 
 God  hath  perfourmed  his  deuyce,  *  wherof 
 he  certified  vs,  and  oure  heades  that  ruled  in 
 lerusale  :  yee  and  oure  kynges,  oure  princes, 
 with  all  Israel  and  luda.  And  soch  plages 
 hath  y  LORDE  brought  vp6  vs,  as  neuer  came 
 to  passe  vnder  the  heaue  :  like  as  it  is  fulfilled 
 in  Hierusalem,  acordinge  as  it  is  written  in 
 the  lawe  of  Moses :  '^  that  a  man  shulde  eate  y 
 flesh  of  his  owne  sonne,  5  the  flesh  of  his 
 owne  doughter.  Morouer,  he  hath  delyuered 
 them  in  to  the  hondes  of  all  the  kinges,  y  are 
 rounde  aboute  vs  (to  be  confounded  and  de- 
 solate) (J  scatred  the  abrode  in  all  londes  5 
 nacios.  Thus  are  we  brought  beneth  5  not 
 aboue,  for  we  haue  synned  against  the 
 LORDE  oure  God,  j  not  bene  obedient  vnto 
 his  voyce.  ''Therfore  y  LORDE  oure  God 
 is  rightuous,  (t  we  with  oure  fathers  (as  reason 
 is)  are  brought  to  ope  shame,  as  it  is  to  se 
 this  daye.     And  as  for  these  plages  y  are  come 
 
 '  Leui.  26.  Deu.  28.  Exo.  12.  13.  14.  »  Dan.  9.  b. 
 'Deu.  28.  e.  4Re.6.f.    Tren.4.b.      •'Banicl.d.      '  Exo. 
 
 vpon  VS  allready,  y  LORDE  had  deuyced  the 
 for  vs:  yet  wolde  we  not  praye  vnto  y  LORDE 
 oure  God,  y  we  might  euery  ma  turne  fro  his 
 vngodly  wayes.  So  y  LORDE  hath  caused 
 soch  plages  to  come  vpon  vs,  for  he  is  right- 
 uous in  all  his  workes,  which  he  hath  coinaunded 
 vs :  which  we  also  haue  not  done,  ner  barkened 
 vnto  his  voyce,  for  to  walke  in  y'  comaunde- 
 metes  of  y  LORDE,  y  he  had  geue  vnto  vs. 
 
 And  now  o  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  thou 
 'that  hast  brought  thy  people  out  of  the'  londe 
 of  Egipte  with  a  mightie  honde,  with  tokens 
 and  wodres,  with  thy  greate  power  ad  out- 
 stretched arme:  and  hast  gotten  thy  selfF  a 
 name,  as  it  is  come  to  passe  this  daye  :  O 
 LORDE  oure  God,  •'^we  haue  synned,  we 
 haue  done  wickedly,  we  haue  behaued  oure 
 selues  vngodly  in  all  thy  rightuousnesses. 
 Turne  thy  wrath  fr5  vs  (we  beseke  the)  for 
 we  are  but  a  few  left  amonge  the  Heithen, 
 where  thou  hast  scatred  vs.  Heare  oure 
 prayers  (o  LORDE)  5  oure  peticios,  *  bringe 
 vs  out  of  captiuyte,  for  thine  owne  sake :  get 
 vs  fauoure  in  the  sight  of  the,  which  haue  led 
 vs  awaye  :  y  all  lodes  maye  knowe,  that  thou 
 art  the  LORDE  oure  God,  and  that  Israel 
 and  his  generacion  calleth  vpon  thy  name. 
 
 *0  LORDE,  loke  downe  fro  thy  holy 
 house  vpon  vs:  enclyne  thine  eare,  5  heare 
 vs.  For  the  deed,  y  be  gone  downe  to  their 
 graues,  ij  whose  soules  are  out  of  their  bodies, 
 '  ascribe  vnto  the  LORDE  nether  prayse  ner 
 rigtuousmakynge :  but  the  soule  that  is  vexed 
 for  the  multitude  of  hir  synnes,  which  goeth 
 on  heuely  and  weakely,  whose  eyes  begynne 
 to  fayle :  yee  soch  a  soule  ascrybeth  prayse 
 and  rightuousnesse  vnto  the  LORDE.  0 
 LORDE,  we  poure  out  oure  prayers  before 
 the,  and  requyre  mercy  in  thy  sight,  0  LORDE 
 oure  God :  not  for  eny  godlynesse  off  oure 
 forefathers,  but  because  thou  hast  sent  out 
 thy  wrath  5  indignacion  vpon  vs:  acordinge 
 as  thou  dydest  threaten  vs,  by  thy  seruautes 
 the  prophetes,  sayenge : 
 
 ''Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  Bowe  downe 
 youre  shulders  and  neckes,  and  serue  the 
 kynge  of  Babilon,  so  shal  ye  remayne  still  in 
 the  londe,  that  I  gaue  vnto  youre  fathers. 
 YfF  ye  will  not  do  this,  ner  heare  the  voyce  of 
 y  LORDE  youre  God,  to  serue  the  kynge  of 
 Babilon :  I  shall  destroye  you  in  the  cities  of 
 
 7.8.9.10.11.  12.13.14. 
 *  Deu.  26.  c.  Esa.  63.  c. 
 
 /Dan.  9.  c. 
 Paal.  113.  c. 
 
 e  2  Par.  6.  e. 
 '  lere.  27.  a.  b. 
 
jTo.  Iicc. 
 
 €i)t  piopbct  Barurl). 
 
 Cbap.  iij. 
 
 dT 
 
 luda,  within  Icrusalem  and  without.  I  will] 
 also  take  from  you  the  voyce  off  myrth  andi 
 the  voyce  of  ioye,  the  voyce  of  the  bry-de- 
 grorae  and  the  voyce  of  the  bryde,  ad  there 
 shal  no  man  dwell  more  in  the  londe.  But 
 they  wolde  not  herkeii  viito  thy  voyce,  to  do 
 the  kynge  of  Babilon  seruyce :  and  therfore 
 hast  thou  perfourmed  the  wordes,  that  thou 
 spakest  by  thy  seruauntes  the  prophetes : 
 namely,  that  the  bones  of  oure  kynges  and  the 
 bones  of  oure  fathers  shulde  be  traslated  out 
 of  their  place. 
 
 And  lo,  now  are  they  layde  out  in  the  heate 
 of  f  Sonne,  g  in  the  colde  of  y  night,  ad  deed 
 in  greate  mysery :  with  hunger,  with  swearde, 
 with  pestilence  5  are  clene  cast  forth.  As 
 for  the  teple  wherin  thy  name  was  called 
 vpon  thou  hast  layde  it  waist,  as  it  is  to  se 
 this  daye :  (j  y  for  the  wickednes  of  the  house 
 of  Israel  a,  the  house  of  luda.  O  LORDE 
 oure  God,  thou  hast  intreated  vs  after  all  thy 
 goodnes  ti  acordinge  to  all  y  greate  louinge 
 mercy  of  thyTie,  like  as  thou  spakest  by  thy 
 seruaunte  ]\Ioses,  in  the  daye  when  thou 
 didest  comaude  him,  to  wryte  thy  lawe  before 
 the  children  of  Israel,  sayenge :  Yf  ye  will 
 not  herke  vnto  my  voyce,  "the  shal  this  greate 
 multitude  be  turned  in  to  a  very  smal  people, 
 for  I  wil  scatre  the  abrode.  Not  withstodinge 
 I  am  sure,  that  this  folke  will  not  heare  me: 
 for  it  is  an  hardnecked  people.  But  in  y  lode 
 of  their  captiuyte,  they  shall  remembre  them 
 selues,  5  lerne  to  knowe,  y  I  am  the  LORDE 
 their  God:  when  I  geue  the  an  herte  to 
 vnderstode,  3  eares  to  heare.  Then  shal  they 
 prayse  me  in  the  lode  of  their  captiuyte,  5 
 thynke  vpon  my  name.  Then  shall  they 
 turne  them  fro  their  harde  backes,  s  from 
 their  vngodlynes :  Then  shal  they  remembre 
 the  thynges,  y  happened  vnto  their  forefathers, 
 which  synned  agaynst  me.  So  will  I  bringe 
 them  agayne  in  to  the  londe,  which  I  pro- 
 mised with  an  00th  vnto  their  fathers :  Abrahii, 
 Isaac  (t  lacob :  (t  they  shal  be  lordes  of  it,  yee 
 I  wil  increace  the,  and  not  minysh  the.  And 
 I  wil  make  another  couenaut  with  them  :* 
 jsoch  one  as  shal  endure  for  euer:  namely,  y 
 I  will  be  their  God,  and  they  shalbe  my  peo- 
 ple :  and  I  wil  nomore  dryue  my  people  the 
 children  off  Israel,  out  of  the  londe  y  I  haue 
 geue  the. 
 
 °  Deu.4.d.  28.  d.      »Heb.8.c.    Zach.  8.  b.  Apoc.  21.b. 
 '  Ephe.  2.  a.  <>  Dani.  3.  c.     lere.  2.  c.  3.  e.  5.  e. 
 
 E\)c  it).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  now  o  LORDE  allmightie,  thou 
 God  of  Israel :  oure  soule  y  is  in 
 trouble,  5  oure  sprete  y  is  vexed,  crieth  vnto 
 the  :  heare  vs  (o  LORDE)  ij  haue  pite  vpon 
 vs,  for  thou  art  a  mercifull  God :  be  gracious 
 vnto  vs,  for  we  haue  synned  before  f.  Thou 
 endurest  for  euer,  shulde  we  the  vtterly 
 perishe?  O  LORDE  almightie,  thou  God 
 of  Israel:  Heare  now  y  prayer  of  f  "^deed 
 Israelites  (i  of  their  childre,  which  haue 
 synned  before  J-,  ''(t  not  herkened  vnto  the 
 voyce  of  the  LORDE  their  God,  for  the 
 which  cause  these  plages  hange  now  vpo  vs. 
 O  LORDE,  remebre  not  y  wickednes  of  oure 
 forefathers,  but  thinke  vpo  thy  power  ij  name 
 now  at  this  tyme :  for  thou  art  y  LORDE 
 oure  God,  5  y-  (o  LORDE)  wil  we  prayse. 
 For  thou  hast  put  thy  feare  I  oure  hartes,  to 
 y  intet  y  we  shulde  call  vpon  thy  name,  5 
 prayse  y  in  oure  captiuyte :  '  and  y  we  might 
 turne  from  the  wickednesse  of  oure  forefathers, 
 y  synned  before  the. 
 
 Beholde,  we  are  yet  this  daye  in  oure  cap- 
 tiuyte, where  as  thou  hast  scatred  vs,  to  be  an 
 abhominacion,  curse,  and  synne :  like  as  it  hath 
 happened  vnto  oure  fathers  also,'  because  of 
 all  their  wickednesse  and  departynge  from  the 
 
 O  Israel,  heare  the  commaundementes  of 
 life :  pondre  them  well  with  thine  eares, 
 that  thou  mayest  lerne  wysdome.  But  how 
 happeneth  it  Israel,  that  thou  art  in  thyne 
 enemies  lode  ?  thou  art  waxen  olde  in  a 
 straiige  countre,  and  defy  led  with  the  deed.  Why 
 art  thou  become  like  them,  that  go  downe  to 
 their  graues  ?  *  Eue  because  thou  hast  forsaken 
 the  well  of  wysdome.  For  yf  thou  haddest 
 walked  in  the  waye  of  God,  truly  thou  shuldest 
 haue  remaj-ned  still  safe  I  thine  owne  londe. 
 
 *  O  lerne  then  where  discrecion  is,  where 
 vertu  is,  where  vnderstodinge  is  :  that  thou 
 mayest  knowe  also  fro  whence  cometh  longe 
 life,  'a  necessary  lyuynge,  the  light  of  the 
 eyes  5  quyetnes.  Who  euer  foude  out  hir 
 place  ?  or  who  came  euer  in  to  hir  treasures  ? 
 
 Where  are  f  prynices  of  the  Heithen  be- 
 come, and  soch  as  ruled  the  beestes  vpon  the 
 earth?  They  that  had  their  pastyme  with 
 the  foules  of  the  ayre,  they  that  hoorded  vp 
 syluer  and  golde  (wherin  men  trust  so  moch) 
 and  made  no  ende  of  their  gatheringe  ?  What 
 
 S 
 
 a.     Psal.  77.  a. 
 Pro.  1.  a.  3.  a. 
 
 /Psal.  78.  a.        ?Iere.2.b. 
 ■  Psal.  18.  b.  118.  r. 
 
Cbap.  iiij. 
 
 CfK  propbft  35anitl). 
 
 #0.  iirrt. 
 
 is  worth  of  them,  that  coj-ned  siluer,  and 
 were  so  carefull,  and  coude  not  bringe  their 
 workes  to  passe?  They  be  roted  out,  and 
 gone  downe  to  hell,  and  other  men  are  come 
 vp  in  their  steade :  Yonge  men  haue  sene 
 light,  and  dwelt  vpon  earth :  but  the  waye  of 
 reformacion  haue  they  not  knowne,  ner  vnder- 
 stonde  the  pathes  therof:  nether  haue  their 
 children  receaued  it,  yee  right  farre  is  it  fro 
 the.  It  hath  not  bene  herde  of  in  the  lode  of 
 Canaan,  nether  hath  it  bene  sene  at  Theman. 
 
 The  Agarenes  sought  after  wisdome,  but 
 that  which  is  earthly,  like  as  the  marchauntes 
 of  the  lode  do.  They  of  Theman  are  con- 
 nynge  also,  d  they  laboure  for  wisdome  (t 
 vnderstondinge  :  but  y  waye  of  true  wisdome 
 they  knowe  not,  nether  do  they  thynke  vpon 
 the  pathes  therof.  O  Israel,  how  greate  is 
 the  house  of  God  ?  and  how  large  is  the  place 
 of  his  possession  ?  "  Greate  is  he,  and  hath 
 none  ende :  hye  and  vnmeasurable.  What  is 
 become  of  those  famouse  giauntes,  that  were 
 so  greate  of  bodyes,  and  so  worthy  men  of 
 warre?  Those  had  not  the  LORDE  chosen, 
 nether  haue  they  founde  the  waye  of  reforma- 
 cion, therfore  were  they  destroyed :  and  for 
 so  moch  as  they  had  no  wisdome,  they  perished 
 because  of  their  foolishnesse. 
 
 Who  hath  gone  vp  in  to  heauen,  to  take 
 wisdome  there,  j  brought  her  downe  fro  the 
 cloudes?  Who  hath  gone  ouer  the  see  to 
 fynde  her,  (j  hath  chosen  her  aboue  golde,  and 
 so  brought  her  hither  ?  No  man  knoweth  the 
 wayes  of  wisdome,  nether  is  there  eny  y  can 
 seke  out  hir  pathes.  But  he  that  woteth  all 
 thynges,  knoweth  her,  5  he  hath  founde  her 
 out  with  his  fore  knowlege.  *This  same  is  he 
 which  prepared  the  earth  at  the  begynnynge, 
 3  fyUed  it  with  all  maner  of  foules  5  beestes. 
 When  he  sendeth  out  the  light,  it  goeth  :  5 
 whe  he  calleth  it  agayne,  it  obeyeth  hi  with 
 feare.  The  starres  kepe  their  watch,  5  geue 
 their  light,  yee  and  y  gladly.  When  he  calleth 
 them,  they  saye :  here  we  be.  And  so  with 
 chearfulnes  they  shewe  light  vnto  him  y  made 
 the.  This  is  oure  God,  ad  there  shall  none 
 other  be  copared  vnto  him :  It  is  he,  y  hath 
 founde  out  all  wisdome,  '  and  hath  geuen  her 
 vnto  lacob  his  seruaunt,  s  to  Israel  his  beloued. 
 ''Afterwarde  dyd  he  shewe  himself  vpon  earth, 
 and  dwelt  amonge  men. 
 
 »  Deu.  4.  f.  lere.  23.  d.  Psal.  144.  a.  '  Gen.  1.  losu.  I.e. 
 Esa.  38.  b.    Eccli.  46.  a.  '  Psal.  147.  a.    Deu.  4.  a. 
 
 %i)t  tiij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  boke  off  the  commaundemetes 
 of  God,  and  the  lawe  y  endureth  for 
 euer.  All  they  y  kepe  it,  shall  come  to  life  : 
 but  soch  as  forsake  it,  shall  come  to  death. 
 Turne  the  o  lacob,  and  take  holde  of  it:  walke 
 by  this  waye,  thorow  his  brightnesse  and 
 shyne.  Geue  not  thyne  honoure  to  another, 
 and  thy  worshipe  to  a  straunge  people.  "  0 
 Israel,  how  happie  are  we,  selge  that  God  hath 
 shewed  vs  soch  thynges  as  are  pleasaut  vnto 
 him?  Be  of  good  cheare,  thou  people  of 
 God,  o  thou  awnciet  Israel.  Now  are  ye  solde 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  howbeit  not  for  youre 
 vtter  destruccion  :  but  because  ye  prouoked 
 God  the  LORDE  to  wrath  and  displeasure, 
 therfore  were  ye  delyuered  vnto  youre  enemies: 
 For  ye  displeased  the  euerlastinge  God  that 
 made  you,  offerynge  vnto  deuels  and  not  God. 
 Ye  haue  forgotte  him  that  brought  you  vp,  ad 
 youre  nurse  haue  ye  greued,  o  lerusalem. 
 
 When  she  sawe  that  the  wrath  off  God  was 
 commynge  vpon  you :  she  sayde :  Herke  o  ye 
 that  dwell  aboute  Sion,  for  God  hath  brought 
 me  in  to  greate  heuynesse :  ad  why  ?  I  se  the 
 captyuyte  of  my  people,  of  my  sonnes  and 
 doughters,  which  the  euerlastynge  God  will 
 brynge  vpon  them.  With  ioye  dyd  I  norish 
 them,  but  now  must  I  leaue  them  with 
 wepynge  and  sorow. 
 
 Let  no  man  reioyce  ouer  me  wyddowe  ad 
 forsaken :  which  for  the  synnes  off  my  children, 
 am  desolate  of  euery  man.  For  why,  they 
 departed  from  the  lawe  of  God :  they  wolde 
 not  knowe  his  rightuousnes,  ner  walke  in  the 
 waye  off  his  comaundementes  :  and  as  for  the 
 pathes  off  the  treuth  and  godlynesse,  they  had 
 no  lust  to  go  in  them. 
 
 O  ye  dwellers  aboute  Sion  :  come,  and  let 
 vs  call  to  remembraunce  the  captiuyte,  that 
 the  euerlastinge  God  hath  brought  vpon  my 
 sonnes  and  my  doughters.  He  hath  brought 
 a  people  vpon  them  from  farre,'  an  vncur- 
 teous  people,  and  of  a  straunge  laguage: 
 which  nether  regarde  the  olde,  ner  pyte  the 
 yonge. 
 
 These  haue  caried  awaye  the  deare  beloued 
 of  my  wyddowes,  leauynge  me  alone,  both 
 desolate  and  childlesse.  But  alas,  what  can  I 
 helpe  you?     Now  he  y  hath  brought  these 
 
 <>  loh.  1.  a.   1  loh.  1.  a.        '  Psal.  93.  b.  /Deu.  28.  e. 
 
 leru,  5.  c. 
 
'jTo.  Iirri}. 
 
 €f)t  propI)ct  £aiud). 
 
 Cftap.  b. 
 
 plages  vpon  you,  delyuer  you  also  fro  the 
 hondes  of  youre  enemies. 
 
 Go  youre  waye  (O  my  children)  go  youre 
 waye  :  for  I  am  desolate  and  forsaken.  I  haue 
 put  of  the  clothinge  of  peace,  and  put  vpon 
 me  the  sackcloth  off  prayer,  and  for  my  tyme 
 I  will  call  vpon  the  most  hyest.  Be  off  good 
 cheare,  o  my  children:  "crie  vnto  theLORDE, 
 and  he  shal  delyuer  you  from  the  power  of  the 
 prynces,  youre  enemies. 
 
 For  verely,  I  haue  euer  a  good  hope  off  youre 
 prosperous  health:  yeeavery  gladnesse  is  come 
 vpon  me  from  the  holyone,  because  of  the  mercy 
 that  ye  shall  haue  offoure  euerlastinge  Sauioure. 
 
 With  mournynge  and  wepinge  dyd  I  let 
 you  go  fro  me,  but  with  ioye  and  perpetuall 
 gladnesse,  shall  the  LORDE  brynge  you 
 agayne  vnto  me.  Like  as  the  neghbours  of 
 Sion  sawe  youre  captyuite  from  God,  Eue  so 
 shal  they  also  se  shortly  youre  health  in  God, 
 which  shal  come  on  you  with  greate  honoure 
 and  euerlastinge  worshipe. 
 
 O  my  children,  suffre  pacietly  the  wrath 
 that  shal  come  vpon  you.  For  the  enemie 
 hath  persecuted  the,  but  shortly  thou  shalt  se 
 his  destruccion,  and  shalt  treade  vpon  his 
 necke.  My  derlinges  haue  gone  rough  harde 
 wayes,  for  they  are  led  awaye  as  a  flocke  that 
 is  scatred  abrode  with  the  enemies.  But  be 
 of  good  coforte  (o  my  children)  5  crie  vnto 
 the  LORDE :  For  he  that  led  you  awaye, 
 hath  you  yet  in  remembrauce  :  and  like  as  ye 
 haue  bene  mynded  to  swarue  from  youre 
 God,  so  shal  ye  now  endeuoure  youre  selues 
 X.  tymes  more,  to  *turne  agayne,  and  to  seke 
 him.  For  he  that  hath  brought  these  plages 
 vpo  you,  shal  brynge  you  euerlastinge  ioye 
 agayne  with  youre  health.  Take  a  good  herte 
 vnto  the,  o  lerusale :  for  he  which  gau^  f  that 
 name,  exorteth  the  so  to  do. 
 
 ■^The  wicked  doers  that  now  put  the  to 
 trouble,  shall  perish :  and  soch  as  haue  re- 
 ioysed  at  thy  fall,  shalbe  punyshed.  The 
 cities  whom  thy  children  serue,  and  that  haue 
 caried  awaye  thy  sonnes,  shal  be  correcte.  For 
 like  as  they  be  now  glad  of  thy  decay e,  so  shal 
 they  mourne  in  their  owne  destruccion.  The 
 ioye  off  their  multitude  shalbe  taken  awaye 
 ad  their  cheare  shalbe  turned  to  sorowe.  For 
 a  fyre  shal  fall  vpon  them  from  the  euerlast- 
 inge God,  longe  to  endure:  and  it  shalbe 
 inhabited  of  deuels  for  a  greate  season. 
 
 -  Den.  -1.  e.  ,-50.  -.i.  Psal.  i£9.  a.  »  Esa.  3o.  b. 
 
 Cfjt  6.  CJjapttr. 
 
 OIERUSALEM,  loke  aboute  the  to- 
 warde  the  east,  and  beholde  the  ioye, 
 that  commeth  vnto  the  from  God.'  For  lo, 
 thy  sonnes,  (whom  thou  hast  forsake,  and  that 
 were  scatred  abrode)  come  gathered  together 
 from  the  east  and  west,  reioysinge  in  the  worde 
 of  the  holy  one,  vnto  the  honoure  off  God. 
 
 Put  of  thy  mournynge  clothes  (o  leru- 
 salem)  and  thy  sorow,  and  decke  the  with  the 
 worshipe  and  honoure,  that  commeth  vnto  the 
 from  God,  with  euerlastinge  glory.  God  shal 
 put  the  cloake  off  rightuousnesse  vpon  the, 
 and  set  a  crowne  off  euerlastinge  worshipe 
 vpon  thine  heade :  for  vpon  the  will  God  de- 
 clare his  brightnes,  that  is  vnder  the  heauen  : 
 Yee  an  euerlastinge  name  shalbe  geuen  the 
 of  God,  with  peace  of  rightuousnesse,  (t  f 
 honoure  of  Gods  feare. 
 
 Arise  o  Jerusalem,  stode  vp  on  hye :  loke 
 aboute  the  towarde  the  east,  and  beholde  thy 
 children  gathered  from  the  east  vnto  the  west: 
 which  reioyce  in  the  holy  worde,  hauynge 
 God  in  remembraunce.  They  departed  from 
 the  on  fote,  and  were  led  awaye  of  their  ene- 
 mies :  but  now  shal  the  LORDE  bringe  them 
 caried  with  honoure,  as  children  off  y  kyng- 
 dome.  For  God  is  purposed  to  brynge  downe 
 all  stoute  moutaynes,  yee  and  all  hye  rockes, 
 to  fyll  the  valleys,  5  so  to  make  them  eauen 
 with  the  grounde  :  y  Israel  maye  be  diUget  to 
 lyue  vnto  y  honoure  of  God.  The  woddes  3 
 all  pleasaut  trees  shal  ouershadowe  Israel,  at 
 the  comaundement  of  God.  For  hyther  shal 
 God  brynge  Israel  with  ioyfuU  myrth,  and  in 
 the  light  of  his  magesty  :  with  the  mercy  and 
 rightuousnesse,  that  cometh  of  himselff. 
 
 A  copie  off  the  epistle,  that  leremy  the  prophet 
 did  sende  vnto  the  lewes,  which  were  led  awaye 
 presoners  by  the  kynge  of  Babilo.  Wherin  he 
 certifieth  them  of  the  thinge,  that  was  c6- 
 maunded  him  of  God 
 
 €i)t  bi.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 BECAUSE  of  the  synnes  that  ye  haue 
 done  agaynst  God,  "^ye  shal  be  led  awaye 
 captyue  vnto  Babilon,  euen  off  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon.  So  when  ye  be 
 come  in  to  Babilon,  ye  shall  remayne  there 
 many  yeares,  and  for  a  longe  season :  namely, 
 vij.  generacions  :  i  after  that  wil  I  bringe  you 
 awaye  peaceably  from  thece.     Now  shal  ye  se 
 
 '  lere.  bO.  a.  b.  c.  ''  ler.  25.  a.  b. 
 
C!)ap,  bu 
 
 €i)t  propI)ct  iBaruri). 
 
 fo,  Jiauj. 
 
 in  Babilo,  goddes  of  golde,  of  syluer,  of  wodd 
 and  of  stone :  borne  vpon  mens  shulders,  to  cast 
 out  a  fearfulnes  before  the  Heithen.  But  loke 
 that  ye  do  not  as  the  other :  be  not  ye  afrayed, 
 and  let  not  the  feare  of  them  ouerconie  you. 
 
 Therfore,  when  ye  se  the  multitude  of  peo- 
 ple worshippinge  them  behinde  5  before,  saye 
 ye  in  youre  hertes :  O  LORDE,  it  is  thou, 
 that  oughtest  only  to  be  worshipped  ?  "  Myne 
 angel  also  shal  be  with  you,  and  I  myself  wil 
 care  for  youre  soules.  As  for  the  tymbre  of 
 those  goddes,  y  carpeter  hath  polisshed  them : 
 yee  gylted  be  they,  %  layed  ouer  with  syluer, 
 yet  are  they  but  vayne  thinges,  (j  can  not 
 speake.  Like  as  a  wench  y  loueth  peramours 
 is  trymly  deckte,  euen  so  are  these  made  5 
 hanged  with  golde.  Crownes  of  golde  verely 
 haue  their  goddes  vpon  their  heades :  so  the 
 prestes  them  selues  take  the  golde  and  syluer 
 from  them,  ij  put  it  to  their  owne  vses :  yee 
 they  geue  of  the  same  vnto  harlottes,  ad 
 trymme  their  whores  withall :  Agayne,  they 
 take  it  from  the  whores,  and  decke  their  goddes 
 therwith.  Yet  can  not  these  goddes  delyuer 
 them  selues  from  rust  and  mothes.  *Whe 
 they  haue  couered  them  with  clothynge  oiF 
 purple,  they  wype  their  faces  for  the  dust  of 
 the  temple,  wherof  their  is  moch  amoge  the. 
 One  hath  a  sceptre  in  his  honde,  as  though  he 
 were  iudge  of  the  countre :  yet  can  he  not 
 slaye  soch  as  offende  him.  Another  hath  a 
 swearde  or  an  axe  in  his  honde,  for  all  that,  is 
 he  nether  able  to  defende  him  selfe  from 
 batayll,  ner  fro  murtherers. 
 
 By  this  ye  maye  vnderstonde,  that  they  be 
 no  goddes :  therfore  se  y  ye  nether  worshipe 
 them,  ner  feare  them.  For  like  as  a  vessel  y 
 a  man  vseth,  is  nothinge  worth  when  it  is 
 broken,  euen  so  is  it  with  their  goddes.  When 
 they  be  set  vp  in  the  temple,  their  eyes  be 
 full  of  dust,  thorow  the  fete  of  those  that  come 
 in.  And  like  as  y  dores  are  shut  in  roiide 
 aboute  vpo  him,  y  hath  offended  the  kinge  : 
 Or  as  it  were  a  deed  body  kepte  besyde  the 
 graue  :  Euen  so  the  prestes  kepte  the  dores 
 with  barres  and  lockes,  lest  their  goddes  be 
 spoyled  with  robbers.  They  set  vp  cadels  be- 
 fore the  (yee  verely  and  y  many)  wherof  they 
 can  not  se  one,  but  euen  as  blockes,  so  stonde 
 they  in  the  temple.  It  is  sayde,  y  the  serpentes 
 and  wormes,  which  come  off  the  earthf  gnawe 
 out  their  hertes,  eatinge  them  5  their  clothes 
 
 also,  and  yet  they  fele  it  not.  Their  faces  are 
 blacke,  thorow  the  smoke  y  is  in  the  temple. 
 The  oules,  swalowes  5  byrdes  fie  vpon  them, 
 yee  and  the  cattes  runne  ouer  their  heades. 
 
 By  this  ye  maye  be  sure,  that  they  are  not  jg 
 goddes,  therfore  feare  them  not.  The  golde 
 that  they  haue,  is  to  make  them  beutifuU:  for 
 all  that,  excepte  some  body  dight  off  their 
 rust,  they  wil  geue  no  shyne  :  and  when  they 
 were  cast  in  to  a  fourme,  they  felt  it  not. 
 They  are  bought  for  money,  and  haue  no 
 breth  off  life  within  them.  They  must  be 
 borne  vpon  mens  shulders,  as  those  that  haue 
 no  fete :  wherby  they  declare  vnto  men,  that 
 they  be  nothynge  worth.  Confounded  be  they 
 then,  that  worshipe  them.  For  yf  they  fall  to 
 the  grounde,  they  can  not  ryse  vp  agayne  of 
 the  selues :  Yee  though  one  helpe  them  vp 
 and  set  them  right,  yet  are  they  not  able  to 
 stonde  alone :  but  must  haue  proppes  set 
 vnder  them,  like  deed  men.  As  for  the  thinge 
 that  is  offred  vnto  them,  their  prestes  sell  it, 
 ad  abuse  it :  yee  the  prestes  wyues  take  therof, 
 but  vnto  the  sicke  and  poore  they  geue  no- 
 thinge of  it,  the  women  with  childe  5  the 
 mestruous  laye  hondes  of  their  offerynges.  By 
 this  ye  maye  be  sure,  that  they  are  not  goddes, 
 therfore  be  not  ye  afrayde  of  them.  From 
 whence  cometh  it  the,  that  they  be  called 
 goddes  ?  The  women  syt  before  the  goddes 
 of  syluer,  golde  and  wodde,  and  the  prestes 
 syt  in  their  temples,  hauynge  open  clothes, 
 whose  heades  and  beerdes  are  shauen,  and 
 haue  nothige  vpon  their  heades :  roaringe  and 
 cryenge  vpon  their  goddes,  as  men  do  at  the 
 feast,  when  one  is  deed. 
 
 The  prestes  also  take  awaye  the  garmentes 
 of  the  ymages,  and  decke  their  wyues  5  child- 
 ren withall.  Whether  it  be  good  or  euell  y 
 eny  man  do  vnto  them,  they  are  not  able  to 
 recompence  it :  they  can  nether  set  vp  a 
 kynge,  ner  put  him  downe.  In  like  maner 
 they  maye  nether  geue  riches,  ner  rewarde 
 euell.  Though  a  man  make  a  vowe  vnto 
 them  ad  kepe  it  not,  they  wil  not  requyre  it.' 
 They  can  not  restore  a  blynde  ma  to  his  sight, 
 ner  helpe  eny  ma  at  his  nede.  They  ca, 
 shewe  no  mercy  to  the  wyddowe,  ner  do  good 
 to  y  fatherles.  Their  goddes  of  wodd,  stone, 
 golde  (t  syluer,  are  but  euen  as  other  stones, 
 y  be  hewe  of  y  mountayne.  They  y  worshipe 
 the,   shal  be  cofounded.     How  shulde  they 
 
#0.  Dcctiij. 
 
 €f)t  propfjet  BaiiirJ). 
 
 CI)ap.  bu 
 
 df 
 
 then  be  taken  for  goddes  ?  yee  how  darre  men 
 all  the  goddes?  And  though  the  caldees 
 worshiped  the  not,  hearinge  y  they  were  but 
 domme  5  coude  not  speake :  Yet  they  them 
 selues  offre  vnto  Bel,  and  wolde  fayne  haue 
 him  to  speake :  as  who  saye,  they  coude  tele, 
 y  maye  not  moue.  But  when  these  m5  come 
 to  vnderstodinge,  they  shall  forsake  them,  for 
 their  goddes  haue  no  felinge.  A  greate  sorte 
 off  women  gyrded  with  coardes,  syt  in  the 
 stretes,  (j  burne  olyue  beries.  Now  yf  one  oflp 
 them  be  conveyed  awaye,  5  lye  with  eny  soch 
 as  come  by :  she  casteth  hir  neghburesse  in 
 the  teth,  because  she  was  not  so  worthely  re- 
 puted, ner  hir  coorde  broken.  What  so  euer 
 is  done  for  them,  it  is  but  in  vayne  iid  lost : 
 How  maye  it  the  be  thought  or  sayde,  y  they 
 are  goddes  ?  Carpenters  5  goldsmythes  make 
 the,  nether  be  they  eny  other  thinge,  but  euen 
 what  the  worke  men  wil  make  of  them.  Yee 
 the  goldsmithes  them  selues  that  make  the, 
 are  of  no  longe  cotynuaunce :  How  shulde 
 then  the  thiges  that  are  made  of  them,  be 
 goddes  ?  Vayne  therfore  are  the  thinges  (yee 
 very  shame  is  it)  that  they  leaue  behinde  the 
 for  their  posterite.  For  as  soone  as  there 
 Cometh  eny  warre  or  plage  vpon  the,  then  the 
 prestes  ymagyn,  where  they  maye  hyde  the 
 selues  with  the.  How  can  men  thynke  then, 
 that  they  be  goddes,  which  nether  maye  de- 
 fende  them  selues  from  warre,  ner  delyuer 
 the  fro  mysfortune  ?  For  seynge  they  be  but 
 of  wodd,  of  stone,  of  syluer  and  of  golde :  all 
 people  (T  kynges  shal  knowe  herafter,  that  they 
 be  but  vayne  thinges :  yee  it  shalbe  openly 
 declared,  that  they  be  no  goddes :  but  euen 
 the  veiy  workes  off  mes  hddes,  j  that  God 
 hath  nothinge  to  do  with  the.  They  can  set 
 no  kynge  in  the  londe  ner  geue  rayne  vnto 
 n.  They  can  geue  no  sentence  of  a  matter, 
 nether  defende  the  londe  fro  wronge :  For  they 
 are  not  able  to  do  so  moch  as  a  crowe,  that 
 flyeth  betwixte  heuen  and  earth. 
 
 Whc  tjjere  happeneth  a  fyre  in  to  the  house 
 of  those  goddes  of  wodde,  of  syluer  and  of 
 golde,  the  prestes  wil  escape  g  saue  the  selues, 
 but  the  goddes  burne  as  the  balkes  therin. 
 They  can  not  withstode  eny  kynge  or  batell : 
 how  maye  it  then  be  thought  or  graunted, 
 that  they  be  goddes  ?     Morouer,  these  goddes 
 
 of  wodde,  of  stone,  of  golde  (i  syluer  maye 
 nether  defende  the  selues  from  theues  ner 
 robbers :  yee  y  very  wicked  are  stronger  the 
 they.  These  strype  them  out  off  their  ap- 
 parell,  that  they  be  clothed  withall,  these  take 
 their  golde  5  syluer  fro  the,  and  so  get  the 
 awaye :  yet  ca  they  not  helpe  the  selues. 
 Therfore  it  is  moch  better  for  a  man,  to  be  a 
 kinge  5  so  to  shewe  his  power :  or  els  a  pro- 
 fitable vessel  in  a  house,  wherin  he  y  oweth  it, 
 might  haue  pleasure :  yee  or  to  be  a  dore  in  a 
 house,  to  kepe  soch  thinges  safe  as  be  therin : 
 the  to  be  soch  a  vayne  god.  The  Sone,  the 
 Mone  5  all  the  starres  when  they  geue  their 
 shyne  (j  light,  are  obedient,  (j  do  men  good : 
 When  the  lightenynge  glistreth,  all  is  cleare : 
 The  wynde  bloweth  in  euery  countre,  %  whe 
 God  comaundeth  the  cloudes  to  go  rounde 
 aboute  the  whole  worlde,  they  do  as  they  are 
 bydden :  when  the  fyre  is  sent  downe  fro 
 aboue  5  comaunded,  it  burneth  vp  hilles  ad 
 *oddes :  But  as  for  those  goddes,  they  are  not 
 like  one  off  these  thynges,  nether  in  beuty 
 ner  stregth.  Wherfore  me  shulde  not  thynke, 
 ner  saye  that  they  be  goddes,  seynge  they  ca 
 nether  geue  sentence  in  iudgment,  ner  do  men 
 good.  For  so  moch  now  as  ye  are  sure,  that 
 they  be  no  goddes,  then  feare  them  not :  For 
 they  can  nether  speake  euell  ner  good  of 
 kynges.  They  ca  shewe  no  tokens  in  heaue 
 for  y  Heithen,  nether  shyne  as  the  Sone,  ner 
 geue  light  as  the  Mone  :  yee  y  vnreasonable 
 beastes  are  better  then  they :  for  they  can  get 
 the  vnder  the  rofe,  and  do  them  selues  good : 
 So  can  ye  be  certified  by  no  manor  off  meanes, 
 that  they  be  goddes :  therfore  feare  the  not. 
 For  like  as  a  frayboggarde  in  a  garden  off 
 Cucumbers  kepeth  nothinge,  euen  so  are  their 
 goddes  of  wod,  of  syluer  5  golde :  and  like  as 
 a  whyte  thorne  in  an  orcharde,  that  euery 
 byrde  sytteth  vpon :  yee  like  as  a  deed  body 
 that  is  cast  in  the  darcke,  Euen  so  is  it  with 
 those  goddes  of  wodde,  syluer  and  golde.  By 
 the  purple  and  scarlet  which  they  haue  vpon 
 the,  ad  soone  faydeth  awaye,  ye  maye  vnder- 
 stonde,  that  they  be  no  goddes :  yee  they  them 
 selues  shal  be  cosumed  at  the  last,  which  shal 
 be  a  greate  cofucion  of  the  londe.  Blessed  is 
 the  godly  man,  y  hath  no  ymages  5  worship' 
 peth  none,  for  he  shalbe  farre  from  reprofe. 
 
 €\)t  tixbt  of  tfie  propbtt  Mmti)  Uiftiri)  is  itot  iii  t\)t  Caiton  of  tt)t  f)tbvut 
 
Zfft  ^vop'^tt  (ii}t^uh 
 
 2M&at  (B)tti)itl  tontepnetf). 
 
 Clbap-  !• 
 
 CI)ap.   XIII. 
 
 The  vision  of  the  iiij.  beestes  and  wheles. 
 
 A  sermon  agaynst  false  prophetes 
 
 Ci)flp.  II. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIIII. 
 
 The  sendinge  out  of  the  prophet. 
 
 Punyshment  for  wylfulnesse  and  presumpcio  of 
 synne.    God  letteth  soch  people  be  disceaued. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 
 The  office  of  a  prophet. 
 
 Ci(ap.  XV. 
 
 Agaynst  lerusalem  that  vnfrutfull  vyne. 
 
 €l)ap.  IIII. 
 
 A  prophecy  of  the  sege  of  lerusalem. 
 
 Ciiap.  XVI. 
 
 A  maruelous  goodly  descripcion  of  the  Idolatry 
 
 Cfjap.  V. 
 
 of  lerusalem,   for  the  which  he  calleth  them 
 
 With  what  plages  God  punished  lerusalem. 
 
 whores. 
 
 Cfiap.  XVII. 
 
 Cliap.  VI. 
 
 A  prophecy  of  the  destruccion  off  lerusalem.     A 
 
 Punishment  for  Idolatry. 
 
 promyse  of  Christ. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VII. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVIII. 
 
 The  longe  captiuyte  of  the  people  and  causes 
 
 Euery  man  shall  beare  his  owne  synne,  and  not 
 
 therof. 
 
 anothers. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. 
 
 Cfiap.  XIX. 
 
 Ezechiel  seyth  greate  abhominacion  thorow  the 
 
 The   captiuyte   off  the   kynges  of  luda.      The 
 
 hole  in  the  wall. 
 
 crueltie  of  kinges  and  princes. 
 
 Cijap.  IX. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XX. 
 
 The  slaughter  of  the  people.     Soch  as  haue  the 
 
 The  greate  vnthanfulnesse  off  the  people.  Agayne, 
 
 signe  of  H  Thau,  are  saued. 
 
 the  merciful  longe  sufferaunce  of  God. 
 
 C})ap.  X. 
 
 Cljap.  XXI. 
 
 The  visio  of  the  iiii.  beestes  agayne. 
 
 The  swearde,  prophecyed  to  come  vpon  Israel  and 
 
 the  Ammonites,  by  the  kynge  of  Babilon. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XI. 
 
 The  vision  of  the  xxv.  men. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXII. 
 The  synnes,   wherfore    lerusale  was  punished  : 
 
 Cf)ap.  XII. 
 
 both  the  prophetes,  prestes,  rulers  and  comon 
 
 A  prophecy  of  the  captiuyte  of  luda. 
 
 people. 
 
 92 
 
fo,  iJrrbi. 
 
 €\)t  propftrt  (£)tti)itl 
 
 Cfiajp,  u 
 
 Cijap.  XXIII. 
 
 The  Idolatry  or  whordome  of  Samaria  and  le- 
 rusalem. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 The  destruccion  off  lerusalem  and  captiuyte  of 
 the  people  signified  by  the  pot. 
 
 €j)ap.  XXV. 
 
 Agaynst  Ammon,  Moab,  Seir,and  the Palestynes. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XXVI. 
 
 He  mourneth  vpon  the  cite  off  Tyre  (otherwyse 
 called  Zor)  for  the  destruccion  that  was  to 
 come  vpon  her. 
 
 (fffjap.  XXVII.  XXVIII. 
 
 Agaynst  the  prince  of  Tyre,  and  agaynst  Sidon. 
 
 <(ri)ap.   XXIX.  XXX.  XXXI.  XXXII. 
 
 Plages  vpon  Egipte  and  the  kynges  therof. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XXXIII. 
 The  office  off  a  preacher.     The  worde  of  God 
 must  be  folowed  in  very  dede,  and  not  only  in 
 mouth. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXIIII. 
 
 Agaynst  euell  shepherdes,  Christ  the  only  true 
 shepherde  is  promised. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XXXV. 
 
 Agaynst  the  mount  Seir,  that  is,  agaynst  the 
 Edomites. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVI. 
 A  promyse  of  the  delyueraunce  of  Israel. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXXVII. 
 
 A  consolacion  for  the  Israelites,  and  a  figure  of 
 the  generall  resurreccio,  signified  by  the  drye 
 bones. 
 
 Cljap.  XXXVIII.  XXXIX. 
 
 Of  Gog  and  Magog,  with  their  destruccion. 
 
 Cljap.  XL. 
 
 From  this  chapter  vnto  the  ende,  the  prophet 
 seith  in  a  vision  the  buyldinge  agayue  of  le- 
 rusale,  ad  the  temple  :  Wherby  is  descry  bed 
 the  mystery  off  the  church  off  christ,  and  sal- 
 uacion  of  the  faithful!  in  him. 
 
 W^e  fi'rslt  Ci)apUr. 
 
 IT  chaiised,  in  the  .xxx.  yeare  the  fifth  daye 
 off  the  fourth  Moneth,  that  I  was  amonge 
 the  presoners  by  the  ryuer  off  Cobar :  where 
 the  heauens  opened,  5  I  sawe  a  vision  of  God. 
 Now  the  fifth  daye  off  the  Moneth  made  out 
 the  fyfth  yeare  off  kynge  loachims  captiuyte. 
 At  the  same  tyme  came  y  worde  off  the 
 LORDE  vnto  Ezeehiel  the  sonne  off  Buzi 
 prest,  in  the  londe  off  the  Caldees  by  the  water 
 of  Cobar,  where  the  honde  off  the  LORDE 
 came  vpo  him.  "And  I  loked  :  g  beholde,  a 
 stormy  wynde  came  out  off  the  north  with  a 
 greate  cloude  full  of  fyre,  which  with  his  glistre 
 hghtened  all  rounde  aboute. 
 
 And  in  f  myddest  off  the  fyre  it  was  all 
 cleare,  and  as  it  were  the  licknesse  of  foure 
 beastes,  which  were  fashioned  like  a  man : 
 sauynge,  that  euery  one  had  foure  faces  and 
 foure  wynges. 
 
 Their  legges  were  straight,  but  their  fete 
 were  like  bullockes  fete,  and  they  glistred,  as 
 
 it  had  bene  fayre  scoured  metall.  Vnder  their 
 wynges  vpon  all  the  foure  comers,  they  had 
 mens  hondes.  Their  faces  and  their  wynges 
 were  towarde  the  foure  corners :  yet  were  the 
 wynges  so,  that  one  euer  touched  another. 
 *When  they  wente,  they  turned  them  not 
 aboute :  but  ech  one  wente  straight  forwarde. 
 
 Vpon  the  right  side  off  these  foure,  their 
 faces  were  like  the  face  off  a  man  and  the  face 
 off  a  Lyon  :  But  vpon  the  left  side,  they  had 
 the  face  off  an  oxe  and  the  face  off  an  Aegle. 
 
 Their  faces  also  and  their  wynges  were 
 spred  out  aboue  :  so  that  two  wynges  off  one 
 touched  euer  two  wynges  off  another,  and 
 with  the  other  two  they  couered  their  bodie. 
 Euery  one  when  it  wente,  it  wente  straight 
 forwarde. 
 
 Where  as  the  sprete  led  them,  thither  they 
 wente,  'and  turned  not  aboute  in  their  goynge. 
 
 The  fashion  and  countenauce  of  the  beestes 
 was  like  bote  coales  off  fyre,  euen  as  though 
 burnynge  cresshettes  had  bene  amonge  the 
 beestes  :    and  the  fyre  gaue  a  glistre,  and  out 
 
Cftap.  I'lj. 
 
 Cf)f  propftet  (S^nhitl 
 
 jTo.  Jjrcbi). 
 
 off  the  fyre  there  wente  lighteninge.  Whe  f 
 beestes  wete  forwarde  t{  backwarde,  one  wolde 
 haue  thought  it  had  lightened.  Now  whe  I 
 had  well  considered  the  beestes,  I  sawe  a  worke 
 off  wheles  vpon  the  earth  with  foure  faces  also 
 like  the  beestes. 
 
 The  fashion  5  worke  of  the  wheles  was  like 
 the  see.  The  foure  wheles  were  ioyned  and 
 made  (to  loke  vpon)  as  it  had  bene  one  whele 
 in  another.  When  one  wente  forwarde,  they 
 wente  all  foure,  and  turned  the  not  aboute  1 
 their  goinge.  They  were  large,  greate  and 
 horrible  to  loke  vpon. 
 
 Their  bodies  were  full  off  eyes  rounde 
 aboute  them  all  foure.  Whe  the  beestes  wete, 
 the  wheles  wente  also  with  them :  And  when 
 the  beestes  lift  them  selues  vp  from  y  earth, 
 the  wheles  were  lift  vp  also.  Whyther  so  euer 
 the  sprete  wente,  thither  wente  they  also,  {j  f 
 wheles  were  lift  vp  %  folowed  the,  for  y  sprete 
 of  life  was  in  the  wheles.  When  y-  beestes 
 wete  forth,  stode  still,  or  lift  them  selues  vp 
 from  the  earth :  then  the  wheles  also  wente, 
 stode  still,  (J  were  lift  vp,  for  y  breth  off  life 
 was  in  the  wheles. 
 
 Aboue  ouer  y  heades  of  the  beestes  there 
 was  a  firmament,  which  was  fashioned  as  it 
 had  bene  off  the  most  pure  Christall,  5  that 
 was  spred  out  aboue  vpon  their  heades :  vnder 
 the  same  firmament  were  their  wynges  layed 
 abrode,  one  towarde  another,  and  two  wynges 
 couered  the  body  of  euery  beest.  And  when 
 they  wente  forth,  I  herde  the  noyse  off  their 
 wynges,  like  the  noyse  of  greate  waters,  as  it 
 had  bene  the  voyce  oif  the  greate  God,  and  a 
 russhinge  together  as  it  were  off  an  boost  off 
 men.  And  when  they  stode  still,  they  let 
 downe  their  winges.  Now  when  they  stode  still, 
 and  had  letten  downe  their  wynges,  it  thondred 
 in  the  firmament,  that  was  aboue  their  heades. 
 
 Aboue  the  firmament  that  was  ouer  their 
 heades,  there  was  the  fashion  off  a  seate,  as  it 
 had  bene  made  off  Saphir.  Apon  the  seate 
 there  sat  one  like  a  ma.  I  behelde  him,  and 
 he  was  like  a  eleare  light,  as  it  had  bene  all 
 of  fyre  with  in  from  his  loynes  vpwarde. 
 
 And  beneth  when  I  loked  vpon  him  vnder 
 f  loynes,  me  thought  he  was  like  a  shyninge 
 fyre,  that  geueth  light  on  euery  syde.  Yee 
 the  shyne  and  glistre  y  lightened  rounde 
 aboute,  was  like  a  raynbowe,  which  in  a 
 raynie  daye  apeareth  in  the  cloudes.     Eue  so 
 
 "  Eze.  3.  d.       '  Exo.  32.  a.        '  lere.  1.  c.        ''  Apo. : 
 
 was  the  similitude,  wherin  the  glory  off  the 
 LORDE  apeared.  Whe  I  sawe  it,  I  fell 
 vpon  my  face,  and  herkened  vnto  the  voyce 
 off  him,  that  spake. 
 
 Ci^t  i).  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  sayde  he  vnto  me:  Stonde  vp 
 vpon  thy  fete  (O  thou  sonne  of  ma) 
 and  I  will  talke  with  the.  "And  as  he  was 
 commonynge  with  me,  the  sprete  came  in  to 
 me,  and  set  me  vp  vpon  my  fete :  so  that  I 
 marcked  the  thinge,  that  he  sayde  vnto  me. 
 And  he  sayde :  Beholde,  thou  sonne  off  man : 
 I  will  sende  the  to  the  children  off  Israel,  to 
 those  runnagates  and  obstinate  people:  for 
 they  haue  take  parte  agaynst  me,  and  are 
 runne  awaye  fro  me :  both  they,  *  and  their 
 forefathers,  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Yee  I  will  sende  f  vnto  a  people  y  haue 
 rough  vysages  and  stiff  stomackes :  vnto  whom 
 thou  shalt  saye  on  this  maner:  This  the 
 LORDE  God  himselff  hath  spoken,  y  whether 
 they  be  obedient  or  no  (for  it  is  a  frauwarde 
 housholde)  they  maye  knowe  yet  that  there 
 hath  bene  a  prophet  amonge  them. 
 
 Therfore  (thou  sonne  off  man)  feare  the 
 not,  nether  be  afrayed  off  their  wordes  :  '  for 
 they  shall  rebell  agaynst  the,  and  despise  f. 
 Yee  thou  shalt  dwell  amonge  scorpions  :  but 
 feare  not  their  wordes,  be  not  abashed  at  their 
 lokes,  for  it  is  a  frauwerde  housholde. 
 
 Se  that  thou  speake  my  wordes  vnto  them, 
 whether  they  be  obediet  or  not,  for  they  are 
 obstinate.  Therfore  (thou  sonne  of  man) 
 obeye  thou  all  thinges,  that  I  saye  vnto  y,  and 
 be  not  thou  stiffnecked,  like  as  they  are  a 
 stiffnecked  housholde.  Open  thy  mouth,  and 
 eate  that  I  geue  the. 
 
 So  as  I  was  lokynge  vp,  beholde,  there  was 
 sent  vnto  me  an  hande,  wherin  was  a  closed 
 boke : ''  and  the  hande  opened  it  before  me, 
 and  it  was  written  within  and  without,  full  off 
 carefull  mourninges  :  alas,  and  wo. 
 
 Ci)e  iij.  Cfjapter. 
 
 THEN  sayde  he  vnto  me :  thou  sonne  of 
 ma,  eate  that,  what  so  euer  it  be :  Yee 
 eate  that  closed  boke,  '  and  go  thy  waye,  and 
 speake  vnto  the  children  off  Israel.  So  I 
 opened  my  mouth,  and  he  gaue  me  the  boke 
 for  to  eate,  and  sayde  vnto  me  :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  thy  bely  shal  eate,  and  thy  bowels 
 
 «  lere.  13.  c.     4  Es.  14.  e.     Apo.  10.  b. 
 
jTo.  Ijcrbiij. 
 
 Cbr  propfttt  €}tti)itl 
 
 Cftap.  lij. 
 
 shalbe  fylled  with  f  boke,  that  J  geue  the. 
 "  Then  (iyd  I  eate  the  boke,  and  it  was  in  my 
 mouth  sweter  then  hony. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  thou  sonne  of  ma, 
 get  the  soone  vnto  the  house  off  Israel,  ad 
 '  shewe  the  y  wordes,  that  I  comaunde  the  : 
 for  I  sende  the  not  to  a  people  that  hath  a 
 strauge,  vnknowne  or  harde  speache,  but  vnto 
 the  house  off  Israel :  Not  to  many  nacions, 
 which  haue  diuerse  speaches  and  harde 
 languages,  whose  wordes  thou  vnderstodest 
 not :  Neuertheles,  "^yf  I  sent  the  to  those 
 people,  they  wolde  folowe  the :  But  the  house 
 off  Israel  wil  not  folowe  y,  for  they  wil  not 
 folowe  me  :  ''  Yee  all  the  house  off  Israel  haue 
 stiff  foreheades  and  harde  hertes.  Beholde 
 therfore,  I  will  make  thy  face  preuayle  agaynst 
 their  faces,  and  harden  thy  foreheade  agaynst 
 their  foreheades  :  so  that  thy  foreheade  shall 
 be  harder  then  an  Adamat  or  flynt  stone : ' 
 that  thou  mayest  feare  them  y  lesse,  and  be 
 lesse  afrayed  off  them,  for  they  are  a  frauwerde 
 housholde. 
 
 He  sayde  morouer  vnto  me  :  thou  sonne  off 
 man,  take  diligent  hede  with  thine  eares,  to  ;y- 
 wordes  that  I  speake  vnto  the,  fasten  them  in 
 thine  herte :  and  go  to  the  presoners  off  thy 
 people,  speake  vnto  them,  ad  saye  on  this 
 maner : 
 
 Thus  the  LORDE  God  hath  spoke: 
 Whether  ye  heare,  or  heare  not.  With  that, 
 the  sprete  toke  me  vp.  And  I  herde  the 
 noyse  of  a  greate  russhinge  and  remouynge 
 off  the  most  blissed  glory  off  the  LORDE 
 out  off  his  place. 
 
 I  herde  also  the  noyse  off  the  wynges  off 
 the  beestes,  that  russhed  one  agaynst  another, 
 yee  and  the  ratlynge  off  the  wheles,  that  were  by 
 them,  which  russhinge  (t  noyse  was  very  greate. 
 
 •'Now  when  the  sprete  toke  me  vp,  and 
 caried  me  awaye,  I  wente  with  an  heuy  and  a 
 soroufull  mynde,  but  the  honde  off  y  LORDE 
 comforted  me  right  soone. 
 
 And  so  in  the  begynnynge  off  the  Moneth 
 Abib,  I  came  to  the  presoners,  that  dwelt  by 
 the  water  off  Cobar,  "and  remayned  in  that 
 place,  where  they  were  :  and  so  continued  I 
 amonge  them  seuen  dayes,  beinge  very  sory. 
 
 And  when  the  seuen  dayes  were  expyred, 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me :  Thou  sonne  off 
 man,  *  I  haue  made  the  a  watch  man  vnto  the 
 
 Psnl,  18.  b.    Psal.  118.  n.    Apo.  10.  b.  'lere.  I.e. 
 
 '  lone  .3.  a.  J  Mich.  3.  b.  •■  Esa.  ,50.  b.  ( 
 
 house  of  Israel :  therfore  take  good  hede  to 
 the  wordes,  and  geue  them  warnynge  at  my 
 commaundement. 
 
 Yff  I  saye  vnto  the,  concernynge  the  vn- 
 godly  ma,  that  (without  doute)  he  must  dye, 
 and  thou  geuest  him  not  warnynge,  ner  speak- 
 est  vnto  him,  that  he  maye  turne  from  his 
 euell  waye,  and  so  to  lyue :  Then  shall  the 
 same  vngodly  man  dye  in  his  owne  vnright 
 uosnes :  but  his  bloude  will  I  requyre  off 
 thyne  honde.  Neuertheles,  yff  thou  geue 
 warnynge  vnto  the  wicked,  and  he  yet  forsake 
 not  his  vngodlynesse  :  then  shall  he  dye  in  his 
 owne  wickednesse,  but  thou  hast  discharged 
 thy  soule. 
 
 Now  yf  a  rightuous  ma  go  fro  his  rightuous- 
 nesse,'  and  do  the  thinge  that  is  euell :  I  will 
 laye  a  stomblinge  blocke  before  him,  and  he 
 shall  dye,  because  thou  hast  not  geuen  him 
 warninge  :  Yee  dye  shall  he  in  his  owne  synne, 
 so  that  the  vertue,  which  he  did  before,  shall 
 not  be  thought  vpon :  but  his  bloude  will  I 
 requyre  of  thine  honde. 
 
 Neuertheles,  yf  thou  exhortest  the  right- 
 uous, that  he  synne  not,  and  so  f  rightuous 
 do  not  synne  :  Then  shall  he  lyue,  because  he 
 hath  receaued  thy  warnynge,  and  thou  hast 
 discharged  thy  soule.  And  there  came  the 
 hade  off  the  LORDE  vpon  me,  and  he  sayde 
 vnto  me :  Stonde  vp,  and  go  in  to  the  felde, 
 y  I  maye  there  talke  with  the. 
 
 So  when  I  had  rysen  vp,  and  gone  forth  in 
 to  the  felde :  ''  Beholde,  the  glory  off  the 
 LORDE  stode  there,  like  as  I  sawe  it  afore, 
 by  the  water  off  Cobar. 
 
 'Then  fell  I  downe  vpon  my  face,  and  f 
 sprete  came  in  to  me,  which  set  me  vp  vpon 
 my  fete,  and  sayde  thus  vnto  me :  Go  thy 
 waye,  and  sparre  thy  selff  in  thyne  house. 
 Beholde  (O  thou  sonne  off  man)  there  shall 
 chaynes  be  brought  for  the,  to  bynde  the 
 withall,  so  that  thou  shalt  not  escape  out  off 
 the.  And  I  will  make  thy  tunge  cleue  to  the 
 rofe  off  thy  mouth,  that  thou  shalt  be  domme, 
 and  not  be  as  a  chider  with  them  :  for  it  is  an 
 obstinate  housholde. 
 
 But  when  I  speake  vnto  the,  then  open  thy 
 mouth,  and  saye :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  :  who  so  heareth,  let  him  heare  :  who  so 
 will  not,  let  him  leaue :  for  it  is  a  frauwarde 
 housholde. 
 
 f  Eze.  8.  a.  11.  d. 
 '  Eze.  18.  a. 
 
 e  Psal.  136.  a. 
 Eze.  1,  a.  Eze.  2.  a. 
 
 "  Eze.  33.  b. 
 '  Eze.  1.  g. 
 
Cf)ap.  b» 
 
 C&e  propljft  €mhitl 
 
 fo,  lrm)t:.i 
 
 Cf)e  itij.  Cl^apter. 
 
 THOU  Sonne  off  man :  take  a  tyle  stone, 
 and  laye  it  before  the,  and  descrybe 
 vpon  it  the  cite  off  Jerusalem :  how  it  is  be- 
 seged,  how  bulworkes  and  stroge  cUches  are 
 grauen  on  euery  syde  oif  it :  descrybe  also 
 tentes,  and  an  boost  off  men  rounde  aboute  it. 
 
 Morouer,  take  an  yron  panne,  and  set  it 
 betwixte  the  5  y  cite  in  steade  off  an  yron 
 wall,  Then  set  thy  face  towarde  it,  besege  it, 
 and  laye  ordinaunce  agaynst  it,  to  wynne  it. 
 This  shal  be  a  token  vnto  the  house  off  Israel. 
 But  thou  shalt  slepe  vpon  thy  left  syde,  and 
 laye  the  synne  of  the  house  off  Israel  vpon  the. 
 
 Certayne  dayes  apoynted,  thou  shalt  slepe 
 vpon  that  syde,  and  beare  their  synnes." 
 Neuertheles  I  will  apoynte  the  a  tyme  (to  put 
 off  their  synnes)  and  the  nombre  off  the  dales: 
 Thre  hundreth  5  xc.  dayes  must  thou  beare 
 the  wickednesse  off  the  house  of  Israel.  When 
 thou  hast  fulfilled  these  dayes,  lye  downe 
 agayne,  and  slepe  vpon  thy  right  syde  xl.  dayes, 
 and  beare  the  synnes  off  the  house  of  luda. 
 
 A  daye  for  a  yeare,  *a  daye  (I  saye)  for  a 
 yeare,  will  I  euer  laye  vpon  the.  Therfore 
 set  now  thy  face  agaynst  that  beseged  leru- 
 salem,  and  discouer  thine  arme,  that  thou 
 mayest  prophecie  agaynst  it. 
 
 Beholde,  I  will  laye  chaynes  vpon  the,  that 
 thou  shalt  not  turne  the  from  one  syde  to  ano- 
 ther, till  thou  hast  ended  the  dayes  of  thy  sege. 
 
 Wherfore,  take  vnto  the  wheate,  barly 
 beanes,  growell  sede,  milium  and  fitches :  and 
 put  these  together  in  a  vessell,  and  make  the 
 loaues  of  bred  therof,  acordinge  to  the  nombre 
 of  the  dayes  that  thou  must  lye  vpon  y  syde : 
 that  thou  mayest  haue  bred  to  eate,  for  thre 
 hundreth  and  XC.  dayes. 
 
 And  the  meate  that  thou  eatest,  shall  haue 
 a  certayne  waight  apoynted :  Namely,  twentie 
 sycles  euery  daye.  This  apoynted  meate  shalt 
 thou  eate  daylie,  from  the  beginnynge  to  the 
 ende. 
 
 Thou  shalt  dryncke  also  a  certayne  measure 
 off  water :  Namely,  the  sixte  parte  of  an  Hin 
 shalt  thou  drynke  daylie  from  the  begynnynge 
 to  the  ende.  Barly  cakes  shalt  thou  eate,  yet 
 shalt  thou  first  strake  the  ouer  with  mas  donge, 
 y  they  maye  se  it.  And  with  that,  sayde  the 
 LORDE:  'Euen  thus  shal  the  children  of 
 Israel  eate  their  defyled  bred  in  the  myddest 
 
 off  the  Gentiles,  amonge  whom  I  will  scatre 
 them. 
 
 Then  sayde  I:  Oh  LORDE  God,  Be- 
 holde, my  soule  was  yet  neuer  stayned :  for 
 fro  my  youth  vp  vnto  this  houre,  I  dyd  neuer 
 eate  of  a  deed  carcase,  or  of  that  which  was 
 slayne  of  wilde  beestes,  nether  came  there 
 euer  eny  vnclene  flesh  in  my  mouth. 
 
 Where  vnto  he  answered  me,  and  sayde : 
 Well  than,  I  will  graunte  the  to  take  cowes 
 donge,  for  the  donge  off  a  man,  and  to  strake 
 the  bred  ouer  with  all,  before  the. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  ''  Beholde  thou 
 Sonne  off  man,  I  will  mynishe  all  the  prouy- 
 sion  of  bred  in  lerusalem,  so  that  they  shall 
 weye  their  bred,  and  eate  it  with  scarcenesse. 
 But  as  for  water,  they  shall  haue  a  very  litle 
 measure  theroff,  to  drynke.  And  when  they 
 haue  nomore  bred  ner  water,  one  shal  be 
 destroyed  with  another,  and  famish  awaye  for 
 their  wickednesse. 
 
 Cf)c  b.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 TAKE  the  then  a  sharpe  knyfe  (O  thou 
 Sonne  of  man)  namely,  a  rasoure.  Take 
 that,  and  shaue  the  hayre  off  thy  heade  and 
 beerd  :  Then  take  the  scoales  and  the  waight, 
 and  deuyde  the  hayre  a  sunder.  And  burne 
 the  thirde  parte  therof  in  the  fyre  in  the 
 myddest  off  the  cite,  and  cut  the  other  thirde 
 parte  in  peces  with  a  knyfe. "^  As  for  the 
 thirde  parte  that  remayneth,  cast  it  in  the 
 wynde,  and  then  shewe  the  bare  knyfe. 
 
 Yet  afterwarde  take  a  litle  off  the  same, 
 (t  bynde  it  in  thy  cote  lappe.  Then  take  a 
 curtesy  of  it,  and  cast  it  in  the  myddest  of  f 
 fyre,  and  burne  it  in  the  fyre.  Out  of  the 
 same  fyre  shall  there  go  a  flame,  vpon  the 
 whole  house  of  Israel. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  sayde  the  LORDE  God : 
 This  same  is  lerusalem.  I  set  her  in  the 
 middest  of  the  Heithen  and  nacions,  that  are 
 rounde  aboute  her,  but  she  hath  despised  my 
 iudgmetes  more  then  y  Gentiles  the  selues, 
 and  broken  my  comaundementes  more  then 
 the  nacions,  that  lye  rounde  aboute  her :  For 
 they  haue  east  out  myne  ordinaunces,  and 
 not  walked  in  my  lawes.  •'Therfore,  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God :  For  so  moch  as  ye 
 with  youre  wickednesse  farre  exceade  the 
 Heithe,  that  dwell  rounde  aboute  you  :  ( For 
 ye  haue  not  walked  in  my  lawes,  nether  haue 
 
 Eze.  14.  d.    4  Re.  25.  a.         '  lere.  2.  d.        /  Leui.  18.  d. 
 
jTo.  lirr)f. 
 
 Cbe  propfKt  €}tti)itl 
 
 Cfiap.  bu 
 
 ye   keptc    inyne    ordinauces)    Therfore   thus 
 saieth^^  LOilDE  God: 
 
 I  will  also  come  vpon  the,  for  in  the  myddest 
 of  the  will  I  syt  in  iudgmot,  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Heithen,  and  will  handle  the  of  soch  a 
 fashion,  as  I  neuer  dyd  before,  and  as  I  neuer 
 wil  do  from  that  tyme  forth,  and  that  because 
 of  all  thy  abhominacions.  "  For  in  the  the 
 fathers  shal  be  fayne  to  eate  their  owne 
 sonnes,  and  the  sonnes  their  owne  fathers. 
 Soch  a  coiirte  will  I  kepe  in  the,  and  the 
 whole  reninaunt  will  I  scatre  in  to  all  the 
 wyndes. 
 
 Wherfore,  as  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  thi 
 LORDE  God)  seynge  thou  hast  defyled  my 
 Sanctuary,  with  all  maner  off  abhominacions 
 and  with  all  thy  shamefuU  offences  :  For  this 
 cause  will  I  also  destroye  the.  Myne  eye 
 shall  not  ouersee  the,  nether  will  I  spare  the, 
 'One  thirde  parte  within  the,  shall  die  of 
 the  pestilence  and  of  honger :  Another  thirde 
 parte  shall  be  slayne  downe  rounde  aboute 
 the,  with  the  swearde  :  The  other  thirde  parte 
 that  remayneth,  will  I  scatre  abrode  towarde 
 all  the  wyndes,  and  drawe  out  the  swearde 
 after  them.  Thus  wil  I  perfourme  my  indig- 
 nacion  and  set  my  wrath  agaynst  them,  and 
 ease  my  self.  So  that  when  I  haue  fulfilled 
 myne  anger  agaynst  them,  they  shall  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE,  which  with  a  feruent 
 gelousy  haue  spoken  it. 
 
 Morouer  I  will  make  the  waist  and  abhorred, 
 before  all  the  Heithen  that  dwell  aboute  the, 
 and  in  the  sight  off  all  them,  that  go  by  the : 
 so  that  when  I  punysh  the  in  my  wrath,  in 
 yne  anger,  and  with  the  plage  off  my 
 whote  displeasure :  thou  shalt  be  a  very 
 abhominacion,  shame,  a  gasinge  and  won- 
 dringe  stocke,  amonge  the  Heithen  that  lye 
 aboute  the. 
 
 Euen  I  the  LORDE  haue  spoken  it,  and 
 it  shall  come  to  passe,  when  I  shute  amonge 
 them  the  perlous  dartes  of  hoger,  which  shalbe 
 but  death  :  '  Yee  therfore  shall  I  shute  them, 
 because  I  will  destroye  you.  I  will  encrease 
 hunger,  and  mynish  all  the  prouysion  off  bred 
 amonge  you. 
 
 Plages  and  mysery  will  I  sende  you,  yee 
 and  wilde  beestes  also  to  destroye  you.  Pesti- 
 lence and  bloudsheddinge  shall  come  vpon 
 you,  and  the  swearde  wil  I  bringe  ouer  you. 
 Euen  I  the  LORDE,  haue  sayde  it. 
 
 ■'  Deu.  28.  e.   'I>en.  4.  b.   4  Re^.  6.  f.       ••  lere.  15.  a. 
 
 €l)t  bi.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  off  man, 
 ''  turne  thy  face  to  the  mounta}'nes  of  Israel, 
 that  thou  mayest  prophecie  vnto  them,  and 
 saye  :  Heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  God, 
 
 0  ye  mountaynes  off  Israel :  Thus  hath  the 
 LORDE  God  spoken  to  the  moiitaynes,  hilles, 
 valleys  and  dales : 
 
 Beholde,  I  will  brpige  a  swearde  ouer  you, 
 and  destroye  youre  hie  places :  I  wil  cast 
 downe  youre  aulters,  and  breake  downe  youre 
 temples.  Youre  slayne  men  will  I  laye  before 
 youre  goddes,  and  the  deed  carcases  off  the 
 children  off  Israel  will  I  cast  before  their 
 ymages,  youre  bones  wil  I  strowe  rounde 
 aboute  youre  aulters,  and  dwellinge  places 
 
 The  cities  shalbe  desolate,  f  hillchapels 
 layed  waist :  youre  aulters  destroyed,  i  broken 
 youre  goddes  cast  downe,  and  taken  awaye 
 youre  tepels  layde  eaue  with  the  groude,  youre 
 owne  workes  clene  roted  out.  Youre  slayne 
 men  shall  lie  amonge  you,  that  ye  maye  lerne 
 to  knowe,  how  y  I  am  the  LORDE.  Those 
 y  amoge  you  haue  escaped  the  swearde,  will 
 
 1  leaue  amonge  the  Gentiles,  for  I  will  scatre 
 you  amonge  the  nacions.  '  And  they  that 
 escape  from  you,  shall  thinke  vpon  me  amonge 
 the  heithen,  where  they  shalbe  in  captiuyte. 
 
 As  for  that  whorish  and  vnfaithfull  herte  of 
 theirs,  wherwith  they  runne  awaye  fro  me,  I 
 will  breake  it :  yee  (j  put  out  those  eyes  off 
 theirs,  that  committe  fornicacion  with  their 
 Idols. 
 
 Then  shall  they  be  ashamed,  and  displeased 
 with  their  selues,  for  the  wickednesses  ad 
 abhominacions,  which  they  haue  done :  and 
 hal  lerne  to  knowe,  how  that  it  is  not  in 
 vayne,  that  I  the  LORDE  spake,  to  bringe 
 soch  mysery  vpon  them. 
 
 The  LORDE  sayde  morouer  vnto  me : 
 Smyte  thine  hondes  together,  and  stampe 
 with  thy  fete,  and  saye  :  Wo  worth  all  the 
 abhominacions  and  wickednesses  of  the  house 
 of  Israel,  for  because  of  the,  they  shal  perish 
 with  the  swearde,  with  hoger  and  with  pesti- 
 lence. Who  so  is  farre  of,  shall  dye  off  the 
 pestilence :  he  that  is  nye  at  hande,  shall 
 perish  with  the  swearde :  and  y  other  that  are 
 beseged,  shall  dye  of  honger. 
 
 Thus  wil  I  satisfie  my  wrothfull  displeasure 
 
C^ap.  btj» 
 
 CI)t  propftft  (KfjerfeieL 
 
 #0.  titm. 
 
 vpon  them.  And  so  shall  ye  lerne  to  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE,  whe  youre  slayne 
 men  lye  amoge  youre  goddes,  and  aboute 
 youre  aulters :  vpon  all  hie  hilles  and  toppes 
 ofFmountaynes,  amoge  all  grene  trees,  amonge 
 all  thicke  okes :  euen  in  the  places,  where 
 they  dyd  sacrifice  to  all  their  Idols.  I  will 
 stretch  myne  honde  out  vpon  them,  tj  will 
 make  the  londe  waist:  So  that  it  shall  lye 
 desolate  and  voyde,  from  the  wildernesse  off 
 Deblat  forth,  thorow  all  their  habitacions :  to 
 lerne  them  for  to  knowe,  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 €i)t  btj.  (fftapt"'- 
 
 THE  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  on  this  maner :  The  I  call,  O  thou 
 Sonne  off  man.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  vnto  the  londe  off  Israel:  The  ende 
 commcth,  yee  verely  the  ende  commeth  vpon 
 all  the  foure  corners  off  the  earth. 
 
 But  now  shall  the  ende  come  vpon  the :  for 
 I  will  sende  my  wrath  vpo  the,  and  wil  punysh 
 the :  acordinge  to  thy  wayes,  and  rewarde  the 
 after  all  thy  abhominacios.  "  Myne  eye  shall 
 not  ouersee  the,  nether  will  I  spare  the  :  but 
 rewarde  the,  acordinge  to  thy  waies,  and  de- 
 clare thy  abhominacions.  Then  shall  ye 
 knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Beholde, 
 one  mysery  and  plage  shall  come  after  another: 
 the  ende  is  here.  The  ende  (I  saye)  that 
 waiteth  for  the,  is  come  already,  f  houre  is 
 come  agaynst  the,  that  dwellest  in  the  londe. 
 
 The  tyme  is  at  honde,  the  daye  of  sedicio 
 is  hard  by,  i  no  glad  tidinges  vpo  the  mou- 
 taynes.  Therfore,  I  will  shortly  poure  out  my 
 sore  displeasure  ouer  the,  and  fulfill  my  wrath 
 vpon  the.  I  will  iudge  the  after  thy  waies, 
 and  recompence  the  all  thy  abhominacions. 
 
 *  Myne  eye  shal  not  ouersee  the,  nether  wil 
 I  spare  the  :  but  rewarde  the  after  thy  waies, 
 and  shewe  thy  abhominacions :  to  lerne  you 
 for  to  knowe,  how  y  I  am  the  LORDE,  y 
 smyteth.  Beholde,  the  daye  is  here,  the 
 daye  is  come,  the  houre  is  runne  out,  the 
 rodde  florisheth,  wylfulnesse  waxeth  grene, 
 malicious  violece  is  growne  vp,  and  the  vn- 
 godly  waxen  to  a  staff.  Yet  shall  there  no 
 complaynte  be  made  for  them,  ner  for  the 
 trouble  that  shall  come  of  these  thinges. 
 
 The  tyme  cometh,  the  daye  draweth  nye : 
 
 Eze.  7.b.  9.  c. 
 
 "  Eze.7.  b.  9.  c.  '1  Cor.  7.  d. 
 
 ''  2  Tess.  5.  a.  lere.  15.  b. 
 
 Who  SO  byeth,  let  him  not  reioyce  :  he  that 
 selleth,  let  him  not  be  sory :  for  why,  ''Trouble 
 shall  come  in  the  myddest  off  all  rest :  so  that 
 the  seller  shall  not  come  agayne  to  the  byer, 
 for  nether  off  them  both  shall  lyue.  For  the 
 vision  shal  come  so  greatly  ouer  all,  y  it  shal 
 not  be  hyndered :  No  ma  also  with  his  wicked- 
 nesse  shall  be  able  to  saue  his  owne  life. 
 
 The  tronipettes  shall  ye  blowe,  and  make 
 you  all  ready,  but  no  man  shall  go  to  the 
 batell,  for  I  am  wroth  with  all  the  whole 
 multitude. 
 
 The  swearde  shalbe  without,  pestilence  and 
 honger  within :  so  that  who  so  is  in  the  felde, 
 shalbe  slayne  with  the  swearde  :  '  and  he  that 
 is  in  the  cite,  shall  perish  with  honger  and 
 pestilence. 
 
 And  soch  as  escape  and  fle  from  amonge 
 them,  shal  be  vpon  the  hilles,  like  as  the 
 doues  in  the  felde  :  euery  one  shalbe  afrayed, 
 because  off  his  owne  wickednesse. 
 
 -'^All  hondes  shalbe  letten  downe,  and  all 
 knees  shalbe  weake  as  the  water :  they  shall 
 gyrde  them  selues  with  sack  cloth,  feare  shal 
 fall  vpon  them.  Their  faces  shall  be  confoiided, 
 and  their  heades  balde :  their  syluer  shall  lye 
 in  the  stretes,  and  their  golde  shalbe  despised : 
 s  Yee  their  syluer  and  golde  maye  not  delyuer 
 them,  in  the  daye  of  the  fearful!  wrath  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 They  shall  not  satisfie  their  hongrie  soules, 
 nether  fyll  their  emptie  belies  therwith  :  For 
 it  is  become  their  owne  decaye  thorow  their 
 wickednesse :  because  they  made  therof,  not 
 only  costly  leweles  for  their  pompe  and  pryde, 
 ''  but  also  abhominable  ymages  and  idols. 
 For  this  cause  will  I  make  them  to  be  ab- 
 horred. Morouer,  I  will  geue  it  in  to  f  hondes 
 off  the  straungers  to  be  spoyled :  and  to  f 
 wicked,  for  to  be  robbed,  and  they  shall  de- 
 stroye  it. 
 
 My  face  wil  I  tume  from  the,  my  Treasury 
 shall  be  defyled :  for  the  theues  shall  go  in  to 
 it,  and  suspende  it.  I  wil  make  clene  ryd- 
 daunse,  for  the  londe  is  whole  defyled  with 
 vnrightuous  iudgment  of  innocent  bloude,  5 
 the  cite  is  full  off  abhominacions. 
 
 Wherfore,  I  will  bringe  the  most  cruell 
 tyrauntes  from  amonge  the  Heithen,  to  take 
 their  houses  in  possession.  I  will  make  the 
 pompe  off  the  proude  to  ceasse,  ad  they  shal 
 
 '  Deu.  32.  d.        /  Esa.  15.  e.        «  Soph.  1.  c.    Ecc.  5.  b. 
 '  Osee  8.  a. 
 
#0.  ticmh 
 
 Cf)t  propI)ft  €}tti)itl 
 
 Ci)a)).  bi'ij. 
 
 take  in  their  Sanctuary.  When  this  trouble 
 Cometh,  they  shal  seke  peace,  but  they  shal 
 haue  none.  One  myschcfe  and  sorowe  slial 
 folowe  another,  and  one  rumoure  shal  come 
 after  another :  Then  shall  they  seke  visions  in 
 vayne  at  their  prophetes.  °  The  lawe  shal  be 
 gone  from  the  prestes,  and  wyszdome  from 
 the  ciders.  The  kynge  shall  mourne,  the 
 princes  shalbe  clothed  with  heuynesse,  and  y 
 hodes  off'  the  people  in  the  londe  shall  tremble 
 for  feare.  I  will  do  vnto  them  after  their 
 owne  waies,  tt  acordinge  to  their  owne  iudg- 
 mentes  will  I  iudge  them :  to  lerne  them  for 
 to  knowe,  that  1  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci^c  bii).  Cijapttr. 
 
 IT  happened,  that  in  the  sixte  yeare,  the 
 fifth  daye  of  the  sixte  Moneth  I  sat  in  my 
 house,  and  the  lordes  off'  the  councell  off  luda 
 with  me :  and  the  honde  off  the  LORDE 
 God  fell  euen  there  vpo  me. 
 
 And  as  I  loked  vp,    I  sawe  as  it  were  a 
 licknesse  off"  fyre  from  his  loynes  downwarde, 
 and    from    his   loynes   vpwarde    it    shyned 
 maruelous  cleare. 
 
 This  symilitude  stretched  out  an  honde, 
 and  toke  me  by  the  hayrie  lockes  off'  my 
 heade,  and  the  sprete  lift  me  vp  betwixte 
 heauen  and  earth :  and  God  brought  me  in  a 
 vision  to  Jerusalem,  in  to  the  courte  off'  the 
 nwarde  porte  that  lieth  towarde  the  north : 
 there  stode  an  ymage,  with  whom  he  that  hath 
 all  thinges  in  his  power,  was  very  wroth. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  glory  off'  the  God  off 
 Israel  was  in  the  same  place :  'eue  as  I  had 
 sene  it  afore  in  the  felde.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 me :  Thou  sonne  off'  man,  O  lift  vp  thine 
 eyes,  and  loke  towarde  the  north.  Then  lift 
 I  vp  myne  eyes  towarde  the  north,  and  be- 
 holde :  Besyde  the  porte  north warde,  there 
 was  an  aulter  made  vnto  the  ymage  off'  prouo- 
 cacion  in  the  very  entrynge  in. 
 
 And  he  sayde  furthermore  vnto  me  :  Thou 
 Sonne  off  man,  Seist  thou  what  these  do  ? 
 Seist  thou  the  greate  abhominacions  that  the 
 house  off"  Israel  commytte  in  this  place  ? 
 which  ought  not  to  be  done  in  my  sanctuary? 
 But  turne  the  aboute,  and  thou  shalt  se 
 yet  greater  abhominacions.  And  with  that 
 brought  he  me  to  the  courte  gate  :  and  whe  I 
 loked,  beholde,  there  was  an  hole  in  the  wall. 
 
 ■•  lere.  :>8.  c.  '  Eze.  3.  b.    11.  d.  '  Eze.  1.  a. 
 
 ''  Exo.  18.  d.  Num.  11.  d. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me :  Thou  sonne  off 
 man,  dygge  thorow  the  wall.  And  when  I 
 dygged  thorow  the  wall,  beholde,  there  was  a 
 dore.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  go  thy  waye  in,  % 
 loke  what  wicked  abhominacions  they  do  there. 
 
 So  I  wente  in,  and  sawe :  and  beholde, 
 there  were  all  maner  ymages  off  wormes  (t 
 beastes,  all  Idols  and  abhominacions  of  f 
 house  off  Israel  paynted  euerychone  rounde 
 aboute  the  wall. 
 
 ''  There  stode  also  before  the  ymages  Ixx. 
 lordes  of  the  councell  off  the  house  off  Israel : 
 and  in  the  myddest  off  them  stode  laasanias 
 the  sonne  off  Saphan :  And  euery  one  off 
 them  had  a  censoure  in  his  honde,  5  out  off' 
 the  incense,  there  wente  a  smoke,  as  it  had 
 bene  a  cloude. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me  :  Thou  sonne  off 
 man,  '  hast  thou  sene  what  the  Senatours  off 
 the  house  off  Israel  do  secretly,  euery  one  in 
 his  chambre  ?  For  they  saye  :  Tush,  the 
 LORDE  seth  vs  not,  the  LORDE  regardeth 
 not  the  worlde.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me: 
 Turne  the  yet  agayne,  and  thou  shalt  se  the 
 greate  abhominacions  that  they  do. 
 
 And  with  that,  he  brought  me  to  the  dore 
 off  the  porte  off  the  LORDES  house,  towarde 
 the  north.  And  beholde,  there  sat  women 
 mournynge  for  Thamus.  Then  sayde  he  vnto 
 me :  hast  thou  sene  this,  thou  sonne  of  ma  ? 
 Turne  y  aboute,  5  thou  shalt  se  yet  greater 
 abhominacions.  And  so  he  brought  me  in  to 
 the  inwarde  courte  of  the  LORDES  house : 
 5  beholde,  at  the  porte  of  the  LORDES  house, 
 betwixte  the  fore  entrie  and  the  aulter,  there 
 were  fyue  and  twenty  men,  that  turned  their 
 backes  vpon  the  Temple  of  the  LORDE,  5 
 their  faces  towarde  the  easte,  and  these  wor- 
 shipped the  Sonne. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  hast  thou  sene 
 this,  thou  Sonne  of  man  ?  Thinketh  the  house 
 of  Israel,  that  it  is  but  a  trifle,  to  do  these 
 abhominacions  here  ?  Shulde  they  fyll  the 
 londe  full  of  wickednesse,  and  vndertake  to 
 prouoke  me  vnto  anger  ?  Yee  g  purposly  to 
 cast  vp  their  noses  vpon  me  ?  Therfore  wil  I 
 also  do  some  thinge  in  my  wrothfuU  displea- 
 sure, so  that  myne  eye  shall  not  ouersee  them, 
 nether  wil  I  spare  them.  ■'^Yee  and  though 
 they  crie  in  myne  eares  with  loude  voyce,  yet 
 wil  I  not  heare  them. 
 
 lob  22.  b.  lere.  23.  d.  Eze.  I 
 .  c.  lere.  11.  c.  14.  b.  Mich. 
 
Cftap.  jr. 
 
 €i)t  jjropi)ft  <£m\)ith 
 
 fo,  htmih 
 
 Cl)c  iy.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 HE  cried  also  with  a  loude  voyce  in  myne 
 eares,  sayenge :  Come  here  ye  rulers  of 
 the  cite,  euery  man  with  his  weapened  honde 
 to  the  slaughter.  Then  came  there  sixe  men 
 out  of  the  strete  of  the  vpper  porte  towarde 
 the  north,  and  euery  man  a  weapen  in  his 
 honde  to  the  slaughter.  There  was  one 
 amongst  them,  that  had  on  him  a  lynninge 
 rayment,  and  a  wryters  ynckhorne  by  his  syde. 
 
 These  wente  in,  and  stode  beside  the  brasen 
 aulter:  "for  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  was 
 gone  awaye  from  the  Cherub,  and  was  come 
 downe  to  the  thresholde  of  the  house,  5  he 
 called  the  ma,  that  had  the  lynnynge  rayment 
 vpon  him,  and  the  writers  ynckhorne  by  his 
 syde,  and  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him :  Go 
 thy  waye  thorow  the  cite  of  Jerusalem,  and 
 set  this  marck  T^  Thau  vpo  the  foreheades  of 
 them,  that  mourne,  and  are  sory  for  all  the 
 abhominacions,  that  be  done  therin.  And  to 
 the  other,  he  sayde  that  I  might  heare :  Go 
 ye  after  him  thorow  the  cite,  slaye,  ouersee 
 none,  spare  none:  'Kyll,  5  destroye  both 
 olde  men  and  yonge,  maydens,  children,  and 
 wyues. 
 
 But  as  for  those,  that  haue  this  marck  r\ 
 Thau  vpo  them :  se  that  ye  touch  them  not, 
 and  begynne  at  my  Sanctuary.  'Then  they 
 begane  at  the  elders,  which  were  in  the  Temple, 
 for  he  had  sayde  vnto  them :  When  ye  haue 
 defyled  the  Temple,  and  fylled  the  courte 
 with  the  slayne,  then  go  youre  waye  forth. 
 So  they  wete  out  and  slewe  downe  thorow  y 
 cite.  Now  when  they  had  done  f  slaughter, 
 5  I  yet  escaped :  I  fell  downe  vpon  my  face, 
 5  cried,  sayenge :  0  LORDE,  wilt  thou  then 
 destroye  all  the  resydue  of  Israel,  in  thy  sore 
 displeasure,  that  thou  hast  poured  vpo  Je- 
 rusalem ? 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me :  The  wickednesse 
 of  the  house  of  Israel  and  luda  is  very  greate : 
 so  that  the  lode  is  full  of  bloude,  and  y  cite 
 full  of  vnfaithfulnesse :  ■*  For  they  saye :  Tush, 
 y  LORDE  regardeth  not  the  earth,  he  seyth 
 vs  not.  Therfore  will  I  vpon  them,  myne  eye 
 shall  not  ouersee  them,  nether  will  I  spare 
 them,  but  will  recompence  their  wickednesse 
 vpon  their  heades. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  ma  that  had  the  lynnynge 
 
 '  Ex.  40.  e.     Nu.  9.  c.  3  Re.  8.  b.  »  ludith  2.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  25.  d.  49.  b.    1  Pet.  4.  c.        •>  lob  22.  b.   Esa.  29.  c. 
 
 rayment  vpon  him,  and  thewriters  ynckhorne 
 by  his  syde :  tolde  all  the  matter  how  it  hap- 
 pened, and  sayde:  LORDE,  as  thou  hast 
 commaunded  me,  so  haue  I  done. 
 
 Ci)t  V-  Cfjapter. 
 
 AND  as  I  loked,  beholde,  In  the  firma 
 ment  that  was  aboue  the  Cherubins 
 there  apeared  the  similitude  of  z  stole  of 
 Saphir  vpo  them :  ^  Then  sayde  he  that  sat 
 therin,  to  him  that  had  the  lynnynge  rayment 
 vpon  him  :  Crepe  in  betwene  the  wheles  that 
 are  vnder  the  Cherubins,  and  take  thine  honde 
 full  of  bote  coales  out  from  betwene  the 
 Cherubins,  and  cast  them  ouer  the  cite.  And 
 he  crepte  in,  that  I  might  se. 
 
 Now  the  Cherubins  stode  vpo  the  right 
 syde  of  the  house,  when  the  man  wete  in,  and 
 the  cloude  fylled  the  ynnermer  courte.  /  But 
 the  glory  of  the  LORDE  remoued  from  the 
 Cherubins,  and  came  vpon  the  thresholde  of 
 the  house :  so  that  the  Temple  was  full  of 
 cloudes,  and  the  courte  was  full  of  the  shyne 
 of  the  LORDES  glory.  Yee  and  the  sounde 
 of  the  Cherubins  wynges  was  herde  in  to  the 
 forecourte,  like  as  it  had  bene  the  voyce  of 
 the  almightie  God,  when  he  speaketh.  Now 
 when  he  had  bydden  the  man  y  was  clothed 
 in  lynnynge,  to  go  and  take  the  hote  coales 
 from  the  myddest  of  f  wheles,  which  were 
 vnder  the  Cherubins :  he  wente  and  stode 
 besyde  the  wheles.  Then  the  one  Cherub 
 reached  forth  his  honde  from  vnder  the  Che- 
 rubins, vnto  y  fyre  that  was  betwene  the 
 Cherubins,  and  toke  therof,  and  gaue  it  vnto 
 him  (that  had  on  the  lynnynge  rayment)  in 
 his  honde :  which  toke  it,  and  wente  out.  And 
 vnder  the  wynges  of  y  Cherubins,  there  apeared 
 the  licknes  of  a  mas  hode :  I  sawe  also  foure 
 wheles  besyde  the  Cherubins,  so  that  by  euery 
 Cherub  there  stode  a  whele.  And  the  wheles 
 were  (to  loke  vpon)  after  f  fashion  of  f  pre- 
 cious stone  of  Tharsis:  \et  (vnto  the  sight) 
 were  they  fashioned  (j  like,  as  yf  one  whele 
 had  bene  in  another. 
 
 When  they  wente  forth,  they  wete  all  iiij 
 together,  not  turnynge  aboute  in  their  goinge: 
 But  where  the  first  wente,  thither  wente  they 
 after  also,  so  that  they  turned  not  aboute  in 
 their  goinge.  *  Their  whole  bodies,  their 
 backes,  their  bodes  5  wynges,  yee  j  the  wheles 
 
 Eccl.  23.  d.     Ezec.  7.  a.        '  Eze.  9.  a.         /  2  Par.  7.  a. 
 f  Eze.  1.  b. 
 
 93 
 
fo,  t}amU 
 
 €i)t  propfttt  <£]tti)itl 
 
 Cftap.  xu 
 
 also,  were  all  full  of  eyes  rounde  aboute  them 
 all  foure.  And  I  herde  him  call  f  wheles, 
 Galgal  (that  is)  a  rounde  boull.  Euery  one 
 of  them  had  foure  faces :  so  that  the  one  face 
 was  the  face  of  a  Cherub,  the  seconde  of  a 
 man,  the  thirde  of  a  lyon,  the  fourth  of  an 
 Aegle,  5  they  were  lifted  vp  aboue.  This  is 
 the  beest,  that  I  sawe  at  the  water  of  Cobar. 
 Now  when  the  Cherubins  wente,  the  wheles 
 wente  with  them  :  rt  when  the  Cherubins  shoke 
 their  wynges  to  lift  them  selues  vpwarde,  the 
 wheles  remayned  not  behynde,  but  were  with 
 them  also.  Shortly,  when  they  stode,  these 
 stode  also:  And  when  they  were  lift  vp,  f 
 wheles  were  lift  vp  also  with  the,  for  the  sprete 
 of  life  was  in  the  wheles. 
 
 "Then  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  was  lift  vp 
 from  the  thresholde  of  the  temple,  and  re- 
 mayned vpon  the  Cherubins :  And  the  Che- 
 rubins flackred  with  their  wynges,  and  lift 
 the  selues  vp  from  the  earth :  so  that  I  sawe 
 when  they  went,  and  the  wheles  with  them. 
 And  they  stode  at  the  east  syde  of  the  porte 
 that  is  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE.  So  the 
 glory  of  the  LORDE  was  vpon  them.  This 
 is  the  beest  that  I  sawe  vnder  the  God  of 
 Israel,  by  the  water  of  Cobar.  And  I  per- 
 ceaued,  that  it  was  the  Cherubins.  Euery  one 
 had  foure  faces,  a  euery  one  foure  wynges,  j 
 vnder  their  winges,  as  it  were  mes  hondes. 
 Now  the  figure  of  their  faces  was,  euen  as  I 
 had  sene  them,  by  the  water  of  Cobar,  5  so 
 was  the  countenaunce  of  the :  Euery  one  in 
 his  goinge  wente  straight  forwarde. 
 
 MOROUER,  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE 
 Uft  me  vp,  (J  brought  me  vnto  y  east 
 porte  of  the  LORDES  house.  And  beholde, 
 there  were  xxv  men  vnder  the  dore :  amoge 
 whom  I  sawe  laasanias  the  sonne  of  Asur,  5 
 Pheltias  the  sonne  of  Banias,  the  rulers  of  the 
 people.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE  vnto  me: 
 Thou  Sonne  of  man :  These  men  ymagin 
 myschefe,  and  a  wicked  councel  take  they  in 
 this  cite,  sayenge :  Tush,  there  is  no  destruc- 
 cion  at  honde,  let  vs  buylde  houses :  This 
 lerusalem  is  the  cauldron,  5  we  be  the  flesh. 
 Therfore  shall  thou  prophecie  vnto  them,  yee 
 prophecie  shalt  thou  vnto  them,  O  sonne  of 
 man.  And  with  that,  fell  the  sprete  of  the 
 LORDE    vpon    me,    and   sayde   vnto   me: 
 
 •  Eze.  ll.(1.43.a.     '  Eze.  24.a.   Miitt.  26.e.     "Leuit.  18.a. 
 
 jSpeake,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  On  this 
 .maner  haue  yee  spoke  (O  ye  house  of  Israel) 
 i  and  I  knowe  the  jTnaginacios  of  youre  hertes. 
 [  Many  one  haue  ye  murthured  in  this  cite,  5 
 filled  the  stretes  full  of  the  slayne. 
 
 Therfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 The  slayne  men  that  ye  haue  layed  on  the 
 grounde  in  this  cite,  are  the  flesh,  5  this  cite 
 is  the  cauldron :  *  But  I  wil  bringe  you  out  of 
 it :  ye  haue  drawe  out  f  swearde,  eue  so  wil 
 I  also  bringe  a  swearde  ouer  you,  saieth  y 
 LORDE  God.  I  will  dryue  you  out  of  this 
 cite  and  delyuer  you  in  to  youre  enemies 
 honde,  (j  wil  condemne  you.  Ye  shal  be  slayne 
 in  all  the  coastes  of  Israel,  I  wil  be  avenged 
 of  you :  to  lerne  you  for  to  knowe,  that  I  am 
 the  LORDE.  This  cite  shal  not  be  youre 
 cauldron,  nether  shal  ye  be  the  flesh  therin : 
 but  in  the  coastes  of  Israel  wil  I  punysh  you, 
 that  ye  maye  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE 
 in  whose  commaundementes  ye  haue  not 
 walked,  ner  kepte  his  lawes :  but '  haue  done 
 after  the  customes  of  the  Heithen,  that  lie 
 rounde  aboute  you. 
 
 Now  vvhen  I  preached,  Pheltias  the  sonne 
 of  Banias  dyed.  Then  fell  I  downe  vpo  my 
 face,  5  cried  with  a  loude  voyce:  O  LORDE 
 God,  wilt  thou  then  vterly  destroye  aJl  the 
 remnaunt  in  Israel?  And  so  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE  came  to  me  on  this  maner 
 Thou  sonne  of  man  :  Thy  brethren,  thy  kyns' 
 folke,  (J  f  whole  house  of  luda,  which  dwell 
 at  lerusalem,  saye :  They  be  gone  farre  from 
 the  LORDE,  but  the  londe  is  geuen  vs  in 
 possession.  Therfore  tell  them,  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God :  I  wil  sende  you  farre  of 
 amoge  the  Gentiles,  5  scatre  you  amonge  the 
 nacions,  5  I  wil  halowe  you  but  a  litle,  in  the 
 londes  where  ye  shall  come.  Tell  them  also, 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  I  wil  gather 
 you  agayne  out  of  the  nacions,  5  bringe  you 
 from  the  countrees  where  ye  be  scatred,  5  will 
 geue  you  the  londe  of  Israel  agayne :  5  thither 
 shal  ye  come.  And  as  for  all  impedimentes, 
 5  all  youre  abhominacions :  I  will  take  them 
 awaye. 
 
 And  I  wil  geue  you  one  herte,  5  wil  plante 
 a  new  sprete  within  youre  bowels.  ''  That  stony 
 herte  wil  I  take  out  of  youre  body,  5  geue  you  a 
 fleshy  herte:  that  ye  maye  walke  in  my  com- 
 maundementes, and  kepe  myne  ordinaunces, 
 5  do  them  :   that  ye  maye  be  my  people,  and 
 
 Deut.  12.  d.        Mere.ol.f.    Eze.  18.  e.  36.  e.    Eze.36.f. 
 
ICftap.  viU 
 
 C&e  propf)ft  (&]Uf)itl 
 
 #0.  icfjrf). 
 
 I  youre  God.  But  loke  whose  hertes  are  dis- 
 posed to  folowe  their  abhominacions  and 
 wicked  lyuynges :  Those  mens  dedes  will  I 
 bringe  vpon  their  owne  heades,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God.  After  this  dyd  the  Cherubins 
 lift  vp  their  winges,  and  the  wheles  wente  with 
 them,  and  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  was  vpon 
 them.  "  So  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  wente 
 vp  from  the  myddest  of  the  cite,  ''5  stode  vpon 
 the  mount  of  the  cite  towarde  the  east.  But 
 the  wynde  toke  me  vp,  (t  in  a  vision  (which 
 came  by  the  sprete  of  God)  it  brought  me 
 agayne  in  to  Caldea  amonge  the  presoners. 
 Then  the  vision  that  I  had  sene,  vanyshed 
 awaye  fro  me.  So  I  spake  vnto  the  presoners, 
 all  the  wordes  of  the  LORDE,  which  he  had 
 shewed  me. 
 
 €{)?  vtj.  Cljapter. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  "^Thou  sonne  of  ma,  thou 
 dwellest  in  the  myddest  of  a  frauwerde  hous- 
 holde :  which  haue  eyes  to  se,  5  yet  se  not : 
 eares  haue  they  to  heare,  and  yet  heare  they 
 not,  for  they  are  an  obstinate  housholde. 
 Therfore  (O  thou  sonne  of  man)  make  thy 
 gere  redy  to  flit,  and  go  forth  by  fayre  daye 
 light,  y  they  maye  se.  Yee  eue  in  their  sight 
 shalt  thou  go  from  thy  place  to  another  place  : 
 yf  peraduenture  they  wil  considre,  y  they  be 
 an  vnobedient  housholde.  Thy  gere  that 
 thou  hast  made  redy  to  flit  withall,  shalt  thou 
 beare  out  by  fayre  daye  light,  that  they  maie 
 se :  ([  thou  thy  self  shalt  go  forth  also  at  eue 
 in  their  sight,  as  a  ma  doth  whe  he  flitteth. 
 
 Dygge  thorow  the  wall,  that  they  maye  se, 
 and  beare  thorow  it  the  same  thinge,  that  thou 
 tokest  vp  in  their  sight.  As  for  thy  self,  thou 
 shalt  go  forth  in  the  darcke.  Hyde  thy  face 
 that  thou  se  not  f  earth,  for  I  haue  made  the 
 a  shewtoke  vnto  the  house  of  Israel.  Now 
 as  f  LORDE  comaunded  me,  so  I  dyd :  f 
 gere  that  I  had  made  redy,  brought  I  out  by 
 daye.  At  euen  I  brake  downe  an  hole  thorow 
 the  wall  with  my  honde :  5  when  it  was  darcke, 
 I  toke  the  gere  vpo  my  shulders,  and  bare 
 them  out  in  their  sight. 
 
 And  in  the  momynge,  came  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE  vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  yf  Israel,  y  frauwerde  housholde  axe 
 the,  and  saye :  what  dost  thou  there  ?     Then 
 
 "  Ezec.  10.  c.  43.  a.  »  Ezec.  3.  b.  8.  a.  «  Eaa.  6.  b. 
 Matt.  13.  b.  Mar.  4.  a.  Luc.  8.  b.   Act.  28.  d.   Ro.  ll.b. 
 
 tell  thern:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God 
 This  punyshment  toucheth  the  chefe  rulers 
 at  lerusalem,  and  all  the  house  of  Israel,  that 
 dwell  amonge  them  :  Tell  them  :  I  am  youre 
 shewtoken  :  like  as  I  haue  done,  so  shal  it 
 happen  vnto  you :  Flyt  shal  ye  also,  and  go 
 in  to  captiuyte.  ''The  chefest  that  is  amonge 
 you,  shall  lade  his  shulders  in  the  darcke,  and 
 get  him  awaye.  He  shal  breake  downe  the 
 wall,  to  carie  stuff  there  thorow:  He  shal 
 couer  his  face,  that  he  se  not  the  grounde 
 with  his  eyes. 
 
 My  lyne  will  I  sprede  out  vpon  him,  and 
 catch  him  in  my  net,  'and  carie  him  to  Babi 
 Ion,  in  the  lode  of  the  Caldees :  which  he  shal 
 not  se,  5  yet  shal  he  dye  there.  As  for  all  his 
 helpers,  and  all  his  hoostes  that  be  aboute 
 him :  I  will  scatre  them  towarde  all  the 
 wyndes,  and  drawe  out  a  swearde  after  them. 
 •'  So  when  I  haue  scatred  them  amonge  the 
 Heithen,  and  strowed  them  in  the  londes 
 they  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  y  LORDE.  But, 
 I  will  leaue  a  litle  nombre  of  them,  from  the 
 swearde,  hunger  5  pestilence  :  to  tell  all  their 
 abhominacions  amonge  the  Heithen,  where 
 they  come :  that  they  maye  knowe,  how  that 
 I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man  :  with 
 a  fear  full  treblinge  shalt  thou  eate  thy  bred, 
 with  carefulnesse  s  sorowe  shalt  thou  drynke 
 thy  water.  And  vnto  the  people  of  the  londe, 
 speake  thou  on  this  maner :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God,  to  them  that  dwell  in  lerusa- 
 lem, and  to  ,the  londe  of  Israel :  Ye  shall  eate 
 youre  bred  with  sorowe,  and  drynke  youre 
 water  with  heuynesse :  Yee  the  londe  with 
 the  fulnesse  therof  shalbe  layde  waist,  for  f 
 wickednesse  of  them  that  dwell  therin.  And 
 the  cities  that  now  be  well  occupied,  shal  be 
 voyde,  and  the  londe  desolate :  that  ye  maye 
 knowe,  how  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Yet  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 me  agayne,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man, 
 what  maner  of  byworde  is  that,  « which  ye  vse 
 in  the  londe  of  Israel,  sayenge :  Tush,  seynge 
 that  the  dales  are  so  slacke  in  commynge,* 
 all  the  visios  are  of  none  eifecte :  Tell  them 
 therfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  I  wil 
 make  that  byworde  to  ceasse,  so  that  it  shall 
 nomore  be  comonly  vsed  in  Israel. 
 
 ■"lere.  21.b.        '  Eze.  17.  c.  32.  a.        /Eze.  15.  b.  22.  b. 
 «  Ro.  2.  a.         *  2  Pet.  3.  b. 
 
So,  ircpbi. 
 
 Cbe  propftet  (Bmhitl 
 
 Cbap.  viih 
 
 But  saye  this  vnto  them  :  The  daies  are  at 
 honde,  that  euery  thinge  which  hath  bene 
 prophecied,  shalbe  fulfilled.  There  shall  no 
 vision  be  in  vayne,  nether  eny  prophecie  fayle 
 amonge  the  children  of  Israel :  For  it  is  I  the 
 LORDE,  that  speake  it :  and  what  so  euer  I 
 f  LORDE  speake,  it  shal  be  perfourmed, 
 and  not  be  slacke  in  commynge. 
 
 Yee  euen  in  youre  dayes  (O  ye  frauwarde 
 housholde)  will  I  deuyse  some  thinge,  (t  bringe 
 it  to  passe,  saieth  the  LORDE  God.  And 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto  me 
 sayenge :  Beholde,  thou  sonne  of  man  :  The 
 house  of  Israel  saye  in  this  maner :  Tush,  as 
 for  the  vision  that  he  hath  sene,  it  will  be 
 many  a  daye  or  it  come  to  passe :  It  is  farre 
 of  yet,  the  thinge  that  he  prophecieth.  Ther- 
 fore  saye  vnto  them:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  :  All  my  wordes  shal  nomore  be  slacke  : 
 Loke  what  I  speake,  that  same  shal  come  to 
 passe,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 €f)e  lii).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayege :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  Speake 
 prophecie  agaynst  those  prophetes,  that  preach 
 in  Israel :  5  saye  thou  vnto  them  that  pro- 
 phecie out  of  their  owne  hertes :  Heare  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE,  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God:  "Wo  be  vnto  those  folish 
 prophetes,  that  folowe  their  owne  sprete,  and 
 speake,  where  they  se  nothinge.  O  Israel, 
 thy  prophetes  are  like  the  foxes  vpon  the  drie 
 felde :  For  they  stonde  not  in  the  gappes, 
 nether  make  they  an  hedge  for  the  house  of 
 Israel,  *that  me  might  abyde  the  parell  in 
 the  daye  of  the  LORDE.  Vayne  thinges 
 they  se,  5  tell  lies,  to  mayntene  their  preach- 
 inges  withall.  The  LORDE  (saye  they) 
 hath  spoke  it,  when  in  very  dede  the  LORDE 
 hath  not  sent  them.  Vayne  visios  haue  ye 
 sene,  a  spoke  false  prophecies,  when  ye  saye  : 
 the  LORDE  hath  spoken  it,  where  as  I  neuer 
 |sayde  it. 
 J3  :  Therfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 I  Because  youre  wordes  be  vayne,  5  ye  seke 
 out  lies :  Beholde,  I  wil  vpon  you,  saieth  ;y- 
 LORDE.  Myne  hondes  shal  come  vpon  the 
 prophetes,  that  loke  out  vayne  ■  thinges,  and 
 preach  lies :  they  shal  not  be  in  the  councell 
 of  my  people,  ner  written  in  the  boke  of  the 
 house  of  Israel,  nether  shal  they  come  in  the 
 
 londe  of  Israel :  that  ye  maye  knowe,  how 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE  God.  And, that  for 
 this  cause  :  '  they  haue  disceaued  my  people, 
 5  tolde  them  of  peace,  where  no  peace  was. 
 One  setteth  vp  a  wall,  u  they  dawbe  it  with 
 lowse  claye.  ''Therfore  tell  them  which  dawbe 
 it  with  vntempered  morter,  that  it  shall  fall. 
 For  there  shal  come  a  greate  shuwer  of  rayne, 
 greate  stones  shall  fall  vpon  it,  5  a  sore  storme 
 of  wynde  shal  breake  it,  so  shal  y  wall  come 
 downe.  Shal  it  not  then  be  sayde  vnto  you  : 
 where  is  now  the  morter,  that  ye  dawbed  it 
 withall?  Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  :  I  will  breake  out  in  my  wrothfull  dis- 
 pleasure with  a  stormy  wynde,  so  that  in  myne 
 anger  there  shal  come  a  mightie  shuwer  of 
 rayne,  5  hale  stones  in  my  wrath,  to  destroye 
 withall. 
 
 As  for  y  wall,  that  ye  haue  dawbed  with 
 vntempered  morter,  I  wil  breake  it  downe,  5 
 make  it  eauen  with  the  grounde :  so  that  the 
 foundacion  therof  shal  remoue,  5  it  shal  fall, 
 yee  a  ye  youre  selues  shall  perish  in  the 
 myddest  therof:  to  lerne  you  for  to  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE.  Thus  wil  I  per- 
 fourme  my  wrath  vpon  this  wall,  5  vpon  them 
 that  haue  dawbed  it  with  vntempered  morter, 
 and  then  will  I  saye  vnto  you :  The  wall  is 
 gone,  (I  the  dawbers  are  awaye.  These  are 
 the  prophetes  of  Israel,  which  prophecie  vnto 
 the  cite  of  lerusalem,  5  loke  out  visions  of 
 peace  for  them,  where  as  no  peace  is,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God.  Wherfore  (o  thou  sonne 
 of  ma,)  set  thy  face  agaynst  the  doughters  of 
 thy  people,  which  prophecie  out  of  their  owne 
 hertes:  i  speake  thou  prophecie  agaynst  them, 
 5  saye :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  Wo 
 be  vnto  you,  that  sowe  pilowes  vnder  all  arnie 
 holes,  and  bolsters  vnder  the  heades  both  of 
 yonge  and  olde,  to  catch  soules  withall.  For 
 when  ye  haue  gotten  the  soules  of  my  people 
 in  youre  captiuyte,  'ye  promyse  them  life, 
 and  dishonoure  me  to  my  people,  for  an  hand 
 full  of  barly,  5  for  a  pece  of  bred  :  when  ye 
 kyll  the  soules  of  them  that  dye  not,  5  pro- 
 myse life  to  them,  that  lyue  not :  Thus  ye  dys- 
 semble  with  my  people,  y  beleueth  youre  lies. 
 
 Wherfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Beholde,  I  wil  also  vpo  the  pillowes,  wherwith 
 ye  catch  the  soules  in  flyenge:  the  will  I  take 
 from  youre  armes,  (j  let  the  soules  go,  that  ye 
 catch  in  flyenge.     Youre  bolsters  also  wil  I 
 
 ''  JIatt.  7.  c.         '  Esa.  5.  e.  Mich.  3.  b. 
 
Cftap,  mU 
 
 Wbt  propftet  (Smhkl 
 
 #0.  ttrorbij. 
 
 teare  in  peces,  5  delyuer  my  people  out  of 
 youre  honde :  so  that  they  shal  come  no  more 
 in  youre  hodes  to  be  spoyled,  5  ye  shal  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE.  Seinge  y  with  youre 
 lyes  ye  discomforte  the  herte  of  the  rightuous, 
 whom  I  haue  not  discomforted :  Agayne  : 
 "  For  so  moch  as  ye  corage  the  honde  of  the 
 wicked,  so  that  he  maye  not  turne  from  his 
 wicked  ways,  d  lyue :  therfore  shall  ye  spie 
 out  nomore  vanyte,  ner  prophecie  youre  owne 
 gessinges :  for  I  wil  delyuer  my  people  out  of 
 youre  honde,  that  ye  naye  knowe,  how  that  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 W^e  riii).  Ct)apttr. 
 
 THERE  resorted  vnto  me  certayne  of  y 
 elders  of  Israel,  *(5  sat  downe  by  me. 
 Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  these  men 
 beare  their  Idols  in  their  hertes,  5  go  purposly 
 vpon  the  stomblinge  block  of  their  owne  wick- 
 ednesse :  how  darre  they  then  axe  councell  at 
 me  ?  Therfore  speake  vnto  them,  5  saye : 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Euery  man  of 
 the  house  of  Israel  that  beareth  his  Idols  in 
 his  herte,  purposynge  to  stomble  in  his  owne 
 wickednesse,  and  commeth  to  a  prophet,  to 
 enquere  eny  thinge  at  me  by  him  :  vnto  that 
 man  wil  I  the  LORDE  myself  geue  answers, 
 acordinge  to  the  multitude  of  his  Idols :  that 
 the  house  of  Israel  maye  be  snared  in  their 
 owne  hertes,  because  they  be  clene  gone  fro 
 me,  for  their  Idols  sakes. 
 
 Wherfore,  tell  the  house  of  Israel :  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  :  '  Be  conuerted,  for- 
 sake youre  Idols,  and  turne  youre  faces  from 
 all  youre  abhominacions.  For  euery  man 
 (whether  he  be  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  a 
 straunger,  that  sogeourneth  in  Israel)  which 
 departeth  fro  me,  and  carieth  Idols  in  his 
 herte,  purposinge  to  go  still  stomblinge  in  his 
 owne  wickednesse,  and  commeth  to  a  prophet, 
 for  to  axe  councell  at  me  thorow  him :  vnto  y 
 man  wil  I  the  LORDE  geue  answere,  by 
 myne  owne  self. 
 
 I  wil  set  my  face  agaynst  that  man,  and 
 wil  make  him  to  be  an  example  for  other,  yee 
 and  a  comon  byworde :  and  wil  rote  him  out 
 of  my  people,  that  he  maye  knowe,  how  y  I 
 am  the  LORDE.  ''And  yf  that  prophet  be 
 disceaued,  when  he  telleth  him  a  worde :  then 
 I  the  LORDE  myself  haue  disceaued  that 
 
 ■■  Ose.  4.  b.      »  Eze.  20.  a.      <■  Esse.  20.  e.      i  3  Re.  22.  d. 
 
 prophet,  and  wil  stretch  forth  myne  honde 
 vpon  him,  to  rote  him  out  of  my  people  of 
 Israel :  and  they  both  shall  be  punyshed  for 
 their  wickednesse. 
 
 Acordinge  to  f  synne  of  him  that  axeth, 
 shal  the  synne  of  the  prophet  be:  that  f 
 house  of  Israel  be  led  nomore  fro  me  thorow 
 erroure,  and  be  nomore  defyled  in  their 
 wickednesse :  but  that  they  maye  be  my 
 people,  and  I  their  God,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God.  And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  when 
 the  londe  synneth  agaynst  me,  and  goeth  forth 
 in  wickednesse  :  I  will  stretch  out  myne  hode 
 vpon  it,  and  destroys  all  the  prouysion  of  their 
 bred,  and  sende  derth  vpon  them,  to  destroye 
 man  j  beest  in  the  londe.  "And  though  Noe, 
 Daniel  and  lob  these  thre  men  were  amonge 
 them,  yet  shal  they  in  their  rightuousnesse 
 delyuer  but  their  owne  soules,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God. 
 
 Yf  I  bringe  noysome  beestes  in  to  the  londe, 
 to  waist  it  vp,  and  it  be  so  desolate,  that  no 
 man  maye  go  therin  for  beestes  :  yf  these  thre 
 men  also  were  in  the  londe,  as  truly  as  I  lyue 
 (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  they  shal  saue 
 nether  sonnes  ner  doughters,  but  be  only 
 delyuered  them  selues :  and  as  for  the  londe, 
 it  shal  be  waist. 
 
 Or,  yf  I  bringe  a  swearde  in  to  the  londe, 
 and  charge  it  to  go  thorow  the  londe :  so  that 
 I  slaye  downe  man  and  beest  in  it,  and  yf 
 these  thre  men  were  therin  :  As  truly  as  I 
 lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  they  shal  de- 
 lyuer nether  sonnes  ner  doughters,  but  only 
 be  saued  them  selues. 
 
 Yf  I  sende  a  pestilence  in  to  the  londe, 
 and  poure  out  my  sore  indignacion  vpon  it  in 
 bloude,  so  that  I  rote  out  of  it  both  man  and 
 beest,  and  yf  Noe,  Daniel  and  lob  were 
 therin :  As  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE 
 God)  they  shal  delyuer  nether  sonnes  ner 
 doughters,  but  saue  their  owne  soules  in  their 
 rightuousnesse. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 /Though  I  sende  my  foure  trublous  plages 
 vpon  lerusalem :  the  swearde,  honger,  perlous 
 beestes  and  pestilence,  to  destroye  man  and 
 beest  out  of  it :  yet  shal  there  a  remnaunt  be 
 saued  therin,  which  shal  bringe  forth  their 
 sonnes  and  doughters.  Beholde,  they  shal 
 come  forth  vnto  you,  and  ye  shall  se  their 
 
 lob  12.  c.      '  Eze.  4.  d.  5.  d.    lere.  15.  a.      /  lere.  27.  b. 
 
fo,  iircuDiij. 
 
 Cf)r  propfjtt  (S^tti)id, 
 
 Cljap,  vJj. 
 
 waye,  and  what  they  take  in  honde,  d  ye  shal 
 be  coforted,  as  touchinge  all  the  plages  that  I 
 haue  brought  vpon  lerusalem. 
 
 They  shall  comforte  you,  when  ye  se  their 
 waye  and  workes :  and  ye  shal  knowe,  how  y 
 it  is  not  without  a  cause,  that  I  haue  done 
 so  agaynst  lerusalem,  as  I  dyd,  saieth  the 
 LORUE  God. 
 
 T 
 
 Wt^t  rb.  diopter. 
 HE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 
 sayenge :    Thou  sonne    of  man 
 
 What  commeth  of  the  vyne  amonge  all  other 
 trees?  and  of  the  wyne  stocke,  amoge  all 
 other  tymbre  of  the  groaue  ?  Do  me  take 
 wodd  of  it,  to  make  eny  worke  withall  ?  Or 
 maye  there  a  nale  be  made  of  it,  to  hange 
 eny  thinge  vpon  ?  Beholde,  it  is  cast  in  the 
 fyre  to  be  brent,  the  fyre  consumeth  both  the 
 endes  of  it,  the  myddest  is  brent  to  aszshes. 
 Is  it  mete  then  for  eny  worke  ?     No. 
 
 Seinge  then,  that  it  was  mete  for  no  worke, 
 beinge  whole :  moch  lesse  maye  there  eny 
 thinge  be  made  of  it,  when  the  fyre  hath  con- 
 sumed and  brent  it.  And  therfore  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  Like  as  I  cast  the  vyne 
 in  to  the  fyre  for  to  be  brent,  as  other  trees  of 
 the  wod:  Euen  so  wil  I  do  with  them  that 
 dwell  in  lerusalem,  and  set  my  face  agaynst 
 them :  they  shall  go  out  from  the  fyre,  and 
 yet  the  fyre  shall  consume  them.  "Then  shal 
 ye  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  when  I  set 
 my  face  agaynst  them,  and  make  the  londe 
 waist:  because  they  haue  so  sore  offended, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Ojt  v6t.  Ci^apter. 
 
 AGAYNE,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 spake  vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  shewe  the  cite  of  lerusalem  their 
 abhominacions,  and  saye :  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God  vnto  lerusalem :  Thy  progeny 
 and  kynred  came  out  of  the  londe  of  Canaan, 
 thy  father  was  an  Amorite,  thy  mother  a 
 Cethite.  In  f  daye  of  thy  byrth  when  thou 
 wast  borne,  f  stringe  of  thy  nauel  was  not  cut 
 of:  thou  wast  not  bathed  in  water  to  make 
 the  clene :  Thou  wast  nether  rubbed  with 
 salt,  ner  swedled  in  cloutes :  No  man  regarded 
 the  so  moch,  as  to  do  eny  of  these  thinges  for 
 f,  or  to  shewe  the  soch  fauoure,  but  thou  wast 
 
 »  Eze.  12.  c.  22.  b.        »  Esa.  5.  a.   lere.  11.  c.        '  lere. 
 3.  a.     Ose.  i.  c. 
 
 vtterly  cast   out  vpon  y  felde,    yee  despised 
 wast  thou  in  the  daye  of  thy  byrth. 
 
 Then  came  I  by  the,  and  sawe  the  troden 
 downe  in  thine  owne  bloude,  (j  sayde  vnto  the : 
 thou  shalt  be  pourged  from  thine  owne  bloude, 
 fro  thine  owne  bloude  (I  saye)  shalt  thou  be 
 clensed.  *  So  I  planted  the,  as  the  blossome 
 of  thy  felde :  thou  art  growen  vp,  (t  waxe 
 greate:  thou  hast  gotten  a  maruelous  plea- 
 saunt  beutie,  thy  brestes  are  come  vp,  thy 
 hayre  is  goodly  growen,  where  as  thou  wast 
 naked  and  bare  afore. 
 
 Now  when  I  wente  by  f,  (j  loked  vpon  the 
 beholde,  thy  tyme  was  come,  yee  eue  the  tyme 
 to  wowe  the.  Then  spred  I  my  clothes  ouer 
 the,  to  couer  thy  dishonestie :  '  Yee  I  made 
 an  ooth  vnto  the,  5  maried  my  self  with  the 
 (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  ij  so  thou  becamest 
 myne  owne.  Then  waszshed  I  the  with  water, 
 (J  pourged  thy  bloude  from  the.  I  anoynted 
 the  with  oyle,  I  gaue  the  chaunge  of  raymentes, 
 I  made  the  shues  of  Taxus  lether:  I  gyrthed 
 y  aboute  with  white  sylcke,  I  clothed  the  with 
 kerchues,  I  decked  the  with  costly  apparell,  I 
 put  rynges  vpon  thy  fyngers :  a  chayne  aboute 
 thy  necke,  spages  vpo  thy  foreheade,  eare 
 rynges  vpon  thyne  eares,  5  set  a  beutifull 
 crowne  vpon  thine  heade.  Thus  wast  thou 
 deckte  with  syluer  5  golde,  j  thy  rayment 
 was  of  fyne  white  sylke,  of  nedle  worke  j  of 
 dyuerse  colours. 
 
 Thou  didest  eate  nothinge  but  symnels, 
 honny  5  oyle :  maruelous  goodly  wast  thou  5 
 beutifull,  yee  euen  a  very  Quene  wast  thou  : 
 In  so  moch,  that  thy  beuty  was  spoken  of 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  for  thou  wast  excellet 
 in  my  beuty,  which  I  put  vpo  the,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God.  But  thou  hast  put  confidece 
 in  thine  owne  beuty,  5  played  the  harlot, 
 when  thou  haddest  gotten  the  a  name.  Thou 
 hast  committed  whordome,  with  all  that  wente 
 by  the,  5  hast  fulfilled  their  desyres :  Yee  thou 
 hast  taken  thy  garmetes  of  dyuerse  colours,  5 
 deckte  thine  aulters  therwith,''  where  vpon 
 thou  mightest  fulfill  thine  whordome,  of  soch 
 a  fashion,  as  neuer  was  done,  ner  shalbe.  '  The 
 goodly  ornametes  5  lewels  which  I  gaue  the  of 
 myne  owne  golde  and  syluer,  hast  thou  take, 
 5  made  the  mes  ymages  therof,  and  committed 
 whordome  withall. 
 
 Thy  garmentes  of  dyuerse  colours  hast  thou 
 
 ■*  lere.  2.  3.  5.      «  Esa.  46.  a.  Ose.  2.  b.  13.  a.  Eze.  20.  d. 
 7.  d.     Ose.  8.  a. 
 
Cl^ap.  ]rbu 
 
 Wi)t  propbtt  (Bmljitl 
 
 fo,  Xitcnv. 
 
 € 
 
 taken,  and  deckte  them  therwith :  myne  oyle 
 5  incense  hast  thou  set  before  them.  My 
 meate  which  I  gaue  the,  as  symnels,  oyle  g 
 hony:  (to  fede  the  withall)  that  hast  thou  set 
 before  them,  for  a  swete  sauoure.  And  this 
 came  also  to  passe,  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Thou  hast  take  thine  owne  sonnes  (j  doughters, 
 whom  thou  haddest  begotten  vnto  me  :  "and 
 these  hast  thou  offred  vp  vnto  them,  to  be 
 their  meate.  Is  this  but  a  small  whordome  of 
 thine  (thinkest  thou)  that  thou  slayest  my 
 children,  and  geuest  them  ouer,  to  be  bret 
 vnto  them  ?  And  yet  in  all  thy  abhominacions 
 and  whordome,  thou  hast  not  remembred  the 
 dayes  of  thy  youth,  how  naked  and  bare  thou 
 wast  at  that  tyme,  5  troden  downe  in  thine 
 owne  bloude.  After  all  these  thy  wickednesses 
 (wo  wo  vnto  the,  saieth  f  LORDE)  thou  hast 
 buylded  thy  stewes  and  brodel  houses  in  euery 
 place :  yee  at  the  heade  of  euery  strete  hast 
 thou  buylded  the  an  aulter.  Thou  hast  made 
 thy  beuty  to  be  abhorred :  thou  hast  layed  out 
 thy  legges  to  euery  one  that  came  by,  and 
 multiplied  thine  whordome.  '  Thou  hast 
 committed  fornicacion  with  the  Egipcians  thy 
 neghbours,  which  had  moch  flesh :  g  thus  hast 
 thou  vsed  thine  whordome,  to  anger  me. 
 
 Beholde,  I  will  stretch  out  myne  honde 
 ouer  the,  and  wil  mynish  thy  stoare  of  fode, 
 and  delyuer  the  ouer  in  to  the  willes  of  the 
 Philistynes  thine  enemies,  which  are  ashamed 
 of  thy  abhominable  waye.  '  Thou  hast  played 
 the  whore  also  with  the  Assirians,  which  might 
 not  satisfie  the :  Yee  thou  hast  played  the 
 harlot,  5  not  had  ynough.  Thus  hast  thou 
 still  comitted  thy  fornicacion  from  the  londe 
 of  Canaan  vnto  the  Caldees,  and  yet  thy  lust 
 not  satisfied.  How  shulde  I  circumcide  thine 
 herte  (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  seinge  thou 
 doest  all  these  thinges,  thou  precious  whore  : 
 buyldinge  thy  stewes  at  the  heade  of  euery 
 strete,  and  thy  brodel  houses  in  all  places? 
 Thou  hast  not  bene  as  an  other  whore,  y 
 maketh  booste  of  hir  wynnynge :  but  as  a  wife 
 y  breaketh  wedlocke,  5  taketh  other  in  steade 
 of  hir  huszbode.  Giftes  are  geuen  to  all 
 other  whores,  but  thou  geuest  rewardes  vnto 
 all  thy  louers :  j  offrest  them  giftes,  to  come 
 vnto  the  out  of  all  places,  5  to  committe  for- 
 nicacio  with  the.  It  is  come  to  passe  with  the 
 in  thy  whordomes,  contrary  to  the  vse  of  other 
 
 Leuit.  18.  c.  Deu.  32.  c.  Leui.  20.  a.  Deut.  18.  b. 
 lere.  7.  d.     Eze.  20.  c.    Psal.  10.5.  e.  »   Eze.  23.  b. 
 
 women :  yee  there  hath  no  soch  fornicacion 
 bene  committed  after  the,  seinge  that  thou 
 profrest  giftes  vnto  other,  5  no  rewarde  is 
 geuen  the  :  this  is  a  contrary  thinge.  Ther- 
 fore  heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  o  thou 
 harlot :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  For 
 so  moch  as  thou  hast  spet  thy  moneye,  jj  dis- 
 couered  thy  shame,  thorow  thy  whordome  with 
 all  thy  louers,  and  with  all  the  Idols  of  thy 
 abhominacions  in  the  bloude  of  thy  children, 
 whom  thou  hast  geuen  them :  "'  Beholde  ther- 
 fore,  I  wil  gather  together  all  thy  louers,  vnto 
 whom  thou  hast  made  thy  self  comon  :  yee  3 
 all  them  whom  thou  fauourest,  and  euery  one 
 that  thou  hatest :  'and  will  discouer  thy  shame 
 before  the,  that  they  all  maye  se  thy  fylthines, 
 
 Morouer,  I  wil  iudge  the  as  a  breaker  of 
 wedlocke  and  a  murthurer,  and  recompence 
 the  thine  owne  bloude  in  wrath  and  gelousy, 
 I  wil  geue  the  ouer  in  to  their  power,  that 
 shal  breake  downe  thy  stewes,  and  destroye 
 thy  brodel  houses :  they  shal  stripe  the  out  of 
 thy  clothes,  all  thy  fayre  5  beutifull  lewels 
 shal  they  take  from  the,  and  so  let  the  syt 
 naked  5  bare  :  -'Yee  they  shal  bringe  the 
 comon  people  vpon  the,  which  shal  stone  the, 
 5  slaye  the  downe  with  their  sweardes.  They 
 shall  burne  vp  thy  houses,  and  punysh  the  in 
 the  sight  of  many  wome.  Thus  wil  I  make 
 thy  whordome  to  ceasse,  so  that  thou  shalt 
 geue  out  no  mo  rewardes. 
 
 Shulde  I  make  my  wrath  to  be  still,  take 
 my  gelousy  from  the,  be  content,  and  nomore 
 to  be  displeased  ?  seinge  thou  remembrest  not 
 the  dayes  of  thy  youth,  but  hast  prouoked  me 
 to  wrath  in  all  these  thinges  ?  Beholde  ther- 
 fore,  I  wil  bringe  thine  owne  wayes  vpon 
 thine  heade,  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  how 
 be  it,  I  neuer  dyd  vnto  the,  acordinge  to  thy 
 wickednesse  and  all  thy  abhominacions.  Be- 
 holde, all  they  y  vse  comon  prouerbes,  shall 
 vse  this  prouerbe  also  agaynst  the :  Socli  a 
 mother,  soch  a  doughter. 
 
 Thou  art  euen  thy  mothers  owne  doughter, 
 that  hath  cast  of  hir  houszbonde  and  hir 
 children :  Yee  thou  art  the  sister  of  thy  sisters, 
 which  forsoke  their  huszbodes  and  their  child- 
 ren. ''Youre  mother  is  a  Cethite,  and  youre 
 father  an  Amorite.  Thine  eldest  sister  is 
 Samaria,  she  and  hir  doughters  that  dwel  vpo 
 thy  left  honde. 
 
 '  Eze.  23.  a. 
 Esa.  47.  a. 
 
 ''4Re.  16.C.  17.  c.      '■Nau.3.  a.  Eze.  23.  f. 
 /  Leui.  20.  b.   4  Re.  25.  b.       s  Eze.  16.  a. 
 
fo,  'aun: 
 
 Cftc  propbft  <!£)ttl)itl 
 
 Cftap.  pbij. 
 
 dT 
 
 But  thy  yongest  sister  that  dwelleth  on  thy 
 right  hode,  is  Sodoma  and  hir  doughters. 
 Yet  hast  thou  not  walked  after  their  wayes, 
 ner  done  after  their  abhominacions :  But  in 
 all  thy  wayes  thou  hast  bene  more  corrupte 
 then  they. 
 
 "As  truly  as  I  lyue,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  Sodoma  thy  sister  with  hir  doughters, 
 hath  not  done  so  euel,  as  thou  and  thy  dough- 
 ters. Beholde,  the  synnes  of  thy  sister  So- 
 doma were  these :  Pryde,  fulnesse.  of  meate, 
 abundaunce  and  Idilnesse  :  these  thinges  had 
 she  and  hir  doughters.  Besydes  that,  they 
 reached  not  their  honde  to  the  poore  and 
 nedy,  but  were  proude,  and  dyd  abhominable 
 thinges  before  me :  *  therfore  I  toke  them 
 awaye,  when  I  had  sene  it.  "Nether  hath 
 Samaria  done  half  of  thy  synnes,  yee  thou 
 hast  exceaded  them  in  wickednesse ;  In  so 
 moch  that  in  comparison  of  all  the  abhomi- 
 nacions which  thou  hast  done,  thou  hast  made 
 thy  sisters  good  women.  Therfore  beare 
 thine  owne  shame,  thou  that  in  synne  hast 
 ouercome  thy  sisters :  seinge  thou  hast  done 
 so  abhominably,  that  they  were  better  then 
 thou.  Be  ashamed  therfore  (I  saye)  and 
 beare  thine  owne  confucion,  thou  that  makest 
 thy  sisters  good  women. 
 
 As  for  their  captiuyte,  namely  the  captiuyte 
 of  Sodoma  and  hir  doughters  :  the  captiuyte 
 of  Samaria  and  hir  doughters :  I  wil  brings 
 them  agayne,  so  will  I  also  bringe  agayne  thy 
 captiuyte  amoge  them :  that  thou  mayest 
 .take  thine  owne  confucion  vpon  the,  and  be 
 ashamed  of  all  that  thou  hast  done,  and  to 
 comforte  them. 
 
 Thus  thy  sisters  (namely)  Sodoma  and  hir 
 doughters :  Samaria  and  hir  doughters  with 
 thy  self  5  thy  doughters,  shalbe  brought 
 agayne  to  youre  olde  estate.  Whe  thou  wast 
 in  thy  pryde,  and  before  thy  wickednesse  came 
 to  light :  thou  woldest  not  heare  speake  of  thy 
 sister  Sodoma,  vntill  the  tyme  that  the  Sirians 
 with  all  their  townes,  and  the  Philistynes  with 
 all  that  lye  rounde  aboute  them,  brought  the 
 to  shame  and  confucion :  that  thou  mightest 
 beare  thine  owne  fylthynes  and  abhominacion, 
 saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  I 
 shulde  (by  right)  deale  with  the,  as  thou  hast 
 [done.  Thou  hast  despysed  the  ooth,  and 
 broken  the  couenaunte.      Neuertheles,  I  wil 
 
 •  Gen.  18.  19.        »  Gene.  19.  f. 
 
 •  lere.  3.  c. 
 
 remembre  the  couenaunt,  that  I  made  with 
 the  in  thy  youth,  in  so  moch  that  it  shall  be 
 an  euerlastinge  couenaunt :  So  that  thou  also 
 remembre  thy  wayes,  and  be  ashamed  of  the: 
 then  shalt  thou  receaue  of  me  thy  elder  and 
 yonger  sisters,  whom  I  wil  make  thy  doughters, 
 and  that  besyde  thy  couenaunt.  ''  And  so  I 
 wil  renue  my  couenaunt  with  the,  y  thou 
 mayest  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE:  that 
 thou  mayest  thincke  vpo  it,  be  ashamed,  and 
 excuse  thine  owne  confucion  nomore  :  when  I 
 haue  forgeuen  the,  all  that  thou  hast  done, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Clje  vbtj.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man  :  put 
 forth  a  darcke  speakynge  and  a  parable, '  vnto 
 the  house  of  Israel,  and  saye :  -^Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  There  came  a  greate 
 Aegle  with  greate  wynges,  yee  with  mightie 
 longe  wynges,  and  full  of  fethers  of  dyuerse 
 colours,  vpon  the  mount  of  Libanus,  and  toke 
 \  a  braunch  from  a  Cedre  tre,  and  brake  of  the 
 toppe  of  his  twygge,  and  caried  it  in  to  the 
 londe  of  Canaan,  and  set  it  in  a  cite  of  mar- 
 chauntes.  He  toke  also  a  braunch  of  the 
 londe,  and  planted  it  in  a  frutefuU  grounde, 
 he  brought  it  vnto  greate  waters,  d  set  it  as  a 
 willye  tre  therby.  Then  dyd  it  growe,  and 
 was  a  greate  wyne  stocke,  but  lowe  by  the 
 grounde :  thus  there  came  of  it  a  vyne,  and  it 
 brought  forth  blossomes,  (t  spred  out  braunches. 
 But  there  was  another  Aegle,  a  greate  one, 
 which  had  greate  wynges  and  many  fethers : 
 and  beholde,  f  rotes  of  this  vyne  had  an  hiiger 
 after  him,  and  spred  out  his  braunches  to- 
 warde  him,  to  water  his  frutes  :  Neuertheles 
 it  was  plated  vpon  a  good  grounde  besyde 
 greate  waters:  so  that  (by  reason)  it  shulde 
 haue  brought  out  braunches  and  frute,  and 
 haue  bene  a  goodly  vyne.  Speake  thou  ther- 
 fore, thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  :  Shal  this 
 vyne  prospere  ?  shal  not  his  rotes  be  pluckte 
 out,  his  frute  broken  of,  his  grene  braunches 
 wythereed  and  fade  awaye  ?  yee  without  ether 
 stronge  arme  or  many  people,  shal  it  be 
 plucked  vp  by  the  rotes.  Beholde,  it  was 
 planted  :  shall  it  prospere  therfore  ?  Shall  it 
 not  be  dryed  vp  and  withered,  yee  euen  in  the 
 shutinge  out  of  his  blossomes,  as  soone  as  f 
 east  wynde  bloweth  ? 
 
 '  lere.  31.  e.   Heb.  8.  b.        '  Eze.  24.  a.       /  Dan.  7.  a. 
 
Clfjap.  jrbiij. 
 
 Cfte  prophet  C|tcfti>K 
 
 fo,  tiuxn* 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me  sayenge  :  °  Speake  to  that  frauwarde 
 housholde  :  knowe  ye  not,  what  these  thinges 
 do  signifie  ?  Tell  them :  Beholde,  the  kinge 
 of  Babilon  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  toke  the 
 kinge  (j  his  prynces,  and  ledde  them  to 
 Babilon. 
 
 He  toke  of  the  kinges  sede,  and  made  a 
 couenaunt  with  him,  and  toke  an  ooth  of  him : 
 The  prynces  of  the  londe  toke  he  with  him 
 also,  that  the  londe  might  be  holden  in  sub' 
 ieccion,  and  not  to  rebelle,  but  kepe  the  coue- 
 naunt, and  fulfill  it.  But  he  fell  from  him,  a 
 sent  his  Embassitours  in  to  Egipte,  that  he 
 might  haue  horses  5  moch  people.  Shulde 
 that  prospere  ?  Shulde  he  be  kepte  safe,  that 
 doth  soch  thinges  ?  Or  shulde  he  escape,  that 
 breaketh  his  couenaunt  ? 
 
 As  truly  as  I  lyue,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God:  He  shal  dye  at  Babilon,  in  y  place 
 where  the  kinge  dwelleth,  that  made  him 
 kinge :  whose  ooth  he  hath  despised,  and 
 whose  couenaunt  he  hath  broken.  Nether 
 shall  Pharao  with  his  greate  boost  and  multi- 
 tude of  people,  maynteyne  him  in  the  warre  : 
 when  they  cast  vp  diches,  and  set  vp  bul- 
 workes  to  destroye  moch  people.  For  seinge 
 he  hath  despysed  the  ooth,  and  broken  the 
 couenaunt  (where  as  he  yet  gaue  his  honde 
 thervpon)  and  done  all  these  thinges,  he  shall 
 not  escape. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 As  truly  as  I  lyue,  I  will  bringe  myne  ooth 
 that  he  hath  despysed,  and  my  couenaunt  that 
 he  hath  broken,  vpon  his  owne  heade.*  I  wil 
 cast  my  net  aboute  him,  and  catch  him  in  my 
 yarne.  To  Babilon  will  I  cary  him,  there  will 
 I  punysh  him,  because  of  the  greate  offence 
 that  he  made  me.  As  for  those  y  fle  from 
 him  out  of  f  boost,  they  shalbe  slayne  with 
 the  swearde.  The  residue  shalbe  scatred 
 towarde  all  the  wyndes :  and  ye  shal  knowe, 
 that  I  the  LORDE  haue  spoken  it. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  I  will  also 
 take  a  braunch  from  an  hie  Cedre  tre,  and 
 will  set  it,  and  take  the  vppermost  twygge, 
 that  yet  is  but  tendre,  and  plante  it  vpon  an 
 hie  hill :  Namely,  vpon  the  hie  hill  of  Sion 
 ill  I  plante  it :  that  it  maye  bringe  forth 
 twygges,  and  geue  frute,  and  be  a  greate 
 Cedre  tre :  so  that  all  maner  of  foules  maye 
 
 4  Re. '24.  c.         '  Eze.  12.  b.  32.  a.         'lere.  31.e. 
 ''  Psal.  23.  a. 
 
 byde  in  it,  and  make  their  nestes  vnder  the 
 shadowe  of  his  braunches. 
 
 And  all  the  trees  of  the  felde  shall  knowe, 
 that  I  the  LORDE  haue  brought  downe  the 
 hie  tre,  and  set  the  lowe  tre  vp :  that  I  haue 
 dryed  vp  the  grene  tre,  and  made  the  drye 
 tre  to  florish:  Euen  I  the  LORDE  y  spake 
 it,  haue  also  brought  it  to  passe. 
 
 Ei)t  vbiij.  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  on  this  maner :  what  meane  ye  by 
 this  comon  prouerbe,  that  ye  vse  in  the  londe 
 of  Israel,  sayenge:  The  fathers  haue  eaten 
 soure  grapes,  "^and  the  childres  teth  are  set  on 
 edge  ?  As  truly  as  I  lyue,  saieth  y  LORDE 
 God,  ye  shal  vse  this  byworde  nomore  in  Israel 
 
 ■^  Beholde,  all  soules  are  myne.  Like  as 
 the  father  is  myne,  so  is  y  sonne  myne  also 
 The  soule  that  synneth,  shal  dye.  '  Yf  a  man 
 be  godly,  and  do  the  thinge  that  is  equall  5 
 right,  (he  eateth  not  vpon  the  hilles:  he  lifteth 
 not  his  eyes  vp  to  the  Idols  of  Israel :  he  de 
 fyleth  not  his  neghbours  wife :  he  medleth 
 with  no  menstruous  woman:  he  greueth  no 
 body:  he  geueth  his  detter  his  pledge  agayne: 
 he  taketh  none  other  mans  good  by  violece 
 he  parteth  his  mete  with  the  hongrie :  he 
 clotheth  the  naked:  he  lendeth  nothinge  vpon 
 vsury :  ■'  he  taketh  nothinge  ouer :  he  with- 
 draweth  his  honde  from  doinge  wronge :  he 
 hadleth  faithfully  betwixte  man  5  man :  he 
 walketh  in  my  commaundementes,  j  kepeth 
 my  lavves,  5  perfourmeth  the  faithfully:)  ^This 
 is  a  rightuous  ma,  he  shal  surely  lyue,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Yf  he  now  get  a  sonne,  that  is  a  murthurer, 
 a  shedder  of  bloude:  yf  he  do  one  of  these 
 thinges  (though  he  do  not  all)  ''he  eateth  vpon 
 the  hilles :  he  defyleth  his  neghbours  wife  : 
 he  greueth  the  poore  and  nedy :  he  robbeth 
 and  spoyleth  :  he  geueth  not  the  detter  his 
 pledge  agayne :  he  lifteth  vp  his  eyes  vnto 
 Idols,  5  medleth  with  abhominable  thinges : 
 he  lendeth  vpon  vsury,  and  taketh  more  ouer. 
 Shal  this  man  lyue  ?  He  shal  not  lyue. 
 Seinge  he  hath  done  all  these  abhominacions, 
 he  shall  dye :  his  bloude  shalbe  vpon  him. 
 
 Now  yf  this  man  get  a  sonne  also,  that 
 seith  all  this  fathers  synnes,  which  he  hath 
 done :   and   feareth,    nether   doth  soch  like : 
 
 ui.  18.  a.         /  Matt.  25.  c.   Psal.  14.  a.        e  Ro.  10.  a. 
 *  laco.  2.  b. 
 
 94 
 
#0*  iroiTij. 
 
 Cfte  propftft  <i£)tti)i(l 
 
 tlM)ap.  m. 
 
 Namely,  he  eateth  not  vpon  the  mouiitaynes : 
 he  Ufteth  not  his  eyes  vp  to  the  Idols  of  Israel : 
 he  (lefyleth  not  his  neghbours  wife  :  he  vexeth 
 C  no   man :    he    kepeth    no   mans   pledge :    he 
 nether  spoyleth,    ner   robbeth  eny  man :  h 
 dealeth   his    meate    with    the    hungrie :    he 
 clothcth   the    naked :  he    oppresseth  not  the 
 poore  :  he  receaueth  no  vsury,  ner  eny  thinge 
 ouer:  he   kepeth   my  lawes,  and   walketh  in 
 my  commaundementes  :    This  man  shal  not 
 dye  in  his  fathers  synne,  but  shall  lyue  without 
 fayle.    As  for  his  father :  because  he  oppressed 
 and  spoyled  his  brother,   and  dyd  wyckedly 
 amonge  his  people:  lo,  he  is  deed  in  his  owne 
 synne.     And  yet  saye  ye :   Wherfore  the  shulde 
 not  this  Sonne  beare  his  fathers  synne?  Ther- 
 fore :  because  the  sonne  hath  done  equyte  and 
 right,   hath  kepte  all  my  commaundementes, 
 and  done  them :  therfore,  shall  he  lyue  in  dede 
 "  The  same  soule  y  synneth,  shall  dye.    The 
 Sonne  shal  not  beare  the  fathers  offence,  ne- 
 ther shal  the  father  beare  the  sonnes  offence. 
 The  rightuousnes  of  the    rightuous  shall  be 
 vpon  himself,  and  the  wickednes  of  the  wicked 
 shal  be  vpon  him  self  also.     But  yf  f  vngodly 
 will  turne  awaye,  from  all  his  synnes  that  he 
 hath  done,  and  kepe  all  my  commaundemetes, 
 and  do  the  thinge  y  is  equall  5  right :  doutles 
 he  shal   lyue,  and   not  dye.     As  for  all   his 
 synnes  that  he  dyd  before,  they  shall  not  be 
 thought  vpon :  but  in  his  rightuousnes  that  he 
 hath  done,  he  shal  lyue.     'For  haue  I  eny 
 pleasure  in  the  death  of  a  synner,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God?  but  rather  that  he  conuerte, 
 and  lyue  ? 
 
 Agayne :  yf  the  rightuous  turne  awaye  from 
 his  rightuousnes,  and  do  iniquyte,  acordinge 
 to  all  the  abhominacions,  that  y-  wicked  ma 
 doth :  shal  he  lyue  ?  All  the  rightuousnes 
 that  he  hath  done,  shall  not  be  thought  vp6  : 
 but  in  the  fawte  that  he  hath  offended  withall, 
 and  in  the  synne  that  he  hath  done,  he  shal  dye. 
 And  yet  ye  saye  :  '  Tush,  the  waye  of  f 
 LORDE  is  not  indifFeret.  Heare  therfore  ye 
 house  of  Israel :  Is  not  my  waye  right  ?  Or, 
 are  not  youre  wayes  rather  wicked  ?  When  a 
 rightuous  mfi  turneth  awaye  from  his  rightu- 
 ousnesse,  and  medleth  with  vngodlynes  :  he 
 must  dye  therin :  Yee  for  the  vnrightuousnes 
 that  he  hath  done,  must  he  dye.  Agayne: 
 ■*  when  the  wicked  man  turneth  awaye  from 
 
 '  Ueu.  24.  c.      4  Re.  14.  c.     2  Par.  25.  a.      lere.  18.  a. 
 Ro.  l.b.    Abac.  2.  a.  •  2  Pet.  3.  b.  <  Eze.  33.  c. 
 
 his  wickednesse,  that  he  hath  done,  and  doth 
 the  thinge  which  is  equall  and  right :  he  shal 
 saue  his  soule  alyue.  For  in  so  moch  as  he 
 remembreth  himself,  and  turneth  him  from 
 all  the  vngodlynes,  that  he  hath  vsed,  he  shall 
 lyue,  and  not  dye. 
 
 And  yet  saieth  the  house  of  Israel :  Tush, 
 the  waye  of  the  LORDE  is  not  equall.  Are 
 my  wayes  vnright,  o  ye  house  of  Israel?  Are 
 not  youre  wayes  rather  vnequall  ?  As  for 
 me,  I  wil  iudge  euery  man,  acordinge  to  his 
 wayes,  O  ye  house  of  Israel,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God.  '  Wherfore,  be  conuerted, 
 and  turne  you  clene  from  all  youre  wicked- 
 nesse, so  shal  there  no  synne  do  you  harme. 
 Cast  awaye  fro  you  all  youre  vngodlynesse, 
 that  ye  haue  done :  '  make  you  new  hertes 
 and  a  new  sprete.  Wherfore  wil  ye  dye,  O  ye 
 house  of  Israel  ?  seynge  I  haue  no  pleasure  in 
 y  death  of  him  that  dyeth,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God.     Turne  you  then,  and  ye  shal  lyue. 
 
 ®l)c  yiy.  Cljapttr. 
 
 BLTT  mourne  thou  for  the  prynces  off  Is' 
 rael,  g  saye :  Wherfore  laye  thy  mother 
 that  lyonesse,  amoge  the  lyons  ?  (j  norished 
 hir  yonge  ones  amoge  the  lyons  whelpes  ?  One 
 of  hir  whelpes  she  brought  vp,  5  it  became  a 
 lyon :  it  lerned  to  spoyle,  and  to  deuoure  folke. 
 The  Heithen  herde  of  him,  5  toke  him  in 
 their  nettes,  (j  brought  him  in  chaynes  vnto 
 the  londe  of  Egipte. 
 
 Now  when  the  damme  sawe,  that  all  hir 
 hope  5  comforth  was  awaye,  she  toke  another 
 of  hir  whelpes,  and  made  a  lyon  of  him : 
 which  wente  amonge  the  lyons,  5  became  a 
 fearce  lyon  :  lerned  to  spoyle  and  to  deuoure 
 folcke  :  he  destroyed  their  palaces,  and  made 
 their  cities  waist :  In  so  moch  that  the  whole 
 londe  and  euery  thinge  therin,  were  vtterly 
 desolate,  thorow  the  very  voyce  of  his  roaringe. 
 
 Then  came  the  Heithen  together  on  euery 
 syde  out  of  all  countrees  agaynst  him,  layed 
 their  nettes  for  him,  and  toke  him  in  their 
 pytte.  '  So  they  bounde  him  with  chaynes, 
 and  brought  him  to  the  kinge  of  Babilon  : 
 which  put  him  in  preson,  that  his  voyce  shulde 
 nomore  be  herde  vpon  the  mountaynes  of 
 Israel.  As  for  thy  mother,  she  is  like  a  vyne  ^ 
 in  thy  bloude,  planted  by  the  water  syde  :  hir 
 frutes  and  braunches  are  growen  out  of  many 
 
 Esa.  55.  b.  '  Esa.  55.  b.  Matt.  3.  a.         /  Eze.  11.  d. 
 
 33.  c.  36.  e.         5  4  Re.  25.  a.    lere.  39.  c.  52.  a. 
 
cbap.  n'. 
 
 Ci)t  propfttt  (S}tti)itl, 
 
 jTo.  Dccjriruj. 
 
 waters :  hir  stalkes  were  so  stronge,  that  men 
 might  haue  made  staues  therof  for  officers: 
 she  grew  so  hie  in  hir  stalkes. 
 
 So  when  men  sawe  that  she  exceaded  f 
 heith  and  muhitude  of  hir  braunches,  she 
 was  roted  out  in  displeasure,  and  cast  downe 
 to  the  grounde.  The  East  wynde  dryed  vp 
 hir  frute,  hir  stronge  stalkes  were  broken  of, 
 \vythered  and  brent  in  the  fyre.  But  now  she 
 is  planted  in  the  wildernesse,  in  a  drye  and 
 thiirstie  grounde.  And  there  is  a  fyre  gone 
 out  of  hir  stalkes,  which  hath  bret  vp  hir 
 braunches  and  hir  frute :  so  that  she  hath  no 
 mo  stronge  stalkes,  to  be  staues  for  officers. 
 This  is  a  piteous  and  miserable  thinge. 
 
 Ci^c  yr-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 IN  the  xvij  yeare  the  x  daye  of  the  v 
 Moneth,  it  happened,  "that  certayne  of 
 the  elders  of  Israel  came  vnto  me  for  to  axe 
 councell  at  the  LORDE,  and  sat  them  downe 
 by  me.  Then  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  me  on  this  maner  :  Thou  sonne  of  man : 
 Speake  to  the  elders  of  Israel,  and  saye  vnto 
 them:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Are 
 ye  come  hither  to  axe  eny  thinge  at  me  ?  As 
 truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE,)  I  will 
 geue  you  no  answere.  Wilt  thou  not  reproue 
 them  (thou  sonne  of  man)  wilt  thou  not  re- 
 proue them  ?  Shewe  them  the  abhominacions 
 of  their  forefathers,  5  tell  the :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  *  In  the  daye  when  I 
 chose  Israel,  and  lift  vp  myne  honde  vpon  the 
 sede  of  the  house  of  lacob,  5  shewed  my  self 
 vnto  them  in  the  londe  of  Egipte  :  Yee  when 
 I  lifte  vp  myne  honde  ouer  the,  and  sayde : 
 I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God,  euen  in  the 
 daye  that  I  lift  vp  myne  honde  ouer  them,  to 
 bringe  them  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte :  in 
 to  a  londe  that  I  had  prouyded  for  them, 
 which  floweth  with  mylcke  and  hony,  and  is  a 
 pleasaunt  lode  amonge  all  other:  Then  sayde 
 I  vnto  them  :  '  Cast  awaye  euery  man  the 
 abhominacions  that  he  hath  before  him,  and 
 defyle  not  youre  selues  with  the  Idols  of 
 Egipte,  for  I  am  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 But  they  rebelled  agaynst  me,  and  wolde 
 not  folowe  me  :  to  cast  awaye  euery  man  the 
 abhominacions  of  his  eyes,  and  to  forsake  the 
 Idols  of  Egipte.     Then  I  made  me  to  poure 
 
 "  Eze.  14.  a.  '  Exo.  3.  b.  'Deu.  7.a.  '' Exo. 
 20.21.22.23.  Deu.  4.  5.  Gala.  3.  b.  Leui.  18.  a.  Exo. 
 16.  e.  31.  c.  32.  c.      •  Nu.  14.  b.  Exo.  16.  f.      /Eze.  18.  b. 
 
 ]  my  indignacion  ouer  them,  and  to  satisfie  my 
 wrath  vpon  them :  yee  euen  in  the  myddest 
 j  of  the  londe  of  Egipte.  But  I  wolde  not  do 
 it,  for  my  names  sake :  that  it  shulde  not  be 
 '  vnhalowed  before  the  Heithen,  amonge  whom 
 'they  dwelt,  and  amonge  whom  I  shewed  my 
 self  vnto  them,  that  I  wolde  bringe  them  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egipte.  Now  when  I  had 
 caried  them  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  and 
 brought  them  in  to  the  wildernesse  :  ''  I  gaue 
 them  my  commaundementes,  j  shewed  the 
 my  lawes  :  which  who  so  kepeth  shal  lyue  in 
 them.  I  gaue  them  also  my  holy  dayes,  to 
 be  a  token  betwi.xte  me  and  them,  and  therby 
 to  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  which 
 haloweth  them.  And  yet  the  house  of  Israel 
 rebelled  agaynst  me  in  the  wildernesse,  they 
 wolde  not  walke  in  my  commaundementes, 
 they  haue  cast  awaye  my  lawes  :  (which  who 
 so  kepeth  shulde  lyue  in  them,)  and  my  Sab 
 bath  dales  haue  they  greatly  vnhalowed. 
 
 '  The  I  made  me  to  poure  out  my  indigna- 
 cion vpon  them,  (j  to  cosume  them  in  the 
 wildernesse.  Yet  I  wolde  not  do  it,  for  my 
 names  sake :  lest  it  shulde  be  dishonoured 
 before  the  Heithe,  from  the  wliich  I  had  caried 
 them  awaye.  But  I  swore  vnto  them  in  the 
 wildernesse,  that  I  wolde  not  bringe  them 
 in  to  the  londe,  which  I  gaue  them  :  a  londe 
 that  floweth  with  mylcke  5  hony,  (t  is  a  plea- 
 sure of  all  londes  :  d  y  because  they  refused 
 my  lawes,  d  walked  not  in  my  comaunde- 
 metes,  but  had  vnhalowed  my  Sabbathes,  for 
 their  herte  was  gone  after  their  Idols.  Neuer- 
 theles  myne  eye  spared  the,  so  y  I  wolde  not 
 vtterly  slaye  the,  5  cosume  the  in  the  wilder- 
 nes.  Morouer,  I  sayde  vnto  their  sonnes  in  y 
 wildernesse :  •'^ walke  not  in  the  statutes  of  youre 
 forefathers,  kepe  not  their  ordinaunces,  and 
 defyle  not  youre  selues  with  their  Idols,  for  I 
 am  the  LORDE  youre  God.  But  walke  in 
 my  statutes,  kepe  my  lawes  a  do  them,  halowe 
 my  Sabbathes :  « for  they  are  a  token  betwixte 
 me  5  you,  that  ye  maye  knowe,  how  y  I  am 
 the  LORDE.  ''  Notwithstodinge,  their  sonnes 
 rebelled  against  me  also  :  they  walked  not  in 
 my  statutes,  ■  they  kepte  not  my  lawes  to  fulfill 
 them  (which  he  that  doth  shal  lyue  in  them) 
 nether  halowed  they  my  Sabbath  dayes.  The 
 I  made  me  agayne  to  poure  out  my  indignacion 
 
 I  Exo.  16.  e.  31. 1 
 
 ;.  32.  c.         "  Nu.  25.  a. 
 Galat.  3.  b.  Ro.  10.  a. 
 
Ijfo.  IrrcjiTiu). 
 
 €f)t  propbet  ®^ttf)id. 
 
 Cftap.  n* 
 
 ouer  them,  and  to  satisfie  my  wrath  vpon  them 
 in  the  wildernesse.  Neuertheles  I  with  drewe 
 my  honde  for  my  names  sake,  lest  it  shulde 
 be  vnhalowed  amonge  the  Heithc,  before 
 whom  I  had  brought  them  forth.  I  lift  vp 
 myne  honde  ouer  them  also  in  the  wildernesse, 
 that  I  wolde  scatre  them  amonge  the  Heithen, 
 and  strowe  them  amonge  the  nacions  :  because 
 they  had  not  kepte  my  lawes,  but  cast  asyde 
 my  commaundementes,  vnhalowed  my  Sab- 
 bathes,  and  lift  vp  their  eyes  to  their  fathers 
 Idols.  Wherfore  I  gaue  them  also  com- 
 maundementes not  good,  a  lawes  thorow  the 
 which  they  shulde  not  lyue,  "j  I  vnhalowed 
 them  in  their  owne  giftes  :  (when  I  appoynted 
 for  my  self  all  their  first  borne)  to  make  them 
 desolate  :  that  they  might  knowe,  how  that  I 
 am  the  LOIIDE. 
 
 Therfore  (O  thou  sonne  of  man)  tell  the 
 house  of  Israel,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Besyde  all  this,  youre  forefathers  haue  yet 
 blasphemed  me  more,  and  greatly  offended 
 agaynst  me  :  For  after  I  had  brought  them  in 
 to  the  londe,  y  I  promysed  to  geue  them, 
 when  they  sawe  euery  hie  hill  j  all  the  thicke 
 trees :  they  made  there  their  offringes,  and 
 prouoked  me  with  their  oblacions,  makinge 
 swete  sauoures  there,  i  poured  out  their 
 drinke  offeringes.  Then  I  axed  them  :  what 
 haue  ye  to  do  with  all,  that  ye  go  thither? 
 And  therfore  is  it  called  the  hie  place  vnto 
 this  daye.  Wherfore,  speake  vnto  the  house 
 of  Israel:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Ye  are  euen  as  vnclene  as  youre  forefathers, 
 *(j  committe  whordome  also  with  their  abho- 
 minacios.  In  all  youre  Idols,  where  vnto  ye 
 bringe  youre  oblacios,  5  to  whose  honoure  ye 
 burne  youre  children :  ye  defyle  youre  selues, 
 euen  vnto  this  daye  :  how  darre  ye  the  come, 
 and  axe  eny  question  at  me  ?  O  ye  housholde 
 of  Israel  ?  As  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  the 
 LORDE  God)  ye  get  no  answere  of  me:  5 
 as  for  the  thinge  that  ye  go  aboute,  it  shal  not 
 come  to  passe,  where  as  ye  saye :  we  wil  be 
 as  the  Heithen,  5  do  as  other  people  in  the 
 londe,  wod  5  stone  wil  we  worshipe. 
 
 As  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE 
 God)  I  myself,  wil  rule  you  with  a  mightie 
 honde,  with  a  stretchedout  arme,  and  with 
 indignacion  poured  out  ouer  you  :  5  wil  bringe 
 you  out  of  the  nacions  and  londes,  wherin  ye 
 
 •  Exo.  13.  a.     »  lere.  19.  a.  Deut.  12.  d.  18.  b.  Eze.  16.  c. 
 4  Re.  17.  c.  21.  a.   2  Par.  28.  a. 
 
 are  scatred :  and  gather  you  together  with 
 a  mightie  hode,  with  a  stretchedout  arme  j 
 with  indignacion  poured  out  vpon  you :  5  wil 
 bringe  you  in  to  the  wildernesse  of  the  people, 
 %  there  I  will  reason  with  you  face  to  face. 
 Like  as  I  punished  youre  forefathers  in  the 
 wildernesse,  so  wil  I  punish  you  also,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God.  I  wil  bringe  you  vnder 
 my  iuriszdiction,  and  vnder  the  bonde  of  the 
 couenaunt.  The  forsakers  also  and  the  trans- 
 gressours  wil  I  take  from  amonge  you,  5  bringe 
 them  out  of  the  londe  of  youre  habitacion  :  as 
 for  the  londe  of  Israel,  they  shall  not  come  in 
 it :  that  they  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 '  Go  now  then  (saieth  the  LORDE  God) 
 ye  house  of  Israel,  cast  awaye,  and  destroys 
 euery  man  his  Idols :  then  shal  ye  heare  me, 
 and  nomore  blaspheme  my  holy  name  with 
 youre  offrynges  and  Idols.  But  vpon  my 
 holy  hill,  eue  vpon  the  hie  hill  of  Israel  shal 
 all  the  house  of  Israel  and  all  that  is  in  the 
 londe,  worshipe  me  :  ''  and  in  the  same  place 
 will  I  fauoure  them,  and  there  will  I  requyre 
 youre  heaueoffringes,  and  the  firstlinges  of 
 youre  oblacions,  with  all  youre  holy  thinges. 
 
 I  wil  accepte  youre  swete  sauoure,  when  I 
 bringe  you  from  the  nacions,  and  gather  you 
 together  out  of  the  londes,  wherin  ye  be 
 scatred :  that  I  maye  be  halowed  in  you  be- 
 fore the  Heithen,  and  that  ye  maye  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE,  which  haue  brought 
 you  in  to  the  londe  of  Israel :  yee  in  to  the 
 same  lode,  that  I  swore  to  geue  vnto  youre 
 fore  fathers.  There  shal  ye  call  to  remeni- 
 braunce  youre  owne  wayes  and  all  youre 
 ymaginacions,  wherin  ye  haue  bene  defyled: 
 'and  ye  shal  be  displeased  with  youre  owne 
 selues,  for  all  youre  wickednes,  that  ye  haue 
 done.  And  ye  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE:  when  I  entreate  you  after  my 
 name,  not  after  youre  wicked  wayes,  ner 
 acordinge  to  youre  corrupte  workes :  o  ye 
 house  of  Israel,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  ;y^  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  ma,  set  thy 
 face  towarde  the  south,  j  speake  to  the  south 
 wynde,  and  saye  to  the  wodde  towarde  the 
 south:  Heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE, 
 thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  Beholde,  I 
 wil  kyndle  a  fyre  in  the,  y  shal  cosume  the 
 
 '  Esa.  2.  c.    30.  d.     Eze.  14.  a.  ■*  Deu.  12.  a.     14.  b. 
 
 «  lere.  8.  a.  18.  a.  31.  c. 
 
Clbap.  ni* 
 
 Wi)t  propftft  (&^tti)itl 
 
 #0.  ticf]nrfj. 
 
 grene  trees  with  the  drye.  No  man  shal  be 
 able  to  quench  his  flame,  but  all  that  loketh  | 
 from  the  south  to  the  north,  shal  be  brent 
 therin  :  (i  all  flesh  shal  se,  that  I  the  LORDE 
 haue  kyndled  it,  so  that  no  man  maye  quench 
 it.  Then  sayde  I:  O  LORDE,  they  wil 
 saye  of  me  :  "  Tush,  they  are  but  fables,  that 
 he  telleth. 
 
 Wf)t  rn-  <ffi)apttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  to  me, 
 sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  set  thy 
 face  towarde  Jerusalem,  speake  agaynst  the 
 Sanctuary,  5  prophecie  agaynst  the  londe  of 
 Israel,  saye  to  the  lode  of  Israel :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  Beholde,  I  wil  vpon  the, 
 (5  wil  drawe  my  swearde  out  of  y  sheth,  i  rote 
 out  of  f  both  the  rightuous  5  the  wicked. 
 Seinge  then  that  I  will  rote  out  of  the  both 
 the  rightuous  5  wicked,  therfore  shal  my 
 swearde  go  out  of  his  sheth,  agaynst  all  flesh 
 from  the  north  to  the  south  :  •  that  all  flesh 
 maye  knowe,  how  that  I  the  LORDE  haue 
 drawen  my  swearde  out  of  the  sheth,  5  it  shal 
 not  be  put  in  agayiie. 
 
 Mourne  therfore  (o  thou  sonne  of  man)  y 
 thy  loynes  crack  withall,  yee  mourne  bytterly 
 for  them :  And  y  f  they  saye,  wherfore  mournest 
 thou  ?  Then  tell  them  :  for  the  tydinges  that 
 commeth,  at  the  which  all  hertes  shall  melt, 
 all  hondes  shal  be  letten  downe,  all  stomackes 
 shal  faynte,  and  all  knees  shall  waxe  feble. 
 Beholde,  it  commeth  5  shal  be  fulfilled,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Agayne,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man, 
 prophecie,  and  speake :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God:  speake,  the  swearde  is  sharp- 
 ened (s  wel  scoured.  Sharpened  is  it  for  the 
 slaughter,  5  scoured  y  it  maye  be  bright. 
 '  O,  the  destroyenge  staff'  of  my  sonne,  shal 
 bringe  downe  all  wodde.  He  hath  put  his 
 swearde  to  y  dightinge,  y  good  holde  maye  be 
 take  of  it.  This  swearde  is  sharpened  (j  dight, 
 y  it  maye  be  geuen  in  to  the  honde  of  the 
 manslayer. 
 
 Crie  (o  thou  sonne  of  man)  and  howle,  for 
 this  swearde  shal  smyte  my  people,  ({  all  the 
 rulers  in  Israel,  which  with  my  people  shall 
 be  slayne  downe  to  the  grounde  thorow  this 
 swearde.  Smyte  thou  vpo  thy  thee,  for, 
 wherfore  shulde  not  the  plage  5  staff  of  iudgmet 
 
 come  ?  Prophecy  thou  sonne  of  man,  5 
 smyte  thine  hodes  together :  make  the  swearde 
 two  edged,  yee  make  it  thre  edged,  y  man- 
 slayers  swearde,  that  swearde  of  the  greate 
 slaughter,  which  shal  smyte  them,  euen  in 
 their  preuychambres:  to  make  them  abaszshed 
 5  faynte  at  the  hertes,  (j  in  all  gates  to  make 
 some  of  them  fall.  O  how  bright  and  sharpe 
 is  it,  how  wel  dight  5  mete  for  ;y  slaughter? 
 Get  the  to  some  place  alone,  ether  vpon  the 
 right  honde  or  on  the  lefte,  whither  so  euer 
 thy  face  turneth.  I  wil  smyte  my  hondes  to- 
 gether also,  and  satisfie  my  wrothfull  indig- 
 nacion :   Euen  I  the  LORDE  haue  sayde  it. 
 
 The  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  yet  vnto 
 me  agayne,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man, 
 make  the  two  stretes,  that  the  swearde  of  y 
 kinge  of  Babilo  maye  come.  Both  these 
 stretes  shall  go  out  of  one  londe.  He  shal  set 
 him  vp  a  place,  at  the  heade  of  the  strete  shal 
 he  chose  him  out  a  corner.  Make  y  a  strete, 
 that  the  swearde  maye  come  towarde  Rabath 
 of  the  Ammonites,  and  to  the  stronge  cite  of 
 lerusalem.  For  the  kinge  of  Babilon  shall 
 stonde  in  the  turnynge  of  the  waye,  at  the 
 heade  of  the  two  stretes :  '  to  axe  councell  at 
 the  soythsayers,  castinge  the  lottes  with  his 
 arowes,  to  axe  councell  at  the  Idols,  and  to 
 loke  in  the  lyuer.  But  the  soythsayenge  shall 
 poynte  to  the  right  syde  vpon  lerusalem,  that 
 he  maye  set  men  of  warre,  to  smyte  it  with  a 
 greate  noyse,  to  crie  out  Alarum,  to  set  batell- 
 rammes  agaynst  the  gates,  to  graue  vp  dyches, 
 g  to  make  bulworkes. 
 
 Neuertheles,  as  for  y^  soythsayenge,  they 
 shall  holde  it  but  for  vanite,  euen  as  though 
 a  iest  were  tolde  them  :  Yee  and  they  them 
 selues  remembre  their  wickednesse,  so  that 
 by  right  they  must  be  take  and  wonne 
 Therfore  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  For  so 
 moch  as  ye  youre  selues  shewe  youre  offence, 
 and  haue  opened  youre  wickednesse,  so  that 
 in  all  youre  workes  men  maye  se  youre  synnes 
 Yee  in  so  moch  (I  saye)  that  ye  youre  selues 
 haue  made  mencion  therof,  ye  shalbe  taken 
 by  violence. 
 
 O  thou  shameful  wicked  gyde  of  Israel, 
 whose  daye  is  come :  euen  the  tyme  that 
 wickednesse  shall  haue  an  ende :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God :  take  awaye  the  mytre, 
 and  put  of  the  crowne,  and  so  is  it  awaye : 
 the  humble  is  exalted,  and  the  proude  brought 
 
 '  Leuit.  19.  f.  20.  a.     Deut.  18.  b. 
 
jfo.  tircnTfai. 
 
 €i)t  propbrt  Cjecbiel. 
 
 €l)ap.  rnj. 
 
 lowe.  Punysh,  punysh,  yee  punysh  them  will 
 I,  and  destroye  them :  and  that  shall  not  be 
 fulfilled,  vntill  he  come,  to  whom  the  iudg- 
 ment  belongeth,  and  to  whom  I  haue  geue  it. 
 And  thou  (o  sonne  of  man)  prophecy,  (i  speake: 
 °Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God  to  the  children 
 of  Ammon,  d  to  their  blasphemy,  speake  thou: 
 The  swearde,  the  swearde,  is  drawen  forth  al- 
 redy  to  the  slaughter,  5  scoured  that  it  glistreth 
 (because  thou  hast  loked  the  out  vanities,  d 
 prophecied  lyes)  y  it  inaye  come  vpon  thy 
 necke,  like  as  vpo  the  other  vngodly,  which 
 be  slayTie :  whose  daye  came,  when  their  wick- 
 ednesse  was  full. 
 
 Though  it  were  put  vp  agayne  in  to  the 
 sheath,  yet  will  I  punysh  the,  in  the  londe 
 where  thou  wast  norished  5  borne,  and  poure 
 my  indignacion  vpon  the,  and  will  blowe  vpon 
 the  in  the  fyre  of  my  wrath,  and  delyuer  the 
 ^mto  cruell  people,  which  are  lerned  to  de- 
 stroye. Thou  shalt  fede  the  fyre,  and  thy 
 bloude  shall  be  shed  in  the  londe,  that  thou 
 mayest  be  put  out  of  remembraunce.  Euen 
 I  the  LORDE  haue  spoken  it. 
 
 Kije  rnj.  C]^apter. 
 
 MOROUER,  the  worde  of  f  LORDE 
 came  smto  me,  5  sayde  :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  wilt  thou  not  reproue  this  bloud- 
 thurstie  cite  ?  Shewe  the  their  abhominacios, 
 5  tell  them:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 O  thou  cite,  y  sheddest  bloude  in  y  myddest 
 of  the,  y  thy  tyme  maye  come  also :  and 
 makest  the  Idols  to  defyle  the  withall.  Thou 
 hast  made  thy  self  gilty,  in  y  bloude  y  thou 
 hast  shed :  j  defyled  ;y  1  y  ydols,  which  thou 
 hast  made.  Thou  hast  caused  thy  dales  to 
 drawe  nye,  5  made  the  tyme  of  thy  yeares  to 
 come.  Therfore  will  I  make  f  to  be  con- 
 founded amoge  the  Heithe,  j  to  be  despised 
 in  all  the  lodes,  whether  they  be  nye  or  farre 
 fro  the :  they  shal  laugh  y  to  scorne,  thou  y 
 hast  gotte  the  so  foule  a  name,  5  art  full  off 
 myschefe.  *  Beholde,  the  rulers  of  Israel  haue 
 brought  euery  man  his  power,  to  shed  bloude 
 in  the.  In  the  haue  they  despised  father  5 
 mother,  in  the  haue  they  oppressed  the  strau- 
 ger,  in  the  haue  they  vexed  the  wyddowe  (j 
 the  fatherlesse.  Thou  hast  despysed  my  Sac- 
 tuary,  and  vnhalowed  my  Sabbath.  "^Mur- 
 therers  are  there  in  the,  that  shed  bloude,  (i 
 
 '  lere.  49.  c.  Kze.  25.  a.  Amos  1.  c.  »  Deu.  5.  c.  25.  c. 
 <■  Deu.  12.     Leui.  18.  ■>  Eze.  33.   f.     lere.  5.  a. 
 
 eate  vpon  the  hilles,  and  in  the  thev  vse 
 vnhappynesse. 
 
 In  y  haue  they  discouered  their  fathers 
 shame,  in  the  haue  they  vexed  women  in  their 
 sicknesse.  ''  Euery  ma  hath  dealte  shamefully 
 with  his  neghbours  wife,(j  abhominably  defyled 
 his  doughter  in  lawe.  In  the  hath  euery 
 man  forced  his  owne  sister,  'euen  his  fathers 
 doughter :  Yee  giftes  haue  bene  receaued  in 
 the,  to  shed  bloude.  Thou  hast  taken  vsury 
 (T  encreace,  thou  hast  oppressed  thy  neghbours 
 by  extorcion,  and  forgotten  me,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God.  Beholde,  I  haue  smytten  my 
 hondes  vpo  thy  couetousnesse,  that  thou  hast 
 vsed,  and  vpon  the  bloude  which  hath  bene 
 shed  in  the.  Is  thy  herte  able  to  endure  it, 
 or  maye  thy  hondes  defende  them  selues,  in 
 the  tyme  that  I  shall  bringe  vpon  the  ?  Euen 
 I  the  LORDE  that  speake  it,  will  bringe  it 
 also  to  passe. 
 
 'I  will  scatre  the  amonge  the  Heithen,  5 
 strowe  the  aboute  in  the  lodes,  and  wil  cause 
 tl^y  fylthynesse  to  ceasse  out  off  the  :  yee  and 
 I  will  haue  the  in  possession  in  the  sight  of 
 the  Heithen,  that  thou  mayest  knowe,  that  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  the  house 
 of  Israel  is  turned  to  drosse.^  All  they  that 
 shulde  be  brasse,  tynne,  yr5  5  leade,  are  in 
 the  fyre  become  drosse.  Therfore,  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  For  so  moch  as  ye  all 
 are  turned  in  to  drosse,  beholde :  I  will 
 brynge  you  together  vnto  lerusalem,  like  as 
 syluer,  brasse,  yron,  tynne  and  leade  are  put 
 together  in  the  fornace,  and  the  fyre  blowen 
 there  vnder  to  melt  them :  Euen  so  will  I 
 gather  you,  put  you  in  together,  and  melt  you 
 in  my  wrath  and  indignacion.  I  vnll  brynge 
 you  together,  and  kyndle  the  fyre  of  my 
 cruell  displeasure  vnder  you,  that  ye  maye  be 
 melted  therin. 
 
 Like  as  the  syluer  is  melted  in  the  fyre,  so 
 shall  ye  also  be  melted  therin :  that  ye  maye 
 knowe,  how  that  I  the  LORDE  haue  poured 
 my  wrath  vpon  you. 
 
 And  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayege :  Thou  sonne  of  ma,  tell  her : 
 Thou  art  an  vn  clene  londe,  which  is  not 
 rayned  vpon  in  the  daye  off  the  cruell  wrath : 
 *thy  prophetes  that  are  in  the,    are  sworne 
 
 ■Deu.27.  c.    Eze.  13.  d.   Ex 
 s  Esa.  1.  c. 
 
 22.  c.        fEze.  12.C.  15  b. 
 *  Mich.  3.  c. 
 
Cftap.  niih 
 
 iOjt  propfift  €)tti)itl 
 
 jfo,  Ircorrbij. 
 
 together  to  deuoure  soules,  like  as  a  roaringe 
 Lyon,  that  lyueth  by  his  pray.  They  receaue 
 riches  and  good,  and  make  many  wyddowes 
 in  f.  Thy  prestes  breake  my  lawe,  and 
 defyle  my  Sanctuary.  "They  put  no  dyfferenee 
 betwene  the  holy  and  vnholy,  nether  discerne 
 betwene  the  clene  and  vnclene  :  they  tiirne 
 their  eyes  fro  my  Sabbathes,  and  I  am  vn- 
 halowed  amonge  them. 
 
 *Thy  rulers  in  the  are  like  rauyshinge 
 wolues,  to  shed  bloude,  and  to  destroys  soules, 
 for  their  owne  covetous  lucre.  As  for  thy 
 prophetes,  they  dawbe  with  vntempered  claye, 
 they  se  vanities,  and  prophecie  lies  vnto  them, 
 sayenge :  the  LORDE  God  sayeth  so,  where 
 as  the  LORDE  hath  not  spoken.  The  people 
 in  the  londe  vseth  wicked  extorcio  and  rob- 
 bery. '  They  vexe  the  poore  and  nedy :  and 
 oppresse  the  straunger  agaynst  right.  And  I 
 sought  in  the  londe  for  a  man,  that  wolde 
 make  vp  the  hedge,  and  set  him  self  in  the 
 gappe  before  me  in  the  lodes  behalfe,  y  I 
 shulde  not  vtterly  destroye  it:  but  I  coude 
 fynde  none.  Therfore  wil  I  poure  out  my 
 cruell  displeasure  vpon  them,  and  burne  them 
 in  the  fyre  of  my  wrath :  their  owne  wayes 
 will  I  recompence  vpo  their  heades,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Cl)t  vni)-  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge:  Thou  sonne  of  man,  there 
 were  two  wome,  that  had  one  mother:  ''These 
 (when  they  were  yonge)  beganne  to  playe  the 
 harlottes  in  Egipte.  There  were  their  brestes 
 brussed,  and  the  pappes  off  their  mayden- 
 heade  destroyed.  The  eldest  of  them  was 
 called  Oola,  and  hir  yongest  sister  Ooliba. 
 These  two  were  myne,  and  bare  sonnes  and 
 doughters.  Their  names  were,  Samaria,  and 
 that  was  Oola:  and  Jerusalem,  that  was  Ooliba. 
 As  for  Oola,  she  beganne  to  go  a  whorynge, 
 when  I  had  take  her  to  me.  She  was  set  on 
 fyre  vpon  hir  louers  the  Assirians,  which  had 
 to  do  with  her :  "euen  the  prynces  and  lordes, 
 that  were  deckte  in  costly  araye :  fayre  yonge 
 men,  lusty  ryders  of  horses. 
 
 Thus  thorow  hir  whordome,  she  cleued  vnto 
 all  the  yonge  men  off  Assiria :  Yee  she  was 
 madde  vpon  them,  and  defyled  herselff  with 
 all  their  Idols.     Nether  ceassed  she  fro  the 
 
 »  Leui.  10. 
 Exo.22.  c. 
 
 c.         »  Mich.  3.  d.     Sopb.3.  d.    Eze.  13.  b. 
 ''Eze.  20.a.      f  4  Re.  15.  d.     /4Re.  17.  e. 
 
 fornicacio,  that  she  vsed  with  the  Egipcians : 
 for  in  hir  youth  they  laye  with  her,  they 
 brussed  the  brestes  of  hir  maydenheade,  and 
 poured  their  wordome  vpon  her.  '  Wherfore, 
 I  delyuered  her  in  to  y  hodes  of  hir  louers, 
 euen  the  Assirians,  whom  she  so  loued.  *  These 
 discouered  hir  shame,  toke  hir  sonnes  and 
 doughters,  and  slewe  her  with  the  swearde : 
 An  euell  name  gat  she  of  all  people,  ad  they 
 punyshed  her. 
 
 ''  Hir  sister  Ooliba  sawe  this,  ad  destroyed 
 herself  with  inordinate  loue,  more  then  she,  n_ 
 exceaded  hir  sister  in  whordome  :  she  loued  y 
 Assirians  (which  also  laye  with  her)  namely, 
 the  prynces  {j  greate  lordes,  that  were  clothed 
 with  all  maner  of  gorgious  apparell,  all  lusty 
 horsmen  and  fayre  yonge  personnes.  Then 
 I  sawe,  that  they  both  were  defyled  a  like. 
 But  she  increased  still  in  whordome :  for 
 when  she  sawe  men  paynted  vpon  the  wall, 
 the  ymages  off  the  Caldees  set  forth  with 
 fresh  colours,  with  fayre  gyrdles  aboute  them, 
 and  goodly  bonettes  vpon  their  heades,  lokynge 
 all  like  prynces  (after  y  maner  of  the  Babi- 
 loniiis  and  Caldees  in  their  owne  londe,  where 
 they  be  borne)  Inmediatly,  as  soone  as  she 
 sawe  them,  she  brent  in  loue  vpon  them,  and 
 sent  messaugers  for  them  in  to  the  londe  of 
 the  Caldees. 
 
 Now  when  the  Babilonias  came  to  her, 
 they  laye  with  her,  and  defyled  her  with  their 
 whordome,  and  so  was  she  pointed  with  them. 
 And  when  hir  lust  was  abated  from  them,  hir 
 whordome  and  shame  was  discouered  5  sene 
 'then  my  herte  forsoke  her,  like  as  my  herte 
 was  gone  from  hir  sister  also.  Neuertheles 
 she  vsed  hir  whordome  euer  the  longer  the 
 more,  and  remembred  the  dayes  off  hir  youth, 
 wherin  she  had  played  the  harlot  in  the  londe 
 off  Egipte  :  she  brent  in  lust  vpon  them,  whose 
 flesh  was  like  y  flesh  of  Asses, '  and  their  sede 
 like  the  sede  off  horses.  Thus  thou  hast  re-  C 
 nued  the  fylthynesse  of  thy  youth,  when  thy 
 louers  bressed  thy  pappes,  and  marred  thy 
 brestes  in  Egipte. 
 
 Therfore  (o  Ooliba)  thus  saieth  y  LORDE 
 God.     I  will  rayse  vp  thy  louers  (with  whom 
 thou  hast  satisfied  thy  lust)  agaynst  the,  and 
 gather   them    together   rounde    aboute    the 
 Namely,  the  Babilouians,  and  all  the  Caldees 
 Pecod,  Schoa  and  Coa,  with  all  the  Assirians 
 
 i  Eze.  16.  b.         *  lere.  3.  b.    4  Re.  16.  b.        •  Esa.  47.  a. 
 Naum  3.  d.    Eze.  16.  e.        *  Eze.  16.  c. 
 
jTo.  trconrfai'ij. 
 
 Cftf  propftft  €itti)itL 
 
 Cljap.  niiih 
 
 all  yonge  anci  fayre  loners :  pryiices  and  lordes, 
 knyghtes  and  gentlemen,  which  be  all  good 
 horsmen :  These  shall  come  vpon  the  with 
 horses,  charettes,  (t  a  greate  multitude  of 
 people :  which  shal  be  harnessed  aboute  the 
 on  euery  syde,  with  brestplates,  sheldes  and 
 helmettes.  I  will  punysh  ;y-  before  them,  yee 
 they  the  selues  shal  punysh  the,  acordinge  to 
 their  owne  iudgmet.  I  will  put  my  gelousy 
 vpon  the,  so  that  they  shall  deale  cruelly  with 
 the.  They  shal  cut  of  thy  nose  and  thine 
 eares,  and  the  remnaunt  shall  fall  thorow  the 
 swearde.  They  shall  cary  awaye  thy  sonnes 
 and  doughters,  j  the  resydue  shalbe  brent  in 
 the  fyre.  They  shal  strype  the  out  of  thy 
 clothes,  I  cary  thy  costly  lewels  awaye  with 
 them. 
 
 Thus  will  I  make  an  ende  off  thy  fylthy- 
 nesse  5  whordome,  which  thou  hast  brought 
 out  of  the  lode  of  Egipte :  so  that  thou  shalt 
 turne  thine  eyes  nomore  after  them,  5  cast 
 thy  mynde  nomore  vpon  Egipte.  For  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE:  Beholde,  I  will  delyuer 
 f  in  to  the  hodes  of  them,  whom  thou  hatest : 
 yee  euen  in  to  the  hondes  of  them,  with  who 
 thou  hast  fulfylled  thy  lust,  which  shall  deale 
 cruelly  with  y  :  All  thy  laboure  shal  they  take 
 with  them,  and  leaue  the  naked  and  bare,  and 
 thus  the  shame  of  thy  filthy  whordome  shal 
 come  to  light.  All  these  thinges  shal  happen 
 vnto  the,  because  of  thy  whordome,  which  thou 
 hast  vsed  amonge  the  Gentiles,  with  whose 
 Idols  thou  hast  defyled  thy  self.  Thou  hast 
 walked  in  the  waye  of  thy  sister,  therfore  will 
 I  geue  the  hir  cuppe  in  thy  honde. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Thou  shalt 
 drynke  off  thy  sisters  cuppe,  how  depe  5  farre 
 so  euer  it  be  to  the  botome.  Thou  shalt  be 
 laughed  to  scome,  and  had  as  greatly  in  deri- 
 sion, as  is  possible.  Thou  shalt  be  full  off 
 dronckennes  and  sorowe,  for  the  cuppe  of  thy 
 sister  Samaria  is  a  cuppe  of  destruccion  5 
 waistinge  :  the  same  shalt  thou  drynke,  and 
 suppe  it  out  eue  to  f  dregges,  yee  thou  shalt 
 eate  vp  the  broken  peces  off  it,  and  so  teare 
 thine  owne  brestes :  For  euen  I  haue  spoken 
 it,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  y  LORDE  God:  For 
 so  moch  as  thou  hast  forgotte  me,  5  cast  me 
 asyde,  so  beare  now  thine  owne  fylthinesse  5 
 whordome.  The  LORDE  sayde  morouer 
 vnto  me:  Thou  sonne  of  ma,  wilt  thou  not 
 
 reproue  Oola  5  Ooliba  ?  Shewe  the  their 
 abhominacios :  namely,  y  they  haue  broke 
 their  wedlocke,  d  stayned  their  hodes  with 
 bloude :  yee  euen  with  their  Idols  haue  they 
 committed  aduoutry,  \  offred  them  their  owne 
 children  (to  bedeuoured)  wh5  they  had  borne 
 vnto  me.  '  Yee  a  this  haue  they  done  vnto 
 me  also:  they  haue  defyled  my  Sactuary  in 
 that  same  daye,  5  haue  vnhalowed  my  Sab' 
 bath.  For  when  they  had  slayne  their  childre 
 for  their  Idols,  they  came  the  same  daye  in  to 
 my  Sanctuary,  to  defyle  it.  Lo,  this  haue 
 they  done  in  my  house.  Besyde  all  this,  thou 
 hast  sent  thy  messaungers  for  men  out  of 
 farre  coutrees :  and  whe  they  came,  thou  hast 
 bathed,  trj'mmed  and  set  forth  thy  selff  off 
 the  best  fashion :  '  thou  sattest  vp6  a  goodly 
 bed,  (T  a  table  spred  before  the  :  whervpon 
 thou  hast  set  myne  incense  and  myne  oyle. 
 
 Then  was  there  greate  cheare  with  her,  (i 
 the  men  y  were  sent  fro  farre  coiitrees  ouer 
 the  deserte :  vnto  these  they  gaue  bracelettes 
 vpon  their  hondes,  5  set  glorious  crownes 
 vpon  their  heades.  Then  thought  I :  no 
 doute,  these  wil  vse  their  harlotry  also  with 
 yoder  olde  whore.  And  they  wente  in  to  her, 
 as  vnto  a  comon  harlot :  Euen  so  wente  they 
 also  to  Oola  5  Ooliba,  those  filthy  women. 
 
 ''O  ye  all  that  loue  vertue  and  rightuous- 
 nes,  iudge  the,  punysh  them  :  as  aduoutrers 
 and  murtherers  ought  to  be  iudged  and 
 punyshed.  For  they  are  breakers  off  wed- 
 locke, and  the  bloude  is  in  their  hondes. 
 Wherfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 bringe  a  greate  multitude  off  people  vpon 
 them,  and  make  them  be  scatred  and  spoyled: 
 these  shal  stone  them,  and  gorre  them  mth 
 their  sweardes.  They  shal  slaye  their  sonnes 
 and  doughters  and  burne  vp  their  houses  with 
 fyre. 
 
 Thus  will  I  destroye  all  soch  fylthynes  out 
 off  the  londe :  that  all  women  may  leme,  not 
 to  do  after  youre  vnclenesse.  And  so  they 
 shall  laye  youre  fylthinesse  vpon  youre  owne 
 selues,  and  ye  shalbe  punyshed  for  the  synnes, 
 that  ye  haue  committed  with  youre  Idols :  3 
 ye  shall  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 CI)!  vviiij-  Cl)aptn:. 
 
 IN  the   ix.  yeare,    in  the  x.    Moneth,   the 
 X.  daye  off  the  Moneth,  came  the  worde 
 off  the  LORDE  vnto  me,  sayenge  :    O  thou 
 
 •*  Leui.  SO.  b.     Eze.  16.  d. 
 
Cftap.  jfnt. 
 
 Cfte  propftet  <B]ttlml 
 
 ffo.  trajiTiF. 
 
 Sonne  off  man,  wryte  vp  the  name  off  this 
 daye,  yee  eue  y  houre  of  this  present  daye  : 
 when  the  kynge  of  Babilon  set  himself  agaynst 
 lerusale.  "  Shewe  y  obstinate  housholde  a 
 parable,  5  speake  vnto  the  :  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God:  Get  the  a  pot,  set  it  on,  g 
 poure  water  in  to  it :  put  all  the  peces  together 
 in  it,  all  the  good  peces :  the  loyne  and  the 
 shulder,  (j  fyll  it  with  the  best  bones.  Take  one 
 off  the  best  shepe,  5  an  heape  off  bones  withall : 
 let  it  boyle  well,  5  let  the  bones  seyth  well  therin. 
 
 With  that,  sayde  the  LORDE  God  on  this 
 raaner  :  ■*  Wo  be  vnto  the  bloudy  cite  of  y  pot, 
 whervpon  the  rustynesse  hageth,  and  is  not 
 yet  scoured  awaye.  Take  out  the  peces  that 
 are  in  it,  one  after  another:  there  nede  no 
 lottes  be  cast  therfore,  for  the  bloude  is  yet  in 
 it.  Vpon  a  playne  drye  stone  hath  she  poured 
 it,  and  not  vpon  the  grounde,  that  it  might  be 
 couered  with  dust.  And  therfore  haue  I  letten 
 her  poure  hir  bloude  vpon  a  playne  drye  stony 
 rocke,  because  it  shulde  not  be  hid,  and  that 
 I  might  bringe  my  wrothfull  indignacion  and 
 vengeaunce  vpon  her. 
 
 Wherfore,  thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God: 
 O,  wo  be  vnto  that  bloudthurstie  cite,  for  who 
 I  wil  prepare  a  heape  off  wodde  :  beare  thou 
 y  bones  together,  kyndle  thou  the  fyre,  seeth 
 the  flesh,  let  all  be  well  sodde,  that  the  bones 
 maye  be  suckte  out.  Morouer,  set  the  pot 
 emptye  vpon  the  coales,  that  it  maye  be  warme 
 and  the  metall  bote :  that  the  fylth  and  rusty- 
 nesse maye  be  consumed.  But  it  will  not  go 
 off,  there  is  so  moch  off  it:  the  rustinesse 
 must  be  brent  out.  Thy  filthinese  is  abhomi- 
 nable,  for  I  wolde  haue  clensed  the,  but  thou 
 woldest  not  be  clensed.  Thou  canst  not  be 
 pourged  from  thine  vnclennesse,  till  I  haue 
 poured  my  wrothfull  indignacion  vpon  the. 
 Euen  I  the  LORDE  haue  so  deuysed :  Yee 
 it  is  come  therto  aUredy,  that  I  will  do  it.  I 
 will  not  go  backe,  I  will  not  spare,  I  wil  not 
 be  intreated :  but  acordinge  to  thy  wayes  ad 
 ymaginacions,  thou  shalt  be  punyshed,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 And  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  off  man,  beholde, 
 I  will  take  awaye  the  pleasure  off  thine  eyes 
 with  a  plage :  yet  shalt  thou  nether  mourne 
 ner  wepe,  ner  water  thy  chekes  therfore  :  thou 
 mayest  mourne  by  thy  selff  alone,  but  vse  no 
 deadly  lamentacion.      Holde   on   thy  bonet, 
 
 "  Eze.  17.  a.   Eze.  U.  b.        '  Nau.  3.  e.  Aba.  2.  a. 
 
 and  put  on  thy  shues  vpon  thy  fete,  couer  not 
 thy  face,  and  eate  no  mourners  bred.  So  I 
 spake  vnto  the  people  by  tymes  in  the  morn- 
 ynge,  and  at  euen  my  wyfe  dyed  :  then  vpon 
 the  nexte  morow,  I  dyd  as  I  was  comaunded. 
 And  y  people  sayde  vnto  me  :  wilt  thou  not 
 tell  vs,  what  that  signifieth,  which  thou  doest  ? 
 I  answered  them,  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  me,  sayege :  Tell  the  house  of 
 Israel,  thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God:  beholde, 
 I  wil  suspende  my  Sanctuary :  eue  the  glory 
 of  youre  power,  the  pleasure  of  youre  eyes, 
 and  the  thinge  that  ye  loue :  youre  sonnes 
 and  doughters  whom  ye  haue  left,  shal  fall 
 thorow  the  swerde. 
 
 Like  as  I  haue  done,  so  shall  ye  do  also : 
 Ye  shal  not  hyde  youre  faces,  ye  shal  eate  no 
 mourners  bred  :  youre  bonettes  shal  ye  haue 
 vpon  youre  heades,  j  shues  vpon  youre  fete. 
 Ye  shal  nether  mourne  ner  wepe,  but  in  youre 
 synnes  ye  shal  be  soroufuU,  and  one  repete  with 
 another.  Thus  Ezechiel  is  youre  shewtoke. 
 For  loke  as  he  hath  done,  so  (when  this 
 commeth)  ye  shall  do  also  :  that  ye  maye  lerne 
 to  knowe,  that  I  am  f  LORDE  God.  But 
 beholde,  O  thou  sonne  of  man  :  In  the  daye 
 when  I  take  from  them  their  power,  their 
 ioye  and  honoure,  the  lust  off  their  eyes,  the 
 burthe  of  their  bodies  :  namely,  their  sonnes 
 and  doughters  :  The  shall  there  one  escape, 
 and  come  vnto  the,  for  to  shewe  the.  In  that 
 daye  shal  thy  mouth  be  opened  to  him,  which 
 is  escaped,  that  thou  mayest  speake,  and  be 
 nomore  domme :  Yee  and  thou  shalt  be  their 
 shewtoke,  that  they  maye  knowe,  how  that  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wi)c  nb.  Ci^apter. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  set 
 thy  face  agaynst  y-  Ammonites,  '^prophecy  vpon 
 them,  and  saye  vnto  the  Ammonites :  Heare  the 
 worde  oft' the  LORDE  God,  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God :  For  so  moch  as  thou  speakest 
 ouer  my  Sanctuai-y :  A  ha,  I  trow  it  be  now  sus- 
 pended :  and  ouer  the  londe  of  Israel,  I  trow 
 it  be  now  desolate  :  yee  ad  ouer  the  house  of 
 luda,  I  trow  they  be  now  led  awaye  presoners  : 
 Beholde,  I  will  delyuer  y  to  the  people  of  the 
 east,  y  they  maye  haue  the  in  possession : 
 these  shal  set  their  castels  and  houses  in  the. 
 They  shall  eate  thy  frute,  and  drynke  vp  thy 
 
 '  Eze.  21.  d.    lere.  49.  a. 
 !)5 
 
|;JfO.  tittm* 
 
 €i)t  propftet  (&]ttl)itl 
 
 C6ap.  inrbu 
 
 mylcke.  As  for  Rabath,  I  wil  make  of  it  a 
 stall  for  camels,  and  of  Ammon  a  shepefolde  : 
 and  ye  shal  knowo,  that  I  am  the  LOIIDE. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LOllDK  God  :  In  so 
 moch  as  tliou  hast  clapped  with  thine  hondes, 
 and  stamped  with  thy  fete,  yee  reioysed  in 
 thine  herte  ouer  the  londe  of  Israel  with 
 despyte  :  beholde,  I  wil  stretch  out  myne  hode 
 ouer  the  also,  and  delyuer  the,  to  be  spoyled 
 off  the  Heithen,  and  rote  the  out  from  amonge 
 the  people,  and  cause  the  be  destroyed  out 
 off  all  londes :  yee  I  will  make  the  be  layed 
 waist,  that  thou  mayest  knowe,  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God:  "For  so 
 moch  as  Moab  and  Seir  do  saye :  As  for  the 
 house  off  luda,  it  is  but  like  as  all  other 
 Getiles  be:  Therfore  beholde,  I  will  make 
 the  cities  off  Moab  weapenlesse,  and  take 
 awaye  their  strength  :  their  cities  and  chefe 
 coastes  off  their  londe,  which  are  the  pleasures 
 off  the  countre :  As  namely.  Betiesimoth, 
 Baalmeo  and  Cariathaim :  these  will  1  open 
 vnto  the  off  the  east,  y  they  maye  fall  vpon 
 the  Ammonites :  and  will  geue  it  them  in 
 possession :  so  that  the  Ammonites  shal  no 
 mure  be  had  in  remebraunce  amonge  the 
 Heithen.  Euen  thus  will  I  punysh  Moab 
 also,  that  they  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Because  that  Edom  hath  avenged  5  eased 
 himself  vpon  the  house  off  luda,  therfore  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE :  I  will  reach  out  myne 
 honde  vpon  Edom,  and  take  awaye  man  and 
 beest  out  off  it.  From  Thema  vnto  Dedan 
 wil  I  make  it  desolate,  they  shalbe  slayne  with 
 the  swearde.  Thorow  my  people  of  Israel, 
 'wil  I  avenge  me  agayne  vpo  Edo:  they  shal 
 hadle  him,  acordinge  to  my  wrath  and  indig- 
 nacio,  so  that  they  shal  knowe  my  vengeaunce, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God :  '  For  so  moch 
 as  the  Philistynes  haue  done  this:  namely, 
 taken  vengeaunce  with  despitefull  stomackes, 
 and  off  an  olde  euell  will  set  them  selues  to 
 destroye  :  Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  Beholde,  I  wil  stretch  out  myne  hode 
 ouer  the  Philistynes,  and  destroye  the  de- 
 stroyer, and  cause  all  the  remnaunt  off  the 
 see  coast  to  perish.     A  greate  vengeaunce  will 
 
 "  Esii.  15.  16.    Esa.  48.  a.    Soph.  2.  b. 
 lere.  49.  b.    Eze.  32.  f.  35.  a.    Psal.  136.  b. 
 
 *  Esa.  34.  a. 
 Gen.  25.  d. 
 
 I  take  vpon  them,  and  punysh  them  cruelly : 
 that  they  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE,  which  haue  avenged  me  off  them. 
 
 Et)t  nisi.  €f)apttr. 
 
 IT  happened,  that  in  the  xi.  yeare,  the  first 
 daye  off  the  Moneth,  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  came  vnto  me,  sayenge:  "Thou 
 Sonne  of  man,  Because  that  Tyre  hath  spoken 
 vpon  lerusalem  :  A  ha,  now  I  trow  the  portes 
 of  the  people  be  broken,  and  she  turned  vnto 
 me,  for  I  haue  destroyed  my  bely  full.  Yee 
 therfore  saieth  y  LORDE  God:  Beholde  O 
 Tyre,  I  will  vpo  the,  I  wil  bringe  a  greate 
 multitude  off  people  agaynst  y,  like  as  whe 
 the  see  aryseth  with  his  wawes  :  These  shal 
 breake  the  walles  off  Tyre,  and  cast  downe 
 hir  towres  :  I  wil  scrape  the  grounde  from  her, 
 and  make  her  a  bare  stone :  yee  as  the  dry- 
 enge  place,  where  the  fyshers  hange  vp  their 
 nettes  by  the  see  syde.  Euen  I  haue  spoken 
 it,  sayeth  the  LORDE  God.  The  Getiles 
 shal  spoyle  her :  hir  doughters  vpon  the  felde 
 shall  perish  mth  the  swearde,  y  they  maye 
 knowe,  how  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Be- 
 holde, I  will  brynge  hither  Nabuchodonosor 
 (which  is  the  kynge  off  Babilon  (j  a  kynge  of 
 kynges)  from  the  North,  vpo  Tyre,  with 
 horses,  charettes,  horsmen  and  with  a  greate 
 multitude  of  people.  Thy  doughters  that  are 
 in  the  londe,  shal  he  slaye  with  y  svvearde  : 
 But  agaynst  y-,  he  shall  make  bullworkes  5 
 graue  vp  dyches  aboute  the,  {t  lift  vp  his 
 shylde  agaynst  y.  His  slynges  j  batelrames 
 shal  he  prepare  for  thy  walles,  (j.  with  his 
 weapes  breake  downe  thy  towres.  The  dust 
 of  his  horses  shal  couer  f,  they  shalbe  so 
 many :  thy  walles  shal  shake  at  the  noyse  of  f 
 horse  men,  charettes  5  wheles :  when  he  cometn 
 to  thy  portes,  as  men  do  in  to  an  open  cite. 
 With  the  hoffes  off  his  horse  fete,  shal  he 
 treade  downe  all  thy  stretes. 
 
 He  shal  slaye  thy  people  with  the  swearde, 
 S  breake  downe  the  pilers  of  thy  strength. 
 They  shal  waist  awaye  thy  riches,  5  spoyle 
 thy  marchaudise.  Thy  walles  shal  they  breake 
 downe,  5  destroye  thy  houses  of  pleasure. 
 Thy  stones,  thy  tymbre  (i  foundacions,  shall 
 they  cast  in  the  water.  Thus  wil  I  brynge 
 the  melody  of  thy  songes,  ■'^d  the  voyce  of  thy 
 
 '  1  Mach.  5.  :i.  ''  Esa.  14.  e.    lere.  47.  a.     Soph.  2.  a. 
 
 -  Esa.  23.  a.    lere.  47.  b.    Eie.  27.  28.  /  lere.  7.  d. 
 
Cbap.  virbij. 
 
 €ht  propljtt  €^tti)ith 
 
 fo,  titcmi. 
 
 myiistrelsy  to  an  ende,  so  that  they  shal  no- 
 more  be  herde.  I  wil  make  a  bare  stone  off 
 the,  yee  a  dryenge  place  for  nettes,  and  shalt 
 neuer  be  buylded  agayne :  For  euc  I  f 
 LORDE  haue  spoken  it,  sayeth  the  LOIIDE 
 God:  thus  hath  the  LORDE  God  spoken 
 concernynge  Tyre :  The  lies  shall  be  moiied 
 at  the  noyse  off  thy  fall,  g  at  the  crie  of  the 
 slayne,  y  shal  be  murthured  in  the.  All 
 kynges  off  the  see  shall  come  downe  from 
 their  seates  regall :  they  shal  laye  awaye  their 
 roabes,  and  put  off  their  costly  clothinge :  Yee 
 with  tremblinge  shal  they  be  clothed,  they 
 shall  syt  vpo  the  grounde  :  they  shal  be  afrayed 
 at  thy  sodane  fall,  and  be  abasshed  at  the. 
 
 They  shal  mourne  for  the,  and  saye  vnto 
 the  :  O  thou  noble  cite,  y  hast  bene  so  greatly 
 occupyed  off  olde,  "thou  that  hast  bene  the 
 strongest  vpon  the  see  with  thine  inhabitours 
 off  whom  all  men  stode  in  feare :  How  art 
 thou  now  so  vtterly  destroyed?  Now  at  the 
 tyme  off  thy  fall  the  inhabitours  off  the  lies, 
 yee  and  the  lies  them  selues  shall  stonde  in 
 feare  at  thine  ende.  For  thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God:  when  I  make  the  a  desolate 
 cite  (as  other  cities  be,  that  no  man  dwell  in) 
 and  when  I  brynge  the  depe  vpon  the,  y 
 greate  waters  maye  couer  the :  Then  will  I 
 cast  the  downe  vnto  them,  that  descende  in 
 to  f  pytte  :  vnto  a  people  that  hath  bene  loge 
 deed,  and  set  the  in  a  londe  y  is  beneth,  like 
 the  olde  wyldemes,  with  them  which  go  downe 
 to  their  graues,  so  y  no  ma  shal  dwell  more 
 in  the.  And  I  wil  make  the  to  be  no  more 
 in  honoure,  in  the  lode  of  the  lyuynge.  I  wil 
 make  an  ende  off  the,  ad  thou  shalt  be  gone. 
 Though  thou  be  sought  for,  yet  shalt  thou 
 not  be  founde  for  euermore,  saieth  y  LORDE 
 God. 
 
 CI)e  n'bij-  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 THE  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  O  thou  sonne  off  ma, 
 make  a  lamentable  coplaynte  vpon  Tyre,  % 
 saye  vnto  Tyre,  which  is  a  porte  off  the  see, 
 y  occupieth  with  moch  people : '  and  many 
 lies:  thus  speaketh  f  LORDE  God:  O  Tyre 
 thou  hast  sayde :  what,  I  am  a  noble  cite,  thy 
 borders  are  in  the  myddest  of  the  see,  and  thy 
 buylders  haue  made  the  maruelous  goodly. 
 All  thy  tables  haue  they  made  of  Cipre  trees 
 of  the  mount  Senir.     Fro  Libanus  haue  they 
 
 take  Cedre  trees,  to  make  the  mastes :  (i  the 
 Okes  of  Basan  to  make  the  rowers. 
 
 Thy  boordes  haue  they  made  of  yuery,  (t 
 of  costly  wod  out  of  the  lie  of  Cethim.  Thy 
 sale  was  of  whyte  small  nedle  worke  out  off 
 the  londe  of  Egipte,  to  hage  vpo  thy  mast :  j 
 thy  hanginges  of  yalow  sylcke  ij  purple,  out  of 
 y  lies  of  Elisa.  They  of  Sido  5  Arnad  were 
 thy  maryners,  j  the  wysest  in  Tyre  were  thy 
 shypmasters.  The  eldest  and  wysest  at  Gebal 
 were  they,  that  mended  5  stopped  thy  shippes. 
 
 All  shippes  off  the  see  with  their  shipme 
 occupied  their  marchaundies  in  the.  The 
 Perses,  Lydians  and  Lybians  were  in  thyne 
 boost,  and  helped  the  to  fight :  these  hanged 
 vp  their  shildes  5  helmettes  with  the,  these 
 set  forth  thy  beuty. 
 
 They  off  Arnad  were  with  thine  boost 
 roude  aboute  thy  walles,  5  were  thy  watch- 
 men vpon  thy  towres  :  these  hanged  vp  their 
 shildes  roude  aboute  thy  walles,  and  made  the 
 maruelous  goodly.  Tharsis  occupied  with  the 
 in  all  maner  of  wares,  in  syluer,  yron,  tynne 
 and  lead,  and  made  thy  market  greate.  lauan. 
 Tubal  and  Mesech  were  thy  marchauntes, 
 which  brought  the  men,  5  ornamentes  off 
 metall  for  thy  occupyenge.  They  off  the 
 house  of  Thogarma  brought  vnto  the  at  the 
 tyme  off  thy  Marte,  horse,  horsmen  and  mules. 
 '  They  off  Dedan  were  thy  marchautes :  and 
 many  other  lies  that  occupyed  with  the, 
 brought  the  wethers,  elephat  bones  and  Pay- 
 cockes  for  a  present.  The  Sirians  occupied 
 with  the,  because  of  thy  dyuerse  workes,  and 
 increased  thy  marchaundies,  with  Smaragdes, 
 with  scarlet,  with  nedle  worke,  with  whyte 
 lynninge  cloth,  vnih  sylcke  and  with  Christall. 
 
 luda  and  the  londe  off  Israel  occupide  with 
 the,  and  brought  vnto  thy  markettes,  wheate, 
 balme,  hony,  oyle,  j  triacle.  Damascus  also 
 vsed  marchaudies  with  the,  in  the  best  v/yae 
 and  whyte  woU :  because  thy  occupienge  was 
 so  greate,  and  thy  wares  so  many.  Dan, 
 lauan,  and  Meusal  haue  brought  vnto  thy 
 markettes,  yron  redy  made,  with  Casia  and 
 Calamus,  acordinge  to  thyne  occupienge. 
 Dedan  occupied  with  the,  in  fay  re  tapestry 
 worke  and  quyszhyns.  Arabia  (t  all  the  princes 
 off  Cedar  haue  occupied  with  the,  in  shepe, 
 wethers  and  goates. 
 
 The  marchauntes  off  Seba  and  Rema  haue 
 occupied  also  with  the,  in  all  costly  spices,  in 
 
fo.  tittmih 
 
 CJ)f  propftft  €)ttl)itl 
 
 Cftap.  vntiij. 
 
 all  precious  stones  and  golde,  which  they 
 brought  vnto  thy  marckettes.  Haran,  Chene 
 and  Eden,  the  marchauntes  off  Saba,  Assiria 
 and  Chelmad,  were  all  doers  with  f  and  occu- 
 pied with  the:  In  costly  rajmient,  off  yalow 
 sylke  and  nedle  worke,  (very  precious,  5  ther- 
 fore  packte  5  boude  together  with  roapes)  Yee 
 and  in  Cedre  wodde,  at  the  tyme  off  thy  marck- 
 ettes. The  shippes  of  Tharsis  were  the  chefe 
 off  thy  occupienge. 
 
 Thus  thou  art  full,  and  in  greate  worshipe, 
 euen  in  the  myddest  off  the  see.  Thy  ma- 
 ryners  were  euer  brynginge  vnto  the  out  of 
 many  waters.  But  y^  easte  wynde  shal  ouer- 
 beare  the  in  to  the  myddest  off  the  see  :  so  y 
 thy  wares,  thy  marchaudies,  thy  ryches,  thy 
 maryners,  thy  shipmasters,  thy  helpers,  thy 
 occupiers  (that  brought  the  thinges  necessary) 
 the  men  off  warre  that  are  in  the  :  yee  and  all 
 thy  comons  shall  perish  in  the  myddest  off  the 
 see,  in  the  daye  off  thy  fall.  The  suburbes 
 shall  shake  at  the  loude  crie  off  thy  shippmen. 
 All  whirry  men,  and  all  maryners  vpo  the 
 see,  shall  leape  out  of  their  boates,  and  set 
 them  selues  vpon  the  lode.  They  shal  lift  vp 
 their  voyce  because  off  the,  and  make  a  la- 
 mentable crye.  They  shall  cast  dust  vpon 
 their  heades,  ad  lye  downe  in  the  asshes. 
 They  shal  shaue  them  selues,  5  put  sacke  cloth 
 vpon  them  for  thy  sake. 
 
 They  shall  mourne  for  the  with  hertfull 
 sorow,  and  heuy  lamentacion,  yee  their  child- 
 ren also  shall  wepe  for  the :  Alas,  what  cite 
 hath  so  bene  destroyed  in  the  see,  as  Tyre  is? 
 When  thy  wares  g  marchaundies  came  fro  the 
 sees,  thou  gauest  all  people  ynough.  The 
 kynges  off  the  earth  hast  thou  made  rich, 
 thorow  the  multitude  off  thy  wares  and  occu- 
 pienge :  But  now  art  thou  cast  downe  in  to 
 the  depe  of  the  see,  all  thy  resorte  of  people 
 is  perished  with  the.  All  they  that  dwell  in 
 the  lies  are  abasshed  at  the,  and  all  their 
 kynges  are  afrayed,  yee  their  faces  haue 
 chaunged  coloure.  The  marchauntes  of  the 
 nacions  wondre  at  the.  In  that  thou  art  so  clene 
 brought  to  naught,  d  comest  nomore  vp. 
 
 Cf)t  yybii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  tell 
 ;the  prynce  of  Tyre:"  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 ,  God :  because  thou  hast  a  proude  hert  and 
 
 hast  sayde  :  *  I  am  a  God,  I  haue  my  seate  in 
 the  myddest  off  the  see  like  a  god  :  where  as 
 thou  art  but  a  man  5  not  God,  5  yet  stondest 
 in  thine  owne  coceate,  that  thou  art  God: 
 Beholde,  thou  thynkest  thy  selfe  wyser  then 
 Daniel,  that  there  is  no  secretes  hyd  from  f. ' 
 With  thy  wiszdome  5  thy  vnderstodinge,  thou 
 hast  gotte  the  greate  welthynesse,  and  gathered 
 treasure  of  syluer  rj  golde.  With  thy  greate 
 wiszdome  and  occupienge,  hast  thou  increased 
 thy  power,  and  because  of  thy  greate  riches 
 thy  hert  is  proude. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  y  LORDE  God  :  For 
 so  moch  as  thou  hast  lift  vp  thine  herte,  as 
 though  thou  werst  God  :  beholde,  I  wil  brings 
 enemies  vpon  the,  euen  the  tyrauntes  of  the 
 Heithe :  these  shal  drawe  out  their  sweardes 
 vpon  thy  beuty  and  wiszdome,  and  shall  de- 
 fyle  thy  glory.  They  shal  cast  the  downe  to 
 the  pytte,  so  that  thou  shalt  dye  in  the  middest 
 of  the  see,  as  they  that  be  slayne.  Let  se,  yff 
 thou  wilt  saye  then  (before  the  that  slaye  y) 
 I  am  God :  where  as  thou  art  but  a  man,  and 
 not  God,  in  the  hondes  of  them  that  slaye 
 the.  Dye  shalt  thou,  euen  as  the  vncircum- 
 cised  in  the  hodes  of  y  enemies :  for  I  myself 
 haue  spoken  it,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  off  man,  make 
 a  lamentable  coniplaynte  ouer  the  kynge  of 
 Tyre,  ij  tell  him :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  Thou  art  a  seale  of  a  licknesse,  full  off 
 wyszdome  5  excellent  beuty.  Thou  hast  bene 
 in  y  pleasaut  garde  off  God :  thou  art  decte 
 with  all  maner  of  precious  stones  :  with  Ruby, 
 Topas,  Christall,  lacyncte.  Onyx,  laspis, 
 Saphir,  Smaragde,  Carbucle,  5  golde.  1  hy 
 beuty  (J  f  holes  y  be  in  ^  were  set  forth  in 
 the  daye  of  thy  creacion.  Thou  art  a  fayre 
 Cherub,  stretched  wyde  out  for  to  couer. 
 
 I  haue  set  the  vpon  the  holy  mount  off 
 God,  there  hast  thou  bene,  and  walked  amoge 
 the  fayre  glisteringe  stones.  From  the  tyme 
 of  thy  creacion  thou  hast  bene  right  excellent, 
 tyll  wickednesse  was  founde  in  the.  ''  Because 
 off  thy  greate  marchaundise,  thy  hert  is  fuU 
 of  wickednesse,  ij  thou  hast  offended.  Ther- 
 fore wil  I  cast  the  from  the  mount  of  God,  (O 
 thou  coueringe  Cherub)  and  destroye  the 
 amoge  the  glisteringe  stones.  Thy  hert  was 
 proude  in  thy  fiiyre  beuty,  i  thorow  thy  beuty 
 thou  hast  destroyed  thy    wiszdome.     I  will 
 
C6ap.  mv. 
 
 €l)t  propftet  (i£)ttinth 
 
 #0.  tittmiih 
 
 cast  f  downe  to  the  grounde,  5  y  in  y  sight 
 of  kynges.  Thou  hast  defyled  thy  Sactuary, 
 with  the  greate  wickednesse  off  thy  onright- 
 uous  occupyenge.  I  wil  bringe  a  fyre  from 
 the  myddest  of  the,  to  consume  the :  ad  wil 
 make  the  to  asshes,  in  the  sight  of  all  the  y 
 loke  vpon  the.  All  they  that  haue  bene  ac- 
 quaunted  with  the  amonge  the  Heithe,  shal 
 be  abasshed  at  the :  seinge  thou  art  so  clene 
 brought  to  naught,  and  comest  no  more  vp. 
 
 And  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  set  thy 
 face  agaynst  Sido,  Prophecie  vpo  it,  and 
 speake.  "Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Beholde  o  Sidon,  I  wil  vpo  the,  5  get  me 
 honoure  in  the :  that  it  maye  be  knowne,  how 
 that  I  am  y  LORDE,  when  I  punysh  her,  j 
 get  me  honoure  in  her.  For  I  will  sende 
 pestilence  d  bloud  sheddinge  in  to  hir  stretes, 
 
 y  those  which  be  slayne  with  the  swerde, 
 shal  lye  rounde  aboute  in  the  myddest  of  her: 
 (t  they  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 She  shal  no  more  be  a  prickinge  thorne,  3  an 
 hurtinge  brere  vnto  the  house  of  Israel,  ner 
 vnto  the  that  lye  rounde  aboute  her  and  hate 
 her :  and  they  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  when  I 
 gather  the  housholde  of  Israel  together  agayne, 
 from  the  nacions  amonge  whom  they  be 
 scatred :  then  shal  I  be  sanctified  in  the,  in  y 
 sight  of  the  Getiles :  5  they  shal  dwell  in  the 
 lode,  y  I  gaue  to  my  seruaunt  lacob.  They 
 shal  dwell  safely  therin,  'buylde  houses,  and 
 plante  vynyardes :  Yee  safely  shal  they  dwell 
 therin,  when  I  haue  punyshed  all  those,  that 
 despyse  them  rounde  aboute :  and  then  shall 
 they  knowe,  y  I  am  the  LORDE  their  God. 
 
 Cf)e  n'iy-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 IN  the  X.  yeare,  vpon  the  xij.  daye  off  the 
 X.  Moneth,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  me,  sayege  :  ''  O  thou  sonne  off  ma, 
 set  now  thy  face  agaynst  Pharao  the  kynge  off 
 Egipte,  Prophecye  agaynst  him  and  agaynst 
 the  whole  lode  of  Egipte :  Speake,  and  tell 
 him,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  beholde, 
 o  Pharao  thou  kinge  of  Egipte,  I  wil  vpo  the, 
 thou  greate  whall  fysh,  ^  lyest  in  thy  waters : 
 Thou  y  sayest:  the  water  is  myne,  I  haue 
 made  it  myself.     I  wil  put  an  hoke  in  thy 
 
 '  loel  3.  a.    Zach.  9.  a.  »  Deu.  28.  c 
 
 '  Esa.  19.  a.  20.  a.     lere.  46.  a.     Eze. 
 
 Esa.  65.  d. 
 )0.  31.  32. 
 
 chawes,  (j  hage  all  the  fish  in  thy  waters  vp5 
 thy  skales  :  after  y  I  wil  drawe  the  out  of  thy 
 waters,  yee  tj  all  the  fish  of  thy  waters  that 
 hange  vpon  thy  skales. 
 
 I  wil  cast  the  out  vpon  the  dry  lode  with 
 the  fish  of  thy  waters,  so  that  thou  shalt  lye 
 vpon  the  felde.  Thou  shalt  not  be  gathered 
 ner  taken  vp,  but  shalt  be  meate  for  the 
 beestes  of  the  felde,  j  for  the  foules  off  the 
 ayre :  that  all  they  which  dwell  in  Egipte, 
 maye  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE:  be- 
 cause thou  hast  bene  a  staff  of  rede  to  the 
 house  of  Israel.  ''  When  they  toke  holde  of  f 
 with  their  hode  thou  brakest  and  prycdest 
 them  on  euery  syde  :  and  yff  they  leaned  vpo 
 the,  thou  brakest,  ad  hurtdest  the  reynes 
 of  their  backes.  Therfore,  thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God:  beholde,  I  will  brynge  a 
 swearde  vpon  the,  and  rote  out  of  the  both 
 man  and  beest.  Yee  the  londe  of  Egipte 
 shalbe  desolate  and  waist,  (j  they  shal  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE:  Because  he  sayde: 
 the  water  is  mine,  I  my  self  haue  made  it. 
 Beholde  therfore,  I  wil  vpon  the,  (t  vpon  thy 
 waters:  I  will  make  the  londe  off  Egipte 
 waist  and  desolate,  from  the  towre  of  Syenes 
 vnto  the  borders  of  the  Morias  londe:  so  that 
 in  xl.  yeares  there  shall  no  fote  off  man  walke 
 there,  nether  fote  of  catell  go  there,  nether 
 shal  it  be  inhabited.  I  wil  make  the  londe  of 
 Egipte  to  be  desolate  amonge  other  waist 
 countrees,  and  her  cities  to  lye  voyde  xl. 
 yeares,  amonge  other  voyde  cities :  And  I  ml 
 scatre  the  Egipcians  amonge  the  Heithen  and 
 nacions. 
 
 Agayne,  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Whe  the  xl.  yeares  are  expyred,'  I  wil  gather 
 the  Egipcians  together  agayne,  out  off  the 
 nacios,  amonge  who  they  were  scatred,  and 
 wil  bringe  the  presoners  off  Egipte  agayne  in 
 to  the  londe  off  Pathures  their  owne  natyue 
 countre,  that  they  maye  be  there  a  lowly  small 
 kyngdome :  yee  they  shal  be  the  smallest 
 amonge  other  kyngdomes,  lest  they  exalte 
 them  selues  aboue  the  Heithen :  for  I  will  so 
 mynish  them,  that  they  shall  nomore  rule  the 
 Heithen.  They  shall  nomore  be  an  hope  vnto 
 the  house  off  Israel,  nether  prouoke  the  eny- 
 more  to  wickednesse,  to  cause  them  turne 
 backe,  and  to  folowe  them :  ad  they  shal  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 ''iHe.  18.  d.     Esa.  30.  a.  31.  a.  36.  a.         « lere. 46.  e. 
 
\fo,  ifmTiitj. 
 
 Cl)f  propftft  (i5mi)itU 
 
 Cfjap.  vrv. 
 
 In  the  xxvij.  yeare,  the  first  daye  of  the 
 first  Moneth,  came  y  worde  off  the  LOKDE 
 vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  off  man,  Na- 
 buchodonosor  the  kynge  off  Babilon  hath 
 made  his  boost,  with  greate  trauayle  and 
 laboure  to  come  before  Tyre :  that  euery 
 heade  maye  be  balde,  and  euery  shulder  bare. 
 Yet  hath  Tyre  geuen  nether  him  ner  his  boost 
 eny  rewarde,  for  y  greate  trauayle  y  he  hath 
 taken  there.  Therfore  thus  saieth  f  LORDE 
 God :  beholde  I  will  geue  the  lode  of  Egipte 
 vnto  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  off  Babilo,  y 
 he  maye  take  awaye  all  hir  substauce,  robbe 
 hir  robberies,  ad  spoyle  hir  spoyles,  to  paye 
 his  boost  their  wagies  withall.  I  wil  geue  him 
 the  londe  of  Egipte  for  his  laboure,  that  he 
 toke  for  me  before  Tyre.  At  the  same  tyme 
 wil  I  cause  the  home  off  the  house  of  Israel 
 to  growe  forth,  5  open  thy  mouth  agayne 
 amonge  them :  that  they  maye  knowe,  how 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci)£  m-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 MOROUER,  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  prophecy  (j  speake :  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God :  "  Mourne,  wo  worth  this  daye, 
 for  the  daye  is  here,  the  daye  of  f  LORDE 
 is  come :  the  darcke  daye  of  y  Heithe,  the 
 houre  is  at  honde,  the  swearde  commeth  vpon 
 Egipte.  When  the  wounded  men  fall  downe 
 in  Egipte,  when  hir  people  are  taken  awaye, 
 and  when  hir  foundacios  are  destroyed :  the 
 Morians  londe  shal  be  afrayed,  yee  the  Mo- 
 rians  londe,  Lybia  (j  Lydia,  all  their  comon 
 people,  (J  Chub,  5  all  y  be  confederate  vnto 
 the,  shal  fall  with  the  tnorow  f  swearde. 
 
 Thus  saieth  y  LORDE :  The  maynteyners 
 of  the  I5de  of  Egipte  shal  fall,  the  pryde  of 
 hir  power  shal  come  downe :  eue  vnto  the 
 tower  off  Syenes  shall  they  be  slayne  do\vne 
 with  the  swearde,  saieth  y  LORDE  God: 
 amonge  other  desolate  countrees  they  shal  be 
 made  desolate,  5  amoge  other  waist  cities  they 
 shalbe  waisted.  And  they  shal  knowe,  j'  1  am 
 ;y  LORDE,  when  I  kyndle  a  fyre  in  Egipte, 
 5  when  all  hir  helpers  are  destroyed. 
 
 At  that  tyme,  shal  there  messaungers  go 
 forth  fro  me  in  shippes,  to  make  f  carelesse 
 Morians  afrayed  :  and  sorowe  shal  come  vpon 
 them  in  the  daye  of  Egipte,  for  doutles  it  shal 
 come.     Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  I  wil 
 
 "  Eze.  29.  31.  32. 
 
 make  an  ende  of  the  people  of  Egipte  thorow 
 the  honde  of  Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of  Ba- 
 bilon. He  and  his  people  with  him,  yee  and 
 the  cruell  tyrauntes  of  the  Heithen  shalbe 
 brought  to  destroye  the  londe.  They  shal 
 drawe  out  their  sweardes  vpon  Egipte  and 
 fyll  the  londe  full  of  slayne  men.  I  will  drye 
 vp  their  floudes  of  water,  ad  sell  the  lode  in  to 
 the  hondes  of  wicked  people.  The  lode  and 
 all  y  is  therin,  wil  I  destroye  thorow  the  ene- 
 mies.    Eue  I  the  LORDE  haue  sayde  it. 
 
 And  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  I  will 
 destroye  the  Idols,  and  brynge  the  ymages  of 
 Noph  to  an  ende.  *  There  shal  nomore  be  a 
 prynce  of  Egyjite,  and  a  fearfulnesse  will  I 
 sende  in  to  the  Egipcians  londe.  As  for  Pa- 
 thures,  I  wil  make  it  desolate,  ad  kyndle  a 
 fyre  in  Zoan.  Alexandria  wUl  I  punysh,  (j 
 poure  my  wrothfull  indignacio  vpo  Sin,  which 
 is  the  strength  of  Egipte.  All  the  sustaunce 
 of  Alexandria  will  I  destroye,  and  kyndle  a 
 fyre  in  Egipte. 
 
 Sin  shalbe  in  greate  heuynesse,  Alexandria 
 shalbe  roted  out,  and  Noph  shall  haue  daylie 
 sorowe.  The  best  men  off  Heliopolis  5  Bu- 
 basto  shalbe  slayne  with  the  swearde,  ad  caried 
 awaye  captyue.  At  Taphnis  the  daye  shalbe 
 darcke,  when  I  breake  there  the  scepter  of 
 the  londe  of  Egipte,  and  when  y  pompe  of  hir 
 power  shal  haue  an  ende.  A  cloude  shal 
 couer  her,  and  hir  doughters  shalbe  led  awaye 
 in  to  captyuyte.  Thus  will  I  punysh  Egipte,  that 
 they  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 It  happened  in  the  xi.  yeare,  vpon  the 
 seueth  daye  of  y  first  Moneth,  y  the  LORDES 
 worde  came  vnto  me,  sayege :  Beholde,  thou 
 Sonne  of  ma,  I  wil  breake  y  arme  of  Pharao 
 kynge  of  Egipte  :  and  lo,  it  shal  not  be  boiide 
 vp  to  be  healed,  nether  shal  eny  playstre  be 
 layed  vpon  it,  for  to  ease  it,  or  to  make  it  so 
 stroge,  as  to  holde  a  swearde.  Therfore,  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  beholde,  I  will  vpon 
 Pharao  f  kinge  of  Egipte,  5  brusse  his  stroge 
 arme  (yet  is  it  but  a  broken  one)  5  will  smyte 
 the  swearde  out  of  his  honde. 
 
 As  for  the  Egipcians,  I  wil  scatre  them 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  5  strowe  the  in  the 
 londes  aboute.  Agayne  I  wil  strength  y  arme 
 of  the  kinge  of  Babilo,  3  geue  him  my  swearde 
 in  his  bode :  but  I  wil  breake  Pharaos  arme, 
 so  y  he  shal  holde  it  before  him  piteously, 
 like  a  wounded  man. 
 
Cftap,  vnih 
 
 Wbt  projpftet  (Smlntl 
 
 ffo,  tircv)LTb. 
 
 Yee  I  will  stablish  the  kynge  of  Babilos 
 arme,  (i  the  armes  of  Pharao  shal  fall  downe : 
 that  it  mayebeknowne,that  I  am  the  LORDE, 
 which  geue  the  kynge  off  Babilon  my  swearde 
 in  his  hode,  that  he  maye  drawe  it  out  vpon 
 the  londe  of  Egipte :  and  that  when  I  scatre 
 the  Egipcians  amonge  the  Gentiles,  and  strowe 
 them  in  y  lodes  aboute,  they  maye  knowe,  -y  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Cijc  mi.  Cfjaptcr. 
 
 MOROUER,  it  happened  in  the  xi.  yeare 
 y  first  daye  of  the  thirde  Moneth,  that 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto  me, 
 sayenge:  "Thou  sonne  of  man,  speake  vnto 
 Pharao  the  kynge  of  Egipte,  ad  to  all  his 
 people:  Whom  art  thou  like  in  thy  great- 
 nesse  ?  Beholde,  Assur  was  like  a  Cedre  tre 
 vpo  the  mount  of  Libanus,  with  fayre  braiiches : 
 so  thicke,  that  he  gaue  shadowes,  and  shot  out 
 very  hye.  His  toppe  reached  vnto  the  cloudes. 
 The  waters  made  him  greate,  and  the  depe 
 set  him  vp  an  hye.  Roiide  aboute  the  rotes 
 of  him  riine  there  floudes  of  water,  he  sent 
 out  his  litle  ryuers  vnto  all  the  trees  of  the 
 felde.  Therfore  was  he  hyer  the  all  the  trees 
 of  the  felde,  and  thorow  y  multitude  of  waters 
 that  he  sent  fro  him,  he  optayned  many  and 
 longe  braunches.  All  foules  of  the  ayre  made 
 their  nestes  in  his  braiiches,  vnder  his  bowes 
 gedred  all  the  beastes  of  f  felde,  5  vnder  his 
 shadow  dwelt  all  people.  Fayre  and  beutifull 
 was  he  in  his  greatnesse,  and  in  the  length  of 
 his  braunches,  for  his  rote  stode  besyde  greate 
 waters :  no  Cedre  tre  might  hyde  him.  In 
 the  pleasaut  garden  of  God,  there  was  no 
 Fyrre  tre  like  his  brauches,  the  playne  trees 
 were  not  Hke  f  bowes  of  him.  AH  the  trees 
 in  the  garden  off  God  might  not  be  copared 
 vnto  him  in  his  beuty :  so  fayre  and  goodly 
 had  I  made  him  with  the  multitude  of  his 
 braunches :  In  so  moch,  y  all  the  trees  in  the 
 pleasaut  garde  of  God,  had  envye  at  h 
 Therfore,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  For 
 so  moch  as  he  hath  lift  vp  himself  so  hie,  5 
 stretched  his  toppe  in  to  the  cloudes,  5  seinge 
 his  hert  is  proude  in  his  highnesse  :  I  wil 
 delyuer  him  in  to  f  hondes  of  f  mightiest 
 amoge  f  Heithe,  which  shall  rote  him  out 
 Acordige  to  his  wickednes  will  I  cast  him 
 awaye,  the  enemies  shal  destroye  him,  5  the 
 mighty  men  of  the  Heithen  shall  so  scatre 
 
 Eze.  29.  30.  32. 
 
 Esa.  14.  c.     Eze.  32.  c. 
 
 him,  that  his  braunches  shal  lye  vpon  all 
 raountaynes  (j  in  all  valleys :  his  bowes  shall 
 be  broken  downe  to  the  grounde  thorow  out 
 the  londe.  Then  all  the  people  of  the  londe 
 shal  go  from  his  shadowe,  and  forsake  him. 
 When  he  is  falle,  all  y  foules  of  y  ayre  shal 
 syt  vpon  him,  and  all  wilde  beestes  of  the 
 felde  shal  go  aboute  amonge  his  brauches  :  so 
 that  from  hence  forth,  no  tre  in  the  water 
 shall  attayne  to  his  hyenesse,  nor  reach  hii 
 toppe  vnto  the  cloudes,  nether  shall  eny  tre 
 off  the  water  stonde  so  hye,  as  he  hath  done 
 For  vnto  death  shall  they  all  be  delyuered 
 vnder  the  earth,  and  go  downe  to  y  graue, 
 like  other  men. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 In  the  daye  when  he  goeth  downe  to  the 
 graue,  I  wil  cause  a  lamentacion  to  be  made. 
 I  will  couer  the  depe  vpon  him,  I  will  staunch 
 his  floudes,  and  the  greate  waters  shalbe 
 restrayned.  I  shall  cause  Libanus  to  be 
 soroufuU  for  his  sake,  and  all  the  trees  off  the 
 felde  shall  be  smytte.  I  wil  make  the  Heithen 
 shake  at  the  sounde  of  his  fall,*  when  I  cast 
 him  downe  to  hell,  with  them  y  descende  in 
 to  the  pytte.  All  the  trees  of  Eden,  with  all 
 the  chosen  and  best  trees  of  Libanus,  yee  and 
 all  they  that  are  planted  vpon  the  waters,  shal 
 mourne  with  him  also  in  the  lower  habitacios 
 for  they  shal  go  downe  to  hell  with  him,  vnto 
 the  that  be  slayne  with  the  swearde,  which 
 dwelt  afore  vnder  the  shadow  off  his  arme 
 amoge  the  Heithe.  To  whom  shalt  thou  be 
 lickened,  that  art  so  glorious  g  greate,  amonge 
 the  trees  off  Eden  ?  Yet  art  thou  cast  downe 
 vnder  y  earth  (amonge  the  trees  off  Eden) 
 where  thou  must  lye  amonge  the  vncircum- 
 cised,  with  them  that  be  slayne  with  the 
 swearde.  Euen  thus  is  it  with  Pharao  5  all 
 his  people,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 €^t  mi)-  Cibapttr. 
 
 IN  the  xij.  yeare,  the  first  daye  of  the  xij- 
 Moneth,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  take 
 vp  a  lamentacion  vpo  Pharao  the  kynge  of 
 Egipte,  5  saye  vnto  him:  'Thou  art  reputed 
 as  a  Lyon  of  the  Heithen,  ij  as  a  whalfish  in 
 the  see.  Thou  easiest  thy  waters  aboute  the, 
 thou  troublest  the  waters  with  thy  fete,  and 
 stampest  in  their  floudes.  Thus  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God  :  ''I  wil  sprede  my  net  ouer  f, 
 
 ■  Eze.  29.  30.  31. 
 
 '  Eze.  12.  b.  17.  c. 
 
ffo,  lium^u 
 
 €l)t  propbtt  (Sm\)itl 
 
 COap.  mih 
 
 namely,  a  greate  multitude  of  people  :  these 
 shal  dryue  the  in  to  my  yarne,  for  I  will  cast 
 the  vpd  the  lode,  and  let  the  lye  vpo  the  felde, 
 that  all  the  foules  of  the  ayre  maye  syt  vpo 
 the  :  I  wil  geue  all  the  beastes  of  the  felde 
 ynough  off  the.  Thy  flesh  will  I  cast  vpo  the 
 hilles,  and  fyll  the  valleys  with  thy  hyenesse. 
 I  will  water  the  londe  with  the  abundaunce 
 off  thy  bloude  euen  to  the  moutaynes,  (j  ;y^ 
 valleys  shal  be  full  off  the. 
 
 "When  thou  art  put  out,  I  will  couer  the 
 heauen,  and  make  his  starres  dymme.  I  will 
 sprede  a  cloude  ouer  the  Sonne,  ad  the  Moone 
 shall  not  geue  hir  light.  All  the  lightes  off 
 heauen  will  I  put  out  ouer  the,  and  bringe 
 darcknesse  vpon  thy  londe,  saieth  y  LORDE 
 God.  I  wil  trouble  the  hertes  off  many  peo- 
 ple, when  I  bringe  thy  destruccion  amoge  the 
 Heithen  and  countrees,  whom  thou  knowest 
 not.  Yee  I  will  make  many  people  with  their 
 kynges  so  afrayed  thorow  y,  that  their  hayre 
 shal  stonde  vp,  whe  I  shake  my  swearde  at 
 their  faces.  Sodenly  shal  they  be  astonnyed, 
 euery  man  in  him  self,  at  y  daye  of  thy  fall. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  the 
 kynge  of  Babilons  swearde  shal  come  vpon  f, 
 with  y  sweardes  of  the  worthies  will  I  smyte 
 downe  thy  people.  All  they  that  be  mightie 
 amonge  the  Getiles,  shal  waist  the  proude 
 pompe  of  Egipte,  and  brynge  downe  all  hir 
 people.  All  the  catell  also  of  Egipte  wil  I 
 destroye,  that  they  shal  come  nomore  vpo  the 
 waters  :  so  that  nether  mas  fote  ner  beastes 
 clawe,  shal  stere  them  eny  more.  Then  wil  I 
 make  their  vifaters  cleare,  and  cause  their 
 floudes  to  runne  like  oyle,  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 God :  when  I  make  the  londe  of  Egipte  deso- 
 late, and  when  y  countre  with  all  that  is 
 therin,  shalbe  layde  waist :  and  whe  I  smyte 
 all  the  which  dwell  in  it,  that  they  maye  knowe, 
 that  I  am  the  LORDE.  This  is  the  mourn- 
 ynge,  that  the  doughters  off  the  Heithen  shall 
 make  :  Yee  a  sorow  and  lamentacio  shal  they 
 take  vp,  vpon  Egipte  and  all  hir  people, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 In  the  xij.  yeare,  the  xv.  daye  of  the 
 Moneth,  came  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 vnto  me  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne  of  man.  Take 
 vp  a  lamentacion  vpon  the  people  of  Egipte, 
 and  cast  them  downe,  yee  ad  the  mightie 
 people  of  the  Heithe  also,  *euen  with  the  that 
 dwell  beneth :  and  with  them  that  go  downe 
 
 '  Eze.  13.  b.    loe.  3. 
 
 '  Esa.  14.  c.  Eze.  31.  c. 
 
 in  to  the  graue.  Downe  (how  fay  re  so  euer 
 thou  be)  and  laye  the  with  the  vncircumcised. 
 Amoge  those  that  be  slayne  with  the  swearde, 
 shal  they  lye.  The  swearde  is  geuen  alredy, 
 he  shal  be  drawen  forth  and  all  his  people. 
 The  mightie  worthies  and  his  helpers,  y  be 
 gone  downe  and  lye  with  the  vncircumcised 
 and  with  them  that  be  slayne  with  y  swearde : 
 shal  speake  to  him  out  of  the  hell. 
 
 Assur  is  there  also  with  his  company,  ad 
 their  graues  rounde  aboute,  which  were  slayne 
 ad  fell  all  with  the  swearde,  whose  graues  lye 
 besyde  him  in  the  lowe  pytte.  His  comos 
 are  buried  rounde  aboute  his  graue :  allto- 
 gether  wounded  and  slayne  with  the  swearde, 
 which  men  afore  tyme  brought  feare  in  to  f 
 londe  off  the  lyuynge. 
 
 'There  is  Elam  also  with  all  his  people, 
 and  their  graues  rounde  aboute  :  which  all 
 beynge  wounded  and  slayne  with  the  swearde, 
 are  gone  downe  vncircumcised  vnder  the 
 earth,  which  neuertheles  somtjTne  brought 
 feare  in  to  the  londe  off  the  lyuynge  :  for  the 
 which  they  beare  their  shame,  with  the  other 
 that  be  gone  downe  to  y  graue. 
 
 Their  buryall  is  geuen  them  and  all  their 
 people,  amonge  them  that  be  slayne.  Their 
 graues  are  rounde  aboute  all  them,  which  be 
 vncircumcised,  and  with  them  that  be  slayne 
 thorow  the  swearde  :  for  seynge  that  in  tymes 
 past  they  made  the  londe  off  the  lyuynge 
 afrayed,  they  must  now  beare  their  owne 
 shame,  with  them  that  go  downe  to  the  pytte, 
 and  lye  amonge  them,  that  be  slayne. 
 
 There  is  Mesech  also  and  Tubal,  and  their 
 people,  and  their  graues  rounde  aboute.  These 
 all  are  amonge  the  vncircucised,  and  them 
 that  be  slayne  with  the  swearde,  because  afore 
 tyme  they  made  the  londe  off  the  lyuynge 
 afrayed. 
 
 Shulde  not  they  then  lye  also  amonge  y 
 worthies,  and  vncircumcised  Giauntes  ?  which 
 with  their  weapens  are  gone  downe  to  hel : 
 whose  sweardes  are  layed  vnder  their  heades, 
 whose  wickednesse  is  vpon  their  bones :  be- 
 cause that  as  worthies,  they  haue  brought 
 feare  in  to  ;y  lode  of  f  lyuinge  ?  Yee  amoge 
 the  vncircucised  shalt  thou  be  destroyed,  and 
 slepe  with  them,  that  perished  thorow  the 
 swearde. 
 
 There  is  the  lode  off  Edom  with  hir  kynges 
 and  prynces  also,  ''which  with  their  stregth  are 
 
 ■  lere.  49.  f.  Dan.  8.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  49.  b.  Eze.  23.  b.  ; 
 
 dF 
 
C6ap.  miiU 
 
 CiK  propftct  <Bmf)itl 
 
 layed  by  them  that  were  slayne  with  the 
 swearde,  yee  amonge  the  vncircumcised,  and 
 them  which  are  gone  downe  in  to  the  pytte. 
 Morouer,  there  be  all  the  prynces  of  the 
 north,  with  all  the  Sidonias,  which  are  gone 
 downe  to  the  slayne. 
 
 With  their  feare  and  strength  they  are 
 come  to  confucion,  and  lye  there  vncircum- 
 cised, amonge  those  that  be  slayne  with  the 
 swearde :  and  beare  their  owne  shame,  with 
 them  that  be  gone  downe  to  f  pytte.  Now 
 when  Pharao  seyth  this,  he  shal  be  com 
 forted  ouer  all  his  people,  that  is  slayne  with 
 the  swearde  :  both  Pharao  i  all  his  boost, 
 saieth  y  LORDE  God.  For  I  haue  geue  my 
 feare  in  the  lode  of  the  lyuynge.  But  Pharao 
 (S  all  his  people  shal  lye  amoge  the  vncircum- 
 cised, and  amonge  them  that  be  slayne  with 
 the  swearde,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Cijc  nm-  Cijapttr. 
 
 AGAYNE,  the  worde  off  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  me,  sayenge  :  Thou  sonne 
 off  man,  Speake  to  the  childre  of  thy  people, 
 and  tell  them:  When  I  sende  a  swearde  vpon  a 
 londe,  yf  the  people  off  the  londe  take  a  man 
 off  their  countre,  and  set  him  to  be  their 
 watchman:  "ysame  man  (wha  he  seyth  the 
 swearde  come  vpon  the  londe)  shall  blowe  the 
 trompet,  and  warne  the  people. 
 
 Yff  a  man  now  heare  the  noyse  off  the 
 trompet  5  will  not  be  warned,  and  the  swearde 
 come  iid  take  him  awaye :  his  bloude  shall  be 
 vpo  his  owne  heade  :  For  he  herde  the  soude 
 of  the  trompet,  and  wolde  not  take  hede, 
 therfore  his  bloude  be  vpon  him.  But  yff  he 
 will  receaue  warnynge,  he  shal  saue  his  life. 
 Agayne,  yf  the  watch  man  se  the  swerde 
 come,  and  she  we  it  not  with  the  trompet,  so  y 
 the  people  is  not  warned :  yff  the  swearde 
 come  then,  and  take  eny  man  from  amoge 
 the :  the  same  shall  be  taken  awaye  in  his 
 owne  synne,  but  his  bloude  will  I  requyre  off 
 the  watchmans  honde. 
 
 And  now  (O  thou  sonne  of  man)  I  haue 
 made  the  a  watchman  *  vnto  the  house  of  Is- 
 rael :  that  where  as  thou  hearest  eny  thinge 
 out  of  my  mouth,  thou  mayest  warne  them 
 on  my  behalfe.  Yff  I  saye  vnto  the  wicked : 
 thou  wicked,  thou  shalt  surely  dye :  and  thou 
 geuest  him  not  warnynge,  that  he  maye  be- 
 warre  off  his  vngodly  waye :    then  shall  the 
 
 "  4  Re.  9.  d.       *  Eze.  3.  c.      '  Eze.  18.  e.      ''  Eze.  18.  d. 
 
 jTo.  ijrrrr)i:bij.' 
 
 wicked  dye  in  his  owne  synne,  but  his  bloude 
 will  I  requyre  of  thy  honde.  Neuertheles 
 yf  thou  warne  the  wicked  off  his  waye,  to 
 tume  from  it,  where  as  he  yet  wil  not  be 
 turned  from  it :  then  shal  he  dye  because  off 
 his  synne,  but  thou  hast  delyuered  thy  soule 
 
 Therfore  (O  thou  sonne  off  man)  speake 
 vnto  the  house  off  Israel,  Ye  saye  thus :  Oure 
 offences  and  synnes  lye  vpon  vs,  and  we  be 
 corrupte  in  them  :  how  shulde  we  then  be 
 restored  vnto  life  ?  Tell  them  :  As  truly  as  I 
 lyue  (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  I  haue  no 
 pleasure  in  the  death  off  the  wicked,"  but 
 moch  rather  that  the  wicked  tume  from  his 
 waye  and  lyue.  Turne  you,  turne  you  from 
 youre  vngodly  wayes,  o  ye  off  the  house  off 
 Israel.     Oh,  wherfore  will  ye  dye  ? 
 
 Thou  sonne  off  man,  telL  the  children  off 
 thy  people :  ''  The  rightuousnes  of  the  righ 
 tuous  shall  not  saue  him,  whan  so  euer  he 
 turneth  awaye  vnfaithfully  :  Agayne,  the  wick- 
 ednesse  of  the  wicked  shal  not  hurte  him,  whan 
 so  euer  he  conuerteth  from  his  vngodlynesse  : 
 
 And  y  rightuousnesse  of  the  rightuous  shal 
 not  saue  his  life,  when  so  euer  he  synneth. 
 Yff  I  saye  vnto  the  rightuous,  that  he  shall 
 surely  lyue,  and  so  he  trust  to  his  owne 
 rightuousnesse,  and  do  synne :  then  shall  his 
 rightuousnesse  be  nomore  thought  vpon,  but 
 in  the  wickednesse  that  he  hath  done,  he 
 shall  dye. 
 
 Agayne,  yff  I  saye  to  the  wicked :  '  thou 
 shalt  surely  dye :  and  so  he  turne  fro  his 
 synnes,  and  do  the  thinge  that  is  laufull  and 
 right :  In  so  moch  that  the  same  wicked  ma 
 geueth  the  pledge  agayne,  restoreth  that  he 
 had  taken  awaye  by  robbery,  walketh  in  the 
 comaundementes  off  life,  and  doth  no  wroge  : 
 
 Then  shall  he  surely  lyue,  and  not  dye 
 Yee  the  synnes  that  he  had  done,  shal  neuer 
 be  thought  vpon :  For  in  so  moch  as  he  doth 
 now  the  thynge  that  is  laufull  and  right,  he 
 shall  lyue.  And  yet  the  children  off  thy 
 people  saye  :  Tush,  the  waye  of  the  LORDE 
 is  not  right,  where  as  their  owne  waye  is 
 rather  vnright. 
 
 When  the  rightuous  turneth  from  his  righ- 
 tuousnesse, and  doeth  the  thynge  that  is 
 wicked,  he  shall  dye  therfore.  But  yf  the 
 wicked  turne  from  his  wickednesse,  doinge 
 the  thinge  that  is  laufull  and  right,  he  shall 
 lyue  therfore.    -'^Yet  ye  saye:  the  waye  of  y 
 
 '  Esa.  55.  b.  lere.  IB. a.        /Eze.  18.  f.   Ro.  2.  a. 
 
I  Jo.  iJtcviiTfanJ. 
 
 mjt  piojpbft  (S:itti)itL 
 
 Cljap.  FiDrtnjJ 
 
 LORDE  is  not  equall.  O  ye  house  of  Israel, 
 I  wil  iudge  euery  one  of  you  after  his  waycs. 
 
 In  the  xij.  yeare,  the  v.  daye  of  the  x. 
 Moneth  of  oure  captyuyte,  it  happened,  that 
 one  which  was  fled  out  of  lerusalem,  came 
 vnto  me,  and  sayde :  y  cite  is  destroyed. 
 Now  the  honde  of  the  LORDE  had  bene 
 vpon  me  the  euenynge,  afore  this  man  (which 
 was  escaped)  came  vnto  me,  and  had  opened 
 my  mouth,  vntyll  the  mornpge  that  he  came 
 to  me :  Yee  he  opened  my  mouth,  so  y  I  was 
 nomore  domme.  Then  came  the  worde  of  f 
 LORDE  vnto  me,  and  sayde:  Thou  sonne 
 off  man,  these  that  dwell  in  the  waisted  londe 
 of  Israel,  saye :  Abraham  was  but  one  man, 
 ad  he  had  the  londe  in  possessio :  now  are  we 
 many,  and  the  londe  is  geuen  vs  to  possesse 
 also.  And  therfore  tell  them  :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE :  In  the  bloude  haue  ye  eaten, 
 youre  eyes  haue  ye  lift  vp  to  Idols,  "  and  haue 
 shed  bloude :  shal  ye  then  haue  the  londe  in 
 possession  ? 
 
 Ye  leane  vpon  youre  sweardes,  ye  worke 
 abhominacions,  euery  one  defyleth  his  negh- 
 bours  wife :  and  shal  ye  then  possesse  the 
 londe  ?  Saye  thou  these  wordes  vnto  the : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  As  truly  as  I 
 lyue,  all  ye  that  dwell  in  this  wildernesse, 
 shall  be  slayne  vnth  the  swearde :  what  so  is 
 vpon  the  felde,  will  I  geue  vnto  the  beestes  to 
 be  deuoured  :  those  that  be  in  stronge  holdes 
 and  dennes,  shall  dye  off  the  pestilece.  For 
 I  wil  make  the  londe  desolate  and  waist,  and 
 f  pope  off  hir  strength  shall  come  to  an  ende. 
 The  mountaynes  in  Israel  shal  be  so  waiste 
 that  no  man  shall  trauayle  therby. 
 
 *Then  shall  they  lerne  to  knowe,  that  I  am 
 the  LORDE,  whe  I  make  the  lode  waist  and 
 desolate,  because  off  all  their  abhominacions, 
 that  they  haue  wrought.  And  thou  sonne  off 
 man,  the  children  off  thy  people  y  talke  of 
 the,  by  the  walles  ad  in  the  dores  of  their 
 houses,  sayenge  one  to  another :  come,  let  vs 
 heare,  what  worde  is  gone  forth  from  the 
 LORDE:  These  come  vnto  the,  after  f 
 maner  of  a  greate  people  :  yee  my  people  syt 
 downe  before  the,  and  heare  thy  wordes,  but 
 they  do  not  therafter  :  '  For  in  their  mouthes 
 they  shewe  them  selues,  as  though  they  were 
 feruent,  but  their  herte  goeth  after  their  owne 
 couetous   lucre.     And  as  a  balet  y  hath  a 
 
 "  Leui.  17.  d.  Deu.  3.  c.       '  Eze.  25.  c. 
 Mat.  15.  a.      '  Eze.  13.  a.  lere.  14.  b.  23.  : 
 
 '  Esa.  29.  c 
 '  Luc.  4.  b 
 
 swete  tune,  Jid  is  pleasaut  to  synge,  so  shalt 
 thou  be  vnto  them :  thy  wordes  shal  they 
 heare,  but  they  will  not  do  therafter.  Whe 
 this  commeth  to  passe  (for  lo,  it  cometh  in 
 dede)  then  shal  they  knowe,  that  there  hath 
 bene  a  prophet  amonge  them. 
 
 CI)e  vvni'j-  Clbapter. 
 
 AND  the  worde  off  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  off  ma, 
 prophecye  agaynst  the  shepherdes  of  Israel, 
 prophecy,  and  speake  vnto  them  :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  Wo  be  vnto  the  shep- 
 herdes off  Israel,  ''that  fede  them  selues. 
 Shulde  not  the  shepherdes  fede  y  flockes  ? 
 
 Ye  haue  eaten  vp  the  fatte,  ye  haue  clothed 
 you  with  the  woll:  the  best  fedde  haue  ye 
 slayne,  but  y  flocke  haue  ye  not  norished: 
 '  The  weake  haue  ye  not  holden  vp,  the  sicke 
 haue  ye  not  healed :  the  broken  haue  ye  not 
 bounde  together,  the  outcastes  haue  ye  not 
 brought  agayne :  ■'^y  lost  haue  ye  not  sought, 
 but  churlishly  and  cruelly  haue  ye  ruled  the. 
 Thus  are  they  scatred  here  and  there  without 
 a  shepherde  :  yee  all  the  beastes  off  the  felde 
 deuoure  them,  and  they  go  astraye. 
 
 My  shepe  go  wandringe  vpon  all  moutaynes 
 and  vpon  euery  hye  hill,  yee  they  be  scatred 
 abrode  in  all  feldes,  and  there  is  no  man,  that 
 careth  for  them,  or  seketh  after  them. 
 
 Therfore  o  ye  shepherdes,  heare  the  worde 
 off  the  LORDE,  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 God :  As  truly  as  I  lyue,  for  so  moch  as  my 
 shepe  are  robbed,  and  deuoured  off  all  the 
 wylde  beestes  off  the  felde,  hauynge  no  shep- 
 herde :  and  seynge  that  my  shepherdes  take 
 no  regarde  off  my  shepe,  but  fede  them  selues 
 only,  and  not  my  shepe :  Therfore  heare  y 
 worde  off  the  LORDE,  o  ye  shepherdes : 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God:  Beholde,  I 
 my  selff  will  vpon  the  shepherdes,  and  requyre 
 my  shepe  from  their  hondes,  and  make  the 
 ceasse  from  fedynge  of  my  shepe :  yee  the 
 shepherdes  shall  fede  them  selues  nomore : 
 For  I  will  delyuer  my  shepe  out  off  their 
 mouthes  so  that  they  shall  not  deuoure  them 
 after  this. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Be- 
 holde, ^  I  will  loke  to  my  shepe  myselff,  and 
 seke  them.  Like  as  a  shepherde  amoge  the 
 flocke  seketh  after  the  shepe  that  are  scatred 
 
 /  1  Pe.  5.  a.        e  lob.  10.  a.    Heb.  13.  d.    1  Pe.  2.  c.  5.  a. 
 
Cfeajp.  jLTJib. 
 
 Cfte  propI)rt  (S^ttintl 
 
 fo,  ti(t}:mT:, 
 
 abrode,  euen  so  will  I  seke  after  my  shepe, 
 and  gather  them  together  out  off  all  places, 
 where  they  haue  bene  seatred  in  the  cloudy 
 and  darcke  daye.  I  will  brlnge  them  out 
 from  all  people,  and  gather  them  together 
 out  of  all  londes.  I  will  bringe  the  in  to  their 
 owne  londe,  and  fede  them  vpon  the  moun- 
 taynes  off  Israel,  by  the  ryuers,  and  in  all  the 
 places  of  the  countre.  I  will  fede  them  in 
 right  good  pastures,  and  vpon  the  hie  moun- 
 taynes  off  Israel  shall  their  foldes  be.  There 
 shal  they  lye  in  a  good  folde,  ad  in  a  fat 
 pasture  shall  they  fede  :  euen  vpon  the  moun- 
 taynes  of  Israel. 
 
 I  will  fede  my  shepe  myselff,  and  bringe 
 them  to  their  rest,  sayeth  the  LORDE  God. 
 Soch  as  be  lost,  will  I  seke :  "  soch  as  go 
 astraye,  wil  I  brynge  agayne :  soch  as  be 
 wouded,  will  I  bynde  vp :  soch  as  be  weake, 
 will  I  make  stronge  :  soch  as  be  fat  and  well 
 lykinge,  those  will  I  preserue,  and  fede  them 
 with  y  thinge  that  is  laufull.  And  as  for  you 
 (o  my  shepe)  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  :  I  will 
 put  a  difference  amonge  the  shepe,  *  amonge 
 the  wethers  ad  the  goates.  Was  it  not  ynough 
 for  you,  to  eat  vp  the  good  pasture,  but  ye 
 must  treade  downe  the  residue  of  youre  pas- 
 ture with  youre  fete  also  ?  Was  it  not  ynough 
 for  you  to  drynke  cleare  water,  but  ye  must 
 trouble  the  residue  also  with  youre  fete  ? 
 
 Thus  my  shepe  must  be  fayne  to  eate  y  thinge, 
 that  ye  haue  troden  downe  with  youre  fete,  and 
 to  drynke  it,  that  ye  with  youre  fete  haue  defyled. 
 
 Therfore,  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God 
 vnto  them :  Beholde,  I  will  seuer  the  fat 
 shepe  from  the  leane  :  for  so  moch  as  ye  haue 
 shot  the  weake  shepe  apo  y  sydes  5  shulders, 
 and  runne  vpon  them  with  youre  homes,  so 
 louge  till  ye  haue  vtterly  seatred  them  abrode. 
 I  wil  helpe  my  shepe,  so  y  they  shal  nomore 
 be  spoyled :  yee  I  wil  discerne  one  shepe  from 
 another.  I  wil  rayse  vp  vnto  them  one  only 
 shepherde :  "euen  my  seruaunt  Dauid,  he  shal 
 fede  the,  and  he  shal  be  their  shepherde.  I 
 the  LORDE  wil  be  their  God,  and  my  ser- 
 uaunt Dauid  shal  be  their  prince :  Euen  I  the 
 LORDE  haue  spoken  it. 
 
 Morouer,  I  wil  make  a  couenaunt  of  peace 
 with  them,  and  dryue  all  euell  beastes  out  of 
 the  londe :  so  that  they  maye  dwell  safely  in 
 the  wildernesse,    and   slepe   in  the  woddes. 
 
 "  Luc.  4.  b.  loh.  10.  a.  '  Matt.  25.  c.  '  lere.  30.  b. 
 Act.  2.  c.   Mich.  5.  a.      <'  Deu.  11.  b.  28.  b.    '  Psal.  94.  b. 
 
 Good  fortune  (j  prosperite  wil  I  geue  them, 
 and  vnto  all  that  be  rounde  aboute  my  hUl. 
 ''A  prosperous  shower  and  rayne  wil  I  sende 
 them  in  due  season,  that  the  trees  in  the  wodde 
 maye  bringe  forth  their  frutes,  d  y  grounde 
 hir  increase.  They  shalbe  safe  in  their  londe, 
 and  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE, 
 which  haue  broke  their  yocke,  and  delyuered 
 them  out  of  the  hondes  of  those,  that  helde 
 them  in  subieccion. 
 
 They  shal  nomore  be  spoyled  of  the  Heithen, 
 ner  deuoured  with  the  beastes  of  the  lode :  but 
 safely  shal  they  dwell,  5  no  man  shall  fraye 
 them.  I  wil  set  vp  an  excellet  plate  for  them, 
 so  y  they  shal  suffre  no  more  hunger  in  the 
 londe,  nether  beare  the  reprofe  of  y  Heithen 
 eny  more.  Thus  shal  they  vnderstonde,  that 
 I  the  LORDE  their  God  am  with  them,  5  y 
 they  (euen  the  house  of  Israel)  are  my  people, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God.  Ye  men  are  my 
 flocke,  ye  are  the  shepe  of  my  pasture : "  and 
 I  am  youre  God,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 5nf)t  vyrb-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 MOROUER,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 came  vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  turne  thy  face  towarde  the  mount 
 Seir,  prophecy  vpon  it,  5  saye  vnto  it :  •'^Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  BeTiolde,  (o  thou 
 mount  Seir)  I  will  vpon  the,  I  will  reach  out 
 myne  hode  ouer  the,  yee  waist  5  desolate  wil 
 I  make  the.  Thy  cities  wil  I  breake  downe, 
 5  thou  shalt  lye  voyde:  that  thou  mayest 
 knowe,  how  that  I  am  the  LORDE.  *For 
 so  moch  as  thou  bearest  an  olde  enemyte 
 agaynst  the  children  of  Israel,  5  with  a  cruel! 
 honde  hast  made  them  afrayed,  what  tyme  asj 
 they  were  troubled  (t  punyshed  for  their  synne : 
 Therfore,  as  truly  as  I  lyue  (saieth)'  LORDE 
 God)  I  wil  prepare  the  vnto  blonde,  yee  bloude 
 shal  folowe  vpon  the:  ''seinge  thou  layest 
 waite  for  bloude,  therfore  shall  bloude  perse- 
 cute the.  Thus  wil  I  make  the  mount  Seir 
 desolate  d  waist,  and  bringe  to  passe,  that  there 
 shall  no  man  go  thither,  ner  come  from  thence. 
 His  mountaynes  wil  I  fyll  with  his slayne  men: 
 thy  hilles,  dales  and  valleys  shal  lye  full  of 
 them,  that  are  slayne  with  y  swearde.  I  wil 
 make  the  a  perpetuall  wildernesse,  so  that 
 noman  shal  dwell  in  thy  cities :  y  ye  maye 
 knowe,  how  y  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 /  Esa.  34.  a.    lere.  49.  b. 
 e  Nu.  20.  c.     Deu.  ^.  a. 
 
 Eze.  25.  b.  32.  f. 
 *  1  Mac.  5.  a. 
 
fo,  iJicpI. 
 
 €l)t  piopfttt  (Sittintl 
 
 Cftap.  m^i' 
 
 And  because  thou  hast  sayde :  what,  both 
 these  nacioiis  and  both  these  londes  must  be 
 myne,  (j  I  wil  haue  them  in  possession,"  where 
 as  the  LORDE  was  there.  Therfore,  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  As  truly  as  I  lyue, 
 I  will  hadle  the  acordinge  to  thy  wrath  and 
 gelousy,  like  as  thou  hast  dealt  cruelly  with 
 them :  that  I  maye  be  knowne  amSge  them, 
 how  I  haue  punyshed  the.  Yee  and  that  thou 
 also  mayest  be  sure,  that  I  the  LORDE  haue 
 herde  all  thy  despyteful  wordes,  which  thou 
 hast  spoke  agaynst  the  mountaynes  of  Israel, 
 sayenge :  Lo,  they  are  made  waist,  and  geuen 
 vs  to  deuoure. 
 
 Thus  with  youre  mouthes  ye  haue  made 
 youre  boost  agaynst  me,  yee  d  multiplied  youre 
 proude  wordes  agaynst  me,  which  I  haue 
 herde  altogether.  Where  vnto,  thus  saieth  y 
 LORDE  God:  when  the  whole  worlde  is  in 
 wealth,  then  wil  I  make  the  waist.  *  And  like 
 as  thou  (o  mount  Seir)  wast  glad,  because  the 
 heretage  of  the  house  of  Israel  was  destroyed: 
 euen  so  wil  I  do  vnto  the  also,  that  thou  and 
 whole  Edom  shall  be  destroyed,  5  knowe,  that 
 I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci^e  yyybi.  CijapUr. 
 
 THOU  Sonne  of  man,  prophecie  vpon  the 
 mountaynes  of  Israel,*^  5  speake :  Heare 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  o  ye  mountaynes 
 of  Israel :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Because  youre  enemie  hath  sayde  vpon  you: 
 A  ha,  f  hie  euerlastynge  places  are  now  be- 
 come ours :  prophecy  therfore,  5  speake  :  thus 
 saieth  y  LORDE  God :  Seinge  ye  be  waisted 
 I  trode  downe  on  euery  syde,  5  become  a 
 possession  vnto  y-  resydue  of  f  Getiles,  which 
 haue  brought  you  in  to  mes  mouthes  5  vnto 
 an  euel  name  amonge  f  people :  Therfore, 
 heare  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  God,  o  ye 
 mountaynes  of  Israel :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God  vnto  the  mountaynes  and 
 hilles,  valleys  5  dales,  to  the  voyde  wilder- 
 nesses I  desolate  cities,  which  are  spoyled,  and 
 had  in  derision  on  euery  syde,  amonge  the 
 resydue  of  the  Heithe :  Yee  eue  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God :  In  the  fyre  of  my  gelousy 
 haue  I  taken  a  deuyce,  agajTist  the  resydue  of 
 the  Getiles,  and  agaynst  all  Edom :  which  haue 
 take  in  my  lode  vnto  the  seluesfor  a  possession: 
 which  also  reioysed  fro  their  whole  herte  with  a 
 despiteful  stomacke,  to  waist  it,  and  to  spoyle  it. 
 
 Prophecy  therfore  vpon  the  londe  of  Israel, 
 speake  vnto  f  mountaynes  and  hilles,  to  valleys 
 and  dales,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God: 
 Beholde,  this  haue  I  deuysed  in  my  gelousy 
 and  terrible  wrath :  For  so  moch  as  ye  haue 
 suffred  reprofe  of  the  Heithen,  therfore  thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  I  haue  sworne,  that 
 the  Gentiles  which  lye  aboute  you,  shal  beare 
 youre  confucion  them  selues.  And  as  for  you 
 (o  mountaynes  of  Israel)  ye  shall  shute  out 
 youre  braunches,  and  bringe  forth  youre  frute 
 to  my  people  of  Israel,  for  it  is  harde  by,  that 
 it  wil  come. 
 
 Beholde,  I  come  vnto  you,  and  vnto  you 
 will  I  turne  me,  that  ye  maye  be  tylled  and 
 sowen.  I  wil  sende  you  moch  people,  which 
 shalbe  all  of  the  house  of  Israel:  the  cities 
 shalbe  inhabited,  and  y  decayed  places  shalbe 
 repayred  againe.  I  wil  prouyde  you  with 
 moch  people  and  catell,  which  shal  increaise  u 
 bringe  frute.  I  wil  restore  you  also  to  youre 
 olde  estate,  and  shewe  you  more  kindnes  the 
 euer  ye  had  before :  wherby  ye  shal  knowe,  y 
 I  am  the  LORDE.  Yee  people  wil  I  sende 
 vnto  you  (o  my  folke  of  Israel)  which  shal 
 haue  the  in  possession,  and  thou  shalt  be  their 
 inheritaunce,  so  that  thou  shalt  nomore  be 
 without  them.  Agayne,  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God:  For  so  moch  as  they  saye 
 vnto  you :  thou  art  an  eater  vp  of  men,  and  a 
 waister  of  thy  people  :  therfore  thou  shalt  eate 
 no  mo  men,  nether  destroye  thy  people  eny 
 more,  saieth  the  LORDE  God.  And  I  wil 
 not  suffre  the,  for  to  heare  thine  owne  con- 
 fucion amonge  the  Gentiles  from  hensforth. 
 Thou  shalt  not  beare  the  reprofe  of  thenacions, 
 ner  cast  out  thine  owne  people  enymore,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge  :  O  thou  sonne  of  ma,  when 
 the  house  of  Israel  dwelt  vpon  their  owne 
 grounde,  they  defyled  them  selues  with  their 
 owne  wayes  5  ymaginacions :  so  that  in  my 
 sight  their  waye  was  like  the  vnclennesse  of  a 
 menstruous  woman.  Wherfore  I  poured  my 
 wrothfull  displeasure  vpon  them,  because  of 
 the  bloude  that  they  had  shed  in  the  londe,  5 
 because  of  their  Idols,  wherwith  they  had  de- 
 fyled them  selues.  I  scatred  them  also  amonge 
 the  Heithen,  so  that  they  were  strewed  aboute 
 in  the  lodes.  Acordinge  to  their  wayes  5  after 
 their  owne  inuencions,  so  dyd  I  punysh  them. 
 
Cftap,  m^ih 
 
 €l)t  propftet  (l£]tcl)itl 
 
 jfo.  Iirrvlu 
 
 dF 
 
 "  Now  when  they  were  gone  vnto  the 
 Heithen,  and  come  in  amonge  them,  they 
 dishonoured  my  holy  name:  so  that  it  was 
 sayde  of  them :  Are  these  the  people  of  God, 
 a  must  go  out  of  their  owne  londe  ?  Then 
 spared  I  my  holy  name,  which  y  house  of 
 Israel  had  dishonoured  amonge  the  Gentiles, 
 to  whom  they  came.  Therfore  tell  f  house 
 of  Israel :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  I 
 do  not  this  for  youre  sakes  (O  house  of  Israel) 
 but  for  my  holy  names  sake,  which  ye  dis- 
 honoured amoge  the  Heithen,  when  ye  came 
 to  them.  Therfore,  I  wil  halowe  my  greate 
 name  agayne,  which  amonge  the  Getiles  is 
 euel  spoken  of:  for  ye  youre  selues  haue 
 dishonoured  it  amoge  them.  And  the  Gen- 
 tiles shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  when 
 I  am  honoured  in  you  before  their  eyes,  saieth 
 y  LORDE  God. 
 
 As  for  you,  I  wil  take  you  from  amonge 
 the  Heithen,  and  gather  you  together  out  of 
 all  countrees,  and  bringe  you  agayne  in  to 
 youre  owne  londe.  *  Then  will  I  poure  cleare 
 water  vpon  you,  (j  ye  shalbe  clene :  Yee  from 
 all  youre  vnclennesse  and  from  aU  youre  Idols 
 shal  I  dense  you.  A  new  herte  also  wil  I 
 geue  you,  ^and  a  new  sprete  wil  I  put  in  to 
 you :  As  for  that  stony  hert,  I  will  take  it  out 
 of  youre  body,  and  ''geue  you  a  fleszshy  herte. 
 I  wil  geue  you  my  sprete  amonge  you,  and 
 cause  you  to  walke  in  my  commaundemetes, 
 to  kepe  my  lawes,  and  to  fulfill  them. 
 
 And  so  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  londe,  that  I 
 gaue  to  youre  forefathers,  5  ye  shal  be  my 
 people,  and  I  wil  be  youre  God.  I  wil  helpe 
 you  out  of  all  youre  vnclenesse,  I  wil  call  for 
 the  come,  and  wil  increase  it,  and  wil  let  you 
 haue  no  honger.  I  will  multiplie  the  frutes 
 of  the  trees  and  f  increase  of  the  felde  for 
 you,  so  that  ye  shal  beare  no  more  reprofe  of 
 honger  amoge  the  Heithe.  Then  shal  ye 
 remebre  youre  owne  wicked  wayes,  and  youre 
 ymaginaciSs,  which  were  not  good:  so  that 
 ye  shal  take  displeasure  at  youre  owne  selues, 
 by  reason  of  youre  synnes  and  abhominacions. 
 
 But  I  wil  not  do  this  for  youre  sakes  (saieth 
 the  LORDE  God)  be  ye  sure  of  it.  Ther- 
 fore (o  ye  house  of  Israel)  be  ashamed  of  youre 
 synnes.  Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  what  tyme  as  I  shal  clese  you  from  all 
 youre  oflFences,  then  wil  I  make  the  cities  to 
 
 Ro.  2.  c.    Esa.  52.  b. 
 'Eze.  11.  d.  18.  e. 
 
 '  Esa.  44.  a.     lere.  17.  c. 
 Deu.S.d.        « lere.  50.  a. 
 
 be  occupied  agayne,  and  wil  repayre  the 
 places  that  be  decayed.  The  desolate  londe 
 shal  be  buylded  agayne,  which  afore  tyme 
 laye  waist,  in  the  sight  of  all  them,  that  wete 
 by.  Then  shal  it  be  sayde :  This  waist  lode 
 is  become  like  a  garden  of  pleasure,  and  the 
 voyde,  desolate  and  broke  downe  cities,  are 
 now  stronge,  and  fensed  agayne.  Then  the 
 residue  of  the  Heithen  that  lye  rounde  aboute 
 you,  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  which 
 repayre  that  was  broken  downe,  and  plante 
 agayne,  that  was  made  waist.  Euen  I  the 
 LORDE  haue  spoken  it,  g  wil  do  it  in  dede. 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  I  wil  yet 
 once  be  founde  agayne  of  y  house  of  Israel,  j 
 do  this  for  them  :  '  I  shal  increase  them  as  a 
 flocke  of  men.  Like  as  the  holy  flocke  and 
 the  flocke  of  lerusalem  are  in  the  hie  solempne 
 feastes :  so  shal  also  the  wilde  waisted  cities 
 be  fylled  with  flockes  of  men :  and  they  shal 
 knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE. 
 
 CIjc  niii)-  Chapter. 
 
 THE  honde  of  the  LORDE  came  vpon 
 me,  5  caried  me  out  in  the  sprete  of  the 
 LORDE,  5  let  me  downe  in  a  playne  felde, 
 that  laye  full  of  bones,  5  he  led  me  rounde 
 aboute  by  them :  j  beholde,  the  bones  that 
 laye  vpon  the  felde,  were  very  many,  g  mar- 
 uelous  drye  also.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  me  : 
 Thou  Sonne  of  man :  thinkest  thou  these  bones 
 maye  lyue  agayne?  I  answered :  O  LORDE 
 God,  thou  knowest.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me : 
 Prophecy  thou  vpon  these  bones,  5  speake 
 vnto  them  :  Ye  drye  bones,  heare  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God  vnto  these  bones :  Beholde,  I  will  put 
 breth  in  to  you,  that  ye  maye  lyue :  I  wil  geue 
 you  synowes,  5  make  flesh  growe  vpon  you,  5 
 couer  you  ouer  with  skynne :  5  so  geue  you 
 breth,-'  that  ye  maye  lyue,  and  knowe,  that  I 
 am  the  LORDE. 
 
 ^So  I  prophecied,  as  he  had  comaunded 
 me.  And  as  I  was  prophecienge,  there  came 
 a  noyse  and  a  greate  mocion,  so  that  the  bones 
 ranne  euery  one  to  another.  Now  whe  I  had 
 loked,  beholde,  they  had  synowes,  and  flesh 
 grewe  vpon  them :  and  aboue  they  were 
 couered  with  skynne,  but  there  was  no  breth 
 in  them.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  me :  Thou 
 Sonne  of  man,  prophecie   thou  towarde  the 
 
fo,  ftccvlij* 
 
 €i)t  propftet  €^tti)ith 
 
 Cftap.  rrirbuj. 
 
 wynde  :  prophecy,  and  speake  to  the  wynde : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  Come  (o  thou 
 ayre)  from  the  foure  wyndes,  %  blowe  vpon 
 these  slayne,  that  they  maye  be  restored  to 
 Ufe.  So  I  prophecied,  as  he  had  commaunded 
 :  Then  came  the  breth  in  to  them,  and 
 they  receaued  life,  and  stode  vp  vpon  their 
 fete,  a  maruelous  greate  sorte. 
 
 Morouer,  he  sayde  vnto  me :  Thou  sonne 
 of  man,  these  bones  are  the  whole  house  of 
 Israel.  Beholde,  they  saye  :  "oure  bones  are 
 dryed  vp,  oure  hope  is  gone,  we  are  clene  cut 
 of.  Therfore  prophecie  thou,  5  speake  vnto 
 them.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Be- 
 holde, I  wil  open  youre  graues  (o  my  people) 
 (J  take  you  out  of  youre  sepulcres,  (j  bringe 
 you  in  to  the  londe  of  Israel  agayne.  So  shall 
 ye  knowe  y  I  am  the  LORDE,  when  I  open 
 youre  graues,  (j  bringe  you  out  of  them.  My 
 sprete  also  wil  I  put  in  you,  5  ye  shal  lyue :  I 
 wil  set  you  agayne  in  youre  owne  londe,  and 
 ye  shal  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  which 
 haue  sayde  it,  and  fulfilled  it  in  dede. 
 
 The  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto  me, 
 sayenge:  Thou  sonne  of  man,  take  a  sticke 
 and  wryte  vpon  it :  Vnto  luda  j  to  the 
 children  of  Israel  his  companyons.  Then 
 take  another  sticke,  and  wryte  vpon  it :  Vnto 
 loseph  the  stocke  of  Ephraim,  and  to  all  the 
 housholde  of  Israel  his  companyons.  And 
 than  take  both  these  together  in  thine  honde, 
 so  shal  there  be  one  stycke  therof.  Now  yf 
 the  childre  of  thy  people  saye  vnto  the :  wilt 
 thou  not  shewe  vs,  what  thou  meanest  by 
 these  ?  Then  geue  them  this  answere :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Beholde,  *I  wil 
 take  the  stocke  of  loseph,  which  is  in  the  honde 
 of  Ephraim  and  of  the  trybes  of  Israel  his 
 felowes,  and  wil  put  them  to  the  stocke  of  luda, 
 5  make  them  one  stocke,  and  they  shal  be  one 
 in  my  honde.  And  the  two  stickes  where  vpon 
 thou  wrytest,  shalt  thou  haue  in  thine  honde, 
 that  they  maye  se,  and  shalt  saye  vnto  them : 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  beholde, 
 I  wil  take  awaye  the  childre  of  Israel  from 
 amonge  the  Heithen,  vnto  whom  they  be  gone, 
 and  wil  gather  them  together  on  euery  syde, 
 and  bringe  them  agayne  in  to  their  owne 
 londe :  yee  I  wil  make  one  people  of  the  in  y 
 londe,  vpon  the  mountaynes  of  Israel,  and 
 they  all  shal  haue  but  one  kinge.  They  shall 
 nomore  be  two  peoples  from  hensforth,  nether 
 
 be  deuyded  in  to  two  kingdomes :  they  shal 
 also  defyle  the  selues  nomore  with  their 
 abhominacions.  Idols  and  all  their  wicked- 
 doinges.  I  wil  helpe  the  out  of  all  their 
 dwellinge  places,  wherin  they  haue  synned: 
 d  will  so  dense  them,  that  they  shalbe  my 
 people,  and  I  their  God. 
 
 '  Dauid  my  seruaunt  shalbe  their  kinge,  5 
 they  all  shal  haue  one  shepherde  only.  They 
 shal  walke  in  my  lawes,  and  my  commaunde- 
 mentes  shal  they  both  kepe  ij  fulfill.  They 
 shal  dwell  in  the  londe,  that  I  gaue  vnto  lacob 
 my  seruaunt,  where  as  youre  fathers  also  haue 
 dwelt.  Yee  eue  in  the  same  londe  shal  they, 
 their  children,  5  their  childers  children  dwell 
 for  euermore :  and  my  seruaunt  Dauid  shal  be 
 their  euerlastynge  prynce.  Morouer,  I  will 
 make  a  bonde  of  peace  with  them,  which  shal 
 be  vnto  them  an  euerlastinge  couenaunt.  I 
 wil  sattle  the  also,  and  multiplie  them,  my 
 Sanctuary  wil  I  set  amonge  the  for  euermore. 
 
 My  dwellinge  shalbe  with  them,  yee  I  wil 
 be  their  God,  q,  they  shalbe  my  people.  Thus 
 the  Heithen  also  shal  knowe,  that  I  the 
 LORDE  am  y  holy  maker  of  Israel :  whe  my 
 Sanctuary  shal  be  amonge  them  for  euer  more. 
 
 Wtjt  mbii).  Ci)apttr. 
 
 ND  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 
 vnto  me,  sayenge :  Thou  sonne  of  man, 
 
 turne  thy  face  towarde  Gog  in  the  londe  of 
 Magog,  which  is  the  chefe  prynce  at  Mesech 
 and  Tubal :  prophecy  agaynst  him,  and  saye : 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God :  'O  Gog  thou 
 chefe  prynce  of  Mesech  and  Tubal :  beholde, 
 I  wil  vpon  the,  and  wil  turne  the  aboute,  and 
 put  a  bytt  in  thy  chawes :  I  wil  bringe  the 
 forth  and  all  thine  boost,  both  horse  a  hors- 
 which  be  all  weapened  of  the  best 
 fashion :  a  greate  people,  that  handle  altogether 
 speares,  shyldes,  and  swerdes :  the  Perses, 
 Moryans  and  with  them  the  Lybians,  which 
 all  beare  shyldes  and  helmettes  :  Gomer,  and 
 all  his  hoostes:  the  house  of  Thogorma  out 
 of  the  north  quarters,  and  all  his  hoostes,  yee' 
 and  moch  people  with  the. 
 
 Therfore  prepare  the,  set  thy  self  in  araye 
 with  all  thy  people,  that  are  come  vnto  the  by 
 heapes,  and  be  thou  their  defence.  After 
 many  dayes  thou  shalt  be  visited,  and  in  the 
 latter  yeares  thou  shalt  come  in  to  the  lode, 
 that  hath  bene  destroyed  with  the  swearde,  5 
 
 A 
 
 Eze.  34.  d.  loh.  10.  b. 
 
 •  Apo.  20.  c. 
 
Cftap.  miV' 
 
 €\)t  prophet  (£ittf)itl 
 
 jTo.  Uctjrluj, 
 
 now  is  replenished  agayne  with  dyuerse  people 
 vpon  the  mountaynes  of  Israel,  which  haue 
 loge  lyen  waist.  Yee  they  be  brought  out  of 
 the  nacions,  j  dwell  all  safe.  Thou  shalt  come 
 vp  like  a  stormy  wether,  to  couer  the  lode, 
 and  as  it  were  a  darcke  cloude  :  thou  with  all 
 thine  hoostes,  and  a  greate  multitude  of  people 
 with  the. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God 
 At  the  same  tyme  shal  many  thinges  come 
 in  to  thy  mynde,  so  that  thou  shalt  ymagyn 
 myschefe,  and  saye  :  I  wil  vp  to  yonder  playne 
 londe,  seinge  they  syt  at  ease,  and  dwell  so 
 safely  (for  they  dwell  all  without  eny  walles, 
 they  haue  nether  barres  nor  dores)  to  spoyle 
 them,  to  robbe  the,  to  laye  honde  vpon  their 
 so  wel  inhabited  wildernesses :  agaynst  that 
 people,  y  is  gathered  together  from  amonge 
 the  Heithe,  which  haue  gotten  catell  and  good, 
 and  dwell  in  the  myddest  of  the  londe.  Then 
 shal  Saba  and  Dedan  and  the  marchauntes  of 
 Tharsis  with  all  their  Worthies,  saye  vnto  the : 
 Art  thou  come  to  robbe  ?  Hast  thou  gathered 
 thy  people  together,  because  thou  wilt  spoyle  ? 
 to  take  syluer  and  golde :  to  cary  awaye  catell 
 and  good :  and  to  haue  a  greate  pray  ? 
 
 Therfore,  o  thou  sonne  of  man,  thou  shalt 
 prophecie,  and  saye  vnto  Gog :  Thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  In  that  daye  thou  shalt 
 knowe,  that  my  people  of  Israel  dwelleth  safe : 
 and  shalt  come  from  thy  place,  out  of  the 
 north  partes :  thou  and  moch  people  with  the, 
 which  ryde  vpon  horses,  wherof  there  is  a 
 greate  multitude  and  an  innumerable  sorte. 
 Yee  thou  shalt  come  vpon  my  people  of  Israel, 
 as  a  cloude  to  couer  the  lode.  This  shal  come 
 to  passe  in  the  latter  dayes :  I  wil  bringe  the 
 vp  in  to  my  londe,  that  the  Heithen  maye 
 knowe  me,  when  I  get  me  honoure  vpon  the 
 0  Gog)  before  their  eyes. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Thou  art 
 he,  of  whom  I  haue  spoken  afore  tyme,  by 
 iny  seruauntes  y  prophetes  of  Israel,  which 
 prophecied  in  those  dayes  i  yeares,  that  I 
 shulde  bringe  the  vpon  them.  At  the  same 
 tyme,  when  Gog  commeth  vp  in  to  the  londe 
 of  Israel  (saieth  the  LORDE  God)  shal  my 
 indignacio  go  forth  in  my  wrath.  For  in  my 
 gelousy  and  bote  displeasure  "  I  haue  deuysed, 
 that  there  shalbe  a  greate  trouble  in  the  londe 
 of  Israel  at  that  tyme.  The  very  fyszshes  in 
 the  see,  the  foules  of  the  ayre,  the  beestes  of 
 
 »  Dan.  12.  a.  Mat.  24.  b.    Luc.  21.  c. 
 
 the  felde,  and  all  the  men  y  are  vpon  the 
 earth,  shal  tremble  for  feare  of  me. 
 
 The  hilles  also  shalbe  turned  vp  side  downe, 
 the  stayres  of  stone  shal  fall,  and  all  walles 
 shal  syncke  to  the  grounde.  I  wil  call  for  a 
 swearde  vpon  them  in  all  my  mountaynes, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God:  so  that  euerymans 
 swearde  shal  be  vpon  another.  With  pestilece 
 and  bloude  wil  I  punysh  him  :  stormy  rayne 
 and  hale  stones,  fyre  and  brymstone,  wil  I 
 cause  to  rayne  vpon  him  and  all  his  heape. 
 yee  and  vpon  all  that  greate  people  that  is  with 
 him.  Thus  wil  I  be  magnified,  honoured,  and 
 knowne  amonge  the  Heithen  :  that  they  maye 
 be  sure,  how  y  I  am  y  LORDE. 
 
 €^c  rmr-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 THERFORE  o  thou  sonne  of  man 
 prophecie  agaynst  Gog,  and  speake 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  God:  Beholde, 
 o  Gog:  'thou  chefe  prynce  at  Mesech  and 
 Tubal,  I  wil  vpon  the,  and  tume  the  aboute, 
 5  carie  the  forth,  j  lede  f  from  the  north 
 partes,  and  bringe  the  vp  to  the  mountaynes 
 of  Israel.  As  for  thy  bowe,  I  wil  smyte  it 
 out  of  thy  left  honde,  and  cast  thine  arowes 
 out  of  thy  right  honde.  Thou  with  all  thine 
 heape,  and  all  the  people  that  is  with  the, 
 must  fall  vpon  the  mountaynes  of  Israel. 
 Then  wil  I  geue  the  vnto  y  foules  and  wilde 
 beastes  of  the  felde,  to  be  deuoured :  there 
 must  thou  lye  vpon  the  felde  :  for  eue  I  the 
 LORDE  haue  spoken  it,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God. 
 
 In  to  Magog,  and  amonge  those  that  sit  so 
 carelesse  in  the  lies :  wil  I  sende  a  fyre,  and 
 they  shal  knowe,  y  I  am  the  LORDE.  I  wil 
 make  also  the  name  of  my  holynesse  to  be 
 knowne  amonge  my  people  of  Israel :  and  I 
 mil  not  let  my  holy  name  be  euel  spoken  of 
 enymore :  but  the  very  Heithen  also  shal 
 knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE,  the  holy  one 
 of  Israel.  Beholde,  it  commeth,  and  shalbe 
 fulfilled  in  dede,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 This  is  the  daye,  wherof  I  haue  spoken : 
 They  that  dwell  in  f  cities  of  Israel,  shal  go 
 forth  and  set  fyre  vpon  the  weapens,  and  burne 
 them :  shyldes  and  speres,  bowes  and  arowes, 
 bylles  and  clubbes :  seuen  yeares  shall  they  be 
 burnynge  therof,  so  that  they  shall  els  bringe 
 no  stickes  from  y-  felde,  nether  haue  nede  to 
 hew  downe  eny  out  of  the  wodde :  For  they 
 
So,  iiCDfUuj. 
 
 Cfte  prop!)tt  (B^nlntl 
 
 Cftap.  vl 
 
 € 
 
 shall  haue  weapens  ynew  to  burne.  They 
 shal  robbe  those  that  robbed  them,  and  spoyle 
 those  that  spoyled  them,  saieth  f  LORDE  God. 
 At  the  same  tjnne  will  I  geue  vnto  Gog,  a 
 place  to  be  buried  in,  in  Israel:  eue  the  valley, 
 where  thorow  men  go  from  the  east  to  the  see 
 warde.  Those  that  trauayle  therby,  shal 
 abhorre  it.  There  shal  Gog  and  all  his  peo- 
 ple be  buried :  and  it  shalbe  called  the  valley 
 of  the  people  of  Gog.  Seuen  monethes  longe 
 shall  the  house  of  Israel  be  burienge  of  them, 
 that  they  maye  dense  the  lode :  Yee  all  the 
 people  of  the  londe  shal  burie  them.  O  it 
 shal  be  a  glorious  daye,  when  I  get  me  that 
 honoure,  saieth  the  LORDE  God.  They 
 shal  ordene  men  also  to  be  deedburiers,  euer 
 goinge  thorow  the  lode,  and  appoynte  them 
 certayne  places  to  bury  those  in,  which  re- 
 mayne  vpon  the  felde,  that  the  londe  maye 
 be  clensed.  From  ende  to  ende  shal  they 
 seke,  and  that  vij  monethes  loge.  Now  those 
 that  go  thorow  the  londe,  where  they  se  a 
 jmans  bone,  they  shall  set  vp  a  token  by  it,  till 
 I  the  deedburiers  haue  buried  it  also,  in  the 
 I  valley  of  the  people  of  Gog.  And  the  name 
 of  the  cite  shalbe  called  Hamona  :  Thus  shall 
 they  make  the  londe  clene. 
 
 And  thou  sonne  of  man :  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  God:  Speake  vnto  all  the  foules 
 and  euery  byrde,  yee  and  to  all  the  wilde 
 beastes  of  the  felde  :  heape  you  together  and 
 come,  gather  you  roude  aboute  vpo  my 
 slaughter,  that  I  haue  slayne  for  you :  euen  a 
 greate  slaughter  vpon  the  mountaynes  of 
 Israel:  eate  flesh,  and  drynke  bloude.  "Ye 
 shal  eate  y  flesh  of  the  worthies,  and  drynke 
 the  bloude  of  the  prynces  of  the  londe :  of  the 
 wethers,  of  the  lambes,  of  the  goates,  and  of 
 the  oxen  that  be  all  slayne  at  Basan.  Eate  f 
 fat  youre  bely  full,  and  drynke  bloude,  till  ye 
 be  droncken  of  the  slaughter,  which  I  haue 
 slayne  vnto  you.  Fyl  you  at  my  table,  with 
 horses  j  stronge  horsmen  :  with  captaynes  and 
 all  me  of  warre,  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 I  will  bringe  my  glory  also  amonge  the 
 Gentiles,  that  all  the  Heithen  maye  se  my 
 iudgment,  that  I  haue  kepte,  and  my  honde 
 which  I  haue  layed  vpon  them :  that  f  house 
 of  Israel  maye  knowe,  how  that  I  am  f 
 LORDE  their  God,  from  that  daye  forth. 
 And  the  Heithen  shal  knowe,  that  where  as 
 the  house  of  Israel  were  led  in  to  captiuyte : 
 
 •  Apo.  19.  d. 
 
 it  was  for  their  wickednes  sake,  because  they 
 offended  me. 
 
 For  the  which  cause  I  hyd  my  face  from 
 them,  and  delyuered  them  in  to  the  hondes  of 
 their  epemies,  that  they  might  all  be  slayne 
 with  the  swearde.  Acordinge  to  their  vnclen- 
 nesse  and  vnfaithfull  dealinges,  so  haue  I  en- 
 treated them,  and  hyd  my  face  from  them. 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God:  Now 
 will  I  bringe  agayne  the  captyues  of  lacob, 
 and  haue  mercy  vpon  the  whole  house  of 
 Israel,  and  be  gelous  for  my  holy  names  sake. 
 All  their  confucion  and  offence  that  they  haue 
 done  agaynst  me,  shal  be  taken  awaye  :  and  so 
 safely  shal  they  dwell  in  their  londe,  that  no 
 man  shal  make  them  afrayed.  And  when  I 
 haue  brought  the  agajaie  from  amonge  the 
 people,  when  I  haue  gathered  them  together 
 out  of  their  enemies  londes,  and  am  praysed 
 in  them  before  many  Heithen  :  then  shall 
 they  knowe,  that  I  am  the  LORDE  their 
 God,  which  sufired  them  to  be  led  in  to  cap- 
 tiuyte amonge  the  Heithen,  but  now  haue 
 brought  them  agayne  in  to  their  owne  londe, 
 and  not  left  one  of  them  yonder. 
 
 After  that,  will  I  hyde  my  face  nomore 
 from  them,  but  will  poure  out  my  sprete  \'pon 
 the  house  of  Israel,'  saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 CI)e  vl-  d^apttr. 
 
 IN  the  XXV  yeare  of  oure  captiuyte,  in  the 
 begynnynge  of  the  yeare,  the  x  daye  of 
 the  moneth  :  that  is  the  xiiij  yeare,  after  that 
 f  cite  was  smytten  downe :  the  same  daye 
 came  the  honde  of  the  LORDE  vpon  me, 
 and  caried  me  forth  :  euen  in  to  the  londe  of 
 Israel  brought  he  me  in  the  visions  of  God : 
 and  set  me  downe  vpo  a  maruelous  hie  moun- 
 tayne,  whervpon  there  was  a  buyldinge  (as  it 
 had  bene  of  a  cite)  towarde  the  north. 
 
 Thither  he  caried  me,  and  beholde,  there 
 was  a  man,  whose  similitude  was  like  brasse, 
 which  had  a  threde  of  flax  in  his  honde,  and 
 a  meterodde  also.  He  stode  in  the  dore,  5 
 sayde  vnto  me  :  marcke  well  with  thine  eyes, 
 herken  to  with  thine  eares,  and  fasten  it  in 
 thine  hert,  what  so  euer  I  shal  shewe  the,  for 
 to  the  intent  that  they  might  be  shewed  the, 
 therfore  art  thou  brought  hither.  And  what 
 soeuer  thou  seyst,  thou  shalt  certifie  the  house 
 of  Israel  therof. 
 
 Beholde,  there  was  a  wall  on  the  outsyde 
 
Cfiap.  )fL 
 
 €in  propI)et  (SittintL 
 
 ffo,  tiajrlb. 
 
 rounde  aboute  the  house  :  the  meterodde  that 
 he  had  in  his  honde,  was  six  eubites  longe  5  a 
 spaiine.  So  he  measured  the  bredth  of  the 
 buyldinge,  which  was  a  meterodde,  and  the 
 heyth  also  a  meterodde.  Then  came  he  vnto 
 tiie  east  dore,  and  wente  vp  the  stares,  5  mea- 
 sured the  postes  of  the  dore  :  wherof  euery  one 
 was  a  meterodde  thicice.  Euery  chambre  was 
 a  meterodde  longe  and  brode :  betwene  the 
 chambers  were  fyue  eubites.  The  poste  of 
 the  dore  within  the  porche,  was  one  mete- 
 rodde. He  measured  also  the  porche  of  the 
 ynnermer  dore,  which  conteyned  a  meterodde. 
 The  measured  he  the  entrie  of  the  dore,  that 
 conteyned  eght  eubites,  and  his  pilers  two 
 eubites :  and  this  entrie  stode  inwarde. 
 
 The  chambers  of  the  dore  eastwarde,  were 
 thre  on  euery  syde :  alike  brode  and  longe. 
 The  pilers  also  that  stode  of  both  the  sydes, 
 were  of  one  measure.  After  this,  he  measured 
 the  wydenesse  of  the  dore :  which  was  x 
 eubites,  5  the  heyth  of  the  dore  xiij  eubites. 
 The  edge  before  the  chabres  was  one  cubite 
 brode  vpo  both  the  sydes,  a  the  chambres  six 
 eubites  wyde  of  either  syde.  He  measured  y 
 dore  from  the  rygge  of  one  chiibre  to  another, 
 whose  wydenesse  was  xxv  eubites,  5  one  dore 
 stode  agaynst  another.  He  made  pilers  also 
 Ix  eubites  hie,  rounde  aboute  the  courte  dore. 
 Before  the  inwarde  parte  vnto  the  fore  entre 
 of  the  ynnermer  dore,  were  fiftie  eubites. 
 The  chambers  and  their  pilers  within,  rounde 
 aboute  vnto  y  dore,  had  syde  wyndowes  :  So 
 had  the  fore  entries  also,  whose  wyndowes 
 wente  rounde  aboute  within.  And  vpon  the 
 pilers  there  stode  date  trees. 
 
 Then  brought  he  me  in  to  the  fore  courte, 
 where  as  were  chabres  ij  paued  workes,  made 
 in  y  fore  courte  roude  aboute :  xxx  chabres 
 vpon  one  paued  worcke.  Now  the  paued 
 worke  was  a  loge  besyde  the  dores,  and  that 
 was  the  lower  paued  worke.  After  this,  he 
 measured  y  bredth  from  the  lower  dore,  vnto 
 the  ynnermer  courte  of  the  out  syde,  which 
 had  an  hundreth  eubites  vpon  the  east  (j  the 
 north  parte.  And  the  dore  in  the  vttemost 
 courte  towarde  the  north,  measured  he  after 
 the  legth  and  bredth  :  his  thre  chambres  also 
 on  either  syde,  with  his  pilers  5  fore  entries : 
 which  had  euen  the  measure  of  the  first  dore. 
 His  heyth  was  fiftie  eubites,  the  bredth  xxv 
 eubites :  his  wyndowes  5  porches  with  his  date 
 trees,    had   euen   like   measure   as  the  dore 
 
 towarde  the  east :  there  were  vij  steppes  to 
 go  vp  vpo,  d  their  porche  before  them.  Now 
 f  dore  of  the  ynnermer  courte  stode  straight 
 ouer  agaynst  the  dore,  that  was  towarde  f 
 north  east.  From  one  dore  to  another,  he 
 measured  an  C  eubites. 
 
 After  that,  he  brought  me  to  the  south 
 syde,  where  there  stode  a  dore  towarde  y 
 south  :  whose  pilers  and  porches  he  measured, 
 these  had  the  fyrst  measure,  (j  with  their 
 porches  they  had  wyndowes  rounde  aboute, 
 like  the  first  wyndowes.  The  heyth  was  1 
 eubites,  y  bredth  xxv,  with  steppes  to  go  vp 
 vpon :  his  porche  stode  before  him,  with  his 
 pilers  and  date  trees  on  either  syde.  And  the 
 dore  of  the  ynnermer  courte  stode  towarde 
 the  south,  5  he  measured  from  one  dore  to 
 another  an  C  eubites.  So  he  brought  me  in 
 to  y  ynnermer  courte,  thorow  the  dore  of  the 
 south  syde  :  which  he  measured,  5  it  had  the 
 measure  a  fore  sayde.  In  like  maner,  his 
 chambres,  pilers  and  fore  entries,  had  euen 
 the  fore  sayde  measure  also.  And  he  had 
 with  his  porches  rounde  aboute,  wyndowes  of 
 1  eubites  hye,  5  xxv  eubites  brode.  The 
 porches  rounde  aboute  were  xxv  eubites  longe, 
 and  v  eubites  brode :  and  his  porch  reached 
 vnto  y  vttemost  courte :  vpon  his  pilers  there 
 were  date  trees,  and  viij  steppes  to  go  vp  vpon. 
 
 He  brought  me  also  in  to  the  ynmost  courte 
 vpon  the  east  syde,  and  measured  the  dore, 
 acordinge  to  y  measure  afore  sayde.  His 
 chabers,  pilers  and  porches  had  euen  the  same 
 measure,  as  the  first  had :  j  with  his  porches 
 he  had  wyndowes  roiide  aboute.  The  heith 
 was  1  eubites,  y  bredth  xxv  eubites:  His  porches 
 reached  vnto  the  vttemost  courte :  his  pilers 
 also  had  date  trees  on  either  syde,  and  viij 
 steppes  to  go  vp  vpon.  And  he  brought  me 
 to  the  north  dore,  and  measured  it,  which 
 also  had  the  foresayde  measure.  His  chabres, 
 pilers  and  porches  had  \vyndowes  rounde 
 aboute :  whose  heyth  was  1  eubites,  and  the 
 bredth  xxv.  His  pilers  stode  towarde  the  vtte- 
 most courte,  and  vpon  them  both  were  date 
 trees,  and  viij  steppes  to  go  vp  vpon.  There 
 stode  a  chambre  also,  whose  intrauce  was  at 
 the  dore  pilers,  and  there  the  burntoffringes 
 were  waszshed. 
 
 In  the  dore  porche,  there  stode  on  ether 
 syde  two  tables  for  the  slaughtinge :  to  slaye 
 the  brentofFringes,  synneoffringes  and  tres- 
 paceofFringes  thervpon.     And  on  the  out  syde 
 
 i>7 
 
jTo.  iicriilbi. 
 
 €l)t  propftrt  (Sin])iel 
 
 Chap.  ^It. 
 
 dT 
 
 as  men  go  forth  to  the  north  dore,  there  stode 
 two  tables.  Foure  tables  stode  on  ether 
 syde  of  the  dore,  that  is  viij  tables,  whervpon 
 they  slaughted.  I'oure  tables  were  of  hewen 
 stone  for  the  burntoffringes,  of  a  cubite  and 
 a  half  longe  and  brode,  and  one  cubite  hie : 
 whervpon  were  layed  y  vessels  and  orna- 
 inentes,  which  were  vsed  to,  the  burnt  (j  slayne 
 ofFeringes,  when  they  were  slaughted.  And 
 within  there  were  hokes  foure  fyngers  brode, 
 fastened  rounde  aboute,  to  hange  flesh  vpon, 
 5  vpon  the  tables  was  layed  the  ofFringe  flesh. 
 On  the  outsyde  of  the  ynnermer  dore  were 
 the  syngers  chambers  in  the  inwarde  courte 
 besyde  y  north  dore  ouer  agaynst  the  south. 
 There  stode  one  also,  besyde  the  east  dore 
 north  warde. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  "  This  chambre  on 
 the  south  syde  belongeth  to  the  prestes,  that 
 kepe  the  habitacion :  and  this  towarde  the 
 north,    is   the   prestes   that  wayte   vpon   the 
 
 Iter :  which  be  the  sonnes  of  Sadoch,  that 
 do  seruyce  before  the  LORDE  in  steade  of 
 the  children  of  Leui.  So  he  measured  the 
 fore  courte,  which  had  in  length  an  C  cubites, 
 and  as  moch  in  bredth  by  the  foure  corners. 
 Now  the  aulter  stode  before  the  house :  And 
 he  brought  me  to  the  fore  entre  of  the  house, 
 and  measured  the  walles  by  the  entre  dore : 
 which  were  fyue  cubites  longe  on  ether  syde. 
 The  thicknesse  also  of  the  dore  on  ether  syde, 
 was  thre  cubites.  The  legth  of  the  porche 
 was  XX  cubites,  the  bredth  xj.  cubites,  and 
 vpon  steppes  went  men  vp  to  it :  by  the  walles 
 also  were  pilars,  on  either  syde  one. 
 
 Cfjc  vli-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AFTER  this  he  brought  nu'  to  the  tem- 
 ple, and  measured  the  postes :  which 
 were  of  both  the  sydes  vj.  cubites  thicke, 
 acordinge  to  the  wydenesse  of  the  tabernacle. 
 The  bredth  of  y  dore  was  x.  cubites,  5  the 
 walles  of  the  dore  on  either  syde  fyue  cubites. 
 He  measured  the  length  therof,  which  con- 
 teyned  xl.  cubites,  and  the  bredth  xx.  The 
 wente  he  in,  and  measured  the  dore  postes, 
 which  were  two  cubites  thicke  :  but  the  dore 
 it  self  was  sixe  cubites,  and  the  bredth  of  the 
 dore  was  vij.  cubites.  He  measured  the  legth 
 and  bredth  therof,  which  were  euery  one  xx. 
 cubites,  before  the  temple. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  this  is  the  holyest 
 [of  all.     He  measured  also  the  wall   of  the 
 
 house,  which  was  sixe  cubites.  The  chambres 
 y  stode  rounde  aboute  y  house,  were  euery 
 one  foure  cubites  wyde,  and  one  stode  harde 
 vpo  another,  wherof  there  were  xxxiij.  And 
 there  stode  postes  beneth  by  the  walles  rounde 
 aboute  the  house,  to  beare  the  vp :  but  in  f 
 wall  of  y  house  they  were  not  fastened  :  The 
 syde  chambres  were  the  hyer  the  wyder,  and 
 had  steppes  thorow  them  rounde  aboute  y 
 house.  Thus  was  it  wyder  aboue,  that  from 
 the  lowest  men  might  go  to  the  hyest  5 
 mydde  chabers.  I  sawe  also  that  the  house 
 was  very  hye  rounde  aboute.  The  foundacion 
 of  the  syde  chambres  was  a  meterodde  (that 
 is  sixe  cubites)  brode.  The  thicknesse  of  the 
 syde  wall  without,  conteyned  fyue  cubites,  % 
 so  dyd  y  outwall  of  the  chabers  in  y  house. 
 
 Betwene  the  chambers,  was  the  wydenes 
 XX.  cubites  rounde  aboute  y  house.  The 
 chambre  dores  stode  ouer  agaynst  the  out 
 wall,  the  one  dore  was  towarde  the  north,  y 
 other  towarde  the  south :  and  the  thicknesse 
 of  the  outwall  was  v  cubites  rounde  aboute. 
 Now  the  buyldinge  that  was  separated  towarde 
 the  west,  was  Ixx.  cubites  wj'de  :  the  wall  of 
 the  buyldinge  was  v  cubites  thicke  roude 
 aboute,  and  the  length  foure  score  cubites  and 
 ten.  So  he  measured  the  house  which  was  an 
 C.  cubites  longe,  and  the  separated  buyldinge 
 with  the  wall  were  an  C.  cubites  loge  also. 
 The  wydnesse  before  the  house  and  of  it  y 
 was  separated  towarde  the  east,  was  an  C. 
 cubites. 
 
 And  he  measured  the  length  of  the  buyld- 
 inge before  and  behinde  with  the  chabers 
 vpon  both  the  sydes  :  and  it  conteyned  an  C. 
 cubites.  The  ynnermer  temple,  the  porch  of 
 the  fore  courte,  y  syde  postes,  these  thre  had 
 syde  wyndowes,  and  pilers  rounde  aboute  ouer 
 agaynst  the  postes,  from  the  grounde  vp  to 
 the  wyndowes :  The  wyndowes  them  selues 
 were  syled  ouer  with  hordes :  5  thus  was  it 
 aboue  the  dore,  vnto  the  ynmost  house,  and 
 without  also  :  Yee  the  whole  wall  on  euery 
 syde  both  within  and  without  was  syled  ouer 
 with  greate  hordes.  There  were  Cherubins 
 and  date  trees  made  also,  so  that  one  date  tre 
 stode  euer  betwixte  two  Cherubins :  One 
 Cherub  had  two  faces,  y  face  of  a  man  lokinge 
 asyde  towarde  the  date  tre,  and  a  lyons  face 
 on  the  other  syde.  Thus  was  it  made  roude 
 aboute  in  all  the  house :  Yee  the  Cherubins 
 
 -  1  Par.  52.  a.  3  Reg.  2.  f. 
 
Cbap.  vlii)* 
 
 €i)t  propftet  <S^tti)itl 
 
 jfo.  trcrirlfaij.l 
 
 and  date  trees  were  made  from  the  grounde 
 vp  aboue  the  dore,  and  so  stode  they  also 
 vpon  the  wall  of  the  temple. 
 
 The  bypostes  of  the  temple  were  foure 
 squared,  and  the  fashion  of  the  Sanctuary 
 was,  euen  as  it  appeared  vnto  me  afore  in  y 
 vision.  The  table  was  of  wodde,  thre  cubites 
 hie  and  two  cubites  longe :  his  corners,  the 
 length  and  the  walles  were  of  wodde.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  me :  This  is  the  table,  that 
 shal  stonde  before  the  LORDE.  The  tem- 
 ple and  the  holiest  of  all  had  ether  of  them 
 two  dores,  and  euery  dore  had  two  litle  wick- 
 ettes  which  were  folden  in  one  vpon  another, 
 on  euery  syde  two.  And  vpon  the  dores  of 
 the  temple  there  were  made  Cherubins  and 
 date  trees,  like  as  vpon  the  walles :  and  a 
 greate  thicke  balke  of  wodde  was  before  on 
 the  out  syde  of  the  porche.  Vpo  both  the 
 sydes  of  the  walles  of  the  porche,  there  were 
 made  depe  wyndowes  and  date  trees,  hauynge 
 beames  and  balkes,  like  as  the  house  had. 
 
 ®|e  >ltj.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  caried  he  me  out  in  to  the  fore 
 courte  towarde  the  north,  j  brought  me 
 in  to  the  chambre  that  stode  ouer  agaynst  the 
 backebuyldinge  northwarde,  which  had  the 
 length  of  an  C.  cubites,  whose  dore  turned 
 towarde  the  north.  The  wydenesse  conteyned 
 L.  cubites,  ouer  agaynst  the  xx.  cubites  of 
 the  ynnermer  courte,  5  agaynst  the  paued 
 worke  that  was  in  the  fore  courte.  Besyde 
 all  these  thre  there  stode  pilers,  one  ouer 
 against  another :  And  before  this  chabre  there 
 was  a  walkinge  place  of  x.  cubites  wyde,  and 
 within  was  a  waye  of  one  cubite  wyde,  and 
 their  dores  towarde  the  north.  Thus  the  hyest 
 chambres  were  allwaye  narower  then  the  lowest 
 and  myddelmost  of  y  buildinge  :  for  they  h»are 
 chambre  vpon  chambre,  and  stode  thre  toge- 
 ther one  vpon  another,  not  hauynge  pilers  like 
 the  fore  courte :  therfore  were  they  smaller 
 then  those  beneth  and  in  the  myddest,  to 
 reken  from  the  grounde  vpwarde. 
 
 The  wall  without  that  stode  by  y'  chambres 
 towarde  the  vttemost  courte  vpon  the  fore 
 syde  of  the  chambres,  was  L.  cubites  loge : 
 for  the  legth  of  ;y  vttemost  chambers  in  the 
 fore  courte  was  L.  cubites  also :  but  the 
 length  therof  before  the  temple  was  an  C. 
 cubites.  These  chambres  had  vnder  them 
 an  intraunce  of  the  east  syde,  wherby  a  man 
 
 might  go  in  to  them  out  of  the  fore  courte, 
 thorow  the  thicke  wall  of  the  fore  courte 
 towarde  the  east,  right  ouer  agaynst  the  sepa- 
 rated buyldinge.  Before  the  same  buyldinge 
 vpo  this  syde  there  were  chabers  also,  which 
 had  a  waye  vnto  them,  like  as  the  chambers 
 on  the  north  syde  of  the  same  length  and 
 wydenesse. 
 
 Their  intraunce,  fashion  and  dores  were  all 
 of  the  same  maner.  Yee  euen  like  as  the 
 other  chamber  dores  were,  so  were  those  also 
 of  the  south  syde.  And  before  the  waye 
 towarde  the  syngers  steppes  on  the  east  syde, 
 there  stode  a  dore  to  go  in  at.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  me :  The  chambers  towarde  the  north  5 
 the  south,  which  stode  before  the  backe  buyld- 
 inge: those  be  holy  habitacions,  wherin  the 
 prestes  that  do  seruyce  before  the  LORDE, 
 must  eate  the  most  holy  offringes :  and  there 
 must  they  laye  the  most  holy  ofFringes  :  meat 
 offringes,  synneoifringes  (j  trespaceoffringes, 
 for  it  is  an  holy  place.  When  the  prestes 
 come  therin,  they  shal  not  go  out  in  to  the 
 fore  courte  :  but  (seynge  they  be  holy)  they 
 shall  leaue  the  clothes  of  their  ministracion, 
 and  put  on  other  garmentes,  when  they  haue 
 eny  thinge  to  do  with  the  people. 
 
 Now  when  he  had  measured  all  the  ynner- 
 mer house,  he  brought  me  forth  thorow  the 
 east  porte,  and  measured  the  same  rounde 
 aboute.  He  measured  the  east  syde  with  y 
 meterodde,  which  rounde  aboute  conteyned 
 v.  C.  meteroddes.  And  the  north  syde  mea- 
 sured he,  which  conteyned  rounde  aboute 
 euen  so  moch.  The  other  two  sydes  also 
 towarde  the  south  and  the  west  (which  he 
 measured)  conteyned  ether  of  them  v.  C. 
 meteroddes.  So  he  measured  all  f  foure 
 sydes  where  there  wente  a  walle  rounde  aboute 
 V.  C.  meteroddes  longe,  and  as  brode  also, 
 which  separated  the  holy  from  the  vnholy. 
 
 Ci)e  ^litj.  Cl^apter. 
 
 SO  he  brought  me  to  y  dore,  that  turneth 
 towarde  the  east.  Beholde,  the  came  the 
 glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  from  out  of  the 
 east,  whose  voyce  was  like  a  greate  noyse  of 
 waters,  and  the  earth  was  lightened  with  his 
 glory.  His  sight  to  loke  vpon  was  like  the 
 first,  "  that  I  sawe,  when  I  wente  in,  what 
 tyme  as  the  cite  shulde  haue  bene  destroyed : 
 and  like  the  vision  that  I  sawe  by  the  water 
 
Lfb.  brorlbuj. 
 
 €i)t  piopf)ft  (£ntintl 
 
 Cftap.  jrliiij. 
 
 of  Cobar. "  Then  fell  I  vpon  my  face,  but 
 the  glory  of  the  LOIIDE  came  in  to  the 
 house  thorow  the  east  dore.  So  a  wjTide  tokc 
 me  vp,  and  brought  me  in  to  y  ynnenner 
 courte  :  5  beholde,  the  house  was  full  of  the 
 glory  of  the  LORDE. 
 I  B  I  herde  one  speakinge  vnto  me  out  of  the 
 liouse,  and  there  stode  one  by  me,  that  sayde 
 vnto  me :  *  O  thou  sonne  of  man,  this  rowme 
 is  my  seate,  and  the  place  of  my  fotesteppes : 
 where  as  I  wil  dwell  amonge  the  children  of 
 Israel  for  cuermore :  so  that  the  house  of 
 Israel  shal  nomore  defyle  my  holy  name 
 nether  thei,  ner  their  kinges,  thorow  their 
 whordome,  thorow  their  hie  places,  (i  thorow 
 the  deed  bodies  of  their  kinges :  which  haue 
 buylded  their  thresholdes  in  maner  harde  vpon 
 my  thresholdes,  and  their  postes  almost  at  my 
 postes :  so  that  there  is  but  a  bare  wall  be- 
 twixte  me  and  them. 
 
 Thus  haue  they  defyled  my  holy  name 
 with  their  abhominacions,  that  they  haue 
 comitted.  Wherfore  I  haue  destroyed  them 
 in  my  wrath :  But  now  they  shal  put  awaye 
 their  whordome  and  the  deed  bodies  of  their 
 kinges  out  of  my  sight,  that  I  maye  dwell 
 amoge  them  for  euermore.  '  Therfore  (o  thou 
 sonne  of  man)  she  we  thou  the  housholde  of 
 Israel  a  temple,  that  they  maye  be  ashamed 
 of  their  wickednesse,  and  measure  them  selues 
 an  example  therat. 
 
 And  when  they  be  ashamed  of  all  their  workes, 
 then  shewe  them  the  fourme  and  fashion  of  the 
 temple :  the  comynge  in,  the  goinge  out,  all 
 the  maner  and  descripcion  therof,  yee  all  the 
 vses  and  ordinaunces  of  it,  y  they  maye  kepe 
 S  fulfill  all  the  fashions  and  customes  therof. 
 
 This  is  the  descripcion  of  the  house :  Aboue 
 vpo  the  mount  rounde  aboute  all  the  corners, 
 it  shalbe  f  holiest  of  all.  Beholde,  that  is 
 the  descripcion  and  fashion  of  the  house.  This 
 is  the  measure  of  the  aulter  (after  the  true 
 cubite  :  which  is  a  spanne  longer  then  another 
 cubite)  his  botome  in  the  myddest  was  a 
 cubite  longe  and  wyde,  and  the  ledge  that 
 wente  rounde  aboute  it,  was  a  spanne  brode. 
 This  is  the  heyth  of  the  aulter:  From  the 
 grounde  to  the  lower  steppes  the  length  is  two 
 cubites,  and  the  bredth  one  cubite :  and  from 
 the  lower  steppes  to  the  higher  are  foure 
 cubites,  5  the  bredth  but  one  cubite. 
 
 -  Eze.  1. 
 Apo.  21.e. 
 
 Eze.  10.  c.  11.  d.  »  Esa.   6.  a.  66.  a. 
 
 '  Zac.  2.  a.         •!  Eio.  27.  a.         '  Eze.  44.  c. 
 
 ''The  aulter  was  foure  cubites  hie,  5  from 
 the  aulter  vpwardc  stode  foure  homes,  and  it 
 was  xij  cubites  longe  and  xij  cubites  brode, 
 vpon  the  foure  corners :  the  coueringe  of  the 
 aulter  was  xiiij  cubites  longe  and  brode  vpon 
 the  foure  corners,  and  the  ledge  that  wente 
 rounde  aboute,  had  half  a  cubite:  and  the 
 botome  therof  rounde  aboute  one  cubite  :  his 
 steppes  stode  towarde  the  easte.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  me :  Thou  sonne  of  man,  th 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  :  these  are  the  or- 
 dinaunces and  lawes  of  the  aulter,  in  the  daye 
 whe  it  is  made,  to  offre  burntoffringes,  and  to 
 sprenkle  bloude  ther  vpon.  'To  the  prestes, 
 to  y  Leuites  that  be  of  the  sede  of  Sadoch, 
 and  treade  before  me  to  do  me  seruyce,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God:  Vnto  these  geue  thou  a 
 yonge  bullocke,  for  a  synoffringe  :  (i  take  the 
 bloude  of  him  5  sprenkle  his  foure  homes 
 withal,  rt  the  foure  corners  of  the  aulter  couer- 
 inge, with  the  ledge  that  goeth  rounde  aboute: 
 herewith  shalt  thou  dense  it, '  and  reconcile  it. 
 Thou  shalt  take  the  bullock  also  of  the  syn- 
 offringe, (I  burne  him  in  a  seuerall  place  with 
 out  the  Sanctuary. 
 
 The  nexte  daye,  take  a  gootbuck  without 
 blemish  for  a  synoffringe,  to  reconcile  the 
 aulter  withall :  like  as  it  was  reconciled  with 
 f  bullocke.  Now  when  thou  hast  made  it 
 clene,  then  offre  a  yonge  bullocke  without 
 blemish,  and  a  ramme  out  of  the  flocke  with- 
 out blemish  also:  ^ Offre  them  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  let  the  prest  cast  salt  thervpon 
 ''and  geue  them  so  vnto  the  LORDE  for  a 
 burntoffringe.  Seuen  dayes  shalt  thou  bringe, 
 euery  daye  a  gootbucke.  A  yonge  bullocke 
 5  a  ramme  of  the  flocke  (both  without  blemish) 
 shal  they  offre.  Seuen  dayes  shal  they  re- 
 concile and  dense  the  aulter,  5  offre  vpon  it. 
 When  these  dayes  are  expired,  then  vpon  the 
 viij  daye  and  so  forth,  the  prestes  shal  offre 
 their  burntoffringes  and  healthoffringes  vpo  f 
 aulter :  so  wil  I  be  mercifull  vnto  you,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 €])e  yliii).  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AFTER  this,  he  brought  me  agayne  to  f 
 outwarde  dore  of  the  Sanctuary  on  the 
 east  syde,  and  that  was  shut.  Then  sayde 
 the  LORDE  vnto  me:  This  dore  shal  be  stil 
 shut,  and  not  opened  for  eny  ma  to  go  thorow 
 
 Leui.  22.  c. 
 
 Leui.  2.  b. 
 
 E 
 
jCftap.  vliiih 
 
 €\)t  propbft  (Bittlntl 
 
 ffo,  lirrvli)f. 
 
 it,  but  only  for  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel: 
 yee  he  shal  go  thorow  it,  els  shal  it  be  shut 
 still.  The  prynce  himself  shal  come  thorow 
 it,  that  he  maye  eate  bred  before  the  LORDE. 
 At  the  porche  shal  he  come  in,  and  there 
 shal  he  go  out  agayne.  "  Then  brought  he  me 
 to  the  dore,  vpon  the  north  syde  of  the  house. 
 And  as  I  loked  aboute  me,  beholde,  the  glory 
 of  the  LORDE  fylled  the  house :  and  I  fell 
 downe  vpon  my  face.  So  the  LORDE  spake 
 vnto  me :  O  thou  sonne  of  man,  fasten  this 
 to  thine  herte,  beholde,  and  take  diliget  hede 
 to  all  that  I  wil  saye  vnto  the,  concern  ynge 
 all  the  ordinaunces  of  the  LORDE  and  all 
 his  lawes :  pondre  well  with  thine  herte  the 
 commyiige  in  of  the  house  and  the  goinge 
 forth  of  the  Sanctuary:  and  tell  that  obstinate 
 housholde  of  Israel:  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God :  O  house  of  Israel,  ye  haue  now  done 
 ynough  with  all  youre  abhominacios,  seynge 
 that  ye  haue  brought  in  to  my  Sanctuary 
 straungers,  hauynge  vncircumcised  hertes  5 
 flesh,  where  thorow  my  Sactuary  is  defiled, 
 whe  ye  offre  my  bred,  fat,  s  bloude. 
 
 Thus  with  all  youre  abhominacions  ye  haue 
 broken  my  couenaunt,  and  not  kepte  the  holy 
 ordinaunces  of  my  Sanctuary :  but  set  kepers 
 of  my  Sanctuary,  euen  after  youre  owne 
 mynde.  Therfore  thus  saieth  f  LORDE 
 God :  Of  all  the  straungers  that  dwell  amoge 
 the  ehildre  of  Israel,  no  straunger  (whose  herte 
 5  flesh  is  not  circumcised)  shal  come  within 
 my  Sanctuary :  No  ner  the  Leuites  that  be 
 gone  backe  fro  me,  and  haue  disceaued  the 
 people  of  Israel  with  erroures,  goinge  after 
 their  Idols:  therfore  shal  thei  beare  their 
 owne  wickednes.  Shulde  they  be  set  and 
 ordened  to  ministre,  vnder  the  dores  of  the 
 house  of  my  Sanctuary  ?  and  to  do  seruyce  in 
 the  house  :  to  slaye  burntofFringes  and  sacri- 
 fices for  y  people :  to  stode  before  them,  and 
 to  serue  them :  seynge  the  seruyce  that  they 
 do  them,  is  before  their  Idols,  and  cause  the 
 house  of  Israel  to  stomble  thorow  wickednesse? 
 
 ''For  the  which  cause  I  haue  pluckte  out 
 myne  honde  ouer  them  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 so  that  now  they  must  beare  their  owne  ini- 
 quyte,  and  not  to  come  nye  me,  to  serue  me 
 with  their  preasheade,  in  my  Sanctuary,  and 
 most  holyest  of  all :  that  they  maye  beare 
 their  owne  shame  and  abhominacions,  which 
 
 "  Exo.  40.  c.  24.  d.  Nu.  9.  c.  3  Keg.  8.  b.  2  Par.  7.  a. 
 |»3Reg.  2.f.        '  Eze.  43.  d.  48.  b.        •<  Leui.  19.f.  21.  a. 
 
 they  haue  done.  Shulde  I  vse  them  to  be 
 porters  of  the  house,  and  to  all  the  seruyce  y 
 is  done  therin  ?  '  But  the  prestes  y  Leuites 
 the  sonnes  of  Sadoch,  that  kepte  the  holy 
 ordinaunces  of  my  Sanctuary,  when  the  chil- 
 dren of  Israel  were  gone  fro  me :  shal  come 
 to  me,  to  do  me  seruyce,  to  stonde  before  me, 
 and  to  ofFre  me  the  fat  and  the  bloude,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  God. 
 
 They  shall  go  in  to  my  Sanctuary,  and 
 treade  before  my  table,  to  do  me  seruyce,  and 
 to  waite  vpo  myne  ordinaunces.  Now  whe 
 they  go  in  at  the  dores  of  the  ynnermer  courte, 
 they  shal  put  on  lynnynge  clothes,  so  that  no 
 wollyne  come  vpon  them :  whyle  they  do 
 seruyce  vnder  the  dores  of  y  ynnermer  courte, 
 and  within.  They  shal  haue  fayre  lynnynge 
 bonettes  vpon  their  heades,  and  lynnynge 
 breches  vpon  their  loynes,  which  in  their 
 laboure  they  shal  not  put  aboute  them  :  And 
 when  they  go  forth  to  the  people  in  to  the 
 outwarde  courte,  they  shal  put  of  the  clothes, 
 wherin  they  haue  ministred,  and  laye  them  in 
 the  habitacion  of  the  Sanctuary,  5  put  on  other 
 apparell,  lest  they  onhalowe  f  people  with 
 their  clothes. 
 
 ''They  shal  not  shaue  their  heades,  ner 
 norish  the  bushe  of  their  hayre,  but  roude 
 their  heades  only.  "All  the  prestes  that  go 
 in  to  the  ynmost  courte,  shall  drynke  no  wyne. 
 They  shall  mary  no  wydowe,  nether  one  that 
 is  put  from  hir  huszbonde :  but  a  mayde  of 
 the  sede  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  a  wydowe. 
 that  hath  had  a  prest  before. 
 
 •'^They  shal  shewe  my  people  the  difference 
 betwene  the  holy  and  vnholy,  betwixte  the 
 clene  and  vnclene.  Yf  eny  discorde  aryse, 
 they  shal  discerne  it,  and  geue  sentence  after 
 my  iudgmentes.  My  solempne  feastes,  my 
 lawes  and  ordinaunces  shal  they  kepe,  and 
 halowe  my  Sabbathes.  "^They  shal  come  at 
 no  deed  persone,  to  defyle  them  selues :  (ex 
 cepte  it  be  father  or  mother,  sonne  or  doughter, 
 brother  or  sister  that  hath  had  yet  no  hus- 
 bonde)  in  soch  they  maye  be  defyled. 
 
 And  when  he  is  clensed,  there  shal  be 
 rekened  vnto  him  vij  dayes :  and  yf  he  go  in 
 to  the  Sanctuary  agayne  to  do  seruyce,  he 
 shal  bringe  a  synofFringe  saieth  the  LORDE 
 God.  ''They  shall  haue  an  heretage,  yee  I 
 my  self  wilbe  their  heretage :  els  shall  ye  geue 
 
 It  Leui.  10.  c.  '.'1.  b.    Ose.  1.  a.  3.  a.  ■''  Deu.  17.  c. 
 
 «Leui.21.a.  Nu.ri.d.    "060.18.8.  Nu.lS.c.  losu.lS.b. 
 
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#0.  liccl. 
 
 €l)t  prop&rt  (B)ttWl 
 
 Cftap,  rib. 
 
 the  no  possession  in  Israel,  for  1  am  their 
 possession.  The  meatoffringe,  synofFringe  a 
 trespace  offringe  shal  they  eate,  and  euery 
 dedicate  thinge  in  Israel,  shalbe  theirs.  The 
 firstlinges  of  ;.I1  the  first  frutes,  and  all  fre 
 will  ofFringes  shal  be  the  prestes. 
 
 Ye  shall  geue  vnto  the  prest  also  the  first- 
 linges of  youre  dowe,  that  God  maye  prospere 
 the  resydue.  "  But  no  deed  carion  shall  the 
 prest  eate,  ner  soch  as  is  deuoured  of  wilde 
 beestes,  foules  or  catell. 
 
 E^t  >lb-  Cfjapttr. 
 
 WHEN  ye  deuyde  the  lode  by  the  lott, 
 ye  shal  put  asyde  one  parte  for  the 
 LOIIDE,  ''to  be  holy  from  other  londes: 
 namely,  xxv  M  meteroddes  longe,  and  x  M 
 brode.  This  shalbe  holy,  as  wyde  as  it  is 
 rounde  aboute.  Of  this  parte  there  shal  be- 
 longe  vnto  the  Sanctuary  v  C  meteroddes  in  all 
 the  foure  corners,  and  1  cubites  wyde  rounde 
 aboute  to  the  suburbes.  And  from  this  mea- 
 sure, namely  of  xxv  M  metteroddes  longe,  and 
 X  M  brode,  thou  shalt  measure,  wherin  the 
 Sanctuary  and  the  holiest  of  all  maye  stonde. 
 
 The  resydue  of  that  holy  grounde  shall  be 
 the  prestes,  which  do  seruyce  in  the  Sanctuary 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  go  in  before  theLORDE 
 to  serue  him,  that  they  maye  haue  rowme  to 
 dwell  in. 
 
 As  for  the  Sanctuary,  it  shal  stonde  for 
 itself:  and  to  the  Leuites  that  serue  in  the 
 house,  there  shalbe  geuen  xx  habitacions,  of 
 the  xxv  M  legth  j  x  M  bredth :  ye  shal  geue 
 also  vnto  the  cite  a  possessio  of  v  M  meteroddes 
 brode,  j  xxv  M  longe,  besyde  the  parte  of  y 
 Sanctuary :  that  shal  be  for  the  whole  house 
 of  Israel.  '  Vpon  both  the  sydes  of  the 
 Sanctuarys  parte,  (j  by  the  cite,  there  shalbe 
 geuen  vnto  the  prynce,  what  so  euer  lyeth 
 ouer  agaynst  the  cite,  as  farre  as  reacheth 
 westwarde  and  eastwarde  :  which  shalbe  as 
 longe  as  one  parte,  fro  y  west  vnto  y  east. 
 
 This  shalbe  his  owne  lode  in  Israel,  that 
 my  princes  be  nomore  chargeable  vnto  my 
 people.  And  soch  as  remayneth  yet  ouer  in 
 the  londe,  shalbe  geuen  to  the  house  of  Israel 
 acordinge  to  their  trybes.  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORD  PL  God :  O  ye  princes,  ye  haue  now 
 oppressed  and  destroyed  ynough :  now  leaue 
 of,  handle  now  acordinge  to  the  thinge,  that  is 
 
 •■  Exo.  22.  d.  Leu.  24.  a.        '  Eie.  48.  b.         '  Ezo.  48.  d. 
 '  Leoi.  19.  g.    Deut.  25.  c.  Pro.  20.  b. 
 
 equall  and  laufuU  :  and  thrust  out  my  people 
 nomore,  sayeth  y  LO  R  D  E  God.  Ye  shal  haue 
 a  true  weight,  a  true  Epha,  tt  a  true  Bat. 
 
 ''  The  Epha  j  the  Bat  shalbe  a  like.  One 
 Bat  shal  coteyne  y  teth  parte  of  an  Homer, 
 and  so  shal  one  Epha  do  :  their  measure  shal 
 be  after  y  Homer.  One  Sycle  maketh  xx. 
 Geras.  '  So  xx.  Sycles,  and  xxv.  5  xv.  Sycles 
 make  a  pounde.  This  is  the  Heaue  ofFrynge, 
 that  ye  shal  geue  to  be  heaued:  namely,  the  xvj. 
 parte  of  an  Epha,  out  of  an  Homer  of  wheat : 
 and  the  xvj.  parte  of  an  Epha,  out  of  an  Homer 
 of  barlie.  The  oyle  shal  be  measured  with  the 
 Bat :  euen  the  x.  parte  of  one  Bat  out  of  a  Cor. 
 
 Ten  Battes  make  one  Homer:  for  one 
 Homer  maketh  ten  Battes.  And  one  labe 
 from  two  hundreth  shepe  out  of  the  pasture  of 
 Israel,  for  a  meatoifrynge,  burntoffrynge  and 
 healthofFrynge,  to  recocile  them,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God.  All  the  people  of  the  londe 
 shal  geue  this  heaue  ofFrynge  with  a  fre  wil. 
 Agayne,  it  shal  be  the  prynces  parte  to 
 offre  burntofFrynges,  meatoffrynges  and  drynk- 
 ofFrynges  vnto  the  LORDE,  in  the  holy  dayes, 
 new  Moones,  Sabbathes,  and  in  all  the  hye 
 feastes  of  the  house  of  Israel.  The  synofFrynge, 
 meatofFerynge,  brentoiFerynge  g  healthofltringe 
 shal  he  geue,  to  recocile  the  house  of  Israel. 
 Thus  sayeth  y  LORDE  God:  The  first  daye 
 of  the  first  moneth  thou  shalt  take  a  yoge 
 buUocke  without  blemysh,  and  dense  the 
 Sanctuary. 
 
 So  the  prest  shal  take  of  the  bloude  of  y 
 synofFrynge,  and  sprenkle  it  vpon  the  postes 
 of  the  house,  and  vpon  the  foure  corners  of 
 the  aulter,  with  the  dorepostes  of  the  ynnermer 
 courte.  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  also  the 
 seuenth  daye  of  y  moneth  (for  soch  as  haue 
 synned  of  ignoraunce,  or  beynge  disceaued) 
 to  reconcile  the  house  withall.  Vpon  f  xiiij. 
 daye  of  the  first  moneth  ye  shal  kepe  Easter. 
 '  Seue  dayes  shal  the  feast  contynue,  wherin 
 there  shal  no  sower  ner  leueded  bred  be  eate. 
 
 Vpon  the  same  daye  shal  f  prynce  geue 
 for  himself  and  all  the  people  of  the  londe,  a 
 bullocke  for  a  synofFringe.  And  in  the  feast 
 of  the  seuen  dayes  he  shal  offre  euery  daye  a 
 bullocke  5  a  ram,  that  are  with  out  blemysh, 
 for  a  burntofFrynge  vnto  the  LORDE:  5  an 
 he  goate  daylie  for  a  synofFrynge.  For  the 
 meatoffrynges  he  shall  geue  euer  an  Epha  to 
 
 «  Exo.  30.  b.     Leui.  27.  d.    Nu.  3.  g.  /  Exo.  12.  a. 
 
 Leui.  23.  a.  Deu.  16.  b. 
 
Cftap.  )rlbu 
 
 Cfte  propbft  €^ul)itl 
 
 ffo,  tittlL 
 
 a  bullocke,  an  Epha  to  a  ram,  ij  an  Hin  of 
 oyle  to  an  Epha.  Vpon  y  xv.  daye  of  the 
 seuenth  moneth,  he  shal  kepe  the  seuen  dayes 
 holy  one  after  another,  eue  as  the  other  vij. 
 dayes:  with  the  synoffrynge,  burntotfringe, 
 meatoifrynge,  and  with  the  oyle. 
 
 ®i)c  rlbt-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 THUS  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  :  f  dore 
 of  the  ynnermer  courte  towarde  the 
 east,  shall  be  shut  the  vj.  worke  dayes :  but 
 in  the  Sabbath  and  in  the  daye  of  the  new 
 Moone,  it  shalbe  opened.  Then  shal  the 
 prynce  come  vnder  the  dore  porche,  m  stonde 
 still  without  by  the  dore  cheke.  So  f  prestes 
 shall  offre  vp  his  burnt  5  healthofFrynges.  And 
 he  shal  worshipe  at  the  dore  poste,  and  go  his 
 waye  forth  agayne :  but  y  dore  shal  nomore 
 be  shut  till  the  euenynge. 
 
 On  the  same  maner  shal  the  people  of 
 the  londe  also  do  their  worshipe  before  the 
 LORDE,  without  this  dore  vpon  the  Sab- 
 bathes  and  new  Moones.  This  is  now  the 
 burntofFrynge,  that  the  prynce  shall  bringe 
 vnto  the  LORDE  vpon  the  Sabbath :  sixe 
 lambes  without  blemysh,  ij  a  ram  without 
 blemysh,  and  an  Epha  for  a  meatoffringe,  with 
 f  ram.  As  for  the  lambes,  he  maye  geue  as 
 many  meatofFrynges  to  them,  as  he  wil,  g  an 
 Hin  of  oyle  to  an  Epha.  In  the  daye  of  the 
 new  moneth,  it  shalbe  a  yonge  bullocke  with 
 out  blemysh,  sixe  lambes  (j  a  ram  also  without 
 blemysh.  With  the  bullocke  he  shal  geue  an 
 Epha,  and  with  the  ram  an  Epha  also  for  a 
 meatofferinge  :  but  to  y  lambes,  what  he  maye 
 come  by  :  And  euer  an  Hin  of  oyle  to  an 
 Epha.  When  the  prynce  cometh,  he  shall  go 
 vnder  the  dore  porche,  and  euen  there  departe 
 forth  agayne.  But  when  the  people  of  the  londe 
 come  before  the  LORDE  in  the  hye  solempne 
 feast,  as  many  as  come  in  by  the  north  dore 
 to  do  worshipe,  shal  go  out  agayne  at  the  south 
 dore.  And  they  that  come  in  at  the  south  dore, 
 shal  go  forth  agayne  at  f  north  dore.  There 
 shal  none  go  out  at  the  dore  where  he  came  in, 
 but  shal  go  forth  right  ouer  on  the  other  syde, 
 and  the  prynce  shall  goin  and  outamonge  them. 
 
 Vpon  the  solempne  and  hie  feaste  dayes, 
 this  shalbe  the  meatofferynge  :  An  Epha  to  a 
 bullock,  and  an  Epha  to  a  ram :  and  to  the 
 lambes,  as  many  as  he  wil,  but  euer  an  Hin 
 of  oyle  to  an  Epha.     Now  when  the  prynce 
 
 •  Leu.  2d.  b.    Nu.  36.  c. 
 
 bryngethaburntofferyngeoranhealthofFerynge 
 with  a  fre  wil  vnto  the  LORDE,  the  east  dore 
 shalbe  opened  vnto  him,  y  he  maye  do  with 
 his  burnt  ct  healthofFerynges,  as  he  doth  vpo 
 the  Sabbath :  and  when  he  goeth  forth,  the 
 dore  shal  be  shut  after  him  agayne.  He  shal 
 dayUe  brynge  vnto  the  LORDE  a  lambe  of  a 
 yeare  olde  without  blemish  for  a  burntoflFerynge : 
 this  shall  he  do  euery  mornynge.  And  for  a 
 meatofferynge  he  shal  geue  the  sixte  parte  of 
 an  Epha,  (j  the  thirde  parte  of  an  Hin  of  oyle 
 (to  myngle  with  the  cakes)  euery  mornynge. 
 Yee  this  shalbe  a  daylie  meatofferinge  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  for  an  euerlastinge  ordinaunce: 
 (t  thus  shal  the  lambe,  the  meatofferynge  and 
 oyle  be  geuen  euery  mornytjge,  for  a  dailie 
 burntofferinge. 
 
 Morouer,  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God : 
 Yf  the  prynce  geue  a  gifte  vnto  eny  of  his 
 sonnes,  then  shall  it  be  his  sonnes  heretage 
 perpetuall,  y  he  maye  possesse  it.  But  yf  he 
 wil  geue  one  of  his  seruauntes  some  of  his 
 heretage,  "it  shall  be  his  to  the  fre  yeare,  and 
 the  to  returne  agayne  vnto  y  prynce:  'for  his 
 heretage  shalbe  his  sonnes  only.  The  prynce 
 also  shal  take  none  of  the  peoples  enheritaunce, 
 ner  put  the  from  their  possession :  but  to  his 
 owne  sonnes  shal  he  geue  his  possession,  that 
 my  people  be  not  scatred  abrode,  but  that 
 euery  man  maye  haue  his  owne. 
 
 And  he  brought  me  thorow  the  intraunce 
 at  the  syde  of  the  dore  to  y  habitacion  of  the 
 Sanctuary,  that  belongeth  to  y  prestes  and 
 stode  towarde  the  north,  5  beholde,  there  was 
 a  place  vpon  the  west  syde,  then  sayde  he  vnto 
 me  :  This  is  the  place,  where  the  prestes  shall 
 dight  the  trespace  and  synofferynges,  5  bake  y 
 meatofferynges :  that  they  nede  not  beare  the 
 in  to  the  outwarde  courte,  and  so  to  vnhalowe 
 the  people.  So  he  brought  me  in  to  the 
 vttemost  courte,  rounde  aboute  all  the  foure 
 corners.  Beholde,  in  euery  corner  of  f  fore 
 courte,  there  was  yet  a  litle  courte.  Yee  in 
 all  the  foure  corners  of  the  courte,  there  was 
 made  a  litle  courte  of  xl.  cubites  longe,  and 
 XXX.  cubites  brode :  these  foure  litle  courtes 
 were  of  one  like  measure,  5  there  went  a  rygge 
 wall  rounde  aboute  them  all  foure,  vnder  the 
 which  there  were  harthes  made  rounde  aboute. 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me  :  This  is  the  kechin, 
 where  the  ministers  of  the  house  shal  dight  the 
 slayne  offerynges  of  the  people. 
 
 •  3  Re.  21.  a.    2  Re.  9.  b. 
 
jTo.  irdtj. 
 
 CI)r  propbrt  €)tti)itl 
 
 Cfeap.  iclfaij. 
 
 5[fjc  vlfatj.  €il)npttr. 
 9  A  FTER  this  he  brought  me  agayne  before 
 £\_  the  dore  of  the  house  :  (t  beholde,  there 
 guszshed  out  waters  from  vnder  f  postes  of 
 the  house  eastwarde  (for  the  house  stode  to- 
 warde  the  east)  that  ranne  downe  vpo  the 
 right  syde  of  the  house,  which  lyeth  to  the 
 aulter  south  warde.  The  caried  he  me  out 
 to  the  north  dore,  and  brought  me  forth  there 
 rounde  aboute  by  the  vttemost  dore,  y  turneth 
 eastwarde.  Beholde,  °  there  came  forth  the 
 water  vpon  the  right  syde.  Now  whan  the 
 man  y  had  the  meterodde  in  his  honde  wente 
 out  vnto  the  east  dore,  he  measured  a  M.  cu- 
 bites,  5  the  he  brought  me  thorow  y  water, 
 eue  to  the  ancles :  so  he  measured  yet  a 
 thousande,  5  brought  me  thorow  y  water 
 agayne  vnto  the  knees  :  yet  measured  he  a 
 thousande,  and  brought  me  thorow  the  water 
 vnto  the  loynes.  After  this  he  measured 
 thousande  agayne,  then  was  it  soch  a  ryuer,  y 
 I  might  not  wade  thorow  it :  The  water  was 
 so  depe,  that  it  was  nedefull  to  haue  swymmed, 
 for  it  might  not  be  waded  ouer.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  me :  hast  thou  sene  this,  o  thou  sonne  of 
 man?  and  with  that,  he  brought  me  to  the 
 ryuer  banck  agayne. 
 
 Now  when  I  came  there,  there  stode  many 
 trees  vpon  ether  syde  of  the  ryuer  backe. 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me :  This  water  that 
 floweth  out  towarde  the  east,  and  runneth 
 downe  in  to  the  playne  felde,  commeth  in  to 
 the  see :  and  from  the  see  it  runneth  out,  5 
 maketh  the  waters  whole.  Yee  all  that  liue 
 and  moue,  where  vnto  this  ryuer  commeth, 
 shal  recouer.  And  where  this  water  cometh, 
 there  shalbe  many  fysh.  For  all  that  commeth 
 to  this  water,  shall  be  lusty  and  whole.  By 
 this  riuer  shal  the  fyszshers  stonde  from  En- 
 gaddi  vnto  En  Eglaim,  5  there  sprede  out  their 
 nettes :  for  there  shalbe  greate  heapes  of  fysh, 
 like  as  in  the  mayne  see.  As  for  his  claye 
 and  pyttes,  they  shal  not  be  whole,  for  why, 
 it  shalbe  occupide  for  salt. 
 
 By  this  ryuer  vpon  both  the  sydes  of  the 
 shore,  there  shall  growe  all  maner  of  frutefuU 
 trees,  whose  leaues  shall  not  fall  of,  nether 
 hal  their  frute  perish  :  *  but  euer  be  rype  at 
 their  monethes,  for  their  water  runneth  out  of 
 the  Sanctuary.  His  frute  is  good  to  eate,  and 
 his  leaf  profitable  for  medycine.  Thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  God:  Let  this  be  the  border, 
 
 '  Zach.  13.  c.  and  14.  b.         '  Psal.  1.  a.         'Gen.  22.  c.| 
 
 wherin  ye  shall  deuyde  the  londe  vnto  the 
 xij.  trybes  of  Israel,  with  the  lyne.  Parte  it 
 indifferently  vnto  one  as  vnto  another :  '  of  the 
 which  lode  I  swore  vnto  youre  fathers,  that  it 
 shulde  fall  to  youre  enheritaunce. 
 
 This  is  the  border  of  the  londe  vpon  the 
 north  syde,  from  the  mayne  see,  as  men  go  to 
 Zadada:  namely,  Hemath,  Berotha,  Sabarim  : 
 from  the  borders  of  Damascus  and  Hemath 
 vnto  Hazar  Tichon,  that  lieth  vpon  the  coastes 
 of  Hauera.  Thus  the  borders  fro  the  see 
 forth,  shalbe  Hazar  Euan,  the  border  of 
 Damascus  the  north,  and  the  borders  of  He- 
 math  :  that  is  the  north  parte. 
 
 The  east  syde  shal  ye  measure  from  Haueran 
 and  Damascus,  from  Galead  and  the  londe  of 
 Israel  by  lordane  and  so  forth,  from  the  see  coast, 
 that  lieth  eastwarde  :  and  this  is  the  east  parte. 
 
 The  south  syde  is,  from  Thamar  forth  to 
 the  waters  of  strife  vnto  Cades,  ''the  ryuer,  to 
 the  mayne  see :  and  that  is  the  south  parte. 
 
 The  west  parte :  namely  the  greate  see 
 from  the  borders  therof,  till  a  man  come  vnto 
 Hemath  :  this  is  the  west  parte. 
 
 This  londe  shal  ye  parte  amonge  you, 
 acordinge  to  the  trybes  of  Israel,  and  deuyde  it 
 to  be  an  heretage  for  you,  and  for  the  straugers 
 that  dwel  amoge  you,  and  begette  children 
 
 '  For  ye  shal  take  them  amonge  the  childre 
 of  Israeli,  like  as  though  they  were  of  youre  owne 
 housholde  and  countre,  and  they  shal  haue  he- 
 retage with  you  amonge  the  childre  of  Israel. 
 
 Loke  in  what  trybe  the  straunger  dwelleth, 
 in  the  same  trybe  shal  ye  geue  him  his  here- 
 tage, saieth  the  LORDE  God. 
 
 €l)t  jibiij.  €j)apttr. 
 
 THESE  are  y  names  of  the  trybes  that 
 lye  vpon  the  northsyde,  by  the  waye  of 
 Hetlon,  tyll  thou  commest  vnto  Hemath  and 
 Hazar  Enam,  the  borders  of  Damascus  to- 
 warde the  north  besyde  Hemath :  Dan  shal 
 haue  his  porci5  from  the  east  quarter  vnto  the 
 west.  Vpon  the  borders  of  Dan  from  the  east 
 syde  vnto  the  west,  shal  Asser  haue  his  porcion. 
 Vpon  the  borders  of  Asser  fro  the  east  parte 
 vnto  the  west,  shal  Nephtali  haue  his  porcion. 
 Vpon  the  borders  of  Nephtali  from  the  east 
 quarter  vnto  the  west,  shal  Manasses  haue 
 his  porcion.  Vpon  the  borders  of  Manasses 
 from  the  east  syde  vnto  the  west,  shal  Ephraim 
 haue  his  porcion.  Vpon  the  borders  of  Ephraim 
 from  the  east  parte  vnto  the  west,  shal  Ruben 
 
 '  Num.  20.b.  Exo.ir.b.   <Leui.l9.g.Deut.  10.d.and24.c. 
 
Cfeap.  j:Ibiij. 
 
 Cfte  propfttt  (Sittl)itl 
 
 Jfo,  ijccliij. 
 
 haue  his  porcion.  Vpo  the  borders  of  Ruben 
 from  the  east  quarter  vnto  the  west,  shal  luda 
 haue  his  porcion.  Vpon  the  borders  of  luda 
 from  the  east  parte  vnto  the  west,  ye  shai  set 
 a  syde  one  porcio  of  xxv.  M.  meteroddes 
 longe  and  brode  (Uke  as  another  porcion  from 
 the  east  syde  vnto  the  west,)  wherin  the  Sanc- 
 tuary shal  stode. 
 
 As  for  the  porcion,  that  ye  shal "  separate 
 out  for  the  LORDE,  itshalbe  xxv.  M.  longe, 
 and  X.  M.  brode.  Which  separated  holy 
 porcion  shal  belonge  vnto  these :  namely  to 
 the  prestes,  towarde  the  north  xxv.  M.  5 
 towarde  the  west  x.  M.  brode,  towarde  the 
 east  x.  M.  brode  also,  g  towarde  the  south 
 xxv.  M.  longe,  wherin  the  Sanctuary  of  the 
 LORDE  shal  stonde.  Yee  this  same  place 
 shal  be  the  prestes,  y  are  of  the  childrc  of 
 Sadoch,  *(s  haue  kepte  my  holy  ordinaunce  : 
 which  wente  not  astraye  in  the  erroure  of  the 
 children  of  Israel,  like  as  the  Leuites  are  gone 
 astraye :  and  this  separated  pece  that  they  haue 
 of  the  londe,  shalbe  the  most  holy,  harde  vpon 
 the  borders  of  the  Leuites.  And  nexte  vnto  the 
 prestes,  shal  the  Leuites  haue  xxv.  M.  loge  and 
 X.  M.  brode.  This  shalbe  on  euery  syde  xxv. 
 M.  longe,  and  x.  M.  brode.  Of  this  porcio 
 they  shal  sell  nothinge,  ner  make  eny  permuta- 
 cion  therof,  lest  the  chefe  of  the  londe  fall  vnto 
 other,  for  it  is  halowed  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  other  v.  M.  after  the  bredth,  y  lyeth 
 by  the  xxv.  M,  shalbe  comon :  it  shal  belonge 
 to  the  cite  and  to  the  suburbes  for  habitacions, 
 and  y  cite  shal  stonde  in  the  myddest  therof. 
 Let  this  be  the  measure :  towarde  y  north 
 parte,  v.  C.  (j  iiij.  M :  towarde  the  south  parte, 
 V.  C.  I  iiij.  M :  towarde  the  east  parte,  v.  C.  and 
 iiij.  M:  towarde  f  west  parte,  v.  C.  and  iiij.  M. 
 
 The  suburbes  harde  vpon  the  cite,  shall  haue 
 towarde  the  north,  L.  and  ij.  C :  towarde  the 
 south,  L.  and  two  C :  towarde  the  east,  L.  and 
 two  C :  towarde  the  west  also,  L.  and  two  C. 
 As  for  the  residue  of  the  length,  that  lyeth 
 hard  vpon  the  separated  holy  grounde:  namely, 
 X.  M.  towarde  the  east  and  x.  M.  towarde  the 
 west,  next  vnto  the  holy  porcio :  it  and  the 
 increase  therof  shal  serue  for  their  meate,  that 
 laboure  in  the  cite.  They  that  laboure  for 
 the  welth  of  the  cite,  shall  manteine  this  also, 
 out  of  what  tribe  so  euer  they  be  in  Israel. 
 
 "  Eze.  45.  a.        »  Eze.  43.  d.  and  44.  c. 
 
 All  that  is  separated  of  the  xxv.  M.  lono^e 
 and  xxv.  M.  brode  on  the  foure  partes,  y  shall 
 ye  put  a  syde  for  the  separated  porcion  of  the 
 Sanctuary,  5  for  the  possession  of  ;y  cite.  The 
 resydue  vpon  both  the  sydes  of  the  Sanctuary 
 and  possession  of  the  cite,  'shall  belonge  to 
 the  prynce,  before  the  place  of  y  xxv.  M.  vnto 
 the  east  ende,  5  before  the  place  of  f  xxv.  M. 
 westwarde,  vnto  the  borders  of  y  cite  :  this 
 shalbe  y  prynces  porcio.  This  shalbe  the 
 holy  place,  and  the  house  of  the  Sanctuary 
 shal  stonde  in  the  myddest.  Morouer,  from 
 the  Leuites  and  the  cities  possession,  y  lye  in 
 the  myddest  of  the  prynces  parte :  loke  what 
 remayneth  betwixte  the  border  of  luda  5  the 
 border  of  Ben  lamin,  it  shal  be  the  prynces. 
 
 Now  of  the  other  trybes. 
 
 Fro  the  east  parte  vnto  the  west,  shal  Ben 
 lamin  haue  his  porcion.  Vpon  the  borders 
 of  Ben  lamin  fro  the  east  syde  vnto  y  west, 
 shal  Symeon  haue  his  porcion.  Vpon  the 
 borders  of  Symeo  from  the  east  parte  vnto  the 
 west,  shal  Isachar  haue  his  porcion.  Vpo  the 
 borders  of  Isachar  from  the  east  syde  vnto  the 
 west,  shal  Sabulon  haue  his  porcion.  Vpon 
 the  borders  of  Sabulon  from  the  east  parte 
 vnto  the  west,  shal  Gad  haue  his  porcion. 
 Vpon  the  borders  of  Gad  southwarde,  the 
 coastes  shal  reach  fro  Thamar  forth  vnto  the 
 waters  of  strife  to  Cades,  and  to  the  floude, 
 euen  vnto  the  mayne  see. 
 
 ''This  is  y  lode  with  his  porcios,  which  ye 
 shal  distribute  vnto  the  trybes  of  Israel,  saieth  f 
 LORDEGod.  Thus  wyde  shal  the  cite  reach: 
 vpon  the  north  parte  v  C  and  iiij  M  measures. 
 The  portes  of  the  cite,  shal  haue  the  names  of 
 thetrybesof  Israel.  Thre  portes  of  ^northsyde: 
 One  Ruben,  another  luda,  the  thirde  Leui. 
 
 Vpo  f  east  syde,  v  C  5  iiij  M  measures, 
 with  f  thre  portes  :  The  one  loseph,  another 
 Be  lamin,  the  thirde  Dan.  Vpon  the  south 
 syde  V  C  and  iiij  M  measures,  with  the  thre 
 portes  :  the  one  Symeon,  another  Isachar,  the 
 thirde  Sabulon.  And  vpon  the  west  syde  v  C 
 and  iiij  M  measures,  with  thre  portes  also :  the 
 one  Gad,  another  Asser,  the  thirde  Nephtali. 
 Thus  shal  it  haue  xviij  M  measures  roiide 
 aboute.  And  from  that  tyme  forth,  f  name 
 of  the  cite  shal  be :  the  LORDE  is  there. 
 
 ■f  Nume.  3S!.   los.  13.  14. 
 
 Wi)t  enTre  of  ti)t  propfirt  (£^tt\)itl 
 
 its 
 
Zi)t  ^topfftt  ^nnith 
 
 aeafiat  3BamtI  conttpnfti). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 Daniel,  Ananias,  Misael  and  Asarias  are  chosen 
 to  lerne  Caldeish,  5  to  stode  before  the  kynge. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 Daniel  expoiideth  the  kynges  dreame. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 The  thre  children  wil  not  worshipe  the  yinage, 
 they  be  cast  in  the  fyre,  but  God  delyuereth 
 them. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 Another  dreame  expounded. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 Daniel  readeth  the  writinge  on  the  wall,   and 
 declareth  it. 
 
 €i)ap.  VI. 
 Daniel  is  cast  in  the  Lyons  denne. 
 
 di^ap.  VII 
 
 The  vision  of  the  foure  beestes. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. 
 
 Of  the  Ramme  and  the  gote. 
 
 Cfjap.  IX. 
 The  prophecy  of  the  seuentie  wekes  and  of  Christ. 
 
 Ci&ap.  X. 
 
 Another  vision  shewed  to  Daniel. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI.  XII. 
 
 Certayne  reuelacions  of  thinges  for  to  come  : 
 some,  of  the  delyueraunce  fro  the  captiuyte  of 
 Babilon :  some,  of  the  destruccion  of  leru- 
 salem  :  some,  concernynge  the  latter  dayes. 
 
 Wift  &xst  C{)apter. 
 
 IN  y  thirde  yeare  of  f  raigne  of  loachim 
 kynge  off  luda,  °  came  Nabuchodonosor 
 kynge  of  Babilon  vnto  Jerusalem,  5  beseged 
 it:  and  the  LORDE  delyuered  loachim  the 
 kynge  off  luda  in  to  his  honde,  with  certayne 
 ornamentes  of  the  house  off  God,  which  he 
 caried  awaye  vnto  the  londe  of  Sennar,  to  the 
 house  of  his  god,  and  there  brought  them  in 
 to  his  gods  treasury.  And  the  kynge  spake 
 vnto  Asphenes  y  chefe  chamberlayne,  that  he 
 jshulde  brynge  him  certayne  of  the  children  of 
 Israel,  that  were  come  of  the  kynges  sede  and 
 of  prynces,  yoge  spryngaldes  with  out  eny 
 blemish  but  fayre  ad  welfauored,  instructe  in 
 
 »  4  Re.  24.  a.    2  Par.  36.  c. 
 
 all  wisdome,  connynge  and  vnderstodinge : 
 which  were  able  to  stonde  in  the  kynges  palace, 
 to  reade,  and  to  lerne  for  to  speake  Caldeish. 
 Vnto  these  the  kinge  appoynted  a  certayne 
 porcion  of  his  owne  meate  and  of  the  wine, 
 which  he  drancke  himselff,  so  to  norish  the 
 thre  yeare  :  that  afterwards  they  might  stonde 
 before  the  kynge.  Amonge  these  now  were 
 certayne  of  the  children  off  luda :  namely 
 Daniel,  Ananias,  Misael  and  Azarias.  Vnto 
 these  the  chefe  chamberlayne  gaue  other 
 names,  and  called  Daniel,  Balthasar:  Ana- 
 nias, Sydrac :  Misael,  Misac :  and  Asarias, 
 Abdenago.  But  Daniel  was  at  a  poynt  with 
 himself,  that  he  wolde  not  be  defyled  thorow 
 the  kynges   meate,   *  ner   f  wyne  which   he 
 
 '•  Gen.  4.-5.  f.   Tob.  1.  b.    ludit.  12.  a. 
 
Cftap.  ij. 
 
 Cl)t  ))iopl)et  BanifL 
 
 jTo.  Dcdl). 
 
 droke.  And  this  he  desyred  off  the  chefe 
 chiiberlayne,  lest  he  shulde  defyle  himselff. 
 So  God  gaue  Daniel  fauoure  and  grace  before 
 y  chefe  chamberlayne,  that  he  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  I  am  afrayed  off  my  lorde  the  kynge, 
 which  hath  appoynted  you  youre  meate  and 
 drynke :  lest  he  spye  youre  faces  to  be  worse 
 lykynge  then  the  other  spryngaldes  of  youre 
 age,  ad  so  ye  shal  make  me  loose  my  heade 
 vnto  y  kynge. 
 
 Then  Daniel  answered  Melassar,  whom  the 
 chefe  chamberlayne  had  set  ouer  Daniel, 
 Ananias,  Misael  and  Asarias,  and  sayde :  O 
 proue  but  ten  dayes  with  thy  seruauntes, 
 and  let  vs  haue  potage  to  eate,  and  water  to 
 drynke :  then  loke  vpon  oure  faces,  and  theirs 
 that  eate  off  the  kynges  meate.  And  as 
 thou  seyst,  so  deale  with  thy  seruauntes.  So 
 he  consented  to  them  in  this  matter,  ad 
 proued  the  x.  dayes.  And  after  y  ten  dayes, 
 their  faces  were  better  lykinge  5  fatter,  then 
 all  the  yonge  spryngaldes,  which  ate  of  the 
 kinges  meate. 
 
 Thus  Melassar  toke  awaye  their  meate  and 
 wyne,  and  gaue  them  potage  therfore.  God 
 gaue  now  these  foure  spryngaldes  connynge 
 and  lernynge  in  all  scripture  and  wisdome : 
 but  vnto  Daniel  specially,  he  gaue  vnder- 
 stondinge  off  all  visions  and  dreames.  Now 
 when  the  tyme  was  expyred,  that  the  kynge 
 had  appoynted  to  brynge  in  these  yonge 
 springaldes  vnto  him :  the  chefe  chamber- 
 layne brought  them  before  Nabuchodonosor, 
 and  the  kynge  commoned  with  them.  But 
 amonge  them  all  were  founde  none  soch  as 
 Daniel,  Ananias,  Misael,  and  Asarias.  Ther- 
 fore stode  they  before  the  kynge,  which  in  all 
 wisdome  and  matters  off  vnderstodinge,  that 
 he  enquered  off  them,  founde  them  ten  tymes 
 better,  the  all  the  soythsayers  and  charmers, 
 that  were  in  all  his  realme.  And  Daniel 
 abode  still,  vnto  the  first  yeare  of  kynge  Cyrus. 
 
 Ci)c  ij.  Cfjaptcr. 
 
 IN  the  secode  yeare  off  the  raigne  of  Na- 
 buchodonosor, had  Nabuchodonosor  a 
 dreame,  "  where  thorow  his  sprete  was  vexed, 
 and  his  slepe  brake  from  him.  Then  the 
 kynge  comaunded  to  call  together  all  y-  soyth- 
 sayers, charmers,  witches  and  Caldees,  for  to 
 shewe  the  kynge  his  dreame.  So  they  came, 
 and  stode  before  the  kynge.  And  the  kynge 
 sayde  vnto  them :  I  haue  dreamed  a  dreame. 
 
 (t  my  sprete  was  so  troubled  therwith,  y  I  haue 
 clene  forgotten,  what  I  dreamed.  Vpon  this, 
 the  Caldees  answered  the  kynge  in  the  Syrians 
 speach :  O  kynge,  God  saue  thy  life  for  euer. 
 Shewe  thy  seruauntes  the  dreame,  and  we 
 shal  shewe  the,  what  it  meaneth.  The  kynge 
 gaue  the  Caldees  their  answere,  ad  sayde : 
 It  is  gone  fro  me :  Yf  ye  wil  not  make  me 
 vnderstonde  the  dreame  with  the  interpreta- 
 cion  theroff,  ye  shal  dye,  and  youre  houses 
 shal  be  prysed.  But  yff  ye  tell  me  the  dreame 
 and  the  meanynge  therof,  ye  shall  haue  off 
 me  giftes,  rewardes  and  greate  honoure  :  only, 
 shewe  me  the  dreame  and  the  significacion  of 
 it.  They  answered  agayne,  and  sayde :  the 
 kynge  must  shewe  his  seruauntes  the  dreame, 
 and  so  shal  we  declare,  what  it  meaneth. 
 
 Then  the  kynge  answerde,  sayenge :  I  per- 
 ceaue  off  a  treuth,  that  ye  do  but  prologe  y 
 tyme  :  for  so  moch  as  ye  se,  that  the  thinge  is 
 gone  fro  me.  Therfore,  yff  ye  wil  not  tell 
 me  the  dreame,  ye  shal  all  haue  one  iudg- 
 ment.  But  ye  fayne  and  dyssemble  with 
 vayne  wordes,  which  ye  speake  before  me,  to 
 put  off  the  tjTfne.  Tlierfore  tell  me  the 
 dreame,  ad  so  shall  I  knowe,  yff  ye  can  shewe 
 me,  what  it  meaneth.  Vpon  this,  the  Caldees 
 gaue  answere  before  the  kynge,  and  sayde : 
 there  is  no  man  vpon  earth,  that  can  tell  the 
 thinge,  which  y  kynge  speake th  of:  Yee  there 
 is  nether  kynge  prynce  ner  lorde,  that  euer 
 axed  soch  thinges  at  a  soythsayer,  charmer  or 
 Caldeer :  for  it  is  a  very  harde  matter,  that 
 the  kynge  requyreth.  Nether  is  there  eny, 
 that  can  certifie  the  kynge  theroff,  excepte  the 
 goddes :  whose  dwellinge  is  not  amonge  the 
 creatures. 
 
 For  f  which  cause  the  kynge  was  wroth 
 with  greate  indignacio,  and  comaunded  to 
 destroye  all  the  wyse  men  at  Babilon :  and  y- 
 proclamacion  wete  forth,  that  the  wyse  me 
 shulde  be  slayne.  They  sought  also  to  slaye 
 Daniel  with  his  copanyons.  Then  Daniel 
 enquered  Arioch  the  kynges  stewarde,  off  the 
 iudgment  and  sentence,  that  was  gone  forth 
 alredy  to  kyll  soch  as  were  wyse  at  Babilon. 
 He  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  Arioch  beinge 
 then  the  kinges  debyte :  Why  hath  the  kpige 
 proclamed  so  cruell  a  sentence?  So  Arioch 
 tolde  Daniel  the  matter.  Vpon  this,  wente 
 Daniel  vp,  and  desyred  the  kinge,  y  he  might 
 haue  leysoure,  to  shewe  the  kynge  the  inter- 
 
#0.  Urilbu 
 
 Cbr  propfttt  Mmxitl 
 
 Cbap. 
 
 pretacion  :  and  then  came  he  home  agayne  i 
 shewed  the  thinge  vnto  Ananias,  Misael  5 
 Asarias  his  companios :  y  they  shulde  beselce 
 the  God  of  heauen  for  grace  in  this  secrete, 
 that  Daniel  and  his  felowes  with  other  soch 
 as  were  wyse  in  Babilon,  perished  not.  Then 
 was  the  mystery  shewed  vnto  Daniel  in  a 
 visio  by  nyght.  And  Daniel  praysed  f  God 
 of  heaue,  Daniel  also  cryed  loude,  and  sayde : 
 O  that  the  name  of  God  might  be  praysed 
 for  euer  and  euer,  for  wiszdome  and  strength 
 are  his  owne :  "  he  chaungeth  the  tymes  and 
 ages :  he  putteth  downe  kynges,  he  setteth  vp 
 kynges :  he  geueth  wyszdome  vnto  the  wyse, 
 and  vnderstodinge  to  those  that  vnderstode : 
 he  openeth  the  depe  secretes  :  he  knoweth  y 
 thynge  that  lyeth  in  darcknesse,  for  the  light 
 dwelleth  with  him.  *  I  thanke  the,  and  prayse 
 the  (O  thou  God  off  my  fathers)  that  thou 
 hast  lent  me  wyszdome  and  strength,  g  hast 
 shewed  me  the  thinge,  that  we  desyred  off 
 the,  for  thou  hast  opened  the  kynges  matter 
 vnto  me. 
 
 Vpon  this  wente  Daniel  in  vnto  Arioch, 
 whom  the  kinge  had  ordened  to  destroye  the 
 wyse  at  Babilon :  he  wente  vnto  him,  and 
 sayde  :  destroye  not  soch  as  are  wyse  in  Babi- 
 lon, but  bringe  me  in  vnto  the  kynge,  and  I 
 shal  shewe  the  kynge  the  interpretacion.  Then 
 Arioch  brought  Daniel  in  to  the  kynge  in  all 
 the  haist,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  I  haue  founde 
 a  man  amonge  the  presoners  off  luda,  y  shal 
 shewe  the  kinge  the  interpretacion.  The 
 answered  the  kynge,  and  sayde  vnto  Daniel, 
 whose  name  was  Balthasar :  Art  thou  he,  y 
 cast  shewe  me  f  dreame,  which  I  haue  sene, 
 5  the  interpretacion  therof  ?  Daniel  answered 
 the  kynge  to  his  face,  and  sayde  :  As  for  this 
 secrete,  for  the  which  the  kinge  maketh  in- 
 quisicion  :  it  is  nether  the  wyse,  the  sorcerer, 
 the  charmer  ner  the  deuell  coniurer,  that  can 
 certifie  the  kynge  off  it :  Only  God  in  heaue 
 ca  open  secretes,  ■■  and  he  it  is,  that  sheweth 
 the  kinge  Nabuchodonosor,  what  is  for  to 
 come  in  the  latter  dayes. 
 
 Thy  dreame,  and  that  which  thou  hast  sene 
 in  thyne  heade  vpon  thy  bed,  is  this:  O  kynge, 
 thou  didest  cast  in  thy  mynde,  what  shulde 
 come  herafter:  So  he  that  is  the  opener  off 
 mysteries,  telleth  the,  what  is  for  to  come. 
 As  for  me,  this  secrete  is  not  shewed  me,  for 
 
 "  Dan.  7.  d.  Luc.  1.  e.  lob  34.  b.  lere.  27.  a.  Dan.  4.  c. 
 lob  32.  b.  'lloh.  l.b.  '  Mat.  11.  e. 
 
 eny  wiszdome  that  I  haue,  more  then  eny 
 other  lyuynge  :  but  only  that  I  might  shewe 
 the  kynge  the  interpretacion,  5  that  he  might 
 knowe  the  thoughtes  off  his  owne  herte.  Thou 
 kynge  sawest,  and  beholde :  there  stode  before 
 the  a  greate  ymage,  whose  fygure  was  mar- 
 uelous  gi-eate,  and  his  vysage  grymme.  The 
 ymage  heade  was  of  fjTie  golde,  his  brest  and 
 armes  off  syluer,  his  body  ad  loynes  were  off 
 copper,  his  legges  were  off  yron,  his  fete  were 
 parte  off  yron,  and  parte  of  earth. 
 
 This  thou  sawest,  till  the  tyme  that  (with- 
 out eny  hondes)  there  was  hewen  off  a  stone 
 ■^  which  smote  the  ymage  vpon  the  fete,  that 
 were  both  off  yron  and  earth,  and  brake  the 
 to  poulder :  then  was  the  yron,  the  earth,  the 
 copper,  the  syluer  and  golde  broken  altogether 
 in  peces :  and  became  like  the  chaffe  off 
 come,  that  the  wynde  bloweth  awaye  from  f 
 somer  floores,  that  they  ca  nomore  be  foude. 
 But  the  stone  that  smote  the  ymage,  became 
 a  greate  mountayne,  which  fulfylleth  the  whole 
 earth  :  This  is  the  dreame.  And  now  will  we 
 shewe  before  the  kjTige,  what  it  meaneth. 
 
 "  O  kynge,  thou  art  a  kynge  off  kynges : 
 For  the  God  off  heaue  hath  geue  the  a  king- 
 dome,  ryches,  strength  and  maiesty  :  5  hath 
 delyuered  the  all  thinges,  that  are  amoge  y 
 children  off  men :  the  beastes  off  the  felde, 
 ad  the  foules  vnder  the  heaue,  and  geuen  the 
 dominion  ouer  them  all.  Thou  art  that  golde 
 heade.  After  y  there  shal  aryse  another  king- 
 dome,  which  shal  be  lesse  then  thyne.  The 
 thyrde  kingdome  shal  be  lyke  copper,  and 
 haue  dominacion  in  all  lodes.  The  fourth 
 kingdome  shal  be  as  stronge  as  yron.  For 
 like  as  yron  brusseth  and  breaketh  all  thinges : 
 Yee  euen  as  yron  beateth  euery  thinge  downe, 
 so  shal  it  beate  downe  and  destroye. 
 
 Where  as  thou  sawest  the  fete  and  toes, 
 parte  of  earth  and  parte  off  yron :  that  is  a 
 deuyded  kyngdome,  which  neuertheles  shal 
 haue  some  off  the  yron  grounde  mixte  with  it, 
 for  so  moch  as  thou  hast  sene  the  yron  mixte 
 with  the  claye. 
 
 The  toes  of  the  fete  that  were  parte  off  yron 
 and  parte  off  claye,  signifieth :  that  it  shalbe 
 a  kyngdome  partely  stronge  and  partely  weake. 
 And  where  as  thou  sawest  yron  myxte  with 
 claye  :  they  shall  myngle  them  selues  with  f 
 sede  off  symple  people,  5  yet  not  contynue 
 
 ■>  Matt.  21.  c.   Luc.  20.  b.        '  Dan.  5.  d. 
 
(Cftap.  iij. 
 
 €l)t  propi)ft  Damd. 
 
 jTo.  icclbij. 
 
 one  with  another,  like  as  yron  wil  not  be 
 souldered  with  a  potsherde. 
 
 "In  the  dayes  oif  these  kynges,  shall  the 
 God  of  heauen  set  vp  an  euerlastinge  kyng- 
 dome  which  shall  not  perish,  and  his  kyng- 
 dome  shall  not  be  geuen  ouer  to  another 
 people :  Yee  the  same  shall  breake  and  de- 
 stroye  all  these  kyngdomes,  but  it  shall  endure 
 for  euer. 
 
 And  where  as  thou  sawest,  that  without 
 eny  hondes  there  was  cut  out  of  the  mount  a 
 stone,  *  which  brake  the  yron,  the  copper,  y 
 earth,  the  syluer  and  golde  in  peces :  by  that 
 hath  y  greate  God  shewed  the  kynge,  what 
 wyl  come  after  this.  This  is  a  true  dreame, 
 and  the  interpretacion  of  it  is  sure. 
 
 Then  the  kynge  Nabuchodonosor  fell  downe 
 vpon  his  face,  and  bowed  him  self  vnto  Daniel, 
 and  commaunded  that  they  shulde  offre  meat- 
 ofFrynges  and  swete  odoures  vnto  him. 
 
 The  kynge  answerde  Daniel,  and  sayde : 
 Yee  off  a  treuth,  youre  God  is  a  God  aboue 
 all  goddes,  a  LORDE  aboue  all  kynges,  and 
 an  opener  of  secretes :  seynge  thou  canst  dis- 
 couer  this  mysterie.  So  the  kynge  made 
 Daniel  a  greate  man,  and  gaue  him  many  and 
 greate  giftes. 
 
 He  made  him  ruler  off  all  the  countrees  of 
 Babilon,  and  lorde  of  all  the  nobles,  that 
 were  at  Babilon.  Now  Daniel  intreated  the 
 kynge  for  Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago,  so 
 that  he  made  them  rulers  ouer  all  the  offyces 
 in  the  londe  off  Babilon :  but  Daniel  himself 
 remayned  still  in  the  courte  by  the  kynge. 
 
 €^e  iij.  €f)aptcr. 
 
 NABUCHODONOSOR  the  kynge  caus- 
 ed a  golde  ymage  to  be  made,  which 
 was  Ix.  cubites  hye,  and  sixe  cubites  thicke. 
 This  he  made  to  be  set  vp  in  the  valley  of 
 Duran  in  the  londe  of  Babilon  5  sent  out  to 
 gather  together  the  dukes,  lordes  5  nobles,  the 
 iudges  and  officers,  the  debites  ad  shreues, 
 with  all  the  rulers  of  the  londe :  y  they  might 
 come  to  the  dedicacion  of  the  ymage  which 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  had  set  vp.  So 
 the  dukes,  lordes  and  nobles,  the  iudges  and 
 officers,  debytes  and  shreues  with  all  the  rulers 
 of  the  londe  gathered  them  to  gether,  and 
 came  vnto  the  dedicatynge  of  f  ymage,  that 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kinge  had  set  vp. 
 
 Now  when  they  stode  before  the  ymage, 
 
 which  Nabuchodonosor  set  vp,  the  bedell  cried 
 out  with  all  his  might:  O  ye  people,  kjTireddes 
 and  tunges,  to  you  be  it  sayde :  that  whe  ye 
 heare  thenoyse  off  thetrompettes,  which  shalbe 
 blowne,  with  f  harpes,  shawmes,  Psalteries, 
 Symphonies  and  all  maner  off  Musick :  ye 
 fall  downe  and  worshipe  the  golden  ymage,  y 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  hath  set  vp.  Who 
 so  then  falleth  not  downe  and  boweth  himself, 
 shal  euen  the  same  houre  be  cast  in  to  an 
 bote  burnynge  ouen.  Therfore,  when  all  the 
 folke  herde  the  noyse  off  the  trompettes  that 
 were  blowne,  with  the  harpes,  shawmes.  Psal- 
 teries, Symphonies  and  all  kynde  of  Melody : 
 the  all  the  people,  kynreddes  and  nacions  fell 
 downe,  and  bowed  them  selues  vnto  the  golden 
 ymage,  that  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  had 
 set  vp. 
 
 Now  were  there  certayne  men  off  the 
 Caldees,  that  went  euen  then  and  accused  y 
 lewes,  and  sayde  vnto  kynge  Nabuchodonosor: 
 O  kynge,  God  saue  thy  lyfe  for  euer.  Thou 
 beynge  kynge  hast  geuen  a  commaiidemet, 
 that  all  men  when  they  heare  the  noyse  off 
 the  trompettes,  harpes,  shawmes,  psalteries, 
 symphonies  and  all  the  other  melodies :  shall 
 fall  downe  and  bowe  them  selues  towarde  the 
 golden  ymage  :  who  so  the  fell  not  downe  and 
 worshipped  not,  that  he  shulde  be  cast  in  to 
 an  bote  burnynge  ouen.  Now  are  there  cer- 
 taine  lewes,  whom  thou  hast  set  ouer  the 
 offices  of  the  londe  off  Babilon:"  namely, 
 Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago.  These  men 
 (o  kynge)  regarde  not  thy  comaundemet,  yee 
 they  will  not  serue  thy  goddes,  ner  bowe  them 
 selues  to  the  golden  ymage,  that  thou  hast 
 set  vp. 
 
 Then  Nabuchodonosor  in  a  cruell  wrath 
 and  displeasure,  commaunded,  y  Sidrac,  Misac 
 J  Abdenago  shulde  be  brought  vnto  him.  So 
 these  men  were  brought  before  the  kynge. 
 Then  Nabuchodonosor  spake  vnto  them,  and 
 sayde :  what  ?  0  Sidrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago, 
 will  not  ye  serue  my  goddes  ?  nor  bowe  youre 
 selues  to  the  golden  ymage,  that  I  haue  set 
 vp  ?  wel,  be  redy  herafter,  when  ye  heare  the 
 noyse  of  the  tropettes,  blowne  with  the  harpes, 
 shawmes,  psalteries,  symphonies  and  all  y 
 other  melodies :  that  ye  fall  downe,  and  wor- 
 shipe the  ymage  which  I  haue  made.  But  yff 
 ye  worshipe  it  not,  ye  shal  be  cast  immediatly 
 m  to  an  hote  burnynge  ouen.     Let  se,  what 
 
 '  Dan.  2.  g. 
 
 c 
 
jfo.  lutlbuj. 
 
 €i)t  propbft  IBaniel. 
 
 Cbap,  rtijJ 
 
 god  is  there,  y  maye  delyuer  you  out  of  my 
 hoiules  ? 
 
 Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago  answered  the 
 kynge,  and  sayde:  O  Nabuchodonosor,  we 
 ought  not  to  cosente  vnto  f  in  this  matter, 
 for  why:  "oure  God  whom  we  serue,  is  able 
 to  kepe  vs  from  the  hote  burnpige  ouen  (O 
 kynge)  and  can  right  wel  delyuer  vs  out  off 
 thy  hondes.  And  though  he  wil  not,  yet  shalt 
 thou  knowe  (o  kynge)  that  we  will  not  serue 
 thy  goddes,  ner  do  reuerece  to  the  ymage 
 which  thou  hast  set  vp.  Then  was  Nabu- 
 chodonosor full  oiF  indignacion,  so  that  f 
 countenaunce  of  his  face  chaunged  vpo  Sidrac, 
 Misac  5  Abdenago.  Therfore  he  charched 
 and  commaunded,  that  the  ouen  shulde  be 
 made  seuen  tymes  hoter,  then  it  was  wote  to 
 be :  and  spake  vnto  the  strongest  worthies 
 that  were  in  his  hooste,  for  to  bynde  Sidrac, 
 Misac  and  Abdenago,  and  to  cast  them  in  to 
 the  hote  burnynge  ouen. 
 
 So  these  men  were  bounde  in  their  cotes, 
 hosen,  shues  with  their  other  garmentes,  ad 
 cast  in  to  the  hote  burnynge  ouen :  for  the 
 kinges  commaundement  was  so  strate,  and  the 
 ouen  was  exceadynge  hote.  As  for  the  men 
 that  put  in  Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago,  the 
 flame  off"  the  fyre  destroyed  them.  And  these 
 thre  men  Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago  fell 
 downe  in  f  hote  burnynge  ouen,*  beinge  fast 
 bounde. 
 
 Then  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  marueled, 
 and  stode  vp  in  all  haist:  he  spake  vnto  his 
 councel  and  sayde  :  dyd  not  ye  cast  these  thre 
 men  bounde  in  to  the  fyre  ?  They  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  Yee  o  kynge.  He 
 answered  and  sayde :  lo,  for  all  that,  yet  do 
 I  se  foure  men  goinge  lowse  in  the  myddest 
 off"  the  fyre,  and  nothinge  corrupte :  "^and  the 
 fourth  is  like  an  angel  to  loke  vpon.  Vpon 
 this  wete  Nabuchodonosor  vnto  the  mouth  of 
 the  hote  burnynge  ouen :  he  speake  also,  3 
 sayde :  O  Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago,  ye 
 seruauntes  of  the  hye  God:  go  forth,  and 
 come  hither.  And  so  Sydrac,  Misac,  and 
 Abdenago  wente  out  of  the  fyre.  Then  the 
 dukes,  lordes  and  nobles,  and  the  kynges 
 councell  came  together  to  se  these  men,  vpon 
 whom  the  fyre  had  no  maner  of  power  in  their 
 bodies:'  In  so  moch  that  the  very  hay  re  of 
 their  heade  was  not  burnt,  and  their  clothes 
 
 •  Nu.  16.  g. 
 «  Esa.  43.  a. 
 
 '  Esa.  43.  a. 
 '  Act.  12.  c. 
 
 'Actu.  9.  a.    Dan.  10.  b 
 Dan.  6.  d.     Psal.  33.  a 
 
 vnchaunged :  Yee  there  was  no  smell  of  fyre 
 felt  vpon  them. 
 
 Then  spake  Nabuchodonosor,  and  sayde : 
 '  Blessed  be  the  God  of  Sidrac,  Misac  5  Ab- 
 denago: which  hath  sent  his  angel,  ad  defended 
 his  seruautes,  that  put  their  trust  in  him :  y 
 haue  altered  the  kynges  commaundement,  and 
 ioperde  their  bodies  thervpon :  rather  then 
 they  wolde  serue  or  worshipe  eny  other  god, 
 excepte  their  owne  God  only.  Therfore  I 
 wil  and  commaude,  that  all  people,  kynreddes 
 5  tunges,  which  speake  eny  blasphemy  agaynst 
 the  God  of  Sydrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago,  shal 
 dye,  and  their  houses  shalbe  prysed :  Because, 
 there  is  no  God  y  maye  saue,  as  this./  So  the 
 kynge  promoted  Sidrac,  Misac  and  Abdenago, 
 in  the  londe  of  Babylon. 
 
 5  Nabuchodonosor  kynge,  vnto  all  people, 
 kynreddes  and  tunges  that  dwell  vpon  the 
 whole  earth :  peace  be  multiplied  amoge  you. 
 I  thought  it  good  to  shewe  the  tokes  d  mar- 
 uelous  workes,  y  f  hye  God  hath  wrought 
 vpon  me.  ''  O  how  greate  are  his  tokes,  5  how 
 mightie  are  his  wonders  ?  His  kyngdome  is 
 an  euerlastinge  kyngdome,  and  his  power 
 lasteth  for  euer  and  euer. 
 
 Cljc  tit).  Cljajjtet. 
 
 I  NABUCHODONOSOR  beynge  at  rest 
 in  myne  house,  ad  florishinge  in  my  palace, 
 sawe  a  dreame,  which  made  me  afrayed :  ad 
 the  thoughtes  that  I  had  vpo  my  bed,  with 
 the  visions  of  myne  heade,  troubled  me.  '  Then 
 sent  I  out  a  commission,  that  all  they  which 
 were  of  wiszdome  at  Babilo  shulde  be  brought 
 before  me,  to  tell  me  the  interpretacion  of 
 the  dreame.  So  there  came  the  soythsayers, 
 charmers,  Caldees  and  coniurers  of  deuels :  to 
 whom  I  tolde  the  dreame,  but  what  it  be- 
 tokened, they  coude  not  shewe  me :  till  at 
 the  last,  there  came  one  Daniel  (otherwyse 
 called  Balthasar,  acordinge  to  the  name  of  my 
 God)  which  hath  the  sprete  of  the  holy  goddes 
 in  him  :  to  whom  I  tolde  the  dreame,  sayenge : 
 O  Balthasar,  thou  prynce  of  saythsayers :  For 
 so  moch  as  I  knowe,  that  thou  hast  the  sprete 
 of  the  holy  goddes,  and  no  secrete  is  hyd  from 
 the :  tel  me  therfore,  what  y  visio  of  my 
 dreame  (y  I  haue  sene)  maye  signifie.  I 
 sawe  a  vision  in  my  heade  vpon  my  bed :  and 
 beholde,  there  stode  a  tre  vpon  the  grounde. 
 
 /  Esa.  43.  b.    Osee  13.  b. 
 144.  b.     Dan.  7.  d. 
 
 f  Dan.  6.  e. 
 Luc.  1.  c. 
 
 *  Psal.  44.  b. 
 Dan.  2.  a. 
 
Cftap.  iiiU 
 
 €\)t  propbft  JBmml 
 
 ffo,  Ircrliir. 
 
 which  was  very  hye,  greate  and  mightie :  y 
 heyth  reached  vnto  the  heaue,  and  the  bredth 
 extended  to  all  the  endes  of  the  earth :  his 
 leaues  were  fayre,  he  had  very  moch  frute,  so 
 y  euery  ma  had  ynough  to  eate  therin. 
 
 The  beastes  of  the  felde  had  shadowes  vnder 
 it,  and  the  foules  off  the  ayre  dwelt  in  the 
 bowes  therof.  Shortly,  all  creatures  fed  of  it. 
 I  sawe  in  my  heade  a  vision  vpon  my  bed :  5 
 beholde,  a  watcher  (eue  an  holy  angel)  came 
 downe  from  heauen,  and  cryed  mightely,  say- 
 enge :  Hew  downe  the  tre,  breake  off  his 
 braunches,  shake  of  his  leaues,  and  scatre  his 
 frute  abrode :  that  all  the  beestes  maye  get 
 them  awaye  from  vnder  him,  and  the  foules 
 from  his  braunches.  Neuertheles  leaue  the 
 grounde  of  his  rote  still  in  the  earth,  and 
 bynde  him  vpon  the  playne  felde,  with  cheynes 
 of  yron  and  stele.  With  the  dew  of  heauen 
 shall  he  be  wet,  and  he  shall  haue  his  parte 
 in  the  herbes  of  the  grounde  with  other  wylde 
 beastes. 
 
 That  mans  herte  off  his  shall  be  taken  from 
 him,  and  a  beastes  herte  shall  be  geuen  him, 
 till  seuen  yeares  be  come  and  gone  vpon  him. 
 
 This  erande  of  the  watcher,  is  a  comaunde- 
 met  grounded  and  sought  out  in  the  councel 
 off  him,  that  is  most  holy :  to  lerne  men  for 
 to  vnderstonde,  that  the  hyest  hath  power 
 ouer  the  kyngdomes  off  men,  ad  geueth  them, 
 to  whom  it  liketh  him,  and  bryngeth  the  very 
 outcastes  off  men  ouer  them.  This  is  the 
 dreame,  y  I  kynge  Nabuchodonosor  haue  sene. 
 
 Therfore  o  Balthasar,  tell  thou  me  what  it 
 signifieth :  for  so  moch  as  all  the  wyse  men 
 off  my  kyngdome  are  not  able  to  shewe  ine, 
 what  it  meaneth.  But  thou  canst  do  it,  for  y 
 sprete  of  the  holy  Goddes  is  in  the. 
 
 Then  Daniel  (whose  name  was  Balthasar) 
 helde  his  peace  by  the  space  of  an  houre  ad 
 his  thoughtes  troubled  him.  So  the  kynge 
 spake,  and  sayde :  O  Balthasar,  let  nether  the 
 dreame  ner  the  interpretacion  theroff  feare  the. 
 Balthasar  answered,  sayenge :  O  my  lorde, 
 this  dreame  happen  to  thyne  enemies,  and  the 
 interpretacion  to  thyne  aduersaries.  As  for 
 the  tre  that  thou  sawest  which  was  so  greate 
 (t  mightie,  whose  heyth  reached  vnto  the 
 heauen,  and  his  bredth  in  to  all  the  worlde : 
 whose  leaues  were  fayre,  ad  the  frute  moch : 
 vnder  the  which  the  beastes  of  the  felde  had 
 their  habitacion,  and  vpon  whose  braunches 
 the  foules  of  the  ayre  dyd  syt : 
 
 Euen  thou  (o  kynge)  art  the  tre,  greate  (j 
 stroge.  Thy  greatnesse  increaseth,  rx,  reacheth 
 vnto  the  heauen,  so  doth  thy  power  to  the 
 endes  of  the  earth.  But  where  as  the  kynge 
 sawe  a  watcher  euen  an  holy  angel,  that  came 
 downe  from  heauen,  and  sayde  :  hew  downe 
 the  tre,  and  destroye  it :  yet  leaue  the  grounde 
 of  the  rote  in  the  earth,  and  bynde  him  vpon 
 the  playne  felde  with  cheynes  off  yron  and 
 stele :  He  shall  be  wet  with  the  dew  off  heaurn, 
 and  his  parte  shalbe  with  the  beestes  of  the 
 felde,  till  seuen  yeares  be  come  and  gone  vpon 
 him  :  This  (o  kynge)  is  y  interpretacio,  yee  it 
 is  the  very  deuyce  of  him,  y  is  hyest  of  all,  (i 
 it  toucheth  my  lorde  the  kynge. 
 
 Thou  shalt  be  cast  out  fro  men,  and  thy 
 dwellinge  shalbe  with  the  beestes  of  the  felde : 
 with  grasse  shalt  thou  be  fed  like  an  oxe. 
 Thou  must  be  wet  with  the  dew  of  the  heauen : 
 yee  seuen  yeares  shall  come  and  go  vpon  the, 
 till  thou  knowe,  that  the  hyest  hath  power 
 vpon  the  kjTigdomes  of  men,  "11  geueth  them, 
 to  whom  he  lyst.  Morouer,  where  as  it  was 
 sayde,  that  the  rote  of  the  tre  shulde  be  left 
 still  in  the  grounde :  it  betokeneth,  y  thy 
 kyngdome  shall  remayne  whole  vnto  y,  after 
 thou  hast  lerned  to  knowe,  that  the  power 
 commeth  from  heauen.  VVherfore  (o  kinge 
 be  contet  with  my  councel,  that  thou  mayest 
 lowse  thy  synnes  with  rightuousnesse,  ad  thyne 
 offences  with  mercy  to  poore  people :  for  soch 
 thinges  shall  prolonge  thy  peace.  All  these 
 thynges  touch  the  kynge  Nabuchodonosor. 
 
 So  after  xij.  monethes,  the  kynge  walked 
 vp  and  downe  in  the  paalace  off  the  kyngdome 
 off  Babilon,  and  sayde  :  This  is  the  greate 
 cite  off  Babilo,  which  I  myself  (with  my  power 
 II  strength)  haue  made  a  kyniges  courte,  for  the 
 honoure  off  my  magesty.  Whyle  these  wordes 
 were  yet  in  the  kynges  mouth,  there  fell  a 
 voyce  from  heaue,  sayenge:  O  kinge  Nabu- 
 chodonosor, to  the  be  it  spoke :  Thy  kyngdome 
 shall  departe  from  the,  thou  shalt  be  cast  out 
 of  mens  company  :  thy  dwellinge  shalbe  with 
 the  beestes  off  the  felde,  so  that  thou  shalt  eate 
 grasse  like  as  an  oxe,  till  seuen  yeares  be  come 
 and  gone  ouer  the  :  euen  vntill  thou  knowest, 
 that  the  hyest  hath  power  vpon  the  kjTigdomes 
 off  men,  and  that  he  maye  geue  them,  vnto 
 whom  it  pleaseth  him. 
 
 The  very  same  houre  was  this  matter  ful- 
 fylled  vpo  Nabuchodonosor :    so  that  he  was 
 
 "  Dan.  2.  c.  lere.  27.  a. 
 
So,  lifdr. 
 
 iirftr  propbft  IBanid. 
 
 Cftap.  b,| 
 
 cast  out  off  mes  copaiiy,  ct  ate  grasse  like  an 
 oxe.  His  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of 
 heauen,  till  his  hayres  were  as  greate  as  Aegles 
 fathers,  and  his  nales  like  byrdes  clawes. 
 
 When  this  t)Tne  was  past,  I  Nabuehodo- 
 nosor  lift  vp  myne  eyes  vnto  heauen,  and 
 myne  vnderstondinge  was  restored  \'Tito  me 
 agayiie.  Then  gaue  I  thankes  ^Tito  the  hyest. 
 I  magnified  and  praysed  him  that  lyueth  for 
 euermore,  whose  power  endureth  allwaye,  and 
 his  kyngdome  from  one  generacion  to  another: 
 in  comparyson  off  whom,  all  they  that  dwell 
 vpon  the  earth,  "are  to  be  reputed  as  nothinge. 
 
 He  handleth  acordinge  to  his  will,  amoge 
 f  powers  of  heauen  '3  amonge  the  inhabitours 
 of  the  earth :  and  there  is  none  that  maye 
 resiste  his  honde,  or  saye  :  '  what  doest  thou  ? 
 At  the  same  tjme  was  myne  vnderstondynge 
 geuen  me  agayne,  and  I  was  restored  to  the 
 honoure  of  my  kingdome,  to  my  dignite,  and 
 to  myne  owne  shappe  agayne.  My  great 
 estates  and  prynces  sought  ^iito  me,  and  I 
 was  set  in  my  kyiigdome  agayne,  so  that  1 
 had  yet  greater  worshipe. 
 
 The  dyd  I  Nabuchodonosor,  loaue,  mag- 
 nifie  and  prayse  the  kynge  of  heauen :  for  all 
 his  workes  are  true,  and  his  wayes  right.  As 
 for  those  that  go  on  proudly,  he  is  able  to 
 bringe  them  downe. 
 
 Cl)c  b.  (C{)aptnr. 
 
 BALTHASAR  the  kynge  made  a  greate 
 bancket  to  his  thousande  lordes :  withall 
 these  thousande  he  made  greate  cheare,  and 
 when  he  was  dronken  with  wyne,  he  com- 
 maunded  to  brynge  him  y  golden  and  syluer 
 vessel,  which  his  father  Nabuchodonosor  had 
 taken  out  of  the  temple  at  Jerusalem :  ■*  that 
 the  kynge  and  his  lordes  (with  his  quene  and 
 concubynes)  might  drike  therout. 
 
 So  they  brought  the  golden  vessel,  that  was 
 take  out  of  the  temple  of  the  LORDES 
 house  at  Jerusalem.  Then  the  kynge  and  his 
 lordes  with  his  quene  and  concubines  dronke 
 out  of  them.  They  dronke  wyne,  and  praysed 
 their  Idols  of  golde,  syluer,  copper,  yron, 
 wodde  and  stone. 
 
 In  the  very  same  houre  there  appeared 
 fyngers,  as  it  had  bene  of  a  mans  honde 
 [writynge,  right  ouer  agaynst  the  candelsticke 
 vpon  the  playne  wall  in  the  kynges  palace : 
 I  and  the  kynge  sawe  the  palme  of  y  honde  y 
 
 wrote.  '  Then  chaunged  the  kynge  his  coun- 
 tenaunce,  and  his  thoughtes  troubled  him : 
 so  that  the  ioyntes  off  his  body  shoke,  and  his 
 knees  smote  one  agaynst  the  other.  Wherfore 
 the  kjTige  cryed  mightely,  -'  that  they  shulde 
 brynge  him  the  charmers,  Caldees  and  con- 
 iurers  of  deuels.  The  k)Tige  spake  also  to 
 the  wyse  men  of  Babilon,  and  sayde  :  ^Mio 
 so  can  rede  this  wrytynge,  and  shewe  me  the 
 playne  meanynge  theroff:  shall  be  clothed 
 with  purple,  haue  a  cheyne  off  golde  aboute 
 his  necke,  and  rule  the  thirde  parte  off  my 
 kyngdome. 
 
 Vpon  this,  came  all  the  kynges  wyse  men : 
 but  they  coude  nether  rede  the  wrytinge,  ner 
 shewe  the  kynge  what  it  signified.  I'he  was 
 the  kynge  sore  afrayed,  in  so  moch,  that  his 
 coloure  chaunged, .  and  his  lordes  were  sore 
 vexed.  So  by  reason  off  this  matter,  y  had 
 happened  to  the  kjTige  5  his  lordes,  the  quene 
 went  vp  herself  in  to  the  bancket  house,  and 
 spake  ^Tito  the  kynge,  sayenge  :  O  kynge,  God 
 saue  thy  life  for  euer  :  Let  not  thy  thoughtes 
 trouble  the,  and  let  not  thy  countenaunce  be 
 chaunged.  For  why :  there  is  a  man  in  thy 
 kyngdome,  that  hath  the  sprete  off  the  holy 
 goddes  within  him,  as  it  was  sene  in  thy 
 fathers  dayes.  He  hath  \Tiderstondinge  ad 
 wysdome  like  the  goddes.  Yee  the  kjTige 
 Nabuchodonosor  thy  father  made  this  man 
 chefe  of  the  soythsayers,  charmers,  Caldees 
 and  deuel  coniurers :  because  that  soch  an 
 abundaunt  sprete,  knowlege  5  wisdome  (to 
 expoude  dreames,  to  open  secretes,  and  to 
 declare  harde  dowtes)  was  founde  in  him  :  yee 
 euen  in  Daniel,  whom  the  kynge  named  Bal- 
 thasar.  Let  this  same  Daniel  be  sente  for, 
 and  he  shall  tell,  what  it  meaneth. 
 
 Then  was  Daniel  brought  before  the  kinge. 
 So  the  kynge  spake  vnto  Daniel,  and  sayde : 
 Art  thou  that  Daniel,  one  off  the  presoners  of 
 luda,  whom  my  father  the  kynge  brought  out 
 of  lewry  ?  I  haue  herde  speake  of  the,  that 
 thou  hast  the  sprete  of  the  holy  goddes,  expe- 
 rience and  vnderstodinge,  and  that  there  hath 
 bene  greate  wisdome  founde  in  the.  Now 
 haue  there  bene  brought  me,  wise  and  con- 
 nynge  charmers,  to  rede  this  wrytjTige,  and 
 to  shewe  me  the  meanynge  theroff:  But  they 
 coude  not  tell  me,  what  this  matter  signified. 
 Then  herde  I  saye,  y  thou  canst  expounde 
 darcke   thinges,    and   declare   harde   doutes. 
 
 '  2  Par.  36.  c. 
 
 ■  lere.  30.  a.        /  Dan.  2.  a. 
 
Cf)ap.  bu 
 
 €l)t  jjiopftft  Bmtl 
 
 #0.  tittlxu 
 
 Well  than,  yf  thou  canst  rede  this  writinge, 
 and  shewe  me  the  meaninge  therof:  thou 
 shalt  be  clothed  with  purple,  haue  a  cheyne  of 
 golde  aboute  thy  necke,  5  rule  the  thirde 
 parte  of  my  kyngdome. 
 
 Daniel  answered,  and  sayde  before  y  kynge: 
 As  for  thy  rewardes,  kepe  them  to  thy  self,  or 
 geue  thy  rych  giftes  to  another:  "yet  not  the- 
 lesse,  I  wil  rede  the  wrytyiige  vnto  f  kinge, 
 and  shewe  him  the  interpretacion  therof.  O 
 kinge,  God  the  hyest  gaue  vnto  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  thy  father,  *  f  dignite  of  a  kynge,  with 
 worshipe  (t  honoure :  so  y  all  people,  kyn- 
 reddes  5  tunges  stode  in  awe  5  feare  of  him, 
 by  reason  off  the  hye  estate,  that  he  had  lent 
 him.  For  why :  he  slewe,  whom  he  wolde  : 
 he  smote,  whom  it  pleased  him.  Agayne ; 
 whom  he  wolde,  he  set  vp  :  and  whom  he  list, 
 he  put  downe.  "  But  because  his  herte  was 
 so  proude,  and  his  stomack  set  fast  vnto  wyl- 
 fulnesse :  he  was  deposed  from  his  kyngly 
 trone,  and  his  magesty  was  takeoi  from  him. 
 He  was  shot  out  from  amonge  men,  his  herte 
 was  like  a  beestes  herte,  and  his  dwellynge 
 was  with  the  wylde  Asses :  he  was  fayne  to 
 eate  grasse  like  an  oxe,  and  his  body  was  wet 
 with  the  dew  oiF  the  heauen :  till  he  knewe, 
 that  the  hyest  had  power  vpon  the  kyngdomes 
 of  men,  and  setteth  ouer  them,  whom  he  list. 
 
 And  thou  his  sonne  (o  Balthasar)  for  all 
 this,  hast  not  submitted  thine  hert,  though 
 thou  knewest  all  these  thinges  :  but  hast  mag- 
 nified thy  selff  aboue  the  LORDE  off  heauen, 
 so  that  the  vessels  off  his  house  were  brought 
 before  the  :  that  thou,  and  thy  lordes,  with  thy 
 queue  and  concubynes,  might  drynke  wyne 
 therout :  And  hast  praysed  the  Idols  of  syluer 
 and  golde,  copper  and  yron,  off  wodde  5 
 stone  :  As  for  the  God,  ''  in  whose  honde  con- 
 sisteth  thy  breth  ad  all  thy  wayes :  thou  hast 
 not  loaued  him. 
 
 Therfore  is  the  palme  off  this  honde  sent 
 hither  from  him,  to  token  vp  this  wrytinge. 
 And  this  is  the  scripture,  that  is  written  vp : 
 Mane,  Thetel,  Phares.  Now  the  interpreta- 
 cion off  the  thynge  is  this :  Mane,  God  hath 
 nombred  thy  kyngdome,  and  brought  it  to 
 an  ende :  Thetel,  Thou  art  weyed  in  the 
 balaunce,  and  art  founde  to  light :  Phares, 
 Thy  kyngdome  is  delt  in  partes,  and  geuen 
 to  the  Medes  and  Perses. 
 
 Then    commaunded    Balthasar,    to    cloth 
 
 '  4  Re.  5.  d.  Mat.  10.  a.        '  Dan.  2.  e. 
 
 Dan.  4.  d. 
 
 Daniel  with  purple,  to  hange  a  cheyne  off 
 golde  aboute  his  necke,  and  to  make  a  pro- 
 clamacion  concernynge  him  :  that  he  shulde 
 be  the  ruler  oft'  the  thirde  parte  off  his  kyng- 
 dome. '  The  very  same  night  was  Balthasar 
 the  kynge  off  the  Caldees  slayne,  and  Darius 
 out  of  Media  toke  in  the  kyngdome,  beynge 
 Ixij.  yeare  off  age. 
 
 Ci)c  bt.  Cljnptcr. 
 
 IT  pleased  Darius  to  set  ouer  his  kigdome 
 an  C.  and  sx.  lordes,  which  shulde  be  in 
 all  his  kingdome  aboute.  Aboue  these  he 
 set  thre  prynces  (off  whom  Daniel  was  one) 
 that  the  lordes  might  geue  accomptes  vnto 
 them,  and  the  kynge  to  be  vndiseased. 
 
 But  Daniel  exceaded  all  these  princes  iid 
 lordes,  for  the  sprete  off  God  was  plenteous  in 
 him:  so  that  the  kynge  was  mynded  to  set 
 him  ouer  the  whole  realme.  Wherfore  the 
 prynces  and  lordes  sought,  to  pyke  out  in 
 Daniel  some  quarel  agaynst  the  kyngdome  : 
 yet  coude  they  fynde  none  occasion  ner  fawte 
 vpon  him.  For  why :  he  was  so  faythful,  y 
 there  was  no  blame  ner  dishonesty  founde  in 
 him. 
 
 Then  sayde  these  men :  we  will  get  no 
 quarell  agaynst  this  Daniel,  excepte  it  be  in 
 the  lawe  off  his  God.  Vpon  this,  wente  the 
 princes  and  lordes  together  vnto  the  kynge, 
 and  sayde  thus  vnto  him  :  kynge  Darius,  God 
 saue  thy  life  for  euer. 
 
 All  the  great  estates  off  the  realme  :  as  f 
 prynces,  dukes,  senatours  and  iudges,  are  de- 
 termed  to  put  out  a  commaundement  off  y 
 kynge,  and  to  make  a  sure  statute  :  namely, 
 that  who  so  desyreth  eny  peticion,  ether  of 
 eny  god  or  man  (with  in  this  xxx.  dayes) 
 excepte  it  be  only  off  the,  O  kynge  :  the  same 
 person  maye  be  cast  in  to  the  Lyons  denne. 
 Wherfore,  o  kynge,  confinne  thou  this  statute, 
 and  make  a  writynge :  that  the  thynge  which 
 the  Medes  and  Perses  haue  ordened  be  not 
 altered  ner  broken. 
 
 So  Darius  made  the  wrytynge,  and  con- 
 firmed it.  Now  when  Daniel  vnderstode  that 
 the  wrytynge  vvas  made,  he  wente  in  to  his 
 house :  and  the  wyndowes  of  his  hall  towarde 
 lerusalem  stode  open.  There  kneled  he 
 downe  vpon  his  knees,  thre  tyines  a  daye : 
 there  he  made  his  peticion,  and  praysed  his 
 God,  like  as  his  maner  was  to  do  afore  tyrae. 
 
 •'  Act.  17.  e.         '  Esa.  47.  b.  21.  a.  Dan.  9.  a. 
 99 
 
jfo.  Iitclnj. 
 
 CJ)r  propbft  ©anid. 
 
 Cftap.  faij. 
 
 Then  these  men  made  searche,  and  founde 
 Daniel  makyiige  his  peticion,  and  prayenge 
 viito  his  God.  So  they  came  to  the  kynge, 
 and  spake  before  him  eoncernynge  his  com- 
 maundement,  sayenge :  O  kynge,  hast  thou 
 not  subscribed  the  statute,  that  within  xxx. 
 dayes  who  so  requyreth  his  peticion  off  eny 
 god  or  man,  but  only  of  thyself,  o  kynge  :  he 
 shalbe  cast  in  to  the  denne  of  the  Lyons  ?  The 
 kynge  answered,  ad  sayde  :  yee,  it  is  true.  It 
 must  be  as  a  lawe  of  f  Medes  and  Perses, 
 that  maye  not  be  broken. 
 
 Then'  answered  they,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge :  Daniel  one  of  the  presoners  of  luda 
 (O  kynge)  regardeth  nether  the  ner  thy  sta- 
 tute, that  thou  hast  made,  but  maketh  his 
 peticion  thre  tymes  a  daye.  When  the  kynge 
 herde  these  wordes,  he  was  sore  greued,  and 
 wolde  haue  excused  Daniel,  to  delyuer  him, 
 and  put  off  the  matter,  vnto  the  Sonne  wete 
 downe,  to  the  intent  that  he  might  saue  him. 
 
 These  men  perceauynge  the  kynges  mynde, 
 sayde  vnto  him:  knowe  this  (o  kynge)  that 
 the  lawe  off  the  Medes  and  Perses  is,  that 
 the  commaundement  and  statute  which  the 
 kynge  maketh,  maye  not  be  altered.  "  Then 
 the  kynge  bad  them  brynge  Daniel,  and  they 
 cast  him  in  to  the  Lyons  denne. 
 
 The  kynge  also  spake  vnto  Daniel,  ad 
 sayde :  Thy  God,  whom  thou  allwaye  seruest, 
 euen  he  shall  defende  the.  And  there  was 
 brought  a  stone,  and  layed  vpon  the  hole  of 
 the  denne :  this  the  kynge  sealed  with  his 
 owne  rynge,  and  with  y  signet  of  his  prynces : 
 that  the  kynges  commaundement  eoncernynge 
 Daniel,  shulde  not  be  broken. 
 
 So  the  kynge  wente  in  to  his  palace,  and 
 kepte  him  sober  all  night,  so  that  there  was  no 
 table  spred  before  him,  nether  coude  he  take 
 eny  slepe.  But  be  tymes  in  the  mornynge  at 
 the  breake  off  the  daye,  the  kynge  arose,  and 
 wente  in  all  haist  vnto  the  denne  off  the  Lyons. 
 
 Now  as  he  came  nye  vnto  f  dene,  he  cried 
 with  a  piteous  voyce  vnto  Daniel :  Yee  f  kige 
 spake,  and  sayde  vnto  Daniel :  O  Daniel,  thou 
 seruaunt  off  the  lyuynge  God,  Is  not  thy  God 
 (whom  thou  allwaye  seruest)  able  to  delyuer 
 the  from  the  lyons  ?  Daniel  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge :  O  kynge,  God  saue  thy  life  for  euer : 
 
 '  My  God  hath  sent  his  angel,  which  hath 
 
 •  Dani.  14.  e.  »  Dan.  3.  e.    Act.  12.  c.    lud.  14.  c. 
 
 I  Re.  17.  e.    Heb.  11.  f.  c  Hest.  2.  b.    Dani.  14.  g. 
 
 ''  Dan.  3.  f.  '  Dani.  14.  f.  7.  c.  /Esa.  43.  b. 
 
 shut  the  lyons  mouthes,  so  that  they  might 
 not  hurte  me.  For  why  :  myne  ^Tigiltynesse 
 is  founde  out  before  him.  And  as  for  the 
 (o  kynge)  I  neuer  offended  the. 
 
 Then  was  the  kynge  exceadinge  glad,  ad 
 commaunded  to  take  Daniel  out  off  the  denne. 
 So  Daniel  was  brought  out  of  the  dene,  and 
 no  maner  of  hurte  was  founde  vpo  him.  For 
 he  put  his  trust  in  his  God.  And  as  for  those 
 men  which  had  accused  Daniel,  the  kige 
 commaunded  to  bringe  them,  and  to  cast 
 them  in  the  lyons  denne  :  '  them,  their  child- 
 ren and  their  wyues.  So  the  lyons  had  the 
 mastry  of  them,  and  brake  all  their  bones 
 a  sonde r,  or  euer  they  came  at  the  grounde. 
 
 •*  After  this,  wrote  kjTige  Darius  vnto  all 
 people,  kynreddes  and  tunges,  that  dwelt  in 
 all  londes :  peace  be  multiplied  with  you : 
 My  commaundement  is,  in  all  my  dominio 
 and  kyngdome,  that  men  feare  and  stonde  in 
 awe  off  Daniels  God  : 
 
 '  For  he  is  the  lyuinge  God,  which  abydeth 
 euer:  his  kyngdome  shall  not  fayle,  and  his 
 power  is  euerlastynge.  It  is  he  that  delyuer- 
 eth,  and  saueth:  'he  doth  wonders  and  mar- 
 uelous  workes,  in  heauen  and  in  earth :  he 
 hath  preserued  Daniel  from  the  power  of  the 
 lyons.  *  This  Daniel  prospered  in  the  raigne 
 off  Darius  and  Cirus  of  Persia. 
 
 W^e  bij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 IN  the  first  yeare  off  Balthasar  kynge  off 
 Babilon,  sawe  Daniel  a  di'eame,  and  a 
 vision  was  in  his  heade  vpon  his  bedde. 
 Which  dreame  he  wrote,  and  the  summe  of 
 the  matter  is  this  :  Daniel  spake,  and  sayde : 
 I  sawe  in  my  vision  by  nyght,  and  beholde  : 
 the  foure  wyndes  of  y  heauen  stroue  v'pon  the 
 see,  and  foure  greate  beestes  came  vp  from 
 the  see,  one  vnlike  another. 
 
 The  first  was  as  a  lyon,  and  yet  had  he 
 Aegles  wynges.  *  I  sawe,  that  his  wynges  were 
 plucte  from  him,  and  he  taken  awaye  from  the 
 earth :  that  he  stode  vpon  his  fete  as  a  man, 
 'and  that  there  was  geuen  him  a  mans  herte. 
 
 Beholde,  the  seconde  beest  was  like  a  Beer, 
 and  stode  vpon  the  one  syde.  *Amonge  his  teth 
 in  his  mouth  he  had  iij.  greate  loge  teth  and  it 
 was  sayde  vnto  him  :  Arise,  eate  vp  moch  flesh. 
 
 Then  I  loked,  5  beholde,  there  was  another 
 
 Osee  13.  b.  Dan.  3.  f. 
 Kze.  1.  b.  10.  b. 
 
 5  Dan.  14.  f. 
 Eze.  17.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  4.  a.  b. 
 *  Pro.  28.  c. 
 
Cftap.  hi). 
 
 Wl)t  propfttt  MmitL 
 
 So,  iicclinij. 
 
 like  vnto  a  Leoparde  :  this  had  wynges  as  a 
 foule,  euen  foure  vpon  the  backe.  This  beest 
 had  foure  heades,  ad  there  was  power  geuen 
 him.  "  After  this  I  sawe  iti  a  vision  by  night, 
 5  beholde :  the  fourth  beest  was  grymme  and 
 horrible,  and  maruelous  stronge.  It  had 
 greate  yron  teth,  it  deuoured,  and  destroyed, 
 and  stamped  the  residue  vnder  fete.  It  was 
 farre  vnlike  the  other  beestes  that  were  before 
 it :  '  for  it  had  ten  homes,  wheroflF  I  toke 
 good  hede. 
 
 And  beholde,  there  came  vp  amonge  the, 
 another  like  home,  before  whom  there  were 
 thre  of  the  first  homes  pluckte  awaye.  Be- 
 holde, this  home  had  eyes  like  a  ma,  j  a 
 mouth  speakynge  presumptuous  thinges.  ''I 
 loked  till  the  seates  were  prepared,  ad  till  the 
 olde  aged  sat  him  downe.  His  clothinge  was 
 as  white  as  snowe,  and  the  hayres  of  his  heade 
 like  the  pure  woll. 
 
 His  trone  was  like  the  fine  flame,  and  his 
 wheles  as  the  bumynge  fyre.  There  dre 
 forth  a  firie  streame,  5  wente  out  from  him. 
 ''  A  thousand  tymes  a  thousande  serued  him, 
 X.  M.  tymes  ten  thousande  stode  before  him. 
 The  iudgmet  was  set,  and  the  bokes  opened. 
 Then  toke  I  hede  there  vnto,  because  of  the 
 voyce  of  the  proude  wordes,  which  that  home 
 spake. 
 
 I  behelde,  till  the  beest  was  slayne,  and  his 
 body  destroyed,  '  5  geuen  ouer  to  be  brent  in 
 the  fyre. 
 
 As  for  the  power  of  the  other  beestes  also, 
 it  was  taken  awaye,  but  their  lyues  were  pro- 
 longed for  a  tyme  and  season.  I  sawe  in  a 
 vision  by  night,  and  beholde  :  -^  there  came  one 
 in  the  cloudes  of  heauen  like  the  sonne  of  a 
 man,  which  wente  vnto  the  olde  aged,  before 
 whom  they  brought  him  :  Then  gaue  he  him 
 power  ad  dignite  regall,  ^that  all  people, 
 trybes  and  tunges  shulde  serue  him.  His 
 power  is  an  euerlastinge  power,  which  shal 
 neuer  be  put  downe :  a,  his  kyngdome  en- 
 dureth  vncorrupte.  ''  My  herte  was  vexed,  5 
 I  Daniel  had  a  troubled  sprete  within  me,  ad 
 the  visions  off  my  heade  made  me  afrayed : 
 till  I  gat  me  vnto  one  off  them  that  stode  by, 
 to  knowe  the  treuth,  concerninge  all  these 
 thinges.  So  he  tolde  me,  and  made  me  vn- 
 derstode  the  interpretacio  of  these  thinges. 
 
 ■I  Da.  8.  b.  11.  a.    1  ftlac.  1.  a.  »  Apo.  13.  a.  17.  c. 
 
 '  Apo.  1.  0.  4.  a.  20.  b.    Dan.  10.  a.  ■'  Apoc.  5.  b. 
 
 '  Mat.  25.  d.  Apo.  19.  d.  20.  c.  /  Matt.  13.  c.  Act.  1.  b. 
 Apo.  1.  a.  «Phil.  2.  a.     Matt.  28.  c.     loh.  12.  d. 
 
 These  foure  greate  beastes,  are  foure  kinges 
 which  shal  aryse  out  of  the  earth.  These  shal 
 take  in  the  kyngdome  off  the  sapites  of  the 
 most  hyest,  and  possesse  it  still  more  j  more 
 for  a  longe  season.  After  this  I  requyred 
 diligently  to  knowe  the  treuth,  concerninge 
 the  fourth  beest,  which  was  so  farre  vnlike  the 
 other  beestes,  and  so  horrible :  whose  teth 
 were  of  yron,  and  his  nales  off  brasse  :  which 
 deuoured  and  destroied,  and  stamped  the 
 resydue  vnder  his  fete.  *  I  desyred  also  to 
 knowe  the  treuth,  as  touchinge  the  ten  homes 
 that  he  had  vpon  his  heade,  and  this  other 
 which  came  vp  afterwarde,  before  whose  face 
 there  fell  downe  thre :  which  home  had  eyes 
 and  a  mouth  that  spake  presumptuous  thinges. 
 and  loked  with  a  grimmer  visage  then  his 
 felowes. 
 
 I  behelde,  and  the  same  home  made  battail 
 agaynst  the  sayntes,  yee  ad  gat  the  victory  off 
 them  :  vntill  the  tyme,  that  the  olde  aged 
 came,  that  the  iudgment  was  geue  to  the 
 chefest  sayntes :  and  till  the  tyme,  that  f 
 sayntes  had  the  kyngdome  in  possession. 
 
 He  gaue  me    this  answere :    That   fourth 
 beest  shalbe  the  fourth  kingdome  vpo  earth 
 it  shalbe  more  then  all  other  kyngdomes,  it 
 shall  deuoure,  treade  downe  ad  destroye  all 
 other  londes. 
 
 '  The  ten  homes,  are  ten  kynges  that  shal 
 aryse  out  of  that  kyngdome,  after  who  there 
 shall  stonde  vp  another,  which  shall  be  greater 
 then  the  first. 
 
 He  shall  subdue  thre  kynges,  and  shall 
 speake  wordes  agaynst  the  hyest  off  all :  he 
 shall  destroye  the  sayntes  of  the  most  hyest, 
 and  thynke,  that  he  maye  chaunge  tymes  and 
 lawes.  '"  They  shall  be  geuen  vnder  his  power, 
 vntill  a  tyme,  two  tymes,  and  halff  a  tyme. 
 
 But  the  iudgment  shalbe  kepte,  so  that 
 his  power  shalbe  taken  from  him,  for  he  shal 
 be  destroyed,  and  perish  at  the  last.  As  for 
 the  kyngdome,  power  and  all  might  that  is 
 vnder  the  heauen :  it  shal  be  geuen  to  the  holy 
 people  off  the  most  hyest,  "  whose  kyngdome  is 
 euerlastinge,  yee  all  powers  shall  serue  and 
 obeye  him.     Thus  farre  extede  f  wordes. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  I  Daniel  was  so  vexed  in  my 
 thoughtes,  that  my  countenaunce  chaunged, 
 "  but  the  wordes  I  kepte  still  in  my  herte. 
 
 *  Dani.  1-t.  f.  '  Dan.  9.  d.  »  Apo.  13.  a.  17.  c. 
 
 '  Zacb.  1.  c.        "■  Dan.  2.  c.   Apoc.  12.  d.        °  Luc.  1.  c. 
 Dan.  14.  f.        •  Luc.  2.  c. 
 
fo,  tictlviuj. 
 
 Wl)t  piopfift  Dam'fl. 
 
 Cftap.  buj. 
 
 €l)c  bit).  CI)nptfr. 
 
 IN  the  thirde  yeare  off  the  raigne  of  kinge 
 Balthasar,  there  apeared  a  visio  vnto  me 
 Daniel,  after  that  I  had  sene  the  first.  °  I 
 sawe  in  a  vision,  (and  when  I  sawe  it,  I  was 
 at  Susis  in  the  chefe  cite,  which  lyeth  in  the 
 iondc  off  Eiani)  and  in  f  vision,  me  thought  I 
 was  by  the  ryuer  off  Vlai. 
 
 Then  I  lokcd  vp,  and  sawe  :  and  beholde 
 there  stode  before  tlie  ryuer,  a  ramrae,  which 
 had  homes :  and  these  homes  were  hye,  but 
 one  was  hyer  then  another,  and  the  hyest  came 
 vp  last.  I  sawe  that  this  ramme  puszhed  with 
 his  homes,  agaynst  the  west,  agaynst  the 
 north,  and  agaynst  the  south:  so  that  no 
 beestes  might  stonde  before  him,  ner  defende 
 them  from  his  power:  but  he  dyd  as  him 
 listed,  and  waxed  greatly.  I  toke  hede  vnto 
 this,  and  then  came  there  an  hegoate  from 
 the  west,  ouer  the  whole  earth,  and  touched 
 not  the  grounde. 
 
 This  goate  had  a  maruelous  goodly  home 
 betwixte  his  eyes,  and  came  vnto  the  ramme, 
 that  had  the  two  homes  (whom  I  had  sene 
 afore  by  the  ryuer  syde)  and  ranne  fearcely 
 vpon  him  with  his  might.  I  sawe  him  drawe 
 nye  vnto  the  ramme,  beynge  very  fearce  vpon 
 him :  yee  he  gaue  him  soch  a  stroke,  that  he 
 brake  his  two  homes  : 
 
 Nether  had  the  ramme  so  moch  strength  as 
 to  stonde  before  him  :  but  he  kest  him  downe, 
 trodde  him  vnder  his  fete :  and  no  man  was 
 able  to  delyuer  the  ramme  out  of  his  power. 
 
 The  goate  waxed  exceadinge  greate,  and 
 when  he  was  at  the  strongest,  his  greate  home 
 was  broken  also.  Then  grewe  there  other 
 foure  soch  like  in  the  steade,  towarde  the 
 foure  w-yndes  off  the  heauen.  '  Yee  out  of 
 one  of  the  leest  off  these  homes,  there  came 
 vp  yet  another  home,  which  waxed  maruelous 
 greate  :  towarde  the  south,  towarde  the  east, 
 and  towarde  the  fayre  pleasaunt  londe.  It 
 grewe  vp  to  the  boost  off  heauen,  wherof  it 
 dyd  cast  some  downe  to  the  grounde,  and  off 
 the  starres  also,  and  trode  them  vnder  fete. 
 
 Yee  it  grewe  vp  vnto  the  prynce  off  the 
 boost,  from  whom  the  daylie  offeringe  was 
 taken,  and  the  place  off  his  Sanctuary  casten 
 downe.  And  a  certayne  season  was  geuen 
 vnto  it,  agaynst  the  daylie  offeringe  (because 
 of  wickednesse)  that  it  might  cast  downe  the 
 
 verite  to  the  grounde,  and  so  to  prospere  in 
 all  thinges,  that  it  went  aboute.  Vpon  this  I 
 herde  one  off  the  sayntes  speakynge,  which 
 saynte  sayde  vnto  one  that  axed  this  question  : 
 
 How  longe  shall  this  vision  off  the  daylie 
 sacrifice  and  of  the  waistinge  abhominacion 
 endure :  that  the  Sanctuary  and  the  power 
 shall  so  be  troden  vnder  fote  ?  And  he 
 answered  him :  Vnto  the  euenynge  (j  the 
 morninge,  euen  two  thousande  and  thre  hu- 
 dreth  dayes :  then  shall  the  Sanctuary  be 
 clensed  agayne. 
 
 Now  when  I  Daniel  had  sene  this  vision, 
 and  sought  for  the  vnderstondinge  of  it :  be- 
 holde, there  stode  before  me  a  thinge  like 
 vnto  a  man.  And  I  herde  a  mans  voyce  in 
 the  ryuer  off  Vlai,  which  cryed,  and  sayde : 
 
 0  Gabriel,  make  this  man  vnderstonde  the 
 vision.     So  he  came,  and  stode  by  me.     But 
 
 1  was  afrayed  at  his  cominge,  and  fell  downe 
 vpon  my  face. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me  :  0  thou  sonne  of 
 man,  marcke  well,  for  in  the  last  t)Tne  shall 
 this  vision  be  fulfylled.  Now  as  he  was 
 speakynge  vnto  me,  I  waxed  faynte,  so  that  I 
 suncke  downe  to  the  grounde.  But  he  toke 
 holde  vpon  me,  and  set  me  vp  agayne,  say- 
 enge  :  Beholde,  I  will  shewe  the,  what  shall 
 happen  in  the  last  wrath :  for  in  the  tyme 
 appoynted  it  shal  be  fulfilled. 
 
 The  ramme  which  thou  sawest  with  the 
 two  homes,  is  the  kynge  off  the  Medes  ad 
 Perses  :  but  the  goate  is  the  kynge  of  Greke 
 londe  :  the  greate  home  that  stode  betwixte 
 his  eyes,  that  is  the  pryncipall  kynge.  But 
 where  as  it  brake,  and  foure  other  rose  vp  in 
 the  steade  :  it  signifieth,  that  out  of  this  peo- 
 ple shall  stonde  vp  foure  kyngdomes,  but  not 
 so  mightie  as  it. 
 
 After  these  k)Tigdomes  (whyle  vngodlynesse 
 is  a  growinge)  there  shall  aryse  a  kynge  off  an 
 vnshamefast  face,  which  shall  be  wyse  in 
 darcke  speakinges. 
 
 He  shalbe  mightie  and  stronge,  but  not  in 
 his  owne  strength.  He  shall  destroye  aboue 
 measure,  and  all  that  he  goeth  aboute,  shall 
 prospere :  he  shall  slaye  the  stronge  and  holy 
 people.  And  thorow  his  craftynes,  falsede 
 shall  prospere  in  his  honde,  his  herte  shall  be 
 proude,  and  many  one  shall  he  put  to  death 
 in  his  welthynesse.  He  shal  stonde  vp  agaynst 
 the  prynce  off  prynces,  but  he  shalbe  destroyed 
 
 '  Dan.  7.  a.  11.  a.  1  Mac.  l.a. 
 
Cftap.  I'jr. 
 
 CI)e  propbct  JDanifl, 
 
 jTo.  ardnt. 
 
 without  honde.  "And  this  vision  that  is  shewed 
 vnto  the,  is  as  sure  as  the  evenynge  and  the 
 mornynge.  Therfore  wryte  thou  vp  this 
 sight,  *for  it  wylbe  longe  or  it  come  to  passe. 
 Vpon  this  was  I  Daniel  very  faynte,  so  that 
 I  laye  sicke  certayne  dayes :  but  whan  I  rose 
 vp,  I  wente  aboute  the  kynges  busynesse,  and 
 marueled  at  the  vision,  neuerthelesse  no  man 
 knewe  of  it. 
 
 CJjc  tv.  Cijaptrr. 
 
 IN  the  first  yeare  off  Darius  the  sonne  off 
 Ahasuerus,  '  which  was  of  the  sede  off  the 
 Medes,  (j  was  made  kynge  ouer  the  realme  of 
 the  Caldees :  Yee  euen  in  the  first  yeare  off 
 his  raigne,  I  Daniel  desyred  to  knowe  the 
 yearly  nombre  out  of  the  bokes,  ''  wherof  the 
 LORDE  spake  vnto  leremy  the  prophet: 
 that  Jerusalem  shulde  lie  waist  Ixx.  yeares : 
 ad  I  turned  me  vnto  God  the  LORDE,  "for 
 to  praye  and  make  myne  intercessio,  with  fast- 
 inge,  sack  cloth  ad  ashes  I  prayed  before  the 
 LORDE  my  God,  and  knowleged,  sayenge: 
 
 O  LORDE,  thou  greate  5  fearfull  God, 
 thou  that  kepest  couenaunt  and  mercy  with 
 them,  which  loue  the,  and  do  thy  commaunde- 
 mentes :  '  We  haue  synned,  we  haue  offended, 
 we  haue  bene  disobedient  and  gone  backe  : 
 yee  we  haue  departed  from  all  thy  preceptes 
 and  iudgmentes. 
 
 We  wolde  neuer  folowe  thy  seruauntes  the 
 prophetes,  that  spake  in  thy  name  to  oure 
 kynges  and  prynces  to  oure  fore  fathers,  and 
 to  all  the  people  off  the  londe.  =0  LORDE, 
 rightuousnesse  belongeth  vnto  the,  vnto  vs 
 pertayneth  nothynge  but  open  shame :  as  it  is 
 come  to  passe  this  daye  vnto  euery  man  of 
 luda,  and  to  them  that  dwell  at  lerusaleni : 
 
 Yee  vnto  all  Israel,  whether  they  be  farre 
 or  nye :  thorow  out  all  londes,  wherin  thou 
 hast  strowed  them,  because  of  the  offences 
 that  they  had  done  agaynst  the. 
 
 Yee  o  LORDE,  vnto  vs,  to  oure  kinges  5 
 prynces,  to  oure  fore  fathers  :  euen  to  vs  all, 
 that  haue  offended  the,  ''belongeth  open  shame. 
 But  vnto  the  o  LORDE  oure  God,  pertayneth 
 mercy  and  forgeuenesse.  As  for  vs,  we  are 
 gone  backe  from  him,  and  haue  not  obeyed 
 the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  oure  God,  to  walke 
 in  his  lawes,  which  he  layed  before  vs  by  his 
 
 '  2  Mach.  9.  6.  2  Tess.  2.  b.         »  Esa.  8.  d.  '  Dan. 
 
 5.  e.  ■'  lere.  25.  b.   lere.  29.  b.         '  2  Esd.  1.  a.  9.  c. 
 
 /  Baru.  1.  a.  «  Tren.  1.  d.  *  Psal.  105.  a. 
 
 seruauntes  the  prophetes  :  '  yee  all  Israel  haue 
 transgressed,  and  gone  backe  from  thy  lawe, 
 so  that  they  haue  not  herkened  vnto  thy  voyce. 
 
 *  Wherfore  the  curse  and  00th,  that  is  writ- 
 ten in  the  law  of  Moses  the  seruaiit  of  God 
 (against  whom  we  haue  offended)  is  poured 
 vpon  vs.  And  he  hath  perfourmed  his  wordes, 
 'which  he  spake  agaynst  vs,  (j  agaynst  oure 
 iudges  that  iudged  vs :  to  bringe  vpon  vs  soch 
 a  greate  plage,  as  neuer  was  vnder  heauen, 
 like  as  it  is  now  come  to  passe  in  lerusalem. 
 Yee  all  this  plage,  as  it  is  written  in  the  lawe 
 of  Moses,  is  come  vpon  vs.  Yet  made  we 
 not  oure  prayer  before  the, LORDE  oure 
 God,  that  we  might  turne  agayne  from  oure 
 wickednesse,  and  to  be  lerned  in  thy  verite. 
 Therfore  hath  y  LORDE  made  haist,  to 
 bringe  this  plage  vpon  vs :  for  the  LORDE 
 oure  God  is  rightuous,  in  all  his  workes  which 
 he  doth :  for  why,  we  wolde  not  harken  vnto 
 his  voyce. 
 
 And  now,  o  LORDE  oure  God,  thou  that 
 "'  with  a  mightie  honde  hast  brought  thy  peo- 
 jple  out  of  Egipte,  to  get  thy  self  a  name, 
 I  which  remayneth  this  daye  :  we  haue  synned 
 j  (o  LORDE)  5  done  wickedly  agaynst  all  thy 
 rightuousnes :  yet  let  thy  wrothfuU  displeasure 
 be  turned  awaye  (I  beseke  the)  from  thy  cite 
 lerusalem  thy  holy  hill.  And  why  ?  for  oure 
 synnes  sake  and  for  the  wickednesse  of  oure 
 forefathers:  is  lerusalem  and  thy  people 
 abhorred,  of  all  them  that  are  aboute  vs.  Now 
 therfore  (O  oure  God)  heare  the  prayer  of  thy 
 seruaunt,  and  his  intercession  :  0  let  thy  face 
 shyne  ouer  thy  sanctuary,  that  lieth  waist. 
 
 O  my  God,  enclyne  thine  eare,  and  herken 
 (at  the  leest  for  thine  owne  sake)  open  thine 
 eyes :  beholde  how  we  be  desolated,  yee  and 
 the  cite  also,  which  is  called  after  thy  name : 
 For  we  do  not  cast  oure  prayers  before  the  in 
 oure  owne  rightuousnesse,  no :  but  only  in  thy 
 greate  mercies.  O  LORDE,  heare  :  O  for- 
 geue  LORDE:  O  LORDE  considre,  tary 
 not  ouer  longe  :  but  for  thine  owne  sake  do  it, 
 O  my  God :  for  thy  cite  and  thy  people  is 
 called  after  thy  name. 
 
 As  I  was  yet  speakinge  at  my  prayers, 
 knowleginge  myne  owne  synnes  and  y  synnes 
 of  my  people,  makinge  so  myne  intercession 
 before  the  LORDE  my  God,  for  the  holy 
 
 2  Pet.  1.  U.    Zach.  7.  b.  '  Deu.  27.  28.    Leui.  26. 
 
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 hils  sake  of  my  God:  yee  whyle  I  was  yet 
 speakinge  in  my  prayer,  beholde,  the  ma 
 Gabriel  ("whom  I  had  sene  afore  in  the  vision) 
 came  flyenge  to  me,  and  touched  me  aboute  f 
 oiferinge  tyme  in  the  euenynge.  He  in- 
 fourmed  me,  and  spake  vnto  me  :  O  Daniel 
 (sayde  he)  I  am  now  come,  to  make  the  vn- 
 derstonde  it :  For  as  soone  as  thou  begannest 
 to  make  thy  prayer,  it  was  so  diuysed,  and 
 therfore  am  I  come  to  shewe  the.  *  And 
 why  ?  for  thou  art  a  man  greatly  beloued. 
 
 Wherfore,  pondre  the  matter  wel,  that  thou 
 mayest  lerne,  to  vnderstonde  the  vision.  Lxx. 
 wekes  are  determed  ouer  thy  people,  5  ouer 
 thy  holy  cite :  that  the  wickednesse  maye  be 
 consumed,  that  the  synne  maye  haue  an  ende, 
 that  the  offence  maye  be  reconciled,  and  to 
 bringe  in  euerlastinge  rightuousnesse,  to  fulfill 
 f  visions  and  the  prophetes,  and  to  anoynte 
 the  most  holy  one.  Vnderstode  this  then, 
 and  raarcke  it  well  :  "  that  from  the  tyme  it 
 shalbe  concluded,  to  go  and  repayre  Jerusalem 
 agayne,  vnto  Christ  (or  the  anoynted)  prynce  : 
 there  shalbe  seuen  wekes.  Then  shall  the 
 stretes  ij  walles  be  buylded  agayne  Ixij.  wekes, 
 but  with  harde  troublous  tyme.  Afther  these 
 Ixij.  wekes,  shal  Christ  be  slayne,  i  they  shal 
 haue  no  pleasure  in  him.  Then  shal  there 
 come  a  people  with  the  prynce,  and  destroye 
 the  cite  and  the  sanctuary :  and  his  ende 
 shal  come  as  the  water  floude.  But  the  deso- 
 lacion  shall  continue  till  the  ende  of  the 
 batell. 
 
 He  shall  make  a  stronge  bonde  with  many, 
 for  the  space  of  a  weke :  and  when  the  weke 
 is  half  gone,  he  shal  put  downe  the  slayne 
 and  meatoffringe.  ''  And  in  the  temple  there 
 shalbe  an  abhominable  desolacio,  till  it  haue 
 destroyed  all.  And  it  is  concluded,  y  this 
 waistinge  shal  continue  vnto  the  ende. 
 
 Cljc  r-  Cljaptnr. 
 
 IN  the  thirde  yeare  of  kinge  Cirus  of  Per- 
 sia, there  was  shewed  vnto  Daniel  (other- 
 wise called  Balthasar)  a  matter,  yee  a  true 
 matter,  but  it  is  yet  a  longe  tyme  vnto  it. 
 
 He  vnderstode  the  matter  well,  and  per- 
 ceaued  what  the  vision  was.  At  the  same 
 tyme,  I  Daniel  mourned  for  the  space  of  thre 
 wekes,  so  that  I  had  no  lust  to  eate  bred :  as 
 for  flesh  and  wyne,  there  came  none  within 
 
 "  Dan.  2.  c.  8.  a.  »  Da.  10.  c.  d.  '  1  Par.  36.  d. 
 
 1  Esd.  1.  a.         -i  Matt.  24.  13.   Mar.  13.  b.         '  Dan.  7.  b. 
 
 my  mouth :  No,  I  dyd  not  ones  anoynte  my 
 self,  till  the  whole  thre  wekes  were  out. 
 
 Vpon  the  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  I 
 was  by  the  greate  floude,  called  Tigris :  I  lift 
 vp  myne  eyes,  and  loked:  and  beholde,  a 
 man  clothed  in  lynnynge,  "  whose  loynes  were 
 gyrded  vp  with  fyne  golde  of  Araby :  his 
 body  was  like  the  Chrisolite  stone,  his  face  (to 
 loke  vpon)  was  like  lightenynge,  his  eyes  as 
 the  flame  of  fyre,  his  armes  and  fete  were  like 
 fayre  glisteringe  metall,  but  the  voyce  of  his 
 wordes  was  like  f  voyce  of  a  multitude. 
 
 J^l  Daniel  alone  sawe  this  vision,  the  men 
 that  were  with  me,  sawe  it  not :  but  a  greate 
 fearfulnesse  fell  vpon  them,  so  that  they  fled 
 awaye,  and  hyd  them  selues.  I  was  left  there 
 my  self  alone,  and  sawe  this  greate  vision,  so 
 longe  til  there  remayned  noraore  strength 
 within  me :  Yee  I  lost  my  coloure  clene,  I 
 waisted  awaye,  and  my  strength  was  gone. 
 Yet  herde  I  the  voyce  of  his  wordes :  d  as 
 soone  as  I  herde  it,  fayntnesse  came  vpon  me, 
 and  I  fell  downe  flat  to  the  grounde  vpon  my 
 face.  And  beholde,  an  hande  touched  me, 
 which  set  me  vp  vpon  my  knees  5  vpon  the 
 palmes  of  my  hondes,  sayenge  vnto  me  :  *  O 
 Daniel,  thou  well  beloued  man  :  take  good 
 hede  of  the  wordes,  that  I  shal  saye  vnto  y,  5 
 stode  right  vp,  for  vnto  f  am  I  now  sent. 
 
 And  when  he  had  sayde  these  wordes,  I 
 stode  vp  tremblinge.  Then  saide  he  vnto 
 me :  feare  not  Daniel :  for  why,  sence  the  first 
 daye  that  thou  set  thine  herte  to  vnderstonde, 
 and  didest  chasten  thy  self  before  thy  God : 
 thy  wordes  haue  bene  herde.  And  I  had 
 come  vnto  the  whe  thou  begannest  to  speake, 
 had  not  the  prynce  ouer  the  kingdome  of  the 
 Perses  with  stonde  me  xxj.  dayes.  But  lo. 
 Michael  one  of  the  chefe  prynces,  *  came  to 
 helpe  me,  him  haue  I  left  by  the  kinge  of 
 Persia,  ij  am  come  to  shewe  the,  what  shal 
 happen  vnto  thy  people  in  the  latter  dayes  : 
 for  it  wilbe  loge  yet  or  the  vision  be  fulfilled. 
 
 Now  when  he  had  spoken  these  wordes 
 vnto  me,  I  kest  downe  my  heade  to  y^  grounde, 
 and  helde  my  tunge.  Beholde,  there  touched 
 my  lippes  one,  very  like  vnto  a  man.  Then 
 opened  I  my  mouth,  and  sayde  vnto  him,  that 
 stode  before  me  :  O  my  lorde,  my  ioyntes  are 
 lowsed  in  the  vision,  and  there  is  no  more 
 stregth  within   me:    How   maye   my  lordes 
 
 Apo.  1.  c. 
 
 /  Dan.  3.  e.  Act.  9.  a. 
 *  losu.  5.  d.  Dan.  12.  a. 
 
Cftap.  vu 
 
 Cfte  piopljft  Mmiitl 
 
 seruaunt  then  talke  with  my  lorde?  seinge 
 there  is  no  strength  in  me,  so  that  I  can  not 
 take  my  breth  ?  Vpon  this  there  touched  me 
 agayne,  one  moch  like  a  man,  (t  conforted  me, 
 sayenge  :  "  O  thou  man  so  wel  beloued,  feare 
 not :  be  content,  take  a  good  herte  vnto  the, 
 and  be  stronge.  So  when  he  had  spoken  vnto 
 me,  I  recouered,  5  sayde :  Speake  on  my 
 lorde,  for  thou  hast  refreszshed  me.  The 
 sayde  he :  knowest  thou  wherfore  I  am  come 
 vnto  f  ?  now  wil  I  go  agayne  to  fight  with  the 
 prynce  of  the  Perses.  As  soone  as  I  go  forth, 
 lo,  the  prynce  of  Grekelonde  shal  come. 
 Neuertheles,  I  wil  shewe  the  the  thinge,  y  is 
 fast  noted  in  the  scripture  of  treuth.  And  as 
 for  all  yonder  matters,  there  is  none  that  help- 
 eth  me  in  them,  but  Michael  youre  prynce. 
 
 El)C  yi.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  in  the  first  yeare  of  Darius  of  Me- 
 dia, I  stode  by  him,  to  conforte  him,  5 
 to  strength  him,  and  now  wil  I  shewe  the  the 
 treuth.  Beholde,  there  shal  stonde  vp  yet 
 thre  kinges  in  Persia,  but  y  fourth  shal  be 
 farre  richer  then  they  all.  And  when  he  is 
 in  the  chefest  power  of  his  riches,  he  shal  pro- 
 uoke  euery  man  agaynst  the  realme  of  Greke- 
 londe. Then  shal  there  arise  yet  a  mightie 
 kinge,  that  shal  rule  with  greate  dominion, 
 and  do  what  him  list.  *  And  as  soone  as  his 
 kingdome  commeth  vp,  it  shalbe  destroyed,  % 
 '  deuyded  towarde  ;y-  foure  wyndes  of  the  hea- 
 uen.  They  y  come  after  him,  shall  not  haue 
 soch  power  g  dominion  as  he :  but  his  king- 
 dome  shalbe  scatred,  yee  euen  amonge  other 
 the  those.  And  the  kynge  of  y  south  shalbe 
 mightier,  then  his  other  prynces.  Agaynst 
 him  there  shal  one  make  himself  stroge,  5 
 shal  rule  his  dominio  with  greate  power. 
 
 But  after  certayne  yeares  they  shalbe  ioyned 
 together,  5  the  kynges  doughter  of  the  south 
 shall  come  to  the  kynge  of  the  north,  for  to 
 make  fredshipe,  but  she  shal  not  optayne  the 
 power  of  that  arme,  nether  shall  she  be  able 
 to  endure  thorow  his  might :  but  she,  5  soch 
 as  brought  her  (yee  5  he  y  begat  her,  5  con- 
 forted her  for  his  tyme)  shalbe  delyuered  vp. 
 Out  of  y  braunches  of  hir  rote,  there  shal  one 
 stonde  vp  in  his  steade :  which  with  power  of 
 armes  shal  go  thorow  the  kynges  londe  of  the 
 north,  5  handle  him  acordinge  to  his  strength. 
 As  for  their  Idols  5  prynces,  with  their  costly 
 
 "  Dan.  9.  b. 
 
 »  Dan.  7.  a. 
 
 ffo.  UccUti). 
 
 Jewels  of  golde  5  syluer,  he  shal  cary  them 
 awaye  captyues  in  to  Egipte,  and  he  shal  pre- 
 uayle  agaynst  the  kynge  of  the  north  certayne 
 yeares.  And  when  he  is  come  in  to  y  kynges 
 realme  of  ;y  south,  he  shal  be  fayne  to  turne 
 agayne  in  to  his  owne  londe.  Wherfore  his 
 sonnes  shalbe  displeased,  and  shal  gather  to- 
 gether a  mightie  greate  boost  of  people :  and 
 one  of  them  shal  come,  and  go  thorow  hke  a 
 waterfloude :  then  shal  he  returne,  and  go 
 forth  with  defyenge  and  boostinge  vnto  his 
 owne  londe. 
 
 The  the  kinge  of  ;y  south  shalbe  angrie, 
 and  shal  come  forth  to  fight  agaynst  the  kinge 
 of  the  north :  Yee  he  shall  bringe  a  greate 
 multitude  of  people  together,  and  a  greate 
 heape  shalbe  geue  in  to  his  honde  :  these  shal 
 he  cary  awaye  with  greate  pryde,  for  so  moch 
 as  he  hath  cast  downe  so  many  thousandes, 
 neuertheles  he  shall  not  preuayle.  For  y  kinge 
 of  f  north  shal  gather  (of  the  new)  a  greater 
 heape  of  people  then  afore,  5  come  forth  (after 
 a  certayne  tyme  and  yeares)  with  a  mightie 
 boost  (t  exceadinge  greate  good. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  there  shall  many  stonde 
 vp  agaynst  the  kinge  of  the  south,  so  that  f 
 wicked  children  of  thy  people  also  shal  exalte 
 them  selues  (to  fulfill  the  vision)  and  then 
 fall.  So  the  kinge  of  the  north  shall  come  to 
 laye  sege,  and  to  take  the  stroge  fensed  cities : 
 And  the  power  of  the  of  f  south  shal  not  be 
 able  to  abyde  him,  5  the  best  men  of  the 
 people  shall  not  be  so  stronge,  as  to  resist 
 him.  Shortly,  when  he  commeth,  he  shall 
 handle  him  as  he  list,  5  no  man  shalbe  so 
 hardy  as  to  stonde  agaynst  him.  He  shal 
 stode  in  the  pleasaunt  countre,  which  thorow 
 him  shalbe  destroyed.  He  shal  set  his  face 
 with  all  his  power  to  optayne  his  kingdome,  5 
 to  be  like  it.  Yee  that  shal  he  do,  5  geue 
 him  vnto  the  doughters  amoge  women,  to  de 
 stroye  him.  But  he  shal  fayle,  nether  shal 
 he  optayne  his  purpose.  After  this,  shall  he 
 set  his  face  vnto  the  lies,  5  take  many  of  the. 
 A  prynce  shal  stoppe  him,  to  do  him  a  shame, 
 besyde  the  confucion  that  els  shal  come  vnto 
 him.  Thus  shal  he  turne  agayne  to  his  owne 
 londe,  stomble,  ij  fall,  and  be  nomore  founde: 
 so  he  that  came  vpon  him  a  dyd  him  vio- 
 lence, shal  stonde  in  his  place,  5  haue  a 
 pleasaunt  kingdome  :  and  after  few  dayes  he 
 shal  be  destroyed,  a  that  nether  in  wrath  ner 
 
 '  1  Mach.  1. 
 
go,  Drdvbiij. 
 
 €i)t  propftft  IDanifl. 
 
 Cftap.  xi* 
 
 9  in  batell.  In  his  steade  there  shal  aryse  a 
 vyle  person  not  holde  worthy  of  a  kinges 
 dignite:  this  shall  come  in  craftely,  tt  optayne 
 the  kingdonie  with  fayre  wordes:  he  shal  fight 
 agaynst  the  amies  of  the  mightie  (5  destroye 
 them,)  yee  (j  agaynst  the  prynce  of  the  coue- 
 naunt. 
 
 So  after  y  he  hath  taken  truce  with  him,  he 
 shal  hadle  disceatfully  :  that  he  maye  get  vp, 
 ft  ouer  come  him  with  a  small  flocke :  3  so 
 with  eraftynesse  to  get  him  to  y  fattest  place 
 of  the  londe,  and  to  deale  otherwise,  then 
 ether  his  fathers  or  grandfathers  dyd.  For  he 
 shal  destroye  the  thinge,  y  they  had  robbed  5 
 spoyled,  yee  5  all  their  substaunce  :  ymagen- 
 ynge  thoughtes  agaynst  the  stroge  holdes,  rx, 
 that  for  a  tyme.  His  power  and  herte  shalbe 
 sterred  vp  with  a  greate  armye  agaynst  the 
 kinge  of  the  south  :  where  thorow  the  kinge 
 of  the  south  shalbe  moued  then  vnto  batell, 
 with  a  greate  g  mightie  boost  also.  Neuer- 
 thelesse,  he  shal  not  be  able  to  stonde,  for 
 they  shall  conspyre  agaynst  him.  Yee  they  y 
 eate  of  his  meate,  shal  hurte  him  :  so  that  his 
 boost  shal  fall,  j  many  be  slayne  downe. 
 
 These  two  kinges  shalbe  mynded  to  do 
 myschefe,  q,  talke  of  disceate  at  one  table :  but 
 they  shal  not  prospere :  "for  why,  the  ende 
 shal  not  come  yet,  vnto  the  tyme  apoynted. 
 The  shall  he  go  home  aga}Tie  in  to  his  owne 
 londe  with  greate  good,  5  set  his  herte  agaynst 
 the  holy  couenaunt,  he  shalbe  busy  agaynst  it, 
 5  then  returne  home.  At  the  tpne  appoynted 
 he  shal  come  agayne,  j  go  towarde  the  south : 
 So  shall  it  happen  otherwise  then  at  the  first, 
 yet  ones  agayne.  And  why,  the  shippes  of 
 Cythim  shal  come  \'pon  him,  that  he  maye  be 
 smytten  j  turne  agayne :  *  y  he  maye  take 
 indignacion  agaynst  the  couenaunt  of  holynes, 
 to  medle  agaynst  it.  Yee  he  shal  turne  him, 
 (t  drawe  soch  vnto  him,  as  leaue  the  holy 
 couenaunt. 
 
 He  shal  set  mightie  men  to  vnhalowe  the 
 sanctuary  of  stregth,  to  put  downe  the  daylie 
 ofFeringe,  j  to  set  vp  the  abhominable  desola- 
 cion.  And  soch  as  breake  the  couenaunt,  shal 
 he  flatre  with  fawe  wordes.  But  f  people  that 
 wil  knowe  their  God,  shal  haue  the  ouerhade 
 and  prospere.  Those  also  that  haue  vnder- 
 stondinge  amonge  the  people,  shal  enfourme 
 the  multitude:    j   for   a  longe  season,  they 
 
 '  2  Mac.  5.  a. 
 
 ''  Apoc.  15.  a. 
 
 'Nu.  2-1.  d. 
 ■  Apo.  12.  c. 
 
 '  2  The.  2.  a. 
 Apo.  11.  c. 
 
 shalbe  persecuted  with  swearde,  with  fyre,  with 
 captyuyte  ij  with  the  takynge  awaye  of  their 
 goodes.  Now  whG  they  fall,  they  shalbe  set 
 vp  with  a  litle  helpe  :  but  many  shal  cleue 
 vnto  them  faynedly. 
 
 Yee  some  of  those  which  haue  vnderstond- 
 ynge  shal  be  persecuted  also :  y  they  maye  be 
 tryed,  purified  (j  closed,  till  the  tyme  be  out : 
 for  there  is  yet  another  tyme  appoynted.  The 
 kinge  shal  do  what  him  list,  he  shal  exalte  and 
 magnifie  himself  agaynst  all,  that  is  God.'  Yee 
 he  shall  speake  maruelous  thinges  agaynst  the 
 God  of  all  goddes,  wherin  he  shal  prospere,  so 
 ■'longe  till  the  wrath  be  fulfilled,  for  the  con- 
 clusion is  deuysed  alredy.  He  shal  not  re- 
 garde  the  God  of  his  fathers,  but  his  lust  shall 
 be  vpon  wome  :  Yee  he  shal  not  care  for  eny 
 God,  for  he  shal  magnifie  himself  aboue  all 
 In  his  place  shal  he  worshipe  the  mightie 
 Idols :  ft  the  god  whom  his  fathers  knewe  not, 
 shal  he  honoure  with  golde  and  syluer,  with 
 precious  stones  and  pleasaunt  lewels. 
 
 This  shal  he  do,  sekinge  helpe  and  sucoure 
 at  the  mightie  Idols  and  straunge  goddes. 
 Soch  as  wil  receaue  him,  and  take  him  for 
 God,  he  shal  geue  them  greate  worshipe  and 
 power :  yee  and  make  them  lordes  of  the 
 multitude,  and  geue  them  the  londe  with  re- 
 wardes.  In  the  latter  tyme,  shal  the  kinge  of 
 the  south  stryue  with  him  :  and  the  kinge  of 
 the  north  in  like  maner  shall  come  agaynst 
 him  with  charettes,  horsmen  5  with  a  greate 
 nauy  of  shippes.  He  shal  come  in  to  the 
 londes,  destroye  and  go  thorow  :  he  shal  entre 
 also  in  to  the  fayre  pleasaunt  londe.  '  Many 
 cities  (J  countrees  shal  decaye,  excepte  Edom, 
 Moab  5  the  best  of  the  children  of  Amnion, 
 which  shal  escape  from  his  honde.  He  shall 
 stretch  forth  his  h5des  \'pon  the  countrees,  5 
 the  londe  of  Egipte  shal  not  escape  him.  For 
 thorow  his  goinge  in,  he  shal  haue  dominion 
 ouer  the  treasures  of  syluer  5  golde,  (i  ouer  all 
 the  precious  lewels  of  Egipte,  Lybia  and 
 Ethiopia.  '  Neuerthelesse  the  tydinges  out  of 
 the  east  and  the  north  shall  trouble  him,  for 
 the  which  cause  he  shal  go  forth  to  destroye  5 
 curse  a  greate  multitude.  The  tentes  of  his 
 palace  shall  he  pytch  betwixte  the  two  sees, 
 vpon  the  hill  of  the  noble  sanctuary,'  for  he 
 shal  come  to  the  ende  of  it,  and  then  shal  no 
 man  helpe  him. 
 
 «  Apo.  19.  (1.  '.'0  c. 
 
I  C!)ap«  H'tji. 
 
 €i)t  propftct  23anid. 
 
 ffo,  tjttlm*] 
 
 THE  tyme  wil  come  also,  that  the  greate 
 prynce  Michael,"  which  stondeth  on  thy 
 peoples  syde,  shal  aryse  vp,  for  there  shal 
 come  a  tyme  of  trouble,*  soch  as  neuer  was, 
 sens  there  begfme  to  be  eny  people,  vnto  that 
 same  tyme.  Then  shal  thy  people  be  de- 
 lyuered,  yee  all  those  that  be  foude  written  in 
 the  boke.  '  Many  of  them  that  slepe  in  the 
 dust  of  the  earth,  shal  awake :  some  to  euer- 
 lastinge  life,  some  to  perpetuall  shame  (j  re- 
 profe.  ''The  wyse  (soch  as  haue  taught  other) 
 shal  glister,  as  the  shyninge  of  heauen :  and 
 those  that  haue  instructe  the  multitude  vnto 
 godlynesse,  shalbe  as  the  starres,  worlde  with- 
 out ende. 
 
 And  thou  o  Daniel,  shut  vp  these  wordes,  j 
 seale  the  boke,  till  the  last  tyme.  Many  shal 
 go  aboute  here  and  there,  and  the  shal  know- 
 lege  increase.  So  I  Daniel  loked,  and  beholde, 
 there  stode  other  two  :  one  vpon  this  shore  of 
 the  water,  the  other  vpon  yonder  syde.  And 
 one  of  the  sayde  vnto  him,  which  was  clothed 
 in  lynnynge,  and  stode  aboue  vpon  the  waters 
 of  the  floude :  How  longe  shall  it  be  to  the 
 
 Apo.  19.  c.         '  Mat.  24.  b. 
 <"  Matt.  13.  c. 
 
 ■^lob.  5.  c.  1  Cor.  15.  e. 
 ■  Apo.  10.  a. 
 
 ende  of  these  wonderous  workes  ?  '  Then 
 herde  I  the  man  with  the  lynnynge  clothes, 
 which  stode  aboue  vpon  the  waters  of  the 
 floude  :  when  he  helde  vp  his  right  and  left 
 honde  vnto  heauen,  %  sware  by  him  which} 
 lyueth  for  euer : '  that  it  shal  tary  for  a  tyme, 
 two  tymes  (j  half  a  tyme:  (j  when  the  power 
 of  the  holy  people  is  clene  scatred  abrode,  j 
 the  shal  all  these  thinges  be  fulfilled. 
 
 I  herde  it  well,  but  I  vnderstode  it  not.  C 
 Then  sayde  I :  O  my  lorde,  what  shal  happen 
 after  that?  He  answered:  Go  thy  waye 
 Daniel,  for  these  wordes  shal  be  closed  vp  j 
 sealed,  till  the  last  tyme :  5  many  shalbe  puri-  \ 
 fied,  clensed  5  tried.  But  the  vngodly  shall 
 lyue  wickedly,  and  those  wicked  (as  many  of 
 the  as  they  be)  shal  haue  no  vnderstondinge. 
 '  As  for  soch  as  haue  vnderstondinge,  they 
 shal  regarde  it.  And  from  y  tyme  forth  that 
 the  daylie  offerynge  shalbe  put  downe  5  the 
 abhominable  desolacion  set  vp,  there  shalbe  a 
 thousande  two  hudreth  5  xc.  dayes.  O  well 
 is  him,  that  waiteth,  (j  commeth  to  the  thou- 
 sande iij.  C.  I XXXV.  dayes.  Go  thou  thy  waye 
 now,  till  it  be  ended :  take  thy  rest,  and  byde 
 in  thy  lot,  till  the  dayes  haue  an  ende. 
 
 /  Apo.  11.  c.  12.  c. 
 
 f  Matt.  13.  b. 
 
 Cfte  mtit  of  tin  propftet  Mmtl 
 
Zi)t  ^vopi)tt  iB^cai. 
 
 aaJIjat  <9s;eaei  toi\tt^ntti)> 
 
 Cfjap.  I. 
 
 €f)ap.  VIII 
 
 God  refuseth  the  lewes,  and  raarieth  himself  to 
 
 Idolatry  in  Samaria  and  Israel. 
 
 the  Gentiles. 
 
 Cijap.  II. 
 Plage  ouer  the  lewes,  that  will  not  amende :  A 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 
 Punyszhment  vpon  Israel  for  Idolatry. 
 
 Promyse  of  mercy  to  those  that  wil  repente. 
 
 €l)ap.   III. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 The  vnthankfuhiesse   of   Israel.      The  calfe  in 
 
 The  mercifuU  loue  of  God,   towarde   the  same 
 
 Samaria,  for  the  which  and  soch  like  abhomi- 
 
 vnthankful  people. 
 
 nacions,  he  telleth  them  of  destruccion. 
 
 Cljap.  nil. 
 
 The  synnes  of  the  prestes  and  of  the   people, 
 
 CI)ap.  XI.  XII. 
 
 with  reprofe  for  the  same. 
 
 God  calleth  them  agayne,  with  rehearsinge  his 
 benefites  done  to  them  afore. 
 
 Cl)ap.  V. 
 
 Against  the  prestes  that  disceaue  the  people. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIII. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VI. 
 
 He  sheweth  them  their  wickednesse,  and  punyszh- 
 
 ment for  the  same. 
 
 The  vnthankfulnes  of  the  People  :  Agayne,  the 
 
 louynge  kyndnesse  of  God. 
 
 Cljap.  XIIII. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 He  crieth  and  exorteth  the  people  to  conuerte, 
 
 No  medycinecan  helpe,  so  sore  are  they  wounded 
 
 promisynge  swetely  and   louyngly  to  receaue 
 
 with  ydolatry. 
 
 them. 
 
 r  1  "'HIS  is  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  that 
 X     came  vnto  Oseas  the  sonne  of  Beeri,  in 
 
 take  an  harlot  to  thy  wife,  and  get  childre  by 
 
 her:  *for  the  lode  hath  comitted  greate  whor- 
 
 the  dayes  of  Osias,"  loathan,  Achas  d  Eze- 
 
 dome  agaynst  the  LORDE.    So  he  wente,  and 
 
 chias  kinges  of  luda :  and  in  the  tyme  of 
 
 toke  Gomer  y  doughter  of  Deblaim  :   which 
 
 leroboam  the  sonne  of  loas  kynge  of  Israel. 
 
 conceaued,  and  brought  forth  a  sonne.     And 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him  :  'call  his  name 
 
 Clje  first  €l)apttr. 
 
 lesrael,  for  I  wil  shortly  auenge  the  bloude  of 
 
 a 
 
 T7IRST,  when  the   LORDE  spake   vnto 
 X^     Oseas,  he  saide  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye, 
 
 lesrael  vpon  the  house  of  lehu,  and  will  bringe 
 
 the  kingdome  of  the  house  of  Israel  to  an 
 
 •4  Reg.  12. 15.  16,  17.         »Leui.2l.  b.     Eze.  44.  d. 
 
 '  3  Re.  21.  b.     4  Re.  15.  c.  17.  18.  b. 
 
Cl^ap*  t'l* 
 
 Cf)t  propfjft  #£(fa£!. 
 
 jTo.  titdni. 
 
 ende.  Then  will  I  breake  the  bowe  of  Israel 
 in  the  valley  of  lesrael. 
 
 She  conceaued  yet  agayne,  and  bare  a 
 doughter.  And  he  sayde  vnto  hiin :  Call  hir 
 name  Loruhama  (that  is,  not  opteyninge 
 mercy)"  for  I  wil  haue  no  pyte  vpon  the  house 
 of  Israel,  but  forget  them,  and  put  them  clene 
 out  of  remembraunce.  *  Neuerthelesse  I  wil 
 haue  mercy  vpon  the  house  of  luda,  (j  wil  saue 
 them,  euen  thorow  the  LORDE  their  God. 
 But  I  wil  not  delyuer  them  thorow  eny  bow, 
 swearde,  batel,  horses  or  horsmen. 
 
 Now  when  she  had  weened  Loruhama,  she 
 conceaued  agayne,  ij  bare  a  sonne.  Then 
 sayde  he:  call  his  name  Lo  Ami. (that  is  to 
 saye,  not  my  people.)  For  why?  ye  are  not 
 my  people,  therfore  will  not  I  be  yours.  'And 
 though  the  nombre  of  the  children  of  Israel 
 be  as  the  sonde  of  the  see,  which  can  nether 
 be  measured  ner  tolde  :  Yet  in  the  place 
 where  it  is  sayde  vnto  them,  ye  be  not  my 
 people  :  euen  there  shall  it  be  thus  reported 
 of  them :  they  be  y  childre  of  the  lyuynge 
 God.  ''Then  shal  the  children  of  luda  and 
 the  childre  of  Israel  be  gathered  together 
 agayne,  j  chose  them  selues  one  heade,  and 
 then  departe  out  of  the  londe:  for  greate 
 shalbe  the  days  of  lesrael. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  Cljapter. 
 
 TELL  youre  brethren,  that  they  are  my 
 people  :  and  youre  sisteren,  that  they 
 haue  optayned  mercy.  As  for  youre  mother, 
 ye  shal  chyde  with  her,  and  reproue  her  :  for 
 she  is  not  my  wife,''  nether  am  I  hir  huszbode: 
 vnlesse  she  put  awaye  hir  whordome  out  of 
 my  sight,  and  hir  aduoutry  from  hir  brestes. 
 Yf  no,  I  shal  strype  her  naked,  j,  set  her,  euen 
 as  she  came  in  to  y  worlde  ■/  Yee  I  shal  laye 
 hir  waist,  and  make  her  like  a  wildernesse,  and 
 slaye  her  for  thyrste.  I  shal  haue  no  pite  also 
 vpon  hir  children,  'for  they  be  the  children  of 
 fornicacion. 
 
 Their  mother  hath  broken  hir  wedlocke, 
 and  she  that  bare  them,  is  come  to  cofucion. 
 ''  For  she  sayde  :  I  wil  go  after  my  louers,  that 
 geue  me  my  water  and  my  bred,  my  woll  5 
 my  flax,  my  oyle  and  my  drynke.  But  I  will 
 hedge  hir  waye  with  thornes,  and  stoppe  it, 
 that  she  shal  not  fynde  hir  fotestoppes :  and 
 
 -  4  Re.  17.  a.       *  Gen.  49.  b.  4  Re.  19.  g.      '  Esa.  10.  d. 
 Rom.  9.  c.       Gen.  22.  c.  ■*  loh.  1.  a.       Eze.  37.  c. 
 
 «  lere.  3.  a.      /  Eze.  16.  a.       «  loh.  8.  d.       *  4  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 though  she  runne  after  hir  louers,  yet  shall 
 she  not  get  them  :  'she  shal  seke  them,  but 
 not  fynde  them.  Then  shal  she  saye:  well,  I 
 will  go  turne  agayne  to  my  first  huszbonde. 
 for  at  y  tyme  was  I  better  at  ease,  then  now 
 But  this  wolde  she  not  knowe,  where  as  I  yet 
 gaue  her  come,  wyne,  oyle,  syluer  and  golde, 
 which  she  hath  hanged  vpon  Baal. 
 
 ''Wherfore  now  will  I  go  take  my  come  5 
 wyne  agayne  in  their  season,  and  fet  agayne 
 my  woll  and  my  flax,  which  I  gaue  her,  to 
 couer  hir  shame.  'And  now  will  I  dyscouer 
 hir  foolishnesse,  euen  in  the  sight  of  hir  louers, 
 and  no  man  shal  delyuer  her  out  of  my 
 hondes.  Morouer,  I  wil  take  awaye  all  hir 
 myrth,"*  hir  holy  dayes,  hir  new  moones,  hir 
 Sabbathes  and  all  hir  solempne  feastes : 
 will  destroye  hir  vynyardes  and  fyge  trees, 
 though  she  saieth :  lo,  here  are  my  rewardes. 
 that  my  louers  haue  geuen  me.  I  wil  make 
 it  a  wodde,  and  the  wylde  beestes  shall  eate  it 
 vp :  I  will  punysh  her  also  for  the  dayes  of 
 Baal,"  wherin  she  censed  him,  deckynge  him 
 with  hir  earynges  and  cheynes :  when  she 
 folowed  hir  louers,  and  forgat  me,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Wherfore  beholde,  I  wil  call  her  againe. 
 bringe  her  in  to  a  wildernes,  and  speake  frendly 
 vnto  her :  there  wil  I  geue  her  hir  vynyardes 
 agayne,"  yee  and  the  valley  of  Achor  also,  to 
 shewe  hir  hope  j  comforte.  Then  shal  she 
 synge  there  as  in  the  tyme  of  hir  youth,  5  like 
 as  in  the  daye  'when  she  came  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Egipte.  Then  (saieth  the  LORDE) 
 she  shal  saye  vnto  me :  O  my  houszbande,  5 
 shal  call  me  nomore  Baal :  for  I  wil  take 
 awaye  those  names  of  Baal  from  hir  mouth, 
 yee  she  shal  neuer  remembre  their  names  eny 
 more.  'Then  will  I  make  a  couenaunt  with 
 them,  with  the  wylde  beastes,  with  the  foules 
 of  the  ayre,  5  with  euery  thinge  that  crepeth 
 vpon  the  earth. 
 
 '  As  for  bowe,  swerde  and  batel,  1  will  de- 
 stroye soch  out  of  the  londe,  %  wil  make  them 
 to  slepe  safely.  '  Thus  wil  I  mary  the  vnto 
 myne  owne  self  for  euermore :  yee  euen  to 
 my  self  wil  I  mary  the,  in  rightuousnesse,  in 
 equyte,  in  louynge  kyndnesse  and  mercy.  In 
 faith  also  will  I  mary  the  vnto  my  self,  5  thou 
 shalt  knowe  the  LORDE.     At  the  same  tyme 
 
 ■  Leui.  15.  c.    '  Eze.  16.  b.     '  lere.  13.  c.     ""  Deu.  16.  c. 
 '•  lud.  2.  b.  10.  b.  "  I0SU.7.  d.  f  ludic.  5.  a. 
 
 Exo.  15.  a.      <  Leui.  16.  a.      '  Esa.  2.  a.       '  Eze.  16.  b. 
 
 c 
 
ffo,  tictim. 
 
 €\)t  proplKt  d^Sfas. 
 
 Cljajp.  iijJ 
 
 wil  I  shewe  my  self  frcndly  and  gracious  vnto 
 ^ heauens,  saieth  the  LORDE:  5  theheauens 
 hal  helpe  the  earth,  and  the  earth  shal  helpe 
 the  corne,  wyne  and  oyle,  and  they  shal  helpe 
 lesrael.  I  wil  sowe  them  vpo  earth,  for  a  sede 
 to  myne  owne  self,  5  wil  haue  mercy  vpon  her, 
 y  was  without  mercy.  And  to  the  which 
 were  not  my  people,"  I  wil  saye :  thou  art  my 
 people.     And  he  shal  saye  :  thou  art  my  God. 
 
 €i)c  iij.  Cljapter 
 
 THEN  sayde  y  LORDE  to  me:  *Go 
 yet  thy  waye  (j  wowe  an  aduouterous 
 woma, who  thyneghboure  loueth,as^  LORDE 
 doth  the  childre  of  Israel:  how  be  it  they 
 haue  respecte  to  straunge  goddes,'  and  loue 
 the  wyne  kannes.  So  I  gat  her  for  xv.  syluer- 
 linges,  and  for  an  Homer  and  an  half  of  barlye, 
 S  sayde  vnto  her  :  Thou  shalt  byde  with  me  a 
 longe  season,  but  se  that  thou  playest  not  the 
 harlot,  and  loke  thou  medle  with  none  other 
 man,  5  then  wil  I  kepe  my  self  for  the. 
 
 Thus  the  childre  of  Israel  shal  syt  a  greate 
 whyle  without  kinge  and  prynce,**  without 
 offerynge  and  aulter,  without  prest  and  reue- 
 lacion.  But  after  warde  shal  the  children  of 
 Israel  conuerte,  and  seke  the  LORDE  their 
 God,  and  'Dauid  their  kinge :  and  in  y  latter 
 dayes  they  shal  worshipe  the  LORDE,  and 
 his  louynge  kyndnesse. 
 
 €1jt  iiij.  CJjapttr. 
 
 HEARE  f  worde  of  the  LORDE,  o  ye 
 children  of  Israel :  For  the  LORDE 
 must  punysh  the,  y  dwel  in  the  londe.  And 
 why  ?  There  is  no  faithfulnesse,  there  is  no 
 mercy,  there  is  no  knowlege  of  God  in  the 
 lode  :  but  swearinge,  lyege,  maslaughter,  theft 
 and  aduoutry  haue  gotten  the  ouerhande,  i 
 one  bloudgiltynesse  foloweth  another.  Ther- 
 fore  shal  the  londe  be  in  a  miserable  case,  and 
 all  they  that  dwell  therin,  shal  mourne.  The 
 beastes  in  the  felde,  the  foules  in  y-  ayre,  and 
 the  fishes  in  the  see  shall  dye.  Yet  is  there 
 none,  that  wil  chaste  nor  reproue  another. 
 The  prestes  which  shulde  refourme  other  me, 
 are  become  like  the  people. 
 
 Therfore  stomblest  thou  in  f  daye  tyme,  5 
 the  prophet  with  the  in  the  night.  I  wil  bringe 
 thy  mother  to  sylence,  %  why?    'my  people 
 
 •  Ro.  9.  c.  1  Pet.  2.  b.  »  Eze.  44.  d.  '  Esa.  28.  a. 
 Amos  6.  Q.  •<  2  Par.  25.  a.  Dan.  3.  d.  '  Eze.  34.  d. 
 f  Baruc  3.  c.       Esa.  5.  b.      Mala.    1.   b.      Exo.   19.  a. 
 
 perish,  because  they  haue  no  knowlege.  Seinge 
 then  that  thou  hast  refused  vnderstondinge, 
 therfore  wil  I  refuse  y  also:  so  that  thou  shalt 
 nomore  be  my  prest.  And  for  so  moch  as 
 thou  hast  forgotten  the  lawe  of  thy  God,  I 
 wil  also  forget  thy  childre.  The  more  they 
 increased  in  multitude,  the  more  they  synned 
 agaynst  me,  therfore  wil  I  chaunge  their 
 honoure  m  to  shame.  ^They  eate  vp  the 
 synnes  of  my  people,  (j  corage  them  in  their 
 wickednesse.  'Thus  the  prest  is  become  like 
 the  people.  '  Wherfore  I  will  punysh  them 
 for  their  wicked  wayes,  (j  rewarde  them  acord- 
 inge  to  their  owne  ymaginacions.  They  shal 
 eate,  (i  not  haue  ynough :  They  haue  vsed 
 whordome,  therfore  shall  they  not  prospere  :  5 
 why?  they  haue  forsaken  the  LORDE,  5  not 
 regarded  him. 
 
 Whordome,  wyne  and  dronckennesse  take 
 the  herte  awaye.  ''My  people  axe  councel  at 
 their  stockes,  their  stafFe  must  tell  them.  For 
 an  whorish  mynde  hath  disceaued  them,  so  y 
 they  comitte  fornicacion  agaynst  their  God. 
 '  They  make  sacrifice  vpon  the  hie  moun- 
 ta)Ties,  (J  burne  their  incense  vpon  the  hilles, 
 yee  amonge  the  okes,  groues  5  buszshes,  for 
 there  are  good  shadowes.  Therfore  youre 
 doughters  are  become  harlottes,  and  youre 
 spouses  haue  broke  their  wedlocke  I  wil  not 
 punish  youre  doughters  for  beinge  defyled,  5 
 youre  brydes  that  became  whores  :  ""seinge  the 
 fathers  them  selues  haue  medled  vpith  har- 
 lottes, and  offered  with  vnthriftes :  but  the 
 people  that  wil  not  vnderstonde,  must  be 
 punyshed. 
 
 Though  thou  Israel  art  disposed  to  playe  y 
 harlot,  yet  shuldest  not  thou  haue  offended,  o 
 luda  :  "  thou  shuldest  not  haue  runne  to  Gal- 
 gala,  ner  haue  gone  vp  to  Bethaue,  ner  haue 
 sworne  :  the  LORDE  lyueth.  For  Israel  is 
 gone  backe,  like  a  waton  cowe.  The  LORDE 
 therfore  shal  make  hir  fede,  as  f  labe  y  goeth 
 astraye.  And  where  as  Ephraim  is  become 
 partaker  of  Idols,  wel,  let  him  go.  Their 
 dronckenesse  hath  put  the  backe,  5  brought 
 them  to  whordome.  Their  rulers  loue  re- 
 wardes,  brjTige  (saye  they,)  to  their  owne 
 shame.  A  wynde  shall  take  holde  of  their 
 fethers,  5  they  shal  be  cofounded  in  their 
 offeringes. 
 
 i  Eze.  13.  d.  *  Esa.  24.  a. 
 Ae;g.  1.  a.  '4  Reg.  1.  a. 
 "  3  Re.  12.  d.     Deu.  10.  d. 
 
 '  Leui.  26.  d.    Mich.  6.  c. 
 '  4  Re.  17.  b.       "  Nu.  2o.  a. 
 
Ci)ap,  bi). 
 
 Cl)t  propfiet  ©geas!* 
 
 #0.  Jjfdniiitj. 
 
 €l)t  6.  C!)aptcr. 
 
 HEARE  this,  o  ye  prestes:  take  hede, 
 o  thou  housholde  of  Israel :  geue  eare, 
 0  thou  kingly  house :  for  this  punyshment  wil 
 come  vpon  you,  that  are  become  a  snare  vnto 
 Myspa,  and  a  spred  net  vnto  the  mount  of 
 Thabor:  They  kyll  sacrifices  by  heapes,  to 
 begyle  the  people  therwith:  "therfore  wil  I 
 punysh  them  all.  I  knowe  Ephraim  well 
 ynough,  j  Israel  is  not  hyd  fro  me :  for 
 Ephraim  is  become  an  harlot,  and  Israel  is 
 defyled.  They  are  not  mynded  to  turne  vnto 
 their  God,  for  they  haue  an  whorish  herte,  so 
 y  they  can  not  knowe  the  LORDE. 
 
 *  But  the  pryde  of  Israel  wil  be  rewarded 
 him  in  his  face,  yee  both  Israel  and  Ephraim 
 shal  fall  for  their  wickednesse,  and  luda  with 
 them  also.  "They  shall  come  with  their 
 shepe  (J  bullockes  to  seke  y  LORDE,  ''but 
 they  shal  not  fynde  him,  for  he  is  gone  from 
 them.  As  for  the  LORDE,  they  haue  re- 
 fused him,  and  brought  vp  bastarde  children : 
 a  moneth  therfore  shall  deuoure  them  with 
 their  porcions. 
 
 Blowe  with  the  shawmes  at  Gabea,  and 
 with  the  trumpet  in  Rama,  crie  out  at 
 Bethauen  vpon  the  yonside  of  Ben  lamin. 
 In  the  tyme  of  y  plage  shal  Ephraim  be  layed 
 waist,  therfore  dyd  I  faithfully  warne  the 
 trybes  of  Israel.  '  Yet  are  the  prynces  of 
 luda  become  like  them,  that  remoue  the 
 londemarckes,  therfore  wil  I  poure  out  my 
 wrath  vpon  them  like  water.  Ephraim  is 
 oppressed,  and  can  haue  no  right  of  the  lawe  : 
 for  why  ?  they  folowe  y  doctrynes  of  men. 
 Therfore  will  I  be  vnto  Ephraim  as  a  moth,  j 
 to  the  house  of  luda  as  a  caterpiller. 
 
 ■^When  Ephraim  sawe  his  sicknesse,  and 
 luda  his  disease :  Ephraim  wente  vnto  Assur, 
 and  sent  vnto  kinge  lareb :  yet  coude  not  he 
 helpe  you,  ner  ease  you  of  youre  payne.  I 
 am  vnto  Ephraim  as  a  lyon,  and  as  a  lyons 
 whelpe  to  the  house  of  luda.  Euen  I,  I  wil 
 spoyle  them,  s  go  my  waye.  I  wil  take  them 
 with  me,  and  no  man  shal  rescue  them.  I  wil 
 go,  and  returne  to  my  place,  till  they  waxe 
 faynt,  and  seke  me. 
 
 CI;c  bi.  Ci^apttr 
 N  their  aduersite  they  shall  seke  me,  and 
 saye:  come,  let  vs  turne  agayne  to  the 
 
 I 
 
 ■■  Eze.  8.  b.  lere.  23.  d. 
 ■*  Deu.  4.  e.     Eze.  14.  a. 
 
 Oaee  7.  b. 
 '  Deu.  19.  (1. 
 
 '  lere.  3.  b. 
 Deu.  27.  b. 
 
 LORDE:  *^for  he  hath  smytten  vs,  and  he 
 shal  heale  vs :  He  hath  wounded  vs,  5  he  shal 
 bynde  vs  vp  agayne  :  after  two  dayes  shal  he 
 quycken  vs,  in  the  thirde  daye  he  shal  rase 
 vs  vp,  so  that  we  shal  lyue  in  his  sight.  Then 
 shal  we  haue  vnderstondinge,  j  endeuoure 
 oure  selues  to  knowe  the  LORDE.  He  shal 
 go  forth  as  the  sprynge  of  the  daye,  ''and  come 
 vnto  vs  as  the  euenynge  and  mornynge  rayne 
 vpon  the  earth. 
 
 O  Ephraim,  what  shal  I  do  vnto  the?  0 
 luda,  how  shal  I  intreate  the  ?  seynge  youre 
 loue  is  like  a  mornynge  cloude,  5  like  a  dew  y 
 goeth  early  awaye.  Therfore  haue  I  cut  downe 
 the  prophetes,  5  letten  them  be  slayne  for  my 
 wordes  sake:  so  that  thy  punyshment  shal 
 come  to  light.  For  I  haue  pleasure  in  louynge 
 kyndnesse,  and  not  in  offerynge : '  Yee  in  the 
 knowlege  of  God,  more  then  in  burnt  sacrifice. 
 ''  But  euen  like  as  Adam  dyd,  so  haue  they 
 broken  my  couenaunt,  and  set  me  at  naught. 
 Galaad  is  a  cite  of  wicked  doers,  of  malicious 
 people  and  bloudshedders.  The  multitude  of 
 the  prestes  is  like  an  heape  of  theues,  mur- 
 therers  %  bloudthurstie  :  for  they  haue  wrought 
 abhominacion.  '  Horrible  thinges  haue  I  sene 
 in  the  house  of  Israel,  there  playeth  Ephraim 
 the  harlot,  and  Israel  is  defyled:  but  luda 
 shall  haue  an  haruest  for  himself,  when  I  re- 
 turne the  captiuyte  of  my  people. 
 
 Wiit  bi).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WHEN  I  vndertake  to  make  Israel 
 whole,  then  the  vngraciousnesse  of 
 Ephraim  and  the  wickednes  of  Samaria  com- 
 meth  to  light :  then  go  they  aboute  with  lyes. 
 At  home,  they  be  theues :  and  without,  they 
 fall  to  robbynge.  They  cosidre  not  in  their 
 hertes,  that  I  remebre  all  their  wickednes. 
 They  go  aboute  with  their  owne  ynuencios, 
 but  I  se  them  wel  ynough.  They  make  the 
 kinge  and  the  princes,  to  haue  pleasure  in 
 their  wickednes  a  lyes.  All  these  burne  in 
 aduoutry,  as  it  were  an  ouen  y  the  baker 
 heateth,  whe  he  hath  lefte  kneadinge,  till  the 
 dowe  be  leuended.  Euen  so  goeth  it  this 
 daye  with  oure  kinges  and  prynces,  for  they 
 begynne  to  be  woode  droncken  thorow  wyne : 
 they  vse  familiarite  with  soch  as  disceaue  the. 
 They  with  the  ymaginacion  of  their  herte  are 
 like  an  oue,  their  slepe  is  all  y  night  like  the 
 
 /  4  Re.  16.  b.  2  Par.  28. 
 ■  Matt.  9.  b.   12.  a. 
 
 «  lob  5.  b. 
 Gen.  3.  b. 
 
 *  Pro.  16.  b. 
 '  lere.  18.  b. 
 
#0.  iJCrijDriiij. 
 
 Cije  propl)rt  ©sitas. 
 
 Clbap.  biij. 
 
 slepe  of  a  baker,  in  the  mornynge  is  he  as 
 hote  as  the  flame  of  fyre :  they  are  altogether 
 as  hote  as  an  ouen. 
 
 They  haue  deuoured  their  owne  iudges,  all 
 their  kinges  are  falle  :  yet  is  there  none  of  the 
 y  calleth  vpon  me.  Therfore  must  Ephraim 
 be  mixte  amonge  f  Heithen.  Ephraim  is 
 become  like  a  cake,  y  no  man  turneth : 
 straungers  haue  deuoured  his  strength,  yet  he 
 regardeth  it  not :  he  waxeth  ful  of  gray  haires, 
 yet  wil  he  not  knowe  it :  5  y  pride  of  Israel  is 
 cast  downe  before  their  face,  "yet  wil  they 
 not  turne  to  the  LORDE  their  God,  ner  seke 
 him,  for  all  this. 
 
 Ephraim  is  like  a  doue,  that  is  begyled, 
 and  hath  no  herte.  *  Now  call  they  vpon  the 
 Egipeians,  now  go  they  to  the  Assirians  :  but 
 whyle  they  be  goinge  here  and  there,  I  shal 
 sprede  my  net  ouer  them,  j  drawe  them  downe 
 as  y  foules  of  the  ayre  :  and  acordinge  as  they 
 haue  bene  warned,  so  will  I  punysh  them. 
 '  Wo  be  viito  them,  for  they  haue  forsake  me. 
 They  must  be  destroyed,  for  they  haue  set 
 me  at  naught.  ''  I  am  he  that  haue  redemed 
 them,  and  yet  they  dyssemble  with  me.  They 
 call  not  vpon  me  with  their  hartes,  but  lye 
 youlinge  vpon  their  beddes.  Where  as  they 
 come  together,  it  is  but  for  meate  i  drincke, 
 and  me  will  they  not  obeye.  I  haue  taught 
 them,  and  defended  their  arme,  yet  do  they 
 ymagin  myschefe  agaynst  me.  They  turne 
 them  selues,  but  not  a  right,  j  are  become  as 
 a  broken  bowe.  Their  prynces  shalbe  slayne 
 with  the  swearde,  for  the  malice  of  their 
 tunges,  soch  blasphemies  haue  they  lemed  in 
 the  londe  of  Egipte 
 
 Ci)£  bttj.  Cijapttr. 
 
 SET  the  home  to  thy  mouth,  and  blowe : 
 'get  the  swiftly  (as  an  Aegle)  vnto  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE :  for  they  haue  broken 
 my  couenaunt,  and  transgressed  my  lawe. 
 Israel  can  saye  vnto  me  :  thou  art  my  God, 
 we  knowe  the  :  but  he  hath  refused  the  thinge 
 that  is  good,  therfore  shall  the  enemye  folowe 
 vpon  him.  'They  haue  ordened  kinges,  but 
 not  thorow  me  :  they  haue  made  prynces,  and 
 I  must  not  knowe  of  it.  ^  Of  their  syluer  and 
 golde  haue  they  made  them  ymages,  to  bringe 
 them  selues  to  destruccion. 
 
 "  Osee  5. 
 Matt.  15.  a. 
 /  .1  Re.  12.  c 
 
 .     MRe.  16.  b.     ^Esa.  l.a.     ■' 'i  Pet.  2.  a. 
 
 Esa.  29.  d.     Eze.  33.  f.  'Deu.  31.d. 
 
 «Eie.  7.  d.  "SRe.  12.  d. 
 
 ''  Thy  calfe  (O  Samaria)  shalbe  taken  awaye, 
 for  my  wrothfuU  indignacion  is  gone  forth 
 agaynst  the.  How  longe  wil  it  be,  or  they 
 can  be  clensed  ?  For  the  calfe  came  from 
 Israel,  the  worke  man  made  it,  therfore  can  it 
 be  no  God,  but  euen  to  a  spyders  webbe  shal 
 y  calfe  of  Samaria  be  turned.  They  haue 
 sowne  wynde,  therfore  shal  they  reepe  a 
 storme. 
 
 Their  sede  shal  beare  no  corne,  there  shal 
 no  meal  be  made  of  their  increase  :  though 
 yre  be,  yet  shall  straungers  deuoure  it  vp. 
 Israel  shall  perish,  the  Gentiles  shall  entreate 
 him  as  a  foule  vessel.  Sens  they  went  vp  to 
 the  Assirians,  they  are  become  like  a  wylde 
 asse  in  the  deserte. 
 
 '  Ephraim  geueth  rewardes  to  get  louers, 
 therfore  are  they  scatred  amoge  the  Heithe, 
 there  wil  I  gather  them  vp.  They  shal  soone 
 be  weery  of  the  burthen  of  kinges  (t  prynces. 
 Ephi'aim  hath  made  many  aulters  to  do 
 wickednes,  therfore  shal  the  aulters  turne  to 
 his  synne.  Though  I  shewe  the  my  lawe 
 neuer  so  moch,  they  counte  it  but  straunge 
 doctrine.  Whereas  they  do  sacrifice,  ofiFeringe 
 the  flesh  and  eatinge  it :  the  LORDE  will 
 haue  no  pleasure  therin  :  but  will  remembre 
 their  wickednes,  and  punysh  their  synnes. 
 *  Israel  turneth  agayne  in  to  Egipte,  they  haue 
 forgotten  him  that  made  them,  they  buylde 
 churches,  and  luda  maketh  many  stronge 
 cities:  'therfore  wil  I  sende  a  fyre  in  to  their 
 cities,  and  it  shal  consume  their  places. 
 
 Wi)c  i>.  Chapter. 
 
 DO  not  thou  triumphe  (O  Israel)  make 
 no  boostinge  more  then  the  Heithen, 
 for  thou  hast  comitted  aduoutry  agaynst  thy 
 God :  straunge  rewardes  hast  thou  loued,  more 
 the  all  corne  floores.  ""  Therfore  shall  they 
 nomore  enioye  the  cornefloores  and  wyne- 
 presses,  and  their  swete  wyne  shal  fayle  the. 
 They  wil  not  dwel  in  the  LORDES  londe, 
 "  but  Ephraim  turneth  agayne  in  to  Egipte,  5 
 eateth  vncleane  thinges  amonge  the  Assirians. 
 They  poure  out  no  wyne  for  a  drinkofferinge 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  nether  geue  they  him  their 
 slayne  offeringes :  but  they  be  vnto  them  as 
 mourners  meates,  wherin  all  they  that  eate 
 them,  are  defyled.     For  the  bred  that  they 
 
 4  Re.  17.  a.  Eze.  16.  b.  '  Deu.  17.  d.   4  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 '  4  Re.  25.  b.  "  Agg.  S.  c.  "  Eze.  4.  c. 
 
Ci^ap*  i:. 
 
 €i)t  piopfjrt  (B&tn^, 
 
 haue  soch  lust  vnto,  shal  not  come  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  What  wil  ye  do  then 
 in  the  solempne  dayes,  and  in  the  feast  of  the 
 LORDE?  lo,  they  shall  get  them  awaye  for 
 the  destruccion,  Egypte  shal  receaue  them,  5 
 Noph  shal  bury  them. 
 
 The  nettles  shall  ouergrowe  their  pleasaunt 
 goodes,  and  burres  shalbe  in  their  tabernacles. 
 Be  ye  sure  (O  Israel)  the  tyme  of  visitacion 
 is  come,  the  dayes  of  recompencinge  are  at 
 honde.  As  for  the  prophet,  ye  holde  him  for 
 a  foole  :  and  him  that  is  rich  in  the  sprete, 
 for  a  mad  man :  so  greate  is  youre  wickednes 
 and  malice.  Ephraim  hath  made  himself  a 
 watchman  of  my  God,  a  prophet  y  is  become 
 a  snare  to  do  hurte  in  euery  strete,  and  abho- 
 minacion  in  the  house  of  his  God.  "  They  be 
 gone  to  farre,  5  haue  destroied  the  selues,  like 
 as  they  dyd  afore  tyme  at  Gabaa.  Therfore 
 their  wickednes  shal  be  remebred,  and  their 
 synnes  punyshed. 
 
 I  fande  Israel  like  grapes  in  the  wildernes, 
 5  sawe  their  fathers  as  the  first  fyges  in  y 
 toppe  of  y  iyge  tre.  But  they  are  gone  to 
 Baal  Peor,  *({  runne  awaie  fro  me  to  y 
 shamefull  Idoll,  5  are  become  as  abhominable 
 as  their  louers  Ephraim  flieth  like  a  byrde,  so 
 hal  their  glory  also  :  In  so  moch,  y  they 
 shal  nether  begette,  coceaue  ner  beare 
 children. 
 
 And  though  they  bringe  vp  eny,  yet  will  I 
 make  them  childlesse  amonge  men.  Yee  wo 
 shall  come  to  them,  when  I  departe  from  them. 
 '  Ephraim  (as  me  thinke)  is  planted  in  welthi- 
 nesse,  like  as  Tyrus,  but  now  must  she  bringe 
 hir  owne  children  forth  to  the  manslayer. 
 
 O  LORDE  thou  shalt  geue  them:  what 
 shalt  thou  geue  them  ?  geue  them  an  vnfrute- 
 fuU  wombe  and  drye  brestes.  ^  All  their 
 wickednesse  is  done  at  Galgal,  there  do  I 
 abhorre  them.  For  the  vngraciousnes  of  their 
 owne  inuencions,  I  wil  dryue  them  out  of  my 
 house.  I  will  loue  them  nomore,  for  all  their 
 prynces  are  vnfaithfull.  Ephraim  is  hewen 
 downe,  their  rote  is  dryed  vp,  so  y  they  shal 
 bringe  nomore  frute :  yee  and  though  they 
 bringe  forth  eny,  yet  wil  I  slaye  euen  the  best 
 beloued  frute  of  their  body.  My  God  shall 
 cast  them  awaye,  for  they  haue  not  bene  obe- 
 diet  vnto  him,  therfore  shal  they  go  astraye 
 amonge  the  Heithen. 
 
 •  lud.  19.  a.    1  Re.  10.  c.    4  Reg.  9.  a. 
 Nu.  25.  a.        '  Gen.  48.  a.        ■*  losue  4.  d. 
 
 lere.  34.  a, 
 ^  Esa.  5.  a, 
 
 ffo,  DtfljDrt]. 
 
 €^t  y.  CijapUr. 
 
 ISRAEL  was  a  goodly  vyne,  but  he  hath 
 '  brought  forth  vnprofitable  frute  :  yee  the 
 more  frute  he  had,  the  mo  aulters  he  made : 
 y  more  good  I  dyd  to  their  londe,  the  more 
 frendshipe  shewed  they  to  their  ymages.  Their 
 herte  is  deuyded,  therfore  wil  they  be  de- 
 stroyed. The  LORDE  shall  breake  downe 
 their  ymages,  he  shal  destroye  their  aulters. 
 Then  shal  they  saye :  we  haue  no  kinge,  for 
 why?  we  haue  not  feared  the  LORDE.  And 
 what  shal  then  the  kinge  do  to  vs?  They 
 comon  together,  and  sweare  vayne  oothes: 
 they  be  cofederate  together,  therfore  groweth 
 their  punyshment,  as  the  wedes  in  the  forowes 
 of  the  londe. 
 
 They  that  dwell  in  Samaria  haue  wor- 
 shipped the  calfe  of  Bethaue:  therfore  shall 
 the  people  mourne  ouer  them,  yee  and  the 
 prestes  also,  that  in  their  welthynesse  reioysed 
 with  them :  and  why  ?  it  shal  passe  awaye 
 from  them.  It  shalbe  brought  to  the  Assi- 
 rian,  for  a  present  vnto  kinge  lareb.  Ephraim 
 shal  receaue  full  punishment :  Israel  shal  be 
 confounded  for  his  owne  jTnaginacions,  Sama- 
 ria with  his  kinge  shall  vanish  awaye,  as  the 
 scomme  vpon  the  water.  The  hye  places  of 
 Auen  where  Israel  do  synne,  shal  be  cast 
 downe :  thistles  and  thornes  shal  growe  vpon 
 their  aulters.  Then  shal  they  saye  to  y  moun- 
 taynes:  'couer  vs,  and  to  the  hilles:  fall  vpon  vs. 
 
 O  Israel,  thou  hast  synned  as  Gabaa  dyd 
 afore  tyme,  where  they  remayned :  '  shulde 
 not  the  batel  then  come  vpon  the  wicked 
 children,  as  wel  as  vpon  the  Gabaonites  ?  I 
 wil  chasten  them,  euen  after  myne  owne  de- 
 syre,  the  people  shal  be  gathered  together 
 ouer  them,  whe  I  punysh  them  for  their  greate 
 wickednesse.  Ephraim  was  vnto  me,  as  a 
 cow  that  is  vsed  to  go  to  plowe,  therfore  I 
 loued  him,  and  fell  vpon  his  fayre  neck.  I 
 droue  Ephraim,  ''  luda  plowed,  5  lacob  played 
 the  huszbode  man :  that  they  might  sowe 
 vnto  rightuousnes,  and  reape  the  frutes  of 
 weldoynge  :  y  they  might  plowe  vp  their  fresh 
 londe,  and  seke  the  LORDE,  till  he  came, 
 and  lerned  them  rightuousnes. 
 
 But  now  they  haue  plowed  them  wicked- 
 nesse, therfore  shal  they  reepe  synne,  and  eate 
 the  frute  of  lyes.     Seinge  thou  puttest  thy 
 
 /  Luc. 
 
 Apo.  6. 
 
 t  lud.  19.  a. 
 
jfo.  tirrlnti. 
 
 ri)f  piop&ft  (iFseasi. 
 
 Cf)ap.  nV 
 
 cofidence  in  thine  owne  wayes,  and  leanest  to 
 V  multitude  of  thy  worthies  :  there  shal  growe 
 a  sedicion  amonge  thy  people.  All  thy  stroge 
 cities  shalbe  layed  waist,  °  euen  as  Salmana 
 was  destroyed  with  his  familiers,  thorow  him 
 that  was  auenged  of  Baal,  in  the  daye  of 
 batel,  where  y  mother  perished  with  hir 
 childre.  Euen  so  shal  it  go  with  you  (o 
 Bethel)  because  of  youre  malicious  wickednes. 
 Like  as  the  mornynge  goeth  awaye,  so  shal 
 the  kings  of  Israel  passe. 
 
 Ci&t  Vt.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WHEN  Israel  was  yoge,  I  loued  him: 
 *and  called  my  sonne  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte.  But  y  more  they  were  called,  the 
 more  they  wente  backe  :  ofFerynge  vnto  Idols, 
 and  censynge  ymages.  '  I  lerned  Ephraim  to 
 go,  and  bare  them  in  myne  armes,  but  they 
 regarded  not  me,  that  wolde  haue  helped 
 them.  I  led  them  with  coardes  of  frendshipe, 
 J  with  bondes  of  loue.  I  was  euen  he,  that 
 layed  the  yocke  vpon  their  neckes.  ''  I  gaue 
 them  their  fodder  my  self,  y  they  shulde  not 
 go  agayne  in  to  Egipte :  And  now  is  Assur 
 their  kinge  :  For  they  wolde  not  turne  vnto 
 me.  Therfore  shal  y  swearde  begynne  in 
 their  cities,  the  stoare  that  they  haue  lickened 
 vnto,  shall  be  destroyed  and  eaten  vp :  and 
 that  because  of  their  owne  ymaginacions.  My 
 people  hath  no  lust  to  turne  vnto  me,  "  their 
 prophetes  laye  the  yocke  vpon  the,  but  they 
 ease  them  not  of  their  burthen. 
 
 What  greate  thinges  haue  I  geuen  the,  o 
 Ephraim?  how  faithfully  haue  I  defended 
 the,  o  Israel  ?  haue  I  dealt  with  the  as  with 
 Adama  ?  -'^or  haue  I  intreated  the  like  Se- 
 boim  ?  No,  my  hert  is  otherwise  mynded. 
 Yee  my  mercy  is  to  feruent :  therfore  haue  I 
 not  turned  me  to  destroye  Ephraim  in  my 
 wrothful  displeasure.  For  I  am  God  and 
 no  man,  I  am  euen  that  holy  one  in  the 
 myddest  of  the,  though  I  came  not  within 
 the  cite. 
 
 The  LORDE  roareth  like  a  lyon,  that  they 
 maye  folowe  him  :  ^Yee  as  a  lyon  roareth  he, 
 that  they  maye  be  afrayed,  like  the  children 
 of  the  see :  that  they  maye  be  scarred  awaye 
 from  Egipte,  as  men  scarre  byrdes :  a  frayed 
 awaye  (as  doues  vse  to  be)  from  the  Assirias 
 
 "  lud.  8.  c.  »  Exo.  3.  b.  6.  b.  Matt.  2.  c.  '  Exo. 
 32.  b.  3  Re.  12.  e.  4  Re.  16.  c.  ''  Exo.  16.  c.  '  Esa. 
 10.  a.  28.  b.     Matt.  23.     Luc.  11.  d.  /  Gen.  19.  e. 
 
 londe:  and  that  because  I  wolde  haue  them  tary 
 at  home,  saieth  the  LORDE.  But  Ephraim 
 goeth  aboute  me  with  lies,  and  the  house  of 
 Israel  dyssembleth.  Only  luda  holdeth  him 
 with  God,  and  with  the  true  holy  thinges. 
 
 djc  y\).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 EPHRAIM  kepeth  the  ay  re,  and  foloweth 
 after  the  east  wynide  :  he  is  euer  increas- 
 inge  lyes  (j  destruction.  They  be  confederate 
 with  the  Assirians,  thefr  oyle  is  caried  in  to 
 Egipte.  *  The  LORDE  hath  a  courte  to 
 holde  with  luda,  and  wil  punysh  lacob  :  After 
 their  owne  waies  and  acordinge  to  their  owne 
 inuencions,  shal  he  recompence  them.  He 
 toke  his  brother  by  the  hele,  '  when  he  was 
 yet  in  his  mothers  wombe :  and  in  his  strength 
 he  wrestled  with  God.  He  stroue  with  the 
 Angel,  and  gat  the  victory  :  so  that  he  prayde 
 and  desyred  him.  He  fande  him  at  Bethel, 
 5  there  he  talked  with  vs. 
 
 Yee  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes,  euen  y 
 LORDE  him  self  remembred  him :  Thei 
 turne  to  thy  God,  kepe  mercy  and  equyte 
 and  hope  still  in  thy  God.  But  the  mar- 
 chaunt  hath  a  false  weight  in  his  honde,  he  hath 
 a  pleasure  to  oceupie  extorcion.  *  Ephraim 
 thinketh  thus :  Tush,  I  am  rich,  I  haue  good 
 ynough :  In  all  my  workes  shal  not  one  fawte 
 be  founde,  that  I  haue  offended.  Yet  am  I 
 the  LORDE  thy  God,  cue  as  when  I  brought 
 the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte,  and  set  the  in 
 thy  tentes,  and  as  in  the  hye  feast  dayes. 
 
 I  haue  spoke  thorow  the  prophetes,  and 
 shewed  dyuerse  \'isions,  and  declared  my  self 
 by  the  ministracion  of  y  prophetes.  But  at 
 Galaad  is  the  abhominacion,  they  are  fallen 
 to  vanyte.  At  Galgal  they  haue  slayne  oxen : 
 '  and  as  many  heapes  of  stones  as  they  had  in 
 their  lode  forowes,  so  many  aulters  haue  they 
 made.  lacob  fled  in  to  the  londe  of  Siria, 
 '"and  Israel  serued  for  a  wife,  and  for  a  wife 
 he  kepte  shepe. 
 
 By  a  prophet  the  LORDE  brought  them 
 out  of  Egipte,  and  by  a  prophet  he  preserued 
 the.  But  Ephraim  hath  prouoked  him  to 
 displeasure  thorow  his  abhominacion s :  ther- 
 fore shal  his  bloude  be  poured  vpon  him  self, 
 and  the  LORDE  his  God  shal  rewarde  him 
 his  blasphemies. 
 
 Deu.  29.  d.         «  Apo.  5. 8.  *  4  Re.  16.  b.  Esa.  57.  b. 
 
 'Gen.  25.  a.    Gen.  32.  d.    Gen.  35.  b.  *Apo.  3.  c. 
 
 '  Deu.  12.  a.  14.  b.         "•  Gen.  28.  a. 
 
Cftap.  Fiiij. 
 
 €l)t  propftft  (J^seag. 
 
 So.  \itclj:r:iii}. 
 
 Cl^c  vtij.  C!)aptn-. 
 
 THE  abhominacion  of  Ephraim  is  come 
 also  in  to  Israel.  He  is  gone  backe  to 
 Baal,  therfore  must  he  dye.  "  And  now  they 
 synne  more  and  more :  of  their  syluer,  they 
 make  them  molten  ymages,  like  the  Idols  of 
 the  Heithen,  and  yet  all  is  nothinge  but  the 
 worke  of  the  craftesman.  Notwithstodinge 
 they  preach  of  the  same :  who  so  wil  kysse 
 the  calues,  offreth  to  men.  Therfore  they 
 shalbe  as  the  mornynge  cloude,  and  as  the  dew 
 that  early  passeth  awaye  :  and  like  as  dust  that 
 f  wynde  taketh  awaye  from  the  floore,  and  as 
 smoke  that  goeth  out  of  ;y-  chymney. 
 
 *I  am  the  LORDE  thy  God,  which  brought 
 the  out  of  the  londe  of  Egipte :  that  thou 
 shuldest  knowe  no  God  but  me  only,  5  that 
 thou  shuldest  haue  no  Sauioure  but  only  me. 
 '  I  toke  diligent  hede  of  the  in  the  wildernesse 
 that  drye  londe.  But  when  they  were  wel 
 fedde  and  had  ynough,  they  waxed  proude, 
 and forgat  me.  ''Therfore  will  I  be  vnto  them 
 as  a  lyon,  and  as  a  leoparde  in  y  waye  to 
 the  Assirians.  I  wil  come  vpon  them  as  a 
 she  beer,  that  is  robbed  of  hir  welpes,  and  I 
 wil  breake  that  stubburne  herte  of  theirs. 
 There  wil  I  deuoure  them  as  a  lyon :  yee  the 
 wylde  beastes  shal  teare  them. 
 
 '  O  Israel,  thou  doest  but  destroye  thy 
 self.  In  me  only  is  thy  helpe.  Where  are  thy 
 kinges  now,  that  shulde  helpe  the  in  all  thy 
 cities?  Yee  and  thy  iudges,  of  whom  thou 
 saydest :  geue  me  a  kinge  and  prynces  ?  -'^well, 
 I  gaue  the  a  kinge  in  my  wrath,  and  in  my 
 displeasure  will  I  take  him  from  the  agayne. 
 The  wickednesse  of  Ephraim  is  bounde  toge- 
 ther, 5  his  synne  lieth  hyd.  Therfore  shall 
 sorowes  come  vpon  him,  as  vpon  a  woman 
 that  traualeth.  An  vndiscrete  sonne  is  he : 
 for  he  considreth  not,  that  he  shulde  not  haue 
 bene  able  to  haue  endured  in  the  tyme  of  his 
 byrth,  had  not  I  defended  him  from  the  graue, 
 and  delyuered  him  from  death. 
 
 ^  O  death,  I  wil  be  thy  death  :  o  hell,  I  wil 
 be  thy  stynge.     Yet  can  I  se  no  comforth,  for 
 
 "  Esa.  46.  a.  Eze.  16.  b.  Osee  2.  b.  Osee  8.  a.  '  Exo. 
 0.  a.  '  Esa.  43.  b.    Deu.  8.  a.  ''  Deu.  32.  b. 
 
 lob  22.  a.        /I  Reg.  8.  a.        5  1  Cor.  15.  f.  Heb.  2.  b. 
 
 when  he  is  now  the  goodliest  amonge  the 
 brethren,  the  east  wynde  (euen  the  wynde  of 
 the  LORDE)  shal  come  downe  from  the  wil- 
 dernesse, and  drye  vp  his  condytes,  and  drynke 
 vp  his  Welles :  he  shal  spoyle  the  treasure  of 
 aO  pleasaunt  vessels. 
 
 *  As  for  Samaria,  they  shalbe  made  waist, 
 g  why  ?  they  are  disobedient  vnto  their  God. 
 They  shal  perish  with  the  swearde,  their  child- 
 ren shalbe  slayne,  and  their  women  bygg  with 
 childe  shalbe  rypte  vp. 
 
 E^t  viiij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 TURNE  the  now  (o  Israel)  vnto^ LORDE 
 thy  God,  '  for  thou  hast  taken  a  greate 
 fall  thoro  w  thy  wickednesse.  Take  these  wordes 
 with  you,  when  ye  turne  to  the  LORDE,  (j 
 saye  vnto  him :  O  forgeue  vs  all  oure  synnes, 
 receaue  vs  graciously,  g  then  wil  we  offre  y 
 bullockes  of  oure  lyppes  vnto  the.*  Assurj 
 shalbe  no  more  oure  helper,  nether  will  we 
 ryde  vpon  horses  eny  more.  As  for  the  workes 
 of  oure  hondes,  we  wil  nomore  call  vpon  them : 
 For  it  is  thou  that  art  oure  God,  thou  shewest 
 euer  mercy  vnto  the  fatherlesse.  I 
 
 O  (yf  they  wolde  do  this)  I  shulde  healei 
 their  sores:  yee  with  all  my  herte  wolde  l! 
 loue  them :  so  y  my  wrath  shulde  clene  be 
 turned  awaye  from  them.  Yee  I  wolde  be 
 vnto  Israel  as  the  dewe,  and  he  shulde  grows 
 as  f  lylie,  a  his  rote  shulde  breake  out  as 
 Libanus.  His  braunches  shiUde  sprede  out 
 abrode,  5  be  as  fayre  as  the  olyue  tre,  5  smel 
 as  Libanus.  They  that  dwel  vnder  his  sha- 
 dowe,  shulde  come  agayne,  5  growe  vp  as  the 
 come,  I  florish  as  the  vyne :  he  shulde  haue  as 
 good  a  name,  as  the  wyne  of  Libanus. 
 
 O  Ephraim,  what  haue  I  to  do  with  Idols 
 eny  more  ?  I  wil  graciously  heare  him,  5  lede 
 him  forth.  I  wil  be  vnto  the  as  a  grene  Fyrre 
 tre,  vpon  me  shalt  thou  fynde  thy  frute.  Who 
 so  is  wyse,  shal  vnderstonde  this :  5  he  y  is 
 right  enstructe,  wil  regarde  it.  For  f  wayes 
 of  the  LORDE  are  rightuous,  soch  as  be  godly 
 wil  walke  in  them :  As  for  the  wicked,  they 
 wil  stomble  therin. 
 
 »  4  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 3  Re.  12. 
 
 '  lere.  18.  a.   Eze.  18.  e.  33.  c, 
 Heb.  13.  c.    Psal.  91.a. 
 
 €\)t  cntrt  of  ti)t  propftft  ©sitasi. 
 
tEije  ^ropl^tt  ^0tL 
 
 WBM  3otl  wntepmtf). 
 
 Ci)ap.  I. 
 He  sheweth  Israel,  that  all  their  glory  and  out- 
 warde  ceremonies,   shal   be  put   downe   and 
 ceasse 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 The  plages  are  greate,  wherfore  he  wolde  haue 
 
 them  to  mourne  :   yet  yf  they  will  amende, 
 they  raaye  hope  for  grace. 
 
 Ci)ap.  III. 
 
 How  the  people  are  brought  agayne,  and  their 
 enemies  punished 
 
 €f)t  firslt  CI)aptn:. 
 
 THIS  is  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  that 
 came  vnto  loel  the  sonne  of  Phatuel : 
 Heare  o  ye  elders :  podre  this  wel,  all  ye  that 
 dwell  in  the  lode :  yf  euer  there  happened  soch 
 a  things  in  youre  dayes,  or  in  y  dayes  of  youre 
 fathers.  Tell  youre  children  of  it,  5  let  them 
 shewe  it  vnto  their  children,  5  so  they  to  cer- 
 tifie  their  posterite  therof.  "  Loke  what  the 
 caterpiller  hath  lefte,  y  hath  the  greshopper 
 eaten  vp  :  what  the  greshopper  lefte,  that  hath 
 the  locuste  eaten  vp :  5  what  the  locuste  hath 
 lefte,  that  hath  the  blastings  consumed.  Wake 
 vp  ye  dronckardes,  5  wepe  :  mourne  all  ye 
 wyne  suppers,  because  of  youre  swete  wyne, 
 for  it  shal  be  taken  awaye  from  youre  mouth. 
 Yee  a  mightie  5  an  innumerable  people  shall 
 come  vp  in  to  my  londe  :  these  haue  teth  like 
 the  teth  of  lyons,  *(j  chaftbones  like  the  lyon- 
 esses.  They  shal  make  my  vinyarde  waist, 
 they  shal  pyll  of  the  barckes  of  my  fygetrees, 
 strype  them  bare,  cast  them  awaye,  and  make 
 the  braunches  whyte. 
 
 Make  thy  mone  as  a  virgin  doth,  y  gyrdeth 
 her  selfe  with  sacke,  because  of  hir  bryde 
 grome.  For  the  meate  (j  drynkofferynge 
 shalbe  taken  awaye  from  the  house  of  the 
 LORDE:  5  the  prestesy^  LORDES  ministers 
 shal  mourne.  The  felde  shalbe  waisted,  the 
 londe  shalbe  in  a  miserable  case :  for  the  come 
 shalbe  destroyed,  the  swete  wyne  shal  come 
 
 to  confucion,  j  the  oyle  vtterly  desolate.  The 
 huszbode  men  5  the  wyne  gardeners  shal  loke 
 piteously  5  make  lamentacion,  for  the  wheate 
 wyne  5  barley,  d  because  the  haruest  vpon  the 
 felde  is  so  clene  destroyed.  The  grapega- 
 therers  shal  make  greate  mone,  when  the 
 vynyarde  (j  fygetrees  be  so  vtterly  waisted. 
 Yee  all  the  pomgranettes,  palmtrees,  aple- 
 trees  j  the  other  trees  of  the  felde  shall  wyther 
 awaye.  Thus  the  mery  cheare  of  the  children 
 of  men,  shal  come  to  confucion. 
 
 Gyrde  you,  g,  make  youre  mone,  o  ye 
 prestes :  mourne  ye  ministres  of  the  auJter : 
 go  youre  waye  in,  5  slepe  in  sackcloth,  0  ye 
 officers  of  my  God :  for  the  meat  5  drynk- 
 offerynge shal  be  taken  awaye  from  the  house 
 of  youre  God.  Proclame  a  fastynge,  call  the 
 cogregacion,  ''gather  the  elders  (j  all  the  inha- 
 biters  of  the  londe  together  in  to  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  3  crie  vnto  the 
 LORDE  :  alas,  alas  for  this  daye.  And  why? 
 the  daye  of  the  LORDE  is  at  honde,  and 
 commeth  as  a  destroyer  from  the  AUmightie. 
 Shal  not  y  meates  be  taken  awaye  before 
 oure  eyes,  the  myrth  also  5  ioye  from  the 
 house  of  oure  God  ?  The  sede  shal  perish  in 
 the  grounds,  the  garners  shall  lys  waist,  the 
 floores  shalbe  broken  downe,  for  the  come 
 shalbe  destroied.  ''O  what  a  sighinge  make 
 the  catell  ?  the  bullockes  are  very  euel  likynge, 
 because  they  haue  no  pasture  :  and  the  shepe 
 are  fameszshed  awaye. 
 
Cfeap.  ih 
 
 €l)t  propbft  Sod. 
 
 jTo.  Iialfjri):. 
 
 O  LORDE,  to  the  will  I  crie  :  for  the  fyre 
 hath  consumed  the  goodly  pastures  of  the  wyl- 
 dernesse,  and  the  flame  hath  brent  vp  all  the 
 trees  of  the  felde.  Yee  the  wylde  beestes 
 crie  also  vnto  the:  for  the  water  ryuers  are 
 dryed  vp,  and  the  fyre  hath  consumed  the 
 pastures  of  the  wyldernesse. 
 
 Cl)e  ij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 BLOWE  out  y  trompet  in  Sion,  j  crie 
 vp5  my  holy  hill,  y  all  soch  as  dwel  in 
 the  londe,  maye  treble  at  it :  for  f  dale  of  the 
 LORDE  commeth,  "g  is  harde  at  honde  :  a 
 darcke  daye,  a  gloomynge  daye,  a  cloudy  daye, 
 yee  j  a  stormy  daye,  like  as  the  mornynge 
 spredeth  out  vpo  the  hilles  :  Namely,  a  great 
 U  mightie  people :  soch  as  haue  not  bene  sens 
 y  begynnynge,  nether  shal  be  after  them  for 
 euermore.  Before  him  shal  be  a  consumynge 
 fyre,  5  behynde  him  a  burnynge  flame.  The 
 londe  shal  be  as  a  garden  of  pleasure  before 
 him,  but  behinde  him  shal  it  be  a  very  waist 
 wildernesse,  5  there  is  no  man,  that  shal  escape 
 him.  They  are  to  loke  vpon  like  bayrded 
 horses,  5  runne  like  horse  men.  They  skyppe 
 vp  vpon  y  hilles,  as  it  were  the  sounde  of  cha- 
 rettes  :  as  the  flame  of  fyre  that  consumeth  the 
 strawe,  and  as  a  mightie  people  redy  to  the  batell. 
 
 The  folke  shalbe  afrayed  of  him,  all  faces 
 shal  be  as  blacke  as  a  pot.  These  shal  riine 
 like  giauntes,  5  leape  ouer  the  walles  like  men 
 of  warre.  Euery  ma  in  his  goinge  shal  kepe 
 his  araie,  g  not  go  out  of  his  Path.  There 
 shal  not  one  dryue  another,  but  ech  shal  kepe 
 his  owne  waye.  They  shal  breake  in  at  the 
 wyndowes,  5  not  be  hurte :  They  shal  come 
 in  to  the  cite,  ([  runne  vpon  the  walles :  They 
 shal  clymme  vp  vpon  the  houses,  (j  slyppe  in 
 at  the  wyndowes  like  a  thefe.  The  earth  shal 
 quake  before  him,  yee  the  heauens  shalbe 
 moued  :  *  the  Sonne  5  Moone  shal  be  darck- 
 ened,  and  the  starres  shal  withdrawe  their 
 shyne.  The  LORDE  shal  shewe  his  voyce 
 before  his  boost,  for  his  boost  is  greate,  stronge 
 (S  mightie  to  fulfill  his  commaundement.  This 
 is  y  greate  and  maruelous  fearfull  daye  of  the 
 LORDE:  And  who  is  able  to  abyde  it? 
 
 Now  therfore  saieth  the  LORDE:  ''Turne 
 you  vnto  me  with  all  youre  hertes,  with  fast- 
 inge,  wepynge  and  mournynge :  rente  youre 
 hertes,  j  not  youre  clothes.     Turne  you  vnto 
 
 '  Soph.  1.  c.    Amos  5.  c.  '  loel  3.  c.     Matt.  24.  c. 
 
 '  Apoc.  6.  c.  Deu.  4.  e.  30.  a. 
 
 the  LORDE  youre  God,  ''for  he  is  gracious  (t 
 mercifull,  longe  sufferynge  a  of  greate  com- 
 passion :  5  redy  to  pardone  wickednes.  Then 
 (no  doute)  he  also  shal  turne,  j  forgeue :  j 
 after  his  chastenynge,  he  shal  let  youre  in- 
 crease remayne,  for  meat  (j  drynck  offerynges 
 vnto  the  LORDE  youre  God?  'Blowe  out 
 with  the  tropet  in  Sion,  proclame  a  fastynge, 
 call  the  congregacion,  i  gather  the  people 
 together :  warne  the  congregacion,  gather  the 
 elders,  bringe  the  children  i  suclynges  to- 
 gether. Let  f  brydegrome  go  forth  of  his 
 chabre,  5  the  bryde  out  of  her  closet.  Let  the 
 prestes  serue  the  LORDE  betwixte  the  porch 
 a  f  aulter,  wepinge  (j  sayenge :  be  fauourable 
 (o  LORDE)  be  fauourable  vnto  thy  people : 
 let  not  thine  heretage  be  brought  to  soch 
 confucion,  lest  the  Heithen  be  lordes  therof. 
 Wherfore  shulde  they  saye  amonge  the  Heithen : 
 ■'^  where  is  now  their  God  ? 
 
 Then  shal  the  LORDE  be  gelous  ouer  his 
 londe,  (J  spare  his  people  :  yee  y  LORDE 
 shal  answere,  a  saye  vnto  his  people:  Be- 
 holde,  I  wil  sende  you  corne,  wyne  5  oyle,  so 
 that  ye  shal  haue  plenty  of  them  :  5  I  wil 
 nomore  geue  you  ouer  to  be  a  reprofe  amonge 
 the  Heithen.  Agayne,  as  for  him  of  the  north, 
 I  shal  dryue  him  farre  from  you :  5  shute  him 
 out  in  to  a  drye  and  waist  londe,  his  face 
 towarde  the  east  see,  and  his  hynder  partes 
 towarde  the  vttemost  see.  The  stynke  of  him 
 shall  go  vp,  and  his  fylthy  corrupcion  shal  fall 
 vpon  himself,  because  he  hath  dealte  so  proudly. 
 Feare  not  (o  londe)  but  be  glad  and  reioyse, 
 for  the  LORDE  wil  do  greate  thinges.  Be 
 not  ye  afrayed  nether  (o  ye  beastes  of  the 
 felde)  for  the  pastures  shal  be  grene,  and  the 
 trees  shal  beare  their  frute :  the  fygetrees  5 
 vinyardes  shal  geue  their  increase. 
 
 fie  glad  then  (o  ye  children  of  Sion)  and 
 reioyse  in  the  LORDE  youre  God,  for  he 
 hath  geuen  you  the  teacher  of  rightuousnes : 
 'd  he  it  is  y  shal  sende  you  downe  shuwers  of 
 rayne,  early  and  late  in  the  first  moneth  :  so 
 that  y  garners  shal  be  full  of  corne,  and  the 
 presses  plenteous  in  wyne  and  oyle.  And  as 
 for  the  yeares  that  f  greszshopper,  locuste, 
 blasstinge  (t  caterpiller  (my  greate  boost,  which 
 I  sent  amonge  you)  haue  eaten  vp,  I  shal 
 restore  them  to  you  agayne :  so  that  ye  shal 
 haue  ynough  to  eate,  and  be  satisfied:  and 
 
 ■>  Psal.  85.  a.  lone  4.  a.  '  loel  I.e.         /  Psal.  78.  b. 
 
 «  Leui.  26.  a.  Deu.  11.  b.  28.  b. 
 
fo,  "iittivn* 
 
 €t)t  piopftct  3ot\, 
 
 Cftap.  iijJ 
 
 dF 
 
 prayse  the  name  of  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 that  so  maruelously  hath  dealte  with  you. 
 
 And  my  people  shall  neuer  be  confounded 
 eny  more :  Ye  shall  well  knowe,  that  I  am  in 
 the  myddest  of  Israel,  and  that  I  am  youre 
 God :  yee  and  that  there  is  none  other,  and  my 
 people  shall  nomore  be  brought  to  confucion. 
 
 After  this,  will  I  poure  out  my  sprete  vpon 
 all  flesh:  "(j  youre  sonnes  5  youre  dough ters 
 shal  prophecy :  youre  olde  me  shal  dreame 
 dreames  ti  youre  yonge  men  shal  se  visions  : 
 'Yee  in  those  dayes  I  will  poure  out  my  sprete 
 vpon  seruauntes  and  maydens.  I  will  shewe 
 wonders  in  heauen  aboue,  and  tokes  in  the 
 earth  beneth :  bloude  and  fyre,  and  the  vapoure 
 off  smoke.  The  Sonne  shalbe  turned  in  to 
 darcknesse,  5  f  Moone  in  to  bloude :  before  y 
 greate  5  notable  daye  off  the  LORDE  come. 
 'And  the  tyme  shal  come:  y  who  so  euer 
 calleth  on  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  shalbe 
 saued.  For  vpon  the  mount  Sion  j  at  Jeru- 
 salem, there  shalbe  a  saluacion,  like  as  the 
 LORDE  hath  promised  :  yee  5  amonge  the 
 other  remnaunt,  whom  the  LORDE  shall  call. 
 
 tE^t  itj.  Cljaptcv. 
 
 FOR  take  hede  :  In  those  dayes  5  at  ^ 
 same  tyme,  when  I  turne  agayne  the 
 captyuite  of  luda  (j  lerusale  :  I  shal  gather 
 all  people  together,  j  brynge  the  in  to  the 
 valley  of  losaphat :  and  there  wil  I  reason 
 with  the,  because  of  my  people  5  heretage  of 
 Israel :  who  they  haue  scatred  aboute  in  the 
 nacions,  j  parted  my  lode  :  yee  they  haue  cast 
 lottes  for  my  people,  the  yonge  me  haue  they 
 set  in  the  brodel  house,  5  solde  the  Damsels 
 for  wyne,  y  they  might  haue  to  drike.  ''  Thou 
 Tirus  and  Sido  and  all  ye  borders  of  the 
 Philistynes :  what  haue  ye  to  do  with  me  ? 
 Will  ye  defye  me?  well:  yf  ye  will  nedes 
 defye  me,  I  shall  recopence  you,  euen  vpon 
 youre  heade,  5  y  right  shortly :  for  ye  haue 
 take  awaye  my  syluer  (t  golde,  my  fayre  5 
 goodly  lewels,  5  brought  them  in  to  youre 
 gods  houses.  The  children  also  of  luda  and 
 Jerusalem  haue  ye  solde  ATito  the  Grekes, 
 that  ye  might  brynge  the  farre  fro  f  borders 
 of  their  owne  countrees. 
 
 '  Nu.  11.  f.     Esa.  H.  a.     Eze.  36.  d. 
 Rom.  10.  b.  ■>   Eze.   'i6.  a.  27.  28. 
 
 'lere.  30.  c.    Abd.  1.  c.  f  Esa.  2.  a. 
 
 *  Act.  2.  b. 
 Amos  1  b. 
 :  .\po.  14.  d. 
 
 Beholde  therfore :  I  will  rayse  them  out  of 
 the  place,  where  ye  haue  solde  them, '  5  will 
 rewarde  you  euen  vpon  youre  heade.  Youre 
 sonnes  d  youre  doughters  will  I  sell  thorow 
 the  hondes  of  the  childre  of  luda,  (j  so  they 
 shal  geue  them  forth  to  sell,  vnto  the  of  Saba, 
 a  people  of  a  farre  coutre  :  for  the  LORDE 
 himself  hath  sayde  it.  Crie  out  these  thinges 
 amonge  the  Gentiles,  proclame  warre,  wake 
 vp  the  giauntes,  let  them  drawe  nye,  let  the 
 come  vp  all  the  lusty  warryours  of  the.  Make 
 you  sweardes  of  youre  ploweshares,  and  speares 
 of  youre  syckles  d  sythes.-''  Let  f  weake  man 
 saye  :  I  am  stronge.  Mustre  you,  and  come, 
 all  ye  Heithe  roude  aboute  :  gather  you  to- 
 gether, there  shall  the  LORDE  laye  all  thy 
 giauntes  to  the  grounde.  Let  the  people  aryse, 
 and  get  them  to  the  valley  of  losaphat :  for  there 
 wil  I  syt,  and  iudge  all  Heithe  roude  aboute. 
 
 «Laye  to  youre  sythes,  for  the  haruest  is 
 rype :  come,  get  you  downe :  the  wynepresse 
 is  full,  yee  the  wynepresses  runne  ouer,  for 
 their  wickednesse  is  waxen  greate.  In  the 
 valley  appoynted,  there  shalbe  many,  many 
 people :  for  the  daye  of  the  LORDE  is  nye  in 
 y  valley  appoynted.  The  Sonne  and  Moone 
 shall  be  darckened, ''  g  the  starres  shal  with- 
 drawe  their  light.  The  LORDE  shal  roare 
 out  of  Sion,  (J  crie  out  of  lerusale, '  that  the 
 heauens  j  the  earth  shal  quake  withaD.  But 
 the  LORDE  shal  be  a  defence  vnto  his  owne 
 people,  ad  a  refuge  for  the  childre  of  Israel. 
 Thus  shal  ye  knowe,  y  I  the  LORDE  youre 
 God  dwell  vp5  my  holy  mount  of  Sion.  Then 
 shal  lerusale  be  holy,  d  there  shal  no  straungers 
 go  thorow  her  enymore.  Then  shal  the  moii- 
 taynes  droppe  swete  wyne,  5  the  hylles  shall 
 flowe  with  mylcke,  *A11  the  ryuers  of  luda 
 shal  haue  water  ynough,  %  out  of  the  LORDES 
 house,  there  shal  flowe  a  sprynge,  to  water  f 
 broke  of  Sitim :  but  Egipte  shalbe  layed 
 waist,  d  Edo  shal  be  desolate : '  because  they 
 haue  dealte  so  cruelly  with  the  childre  ofi 
 luda,  and  shed  innocent  bloude  in  their  londe. 
 Agayne,  luda  shalbe  inhabited  for  euermore, 
 d  lerusale  from  generacion  to  generaci5 :  for 
 I  wil  not  leaue  their  bloude  vnauenged.  And 
 the  LORDE  shal  dwell  in  Sion. 
 
 loel  2.  b.    Esa.  1 3.  b.        '  lere 
 lere.  46.  a.    lere 
 
 !5.  d. 
 49.  b. 
 
 €i)t  tviiit  of  ti)t  propftrt  3otL 
 
Z^t  ^topi)tt  amo^* 
 
 OTf}at  Sinos  coittepmft. 
 
 C{)ap.  I. 
 
 He  prophecyeth  agaynst  Damascus,  Gasa,  Tyre, 
 Edom  and  Ammon. 
 
 Cf)ap.  II. 
 Punyshment  vpo  Moab,  luda,  and  Israel. 
 
 Cfiap.  III. 
 God  warneth  before  he  punysh. 
 
 CI)ap.  IIII. 
 
 He  sheweth  them  their  wickednesse,  and  the 
 plages  for  the  same,  and  exorteth  the  to 
 amende. 
 
 Cf)ap.  V. 
 He  complayneth  for  the  captyuyte  off  Israel. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 
 He  reproueth  the  welthy,  ydyll  and  delicate 
 people,  tellinge  them  their  destruccion. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 The  punyshment  off  the  people  shewed  by 
 dyuerse  visions. 
 
 Cljap.  VIII. 
 
 A  vision  agaynst  the  covetous  people  and  false 
 waightes.     The  hunger  of  Gods  worde. 
 
 Cfjap.  IX. 
 
 Plages  vpon  luda.  The  power  off  God.  The 
 receauynge  oft'  the  Heithen.  Conuersion  off 
 the  lewes. 
 
 Cl)e  first  Ci^apUr. 
 
 THESE  are  the  sermons,  that  were  shewed 
 vnto  Amos  (which  was  one  of  the  shep- 
 herdes  at  Thecua)  vpon  Israel,  in  the  tyme 
 of  Osias  kynge  of  luda,  "5  in  the  tyme  of 
 leroboa  f  sonne  of  loas  kynge  of  Israel,  two 
 yeare  before  f  earthquake.  And  he  sayde : 
 'The  LORDE  shal  roare  out  off  Sion,  5  shewe 
 his  voyce  fro  lerusale :  so  that  f  pastures  of 
 the  shepherdes  shal  be  in  a  miserable  case,  5 
 f  toppe  of  Charmel  dryed  vp. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE :  "for  thre  5  foure 
 wickednesses  of  Damascus,  I  will  not  spare 
 her :  because  they  haue  throszhed  Galaad  with 
 yro  flales :  But  I  wil  sende  a  fyre  in  to  f 
 house  of  Hazael,  the  same  shal  consume  the 
 palaces  of  Benadab.     Thus  wil  I  breake  the 
 
 4  Re.  15.  a.  4  Re.  14.  c. 
 
 lere.  25.  d.  loel  3.  c. 
 
 barres  off  Damascus,  5  rote  out  the  inhabiter 
 fro  the  felde  of  Auen,  and  him  y  holdeth  the 
 scepter,  out  of  y  pleasunt  house :  so  y  the 
 people  shalbe  dryuen  out  of  fajTe  Siria,  sayeth 
 the  LORDE.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE: 
 For  thre  5  foure  wickednesses  of  Gaza,  I  wil 
 not  spare  her :  ''because  they  make  the  pre- 
 soners  yet  more  captyue,  d  haue  dryuen  the  in 
 to  the  lode  of  Edom.  Therfore  wil  I  sende 
 a  fyre  in  to  y  wallas  of  Gaza,  which  shal  de- 
 uoure  hir  houses.  I  wil  rote  out  the  y  dwell 
 at  Asdod  5  him  y  holdeth  the  scepter  of 
 Ascalon,  and  stretch  out  myne  honde  ouer 
 Accaron,  that  the  remnaunt  of  the  Philistines 
 shal  perish,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  :  For  thre  and 
 foure  wickednesses  off  the  cite  off  Tyre,  I  will 
 not  spare  her :  '  because  they  haue  increased  y 
 
 '  Ess.  17.  a.  lere.  49.  d.         ■*  Zach.  9.  c.         '  loel  3.  a. 
 
fo,  tiulmih 
 
 €l)t  projpfjft  amosi. 
 
 Cftap.  ij. 
 
 captiuyte  of  the  Edomites,  and  haue  not  re- 
 membred  the  brotherly  couenaunt.  "Ther- 
 fore  will  I  sende  a  fyre  in  to  the  walles  off 
 Tyre,  that  shal  consume  hir  pallaces.  Thus 
 sayeth  the  LOIIDE:  For  thre  and  foure 
 wickednesses  of  Edom  I  wil  not  spare  him,* 
 because  he  persecuted  his  brother  with  the 
 swerde,  destroyed  his  mothers  wombe,  bare 
 hatred  very  longe,  and  so  kepte  indignacion 
 allwaye  by  him.  Therfore  will  I  sende  a  fyre 
 in  to  Thema,  which  shal  deuoure  the  pallaces 
 of  Bosra. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  'For  thre  ad 
 foure  wickednesses  of  the  children  off  Ammon, 
 I  will  not  spare  them :  because  they  rypte  vp 
 the  wome  greate  with  childe  in  Galaad,  to 
 make  the  borders  of  their  londes  the  wyder, 
 Therfore  I  wil  kyndle  a  fyre  in  the  walles  of 
 Rabbath,  that  shall  consume  hir  palaces: 
 with  a  greate  crie,  in  the  daye  of  batel,  in 
 tempest  and  in  the  daye  off  storme  :  so  that 
 their  kynge  shal  go  in  to  captiuyte,  he  and 
 his  prices  together,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 
 €i)t  i].  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THUS  sayeth  the  LORDE:  For  thre 
 and  foure  wickednesses  off  Moab, ''  I  will 
 not  spare  him :  because  he  brent  the  bones  off 
 the  kynge  of  Edom  to  asshes.  Therfore  will 
 I  sende  a  fyre  in  to  Moab,  which  shal  cosume 
 f  pallaces  of  Carioth :  so  y  Moab  shal  perish 
 with  a  noyse,  and  the  sounde  of  a  shawme. 
 I  will  rote  out  the  iudge  from  amoge  them, 
 and  slaye  all  his  prynces  with  him,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE.  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  ^for 
 thre  ad  foure  wickednesses  of  luda,  I  wil  not 
 spare  him :  because  he  hath  cast  asyde  the 
 lawe  of  the  LORDE,  and  not  kepte  his  com- 
 maundementes  :  for  why,  they  wolde  nedes  be 
 disceaued  with  the  lyes,  that  their  forefathers 
 folowed.  Therfore  will  I  sende  a  fyre  in  to 
 luda,  which  shal  consume  the  palaces  of 
 lerusalem. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  :  For  thre  5  foure 
 wickednesses  of  Israel,  I  wil  not  spare  him : 
 because  he  hath  solde  the  rightuous  for  money, 
 and  the  poore  for  shues.  They  treade  vpon 
 poore  mens  heades  in  the  dust  of  the  earth, 
 5  croke  the  wayes  off  the  meke.  The  sonne 
 and  the  father  go  to  the  harlot,  to  dishonoure 
 my  holy  name :  they  lye  besyde  euery  aulter 
 
 "  3  Re.  5.  a.  »  Abd.  1.  a.   lere.  49.  b.  Gen.  27.  g. 
 
 '  lere.  49.  o.  Eze.  21.  d.  25.  a.       ■'  Esa.  15.  a.  16.  a.  lere. 
 
 vpon  clothes  taken  to  pledge,  and  in  the 
 house  of  their  goddes  they  drynke  the  wyite 
 of  the  oppressed.  '  Yet  destroyed  1  the  Amo- 
 rite  before  them,  that  was  as  hie  as  the  Cedre 
 trees,  and  as  stronge  as  the  okes :  notwith- 
 stodinge  I  destroyed  his  frute  fro  aboue,  and 
 his  rote  from  vnder. 
 
 Agayne  :  I  brought  you  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte,  Sand  led  you  xl.  yeares  thorow  the 
 wyldemesse,  that  ye  might  haue  the  Amoriters 
 londe  in  possession.  I  raysed  vp  prophetes 
 amonge  youre  children,  and  absteyners  amonge 
 youre  yoge  men.  Is  it  not  so,  o  ye  children 
 of  Israel,  sayeth  the  LORDE  ?  But  ye  gaue 
 the  absteyners  wyne  to  drynke,  ''yee  ye  c6- 
 maunded  the  prophetes,  sayenge :  Prophecy 
 not.  Beholde,  I  wil  crasshe  you  in  sonder, 
 like  as  a  wayne  crassheth,  y  is  full  of  sheaues : 
 so  that  f  swifte  shall  not  escape,  nether  the 
 stronge  be  able  to  do  eny  thynge :  no,  the 
 giaunte  shal  not  saue  his  oivne  life.  The 
 archer  shall  not  abyde,  and  the  swifte  off 
 fote  shall  not  escape.  The  horsma  shal 
 not  saue  his  life,  3,  he  that  is  as  maly  of 
 stomack  as  a  giaunte,  shall  in  that  daye  be 
 fayne  to  runne  his  waye  naked,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 ^t  it).  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 HEARE,  what  the  LORDE  speaketh 
 vnto  you  (o  ye  children  of  Israel) 
 namely,  vnto  all  y  trybes,  who  I  brought  out 
 of  Egipte,  and  sayde  :  You  only  haue  I  ac- 
 cepted from  all  the  generacions  off  the  earth : 
 therfore  will  I  vyset  you  in  all  youre  wicked- 
 nesses. Maye  twaine  walke  together  excepte 
 they  be  agreed  amonge  them  selues  ?  Doth 
 a  lyon  roare  in  the  wodde,  excepte  he  haue  a 
 pray  ?  Or  crieth  a  lyons  whelpe  out  of  his 
 denne,  '  excepte  he  haue  gotten  somthige  ? 
 Doth  a  byrde  fall  in  a  snare  vp5  y  earth 
 where  no  fouler  is  ?  Taketh  a  man  his  snare 
 vp  from  the  grounde,  afore  he  catche  som- 
 what  ?  Crie  they  out  Alarum  with  the  trompet 
 in  the  cite,  and  the  people  not  afrayed  ?  Com- 
 meth  there  eny  plage  in  a  cite,  without  it 
 be  the  LORDES  doinge?  Now  doth  the 
 LORDE  God  no  maner  of  thinge,  but  he 
 telleth  his  secrete  before  ^mto  his  seruauntes 
 f  prophetes.  When  a  lyon  roareth,  who 
 will  not  be  afrayed?     Seynge  then  that  the 
 
 25.  a.  Eze.  48.  ; 
 14.  e.  Deu.  8  n 
 
 «  Mich.  1.  b.      /  Nu.  13.  d.     f  Exo. 
 *  Nu.  6.  a.  lere.  11.  d.         '  lob  6.  a. 
 
Cf)ap«  b* 
 
 Cfje  propbct  9nu)0. 
 
 LORDE  God  himself  speaketh,  who  will  not 
 prophecy  ? 
 
 Preach  in  the  palaces  at  Asdod,  and  in  the 
 palaces  off  the  londe  off  Egipte,  and  saye 
 gather  you  together  vpon  the  moutaynes  off 
 Samaria,  so  shall  ye  se  greate  murthur  and 
 violent  oppression  amonge  them :  for  why,  they 
 regarde  not  the  thinge  that  is  right,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE :  they  gather  together  euell  gotten 
 goodes,  and  laye  vp  robbery  in  their  houses. 
 
 Therfore,  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  God: 
 This  londe  shalbe  troubled  and  beseged  roude 
 aboute,  thy  strength  shalbe  plucte  from  the, 
 and  thy  palaces  robbed.  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE:  like  as  an  hyrdeman  taketh  two 
 legges  or  a  pece  off  an  eare  out  off  the  Lyons 
 mouth :  Euen  so  the  children  of  Israel  (that 
 dwell  in  Samaria,  hauynge  their  couches  in 
 the  comer,  and  their  beddes  at  Damascus) 
 shalbe  plucte  awaye.  Heare,  and  beare  recoi-de 
 in  the  house  of  lacob  "  (sayeth  the  LORDE 
 God  of  hoostes)  that  when  I  begynne  to  vyset 
 the  wickednesse  of  Israel,  I  will  vyset  f  aulters 
 at  Bethel  also :  so  that  the  homes  of  the  aulter 
 shalbe  broken  of,  5  fall  to  the  groude. 
 
 As  for  the  wynter  house  and  sommer  house, 
 I  will  smyte  them  downe :  and  the  houses  of 
 yuery,  yee  and  many  other  houses  shal  perish, 
 and  be  destroyed,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 
 ®{)e  tti).  Ci^apter. 
 
 HEARE  this  worde,  o  ye  fat  kyne,  that 
 be  vpon  the  hill  of  Samaria:  ye  that 
 do  poore  me  wronge,  and  oppresse  the  nedy  : 
 ye  that  saye  to  youre  lordes :  brynge  hyther, 
 let  vs  drynke.  Therfore  the  LORDE  hath 
 sworne  by  his  holynesse :  The  dayes  shall 
 come  vpon  you,  that  ye  shalbe  lift  vp  vpo 
 speares,  and  youre  posterite  caried  awaye  in 
 fyssher  pannes.  Ye  shall  get  you  out  at  the 
 gappes  one  after  another,  and  in  Armon  shal 
 ye  be  cast  awaye,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ye  came  to  Bethel  for  to  worke  vngra- 
 ciousnes,  and  haue  increased  youre  synnes  at 
 Galgal.  '  Ye  brought  youre  sacrifices  in  the 
 momynge,  and  youre  tythes  vnto  the  thirde 
 daye.  Ye  made  a  thakofferinge  off  leuen, 
 ye  promised  frewillofferinges,  and  proclamed 
 them.  Soch  lust  had  ye,  o  ye  children  of 
 Israel,  sayeth  the  LORDE  God.  Therfore 
 haue  I  geuen  you  ydle  teth  in  all  youre  cities. 
 
 So.  tudmiih 
 
 '  4  Re.  16. 17. 
 Osee  9.  c.  12.  b. 
 
 »  losu.  16.  a.  3  Re.  12.  e.  Osee  4.  c. 
 Deu.  1 1 .  b.  28.  b.  lere.  14.  a.  loel  3.  c. 
 
 5  scarcenesse  off  bred  in  all  youre  places :  yet 
 will  ye  notturne  vnto  me,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 '  Whe  there  were  but  thre  monethes  vnto  f 
 haruest,  I  withelde  the  rayne  from  you  :  yee 
 I  rayned  vpo  one  cite,  and  not  vpo  another 
 one  pece  off  grounde  was  moystured  with 
 rayne,  and  the  grounde  that  I  rayned  not 
 vpon,  was  drye.  Wherfore  two  (yee  thre) 
 cities  came  vnto  one,  to  drynke  water:  but 
 they  were  not  satisfied,  yet  will  ye  not  turne 
 vnto  me,  sayeth  ;y  LORDE. 
 
 I  haue  smyten  you  with  drouth  and  blast 
 inge :  and  loke  how  many  orchardes,  vinyardes, 
 fygetrees  and  olyue  trees  ye  had  :  f  cat'irpiller 
 hath  eaten  them  vp.  But  yet  will  ye  not 
 turne  vnto  me,  sayeth  the  LORDE.  Pesti- 
 lence haue  I  sent  amoge  you,  ''as  I  dyd  in 
 Egipte:  youre  yonge  men  haue  I  slayen  with 
 f  swerde,  and  caused  youre  horses  be  taken 
 captyue :  I  made  the  stynckinge  sauoure  of 
 youre  tentes  to  come  vp  in  to  youre  nostrels  : 
 Yet  wil  ye  not  tume  vnto  me,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE.  "  Some  off  you  haue  I  ouer- 
 throwen:  as  I  ouerthrewe  Sodome  5  Go- 
 morre :  so  that  ye  were  as  a  brande  plucte 
 out  of  the  fyre.  Yet  will  ye  not  tume  vnto 
 me,  sayeth  the  LORDE.  Therfore,  thus 
 wiU  I  handle  the  agayne  (O  Israel)  ye  euen 
 thus  will  I  handle  the.  Make  the  ready  then 
 to  mete  thy  God,  o  Israel.  For  lo,  he  maketh 
 the  mountaynes,  he  ordeneth  the  wynde,  he 
 sheweth  man  what  he  is  aboute  to  do:  he 
 maketh  the  momynge  and  the  darcknesse,  he 
 treadeth  vpo  the  hye  places  off  the  earth :  f 
 LORDE  God  of  hoostes  is  his  name. 
 
 €\)t  b.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 HEARE  this  worde  (o  ye  house  of  Israel) 
 and  why  ?  I  must  make  this  mone  for 
 you :  The  vyrgin  Israel  shall  fall,  5  neuer  ryse 
 vp  agayne :  she  shall  be  cast  downe  vpon  hir 
 owne  grounde,  and  no  man  shal  helpe  hir  vp. 
 For  thus  sayeth  y  LORDE  God :  Where  as 
 there  dwelt  a  M.  in  one  cite,  there  shalbe 
 left  scarce  an  C.  therin :  and  where  f  re  dwelt 
 an  C.  there  shal  scarce  ten  be  left  for  the 
 house  off  Israel.  Neuertheles,  thus  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  vnto  y  house  of  Israel :  Seke 
 after  me,  ad  ye  shal  lyue,  but  seke  not  after 
 Bethel.  Come  not  at  Galgal,  and  go  not  to 
 Bersaba:  for  Galgal   shall   be  caried  awaye 
 
 ■•  Exo.  9.  b.         '  Gen.  19.  b.   2  Pet.  2.  b. 
 
So,  iicrI)iT]>^itiji, 
 
 €f)t  prophtt  9[mo6. 
 
 Cftap.  fai. 
 
 captyue,  and  Bethel  shal  come  to  naught. 
 Seke  the  LORDE,  y  ye  maye  lyue:  lest  the 
 house  of  Joseph  be  brent  with  fyre  and  cosumed, 
 and  lest  there  be  none  to  quench  Bethel. 
 
 Ye  turne  the  lawe  to  wormwod,  and  cast 
 downe  rightuousnes  vnto  the  grounde.  The 
 LORDE  maketh  the  vij.  starres  and  the 
 Oryons,"  he  turneth  the  night  in  to  daye,  and 
 off  the  daye  he  maketh  darcknesse.    He  caUeth 
 
 waters  of  the  see,  and  poureth  them  out 
 vpon  the  playne  grounde:  *the  LORDE  is 
 his  name.  He  rayseth  destruccion  vpon  the 
 mightie  people,  (t,  bryngeth  downe  the  stronge 
 holde :  but  they  owe  him  euel  will,  y  re- 
 proueth  them  openly :  and  who  so  telleth  the 
 the  playne  treuth,  they  abhon-e  him.  For  so 
 moch  the  as  ye  oppresse  y  poore,  '  and  robbe 
 him  of  his  best  sustenaunce  :  therfore,  where 
 as  ye  haue  buylded  houses  oflf  square  stone, 
 ye  shall  not  dwell  in  them.  Maruelos  plea- 
 saunt  ^'yaiyardes  shall  ye  plante,  but  the  wyne 
 of  the  shal  ye  not  drynke  :  and  why  ?  as  for 
 the  multitude  of  youre  wickednesses  and  youre 
 toute  synnes,  I  knowe  them  right  well. 
 Enemies  are  ye  off  the  rightuous,  ye  take 
 rewardes,  ye  oppresse  the  poore  in  iudgment. 
 Therfore  the  wyse  must  now  be  fayne  to  holde 
 his  tuge,  so  wicked  a  tyme  is  it. 
 
 Seke  after  the  thinge  that  is  good,  5  not 
 euell,  so  shall  ye  lyue  :  yee  the  LORDE  God 
 off  hoostes  shal  be  with  you,  acordinge  to 
 youre  owne  desyre.  "  Hate  the  eueU,  and 
 loue  the  good :  set  vp  right  agayne  in  the 
 porte :  5  (no  doute)  the  LORDE  God  of 
 hoostes  shall  be  mercifuU  vnto  the  remnaunt 
 of  Joseph.  Yff  no  (sayeth  the  LORDE  God, 
 the  God  of  hoostes)  there  shal  be  mourninge 
 in  all  stretes,  yee  they  shal  saye  I  euery  strete : 
 alas,  alas.  They  shall  call  the  housbonde  man 
 to  lamentacio,  and  soch  as  can  mourne,  to 
 moumynge.  In  all  vynyardes  there  shal  be 
 heuynesse,  for  I  will  come  amonge  you,  sayeth 
 the  LORDE.  Wo  be  vnto  them  that  desyre 
 the  daye  off  f  LORDE :  Wherfore  wolde  ye 
 haue  it  ?  As  for  that  daye  of  the  LORDE, 
 it  shalbe  darcke  ad  not  cleare:  Yee  like  as 
 when  a  ma  runeth  fro  a  lyon,  and  a  Beer 
 meteth  with  him :  or,  whe  he  commeth  in  to 
 the  house,  and  leeneth  his  honde  vpon  the  wall, 
 a  serpent  byteth  him.    /Shall  not  the  daye  of 
 
 '  lob  9.  a.  •  Am.  9.  b.  '  Deu.  28.  c.  Soph.  1.  c 
 
 ''  Exo.  23.  a.  Mich.  3.  a.  »  Psal.  96.  b.  Deu.  17.  a 
 
 Ro.  12.  b.  /loel  2.  b.  Soph.  1.  c.  «  Esa.  l.b 
 
 Mich.  6.b.  Esa.  58.  a.  Mala.  I.e.         *  lere.  7.  c.  Act.T.e 
 
 the  LORDE  be  darcke,  and  not  cleare  ?  shal 
 it  not  be  cloudy,  and  no  shyne  in  it  ? 
 
 ^I  hate  and  abhorre  youre  holy  dayes,  ad 
 where  as  ye  cense  me  when  ye  come  together 
 I  will  not  accepte  it.  And  though  ye  offre 
 me  brentofferiiiges  and  meatofferinges,  yet 
 haue  I  no  pleasure  therin :  As  for  youre  fat 
 thankofferynges,  I  wil  not  loke  vpon  them. 
 Awaye  with  that  noyse  of  thy  songes,  I  wil 
 not  heare  thy  playes  of  musick :  but  se  that 
 equyte  flowe  as  the  water,  and  rightuousnesse 
 as  a  mightie  streame.  O  ye  house  of  Israel, 
 '•  gaue  ye  me  offeringes  and  sacrifices  those  xl. 
 yeares  longe  in  the  wyldernesse?  Yet  haue 
 ye  set  vp  tabernacles  to  youre  Moloch,  and 
 ymages  of  youre  Idols,  '  Yee  ad  the  starre  of 
 youre  god  Rempha,  figures  which  ye  made  to 
 worshipe  them.  Therfore  wil  I  cause  you  be 
 caried  awaye  beyonde  Damascus,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE,  whose  name  is  the  God  off  hoostes. 
 
 El)t  bt.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 WO  be  to  the  proude  welthy  in  Sio,  *  to 
 soch  as  thinke  the  so  sure  vpon  f 
 mount  of  Samaria  ?  which  holde  them  selues 
 for  the  best  of  the  worlde,  and  rule  the  house 
 of  Israel,  eue  as  they  list.  Go  vnto  Calne, 
 and  se :  and  from  thence  get  you  to  Hemath 
 the  greate  cite,  and  so  go  downe  to  Gath  of 
 the  Philistines :  be  they  better  at  ease  then 
 these  kyngdomes,  or  the  border  of  their  londe 
 wyder  then  yours  ?  Ye  are  taken  out  for  the 
 euel  daye,  euen  ye  that  syt  in  the  stole  of 
 w^lfulnesse :  Ye  that  lye  vpon  beddes  off 
 yuery,  and  vse  youre  wantonnesse  vpon  youre 
 couches :  ye  that  eate  the  best  lambes  of  f 
 flocke,  and  the  fattest  calues  off  the  droaue 
 '  ye  that  synge  to  the  lute,  and  in  playenge  off 
 instrumentes  compare  youre  selues  vnto  Dauid: 
 ye  that  drynke  wyne  out  of  goblettes,  5  anoynte 
 youre  selues  with  the  best  oyle,  but  no  man  is 
 sory  for  loseps  hurte.  Therfore  now  shall  ye 
 be  the  first  of  them,  that  shal  be  led  awaye 
 captyue,  and  the  lusty  chere  of  the  wylfull 
 shall  come  to  an  ende. 
 
 The  LORDE  God  hath  swome  euen  by 
 himself  (sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes 
 *"  I  hate  the  pryde  of  lacob,  and  I  abhorre  his 
 palaces :  and  I  wil  geue  ouer  the  cite,  with  all 
 that  is  therin  :  so  that  though  there  remayne 
 
 •  Leu.  20.  a.   3  Re.  11.  f.         »  Luc.  6.  c. 
 Esa.  5.  b.    1  Re.  16.  d.     2  Re.  6.  a. 
 Amos  8.  a.   Heb.  6.  b. 
 
 '  lob  21.  b. 
 lere.  31.  c. 
 
Cl^ap.  t)Uj« 
 
 €\)t  propbet  anxos. 
 
 4ro«tird)i7-Vb.t 
 
 ten  men  in  one  house,  they  shal  dye.  So 
 their  nexte  kynszfolckes  and  the  deed  buriers 
 shall  take  them,  and  cary  awaye  their  bones, 
 and  saye  vnto  him,  that  is  in  the  ynnermer 
 house :  is  there  yet  eny  mo  by  y  ?  And  he 
 shal  answere  :  they  are  all  gone,  holde  thy 
 tunge  (shall  he  saye)  "for  they  wolde  not 
 remembre  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Beholde,  the  LORDE  is  mynded  to  smyte 
 the  greate  houses,  so  that  they  shall  decaye  : 
 ad  the  little  houses,  that  they  shall  cleue  a 
 sunder.  Who  can  runne  with  horses,  or  plowe 
 with  oxen  vpon  the  harde  rockes  off  stone? 
 For  why,  ye  haue  turned  true  iudgment  in  to 
 bytternesse,  and  the  frute  of  rightuousnesse  in 
 to  wormwod:  Yee  euen  ye,  that  reioyse  in 
 vayne  thynges :  ye  that  saye :  haue  not  we 
 optayned  homes  in  oure  owne  strength  ?  Well, 
 take  hede,  o  ye  house  off  Israel,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God  of  hoostes:  I  will  brynge  a 
 people  vpo  you,  which  shall  trouble  you,  from 
 the  waye  that  goeth  towarde  Hemath,  ynto 
 the  broke  in  the  medowe. 
 
 Ki^t  bij.  Cf)apter. 
 
 THE  LORDE  God  shewed  me  soch  a 
 vision :  beholde,  there  stode  one  that 
 made  greszshoppers,  euen  when  the  come  was 
 shutynge  forth,  after  the  kynge  had  clipte  his 
 shepe.  Now  when  they  vndertoke  to  eate  vp 
 all  the  grene  thinges  in  y  lode,  I  sayde :  O 
 LORDE  God,  be  mercifull,  I  beseke  the : 
 who  shulde  els  helpe  vp  lacob,  that  is  brought 
 so  lowe  ?  So  the  LORDE  was  gracious  therin, 
 and  the  LORDE  sayde :  well,  it  shall  not  be 
 Agayne,  y  LORDE  shewed  me  this  vision 
 beholde,  the  LORDE  God  called  the  fyre  to 
 punysh  withall,  and  it  deuoured  the  greate 
 depe  :  yee  it  consumed  a  parte  allredy.  Then 
 sayde  I :  O  LORDE  God,  holde  thyne  honde: 
 for  who  shulde  els  helpe  vp  lacob  that  is 
 brought  so  lowe  ?  So  the  LORDE  was  mer 
 ciful  therin,  and  the  LORDE  God  sayde : 
 well,  it  shal  not  be. 
 
 Morouer,  he  shewed  me  this  vision :  be 
 holde,  the  LORDE  stode  vpon  a  plastered 
 wall,  (S  *  a  masons  trowell  in  his  hode.  And 
 the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  me :  Amos,  what 
 seist  thou  ?  I  answered :  a  masons  trowell. 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE:  beholde,  I  will 
 laye  the  trowell  amoge  my  people  of  Israel, 
 and  will  nomore  ouersee  them  :  but  the  hye 
 hilchapels  off  Isaac  must  be  layed  waist,  and 
 
 "  Deu.  8.  (1.  Some  call  it  •  a  iyne.  '  4  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 the  churches  off  Israel  made  desolate  :  and 
 as  for  the  house  of  leroboam,  I  will  stonde  vp 
 agaynst  it  with  the  swerde.  *  Vpon  this  sent 
 Amasias  the  prest  to  Bethel  vnto  leroboam 
 the  kinge  of  Israel,  sayenge  :  "^Amos  maketh 
 the  house  off  Israel  to  rebell  agaynst  the,  the 
 londe  ca  not  awaye  with  his  wordes.  For 
 Amos  sayeth:  leroboam  shall  dye  with  the 
 swerde,  and  Israel  shall  be  led  awaye  captyue 
 out  of  their  owne  londe.  And  Amasias  sayde 
 vnto  Amos :  Get  the  hence  (thou  that  cast  se 
 so  well)  and  fle  in  to  the  londe  of  luda :  get 
 the  there  thy  lyuynge,  and  prophecy  there : 
 ''  and  prophecy  nomore  at  Bethel,  for  it  is  the 
 kynges  chapel,  and  the  kynges  courte. 
 
 Amos  answered,  and  sayde  to  Amasias :  As 
 for  me,  '  I  am  nether  prophet,  ner  prophetes 
 Sonne  :  but  a  keper  of  catell.  Now  as  I  was 
 breakynge  downe  molberies,  and  gojTige  after 
 the  catell,  the  LORDE  toke  me,  j  sayde  vnto 
 me  :  Go  thy  waye,  and  prophecy  vnto  my 
 people  of  Israel.  And  therfore,  heare  thou 
 now  the  worde  off  the  LORDE :  Thou  saiest: 
 prophecy  not  agaynst  Israel,  and  speake 
 nothinge  agaynst  the  house  off  Isaac.  Wher- 
 fore  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE:  Thy  wife  shalbe 
 defyled  in  y  cite,  thy  sonnes  and  doughters 
 shalbe  slayne  with  the  swerde,  and  thy  londe 
 shalbe  measured  out  with  the  Iyne  :  Thou  thy 
 self  shalt  dye  in  an  vnclene  londe,  and  Israel 
 shalbe  dryuen  out  off  his  owne  countre. 
 
 Ct)t  bit).  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  God  shewed  me  this 
 vision  :  and  beholde,  there  was  a  maiide 
 with  sommer  frute.  And  he  sayde :  Amos, 
 what  seist  thou  ?  I  answered :  a  maiide  with 
 sommer  frute.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE 
 vnto  me  :  the  ende  commeth  vpon  my  people 
 of  Israel,  I  wil  nomore  ouersee  them.  In 
 that  daye  shall  the  songes  off  the  temple  be 
 turned  in  to  sorow,  sayeth  the  LORDE  God, 
 Many  deed  bodyes  shal  lye  in  euery  place,  5 
 be  cast  forth  secretly.  Heare  this,  O  ye  y 
 oppresse  the  poore,  'and  destroye  the  nedy  in 
 y  londe,  sayenge  :  Whan  wUl  the  new  moneth 
 be  gone,  that  we  maye  sell  vytale,  and  y  Sab- 
 bath, that  we  maye  haue  scarcenesse  of  come 
 to  make  the  buszshel  lesse,  and  the  Sycle 
 greater  ?  We  shall  set  vp  false  waightes,  y 
 we  maye  get  the  poore  vnder  vs  with  their 
 money,  and  the  nedy  also  for  shues  :  yee  let 
 vs  sell  the  chaffe  for  corne. 
 
 c  3  Re.  17.  a.      ■*  Esa.  30.  b.      '  Zach.  13.  a.     /  Esa.  5.  b 
 102 
 
jTo.  iicdjrjn^bu 
 
 €i)t  })iopl)rt  9[ino£{. 
 
 Cftap.  i]r. 
 
 "The  LORDE  hath  sworne  agaynst  the 
 pryde  of  lacob :  these  workes  of  theirs  will  I 
 neuer  forget.  Shal  not  the  londe  tremble, 
 and  all  they  that  dwell  therin,  mounie  for 
 this  ?  Shal  not  their  destruccion  come  vpon 
 them  like  a  water  streame,  j  flowe  ouer  the, 
 as  the  floude  of  Egipte  ?  At  the  same  tyme 
 (sayeth  the  LORDE  God)  *  I  shall  cause  f 
 Sone  to  go  downe  at  noone,  and  the  londe  to 
 be  darcke  in  the  cleare  daye.  'Youre  hye 
 feastes  will  I  turne  to  sorow,  and  youre  songes 
 to  mournynge  :  I  will  brynge  sackcloth  vp5 
 all  backes,  5  baldnes  vpo  euery  heade :  ''  yee 
 soch  a  mournynge  wil  I  sende  them,  as  is 
 made  vpon  an  only  begotten  sonne,  and  they 
 shall  haue  a  miserable  ende. 
 
 Beholde,  the  tyme  commeth  (sayeth  the 
 LORDE  God)  y  I  shal  sende  an  huger  in  to 
 f  earth :  not  the  hunger  of  bred,  ner  the 
 thyrst  of  water :  but  an  hunger  to  heare  the 
 worde  off  the  LORDE :  so  that  they  shal  go 
 from  the  one  see  to  the  other,  yee  from  f 
 north  Yiito  y  east,  runnynge  aboute  to  seke 
 the  worde  of  f  LORDE,  and  shal  not  fynde 
 it.  In  that  tyme,  shal  the  fayre  virgins  and 
 the  yonge  men  perish  for  thyrst,  yee  euen  they 
 that  sweare  in  the  offence  off  Samaria,  and 
 saye  :  as  truly  as  thy  God  lyueth  at  Dan,  and 
 as  truly  as  thy  God  lyizeth  at  Bersaba.  These 
 shal  fail,  and  neuer  ryse  vp  agayne. 
 
 Ci^t  t>-.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 ISA  WE  the  LORDE  stondinge  vpon  the 
 aulter,  and  he  sayde :  smyte  the  dore 
 cheke,  that  the  postes  maye  shake  withall. 
 For  their  couetousnesse  shal  fall  vpon  all  their 
 heades,  and  their  posterite  shalbe  slayne  with 
 the  swerde.  They  shall  not  fie  awaye,  there 
 shall  not  one  off  them  escape,  ner  be  delyuered. 
 Though  they  were  buryed  in  the  hell,  my 
 honde  shal  fetch  them  from  thence :  '  though 
 they  clymme  vp  to  heauen,  yet  shal  I  cast 
 them  downe :  though  they  hyde  them  selues 
 vpo  the  toppe  of  Carmel,  yet  shal  I  seke  them 
 out,  and  brynge  them  from  thence  :  Though 
 they  cr^pe  downe  fro  my  sight  in  to  the  depe 
 of  the  see,  I  shal  comaude  the  serpente,  euen 
 there  to  byte  them.  Yff  they  go  awaye 
 before  their  enemies  I  to  captyuyte,  then  shall 
 I  commaunde  the  swerde,  there  to  slaye  them. 
 
 Am.6.  b. 
 '  Psal.  138. 
 
 lere.  Id.  b. 
 ,.  Abd.  1.  a. 
 
 '  Tob.  2.  a.        ''  lere.  6.  d. 
 /  Am.  8.  a.  3  Re.  8.  «;. 
 
 Thus  wil  I  set  myne  eyes  vpon  them,  for 
 their  harme  and  not  for  their  wealth.  For 
 when  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes  toucheth 
 a  londe,  it  cosumeth  awaye,  and  all  they  that 
 dwell  therin,  must  nedes  mourne  :  And  why? 
 -'^ their  destruccion  shal  aryse  as  euery  streame 
 and  runne  ouer  them,  as  the  floude  in  Egipte, 
 He  that  hath  his  dwellinge  in  heauen,  ad 
 groundeth  his  tabernacle  in  the  earth :  ^  He 
 that  calleth  the  waters  of  the  see,  and  poureth 
 them  out  vpon  the  playne  grounde :  his  name 
 is  the  LORDE.  O  ye  children  off  Israel 
 are  ye  not  vnto  me,  euen  as  the  Morians, 
 sayeth  the  LORDE  ?  haue  not  I  brought 
 Israel  out  off  the  londe  off  Egipte,  the  Philis- 
 tynes  from  Capthor,*  and  the  Sirians  fro  Cyr  ? 
 Beholde,  the  eyes  of  the  LORDE  are  vpon 
 the  realme  that  synneth,'  to  rote  it  clene  out 
 of  the  earth :  Neuertheles,  I  will  not  vterly 
 destroye  the  house  of  lacob,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 For  lo,  this  I  promyse:  though  I  siffte  f 
 house  of  Israel  amonge  all  nacions  (like  as 
 they  vse  to  sifte  in  a  syue)  yet  shall  not  f 
 smallest  grauel  stone  fall  vpo  the  earth  :  But 
 all  the  wicked  doers  of  my  people,  that  saye  : 
 Tush,  the  plage  is  not  so  nye,  to  come  so 
 hastely  vpon  vs :  those  shal  perish  with  the 
 swerde.  ''At  that  tyme  wU  I  buylde  agayne 
 the  tabernacle  off  Dauid,  that  is  fallen  downe, 
 and  hedge  vp  his  gappes :  and  loke  what  is 
 broke,  I  shal  repayre  it :  Yee  I  shal  buylde 
 it  agayne,  as  it  was  afore  tyme,  y  they  maye 
 possesse  the  remnaunt  of  Edom,  yee  and  aU 
 soch  people  as  call  vpon  my  name  with  the, 
 saieth  the  LORDE,  which  doth  these  thinges. 
 
 Beholde,  the  tyme  commeth  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  that  the  plowman  shal  ouertake  y 
 mower,  and  y  treader  off  grapes,  him  that 
 soweth  sede.  '  The  mountaynes  shall  droppe 
 swete  wyne,  and  the  hilles  shall  be  frutefuJl, 
 and  I  wil  turne  the  captyuyte  of  my  people  of 
 Israel :  they  shal  repayre  the  waist  cities,  % 
 haue  the  in  possessio  :  they  shal  plante  vin- 
 yardes,  ad  drynke  the  wj'ne  therof :  they  shal 
 make  gardens,  and  enioye  the  frutes  off  the. 
 And  I  wil  plate  them  vpo  their  owne  groude, 
 so  that  I  wiU  neuer  rote  them  out  agayne 
 from  their  londe,  which  I  haue  geuen  the 
 sayeth  the  LORDE  thy  God. 
 
 g  Amos  5.  b. 
 Rom.  9.  c. 
 
 '  Gen.  10.  b. 
 '  Act.  15.  c. 
 
 •  lere.  30.  b. 
 Mich.  7.b. 
 
 Zach.  13.  b. 
 loel  3.  c. 
 
 €f)t  tiibt  of  tf)t  prop&rt  Sintosi. 
 
ffl^e  ^ropfjtt  BVOp. 
 
 3iaaf)at  gbUp  contrpnetf). 
 
 €tap-  I- 
 
 He  prophecyeth  agaynst  the  proude  stomackes  of 
 the  Edoraites,  that  vexed  the  Israelites  in  their 
 aduersite.  He  sheweth,  what  plages  shal  come 
 vpon  them 
 
 Ci)t  firgt  Cijaptrr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  vision  that  was  shewed  vnto 
 Abdy:  Thus  hath  f  LORDE  God 
 spoke  vpo  Edo :  "  We  haue  herde  of  the 
 LORDE  y  there  is  an  embassage  sent 
 amonge  the  Heithen :  Vp,  let  vs  aryse,  and 
 fight  agaynst  them.  Beholde,  I  will  make  y 
 small  amoge  the  Heithen,  so  that  thou  shaft 
 be  vtterly  despised.  *  The  pryde  of  thine 
 herte  hath  lift  the  vp,  thou  that  dwellest  in  y 
 stroge  holdes  off  stone,  and  hast  made  the  an 
 hye  seate :  Thou  sayest  in  thyne  herte  :  who 
 shal  cast  me  downs  to  the  grounde  ?  But 
 "  though  thou  wentest  vp  as  hye  as  the  Aegle, 
 and  maydest  thy  nest  aboue  amonge  the 
 starres:  yet  wolde  I  plucke  the  downe  from 
 thece.  Yf  y  theues  5  robbers  came  to  y  by- 
 night,  thou  takinge  thy  rest :  shulde  they  not 
 steale,  till  they  had  ynough?  yf  the  grape 
 gatherers  came  vpon  the,  wolde  they  not  leaue 
 the  some  grapes?  But  how  shall  they  type 
 Esau,  and  seke  out  his  treasures  ? 
 
 Yee  the  men  that  were  sworne  vnto  the, 
 shal  dryue  the  out  off  the  borders  off  thyne 
 owne  londe.  They  that  be  now  at  one  with 
 the,  shal  disceaue  the,  and  ouercome  y  :  Eue 
 they  that  eate  thy  bred,  shall  betraye  the,  or 
 euer  thou  perceaue  it.  ^  Shal  not  I  at  the 
 same  tyme  destroye  the  wyse  men  of  Edom, 
 ad  those  that  haue  vnderstondinge,  from  the 
 mount  of  Esau  ?     Thy  giauntes  (o  Theman) 
 
 Eze.  28.  b.  and  35.  a.     Amos  1.  c. 
 
 '  Amos  9.  a.    Aba.  SJ.  b. 
 
 '  lere.  49.  c. 
 
 shalbe  afrayed,  for  thorow  the  slaughter  they 
 shalbe  all  ouer  throvvne  vpon  the  mout  of 
 Esau.  Shame  shal  come  vpon  the,  for  y 
 malice  that  thou  shewedest  to  thy  brother 
 Jacob  :  "  yee  for  euermore  shalt  thou  perish,  (j 
 that  because  of  the  tyme,  when  thou  didest 
 set  thyself  agaynst  him,  euen  when  the  ene- 
 mies caried  awaye  his  boost,  and  when  the 
 aleauntes  came  in  at  his  portes,  and  cast  lottes 
 vpon  Jerusalem,  and  thou  thyself  wast  as  one 
 of  them. 
 
 Thou  shalt  nomore  se  the  daye  of  thy  bro- 
 ther, thou  shalt  nomore  beholde  the  tyme  of 
 his  captiuyte  :  thou  shalt  nomore  reioyse  ouer 
 the  children  of  luda,  in  the  daye  of  their  de- 
 struccion,  thou  shalt  tryumphe  nomore  in  the 
 tyme  of  their  trouble.  Thou  shalt  nomore 
 come  in  at  the  gates  oiF  my  people,  in  the 
 tyme  of  their  decaye  :  thou  shalt  not  se  their 
 mysery  in  the  daye  of  their  fall. 
 
 Thou  shalt  sende  out  no  man  agaynst  their 
 boost,  in  the  daye  of  their  aduersite :  nether 
 shalt  thou  stSde  waytinge  enymore  at  f  cor- 
 ners of  the  stretes,  to  murthur  soch  as  are 
 fled,  or  to  take  them  presoners,  that  remayne 
 in  the  daye  of  their  trouble.  For  the  daye 
 off'  the  LORDE  is  harde  by  vpon  all  Heithen. 
 -'^Like  as  thou  hast  done,  so  shalt  thou  be 
 dealte  withall,  yee  thou  shalt  be  rewarded 
 euen  vpon  thine  heade.  For  like  wyse  as  ye 
 haue  droncken  vpon  myne  holy  hill,  so  shal 
 all  heithen  dryncke  continually  :  yee  dryncke 
 shall  they,  and  swalowe  vp,  so  that  ye  shall  be, 
 as  though  ye  had  neuer  bene. 
 
 But  vpon  the  mount  Sion,  there  shall  a 
 remnaunt  escape  :  *  these  shalbe  holy,  and  the 
 house  of  lacob  shal  possesse  euen  those,  that 
 
 29.  c.     1  Cor.  I.e. 
 /  lere.  50.  c.   loel  3.  b. 
 
 Exo.  17.  c.    Num.  20.  c. 
 f  Zach.  2.  b. 
 
#0.  IJCCljLTVbUJ. 
 
 Cf)e  propbft  Sonas. 
 
 COap.  i. 
 
 had  them  selues  afore  in  possessio.  Morouer, 
 the  house  of  lacob  shalbe  a  fyre,  "the  house 
 of  Joseph  a  flame,  5  the  house  of  Esau  shalbe 
 the  strawe  :  which  they  shal  kyndle  and  co- 
 sume,  so  that  nothinge  shalbe  left  of  the  house 
 of  Esau,  for  the  LOIIDE  himself  hath  sayde 
 it.  They  of  the  south  shal  haue  the  mount 
 of  Esau  in  possession :  and  loke  what  lieth 
 vpon  the  grounde,  that  shal  the  Philistynes 
 haue:  the  playne   feldes   shal  Ephraim  and 
 
 •■  lere.  5.  c. 
 
 Samaria  possesse :  and  the  mountaynes  of 
 Galaad  shal  Ben  lamin  haue.  And  this  hoost 
 shalbe  the  childre  of  Israels  presoners :  Now 
 what  so  lieth  from  Canaan  vnto  Sarphad,  and 
 in  Sepharad,  that  shal  be  vnder  the  subieccion 
 of  Jerusalem  :  and  the  cities  of  the  south  shall 
 enheret  it.  Thus  they  that  escape  vpon  the 
 hiU  off  Sion,  shall  go  vp  to  punysh  the  mount 
 off  Esau,  *and  the  kyngdome  shalbe  the 
 LORDES. 
 
 €l)t  mit  Off  ti)t  propftrt  SbUp. 
 
 Z1)t  ^vopfftt  ^onni. 
 
 ll)at  3onasi  tordt^mti). 
 
 I. 
 
 Ci^ap. 
 
 God  sendeth  lonas  vnto  Niniue,  he  fleyth,  and  is 
 cast  in  to  the  see. 
 
 CI)ap.  II. 
 A  fysh  swaloweth  vp  lonas,  which  crieth  vnto 
 God,  and  prayseth  hym,  and  the  fysh  casteth 
 him  out  agayne  vpon  the  londe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 
 God  sendeth  him  agayne  to  Niniue,  to  shewe  them 
 the  punyshment  for  to  come,  yf  they  wil  not 
 repent :  they  amende,  and  God  is  mercifull  to 
 them. 
 
 Cf)ap.  IIII. 
 
 lonas  is  angrie,  and  complayneth  of  God,  which 
 refourmeth  him. 
 
 W\)t  first  Cl)apt«. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 "  lonas  the  sonne  of  Amithai,  sayenge : 
 Aryse,  and  get  the  to  Niniue  that  greate  cite : 
 i  and  preach  vnto  them,  *  how  y  their  wicked- 
 nesse  is  come  vp  before  me.  And  lonas  made 
 him  ready  to  fle  vnto  Tharsis  from  the  pre- 
 sence of  the  LORDE,  and  gat  him  downe  to 
 loppa :  where  he  founde  a  shippe  ready  for  to 
 go  vnto  Tharsis.  So  he  payde  his  fare,  and 
 wente  aborde,  that  he  might  go  with  them  vnto 
 Tharsis  from  the  presence  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 "  4  Re.  14.  c.  lone  3.  a.  Gen.  10.  b. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  hurled  a  greate  wynde  in 
 to  the  see,  and  there  was  a  mightie  tempest 
 in  the  see :  so  that  the  shippe  was  in  ioperdy 
 of  goinge  in  peces.  Then  the  maryners  were 
 afrayde,  and  cried  euery  man  vnto  his  god : 
 and  the  goodes  that  were  in  the  shippe,  they 
 cast  in  to  the  see,  to  lighten  it  off  them.  But 
 lonas  gat  him  vnder  f  hatches,  where  he  layed 
 him  downe  and  slombred. 
 
 So  the  master  of  the  shippe  came  to  him 
 and  sayde  vnto  him:  why  slomberest  thou? 
 Vp,  call  vpon  thy  God :  yf  God  (happly)  wil 
 thynke  vpon  vs,  that  we  peryshe  not.     And 
 
Clbap.  iih 
 
 Cbe  propftft  Sonag. 
 
 So,  ircflwTiV. 
 
 they  sayde  one  to  another :  come,  let  vs  cast 
 lottes  :  that  we  maye  knowe,  for  whose  cause 
 we  are  thus  troubled. "  And  so  they  cast 
 lottes,  and  the  lot  fell  vpon  lonas. 
 
 The  sayde  they  vnto  him :  tell  vs,  for  whose 
 cause  are  we  thus  troubled  ?  what  is  thine 
 occupacion  ?  whence  commest  thou  ?  what 
 countre  man  art  thou,  and  of  what  nacion  ? 
 He  answered  them :  I  am  an  Ebrue,  and  I 
 feare  the  LORDE  God  of  heauen,  which 
 made  both  the  see  and  drie  londe.  Then 
 were  y  men  exceadingly  afrayed,  5  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  why  didest  thou  so?  (for  they  knewe 
 that  he  was  fled  from  the  presence  of  the 
 LORDE,  because  he  had  tolde  them)  and 
 sayde  morouer  vnto  him :  What  shall  we  do 
 vnto  the,  that  the  see  maye  ceasse  from 
 troublinge  vs  ?  (for  the  see  wrought  and  was 
 troublous)  he  answered  them  :  Take  me,  and 
 cast  me  in  to  the  see,  so  shal  it  let  you  be  in 
 rest :  for  I  wote,  it  is  for  my  sake,  that  this 
 greate  tempest  is  come  vpon  you. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  the  men  assayed  with  row- 
 inge,  to  brynge  the  shippe  to  lode :  but  it 
 wolde  not  be,  because  the  see  wrought  so,  5 
 was  so  troublous  agaynst  them.  Wherfore 
 they  cried  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  sayde : 
 *  O  LORDE,  let  vs  not  perish  for  this  mans 
 death,  nether  laye  thou  innocent  bloude  vnto 
 oure  charge  :  for  thou  (o  LORDE)  hast  done, 
 euen  as  thy  pleasure  was. 
 
 So  they  toke  lonas,  and  cast  him  in  to  the 
 see,  and  the  see  lefte  ragynge.  And  the  men 
 feared  the  LORDE  exceadingly,  doynge  sacri- 
 fices ad  makynge  vowes  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 ^t  i).  «0)apttr. 
 
 BUT  the  LORDE  prepared  a  greate 
 fyshe,  to  swalow  vp  lonas.  "  So  was 
 lonas  in  the  bely  of  the  fysh,  thre  dayes  and 
 thre  nightes.  And  lonas  prayed  vnto  the 
 LORDE  his  God,  out  of  the  fysshes  bely, 
 and  sayed :  ''  In  my  trouble  I  called  vnto  y 
 LORDE,  and  he  herde  me :  out  off  the  bely 
 off  hell  I  cried,  and  thou  herdest  my  voyce. 
 Thou  haddest  cast  me  downe  depe  in  y 
 middest  off  the  see,  and  the  floude  compased 
 me  aboute :  '  yee  all  thy  wawes  and  rowles  of 
 water  went  ouer  me,  I  thought  that  I  had 
 bene  cast  awaye  out  of  thy  sight :  but  I  wil 
 yet  agayne  loke  towarde  thy  holy  temple. 
 
 "  losQ.  7. 
 119.  a. 
 
 c.      '  Deu.  21.  b.       '  Matt.  12.  d.       '  Psal. 
 Psal.  41.  b.         /  lone  1.  a.         e  Esa.  37.  a. 
 
 The  waters  compased  me,  euen  to  the 
 very  soule :  the  depe  laye  aboute  me,  and  the 
 wedes  were  wrapte  aboute  myne  heade.  I 
 wente  downe  to  the  botome  of  the  hilles,  5 
 was  barred  in  with  earth  for  euer.  But  thou 
 (o  LORDE  my  God)  hast  brought  vp  my 
 lyfe  agayne  out  of  corrupcion.  When  my 
 soule  faynted  within  me,  I  thought  vpon  the 
 LORDE :  and  my  prayer  came  in  vnto  the, 
 euen  in  to  thy  holy  temple.  They  that  holde 
 of  vayne  vanyties,  wil  forsake  his  mercy.  But 
 I  wil  do  the  sacrifice  with  the  voyce  of  thankes- 
 geuynge,  and  wil  pave  that  I  haue  vowed : 
 for  why?  saluacion  commethof  the  LORDE. 
 And  f  LORDE  spake  vnto  y  fysh,  and  it  cast 
 out  lonas  agayne  vpon  the  drye  londe. 
 
 Cf)e  tij.  Ci)apter. 
 
 THEN  came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  lonas  agayne,  sayenge:  vp,  and 
 get  the  to  Niniue  that  greate  cite,  -''5  preach 
 vnto  them  the  preachinge,  which  I  bade  the, 
 So  lonas  arose,  and  wente  to  Niniue  at  the 
 LORDES  commaundement.  Niniue  was  a 
 greate  cite  vnto  God,  namely,  off  thre  dayes 
 iourney. 
 
 And  lonas  wente  to,  and  entred  in  to  f 
 cite :  euen  a  dayes  iourney,  and  cried,  say 
 enge  :  There  are  yet  xl.  dayes,  and  then  shal 
 Niniue  be  ouerthrowen.  *  And  the  people  of 
 Niniue  beleued  God,  and  proclamed  fastinge, 
 and  arayed  them  selues  in  sack  cloth,  as  well  the 
 greate  as  the  small  of  them.  And  the  tydinges 
 came  vnto  f  kinge  of  Niniue,  which  arose  out 
 off  his  seate,  and  dyd  his  apparell  off,  and  put 
 on  sack  cloth,  and  sate  him  downe  in  asshes. 
 
 And  it  was  cried  and  commaunded  in 
 Niniue,  by  the  auctorite  of  the  kige  and  his 
 lordes,  sayenge  :  *  se  that  nether  man  or  beest, 
 oxe  or  shepe  taist  ought  at  all :  and  that  they 
 nether  fede  ner  drincke  water :  but  put  on 
 sack  cloth  both  man  and  beest,  and  crye 
 mightely  vnto  God :  yee  se  that  euery  man 
 turne  fro  his  euell  waye,  '  and  from  the  wick- 
 ednesse,  y  he  hath  in  honde. 
 
 Who  can  tell  ?  God  maye  turne,  and  repete, 
 and  cease  from  his  fearce  wrath,  that  we 
 perish  not.  And  when  God  sawe  their  workes, 
 how  they  turned  from  their  wicked  wayes: 
 '  he  repented  on  the  euell,  which  he  sayde  he 
 wolde  do  vnto  them,  and'dyd  it  not. 
 
 Matt.  12.  d.  Luc.  11.  c.        *  lere.  18.  a.       *  Esa.  38.  b. 
 
ijfo.  licorc. 
 
 CJ)f  propfttt  i¥lid)fa£i. 
 
 Cftap,  I. 
 
 Ci^t  tiij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 WHERFORE  lonas  was  sore  discontet, 
 and  angrie.  And  he  prayed  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde  :  O  LORDE,  was  not 
 this  my  sayenge  (I  praye  the)  when  I  was  yet 
 in  my  countre  ?  therfore  I  haisted  rather  to  fle 
 vnto  Tharsis,  for  I  knowe  well  ynough  that 
 thou  art  a  mercifuU  God,  full  of  compassion, 
 loge  sufferings,  and  of  greate  kyndnesse,  and 
 repentest  when  thou  shuldest  take  punysh- 
 ment.  "And  now  o  LORDE,  take  my  life 
 fro  me  (I  beseke  the)  for  I  had  rather  dye 
 then  lyue.  Then  sayde  the  LORDE :  art 
 thou  so  angrie  ?  and  lonas  gat  him  out  of 
 the  cite,  and  sat  downe  on  f  east  syde  therof : 
 and  there  made  him  a  bothe,  and  sat  vnder  it 
 in  the  shadow,  till  he  might  se,  what  shulde 
 chaunce  vnto  the  cite. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  God  prepared  a  wylde 
 vyne,  which  sprange  vp  ouer  lonas,  that  he 
 
 might  haue  shadowe  aboue  his  heade,  to  de- 
 lyuer  him  out  of  his  payne.  And  lonas  was 
 exceadinge  glad  of  the  wylde  vyne.  But  vpo 
 the  nexte  morow  agaynst  the  springe  of  the 
 daye,  the  LORDE  ordened  a  worme,  which 
 smote  the  wylde  \'jne,  so  that  it  wethered 
 awaye.  And  when  the  Sone  was  vp  God  pre- 
 pared a  feruent  east  wynde :  and  the  Sonne 
 bete  ouer  the  heade  of  lonas,  that  he  faynted 
 agayne,  and  wyszshed  vnto  his  soule,  that  he 
 might  dye,  and  sayde :  It  is  better  for  me  to 
 dye,  the  to  lyue.  And  God  sayd  vnto  lonas : 
 Art  thou  so  angrie  for  the  wylde  vyne  ?  And 
 he  sayde :  yee  very  angrie  am  I  euen  vnto  the 
 deeth.  And  the  LORDE  sayde :  thou  hast 
 compassion  vpon  a  wylde  vyne,  whero  thou 
 bestowdest  no  laboure,  ner  maydest  it  grows : 
 which  sprange  vp  in  one  night  and  perished 
 in  anothsr :  And  shulde  not  I  then  haue  com- 
 passion vpon  Niniue  that  greate  cite,  wherin 
 there  are  abous  an  C.  and  xx.  thousands  per- 
 sonnes,  y  knowe  not  their  right  hode  fr5  ths 
 lefte,  besydss  moch  catell  ? 
 
 C!)e  trOie  of  ti)t  proplKt  Sonasi. 
 
 Zfft  ^vopi)tt  iWtti^tafif^ 
 
 OTljat  iHufteas  conUpnetl). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 lie  reproueth  the  people  off  Israel  and  luda  for 
 their  wickednesse  and  Idolatry :  he  telleth 
 them  their  punyshment  with  mournynge. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 He  rehearseth  their  abhominacions. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 
 He  reproueth  the  rulers  and  the  prophetes,  as 
 cause  of  the  peoples  misery. 
 
 CI)ap.   IIH.  V. 
 He  prophecyeth  of  the  saluacion  off  Gods  people 
 in  Christ,  of  his  kyngdome,  and  power  of  his 
 gospel. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 Another  reprofe.     Outwarde  offeringes  are  ex- 
 cluded, and  here  is  declared  what  God  re- 
 quyreth  off  man. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 The  summe  off  the  thinges  before  sayde.     The 
 htle  flocke  of  the  faithfull. 
 
Clbap.  iji. 
 
 €\)t  propOft  Mitt)tdis. 
 
 ffo,  ircc)rn. 
 
 Cl)t  first  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  that 
 came  vnto  Micheas  "the  Morastite,  in 
 the  dayes  of  loathan,  Achas  and  Ezechias 
 kiges  of  luda:  which  was  shewed  him  vpon 
 Samaria  and  lerusalem. 
 
 *  Heare  all  ye  people,  marcke  this  well  o 
 earth,  and  all  that  therin  is :  Yea  the  LORDE 
 God  himself  be  witnesse  amonge  you,  euen  f 
 LORDE  from  his  holy  temple.  For  why" 
 beholde,  the  LORDE  shal  go  out  of  his  place, 
 5  come  downe,  and  treade  vpon  the  hie  thinges 
 of  the  earth.  The  moiitaynes  shall  consume 
 vnder  him,  '%  the  valleys  shal  cleue  asunder: 
 like  as  wax  cosumeth  at  the  fyre,  5  as  y  waters 
 runne  downwarde.  And  all  this  shal  be  for 
 the  wickednesse  of  lacob,  and  the  synnes  of 
 the  house  of  Israel 
 
 But  what  is  the  wickednesse  of  Jacob  ?  Is 
 not  Samaria  ?  ''  Which  are  the  hye  places  of 
 luda  ?  Is  not  lerusale  ?  Therfore  I  shall  make 
 Samaria  an  heape  of  stones  in  the  felde,  to 
 laye  aboute  the  vynyarde:  hir  stones  shal  I 
 cast  in  to  the  valley,  s  discouer  hir  foiidacios. 
 All  hir  ymages  shalbe  broke  downe  j  all  hir 
 wynnynges  shal  be  brent  in  the  fyre :  yee  all 
 hir  Idols  will  I  destroye :  for  why,  they  are 
 gathered  out  of  the  hyre  of  an  whore,  '  d  in  to 
 an  whores  hyre  shal  they  be  turned  agayne. 
 Wherfore  I  wil  moume  u  make  lamentacion, 
 bare  j  naked  will  I  go :  I  must  moume  like  y 
 dragos,  j  take  sorow  as  y  Estriches  :  for  their 
 woude  is  past  remedy :  And  why  ?  it  is  come 
 in  to  luda,  5  hath  touched  y  porte  of  my  peo- 
 ple at  lerusale  allredy.  Wepe  not,  -^  lest  they 
 at  Geth  perceaue  it. 
 
 Thou  at  Betaphra,  welter  thy  self  in  the 
 dust  and  asshes.  Thou  that  dwellest  at 
 Sephir,  get  the  hence  with  shame.  The 
 proude  shall  boost  nomore  for  very  sorowe :  5 
 why  ?  hir  neghboure  shall  take  from  her  what 
 she  hath.  The  rebellious  cite  hopeth,  that  it 
 shal  not  be  so  euell :  but  for  all  that,  the  plage 
 shal  come  from  the  LORDE,  euen  in  to  the 
 porte  of  lerusalem.  ^  The  greate  noyse  off 
 the  charettes  shall  feare  them,  that  dwell  at 
 Lachis,  which  is  an  occasion  of  f  synne  of  y 
 doughter  of  Sion,  for  in  the  came  vp  the 
 wickednesses  of  Israel.  Yee  she  sent  hir 
 coursers  in  to  the  londe  of  Geth. 
 
 '■4  Re.  15.  a.  2  Pa.  27.  a.  4  Re.  16.  a.  4  Re.  18.  a.  and  19. 
 Deu,  32.  a.  Esa.  1.  a.         '  Esa.  26.  c.         ''3  Re.  12.  c. 
 
 The  houses  of  lies  will  disceaue  the  kynges 
 of  Israel.  And  as  for  the  (o  thou  that  dwellest 
 at  Morassa)  I  shal  brynge  a  possessioner  vpon 
 the,  ad  the  plage  of  Israel  shal  reach  vnto 
 Odolla.  Make  the  balde,  and  shaue  the, 
 because  of  thy  tender  children :  Make  the 
 cleane  balde  as  an  Aegle,  for  they  shalbe 
 caried  awaye  captyue  from  the. 
 
 Wt)e  tj.  Cf)apter. 
 
 WO  vnto  them,  that  ymagyn  to  do  harme, 
 and  deuyse  vngraciousnesse  vpon  their 
 beddes,  to  perfourme  it  in  y  cleare  daye  :  for 
 their  power  is  agaynst  God.  When  they  covet 
 to  haue  londe,  they  take  it  by  violence,  ''  they 
 robbe  men  off  their  houses. 
 
 Thus  they  oppresse  a  ma  for  his  house,  5 
 euery  man  for  his  heretage.  Therfore  thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE  :  '  Beholde,  agaynst  this 
 housholde  haue  I  deuysed  a  plage,  wherout  ye 
 shal  not  plucke  youre  neckes :  Ye  shal  nomore 
 go  so  proudly,  for  it  will  be  a  perlous  tyme, 
 In  that  daye  shall  this  terme  be  vsed,  and  a 
 mournynge  shal  be  made  ouer  you  on  this 
 maner:  We  be  vtterly  desolate,  the  porcion 
 off  my  people  is  translated.  Whan  wil  he 
 parte  vnto  vs  the  londe,  that  he  hath  taken 
 from  vs  ? 
 
 Neuerthelesse  there  shalbe  no  man  to 
 deuyde  the  thy  porcion,  in  the  congregacion 
 off  the  LORDE.  *  Tush,  holde  youre  tunge 
 (saye  they)  It  shall  not  fall  vpon  this  people, 
 we  shall  not  come  so  to  confucion,  sayeth  the 
 house  off  lacob.  Is  the  sprete  off  the  LORDE 
 so  clone  awaye  ?  or  is  he  so  mynded  ?  Treuth 
 it  is,  my  wordes  are  frendly  vnto  them  that 
 lyue  right :  but  my  people  doth  the  contrary, 
 therfore  must  I  take  parte  agaynst  them :  for 
 they  take  awaye  both  cote  and  cloke  from  the 
 symple. 
 
 Ye  haue  turned  youre  selues  to  fight,  the 
 women  off  my  people  haue  ye  shot  out  fro 
 their  good  houses,  and  taken  awaye  my  excel- 
 lent giftes  from  their  children.  Vp,  get  you 
 hence,  for  here  shall  ye  haue  no  rest. 
 
 Because  off  their  Idolatry  they  are  corrupte, 
 and  shall  myserably  perish.  Yff  I  were  a 
 fleshly  felowe,  and  a  preacher  of  lyes  and 
 tolde  them  that  they  might  syt  bebbinge  and 
 bollynge,  and  be  droncken :  O  that  were  a 
 prophet  for  this  people. 
 
 3  Re.  ll.a.4Re.l6.a.21.a. 
 «4Re.  18.  c.       *  3  Re.  21.  a. 
 
 '  Deu.  23.  c. 
 ■  Am.  0.  b. 
 
 /  2  Re.  I.e. 
 
 '  Nu.  33.  f. 
 
IjTo.  Ijavnj. 
 
 Cbr  proj)l)ft  iilicOtas. 
 
 Cftap,  uji.l 
 
 But  I  will  gather  the  in  dede  (o  lacob)  and 
 dryue  the  remnaunt  off  Israel  all  together.  I 
 shall  eary  them  one  with  another,  as  a  flocke 
 in  the  folde,  and  as  the  catell  in  their  stalles, 
 that  they  maye  be  disquieted  of  other  men. 
 
 Who  so  breaketh  the  gappe,  he  shall  go  be- 
 fore. They  shall  breake  vp  the  porte,  and  go 
 ill  and  out  at  it.  Their  kynge  shall  go  before 
 them,  and  the  LORDE  shalbe  vpon  the  heade 
 of  them. 
 
 Cl)t  iij.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 HE  ARE,  o  ye  heades  of  the  house  of 
 lacob,  and  ye  leders  of  the  house  of 
 Israel : "  Shulde  not  ye  knowe,  what  were  laufull 
 and  right  ?  But  ye  hate  the  good,  and  loue  the 
 euell :  ye  plucke  of  mens  skynnes,  and  the  flesh 
 from  their  bones  :  Ye  eate  the  flesh  of  my  peo- 
 ple, ad  flay  of  their  skynne :  ye  breake  their 
 bones,  ye  choppe  them  in  paces  as  it  were  in  to 
 a  cauldron,  ad  as  flesh  in  to  a  pot.  *  Now  the 
 tyme  shall  come,  that  when  they  call  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  he  shall  not  heare  them,  but  hyde  his 
 face  from  them :  because  that  thorow  their  owne 
 ymaginacios,  they  haue  dealte  so  wickedly. 
 
 And  as  concernynge  the  prophetes  that 
 disceaue  my  people,  thus  the  LORDE  sayeth 
 agaynst  them :  ■■  When  they  haue  eny  thinge  to 
 byte  vpon,  then  they  preach  that  all  shalbe  well : 
 but  yf  a  man  put  not  some  thinge  in  to  their 
 mouthes,  they  preach  of  warre  agaynst  him. 
 
 Therfore  youre  vision  shalbe  turned  to 
 night,  5  youre  prophecyenge  to  darcknesse. 
 The  Sonne  shall  go  downe  ouer  those  pro- 
 phetes, 5  the  daye  shalbe  darcke  vnto  them. 
 Then  shall  the  vision  seers  be  ashamed,  (j  f 
 saythsayers  confounded  :  yee  they  shalbe  fayne 
 (all  the  packe  of  the)  to  stoppe  their  mouthes, 
 for  they  haue  not  Gods  worde.  '  As  for  me,  I 
 am  full  of  strength,  s  of  ^  sprete  of  f  LORDE, 
 full  of  iudgment  j  boldnesse  :  to  shewe  the 
 house  of  lacob  their  wickednesse,  5  the  house 
 of  Israel  their  synne. 
 
 O  heare  this  ye  rulers  of  the  house  of  Jacob, 
 and  ye  iudges  of  the  house  off"  Israel :  ye  that 
 abhorre  the  thinge  that  is  laufull,  and  wraist 
 asyde  the  thinge  that  is  straight:  ■'Ye  that 
 buylde  vp  Sion  with  bloude,  and  lerusalem 
 with  doynge  wronge.  O  ye  iudges,  ye  geue 
 sentence  for  giftes :  O  ye  preastes,  ye  teach 
 for  lucre:  O  ye  prophetes,  ye  prophecy  for 
 
 ■■  Deu.  17.  d.     lere.  5.  a.     Psal.81.  a.  •  Esa.  1.  b. 
 
 Eze.  8.  c.    lPet.3.  b.  '  Eze.  25.  d.  "i  Deu.  28.  c. 
 
 'lere. I.e.   Eze.  3.  a.      /Aba.2.b.  1  Re.  8.  a.   Eze. 22. b. 
 Amos  5.  b.  lere.  6.  b.      slere.  26.  d.  lere.  9.  b.  3Re.9.b. 
 
 money.  Yet  wil  they  be  take  as  those  that 
 holde  vpon  God,  and  saye:  Is  not  the  LORDE 
 amonge  vs  ?  ^  Tush,  there  can  no  misfortune 
 happen  vs.  Therfore  shal  Sion  (for  youre 
 sakes)  be  plowed  like  a  felde  :  lerusale  shall 
 become  an  heape  of  stones,  and  the  hill  of  f 
 temple  shal  be  turned  to  an  hye  wodde. 
 
 Cf)c  itij.  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 BUT  in  the  latter  dayes  it  wil  come  to 
 passe,  that  ''the  hill  off  the  LORDES 
 house  shalbe  set  vp  hyer  the  eny  moiitaynes 
 or  hilles  :  Yee  the  people  shall  preese  vnto  it, 
 and  the  multitude  off  the  Gentiles  shal  haist 
 them  thither,  sayege  :  Come,  let  vs  go  vp  to 
 the  hill  of  the  LORDE,  5  to  the  house  of  the 
 God  of  lacob :  that  he  maye  teach  vs  his 
 waye,  and  that  we  maye  walke  in  his  pathes. 
 
 '  For  the  lawe  shall  come  out  off  Sion,  ad 
 the  worde  of  God  from  lerusalem,  and  shall 
 geue  sentence  amonge  the  multitude  off  the 
 Heithen,  and  refourme  the  people  off  farre 
 coutrees :  so  that  of  their  swerdes  they  shal 
 make  plowshares,  and  sythes  off  their  speares. 
 
 One  people  shall  not  lift  vp  a  swerde 
 agaynst  another,  *yee  they  shall  nomore  lerne 
 to  fight:  but  euery  man  shal  syt  vnder  his 
 vinyarde  and  vnder  his  fyge  tre,  and  no  man 
 to  fraye  him  awaye  :  for  the  mouth  off  f 
 LORDE  of  hoostes  hath  spoken  it.  Ther- 
 fore, where  as  all  people  haue  walked  euery  man 
 in  y  name  of  his  owne  god,  we  will  walke  in  the 
 name  of  oure  God  for  euer  and  euer.  'At  the 
 same  tyme  (sayeth  the  LORDE)  will  I  gather 
 vp  the  lame  and  the  outcastes,  and  soch  as  I 
 haue  chastened :  and  will  geue  yssue  vnto  the 
 lame,  and  make  of  f  outcastes  a  greate  people  : 
 '"and  the  LORDE  himself  shal  be  their  kynge 
 vpon  the  mount  Sion,  fro  this  tyme  forth  for 
 euermore.  "And  vnto  the  (O  thou  tower  of 
 Eder,  thou  stronge  holde  off  the  doughter  Sion) 
 \Tito  the  shal  it  come :  eue  the  first  lordshipe 
 and  kyngdome  of  the  doughter  lerusale.  Why 
 the  art  thou  now  so  heuy  ?  is  there  no  kynge 
 in  the?  are  thy  councelers  awaye,  that  thou 
 art  so  payned,  as  a  woman  in  hir  trauayle  ? 
 
 And  now  (o  thou  doughter  Sion)  be  sory, 
 let  it  greue  the  as  a  wife  laboringe  with  childe : 
 for  now  must  thou  get  the  out  off  the  cite, 
 and  dwell  vpon  the  playne  felde :  Yee  vnto 
 Babilo  shalt  thou  go,    there    shalt  thou  be 
 
 Luc.  19.  d.  21.  a.  "£83.2.8.  Leui.  26.  g.  '  Leui.24.d. 
 Psal.  49.  a.  »  Esa.  11.  b.  Es;>.  65.  d.  '  Soph.  3.  d. 
 ■"  Luc.  I.e.        "  Gen.  35.  d. 
 
 £ 
 
Cftap.  bi. 
 
 El)t  propftft  i¥lirl)eas:. 
 
 delyuered,  and  there  the  LORDE  shal  lowse 
 the  from  the  honde  off  thine  enemies. " 
 
 Now  also  are  there  many  people  gathered 
 together  agaynst  the,  sayenge  :  what,  Sion  is 
 cursed,  we  shall  se  cure  lust  vpon  her.  But 
 they  knowe  not  the  thoughtes  off  the  LORDE, 
 *they  vnderstonde  not  his  couneell,  that  shall 
 gather  them  together  as  the  sheeues  in  the 
 barne.  Therfore  get  the  ^'p  (o  thou  doughter 
 Sion)  and  throsshe  out  the  come  :  For  I  wil 
 make  thy  home  yron,  and  thy  clawes  brasse, 
 that  thou  mayest  grynde  many  people :  their 
 goodes  shalt  thou  appropriate  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  and  their  substaunce  vnto  the  ruler 
 off  the  whole  worlde. 
 
 €1)1  b.  Cf)apUr. 
 
 AFTER  that  shalt  thou  be  robbed  thy 
 selff,  o  thou  robbers  doughter:  they 
 shal  laye  sage  agaynst  vs,  and  smyte  the  iudge 
 off  Israel  with  a  rodde  vpon  the  cheke.  And 
 thou  Bethleem  Ephrata,  "^art  litle  amonge 
 the  thousandes  off  luda.  Out  off  the  shal 
 come  one  vnto  me,  which  shall  be  y  gouern- 
 oure  I  Israel:  whose  outgoinge  hath  bene 
 from  the  begynnynge,  and  from  euerlastinge. 
 In  the  meane  whyle  he  plageth  them  for  a 
 season,  vntill  the  tyme  that  she  (which  shall 
 beare)  haue  borne  :  then  shall  the  remnaunt 
 of  his  brethren  be  conuerted  vnto  f  children 
 of  Israel.  He  shal  stonde  fast,  and  geue  fode 
 in  the  strength  of  the  LORDE,  ''and  in  the 
 victory  of  the  name  of  y  LORDE  his  God: 
 and  when  they  be  conuerted,  he  shall  be  mag- 
 nified vnto  the  farthest  partes  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Then  shal  there  be  peace,  so  that  the 
 Assirian  maye  come  in  to  oure  londe,  and 
 treade  in  oure  houses.  We  shall  brynge  vp 
 seuen  shepherdes  and  viij.  prynces  vpo  them  : 
 these  shal  subdue  the  londe  of  Assur  with  the 
 swerde,  and  the  londe  of  Nymrod  with  their 
 naked  weapens.  'Thus  shal  he  delyuer  vs 
 from  the  Assiria,  when  he  commeth  within 
 oure  lande,  and  setteth  his  fote  within  oure 
 borders.  And  the  remnaunt  of  lacob  shal  be 
 amonge  the  multitude  of  people,  as  the  dew 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  as  the  droppes  vpon  the 
 grasse,  that  tarieth  for  no  man,  and  waiteth 
 of  no  body.  ■'^Yee  the  residue  of  lacob  shalbe 
 amonge  the  Gentiles  and  the  multitude  off 
 people,  as  the  lyon  amonge  the  beestes  of  f 
 wodde,  and  as  the  lyons  whelpe  amonge  a 
 
 Mich.  5.  b 
 ■*  Eze.  34.  d. 
 
 »Esa.  14.  d. 
 loh.  10.  a.   Rom. 
 
 Matt. 
 ,  b. 
 
 a.   Ioh.7.d. 
 Gen.  10.  b. 
 
 ffo,  licf):cnj.i 
 
 flocke  of  shepe  :  which  (when  he  goeth  thorow) 
 treadeth  dowme,  teareth  in  peces,  and  there  is 
 no  man  that  can  helpe.  Thyne  honde  shalbe 
 lift  vp  vpon  thine  enemies,  and  all  thine  ad- 
 uersaries  shal  perish. 
 
 The  tyme  shal  come  also  (sayeth  the 
 LORDE)  that  I  wil  take  thine  horses  from 
 the,  5  destroye  thy  charettes.  I  will  breake 
 downe  the  cities  off  thy  londe,  and  ouerthrowe 
 all  thy  stronge  holdes.  «A11  witchcraftes  will 
 I  rote  out  of  thyne  hande,  there  shall  no  mo 
 soythsayenges  be  within  the.  Thine  Idols 
 and  thyne  ymages  will  I  destroye  out  of  y  so 
 that  thou  shalt  nomore  bowe  thy  self  vnto  the 
 workes  of  thyne  owne  hondes.  Thy  groues 
 wil  I  plucke  vp  by  the  rotes,  %  breake  downe 
 thy  cities.  Thus  will  I  be  aueged  also,  vpon 
 all  Heithen  that  will  not  heare. 
 
 €iie  bi.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 HERKEN  now  what  the  LORDEsayeth: 
 Vp,  reproue  the  mountaynes,  '*  and  let 
 the  hilles  heare  thy  voyce.  O  Heare  the 
 punyshment  of  the  LORDE,  ye  mountaynes, 
 and  ye  mightie  foundacios  of  y  earth :  for  the 
 LORDE  wil  reproue  his  people,  ad  reason 
 with  Israel:  O  my  people,  what  haue  I  done 
 vnto  the  ?  or  wherin  haue  I  hurte  the  ?  geue 
 me  answere.  'Because  I  brought  the  fro  the 
 londe  of  Egipte,  and  delyuered  the  out  of  the 
 house  of  bondage  ?  Because  I  made  Moses, 
 Aaron  and  Miriam  to  lede  the  ?'  Remembre 
 (o  my  people)  what  Balach  the  kynge  of 
 Moab  had  ymagined  agajTist  the, '  ad  what 
 answere  that  Balaam  the  sonne  of  Beor  gaue 
 him,  from  Sethim  vnto  Galgal :  y  ye  maye 
 knowe  the  loujTige  kyndnesses  of  y  LORDE. 
 What  acceptable  thynge  shal  I  offre  vnto 
 the  LORDE?  shall  I  bowe  my  kne  to  the 
 hye  God  ?  Shal  I  come  before  him  with 
 brent  offeringes,  and  with  calues  of  a  yeare 
 olde  ?  Hath  the  LORDE  a  pleasure  in  many 
 thousand  rammes,  or  innumerable  streames 
 of  oyle?  Or  shal  I  geue  my  firstborne  for 
 myne  offences,  and  the  frute  of  my  body  for 
 'the  synne  of  my  soule  ?  I  wil  she  we  the  (O 
 ina)  what  is  good,  and  what  the  LORDE 
 requyreth  off  the  :  Namely,  to  do  right,  to 
 [haue  pleasure  in  louynge  kyndnesse,  to  be 
 [  lowly,  and  to  walke  with  thy  God  :  '"  that  thou 
 mayest  be  called  a  cite  of  the  LORDE,  j  that 
 thy  name  maye  be  rightuousnesse.    Heare  (o 
 
 Mich.  4.  c.  /  Gen.  49.  b.  f  Deu.  18.  b.  *  Esa.  58.  a. 
 ■Exo.U.c.     'Nu.l2.a.    '  Nu.22. 23.«4. 25.     "Esa.l.d. 
 
 103 
 
jTo.  iavftii). 
 
 Cf)t  propftrt  iHtd)fa£(. 
 
 COap.  bij. 
 
 ye  trybes)  who  wolde  els  geue  you  soch  warn- 
 ynge  ?  "  Shulde  I  not  be  displeased,  for  the 
 vnrightuous  good  in  the  houses  of  the  wicked, 
 and  because  the  measure  is  minished  ?  Or 
 shulde  I  iustifie  the  false  balaunces  and  the 
 bagge  of  disceatfidl  weightes,  amonge  those  that 
 be  full  off  riches  vnrightuously  gotten :  where 
 the  citesyns  deale  with  falsede,  speake  lyes,  and 
 haue  disceatfuU  tunges  in  their  mouthes  ? 
 
 Therfore  I  will  take  in  honde  to  punysh 
 the,  and  to  make  the  desolate,  because  of  thy 
 synnes.  Thou  shalt  eate,  (t  not  haue  ynough : 
 yee  thou  shalt  bringe  thy  self  downe.  *  Thou 
 shalt  fie,  but  not  escape :  ad  those  y  thou 
 woldest  saue,  wil  I  delyuer  to  the  swerde. 
 Thou  shalt  so  we,  but  not  reape :  'thou  shalt 
 presse  out  olyues,  but  oyle  shalt  thou  not 
 haue,  to  anoynte  thy  self  withall :  thou  shalt 
 treade  out  s  wete  must,  but  shaltdry  nke  no  wyne. 
 ''Ye  kepe  the  ordinaunces  of  Amri,  5  all  the 
 customes  of  the  house  of  Achab :  ye  folowe  their 
 pleasures,  therfore  wil  I  make  the  waist,  5  cause 
 thy  inhabiters  to  be  abhorred,  O  my  people :  5 
 thus  shalt  thou  beare  thine  owne  shame. 
 
 Ci)e  bij.  C;^apt«. 
 
 WO  is  me :  I  am  become  as  one,  that 
 goeth  a  gleenynge  in  the  haruest. 
 There  are  no  mo  grapes  to  eate,  yet  wolde  I 
 fayne  (with  all  my  herte)  haue  of  the  best 
 frute.  There  is  not  a  godly  man  vpo  earth, 
 'there  is  not  one  rightuous  amoge  me.  They 
 laboure  all  to  shed  bloude,  a  euery  ma  hunteth 
 his  brother  to  death :  yet  they  saye  they  do 
 well,  when  they  do  euell.  As  the  prince  wil, 
 so  sayeth  the  iudge :  y  he  maye  do  him  a 
 pleasure  agayne.  The  greate  mii  speaketh 
 what  his  herte  desyreth,  5  y  hearers  alowe 
 him.  The  best  off  the  is  but  as  a  thistle,  and 
 the  most  rightuous  of  them  is  but  as  a  brere 
 in  the  hedge.  But  when  the  daye  of  thy 
 preachers  commeth,  y  thou  shalt  be  vysited : 
 the  shal  they  be  waisted  awaye.  ■'Let  no  man 
 beleue  his  frende,  ner  put  his  confidece  in  a 
 prince.  Kepe  the  porte  of  thy  mouth,  from 
 her  y  lieth  in  thy  bosome :  ^  for  y  sonne  shal 
 put  his  father  to  dishonoure,  the  doughter 
 shal  ryse  agaynst  her  mother,  f  doughter  in 
 lawe    agaynst   hir   mother   in   lawe :    and   a 
 
 "  Leu.  19.  g.  Deu.  25.  c.  Pro.  20.  b.  Eze.  25.  b 
 *  Leui.  26.  d.      Osee  4.  b.    Agg.  1.  a.  '  Deu.  28.  c. 
 
 ''  3  Re.  16.  e.       '  Rom.  3.  b.      /  lere.  9.  a.     f  Matt.  10.  e. 
 
 mans  foes  shalbe  euen  they  of  his  owne 
 housholde. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  I  wil  loke  vp  vnto  f  LORDE, 
 1  wil  paciently  abyde  God  my  sauioure :  my 
 God  shal  heare  me.  O  thou  enemie  of  myne, 
 reioyce  not  at  my  fall,  for  I  shal  get  vp  agayne : 
 ''and  though  I  syt  indarcknesse,  yet  I"  LORDE 
 is  my  light.  I  will  beare  the  punishment  of 
 the  LORDE  (for  why,  1  haue  offended  him) 
 till  he  syt  in  iudgment  vpon  my  cause,  and  se 
 that  I  haue  right.  He  wil  bringe  me  forth  to 
 the  light,  and  I  shal  se  his  rightuosnesse. 
 
 She  that  is  myne  enemy  shall  loke  vpon  it, 
 I  be  confounded,  which  now  saieth  :  '  Where 
 is  thy  LORDE  God?  Myne  eyes  shal  be- 
 holde  her,  when  she  shalbe  troden  downe,  as 
 the  claye  in  the  stretes.  *  The  tyme  wil  come, 
 that  thy  gappes  shal  be  made  vp,  and  the 
 lawe  shal  go  abrode  :  and  at  that  tyme  shal 
 they  come  vnto  the,  from  Assur  vnto  the 
 stroge  cities,  and  from  the  stronge  cities  vnto 
 the  ryuer  :  from  the  one  see  to  the  other,  from 
 the  one  mountayne  to  the  other. 
 
 Notwithstondinge  the  londe  must  be  waisted, 
 because  of  them  that  dwell  therin,  and  for  the 
 frutes  of  their  owne  ymaginacions.  Therfore 
 fede  thy  people  with  thy  rodde,  the  flocke  of 
 thine  heretage  which  dwell  desolate  in  the 
 wodde :  that  they  maye  be  fedde  vpon  the 
 mount  of  Charmel,  Basan  j  Galaad  as  afore 
 tyme.  Maruelous  thinges  will  I  shewe  them, 
 '  like  as  when  they  came  out  of  Egipte.  This 
 shal  the  Heithen  se,  and  be  aszshamed  for  all 
 their  power :  "'  so  that  they  shal  laye  their 
 honde  vpon  their  mouth,  and  stoppe  their 
 eares.  "  They  shal  licke  the  dust  like  a  ser- 
 pent, 5  as  the  wormes  of  the  earth,  y  tremble 
 in  their  holes.  They  shalbe  afrayed  of  the 
 LORDE  oure  God,  i  they  shal  feare  f. 
 
 Where  is  there  soch  a  God  as  thou?  that  par- 
 donest  wickednes,  and  forgeuest  the  offences  of 
 the  remnaunt  of  thine  heretage  ?  He  kepeth 
 not  his  wrath  for  euer.  And  why?  his  delyte  is 
 to  haue  compassion:  "he  shal  turne  agayne,  5 
 be  mercyfuU  to  vs:  he  shal  put  dowaie  oure 
 wickednesses,  %  cast  all  oure  synnes  in  to  the 
 botome  of  the  see.  Thou  shalt  kepe  thy  trust 
 with  lacob,  and  thy  mercy  for  Abraham,  like  as 
 thou  hast  sworne  vnto  oure  fathers  longe  agoo. 
 
 Ueu.  13.  b.  33.  b.     Psal.  37.  b.  54.  b. 
 '4Re.  19.a.      "i  Amos  9.  c.      '  Exo.  14.  a. 
 "  Uen.  3  c.         "  lere.  9.  d. 
 
 *  Pro.  17.  c 
 "■  lob  39.  d, 
 
 C!)f  mtit  of  ti)t  propbrt  iBirfieag. 
 
€i^t  ptopl^ct  i^aum. 
 
 asa&at  ^aum  coiit^pitftfj. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 He  prayseth  the  power  and  goodnesse  of  God  : 
 he  reproueth  the  Niniuites,  because  they  de- 
 spysed  the  councell  and  punyshment  of  God. 
 
 €f)ap.  II 
 He  descrybeth  vnto  them  the  terryblenesse  of  the 
 
 €i)ap.   III. 
 
 He  reproueth  the  abhominacions  of  the  malicious 
 
 cite,  and  sheweth  thera  of  their  punyshment. 
 
 T 
 
 HIS   is   the   heuy  burthen   of  Niniue, 
 which  Naura  of  Elchos  dyd  wryte,  as 
 he  sawe  it 
 
 Wi)e  fi'riSt  Cfjapttr. 
 
 THE  LORDE  is  a  gelous  God,  and  a 
 taker  of  vengeaunee :  yee  a  taker  of 
 vegeaunce  is  f  LORDE,  and  wrothfull.  "The 
 LORDE  taketh  vengeaunee  of  his  enemies, 
 and  reserueth  displeasure  for  his  aduersaries. 
 The  LORDE  sufFreth  longe,  he  is  of  greate 
 power,  5  so  innocent,  that  he  leaueth  no  man 
 fautlesse  before  him.  The  LORDE  goeth 
 forth  in  tempest  and  stormy  wether,  the 
 cloudes  are  the  dust  of  his  fete.  Whe  he 
 reproueth  the  see,  he  dryeth  it  vp,  5  turneth 
 all  the  floudes  to  drye  londe.  Basan  is  deso- 
 late, Channel  and  the  pleasure  of  Libanus 
 waisteth  awaye.  The  mountaynes  tremble 
 for  him,  the  hilles  consume.  At  the  sight  of 
 him,  the  earth  quaketh  :  yee  the  whole  worlde, 
 and  all  that  dwell  therin.  '  Who  maye  endurfe 
 before  his  wrath  ?  Or  who  is  able  to  abyde 
 his  grymme  displeasure?  His  anger  taketh 
 on  like  fyre,  and  the  harde  rockes  burst  in 
 sunder  before  him. 
 
 Deu.  5.  b.        »  Ro.  2.  a.     Exo.  34.  a.     lere.  30.  b. 
 '  lere.  10.  b.   Esa.  34.  a.  Abac.  3.  a.  Soph.  3.  b. 
 
 Ful  gracious  is  the  LORDE,  and  a  stronge 
 holde  in  tyme  of  trouble,  he  knoweth  the  that 
 put  their  trust  in  him :  when  the  floude  ren- 
 neth  ouer,  and  destroyeth  the  place,  and  when 
 the  darcknesse  foloweth  still  vpon  his  enemies. 
 What  do  ye  ymagin  then  agaynst  the  LORDE 
 on  this  maner?  (Tush,  when  he  hath  once 
 made  an  ende,  there  shal  come  nomore  trou- 
 ble.) For  like  as  the  thornes  that  sticke 
 together,  and  as  the  drye  strawe,  so  shal  the 
 dronckardes  be  consumed  together,  euen  when 
 they  be  full.  There  come  out  of  f  soch  as 
 ymagin  myschefe,  and  geue  vngracious  coun- 
 cell agaynst  the  LORDE. 
 
 Therfore  thus  saieth  the  LORDE:  Let 
 the  be  as  wel  prepared,  yee  and  as  many  as 
 they  can,  yet  shal  they  be  hewen  downe,  and 
 passe  awaye.  And  as  for  the,  I  wil  vexe  the, 
 but  not  vtterly  destroie  the.  And  now  wil  I 
 breake  his  rodde  from  thy  backe,  and  burst 
 thy  bondes  in  sonder.  But  the  LORDE 
 hath  geuen  a  commaundement  cScernynge 
 the,  that  there  shall  come  nomore  sede  of  thy 
 name.  ''  The  carued  and  casten  ymages  will 
 I  rote  out  of  the  house  of  thy  god.  Thy 
 graue  shal  I  prepare  for  the,  and  thou  shalt 
 be  confounded. 
 
fo.  bcrvcbi. 
 
 Cf)t  prophft  i^aiim. 
 
 Cftap.  ij. 
 
 €f)c  ij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  vpon  the  moiinta)Ties  come 
 the  fete  of  him,  "that  bniigeth  good 
 tytUnges,  j  preacheth  peace.  O  luda,  kepe 
 thy  holy  dayes,  perfourme  thy  promyses :  for 
 Belial  shal  come  nomore  in  the,  he  is  vtterly 
 roted  out. 
 
 The  scaterer  shal  come  vp  agaynst  the,  d 
 laye  sege  to  the  castell.  Loke  thou  wel  to 
 the  stretes,  make  thy  loynes  stronge,  arme  thy 
 self  with  all  thy  myght :  for  the  LORDE  shal 
 restore  agayne  the  glory  of  lacob,  like  as  y 
 glory  of  Israel.  The  destroyers  haue  broken 
 them  downe,  5  marred  the  wyne  braunches. 
 The  shylde  of  his  giauntes  glistereth,  his  men 
 of  warre  are  clothed  in  purple.  His  charettes 
 are  as  fyre,  when  he  maketh  him  forwarde, 
 his  archers  are  wel  deckte  j  trimmed.  The 
 charettes  rolle  vpon  the  stretes,  (j  welter  in  the 
 hye  wayes.  They  are  to  loke  vpon  like  cres- 
 settes  of  fyre,  and  go  swyftly,  as  the  lightenynge. 
 
 When  he  doth  but  warne  his  giauntes,  they 
 fall  in  their  araye,  5  haistely  they  clymme  vp 
 the  walles :  yee  the  engyns  of  the  warre  are 
 prepared  all  ready.  The  water  portes  shal  be 
 opened,  and  the  kinges  palace  shall  fall.  The 
 queue  hir  self  shal  be  led  awaye  captyue,  and 
 hir  gentilwomen  shal  mourne  as  the  doues,  (i 
 grone  within  their  hertes.  *  Niniue  is  like  a 
 pole  full  of  water,  but  then  shal  they  be  fayne 
 to  fie.  Stonde,  stode,  (shal  they  crie)  j  there 
 shal  not  one  turne  backe.  Awaye  with  the 
 syluer,  awaye  with  the  golde :  for  here  is  no 
 ende  of  treasure.  There  shalbe  a  multitude 
 of  all  maner  costly  ornamentes.  Thus  must 
 she  be  spoyled,  emptied  5  clene  striped  out : 
 that  their  hertes  maye  be  melted  awaye,  their 
 knees  treble,  all  their  loynes  be  weake,  and 
 their  faces  blacke  as  a  pot. 
 
 Where  is  now  the  dwellinge  of  the  lyos, 
 and  the  pasture  of  the  lyons  whelpes  ?  where 
 the  lyon  and  the  lyonesse  wente  with  the 
 whelpes,  and  no  man  frayed  them  awaye  .■' 
 But  the  lyon  spoyled  ynough  for  his  yonge 
 ones,  and  deuoured  for  his  lyonesse  :  he  fylled 
 his  dennes  with  his  pray,  5  his  dwellinge  place 
 with  that  he  had  rauyszshed.  Beholde,  I  wil 
 vpon  the  (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  and 
 wil  set  fyre  vpon  thy  charettes,  that  they  shal 
 smoke  withall,  and  the  swerde  shal  deuoure 
 thy  yonge  lyons.      I  wil  make  an  ende  of  thy 
 
 •  Esa.  5?.  b.    Ro.  10.  c. 
 
 *  Tob.  14.  b.    Soph.  2.  c. 
 
 spoylinge  from  out  of  the  earth,  (i  the  voyce 
 of  thy  messaungers  shall  nomore  be  herde. 
 
 Cijc  iij.  €f)aptrr. 
 
 WO  to  that  bloudthursty  cite,  which  is 
 all  full  of  lyes  and  robbery,  '  5  wil  not 
 leaue  of  from  rauyszshinge.  There  a  man 
 maye  heare  scourginge,  ruszshinge,  the  noyse 
 of  the  wheles,  the  crienge  of  the  horses,  5  the 
 rollinge  of  the  charettes.  There  the  horse 
 men  get  vp  with  naked  swerdes,  and  glister- 
 ynge  speares :  There  lyeth  a  multitude  slayne, 
 and  a  greate  heape  of  deed  bodies :  There  is 
 no  ende  of  deed  coarses,  yee  men  fall  vpon 
 their  l)odies :  And  that  for  the  greate  and 
 manyfolde  whordome,  of  the  fayre  and  beuti- 
 full  harlot :  which  is  a  mastresse  of  wychcraft, 
 yee  and  selleth  the  people  thorow  hir  whor- 
 dome, and  the  nacions  thorow  hir  wichcraft. 
 
 'Beholde,  I  wil  vpon  the  (saieth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes)  and  wil  pull  thy  clothes  ouer  thy 
 heade :  that  I  maye  shewe  thy  nakednes  amonge 
 the  Heithen,  and  thy  shame  amonge  the  king- 
 domes.  I  wil  cast  dyrte  vpon  y,  to  make  the 
 be  abhorred,  and  a  gasynge  stocke  :  Yee  all 
 they  that  loke  vpon  the,  shal  starte  backe,  5 
 saye  :  Niniue  is  destroyed. 
 
 Who  wil  haue  pyte  vpo  the  ?  where  shal  I 
 seke  one  to  conforte  the  ?  Art  thou  better 
 then  the  greate  cite  of  Alexadria?  that  laye 
 in  the  waters,  and  had  the  waters  rounde 
 aboute  it :  which  was  strongly  fenced  5  walled 
 with  the  see  ?  Ethiopia  and  Egiple  were  hir 
 stregth,  5  that  exceadinge  greate  aboue  mea- 
 sure. Aphrica  and  Lybia  were  hir  helpers, 
 yet  was  she  dryuen  awaye,  g  brought  in  to 
 captiuyte :  hir  yonge  children  were  smytten 
 downe  at  the  heade  of  euery  strete,  the  lottes 
 were  cast  for  the  most  awncient  men  in  her, 
 and  all  hir  mightie  men  were  bounde  in 
 chaynes.  Euen  so  shalt  thou  also  be  droncken, 
 and  hyde  thy  self,  and  seke  some  helpe  agajTist 
 thine  enemy.  All  thy  stronge  cities  shal  be 
 like  fyge  trees  with  rype  fyges  :  which  whe  a 
 ma  shaketh,  they  fall  in  to  the  mouth  of  the 
 eater. 
 
 •  Beholde,  thy  people  with  in  the  are  but 
 women :  the  portes  of  thy  londe  shal  be 
 opened  vnto  thine  enemies,  and  the  fyre  shal 
 deuoure  thy  barres.  Drawe  water  now  agaynst 
 thou  be  beseged,  make  vp  thy  stroge  holdes, 
 go  in  to  the  claye,  temnre  the  morter,  make 
 
 f  Eze.  24.  a.  Abac.  2.  b.         **  Esa.  47.  a.   Eze.  16.  d 
 
Cfiap.  I. 
 
 Cf)e  propfett  Slbacuc. 
 
 ffo,  Ucrvcfaij. 
 
 stronge  bricke :  "  yet  the  fyre  shal  consume 
 the,  the  swerde  shal  destroye  the,  yee  as  -y- 
 locuste  doth,  so  shal  it  eate  the  vp.  It  shal 
 fall  heuely  vpon  the  as  the  locustes,  yee  right 
 heuely  shal  it  fall  vpon  the,  euen  as  the  gres- 
 hoppers.  Thy  marchauntes  haue  bene  mo 
 then  the  starres  of  heaue :  but  now  shal  they 
 sprede  abrode  as  the  locustes,  and  fle  their 
 waye :  Thy  lordes  are  as  the  greshoppers,  (t 
 thy  captaynes  as  the  multitude  of  greshoppers : 
 
 ■■  Esa.  10.  a,  30.  f.  31.  b.   Zach.  10.  b. 
 
 which  whe  they  be  colde,  remayne  in  f 
 hedges :  but  when  the  Sonne  is  vp,  they  fle 
 awaye,  and  no  ma  can  tell  where  they  are  be- 
 come. Thy  shepherdes  are  aslepe  (o  kinge  of 
 Assur)  thy  worthies  are  layed  downe  :  thy  peo- 
 ple is  scatred  abrode  vpon  the  mountaynes, 
 and  no  man  gathereth  them  together  agayne. 
 Thy  wounde  can  not  be  hyd,  thy  plage  is  so 
 sore.  All  they  that  heare  this  of  the,  shall 
 clappe  their  handes  ouer  the.  For  what  is  he, 
 to  who  thou  hast  not  allwaye  bene  doynge 
 hurte  ? 
 
 C6e  ttiHt  of  tbt  piopJ)et  ^aum. 
 
 Zi)t  ^ropJjtt  Ei^atttc. 
 
 OTftat  ^batuc  conUprntft, 
 
 Ci^ap.  T. 
 He  complayneth  vnto  God  of  the  wickednes  of 
 the  people,   and   threateneth   them  with  the 
 plage  of  God. 
 
 €l)ap.  II. 
 He  reproueth  the  cuvetous  and  vnrightuous  men, 
 
 Cijap.  III. 
 A  prayer  of  the  prophet. 
 
 €^e  first  Cfjapttr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  heuy  burthe,  which  the 
 prophet  Abacuc  dyd  se.  "O  LORDE, 
 how  longe  shal  I  crie,  j  thou  wilt  not  heare  ? 
 How  longe  shall  I  complayne  vnto  the,  suf- 
 frynge  wronge,  and  thou  wilt  not  helpe  ?  Why 
 lettest  thou  me  se  weerynesse  and  laboure  ? 
 Tyrany  and  violence  are  before  me,  power 
 ouergoeth  right :  for  the  lawe  is  tome  in 
 peces,  and  there  can  no  right  iudgment  go 
 forth.  And  why  ?  the  vngodly  is  more  set  by 
 then  the  rightuous :  this  is  the  cause,  y  wronge 
 iudgment  procedeth.  '  Beholde  amonge  the 
 Heithen,  and  loke  wel :  wondre  at  it,  and  be 
 
 abaszslied :  for  I  wil  do  a  thinge  in  youre 
 tyme,  which  though  it  be  tolde  you,  ye  shal 
 not  beleue. 
 
 For  lo, ''  I  wil  rase  vp  y  Caldees,  that  bytter 
 and  swifte  people :  which  shal  go  as  wyde  as 
 the  londe  is,  to  take  possession  of  dwellinge 
 places,  that  be  not  their  owne.  A  grymme  (j 
 boysteous  people  is  it,  these  shal  syt  in  iudg- 
 ment II  punyshe.  Their  horses  are  swifter 
 then  the  cattes  of  the  mountayne,  j  byte  sorer 
 then  f  wolues  in  f  euenynge.  'Their  hors- 
 men  come  by  greate  heapes  from  farre,  thev 
 fle  hastely  to  deuoure  as  the  Aegle.  They 
 come  all  to  spoyle  :  out  of  them  commeth 
 an  east  wynde,  which  bloweth  and  gathereth 
 
 ■*  Deu.  28.  c.  '  Soph.  3.  a. 
 
ijTo.  timrbii). 
 
 €t)t  propbft  abacuc. 
 
 €I)ap.  ij. 
 
 their  captyues,  like  as  the  sonde.  They  shall 
 mocke  the  kinges,  and  laugh  the  prynces  to 
 scorne.  They  shal  not  set  by  eny  stronge 
 holde,  for  they  shal  laye  ordinaunce  agaynst 
 it,  and  take  it.  Then  shal  they  take  a  fresh 
 corage  vnto  them,  to  go  forth  d  to  do  more 
 euell,  "d  so  ascrybe  that  power  vnto  their  God. 
 But  thou  o  LOKDE  my  God,  my  holy  one, 
 thou  art  from  the  begynnynge,  therfore  shal 
 we  not  dye.  O  LOllDE,  thou  hast  ordened 
 them  for  a  punyshmut,  and  set  them  to  re- 
 proue  the  mightie.  Thine  eyes  are  clene, 
 thou  mayest  not  se  euell,  thou  canst  not  be- 
 holde  y  thinge  that  is  wicked.  *  Wherfore 
 then  dost  thou  loke  vpon  the  vngodly,  and 
 holdest  thy  tunge,  when  the  wicked  deuoureth 
 the  man  that  is  better  the  himself.''  Thou 
 makest  men  as  the  fish  in  the  see,  and  like 
 as  the  crepinge  beestes,  that  haue  no  gyde. 
 They  take  vp  all  with  their  angle,  they  catch 
 it  in  their  net,  5  gather  it  in  their  yame : 
 wherof  they  reioyce  and  are  glad.  Therfore 
 ofFre  they  vnto  their  net,  and  do  sacrifice  vnto 
 their  yame :  because  that  thorow  it  their 
 porcion  is  become  so  fat,  and  their  meate  so 
 pleteous.  Wherfore  they  cast  out  their  net 
 agayne,  5  neuer  ceasse  to  slaye  the  people. 
 
 Cl)t  t).  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 ISTODE  vpon  my  watch,  and  set  me  vpon 
 my  bulworke,  to  loke  ij  se  what  he  wolde 
 saye  vnto  me,  and  what  answere  I  shulde 
 geue  him  y  reproueth  me.  But  the  LORDE 
 answered  me,  and  sayde :  Wryte  the  vision 
 planely  vpon  thy  tables,  that  who  so  commeth 
 by,  maye  rede  it :  for  f  visio  is  yet  farre  of 
 for  a  tyme,  'but  at  y  last  it  shal  come  to 
 passe,  (J  not  fayle.  And  though  he  tary,  yet 
 wait  thou  for  him,  ''for  in  very  dede  he  wil 
 come,  and  not  be  slacke.  Beholde,  who  so 
 wil  not  beleue,  his  soule  shal  not  prospere : 
 but  the  iust  shal  lyue  by  his  faith.''  Like  as 
 the  wyne  disceaueth  the  dronckarde,  euen  so 
 the  proude  shal  fayle  5  not  endure.  He 
 openeth  his  desyre  wyde  vp  as  the  hell,  5  is  as 
 vnsaciable  as  death.  'All  Heithen  gathereth 
 he  to  him,  (j  heapeth  vnto  him  all  people. 
 
 But  shall  not  all  these  take  vp  a  prouerbe 
 agaynst  him,  and  mocke  him  with  a  byworde, 
 and  saye :  Wo  vnto  him  that  heapeth  vp  other 
 
 <•  Ksa.  46.  a.  2  Par.  28.  d.  '  lere.  12.  a.   Psal.  36.  a. 
 
 '  Dim.  9.  (1.      ••  Heb.  10.  d.      '  Ro.  1.  b.        f  Pro.  30.  b 
 I  Abdi.  1.  c.       *  Esa.  5.  b.      '  Abdi.  1.  a.      '  Luc.  19.  d 
 
 mens  goodes  ?  How  longe  wil  he  lade  him- 
 self with  thicke  claye?  O  how  sodenly  wil 
 they  stonde  vp,  y  shal  byte  the,  5  awake,  that 
 shal  teare  y  in  peces  ?  yee  thou  shalt  be  their 
 pray.  *  Seinge  thou  hast  spoyled  many 
 Heithen,  therfore  shall  the  remnaunt  of  the 
 people  spoyle  the  :  because  of  mens  bloude,  5 
 for  the  wronge  done  in  the  londe,  in  the  cite 
 (J  vnto  all  them  that  dwel  therin. 
 
 Wo  vnto  him,  that  couetously  gathereth 
 euell  gotten  goodes  in  to  his  house :  that  he 
 maye  set  his  nest  an  hye,  to  escape  from  the 
 power  of  mysfortune."  Thou  hast  deuysed  y 
 shame  of  thine  owne  house,  for  thou  hast 
 slajaie  to  moch  people,  and  hast  wilfully  of- 
 fended :  ^  so  that  the  very  stones  of  the  wall 
 shal  crie  out  of  it,  and  the  tymbre  that  lieth 
 betwixte  the  ioyntes  of  the  buyldinge  shall 
 
 were.  '  Wo  vnto  him,  y  buyldeth  the 
 towne  with  bloude,  and  maynteneth  ;y  cite 
 with  vnrightuousnes.  Shal  not  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  bringe  this  to  passe,  that  the 
 laboures  of  the  people  shal  be  brent  with  a 
 greate  fyre,  and  that  the  thinge  wher  vpon  the 
 people  haue  weeried  them  selues,  shall  be  lost? 
 '"  For  the  earth  shalbe  full  of  knowlege  of  the 
 LORDES  honoure,  like  as  the  waters  that 
 couer  the  see. 
 
 Wo  vnto  him  that  geueth  his  neghboure 
 dryncke,  to  get  him  wrothfull  displeasure  for 
 his  dronckennesse  :  "that  he  maye  se  his  pre^ 
 uytees.  Therfore  with  shame  shalt  thou  be 
 fylled,  in  steade  of  honoure.  Dryncke  thou 
 also,  till  thou  slombre  withall :  for  the  cuppe 
 of  the  LORDES  right  hode  shall  compasse 
 the  aboute,  and  shamefull  spewinge  in  steade 
 of  thy  worshipe.  For  the  wroge  that  thou 
 hast  done  in  Libanus,  shal  ouerwhelme  the, 
 "  and  the  wilde  beastes  shal  make  the  afrayed : 
 because  of  mens  bloude,  and  for  the  wronge 
 done  in  the  londe,  in  the  cite,  and  vnto  all 
 soch  as  dwel  therin. 
 
 What  helpe  than  wil  y  ymage  do,  whom 
 the  workman  hath  fashioned  ?  Or  the  vayne 
 cast  ymage,  wherin  because  the  craftesman 
 putteth  his  trust,  therfore  maketh  he  domme 
 Idols .''  Wo  vnto  him,  that  saieth  to  a  pece 
 of  wod :  arise,  and  to  a  domme  stone :  stonde 
 vp.  For  what  instruccio  maye  soch  one  geue  ? 
 Beholde,    it   is  layed   ouer  with   golde  and 
 
 '  Eie.  24.  a.      Nnu.  3.  a.     Mich.  3.  c. 
 Nu.  14.  c.  Esa.  11.  b.  "  Gen.  9.  d. 
 
 Abdi.  1.  c. 
 
 "■  Exo.  9.  c. 
 lere.  50.  e. 
 
Cftap.  lij. 
 
 Cbr  propfKt  Sbatuf. 
 
 jfo,  ticc)iciv. 
 
 syluer,  (j  there  is  no  breth  in  it.  "  But  the 
 LORDE  in  his  holy  teple  is  he,  whom  all  the 
 worlde  shulde  feare. 
 
 ^ift  iij.  Ci^apUr. 
 A  prayer  of  the  prophet  Abacuc  for  the  ignoraunt. 
 
 O  LORDE,  when  I  herde  speake  of  y,  I 
 was  afrayed.  The  worke  y  thou  hast 
 taken  in  honde,  shalt  thou  perfourme  in  his 
 tyme,  O  LORDE :  and  when  thy  tyme  com- 
 meth,  thou  shalt  declare  it.  In  thy  very 
 wrath  thou  thinkest  vpon  mercy.  God  com- 
 meth  from  Theman,  and  the  holy  one  from 
 the  mount  of  Pharan.     Sela. 
 
 His  glory  eouereth  the  heauens,  and  the 
 earth  is  full  of  his  prayse.  His  shyne  is  as  y 
 Sonne,  (j  beames  of  light  go  out  of  his  hondes, 
 there  is  his  power  hid.  Destruccio  goeth  be- 
 fore him,  and  burnynge  cressettes  go  from  his 
 fete.  He  stondeth,  ij  measureth  the  earth  : 
 He  loketh,  5  the  people  consume  awaye,  the 
 moiitaynes  of  f  worlde  fall  downe  to  powlder, 
 and  the  hiUes  are  fayne  to  bowe  them  selues, 
 for  his  goinges  are  euerlastinge  and  sure. 
 
 I  sawe,  that  the  pauilions  of  the  Morians 
 and  the  tentes  of  the  londe  of  Madian  were 
 vexed  for  weerynesse.  Wast  thou  not  angrie 
 (o  LORDE)  in  the  waters  ?  was  not  thy 
 wrath  in  the  floudes,  and  thy  displeasure  in 
 the  see  ?  yes,  whe  thou  sattest  vpon  thine 
 horse,  and  when  thy  charettes  had  the  victory. 
 Thou  shewdest  thy  bowe  opely,  like  as  thou 
 *haddest  promised  with  an  ooth  vnto  the 
 trybes.     Sela. 
 
 Thou  didest  deuyde  the  waters  of  the  earth. 
 When  the  mountaynes   saw  the,    they  were 
 
 afrayed,  y  water  streame  wCte  awaye :  the 
 depe  made  a  noyse  at  the  liftinge  vp  of  thine 
 honde.  '  The  Sonne  and  Mone  remayned 
 still  in  their  habitacion.  Thine  arowes  wente 
 out  glisteringe,  and  thy  speares  as  the  shyne 
 of  the  lightenynge.  ''Thou  trodest  downe 
 the  londe  in  thine  anger,  and  didest  throsshe 
 the  Heithen  in  thy  displeasure.  Thou  earnest 
 forth  to  helpe  thy  people,  to  helpe  thine 
 anoynted.  Thou  smotest  downe  the  heade 
 in  the  house  of  the  vngodly,  ri  discoueredest 
 his  foundacions,  eue  vnto  y  necke  of  him. 
 Sela. 
 
 Thou  cursest  his  septers,  the  captayne  of 
 his  men  of  warre  :  which  come  as  a  stormy 
 wynde  to  scatre  me  abrode,  j  are  glad  when 
 they  maye  eat  vp  f  poore  secretly.  Thou 
 makest  a  waye  for  thine  horses  in  the  see, 
 euen  in  the  mudde  of  greate  waters.  Whe  I 
 heare  this,  my  body  is  vexed,  my  lippes 
 tremble  at  y  voyce  therof,  my  bones  corruppe, 
 I  am  afrayed  where  I  stonde.  O  that  I 
 might  rest  in  the  daye  of  trouble,  that  I 
 might  go  vp  vnto  oure  people,  which  are  al- 
 redy  prepared. 
 
 For  the  fyge  trees  shal  not  be  grene,  5  the 
 vynes  shal  beare  no  frute.  The  laboure  of  f 
 olyue  shalbe  but  lost,  and  the  londe  shall 
 bringe  no  come :  the  shepe  shalbe  taken  out 
 of  y  folde,  and  there  shalbe  no  catell  in  f 
 stalles.  But  as  for  me,  I  wil  be  glad  in 
 the  LORDE,  and  will  reioyce  in  God  my 
 Sauioure.  'The  LORDE  God  is  my  strength, 
 he  shall  make  my  fete  as  the  fete  of  hertes : 
 5  he  which  geueth  y  victory,  shal  bringe 
 me  to  my  hye  places,  synginge  vpon  my 
 psalmes. 
 
 €f)t  ttOit  of  t{)e  prop&tt  abanu. 
 
€i)c  t^wpijrt  ^opijDup. 
 
 2i2aJ)at  ^opftonp  tontt^mti). 
 
 Cf)ap.  I. 
 He  prophecieth  of  plages  for  to  come  vpon  luda. 
 
 C'bap.  II. 
 He   exorteth   them  to   amede,  that   they   maye 
 escape  the  wrath  of  God  :  and  sheweth  the 
 Gentiles  their  punyshment. 
 
 Cf)ap.  III. 
 
 Punyshment  because  of  the  wickednesse  of  the 
 lewes:  whom  God  therfore  refused,  and  chose 
 the  Heithen. 
 
 €f){  first  €l)apUr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  words  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 came  vnto  Sophony  the  sonne  of  Chusi, 
 the  Sonne  of  Gedolias,  the  sonne  of  Amarias  f 
 Sonne  of  Hezechias :  in  the  tyme  of  losias 
 the  Sonne  of  Anion  kinge  of  luda.  ''  I  will 
 gather  vp  all  thinges  in  the  londe  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  I  wil  gather  vp  man  and  beest :  I 
 wil  gather  vp  the  foules  in  the  ayre,  and  the 
 fysh  in  the  see  (to  the  greate  decaye  of  the 
 wicked)  (j  wil  vtterly  destroye  the  men  out  of 
 the  londe,  saieth  the  LORDE.  I  wil  stretch 
 out  myne  honde  \-pon  luda,  and  vpon  all  soch 
 as  dwel  at  lerusalem.  Thus  wil  I  rote  out 
 the  remnaunt  of  Baal  from  this  place,  and  the 
 names  of  the  Kemury-ns  and  prestes :  yee  5 
 soch  as  vpon  their  house  toppes  worshipe  5 
 bowe  them  selues  vnto  the  boost  of  heauen  : 
 which  sweare  by  the  LORDE,*  and  by  their 
 Malchomalso:  which  starte  a  backe  from  f 
 LORDE,  and  nether  seke  after  the  LORDE, 
 ner  regarde  him. 
 
 '  Be  still  at  f  presence  of  the  LORDE 
 God,  for  the  daye  of  the  LORDE  is  at  honde: 
 yee  the  LORDE  hath  prepared  a  slayne 
 offeringe,  and  called  his  gestes  therto.     And 
 
 •  4  Re.  21.  &  23.  '  Deut.  17.  b.       lere.  5.  b. 
 
 Zacb.2.  b.         '' 4  Reg.  25.     lere.  39.  b.         '  lere.  5.  c. 
 
 thus  shall  it  happen  in  the  daye  of  the 
 LORDES  a  slaynofFeringe :  ''I  will  vyset  the 
 prynces,  the  kinges  children,  5  all  soch  as 
 weere  straiige  clothinge.  In  the  same  daye 
 also  wil  I  vyset  all  those,  that  treade  ouer  the 
 thresholde  so  proudly,  which  fyll  their  lordes' 
 house  with  robbery  and  falsede.  At  y  same! 
 tyme  (saieth  the  LORDE)  there  shall  be 
 herde  a  greate  crie  from  the  fyshporte,  and  an 
 howlinge  from  f  other  porte,  and  a  greate 
 murthur  from  the  hilles.  Howie  ye  that  dwel 
 in  the  niyll,  for  all  the  marchaunt  people  are 
 gone,  and  all  they  that  were  laden  with  syluer, 
 are  roted  out. 
 
 'At  the  same  tyme  wil  I  seke  thorow  leru-  C 
 salem  with  lantemes,  and  \'yset  them  that 
 contynue  in  their  dregges,  and  save  in  their 
 hertes:  Tush,  the  LORDE  wil  do  nether 
 good  ner  euell.  Their  goodes  shalbe  spoyled, 
 and  their  houses  layed  waist.  -'They  shall 
 buylde  houses,  and  not  dwel  in  them  :  they 
 shal  plante  vynyardes,  but  not  drynke  the 
 wyne  therof.  ^For  the  greate  daye  of  the 
 LORDE  is  at  honde,  it  is  harde  by,  5  com- 
 meth  on  a  pace.  Horrible  is  y  tydinges  of  the 
 LORDES  daye,  then  shall  the  giaunte  crie 
 out :  for  that  daye  is  a  daye  of  wrath,  a  daye 
 
 Deut.  29.  c.     lere.  23.  c.         /  .4mos  j.  b.  «  loel  2.  a. 
 
Cl^ap.  ti). 
 
 €i)t  propftft  J>opf)onp. 
 
 #0.  Urrn. 
 
 of  trouble  5  heuynesse,  a  daye  of  vtter  de- 
 struccion  j  mysery,  a  darcke  5  glomynge  daye. 
 a  cloudy  5  stormy  daye,  a  daye  of  the  noyse 
 of  trompettesand  shawmes,  agaynst  the  stronge 
 cities  and  hie  towres.  I  wil  bringe  y  people 
 in  to  soch  vexacion,  that  they  shal  go  aboute 
 like  blinde  me,  because  they  haue  synned 
 agaynst  the  LORDE.  Their  bloude  shalbe 
 shed  as  the  dust,  s  their  bodies  as  the  myre 
 "  Nether  their  syluer  ner  their  golde  shalbe 
 able  to  delyuer  the  in  that  wrothfull  daye  of' 
 the  LORDE,  *but  the  whole  londe  shalbe  co' 
 sumed  thorow  the  fyre  of  his  gelousy  :  for  he 
 shall  soone  make  clene  ryddaunce  of  all  them 
 that  dwell  in  the  londe. 
 
 Ojc  i).  Cijapttr. 
 
 COME  together  and  gather  you,  O  ye 
 frauwerde  people  :  or  y  thinge  go  forth 
 that  is  concluded,  5  or  the  tyme  be  passed 
 awaye  as  the  dust :  or  the  fearfull  wrath  of 
 the  LORDE  come  vpon  you,  yee  or  the  daye 
 of  the  LORDES  sore  displeasure  come  vpon 
 you.  '  Seke  the  LORDE  all  yee  meke  harted 
 vpon  earth,  ye  that  worke  after  his  iudgmet : 
 seke  rightuousnesse,  seke  lowlynesse :  that  ye 
 maye  be  defended  in  the  wrothfull  daye  of  y 
 LORDE.  "Tor  Gaza  shal  be  destroyed,  5 
 Ascalon  shall  be  layed  waist :  They  shal  cast 
 out  Aszdod  at  the  noone  daye,  and  Accaron 
 shal  be  pluckte  vp  by  the  rotes. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  y  dwel  vpon  the  see  coost,  ye 
 murthurous  people:  the  worde  of  y  LORDE 
 shal  come  vpon  you.  O  Canaan  thou  londe 
 of  the  Philistynes,  I  wil  destroye  the,  so  that 
 there  shal  no  man  dwel  in  the  eny  more :  5 
 as  for  the  see  coost,  it  shal  be  hyrdmens  co- 
 tages  I  shepe  foldes :  yee  it  shalbe  a  porcion 
 for  soch  as  remayne  of  the  house  of  luda,  to 
 fede  ther  vpon.  In  f  houses  of  Ascalon  shal 
 they  rest  towarde  night:  for  the  LORDE 
 their  God  shal  vyset  the,  5  turne  awaye  their 
 captyuite.  I  haue  herde  the  despite  of  Moab, 
 5  the  'blasphemies  of  the  children  of  Ammon: 
 how  they  haue  shamefully  intreated  my  people, 
 and  magnified  them  selues  within  the  borders 
 of  their  londe.  Therfore  as  truly  as  I  lyue 
 (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  the  God  of 
 Israel)  Moab  shalbe  as  Sodome,  5  Ammon 
 as   Gomorra :  euen  drie  thorne  hedges,  salt 
 
 °  Eze.  7.  d.       *  Soph.  3.  b.       '4  Re. 
 
 Esa.  14.  e.      lere.  47.  a.      Eze.  25.  c. 
 
 lere.  48.  a,     Eze.  2.5.  b.  /  Zach.  2.  b. 
 
 lone.  3.  a. 
 
 ■  Esa.  15.  16. 
 
 <  Esa.  2.  c. 
 
 pittes  and  a  perpetuall  wyldernes.  The 
 residue  of  my  folke  shall  spoyle  them,  the 
 remnaunt  of  my  people  shall  haue  them  in 
 possession.  This  shal  happen  vnto  them  for 
 their  pryde,  ■'  because  they  haue  dealte  so 
 shamefully  with  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 people,  and  magnified  them  selues  aboue 
 them.  The  LORDE  shall  be  grymme  vpon 
 them,  and  *  destroye  all  the  goddes  in  the 
 londe.  And  all  the  lies  of  the  Heithen  shal 
 worshipe  him,  euery  man  in  his  place. 
 
 Ye  Moriiis  also  shal  perish  with  my  swerde : 
 Yee  he  shall  stretch  out  his  honde  ouer  the 
 north,  and  destroye  Assur.  As  for  Niniue, 
 he  shal  make  it  desolate,  drye  and  waist. 
 The  flockes  and  all  the  beastes  of  the  people 
 shall  lye  in  the  myddest  of  it,  pellicanes  and 
 storckes  shall  abyde  in  the  vpper  postes  of  it, 
 foules  shal  synge  in  the  wyndowes,  and  rauens 
 shal  syt  vpon  the  balckes,  for  the  bordes  of 
 Cedre  shalbe  ryue  downe.  *  This  is  the  proude 
 and  carelesse  cite,  that  sayde  in  hir  herte  :  I 
 am,  and  there  is  els  none.  O  how  is  she  made 
 so  waist,  y  the  beestes  lye  therin  ?  Who  so 
 goeth  by,  mocketh  her,  and  poynteth  at  her 
 with  his  fynger. 
 
 Cljc  itj.  Cl^apter. 
 
 WO  to  the  abhominable,  fylthie  and 
 cruel  cite  :  which  wil  not  heare,  ner  be 
 refourmed.  Hir  trust  is  not  in  the  LORDE, 
 nether  wil  she  holde  her  to  hir  God.  '  Hi 
 rulers  within  her  are  as  roaringe  lyons  :  hi 
 iudges  are  as  wolues  in  the  euenynge,  which 
 leaue  nothinge  behynde  them  till  the  morow. 
 Hir  prophetes  are  light  personnes  and  vn- 
 faithfuU  men :  hir  prestes  vnhalowe  the  Sanc- 
 tuary, and  do  wronge  vnder  the  pretence  of 
 the  lawe.  But  the  iust  LORDE  that  doth 
 no  vnright,  was  amonge  them,  euery  mornynge 
 shewinge  them  his  lawe  clearly,  and  ceassed 
 not.  But  the  vngodly  will  not  leme  to  be 
 aszshamed.  Therfore  wil  I  rote  out  this 
 people,  and  destroye  their  towres  :  yee  and 
 make  their  stretes  so  voyde,  that  no  man  shall 
 go  therin.  Their  cities  shall  be  broke  downe, 
 so  that  no  body  shal  be  left,  ner  dwel  there 
 eny  more. 
 
 I  sayde  vnto  them :  O  feare  me,  and  be 
 cotent  to  be  refourmed.     That  their  dwellinge 
 
 *  4  Re.  19.  f.  Esa.  47.  b.  34.  c.         *  Eze.  22.  c.    Mich.  3.  c. 
 Abac.  1.  b. 
 
 104 
 
jTo.  trcrtij. 
 
 €l)t  propl)ft  ^opftoitp. 
 
 CJ)ap.  itj. 
 
 shulde  not  be  destroyed,  and  that  there  shulde 
 happen  vnto  them  none  of  these  thinges, 
 wherwith  I  shal  vyset  the.  But  neuertheles 
 they  stonde  vp  early,  to  folowe  the  filthynes 
 of  their  owne  ymaginaeions.  Therfore  ye  shal 
 waite  vpon  me  (saieth  the  LORDE)  vntil  the 
 tyme  that  I  stonde  vj) :  for  I  am  determed, 
 to  gather  the  people  and  to  bringe  the  king- 
 domes  together,  that  I  maye  poure  out  myne 
 anger,  yee  all  my  wrothfull  displeasure  vpon 
 them.  "  For  all  the  worlde  shalbe  consumed 
 with  the  fyre  of  my  gelousy.  And  then  wil  I 
 dense  the  lippes  of  the  people,  that  they  maye 
 euerychone  call  vponthe  name  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  serue  him  with  one  shulder.  Soch  as  I 
 haue  subdued,  and  my  children  also  whom  I 
 haue  scatred  abrode,  shal  brynge  me  presentes 
 beyonde  the  waters  of  Ethiopia. 
 
 In  that  tyme  shalt  thou  nomore  be  con- 
 founded, because  of  all  thy  ymaginaeions, 
 wher  thorow  thou  haddest  offended  me :  *  for  I 
 wil  take  awaye  the  proude  boosters  of  thine 
 honoure  from  the,  so  that  thou  shalt  nomore 
 tryumphe  because  of  my  holy  hill.  In  the 
 also  ml  I  leaue  a  smal  poore  symple  people, 
 which  shal  trust  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 The  remnaunt  of  Israel  shal  do  no  wickednes, 
 ner  speake  lyes :  nether  shal  there  eny  dis- 
 ceatful  tunge  be  founde  in  their  mouthes. 
 For  they  shal  be  fed,  and  take  their  rest,  and 
 
 "  Naum  1.  a.     Soph.  1.  c. 
 
 no  man  shal  make  them  afrayed.  Geue 
 thankes  o  doughter  Sio,  be  ioyful  o  Israel : 
 reioyce  5  be  glad  from  thy  whole  herte,  o 
 doughter  lerusalem,  for  the  LORDE  hath 
 taken  awaye  thy  punyshment,  and  turned 
 backe  thine  enemies.  The  kinge  of  Israel, 
 euen  the  LORDE  himself  is  with  the:  so 
 that  thou  nedest  nomore  to  feare  eny  mysz- 
 fortune. 
 
 In  that  tyme  it  shall  be  sayed  to  lerusalem : 
 feare  not,  and  to  Sion :  let  not  thine  hondes 
 be  slacke,  for  the  LORDE  thy  God  is  with 
 the,  it  is  he  that  hath  power  to  saue  :  he  hath 
 a  special  pleasure  in  the,  and  a  maruelous 
 loue  towarde  the :  yee  he  reioyseth  ouer  the 
 with  gladnesse.  Soch  as  haue  bene  in  heuy- 
 nesse,  wil  I  gather  together,  and  take  out  of 
 thy  congregacion  :  as  for  the  shame  and  re- 
 profe  that  hath  bene  layed  vpon  the,  it  shal 
 be  farre  from  the.  And  lo,  in  y  tyme  wil  I 
 destroye  all  those  that  vexe  the :  '  I  wil  helpe 
 the  lame,  and  gather  vp  the  cast  awaye  :  yee 
 I  wil  get  them  honoure  and  prayse  in  all 
 lodes,  where  they  haue  bene  put  to  shame, 
 At  ;y^  same  tyme  wil  I  bringe  you  in,  and  at 
 the  same  tyme  wil  I  gather  you.  I  wil  get 
 you  a  name  and  a  good  reporte,  amonge  all 
 people  of  the  earth,  when  I  tume  backe 
 youre  captiuyte  before  youre  eyes,  saieth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 €f)t  tnlit  of  tfje  picrpf)tt  ^ojiljonp. 
 
zi)t  iptopi^rt  aaaeusf. 
 
 wm)st  aggeus  wnttpitetfi. 
 
 Ci)ap.  I. 
 
 He  exorteth  the  people  to  buylde  vp  the  teple, 
 and  reproueth  their  loge  tariege. 
 
 €f)ap.  II. 
 
 He  geiieth  the  rulers  a  corage.  Of  the  orna- 
 raetes  and  glory  of  the  seconde  temple,  wherby 
 is  vnderstode  the  church  of  the  faithfull. 
 
 Cljt  first  Cijapttr. 
 
 IN  the  seconde  yeare  of  kynge  Darius,  "in 
 the  vj.  moueth  the  first  daye  of  the  moneth, 
 came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  (by  the 
 prophet  Aggeus)  *vnto  Zorobabel  the  sonne 
 of  Salathiel  y  prynce  of  luda,  and  to  lesua 
 the  sonne  of  losedec  the  hye  prest,  sayenge : 
 Thus  speaketh  the  LORDE  of  hoostes,  and 
 saieth  :  This  people  doth  saye  :  The  tyme  is 
 not  yet  come  to  buylde  vp  the  LORDES 
 house.  Then  spake  the  LORDE  by  the 
 prophet  Aggeus  %  sayed:  "Ye  youre  selues 
 can  fynde  tyme  to  dwell  in  syled  houses,  and 
 shal  this  house  lye  waist?  Considre  now 
 youre  owne  wayes  in  youre  hertes  (saieth  f 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  ye  sowe  moch,  but  ye 
 bringe  litle  in :  ''Ye  eate,  but  ye  haue  not 
 ynough :  ye  drinke,  but  ye  are  not  fylled :  ye 
 decke  youre  selues,  but  ye  are  not  warme :  5 
 he  y  earneth  eny  wage,  putteth  it  in  a  broken 
 purse. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  Co- 
 sidre  youre  owne  wayes  in  youre  hertes,  get 
 you  vp  to  the  mountayne,  fetch  wod,  5  buylde 
 vp  the  house :  '  that  it  maye  be  acceptable  vnto 
 me,  and  that  I  maye  shewe  myne  honoure, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Ye  loked  for  moch, 
 and  lo  it  is  come  to  litle  :  5  though  ye  brynge 
 
 "  1  Esd.  6.  a.  DaD.  5.  e.  6.  a.  »  1  Esd.  5.  a.  1  Esd. 
 2.  3.  4.  5.  '  lere.  22.  b.  ■>  Leui.  26.  d.  Mich.  6.  b. 
 Osee4.b.   Mala.3.b.       '  3  Re.  8.  d.       /  1  Cor.  3.b.  6.c. 
 
 it  home,  yet  do  I  blowe  it  awaye.  And  why 
 so,  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes?  Eue  be- 
 cause that  my  house  lyeth  so  waist,  -'^and  ye 
 renne  euery  man  vnto  his  owne  house.  Wher- 
 fore  the  heauen  is  forbydde  to  geue  you  eny 
 dew,  and  the  earth  is  forbydden  to  geue  you 
 encrease.  f  I  haue  called  for  a  drouth,  both 
 vpo  the  londe  (j  vpon  the  mountaynes,  vpon 
 corne,  vpon  wyne  5  vpon  oyle,  vpon  euery 
 thinge  that  the  grounde  bryngeth  forth,  vpon 
 men  and  vpon  catell,  yee  and  vpon  all  handy 
 laboure. 
 
 Now  when  Zorobabel  the  sonne  of  Sala- 
 thiel, 5  lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec  the  hye 
 prest  with  the  remnaunt  of  the  people,  herde 
 the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  their  God,  (j  the 
 wordes  of  the  prophet  Aggeus  (like  as  the 
 LORDE  their  God  had  sent  him)  the  people 
 dyd  feare  the  LORDE.  Then  Aggeus  the 
 LORDES  angel  sayed  in  the  LORDES 
 message  vnto  the  people :  ''  I  am  with  you, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  So  the  LORDE  waked 
 vp  the  sprete  of  Zorobabel  the  prynce  of 
 luda,  and  the  sprete  of  lesua  the  sonne  of 
 losedec  the  hye  prest,  and  the  sprete  of  the 
 remnaunt  of  all  the  people :  y  they  came  5 
 laboured,  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  their  God. 
 
 2  Cor.  6.  c.  «  Ueut.  28.  d.  *  Deat.  7.  d.  31.  g. 
 
 Agg.  2.  a.     lere.  46.  e.    1  Esd.  5.  a. 
 
Ijro.  Irmmj. 
 
 ClK  propl)ft  Qffseus. 
 
 Cftap.  I'j. 
 
 C^c  ij.  CljapUr. 
 
 VPON  the  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  sixte  moneth, 
 in  the  secode  yeare  of  kinge  Darius, 
 the  xxi.  daye  of  the  seuenth  moneth,  came 
 the  worde  of  the  LOIIDE  by  the  prophet 
 Aggeus,  sayenge :  speake  to  Zorobabel  the 
 Sonne  of  Sahithiel  prynce  of  luda,  and  to 
 lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec  the  hye  prest,  and 
 to  the  residue  of  {r  people,  a  saye :  "  VVho  is 
 left  amoge  you,  that  sawe  this  house  in  hir 
 first  beuty  ?  But  what  thinke  ye  now  by  it  ? 
 Is  it  not  in  youre  eyes,  eue  as  though  it  were 
 nothinge  ?  Neuerthelesse  be  of  good  chere, 
 o  Zorobabel  (saieth  the  LORDE)  *be  of  good 
 conforte,  o  lesua  thou  sonne  of  losedec,  hye 
 prest :  take  good  hartes  vnto  you  also,  all  ye 
 people  of  the  londe,  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes,  and  do  acordinge  to  the  worde  (for  I 
 am  with  you,' saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes) 
 like  as  I  agreed  with  you,  when  ye  came  out 
 of  the  londe  of  Egypte :  i  my  sprete  shalbe 
 amonge  you,  feare  ye  not. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes : 
 Yet  once  more  will  I  shake  heaue  and  earth, 
 the  see  and  the  drye  lode :  Yee  I  will  moue 
 all  Heithen,  5  the  comforte  of  all  Heithen 
 shall  come,  5  so  wil  I  fyll  this  house  with 
 honoure,  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  The 
 syluer  is  myne,"  5  the  golde  is  myne,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  Thus  ;y^  glory  of 
 the  last  house  shalbe  greater  the  the  first, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  a  in  this 
 place  wil  I  geue  peace,  saieth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes. 
 
 The  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  ix  moneth  in  the 
 seconde  yeare  of  kinge  Darius,  came  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto  the  prophet  Ag- 
 geus sayenge :  Thus  saieth  f  LORDE  God 
 of  hoostes :  Axe  the  prestes  concernynge  the 
 lawe,  d  saye :  ■'  Yf  one  beare  holy  flesh  in  his 
 cote  lappe,  5  with  his  lappe  do  touch  the 
 bred,  potage,  wyne,  oyle  or  eny  other  meate : 
 shall  he  be  holy  also  ?  The  prestes  answered, 
 5  saide :  No.     Then  sayde  Aggeus :    Now  yf 
 
 1  Esd.  3.  c. 
 ■<  Heb.  12.  d. 
 
 Deu.  31.b.     losu.  1.  b.      '  Af. 
 '  Deut.  8.  b.        /  lere.  11. 1 
 
 one  beynge  defyled  with  a  deed  carcase,  touch 
 eny  of  these  :  shall  it  also  be  vnclene  ?  The 
 prestes  gaue  answere  ij  sayed  :  yee,  it  shall  be 
 vnclene.  "  The  Aggeus  answered,  and  sayde : 
 Euen  so  is  this  people  5  this  nacion  before 
 me,  saieth  y  LORDE:  and  so  are  all  the 
 workes  of  their  hodes,  yee  and  all  that  they 
 ofFre,  is  vnclene. 
 
 And  now  (I  praye  you)  cosidre  from  this 
 daye  forth,  and  how  it  hath  gone  with  you 
 afore :  or  euer  there  was  layed  one  stone  vp5 
 another  in  the  temple  of  the  LORDE:  that 
 when  ye  came  to  a  come  heape  of  xx.  bus- 
 shels,  there  were  scarce  ten  :  ''and  that  when 
 ye  came  to  the  wyne  presse  for  to  poure  out 
 L.  pottes  of  wyne,  there  were  scarce  xx.  For 
 I  smote  you  with  heate,  blastinge  ij  hale  stones 
 in  all  the  labours  of  youre  hondes :  yet  was 
 there  none  of  you,  that  wolde  turne  vnto  me, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Considre  then  from 
 this  daye  forth  and  afore,  namely,  from  the 
 xxiiij.  daye  of  the  ix.  moneth,  vnto  the  daye 
 that  the  foundacion  of  the  LORDES  temple 
 was  layed :  '  Marck  it  well.  Is  not  the  sede 
 yet  in  the  bame?  haue  not  the  vynes,  the 
 fyge  trees,  the  pomgranates  and  olyue  trees 
 bene  yet  vnfrutefull  ?  but  fro  this  daye  forth, 
 I  shal  make  them  to  prospere. 
 
 Morouer  the  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  moneth 
 came  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  vnto  Aggeus 
 agayne,  sayenge :  Speake  to  Zorobabel  the 
 prynce  of  luda,  and  saye  :  I  will  shake  both 
 heauen  and  earth,  and  ouerthrowe  the  seate 
 of  the  kingdomes,  yee  j  destroye  the  mightie 
 kingdome  of  the  Heithe.  I  wil  ouerthrowe 
 the  charettes,  and  those  that  syt  vpon  them, 
 so  that  both  horse  and  man  shal  fall  downe, 
 euery  man  thorow  his  neghbours  swerde. 
 And  as  for  the,  o  Zorobabel  (saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  thou  sonne  of  Salathiel, 
 my  seruaunt :  I  wil  take  the  (saieth  the 
 LORDE)  at  the  same  tyme,  and  make  the 
 as  a  seale :  for  I  haue  chosen  the,  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes 
 
 e  Leui.  5.  a.  11.  d.   Nu.l9.b. 
 
 m)t  tixOt  of  t\)t  propfiet  aggeusi. 
 
Zi)t  l^top^tt  ^ad^arp. 
 
 aaaftat  Zacftarp  tontt^mtf). 
 
 C})ap.  I. 
 He  exorteth  the  people,  not  to  be  disobedient  to 
 the  voyce  of  God,  as  their  forefathers  were, 
 but  to  conuerte :   and  he  sheweth  them  ioyfuli 
 thinges  in  visions. 
 
 Cl)ap.  II. 
 Visions,  signifienge  the  delyueraunce  out  of  the 
 captiuyte  of  Babilon,  and  the  redempcion  in 
 Christ. 
 
 Cljap.  III. 
 A  vision  in  lesua,  signifienge  the  LORDE  lesus 
 cure  hye  prest. 
 
 Cl&ap.  IIII. 
 Another  vision,   wherin   Zorobabel   is  conforted 
 with  his  litle  nombre  of  people.     The  right 
 mystery  herof  belongeth  vnto  Christ. 
 
 C^ap.   V. 
 The  wrath  of  God  for  the  synnes  of  the  people. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 
 A  vision,  wherin  is  declared  the  almighty  power 
 of  God,  which  geueth  peace  or  warre  at  his 
 pleasure. 
 
 CI)ap.  VII. 
 What  the  true  fast  is :    namely,  to  kepe  iudg- 
 ment  and  iustice,  a  man  to  do  good  to  his 
 neghboure,  to  defende  the  widdowe  and  the 
 fatherlesse,  to  do  no  man  wrongs,  (jc. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 
 Cause  of  all  the  wrath  of  God :  yet  yf  men  wil 
 turne,  he  is  mercifull. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 
 The  ioyfuli  callinge  of  the  Heithe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 Thorow  corporal  promises,  the  prophet  ledeth 
 men  vnto  the  promises  that  are  fulfilled  in 
 Christ:  and  threateneth  punyshment  vnto  the 
 false  prophetes  and  shepherdes. 
 
 CI)ap.  XI. 
 
 Of  secrete  mysteries,  and  of  the  destruccio  of  the 
 secode  temple.     God  is  a  good  shepherde. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XII. 
 
 The  punyshment  which  the  LORDE  deuysed  for 
 Israel. 
 
 Cijap.  XIII. 
 
 Of  Welles  and  clensynge,  which  belonge  to  the 
 tyme  of  Christ. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XIIII. 
 
 The  plage  of  the  lewes.  The  takynge  vp  of 
 lerusalem  the  church  of  God. 
 
 €i)t  firsit  Cf)apt«. 
 
 IN  the  eight  moneth  of  the  secode  years  of 
 kinge  Darius,  came  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  vnto  "Zachary  the  sonne  of  Bara- 
 chias,  the  sonne  of  Addo,  the  prophet,  say- 
 
 "  Matt.  23.  c.  '  lere.  31.  c.     Mala.  3.  b. 
 
 enge:  The  LORDE  hath  bene  sore  dis- 
 pleased at  youre  forefathers.  And  saye  thou 
 vnto  them :  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes.  'Turne  you  vnto  me  (saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  and  I  wil  turne  me  vnto 
 you,  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.     'Be  not 
 
 '  lere.  44.  c.    Psal.  77.  a. 
 
IjTo.  Dcccbi. 
 
 Cfte  propbct  Zacftarp. 
 
 Cl^a)).  t). 
 
 ye  like  youre  forefathers,  vnto  whom  the 
 prophetes  cried  a  fore  tyme,  sayege :  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  God  of  hoostes:  "Turne 
 you  from  youre  euell  wayes,  5  from  youre 
 wicked  ymaginacions.  But  they  wolde  not 
 heare,  ner  regarde  me,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 What  is  now  become  of  youre  forefathers  and 
 the  prophetes  ?  are  they  yet  still  alyue  ?  But 
 dyd  not  my  wordes  %  statutes  (which  I  co- 
 maunded  by  my  seruauntes  y  prophetes)  touch 
 youre  fore  fathers  ?  Vpo  this,  they  gaue  an- 
 swere  (i  sayde :  like  as  y  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 deuysed  to  do  vnto  vs,  acordinge  to  oure  owne 
 wayes  5  ymaginacions,  euen  so  hath  he  dealte 
 with  vs. 
 
 Vpon  the  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  xj.  moneth 
 (which  is  the  moneth  Sebat)  in  the  seconde 
 yeare  of  Darius,  came  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  vnto  Zachary  the  sonne  of  Bara- 
 chias,  the  sonne  of  Addo  the  prophete,  say- 
 enge :  I  sawe  by  night,  and  lo,  there  sat  one 
 vpon  a  reade  horse,  and  stode  still  amonge 
 the  Myrte  trees,  "^that  were  beneth  vpon  the 
 grounde :  and  behynde  him  were  there  reade, 
 spreckled  and  whyte  horses. 
 
 Then  sayde  I:  O  my  LORDE,  what  are 
 these  ?  And  the  angel  that  talked  with  me, 
 sayed  vnto  me :  1  will  shewe  the  what  these 
 be.  And  the  man  that  stode  amoge  the 
 Myrte  trees,  answered  5,  sayde :  These  are 
 they,  whom  the  LORDE  hath  sent  to  go 
 thorow  the  worlde.  And  they  answered  the 
 angel  of  the  LORDE,  that  stode  amonge  the 
 Myrte  trees,  and  sayde  :  We  haue  gone  thorow 
 the  worlde :  and  beholde,  all  the  worlde  dwell 
 at  ease,  and  are  carelesse. 
 
 Then  the  LORDES  angel  gaue  answere 
 and  sayde :  O  LORDE  of  hoostes,  how  longe 
 wilt  thou  be  vnmercifull  to  lerusale  and  to  the 
 cities  of  luda,  ''with  whom  thou  hast  bene 
 displeased  now  these  Ixx.  yeares  ?  So  the 
 LORDE  gaue  a  louynge  and  a  confortable 
 answere,  vnto  the  angel  that  talked  with  me. 
 And  the  angel  that  commoned  with  me,  sayde 
 vnto  me :  Crie  thou,  and  speake,  thus  saieth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  I  am  exceadynge 
 gelous  ouer  lerusalem  and  Sion,  and  sore  dis 
 pleased  at  the  carelesse  Heithen :  for  where 
 as  I  was  but  a  litle  angrie,  they  dyd  their  best 
 that  I  might  destroye  them.     Therfore  thus 
 
 ■'  Oaee  14.  a.  Tob.  13.  b.  '  Eze.  33.  b.  Iere.44.  a.  35.  c. 
 Zach.  (i.  i\.  Apo.  6.  a.  <<  lere.  25.  b.  29.  b.  1  Esd.  1.  a. 
 Zach.  8.  a.        /  Dan.  7.  d.         «  Eee.  43. b.  Apo.  21.  c. 
 
 saieth  the  LORDE :  '  I  \vil  tume  me  agajTie 
 in  mercy  towarde  lerusalem,  so  that  my  house 
 shalbe  buylded  in  it,  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes :  yee  and  the  plommet  shal  be  layed 
 abrode  in  lerusalem,  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes. 
 
 Crie  also,  and  speake:  thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes:  My  cities  shall  be  in 
 good  prosperite  agayne,  the  LORDE  shall 
 yet  conforte  Sion,  and  chose  lerusalem. 
 Then  lift  I  vp  myne  eyes  and  sawe,  and  be- 
 holde, foure  homes.  And  I  sayde  vnto  the 
 angel,  that  talked  with  me :  what  be  these  ? 
 he  answered  me  :  /These  are  f  homes,  which 
 haue  scatred  luda,  Israel  and  lerusalem 
 abrode.  And  y  LORDE  shewed  me  iiij.  car- 
 penters. Then  sayde  I :  what  wil  these  do  ? 
 He  answered,  5  sayde :  Those  are  the  homes, 
 which  haue  so  strowed  luda  abrode,  that  no 
 man  durst  lift  vp  his  heade :  But  these  are 
 come  to  fraye  them  awaye,  and  to  cast  out  f 
 homes  of  the  Gentiles,  which  lift  vp  their 
 home  ouer  the  londe  of  luda,  to  scatre  it 
 abrode. 
 
 Cijt  i).  Ci^ttr. 
 
 I  LIFT  vp  myne  eyes  agayne,  5  loked: 
 and  beholde,  «a  man  with  a  measure  lyne 
 in  his  honde.  Then  saide  I :  whether  goest 
 thou  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  To  measure 
 lerusalem,  that  I  maye  se  how  longe  and  how 
 brode  it  is.  And  beholde,  the  angel  that 
 talked  with  me,  wente  his  waye  forth.  Then 
 wete  there  out  another  angel  to  mete  him,  5 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Runne,  speake  to  this  yonge 
 man,  g  saye :  lerusalem  shal  be  inhabited 
 without  eny  wal,  for  f  very  multitude  of 
 people  5  catell,  y  shal  be  therin.  ''Yee  I  my- 
 self (saieth  the  LORDE)  wil  be  vnto  her  a 
 wall  of  fyre  rounde  aboute,  5  wilbe  honoured 
 in  her. 
 
 O  get  you  forth,  O  fie  from  the  londe  of  f 
 north  (saieth  the  LORDE)  ye,  'whom  I  haue 
 scatred  in  to  the  foure  wyndes  vnder  heaue, 
 saieth  the  LORDE.  Saue  thy  self,  o  Sion 
 thou  that  dwellest  with  j^  doughter  of  Babilon. 
 for    thus   saieth   the    LORDE    of    hoostes 
 
 *  With  a  glorious  power  hath  he  sent  me  out 
 to  the  Heithe,  which  spoyled  you :  for  who 
 so  toucheth  you,  shal  touche  the  aple  of  his 
 
 *  Deut.  4.  d.    Zach.  9.  a.         '  lere.  23.  b.         '  lere.  2.  a. 
 
 20.  d.  30.  c.   Psal.  16.  b.   Esa.  14.  a. 
 
Cftap,  i). 
 
 ^\)t  propftft  ,t.ari)arp« 
 
 jfo.  iimbi). 
 
 owne  eye.  Beholde,  I  will  lift  vp  myne  honde 
 ouer  them :  so  that  they  shal  be  spoyled  of 
 those,  which  afore  serued  them :  rt  ye  shal 
 knowe,  that  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  hath 
 sent  me. 
 
 "  Be  glad,  j  reioyce,  o  doughter  of  Sion : 
 for  lo,  I  am  come  to  dwell  in  the  myddest 
 of  the,  saieth  the  LORDE.  At  the'  same 
 tyme  there  shal  many  Heithen  cleue  to  the 
 LORDE,  5  shal  be  my  people.  Thus  wil  I 
 dwel  in  the  myddest  of  the,  (j  thou  shalt 
 knowe,  that  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  hath  sent 
 me  vnto  the.  The  LORDE  shall  haue  luda 
 in  possession  for  his  parte  in  the  holy  grounde, 
 (J  shal  chose  lerusalem  yet  agayne.  *  Let  all 
 flesh  be  still  before  the  LORDE,  for  he  is 
 rysen  out  of  his  holy  place. 
 
 Ci^t  iij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  he  shewed  me  lesua  f  hye  prest, 
 'stondinge  before  the  angel  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  Satan  stode  at  his  right  honde 
 to  resiste  him.  And  the  LORDE  sayde 
 vnto  Satan :  The  LORDE  reproue  the  (thou 
 Satan)  yee  the  LORDE  that  hath  chosen 
 lerusalem,  reproue  the.  Is  not  this  a  brande 
 take  out  of  the  fyre  ?  Now  lesua  was  clothed 
 in  vnclene  rayment,  and  stode  before  the 
 angel :  which  answered  5  sayde  vnto  those,  j;- 
 stode  before  him :  take  awaye  y  foule  clothes 
 from  him.  And  vnto  him  he  sayde :  Beholde, 
 I  haue  take  awaye  thy  synne  from  the,  5  wil 
 decke  the  with  chaunge  of  raymet.  He  sayde 
 morouer  :  set  a  fayre  myter  vpon  his  heade. 
 So  they  set  a  fayre  myter  vpon  his  heade,  (t 
 put  on  clothes  vpon  him,  and  the  angel  of  y 
 LORDE  stode  there.  Then  the  angel  of  the 
 LORDE  testified  vnto  lesua,  5  spake,  thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  Yf  thou  wilt 
 walke  in  my  wayes,  5  kepe  my  watch  :  thou 
 shalt  rule  my  house,  tt  kepe  my  courtes,  5  I 
 wil  geue  the  place  amoge  these  that  stonde 
 here.  Heare  o  lesua  thou  hye  prest,  thou  (t 
 thy  frendes  that  dwell  before  the,  for  they 
 are  woderous  people.  Beholde,  ''I  will  bringe 
 forth  the  braunch  of  my  seruaunt :  for  lo,  the 
 stone  that  I  haue  layed  before  lesua :  vpon 
 one  stone  shalbe  vij.  eyes.  Beholde,  I  will 
 hewe  him  out  (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes) 
 and  take  awaye  the  synne  of  that  londe  in  one 
 
 "  Exo.  25.  a.  Matt.  28.  c. 
 108.  a.  Matt.  4.  a.  lude  1.  b. 
 lere.  23.  a.   33.  c.      Esa.  28.  . 
 
 'Soph.  l.b.  'Psal. 
 
 ■I  Esa.  47.  a.  Zach.  6.  b. 
 1  Pet.  2.  a.     Esa.  .63.  a. 
 
 daye.  Then  shall  euery  man  call  for  his 
 neghboure,  vnder  the  vyne  (j  vnder  y  fyge  tre, 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 CI)t  lit).  Ci)apttr. 
 
 AND  y  angel  that  talked  with  me,  came 
 agayne,  a  waked  me  vp  (as  a  man  that 
 is  raysed  out  of  his  slepe)  (t  sayde  vnto  me  : 
 What  seist  thou  ?  And  I  sayde  :  I  haue  loked, 
 and  beholde  :  a  candelsticke  all  of  golde,  with 
 a  boll  vpon  it  5  his  vij.  lampes  therin,  'g  vpon 
 euery  lampe  vij.  stalkes :  And  ij.  olyue  trees 
 therby,  one  vpon  the  right  syde  of  the  boll,  j 
 the  other  vpon  the  left  syde.  So  I  answered,  j 
 spake  to  the  angel  y  talked  with  me,  sayenge : 
 O  my  lorde  what  are  these  ?  The  angel  that 
 talked  with  me,  answered  (j  sayde  vnto  me : 
 knowest  thou  not  what  these  be  ?  And  I 
 sayde :  No,  my  lorde.  He  answered,  (j  sayde 
 vnto  me:  This  is  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  Zorobabel,  sayenge  :  Nether  thorow  an 
 boost  of  men,  ner  thorow  stregth, '  but  thorow 
 my  sprete,  saieth  y  LO  RDE  of  hoostes.  What 
 art  thou  (thou  greate  mountayne)  before 
 Zorobabel  ?  thou  must  be  made  eauen.  *^And 
 he  shal  bringe  vp  the  first  stone,  so  that  men 
 shall  crie  vnto  him :  good  lucke,  good  lucke. 
 Morouer,  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge :  ''  The  hondes  of  Zorobabel 
 haue  layed  y  foundacion  of  this  house,  his 
 hondes  also  shal  fynishe  it:  that  ye  maye 
 knowe,  'how  that  the  LORDE  of  hoostes 
 hath  sent  me  vnto  you.  For  he  that  hath 
 bene  despysed  a  litle  season,  shal  reioyce,  whe 
 he  seyth  the  tynne  weight  in  Zorobabels  honde. 
 The  vij.  eyes  are  the  LORDES,  which  go 
 thorow  the  hole  worlde.  Then  answered  I,  5 
 sayde  vnto  him :  What  are  these  two  olyue 
 trees  vpon  the  right  and  left  syde  of  the  can- 
 dilsticke  ?  I  spake  morouer,  5  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  what  be  these  ij.  olyue  braunches  which 
 (thorow  y  two  golden  pipes)  emptie  them 
 selues  in  to  the  golde  ?  He  answered  me,  5 
 sayde :  knowest  thou  not,  what  these  be  ? 
 And  I  sayde :  No,  my  lorde.  Then  sayde 
 he .  These  are  the  two  olyue  braunches,  *that 
 stonde  before  the  ruler  of  the  whole  earth. 
 
 SO  I  turned  me  liftynge  vp  myne  eyes,  5 
 loked,  a  beholde,  a  flyenge  boke.     And 
 
 Apo.  11.  a. 
 
 /  Esa.  11.  a. 
 Deut.  18.  d. 
 
 f  Esa.  23.  c. 
 '  Apoc.  11.  a. 
 
fO,  iJCCCfall}. 
 
 €\)t  propftet  EarJ)arp. 
 
 Ci)ap,  bU 
 
 he  sayde  vnto  me :  what  seist  thou  ?  I  an- 
 swered :  I  se  a  flyenge  boke  of  xx.  cubites 
 longe  5  X.  cubites  brode.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  me  :  This  is  the  curse,  y  goeth  forth 
 ouer  the  whole  earth  :  For  all  theues  shalbe 
 iudged  after  this  boke,  j  all  swearers  shalbe 
 iudged  acordinge  to  the  same.  I  wil  bringe 
 it  forth  (saieth  the  LOIIDE  of  hoostes)  "so  y 
 it  shal  come  to  the  house  of  the  thefe,  d  to 
 the  house  of  him,  that  falsely  sweareth  by  my 
 name  :  (j  shal  remayne  in  his  house,  5  cosume 
 it,  with  the  tymbre  a  stones  therof.  The  the 
 angel  that  talked  with  me,  wente  forth,  a 
 sayde  vnto  me  :  lift  vp  thine  eyes  a  se,  what 
 this  is  y  goeth  forth.  And  I  sayde :  what  is 
 it  ?  He  answered :  this  is  a  measure  goinge 
 out.  He  sayde  morouer  :  Euen  thus  are  they 
 (y  dwell  vpon  the  whole  earth)  to  loke  vpon. 
 And  beholde,  there  was  lift  vp  a  talent  of 
 leade :  cE  lo,  a  woman  sat  in  the  myddest  of 
 the  measure.  And  he  sayde :  This  is  vngod- 
 lynesse.  So  he  cast  her  in  to  the  myddest  of 
 the  measure,  5  threwe  y  lompe  of  leade  vp  in 
 to  an  hole. 
 
 Then  lift  I  vp  rayne  eyes,  5  loked :  5  be- 
 holde, there  came  out  ij.  women,  (j  the  wynde 
 was  in  their  wynges  (for  they  had  wynges  like 
 the  wynges  of  a  Storke)  (j  they  lift  vp  the 
 measure  betwixte  the  earth  a  the  heauen. 
 Then  spake  I  to  the  angel,  y  talked  with  me  : 
 whyther  wil  these  beare  the  measure  ?  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  me  :  ■*  in  to  the  londe  of  Synear, 
 to  buylde  them  an  house :  which  when  it  is 
 prepared,  the  measure  shall  be  set  there  in 
 his  place. 
 
 Cijt  bi.  Cijapttr. 
 
 MOROUER  I  turned  me,  liftynge  vp 
 myne  eyes,  %  loked:  5  beholde,  there 
 came  iiij.  charettes  out  fro  betwixte  two  hilles, 
 which  hilles  were  of  brasse :  '  In  the  first 
 charetwere  reade  horse.  In  the  secode  charet 
 were  blacke  horse.  In  f  thirde  charet  were 
 whyte  horse.  In  f  fourth  charet  were  horses 
 of  dyuerse  colours,  a  stronge.  Then  spake  I, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  angel  that  talked  with  me  : 
 O  lorde,  what  are  these  ?  The  angel  answered, 
 a  sayde  vnto  me :  ''These  are  the  iiij.  wyndes 
 of  the  heauen,  which  be  come  forth  to  stode 
 before  the  ruler  of  all  y  earth.  That  with  the 
 blacke  horse  wente  in  to  the  londe  of  the 
 
 '  2  Thes.  2.  b.  Rom.  1.  d. 
 b.  Apo.  6.  a.      ''  lere.  4.  b. 
 
 ■  Gen.  10.  b.         '  Zach. 
 Zach.  3.  b.  Psal.l26.a. 
 
 north,  a  the  whyte  folowed  the,  and  the 
 sprekled  horses  wente  forth  towarde  the  south. 
 These  horses  were  very  stronge,  a  wente  out : 
 and  sought  to  go  and  take  their  iourney  ouer 
 the  whole  earth.  And  he  sayde :  get  you 
 hence,  and  go  thorow  the  worlde.  So  they 
 wete  thorow  out  the  worlde.  Then  cried  he 
 vpon  me,  and  spake  vnto  me,  sayenge :  Be- 
 holde, these  that  go  towarde  f  north,  shal 
 still  my  wrath  in  the  north  countre. 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Take  of  the  presoners  that  are 
 come  from  Babilon  :  namely,  Heldai,  Tobias 
 and  Idaia:  a  come  thou  the  same  daye,  and 
 go  in  to  the  house  of  losias  the  sonne  of 
 Sophony.  Then  take  golde  and  syluer,  and 
 make  crownes  therof,  and  set  them  vpon  the 
 heade  of  lesua  the  sonne  of  losedec,  the  hie 
 prest,  and  speake  vnto  him  :  Thus  saieth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes :  Beholde,  the  man  whose 
 name  is  the  braunch :  ^  a  he  that  shall  springe 
 vp  after  him,  shal  buylde  vp  the  temple  of 
 the  LORDE:  yee  euen  he  shall  buylde  vp 
 the  temple  of  the  LORDE.  ^  He  shal  beare 
 the  prayse,  he  shall  syt  vpon  the  LORDES 
 trone,  and  haue  the  dominacion. 
 
 "  A  prest  shall  he  be  also  vpon  his  trone,  a 
 a  peaceable  councell  shalbe  betwixte  them 
 both.  And  the  crownes  shal  be  in  the  temple 
 of  the  LORDE,  for  a  remembraunce  vnto 
 Helem,  Tobias,  Idaia  and  Hen  the  sonne  of 
 Sophony.  And  soch  as  be  farre  of,  shal  come 
 and  buylde  the  temple  of  the  LORDE  :  that 
 ye  maye  knowe,  how  that  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  hath  sent  me  vnto  you.  And  this 
 shal  come  to  passe,  yf  ye  wil  herken  diligently 
 vnto  the  voyce  of  the  LORDE  youre  God. 
 
 Ci)t  bi).  Ci^apter. 
 
 IT  happened  also  in  the  fourth  yeare  of 
 kynge  Darius,  that  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  came  vnto  Zachary  in  the  fourth 
 daye  of  the  ix.  moneth,  which  is  called  Casleu : 
 what  tyme  as  Sarasar  and  Rogomelech  and 
 the  men  that  were  with  them,  sent  vnto 
 Bethel  for  to  praye  before  f  LORDE :  and 
 that  they  shulde  saye  vnto  the  prestes,  which 
 were  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 and  to  the  prophetes  :  ''  Shulde  I  wepe  in  the 
 fyfte  moneth,  and  absteyne,  as  I  haue  done 
 now  certayne  yeares  ?     Then  came  the  worde 
 
 /  Apo.  4.  b.  5.  b. 
 
 e  Psal.  109.  a.  Heb.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
 *  4  Re.  25.  b. 
 
Cftap.  faiij. 
 
 Ef)t  propfttt  %art)ai-p. 
 
 #0.  ftcmr. 
 
 of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  vnto  me,  sayenge : 
 Speaks  vnto  all  the  people  of  the  londe,  and 
 to  the  prestes,  and  saye :  when  ye  fasted  and 
 mourned  "in  the  v  5  v\y  moneth  (now  this 
 Ixx.  yeares)  dyd  ye  fast  vnto  me  ?  When  ye 
 ate  also  and  dronke,  dyd  ye  not  eate  and 
 drinke  for  youre  owne  selues?  Are  not  these 
 the  wordes,  which  the  LORDE  spake  by  his 
 prophetes  afore  tyme,  when  Jerusalem  was 
 yet  inhabited  and  welthy,  she  and  the  cities 
 rounde  aboute  her:  when  there  dwelt  me. 
 both  towarde  the  south  and  in  the  playne 
 countrees  ? 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 Zachary,  sayenge :  Thus  saieth  y  LORDE 
 of  hoostes :  Execute  true  iudgment :  shewe 
 mercy  and  louynge  kyndnesse,  *  euery  man  to 
 his  brother :  Do  the  wyddowe,  the  fatherlesse, 
 the  straunger,  and  poore  no  wronge  :  and  let 
 no  man  ymagen  euell  agaynst  his  brother  in 
 his  hert.  'Neuertheles  they  wolde  not  take 
 hede,  but  turned  their  backes,  and  stopped 
 their  eares,  that  they  shulde  not  heare,  yee 
 they  made  their  hertes  as  an  Adamant  stone, 
 lest  they  shulde  heare  the  lawe  5  wordes, 
 ''  which  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  sent  in  his 
 holy  sprete  by  the  prophetes  afore  tyme. 
 
 Wherfore  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  was  very 
 wroth  at  them.  And  thus  is  it  come  to  passe, 
 'that  like  as  he  spake  and  they  wolde  not 
 heare :  euen  so  they  cried,  and  I  wolde  not 
 heare  (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  but 
 scatered  them  amonge  all  Gentiles,  whom 
 they  knewe  not.  Thus  the  londe  was  made 
 so  desolate,  y  there  traualed  no  man  in  it 
 nether  to  ner  fro,  for  that  pleasaunt  londe  was 
 vtterly  layed  waist. 
 
 Wift  btij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 SO  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes :  I  was  in  a  greate  gelousy  ouer  Sion, 
 yee  I  haue  bene  very  gelous  ouer  her  in  a 
 greate  displeasure,  thus  saieth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes :  I  wil  turne  me  agayne  vnto  Sion, 
 and  wil  dwel  in  the  myddest  of  Jerusalem : 
 so  that  Jerusalem  shalbe  called  a  faithfull  and 
 true  cite,  the  hiU  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes, 
 yee  an  holy  hill. 
 
 Thus    saieth    the    LORDE    of   hoostes : 
 
 Iere.41.a.  4  Re.  25.  d.  »  Zach.  8.  c.  Exo.22.  c. 
 
 Leui.  19.  g.  Iob24. a.  lere.  7.a.        'Iere.7.  c.        "i  2  Pet. 
 d.  <  lere.  11.  b.  /  Esa.  1.  d.         e  Mat.  19.  d. 
 
 There  shall  yet  olde  men  and  women  dwel 
 agayne  in  the  stretes  of  Jerusalem :  yee  and 
 soch  as  go  with  staues  in  their  hondes  for  very 
 age.  The  stretes  of  the  cite  also  shalbe  full 
 of  yonge  boyes  and  damselles,  playnge  vpon 
 the  stretes. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  yf 
 the  residue  of  this  people  thynke  it  to  be  vn- 
 possible  in  these  dayes,  shulde  it  therfore  be 
 vnpossible  in  my  sight,  '  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 of  hoostes  ?  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes:  Beholde,  J  wil  delyuer  my  people 
 from  the  londie  of  the  east  and  west,  and  wil 
 brynge  them  agayne  :  that  they  maye  dwel  at 
 Jerusalem.  *  They  shalbe  my  people,  and  J 
 will  be  their  God,  in  treuth  and  rightuous- 
 nesse.  Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes: 
 let  youre  hondes  be  stronge,  ye  that  now 
 heare  these  wordes  by  the  mouth  of  the  pro- 
 phetes, which  be  in  these  dayes  that  the 
 foundacion  is  layed  vpon  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  house,  that  the  temple  maye  be 
 buylded.  '  For  why  ?  before  these  dayes  ne- 
 ther men  ner  catel  coude  wynne  eny  thinge, 
 nether  might  eny  man  come  in  and  out  in 
 rest,  for  trouble:  but  J  let  euery  man  go 
 agaynst  his  neghboure. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  J  wil  now  intreate  the  resi- 
 due of  this  people  nomore,  as  afore  tyme 
 (saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  but  they 
 shalbe  a  sede  of  peace.  'The  vynyarde  shal 
 geue  hir  frute,  the  grounde  shal  geue  hir 
 increase,  and  the  heauens  shal  geue  their 
 dew :  and  J  shal  cause  the  remnaunt  of  this 
 people,  to  haue  all  these  in  possession.  And  C 
 it  shall  come  to  passe,  that  like  as  ye  were 
 a  curse  amonge  the  Heithen  (O  ye  house  of 
 Juda  and  ye  house  of  Jsrael)  Euen  so  wil  I 
 delyuer  you,  that  ye  shalbe  a  blessynge :  feare 
 not,  but  let  youre  hodes  be  stronge. 
 
 For  thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes : 
 like  as  I  deuysed  to  punysh  you,  what  tyme 
 as  youre  fathers  prouoked  me  vnto  wrath 
 (sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  and  spared 
 not :  Euen  so  am  J  determed  now  in  these 
 dayes,  for  to  do  wel  vnto  the  house  of  Juda 
 and  Jerusalem,  therfore  feare  ye  not.  Now 
 the  thinges  that  ye  shal  do,  are  these :  '  Speake 
 euery  man  the  treuth  vnto  his  neghboure, 
 execute  iudgment  truly  and  peaceably  within 
 
 *  lere.  3.  f.      Heb.  8.  c.     Apo.  21.  c.  '  Agg.  1.  a. 
 
 Agg.  2.  c.        '  Ephe.  4.  c.  Zaob.  7.  b.  Mala.  2.  b. 
 
 105 
 
jTo.  Xiut}:, 
 
 Wi)t  prophet  Zarftarp. 
 
 Cftap.  if. 
 
 youre  portes,  none  of  you  ymagyn  euell  in  his 
 hert  agaynst  his  neghboure,  and  loue  no  false 
 oothes :  for  all  these  are  the  thinges  that  I 
 hate,  sayeth  the  LORDE.  And  the  worde 
 of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  came  vnto  me, 
 sayenge  :  thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes: 
 The  fast  of  the  fourth  moneth,  the  fast  of  the 
 fifth,  the  fast  of  the  seuenth,  and  the  fast  of 
 the  tenth,  siial  be  ioye  and  gladnesse,  %  pros- 
 perous hye  feastes  vnto  the  house  of  luda : 
 Only,  loue  the  treuth  and  peace. 
 
 Thus  saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  There 
 shall  yet  come  people,  and  the  inhabiters  of 
 many  cities :  and  they  that  dwell  in  one  cite, 
 shal  go  to  another,  sayenge :  "  Vp,  let  vs  go, 
 and  praye  before  the  LORDE,  let  vs  seke  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes,  I  wil  go  with  you.  Yee 
 moch  people  and  mightie  Heithen  shal  come 
 and  seke  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  at  Jerusa- 
 lem, and  to  praye  before  the  LORDE.  Thus 
 saieth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes:  In  that  tyme 
 shal  ten  men  (out  of  all  maner  of  languages 
 of  the  Gentiles)  take  one  lewe  by  the  hemme 
 of  his  garment,  and  saye :  we  wil  go  with  you, 
 for  we  haue  herde,  that  God  is  amonge  you. 
 
 €i)t  ir.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THE  worde  of  the  LORDE  shalbe  re- 
 ceaued  at  Adrach,  %  Damascus  shal  be 
 his  offerynge :  for  the  eyes  of  all  me  and  of 
 the  trybes  of  Israel  shall  loke  vp  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  The  borders  of  Hemath  shal  be 
 harde  therby,  Tyrus  also  5  Sidon,  for  they  are 
 very  wise.  *  Tyrus  shal  make  hirself  stronge, 
 heape  vp  syluer  as  the  sonde,  and  golde  as  the 
 claye  of  the  stretes.  Beholde,  the  LORDE 
 shal  take  her  in,  and  haue  her  in  possession  : 
 he  shal  smyte  downe  hir  power  in  to  the  see," 
 and  she  shalbe  consumed  with  fyre.  This 
 shal  Ascalon  se,  and  be  afrayed.  Gaza  shalbe 
 very  sory,  so  shal  Accaron  also,  ''because  hir 
 hope  is  come  to  confucion.  For  the  kinge  of 
 Gaza  shall  perish,  and  at  Ascalon  shal  no  man 
 dwel. 
 
 Straugers  shall  dwel  at  Aszdod,  5  as  for  f 
 pryde  of  f  Philistynes,  I  shal  rote  it  out. 
 Their  bloude  will  I  take  awaye  from  their 
 mouth,  '  and  their  abhominacios  from  amonge 
 their  teth.  Thus  they  shal  be  left  for  oure 
 God,  yee  they  shalbe  as  a  piynce  in  luda,  5 
 
 «  Ksa.  2.  a.    Psal.  121.a.     lere.  31.  a.  >>  loe\  S.  a, 
 
 '  Exo.  14.  c.  ■*  lere.  47.  a.  Amos  1.  b.  '  Act.  15.  d, 
 1  Cor.  8.  a.  10.  c.        rEsa.  62.  c.    Matt.  21.  a.    loli.  12.  b. 
 
 Accaron  like  as  lebusi.  And  so  will  I  com^ 
 pase  my  house  rounde  aboute  with  my  men  of 
 warre,  goinge  to  and  fro :  that  no  oppressoure 
 come  vpon  them  eny  more.  For  that  haue  I 
 sene  now  with  myne  eyes. 
 
 Reioyce  thou  greatly,  o  doughter  Sion :  be 
 glad,  o  doughter  lerusalem.  •'^For  lo,  thy 
 kinge  commeth  vnto  the,  euen  the  rightuous 
 and  Sauioure  :  Lowly  and  symple  is  he,  he 
 rydeth  vpon  an  asse,  and  vpo  the  foale  of  an 
 asse.  I  wil  rote  out  the  charettes  fro  Ephraim, 
 5  the  horse  from  lerusalem,  the  batel  bowes 
 shal  be  destroyed.  He  shall  geue  the  doctryne 
 of  peace  vnto  the  Heithen,  ^and  his  dominion 
 shalbe  from  the  one  see  to  the  other,  5  from 
 the  floudes  to  the  endes  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Thou  also  thorow  the  bloude  of  thy  coue- 
 naunt :  *  shalt  let  thy  presoners  out  of  the 
 pytte,  wherin  is  no  water.  Turne  you  now 
 to  the  stronge  holde,  'ye  that  be  in  preson,  3 
 longe  sore  to  be  delyuered :  And  this  daye  I 
 bringe  the  worde,  that  I  wil  rewarde  the 
 dubble  agayne.  For  luda  haue  I  bent  out  as 
 a  bowe  for  me,  and  Ephraim  haue  I  fylled. 
 
 Thy  sonnes  (o  Sio)  wil  I  rayse  vp  agaynst 
 the  Grekes,  and  make  the  as  a  giauntes 
 swearde:  the  LORDE  God  shalbe  sene 
 aboue  the,  and  his  dartes  shall  go  forth  as  the 
 lightenynge.  The  LORDE  God  shall  blowe 
 the  trompet,  and  shal  come  forth  as  a  storme 
 out  of  the  south. 
 
 "*  The  LORDE  of  hoostes  shall  defends 
 the,  they  shall  consume  and  deuoure,  and 
 subdue  them  with  slynge  stones.  They  shal 
 drynke  d  rage,  as  it  were  thorow  wyne.  They 
 shalbe  fylled  like  f  basens,  5  as  y  homes  of  y 
 aulter.  The  LORDE  their  God  shal  delyuer 
 the  in  y  daye,  as  the  flock  off'  his  people :  for 
 the  stones  off  his  Sanctuary  shalbe  set  vp  in 
 his  lade.  O  how  prosperous  and  goodly  a 
 thynge  shall  that  be  ?  The  come  shall  make 
 the  yonge  men  chearefull,  and  the  new  wyne 
 the  maydens. 
 
 €^£  y.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 PRAYE  the  LORDE  then  by  tymes  to 
 geue  you  the  latter  rayne,  so  shall  the 
 LORDE  make  cloudes,  'and  geue  you  rayne 
 ynough  for  all  the  inereace  off'  the  felde :  For 
 vayne  is  the  answere  of  Idols.     The  soyth- 
 
 f  Psal.  71.  b.  "  Esa.  42.  a.  Apo.  9.  a. 
 
 '  Zach.  2.  a.  Ecci.  47.  a.  1  Re.  17.  f. 
 
 '  Rom.  8.  c. 
 Deu.  28.  c. 
 
iCijap.  ru 
 
 Ci)e  piopftet  Zarijarp. 
 
 #0.  limvi. 
 
 sayers  se  lyes,  and  tell  but  vayne  dreames: 
 the  comforth  that  they  geue,  is  nothynge  worth. 
 Therfore  go  they  astraye  like  a  flocke  of  shepe, 
 ad  are  troubled,  because  they  haue  no  shep- 
 herde.  "  My  wrothfull  displeasure  is  moued 
 at  the  shepherdes,  and  I  will  vyset  the  goates. 
 For  the  LORDE  of  hoostes  wil  graciously 
 vyset  his  flocke  (the  house  of  luda)  and  holde 
 them  as  a  goodly  fayre  horse  in  the  batell. 
 Out  of  luda  shal  come  the  helmet,  the  nale, 
 the  batelbowe,  and  all  the  princes  together. 
 They  shalbe  as  the  giauntes,  which  in  the 
 batell  treade  downe  the  myre  vpon  f  stretes. 
 They  shal  fight,  for  f  LORDE  shalbe  with 
 them,  so  that  the  horsmen  shalbe  confounded. 
 I  wil  coforte  the  house  of  luda,  and  pre- 
 serue  the  house  of  Joseph.  I  wil  turne  them 
 also,  for  I  pytie  them :  and  they  shal  be  like 
 as  they  were,  when  I  had  not  cast  them  of. 
 For  I  the  LORDE  am  their  God,  and  wil 
 heare  them.  Ephraim  shalbe  as  a  giaunt, 
 and  their  herte  shalbe  cherefull  as  thorow 
 wjTie :  Yee  their  children  shal  se  it,  and  be 
 glad,  and  their  herte  shal  reioyce  in  the 
 LORDE.  I  wil  blowe  for  them  5  gather 
 them  together,  for  I  wil  redeme  them.  They 
 shall  increace,  as  they  increased  afore.  I  wil 
 sowe  the  amonge  the  people,  y  they  maye 
 thinke  vpo  me  in  farre  countrees :  they  shal 
 lyue  with  their  ehildre,  and  turne  agayne 
 I  wil  bringe  them  agayne  also  from  the  londe 
 of  Egipte,  and  gather  them  out  of  Assiria.  I 
 wil  carye  them  in  to  f  londe  of  Galaad  and 
 to  Libanus,  and  they  shal  wante  nothynge. 
 He  shall  go  vpon  the  see  of  trouble,  and 
 smyte  the  see  wawes :  so  y  all  the  depe 
 floudes  shalbe  dryed  vp.  The  proude  boost- 
 inge  '  of  Assur  shalbe  cast  downe,  and  the 
 scepter  off  Egipte  shall  be  taken  awaye.  I 
 will  comforte  them  in  the  LORDE,  that  they 
 maye  walke  in  his  name,  saieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wi)t  yi.  C!)apttr. 
 
 OPEN  thy  dores  (o  Libanus)  that  the 
 fyre  maye  consume  thy  Cedre  trees. 
 Howie  ye  Fyrre  trees,  for  the  Cedre  is  falle, 
 yee  all  y  proude  are  waisted  awaye.  Howie 
 (o  ye  oke  trees  of  Baasan)  for  f  mightie 
 stronge  wod  is  cut  downe.  Men  maye  heare  the 
 shepherdes  moume,  for  their  glory  is  destroyed. 
 Me  maye  heare  the  lyons  whelpes  roare,  for 
 the  pryde  off  lordane  is  waisted  awaye. 
 
 ■■  Eze.  13.  a.        »  Esa.  22.  d.  Gen.  49.  b. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE  my  God:  Fede 
 the  shepe  of  y  slaughter,  which  shalbe  slayne 
 of  those  that  possesse  them :  yet  they  take  it 
 for  no  synne,  but  they  y  sell  the,  saye :  The 
 LORDE  be  thanked,  I  am  rich :  Yee  their 
 owne  shepherdes  spare  them  not.  Therfore 
 wil  I  nomore  spare  those  that  dwell  in  the 
 londe  (sayeth  the  LORDE)  but  lo,  I  will 
 delyuer  the  people,  euery  man  in  to  his  negh- 
 bours  honde,  and  in  to  the  hode  of  his  kynge : 
 that  they  maye  smyte  the  londe,  and  out  off 
 their  hondes  wil  not  I  delyuer  them. 
 
 I  myself  fedde  f  slaughter  shepe  (a  poore 
 flocke  verely)  ad  toke  vnto  me  two  staues : 
 the  one  I  called  louynge  mekenesse,  the  other 
 I  called  wo,  and  so  I  kepte  the  shepe.  Thre 
 shepherdes  destroyed  I  in  one  moneth,  for  I 
 might  not  awaye  with  them,  nether  had  they 
 eny  delyte  in  me.  Then  sayde  I :  I  will  fede 
 you  nomore,  ''the  thinge  that  dyeth,  let  it  dye  : 
 and  that  wil  perishe,  let  it  perish,  5  let  the 
 renaunt  eate,  euery  one  the  flesh  of  his  negh- 
 boure.  I  toke  also  my  louynge  meke  staff,  iid 
 brake  it,  that  I  might  disanuU  the  conuenaunt. 
 which  I  made  with  all  people,  And  so  it  was 
 broken  in  that  daye. 
 
 Then  the  poore  symple  shepe  that  had  a 
 respecte  vnto  me,  knewe  therby,  that  it  was 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE.  And  I  sayde 
 vnto  them :  yff  ye  thynke  it  good,  brynge 
 hither  my  pryce :  yf  no,  then  leaue.  So  they 
 wayed  downe  xxx.  syluer  pens,  f  value  that  I 
 was  prysed  at.  '  And  the  LORDE  saydi 
 vnto  me :  cast  it  vnto  the  potter  (a  goodly 
 pryce  for  me  to  be  valued  at  of  them)  and  I 
 toke  the  xxx.  syluer  pens,  and  cast  them  to 
 the  potter  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 I  Then  brake  I  my  other  staff  also  (namely 
 wo)  that  I  might  lowse  the  brotherheade  be- 
 twixte  luda  and  Israel.  And  the  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  me :  Take  to  the  also  the  staff  off" 
 a  foolish  shepherde :  for  lo,  I  will  rayse  vp  a 
 shepherde  in  the  londe,  which  shall  not  seke 
 after  the  thinges  that  be  lost,  ner  care  for 
 soch  as  go  astraye :  he  shall  not  heale  the 
 wounded,  he  shal  not  norish  the  thinge  that  is 
 whole  :  but  he  shall  eate  the  flesh  off"  soch  as 
 be  fat,  and  teare  their  clawes  in  peces. 
 
 O  Idols  shepherde,  that  ieaueth  the  flocke. 
 The  swerde  shal  come  vpon  his  arme  and 
 vpon  his  right  eye.  His  arme  shalbe  clene 
 dried  vp,  and  his  right  eye  shalbe  sore  blynded. 
 
 '  Esa.  10.  a.  Eze.  29.         ''  Apo.  22.  c.         '  Matt.  27.  a. 
 
 c 
 
jTo.  tittmh 
 
 €i)t  propljet  Earftarp, 
 
 Cftap,  )fij. 
 
 «!El)t  vij-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 The   heuy  burthen   which  the  LORDE  hath 
 
 deuysed  lor  Israel. 
 
 THUS  saieth  the  LORDE,  which  spred 
 the  heaues  abrode,  "layde  the  founda- 
 cion  of  the  earth,  and  geueth  man  f  breath 
 of  life :  Beholde,  I  will  make  lerusalem  a 
 ciippe  of  surfet,  vnto  all  the  people  y  are 
 rounde  aboute  her:  'Yee  luda  himself  also 
 shalbe  in  the  sege  agaynst  lerusalem.  At 
 the  same  tyme  will  I  make  lerusalem  an  heuy 
 stone  for  all  people,  so  that  all  soch  as  lift  it 
 vp,  shalbe  toarne  and  rete,  and  all  the  people 
 of  the  earth  shalbe  gathered  together  agaynst  it, 
 In  that  daye  (sayeth  y  LORDE)  I  wi] 
 make  all  horses  abasshed,  and  those  that  ryde 
 vpon  them,  to  be  out  of  their  wyttes.  I  will 
 open  myne  eyes  vpon  the  house  of  luda,  ad 
 smyte  all  the  horses  of  the  people  with  blynd- 
 nesse.  And  the  prynces  of  luda  shall  saye  in 
 their  hertes :  The  inhabiters  off  lerusalem 
 shall  geue  me  consolacion  in  the  LORDE  off 
 hoostes  their  God.  '^In  that  tyme  will  I  make 
 the  prynces  of  luda  like  an  bote  burnynge 
 ouen  with  wodd,  and  like  a  cresshet  off  fyre 
 amonge  the  strawe :  so  that  they  shal  cosume 
 all  the  people  roude  aboute  them,  both  vpon 
 the  right  honde  and  the  left.  lerusale  also 
 shalbe  inhabited  agayne :  namely,  in  the  same 
 place  where  lerusalem  stondeth. 
 
 The  LORDE  shall  preserue  the  tentes  off 
 luda  like  as  afore  tyme :  so  that  the  glory  of 
 the  house  of  Dauid  and  the  glory  of  the  cyte- 
 syns  of  lerusalem,  shalbe  but  litle  regarded, 
 in  comparison  off  the  glory  off  luda.  In  that 
 daye  shall  the  LORDE  defende  the  citesyns 
 of  lerusalem :  so  that  the  weakest  then  amonge 
 them  shalbe  as  Dauid:  ''and  the  house  of 
 Dauid  shalbe  like  as  Gods  house,  and  as  the 
 angell  off  the  LORDE  before  them. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  will  I  go  aboute  to  de- 
 stroye  all  soch  people  as  come  agaynst  leru- 
 alem.  ''Morouer,  vpon  the  house  off  Dauid 
 and  vpon  the  citesyns  off  lerusalem,  will  I 
 poure  out  the  sprete  of  grace  and  prayer:  'so 
 that  they  shal  loke  vpon  me,  whom  they  haue 
 pearsed:  and  they  shall  bewepe  him,  as  men 
 mourne  for  their  only  begotten  sonne :  Yee 
 and  be  sory  for  him,  as  men  are  sory  for  their 
 first  childe. 
 
 •  Esa.  40.  c.  44.  e.  45.  b.     Gen.  2.  b.  »  Zac.  14.  c. 
 
 'Abd.  l.d.    Amos  1.  a.        "•  1  Re.  17.  f.       '  Eze.  36.  d. 
 loel  2.  f.    Act.  2.  b.  /  loh.  19.  d.  t  Luc.  23.  c. 
 
 «Then  shall  there  be  a  greate  mournynge 
 at  lerusalem,  like  as  the  lamentacion  at  A- 
 dremnon  in  the  felde  off  Maggadon.  ''And 
 the  londe  shall  bewayle,  euery  kynred  by  the 
 selues :  The  kynred  off  the  house  of  Dauid 
 them  selues  alone,  and  their  wyues  by  them 
 selues :  '  The  kynred  off  the  house  of  Nathan 
 them  selues  alone,  and  their  wyues  by  them 
 selues  :  The  kynred  off  the  house  of  Leui  the 
 selues  alone,  and  their  wiues  by  them  selues : 
 The  kynred  of  the  house  of  Semei  them  selues 
 alone,  and  their  wyues  by  them  selues :  In  like 
 maner,  all  the  other  generacios,  euerychone 
 by  them  selues  alone,  and  their  wyues  by  them 
 selues. 
 
 Ei)c  yii).  €ifapUv. 
 
 IN  that  tyme  shall  the  house  off  Dauid  and 
 the  citesyns  off  lerusalem  haue  an  open 
 well,  'to  wash  of  synne  and  vnclennesse. 
 And  then  (sayeth  the  LORDE  off  hoostes) 
 I  will  destroye  the  names  of  Idols  out  off  the 
 londe:  'so  that  they  shal  nomore  be  put  in 
 remembraunce. 
 
 "As  for  the  false  prophetes  also  and  the 
 vn  clene  sprete,  I  shall  take  them  out  of  the 
 londe :  So  that  yf  eny  off  them  prophecy  eny 
 more,  his  owne  father  and  mother  that  begat 
 him,  shall  saye  vnto  him :  "  Thou  shalt  dye, 
 for  thou  speakest  lyes  vnder  the  name  off  the 
 LORDE :  Yee  his  owne  father  and  mother 
 that  begat  him,  shall  wounde  him,  when  he 
 prophecyeth.  And  then  shall  those  prophetes 
 be  confounded,  euery  one  off  his  vision  when 
 he  prophecieth :  nether  shall  they  weere  sack 
 clothes  eny  more,  to  disceaue  me  with  all. 
 But  he  shall  be  fayne  to  saye  :  I  am  no 
 prophet :  I  am  an  husbonde  man,  for  so  am 
 I  taught  by  Adam  fro  my  youth  vp.'  And 
 yff  it  be  sayde  vnto  him :  How  came  these 
 woundes  then  in  thine  hondes?  He  shall 
 answere :  Thus  am  I  wounded  in  the  house  oS 
 myne  owne  frendes. 
 
 Arise  (o  thou  swearde)  vpon  my  shepherde, 
 and  vpon  the  prynce  of  my  people,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  of  hoostes:  Smyte  the  shepherde 
 and  the  shepe  shalbe  scatred  abrode,  and  so 
 will  I  turne  myne  honde  to  the  litle  ones. 
 And  itshal  come  to  passe  (sayeth  the  LORDE) 
 that  in  all  the  londe  two  partes  shalbe  rotedout, 
 
 ''  2  Par.  35.  e.  '  2  Re.  12.  a.  *  Eze.47.  a.  Zach.  14.  b. 
 Ioh.l9.d.  'Esa.a.c.  Eze.30.c.  "Iere.l4.c.  "Deu.13.  b. 
 "  Amos  7.  c.       f  Gen.  3.  d.       i  Matt.  26.  e.    Mar.  14.  d. 
 
Cfeap.  viiih 
 
 Wl)t  propftet  %ad)arp» 
 
 jTo.  ircrrjriij. 
 
 "butthethirde  parte  shalremaynetherin.  And 
 the  same  thirde  parte  *wil  I  brynge  thorovv  the 
 fyre,  and  will  dense  them,  as  the  syluer  is  clens- 
 ed :  Yee  and  trye  them,  like  as  golde  is  tryed. 
 Then  shall  they  call  vpon  my  name,  and  I 
 wil  heare  them  :  I  will  saye  :  it  is  my  people. 
 And  they  shal  saye:  LORDE,  my  God. 
 
 Wi)e  jriiij.  Chapter. 
 
 BEHOLDE,  the  daye  of  the  LORDE 
 Cometh,  that  thou  shalt  be  spoyled  and 
 robbed :  for  I  wil  gather  together  all  the 
 Heithen,  to  fight  agaynst  lerusalem :  so  that 
 the  cite  shalbe  wonne,  the  houses  spoyled,  and 
 the  women  defyled.  The  half  of  the  cite  shal 
 go  awaye  in  to  captiuyte,  and  the  residue  of 
 the  people  shal  not  be  caried  out  of  the  cite. 
 
 After  that  shall  the  LORDE  go  forth  to 
 fight  agaynst  those  Heithen,  as  men  vse  to 
 fight  in  the  daye  of  batell.  The  shall  his  fete 
 stode  vpo  the  mount  oliuete,  that  lieth  vpon 
 the  east  syde  of  lerusale.  And  y  mount  oly- 
 uete  shal  cleue  in  two,  eastwarde,  (t  westwarde 
 so  y  there  shal  be  a  greate  valley :  (j  the  halfF 
 mount  shal  remoue  towarde  the  north,  and 
 the  other  half  towarde  the  south. 
 
 And  ye  shall  fie  vnto  the  valley  of  my  hilles, 
 for  the  valley  off  the  hylles  shal  reach  vnto 
 Asal.  'Yee  fie  shall  ye,  like  as  ye  fled  for 
 the  earthquake  in  the  dayes  off  Osias  kynge  of 
 luda.  And  the  LORDE  my  God  shal  come, 
 and  all  sanctes  with  him.  ''In  that  daye  shal 
 it  not  be  light,  but  colde  and  frost.  This 
 shalbe  that  specyall  daye,  which  is  knowne 
 vnto  the  LORDE :  nether  daye  ner  night, 
 but  aboute  the  euenynge  tyntne  it  shal  be  light. 
 '  In  that  tyme  shall  there  waters  of  life  runne 
 out  from  lerusalem  :  the  half  parte  of  them 
 towarde  the  east  see,  ad  the  other  half  towarde 
 the  vttemost  see,  and  shall  continue  both 
 somer  and  wynter.  •'And  the  LORDE  him- 
 self shalbe  kynge  ouer  all  the  earth. 
 
 At  that  tyme  shal  there  be  one  LORDE 
 only,  and  his  name  shalbe  but  one.  Men  shal 
 go  aboute  the  whole  earth,  as  vpon  a  felde : 
 from  Gibea  to  Remmon,  and  from  y  south  to 
 lerusalem.  *She  shalbe  set  vp,  and  inha- 
 bited in  hir  place  :    From  Ben  lamins  porte, 
 
 -  Amos  9.  b.  '  lob  23.  a.    Esa.  43.  a.     Psal.  16.  a. 
 
 25.  a.  65.  b.    iPet.  l.b.    Pro.  17.  a.    Sap.  3. a.    Eccli.  2.  a. 
 '  Amos  1.  a.      ■*  Matt.  24.  c.      'Zacb.  13.a.    Apoc.  22.  a. 
 
 vnto  the  place  of  the  first  porte,  ''and  vnto  y 
 corner  porte  :  and  from  the  tower  of  Hanael, 
 vnto  the  kynges  wyne  presses.  There  shall 
 men  dwell,  and  there  shal  be  nomore  cursinge, 
 but  lerusalem  shalbe  safely  inhabited. 
 
 This  shalbe  the  plage,  wherwith  y-  LORDE 
 wil  smyte  all  people,  that  haue  fought  agaynst 
 lerusalem  :  Namely,  their  flesh  shall  consume 
 awaye,  though  they  stonde  vpon  their  fete : 
 their  eyes  shall  corruppe  in  their  holes,  and 
 their  tunge  shal  consume  in  their  mouth. 
 
 In  that  daye  shall  the  LORDE  make  a 
 greate  sedicion  amoge  them,  so  that  one  ma 
 shal  take  another  by  the  honde,  and  laye  his 
 hondes  vpon  the  hondes  of  his  neghboure. 
 '  luda  shal  fight  also  agaynst  lerusalem,  ad 
 the  goodes  of  all  the  Heithen  shalbe  gathered 
 together  rounde  aboute :  golde  and  syluer  and 
 a  very  greate  multitude  off  clothes.  And 
 shal  this  plage  go  ouer  horses,  mules,  camels, 
 asses  and  all  the  beastes  that  shall  be  in  the 
 hooste,  like  as  yonder  plage  was. 
 
 Euery  one  that  remayneth  then  of  all  f 
 people,  which  came  agaynst  lerusalem,  shal 
 go  vp  yearly,  to  worshipe  the  kynge  (euen  y 
 LORDE  of  hoostes)  *and  to  kepe  the  feast 
 off  tabernacles.  And  loke  what  generacion 
 vpon  earth  goeth  not  vp  to  lerusalem,  for  to 
 worshipe  the  kynge  (euen  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes)  vpon  the  same  shal  come  no  rayne. 
 Yff  the  kynred  of  Egipte  go  not  vp  5  come 
 not,  it  shall  not  rayne  vpon  them  nether. 
 
 This  shalbe  the  plage  wherwith  f  LORDE 
 wil  smyte  all  Heithen,  that  come  not  vp  to 
 kepe  the  feast  of  tabernacles :  Yee  this  shalbe 
 the  synneplage  of  Egipte  and  the  synneplage 
 of  all  people,  that  go  not  vp  to  kepe  the  feast 
 of  tabernacles. 
 
 At  that  tyme  shal  the  rydinge  geer  of  f 
 horses  be  holy  vnto  the  LORDE,  and  the 
 kettels  in  the  LORDES  house  shal  be  like 
 the  basens  before  the  aulter :  yee  all  the 
 kettels  in  lerusalem  and  luda,  shalbe  holy 
 vnto  the  LORDE  of  hoostes :  and  all  they 
 that  slaye  offeringes,  shall  come  and  take  of 
 them,  and  dight  them  therin.  And  at  that 
 tyme  there  shal  be  no  mo  Cananites  in  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 /Abd.  l.d.      slere.  31.f.      *  3  Esd.  3.  a.      'Zach.l2.a. 
 'Nu.  29.  b.     Leui.23.  f.    3  Esd.  5.  e.    2  Mac.  l.b. 
 
 Wl)t  mtit  off  t\)t  propftct  Earftarp. 
 
^1)t  ^ropljrt  iWalarijp. 
 
 ©aaftat  iHalacijp  foittepmtl). 
 
 C^ap.  I. 
 
 The  benefites  of  God,  shewed  specially  vnto 
 Israel  before  all  other :  Agayne,  the  punysh- 
 ment  of  the  vnthanfulnesse,  vnfaithfulnesse  and 
 covetousnesse  of  the  prestes  and  the  people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 He  threatneth  punyshment  and  confucion  vnto 
 
 the  prestes,  and  commaundeth  men  to  loue 
 their  wyues. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 
 Of  Christes  coramynge,  and  of  him  that  maketh 
 redy  his  vvaye  before  him.  Off  the  abrogacion 
 of  the  olde  leuiticall  prestheade.  Of  the 
 power  of  the  iudge  for  to  come  and  of  that 
 fearfull  daye. 
 
 Ci)e  firat  Cfjapttr. 
 
 The  heuy  burthen  which  the  LORDE  sheweth 
 agaynst  Israel  by  Malachy. 
 
 IHAUEloued  you,  sayeth  f  LORDE:  ad 
 yet  ye  saye :  wherin  hast  thou  loued  vs  ? 
 Was  not  Esau  lacobs  brother,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE  ?  yet  haue  I  loued  Jacob,  and  hated 
 Esau :  "  Yee  I  haue  made  his  hilles  waist,  and 
 his  heretage  a  wyldernesse  for  dragos.  And 
 though  Edom  sayde  :  well,  we  are  destroyed, 
 we  wil  go  buylde  vp  agayne  the  places  that 
 be  waisted :  yet  (sayeth  f  LORDE  of  hoostes) 
 what  they  buylded,  that  brake  I  downe  :  *  so 
 that  it  was  called  a  cursed  londe,  and  a  people, 
 whom  the  LORDE  hath  euer  bene  atigrie 
 withall. 
 
 Youre  eyes  haue  sene  it,  ad  ye  youre  selues 
 must  confesse,  that  f  LORDE  hath  brought 
 the  londe  of  Israel  to  greate  honoure.  Shidde 
 not  a  Sonne  honoure  his  father,  and  a  seruaiit 
 his  master?  Yf  I  be  now  a  father,  where  is 
 myne  honoure  ?  'yf  I  be  the  LORDE,  where 
 am  I  feared?  sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 •  Gen.  25.  c.  Ro.  9.  b.  losu.  24.  a.  Gen.  36.  a.         '  Abd. 
 1.  a.  '  Exo.  20.  a.  Deu.  32.  a. 
 
 Now  to  you  prestes,  that  despise  my  name. 
 And  yf  ye  saye :  wherin  haue  we  despised  thy 
 name  ?  In  this,  that  ye  oiFre  vnclene  bred 
 vpo  myne  aulter.  And  yf  ye  wil  saye  :  wherin 
 haue  we  offred  eny  vnclene  thynge  vnto  the  ? 
 In  this  that  ye  saye :  the  aulter  of  the  LORDE 
 is  not  to  be  regarded.  Yf  ye  offre  ;y-  blynde, 
 is  not  y  euell  ?  ''And  yf  ye  oiFre  the  lame 
 and  sick,  is  not  that  euell  ?  Yee  offre  it  vnto 
 thy  prynce,  shal  he  be  cotent  with  the,  or 
 accepts  thy  personne,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  ? 
 
 And  now  make  youre  prayer  before  God, 
 that  he  maye  haue  mercy  vpon  vs:  for  soch 
 thinges  haue  ye  done.  Shal  he  regarde  youre 
 personnes  (thynke  ye)  sayeth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes  ?  Yee  what  is  he  amonge  you,  that 
 wil  do  so  moch  as  to  shut  f  dores,  or  to  kyndle 
 f  fyre  vpo  myne  aulter  for  naught  ?  I  haue 
 no  pleasure  in  you,  sayeth  the  LORDE  ofi^ 
 hoostes :  and  as  for  the  meatofferinge,  '  I  wil 
 not  accepte  it  at  youre  honde.  '  For  from 
 the  rysinge  vp  of  f  sonne  vnto  y  goinge  downe 
 of  the  same,  my  name  is  greate  amonge  the 
 
 ■f  Leu.  22.  c.     Eze.  43. 
 
 Esa.  1.  b.       /Psal.  112.a. 
 
Clbap»  ii]. 
 
 €f)t  projpbct  iWalafftp. 
 
 ffo,  licayb. 
 
 Gentiles :  Yee  in  euery  place  shal  there  sacri- 
 fice be  done,  and  a  clene  meatofFeringe  offred 
 vp  vnto  my  name:  for  my  name  is  greate 
 amonge  the  Heithe,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes.  But  ye  haue  vnhalowed  it,  in  that 
 ye  saye,  the  aulter  of  ;^  LORDE  is  not  to  be 
 regarded,  and  the  thinge  that  is  set  thervpon, 
 not  worthy  to  be  eaten. 
 
 Now  saye  ye :  It  is  but  laboure  and  trauayle, 
 and  thus  haue  ye  thought  scorne  at  it,  (sayeth 
 the  LORDE  off  hoostes)  ofFerynge  robbery, 
 yee  the  lame  and  the  sicke.  Ye  haue  brought 
 me  in  a  meatofferynge,  shulde  I  accepte  it  of 
 youre  honde,  sayeth  the  LORDE?  Cursed 
 be  the  dyssembler,  which  hath  in  his  flocke 
 one  that  is  male,  and  when  he  maketh  a  vowe, 
 offereth  a  spotted  one  vnto  the  LORDE.  For 
 I  am  a  greate  kynge  (sayeth  the  LORDE  of 
 hoostes)  and  my  name  is  fearfull  amonge  the 
 Heithen. 
 
 Wt)t  i].  Cljaptei'. 
 
 AND  now  (o  ye  prestes)  this  commaunde- 
 ment  toucheth  you :  yf  ye  will  not 
 heare  it,  ner  regarde  it,  to  geue  the  glory 
 vnto  my  name  (sayeth  the  LORDE  off 
 hoostes)  "  I  wil  sende  a  curse  vpon  you,  ij  will 
 curse  youre  blessinges :  yee  curse  them  will  I 
 yf  ye  do  not  take  hede.  Beholde,  I  shal 
 corruppe  youre  sede,  and  cast  donge  in  youre 
 faces:  euen  the  donge  of  youre  solempne 
 feastes,  and  it  shal  cleue  fast  vpon  you.  And 
 ye  shall  knowe,  that  I  haue  sent  this  com- 
 maundement  vnto  you :  that  my  couenaunt 
 which  I  made  with  Leui,  might  stonde,  sayeth 
 f  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 I  made  a  couenaunt  of  life  and  peace  with 
 him :  this  I  gaue  him,  that  he  might  stonde 
 in  awe  of  me :  and  so  he  dyd  feare  me,  ad 
 had  my  name  in  reuerence.  The  lawe  of 
 treuth  was  in  his  mouth,  and  there  was  no 
 wickednesse  founde  in  his  lippes.  He  walked 
 with  me  in  peace  ad  equyte,  *  and  dyd  turne 
 many  one  awaye  from  their  synnes.  For  the 
 prestes  lippes  shulde  be  sure  knowlege,  that 
 men  maye  seke  the  lawe  at  his  mouth,  for  he 
 is  a  messaunger  of  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 But  as  for  you,  ye  are  gone  clene  out  off  the 
 waye,  and  haue  caused  the  multitude  to  be 
 offended  at  the  lawe :   "  ye  haue  broken  the 
 
 »  Deu.  28.  b.  »  Num.  25.  c.  'Deu.  j3.b. 
 
 ''Ephe.  4.  a.   Zac.7.  b.  8.  c.        '  1  Esd.  9.  a.   Leui.  2 I.e. 
 *  The  one.      This  the  interpreters  reke  to  be  spoken  of 
 
 couenaunt  of  Leui,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of! 
 hoostes.  Therfore  wil  I  also  make  you  to  be 
 despised,  and  to  be  of  no  reputacion  amonge  i 
 all  y  people  :  because  ye  haue  not  kepte  my  j 
 wayes,  but  bene  parciall  in  the  lawe.  | 
 
 ''Haue  we  not  all  one  father?  Hath  not  one 
 God  made  vs  ?  why  doth  euery  one  off  vs 
 then  despyse  his  owne  brother,  and  so  breake 
 the  couenaunt  of  oure  fathers?  Now  hath 
 luda  offended :  yee  the  abhominacion  is  done 
 in  Israel  and  in  lerusale,  for  "  luda  hath  de- 
 fyled  the  Sactuary  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 he  loued,  and  hath  kepte  the  doughter  of  a 
 straunge  God.  But  the  LORDE  shal  destroye 
 the  ma  that  doth  this  (yee  both  the  master  5 
 the  scolar)  out  off  the  tabernacle  of  lacob, 
 with  him  that  oflfreth  vp  meatofferynge  vnto 
 the  LORDE  off  hoostes.  Now  haue  ye 
 brought  it  to  this  poynte  agayne,  that  the 
 aulter  of  the  LORDE  is  couered  with  teares, 
 wepynge  and  mournynge :  so  that  I  will  no- 
 more  regarde  the  meatofferynge,  nether  wil  I 
 receaue  or  accepte  eny  thinge  at  youre  hodes. 
 
 And  yet  ye  saye:  wherfore?  Euen  because 
 that  where  as  the  LORDE  made  a  couenaut 
 betwixte  y  and  the  wife  off  thy  youth,  thou 
 hast  despysed  her :  Yet  is  she  thyne  owne 
 copanyon  and  maried  wife. 
 
 So  dyd  not  *the  one,  (j  yet  had  he  an  ex- 
 cellent sprete.  What  dyd  then  the  one  ?  He 
 sought  the  sede  promised  of  God.  Therfore 
 loke  well  to  youre  sprete,  5  let  no  man  despyse 
 y  wife  of  his  youth.  Yf  thou  hatest  her,  put 
 her  awaye,  sayeth  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel, 
 and ''geue  her  a  clothinge  for  the  scorne,  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  Loke  well  then  to 
 youre  sprete,  and  despyse  her  not.  Ye  greue 
 the  LORDE  with  youre  wordes,  and  yet  ye 
 saye:  wherwithall  haue  we  greued  him?  In 
 this,  that  ye  saye  :  All  that  do  euell  are  good 
 in  the  sight  of  God,  and  soch  please  him.  Or 
 els  where  is  the  God  that  punysheth? 
 
 m^c  iij.  Cfjapttr 
 
 BEHOLDE,  '  I  wil  sende  my  messaunger, 
 which  shal  prepare  the  waye  before  me: 
 and  the  LORDE  whom  ye  wolde  haue,  shal 
 soone  come  to  his  temple,  yee  euen  the  mes' 
 saunger  of  the  couenaunt  whom  ye  longe  for. 
 Beholde,  he  commeth,  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 
 Abra-ham.        f  Deu.  24.  a.    lere.  3.  a.  «  Matt.  11   b. 
 
 Mar.  l.a.     Luc.  7.  c.     Gen.  4.  a.  5.  d.    Esa.  64.  a. 
 
 c 
 
jTo.  Iiccorbu 
 
 €\)t  propftet  iilalarfip. 
 
 Cbap,  iij. 
 
 of  hoostes.  But  who  maye  abyde  the  daye  of 
 his  commynge  ?  Who  shalbe  able  to  endure, 
 when  he  appeareth  ?  For  he  is  Hke  a  gold- 
 smythes  fyre,  iid  hke  wasshers  sope.  He  shall 
 syt  him  downs  to  trye  and  to  dense  f  syluer, 
 he  shal  pourge  the  children  of  Leui,  and 
 purifie  them  like  as  golde  and  syluer:  that 
 they  maye  brynge  meatofferinges  vnto  the 
 LORDE  in  rightuousnes.  Then  shall  the 
 offeringe  of  luda  and  lerusalem  be  acceptable 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  like  as  from  the  begyn- 
 ninge  5  in  the  yeares  afore  tyme.  I  will  come 
 (J  punysh  you,  (S  I  my  self  wil  be  a  swift  wytnes 
 agaynst  the  witches,  agaynst  the  aduouterers, 
 agaynst  false  swearers  :  yee  ad  agaynst  those, 
 that  wrSgeously  kepe  backe  the  hyrelynges 
 dewty:  which  vexe  the  wyddowes  5  the  father- 
 lesse,  ij  oppresse  the  straunger,  and  feare  not 
 me,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes.  For  I 
 am  the  LORDE  y  chaunge  not,  5  ye  (o  chil- 
 dren of  lacob)  wil  not  leaue  of:  "ye  are  gone 
 awaye  fro  myne  ordinauces,  5  sens  f  tyme  of 
 youre  forefathers  haue  ye  not  kepte  them. 
 
 *Turne  you  now  vnto  me,  and  I  wil  tume 
 me  vnto  you,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 Ye  saye :  Wherin  shal  we  turne  ?  Shulde  a 
 man  vse  faisede  and  disceate  with  God,  as  ye 
 vse  faisede  and  disceate  with  me  ?  Yet  ye 
 saye :  wherin  vse  we  disceate  with  the  ^  In 
 Tythes  and  heaue  oflFerynges.  'Therfore  are 
 ye  cursed  with  penury,  because  ye  dyssemble 
 with  me,  all  the  sorte  of  you. 
 
 Brynge  euery  Tythe  in  to  my  barne,  y 
 there  maye  be  meat  in  myne  house :  and  proue 
 me  withall  (sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes) 
 yf  I  wil  not  open  the  wyndowes  of  heauen 
 vnto  you,  and  poure  you  out  a  blessinge  with 
 plenteousnesse.  Yee  I  shal  reproue  the  con- 
 sumer for  youre  sakes,  so  that  he  shall  not 
 eate  vp  the  frute  of  youre  grounde,  nether 
 shal  f  vynyarde  be  baren  in  the  felde,  sayeth 
 }  LORDE  of  hoostes :  In  so  moch  that  all 
 people  shal  saye,  that  ye  be  blessed,  for  ye 
 shall  be  a  pleasaunt  lode,  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 off  hoostes. 
 
 'Deu.  Sl.f.   4Re.  17.C. 
 g.  l.a.  b.        ''lobZl.  b. 
 
 '  Zach.  1.  a. 
 Psal.  72.  b. 
 
 Leui.  27.  d. 
 «Iob21.  a. 
 
 Ye  speake  hard  wordes  agaynst  me,  sayeth 
 the  LORDE.  And  yet  ye  saye:  What  haue 
 we  spoken  agaynst  the  ?  Ye  haue  sayed  :  It 
 is  but  lost  laboure,  to  serue  God:  ''What  profit 
 haue  we  for  kepynge  his  commaundementes, 
 and  forwalkinge  humbly  before  the  LORDE 
 off  hoostes  ?  Therfore  maye  we  saye,  that  the 
 proude  are  happie,"  and  that  they  which  deale 
 with  vngodlynesse,  are  set  vp :  for  they  tempte 
 God,  and  yet  escape. 
 
 But  they  that  feare  God,  saye  thus  one  to 
 another:  The  LORDE  cosidreth  and  heareth 
 it.  Yee  it  is  before  him  a  memoriall  boke 
 written  for  soch  as  eare  the  LORDE,  and 
 remembre  his  name.  And  in  the  daye  that  I 
 wil  make  (saieth  y  LORDE  of  hoostes)  they 
 shalbe  myne  owne  possession :  and  I  will  fa- 
 uoure  them,  like  as  a  man  fauoureth  his  owne 
 Sonne,  that  doth  him  seruyce.  Turne  you 
 therfore,  and  considre  what  difference  is  be- 
 twixte  the  rightuous  and  vngodly  :  betwixte 
 him  that  serueth  God,  ad  him  that  serueth 
 him  not. 
 
 For  marck,  the  daye  commeth  that  shall 
 burne  as  an  oue:  •'^and  all  the  proude,  yee  and 
 all  soch  as  do  wickednesse,  shalbe  straw:  and 
 the  daye  that  is  for  to  come,  shall  burne  the 
 vp  (sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes)  so  that  it 
 shal  leaue  them  nether  rote  ner  braunch. 
 But  vnto  you  that  feare  my  name,  shall  the 
 Sone  of  rightuousnesse  aryse,  5  health  shal  be 
 vnder  his  winges.  Ye  shal  go  forth,  5  multi- 
 plie  as  y  fat  calues.  Ye  shal  treade  downe  f 
 vngodly :  for  they  shalbe  like  the  asshes  vnder 
 the  soles  of  your  fete,  in  the  daye  y  I  shal 
 make,  sayeth  the  LORDE  of  hoostes. 
 
 Remembre  the  lawe  of  Moses  my  seruaunt, 
 which  I  committed  vnto  him  in  Oreb?  for  all 
 Israel,  with  the  statutes  and  ordinaunces. 
 Beholde,  ''  I  will  sende  you  Elias  f  prophet : 
 before  the  comjTige  off  the  daye  of  the  great 
 and  fearful!  LORDE.  He  shall  turne  the 
 hertes  of  the  fathers  to  their  children,'  and  the 
 hertes  of  the  children  to  their  fathers,  that  I 
 come  not,  and  smyte  the  earth  with  cursynge. 
 
 lere.  12.  a.  /  Psal.  17. : 
 
 *  Matt.  11.  b.  17.  b. 
 
 «  Deu.  4.  5.  9, 
 Luc.  1.  a. 
 
 €i)t  trdit  of  ti)t  prophet  iHaIari)p, 
 
APOCRIPHA 
 Zi)t  ibofeeg  antr  tttattses 
 
 tujtrt  amongc  tbt  tatftcre  ot  oltrt  arc  not 
 
 reifeettetr  to  lit  of  lifer  aiitfjoritc  tuitfi  tf)t 
 
 otter  Ijofeeg  of  tfie  li|)t)U,  nctfter 
 
 art  tlbtg  foiitKt  in  tftt  ^anon 
 
 of  t6t  l^ttirut. 
 
 €\)t  fi)ivht  hokt  of  CSiliras. 
 
 C!)f  fourti)  bofee  of  (gSitiras. 
 
 €i)t  hofxt  of  Cobiasi, 
 
 CI)e  fiokt  of  SluUiti). 
 
 Cfrtapiit  rijaptfrsi  of  S?e£fter. 
 
 Ci)e  bofee  of  SUpgitioim. 
 
 Caltgiastiras. 
 
 Cfje  ^torpe  of  ^iisaima. 
 
 €f)t  ^toi-pe  of  33dU 
 
 Cfte  firsit  bofet  of  tin  illari)al)ff5. 
 
 Cf;e  sieajnDe  bobe  of  tfte  iHadjabefS, 
 
 Fnto  tfjese  al^o  btlongeti^  33arut,  to{)om  toe  l)auc  Stt  amogc  ti)e  propj^tus  n«t  bnto 
 Seremj,  btcausit  fjt  toasf  i)is  ictvbt,  ana  in  i)ii  tpmr. 
 
^bt  trans^latoure  tJttto  tbt  rcatrer- 
 
 THESE  bokes  (good  reader)  which  be  called  Apocrypha,  are  not  iudged  amonge 
 the  doctours  to  be  of  like  reputacion  with  the  other  scripture,  as  thou  mayest 
 perceaue  by  S.  Jerome  in  epistola  ad  Paulinum.  And  the  chefe  cause  therof  is  this : 
 there  be  many  places  in  them,  that  seme  to  be  repugnaunt  vnto  the  open  and  manyfest 
 trueth  in  the  other  bokes  of  the  byble.  Neuertheles  1  haue  not  gathered  them  together 
 to  the  intent  that  I  wolde  haue  them  despysed,  or  litle  sett  by,  or  that  I  shulde  thinke 
 them  false,  for  I  am  not  able  to  proue  it :  Yee  I  doute  not  verely,  yf  they  were  equally 
 conferred  with  the  other  open  scripture  (tyme,  place,  and  circumstaunce  in  all  thinges 
 considered)  they  shulde  nether  seme  contrary,  ner  be  vntruly  5  peruersly  aledged. 
 Treuth  it  is :  A  mas  face  can  not  be  sene  so  wel  in  a  water,  as  in  a  fayre  glasse :  nether 
 ca  it  be  shewed  so  clearly  in  a  water  that  is  stered  or  moued,  as  in  a  styll  water.  These 
 5  many  other  darck  places  of  scripture  haue  bene  sore  stered  and  myxte  with  blynde 
 and  cuvetous  opynions  of  men,  which  haue  cast  soch  a  myst  afore  the  eyes  of  y  symple, 
 that  as  longe  as  they  be  not  coferred  with  the  other  places  of  scripture,  they  shall  not 
 seme  other  wyse  to  be  vnderstonde,  then  as  cuvetousnes  expoundeth  them.  But  who  so 
 euer  thou  be  that  readest  scripture,  let  the  holy  goost  be  thy  teacher,  and  let  one  text 
 expounde  another  vnto  the :  As  for  soch  dreames,  visions  and  darck  sentences  as  be  hyd 
 from  thy  vnderstondinge,  commytte  them  vnto  God,  and  make  no  articles  of  them : 
 But  let  the  playne  text  be  thy  gyde,  and  the  sprete  of  God  (which  is  the  author  therof) 
 shal  lede  the  in  all  trueth. 
 
 As  for  the  prayer  of  Salomo  (which  thou  findest  not  herin)  f  prayer  of  Azarias, 
 and  the  swete  songe  that  he  and  his  two  felowes  songe  in  the  fyre :  the  first  (namely 
 the  prayer  of  Salomon)  readest  thou  in  the  eight  chapter  of  the  thirde  boke  of  the 
 kynges,  so  that  it  appeareth  not  to  be  Apocryphum :  The  other  prayer  and  songe  (namely 
 of  the  thre  children)  haue  I  not  founde  amonge  eny  of  the  interpreters,  but  onely  in  the 
 olde  latyn  texte,  which  reporteth  it  to  be  of  Theodotios  translacion.  Neuertheles,  both 
 because  of  those  y  be  weake  and  scrupulous,  and  for  their  sakes  also  that  loue  soch  swete 
 songes  of  thankesgeuinge :  I  haue  not  left  them  out :  to  the  intent  that  the  one  shulde 
 haue  no  cause  to  complayne,  and  that  the  other  also  might  haue  the  more  occasion  to 
 geue  thankes  vnto  God  in  aduersite,  as  the  thre  children  dyd  in  the  fyre.  Grace  be  with 
 the.     Amen. 
 
Z^t  tifivtat  i)okt  of 
 
 asa&at  tbis  boke  toirtt^mti). 
 
 Cl^ap.  I. 
 
 The  vertuous  kynge  Osias  renueth  the  seruyce  of 
 God,  setteth  the  prestes  in  their  ordre,  and 
 holdeth  the  feast  of  Easter.  Of  his  death. 
 Of  lechonias  his  sonne.  Of  kynge  loachim 
 and  Sedechias. 
 
 «rj)ap.  II. 
 God  mouethkinge  Cyrus  todelyuerthe  presoners, 
 like  as  he  promysed  by  the   prophet  leremy. 
 Of  kynge  Artaxerses,  by  whose  auctorite  the 
 lewes  are  forbydden  to  buylde  vp  lerusalem. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 Of  the  feast  that  kinge  Darius  made,  and  of  the 
 thre  yonge  men  that  wrote  euery  one  his  sen- 
 tence, to  proue  who  might  saye  the  best.    The 
 first  sheweth  his  mynde. 
 
 €i)ap.  nil. 
 The  seconde  goeth  aboute  to  proue  his  sentence 
 the  wisest,  but  Zorobabel  getteth  the  victory, 
 for  the  trueth  beareth  euer  the  bell.     Darius 
 comaundeth  to  buylde  vp  lerusalem  agayne. 
 
 C})ap.  V. 
 
 What  they  be  d  how  many,  that  come  agayne  to 
 lerusalem  out  of  the  captiuyte  of  Babilon. 
 The  teple  and  the  altare  are  buylded  agayne. 
 The  Heithen  withstonde  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 
 The  officers  in  Syria  laboure  vnto  kynge  Darius, 
 to  forbyd  the  buyldinge  of  the  temple  at  leru- 
 salem :  but  he  commaundeth  to  kepe  the  ordi- 
 naunce  that  kynge  Cyrus  made  before. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 The  aduersaries  myndes  are  satisfied,  the  buyld- 
 inge is  fynished,  and  the  Passeouer  holden. 
 €i)ap.  VIII. 
 
 How  Eszdras  and  the  other  (beinge  discharged 
 by  the  letters  and  commaiidemet  of  kinge 
 Artaxerses)  go  vp  to  lerusalem.  The  com- 
 playnte  concernynge  those,  that  were  defyled 
 and  vncleane. 
 
 €i)ap.  IX. 
 
 Of  the  councell  that  was  taken,  as  touchinge  the 
 vncleane  mariage. 
 
 Ci)e  first  C^Xj^tn. 
 
 AND  losias  helde  the  feast  of  Easter  in 
 lerusalem  vnto  the  LORDE,  "  and 
 slewe  y  Passeouer  the  xiiij.  daye  of  the  first 
 moneth.  He  set  f  prestes  also  in  ordre 
 (acordige  to  their  daylie  courses)  beynge 
 arayed  in  longe  garmetes  in  the  teple  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  he  spake  vnto  the  Leuites 
 the  holy  ministers  of  Israel,  that  they  shulde 
 
 «  2  Par.  25.  a.  4  Re.  23.  c. 
 
 halowe  them  selues  vnto  the  LORDE,  to  set 
 the  holy  arke  of  the  LORDE,  in  the  house 
 that  kynge  Salomo  the  sonne  of  Dauid  had 
 buylded  and  sayde :  Ye  shal  nomore  beare  the 
 Arke  vpon  youre  shuJders.  Now  serue  youre 
 LORDE,  (J  take  the  charge  of  his  people  of 
 Israel,  after  youre  vyllagies  and  youre  trybes: 
 acordinge  as  kynge  Dauid  the  kynge  of  Israel 
 hath  ordened,  5  acordinge  as  Salomon  his 
 sonne  hath  honorably  prepared :  Yee  loke  y 
 ye  all  do  seruyce  in  the  temple,  acordinge  to 
 the  ordringe  and  distribucion  of  the  prynci- 
 
4fo.  lb. 
 
 €l)t  ii],  bokt  of  (ifsjliras. 
 
 Cftap.  I. 
 
 pall  me  which  care  appoynted  out  of  the  trybes, 
 to  do  seruyce  for  the  childre  of  Israel.  "  Kyll 
 y  Passeouer,  5  prepare  offerhiges  for  yourc  bre- 
 thren, and  do  accordinge  to  the  coinmaunde- 
 met  of  ^  LORDE,  which  he  gaue  vnto  Moses. 
 And  vnto  f  people  y  was  foude,  losias  gaue 
 XXX.  thousande  of  shepe,  lambes,  kyddes  and 
 goates,  5  thre  thousande  oxe.  These  the 
 kynge  (of  his  kyngly  liberalite)  gaue  vnto  the 
 people,  acordinge  as  he  had  promysed :  5  to 
 the  prestes  (for  the  Passeouer)  he  gaue  two 
 thousande  shepe  j  an  hundreth  oxe.  Mor- 
 ouer  lechonias  j  Semeias  and  Nathanael 
 brethren,  (j  Hasabias,  lehiel  and  losabad, 
 gaue  them  to  the  Passeouer,  fyue  thousande 
 hepe  and  fyue  hundreth  bullockes. 
 
 And  whan  these  thinges  were  brought  to 
 passe,  the  prestes  and  the  Leuites  stode  good- 
 ly in  their  ordre,  and  had  the  vnleuended 
 bred  thorow  out  f  trybes.  And  after  the 
 ordringe  of  the  pryncipall  men  in  the  trybes, 
 they  oifred  vnto  the  LORDE  in  the  sight  of 
 the  people,  acordinge  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the 
 boke  of  Moses,  *  (i  so  they  rosted  the  Easter- 
 lambe  as  acordinge  was.  As  for  the  thak 
 ofFeringes  (t  the  other,  they  dight  the  in  ket- 
 tels  5  pottes,  d  sett  them  before  the  people 
 with  good  will,  and  afterwarde  befbre  them 
 selues  and  the  prestes.  For  the  prestes  oifred 
 the  fatt,  viityll  the  tyme  was  expyred,  but  the 
 Leuites  prepared  for  them  selues  5  for  their 
 brethren  the  childre  of  Aaron.  The  syngers 
 also  f  children  of  Asaph  stode  in  their  ordre, 
 acordinge  as  Dauid  had  deuysed.  So  dyd 
 Asaph,  Zachary  5  ledithii,  which  were  ap- 
 poynted by  the  kynge.  Morouer  the  porters 
 3  dorekepers  stode  by  the  dores  5  y  diligently, 
 so  y  none  wente  out  of  his  stondinge  5  ser- 
 uyce :  for  their  brethren  (the  Leuites)  pre- 
 pared for  them.  Thus  were  all  thinges  per- 
 fourmed,  that  belonged  to  the  ofiringe  of  the 
 LORDE.  In  that  daye  they  helde  the 
 Passeouer,  5  oifred  thank  oiferinges  besyde  y 
 sacrifice  of  y  LORDE,  acordinge  to  f  c6- 
 maundement  of  kynge  losias. 
 
 So  the  children  of  Israel  which  were  the 
 present  helde  an  honorable  Passeouer,  5  the 
 feast  of  swete  bred  vij:  dayes  loge.  Yee  soch 
 a  Passeouer  was  not  kepte  in  Israel,  from  y- 
 tyme  of  the  prophet  Samuel.  And  all  the 
 kynges  of  Israel  helde  not  soch  an  Easter,  as 
 this  which  kynge  losias  helde,  5  f  prestes,  f 
 
 '  Eio.  12.  <1.     i>  E.XO.  12.  b.       '  4  Re.  25.  f.  3  Par.  25.  d. 
 
 leuites,  f  lewes  5  all  Israel,  of  all  the  y  were 
 at  lerusale.  In  y-  xviij:  yeare  of  f  raigne  of 
 losias  was  this  Passeouer  kepte.  And  with  a 
 parfecte  hert  dyd  kynge  losias  ordre  all  his 
 workes  (before  y  LORDE)  5  f  things  y  were 
 wrytte  of  hi  in  tymes  past,  cocemynge  those 
 y  synned  5  were  vngodly  agaynst  f  LORDE 
 before  all  people,  a  y  sought  not  the  worde  of 
 f  LORDE  vpon  Israel.  AAer  all  these  actes 
 of  kynge  losias,  Pharao  f  kynge  of  Egipte 
 wete  vp,  (J  came  towarde  '  Carcamis  by  Eu- 
 phrates, 5  Josias  wt'te  to  mete  hi.  Then  sent 
 the  kynge  of  Egipte  vnto  losias,  sayenge : 
 what  haue  I  to  do  with  f,  o  kynge  of  luda  ? 
 I  am  not  sent  of  f  LORDE  to  fight  agaynst 
 f,  for  my  warre  is  upo  Euphrates,  go  thou  f 
 waye  home  agayne  in  all  f  haist.  And  losias 
 wolde  not  tume  agayne  vpon  his  charet,  but 
 vndertoke  to  fight  agaynst  him,  5  herkened 
 not  vnto  y  worde  of  y  prophet,  which  he 
 tolde  him  out  of  the  mouth  of  God,  but  pitched 
 a  battaill  agaynst  him  in  y  felde  of  Mageddo. 
 And  the  prynces  preassed  to  kynge  losias. 
 Then  sayde  the  kynge  vnto  his  seruauntes : 
 ''  Gary  me  awaye  out  of  the  battayll,  for  I  am 
 sore  wounded.  And  immediatly  his  seruauntes 
 toke  him  awaye  out  of  the  front  of  the  battayll 
 Then  satt  he  vp  vpon  the  secode  charett,  came 
 to  lerusale,  dyed,  5  was  buried  in  his  fathers 
 sepulcre.  And  in  all  lewry  they  mourned 
 for  losias,  yee  the  rulers  also  with  their  wyues 
 made  lametacion  for  him  vnto  this  daye 
 And  this  was  done  euer  still  in  Israel. 
 
 These  thinges  are  written  in  the  boke  of  0 
 the  stories  of  y-  kynges  of  luda :  namely,  all 
 the  actes  (j  workes  of  kynge  losias,  his  kjTigly 
 power  (J  maiesty,  his  vnderstandinge  in  the 
 lawe  of  God,  5  what  he  dyd,  yee  thinges  which 
 are  not  wrytte  in  the  boke  of  the  kjTiges  of 
 Israel  j  luda.  '  And  y  people  toke  lechonias 
 the  Sonne  of  losias,  5  made  him  kynge  in  f 
 steade  of  losias  his  father,  whan  he  was  xxxiij. 
 yeare  olde.  And  he  raigned  ouer  Israel  thre 
 monethes.  And  the  kinge  of  Egipte  put  him 
 downe,  y  he  shulde  not  raigne  in  lerusale,  5 
 raysed  v'p  a  taxinge  of  the  people :  namely, 
 an  C.  talentes  of  syluer  5  one  talet  of  golde. 
 The  kinge  of  Egipte  also  made  loachim  his 
 brother  kynge  of  luda  5  lerusale.  As  for  the 
 of  the  kinges  councell  with  the  kjTige  himself 
 and  Zaraceles  his  brother,  he  toke  the,  5  ca- 
 ried  the  awaye  presoners  into  Egipte.     Fyue 
 
 •' ;;  Re.  as.  f.  '  4  Re.  23.  f.  2  Par.  .36.  a. 
 
Cftap.  ij. 
 
 €i)t  iih  fiofef  of  CSibrasf, 
 
 jTo.b, 
 
 dT 
 
 (J  twentie  yeare  olde  was  loachim,  whan  he 
 w£is  made  kynge  in  the  londe  of  luda  and 
 lerusalem,  and  he  dyd  euell  before  the 
 LORDE.  "  After  this,  Nabuchodonosor  f 
 kynge  of  Babylo  came  vp,  bounde  him  with 
 bandes  of  yron,  g  caried  him  vnto  Babilo. 
 Nabuchodonosor  also  toke  all  y'  vesseU  y  were 
 halowed  in  the  teple  of  the  LORDE,  5  all  f 
 Jewels,  5  caried  the  vnto  Babilon,  ij  brought 
 the  in  to  his  owne  teple  at  Babilon.  Of  his 
 vnclennes  ij  vngodlynes,  it  is  writte  in  f  boke 
 of  the  actes  of  y  kynges.  And  loachim  his 
 Sonne  raigned  in  his  steade :  He  was  made 
 kynge  beinge  xviij.  yeare  olde,  5  raigned  but 
 thre  monethes  5  x.  dayes  in  lerusale,  5  dyd 
 euell  before  the  LORDE.  So  after  a  yeare, 
 Nabuchodonosor  sent  (j  caused  him  be  brought 
 vnto  Babilon  with  y  holy  vessels  of  y  LORDE, 
 d  made  Sedechias  his  brother  kynge  of  luda 
 and  lerusale,  whan  he  was  xxj.  yeare  olde : 
 and  he  raigned  xj.  yeare. 
 
 And  he  dyd  euell  also  in  y  sight  of  f 
 LORDE,  s  cared  not  for  f  wordes  y  were 
 spoke  vnto  hi  by  y  prophet  leremy  at  f  mouth 
 of  the  LORDE.  *  And  where  as  he  had  made 
 on  00th  vnto  kynge  Nabuchodonosor,  he  man- 
 swore  himself,  5  fell  fro  him  hauynge  a  stiff 
 neck  s  hert,  5  trasgressed  all  f  statutes  5  or- 
 dinaunces  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel. 
 The  rulers  also  5  heades  of  y  people  of  the 
 LORDE  dyd  moch  euell,  5  became  vngodly, 
 more  the  the  Heithen,  beynge  defyled  in  all 
 maner  of  abhominacios :  Yee  5  defyled  y  holy 
 teple  of  the  LORDE  at  lerusale.  And  the 
 God  of  their  fathers  sent  his  messaungers 
 vnto  the,  to  tume  them  backe  (t  to  call  the 
 agayne  fro  their  synnes :  for  he  wolde  fayne 
 haue  spared  the  for  his  holy  tabernacles  sake. 
 Neuertheles,  they  had  his  messaungers  in 
 derision :  ij  loke  what  God  spake  vnto  the  by 
 his  prophetes,  they  made  but  a  sporte  of  it. 
 This  drew  on  so  longe,  tyll  the  LORDE  was 
 wroth  with  his  people  for  their  vngodlynes,  5 
 tyll  he  caused  the  kinges  of  f  Caldees  to 
 come  vp,  which  slew  their  yonge  men  with 
 the  swerde,  yee  euen  in  the  compasse  of  their 
 holy  teple,  5  spared  no  body,  nether  yonge 
 iier  olde,  nether  mayden  ner  yonge  man :  but 
 they  were  all  delyuered  in  to  the  power  of 
 the  kynges  of  f  Caldees,  j  all  the  holy  vessels 
 of  the  LORDE  and  the  kynges  treasures 
 toke  they,  5  caried  them  vnto  Babilon.     '  As 
 
 "  4  Res-  24.  c.  »  lere.  37.  a.        ■■  lere.  39.  A2. 
 
 for  the  house  of  the  LORDE,  they  bret  it; 
 (J  brake  downe  the  walles  of  lerusale,  set  fyre 
 vpon  hir  towres,  destroyed  all  hir  noble  buyld- 
 inges  and  brought  them  to  naught,  and  the 
 people  that  were  not  slayne  with  the  swerde, 
 they  caried  vnto  Babilon. 
 
 Thus  became  they  y  presoners  5  bode  me 
 of  y  kynge  of  Babilon,  tyll  they  were  dely- 
 uered a  raygned  for  them  selues,  when  the 
 wordes  of  the  LORDE  were  fulfilled,  which 
 he  promysed  them  by  the  mouth  of  the  pro- 
 phet leremy,  and  tyll  the  londe  had  hir  rest 
 ''  namely,  all  the  time  y  it  laye  wayest,  had  it 
 rest  5  quyetnes  Ixxvij.  yeares. 
 
 Ci)t  it.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 NOW  wha  kynge  Cyrus  raigned  ouer  the 
 Persians,'  5  wha  the  LORDE  wolde  per 
 fourme  the  worde  y  he  had  promysed  by  the 
 mouth  of  the  prophet  leremy :  the  LORDE 
 raysed  vp  the  sprete  of  Cyrus,  the  kynge  of 
 the  Persias,  so  y  he  caused  this  wrytinge  to 
 be  proclamed  thorow  out  his  whole  realme, 
 sayenge :  Thus  sayeth  the  kynge  of  y  Per- 
 sians :  The  LORDE  of  Israel  that  hye 
 LORDE  hath  made  me  kynge  of  the  lode, 
 and  commaunded  me  to  buylde  him  an  house 
 at  lerusalem  in  lewry.  Yf  there  be  eny  now 
 of  youre  people,  y  LORDE  be  with  him, 
 and  go  vp  with  him  to  lerusalem.  And  all 
 they  that  dwell  rounde  aboute  y  place,  shal 
 helpe  the,  whether  it  be  with  golde,  with 
 syluer,  with  giftes,  with  horses  and  necessary 
 catell,  and  all  other  thinges  that  are  brought 
 with  a  fre  wyll  to  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 at  lerusale. 
 
 Then  the  pryncipall  me  out  of  the  trybes 
 and  vyUages  of  luda  and  Ben  lamin  stode 
 vp:  so  dyd  the  prestes  also  5  the  leuites  (who 
 the  LORDE  had  moued)  to  go  vp,  and  to 
 buylde  the  house  of  the  LORDE  at  leru- 
 sale. And  they  that  were  aboute  them, 
 helped  them  with  all  maner  of  golde,  and 
 syluer,  and  catell  also  and  with  many  liberall 
 giftes,  and  this  dyd  many  one,  whose  mynde 
 was  stered  vp  therto.  Kynge  Cyrus  also 
 brought  forth  the  vessels  and  omamentes, 
 that  were  halowed  vnto  the  LORDE  (which 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge  of  Babilon  had 
 caried  awaye  from  lerusalem,  and  conse- 
 crated them  to  his  Idoll  and  ymage)  and 
 delyuered  them  to  Mithridatus  his  treasurer, 
 
 lere.  25.  b.  and  29.  b. 
 
 2  Par.  36.  d.  1  Esd.  1. 
 
fo.  b). 
 
 €i)t  iij.  boke  of  (Ksijftrasi, 
 
 Cf)ap,  tij. 
 
 and  by  him  they  were  delyuered  to  Salma- 
 nasar  f  debyte  in  lewry.  And  this  was  the 
 nobre  of  tiiem :  Two  thousande  and  iiij.  C. 
 syluer  boules,  xxx.  syluer  basens,  xxx.  basens 
 of  golde,  ij.  M.  and  iiij.  C.  vessels  of  syluer, 
 and  a  thousande  besyde.  All  the  vessels  of 
 golde  and  syluer  were  v.  M.  viij.  C.  and  Ix. 
 These  were  nombred  vnto  Salmanasar,  and 
 them  that  were  come  agayne  with  him  to 
 lerusale  out  of  the  captiuyte  of  Babilon. 
 Now  in  the  tpne  of  kynge  Artaxerses  the 
 kynge  of  Persia,  these  men:  Balemus  and 
 Mithridatus,  Sabellius,  Rathimus,  Balthemus, 
 Semelius  y  scrybe,  and  other  that  dwelt  in 
 Samaria  5  in  other  places  vnder  f  dominion 
 therof,  Wrote  a  letter  vnto  kynge  Artaxerses, 
 wherin  they  complayned  vnto  the  kynge  of 
 them  in  Jewry  and  Jerusalem.  The  letter 
 was  made  after  this  maner : 
 
 Syr,  thy  seruauntes  Rathimus  the  story 
 wryter,  Sabellius  the  Scrybe,  5  other  iudges 
 of  thy  courte  in  Celosyria  and  Phenices. 
 Be  it  knowne  and  manifest  to  our  lorde  the 
 kynge,  that  the  lewes  which  are  come  vp  fro 
 you  vnto  vs  in  to  the  rebellious  and  wicked 
 cite,  begjmne  to  buylde  it  agayne,  and  the 
 valles  aboute  it,  and  to  set  vp  the  tcple  of 
 the  new.  Now  yf  this  cite  and  the  walles 
 therof  be  sett  vp  agayne,  they  shal  not  only 
 refuse  to  geue  trybutes  and  taxinges,  but  also 
 rebell  vtterly  agaynst  the  kynge.  And  for  so 
 moch  as  they  take  this  in  hande  now  aboute 
 the  temple,  we  thought  it  reason,  to  thinke 
 no  scorne  of  it,  but  to  shewe  it  vnto  our  lorde 
 the  kynge,  a  to  certifie  him  therof:  to  the 
 intent  y  yf  it  please  the  kinge,  he  maye 
 cause  it  be  sought  in  the  bokes  of  olde : 
 and  thou  shalt  fynde  soch  warnynge  wrytten, 
 and  shalt  vnderstonde,  that  this  cite  hath 
 allwaye  bene  rebellious  and  disobedient,  that 
 it  hath  subdued  kynges  and  cities,  and  that 
 the  lewes  which  dwell  therin,  haue  euer  bene 
 a  rebellious,  obstinate,  vnfaithfull  and  fight- 
 inge  people,  for  the  which  cause  this  cite  is 
 waysted.  Wherfore  now  we  certifie  oure 
 lorde  the  kynge,  that  yf  this  cite  be  buylded 
 and  occupied  agayne,  (t  the  walles  therof  set 
 vp  a  new,  thou  canst  haue  no  passage  in  to 
 Celosyria  and  Phenices. 
 
 Then  wrote  the  kynge  to  Rathimus  the 
 story  wryter,  to  Balthemus,  to  Sabellius  f 
 scrybe,  and  to  the  other  officers  and  dwellers 
 in   Syria  and  Phenices,  after  this  maner:  I 
 
 haue  red  the  epistle  which  thou  sentest  vnto 
 me,  and  haue  commaunded  to  make  diligent 
 search,  and  haue  founde,  that  the  cite  hath 
 euer  resisted  kynges,  that  the  same  people 
 are  dishobedient,  and  haue  caused  moch 
 warre,  5  that  mightie  kynges  haue  raigned 
 in  Jerusalem,  which  also  haue  raysed  vp 
 taxinges  of  Syria  and  Phenices.  Wherfore,  I 
 haue  commauded  those  people,  that  they  shal 
 not  buylde  the  cite,  that  they  make  no  more 
 in  it,  and  that  they  precede  no  further  with 
 the  buyldinge :  for  so  moch  as  it  might  be 
 the  cause  of  warre,  and  displeasure  vnto 
 kynges. 
 
 Now  whan  Rathymus  and  SabeUius  the 
 scrybe  and  the  rulers  in  the  londe  had  red 
 the  wrytinge  of  kynge  Artaxerses,  they  gatt 
 them  together,  and  came  in  all  the  haist  to 
 Jerusalem  with  an  boost  of  horsemen,  and 
 with  moch  people  of  fote,  and  forbad  them  to 
 buylde.  And  so  they  left  of  from  buyldinge 
 of  the  temple,  vnto  the  seconde  yeare  of 
 kynge  Darius. 
 
 Cf)c  tij.  Chapter. 
 
 KYNGE  Darius  made  a  greate  feast  vnto 
 his  seruaiites,  vnto  all  his  courte,  5  to 
 all  the  officers  of  Media  and  Persia,  yee  and 
 to  all  the  debytes  5  rulers  that  were  vnder 
 him,  from  India  vnto  Ethiopia,  an  hundreth 
 (J  xxvij.  countrees.  So  whan  they  had  eaten, 
 and  dronken  beinge  satisfied,  and  were  gone 
 home  agayne,  Darius  the  kynge  wente  in  to 
 his  chambre,  layed  him  downe  to  slope,  and 
 so  awaked. 
 
 Then  the  thre  yonge  men,  that  kepte  the 
 kynges  personne,  and  watched  his  body, 
 commoned  amonge  them  selues,  and  spake 
 one  to  another:  Let  euery  one  of  vs  saye 
 some  thinge,  and  loke  whose  sentence  is 
 wyser  and  more  excellent  then  the  other, 
 vnto  him  shal  kinge  Darius  geue  greate 
 giftes,  and  clothe  him  with  purple.  He  shal 
 geue  him  vessels  of  golde  to  drynke  in, 
 clothes  of  golde  and  coueringes:  he  shall 
 make  him  a  costly  charett  j  a  brydle  of 
 golde,  he  shall  geue  him  a  bonet  of  whyte 
 sylke  and  a  chayne  of  golde  aboute  his  neck: 
 yee  he  shal  be  the  seconde  ij  pryncipall  nexte 
 vnto  kynge  Darius,  s  that  because  of  his 
 wyszdome,  and  shalbe  called  f  kynges  kyns- 
 man. 
 
 So  euery  one  wrote  his  meaninge,  sealed  it 
 
COap.  iiij. 
 
 €l)t  iij.  bokf  of  egjtiras. 
 
 jTo-  bij. 
 
 and  layed  it  vnder  the  kinges  pelowe,  and 
 sayde :  whan  the  kynge  aryseth,  we  will  geue 
 him  oure  wrytinges :  and  loke  whose  worde  the 
 kynge  and  his  chefe  lordes  iudge  to  be  the 
 most  wysely  spoken,  the  same  shall  haue  the 
 victory.  One  wrote :  wyne  is  a  stronge  thinge. 
 The  secode  wrote :  The  kynge  is  stroger.  The 
 thirde  wrote :  wemen  haue  yet  more  strength, 
 but  aboue  all  thinges  f  trueth  beareth  awaye 
 the  victory.  Now  whan  the  kynge  was  rj'sen 
 vp,  they  toke  their  wrytinges  and  delyuered 
 them  vnto  him,  and  so  he  red  them.  Then 
 sent  he  forth  to  call  all  his  chefe  lordes,  all 
 the  debytes  5  rulers  of  the  countrees  of  Media 
 and  Persia.  And  whan  they  were  sett  downe 
 in  the  councell,  the  wrytinges  were  red  before 
 them.  And  he  commaunded  to  call  for  y 
 yonge  me,  y  they  might  declare  their  mean- 
 ynges  the  selues  by  mouth.  So  when  they 
 were  sent  for,  and  came  in,  y  kynge  sayde 
 vnto  them :  shew  vs  and  make  vs  to  vnder- 
 stode,  what  the  thinges  are  that  ye  haue 
 wrytten. 
 
 Then  beganne  the  first  (which  had  spoke 
 of  the  strength  of  wyne)  5  sayde :  O  ye  men, 
 wyne  is  maruelous  stroge,"  and  ouercometh 
 them  y  drynke  it :  it  disceaueth  the  mynde,  d 
 bryngeth  both  the  poore  man  5  y  kynge  to 
 dotage  and  vanite.  Thus  doth  it  also  with 
 the  bondman  and  with  the  fre,  with  the  poore 
 a,  rych :  it  taketh  awaye  their  understondinge, 
 and  maketh  them  careles  and  mery,  so  that 
 none  of  them  remembreth  eny  heuynes,  dett 
 or  dewtie :  It  causeth  a  man  to  thinke  also 
 that  y  thinge  which  he  doth,  is  honest  and 
 good :  and  remembreth  not  that  he  is  a  kynge, 
 nor  y  he  is  in  auctorite,  5  y  he  ought  not  to 
 do  soch  thinges.  Morouer,  whan  men  are 
 drjTickinge,  they  forgett  all  frendshipe,  all 
 brotherly  faithfulnes  and  loue :  but  as  soone 
 as  they  are  droncke,  they  drawe  out  the 
 swerde  a  wil  fight:  5  wha  they  are  layed 
 downe  fro  the  wyne,  5  so  rysen  vp  agayne, 
 they  can  not  tell  what  they  dyd.  Iudge  ye 
 now.  Is  not  wyne  the  strongest?  For  who 
 wolde  els  take  in  hande,  to  do  soch  thinges  ? 
 And  whan  he  had  spoken  this,  he  helde  his 
 tonge. 
 
 Cl)c  Hi).  Chapter. 
 
 THEN  the  seconde  (which  had  sayde,  y 
 the   kynge  was  stronger)   beganne  to 
 
 speake,  sayege :  O  ye  men,  are  not  they 
 the  strongest  5  most  excellent,  y  coquere  the 
 lode  5  the  see,  5  all  y  is  in  y  see  (t  in  the 
 earth  ?  Now  is  the  kynge  lorde  of  aU  these 
 thinges,  (j  hath  dominion  of  the  all :  5  loke 
 what  he  comaiideth,  it  is  done.  Yf  he  sende 
 his  me  forth  a  warfare,  they  go  and  breake 
 downe  hiUes,  walles  5  towres.  They  are 
 slayne,  j  slaye  (other  men)  them  selues,  5  ouer 
 passe  not  f  kynges  worde.  Yf  they  get  the 
 victory,  they  brynge  the  kynge  all  the  spoyle. 
 Likewyse,  the  other  y  medle  not  with  warres 
 and  fightinge,  but  tyll  the  grounde :  whan 
 they  reape,  they  brynge  trybute  vnto  y  kynge. 
 And  yf  f  kynge  alone  do  but  comaunde  to 
 kyll,  they  kyll :  yf  he  comaunde  to  forgeue, 
 they  forgeue  :  yf  he  comaunde  to  smyte,  they 
 smyte :  yf  he  byd  dryue  awaye,  they  dryue 
 awaye:  yf  he  comniaunde  to  buylde,  they 
 buylde :  yf  he  comaiide  to  breake  downe,  they 
 breake  downe :  yf  he  comaunde  to  plante, 
 they  plate.  The  comon  people  5  y  rulers 
 are  obedient  vnto  him.  And  y  kjTige  in  the 
 meane  season  sytteth  hi  downe,  eateth  and 
 drynketh,  (j  taketh  his  rest:  the  kepe  they 
 watch  roiide  aboute  f  kinge,  j  not  one  of 
 the  darre  gett  him  out  of  y  waye,  to  do  his 
 owne  busynes,  but  must  be  obediet  vnto  f 
 kinge  at  a  worde.  Judge  ye  now  o  ye  men, 
 how  shulde  not  he  go  farre  aboue,  vnto  whom 
 men  are  thus  obediet?  And  whan  he  had 
 spoke  this,  he  helde  his  tonge.  The  thirde 
 (whose  name  was  Zorobabel,  which  had  spoke 
 of  wemen  11  oi  f  trueth)  begane  to  saye  after 
 this  maner:  0  ye  me,  it  is  not  y  greate 
 kynge,  it  is  not  the  multitude  of  me,  nether 
 is  it  wine  y  excelleth :  Who  is  it  the,  y  hath 
 y^  lordshipe  ouer  the?  Haue  not  wemen  borne 
 the  kynge,  5  all  |-  people  y  rule  these  thinges  ? 
 Haue  not  weme  borne  the,  u  brought  the  vp, 
 y  plante  the  vynes,  wherout  y  wyne  cometh  ? 
 They  make  garmetes  for  all  me,  they  geue 
 honour  vnto  all  men,  5  with  out  wemen  can 
 not  men  lyue.  Yf  they  gather  golde  5  syluer 
 (J,  all  precious  thinges,  5  se  a  fayre  5  wel 
 fauoured  womii,  they  leaue  all  together,  and 
 turne  their  eyes  onely  vnto  the  woman,  a 
 gape  vpon  her,  5  haue  more  desyre  vnto  her, 
 then  vnto  the  syluer  5  golde,  or  eny  maner  of 
 precious  thinge.  A  ma  leaueth  his  father*  y 
 brought  him  vp,  he  leaueth  his  owne  naturall 
 coiitre,  and  cleueth  vnto  the  woman :  yee  he 
 
 '  Gen.  2.d.        Mat.  19. 
 
 1  Cor.  6.  d.       Ephe,  5.  c 
 
Jfo.  biij. 
 
 0)f  li).  Ijokr  of  (esjtiras. 
 
 Cl)ap.  Hi}. 
 
 ioperdeth  his  life  w-ith  the  woman,  and  re 
 membreth  nether  father,  ner  mother,  ner 
 countre.  By  this  then  ye  must  nedes  knowe, 
 y  women  haue  f  domynion  ouer  you. 
 
 Doth  it  greue  you  ?  A  ma  taketh  his  swerde 
 S  goeth  his  waye  to  steale,  to  kyll,  to  murther, 
 to  sayle  vpon  the  see,  u  sej'th  a  lyon,  and 
 goeth  in  the  darcknes:  and  when  he  hath 
 stollen,  disceaued  5  robbed,  he  bringeth  it 
 vnto  his  loue.  Agayne,  a  man  loueth  his  wyfe 
 better  then  father  and  mother :  yee  many  one 
 there  be,  that  renne  out  of  their  wyttes  5  be- 
 come bondmen  for  their  vvyues  sakes :  many 
 one  also  haue  perished,  5  haue  bene  slayne,  5 
 haue  sj-nned  because  of  wemen. 
 
 And  now  beleue  me,  I  knowe  a  kynge 
 which  is  greate  in  his  power,  g  all  lodes  stode 
 in  awe  of  him,  5  no  man  darre  laye  hande 
 vpon  him  :  yet  dyd  I  se,  y  Apame  (;y-  daugh- 
 ter of  the  greate  kynge  Bartacus)  the  kynges 
 cocubine,  satt  besyde  the  kynge  vpo  the  right 
 hade,  and  toke  of  his  crowne  from  his  heade, 
 and  set  it  vpon  hir  owne  heade,  and  smote 
 the  kjTige  with  hir  left  hande.  Morouer,  the 
 kynge  loked  vpo  her  with  open  mouth :  yf 
 she  laughed  vpon  him,  he  laughed  also :  but  yf 
 she  toke  eny  displeasure  with  him,  the  kynge 
 was  fayne  to  flater  her,  a  to  geue  her  good 
 wordes,  till  he  had  gotten  hir  fauoure  agayne. 
 
 O  ye  men,  are  not  wemen  then  stronger  ? 
 Greate  is  the  earth,  and  hie  is  the  heauen 
 that  do  these  thinges.  Then  the  kynge  a  the 
 prynces  loked  one  vpon  another.  So  he  be- 
 ganne  to  speake  of  the  trueth :  O  ye  men, 
 are  not  weme  stronger  ?  Greate  is  the  earth, 
 hye  is  the  heauen,  swyft  is  the  course  of  the 
 Sonne,  he  compaseth  the  heauen  rounde 
 aboute,  "and  fetcheth  his  course  againe  to  his 
 owne  place  in  one  daye.  Is  he  not  excellent 
 that  doth  this  ?  yee  greate  is  the  trueth,  and 
 stronger  then  all  thinges.  All  the  earth  calleth 
 vpon  the  trueth,  the  heauen  prayseth  it,  all 
 workes  shake  and  tremble  at  it,  and  with  it  is 
 no  vnrighteous  thinge.  Wine  is  vnrighteous, 
 the  kynge  is  vnrighteous,  wemen  are  vn- 
 righteous :  all  the  children  of  men  are  vn- 
 righteous, yee  aU  their  workes  are  vnrigh- 
 teous, and  there  is  no  trueth  in  them,  in  their 
 vnrighteousnes  also  shall  they  be  destroyed 
 and  perish.  *As  for  f  trueth,  it  endureth, 
 and  is  allwaye  stronge :  it  lyueth,  and  coquer- 
 eth  for  euermore  worlde  without  ende. 
 
 The  trueth  accepteth  no  personnes,  it  put' 
 teth  no  difference  betwixte  r)-ch  or  poore,  be- 
 twixte  ;y^  mightie  or  s\-mple,  but  doth  right 
 vnto  euery  ma,  whether  they  be  euel  or  good, 
 (J  all  men  are  louj-ngly  dealt  withall  in  the 
 workes  of  it.  In  the  iudgment  of  it  there  is 
 no  vnrighteous  thinge,  but  strength,  kingdome 
 I  power  and  maiesty  for  euermore.  Blessed 
 be  the  God  of  trueth. 
 
 And  with  that  he  helde  his  toge,  and  all 
 f  people  cried  ft  sayde :  Greate  is  the  trueth, 
 and  aboue  all.  Then  sayde  the  kynge  vnto 
 him :  Axe  what  thou  wilt,  more  then  is  ap- 
 poynted  in  the  wrytinge,  and  I  shal  geue  it 
 the,  for  thou  art  founde  wyser  then  thy  com- 
 panyons  :  thou  shalt  sytt  nexte  me,  and  be  my 
 kynsman.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  the  kynge : 
 Remembre  thy  promyse  and  vowe,  which 
 thou  hast  vowed  and  promysed  (in  the  daye 
 whan  thou  camest  to  the  kyngdome)  to  buylde 
 vp  lerusalem,  and  to  sende  againe  all  the 
 vessels  and  lewels,  that  were  taken  awaye 
 out  of  lerusalem :  which  Cyrus  separated, 
 whan  he  ofJred  in  Babilon,  and  wolde  sende 
 them  agayne :  And  thy  minde  was  to  buylde 
 vp  the  temple,  which  the  Edomites  bret,  whan 
 lerusalem  was  destroyed  by  the  Caldees. 
 This  onely  (O  kynge)  is  the  thinge  that  I 
 requyre,  this  is  y  maiesty,  which,  I  desyre 
 (J  axe  of  the :  that  thou  perfourme  the  vowe, 
 which  thou  with  thine  owne  mouth  hast  made 
 vnto  the  kynge  of  heauen. 
 
 Then  Darius  the  kynge  stode  vp,  and 
 kyssed  him,  and  wrote  a  '  letter  vnto  all  the 
 deb)i;es  and  shreues,  to  all  f  lordes  and  no- 
 bles, y  they  shulde  conveye  him  forth,  5  all 
 them  y  wolde  go  vp  with  him.  He  wrote  a 
 letter  also  vnto  all  f  shreues  y  were  in 
 Celosyria  5  Phenices,  5  vnto  Libanus,  y  they 
 shulde  harle  cedre  trees  from  Libanus  vnto 
 lerusalem,  to  buylde  f  cite  withall.  Morouer 
 he  wrote  vnto  all  f  lewes  that  were  gone  out 
 of  his  realme  in  to  lewry  because  of  the  fre- 
 dome,  y  no  officer,  no  rxiler  ner  shreue  shulde 
 come  to  their  dores :  and  that  all  their  londe 
 which  they  had  conquered,  shulde  be  fre  and 
 not  tributar)' :  And  that  the  Edomytes  shulde 
 geue  ouer  the  cities  and  vyllagies  of  the 
 lewes,  which  they  had  taken  in :  yee  5  that 
 they  shulde  yearly  geue  xx.  taletes  to  f  buyl- 
 dinge  of  the  temple,  vntiU  the  tyme  that  it 
 were  iynished :  and  to  the  dayhe  halowinge 
 
 '  2  Esd.  2.  b.     3  Esd.  6.  d. 
 
Cfeai),  b. 
 
 Win  lij.  Ijoke  of  (ggjlirasi. 
 
 Jfo.  ijc.l 
 
 dF 
 
 of  the  brent  offeringes  (as  it  is  conimaunded) 
 ten  talentes  yearly  also  :  And  y  all  they  which 
 come  from  BabUon  to  buylde  the  cite,  shulde 
 haue  fre  lybertie,  they  5  their  children,  and 
 all  the  prestes. 
 
 He  wrote  the  greatnesse  also,  (5  com- 
 maunded  that  the  holy  garment  shulde  be 
 geuen  the,  wherin  they  ministred :  and  wrote 
 that  commaundementes  shulde  be  geuen  to 
 the  Leuites,  vntill  the  daye,  that  the  house 
 were  fynished  and  Jerusalem  buylded  vp :  and 
 comaunded  that  all  they  that  watched  the 
 cite,  shulde  haue  their  porcions  and  wagies. 
 
 He  gaue  ouer  also  aU  the  vessell  y  Cyrus 
 had  separated  from  Babilon :  5  all  y  Cyrus 
 had  geue  in  comaundement,  f  same  charged 
 he  also,  y  it  shulde  be  done,  5  sent  vnto  leru- 
 sa,lem.  Now  whan  this  yonge  ma  was  gone 
 forth,  he  turned  his  face  towarde  lerusale, 
 (I  praysed  y  kinge  of  heaue,  5  sayde :  Of  y 
 cometh  "victory,  of  the  cometh  wyszdome  (t 
 clearnesse,  5  I  am  thy  seruaunt.  Blessed  art 
 thou,  which  hast  geuen  me  wyszdome :  the 
 wyll  I  prayse,  O  LORDE,  thou  God  of  oure 
 fathers. 
 
 And  so  he  toke  the  letters,  5  wente  vnto 
 Babilon :  And  whan  he  came  there,  he  tolde 
 this  vnto  all  his  brethre  y  were  at  Babilo, 
 (t  they  praysed  y  God  of  their  fathers,  y  he 
 had  geue  them  refreszshinge  5  lyberte  to  go 
 vp,  (J  to  buylde  lerusale  ij  the  temple  (which 
 is  there  called  after  the  name  of  the  LORDE) 
 and  they  reioysed  with  instrumentes  (j  glad- 
 nesse,  seuen  dayes  longe. 
 
 Ei)t  b.  C&apttr. 
 
 AFTER  this,  were  the  prynciall  me  of  all 
 ;y  vyllagies  chosen  in  the  trybes  g  kin 
 reddes,  that  they  shulde  go  vp  with  their 
 wiues  and  children,  with  their  seruauntes  and 
 maydens,  vnth  all  their  catell  5  substaunce. 
 And  Darius  the  kynge  sent  with  them  a 
 thousande  horsmen,  to  conveye  them  safely 
 vnto  Jerusalem  :  and  their  brethre  were  glad, 
 playenge  vpon  instrumetes,  and  synginge. 
 
 iVnd  these  are  the  names  of  the  me,  which 
 wente  vp  out  of  the  vyllagies  acordinge  to 
 the  trybes.  Of  the  prestes,  the  sonne  of  Phi- 
 neas,  the  sonne  of  Aaron :  lesus  the  sonne 
 of  losedec,  loachim  the  sonne  of  ZorobabeF 
 the  sonne  of  Salathiel  (of  the  kynred  of  Dauid, 
 out  of  the  kynred  of  Phares,  of  the  trybe  of 
 
 'luda)  which  spake  wonderfull  thinges  vnder 
 Darius  the  kynge  of  Persia,  in  y  seconde 
 yeare  of  his  raigne  in  the  first  moneth  of 
 Nisan. 
 
 These  also  are  they  of  lewry,  which  came 
 vp  and  turned  Agayne  vnto  Jerusalem,  out  of 
 the  captiuyte  that  Nabuchodonosor  y  kynge  of 
 Babilon  had  brought  vnto  Babilon.  And 
 euery  man  sought  his  porcion  agayne  in 
 lewry,  his  cite,  they  that  came  with  Zoro- 
 babel,  and  with  lesus,  Nehemias,  Saraias, 
 Raelaias,  Elimeus,  Emmanius,  Mardocheus, 
 Beelserus,  Mechpsa,  Rochor,  Oliorus,  Emo- 
 nias,  one  of  their  prynces. 
 
 And  the  nobre  of  the,  acordinge  to  their 
 kynreddes  j  rulers,  was.  The  childre  of 
 Phares,  two  thousande,  an  hundreth  5  Ixxij. 
 The  children  of  Ares,  iij.  M.  an  C.  and  Ivij. 
 The  children  of  Femo,  an  C.  and  xlij.  In 
 the  sonnes  of  lesus  and  loabes,  a  M.  iij.  C. 
 and  two.  The  sonnes  of  Benin,  ij.  M.  iiij.  C. 
 and  Ixx.  The  sonnes  of  Choroba,  ij.  C.  and  v. 
 The  sonnes  of  Banica,  an  C.  and  Ixviij. 
 The  sonnes  of  Rebech,  iiij.  C.  and  thre.  The 
 sonnes  of  Archad,  iiij.  C.  and  xxvij.  The 
 sonnes  of  Cham,  xxxvij.  The  sonne  of  Zoroar, 
 ij.  M.  and  Ixvij.  The  sonnes  of  Adinu,  iiij.  C. 
 and  Ixj.  The  sonnes  of  Adarectis  an  C.  and 
 viij.  The  sonnes  of  Ciaso  and  Zelas,  an  C. 
 and  vij.  The  sonnes  of  Azorec,  iiij.  C.  and 
 xxxix.  The  sonnes  of  ledarbone,  an  C.  and 
 xxxij.  The  sonnes  of  Hananias,  an  C.  and 
 XXX.  The  sonnes  of  Asoni,  xc.  The  sonnes 
 of  Marsar,  iiij.  C.  and  xxij.  The  sonnes  of 
 Zabarus,  xcv.  The  sonnes  of  Sepholemon. 
 an  C.  and  xxiij.  The  sonnes  of  Nepopas,  Iv. 
 The  sonnes  of  Hechanatus,  an  C.  and  Iviij 
 The  sonnes  of  Zebethanus,  an  C.  and  xxxij 
 The  sonnes  of  Crearpatros,  (which  is  called 
 also  Enohadies  and  Modias)  iiij.  C.  and  xxiij 
 Of  them  of  Gramos  and  Gabea,  an  C.  and 
 xxj.  Of  them  of  Besselon  and  Ceagge,  Ixv, 
 Of  them  of  Bastharus,  an  C.  and  xxij.  Of 
 them  of  Bechenobes,  Iv.  Of  the  sonnes  of 
 Liptis,  there  were  an  C.  and  Iv.  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  Labonnus,  iij.  C.  and  Ivij.  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  Sichem,  iij.  C.  and  Ixx.  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  Suadon  and  EUmon,  iij.  C.  and 
 Ixxviij.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Ericus,  ij.  M.  an  C. 
 and  xlv.  The  sonnes  of  Anaas,  thre  hun- 
 dreth and  Ixx. 
 
 The  prestes :  The  sonnes  of  leddus :  The 
 
 '  3  Esd.  4.  b. 
 
 107 
 
 J3 
 
So,v* 
 
 €i)t  iij,  I)okf  of  (S^^tirai. 
 
 Ci)ap.  b. 
 
 sonnes  of  Euther:  The  sonnes  of  El  lasib, 
 iij.  C.  and  Ixxij.  The  sonnes  of  Emerus,  ij. 
 C.  and  Iij.  The  sonnes  of  Fasurius,  iij.  C.  5 
 Ivij.  The  sonnes  of  Carea,  ij.  C.  5  xxvij. 
 The  Leuites :  The  sonnes  of  lesus  in  Caduhel 
 and  Banus,  and  Serebias,  and  Edeas,  seuentie 
 and  foure. 
 
 The  whole  nombre  of  these  from  xij.  yeares, 
 was  iij.  M.  iiij.  C.  and  Ixij.  Of  the  sonnes, 
 daughters  and  wyues,  the  whole  summe  was 
 iiij.  M.  ij.  C.  and  xlij.  The  sonnes  of  the 
 prestes  that  praysed  God  in  the  temple : 
 The  sonnes  of  Asaph,  of  whom  there  were 
 an  C.  and  xxviij.  But  the  dore  kepers  were: 
 The  children  of  Esmenus :  The  children  of 
 Aser :  The  children  of  Amon :  The  children 
 of  Acuba,  Topa :  The  children  of  Tobi :  an 
 C.  and  xxxix.  in  all. 
 
 The  prestes  that  serued  in  the  temple : 
 Tlie  sonnes  of  Sel,  the  sonnes  of  Gaspha,  the 
 sonnes  of  Tobloch,  the  sonnes  of  Caria,  the 
 sonnes  of  Sub,  the  sonnes  of  Heliu,  the  sonnes 
 of  Labana,  y  sonnes  of  Araiacha,  y  sonnes 
 of  Acub,  the  sonnes  of  Vtha,  the  sonnes  of 
 Cetha,  the  sonnes  of  Aggab,  the  sonnes  of 
 Obay,  the  sonnes  of  Anani,  the  sonnes  of 
 Canna,  f  sonnes  of  Geddu,  y  sonnes  of  An, 
 f  sonnes  of  Radin,  y  sonnes  of  Desanon,  the 
 sonnes  of  Nechoba,  the  sonnes  of  Caseba,  the 
 sonnes  of  Goza,  the  sonnes  of  Ozul,  the 
 sonnes  of  Sinona,  the  sonnes  of  Atra,  y 
 sonnes  of  Hastem,  f  sonnes  of  Asiana,  f 
 sonnes  of  Manei,  f  sonnes  of  Nasisin,  f 
 sonnes  of  Accufa,  y  sonnes  of  Agista,  ^sonnes 
 of  Azui,  f  sonnes  of  Fauon,  the  sonnes  of 
 Phasalon,  the  sonnes  of  Meeda,  the  sonnes  of 
 Susa,  the  sonnes  of  Cared,  y  sonnes  of  Barcus, 
 the  sonnes  of  Sarea,  f  sonnes  of  Coesi,  y 
 sonnes  of  Nasit,  f  sonnes  of  Agista,  the  sonnes 
 of  Pedon :  Salomon  his  sonnes,  the  sonnes  of 
 Asophot,  the  sonnes  of  Phazida,  the  sonnes 
 of  Cell,  y  sonnes  of  Dedon,  the  sonnes  of 
 Gaddahef,  the  sonnes  of  Zapheus,  y^  sonnes 
 of  Aggia,  the  sonnes  of  Sacharet,  f  sonnes  of 
 Sabathc,  the  sonnes  of  Saroneth,  f  sonnes  of 
 Malsit,  f  sonnes  of  Ania,  f  sonnes  of  Sasus, 
 f  sonnes  of  Addus,  f  sonnes  of  Suba,  f  sonnes 
 of  Eura,  f  sonnes  of  Rahotis,  the  sonnes  of 
 Phasphat,  f  sonnes  of  Malmon.  All  these 
 mynistred  in  the  Sanctuary,  ij  were  seruauntes 
 of  Salomon:  euen  iiij.  C.  and  Ixxxij. 
 
 These-  folowinge  are  they,  y  wete  vp  fro 
 
 Chelmellat  Thelarsa  (whose  prynces  were 
 Carmela  5  Careth)  (j  might  not  shewe  forth 
 their  cities  5  kynreddes,  how  they  were  of 
 Israel :  The  sonnes  of  Dalarus,  f  sonnes  of 
 Tube,  y-  sonnes  of  Nechodaicus.  Of  f  prestes 
 y  executed  f  office  of  y  presthode,  5  were  not 
 founde :  The  sonnes  of  Obia,  f  sonnes  of 
 Achisos,  the  sonnes  of  Addin,  wnich  maried 
 one  of  f  daughters  of  Phargeleu,  5  were 
 named,  after  him.  The  writinge  of  y  same 
 kynred  was  sought  in  y  register  of  their 
 generacion,  but  it  was  not  foude :  and  ther- 
 fore  were  they  forbydde  to  execute  f  office  of 
 y  presthode.  Vnto  these  sayde  Nehemias  and 
 Astharas,  y  they  shulde  haue  no  porcion  in  f 
 Sanctuary,  tyll  there  rose  vp  an  hie  prest,  y 
 were  well  instructe  in  the  playne  clearnes  j 
 trueth.  Of  all  Israel  (besyde  seruauntes  5 
 maydens)  there  were  xlij.  M.  iij.  C.  5  xl.  Now 
 were  there  of  seniauntes  g  maydens,  vij.  M. 
 iij.  C.  and  xxxvj.  Of  synginge  meijsynginge 
 wemen  there  were  ij.  C.  5  Ixv.  Foure  hundreth 
 3  xxxv.  Camels.  Seuen  thousande  5  xxxvj. 
 horses.  Two  hundreth  thousande  5  xlv. 
 Mooles.     Fyue  thousande  and  xxxv.  Asses. 
 
 Their  heades  also  and  the  rulers  in  the 
 trybes,  whan  they  came  to  lerusalem,  5  wolde 
 buylde  (j  sett  vp  y-  teple  of  God  againe  in  his 
 place,  they  gaue  (after  their  abylite)  -sTito  the 
 teple,  to  y  treasure  5  to  ^  seruyce  of  the 
 Sjictuary,  xij.  M.  poundes  of  golde,  v.  thou- 
 sande of  syluer,  5  an  hundreth  prestes  gar- 
 metes.  And  so  dwelt  the  prestes  (t  the 
 Leuites,  g  the  people  y  wente  out  to  lerusale 
 (J  in  the  countre  there  aboute,  the  syngers 
 also  (J  the  porters,  euery  one  of  Israel  in  his 
 owne  lande. 
 
 So  whan  the  seuenth  moneth  came,  and 
 whan  the  childre  of  Israel  were  euery  man" 
 at  his  busines,  they  came  all  with  one  cosent 
 in  to  the  courte,  which  was  before  f  east 
 dore.  And  there  stode  lesua  the  sonne  of 
 losedec  and  his  brethren  f  prestes,  (i  Zoro- 
 babel  the  sonne  of  Salathiel  and  his  brethren, 
 settinge  vp*  an  aulter,  to  offre  brent  sacrifices 
 vpon  it,  as  it  is  written  in  y-  lawe  of  Moses. 
 
 There  came  people  also  of  other  countrees, 
 and  the  Heithen  out  of  all  londes  set  vp  the 
 aulter  in  his  place,  and  offi-ed  sacrifices  5 
 brent  offerjuges  vnto  the  LORDE  in  the 
 mornynge.  And  so  they  helde  the  feast  of 
 tabernacles,  as  it  is  commaunded  in  the  lawe.' 
 
Ci)ap.  b. 
 
 €l)t  li).  Ijofee  of  €0}trra6. 
 
 fo,  vu 
 
 JF 
 
 And  daylie  ofFred  they  as  acordinge  was,  and 
 made  the  sacrifices  appoynted,  the  offeringes 
 also  of  the  Sabbathes  and  of  the  new  Moones, 
 and  all  holy  feastes.  "And  all  they  that 
 vowed  offerynges  vnto  the  LORDE,  beganne 
 at  the  new  Moone  of  f  seucth  moneth  to 
 offre  vnto  God,  for  the  temple  of  the  LORDE 
 was  not  yet  buylded.  And  they  gaue  vnto 
 the  Masons  and  Carpeters,  money,  meate  (i 
 drynke  with  chearfulnesse.  Vnto  them  of 
 Sydon  also  and  Tyre  they  gaue  cartes,  y  they 
 shulde  cary  Cedre  trees  from  Libanus  to  be 
 ieastes  and  beames,  and  that  they  shulde 
 make  shippes  in  the  hauen  of  loppa,  acord- 
 inge as  it  was  appoynted  and  ordeyned,  by 
 Cyrus  kynge  of  the  Persians. 
 
 And  in  the  seeonde  yeare  they  came  in  to 
 the  temple  of  God  at  Jerusalem.  In  the 
 seeonde  moneth  beganne  Zorobabel*  the 
 Sonne  of  Salathiel,  and  lesua  the  sonne  of 
 losedec,  and  their  brethren  the  prestes  and 
 Leuites,  and  all  they  that  were  come  vnto 
 Jerusalem  out  of  the  captiuyte  of  Babilon,  5 
 layed  the  foundacion  of  the  temple,  in  the 
 new  Moone  of  the  seconds  moneth  in  the 
 seeonde  yeare  y  they  were  come  in  to  lewry 
 and  Jerusalem.  And  they  appoynted  the 
 Leuites  (that  were  aboue  xx.  yeare  olde)  vnto 
 the  seruyce  of  the  LORDE:  so  lesua  and 
 his  sonnes  and  his  brethren  all  the  Leuites 
 stode  together,  and  perfourmed  the  lawe  5 
 ordinaunce  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  the  prestes  stode  and  had  their  gar- 
 mentes  d  trompettes,  5  the  Leuites,  the  sonnes 
 of  Asaph  had  Cymbals,  geuynge  thankes, 
 and  prayses  vnto  the  LORDE,  acordinge 
 as  Dauid  the  kynge  of  Israel  had  ordeyned."^ 
 And  the  songe  that  they  dyd  synge  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  was  after  tliis  maner:  O  synge 
 vnto  the  LORDE,''  for  he  is  gracious,  and 
 his  goodnes  vpon  Israel  endureth  for  euer. 
 And  all  the  people  blew  out  with  trompettes, 
 and  sunge  with  loude  voyce,  praysynge  the 
 LORDE  together  in  the  rearinge  vp  of  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE.  There  came  also 
 from  amonge  the  prestes  and  Leuites  the 
 rulers  and  elders,  acordinge  to  the  trybes 
 and  kynreds  (soch  as  had  sene  the  house 
 afore)  to  the  buyldinge  of  this  temple  with 
 greate  crye  and  greate  moumynge,  many  also 
 with    trompettes    and    greate    ioye:    In    so 
 
 "■  1  Esd.  3.  b.         '  Eccli.  49.  b.  and  c.         '  1  Par.  17.  b. 
 ■<  Psal.  135.  a. 
 
 moch,  that  the  trompettes  might  not  wel  be 
 herde  for  the  wepynge  and  moumynge.  For 
 the  comon  people  blew  goodly  vp5  the 
 trompettes. 
 
 Then  came  the  enemies  of  the  trybes  of 
 luda  and  Ben  lamin,'  to  knowe  what  that 
 tropettynge  and  noyse  of  shawmes  might  be. 
 And  they  perceaued  y  it  was  they  which 
 were  come  agayne  out  of  captiuyte,  (t  wolde 
 buylde  the  temple  a  new  vnto  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel.  So  they  wente  to  Zorobabel 
 and  lesua  and  to  the  rulers  of  the  vyllages,  5 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Shal  we  buylde  with  you 
 also?  for  we  like  wyse  haue  herde  youre 
 LORDE,  (I  we  walke  after  the  same  maner, 
 from  the  dayes  of  Aszbazareth  the  kinge  of 
 Assiria,  which  brought  vs  hither.  Then 
 Zorobabel  and  lesua  and  the  rulers  of  the 
 villages  of  Israel  sayde  vnto  them  :  It  is  not 
 mete,  that  ye  shulde  buylde  the  temple  of 
 oure  God  with  vs :  we  oure  selues  alone  wil 
 buylde  vnto  the  LORDE,  like  as  Cyrus^  the 
 kynge  of  the  Persians  hath  commanded  vs. 
 
 But  the  Heithen  in  the  londe  layed  them 
 selues  against  those  that  were  in  lewry,  helde 
 vp  the  buyldinge  from  them,  layed  wayte 
 vpo  them  preuely,  stopped  soch  as  brought 
 eny  thinge  to  them,  forbad  them  to  buylde,  5 
 hyndered  those  that  made  the  passage,  that 
 the  buyldinge  shulde  not  be  fynished :  5  this 
 contynued  so  longe  as  kynge  Cyrus  lyued  :  g 
 so  they  put  of  the  buyldinge  for  the  space  of 
 two  yeare,  vntill  y  raigne  of  kynge  Darius. 
 
 Ci)t  bt.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 NOT  with  stondinge,  in  the  seeonde  yeare 
 of  the  raigne  of  Darius,^  Aggeus  5 
 Zachaiy  the  sonne  of  Addo  prophecied  vpon 
 them  in  lewry  and  lerusalem,  in  the  name 
 of  the  God  of  Israel.  Then  Zorobabel  the 
 sonne  of  Salathiel  and  lesua  the  sonne  of 
 losedec  stode  vp,*  and  beganne  to  buylde  the 
 house  of  the  LORDE  at  lerusalem,  when 
 the  prophetes  of  the  LORDE  helped  them. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  came  Sysennes  the 
 vnder  shreue  in  Syria  and  Phenices,  with  the 
 landlordes  and  his  companyons,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Who  hath  bydden  (j  commaunded 
 you  to  buylde  the  house?  to  make  the  rofe 
 and  all  other  thinges  agayne  ?  And  who  are 
 the  workemen,  that  buylde  them?     Neuer- 
 
 '  1  Esd.  4.  a.  /I  Esd.  1.  a.  e  1   Es.  5.  a. 
 
IjTo.  Vih 
 
 €l)t  iij.  hokt  of  CSitiras. 
 
 CJ)ap.  ht 
 
 theles  tlie  elders  of  the  lewes  had  soch  grace 
 of  the  LORDE,  that  they  wolde  not  be  lett 
 (thougli  they  were  prouoked  therto)  but 
 buylded  on  still,  vntill  the  tynne  that  kynge 
 Darius  were  certified  therof,  and  an  answere 
 receaued  from  him.  'llie  letter  that  these 
 men  sent  vnto  kynge  Darius,  was  after  this 
 maner : 
 
 Sysennes  the  vnder  shreue  in  Syria  and 
 Phenices,  and  the  land  lordes  with  their  co- 
 panios,  which  are  head  rulers  in  Syria  and 
 Phenices,  sende  their  salutacion  vnto  Darius 
 the  kynge.  We  certifie  oure  lorde  the  kynge, 
 that  we  came  in  to  the  londe  of  lewry,  5 
 wente  to  Jerusalem  :  where  we  founde  them 
 buyldinge  the  greate  house  of  God  and  the 
 tC'ple,  with  greate  costly  fre  stone  and  with 
 goodly  tymbre  for  the  walles  :  yee  they  make 
 greate  haist  with  the  worke,  5  helpe  one 
 another,  and  it  goeth  forth  prosperously  in 
 their  handes,  and  with  greate  diligence  5 
 worshipe  is  it  made.  Then  axed  we  the 
 elders,  who  had  comaunded  them  to  make  vp 
 the  house  and  the  buyldinge :  and  this  we 
 dyd,  to  f  intet  that  we  might  certifie  the 
 perfectly,  and  wryte  vnto  the,  the  names  of 
 those  y  were  y  rulers  of  the  worke.  So  they 
 gaue  vs  this  answere :  we  are  the  seruauntes 
 of  the  LORDE,  which  made  heauen  and 
 earth :  5  as  for  this  house,"  it  hath  bene 
 buylded  and  set  vp  afore  tyme  by  the  greate 
 and  mightie  kynge  of  Israel.  But  whan  oure 
 fathers  prouoked  God  vnto  wrath,  5  synned 
 agaynst  the  God  of  Israel,  'he  gaue  the  ouer 
 in  to  the  power  of  Nabuchodonosor  kynge  of 
 Babilon  the  kynge  of  the  Caldees,  which 
 brake  downe  y  house  and  bret  it,  and  caried 
 awaye  the  people  presoners  ^oito  Babilon. 
 
 Neuertheles,  in  the  first  yeare  that  kynge 
 Cyrus  reigned  at  Babilon,'^  Cyrus  the  kyiige 
 wrote  and  commaunded  to  buylde  vp  this 
 house  agayne :  and  all  the  omamentes  that 
 Nabuchodonosor  caried  awaye  from  lerusalem 
 vnto  Babilon,  and  appropriated  vnto  his 
 owne  temple :  those  brought  Cyrus  forth 
 agayne,  and  delyuered  them  to  Zorobabel  (t 
 to  Salmanasar  the  vndershreue,  commaund- 
 ynge  them,  y  they  shulde  brynge  those  same 
 omamentes  agayne  to  lerusale  in  to  y  teple, 
 tt  to  begynne  from  y  tjme  forth,  to  buylde 
 the  teple  agayne  in  his  owne  place.  The  Sal- 
 manasar layed  the  foundacion  of  y  LORDES 
 
 '  3  Reg.  6.  a. 
 
 '  4  Re.  24.  and  25.     lere.  39.  52. 
 
 house  at  lerusalem,  and  euer  sence  haue 
 they  buylded,  (t  yet  is  it  not  ended.  And 
 therfore  (O  kyoige)  yf  thou  thynkest  it  good, 
 let  it  be  sought  in  the  Lybraries  %  rolles  of 
 kynge  Cyrus :  yf  it  be  founde  the,  that  it  is 
 done  with  the  councell  and  cosent  of  kyaige 
 Cyrus,  and  yf  oure  lorde  y  kynge  be  so  mynded, 
 let  him  wryte  vnto  vs  therof. 
 
 Then  comaunded  kinge  Darius,  to  seke  in 
 the  Lybraries :''  and  so  at  Egbathanis  in  a 
 litle  cite  in  Media  there  was  founde  soch  a 
 wrytinge :  In  the  first  yeare  of  the  raigne  of 
 Cyrus,  the  same  kynge  Cyrus  comaunded,  y 
 the  house  of  the  LORDE  at  lerusalem  shulde 
 be  buylded  agayne  (5  odoures  to  be  made 
 there  contyoiually  vnto  the  LORDE)  whose 
 heyth  shalbe  ten  cubites,  f  bredth  Ix.  cubites 
 5  iiij.  square  with  thre  hewen  stones,  with  a 
 lofte  of  tymbre  of  the  same  countre,  yee  with 
 a  new  loft,  5  the  expenses  therof  to  be  geuen 
 of  f  house  of  kynge  Cyrus.  And  the  orna- 
 metes  of  golde  d  syluer,  y  Nabuchodonosor 
 toke  out  of  the  house  of  the  LORDE  at  le- 
 rusalem, shalbe  set  agayne  in  the  temple  at 
 lerusale,  where  they  were  afore.  Sysennes 
 also  the  vndershreue  in  Syria  and  Phenices, 
 y  prynces  and  their  companyons,  and  the 
 other  y  be  head  rulers  in  Syria  and  Phenices, 
 shall  not  medle  ner  haue  eny  thinge  to  do 
 with  that  place. 
 
 I  Cyrus  haue  comaunded  also,  that  they 
 shal  buylde  the  house  of  the  LORDE  whole 
 vp :  5  haue  ordeyned  them,  to  helpe  those  y 
 be  come  out  of  captiuyte,  tyll  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  be  fynished :  5  out  of  the  try- 
 bute  and  taxinge  that  is  yearly  raysed  vp  in 
 Syria  and  Phenices,  diligently  to  geue  them 
 a  certayne  summe,  to  the  ofFerynge  of  the 
 LORDE :  and  the  same  to  be  delyuered  vnto 
 Zorobabel  the  officer:  that  he  therwithall 
 maye  ordeyne  oxen,  rammes,  lambes,  5  come, 
 salt,  \vyne  and  oyle,  and  that  contynually 
 euery  yeare :  after  the  expences  which  the 
 prestes  that  be  at  lerusalem,  shew  to  be  made 
 daylie : '  this  shalbe  geuen  vnto  them  with- 
 out delaye,  that  they  maye  offer  sacrifices 
 daylie  to  the  hyest  God,  for  the  kynge  and 
 for  his  seruauntes,  and  to  praye  for  their 
 lyues.  Let  it  be  proclamed  also  on  euery 
 syde,  that  who  so  euer  breaketh  or  despyseth 
 this  comaundement  of  y  kynge,  shalbe  hanged 
 vpon  a  galow  (made  of  his  owne  good)  5  all 
 
 '  1  Esd.  5.  c.     ''I  Esd.  6.  a.  3  Esd.  4.  c.    '3  Esd.  6.  b. 
 
Cfta^j.  biij. 
 
 Cfie  iij.  {)okt  of  (!?5'5iirag. 
 
 Sq.  Xiih 
 
 his  goodes  shalbe  seasoned  vnto  y  kynge. 
 The  LORDE  therfore  (whose  name  is  there 
 called  vpon)  rote  out  and  destroye  all  y 
 kynges  and  people,  that  vndertake  by  vio- 
 lence to  hynder  the  same,  or  to  deale  vncur- 
 teously  with  the  house  of  the  LORDE  at  le- 
 rusalem.  I  Darius  the  kinge  haue  ordeyned, 
 that  these  thinges  shalbe  done  with  all  dili- 
 gence. 
 
 CIjc  6tj.  Chapter. 
 
 THEN  Sysennes  y  vndershreue  in  Ce- 
 losyria  and  Phenices,  and  the  other 
 landlordes  with  their  companyons,  obeyed  the 
 thinges  that  kynge  Darius  had  ordened,  were 
 diligent  in  the  holy  workes,  5  were  felow 
 helpers  with  the  olde  rulers  of  the  lewes. 
 And  so  the  worke  of  the  Sanctuary  wente 
 forth  and  prospered,  whan  Aggeus  and  Za- 
 chary  prophecied.  And  they  perfounned  all 
 thinges  thorow  the  commaundement  of  the 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  and  after  the  deuyce 
 of  Cyrus,  Darius,  and  Artaxerses  kynges  of 
 Persia. 
 
 And  thus  was  oure  house  fjmished,  vnto 
 the  xxiij.  daye  of  the  moneth  Addar  in  f  y]. 
 yeare  of  kynge  Darius.  And  the  children  of 
 Israel  the  prestes  5  the  Leuites,  5  the  other 
 that  were  come  out  of  captiuyte,  s  soch  as 
 were  ioyned  vnto  them,  dyd  acordinge  as  it 
 is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  Moses.  And  in  the 
 dedicacion  of  the  temple  they  oifi-ed  an  hun- 
 dreth  oxen,  an  C.  rammes,  iiij.  C.  lambes,  5 
 xij.  goates  for  the  synnes  of  all  the  people  of 
 Israel,  after  y  nombre  of  the  trybes  of  Israel. 
 The  prestes  also  (j  the  Leuites  stode  arayed 
 in  the  prestly  garmetes,  after  f  trybes,  ouer 
 all  y  workes  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel, 
 acorchnge  to  y  boke  of  Moses,  and  the  porters 
 by  all  the  dores. 
 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  (with  those  y 
 were  come  out  of  captiuyte)  helde  the  Passe- 
 ouer  the  xiiij.  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  whan 
 the  prestes  and  the  Leuites  were  sanctified. 
 They  that  came  out  of  captiuyte,  were  not 
 all  sanctified  together:  but  the  Leuites  were 
 all  sanctified  together.  And  so  all  they  that 
 came  out  of  captiuyte,  kylled  the  easter  lambe, 
 for  their  brethre,  for  the  prestes  (j  for  them 
 selues.  And  the  childre  of  Israel  y  came  out 
 of  captiuyte,  5  escaped  fro  all  y  abhomina- 
 cions  of  the  Heithe,  sought  the  LORDE,  and 
 kepte  the  feast  of  vnleuended  bred  vij.  dales 
 longe,  eatinge  (t  drynkynge  (j  were  mery  be- 
 
 fore the  LORDE :  y  the  LORDE  had  turned 
 the  deuyce  of  the  kynge  of  Assiria,  r;  com- 
 forted their  handes  to  the  workes  of  y  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel. 
 
 ^t  btij.  Cijapter. 
 
 AND  after  him,  whan  Artaxerses  the 
 kynge  of  y  Persias  raigned,"  there  wete 
 vnto  him  Eszdi-as  the  sonne  of  Saraias,  the 
 Sonne  of  Azarias,  the  sonne  of  Helchia,  y 
 Sonne  of  Sallu,  the  sonne  of  Sadoc,  f  sonne 
 of  Achitob,  the  sonne  of  Amarias,  y  sonne 
 of  Azarias,  the  sonne  of  Boccus,  y  sonne  of 
 Abisu,  y  Sonne  of  Phineas,  the  sonne  of 
 Eleazar,  y  sonne  of  Aaron  y  first  prest.  This 
 Eszdras  wete  vp  from  Babilon  (for  he  had 
 good  vnderstondinge  in  y  lawe  of  Moses,  y 
 was  geue  of  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  to 
 be  taught  j  done  in  dede.)  And  f  kinge  fa- 
 uoured  him,  5  dyd  him  greate  worshipe  and 
 honoure,  after  all  his  desyres.  There  wente 
 vp  with  him  also  certayne  of  f  children  of 
 Israel,  of  the  prestes,  of  f  Leuites,  of  the 
 syngers,  porters,  and  mynisters  of  y  temple  at 
 lerusalem. 
 
 In  the  vij.  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  kynge 
 Artaxerses,  in  the  v.  moneth,  y  is  in  the  vij. 
 yeare  of  the  raigne,  they  went*  from  Babilon 
 in  the  newmoone  of  the  v.  moneth,  j  came 
 the  hye  waye  to  lerusale  after  his  commaunde- 
 ment, like  as  the  LORDE  had  prospered 
 their  iourney.  For  in  these  Eszdras  gat 
 greate  instruccion,  y  he  shulde  leaue  none  of 
 y  thinges  behynde,  which  were  in  y  lawe  (j 
 comaundementes  of  God.  And  he  taught 
 whole  Israel  all  righteousnes  ij  iudgment. 
 
 Then  came  the  Secretaries  of  kynge  Ar- 
 taxerses, 5  delyuered  f  wrytinges  (y  were 
 come  fro  Artaxerses  the  kynge)  to  Eszdras 
 the  prest  s  reder  of  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE: 
 And  this  is  y  copye  of  y  letter:  Kynge  Ar- 
 taxerses sendeth  his  gretinge  vnto  Eszdras  the 
 prest  5  reder  of  the  lawe  of  y  LORDE:  Of 
 frendshipe  %  good  will  I  haue  ordeyned  and 
 charged,  yf  there  be  eny  of  the  lewes,  of  y 
 prestes  5  Leuites  in  my  realme,  which  de- 
 syreth  5  is  contet  to  go  with  the  vnto  lerusale, 
 y  he  maye  do  it.  Therfore  yf  eny  be  mynded 
 to  beare  the  copany,  let  the  come  together,  5 
 go  with  the  (like  as  I  am  contet  5  my  vij. 
 frendes  my  coucelers:)  to  se  what  they  do  at 
 lerusale  i  in  lewry,  d  kepe  y  thinges  acord- 
 
So,  jfib. 
 
 €i)t  iij.  bokt  of  (Sstjlirasi. 
 
 Cftap.  btij. 
 
 inge  as  thou  hast  in  y  lawe  of  the  LORDE: 
 J  to  bringe  the  giftes  vnto  God  the  LOllDE 
 of  Israel,  y  I  ij  my  frendes  haue  promysed  to 
 lerusalc,  tt  all  the  syluer  u  golde  y  is  in  f 
 countre  of  Babilon,  vnto  y  LORDE  to  le- 
 rusale,  with  the  thinge  y  is  geue  for  the  peo- 
 ple in  the  LORDES  temple  at  lerusalem : 
 Yee  that  the  same  syluer  5  golde  maye  be 
 gathered,  and  oxen,  rammes,  shepe  u  goates 
 and  other  that  beloge  to  these  thinges :  and 
 that  they  maye  offer  sacrifices  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  vpon  the  aulter  of  their  LORDE, 
 which  is  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  what  so  euer  thou  5  thy  brethre  wyl 
 do  with  the  syluer  d  golde,  y  do  after  y  mynde, 
 (t  after  the  comaundement  of  the  LORDE 
 thy  God :  5  like  wyse  with  all  the  holy  vessels, 
 y  are  geue  the  for  the  seruyce  of  the  house  of 
 the  LORDE  thy  God:  5  other  thinges  what 
 soeuer  is  necessary  for  the  to  the  worke  of 
 the  temple,  y  shalbe  geue  the  of  the  kynges 
 treasure :  5  loke  what  thou  with  thy  brethre 
 wilt  do  with  the  golde  and  syluer,  that  do 
 after  y  wil  of  the  LORDE.  And  I  kynge 
 Artaxerses  haue  commaunded  the  kepers  of 
 f  treasures  in  Syria  and  Phenices,  that  what 
 soeuer  Eszdras  the  prest  and  reder  of  the  lawe 
 of  the  LORDE  doth  wryte,  it  shalbe  geuen 
 him:  tyll  an  C.  talentes  of  syluer,  and  of 
 golde  in  lyke  maner:  Of  corne  also  an  C. 
 measures,  and  tyll  an  hudreth  vessels  of  wyne, 
 and  other  plenteous  thinges  without  nombre. 
 Let  all  thinges  be  done  after  the  lawe  of  y 
 hyest  God,  that  the  wrath  of  God  aryse  not 
 in  the  realme  of  the  kynge  and  of  his  sonnes. 
 I  commaunde  you  also,  that  ye  requyre  no 
 taxinge  ner  tribute  of  the  prestes,  Leuites, 
 syngers,  and  mynisters  of  the  temple,  ner  of 
 the  wryters :  and  that  no  man  haue  auctorite 
 to  medle  eny  thinge  against  them.  As  for 
 the  (O  Eszdras)  set  thou  iudges  and  arbitrers 
 in  the  whole  lande  of  Syria  and  Phenices, 
 after  the  wyszdome  of  God:  and  lerne  all 
 soch  as  are  ignoraunt  in  the  lawe  of  God  thy 
 LORDE,  and  let  all  them  that  offende 
 agaynst  the  lawe,  be  punyshed:  whether  it 
 be  with  death,  with  payne,  to  be  condemned 
 in  money,  or  to  be  banyshed. 
 
 Then  sayde  Eszdras  f  wryter :  Blessed  be 
 f  God  of  oure  fathers,  that  hath  geuen  so 
 good  a  mynde  and  W7II  in  to  the  hert  of  the 
 kynge,   to  magnifie  his  house  y  is  at  Jeru- 
 
 salem, and  hath  made  me  to  be  accepted  in 
 the  sight  of  y  kynge,  of  his  councell,  of  his 
 fredes  and  of  his  nobles.  And  so  I  was  sted- 
 fast  in  my  mynde,  acordinge  as  the  LORDE 
 my  God  helped  me,  and  I  chose  out  men  of 
 Israel,  to  go  vp  with  me.  And  these  are  the 
 heades"  (after  their  kynreds  5  houses  of  their 
 fathers)  that  wente  vp  with  me  from  Babilon, 
 out  of  the  kyngdome  of  Artaxerses :  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  Phares,  Gersonius.  Of  f  sonnes 
 of  Siemarith,  Amenus.  Of  the  sonnes  of 
 Dauid,  Accus,  the  sonne  of  Cecilia. 
 
 Of  the  sonnes  of  Phares,  Zachary:  and 
 with  him  there  turned  agayne  an  hundreth 
 and  fiftie  men.  Of  the  sonnes  of  the  captayne 
 of  Moabilon,  Zaraei,  and  with  him  ij.  C.  and 
 1.  men.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Zachnes,  lechonicis 
 Zecholi,  and  with  him  ij.  C.  and  1.  men.  Of 
 the  sonnes  of  Salamaasias,  Gotholie,  and  Ixx. 
 with  him.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Zaphacia,  Zarias 
 Miheli,  and  with  him  bcxx.  Of  the  sonnes 
 of  lob,  Abdias  leheli,  and  with  him  ij.  C. 
 and  xij.  men.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Bania,  Sali- 
 moth  the  sonne  of  losaphia,  and  with  him  an 
 C.  and  Ix.  men.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Beer, 
 Zachary  Bebei,  and  with  him  ij.  C.  and  viij. 
 men.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Esead,  lohannes 
 Ezechan,  and  with  him  Cx.  men.  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  Adonica  those  that  were  the  last, 
 and  these  are  their  names :  Eliphalam  f 
 sonne  of  Gebel  and  Semeias,  j  with  him  Ixx. 
 men.  All  these  called  I  together  by  the 
 water  Thia,  where  we  pitched  oure  tentes 
 thre  dayes,  and  there  I  mustered  them. 
 
 *As  for  the  sonnes  of  the  prestes  and 
 Leuites,  I  founde  none  there.  Then  sent  I 
 vnto  Eleazar,  5  Eccelom,  and  Masman,  5 
 Malobam,  and  Enaathan,  and  Samea,  and 
 loribimathan,  Eunagan,  Zachary,  MosoUamii 
 (these  were  the  leders  and  men  of  experiece) 
 (I  I  sent  them  worde,  that  they  shulde  come 
 vnto  Loddeus,  which  was  by  the  place  of  the 
 treasury,  5  commaunded  them  that  they 
 shulde  speake  vnto  Loddeus  and  to  his 
 brethren  5  to  those  that  were  in  the  treasury, 
 to  sende  vs  soch  me,  as  might  execute  the 
 prestes  office  in  the  house  of  the  LORDE 
 oure  God.  And  with  the  mightie  hade  of 
 oure  LORDE  God,  they  brought  vnto  vs  me 
 of  good  experience,  from  amoge  the  sonnes  of 
 Moolius,  the  sonne  of  Leui,  y  sonne  of  Israel, 
 Sebebeiam  5  the  sonnes  5  his  brethre  Aszbin 
 
CI)ap.  bii]. 
 
 €i)t  iij,  bokt  of  (SsJitiias, 
 
 fo,  vb. 
 
 (J  Anim,  of  whom  there  were  xviij.  From 
 amoge  the  children  of  the  sonnes  of  Cananeus, 
 5  their  sonnes  were  xx.  men.  And  of  them 
 y  serued  in  the  temple,  whom  Dauid  had  or- 
 deyned,  and  the  pryncipall  men  that  ministred 
 for  the  worke  vnto  the  Leuites  in  the  temple, 
 ij.  C.  and  xx.  men :  whose  names  are  all 
 tokened  vp  in  wrytinge. 
 
 Then  commaunded  I  a  fastynge  vnto  f 
 yonge  men  before  the  LORDE,"  y  I  might 
 desyre  of  him  a  prosperous  iourney  5  a  good 
 waye  for  vs,  yee  for  vs,  for  oure  children  and 
 for  the  catell,  because  of  the  layenges  awayte : 
 g  I  durst  not  require  of  the  kynge  men  of 
 horse  5  of  fote,  to  conveye  vs  safely  agaynst 
 oure  enemies,  for  we  had  sayde  vnto  the 
 kynge,  that  f  power  of  the  LORDE  oure 
 God  shulde  be  with  them,  that  seke  him  with 
 their  whole  hert.  And  therfore  we  besought 
 God  oure  LORDE  earnestly  because  of  these 
 thinges,  and  he  was  mercifuU  \Tito  vs,  and 
 herde  oure  prayer.  And  I  separated  from 
 amonge  f  rulers  of  the  people,  (t  from  y 
 prestes  of  y  temple  xij.  men,  5  Sebeia  5 
 Asania,  5  ten  men  of  their  brethren  with 
 them.  And  I  weied  the  the  golde  5  the  syluer 
 5  all  the  prestly  omametes  of  the  house  of  oure 
 God,  which  the  kynge  (t  his  coiicell,  5  his 
 prynces  5  whole  Israel  had  geue.  And  whan 
 I  had  weyed  it,  I  gaue  the  an  CI.  taletes  in 
 syluer,  an  C.  talentes  of  syluer  vessell,  an  C. 
 talentes  of  golde,  (j  of  golde  vessell  seue  tymes 
 twentie,  and  vessels  of  other  metall  (yee  of 
 good  metall)  xij.  glisteringe  as  the  golde,  5 
 saide  vnto  the :  ye  also  are  holy  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  a  the  vessels  are  holy,  5  the  golde 
 (J  the  syluer  is  promised  vnto  the  LORDE 
 the  God  of  oure  fathers.  Be  diligent  now  5 
 kepe  it,  vntill  the  t5rme  y  ye  delyuer  it  to  the 
 rulers  of  the  people,  to  y  prestes,  to  the 
 Leuites  5  to  y  pryncipall  me  of  the  cities  of 
 Israel  in  lerusalem,  5  in  the  chambre  of  the 
 house  of  oure  God. 
 
 So  f  prestes  (i  the  Leuites  which  receaued 
 of  me  the  golde,*  the  syluer  5  the  vessell, 
 brought  it  to  lerusale  in  to  the  teple  of  the 
 LORDE.  And  from  Thia  we  brake  vp  the 
 xij.  daye  of  the  first  moneth,  tyll  we  came  to 
 lerusale.  And  whan  the  thirde  daye  was 
 past,  the  weyed  golde  5  syluer  was  delyuered 
 in  f  house  of  the  LORDE  the  fourth  daye, 
 vnto  Marimoth  the  sonne  of  lor  the  prest,  a 
 
 with  him  was  Eleazar  y  sonne  of  Phineas, 
 and  with  the  were  losabdus  y  sonne  of  lesnet, 
 Medias  5  the  sonne  of  Banus,  a  certayne  of 
 the  Leuites  to  the  nombre  (i  to  the  waighte : 
 (t  the  waight  of  them  was  writte  vp  the  same 
 tyme.  As  for  those  that  were  come  out  of 
 captiuyte,  they  offred  sacrifice  vnto  the 
 LORDE  the  God  of  Israel :  euc  xij.  oxen 
 for  all  Israel,  Ixxxvj.  rammes,  Ixxij.  shepe, 
 xij.  goates  for  synne,  xij.  kyne  for  a  thank- 
 offeringe,  all  to  the  sacrifice  of  the  LORDE. 
 And  f  kinges  comission  delyuered  they  Tato 
 f  stewardes  and  debytes  of  the  kynge,  and  to 
 the  vndershreues  in  Celosyria  and  Phenices. 
 
 'Now  whan  these  thinges  were  done,  the 
 rulers  came  vnto  me,  and  sayde  :  The  gene- 
 racion  of  Israel,  the  prynces,  y  prestes  and 
 Leuites,  the  straunge  people  and  indwellers 
 of  the  londe,  haue  not  put  awaye  their  vn- 
 clennesse,  from  the  Cananites,  Hethites, 
 Pheresites,  from  the  Moabites,  Egipcians  j 
 Edomites.  For  both  they  and  their  sonnes 
 haue  mengled  them  selues  with  the  daughters 
 of  them,  (J  the  holy  sede  is  mixte  with  the 
 outlandish  Heithen,  (t  sens  the  beg)'nnynge 
 of  their  raigne  haue  the  rulers  and  heades 
 bene  partakers  of  their  wickednesse. 
 
 As  soone  as  I  had  herde  these  thinges, 
 immediatly  I  rent  my  holy  gannentes,  and 
 pulled  out  f  hayre  of  my  heade  a  my  beerd, 
 (I  sat  me  downe  soroufuU  5  heuy.  So  all  they 
 that  were  moued  thorow  the  worde  of  the 
 God  of  Israel,  came  vnto  me :  and  I  sat  still 
 full  of  heuines  vntill  the  euenynge  sacrifice. 
 Then  stode  I  vp  fro  fastinge,  hauynge  rente 
 clothes  (E  the  holy  garmet,  kneled  downe 
 vpon  my  knees,  helde  out  my  hades  ^aito  y 
 LORDE,  (t  sayde :  O  LORDE,  I  am  con- 
 founded (J  ashamed  before  thy  ftice,  for  oure 
 synnes  are  become  many  vpon  oure  heades,  (j 
 oure  wickednesses  are  exalted  vTito  the  heaue : 
 for  sens  y^  tyme  of  oure  fathers  we  are  in 
 greate  sinne  vnto  this  daye.  And  for  the 
 synnes  of  vs  (j  oure  fathers,  we  with  oure 
 brethren  5  with  oure  prestes  haue  bene  de- 
 liuered  vnto  the  kinges  of  the  earth,  in  to  the 
 swerde,  5  in  to  captiuite,  (j  became  a  spoyle 
 with  confucion  (t  shame  vnto  this  dale.  And 
 now  O  LORDE  God,  how  greate  is  the 
 mercy  y  we  have  gotte  of  the  ?  in  y  thou 
 hast  left  vs  a  rote  5  a  name  in  the  place  of 
 thy  Sanctuary,  to  discouer  oure  light  in  the 
 
Jfo.  vbu 
 
 Cl)r  iij.  bofee  of  CSilirasi. 
 
 Cbaj).  I'jr. 
 
 house  of  y  LORDE  cure  God,  ri  geue  vs 
 meate  at  all  tjiiies  of  our  ministracion.  And 
 whan  we  were  in  captiuyte,  we  were  not  for- 
 saken of  the  LORDE  oure  God:  but  he 
 made  the  kynges  of  Persia  gracious  (j  fauour- 
 able  vnto  vs,  so  y  they  gaue  vs  vytayles  5 
 meate,  yee  (j  leue  to  buylde  vp  the  teple  of 
 oure  LORDE  God  agayne,  to  repayre  the 
 waisted  places  of  Sion,  and  to  dwell  in  lewry 
 I  Jerusalem.  And  now  O  LORDE,  what 
 shall  we  saye,  haupige  all  these  thinges  in 
 possession  ?  For  we  haue  broken  thy  c6- 
 maundementes,  which  thou  gauest  vnto  vs  by 
 the  handes  of  thy  seruauntes  the  prophetes, 
 sayenge:  The  londe  y  ye  go  ymto,  (I  y  is 
 geuen  you  for  an  heretage  to  haue  in  posses- 
 sion, is  defyled  with  the  vnclennes  5  fylthynes 
 of  the  Heithen,  (j  with  their  abhominacion 
 haue  they  poluted  it  alltogether.  Therfore 
 shal  ye  not  ioyne"  youre  daughters  vnto  their 
 sonnes,  ner  mary  youre  sonnes  vnto  their 
 daughters  :  Morouer,  ye  shall  neuer  seke  to 
 make  peace  with  them,  y  ye  maye  increase  5 
 eate  the  best  in  the  lande,  a  y  ye  maye  de- 
 uyde  y  inheritaunce  of  the  lande  vnto  youre 
 children  for  euermore.  As  for  the  thinge  y 
 now  happeneth  vnto  vs,  it  commeth  all  for 
 oure  wicked  workes  and  greate  sjTines.  yet 
 hast  thou  geuen  vs  soch  a  rote,  y  we  are 
 come  againe  in  to  oure  o^vne  londe  :  and  we 
 are  so  %vicked,  y  we  haue  broke  thy  statutes 
 d  comaundementes  agajme,  5  mengled  oure 
 selues  with  the  vnclenes  of  the  outlandish 
 Heithen.  O  LORDE,  art  thou  angrie  with 
 vs  ?  wilt  thou  rote  vs  cleane  out  ?  y  oure 
 rote  (J  name  remajTie  nomore  ?  O  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  thou  art  true,  for  oure  rote 
 endureth  yet  vnto  this  present  daye.  And 
 beholde,  now  are  we  before  y  in  oure  sjnines, 
 now  can  we  not  stonde  before  the  in  them. 
 
 And  whan  Eszdras  with  this  prayer  had 
 knowleged  the  synne,  wepinge,*  5  lyege  flatt 
 vpon  the  grounde  before  the  teple,  there 
 gathered  vnto  him  from  Jerusalem  a  greate 
 multitude  of  men  (i  wemen,  of  yonge  men  (t 
 maydens,  for  there  was  a  very  greate  wepinge 
 and  mournjTige  in  the  cogregacion.  So 
 whan  lechonias  the  sonne  leheli  one  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  cried,  he  sayde  vnto  Eszdras : 
 we  haue  sj-nned  agaj-nst  the  LORDE,  be- 
 cause we  haue  maricd  outlandish  women  of 
 the  Heithe.     Now  art  thou  ouer  all  Israel 
 
 We  wil  sweare  an  00th  therfore  vnto  y 
 LORDE,  y  we  shal  put  awaye  all  oure  wyue's 
 which  we  haue  take  of  the  Heithe,  with  their 
 childre  :  like  as  it  is  appopited  the  by  oure 
 fore  elders.  Stonde  vp  then,  open  thou  it 
 and  declare  it  playnely  \Tito  vs  acordlge  to 
 the  la  we  of  y  LORDE:  for  the  matter  be- 
 longeth  vnto  y,  (r  we  wyll  helpe  the,  qujfte 
 thy  self  manly.  So  Eszdras  arose,  and  toke 
 an  ooth  of  the  rulers  of  f  prestes  5  of  y 
 Leuites  j  of  all  Israel,  to  do  after  these 
 thinges,  and  they  sware. 
 
 CIjc  iy.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 THEN  Eszdras  stode  vp  from  the  courte 
 of  the  teple  without,"  (j  wente  in  to  the 
 chaber  of  lonathas  the  sonne  of  Nasabus,  5 
 remayned  there,  5  ate  no  meate  ner  dronke 
 drynke,  for  the  multitude  of  the  wickednes  of 
 the  people.  And  there  was  made  a  procla- 
 macion  in  aU  lewry  5  at  lerusalem,  for  all 
 soch  as  were  gathered  at  lerusale  out  of  cap- 
 tiuyte, y  who  so  euer  came  not  to  lerusale 
 witliin  two  or  thre  dayes  (acordinge  to  the 
 iudgment  of  the  olde  lordes  of  councell)  his 
 goodes  shulde  be  taken  from  him,  5  he 
 excluded  from  the  cogregacion  of  the  cap- 
 tiuj^te.  And  in  thre  dayes  were  all  they  of 
 the  trybe  of  luda  (j  Ben  lamin  gathered 
 together  at  lerusalem,  the  xx.  daye  of  f  ix. 
 moneth.  And  y  whole  multitude  sat  tre- 
 blinge  in  the  courte  of  the  temple,  for  it  was 
 wynter.  So  Eszdras  arose  vp,  5  sayde  \aito 
 them  :  ye  haue  done  vnrighteously,  in  that 
 ye  haue  taken  outlandish  \vj-ues  to  mariage, 
 J  so  to  increase  the  synnes  of  Israel.  And 
 now  knowlege  the  same,  3  geue  prayse  vnto 
 the  LORDE  God  of  oure  fathers,  it  per- 
 fourme  his  wil,  departinge  from  the  Heithen 
 of  the  londe,  g  from  the  outlandish  ^v^■ues. 
 Then  cried  the  whole  multitude  with  loude 
 voyce,  (t  sayde :  like  as  thou  hast  spoke,  so 
 wil  we  do :  But  for  so  moch  as  the  people 
 are  many,  5  y  wynter  here,  we  maie  not 
 stode  without  y  house :  agapie,  this  worke  is 
 not  a  thinge,  y  can  be  fjTiished  in  a  daye  or 
 two,  for  we  be  many  y  haue  sjTined  in  these 
 thinges :  Ordene  therfore,  y  the  rulers  of 
 the  multitude  and  all  they  that  dwell  with  vs, 
 and  as  many  as  haue  outlandish  wj-ues,  the 
 prestes  also  and  iudges  of  euerv  place,  maye 
 stonde    in    the    tpne    appoynted,    tyll    thev 
 
CI)ap.  iv. 
 
 €l)t  ii),  bokt  of  esf^tirae!. 
 
 So.  jrbij. 
 
 lowse  vp  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  in  this 
 busynes. 
 
 Then  lonathas  the  sonne  of  Ezeli,  ct  Ozias 
 and  Thecam  receaued  y  charge  of  this  matter, 
 g  Bozoramus,  %  Leius  and  Sabatheus  helped 
 the  therto.  After  this,  all  they  stode  vp  y 
 were  come  out  of  captiuyte.  And  Eszdras 
 the  prest  chose  vnto  him  the  pryncipall  men 
 from  amonge  the  fathers  acordinge  to  their 
 names,  5  in  the  new  moone  of  the  tenth 
 moneth  they  sat  together,  to  examen  this 
 matter.  And  so  the  matter  was  a  determynge 
 (concernynge  the  men  y  had  outlandish  wyues) 
 vntill  the  new  moone  of  the  first  moneth.  And 
 of  the  prestes  y  had  mixte  the  selues  with  out- 
 landish wyues,  there  were  founde:"  Of  the 
 sonnes  of  lesu  the  sonne  of  losedec  5  his 
 brethren,  Mazeas,  Eleazer,  loribus  5  loadeus, 
 which  offred  them  selues  to  put  awaye  their 
 wyues,  5  to  offre  a  ramme  for  their  ignoraunce. 
 And  of  the  sonnes  of  Gemmeri,  Masseas,  j 
 Esses  5  leelech  Azarias.  Of  y  sonnes  of 
 Fosera,  Limosias,  Hismaen,  Nathanea,  lussio, 
 leddus,  (I  Talsas.  And  of  the  Leuites,  lo- 
 sabdus,  Semeis  and  Colnis,  Caletas,  Facteas, 
 Colnas  and  Elionas.  Of  the  sjiigers  of  the 
 Sactuary,  Eliarib,  Zackarus.  Of  the  porters, 
 Sallumus  s  Tolbanes.  And  of  Israel,  of  the 
 children  of  Foro,  Osi  5  Remias,  d  Geddias, 
 d  Melchias,  Michelus,  Eleazarus,  lemebias  5 
 Bannas.  And  of  the  childre  of  lolaman, 
 Chanias,  Zachary,  letzrelus,  loddius,  Erimoth 
 I  Elias.  And  of  y  sonnes  of  lathoim,  EUa- 
 das,  Liasamus,  5  Zochias,  Larimoth,  Sabdis 
 5  Tebedias.  And  of  y  sonnes  of  Zebes, 
 lohanes  Amanias,  Zabdias,  (j  Emeus.  And 
 of  the  sonnes  of  Bannus,  Olammus,  Malu- 
 chus,  leddus,  lasub,  Asabus  5  lerimoth. 
 And  of  y  sonnes  of  Addin,  Naatus  5  Moosias 
 (t  Caleus  5  Raanas  Maasuas,  Mathathias, 
 Besel,  Bannus,  and  Manasses. 
 
 And  of  the  sonnes  of  Naue,  Nones,  Afeas, 
 Melchias,  Sameas,  Simo,  Ben  lamin,  Malchus 
 ft  Marras.  And  of  the  sonnes  of  Asom,  Ca- 
 rianeus,  Mathathias,  Bannus,  Eliphalach,  Ma- 
 nasses, Semei.  Of  the  sonnes  of  Bannus, 
 leremy,  Moodias,  Abramas,  lohel,  Baneas, 
 Peliaas,  lona,  Marimoth,  Eliasib,  Mathaneus, 
 Ehasis,  Orizas,  Dielus,  Semedius,  Zambris  5 
 Joseph.  Of  f  sonnes  of  Nobeus,  Idelus,  Ma- 
 thathias, Sabadus,  Zecheda,  Sedmi,  lessens, 
 d  Baneas.     All  these  had  take  outladish  weme 
 
 to  mariage,  (t  they  put  the  awaye  with  their 
 childre. 
 
 The  prestes  (j  Leuites,  (j  all  they  y  were 
 of  Israel,  dwelt  at  lerusalem  5  thorow  out  all 
 y  londe,  in  the  new  moone  of  the  seuenth 
 moneth,  5  the  childre  of  Israel  were  in  their 
 dwellynges.  And  y  whole  multitude  came 
 together  vpon  y  floore  at  y  east  syde*  of  the 
 holy  porte  of  y  teple.  And  they  spake  vnto 
 Eszdras  ^  hie  prest  5  reder,  y  he  wolde  brynge 
 y  lawe  of  Moses,  which  was  geue  of  ^  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel.  So  Eszdras  the  hie  prest 
 brought  the  lawe  vnto  the  whole  multitude, 
 to  man  and  woman,  5  to  all  prestes,  y  they 
 might  heare  the  lawe,  in  the  new  moone  of 
 the  seuenth  moneth.  And  he  red  in  y  floore 
 y  is  before  y  holy  porte  of  f  teple,  from  the 
 mornynge  early  vntill  the  euenynge,  before 
 men  (j  wemen.  And  they  applied  their  mynde 
 all  vnto  the  lawe. 
 
 And  Eszdras  the  prest  (j  reder  of  f  lawe 
 stode  vp  vpon  a  scafFolde  of  wodd,  which 
 was  made  therfore :  5  vpon  his  right  hande 
 there  stode  by  him  Mathathias,  Samus, 
 Ananias,  Azarias,  Vrias,  Ozechias,  j  Bal- 
 samus:  Vpon  his  lefte  hade  stode  Faldeus, 
 Misael,  Malachias,  Abuschas,  Sabus,  Naba- 
 dias,  d  Zachary.  Then  toke  Eszdras  f  boke 
 before  the  whole  multitude,  for  he  was  y 
 pryncipall  and  had  in  most  honoure  of  the  all. 
 And  wha'he  had  red  out  y  lawe,  they  stode 
 all  straight  vp  vpon  their  fete.  So  Eszdras 
 praysed  the  LORDE  the  most  hye  God,  the 
 Allmightie  God  of  hoostes.  And  all  y  people 
 answered,  Amen:  u  helde  vp  their  hades, 
 fell  downe  flat  vpon  the  earth,  (t  praysed  y 
 LORDE:  lesus,  Beneas,  Sarebias,  laddimus, 
 Accubus,  Sabbatheus,  Calithes,  Azarias,  lo- 
 radus,  Ananias,  5  Philias  the  Leuites  which 
 taught  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE,  %  red  the 
 lawe  of  the  LORDE  in  the  cogregacion,  (t 
 euery  man  sett  those  before  y  vnderstode  the 
 lawe.  Then  spake  Atharathes  vnto  Eszdras 
 the  hye  prest  5  reder,  5  to  the  Leuites  y 
 taught  the  multitude,  sayenge:  This  daye  is 
 holy  vnto  the  LORDE:  (j  all  they  y  had 
 herde  the  lawe,  wepte.  So  Eszdras  sayde:' 
 Departe  youre  waye  then,  5  eate  the  best,  5 
 drynke  the  swetest,  5  sende  giftes  vnto  them 
 y  haue  nothinge :  for  this  daye  is  holy  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  and  be  not  ye  sory.  Then 
 wente  they  their  waye  euerychone,  ate  and 
 
jTo.  nbuj. 
 
 Ci)f  iiij.  bokt  of  ©sijtiras. 
 
 Cftap.  I. 
 
 (Ironke  and  were  mery,  (t  sent  rewardes  \Tito 
 tliL"  y  had  nothinge,  y  they  also  might  eate 
 with  gladnesse :  for  they  were  exceadingly 
 reioysed,  thorow  the  wordes  that  were  red 
 
 viito  them  in  the  lawe :  And  so  they  were  all 
 gathered  together  at  Jerusalem  to  holde  the 
 feast,  acordinge  to  the  couenaunt  of  y  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel. 
 
 Cftr  trUK  of  tht  t\)ivtit  bokt  of  (Ssf^tirass. 
 
 aaa&at  tI)isJ  bokt  wntepnetft. 
 
 C|)ap.  I. 
 
 God  reproueth  the  people  for  their  vnthank- 
 fulnes,  and  rehearseth  vnto  them  his  owne 
 louynge  mercy,  that  he  maye  bringe  the 
 agayne  :  yf  they  wyl  not  amende,  he  wil 
 chose  another  people. 
 
 Cljap.  II. 
 The  Synagoge  coplayneth  vpo  hir  children.   The 
 callynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 Cliap.  III. 
 Eszdras  sheweth  of  the  excellent  workes  of  God, 
 done  vnto  the  people,  and  hath  a  frendly 
 contencion  with  God  :  because  he  sufFreth  the 
 Babilonians  to  haue  the  dominion  ouer  them, 
 where  as  they  yet  are  sinners  also. 
 
 C|(ap.  IIII. 
 
 The  angel  rebuketh  Eszdras,  for  takinge  in 
 hade  to  seke  out  the  grounde  of  Gods  iudg- 
 ment,  and  instructeth  him  with  fayre  symili- 
 tudes. 
 
 •     Ci^ap.   V. 
 A  communicacio  of  Eszdras  and  the  angel  to- 
 gether. 
 
 CI)ap.   VI. 
 The  angel  enfourmeth  Eszdras,  and  answereth 
 him  to  his  questions. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VII. 
 The  angel  sheweth  Eszdras  many  secrete  mat- 
 ters, and  thinges  for  to  come. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 Eszdras  prayeth  for  the  people,  that  God  wyll 
 rather  loke  vpon  his  owne  louynge  mercy  and 
 the  godlynes  of  few,  the  vpon   the  wycked 
 synnes  of  many. 
 
 C]&ap.  IX. 
 Tokens   of  the  tyme   and   punyshment  for  to 
 come.     Visions  are  shewed  vnto  Eszdras. 
 
 CI)ap.  X. 
 A   communicacion  betwixte   Eszdras,  and   the 
 woman  that  appeared  vnto  him. 
 
 Cijap.  XI.  XII.  XIII. 
 Of   certayne    visions    and   the    interpretacions 
 therof. 
 
 C})ap.   XIIII. 
 God  appeareth  vnto  Eszdras  in  the  bush,  talketh 
 with  him,  and  comaundeth  him  what  he  shal 
 doo. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XV. 
 God   sheweth  Eszdras  the   punyshmet  that  he 
 wyl  sende  vpon  the  synfull  people,  and  com- 
 maundeth  him  to  tell  them  the  same. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XVI. 
 Punyshment  vpon  the  Heithen,   and  how  the 
 people  of  God  shal  behaue  them  selues  therin. 
 
Ci)ap.  u 
 
 Cfet  liij.  hokt  of  ©sjirasJ. 
 
 iii.  ri):. 
 
 €3^«  first  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 THE  seconde  boke  of  f  prophet  Eszdras:" 
 (y  Sonne  of  Saraias,  the  sonne  of  Aza- 
 rias,  y  sonne  of  Helchia,  f  sonne  of  Sallu, 
 the  sonne  of  Sadoc,  the  sonne  of  Achitob, 
 the  Sonne  of  Amerias,  the  sonne  of  Azarias, 
 the  sonne  of  Maraioth,  the  sonne  of  Sarahias, 
 the  Sonne  of  Vzi,  the  sonne  of  Boecus,  the 
 sonne  of  Abisu,  the  sonne  of  Phineas,  the 
 Sonne  of  Eleazar,  the  sonne  of  Aaron,  of  the 
 trybe  of  Leui)  which  was  presoner  in  the 
 lande  of  the  Meedes,  in  the  raigne  of  Ar- 
 taxerses  kynge  of  Persia. 
 
 And  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  came  vnto 
 me,  sayenge :  *Go  thy  waye  s  shew  my  people 
 their  synfull  dedes,  5  their  children  their 
 wickednesses,  which  they  haue  done  against 
 me,  that  they  maye  tell  their  childers  childre 
 the  same :  for  the  synnes  of  their  fathers  are 
 increased  in  them.  And  why?  they  haue 
 forgotten  me,  5  haue  oflred  vnto  straunge 
 goddes.  Am  not  I  euen  he,  that  brought 
 them  out  of  the  lande  of  Egipte,  from  the 
 house  of  bondcige  ?  But  they  haue  prouoked 
 me  vnto  wrath,  5  despysed  my  councels.  Pull 
 thou  out  then  the  hayre  of  thy  heade,  and 
 cast  all  euell  ouer  them,  for  they  haue  not 
 bene  obedient  vnto  my  lawe. 
 
 It  is  a  people  without  lernynge  5  nour- 
 toure.  How  longe  shal  I  forbeare  them,  vnto 
 whom  I  haue  done  so  moch  good?  Many 
 kynges  haue  I  destroyed  for  their  sakes : ' 
 Pharao  with  his  seruautes  and  all  his  power 
 haue  I  smytten  downe  and  slayne:''  All  y 
 nacions  haue  I  destroyed  and  roted  out  before 
 them,  and  in  y  east  haue  I  brought  two  landes 
 and  people  to  naught,  euen  Tyre  5  Sydon, 
 and  haue  slayne  all  their  enemies.  Speake 
 thou  therfore  vnto  them,  sayenge :  Thus 
 sayeth  the  LORDE:'  I  led  you  thorow  the 
 see,  and  haue  geuen  you  sure  stretes  sence 
 the  begynnynge.  I  gaue  you  Moses  to  be 
 youre  captayne,  and  Aaron  to  be  the  prest/ 
 I  gaue  you  light  in  a  piler  of  fyre,  d  greate 
 woders  haue  I  done  amoge  you :  yet  haue  ye 
 forgotten  me,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  allmightie  LORDE:  I 
 'gaue  you  quales  to  eate,  and  tentes  for  youre 
 sucoure :    Neuertheles    ye    murmured,    and 
 
 lEsd.7.a.  3Esd.  8.  a.  '  Esa.  58.  a.  '  Exo.  14.  f. 
 •f  Nu.  21.  (1.  losu.  8.  10.  &  12.  '  Exo.  14.  f.  /  Exo.  3.  b. 
 Nu.  18.  a.       Exo.  13.  d.      «  Exo.  16.  c.      ^  Nu.  14.  a. 
 
 ascrybed  not  f  victory  of  youre  enemies  vnto 
 my  name :  yee  this  same  dale  do  ye  yet  mur- 
 moure.  Wliere  are  the  benefites,  that  I  haue 
 done  for  you?  Whan  ye  were  hongrie  in  the 
 'wildemes,  dyd  ye  not  crie  vnto  me:  Why 
 hast  thou  brought  vs  in  to  this  wildemes,  to 
 kill  vs?  It  had  bene  better  for  vs,  to  haue 
 serued  y  Egipcians,  then  to  dye  in  this  wil- 
 demesse.  The  had  I  pitie  vpon  youre  mour- 
 ninges,  and  gaue  you  Manna  to  eate.  Ye  ate 
 angels  foode.  Wha  ye  were  thyrstie,  dyd  not 
 'I  hew  y  hardstone,  s  caused  water  ynougli  to 
 flowe  thereout  ?  For  the  heate,  I  couered  you 
 with  y  leaues  of  the  trees.  A  good  pleasaunt 
 fatt  londe  gaue  I  you:  I  cast  out  the  Ca- 
 nanites,  the  Pheresites  and  Philistynes  before 
 you.  What  shal  I  do  more  for  you,  saieth 
 the  LORDE  ? 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  Allmightie  LORDE: 
 ''Whan  ye  were  in  the  wildemes,  in  the  water 
 of  the  Amorites,  beynge  a  thyrst  5  blas- 
 phemynge  my  name,  I  gaue  you  not  fyre  for 
 youre  blasphemies,  but  cast  a  tre  in  to  y  wa- 
 ter, and  made  the  ryuer  swete.  What  shall  I 
 do  vnto  the,  O  lacob?  Thou  luda  woldest 
 not  Obeye  me.  'I  wil  turne  me  to  another 
 people,  (J  vnto  those  will  I  geue  my  name, 
 that  they  maye  kepe  my  statutes.  Seinge  ye 
 haue  forsake  me,  I  wil  forsake  you  also. 
 Whan  ye  desyre  me  to  be  gracious  vnto  you, 
 I  shal  haue  no  mercy  vpon  you.  "Whan  ye 
 call  vpo  me,  I  wil  not  heare  you.  For  ye 
 haue  defyled  youre  hades  with  bloude,  and 
 youre  fete  are  swift  to  commytt  manslaugh- 
 ter. Ye  haue  not  forsaken  me  (in  a  maner) 
 but  youre  owne  selues,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 
 Thus  sayeth  the  Allmightie  LORDE: 
 haue  I  not  prayed  you,  as  a  father  his  sonnes, 
 as  a  mother  hir  daughters,  and  as  a  norsse 
 hir  yonge  babes,  that  ye  wolde  be  my  people, 
 and  I  shulde  be  youre  God:  that  ye  wolde 
 be  my  children,  and  I  shulde  be  youre  owne 
 father  ?  "I  gathered  you  together,  as  an  henne 
 gathereth  hir  chekens  vnder  hir  wynges. 
 But  now  what  shal  I  do  vnto  you?  I  shal 
 cast  you  out  fro  my  face.  "Whan  ye  ofFre 
 vnto  me,  I  shal  turne  my  face  from  you :  for 
 your  solempne  feast  dayes,  youre  new  moones 
 and  youre  circumcisions  haue  I  forsaken.  I 
 sent  vnto  you  my  seruauntes  the  prophetes, 
 
 ■  Nu.  20.  b.     *  Exo.  15.  d.    '  Deu.  32.  b.    "  Esa.  1.  b. 
 "  Matt.  23.  d.     »  Esa.  1.  a.  and  66.  a. 
 
jTo.  n^ 
 
 CfK  iiih  bokt  of  (!?£(jlira£f. 
 
 Cbap.  it 
 
 wliom  ye  haue  taken  and  slayne,  and  tome 
 their  bodies  in  peces,  whose  bloude  I  wyll 
 requyre  of  youre  handes,  sayeth  the  LOIIDE, 
 df  Thus  sayeth  the  Allmightie  LOIIDE: 
 youre  house  must  be  desolate.  I  wil  cast  you 
 out  as  the  wynde  doth  y  strawe :  youre  chil- 
 dren shal  not  be  frutefull,  for  they  haue 
 despysed  my  commaundement,  and  done  y 
 thinge  y  is  eueU  before  me.  Youre  houses 
 wil  I  geue  vnto  a  people  y  shal  come,  and 
 "they  y  neuer  herde  me,  shal  beleue  in  me  : 
 T  they  vnto  who  I  neuer  shewed  token,  shal 
 do  the  thinge  y  I  comaunde  the.  They  haue 
 sene  no  prophetes,  yet  shal  they  call  their 
 synnes  to  remembraunce,  and  knowlege  the. 
 I  reporte  me  vnto  the  grace,  that  I  wil  do  for 
 the  people  which  is  to  come,  whose  children 
 reioyse  in  gladnes:  s  though  they  haue  not 
 sene  me  with  bodely  eyes,  yet  in  sprete  they 
 beleue  the  thinge  that  1  saye.  And  now 
 brother,  beholde  what  greate  *worshipe,  and 
 se  y  people  that  commeth  from  the  east,  vnto 
 whom  I  wyll  geue  the  dukedome  of  Abra- 
 ham, Isaac  and  lacob,  of  Oseas,  Amos,  and 
 Micheas,  of  loel,  Abdy,  lonas,  Naum  and 
 Abacuc,  of  Sophony,  Aggeus,  Zachary  and 
 Malachy,  which  is  called  also  an  angel  (or 
 messauger)  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Ci^t  it.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THUS  sayeth  the  LORDE :  I  brought 
 this  people  out  of  bondage,  I  gaue 
 the  my  comaundementes  by  my  seruaiites  f 
 prophetes,  whom  they  wolde  not  heare,  but 
 despysed  my  coucels.  The  mother  that  bare 
 them,  sayeth  vnto  them :  Go  youre  waye  ye 
 children,  for  I  am  a  wyddow  i  forsaken :  I 
 brought  you  vp  with  gladnesse,  but  with  sorow 
 and  heuynes  haue  I  lost  you :  for  ye  haue 
 synned  before  the  LORDE  youre  God,  and 
 done  y  thinge  that  is  euell  before  him.  But 
 what  shall  I  now  do  vnto  you?  I  am  a  wyddow 
 and  forsake :  go  youre  waye  (o  my  children) 
 and  axe  mercy  of  the  LORDE.  As  for  me 
 O  father,  I  call  vpon  the  for  a  wytnesse  ouer 
 the  mother  of  these  childre,  which  wolde  not 
 kepe  my  couenaunt :  y  thou  brynge  them  to 
 cofucion,  and  their  mother  to  a  spoyle,  that 
 she  beare  no  more.  Let  their  names  be 
 scatred  abrode  amonge  the  Heithen,  let  them 
 be  put  out  of  the  earth,  for  they  haue  thought 
 scorne  of  my  couenaunt. 
 
 Esii.  65.  a.     Rom.  10. 
 
 Esa.  41.  d.     Luc.  13.  c. 
 
 Wo  be  vnto  the  Assur,  thou  that  hydest 
 the  vnrighteous  by  the.  Thou  wicked  people, 
 remembre  what  I  dyd  vnto  'Sodom  and 
 Gomorre,  whose  land  is  turned  to  pitch  and 
 aszshes.  Euen  so  also  wyll  I  do  vnto  all 
 them,  that  heare  me  not,  sayeth  the  All- 
 mightie LORDE.  Thus  sayeth  the  LORDE 
 vnto  Eszdras :  Tell  my  people,  y  I  will  geue 
 them  the  kyngdome  of  lerusalem,  which  I 
 wolde  haue  geuen  vnto  Israel.  Their  glory 
 also  wyl  I  take  vnto  me,  and  geue  them  the 
 euerlastynge  tabernacles,  which  I  had  pre- 
 pared for  those. 
 
 The  tre  of  life  shalbe  vnto  them  a  swete 
 smelly nge  oyntment:  they  shal  nether  laboure 
 ner  be  weery.  Go  ye  youre  waye,  5  ye  shall 
 receaue  it.  Praye  for  youre  selues  a  few 
 dayes,  that  they  maye  dwell  therin.  Now  is 
 the  kingdome  prepared  for  you,  therfore 
 watch.  Take  heaue  and  earth  to  wytnesse, 
 for  I  haue  broken  the  euell  in  peces,  and 
 created  the  good,  for  I  lyue  sayeth  y  LORDE. 
 Mother  enbrace  thy  children,  and  brynge 
 them  vp  with  gladnes :  make  their  fete  as  fast 
 as  a  piler,  for  I  haue  chosen  the,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 And  those  that  be  deed  wyll  I  rayse  vp 
 agayne  from  their  places,  and  brynge  them 
 out  of  y  graues,  for  I  haue  knowne  my  name 
 in  Israel.  Feare  not  thou  mother  of  the 
 children,  for  I  haue  chosen  the,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE.  And  for  thy  helpe  I  shal  sende 
 the  my  seruauntes  Esay  and  leremy,  after 
 whose  counceU  I  haue  sanctified  %  prepared 
 for  the,  xij.  trees  with  dyuerse  frutes,  and  as 
 many  welles  flowinge  with  mylck  and  hony, 
 5  seuen  mountaynes,  whervpo  there  growe 
 roses  and  lilies,  wherin  I  wyl  fyll  my  children 
 with  ioye.  Execute  iustice  for  the  wyddowe, 
 be  iudge  for  the  fatherlesse :  geue  to  y  poore : 
 defende  the  cofortlesse :  clothe  the  naked : 
 heale  the  wounded  and  sick :  laugh  not  a 
 lame  man  to  scorne :  defende  the  crepell,  and 
 let  the  blinde  come  in  to  f  sight  of  my  clear- 
 nes.  Kepe  the  olde  5  yonge  within  thy 
 walles :  ''where  so  euer  thou  fyndest  the  deed, 
 toke  them,  and  burye  them,  and  I  shal  geue 
 the  the  first  place  in  my  resurreccion.  Holde 
 tyll  (O  my  people)  and  take  thy  rest,  for 
 thy  quyetnes  is  come.  Fede  thy  children  O 
 thou  good  norsse,  stablish  their  fete :  As  for 
 the  seruauntes  whom  I  haue  geuen  the,  there 
 
 Matt.  8.  b. 
 
 ■*  Tobi.  1.  d. 
 
Ct)ai)«  III. 
 
 Cftr  liij.  bokt  of  esiliraEi. 
 
 jTo.  yxu 
 
 df 
 
 shal  not  one  of  them  perishe,  for  I  wyl  seke 
 the  from  thy  nombre,  vexe  not  thy  self. 
 
 For  whan  the  daye  of  trouble  and  heu}'nes 
 commeth,  other  shal  wepe  and  be  soroufull, 
 but  thou  shalt  be  mery  and  plenteous.  The 
 Heithen  shalbe  gelous,  but  they  shalbe  able 
 to  do  nothings  agaynst  the,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE.  My  handes  shal  couer  the,  s( 
 that  thy  children  shal  not  se  the  fyre  euer 
 lastinge.  Be  ioyfull  O  thou  mother  with  thy 
 ehildre,  for  I  wyll  delyuer  the,  sayeth  th 
 LORDE.  Remembre  thy  deed  ehildre,  for 
 I  shal  brynge  them  out  of  the  earth,  and  shew 
 mercy  vnto  them,  for  I  am  merciful],  sayeth 
 the  LORDE  Allmightie. 
 
 Enbrace  thy  ehildre,  vntyll  I  come  and 
 shew  mercy  vnto  them,  for  my  welles  runne 
 ouer,  and  my  grace  shal  not  fayle.  I  Eszdras 
 receaued  a  charge  of  the  LORDE  vpon  the 
 mount  Oreb,  that  I  shulde  go  vnto  Israel. 
 But  whan  I  came  vnto  the,  they  set  me  at 
 naught,  and  despysed  the  commaundement 
 of  y  LORDE.  And  therfore  I  saye  vnto 
 you  O  ye  Heithen,  that  heare  and  vnder- 
 stonde :  Loke  for  youre  shepherde,  he  shal 
 geue  you  euerlastinge  rest:  for  he  is  nye  at 
 hande,  that  shal  come  in  the  ende  of  the 
 worlde.  Be  ready  to  the  rewarde  of  the 
 kyngdome,  for  the  euerlastinge  light  shall 
 shyne  vpon  you  for  euermore.  Fie  the  sha- 
 dows of  this  worlde,  receaue  the  ioyfulnes  of 
 youre  glory.  I  testifie  my  sauioure  openly : 
 O  receaue  the  gift  y  is  geuen  you,  and  be 
 glad,  geuynge  thankes  vnto  him,  that  hath 
 called  you  to  the  heauenly  kyngdome.  Aryse 
 ^'p,  and  stonde  fast :  beholde  the  nombre  of 
 those  that  be  sealed  in  the  feast  of  the 
 LORDE,  which  are  departed  from  the  sha- 
 dowe  of  the  worlde,  and  haue  receaued  glo- 
 rious garmetes  of  the  LORDE.  Take  thy 
 nombre  O  Sion,  and  shutt  vp  thy  purified, 
 which  haue  fulfilled  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE. 
 The  nombre  of  thy  children  whom  thou 
 longedest  for,  is  fulfilled  :  beseke  the  power 
 of  the  LORDE,  that  thy  people  which  haue 
 bene  called  from  the  begynnynge,  maye  be 
 halowed. 
 
 I  Eszdras  sawe  vpon  the  mount  Sion  a 
 greate  people,  whom  I  coude  not  "nombre,  ij 
 they  all  praysed  the  LORDE  with  songes  of 
 thankesgeuynge.  And  in  the  myddest  of  the 
 there  was  a  yonge  ma  of  an  hye  stature,  more 
 
 "  Apo.  7.  c. 
 
 excellent  then  all  they,  and  \-pon  euery  one 
 of  their  heades  he  sett  a  crowne,  and  was  euer 
 hygher  and  hygher,  which  I  marueled  at 
 greatly.  So  I  axed  f  angell,  5  sayde :  Syr, 
 what  are  these  ?  He  answered  and  sayde  vnto 
 me:  These  be  they,  that  haue  put  of  the 
 mortall  elothinge  and  put  on  the  immortall, 
 and  haue  testified  (j  knowleged  the  name  of 
 God.  Now  are  they  crowned,  and  receaue 
 the  rewarde. 
 
 Then  sayde  I  vnto  the  angell :  what  yonge 
 personne  is  it,  that  crowneth  them,  5  geueth 
 them  the  palmes  in  their  handes?  So  he 
 answered  and  sayde  vnto  me  :  It  is  y  sonne  of 
 God,  whom  they  haue  knowleged  in  the 
 worlde.  Then  beganne  I  greatly  to  com- 
 mende  them,  that  stode  so  stifly  for  the  name 
 of  the  LORDE.  And  so  the  angell  sayde 
 vnto  me :  Go  thy  waye,  and  tell  my  people, 
 what  maner  of  thinges  and  how  greate  won- 
 ders of  the  LORDE  thy  God,  thou  hast  sene. 
 
 €^t  uj.  Cljapter. 
 
 IN  the  thirtie  yeare  of  the  fall  of  the  cite, 
 I  was  at  Babilon  (t  laye  troubled  vpo  my 
 bed,  (J  my  thoughtes  came  vp  ouer  my  hert : 
 for  I  sawe  y  desolacion  of  Sion,  5  the  plen- 
 teous wealth  of  them  y  dwelt  at  Babilon: 
 5  my  sprete  was  sore  moued,  so  that  I  begane 
 to  speake  fearfull  wordes  to  the  most  hyest, 
 and  sayde:  O  LORDE  LORDE,  thou 
 spakest  at  the  beg)'nnynge,  whan  thou  plant- 
 edst  y  earth,  (and  that  thy  self  alone)  and 
 gauest  commaundement  vnto  y  people,  and  a 
 body  vnto  Adam,  *  which  was  a  creature  of 
 thy  handes,  and  hast  brethed  in  him  the  breth 
 of  life :  and  so  he  lyued  before  the,  and  thou 
 leddest  him  in  to  paradyse,  which  garde  of 
 pleasure  thy  right  hande  had  planted,  or  euer 
 the  earth  was  made.  And  vnto  him  thou 
 gauest  commaundemet  to  loue  f  waye,  which 
 he  transgressed,  j  immediatly  thou  appoynt- 
 edest  death  in  him,  and  in  his  generacions. 
 Of  him  came  nacions,  trybes,  people,  5  kyn- 
 reddes  out  of  nombre.  '^And  euery  people 
 walked  after  their  owne  wil,  and  did  nyce 
 thinges  before  the :  and  as  for  thy  com- 
 maundementes,  they  despysed  them. 
 
 ''  But  in  processe  of  tyme  thou  broughtest 
 the  water  floude,  vpon  those  that  dwelt  in  the 
 worlde,  and  destroydest  them.  And  like  as 
 the  death  was  in  Adam,  so  was  the  water 
 
fo,  nii- 
 
 El)t  iiij.  bokt  of  (gs^iiras!. 
 
 Cftap.  itij. 
 
 floude  also  in  these.  Neuertheles  one  of  them 
 thou  leftest :  namely,  Noe  with  his  housholde, 
 of  whom  come  all  righteous  me.  And  it  hap- 
 pened that,  whan  they  y  dwelt  vpon  the  earth, 
 beganne  to  multiplie,  and  had  gotten  many 
 children,  and  were  a  greate  people,  they  be- 
 ganne to  be  more  vngodly  then  the  first. 
 
 Now  whan  they  all  lyued  so  wickedly  before 
 the,  °  thou  didest  chose  the  a  man  from 
 amonge  them,  whose  name  was  Abram.  Him 
 thou  louedest,  and  vnto  him  only  thou  shewd- 
 est  thy  \vyll,  and  maydest  an  euerlastinge 
 couenaunt  with  him,  promisinge  him,  that 
 thou  woldest  neuer  forsake  his  sede.  *  And 
 vnto  him  thou  gauest  Isaac,  vnto  Isaac  also 
 thou  gauest  lacob  and  Esau.  As  for  lacob 
 thou  didest  chose  him,  and  put  backe  Esau. 
 And  so  lacob  became  a  greate  multitude. 
 
 And  it  happened  that  wha  thou  leddest 
 his  sede  out  of  Egipte,  thou  broughtest  the 
 vp  to  the  mount  Sion,  'bowinge  downe  the 
 heauens,  settinge  fast  the  earth,  mouynge  the 
 grounde,  makynge  the  depthes  to  shake,  and 
 troublynge  the  worlde :  And  thy  glory  wente 
 thorow  foure  portes  of  fyre,  and  earth  quakes, 
 and  wyndes  and  colde:  that  thou  mightest 
 geue  the  laws  vnto  the  sede  of  lacob,  and 
 diligence  vnto  the  generacio  of  Israel. 
 
 And  yet  tokest  thou  not  awaye  from  the 
 that  wicked  hert,  that  thy  lawe  might  brynge 
 forth  frute  in  them.  For  the  first  Adam  bare 
 a  wicked  hert,  transgressed,  and  was  ouer- 
 come,  and  so  be  all  they  y  are  borne  of  him. 
 ''  Thus  remayned  weaknes  with  the  lawe  in 
 the  hert  of  the  people,  with  the  wickednesse 
 of  the  rote  :  so  that  the  good  departed  awaye, 
 and  the  euell  abode  still.  So  the  tymes  passed 
 awaye,  and  the  yeares  were  brought  to  an 
 ende.  "  Then  didest  thou  rayse  the  vp  a  ser- 
 uaunt  called  Dauid,  whom  thou  commaundedst 
 to  buylde  a  cite  vnto  thy  name,  and  to  oSre 
 vp  incense  and  sacrifice  vnto  the  therin.  This 
 was  done  now  many  yeares. 
 
 Then  the  inhabiters  of  the  cite  forsoke  the, 
 and  in  all  thinges  dyd  eue  as  Adam  and  all 
 his  generacions  had  done :  for  they  also  had 
 a  wicked  hert.  And  so  thou  gauest  thy  cite 
 ouer  in  to  the  handes  of  thine  enemies.  Are 
 they  of  Babilon  then  better  and  more  righte^ 
 ous  then  thy  people,  y  they  shal  therfore  haue 
 the  domynion  of  Sion?     For  whan  I  came 
 
 ■■  Gen.  12.  IS.        »  Gen,  21.  a.  Gen.  25.  c.  Gen.  32.  a. 
 
 there,  and  sawe  their  vngodljTies,  and  so 
 greate  wickednesse,  that  it  coude  not  be 
 nobred:  yee  whan  my  soule  sawe  so  many 
 eueU  doers  (in  y  xxx.  yeare)  my  hert  fayled 
 me,  for  I  sawe,  how  thou  suffrest  them  in 
 soch  vngodlynes,  and  sparest  y  wicked  doers : 
 but  thine  owne  people  hast  thou  roted  out, 
 and  preserued  thine  enemies,  5  this  hast  thou 
 not  shewed  me. 
 
 I  cannot  perceaue  how  this  happeneth.  Do 
 they  of  Babilon  then  better,  then  they  of 
 Sion  ?  Or  is  there  eny  other  people,  y  know- 
 eth  the,  sauynge  the  people  of  Israel  ?  Or 
 what  generacion  hath  so  beleued  ;y  couenautes, 
 as  lacob  ?  And  yet  their  rewarde  appeareth 
 not,  and  their  laboure  hath  no  frute.  For  I 
 haue  gone  here  and  there  thorow  the  Heithe, 
 (J  I  se,  y  they  be  rych  5  wealthy,  5  thynke  not 
 vpon  y  commaundementes.  Weye  thou  ther- 
 fore oure  wickednesse  now  in  y  balaunce,  and 
 theirs  also  that  dwell  in  the  worlde,  and  so 
 shal  thy  name  be  no  where  founde  but  in 
 Israel.  Or  where  is  there  a  people  vpon 
 earth,  y  hath  not  synned  before  the  ?  Or 
 what  people  hath  so  kepte  thy  commaunde- 
 mentes? Thou  shalt  fynde,  that  Israel  by 
 name  hath  kepte  thy  preceptes,  but  not  the 
 other  people  and  Heithen. 
 
 Cl^e  lit).  Ci^apter. 
 
 AND  the  angeU  that  was  sent  vnto  me 
 (whose  name  was  Vriel)  gaue  me  an^ 
 swere,  and  sayde :  Thy  hert  hath  take  to 
 moch  vpon  it  in  this  worlde,  and  thou  think- 
 est  to  comprehende  the  waye  of  the  Hyest, 
 Then  sayde  I :  yee  my  lorde.  And  he  an- 
 swered me,  and  sayde :  I  am  sent  to  shewe 
 the  thre  wayes,  and  to  sett  forth  thre  symili- 
 tudes  before  the :  wherof  yf  thou  canst  declare 
 me  one,  I  wil  shewe  the  also  the  waye,  that 
 thou  desyrest  to  se,  and  I  shal  shewe  the  from 
 whece  the  vdcked  hert  commeth.  And  I 
 sayde :  tell  on  my  LORDE.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  me :  Go  thy  waye,  weye  me  the  weight 
 of  the  fyre,  or  measure  me  the  blast  of  the 
 wynde,  or  call  me  agayne  the  daye  that  is 
 past.  Then  answered  I  and  sayde :  What 
 man  borne  is  able  to  do  that  ?  Why  requyrest 
 thou  soch  of  me  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  me : 
 Yf  I  shulde  axe  the,  how  depe  dweUinges  are 
 in  the  see  ?  Or  how  greate  water  springes  are 
 
 '  Exo.  19.  a.  Deut.  4.  b.  ''  Rom.  8.  a. 
 
 '  1  Re.  16.  c.  2  Reg.  5.  a. 
 
Cbap.  iiih 
 
 €l)t  iii),  I)ofe^  of  OPSitiras. 
 
 So.  mii* 
 
 vpon  y  firmamet  ?  Or  how  greate  water 
 sprynges  are  in  the  begynnynge  of  the  depe  ? 
 Or  which  are  the  outgoinges  of  Paradise? 
 Peradueture  thou  woldest  saye  vnto  me :  I 
 neuer  wente  downe  yet  in  to  f  depe  ner  hell, 
 nether  dyd  I  euer  clymme  vp  in  to  heauen. 
 Neuertheles  now  haue  I  axed  the  but  onely 
 of  fyre  and  wynde  and  of  the  daye,  where 
 thorow  thou  hast  trauayled,  and  from  the 
 which  thou  canst  not  be  separated :  and 
 yet  canst  thou  geue  me  no  answere  of 
 them. 
 
 He  sayde  morouer  vnto  me :  Thine  owne 
 thinges,  and  soch  as  are  growne  vp  with  f, 
 canst  thou  not  knowe :  how  shulde  thy  vessel 
 then  be  able  to  coprehende  the  waye  of  the 
 Hyest,  and  now  outwardly  in  the  corrupte 
 worlde,  to  vnderstode  the  corrupcion  y  is 
 euydent  in  my  sight?  The  sayde  I  vnto  mm : 
 It  were  better  that  we  were  not  at  all,  the 
 that  we  shulde  lyue  in  wickednesse,  and  to 
 suffre,  and  not  to  knowe  wherfore.  He  an- 
 swered me,  and  sayde :  I  wete  in  a  wod,  and 
 the  trees  toke  soch  a  deuyce  and  sayde : 
 Come  let  vs  go,  and  fight  aga3mst  the  see, 
 that  it  maye  departe  awaye  before  vs,  and 
 that  we  maye  make  vs  yet  more  woddes. 
 
 The  floudes  of  the  see  also  in  lyke  maner 
 toke  this  deuyce,  and  sayde :  Come,  let  vs  go 
 vp,  and  fight  agaynst  the  trees  of  the  wodd, 
 that  we  maye  make  our  londe  the  wyder. 
 The  thought  and  deuyce  of  the  wodd  was 
 but  vayne  and  nothinge  worth,  for  the  fyre 
 came,  and  consumed  the  wod :  The  thought 
 of  the  floudes  of  the  see  came  likewyse  to 
 naught  also,  for  the  sonde  stode  vp  and  stop- 
 ped them. 
 
 Yf  thou  were  iudge  now  betwyxte  these 
 two,  whom  woldest  thou  iustifie,  or  whom 
 woldest  thou  codemne  ?  I  answered  and  sayde : 
 Verely  it  is  a  foolish  thought  that  they  both 
 haue  deuysed.  For  the  grounde  is  geuen 
 vnto  the  wod,  and  the  see  also  hath  his  place 
 to  beare  his  floudes.  Then  answered  he  me 
 I  sayde :  Thou  hast  geuen  a  right  iudgment, 
 why  iudgest  thou  not  thy  self  also  ?  For  like 
 as  the  grounde  is  geuen  vnto  the  wod,  and 
 the  see  to  his  floudes :  '  euen  so  they  that 
 dwell  vpon  earth,  maye  vnderstonde  nothinge, 
 but  that  which  is  vpon  earth :  and  he  that 
 dwelleth  aboue  the  heauens,  maye  onely  vn- 
 derstode the  thinges,  that  are  aboue  the  hea-i 
 
 -   lud.  9.  b.  2  Par.  25.  c.         '  Esa.  55.  c.   loh.  3.  c. 
 
 uens.  Then  answered  I  and  sayde  :  I  beseke 
 the  (O  LORDE)  let  me  haue  viiderstond- 
 inge :  for  it  was  not  my  mynde  to  be  curious 
 of  thy  hye  thinges,  but  of  soch  as  we  daylie 
 medle  withall:  namely,  wherfore  that  Israel 
 is  blasphemed  of  the  Heithen,  and  for  what 
 cause  the  people  (whom  thou  euer  hast  loued) 
 is  geuen  ouer,  to  be  punyshed  of  vngodly 
 nacios :  and  why  the  lawe  of  oure  fathers  is 
 brought  to  naught,  and  the  wrytten  coue- 
 nauntes  come  to  none  effecte,  and  we  passe 
 awaye  out  of  the  worlde  as  the  greshopers, 
 and  oure  life  is  a  very  feare,  and  we  are  not 
 worthy  to  optayne  mercy.  What  wyl  he  do 
 then  vnto  his  name,  which  is  called  vpon 
 ouer  vs?  Of  these  thinges  haue  I  axed 
 question. 
 
 Then  answered  he  me  and  sayde :  The 
 more  thou  searchest,  the  more  thou  shalt 
 maruel,  for  the  worlde  hasteth  fast  to  passe 
 awaye,  and  can  not  comprehende  the  thinges, 
 that  are  promysed  for  the  righteous  in  tyme 
 to  come,  '  for  this  worlde  is  full  of  vnright- 
 eousnes  and  weaknes. 
 
 But  as  concernynge  the  thinges  wherof 
 thou  axest  me,  I  wyl  tell  the.  The  euell  is 
 sowne,  but  the  destruccion  therof  is  not  yet 
 come.  Yf  the  euell  now  that  is  sowne,  be 
 not  turned  vpsyde  downe,  and  yf  the  place 
 where  y  euell  is  sowne,  passe  not  awaye,  then 
 can  not  the  thinge  come  y  is  sowne  with  y 
 good.  For  the  come  of  euell  sede  hath  bene 
 sowne  in  the  hert  of  man  from  the  begyn 
 nynge,  and  how  moch  vngodlynes  hath  he 
 brought  vp  vnto  this  tyme  ?  and  how  moch 
 shal  he  yet  brynge  forth,  vntyll  he  come  in  to 
 the  bame  ? 
 
 Pondre  now  by  thyself,  wha  y  come  of 
 euell  sede  is  cutt  downe,  how  greate  a  bame 
 shal  it  fyll?  I  answered  and  sayde:  How 
 and  wha  shal  these  thinges  come  to  passe? 
 Wherfore  are  oure  yeares  few  j  euell  ?  And 
 he  answered  me,  sayege :  Haist  not  thou  to 
 moch  vpon  the  Hyest,  for  thy  haistynes  to  be 
 aboue  him  is  but  in  vayne,  thou  makest  to 
 moch  a  doo.  Dyd  not  f  soules  also  of  the 
 righteous  axe  question  of  these  thinges  in 
 their  holynes,  sayenge :  How  longe  shal  I 
 hope  of  this  fashion  ?  Whan  commeth  the 
 frute  of  my  bame,  and  my  rewarde  ?  And 
 vpo  this  leremiel  the  archangel  gaue  them 
 answere,  and  sayde  :  ''  Eue  whan  the  nombre 
 
 1  Cor.  2.  b.  '1  loh.  5.  c.        ''  Apoc.  6.  b. 
 
jTo.  vn'nj. 
 
 €l)t  luj.  bokt  of  €£ijirrasi. 
 
 dF 
 
 Cbap.  b. 
 
 of  the  sedes  is  fylled  in  you  :  for  he  hath 
 weyed  the  worlde  in  the  balaunee :  in  mea- 
 sure and  nombre  hath  he  measured  the  tyme, 
 and  moueth  it  not,  vntyll  the  same  measure 
 be  fulfylled.     Then  answered  I  and  sayde : 
 
 0  LORDE  LORDE,  now  are  we  all  full  of 
 synne,  and  for  oure  sake  peraduenture  it  is 
 not,  that  the  bame  of  the  righteous  shall  not 
 be  fylled,  because  of  the  synnes  of  the  that 
 dwell  vpon  earth. 
 
 So  he  answered  me,  (j  sayde :  Go  f  waye 
 to  a  woman  with  childe,  and  axe  her,  when 
 she  hath  fulfilled  hir  ix.  monethes,  yf  hir 
 childeszbed  mayekepey  byrth  enyloger  within 
 her.  The  sayde  I :  No  LORDE,  that  can 
 she  not.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  In  hell  the 
 secrete  places  of  soules  are  like  ;y-  preuy 
 chamber  of  a  woman.  For  like  as  a  woman 
 that  trauayleth,  maketh  haist,  whan  the  tyme 
 
 1  necessite  of  the  byrth  is  at  hande :  Eue  so 
 doth  she  haist  to  delyuer  it  that  is  commytted 
 vnto  her.  Loke  what  thou  desyrest  to  se,  it 
 shalbe  shewed  the  from  the  begynnynge. 
 Tlien  answered  I  and  sayde :  Yf  I  haue 
 founde  fauoure  in  thy  sight,  and  yf  it  be  pos- 
 sible, and  yf  I  be  mete  therfore,  shewe  me 
 then,  whether  there  be  more  to  come  the  is 
 past,  or  more  past  then  is  for  to  come.  What 
 is  past,  I  knows :  but  what  is  for  to  come,  I 
 knowe  not. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  me :  Stonde  vp  vpo  f 
 right  syde,  and  I  shal  expounde  the  symih- 
 tude  vnto  the.  So  I  stode,  s  beholde,  an 
 whote  bumynge  oue  wente  ouer  before  me : 
 (E  it  happened  y  whan  the  flamme  was  gone 
 by,  the  smoke  had  the  vpper  hande.  After 
 this  there  wete  ouer  before  me  a  watery 
 cloude,  and  sent  downe  moch  rayne  with  a 
 storme :  5  whan  the  stormy  rayne  was  past, 
 the  droppes  remayned  still.  Then  sayde  he 
 \iito  me :  like  as  the  rayne  is  more  then  the 
 droppes,  and  as  the  fyre  exceadeth  the  smoke, 
 euen  so  y  measure  of  the  thinges  that  are 
 past,  hath  the  vpper  hande.  Then  wente  the 
 droppes  and  the  smoke  aboue :  and  I  prayed 
 and  sayde:  May  I  lyue  (thynkest  thou)  vntyll 
 that  tyme?  Or  what  shall  happen  in  those 
 dayes  ?  He  answered  me,  and  sayde :  As  for 
 the  tokes  wherof  thou  axest  me,  I  maye  tell 
 the  of  the  in  a  parte :  but  as  touchinge  *  f 
 life,  I  may  not  shewe  the,  for  I  am  not  sent 
 therfore. 
 
 •  Some  rede,  mv  life. 
 
 Cfjc  b.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 NEUERTHELESSE,  as  concempge 
 the  tokens,  mark  this :  Beholde,  the  dayes 
 shal  come,  that  they  which  dwell  vpon  earth, 
 shalbe  take  in  a  greate  nombre,  5  the  waye 
 of  the  trueth  shalbe  hyd,  and  the  lode  shalbe 
 baren  from  faith:"  but  iniquyte  shal  haue  the 
 vpper  hande,  like  as  thou  hast  sene  now, 
 and  as  thou  hast  herde  loge  agoo.  And  the 
 londe  that  thou  seist  now  to  haue  rule,  shalt 
 thou  shortly  se  waist.  But  yf  God  graunte 
 the  to  lyue,  thou  shalt  se  after  f  thirde  trom- 
 pet,  that  the  Sonne  shal  sodenly  shyne  agayne 
 in  the  night,  and  the  Moone  thre  tymes  in 
 the  daye,  (j  bloude  shal  droppe  out  of  wodd, 
 and  the  stone  shal  geue  his  voyce,  and  the 
 people  shalbe  vnquyete :  and  euen  he  shal 
 rule,  whom  they  hope  not  that  dwell  vpon 
 earth,  and  the  foules  shal  flyt,  and  the  Sodo- 
 mitysh  see  shal  cast  out  his  fish,  and  make  a 
 noyse  in  the  night,  which  many  shal  not 
 knowe,  but  they  shal  all  heare  the  voyce 
 therof. 
 
 There  shalbe  a  c5fucion  also  in  many 
 places,  and  the  fyre  shal  be  oft  sent  agayne, 
 and  the  wylde  beastes  shal  go  their  waye,  5 
 menstruous  wemen  shal  beare  monsters,  and 
 salt  waters  shalbe  founde  in  the  swete :  one 
 frende  shal  fight  agaynst  another:  then  shal 
 all  wyt  and  vnderstandinge  be  hyd  and  put 
 asyde  in  to  their  secrete  places,  g  shalbe  sought 
 of  many,  and  yet  not  be  founde :  then  shal 
 vnrighteousnes  and  volupteousnes  haue  the 
 vpperhande  vpon  earth.  One  lande  also  shal 
 axe  another,  and  saye :  Is  righteousnes  gone 
 thorow  the  ?  And  it  shal  saye :  No.  At  the 
 same  tyme  shal  men  hope,  but  nothinge  op- 
 tayne :  they  shal  laboure,  but  their  wayes  shall 
 not  prospere. 
 
 To  shewe  the  soch  tokens  I  haue  leue,  and 
 yf  thou  wylt  praye  agayne,  5  wepe  as  now, 
 and  fast  seuen  dayes,  thou  shalt  heare  yet 
 greater  thinges.  Then  I  awaked,  and  a  fear- 
 fulnes  wente  thorow  all  my  body,  (t  my 
 mynde  was  feble  and  carefull,  so  that  I  all- 
 most  swowned  withall.  So  the  angell  that 
 was  come  to  talke  with  me,  helde  me,  com- 
 forted me,  and  sett  me  vp  vpon  my  fete. 
 
 And  in  the  seconde  night  it  happened,  y 
 Salathiel  the  captayne  of  the  people  came 
 vnto  me,  sayenge:    Where  hast  thou  bene? 
 
C&ap.  b» 
 
 €i)t  III),  bokt  of  esfjJJras. 
 
 #0.  )lTb. 
 
 and  why  is  thy  countenaunce  so  heuy 
 Knowest  thou  not,  y  Israel  is  commytted 
 vnto  the,  in  the  londe  of  their  captyuyte 
 Vp  then,  and  eate,  and  forsake  vs  not,  as  the 
 shepherde  that  leaueth  his  flock  in  the  handes 
 of  wicked  wolues.  Then  sayde  I  vnto  him  : 
 Go  thy  waye  fro  me,  and  come  not  nye  me  : 
 (I  he  herde  it,  and  as  I  sayde,  so  wcte  he  his 
 waye  fro  me.  And  so  I  fasted  seuen  dayes, 
 mournynge  and  wepynge,  hke  as  Vriell  the 
 angell  commaunded  me.  And  after  seuen 
 dayes  it  happened,  that  f  thoughtes  of  my 
 hert  were  very  greuous  vnto  me  agayne,  5  my 
 soule  receaued  y  sprete  of  vnderstandynge,  (t 
 I  begane  to  talke  with  the  most  hyest  agayne, 
 and  sayde  :  O  LORDE  LORDE,  of  euery 
 wod  of  y  earth  (t  of  all  the  trees  therof, 
 thou  hast  chosen  y  one  onely  vynyarde  :  and 
 of  all  londes  of  the  whole  worlde  thou  hast 
 chosen  the  one  pytt :  and  of  all  floures  of  the 
 groude  thou  hast  chosen  the  one  lylie  :  and 
 of  all  the  depthes  of  the  see  thou  hast  fylled 
 the  one  ryuer  :  and  of  all  builded  cities  thou 
 hast  halowed  Sion  vnto  thy  self :  and  of  all  y 
 foules  that  are  created,  thou  hast  named  the 
 one  doue  :  and  of  all  the  catell  y  are  made, 
 thou  hast  prouyded  y  one  shepe  :  (i  amoge  all 
 y  multitudes  of  folkes  thou  hast  gotten  the 
 one  people,  and  vnto  this  people  whom  thou 
 louedest,  thou  gauest  a  lawe,  y  is  proued  of  all. 
 And  now  O  LORDE,  why  hast  thou  geue 
 this  one  people  ouer  vnto  many  ?  tt  vpon  the 
 one  rote  thou  hast  prepared  other,  and  why 
 hast  thou  scatred  f  one  onely  people  amonge 
 many  ?  which  treade  the  downe,  yee  which 
 haue  euer  withstonde  y  promyses,  it  neuer 
 beleued  y  couenautes  r  And  though  thou 
 werest  enemye  vnto  y  people,  yet  shuldest 
 thou  punysh  the  with  thine  owne  handes. 
 Now  wha  I  had  spoke  these  wordes,  the  an- 
 gell y  came  to  me  y  night  afore,  was  set  vnto 
 me,  (t  sayde  vnto  me :  Heare  me,  5  herke  to 
 y  thinge  y  I  saye,  (t  I  shal  tell  f  more.  And 
 I  sayed :  Speake  on  my  LORDE.  The 
 sayde  he  vnto  me :  Thou  art  sore  vexed  5 
 troubled  for  Israels  sake.  Louest  thou  y 
 people  better,  then  him  y  made  them  ?  And 
 I  sayde :  No  LORDE,  but  of  very  grefe  5 
 copassion  haue  I  spoke.  For  my  reynes 
 payne  me  euery  houre,  because  I  wolde  haue 
 experience  of  the  waye  of  the  most  hyest, 
 and  to  seke  out  parte  of  his  iudgment.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  me :    that  thou  mayest  not. 
 
 And  I  sayde:  wherfore  LORDE?  Where 
 vnto  was  I  borne  then  ?  Or  why  was  not  my 
 mothers  childesbed  then  my  graue  ?  So  had 
 I  not  sene  the  mysery  and  trouble  of  lacob, 
 and  the  trauayle  of  my  people  of  Israel. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  Nobre  me  y^ 
 thinges,  y  are  not  yet  come :  gather  me  to- 
 gether y  droppes,  that  are  scatred  abrode  : 
 make  me  y  floures  grene  agayne,  y  are 
 ^vythered :  ope  me  the  thinge  that  is  closed  : 
 and  bringe  me  forth  the  wyndes,  that  are 
 shutt  vp :  Shewe  me  the  ymage  of  a  voyce, 
 and  then  shal  I  declare  the  the  thinge,  that 
 thou  labourest  to  knowe.  And  1  sayde :  O 
 LORDE  LORDE,  who  may  knowe  these 
 thinges,  but  he  that  hath  not  his  dwellynge 
 with  me  ?  As  for  me,  I  am  vn  wise  :  how 
 maye  I  the  speake  of  these  thinges,  wherof 
 thou  axest  me  ?  The  sayde  he  vnto  me :  like 
 as  thou  canst  do  none  of  these  thinges  y  I 
 haue  spoken  of,  Euen  so  canst  thou  not  fynde 
 out  my  iudgment,  or  in  the  ende  the  loue  that 
 I  haue  promysed  vnto  my  people.  And  I 
 sayde  :  Beholde  o  LORDE,  yet  art  thou  nye 
 vnto  them  that  haue  no  ende  :  and  what  shal 
 they  do  that  haue  bene  before  me,  or  we  that 
 be  now,  or  they  that  shal  come  after  vs  ?  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  me :  I  wyll  lycken  my  iudgment 
 vnto  a  rynge.  Like  as  there  is  no  slacknesse 
 of  the  last,  euen  so  is  there  no  swiftnesse  of 
 the  first.  So  I  answered  5  sayde:  Coudest 
 thou  not  make  those  (that  haue  bene  made, 
 and  that  be  now,  and  that  are  for  to  come)  in 
 one,  that  thou  mightest  shewe  thy  iudgment 
 the  sooner? 
 
 Then  answered  he  me  and  sayde :  The 
 creature  may  not  haist  aboue  the  maker, 
 nether  maye  the  worlde  holde  the  at  once, 
 that  shalbe  created. 
 
 And  I  sayde :  How  hast  thou  sayde  then 
 vnto  thy  seruaunt,  that  thou  lyuynge  maker 
 hast  made  the  creature  Ij'uynge  at  once,  (j  the 
 creature  bare  it?  eue  so  might  it  now  also 
 beare  them  that  be  present,  at  once.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  me :  Axe  the  childeszbed  of  a 
 woma,  and  saye  vnto  her :  Yf  thou  bringest 
 forth  childre,  why  doest  thou  it  not  together, 
 but  one  after  another  ?  Praye  her  therfore,  to 
 bi-ynge  forth  ten  children  at  once.  And  I 
 sayde:  she  can  not,  but  must  do  it  one  after 
 another. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  me  :  Euen  so  haue  I 
 geuen  a  childeszbed  vnto  the  earth,  for  those 
 
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 that  be  sowne  vpon  it  by  processe  of  tyme. 
 For  like  as  a  yonge  childe  maye  not  brynge 
 forth  the  thinges  that  belonge  to  the  aged, 
 euen  so  haue  1  ordened  the  worlde  which  I 
 made. 
 
 And  1  axed  and  sayde:  Seynge  thou  hast 
 now  geue  me  a  waye,  I  wyl  speake  before  f : 
 for  oure  mother  of  who  thou  hast  tolde  me,  is 
 yet  yonge,  it  now  she  draweth  nye  vnto  age. 
 He  answered  me  (i  sayde  :  Axe  a  woman  that 
 beareth  children,  (t  she  shal  tell  the.  Saye  vnto 
 her :  wherfore  are  not  they  (whom  thou  hast 
 now  brought  forth)  like  those  that  were  be- 
 fore the,  but  less  of  stature?  And  she  shal 
 answere  the  :  They  y  be  borne  in  the  youth 
 of  stregth,  are  of  one  fashion :  and  they  that 
 are  borne  in  the  tyme  of  age  (whan  the  child- 
 eszbed  fayleth)  are  other  wyse.  Cosidre  now 
 thy  self,  how  that  ye  are  lesse  of  stature,  then 
 those  that  were  before  you,  and  so  are  they 
 that  come  after  you,  lesse  then  ye,  as  the  crea- 
 tures which  now  begynne  to  be  olde,  and  haue 
 passed  ouer  the  strength  of  youth.  Then 
 sayde  I:  LORDE  I  beseke  the,  yf  I  haue 
 founde  fauoure  in  thy  sight,  shewe  thy  ser 
 uaunt,  by  whom-  doest  thou  vyset  thy  area 
 ture? 
 
 Wl)t  bt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  he  sayde  vnto  me :  In  the  begyn- 
 nynge  whan  the  grounde  was  made, 
 before  the  worlde  stode,  or  euer  f  wyndes 
 blew,  before  it  thondred  and  lightened,  or 
 euer  the  foundacions  of  Paradise  were  layed, 
 before  the  fayre  floures  were  sene,  or  euer 
 the  moueable  powers  were  stablished,  before 
 y  innumerable  multitudes  of  angels  were 
 gathered  together,  or  euer  f  highnesses  of  y 
 ayre  were  lifted  vp,  afore  y  measures  of  the 
 firmament  were  named,  or  euer  f  chymneys 
 in  Sion  were  bote,  and  or  the  presente  yeares 
 were  sought  out,  and  or  euer  the  invencions 
 of  them  y  now  synne,  were  put  asyde,  before 
 they  were  sealed  that  now  gather  faith  for  a 
 treasure :  then  dyd  I  cosidre  and  pondre  all 
 these  thinges,  and  they  all  were  made  thorow 
 me,  and  thorow  none  other :  by  me  also  they 
 be  ended,  and  by  none  other. 
 
 Then  answered  I  and  sayde:  which  shalbe 
 the  partynge  asunder  of  the  tymes  ?  Or  whan 
 I  shalbe  the  ende  of  the  first,  and  the  begyn- 
 nynge  of  it  that  foloweth?  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  me :  From  Abrahii  vnto  Isaac,  wha 
 lacob   (I    Esau  were   borne  of  him,    lacobs 
 
 hande  helde  first  the  hele  of  Esau :  for  Esau 
 is  the  ende  of  this  worlde,  and  lacob  is  the 
 begynnynge  of  it  that  foloweth.  The  hande 
 of  man  betwixte  the  hele  and  the  hande. 
 Other  question  (Eszdras)  axe  thou  not. 
 
 I  answered  then  and  sayde :  O  LORDE 
 LORDE,  yf  I  haue  founde  fauoure  in  thy 
 sight,  I  beseke  the,  shewe  thy  seruaunt  the 
 ende  of  thy  tokes,  wherof  thou  shewdest  me 
 parte  the  last  night.  So  he  answered  and 
 sayde  vnto  me :  Stode  vp  vpon  thy  fete,  and 
 heare  the  perfecte  voyce  and  sounde.  There 
 shal  come  a  greate  mocion,  but  ;y-  place  where 
 thou  stodest  shal  not  be  moued.  And  ther- 
 fore  whan  thou  hearest  the  wordes,  be  not 
 afrayed :  for  of  the  ende  shal  the  worde  and 
 foundacion  of  y  earth  be  vnderstonde.  And 
 why?  the  worde  therof  trembleth  and  quaketh 
 for  it  knoweth,  that  it  must  be  chaunged  at 
 the  ende.  And  it  happened,  that  wha  I  had 
 herde  it,  I  stode  vp  vpon  my  fete  and  herkened 
 and  beholde,  there  was  a  voyce  y  spake,  and 
 the  sounde  of  it  was  like  the  sounde  of  many 
 waters,  and  it  sayde.  Beholde,  y  dayes  come 
 y  I  wyl  begynne  to  drawe  nye,  and  to  vyset 
 them  that  dwell  vpo  earth,  and  wyl  begyTine 
 to  make  inquysicion  of  them,  what  they  be  y 
 haue  hurte  equyte  with  vnrighteousnes,  and 
 whan  the  lowe  estate  of  Sion  shalbe  fulfylled : 
 and  whan  the  worlde,  that  shal  vanish  awaye, 
 shalbe  ouersealed,  then  wyl  I  do  these 
 tokens. 
 
 The  bokes  shalbe  opened  before  the  firma- 
 ment, and  they  shal  se  all  together,  5  the  chil- 
 dren of  a  yeare  olde  shal  speake  with  their 
 voyces :  the  wome  with  childe  shal  brynge 
 forth  vntymely  children  of  thre  or  foure 
 monethes  olde,  and  they  shall  lyue,  and  be 
 raysed  vp:  5  sodely  shal  the  sowne  places 
 appeare  as  the  vnsowne,  the  fiill  store  houses 
 shal  sodenly  be  founde  emptie,  and  the  trom- 
 pett  shal  geue  a  sounde,  which  wha  euery 
 man  heareth,  they  shalbe  haistely  afrayed. 
 At  that  tyme  shall  frendes  fight"  one  agaynst 
 another  like  enemies,  and  the  earth  shal 
 stonde  in  feare  with  them. 
 
 The  sprynges  of  the  weUes  shal  stonde 
 styll,  and  in  thre  houres  they  shal  not  renne. 
 Who  so  euer  remayneth  from  aU  these  thinges 
 that  I  haue  tolde  the,  shal  escape,  and  se  my 
 saluacion,  and  the  ende  of  youre  worlde.  And 
 the  men  that  are  receaued,  shal  se  it,  they 
 
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 that  haue  not  taisted  death  fro  their  byrth : 
 and  the  hert  of  the  indwellers  shalbe  chaunged, 
 and  turned  in  to  another  meanynge  :  for  cuell 
 shalbe  put  out,  and  disceate  shalbe  quenched. 
 As  for  faith,  it  shal  florish,  corrupcion  shalbe 
 ouercome :  and  the  trueth,  which  hath  bene 
 so  longe  without  frute,  shalbe  declared. 
 
 And  it  happened  whan  he  talked  with  me, 
 that  I  loked  demurely  vpo  him,  before  who 
 I  stode,  and  these  wordes  sayde  he  vnto  me : 
 I  am  come  to  shews  f,  the  tyme  of  y  night 
 for  to  come. 
 
 Yf  thou  wilt  praye  yet  more,  and  fast  seue 
 dayes  agayne,  I  shal  tel  the  more  thinges,  5 
 gi-eater  then  before :  for  thy  voyce  is  herde 
 before  the  Hyest:  for  why?  the  Mightie  hath 
 sene  thy  righteous  dealynge,  he  hath  sene  also 
 thy  chastite,  which  thou  hast  had  euer  sence 
 tiiy  youth  :  and  therfore  hath  he  sent  me  to 
 shewe  the  all  these  thinges,  and  to  saye  vnto 
 the  :  Be  of  good  comforte,  and  feare  not,  and 
 haist  not  with  y  tymes  that  are  past  to  thynke 
 vayne  thinges,  and  make  no  haist  of  the  latter 
 tymes. 
 
 And  it  happened  after  this,  y  I  wepte 
 agayne,  and  fasted  seuen  dayes  in  like  maner, 
 that  I  might  fulfill  the  thre  wekes,  which  he 
 tolde  me.  In  the  eight  night  was  my  hert 
 vexed  within  me  agayne,  and  I  beganne  to 
 speake  before  the  Hyest :  for  my  sprete  was 
 greatly  set  on  lyre,  and  my  soule  was  in  dis- 
 tresse,  and  I  sayde :  O  LORDE,  thou  spakest 
 vnto  thy  creature  from  the  begynnynge  (euen 
 the  first  daye)  and  saydest:  Let"  heauen  and 
 earth  be  made,  and  thy  worde  was  a  perfecte 
 worke.  And  then  was  there  the  sprete,  and 
 the  darcknesses  were  yet  on  euery  syde,  and 
 sylence  :  there  was  no  mans  voyce  as  yet  from 
 the.  Then  commaundedst  thou  a  fayre  light 
 to  come  forth  out  of  thy  treasures,  that  thy 
 worke  might  appeare  and  be  sene. 
 
 Vpon  the  seconde  daye  thou  maydest  the 
 sprete  of  the  firmament,  and  commaundedst 
 it  to  parte  asimder  (i  to  make  a  deuysion  be- 
 twixte  the  waters,  that  the  one  parte  might 
 remayne  aboue,  and  the  other  beneth.  Vpon 
 the  thirde  daye  thou  broughtest  to  passe,  y 
 the  waters  were  gathered  in  the  seuenth  parte 
 of  the  earth :  Sixe  partes  hast  thou  dryed  vp, 
 and  kepte  them,  to  the  intet  y  men  might 
 sowe  and  occupie  huszbandrie  therin.  As 
 soone  as  thy  worde  wente  forth,  the  worke  was 
 
 mad§.  For  immediatly  there  was  greate  in- 
 numerable frute,  (I  many  dyuerse  pleasures  j 
 desyres  of  temptacion,  floures  of  chaungeable 
 coloure  and  smell,  and  this  was  done  the  thirde 
 daye. 
 
 Vpon  the  fourth  daye  thou  comaundedst 
 that  the  Sonne  shulde  geue  his  shyne,  and  f 
 Moone  hir  light :  the  starres  didest  thou  sett 
 in  ordre,  and  gauest  them  a  charge,  to  do 
 seruyce  euen  vnto  man,*  that  was  for  to  be 
 made.  Vpo  the  fifth  daye  thou  saydest  vnto 
 the  seuenth  parte  (where  the  waters  were 
 gathered)  that  they  shulde  bringe  forth  diuerse 
 beastes,  foules  and  fishes.  And  so  it  came  to 
 passe,  that  the  domme  water  and  without 
 soule,  brought  forth  lyuynge  beastes  at  the 
 commaundement  of  God,  that  aU  people  might 
 prayse  thy  wonderous  workes.  Then  didest 
 thou  preserue  two  soules,  y  one  thou  calldest 
 Enoch  and  the  other  Leuiathan,  and  didest 
 separate  the  one  from  the  other:  for  the 
 seuenth  parte  (namely,  where  the  water  was 
 gathered  together)  might  not  holde  them 
 both.  Vnto  Enoch  thou  gauest  one  parte, 
 which  was  dryed  vp  the  thirde  daye,  that  he 
 shulde  dwell  in  the  same  parte,  wherin  are 
 a  thousande  hilles.  But  vnto  Leuiatha  thou 
 gauest  the  seuenth  parte,  namely  the  moyst, 
 and  hast  kepte  him  to  deuoure  what  thou 
 wylt,  and  whan. 
 
 Vpon  the  sixte  daye  thou  gauest  comaunde- 
 ment  vnto  the  earth,  that  before  the  it  shulde 
 brynge  forth  beastes,  catell  and  all  y  crepe, 
 (t  (besydes  this)  Adam  also,  whom  thou 
 maydest  lorde  of  all  thy  creatures :  Of  him 
 come  we  all,  and  the  people  also,  whom  thou 
 hast  chosen  specially  vnto  thy  self.  All  this 
 haue  I  sayde  now  and  spoken  before  the,  that 
 I  might  shewe,  how  that  the  worlde  is  made 
 for  oure  sakes.  As  for  the  other  people  which 
 also  come  of  Adam,  thou  hast  sayde  that  they 
 are  nothinge,  but  be  like  a  spetle,  and  hast 
 lickened  the  abundaiice  of  them  vnto  a  droppe 
 (that  falleth)  from  the  rofe  of  the  house. 
 
 And  now  (O  LORDE)  the  Heithe  which 
 haue  euer  bene  reputed  as  nothinge,  haue 
 begone  to  be  lordes'  ouer  vs,  and  to  deuoure 
 vs  :  but  we  thy  people  (whom  thou  hast  called 
 y  first  borne,  thy  only  begotten,  and  thy  fer- 
 uent  louer)  are  geuen  in  to  their  handes  and 
 power.  Yf  the  worlde  now  be  made  for  oure 
 sakes,   why  haue  we  not  the  inheritaunce  in 
 
jTo.  HTbiij. 
 
 CI)e  iitj.  bofe^  of  (CsijlJias. 
 
 CJjap.  btj. 
 
 possession  with  the  worlde  ?  How  longe  shal 
 this  endure  ? 
 
 Wi)t  bit.  €I)aptcr. 
 
 AND  it  happened  after  that  I  had  spoken 
 out  these  wordes,  there  was  sent  vnto 
 me  an  angell  (which  had  bene  by  me  also  the 
 nightes  afore)  and  he  sayde  vnto  me:  Vp 
 Eszdras,  and  heare  the  wordes  that  I  am  come 
 to  tell  the.  And  I  sayde:  speake  on  LOIIDE 
 my  God.  The  sayde  he  vnto  me:  The  see 
 is  sett  in  a  wyde  place,  y  it  might  be  depe 
 and  greate:  but  the  intrauee  is  narow  and 
 small  like  a  ryuer.  For  who  wolde  go  in  to 
 the  see,  to  loke  vpon  it,  and  to  rule  it  ?  Yf  he 
 wente  not  thorow  the  narow,  how  might  he 
 come  in  to  the  brode  ? 
 
 Item,  another.  A  cite  is  buylded  and  sett 
 vpon  a  brode  felde,  and  is  full  of  aU  goodes : 
 the  intraunce  is  narow  and  sodane,  like  as  yf 
 there  were  a  fyre  at  the  right  hande,  and  a 
 depe  water  at  the  left,  and  as  it  were  onely 
 one  strate  path  betwixte  the  both,  so  small, 
 that  there  coude  but  one  man  go  there. 
 
 Yf  this  cite  now  were  geuen  to  an  heyre,  5 
 he  neuer  wente  thorow  this  parlous  waye,  how 
 wolde  he  receaue  his  inheritauce  ?  And  I 
 sayde :  It  is  so,  LORDE.  Then  sayde  he : 
 Euen  so  is  Israel  also  a  porcion.  And  why  ? 
 for  their  sakes  haue  I  made  the  worlde :  % 
 whan  Adam  trasgressed  my  statutes,  then  was 
 y  thinge  iudged  that  was  done.  Then  were  f 
 mtraunces  of  the  worlde  made  narow,  full 
 of  sorow  and  trauayle :  They  are  but  few  (j 
 euell,  full  of  parels  and  laboure.  For  the 
 intraunees  of  the  fore  worlde  were  wyde  and 
 sure,  and  brought  immortall  frute. 
 
 Yf  they  now  which  are  entred  in  to  this 
 worlde,  maye  not  comprehende  these  strayte 
 and  vayne  thinges,  moch  lesse  maye  they  co- 
 prehende  and  vnderstonde  the  secrete  thinges : 
 Why  disquietest  thou  thy  self  then,  seynge 
 thou  art  but  a  corruptible  ma?  And  what 
 woldest  thou  knowe,  where  as  thou  art  but 
 mortall?  And  why  hast  thou  not  reeeaued 
 in  to  thine  hert  the  thinge  that  is  for  to  come, 
 but  that  is  present  ? 
 
 The  sayde  I :  O  LORDE  LORDE,  thou 
 hast  ordened  in  thy  lawe,°  that  the  righteous 
 shulde  inheret  these  thinges,  but  that  the  vn- 
 faithfuU  and  vngodly  shulde  perishe.     Neuer- 
 
 theles  the  righteous  shall  sufFre  strayte  thinges, 
 and  hope  for  wyde  :  for  they  that  haue  lyued 
 vngodly  5  suffred  strayte  thinges,  shal  not  se 
 the  wyde. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  me :  There  is  no  iudge 
 aboue  God,  and  none  that  hath  vnderstond- 
 inge  aboue  the  Hyest.  For  there  be  many  y 
 perish,  because  they  despyse  f  lawe  of  God 
 that  is  sett  before  them.  For  God  hath 
 geuen  strayte  commaundement  to  soch  as 
 come,  that  they  knowe  what  they  do,  and  how 
 they  shulde  lyue :  and  yf  they  kepte  this,  they 
 shulde  not  be  punyshed. 
 
 Neuertheles  they  were  not  obedient  vnto 
 him,  but  spake  agaynst  him :  ymagined  vayne 
 thinges,  5  purposed  to  synne,  and  sayde 
 morouer,  that  there  was  no  God,  (t  that  God 
 regarded  it  not.  His  wayes  haue  they  not 
 knowne,  his  lawe  haue  they  despysed,  5  de- 
 nyed  his  promyses:  in  his  statutes  5  ordi- 
 naunces  haue  they  not  bene  faithful]  g  stedfast, 
 and  haue  not  perfourmed  his  workes. 
 
 And  therfore  Eszdras,  vnto  the  full,  plenty: 
 and  to  the  emptye,  emptynesse.  Beholde, 
 the  tyme  shal  come,  y  these  tokens  which  I 
 haue  tolde  the,  shal  come  to  passe,  5  the  bryde 
 shall   appeare :    d   the  earth   y  now  passeth 
 
 aye,  shalbe  shewed :  5  who  so  euer  is  de- 
 lyuered  from  f  foresayde  euels,  shal  se  my 
 woders.  For  my  sonne  lesus  shal  be  openly 
 declared,  with  those  y  be  with  him :  and  they 
 y  remayne,  shal  be  mery  in  foure  hundreth 
 yeares. 
 
 After  these  same  yeares  shall  my  sonne 
 Christ  dye,  and  all  men  that  haue  life :  and 
 y  worlde  shalbe  turned  in  to  the  olde  sylence 
 seuen  dayes,  like  as  in  the  fore  iudgmentes,  so 
 that  no  man  shall  remayne.  And  after  seue 
 dayes,  the  worlde  that  yet  awaketh  not,  shalbe 
 raysed  vp,  5  shal  dye  corrupte.  And  the 
 earth  shal  restore  those  that  haue  slepte  in 
 her,  and  so  shall  the  dust  those  that  dwell  in 
 sylece,  and  the  secrete  places  shal  delyuer 
 those  that  be  committed  vnto  them.  And  y 
 most  hyest  shal  be  openly  declared  vpon  the 
 seate  of  iudgment,  i  all  misery  shal  vanysh 
 awaye,  and  loge  suffringe  shalbe  gathered 
 together.  But  the  iudgment  sheJl  contynue, 
 y  trueth  shal  remayne,  and  faith  shal  waxe 
 stroge,  the  worke  shal  folowe,  and  the  rewarde 
 shall  be  shewed,  the  righteousnesses  shall 
 watch,  and  the  vnrighteousnesses  shall  beare 
 no  rule. 
 
 C 
 
Cftap.  biij. 
 
 €\)t  iiij.  !)ofe^  of  esilrras. 
 
 fo,  rrfr- 
 
 Then  sayde  I :  Abraham  prayed  first  for 
 the  Sodomites,"  5  Moses  for  the  fathers  y 
 synned  in  the  wyldemes,  5  he  y  came  after 
 him  for  Israel,  in  f  tyme  of  Achas  and 
 Samuel:  and  Dauid  for  y  destruccion,  and 
 Salomon  for  them  that  came  in  to  the  Sanc- 
 tuary, d  Helias  for  those  that  receaued  rayne, 
 and  for  the  deed,  that  he  might  lyue:  and 
 Ezechias  for  f  people  in  the  tyme  of  Sen- 
 nacherib: (J  dyuerse  other  in  like  maner, 
 which  haue  prayed  for  many. 
 
 Eue  so  now,  seynge  f  corrupte  is  growne 
 vp,  and  wickednes  increased,  and  the  righ- 
 teous haue  prayed  for  the  vngodly,  wherfore 
 shal  it  not  be  so  now  also  ? 
 
 He  answered  me,  and  sayde :  This  present 
 worlde  is  not  y  ende,  there  remayneth  moch 
 honoure  in  it,  therfore  haue  they  prayed  for 
 the  weake.  But  the  daye  of  dome  shalbe  the 
 ende  of  this  tyme,  and  f  begynnynge  of  the 
 immortalite  for  to  come,  wherin  all  corrup- 
 cion  vanysheth,  all  volupteousnes  is  lowsed, 
 all  myszbeleue  taken  awaye,  righteousnes 
 growne,  and  the  verite  spronge  vp.  Then 
 shall  no  man  be  able  to  saue  him  that  is  de- 
 stroyed, ner  to  oppresse  him  y  hath  gotte  y 
 victory.  I  answered  the,  5  sayde  :  This  is  my 
 first  5  last  sayenge :  y  it  had  bene  better,  not 
 to  haue  geuen  the  earth  vnto  Adam :  or  els 
 whan  it  was  geue  him,  to  kepe  him  that  he 
 shulde  not  synne.  For  what  profit  is  it  for 
 men  now  in  this  present  tyme  to  lyue  in 
 heuynes,  ({  after  death  to  loke  for  punysz- 
 meiit  ?  O  thou  Ada,  what  hast  thou  done  ? 
 For  though  it  was  thou  y  synned,  thou  art 
 not  falle  alone,  but  we  all  y  come  of  the. 
 For  what  profit  is  it  vnto  vs,  yf  there  be  pro- 
 mysed  vs  an  immortall  tyme,  where  as  we 
 medle  with  deadly  workes?  5  that  there  is 
 promysed  vs  an  euerlastinge  hope,  where  as 
 we  oure  selues  are  euell  and  vayne?  (j  y  there 
 are  layed  vp  for  vs  dwellynges  of  health  (t 
 fredome,  where  as  we  haue  lyued  euell  ?  and 
 that  the  worshipe  of  y  Hyest  is  kepte  to 
 defende  them,  which  haue  led  a  pacient  life, 
 where  as  we  haue  walked  in  f  most  wicked 
 wayes  of  all?  and  that  there  shalbe  shewed 
 a  paradyse,  whose  frute  endureth  for  euer, 
 wherin  is  fredome  and  medycyne,  where  as  we 
 shal  not  go  in?  for  we  haue  walked  in  vn- 
 pleasaunt  places :  And  that  the  faces  of  them 
 
 Gen.  18.  d.      Exo.  32.  c.     2  Re.  24.  b.      2  Par.  6.  < 
 3Re.  17.a.'  4  Re.  18  and  19 
 
 which  haue  absteyned,  shal  shyne  aboue  the 
 starres,  where  as  oure  faces  shalbe  blacke  and 
 darcke?  For  whyle  we  lyued  and  dyd  vn- 
 righteously,  we  considered  not,  that  we  shulde 
 suffre  therfore  after  death  ? 
 
 The  answered  he  me,  and  sayde :  This  is 
 the  consideracion  5  thought  of  the  battayl, 
 which  man  hath  vpon  earth:  that  yf  he  be 
 ouercome,  he  shall  suffre  as  thou  hast  sayde. 
 But  yf  he  gett,  the  victory,  he  shall  receaue 
 the  thinge  that  I  saye.  For  this  is  the  life, 
 wherof  Moses  spake  vnto  the  people,  whyle 
 he  lyued,  sayenge :  Chose  the  life,*  that  thou 
 mayest  lyue.  Neuertheles  they  beleued  him 
 not,  nether  the  prophetes  after  him,  No  ner 
 me  which  haue  spoken  vnto  them,  that  heuynes 
 shulde  not  reach  vnto  them  to  their  destruc- 
 cion, like  as  ioye  is  for  to  come  ouer  those, 
 that  haue  suflred  the  selues  to  be  enfourmed 
 in  salvacion. 
 
 I  answered  then  a  sayde :  I  knowe  LORDE, 
 that  the  Hyest  is  mercyfull,  in  y  he  hath 
 mercy  vpon  them,  which  are  not  yet  in  the 
 worlde,  and  vpon  those  also  that  walke  in  his 
 law? : '  and  that  he  is  pacient  and  longe  suf- 
 feringe  towarde  those  that  haue  synned  in 
 their  workes :  and  that  he  is  liberall  to  geue 
 where  as  it  requyreth :  and  that  he  is  of  greate 
 mercy,  for  he  multiplieth  his  louynge  kynd- 
 nesses  towarde  those  that  are  present,  and 
 that  are  past,  and  to  them  which  are  for  to 
 come.  For  yf  he  multiplie  not  his  mercies, 
 the  worlde  shal  not  be  made  lyuynge,  with 
 those  that  dwell  therin :  He  geueth  also,  for 
 yf  he  gaue  not  of  his  goodnesse,  that  they 
 which  haue  done  euell,  might  be  eased,  the 
 ten  thousande  parte  of  men  shulde  not  be 
 made  lyuynge.  And  yf  the  iudge  forgaue 
 not  those  y  be  healed  with  his  worde,  and  yf 
 he  wolde  destroye  y  multitude  that  stryueth, 
 there  shulde  be  very  few  left  in  an  innumer- 
 able multitude. 
 
 Ci)e  6iij.  Cl)<ipttr. 
 
 AND  he  answered  me,  sayege :  The  most 
 hyest  made  this  worlde  for  many,  but 
 the  worlde  to  come  for  few.  I  wyl  tell  the  a 
 svmilitude,  Eszdras :  As  whan  thou  axest  the 
 earth,  it  shal  saye  vnto  the,  that  it  geueth 
 moch  moulde,  wherof  erthen  vessels  are  made, 
 but  litle  of  it  y  golde  cometh  of. 
 
\fo.  m*- 
 
 Cf)f  luj.  bo'kt  of  (gsijliras. 
 
 Cfiap.  faiij. 
 
 Eueii  so  is  it  with  the  worke  of  this  worlcle. 
 There  be  many  created,"  but  few  shall  be 
 preserued.  Then  answered  I  5  sayde :  Then 
 swalowe  vp  the  witt  (thou  soule)  and  deuoure 
 the  vnderstondinge,  for  thou  art  agreed  to 
 herken  and  to  geue  eare,  and  wyllinge  to 
 prophecie:  for  thou  hast  no  longer  space 
 geuen  the,  but  only  to  lyue.  O  LORDE, 
 wilt  thou  not  geue  thy  seruaunt  leue,  y  we 
 maye  praye  before  the,  and  that  thou  mayest 
 geue  sede  vnto  cure  hert,  and  buylde  oure 
 vnderstondinge,  that  there  maye  come  frute  of 
 it :  and  that  euery  one  which  is  corrupte,  and 
 beareth  the  state  and  place  of  a  man,  maye 
 lyue? 
 
 For  thou  art  alone,  and  we  all  are  one 
 workmaiishipe  of  thy  handes,  like  as  thou 
 hast  sayde,  and  like  as  the  body  is  fashioned 
 now  in  the  childeszbed,  and  thou  geuest  the 
 membres,  and  thy  creature  is  preserued  in 
 fyre  and  water:  5  ix.  monethes  doth  thy 
 worke  suffre  thy  creature,  which  is  fashioned 
 in  her :  but  the  thinge  that  preserueth  and  it 
 y  is  preserued,  shal  both  be  kepte  together : 
 (t  whan  tyme  is,  the  childeszbedd  delyuereth  f 
 thinge,  that  is  kepte  and  growne  in  her. 
 
 For  thou  hast  commaunded  the  brestes  to 
 geue  mylck  vnto  the  frute,  that  the  thinge 
 which  is  created  and  fashioned,  maye  be  no- 
 rished  for  a  tyme :  and  then  thou  disposest 
 and  ordrest  it  with  thy  mercy,  bryngest  it  vp 
 with  thy  righteousnes,  nurturest  it  in  thy 
 lawe,  and  refourmest  it  with  thy  vnderstond- 
 inge, mortifiest  it  as  thy  creature,  and  makest 
 it  lyuynge  as  thy  worke.  Seinge  then  that 
 thou  destroyest  him,  which  with  so  greate 
 labours  is  created  and  fashioned  thorow  thy 
 commaundement,  thou  coudest  lyghtly  ordene 
 also,  that  the  thinge  which  is  made,  might  be 
 preserued. 
 
 And  this  I  speake  now  of  all  men  in 
 generall,  as  thou  knowest :  but  of  thy  people, 
 for  whose  sake  I  am  sory:  and  of  thy  in- 
 heritaunce,  for  whose  cause  I  moume :  and 
 of  Israel,  for  whom  I  am  wofuU:  and  for 
 lacob,  for  whose  sake  I  am  greued :  therfore 
 begynne  I  to  praye  before  the,  for  my  self  and 
 for  them,  for  I  se  the  fall  of  vs,  euen  of  vs, 
 that  dwell  vpon  earth.  But  I  haue  herde  the 
 swiftnes  of  the  iudge,  which  is  to  come : 
 therfore  heare  my  voyce,  and  vnderstode  my 
 wordes,  and  I  shal  speake  before  the. 
 
 ■■  Mat.  20.  b.  and  21.  b. 
 
 This  is  the  begynnynge  of  the  wordes  of 
 Eszdras,  before  he  was  receaued:  O  LORDE, 
 thou  that  dwellest  in  euerlastyngnesse,  whose 
 eyes  are  lift  vp  in  the  ayre,  whose  stole  is 
 exceading  hye,  whose  glory  and  maiesty  maye 
 not  be  compreheded,  before  whom  the  hoostes 
 of  heauen  stonde  with  tremblinge,  whose 
 kepinge  is  turned  in  winde  and  fyre,  whose 
 worde  is  true,  whose  talkynge  is  stedfast, 
 whose  commaundement  is  stronge,  whose 
 ordynaunce  is  fearfull,  whose  loke  dryeth  vp 
 the  depthes,  whose  wrath  maketh  the  moun- 
 taynes  to  melt  awaye,  j  whose  trueth  beareth 
 wytnes :  O  heare  y  prayer  of  thy  seruaunt, 
 and  marck  with  thine  eares  the  peticion  of 
 thy  creature. 
 
 For  whyle  I  lyue,  I  wil  speake:  and  so 
 loge  as  I  haue  vnderstondinge,  I  will  answere. 
 O  loke  not  vpo  the  synnes  of  thy  people, 
 which  serue  y  in  the  trueth.  Haue  no  re- 
 specte  vnto  the  wicked  studies  of  the  Heithen, 
 but  to  the  desyre  of  those  that  kepe  thy  testi- 
 monies with  sorowes.  Thinke  not  vpon  those 
 that  haue  walked  faynedly  before  the,  but 
 vpon  them,  which  with  wyll  haue  knowne 
 thy  feare. 
 
 Let  it  not  be  thy  wyll  to  destroye  them, 
 which  haue  had  beastly  maners,  but  to  loke 
 vpon  them  that  haue  clearly  taught  thy  lawe. 
 Take  thou  no  indignacion  at  them,  which 
 are  worse  then  beastes :  but  loue  them,  that 
 allwaye  put  their  trust  in  y  righteousnes  and 
 glory;  for  we  and  oure  fathers  haue  all  the 
 same  sicknes  and  disease,  but  because  of  oure 
 synnes  thou  shalt  be  called  merciful]. 
 
 For  yf  thou  hast  mercy  vpon  vs,  thou  shalt 
 be  called  mercifuU,  where  as  we  haue  no 
 workes  of  righteousnes  :  for  y  righteous  which 
 haue  layed  vp  many  good  workes  together, 
 shall  out  of  their  dedes  receaue  rewarde.  For 
 what  is  man,  that  thou  shuldest  take  displea- 
 sure at  him?  Or  what  is  the  corruptible 
 mortall  generacion,  that  thou  shuldest  be  so 
 rough  towarde  him? 
 
 *  For  of  a  trueth  there  is  no  man  amonge 
 them  that  be  borne,  but  he  hath  dealt  wick- 
 edly :  and  amonge  the  faithfuO  there  is  none, 
 which  hath  not  done  amysse.  For  in  this  (O 
 LORDE)  thy  righteousnes  5  thy  goodnes 
 shalbe  praysed  and  declared,  yf  thou  be  mer- 
 cifuU vnto  them,  which  are  not  rych  in  good 
 workes. 
 
CJ)ap.  ij:. 
 
 Cbe  iiij.  bokt  of  CSjUras. 
 
 So,  mu 
 
 dF 
 
 Then  answered  he  me  and  sayde :  Some 
 thinges  hast  thou  spoken  a  right,  and  acord- 
 inge  vnto  thy  wordes  it  shal  be.  For  I  wil 
 not  verely  cosidre  the  worke  of  them,  which 
 haue  synned  before  death,  before  the  iudg- 
 ment,  before  destruccio,  "  but  I  wyll  reioyse 
 ouer  the  worke  and  thought  of  y  righteous. 
 I  wil  remembre  also  the  pilgramege,  the  ho- 
 lymakynge  and  the  rewarde.  Like  as  I  haue 
 spoken  now,  so  shall  it  come  to  passe.  For 
 as  the  huszbad  man  soweth  moch  sede  vpon 
 the  grounde,  and  planteth  many  trees,  and 
 yet  allwaye  the  thinge  that  is  sowne  or  plated 
 is  not  all  kepte  safe,  nether  doth  it  all  take 
 rote :  Euen  so  is  it  of  them  that  are  sowne  in 
 the  worlde,  they  shal  not  all  be  preserued. 
 
 I  answered  then  a  sayde :  Yf  I  haue  founde 
 grace,  then  let  me  speake.  Like  as  the  hus- 
 bade  mans  sede  perisheth,  yf  it  receaue  not 
 rayne  in  due  season,  or  yf  there  come  to  moch 
 rayne  vpon  it :  Euen  so  perisheth  man  also, 
 which  is  created  with  thy  handes,  and  is  like 
 vnto  thine  owne  ymage  and  to  thy  self,  for 
 whose  sake  thou  hast  made  aU  thinges,  and 
 lickened  him  vnto  the  huszbande  mans  sede. 
 Be  not  wroth  at  vs  (O  LORDE)  but  spare 
 thy  people,  and  haue  mercy  vpon  thine  owne 
 inheritaunce :  O  be  mercifuU  vnto  thy  crea- 
 ture. 
 
 Then  answered  he  me  and  sayde  :  Thinges 
 present  are  for  the  present,  and  thinges  to 
 come  for  soch  as  be  to  come.  For  thou 
 watest  yet  moch,  seynge  thou  mayest  loue  my 
 creature  aboue  me :  I  haue  oft  times  drawne 
 nye  vnto  the,  but  neuer  to  the  \nirighteous. 
 In  this  also  thou  art  maruelous  before  the 
 Hyest,  in  that  thou  hast  humbled  thy  self,  as 
 it  becommeth  the,  and  hast  not  regarded 
 thine  owne  self,  y  thou  art  had  in  soch  ho- 
 noure  amonge  the  righteous.  Therfore  shal 
 greate  wrechidnes  and  mysery  come  vpon 
 them,  that  in  the  latter  tyme  shal  dwell  in  f 
 worlde,  for  they  haue  walked  in  greate  pryde. 
 
 But  vnderstonde  thou  for  thy  self,  and  seke 
 out  glory  for  soch  as  be  like  the :  for  vnto 
 you  is  paradyse  opened,  the  tre  of  life  is 
 plated,  the  tyme  to  come  is  prepared,  plen- 
 teousnes  made  ready :  a  cite  is  builded  for 
 you,  and  a  rest  is  prepared,  yee  perfecte  good- 
 nes  and  wyszdome.  The  rote  of  euell  is 
 marked  from  you,  the  weaknes  and  moth  is 
 hyd  from  you,  (t  into  hell  flyeth  corrupcion  in 
 
 forgetfulnes.  Sorowes  are  vanyshed  awaye, 
 and  in  the  ende  is  shewed  the  treasure  of 
 immortalite.  And  therfore  axe  thou  no  more 
 questions,  cocemynge  the  multitude  of  them 
 that  perishe.  For  they  haue  taken  libertie, 
 despysed  the  Hyest,  thought  soorne  of  his 
 lawe,  and  forsaken  his  wayes. 
 
 Morouer,  they  haue  troden  downe  his 
 righteous,  *  and  sayde  in  their  hert,  that  there 
 is  no  God,  yee  and  that  wittingly,  for  they 
 dye.  For  like  as  the  thinge  that  I  haue 
 spoken  of,  is  made  ready  for  you :  Eue  so  is 
 thyrst  and  payne  prepared  for  them.  For  it 
 was  not  his  wil  that  man  shulde  come  to 
 naught :  but  they  which  be  created,  haue  de- 
 fyled  the  name  of  him  that  made  them,  and 
 are  vnthankefull  vTito  him,  which  prepared  life 
 for  them.  And  therfore  is  my  iudgment  now 
 at  hande.  These  thinges  haue  I  not  shewed 
 vnto  all  men,  but  vnto  few :  namely,  vnto  the, 
 and  to  soch  as  be  like  the. 
 
 Then  answered  I  and  sayde :  Beholde  O 
 LORDE,  now  hast  thou  shewed  me  the  mul- 
 titude of  the  tokens,  which  thou  wilt  begynne 
 to  do  at  the  last :  but  at  what  tyme  and  whan, 
 thou  hast  not  shewed  me. 
 
 Ci)e  iy-  €l)apUr. 
 
 HE  answered  me  then  and  saide :  Mea- 
 sure thou  the  tyme  diligently  in  it  self, 
 whan  thou  seist  that  one  parte  of  the  tokens 
 come  to  passe,  which  I  haue  tolde  y  before : 
 so  shalt  thou  vnderstonde,  that  it  is  the  very 
 same  tyme,  wherin  the  Hyest  ml  begynne  to 
 vysit  the  worlde,  which  he  made.  And  wha 
 there  shalbe  sene  earthquake  and  vproure  of 
 the  people  in  the  worlde,  then  shalt  thou  well 
 vnderstonde,  that  the  most  hyest  spake  of 
 those  thinges,  from  the  dayes  that  were  before 
 the,  euen  from  the  begynnynge. 
 
 For  like  as  all  that  is  made  in  the  worlde, 
 hath  a  begynnynge  and  ende,  and  the  ende  is 
 manyfest:  Euen  so  the  tymes  also  of  the 
 Hyest  haue  playne  begynnynges  in  wonders 
 and  signes,  and  the  ende  in  workynge  and  in 
 tokens.  And  euery  one  that  shalbe  saued, 
 and  shall  be  able  to  escape  by  his  workes  3 
 by  faith  (wherin  ye  haue  beleued)  shall  be 
 preserued  from  the  saide  parels,  and  shal  se 
 my  sauioure  in  my  londe  and  within  my 
 borders,  for  I  haue  halowed  me  from  the 
 worlde.     Then  shall  they  be  in  carefulnesse. 
 
#0,  miu 
 
 €\)t  iiij.  boht  of  (e£(:>tiras. 
 
 Cf)ap.  ijr. 
 
 which  now  haue  abused  my  waies :  and  they 
 that  haue  cast  them  out  despytefuUy,  shall 
 dwell  in  paynes. 
 
 For  soch  as  in  their  life  haue  receaued 
 benefites,  and  haue  not  knowne  me,  and  they 
 that  haue  abhorred  my  lawe,  whyle  they 
 had  yet  fredome,  and  whan  they  had  yet  open 
 rowme  of  amendemut  and  eonuersion,  5  vn- 
 derstode  not,  but  despysed  it :  y  same  must 
 knowe  it  after  death  in  payne.  And  therfore 
 be  thou  noniore  careful!,  how  the  vngodly 
 shalbe  punyshed,  d  how  the  righteous  shalbe 
 saued,  and  whose  the  worlde  is,  and  for  whom 
 the  worlde,  and  whan  it  is.  Then  answered 
 I  and  sayde :  "  I  haue  talked  before  5  now  I 
 speake,  and  wyl  speake  also  herafter,  that 
 there  be  many  moo  of  them  which  perish, 
 then  shal  be  saued,  like  as  the  floude  is  greater 
 then  the  droppes. 
 
 And  he  answered  me,  sayenge :  like  as  the 
 felde  is,  so  is  also  the  sede :  as  the  floures  be, 
 so  are  the  colours  also :  soch  as  the  workman 
 is,  soch  is  also  y  worke :  and  as  the  huszband 
 man  is  himself,  so  is  his  huszbandrye  also,  for 
 it  was  the  tyme  of  the  worlde.  And  whan  I 
 prepared  for  them  that  are  now,  or  euer  the 
 worlde  was  made,  wher  in  they  shulde  dwel, 
 then  was  there  no  man  that  withstode  me. 
 Now  whan  euery  one  was,  and  the  maker 
 also  in  the  worlde  which  is  now  prepared, 
 and  the  moneth  that  ceaseth  not,  and  the 
 lawe  which  is  vnsearcheable,  their  maners  were 
 corrupte.  So  I  considered  the  worlde,  and 
 beholde,  there  was  parell,  because  of  y 
 thoughtes  that  were  come  in  to  it.  And  I 
 sawe,  and  spared  the  greatly,  and  haue  kepte 
 me  a  wynebery  of  the  grapes,  and  a  plante 
 from  amonge  many  generacions.  Let  the 
 multitude  perish  the,  which  are  gi-owne  vp 
 in  vayne,  and  let  my  grape  j  wynebery  be 
 kepte:  euen  my  plante:  for  with  greate  la- 
 boure  haue  I  made  it  vp. 
 
 Neuertheles  yf  thou  wilt  take  vpon  the  yet 
 seuen  dayes  mo  (but  thou  shalt  not  fast  in 
 them)  go  thy  waye  then  in  to  f  felde  of 
 floures,  where  no  house  is  buylded,  and  eate 
 onely  of  the  floures  of  the  felde,  taist  not 
 flesh,  drinke  no  wine,  but  eate  floures  onely. 
 Praye  vnto  the  Hyest  contynually,  so  will  I 
 come,  and  talke  with  the. 
 
 So  I  wente  my  waye  and  came  in  to  the 
 felde  which  is  called  Ardath  (like  as  he  com- 
 
 "    i  Esd    8.  a.         >  Exo.  19.  d.  and  24.  a.  Deut.  4.  b. 
 
 maunded  me)  and  there  I  sat  amonge  y 
 floures,  and  ate  of  the  herbes  of  the  felde 
 and  y  meate  of  the  same  satisfied  me.  Aftei 
 seuen  dayes  I  sat  vpon  the  grasse,  j  my  hert 
 was  vexed  within  me  like  as  afore :  and  I 
 opened  my  mouth,  and  beganne  to  talke  be- 
 fore the  Hyest,  and  saide :  O  LORDE,  thou 
 y  shewest  thy  self  vnto  vs,  *thou  hast  declared 
 and  opened  thy  self  vnto  oure  fathers  in  the 
 wyldernes,  in  a  place  where  no  man  dwelleth, 
 in  a  baren  place,  whan  they  came  out  of 
 Egipte,  and  thou  spakest,  saycge :  Heare  me 
 O  Israel,  and  marke  my  wordes  thou  sede  of 
 lacob.  Beholde,  I  sowe  my  lawe  in  you, 
 and  it  shal  brynge  frute  in  you,  5  ye  shalbe 
 honoured  in  it  for  euer.  For  oure  fathers 
 which  receaued  the  lawe,  kepte  it  not,  and 
 obserued  not  thy  ordinaunces  and  statutes,  5 
 the  frute  of  f  lawe  was  not  declared :  for  it 
 might  not,  for  why  ?  it  was  thine.  For  they 
 that  receaued  it,  perished, '  because  they  kepte 
 not  y  thinge  that  was  sowne  in  them. 
 
 It  is  a  custome  whan  the  grounde  receaueth 
 sede,  or  the  see  a  shipp,  or  a  vessell  meate 
 and  drynke,  that,  whan  it  perisheth  or  is 
 broken  wherin  a  thinge  is  sowne,  or  wherin 
 eny  thinge  is  put :  the  thinges  also  perishe  3 
 are  broken,  which  are  sowne  or  putt  therin. 
 But  ^Tito  vs  it  hath  not  happened  so  :  for  we 
 y  haue  receaued  the  lawe,  perish  in  synne, 
 and  oure  hert  also  which  receaued  the  lawe : 
 notwithstondinge  ''  the  lawe  perisheth  not,  but 
 remayneth  in  his  laboure. 
 
 And  whan  I  considered  these  thinges  in 
 my  hert  after  this  maner,  I  loked  aboute  me 
 ith  myne  eyes, '  and  ^-pon  the  right  syde  I 
 sawe  a  woman,  which  mourned  sore,  made 
 greate  lamentacion,  and  wepte  with  loude 
 voyce :  hir  clothes  were  rent  in  peces,  5  she 
 had  aszshes  vpon  hir  heade. 
 
 The  let  I  my  thoughtes  go,  y  I  was  in,  3 
 turned  me  vnto  her,  i  sayde  :  wherfore  wepest 
 thou?  why  art  thou  so  sory  5  discomforted? 
 And  she  sayde  vnto  me :  Syr,  let  me  bewayle 
 my  self  5  take  yet  more  sorowe  :  for  I  am  sore 
 vexed  in  my  mynde,  a  brought  very  lowe. 
 And  I  said  vnto  her :  what  ayleth  ^  ?  Or 
 who  hath  done  eny  thinge  to  y?  tell  me. 
 She  sayde :  I  haue  bene  vnfrutefull  and 
 baren,  and  haue  had  an  huszband  thirtie 
 yeares.  And  these  xxx.  yeares  I  do  nothinge 
 els  daye  and  night  and  all  houres,  but  make 
 
 Deut.  32.  f.       ■*  Esa.  40.  a.  2  Tim.  2.  a.      '4  Es.  10.  d. 
 
 Jf 
 
Cl)a}),  V. 
 
 Cl)c  lit),  liofee  of  ©siilirnE!. 
 
 jfo.  mnj. 
 
 my  prayer  to  y  Hyest.  After  thirtie  yeares 
 God  herde  me  thy  handmaydeii,  loked  vpon 
 my  misery,  considred  my  trouble,  and  gaue 
 me  a  sonne,  and  I  was  glad  of  him,  so  was 
 my  huszbad  also  and  all  my  neghbours,  and 
 we  gaue  greate  honoure  vnto  y  Mightie. 
 And  I  norished  him  with  greate  trauayle. 
 So  whan  he  grewe  vp,  5  came  to  the  tyme, 
 that  he  shulde  haue  a  wife,  I  made  a  feast. 
 
 Ci)e  r-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  it  happened  that  whan  my  sonne 
 wente  in  to  his  chamber,  he  fell  downe, 
 and  dyed:  the  ouerthrew  we  all  the  lightes, 
 and  all  my  neghbours  rose  vp  to  coforte  me. 
 The  toke  I  my  rest  vnto  the  secode  daye  at 
 night:  5  whan  they  had  all  rested,  y  they 
 might  comforte  me,  I  rested  also,  and  rose  vp 
 by  night,  and  fled,  and  am  come  hither  in  to 
 this  felde,  as  thou  seist :  and  am  purposed  not 
 to  come  in  the  cite,  but  to  remayne  here,  and 
 nether  to  eate  ner  drynke,  but  continually  to 
 mourne  and  to  fast,  vntill  I  dye. 
 
 Then  let  I  my  meditacions  and  thoughtes 
 fall,  that  I  was  in,  and  spake  to  her  in  dis- 
 pleasure :  Thou  foolish  woman,  seist  thou  not 
 oure  heuynes  and  moumynge,  and  what  hap- 
 peneth  vnto  vs  ?  how  Sion  oure  mother  is  all 
 wofuU  and  sory,  and  how  she  is  cleane  brought 
 downe  and  in  misery?  seinge  we  be  all  now 
 in  heuynes,  5  make  oure  mone  (for  we  be  all 
 soroufuU.)  As  for  the  heuynes  that  thou 
 takest,  it  is  but  for  one  sonne.  Demaunde 
 the  earth,  and  she  shal  tell  the,  that  it  is  she 
 which  ought  (by  reason)  to  moume,  for  the 
 fall  of  so  many  that  growe  vpon  her.  For 
 from  the  begynnynge  all  men  are  borne  of 
 her,  5  other  shal  come :  and  beholde,  they 
 walke  allmost  all  in  to  destruccion,  and  many 
 of  them  shalbe  roted  out. 
 
 Who  shulde  then  (by  reason)  make  more 
 moumynge,  then  she,  that  hath  lost  so  greate 
 a  multitude?  and  not  thou,  which  art  sory 
 but  for  one.  But  yf  thou  woldest  saye  vnto 
 me  :  My  moumynge  is  not  like  the  moumynge 
 of  the  earth,  for  I  haue  lost  the  frute  of  my 
 body,  which  I  bare  with  heuynes :  as  for  the 
 earth,  acordinge  to  the  ordynaunce  of  f  earth 
 onely,  so  that  many  are  gone  awaye  in  her,  as 
 J3  it  is  come  to  passe :  Then  saye  I  vnto  the : 
 like  as  thou  hast  borne  with  trauayle  5  sorowe, 
 euen  so  the  earth  also  from  the  begynnynge 
 
 geueth  hir  frute  vnto  man,  for  him  y  made 
 her.  And  therfore  witholde  thy  sorowe  and 
 heuynes  by  thy  self,  and  loke  what  happeneth 
 vnto  y,  beare  it  strogly."  For  yf  thou  iudgest 
 the  marck  5  ende  of  God  to  be  righteous  and 
 good,  and  receauest  his  councell  in  tjnne,  thou 
 shalt  be  commended  therin.  Go  thy  waye 
 then  in  to  the  cite  to  thy  husbande. 
 
 And  she  sayde  vnto  me :  that  wyll  I  not 
 do,  I  will  not  go  in  to  the  cite,  but  heare  will 
 I  dye.  So  I  commoned  more  with  her,  and 
 sayde:  Do  not  so,  but  be  couceled,  and 
 folowe  me :  for  how  many  falles  hath  Sion  ? 
 Be  of  good  comforte  because  of  the  sorowe  of 
 lerusalem.  For  thou  seist  that  oure  Sanc- 
 tuary is  layed  waist,  oure  aulter  broken,  oure 
 temple  destroyed,  oure  playenge  of  instru- 
 mentes  and  synginge  layed  downe,  the 
 thankesgeuynge  put  to  sylence,  oure  myrth 
 is  vanished  awaye,  the  light  of  oure  candle- 
 stick is  quenched,  y  Arke  of  the  couenaunt  is 
 take  from  vs,  all  oure  holy  thinges  are  defyled, 
 and  the  name  that  is  called  vpon  ouer  vs,  is 
 dishonoured,  oure  children  are  put  to  shame, 
 oure  prestes  are  brent,  oure  Leuites  are  caried 
 awaye  in  to  captiuyte,  oure  virgins  are  defyled, 
 and  oure  wyues  rauyshed,  oure  righteous  men 
 spoyled,  and  oure  childre  destroyed,  oure 
 yonge  men  are  brought  in  bodage,  and  oure 
 stroge  worthies  are  become  weake  :  and  Sion 
 (which  scale  is  y  greatest  of  all)  is  lowsed  vp 
 from  hir  worshipe  :  for  she  is  deliuered  in  to 
 the  handes  of  them  that  hate  vs. 
 
 And  therfore  shake  of  y  greate  heuynes, 
 and  putt  awaye  the  multitude  of  sorowes : 
 that  the  Mightie  maye  be  mercyfull  vnto  the, 
 and  that  the  Hyest  maye  geue  the  rest  from 
 y  laboure  and  trauayle.  And  it  happened, 
 that  whan  I  was  talkynge  with  her,  hir  face 
 dyd  shyne  s  glyster,  so  that  I  was  afraied  of' 
 her,  and  mused  what  it  might  be.  And  im- 
 mediatly  she  cast  out  a  greate  voyce,  very 
 fearfuU,  so  that  y  earth  shoke  at  the  noyse  of 
 the  woman:  and  I  loked,  and  beholde,  the 
 woman  appeared  vnto  me  nomore  :  but  there 
 was  a  cite  buylded,  and  a  place  was  shewed 
 from  the  grounde  and  foundacion. 
 
 Then  was  I  afrayed,  and  cried  with  loude 
 voyce,  and  sayde :  where  is  Vriel  the  angell, 
 *  which  came  to  me  at  the  first?  For  he  hath 
 caused  me  to  come  in  many  consideracions 
 and  hye  thoughtes,  and  myne  ende  is  turned 
 
Ijfo.  vnih. 
 
 €i)t  iiij.  bofef  of  (CSiliras. 
 
 Cf)ap.  vt. 
 
 to  corrupcion,  and  my  prayer  to  rebuke. 
 And  as  I  was  spoakynge  these  wordes,  he 
 came  vnto  me,  and  loked  vpon  me,  and  I 
 laye  as  one  that  had  bene  deed,  and  myne 
 vnderstandinge  was  altered,  and  he  toke  me 
 by  the  right  hande,  and  comforted  me,  and 
 set  me  vp  vpon  my  fete,  and  sayde  vnto  me  : 
 what  ayleth  the?  and  why  is  thine  vnder- 
 standinge vexed  ?  and  the  vnderstondinge  of 
 thy  hert,  and  wherfore  art  thou  sory  ?  And  I 
 sayde  :  Because  thou  hast  forsaken  me  :  and 
 I  haue  done  acordynge  vnto  thy  wordes,"  I 
 wente  in  to  the  felde,  and  there  haue  I  sene 
 thinges,  that  I  am  not  able  to  expresse.  He 
 saide  vnto  me  :  Stode  vp  and  be  manly,  and 
 I  shal  geue  the  exortacion. 
 
 Then  sayde  I :  Speake  on  to  me  my 
 LORDE,  forsake  me  not,  lest  I  dye  in  vayne: 
 for  I  haue  sene  that  I  knewe  not,  5  herde  that 
 I  do  not  knowe.  Or  shall  my  vnderstondynge 
 be  disceaued,  and  my  mymde  ?  But  now  I 
 beseke  the,  that  thou  wilt  shewe  thy  seruaunt 
 of  this  woder.  He  answered  me  the  and 
 sayde :  heare  me,  and  I  shall  enfourme  the, 
 and  tell  the  wherfore  thou  art  afrayed,  for  the 
 Hyest  hath  opened  many  secrete  thynges 
 vnto  the. 
 
 He  hath  sene  that  thy  waye  is  right,  and 
 that  thou  takest  sorowe  continually  for  thy 
 people,  and  makest  greate  lamentacion  for 
 Sion :  and  therfore  vnderstonde  the  vision 
 which  thou  sawest  a  litle  whyle  agoo  after  this 
 maner :  Thou  sawest  a  woman  mournynge, 
 and  thou  hast  comforted  her :  Neuertheles 
 now  seist  thou  the  licknes  of  the  woman  no- 
 more,  but  thou  thoughtest  there  was  a  cite 
 buylded  :  and  like  as  she  tolde  the  of  the  fall 
 of  her  Sonne,  so  is  this  the  answere :  Tlie 
 woman  whom  thou  sawest,  is  Sion :  and  where 
 as  she  tolde  the,  that  she  hath  bene  thirtie 
 yeares  vnfrutefull  and  baren,  those  are  the 
 XXX.  yeares,  wherin  there  was  no  ofFeringe 
 made  in  her. 
 
 But  after  xxx.  yeares  Salomon  buylded 
 her,  and  offred,  and  then  bare  the  baren  a 
 Sonne.  And  where  as  she  tolde  the,  that  she 
 norished  him  with  laboure,  that  was  the 
 dwellynge  of  lerusalem.  But  where  as  the 
 Sonne  dyed  in  hir  chamber,  that  is  the  fall  of 
 lerusalem.  And  thou  sawest  hir  lickenesse, 
 how  she  mourned  for  hir  sonne :  and  what 
 els   happened  vnto  her,    I   haue  shewed   f, 
 
 And  now  God  seyth,  that  thou  art  sory  in  thy 
 mynde,  and  suffi-est  from  y  hert  for  her : 
 and  so  hath  he  shewed  the  hir  clearnesse,  and 
 the  fayrnes  of  hir  bewtye. 
 
 And  therfore  I  bad  the  remayne  in  the 
 felde,  where  no  house  is  buylded.  For  I 
 knew  y  the  Hyest  wolde  shew  this  vnto  the, 
 therfore  I  commaunded  the  to  go  in  to  the 
 felde,  where  no  foundacion  ner  buyldinge  is. 
 For  in  the  place  where  the  Hyest  wyll  shewe 
 his  cite,  there  shall  be  no  mans  buyldinge. 
 And  therfore  feare  not,  and  let  not  thine  hert 
 be  afrayed,  but  go  thy  waye  in,  and  se  the 
 glorious  and  fayre  buyldinge,  and  how  greate 
 it  is,  and  how  greate  thou  thinkest  it  after  the 
 measure  of  thine  eyes,  5  then  shalt  thou  heare 
 as  moch  as  thine  eares  maye  comprehede.  For 
 thou  art  blessed  aboue  many  other,  and  art 
 called  with  the  Hyest,  as  y  few.  But  to- 
 morow  at  night  thou  shalt  remayne  here,  and 
 so  shal  the  Hyest  shewe  the  visions  of  hye 
 thinges,  which  he  wyll  do  vnto  them  that 
 dwell  vpon  earth  in  y  last  dayes.  So  I  slepte 
 the  same  night  like  as  he  comaunded  me. 
 
 Cijc  pt.  Ci)aptn:. 
 
 THEN  sawe  I  a  dreame :  and  beholde, 
 there  came  vp  from  y  see  an  Aegle, 
 which  had  xij.  wynges  and  thre  heades  :  And 
 I  sawe,  and  beholde,  he  spred  his  wynges 
 ouer  all  the  earth,  and  all  the  wyndes  of  the 
 ayre  blew  in  them,  and  so  they  were  put  to- 
 gether agayne.  And  I  behelde,  and  out  of 
 his  fethers  there  grew  other  litle  contrary 
 fethers :  the  heades  rested,  the  head  in  the 
 myddest  was  greater  then  the  other,  yet  rested 
 it  with  the  residue. 
 
 Morouer  I  sawe,  that  the  Aegle  flew  with 
 his  wynges,  and  raigned  vpon  earth,  5  ouer 
 all  them  that  dwell  vpon  the  earth :  and  I 
 sawe  y  all  thinges  vnder  heauen  were  subiecte 
 vnto  him,  and  no  man  spake  against  him,  no 
 not  one  creature  vpon  earth.  I  sawe  also 
 that  the  Aegle  stode  vp  vpon  his  clawes,  3 
 gaue  a  sounde  with  his  fethers,  5  a  voyce 
 sayege  after  this  maner:  watch  not  all  to- 
 gether, slepe  euery  ma  in  his  owne  place, 
 (J  watch  for  a  tjine,  but  let  the  heades  be 
 preserued  at  the  last.  Neuertheles  I  sawe,  y 
 the  voyce  wente  not  out  of  his  heades,  but 
 from  the  myddest  of  his  body.  And  I  nom- 
 bred  his  cotrary  fethers,  (j  bdiolde,  there  were 
 eight  of  them.     And  I  lokecf,  (t  beholde,  vpon 
 
Cf)ap.  vih 
 
 Cftf  liij.  bofer  of  C-65tirag. 
 
 Jfo.  mt. 
 
 the  right  syde  there  arose  one  fether,  a  raigned 
 ouer  all  the  earth.  And  it  happened,  y  whan 
 it  raigned,  the  ende  of  it  came,  rj  the  place 
 therof  appeared  no  more.  So  the  nexte 
 folowinge  stode  vp,  5  raigned,  5  had  a  greate 
 tyme  :  5  it  happened,  y  whan  it  raigned,  the 
 ende  of  it  came  also  like  as  the  first,  so  that  it 
 appeared  nomore. 
 
 Then  came  there  a  voyce  vnto  it,  3  sayde : 
 Heare  thou  y  hast  kepte  in  the  earth  so  loge, 
 this  I  saye  vnto  the,  before  thou  begynnest  to 
 appeare  nomore :  There  shal  none  after  y 
 atteyne  vnto  thy  tyme.  Then  arose  the  thirde, 
 I  raigned  as  the  other  afore,  ij  appeared  no- 
 more  also.  So  wete  it  with  all  the  residue 
 one  after  another,  so  y  euery  one  raigned,  fi 
 the  appeared  nomore.  The  I  loked,  5  be- 
 holde,  in  processe  of  tyme  the  fethers  y  folowed 
 were  set  \'p  vpo  the  right  syde,  y  they  might 
 rule  also :  and  some  of  the  ruled,  but  within 
 a  while  they  appeared  nomore :  for  some  of 
 the  were  set  vp,  but  ruled  not.  After  this  I 
 loked,  (J  beholde,  y  xij.  fethers  appeared  no- 
 more,  and  the  two  wynges :  (j  there  was  no- 
 more  vpon  the  Aegles  body,  but  two  heades 
 that  rested,  g  sixe  fethers.  Then  sawe  I  also, 
 y  the  sixe  fethers  were  parted  in  two,  5  re- 
 majTied  vnder  the  heade,  y  was  \^on  the 
 right  syde,  for  the  foure  cotynued  in  their 
 place.  So  I  loked,  and  beholde,  they  that 
 were  vnder  the  wynges,  thought  to  set  vp 
 them  selues,  and  to  haue  the  rule.  Then  was 
 there  one  set  vp,  but  shortly  it  appeared  no- 
 more,  and  the  seconde  were  sooner  awaye  then 
 the  first.  And  I  behelde,  and  lo,  the  two 
 thought  also  by  the  selues  to  raigne :  5  wha 
 they  so  thought,  beholde,  there  waked  one  of 
 the  heades  that  were  at  rest,  namely,  it  that 
 was  in  the  myddest,  for  that  was  the  greater 
 of  the  two  heades.  And  then  I  sawe,  that  the 
 two  heades  were  fylled  with  him,  and  the 
 heade  was  turned  with  them  y  were  by  him, 
 fl  ate  vp  f  two  vnder  wynges,  y  wolde  haue 
 raigned. 
 
 But  this  heade  put  f  whole  earth  in  feare, 
 and  bare  rule  in  it,  ouer  aU  those  y  dwelt 
 vpon  earth  with  moch  laboure,  and  he  had  the 
 gouernaunce  of  the  worlde,  ouer  all  the  foules 
 that  haue  bene.  After  this  I  loked,  and  be- 
 holde, the  heade  that  was  in  the  middest, 
 sodenly  appeared  nomore,  like  as  f  wjiiges : 
 then  came  the  two  heades,  which  ruled  vpon 
 earth,  5  ouer  those  that  dwelt  therin.     And  I 
 
 behelde,  (j  lo,  the  heade  vpon  the  right  side, 
 deuoured  it  that  was  vpon  the  left  syde.  And 
 I  herde  a  voyce,  which  sayde  vnto  me :  loke 
 before  the,  and  considre  the  thinge  that  thou 
 seist.  Then  I  sawe,  and  beholde,  as  it  were 
 a  lyon  that  roareth,  rennynge  haistely  out  of 
 y^  wod,  and  he  sent  out  a  mans  voyce  vnto 
 the  Aegle,  and  sayde :  Heare  thou,  I  wyl 
 talke  with  the,  and  the  Hyest  shal  saye  vnto 
 the  :  Is  it  not  thou  that  hast  the  victory  of  the 
 foure  beastes,  whom  I  made  to  raigne  rpon 
 earth  and  in  my  worlde,  and  that  y  ende  of 
 their  times  might  come  thorow  the  r 
 
 And  the  fourth  came,  and  ouerwanne  all 
 the  besistes  that  were  past,  and  had  power 
 ouer  the  worlde  with  greate  fearfulnes,  and 
 ouer  the  whole  compasse  of  the  earth  with  the 
 most  \vicked  laboure,  and  so  longe  time  dwelt 
 he  vpon  the  earth  with  disceate,  5  the  earth 
 hast  thou  iudged  not  with  trueth.  For  thou 
 hast  troubled  the  meke,  thou  hast  hurte  the 
 peaceable  and  quyete,  thou  hast  loued  lyers, 
 and  destroyed  the  dwellynges  of  them  that 
 brought  forth  frute,  and  hast  cast  downe  the 
 walles  of  soch  as  dyd  the  no  harme.  Therfore 
 is  thy  wrongeous  dealynge  and  blasphemy 
 come  vp  vnto  the  Hyest,  and  thy  pryde  vnto 
 the  Mightie.  The  Hyest  also  hath  loked  ^'po 
 the  proude  tymes,  and  beholde,  they  are 
 ended,  and  their  abhominacions  are  fulfilled. 
 And  therfore  appeare  nomore  thou  Aegle, 
 and  thy  horrible  wjaiges,  and  thy  wicked 
 fethers,  and  thy  vngracious  heades,  and  thy 
 synfuU  clawes,  and  all  thy  vayne  body:  that 
 the  earth  maye  be  refreshed,  and  come  agayne 
 to  herself,  whan  she  is  deliuered  from  thy  vio- 
 lence, and  that  she  maye  hope  for  y  iudgment 
 and  mercy  of  him  that  made  her. 
 
 €^1  p).  €l)apUr. 
 
 AND  it  happened  wha  y  Ly5  spake  these 
 wordes  \mto  y  Aegle,  *y  heade  y  afore 
 had  y  vpperhade,  appeared  nomore :  nether 
 dyd  y  foure  wynges  appeare  eny  more,  y  came 
 to  hi,  (J  were  sett  vp  to  raigne,  5  their  kyng- 
 dome  was  small  d  full  of  vproure. 
 
 And  I  sawe,  (t  beholde,  they  appeared  no- 
 more,  (t  f  whole  body  of  f  Aegle  was  bret,  5 
 the  earth  was  in  greate  feare.  Then  awaked 
 I  out  of  the  traunce  of  my  mj-nde,  and  from 
 greate  feare,  and  sayde  vnto  my  sprete :  Lo, 
 this  hast  thou  geuen  me,  in  y  thou  searchest 
 
 *  Rede,  I  sawe,  and  beholde, 
 
So,  irjrjrbu 
 
 Cftf  iiij.  bokt  of  Ofs^tiiasi. 
 
 Cftap.  j:ij. 
 
 out  the  wayes  of  the  Hyest:  lo,  yet  am  I 
 weery  in  my  minde,  and  very  weake  in  my 
 sprete,  and  litle  stregth  is  there  in  me,  for  the 
 greate  feare  that  I  rcceaued  this  night.  Ther- 
 fore  wil  I  now  beseke  the  Hyest,  y  he  wyl 
 comforte  me  vnto  the  ende,  5  I  sayde : 
 LORDE  LORDE  yf  I  haue  founde  grace 
 before  thy  sight,  and  yf  I  am  iustified  with  y 
 before  many  other,  5  yf  my  prayer  be  come 
 vp  before  thy  face,  coforte  me  then,  and  shew 
 me  thy  seruaunt  the  interpretacion  5  playne 
 differece  of  this  horrible  sight,  that  thou 
 mayest  perfectly  coforte  my  soule:  for  thou 
 hast  iudged  me  worthy,  to  shew  me  y  last  of 
 tymes. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  this  is  the  inter- 
 pretacion of  this  sight,  The  Aegle  whom  thou 
 sawest  come  vp  from  the  see,  is  the  kingdome 
 which  was  sene  in  the  vision  of  thy  brother 
 "Daniel,  but  it  was  no  expounded  vnto  him, 
 for  now  I  declare  it  vnto  the. 
 
 Beholde,  the  dayes  come,  that  there  shal 
 ryse  vp  a  kyngdome  vpo  earth,  and  it  shal  be 
 feared  aboue  all  the  kyngdomes  y  were  before 
 it.  In  the  same  kyngdome  shal  xij.  kynges 
 raigne,  one  after  another.  For  the  secode 
 shal  begynne  to  raigne,  and  shal  haue  more 
 tyme  the  the  other,  ct  this  do  y  xij.  wynges 
 signifie,  which  thou  sawest.  As  for  the  voyce 
 that  spake,  and  that  thou  sawest  go  out  from 
 the  heades  but  not  from  f  body,  it  betokeneth, 
 that  after  the  tyme  of  that  kyngdome  there 
 shall  aryse  greate  stryuynges,  and  it  shal 
 stonde  in  parell  of  fallynge  :  neuertheles  it 
 shal  not  yet  fall,  bot  shal  be  set  in  to  his 
 beginnynge.  And  y^  eight  vnderwynges  which 
 thou  sawest  hiige  vnto  y  wynges  of  hi,  betoke, 
 y  in  hi  there  shal  aryse  eight  kynges,  whose 
 tyme  shalbe  but  small,  5  their  yeares  swift,  j 
 two  of  them  shal  beare.  But  whan  the  mid- 
 dest  tyme  commeth,  there  shal  be  foure  kepte 
 in  the  tjTme,  whan  his  tyme  begynneth  to 
 come  that  it  maye  be  ended,  but  two  shal  be 
 kepte  vnto  y  ende. 
 
 And  where  as  thou  sawest  thre  heades 
 restynge,  this  is  the  interpretacion  :  In  his  last 
 shal  the  Hyest  rayse  vp  thre  kyngdomes,  and 
 call  many  agayne  in  to  the,  5  they  shal  haue 
 the  dominion  of  the  earth,  and  of  those  that 
 dwell  therin,  with  moch  laboure  aboue  all  those 
 y  were  before  the.  Therfore  are  they  called  y 
 heades  of  the  Aegle  :    for  it  is  they  y  shal 
 
 •   Dan.  7. 
 
 bringe  forth  his  wickednes  agayne,  5  y  shal 
 perfourme  j  fynish  his  last.  And  where  as 
 thou  sawest,  that  y  greate  heade  appeared  no- 
 more,  it  signifieth,  that  one  of  them  shal  dye 
 vpo  his  bed,  j  yet  with  payne,  for  the  two 
 that  remayne,  shalbe  slayne  with  the  swerde. 
 For  the  swerde  of  the  one  shal  deuoure  the 
 other,  but  at  the  last  shal  he  fall  thorow  the 
 swerde  himself. 
 
 And  where  as  thou  sawest  two  vnderwinges 
 vpon  the  heade  that  is  on  the  right  syde,  it 
 signifieth,  that  it  is  they,  who  the  Hyest  hath 
 kepte  vnto  their  ende :  this  is  a  small  kyng- 
 dome, 5  full  of  trouble.  The  Lyon  who 
 thou  sawest  rysinge  vp  out  of  the  wodd  and 
 roaringe,  and  speakinge  vnto  the  Aegle,  and 
 rebukynge  him  for  his  vnrighteousnesse,  is  the 
 wynde,  which  the  Hyest  hath  kepte  for  them 
 and  for  their  wickednesse  vnto  the  ende :  he 
 shal  reproue  them,  and  rente  them  asunder 
 before  them.  For  he  shal  sett  them  lyuynge 
 before  the  iudgment,  and  shal  rebuke  them  : 
 for  the  residue  of  my  people  shal  he  delyuer 
 with  trouble,  those  y  be  preserued  ouer  myne 
 endes  :  and  he  shal  make  them  ioyfull  vntyll 
 the  commjTige  of  the  daye  oi  iudgment,  wherof 
 I  haue  spoken  vnto  the  from  the  begynnynge. 
 This  is  the  dreame  that  thou  sawest,  and  this 
 is  the  interpretacion.  Thou  only  hast  bene 
 mete  to  knowe  the  secrete  of  the  Hyest. 
 
 Therfore  wryte  all  these  thinges  y  thou 
 hast  sene  in  a  boke,  and  hyde  them,  and  teach 
 the  the  wyse  in  the  people,  whose  hertes  thou 
 knowest  maye  comprehede  and  kepe  these 
 secretes.  But  wayte  thou  here  y  self  yet 
 seuen  dayes  moo,  that  it  maye  be  shewed 
 the,  what  so  euer  it  pleaseth  the  Hyest  to 
 declare  vnto  the,  and  with  that  he  wente  his 
 waye. 
 
 And  whan  all  the  people  perceaued,  y  the 
 seuen  dayes  were  past,  5  I  not  come  agayne 
 into  y  cite,  they  gathered  them  all  together 
 from  the  least  vnto  the  most,  5  came  vnto  me, 
 and  sayde  :  what  haue  we  offended  the  ?  and 
 what  euell  haue  we  done  agaynst  the,  y  thou 
 forsakest  vs,  5  syttest  here  in  this  place  ?  For 
 of  all  people  thou  only  art  left  vs,  as  a  grape 
 of  the  vyne,  and  as  a  candell  in  a  darcke  place, 
 and  as  an  hauen  5  shippe  preserued  from  y 
 tepest.  Haue  we  not  els  aduersite  ynough, 
 but  thou  must  forsake  vs  ?  Were  it  not  better 
 for  vs,  that  we  had  bene  brent  with  Sion  ? 
 For  we  are  no  better,  then  they  y  dyed  there : 
 
Cftap*  viih 
 
 €l)t  iiij,  bokt  of  (!5sijliias. 
 
 #0.  rinrbij. 
 
 and  they  wepte  with  loude  voyce.  Then  an- 
 swered I  the  (J  sayde:  Be  of  good  coforte  O 
 Israel,  (i  be  not  heuy  thou  house  of  lacob :  for 
 f  Hyest  hath  you  in  remebraiice,  5  f  Mightie 
 nath  not  forgotte  you  in  tetacio.  As  for  me, 
 I  haue  not  forsake  you,  nether  am  I  departed 
 from  you  :  but  am  come  in  to  this  place  to 
 praye,  because  of  f  mysery  of  Israel,  that  I 
 might  seke  mercy  for  y  lowe  estate  of  youre 
 Sactuary.  And  now  go  youre  waye  home  euery 
 ma,  and  after  these  dayes  wyl  I  come  vnto  you. 
 So  the  people  wete  their  waye  in  to  the  cite, 
 like  as  I  commaunded  them :  but  I  remayned 
 still  in  the  felde  seuen  dayes,  as  f  angell  bad 
 me,  and  I  ate  onely  of  the  floures  of  the  felde, 
 and  had  my  meate  of  the  herbes  in  those 
 dayes. 
 
 Wi)t  yii).  CI)apttr. 
 
 AND  it  happened  after  the  seue  dayes,  y 
 I  dreamed  a  dreame  by  night.  And 
 beholde,  there  arose  a  wynde  from  the  see, 
 that  it  moued  all  the  floudes  therof.  And  I 
 loked,  and  beholde,  the  man  was  stronge  and 
 increased  with  the  cloudes  of  heauen :  and 
 whan  he  turned  his  countenaunce  to  cosider, 
 all  the  thinges  trembled  that  were  sene  vnder 
 him :  and  whan  the  voyce  wente  out  of  his 
 mouth,  all  they  brent  that  herde  him,  like  as 
 the  earth  whan  it  feleth  the  fyre. 
 
 After  these  I  sawe,  j  beholde,  there  was 
 gathered  together  a  multitude  of  me  out  of 
 nombre  from  the  foure  wyndes  of  the  heaue, 
 to  fight  agaynst  y  man,  that  came  out  from 
 y^  see.  And  I  loked,  5  beholde,  he  graued  him- 
 self a  greate  moutayne,  and  flew  vp  vpon  it. 
 But  I  wolde  haue  sene  the  border  or  place, 
 wherout  the  hill  was  grauen,  5  I  coude  not. 
 
 I  sawe  after  these,  y  all  they  which  came 
 to  fight  agaynst  him,  were  sore  afrayed,  and 
 yet  durst  they  fight.  Neuertheles  whan  he 
 sawe  the  fearsnesse  and  violence  of  the  people, 
 he  nether  lift  vp  his  hande  ner  helde  swerde, 
 ner  eny  weapen :  but  onely  (as  I  sawe)  he 
 sent  out  of  his  mouth  as  it  had  bene  a  blast 
 of  fyre,  and  out  of  his  lippes  y  wynde  of  the 
 flamme:  and  out  of  his  toge  he  cast  out 
 sparkes  and  stormes,  and  they  were  all  myxte 
 together :  the  blast  of  fyre,  the  wynde  of  the 
 fl.lmes,  and  y  greate  stonne,  j  fell  with  a  russhe 
 vpon  y  people,  which  was  prepared  to  fight 
 (1  bret  the  vp  euerychone:  so  that  of  the  in- 
 numerable multitude  there  was  nothinge  sene. 
 
 but  onely  dust  %  smoke.  Whan  I  saw  this,  I 
 was  afrayed. 
 
 Afterwarde  sawe  I  the  same  man  come 
 downe  from  the  mountayne,  and  callinge  \'nto 
 him  another  peaceable  people :  and  there 
 came  moch  people  vnto  him:  some  were  glad 
 some  were  sory,  some  of  them  were  bounde, 
 so  that  they  were  caried  and  brought  forth. 
 
 Then  was  I  sick  thorow  greate  feare,  and  I 
 aw£iked,  and  sayde  :  thou  hast  shewed  f  ser- 
 uaunt  all  f  woders  fro  f  begynnynge,  5  hast 
 counted  me  worthy,  y  thou  mightest  receaue 
 my  prayer:  shewe  me  now  yet  the  interpreta- 
 cion  of  this  dreame.  For  thus  I  cosidre  in 
 my  vnderstandinge  :  Wo  vnto  them  that  shal 
 be  left  in  those  dayes,  5  moch  more  wo  vnto 
 the  that  are  not  left  behynde  :  for  they  that 
 were  not  left,  were  in  heuynes. 
 
 Now  vnderstonde  I  f  thinges  that  are  layed 
 vp  in  the  latter  dayes,  which  shal  happen  vnto 
 them,  and  to  those  that  are  not  left  behynde. 
 Therfore  are  they  come  in  to  greate  parells, 
 and  many  necessities,  like  as  these  dreames 
 declare.  Yet  is  it  easier,  y  he  which  suffireth 
 hurte,  come  in  these,  then  to  passe  awaye  as 
 a  cloude  out  of  the  worlde,  and  now  to  se  y 
 thinges  y  shal  happen  in  y  last. 
 
 Then  answered  he  me,  and  sayde :  The  in- 
 terpretacion  of  the  sight  shall  I  shewe  the, 
 and  I  will  open  vnto  the,  the  thinge  y  thou 
 hast  requyred.  For  thou  hast  spoken  of  them 
 that  are  left  behynde,  and  this  is  the  inter- 
 pretacion.  He  that  taketh  awaye  the  parell 
 in  that  tyme,  hath  kepte  himself.  They  that 
 be  fallen  in  to  harme,  are  soch  as  haue  workes 
 d  faith  vnto  the  Most  mightie.  Knowe  this 
 therfore,  that  they  which  be  left  behynde,  are 
 more  blessed,  then  they  that  be  deed.  This 
 is  the  meanynge  of  the  vision.  Where  as  thou 
 sawest  a  man  commynge  vp  from  the  depe  of 
 the  see,  y  same  is  he  whom  God  the  Hyest 
 hath  kepte  a  greate  season,  which  by  his  owne 
 self  shall  delyuer  his  creature,  (t  he  shal  ordre 
 the  that  are  left  behynde.  And  where  as  thou 
 sawest,  y  out  of  his  mouth  there  came  a  blast 
 of  wynde,  fyre  and  stonne,  j  how  y  he  lift  vp 
 nether  swerde  ner  weapen,  but  y  the  ruszsh- 
 inge  in  of  him  destroyed  the  whole  multitude, 
 y  came  to  fight  agaynst  him:  it  signifieth, 
 that  the  dayes  come,  whan  God  wyll  delyuer 
 the  y  are  vpon  earth,  (t  in  a  traunce  of  mynde 
 shall  he  come  vpon  the,  y  dwell  in  the  earth. 
 And   one    shal    vndertake    to    fight   agaynst 
 
jfo.  rvntiij. 
 
 El)t  III),  bokt  of  ^SjDras. 
 
 Cftap,  niij.l 
 
 i3 
 
 another,  one  cite  agaynst  another,  one  phiee 
 agaynst  another,"  one  people  agapist  another, 
 (J  one  realme  agaynst  another.  Whan  this 
 commeth  to  passe,  then  shal  the  tokens  come, 
 that  I  shewed  the  before  :  and  the  shal  my 
 Sonne  be  declared,  who  thou  sawest  cl)Tnme 
 vp  as  a  ma.  And  whan  all  y  people  heare  his 
 voyce,  euery  man  shal  in  their  owne  lode  leaue 
 the  battayll,  y  they  haue  one  agaynst  another, 
 and  an  innumerable  multitude  shall  be  gathered 
 together,  as  they  that  be  wilUnge  to  come  and 
 to  ouercome  him  by  fightinge.  But  he  shal 
 stode  vpon  the  toppe  of  the  mount  Sion. 
 Neuertheles  Sion  shall  come,  5  shall  be 
 shewed,  beynge  prepared  5  buylded  for  all 
 men,  like  as  thou  sawest  the  hill  grauen  forth 
 without  eny  hades.  But  my  sonne  shal  rebuke 
 the  people  y  are  come  for  their  wickednes, 
 mth  the  tempest,  and  for  their  euell  ymagi- 
 nacions:  and  their  paynes  wherwith  they  shal 
 be  punyshed,  are  lickened  vnto  the  flamme: 
 and  without  eny  laboure  shal  he  destroye 
 them,  euen  by  the  lawe,  which  is  copared  vnto 
 the  fyre. 
 
 And  where  as  thou  sawest,  that  he  gathered 
 another  peaceable  people  vnto  hi :  those  are 
 the  ten  trybes,  which  were  caried  awaye  pre- 
 soners  out  of  their  owne  londe,  in  the  tyme 
 of  Oseas  the  kynge,  whom  *  Salmanasar  the 
 kinge  of  Assiria  toke  presoner,  and  caried 
 them  ouer  y  water,  and  so  came  they  in  to 
 another  londe. 
 
 But  they  gaue  them  this  councell,  y  they 
 shulde  leaue  the  multitude  of  the  Heithe,  and 
 to  go  forth  in  to  a  farther  countre,  where  neuer 
 mankynde  dwelt:  that  they  might  there  kepe 
 their  statutes,  which  they  neuer  kepte  in  their 
 owne  lande.  And  so  they  entred  in  at  the 
 narow  passages  of  the  water  of  Euphrates, 
 and  ^  God  shewed  tokens  for  the,  and  helde 
 styll  the  floude  tyll  they  were  passed  ouer: 
 for  thorow  that  countre  there  was  a  greate 
 waye,  namely  of  a  yeare  and  an  half  iour- 
 ney,  for  the  same  region  is  called  Asareth. 
 Then  dwelt  they  there  vnto  the  latter  tyme : 
 and  when  they  come  forth  agayne,  f  Hyest 
 shall  holde  styll  the  sprynges  of  the  streame 
 agayne,  that  they  maye  go  thorow,  therfore 
 sawest  thou  the  multitude  with  peace.  And 
 they  that  be  left  behynde  of  thy  people,  are 
 those  that  be  founde  within  my  border.  Now 
 whan   he   destroyeth   the    multitude  that   is 
 
 •Mat.  24.  a.         »4Re.  17.  a.  '  Exo.  14.  c.  losu.  3.  d. 
 
 gathered  together,  he  shal  dcfede  his  people 
 that  remayne,  and  then  shal  he  shew  them 
 greate  wonders. 
 
 Then  sayde  I:  O  LORDE  LORDE, 
 shew  me  this :  wherfore  haue  I  sene  the  man 
 commynge  vp  from  the  depe  of  the  see  ? 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  Like  as  thou  cast 
 nether  seke  out  ner  knowe  these  thinges  that 
 are  in  the  depe  of  the  see,  euen  so  maiest 
 thou  not  se  my  sonne,  or  those  that  be  with 
 him,  but  in  the  t)Tne  of  the  daye.  This  is 
 the  interpretacion  of  the  dreame  which  thou 
 sawest,  therfore  thou  onelyart  here  lightened: 
 for  thou  hast  forsaken  thine  owne  lawe,  and 
 applied  thy  diligence  ^Tito  myne,  and  sought 
 it.  ''  Thy  life  hast  thou  ordred  in  wyszdome, 
 and  hast  called  \Tiderstondinge  thy  mother, 
 and  therfore  haue  I  shewed  the  f  treasure  of 
 the  Hyest.  After  thre  dayes  I  wil  shew  the 
 more,  and  talke  with  the  at  more  large,  yee 
 heuy  and  wonderous  thinges  wyl  I  declare 
 vnto  the. 
 
 Then  wente  I  forth  in  to  y  felde,  geuynge 
 prayse  and  thankes  greatly  vnto  God,  because 
 of  his  wonders  which  he  dyd  in  tyme,  and 
 because  he  gouemeth  the  same,  and  soch  as 
 is  in  tyme,  and  there  I  satt  thre  dayes. 
 
 Wt)t  riitj-  Cljaptfr. 
 
 VPON  the  thirde  daye  I  satt  vnder  an 
 oke  tre,  then  came  there  a  voyce  vnto 
 me  out  of  the  bush,  (j  sayde :  Eszdras,  Esz- 
 dras.  And  I  sayde:  here  I  am  LORDE, 
 and  stode  vp  vpon  my  fete.  The  spake  he 
 vnto  me:  'In  the  bush  dyd  I  appeare  vnto 
 Moses,  5  talked  with  him,  wha  my  people 
 serued  in  Egipte,  and  I  sent  him,  and  led  my 
 people  out  of  Egipte,  5  brought  him  vpo  f 
 mount  Sion,  where  I  helde  him  by  me  a  longe 
 season,  and  tolde  him  my  wonderous  workes, 
 and  shewed  him  f  secretes  of  the  tymes,  and 
 the  ende,  and  commaunded  him,  sayege : 
 These  wordes  shalt  thou  declare,  5  not  hyde 
 the.  And  now  I  saye  vnto  the,  that  thou  laye 
 vp  in  thine  hert  the  dreames  that  thou  hast 
 sene,  and  the  interpretacions  which  I  haue 
 shewed  the  :  for  thou  shalt  be  receaued  of  all, 
 thou  shal  be  turned  and  remayne  with  my 
 councell,  and  with  soch  as  be  like  the,  vntyll  f 
 tymes  be  ended.  For  the  worlde  hath  lost  his 
 youth,  and  the  tymes  begynne  to  waxe  olde. 
 For  the  tyme  is  deuyded  in  to  twolue  partes, 
 
 ''  S  Reg.  5.  Prou.  7.  a.  '  Exo.  3.  a. 
 
C!)ap»  vb. 
 
 €\)t  Hi],  bok^  of  Ofsi^tiras. 
 
 So,  mix. 
 
 and  ten  partes  of  it  are  gone  all  ready,  and 
 half  of  the  tenth  parte :  yet  remayneth  there 
 that,  which  is  after  y  half  of  y  tenth  parte. 
 
 Therfore  prepare  and  ordre  thy  house,  and 
 refourme  thy  people :  comforte  soch  of  them 
 as  be  in  trouble :  and  tell  now  of  the  destruc- 
 cion :  let  go  from  the  mortall  thoughtes : 
 cast  awaye  the  burthens  of  man :  put  of  the 
 weake  nature :  laye  vp  in  some  place  ;y- 
 thoughtes  that  are  most  heuy  vnto  the,  and 
 haist  the  to  flyt  from  these  tymes :  for  soch  euell 
 5  wickednesse  as  thou  hast  now  sene  happe, 
 shal  they  do  yet  moch  worse.  For  the  weaker 
 that  the  worlde  and  the  tyme  is,  the  more  shal 
 "  synne  and  wickednesse  increase,  in  them  that 
 dwell  vp5  earth.  For  the  trueth  is  fled  farre 
 awaye,  it  lesynge  is  hard  at  hande.  For  now 
 haisteth  the  vision  to  come,  that  thou  hast  sene. 
 
 Then  answered  I  and  sayde :  Beholde 
 LORDE,  I  wyl  go  as  thou  hast  commaunded 
 me,  and  refourme  the  people  which  are  pre- 
 sent. But  they  y  shal  be  borne  afterwarde, 
 who  wyl  exhorte  or  rebuke  the?  Thus  the 
 worlde  is  set  in  darcknes,  and  they  y  dwel 
 therin,  are  without  light:  for  thy  lawe  is 
 kyndled,  because  no  man  knoweth  the  thinges 
 that  are  done  of  the,  or  that  shalbe  done.  Yf 
 I  haue  foiide  grace  before  the,  sende  the  holy 
 goost  in  to  me,  and  I  shall  wiyte  all  that  hath 
 bene  done  in  the  worlde  sens  the  begynnynge, 
 which  was  wrytten  in  thy  lawe,  that  men  maye 
 fyiide  the  path,  and  that  they  which  wyl  lyue 
 in  the  latter  dayes,  may  lyue. 
 
 And  he  answered  me,  sayege :  Go  f  waye, 
 gather  thy  people  together,  g  saye  vnto  the, 
 that  they  seke  the  not  for  xl.  dayes,  but  loke 
 thou  gather  the  many  boxe  trees,  and  take 
 with  the  Sarea,  Dabria,  Selemia,  Echanus 
 and  Asial,  these  fyiie,  which  are  ready  to 
 wryte  swiftly,  and  come  hither,  and  I  shal 
 light  a  cadle  of  vnderstodinge  in  thine  hert, 
 which  shal  not  be  put  out,  tyll  the  thinges 
 be  perfourmed  which  thou  shalt  begynne  to 
 wryte.  And  then  shalt  thou  declare  some 
 thinges  openly  vnto  the  perfecte,  and  some 
 thinges  shalt  thou  shew  secretly  vnto  y  wyse. 
 Tomorow  this  houre  shalt  thou  begynne  to 
 wryte. 
 
 Then  wete  I  forth  (as  he  commauded  me) 
 and  gathered  all  f  people  together,  and  sayde : 
 Heare  these  wordes  o  Israel :  Oure  fathers 
 from  the  begynnynge  were  straungers  in  Egipte, 
 
 "  Mat.  24.  a.  1  Job.  2.  c.  »  Deut.  4.  5. 
 
 from  whece  they  were  delyuered,  and  receaued 
 the  lawe  of  life,  '  which  they  kepte  not,  which 
 ye  also  haue  trasgressed  after  the.  Then  was 
 this  londe  and  the  londe  of  Sion  parted  amoge 
 you  by  the  lot  to  possesse.  But  youre  fathers 
 and  ye  youre  selues  also  haue  done  vnright- 
 eousnes,  ij  haue  not  kepte  the  wayes  which  the 
 Hyest  comaunded  you.  And  for  so  moch  as 
 he  is  a  righteous  iudge,  he  toke  from  you  in 
 tyme  the  thinge  that  he  had  geuen  you.  And 
 now  are  ye  here  and  youre  brethren  amoge 
 you.  Therfore  yf  so  be  that  ye  wil  subdue 
 youre  owne  vnderstandinge,  and  refourme 
 youre  hert,  ye  shal  be  kepte  ahue,  5  after 
 death  shal  ye  opteyne  mercy.  For  after 
 death  shall  the  iudgment  come,  whan  we  shal 
 lyue  agayne :  and  then  shal  the  names  of  the 
 righteous  be  manifest,  and  f  names  of  the 
 vngodly  with  their  workes  shalbe  declared. 
 Let  no  ma  therfore  come  now  vnto  me,  ner 
 axe  eny  question  at  me  these  xl.  dayes. 
 
 So  I  toke  the  fyue  men  (as  he  commaunded 
 me)  and  we  wente  in  to  the  feide,  and  re- 
 mayned  there.  The  next  daye  a  voyce  called 
 me  sayege :  '  Eszdras,  Open  thy  mouth,  a 
 diynke  that  I  geue  the.  The  opened  I  my 
 mouth,  5  beholde,  he  reached  me  a  full 
 cuppe,  which  was  full  of  water,  but  the  colour 
 of  it  was  Uke  fyre.  And  I  toke  it  and  dranke. 
 And  wha  I  had  dronken  it,  my  hert  had  vn- 
 derstondinge,  and  wyszdome  grew  in  my  brest : 
 for  my  sprete  was  kepte  in  remembraunce, 
 and  my  mouth  was  opened  and  shut  no  more. 
 The  Hyest  gaue  vnderstondinge  vnto  the  fyue 
 men,  y  they  wrote  y  hye  thiges  of  the  night, 
 which  they  vnderstode  not.  But  in  the  night 
 they  ate  bred :  as  for  me,  I  spake  in  the  daye, 
 and  helde  not  my  tonge  by  night.  In  xl. 
 dayes,  they  wrote  two  hundreth  (j  foure  bokes. 
 
 And  it  happened  wha  the  xl.  dayes  were 
 fulfilled,  that  the  Hyest  spake,  sayenge  :  The 
 first  that  thou  hast  wrj'tte,  speake  openly,  y 
 the  worthy  and  vnworthy  maye  rede  it.  But 
 kepe  y  Ixx.  last,  y  thou  mayest  shew  it  onely 
 to  soch  as  be  wyse  amonge  thy  people.  For 
 in  them  is  the  sprynge  of  vnderstodinge,  the 
 fountayne  of  %vyszdome,  and  the  streame  of 
 knowlege.     And  I  dyd  so. 
 
 €^t  rb.  Cl)aptn:. 
 
 EHOLDE,  speake  thou  in  the  eares  of 
 my   people   the    wordes   of  prophecie, 
 
 ^  Eze.  3.  a.  Apo.  10.  b. 
 
 B 
 
fO,  Vl 
 
 Zl)t  III),  \iokt  of  (CiS^liraEi. 
 
 Cftap.  vb. 
 
 which  I  wyll  put  in  f  mouth,  saieth  the 
 LOIIDE:  and  cause  them  to  be  wrytten  in 
 a  letter,  for  it  is  the  trueth.  Fearc  not  the 
 ymaginacios  against  f,  let  not  f  vnfaithful- 
 nes  of  them  trouble  the,  that  speake  agaynst 
 the.  For  all  the  vnfaithfull  shal  dye  in  their 
 vnfaithfulnes.  Beholde  saieth  the  LORDE, 
 I  wil  brynge  plages  vpon  the  worlde :  f  swerde, 
 honger,  death  and  destruccion,  for  wickednes 
 hath  the  vpper  hande  in  all  f  earth,  and  their 
 shamefuU  workes  are  fulfilled. 
 
 Therfore  saieth  the  LORDE:  I  wil  holde 
 my  tonge  nomore  vnto  their  wickednesse,  which 
 they  do  so  \nigodly :  nether  wil  I  suflre  them 
 in  the  thinges,  that  they  deale  with  all  so 
 wickedly.  "  Beholde,  the  innocent  blonde  of 
 the  troubled  crieth  vnto  me,  and  the  soules  of 
 the  righteous  complayne  cotynually  :  and 
 therfore  (saieth  the  LORDE)  I  wil  surely 
 auege,  and  receaue  vnto  me  all  the  innocet 
 bloude  from  amonge  them. 
 
 Beholde,  my  people,  is  led  as  a  flock  of 
 shepe  to  be  slayne,  I  wil  not  suffre  them  now 
 to  dwel  in  Egipte,  but  wyl  brynge  them  out 
 with  a  mightie  hande  and  a  stretched  out 
 araie,  and  smyte  it  with  plages  as  afore,  and 
 wyl  destroye  all  the  londe  off  it.  Egipte  shal 
 mourne,  and  the  foundacions  of  it  shalbe 
 smytten  with  the  plage  and  punyshment,  y 
 God  shal  brynge  vpon  it. 
 
 They  that  tyll  f  groude,  shal  raourne,  for 
 their  sedes  shal  be  destroyed  thorow  the  blast- 
 inge  and  hale,  and  an  horrible  starre.  Wo 
 worth  y  worlde  and  them  that  dwell  therin, 
 for  f  swerde  5  their  destruccio  draweth  nye : 
 (S  one  people  shal  stode  vp  to  fight  against 
 another,  5  swerdes  in  their  hades.  For  me 
 shalbe  vnstedfast,  and  some  shal  do  violence 
 vnto  other :  they  shal  not  regarde  their  kynge 
 and  prynces,  the  wayes  of  their  doinges  and 
 hadelinges  in  their  power.  A  man  shal  de- 
 syre  to  go  in  to  the  cite,  5  shal  not  be  able. 
 For  because  of  their  pryde  y  cities  shalbe 
 brought  in  feare,  f  houses  shal  shake,  and 
 men  shalbe  afrayed.  A  man  shal  haue  no 
 pitie  vpon  his  neghboure,  but  one  shal  pro- 
 uoke  another  vnto  battayll,  to  spoyle  their 
 goodes  because  of  the  honger  of  bred,  and 
 because  of  the  greate  trouble. 
 
 Beholde,  I  gather  5  call  together  all  the 
 kynges  of  ;y  earth  which  are  from  the  vprys- 
 inge,  from  the  south,  from  the  east  and  Liba 
 
 •  Apo.  6.  b.  and  19.  a. 
 
 nus  to  turne  \Tito  them,  and  restore  the  thinges 
 that  they  haue  geue  them.  Like  as  they  do 
 yet  this  daye  vnto  my  chosen,  so  wil  I  do 
 also,  and  recopense  the  in  their  bosome.  Thus 
 sayeth  f  LORDE  God :  My  right  hande  shal 
 not  spare  y  synners,  and  my  swerde  shal  not 
 ceasse  ouer  them,  that  shed  the  innocet  bloude 
 vpon  earth.  The  feare  is  gone  out  fro  his 
 wrath,  and  hath  cosumed  the  foundacions  of 
 the  earth,  and  the  synners  like  the  strawe  that 
 is  kindled.  Wo  worth  them  that  synne,  and 
 kepe  not  my  commaundementes,  saieth  the 
 LORDE.  I  wU  not  spare  them.  Go  youre 
 waye  ye  children  from  violence,  defyle  not 
 my  Sanctuaiy :  for  the  LORDE  knoweth  all 
 the  that  synne  agaynst  him,  and  therfore 
 delyuereth  he  them  vnto  death  and  destruc- 
 cio :  For  now  are  the  plages  come  vpon  the 
 worlde,  5  ye  shal  remayne  in  the.  For  God 
 shal  not  delyuer  you,  because  ye  haue  synned 
 agaynst  him. 
 
 Beholde,  an  horrible  vision  commeth  fro 
 the  east,  where  generacions  of  Dragons  shal 
 come  out,  and  the  people  of  the  Arabes  with 
 many  charettes,  and  the  multitude  of  them 
 shalbe  as  the  wynde  vpo  earth,  that  all  they 
 which  heare  them  ragynge  in  their  wrath, 
 maye  feare  and  be  afrayed :  and  as  the  wylde 
 bores  out  of  y  wod,  so  shal  they  go  out,  and 
 with  greate  power  shal  they  come,  and  stonde 
 fightinge  with  the,  and  shal  waist  the  porcion 
 of  the  londe  of  the  Assirians. 
 
 And  then  shal  the  Dragons  haue  the  vpper 
 hande,  not  remembringe  their  byrth,  and  shal 
 turne  aboute  swearinge  together  in  greate 
 power,  to  persecute  them.  But  these  shalbe 
 afrayed,  and  kepe  sylence  at  their  power,  and 
 shal  fle :  and  one  out  of  the  londe  of  the 
 Assirians  shal  besege  the,  and  consume  one 
 of  the,  and  in  their  boost  shal  be  feare  and 
 drede,  and  strife  amonge  their  kynges. 
 
 Beholde  cloudes  from  the  east,  and  from 
 the  north  vnto  the  south,  and  they  are  very 
 horrible  to  loke  vpon,  full  of  wrath  and  storme. 
 They  shal  smyte  one  \'pon  another,  and  they 
 shal  smyte  at  y  greate  starre  vpon  earth  and 
 their  starre,  and  the  bloude  shalbe  from  the 
 swerde  vnto  the  bely,  and  the  smoke  of  ma 
 vnto  f  Camels  lytter :  And  there  shalbe  greate 
 fearfulnes  and  tremblinge  vpo  earth,  and  they 
 that  se  the  wrath,  shal  be  afrayed,  and  a  trem- 
 blinge shal  come  vpon  them. 
 
 »  Paal.  43.  c.  Rom.  8.  c.    1  Co.  4.  b. 
 
Cljap.  v^i. 
 
 €l)t  ill),  bo'kt  of  Csijlirasi, 
 
 jTo.  vli. 
 
 And  then  shal  there  come  greate  raynes 
 from  y  south  and  from  the  north,  and  parte 
 from  the  west,  and  from  the  stormy  wynde 
 from  the  east,  and  shal  shutt  them  vp  agayne, 
 (J  the  cloude  which  he  raysed  vp  in  wrath, 
 and  the  starre  to  cause  feare  towarde  f  east 
 and  west  wynde,  shalbe  destroyed,  ij  the 
 greate  cloudes  shalbe  lift  vp,  and  f  mightie 
 cloudes  full  of  wrath,  and  the  starre,  that  they 
 maye  make  aU  the  earth  afrayed  and  the  y 
 dwell  therin,  and  that  they  maye  poure  out 
 ouer  all  places  an  horrible  starre,  fyre  and 
 hale  and  flyenge  swerdes,  and  many  waters : 
 y  all  feldes  maye  be  full,  and  all  ryuers,  g 
 they  shal  breake  downe  the  cities  5  walles, 
 mountaynes  5  hylles,  all  trees,  wod,  and  the 
 grasse  of  the  medowes,  and  all  their  frute. 
 And  they  shal  go  stedfast  vnto  Babilon,  and 
 make  her  afrayed,  they  shal  come  to  her  and 
 besege  her :  the  starre  and  all  wrath  shal  they 
 poure  out  vpon  her. 
 
 Then  shal  the  dust  and  smoke  go  vp  vnto 
 the  heauen,  and  all  they  that  be  aboute  her, 
 shal  bewayle  her :  and  they  that  remayne  vn- 
 der  her,  shal  do  seruyce  vnto  them  that  haue 
 put  her  in  feare.  And  thou  Asia  y  cofortest 
 thyself  also  vpo  the  hope  of  Babilon,  and  art 
 a  worshipe  of  hir  personne  :  Wo  be  vnto  the 
 thou  wretch,  because  thou  hast  made  thyself 
 like  vnto  her,  j  hast  decte  y  daughters  1 
 whordome,  that  they  might  tryumphe  and 
 please  thy  louers,  which  haue  allwaye  desyred 
 to  eomytte  whordome  with  the :  thou  hast 
 folowed  the  abhominable  cite  in  all  hir  workes 
 and  invencions. 
 
 Therfore  sayeth  God :  I  wyl  sende  plages 
 vpon  the,  wyddowhode,  pouerte,  hoger,  warres, 
 and  pestilence,  to  waist  thy  houses  with 
 destruccion  and  death,  and  the  glory  of  thy 
 power  shal  be  dryed  vp  as  a  floure,  whan  y 
 heate  aryseth  y  is  sent  ouer  the.  Thou  shaft 
 be  sick  as  a  poore  wife  that  is  plaged  5  beate 
 of  wemen :  so  y  the  mightie  and  louers  shal 
 not  be  able  to  receaue  the.  Wolde  I  so  hate 
 the  saieth  the  LORDE?  Yf  thou  haddest 
 not  allwaye  slayne  my  chosen,  exaltinge  the 
 stroke  of  thy  handes,  and  sayde  ouer  their 
 death,  whan  thou  wast  dronke  :  set  forth  the 
 bewtye  of  thy  countenaunce. 
 
 The  rewarde  of  thy  whordome  shalbe  re- 
 compensed the  in  thy  bosome,  therfore  shalt 
 thou  receaue  *  rewarde. 
 
 *  Some  rede,  no  rewarde. 
 
 Like  as  thou  hast  done  vnto  my  chosen 
 (sayeth  the  LORDE)  euen  so  shal  God  do 
 vnto  the,  and  shal  delyuer  the  in  to  the  plage, 
 Thy  childre  shal  dye  of  honger,  j  thou  shalt 
 fall  thorow  y  swerde.  Thy  cities  shalbe  broken 
 downe,  5  all  thine  shal  perish  with  the  swerde 
 in  y  felde.  They  y  be  in  y  moutaynes  shal 
 dye  of  honger,  (t  eate  their  owne  flesh,  j 
 drinke  their  owne  bloude  for  very  hoger  of  bred 
 and  thyrst  of  water.  Thou  vnhappie  shalt 
 come  thorow  the  see,  5  receaue  plages  agayne 
 
 In  the  passage  they  shal  caste  downe  the 
 slayne  cite,  %  shal  rote  out  one  parte  of  y 
 londe,  I  cosume  the  porcion  of  thy  glory. 
 They  shal  treade  the  downe  like  stuble,  5 
 they  shalbe  thy  fyre  and  shal  consume  the 
 thy  cities  and  thy  londe,  thy  wod  and  thy 
 frutefull  trees  shal  they  burne  vp  with  the 
 fyre.  Thy  children  shal  they  cary  awaye 
 captyue,  and  loke  what  thou  hast,  they  shal 
 spoyle  it,  and  marre  the  bewtie  of  thy  face. 
 
 Ci^t  )rbi.  Chapter. 
 
 WO  vnto  the  Babilon  5  Asia,  wo  vnto  ;y 
 Egipte  5  Syria :  gyrde  youre  selues 
 with  clothes  of  sack  ij  hayre,  and  moume  for 
 youre  childre,  be  sory,  for  youre  destruccion 
 is  at  honde.  A  swerde  is  sent  vpon  you,  5 
 who  wil  tume  it  back?  A  fyre  is  kyndled 
 amoge  you,  (j  who  wil  quench  it  ?  Plages  are 
 sent  vnto  you,  u  what  is  he  that  wyl  dryue 
 them  awaye  ?  Maye  eny  man  dryue  awaye 
 an  hogrie  lyon  in  the  wod?  Or  maye  eny 
 ma  quench  the  fyre  in  the  stubble,  whan  it 
 hath  begonne  to  burne  ?  Maye  one  tume 
 agayne  the  arowe,  y  is  shot  of  a  stronge 
 archer?  The  mightie  LORDE  sendeth  the 
 plages,  II  what  is  he  that  wil  dryue  them 
 awaye  ?  The  fyre  is  kyndled  (j  gone  forth  in 
 his  wrath,  and  what  is  he  that  will  quench  it? 
 He  shall  cast  lightenynges,  and  who  shal  not 
 feare  ?  He  shal  thonder,  and  who  shall  not  be 
 afrayed?  The  LORDE  shal  threaten,  and 
 who  shal  not  vtterly  be  beaten  to  poulder  at 
 his  presence  ?  The  earth  quaketh,  5  the 
 foundacions  therof:  y  see  aryseth  up  with 
 wawes  from  the  depe,  and  the  floudes  of  it 
 are  vnquyete,  (t  the  fishes  therof  also  before 
 the  LORDE,  5  before  the  glory  of  his  power. 
 For  stronge  is  his  right  hande  that  holdeth 
 the  bowe,  his  arowes  that  he  shuteth,  are 
 sharpe,  5  shall  not  mysse,  whan  they  begynne 
 to  be  shot  in  to  f  endes  of  the  worlde. 
 
jTo.  Vlih 
 
 €i)t  iiij.  hoht  of  Cs^trrasf. 
 
 COap.  uti. 
 
 Beholde,  y  plages  are  sent,  5  shal  not  turne 
 agayne,  tyll  they  come  vpon  earth.  The  fyre 
 is  kyndled,  5  shall  not  be  put  out,  tyll  it  con- 
 sume the  foundacions  of  the  earth.  Like  as 
 an  arowe  which  is  shot  of  a  mightie  archer, 
 returneth  not  bacwarde,  euen  so  y  plages  y 
 shal  be  sent  vpon  earth,  shal  not  turne  agayne. 
 Wo  is  me,  wo  is  me,  who  wyl  delyuer  me  in 
 those  dayes  ?  The  begynnynge  of  sorowes  u 
 greate  mourninge :  the  begynnynge  of  derth 
 5  greate  death :  the  begynnynge  of  warres, 
 5  the  powers  shal  stonde  in  feare :  the  begyn- 
 nynge of  euels,  5  they  shal  tremble  euery  one. 
 What  shal  I  do  in  these  thinges,  whan  the 
 plages  come  ?  Beholde,  hoger  and  plage, 
 trouble  5  anguysh  are  sent,  as  scourges  for 
 amendement.  But  for  all  these  thinges  they 
 shal  not  turne  fro  their  wickednesses,  ner  be 
 allwaye  myndefull  of  f  scourges. 
 
 Beholde,  vitayles  shalbe  so  good  cheape 
 vpon  earth,  y  they  shal  thinke  them  selues  to 
 be  in  good  case  :  and  euen  then  shal  myschefe 
 growe  vpo  earth,  warres,  derth  5  greate  dis- 
 quietnes.  For  many  of  them  that  dwell  vpo 
 earth  shall  perish  of  hoger,  5  the  other  that 
 escape  the  honger,  shal  the  swerde  destroye : 
 5  the  deed  shalbe  cast  out  as  donge,  5  there 
 shalbe  no  man  to  coforte  them.  For  y  earth 
 shalbe  waisted,  tj  the  cities  shalbe  cast  downe : 
 there  shalbe  no  man  left  to  tyll  y  earth  5  to 
 sowe  it.  The  trees  shal  geue  frute,  ij  who 
 shal  plucke  the  of  (j  gather  them?  The 
 grapes  shal  be  ripe,  (t  who  shal  treade  the? 
 For  all  places  shalbe  desolate  of  me,  so  that 
 one  man  shal  desyre  to  se  another,  or  to  heare 
 his  voyce.  For  of  one  whole  cite  there  shalbe 
 ten  left,  g  two  in  the  felde,  which  shall  hyde 
 the  selues  in  the  thicke  buszshes,  j  in  the  clyffes 
 of  stones :  like  as  whan  there  remapie  thre  or 
 foure  olyues  vpon  the  olyue  tre,  or  as  whan  a 
 vynyarde  is  gathered,  there  are  left  some 
 grapes,  of  them  that  diligetly  sought  thorow 
 the  vynyarde. 
 
 Euen  so  in  those  dayes  there  shalbe  thre  or 
 foure  left,  for  the  y  search  their  houses  with 
 the  swerde.  And  the  earth  shalbe  left  waiste, 
 5  the  feldes  therof  shall  wase  olde :  and  hir 
 wayes  and  all  hir  pathes  shal  growe  full  of 
 thornes,  because  no  man  shal  trauayle  there 
 thorow.  The  daughters  shal  mourne,  hauinge 
 no  brydegromes:  the  wemen  shal  make  la- 
 montacion,    hauynge    no    huszbandes,    their 
 
 daughters  shal  mourne,  hauinge  no  helpe  of 
 their  brydegrome.  In  the  warres  shall  they 
 be  destroyed,  (t  their  huszbandes  shal  perish 
 of  honger.  O  ye  seruauntes  of  the  LORDE, 
 heare  these  thinges,  5  marck  the.  Beholde, 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  O  receaue  it: 
 beholde,  the  plages  drawe  nye,  5  are  not  slack 
 in  tarienge.  Like  as  a  trauaylinge  woman, 
 which  after  y  ix.  moneth  brigeth  forth  a  Sonne, 
 whan  the  houre  of  the  byrth  is  come,  an  houre 
 two  or  thre  afore  that  the  paynes  come  vpo 
 hir  body,  (t  whan  the  childe  cometh  to  the 
 byrth,  they  tary  not  the  twincklynge  of  an 
 eye :  Eue  so  shall  not  f  plages  be  slack  to 
 come  vpon  earth,  5  the  worlde  shal  mourne, 
 5  sorowes  shal  come  vpo  it  on  euery  syde. 
 
 O  my  people,  heare  my  worde,  make  you 
 redy  to  the  battayU :  5  in  all  euell  be  euen  as 
 pylgrems  vpon  earth.  He  y  selleth,  let  him 
 be  as  he  that  flyeth  his  waye :  5  he  y  byeth, 
 as  one  that  wil  lese."  Who  so  occupieth  mar- 
 chaiidies,  as  he  that  wynneth  not :  tt  he  that 
 buyldeth,  as  he  that  shall  not  dwell  therin : 
 he  that  soweth,  as  one  y  shal  not  reape :  he 
 that  twysteth  the  vynyarde,  as  he  that  shal 
 not  gather  the  grapes:  they  that  mary,  as 
 they  that  shall  get  no  children :  and  they  y 
 mary  not,  as  the  wyddowes:  'd  therfore  they 
 y  laboure,  laboure  in  vajoie.  For  straungers 
 shall  reape  their  frutes,  g  spoyle  their  goodes. 
 ouer  throwe  their  houses,  5  take  their  childre 
 captyue,  for  in  captiuyte  (j  honger  shal  they 
 get  children.  And  they  that  occupie  their 
 marchaundies  with  robbery,  how  longe  decke 
 they  their  cities,  their  houses,  their  posses- 
 sions (J  personnes  ?  the  more  wil  I  punysh 
 them  for  their  synnes,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 Like  as  an  whore  enuyeth  an  honest  woman, 
 so  shall  righteousnes  hate  iniquyte,  whan  she 
 decketh  hir  self,  and  shall  accuse  her  to  hir 
 face,  whan  he  cometh  that  defendeth,  which 
 shal  make  inquysicio  for  all  synne  vpo  earth. 
 And  therfore  be  not  ye  like  there  vnto,  ner  to 
 the  workes  therof:  for  or  euer  it  be  longe,  in- 
 iquite  shalbe  taken  awaye  out  of  the  earth, 
 and  righteousnes  shal  raigne  amonge  you. 
 
 Let  not  the  synner  saye,  that  he  hath  not 
 synned :  for  coles  of  fyre  shal  burne  vpon  his 
 heade,  which  saieth  before  the  LORDE  God 
 (t  his  glory :  I  haue  not  synned.  Beholde, 
 the  LORDE  knoweth  all  f  workes  of  men, 
 their  ymaginacions,  their  thoughtes  j  their 
 
Cf)ap,  j:\iu 
 
 €\)t  lilt*  boke  of  €<Siiiva&. 
 
 jTo.  j:Iiij. 
 
 hertes.  For  he  spake  but  the  worde : "  let  the 
 earth  be  made,  %  it  was  made  :  let  the  heaue 
 be  made,  and  it  was  made.  In  his  worde 
 were  y  starres  made,  i  he  knoweth  the  nombre 
 of  them.  He  searcheth  the  grounde  of  the 
 depe,  K  the  treasures  therof:  he  hath  mea- 
 sured the  see,  and  what  it  conteyneth.  He 
 hath  shut  the  see  in  the  myddest  of  the  waters, 
 and  with  his  worde  hath  he  hanged  the  earth 
 vpon  the  waters.  He  spredeth  out  the  heauen 
 like  a  vowte,  vpon  the  waters  hath  he  founded 
 it.  In  the  deserte  and  drye  wyldernes  hath 
 he  made  sprynges  of  water,  and  poles  vpo  the 
 toppe  of  the  mountaynes,  y  the  floudes  might 
 poure  downe  from  y  stony  rockes  to  water  the 
 earth.  He  made  man,  and  put  his  hert  in  the 
 myddest  of  f  body,  and  gaue  him  breth,  life 
 and  vnderstandinge,  yee  and  the  sprete  of  y 
 Allmightie  God,  which  made  all  thinges,  and 
 hath  searched  the  groiide  of  all  the  secretes 
 of  the  earth. 
 
 He  knoweth  youre  ymaginacions  j  inue- 
 cions,  and  what  ye  thynke  whan  ye  synne,  5 
 wolde  hyde  youre  synnes.  Therfore  hath  y^ 
 LORDE  searched  and  sought  out  all  youre 
 workes,  and  he  shal  bewraye  you  all.  And 
 whan  youre  synnes  are  brought  forth,  ye  shalbe 
 ashamed  before  men,  and  youre  owne  synnes 
 shalbe  youre  accusers  in  that  daye.  What  wil 
 ye  do?  Or  how  will  ye  hyde  youre  synnes 
 before  God  and  his  angels?  Beholde,  God 
 himself  is  the  iudge,  feare  him,  leaue  of  from 
 
 "  Gene.  1.  a. 
 
 youre  synnes,  and  forget  youre  vnrighteous- 
 nesses,  and  medle  nomore  with  them :  so  shal 
 God  lede  you  forth,  and  delyuer  you  from  all 
 trouble.  For  beholde,  the  heate  of  a  greate 
 multitude  is  kyndled  ouer  you,  and  they  shal 
 take  awaye  certayne  of  you,  and  fede  the 
 ydle  with  Idols :  and  they  that  cosent  vnto 
 them,  shal  be  had  in  derision,  laughed  to 
 scorne,  d  trodden  vnder  fote. 
 
 For  vnto  the  places  there  shalbe  a  place, 
 and  in  the  next  cities  a  greate  insurreccion 
 vpon  those  that  feare  f  LORDE.  They  shal 
 be  like  mad  men,  they  shall  spare  no  man : 
 they  shall  spoyle  and  waist  soch  as  feare  the 
 LORDE,  their  goodes  shall  they  take  from 
 them,  and  shute  them  out  of  their  houses. 
 Then  shall  it  be  knowne  who  are  my  chosen, 
 (t  they  shalbe  tryed  as  the  golde  in  the  fyre. 
 Heare  O  ye  my  beloued,  saieth  the  LORDE : 
 beholde,  the  dayes  of  trouble  are  at  honde, 
 but  I  wil  delyuer  you  from  the  same.  Be 
 not  ye  afraied,  dispayre  not,  for  God  is  youre 
 captayne. 
 
 Who  so  kepeth  my  comaundementes  and 
 preceptes  (sayeth  the  LORDE  God)  let  not 
 youre  synnes  weye  you  downe,  ij  let  not  youre 
 viirighteousnesses  be  lift  vp.  Wo  be  vnto 
 the  that  are  subdued  vnto  their  synnes,  and 
 tangled  in  their  wickednesses :  like  as  a  felde 
 is  hedged  in  with  buszshes,  and  the  path 
 therof  couered  with  thornes,  y  no  man  maye 
 trauayle  thorow :  and  so  is  he  taken,  and  cast 
 in  the  fyre,  and  brent. 
 
 €f)t  mtit  of  tfte  fburt!)  bolte  of  €6ilirasi. 
 
Zfft  ftofte  of  €oUn6. 
 
 OTftat  tbifii  boht  tonUpiwtb. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 Of  the  kynred,  life  and  godly  conuersacion  of 
 Tobias. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 The  louynge  compassion  that  Tobias  sheweth  in 
 buryege  the  deed,  for  the  which  cause  he  is 
 hated  and  persecuted.  God  nurtoureth  him 
 with  blyndnes.  His  wyfe  casteth  him  in  the 
 teth. 
 
 Cfiap.  III. 
 Tobias  prayeth  hertely  vnto  God,  for  the  trouble 
 and  captiuyte  of  him  self  and  the  people.     Of 
 Sara  the  daughter  of  Raguel. 
 
 Cl^ap.  nil. 
 
 Tobias  teacheth  his  sonne  in  the  feare  of  God. 
 
 Cl)ap.  V. 
 
 The  sonne  obeyeth  the  father,  and  goeth  his 
 earade.  God  prouydeth  mercifully  for  him, 
 and  sendeth  his  angell  to  be  his  gyde. 
 
 Cljap.  VI. 
 In  their  iourney  they  take  a  fish,  wherof  the  an- 
 gell commaundeth  him  to  kepe  the  hert,  the 
 gall  and  the  leuer,  and  telleth  him  wherto  it 
 is  good. 
 
 Cljap.  VII. 
 They  come  to  Raguel,  which  receaueth  them  lou- 
 yngly,  and  marieth  his  daughter  Sara  vnto 
 Tobias. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 Tobias  goinge  to  bed  with  his  wife,  ordreth  him 
 self  as  the  angell  bad  him,  and  so  both  he  and 
 his  wyfe  are  preserued  from  euell. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 Tobias  sendeth  the  angell  vnto  Gabelus  for  the 
 money. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 Tobias  father  and  mother  loge  sore  for  his  com- 
 mynge  :  And  Raguel  seynge  that  he  can  kepe 
 him   no  longer,  sendeth   him  awaie  with  his 
 wife. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 They  returne  home,  and  are  welcommed  ioyfully. 
 Olde  Tobias  hath   his   sight   agayne.      They 
 reioyse  alltogether,  and  geue  thakes  vnto  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 The  father  and  the  sonne  wolde  fayne  rewarde 
 the   angell.      He    wil    haue    nothinge :    but 
 sheweth  them  what  he  is. 
 
 €I)ap.  XIII. 
 Tobias  the  elder  prayseth  God,  %  exorteth  other 
 me,  to  be  thankfull  vnto  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIIII. 
 Tobias  beynge  now  olde,  prophecieth  the  destruc- 
 cio  of  Niniue,  and  the  prosperous  health  of 
 Israel.  The  sonne  forsaketh  the  sinfull  cite, 
 as  his  father  bad  him,  (j  goeth  to  his  father  in 
 lawe. 
 
 Cl)t  first  CI)apter. 
 
 TOBIAS  was  of  the  trybe  and  cite  of 
 Nephtali,  which  lyeth  in  the  bye  coun- 
 trees  of  Galile  aboue  Naason  the  waye  to- 
 warde  the  west,  hauynge  the  cite  of  Sephet 
 vpon  the  left  syde. 
 
 Though  he  was   taken  presonner   in   the 
 
 dayes  of  "  Salmanasar  kynge  of  the  Assirians, 
 neuertheles  beynge  in  captiuyte,  he  forsoke 
 not  y  waye  of  trueth  :  In  so  moch  that  what 
 so  euer  he  might  gett,  he  parted  it  dailie  with 
 his  felowpresoners  5  brethren,  that  were  of 
 his  kynred.     And  though  he  were  yonger  the 
 
CJ^aj).  iji. 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  Coljiag. 
 
 ffo,  vib. 
 
 B 
 
 c 
 
 all  in  the  trybe  of  Nephtali,  yet  dyd  not  he 
 behaue  himself  childeshly  in  his  workes.  And 
 whan  all  the  other  wente  to  the  golde  calues, 
 which  "leroboam  the  kynge  of  Israel  had  made, 
 he  himself  alone  fled  all  their  companies,  and 
 gat  him  to  lerusalem  vnto  the  temple  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  there  worshipped  y  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  *  faithfully  ofFeringe  all  his  first 
 frutes  and  tithes,  so  that  in  the  thirde  yeare 
 he  ministred  all  the  tithes  vnto  the  straungers 
 and  conuertes.  These  and  soch  like  thinges 
 dyd  he  acordinge  to  the  lawe  of  God,  whan 
 he  was  yet  but  yonge. 
 
 But  whan  he  was  a  man,  he  toke  out  of  his 
 o^vne  trybe"  a  wyfe  called  Anna,  and  of  her  he 
 begat  a  sonne,  whom  he  called  after  his  owne 
 name,  and  taught  him  from  his  youth  vp,  to 
 feare  God,  and  to  refraine  from  all  syrme. 
 
 Now  whan  he  with  his  wife,  his  sonne  and 
 with  all  his  kynred  was  come  in  captiuite  vnto 
 Niniue,  what  tyme  as  they  all  ate  of  the 
 meates  of  the  Heithe,  he  ''kepte  his  soule,  and 
 was  neuer  defyled  in  their  meates.  And  for 
 so  moch  as  he  was  myndefull  of  the  LORDE 
 in  all  his  hert,  God  gaue  him  fauoure'  in  the 
 presence  of  Salmanasar  the  kymge,  which  gaue 
 him  power  to  go  where  he  wolde,  and  so  had 
 he  liberte  to  do  what  him  list. 
 
 So  wente  Tobias  vnto  all  them  that  were 
 in  preson,-'^and  comforted  them,  and  gaue  them 
 wholsome  exortacions.  And  whan  he  came 
 to  Rages  a  cite  of  the  Medes,  hauynge  *  ten 
 taletes  of  syluer  (of  y  thinges  wherwith  the 
 kynge  had  honoured  him)  and  sawe  amonge 
 a  greate  company  of  people  of  his  kinred, 
 one  Gabelus  (which  was  of  his  owne  trybe _ 
 beynge  in  necessite,  he  gaue  him  the  sayde 
 weight  of  syluer  vnder  an  handwritinge. 
 
 After  a  longe  season  whan  Salmanasar  the 
 kynge  was  deed,  and  Sennacherib  his  sonne 
 reigned  in  his  steade,  which  hated  the  children 
 of  Israel,  Tobias  wente  daylie  thorow  out  all 
 his  kynred,  and  comforted  them,  and  gaue  of 
 his  goodes  to  euery  one  of  the,  as  moch  as  he 
 might:  he  fed  the  hongrie,  clothed  the  naked, 
 and  buried  the  deed  and  slaine,  and  that  dili- 
 gently. 
 
 And  whan  Sennacherib  the  kynge  came 
 agayne  and  fled  out  of  lewry,*  (what  tyme  as 
 God  punyshed  him  for  his  blasphemy)  5  in 
 
 »  3  Re.  12.  d.  *  Exo.  22.  d.  and  23.  c.  Deut.  12.  a. 
 
 8.  a.  26.  a.         '  Nu.  36.  c.         "  Gen.  43.  f.  ludit.  1'.'.  a. 
 lere.  40.  a.  /  Matt.  25.  c. 
 
 his  wrath  slew  many  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
 Tobias  buried  their  bodies.''  But  whan  it  was 
 tolde  the  kynge,  he  commaunded  to  slaye  him, 
 and  toke  awaye  all  his  goodes.  Neuertheles 
 Tobias  with  his  sonne  %  with  his  wife  fled  his 
 waye,  and  was  hyd  naked,  for  there  were 
 many  that  loued  him.  But  after  xlv.  dayes 
 the  kynge  was  slayne  of  his  owne  sonnes. 
 Then  came  Tobias  againe  to  his  house,  and 
 aU  his  goodes  were  restored  vnto  him. 
 
 €i)e  i).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AFTER  these  thinges  vpon  a  solempne 
 daye  of  the  LORDE  Tobias  made  a 
 good  feast  in  his  house,  (j  sayde  vnto  his  sonne : 
 Go  y  waye  (j  brynge  hither  some  of  oure  trybe, 
 soch  as  feare  God,  that  they  maye  make  mei-y 
 with  vs.  And  wha  he  was  gone,  he  came 
 agayne,  and  tolde  his  father,  that  one  of  the 
 children  of  Israel  laye  slayne  vpon  the  strete. 
 And  immediatly  he  leape  from  his  table,  left 
 the  feast,  came  fastinge  to  the  deed  coarse, 
 toke  him  5  bare  him  preuely  in  to  his  house, 
 y  whan  the  Sonne  was  downe,  he  might 
 safely  burye  him.  And  wha  he  had  hyd  the 
 coarse,  he  ate  his  meate  with  mournynge  and 
 feare,  remembryngey  wordes,  that  the  LORDE 
 sayeth  by  the  prophet  Amos :  'youre  hye 
 feastes  shalbe  turned  to  sorowe  and  heuynes. 
 But  whan  y  Sonne  was  downe,  he  wente 
 his  waye  5  buried  him.  Then  all  his  negh- 
 bours  reproued  him,  sayenge  :  It  is  not  loge, 
 sens  it  was  commaunded  to  slaye  the*  because 
 of  this  matter,  and  hast  scarce  escaped  the 
 daunger  of  death,  and  buriest  thou  the  deed 
 againe?  Neuertheles  Tobias  fearinge  God 
 more  then  the  kynge,  toke  the  bodies  of  the 
 slayne,  hyd  them  in  his  house,  a  buried  them 
 at  mydnight. 
 
 It  happened  vpo  a  daye,  that  he  had  buried 
 y  deed,  5  was  weery,  came  home,  5  layed 
 him  downe  by  the  wall  j  slepte.  And  whyle 
 he  was  a  slepe,  there  fell  downe  vpo  his  eyes 
 warme  donge  out  of  the  swalowes  nest,  so 
 y  he  was  blynde.  'This  tentacion  dyd  God 
 suffre  to  happen  vnto  him,  that  they  which 
 came  after,  might  haue  an  example  of  his 
 paciece,  like  as  of  holy  lob.  For  in  so  moch 
 as  he  euer  feared  God  from  his  youth  vp,  5 
 kepte  his  commaundementes,  he  was  not  heuy 
 
 •  Some  reade :  ten  taletes  of  golde.  e  4  Re.  19.  g. 
 
 4Esd.  2.  c.       '  Amos  8.  b.  1  Mac.  1.  b.         *Tobi.  l.d. 
 Deu.  8.  a.  and  13.  a.  loh.  9.  a.  and  11.  a. 
 
So,  \M. 
 
 Cf)C  bofex-  of  Cobias. 
 
 Cftap.  iih 
 
 against  God,  that  the  plage  of  blyndnes 
 chaused  vnto  him,  but  reniayned  stedfast  in 
 the  feare  of  God,  and  thanked  God  all  the 
 dayes  of  his  life. 
 
 For  like  as  blessed  lob  was  had  in  derision 
 of  kynges,  euen  so  was  he  laughed  to  scorne 
 of  his  elders  5  kynsfolkes,  which  sayde  vnto 
 him:  "where  is  thy  hope,  for  y  which  thou  hast 
 done  allmes  and  buried  the  deed  ?  But 
 Tobias  rebuked  the,  5  spake:  Saye  not  so,  for 
 we  are  the  children  of  holy  men,*  a  loke  for 
 the  life,  which  God  shal  geue  vnto  them,  that 
 neuer  turne  their  beleue  from  him.  Anna 
 his  wife  wente  daylie  to  the  weeuynge  worke, 
 5  loke  what  lyuinge  she  coude  get  'with  the 
 laboure  of  hir  handes,  she  brought  it.  And  it 
 happened  y  she  toke  a  kyd  and  brought  it 
 home. 
 
 And  whan  hir  huszband  herd  it  crie,  he 
 sayde :  loke  y  it  be  not  stoUen,''  restore  it 
 agayne  to  the  owners  :  for  it  is  not  laufull  for 
 vs,  to  eate  or  to  touch  any  thinge  of  theft. 
 Then  was  his  wife  angrie,  and  sayde :  "  Now  is 
 thy  hope  become  vayne  openly,  j  thy  allmes 
 dedes  are  manifest.  With  these  5  sOch  like 
 wordes  dyd  she  cast  him  in  the  tethe. 
 
 Cf)e  iij.  Ci^aptrc, 
 
 THEN  Tobias  toke  it  heuely,  5  with 
 teares  beganne  to  make  his  prayer, 
 sayege :  O  LORDE,  thou  art  righteous,  5 
 all  thy  iudgmctes  are  true,  yee  all  y  wayes  are 
 mercy,  faithfulnes  5  iudgmet.-^  And  now  O 
 LORDE  be  myndefuU  of  me,  5  take  no  ven- 
 geaunce  of  my  synnes,  nether  remembre  my 
 myszdedes  ner  y  myszdedes  of  my  elders. 
 For  we  haue  not  bene  obediet  vnto  y  comaun- 
 demetes,  therfore  are  we  spoyled,  brought 
 in  to  captiuyte,  in  to  death,  in  to  derision  5 
 shame  vnto  all  nacions,  am5ge  who  thou  hast 
 scatred  vs.  And  now  O  LORDE,  y  iudg- 
 mentes  are  greate,  for  we  haue  not  done  acor- 
 dlge  to  y  comaundemetes,  nether  haue  we 
 walked  innocetly  before  f.  And  now  O 
 LORDE,  deale  with  me  acordinge  to  thy 
 wil,  5  comaunde  my  sprete  to  be  receaued  in 
 peace,  for  more  expediet  were  it  for  me  to 
 dye,  the  to  lyue. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  it  happened,  that  Sara 
 the  daughter  of  Raguel  at  Rages  a  cite  of  f 
 Medes  was  slaundred  of  one  of  hir  fathers 
 handmaydes,   namely,  that   she  shulde  haue 
 
 '  lob  4.  a.        »  Tobi.  8.  a.       '  Ephe.  4.  c.       "  Deu.  22.  a. 
 
 had  seuen  huszbaudes,  which  as  soone  as  they 
 were  gone  in  vnto  hir,  were  slayne  of  the 
 deuell  called  Asmodeus.  Therfore  whan  she 
 reproued  the  mayden  for  hir  faute,  she  an- 
 swerde  her,  sayenge  :  God  let  vs  neuer  se 
 Sonne  ner  daughter  of  the  more  vpon  earth, 
 thou  kyller  of  thy  huszbandes.  Wilt  thou  slay 
 me  also,  as  thou  hast  slayne  seuen  men  ?  At 
 this  voyce  wete  Sara  in  to  an  hye  chamber  of 
 hir  house,  and  thre  dayes  and  thre  nightes  she 
 nether  ate  ner  drake,  but  cotynued  in  prayer, 
 and  besought  God  with  teares,  that  he  wolde 
 delyuer  her  from  this  rebuke. 
 
 Vpon  the  thirde  daye  it  chaunced,  that 
 whan  she  had  made  an  ende  of  hir  prayer, 
 she  praysed  the  LORDE,  sayenge :  Blessed 
 be  thy  name  O  God  of  oure  fathers,  which 
 whan  thou  art  wroth,  shewest  mercy,  and  in 
 the  tyme  of  trouble  thou  forgeuest  the  synnes 
 of  them,  that  call  vpon  the.  Vnto  the  O 
 LORDE  turne  I  my  face,  vnto  the  lift  I  vp 
 myne  eyes.  I  beseke  f  O  LORDE,  lowse 
 me  out  of  the  bondes  of  this  rebuke,  or  els 
 take  me  vtterly  awaye  fro  of  y^  earth.  Thou 
 knowest  LORDE,  that  I  neuer  had  desyre 
 vnto  man,  and  that  I  haue  kepte  my  soule 
 cleane  from  all  vnclenly  lust.  I  haue  not 
 kepte  company  with  those  that  passe  their 
 tyme  in  sporte,  nether  haue  I  made  my  self 
 partaker  with  them  that  walke  in  lighte  be- 
 hauoure.  Neuertheles  an  huszbande  haue  I 
 consented  to  take,  not  for  my  pleasure,  but  in 
 thy  feare. 
 
 Now  peraduenture  either  I  haue  bene 
 vnworthy  of  them,  or  els  were  they  vnmete 
 for  me,  for  thou  happly  hast  kepte  me  to 
 another  huszband.  For  why?  *thy  councell 
 is  not  in  y  power  of  man.  But  who  so  euer 
 loueth  the  and  serueth  the  a  right,  is  sure, 
 that  yf  his  life  be  tempted  and  proued,  it 
 stadeth  in  the  tryenge  :  and  yf  he  endure  in 
 pacience,  he  shal  haue  a  rewarde  and  be  hylie 
 crowTied :  and  yf  he  be  in  trouble,  that  God 
 (no  doute)  shal  delyuer  him :  and  yf  his  life 
 be  in  chastenynge,  that  he  shall  haue  leue  to 
 come  vnto  thy  mercy. 
 
 For  thou  hast  no  pleasure  in  oure  damp- 
 nacion  :  5  why  ?  after  a  storme  thou  makest 
 f  wether  fayre  and  still :  after  wepinge  and 
 heuynes  thou  geuest  greate  ioye.  Thy  name 
 O  God  of  Israel,  be  praysed  for  euer.  At  the 
 same  tyme  were  both  their  prayers  herde  in 
 
 'Iob2.h.    /Psiil.  24.  b.    oEsa.  8.  d.  and40.b.  and  46.b. 
 
Cftap,  b. 
 
 mn  bokt  of  Coljiasi. 
 
 the  sight  of  the  magesty  of  the  Hyest  God. 
 And  Raphael  the  holy  angel  of  the  LORDE 
 was  sent  to  helpe  the  both,  whose  prayers 
 came  together  before  God. 
 
 Cljc  ttij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 SO  whii  Tobias  thought  his  prayer  to  be 
 herde,  that  he  might  dye,  he  called  vnto 
 him  his  sonne  Tobias,  5  sayde  vnto  him :  My 
 Sonne,  heare  the  wordes  of  my  mouth,  and 
 laye  the  in  thine  hert  as  a  foundacion.  Whan 
 God  taketh  awaye  my  soule,  burie  thou  my 
 body,  (J  "holde  thy  mother  in  honoure  all  the 
 dayes  of  hir  life.  For  thou  oughtest  to  re- 
 membre,  what  and  how  greate  parels  she 
 suffi-ed  for  y  in  hir  wobe.  And  wha  she  also 
 hath  fulfilled  the  tyme  of  hir  life,  bury  her 
 besyde  me.  Haue  God  in  thy  thought  all 
 the  dayes  of  thy  hfe,  ij  bewarre,  lest  at  eny 
 tyme  thou  cosent  vnto  'synne,  and  lest  thou 
 let  slippe  the  commaundemetes  of  the  LO  RDE 
 oure  God. 
 
 Geue  allmes  of  thy  goodes,  and  tume  neuer 
 thy  face  from  the  poore  :  and  so  shal  it  come 
 to  passe,  that  the  face  of  the  LORDE  shal 
 not  be  turned  awaye  from  the.  Be  mercifuU 
 after  y  power.  Yf  thou  hast  moch,  geue 
 pleteously  :  yf  thou  hast  htle,  do  thy  diligence, 
 gladly  to  geue  of  that  htle.  For  so  gatherest 
 thou  thy  self  a  good  rewarde  in  the  daye  of 
 necessite.  For  allmes  delyuereth  *  fro  death, 
 (J  suffi-eth  not  the  soule  to  come  in  darcknes. 
 A  greate  comforte  is  allmes  before  the  hye 
 God,  vnto  all  them  that  do  it. 
 
 My  Sonne,  kepe  the  well  from  all  whor- 
 dome,  and  (besyde  thy  wife)  se  that  no  faute 
 be  knowne  of  the.  Let  neuer  pryde  haue 
 rule  in  thy  mynde  ner  in  thy  worde,  for  in 
 "pryde  beganne  all  destruccion. 
 
 Who  so  euer  worketh  eny  thinge  for  the, 
 immediatly  geue  him  his  ''hyre,  and  loke  that 
 thy  hyred  seruaunte  wagies  remayne  not  by 
 the  ouer  night.  'Loke  that  thou  neuer  do 
 vnto  another  man,  the  thinge  that  thou  wold- 
 est  not  another  ma  shulde  do  vnto  the.  Eate 
 thy  bred  with  the  -'hongrie  and  poore,  and 
 couer  the  naked  with  thy  clothes.  Set  thy 
 bred  and  wyne  vpon  the  buryall  of  the  righ- 
 teous, and  do  not  thou  eate  and  drynke 
 therof  with  the  syimers.  Axe  euer  councell 
 at  y  wyse. 
 
 "  Exo.  ii).  b.     Eccli.  7.  c.     '  Rom.  6.  b.     *  Some  reade: 
 fio  all  svnne  &;  from  death.     1  Tess.  4.  a. 
 
 ffo,  jilbij. 
 
 Be  allwaye  thankfull  vnto  God,  and  beseke 
 him,  that  he  will  ordre  thy  wayes,  g  that  what 
 so  euer  thou  deuysest  or  takest  in  hande,  it 
 maye  remayne  in  him.  I  certifie  the  also  my 
 Sonne,  that  (whan  thou  wast  yet  but  a  bab) 
 *I  delyuered  ten  talentes  of  syluer  vnto 
 Gabelus,  at  Rages  a  cite  of  the  Medes,  j 
 his  handwritinge  haue  I  by  me.  And  ther- 
 fore  seke  some  meanes,  how  thou  mayest 
 come  by  him,  5  receaue  of  him  f  sayde  weight 
 of  syluer,  and  geue  him  his  handwritynge 
 agayne. 
 
 My  Sonne,  be  not  afrayed  :  trueth  it  is,  we 
 lede  here  a  poore  hfe  :  ''  but  greate  good  shall 
 we  haue,  yf  we  feare  God,  and  departe  from 
 all  synne,  and  do  well. 
 
 Wi)e  b.  Cljaptfv. 
 
 THEN  answered  Tobias  his  father,  5 
 sayde :  father,  all  that  thou  hast  com- 
 maunded  me,  wil  I  do,  and  that  diligently. 
 But  how  I  shal  requyre  this  money,  I  can  not 
 tell.  Nether  doth  he  knowe  me,  ner  I  him. 
 What  token  shal  I  geue  him  ?  And  as  for  the 
 waye  thither,  I  neuer  knew  it.  Then  his 
 father  answered  him,  and  sayde  :  I  haue  his 
 handwritinge  by  me,  which  whan  thou  shewest 
 him,  immediatly  he  shall  paye  the.  But  go 
 thy  waye  now,  5  get  the  some  faithfull  man  to 
 go  with  y  for  an  hyre,  that  thou  mayest  re- 
 ceaue y  money,  whyle  I  am  yet  lyuynge. 
 
 Then  wente  Tobias  out,  (i  vpon  the  strete 
 he  founde  a  fayre  yonge  man  stondinge, 
 gyrded  vp,  and  as  it  were  one  ready  to  take 
 his  iourney.  And  he  knew  not  that  it  was 
 an  angell  of  God,  but  saluted  him,  and  sayde : 
 From  whence  art  thou,  thou  good  yonge  man? 
 He  answered  :  Of  the  children  of  Israel. 
 
 And  Tobias  sayde  vnto  him  :  knowest  thou 
 the  waye,  that  ledeth  vnto  the  countre  of  y 
 Medes  ?  He  answered  :  I  knowe  it  well,  and 
 all  those  stretes  haue  I  gone  oft  tymes,  and 
 haue  lodged  with  oure  brother  Gabelus,  that 
 dwelleth  in  Rages  a  cite  of  y  Medes,  which 
 lyeth  vpon  the  mount  Egbathanis.  Tobias 
 sayde  vnto  him :  I  praye  the,  tary  for  me,  tyll 
 I  haue  tolde  my  father  these  thinges.  Then 
 wete  Tobias  in,  and  tolde  his  father  all.  At 
 y  which  his  father  marueled,  j  prayed,  that 
 he  wolde  come  in  vnto  him. 
 
 Now  whan  the  angell  came  in,  he  saluted 
 
 Gen.; 
 
 <<  Deu.  24.  c. 
 e  Tobi.  1.  c. 
 
 ■  Matt.  7.  a.      /  Luc.  14.  b. 
 '■  Rom.  8.  d. 
 
fo,  jrlbiij. 
 
 Cfte  bokf  of  Cobias. 
 
 Cf)ap.  bi. 
 
 him,  and  sayde :  ioye  be  with  the  for  euermore. 
 And  olde  '1  obias  saide  :  what  ioye  can  I  haue, 
 that  syt  here  in  darcknes,  (t  se  not  the  light  of 
 heauen  ?  The  yonge  man  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Be  of  good  cheare,  God  shal  helpe  the  shortly. 
 And  Tobias  sayde  vnto  him :  Canst  thou 
 brjTige  my  sonne  to  Gabelus,  vnto  the  cite  of 
 Rages  in  Media  ?  And  whan  thou  commest 
 agayne,  I  shal  paye  the  thy  hyre.  And  the 
 angell  sayde  vnto  him :  I  shal  lede  thy  sonne, 
 and  br)^nge  him  to  the  agayne.  Then  Tobias 
 answered  him  :  Tell  me  I  praye  the,  of  what 
 house,  or  of  what  trybe  art  thou  ? 
 
 The  angell  Raphael  sayde  vnto  him :  Axest 
 thou  after  the  kynred  of  an  hyrelinge,  or 
 sekest  thou  a  gyde  for  thy  sonne  to  go  with 
 him?  But  that  I  make  the  not  carefull,  I 
 am  Azarias  the  sonne  of  greate  Hananias. 
 And  Tobias  answered :  Thou  art  come  of  a 
 greate  kynred,  but  I  praye  f,  be  not  dis- 
 pleased, that  I  desyred  to  knowe  thy  kynred. 
 The  angell  sayde  vnto  him :  Thy  sonne  shal 
 I  lede  forth  safely,  and  brynge  him  whole  to 
 the  agayne. 
 
 Then  answered  Tobias,  and  sayde :  well, 
 go  on  youre  waie,  and  God  be  in  youre  iour- 
 ney,  and  his  angell  beare  you  company.  So 
 whan  they  had  prepared  all  thinges,  y  they 
 wolde  take  with  them  in  their  iourney,  Tobias 
 bad  his  father  5  his  mother  fare  well,  and 
 they  wente  on  their  waye  both  together. 
 Now  whan  they  were  gone,  his  mother  be- 
 ganne  to  wepe,  and  sayde  :  "The  staff  of  oure 
 age  hast  thou  taken  awaye,  and  sent  him 
 from  vs. 
 
 Wolde  God  that  money  had  neuer  bene, 
 for  the  which  thou  hast  sent  him  awaye.  Yf 
 we  had  bene  content  with  oure  pouerte,  this 
 had  bene  greate  riches  vnto  vs,  that  we  sawe 
 oure  sonne  here.  Then  sayde  Tobias  vnto 
 her :  wepe  not,  oure  sonne  shall  come  to  vs 
 agayne  safe  and  sounde,  5  thine  eyes  shall  se 
 him.  For  I  trust,  that  y  good  angell  of  God 
 shal  beare  him  copany,  and  ordre  well  all  the 
 thinges  that  he  doth :  so  that  he  shal  come  to 
 vs  agayne  with  ioye.  At  these  wordes  his 
 mother  left  of  fro  wepynge,  5  helde  hir  tonge. 
 
 Ci)c  bt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 SO  Tobias  wente  on  his  waye,  and  a  dogg 
 folowed  him,  and  y  first  night  they  abode 
 by  the  water  of  Tigris.     Then  wente  he  out 
 
 to  wash  his  fete,  and  beholde,  there  came 
 forth  an  horrible  fish  to  deuoure  him.  Of 
 whom  Tobias  was  afrayed,  and  cried  with  a 
 loude  voyce,  sayenge  :  LORDE,  he  commeth 
 vpon  me.  And  the  angell  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Take  him  by  the  cheke  blade,  and  drawe 
 him  to  the.  And  he  dyd  so,  and  drew  him 
 vpo  the  londe,  and  the  fish  beganne  to  leape 
 at  his  fete. 
 
 The  sayde  the  angell  vnto  him :  Take  out 
 the  bowels  of  this  fish,  and  as  for  the  hert, 
 the  gall  and  the  leuer,  kepe  them  by  the. 
 For  these  thinges  are  necessary  and  good  for 
 medicyne.  Tobias  dyd  so,  and  rosted  the 
 fish,  and  they  toke  him  with  them  in  their 
 iourney :  the  residue  they  salted,  as  moch  as 
 was  sufficient  for  them,  till  they  came  to 
 Rages.  Then  Tobias  axed  the  angell,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  I  praye  y  brother  Azarias, 
 tell  me,  wher  to  are  these  thinges  good  of  the 
 fish,  that  thou  hast  bydden  me  kepe  ? 
 
 The  angell  answered  him  and  sayde :  Yf 
 thou  layest  a  pece  of  the  hert  v-pon  the  coales 
 the  smoke  therof  dryueth  awaye  all  maner  of 
 euell  spretes,  whether  it  be  from  man  or  from 
 woman,  so  that  from  thence  forth  y  same  shal 
 come  nomore  vnto  them.  The  gaU  is  good 
 to  anoynte  or  to  strake  f  eyes  withaU,  where 
 as  there  is  eny  blemish  in  them,  so  shal  they 
 be  whole. 
 
 And  Tobias  sayde  vnto  him  :  where  wilt 
 thou  that  we  remayne?  *The  angell  answered 
 and  saide :  Here  is  a  nye  kinsman  of  thine,  one 
 Raguel  by  name,  which  hath  a  daughter 
 called  Sara,  5  hath  nether  sonne  ner  daughter 
 but  her.  AU  his  good  belogeth  vnto  the,  and 
 thou  must  mary  his  daughter :  and  therfore 
 desyre  her  at  her  father,  and  he  shal  geue  her 
 the  to  wife.  Then  answered  Tobias  (i  sayde : 
 As  I  vnderstonde,  she  hath  bene  marled  vnto 
 seuen  huszbandes,  and  they  all  are  deed :  and 
 I  haue  herde  saye,  that  the  deuell  slew  them 
 I  am  afrayed  therfore,  lest  soch  thinges 
 happen  vnto  me  also  :  which  yf  it  came  to 
 passe  (seinge  1  am  the  onely  sonne  of  my 
 father  and  my  mother)  I  shulde  brynge  the  in 
 their  age  with  sorow  to  their  graues. 
 
 Then  sayde  y  angell  Raphael  vnto  him  : 
 Heare  me,  and  I  will  tell  the,  what  they  be  of 
 whom  the  deuell  hath  power.  Namely,  they 
 that  receaue  manage  of  soch  a  fashio,  that 
 they  shut  God  out  from  the  and  from  their 
 
 Q 
 
 C 
 
Cftap.  biij. 
 
 €l)t  bofef  of  Coftias. 
 
 ffo,  vliv* 
 
 hert,  and  "geue  them  selues  to  their  owiie 
 hist,  euen  as  it  were  an  horse  and  Moole, 
 which  haue  no  vnderstondinge :  vpon  soch 
 hath  y  deuell  power.  But  whan  thou  takest 
 her,  and  art  come  in  to  the  chamber,  witholde 
 thy  self  from  her  thre  dayes,  and  geue  thy 
 diligence  vnto  nothinge  but  *vnto  prayer 
 with  her. 
 
 And  in  the  first  night  rest  the  leuer  of  the 
 fish,  and  the  deuell  shalbe  dryue  awayc.  The 
 secode  night  shalt  thou  be  receaued  in  to  the 
 company  of  the  holy  patriarkes.  The  thirde 
 night  shalt  thou  opteyne  the  blessinge  of  God, 
 so  that  whole  children  shalbe  borne  of  you. 
 After  the  thirde  night  take  the  mayden  in  the 
 feare  of  God,  and  more  for  the  desyre  of 
 children,  then  for  eny  flesldy  lust :  that  in  the 
 sede  of  Abraham  thou  mayest  optayne  the 
 blessinge  in  children. 
 
 Wi)t  bij.  C]^apttr. 
 
 THEN  wente  they  in  to  Raguel,  which 
 receaued  them  ioyfully.  And  whan 
 Raguel  loked  vpon  Tobias,  he  sayde  vnto 
 Anna  his  wife  :  How  like  is  this  yonge  man 
 vnto  my  sisters  sonne.  And  whan  he  had 
 spoken  this,  he  saide :  whence  be  ye  good 
 brethren  ?  They  saide :  Of  the  trybe  of 
 Nephtali,  out  of  the  captiuyte  of  Niniue. 
 Then  sayde  Raguel  vnto  them  :  knowe  ye  my 
 brother  Tobias  ?  Tliey  saide  :  yee,  we  knowe 
 him  well.  And  whan  he  had  spoken  moch 
 good  of  him,  the  angell  sayde  vnto  Raguel : 
 Tobias  of  whom  thou  axest,  is  this  yonge  mas 
 father.  Then  Raguel  bowed  him  self  downe, 
 and  wepte,  toke  him  aboute  the  neck  and 
 kyssed  him,  and  sayde :  '  Gods  blessynge  haue 
 thou  my  sonne,  for  thou  art  the  sonne  of  a 
 good  vertuous  man.  And  Anna  his  wyfe  and 
 Sara  his  daughter  wepte  also. 
 
 Now  wha  they  had  talked  together,  Raguel 
 bad  kyU  a  wether,  and  to  make  a  feast.  And 
 wha  he  prayed  the  to  sytt  downe  to  dyner, 
 Tobias  sayde :  I  wil  nether  eate  ner  drinke 
 here  this  daye,  excepte  thou  first  graunte  me 
 my  peticion,  ij  promyse  me  to  geue  me  thy 
 daughter  Sara.  Whan  Raguel  herde  this,  he 
 was  astonnyed,  for  he  knew,  what  had  hap- 
 pened vnto  the  other  seuen  men,  that  wete  in 
 vnto  her :  and  he  beganne  to  feare  that  it 
 shulde  chaunce  vnto  him  also  in  like  maner. 
 
 And  whyle  he  stode  so  in  doute,  and  gaue 
 
 '■lTess.4.  a.    Psal.  31.  b.       '  Tobi.  8.  b.       '  Tobi.  9.  b. 
 
 the  yonge  man  no  answere,  the  angell  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Feare  not  to  geue  him  thy 
 daughter,  for  vnto  this  man  that  feareth  God, 
 belogeth  thy  daughter  to  wife,  therfore  might 
 none  other  haue  her. 
 
 The  sayde  Raguel :  I  doute  not,  but  God 
 hath  accepted  my  prayers  and  teares  in  his 
 sight :  and  I  trust  he  caused  you  to  come  vnto 
 me  for  the  same  intent,  that  this  daughter  of 
 myne  might  be  maried  in  hir  o\\aie  kynred, 
 acordinge  to  the  lawe  of  Moses.''  And  now 
 dowte  thou  not,  but  I  wil  geue  her  vnto  the  : 
 So  he  toke  the  righthande  of  his  daughter, 
 and  gaue  her  in  to  the  right  hade  of  Tobias, 
 and  sayde  :  The  God  of  Abraha,  the  God  of 
 Isaac  and  the  God  of  lacob  be  with  you,  ioyne 
 you  together,  and  fulfill  his  blessynge  in  you. 
 And  they  toke  a  letter  and  made  a  wrytinge 
 of  the  manage.  And  then  made  they  mery, 
 and  praysed  God.  And  Raguel  called  Anna 
 his  wife  vnto  him,  and  bad  her  prepare 
 another  chamber,  and  thither  he  brought  Sara 
 his  daughter,  and  she  wepte.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  her :  Be  of  goode  cheare  my  daughter, 
 the  LORDE  of  heauen  geue  the  ioye,  for  the 
 heuynesse  that  thou  hast  suffred. 
 
 Cijt  biij.  Cljaptnr. 
 
 NOW  after  y  they  had  supped,  they 
 brought  the  yoge  man  in  to  her.  The 
 thought  Tobias  vpon  the  wordes  of  the  angell, 
 and  toke  out  of  his  bagg  a  pece  of  the  leuer 
 of  the  fish,  and  layed  it  vpon  the  bote  coales. 
 So  the  angell  Raphael  toke  holde  of  the 
 deuell,  and  sent  him  awaye,  and  bounde  him 
 in  the  wyldernes  of  the  hyer  Egipte.  The 
 spake  Tobias  vnto  the  virgin,  and  sayde  :  Vp 
 Sara,  let  vs  make  oure  'prayer  vnto  God  to 
 daye,  tomorow,  and  ouermorow :  for  these 
 thre  nightes  wil  we  reconcyle  oure  selues  with 
 God :  and  whan  the  thirde  holy  night  is  past, 
 we  shall  iojTie  together  in  f  deutye  of  manage. 
 For  we  are  the  children  of  holy  men,  and  we 
 maye  not  come  together  as  the  Heithen,  y 
 knowe  not  God. 
 
 Then  stode  they  vp  both  together,  and  be- 
 sought God  earnestly,  •'y  he  wolde  preserue 
 them.  And  Tobias  sayde :  O  LORDE  God 
 of  oure  fathers,  praysed  be  thou  of  heaue  d 
 earth  of  the  see,  welles,  5  floudes,  5  of  all  the 
 creatures  that  be  therin.  Thou  maydest 
 Adam^  of  the  moulde  of  the  earth,  5  gauest 
 
 ■'  Nu.  36.  c.  Tob.  6.  c.  '  1  Cor.  7.  a.  /  Tob.  6.  d.  ?  Gen.  2.  b. 
 U2 
 
jro.i» 
 
 Cl^cbokc  of  Cobias, 
 
 Cftap.  ij:. 
 
 him  Eua  for  an  helper.  And  now  LOIIDE 
 thou  knowest  that  it  is  not  because  of  volup- 
 tuousnes,  that  I  take  this  sister  of  myne  to 
 wyfe,  but  onely  for  the  loue  of  children,  in 
 whom  thy  name  be  blessed  for  euer.  And 
 Sara  sayde:  haue  mercy  vpon  vs  (O  LORDE) 
 haue  mercy  vpon  vs,  and  let  vs  both  come 
 whole  and  sounde  to  a  good  age. 
 
 And  aboute  the  cocke  crowe,  it  happened, 
 that  Raguel  called  his  seruauntes,  and  they 
 wete  with  him,  to  make  a  graue.  For  he 
 sayde  :  it  is  chaunced  vnto  him  peradueture, 
 as  it  dyd  vnto  the  other  seuen  men,  that  wente 
 in  vnto  her.  Now  wha  they  had  made  the 
 graue,  Raguel  came  agayne  to  his  wyfe,  and 
 sayde  vnto  her :  sende  one  of  thy  maydes,  to 
 loice  yf  he  be  deed,  that  I  maye  burye  him 
 afore  it  be  light  daye. 
 
 So  she  sent  a  mayden  to  se,  which  whan 
 she  came  in  to  the  chamber,  she  founde  them 
 whole  and  sounde,  slepynge  together.  And 
 so  she  came  agayne,  g  brought  good  tydinges. 
 Then  Raguel  and  Anna  his  wife  praysed  y 
 LORDE,  and  sayde:  Praysed  be  thou  o 
 LORDE  God  of  Israel,  For  it  is  not  hap- 
 pened vnto  vs,  as  we  thought.  For  thou  hast 
 dealte  mercifully  with  vs,  and  put  awaye  from 
 vs  the  enemye  that  persecuted  vs,  and  hast 
 shewed  mercy  vnto  yonder  two  beloued.  O 
 LORDE,  cause  the  to  magnifie  the  more 
 perfectly,  and  to  oflfre  the  the  sacrifice  of  thy 
 prayse,  and  of  their  health :  that  all  people  maye 
 knowe,  y  thou  onely  art  God  in  all  the  earth. 
 
 And  immediatly  Raguel  commaunded  his 
 seruauntes,  to  fyll  the  graue,  that  they  had 
 made,  with  earth,  afore  it  was  light:  and 
 bade  his  wife  prepare  a  feast,  5  to  make  ready 
 all  thinges  that  were  necessary  for  meate,  to 
 soch  as  wente  by  f  waye.  He  caused  two 
 fatt  kyne  also  and  foure  wethers  to  be  slayne, 
 5  meates  to  be  prepared  for  all  his  neghbours 
 and  frendes. 
 
 And  Raguel  charged  Tobias,  to  remayne 
 with  him  two  wekes.  As  for  all  the  good  y  he 
 had,  he  gaue  Tobias  f  one  half  of  it,  and  made 
 his  wrytinge,  that  the  half  which  remayned, 
 shulde  fall  vnto  Tobias  after  their  death. 
 
 CJjt  if:.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THEN  Tobias  called  vnto  him  the  angell, 
 whom  he  thought  to  haue  bene  a  man, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him.  Brother  Azarias,  I 
 praye  the  herku  vnto  my  wordes :  Yf  I  shulde 
 geue   myself  to  be    f  seruaunt,    I    shal  not 
 
 deserue  y  prouydence.  Neuertheles  I  be- 
 seke  the,  that  thou  wylt  take  the  beastes  and 
 the  seruauntes,  and  go  vnto  Gabelus  in  Rages 
 the  cite  of  the  Meedes,  and  delyuer  him  his 
 handwrytinge,  and  receaue  the  money  of  him, 
 and  praye  him  to  come  to  my  mariage.  For 
 thou  knowest  thyself,  that  my  father  telleth  f 
 dayes :  and  yf  I  tary  one  daye  to  longe,  he 
 wyl  be  sory  in  his  mynde.  Now  seist  thou 
 how  earnestly  Raguel  hath  requyred  me,  so 
 that  I  can  not  saye  him  nay. 
 
 Then  toke  Raphael  foure  of  Raguels  ser- 
 uauntes, and  two  Camels,  5  wente  vnto  Rages 
 the  cite  of  the  Medes :  and  whan  he  had 
 founde  Gabelus,  he  gaue  him  his  handwry- 
 tynge,  5  receaued  all  f  money.  He  tolde 
 him  also  of  Tobias  f  sonne  of  Toby,  how  all 
 thiges  had  happened,  k  caused  him  to  come 
 vrith  him  to  y  mariage.  Now  whan  he  came 
 in  to  the  house  of  Raguel,  he  foiide  Tobias 
 syttinge  at  y^  table :  5  he  leape  vp,  5  they 
 kyssed  one  another,  and  Gabelus  wepte,  and 
 praysed  God,  and  sayde :  the  blessynge  of  the 
 God  of  Israel  haue  thou,"  for  thou  art  the 
 Sonne  of  a  right  verteous  5  iust  man,  5  of  one 
 y  feareth  God,  5  geueth  greate  allmes.  And 
 blessynge  haue  f  wife,  and  youre  elders, 
 that  ye  maye  se  youre  children,  and  youre 
 childers  childre,  vnto  the  thirde  and  fourth 
 generacio,  and  that  youre  sede  maye  be 
 blessed  of  f  God  of  Israel,  which  reigneth 
 worlde  without  ende.  And  whan  they  aU 
 had  sayde  Amen,  they  wente  to  the  feast,  but 
 with  the  feare  of  the  LORDE  helde  they  the 
 feast  of  the  mariage, 
 
 Ei)t  y.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 NOW  whyle  yoge  Tobias  made  loge 
 tarienge  by  reason  of  y  mariage,  his 
 father  was  full  of  care  and  heuynes,  and 
 thought :  what  shulde  be  the  cause,  that  my 
 Sonne  tarieth  so  longe?  Or  why  shulde  he 
 be  kepte  so  longe  there  ?  Peraduenture 
 Gabelus  is  deed,  and  no  man  %vyl  geue  him 
 the  money.  Thus  begane  he  to  be  very 
 soroufull,  he  5  Anna  his  wife  with  him,  5  be- 
 ganne  to  wepe  both  together,  because  their 
 Sonne  was  not  come  agayne  vnto  them  at  the 
 daye  appoynted.  As  for  his  mother,  she 
 wepte  with  discomfortable  teares,  and  sayde  : 
 Wo  is  me,  my  sonne  :  Oh  what  ayled  vs  to 
 sende  the  awaye  into  a  straunge  countre,  thou 
 
Cftap,  ru 
 
 Cfte  hokt  of  Coljias. 
 
 ffo.  It 
 
 light  of  oure  eyes,  thou  staff  of  cure  age,  thou 
 comforte  of  oure  life,  "thou  hope  of  oure  gene- 
 racion?  Seinge  all  y  thinges  that  we  haue 
 are  onely  in  the,  we  shulde  not  haue  sent  the 
 awaye  from  vs. 
 
 Then  Tobias  comforted  her,  and  sayde : 
 holde  thy  tonge,  and  be  not  discomforted, 
 oure  Sonne  is  whole  and  sounde  :  the  man  y 
 we  sent  him  withaU,  is  faithfull  ynough. 
 Neuertheles  she  might  in  no  wyse  be  cofort- 
 ed :  but  daylie  wente  out,  loked  aboute,  and 
 wente  aboute  all  the  stretes,  wherby  she 
 thought  he  shulde  come  againe :  that  (yf  it 
 were  possible)  she  might  se  him  comynge 
 afarre  of. 
 
 But  Raguel  saide  vnto  his  sonne  I  lawe : 
 0  tary  here,  and  I  shall  sende  a  messauger 
 vnto  thy  father  Tobias,  to  tell  him  y  thou 
 art  in  good  health.  Tobias  sayde  vnto  him :  I 
 am  sure,  that  my  father  and  my  mother  counte 
 euery  daye,  and  that  their  hertes  are  sory. 
 
 So  whan  Raguel  prayed  Tobias  with  many 
 wordes,  (j  he  wolde  in  no  wyse  heare  him,  he 
 delyuered  Sara  vnto  him,  5  the  half  parte  of 
 all  his  good :  in  seruauntes  and  handmaydes, 
 in  shepe,  in  camels,  and  in  kyne  and  moch 
 money,  and  so  sent  him  awaye  from  him  wth 
 peace  and  ioye,  and  sayde :  The  holy  angell 
 of  the  LORDE  be  with  you  in  youre  iourney, 
 and  brynge  you  forth  safe  5  sounde,  that  ye 
 maye  fynde  all  thinges  in  good  case  with  youre 
 elders,  and  that  myne  eyes  maye  se  youre 
 children,  afore  I  dye. 
 
 So  the  elders  enbraced  their  daughter, 
 kyssed  her,  and  let  her  go,  exortinge  her  to 
 honoure  hir  father  and  mother  in  lawe,  to 
 loue  hir  huszbande,  to  rule  well  hir  huszsholde, 
 to  kepe  hir  house  in  good  ordre,  and  to  shew 
 hir  self  fautlesse. 
 
 €1)0  jrt.  Cl^apter. 
 
 NOW  as  they  were  goinge  homewarde 
 againe,  vpon  y  xj.  daye  they  came  to 
 Charra,  which  lyeth  in  the  half  waye  towarde 
 Niniue.  And  the  angeU  sayde  :  Brother 
 Tobias,  thou  knowest  how  thou  hast  left  thy 
 father :  therfore  yf  it  please  the,  we  two  wyll 
 go  before,  and  let  the  husholde  with  thy  wife 
 and  y  catell  come  soft  5  fayrly  after  vs.  And 
 whan  Tobias  was  content  that  they  shulde  go 
 before,  Raphael  sayde  vnto  him :  Take  of  the 
 1  of  the  fish  with  the,  for  it  shal  be  neces- 
 
 sary. So  Tobias  toke  of  the  gall,  and  they 
 wente  their  waye.  But  Anna  the  mother  of 
 Tobias  sat  daylie  by  the  waye  syde  vpon  f 
 toppe  of  an  hill,  from  whence  she  might  se 
 farre  aboute  her. 
 
 And  whyle  she  was  waytinge  there  for  his 
 comjTige,  she  loked  afarre  of,  and  anone  she 
 perceaued  hir  sonne  comminge,  and  ranne 
 and  tolde  hir  huszbande,  sayenge :  beholde, 
 thy  sonne  commeth.  And  Raphael  sayde 
 vnto  Tobias :  As  soone  as  thou  commest  in  to 
 the  house,  immediatly  worshipe  the  LORDE 
 thy  God,  and  geue  thankes  vnto  him:  then 
 go  to  thy  father,  and  kysse  him,  (j  strake  his 
 eyes  ouer  with  the  gall  of  y^  fish,  that  thou 
 hast  brought  with  the.  For  be  sure,  that  his 
 eyes  shal  straight  waye  be  opened,  and  thy 
 father  shal  se  the  light  of  heauen,  and  shal 
 reioyse  at  the  sight  of  the.  Then  the  dogg 
 that  had  bene  with  them  in  their  iourney, 
 rane  before,  and  came  as  a  messauger,  and 
 wagged  with  his  tayle  for  gladnesse. 
 
 So  f  blynde  father  arose,  and  beganne  to 
 renne,  and  stombled  with  his  fete,  and  gaue  a 
 seruaunt  his  hande,  ranne  to  mete  his  sonne, 
 receaued  him,  and  kyssed  him,  he  and  his 
 wife,  and  beganne  to  wepe  for  ioye. 
 
 Now  whan  they  had  worshipped  (j  thanked 
 God,  they  satt  downe.  Then  toke  Tobias  of 
 the  fishes  gall,  and  anoynted  his  fathers  eyes : 
 and  taried  half  an  houre,  and  then  beganne 
 the  blemysh  to  go  out  of  his  eyes,  hke  as  it 
 had  bene  the  whyte  szkynne  of  an  egg :  which 
 Tobias  toke  and  drew  from  his  eyes,  and  im- 
 mediatly he  receaued  his  sight. 
 
 Then  they  praysed  God,  he  and  his  wife, 
 and  all  they  that  knew  him.  And  Tobias 
 sayde  :  O  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  I  geue  the 
 prayse  and  thankes,  for  thou  hast  chastened 
 me,  and  made  me  whole.  And  lo,  now  do  I 
 se  my  sonne  Tobias.  After  seuen  dayes  came 
 Sara  his  sonnes  wife  also  whole  and  sounde 
 with  all  y  housholde  and  catell,  with  camels 
 and  moch  money  of  his  wyues,  and  with  the 
 money  that  he  had  receaued  of  Gabelus :  and 
 he  tolde  his  father  and  his  mother  all  the 
 benefites,  which  God  had  done  for  him,  by 
 the  man  that  led  him.  Achior  also  and 
 Nabath  Tobias  sister  sonnes  came  and  were 
 glad,  (J  reioysed  with  him,  by  reason  of  all  the 
 good  that  God  had  shewed  vnto  him. 
 
 And  so  for  f  space  of  seuen  dayes  they 
 made  mery,  and  were  right  ioyfull  euerichone. 
 
jro.itj. 
 
 CI)C  bofet  of  Coljiasi. 
 
 Cftap.  nj. 
 
 2El)t  p'-  Ci)apUr. 
 
 THE  Tobias  called  his  sonne  vnto  him 
 5  sayde :  What  maye  we  geue  this  holy 
 man,  that  weiite  with  the  ?  Tobias  answered 
 his  father  and  sayde :  Father,  what  rewarde 
 shal  we  geue  him  ?  Or  what  thinge  can  de- 
 serue  his  benefites  ?  He  hath  bene  my  gyde, 
 and  brought  me  safe  agayne  :  he  receaued  the 
 money  from  Gabelus,  he  caused  me  to  get  my 
 wife,  he  droue  the  euell  sprete  from  her,  he 
 hath  bene  occasio  of  gladnesse  to  hir  father 
 and  mother :  he  delyuered  me,  that  I  was  not 
 deuoured  of  the  fish,  he  hath  made  the  to  se 
 the  light  of  heauen,  yee  we  all  haue  receaued 
 greate  good  of  him.  How  shulde  we  worthely 
 deserue  these  thinges  vnto  him  r*  But  I  praye 
 the  my  father,  that  thou  wilt  desyre  him,  yf 
 happlie  he  wil  voutsafe,  to  take  with  him  the 
 half  of  all  tiiat  we  haue  brought. 
 
 So  the  father  and  the  sonne  called  him, 
 toke  him  asyde,  and  beganne  to  praye  him, 
 that  he  wolde  be  content  to  take  in  good 
 worth,  the  half  parte  of  all  that  they  had 
 brought.  Then  sayde  he  secretly  vnto  them : 
 Prayse  y  God  of  heauen,  and  geue  thankes 
 vnto  him  before  all  men  lyuynge,  for  he  hath 
 shewed  his  mercy  *  vnto  vs.  It  is  good  to 
 hyde  the  Kynges  secrete,  but  to  shew  and  to 
 prayse  y  workes  of  God,  it  is  an  honorable 
 thinge.  Prayer  is  good  with  fastinge,  and  to 
 geue  allmes  is  better,  then  to  hoorde  vp  trea- 
 sures of  golde.  "  For  allmes  delyuereth  from 
 death,  clenseth  synne,  and  causeth  to  fynde 
 euerlastinge  life,  But  they  that  do  symne  and 
 vnrighteousnes,  are  y  enemies  of  their  owne 
 soules. 
 
 Wherfore  I  tell  you  the  trueth,  and  wyll  hyde 
 nothinge  from  you.  *  WTian  thou  praydest 
 with  teares,  and  burydest  the  deed,  and  leftest 
 thy  dyner,  and  hyddest  the  deed  in  thy  house 
 pon  the  daye  tyme,  that  thou  mightest  burye 
 them  in  the  night,  I  ofFred  thy  prayer  before 
 the  LORDE.  And  because  thou  wast  ac- 
 cepte  and  beloued  of  God,  it  was  necessary, 
 that  tentacion  shulde  trye  the.  "And  now 
 hath  the  LORDE  sent  me  to  heale  the, 
 and  to  delyuer  Sara  y  sonnes  wife  from  the 
 euell  sprete.  For  I  am  Raphael  an  angell, 
 one  of  the  seuen  that  stonde  before  God. 
 Wha  they  herde  this,  they  were  sore  afrayed, 
 
 '  Some  rede,  vnto  you. 
 '  Tob.  2.  a. 
 
 Tob.  4.  b.   Uani.  4.  d. 
 '   Prou.  3.  b. 
 
 and  trembled,  and  fell  do'svne  vpon  their  faces 
 vnto  the  groimde.  Then  sayde  the  angell: 
 Peace  be  with  you,  feare  not.  Where  as  I 
 haue  bene  with  you,  it  is  the  will  of  God, 
 geue  prayse  and  thankes  vnto  him. 
 
 ''  You  thought  that  I  dyd  eate  and  drinke 
 \nth  you,  but  I  vse  meate  that  is  invisible, 
 and  drynke  that  can  not  be  sene  of  men. 
 
 Now  therfore  is  y  tyme  that  I  must  tume 
 agayne,  vnto  him  that  sent  me :  but  be  ye 
 thankfull  Mito  God,  and  tell  out  all  his  won- 
 derous  workes. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  spoken  these  wordes, 
 he  was  taken  awaye  out  of  their  sight,  so  y 
 they  sawe  him  nomore.  Then  fell  they  downe 
 flat  A'pon  their  faces  by  the  space  of  thre 
 houres,  and  praysed  God:  and  whan  they 
 rose  vp,  they  tolde  all  his  woderous  workes. 
 
 Kift  fii).  Cljaptrr. 
 
 THEN  olde  Tobias  opened  his  mouth, 
 and  praysed  the  LORDE  and  sayde: 
 Greate  art  thou  o  LORDE  for  euermore, 
 and  thy  kyTigdome  worlde  without  ende :  for 
 '  thou  scourgest  and  healest,  thou  ledest  ^^lto 
 hell,  and  bryngest  out  agayne,  and  there  is 
 none  y  maye  escape  thy  hande.  O  geue 
 thankes  vnto  f  LORDE  ye  children  of  Israel, 
 and  prayse  him  in  the  sight  of  the  Heithe. 
 For  amonge  the  Heithen  which  knowe  him 
 not  hath  he  scatred  you,  to  the  intet  that  ye 
 shulde  shew  forth  his  maruelous  workes :  5 
 cause  them  for  to  knowe,  that  there  is  none 
 other  God  allmightie  but  he.  He  hath  chast- 
 ened vs  for  oure  myszdedes,  and  for  his  owne 
 mercy  sake  shal  he  saue  vs. 
 
 Considre  then,  how  he  hath  dealt  with  you, 
 tt  prayse  him  with  feare  and  drede,  and  mag- 
 nifie  the  euerlastinge  kynge  in  youre  workes. 
 
 I  wil  prayse  him  euen  in  the  londe  of  my 
 captiuy1:e,  for  he  hath  shewed  his  maiesty 
 ^•nto  a  spifull  people.  Turne  you  therfore 
 O  ye  sjiiners,  and  do  righteousnes  before 
 God,  and  be  ye  sure,  that  he  wyl  shew  his 
 mercy  vpon  you.  As  for  me  j  my  soule,  we 
 ■wil  reioyse  in  God.  O  prayse  the  LORDE 
 all  ye  his  chosen,  holde  the  dayes  of  gladnesse, 
 and  be  thankfull  \iito  him.  -'  O  lerusalem 
 thou  cite  of  God,  the  LORDE  hath  punyshed 
 the  for  the  workes  of  thine  o^vne  handes.  O 
 prayse  the  LORDE  in  thy  good  thinges,  5 
 
 ''   Gen.  18.  a.  and  19.  a.    lud.  13.  c. 
 '  Deut.  32.  f.  1  Reg.  u.  b.  Sap.  16.  c.        /  2  Para.  6.  a. 
 
Cftap.  yiiij. 
 
 €i)t  bokt  of  Cobiasi. 
 
 fo,  luj. 
 
 geue  thankes  to  the  euerlastinge  God,  that  he 
 maye  builde  vp  his  tabernacle  agayne  in  f, 
 that  lie  maye  call  agayne  vnto  the,  all  soch  as 
 be  in  captiuyte,  and  that  thou  mayest  haue 
 ioye  for  euermore.  "  With  a  fayre  light  shalt 
 thou  shyne,  j  aU  y  endes  of  y  worlde  shal 
 honoure  the.  *  The  people  shal  come  vnto 
 the  from  farre,  they  shal  brings  giftes,  and 
 worships  f  LORDE  in  the,  and  thy  londe 
 shal  they  haue  for  a  Sanctuary,  for  they  shal 
 call  vpon  the  greate  name  in  the. 
 
 Cursed  shal  they  be  that  despyse  the,  5  all 
 they  that  blaspheme  the,  shal  be  condepned : 
 but  blessed  shal  they  be,  y  buylde  the  vp. 
 As  for  the,  thou  shalt  reioyse  in  y  childrc,  for 
 they  all  shalbe  blessed,  and  gathered  together 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  Blessed  are  they  all  y 
 loue  y,  and  be  glad  of  thy  peace.  Prayse 
 thou  the  LORDE  o  my  soule,  for  the  LORDE 
 oure  God  hath  delyuered  his  cite  lerusalem 
 from  all  hir  troubles.  I  wil  counte  my  self 
 happie,  yf  my  sede  remayne  to  se  f  clearnes 
 of  lerusale. 
 
 The  gates  of  lerusalem  shalbe  buylded 
 with  Saphyre  and  Smaragde,  and  all  the 
 copase  of  hir  walles  with  precious  stones."  All 
 hir  stretes  shalbe  paued  with  whyte  Marble 
 stone,  and  in  all  hir  stretes  shal  Alleluya  be 
 sunge.  Praysed  be  y  LORDE,  which  hath 
 exalted  her,  y  his  kyngdome  maye  be  vpon 
 her  for  euemiore.  Amen.  And  so  Tobias 
 made  an  eiide  of  his  talkynge. 
 
 Wife  viiij.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 AND  after  that  Tobias  had  gotte  his 
 sight  agayne,"*  he  lyued  two  and  xl. 
 yeares,  j  sawe  his  childers  children.  Now 
 whan  he  was  an  hundreth  and  two  yeare  olde, 
 he  dyed,  i  was  buried  honorably  in  Niniue. 
 For  whan  he  was  sixe  and  fiftie  yeares  of  age, 
 he  lost  the  sight  of  his  eyes,  and  wha  he  was 
 thre  score  yeare  olde,  he  gat  his  sight  agayne. 
 The  residue  of  his  life  led  he  in  ioye,  and 
 
 "  Luc.  2.  c.  '  Esa.  60.  a.        Mar.  8.  a.         Acto.  2.  a 
 
 '  Apo.  21.  c.  •<  lob  42.  c.        Psal.  127.  a. 
 
 increased  well  in  the  feare  of  God,  and  de- 
 parted in  peace. 
 
 But  in  y  houre  of  his  death  he  called  vnto 
 him  his  sonne  Tobias,  and  seuen  yonge  sprin- 
 galdes  his  sonnes  children,  and  sayde  \^lto 
 them :  The  destruccion  of  Niniue  is  at  hande,' 
 for  the  word  of  the  LORDE  can  not  fayle, 
 and  oure  brethren  that  are  scatred  out  of  the 
 londe  of  Israel,  shal  come  thither  agayne. 
 And  the  whole  londe  of  it  that  hath  bene 
 waist,  shalbe  fylled/  and  the  house  of  God 
 that  was  brent  in  it,  shalbe  buylded  againe,  (t 
 all  soch  as  feare  God  shall  returne  thither: 
 the  Heithen  also  shal  forsake  their  Idols,  (i 
 come  to  lerusalem,  and  dwell  there,  and  all 
 the  kynges  of  the  earth  shalbe  glad  of  her, 
 and  worshipe  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel. 
 
 And  therfore  my  children,  heare  youre 
 father:  Serue  the  LORDE  in  faithfulnes,^ 
 seke  after  his  will,  and  do  the  thinge  that 
 pleaseth  him.  Commaunde  youre  children  y 
 they  do  right,  geue  allmes,  be  myndefull  of 
 God,  and  euer  to  be  thankfull  vnto  him  in 
 trueth  and  with  all  their  power.  Heare  me 
 therfore  my  childre,  and  abyde  not  here :  but 
 in  what  daye  so  euer  ye  haue  buried  youre 
 mother  besyde  me,  gett  you  from  hence. 
 For  I  se,  that  the  wickednes  of  it  shal  brynge 
 it  to  destruccion  and  ende. 
 
 After  y  death  of  his  mother,  Tobias  de- 
 parted awaye  from  Niniue,  with  his  wife  and 
 children,  and  with  his  childers  children,  j 
 came  agayne  to  his  father  and  mother  in  lawe, 
 and  founde  them  whole  and  in  a  good  age, 
 and  toke  the  care  of  the.  And  he  closed 
 their  eyes,  and  was  heyre  vnto  all  Raguels 
 goodes,  and  sawe  the  fifth  generacion  and 
 childers  childre.  And  whan  he  was  xcix. 
 yeare  of  age,  he  dyed  in  the  feare  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  his  k}'nsfolkes  buried  him. 
 And  all  his  posterite  continued  in  a  good  life, 
 and  holy  conuersacion :  so  that  they  were 
 loued  (J  accepted  both  of  God  and  men,  and 
 of  all  the  people  of  the  londe. 
 
 "•Nau.  1.2.  3.       Soph.  2.  c.      /  1  Esd.  3.  6.      3Esd.5. 
 e  Deut.  6.  c.         1  Reg.  7.  a.         Josu.  24.  c. 
 
 ^)t  tixHt  of  tOf  hok£  of  iCobiasi. 
 
Zi)t  fiofee  of  3Jutrtt1^. 
 
 aaa&at  tftts  toke  wnt^pmti). 
 
 CJ)ap.  I. 
 Of  the  noble  cite  Egbathanis.     Of  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor  the  kynge  of  the  Assirians,  of  his  victory 
 and  power. 
 
 Cl)ap.   II. 
 
 The  vnsaciable  desyre  that  Nabuchodonosor  had 
 to  raigne  :  of  his  boost  5  tyranye. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 Dyuerse  kynges  and  prynces  yelde  them  selues 
 for   feare.     The  tyranny    of  Holofernes  and 
 pryde  of  the  kynge. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 The  lewes  are  afrayed  and  carefull  for  lerusalem 
 and  the  temple,  make  their  londe  stroge,  pre- 
 pare them  selues  to  the  battayll,  call  vpon 
 God  and  Eliachim  the  prest  comforteth  them. 
 
 Cljap.   V. 
 
 Holofernes  taketh  indignacion  at  the  children  of 
 Israel,  because  they  go  aboute  to  defende  them 
 selues.   Achior  beareth  wytnesse  to  the  trueth. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VI. 
 Achior  for  tellynge  the  trueth  is  take,  and  de- 
 lyuered  vnto  the   people  of  the  lewes  :  vnto 
 whom  he  telleth  all  the  matter,  which  moueth 
 the  people  to  crye  vpon  God. 
 
 €i)ap.   VII. 
 
 Holofernes  layeth  sege  to  Bethulia.  The  children 
 of  Israel  crye  vpon  God.  Holofernes  taketh 
 the  water  from  them,  so  that  they  in  the  cite 
 haue  greate  thyrst,  and  are  vnpacient.  Osias 
 comforteth  them,  and  appoynteth  fyue  dayes 
 to  the  grace  of  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 ludith  reproueth  the  elders  that  sett  a  tyme  to 
 the  mercy  of  God  ;  she  exorteth  the  people  to 
 araedemet  5  to  praier,  rehearseth  the  benefites 
 of  God,  and  telleth  them  hir  deuyce. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IX. 
 ludith  goeth  in  to  hir  oratory,  and  prayeth  fer- 
 uently  vnto  God,  for  the  deliuerauce  of  hir 
 people. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 ludith  decketh  herself  of  the  best  fashio,  taketh 
 hir  raayde  with  her,  5  goeth  forth  by  uight  in  to 
 Holofernes  tent. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XI. 
 ludith  telleth  Holofernes  the  cause  of  hir  co- 
 mynge,  which  pleaseth  him  well. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XII. 
 Holofernes   commaundeth  to  intreate  hir  well, 
 and  geueth  hir  liberty  to  go  in  and  out  to  hir 
 prayer,  maketh  a  greate  supper,  byddeth  hir 
 to  it,  and  is  dronken. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 ludith  seketh  oportunite,  prayeth  vnto  God  for 
 stregth,  smyteth  of  the  heade  of  droken  Holo 
 femes,  and  bryngeth  it  in  to  the  cite,  where 
 the  people  reioyse  and  prayse  God. 
 
 CJ^ap.  xini. 
 
 Holofernes  heade  is  stickte  vp  vpon  the  walles, 
 the  children  of  Israel  fall  vpon  their  enemies, 
 which  take  their  flight.  Achior  cometh  in  to 
 the  nombre  of  the  people  of  God. 
 
 C|ap.  XV. 
 
 Holofernes  boost  are  out  of  their  wyttes  after  his 
 death,  the  Israelites  folowe  vpo  the,  the  other 
 cities  of  Israel  helpe  them,  they  wynne  greate 
 spoyles,  (J  comede  ludith. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 ludith  syngeth  prayse  vnto  the  LORDE.    The 
 people  come  together  vnto  lerusale  to  geue 
 thankes  and  prayse  vnto  the  LORDE.     How 
 ludith  made  hir  ende. 
 
Clbap«  iih 
 
 €i)t  boht  of  Sulittfi, 
 
 So,  lb. 
 
 Cljt  first  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 ARPHAXAT  the  kynge  of  the  Medes 
 subdued  many  people  vnto  his  domi- 
 nion, (J  buylded  a  noble  stroge  cite,  which  he 
 called  Egbathanis.  The  waUes  of  it  made  he 
 of  fre  stone,  foure  squared,  seuetie  cubites 
 hye,  and  thirtie  cubites  brode.  He  made 
 towres  therevpon  of  an  hundreth  cubites  hye. 
 But  vpon  the  foure  comers  euery  syde  was 
 twentie  fote  brode.  He  made  the  portes  in 
 the  heith,  Hke  as  the  towres.  This  kynge 
 trusted  in  his  mightie  boost,  (j  in  his  glorious 
 charettes. 
 
 So  in  y  twolft  yeare  of  his  raigne  it  hap- 
 pened, that  Nabuchodonosor  f  kynge  of  the 
 Assirians  (which  raigned  in  the  greate  cite  ot 
 Niniue)  fought  agaynst  Arphaxat,  and  ouer- 
 came  hi  in  y  greate  felde  called  Ragau,  be- 
 syde  Euphrates  and  Tigris  and  ladason  in  the 
 felde  of  Erioth  the  kinge  of  the  Elikes. 
 
 Then  was  the  kyngdome  of  Nabuchodono- 
 sor exalted,  and  his  hert  was  lift  vp : "  and  he 
 sent  vnto  all  them  that  dwelt  in  Celicia,  in 
 Damascus,  in  Libanus,  and  vnto  the  Heithen 
 that  dwelt  in  Carmel  and  Cedar,  and  to  soch 
 as  dwelt  in  Gahle  in  the  greate  felde  of  Esz- 
 drelo,  to  aU  them  that  were  in  Samaria,  and 
 beyonde  the  water  of  lordane  vnto  Jerusalem 
 and  the  whole  londe  of  lesse  vnto  the  moun- 
 taynes  of  Ethiopia.  Vnto  all  these  dyd  Na- 
 buchodonosor the  kynge  of  y  Assirians  sende 
 messaungers.  But  they  all  with  one  consent 
 wolde  not  agree  vnto  him,  and  sent  the  mes- 
 saungers agayne  emptie,  and  put  the  awaye 
 without  honoure.  Then  Nabuchodonosor  the 
 kynge  toke  indignacio  at  all  those  londes,  and 
 sware  by  his  trone  a,  by  his  kyngdome,  that  he 
 wolde  be  auenged  of  all  these  countrees. 
 
 Wt)e  i).  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 IN  the  xiij.  yeare  of  kynge  Nabuchodono- 
 sor, vpon  the  xxij.  daye  of  y-  first  moneth, 
 it  was  deuysed  in  the  courte  of  Nabuchodo- 
 nosor y  kynge  of  the  Assirias,  that  he  wolde 
 defende  himself.  So  he  called  vnto  him  all  y 
 elders,  all  his  captaynes  and  men  of  warre, 
 and  shewed  them  his  secrete  councell,  and 
 tolde  them,  that  his  purpose  was,  to  brynge 
 the  whole  earth  vnder  his  domynion.  Now 
 whan  they  were  all  content  with  this  sayenge, 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kinge  called  Holofernes 
 
 the  chefe  captayne  of  his  warres  and  saide 
 vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye  forth  agaynst  all  the 
 kyngdomes  of  the  west  and  specially  agaynst 
 those  that  haue  despysed  my  commaunde- 
 ment.  *Thou  shalt  spare  no  realme,  all 
 stronge  cities  shalt  thou  brynge  in  subieccion 
 vnto  me. 
 
 Then  Holofernes  called  together  all  the 
 captaynes  j  rulers  of  all  the  power  in  Assiria, 
 and  mustred  the  soudyers  vnto  the  boost  (like 
 as  the  kynge  commaunded  him)  namely,  an 
 hundreth  and  twetye  thousande  fightinge 
 men  vpon  fote,  and  twolue  thousande  archers 
 vpon  horsebacke.  All  his  ordinaunce  sent  he 
 before  with  an  innumerable  multitude  of 
 camels,  so  that  the  boost  was  weO  prouyded 
 for  with  oxen,  and  small  catell,  and  y  without 
 nombre.  He  caused  come  to  be  prepared 
 out  of  all  Syria  for  his  boost.  Moch  golde  and 
 syluer  also  toke  he  out  of  the  kynges  house. 
 So  he  toke  his  ioumey,  he  and  all  his  boost, 
 with  charettes,  horsmen,  and  archers:  of 
 whom  there  were  so  many,  that  they  couered 
 the  grounde  of  the  lande,  like  the  gres- 
 hoppers. 
 
 And  whan  he  was  gone  past  the  borders  of 
 the  Assirians,  he  came  towarde  the  greate 
 mountaynes  of  Ange,  which  lye  vpon  the  left 
 syde  of  Celicia :  and  so  he  wente  vp  in  to  all 
 their  castels,  and  wanne  euery  stroge  holde. 
 As  for  y  welthy  citie  of  Melothus,  he  brake 
 it  downe,  g  spoyled  all  the  childre  of  Tharsis 
 and  the  IsmaeUtes,  which  laye  towarde  the 
 wyldemes  and  vpon  the  south  syde  of  f  londe 
 of  Chelon.  He  went  ouer  Euphrates  also, 
 and  came  in  to  Mesopotamia,  and  brake 
 downe  all  the  hye  cities  that  were  there,  from 
 the  broke  of  Mambre  tyll  a  man  come  to  the 
 see :  and  he  toke  the  borders  in  from  Celicia 
 vnto  the  coastes  of  laphet  towarde  the  south. 
 He  caried  awaye  all  the  Madianites,  and 
 spoyled  all  their  goodes :  %  who  so  euer  with- 
 stode  him,  he  slew  them  with  the  swerde. 
 After  this  he  wente  downe  in  to  the  felde  of 
 Damascus  in  the  tyme  of  haruest,  and  brent 
 vp  all  the  come  and  all  the  trees,  and  caused 
 the  vynes  to  be  cutt  downe.  And  the  feare 
 of  him  fell  vpon  all  them  that  dwelt  in  y  earth. 
 
 €;i)f  tij.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 SO   the  kynges  g  prynces   of  all  cities  a, 
 londes  sent  their  Embassitours  :  namely. 
 
jfo.  m. 
 
 CI)f  bobt  of  SulJitf). 
 
 Cftap.  iiij. 
 
 they  of  Syria  and  Mesopotamia,  Syria  Sobal 
 (t  Lybia  5  Celicia,  which  came  to  Holofernes, 
 (t  sayde :  Let  thy  wrath  ceasse  towarde  us : 
 It  is  better  for  vs  to  serue  the  greate  kynge 
 Nabuchodonosor  with  cure  lyues,  and  to  be 
 subiecte  vnto  the,  then  that  we  shulde  dye  and 
 be  slayne,  and  reeeaue  greater  hurte.  All  oure 
 cities  and  possessions,  all  mountaynes  and 
 hilles,  all  feldes,  greate  and  small  catell,  shepe, 
 goates,  horses,  and  camels,  all  oure  goodes 
 and  housholdes,  be  in  thy  power,  vnder  thy 
 subieccion  be  it  alltogether.  We  oure  selues 
 also  and  oure  children  w^lbe  thyne  owne, 
 come  vnto  vs  a  peccable  lorde,  and  vse  oure 
 seruyce  at  thy  pleasure. 
 
 Then  came  Holofernes  downe  from  the 
 mountaynes  with  horseme  d  greate  power, 
 and  conquered  all  stronge  fensed  cities,  and 
 all  that  dwelt  in  the  londe.  And  out  of  all 
 cities  he  toke  stronge  men,  (i  soch  as  were 
 mete  for  f  warre,  to  helpe  him.  There  came 
 soch  a  feare  also  vpon  those  countrees,  that 
 the  indwellers  of  all  the  cities,  the  prynces 
 and  rulers  (j  the  people  together,  "wete  forth  to 
 mete  him  as  he  came,  a,  receaued  him  honor- 
 ably with  garlandes  5  torches,  with  daunses, 
 tabrettes  and  pipes. 
 
 Neuertheles  though  they  dyd  this,  yet 
 might  they  not  swage  his  rigorous  stomak : 
 but  he  destroyed  their  cities,  (j  hewed  downe 
 their  woddes.  For  Nabuchodonosor  the  kynge 
 had  commaunded  him,  that  he  shulde  rote  out 
 all  the  goddes  of  the  londe  :  to  y  intent  that 
 he  onely  might  be  called  and  taken  for  God, 
 of  the  nacions  which  Holofernes  with  his 
 power  brought  vnder  him.  So  wente  he 
 thorow  Syria  Sobal,  and  thorow  all  Appamia, 
 and  all  Mesopotamia,  came  to  the  Idumeans 
 in  the  lode  of  Gabaa  and  Septopoli,  and  toke 
 their  cities,  and  remajTied  there  thirtie  dayes, 
 wherin  he  caused  all  the  whole  multitude  of 
 his  boost  to  be  gathered  together. 
 
 Cijc  ittj.  (IHjaptnr. 
 
 WHAN  the  children  of  Israel  y  dwelt  in 
 lewry  herde  this,  they  were  sore 
 afrayed  of  him.  There  came  soch  tremblinge 
 also  and  feare  vpon  them,  that  they  sorowed 
 he  shulde  do  vnto  the  cite  of  Jerusalem  and 
 the  temple  of  the  LORDE,  as  he  had  done 
 to  other  cities  (t.  their  temples.  So  they 
 sent   in  to  all    Samaria   roude  aboute  vnto 
 
 '  lericho,  toke  in  and  occupied  all  the  toppes 
 of  the  mountaynes,  made  fast  the  townes  with 
 
 'walles,  and  prepared  come  for  them  agaynst 
 the  battayll. 
 
 Eliachim  also  f  prest  wrote  vnto  all  the 
 that  dwelt  towarde  Eszdrelon  (which  lyeth 
 ouer  agaynst  y  greate  felde  by  Dotha  Im)  5 
 vnto  all  those  by  whom  men  might  haue  pas- 
 sage vnto  them,  that  they  shulde  take  in  the 
 wayes  of  the  mountaynes,  wherby  there 
 might  be  eny  waye  and  passage  to  lerusalem, 
 5  y  they  shulde  holde  diligent  watch,  where 
 eny  strate  waye  was  betwixte  y  moutaynes. 
 And  the  children  of  Israel  dyd,  as  Eliachim 
 the  prest  of  the  LORDE  had  commaunded 
 them.  *And  all  the  people,  cried  earnestly, 
 and  humbled  their  soules  with  fastinges  and 
 prayers,  they  and  their  wyues.  The  prestes 
 put  on  hayrie  clothes,  and  layed  the  yonge 
 babes  before  the  temple  of  the  LORDE,  and 
 couered  the  aulter  of  the  LORDE  with  an 
 hayrie  clothe.  And  with  one  acorde  cried 
 they  vnto  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  that 
 their  children  shulde  not  be  geuen  in  to  a 
 pray,  and  their  wyues  in  to  a  spoyle,  y  their 
 cities  shulde  not  be  layed  waist,  5  y  their 
 Sanctuary  shulde  not  be  vnhalowed,  and  so 
 they  to  be  a  shame  and  rebuke  vnto  the 
 Heithen. 
 
 Then  Eliachim  the  hye  prestof  the  LORDE 
 wente  rounde  aboute  all  Israel,  and  spake 
 vnto  them,  sayenge :  Be  ye  sure,  y  the 
 LORDE  wil  heare  youre  peticions,  yf  ye  c6- 
 tynue  stedfast  in  fastinges  and  prayers  in  f 
 sight  of  the  LORDE.  Remembre  Moses 
 the  seruaunte  of  the  LORDE,  which  "^ouer- 
 threw  y  Amalechites  (that  trusted  in  their 
 might  d  power,  in  their  boost,  in  their  shildes 
 in  their  charettes  5  horsmen)  not  with  weapens 
 but  with  holy  prayers.  Euen  so  shal  all  the 
 enemies  of  Israel  be,  yf  ye  contynue  in  this 
 worke,  that  ye  haue  begonne.  So  vpon  this 
 exortacion  they  contynued  in  prayer  before 
 the  LORDE :  In  so  moch  that  they  which 
 offred  brent  sacrifices  viito  the  LORDE,  offred 
 the  oftringes  vnto  y  LORDE,  beynge  arayed 
 in  hayrie  clothes,  and  had  aszshes  vpon  their 
 heades.  And  they  all  besought  God  from 
 their  whole  hert,  y  he  wolde  vyset  his  people 
 of  Israel. 
 
 t:i)e  b.  €i)apttr. 
 ND  worde  came  to  Holofernes  the  prynce 
 of  the  warres  of   the   Assyriiis,  y  the 
 
 A 
 
Cftap.  b. 
 
 Cbe  bokt  of  3iiiiitl)» 
 
 fo.  mu 
 
 childrt'  of  Israel  prepared  them  selues  to  make 
 resistaunce,  (j  how  they  had  stopped  the  wayes 
 betwixte  the  mountaynes.  Then  was  he  ex- 
 ceadinge  wroth,  (j  called  all  the  prynces  of 
 Moab,  a  the  captaines  of  Ammon,  5  sayde 
 viito  them :  Tell  me,  what  people  is  this,  y 
 kepeth  in  the  moiitaynes  ?  Or  what  maner  of 
 cities  are  they  ?  What  is  their  power  ?  Or 
 what  maner  of  hoost  haue  they?  Who  is  their 
 captayne?  And  why  do  they  "despyse  vs  (more 
 then  all  those  that  dwell  in  the  east)  and  come 
 not  forth  to  mete  vs,  y  they  might  receaue  vs 
 with  peace  ? 
 
 Then  Achior  the  *captayne  of  all  the  Am- 
 monites answered,  and  sayde :  Syr,  yf  it  please 
 the  to  heare  me,  I  wil  tell  the  trueth  before 
 the  concernynge  this  people  that  dwell  in  the 
 mountaynes,  and  there  shal  no  lye  go  out  of 
 my  mouth. 
 
 This  people  is  of  the  generacion  of  the 
 Caldees,"  they  dwelt  first  in  Mesopotamia,  for 
 they  wolde  not  folowe  y  goddes  of  their  fathers 
 that  were  in  the  londe  of  the  Caldees,  5  so 
 forsoke  they  the  customes  of  their  fore  fathers 
 (which  had  many  goddes)  and  worshipped  one 
 God,  that  made  heaue  and  earth  :  which  also 
 commaunded  them  that  they  shulde  go  from 
 thence,  and  dwell  at  Haran.  Now  whan  there 
 came  a  derth''  in  to  y-  whole  londe,  they  wente 
 downe  to  Egipte,  5  there  they  dwelt  foure 
 hundreth  yeares,  in  y-  which  they  multiplied  so 
 greatly,  that  their  hoost  might  not  be  nombred. 
 And  whan  the  kynge  of  Egipte  oppressed 
 them,'  and  subdued  the  in  buyldinge  of  his 
 cities  with  makynge  of  claye  5  brick,  they 
 cried  vnto  God  their  LORDE,  which  pun- 
 yshed  the  whole  londe  of  Egipte  with  dyuerse 
 plages. 
 
 Now  whan  the  kynge  of  Egipte  let  the  go 
 their  waye,-'  5  the  plage  ceassed,  j  then  folowed 
 after  the,  to  take  the,  (j  to  brynge  the  agayne 
 in  to  his  seruyce,  whyle  they  were  flyenge 
 awaye,  the  God  of  heaue  opened  y  see,  so  y 
 the  waters  stode  fast  vpon  both  the  sydes  as  a 
 wall,  (J  these  wente  thorow  the  botome  of  the 
 see  drye  shod.  In  the  which  place  whii  an  in- 
 numerable people  of  the  Egipcians  folowed 
 vpon  them,  they  were  so  ouerwhelmed  with 
 the  waters,  that  there  remayned  not  one,  to 
 tell  the  that  came  after,  how  it  happened. 
 
 "  ludit.  3.  b.  'ludit.  11.  b.  '  Gen.  U.  d. 
 
 'Gen.  41.  g.  and  46.  a.    Exodi  1.  a.  and  12.  f.     Galat.  3.  c. 
 Exodi  1.  b.  and  5.  b.  /  Exo.  12.  c.  and  14.  b. 
 
 So  whan  this  people  was  passed  thorow  the 
 reed  see,  they  came  in  to  the  wildernes  of  the 
 mount  Synai,  where  neuer  man  might  dwell 
 afore,  s  where  the  sonne  of  ma  had  neuer 
 rested.  ^There  were  y  bytter  waters  made 
 swete  for  the,  that  they  might  drynke,  5  xl. 
 yeares  had  they  meate  from  heaue.  Where 
 so  euer  they  wente  (without  bo  we  5  arowe, 
 without  bukler  or  swerde)  their  God  fought 
 for  the,  5  caused  the  to  haue  the  victory.  Yee 
 no  man  was  able  to  hurte  this  people,  ex 
 cepte  it  were  so,  y  they  departed  vnfaithfully 
 from  f  worshippinge  of  the  LORDE  their 
 God.  But  as  oft  as  they  worshipped''  eny  other 
 besyde  their  God,  he  gaue  them  ouer  to  be 
 spoyled,  to  be  slayne,  j  to  be  put  to  confucion. 
 Neuertheles  as  oft  as  they  were  sory  for  de- 
 partynge  from  the  worshipe  of  their  God,  the 
 same  God  of  heauen  gaue  them  power  j 
 stregth  to  withstode  their  enemies. 
 
 Morouer  they  slew  the  kynge  of  the  Cana- 
 nites,  lebusites,  Pherezites,  Ethites,  Euites  (j 
 Amorites,'  d  all  y  mightie  in  Hesebon,  (t  toke 
 their  lodes  a  cities  in  possession :  and  so  longe 
 as  they  synned  not  in  y  sight  of  their  God,  it 
 wete  well  with  them,  for  their  God  hateth  vn- 
 righteousnesse.  For  in  tymes  past  whan  they 
 wente  out  of  y  waye,*  which  God  had  geuen 
 them,  y  they  shulde  walke  in  it,  they  were 
 destroyed  in  dyuerse  battayles  of  many 
 nacions,  {t  many  of  them  were  caried  awaye 
 presoners  into  a  straiige  coutre.  But  now 
 lately  they  haue  turned  the  selues  agayne  vnto 
 the  LORDE  their  God,  5  are  come  together 
 agayne'  out  of  the  countrees  where  they  were 
 scatred  abrode  :  and  thus  haue  they  coquered 
 these  mountaynes  5  dwell  therin  :  5  as  for 
 lerusalem  where  their  Sanctuary  is,  they  haue 
 it  againe  in  possession. 
 
 And  therfore  my  lorde,  make  diliget  inqui- 
 sicion,  yf  this  people  haue  done  wickednesse 
 in  the  sight  of  their  God,  then  let  vs  go  vp 
 agaynst  them,  for  doutles  their  God  shal  de- 
 lyuer  them  in  to  thy  handes,  (t  subdue  them 
 vnto  y  power.  But  yf  this  people  haue  not 
 displeased  their  God,  we  shal  not  be  able  to 
 withstande  them,  for  their  God  shal  defende 
 the,"  I  so  shall  we  be  a  shame  to  all  y  worlde. 
 
 Now  whan  Achior  had  spoken  out  these 
 wordes,  all  the  prynces  of  Holofernes  were 
 
 e  Exo.  15.  d.  Exo.  16.  f.  Deut.  8.  1 
 Nu.'Jl.  a.  losu,  12.  *  4  Re. 25. 
 
 "  Iudit.6.  c. 
 
 *Iudit.2.  3.4. 
 '  1  Esd.  1.  a. 
 
 dF 
 
jTo.  Ibiij. 
 
 Cl)f  hok(  of  3ulJitft. 
 
 Cftap.  bu 
 
 wroth,  (I  thought  to  slaye  him,  5  sayde  one  to 
 another:  what  is  he  this,  which  darre  saie,  y 
 f  childre  of  Israel  are  able  to  withstode  Na- 
 buchodonosor  the  kynge  t  his  boost?  where 
 as  they  arc  an  vnwapened  people,  without 
 stregth  or  vnderstodinge  of  y  fettes  of  warre  !* 
 That  Achior  therfore  maye  knowe,  y  he  hath 
 disceaued  vs,  we  wil  go  vp  in  to  f  moutaynes : 
 5  whan  the  mightie  men  of  the  are  taken,  he 
 also  shalbe  stickte  with  the  swerde,  y  all  people 
 maye  knowe,  that  Nabuchodonosor  is  the  God 
 of  the  earth,  and  that  there  is  none  other 
 without  him. 
 
 CIjc  bi.  €i)aptcr. 
 
 SO  whan  they  had  left  of  speakinge,  Holo- 
 fernes  toke  sore  indignacion,  5  sayde 
 vnto  Achior.  For  so  moch  as  thou  hast 
 prophecied  vnto  vs,  sayenge :  that  the 
 people  of  Israel  "shalbe  defended  of  their 
 God,  I  will  shew  the,  that  there  is  no  God 
 but  Nabuchodonosor.  Yee  whan  we  slaye 
 them  all  as  one  man,  *thou  also  shalt  perish 
 with  them  thorow  the  swerde  of  the  Assirians, 
 (J  all  Israel  shal  be  destroyed  with  the,  5  the 
 shalt  thou  fele,  that  Nabuchodonosor  is  the 
 LORDE  of  the  whole  earth.  The  shal  the 
 swerde  of  my  knyghthode  go  thorow  thy 
 sydes,  j  thou  shalt  fall  downe  stickte  amonge 
 the  wounded  of  Israel,  (j  shalt  not  come  to 
 thy  self  agayne,  but  be  v-tterly  destroyed  with 
 the.  But  yf  thou  thynkest  thy  prophecy  to 
 be  true,  why  dost  thou  then  chaunge  thy 
 eoloure  ?  why  art  thou  afrayed  ?  Thynkest 
 thou  that  my  wordes  are  not  able  to  be  per- 
 fourmed  ?  But  that  thou  mayest  knowe,  that 
 thou  shalt  fele  these  thinges  with  the,  be- 
 holde,  from  this  houre  forth  wyll  I  sende  the 
 vnto  yonder  people,  that  whan  the  punysh- 
 ment  of  my  swerde  (which  they  haue  worthely 
 deserued)  falleth  vpon  them,  thou  mayest  be 
 punyshed  with  them. 
 
 So  Holofemes  comaunded  his  seruauntes 
 to  take  Achior,  a  to  cary  him  vnto  Bethulia, 
 and  to  delyuer  him  in  to  the  handes  of  the 
 children  of  Israel.  Then  Holofemes  ser- 
 uaiites  toke  him,  s  wete  thorow  the  playne 
 felde.  But  whan  they  drew  nye  vnto  the 
 mountaynes,  the  slynge  casters  came  out 
 agaynst  them :  Neuertheles  they  gat  them 
 awaye  by  the  syde  of  the  mountayne,  i 
 bounde  Acliior  hand  j  fote  to  a  tre,  5  so  left 
 
 him  bounde  with  wythies,  d  turned  agayne 
 vnto  their  lorde. 
 
 Notwithstodinge  the  children  of  Israel 
 wente  downe  fro  Bethulia,  came  vnto  him, 
 lowsed  him,  brought  him  to  Bethulia,  set  him 
 in  the  myddest  of  the  people,  and  axed  him 
 what  the  matter  was,  that  the  Assirias  had 
 left  him  bounde. 
 
 Osias  the  sonne  of  Micha  of  the  trybe  of 
 Symeon,  a,  Charmim  (which  is  also  called 
 Gothoniel)  were  the  pryncipall  rulers  at  the 
 same  tyme.  Now  whan  Achior  stode  in  the 
 myddest  of  the  Senatours,  5  before  the  all, 
 he  tolde  them,  'what  answere  he  gaue  Holo- 
 femes, to  the  thinge  that  he  axed  him,  and 
 how  Holofemes  people  wolde  haue  slayne 
 him  for  so  sayenge,  s  how  Holofemes  himself 
 was  wroth,  (i  comaunded  him  for  the  same 
 cause  to  be  delyuered  vnto  y  Israelites  :  that 
 whan  he  ouercame  the  childre  of  Israel  he 
 might  commaunde  Achior  also  to  be  put  to 
 death  with  dyuerse  tormentes,  because  he 
 sayde :  ''  the  God  of  heauen  is  their  defender. 
 
 And  wha  Achior  had  playnely  tolde  out 
 all  these  thinges,  all  the  people  fell  downe 
 vpon  their  faces,  praysinge  the  LORDE,  and 
 poured  out  their  prayers  together  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  with  a  generaU  complaynte  5 
 wepynge,  g  sayde :  O  LORDE  God  of 
 heauen  j  earth,  beholde  their  prj'de,  5  loke 
 vpon  cure  lowlynes,  5  cosidre  how  it  standeth 
 with  thy  sayntes,  5  make  it  to  be  knowne,  y 
 thou  forsakest  not  those,  which  holde  them 
 fast  by  the,  5  how  y  thou  bringest  the  lowe,  y 
 presume  of  the  seines,  (j  make  their  boast  in 
 their  owne  strength.  So  whan  the  wepinge 
 and  prayer  of  the  people  (which  they  had 
 made  the  whole  daye  longe)  was  ended,  they 
 coforted  Achior,  sayege :  the  God  of  oure 
 fathers,  whose  power  d  strength  thou  hast 
 praysed,  shall  so  rewarde  the,  y  thou  shalt 
 rather  se  their  destraccion.  Whan  y  LORDE 
 oure  God  then  shall  geue  his  seruauntes  this 
 liberte,  God  be  with  the  also  amonge  vs  :  so 
 y  if  it  please  f,  thou  with  thyne  mayest  dwell 
 with  vs. 
 
 Now  whan  Osias  had  ended  the  councell, 
 he  toke  him  in  to  his  house,  and  made  a 
 greate  supper,  called  all  the  elders  to  it,  5  so 
 they  refreszshed  them  selues  after  the  fastinge. 
 And  afterwarde  was  all  the  people  called  to- 
 gether, which  made  their  prayers  all  the  night 
 
 ludit.  5.  f. 
 
 »  ludit.  5.  a. 
 
Cibap*  btj. 
 
 €in  Ijofee  of  Siliiiitft. 
 
 Jfo-  Iir. 
 
 longe  in  the  congregacion,  and  besought  the 
 God  of  Israel  for  helpe. 
 
 Ci^e  bij.  Cijapter. 
 
 THE  next  daye  Holofernes  commaunded 
 his  boost,  to  go  vp  agaynst  Bethulia. 
 There  were  "an  C.  5  xx.  thousande  figh tinge 
 men  on  fote,  5  two  5  twentie  thousande 
 horsme,  besyde  the  preparynge  of  them  y 
 were  wonne,  {t  came  to  them  on  euei-y  syde 
 out  of  the  countrees  5  cities  which  he  had 
 take.  All  these  prepared  them  selues  vnto 
 the  battayll  agaynst  the  Israelites,  and  came 
 on  by  the  hyll  syde,  vnto  the  topp  that  loketh 
 ouer  agaynst  Dothaim,  from  the  place  which 
 is  called  Belma,  vnto  Chelmon  y  lyeth  to- 
 warde  Eszdrelon. 
 
 Now  whan  the  childre  of  Israel  sawe  so 
 greate  a  multitude  of  the  Assirians,  they  fell 
 downe  flat  vpon  y  grounde,  strowed  aszshes 
 vpon  their  heades,  1  prayed  with  one  acorde, 
 y  the  God  of  Israel  wolde  shew  his  mercy 
 vpon  his  people.  And  so  they  toke  their 
 weapens,  (j  sat  betwixte  the  mountaynes  in  f 
 narow  place,  5  kepte  the  waye  daye  j  night. 
 But  whyle  Holofernes  was  goinge  aboute,  he 
 founde  the  water  springe,  which  from  the 
 south  syde  was  conueyed  in  to  the  cite  by  a 
 condyte :  this  comaunded  he  to  be  directe 
 another  waye,  5  to  cut  their  condite  in  sunder. 
 There  were  welles  also  not  farre  from  the 
 walles,  which  they  vsed  secretly,  more  for 
 pleasure  then  for  necessite. 
 
 Then  wente  the  Ammonites  5  the  Moabites 
 vnto  Holofernes,  and  sayde  :  The  children  of 
 Israel  trust  nether  in  speare  ner  arowe,  but 
 haue  taken  in,  and  kepe  the  mountaynes  and 
 hUles.  That  thou  mayest  ouercome  them 
 therfore  without  y  strykynge  of  eny  battayll, 
 sett  me  to  kepe  the  welles,  that  they  drawe 
 no  water  out  of  them  :  so  shalt  thou  destroye 
 the  without  swerde,  or  at  the  least  they  shall 
 be  so  feble,  that  they  must  be  fayne  to  geue 
 ouer  the  cite,  which  they  thinke  not  able  to 
 be  wone,  for  so  moch  as  it  lieth  in  the  moii- 
 taynes.  These  wordes  pleased  Holofernes 
 well  and  all  his  men  of  warre,  and  he  'set  an 
 hundreth  men  at  euery  well  rounde  aboute. 
 
 And  whan  this  watch  had  endured  twentye 
 dayes,  the  Cisternes  and  all  that  had  water, 
 fayled  them  that  dwelt  in  the  cite  of  Bethulia, 
 
 so  that  in  y  whole  cite  they  had  not  drynke 
 ynough  for  one  daye,  for  the  people  had  water 
 geuen  them  dayUe  in  a  measure.  Then  came 
 the  men  and  women,  yonge  personnes  and 
 children  all  vnto  Osias,  and  sayde  all  with  one 
 voyce :  "  God  be  iudge  betwixte  vs  and  the, 
 for  thou  hast  dealt  euell  with  vs :  thou  woldest 
 not  speake  peaceably  with  the  kynge  of  the 
 Assirians,  therfore  hath  God  solde  vs  in  their 
 handes,  and  there  is  no  man  to  helpe  vs, 
 where  as  we  are  brought  downe  before  their 
 eyes  in  thirste  and  gi-eate  destruccion.  Ther- 
 fore gather  now  together  all  the  people  that 
 be  in  the  cite,  that  we  maye  all  yelde  oure 
 selues  wyllingly  vnto  f  people  of  Holofernes : 
 for  better  it  is  y  we  be  captyue  and  prayse 
 the  LORDE  with  oure  lyues,  then  to  be 
 slayne  and  perishe,  and  to  be  laughed  to 
 scorne  5  shamed  of  euery  man  whan  we  se 
 oure  wyues  and  children  dye  before  oure  eyes. 
 We  take  heauen  (j  earth  this  daye  to  recorde, 
 and  the  God  of  oure  fathers  (which  punysheth 
 vs  acordinge  to  the  deseruynge  of  oure  synnes) 
 and  geue  you  warnynge,  y  ye  geue  vp  the 
 cite  now  in  to  f  power  of  Holofernes  boost, 
 that  oure  ende  maye  be  shorte  with  the 
 swerde,  which  els  shal  endure  longe  for  wante 
 of  water  and  for  thirst. 
 
 Whan  they  had  spoke  out  these  wordes, 
 there  was  a  greate  wepynge  and  howlynge  in 
 the  whole  congregacion,  and  that  of  euery 
 man,  and  they  cryed  an  whole  houre  longe 
 vnto  God  with  one  voice,  sayenge :  we  haue 
 synned  with  oure  fathers,''  we  haue  done 
 amysse,  we  haue  dealt  wickedly.  Thou  y  art 
 gracious,  haue  mercy  vpon  vs,  punysh  oure 
 vnrighteousnes  with  thine  owne  scourge,  and 
 geue  not  those  ouer  that  knowlege  the,  vnto 
 a  people  which  knoweth  the  not,  lest  they 
 saye  amonge  the  Heithen :  "where  is  their 
 God? 
 
 And  whan  they  were  so  weery  with  this 
 crienge  and  wepynge,  that  they  nelde  their 
 tunges,  Osias  stode  vp  with  watrye  eyes,  and 
 sayde :  -'^O  take  good  hertes  vnto  you  (deare 
 brethren)  and  be  of  good  cheare,  and  let  vs 
 wayte  yet  these  fyue  dayes  for  mercy  of  the 
 LORDE :  peraduenture  he  shal  cut  awaye 
 his  indignacion,  and  geue  glory  \Tito  his  name. 
 But  )'f  he  helpe  vs  not  whan  these  fyue 
 dayes  are  past,  we  shall  do  as  ye  haue 
 sayde. 
 
]fo.  h\ 
 
 C1)C  bofet  of  Slifiiitl). 
 
 CJjap.  btij. 
 
 9 
 
 A' 
 
 W^e  biij.  CljapUr. 
 
 ND   it    happened   whan    these    wordes 
 
 _  came  to  the  eares  of  ludith  a  wj'ddow, 
 
 which  was  the  daughter  of  Merari,  the  sonne 
 of  Idox,  the  Sonne  of  loseph,  the  sonne  of 
 Osias,  the  sonne  of  Elai,  y  sonne  of  lammor, 
 the  Sonne  of  ledeon,  the  sonne  of  Raphoim, 
 the  sonne  of  Achitob,  the  sonne  of  Melchia, 
 the  sonne  of  Euam,  y  sonne  of  Nathania,  the 
 sonne  of  Salathiel,  f  sonne  of  Symeon,  the 
 sonne  of  Ruben.  And  hir  huszbande  was 
 called  Manasses,  which  dyed  in  the  dayes  of 
 the  barlye  haruest.  For  whyle  he  was  bynd- 
 inge  f  sheeues  together  in  the  felde,  the 
 heate  came  vpon  his  heade,  and  he  dyed  at 
 Bethulia  his  cite,  and  there  was  he  buried 
 beside  his  fathers.  Now  was  ludith  his  deso- 
 late wyddow  thre  yeares  5  six  monethes. 
 And  in  the  hyer  partes  of  hir  house  she  made 
 hirself  a  preuy  chambre,  where  she  dwelt, 
 beynge  closed  in  with  hir  maydes.  She  ware 
 a  smock  of  hayre,  and  fasted  all  the  dayes  of 
 hir  life,  excepte  the  Sabbathes,  and  new 
 moones  5  the  solempne  dayes  that  the  people 
 of  Israel  kepte.  She  was  a  very  fayre  and 
 beutyfiill  personue.  Hyr  husbande  also  had 
 lefte  her  greate  riches,  a  plenteous  housholde, 
 greate  vnmoueable  possessions  and  many 
 catell.  This  ludith  was  a  woman  of  a  very 
 reporte  with  euery  one,  for  she  feared 
 the  LORDE  greatly,  and  there  was  no  body 
 that  speake  an  euell  worde  of  her. 
 
 Wha  this  ludith  herde,  how  Osias  had 
 promised  the  people,  "that  after  the  f}^e  daye 
 he  wolde  geue  vp  f  cite  vnto  the  Assirians, 
 she  sent  for  the  elders  Chambri  and  Charmin : 
 and  whan  they  came  to  her,  she  sayde :  what 
 thinge  is  this,  wherin  Osias  hath  consented,  y 
 yf  God  helpe  not  within  fyue  dayes,  he  wil 
 geue  ouer  the  cite  to  the  Assirians?  What 
 are  ye,  that  ye  tempte  the  LORDE  ?  This 
 deuyce  optayneth  no  mercy  of  God,  but  pro- 
 uoketh  him  vnto  wrath  and  displeasure.  Wyl 
 ye  set  the  mercy  of  f  LORDE  a  tyme,  ^ 
 appoynte  him  a  daye  after  youre  wyll  ? 
 
 Neuertheles  for  so  moch  as  the  LORDE 
 is  pacient,  let  vs  rather  amende  oure  selues, 
 pouringe  out  teares,  and  besekynge  him  of 
 gi-ace.  *For  God  threateneth  not  as  a  ma, 
 nether  wyll  he  be  prouoked  vnto  wrath  as  the 
 
 children  of  men.  And  therfore  let  vs  hertely 
 fall  downe  before  him,  and  serue  him  with  a 
 meke  sprete,  and  with  wepynge  eyes  saye  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  that  he  deale  with  vs  acordinge 
 to  his  owne  wyll  and  mercy:  that  like  as  oure 
 hert  is  now  vexed,  5  brought  lowe  thorow  the 
 pryde  of  them,  it  maye  so  be  comforted  thorow 
 his  grace :  in  so  moch  as  we  folowe  not  the 
 synnes  of  oure  fathers,  which  forsoke  their 
 God,  5  worshipped  other  goddes :  'for  the 
 which  synne  they  perished  with  the  swerde, 
 were  spoyled  (j  brought  to  shame  of  all  their 
 enemies.  As  for  vs,  we  knowe  none  other 
 God  but  onely  him,  for  whose  coforte  let  vs 
 tarry  with  mekenesse.  He  shall  requyre  and 
 make  ''inquisicion  for  oure  bloude,  from  the 
 vexacions  of  oure  enemies :  he  shal  brynge 
 downe  all  the  Heithen,  that  ryse  vp  agaynst 
 vs,  and  put  them  to  dishonoure,  eue  the 
 LORDE  oure  God. 
 
 Therfore  deare  brethren,  seinge  ye  are  the 
 honorable  and  elders  in  the  people  of  God, 
 vnto  whom  all  f  people  haue  respecte,  and 
 vpon  whom  the  life  of  the  people  stondeth, 
 lift  vp  their  hertes  with  youre  exortacion,  y 
 they  maye  call  to  remembraunce,  how  oure 
 *  fathers  also  in  tymes  past  were  tempted,  y 
 they  might  be  proued,  yf  they  worshipped 
 their  God  a  right.  They  ought  to  remebre. 
 •'^how  oure  father  Abraham  beinge  tempted, 
 and  tryed  thorow  many  tribulacions,  was 
 founde  a  louer  and  frende  of  God.  So  was 
 ^Isciac,  so  was  lacob,  so  was  Moses,  and  all 
 they  that  pleased  God,  beinge  tryed  thorow 
 many  troubles,  were  foude  stedfast  in  faith. 
 Agayne,  they  that  receaued  not  their  tenta- 
 cions  with  the  feare  of  God,  but  put  the  selues 
 ''forth  with  vnpaciency  and  munnurynge 
 agaynst  God,  perished  of  the  destroyer,  and 
 were  slayne  of  serpentes.  And  therfore  shulde 
 not  we  vndertake  to  be  auenged,  for  the 
 thinge  that  is  done  vnto  vs :  but  to  considre, 
 that  all  these  punyshmentes  are  farre  lesse 
 then  oure  synnes  d  myszdedes :  Beleuynge 
 also,  that  this  correccion  commeth  vnto  vs 
 (as  to  the  'seruauntes  of  God)  for  amendment, 
 and  not  for  oure  destruccion. 
 
 Then  sayde  Osias  5  the  elders  vnto  ludith:  i£ 
 All  that  thou  speakest,  is  true,  and  no  ma 
 can  reproue  thy  wordes.      Praie  thou  for  vs 
 now  therfore  vnto  God,  for  thou  art  an  holy 
 
 "ludit.  7.e.       »  lere.  18.  a.  and  25.  a.        '  luUic.  2.  b.       1/ Gen.  17.  a.  and  2'2.  a.     e  Gen.  28.  b.  Pro.S.b.  Heb.12.  a. 
 4.  a.  6.  a.         ■<  Deut.  32.  e.  <  Deu.  8.  a.  2  Par.  32.  f .  |     |      "  Nu.  11.  a.  and  21.  a.    1  Cor.  10.  a.  '  Rom.  8.  d. 
 
Cfiap*  V' 
 
 €ht  bokt  of  Siilrtti). 
 
 ffo.  hi. 
 
 woma,  and  fearest  God.  And  ludith  sayde 
 vnto  them :  "  Seynge  ye  knowe,  that  my 
 wordes  are  of  God,  then  proue  my  councell 
 and  deuice,  yf  it  be  of  God :  and  beseke  God, 
 that  he  wyll  brjmge  my  councell  to  a  good 
 ende. 
 
 Thus  haue  I  deuysed:  'Ye  shal  stode  this 
 night  before  the  porte,  and  I  wyll  go  forth 
 with  Abra  my  mayde :  Praye  ye  therfore  vnto 
 God,  that  he  wyl  graciously  remebre  his  peo- 
 ple of  Israel  within  fyue  dales,  as  ye  haue 
 sayde.  As  for  the  thinge  that  I  go  in  hande 
 withall,  axe  ye  no  questions  of  it,  tyll  I  open 
 it  vnto  you  myself:  do  ye  nothinge  els,  but 
 praye  vnto  the  LORDE  youre  God  for  me. 
 Then  Osias  the  prynce  of  the  people  of  luda 
 sayde  vnto  her:  Go  thy  waye  in  peace,  the 
 LORDE  be  with  the,  that  we  maye  be 
 auenged  of  oure  enemies,  And  so  they  wente 
 from  her  agayne. 
 
 €l)i  If.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 NOW  wha  they  were  gone  their  way, 
 ludith  wente  in  to  hir  oratory,  put  on 
 an  hayrie  smock,  strowed  aszhes  vpon  hir 
 heade,  fell  downe  before  the  LORDE,  and 
 cryed  vnto  him,  sayenge :  O  LORDE  God 
 of  my  father  'Symeon,  which  gauest  him  a 
 swerde  for  a  defence  agaynst  the  enemies, 
 that  vsed  violence  and  wilfulnes,  and  that 
 rauyshed  y  vyrgin  and  put  her  to  dishonesty. 
 Thou  that  gauest  their  wiues  in  to  a  praye, 
 and  their  daughters  in  to  captiuyte,  and  all 
 their  praye  for  a  spoyle  vnto  thy  seruauntes, 
 which  bare  a  zele  vnto  the,  helpe  me  wyddow, 
 O  LORDE  my  God,  I  beseke  y.  •  For  thou 
 hast  done  all  thinges  from  the  begynnynge, 
 and  loke  what  thcu  hast  taken  in  hande  and 
 deuysed,  it  came  euer  to  passe.  For  all  thy 
 wayes  are  prepared,  5  thy  iudgmentes  are 
 done  in  thy  euerlastinge  fore  knowlege.  O 
 loke  now  vpon  the  armyes  of  the  Assirians, 
 like  as  it  was  thy  pleasure  somtyme  to  loke 
 vpon  the  boost  of  the  ''Egipcians,  whan  they 
 beynge  weapened,  persecuted  thy  seruauntes, 
 (5  put  their  trust  in  their  charettes,  horsmen, 
 and  in  the  multitude  of  their  men  of  warre. 
 But  thou  lokedest  vpon  their  boost,  castinge 
 a  thick  darcknes  before  them:  and  whan  they 
 came  in  to  the  depe,  the  waters  ouerwhelmed 
 them. 
 
 "  1  Cor.  14.  d.    1  loh.  4.  a.   1  Teas.  5.  c.       »  ludit.  10.  b. 
 '  Gen.  34.  d.        ''  Ezo.  14.  c.        '  Psal.  45.  b. 
 
 Eue  so  LORDE  let  it  go  with  these,  that 
 trust  in  y  power  and  multitude  of  their  men 
 of  warre,  in  their  charettes, '  arowes  %  speares, 
 and  knowe  not,  that  thou  onely  art  oure  God, 
 which  destroyest  warres  from  the  begynnynge, 
 and  that  thou  art  the  LORDE.  O  lift  vp 
 thine  arme  now  like  as  euer  from  f  begyn^ 
 nynge,  and  in  thy  power  brynge  their  power 
 to  naught,  cause  their  might  to  fall  in  thy 
 wrath.  They  make  their  boast,  y  they  wyl 
 vnhalowe  and  defyle  thy  Sanctuary,  and  to 
 waist  the  tabernacle  of  thy  name,  and  to  cast 
 downe  the  borne  of  thine  aulter  with  their 
 swerde.  Brynge  to  passe  (0  LORDE)  y  the 
 pryde  of  the  enemye  maye  be  cut  downe  with 
 his  owne  swerde :  that  he  maie  be  taken 
 with  the  snare  of  his  eyes  in  me,  and  y  thou 
 mayest  smyte  him  with  the  lippes  of  my  loue. 
 O  geue  me  a  stedfast  mynde,  that  I  maye 
 despyse  him  and  his  strength,  and  that  I 
 maye  destroye  him. 
 
 This  shal  brynge  thy  name  an  euerlastinge 
 remebraunce,  yf  the  hande  of  a  woman  •'^ouer- 
 throwe  him.  For  thy  power  (O  LORDE) 
 stondeth  not  in  y  power  of  men,  nether  hast 
 thou  eny  pleasure  in  the  stregth  of  horses 
 There  was  neuer  proude  personne  that  pleased 
 the,  but  in  the  prayer  of  the  humble  and 
 meke  hath  thy  pleasure  bene  euermore. 
 
 O  thou  God  of  the  heauens,  thou  maker  of 
 the  waters,  and  LORDE  of  all  creatures, 
 heare  me  poore  woman,  callynge  vpon  the, 
 and  puttynge  my  trust  in  thy  mercy.  Re- 
 membre  thy  ^couenaunt  O  LORDE,  and 
 mynister  wordes  in  my  mouth,  5  stablysh  this 
 deuyce  in  my  hert,  that  thy  house  maye 
 contynue  still  in  holynes,  and  that  all  the 
 Heithen  maye  knowe  and  vnderstode,  that 
 thou  art  God,  and  that  there  is  none  other 
 but  thou. 
 
 Ei)£  y.  Cliapttr. 
 
 AND  whan  she  had  left  of  cryenge  \Tito 
 the  LORDE,  she  rose  vp  from  the 
 place,  where  she  had  lyen  flat  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  called  hir  mayde,  wente  downe 
 in  to  hir  house,  layed  f  hayrie  cloth  from  her, 
 ''put  of  the  garmentes  of  hir  wyddowhode, 
 waszshed  hir  body,  anoynted  hir  self  with 
 precious  thinges  of  swete  sauoure,  broyded 
 and  plated  hir  hayre,  sett  an  hooue  vpon  hir 
 
 /  ludic.  4.  d.  and  5.  d.  2  Par.  14.  c.  16.  b.  20.  a.  ludic.  7.  a 
 Psal.  146.  b.         «  Eccli.  36.  a.        ''  ludit.  16.  b. 
 
jTo.  \nh 
 
 €i}t  bofec  of  3utiiti). 
 
 Cfjap.  ri. 
 
 heade,  and  put  on  soch  apparell  as  belongeth 
 vnto  gladnesse,  slippers  vpon  hir  fete,  aniie- 
 lettes,  spanges,  earynges,  fynger  rynges,  and 
 deckte  herself  with  all  hir  best  araye. 
 
 The  LORDE  gaue  her  also  a  speciall 
 beutye  and  fajTnesse  (for  all  this  deckinge  of 
 hir  self  was  not  done  for  eny  volupteousnesse 
 and  pleasure  of  the  flesh,  but  of  a  right  dis- 
 crecion  and  vertue,  therfore  dydthe  LORDE 
 increase  hir  bewtye)  so  y  she  was  exceadinge 
 amyable  and  welfauoured  in  all  mens  eyes. 
 She  gaue  hir  mayde  also  a  bottell  of  wyne,  a 
 pot  ^rith  oyle,  pottage,  cakes,  bred  a  chese, 
 and  wente  hir  waye. 
 
 Now  whan  she  came  to  the  porta  of  the 
 cite,  she  founde  Osias  and  the  elders  of  the 
 cite  waitinge  there.  Which  whan  they  sawe 
 her,  they  were  astonnyed,  g  marueled  greatly 
 at  her  bewty,  neuertheles  they  axed  no  ques- 
 tion at  her,  but  let  her  go,  sayenge:  The 
 God  of  oure  fathers  geue  y  his  grace,  and 
 with  his  power  perfourme  all  the  deuyce  of 
 thv  hert :  that  lerusalem  maye  reioyse  ouer 
 the,  and  that  thy  name  maye  be  in  the  nombre 
 of  the  holy  5  righteous.  And  all  they  y  were 
 there,  sayde  with  one  voyce  :  so  be  it,  so  be  it. 
 ludith  made  hir  prayer  vnto  y  LORDE,  5 
 wente  out  at  f  porte,  she  5  hir  mayde. 
 
 And  as  she  was  goinge  downe  the  moun- 
 taijTie,  it  happened  that  aboute  the  sprynge  of 
 the  daye,  the  spyes  of  y  Assirians  met  with 
 her,  and  toke  her,  sayenge  :  whence  commest 
 thou  ?  Or  whither  goest  thou  ?  She  answered : 
 I  am  a  daughter  of  f  Hebrues,  and  am  fled 
 from  them,  for  I  knowe,  that  they  shalbe 
 geue  vnto  you  to  be  spoyled:  because  they 
 thought  scome  to  yelde  the  selues  vnto  you, 
 that  they  might  fynde  mercy  in  youre  sight. 
 Therfore  haue  I  deuysed  by  my  self  after  this 
 maner :  I  wyll  go  before  the  prynce  Holo- 
 fernes,  and  tell  him  all  their  secretes,  and 
 wyll  shew  him,  how  he  maye  come  by  them, 
 and  Wynne  them,  so  that  not  one  man  of  his 
 boost  shall  perish. 
 
 And  whan  these  men  had  herde  hir  wordes, 
 (t  considered  hir  fayre  face,  they  were  aston- 
 nyed (for  they  wondred  at  hir  excellent  bewtye) 
 I  sayde  vnto  her:  Thou  hast  saued  thy  life 
 by  fyndinge  oute  this  deuyce,  y  thou  woldest 
 come  downe  to  oure  lorde :  j  be  thou  sure, 
 jthat  wha  thou  comest  vnto  him,  he  shal  in- 
 !  treate  the  well,  5  thou  shalt  please  him  at  f 
 j  hert.      So  they  brought  her  in  to  Holofemes 
 
 pauyhon,  and  tolde  *him  of  her.  Now  whan 
 she  came  in  before  him,  immediatly  he  was 
 ouercome  5  taken  with  hir  bewtye.  Then 
 saide  his  seruauntes :  who  wolde  despyse  f 
 people  of  f  lewes,  y  haue  so  fayre  weme? 
 Shulde  we  not  by  reason  fight  against  the  for 
 these  ?  So  wha  ludith  sawe  Holofemes  sji;- 
 tinge  in  a  canapye,  y  was  wrought  of  purple, 
 sylke,  golde,  Smaragde  and  precious  stones, 
 she  loked  fast  ^-po  him,  3  fell  downe  vpo  the 
 earth.  And  Holofemes  seruautes  toke  hir  vp 
 agayne,  at  their  lordes  commaundement. 
 
 €i)t  ri-  C&aptCT. 
 
 THEN  sayde  Holofemes  vnto  her :  Be  of 
 good  chere,  and  feare  not  in  thine  hert, 
 for  I  neuer  hurte  man,  that  wolde  serue 
 Nabuchodonosor  the  kyiige.  As  for  thy 
 people,  yf  they  had  not  despysed  me,  I  shulde 
 not  haue  lift  \'p  a  speare  etgaynst  the.  But 
 tell  me  now,  what  is  the  cause  y  thou  art 
 departed  from  them,  and  wherfore  art  thou 
 come  vnto  vs  ? 
 
 And  ludith  sayde  vnto  him:  Syr,  vnder- 
 stonde  the  wordes  of  thy  handmayden :  for 
 yi  thou  wilt  do  after  y  wordes  of  thy  had- 
 mayden,  the  LORDE  shall  brynge  thy  mat- 
 ter to  a  prosperous  efFecte.  As  truly  as 
 Nabuchodonosor  a  lorde  of  the  londe  lyueth, 
 (I  as  truly  as  his  power  lyueth,  which  is  in  the 
 to  the  punyshment  of  all  men  that  go  wronge, 
 all  men  shall  not  onely  be  subdued  vnto  him 
 thorow  the,  but  all  the  beestes  also  of  y  felde. 
 For  all  people  speake  of  thy  prudet  actiuyte, 
 and  it  hath  euer  bene  reported,  how  thou 
 onely  art  good  and  mightie  in  all  his  kyng- 
 dome,  and  thy  discrecion  is  commeded  in  all 
 londes. 
 
 The  thinge  is  manifest  also,  that  Achior 
 spake,"  and  it  is  wel  knowne,  what  thou  com- 
 maiidedst  to  do  vnto  him.  For  this  is  plaine 
 and  of  a  suretye,  that  oure  God  is  so  wroth 
 with  vs  (by  the  reason  of  oure  synnes)  that 
 he  hath  shewed  by  his  prophetes  vnto  the 
 people,  how  that  for  their  synnes  he  wyl  de- 
 lyuer  them  ouer  vnto  the  enemie.  And  for 
 so  moch  as  the  children  of  Israel  knowe  that 
 they  haue  so  displeased  their  God,  they  are 
 sore  afrayed  of  the.  They  suifre  greate  hon- 
 ger  also,  (j  for  wante  of  water,  they  are  deed 
 now  in  a  maner.  Morouer,  they  are  ap- 
 poynted  to  slaye  all  their  catell,  that  they 
 
C&ap.  vih 
 
 €f)t  iiokt  of  Siitiitft. 
 
 So,  Inij. 
 
 c 
 
 maye  drynke  the  bloude  of  them :  and  are 
 purposed  to  spende  all  the  holy  omamentes  of 
 their  God  (which  he  hath  forbyddu  the  to 
 touch)  for  come,  wyne  and  oyle.  Seinge  now 
 that  they  do  these  thinges,  it  is  a  playne  case, 
 y  they  must  nedes  be  destroyed.  Which  whan 
 I  thy  handmayden  perceaued,  I  fled  from 
 them,  and  the  LORDE  hath  sent  me  vnto  f, 
 to  shew  the  these  thinges.  For  I  thy  hand- 
 mayden worshipe  God  euen  here  now  besyde 
 the,  and  thy  honde  mayden  shal  go  forth,  and 
 I  wil  make  my  praier  vnto  God,  and  he  shal 
 tell  me,  whan  he  wyl  rewarde  the  their  synne : 
 then  shal  I  come  and  shew  the,  j  brynge  the 
 tliorow  the  myddest  of  Jerusalem,  so  that 
 thou  shalt  haue  all  y  people  of  Israel,  as  the 
 shepe  \vithout  a  shepherde :  there  shal  not 
 so  moch  as  one  dogg  barck  agaynst  the,  for 
 these  thinges  are  shewed  me  by  the  pro- 
 uydence  of  God :  and  for  so  moch  as  God  is 
 displeased  with  them,  he  hath  sent  me  to  tell 
 the  the  same. 
 
 These  wordes  pleased  Holofemes  and  all 
 his  seruauntes,  which  marueled  at  the  wys- 
 dome  of  her,  and  sayde  one  to  another:  there 
 is  not  soch  a  woman  vpon  earth,  in  bewtye 
 and  discrecion  of  wordes.  And  Holofemes 
 sayde  vnto  her :  God  hath  done  well,  that  he 
 hath  sent  the  hither  before  thy  people,  that 
 thou  mayest  geue  them  in  to  oure  handes. 
 And  for  so  moch  as  thy  promyse  is  good,  yf 
 thy  God  perfourme  it  vnto  me,  he  shall  be 
 my  God  also,  and  thou  shalt  be  excellent 
 and  greate  in  the  courte  of  Nabuchodonosor, 
 and  thy  name  shalbe  spoken  of  in  all  the 
 londe. 
 
 Cl)«  ri).  Ci^apter. 
 
 THEN  commaunded  he  her  to  go  in, 
 where  his  treasure  laye,  and  charged 
 that  she  shulde  haue  hyr  dwellynge  there,  and 
 appoynted,  what  shulde  be  geuen  her  fro  his 
 table.  ludith  answered  him,  and  sayde :  "As 
 for  the  meate  that  thou  hast  commaunded  to 
 geue  me,  I  maye  not  eate  of  it  as  now  (lest  I 
 displease  my  God)  but  wyl  eate  of  soch  as  I 
 haue  brought  with  me.  Then  sayde  Holo- 
 femes vnto  her:  Yf  these  thinges  that  thou 
 hast  brought  with  the  fayle,  what  shal  we  do 
 vnto  the  ?  And  ludith  sayde :  As  truly  as 
 thou  lyuest  my  lorde,  thy  hande  mayden  shall 
 
 I  not  spende  all  this,  tyll  God  haue  brought  to 
 passe  in  my  hande,  the  thinges  that  I  haue 
 '  deuysed. 
 
 So  his  seruauntes  brought  her  in  to  the 
 tent,  where  as  he  had  appointed.  And  as  she 
 was  goinge  in,  she  desyred  that  she  might 
 haue  leue  to  go  forth  by  night  (i  before  daye, 
 to  hir  prayer  and  to  make  intercession  vnto 
 the  LORDE.  Then  commaunded  Holofer- 
 nes  his  chamberlaynes,  that  she  shulde  go  out 
 and  in  at  hir  pleasure,  to  praye  vnto  hir  God 
 those  thre  dayes. 
 
 And  so  in  the  night  season  she  wete  forth  in 
 to  the  valley  of  Bethulia,  and  wasszhed  hirself 
 in  the  well  water.  Then  wente  she  vp,  and 
 besought  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel  that  he 
 wolde  prospere  hir  waye,  for  the  delyueraunce 
 of  his  people.  And  so  she  wente  in,  and 
 remayned  cleane  in  hir  tent,  till  she  toke  hir 
 meate  in  the  euenynge. 
 
 Vpon  f  fourth  daye  it  happened,  y  Holo- 
 femes made  a  costly  supper  vnto  his  seruautes, 
 and  sayde  vnto  Vagao  his  chamberlayne :  Go 
 thy  waye,  and  councell  this  Hebruesse,  that  she 
 maye  be  wylljaige  to  consent  to  kepe  com- 
 pany with  me.  For  it  were  a  shame  vnto  all 
 the  Assirians,  that  a  woman  shulde  so  laugh  a 
 man  to  scorne,  that  she  were  come  from  him 
 vnmedled  withaU. 
 
 Then  wente  Vagao  vnto  ludith,  and  sayde : 
 Let  not  the  good  daughter  be  afrayed,  to 
 come  in  to  my  lorde,  that  she  maye  be  ho- 
 noured before  him,  that  she  maye  eate  and 
 drynke  wyne,  and  be  mery  with  him.  Vnto 
 whom  ludith  answered:  Who  am  I,  that  I 
 shulde  saye  my  lorde  naye  ?  what  so  euer  is 
 good  before  his  eyes,  I  shal  do  it :  and  loke 
 what  is  his  pleasure,  that  shal  I  thinke  well 
 done,  as  long  as  I  lyue. 
 
 So  she  stode  vp,  and  deckte  hirself  with  hir 
 apparell,  and  wente  in,  and  stode  before  him. 
 And  Holofemes  hert  was  whole  moued,  so 
 that  he  brent  in  desyre  towarde  her.  And 
 Holofemes  sayde  vnto  her :  drynke  now  and 
 sytt  downe,  and  be  mery,  for  thou  hast  founde 
 fauoure  before  me.  Then  sayde  ludith:  Syr, 
 I  wil  drynke,  for  my  mynde  is  meryer  to 
 daye,  than  euer  it  was  in  all  my  life.  And 
 she  toke  and  ate  and  dranke  before  him,  the 
 thinges  that  hir  mayden  had  prepared  for  her. 
 And  Holofemes  was  mery  with  her,  and 
 dranke  more  wyne,  then  euer  he  dyd  afore  in 
 his  life. 
 
 m 
 
ijfo.  Ipiij. 
 
 CIk  Ijofec  of  3ifiiit{). 
 
 C!)ap.  nij. 
 
 c 
 
 Eijt  viij.  CI;apUr. 
 
 NOW  whan  it  was  late  in  the  night,  his 
 seruauntes  made  haist,  euery  ma  to  his 
 lodginge.  And  Vagao  shutt  the  chamber 
 dores,  and  wente  his  waye,  for  they  were  all 
 ouerladen  with  wyne."  So  was  ludith  alone 
 in  the  chamber.  As  for  Holofernes,  he  laye 
 vpon  the  bed  all  droncken,  and  of  very 
 dronkennes  fell  a  slepe. 
 
 Then  commaunded  ludith  hir  mayden,  to 
 stode  without  before  the  dore,  and  to  wayte. 
 And  ludith  stode  before  the  bed,  makynge 
 her  prayer  with  teares,  and  moued  hir  lippes 
 secretly,  and  sayde.  Strength  me  O  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel,  and  haue  respecte  vnto  the 
 workes  of  my  handes  in  this  houre,  that  thou 
 mavest  set  vp  thy  cite  of  Jerusalem,  like  as 
 thou  hast  promysed:  O  graunte  that  by  the 
 I  maye  perfourme  the  thinge,  which  I  haue 
 deuysed  thorow  the  beleue  that  I  haue  in  the. 
 
 And  whan  she  had  spoken  this,  she  wente 
 to  the  bedsteade,  and  lowsed  the  swerde  that 
 hanged  vpon  it,  and  drew  it  out.  Then  toke 
 she  holde  of  the  hairie  lockes  of  his  heade, 
 and  sayde  :  Strength  me  o  LORDE  God  in 
 this  houre,  and  with  that,  she  gaue  him  two 
 strokes  vpon  the  neck,  and  smote  of  his  heade. 
 Then  toke  she  the  canapy  awaye,  and  rolled 
 the  deed  body  asyde.  Immediatly  she  gat 
 her  forth,  and  delyuered  the  head  of  Holo- 
 fernes vnto  hir  mayden,  and  bad  hir  put  it  in 
 hir  walett. 
 
 And  so  these  two  wente  forth  together  after 
 their  custome,  as  though  they  wolde  praye, 
 and  so  passed  by  the  boost,  and  came  thorow 
 the  valley  vnto  the  porte  of  the  cite.  And 
 ludith  cried  afarre  of  vnto  ;y^  watchmen  vpon 
 the  walles :  Open  the  gates  (sayde  she)  for 
 God  is  \vith  vs,  which  hath  shewed  his  power 
 in  Israel.  And  whan  they  herde  hir  voyce, 
 they  called  the  elders  of  the  cite  together. 
 And  they  came  all  to  mete  her,  litle  j  greate, 
 yonge  (i  olde,  for  they  thought  not  that  she 
 shulde  haue  come  so  soone.  So  they  lighted 
 candels,  and  gathered  aboute  hir  euerichone : 
 but  she  wente  vp  in  to  an  hye  place,  and 
 caused  sylence  to  be  proclamed. 
 
 Whan  euery  man  now  helde  his  tonge 
 ludith  sayde:  0  prayse  the  LORDE  oure 
 God,  for  he  hath  not  despysed,  ner  forsaken 
 them,  that  put  their  trust  in  him  :  and  in  me 
 
 his  honde  mayden  he  hath  perfoumied  his 
 mercy,  which  he  promysed  vnto  the  house  of 
 Israel :  yee  in  my  hiide  this  same  night  hath 
 he  slayne  the  enemy  of  his  people. 
 
 And  with  that  she  toke  forth  the  heade  of 
 Holofernes  out  of  the  walett,  and  shewed  it 
 them,  sayenge :  Beholde  the  heade  of  Holo- 
 fernes the  captayne  of  the  Assirias,  and  this 
 is  the  canapy,  wherin  he  laye  in  his  dronken- 
 nes: where  the  LORDE  oure  God  hath  slayne 
 him  by  the  hande  of  a  woman.       , 
 
 But  as  truly  as  the  LORDE  lyueth,  his 
 angell  hath  kepte  me,  goinge  thither,  remajm- 
 inge  there,  and  commynge  hither  agayne  from 
 thence.  And  the  LORDE  hath  not  suffred 
 me  his  handmayden  to  be  defyled,  but  with- 
 out eny  fylthynes  of  synne  hath  he  brought 
 me  agayne  vnto  you :  5  y  with  greate  victory, 
 so  that  I  am  escaped,  and  ye  delyuered.  O 
 geue  thankes  vnto  him  euerychone,  for  he  is 
 gracious,  and  his  mercy  endureth  for  euer.* 
 
 So  they  praysed  the  LORDE  alltogether, 
 and  gaue  thakes  vnto  him.  And  to  her  they 
 sayde  :  The  LORDE  hath  blessed  the  in  his 
 power,  for  thorow  the  he  hath  brought  oure 
 enemies  to  naught. 
 
 And  Ozias  f  chefe  ruler  of  the  people  of 
 Israel,  sayde  vnto  her:  Blessed  art  thou  of 
 the  LORDE  the  hye  God,  aboue  all  wemen 
 vpon  earth. 
 
 Blessed  be  the  LORDE  the  maker  of 
 heauen  and  earth,  which  hath  gyded  y  a  right 
 to  wounde  and  to  smyte  of  the  heade  of  the 
 captayne  of  oure  enemies.  For  this  daye  he 
 hath  made  thy  name  so  honorable,  that  thy 
 prayse  shall  neuer  come  out  of  the  mouth  of 
 me,  which  shal  all  waye  remembre  y  power 
 of  the  LORDE :  seinge  thou  hast  not  spared 
 thine  owne  self,  but  put  the  in  ieoperdy,  con- 
 sideringe  the  anguysh  and  trouble  of  thy 
 people,  and  so  hast  helped  their  fall  before 
 God  oure  LORDE.  And  all  the  people 
 sayde :  Ame,  Amen. 
 
 Achior  also  was  called,  5  he  came.  Then 
 sayde  ludith  vnto  him :  The  God  of  Israel 
 vnto  who  thou  gauest  wytnes,  that  he  wolde 
 be  auenged  of  his  enemies,  euen  he  hath  this 
 night  thorow  my  hande  sm)i;te  of  the  head  of 
 all  the  vnfaithfull.  And  that  thou  mayest  se 
 that  it  so  is,  beholde,  this  is  y  heade  of  Holo- 
 fernes, which  in  his  presumptuous  pryde  des- 
 pysed the  God  of  the  people  of  Israel,  and 
 
 '  Psal.  lOJ.  a.  End  106.  a. 
 
Cfiap,  yb. 
 
 €i)t  boks  of  Siitiitl). 
 
 fo,  Ijrb. 
 
 threatened  y  with  destruccion,  sayenge  : 
 "whan  the  people  of  Israel  is  take,  I  shall 
 cause  the  also  to  be  stickte  with  the  swerde. 
 Whan  Achior  sawe  Holofernes  heade,  he  fell 
 downe  vpon  his  face  to  the  grounds  for  very 
 anguish  (t  feare,  so  y  he  swowned  withall. 
 But  after  that  he  was  come  agayne  to  himself, 
 he  fell  downe  before  her  5  praysed  her,  sayege : 
 Blessed  art  thou  of  thy  God  in  all  the  taber- 
 nacles of  lacob :  for  all  the  people  that  heare 
 of  thy  name,  shall  prayse  the  God  of  Israel 
 because  of  the. 
 
 Zi)t  vittj.  €l)apttr. 
 
 IUDITH  saide  vnto  all  the  people :  Bre- 
 thren heare  me,  Styck  vp  this  heade  vpon 
 cure  walles,  and  whan  the  Sonne  aryseth,  take 
 euery  man  his  weapen,  and  fall  out  violently : 
 not  as  though  ye  wolde  go  besyde  them,  but 
 to  renne  vpon  them  with  violence.  Whan  the 
 spyes  in  the  tetes  se  this,  they  shall  of  neces- 
 site  be  copelled  to  fle  bacwarde,  and  to  rayse 
 vp  their  eaptayne  to  the  battyll.  So  wha 
 their  captaynes  come  in  to  Holofernes  pauy- 
 lion,  and  fynde  the  deed  body  wrapped  in  the 
 bloude,  fearfulnes  shall  fall  vpon  them :  and 
 whan  ye  perceaue  that  they  fle,  folowe  them 
 without  all  care,  for  God  shal  delyuer  them 
 vnto  you,  to  be  destroyed. 
 
 Then  Achior  seynge  the  power  of  God 
 which  he  had  shewed  vnto  the  people  of 
 Israel,  fell  of  from  his  Heithenish  beleue,  and 
 put  his  trust  in  God,  and  let  him  self  be  cir- 
 cumcided :  and  so  was  he  nombred  amonge 
 the  people  of  Israel,  he  and  all  his  posterite 
 vnto  this  daye. 
 
 Now  as  soone  as  it  was  daye,  they  stickte 
 vp  Holofernes  heade  vpon  the  walles,  and 
 euery  man  toke  his  weapen,  and  so  they 
 wente  out  with  an  horrible  crye.  Whan  the 
 spyes  sawe  that,  they  ranne  vnto  Holofernes 
 tent.  And  they  that  were  within  the  tet, 
 came  before  his  chamber,  and  made  a  greate 
 russzhinge  to  wake  him  vp,  because  they 
 thought  with  the  noyse  to  haue  raised  him. 
 For  there  durst  not  one  of  the  Assirians 
 knocke,  go  in,  ner  to  open. 
 
 But  whan  the  captaynes  and  prynces  and 
 all  the  chefe  in  the  kynge  of  the  Assirians 
 boost  came  together,  they  saide  vnto  the 
 chamberlaynes :    Go  youre  waye  in,  and  wake 
 
 him  vp,  for  the  myse  are  crepte  out  of  their 
 holes,  *  and  darre  prouoke  vs  vnto  battayll. 
 
 Then  wente  Vagao  in  to  his  chamber, 
 stode  before  the  bed,  and  clapped  with  his 
 handes,  for  he  thought  he  had  bene  slepynge 
 with  ludith. 
 
 But  wha  he  had  herkened  perfectly  with 
 his  eares,  and  coude  perceaue  no  sterynge, 
 he  wente  nyer  to  the  bed,  and  lift  it  vp,  and 
 then  sawe  he  the  deed  body  of  Holofernes 
 lyenge  there  without  a  heade,  weltred  in  his 
 bloude  vpon  the  earth.  Then  cried  he  with 
 loude  voyce,  and  with  wepynge  rent  his 
 clothes,  and  wente  in  to  ludiths  tent,  and 
 founde  her  not :  And  so  he  leapte  out  vnto 
 the  people,  and  sayde :  one  woma  of  y  lewes, 
 hath  brought  all  Nabuchodonosors  people  to 
 shame. 
 
 For  lo,  Holofernes  lyeth  vpon  the  grounde, 
 and  hath  no  heade. 
 
 Whan  the  chefe  of  the  assirians  boost  herde 
 that,  they  rente  their  clothes,  and  there  fell 
 an  intollerable  feare  and  tremblinge  vpo  them, 
 so  y  theyr  myndes  were  sore  afrayed.  And 
 there  was  an  exceadynge  greate  crye  in  the 
 whole  boost. 
 
 Wt)t  j:b.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 NOW  whan  all  the  boost  herde  that 
 Holofernes  was  headed,  their  mynde 
 and  councell  fell  from  them :  and  soch  a 
 feare  came  vpon  them,  that  they  vndertoke 
 to  defende  them  selues  by  flyenge  awaye :  one 
 spake  not  to  another,  but  hanged  downe  their 
 heades,  left  all  behynde  them,  and  made  haist 
 to  escape  from  the  Hebrues :  for  they  herde, 
 that  they  were  haistinge  to  come  after  with 
 their  weapens,  and  so  they  fled  by  the  wayes 
 of  the  feldes,  and  thorow  all  the  fote  pathes 
 of  the  dales. 
 
 And  whan  y  children  of  Israel  sawe  that 
 they  fled,  they  folowed  vpon  them,  and  wente 
 downe  with  trSpettes,  blowinge  and  makynge 
 a  greate  crie  after  the.  As  for  the  Assirians, 
 they  had  no  ordre,  and  kepte  not  the  selues 
 together,  but  fled  their  waye.  Neuerthelesse 
 the  children  of  Israel  fell  vpon  them  with 
 one  company  and  ordre,  and  discomfited  as 
 many  as  they  might  gett.  And  Osias  sent 
 messaungers  vnto  all  the  cities  and  coiitrees 
 of  Israel. 
 
 So  all  the  regions  and  euery  cite  sent  out 
 
 114 
 
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 m)t  hokt  of  Bwiiitl). 
 
 Cftap.  vbi. 
 
 their  best  men  after  them  in  harnesse,  (j 
 smote  them  with  the  swerde,  tyll  they  came 
 to  y  vttemost  parte  of  their  borders.  And 
 the  other  that  were  in  Bethulia  came  in  to 
 the  tetes  of  the  Assirians,  and  toke  all  that 
 they  which  were  fled,  had  left  behynde  them, 
 and  so  they  founde  greate  good.  And  they 
 that  came  agayne  to  Bethulia  from  the  bat- 
 tayll,  toke  with  them  soch  thinges  as  had 
 bene  theirs :  there  was  no  nSbre  of  the  catell, 
 and  of  all  costly  Jewels,  so  that  from  the 
 lowest  \nito  the  hyest,  they  were  all  made 
 riche  of  the  spoyles  of  them.  And  loachim 
 the  Hye  prest  at  lerusale,  came  to  Bethulia 
 with  all  the  elders,  that  they  might  se 
 ludith. 
 
 Now  whan  she  came  out  vnto  them,  they 
 beganne  all  to  prayse  her  with  one  voyce, 
 sayenge:  thou  worshipe  of  the  cite  of  leru- 
 salem,  thou  ioye  of  Israel,  thou  honoure  of 
 oure  people,  thou  hast  done  manly,  and  thy 
 hert  is  comforted,  because  thou  hast  loued 
 clenlynes  and  chastyte,  (j  hast  knowne  no  man 
 but  thine  owne  huszbande :  therfore  hath  the 
 hade  of  the  LORDE  comforted  the,  and 
 blessed  shalt  thou  be  for  euer.  And  all  people 
 sayde :  so  be  it,  so  be  it. 
 
 In  thirtie  dayes  coude  the  people  of  Israel 
 scarse  gather  vp  the  spoyles  of  the  Assirians. 
 But  all  that  belonged  vnto  Holofemes,  and 
 had  bene  his  specially,  (whether  it  were  of 
 golde,  of  syluer,  precious  stones,  clothinge 
 and  all  ornamentes)  they  gaue  it  vnto  ludith. 
 And  all  the  people  reioysed,  both  wemen, 
 maydens,  and  yonge  people,  with  pipes  and 
 harpes. 
 
 THEN  sange  ludith  this  songe  vnto  the 
 LORDE :  Begynne  vnto  the  LORDE 
 vpon  the  tabrettes,  singe  vnto  the  LORDE 
 vpon  the  cymbals.  O  synge  vnto  him  a  new 
 songe  of  thankesgeuynge,  be  ioyfull  and  call 
 vpon  his  name.  "It  is  the  LORDE  that 
 destroyeth  warres,  euen  the  LORDE  is  his 
 name.  Which  hath  pitched  his  tentes  in  the 
 myddest  of  his  people,  that  he  might  delyuer 
 vs  from  the  hande  of  all  oure  enemies.  Assur 
 came  out  of  the  mountaynes  in  the  multitude 
 of  his  strength.  His  people  stopped  the  water 
 brokes,  *  and  their  horses  couered  the  valleys. 
 
 ■'P8al.45.b.  >  ludit.  7.  c.         '  ludit.  10.  a. 
 
 ''  ludit.  10.  d. 
 
 He  purposed  to  haue  bret  vp  my  londe,  and 
 to  slaye  my  yonge  men  with  the  swerde. 
 
 He  wolde  haue  caryed  awaye  my  children 
 and  virgins  in  to  captiuyte,  but  the  allmightie 
 LORDE  hurte  him,  and  delyuered  him  in  to 
 the  handes  of  a  woman,  which  brought  him 
 to  confucion.  For  their  mightie  was  not 
 destroyed  of  the  yonge  men.  It  was  not  the 
 sonnes  of  Titan  that  slew  him,  nether  haue 
 the  greate  giauntes  sett  them  selues  agaynst 
 him  :  but  ludith  the  daughter  of  Merari  with 
 hir  fayre  bewtye  hath  discomfited  him,  and 
 brought  him  to  naught.  "  For  she  layed  awaie 
 hir  widdowes  garment,  and  put  on  the  apparell 
 of  gladnesse  in  the  reioysinge  of  the  children 
 of  Israel.  She  anoynted  hir  face,  and  bounde 
 vp  hir  hayre  in  an  hooue,  to  begyle  him.  Hir 
 slippers  rauyshed  his  eyes,  hir  bewtye  capty- 
 uated  his  mynde,  ^  with  the  swerde  smote  she 
 of  his  neck.  The  Persians  were  astonnyed  at 
 hir  stedfastnesse,  and  the  Medes  at  hir  bold- 
 nes.  Then  howled  the  armyes  of  y  Assirians, 
 whan  my  symple  appeared,  drye  of  thyrst. 
 The  sonnes  of  the  daughters  haue  pearsed 
 them  thorow,  and  slayne  them  as  fiigityue 
 childre :  they  peryshed  in  the  battayU,  for  the 
 vei7  feare  of  the  LORDE  my  God.  Let 
 us  synge  a  songe  of  thakesgeuynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  a  new  songe  of  prayse  wyl  we  synge 
 vnto  oure  God.  LORDE,  LORDE,  thou 
 art  a  greate  God,  mightie  in  power,  whom  no 
 man  maye  ouercome.  All  thy  creatures  shulde 
 serue  the,  '  for  thou  spakest  but  the  worde,  5 
 they  were  made :  thou  sente  thy  sprete,  5 
 they  were  created,  and  no  man  maye  with- 
 stonde  thy  voyce.  The  mountaynes  shal 
 moue  from  the  foundacions  with  the  waters, 
 the  stony  rockes  shal  melt  before  the  like 
 waxe.  But  they  that  feare  the,  shal  be  greate 
 with  f  in  all  thinges.  Wo  vnto  the  people 
 that  ryse  vp  against  my  generacion,  for  the 
 allmightie  LORDE  wyU  auenge  him  self  of 
 them,  (J  in  the  daye  of  iudgmet  wyl  he  vyset 
 them.  For  he  shall  geue  fyre  (j  wormes  in  to 
 their  flesh,  that  they  maye  bume  and  fele  it 
 for  euermore. 
 
 After  this  it  happened,  that  after  the  vic- 
 tory all  the  people  came  to  lerusalem,  to  geue 
 prayse  and  thankes  vnto  the  LORDE.  And 
 wha  they  were  purified,  they  oflred  all  their 
 brent  sacrifices  and  their  promysed  offerynges. 
 
 «  Gen.  1.  a.    Psal.  32.  a.  Psal.  103.  d. 
 
CI)ap.  xt 
 
 €i)t  hokt  of  $>f6trr. 
 
 #0.  lyhiu 
 
 And  ludith  offred  all  Holofernes  weapens, 
 and  all  the  lewels,  that  y  people  had  geue 
 her,  "and  the  eanapy  that  she  toke  from  his 
 bed,  and  hanged  them  ^'p  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 The  people  was  ioyfull,  as  the  vse  is :  j  this 
 ioye  by  reason  of  the  victoi-y,  with  ludith, 
 endureth  thre  monethes. 
 
 So  after  these  dayes  euery  man  wente  home 
 agayne,  and  ludith  was  in  greate  reputacion 
 at  Bethulia,  and  right  honorably  taken  in  all 
 the  londe  of  Israel.  Vnto  hir  vertue  also  was 
 chastite  ioyned,  so  y  after  hir  huszbonde 
 Manasses  dyed,  she  neuer  knew  man  all  the 
 dayes  of  hir  life.      Vpon  the  hye  solempne 
 
 '   2  Re.  8.  b.     ludit.  13.  b. 
 
 dayes  she  wente  out  with  greate  worshipe. 
 She  dwelt  in  hir  huszbandes  house  an  hun- 
 dreth  and  fyue  yeare,  g  left  hir  honde 
 mayden  fre,  and  dyed,  and  was  buried  be- 
 syde  hir  huszbande  in  Bethulia.  And  all 
 the  people  mourned  for  her  seuen  dayes.  *  So 
 longe  as  she  lyued,  there  was  none  that 
 troubled  Israel,  and  many  yeares  also  after  hir 
 death. 
 
 The  daye  wherin  this  victoi-y  was  gotten, 
 was  solemply  holden,  and  rekened  of  the 
 lewes  in  the  nombre  of  the  holy  dayes,  and  is 
 yet  greatly  holden  of  the  lewes  euer  sence, 
 vnto  this  daye. 
 
 CI)e  tiiHt  of  tftr  bofee  of  ^iHHtih 
 
 Z'^t  t^n^ttVQ  in  fl)t  tokt  of  J^cqUv, 
 
 2i2ai)ifJ)  arr  not  fomiiif  in  tl)e  tt}t  of  ti)t  ^tbvm,  but  tn  ti)t 
 0vtiit  ait33  2.atpn, 
 
 €I)e  ri-  Cl&aptn:  afttr  ti)t  iLatDii. 
 
 In   this   chapter   is   descrybed    the    dreanie    of 
 Mardocheus. 
 
 MARDOCHEUS  the  sonne  of  lair,  the 
 Sonne  of  Semei,  "y  sonne  of  Cisei  of 
 f  trybe  of  Ben  lamin  a  lew :  which  had  his 
 dwellynge  in  Susis,  a  man  of  greate  reputacio, 
 a,  excellent  amonge  all  them  that  were  in  the 
 kynges  courte  (Neuerthelesse  he  was  one  of 
 the  presoners,  whom  'Nabuchodonosor  the 
 kjTige  of  Babilo  had  caried  awaye  from  leru- 
 salem  vnto  Babilon  with  lechonias  the  kynge 
 of  luda.)  In  the  seconde  yeare  of  the  raigne 
 of  greate  Artaxerses  in  the  first  daye  of  f 
 moneth  Nisan,  had  this  Mardocheus  soch  a 
 dreame  :  He  thought  he  herde  a  greate  tepest, 
 horrible  thonderclappes,  erthquakes,  s  greate 
 vprour  in  y  londe :  (i  y  he  sawe  two  greate 
 
 dragos,  ready  to  fight  one  agalst  another. 
 Their  crye  was  greate.  At  the  which  roaringe 
 and  crj'e  all  Heithen  were  vp,  to  fight  agaynst 
 f  righteous  people.  And  f  same  daye  was 
 full  of  darcknes  j  very  vncleare,  full  of  trouble 
 I  anguysh,  yee  a  greate  fearfulnes  was  there 
 in  all  the  londe.  The  righteous  were  amased, 
 for  they  feared  f  plage  j  euell  y  was  deuysed 
 ouer  the,  (j  were  at  a  poynte  with  them  selues 
 to  dye.  So  they  cried  vnto  God,  and  while 
 they  were  cryenge,  the  litle  well  grew  in  to  a 
 greate  ryuer  5  in  to  many  waters.  And  with 
 y  it  was  daye,  5  the  sonne  rose  vp  agayne. 
 And  f  lowly  were  exalted,  and  deuoured  the 
 glorious  and  proude. 
 
 Now  whan  Mardocheus  had  sene  this 
 dreame,  he  awoke,  and  mused  stedfastly  in  his 
 hert,  what  God  wolde  do :  and  so  he  desyred 
 to  knowe  all  the  matter,  and  his  mynde  was 
 there  vpon  vntyll  the  night. 
 
 '  4  Reg.  24.  d.  lere.  24.  a. 
 
Jfo.  Ivbiij. 
 
 €\)t  boiit  of  fmttv. 
 
 Cftap,  nj. 
 
 )3 
 
 Ojt  pj.  Cljapttr. 
 
 In  this  chapter  is  declared,  how  Mardocheus 
 vtteretli  the  treason  of  the  two  seruauntes 
 agaynstthe  kynge,  and  therforedoth  the  kynge 
 rewarde  him. 
 
 AT  the  same  tpne  dwelt  Mardocheus 
 with  Bagatha  and  Thares  the  kynges 
 chamberlaynes  and  porters  of  the  palace. 
 But  whan  he  herde  their  deuyce,  and  had 
 diligently  considered  their  ymaginacions,  he 
 perceaued  that  they  wente  aboute,  to  laye 
 their  cruell  "handes  vpon  the  kynge  Arta- 
 xerses:  and  so  he  certified  the  kinge  therof. 
 Then  caused  the  kynge  to  examen  f  two 
 gelded  with  tormentes.  And  whan  they  had 
 graunted  it,  they  were  put  to  death. 
 
 This  the  kynge  caused  to  be  put  in  f 
 Cronicles  for  an  euerlastinge  remembraiice, 
 and  Mardocheus  wrote  vp  the  same  matter. 
 So  the  kynge  commaunded,  that  Mardocheus 
 shulde  do  seruyce  in  the  courte,  and  for  this 
 faithfulnesse  of  his,  he  gaue  him  a  rewarde. 
 But  Aman  the  sonne  of  Amadathu  the 
 Agagite,  which  was  holden  in  greate  honoure 
 and  reputacion  in  the  kynges  courte,  vnder- 
 toke  to  hurte  Mardocheus  ij  his  people,  be- 
 cause of  the  two  chamberlaynes  that  were  put 
 to  death. 
 
 €%t  jriij.  €i)aptn: 
 
 The  copie  of  the  coramaundement,  which  kige 
 Artaxerses  (by  the  entisinge  of  Ama)  sent  out 
 in  to  all  countres,  for  the  destruccion  of  the 
 lewes.     The  prayer  of  Mardocheus. 
 
 THE  greate  kynge  Artaxerses  which 
 *raigneth  from  India  vnto  Ethiopia,  ouer 
 an  hundreth  and  seuen  and  twetye  londes, 
 sendeth  his  frendly  salutacion  vnto  all  the 
 prynces  and  debytes  of  the  countrees,  which 
 be  subiecte  vnto  his  dominion.  Whan  I  was 
 made  lorde  ouer  many  people,  and  had  sub' 
 dued  the  whole  earth  vnto  my  dominion,  my 
 mynde  was  not  with  crueltye  and  wronge  to 
 exalte  myself  by  the  reason  of  my  power:  but 
 purposed  with  equyte  allwaye  and  gentylnes, 
 to  gouerne  those  that  be  vnder  my  iurisz- 
 diccion,  and  wholy  to  set  them  in  a  peaceable 
 life,  and  therby  to  brynge  my  kingdome  vnto 
 tranquylite,  that  men  might  safely  go  thorow 
 on  euery  syde,  and  to  renue  peace  agayne, 
 which  all  men  desyre.     Now  whan  I  axed  my 
 
 "  Hest.  2.  d.  and  6.  a. 
 
 councelers,  how  these  thinges  might  be  brought 
 to  a  good  ende,  there  was  one  by  vs,  excellet 
 in  wyszdome,  whose  good  wyll,  trueth  (j  faith- 
 fulnes  hath  oft  bene  shewed  {t  proued  (which 
 was  also  f  pryncipall  j  next  vnto  y  kIge)  Ama 
 by  name,  which  certified  vs,  how  y  in  all 
 lodes  there  was  crepte  in  a  rebellious  folke, 
 y  made  statutes  d  lawes  agaynst  all  other  peo- 
 ple, 5  haue  allwaye  despysed  the  proclanied 
 commaundementes  of  kynges :  and  how  that 
 for  this  cause  it  were  not  to  be  sufired,  that 
 soch  rule  shulde  contynue  by  you  ij  not  to  be 
 put  downe.  Seinge  now  we  perceaue  the 
 same,  that  this  people  alone  are  contrary  vnto 
 euery  man,  vsynge  straunge  and  other  maner 
 of  lawes,  (J  withstonde  oure  statutes  and 
 doinges,  and  go  aboute  to  stablish  shrewd 
 matters,  that  oure  kyngdome  shulde  neuer 
 come  to  good  estate  and  stedfastnes :  Therfore 
 haue  we  commauded,  that  all  they  that  are 
 appoynted  in  wrytinge  and  shewed  vnto  you 
 by  Aman  (which  is  ordened  and  set  ouer  all 
 oure  busynes,  and  the  most  pryncipall  next 
 vnto  the  kynge,  and  in  maner  as  a  father) 
 shal  with  their  wiues  (j  children  be  destroyed 
 and  roted  out  with  the  swerde  of  their  ene- 
 mies and  aduersaries:  ci,  y  there  shalbe  no 
 mercy  shewed,  5  no  man  spared.  And  this 
 shalbe  done  y  xiiij.  daye  of  the  moneth  called 
 Adar)  of  this  yeare,  that  they  which  of  olde 
 (and  now  also)  haue  euer  bene  rebellious, 
 maye  in  one  daye  with  violence  be  thrust 
 downe  in  to  the  hell,  to  the  intet  that  after 
 this  maner,  oure  empyre  maye  haue  peace  and 
 tranquylite. 
 
 But  Mardocheus  thought  vpon  all  the 
 workes  and  noble  actes  of  y  LORDE,  (t  made 
 his  prayer  vnto  him,  sayenge:  O  LORDE 
 LORDE,  thou  valeaunt  and  allmightie  kynge 
 (for  all  thinges  are  in  thy  power,  and  yf  thou 
 wilt  helpe  and  delyuer  Israel,  there  is  no  ma 
 that  can  withstode  ner  lett  the :  for  thou  hast 
 made  heauen  5  earth,  and  what  wonderous 
 thinge  so  euer  is  vnder  the  heauen :  thou  art 
 LORDE  of  all  thinges,  and  there  is  no  man, 
 can  resist  the  O  LORDE)  Thou  knowest  £ 
 thinges,  thou  wotest  LORDE,  that  it  was 
 nether  of  malyce,  ner  presumpcion,  ner  for 
 eny  desyre  of  glory,  that  I  wolde  not  bowe 
 downe  myself  ner  worshipe  yonder  proude 
 presumptuous  Aman  (for  I  wolde  haue  bene 
 cotent,  and  y  with  good  wyll,  yf  it  might  haue 
 
 '*  i  est.  1.  a.  and  16.  a. 
 
Cf)ap.  nu)» 
 
 El)t  bokt  of  ^t^Ui\ 
 
 ffo,  lxn\ 
 
 done  Israel  eny  good,  to  haue  kyst  eue  his 
 fotesteppes)  but  that  I  dyd  it,  because  I 
 wolde  not  sett  the  honoure  of  a  ma  in  the 
 steade  of  the  glorye  of  God,  and  because  I 
 wolde  worshipe  none  but  onely  y  my  LOllDE. 
 And  this  haue  I  done  in  no  pryde  ner  pre- 
 sumpcion. 
 
 And  therfore  O  LORDE  thou  God  and 
 kinge,  haue  mercy  vpon  thy  people  for  they 
 ymagyn  how  they  maye  bringe  vs  to  naught, 
 yee  their  mynde  and  desyre  is  to  destroye  and 
 to  ouerthrowe  the  people,  that  hath  euer  bene 
 thine  enheritaunce  of  olde.  O  despyse  not 
 thy  porcio,  which  thou  hast  delyuered  (j 
 brought  out  of  Egipte  for  thine  owne  self. 
 Heare  my  prayer,  and  be  mercifull  vnto  thy 
 people,  who  thou  hast  chosen  for  an  heretage 
 vnto  thyself.  Tume  oure  complaynte  and 
 sorow  in  to  ioye,  that  we  maye  lyue  O 
 LORDE,  and  prayse  thy  name.  O  LORDE, 
 sufire  not  y  mouthes  of  them  that  praise  the, 
 to  be  destroyed. 
 
 All  y  people  of  Israel  in  hke  maner  cried 
 as  earnestly  as  they  coude  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 for  their  death  and  destruccion  stode  before 
 their  eyes. 
 
 Clje  p»}-  Cl^aptcr. 
 Of  the  sorowe,  complaynte  and  prayer  of  quene 
 Hester. 
 
 QUENE  Hester  also  beynge  in  the  battayll 
 of  death,  resorted  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 layed  awaye  hir  glorious  apparell,  and  put  on 
 the  garmetes  that  serued  for  sighinge  and 
 mournynge.  In  the  steade  of  precious  oynt- 
 ment,  she  scatred  ashes  and  doge  vpon  hir 
 heade  :  and  as  for  hir  body,  she  humbled  it, 
 and  brought  it  very  lowe.  All  the  places 
 where  she  was  wote  to  haue  ioye  afore,  those 
 fylled  she  with  y  hayre,  y  she  plucte  out 
 hirself.  She  prayed  also  vnto  the  LORDE 
 God  of  Israel  with  these  wordes  : 
 
 O  my  LORDE,  thou  onely  art  oure  kynge, 
 helpe  me  desolate  woma,  which  haue  no 
 helper  but  f,  for  my  misery  and  destruccion 
 is  harde  at  my  hande.  Fro  my  youth  vp  I 
 haue  herde  "out  of  the  kynred  of  my  father, 
 that  thou  tokest  Israel  from  amoge  all  people 
 (and  so  haue  oure  fathers  of  their  fore  elders) 
 that  they  shulde  be  thy  perpetuall  inherit- 
 aunee,  and  loke  what  thou  didest  promise  the, 
 thou  hast  made  it  good  vnto  the. 
 
 '■  Deut.  4.  c.  and  7.  d.        *  lere.  32.  c. 
 
 Now  well  LORDE,  we  haue  synned  before 
 the,  *  therfore  hast  thou  geuen  vs  in  to  the 
 hades  of  oure  enemies,  because  we  worshipped 
 their  goddes.  LORDE  thou  art  righteous. 
 Neuertheles  it  satisfieth  the  not,  that  we  are 
 in  bytter  and  heuy  captiuyte  and  oppressed 
 amonge  them,  but  thou  hast  layed  their 
 hondes  vpon  the  hondes  of  their  goddes :  so 
 that  they  begynne  to  take  awaye,  the  thinge 
 that  thou  with  thy  mouth  hast  ordened  and 
 appoynted :  to  destroye  thyne  inheritaunce, 
 to  shut  and  to  stoppe  f  mouthes  of  them  that 
 prayse  the,  to  quech  the  glory  and  worshipe 
 of  thy  house  and  thine  aulter,  and  to  open 
 the  mouthes  of  the  Heithen,  y  they  maye 
 prayse  the  power  (j  vertue  of  the  goddes,  and 
 to  magnifie  the  fleshly  kynge  for  euer. 
 
 O  LORDE,  geue  not  thy  cepter  vnto  the 
 that  be  nothinge,  lest  they  laugh  vs  to  scome 
 in  oure  misery  and  fall :  but  tume  their  de- 
 uyce  vpo  them  selues,  and  punysh  him,  that 
 hath  begonne  the  same  ouer  vs,  and  set  him 
 to  an  example.  Thinke  vpon  vs  O  LORDE, 
 and  shew  thy  self  in  y  tyme  of  oure  distres 
 and  of  oure  trouble.  Strength  me  O  thou 
 kynge  of  goddes,  thou  LORDE  of  all  power, 
 geue  me  an  eloquet"  and  pleasaunt  speach  in 
 my  mouth  before  the  Lyon.  Tume  his  hert 
 in  to  y  hate  of  oure  enemie,  to  destroye  him, 
 and  all  soch  as  consent  vnto  him.  But  de- 
 lyuer  vs  with  thy  hande,  and  helpe  me  deso- 
 late woman,  which  haue  no  defence  ner  helper 
 but  onely  ;y.  LORDE  thou  knowest  aD 
 thinges,  thou  wotest  that  I  loue  not  the  glory 
 and  worshipe  of  the  vnrighteous,  and  that  I 
 hate  and  abhorre  the  bed  of  the  vncirciicyded 
 and  of  all  Heithen. 
 
 Thou  knowest  and  wotest  my  necessite,  y 
 I  hate  the  token  of  my  preemynence  5  wor- 
 shipe, which  I  beare  vpon  my  heade,  what 
 tyme  as  I  must  shew  my  self  and  be  sene,  (j 
 that  I  abhorre  it  as  an  vncleane  cloth,  and 
 that  I  weere  it  not  wha  I  am  quyete  and 
 alone  by  my  self.  Thou  knowest  also  that  I 
 thy  honde  mayden  haue  not  eaten  at  Amas 
 table,  and  that  I  haue  had  no  pleasure  ner 
 delyte  in  the  kynges  feast,  that  I  haue  not 
 dronke  the  drynkofferinges,  and  that  I  thy 
 honde  mayden  haue  had  no  ioye  sens  y  dale 
 that  I  was  brought  hither  vnto  this  daye :  but 
 onely  in  the  O  LORDE.  O  thou  God  of 
 Abraham,   O  thou   mightie  God   aboue  all. 
 
JTO.  IHT. 
 
 Cf)f  bokf  of  i&fSter. 
 
 heare  the  voyce  of  them,  that  haue  none 
 other  hope,  and  delyuer  vs  out  of  the 
 hande  of  f  wicked,  5  delyuer  me  out  of 
 my  feare. 
 
 €i)t  rb.  Ctaptn:. 
 
 Quene  Hester  appeareth  before  the  kynge,  with 
 an  heuy  hert  for  the  trouble  of  hir  people, 
 and  God  turneth  the  kynges  hert. 
 
 AND  vpon  f  thirde  daye  it  happened, 
 that  Hester"  layed  awaye  ;y^  mournynge 
 garmCtes,  and  put  on  hir  glorious  apparell, 
 and  decte  hirself  goodly  (after  that  she  had 
 called  vpon  God,  which  is  the  beholder  (j 
 Sauioure  of  all  thinges)  toke  two  maydes  with 
 her  :  vpon  the  one  she  leaned  hir  self,  as  one 
 y  was  tender :  the  other  folowed  her,  and 
 bare  the  trayne  of  hir  vesture.  The  shyne 
 of  hir  bewtye  made  hir  face  rose  coloured. 
 The  similitude  of  hir  face  was  chearfull  and 
 amyable,  but  hir  hert  was  soroufull  for  greate 
 feare.  She  wente  in  thorow  all  the  dores, 
 and  stode  before  the  kynge.  The  kynge  sat 
 vpon  the  trone  of  his  kingdome,  and  was 
 clothed  in  his  goodly  araye,  all  of  golde,  and 
 sett  \vith  precious  stones,  and  he  was  very 
 terryble.  He  lift  vp  his  face,  that  shone  in 
 the  cleames,  and  loked  grymly  vpon  her. 
 Then  fell  the  Quene  downe,  was  pale  and 
 faynt,  leaned  hir  self  vpon  the  heade  of  the 
 mayde  that  wente  with  her. 
 
 Neuertheles  God  turned  y  kynges  mynde, 
 that  he  was  gentle,*  that  he  leape  out  of  his 
 seate  for  feare,  and  gat  her  in  his  armes,  j 
 helde  hir  vp  tyll  she  came  to  herself  agayne. 
 He  gaue  her  louynge  wordes  also,  5  sayde 
 ^Tito  her :  Hester,  what  is  the  matter  ?  I  am 
 thy  brother,  be  of  good  cheare,  thou  shalt 
 not  dye  :  for  oure  commaundement  toucheth 
 the  comons,  not  the.  Come  nye.  And  with 
 that  he  helde  vp  his  golden  wande,  and  layed 
 it  vpon  hir  neck,  and  enbraced  her  frendly, 
 and  sayde :  talke  with  me.  The  sayde  she  : 
 I  sawe  the'  (O  lorde)  as  an  angell  of  God,  5 
 my  hert  was  troubled  for  feare  of  thy  maiesty 
 and  cleamesse.  For  excellent  and  wonderful! 
 art  thou  (O  lorde)  and  thy  face  is  full  of 
 amyte.  But  as  she  was  thus  speakynge  ^'nto 
 him,  she  fell  downe  agayne  for  fayntnes :  for 
 the  which  cause  the  kynge  was  afrayed,  and 
 all  his  seruauntes  comforted  her. 
 
 Cftap.  vb. 
 
 Ei)t  ybi.  Cijaptn. 
 
 A  copye  of  the  commaundement,  which  kinge 
 Artaxerses  caused  to  be  proclamed  in  all  the 
 countrees  of  his  domynion,  for  the  wealth  of 
 the  lewes. 
 
 THE  greate  kynge  Artaxerses,  which 
 raigneth  fro  India  vnto  Ethiopia,  ouer 
 an  hundreth  and  xxvij.  londes,  sendeth  vnto 
 the  prynces  (t  rulers  of  the  same  londes,  soch 
 as  loue  him,  his  frendly  salutacion.  There 
 be  many,  that  for  the  sondi-ye  frendshipes  and 
 benefites  which  are  diuersly  done  vnto  them 
 for  their  worshipe,  be  euer  f  more  proude 
 and  hye  mynded,  and  vndertake  not  onely  to 
 hurte  oure  subiectes  (for  plenteous  benefites 
 maye  they  not  suffre,  and  begynine  to  ymagin 
 some  thinge  agaynst  those  that  do  them  good, 
 and  take  not  onely  all  vnthankfulnes  awaye 
 fro  men)  but  in  pryde  and  presumpcion  (as 
 they  that  be  vnmyndefuU  and  vTithakftdl  for 
 the  good  dedes)  they  go  aboute  to  escape  the 
 iudgment  of  God,  y  seyth  all  thinges,  which 
 (iudgment)  hateth  5  punysheth  all  wickednes. 
 It  happeneth  oft  also,  y  they  which  be  set  in 
 office  by  the  hyer  power,  and  vnto  whom  the 
 busynes  and  causes  of  the  subiectes  are 
 comytted  to  be  handled,  waxe  proude,  and 
 defyle  the  selues  with  sheddymge  of  innocent 
 bloude,  which  bryngeth  them  to  intoUerable 
 hurte.  Which  also  with  false  and  disceatfull 
 wordes  and  with  lyenge  tales,  disceaue  and 
 betraye  the  innocent  goodnes  of  prynces. 
 
 Now  is  it  profitable  and  good,  that  we  take 
 hede,  make  search  therafter,  and  consider,  not 
 onely  what  hath  happened  vnto  vs  of  olde, 
 but  the  shamefuU,  vnhonest,  and  noysome 
 thinges,  that  the  debites  haue  now  taken  in 
 hande  before  oure  eyes :  and  therby  to  be- 
 warre  in  tyme  to  come,  that  we  maye  make 
 the  kyngdome  quyete  5  peaceable  for  all  men, 
 and  that  we  might  some  tjme  drawe  it  to  a 
 chaunge :  and  as  for  y  thinge  that  now  is 
 present  before  oure  eyes,  to  withstande  it, 
 and  to  put  it  downe,  after  the  most  frendly 
 maner. 
 
 What  tyme  now  as  Aman  the  sonne  of 
 Amadathu  y  Macedonyan''  (a  straunger  verely 
 of  the  Persians  bloude,  and  farre  from  oure 
 goodnes)  was  come  in  amoge  vs  as  an  aleaunt, 
 and   had   optaynied   the   frendshipe   that  we 
 
 '  Gen.  33.  b.     2  Re.  19.  c.  ^  Hester  3.  a. 
 
C6ap.  x^u 
 
 Cftf  bokt  of  ^t&ttv. 
 
 fo,  Ixi-u 
 
 beare  towarde  all  people,  so  that  he  was  called 
 oure  father,  and  had  in  hye  honoure  of  euery 
 man,  as  the  next  and  prjaicipall  vnto  the 
 kynge,  he  coude  not  forbeare  him  self  from 
 his  pryde,  hath  vndertaken  not  onely  to  robbe 
 vs  of  the  kyngdome,  but  of  oure  life. 
 
 With  manyfolde  disceate  also  hath  he  de- 
 syred  to  destroye  Mardocheus  oure  helper 
 and  preseruer,  which  hath  done  vs  good  in  all 
 thinges:  and  innocent  Hester  the  like  par- 
 taker of  oure  kyngdome,  with  all  hir  people. 
 For  his  mynde  was  (whan  he  had  take  them 
 out  of  the  waye,  and  robbed  vs  of  them)  by 
 this  meanes  to  translate  the  kyngdome  of  the 
 Persians  vnto  the  of  Macedonia.  But  we 
 fynde,  that  the  lewes  (which  were  accused  of 
 f  wicked,  y  they  might  be  destroyed)  are  no 
 eueU  doers,  but  vse  reasonable  5  right  lawes, 
 and  that  they  be  the  children  of  the  most  Hye 
 lyuynge  God,  by  whom  the  kyngdome  of  vs 
 and  oure  progenitours  hath  bene  well  ordred 
 hither  to.  Wherfore,  as  for  the  letters  and 
 comaundementes,  that  were  put  forth  by 
 Aman  the  sonne  of  Amadathu,  ye  shal  do 
 well,  yf  ye  holde  them  of  none  effecte :  for  he 
 that  set  them  vp  and  inuented  the,  hangeth  at 
 
 Susis  before  the  porte,  with  all  his  kinred, 
 and  God  (which  hath  all  thinges  in  his  power) 
 hath  rewarded  him  after  his  deseru)Tige. 
 
 And  vpon  this  ye  shal  publish  and  set  vp 
 the  copy  of  this  letter  in  all  places,  that  the 
 lewes  maye  frely  and  without  hinderaunce 
 holde  them  selues  after  their  owne  statutes, 
 and  that  they  maye  be  helped,  and  that  vpo 
 y  xiij.  daye  of  f  xij.  moneth  Adar  they  maye 
 be  auenged  of  them,  which  in  the  tyme  of 
 their  anguysh  and  trouble  wolde  haue  op- 
 pressed the.  For  the  God  that  gouerneth  all 
 thinges,  hath  turned  to  ioye,  the  daye  wherin 
 y  chosen  people  shulde  haue  perished. 
 
 Morouer,  amoge  the  hye  solempne  dayes 
 that  ye  haue,  ye  shall  holde  this  daye  also 
 with  all  gladnesse :  that  now  and  in  tyme  to 
 come,  this  daye  maye  be  a  remembraiice  to 
 good,  for  all  soch  as  loue  the  prosperite  of  the 
 Persians :  but  a  remembraunce  of  destruccion 
 to  those  that  be  sedicious  vnto  vs. 
 
 AU  cities  and  lodes  that  do  not  this,  shal 
 horribly  perish  and  be  destroyed  with  the 
 swerde  and  fyre,  and  shall  not  onely  be  no- 
 more  inhabited  of  men,  but  be  abhorred  also 
 of  f  wilde  beastes  it  foules. 
 
Z^t  ibofet  of  ®BaB0?ln)mt^ 
 
 ©aaftat  tf)i£«  ijofet  contepnetft. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 An  exortacio  for  iudges  and  rulers  to  loue  wysz- 
 dome.  The  sprete  of  wyszdome  hateth  falsede, 
 dissimulacion  and  Ypocrysie,  rebuketh  vnright- 
 eousncsse  and  abhorreth  wicked  doers. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 The  ymaginacios  and  thoughtes  of  the  vngodly, 
 how  they  geue  the  selues  ouer  vnto  synne,  and 
 persecute  all  vertue  and  trueth. 
 Ci&ap.  III. 
 
 The  felicite  and  health  of  godly  people,  though 
 they  be  put  here  to  trouble  and  heuynesse  : 
 Agayne,  what  sorow  shall  happen  to  the  vn- 
 godly and  their  children. 
 
 Ci&ap.  nil. 
 
 To  lyue  chaist  (j  godly  withall,  is  comendable. 
 A  disprayse  of  the  wicked.  The  honoure  of 
 verteous  age.  The  shamefull  death  of  the 
 vngodly. 
 
 Cftap.  V. 
 How  the  iust  men  shal  stode  against  the  wicked, 
 that  haue  put  them  here  to  trouble  d  what 
 sorowe  shall  come  vpon  the  vngodly.   Agayne, 
 what  ioye  shal  happen  to  the  righteous,  which 
 haue  God  himself  for  their  defece. 
 Cfiap.  VI. 
 An  exortacion  vnto  soch  as  be  in  rule  and  aucto- 
 rite,  to  receaue  wyszdome.     A  commedacion 
 of  wyszdome. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VII. 
 All  men  haue  like  intrauce  in  to  the  worlde  :  yet 
 who  so  calleth  vpon  God  for  wyszdome,  shal 
 haue  his  desyre.     The  profit  that  cometh  by 
 wyszdome  passeth  all  other  thinges. 
 Cl)ap.  VIII. 
 Wiszdome   shulde  be  receaued   in  youth.     He 
 that  marieth  himself  vnto  her,  shall  optayne 
 loue  of  God  and  men. 
 
 Cl)ap.  IX. 
 A  prayer  vnto  God  for  the  gift  of  wyszdome. 
 
 What  profit  and  good  came  by  wyszdome  in  the 
 olde  tyme. 
 
 CI)ap.  XI. 
 How  wiszdome  ledeth  the  righteous,  s  how  the 
 vngodly    are    punyshed    thorow    the   mightie 
 hande  of  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 God  is  mercifuU  and  suffreth  longe,  to  the  intent 
 that  synners  shulde  amende. 
 Cl)ap.  XIII. 
 Vayne  are  they  that  haue  not  the  knowlege  of 
 the   lyuynge  God,  but  turne  vnto  the  crea- 
 tures: vnhappie  are  they  that  honoure  ymages. 
 Cl)ap.   XIIII. 
 The  worshippinge  of  ymages.   The  power  of  God. 
 Punyshment  of  them  that  make  ymages,  and 
 of  soch  as  worshipe  them.    How  ymages  came 
 vp  first.     The  honouringe   of  ymages   is  the 
 cause,  begynnynge,  and  ende  of  all  myschefe. 
 Ci^ap.  XV. 
 The  faithfuU  haue  respecte  vnto  God  and  not 
 vnto  ymages. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XVI. 
 
 God  punisheth  the  wicked,  but  defendeth  the 
 
 godly,  5  that  by  greate  wonders. 
 
 £I)ap.   XVII. 
 
 Of  the  greate  darcknesse  in  Egipte,  and  blynd- 
 
 nesse  of  the  vngodly. 
 
 Ci^ap.  xvni. 
 
 How  God  destroied  the  firstborne  of  Egipte. 
 Gods  people  eate  the  easter  lambe  ioyfully, 
 the  Egiptians  mourne.  God  punysheth  the 
 synners  in  the  wildernesse.  Moses  intreateth 
 for  the  people. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XIX. 
 
 Like  as  the  wicked  are  euer  synnynge  more  and 
 more,  so  doth  the  wrath  of  God  neuer  ceasse, 
 tyll  they  be  destroyed.  Of  them  that  were 
 punyshed  in  the  tyme  of  Loth. 
 
|Cf)ai),  ih 
 
 COe  boht  of  iMpsjUomf. 
 
 ffo,  imi). 
 
 €iit  first  (Chapter. 
 
 OSET  youre  affeccion  vpo  wyszdome, 
 ye  that  be  iudges  of  the  earth. "  Haue 
 a  good  opinion  of  the  LORDE,  j  seke  him 
 in  the  synglenesse  of  hert.  *  For  he  will  be 
 foude  of  them  that  tempte  him  not,  and  ap- 
 peareth  vnto  soch  as  put  their  trust  in  him. 
 As  for  frowarde  thoughtes,  they  separate  from 
 God,  but  vertue  (yf  it  be  alowed,)  refourmeth 
 f  vnwyse.  And  why?  wyszdome  shall  not 
 entre  in  to  a  frowarde  soule,  ner  dwell  in  the 
 body  that  is  subdued  vnto  synne.  For  the 
 holy  goost  abhorreth  fayned  nurtoure,  3  with- 
 draweth  himself  fr5  y  thoughtes  that  are 
 without  vnderstondinge :  5  where  wickednes 
 hath  the  vpper  hade,  he  flieth  from  thence. 
 For  the  sprete  of  wyszdome  is  louynge,  gentle 
 and  gracious,  and  wil  haue  no  pleasure  in  him 
 that  speaketh  euell  with  his  lippes.  For  God 
 is  a  witnesse  of  his  reynes,  a  true  searcher  out 
 of  his  hert,  and  an  hearer  of  his  tonge.  ''  For 
 the  sprete  of  y  LORDE  fylleth  the  rounde 
 compasse  of  the  worlde,  and  y  same  that 
 vpholdeth  all  thinges,  hath  knowlege  also  of 
 the  voyce. 
 
 "  Therfore  he  that  speaketh  vnrighteous 
 thinges,  can  not  be  hydd,  nether  maye  he 
 escape  the  iudgmet  of  reprofe.  And  why 
 inquysicion  shal  be  made  for  the  thoughtes  of 
 the  vngodly,  and  the  reporte  of  his  wordes 
 shal  come  vnto  God,  so  that  his  wickednes 
 shalbe  punished.  For  the  eare  of  gelousy 
 heareth  all  thinges,  and  the  noyse  of  the 
 grudginges  shal  not  be  hydd.  Therfore 
 bewarre  of  murmuringe,  which  is  nothinge 
 worth,  and  refrayne  youre  tonge  from  slauder. 
 '^  For  there  is  no  worde  so  darck  and  secrete, 
 that  it  shall  go  for  naught :  and  the  mouth 
 that  speaketh  lyes,  slayeth  the  soule. 
 
 ^  O  seke  not  youre  owne  death  in  y  erroure 
 of  youre  hfe,  destroye  not  youre  selues  thorow 
 the  workes  of  youre  owne  handes.  For  God 
 hath  not  made  death,  nether  hath  he  pleasure 
 in  the  destruccion  of  the  lyuynge.  For  he 
 created  all  thinges,  that  they  might  haue  their 
 beynge :  yee  all  the  people  of  the  earth  hath 
 he  made  that  they  shulde  haue  health,  that 
 there  shulde  be  no  destruccion  in  them,  and 
 that  the  kyngdome  of  hell  shulde  not  be  vpon 
 
 -  3  Reg.  3.  a.  Psal.  2.  b.     <■  2Par.  15.  a.     '  Galat.  ft.  b. 
 ■*  Esaie  6.  a.   lere.  23.  d.    Acto.  7.  c.  '3  Re.  2.  g. 
 
 Matt.  6.  a.  Heb.  4.  b.         /  Luc.  12.  a.  I   Deut.  4.  c. 
 
 earth  (for  righteousnesse  is  euerlastinge  and 
 immortall,  but  vnrighteousnes  bringeth  death.) 
 Neuerthelesse,  the  vngodly  call  her  vnto  them 
 both  with  wordes  (C  workes,  (j  whyle  they  thinke 
 to  haue  a  frende  of  her,  they  come  to  naught : 
 for  the  vngodly  that  are  confederate  with  her 
 and  take  hir  parte,  are  worthy  of  death. 
 
 Cljt  tj.  Cljapttr. 
 
 FOR  f  vngodly  talke  ij  ymagin  thus 
 amonge  them  selues  (but  not  right : ) 
 ''  The  tyme  of  oure  life  is  but  short  (j  tedious, 
 (J  when  a  man  is  once  gone,  he  hath  nomore 
 ioye  ner  pleasure,  nether  knowe  we  eny  man 
 y  turneth  agayne  from  death :  for  we  are 
 borne  of  naught,  5  we  shal  be  herafter  as 
 though  we  had  neuer  bene.  For  oure  breth 
 is  as  a  smoke  in  oure  nostrels,  5  y  wordes  as 
 a  sparck  to  moue  oure  herte.  As  for  oure 
 body,  it  shalbe  very  aszshes  y  are  queched,  (i 
 oure  soule  shal  vanish  as  y  soft  ayre.  Oure  lifg^ 
 shall  passe  awaye  as  f  trace  of  a  cloude,  (j 
 come  to  naught  as  y  myst  y  is  dryue  awaye 
 with  the  beames  of  f  Sonne,  j  put  downe 
 with  the  heate  therof.  Oure  name  also  shalbe 
 forgotten  by  litle  5  litle,  5  no  man  shal  haue 
 oure  workes  in  remembraunce. 
 
 For  oure  tpne  is  a  veiy  shadow  y  passeth 
 awaye,  '  and  after  oure  ende  there  is  no  re- 
 turnpige,  for  it  is  fast  sealed,  so  y  no  ma 
 Cometh  agayne.  Come  on  therfore,  let  vs 
 enioye  y  pleasures  y  there  are,  s  let  vs  soone 
 vse  y  creature  like  as  in  youth.  We  wil  fyll 
 oure  selues  with  good  wyne  a  oyntment,  there 
 shal  no  floure  of  the  tyme  go  by  vs.  We  wil 
 erowne  oure  selues  with  roses  afore  they  be 
 wythered.  There  shal  be  no  fayre  medowe, 
 but  oure  lust  shal  go  thorow  it.  Let  euery 
 one  of  you  be  partaker  of  oure  volupteousnes. 
 Let  vs  leaue  some  token  of  oure  pleasure  in 
 euery  place,  for  y  is  oure  porcion,  els  gett  we 
 nothinge.  Let  vs  oppresse  the  poore  right- 
 eous, let  vs  not  spare  the  wyddowe  ner  olde 
 man,  let  vs  not  regarde  f  heades  y  are  gray 
 for  age.  Let  y  lawe  of  vnrighteousnesse  be 
 oure  auctorite,  for  y  thinge  y  is  feble  is  no- 
 thinge worth.  Therfore  let  vs  defraude  the 
 righteous,  (j  why?  he  is  not  for  oure  profit, 
 yee  he  is  cleane  cotrary  to  oure  doinges.  He 
 checketh  vs  for  ofFendinge  agaynst  f  lawe,  5 
 
 *  lob  7.  a.  Mat.  22.  b.  1  Cor.  15.  d.  ■  1  Par.  30.  c. 
 Esa.  22.  b.  and  56.  c.  Sap.  5.  b. 
 
fo,  IHTiiij* 
 
 Ei)t  bokt  of  a2ilj)£ijliomc. 
 
 Cbap.  iij. 
 
 jslaundreth  vs  as  transgressours  of  all  uur 
 toure.  He  maketh  his  boost  to  haue  v^  know- 
 lege  of  God,  yee  he  calleth  him  self  Gods 
 Sonne.  He  is  the  bewrayer  of  our  thoughtes : 
 "  It  greueth  vs  also  to  loke  vpon  him,  for  his 
 lyfe  is  not  lyke  other  mens,  his  wayes  are  of 
 another  fashion.  He  counteth  vs  but  vayne 
 personnes,  he  withdraweth  him  self  from  oure 
 wayes  as  from  fylthynes :  he  comendeth 
 greatly  f  latter  ende  of  the  iust,  a  maketh  his 
 boast  y  God  is  his  father.  Let  vs  se  then  yf 
 his  wordes  be  true,  let  vs  proue  what  shal 
 come  vpon  him :  so  shal  we  knowe  what  ende 
 he  shal  haue.  For  yf  he  be  f  true  sonne  of 
 God,  *he  will  receaue  him  {j  delyuer  him 
 from  the  handes  of  his  enemies.  Let  vs  exa- 
 men  him  with  despitefull  rebuke  and  tor- 
 mentinge,  that  we  maye  knowe  his  dignite 
 (S  proue  his  pacience.  "  Let  vs  condemne  him 
 with  the  most  shamefuU  death :  for  like  as  he 
 hath  spoken,  so  shal  he  be  rewarded. 
 
 Soch  thinges  do  the  vngodly  ymagm,  (j 
 go  astraye,  for  their  owne  wickednes  hath 
 blynded  them.  As  for  the  misteries  of  God, 
 they  vnderstonde  them  not :  they  nether  hope 
 for  the  rewarde  of  righteousnesse,  ner  regarde 
 the  worshipe  that  holy  soules  shall  haue.  For 
 God  created  man  to  be  vndestroied,  yee  ''  after 
 the  ymage  of  liis  awTie  licknesse  made  he 
 him.  '  Neuerthelesse  thorow  envye  of  the 
 deuell  came  death  in  to  the  worlde,  ■'  and  they 
 that  holde  of  his  syde,  do  as  he  doth. 
 
 Cl)e  iij.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 BUT  the  soules  of  f  righteous  are  in 
 f  hande  of  God,  ^  5  y  payne  of  death 
 shal  not  touch  the.  ''  Li  f  sight  of  y  vnwyse 
 they  appeare  to  dye,  5  their  ende  is  take  for 
 very  destruccion.  The  waye  of  the  righteous 
 is  iudged  to  be  vtter  destruccion,  but  they  are 
 in  rest.  And  though  they  suffre  payne  be- 
 fore men,  '  yet  is  their  hope  full  of  immor- 
 talite.  They  are  punished  but  in  few  thinges, 
 neuerthelesse  in  many  thinges  shal  they  be 
 well  rewarded.  For  God  proueth  them,  g 
 fyndeth  the  mete  for  himself:  yee  as  the 
 golde  in  the  fornace  doth  he  trye  them,  5 
 receaueth  them  as  a  brentofFeringe,  and 
 when  f  tyme  commeth  they  shalbe  loked 
 vpon. 
 
 "  loh.  7.  a.  Esa.  53.  a.  »  Paal.  21.  a.    Matt.  27.  c. 
 
 •■  lere.  11.  d.        ''Gen.  1.2.        'Gen.  3.  a.      /Ioh.8.  d. 
 «Deut.33.a.         »  Sap.  5.b.  Heb.  11.  f.  'IPet.l.c. 
 
 The  righteous  shal  shyne  as  the  sparkes 
 y  renne  thorow  the  rede  buszshe.  *They  shal 
 ludge  the  nacions,  j  haue  dominion  ouer  f 
 people,  5  their  LORDE  shal  raigne  for  euer. 
 They  y  put  their  trust  in  him,  shal  vnder- 
 stonde the  trueth,  and  soch  as  be  faithful!,  wil 
 agree  vnto  him  in  loue :  for  his  chosen  shal 
 haue  giftes  a,  peace.  '  But  the  vngodly  shalbe 
 punyshed  acordinge  to  their  awne  ymagina- 
 cios,  for  they  haue  despysed  the  righteous,  5 
 forsaken  the  LORDE. 
 
 Who  so  despyseth  wyszdome  5  nurtoure, 
 he  is  vnhappie,  and  as  for  the  hope  of  soch,  it 
 is  but  vayne,  their  labours  vnfrutefull,  and 
 their  worfces  vnprofitable.  Their  wyues  are 
 vndiscrete,  and  their  childre  most  vngodly. 
 Their  creature  is  cursed.  Blessed  is  rather  f 
 baren  (j  vndefyled,  which  hath  not  knowne 
 the  synfull  bedd :  she  shall  haue  frute  in  the 
 rewarde  of  the  holy  soules.  And  blessed  is  ;y 
 gelded,"'  which  with  his  handes  hath  wrought 
 no  \airighteousnesse,  ner  ymagined  wicked 
 thinges  agaynst  God.  For  vnto  him  shal  be 
 geuen  y  speciall  gift  of  faith,  and  the  most 
 acceptable  porcion  in  y  temple  of  God.  For 
 glorious  is  the  frute  of  good  laboure,  5  the 
 rote  of  wyszdome  shall  neuer  fade  awaye.  As 
 for  y  childre  of  aduoutrers,  they  shal  come  to 
 an  ende  i  the  sede  of  an  vnrighteous  bedd  shal 
 be  roted  out.  And  though  they  lyue  loge, 
 yet  shal  they  be  nothinge  regarded,  5  their 
 last  age  shalbe  without  honoure.  Yf  they  dye 
 haistely,  they  haue  no  hope,  nether  shal  they 
 be  spoken  to  in  the  daye  of  knowlege.  For 
 horrible  is  the  death  and  ende  of  the  vnright- 
 eous. 
 
 Cije  iiij.  Cl)apter. 
 
 OHOW  fayre  is  a  chaist  generacion  with 
 vertue  ?  The  memoriall  therof  is  im- 
 mortall,  for  it  is  knowne  with  God  and  men. 
 When  it  is  present,  me  take  exaple  thereat : 
 and  yf  it  go  awaye,  yet  they  desyre  it.  It  is 
 allwaie  crowned  j  holden  in  honoure,  5  wyn- 
 neth  y  rewarde  of  the  vndefyled  battayll.  But 
 the  multitude  of  vngodly  childre  is  vnprofit- 
 able, and  the  thinges  y  are  planted  with  whor- 
 dome,  shal  take  no  depe  rote,  ner  laye  eny 
 fast  foundacion,"  Though  they  be  greiie  in  the 
 braunches  for  a  tyme,  yet  shal  they  be  shake 
 with  the  \vynde  :   for  they  stonde  not  fast,  5 
 
 Rom.  8.  c.    2  Cor.  h.  a.  '  Matt.  13.  c.  1  Cor.  15.  c. 
 
 Matt.  19.  c.  1  Cor.  6.  a.        'Matt.45.d.        "Esa.SC.b. 
 "  lere.  17.  b.  Mai.  1.  a.   Mat.  7.  c. 
 
"COap,  b« 
 
 €l)t  faokf  of  CSapsjiiomf. 
 
 jfo,  im^ 
 
 thorow  the  vehemence  of  the  wynde  they 
 shalbe  roted  out.  For  the  vnparfecte  braun- 
 ches  shalbe  broken,  their  frute  shalbe  vnpro- 
 fitable  (J  sower  to  eate,  yee  mete  for  nothinge, 
 And  why?  all  the  children  y  are  borne  of  the 
 wicked,  must  beare  recorde  of  the  wickednesse 
 agaynst  their  fathers  (j  mothers,  when  they  be 
 axed.  But  though  the  righteous  be  ouertaken 
 OTth  death,  yet  shal  he  be  in  rest. 
 
 Age  is  an  honorable  thinge :  neuertheles 
 it  stondeth  not  only  in  the  lenth  of  tyme,  ner 
 in  the  multitude  of  yeares  :  but  a  mans  wysz- 
 dome  is  the  graye  hayre,  and  an  vndefyled 
 life  is  the  olde  age.  He  pleased  God,  5  was 
 beloued  of  him :  so  that  where  as  he  lyued 
 amoge  synners,  "he  traslated  him.  Yee  sodely 
 was  he  taken  awaye,  to  the  intent  y  wicked- 
 nesse shulde  not  alter  his  vnderstodmge,  (t  y 
 ypocrisye  shulde  not  begyle  his  soule.  For  y 
 craftie  bewitchinge  of  lyes  make  good  thinges 
 darck,  y  vnstedfastnesse  also  5  wickednes  of 
 voluptuous  desyre,  turne  asyde  f  vnderston- 
 dinge  of  y  symple.  Though  he  was  soone 
 deed,  yet  fulfilled  he  moch  tyme.  For  his 
 soule  pleased  God,  therfore  haisted  he  to  take 
 him  awaye  fro  amonge  y  wicked.  This  the 
 people  se,  5  vnderstonde  it  not:  they  laye  not 
 vp  soch  thinges  in  their  hertes,  how  y  f  lou- 
 ynge  fauoure  5  mercy  of  God  is  vpo  his  saintes, 
 (t  y  he  hath  respecte  vnto  his  chosen. 
 
 Thus  f  righteous  y  is  deed,  codemneth  the 
 vngodly  which  are  lyuinge:  5  f  youth  y  is 
 soone  brought  to  an  ende,  f  loge  life  of  y 
 vnrighteous.  For  they  se  y  ende  of  f  wyse, 
 but  they  vnderstode  not  wnat  God  hath  de- 
 uysed  for  him,  5  wherfore  y  LORDE  hath 
 taken  him  a  waie.  And  why?  they  se  him 
 (t  despyse  him,  therfore  shall  God  also  laugh 
 the  to  scorne :  So  y  they  the  selues  shal  dye 
 here  after  (but  without  honoure)  yee  in  shame 
 amonge  y  deed  for  euermore.  For  without 
 eny  voyce  shal  he  burst  those  y  be  puft  vp,  j 
 remoue  the  fro  f  foundacions,  so  y  they  shalbe 
 laied  waist  vnto  the  hyest.  They  shal  moume, 
 and  their  memoriall  shall  perishe.  So  they 
 beynge  afrayed  shall  remembre  their  synnes, 
 and  their  owne  wickednesse  shal  bewraye  the. 
 
 Clje  b.  €i)apttr. 
 
 THEN  shal  y  righteous  stonde  in  greate 
 stedfastnesse*  agaynst  soch  as  haue  dealt 
 
 Heb.ll.a.  »  Matt.  19.  ( 
 
 ''  1  Par.  30.  c.  Sap.  2.  b. 
 
 '  Sap.  3.  a 
 ■  Pro.  30.  b. 
 
 extremely  with  the,  (j  take  awaye  their  labours. 
 When  they  se  it,  they  shalbe  vexed  with  hor- 
 rible feare,  5  shal  wonder  at  the  haistynesse 
 of  y  sodane  health :  groninge  for  very  dis- 
 tresse  of  mynde,  a  shall  saye  within  them 
 selues  (hauynge  inwarde  sorow,  and  mourn- 
 ynge  for  very  anguysh  of  mynde) : 
 
 These  are  they,  whom  we  somtyme  had  in 
 derision,  g  iested  vpo.  'We  fooles  thought 
 their  life  very  madnesse,  (j  their  ende  to  be  with- 
 out honoure.  But  lo,  how  they  are  counted 
 amonge  the  children  of  God,  (j  their  porcion 
 is  amonge  the  sayntes.  Therfore  we  haue 
 erred  from  the  waye  of  trueth,  y  light  of 
 righteousnesse  hath  not  shyned  vnto  vs,  and 
 the  Sone  of  vnderstodinge  rose  not  vp  vpo 
 vs.  We  haue  weeried  oure  selues  in  y  waye 
 of  wickednesse  (j  destruccion.  Tedious  wayes 
 haue  we  gone :  but  as  for  the  waye  of  the 
 LORDE,  we  haue  not  knowne  it. 
 
 What  good  hath  oure  pryde  done  vnto  vs  ? 
 Or,  what  profit  hath  the  pompe  of  riches 
 brought  vs?  ''All  those  thinges  are  passed 
 awaye  like  a  shadowe,  j  as  a  messaunger  ren- 
 nynge  before :  as  a  shippe  y  passeth  ouer  the 
 wawes  of  the  water,  which  whan  it  is  gone  by, 
 the  trace  therof  can  not  be  founde,'  nether  f 
 path  of  it  in  the  floudes.  Or  as  a  byrde  y 
 flyeth  thorow  y  ayre,  5  no  man  can  se  eny 
 token  where  she  is  flowen,  but  only  heareth 
 the  noyse  of  hir  wynges,  beatinge  the  light 
 wynde,  partinge  the  ayre  thorow  the  vehemece 
 of  hir  goinge,  5  flyeth  on  shakynge  hir  wynges, 
 where  as  afterwarde  no  toke  of  hir  waye  can 
 be  foude.  Or  like  as  whe  an  arowe  is  shott  at 
 a  raarck,  it  parteth  the  ayre,  which  immediatly 
 Cometh  together  aga)Tie,  so  that  a  man  can 
 not  knowe  where  it  wente  thorow.  Euen  so 
 we  in  like  maner  as  soone  as  we  were  borne, 
 beganne  immediatly  to  drawe  to  oure  ende : 
 (J  haue  shewed  no  token  of  vertue,  but  are 
 consumed  in  oure  owne  wickednesse. 
 
 Soch  wordes  shal  they  that  haue  synned, 
 speake  in  the  heO :  for  the  hope  of  the  vngodly 
 is  like-'^  a  drye  thistell  floure  (or  dust)  that  is 
 blowne  awaye  with  the  wynde :  like  as  thynne 
 scomme  y  is  scatred  abrode  with  the  storme : 
 like  as  y  smoke  which  is  dispersed  here  (j  there 
 with  the  wynde,  (j  as  y  remembraunce  of  a 
 straijger  ^y  tarieth  for  a  dale,  5  the  departeth. 
 
 But  f  righteous  shal  lyue  for  euermore  : 
 
 /lob  8.  a.  Psal.  1.  b.  Pro.  10.  d.  and  11.  a.  lac.  1.  b. 
 e  Psal.  39.  a. 
 
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 their  rewarde  also  is  with  the  LORDE,  5  their 
 remembraunce  with  the  Hyest.  Therfore  shal 
 they  receaue  a  glorious  kyngdome  5  a  beuti- 
 full  crowne  of  the  LORDES  hande:  for  with 
 his  right  hande  shal  he  couer  the,  5  with  his 
 owne  annc  shall  he  defende  the.  His  gelousy 
 also  shal  take  awaye  the  haniesse,  and  he  shal 
 wape  y  creature  to  be  aueged  of  y  enemies. 
 He  shal  put  011  "righteousnes  for  a  brest  plate, 
 d  take  sure  iudgment  in  steade  of  an  helmett. 
 The  invyncible  shylde  of  equite  shall  he  take, 
 his  cruell  wrath  shal  he  sharpe  for  a  speare,  5 
 the  whole  compase  of  the  worlde  shall  fight 
 with  him  agaynst  the  vnwyse. 
 
 The  shal  the  thonder  boltes  go  out  of  y 
 lighteninges,  j  come  out  of  the  rayne  bowe  of 
 the  cloudes  to  the  place  apoynted :  out  of  the 
 hard  stony  indignacion  there  shall  fall  thick 
 hales,  (T  y  water  of  y  see  shal  be  wroth  agaynst 
 the,  (t  the  floudes  shal  renne  roughly  together. 
 Yee  a  mightie  wynde  shal  stode  vp  agaynst 
 them,  5  a  storme  shall  scater  the  abrode.  Thus 
 the  vnrighteous  dealinge  of  the  shal  bringe 
 all  the  lode  to  a  wyldernes,  (j  wickednes  shall 
 ouerthrowe  the  dweUinges  of  the  mightie. 
 
 Cl^t  bt.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 WYSZDOME  is  better  then  strength,*  a 
 a  ma  of  vnderstadinge  is  more  worth 
 the  one  y  is  stroge.  Heare  therfore  (O  ye 
 kinges)  5  vnderstonde :  O  lerne  ye  y  be  iudges 
 of  the  endes  of  the  earth.  Geue  eare  ye  y 
 rule  y  multitudes,  (t  delite  in  moch  people. 
 For  the  power  is  geue  you  of  the  LORDE,'  5 
 the  stregth  from  the  Hyest:  which  shal  trie 
 youre  workes  and  search  out  youre  ymagina- 
 cios :  How  that  ye  beynge  officers  of  his 
 kyngdome,  haue  not  executed  true  iudgment, 
 haue  not  kepte  the  lawe  of  righteousnes,  ner 
 walked  after  his  will.  Horribly  (t  that  right 
 soone  shall  he  appeare  vnto  you :  for  an  harde 
 JJ  iudgmet  shal  they  haue  y  beare  rule.  Mercy 
 is  graiited  vnto  the  symple,''  but  they  that  be 
 in  auctorite  shalbe  sore  punyshed.  For  God 
 which  is  LORDE  ouer  all,  shall  excepte  no 
 mas  personne,  nether  shal  he  stande  in  awe 
 of  eny  mans  greatnesse  :  for  he  hath  made  ;y 
 small  and  greate,  j  careth  for  all  alyke.  But 
 the  mightie  shal  haue  y  sorer  punyshmet. 
 
 Vnto  you  therfore  (o  ye  kinges)  do  I  speake, 
 y  ye  maye  lerne  wyszdome  and  not  go  amysse : 
 
 "  Ephe.  6.  b.  »  Eccls.  9.  d. 
 
 ■"  Eccii.  10.  c.  '  Rom. 
 
 for  they  y  kepe  righteousnes  shalbe  righteously 
 iudged :  and  they  y  are  lemed  in  righteous 
 thinges,  shal  finde  to  make  answere.  Wher- 
 fore  set  youre  lust  vpon  my  wordes,  5  loue  the, 
 so  shal  ye  come  by  nurtoure.  Wyszdome  is 
 a  noble  thinge,  rj  neuer  faydeth  awaie :  yee  she 
 is  easely  sene  of  the  that  loue  her,  (t  founde  of 
 soch  as  seke  her.  She  preueteth  them  y  desyre 
 her,  y  she  maye  first  shewe  herself  vnto  the. 
 Who  so  awaketh  vnto  her  by  tymes,  shal  haue 
 no  greate  trauayle,  for  he  shal  fjTide  her  sytt- 
 inge  ready  at  his  dores.  To  thinke  vpon  her, 
 is  parfecte  vnderstandinge :  5  who  so  watcheth 
 for  her,  shalbe  safe,  3  that  soone.  For  she 
 goeth  aboute,  sekynge  soch  as  are  mete  for 
 her,  sheweth  her  self  cherefully  vnto  them  in 
 their  goyniges,  (t  meteth  them  with  all  diligece. 
 For  y  vnfained  desyre  of  refourmacion  is  hir 
 begynnynge :  to  care  for  nurtoure  is  loue, 
 and '  loue  is  the  kepinge  of  hir  lawes.  Now 
 the  kepinge  of  y  lawes  is  perfeccion  5  an  vn 
 corrupte  life,  j  an  vn  corrupte  life  maketh  a 
 man  familier  with  God.  And  so  the  desyre 
 of  wyszdome  ledeth  to  y  kingdome  euerlast- 
 inge.  If  youre  delyte  be  the  in  royall  seates 
 5  cepters  (o  ye  kynges  of  the  people)  •'set  youre 
 lust  vpo  wyszdome,  y  ye  maye  raigne  for  euer 
 more.  O  loue  the  light  of  wyszdome,  all  ye 
 y  be  rulers  of  the  people.  As  for  wyszdome, 
 what  she  is,  and  how  she  came  vp,  I  wil  tell 
 you,  and  will  not  hyde  the  misteries  of  God 
 from  you :  but  wil  seke  her  out  from  y  be- 
 gynnynge of  the  natiuyte,  and  brynge  the 
 knowlege  of  her  in  to  light,  and  wil  not  kepe 
 back  the  trueth.  Nether  will  I  haue  to  do 
 with  cosumynge  envye,  for  soch  a  man  shal 
 not  be  partaker  of  wiszdome.  But  the  multi- 
 tude of  the  wyse  is  the  welfare  of  the  worlde, 
 and  a  wyse  kynge  is  the  \^holdinge  of  the 
 people.  O  receaue  nourtoure  then  thorow  my 
 wordes,  and  it  shal  do  you  good. 
 
 €i)t  btj.  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 I  MYSELF  also  am  a  mortall  man,  like  as 
 all  other,  5  am  come  of  f  earthy  genera- 
 cio  of  him  y  was  first  made,  5  in  my  mothers 
 wobe^  WEis  1  fashioned  to  be  flesh :  In  the  tyme 
 of  ten  monethes  was  I  brought  together  in 
 bloude  thorow  the  sede  of  man,  5  the  c6- 
 modious  appetite  of  slepe.  Whan  I  was 
 borne,   I  receaued  like  ayre  as  other  men, 
 
 Rom.  13.  a. 
 13.  b. 
 
 .'  Num.  27. 
 
 .  -2  Re.  14.  c.  3  Re.  3. 
 lob  10.  a.  b. 
 
Cf)ap»  biiU 
 
 €\)t  bokt  of  WA^S^'bomt. 
 
 Jfo.  Iviibij. 
 
 5  fell  vpon  the  earth  (which  is  my  nature) 
 crienge  5  wepinge  at  the  first,  as  all  other  do, 
 I  was  wrapped  in  swadlinge  clothes,  (j  brought 
 vp  with  greate  cares.  For  there  is  no  kinge 
 y  hath  had  eny  other  begynnynge  of  byrth." 
 All  men  then  haue  one  intraunce  vnto  Ufe, 
 (J  one  goinge  out  in  like  maner. 
 
 Wherfore  I  desyred,  and  vnderstandinge 
 was  geue  me :  I  called,  5  the  sprete  of  wysz- 
 dome  came  in  to  me.  I  set  more  by  her  the 
 by  kingdomes  (j  royall  seates,  5  counted  riches 
 nothings  in  coparison  of  her.*  As  for  preci- 
 ous stone  I  compared  it  not  vnto  her:  for  all 
 golde  is  but  grauell  vnto  her,  5  syluer  shal  be 
 counted  but  claye  before  hir  sight.  I  loued 
 her  aboue  wel  fare  5  beutie,  5  purposed  to 
 take  her  for  my  light,  for  hir  shyne  can  not 
 be  quenched.  '  All  good  thinges  came  to  me 
 with  her,  j  innumerable  riches  thorow  hir 
 hades.  I  was  glad  in  the  all,  for  this  wysz- 
 dome  wete  before  me,  5  I  knew  not  y  she  is 
 the  mother  of  all  good  thinges.  Now  as  I 
 myself  lemed  vnfaynedly,  so  do  I  make  other 
 men  partakers  of  her,  (j  hyde  her  riches  from 
 no  man  :  for  she  is  an  infinite  treasure  vnto 
 men,  which  who  so  vse,  become  partakers  of 
 the  loue  5  frendshipe  of  God,  and  are  ac- 
 cepted vnto  him  for  the  giftes  of  wyszdome. 
 
 God  hath  graunted  me  to  talke  wysely,  5 
 conuenietly  to  hadle  the  thinges  y  he  hath 
 graciously  lent  me.  For  it  is  he,  y  ledeth 
 vnto  w)'szdome,  5  teacheth  to  vse  wyszdome 
 aright.  ''  In  his  hade  are  we  5  oure  wordes : 
 yee  all  oure  wyszdome,  oure  vnderstandinge  i 
 knowlege  of  all  oure  workes.  For  he  hath  geue 
 me  y  true  sciece  of  these  thinges  :  so  that  I 
 knowe  how  y  worlde  was  made,  d  the  powers 
 of  y  elemetes  :  y  begynnynge,  endinge  5  myd- 
 dest  of  y  tymes  :  how  the  tymes  alter,  how 
 one  goeth  after  another,  and  how  they  are 
 fulfilled :  y  course  of  the  yeare :  the  ordi- 
 naunces  of  the  starres  :  the  natures  5  kindes 
 of  beastes :  the  furiousnesse  of  beastes :  the 
 power  of  y  wyndes  :  the  ymaginacions  of  me  : 
 the  deuersities  of  yonge  plantes :  the  vertues 
 of  rootes,  5  all  soch  thinges  as  are  secrete  i 
 not  loked  for,  haue  I  lemed.  For  the  worck- 
 master  of  all  thinges  hath  taught  me  wysz- 
 dome. In  hir  is  y  sprete  of  vnderstadinge, 
 which  is  holy,  manifolde,  one  onely,  sotyll, 
 curteous,  discrete,  quyck,  vndefyled,  playne, 
 swete,  louynge  the  thinge  y  is  good,  sharpe, 
 
 '  lob  1.  c.  1  Tim.  6.  b.  »  lob  28.  b. 
 
 which  forbyddeth  not  to  do  well,  getle,  kynde 
 stedfast,  sure,  fre  :  hauynge  all  vertues,  cir- 
 ciispecte  in  allthinges  :  receauinge  all  spretes 
 of  vnderstadinge  beige  cleane  d  sharpe.  For 
 wiszdome  is  neembler  the  all  neeble  thiges : 
 she  goeth  thorow  5  attayneth  to  all  thiges, 
 because  of  hir  clennes.  For  she  is  f  breth  of 
 y  power  of  God,  5  a  pure  cleane  expressinge 
 of  f  clearnes  of  Allmightie  God.  Therfore 
 can  no  vndefyled  thinge  come  in  to  her  :  for 
 'she  is  y  bryghtnes  of  y  euerlastige  light,  y 
 vndefiled  myrroure  of  y^  maiesty  of  God,  5  y 
 ymage  of  his  goodnesse.  And  for  so  moch  as 
 she  is  one,  she  maie  do  all  thinges  :  j  beinge 
 stedfast  herself  she  renueth  all,  5  amoge  y 
 people  cSveyeth  she  herself  in  to  y  holy  soules. 
 She  maketh  Gods  frendes  (j  prophetes :  for 
 God  loueth  no  ma,  but  him  in  who  wyszdome 
 dwelleth.  For  she  is  more  beutyfull  then  the 
 Sonne,  and  geueth  more  light  then  the  starres, 
 and  the  daye  is  not  to  be  copared  vnto  her  : 
 for  vpo  y  daye  cometh  night.  But  wicked- 
 nesse  can  not  ouercome  wyszdome,  and  fool- 
 ishnes  maye  not  be  with  her. 
 
 Wi)t  bit).  Cljapttr. 
 
 WYSZDOME  reacheth  fro  one  ende  to 
 another  mightely,  5  loulgly  doth  she 
 ordre  all  thinges.  I  haue  loued  her  and  la- 
 boured for  her  cue  fro  my  youth  vp :  I  dyd 
 my  diligece  to  mary  my  self  with  her,  soch 
 loue  had  I  vnto  hir  beutye.  Who  so  hath  y 
 copany  of  God,  comedeth  hir  nobilyte,  yee  the 
 LORDEof  all  thinges  himself  loueth  her.  For 
 she  is  y  scolemastresse  of  y  nurtoure  of  God, 
 5  y  choser  out  of  his  workes.  Yf  a  man  wolde 
 desyre  riches  in  this  fife,  what  is  richer  then 
 wiszdome,  y  worketh  all  thiges?  (Thou  wilt 
 saye:)  vnderstadinge  worketh.  What  is  it 
 amoge  all  thinges,  y  worketh  more  the  wysz- 
 dome ?  Yf  a  man  loue  vertue  5  righteousnes, 
 let  him  laboure  for  wyszdome,  for  she  hath 
 greate  vertues.  And  why  ?  she  teacheth  sober- 
 nes  I  prudence,  righteousnes  5  stregth,  which 
 are  soch  thinges  as  me  can  haue  nothinge  more 
 profitable  in  their  life.  Yf  a  ma  desyre  moch 
 knowlege,  she  ca  tell  ;y  thinges  y  are  past,  (t 
 discerne  thinges  for  to  come  :  she  knoweth  y 
 sotilties  of  wordes,  s  ca  expoiide  darke  sen- 
 teces.  She  can  tell  of  tokes  5  woderous 
 thinges,   or  euer  they  come  to  passe,  5  the 
 
 3  Re.  3.  b.  Matt.  6.  d. 
 
 ■  Sap. ; 
 
#0.  Ivvbitj. 
 
 Ct)C  boUt  of  2i2flpSjliomt, 
 
 Cftap.  iv. 
 
 encles  of  all  tymes  d  ages.  So  I  purposed 
 after  this  maner:  I  will  take  her  vnto  my 
 copany,  ij  como  loulgly  with  her:  no  doute 
 she  shal  geue  me  good  coucell,  %  speake  co- 
 fortably  ^Tito  me  in  ray  earefulnes  (i  grefe. 
 For  hir  sake  shal  I  be  well  and  honestly  taken 
 amoge  the  comos  5  lordes  of  y  councell. 
 Though  I  be  yonge,  yet  shal  I  naue  sharpe 
 vnderstandinge :  so  y  I  shal  be  maruelous  in 
 f  sight  of  greate  me,  3  ;y-  faces  of  prynces  shal 
 woder  at  me.  Wha  I  holde  my  toge,  they 
 shal  byde  my  leysure:"  wha  I  speake,  they 
 shal  loke  vpo  me :  5  yf  I  talke  moch,  they 
 shal  laye  their  handes  vpo  their  mouth.  Mor- 
 ouer,  by  the  meanes  of  her  I  shal  optayne 
 immortalite,  and  leaue  behinde  me  an  euer- 
 lastinge  memoriall,  amoge  the  y  come  after 
 me.  I  shal  set  f  people  in  ordre,  and  the 
 nacions  shalbe  subdued  vnto  me.  Horrible 
 tyrauntes  shal  be  afrayed,  whan  they  do  but 
 heare  of  me :  amonge  the  multitude  I  shal 
 be  counted  good,  5  mightie  in  battayll.  Wha 
 I  come  home,  I  shal  fynde  rest  with  her :  for 
 hir  copany  hath  no  byttemes,  (j  hir  felashipe 
 hath  no  tediousnesse,  but  myrth  j  ioye. 
 
 Now  whan  I  c5sidered  these  thinges  by 
 myself,  5  pondered  them  in  my  hert,  how  y  to 
 be  ioyned  vnto  wyszdome  is  immortalite,  5 
 greate  pleasure  to  haue  hir  frendsHpe :  how 
 y  in  the  workes  of  hir  handes  are  infinite 
 riches :  how  that,  who  so  kepeth  company 
 with  her  shalbe  wyse :  and  that  he  which 
 talketh  with  her,  shal  come  to  honoure:  I 
 wente  aboute  sekynge,  to  gett  her  vnto  me. 
 For  I  was  a  ladd  of  a  rype  wytt,  and  had  a 
 good  vnderstandinge. 
 
 But  whan  I  grewe  to  more  vnderstadinge, 
 I  came  to  an  vndefyled  body.  Neuertheles 
 whan  I  perceaued  that  I  coude  not  kepe  my- 
 self chaist,  excepte  God  gaue  it  me  (5  y  was 
 a  poynte  of  wyszdome  also,  to  knowe  whose 
 gift  it  was)  I  stepte  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 besought  him,  and  with  my  whole  hert  I  sayde 
 after  this  maner : 
 
 Cije  ty.  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 GOD  of  my  fathers,  g  LORDE  of  mer- 
 
 o 
 
 _  cies,  (thou  y  hast  made*  all  thiges  with 
 thy  worde,  5  ordeyned  ma  thorow  thy  wysz- 
 dome, f  he  shulde  haue  dominio  ouer  f  crea- 
 ture, which  thou  hast  made:    y  he  shulde 
 
 *  3  Reg.  3.  b.  Gen. 
 '  1  Pnr.  29.  b.   2  Par. 
 
 ordre  f  worlde  acordinge  to  equite  (t  right- 
 eousnes,  5  execute  iudgmet  with  a  true  hert) 
 geue  me  wyszdome,  which  is  euer  aboute  thy 
 seate,  5  put  me  not  out  fro  amoge  thy  children : 
 for  I  thy  seruaunt  5  sonne  of  thy  handmayden,'' 
 am  a  feble  personne,  of  a  shorte  tjnne,  and 
 to  yoge  to  the  vnderstandinge  of  iudgment 
 and  ^y'  lawes.  And  though  a  man  be  neuer 
 so  parfecte  amonge  the  children  of  men,  yet 
 yf  thy  wyszdome  be  not  with  him,  he  shal  be 
 nothinge  regarded.  ''  But  thou  hast  chosen  me 
 to  be  a  kynge  vnto  thy  people,  and  the  iudge 
 of  thy  sonnes  and  daughters. 
 
 Thou  hast  comaunded  me  to  buylde  a  tem- 
 ple vpon  thy  holy  mount,  5  an  aulter  in  the  cite 
 wherin  thou  dwellest :  a  licknesse  of  thy  holy 
 tabernacle  which  thou  hast  prepared  fro  the 
 beginnynge,  and  thy  wyszdome  with  f,  which 
 knoweth  thy  workes : "  which  also  was  with  f 
 whan  thou  maydest  y  worlde,  5  knew  what 
 was  acceptable  in  thy  sight,  (j  right  in  thy 
 commaundementes.  O  sende  her  out  of  thy 
 holy  heauens  and  from  the  trone  of  thy  ma- 
 iesty,  that  she  maye  be  with  me,  5  laboure 
 with  me :  that  I  maye  knowe,  what  is  accept- 
 able in  thy  sight.  For  she  knoweth  and  vn- 
 derstandeth  all  thinges  :  and  she  shal  lede  me 
 soberly  in  my  workes,  and  preserue  me  in  hir 
 power.  So  shal  my  workes  be  acceptable,  5 
 then  shal  I  goueme  thy  people  righteously,  5 
 be  worthy  to  syt  in  my  fathers  seate.  •'^For 
 what  man  is  he,  that  maye  knowe  the  coun- 
 cell of  God  ?  Or,  who  can  thinke  what  the 
 will  of  God  is  ?  For  the  thoughtes  of  mortall 
 men  are  miserable,  5  cure  forecastes  are  but 
 vncertayne.  *And  why  ?  a  mortall  and  cor- 
 ruptible body  is  heuy  vnto  the  soule,  and  the 
 earthy  mansion  kepeth  downe  the  Mider- 
 standlnge  y  museth  vpon  many  thinges.  Very 
 hardly  can  we  discerne  the  thinges  that  are 
 vpon  earth,  and  greate  laboure  haue  we,  or  we 
 can  fynde  the  thinges  which  are  before  oure 
 eyes :  Who  will  then  seke  out  the  groude  of 
 the  thinges  that  are  done  in  heaue  ?  Oh 
 LORDE,  who  ca  haue  knowlege  of  thy  vnder- 
 standinge and  meaninge,  excepte  thou  geue 
 wyszdome  and  sende  thy  holy  goost  fro  aboue? 
 that  the  wayes  of  them  which  are  vpon  earth 
 maye  be  refourmed:  y  men  maye  leme  f 
 thinges  that  are  pleasaunt  vnto  the,  and  be 
 preserued  thorow  wyszdome. 
 
 «  Pro.B.c.  loh.l.  a.    rEsa.iO.b.  Rom. 11. d.  iCor.S.b. 
 «  2  Cor.  5.  a. 
 
jCftap.  )tt 
 
 €i)t  l)Obr  of  aJL1j)0)tu3ine, 
 
 Jfo,  InTiV. 
 
 CIjc  j:.  Ci)aptcr. 
 
 WYSZDOME  preserued  y  first  ma, 
 who  God  made"  a  father  of  the  worlde, 
 wha  he  was  created  alone,  brought  him  out 
 of  his  offence,  toke  him  out  of  the  moulde  of 
 f  earth,  (j  gaue  him  power  to  rule  all  thinges. 
 Whan  the  vnrighteous  wente  awaye  in  his 
 wrath  from  this  wyszdome,  y  brotherheade 
 perished'  thorow  f  wrath  of  murthur.  A- 
 gayne,  whii  y  water'  destroyed  y  whole  worlde, 
 w)'szdome  preserued  the  righteous  thorow  a 
 poore  tre,  wherof  she  was  gouerner  herself. 
 Morouer  wha  wiekednes  had  gotten  f  vpper- 
 hande,  so  y  the  nacions  were  puft  vp  with 
 pryde,  ''she  knewe  f  righteous,  preserued  him 
 fautlesse  vnto  God,  and  layed  vp  sure  mercy 
 for  his  children.  ''  She  preserued  the  righte- 
 ous, whan  he  fled  from  the  vngodly  y  pe- 
 rished, what  tyme  as  y  fyre  fell  downe  vpon 
 y  V.  cities :  Like  as  yet  this  daye  the  vnfrute- 
 full,  waist  and  smokinge  lode  geueth  testi- 
 mony of  their  wickednesse :  yee  the  vnripe 
 and  vntymely  frutes  that  growe  vpon  the 
 trees. 
 
 And  for  a  toke  of  a  reniembraunce  of  the 
 vnfaithfull  soule,  there  standeth  a  piler  of 
 salt.  For  all  soch  as  regarded  not  wyszdome, 
 gat  not  only  this  hurte,  that  they  knewe  not 
 the  thinges  which  were  good,  but  also  left 
 behinde  them  vnto  me,  a  memoriall  of  their 
 foolishnes:  so  y  in  the  thinges  wherin  they 
 synned,  they  coude  not  be  hydd.  But  as  for 
 soch  as  take  hede  vnto  wyszdome,  she  shal 
 delyuer  them  from  sorowe. 
 
 Whan  the  righteous  fled  because  of  his 
 brothers  wrath,  -'  wyszdome  led  him  the  right 
 waye,  shewed  him  y  kyngdome  of  God,  gaue 
 him  knowlege  of  holy  thinges,  made  him 
 riche  in  his  laboures,  and  brought  to  passe 
 the  thinges  that  he  wente  aboute.  In  ;y-  dis- 
 ceatfulnes  of  soch  as  defrauded  him,  she  stode 
 by  him,  5  made  him  ryche.  She  saued  him 
 from  the  enemies,  and  defended  him  from  y 
 disceauers.  She  made  him  stronge  in  battayll, 
 and  gaue  him  the  victory,  y  he  might  knowe, 
 how  that  wyszdome  is  stronger  then  all  thinges. 
 ^  Whan  the  righteous  was  solde,  she  forsoke 
 him  not,  but  delyuered  him  fro  synners.  She 
 wente  downe  with  him  in  to  the  dongeon,  and 
 
 "  Gen.  1.  d,  and  2.  b,  *  Gen.  4.  b.  '  Gen.  6.  7.  8. 
 -^Gen.  ll.d.  '  Gen.  19.  c.  /  Gen.  28.  b.  «  Gen.  37.  e. 
 Acto.  7.  b. 
 
 fay  led  him  not  in  the  bandes :  ''tyll  she  had 
 brought  him  the  cepter  of  y  realme,  and 
 power  agaynst  those  that  oppressed  him.  As 
 for  them  that  had  accused  him,  she  declared 
 them  to  be  lyers,  5  brought  him  to  perpetual! 
 worshipe. 
 
 She  delyuered  the  righteous  people  and 
 fautlesse  sede,  'from  the  nacions  that  oppressed 
 them.  She  entred  in  to  the  soule  of  the  ser- 
 uaunt  of  God,  and  stode  by  him  in  wonders 
 and  tokens  agaynst  the  horrible  kynge.  She 
 gaue  f  righteous  the  rewarde  of  their  labours, 
 (t  led  them  forth  a  maruelous  waye  :  on  the 
 daye  tyme  she  was  a  shadowe  vnto  them,  and 
 a  light  of  starres  in  the  night  season.  *  She 
 brought  them  thorow  the  reed  see,  and  caried 
 them  thorow  the  greate  water.  She  drowned 
 their  enemies  in  the  see,  and  brought  them 
 out  of  the  depe.  So  the  righteous  toke  the 
 spoyles  of  the  vngodly,  and  'praysed  thy  holy 
 name  (o  LORDE)  and  magnified  thy  vic- 
 torious had  with  one  acorde.  For  wyszdome 
 openeth  the  mouth  of  f  domme,  j  maketh  y 
 tonges  of  babes  to  speake. 
 
 Cf)t  ji.  Cljapter. 
 
 SHE  ordred  their  workes  in  the  hades  of 
 the  holy  prophet : "  so  y  they  wente  thorow 
 y  wyldernes  y  was  not  inhabited,  5  pitched 
 their  tetes  in  f  waist  deserte.  They  stode 
 agaynst  their  enemies,  a  were  auenged  of 
 their  aduersaries.  "Wha  they  were  thirstie, 
 they  called  vpo  f,  5  water  was  geue  them  out 
 of  f  rok,  5  their  thirst  sleekened  out  of  f 
 harde  stone.  For  by  y  thinges,  where  thorow 
 their  enemies  were  punished,  were  they  helped 
 in  their  nede.  For  vnto  the  enemies  thou 
 gauest  mas  bloude  in  steade  of  lyuynge  water. 
 And  where  as  they  had  scarcenesse  in  y  rebuke 
 whan  the  children  were  slayne,  thou  gauest 
 vnto  thine  awne  a  plenteous  water  vnloked 
 for:  declaringe  by  the  thyrst  y  was  at  that 
 tyme,  how  thou  woldest  bringe  thine  awne 
 vnto  honoure,  j  slaye  their  aduersaries. 
 
 For  whan  they  were  tiyed  5  nourtured  with 
 fatherly  mercy,  "they  knowleged  how  the  vn- 
 godly were  iudged,  and  punyshed  thorow  y 
 wrath  of  God.  These  hast  tnou  exorted  as  a 
 father,  (j  proued  the :  but  vnto  f  other  thou 
 hast  bene  a  boysteous  kynge,  layed  hard  to 
 
 '•  Gen.  41.  f. 
 '  Exo.  15.  a. 
 '  Deut.  8.  a. 
 
 Exo.  1.  b.  and  3.  4.5.  7.  9.    '  Eio.  14.  f. 
 "  Exo.  16.  a.        »  Exo.  17.  b.  Nu.  20.  a. 
 
jfo.  im- 
 
 iEOt  bofer  of  2.itli)siiiJomf. 
 
 Cftap.  VI], 
 
 their  charge,  5  condoned  the.  WTiether  they 
 were  absent  or  present,  their  punyshmet  was 
 alyke.  For  their  grefe  was  dubble :  namely, 
 mournjTige,  and  f  remebraunce  of  thinges 
 past.  But  wha  they  perceaued  y  their  punish- 
 metes  dyd  the  good,  they  thought  vpon  the 
 LOIIDE,  (I  wondered  at  y  ende.  For  at  the 
 last  they  helde  inoch  of  him,  of  who  in  y  out- 
 castinge  they  thought  scome,  as  of  an  abiecte. 
 Neuerthelesse  y  righteous  dyd  not  so  when 
 they  were  thirstie :  but  euen  like  as  y  thoughtes 
 of  y  foolish  were,  so  was  also  their  wickednes. 
 C  Where  as  certayne  me  now  (thorow  erroure) 
 dyd  worshipe  domme  "  serpen tes  (j  vayne 
 beestes,  thou  sendedst  a  multitude  of  domme 
 beastes  vpon  them  for  a  vengeaunce :  y  they 
 might  knowe,  that  loke  where  withall  a  ma 
 synneth,  by  the  same  also  shal  he  be  punyshed. 
 For  vnto  thy  allmighty  hande,  that  made  the 
 worlde  of  naught,  it  was  not  vnpossible,  to 
 sende  amonge  them  an  heape  of  'Beeres,  or 
 woode  lyos,  or  crueO  beastes  of  a  straiige 
 j  kynde,  soch  as  are  \'nknowne,  or  spoute  fyre, 
 I  or  cast  out  a  smokinge  breth,  or  shote  horrible 
 sparkes  out  of  their  eyes:  which  might  not 
 !only  destroye  them  with  hurtinge,  but  also 
 kyll  them  with  their  horrible  sight.  Yee 
 without  these  beestes  might  they  haue  bene 
 slayne  with  one  winde,  beynge  persecuted  of 
 their  awne  workes,  and  scatered  abrode  thorow 
 the  breth  of  thy  power. 
 
 Neuertheles  thou  hast  ordred  all  thinges  in 
 measure,  nobre  (t  weight.  For  thou  hast  euer 
 had  greate  stregth  (t  might,  tt  who  maye  with- 
 stode  y  power  of  thine  arme  ?  And  why  like 
 as  f  small  thynge  y  y  balaunce  weyeth,  so  is 
 f  worlde  before  y^ :  yee  as  a  droppe  of  y 
 mominge  dew,  that  falleth  downe  \'pon  the 
 earth.  Thou  hast  mercy  vpon  all,  for  thou 
 hast  power  of  all  thynges :  and  makest  the  as 
 'though  thou  sawest  not  the  sinnes  of  mc, 
 because  they  shulde  amende.  For  thou  louest 
 all  the  thinges  that  are,  and  hatest  none  of 
 the  wh5  thou  hast  made :  nether  didest 
 thou  ordeyne  or  make  eny  thinge  of  euell 
 will. 
 
 How  might  eny  thinge  endure,  yf  it  wer 
 not  thy  will  ?  Or  how  coude  eny  thinge  be 
 preserued,  excepte  it  were  called  of  jy  ?  But 
 thou  sparest  all,  for  all  are  thine,  o  LORDE, 
 thou  louer  of  soules. 
 
 12.  c.    Rom.  1.  c. 
 lere.  8.  c. 
 
 »  Leai.  26.  d.  Sap.  16.  a. 
 Rom.  2.  a. 
 
 €i)e  rij.  €i)a$Ux. 
 
 O  LORDE,  how  gracious  5  swete  is  thy 
 sprete  in  all  thinges?  Therfore  chas- 
 tenest  thou  the  measurably  that  go  wroge, 
 and  wamest  them,  concemynge  the  thinges 
 wherin  they  ofFende  :  thou  speakest  \Tito  them 
 (o  LORDE)  and  exortest  the  to  leaue  their 
 wickednes,  and  to  put  their  trust  in  the.  As 
 for  those  olde  ''inhabiters  of  thy  holy  londe, 
 thou  mightest  not  awaye  with  them,  for  they 
 commytted  abhominable  workes  agaynst  the: 
 as  wytchcraft,  sorcery  and  Idolatry:  they  slew 
 their  o^vne  children  without  mercy :  they  ate 
 vp  mens  bowels,  and  deuoured  the  bloude : 
 Yee  because  of  soch  abhominacios,  myszbe- 
 leues  IT  ofFeringes,  thou  slewest  the  fathers  of 
 the  desolate  soules  by  the  handes  of  oure 
 fathers  :  that  y  londe  which  thou  louest  aboue 
 all  other,  might  be  a  dwellinge  for  the  childre 
 of  God. 
 
 Neuertheles  thou  sparedest  the  also  (as 
 me)  I  sendedst  y  foreruners  of  thyne  boost, 
 eue  homettes  to  destroye  the  out  by  lytle  5 
 litle.  Not  y  thou  wast  vnable  to  subdue  f 
 vTigodly  vntoy  '^righteous  in  battayll,  or  with 
 cruell  beestes,  or  with  one  rough  worde  to 
 destroye  the  together :  But  thy  mynde  was  to 
 dryue  the  out  by  lytle  5  litle,  geuihge  the 
 time  5  place  to  amende  :  knowinge  well,  y  it 
 was  an  \Tirighteous  nacion  5  wicked  of  nature, 
 5  y  their  thought  might  neuer  be  altered. 
 For  it  was  a  cursed  sede  from  y  begynnynge, 
 5  feared  no  ma  :  Yet  hast  tnou  pardoned 
 their  synnes.  For  who  wyl  saye  vnto  the: 
 why  hast  thou  done  y?  Or  who  wyl  stode 
 agaynst  thy  iudgmet?  Or  who  ^vil  come 
 before  thy  face  an  aueger  of  ^Tirighteous  me  ? 
 Or  who  wil  blame  y,  yf  y  people  perish,  who 
 thou  hast  made  ?  For  there  is  none  other 
 '  God  but  thou,  y  carest  for  all  thinges :  y  thou 
 mayest  declare  how  y  thy  iudgmet  is  not 
 vnright.  There  dare  nether  kige,  ner  tyraut 
 in  thy  sight  requyre  accoptes  of  them,  who 
 thou  hast  destroyed. 
 
 For  so  moch  the  as  thou  art  righteous  thy 
 self,  thou  ordrest  all  thiges  righteously,  5 
 ^punishest  eue  hi  y  hath  not  deserued  to  be 
 punyshed,  5  takest  him  for  a  straiiger  5  an 
 aleaunt  in  f  lode  of  thy  power.  For  thy  power 
 is  y  beginnjTige  of  righteousnes :  and  because 
 
 ■"  Deut.  9.  a.  12.  d.  18.  b. 
 /  1  Pet.  5.  3 
 
 '  Exo.  23.  d. 
 «  lob  9.  b. 
 
Cbap.  xiii^ 
 
 mn  bofee  of  asjysjliome. 
 
 So,  IjinTi. 
 
 thou  art  LORDE  of  all  thinges,  therfore  art 
 thou  gracious  vnto  all.  Whan  men  thinke  f 
 not  to  be  of  a  full  strength,  thou  declarest  thy 
 power  :  (t  boldly  delyuerest  thou  them  ouer  y 
 knowe  y  not.  But  thou  LORDE  of  power 
 iudgest  quyetly,  and  ordrest  us  with  greate 
 worshipe,  for  thou  mayest  do  as  thou  wilt. 
 
 By  soch  workes  now  hast  thou  taught  thv 
 people,  that  a  ma  also  shulde  be  iust  and 
 louynge  :  and  hast  made  thy  childre  to  be  of 
 a  good  hope :  for  euen  when  thou  iudgest, 
 thou  geuest  rowme  to  amende  from  synnes. 
 For  in  so  moch  as  thou  hast  punyshed,  and 
 with  soch  diligence  delyuered  y  enemies  of 
 thy  seruaiites,  which  were  worthy  to  dye 
 (where  thorow  thou  gauest  the  tyme  5  place 
 of  amedement  y  they  might  tume  fro  their 
 wickednes)  with  how  greate  diligence  then 
 punyshest  thou  thine  awne  childre,  vnto  whose 
 fathers  thou  hast  sworne  5  made  couenaiites 
 of  ispod  promises  ?  So  where  as  thou  doest 
 but  chasten  vs,  thou  punyshest  oure  enemies 
 dyuerse  wayes  :  to  y  intet  y  wha  we  punysh, 
 we  shulde  remebre  thy  goodnesse :  5  whan  we 
 oure  selues  are  punyshed,  to  put  oure  trust  in 
 thy  mercy. 
 
 Wherfore  where  as  men  haue  lyued  igno- 
 rautly  j  vnrighteously,  thou  hast  punyshed 
 the  sore,  eue  thorow  y  same  thinges  that  they 
 "worshipped.  For  tney  wente  astraye  very 
 loge  in  y  waye  of  erroure,  ij  helde  y  beestes 
 (which  eue  their  enemies  despysed)  for  goddes, 
 lyuynge  as  children  of  no  vnderstandinge. 
 Therfore  hast  thou  sent  a  scornefuU  punysh- 
 ment  amonge  them,  as  amonge  the  childre 
 of  ignoraunee.  As  for  soch  as  wolde  not  be 
 refourmed  by  those  scornes  tt  rebukes,  they 
 felt  the  worthy  punishmet  of  God.  For  y 
 thinges  y  they  suffred,  they  bare  the  vn- 
 pacietly,  beinge  not  contet  in  them  but  vn 
 wyllinge.  And  whan  they  peryshed  by  y 
 same  thinges  that  they  toke  for  goddes,  they 
 knowleged  then,  that  there  was  but  one  true 
 God,  whom  afore  they  wolde  not  knowe : 
 therfore  came  y  ende  of  their  dampnacion 
 vpon  them. 
 
 Cljt  pi).  CljapUr. 
 
 VAYNE  are  all  men,  which  haue  not  y 
 knowlege  of  God :  as  were  they  that 
 out  of  the  good  thinges  which  are  *sene,  knewe : 
 not   him,    that   of    himself    is    euerlastinge. 
 
 '  Sap.  11.  c.  Rom.  1.  c.  '  Rom.  1.  b. 
 
 Nether  toke  they  so  moch  regarde  of  the 
 workes  that  are  made,  as  to  knowe,  who  was 
 the  eraftesman  of  them:  but  some  toke  the 
 fyre,  some  the  wynde  or  ayre,  some  y  course 
 of  y  starres,  some  y  water,  some  toke  Sonne 
 and  Moone,  or  the  lightes  of  heauen  which 
 'rule  ^y'  earth,  for  goddes.  But  though  they 
 had  soch  pleasure  in  their  beuty,  that  they 
 thought  them  to  haue  bene  goddes :  yet 
 shulde  they  haue  knowne,  how  moch  more 
 fayrer  he  is  that  made  them.  For  the  maker 
 of  beuty  hath  ordened  all  these  thinges.  Or 
 yf  they  marueled  at  the  power  and  workes  of 
 the,  they  shulde  haue  perceaued  therby,  y  he 
 which  made  these  thinges,  is  mightier  then 
 they. 
 
 For  by  the  greatnesse  (t  beutye  of  the  crea- 
 ture, y  maker  therof  maye  playnely  be  knowne. 
 Notwithstondinge  they  are  the  lesse  to  be 
 blamed,  that  sought  God  5  wolde  haue  founde 
 him,  and  yet  myssed.  And  why?  for  so 
 moch  as  they  wete  aboute  in  his  workes  and 
 sought  after  them,  it  is  a  toke,  that  they  re- 
 garded and  helde  moch  of  his  workes  v  are 
 sene  :  howbeit  they  are  not  wholy  to  be  ex- 
 cused. For  yf  their  vnderstondinge  and 
 knowledge  was  so  greate,  y  they  coude  dis- 
 cerne  the  worlde  and  ^y-  creatures,  why  dyd 
 they  not  rather  fynde  out  y  LORDE  therof? 
 
 But  vnhappie  are  they,  and  amonge  the 
 deed  is  their  hope,  that  call  the  God  which 
 are  but  the  workes  of  mens  handes  :  golde, 
 syluer  and  the  thinge,  that  is  founde  out  by 
 connynge,  the  similitude  of  beastes,  or  eny 
 vayne  stone  that  hath  bene  made  by  hande  of 
 olde.  ''Or  as  whan  a  carpenter  cutteth  downe 
 a  tre  out  of  the  wodd,  and  pareth  of  the  barck 
 of  it  connyngly  :  and  so  with  the  one  parte 
 maketh  a  vessell  to  be  vsed,  and  dighteth 
 meate  with  the  residue.  As  for  the  other 
 parte  that  is  left,  which  is  profitable  for 
 nothinge  (for  it  is  a  croked  pece  of  wodd  and 
 full  of  knobbes)  he  carueth  it  diligently 
 thorow  his  vanite,  and  (acordinge  to  the 
 knowlege  of  his  connymge)  he  geueth  it  some 
 proporcion,  fashioneth  it  after  the  simiUtude 
 of  a  man,  or  maketh  it  like  some  beest, 
 straketh  it  ouer  with  reed  and  paynteth  it, 
 and  loke  what  foule  spot  is  in  it,  he  casteth 
 some  coloure  vpon  it.  Then  maketh  he  a 
 conucniet  tabernacle  for  it,  setteth  it  in  the 
 wall  and  maketh  it  fast  with  yron,  prouydinge 
 
 '  Deut.4.  c.  and  17.  b.  ■*  Esa,  44.  b.         lore.  10.  a. 
 
jTo.  Imih 
 
 Cl)t  bohf  of  a2H)!)gjtiomt, 
 
 Cftap.  nil). 
 
 so  for  it,  lest  it  happe  to  fall :  for  it  is  well 
 knowne,  that  it  can  not  helpe  it  self:  And 
 why  ?  it  is  but  an  ymage,  and  must  of  neces- 
 site  be  helped. 
 
 Then  gocth  he  and  offi-eth  of  his  goodes 
 vnto  it  for  his  children  and  for  his  wife:  he 
 seketh  helpe  at  it,  he  axeth  councell  at  it :  he 
 is  not  ashamed  to  speake  vnto  it  y  hath  no 
 soule  :  for  health,  he  maketh  his  peticion  vnto 
 him  that  is  sicke:  for  life,  he  prayeth  vnto 
 him  that  is  deed :  he  calleth  vpon  him  for 
 helpe,  that  is  not  able  to  helpe  him  self:  g  to 
 sende  him  a  good  iourneye,  he  prayeth  him 
 that  maye  not  go.  And  in  all  the  thinges  y 
 he  taketh  in  hande  (whether  it  be  to  optayne 
 eny  thinge  or  to  worke)  he  prayeth  vnto  him 
 that  can  do  no  maner  of  good. 
 
 Wt)t  yiii].  Ci^apteir. 
 
 AGAYNE,  another  ma  purposinge  to 
 sayle  g  beginynge  to  take  his  iourney 
 thorow  f  raginge  see,  calleth  for  helpe  vnto  a 
 stock,  y  is  farre  weaker,  the  y  tre  y  beareth 
 him.  For  as  for  it,  coueteousnesse  of  moneye 
 hath  founde  it  out,  5  ;y  craftesma  made  it  with 
 his  connynge.  But  thy  prouydence  (O  father) 
 gouerneth  all  thinges  fro  f  begynnynge,  for 
 thou  hast  made  a  waye  in  y  see,"  s  a  sure 
 path  in  the  myddest  of  y  wawes :  declaringe 
 therby,  y  thou  hast  power  to  helpe  in  all 
 thinges,  yee  though  a  man  wente  to  the  see 
 without  shippe.  Neuerthelesse,  y  y  workes  of 
 thy  wyszdome  shulde  not  be  vaine,  thou  hast 
 caused  an  arke  to  be  made:*  5  therfore  do 
 men  commytte  their  lyues  to  a  small  pece  of 
 wod  passinge  ouer  the  see  in  a  shyppe,  5  are 
 saued. 
 
 For  in  the  olde  tyme  also  wha  the  proude 
 giauntes  perished,''  he  (in  who  the  hope  was 
 left  to  increase  ;y  worlde)  wete  in  to  the 
 shippe,  which  was  gouerned  thorow  thy  hande, 
 and  so  left  sede  behinde  him  vnto  y  worlde. 
 For  happie  is  f  tre  where  thorow  righteousnes 
 Cometh :  but  cursed  is  the  ymage  of  wod,  y  is 
 made  with  hades,  yee  both  it  5  he  y  made  it : 
 He,  because  he  made  it :  g  it,  because  it  was 
 called  God,  where  as  it  is  but  a  frayle  thinge. 
 ■*  For  the  vngodly  ij  his  vngodlynes  are  both 
 like  abhominable  vnto  God.  Euen  so  f  worke 
 5  he  f  made  it  also  shal  be  punyshed  together. 
 Theriore  shal  there  a  plage  come  vpon  the 
 ymages  of  the  Heithen :  for  out  of  the  crea- 
 
 -   Exo.  14.  d.  '  Gen.  6.  c.  '  Gen.  7.  b. 
 
 ture  of  God  they  are  become  an  abhomina- 
 cion,  a  temptacion  vnto  the  soules  of  men, 
 and  a  snare  for  the  fete  of  the  vnwyse.  And 
 why  ?  the  sekinge  out  of  ymages  is  the  begin- 
 nynge  of  whordome,  and  the  bringinge  vp  of 
 them  is  the  destruccion  of  life.  For  they 
 were  not  from  the  begynnynge,  nether  shall 
 they  cotinue  for  euer.  The  welthy  ydilnes  of 
 men  hath  founde  them  out  vpon  earth,  ther- 
 fore shal  they  come  shortly  to  an  ende.  Whe 
 a  father  mourned  for  his  sonne  y  was  taken 
 awaye  fro  him,  he  made  him  an  ymage  (in 
 all  y  haist)  of  his  deed  sonne  :  5  so  begane  to 
 worshipe  him  as  God,  which  was  but  a  deed 
 ma  (J  ordened  his  seruauntes  to  offre  vnto 
 him.  Thus  by  processe  of  tyme  j  thorow 
 loge  custome,  this  erroure  was  kepte  as  a 
 lawe,  (J  tyraiites  copelled  me  by  violece  to 
 honoure  ymages.  As  for  those  y  were  so 
 farre  of,  y  me  might  not  worshipe  them  pre- 
 sently, their  picture  was  brought  fro  farre 
 (like  the  ymage  of  a  kynge  who  they  wolde 
 honoure)  to  the  intent  that  with  greate  dili- 
 gence they  might  worshipe  him  which  was 
 farre  of,  as  though  he  had  bene  present. 
 Agayne,  the  syngular  connynge  of  the  craftes- 
 man  gaue  the  ignoraunt  also  a  great  occasio 
 to  worshipe  ymages.  For  the  workman  wyl- 
 linge  to  do  him  a  pleasure  that  sett  him  a 
 worke,  laboured  with  all  his  connynge  to  make 
 the  ymage  of  the  best  fashion.  And  so 
 (thorow  the  beuty  of  the  worke)  the  comon 
 people  was  disceaued,  in  so  moch  that  they 
 toke  him  now  for  a  God,  which  a  litle  afore 
 was  but  honored  as  a  man.  And  this  was  the 
 erroure  of  mans  life,  whan  men  (ether  for  to 
 serue  their  owne  affeccion,  or  to  do  some 
 pleasure  vnto  kinges)  ascrybed  vnto  stones 
 and  stockes  the  name  of  God,  which  ought  to 
 be  geuen  vnto  no  man. 
 
 Morouer,  this  was  not  ynough  for  them 
 that  they  erred  in  the  knowlege  of  God :  but 
 where  as  they  lyued  in  the  greate  warres  of 
 ignoraunce,  those  many  and  greate  plages 
 called  they  peace.'  For  ether  they  slewe  their 
 awne  children  and  oflred  them,  or  dyd  sacrifice 
 in  the  night  season,  or  els  helde  vnreasonable 
 watches :  so  that  they  kepte  nether  life  ner 
 mariage  cleane :  but  ether  one  slewe  another 
 to  death  maliciously,  or  els  greued  his  negh- 
 boure  \vith  aduoutrie.  And  thus  were  all 
 thinges  myxte  together:  blonde,  manslaughter, 
 
 ''  Psal.  7.  a.  'Deut.  18.b.     lere.  7.  a.  and  19.  a. 
 
Cfjap.  jTbi. 
 
 €l)t  hokt  of  aaapsjtioim. 
 
 fo,  InTiij. 
 
 theft,  dissimulacion,  corrupcion,  \aifaithful- 
 nesse,  sedicion,  periury,  disquyetinge  of  good 
 men,  vnthakfulnes,  defylinge  of  soules,  chau- 
 ginge  of  byrth,  viistedfastnesse  of  mariage, 
 mysordre  of  aduoutrie  and  vnclennesse.  And 
 why  ?  the  honouringe  of  abhominable  ymages, 
 is  the  cause,  the  begynnynge  and  ende  of  all 
 euell.  For  they  y  worshipe  Idols,  either  they 
 are  madd  wha  they  be  mery,  or  prophecie 
 lyes,  or  lyue  vngodly,  or  els  hghtly  mansweare 
 them  selues.  For  in  so  moch  as  their  trust  is 
 in  f  Idols  (which  haue  nether  sole  ner  vnder- 
 stondinge)  though  they  sweare  falsely,  yet 
 they  thinke  it  shal  not  hurte  them. 
 
 Therfore  commeth  a  greate  plage  vpon 
 them,  and  that  worthely:  for  they  haue  an 
 euell  opinio  of  God,  geuinge  hede  vnto  Idols, 
 swearinge  vniustly  to  disceaue,  and  dispysinge 
 righteousnes.  For  their  swearinge  is  no  vertue, 
 but  a  plage  of  them  that  synne,  and  goeth 
 euer  with  the  offence  of  the  vngodly. 
 
 CI)t  )ib.  Cf)apttr. 
 
 BUT  thou  (O  oure  God)  art  swete,  longe 
 sufferinge  and  true,  and  in  mercy  ordrest 
 thou  all  thinges.  Though  we  synne,  yet  are 
 we  thine,  for  we  knowe  thy  strength.  Yf  we 
 synne  not,  then  are  we  sure,  that  thou  regard- 
 est  vs.  For  to  knowe  the,  is  parfecte  right- 
 eousnes :  Yee  to  knowe  thy  righteousnes  and 
 power,  is  the  rote  of  immortahte.  As  for  the 
 thinge  that  men  haue  founde  out  thorow  theyr 
 euell  science,  it  hath  not  disceaued  vs:  as  the 
 payn tinge  of  the  picture  (an  vnprofitable 
 laboure)  and  carued  ymage,  with  diuerse 
 colours,  whose  sight  entiseth  the  ignoraunt : 
 so  that  he  honoureth  and  loueth  the  picture 
 of  a  deed  ymage,  that  hath  no  soule. 
 
 Neuertheles,  they  that  loue  soche  euell 
 thinges,  are  worthy  of  death :  they  that  trust 
 in  them,  they  that  make  them,  they  that  loue 
 them,  and  they  that  honoure  them.  The 
 potter  also  taketh  (i  tempereth  soft  earth, 
 laboureth  it,  and  geueth  it  the  fashion  of  a 
 vessell,  what  so  euer  serueth  for  oure  vse : 
 and  so  of  one  pece  of  claye  he  maketh  some 
 cleane  vessel  for  seruice,  and  some  contrary. 
 But  where  to  euery  vessell  serueth,  that 
 knoweth  y  potter  himself.  So  with  his  vayne 
 laboure  he  maketh  a  god  of  the  same  claye  : 
 this  doth  euen  he,  which  a  litle  afore  was 
 made  of  earth    himself,    and  within   a   litle 
 
 whyle  after  (whan  he  dyeth)  turneth  to  earth 
 agayne. 
 
 Notwithstandinge,  he  careth  not  y  more 
 because  he  shal  laboure  ner  because  his 
 life  is  shorte :  but  stryueth  to  excell  gold- 
 smythes,  y  syluer  smythes  (j  copper  smithes, 
 and  taketn  it  for  an  honoure  to  make  vayne 
 thinges.  For  his  hert  is  ashes,  his  hope  is 
 but  vaine  earth  5  his  life  is  more  vyle  then 
 claye :  for  so  moch  as  he  knoweth  not  his 
 a\v^^e  maker,  that  gaue  him  his  soule  to  worke, 
 and  brethed  in  him  the  breth  of  life.  They 
 counte  oure  life  but  a  pastyme,  and  oure  con- 
 uersacion  to  be  butt  a  market,  and  that  men 
 shulde  euer  be  gettinge,  yee  and  that  by  euell 
 meanes.  Now  he  y  of  earth  maketh  frayle 
 vessell  and  ymages,  knoweth  himself  to  offende 
 aboue  all  other. 
 
 All  the  enemies  of  thy  people  and  y  holde 
 them  in  subieccion,  are  vnwyse,  vnhappie  and 
 exceadinge  proude  vnto  their  owne  soules :  for 
 they  iudge  all  the  Idols  of  the  Heithe  to  be 
 goddes,"  which  nether  haue  eyesight  to  se,  ner 
 noses  to  smell,  ner  eares  to  heare,  ner  fingers 
 of  handes  for  to  grope:  5  as  for  their  fete, 
 they  are  to  slowe  to  go.  For  man  made 
 them,  and  he  that  hath  but  a  borowed  sprete, 
 fashioned  them.  But  no  man  can  make  a 
 God  like  vnto  him :  for  seinge  he  is  but  mor- 
 tall  himself,  it  is  but  mortall  that  he  maketh 
 with  vnrighteous  handes.  He  himself  is  better 
 then  they  whom  he  worshippeth,  for  he  lyued 
 though  he  was  mortall,  but  so  dyd  neuer 
 they.  Yee  they  worshippe  beestes  also,  which 
 are  most  miserable :  for  compare  thinges  that 
 can  not  fele  vnto  them,  5  they  are  worse  then 
 those.  Yet  is  there  not  one  of  these  beestes, 
 that  with  his  sight  ca  beholde  eny  good  thinge, 
 nether  haue  they  geuen  prayse  ner  thankes 
 vnto  God. 
 
 Wift  >bi.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 FOR  these  and  soch  other  thinges  haue  they 
 suffred  worthy  punyshment,  5  thorow  f 
 multitude  of  beestes  are  they  roted  out.  In 
 steade  of  the  which  punishmentes  thou  hast 
 graciously  ordred  thine  awne  people,  5  geuen 
 them  their  desyre  that  they  loged  for :  a  new 
 (J  straunge  taist,  preparinge  them  *  quales  to 
 be  their  meate:  to  the  intent  y  (by  the  thinges 
 which  were  shewed  and  sent  vnto  them)  they 
 y  were  so  gredy  of  meate,  might  be  with- 
 
 *  Num.  11.  g. 
 
jfo.  Imib. 
 
 mn  bokt  of  asiys^liome. 
 
 Cl)ap.  vbij. 
 
 drawen  euen  from  the  desyre  that  was  neces- 
 sary. But  these  within  shorte  tyme  were 
 brought  vnto  pouerte,  and  taisted  a  new 
 nieate.  For  it  was  requisite  y  (without  eny 
 excuse)  destruccion  shulde  come  vpo  those 
 which  vsed  tyrany,  ij  to  shewe  onely  vnto  the 
 other,  how  their  enemies  were  destroyed.  "  For 
 whan  the  cruel  woodnesse  of  the  beestes  came 
 vpon  them,  they  peryshed  thorow  the  stinges 
 of  the  cruell  serpentes. 
 
 Notwithstodinge  thy  wrath  endured  not 
 perpetually,  but  they  were  put  in  feare  for 
 a  litle  season,  y  they  might  be  refourmed, 
 hauynge  a  token  of  saluacion,  to  remembre 
 the  cdmaundement  of  thy  lawe.  For  he  y 
 couertcd,  was  not  healed  by  the  thinge  y  he 
 sawe,  but  by  THE,  O  sauioure  of  all.  So 
 in  this  thou  shewdest  thine  enemies,  y  it  is 
 thou,  which  deliuerest  fro  all  euell.  As  for 
 the  whan  they  were  bytten  with  greshoppers 
 and  flyes,  '  they  died,  for  they  were  worthy  to 
 perish  by  soch  :  But  nether  the  teth  of  dragons 
 nerofvenymous  wormes  ouercame  thy  children, 
 for  thy  mercy  was  euer  by  them  j  helped  the. 
 Therfore  were  they  punyshed  to  remebre  thy 
 wordes,  but  hastely  were  they  healed  agayne : 
 lest  they  shulde  fall  in  to  so  depe  forgetful- 
 nesse,  that  they  might  not  vse  thy  helpe. 
 
 It  was  nether  herbe  ner  plaster  y  restored 
 the  to  health,  but  thy  worde  (o  LORDE) 
 which  healeth  all  thinges.  It  is  thou  (o 
 LORDE)  y  hast  the  power  of  life  a  death: 
 '  thou  ledest  vnto  deathes  dore,  (j  bringest  vp 
 agayne.  But  man  thorow  wickednes  slayeth 
 his  owne  soule,  (t  when  his  sprete  goeth  forth, 
 it  turneth  not  agayne,  nether  maye  he  call 
 agayne  y  soule  y  is  take  awaye  :  It  is  not  pos- 
 sible to  escape  thy  hande.  For  f  vngodly  y 
 wolde  not  knowe  y,  were  punyshed  by  y 
 strogth  of  thine  arme  :  ''  with  straiige  waters, 
 hales  and  raynes  were  they  persecuted,  (j 
 thorow  fyre  were  they  cosumed.  For  it  was 
 a  wonderous  thinge  that  fyre  might  do  more 
 then  water  which  quccheth  all  thinges :  but  y 
 worlde  is  y  aueger  of  the  righteous.  Some 
 tyme  was  f  fyre  so  tame,  y  the  beestes  which 
 were  sent  to  punysh  y-  vngodly,  brent  not :  (j 
 y  because  they  shulde  se  (j  knowe,  y  they 
 were  persecuted  with  the  punyshmet  of  God. 
 And  somtyme  brent  the  fyre  in  the  water  on 
 euery  syde,  y  it  might  destroye  ;y  vnrighteous 
 
 "  Num.  21 .  a.     "  Exo.  10.  d.       '  Deut.  3t.{.  1  Re.  2.  b. 
 •'   F.xo.  <.l.  c.         '  Exo.  16.  a. 
 
 nacio  of  the  earth.  Againe,  thou  hast  fed 
 thine  awne  people  with  angels  fode,  '  j  sent 
 the  bred  ready  from  heaue  (without  their 
 laboure)  beynge  very  pleasaut  g  well  gusted. 
 And  to  shewe  thy  riches  (j  swetnesse  vnto 
 thy  childre,  thou  gauest  euery  one  their  de- 
 syre,  so  y  euery  man  .might  take  what  liked 
 him  best.  But  the  snowe  tj  yse  abode  the 
 violece  of  the  fyre,  5  melted  not :  y  they  might 
 knowe,  y  the  fyre  buminge  in  the  "hale  rj  rayne, 
 destroied  y  frute  of  y  enemies :  f  fyre  also 
 forgatt  his  stregth  agayne,  y  y  righteous  might 
 be  norished.  For  f  creature  y  serueth  f 
 (which  art  y  maker)  is  fearse  in  punyshinge 
 y  vnrighteous,  but  it  is  easy  5  getle  to  do 
 good,  vnto  soch  as  put  their  trust  in  the. 
 Therfore  dyd  all  thinges  alter  at  the  same 
 tyme,  j  were  all  obediet  vnto  thy  grace,  which 
 is  y  norse  of  all  thinges,  acordinge  to  y  desyre 
 of  the  y  had  nede  therof :  y  thy  childre  (O 
 LORDE)  who  thou  louest,  ■'^  might  knowe, 
 y  it  is  not  nature  d  the  growinge  of  frutes  y 
 fcdeth  me,  but  y  it  is  thy  worde,  which  pre- 
 serueth  the  y  put  their  trust  in  the.  For 
 loke  what  might  not  be  destroyed  with  the 
 fyre,  as  soone  as  it  was  wanned  with  a  litle 
 Sonne  beame,  it  melted :  y  all  men  might 
 knowe,  y  thankes  ought  to  be  geuen  vnto  ;y^ 
 before  y  Sonne  ryse,  (j  y  thou  oughtest  to  be 
 worshipped  before  y  daye  sprynge.  For  y 
 hope  of  y  vnthankfull  shal  melt  awaie  as  the 
 wynteryse,(jperishe  as  water,  y  is  not  necessary. 
 
 €\)t  ybij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 GREATE  are  thy  iudgmetes  (o  LORDE) 
 ^  5  thy  councels  can  not  be  expressed : 
 therfore  men  do  erre,  {■  wil  not  be  refounned 
 with  thy  \vyszdome.  For  whan  the  vnright- 
 eous thought  to  haue  thy  holy  people  in  sub- 
 iecio,  ''  they  were  bounde  with  the  bandes  of 
 darcknes  5  longe  night,  shutt  \Tider  y  rofe, 
 thinkinge  to  escape  y  euerlastinge  wiszdome. 
 And  whyle  they  thought  to  be  hyd  in  f 
 darcknesse  of  their  synnes,  they  were  scatered 
 abrode  in  y  very  myddest  of  the  darck  couer- 
 inge  of  forgetfulnes,  put  to  horrible  feare  5 
 wonderously  vexed.  For  the  corner  where 
 they  were,  might  not  kepe  them  from  feare : 
 because  y  sounde  came  downe  and  vexed 
 them  :  yee  many  terryble  and  straunge  visions 
 made  them  afrayed. 
 
 /  Deut.  8.  a.  Matt.  4.  a.      «    Rom.  11.  d.       '   Exo.  10.  c. 
 
Cftap.  irfaiij. 
 
 Cfte  bokt  of  aaapSitioim. 
 
 fo,  ivnb* 
 
 No  power  of  the  fyre  might  geue  them 
 light,  nether  might  the  cleare  flames  of  the 
 starres  lighte  y  horrible  night.  For  there 
 appeared  vnto  the  a  sodane  fyre,  very  drede- 
 ful :  At  y  which  (whan  they  sawe  nothinge) 
 they  were  so  afrayed,  that  they  thought  y 
 thinge  which  they  sawe,  to  be  the  more  fear- 
 full.  "  As  for  the  sorcery  5  enchauntemet  y 
 they  vsed,  it  came  to  derisio,  and  the  proude 
 wj'Szdome  was  brought  to  shame.  For  they 
 y  promysed  to  drjnie  awaie  the  fearfulncs  tj 
 drede  fro  y  weake  soules,  were  sick  for  feare 
 the  selues,  and  that  with  scorne.  And  though 
 none  of  y-  woders  feared  the,  yet  were  they 
 afrayed  at  the  beestes  which  came  vpon  the, 
 (J  at  y  Hissynge  of  the  serpetes :  In  so  moch 
 that  with  treblinge  they  swowned,  j  sayde 
 they  sawe  not  y  ayre,  which  no  ma  yet  maye 
 escape. 
 
 For  it  is  an  heuy  thinge,  wha  a  mans  owne 
 consciece  beareth  recorde  of  his  wickednes  j 
 condepneth  him.  And  why?  a  vexed  5 
 wounded  consciece,  taketh  euer  cruell  thinges 
 in  hade.  *  Fearfulnes  is  nothinge  els,  but  a 
 declaringe  y  a  ma  seketh  helpe  (t  defence,  to 
 answere  for  him  self.  And  loke  how  moch 
 lesse  the  hope  is  within,  the  more  is  y  vncer- 
 tajTite  of  the  matter,  for  the  which  he  is 
 punished.  But  they  y  came  in  y  niightie 
 night,  slepte  f  slepe  y  fell  vpo  the  fro  vnder 
 (I  fro  aboue :  somtyme  were  they  afrayed 
 thorow  y  feare  of  y  wonders,  5  somtyme  they 
 were  so  weake,  y  they  swowned  withall :  for 
 an  hastie  g  sodane  fearfulnes  came  vpon  the. 
 Afterwarde,  yf  eny  of  the  had  falle,  he  was 
 kepte  (J  shutt  in  preson,  but  without  chaynes. 
 But  ji  eny  dwelt  in  a  vyllage,  yf  he  had  bene 
 an  hyrd  or  huszbandman,  he  suffred  intoller- 
 able  necessite  :  for  they  were  all  bounde  with 
 one  chayne  of  darcknesse. 
 
 Whether  it  were  a  blasynge  wynde,  or  a 
 swete  songe  of  y  byrdes  amonge  the  thicke 
 braunches  of  the  trees,  or  the  vehemence  of 
 haistie  runynge  water,  or  greate  noyse  of  y 
 fallynge  downe  of  stones,  or  the  playenge  5 
 runynge  of  beastes  who  they  sawe  not,  or  y 
 mightie  noyse  of  roaringe  beestes,  or  y  sownde 
 y  answereth  agayne  in  the  hye  mountaynes  :  it 
 made  the  swowne  for  very  feare.  For  all  the 
 earth  shyned  with  cleare  light,  5  no  mii  was 
 hyndered  in  his  laboure.  Onely  vpon  the 
 there  fell  a  heuy  night,  an  ymage  of  darck- 
 
 nesse that  was  to  come  vpon  them.  Yee  they 
 were  vnto  them  selues  the  most  heuy  %  hor- 
 rible darcknesse. 
 
 %i)t  xbii).  €i)nptn. 
 
 NEUERTHELES  thy  sayntes  had  a 
 very  greate  light  (and  the  enemies 
 herde  their  voyce,  but  they  sawe  not  the 
 figure  of  them.)  And  because  they  suffi-ed 
 not  f  same  thinges,  they  magnified  the  :  and 
 they  y  were  vexed  afore  (because  they  were 
 not  hurte  now)  thanked  the,  and  besought  y 
 (o  God)  y  there  might  be  a  difference.  Ther- 
 fore  had  they  '  a  burnynge  piler  of  fyre  to 
 lede  them  in  the  vnknowne  waye,  5  thou 
 gauest  them  the  Sonne  for  a  fre  gift  without 
 eny  hurte.  Reason  it  was,  that  they  shulde 
 want  light  (t  to  be  put  in  the  preson  of  darck- 
 nes,  which  kepte  thy  childre  in  captiuyte,  by 
 whom  the  vncorrupte  light  of  the  lawe  of  y 
 worlde  was  for  to  be  geuen.  Whan  they 
 thought  to  slaye  ''  the  babes  of  the  righteous 
 (one  beinge  laied  out,  and  yet  preserued  to  be 
 leder  vnto  the  other)  thou  broughtest  out  the 
 whole  multitude  of  the  children,  '  and  de- 
 stroydest  these  in  the  mightie  water.  Of  that 
 night  were  oure  fathers  certified  a  fore,  that 
 they  knowinge  vnto  what  oothes  they  had 
 geuen  credece,  might  be  of  good  cheare.  Thus 
 thy  people  receaued  y  health  of  the  right- 
 eous, but  the  vngodly  were  destroied.  For 
 like  as  thou  hast  hurte  oure  enemies,  so  hast 
 thou  promoted  vs  whom  thou  caUedest  a  fore. 
 For  the  righteous  children  of  the  good  men 
 offred  secretly,  (j  ordred  the  lawe  of  righteous- 
 nes  vnto  vnite :  y  the  iust  shulde  receaue 
 good  and  euell  in  like  maner,  singinge  prayses 
 vnto  ;y  father  of  all  men.  Agayne,  there  was 
 herde  an  vnconuenient  voyce  of  the  enemies, 
 5  a  piteous  crie  for  childre  that  were  bewayled. 
 The  master  and  the  seruaiit  were  punyshed 
 alike,  the  meane  man  and  the  kynge  suffred 
 in  like  maner.  For  they  all  together  had 
 innumerable  that  dyed  one  death. 
 
 ■^  Nether  were  y  lyuinge  sufficient  to  bury 
 y  deed,  for  in  y  twincklinge  of  an  eye,  the 
 noblest  nacion  of  the  was  destroyed.  As  oft 
 as  God  helped  the  afore,  yet  wolde  it  not 
 make  the  beleue :  but  in  f  destruccion  of  y 
 first  borne  they  knowleged,  that  it  was  y 
 people  of  God.  For  whyle  all  thinges  were 
 still,  (t  wha  f  night  was  in  f  myddest  of  hir 
 
So,  IvnTfai. 
 
 Cbf  bofef  of  e®lpS5tiomf. 
 
 Cftap.  vix. 
 
 course,  thy  Allmightie  worde  (o  LORDE) 
 leapte  downc  fro  heaue  out  of  thy  royall  trone, 
 as  a  rough  ma  of  warre,  in  f  myddest  of  f 
 londe  y  was  destroyed:  (x  y  sharpe  swerde 
 perfourmed  thy  straite  cdmaundemet,  stadinge 
 5  fyllinge  all  thinges  with  death :  yee  it  stode 
 vpo  f  earth  [t  reached  vnto  the  heauen.  Then 
 the  sight  of  the  euell  dreames  vexed  them 
 sodenly,   and   fearfulnesse  came   vpon  them 
 
 vnawarres. 
 
 Then  layc  there  one  here,  another  there 
 half  deed  half  quyck,  and  shewed  the  cause  of 
 his  death.  For  the  visions  that  vexed  the, 
 shewed  the  these  thinges  afore  :  so  that  they 
 were  not  ignoraunt,  wherfore  they  perished. 
 
 The  tentacion  of  death  touched  the  right- 
 eous also,  and  amonge  the  multitude  in  the 
 wyldemesse  there  was  insurreccion,  but  thy 
 wrath  endured  not  longe.  For  the  fautlesse 
 man  wente  in  all  the  haist,"  and  toke  the  bat- 
 tayll  vpon  him,  brought  forth  the  weape  of 
 his  ministracion :  euen  prayer  and  f  cesours 
 of  recocilinge,  set  himself  agaynst  ;y-  wrath, 
 and  so  brought  the  misery  to  an  ende :  de- 
 claringe  therby,  that  he  was  thy  seruaunt. 
 For  he  ouercame  not  the  multitude  with 
 bodely  power,  ner  with  weapes  of  might :  but 
 with  the  worde  he  subdued  him  that  vexed 
 him,  puttinge  the  in  remembraunce  of  the 
 ooth  5  couenaiit  made  vnto  the  fathers.  For 
 whan  the  deed  were  fallen  downe  by  heapes 
 one  vpon  another,  he  stode  in  the  myddest, 
 pacified  the  wrath,  and  parted  f  waye  vnto 
 the  lyuynge.  And  why  ?  *  in  his  longe  garmet 
 was  all  the  beuty,  and  in  the  foure  rowes  of 
 the  stones  was  the  glory  of  the  fathers  graue, 
 and  thy  maiesty  was  written  in  the  crowne  of 
 his  heade.  Vnto  these  the  destroyer  gaue 
 place,  and  was  afrayed  of  them:  for  it  was 
 only  a  tentacion  worthy  of  wrath. 
 
 %l)c  pv.  €i)apter. 
 
 AS  for  the  vngodly,  the  wrath  came  vpo 
 them  without  mercy  vnto  the  ende. 
 For  he  knew  before  what  shulde  happe  vnto 
 them  :  how  that  (whan  they  had  cosented  to 
 lett  them  go,  and  had  sent  them  out  with 
 greate  diligence)  they  wolde  repente,  5  folowe 
 vpon  them.  '  For  whan  they  were  yet  moum- 
 ynge  and  makinge  lametacion  by  the  graues 
 of  the  deed,  they  deuysed  another  foolishnes : 
 so  that  they  persecuted  them  in  their  flienge, 
 
 '  Num.  16.  R.  *  Exo.  28.  b.  c.  '  Eio.  14.  a. 
 
 whom  they  had  cast  out  afore  with  prayer. 
 Worthy  necessite  also  brought  them  vnto  this 
 ende,  for  they  had  cleane  forgotten  the 
 thinges  y  happened  vnto  them  afore.  But 
 the  thinge  that  was  wantynge  of  their  punysh- 
 ment,  was  requysite  so  to  be  fulfilled  vpon 
 them  with  tormetes:  that  thy  people  might 
 haue  a  maruelous  passage  thorow,  and  that 
 these  might  fpide  a  straunge  death. 
 
 The  was  euery  creature  fashioned  agayne 
 of  the  new  acordinge  to  the  wyll  of  their 
 maker,  obeyenge  thy  commaundementes,  y 
 thy  children  might  be  kepte  without  hurts. 
 For  the  cloude  ouershadowed  their  tentes, 
 5  the  drye  earth  appeared,  where  afore  was 
 water :  so  y  in  the  reed  see  there  was  a  waye 
 without  impediment,  and  the  greate  depe  be- 
 came a  grene  felde :  where  thorow  all  f 
 people  wente  that  were  defended  with  thy 
 hande,  seinge  thy  wonderous  5  maruelous 
 workes.  For  as  y  horses,  so  were  they  fedd, 
 II  leapte  hke  labes,  praysing  the  (o  LORDE) 
 which  haddest  delyuered  them.  And  why? 
 they  were  yet  myndefull  of  the  thinges,  that 
 happened  whyle  they  dwelt  in  the  londe :  how 
 the  grounde  brought  forth  flyes  in  steade  of 
 catell,  and  how  y  ryuer  scrauled  with  the 
 multitude  of  frogges  in  steade  of  fyszshes. 
 
 But  at  the  last  they  sawe  a  new  creacion  of 
 byrdes,  what  tyme  as  they  were  '^disceaued 
 with  lust,  and  desyred  delicate  meates.  For 
 whan  they  were  speakinge  of  their  appetite, 
 the  quales  came  vp  vnto  them  irom  the  see, 
 and  punyshmentes  came  vpon  y  synners,  not 
 without  the  tokes  which  came  to  passe  afore 
 by  the  vehemece  of  f  streames :  for  they 
 sufFred  worthely  acordinge  to  their  wicked- 
 nesses, they  dealt  so  abhominably  5  churlishly 
 with  straungers.  Some  receaued  no  vn- 
 knowne  gestes,  some  brought  the  straungers 
 in  to  bondage  that  dyd  them  good.  Besyde 
 all  these  thinges  there  were  some,  that  not 
 only  receaued  no  straungers  with  their  wylles, 
 but  persecuted  those  also,'  and  dyd  the  moch 
 euell,  that  receaued  the  gladly.  Therfore 
 were  they  punyshed  with  blyndnesse,  like  as 
 they  that  were  couered  with'^sodane  darcknesse 
 at  the  dores  of  the  righteous :  so  y  euery  one 
 sought  f  intraunce  of  his  dore. 
 
 Thus  the  elementes  turned  in  to  them 
 selues,  like  as  whan  one  tune  is  chaunged 
 vpon  an  instrument  of  musick,  and  yet  all 
 
 ''Exo.  16.  c.  Nu.  U.§.  '3Ioh.  b.  /Gen.  19.  c.  4Re. 6. d. 
 
C6ap.  xiv*  CJ)e  bokt  of  gigays^tioim^  jTo.  IiniTJJij. 
 
 the  residue  kepe  their  melody :  which  maye 
 easely  be  perceaued,  by  the  sight  of  the 
 thinges  that  are  come  to  passe.  The  drye 
 lode  was  turned  in  to  a  watery,  5  y  thinge 
 that  afore  swamme  in  the  water,  wente  now 
 vpon  the  drye  grounde.  The  fyre  had  power 
 in  the  water  (cotrary  to  his  awne  vertue)  and 
 the  water  forgatt  his  awne  kynde  to  quench. 
 
 Agayne,  the  flammes  of  the  noysome  beastes 
 hurte  not  the  flesh  of  them  that  wete  with 
 them,  nether  melted  they  the  yse,  which  els 
 melteth  lightly.  In  all  thinges  hast  thou  pro- 
 moted thy  people  (o  LORDE)  and  brought 
 them  to  honoure:  thou  hast  not  despysed 
 them,  but  allwaye  and  in  all  places  hast  thou 
 stonde  by  them. 
 
 Wi)t  enUe  of  fbt  bokt  of  inpsjDoine, 
 
 lEcclc^tasittcttg  calklr  ^t^n^  ^prat. 
 
 C6e  prologe  of  Sesfiisf  tl)t  siorate  of  ^prat 
 biito  1)16  Ijofet. 
 
 MANY  and  greate  me  haue  declared  wyszdome  vnto  vs  out  of  y  lawe,  out  of  f 
 prophetes  s  out  of  other  that  folowed  the.  In  the  which  thinges  Israel  ought  to  be 
 commended,  by  the  reason  of  doctrine  and  wiszdome :  Therfore  they  that  haue  it  5 
 reade  it,  shulde  not  onely  the  selues  be  wyse  there  thorow,  but  serue  other  also  with 
 teachinge  and  wrytinge. 
 
 After  that  my  graundfather  lesus  had  geuen  diligent  laboure  to  reade  the  lawe,  the 
 prophetes  and  other  bokes  that  were  left  vs  of  oure  fathers,  and  had  wel  exercised  himself 
 therin :  he  purposed  also  to  wryte  some  thinge  of  wyszdome  and  good  maners,  to  the  intet 
 that  they  which  were  wyllinge  to  leme  and  to  be  wyse,  might  haue  the  more  vnder- 
 standinge,  and  be  the  more  apte  to  lede  a  good  conuersacion. 
 
 Wherfore  I  exorte  you  to  receaue  it  louyngly,  to  reade  it  with  diligence,  and  to  take  it 
 in  good  worth :  though  oure  wordes  be  not  so  eloquent  as  the  famous  oratours.  For  the 
 thinge  that  is  wryttin  in  the  Hebrue  tonge,  soundeth  not  so  well  whan  it  is  traslated  in  to 
 another  speache.  Not  only  this  boke  of  myne,  but  also  the  lawe,  the  prophetes,  and 
 other  bokes  sounde  farre  other  wyse,  than  they  do,  whan  they  are  spoken  in  their  awne 
 language. 
 
 Now  in  the  XXXVIII.  yeare  whan  I  came  in  to  Egipte  in  the  tyme  of  Ptolomy 
 Euerges,  and  continued  there  all  my  life,  I  gat  libertie  to  reade  and  wryte  many  good 
 thinges.  Wherfore  I  thought  it  good  and  necessary,  to  bestowe  my  diligence  and  trauayle 
 to  interprete  this  boke.  And  consideringe  that  I  had  tyme,  I  laboured  and  dyd  my  best 
 to  perfourme  this  boke,  and  to  brynge  it  vnto  light :  that  the  straugers  also  which  are 
 disposed  to  leme,  might  applye  them  selues  vnto  good  maners,  5  lyue  acordinge  to  f  lawe 
 of  ^  LORDE. 
 
Cccksiasfticus, 
 
 asaftat  tftisi  bokt  tonxz^mtih 
 
 Ci)ap.  I. 
 
 All  wyszdome  commeth  of  God,  for  he  onely  is 
 
 wyse.    The  frute  of  Gods  feare. 
 
 C})ap.    II. 
 
 An  exortacion  vnto  pacience  5  to  the  feare  of 
 
 God. 
 
 Cl)ap.   III. 
 A    doclryne    for    children,    how    they    shulde 
 honoure    father    and     mother :     (j     how    men 
 ought  to  be  gentle  and  lowly. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 Wyszdome  lerneth  to  be  mercifuU  and  louynge 
 vnto  euery  man.  What  rewarde  wyszdome 
 geueth,  to  them  that  loue  her  and  seke  her. 
 
 Ci)ap.  V. 
 
 Let  no  man  trust  in  his  riches,  let  no  man  leane 
 vpon  his  owne  power,  let  no  man  despyse  the 
 mercy  d  longe  suflferynge  of  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 Of  true  s   false  frendshipe.     An  exortacion  to 
 herken  vnto  wyszdome. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 Many  goodly  lessons  and  documetes. 
 
 Ci^ap-  VIII. 
 He   teacheth   to  bewarre   of  strife,   to   thincke 
 scorne  of  no  ma,  to  avoyde  suertyshipp,  to  be- 
 warre of  branelesse  and  cruell  people. 
 
 Cl)ap.   IX. 
 How  me  shulde  behaue  them  selues  with  their 
 wyues,  (J  how  olde  frendshipe  ought  not  to  be 
 broken,  5c.  with  many  other  good  lessons. 
 
 €i)ap.  X. 
 
 Of  iudges  and  rulers  of  the  people.  How  pryde 
 ought  to  be  eschued. 
 
 €l)ap.  XI. 
 Many  good  instruccions. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XII. 
 How  and  to  whom  a  ma  shulde  do  good. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 How  the  poore   shulde  kepe  himself  from  the 
 riche. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XIIII. 
 The  vnfaithfulnes  and  wickednes  of  rich  nygardes. 
 An   exortacion  to  do  good   5   to  cleue  vnto 
 wyszdome. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XV. 
 The  profit  that  commeth  of  the  feare  of  God  (j  of 
 wyszdome,  which  the  wicked  will  not  receaue 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 
 The  multitude  of  euell  children  is  not  good,  for 
 the  grace  of  God  is  not  amonge  the  vngodly. 
 The  pacience,  mercy,  and  wyszdome  of  God. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XVII. 
 
 How  God  made  man,  endewed  him  with  giftes, 
 openynge  his  wil  5  lawe  vnto  him  :  but  chose 
 Israel  out  of  all  people. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVIII. 
 The  wyszdome  of  God  and  ordre  of  his  workes, 
 which  no  man  maye  comprehende.  The  dayes 
 of  man  are  shorte.  God  sufFreth  longe,  re- 
 buketh  and  teacheth  all  soch  as  wil  receaue 
 nurtoure. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XIX. 
 Many  good  lessons  of  wyszdome. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XX. 
 Men  ought  to  geue  warnynge,  to  exorte  and  to 
 rebuke :     but   not    to   be  cruell,    violent  or 
 malicious.     Of  sylence,  and  speakinge,  5  how 
 to  bewarre  of  lyes. 
 
 Cijap.  XXI. 
 
 All  maner  of  synnes  ought  to  be  eschued.  The 
 difference  of  the  wyse  and  foolish. 
 
 €l)ap.  XXII. 
 
 A  foole  wyll  not  be  refourmed  nor  rebuked.  Be 
 faithfuU  vnto  thy  neghboure  and  frende. 
 
 C^ap.   XXIII. 
 A   faithful!  prayer   vnto  God,   to  preserue  the 
 mouth  and  tonge  from  noysome  wordes  and 
 oothes,  (J  the  hert  from  euell  thoughtes.    How 
 greate  abhominacion  aduoutry  is. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXIIII. 
 A  commend acion  of  wyszdome. 
 
Ocrclfsdasttnis!. 
 
 Cljap.  XXV. 
 
 There  is  nothinge  better,  then  an  honest  verteous 
 woman.  Agayne,  there  is  nothinge  worse  then 
 an  euell,  vngodly,  5  frowarde  woman. 
 
 Cibap.  XXVI. 
 
 A  commendacion  and  prayse  of  a  good  honest 
 
 woman,  and  how  noysome  an  euell  wyfe  is. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXVII. 
 
 Many  goodly  sentences. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXVIII. 
 
 Men  ought  not  to  take  vengeaiice,  but  euery  man 
 to  forgeue  his  ueghboure,  5  not  to  beare  euell 
 wil  ner  to  stryue.  What  harme  commeth  of 
 false  tongues  5  slaunderers. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXIX. 
 How  me  shulde  haue  compassion  and  lende  vnto 
 their  neghbours  :  and  how  they  that  borowe, 
 ought  to  behaue  them  selues  agayne.  Of  vn- 
 aduysed  suertieshipe.  How  euery  man  ought 
 to  be  content  with  that  he  hath,  and  not  to  be 
 chargeable  vnto  other. 
 
 Cijap.  XXX. 
 Who  so  loueth  his  children,  teacheth  them,   nur- 
 toreth  them  and  chasteneth  the.     Health  is  a 
 noble  gift. 
 
 Ci&ap.   XXXI. 
 The  misery  of  the  cuvetous.     How  one  shulde 
 behaue  him  self  at  the  table,  and  be  measur- 
 able in  meate  and  drynke.     What  harme  com- 
 meth of  drynkingd  to  moch  wyne. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXXII. 
 
 To  be  set  in  rule  5  dignite,  shulde  not  make  a 
 man  proude  and  hye  minded,  but  to  feare,  to 
 be  diligent  and  faithful  vnto  them,  that  are 
 committed  vnto  him  5c.  with  other  good 
 lessons. 
 
 Cl^ap.   XXXIII. 
 
 How  God  ought  to  be  feared,  5  his  lawe  kepte. 
 The  difference  of  dayes  and  of  men.  The 
 ordringe  of  children  and  housholde. 
 
 Cljap.   XXXIIII. 
 The  hope  of  the  vngodly  is  vayne:   the  righteous 
 shalbe  preserued,  for  he  putteth  his  trust  in 
 God,  which  wil  not  be  reconciled  with  ofTer- 
 inges,  but  with  an  innocent  life. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXV. 
 The  offringe  that  pleaseth  God  is  to  kepe  his 
 comaundementes,  to  be  thankful,  merciful!, 
 and  to  ceasse  from  synne.  God  is  the  de- 
 fender of  wyddowes,  fatherlesse,  and  op- 
 pressed, and  heareth  their  prayer. 
 
 Cl)ap.    XXXVI. 
 
 An  earnest  prayer  vnto  God  for  helps  agaynst 
 
 the  enemies.    The  prayse  of  an  honest  woman. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XXXVII. 
 
 Of  true  (J  false  fredshipe.  Good  councell  ought 
 to  be  sought  at  them,  which  are  verteous  and 
 feare  God,  but  first  at  God  himself.  Of 
 wyszdome  and  sobernesse. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXXVIII. 
 Phisicians  and  medicyns  ought  not  to  be  des- 
 -  pysed,  but  vsed  as  a  gift  of  God  :  neuertheles 
 God  himself  is  first  to  be  sought  in  all  sick- 
 nesse.  Men  shulde  be  measurable  in  mourn- 
 inge  for  the  deed,  d  prepare  them  selues  also 
 vnto  death.  Euery  workman  ought  to  be 
 diligent  in  his  laboure,  and  to  please  God  with 
 kepinge  his  commaunderaentes. 
 
 C]&ap.  XXXIX. 
 
 Wyszdome  and  the  feare  of  God  excell  all  other 
 thinges.  All  thinges  are  made  to  serue  the 
 faithfull. 
 
 C^ap.   XL. 
 
 The  life  of  man  is  a  battayll.  All  thinges  passe 
 awaie,  but  the  trueth  abydeth  for  euer.  The 
 liberall  and  louynge  condicions  of  the  right- 
 eous. The  vnfaithfullnes  and  nigardnesse  of 
 the  vngodly. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLI. 
 
 Death  is  fearfull  vnto  the  wicked,  but  a  ioye  vnto 
 the  righteous.  The  cursinge  of  the  vngodly 
 A  good  name  is  a  noble  thinge.  What  the 
 thinges  be,  wherof  a  man  ought  to  be  ashamed. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XLII. 
 
 Where  one  ought  not  to  be  ashamed.  The  care 
 and  bringinge  vp  of  childre.  The  power  and 
 wyszdome  of  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XLIII. 
 The  beuty  of  the  firmamet,  wherby  the  power  and 
 wyszdome  of  God  is  knowne,  5  shulde  by  right 
 be  praysed. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XLIIII. 
 A  commendacion  and  prayse  of  the  olde  fathers. 
 
 Cljap.   XLV. 
 
 Of  the  faithfull  worthies,  and  their  noble  actes. 
 Of  the  presthode  and  offeringes.  The  punysh- 
 ment  of  the  sedicious. 
 
 U7 
 
fo,  pr. 
 
 (ecrlrsiasiticiig. 
 
 Cftap.  I. 
 
 Cljap.    XLVI. 
 
 The  munlynesse  of  losue  s  Caleb.     Of  the  rulers 
 in  Israel,  viito  the  tyme  of  faithfuU  Samuel. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XLVII. 
 Of  Nathan,  Dauid  and  Salomon. 
 
 Cl).-ip.  XLVIII. 
 Of  Elyas,  Ezechias  and  Esay. 
 
 Cijap.   XLIX. 
 
 The  actes  of  good  losias.     The  decays  of  leru- 
 salem.    Of  the  prophetes  and  patriarckes. 
 
 Cijap.  L. 
 
 A  commedacion  of  Simeon  the  sonne  of  Onias. 
 
 CJ)ap.  LI. 
 
 A  prayer  of  lesus  Syrac.     Wyszdome  calleth  the 
 ignoraunt  vnto  her. 
 
 €i)t  fii-St  Cl;aptcr. 
 
 ALL  wyszdome  c5meth  of  God"  the 
 LORDE,  (I  hath  bene  euer  with  him, 
 and  is  before  all  tyme.  Who  hath  nombred 
 jr  sonde  of  the  see,  y  droppes  of  the  rayne  d 
 the  dayes  of  tyme  ?  Who  hath  measured  the 
 heyth  of  heaue,  f  bredth  of  the  earth  5  the 
 depenesse  of  the  see  ?  Who  hath  sought  out 
 the  grounde  of  Gods  wiszdome,*  which  hath 
 bene  before  all  thinges?  Wiszdome  hath 
 bene  before  all  thinges,  and  the  vnderstand- 
 inge  of  prudence  from  euerlastinge.  (Gods 
 worde  in  the  heyth  is  the  well  of  wyszdome, 
 and  the  euerlastinge  comaundementes  are  the 
 intraunce  of  her.)  Vnto  whom  hath  y  rote 
 of  wyszdome  bene  declared?  Or  who  hath 
 knowne  hir  wyt?  Vnto  whom  hath  the 
 doctrine  of  wyszdome  bene  discouered  and 
 shewed?  and  who  hath  vnderstande  the 
 manyfolde  entrauce  of  her? 
 
 There  is  one :  eue  the  Hyest,  the  maker  of 
 all  thinges,  f  Allmightie,  y  kynge  of  power 
 (of  whom  men  ought  to  stonde  greatly  in 
 awe)  which  sytteth  vpon  his  trone,  beinge  a 
 God  of  dominion :  He  hath  created  her 
 thorow  y  holy  goost :  he  hath  sene  her,  nom- 
 bred her,  and  measured  her :  He  hath  poured 
 her  out  vpon  all  his  workes,  and  vpon  all 
 flesh  acordinge  to  his  gift:  he  geueth  her 
 richely  vnto  them  that  loue  him.  The  feare 
 of  the  LORDE  is  worshipe  and  triuphe, 
 gladnesse  (j  a  ioyfuU  crowne.  The  feare  of 
 the  LORDE  maketh  a  mery  hert,  geueth 
 gladnesse,  ioye  and  longe  life.  Who  so  fear- 
 eth  the  LORDE,  it  shal  go  well  with  him  at 
 the  last,  (t  in  the  daye  of  his  death  he  shal  be 
 blessed. 
 
 "  3  Ue.  3.  b.  and  4.  c.     lob  28.  c.     lacobi  1.  a. 
 
 The  loue  of  God  is  honorable  wiszdome : 
 loke  vnto  whom  it  appeareth,  they  loue  it, 
 for  they  se  what  woderous  thinges  it  doth.*^ 
 The  feare  of  LORDE  is  the  begynnynge  of 
 wyszdome,  and  was  made  with  the  faithfull 
 in  the  mothers  wombe :  it  shall  go  with  the 
 chosen  wemen,  and  shalbe  knowne  of  y  righ- 
 teous and  faithfull.  The  feare  of  the  LORDE 
 is  y  right  Gods  seruyce,  that  preserueth  and 
 iustifieth  the  hert,  and  geueth  myrth  d  glad- 
 nesse. Who  so  feareth  the  LORDE,  shalbe 
 happie :  and  whan  he  hath  nede  of  comforte, 
 he  shal  be  blessed.  To  feare  God  is  the  wisz- 
 dome that  maketh  rich,  and  bringeth  all  good 
 with  her.  She  fylleth  the  whole  house  with 
 hir  giftes,  5  the  garners  with  her  treasure. 
 The  feare  of  the  LORDE  is  the  crowne  of 
 wyszdome,  and  geueth  plenteous  peace  5 
 health.  He  hath  sene  her  5  nombred  her: 
 knowlege  and  vnderstandinge  of  wyszdome 
 hath  he  poured  out  as  rayne :  and  them  that 
 helde  her  fast,  hath  he  brought  vnto  honoure. 
 
 The  feare  of  the  LORDE  is  the  rote  of 
 wyszdome,  and  hir  braunches  are  longe  life. 
 (In  the  treasures  of  wyszdome  is  vnderstond- 
 inge  and  deuocion  of  knowlege,  but  wysz- 
 dome is  abhorred  of  synners.)  The  feare  of 
 the  LORDE  dryueth  out  synne,  for  he  that 
 is  without  feare,  can  not  be  made  righteous, 
 5  his  wilfuU  boldnes  is  his  owne  destruccion. 
 A  paciet  man  wyl  suffre  vnto  the  tyme,  and 
 the  shal  he  haue  y  rewarde  of  ioye.  A  good 
 vnderstodinge  wil  hyde  his  wordes  for  a  tyme, 
 and  many  mes  lippes  shal  speake  of  his  wysz- 
 dome. In  the  treasures  of  wyszdome  is  the 
 declaracion  of  doctrine,  but  the  synner  ab- 
 horreth  the  worshipe  of  God.     My  sonne,  yf 
 
 Miom.  ll.d.  'Psal.  110.  b.     Pro.  9.  b. 
 
C&ap.  uj. 
 
 €alc£(iagtmi£(. 
 
 fo,  nt 
 
 thou  desyre  wiszdome,  kepe  the  commaunde- 
 ment,  and  God  shal  geue  her  vnto  the :  for 
 the  feare  of  the  LORDE  is  wyszdome  (j  nur- 
 toure,  he  hath  pleasure  in  faith  and  louynge 
 mekenesse,  and  he  shal  fyll  the  treasures 
 therof.  Be  not  obstinate  and  vnfaithfull  to 
 the  feare  of  the  LORDE,  and  come  not  vnto 
 him  with  a  duble  hert.  Be  not  an  ypocrite 
 in  the  sight  of  men,  and  take  good  hede  what 
 thou  speakest.  Marck  well  these  thinges,  lest 
 thou  happen  to  fall  and  brynge  thy  soule  to 
 dishonours,  and  so  God  discouer  thy  secretes, 
 and  cast  the  downe  in  the  myddest  of  the 
 congregacion :  because  thou  woldest  not  re- 
 ceaue  the  feare  of  God,  and  because  thy  hert 
 is  full  of  faynednes  and  disceate. 
 
 Cfjc  ij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  yf  thou  wilt  come  in  to  y 
 seruyce  of  God,"  stonde  fast  in  righte- 
 ousnes  and  feare,  (j  anne  thy  soule  to  ten- 
 tacion :  sattle  thine  hert,  and  be  paciet : 
 bowe  downe  thine  eare,  receaue  the  wordes 
 of  vnderstondinge,  and  shrencke  not  awaye, 
 whan  thou  art  entysed.  Holde  the  fast  vpon 
 God,  ioyne  thy  self  vnto  him  (j  suffre,  that  thy 
 life  maye  encreace  at  the  last.  What  so  euer 
 happeneth  vnto  the,  receaue  it:  suffre  in 
 heuynesse,  and  be  pacient  in  thy  trouble.* 
 For  like  as  golde  and  syluer  are  tryed  in  the 
 fyre,  euen  so  are  acceptable  men  in  the  for- 
 nace  of  aduersite.  Beleue  in  God,  and  he 
 shal  helpe  the  :  ordre  thy  waie  a  right,  and 
 put  thy  trust  in  him.  Holde  fast  his  feare, 
 and  growe  therin.  O  ye  y  feare  the  LORDE, 
 take  sure  holde  of  his  mercy :  shrencke  not 
 awaye  fro  him,  that  ye  fall  not.  O  ye  that 
 feare  y  LORDE,  beleue  him,  and  youre  re- 
 warde  shall  not  be  emptye.  O  ye  that  feare 
 y-  LORDE,  put  youre  trust  in  him,  5  mercy 
 shal  come  vnto  you  for  pleasure.  O  ye  y 
 feare  y  LORDE,  set  youre  loue  vp5  him,  5 
 youre  hertes  shal  be  lightened. 
 
 Considre  the  olde  generacions  of  men  (0 
 ye  children)  and  marck  them  weU:"  was  there 
 euer  eny  one  confounded,  that  put  his  trust 
 in  the  LORDE  ?  Who  euer  contynued  in 
 his  feare,  and  was  forsaken  ?  Or  whom  dyd 
 he  euer  despyse,  that  called  faithfully  vpo 
 him  ?  For  God  is  gracious  and  mercifull,  he 
 forgeueth  synnes  in  y  tyme  of  trouble,  and  is 
 
 "  Matt.  4.  a.  2  Tim.  3.  b.  2  Pet.  4.  b.  '  Sap.  3.  a.  Pro.  17.  a. 
 '  Psal.  30.  a.  Esa.  26.  a.         ■*  loh.  14.  b.         '  Rom.  13.  b. 
 
 a  defender  for  all  them  y  seke  him  in  f  trueth. 
 Wo  be  vnto  him  that  hath  a  dubble  hert, 
 wicked  lippes  and  euell  occupied  handes,  (i 
 to  the  synner  y  goeth  two  maner  of  waies. 
 Wo  be  vnto  them  that  are  lowse  of  hert, 
 which  put  not  their  trust  in  God,  and  ther- 
 fore  shal  they  not  be  defended  of  him.  Wo 
 be  vnto  them  that  haue  lost  pacience,  forsaken 
 the  right  wayes,  and  are  turned  back  in  to 
 frowarde  wayes.  What  wyl  they  do,  whan 
 the  LORDE  shal  begynne  to  vyset  the  ? 
 
 They  that  feare  y  LORDE,  wil  not  mys- 
 trust  his  worde:  and  they  that  loue  him,  ''wyl 
 kepe  his  commaundement.  They  that  feare 
 the  LORDE,  wyl  seke  out  y  thinges  that  are 
 pleasaunt  vnto  him  :  and  they  that  loue  him, 
 shal  fulfill  his  lawe.'  They  that  feare  y 
 LORDE  wil  prepare  their  hertes,  and  huble 
 their  soules  in  his  sight.  (They  that  feare  the 
 LORDE,  kepe  his  commaundementes,  and 
 wil  be  pacient,  tyll  they  se  himself)  sayenge 
 -''  better  it  is  for  vs  to  fall  in  to  the  handes  of  y 
 LORDE,  then  in  to  the  hades  of  men:  for 
 his  mercy  is  as  greate  as  him  self. 
 
 Wt)t  iij.  Cijaptn-. 
 
 THE  children  of  wyszdome  are  a  cogre- 
 gacion  of  the  righteous,  and  their  exer- 
 cise is  obedience  and  loue.  Heare  me  youre 
 father  (o  my  deare  children)  and  do  there  after, 
 that  ye  male  be  safe.  'For  the  LORDE  wil 
 haue  the  father  honoured  of  the  children,  and 
 loke  what  a  mother  commaiideth  hir  children 
 to  do,  he  wil  haue  it  kepte.  Who  so  honour- 
 eth  his  father,  his  synnes  shaU  be  forgeue 
 him :  and  he  that  honoureth  his  mother,  is 
 like  one  that  gathereth  treasure  together. 
 Who  so  honoureth  his  father,  shal  haue  ioye 
 of  his  owne  children :  j  whan  he  maketh  his 
 prayer,  he  shal  be  herde.  He  that  honoureth 
 his  father,''  shall  haue  a  longe  life :  d  he  that  is 
 obechent  for  f  LORDES  sake,  his  mother 
 shal  haue  ioye  of  him. 
 
 He  that  feareth  the  LORDE,  honoureth 
 his  father  and  mother,  and  doth  them  seruyce, 
 as  it  were  vnto  the  LORDE  himself.  Ho- 
 noure  thy  father  in  dede,  in  worde  and  in  all 
 pacience,  that  thou  mayest  haue  his  blessinge : ' 
 for  the  blessinge  of  f  father  buyldeth  vp  the 
 houses  of  the  children,  but  the  mothers  curse 
 roteth   out   the    foundacions.      Reioyse   not 
 
 /■a  Re.  24.  c.  Susan,  d.  e  Exo.  20.  b.  Deut.  3.  b.  Ephe.  6.  a. 
 *  Ephe.  6.  a.  '  Gen.  27.  d.  and  49.  a.  Deut.  33.  a. 
 
fo,  m. 
 
 (Bttlt^iti^titu^, 
 
 Cftap.  iiij. 
 
 whan  thy  father  is  reproued,  for  it  is  no  ho- 
 noure  vnto  the,  but  a  shame.  For  the  wor- 
 shipe  of  a  mans  father  is  his  awne  worshipe, 
 and  where  the  father  is  without  honoure,  it  is 
 the  dishonesty  of  the  sonne.  My  sonne,  make 
 moch  of  thy  father  in  his  age,  and  greue  him 
 not  as  longe  as  he  lyueth.  And  yf  his  vnder- 
 standinge  fayle,  haue  paeience  with  him,  (j 
 despyse  him  not  in  thy  strength.  For  the 
 good  dede  that  thou  shewest  vnto  thy  father, 
 shall  not  be  forgotten:  and  whan  thou  thy 
 self  wantest,  it  shall  be  rewarded  the  (and  for 
 thy  mothers  offence  thou  shalt  be  recompensed 
 with  good,  yee  it  shal  be  founded  for  the  in 
 righteousnes)  and  in  the  daye  of  trouble  thou 
 shalt  be  remembred:  thy  synnes  also  shall 
 melt  awaye,  like  as  the  yse  in  f  fayre  wamie 
 wether. 
 
 He  y  forsaketh  his  father,  shall  come  to 
 shame :  and  he  that  defyeth  his  mother,  is 
 cursed  of  God.  My  sonne,  perfourme  thy 
 workes  with  louynge  mekenesse,  so  shalt  thou 
 be  loued  aboue  other  men.  "  The  greater  thou 
 art,  the  more  huble  thy  self  (in  all  thinges) 
 and  thou  shalt  fynde  fauoure  in  the  sight  of 
 God.  For  greate  power  belongeth  onely  vnto 
 God,  5  he  is  honoured  of  the  lowly. 
 
 Seke  not  out  the  thinges  that  are  aboue 
 thy  capacite,  and  search  not  the  grounde  of 
 soch  thinges  as  are  to  mightie  for  the :  but 
 loke  what  God  hath  commaunded  the,'  thinke 
 vp5  that  allwaye,  and  be  not  curious  in  many 
 of  *  his  workes.  For  it  is  not  nedefull  for  the,  to 
 se  with  thine  eyes,  y  thinges  y  are  secrete. 
 Make  not  thou  to  moch  search  in  supei-fluous 
 thinges,  and  be  not  curious  in  many  of  his 
 workes  :  for  many  thinges  are  shewed  vnto  the 
 allready,  which  be  aboue  y  capacite  of  men. 
 The  medlinge  with  soch  hath  begyled  many  a 
 
 n,  and  tangled  their  wyttes  in  vanite. 
 Now  he  that  loueth  parell,  shal  perish  therin. 
 
 An  harde  herte  shal  fayre  euell  at  y  last 
 (an  hert  that  goeth  two  wayes,  shal  not  pros- 
 pere :  (j  he  that  is  frowarde  of  hert,  wyll  euer 
 be  the  worse  and  worse.)  A  wicked  hert  shall 
 be  lade  with  sorowes,  and  y  vngodly  sinner 
 wyll  heape  one  synne  vpon  another.  The 
 councell  of  the  proude  hath  no  health,  for  y 
 plante  of  synne  shal  be  roted  out  in  the.  The 
 hert  of  him  y  hath  vnderstandinge,  shal  per- 
 ceaue  hye  thmges,  and  a  good  eare  wil  gladly 
 
 "  Phil.  2.  a.       'Pro.  25.  d.     Rom.  12.  a.        '  Deut.  4.  a. 
 
 •  Some  rede,  thy  workes. 
 
 herken  vnto  wyszdome.  An  hert  that  is  wyse 
 (t  hath  vnderstadinge,  wyl  abstayne  from 
 syimes,  and  increase  in  the  workes  of  righte- 
 ousnes. ''.Water  quencheth  burnynge  fyre,  5 
 mercy  reconcyleth  synnes.  God  hath  respecte 
 vnto  him  y  is  thankfull :  he  thinketh  vpon 
 him  agaynst  the  tyme  to  come :  so  that  whan 
 he  falleth,  he  shal  fynde  a  stronge  holde. 
 
 €i)t  Hi).  Cijaptfr. 
 
 MY  sonne,  defraude  not  the  poore  of  his 
 almes,'  and  tume  not  awaye  thine 
 eyes  from  him  that  hath  nede.  Despise  not 
 an  hongrie  soule,  and  defye  not  the  poore  in 
 his  necessite :  greue  not  the  hert  of  him  that 
 is  helplesse,  and  withdrawe  not  the  gift  from  f 
 nedefull.  Refuse  not  the  prayer  of  one  that 
 is  in  trouble,  and  tume  not  awaye  thy  face 
 from  the  nedy.  Cast  not  thine  eyes  asyde 
 fro  f  poore,  y  thou  geue  him  not  occasion  to 
 speake  euell  of  the.  For  yf  he  complayne  of 
 y  in  the  bytternes  of  his  soule,  his  prayer  shal 
 be  herde :  eue  he  y  made  him,  shal  heare 
 him.  Be  curteous  vnto  y  company  of  the 
 poore,  humble  thy  soule  vnto  the  elder,  5 
 bowe  downe  thy  heade  to  a  man  of  worshipe. 
 Let  it  not  greue  the  to  bowe  downe  thine  eare 
 vnto  the  poore,  but  paye  thy  dett,  and  geue 
 him  a  frendly  answere,  and  y  with  mekenesse. 
 
 Delyuer  him  y  suifreth  wroge  fro  f  hade  of 
 f  oppressoure,-'  (t,  be  not  faint  harted  whii  thou 
 sittest  in  iudgmet.  Be  merciful  vnto  y-  father- 
 les  as  a  father,  g  be  in  steade  of  an  huszbade 
 vnto  their  mother :  so  shalt  thou  be  as  an 
 obediet  sonne  of  y  Hyest,  and  he  shal  loue  the 
 more  the  thy  mother  doth.  Wiszdome  bretheth 
 life  in  to  hir  children,  receaueth  the  y  seke 
 her,  5  wyll  go  before  the  in  y  waye  of  right- 
 eousnes. He  y  loueth  her,  loueth  life  :  5  they 
 y  seke  her  diligetly,  shal  haue  greate  ioye. 
 They  y  kepe  her,  shal  haue  the  heretage  of 
 life :  for  where  she  entreth  in,  there  is  the 
 blessinge  of  God.  They  that  honoure  her, 
 shal  be  y  seruauntes  of  the  holy  one :  and 
 they  that  loue  her,  are  beloued  of  God. 
 Who  so  geueth  eare  vnto  her,  shal  iudge  the 
 Heithe :  and  he  that  hath  respecte  vnto  her, 
 shall  dwell  safely. 
 
 He  that  beleueth  her,  shal  haue  her  in  pos- 
 session, and  his  generacion  shal  endure :  for 
 whan  he  falleth,  she  shal  go  with  him  before 
 
 Psal.  40.  a.      Dan. 
 Mat.  25.  c. 
 
 d.      Math.  5.  ! 
 /  Gen.  14.  c. 
 
 '  Deut.  15.  a. 
 Eio.  2.  b. 
 
Cftap.  bi. 
 
 (©alrsiiaistirus. 
 
 ffo,  yciij. 
 
 aU.  Feare,  drede  and  tentacion  shal  she 
 bringe  vpon  him,  and  trj'e  him  in  hir  doc- 
 trine :  tyll  she  haue  so  proued  him  in  his 
 thoughtes,  that  he  committe  his  -soule  vnto 
 her.  The  shal  she  stabhsh  him,  bringe  the 
 right  waye  vnto  him,  make  hi  a  glad  mii, 
 shewe  him  hir  secretes,  and  heape  vpon  him 
 the  treasures  of  knowlege,  vnderstondinge 
 and  righteousnes.  But  yf  he  go  wronge,  she 
 shall  forsake  him,  and  geue  him  ouer  in  to 
 the  handes  of  his  enemie. 
 
 °  My  Sonne,  make  moch  of  the  tyme,  eschue 
 the  thinge  y  is.  euell,  and  for  thy  life  shame 
 not  to  saye  f  trueth.  *  For  there  is  a  shame 
 y  bringeth  synne,  and  there  is  a  shame  that 
 bringeth  worshipe  and  fauoure.  '  Accepte  no 
 person  after  thine  owne  will,  that  thou  be  not 
 confounded  to  thine  owne  decaye.  Be  not 
 ashamed  of  thy  neghboure  in  his  aduersite,  (t 
 kepe  not  back  thy  councell  wha  it  maye  do 
 good,  nether  hyde  thy  wyszdome  in  hir  beuty. 
 For  in  the  toge  is  wyszdome  knowne,  so  is 
 vnderstandinge,  knowlege  and  lernynge  in  the 
 talkinge  of  the  wyse,  (t  stedfastnesse  in  y 
 workes  of  righteousnes.  In  no  wise  speake 
 agaynst  the  worde  of  treuth,  but  be  ashamed 
 of  the  lyes  of  thine  owne  ignoraunce.  Shame 
 not  to  confesse  thine  erroure,  and  submitte 
 not  thyself  vnto  euery  man  because  of  synne. 
 Withstande  not  y  face  of  the  mightie,  and 
 stryue  not  agaynst  the  streame.  But  for  the 
 trueth  stryue  thou  vnto  death,  and  God  shal 
 fight  for  the  agaynst  thine  enemies.  Be  not 
 haystie  in  thy  tonge,  nether  slack  and  negli 
 gent  in  thy  workes.  Be  not  as  a  lyon  in  thine 
 owne  house,  destroyinge  thy  housholde  folkes,' 
 and  oppressinge  them  y  are  vnder  the.  ''Let 
 not  thine  hande  be  stretched  out  to  receaue, 
 and  shutt  whan  thou  shuldest  geue. 
 
 Cl^e  b.  Cljapttr. 
 
 TRUST  not  vnto  thy  riches,  and  saye 
 not :  tush,  I  haue  ynough  for  my  life." 
 (For  it  shall  not  helpe  in  the  tyme  of  ven- 
 geaunce  and  temptacion.)  Folowe  not  the 
 lust  of  thine  owne  hert  in  thy  strength,  and 
 saye  not:  tush,  how  shulde  I,  or  who  wyl  cast 
 me  do'ttTie  because  of  my  workes  ?  for  doutles 
 God  shal  auenge  it.  And  saye  not:  I  haue 
 committed  mo  synnes,  butt  what  eueU  hath 
 
 "  Ephe.  : 
 Act.  20.  c 
 Eccli.  21. 
 
 *  Math.  10.  e.  '   Leui.  19.  d. 
 
 •Luc.l2.  b.     Eccli.  11.  c.        /Rom.  7.  a. 
 
 ''Eccli.  16.  b.         '  Pro.  10.  a.  and  11.  c. 
 
 happened  me  ?  For  the  Allmightie  is  a 
 pacient  rewarder.  -'^Because  thy  synne  is  for- 
 geue  y,  be  not  therfore  without  feare,  nether 
 heape  one  synne  vpo  another.  And  saye  not: 
 ^tush,  the  mercy  of  the  LORDE  is  greate, 
 he  shal  forgeue  my  synnes,  be  they  neuer  so 
 many.  ''  For  like  as  he  is  mercifull,  so  goeth 
 wrath  from  him  also,  and  his  indignacion 
 Cometh  downe  vpon  synners. 
 
 Make  no  tariege  to  turne  vnto  y  LORDE,  J3 
 (J  put  not  of  fro  daye  to  dale :  for  sodenly  shal 
 his  wrath  come,  %  in  the  tyme  of  vengeaunce 
 he  shal  destroie  f.  'Trust  not  in  wicked 
 riches  for  they  shal  not  helpe  in  the  daye  of 
 punishment  and  wrath.  Be  not  caried  aboute 
 to  euery  wynde,  and  go  not  in  to  euery  waye: 
 for  so  doth  the  synner  that  hath  a  dubble 
 tonge  (Stonde  fast  in  y  waye  of  y  LORDE) 
 be  stedfast  in  thy  vnderstandinge,  abyde  by 
 thy  worde,  and  folowe  the  worde  of  peace  and 
 righteousnes.  Be  getle  to  heare  f  worde  of 
 God,  that  thou  mayest  vnderstande  it,  and 
 make  a  true  answere  with  wyszdome.  *Be 
 swift  to  heare,  but  slowe  and  pacient  in 
 geuinge  answere.  Yf  thou  hast  vnderstond- 
 inge, shappe  thy  neghboure  an  answere  :  Yf 
 no,  laye  thine  hiide  vp5  thy  mouth :  lest  thou 
 be  trapped  in  an  vndiscrete  worde,  5  so 
 cofoiided.  Honoure  (j  worshipe  is  in  a  mas 
 \vyse  talkinge,  but  y  toge  of  f  vndiscrete  is 
 his  awne  distruccio.  '  Be  not  a  preuy  accuser 
 as  long  as  thou  lyuest,  and  vse  no  slaunder 
 mth  thy  tonge.  For  shame  and  sorow  goeth 
 ouer  the  thefe,  and  an  euell  name  ouer  him 
 that  is  dubble  tonged :  but  he  that  is  a  preuy 
 accuser  of  other  men,  shalbe  hated  envyed 
 and  confounded.  Se  that  thou  iustifie  the 
 small  and  greate  alyke. 
 
 Wi)e  bi.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 BE  not  thy  neghbours  enemye  for  thy 
 fredes  sake  :  for  who  so  is  euel  shal  be 
 f  heyre  of  rebuke  t;  dishonoure,  j  who  so 
 euer  beareth  envye  and  a  dubble  toge,  ofFend- 
 eth.  "■  Be  not  proude  in  the  deuyce  of  thyne 
 owne  vnderstandinge,  lest  thy  leaues  wyther, 
 and  thy  frute  be  destroyed,  d  so  thou  be  left  as 
 a  drye  tre.  For  a  wicked  soule  destroyeth  him 
 that  hath  it,  maketh  him  to  be  laughed  to 
 scorne  of  his  enemies,  (and  bringeth  him  to 
 
 Eze.  7.  c.     Soph.  1.  c.  ' 
 
 '"  Rom,  12.  c. 
 
 laco.  1.  I 
 Phil.  2. 
 
 Leui.  19.  d. 
 
\fo,  vtiiij. 
 
 Crrlfsitastmis. 
 
 Cbap,  faij. 
 
 s 
 
 the  porcion  of  the  vngoclly.)  "A  swete  worde 
 multipHeth  frendes,  and  pacifieth  the  y  be  at 
 variaunce,  and  a  thankful!  tonge  will  be  plen- 
 teous in  a  good  man.  Holde  frendshipe  with 
 many,  neuertheles  haue  but  one  counceler  of 
 a  thousande. 
 
 Yf  thou  gettest  a  frende,  proue  him  first, 
 and  be  not  haistie  to  geue  him  credence.  For 
 some  man  is  a  frende  but  for  a  tyme,  and  wyl 
 not  abyde  in  the  daye  of  trouble.  And  there 
 is  some  frende  that  turneth  to  enemyte,  and 
 taketh  parte  agaynst  the  :  and  yf  he  knowe 
 eny  hurte  by  the,  he  telleth  it  out.  Agayne, 
 some  frende'  is  but  a  companyon  at  the  table, 
 and  in  the  daye  of  nede  he  contynueth  not. 
 But  a  sure  frende  wil  be  vnto  y  euen  as  thpie 
 owne  self,  and  deale  faithfully  with  thy  hous- 
 holde  folke.  Yf  thou  suffre  trouble  and  ad- 
 uersite,  he  is  with  the,  and  hydeth  not  him 
 self  from  the.  Departs  fro  thine  enemies, 
 yee  and  bewarre  of  thy  frendes. 
 
 A  faithful  frende  is  a  stronge  defence :  who 
 so  findeth  soch  one,  findeth  a  noble  treasure, 
 A  faithfull  frende  hath  no  peare,  the  weight 
 of  golde  and  syluer  is  not  to  be  compared  to 
 the  goodnesse  of  his  faith.  A  faithfull  frende 
 is  a  medicyne  of  life,  5  they  y  feare  the 
 LORDE,  shal  fynde  him.  Who  so  feareth 
 the  LORDE,  shal  prospere  with  frendes:  and 
 as  he  is  himself,  so  shal  his  frende  be  also.  My 
 Sonne,  receaue  doctryne  fro  thy  youth  vp,  so 
 shalt  thou  fynde  wyszdome  tyll  thou  be  olde. 
 Go  to  her  as  one  that  ploweth,  and  soweth, 
 and  wayte  pacietly  for  hir  good  frutes.  For 
 thou  shalt  haue  but  litle  laboure  in  hir  worke,"* 
 but  thou  shalt  eate  of  hir  frutes  right  soone. 
 O  how  exceadlge  sharpe  is  wiszdome  to  vn- 
 lerned  men?  an  vnstedfast  body  wyl  not 
 remayne  in  her.  Vnto  soch  she  is  as  it  were 
 a  twichstone,  5  he  casteth  her  from  him  in  all 
 the  haist :  for  wyszdome  is  with  him  but  in 
 name,  there  be  but  few  y  haue  knowlege  of 
 her.  (But  with  them  tnat  knowe  her,  she 
 abydeth  eue  vnto  f  appearinge  of  God.) 
 
 Geue  eare  (my  sonne)  receaue  my  doc- 
 tryne, and  refuse  not  my  councell.  Put  thy 
 fote  in  to  hir  lynckes,  and  'take  hir  yock 
 vpon  thy  neck :  bowe  downe  thy  shulder  vnder 
 her,  beare  hir  paciently,  and  be  hot  weery  of 
 hir  bandes.  Come  vnto  hir  with  thy  whole 
 hert,  and  kepe  hir  wayes  with  all  thy  power. 
 
 "  Eccli.  20.  b. 
 Mat.  10.  c. 
 
 »  Deut.  13.  b.  and  33.  b.  Mich.  7.  a. 
 Eccli.  37.  a.  "f  Eccli.  51.  d. 
 
 Seke  after  her,  and  she  shalbe  shewed  the  : 
 and  wha  thou  hast  her,  forsake  her  not.  For 
 at  the  last  thou  shalt  fynde  rest  in  her,  and 
 that  shal  be  turned  to  thy  greate  ioye.  Then 
 shal  hir  fetters  be  a  stronge  defence  for  the,  g 
 hir  yock  a  glorious  rayment.  For  the  bewtye 
 of  life  is  in  her,  and  hir  bandes  are  the  coup' 
 linge  together  of  saluacion.  Yee  a  glorious 
 rayment  is  it,  thou  shalt  put  it  on,  and  the 
 same  crowne  of  ioye  shalt  thou  weere. 
 
 My  sonne,  yf  thou  wilt  take  hede,  thou 
 shalt  haue  vnderstadinge  :  and  yf  thou  wilt 
 applye  thy  mynde,  thou  shalt  be  ^vyse.  Yf 
 thou  wilt  bowe  downe  thine  eare,  thou  shalt 
 receaue  doctryne :  and  yf  thou  delyte  in  hear- 
 inge,  thou  shalt  be  wyse.  Stonde  with  y  mul- 
 titude of  soch  elders  as  haue  vnderstandinge, 
 and  consente  vnto  their  wyszdome  with  thine 
 hert :  that  thou  mayest  heare  all  godly  ser- 
 mons, ■'^  and  that  the  worthy  sentences  escape 
 the  not.  And  yf  thou  seist  a  man  of  discrete 
 vnderstandinge,  gett  the  soone  vnto  him,  and 
 let  thy  fote  treade  vpon  the  steppes  of  his 
 dores.  *Let  thy  mynde  be  vpon  the  com- 
 maundementes  of  God,  and  be  earnestly  occu- 
 pied in  his  lawes :  so  shal  he  stablish  thy  hert, 
 and  geue  f  wyszdome  at  thine  owne  desyre. 
 
 €l)t  bij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 DO  no  euell,  so  shall  there  no  harme 
 happen  vnto  the.  Departe  awaye  from 
 the  thinge  that  is  wicked,  and  no  mysfortune 
 shal  medle  with  the.  My  sonne,  sowe  no  euell 
 thinges  in  the  forowes  of  vnrighteousnes,  so 
 shalt  thou  not  reape  the  seuenfolde.  Laboure 
 not  vnto  man  for  any  lordshipe,  nether  vnto 
 the  kynge  for  the  seate  of  honoure.  lustifie 
 not  thy  self  before  God''  (for  he  knoweth  the 
 hert)  and  desyre  not  to  be  reputed  wyse  in 
 the  presence  of  the  kynge.  Make  no  laboure 
 to  be  made  a  iudge,  excepte  it  so  were,  y  thou 
 coudest  mightely  put  downe  wickednes  :  for 
 yf  thou  shuldest  stode  in  awe  of  y  presence 
 of  the  mightie,  thou  shuldest  fayle  in  geuynge 
 sentence.  Offende  not  in  f  multitude  of  the 
 cite,  and  put  not  thyself  amonge  the  people. 
 Bynde  not  two  synnes  together,'  for  in  one 
 synne  shalt  thou  not  be  vnpunyshed.  Saye 
 not:  tush,  God  wil  loke  vpo  the  multitude  of 
 my  oblacions,  and  whan  I  offre  to  the  hyest 
 God,  he  wyl  accepte  it. 
 
 Mat.  11.  c.       /  Eccli.  8.  a.        ePsal.  1.  a.       *  Psal. 
 142.  a.  Eccls.  7.  c.  lob  9.  a.  c.  Luc.  19.  b.    '  Eccli.  12.  c. 
 
Cftap.  biij. 
 
 (Bttk&ia^tiai^, 
 
 fo,  vcb. 
 
 Be  not  faynt  harted  whan  thou  makest  thy 
 prayer,  nether  slack  in  geuinge  of  allmesse. 
 Laugh  no  man  to  seorne  in  the  heuynesse  of 
 his  soule,  for  God  (which  seyth  all  thinges)  is 
 he  that  can  bringe  downe,"  and  set  vp  agayne. 
 Accepte  no  lesynge  agaynst  thy  brother,  nether 
 do  the  same  agaynst  thy  frende.  Vse  not  to 
 make  eny  maner  of  lye,  for  the  custome  therof 
 is  not  good.  Make  not  many  wordes,  whan 
 thou  art  amonge  the  elders :  and  whan  thou 
 prayest,*  make  not  moch  bablinge.  Let  no 
 laborious  worke  be  tedious  vnto  the,  nether 
 the  huszbandrie  which  the  Allmightie  hath 
 created.  Make  not  thy  boast  in  the  multi- 
 tude of  thy  wickednes,  but  humble  thy  self 
 euen  from  thine  hert :  and  remembre  that  the 
 wrath  shall  not  be  longe  in  tarienge,  and  that 
 the  vengeaunce  of  the  flesh  of  y  vngodly  is  a 
 very  fyre  and  woraie.  Geue  not  ouer  thy 
 frende  for  eny  good,  ner  thy  faithfull  brother 
 for  the  best  golde. 
 
 Departe  not  from  a  discrete  and  good 
 woman,  that  is  fallen  vnto  the  for  thy  porcion 
 in  the  feare  of  the  LORDE,  for  y  gift  of  hir 
 honesty  is  aboue  golde.  "^  Where  as  thy  ser- 
 uaunt  worketh  truly,  intreate  him  not  euell, 
 ner  the  Hyrelinge  that  is  faithfull  vnto  the. 
 Loue  a  discrete  seruaunte  as  thine  owne  soule, 
 defraude  him  not  of  his  libertie,''  nether  leaue 
 him  a  poore  man.  Yf  thou  haue  catell,  loke 
 well  to  them:  and  yf  they  be  for  thy  profit, 
 kepe  them.  Yf  thou  haue  sonnes,  brynge 
 them  vp  in  nurtoure  and  lemynge,'  (j  holde  the 
 in  awe  from  their  youth  vp.  Yf  thou  haue 
 daughters,  kepe  their  body,  j  shew  not  thy 
 face  cherefuU  to  warde  the.  Marye  thy 
 daughter,  and  so  shalt  thou  perfourrne  a 
 weightie  matter :  but  geue  her  to  a  man  of 
 vnderstandinge.  Yf  thou  haue  a  wife  after 
 thine  owne  mynde,  forsake  her  not :  (but  c6- 
 mitte  not  thy  self  to  the  hate  full.) 
 
 -Tlonoure  thy  father  from  thy  whole  herte, 
 and  forgett  not  the  sorofull  trauaile  that  thy 
 mother  had  with  the:  remembre  that  thou 
 wast  borne  thorow  them,  and  how  cast  thou 
 recopense  them  the  thinges  that  they  haue 
 done  for  the?  Feare  the  LORDE  with  all 
 thy  soule,  (j  honoure  his  ministers.  *Loue  thy 
 maker  mth  all  thy  stregth,  and  forsake  not  his 
 seruauntes.     Feare  the  LORDE  with  all  thy 
 
 -  1  Reg.  2.  b. 
 '  Leui.  19.  c. 
 /  Eccli.  3.  a.  '!"obi. 
 
 »  Mat.  6.  b.  Eccli.  1.  c.  Ro.  12.  b. 
 Deut.  23.  a.  '  Eccli.  30.  a. 
 
 .      «  Deut.  12.  c.      *Nu.  18.  b.  c. 
 
 soule,  5  ''honoure  his  prestes.  Geue  the  their 
 porcion  of  the  first  frutes  and  increase  of  y 
 earth,  like  as  it  is  commaiided  the  :  geue  the 
 f  shulders,  and  their  appoynted  offeringes, 
 and  firsthnges,  Reach  thine  hande  vnto  the 
 poore,  that  God  maye  blesse  the  with  plente- 
 ousnes.  'Be  liberall  vnto  all  men  lyuynge, 
 yet  let  not  but  do  good  euen  to  them  that  are 
 deed.* 
 
 Let  not  them  that  wepe  be  without  com- 
 forte,'  but  moume  with  soch  as  mourne.  Let 
 it  not  greue  the  to  vyset  the  sick,  "  for  that  shal 
 make  the  to  be  loued.  What  so  euer  thou 
 takest  in  hande,  remembre  the  ende,  and  thou 
 shalt  neuer  do  amysse. 
 
 Eiit  biij.  C})apter. 
 
 STRYUE  not  with  a  mightie  man,  lest 
 thou  chaunse  to  fall  in  to  his  hades.  Make 
 no  variauce  with  a  riche  ma,"  lest  he  happen 
 to  bringe  vp  an  harde  quarell  agaynst  y.  For 
 golde  I  siluer"  hath  vndone  many  a  man,  yee 
 eue  y  hertes  of  kynges  hath  it  made  to  fall. 
 Stryue  not  with  a  ma  that  is  full  of  wordes,  (t 
 laye  no  stickes  vpon  his  fyre.  Kepe  no  com- 
 pany with  the  vnlerned,  lest  he  geue  thy 
 kynred  an  euell  reporte.  ''Despyse  not  a  man 
 that  tumeth  himself  awaye  from  synne,  and 
 cast  him  not  in  the  teth  withall :  but  remebre 
 y  we  are  frayle  euerychone.  '  Thynke  seorne 
 of  no  ma  in  his  olde  age,  for  we  waxe  olde 
 also.  Be  not  glad  of  the  death  of  thine  ene- 
 mie,  but  remembre  that  we  must  dye  all  the 
 sorte  of  vs  (and  fayne  wolde  we  come  in  to 
 ioye.)  "■  Despyse  not  the  sermons  of  soch 
 elders  as  haue  vnderstandinge,  but  acquaunte 
 thy  self  with  the  wyse  sentences  of  them :  for 
 of  them  thou  shalt  lerne  wyszdome  and  the 
 doctrine  of  vnderstandinge,  and  how  to  serue 
 greate  men  without  complaynte. 
 
 Go  not  from  y  doctr)'ne  of  the  elders,  for 
 they  haue  lemed  it  of  their  fathers.  For  of 
 them  thou  shalt  lerne  vnderstandinge,  so  y 
 thou  mayest  make  answere  in  y  tyme  of  nede. 
 Kyndle  not  y  coales  of  synners,  lest  thou  be 
 brent  in  the  fyrie  flammes  of  their  synnes. 
 Resist  not  the  face  of  the  blasphemer,  that  he 
 laye  not  wayte  for  thy  mouth.  Lende  not 
 vnto  him  that  is  mightier  then  thyself:'  Yf 
 thou  lendest  him,  counte  it  but  lost.     Be  not 
 
 *Galat.  6.  b.  'Tobi.  l.d.  '  Ro.  12.  b.  "  Matt.  25.  c. 
 "  Matt.  .i.  c.  •  Eccli.  31.  a.  P  Gala.  6.  a.  2  Cor.  2.  b. 
 ?  Leu.  19.  g.         '  Eccli.  (i.  c.         '  Eccli.  29.  a. 
 
Jfo.  vrfai. 
 
 erdfsiia^tinis. 
 
 C!)ap.  iv. 
 
 suertie  aboue  thy  power  :  yf  thou  be,  then 
 thyiike  surely  to  paye  it.  Go  not  to  lawe  with 
 the  iudge,  for  he  wyl  iudge  acordinge  to  his 
 owne  honoure.  Trauayle  not  by  the  waye  with 
 him  y  is  "  branelesse,  lest  he  do  the  euell :  for 
 he  foloweth  his  awnc  wilfulnes,  5  so  shalt  thou 
 perish  thorow  his  foly. 
 
 Stryue  not  with  him  that  is  angrie  and 
 cruell,  and  go  not  with  him  in  to  y  *wyldernes: 
 for  bloude  is  nothinge  in  his  sight,  and  where 
 there  is  no  helpe,  he  shal  murthur  y.  '  Take 
 no  councell  at  fooles,  for  they  loue  nothinge 
 but  the  thinges  that  please  themself.  Make 
 no  coiieell  before  a  straunger,  for  thou  canst 
 not  tell  what  wyll  come  of  it.  Ope  not  thine 
 hert  vnto  euery  man,  lest  he  be  vnthafull  to 
 the,  and  put  the  to  reprofe. 
 
 Cfjc  tv-  Cljapttr. 
 
 BE  not  gelous  ouer  y  wyfe  of  thy  bosome, 
 y  she  shew  not  some  shrewed  poynte  of 
 wicked  doctryne  vp5  the.  Geue  not  the  power 
 of  thy  lyfe  vnto  a  woman,  lest  she  come  in 
 thy  strength,  and  so  thou  be  confounded. 
 Loke  not  vpon  a  womii  that  is  desyrous  of 
 many  men,  lest  thou  fall  in  to  hir  snares.  Vse 
 not  the  company  of  a  woma  that  is  a  player 
 and  dauser,  i  heare  hir  not,  lest  thou  perish 
 thorow  hir  entysinge.  Beholde  not  a  mayde, 
 that  thou  be  not  hurt  in  hir  bewtye.  ''Cast 
 not  thy  mynde  vpon  harlottes  in  eny  maner 
 of  thinge,  lest  thou  destroye  both  thy  self  and 
 thine  heretage.  Go  not  aboute  gasinge  in 
 eueiy  layne  of  the  cite,  nether  wadre  thou 
 abrode  in  the  stretes  therof.  "Turne  awaye 
 thy  face  from  a  beutyfuU  woman,  and  loke 
 not  vpon  the  fayrnesse  of  other. 
 
 Many  a  man  hath  perished  thorow  the 
 bewty  of  ^  women,  for  thorow  it  the  desyre  is 
 kyndled  as  it  were  a  fyre.  (An  aduouterous 
 woman  shalbe  trodden  vnder  fote  as  myre, 
 of  euery  one  that  goeth  by  the  waye.  Many 
 a  man  wonderinge  the  bewtye  of  a  strauge 
 woman,  haue  bene  cast  out,  for  hir  wordes 
 kyndle  as  a  fyre.)  Sytt  not  with  another 
 mans  wyfe  by  eny  meanes,  lye  not  with  her 
 vpon  the  bedd,  make  no  wordes  with  her  at  y 
 wyne  :  lest  thine  hert  consent  vnto  her,  (j  so 
 thou  with  thy  bloude  fall  in  to  destruccion. 
 
 ■■  Gen.  4.  b.         »  Pro.  22.  d.    Esa.  3.  a. 
 37.  a.  b.         ■<  Pro.  .5.  a.  Matt.  5.  c. 
 
 2  He.  11.  a.   ludit.  10.  and  11.  12. 
 
 '  Eccli.  9. 1 
 /  Gen.  3-t.  ; 
 
 Forsake  not  an  olde  firende,  for  the  new  shal 
 not  be  like  him. 
 
 A  new  frende  is  new  wine :  let  him  be  olde, 
 ft  thou  shalt  drynke  him  with  pleasure.  De- 
 syre not  f  honoure  and  riches  of  a  synner,  for 
 thou  knowest  not  what  destruccion  is  for  to 
 come  vpon  him.  Delyte  not  thou  in  the 
 thinge  that  the  vngodly  haue  pleasure  in : 
 beinge  sure,  that  the  vngodly  shall  not  be 
 accepted  vntyll  their  graue. 
 
 Kepe  the  from  the  man  that  hath  power  to 
 slaye,  so  nedest  thou  not  to  be  afrayed  of 
 death.  And  yf  thou  commest  vnto  him,  make 
 no  fawte,  lest  he  happen  to  take  awaye  thy 
 life.  Remembre  that  thou  goest  in  the 
 myddest  of  snares,  and  vpon  the  bulworkes 
 of  f  cite.  Bewarre  of  thy  neghboure  as  nye 
 as  thou  canst,  and  *  medle  with  soch  as  be 
 wyse  and  haue  vnderstandinge.  Let  iust  men 
 be  thy  gestes,  let  thy  myrth  be  in  the  feare  of 
 God,  let  the  remembraiice  of  God  be  in  thy 
 mynde,  and  let  all  thy  talkynge  be  in  the 
 commaundementes  of  the  Hyest.  In  the 
 handes  of  craftesmen  shall  the  workes  be 
 commended,  so  shal  the ''  prynces  of  the  people 
 in  the  wyszdome  of  their  talkynge.  A  man 
 full  of  wordes  is  perlous  in  his  cite :  and  he 
 that  is  temerarious  and  past  shame  in  his 
 talkinge,  is  to  be  abhorred. 
 
 Wi)S  r-  Ci^apttr. 
 
 A  WYSE  iudge  wil  ordre  his  people  with 
 discrecion,  and  where  a  man  of  vnder- 
 standinge beareth  rule,  there  goeth  it  well. 
 '  As  the  iudge  of  the  people  is  himself,  eue  so 
 are  his  officers :  and  loke  what  maner  of 
 man  the  ruler  of  the  cite  is,  soch  are  they 
 that  dwell  therin  also.  *  An  vnwise  kinge 
 destroyeth  his  people,  but  where  they  that  be 
 in  auctorite  are  men  of  vnderstandinge,  there 
 the  cite  prospereth. 
 
 The  power  of  the  earth  is  in  the  hande  of 
 God,  and  whan  his  tyme  is,  he  shal  set  a  pro- 
 fitable ruler  vpon  it.  In  the  hande  of  God  is 
 the  power  of  man,  and  vpo  the  scrybes  shal 
 he  laye  his  honoure.  Remembre  no  wronge 
 of  thy  neghboure,  and  'medle  thou  with  no 
 vnrighteous  workes.  Pryde  is  hatefull  before 
 God   and   men,    and   all   wickednes   of    the 
 
 e  Eccli.  8.  c.  and  37.  a.  b. 
 '  3  Re.  12.  J 
 
 '  3  Re.  3. 
 Leui.  19.  c. 
 
Cfeap.  ji'u 
 
 Crclfsiiastinisi. 
 
 jTo.  rcbij. 
 
 Heithen  is  to  be  abhorred.  "  Because  of  vn- 
 righteous  dealinge,  wronge,  blasphemies  and 
 diuerse  disceate,  a  realme  shal  be  traslated 
 fr5  one  people  to  another. 
 
 There  is  nothinge  worse  then  a  cuvetous 
 man.  What  prydest  thou  the,  o  thou  earth 
 and  aszshes?  There  is  not  a  more  wicked 
 thinge,  then  to  loue  moneye.  And  why  ? 
 soch  one  hath  his  soule  to  sell :  yet  is  he  but 
 fylthie  doge  whyle  he  lyueth. 
 
 And  though  the  phisician  shewe  his  helpe 
 neuer  so  longe,  yet  in  conclucion  it  goeth 
 after  this  maner :  to  daye  a  kynge,  to  morrow 
 deed.  For  whan  a  man  dyeth,  he  is  the 
 heyre  of  serpentes,  beastes  and  wormes.  The 
 begynnynge  of  mans  pryde,  is  to  fall  awaye 
 from  God :  and  why  ?  his  hert  is  gone  from 
 his  maker,  for  pryde  is  the  origenall  of  all 
 synne.  Who  so  taketh  holde  therof,  shalbe 
 fylled  with  cursinges,  and  at  y  last  it  shal 
 ouer  throwe  him.  '^Therfore  hath  the  LORDE 
 brought  the  cogregacions  of  the  wicked  to 
 dishonoure,  and  destroyed  them  vnto  the  ende. 
 
 God  hath  destroyed  the  seates  of  proude 
 prynces,  and  sett  vp  the  meke  in  their  steade. 
 God  hath  wythered  the  *  rotes  of  the  proude 
 Heithen,  and  planted  the  lowly  amonge  them. 
 God  hath  ouerthrowne  the  '^londes  of  the 
 Heithen,  and  destroyed  them  out  of  the 
 grounde.  He  hath  caused  them  to  wyther 
 awaye,  he  hath  brought  them  to  naught,  and 
 made  the  memoriall  of  them  to  ceasse  from 
 out  of  the  earth.  (God  hath  destroyed  the 
 name  of  the  proude,  and  left  the  name  of  f 
 humble  of  mynde.)  Piyde  was  not  made  for 
 man,  nether  wrothfulness  for  mens  children. 
 The  sede  of  men  that  feareth  God,  shalbe 
 brought  to  honoure  :  but  f  sede  which  trans- 
 gresseth  the  commaundementes  of  y  LORDE 
 shalbe  shamed.  He  y  is  the  ruler  amoge 
 brethren,  is  holde  in  honoure  amoge  them, 
 and  he  regardeth  soch  as  feare  the  LORDE. 
 
 The  glory  of  the  riche,  of  the  honorable 
 and  of  the  poore  is  the  feare  of  God. 
 
 Despyse  not  thou  the  iust  poore  man,  and 
 magnifie  not  y  rich  vngodly.  Greate  is  the 
 iudge  and  mightie  in  honoure,  yet  is  there 
 none  greater,  then  he  y  feareth  God.  Vnto 
 y  ''seruaunt  that  is  discrete,  shal  the  fre  do 
 seruyce.      He  that  is  wyse    and   well   nur- 
 
 "  lere.  27.  a.  Dan.  4.  c.  '  Sap,  6.  b.  Luc.  1.  d. 
 14.  b.  18.  b.  '  Gen.  19.  c.  ''  Pro.  17.  a.  «  2  Re. 
 12.  c.        /Pro.  12.  b.         e  Gen.  41.  f.    Dan.  6.  a. 
 
 toured,  wyll  not  grudge  whan  he  is  refounned, 
 (J  an  'ignoraut  body  shal  not  come  to  honoure. 
 Be  not  proude  to  do  thy  worke,  and  dispare 
 not  in  the  tyme  of  •'^aduersite.  Better  is  he  y 
 laboureth,  and  hath  plenteousnes  of  all 
 thinges,  then  he  y  is  gorgious,  and  wanteth 
 bred. 
 
 My  Sonne,  kepe  thy  soule  in  mekenes,  and 
 geue  her  hir  due  honoure.  Who  shal  iustifie 
 him,  that  synneth  agaynst  himself?  Who  wil 
 honoure  him,  that  dishonoureth  his  owne  life? 
 The  poore  is  honoured  for  his  faithfulnes  and 
 trueth,  but  y  rich  is  had  in  reputacio  be- 
 cause of  his  goodes.  He  that  ordreth  him- 
 self honestly  in  pouerte,  how  moch  more  shal 
 he  behaue  himself  honestly  in  riches  ?  And 
 who  so  ordreth  himself  vnhonestly  in  riches, 
 how  moch  more  shal  he  behaue  himself  vn- 
 honestly in  pouerte  ? 
 
 Cljt  jrt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THE  ^wyszdome  of  him  y  is  brought 
 lowe,  shal  lift  vp  his  heade,  and  shal 
 make  him  to  sytt  amonge  greate  me.  Com 
 mende  not  a  man  in  his  bewtye,  nether 
 despyse  a  man  in  his  vtter  appearauce.  The 
 Bey  is  but  a  small  beast  amonge  the  foules, 
 yet  is  hir  frute  exceadige  swete.  Be  not 
 proude  of  thy  rayment,  ''  and  exalte  not  thyself 
 in  the  daye  of  thy  honoure  :  for  y  workes  of 
 the  Hyest  onely  are  wonderfull :  yee  glorious, 
 secrete  and  vnknowne  are  his  workes.  Many 
 tyrauntes  haue  bene  '  fayne  to  syt  downe  vpo 
 the  earth,  5  y  vnlickly  hath  wome  y  crowne. 
 Many  mightie  me  haue  bene  brought  lowe, 
 and  the  honorable  haue  bene  delyuered  in  to 
 other  mens  handes.  *Condemne  no  man, 
 before  thou  haue  tryed  out  the  matter :  and 
 whan  thou  hast  made  enquisicion,  then  re- 
 fourme  righteously.  Geue  no  sentece  before 
 thou  hast  herde  the  'cause,  but  first  let  men 
 tell  out  their  tayles. 
 
 Stryue  not  for  a  matter  that  toucheth  not 
 thyself,  and  stonde  not  in  the  iudgment  of 
 synners.  My  sonne,  medle  not  with  many 
 matters :  ij  yf  thou  wylt  be  "riche,  thou  shalt 
 not  gettit:  and  though  thou  rennest  thy  waye 
 afore,  yet  shalt  thou  not  escape.  There  is 
 some  ma  that  "laboureth,  and  the  more  he 
 weerieth  himself,  the  lesse  he  hath.     Agayne, 
 
 »  Acto.  12.  d.        ■  1  Reg.  15.  f.    Hest.  6.  7.        *  Deut. 
 13.  b.  and  17.  b.     losu.  7.  c.  and  22.  c.        '  Pro.  18.  b. 
 Mat.  19.  c.  1  Ti.  6.  b.        "  Pro.  10.  c. 
 
 US 
 
#0.  jirbil). 
 
 CrrlfiSiaEitinis, 
 
 Cftap.  ni. 
 
 some  man  is  slouthfull,  hath  nede  of  helpe, 
 wateth  strcgth,  and  hath  greate  pouerte,  and 
 Gods  eye  loketh  vpon  him  to  good,  setteth 
 him  vp  from  his  lowe  estate,  and  "Hftcth  vp 
 his  heade :  so  that  many  men  maruell  at  him, 
 and  geue  honoure  viito  God. 
 
 Prosperite  and  aduersite,*  hfe  and  death, 
 pouerte  and  riches  come  all  of  the  LORDE. 
 (Wyszdome,  nurtoure  and  knowlege  of  y 
 lawe  are  with  God  :  loue  and  y  wayes  of  good 
 are  with  him.  Erroure  and  darcknes  are 
 made  for  sjTiners  :  and  they  that  exalte  them 
 selues  in  euell,  waxe  olde  in  euell.)  The 
 gift  of  God  remayneth  for  the  righteous,  and 
 his  good  wyl  shal  geue  prosperite  for  euer. 
 Some  man  is  rich  by  lyuynge  nygardly,  and  y 
 is  the  porcion  of  his  rewarde,  in  that  he 
 sayeth :  now  haue  I  gotten  rest,  and  now  ^vyl 
 I  eate  and  dryaike  of  my  goodes  myself  '^  alone. 
 And  yet  he  considereth  not,  that  the  tyme 
 draweth  nye,  y  he  must  leaue  all  these  thinges 
 vnto  other  men,  and  dye  himself.  Stonde 
 thou  fast  in  thy  couenaunt,  and  exercyse  thy 
 self  therin,  and  remayne  in  the  worke  vnto  y 
 age.  Contynue  not  in  the  workes  of  synners, 
 but  put  thy  trust  in  God,  and  byde  in  thine 
 estate  :  for  it  is  but  an  easy  thige  in  y  sight  of 
 God,  to  make  a  poore  man  riche,  and  that 
 sodenly.  The  blessinge  of  God  haisteth  to  y 
 rewarde  of  the  righteous,  and  maketh  his 
 frutes  soone  to  florish  and  prospere.  Saye 
 not :  what  helpeth  it  me  ?  and  what  shal  I 
 haue  y  whyle  ?  Agayne,  saye  not :  I  haue 
 ynough,  how  can  I  wante  ?  Whan  thou  art 
 in  welfare,  forget  not  ''aduersite  :  and  whan  it 
 goeth  not  well  with  the,  haue  a  good  hope, 
 that  it  shal  be  better.  For  it  is  but  a  small 
 thinge  vnto  God,  in  the  daye  of  death  to 
 rewarde  euery  ma  acordinge  to  his  wayes. 
 The  aduersite  of  an  houre  maketh  one  to 
 forgett  all  pleasure,  and  whan  a  man  dyeth, 
 his  workes  are  discouered.  Prayse  no  body 
 before  his  death,  for  a  man  shalbe  knowne  in 
 his  children. 
 
 Bringe  not  euery  man  in  to  thine  house, 
 for  the  disceatfull  layeth  wayte  dyuersly. 
 Like  as  a  partrich  in  a  maude,  so  is  the  hert 
 of  the  proude  :  and  like  as  a  spye,  that  loketh 
 vpon  the  fall  of  his  neghboure.  For  he  tumeth 
 good  vnto  euell,  and  slaundreth  the  chosen. 
 Of  one  sparck  is  made  a  greate  fyre,  d  an 
 vngodly  ma  layeth  wayte  for  bloude.     Be- 
 
 "lob*?.  c.  »  lob  I.e.     Eze.  28.  a.  '  Luc.  12.  b. 
 
 warre  of  the  disceatfull,  for  he  ymagineth 
 wicked  thinges,  to  bringe  y  in  to  a  perpetuall 
 shame.  Yf  thou  takest  an  aleaiit  vnto  f,  he 
 shal  destroye  the  in  -vTiquietnes,  and  diyue 
 the  from  thine  owne  wayes. 
 
 Cl)c  nj.  Cj)aptcr. 
 
 WHAN  thou  w^lt  do  good,  knowe  to 
 whom  thou  doest  it,  (j  so  shalt  thou 
 be  greatly  thanked  for  thy  benefites.  'Do 
 good  vnto  the  righteous,  and  thou  shalt  fynde 
 greate  rewarde  :  though  not  of  him,  yet  (no 
 doute)  the  LORDE  him  self  shal  rewarde 
 the.  He  stodeth  not  in  a  good  case,  that  is 
 allwaye  occupied  in  euell,  (j  geueth  no  allmes: 
 for  the  Hyest  hateth  the  synners,  and  hath 
 mercy  vpon  them  that  shew  the  workes  of 
 repetaunce.  Geue  thou  vnto  soch  as  feare 
 God,  and  receaue  not  a  synner :  As  for  the 
 vngodly  and  synners,  he  shall  recompense 
 vengeance  vnto  them,  and  kepe  them  to  the 
 daye  of  wrath.  Geue  thou  vnto  the  good 
 and  receaue  not  the  synner :  do  well  vnto  him 
 that  is  lowly,  but  geue  not  to  the  vngodly. 
 Let  not  the  bred  be  geuen  him,  that  he  be 
 not  mightier  then  thy  self  therin.  For  so 
 shalt  thou  receaue  twyse  as  moch  euell,  in  all 
 the  good  that  thou  doest  vnto  him :  And 
 why  ?  the  Hyest  hateth  synners,  and  shal  re- 
 warde vengeaunce  to  the  VTigodly. 
 
 In  prosperite  a  frende  shal  not  be  knowne, 
 5  in  aduersite  an  enemye  shal  not  be  hyd. 
 For  whan  a  ma  is  in  wealth,  it  greueth  his 
 enemies  :  but  in  heuynes  and  trouble  a  man 
 shal  knowe  his  frende.  Trust  neuer  thine 
 enemy,  for  like  as  an  yron  rusteth,  so  doth 
 his  wickednes.  And  though  he  make  moch 
 croutchinge  and  knelinge,  yet  kepe  well  thy 
 mynde,  and  bewarre  of  him.  Sett  him  not 
 by  y,  nether  let  him  sytt  at  thy  right  hade  : 
 lest  he  tume  him,  gett  in  to  thy  place,  take 
 thy  rowme  and  seke  thy  seate,  and  so  thou 
 at  the  last  remembre  my  wordes,  and  be 
 pricked  at  my  sayenges. 
 
 Bynde  not  two  synnes  together,  for  there 
 shal  not  one  be  vnpunyshed.-'^  Who  wil  haue 
 pite  of  the  charmer,  that  is  stynged  of  f 
 serpet,  or  of  all  soch  as  come  nye  y'  beastes  ? 
 Eue  so  is  it  with  him  y  kepeth  copany  with  a 
 wicked  ma,  re  lappeth  him  self  in  his  synnes. 
 For  a  season  vn\  he  byde  with  the,  but  yf 
 thou  stomble,  he  tarieth  not.     An  enemy  is 
 
 :cli.  18.  c.     '  Galat.  6.  b.    1  Tim.  5.  a.     /  Eccli.  7.  a. 
 
 33 
 
 C 
 
Cftaj).  niij. 
 
 ©alfSiasiticusj. 
 
 So.  )rri]c. 
 
 swete  in  his  lippes,  "he  can  make  many  wordes 
 5  spealie  many  good  thinges:  Yee  he  can 
 wepe  with  his  eies,  but  in  his  herte  he 
 ymagineth,  how  to  throwe  the  in  to  the  pytte : 
 I  yf  he  maye  fynde  oportunyte,  he  wil  not  be 
 satisfied  with  bloude.  Yf  aduersite  come 
 vpon  the,  thou  shalt  fynde  him  there  first :  5 
 though  he  pretede  to  do  f  helpe,  yet  shal  he 
 vndermyne  y.  He  shal  shake  his  heade,  5 
 clape  his  handes  ouer  f  for  very  gladnes,  % 
 whyle  he  maketh  many  wordes,  he  shall  dys- 
 guyse  his  countenaunce. 
 
 Cf)e  jitj.  Cf)apttv. 
 
 WHO  so  toucheth  pitch,  shalbe  fyled 
 mthall :  *and  he  that  is  famyliar  with 
 y  proude,  shal  clothe  himself  with  pryde.  He 
 taketh  a  burthen  vpon  him,  that  accompanyeth 
 a  more  honorable  man  then  him  self.  Ther- 
 fore  kepe  no  familiarite  with  one  that  is  richer 
 then  thy  self.  How  agree  the  ketell  3,  the  pott 
 together?  for  yf  y  one  be  smytten  agaynst 
 the  other,  it  shal  be  broke.  The  rich  dealeth 
 vnrighteously,  5  threateneth  withall :  but  y 
 poore  beinge  oppressed  and  wrogeously  dealt 
 withall,  suflreth  scarcenesse,  5  geueth  fayre 
 wordes.  Yf  thou  be  for  his  profit,  he  vseth 
 the  :  but  yf  thou  haue  nothinge,  he  shal  for- 
 sake the.  As  longe  as  thou  hast  eny  thinge 
 of  thine  owne,  he  shal  be  a  good  felowe  with 
 thee :  Yee  he  shal  make  the  a  bare  man,  and 
 not  be  sory  for  the.  Yf  he  haue  nede  of  the, 
 he  shall  defraude  the :  5  (with  a  preuy  mock) 
 shal  he  put  the  in  an  hope,  and  geue  the  all 
 good  wordes,  and  saye  :  what  wantest  thou  ? 
 Thus  shal  he  shame  y  in  his  meate,  vntill  he 
 haue  supte  the  cleane  vp  twyse  or  thryse,  and 
 at  the  last  shal  he  laugh  the  to  scorne.  After- 
 warde,  whan  he  seyth  that  thou  hast  nothinge, 
 he  shal  forsake  the,  and  shake  his  heade 
 at  the. 
 
 Bewarre,  that  thou  be  not  disceaued  and 
 brought  downe  in  thy  symplenesse.  (Be  not 
 to  humble  in  thy  wyszdome,  lest  whan  thou 
 art  brought  lowe,  thou  be  disceaued  thorow 
 foolishnes.)  Yf  thou  be  called  of  a  mightie 
 man,  absent  thy  self,  so  shal  he  call  the  to 
 him  the  more  oft.  Preasse  not  thou  vnto 
 him,  that  thou  be  not  shott  out :  but  go  not 
 thou  farre  of,  lest  he  forgett  the.  Withdrawe 
 not  thy  self  fro  his  speach,  but  beleue  not  his 
 many  wordes.     For  with  moch  comunicacion 
 
 "  lere.  41.  b.         '  Deut.  7.  a.         '2  Cor.  6.  c. 
 
 shall  he  tempte  the,  and  (with  a  preuy  mock) 
 shall  he  question  y  of  thy  secretes.  The  vn- 
 mercifull  mynde  of  his  shal  marck  thy  wordes, 
 he  shal  not  spare  to  do  f  hurte  j  to  put  y  in 
 preson.  Bewarre,  (j  take  good  hede  to  thy 
 self,  for  thou  walkest  in  parell  of  thy  ouer- 
 throwinge. 
 
 (Now  wha  thou  hearest  his  wordes,  make 
 the  as  though  thou  werest  in  a  dreame,  u 
 wake  vp.  Loue  God  all  thy  life  longe,  (i  call 
 vpon  him  in  thy  nede.)  Euery  beast  loueth 
 his  like,  euen  so  let  euery  man  loue  his  negh- 
 boure.  All  flesh  wil  resorte  to  their  like,  and 
 euery  man  will  kepe  company  with  soch  as  he 
 is  himself.  But  as  y  wolfe  agreeth  with  the 
 lambe,  so  doth  the  vngodly  with  y  righteous. 
 What  felishippe"  shulde  an  holy  man  haue 
 with  a  dogg .''  How  can  the  ryche  and  the 
 poore  agree  together?  The  wilde  asse  is  the 
 lyons  pray  in  the  wildemesse,  euen  so  are 
 poore  men  the  meate  of  the  ryche.  Like  as 
 the  proude  maye  not  awaye  with  lowlynes, 
 euen  so  doth  the  riche  abhorre  the  poore.  Yf 
 a  rich  man  fall,  his  frendes  sett  him  vp  agayne : 
 but  whan  the  poore  falleth,  his  frendes  forsake 
 him.  Yf  a  rich  mil  fall  in  to  an  erroure,  he 
 hath  many  helpers :  he  speaketh  proude 
 wordes,  and  yet  men  iustifie  him. 
 
 But  yf  a  poore  man  go  wronge,  he  is 
 punyshed  :  yee  though  he  speake  wisely,  yet 
 can  it  haue  no  place.  Whan  the  riche  man 
 speaketh,  euery  body  holdeth  his  toge  :  and 
 loke  what  he  sayeth,  they  prayse  it  vnto  the 
 cloudes.  But  yf  the  poore  man  speake,  they 
 saye :  What  felowe  is  this  ?  and  yf  he  do 
 amysse,  they  shal  destroye  him.  Riches  are 
 good  vnto  him  that  hath  no  synne  in  his  con- 
 science, and  pouerte  is  a  wicked  thinge  in  the 
 mouth  of  the  vngodly.  The  hert  of  man 
 chaungeth  his  countenaunce,  whether  it  be  in 
 good  or  euell.  A  chearfull  countenaunce  is 
 a  toke  of  a  good  hert,  for  els  is  it  an  harde 
 thinge  to  knowe  the  thought. 
 
 CJ)c  yiii).  Cljaptft. 
 
 BLISSED  is  the  man,  that  hath  not  fallen 
 with  y  worde  of  his  mouth,''  and  is  not 
 pricked  with  the  conscience  of  synne.  Happie 
 is  he  that  hath  had  no  heuynes  in  his  mynde, 
 and  is  not  fallen  from  his  hope.  It  becom- 
 meth  not  a  cuvetous  man  and  a  nygarde,  to 
 be  ryche  :  and  what  shulde  a  nygarde  do  with 
 
 ''  Eccli.  19.  c.  and  25.  c.    laco.  3.  a. 
 
So»t, 
 
 (gcrlrsiiastiniEi. 
 
 Cftap.  vb. 
 
 golde  ?  He  that  with  all  his  carefulnes 
 heapeth  together  -vTirighteously,  gathereth  for 
 other  folkes,  and  another  ma  shal  make  good 
 chere  with  his  goodes.  He  y  is  wicked  vnto 
 him  self,  how  shulde  he  be  goode  vnto  other 
 me  ?  How  can  soch  one  haue  eny  pleasure 
 of  his  goodes  ?  There  is  no  thinge  worse, 
 then  whan  one  disfauoureth  himself,  s  this  is 
 a  rewarde  of  his  wickednes.  Yf  he  do  eny 
 good,  he  doth  it  not  knowinge  therof,  and 
 agajTist  his  will,  and  at  the  last  he  declareth 
 his  VTigraciousnes.  A  nygarde  hath  a  wicked 
 eye,  he  turneth  awaye  his  face,  and  despyseth 
 his  owne  soule.  "A  couetous  mans  eye  hath 
 neuer  ynough  in  the  porcion  of  wickednes, 
 vntyll  the  tyme  that  he  wither  awaye,  and 
 haue  lost  his  owne  soule. 
 
 A  wicked  eye  spareth  bred,  (t  there  is 
 scarcenesse  vpo  his  table.  My  sonne,  do 
 good  to  thy  self  of  y  thou  hast,  (j  geue  y 
 LORDE  his  due  offeringes.  Remembre  y 
 death  tarieth  not,  5  how  y  the  couenaunt  of  the 
 graue  is  shewed  vnto  the  :  (for  the  couenaunt 
 of  this  worlde  shal  dye  the  death.)  *Do  good 
 vnto  thy  frende  before  thou  dye,  and  acord- 
 inge  to  thy  abylite  reach  out  thine  hande,  and 
 geue  vnto  y  poore.  Be  not  dispoynted  of  f 
 good  daye,  5  let  not  ;y^  porcion  of  y  good  dale 
 ouerpas  the.  Shalt  thou  not  leaue  thy  tra- 
 uayles  and  labours  vnto  other  men  ?  In  the 
 deuydinge  of  the  heretage  geue  and  take,  and 
 sanctifie  thy  soule.  Worke  thou  righteousnes 
 before  thy  death,  for  in  y  hell  there  is  no 
 meate  to  fynde.  "^AU  flesh  shal  fade  awaye 
 like  grasse,  5  like  a  florishinge  leaf  in  a  grene 
 tre.  Some  growe,  some  are  cast  downe : 
 euen  so  is  y  generacion  of  flesh  and  bloude  : 
 one  commeth  to  an  ende,  another  is  borne. 
 
 All  transitory  thinges  shall  fayle  at  the  last, 
 and  the  worker  therof  shal  go  withall.  Euery 
 chosen  worke  shall  be  iustified,  and  he  y 
 medleth  withall,  shal  haue  honoure  therin. 
 Blessed  is  the  man  y  kepeth  him  in  wysz- 
 dome,  and  exercyseth  himself  in  vnderstand- 
 inge,  5  with  discrecion  shal  he  thinke  vpon 
 the  fore  knowlege  of  God.  Wliich  considereth 
 f  wayes  of  wyszdome  in  his  hert,  hath  vnder- 
 standinge  in  hir  secretes,  goeth  after  her  (as 
 one  that  seketh  hir  oute)  5  contynueth  in  hir 
 wayes.  He  loketh  in  at  hir  windowes,  5 
 herkeneth  at  hir  dores :   He  taketh  his  rest 
 
 •  Pro.  27.  c.  EccU.  l.a.  »  Eccli.  4.  a.  Tobi.4.  b.  Luc.  16.  b. 
 '  Esa.  40.  a.    1  Pet.  1.  d.    lacob.  1.  b. 
 
 besyde  hir  house,  (i  festeneth  his  stake  in  hir 
 walles :  He  shall  pitch  his  tent  nye  vnto  hir 
 hande,  and  in  his  tent  shal  good  thinges  rest 
 for  euermore :  He  shal  sett  his  children 
 \Tider  hir  coueringe,  5  shal  dwell  vnder  hir 
 braunches.  Vnder  hir  coueringe  shal  he  be 
 defended  from  the  heate,  and  in  hir  glory 
 shall  he  rest. 
 
 Ei)t  vb.  C^apttr. 
 
 HE  that  feareth  God,  wil  do  good :  and 
 who  so  kepeth  the  lawe,  shal  optayne 
 wyszdome.  As  an  honorable  mother  shal  she 
 mete  him,  and  as  a  \7rgin  shall  she  receaue 
 him.  ''  With  y  bred  of  life  and  ^^»derstandinge 
 shal  she  fede  him,  and  geue  him  the  water  of 
 wholsome  wyszdome'  to  drjmke.  Yf  he  be 
 constant  in  her,  he  shall  not  be  moued  :  and 
 yf  he  holde  him  fast  by  her,  he  shal  not 
 come  to  cofucion.  She  shall  brynge  him  to 
 honoure  amonge  his  neghbours,  and  in  the 
 myddest  of  the  congregacion  shall  she  open 
 his  mouth.  With  the  sprete  of  wyszdome 
 and  vnderstadinge  shal  she  fyU  him,  and 
 clothe  him  with  the  garment  of  glorj'.  She 
 shal  heape  the  trejisure  of  myrth  %  ioye  vpo 
 him,  and  geue  him  an  euerlastinge  name  to 
 heretage.  Foolish  men  wyll  not  take  holde 
 \'pon  her,  but  soch  as  haue  vnderstandinge, 
 wil  mete  her,  for  she  is  farre  from  pr}de  and 
 disceate.  Men  that  go  aboute  with  lyes,  wil 
 not  remembre  her  :  (but  men  of  trueth  shall 
 be  founde  in  her,  euen  \aito  the  beholdinge  of 
 God.)  Prayse  is  not  semely  in  the  mouth  of 
 y  \'ngodly,  for  he  is  not  sent  of  f  LORDE. 
 For  of  God  commeth  wyszdome,  5  the  prayse 
 shall  stonde  by  the  wyszdome  of  God,  and 
 shal  be  plenteous  in  a  faithfull  mouth,  and  the 
 LORDE  shal  geue  her  vnto  him. 
 
 Saye  not  thou :  It  is  the  LORDES  faute 
 that  I  am  gone  by,  for  thou  shalt  not  do  ^' 
 thinge  that  God  hateth.  Saye  not  thou :  he 
 hath  caused  me  to  go  wTonge,  for  he  hath  no 
 nede  of  the  vngodly.  God  hateth  all  abho- 
 minacion  of  erroure,  5  they  that  feare  God 
 wyl  loue  no  soch.  -^  God  made  man  from  the 
 begyninynge,  5  left  him  in  the  hande  of  his 
 councell.  He  gaue  him  his  commaundementes 
 and  preceptes :  yf  thou  wilt  obserue  the 
 commaundementes,  5  kepe  acceptable  faith- 
 fulnes  for  euer,  they  shal  preserue  f.     He 
 
 loh.  4.  b. 
 
 /  Gen.  1.  d. 
 
 )3 
 
€i)^.  vfaij. 
 
 (Suk&m^tmis* 
 
 So,  tu 
 
 hath  "  set  water  and  fyre  before  the,  reach 
 out  thine  hande  vnto  which  thou  wilt.  Before 
 man  is  life  and  death,  good  and  euell :  loke 
 what  him  liketh,  shalbe  geuen  him.  For  the 
 wyszdome  of  God  is  greate  and  mightie  in 
 power,  and  beholdeth  all  men  contynually. 
 *  The  eyes  of  the  LORDE  are  vpon  them 
 that  feare  him,  and  he  knoweth  all  the  workes 
 of  man.  He  hath  commaiided  no  man  to  do 
 vngodly,  nether  hath  he  geuen  eny  man  leue 
 to  synne. 
 
 Clje  j-bt.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 DELYTE  not  thou  in  the  multitude  of 
 vngodly  children,  and  haue  no  pleasure 
 in  them,  yf  they  feare  not  God.  Trust  not 
 thou  to  their  life,  and  regarde  not  their  la- 
 bours :  for  one  sonne  y  feareth  God  is  better, 
 the  a  thousande  vngodly.  And  better  it  is 
 for  a  man  to  dye  without  childre,  the  to  leaue 
 behynde  him  soch  children  as  are  vngodly, 
 For  by  one  y  hath  vnderstandinge,  maye  a 
 whole  cite  be  vpholden,  but  though  the  vn- 
 godly be  many,  yet  shal  it  be  waysted  thorow 
 them.  Many  soch  thinges  hath  myne  eye 
 sene,  and  greater  thinges  then  these  haue  I 
 herde  with  myne  eares.  '  In  the  congrega- 
 cion  of  the  vngodly  shal  a  fyre  burne,  5 
 amonge  vnfaithfull  people  shal  the  wrath  be 
 kyndled. 
 
 The  olde  giaiites  optayned  no  grace  for 
 their  synnes,  ''  which  were  destroyed,  trustinge 
 to  their  owne  strcgth.  Nether  spared  he 
 them,  "  amoge  whom  Loth  was  a  straunger : 
 but  smote  them  and  abhorred  them  because 
 of  the  pryde  of  their  wordes.  He  had  no  pitie 
 vpo  them,  but  destroyed  all  the  people,  that 
 were  so  stoute  in  synne.  -^  And  for  so  moch 
 as  he  ouersawe  not  the  sixe  hundreth  thou- 
 sande, that  gathered  them  selues  together  in 
 y  hardnesse  of  their  hert :  it  were  maruell  yf 
 one  beynge  hardnecked,  shulde  be  fre.  For 
 mercy  5  wrath  is  with  him :  ^  he  is  both 
 mightie  to  forgeue,  and  to  poure  out  displea- 
 
 e.  Like  as  his  mercy  is  greate,  eue  so  is 
 his  punyshment  also,  he  iudgeth  a  man  acord- 
 inge  to  his  workes.  The  vngodly  shal  not 
 escape  in  his  spoyle,  and  the  longe  pacience 
 of  him  that  sheweth  mercy,  shal  not  byde 
 behynde.  All  mercy  shall  make  place  vnto 
 euery  man  acordinge  to  the  deseruynge  of  his 
 
 "  lere.  21.  b. 
 Gen.  6.  a.         * 
 
 »  Psal.  33.  b. 
 Gen.  19.  e. 
 
 "■  Eccli.  21.  b. 
 /  Nu.  14.  c.  and  26.  f. 
 
 workes,  (and  after  the  vnderstandinge  of  his 
 pilgremage.) 
 
 Saye  not  thou :  I  wyl  hyde  my  self  from 
 God,  for  who  wyl  thinke  vpon  me  from 
 aboue  ?  I  shal  not  be  knowne  in  so  greate  a 
 heape  of  people,  for  what  is  my  soule  amonge 
 so  many  creatures  ?  Beholde,  the  heauen,  yee 
 the  heauen  of  heauens,  the  depe,  the  earth 
 and  all  that  therin  is,  shall  be  moued  at  his 
 presence :  the  mountaynes,  the  hilles  and  the 
 foundacions  of  the  earth  shal  shake  for  feare, 
 whan  God  vysiteth  them.  These  thinges  doth 
 no  hert  vnderstonde,  but  he  vnderstandeth 
 euery  hert,  and  who  vnderstandeth  his  wayes? 
 No  man  seyth  his  storme,  and  the  most  parte 
 of  his  workes  are  secrete.  Who  wil  declare 
 the  workes  of  his  righteousnes  ?  Or  who  shal 
 be  able  to  abyde  them  ?  for  the  couenaunt  is 
 farre  from  some,  and  the  tryenge  out  of  men 
 is;»in  the  fulfillynge.  He  that  is  humble  of 
 hert,  thinketh  vpon  soch  thinges :  but  an  vn- 
 wyse  and  erroneous  man  casteth  his  mynde 
 vnto  foolish  thinges. 
 
 My  Sonne,  herken  thou  vnto  me,  g  lerne 
 %Tiderstadinge,  and  marck  my  wordes  with 
 thine  hert :  I  wyll  geue  the  a  sure  doctrine,  3 
 planely  shal  I  enstrucke  the.  God  hath  sett  his 
 workes  in  good  ordre  from  the  begynninge, 
 and  parte  of  them  hath  he  sundered  from  the 
 other.  He  hath  garnyshed  his  workes  from 
 euerlastinge,  and  their  begynnynges  acord- 
 inge to  their  generacions.  None  of  the  hyn- 
 dered  another,  nether  was  eny  of  them  disho- 
 bedient  vnto  his  worde.  After  this,  God  loked 
 vpo  the  earth,  and  fylled  it  with  his  goodes. 
 With  all  maner  of  lyuinge  beastes  hath  he 
 couered  the  grounde,  and  they  all  shalbe 
 turned  vnto  earth  agayne. 
 
 Cl)c  vbij.  €i)aptcr. 
 
 GOD  shope  man  of  the  earth,  and  turned 
 him  vnto  earth  agayne.  ''  He  gaue  him 
 the  nombre  of  dayes  and  certayne  tyme,  yee 
 and  gaue  him  power  of  the  thinges  that  are 
 vpo  earth.  He  clothed  him  with  strength, 
 and  made  him  after  his  owne  licknes.  He 
 made  all  flesh  to  stonde  in  awe  of  him,  so  that 
 he  had  the  dominion  of  all  beastes  (j  foules. 
 '  He  made  out  of  him  an  helper  like  i-nto 
 him  self,  and  gaue  them  discrecion  and  tonge, 
 eyes  and  eares,  and  a  hert  to  vnderstande,  and 
 
jfo.  rij. 
 
 efclrjjiastinisi. 
 
 Cftap.  Fhiij. 
 
 fyllcd  them  with  instruccion  rj  vnderstandinge. 
 He  created  for  them  also  the  knowlege  of  the 
 sprete,  fylled  their  hert  with  \aulerstandinge, 
 and  shewed  them  good  and  euell.  He  sett 
 his  eye  ^'po  their  hertes,  declaringe  vnto  them 
 his  greate  and  noble  workes :  (that  they  shulde 
 prayse  liis  holy  name  together,  reioyse  of  his 
 wonders,  d  be  tellinge  of  his  noble  actes.) 
 "  Besydes  this,  he  gaue  them  instruccion,  and 
 the  lawe  of  life  for  an  heretage.  He  made  an 
 euerlastinge  couenaunt  with  them,  and  shewed 
 them  his  righteousnes  ti  iudgmentes.  They 
 sawe  his  glory  with  their  eyes,  and  their  eares 
 herde  the  maiesty  of  his  voyce.  And  he 
 saide  vnto  them  :  bewarre  of  all  vnrighteous 
 thinges.  He  gaue  euery  man  also  a  com- 
 maundement  concernynge  his  neghboure. 
 
 Their  waies  are  euer  before  him,  and  are 
 not  hyd  from  his  eyes.  *  He  hath  sett  a  ruler 
 vpon  euery  people,  but  Israel  is  f  LORDES 
 porcion.  All  their  workes  are  as  the  Sonne 
 in  y  sight  of  God,  5  his  eyes  are  allwaye 
 lokynge  vpon  their  wayes.  All  their  vnright- 
 eousnesses  are  manifest  vnto  him,  and  all 
 their  wickednesses  are  open  in  his  sight.  The 
 mercy  y  a  man  sheweth  '  is  as  it  were  a  purse 
 with  him,  and  a  mans  good  dede  preserueth 
 him  as  the  apple  of  an  eye.  At  the  last  shall 
 he  awake,  ''  5  rewarde  euery  man  vpon  his 
 heade  as  he  hath  deserued,  and  shal  tume 
 them  together  in  to  the  nethermost  partes  of 
 the  earth.  '  But  vnto  them  that  wyll  repent, 
 he  hath  geue  the  waye  of  righteousnes.  As 
 for  soch  as  be  weaie,  he  comforteth  the, 
 suflreth  them,  and  sendeth  them  the  porcion 
 of  y  verite.  O  tume  then  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 forsake  thy  synnes,  make  thy  prayer  before 
 the  LORDE,  do  the  lesse  offence,  tume 
 agayne  vnto  the  LORDE,  forsake  thine  vn- 
 righteousnes,  be  an  vtter  enemy  to  abhomina- 
 cion  (leme  to  knowe  the  righteousnes  and 
 iudgmentes  of  God,  stonde  in  the  porcion  that 
 is  sett  forth  for  the  g  in  the  prayer  of  the 
 most  hye  God.  Go  in  to  the  porcion  of  the 
 holy  worlde,  with  soch  as  be  lyuinge  and 
 geue  thankes  vnto  God.) 
 
 J'  Who  wil  prayse  the  LORDE  in  the  hell? 
 Abyde  not  thou  in  the  erroure  of  the  vn- 
 godly,  but  geue  him  thakes  before  death.  As 
 for  f  deed,  thankfulnesse  perisheth  from  him 
 as  nothinge.     Geue  thou  thankes  in  thy  life, 
 
 '  Exo.  20.  a.  Deut.  4.  5.  and  9.  '  Rom.  13.  a.  Deut. 
 4.  c.  and  10.  c.  '  Eccli.  29.  b.  ''  Matt.  25.  c. 
 
 yee  whyle  thou  art  lyuynge  (j  whole  shalt  thou 
 geue  thankes,  and  prayse  God  and  reioyse 
 in  his  mercy.  O  how  greate  is  the  louynge 
 kyndnesse  of  the  LORDE,  and  his  mercifuU 
 goodnes  vnto  soch  as  tume  vnto  him  ?  For 
 all  thinges  maye  not  be  in  man :  j  why  ?  the 
 Sonne  of  man  is  not  immortall,  and  he  hath 
 pleasure  in  the  vanyte  of  wickednes.  What 
 is  more  cleare  the  the  Sonne?  yet  shal  it 
 fayle.  Or  what  is  more  wicked,  then  the 
 thinge  that  flesh  and  bloude  hath  ymagined? 
 and  that  same  shall  be  reproued.  The 
 LORDE  seyth  the  power  of  the  hye  heauen, 
 and  all  are  but  earth  and  aszshes. 
 
 Cl)t  jrbiij.  Ci)aptn-. 
 
 HE  that  lyueth  for  euermore,  made  all 
 thinges  together.  *  God  onely  is  right- 
 eous, 5  remayneth  a  victorious  kjTige  for  euer. 
 ''  Who  shalbe  able  to  expresse  the  workes  of 
 him  ?  Who  hath  sought  out  the  grounde  of 
 his  noble  actes  ?  Who  shal  declare  the  power 
 of  his  greatnesse?  Or,  who  will  take  vpon 
 him  to  tell  out  his  mercy  ?  As  for  the  won- 
 derous  workes  of  the  LORDE,  there  maye 
 nothinge  be  taken  from  them,  nothinge  maye 
 be  put  vnto  them,  nether  maye  the  grounde 
 of  them  be  founde  out.  But  whan  a  man 
 hath  done  his  best,  he  must  begynne  agayne : 
 and  whan  he  thinketh  to  be  come  to  an  ende, 
 he  must  go  agayne  to  his  laboure.     ^Vhat  is 
 
 n  ?  Wherto  is  he  worth  ?  What  good  or 
 euell  can  he  do  ?  '  Yf  the  nombre  of  a  mans 
 dayes  be  allmost  an  hundreth  yeare,  it  is 
 moch. 
 
 Like  as  the  droppes  of  rayne  are  vnto  y 
 see,  and  as  a  grauell  stone  is  in  comparison 
 of  the  sonde :  *  so  are  these  few  yeares  to  the 
 dayes  euerlastinge.  Therfore  is  f  LORDE 
 pacient  with  them,  and  poureth  out  his  mercy 
 vpon  them.  He  sawe  and  perceaued  the 
 thoughtes  and  ymaginacions  of  their  harte, 
 that  they  were  euell :  therfore  heaped  he  vp 
 his  mercifull  goodnes  vpon  them,  and  shewed 
 them  the  waie  of  righteousnes.  The  mercy 
 that  a  ma  hath,  reacheth  to  his  neghboure : 
 but  y  mercy  of  God  is  vpon  all  flesh.  He 
 chasteneth,  he  teacheth  and  nourtureth :  yee 
 euen  as  a  shepherde  tumeth  agayne  his  flock, 
 so  doth  he  all  them  that  receaue  chastenynge, 
 nurtoure  and  doctryne.     Mercifull  is  he  vnto 
 
 Acto.  3.  c.  /  Psal.  6.  a. 
 
 Psal.  105.  a.  Eccli.  43.  d. 
 
 Esa.  38.  d. 
 Psal.  89.  b. 
 
 f  Gen.  1.  a, 
 '  2  Pet.  3.  b. 
 
Cftap.  vfr. 
 
 (Snk^ia^tkn^. 
 
 fO.  III). 
 
 them,    "  that   stonde   in    awe    of    his   iudg-j 
 mentes. 
 
 My  Sonne,  whan  thou  doest  good,  make  no 
 grudginge  at  it :  and  what  so  euer  thou  geuest, 
 speake  no  discomfortable  wordes.  Shal  not 
 the  dew  coole  the  heate  ?  Euen  so  is  a  worde 
 better  then  a  gift.  Is  not  a  frendly  worde  a 
 good  honest  gift  ?  *  but  a  gracious  man  geueth 
 them  both.  A  foole  shal  cast  a  man  in  the 
 tethe,  and  that  roughly,  '  and  a  gift  of  the 
 nygarde  putteth  out  y  eyes.  Get  the  right- 
 eousnes  before  thou  come  to  iudgmet:  Lerne 
 before  thou  speake,  and  go  to  phisick  or  euer 
 thou  be  sick:  ''examen  and  iudge  thy  self, 
 before  the  iudgment  come,  and  so  shalt  thou 
 fynde  grace  in  the  sight  of  God.  Humble 
 thy  self  afore  thou  be  sick,  and  in  tyme  of 
 thy  disease  shewe  thy  conuersacion.  Let  not 
 to  praye  allwaye,  and  stonde  not  in  feare  to 
 be  refourmed  vnto  death,  for  the  rewarde  of 
 God  endureth  for  euer.  Before  thou  prayest, 
 prepare  thy  soule,  and  be  not  as  one  y  tempt- 
 eth  God.  Thynke  vpon  the  wrathfull  indig- 
 nacion  that  shalbe  at  the  ende,  and  the  houre 
 of  vegeaunce,  wha  HE  shal  tume  awaie  his 
 face.  "Whan  thou  hast  ynough,  remembre 
 the  tyme  of  honger :  and  whan  thou  art  rych, 
 thynke  vpon  the  tyme  of  pouerte  and  scarce- 
 nesse. 
 
 From  the  momynge  vntyll  the  euenynge 
 the  tyme  is  chaunged,  and  all  soch  thynges 
 are  soone  done  in  y  sight  of  God.  A  wyse 
 man  feareth  God  in  all  thinges,  and  in  the 
 dayes  of  transgression  he  kepeth  him  self 
 from  synne.  A  discrete  man  hath  pleasure 
 in  wyszdome,  and  he  that  fyndeth  her,  maketh 
 moch  of  her.  They  that  haue  had  vnder- 
 stancUnge,  haue  dealt  wysely  in  wordes,  haue 
 vnderstonde  the  trueth  and  righteousnes,  and 
 haue  sought  out  wyse  senteces  and  iudg- 
 mentes.  -Tolowe  not  thy  lustes,  but  tume  f 
 from  thine  owne  will.  For  yf  thou  geuest 
 thy  soule  hir  desyres,  it  shal  make  thine  ene- 
 mies to  laugh  the  to  scorne.  Take  not  thy 
 pleasure  in  greate  volupteousnes,  5  medle  not 
 to  moch  withall.  Make  not  to  greate  cheare 
 of  the  thinge  that  thou  hast  wonne  by  avaunt- 
 age :  lest  thou  fall  in  to  pouerte,  and  haue 
 nothinge  in  thy  purse. 
 
 Esa.  66.  a.         '  Pro.  ir>.  a.  and  25.  c.         '  Eccli.  20.  b, 
 
 '  1  Cor.  11.  d.      '  EcclT.  11.  d.      /  Rom.  6.  b.  and  13.  b, 
 
 e  Gen.  19.  g.     3  Reg.  11.  a.  ^  losu.  22.  c. 
 
 CI)t  vv-  €i)apttc. 
 
 ALABOURYNGE  man  that  is  geuen 
 vnto  dronckennes,  shall  not  be  riche : 
 and  he  that  maketh  not  moch  of  small  thjTiges, 
 shal  fall  by  litle  and  litle.  *Wyne  and  wo- 
 men make  wyse  men  renagates,  and  put  men 
 of  \Tiderstadinge  to  reprofe :  and  he  that  ac- 
 companieth  aduouterers  shal  become  a  wicked 
 man.  Mothes  and  wormes  shall  haue  him  to 
 heretage,  yee  he  shall  be  sett  vp  to  a  greater 
 example,  and  his  soule  shalbe  roted  out  of  the 
 nombre.  ''  He  that  is  haistie  to  geue  cre- 
 dence, is  light  mynded,  and  doth  agaynst 
 himself.  Who  so  reioyseth  in  wickednes,  shal 
 be  punished :  he  that  hateth  to  be  refourmed, 
 his  life  shalbe  shortened :  and  he  that  abhor- 
 reth  bablinge  of  wordes,  quencheth  wickednes. 
 (He  that  offendeth  agaynst  his  owne  soule, 
 shal  repent  it:  and  he  that  reioyseth  in  wick- 
 ednes, shalbe  punyshed.) 
 
 Rehearse  not  a  wicked  and  churlish  worde  J3 
 twyse,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  hyndered.  Shew 
 thy  secretes  nether  to  frende  ner  foo,  ij  yf  thou 
 hast  offended,  tell  it  not  out.  For  he  shal 
 herken  vnto  the  and  marck  the :  and  whan 
 he  fyndeth  oportunyte,  he  shall  hate  the.  '  Yf 
 thou  hast  herde  a  worde  agaynst  thy  negh 
 boure,  lett  it  be  deed  within  the :  and  be 
 sure,  thou  shalt  haue  no  harme  therby.  A 
 foole  trauaileth  with  a  worde,  like  as  a  woman 
 that  is  payned  with  bearinge  of  childe.  Like 
 as  an  arowe  shott  in  a  dogges  thye,  so  is  a 
 worde  in  a  fooles  hert.  ''Tell  thy  frende  his 
 faute,  lest  he  be  ignoraunt,  and  saye  :  I  haue 
 not  done  it,  or  yf  he  haue  done  it,  that  he  do 
 it  nomore.  Reproue  thy  neghboure,  that  he 
 kepe  his  tonge :  and  yf  he  haue  spoke,  that  he 
 saye  it  nomore. 
 
 Tell  thy  neghboure  his  faute,  for  oft  tymes 
 an  offence  is  made,  and  geue  not  credece  to 
 euery  worde.  A  man  falleth  somtyme  with 
 his  tonge,  but  not  with  his  will.  '  For  what  is 
 he,  y  hath  not  offended  in  his  tonge  ?  Geue 
 thy  neghboure  warnynge,  before  thou  threaten 
 him,  and  geue  place  vnto  the  lawe  of  the 
 LORDE.  The  feare  of  God  is  all  wysz- 
 dome, (J  he  that  is  a  right  wyse  man  kepeth 
 the  lawe.  As  for  the  doctrine  of  wicked- 
 nes, it  is  no  wyszdome,  and  the  prudence  of 
 
 Eccli.  22.  d.  and  27.  c.  *  Leui.  19.  d.     Matt.  18. 
 
 '  Eccli.  14.  a,  and  25.  b.     lacob.  3.  a. 
 
jfo.  nb. 
 
 (eccksiagticus. 
 
 Ci)a}).  vf* 
 
 synnei"s  is  no  good  vnderstondinge :  it  is  but 
 wicisednesse  and  abhominacion  a  a  blasphem- 
 ynge  of  wyszdome.  A  spnple  man  of  small 
 vnderstandinge  that  feareth  God,  is  better 
 then  one  that  hath  moch  wjszdome,  and 
 transgresseth  the  lawe  of  the  Hyest. 
 
 A  craftye  sotell  man  can  be  \v7se,  but  he 
 is  vnrighteous,  and  with  giftes  he  wraysteth 
 the  open  and  manyfcst  lawe.  A  wicked  man 
 can  behaue  himself  humbly,  and  can  douke 
 with  his  heade,  and  yet  is  he  but  a  disceauer 
 within.  He  hydeth  his  face,"  and  disguyseth 
 it :  [t  because  he  shulde  not  be  knowne,  he 
 preuenteth  the. 
 
 And  though  he  be  so  weake  that  he  can 
 do  the  no  harme,  yet  whan  he  maye  fynde 
 oportunyte,  he  shall  do  some  euell.  A  man 
 maye  be  knowne  by  his  face,  and  one  that 
 hath  vnderstondinge,  maye  be  perceaued  by 
 the  loke  of  his  countenaunce.  A  mans  gar- 
 ment, *  laughter  5  goynge,  declare  what  he  is. 
 
 Ci^c  XX-  Cl&aptrr. 
 
 SOME  man  reproueth  his  neghboure  oft 
 tymes,  but  not  in  due  season :  "Agayne, 
 some  man  holdeth  his  tonge,  and  he  is  wyse 
 and  discrete.  It  is  moch  better  to  gene 
 wamynge  and  to  reproue,  then  to  beare  euell 
 will :  for  he  that  knowlegeth  him  self  openly, 
 shalbe  preserued  from  hurt  and  destruccion. 
 Like  as  whan  a  chamberlayne  thorow  desyre 
 and  lust  defyleth  a  mayden,  euen  so  is  it  with 
 him  that  vseth  violence  and  vnrighteousnes  in 
 f  lawe :  (O  how  good  a  thinge  is  it,  a  man  y 
 IS  reproued,  to  shewe  openly  his  repentaunce  ? 
 for  so  shah  thou  escape  wylfull  synne.) 
 
 Some  man  kepeth  sylence,  and  is  founde 
 wyse :  but  he  that  is  not  ashamed  what  he 
 sayeth,  is  hatefuU.  Some  man  holdeth  his 
 tonge,  because  he  hath  not  the  vnderstand- 
 inge of  the  language  :  and  some  man  kepeth 
 sylence,  waytinge  a  conuenyent  tyme.''  A 
 W)'se  man  wyll  holde  his  tonge  tyll  he  se 
 oportunyte,  but  a  wanten  and  an  vn  discrete 
 body  shal  regarde  no  tyme.  He  that  vseth 
 many  wordes,  shal  hurte  his  owne  ^ule :  and 
 he  that  taketh  auctorite  vpo  him  vnrighte- 
 ously,  shalbe  hated. 
 
 Some  man  hath  oft  tymes  prosperite  in 
 wicked  thinges:  Agayne,  some  man  getteth 
 moch,  and  hath  harme  and  losse.     There  is 
 
 Matt.  6.  b.  »  Eccli.  21. c. 
 
 ''  Eccls.  3.  8.     Eccli.  32.  a. 
 
 "•  Eccli.  31.d. 
 '  Eccli.  6.  a. 
 
 some  gift  that  is  nothinge  worth :  Againe, 
 there  is  some  gift,  whose  rewarde  is  dubble. 
 Some  man  getteth  a  fall  for  beynge  to  proude, 
 and  some  comraeth  to  worshipe  from  lowe 
 estate.  Some  man  bieth  moch  for  a  litle 
 pryce,  and  must  paye  for  it  seuenfolde. 
 
 A  wyse  man  with  his  wordes  maketh  him 
 self  to  be  loued,  'but  the  fauours  of  fooles 
 shalbe  poured  out.  The  gift  of  the  vn  w-yse 
 shal  do  the  no  good,  for  his  eyes  are  seuen 
 folde.  -'^He  shal  geue  litle,  5  saye  he  gaue 
 moch :  he  openeth  his  mouth  and  crieth  out, 
 as  it  were  one  that  crieth  out  wyne.  To  daye 
 he  lendeth,  tomorow  he  axeth  it  agayne,  and 
 soch  a  man  is  to  be  hated.  The  foole  sayeth : 
 I  haue  no  frende,  I  haue  no  thanke  for  all 
 my  good  dedes :  yee  euen  they  that  eate  my 
 bred,  speake  no  good  of  me.  O  how  oft,  and 
 of  how  many  shal  he  be  laughed  to  scorne  ? 
 He  taketh  a  more  perlous  fall  by  soch  wordes, 
 then  yf  he  fell  vpon  the  grounde :  euen  so 
 shal  the  falles  of  wicked  men  come  haistely. 
 In  the  mouth  of  him  that  is  vntaught,  are 
 many  vnconuenient  and  vnmete  wordes.  A 
 wyse  sentence  shall  not  be  alowed  at  the 
 mouth  of  the  foole,  for  he  speaketh  it  not  in 
 due  season. 
 
 Some  man  synneth  not,  because  he  hath 
 not  wherwithall,  and  in  his  rest  he  shall  be 
 stynged.  Some  man  there  is  that  destroyeth 
 his  owne  soule  with  shame,  and  for  an  vnwyse 
 bodyes  sake  destroieth  he  it,  (and  with  ac- 
 ceptinge  of  personnes  shal  he  \Tidoo  himself.) 
 Some  man  promiseth  his  frende  a  gift  for 
 very  shame,  and  getteth  an  enemye  of  him 
 for  naught.  A  lye  is  a  wicked  shame  in  a 
 man,  yet  shaU  it  be  euer  in  the  mouth  of  the 
 
 wyse.  A  thefe  is  better,  then  a  man  that 
 is  accustomed  to  synne,  but  they  both  shal 
 haue  destruccion  to  heretage.  The  condi- 
 cions  of  lyers  are  vnhonest,  and  their  shame 
 is  euer  with  them. 
 
 A  wy^se  man  shall  brynge  himself  to  ho- 
 noure  with  his  wordes,  *and  he  that  hath  vn- 
 derstondinge shall  be  sett  by  amonge  greate 
 men.  He  that  tylleth  his  londe,  *  shal  increase 
 his  heape  of  corne :  he  that  worketh  righte- 
 'ousnes,  shall  be  exalted,  5  he  that  pleaseth 
 greate  men,  shall  escape  moch  euell.  '  Re- 
 wardes  and  giftes  blynde  the  eyes  of  the  wyse, 
 and  make  him  domme,  that  he  can  not  teU 
 
 /Eccli.  18.  c. 
 
 «Gen.  41.f.     Dan.  2.  g. 
 '  Exo.  23.  a.     Deut.  17.  a. 
 
 "  Pro.  12.  b. 
 
Cftap.  nij. 
 
 (JEccksia^tinisi. 
 
 fo.  cb. 
 
 me  their  fautes.  Wyszdome  that  is  hyd,  and 
 treasure  that  is  hoorded  vp,"  what  profit  is  in 
 them  both?  Better  is  he  that  kepeth  his 
 ignoraunce  secrete,  then  a  man  that  hydeth 
 his  wyszdome. 
 
 CJjc  fri.  Cljaptnr. 
 
 MY  Sonne,  yf  thou  hast  synned,  do  it 
 no  more  :*  but  praye  for  thy  foresynnes, 
 that  they  maye  be  for  geuen  the.  Fie  from 
 synne,  euen  as  from  a  serpent:  for  yf  thou 
 commest  to  nye  her,  she  wyll  byte  the.  The 
 teth  therof  are  as  the  teth  of  a  lyon,  to  slaye 
 the  soules  of  men.  The  wickednes  of  man  is 
 as  a  sharpe  two  edged  swerde,  which  maketh 
 soch  woundes  that  they  can  not  be  healed. 
 
 Stryfe  and  wrongeous  dealinge  shall  waist 
 awaye  a  mans  goodes,  (i  thorow  pryde  a  rich 
 house  shalbe  brought  to  naught:  so  the  riches 
 of  the  proude  shalbe  roted  out.  The  prayer 
 of  the  poore  goeth  out  of  the  mouth,"  and 
 commeth  vnto  the  eares,  and  his  vengeaunce 
 (or  defence)  shall  come,  and  y  haistely.  Who 
 so  hateth  to  be  refounned,  it  is  a  token  of  an 
 vngodly  personne  :  but  he  that  feareth  God, 
 wyl  remembre  himself.  A  mightie  man  is 
 knowne  afarre  of  by  his  tonge,  but  he  that 
 hath  vnderstondinge,  perceaueth  that  he  shal 
 haue  a  fall. 
 
 Who  so  buyldeth  his  house  with  other 
 mens  cost,  is  like  one  that  gathereth  stones 
 in  wynter.  The  congregacion  of  the''  vngodly 
 is  like  stubble  gathered  together,  their  ende 
 is  a  flamme  of  fyre.  The  waye  of  the  vn- 
 godly is  sett  with  stones,  but  in  their  ende 
 is  hell,  darcknes,  and  paynes.  He  that  kepeth 
 the  lawe,  wyll  holde  fast  the  vnderstandinge 
 therof,  and  the  ende  of  the  feare  of  God  is 
 wyszdome.  He  that  is  not  wyse,  wyll  not  be 
 taught  in  good :  but  the  vnwyse  man  aboun- 
 deth  in  wickednes :  and  where  bytternes  is, 
 there  is  no  vnderstodinge.  The  knowlege  of 
 the  wyse  shall  flowe  like  water  that  renneth 
 ouer,and  his  councell  is  like  a  fountayne  of  life. 
 
 The  hert  of  a  foole  is  like  a  broke  vessell, 
 he  can  kepe  no  ^vjszdome.  Whan  a  man  of 
 vnderstondinge  heareth  a  wyse  worde,  he  shal 
 commende  it,  and  make  moch  of  it.  But  yf 
 a  volupteous  man  heare  it,  he  shall  haue  no 
 pleasure  therin,  but  cast  it  behynde  his  back. 
 The  talkynge  of  a  foole  is  like  an  heuy  bur- 
 
 Eccli.  41.  c.  »  Eccli.  5.  a.  7.  a.  12.  c.     Psal.  40.  a.        ''  Eccli.  Id.  a. 
 
 Luc.  15.  0.  '  Eio.  3.  b.  and  2S 
 
 then  by  the  waye  :  but  to  heare  a  wyse  man 
 speake,  it  is  a  pleasure.  Where  a  doute  is  in 
 the  congregacion,  it  is  axed  at  the  mouth  of 
 the  wyse,  and  they  shal  pondre  his  wordes  in 
 their  hertes.  Like  as  a  house  that  is  de- 
 stroyed, euen  so  is  wyszdome  vnto  a  foole :  As 
 for  the  knowlege  of  the  \ii\vyse,  it  is  but  darck 
 wordes.  Doctryne  is  vnto  him  y  hath  no 
 vnderstandinge,  euen  as  fetters  aboute  his 
 fete,  and  like  mannicles  vpon  his  right  hande.' 
 A  foole  lifteth  vp  his  voyce  with  laughter,  but 
 a  wyse  man  shall  scarse  laugh  secretly. 
 
 Lernynge  is  vnto  a  wyse  man  a  lewell  of 
 golde,  and  like  an  armlett  vpo  his  right  arme. 
 A  foolish  mans  foote  is  soone  in  his  neghbours 
 house,  but  one  that  hath  experience,  shall  be 
 ashamed  at  the  personne  of  the  mightie.  A 
 foole  wyll  pepe  in  at  y  wyndow  in  to  the 
 house,  but  he  that  is  well  nourtured,  wyll 
 stonde  without.  A  foolish  man  stondeth  her- 
 kenynge  at  the  dore,  but  he  that  is  wyse,  wyll 
 be  ashamed. 
 
 The  lippes  of  the  vnwyse  wylbe  tellynge 
 foolish  thinges,  but  y  wordes  of  soch  as  haue 
 vnderstandinge,  shalbe  weyed  in  the  balaunce. 
 The  hert  of  fooles  is  in  their  mouth,  but  the 
 mouth  of  the  wyse  is  in  their  hert.  Whan 
 the  vngodly  curseth  the  blasphemer,  he  curseth 
 his  owne  soule.^  A  preuy  accuser  of  other 
 men  shal  defyle  his  owne  soule,  and  be  hated 
 of  euery  man :  (but  he  that  kepeth  his  tonge 
 and  is  discrete,  shall  come  to  honoure.) 
 
 ^t  yri).  Cijapttr. 
 
 ASLOUTHFULL  body  is  moulded  of 
 a  stone  of  claie :  he  that  toucheth  him, 
 must  wash  his  handes  agayne.  A  mysnur- 
 tored  Sonne  is  the  dishonoure  of  the  father. 
 A  foolish  daughter  shalbe  litle  regarded.  A 
 wyse  daughter  is  an  heretage  vnto  hir  hus- 
 bande  :  but  she  that  commeth  to  cUshonesty, 
 bringeth  hir  father  in  heuynes.  A  daughter 
 that  is  past  shame,  dishonoureth  both  hir 
 father  and  hir  huszbande:  the  vngodly  shal 
 regarde  her,  but  they  both  shal  despise  her. 
 the  playenge  of  Musick  is  not  mete  where 
 heujiies  is,  euen  so  is  the  correccio  g  doctryne 
 of  wyszdome  euer  vnpleasaunt  vnto  fooles. 
 
 Who  so  teacheth  a  foole,  is  euen  as  one  that 
 gleweth  a  potsherde  together :  as  one  that 
 telleth  a  tayle  to  him  that  heareth  him  not, 
 
 119 
 
So,  rbi. 
 
 (ecrlcsiiaeiticue!. 
 
 Cf)ap.  vviij. 
 
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 and  as  one  that  rayseth  a  ma  out  of  an  heuy 
 slepe.  Who  so  telleth  a  foole  of  wyszdome, 
 is  euen  as  a  man,  which  spyaketh  to  one  y  is 
 a  slepe.  Wha  he  hath  tokle  his  tayle,  he 
 sayeth  :  what  is  the  matter  ?  VVh;l  one  dyeth, 
 lamentacion  is  made  for  him,  because  the 
 Ught  fayleth  him :  eue  so  let  me  raoume  ouer 
 a  foole,  for  he  wanteth  vnderstandinge.  Make 
 but  litle  wepinge  because  of  the  deed :  for 
 he  is  come  to  rest :  but  the  life  of  the  foole  is 
 worse  then  the  death.  "  Seuen  dayes  do  men 
 mourne  for  him  that  is  deed,  but  the  lamen- 
 tacion ouer  the  vnwyse  and  vngodly  shulde 
 endure  all  the  dayes  of  their  life. 
 
 Talke  not  moch  with  a  foole,  and  go  not 
 with  him  that  hath  no  vnderstondinge.  Be- 
 warre  of  him,  lest  it  turne  the  to  trauayle,  (t 
 thou  shalt  not  be  defyled  with  his  synne.  De- 
 parte  from  him,  and  thou  shalt  fynde  rest,  (t 
 shalt  not  be  drawe  back  in  to  his  foolishnes. 
 What  is  heuyer  then  leade?  And  what  shulde 
 a  foole  be  called  els,  but  leade  ?  *  Sode,  salt  (j  a 
 lope  of  yron  is  easier  to  beare,  then  an  vnwyse, 
 foolish,  and  vngodly  man.  Like  as  the  band 
 of  wodd  bounde  together  in  the  foundacion 
 of  the  house  can  not  be  lowsed,  eue  so  is  it 
 with  y  hert  y  is  stablished  in  y  thought  of 
 coucell.  The  thought  of  the  wyse,  shal  nether 
 feare  ner  be  offended  at  eny  tynne. 
 
 Like  as  a  fayre  playstred  wall  in  a  winter 
 house,  (t  an  hye  buyldinge,  maye  not  abyde  y 
 wide  (J  storme :  eue  so  is  a  fooles  hert  afraied 
 in  his  ymaginacion :  he  feareth  at  euery  thinge, 
 and  can  not  endure.  He  that  nyppeth  a  mans 
 eye,  bryngeth  forth  teares :  and  he  that 
 pricketh  the  hert,  bringeth  forth  y  meanpige 
 (t  thought.  Who  so  casteth  a  stone  at  the 
 byrdes,  frayeth  them  awaye  :  j  he  y  blasphe- 
 meth  his  frede,  breaketh  f  fredshipe.  though 
 thou  drewest  a  swerde  at  thy  frende,  yet  dis- 
 payre  not,  for  thou  mayest  come  agayne  to 
 thy  frende.  Yf  he  speake  sowerly,  feare  not, 
 for  ye  maye  be  agreed  together  agayne  :  es- 
 cepte  it  be  so  that  thou  blaspheme  him,  dysz- 
 dayne  him,  ope  his  secretes  and  wounde  him 
 tratorously:  for  all  soch  thinges  shal  dryue 
 awaye  a  frende. 
 
 Be  faithfull  vnto  thy  neghboure  in  his 
 pouerte,  that  thou  mayest  reioyse  mth  him 
 also  in  his  prosperite.  Abyde  stedfast  vnto 
 him  in  f  tyTue  of  his  trouble,  that  thou  maiest 
 be  hevi-e  with  him  in  his  heretage.     Like  as 
 
 the  vapor  and  smoke  goeth  out  at  the  ouen 
 before  f  fyre,  euen  so  euell  wordes,  rebukes 
 and  threatenynges  go  before  bloudsheddinge, 
 Be  not  ashamed  to  defende  thy  frende :  as  for 
 me,  I  wyl  not  hyde  my  face  from  him,  though 
 he  shulde  do  me  harme.  Who  so  euer 
 heareth  it,  shal  bewarre  of  him.  Who  shal 
 set  a  watch  before  my  mouth,"  a  a  sure  seale 
 vpon  my  lippes,  y  I  fall  not  with  the,  5  y  my 
 tonge  destroye  me  not? 
 
 HL^e  vn«j-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 OLORDE,  father  and  gouemoure  of  my 
 life,  leaue  me  not  in  their  ymaginacio  ij 
 councell.  Oh  let  me  not  fall  in  soch  reprofe. 
 Who  wyll  kepe  my  thought  with  ;y^  scourge, 
 and  the  doctrpie  of  wyszdome  in  myne  herte  ? 
 that  he  spare  not  myne  ignoraunce,  that  I  fall 
 not  with  them,  lest  myne  ignoraunces  increase, 
 that  myne  offences  be  not  many  in  nombre, 
 and  that  my  synnes  exceade  not :  lest  I  fall 
 before  mjTie  enemyes,  and  so  my  aduersary 
 reioyse.  O  LORDE,  thou  father  d  God  of 
 my  life,  leaue  me  not  in  their  ymaginacion.  O 
 let  me  not  haue  a  proude  loke,  but  turne 
 awaye  all  volupteousnes  fro  me.  Take  fro 
 me  the  lustes  of  the  body,  let  not  the  desyres 
 of  vnclennes  take  holde  vpon  me,  and  geue 
 me  not  ouer  in  to  an  vnshamefast  and  obsti- 
 nate mynde. 
 
 Heare  me  (o  ye  children)  I  will  geue  you  a 
 doctryne,  how  ye  shal  ordre  youre  mouth : 
 who  so  kepeth  it,  shal  not  perish  thorow  his 
 lippes,  ner  be  hurt  thorow  wicked  workes  (As 
 for  the  sjiiner,  he  shalbe  taken  in  his  owne 
 vanite :  he  that  is  proude  and  cursed,  shal  fall 
 therin.)  ''Let  not  thy  mouth  be  accustomed 
 with  swearinge,  for  in  it  there  are  many  falles. 
 Let  not  the  namynge  of  God  be  continually 
 in  thy  mouth :  for  like  as  a  seruaunt  which  is 
 oft  punyshed  can  not  be  without  some  sore, 
 euen  so  what  so  euer  he  be  y  sweareth  and 
 nameth  God,  shal  not  be  cleane  pourged  fro 
 synne.  A  man  that  vseth  moch  swearinge, 
 shalbe  fylled  with  wickednes,  and  the  plage 
 shall  neuer  go  from  his  house.  Yf  he  begyle 
 his  brother,  his  faute  shalbe  ■vpon  him  :  yf  he 
 knowlege  not  his  synne,  he  maketh  a  dubble 
 offence :  and  yf  he  sweare  in  vaynie,  he  shall 
 not  be  founde  righteous,  for  his  house  shalbe 
 full  of  plages. 
 
 The  wordes  of  f  swearer  bringeth  death 
 
 '  Kxo.  20.  b.     Eccli.  27.  d.     Matt.  5.  d. 
 
 c 
 
C&ap.  miij. 
 
 af«U"£(ia£(tirusi. 
 
 So.  cbijJ 
 
 (God  graunte  y  it  be  not  founde  in  the  house 
 of  lacob.")  But  they  y  feare  God,  eschue  all 
 soch  and  lye  not  weltringe  in  synne.  Vse  not 
 thy  mouth  to  vnhonest  and  fylthye  talkjTige,* 
 for  in  it  is  the  worde  of  synne.  Remembre 
 thy  father  and  thy  mother,  wha  thou  art  set 
 amonge  greate  men :  lest  God  forget  y  in  their 
 sight,  and  lest  thou  dotinge  in  thy  custome, 
 suflre  rebuke,  and  wyshe  not  to  haue  bene 
 borne,  and  so  curse  the  daye  of  thy  natiuite. 
 The  man  that  is  accustomed  with  the  wordes 
 of  blasphemy,'  wyl  neuer  be  refourmed  all  f 
 dayes  of  his  life.  To  synne  twyse  is  to  moch, 
 but  the  thirde  bringeth  wi-ath  and  destruccion. 
 An  whote  stomack  can  not  be  quenched,  (eue 
 like  a  bumynge  fyre)  tyll  it  haue  swalowed 
 vp  somthlge :  eue  so  an  vnchaste  ma  hath  no 
 rest  in  his  flesh,  tyll  he  haue  kjnidled  a  fyre. 
 
 All  bred  is  swete  to  an  whoremonger,  he 
 wyl  not  leaue  of,  tyll  he  haue  his  purpose.  A 
 man  that  breaketh  wedlock,  j  regardeth  not 
 his  soule,  but  sayeth:  Tush,  who  seyth  me?'' 
 I  am  compassed  aboute  with  darcknes,  the 
 walles  couer  me,  no  body  seyth  me :  whom 
 nede  I  to  feare  ?  The  Hyest  wyl  not  remembre 
 my  synnes.  (He  vnderstondeth  not  that  his 
 eyes  se  all  thinges,  for  all  soch  feare  of  me 
 dryueth  awaye  the  feare  of  God  from  him : 
 for  he  feareth  onely  the  eyes  of  men,  and  con- 
 sidereth  not  that  the  eyes  of  the  LORDE 
 are  clearer  then  the  Sonne,  beholdinge  all  y 
 wayes  of  men  and  the  grounde  of  the  depe, 
 and  lokynge  euen  to  mens  hertes  in  secrete 
 places.  The  LORDE  God  knewe  all  thinges 
 or  euer  they  were  made,  and  after  they  be 
 brought  to  passe  also  he  loketh  vpon  them 
 all.  The  same  ma  shalbe  opuly  punyshed  in 
 y  stretes  of  y  cite,'  and  shalbe  chased  abrode 
 like  a  yonge  horse  foale :  and  when  he  thinketh 
 leest  vpon  it,  he  shalbe  take.  Thus  shal  he  be 
 put  to  shame  of  euery  man,  because  he  wolde 
 not  vnderstonde  the  feare  of  the  LORDE. 
 And  thus  shal  it  go  also  with  euery  wyfe  y 
 leaueth  hir  huszbande,  g  getteth  enheretaunce 
 by  a  straiige  mariage.  First,  she  hath  bene 
 vnfaithfidl  vnto  the  lawe  of  y-  Hyest/  Secodly, 
 she  hath  forsaken  hir  owne  huszbande :  Thirdly, 
 she  hath  played  f  whore  in  aduoutry,  5  gotte 
 hir  childre  by  another  man.  She  shalbe 
 brought  out  of  f  cogregacio,  and  hir  childre 
 shalbe  loked  vpo.     Hir  childre  shal  not  take 
 
 "  Leui.  24.  c.  »  Ephe.  5.  a.  '2  Re.  16.  b. 
 
 ''Esa.ag.  c.        '  Leui.  20.  b.  Deut.22.c.        /Exod.SO.c. 
 
 rote  :  d  as  for  frute,  hir  brauches  shal  brige 
 forth  none.  A  shamefuU  reporte  shal  she 
 leaue  behynde  her,  j  hir  dishonoure  shal  not 
 be  put  out.  And  they  y  remayne,  shal  knowe, 
 y  there  is  nothige  better,  the  f  feare  of  God : 
 (J  y  there  is  nothinge  sweter,  then  to  take  hede 
 vnto  the  commaundementes  of  the  LORDE. 
 A  greate  worshipe  is  it  to  folowe  y  LORDE, 
 for  longe  life  shalbe  receaued  of  him. 
 
 Cf)t  yyiii].  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WYSZDOME  shal  prayse  hirself,  5  be 
 honoured  in  God,  5  reioyse  in  f 
 myddest  of  his  people :  In  the  cogregacions  of 
 the  Hyest  shal  she  open  hir  mouth,  5  try- 
 umphe  in  ;y  beholdinge  of  his  power:  In  y 
 myddest  of  hir  people  shal  she  be  exalted,  5 
 wondred  at  in  the  holy  fulnesse  :  In  the  mul- 
 titude of  the  chosen  she  shalbe  commended, 
 5  amonge  soch  as  be  blessed  she  shalbe 
 praysed,  j  shal  saye :  I  am  come  out  of  the 
 mouth  of  y  Hyest,  first  borne  before  all  crea- 
 tures. I  caused  y  light  y  fayleth  not,  to 
 aryse  in  the  heauen,  5  couered  all  the  earth  as 
 a  cloude.  My  dwellinge  is  aboue  in  f  heyth, 
 5  my  seate  is  in  the  piler  of  the  cloude.  I 
 my  self  alone  haue  gone  rounde  aboute  the 
 compasse  of  heauen,  u  pearsed  the  grounde 
 of  y  depe :  I  haue  walked  in  the  floudes  of  y 
 see,  d  haue  stonde  in  all  landes :  my  domy- 
 nion  is  in  euery  people  and  in  euery  nacion,  5 
 with  my  power  haue  I  troden  downe  the 
 hertes  of  all,  both  bye  and  lowe. 
 
 In  all  these  thinges  also  I  sought  rest,  g  a 
 dwellinge  in  some  enheritaunce.  So  f  creator 
 of  all  thinges  gaue  me  a  commaundement :  5 
 he  that  made  me,  appoynted  me  a  tabernacle, 
 and  saide  vnto  me :  Let  thy  dwellinge  be  in 
 lacob,  and  thy  inheritaunce  in  Israel,  5  rote 
 thy  self  amoge  my  chosen.  *I  was  created 
 from  the  begynninge  and  before  the  worlde, 
 II  shal  not  leaue  of  vnto  the  worlde  to  come. 
 ''  In  the  holy  habitacion  haue  I  serued  before 
 him,  and  so  was  I  stablished  in  Sion.  '  In  y 
 holy  cite  rested  I  in  like  maner,  5  in  lerusa- 
 lem  was  my  power.  I  toke  rote  in  an  ho- 
 nourable people,  euen  in  the  porcion  of  ;y- 
 LORDE  5  in  his  heretage,  5  kepte  me  in  y 
 fulnes  of  the  sayntes.  I  am  sett  vp  an  hye 
 like  a  Ceder  vpo  Libanus,  5  as  a  Cypers  tre 
 vpon  the  mount  Hermon :  I  am  exalted  like 
 
fo,  cbuj. 
 
 Calrsiiastuus. 
 
 Cfjap.  nii' 
 
 a  palme  tre  in  Cades,  (i  as  a  rose  plated  in 
 lericho :  As  a  fayre  olyue  tre  in  the  felde,  5 
 am  exalted  like  as  a  plantayne  tre  by  the 
 water  syde.  I  haue  gcuen  a  smell  in  the 
 stretes,  as  y  Cynamon  and  Balme,  that  hath 
 so  good  a  sauoure  :  yee  a  swete  odoure  haue 
 I  geuen,  as  it  were  Myrre  of  the  best. 
 
 I  haue  made  my  dwellinges  to  smell  as  it 
 were  of  rosyn,  Galbanum,  of  Clowes  and 
 Incense,  5  as  I.ibanus  whan  it  is  not  hewe 
 downe,  a  mine  odoure  is  as  the  pure  Balme. 
 As  the  TerebjTite  haue  I  stretched  out 
 my  braunches,  and  my  braunehes  are  the 
 braunches  of  honoure  and  louynge  fauoure. 
 "  As  f  vyne  haue  I  brought  forth  frute  of  a 
 swete  sauoure,  and  my  floures  are  f  frute  of 
 honoure  and  riches.  I  am  the  mother  of 
 bewtye,  of  loue,  of  feare,  of  knowlege  and  of 
 holy  hope.  In  me  is  all  grace  of  life  and 
 trueth  :  *  In  me  is  all  hope  of  life  and  vertue. 
 O  come  vnto  me,  all  ye  that  be  desyrous  of 
 me,  and  fyll  youre  selues  with  my  frutes  :  for 
 my  sprete  is  sweter  then  hony,  5  so  is  my 
 inheritaunce  more  then  the  hony  combe :  the 
 remembraunce  of  me  endureth  for  euermore. 
 They  that  eate  me,  shal  haue  the  more  hon- 
 ger:  and  they  that  drynke  me,  shal  thyrste 
 the  more.  Who  so  herkeneth  vnto  me,  shal 
 not  come  to  confucion :  and  they  that 
 worke  in  me,  shal  not  ofFende.  They  that 
 make  me  to  be  knowne,  shal  haue  euerlast- 
 inge  life. 
 
 All  these  thinges  are  the  boke  of  life,  the 
 couenaunt  of  the  Hyest,  and  the  knowlege  of 
 the  trueth.  "  Moses  commaunded  the  lawe  in 
 the  preceptes  of  righteousnes  for  an  heretage 
 vnto  the  house  of  lacob,"*  and  comitted  y  pro- 
 myses  vnto  Israel  (Out  of  Dauid  his  seruaiit 
 HE  ordened  to  raise  vp  a  most  mightie  kinge, 
 syttinge  in  the  seate  of  honoure  for  euermore.) 
 'This  fylleth  with  wyszdome  like  as  the  floude 
 of  Phison,  d  as  y  floude  of  Tigris,  whan  the 
 new  frutes  are  a  growinge. 
 
 This  bringeth  a  plenteous  vnderstandinge, 
 like  Euprates  -J  g  fylleth  it  vp,  as  lordane  in 
 the  time  of  haruest.  This  maketh  nurtoure 
 I  to  breake  forth  as  the  light,  (t  as  the  water 
 Gihon  in  f  haruest.  The  first  hath  not 
 knowne  her  perfectly,  nomore  shal  the  last 
 seke  out  f  grounde  of  her.     For  hir  thought 
 
 '  Psal.  ISl.b. 
 
 '  loh.  14.  a. 
 Act.  2.  d. 
 f  Eccli.  33.  h. 
 
 '  Exo.  '20.  a.  and  24.  a. 
 
 '  Deut.  4.  a.  and  29.  b. 
 
 'Gen.  13.  b.     Rom.  12.  a. 
 
 is  fuller  the  the  see,  and  hir  councell  is  pro- 
 founder  then  the  greate  depe. 
 
 I  wyszdome  haue  cast  out  floudes.  I  am 
 as  a  greate  waterbroke  out  of  f  riuer.  I  am 
 as  the  ryuer  Dorix,  and  as  a  water  condyte 
 am  I  come  out  of  the  garden  of  pleasure.  I 
 sayde :  I  wyl  water  the  garden  of  my  yonge 
 plantes,  and  fyll  the  frute  of  my  byrth.  So 
 my  waterbroke  became  exceadinge  greate, 
 and  my  ryuer  approched  vnto  the  see.  For  I 
 make  doctryne  to  be  vnto  all  me  as  light  as 
 the  fayre  mornynge,  and  I  shall  make  it  to 
 be  euer  the  clearer.  (I  will  pearse  thorow 
 all  the  lower  partes  of  the  earth,  I  wyll  loke 
 vpon  all  soch  as  be  a  slepe,  and  lighten  all 
 the  that  put  their  trust  in  the  LORDE.)  I 
 shal  yet  poure  out  doctrine,  like  as  prophecy, 
 and  leaue  it  vnto  soch  as  seke  after  wyszdome, 
 and  their  generacions  shal  I  neuer  fayle,  vnto 
 the  holy  euerlastinge  worlde.  Beholde,  how 
 that  I  haue  not  laboured  for  my  self  onely, 
 ^but  for  all  them  y  seke  after  y  trueth. 
 
 Cfjt  j)rb.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THRE  thinges  there  are,  y  my  sprete 
 fauoureth,  ''which  be  also  a  lowed  before 
 God  and  men  :  The  vnyte  of  brethren,  the 
 loue  of  neghbours,  and  man  and  wyfe  that 
 agree  well  together.' 
 
 Thre  thinges  there  be  which  my  soule 
 hateth,  and  I  vtterly  abhorre  the  life  of  them 
 A  poore  man  that  is  proude.  A  rich  ma  that 
 is  a  lyar,'  and  an  olde  body  that  doteth  and  is 
 vnchaste. 
 
 Yf  thou  hast  gathered  nothinge  in  thy 
 youth,  what  wylt  thou  fynde  the  in  thine  age? 
 O  how  pleasaut  a  thinge  is  it,  wha  gray  headed 
 men  are  discrete,  5  whan  the  elders  can  geue 
 good  councell  ?  O  how  coly  a  thinge  is  wysz- 
 dome vnto  aged  men?  yee  vnderstondinge 
 and  councell  is  a  glorious  thinge.  The  crowne 
 of  olde  men  is  to  haue  moch  experience,  5  f 
 feare  of  God  is  their  worshipe. 
 
 There  be  ix.  thinges,  which  I  haue  iudged 
 in  my  hert  to  be  happie,  and  the  tenth  wil  I 
 tell  forth  vnto  men  with  my  tonge.  A  man 
 y  whyle  he  lyueth,  hath  ioye  of  his  children, 
 and  seith  y  fall  of  his  enemies.  Well  is  him, 
 that  dwelleth  '  with  an  houswife  of  vnderstod- 
 inge,  and  that  hath  not  fallen  with  his  tonge. 
 
 D.I8.  b. 
 laco.  3.  a. 
 
 Eccli.  14.  a.  and  19.  c. 
 
ICftap*  wbi. 
 
 CaksiastinisJ. 
 
 jTo.  ciF, 
 
 and  y  hath  not  bene  faine  to  serue  soch  as  are 
 vnmete  for  him.  Wei  is  him,  y  fyndeth  a 
 faithfull  frende :  5  wel  is  him,  which  talketh 
 of  wiszdome  to  an  eare  y  heareth  him.  O 
 how  greate  is  he,  y  fyndeth  wyszdome  j  know- 
 lege  i  Yet  is  he  not  aboue  him,  that  feareth 
 the  LORDE.  The  feare  of  God  hath  sett 
 itself  aboue  all  thinges.  Blessed  is  y  man, 
 vnto  wh5  it  is  graunted  to  haue  the  feare  of 
 God.  Vnto  who  shal  he  be  hckened,  y  kepeth 
 it  fast  ?  The  feare  of  God  is  the  begynnynge 
 of  his  loue,  and  the  begynnynge  of  faith  is  to 
 cleue  fast  vnto  it.  The  heuynes  of  the  hert 
 is  all  the  punyshment,  and  the  wickednes  of  a 
 woman  goeth  aboue  all.  All  punyshment  j 
 plage  is  nothinge  in  comparison  of  the  plage 
 of  the  hert,  eue  so  aU  wickednes  is  nothinge 
 to  the  wickednes  of  a  woman. 
 
 What  so  euer  happeneth  vnto  a  man,  is 
 nothinge  in  comparison  of  it,  y  his  eueU 
 willers  do  vnto  him :  and  all  vengeaunce  is 
 nothinge  to  the  vengeaiice  of  the  enemye. 
 There  is  not  a  more  wicked  heade  then  the 
 heade  of  the  serpet,  and  there  is  no  wrath 
 aboue  f  wrath  of  a  woman.  "I  wyl  rather 
 dwell  with  a  lyon  and  dragon,  then  to  kepe 
 house  with  a  wicked  wyfe.  The  wickednesse 
 of  a  woman  chaungeth  hir  face,  she  shal 
 moffell  hir  coutenaunce  as  it  were  a  Beer,  5 
 as  a  sack  shall  she  shewe  it  amonge  the  negh- 
 bours.  Hir  husbande  is  brought  to  shame 
 amoge  his  neghbours,  ij  wha  he  heareth  it,  it 
 maketh  him  to  sighe.  All  wickednes  is  but 
 litle  to  the  wickednes  of  a  woman,  y  porcion 
 of  the  vngodly  shal  fall  vpon  her. 
 
 Like  as  to  clymme  vp  a  sondy  waye  is  to  y 
 fete  of  the  aged,  eue  so  is  a  wife  full  of  wordes 
 to  a  still  quyete  man.  *  Loke  not  to  narowly 
 vpon  the  bewtye  of  a  woman,  lest  thou  be 
 prouoked  in  desyre  towarde  her.  The  wrath 
 of  a  woman  is  dishonoure  and  greate  confu- 
 cio.  Yf  a  woman  gett  the  mastrie,  then  is 
 she  contrary  to  hir  huszbande.  A  wicked  wife 
 maketh  a  sory  hert,  an  heuy  countenaunce 
 and  a  deed  wounde.  '  Of  the  woman  came 
 f  begynnynge  of  synne,  and  thorow  her  we 
 all  are  deed.  Geue  thy  water  no  passage,  no 
 not  a  litle,  nether  geue  a  wicked  woman  hir 
 will.  Yf  she  walke  not  after  thy  hande,  she 
 shall  confounde  the  in  the  sight  of  thy  enemies. 
 Cut  her  of  then  from  thy  flesh,  that  she  do 
 not  aUwaye  abuse  the. 
 
 "Pro.Sl.c.     »  Eccli.42.  b.  2Reg.ll.a.andl3.a.     'Gen. 
 
 CfjJ  j:>bt.  €i)apter. 
 
 HAPPIE  is  the  man  that  hath  a  vertuous 
 wyfe,  for  the  nobre  of  his  yeares  shalbe 
 dubble.  An  honest  woman  maketh  hir  husz- 
 bande a  ioyfull  man,  ij  she  shall  fyU  y  yeares 
 of  his  life  in  peace.  A  vertuous  woman  is  a 
 noble  gift,  which  shalbe  geuen  for  a  good  por- 
 cion vnto  soch  as  feare  God.  Whether  a  man 
 be  rich  or  poore,  he  maye  haue  euer  a  mery 
 hert,  (I  a  chearful  countenauce.  There  be 
 thre  thinges  y  my  hert  feareth,  and  my  face  is 
 afrayed  of  the  fourth.  Treason  in  a  cite,  a 
 sedicious  people,  and  noysome  tonges,  all  these 
 are  heuyer  then  the  death.  But  whan  one  is 
 gelous  ouer  his  wife,  it  bryngeth  payne  and 
 sorowe  vnto  the  hert:  and  a  woman  that 
 telleth  out  all  thinges,  is  a  scourge  of  the 
 tonge.  Whan  one  hath  an  eueU  wife,  it  is 
 euen  as  whan  an  vnlike  pare  of  oxen  must 
 drawe  together  :  he  that  getteth  her,  getteth  a 
 scorpion.''  A  dronken  woman  is  a  greate 
 plage,  for  she  can  not  couer  hir  owne  shame. 
 
 The  whordome  of  a  woman  maye  be 
 knowne  in  the  pryde  of  hir  eyes  and  eye- 
 lyddes.  '  Yf  thy  daughter  be  not  shamefast, 
 holde  her  straitly,  lest  she  abuse  hirself  thorow 
 ouermoch  liberte.  Bewarre  of  all  the  dis' 
 honesty  of  hir  eyes,  and  maruell  not  yf  she 
 do  agaynst  the.  Lik  as  one  that  goeth  by  the 
 waye  and  is  thyrstie,  so  shall  she  open  hir 
 mouth,  and  drynke  of  euery  nexte  water  that 
 she  maye  gett. 
 
 By  euery  hedge  shal  she  syt  her  downe,  5 
 ope  hir  quyuer  against  euery  arowe.  A  lou- 
 ynge  wyfe  reioyseth  hir  huszbande,  and  fedeth 
 his  bones  with  hir  wyszdome.  A  woman 
 of  few  wordes  is  a  gift  of  God,  and  to  a  well 
 nurtured  mynde  maye  nothinge  be  compared. 
 
 An  honest  and  manerly  woman  is  a  gyft 
 aboue  other  giftes,  and  there  is  no  waight 
 to  be  compared,  vnto  a  mynde  that  can  rule 
 it  self.  Like  as  the  Sonne  whan  it  aryseth, 
 is  an  ornament  in  the  hye  heauen  of  f 
 LORDE,  so  is  a  vertuous  wife  f  bewtye  of 
 all  hir  house.  Like  as  the  cleare  light  is 
 vpon  y  holy  cadelstick,  so  is  the  bewtye  of  the 
 face  vpo  au  honest  body.  ^  Like  as  the  golde 
 pilers  are  vpon  the  sockettes  of  syluer,  so  are 
 the  fayre  legges  vpon  a  woman  that  hath  a 
 costant  mynde.  (Perpetuall  are  the  foiida- 
 cions  that  be  laied  vpon  a  whole  stonye  rocke, 
 
 3.a.  lTim.2.b.     ''Iudic.16.     'Eccli.42.b.    /Cant.S.d. 
 
jfo.  rr. 
 
 (ectlfjJiasitinisi. 
 
 Cl)a})»  inrbij. 
 
 so  are  y  commaundementes  of  God  vpon  an 
 holy  woman.) 
 
 There  be  two  tliingcs  y  greue  my  hcrt,  and 
 in  the  thirde  is  a  displeasure  come  vpon  me. 
 When  an  experte  man  of  warre  suffi'eth 
 scarsenes  and  pouerte,  Whan  men  of  vnder- 
 stondinge  and  wyszdome  are  not  set  by:  And 
 whan  one  departeth  from  righteousnes  vnto 
 synne.  Who  so  doth  soch,  the  LORDE  hath 
 prepared  him  vnto  the  swerde.  There  be 
 two  maner  of  thinges,  which  me  thyncke  to 
 be  herde  and  perylous.  A  marchaunt  can 
 not  lightly  kepe  him  from  wronge,  nether  a 
 tauemer  himself  from  syiine. 
 
 €f)t  \7bi}.  Cljapttr. 
 
 BECAUSE  of  pouerte  haue  many  one 
 offended  :  and  he  that  seketh  to  be  riche, 
 turneth  his  eyes  asyde.  Like  as  a  nale  in 
 the  wall  sticketh  fast  betwixte  two  stones, 
 euen  so  doth  synne  sticke  betwixte  f  byer 
 and  the  seller.  Yf  he  holde  him  not  cfili- 
 gently  in  y  feare  of  the  LORDE,  his  house 
 shall  soone  be  ouerthrowne.  Like  as  whan 
 one  sifteth,  the  fylthynes  remayneth  in  the 
 syue :  So,  remayneth  there  some  vncleane 
 thinge  in  the  thought  of  man.  The  ouen 
 proueth  the  potters  vessell,  so  doth''tentacion 
 of  trouble  trye  righteous  men.  The  tre  of 
 the  felde  is  knowne  by  his  frute,  so  is  the 
 thought  of  mas  hert  knowne  by  his  wordes. 
 Prayse  no  ma  excepte  thou  haue  harde  him, 
 for  a  man  is  knowne  by  his  wordes.  Yf  thou 
 folowest  righteousnes,  thou  shalt  get  her,  and 
 put  her  vpon  y  as  a  fayre  garment.  (And 
 thou  shalt  dwell  with  her,  and  she  shal  de- 
 fende  the  for  euer,  and  in  y  daye  of  knowlege 
 thou  shalt  fynde  stedfastnesse.)  The  byrdes 
 resorte  vnto  their  like,  so  doth  the  trueth 
 turne  vnto  them  that  be  occupied  withall. 
 The  lyon  wayteth  for  y  praye :  so  do  the 
 synnes  lurke  vpon  the  workes  of  wickednes. 
 The  talkinge  of  him  that  feareth  God,  is 
 nothinge  but  wyszdome :  as  for  a  foole,  he 
 chaungeth  as  y  Moone.  Yf  thou  be  amonge 
 the  vndiscrete,  kepe  thy  worde  to  a  conue- 
 nient  *tyme,  but  amonge  soch  as  be  wyse, 
 speake  on  hardely.  The  talkinge  of  fooles  is 
 abhominacio,  and  their  sporte  is  volupteous- 
 nesse  and   mysnurtoure.     "Moch   swearynge 
 
 '  Sap.  3.  a.  1  Pet.  1.  b.  Matt.  7.  b.  »  Ro.  12.  b. 
 Col.  4.  a.  '  Eccli,  23.  b.  ''  Eccli.  19.  b.  and  22.  d. 
 '  Pro.  10.  b.        /  Exo.  21.  b.        e  Hest.  7.  b.    Psal.  7.  b. 
 
 maketh  the  hayre  to  stonde  vp,  and  to  stryue 
 with  soch,  stoppeth  the  eares. 
 
 The  stryfe  of  the  proude  is  bloudsheddynge, 
 (t  their  blasphemynge  is  heuy  to  heare.  ■*  Who 
 so  discouereth  secretes,  leseth  his  credence, 
 and  fyndeth  no  frende  after  his  will.  Loue 
 thy  frende,  and  bynde  thyself  in  faithfulnes 
 with  him :  but  yf  thou  bewrayest  his  secretes, 
 thou  shalt  not  get  him  agayne :  For  like  as 
 the  ma  is  that  destroyeth  his  enemye  so  is  he 
 also  that  dealeth  falsly  in  the  frendshipe  of  his 
 neghboure. 
 
 Like  as  one  that  letteth  a  byrde  go  out  of 
 his  honde,  can  not  take  her  agayne :  Euen  so 
 thou,  yf  thou  geue  ouer  thy  frende,  thou  canst 
 not  get  him  agayne  :  Yee  thou  cast  not  come 
 by  him,  for  he  is  to  farre  of.  He  is  vnto  the 
 as  a  Roo  escaped  out  of  the  snare,  for  his 
 soide  is  wounded.  As  for  woundes,  they 
 maye  be  bounde  vp  agayne,  and  an  euell 
 worde  maye  be  reconcyled :  but  who  so  be- 
 wi'ayeth  the  secretes  of  a  frende,  there  is  no 
 more  hope  to  be  had  vnto  him. 
 
 He  that '  wyncketh  with  the  eyes,  ymagineth 
 some  euell,  and  no  man  shal  take  him  from 
 it.  Whan  thou  art  present,  he  shal  hylie 
 commende  and  prayse  thy  wordes :  but  at  the 
 last  he  shall  turne  his  tayle,  and  slauder  thy 
 sayenge.  Many  thinges  haue  I  hated,  but 
 nothinge  so  euell,  for  the  LORDE  himself 
 also  abhorreth  soch  one. 
 
 Who  so  casteth  a  stone  an  hye,  it  shal  fall 
 vpon  his  owne  heade :  -^  and  he  that  smyteth 
 with  gyle,  woundeth  himself.  Who  so  diggeth 
 a  '  pytt,  shal  fall  therin :  and  he  that  layeth  a 
 snare,  shal  be  taken  in  it  himself.  WTio  so 
 geueth  a  wicked  noysome  councell,  it  shall 
 come  vpon  himself,  and  he  shall  not  knowe 
 from  whece.  The  proude  blaspheme  and  are 
 scornefull,  but  vengeaunce  lurketh  for  them 
 as  a  lyon.  They  that  reioyse  at  the  fall  of  f 
 righteous,  shal  be  taken  in  f  snare,  anguysn 
 of  hert  shall  consume  them  before  they  dye. 
 Anger  and  rigorousnes  are  two  abhominable 
 thinges,  and  f  vngodly  hath  them  both 
 vpon  him. 
 
 Ci)t  JTbiij.  Cl^aptrr. 
 
 HE  that  seketh  vengeaunce,  shal  fynde 
 'vengeaunce  of  the  LORDE,  which 
 shal  surely  kepe  him  his  synnes.      Forgeue 
 
 Pro.  26.  c.    Eccls.  10.  a.  *  Deut.  32.  c.     Rom.  12.  c. 
 
 Mat,  5.  b.  6.  b.  18.  b. 
 
Cftap.  xviW 
 
 OErdfiSiastmis. 
 
 fo,  txu 
 
 thy  neghboure  the  hurte  that  he  hath  done 
 the,  and  so  shal  thy  synnes  be  forgeuen  the 
 also,  whan  thou  prayest.  A  man  that  beareth 
 hatred  agaynst  another,  how  darre  he  desyre 
 forgeuenesse  of  God  ?  He  that  sheweth  no 
 mercy  to  a  ma  which  is  hke  himself,  how 
 darre  he  axe  forgeuenesse  of  his  synnes  ?  Yf 
 he  that  is  but  flesh,  beareth  hatred  and  kepeth 
 it,  who  wyl  intreate  for  his  synnes  ?  Remem^ 
 bre  the  ende,  (j  let  enmyte  passe,  which  seketh 
 death  and  destruccion,  and  abyde  thou  in  y 
 commaundementes.  Reraembre  y  commaun- 
 dement,  so  shalt  thou  not  be  rigorous  ouer  thy 
 neghboure.  Thynke  vpo  the  couenaunt  of  f 
 Hyest,  and  forgeue  thy  neghbours  ignorauce, 
 "Bewarre  of  strife,  and  thou  shalt  make  y 
 synnes  fewer.  For  an  angrie  man  kyndleth 
 variaunce,  and  tlie  vngodly  disquyeteth  fredes, 
 and  putteth  discorde  amonge  them  that  be  at 
 peace.  The  more  wodd  there  is,  the  more 
 vehement  is  the  fyre :  and  the  'mightier  y 
 men  be,  the  greater  is  the  wrath:  and  the 
 longer  the  strife  endureth,  the  more  it 
 burneth. 
 
 An  haistie  brawHnge  kyndleth  a  fyre,  and 
 an  haistie  strife  sheddeth  bloude.  Yf  thou 
 blowe  the  sparke  :  it  shal  burne  :  Yf  thou  spytt 
 vpo  it,  it  shal  go  forth,  and  both  these  go  out 
 of  thy  mouth.  The  "slaunderer  and  dubble 
 togued  is  cursed,  for  many  one  that  be  frendes 
 setteth  he  at  variaunce.  The  thirde  tonge 
 hath  disquieted  many  one,  and  dryuen  them 
 from  one  londe  to  another.  Stronge  cities 
 hath  it  broken  downe,  and  ouerthrowne  the 
 houses  of  greate  men.  The  thirde  toge  hath 
 cast  out  many  an  honest  woman,  and  robbed 
 them  of  their  labours.  Who  so  harkeneth 
 vnto  soch,  shal  neuer  fynde  rest,  and  neuer 
 dwell  safely.  The  stroke  of  y  rod  maketh 
 yedders,  but  the  stroke  of  the  tonge  smyteth 
 the  bones  in  sunder.  There  be  many  that 
 haue  perished  with  the  swerde,  but  many  mo 
 thorow  the  tonge. 
 
 Wei  is  him  that  is  kepte  fro  an  euell  tonge, 
 (J  commeth  not  in  y  anger  therof:  which 
 draweth  not  the  yock  of  soch,  and  is  not 
 boude  in  the  bondes  of  it.  For  the  yock 
 therof  is  of  yron,  and  f  bonde  of  it  of  stele. 
 The  death  therof  is  a  very  euell  death :  hell 
 were  better  for  one,  then  soch  a  tonge.  But 
 the  fyre  of  it  maye  not  oppresse  them  that 
 
 '  Pro.  26, 
 15.  a. 
 
 Eccli.  21.  d. 
 .  d. 
 
 feare  God,  and  ;y  flamme  therof  maye  not 
 burne  the.  Soch  as  forsake  the  LORDE, 
 shal  fall  therin  :  and  it  shal  burne  them,  and 
 no  man  shal  be  able  to  quench  it.  It  shal 
 fall  vpon  the  as  a  Lyo,  and  deuoure  them  as 
 a  leparde.  Thou  hedgest  thy  goodes  with 
 thornes:  why  doest  thou  not  rather  make 
 dores  and  barres  for  thy  mouth  ?  Thou 
 weiest  thy  golde  and  syluer :  why  doest  thou 
 not  weye  thy  wordes  also  vpon  the  balaunce  ? 
 Bewarre,  that  thou  slyde  not  in  thy  tonge, 
 and  so  fall  before  thine  enemies,  that  laye 
 wayte  for  the. 
 
 Ti)t  nH:-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WHO  so  wil  she  we  mercy,  let  him  lende 
 vnto  liis  ''neghboure :  and  he  that  is 
 able,  let  him  kepe  the  commaundement. 
 Lende  vnto  thy  neghboure  in  tyme  of  his 
 nede,  and  paye  thou  thy  neghboure  agayne  in 
 due  season.  Kepe  thy  worde,  (j  deale  faith- 
 fully with  him,  j  thou  shalt  allwaye  fynde  the 
 thinge  y  is  necessary  for  the.  There  haue 
 bene  many,  that  whan  a  thinge  was  lent  them 
 rekened  it  to  be  founde:  and  made  them 
 trauayle  and  laboure,  that  had  helped  them. 
 Whyle  they  receaue  eny  thinge,  they  kysse 
 the  handes  of  soch  as  geue  them,  and  for  their 
 neghbours  good  they  huble  their  voyce.  But 
 whan  they  shulde  paye  agayne  they  kepe  it 
 back,  and  geue  euell  wordes,  and  make  many 
 excuses  by  reason  of  the  tyme :  (j  though  he 
 be  able,  yet  geueth  he  scarse  the  half  agayne, 
 and  rekeneth  y-  other  to  be  founde.  And  yf 
 he  witholde  not  his  moneye,  yet  hath  he  an 
 enemye  of  him,  and  that  \aideserued. 
 
 He  payeth  him  with  cursinge  and  rebuke 
 and  geueth  him  euel  wordes  for  his  good 
 dede.  There  be  many  one  which  are  not 
 glad  for  to  lende,  not  because  of  euell,  but 
 they  feare  to  lese  the  thinge  that  they  lende. 
 Yet  haue  thou  pacience  with  the  symple,  and 
 withholde  not  mercy  from  him.  Helpe  the 
 poore  for  the  commaundementes  sake,  and  let 
 him  not  go  eraptye  from  the  because  of  his 
 necessite.  Lese  thy  money  for  thy  brother 
 and  neghbours  sake,  and  burye  it  not  vnder  a 
 stone,  wher  it  rusteth  and  corruppeth.  Gather 
 thy  'treasure  after  the  commaundement  of  y 
 Hyest,  and  so  shal  it  bringe  the  more  profit 
 the  golde.      Laye  vp  the  allmes  in  the  hande 
 
 '  Math.  6.  c.    Luc.  12.  d.     1  Tim.  6.  d. 
 
jfo.  nih 
 
 (Dctlf6(astini£!. 
 
 Cftap.  m* 
 
 of  the  poore,  and  it  shal  kepe  the  from  all 
 euell."  (A  mans  allmes  is  as  a  puree  with  him, 
 and  shall  kepe  a  mans  fauoure  as  the  apple  of 
 an  eye :  and  afterwarde  shall  it  aryse,  5  paye 
 euery  man  his  rewarde  vpon  his  heade.)  It 
 shal  fight  for  the  agaynst  thine  enemies,  bet- 
 ter then  the  shylde  of  a  giaunte,  or  speare  of 
 the  mightie. 
 
 A  good  honest  ma  is  suertye  for  his  negh- 
 boure,  but  a  wicked  personne  letteth  him 
 come  to  shame.  Forget  not  the  frendshipe  of 
 thy  suertye,  for  he  hath  geue  his  soule  for  y. 
 The  vTigodJy  despyseth  ^  good  dede  of  his 
 suertye,  (t  the  vnthankfull  and  ignoraunt 
 leaueth  his  suertie  in  daunger.  ( Some  man 
 promyseth  for  his  neghboure  :  (j  whan  he  hath 
 lost  his  honesty,  he  shal  forsake  him.)  Suer- 
 tishipe  hath  destroyed  many  a  ryche  man, 
 5  remoued  them  as  the  wawes  in  f  see. 
 Mightie  people  hath  it  dryuen  awaye,  and 
 caused  the  to  wandre  in  straunge  countrees. 
 An  TOgodly  man  transgressynge  the  com- 
 maundement  of  the  LORDE,  shal  fall  in  to 
 an  euell  suertishipe :  and  though  he  force 
 himself  to  get  out,  yet  shal  he  fall  in  to  iudg- 
 ment.  Helpe  thy  neghboure  out  after  thy 
 power,  and  bewarre,  y  thou  thy  self  fall  not 
 in  soch  dett.  *The  chefe  thinge  that  kepeth 
 in  the  life,  is  water  and  bred,  clothinge  and 
 lodginge,  to  couer  the  shame. 
 
 Better  is  it  to  haue  a  poore  lyuynge  in  a 
 mans  owne  house,'  the  delicate  fayre  amoge 
 the  straunge.  ''Be  it  htle  or  moch  y  thou 
 hast,  holde  the  contet  withall  ((i  thou  shalt 
 not  be  blamed  as  a  vagabounde :)  for  a 
 myserable  life  is  it,  to  go  from  house  to 
 house :  and  where  a  ma  is  fremde,  he  darre 
 not  ope  his  mouth.  Though  one  be  lodged, 
 and  haue  meate  and  drynke,  yet  shall  he  be 
 taken  as  vnworthy,  (j  heare  many  bytter  rough 
 wordes,  namely  thus:  Go  thy  waye  thou 
 straunger,  and  prepare  a  table  (for  thy  self) 
 and  fede  me  also  of  that  thou  hast.  Awaye 
 thou  straunger  (so,  that  he  regardeth  his 
 honoure  nomore)  my  brother  commeth  in  to 
 my  house,  5  so  he  telleth  him  the  necessite  of 
 his  house.  These  thinges  are  heuy  to  a  man 
 that  hath  vnderstandinge :  namely,  the  for- 
 byddinge  of  f  house,  5  that  the  leder  casteth 
 him  in  the  teth. 
 
 "0811.4.(1.        Luc.   11.  d.       Act.  10.  a.        Tob.  4.  b 
 »  Eccli.  39.  e.  '  Psal.  36.   b.  ■*  1   Tim.   6.  b. 
 
 Ileb.  13.  a.  '  Pro.  13.  c.  and  23.  b.  /  Deut.  6.  a, 
 
 8ri)f  m-  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 WHO  so  loueth  his  childe,  holdeth  him 
 still  wilder  correccion,"  that  he  maye 
 haue  ioye  of  him  afterwarde  (and  that  he 
 grope  not  after  his  neghbours  dores.)  -'^He  y 
 teacheth  his  sonne,  shall  haue  ioye  in  him,  ij 
 nede  not  be  ashamed  of  him  amoge  his 
 aquantauce.  Who  so  enfourmed  d  teacheth 
 his  Sonne,  greueth  f  enemie,  and  before  his 
 frendes  he  maye  haue  ioye  of  him.  Though 
 the  father  dye,  yet  is  he  as  though  he  were 
 not  deed :  for  he  hath  left  one  behynde  him 
 that  is  like  him.  In  his  life  he  sawe  him,  5 
 had  ioye  in  him,  a,  was  not  sory  in  his  death, 
 (nether  was  he  ashamed  before  ;y  enemies.) 
 For  he  left  behinde  him  an  auenger  agaynst 
 his  enemies,  and  a  good  doer  vnto  the  frendes. 
 For  the  life  of  childre  he  shal  binde  the 
 woundes  together,  and  his  hert  is  greued  at 
 euery  crye.  An  vntamed  horse  wylbe  harde, 
 and  a  wanton  childe  wylbe  \vylfull.  Yf  thou 
 brynge  vp  thy  sonne  delicatly,  he  shal  make 
 y  afrayed :  and  yf  thou  playe  with  him,  he 
 shal  brynge  the  to  heuynes.  Laugh  not  with 
 him,  lest  thou  wepe  with  him  also,  and  lest 
 thy  teth  be  sett  on  edge  at  the  last. 
 
 Geue  him  not  liberte  in  his  youth,  (j  excuse 
 not  his  foly.^  Bow  do^vne  his  neck  whyle  he 
 is  yonge,  hytt  him  vpon  the  sydes  whyle  he  is 
 yet  but  a  childe,  lest  he  waxe  stubburne,  5 
 geue  no  more  force  of  f  (and  so  shalt  thou 
 haue  heuynes  of  soule.)  Teach  thy  childe,  5 
 be  diliget  therin,  lest  it  be  to  thy  shame. 
 Better  is  the  poore  beynge  whole  (j  stronge, 
 the  a  man  to  be  riche,  (j  not  to  haue  his 
 health.  Health  and  welfare  is  aboue  aU 
 golde,  and  an  whole  body  aboue  aU  tretisure. 
 There  is  no  riches  aboue  a  sounde  body,  j  no 
 ioye  aboue  the  ioye  of  the  hert.  Death  is 
 better  then  a  wretched  life,  or  contynuall 
 sicknes.  The  good  thinges  y  are  put  in  a 
 close  mouth,  are  like  as  whan  meate  is  layed 
 vpon  ;y^  graue. 
 
 What  good  doth  the  ofFeringe  ^mto  an  Idoll  ? 
 For  he  can  nether  eate,  taist  ner  smell.*  Eue 
 so  is  it  also  with  the  riche,  whom  God  maketh 
 seke :  he  seith  it  with  his  eyes,  cj  groneth  ther- 
 after,  and  is  euen  as  a  gelded  man,  that  lyeth 
 with  a  vyrgin  and  sygheth.     "Geue  not  ouer 
 
 f  Eccli.  7.  c.  ''  Bel.  a.  ■  Pro.  12.  d.  15.  b.  17.  d. 
 
 Eccli.  38.  c.     Pro.  14.  d. 
 
Cftap,  mi' 
 
 OPcritsiastiniE!. 
 
 So,  mi). 
 
 thy  mynde  in  to  heuynes,  5  vexe  not  thy  self 
 in  thine  owne  councell.  The  ioye  tj  chear- 
 fulnes  of  the  hert  is  the  life  of  man,  and  a 
 mans  gladnes  is  the  prolonginge  of  his  dayes. 
 Loue  thine  owne  soule,  and  comforte  thine 
 hert  :  as  for  sorow  and  heuynes,  dryue  it  farre 
 from  ^5"  for  heuynes  hath  slayne  many  a  man, 
 and  bryngeth  no  profit.  Zele  and  anger 
 shorten  the  dayes  of  the  life :  earefulnes  and 
 sorow  brynge  age  before  the  tyme.  Vnto  a 
 mery  hert  euery  thinge  hath  a  good  taist,  that 
 he  eateth. 
 
 €i)t  nT»-  Cljaptcr. 
 
 TRAUAYLE  and  earefulnes  for  riches 
 taketh  awaye  the  slepe,  and  *maketh 
 the  flesh  to  cosume.  Whan  one  lyeth  and 
 taketh  care,  he  waketh  euer  vp,  like  as  greate 
 sicknes  breaketh  the  slepe.  The  rich  hath 
 greate  laboure  in  gatheringe  his  riches  to- 
 gether, and  then  with  the  pleasure  of  his 
 riches  he  taketh  his  rest  g  is  refreshed.  But 
 who  so  laboureth  and  prospereth  not,  he  is 
 poore :  and  though  he  leaue  of,  yet  is  he  a 
 begger.  He  that  loueth  riches,  shall  not  be 
 iustified :  and  who  so  foloweth  corrupciS,  shal 
 haue  ynough  therof.  'Many  one  are  come  in 
 greate  mysfortune  by  the  reason  of  golde,  ij 
 haue  founde  their  destruccion  before  them. 
 It  is  a  tre  of  fallynge  vnto  them  that  offre  it 
 vp,  and  all  soch  as  be  fooUsh  fall  therin. 
 Blessed  is  the  rich,  which  is  founde  without 
 blemysh,  and  hath  not  gone  after  golde,  ner 
 hoped  in  money  and  treasures.  Where  is 
 there  soch  one  ?  and  we  shal  commende  him, 
 and  call*  him  blessed,  for  greate  thinges  doth 
 he  amonge  his  people.  Who  so  is  tryed,  5 
 founde  perfecte  in  soch  thinges,  shalbe  com- 
 mended and  praised.  Who  might  offende,  (t 
 hath  not  offended  ?  Who  coude  do  euell,  and 
 hath  not  done  it  ?  Therfore  shal  his  good  be 
 stablished,  and  the  whole  congregacion  shal 
 declare  his  allmesses.  Yf  thou  sytt  at  a 
 greate  mans  table,  open  not  thy  mouth  wyde 
 vpon  it,  and  make  not  many  wordes.  Re- 
 membre,  that  an  euell  eye  is  a  shrew. 
 
 What  thinge  created  is  worse  then  a  wicked 
 eye  ?  therfore  wepeth  it  before  euery  mas 
 face  ?  Laye  not  thine  hand  vpon  euery  thinge 
 that  thine  eye  seyth,  and  stryue  not  with  him 
 in  the  dyshe.''     Ponder  by  thy  self  what  thy 
 
 -  2  Cor.  7.  b.  "1  Tim.  6.  b.  '  Eccli.  8.  a.        «  Pro.  22.  a.     ^  Ephe.  5.  b.  ludit.  13.  a.     '  Psal.  103.  b. 
 
 ^  Matt.  7.  a.  '  Eccli.  37.  d.  /  Rom.  12.  b.  Pro.  31.  a.     1  Tim.  5.  c.  *  Eccli.  20.  a. 
 
 120 
 
 neghboure  wolde  fayne  haue,  (j  be  descrete  in 
 euery  poynte.  Eate  the  thinge  that  is  set 
 before  the,  manerly,  as  it  becommeth  a  man  : 
 and  eate  not  to  moch,"  lest  thou  be  abhorred. 
 Leaue  thou  of  first  of  all  because  of  nurtoure, 
 lest  thou  be  he  whom  no  man  maye  satisfie, 
 which  maye  tume  to  thy  decaye.  Wha  thou 
 syttest  amonge  many  men,  reach  not  thine 
 hade  out  first  of  all.  O  how  well  contet  is  a 
 wyse  man  with  a  litle  wyne  ?  so  y  in  slepe 
 thou  shalt  not  be  seke  therof,  ner  fele  eny 
 payne.  A  swete  wholsome  slepe  shal  soch 
 one  haue,  and  fele  no  inwarde  grefe.  He 
 ryseth  vp  by  tymes  in  y  mornynge,  and  is 
 well  at  ease  in  him  self.  But  an  vnsaciable 
 eater  slepeth  vnquyetly,  and  hath  ache  and 
 payne  of  the  body.  Yf  thou  felest  that  thou 
 hast  eaten  to  moch,  aryse,  go  thy  waye,  cast 
 it  of  thy  stomach,  and  take  thy  rest. 
 
 My  Sonne,  heare  me,  and  despyse  me  not : 
 and  at  the  last  thou  shalt  fynde  as  I  haue  told 
 the.  ■'^In  all  thy  workes  be  diligent  and 
 quycke,  so  shal  there  no  sicknes  happen  vnto 
 the.  *Who  so  is  liberall  in  dealynge  out  his 
 meate,  many  men  shall  blesse  him  and  prayse 
 him  with  their  lippes :  and  the  same  is  a  sure 
 token  of  his  loue  and  faithfulnes.  But  he  y 
 is  vnfaithfull  in  meate,  the  whole  cite  shall 
 complayne  of  him :  and  that  is  a  sure  ex- 
 periece  of  his  infidelite  and  wickednes.  ''  Be 
 not  thou  a  wine  bebber,  for  wyne  hath 
 destroyed  many  a  man.  The  fyre  proueth 
 y  hard  yron,  euen  so  doth  wyne  proue 
 the  hertes  of  the  proude,  whan  they  be 
 droncken. 
 
 Wyne  soberly  droncken,  quyckeneth  the  life 
 of  ma."  Yf  thou  drynckest  it  measurably, 
 thou  shalt  be  temperate.  What  life  is  it,  y 
 maye  contynue  without  wyne?  Wyne  was 
 made  from  the  begynnynge  to  make  men 
 glad  (and  not  for  dronkennes.)  Wyne  mea- 
 surably dronke  is  a  reioysinge  of  the  soule 
 and  body.  But  yf  it  be  dronken  with  excesse, 
 it  maketh  byttemes  and  sorowe  vnto  the 
 mynde.  Dronkenes  fylleth  the  mynde  of  the 
 foolish  with  shame  and  ruyne,  mynisheth  the 
 stregth,  and  maketh  woundes.  *  Rebuke  not 
 thy  neghboure  at  f  wyne,'  and  despyse  him 
 not  in  his  myrth.  Geue  him  no  despytefull 
 wordes,  and  presisse  not  vpon  him  with  con- 
 trary sayenges. 
 
IjTo*  mfa. 
 
 (gcclesiasitinisi. 
 
 Cftap.  miij* 
 
 Cljc  nji).  CfjapUr. 
 
 YF  thou  be  made  a  ruler,  pride  not  thy 
 self  therin,"  but  be  thou  as  one  of  the 
 people.  'Take  diligent  care  for  them,  and 
 loke  well  therto :  and  whan  thou  hast  done 
 all  thy  dewtye,  syt  the  downe,  that  thou 
 mayest  be  mery  with  them,  and  receaue  a 
 crowne  of  honoure.  Talke  wysely  a  honestly, 
 for  wyszdome  becommeth  the  right  well. 
 Hyiider  not  musyck.  Speake  not,  where 
 there  is  no  audyence  :  "^and  poure  not  forth 
 wyszdome  out  of  tjTiie,  at  an  importunyte. 
 Like  as  the  Carbuncle  stone  shyneth,  that  is 
 set  in  golde,  so  doth  a  songe  garnysh  the 
 vfjne  feast :  and  as  f  Smaragde  that  is  set  in 
 golde,  so  is  the  swetnes  of  Musyck  by  f 
 niyrth  of  wyne. 
 
 Thou  yonge  ma,  speake  that  becommeth 
 the,  5  that  is  profitable,  and  yet  scarse  whan 
 thou  art  twyce  axed.  Comprehende  moch 
 with  few  wordes.  In  many  thinges  be  as  one 
 that  is  ignoraunt,  geue  eare,  and  holde  thy 
 tonge  withall.  Yf  thou  be  amonge  men  of 
 hyer  auctorite,  desyre  not  to  compare  thy  self 
 vnto  them :  and  wha  an  elder  speaketh,  make 
 not  thou  many  wordes  therin.  Before  the 
 thonder  goeth  lightenynge,  and  before  nur- 
 toure  and  shamefastnesse  goeth  loue  and 
 fauoure.  StSde  vp  by  tymes,  and  be  not  the 
 last:  but  get  the  home  soone,  a  there  take 
 thy  pastyme,  g  do  what  thou  wilt :  so  y  thou 
 do  no  euell,  and  defye  no  ma.  But  for  all 
 thinges  geue  thankes,  vnto  him  that  hath 
 made  the,  and  replenished  the  with  his 
 goodes. 
 
 Who  so  feareth  the  LORDE,  wyl  receaue 
 his  doctryne  :  and  they  that  get  them  to  him 
 by  tymes,  shall  fynde  grace.  Ho  that  seketh 
 the  lawe,  shall  be  fylled  withall :  As  for  him 
 y  is  but  fayned,  he  wyll  be  offended  therat. 
 They  that  feare  the  LORDE,  shal  fynde  the 
 iudgment,  5  their  righteousnes  shalbe  kyndled 
 as  a  light.  An  vngodly  man  will  not  be  re- 
 fourmed,  but  can  helpe  himself  with  the 
 example  of  other  in  his  purpose.  A  man  of 
 vnderstondinge  despyseth  no  good  councell : 
 but  a  wylde  and  proude  body  hath  no  feare. 
 My  Sonne,  do  nothinge  without  advisement, 
 so  shal  it  not  repet  the  after  y  dede.  Go 
 not  in  the  waye  where  thou  mayest  fall,  ner 
 
 '  Deut.  17.  d. 
 '  Rom.  9.  c. 
 
 '  Rom.  ly.  b.      '  Eccls.  3.  a.  Eccli.  20.  a 
 •  Some  reade  :  two  aoraynst  one. 
 
 where  thou  mayest  stomble  against  the  stone 
 Geue  not  thy  self  in  to  a  laborious  slypery 
 waye,  and  bewarre  of  thine  owne  children.  In 
 all  thy  workes  put  thy  trust  in  God  from  thy 
 whole  hert,  for  that  is  the  kepinge  of  the 
 comaundementes.  Who  so  beleueth  Gods 
 worde,  taketh  hede  to  the  commaundementes 
 5  he  that  putteth  his  trust  in  y  LORDE,  shal 
 wante  nothinge. 
 
 tLi)e  >:>:|ruj.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THERE  shall  no  euell  happen  vnto  him 
 that  feareth  God:  but  whan  he  is  in 
 tentacion,  the  LORDE  shall  delyuer  him.  A 
 wyse  man  hateth  not  y  lawe,  but  an  ypocryte 
 is  as  a  shyp  in  a  ragmge  water.  A  man  of 
 vnderstondinge  geueth  credence  vnto  the  lawe 
 of  God,  and  y  lawe  is  faithfull  vnto  him.  Be 
 sure  of  the  matter,  then  talke  therof :  Be  first 
 wel  instructe,  the  maiest  thou  geue  answere. 
 The  hert  of  y  foolish  is  like  a  cartwhele,  and 
 his  thoughtes  renne  aboute  like  the  axell  tre. 
 Like  as  a  wylde  horse  that  neyeth  vnder  euery 
 one  y  sytteth  \'pon  him,  so  is  it  with  a  scorne 
 full  frende.  Why  doth  one  daie  excell  an- 
 other, seynge  all  the  dayes  of  the  yeare  come 
 of  the  Sonne?  The  wyszdome  of  the  LORDE 
 hath  so  parted  them  a  sunder,  and  so  hath  he 
 ordened  the  tymes  and  solempne  feastes. 
 Some  of  them  hath  he  chosen  and  halowed 
 before  other  dayes.  And  all  men  are  made 
 of  the  grounde,  (j  out  of  the  earth  of  Adam. 
 
 In  the  multitude  of  scyence  hath  y  LORDE 
 sundered  them,  and  made  their  wayes  of 
 dyuerse  fashions.  Some  of  them  hath  he 
 blessed,  made  moch  of  them,  halowed  them,  j 
 claymed  them  to  himself.  But  some  of  the 
 hath  he  cursed,  brought  the  lowe,  j  put  the 
 out  of  their  estate.  ''Like  as  y  claye  is  in  the 
 potters  hande,  ij  all  the  ordrynge  therof  at  his 
 pleasure :  so  are  men  also  in  the  hande  of  him 
 y  made  the,  so  that  he  maye  geue  them  as  it 
 liketh  him  best.  Agaynst  euell  is  good,  and 
 agaynst  death  is  Ufe :  so  is  the  vngodly 
 agaynst  soch  as  feare  God.  Beholde  thus  all 
 the  workes  of  the  Hyest,  ij  there  are  euer  *two 
 agaynst  two,  and  one  set  agaynst  another.  I 
 am  awaked  vp  last  of  all,  as  one  that  gathereth 
 after  in  haruest.  In  the  giftes  of  God  and  in 
 his  blessynge  I  am  increased,  5  haue  fylled  my 
 wyne  presse,  like  a  grape  gatherer.    '  Beholde, 
 
 '  Ecclesiastici  24.  d. 
 
C6ap»  miiij* 
 
 €rflf£(ia£!tUU£i» 
 
 #0.  iTb. 
 
 how  I  haue  not  laboured  onely  for  my  self,  but 
 for  all  soch  as  loue  nurtoure  and  wj'szdome. 
 
 Heare  me  O  ye  greate  men  of  the  people, 
 (J  harken  with  youre  eares  ye  rulers  of  y  con- 
 gregacion.  Geue  not  thy  sonne  a  wyfe,  thy 
 brother  (j  frende  power  ouer  the,  whyle  thou 
 lyuest :  5  geue  not  awaye  thy  substaunce  and 
 good  to  another,  lest  it  repent  the,  (t  thou  be 
 fayne  to  begg  therfore  thy  self.  As  longe  as 
 thou  lyuest  (j  hast  breth,  let  no  man  chaunge 
 the  :  For  better  it  is  thy  children  to  praye  the, 
 then  y  thou  shuldest  be  fayne  to  loke  in  their 
 handes.  In  all  thy  workes  be  excellent,  that 
 thy  honoure  be  neuer  stained.  At  the  tyme 
 whan  thou  shalt  ende  thy  dayes,  and  fynish 
 thy  life,  distribute  thine  inheretaiice.  The 
 fodder,  the  whyppe,  and  the  burden  belongeth 
 vnto  the  Asse  :  Meate,  correccion,  and  worke 
 vnto  the  seruaunt. 
 
 Yf  thou  set  thy  seruaunt  to  laboure,  thou 
 shalt  fynde  rest.  But  yf  thou  let  him  go  ydel, 
 he  shal  seke  libertye.  The  yock  and  f 
 whyppe  bowe  downe  the  neck,  but  tame  thou 
 thy  eueU  seruaunt  with  bodes  5  correccion. 
 Sende  him  to  laboure,  that  he  go  not  ydle : 
 For  Idylnesse  bryngeth  moch  euell.  Sett 
 him  to  worke,  for  that  belongeth  vnto  him  and 
 becometh  him  well.  Yf  he  be  not  obedient, 
 bynde  his  fete :  but  do  not  to  moch  vnto 
 him  in  anye  wyse,  ij  without  discrecion  do 
 nothinge.  "  Yf  thou  haue  a  (faithfuU)  seruaiit, 
 let  him  be  vnto  the  as  thine  owne  soule,  for  in 
 bloude  hast  thou  gotten  him.  Yf  thou  haue 
 a  seruaunt,  holde  him  as  thy  self,  for  thou  hast 
 nede  of  him  as  of  thy  self.  Yf  thou  intreatest 
 him  euell,  and  kepest  him  harde,  and  makest 
 him  to  be  proude,  and  to  renne  awaye  from 
 f,  thou  canst  not  tell,  what  waye  thou  shalt 
 seke  him. 
 
 Cl^t  jTyitij-  Cibapttr. 
 
 VNWYSE  people  begyle  them  selues  with 
 vayne  and  disceatfull  hope,  and  fooles 
 trust  in  dreames.  Wlio  so  regardeth  dreames, 
 is  like  him  that  wil  take  holde  of  a  shadowe, 
 and  folowe  after  the  wynde :  Euen  so  is  it  with 
 the  appearinges  of  dreames.  Before  the  face 
 is  the  licknes  of  a  face.  Who  can  be  clensed 
 of  f  vncleane  ?  Or  what  treuth  can  be  spoken 
 of  a  lyar?  Soythsayenge,  witchcraft,  sorcery, 
 and  dreaminge  is  but  vanyte  :  like  as  whan  a 
 woma  trauayleth  with  chylde,  and  hath  many 
 
 fantasyes  in  hir  herte.  Where  as  soch  visions 
 come  not  of  God,  set  not  thine  herte  vpon 
 them :  For  dreames  haue  disceaued  many  a 
 ma,  and  they  fayled,  that  put  their  truste 
 therin. 
 
 The  lawe  shalbe  fulfilled  without  lyes,  a 
 wyszdome  is  sufficient  to  a  faithfull  mouth. 
 A  wyse  man  y  is  well  instructe,  vnderstondeth 
 moch  :  5  he  y  hath  good  experiece,  can  talke 
 of  wyszdome.  He  y  hath  no  experiece, 
 knoweth  litle :  tE  he  y  erreth,  causeth  moch 
 wickednes.  Whan  I  was  yet  in  erroure,  I 
 lerned  moch  also :  yee  I  was  so  lerned,  that  I 
 coude  not  expresse  it  all,  and  came  oft  in 
 pareO  of  death  therouer,  tyll  I  was  delyuered 
 from  it.  Now  I  se,  that  they  which  feare 
 God,  haue  the  right  sprete:  for  their  hope 
 stodeth  in  him,  that  can  helpe  the.  Who  so 
 feareth  the  LORDE,  stodeth  in  awe  of  no 
 man,  and  is  not  afrayed,  for  the  LORDE  is 
 his  hopp  and  comforte. 
 
 Blessed  is  the  soule  of  him  y  feareth  the 
 LORDE:  In  who  putteth  he  his  trust?  who 
 is  his  stregth?  For  the  eyes  of  the  LORDE 
 haue  respecte  vnto  them,  that  loue  him.  He 
 is  their  mightie  proteccion,  5  stroge  grounde : 
 A  defence  for  the  heate,  a  refuge  for  the  hote 
 noone  daye,  a  sucore  for  stomblynge,  5  an 
 helpe  for  fallynge.  He  setteth  vp  the  soule, 
 and  hghteneth  y  eyes :  He  geueth  health  life, 
 and  blessynge.  He  that  geueth  an  oiFeringe 
 of  vnrighteous  good,  his  otFerynge  is  refused  : 
 and  the  scornefull  dealinges  of  the  vnrighteous 
 please  not  God.  *  God  hath  no  delyte  in  the 
 offerynges  of  f  vngodly,  nether  maye  synne 
 be  reconcyled  in  the  multitude  of  oblacions. 
 Who  so  bryngeth  an  ofFerynge  out  of  y  goodes 
 of  y  poore,  doth  eue  as  one  y  kylleth  y  sonne 
 before  f  fathers  eyes. 
 
 The  bred  of  the  nedefuU  is  the  life  of  the 
 poore :  he  y  defraudeth  him  therof,  is  a  man, 
 of  bloude.  Who  so  robbeth  his  neghboure  of 
 his  lyuinge,  doth  as  greate  synne  as  though  he 
 slew  him  to  death.  "^He  that  defraudeth  f 
 laborer  of  his  hyre,  is  a  bloude  shedder.  Wha 
 one  buyldeth,  and  another  breaketh  downe, 
 what  profit  haue  they  then  but  laboure? 
 Whan  one  prayeth,  5  another  curseth,  whose 
 voyce  wyl  the  LORDE  heare?  ''He  that 
 washeth  himself  because  of  a  deed  body,  5 
 then  toucheth  the  deed  agayne,  what  doth  his 
 waszshinge  ?  '  So  is  it  with  a  man  that  fasteth 
 
 Eccli.  7.  c.        <<  Nu.  19.  b.         '  Pro.  26.  b.     2  Pet.  2.  b. 
 
#0.  rjrfju 
 
 (ertksiasitinis!. 
 
 Cftap.  vnb. 
 
 tude  of  y  cruell,  ft  broke  the  cepter  of  the  vn- 
 righteous :  tyll  he  geue  euery  man  after  his 
 workes,  a,  rewarde  them  as  they  haue  deseriied : 
 tyll  he  haue  delyuered  his  people,  mayntened 
 their  cause,  and  reioysed  them  in  his  mercy. 
 O  how  fayre  a  thinge  is  mercy,  in  the  tyme  of 
 anguysh  %  trouble?  It  is  Uke  a  cloude  of  rayne, 
 y  Cometh  in  f  tyme  of  a  drouth. 
 
 C^t  yrv^i-  Cljapttr. 
 
 HAUE  mercy  vpon  vs  O  LORDE,  thou 
 God  of  all  thinges.  Haue  respecte 
 vnto  vs  (shew  vs  the  light  of  thy  mercies,  j 
 sende  thy  feare  amoge  f  Heithe  (j  straugers, 
 which  seke  not  after  the  :  y  they  maye  knowe, 
 how  y  there  is  no  God  but  thou,  and  y  they 
 maye  shew  thy  wonderous  workes.)  Lift  vp 
 thine  hande  ouer  the  outladish  Heithen,  y 
 they  maye  lerne  to  knowe  thy  might  ij  power. 
 Like  as  thou  art  halowed  in  vs  before  them, 
 so  brj'nge  to  passe,  y  thou  mayest  be  magni- 
 fied also  in  them  before  vs:  y  they  maye 
 knowe  the,  like  as  we  knowe  the.  For  there 
 is  none  other  God,  but  onely  thou  O  LORDE. 
 Renue  the  tokens,  5  chaunge  the  wonderous 
 workes.  Shewe  thine  hade  and  thy  right 
 amie  gloriously.  Rayse  thy  indignacion,  5 
 poure  out  thy  wrath.  Take  awaye  the  ad- 
 uersary,  5  smyte  the  enemye.  Make  y  tyme 
 shorte,  remembre  thy  couenaunt,  that  thy 
 wonderous  workes  maye  be  praysed.  Let  the 
 wrath  of  the  f)Te  consume  them,  that  lyue  so 
 careles:  and  let  them  perish,  that  do  thy 
 people  hurte.  Smyte  in  sonder  the  heade  of 
 the  prynces,  that  be  oure  enemies,  and  saye: 
 there  is  none  other  but  we. 
 
 Gather  all  y  trybes  of  lacob  together  againe, 
 y  they  male  knowe,  how  y  there  is  none 
 other  God  but  onely  thou,  y  they  maie  shew 
 thy  wonderous  workes,  and  be  thy  people  (j 
 heretage,  like  as  from  the  begynninge.  O 
 LORDE  haue  mercy  ^-pon  the  people  y  hath 
 thy  name,*  5  vpo  Israel,  whom  thou  hast  lick- 
 ened  to  a  first  borne  sonne.  O  be  merciful 
 vnto  lerusale  the  cite  of  thy  Sanctuary,  y 
 cite  of  thy  rest.  '  Fyll  Sion  \vith  thy  vnspeake 
 able  vertues,  (j  thy  people  with  thy  glory. 
 Geue  wytnes  vnto  thy  creature,  whom  thou 
 maydest  from  the  begynnynge,  and  rayse  vp 
 the  prophecies  y  haue  bene  shewed  in  thy 
 name.     Rewarde  them  y  wayte  for  the,  y 
 
 for  his  synnes,  and  doth  them  agayiie :  who 
 wil  heare  his  prayer?  Or  what  doth  his  fast- 
 ynge  helpe  him? 
 
 €l)t  mb-  CI)aptrr. 
 
 WHO  so  kepeth  the  lawe,  bryngeth  of- 
 ferynges  ynough.  "He  that  holdeth 
 fiist  the  commaundement,  offreth  the  right 
 healthoifi-ynge.  He  y  is  thankfull  5  recom- 
 penseth,  offreth  fyne  floure.  '  Who  so  is  mer- 
 cifuU  (I  geueth  allmes,  y  is  the  right  thank 
 offrynge.  God  hath  pleasure,  wha  one  de- 
 parteth  fro  synne:  (i  to  forsake  vnrighteousnes 
 recocileth  vs  with  him.  Thou  shalt  not 
 appeare  emptye  before  y  LORDE,  for'^all  soch 
 is  done  because  of  y  comaundemet.  The 
 offeringe  of  y  righteous  maketh  y  aulter  fatt, 
 J  a  swete  smell  is  it  before  f  llyest.  ''The 
 offerynge  of  the  righteous  is  acceptable  vnto 
 God,  and  shal  neuer  be  forgotte.  Geue  God 
 his  honoure  with  a  chearfull  eye,  5  kepe  not 
 baclce  the  firstlinges  of  thy  handes.  In  all  thy 
 giftes  shew  a  mery  countenaunce,  5'  halowe  thy 
 tithes  vnto  God  with  gladnes.  ■'^Geue  vnto 
 God,  acordinge  as  he  hath  enriched  5  pros- 
 pered the  :  (t  loke  what  thine  hande  is  able,  y 
 geue  with  a  chearfull  eye :  for  the  LORDE 
 recompenseth,  5  geueth  y  seue  tymes  as  moch 
 againe. 
 
 Geue  no  vnrighteous  giftes,  for  soch  wil  not 
 he  receaue.  Bewarre  of  wrongeous  ofFeringes, 
 for  y  LORDE  is  ^a  righteous  iudge,  5  re- 
 gardeth  no  mans  personne :  He  accepteth  not 
 the  personne  of  the  poore,  but  he  heareth  ;y^ 
 prayer  of  y  oppressed.  ''  He  despyseth  not  y 
 desyre  of  y  fatherles,  ner  y  wyddow,  whan  she 
 poureth  out  hir  prayer  before  him.  Doth  not 
 God  se  y  teares,  y  renne  downe  y  chekes  of 
 the  wyddow?  Or  heareth  he  not  the  com- 
 playnte,  ouer  soch  as  make  hertowepe?  Who 
 so  serueth  God  after  his  pleasure,  shalbe  ac- 
 cepted, ct  his  prayer  reacheth  vnto  the  cloudes. 
 '  The  prayer  of  him  y  humbleth  himself,  goeth 
 thorow  y  cloudes,  tyll  she  come  nye.  She 
 wyl  not  be  comforted,  ner  go  hir  waye,  tyll  y 
 hyest  God  haue  respecte  vnto  her,  geue  true 
 sentece,  5  perfourme  y  iudgmet.  And  f 
 LORDE  wil  not  be  slack  in  comynge,  ner 
 tary  longe  :  tyll  he  haue  smytte  in  sonder  f 
 backes  of  f  vnmercyfuU,  (j  auenged  himself  of 
 f  Heithen  :  tyll  he  haue  take  awaye  y  multi- 
 
 'lere.7.c.         >  Heb.  13.  c.     Phil.  4.  c. 
 '  Uen.  4.  -,1.      <  2  Cor.  9.  b.     /  Tobi.  4.  b. 
 
 '  Exo.  34.  c. 
 sDeut.  10.  d. 
 
 *  ludit.  4.  b.     Exo.  3.  b. 
 *  Exo.  4.  f. 
 
 en.  3.  d.     Acto.  10.  a. 
 '  1  Par.  6.  g. 
 
ci)ap.  nM* 
 
 ecfl^siasitints. 
 
 So,  trbij. 
 
 thy  prophetes  maye  be  founde  faithfull.  O 
 LORDE  heare  the  prayer  of  thy  seruauntes, 
 acordinge  to  y  blessinge  of  Aaron  ouer  thy 
 people :  "  that  all  they  which  dwell  vpon  earth, 
 maye  knowe,  that  thou  art  the  LORDE  the 
 eternall  God,  which  is  from  euerlastinge. 
 
 The  bely  deuoureth  all  meates,  yet  is  one 
 meate  better  then  another.  Like  as  the  tonge 
 taisteth  venyson,*  so  doth  an  hert  of  vnder- 
 stondinge  marck  false  wordes.  A  frowarde 
 hert  geueth  heuynes,  but  a  man  of  experience 
 lifteth  him  vp  agayne.  The  woman  receaueth 
 euery  man,  yet  is  one  daughter  better  then 
 another.  A  fayre  wife  reioyseth  hir  husz- 
 bande,  and  a  man  loueth  nothinge  better.  Yf 
 she  be  louynge  (j  vertuous  withall,  then  is  not 
 hir  huszbande  like  other  men.  He  that  hath 
 gotten  a  vertuous  woman,  hath  a  goodly  pos- 
 session :  she  is  vnto  him  an  helpe  and  piler 
 wher  vpon  he  resteth.  Where  no  hedge  is, 
 there  the  goodes  are  spoyled :  and  where  no 
 houszwife  is,  there  y  fredles  mourneth.  Like 
 as  there  is  no  credence  geuen  to  a  robber,  y 
 goeth  from  one  cite  to  another :  So  is  not  y 
 man  beleued,  that  hath  no  nest,  and  must 
 turne  in,  where  he  maye  abyde  in  the  night. 
 
 EJ)J  m'6i'i-  Cfjaptrr. 
 
 EUERY  frende  sayeth:  I  wil  be  frendly 
 vnto  him  also.  But  there  is  some  frende, 
 which  is  onely  a  frende  in  name.  Remayneth 
 there  not  heuynes  vnto  death,  whan  a  com- 
 panyon  and  frende  is  turned  to  an  enemye? 
 O  most  wicked  presumpcion :  Fro  whence 
 art  thou  spronge  vp,  to  couer  the  earth  with 
 falsede  j  disceate  ?  '  There  is  some  companyon, 
 which  in  prosperite  reioyseth  \vith  his  frede : 
 but  in  the  tyme  of  trouble,  he  taketh  parte 
 agaynst  him.  There  is  some  copanyon,  that 
 mourneth  with  his  frende  for  the  bely  sake : 
 but  whan  trouble  commeth,  he  taketh  holde 
 of  the  shylde.  Forget  not  thy  frende  in  thy 
 mynde,  5  thynke  vpon  him  in  thy  riches. 
 Euery  counceler  bryngeth  forth  his  councell : 
 Neuertheles  there  is  some,  y  counceleth  but 
 for  his  owne  profit.  ''  Bewarre  of  f  counceler, 
 5  be  aduysed  afore  wherto  thou  wilt  vse  him, 
 for  he  wil  geue  coucell  for  him  self.  Lest  he 
 cast  the  lott  vpon  the,  ij  saye  vnto  the:  Thy 
 waye  and  purpose  is  good,  and  afterwarde  he 
 stande  agaynst  the,  and  loke  what  shal  be- 
 come of  the. 
 
 '  Num.  6.  d. 
 
 »  1  Cor.  2.  b. 
 
 '  Eccli.  (i.  b. 
 
 Axe  no  coucell  at  him,  y  suspecketh  y  for 
 an  enemie,  ti  hyde  thy  councell  from  soch  as 
 hate  y.  Axe  no  councell  at  a  woman, 
 cernynge  y  thinges  y  she  logeth  for:  ner  at  a 
 fearful  5  fayntharted  body,  in  matters  of 
 warre :  or  at  a  marchaunt,  how  deare  he  wil 
 cheape  thy  wares  towarde  his :  or  at  a  byer, 
 of  sellynge :  Or  at  an  envyous  man,  of 
 thankesgeuynge :  Or  at  the  vnmercifull,  of 
 louynge  kindnes :  Or  at  y  slouthfull,  of  work- 
 inge :  Or  at  an  hyrelynge  which  hath  no 
 house,  of  profit  or  wealth.  (An  ydle  body 
 wolde  not  gladly  heare  speake  of  moch  la- 
 boure.)  Take  no  soch  folkes  to  coucell,  but 
 be  cUliget  to  sake  coiicel  at  a  vertuous  man, 
 y  feareth  God,  soch  one  as  thou  knowest  to 
 be  a  keper  of  y  comaundemetes,  which  hath 
 a  minde  after  thine  owne  minde,  5  is  sory  for 
 y  whii  thou  stSblest. 
 
 And  holde  thy  councell  fast  in  thine  hert : 
 for  there  is  no  man  more  faithful  to  kepe  it, 
 then  thou  thy  self.  For  a  mas  mynde  is  som- 
 t)Tne  more  disposed  to  tell  out,  then  seuen 
 watchmen  that  sytt  aboue  in  an  hye  place 
 lokynge  aboute  them.  And  aboue  all  this 
 praye  the  Hyest,  that  he  wil  lede  thy  waye  in 
 faithfulnes  5  trueth.  Before  all  thy  workes 
 axe  councell  first:  and  or  euer  thou  doest  eny 
 thinge,  be  well  aduysed.  There  be  foure 
 thinges  that  declare  a  chaunged  hert,  wherout 
 there  springeth  euell  (t  good,  death  j  life,  j  a 
 masterfuU  tonge  that  bableth  moch.  Some 
 man  is  apte  and  well  instructe  in  many 
 thinges,  and  yet  very  vnprofitable  vnto  him- 
 self. Some  man  there  is,  that  can  geue  wyse 
 and  prudent  councell,  and  yet  is  he  hated,  (i 
 contynueth  a  begger:  for  that  grace  is  not 
 geue  him  of  God,  to  be  accepted.  Another 
 is  robbed  of  all  wiszdome,  yet  is  he  wise  vnto 
 himself,  and  the  frute  of  vnderstodinge  is 
 faithfull  in  his  mouth. 
 
 A  wyse  man  maketh  his  people  wyse,  5  ^y' 
 frutes  of  his  wiszdome  fayle  not.  A  wyse  ma 
 shal  be  pleteously  blessed  of  God :  5  all  they 
 that  se  him,  shal  speake  good  of  him.  The 
 life  of  man  stondeth  in  y  nobre  of  the  dayes, 
 but  the  dayes  of  Israel  are  innumerable.  A 
 wyse  man  shal  opteyne  faithfulnes  5  credence 
 amonge  his  people,  5  his  name  shalbe  per- 
 petuall.  My  sonne,  proue  thy  soule  in  thy 
 life  :  (J  yf  thou  se  eny  euell  thinge,  geue  it  not 
 vnto  her.     '  For  all  thinges  are  not  profitable 
 
 <'  Eccli.  8.  c.  and  9.  c.  '1  Cor.  6.C.  and  10.  c. 
 
 c 
 
Jfo.  rvbiij. 
 
 OJaksiagtmis. 
 
 Cf)ap.  m^iii* 
 
 for  all  men,  nether  hath  euerj'  soulc  pleasure 
 in  euery  thinge.  Be  not  gredy  in  eucry  eat- 
 vnge,  and  be  not  to  haistye  vpo  all  nieates. 
 For  "excesse  of  meates  bryngeth  siknes,  and 
 glotony  coinmeth  at  the  last  to  an  vnmea- 
 surable  heate.  Thorow  glotony  haue  many 
 one  perished :  but  he  that  dyeteth  him  self 
 temperatly,  prolongeth  his  life. 
 
 EIjc  m'6"j.  €!)apttr. 
 
 HONOURE  the  Phisician  :  honoure  him 
 because  of  necessite.  God  hath  cre- 
 ated him  (for  of  the  Hyest  commeth  mede- 
 cyne)  and  he  shal  receaue  giftes  of  the  kynge. 
 The  wiszdome  of  the  phisician  bryngeth  him 
 to  greate  worshipe,  5  in  the  sight  of  the  greate 
 men  of  this  worlde,  he  shalbe  honorably  taken. 
 The  LORDE  hath  created  medecyne  of  the 
 earth,  and  he  that  is  wyse,  wyl  not  abhorre  it. 
 *VVas  not  f  bytter  water  made  swete  with  a 
 tre?  that  men  might  lerne  to  knowe  the 
 vertue  therof.  The  LORDE  hath  geuen  men 
 wyszdome  (t  vnderstondinge,  y  he  might  be 
 honoured  in  his  woderous  workes.  With  soch 
 doth  he  heale  men,  5  taketh  awaye  their 
 paynes :  Of  soch  doth  the  Apotecary  make  a 
 confeccion,  yet  can  no  man  perfourme  all  his 
 workes.  For  of  f  LORDE  commeth  pros- 
 perous wealth  ouer  all  f  earth. 
 
 My  Sonne,  despyse  not  this  in  thy  sicknes: 
 but  praye  vnto  the  LORDE,"  (j  he  shal  make 
 the  whole.  Leaue  of  from  synne,  ij  ordre  thy 
 handes  a  right:  clese  thine  hert  from  all 
 wickednes.  Geue  a  swete  sauoured  offrynge, 
 CE  y  fyne  floure  for  a  token  of  remembraunce : 
 make  the  offrynge  fatt,  as  one  that  geueth  the 
 first  frutes,  (j  geue  rowme  to  the  Phisician. 
 For  f  LORDE  hath  created  him:  let  him 
 not  go  from  the,  for  thou  hast  nede  of  him. 
 The  houre  maye  come,  y  the  seke  maye  be 
 helped  thorow  them,  whan  they  praye  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  y  he  male  recouer,  5  get  health  to 
 lyue  loger.  He  that  synneth  before  his  maker, 
 shall  fall  in  to  the  handes  of  the  Phisician. 
 
 My  Sonne,  brynge  forth  thy  teares  ouer  the 
 deed :  and  ''begynne  to  mourne,  as  yf  thou 
 haddest  suffred  greate  harme  thy  self:  5  the 
 couer  his  body  after  a  conuenyent  maner,  5 
 despyse  not  his  buryall.  Enforce  thy  self  to 
 wepe,  5  prouoke  thy  self  to  mourne,  5  make 
 lamentacion  expediently,'  and  y  a  daye  or  two, 
 
 •  Eccli.  31.  b.  »  Eio.  15.  d.     4  Re.  4.  c. 
 
 '  Esa.  38.  a.     i  Par.  16.  c.     '  Eccli.  22.  c.     '  1  Thes.  4.  b. 
 
 jlest  thou  be  euell  spoken  of:  5  then  coforte 
 thy  self  because  of  the  heuynes.  For  of  he- 
 uynes  cometh  death,-'^  the  heuynes  of  f  hert 
 breaketh  strength.  Heuynes  and  pouerte 
 greueth  the  hert.  in  tentacion  5  offence.  Take 
 no  heuynes  to  hert,  dryue  it  awaye,  and  re- 
 membre  the  last  thinges.  Forget  it  not,  for 
 there  is  no  turnynge  agayne.  Thou  shalt  do 
 him  no  good,  but  hurte  thy  self.  Remembre 
 his  iudgmet,  thine  also  shalbe  likewyse :  vnto 
 me  yesterdaye,  vnto  the  to  daye.  Let  the 
 remembraunce  of  the  deed  ceasse  in  his  rest, 
 and  coforte  thy  self  agayne  ouer  him,*  seynge 
 his  sprete  is  departed  from  him. 
 
 The  wyszdome  of  the  scrybe  is  at  coue- 
 nyent  tyme  of  rest :  j  he  y  ceasseth  from  ex- 
 ercyse  5  laboure,  shalbe  wyse.  He  that  hold- 
 eth  f  plough,  (t  hath  pleasure  in  proddynge  5 
 dryuynge  y  oxen,  5  goeth  aboute  with  soch 
 workes,  he  can  speake  of  oxen.  He  setteth 
 his  hert  to  make  forowes,  5  is  diligent  to  geue 
 y  kyne  fodder.  So  is  euery  carpenter  also  5 
 work  master,  that  laboureth  still  night  5  daye : 
 he  carueth,  graueth  5  cutteth  out,  5  his  desyre 
 is  in  sondrye  connynge  thinges,  and  his  hert 
 jTTiagineth,  how  he  maye  conyngly  cast  an 
 ymage,  his  diligence  also  5  watchinge  per- 
 fourmeth  the  worke.  The  yronsmyth  in  Uke 
 maner  bydeth  by  his  stythie,  a  doth  his  dili- 
 gence to  laboure  the  yron.  The  vapoure  of 
 the  fyre  brenneth  his  flesh,  and  he  must  fight 
 with  the  heate  of  the  fomace.  The  noyse  of 
 the  Hammer  soundeth  euer  in  his  eares,  and 
 his  eyes  loke  still  vpon  the  thinge  y  he  maketh. 
 He  hath  set  his  minde  there  vpon,  that  he 
 ^vyll  make  out  his  worke,  and  therfore  he 
 watcheth,  how  he  male  set  it  out,  and  brynge 
 it  to  an  ende. 
 
 So  doth  the  potter  syt  by  his  worke,  he 
 turneth  y  whele  aboute  with  his  fete,  he  is 
 diligent  (i  carefull  in  all  his  doynges,  5  his 
 laboure  and  worke  is  without  nombre.  He 
 fashioneth  the  claye  with  his  arme,  and  with 
 his  fete  he  tepereth  it.  His  hert  jTnagineth 
 how  he  maye  make  it  pleasaunt,  5  his  dili- 
 gence is  to  dense  the  ouen.  All  these  hope 
 in  their  hades,  5  euery  one  thinketh  to  be 
 connynge  in  his  worke.  Without  these  maye 
 not  the  cities  be  manteyned,  inhabited  ner 
 occupied :  yet  come  they  not  hye  in  the 
 congregacion :  they  vnderstande  not  the  coue- 
 
 /  Pro.  12.  d.  and  17.  d.     Eccli.  30.  c.  «  2  Re.  12.  c 
 
Cijap.  mu% 
 
 OPctlesiasitinisi. 
 
 #0.  tm. 
 
 naunt  of  y  lawe  :  they  can  not  declare  equyte 
 ij  iudgment :  they  can  not  fynde  out  the 
 darck  senteces :  but  thorow  them  shal  the 
 creature  of  ;y^  worlde  be  manteyned:  their 
 prayer  concerneth  onely  the  worke  (j  laboure 
 of  coninge. 
 
 Ci)e  miv-  €i)apttr. 
 
 BUT  he  y  applyeth  his  mynde  to  vnder- 
 stande  the  lawe  of  God,  doth  diligently 
 seke  out  y  wyszdome  of  them  of  the  olde 
 tyme,  j  exercyseth  him  self  in  the  prophetes. 
 He  kepeth  y  sayenges  of  famous  men,  and 
 preasseth  to  the  vnderstandinge  of  darck 
 senteces  of  wyszdome.  He  seketh  out  f 
 mysterye  of  secrete  sayeges,  and  exercyseth 
 him  self  therin  cotynually.  He  doth  seruyce 
 amonge  greate  men,  (j  appeareth  before  the 
 prynce.  He  goeth  in  to  a  straunge  countre,  5 
 trauaileth  thorow  it :  loke  what  good  or  euell 
 is  amoge  men,  he  proueth  it  5  seketh  it  out. 
 He  purposeth  in  his  hert,  to  resorte  early 
 vnto  the  LORDE  y  made  him,  j  to  praye 
 before  the  hyest  God.  He  openeth  his  mouth 
 in  prayer,  (t  prayeth  for  his  synnes. 
 
 When  the  greate  LORDE  wil,  he  shalbe 
 filled  with  the  sprete  of  vnderstadinge,  y  he 
 male  then  poure  out  wyse  sentences,  5  geue 
 thankes  vnto  the  LORDE  in  his  prayer.  He 
 shal  ordre  his  deuyce,  and  lede  his  knowlege 
 aright,  5  geue  him  vnderstandinge  of  secrete 
 thinges.  He  shal  shew  forth  the  sciece  of  his 
 lerninge,  5  reioyce  in  the  couenaunt  of  the 
 lawe  of  the  LORDE.  The  whole  congre- 
 gacion  shal  comende  his  wyszdome,  5  it  shal 
 neuer  be  put  out.  The  remembraunce  of 
 him  shal  neuer  be  forgotten,  5  his  name  shal 
 contynue  from  one  "generacion  to  another. 
 His  wyszdome  shalbe  spoken  of,  5  the  whole 
 congregacion  shall  openly  declare  his  prayse. 
 Whyle  he  liueth,  he  hath  a  greater  name  the 
 a  thousande  besyde  :  5  after  his  death,  the 
 same  name  remayneth  vnto  him.  Yet  wyll  I 
 speake  of  mo  men  of  vnderstandinge,  for  I  am 
 full  as  the  Moone. 
 
 Herke  vnto  me  (ye  holy  vertuous  childre) 
 brynge  forth  frute,  as  the  rose  that  is  planted 
 by  the  brokes  of  the  felde,  and  geue  ye  a  swete 
 smell  as  Libanus.  Florish  as  the  rose  garden, 
 synge  a  songe  of  prayse.      0   geue   thakes 
 
 '  Eccli.  44.  b.      '  Gen.  1.  d.    '  Gen.  7.  d.      ''  Ose.  1-! 
 Rom.  8.  d. 
 
 vnto  God  ouer  all  his  workes.  Geue  glory 
 and  honoure  vnto  the  LORDE,  shew  his 
 prayse  with  youre  lippes.  Yee  euen  with  the 
 songe  of  youre  lippes,  with  harpes  ti  play- 
 enge,  and  in  geuinge  thankes  vnto  him,  saye 
 after  this  maner:  *  All  y^  workes  of  the  LORDE 
 are  exceadinge  good,  and  all  his  commaun- 
 dementes  are  mete  and  conuenient  in  due 
 season. 
 
 A  ma  nede  not  to  sale  :  what  is  y  ?  what  is 
 that  ?  for  at  time  "  conuenient  they  shal  all  be 
 sought.  At  his  comaundement  f  water  was 
 as  a  wall,  j  at  the  worde  of  his  mouth  y  wa- 
 ters stode  still.  In  his  commaundement  is 
 euery  thinge  acceptable  and  reconcyled,  and 
 his  health  can  not  be  minished.  The  workes 
 of  all  flesh  are  before  him,  5  there  is  nothinge 
 hydd  from  his  eyes.  He  seith  from  euerlast- 
 inge  to  euerlastinge,  and  there  is  nothinge 
 to  wonderfull  or  hye  vnto  him.  A  man  nede 
 not  to  saye  then,  what  is  this,  or  that  ?  For 
 he  hath  made  all  thinges  to  do  good  vnto 
 man.  His  blessynge  shall  renne  ouer  as  the 
 streame,  and  moysture  the  earth  like  a  floude 
 of  water.  Like  as  he  maketh  the  water 
 for  drouth,  so  shall  his  wrath  fail  vpon  the 
 Heithen. 
 
 ■*  His  wayes  are  playne  and  right  vnto  y 
 iust,  but  the  vngodly  stomble  at  them.  For 
 the  good  are  good  thinges  created  from  the 
 begj'nnynge,  and  euell  thinges  for  the  vngodly. 
 All  thinges  necessary  for  the  life  of  man  are 
 created  from  the  begynnynge :  ^  water,  fyre, 
 yron  and  salt,  meel,  wheate  and  hony  mylke 
 and  wyne,  oyle  and  clothinge.  All  these 
 thinges  are  created  for  the  best  to  the  faithfull : 
 But  to  the  vngodly  shal  all  these  thinges  be 
 turned  to  hurte  and  harme.  There  be  spretes 
 that  are  created  for  vengeauce,  and  in  their 
 rigorousnes  haue  /they  fastened  their  tor 
 mentes.  In  the  tyme  of  the  ende  they  shal 
 poure  out  their  stregth,  and  pacifie  f  *  wrath 
 of  him  that  made  them.  Fyre,  hayle,  honger 
 and  death:  all  these  thinges  are  created  for 
 vengeaunce. 
 
 The  teth  of  wylde  noysome  beestes,  the 
 scorpions,  serpentes,  and  the  swerde  are 
 created  also  for  vengeaunce,  to  the  destruc- 
 cion  of  the  vngodly.  They  shall  be  glad  to 
 do  his  commaundementes  :  and  whan  nede  is, 
 they  shalbe  ready  vpon  earth :  and  whan  their 
 
 1  Ti.  4.  a, 
 5  Eccli.  40.  b. 
 
So,  ruT. 
 
 (errlf£iia£itirus. 
 
 Cf)ap.  j-L 
 
 houre  is  come,   they  shal  not  ouerpasse  the 
 conimaundemeiit  of  the  LOllDE. 
 
 Therfore  haue  I  taken  a  good  corage  vnto 
 me  from  the  begynnyiige,  and  thought  to  put 
 these  thinges  in  wrytinge,  and  to  leaue  the 
 behynde  me.  °  All  f  workes  of  the  LORDE 
 are  good,  and  he  geueth  euery  one  in  due 
 season,  and  whan  nede  is,  So  that  a  man 
 nefle  not  to  saye :  this  is  worse  then  that.  For 
 in  due  season  they  are  all  pleasaunt  and 
 good  :  And  therfore  prayse  the  LORDE  with 
 whole  hert  and  mouth,  5  geue  thankes  vnto 
 his  name. 
 
 ^l)t  rl.  Cljaptnr. 
 
 AGREATE  trauayle  is  created  for  all 
 me,  and  an  heuy  yock  vpon  all  mens 
 children,  from  the  daye  that  they  go  out  of 
 their  mothers  wombe,  tyll  they  be  buried  in 
 (the  earth)  the  mother  of  all  thinges :  namely, 
 their  thoughtes  and  ymaginacions,  feare  of  the 
 hert,  councell,  meditacions,  longinge  and 
 desyre,  the  daye  of  death :  from  the  hyest 
 that  sytteth  vpon  the  glorious  seate,  vnto  the 
 lowest  and  most  symple  vpon  the  earth:  from 
 him  that  is  gorgiously  arayed,  and  weereth  a 
 crowne,  vntyll  him  that  is  but  homely  and 
 symple  clothed.  There  is  nothinge  but 
 wrath,  zele,  fearfulnes,  vnquietnes,  and  feare 
 of  death,  rigorous  anger  and  stryfe.  And 
 in  the  night  whan  one  shulde  rest  and  slepe 
 ^-pon  his  bedd,  the  slepe  chaungeth  his  vnder- 
 standinge  and  knowlege.  A  litle  as  nothinge 
 is  his  rest,  in  y  slepe  as  well  as  in  the  daye  of 
 laboure. 
 
 He  feareth  and  is  disquyted  in  the  vision 
 of  his  hert,  as  one  that  renneth  out  of  a  bat- 
 tayll:  and  in  the  tyme  of  health  he  awaketh, 
 and  marueleth  that  the  feare  was  nothinge. 
 Soch  thinges  happen  vnto  all  flesh,  both  man 
 and  best:  but  seuenfolde  to  the  vngodly. 
 Morouer  death,  bloudsheddinge,  strife  5 
 swerde,  oppression,  honger,  destruccion  and 
 'punyshment:  these  thinges  are  all  created 
 agaynst  the  vngodly,  and  for  their  sakes  came 
 the  floude  also.  All  that  is  of  the  earth,  shal 
 turne  to  earth  agayne  :  and  all  waters  ebb 
 agayne  in  to  the  see.  All  brj'bes  and  vn- 
 righteousnes  shalbe  put  awaye,  but  faithfulnes 
 and  trueth  shal  endure  for  euer.     The  sub- 
 
 '  Gen.  1.  d 
 
 *  Eccli.  39.  c.     Gen.  7.  d.      Gen.  3.  d. 
 Eccli.  41.  b.         <■  Ecclj.  41.  b. 
 
 staunce  and  goodes  of  f  vngodly  shalbe  dried 
 vp  and  syncke  awaye  as  a  water  floude,  and 
 they  shall  make  a  sounde  like  a  greate  thon- 
 der  in  the  rayne. 
 
 Like  as  the  righteous  reioyseth  whan  he 
 openeth  his  hande,  so  shall  the  trasgressours 
 be  faynte,  whan  their  goodes  vanysh  and  con- 
 sume awaye.  "^The  children  of  the  vngodly 
 shal  not  optayne  many  braunches :  and  f 
 vncleane  rotes  vpo  the  hye  rockes  shalbe  roted 
 out  before  the  gras  by  the  water  syde  5  vpon 
 the  ryuer  bankes. 
 
 Frendlynes  and  liberalite  in  the  increase 
 and  blessynge  of  God,  is  like  a  paradise  5 
 garden  of  pleasure :  soch  mercy  also  5  kindnes 
 endureth  for  euer.  ''To  laboure  5  to  be  con- 
 tent with  that  a  man  hath,  is  a  swete  plea- 
 saunt  life :  (t  that  is  to  fynde  a  treasure  aboue 
 all  treasures.  To  beget  children  and  to 
 repayre  the  cite,  maketh  a  perpetuaU  name 
 but  an  honest  woman  is  more  worth  the  they 
 both.  Wyne  and  mynstralsye  reioyse  the 
 hert,  but  the  loue  of  wyszdome  is  aboue 
 them  both. 
 
 Pypinge  and  harpinge  make  a  swete  noyse, 
 but  a  frendly  tonge  goeth  beyonde  them  both. 
 Thine  eye  desyreth  fauoure  and  bewtie  but  a 
 grene  sede  tyme  rather  the  they  both.  A 
 frende  and  companyon  come  together  at 
 oportunyte,  '  but  aboue  them  both  is  a  wife 
 that  agreeth  with  hir  huszbande.  One  bro- 
 ther helpeth  another  in  the  tyme  of  trouble, 
 but  allmes  shal  deliuer  more  then  they  both. 
 Golde  and  syluer  fasten  the  fete,  but  a  good 
 councell  is  more  pleasaunt  then  they  both. 
 Temporall  substaunce  and  strength  lift  vp 
 the  mynde :  but  the  feare  of  the  LORDE 
 more  then  they  both.  The  feare  of  the 
 LORDE  wanteth  nothinge,  and  nedeth  no 
 helpe.  The  feare  of  y-  LORDE  is  as  a  plea- 
 saunt garde  of  blessynge,  and  nothinge  so 
 bewtyfull  as  it  is.  My  sonne,  lede  not  a 
 beggers  life,  for  better  it  were  to  dye  the  to 
 
 jg.  Who  so  loketh  to  another  mans  table, 
 taketh  no  thought  for  his  owne  lyuynge  how 
 to  vpholde  his  life,  for  he  fedeth  himself  with 
 other  mens  meate.  But  a  wyse  and  well 
 nurtoured  man  wyll  bewarre  therof.  Beg- 
 gynge  is  swete  in  the  mouth  of  the  vn- 
 shamefast,  but  in  his  bely  there  burneth  a 
 fyre. 
 
 "  1  Tim.  6.  b.     Phil.  4.  b. 
 
 Eccli.  25.  a. 
 
Cftaj),  irlij. 
 
 (©cck6ias(tmi£(. 
 
 fo,  q.Ti. 
 
 Ci)e  ):lt.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 O  DEATH,  how  bytter  is  the  remem- 
 braunce  of  the,  to  a  man  that  seketh 
 rest  and  comforte  in  his  substaunce  and  riches, 
 vnto  the  man  that  hath  nothinge  to  vexe  him, 
 and  that  hath  prosperite  in  all  thinges,  yee 
 vnto  him  that  yet  is  able  to  receaue  meate  ? 
 O  death,  how  acceptable  and  good  is  thy 
 iudgment  vnto  the  nedefull,  and  vnto  him 
 whose  strength  fayleth,  5  that  is  now  in  his 
 last  age,  and  that  in  all  thinges  is  Ml  of  care 
 and  fearfulnes ;  vnto  him  also  that  is  in  dis- 
 payi-e,  and  hath  no  hope  ner  pacience  ?  Be 
 not  thou  afrayed  of  death  :  remembre  them  y 
 haue  bene  before  the :  and  y  come  after  y : 
 this  is  the  iudgmet  of  y  LORDE  ouer  all 
 flesh.  "And  why  woldest  thou  be  agalst  this 
 pleasure  of  y  Hiest?  Whether  it  be  ten,  an 
 hundreth,  or  a  thousande  yeares :  death  axeth 
 not  how  longe  one  haue  lyued. 
 
 The  children  of  the  vngodly  are  abhomin- 
 able  children,  and  so  are  they  that  kepe  com- 
 pany with  the  vngodly.  The  inheretaunce  of 
 vngodly  children  shall  come  to  naught,  'and 
 their  posterite  shal  haue  perpetuall  shame 
 and  confiicion.  The  children  complayne  of 
 an  vngodly  father :  and  why  ?  for  his  sake 
 they  are  rebuked  and  despysed.  Wo  be  vnto 
 you  (O  ye  vngodly)  which  haue  forsake  the 
 lawe  of  y  hyest  God:  Yf  ye  be  borne,  ye 
 shal  be  borne  to  cursynge  :  yf  ye  dye,  f  curse 
 shal  be  youre  porcion. 
 
 All  that  is  of  y  earth,  shal  turne  to  earth 
 agayne  :  so  go  the  vngodly  also  out  of  y  curse 
 in  to  destruccion.  The  sorow  of  men  is  in 
 their  body :  but  y  name  of  the  vngodly  shal 
 be  put  out,  for  it  is  nothinge  worth.  Laboure 
 to  get  the  a  good  name,  for  that  ''shall  con- 
 tynue  surer  by  the,  then  a  thousande  greate 
 treasures  of  golde.  A  good  life  hath  a  nobre 
 of  dayes,  but  a  good  name  endureth  euer. 
 
 My  children,  kepe  wyszdome  in  peace :  for 
 wiszdome  that  is  hyd  and  a  treasure  that  is 
 not  sene,  what  profit  is  in  the  both  ?  '  A 
 man  that  hydeth  his  foolishnes,  is  better  then 
 a  man  that  hydeth  his  wyszdome.  Therfore 
 be  ye  turned  at  my  wordes  :  for  it  is  not  good, 
 n  all  thinges  and  allwaie  to  be  ashamed. 
 True  faith  must  proue  and  measure  it. 
 
 Be  ashamed  of  whordome  before  father 
 and  mother :    Be  ashamed  of  lesynge  before 
 
 the  piynce  and  men  of  auctorite :  Of  synne. 
 before  the  iudge  and  ruler:  Of  offence,  before 
 the  congregacion  and  people :  Of  vnrighte- 
 ousnes,  before  a  companyon  and  frede  :  Of 
 theft,  before  y  neghbours.  As  for  the  trueth 
 of  God  and  his  couenaunt,  f  be  not  ashamed 
 therof. 
 
 Be  ashamed  to  lye  with  thyne  elbowes  vpon 
 the  bred :  Be  ashamed  to  loke  vpo  harlottes : 
 Be  ashamed  to  turne  awaye  thy  face  from  thy 
 frende :  Be  ashamed  to  take  5  not  to  geue  : 
 Be  ashamed  also  to  loke  vpon  another  mans 
 wyfe,  and  to  make  many  tryflinge  wordes  with 
 hir  mayden,  or  to  stonde  by  hir  bedsyde.  Be 
 ashamed  to  vpbrade  thy  frede :  and  whan 
 thou  geuest  eny  thinge,  cast  him  not  in  the 
 teth  withall. 
 
 Cljt  irlij.  Cj^aptnr. 
 
 REHEARSE  not  a  thinge  twyse,  and  dis- 
 close not  the  wordes,  that  thou  hast 
 herde  in  secrete.  Be  shamefast  ij  well  ma- 
 nered  in  dede,  so  shall  euery  man  fauoure 
 the.  Of  these  thinges  be  not  thou  ashamed, 
 and  accepte  no  personne  to  offende.  Namely, 
 of  these  thinges  be  not  ashamed:  Of  the 
 lawe  of  God,  of  the  couenaunt,  of  iudgmet : 
 to  brynge  the  vngodly  from  his  vngodlines 
 vnto  righteousnes,  and  to  make  him  a  good 
 man :  to  deale  faithfully  with  neghboure  j 
 companyon :  to  distribute  the  heretage  ^Tito 
 f  frendes :  to  be  diligent  to  kepe  true  mea- 
 sure and  weight:  to  be  content,  whether  thou 
 gettest  moch  or  litle :  to  deale  truly  with  tem- 
 porall  goodes  in  byenge  and  seUynge :  to 
 brynge  vp  children  with  diligence :  to  correcke 
 an  euell  seruaunt :  to  kepe  that  thine  is  fro 
 an  euell  wife :  to  set  a  lock  where  many 
 handes  are :  what  thou  delyuerest  and  geuest 
 out  to  be  kepte,  to  tell  it,  and  to  weye  it :  to 
 wryte  vp  all  the  out  geuynge  and  receauynge : 
 to  enfourme  y  vnlemed  and  vnwyse :  Of  the 
 aged,  that  are  iudged  of  the  yonge.  Yf  thou 
 be  diliget  in  these  thinges,  truly  thou  shalt  be 
 lerned  and  ^vj'se  and  accepted  of  all  men. 
 
 The  daughter  maketh  y  father  to  watch 
 secretly :  and  the  carefulnes  that  he  hath  for 
 her,  taketh  awaye  his  slepe :  yee  in  the  youth, 
 lest  she  shulde  ouergrowe  him :  And  whan 
 she  hath  an  huszbande,  lest  she  shulde  be 
 hated:  lest  she  shulde  be  defyled  or  rauyshed 
 in  hir  virginyte,  or  gotten  with  childe  in  hir 
 
 ••  Eccli.  22.  a.         '  Eceli.  20.  d.         /  Rom.  1.  b. 
 121 
 
jTo.  rviij- 
 
 (!5fclts!ia£fttni£J. 
 
 Cftap.  jrliij. 
 
 fathers  house :  Or  fwhan  she  commeth  to  tlie 
 mail)  lest  she  behaue  herself  not  right,  or 
 contynue  \ti  frutefuU.  Yf  thy  daughter  be 
 wanton,"  kepe  her  strately,  lest  she  cause  thine 
 enemies  laugh  the  to  scorne,  (j  the  whole  cite 
 to  geue  y  an  euell  reporte,  and  so  thou  be 
 fayne  to  heare  thy  shame  of  euery  man,  and 
 be  confounded  before  all  y^  people.  *  Beholde 
 not  euery  boeUes  bewtye,  5  haue  not  moch 
 dwellynge  amonge  wemen.  For  like  as  the 
 worme  and  moth  commeth  out  of  clothinge, 
 ■^so  doth  wickednes  come  of  wemen. 
 
 It  is  better  to  be  with  an  euell  man,  then 
 with  a  freiidly  wfe  y  putteth  one  to  shame 
 and  rebuke.  I  wyl  remembre  the  workes  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  declare  the  thinge  y  I 
 haue  sene.  In  y  wordes  of  y  LORDE  are 
 his  workes.  The  Sone  ouerloketh  all  thlges 
 with  his  shine,  5  all  his  workes  are  full  of  y 
 clearnes  therof.  Hath  not  the  LORDE 
 brought  to  passe,  that  his  sayntes  shulde  tell 
 out  all  his  woderous  workes,  which  the  all- 
 mightie  LORDE  hath  stablyshed?  All  thinges 
 endure  in  his  glory.  He  seketh  out  the 
 grounde  of  the  depe  and  the  hert,  and  he 
 knoweth  all  their  ymaginacion  j  wyszdome. 
 For  f  LORDE  knoweth  all  scyence,  and  he 
 loketli  in  to  f  token  of  the  time.  He  de- 
 clareth  the  thinges  y  are  past  and  for  to  come, 
 
 discloseth  thinges  that  are  secrete.  ^  No 
 thought  maye  escape  him,  nether  mays  eny 
 worde  be  hyd  from  him.  He  hath  gamyshed 
 the  hye  excellent  workes  of  his  wyszdome, 
 and  he  is  fro  euerlastinge  to  euerlastinge. 
 Vnto  him  maye  nothinge  be  added  nether  can 
 he  be  mynished,  he  hath  no  nede  also  of  eny 
 councell.  O  how  amiable  are  all  his  workes, 
 5  as  a  sparke  to  loke  vpon  ?  They  lyue  all, 
 and  endure  for  euer :  and  whan  so  euer  nede 
 is,  they  are  all  obedient  vnto  him.  They  are 
 all  dubble,  one  agaynst  another:  he  hath 
 made  nothinge'  that  hath  faute  or  blemysh. 
 He  hath  stablyshed  the  goodes  of  euerychone : 
 and  who  maye  be  satisfied  with  his  glory,  whan 
 he  seith  it  ? 
 
 Cl)t  jrltij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THE  glory  of  the  heyth,  is  the  fay  re  and 
 cleare  firmament,-'  the  bewtye  of  the 
 heauen  in  his  glorious  clearnes.  The  sonne 
 whan  it  appeareth,  declareth  the  days  in  f 
 
 •  Eccli.  26.  h.  »  Eccli.  25.  d. 
 
 ''  lob  24.  a.     Esa.  29.  c.  '  Deut.  32.  a. 
 
 '  Gen.S.b, 
 J  Psal.  8.  a. 
 
 goinge  out  of  it,  a  maruelous  worke  of  the 
 Hyest.  At  noone  it  burneth  y  earth,  and 
 who  maye  abyde  for  the  heate  therof?  Who 
 so  kepeth  an  ouen  whan  it  is  bote,  thre  tymes 
 more  doth  the  Sonne  bume  vpon  ^  moun- 
 taynes,  whan  it  bretheth  out  the  fyrie  beames 
 and  shyneth :  with  the  brightnes  of  it,  it 
 blyndeth  the  eyes.  Create  is  the  LORDE 
 that  made  it,  and  in  his  commaundement  he 
 causeth  it  to  renne  haistely. 
 
 'The  Moone  also  is  in  all,  and  at  conue- 
 nient  season  it  sheweth  the  tymes,  and  is  a 
 token  of  the  tjTne.  ''The  token  of  the  so- 
 lempne  feast  is  taken  of  the  Moone,  a  light 
 that  mynisheth  and  increaseth  againe.  The 
 Moneth  is  called  after  the  Moone,  it  groweth 
 wonderously  in  hir  chaunginge. 
 
 The  armye  of  heauen  also  is  in  the  Heith, 
 in  the  firmament  of  heauen  it  geueth  a  cleare 
 and  glorious  shyne.  This  is  the  clearnes  of 
 the  starres,  the  bewtifull  apparell  of  heauen, 
 the  apparell  that  the  LORDE  lighteneth  in 
 the  heyth.  In  his  holy  worke  they  continue 
 in  their  ordre,  and  not  one  of  them  fayleth  in 
 his  watch.  'Loke  vpon  ^  rayne  bowe,  and 
 prayse  him  that  made  it :  very  bewtifuU  is  it 
 in  his  shyne.  He  compaseth  the  heauen 
 aboute  with  his  clearnes  and  glory,  the  handes 
 of  the  Hyest  haue  beded  it.  Thorow  his 
 commaundement  he  maketh  the  snowe  to 
 fall,  and  the  thonder  of  his  iudgment  to  smyte 
 hastely.  Thorow  his  commaundement  the 
 treasures  are  opened,  and  the  cloudes  fle  as 
 the  foules.  In  his  power  hath  he  strengthened 
 the  cloudes,  and  broke  the  hayle  stones. 
 
 The  mountaynes  melt  at  y  sight  of  him, 
 the  wynde  bloweth  accordinge  to  his  wyll. 
 The  sounde  of  his  thonder  beateth  y  earth, 
 and  so  doth  the  storme  of  the  north :  the 
 whirle  wynde  also  lighteth  downe  as  a  fe- 
 thered  foule,  casteth  out  and  spredeth  the 
 snow  abrode :  and  as  the  greshoppers  that 
 destroye  all,  so  falleth  it  downe.  The  eie 
 marueleth  at  y  bewtye  of  the  whytenesse 
 therof,  and  the  hert  is  afraied  at  the  raine  of 
 it.  He  poureth  out  the  frost  vpon  earth,  like 
 salt,  and  whan  it  is  frosen,  it  is  as  sharpe  as 
 the  prycke  of  a  thistle. 
 
 Whan  the  colde  northwynde  bloweth,  harde 
 Christall  commeth  of  the  water.  He  lighteth 
 downe  vpon  all  the  gatheringes  together  of 
 
 «  Gen.  1.  b.  ''  Exo.  12.  a.  '  Geu.  9.  b. 
 
Cftap.  yliiih 
 
 ((fcrlrsiiasitinisi. 
 
 So,  (xmh 
 
 water,  and  putteth  on  y  waters  as  a  brest 
 plate.  He  deuoureth  the  mountapies,  and 
 burneth  the  wyldernesses :  and  loke  what  is 
 grene,  he  putteth  it  out  hke  fyre.  The  me- 
 dycine  of  all  these  is,  whan  a  cloude  commeth 
 hastely :  and  whan  a  dew  commeth  vpon  the 
 heate,  it  shalbe  refreszshed  agayne. 
 
 (In  his  worde  he  stylleth  the  wynde,)  In 
 his  councell  he  setteth  the  depe,  and  (the 
 LORDE)  lesus  planted  it.  They  that  sayle 
 ouer  the  see,  tell  of  his  parels  and  harmes  : 
 and  whan  we  heare  it  with  oure  eares,  we 
 maruell  therat.  For  there  be  strauge  won- 
 derous  workes,  dyuerse  maner  of  nyce  beestes 
 and  whall  fishes.  Thorow  him  are  all  thinges 
 set  in  good  ordre  and  perfourmed,  5  in  his 
 worde  all  thinges  endure. 
 
 I  speake  moch,  but  I  can  not  sufficiently 
 attayne  vnto  it,  for  he  himself  onely  is  the 
 perfeccion  of  all  wordes.  We  shulde  prayse 
 the  LORDE  after  all  oure  power,  for  he  is 
 greate  in  all  his  workes.  "The  LORDE  is  to 
 be  feared  yee  very  greate  is  he,  and  maruelous 
 is  his  power.  Prayse  the  LORDE,  and  mag- 
 nifie  him  as  moch  as  ye  maye,  yet  doth  he  farre 
 farre  exceade  all  prayse.  '0  magnifie  him 
 with  all  youre  power,  and  laboure  earnestly, 
 yet  are  ye  in  no  wyse  able  sufficiently  to  prayse 
 him.  "  Who  hath  sene  him,  that  he  might 
 tell  vs  ?  Who  can  magnifie  him  so  greatly  as 
 he  is?  For  there  are  hyd  yet  greater  thinges 
 the  these  be :  as  for  vs,  we  haue  sene  but  few 
 of  his  workes.  For  the  LORDE  hath  made 
 all  thinges,  and  geuen  wyszdome  to  soch  as 
 feare  God. 
 
 Wi)c  ^liii).  Cljapttr. 
 A  commendacion  of  the  olde  vertuous  fathers. 
 
 IET  vs  commende  the  noble  famous 
 _j  men,  and  the  generacion  of  oure  fore- 
 elders  and  fathers.  Many  more  glorious 
 actes  hath  the  LORDE  done,  and  shewed 
 his  greate  power  euer  sens  f  begynnynge. 
 The  noble  famous  men  raigned  in  their 
 kyngdomes,  and  bare  excellent  rule.  In  their 
 wyszdome  and  vnderstondinge,  they  folowed 
 the  councell  shewed  in  the  prophecies.''  They 
 led  the  folke  thorow  the  councell  and  wysz- 
 dome of  the  serybes  of  the  people.  Wyse 
 sentences    are   founde    in   their   instruccion. 
 
 -  Psal.  95.  a.      »  Psal.  105.  a.      '  Deut.  5.  c.  loh.  1.  b. 
 ■"Exo.  18.  c.        '■Gen.  7.  d.         /  Eccli.  49.  c.  Gen.  5.  c. 
 
 They  sought  the  swetenes  and  melody  of 
 Musick,  and  brought  forth  the  pleasaunt 
 songes  in  scripture.  They  were  riche  also,  (j 
 coude  comforte  and  pacifie  those  that  dwelt 
 with  them.  All  these  were  very  noble  and 
 honorable  men  in  their  generacions,  and  were 
 well  reported  of  in  their  tymes.  These  haue 
 left  a  name  behynde  them,  so  that  their  prayse 
 shal  allwaye  be  spoke  of.  Afterwarde  there 
 were  some,  whose  remembraunce  is  gone.' 
 They  came  to  naught  and  perished,  as  though 
 they  had  neuer  bene  :  and  became  as  though 
 they  had  neuer  bene  borne,  yee  5  their 
 children  also  with  them. 
 
 Neuertheles  these  are  louynge  men,  whose 
 righteousnes  shal  neuer  be  forgotten,  but 
 contynue  by  their  posterite.  Their  children 
 are  an  holy  good  heretage :  Their  sede  en- 
 dured fast  in  f  couenaunt.  For  their  sakes 
 shal  their  childre  j  sede  contynue  for  euer,  5 
 their  prayse  shal  neuer  be  put  downe.  Their 
 bodies  are  buried  in  peace,  but  their  name 
 lyueth  for  euermore.  The  people  can  speake 
 of  their  wj'szdome,  ij  the  congregacion  can 
 talke  of  their  prayse.  ^  Enoch  walked  right  5 
 acceptably  before  the  LORDE :  therfore  was 
 he  traslated  for  an  example  of  amendemet  to 
 y  generacions.  ^  Noe  was  a  stedfast  (j  righteous 
 man :  ij  in  the  tyme  of  wrath  he  became  a 
 recocylinge.  Therfore  was  he  left  a  rem- 
 naunt  vnto  the  earth,  whan  the  floude  came. 
 ''An  euerlastinge  couenaunt  was  made  with 
 him,  that  all  flesh  shulde  perishe  nomore  with 
 y  water. 
 
 Abraham  was  a  greate  father  of  many 
 people,'  in  glory  was  there  none  like  vnto  him. 
 He  kepte  the  lawe  of  the  Hyest,  (j  came  in  to 
 a  couenaunt  with  him.  He  set  the  couenaunt 
 in  his  flesh,*  and  whan  he  was  tempted,  he 
 was  founde  faithfull.  Therfore  swore  God 
 vnto  him  with  an  ooth,  that  he  wolde  blesse 
 all  people  in  his  sede,  that  he  wolde  multipUe 
 and  increase  him  as  the  dust  of  the  earth,  and 
 to  exalte  his  sede  as  the  starres :  yee  and  that 
 his  sede  shulde  haue  f  possession  and  in- 
 heretaunce  of  the  londe  from  see  to  see,  and 
 from  the  ryuer  vnto  f  borders  of  the  londe. 
 
 With  Isaac '  dyd  he  stablish  ;y  same  coue- 
 naut,  for  Abraha  his  fathers  sake.  Yee  y 
 gracious  blessynge  and  health  of  all  men,  and 
 couenaunt  dyd  he  stablysh  with   Isaac,  and 
 
 e  Gen.  6.  b.  and  7.  8.  *  Gen.  9.  b. 
 
 15.  a.  17.  a.  ''  Gen.  22.  a. 
 
 *  Gen.  12.  ; 
 '  Gen.  26.  a. 
 
Jfo.  OLTiiiJ. 
 
 (CrrIr£(ias!tiru£J. 
 
 Cftap.  jflfa. 
 
 made  it  to  rest  vpon  the  heade  of  lacob. 
 He  knew  him,"  in  that  he  prospered  him  so 
 well  and  richely,  and  gaue  him  an  heretage, 
 and  sundered  his  porcion  by  it  self,*  and  parted 
 it  amonge  the  twolue  trybes.  Mercifull  men 
 brought  he  out  of  him,  which  founde  fauoure 
 before  all  flesh. 
 
 €i)t  rib.  C!japUr. 
 
 MOSES  beloued  of  God  and  me,  whose 
 reniembraunce  is  in  hye  prayse  :  'him 
 hath  the  LOKDE  made  like  in  the  glory  of 
 the  sayntes,  and  magnified  him  so  that  the 
 enemies  stode  in  awe  of  him,  thorow  his 
 wordes  he  dyd  greate  wonders.  He  made  him 
 greate  in  the  sight  of  kynges,  gaue  him  com- 
 maundement  before  his  people,  and  shewed 
 him  his  glorious  power.  He  stablyshed  him 
 with  faithfulnes  and  mekenes,''  and  chose  him 
 out  of  all  men.  For  he  herde  his  voyce,  and 
 led  him  in  the  darcke  cloude,'  and  there  he 
 gaue  him  the  commaundementes,  yee  the  lawe 
 of  life  and  wyszdome,  that  he  might  teach 
 lacob  the  couenaunt,  and  Israel  his  lawes. 
 
 He  chose  Aaron  his  brother  also  out  of  -y 
 trybe  of  Leui,^  exalted  him,  a  made  him  soch 
 like.  An  euerlastinge  couenaunt  made  he 
 with  him,*  and  gaue  him  the  presthode  in  the 
 people.  He  made  him  glorious  in  bewtifull 
 araye,  and  clothed  him  with  the  garment  of 
 lionoure.  He  put  perfecte  ioye  vpo  him,  and 
 gyrded  him  with  strength.  He  deckte  him 
 with  syde  clothes  and  a  tunycle,  with  an  ouer- 
 body  cote  also  and  gyrdle.  Rounde  aboute 
 made  he  him  belles  of  golde,  and  that  many  : 
 that  whan  he  wente  in,''  the  sounde  might  be 
 herde,  that  they  might  make  a  noyse  in  the 
 Sanctuary,  and  geue  the  people  warnynge. 
 The  holy  garment  was  wrought  %  broderd 
 with  golde,  yalow  sylke  and  purple.  And  in 
 the  brestlappe  there  was  a  goodly  worke,' 
 wherin  was  fastened  light  and  perfectnesse. 
 
 Vpon  y  same  also  there  was  a  worke 
 fastened  and  set  with  costly  precious  stones, 
 all  bounde  with  golde :  and  this  he  brought 
 in  his  mynistracion.  The  stones  also  were 
 fastened  for  a  remembraunce,  after  the  twolue 
 trybes  of  Israel.  Vpon  his  mytre  there  was 
 a  plate  of  pure  golde,  a  grauen  ymage  of 
 holynes,  a  famous  and  noble  worke,  garnished, 
 
 •  Gen.  28.  c.  29.  30.  »  losu.  18.  19.  '  Exo.  11.  a, 
 Act.  7.C.  ■"  Num.  12.  a.  '  Exo.  19.  20.  /  Exo.  4.  c 
 f  Exo.  28.  a.      *  Exo.  28.  f.      '  Exo.  28.  c.      '  Leui.  8.  a. 
 
 and  pleasaunt  to  loke  vpon.  Before  him 
 were  there  sene  no  soch  fayre  ornametes,  and 
 these  it  behoued  hi  allwaye  to  vse  :  There 
 might  none  other  put  them  on,  but  onely  his 
 children  and  his  childers  children  perpetually. 
 Daylie  perfounned  he  his  burntofferinges 
 two  tymes.*  Moses  fylled  his  handes,  and 
 anoynted  him  with  holy  oyle. 
 
 This  was  now  confirmed  him  with  an  euer- 
 lastinge couenaunt,  and  to  his  sede,  as  y 
 dayes  of  heaue :  namely,  that  his  childre 
 shulde  allwaye  mynistre  before  him,  and  per- 
 fourme  the  office  of  the  presthode,  and  wysh 
 the  people  good  in  his  name.  Before  all  men 
 lyuynge  chose  he  him,  that  he  shulde  offre 
 before  the  LORDE,  and  make  odours  for  a 
 swete  sauoure  and  remembrauce,  that  he 
 shulde  reconcyle  the  people  of  the  LORDE 
 with  him  agayne.'  He  gaue  him  auctorite 
 also  in  his  commaundementes  and  in  y  coue- 
 naut,  that  he  shulde  teach  lacob  the  statutes 
 and  testimonies,  and  to  enfourme  Israel  in 
 his  lawe. 
 
 Therfore  there  stode  vp  eertayne  agaynst 
 him,"  and  had  envye  at  him  in  the  wyldernes : 
 namely,  they  that  were  of  Dathan  (j  Abirams 
 syde,  and  the  furious  congregacio  of  Chore. 
 This  the  LORDE  sawe,  and  it  displeased 
 him,  and  in  his  wrothfuU  indignacion  were 
 they  consumed.  A  greate  wonder  did  he 
 vpon  them,  and  consumed  them  with  the  fyre. 
 "  Besydes  this,  he  made  Aaron  yet  more  honor- 
 able and  glorious.  He  gaue  him  an  heretage, 
 and  parted  the  first  frutes  vnto  him."  Vnto 
 him  specially  he  appoynted  the  bred  for  sus- 
 tenaunce  (for  the  prestes  ate  of  y  ofFerynges 
 of  the  LORDE)  this  gaue  he  vnto  him  5  his 
 sede.  Els  had  he  no  heretage''  ner  porcion 
 in  y  londe  and  with  the  people.  For  the 
 LORDE  himself  is  his  porcion  and  en- 
 heritaunce. 
 
 The  thirde  noble  and  excellent  ma  is 
 Phineas  the  sonne  of  Eleazer,  which  pleased 
 the  God  of  Israel,'  because  he  had  f  zele  5 
 feare  of  the  LORDE.  For  whan  the  people 
 were  turned  back,  he  put  him  self  forth  right 
 soone,  ij  that  with  a  good  wyll,  to  pacific  the 
 wrath  of  the  LORDE  towarde  Israel.  Ther- 
 fore was  there  a  couenaut  of  peace  made  with 
 him,  y  he  shulde  be  the  principall  amonge 
 
 '  Dea.  17.  c.  and  21.  a.      Mai.  2.  a.  "  Num.  16. 
 
 "  Num.  17.  b.     °  Exo.  25.  f.  Leui.  24.  b.      P  Deut.  12. 
 and  18.  a.  Eze.  44.  d.  «  Num.  25.  c. 
 
Cbap,  jrlbiji. 
 
 €crlr6ia6tirus(» 
 
 JTo.  wb. 
 
 the  righteous  and  the  people,  that  he  and  his 
 posterite  shulde  haue  the  office  of  the  prest- 
 hode  for  euer  (Like  as  there  was  made  a 
 couenaiit  with  Dauid  of  the  trybe  of  luda, 
 that  fro  amonge  his  sonnes  onely  there  shulde 
 be  a  kynge  :  And  that  Aaron  also  (j  his  sede 
 shulde  be  the  heretage,  to  geue  vs  wyszdome 
 in  oure  hert,  to  iudge  his  people  in  righteous- 
 nes  :  that  his  goodes  shulde  not  come  in  to 
 forgetfulnes,  and  that  their  honours  might 
 endure  for  euer. 
 
 Cfjc  ylbx.  Cl)apter. 
 
 MANLY  5  stronge  in  battaill  was  lesus 
 y  Sonne  of  Naue,"  which  in  steade  of 
 Moses  y  prophet  was  geuen  to  be  captayne  of 
 the  people  (which  acordinge  vnto  his  name 
 was  a  greate  sauioure  vnto  the  electe  of  God) 
 to  punysh  the  enemies,  that  rose  vp  agaynst 
 Israel,  y  Israel  might  optayne  their  in- 
 heritaunce.  O  how  greate,  noble  and  ex- 
 cellent was  he,*  whan  he  lift  vp  his  hande, 
 and  drew  out  his  swerde  agaynst  the  cities  ? 
 Who  stode  so  manly  before  him  ?  For  the 
 LORDE  himself  brought  in  the  enemies/ 
 Stode  not  the  Sonne  styll  at  his  commaunde- 
 met,  and  one  daye  was  as  longe  as  two  ?  He 
 called  vpon  the  Hyest  s  most  mightie,  wha  y 
 enemies  preassed  vpon  him  on  euery  syde 
 and  the  LORDE  herde  him  with  the  hayle 
 stones.  They  smote  f  Heithenish  peopl 
 mightely,  5  in  faUinge  downe  they  slew  all  y 
 aduersaries,  so  that  the  Heithe  knewe  his 
 boost,  and  all  his  defence,  that  the  LORDE 
 himself  fought  against  them,  for  he  folowed 
 vpon  the  mightie  men  of  them. 
 
 In  the  tyme  of  Moses  also  he  and  Caleb 
 the  Sonne  of  lephune,''  dyd  a  good  worke, 
 which  stode  agaynst  the  enemies,  withelde  the 
 people  from  synne,  and  stylled  y  wicked  mur- 
 murynge.  'And  of  sixe  hundreth  thousande 
 people  of  fote,  they  two  were  preserued,  whan 
 they  were  brought  in  to  the  heretage,  namely, 
 a  londe  that  floweth  with  mylke  5,  hony.  The 
 LORDE  gaue  strength  also  vnto  Caleb,-'^ 
 which  remayned  with  him  vnto  his  age  :  so 
 that  he  wente  vp  in  to  the  hye  places  of  the 
 londe,  and  his  sede  conquered  the  same  for  an 
 heretage :  that  all  the  childre  of  Israel  might 
 se,  how  good  a  thinge  it  is,  to  be  obedient 
 vnto  the  LORDE.     And  the  iudges  or  rulers 
 
 '  I08U.  12.  c.       Num.  27.  d.      Deut.  34.  b.      losu.  1. 
 '  losu.  8.      '  loau.  10.  c.     ''  Num.  14.  a.     '  Num.  26.  g. 
 
 (euery  one  after  his  name)  whose  hert  wente 
 not  a  whoringe,  ner  departed  from  y  LORDE, 
 and  that  forsake  not  the  LORDE  vnfaith- 
 fuUy,  whose  remembraiice  hath  a  good  re- 
 porte :  Yee  their  bones  florish  out  of  their 
 place,  and  their  name  shal  neuer  be  chaiiged. 
 
 Samuel  the  prophet  beloued  of  the  C 
 LORDE,^  ordeyned  a  kinge,  and  anoynted 
 the  prynces  ouer  the  people.  In  the  lawe  of 
 the  LORDE  ruled  he,  and  iudged  the  con- 
 gregacion,  5  the  LORDE  had  respecte  vnto 
 lacob.  The  prophet  was  founde  diligent  in 
 his  faithfulnes  :  yee  in  his  faithfulnes  was  the 
 faithfulnes  of  the  vision  knowne.  He  called 
 vpon  y  LORDE  the  mightie,''  wha  the  ene- 
 mies preassed  vpon  him  on  euery  syde,  what 
 tyme  as  he  offred  the  suckynge  lambes.  And 
 the  LORDE  thondred  from  heauen,  and 
 mayde  his  voyce  to  be  herde  with  a  greate 
 noyse.  He  discomfited  the  prynces  of  Tyre. 
 d  all  the  rulers  of  the  Philistynes.  'Before 
 his  last  ende  he  made  protestacion  in  the  sight 
 of  the  LORDE  j  his  anoynted,  that  he  toke 
 nether  substaunce  ner  good  of  eny  man,  no 
 not  so  moch  as  a  shue :  5  no  man  might  accuse 
 him.  After  this  he  tolde,  that  his  ende  was 
 at  honde,  and  shewed  the  kynge  also  his  ende 
 and  death :  5  from  y  earth  lift  he  vp  his  voyce 
 in  the  prophecie,  y  the  vngodly  people  shulde 
 perishe. 
 
 Cijc  )il6ij.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 AFTERWARDE  in  the  tyme  of  kynge 
 Dauid,*  there  rose  vp  a  prophet  called 
 Nathan :  For  like  as  the  fat  is  taken  awaye 
 from  the  oflfrynge,  so  was  Dauid  chosen  out 
 of  the  childre  of  Israel.  He  toke  his  pastyme 
 with  the  lyons  as  with  kyddes,  and  with  beares 
 like  as  with  lambes.  Slew  he  not  a  giaunte 
 whan  he  was  yet  but  yonge,'  5  toke  awaye  the 
 rebuke  from  his  people  ?  what  tyme  as  he  toke 
 the  stone  in  his  hande,  ij  smote  downe  proude 
 Goliath  with  the  slynge  ?  For  he  called  vpon 
 the  hyest  LORDE,  which  gaue  him  strength 
 in  his  right  hande,  so  that  he  ouerthrew  the 
 mightie  giaunte  in  the  battayll,  that  he  might 
 set  vp  the  home  of  his  people  agayne. 
 
 Thus  brought  he  him  to  worshipe  aboue  all 
 prynces,  and  made  him  to  haue  a  good  reporte 
 in  the  '"prayse  of  the  LORDE,  y  he  shulde 
 weere  a  crowne  of  glory.     For  he  destroied 
 
 /  losu.  14. 
 *  1  Re.  12.  a 
 
 f  1  Reg  10.  and  16.  c.  *  1  Reg.  7.  b. 
 
 *2Re.  12.  a.      '  1  Re.  17.  f.      "iRe.  18.b- 
 
fo,  wfai. 
 
 (erclfgiaeitinisi. 
 
 Cftap.  vibuj. 
 
 the  enemies  on  euery  syde,"  roted  out  the 
 I'hilistynes  his  aduersaries,  5  brake  their  home 
 in  sunder,  like  as  it  is  broke  yet  this  daye.  In 
 all  his  workes  he  praysed  y  Hyest  5  Holiest, 
 3  ascrybed  the  honoure  \iito  liim.  With  his 
 whole  hert  dyd  he  prayse  and  loue  him  that 
 made  him/  He  set  syngers  also  before  the 
 aulter,  and  in  their  tune  he  made  swete  songes. 
 He  ordeyned  to  kepe  the  holy  dales  worship- 
 fully,  and  that  the  solempne  feastes  thorow 
 the  whole  yeare  shulde  be  honorably  holde, 
 with  praysinge  the  name  of  the  LORDE,  5 
 with  synginge  by  tymes  in  the  momynge  in 
 the  Sanctuary. 
 
 The  LORDE  "toke  awaye  his  synnes,  and 
 exalted  his  home  for  euer.  He  gaue  him  f 
 couenaunt  of  the  kyngdome,  and  the  trone  of 
 worshipe  in  Israel.  After  him  there  rose  vp 
 the  wyse  sonne  called  Salomon,  ''and  for  his 
 sake  he  droue  y  enemies  awaie  farre  of.  This 
 Salomon  reigned  with  peace  in  his  tyme  (for 
 God  gaue  him  rest  from  his  enemies  on  euery 
 syde,  that  he  might  buylde  him  an  house  in 
 his  name,  5  prepare  the  Sanctuary  for  euer) 
 like  as  he  was  well  istructe  in  his  youth  5  fylled 
 with  wyszdome  and  vnderstodinge,  as  it  were 
 with  a  water  floude.  He  couered  and  fylled 
 the  whole  londe  with  similitudes  and  wyse 
 prudent  sentences. 
 
 His  name  wente  abrode  in  the  lies,  because 
 of  his  peace  he  was  beloued.  AU  londes 
 marueled  at  his  songes,  prouerbes,  symilitudes, 
 and  at  his  peace,  and  at  the  name  of  f 
 LORDE  God,  which  is  called  the  God  of 
 Israel.  '  He  gathered  golde  as  tynne,  5  he  had 
 as  moch  syluer  as  leade.  ■'^He  was  moued  in 
 vnordinate  loue  towarde  we  men,  andwas  ouer 
 come  in  affeccion.  He  stayned  his  honoure 
 and  worshipe,  yee  his  posterite  defyled  he  also, 
 in  bringinge  the  wrath  of  the  LORDE  vpon 
 his  children,  and  sorowe  after  his  ioye :  so 
 y  his  kyngdome  was  deuyded,  s  ^Ephraim 
 became  an  vn  faithful!  cj  an  vn  constant  king- 
 dome.  Neuertheles  God  forsoke  not  his  mercy, 
 ''  nether  was  he  vtterly  destroyed  because  of  Ins 
 workes,  y  he  shulde  leaue  him  no  posterite. 
 
 As  for  f  sede  y  came  vpon  him  (which  he 
 loued)  he  brought  it  not  vtterly  to  naught, 
 but  gaue  yet  a  remnaunt  vnto  lacob,  and  a 
 rote  vnto  Dauid  out  of  him.      Thus  rested 
 
 "  2  Re.  A.  8. 
 <  3  He.  10.  c, 
 »  2  Re.  7.  c. 
 
 >  2  Par.  26.  a.      '2Re.  12.c.      "SRe.  3.  c. 
 
 /  3  Re.  11.  a.  «  3  Re.  12.  c, 
 
 •3Re.  12.b.  3  Re.  12.  d.         *  3  Re.  17.  a. 
 
 Salomon  with  his  fathers,  and  out  of  his  sede 
 he  left  behynde  him  a  very  foolishnes  of  the 
 people,  and  soch  one  as  had  no  vnderstodinge : 
 namely,  'Roboa  which  turned  awaye  the  people 
 thorow  his  councell,  and  leroboam  f  sonne  of 
 Nabat,  which  caused  Israel  to  synne,  and 
 shewed  Ephraim  the  waye  of  \Tigodlynes :  In 
 so  moch  that  their  synnes  (j  myszdedes  had 
 the  vpper  hande  so  sore,  that  at  the  last  they 
 were  dryuen  out  of  the  londe  for  the  same : 
 Yee  he  sought  out  5  brought  vp  all  wickednes, 
 tyll  the  vengeaunce  came  vpon  them. 
 
 Ci)«  jrlbii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 THEN  stode  vp  Elias  the  prophet*  as  a 
 fyre,  and  his  worde  bret  like  a  creshett. 
 He  brought  an  hoger  vpon  the  and  in  his  zele 
 he  made  them  few  in  nombre.  (For  they 
 might  not  awaye  with  the  commaudementes 
 of  the  LORDE.)  Thorow  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  he  shut  the  heauen,  and  thre  tymes 
 brought  he  the  fyre  downe.  'Thus  became 
 Elias  honorable  in  his  wonderous  dedes.  Who 
 maye  make  his  boost  to  be  like  him  ?  One  that 
 was  deed  raysed  he  vp  from  death,"  5  in  the 
 worde  of  y  Hyest  he  brought  him  out  of  the 
 graue  agayne.  He  cast  downe  kynges  and 
 destroyed  them,  and  the  honorable  from  their 
 seate.  Vpon  the  mount  Syna  he  herde  the 
 punyshment,  (t  vpon  Horeb  the  iudgmet  of  the 
 vengeaunce.  He  prophecied  recompensynge 
 vnto  kynges,  and  ordeyned  prophetes  after 
 him.  "  He  was  taken  vp  in  the  storme  of  fyre, 
 in  a  charett  of  horses  of  the  LORDE.  He 
 was  ordeyned  in  the  reprouynges  in  tynrie,  to 
 pacifie  the  wrath,  to  turne  y-  hertes  of  the 
 fathers  vnto  the  children,"  5  to  set  vp  the 
 trybes  of  lacob  agayne.  Blessed  were  they 
 that  saw  the,  and  were  garnished  in  loue :  for 
 we  lyue  in  life. 
 
 Elias  was  couered  in  the  storme,  but  He- 
 liseus  was  fylled  with  his  mouth.  *"  Whyle  he 
 lyued  he  was  afrayed  of  no  prynce,  and  no 
 man  might  ouer  come  him.  There  coude  no 
 worde  disceaue  him,'  ij  after  his  death  his  body 
 prophecied.  He  dyd  wonders  in  his  life,  (i  in 
 death  were  his  workes  maruelous.  For  all 
 this,  the  people  amended  not,  nether  departed 
 they  from  their  synnes :  tyll  they  were  caried 
 awaye  presoners  out  of  the  londe,  and  were 
 
 '  3  Re.  18.  c.    4  Re.  1.  c.         "-3  Re.  17.  c. 
 19.  c.   4  Re.  2.  c.  '  Luc.  1.  a.         ''4  Re. 
 
 «  4  Re.  13.  a.      4  Re.  5.  6.  7. 13.     4  Re.  18.  b. 
 
Cl)ap.  I 
 
 ©aksiiagttnisf* 
 
 jTo.  Wbij. 
 
 scatred  abrode  in  all  countrees,  so  that  of  them 
 there  remayned  but  a  very  litle  people,  and  a 
 prynce  vnto  y  house  of  Dauid.  How  be  it 
 some  of  them  dyd  right,  and  some  heaped  vp 
 vngodlynes. 
 C  Ezechias  made  his  cite  stronge,  conveyed 
 water  in  to  it,  "dygged  thorow  the  stony  rock 
 with  yron,  g  made  vp  a  well  by  the  water  syde. 
 In  his  t)Tne  came  Sennacherib  vp,*  and  sent 
 Rabsaches,  lift  vp  his  hande  agaynst  Sion, 
 d  defyed  them  with  greate  pryde.  The 
 trymbled  their  hertes  and  handes,  so  y  they 
 sorowed  like  a  woman  trauaylinge  with  childe. 
 So  they  called  vpo  the  LORDE,  which  is 
 mercyfull,  5  lift  vp  their  hades  before  him, 
 Immediatly  the  LORDE  herde  the  out  of 
 heauen,  and  delyuered  them  by  the  hande  of 
 Esay.  '  He  smote  the  boost  of  the  Assirians,  j 
 his  angell  destroyed  the.  For  Ezechias  had 
 done  the  thinge  that  pleased  the  LORDE,  (j 
 remapaed  stedfastly  in  the  waye  of  Dauid  his 
 father.  Which  Esay  was  greate  5  faithfull  in 
 his  visions.  ''In  his  tyme  y  Sonne  wete  back- 
 warde,  3  he  lengthened  the  kynges  life.  With 
 a  right  sprete  prophecied  he,  what  shulde  come 
 to  passe  at  the  last :  (j  to  soch  as  were  soroufuU 
 in  Sion  he  gaue  consolacion,  wherwhith  they 
 might  coforte  them  selues  for  euermore.  He 
 shewed  thinges  y  were  for  to  come  5  secrete, 
 or  euer  they  came  to  passe. 
 
 €\)e  vliV-  Cl&aptcv. 
 
 THE  remembrauce  of  losias  is  like  as 
 whan  the  Apotecary"  maketh  many  pre- 
 cious swete  smell)Tige  thinges  together.  His 
 remembraunce  shalbe  swete  as  hony  in  all 
 mouthes,  and  as  the  playenge  of  Musick  by 
 the  wyne.  He  was  appoynted  to  turne  the 
 people  agayne,  5  to  take  awaye  all  abhomina- 
 cions  of  y  vngodly.  He  directed  his  hert  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  5  in  the  tyme  of  the  vngodly 
 he  set  vp  the  worshipe  of  God  agayne.  All 
 kynges  (excepte  Dauid,  Ezechias  (j  losias) 
 comitted  wickednes :  for  euen  y  kynges  of 
 luda  also  forsoke  y  lawe  of  God.  For  they 
 gaue  their  home  vnto  other,  their  honoure  5 
 worshipe  also  to  a  straunge  people. 
 
 Therfore  was  the  electe  cite  of  the  Sac- 
 tuary  brent  with  fyre,  and  -^the  stretes  therof 
 laye  desolate  and  waist:    for  they  in  treated 
 
 2  Par.  32.  a.  »  4  Re.  18.  c.  Esa.  36.  a.  '  4  Re. 
 19.  g.  "4:  Re.  20.  b.     Esa.  38.  b.  '  4  Re.  22.  a. 
 
 and  23.    2  Pa.  34.  a.  /  4  Re.  25.  b.  e  lere.  1.  a. 
 
 :g.  2.  a.      lEsd.  3.  a.     3  Esd.  5.  a.  *  Aket.  1.  c. 
 
 leremy  euell,  which  neuertheles  was  a  prophet 
 ordeyned  from  his  mothers  wombe,^  that  he 
 might  rote  out,  breake  of,  (t  destroye :  j  that  he 
 might  buylde  vp,  5  plante  agayne.  Ezechiel 
 sawe  the  glory  of  the  LORDE  in  a  vision, 
 which  was  shewed  him  vpon  the  charet  of  the 
 Cherubins.  For  he  thought  vpon  the  enemies 
 in  y  rayne,  to  do  good  vnto  soch  as  had  ordred 
 their  wayes  a  right.  And  the  bones  of  the 
 twolue  prophetes  florish  from  out  of  their 
 place :  for  they  gaue  comforte  5  consolacion 
 vnto  lacob,  and  delyuered  the  faithfully.  How 
 shall  we  prayse  Zorobabel,  ''which  was  as  a 
 ringe  in  the  right  hande  ? 
 
 So  was  lesus  also  the  sonne  of  losedec :  ■ 
 these  men  in  their  tymes  buylded  the  house, 
 (J  set  vp  the  Sanctuary  of  f  LORDE  agayne, 
 which  was  prepared  for  an  euerlastinge  wor- 
 shipe. And  Nehemias''  is  all  waye  to  be  co 
 mended,  which  set  vp  for  vs  the  walles'  y  were 
 broken  downe,  made  the  portes  5  barres 
 agayne,  and  buylded  our  houses  of  the  new. 
 "  But  vpon  earth  is  there  no  man  created  like 
 Enoch,  for  he  was  taken  vp  from  y  earth. 
 And  loseph,  which  was  lorde  of  his  brethren, 
 5  the  vjiholder  of  his  people :  His  bones  were 
 couered  5  kepte.  Seth  5  Sem  were  in  greate 
 honoure  amonge  y  people :  and  so  was  Adam 
 aboue  all  the  beastes,  wha  he  was  created. 
 
 t3^e  I.  Cf)aptcv. 
 
 SYMON  the  sonne  of  Onias  the  hye  prest, 
 "which  in  his  life  set  vp  the  house  agayne, 
 (J  in  his  dayes  made  fast  the  teple.  The  heyth 
 of  f  temple  also  was  founded  of  him,  the 
 dubble  buyldinge,  5  the  hye  walles  of  the 
 temple.  In  his  dayes  the  welles  of  water 
 flowed  out,  and  were  exceadinge  full  as  the 
 see.  He  toke  care  for  his  people,  5  delyuered 
 them  from  destruccion.  He  kepte  his  cite  5 
 made  it  stronge,  that  it  shulde  not  be  beseged. 
 He  dwelt  in  honoure  and  worshipe  amonge 
 his  people,  and  enlarged  the  intraunce  of  the 
 house  and  the  courte.  He  geueth  light  as  the 
 mornynge  starre  in  the  myddest  of  the  cloudes, 
 and  as  y  Moone  whan  it  is  full.  He  shyneth 
 as  the  Sonne  in  the  temple  of  God.  He  is  as 
 bright  as  y  rayne  bowe  in  y  fayre  cloudes,  (j 
 florisheth  as  the  floures  and  roses  in  the 
 sprynge  of  y  yeare,  5   as   the  lilies  by   the 
 
 and  2.  a. 
 
 «2Esd.  l.a. 
 
 '2  Esd.  7.  a. 
 
 "•  Gen.  5.  c 
 
 Eccli.  44.  b. 
 
 Heb.   11.  a. 
 
 Gen.  41.   f. 
 
 42.  a.  45.  c 
 
 "  2  Mac.  3.  b. 
 
fo.  wbiij. 
 
 (erclf£iia£(ticus!. 
 
 Cftap.  lu 
 
 rvuers  of  water :  Like  as  the  braunches  vpon 
 tfie  mount  Libanus  in  tyme  of  Sommer :  as  a 
 fyre  (j  incese  that  is  kyndled:  Like  as  an 
 whole  ornament  of  pure  golde,  set  with  all 
 maner  of  precious  stones  :  and  as  an  olyue  tre 
 that  is  frutefull:  a  as  a  Cypres  tre  which 
 groweth  vp  an  hye. 
 
 Whan  he  put  on  the  garment  of  honoure, 
 5  was  clothed  withall  bewtye  :  whan  he  wente 
 to  the  holy  altare,  to  garnysh  the  couerynge 
 of  the  Sanctuary:  whan  he  toke  v  porcions 
 out  of  the  prestes  hande,  he  himself  stode  by 
 the  berth  of  the  altare,  and  his  brethren 
 rounde  aboute  in  ordre.  As  the  braunches 
 of  Cedre  tre  vpon  the  mount  Libanus,  so 
 stode  they  rounde  aboute  him.  And  as  the 
 braunches  of  the  olyue  tre,  so  stode  all  y 
 sonnes  of  Aaron  in  their  glory.  And  y  he 
 might  sufficiently  perfourme  his  seruyce  vpon 
 the  altare,  a  garnysh  the  oflfiynge  of  the  hyest 
 God,  he  stretched  out  his  hande  and  toke  of 
 the  drynkofferynge,  d  poured  in  of  the  wyne : 
 so  he  poured  vpon  the  botome  of  the  aulter  a 
 good  smell  vnto  the  hyest  prynce. 
 
 Then  beganne  f  sonnes  of  Aaron  to  synge, 
 and  to  blowe  with  trompettes,  5  to  make  a 
 greate  noyse,  for  a  remembraiice  5  prayse 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  Then  were  the  people 
 afrayed,  i  fell  downe  to  the  earth  vpo  their 
 faces,  to  worshipe  the  LORDE  their  God,  5 
 to  geue  thankes  to  AUmightie  God.  They 
 sunge  goodly  also  with  their  voyces,  so  that 
 there  was  a  pleasaunt  noyse  in  y  greate  house 
 of  the  LORDE.  And  the  people  in  their 
 prayer  besought  the  LORDE  the  Hyest,  that 
 he  wolde  be  mercyfull,  tyll  the  honoure  of  y 
 LORDE  were  perfourmed.  Thus  ended  they 
 their  mynistracion  and  seruyce. 
 
 Then  wente  he  downe,  and  stretched  out 
 his  handes  ouer  the  whole  multitude  of  the 
 people  of  Israel,  that  they  shulde  geue  praise 
 5  thankes  out  of  their  lippes  vnto  y^  LORDE, 
 and  to  reioyse  in  his  name.  He  beganne  yet 
 once  also  to  praye,  that  he  might  openly  shew 
 the  thankesgeuynge  before  the  Hyest,  namely 
 thus :  O  geue  prayse  (j  thankes  (ye  all)  vnto 
 the  LORDE  oure  God,  which  hath  euer 
 done  noble  and  greate  thinges :  which  hath 
 increased  oure  dayes  from  oure  mothers 
 wombe,  and  dealt  with  vs  acordinge  to  his 
 mercy :  that  he  wyl  geue  vs  the  ioyfulnes 
 of  hert,  5  peace  for  oure  tymes  in  Israel. 
 Which   faithfully    kepeth   his   mercy    for   vs 
 
 euermore,  5  allwaye  delyuereth  vs  in  due 
 season. 
 
 There  be  two  maner  of  people,  that  I  ab- 
 horre  fro  my  hert :  as  for  the  thirde,  whom  I 
 hate,  it  is  no  people :  They  that  syt  vpon  the 
 mountayne  of  Samaria,  the  Philistynes,  5  the 
 foolish  people  that  dwell  in  Sichimis. 
 
 I  lesus  the  sonne  of  Sirac  Eleazanis  of 
 lerusalem,  haue  tokened  vp  these  informa- 
 cions  and  documetes  of  wyszdome  and  vnder- 
 stadinge  in  this  boke,  and  poured  out  the 
 wyszdome  out  of  my  hert.  Blessed  is  he  that 
 exerciseth  him  self  therin :  and  who  so  taketh 
 soch  to  hert,  shal  be  wyse.  Yf  he  do  these 
 thinges,  he  shal  be  stronge  in  all.  For  the 
 light  of  the  LORDE  ledeth  him. 
 
 €i)t  li.  Cljapttr. 
 A  prayer  of  lesus  the  sonne  of  Sirac. 
 
 ITHANKE  the  O  LORDE  and  kynge, 
 and  praise  the  O  God  my  Sauioure.  I 
 wil  yelde  prayse  vnto  thy  name  :  for  thou  art 
 my  defender  and  helper,  5  hast  preserued  my 
 body  from  destruccion,  from  f  snare  of  tray- 
 torous  toges,  and  from  the  lippes  that  are 
 occupied  with'  leyes.  Thou  hast  bene  my 
 helper,  from  soch  as  stode  vp  agaynst  me, 
 and  hast  delyuered  me  after  the  multitude  of 
 thy  mercy,  and  for  thy  holy  names  sake 
 Thou  hast  delyuered  me  from  the  roaringe  of 
 them,  that  prepared  them  selues  to  deuoure 
 me,  out  of  f  handes  of  soch  as  sought  after 
 my  life :  from  the  multitude  of  them  y  trou- 
 bled me,  5  wente  aboute  to  set  fyre  vpon  me 
 on  euery  syde,  so  y  I  am  not  brent  in  the 
 myddest  of  the  fyre :  From  the  depe  of  hell, 
 from  an  vncleane  toge,  from  lyenge  wordes, 
 from  the  wicked  kynge,  and  from  an  vnright- 
 eous  tonge.  My  soule  shal  prayse  y  LORDE 
 vnto  death,  for  my  life  drew  nye  vnto  hell. 
 
 They  copased  me  rounde  aboute  on  euery 
 syde,  d  there  was  no  ma  to  helpe  me.  I  loked 
 aboute  me,  yf  there  were  eny  man  that  wolde 
 socoure  me :  but  there  was  none.  Then 
 thought  I  vpon  thy  mercy  O  LORDE,  and 
 vpon  thy  actes  that  thou  hast  done  euer  of 
 olde :  namely,  y  thou  delyuerest  soch  as  putt 
 their  trust  in  the,  and  ryddest  them  out  of  f 
 handes  of  the  Heithen.  Thus  lift  I  vp  my 
 prayer  from  the  earth,  and  prayed  for  dely- 
 ueraunce  from  death.  I  called  vpon  the 
 LORDE  my  father,  that  he  wolde  not  leaue 
 me  without  helpe,  in  the  daye  of  my  trouble 
 
Cftap.  lu 
 
 Calcgiagtinisi, 
 
 fo,  rjiTiV. 
 
 5  in  the  tyme  of  the  proude.  I  praysed  thy 
 name  contynually,  yeldinge  honoure  and 
 thakes  vnto  it :  and  so  my  prayer  was  herde. 
 Thou  sauedest  me  from  destruccion,  and  de- 
 lyueredest  me  fro  f  vnrighteous  tyme.  Tlier- 
 fore  wil  I  aknowlege  and  praise  the,  and 
 magnifie  f  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wha  I  was  yet  but  yonge,  or  euer  I  wete 
 astraye,  I  desyred  wyszdome  openly  in  my 
 prayer.  I  came  therfore  before  the  temple,  ([ 
 sought  her  vnto  the  last.  Then  florished  she 
 vnto  me,  as  a  grape  that  is  soone  rype.  My 
 hert  reioysed  in  her,  then  wente  my  fote  the 
 right  waye,  yee  from  youth  vp  sought  I  after 
 her :  I  bowed  downe  myne  eare  and  receaued 
 her.  I  founde  me  moch  wyszdome,  and  pros- 
 pered greatly  in  her.  Therfore  wyU  I  ascrybe 
 the  glory  vnto  him,  that  geueth  me  wysz- 
 dome :  for  I  am  aduysed  to  do  therafter.  I 
 will  be  gelous  to  cleue  vnto  the  thinge  y  is 
 good,  so  shal  I  not  be  cofounded.  My  soule 
 hath  wrestled  with  her,  and  I  haue  bene  dili- 
 gent to  be  occupied  in  her.  I  lift  vp  myne 
 handes  an  hye,  then  was  my  soule  lightened 
 
 thorow  wiszdome,  that  I  knowleged  my  fool- 
 ishnes.  I  ordred  my  soule  after  her,  she  % 
 I  were  one  hert  from  the  begynninge,  and  I 
 founde  her  in  clennesse.  And  therfore  shal  I 
 not  be  forsaken. 
 
 My  hert  longed  after  her,  and  I  gat  a  good 
 treasure.  Thorow  her  y  LORDE  hath  geuen 
 me  a  new  tonge,  wherwith  I  wil  praise  him. 
 O  come  vnto  me  ye  vn  lemed,  5  dwell  in  f 
 house  of  wyszdome :  withdrawe  not  youre 
 selues  from  her,  but  talke  j  comon  of  these 
 thinges,  for  youre  soules  are  very  thirstie.  I 
 opened  my  mouth,  and  spake ! "  O  come  5  bye 
 wyszdome  without  money,  bowe  downe  youre 
 neck  vnder  hir  yock,  and  youre  soule  shall 
 receaue  wyszdome.  She  is  harde  at  hande,  s 
 is  content  to  be  founde.  Beholde  with  youre 
 eyes,*  how  that  I  haue  had  but  Utle  laboure, 
 and  yet  haue  founde  moch  rest.  O  receaue 
 wyszdome,  and  ye  shall  haue  plenteousnes  of 
 syluer  and  golde  in  possession.  Let  youre 
 mynde  reioyse  in  his  mercy,  j  be  not  ashamed 
 of  his  prayse.  Wyrke  his  worke  by  tymes,  (j 
 he  shal  geue  you  youre  rewarde  in  due  tyme. 
 
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 122 
 
anH  ti)t  siongf  of  p  tftre  rijiKirnt 
 
 a(tn  CIjcoBotioii  translacion :  byijWi)  tooiUtS  art  totpttu  in  o'  tijtrWe  cfjapttr  of  Sanitl 
 afUr  tijc  olUc  tnt  in  i£atun. 
 
 AND  they  walked  in  the  myddest  of  the 
 flamme,  praysynge  God  and  magni- 
 fienge  f  LORDE.  Asarias  stode  vp,  and 
 prayde  on  this  maner,  Euen  in  the  myddest 
 of  the  fyre  opened  he  his  mouth,  3  saide : 
 Blessed  be  thou  (o  LORDE  God  of  oure 
 fathers)  right  worthy  to  be  praysed  and  ho- 
 noured is  y  name  of  thine  for  euermore : 
 for  thou  art  righteous  in  all  f  thinges  y  thou 
 hast  done  to  vs:  Yee  faithfull  are  all  thy 
 workes,  thy  wayes  are  right,  ij  thy  iudgmetes 
 true.  In  all  f  thinges  y  thou  hast  brought 
 vpon  vs,  (t  vpon  the  holy  cite  of  oure  fathers 
 (euen  Jerusalem)  thou  hast  executed  true 
 iudgment :  Yee  acordinge  to  right  and  equyte 
 hast  thou  brought  these  thinges  vpo  vs,  be- 
 cause of  oure  synnes. 
 
 For  why  ?  we  haue  oiFended,  5  done  wick- 
 edly, departynge  from  the :  In  all  thinges  haue 
 we  trespaced,  "5  not  obeyed  thy  comaunde- 
 mentes,  ner  kepte  the,  nether  done  as  thou 
 hast  bydden  vs,  y  we  might  prospere.  Wher- 
 fore,  all  y  thou  hast  brought  vpon  vs,  *(S  euery 
 thinge  y  thou  hast  done  to  vs,  thou  hast  done 
 them  in  true  iudgment :  As  in  delyueringe  vs 
 in  to  the  hondes  of  oure  enemies,  amoge 
 vngodly  5  wicked  abhominacions,  5  to  an 
 vnrighteous  kinge,  yee  y  most  frowarde  vpo 
 earth.  And  now  we  maye  not  ope  oure 
 mouthes,  we  are  become  a  shame  (i  reprofe 
 vnto  thy  seruauntes,  (j  to  the  y  worshipe  the. 
 
 Yet  for  thy  names  sake  (we  beseke  the) 
 geue  vs  not  vp  for  euer,  breake  not  thy  coue- 
 naunt,  (t  take  not  awaye  thy  mercy  from  vs, 
 for  thy  beloued  Abrahams  sake,  for  thy  ser- 
 uaunt  Isaacs  sake,  j  for  thy  holy  Israels  sake : 
 to  whom  thou  hast  spoken  5  promysed,  'y 
 thou  woldest  multiply  their  sede  as  y  starres 
 of  heauen,  ^  as  the  londe  f  lieth  vpon  f  see 
 shore.  For  we  (o  LORDE)  are  become  lesse 
 the  eny  people,  ti.  be  kepte  vnder  this  daye  in 
 
 Dan.  9.  c. 
 '  Gen.  17. 
 
 '  Baruc  2.  b. 
 ,  22.  c.    Deut.  28.  g. 
 
 all  the  worlde,  because  of  oure  synnes:  So 
 that  now  we  haue  nether  prynce,  duke,  pro- 
 phet, burntofferynge,  sacrifice,  oblacio,  incese 
 ner  Sanctuary  before  the. 
 
 Neuerthelesse,  in  a  contrite  herte  and  an 
 humble  sprete  let  vs  be  receaued,  y  we  maie 
 opteyne  thy  mercy.  Like  as  in  the  burnt- 
 offerynge of  rammes  a,  buUockes,  and  like  as 
 in  thousandes  of  fat  lambes :  so  let  oure 
 ''offrynge  be  in  thy  sight  this  daye,  y  it  maye 
 please  y,  for  there  is  no  cofucion  vnto  them, 
 y  put  there  trust  in  the.  And  now  we  folowe 
 the  with  aU  oure  hert,  we  feare  the,  (j  seke 
 thy  face.  Put  vs  not  to  shame,  but  deals 
 with  vs  after  thy  louynge  kyndnesse,  g  acord- 
 inge to  the  multitude  of  thy  mercies.  Delyuer 
 vs  by  thy  miracles  (o  LORDE)  (t  get  thy 
 name  an  honoure  :  that  all  they  which  do  thy 
 seruauntes  euell,  maye  be  confouded.  Let 
 them  be  ashamed  thorow  thy  Allmightie 
 power,  and  let  their  strength  be  broken :  that 
 they  maye  knowe,  how  that  thou  only  art  the 
 LORDE  God,  5  honoure  worthy  thorow  out 
 all  the  worlde. 
 
 And  the  kynges  seruaQtes  y  put  them  in, 
 ceassed  not  to  make  the  ouen  note  with  wylde 
 fyre,  drye  strawe,  pitch  {t  fagottes :  so  that  the 
 flamme  wente  out  of  the  ouen  vpon  a  slix. 
 cubites :  yee  it  toke  awaye,  5  brent  vp  those 
 Caldees,  y  it  gat  holde  vpon  besyde  the  ouen. 
 But  the  angel  of  the  LORDE  came  downe 
 in  to  the  ouen  to  Asarias  and  his  felowes, 
 5  smote  y  flamme  of  the  fyre  out  of  the  ouen, 
 I  made  the  myddest  of  the  ouen,  as  it  had 
 bene  a  coole  wynde  blowinge  :  so  that  the  fyre 
 nether  touched  them,  greued  them,  ner  dyd 
 them  hurte.  Then  these  thre  (as  out  of  one 
 mouth)  praysed,  honoured,  and  blessed  God 
 in  the  fornace,  sayenge  : 
 
 'Blessed  be  thou,  o  LORDE  God  of  oure 
 fathers:  for  thou  art  prayse  5  honoure  worthy,-'" 
 
 ■'IPet.  2.  a.     Ro.  lO.c.     Esa.  28.  d.    Ro.  9.  g. 
 '  1  Mac.  4.  d.  /Psal.71.  c. 
 
€\)t  sionge  of  ti)t  iij«  djiKricn* 
 
 fo,  tmu 
 
 yee  (j  to  be  magnified  for  euermore.  Blessed 
 be  y  holy  name  of  thy  glory,  for  it  is  worthy 
 to  be  praysed,  and  magnified  in  all  worldes. 
 Blessed  be  thou  in  the  holy  temple  of  thy 
 glory,  for  aboue  all  thinges  thou  art  to  be 
 praysed,  yee  5  more  then  worthy  to  be  mag- 
 nified for  euer.  Blessed  be  thou  in  the  trone 
 of  thy  kyngdome,  for  aboue  all  thou  art  worthy 
 to  be  wel  spoken  of,  (j  to  be  more  then  mag- 
 nified for  euer.  "Blessed  be  thou,  that  lokest 
 thorow  the  depe,  5  syttest  vpon  the  Cheru- 
 byns:  for  thou  art  worthy  to  be  praysed,  5 
 aboue  all  to  be  magnified  for  euer.  Blessed 
 be  thou  in  y  finnament  of  heauen,  for  thou 
 art  prayse  and  honoure  worthy  for  euer. 
 
 O  all  ye  workes  of  the  LORDE :  speake 
 good  of  f  LORDE,  prayse  him,  and  set  him 
 vp  for  euer. 
 
 0  ye  angels  of  the  LORDE, '  speake  good 
 of  the  LORDE :  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp 
 for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  heaues,  speake  good  of  the  LORDE: 
 prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 0  all  ye  waters  that  be  aboue  the  firmamet, 
 speake  good  of  the  LORDE :  prayse  him,  and 
 set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  all  ye  powers  of  the  LORDE,  speake 
 good  of  the  LORDE  :  prayse  him,  5  set  him 
 vp  for  euer. 
 
 'O  ye  Sone  5  Moone,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  5  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 ''O  ye  starres  of  heaue,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  a  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  schowers  (i  dew,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  5  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  all  ye  wyndes  of  God,  speake  good  of  f 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  (j  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  fyre  5  heate,  speake  good  of  f 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  wynter  and  sommer,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  dewes  (t  irostes,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  j  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  frost  and  colde,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  yse  and  snowe,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  nightes  and  dayes,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  light  and  darcknesse,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  and  set  vp  him  for  euer. 
 
 Psal.  79.  a. 
 
 ■<  Psal.  135.  a. 
 
 »  Psal.  101. c.  and  148.  a.      '  Psal.  148.  a. 
 ■  Psal.  112.  a.  134.  a.  &,  133.  a.  Apo.  19.  a.  [ 
 
 O  ye  lightenynges  and  cloudes,  speake 
 good  of  the  LORDE  :  prayse  him,  (j  set  him 
 vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  let  the  earth  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  yee  lett  it  prayse  him,  and  set  him 
 vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  moiitaynes  and  hilles,  speake  good 
 of  the  LORDE :  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp 
 for  euer. 
 
 0  all  ye  grene  thinges  vpon  the  earth, 
 speake  good  of  the  LORDE :  prayse  him,  (j 
 set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  Welles,  speake  good  of  the  LORDE  : 
 prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 0  ye  sees  and  floudes,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  j  set  him  vp  for  euer, 
 
 O  ye  whalles  and  all  that  lyue  in  the 
 waters,  speake  good  of  the  LORDE:  prayse 
 him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  all  ye  foules  of  the  ayre,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE :  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  all  ye  beastes  j  catell,  speake  good  of  ;y- 
 LORDE  :  prayse  him,  5  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  children  of  men,  speake  good  of  the 
 LORDE:  prayse  him,  5  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  let  Israel  speake  good  of  the  LORDE, 
 prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 0  ye  prestes  of  y  LORDE,  speake  good 
 of  the  LORDE :  prayse  him,  and  set  him  vp 
 for  euer. 
 
 °0  ye  seruauntes  of  the  LORDE,  speake 
 good  of  the  LORDE  :  prayse  him,  5  set  him 
 vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  spretes  and  soules  of  the  righteous, 
 speake  good  of  y  LORDE :  prayse  him,  and 
 set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  ye  holy  and  humble  men  of  herte,  speake 
 ye  good  of  the  LORDE :  prayse  ye  him,  5 
 set  him  vp  for  euer. 
 
 O  Ananias,  Asarias  and  Misael,  speake  ye 
 good  of  the  LORDE :  prayse  ye  him,  and 
 set  hi  vp  for  euer.  ■'^  Which  hath  delyuered  vs 
 from  f  hell,  kepte  vs  from  f  honde  of  death, 
 rydde  vs  from  the  myddest  of  the  ^burnynge 
 flamme,  and  saued  vs  eue  in  the  myddest  off 
 fyre.  O  geue  thakes  therfore  vnto  f  LORDE: 
 ''for  he  is  kynde  harted,  and  his  mercy  en- 
 dureth  for  euer.  O  all  ye  deuoute  men,  speake 
 good  of  the  LORDE,  euen  the  God  of  ah 
 goddes :  O  prayse  him,  and  geue  him  thankes, 
 for  his  mercy  endureth  worlde  without  ende. 
 
 f  lere.  20.  c.  s  Esa.  43.  a.     1  Mac.  2.  f. 
 
 *  Psal.  104.  a.     105.  a.     106.  a.    116.  a.    &  135.  a. 
 
Zi)t  Btovp  of  Susanna, 
 
 WB\)i(\)  i£(  t])t  xiih  tftapter  of  Mmid  ntttv  tf)t  iUtpn. 
 
 THERE  dwelt  a  man  in  Babilo,  called 
 loachim  :  y  toke  a  wife,  whose  name 
 was  Susanna,  (y  doughter  of  Helchias)  a  very 
 fayre  woman,  (j  soch  one  as  feared  God.  Hir 
 father  [t  hir  mother  also  were  godly  people,  5 
 taught  their  doughter  aeordinge  to  f  lawe  of 
 Moses.  Now  loachim  (hir  huszbonde)  was  a 
 greate  rich  man,  5  had  a  fayre  orcharde 
 ioyninge  vnto  his  house.  And  to  him  resorted 
 the  lewes  comonly,  because  he  was  a  man  of 
 reputacion  amonge  them.  The  same  yeare 
 were  there  made  two  iudges,  soch  as  the 
 LORDE  speaketh  of:  All  the  wickednesse  of 
 Babilon,  cometh  from  y  elders  (y  is)  from  f 
 iudges,  which  seme  to  rule  the  people.  These 
 came  oift  to  loachims  house,  5  all  soch  as  had 
 eny  thinge  to  do  in  the  lawe,  came  thither 
 vnto  them. 
 
 Now  when  the  people  came  agayne  at 
 after  noone,  Susanna  wente  in  to  hir  husz- 
 bodes  orcharde,  to  walke.  The  elders  seynge 
 this,  that  she  wente  in  day  lie  (j  walked:  they 
 burned  for  lust  to  her,  yee  they  were  allmost 
 out  of  their  wittes,  5  cast  downe  their  eyes, 
 that  they  shulde  not  se  heaue,  ner  remembre, 
 y  God  is  a  righteous  iudge.  For  they  were 
 both  wouded  with  the  loue  of  her,  nether 
 durst  one  shewe  another  his  grefe.  And  for 
 shame,  they  durst  not  tell  her  their  inordynate 
 lust,  y  they  wolde  fayne  haue  had  to  do  with 
 her.  Yet  they  layed  wayte  for  her  earnestly 
 from  daye  to  daye,  that  they  might  (at  the 
 leest)  haue  a  sight  of  her.  And  the  one 
 sayde  to  f  other :  Vp,  let  vs  go  home,  for  it  is 
 dyner  tyme.  So  they  wente  their  waye 
 from  her. 
 
 When  they  returned  agayne,  they  came 
 together,  enqueringe  out  ;y  matter  betwixte 
 them  selues :  yee  the  one  tolde  y  other  of  his 
 
 wicked  lust.  The  apoynted  they  a  tyme,  whe 
 they  might  take  Susanna  alone. 
 
 It  happened  also  y  they  spyed  out  a  con- 
 ueniet  tyme,  when  she  wente  forth  to  walke 
 (as  hir  maner  was)  5  no  body  with  her,  but 
 two  maydes,  "5  thought  to  wash  her  self  in 
 the  garden,  for  it  was  an  bote  season :  And 
 there  was  not  one  person  there,  excepte  the 
 two  elders,  y  had  hyd  them  selues,  to  beholde 
 her.  So  she  sayde  to  hir  maydens :  go  fet 
 me  oyle  5  sope,  5  shut  the  orcharde  dore,  y  I 
 maye  wash  me.  And  they  dyd  as  she  bad 
 them,  5  shut  the  orcharde  dore,  5  wente  out 
 them  selues  at  a  backe  dore,  to  fet  the  thinge 
 y  she  had  comaunded:  but  Susanna  knewe 
 not,  y  f  elders  laie  there  hyd  within.  Now 
 when  the  maydens  were  gone  forth,  f  two 
 elders  gat  them  vp,  5  ranne  vpon  her,  say- 
 enge  :  now,  the  orcharde  dores  are  shut,  that 
 no  man  can  se  vs:  we  haue  a  lust  vnto  the, 
 therfore  consent  vnto  vs,  and  lye  with  vs. 
 
 Yf  thou  wilt  not,  we  shall  bringe  a  testi- 
 moniall  agaynst  the :  that  there  was  a  yonge 
 felowe  with  the,  and  that  thou  hast  sent  awaye 
 thy  maydens  from  the  for  the  same  cause. 
 Susanna  sighed,  and  sayde :  Alas,  I  am  in 
 trouble  on  euery  syde.  Though  I  folowe 
 youre  mynde,  it  wyll  be  my  death  :  and  yf  I 
 consent  not  vnto  you,  I  can  not  escape  youre 
 hondes.  Wei,  it  is  better  for  me,  to  fall  in  to 
 youre  hondes  without  the  dede  doinge,  then 
 to  synne  in  the  sight  of  the  LORDE:  and 
 with  that,  she  cried  out  with  a  loude  voyce : 
 the  elders  also  cried  out  agaynst  her. 
 
 Then  ranne  there  one  to  the  orcharde  dore, 
 (S  smote  it  open.  Now  when  the  seruauntes 
 of  the   house   herde   f  crie   in  f  orcharde, 
 
 "  Exo.  2.  a.   2  Re.  11.  a. 
 
€f)t  storp  of  ^ugaima. 
 
 So,  (mil). 
 
 dF 
 
 they  ruszshed  in  at  the  back  dore,  to  se  what 
 the  matter  was.  So  when  the  elders  tolde 
 them,  the  seruauntes  were  greatly  ashamed, 
 for  why,  there  was  neuer  soch  a  reporte  made 
 of  Susanna.  On  the  morow  after  came  the 
 people  to  loachim  hir  houszbonde,  and  f  two 
 elders  came  also,  full  of  myscheuous  ymagina- 
 cions  agaynst  Susanna,  to  bringe  her  vnto 
 death,  j  spake  thus  before  the  people :  Sende 
 for  Susanna  y  daughter  of  Helchias,  loachims 
 wife.  And  immediatly  they  sent  for  her.  So 
 she  came  wth  her  father  5  mother,  hir 
 children  g  all  hir  kynrede.  Now  Susanna 
 was  a  tender  person,  and  maruelous  fayre  of 
 face.  Therfore  the  wicked  men  comaunded 
 to  take  of  the  clothes  from  her  face  (for  she 
 was  couered)  y  at  the  leest,  they  might  so  be 
 satisfied  in  hir  beutie.  Then  hir  fredes,  yee 
 (J  all  they  y  knewe  her,  begane  to  wepe. 
 
 These  two  elders  stode  vp  in  the  myddest 
 of  the  people,"  5  layed  their  hondes  vpon  y 
 heade  of  Susanna:  which  wepte,  and  loked 
 vp  towarde  heauen,  for  hir  herte  had  a  sure 
 trust  in  the  LORDE.  And  the  elders  sayde : 
 As  we  were  walkinge  in  the  orcharde  alone, 
 this  woman  came  in  with  hir  two  maydes : 
 whom  she  sent  awaye  from  her,  5  sparred  y 
 orcharde  dores.  With  that,  a  yonge  felowe 
 (which  there  was  hyd)  came  vnto  her,  5  laye 
 with  her.  As  for  vs,  we  stode  in  a  corner  of 
 the  orcharde.  And  whe  we  sawe  this  wicked- 
 nes,  we  rane  to  her :  g  perceaued,  y  they  had 
 medled  together.  But  we  coude  not  holde 
 him,  for  he  was  stronger  then  we :  thus  he 
 opened  y  dore,  5  gat  him  awaye.  Now  whe 
 we  had  take  this  woma,  we  axed  her,  what 
 yoge  felow  this  was :  but  she  wolde  not  tell 
 vs.  This  is  y  matter,  j  we  be  witnesses  of  f 
 same. 
 
 The  comon  sorte  beleued  them,  as  those  y 
 were  the  elders  a,  iudges  of  the  people,  i  so 
 they  condemned  her  to  death.  Susanna 
 cried  out  with  a  loude  voyce,  5  sayde  :  O 
 euerlastinge  God,'  thou  sercher  of  secretes, 
 thou  y  knowest  all  thinges  afore  they  come  to 
 passe  :  thou  wotest,  y  they  haue  borne  false 
 wytnes  agaynst  me :  g  beholde,  I  must  dye, 
 where  as  I  neuer  dyd  eny  soch  thinges,  as 
 these  men  haue  maliciously  inuented  agaynst 
 me.  And  y  LORDE  herde  hir  voyce.  For 
 whe  she  was  led  forth  to  death,  f  LORDE 
 raised  vp  f  sprete  of  a  yoge  chdde,  whose 
 
 «  Leui.  24.  c.      »Hebr.4.  c.      '  2  Re.  3,  f.    Act.  20.  d. 
 
 name  was  Daniel,  which  cried  with  a  loude 
 voice  :  '  I  am  clene  fro  this  bloude.  The  all 
 y  people  turned  the  towarde  him,  (j  saide : 
 What  meane  these  wordes,  y  thou  hast  spoke? 
 Daniel  stode  in  f  myddest  of  the,  5  sayde: 
 Are  ye  soch  fooles  (O  ye  childre  of  Israel)  y 
 ye  ca  not  disceme?  Ye  haue  here  condened  a 
 daughter  of  Israel  vnto  death,  and  knowe  not 
 the  trueth  wherfore :  Go  syt  on  iudgment 
 agayne,  for  they  haue  spoken  false  witnesse 
 agaynst  her. 
 
 Wherfore  the  people  turned  agayne  in  all 
 the  haist.  And  the  elders  (that  is,  the  prin- 
 cipal! heades)  sayde  vnto  him :  come  sit 
 downe  here  amonge  vs,  and  shewe  vs  this 
 matter,  seynge  God  hath  geuen  the  as  greate 
 honoure,  as  an  elder.  And  Daniel  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  ''  Put  these  two  asyde  one  from  another 
 and  then  shal  I  heare  them.  When  they  were 
 put  a  sunder  one  from  another,  he  called  one 
 of  them,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  O  thou  olde 
 canckerde  carle,  that  hast  vsed  thy  wickednesse 
 so  longe :  thine  vngracious  dedes  which  thou 
 hast  done  afore,  are  now  come  to  light.  For 
 thou  hast  geuen  false  iudgmentes,  thou  hast 
 oppressed  the  innocent,  and  letten  the  giltie 
 go  fre,  where  as  yet  the  LORDE  saieth : 
 '  Tlie  innocent  and  righteous  se  thou  slaye  not. 
 Wei  than,  yf  thou  hast  sene  her,  tel  me, 
 vnder  what  tre  sawest  thou  them  talkynge 
 together  ?  He  answered  :  Vnder  a  Molbery 
 tre.  And  Daniel  sayde :  very  wel,  Now  thou 
 leist  euen  vpon  thine  heade.  Lo  the  mes- 
 saunger  of  the  LORDE  hath  receaued  the 
 sentence  of  him,  to  cut  f  in  two. 
 
 Then  put  he  him  asyde,  and  called  for  the 
 other,  and  sayde  \Tito  him :  O  thou  sede  of 
 Canaan  but  not  of  luda:  Fayrnesse  hath 
 disceaued  the,  and  lust  hath  subuerted  thine 
 herte.  Thus  dealte  ye  afore  with  the  daugh- 
 ters of  Israel,  and  they  (for  feare)  consented 
 vnto  you :  but  the  daughter  of  luda  wolde 
 not  abyde  youre  wickednesse.  Now  tell  me 
 than,  vnder  what  tre  didest  thou  take  them 
 speakinge  together  ?  He  answered :  vnder  a 
 pomgranate  tre.  Then  sayde  Daniel  vnto 
 him :  very  wel,  now  thou  leyst  also  euen 
 vp6  thine  heade.  The  messaunger  of  the 
 LORDE  stondeth  waytinge  with  the  swerde, 
 to  cut  the  in  two,  and  to  slaye  you  both. 
 
 With  that,  all  the  whole  multitude  gaue  a 
 greate  shoute,  and  praysed  God,  which  all- 
 
 •<  3  Reg.  3.  d. 
 
 Exo.23.  a.     Pro.  17.  c. 
 
\Wmm 
 
 Cfte  ««torpe  of  Bel. 
 
 waye  delyuereth  them  y  put  their  trust"  in 
 him.  And  they  came  vpon  the  two  elders, 
 (whom  Daniel  had  conuicte  with  their  owne 
 mouth:  that  they  had  geuen  false  witnesse) 
 and  dealte  with  them,*  euen  likewyse  as  they 
 wolde  haue  done  with  their  neghbouresse : 
 Yee  they  dyd  acordinge  to  the  lawe  of  Moses, 
 
 ■•  Psal.  16.  a.         <■  Deu.  19.  d.     Prou.  19.  a. 
 
 and  put  them  to  death.     Thus  the  innocent 
 bloude  was  saued  the  same  daye. 
 
 The  Helchias  i  his  wife  praysed  God  for 
 their  daughter  Susanna,  with  loachim  hir 
 huszbonde  and  all  y  kinrede  :  that  there  was 
 no  dishoneste  founde  in  her.  From  that 
 daye  forth  was  Daniel  had  in  greate  reputa- 
 cio  in  the  sight  of  y  people. 
 
 €f)t  mtit  of  tfjt  sitorp  of  ^iisamta. 
 
 Zi)t  0torB  of  i$tl, 
 
 tobirJ)  iE(  tf)t  nuji.  Cftapttr  of  Mmitl  after  tin  Hatin. 
 
 ''  1  "'HEK.E  was  at  Babilon  an  ymage,  called 
 X      Bel:  and  there  were  spent  vpon  him 
 euery  daye,    xij.   cakes,   xl.  shepe,   and  sixe 
 greate  pottes  of  wine.     Him  dyd  the  kynge 
 worshipe  himself,  and  went  daylie  to  honoure 
 aim:  but  Daniel  worshiped  his  owne    God. 
 And  the  kynge  sayde  vnto  him:   Why  dost 
 not   thou  worshipe    Bel?   he   answered   and 
 sayde :  °  Because  I  maye  not  worshipe  thinges, 
 that  be  made  with  hondes,  but  the  lyuynge 
 God,  which  made  heauen  and  earth,  and  hath 
 power  vpon  all  flesh.     The  kynge  sayde  vnto 
 bim:  thinkest  thou  not,  y  Bel  is  a  lyuynge 
 God  ?   Or  seist  thou  not,  now  moch  he  eateth 
 and  drynketh  euery  daye?     Daniel  smyled, 
 and  sayde:  0  kynge,  disceaue  not  thyselfe: 
 This   is   but   made  of  claye   within,  and  of 
 metall  without,    nether   eateth   he  euer  eny 
 thinge.* 
 
 Then  the  kynge  was  wroth,  and  called  for 
 his  prestes,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Yf  ye  tell 
 me  not  who  this  is,  that  eateth  vp  these  ex- 
 penses, ye  shal  dye :  But  yf  ye  can  certifie 
 me,  that  Bel  eateth  them,  then  Daniel  shall 
 dye,'  for  he  hath   spoken  blasphemy  agaynst 
 Bel.     And  Daniel  sayde  vnto  the  kynge  :  let 
 
 '  Deut.  4.  c.  and  5.  a.    Eio.20.  a.    Deut.  6.  d.    Matt.  4.  a. 
 
 it  SO  be,   acordinge  as  thou  hast  sayde.     The 
 prestes  of  Bel  were  Isx.  besyde  their  wyues 
 and   children.     And   the  kynge  wente  with 
 Daniel  in   to  the  temple  of  Bel.     So   Bels 
 prestes  sayde :  Lo,  we  wil  go  out,  5  set  thou 
 f  meate   there   (0  kynge)    5  poure  in  the 
 wyne :  then  shutt  the  dore  fast,  and  scale  it 
 with  thine  owne  signet:  and  tomorow  when 
 thou  commest  in,  yf  thou  fyndest  not,  that 
 Bel  hath  eaten  vp  all,  we  wil  suflfre  death :  or 
 els   daniel,    that   hath   lyed   vpon    vs.     The 
 prestes  thought  them  selues  sure  ynough,  for 
 vnder  _f  altare  they  had  made  a  preuy  in- 
 traunce,  5  there  wente  they  in  euer,  and  ate 
 vp  what  there  was. 
 
 So  when  they  were  gone  forth,  the  kynge 
 set  meates   before    Bel.      Now    Daniel   had 
 comaunded  his  seruauntes  to  bringe  aszshes 
 and  these  he  sifited  thorow  out  all  the  temple, 
 that  the  kynge  might  se.     Then  wente  they 
 out,   5   sparre   the  dore,  sealinge  it  with  f 
 kynges  signet,  and  so  departed.     In  f  night 
 came  the  prestes  with  their  wyues  and.  child- 
 ren  (as  they  were  wonte  to  do)  and  ate  and 
 dronke  vp  all.     In  the  momynge  be  tymes  at 
 the  breake  of  the  daye,   the  kynge  arose,  5 
 
 '  Eccli.  30.  c.                 <•  Leu.  24.  c. 
 
€i)t  fiftorpe  of  Bri. 
 
 #o«  tm^* 
 
 Daniel  with  him.  And  the  kynge  sayde : 
 Daniel,  are  the  seales  whole  yet?  He 
 answered :  Yee  (o  kynge)  they  be  whole. 
 Now  as  soone  as  he  had  opened  the  dore,  the 
 kinge  loked  vnto  y  altare,  and  cried  with  a 
 loude  voyce :  Create  art  thou  o  Bel,  and  with 
 the  is  no  disceate.  Then  laughed  Daniel, 
 and  helde  the  kynge,  that  he  shulde  not  go 
 in,  and  sayde :  Beholde  the  pauement,  marcke 
 well,  whose  fotesteppes  are  these  ?  The  kynge 
 sayde :  I  se  the  fotesteppes  of  men,  women 
 and  children. 
 
 Therfore  the  kynge  was  angrie,  and  toke 
 the  prestes,  with  their  wyues  and  ehildre,  5 
 they  shewed  him  f  preuy  dores,  where  they 
 came  in,  5  ate  vp  soch  thinges  as  were  vpon 
 y  altare.  "  For  the  which  cause  y  kynge  slewe 
 them,  5  delyuered  Bel  in  to  Daniels  power, 
 which  destroyed  him  and  his  temple. 
 
 And  in  that  same  place  there  was  a  greate 
 dragon,  which  they  of  Babilon  worshipped. 
 And  f  kynge  sayde  vnto  Daniel :  sayest  thou, 
 y  this  is  but  a  god  of  metall  also  ?  lo,  he 
 liueth,  he  eateth  5  drinketh:  so  y  thou  cast 
 not  saye,  that  he  is  no  lyuinge  God,  therfore 
 worshipe  him.  Daniel  sayde  vnto  ;y  kinge : 
 I  wil  worshipe  the  LORDE  my  God,*  he  is  y 
 true  lyuynge  God :  as  for  this,  he  is  not  the 
 God  of  life.  But  geue  me  leaue  (0  kynge)  5 
 I  shal  destroye  this  dragon  without  swearde 
 or  staff.  The  kynge  sayde  :  I  geue  y  leaue. 
 Then  Daniel  toke  pitch,  fatte,  and  hairie  woll, 
 and  did  seyth  them  together,  and  made  lompes 
 therof :  this  he  put  in  y  Dragos  mouth,  and 
 so  y  dragon  barst  in  sonder:  and  Daniel 
 sayde  :  lo,  there  is  he  whom  ye  worshipped. 
 
 When  they  of  Babylon  herde  that,  they 
 toke  greate  indignacion,  and  gathered  them 
 together  agaynst  the  kynge,  sayenge :  The 
 kynge  is  become  a  lewe  also,  he  hath  de- 
 stroyed Bel,  he  hath  slayne  f  Dragon,  and 
 put  the  prestes  to  death.  So  they  came  to  y 
 kynge,  (j  sayde :  let  us  haue  Daniel,  or  els  we 
 wil  destroye  the  and  thine  house. 
 
 Now  whan  y  kynge  sawe,  that  they  russhed 
 in  so  sore  vpon  him,  5  that  necessite  con- 
 strained him,  'hedehuered  Daniel  vnto  them: 
 which  cast  him  in  to  the  lyons  denne,  where  he 
 
 lere.  61.  g. 
 Daniel  6.  c. 
 
 Esa.  46.  a, 
 ''  Eze.  8.  a. 
 
 lere,  50.  a. 
 '  3Re.  17.a 
 
 "  Dan.  6.  c. 
 /  lere.  38.  b. 
 
 was  sixe  dayes.  In  the  denne  there  were 
 seuen  lyons,  and  they  had  geuen  them  euery 
 daye  two  bodies  and  two  shepe :  which  then 
 were  not  geue  them,  that  they  might  deuoure 
 Daniel. 
 
 There  was  in  lewry  a  prophet  called 
 Abacuc,  which  had  made  potage,  and  broken 
 bred  in  a  depe  platter,  and  was  goinge  in  to 
 the  felde,  for  to  brynge  it  to  f  mowers.  But 
 the  angell  of  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  Abacuc: 
 go  cary  the  meate  that  thou  hast  in  to  Babilon, 
 vnto  Daniel,  which  is  in  f  lyos  denne. 
 And  Abacuc  sayde  :  LORDE,  I  neuer  sawe 
 Babilon :  and  as  for  the  denne,  I  knowe  it 
 not.  "^  Then  the  angel  of  the  LORDE  toke 
 him  by  the  toppe,  and  bare  him  by  the  hayre 
 of  the  heade,  and  (thorow  a  mightie  wynde) 
 set  him  in  Babilon  vpon  the  denne.  And 
 Abacuc  cried,  sayenge :  O  Daniel  thou  ser- 
 uaunt  of  God,'  haue,  take  the  breakfast,  y 
 God  hath  sent  y.  And  Daniel  saide  :  O  God, 
 hast  thou  thought  vpon  me  ?  wel,  thou  neuer 
 faylest  them  that  loue  the.  So  Daniel  arose, 
 (J  ate :  and  the  angel  of  the  LORDE  set 
 Abacuc  in  his  owne  place  agayne  imme- 
 diatly. 
 
 Vpon  the  seuenth  daye,  the  kynge  wente 
 to  bewepe  Daniel :  and  whan  he  came  to  the 
 denne,  he  loked  in :  and  beholde,  Daniel  sat 
 in  the  myddest  of  the  lyons.  Then  cried  y 
 kynge  with  a  loude  voyce,  sayenge :  Greate 
 art  thou,  o  LORDE  God  of  Daniel:''  n  he 
 drewe  him  out  of  the  denne.  As  for  those 
 that  were  ;y-  cause  of  his  destruccio,^  he  dyd 
 cast  the  in  to  the  denne,  and  they  were  de- 
 uoured  in  a  moment  before  his  face. 
 
 After  this,  wrote  the  kynge  vnto  all  people, 
 kynreddes  and  tunges,  that  dwelt  in  all 
 countrees,  sayenge  :  peace  be  multiplied  with 
 you.  My  commaundement  is,  in  all  the 
 dominyon  of  my  realme  :  that  men  feare  and 
 stonde  in  awe  of  Daniels  God,''  for  he  is  the 
 lyuynge  God,  which  endureth  euer :  his  kyng- 
 dome  abydeth  vncorrupte,  and  his  power  is 
 euerlastinge.'  It  is  he  that  can  delyuer  and 
 saue  :  he  doth  wonders  and  maruelous  workes 
 in  heauen  and  in  earth,  for  he  hath  saued 
 Daniel  from  the  power  of  the  Lyons. 
 
 Hest.  7.  b.        e  Dan.  6.  c.        *  Dan.  6.  c.        ■  Luc.  1.  c. 
 Esa.  43.  b.     Ose.  13.  b.     Dan.  3.  f. 
 
 Clje  eiitrt  of  tht  ^torpc  of  %th 
 
Zi)t  fitst  ibofec  uf  tfft  iMaci^aiJttS. 
 
 SMftat  t&is  t)okt  Mittepnetft. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 Of  the  power  of  Alexander  kynge  of  Macedonia. 
 Of  certayne  vnfaithfull  Israelites.  Of  the 
 greate  tyranny  of  Antiochus,  5  how  miserably 
 he  destroyeth  lerusale  :  which  God  suffreth  to 
 be  plaged,  because  they  haue  forsaken  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.    II. 
 
 How  feruently  Matathias  and  his  sonnes  stryue 
 for  the  honoure  of  God  and  welfare  of  the 
 people  ;  How  swetely  he  exorteth  his  sonnes 
 (eue  in  the  houre  of  his  death)  to  be  stedfast 
 in  the  lawe  of  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 Of  ludas  Machabeus  that  worthy  captayne,  and 
 of  his  noble  actes  agaynst  Antiochus. 
 
 Ci^ap.   nil.  V. 
 Of  the  glorious  victory,  that   God  gaue  ludas 
 against  Gorgias  and  Lisias  :  how  they  wynne 
 the  cite,  and  dense  the  temple  agayne,  5  how 
 they  fyght  afterwards  against  the  Heithen. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI.. 
 Antiochus   besegeth  Elymas  in  Persia.      ludas 
 layeth   sege  to   the  castel   at  lerusalem,  the 
 kynge  goeth  aboute  to  help  the  that  are  therin. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VII. 
 The   tyranny  of  Demetrius.      They   take   truce 
 with  the  people  of  God,  5  kepe  it  not. 
 
 Ci&ap.  VIII. 
 ludas  hearinge  how  reasonable  the  Romaynes 
 are,  seketh  for  to  make  peace  with  them. 
 
 Ciiap.   IX. 
 How  ludas  was  slaine  in  the  bataill  and  how 
 there  came  vp  derth  after  his  death.     lonathas 
 was  captayne  after  him,  and  gatt  the  victory 
 of  Bachides. 
 
 €l)ap.  X. 
 Of  Alexader  the  sonne  of  Antiochus.  Demetrius 
 maketh  peace  with  lonathas,  5  so  doth  Alex- 
 ander afterwarde.  Ptolomy geueth  his  doughter 
 Cleopatra  vnto  Alexader.  Demetrius  defyeth 
 lonathas. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XI. 
 
 Ptolomy  ryseth  agaynst  Alexander  and  lonathas, 
 and  promyseth  to  geue  Demetrius  his  daughter, 
 whom  he  had  geuen  allredy  vnto  Alexander. 
 The  death  of  Alexander  and  Ptolomy,  the 
 raigne  of  Demetrius.  Demetrius  and  lonathas 
 are  frendes.  Alexanders  sonne  taketh  the 
 kyngdome  vpon  him. 
 
 CI)ap.  XII. 
 The  lewes  wryte  vnto  the  Romaynes  and  Spar- 
 cians  to  renue  the  olde  frendshipe.     Triphon 
 receaueth  lonathas  with  fayre  wordes,  and  then 
 causeth  him  and  his  to  be  slayne. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XIII. 
 After  the  death  of  lonathas  is  Syraon  his  brother 
 made  Captaine  of  the  people  which  goeth  forth 
 agaynst  Triphon,  and  burieth  his  brother. 
 Triphon  slayeth  Antiochus  haynously.  Symon 
 maketh  peace  with  Demetrius,  and  layeth  sege 
 to  Gaza. 
 
 ci^ap.  xnn. 
 
 Demetrius  seketh  helpe  against  Tripho.  Deme- 
 trius is  take.  Peace  in  lewry.  Simo  ruleth 
 well.  The  Romaines  and  they  of  Sparta  renue 
 the  peace  with  Symon. 
 
 Cliap.  XV. 
 Antiochus  wryteth  louyngly  vnto  the  lewes,  and 
 persecuteth  Triphon.     He  breaketh  the  bonde 
 with  the  lewes. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XVI. 
 The  faithfulnes  of  Symo  5  his  sonnes.     Ptolomy 
 szlayeth  them  disceatfully,  and  betrayeth  the 
 londe. 
 
Cftap.  u 
 
 CI)f  I.  hoikt  of  tl)t  i¥larl)nl)ff£i. 
 
 jTo.  WTbij. 
 
 Wiit  first  Ci^aptn-. 
 
 AFTER  that  Alexander  the  sonne  of 
 Philippe,  kynge  of  Macedonia  wente 
 forth  of  the  londe  of  Cethim,  and  slewe  Darius 
 kynge  of  the  Persias  and  Meedes :  It  hap- 
 pened, that  he  toke  greate  warres  in  honde, 
 wanne  very  many  stronge  cities,  and  slew 
 many  kinges  of  ;y-  earth :  goinge  thorow  to  y 
 endes  of  the  worlde,  and  gettinge  many 
 spoyles  of  the  people :  In  so  moch,  y  the 
 worlde  stode  in  greate  awe  of  him,"  5  therfore 
 was  he  proude  in  his  herte.  Now  whe  he 
 had  gathered  a  mightie  stroge  hoost,  5  sub- 
 dued y  lodes  and  people  with  their  prynces, 
 so  that  they  became  tributaries  vnto  hi :  he 
 fell  sick.  And  whe  he  perceaued  that  he 
 must  nedes  die,  he  called  for  his  noble  estates 
 (which  had  bene  brought  vp  with  him  of 
 children)  5  parted  his  kyngdome  amonge 
 them,'  whyle  he  was  yet  alyue.  So  Alexader 
 raygned  xij.  yeare,  and  then  dyed. 
 
 After  his  death  fell  the  kyngdome  vnto  his 
 prynces,  and  they  optayned  it  eueiy  one  in 
 his  rowme,  and  caused  them  selues  to  be 
 crowned  as  kynges  :  and  so  dyd  their  childre 
 after  them  many  yeares,  5  moch  wickednesse 
 increaced  in  the  worlde.  Out  of  these  came 
 y  vngracious  rote,  noble  Antiochus  y  sonne 
 of  Antiochus  the  kynge"^  (which  had  bene  a 
 pledge  at  Rome)  (j  he  raigned  in  y  Cxxxvij. 
 yeare  of  the  raigne  of  the  Grekes. 
 
 In  those  dayes  wete  there  out  of  Israel 
 wicked  men,  which  moued  moch  people  with 
 their  coiicel,''  sayege :  Let  vs  go  (j  make  a 
 couenaunt  with  the  Heithen,  y  are  rounde 
 aboute  vs :  "for  sence  we  departed  from  them, 
 we  haue  had  moch  sorow.  So  this  deuyce 
 pleased  them  well,  and  certayne  of  y-  people 
 toke  vpon  the  for  to  go  vnto  y  kynge,  which 
 gaue  them  licence  to  do  after  the  ordinauce 
 of  the  Heithen.^  Then  set  they  vp  an  open 
 scole  (at  lerusalem)  of  the  lawes  of  the 
 Heithe,  and  were  nomore  circumcised:  but 
 forsoke  f  holy  Testamente,  and  ioyned  them 
 selues  to  f  Heithe,^  5  were  cleane  solde  to  do 
 myschefe. 
 
 So  when  Antiochus  beganne  to  be  mightie 
 in  his  kyngdome,  he  wente  aboute  to  optayne 
 f  londe  of  Egipte  also,  that  he  might  haue 
 the   dominion    of   two   realmes.     Vpon   this 
 
 "  ludit.  1.  b.         '  Dan.  7.  a.  and  8.  b.         '  1  Mac.  8.  a.        fSReg.  21.  d. 
 Deut.  7.  a.  ludic.  2.  a.       '  lere.  44.  c.      /  2  Mac.  4.  b.  '2  Mac. 
 
 entred  he  in  to  Egipte''  with  a  stronge  hoost, 
 with  charettes,  elephantes,  horsmen  5  a  greate 
 nombre  of  shippes,  and  beganne  to  warre 
 agaynst  Ptolomy  the  kynge  of  Egipte.  But 
 Ptolomy  was  afrayed  of  him,  and  fled :  and 
 many  of  his  people  were  wounded  to  death. 
 Thus  Antiochus  wane  many  stroge  cities, 
 and  toke  awaye  great  good  out  of  the  londe 
 of  Egipte. 
 
 And  after  that  Antiochus  had  smytten 
 Egipte,  he  turned  agayne  in  the  Cxiiij.  yeare 
 (E  wente  towarde  Israel,'  and  came  vp  to  leru- 
 salem with  a  mightie  people :  and  entred 
 proudly  into  ;y-  Sanctuary,  and  toke  awaye 
 the  golden  altare,  the  candilsticke  and  all  f 
 ornametes  therof :  the  table  of  the  shewbred 
 the  pouringe  vessel,  the  chargers,  the  golden 
 spones,  the  vale,  the  crownes  and  golden 
 apparel  of  the  temple,  and  brake  downe  all. 
 He  toke  also  the  syluer  and  golde,  the  pre- 
 cious lewels,  and  the  secrete  treasures  that  he 
 foude.  And  when  he  had  taken  awaye  allto- 
 gether,  caused  a  greate  murthur  of  men,  and 
 so  fulfilled  his  malicious  pryde,  he  departed 
 in  to  his  owne  londe. 
 
 Thus  there  arose  greate  heuinesse  and 
 misery  in  all  the  londe  of  Israel.  The  prynces 
 and  the  elders  of  the  people  mourned,  the 
 yoge  men  and  the  maydens  were  defyled,  and 
 the  fayre  beutye  of  women  was  chaunged : 
 the  brydegrome  and  the  bryde  toke  them  to 
 mournynge  :  the  londe  and  those  that  dwelt 
 therin,  was  moued :  for  all  the  house  of  lacob 
 was  brought  to  confucion. 
 
 After  two  yeares  the  kynge  sent  his  chefe 
 treasurer  vnto  the  cities  of  luda,*  which  came 
 to  lerusalem  with  a  greate  multitude  of  people, 
 speaklge  peaceable  wordes  vnto  the,  but  all 
 was  disceate :  for  when  they  had  geuen  him 
 credence,  he  fell  sodely  vpon  the  cite,  and 
 smote  it  sore,  'and  destroyed  moch  people  of 
 Israel.  And  when  he  had  spoyled  the  cite, 
 he  set  fyre  on  it,  "castinge  downe  houses  and 
 walles  on  eueiy  syde.  The  women  (j  their 
 children  toke  they  captiue,  and  led  awaye 
 their  catell.  Then  buylded  they  the  castel  of 
 Dauid  with  a  greate  and  thicke  wall,  and  with 
 mightie  towres,  and  made  it  a  stronge  holde 
 for  them.  Besyde  all  this  they  sett  wicked 
 people  and  vngodly  men  to  kepe  it,  stoared  it 
 with  weapens  and  vytales :  gathered  the  goodes 
 
 ''  2  Mac.  5.  a, 
 '  1  Mac.  7.  b. 
 
 '  2  Mac.  5.  c. 
 1  Mac.  3.  f. 
 
ffo,  rmbiij. 
 
 €\)t  u  bofee  of  tbr  iflarijabrrsi. 
 
 Cftap. 
 
 of  lerusalem,  and  layed  the  vp  there  :  thus 
 became  it  a  theuysh  castell. 
 
 And  this  was  done  to  laye  waite  for  the 
 people  that  wente  in  to  the  Sanctuary,  and  for 
 the  cruell  destruccion  of  Israel.  Thus  they 
 shed  innocent  bloude  on  euery  syde  of  f 
 Sanctuary,  and  defyled  it :  In  so  moch  that 
 the  citesyns  were  fayne  to  departe,  and  the 
 cite  became  an  habitacion  of  straungers,  be 
 ynge  desolate  of  hir  owne  sede,  for  hir  owne 
 natyues  were  fayne  to  leaue  her.  Hir  Sac- 
 tuary  was  clene  waisted,"  hir  holy  dayes  were 
 turned  in  to  mournynge,  hir  Sabbathes  were 
 had  in  derision,  and  hir  honours  brought  to 
 naught.  Loke  how  greate  hir  glory  was  afore, 
 so  greate  was  hir  confucion,  and  hir  ioye 
 turned  in  to  sorow. 
 
 Antiochus  also  the  kynge  sent  out  a  com- 
 mission'' vnto  all  his  kyngdome,  that  all  the 
 people  shulde  be  one.  Then  they  left  euery 
 man  his  lawe,  and  all  the  Heithen  agreed  to 
 the  comaundement  of  kynge  Antiochus :  Yee 
 many  of  the  Israelites  consented  there  vnto, 
 ofFerynge  vnto  Idols,  and  defylinge  the  Sab- 
 bath. So  the  kynge  Antiochus  sent  his 
 messaungers  with  his  commission  vnto  leru- 
 salem, and  to  all  f  cities  of  luda  :  that  they 
 shulde  folowe  y  lawes  of  the  Heithe,  and  for- 
 bad ether  burntofferynge,  meatofferynge  or 
 peaceofFeiynge  to  be  made  in  the  temple  of 
 God,  (t  that  there  shulde  no  Sabbath  ner  bye 
 feast  daye  be  kepte  :  but  commaunded,  that 
 the  Sanctuary  and  the  holy  people  of  Israel 
 shulde  be  defyled. 
 
 He  commaunded  also  that  there  shulde  be 
 set  vp  other  altares,  temples  and  Idols :  to 
 offre  vp  swynes  flesh  and  other  vnclene  beastes: 
 that  men  shulde  leaue  their  children  vncir- 
 cumcised,  to  defyle  their  soules  with  all  maner 
 of  vnclennesse  j  abhominacions :  that  they 
 might  so  forget  the  lawe,  and  chaiige  all  the 
 holy  ordinaunces  of  God:  and  that  who  so 
 euer  wolde  not  do  acordynge  to  the  com- 
 raaundement  of  kynge  Antiochus,  shulde 
 suffVe  death.  In  like  maner  commaunded  he 
 thorow  out  all  his  realme,  and  sett  rulers  ouer 
 the  people,  for  to  compell  them  to  do  these 
 thynges,  commaundinge  the  cities  of  luda  to 
 do  sacrifice  vnto  Idols. 
 
 Then  wente  the  people  vnto  the  Heithen 
 by  heapes,  forsoke  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  committed  moch  euell  in  the  londe  :  yee 
 
 Tobi.  2.  a.     Amos  8.  b. 
 
 '  2  Mac.  6.  a. 
 
 and  chaced  out  the  secrete  Israehtes,  which 
 had  hyd  them  selues  in  comers  and  preuy 
 places.  The  xv.  daye  of  the  moneth  Casleu, 
 in  the  Cxlv.  yeare,  set  kynge  Antiochus  an 
 abhominable  Idol  of  desolacion  vpon  the 
 altare  of  God,  and  they  buylded  altares  thorow 
 out  all  the  cities  of  luda  on  euery  syde,  before 
 the  dores  of  the  houses,  and  in  the  stretes ; 
 where  they  brent  incense,  and  dyd  sacrifyce, 
 And  as  for  the  bokes  of  the  lawe  of  God,  they 
 brent  them  in  the  fyre,"  and  rente  them  in 
 peces.  What  so  euer  he  was  that  had  a  boke 
 of  the  Testament  of  the  LORDE  founde  by 
 hym,  yee  who  so  euer  endeuored  himself  to 
 kepe  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE,  the  kynges 
 commaundement  was,  y  they  shulde  put  him 
 to  death.  And  thorow  his  auctorite  they 
 executed  these  thinges  euery  moneth,  vpon 
 the  people  of  Israel  that  were  founde  in  the 
 cities. 
 
 The  fyue  and  twentye  daye  of  the  moneth,'' 
 what  tyme  as  they  dyd  sacrifice  vpon  the 
 altare  (which  stode  in  the  steade  of  the  altare 
 of  the  LORDE)  acordinge  to  the  commaunde- 
 ment of  kynge  Antiochus,  they  put  certayne 
 women  to  death,  which  had  caused  their 
 children  to  be  circumcised:  Not  only  that,  but 
 they  hanged  vp  the  children  by  the  neckes 
 thorow  out  all  their  houses,  and  slewe  the 
 circumcisers  of  them. 
 
 Yet  were  there  many  of  the  people  of 
 Israel,  which  determed  in  them  selues,  that 
 they  wolde  not  eate  vncleane  thinges:  but 
 chose  rather  to  suflre  death,  then  to  be  defyled 
 with  vncleane  meates.  So  because  they  wolde 
 not  breake  the  blessed  lawe  of  God,  they  were 
 cruelly  slayne.  And  this  greate  tyranny  in- 
 creased very  sore  vpon  the  people  of  Israel. 
 
 Cl)e  tj.  CI)aptfr. 
 
 IN  those  dayes  there  dyd  stode  vp  one 
 Matathias  the  sonne  of  Symeon  the  prest 
 (out  of  the  kynred  of  loaris)  fro  lerusalem, 
 and  dwelt  vpon  the  mount  of  Modin,  and  had 
 V.  sonnes  :  Iho  called  Gaddis  :  Symon,  called 
 Thasi :  ludas,  other  wyse  called  Machabeus : 
 Eleazer,  other  wyse  called  Abaron :  and 
 lonathas,  whose  surname  was  Apphus.  These 
 sawe  the  euell,  y  was  done  amonge  the  people 
 of  luda  and  lerusalem.  And  Matathias  sayde : 
 Wo  is  me,  alas  that  euer  I  was  borne,  to  se 
 this  misery  of  my  people,  and  f  piteous  de- 
 
COap.  ij. 
 
 Cbe  (♦  faofer  of  tf)t  £Slad)ahtt$, 
 
 fo,  t}:}:m. 
 
 struccio  of  the  holy  cite  :  a  thus  to  syt  so  styll, 
 it  beynge  delyuered  in  to  the  hondes  of  the 
 enemies,  "Hir  Sanctuary  is  come  in  to  the 
 power  of  straungers,  hir  temple  is,  as  it  were 
 a  man  y  hath  lost  his  good  name.  Hir  pre- 
 cious ornamentes  are  caried  awaye  captyue, 
 hir  olde  men  are  slayne  in  the  stretes,  and  hir 
 yonge  men  are  fallen  thorow  the  swearde  of 
 the  enemies. 
 
 What  people  is  it,  that  hath  not  some  pos- 
 session in  hir  kyngdome  ?  Or  who  hath  not 
 gotten  some  of  hir  spoyles  ?  All  hir  glory  is 
 taken  awaye.  She  was  a  Quene,  and  now  she 
 is  become  an  handmayde.  Beholde  our  Sanc- 
 tuary, oure  bewtye  and  honoure  is  waisted 
 awaye,  and  defyled  by  the  Gentiles.  What 
 helpeth  it  vs  then  to  lyue  ?  And  Matathias 
 rente  his  clothes,  he  and  his  sonnes,  and  put 
 sackcloth  vpon  them,  5  mourned  very  sore. 
 
 Then  came  the  men  thither  which  were 
 sent  of  kynge  Antiochus,  to  compell  soch  as 
 were  fled  in  to  the  cite  of  Modin,  for  to  do 
 sacrifice  and  to  bume  incense  vnto  Idols,  and 
 to  forsake  the  lawe  of  God.  So,  many  of  the 
 people  of  Israel  consented  and  encljTied  vnto 
 them,  but  Matathias  and  his  sonnes  remayned 
 stedfast.  Then  spake  the  commissioners  of 
 kynge  Antiochus,  5  sayde  vnto  Matathias : 
 Thou  art  a  noble  man,  of  hye  reputacion  and 
 greate  in  this  cite,  hauinge  fayi-e  children  and 
 brethren.  Come  thou  therfore  first,  and  fulfill 
 the  kynges  commaundemet,  like  as  aU  the 
 Heithen  haue  done,  yee  and  f  men  of  luda, 
 and  soch  as  remayne  at  lerusalem :  so  shalt 
 thou  and  thy  children  be  in  y  kynges  fauoure, 
 and  enriched  with  golde,  syluer  and  greate 
 rewardes. 
 
 Matathias  answered,  and  spake  with  a  loude 
 voyce :  Though  all  nacions  obeye  the  kynge 
 Antiochus,  and  fall  awaie  euery  man  fro  kep- 
 ynge  f  lawe  of  their  fathers :  though  they 
 consente  to  his  commaundementes,  yet  wil  I  5 
 my  sonnes  and  my  brethren,  not  fall  from  the 
 lawe  of  oure  fathers.  God  forbyd  we  shulde : 
 that  were  not  good  for  vs,  that  we  shulde  for- 
 sake the  lawe  and  ordinaunces  of  God,*  and  to 
 agre  vnto  the  commaundement  of  kynge  An- 
 tiochus. Therfore  we  will  do  no  soch  sacrifice, 
 nether  breake  the  statutes  of  oure  lawe,  to  go 
 another  waye.  And  whe  he  had  spoken  these 
 wordes,'  there  came  one  of  the  lewes,  which 
 openly  in  the  sight  of  all,  dyd  sacrifice  ^^lto  the 
 
 Idols  vpon  the  aulter  in  the  cite  of  Modin, 
 acordinge  to  the  kynges  commaundement. 
 
 When  Matathias  sawe  this,  it  greued  him 
 at  the  herte,  so  that  his  raynes  shoke  \vithall, 
 and  his  wrath  kindled  for  very  zele  of  the 
 lawe.  With  that  he  gaue  a  szkippe  forth, 
 and  kylled  the  lewe  besyde  the  aulter :  Yee 
 and  slewe  y-  kynges  commissioner,  that  c6- 
 pelled  him  to  do  sacrifice,  (j  destroyed  the 
 aulter  at  the  same  time :  soch  a  zele  had  he 
 vnto  the  lawe  of  God,  hke  as  "Thinees  dyd 
 vnto  Zambri  the  sonne  of  Salomi.  And  Ma- 
 tathias cried  with  a  loude  voyce  thorow  y  cite, 
 sayenge  :  Who  so  is  feruent  in  the  lawe,  5  wil 
 kepe  y  couenaunt,  let  him  folowe  me.  So 
 he  and  his  sonnes  fled  in  to  the  mountaynes" 
 and  left  all  that  euer  they  had  in  y  cite.  Many 
 other  godly  men  also  departed  in  to  the  wyl- 
 demesse  with  their  children,  their  wyues  and 
 their  cateU,  and  remayned  there  :  for  the 
 tyranny  increaced  so  sore  vpon  them. 
 
 Now  when  the  kynges  seruauntes  and  the 
 boost,  which  was  at  lerusalem  in  the  cite  of 
 Dauid  herde,  that  certayne  me  had  broken 
 the  kynges  commaundement  and  were  gone 
 their  waye  to  the  wyldernesse  in  to  secrete 
 places,  and  that  there  were  many  departed 
 after  them :  they  folowed  vpon  them  to  fight 
 agaynst  them  in  the  Sabbath  daye,  and  sayde : 
 Wyll  ye  yet  rebeU  ?  Get  you  hence  ij  do  the 
 commaundement  of  kynge  Antiochus,  and  ye 
 shal  lyue.  They  answered :  We  wil  not  go 
 forth,  nether  wil  we  do  the  kinges  comaunde- 
 ment,  to  defyle  y  Sabbath  daye.-^  Then 
 beganne  they  to  fight  agaynst  them  neuer- 
 thelesse  they  gaue  them  none  other  answere, 
 nether  cast  they  one  stone  at  them,  ner  made 
 fast  their  preuy  places,  but  sayde:  We  wil  dye 
 all  in  our  innocency,  heauen  5  earth  shal 
 testifie  with  vs,  that  ye  put  vs  to  death  wrong- 
 eously.  Thus  they  fought  agaynst  them  vpon 
 the  Sabbath,  (t  slewe  both  men  and  catell, 
 their  wyues  and  their  children,  to  the  nombre 
 of  a  thousande  people. 
 
 When  Matathias  and  his  frendes  herde  this, 
 they  mourned  for  them  right  sore,  and  sayde 
 one  to  another :  Yf  so  be  that  we  all  do  as  oure 
 brethre  haue  done,  and  fight  not  for  oure  lyues 
 5  for  oure  lawes  agaynst  the  Heithen :  then 
 shall  they  the  sooner  rote  vs  out  of  the  earth. 
 So  they  cocluded  amonge  theselues  at  the 
 same  tyme,  sayenge :  What  soeuer  he  be  that 
 
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 Cometh  to  make  battayll  with  vs  vpon  the 
 Sabbath  daye,  we  wyll  fight  agaynst  him,  it 
 not  dye  all,  as  oure  brethren  y  were  mur- 
 thured  so  haynously.  Vpo  this  came  the 
 Synagoge  of  the  lewes  vnto  the:  stronge 
 men  of  Israel,  all  soch  as  were  feruent  in  the 
 lawe.  And  all  they  that  were  fled  for  per- 
 secucion,  came  to  helpe  them,  and  to  stonde 
 by  them :  In  so  moch  that  they  gathered  an 
 boost  of  men,  and  slewe  the  wicked  doers  in 
 their  gelousy,  and  the  vngodly  men  in  their 
 wrath.  Some  of  the  wicked  fled  vnto  the 
 Heithen,  and  escaped. 
 
 Thus  Matathias  and  his  fi-endes  wente 
 aboute,  and  destroyed  the  aulters,  and  circum- 
 cided  the  children,  that  had  not  yet  receaued 
 circumcision :  as  many  as  they  founde  within 
 f  coostes  of  Israel:  and  folowed  mightely  vpon 
 the  children  of  pryde,  and  this  acte  prospered 
 in  their  hondes :  In  so  moch,  that  they  kepte 
 the  lawe  agaynst  the  power  of  the  Gentiles 
 and  the  kynges,  and  gaue  not  ouer  their  do- 
 minion vnto  wicked  doers. 
 
 After  this  when  the  tyme  drew  on  fast, 
 that  Matathias  shulde  dye,  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 sonnes:  Now  is  pryde  and  persecucion  in- 
 creased, now  is  the  tyme  of  destruccion  and 
 wrathful!  displeasure :  Wherfore  (o  my  sonnes) 
 be  ye  feruent  in  the  lawe,  and  ioperde  youre 
 lyues  for  the  Testament  of  the  fathers:  call 
 to  remembraunce  what  actes  oure  fathers  dyd 
 in  their  tyme,  so  shall  ye  receaue  greate  ho- 
 noure  and  an  euerlastinge  name. 
 
 Remembre  Abraham,"  was  not  he  founde 
 faithfuU  in  tentacion,  and  it  was  reckened 
 vnto  him  for  righteousnesse  ?  Joseph  in  tyme 
 of  his  trouble  kepte  the  commaundement,  and 
 was  made  a  lorde  of  Egipte.  Pliinees  oure 
 father  was  so  feruent  for  the  honoure  of  God, 
 that  he'  optayned  the  couenaut  of  an  euer- 
 lastinge presthode.  losue  for  fulfillinge  the 
 worde  of  God,  was  made  the  captayne  of  Is- 
 rael. 'Caleb  bare  recorde  before  the  c5gre- 
 gacion,  and  receaued  an  heretage.  ''Dauid 
 also  in  his  mercifull  kyndnesse,  optayned  the 
 trone  of  an  euerlastinge  kyngdome.  'Elias 
 beynge  gelous  and  feruent  in  the  lawe,  was 
 taken  vp  in  to  heaue.  -'^Hananias,  Asarias  and 
 Misael  remayned  stedfast  in  faith,  and  were 
 
 '  lacob.  8.  c.  Heb.ll.  d.  Ro.  4.  d.  Gen.  22.  a.  Eccli. 
 44.  c.  Gen.  41.  f.  Nu.  25.  c.  Eccli.  45.  f.  '  Nu.  27.  d. 
 losu.  l.a.  'Nu.  14.  a.  '' 1  Re.  24.  c.  '4Re.  2.c. 
 /Dan.  3.  d.  «  Dan.  6.  d.     Bel".  '  Heb.  11.  b. 
 
 delyuered  out  of  the  fyre.  In  like  maner 
 ^  Daniel  beynge  vngiltie,  was  saued  from  the 
 mouth  of  the  Lyons. 
 
 And  thus  ye  maye  considre  thor6w  out  all 
 ages  sens  the  worlde  beganne,''  that  who  so 
 euer  put  their  trust  in  God,  were  not  ouer 
 come.  '  Feare  not  ye  then  the  wordes  of  an 
 vngodly  man,  for  his  glory  is  but  donge  and 
 wormes :  to  daye  is  he  set  vp,  and  to  morow 
 is  he  gone :  for  he  is  turned  in  to  earth,  and 
 his  memoriall  is  come  to  naught.  Wherfore 
 (o  my  sonnes)  take  good  hertes  vnto  you,  and 
 quyte  youre  selues  like  men  in  the  lawe :  for 
 yf  ye  do  the  thinges  that  are  commaunded 
 you  in  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  youre  God, 
 ye  shal  optaine  greate  honoure  therin. 
 
 And  beholde,  I  knowe  that  youre  brother 
 Symon  is  a  man  of  wyszdome :  se  that  ye 
 geue  eare  vnto  him  allwaye,  he  shall  be  a 
 father  vnto  you.  As  for  ludas  Machabeus, 
 he  hath  euer  bene  mightie  and  stroge  from 
 his  youth  vp:  let  him  be  youre  captayne,  and 
 ordre  the  battayll  of  y  people :  Thus  shall  ye 
 brynge  vnto  you  all  those  that  fauoure  the 
 lawe,  and  se  that  ye  auenge  the  wronge  of 
 youre  people,  and  recompence  the  Heithen 
 agayne,  and  applie  youre  selues  whole  to  the 
 commaundement  of  the  lawe.  So  he  gaue 
 them  his  blessinge,  and  was  layed  by  his 
 fathers :  and  dyed  in  the  Cxlvj.  yeare  at 
 Modin,  where  his  sonnes  buried  him  in  his 
 fathers  sepulcre,  ij  all  Israel  made  greate  la- 
 mentacion  for  him. 
 
 Wt)t  iij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 THEN  stode  vp  ludas  Machabeus  in  his 
 fathers  steade,*  and  all  his  brethre  helped 
 him :  and  so  dyd  all  they  that  helde  with  his 
 father,  and  fought  with  cherefulnesse  for  Is- 
 rael. So  ludas  gat  his  people  gi-eate  honoure : 
 He  put  on  a  brest  plate  as  a  giaunte,  and 
 arayed  him  self  with  his  harnesse,  and  de- 
 fended the  hoost  with  his  swearde.  In  his 
 actes  he  was  like  a  lyon,  5  as  a  lyons  whelpe 
 roaringe  at  his  praye.  He  was  an  enemie  to 
 the  wicked,'  and  huted  them  out :  and  brent 
 vp  those,  that  vexed  his  people  :  So  that  his 
 enemies  fled  for  feare  of  him,  and  all  the 
 workers  of  vngodlynes  were  put  to  trouble: 
 
 'Mat.  lO.d.  Esa.  51.  c.and40.  a.  iPet.l.d.  lacob.l.b. 
 Eccli.  14.  b.  Psal.  26.  c.  and  30.  d.  '  losephus  cap. 
 8.  9.  11.  12  Antiq.  '  Psal.  100.  b.     2  Mac.  8.  a. 
 
C!)ap,  iij. 
 
 €\)t  u  Ijofo"  of  tin  iilad)al)«6. 
 
 fo,  all. 
 
 soch  lucke  and  prosperite  was  in  his  honde. 
 This  greued  dyuerse  kynges,  but  lacob  was 
 greatly  reioysed  thorow  his  actes,  and  he  gat 
 him  self  a  greate  name  for  euer. 
 
 He  wente  thorow  the  cities  of  luda,  de- 
 stroyenge  the  vngodly  out  of  them,  turnynge 
 awaye  the  wrath  from  Israel,  and  receauynge 
 soch  as  were  oppressed :  and  the  fame  of  him 
 wente  vnto  the  vttemost  parte  of  f  earth. 
 Then  Appollonius  (a  prynce  of  Syria)  ga- 
 thered a  mightie  greate  hoost  of  the  Heithen 
 5  out  of  Samaria,  to  fight  agaynst  Israel. 
 Which  when  ludas  perceaued,  he  wente  forth 
 to  mete  him,  fought  with  him,  slewe  him,  and 
 a  greate  multitude  with  him :  the  remnaunte 
 fled,  and  he  toke  their  substaunce.  ludas 
 also  toke  Appollonius  owne  swearde,  and 
 fought  with  it  all  his  life  longe. 
 
 Now  when  Seron  (another  prjTice  of  Siria) 
 herde  saye,  that  ludas  had  gathered  vnto  him 
 the  congregacion  and  church  of  the  faithfull, 
 he  sayde :  I  will  get  me  a  name  and  a  prayse 
 thorow  out  the  realme :  for  I  will  go  fight 
 with  ludas  and  them  that  are  with  him,  as 
 many  as  haue  despised  the  kynges  com- 
 maundement.  So  he  made  him  ready,  and 
 there  wente  with  him  a  greate  mightie  hoost 
 of  the  vngodly,  to  stonde  by  him,  and  to  be 
 auenged  of  the  childre  of  Israel.  And  when 
 they  came  nye  vnto  Bethoron,  ludas  wente 
 forth  agaynst  them  with  a  small  company. 
 And  when  his  people  sawe  soch  a  greate  hoost 
 before  the,  they  sayde  vnto  ludas :  How  are 
 we  able  (beynge  so  fewe)  to  fight  agaynst  so 
 greate  a  multitude  and  so  stronge  ?  seinge  we 
 be  so  weery,  and  haue  fasted  all  this  daye  ? 
 
 But  ludas  sayde :"  It  is  a  small  matter  for 
 many  to  be  ouer  come  with  fewe  :  Yee  there 
 is  no  difference  to  the  God  of  heauen,  to  de- 
 lyuer  by  a  greate  multitude  or  by  a  small 
 company : '  for  the  victory  of  the  battell  stond- 
 eth  not  in  the  multitude  of  the  hoost,  but  the 
 strength  commeth  from  heauen.  Beholde, 
 they  come  agaynst  vs  with  a  presumptuous 
 and  proude  multitude :  to  destroye  vs,  oure 
 wyues  and  oure  children,  and  to  robbe  vs. 
 But  we  will  fight  for  oure  lyues  and  for  oure 
 lawes,  and  the  LORDE  himself  shall  de- 
 stroye the  before  oure  face :  therfore  be  not 
 ye  afrayed  of  them. 
 
 As  soone  as  he  had  spoken  these  wordes, 
 he  leapte  sodenly  vpon  the.     Thus  was  Seron 
 
 smytten,  and  his  hoost  put  to  flight,  and  ludas 
 folowed  vpon  them  beyonde  Bethoron  vnto 
 the  playne  felde :  where  there  were  slayne 
 eight  hundreth  men  of  them,  and  the  residue 
 fled  in  to  the  londe  of  the  Philistynes.  Then 
 all  the  Heithen  on  euery  syde  were  afrayed 
 for  ludas  and  his  brethren :  so  y  the  rumoure 
 of  him  came  vnto  the  kynges  eares,  for  all 
 the  Gentiles  coude  tell  of  the  warres  of 
 ludas. 
 
 So  whan  kynge  Antiochus  herde  these 
 tidinges,  he  was  angrie  in  his  mynde:  wher- 
 fore  he  sente  forth  and  gathered  an  hoost  of 
 his  whole  realme,  very  stronge  armies:  and 
 opened  his  treasury,  and  gaue  his  hoost  a 
 yeares  wagies  in  honde,  commaundynge  them 
 to  be  ready  at  all  tymes. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  when  he  sawe,  that  there 
 was  not  moneye  ynough  in  his  treasuries,  and 
 that  thorow  the  discorde  and  persecucion, 
 which  he  made  in  y  londe  (to  put  downe  y 
 lawes  that  had  bene  of  olde  tyme)  his  cus- 
 tomes  and  tributes  of  the  londe  were  my- 
 niszshed :  he  feared  that  he  was  not  able  for 
 to  beare  the  costes  and  charges  eny  lenger, 
 ner  to  haue  soch  giftes,  to  geue  so  liberally  as 
 he  dyd  a  fore,  more  then  the  kynges  that  were 
 before  him. 
 
 Wherfore  he  was  heuy  in  his  mynde,  and 
 thought  to  go  in  to  Persides,"  for  to  take  tri- 
 butes of  y  londe,  and  so  to  gather  moch 
 moneye.  So  he  left  Lysias  (a  noble  man  of 
 the  kynges  bloude)  to  ouersee  the  kynges 
 busynesses,  from  the  water  Euphrates  vnto 
 the  borders  of  Egipte :  and  to  kepe  well  his 
 Sonne  Antiochus,  till  he  came  agayne. 
 
 Morouer,  he  gaue  him  half  of  his  hoost 
 and  elephantes,  committed  vnto  him  euery 
 thinge  of  his  mynde,  concemynge  those  which 
 dwelt  in  luda,  and  lerusalem :  that  he  shulde 
 sende  out  an  anny  agaynst  them,  to  destroye 
 and  to  rote  out  the  power  of  Israel  and  the 
 remnaunt  of  lerusalem :  to  put  out  their  me- 
 moriall  from  that  place,  to  set  straungers  for 
 to  inhabit  all  their  quarters,  and  to  parte 
 their  londe  amoge  them.  ''Thus  the  kynge 
 toke  the  other  parte  of  the  hoost,  and  de- 
 parted from  Antioch  (a  cite  of  his  realme) 
 ouer  the  water  of  Euphrates,  in  the  hundreth 
 and  xlvij.  yeare,  and  wente  thorow  the  hye 
 countrees. 
 
 'And  Lysias  chose  vnto  him  Ptolomy  the 
 
 ''  losep.  cap.  10.  libro  12  Antiq.  '  2  Mac.  8.  b. 
 
jTo.  nil). 
 
 Cl)f  I.  bokt  of  tbr  i¥lari)al)ff6. 
 
 Cf)ap.  inj. 
 
 dT 
 
 Sonne  of  Doriminus,  Nycanor  and  Gorgias 
 mightie  men,  fi  the  kjiiges  frendes.  These 
 he  sent  with  xl.  thousande  fote  men  and  vij 
 thousande  horsmen,  for  to  go  in  to  f  londe 
 of  luda,  and  to  destroye  it,  as  the  kynge 
 commaunded.  So  they  wente  forth  with  all 
 their  power,  and  came  to  Emmaus  in  to  the 
 playne  felde.  When  the  marchautes  herde 
 the  rumoure  of  them,  they  and  their  seruauntes 
 toke  very  moch  siluer  and  golde,  for  to  bye 
 the  children  of  Israel  to  be  their  bonde  men 
 There  came  vnto  them  also  yet  moo  men  of 
 warre  on  euery  syde,  out  of  Syria  (j  the  from 
 the  Palestynes. 
 
 Now  when  ludas  and  his  brethre  sawe  that 
 trouble  increased,  and  that  the  hoost  drew 
 nye  vnto  their  borders  :  consideringe  y  kynges 
 wordes  which  he  commaunded  vnto  the  peo- 
 ple :  namely,  that  they  shulde  vtterly  waist 
 and  destroye  them :  They  sayde  one  to  ano- 
 ther: Let  vs  redresse  the  decaye  of  oure 
 people,  let  vs  fight  for  oure  folke  and  for 
 oure  Sanctuary.  Then  the  congregacion 
 were  soone  ready  gathered  to  fight,  to  praie 
 and  to  make  supplicacion  vnto  God  for  mercy 
 and  grace. 
 
 "As  for  lerusalem,  it  laye  voyde,  and  was 
 as  it  had  bene  a  wyldemesse.  There  wente 
 no  man  in  nor  out  at  it,  and  the  Sanctuary 
 was  troden  downe.  The  aleauntes  kepte  the 
 castell,  there  was  the  habitacion  of  the 
 Heithen.  The  myrth  of  lacob  was  taken 
 awaye,  the  pype  (j  the  harpe  was  gone  from 
 amonge  them. 
 
 The  Israelites  gathered  them  together, 
 and  came  to  Maspha  before  lerusalem :  for 
 in  Maspha  was  the  place  where  they  prayed 
 afore  tyme.  *So  they  fasted  that  daye,  and 
 put  sackclothes  vpo  them,  cast  aszshes  vpon 
 their  heades,  rente  their  clothes,  and  layde 
 forth  the  bokes  of  the  lawe  (wherout  y  Heithen 
 sought  the  licknesse  of  their  ymages)  and 
 brought  the  prestes  ornamentes,  the  firstlinges 
 and  the  Tythes.  They  set  there  also  the 
 absteyners  (which  had  fulfilled  their  dayes) 
 'before  God,  and  cried  with  a  loude  voyce 
 towarde  heauen,  sayenge :  what  shal  we  do 
 with  these  ?  and  whither  shall  we  cary  them 
 awaye  ? 
 
 For  thy  Sanctuary  is  troden  downe  and 
 defyled,  thy  prestes  are  come  to  heuynesse 
 
 1  Reg.7.b. 
 Deu.  20.  a. 
 
 'Num.6,  a. 
 ludic.  7.  a. 
 
 and  dishonoure  :  and  beholde,  the  Heithen 
 are  come  together  for  to  destroye  vs.  Thou 
 knowest  what  thiges  they  ymagyn  against  vs. 
 How  maye  we  stonde  before  them,  excepts 
 thou  (o  God)  be  oure  helpe  ? 
 
 They  blewe  out  the  trompettes  also  with  a 
 loude  voyce.  Then  ludas  ordened  captaynes 
 ouer  the  people :  ''  ouer  thousandes,  ouer  hun- 
 dredes,  ouer  fiftie,  and  ouer  ten.  But  as  for 
 soch  as  buylded  them  houses,  maried  wyues, 
 planted  them  vynyardes,  and  those  that  were 
 fearfuU :  '  he  commaunded  them  euery  man  to 
 go  home,  acordinge  to  f  lawe.  So  the  hoost 
 remoued,  and  pitched  vpon  the  South  syde 
 of  Emmaus. 
 
 And  ludas  sayde :  Arme  youre  selues,  be 
 stronge  (o  my  children)  make  you  ready 
 agaynst  tomorow  in  the  momynge,  that  ye 
 maye  fight  with  these  people,  which  are 
 agreed  together  to  destroye  vs  a  oure  Sanc- 
 tuary. Better  is  it  for  vs  to  dye  in  battayll, 
 then  to  se  oure  people  and  oure  Sanctuary  in 
 soch  a  miserable  case.  '  Neuerthelesse,  as  f 
 will  is  in  heauen,  so  be  it. 
 
 Ci)t  titj.  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 THEN  toke  Gorgias  fyue  thousande  men 
 of  fote,  and  a  ^thousande  of  the  best 
 horsmen :  and  remoued  by  night,  to  come 
 nye  where  f  lewes  hoost  laye,  and  so  to  slaye 
 them  sodenly.  Now  the  men  that  kepte  the 
 casteU,  were  the  coueyers  of  them.  Then 
 arose  ludas  to  smyte  the  chefe  and  pryncipall 
 of  the  kinges  hoost  at  Emmaus,  for  the  army 
 was  not  yet  come  together.  In  the  meane 
 season  came  Gorgias  by  night  in  to  ludas 
 tentes :  ri  when  he  founde  no  man  there,  he 
 sought  them  in  the  moiitaynes,  and  thought 
 they  had  bene  fled  awaye  because  of  him. 
 But  whe  it  was  dale,  ludas  shewed  himself  in 
 y  felde  with  thre  thousande  men  only,  which 
 had  nether  harnesse  ner  sweardes  to  their 
 myndes. 
 
 But  on  the  other  syde,  they  sawe  that  the 
 Heithen  were  mightie  and  wel  harnessed,  and 
 their  horsmen  aboute  them,  and  all  these  wel 
 experte  in  fettes  of  warre.  Then  sayde  ludas 
 to  f  men  that  were  with  him  :  ''  Feare  not  ye 
 the  multitude  of  them,  be  not  afrayed  of  their 
 violente  runnynge :  remembre  how  oure  fa- 
 thers were  delyuered  in  the  '  reed  see,  when 
 
 Luc.  11.  a. 
 Deu.  20.  a. 
 
 «  losephus  ubi  supra. 
 '  Exo.  14.  f. 
 
CJ^ajp.  iti). 
 
 Cfte  u  hokt  of  tftt  iHaffjafiws. 
 
 jTo.  fvlitj. 
 
 Pharao  threatned  them  with  a  greate  hoost. 
 "  Euen  so  let  vs  also  crie  now  towarde  heauen : 
 and  the  LORDE  shall  haue  mercy  vpon  vs, 
 and  remembre  the  couenaunt  of  cure  fathers, 
 yee  and  destroye  this  hoost  before  oure  face 
 this  daye  :  And  all  Heithen  shal  knowe,  that 
 it  is  God  himself,  which  delyuereth  and  saueth 
 Israel. 
 
 Then  the  Heithen  lift  vp  their  eyes :  and 
 when  they  sawe  that  they  were  commynge 
 agaynst  them,  they  wente  out  of  their  tentes 
 in  to  the  battayll :  and  they  that  were  with 
 ludas,  blewe  vp  the  trompettes.  So  they 
 'buckled  together,  and  the  Heithen  were  dis- 
 comfited, and  fled  ouer  the  playne  felde :  but 
 the  hynmost  of  them  were  slayne.  For  they 
 folowed  vpon  them  vnto  Assaremoth,  and  in 
 to  the  feldes  of  Idumea  towarde  Azot  and 
 lamnia:  so  that  there  were  slayne  of  them 
 vpon  a  thre  thousande  men.  So  ludas  turned 
 agayne  with  his  hoost,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 people :  Be  not  gredy  of  f  spoyles,  we  haue 
 yet  a  battayll  to  fight :  for  Gorgias  a  his  hoost 
 are  here  by  vs  in  the  mountaynes,  but  stonde 
 ye  fast  agaynst  oure  enemies,  and  ouercome 
 them  :  then  maye  ye  safely  take  the  spoyles. 
 
 As  ludas  was  speakjrnge  these  wordes, 
 there  apeared  one  parte  of  them  vpon  the 
 mount.  But  when  Gorgias  sawe  that  they  of 
 his  partie  were  fled,  and  the  tentes  brent  vp 
 (for  by  the  smoke  they  might  vnderstonde 
 what  was  done)  they  perceauynge  this,  were 
 very  sore  afrayed :  and  when  they  sawe  also 
 that  ludas  and  his  hoost  were  in  f  felde  ready 
 to  stryke  battayll,  they  fled  euerychone  in  to 
 the  londe  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 So  ludas  turned  agayne  to  spoyle  the 
 tentes,  where  they  gat  moch  golde  and  syluer, 
 precious  stones,  purple  5  greate  riches.  Thus 
 they  wente  home,  and  sunge  a  Psalme  of 
 thankesgeuynge  and  'praysed  God  in  heauen : 
 for  he  is  gracious,  and  his  mercy  endureth  for 
 euer :  And  so  Israel  had  a  greate  victory  in 
 that  daye. 
 
 Now  all  the  Heithen  that  escaped,  came 
 and  tolde  Lysias  euery  thinge  as  it  happened. 
 Wherfore  Lysias  was  sore  afrayed  and  greued 
 in  his  mynde,  because  Israel  had  not  gotte 
 soch  mysfortune  as  he  wolde  they  shulde, 
 nether  as  the  kynge  ''commaunded.  The 
 nexte  yeare  folowinge,  gathered  Lysias  thre 
 
 »  1  Mac.  8.  d. 
 117.  a.    135.  a 
 
 '  ludit.  13.  c. 
 and  105.  a. 
 
 score  thousande  chosen  men  of  fote,  and  fyue 
 thousande  horsmen,  to  fight  agaynst  them. 
 
 So  they  came  in  to  lewry,  and  pitched 
 their  tentes  at  Bethoron,  where  ludas  came 
 agaynst  them  with  ten  thousande  men.  And 
 when  he  sawe  so  greate  mightie  an  hoost,  he 
 made  his  prayer  and  sayde  :  Blessed  be  thou 
 (o  sauioure  of  Israel)  which  diddest  'destroye 
 the  violent  power  of  the  giaunte,  in  the  honde 
 of  thy  seruaunt  Dauid,  and  gauest  the  hoost 
 of  the  Heithe  in  to  the  honde  of  lonathas 
 (the  Sonne  of  •'^Saul)  and  of  his  weapen 
 bearer. 
 
 Put  this  hoost  now  in  to  the  honde  of  thy 
 people  of  Israel,  and  let  them  be  confounded 
 in  their  multitude  and  horsmen.  Make  them 
 afrayed,  5  discomforth  the  boldnes  of  their 
 strength,  y  they  maye  be  moued  thorow 
 their  destruccion.  Cast  them  downe  thorow 
 the  swearde  of  thy  louers,  then  shal  all  they 
 that  knowe  thy  name,  prayse  the  with  thankes- 
 geuynge. 
 
 So  they  stroke  the  batell,  and  there  were 
 slayne  of  Lysias  hoost,  fyue  thousande  men. 
 Then  Lysias  seynge  the  discomfetynge  of  his 
 men,  and  the  manlynesse  of  the  lewes,  how 
 they  were  ready,  ether  to  lyue  or  to  dye  like 
 men  :  He  wente  vnto  Antioche  and  chose  out 
 men  of  warre :  that  when  they  were  gathered 
 together,  they  might  come  agayne  in  to 
 lewry.  Then  sayde  ludas  and  his  brethren : 
 beholde,  oure  enemies  are  discomfited :  Let 
 vs  now  go  vp,  to  clese  and  to  repayre  the 
 Sanctuary. 
 
 Vpon  this,  all  the  hoost  gathered  them 
 together,  and  wente  vp  vnto  mount  Sion. 
 Now  when  they  sawe  the  « Sanctuary  laied 
 waist,  the  aulter  defyled,  the  dores  brent  vp, 
 the  shrubbes  growinge  in  the  courtes,  like  as 
 in  a  wod  or  vpon  mountaynes,  yee  and  that 
 the  prestes  Celles  were  broken  downe :  They 
 rente  their  clothes,  made  greate  lamentacion, 
 cast  aszshes  vpon  their  heades,  fell  downe  flat 
 to  the  grounde,  made  a  greate  noyse  with  the 
 trompettes,  and  cried  towarde  heauen. 
 
 Then  ludas  apoynted  certayne  men  to 
 fight  against  those  which  were  in  the  castel, 
 till  they  had  clensed  the  Sanctuary.  So  he 
 chose  prestes  y  were  vndefyled,  soch  as  had 
 pleasure  in  the  lawe  of  God :  and  they 
 clensed  the  Sanctuary,  5  bare  out  the  defyled 
 
 '  1  Re.  7.  g. 
 e  2  Mac.  10.  a. 
 
 /  4  Re.  14.  b. 
 
^0,  mltiiji. 
 
 €i)t  I.  hokt  of  t!)f  iilaxftaljfes. 
 
 CI)ap.  b. 
 
 stones  in  to  an  vncleane  place.  And  for  so 
 moch  as  the  aulter  of  burntofferynges  was  vn 
 halowed,  he  toke  aduysement,  what  he  might 
 do  withall :  so  he  thought  it  was  best  to  de- 
 stroye  it  (lest  it  shulde  happen  to  do  them 
 eny  shame)  for  the  Heithen  had  defyled  it, 
 5  therfore  they  brake  it  downe.  As  for 
 the  stones,  they  layed  them  vp  vpon  the 
 mountayne  by  the  house  in  a  conuenient 
 place  :  till  there  came  a  prophet  to  shewe, 
 what  shulde  be  done  with  them. 
 
 So  they  toke  whole  stones  acordinge  to  the 
 lawe,"  and  buylded  a  new  aulter  soch  one  as 
 was  before,  and  made  vp  the  Sanctuary  within 
 and  without,  and  halowed  the  courtes.  They 
 made  new  ornamentes,  j  brought  ;y-  candil- 
 sticke,  the  aulter  of  incense,  and  the  table  in 
 to  the  temple.  The  incense  layed  they  vpon 
 the  aulter,  ij  lighted  the  lampes  which  were 
 vpon  the  candilsticke,  that  they  might  burne 
 in  the  temple.  They  set  the  shewbred  vpon 
 the  table,  and  hanged  vp  the  vale,  and  set  vp 
 y  temple,  as  it  was  afore.  'And  vpon  the 
 XXV.  daye  of  the  ix.  moneth  (which  is  called 
 the  moneth  of  Casleu)  in  the  C.xlviij.  yeare  : 
 they  rose  vp  by  tymes  in  the  momynge  for  to 
 do  sacrifice  (acordinge  to  the  lawe)  vpon  the 
 new  burnt  offrjiige  aulter,  that  they  had 
 made :  after  the  tyme  and  season  that  y 
 Heithen  had  defyled  it.  The  same  daye  was 
 it  set  vp  agayne,  with  songes  pipes,  harpes 
 and  c)Tnbales. 
 
 And  all  the  people  fell  vpon  their  faces, 
 worshippynge  and  thankynge  the  God  of 
 heauen,  which  had  geuen  them  the  victory. 
 '  So  they  kepte  the  dedicacion  of  the  aulter 
 viij.  dayes,  offerynge  bumtsacrifices  and 
 thankofferinges  with  gladnesse.  They  deckte 
 the  temple  also  with  crownes  and  shyldes  of 
 golde,  and  halowed  the  portes  and  celles,  and 
 hanged  dores  vpon  them.  Thus  was  there 
 very  greate  gladnes  amonge  the  people,  be- 
 cause the  blasphemy  of  the  Heithe  was  put 
 awaye.  j 
 
 So  ludas  and  his  brethren  with  the  whole 
 cogregacion  of  Israel,  ordened,  that  the  tyme 
 of  the  dedicacion''  of  f  aulter  shulde  be  kepte 
 in  his  season  from  yeare  to  yeare,  by  the  space 
 of  viij.  dayes,  from  the  xxv.  daye  of  the 
 moneth  Casleu :  yee  and  that  with  myrth  and 
 gladnesse. 
 
 •  Exo.  20.  d.  Deu.  27.  a.  losu.  8.  g.        »  2  Mac.  10.  a. 
 2  Par.  7.  b.  d  loh.  10.  c.  '  1  Mac.  6.  d.  f. 
 
 And  at  the  same  tyme  buylded  they  vp  f 
 mount  Sion  with  hye  walles  and  stronge 
 towres  rounde  aboute  :  lest  f  Gentiles  shulde 
 come  and  treade  it  downe,  as  they  dyd  afore.' 
 Therfore  ludas  set  men  of  warre  in  it,  to 
 kepe  it :  and  made  it  stronge,  for  to  defende 
 Bethsura:  that  the  people  might  haue  a 
 refuge  agaynst  the  Edomites. 
 
 Ci)t  b.  Cljaptn:. 
 
 IT  happened  also  that  when  f  Heithen 
 rounde  aboute  herde,-'  how  that  the  aulter 
 and  the  Sanctuary  were  set  vp  in  their  olde 
 estate :  it  displeased  them  very  sore,  wherfore 
 they  thought  to  destroye  the  generacion  of 
 lacob  that  was  amonge  them :  In  so  moch 
 that  theybeganne  to  slaye  and  to  persecute 
 certayne  of  y  people.  *  Then  ludas  fought 
 against  the  children  of  Esau  in  Idumea,  and 
 agaynst  those  which  were  at  Arabathane''  (for 
 they  dwelt  rounde  aboute  f  Israelites)  where 
 he  slewe  (t  spoyled  a  greate  multitude  of  the. 
 He  thought  also  vpon  the  malice  and  vnfaith- 
 fulnes  of  the  children  of  Bean,  how  they  were 
 a  snare  and  stoppe  vnto  ;y  people,  and  how 
 they  layed  waite  for  them  in  the  hie  waye : 
 wherfore  he  shut  them  vp  in  to  towers,  and 
 came  ^iito  them,  condemned  them,  and  brent 
 vp  their  towres,  with  all  that  were  in  them. 
 
 Afterwarde  wente  he  agaynst  the  children 
 of  Ammon,  wherof  he  founde  a  mightie 
 power  and  a  greate  multitude  of  people,  with 
 Tj-mothy  their  captayne.  So  he  stroke  many 
 battayls  with  them,  which  were  distroyed  be- 
 fore him.  And  when  he  had  slayne  them,  he 
 wanne  Gazer  the  cite,  with  the  townes  be- 
 longinge  therto,  and  so  turned  agayne  in  to 
 lewry.  The  Heithen  also  in  Galaad  gathered 
 them  together,  agaynst  the  Israelites  that 
 were  in  their  quarters,  to  slaye  them :  but 
 they  fled  to  the  castel  of  Datheman,  and  sent 
 letters  vnto  ludas  and  his  brethren,  sayenge : 
 The  Heithen  are  gathered  agaynst  vs  on 
 euerj'  syde,  to  destroye  vs,  and  now  they 
 make  the  for  to  come  and  laye  sege  to  f 
 castel,  whervnto  we  are  fled,  5  Timothy  is  the 
 captayne  of  their  boost :  come  therfore,  and 
 delyuer  vs  out  of  their  hondes :  for  there  is  a 
 greate  multitude  of  vs  slayne  all  ready.  Yee 
 and  oure  brethren  that  were  at  Tubin,  are 
 slayne  and  destroyed   (wel  nye  a  thousande 
 
 /  losephus,  cap.  12.  libro  12. 
 
 »  2  Ma.  10. 
 
 5  Eze.  25.  c.  and  35 
 
Cftap*  b. 
 
 Cftt  u  boht  of  tl)e  iMari)aI)W6. 
 
 #o»  nrlb. 
 
 men)  and  their  wyues,  their  children  and 
 their  goodes  haue  the  enemies  led  awaye 
 captyue. 
 
 Whyle  these  letters  were  yet  a  readinge, 
 beholde,  there  came  other  messaugers  from 
 Galilee,  with  rente  clothes :  which  tolde  euen 
 the  same  tydinges,  and  sayde,  that  they  of 
 Ptolomais,  of  Tirus  and  of  Sidon  were 
 gathered  aga}Tist  them,  and  that  all  Galilee 
 was  fyUed  with  enemies  to  destroye  Israel. 
 When  ludas  and  f  people  herde  this,  they 
 came  together  (a  greate  congregacion)  "to 
 deuyse,  what  they  might  do  for  their  brethren, 
 that  were  in  trouble  and  beseged  of  their 
 enemies.  And  ludas  sayde  vnto  Symon  his 
 brother :  chose  y  out  certayne  men,  and  go 
 delyuer  thy  brethren  in  Galilee :  As  for  me 
 and  my  brother  lonathas,  we  wyl  go  in  to 
 Galaadithim.  So  he  left  losephus  f  sonne  of 
 Zachary,  and  Asanas,  to  be  captaynes  of  the 
 people  and  to  kepe  the  remnaunt  of  the  boost 
 in  lewry,  ct  commaunded  them,  sayenge : 
 Take  the  ouersight  of  this  people,  and  se  that 
 ye  make  no  warre  agaynst  the  Heithen,  vntill 
 the  tyme  that  we  come  agayne.  And  vnto 
 Simon  he  gaue  thre  thousande  men  for  to  go 
 in  to  Galilee,  but  ludas  himself  had  eight 
 thousande  in  to  Galaadithim. 
 
 Then  weiite  Symon  in  to  Galilee,  and 
 stroke  dyuerse  batels  with  the  Heithen : 
 whom  he  discomfited,  and  folowed  vpon  them 
 vnto  the  porte  of  Ptolomais.  And  there  were 
 slayne  of  the  Heithen  allmost  iij.  thousande 
 men.  So  he  toke  the  spoyles  of  them,  and 
 caried  awaye  the  Israelites  (that  were  in 
 Galilee  and  Arbatis)  with  their  wyues,  their 
 children  and  all  that  they  had,  and  brought 
 them  in  to  lewry  with  greate  gladnesse. 
 ludas  Machabeus  also  and  his  brother  lona- 
 thas, wente  ouer  lordane,  and  trauayled  iij. 
 dayes  iourney  in  the  wyldernesse :  Where  the 
 Nebuthees  met  them,  and  receaued  them 
 louyngly,  and  tolde  the  euery  thinge  that  had 
 happened  vnto  their  brethren  in  Galaadithim, 
 and  how  that  many  of  them  were  beseged  in 
 Barasa,  Bosor,  Ahmis,  Casphor,  Mageth  and 
 Carnaim  (all  these  are  stronge  walled  and 
 mightie  greate  cities)  and  y  they  were  kepte 
 in  other  cities  of  Galaad  also  :  and  tomorow 
 they  are  apoynted  to  brynge  their  boost  vnto 
 these  cities,  to  take  them  and  to  wynne  them 
 in  one  daye. 
 
 So  ludas  and  his  boost  turned  in  all  the 
 haist  in  the  wildemesse  towarde  Bosor,  and 
 wanne  the  cite,  slewe  all  the  males  with  the 
 swearde,  toke  all  their  goodes,  and  set  fyre 
 vpon  the  cite.  And  in  the  night  they  toke 
 their  iourneye  from  thence,  and  came  to  the 
 castell.  And  by  tymes  in  the  mornynge  when 
 they  loked  vp,  beholde,  there  was  an  innu- 
 merable people  bearynge  laders  and  other 
 instrumetes  of  warre,  to  take  the  castell  and 
 to  ouer  come  them. 
 
 ^Vhen  ludas  sawe  that  the  battayll  beganne, 
 and  that  the  noyse  therof  wente  vp  and  range 
 in  to  the  Heauen,  and  that  there  was  so 
 greate  a  crie  in  the  cite  :  He  sayde  vnto  his 
 boost:  fight  this  daye  for  youre  brethren. 
 And  so  came  behynde  their  enemies  in  thre 
 companies,  and  blewe  vp  the  trompettes,  and 
 cried  in  their  prayer  to  God. 
 
 But  as  soone  as  Tymothis  boost  perceaued 
 that  Machabeus  was  there,  they  fled  from 
 him,  and  f  other  slewe  them  downe  right 
 sore  :  so  that  there  were  kylled  of  them  that 
 same  daye,  allmost  eight  thousande  men. 
 Then  departed  ludas  vnto  Maspha,  layed 
 sege  vnto  it  and  wanne  it,  slewe  all  the  males 
 in  it,  spoyled  it,  and  set  fyre  \'pon  it.  From 
 thence  wente  he  and  toke  Casbon,  Mageth, 
 Bosor  and  the  other  cities  in  Galaad. 
 
 After  this  gathered  Timothy  another  hoost, 
 which  pitched  their  tentes  before  Raphon* 
 beyonde  the  water.  ludas  sent  to  spye  the 
 hoost,  and  they  brought  him  worde  againe, 
 sayenge :  All  the  Heithen  that  be  rounde 
 aboute  vs,  are  gathered  vnto  him,  and  the 
 hoost  is  very  greate :  Yee  they  haue  hyred  the 
 Arabians  to  helpe  them,  5  haue  pitched  their 
 tentes  beyonde  the  water,  and  are  ready  to 
 come  and  fight  agaynst  the.  So  ludas  wente 
 on  to  mete  them. 
 
 And  Timothy  sayde  vnto  the  captaynes  of 
 his  hoost :  when  ludas  and  his  boost  come 
 nye  the  ryuer :  yf  he  go  ouer  first,  we  shall 
 not  be  able  to  withstonde  him :  for  why,  he 
 wil  be  to  stronge  for  vs.  But  yf  he  darre  not 
 come  ouer,  so  that  he  pitch  his  tente  beyonde 
 the  water:  then  will  we  go  ouer,  for  we  shalbe 
 stronge  ynough  agaynst  him.  Now  as  soone 
 as  ludas  came  to  the  ryuer,  he  appoynted 
 certayne  scrybes  of  the  people,  and  com- 
 maunded them,  sayenge :  se  that  ye  leaue 
 none  behynde  vpon  this  syde  of  ;y  ryuer,  but 
 
 1-24 
 
So*  tvM, 
 
 €l)t  u  boht  of  tftr  iWacbabets. 
 
 Cftap.  fau 
 
 let  euery  man  come  to  the  battayll.  So  he 
 wcnte  first  ouer  vnto  them,  and  his  people 
 after  him. 
 
 And  all  the  Heithen  were  discomfited  be- 
 fore him,  and  let  their  weapens  fall,  and  ranne 
 in  to  the  temple  that  was  at  Carnaim.  Which 
 cite  ludas  wanne,  and  brent  the  temple  with 
 all  y  were  in  it :  So  was  Carnaim  subdued, 
 and  might  not  withstode  ludas.  Then  ludas 
 gathered  all  the  Israelites  that  were  in 
 Galaadithim,  from  y  leest  vnto  the  most, 
 with  their  wyues  and  their  children  (a  very 
 greate  boost)  for  to  come  in  to  the  londe  of 
 luda. 
 
 So  they  came  vnto  Ephron,  which  was  a 
 mightie,  greate  and  stronge  cite,"  and  laye  in 
 their  waye.  For  they  coude  not  go  by  it, 
 nether  of  the  right  honde  ner  of  the  left,  but 
 must  go  thorow  it.  Neuerthelesse  they  that 
 were  in  the  cite,  wolde  not  let  them  go 
 thorow,  but  walled  vp  the  portes  with  stones. 
 And  ludas  sent  vnto  the  with  peaceable 
 wordes,  sayenge :  Let  vs  passe  thorow  youre 
 londe,'  that  we  maye  go  in  to  oure  owne 
 coiitre  :  there  shal  no  body  do  you  harme,  we 
 wil  but  only  go  thorow.  But  they  wolde  not 
 let  them  in. 
 
 Wherfore  ludas  commanded  a  proclamacion 
 to  be  made  thorow  out  the  boost,  that  euery 
 man  shulde  kepe  his  ordre :  and  so  they  dyd 
 their  best  like  valeaunt  men. 
 
 And  ludas  beseged  the  cite  all  that  daie 
 and  all  that  night,  and  so  wanne  it:  where 
 they  slewe  as  many  as  were  males,  and  de- 
 stroyed the  cite,  and  spoyled  it,  and  wete 
 thorow  all  the  cite  ouer  them  that  were  slayne. 
 Then  wente  they  ouer  lordane  in  to  the 
 playne  felde  before  Bethsan.  And  ludas 
 helped  those  forwarde  that  came  behynde, 
 and  gaue  the  people  good  exortacion  all  f 
 waye  thorow,  till  they  were  come  in  to  the 
 londe  of  luda.  Thus  they  wente  vp  vnto  the 
 mount  Sion,  where  they  oflfred  with  myrth 
 and  thankesgeuynge : "  because  there  were 
 none  of  them  slayne,  but  came  home  agayne 
 peaceably. 
 
 Now  what  tyme  as  ludas  and  lonathas 
 were  in  the  londe  of  Galaad,  and  Symon 
 their  brother  in  Galilee  before  Ptolomais : 
 Then  losephus  the  sonne  of  Zachary  and 
 Asarias  the  captaynes,  hearinge  of  the  actes 
 
 °  2  Mac.  12.  c.  »  Nu.  20.  c.  '  S  Par.  20.  e. 
 
 "  1  Mac.  5.  b.  ■  Deut.  7.  a. 
 
 that  were  done  and  of  the  battels  that  were 
 stroken,  sayde :  Let  vs  get  vs  a  name  also, 
 and  go  fight  agayiist  the  Heithen  that  are 
 rounde  aboute  vs. 
 
 So  they  gaue  their  boost  a  commaunde- 
 ment,  and  wente  towarde  lamnia.  Then 
 came  Gorgias  and  his  men  out  of  the  cite, 
 to  fight  agaynst  them :  losephus  also  and 
 Asarias  were  chased  vnto  y  borders  of  lewry. 
 (J  there  were  slayne  y  daye  of  y  people  of 
 Israel  ij.  M.  men :  so  y  there  was  a  greate 
 misery  amoge  y  people,  (j  all  because  they 
 were  not  obediet  vnto  ludas  5  his  brethren, 
 but  ''thought  they  shulde  quyte  them  selues 
 manfully.  Neuertheles  they  came  not  of  the 
 sede  of  these  men,  by  whom  Israel  was  helped, 
 But  the  men  that  were  with  ludas,  were 
 greatly  commended  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel 
 and  all  Heithen,  where  so  euer  their  name 
 was  herde  vpo,  and  the  people  came  vnto 
 them  byddinge  them  welcome. 
 
 After  this  wente  ludas  forth  with  his  bre 
 thren,  and  fought  agaynst  the  children  of 
 Esau,  in  the  londe  y  lieth  towarde  the  south 
 where  he  wanne  the  cite  of  Hebron  and  the 
 townes  that  lye  besyde  it :  and  as  for  the 
 walles  and  towres  rounde  aboute  it,  he  brent 
 them  vp.  Then  remoued  he  to  go  in  to  the 
 lode  of  the  Philistines,  and  wente  thorow 
 Samaria.  At  the  same  tyme  were  there 
 many  prestes  slaine  in  y  battayll,  which  wil- 
 fully 5  without  advysement  wente  out  for  to 
 fight  to  get  them  honoure.  And  when  ludas 
 came  to  Azot  in  the  Philistynes  londe,  he 
 brake  downe  their  altares,"  brent  the  jnnages 
 of  their  Idols,  spoyled  the  cities,  and  came 
 agayne  in  to  the  londe  of  luda. 
 
 Cl)t  hi.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 NOW  when  kynge  Antiochus  trauayled 
 thorow  the  bye  countrees,-'^  he  herde  that 
 EljTnas  in  Persia  was  a  noble  and  plenteous 
 cite  in  siluer  and  golde,  (5  that  there  was  in  it 
 a  very  rich  temple :  where  as  were  clothes, 
 cote  annoures  and  shyldes  of  golde,  which 
 Alexander  the  sonne  of  Philippe  kynge  of 
 Macedonia  had  left  behynde  him.  Wherfore 
 he  wente  aboute  to  take  the  cite  and  to  spoyle 
 it,  but  he  was  not  able :  for  y  citises  were 
 warned  of  it,  5  fought  with  him.  And  so  he 
 fled,  and  departed  with  greate  heuynesse,  5 
 
 lus  cap.  13.  li.  12.anti.      2  Ma.  9.  a. 
 
 JF 
 
C{)ap*  bu 
 
 COe  t  bofet  of  tfte  illacftab«£{« 
 
 jfo,  rrKJi). 
 
 came  agayne  in  to  Babilon.  Morouer  there 
 came  one  which  brought  him  tidinges  in 
 Perside,"  y  his  hoostes  which  were  in  the 
 londe  of  luda,  were  dryuen  awaye,  and  how 
 that  Lisias  wente  forth  first  with  a  greate 
 power,  and  was  dryuen  awaye  of  the  lewes : 
 how  they  had  wonne  the  victory,  and  gotten 
 greate  goodes  out  of  the  hoostes  that  pe- 
 ryshed :  how  they  had  broken  downe  the 
 abhominacion,  which  he  set  vp  vpon  the  altare 
 at  lerusalem,*  and  fenced  the  Sanctuary  with 
 hye  walles,  like  as  it  was  afore :  yee  and 
 Bethsura  his  cite  also. 
 
 So  it  chaunced,  that  when  the  kinge  had 
 herde  these  wordes,  he  was  afrayed  and  greued 
 very  sore.  Wherfore  he  layed  him  downe 
 vpon  his  bed,  and  fell  sicke  for  very  sorowe : 
 and  all  because  it  had  not  happened  as  he 
 had  deuysed.  And  there  continued  he  longe, 
 for  his  grefe  w£is  euer  more  and  more,  so  y  he 
 sawe  he  must  nedes  dye.  Therfore  he  sent 
 for  his  frendes,  5  sayde  vnto  them  :  f  slepe  is 
 gone  fro  mine  eyes,  for  y  very  sorowe  and 
 vexacio  of  herte  y  I  haue.  For  when  I  considre 
 in  my  mynde  f  greate  aduersitie  y  I  am  come 
 vnto  and  the  noudes  of  heuynesse  which  I  am 
 in,  where  as  afore  tyme  I  was  so  mery,  and  so 
 greatly  set  by  (by  reason  of  my  power) 
 Againe,  cosideringe  f  euell  y  I  haue  done  at 
 lerusale,  from  whence  I  toke  all  y  riches  of 
 golde  and  syluer  y  were  in  it,  a,  sent  to  fetch 
 awaye  the  inhabitours  of  lewry  without  eny 
 reason  why :  I  knowe,  y  these  troubles  are 
 come  vpon  me  for  the  same  cause.  And 
 beholde,  I  must  dye  with  greate  sorow  in  a 
 strauge  londe. 
 
 Then  called  he  for  one  Phihppe  a  frende  of 
 his,  whom  he  made  ruler  of  all  his  realme  and 
 gaue  him  the  crowne,  his  robe  and  his  rynge : 
 that  he  shulde  take  his  sonne  Antiochus  vnto 
 him  and  biynge  him  vp,  till  he  might  raigne 
 himself.  '  So  the  kynge  Antiochus  dyed  there, 
 in  the  Cxlix.  yeare.  When  Lysias  knewe  that 
 the  kynge  was  deed,''  he  ordened  Antiochus 
 his  Sonne  (whom  he  had  brought  vp)  to  raigne 
 in  his  fathers  steade,  and  called  him  Eupator. 
 Now  they  that  were  in  the  castel  (at  Jerusa- 
 lem) kepte  in  the  lewes  rounde  aboute  the 
 Sactuary,  and  sought  euer  styll  to  do  them 
 harme,  for  the  strengthenynge  of  the  Heithen. 
 
 Wherfore  ludas  thought  to  destroye  them, 
 
 "  1  Mac.  3.  c.  and  4.  "  1  Mac.  1.  f.  '2  Mac.  9. 
 n.b.c.d.e.         '' losephuacapi.  14.  libr.  12.     IMac.S.d. 
 
 and  called  all  the  people  together,  y  they 
 might  laye  sege  vnto  them.  So  they  came 
 together  in  the  CI.  yeare,  and  beseged  the 
 layenge  forth  their  ordinaunce  and  instru- 
 mentes  of  warre.  Then  certayne  of  them  y 
 were  beseged  wente  forth  (vnto  whom  some 
 vngodly  men  of  Israel  ioyned  the  selues  also) 
 and  wente  vnto  the  kynge,  sayege:  How 
 longe  wil  it  be,  or  thou  punysh  and  avenge 
 oure  brethren  ?  We  haue  bene  euer  mynded 
 to  do  thy  father  seruyce,  to  walke  in  his  sta- 
 tutes, and  to  obeye  his  commaundementes 
 Therfore  oure  people  fell  from  vs,  and  where 
 so  euer  they  founde  eny  of  vs,  they  slewe 
 them  :  and  they  haue  not  only  medled  with 
 vs,  but  with  all  oure  countrees :  and  beholde, 
 this  daye  are  they  beseginge  the  castell  at 
 Jerusalem,  and  haue  made  vp  the  stronge 
 holde  in  Bethsura:  "And  yf  thou  doest  not 
 preuente  them  right  soone,  they  wil  do  more 
 then  these,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  able  to 
 ouercome  them. 
 
 When  the  kynge  herde  this,  he  was  very 
 angiie,^  and  called  all  his  frendes,  the  captaynes 
 of  his  fote  men  and  of  all  his  horse  men 
 together.  He  hyred  men  of  warre  also  out  of 
 other  realmes  and  out  of  the  lies  of  the  see, 
 which  came  vnto  him.  And  the  nombre  of 
 his  boost  was  an  hundreth  thousande  fote 
 men,  and  twentye  thousande  horsme,  j  xxxij. 
 Elephantes  wel  exercised  to  battayll.  ^  These 
 came  thorow  Idumea  vnto  Bethsura,  and 
 beseged  it  a  longe  season,  and  made  dyuerse 
 instrumentes  of  warre  agaynst  it.  But  the 
 lewes  came  out  and  brent  them,  and  fought 
 like  men.  Then  departed  ludas  from  the 
 casteU  at  Jerusalem,  and  remoued  y  hoost 
 towarde  Bethzacara  ouer  agaynst  the  kynges 
 armye. 
 
 So  the  kynge  arose  before  the  daye,  and 
 brought  the  power  of  his  hoost  in  to  y  waie 
 to  Bethzacaran,  where  the  hoostes  made 
 them  to  the  battayll,  blowynge  the  trompettes. 
 *  And  to  prouoke  the  Elephantes  for  to  fight, 
 they  shewed  them  the  sappe  of  reed  grapes 
 and  molberies.  And  deuyded  the  Elephantes 
 amonge  the  hoost:  so  that  by  euery  Elephante 
 there  stode  a  M.  men  wel  harnessed,  and 
 helmettes  of  stele  vpon  their  heades :  Yee 
 vnto  euery  one  of  the  Elephantes  also,  were 
 ordened  v.   C.  horsmen   of  the  best,  which 
 
 '  1  Ma.  4.  g.         /  2  Ma.  13.  a.         «  1  Mac.  4. : 
 ^  3  Mac.  m. 
 
fo.  rvlbiij- 
 
 CI)f  I.  bofef  of  tl)r  i¥lad)al)«s. 
 
 Cftap,  bi). 
 
 JT 
 
 waited  of  the  Elephante,  goinge  where  so 
 euer  he  wente,  and  departed  not  from  him. 
 Euery  Elephante  was  couered  with  a  stroge 
 tower  of  wod,  wliere  vpon  were  xxxij.  va- 
 ieaunt  men  with  weapens  to  fight,  a  within  it 
 was  a  man  of  Inde  to  rule  the  beest. 
 
 As  for  the  remnaunt  of  the  horsmen,  he 
 set  them  vpon  both  the  sydes  in  two  partes 
 with  trompettes,  to  prouoke  the  boost,  and  to 
 stere  vp  soch  as  were  slowe  in  the  armye. 
 And  when  the  Sonne  shone  vpon  their  shyldes 
 of  golde  and  stele,  the  mountaynes  glistered 
 agayne  at  them,  g  were  as  bright  as  the 
 creszshettes  of  fyre.  The  kynges  hoost  also 
 was  deuyded,  one  parte  vpon  the  hie  moun- 
 taynes, the  other  lowe  beneth :  so  they  wente 
 on,  takynge  good  hede,  and  kepinge  their 
 ordre.  And  all  they  that  dwelt  in  the  londe, 
 were  afrayed  at  the  noyse  of  their  hoost,  when 
 the  multitude  wente  forth,  and  when  the 
 weapens  smote  together,  for  the  hoost  was 
 both  greate  cE  mightie.  ludas  also  and  his 
 hoost  entred  in  to  the  battayll,  and  slewe 
 vj.  C.  men  of  the  kynges  armye. 
 
 Now  when  Eleasar  the  Sonne  of  Saura 
 dyd  se  one  of  y  Elephantes  deekte  with  the 
 kjTiges  badge,  and  was  a  more  goodly  beest 
 the  the  other :  He  thought  y  kinge  shulde  be 
 vpo  him,  and  ioperde  himself  to  delyuer  his 
 people,  and  to  get  him  a  perpetuall  name. 
 
 Wherfore  he  ranne  with  a  corage  vnto  the 
 Elephante  in  the  myddest  of  the  hoost,  smyt- 
 inge  them  downe  of  both  the  sydes,  and  slewe 
 many  aboute  him.  So  wente  he  to  the  Ele- 
 phantes fete,  and  gat  him  vnder  him,  and 
 slewe  him :  then  fell  the  Elephante  downe 
 vpon  him,  and  there  he  dyed.  ludas  also  and 
 his  men  seinge  the  power  of  the  kinge  and 
 the  mightie  violence  of  his  hoost,  departed 
 from  them.  And  the  kynges  armye  wente  vp 
 agaynst  them  towarde  Jerusalem,  and  pitched 
 their  tentes  in  lewry  besyde  mount  Sion. 
 Morouer  the  kynge  toke  truce  with  them  that 
 were  in  Bethsura." 
 
 But  when  they  came  out  of  the  cite '  (be- 
 cause they  had  no  vytales  within,  and  the 
 londe  laye  vntylled)  the  kynge  toke  Bethsura, 
 and  set  men  to  kepe  it,  j  turned  his  hoost  to 
 the  place  of  the  Sanctuary,  and  layed  sege  to 
 it  a  greate  whyle.  Where  he  made  all  maner 
 ordinaunce :  handbowes,  fyrie  dartes,  rack- 
 ettes  to  cast  stones,  scorpions  to  shute  arowes. 
 
 •   1  Mac.  4.  g.  6.  d. 
 
 2  Mac.  11.  a.  Ij.d. 
 
 and  slynges.  The  lewes  also  made  ordi- 
 naunce agaynst  theirs,  and  fought  a  longe 
 season. 
 
 But  in  the  cite  there  were  no  vytayles,  for 
 it  was  the  seuenth  yeare  of  the  warres,  and 
 those  Heithen  that  remayned  in  lewry  had 
 eaten  vp  all  their  stoare.  And  in  the  Sanc- 
 tuary were  few  men  lefte,  for  the  hunger  came 
 so  vpon  them,  that  they  were  scatered  abrode 
 euery  man  to  his  owne  place. 
 
 So  when  Lysias  herde,that  Philippe'  (whom 
 Antiochus  the  kynge  whyle  he  was  yet  lyuinge, 
 had  ordened  to  bringe  vp  Antiochus  his  sonne, 
 that  he  might  be  kynge)  was  come  agayne  out 
 of  Persia  and  Media  with  the  kjTiges  boost, 
 and  thought  to  optayne  the  kyngdome :  He 
 gat  him  to  the  kynge  in  all  the  haist  and  to 
 the  captaynes  of  the  hoost,  and  sayde :  we 
 decrease  daylie,and  oure  vytales  are  but  small: 
 Agayme,  the  place  that  we  laye  sege  vnto,  is 
 very  stronge,  and  it  were  oure  parte  to  se  for 
 the  realme.  Let  vs  agre  with  these  men  and 
 take  truce  \rith  them,  and  with  all  their 
 people,  and  graunte  them  to  lyue  after  their 
 lawe,  as  they  dyd  afore.  For  they  be  greued 
 and  do  all  these  thinges  agaynst  vs,  because 
 we  haue  despysed  their  lawe.  So  the  kynge 
 and  the  prynces  were  content,  and  sent  vnto 
 them  to  make  peace,  and  they  receaued  it. 
 Now  whe  the  kynge  and  the  prynces  had 
 made  an  ooth  vnto  them,  they  came  out  of 
 the  castel,  and  the  kynge  wete  ^'p  to  mount 
 Sion.  But  when  he  sawe  that  y  place  was 
 wel  fenced,  he  brake  the  ooth  that  he  had 
 made,  and  commaunded  to  destroye  the  wall 
 rounde  aboute.  Then  departed  he  in  all  the 
 haist,  and  returned  vnto  Antioche,  where  he 
 founde  Philippe  hauynge  dominion  of  the  cite. 
 So  he  fought  agaynst  him,  and  toke  the  cite 
 agayne  in  to  his  hondes. 
 
 Ci)e  bij.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 IN  the  CIj.  yeare  came  ''Demetrius  f  sonne 
 of  Seleucus  from  y  cite  of  Rome  with 
 a  small  company  of  men,  vnto  a  cite  of  the 
 see  coast,  and  there  he  bare  rule.  And  it 
 chaunced,  that  when  he  came  to  Antioch  the 
 cite  of  his  Progenitours,  his  hoost  toke  An- 
 tiochus and  Lysias,  to  brynge  them  vnto  him. 
 But  when  it  was  tolde  him,  he  saide  :  let  me 
 not  se  their  faces.  So  the  hoost  put  them  to 
 death.     Now  when  Demetrius  was  set  vpon 
 
 '  1  Mac.  6.  b.  ''2  Mac.  14.  a. 
 
Cftap,  bi). 
 
 €i)t  t  hoiit  of  tf)e  iWadjabtcs, 
 
 ffo,  all):. 
 
 c 
 
 the  trone  of  his  kyngdome,  there  came  vnto 
 him  wicked  and  \'ngod]y  men  of  Israel :  whose 
 captayne  was  Alcimus,  that  wolde  haue  bene 
 made  hye  prest.  These  men  accused  the 
 people  of  Israel  vnto  the  kynge,  sayenge : 
 ludas  and  his  brethren  haue  slayne  thy  frendes, 
 and  dryuen  vs  out  of  oure  owne  londe.  Wher- 
 fore  sende  now  some  man  (to  whom  thou 
 geuest  credence)  that  he  maye  go  and  se  all 
 the  destruccion,  which  he  hath  done  vnto  vs 
 and  to  the  kynges  londe,  and  let  him  be 
 punished  with  all  his  fredes  and  fauourers. 
 
 Then  the  kynge  chose  Bachides  a  frende 
 of  his,  which  was  a  man  of  greate  power  in 
 the  realme  (beyonde  the  greate  water)  and 
 faithfuU  vnto  the  kynge :  and  sent  him  to  se 
 the  destruccion  that  ludas  had  done.  And  as 
 for  that  wicked  Alcimus,  he  made  him  hye 
 Prest,  and  commaunded  him  to  be  auenged  of 
 the  children  of  Israel.  So  they  stode  vp,  and 
 came  with  a  greate  boost  in  to  f  londe  of 
 luda,  sendinge  messaugers  to  ludas  5  hii 
 brethre,  (j  speakinge  vnto  them  with  peaceable 
 wordes :  but  vnder  disceate.  Therfore  ludas 
 (J  his  people  beleued  not  their  saiege,"  for  they 
 sawe  y  they  were  come  with  a  greate  boost. 
 
 After  this  came  f  scribes  together  vnto 
 Alcimus  (5  Bachides,  trustinge  the  best  vnto 
 them.  And  first,  y  Assideans  requyred  peace 
 of  them,  sayenge  :  Alcimus  y  prest  is  come  of 
 the  sede  of  Aaro,  how  can  he  disceaue  vs?  So 
 they  gaue  them  loulge  wordes,  g  swore  vnto 
 them,  and  sayde :  we  wil  do  you  no  harme, 
 nether  youre  frendes:  and  they  beleued  them. 
 But  the  very  same  daye  toke  they  Ix.  men  of 
 them,  (I  slewe  the :  acordinge  to  y  wordes  y  are 
 writte :  They  haue  cast  y  flesh  of  thy  sanctes, 
 5  shed  their  bloude  roiiae  aboute  lerusale,*  (t, 
 there  was  noma  y  wolde  bury  the. 
 
 So  there  came  a  greate  feare  and  drede 
 amonge  the  people,  sayenge :  there  is  nether 
 treuth  nor  righteousnesse  in  them,  for  they 
 haue  broke  the  appoyntment  and  ooth  that 
 they  made.  And  Bachides  remoued  his  boost 
 from  lerusalem,  and  pitched  his  tente  at 
 Bethzecha :  where  he  sent  forth,  and  toke 
 many  of  them  that  had  forsaken  him  :  He 
 slewe  many  of  the  people  also,  and  cast  them 
 in  to  a  greate  pytt.  Then  committed  he  the 
 londe  vnto  Alcimus,  and  left  men  of  warre 
 with  him  to  helpe  him,  and  Bachides  himself 
 wente  vnto  the  kj'nge.     And  thus  Alcimus 
 
 defended  his  hie  presthode,  and  all  soch  as 
 vexed  Israel,  resorted  vnto  him :  In  so  moch 
 that  they  optayned  the  lode  of  luda,  and  dyd 
 moch  euell  vnto  the  Israelites. 
 
 Now  when  ludas  sawe  all  the  myschefe  that 
 Alcimus  and  his  company  had  done  (yee  more 
 then  the  Heithe  them  selues)  vnto  the  Israel- 
 ites :  He  wente  forth  rounde  aboute  all  the 
 borders  of  lewry,  and  punyshed  those  vnfaith- 
 fuU  rennagates,  so  that  they  came  no  more  out 
 in  to  the  countre.  So  whe  Alcimus  sawe,  that 
 ludas  and  his  people  had  gotten  the  vpper- 
 hande,  and  that  he  was  not  able  to  abyde 
 them :  he  wente  agayne  to  the  kynge,  and 
 sayde  all  the  worst  of  them  that  he  coude 
 Then  the  kynge  sent  Nicanor,  one  of  his  chefe 
 prynces  (which  bare  euell  wyl  vnto  Israel) 
 and  commaunded  him,  that  he  shulde  vtterly 
 destroye  the  people. 
 
 So  Nicanor  came  to  lerusalem  with 
 greate  boost,"  and  sent  vnto  ludas  and  his 
 brethren  with  frendly  wordes  (but  vnder  dis- 
 ceate) sayenge :  there  shal  be  no  warre 
 betwixte  me  and  you  :  I  wil  come  with  a  few 
 men,  to  se  how  ye  do,  with  frenshipe.  Vpon 
 this  he  came  vnto  ludas,  and  they  saluted  one 
 another  peaceably :  but  the  enemies  were 
 appoynted  to  take  ludas  by  violence.  Neuer- 
 theles  it  was  tolde  ludas,  y  he  came  vnto  him 
 but  vnder  disceate :  wherfore  he  gat  him  awaie 
 from  him,  and  wolde  se  his  face  nomore. 
 When  Nicanor  perceaued  y  his  counceU  was 
 bewrayed,  he  wente  out  to  fight  agaynst  ludas, 
 besyde  Capharsalama :  Where  there  were 
 slayne  of  Nicanors  boost,  v.  M.  men:  the 
 residue  fled  vnto  the  castell  of  Dauid. 
 
 After  this  came  Nicanor  vp  vnto  moiit 
 Sion  :  and  the  prestes  with  the  elders  of  the 
 people  wente  forth  to  salute  him  peaceably,  5 
 to  shewe  him  y  burnt  sacrifices  y  were  offered 
 for  the  kynge.  But  he  laughed  the  to  scome, 
 mocked  the,  defyled  their  ofleringes,  and  spake 
 diszdanedly,  yee  and  swore  in  his  wroth, 
 sayenge :  ''  Yf  ludas  and  his  boost  be  not 
 delyuered  now  in  to  my  hondes,  as  soone  as 
 euer  I  come  agayne  (and  fayre  well)  I  shal 
 bume  vp  this  house.  With  that,  wente  hi 
 out  in  a  greate  anger.  Then  the  prestes  came 
 in,  and  stode  before  the  aulter  of  the  teple, 
 wepinge  ij  sayenge  :  For  so  moch  as  thou  (o 
 LORDE)  hast  chosen  this  house,'  that  thy 
 name  might  be  called  vpon  therin,  and  y  it 
 
 ■■  2  Mac.  14.  c.  '  2  Par.  7.  c.     3  Reg.  8.  f. 
 
Jfo.  rl. 
 
 €\)t  u  bofer  of  tl)t  itlarftaljffg. 
 
 Cftaj).  bii]. 
 
 dT 
 
 shukle  be  an  house  of  praier  and  peticion" 
 to  thy  people :  He  avenged  of  this  ma  5  his 
 hoost,  and  let  them  be  slayne  with  f  swearde 
 remembre  the  blasphemies  of  them,  (j  suffre 
 them  not  to  continue  eny  longer. 
 
 When  Nicanor  was  gone  from  Jerusalem, 
 he  pitched  his  tente  at  Bethoron,  and  there 
 an  hoost  met  hi  out  of  Siria.  And  ludas 
 came  to  Adarsa  with  iij.  M.  me,  (t  made  his 
 prayer  vnto  God,  sayenge :  O  LORDE,  be 
 cause  the  mcssaungers  of  kjTige  Senacherib 
 blasphemed  the,  the  angel  wente  forth,  and 
 slewe  an  Clxxxv.  thousande  of  them :  '  Euen 
 so  destroye  thou  this  hoost  before  vs  to  dale 
 that  other  people  maye  knowe,  how  that  he 
 hath  blasphemed  thy  Sanctuary  :  and  punysh 
 him,  acordinge  to  his  maUciousnesse. 
 
 And  so  the  hoostes  stroke  the  felde,  the 
 thirtente  daye  of  the  moneth  Adar:  and 
 Nicanors  hoost  was  discomfited,  and  he  him- 
 self was  first  slayne  in  the  battayll.  '^When 
 Nicanors  men  of  warre  sawe  that  he  was 
 kylled,  they  cast  awaye  their  weapens  and 
 fled:  but  the  lewes  folowed  vpon  them  an 
 whole  dayes  iourney,  from  Adazer  vnto  Ga- 
 
 a,  blowinge  with  the  trompettes,  and 
 makinge  tokens  after  them.  So  the  lewes 
 came  forth  of  all  the  townes  there  aboute,  and 
 blewe  out  their  homes  \'pon  them,  and  turned 
 agajaist  them :  Thus  were  they  all  slayne,  and 
 not  one  of  them  lefte. 
 
 Then  they  toke  their  substaunce  for  a  pray, 
 and  smote  of  Nicanors  heade  (i  his  right  honde 
 C  which  he  helde  vp  so  proudly)  and  brought 
 it  with  them,  and  haged  it  vp  afore  Jerusalem. 
 V\1ierfore  the  people  were  exceadingly  re- 
 ioysed,  and  passed  ouer  that  daye  in  greate 
 gladnesse.  And  ludas  ordened,  that  f  same 
 daye  (namely  the  xiij.  daye  of  ;^  moneth  Adar) 
 shulde  be  kepte  in  myrth  euery  yeare.  Thus 
 the  londe  of  luda  was  in  rest  a  litle  whyle. 
 
 Ci)t  biij.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 IUDAS  herde  also  the  fame  of  the  Ro- 
 maynes,  that  they  were  mightie  and  va- 
 leaunt  men,  agreable  to  all  thinges  that  are 
 requyred  of  them,  5  make  peace  with  all  men, 
 which  come  vnto  them,  and  how  they  were 
 doughty  men  of  strength.  Besydes  that,  it 
 was  tolde  him  of  their  battayls  g  noble  actes 
 which  they  dyd  in  Galacia,  how  they  had  con- 
 
 -  Esa.  56.  b.    Mat.  21.  b.  »  Esa.  37.  f.     2  Ma.  8.  d. 
 
 ""■i^S.d.    3  Mac.  2.  f.     4  Re.  19.  g.  <•  2  Mac.  15.  d. 
 
 quered  them  and  brought  them  vnder  tribute : 
 and  what  greate  thinges  they  had  done  in 
 Spayne,  how  that  with  their  wyszdome  and 
 sober  behauoure  they  had  wonne  the  MjTies 
 of  syluer  and  golde  that  are  there,  and  op- 
 tayned  all  the  londe,  with  other  places  farre 
 from  the :  how  they  had  discomfited  and 
 slayne  downe  the  kynges  that  came  vpon 
 them  from  the  vttemost  parte  of  the  earth, 
 and  how  other  people  geue  them  tribute  euery 
 yeare :  How  they  had  slayne  and  ouercome 
 Philippe  and  Perses  kynge  of  Cethim  and 
 other  mo  (in  battayll,)  which  had  brought 
 their  ordinaunce  agaynst  them :  how  they  dis- 
 comfited greate  Antiochus  kynge  of  Asia  (that 
 wolde  nedes  fight  with  them)  hauynge  an 
 hundreth  and  xx.  Elephantes,  with  horsmen 
 charettes,  and  a  very  greate  hoost :  how  they 
 toke  him  self  alyue,  and  ordened  him  (with 
 soch  as  shulde  raigne  after  him)  to  paye  the 
 a  greate  trybute,  '  yee  and  to  fynde  the  good 
 suerties  and  plege :  Besydes  all  this,  how  they 
 had  take  from  him  India,  Media  and  Lydia 
 (his  best  londes)  and  geuen  them  to  kynge 
 Eumenus.  Agayne,  how  they  perceauynge  y 
 the  Grekes  were  coraynge  to  vexe  them : 
 sent  against  the  a  captaine  of  an  hoost  which 
 gaue  the  battayll,  slewe  many  of  the,  led 
 awaye  ther  wyues  and  children  captyue, 
 spoyled  the,  toke  possession  of  their  londe, 
 destroyed  their  stronge  holdes,  and  subdued 
 the  to  be  their  bonde  men  vnto  this  daye: 
 Morouer,  how  y  as  for  other  kyngdomes  5 
 lies,  which  somtyme  withstode  the,  they  de- 
 stroyed them,  and  brought  them  vnder  their 
 dominion :  But  helped  euer  their  owne  frendes 
 and  those  y  were  confederate  with  them,  5 
 conquered  kyngdomes  both  farre  5  nye :  g  y 
 who  so  euer  herde  of  their  renowne,  was 
 afrayed  of  them :  for  whom  they  wolde  helpe 
 to  their  kyngdomes,  those  raigned :  and  wh5 
 it  lyked  not  them  to  raigne,  they  put  him 
 downe  :  And  how  they  were  come  to  greate 
 preeminence :  hauynge  no  kynge  amonge  the, 
 nether  eny  man  clothed  in  purple,  to  be 
 magnified  there  thorow :  but  had  ordened 
 the  selues  a  perlament,  where  in  there  sat  iij. 
 C.  and  XX.  Senatours  daylie  vpon  the  counceU, 
 to  dispatch  euer  the  busynesse  of  the  people, 
 and  to  kepe  good  ordre :  And  how  y  euery 
 yeare  they  chose  a  Mayre,  to  haue  the  gouer- 
 
 ''2  Mac.  14.  e. 
 
 '  1  Mac.  l.a. 
 
Cftap*  iw 
 
 m)t  i.  bokt  of  tl)f  iMad)aI)cc0. 
 
 jTo.  cli. 
 
 naunce  of  all  their  londe :  to  whom  euery  man 
 was  obedient,  and  y  there  was  nether  euell 
 will  ner  discencion  amonge  them. 
 
 Then  ludas  chose  Eupolemus  the  sonne  of 
 Ihon  the  sonne  of  lacob,  5  lason  the  sonne 
 of  Eleazar,  5  sent  the  vnto  Rome  for  to  make 
 frenshipe  5  a  bonde  of  loue  with  them :  y 
 they  might  take  fro  them  the  bondage  of  f 
 Grekes,  for  y  lewes  sawe  y  the  Grekes  wolde 
 subdue  the  kyngdome  of  Israel.  So  they 
 wete  vnto  Rome  (a  very  greate  iourney)  5 
 came  in  to  y  Perlamet,  s  saide :  ludas  Ma- 
 chabeus  with  his  brethre  d  the  people  of  y 
 lewes  hath  sent  vs  vnto  you,  to  make  a  bonde 
 of  frendshipe  j  peace  with  you,  5  ye  to  note 
 vs  as  youre  louers  5  frendes.  And  y-  matter 
 pleased  ;y-  Romaines  right  well,  wherfore  it 
 was  writte  vp :  of  y  which  y  Romaynes  made 
 a  wrytinge  in  tables  of  Lato  ij  sent  it  to  le- 
 rusale :  y  they  might  haue  by  the  a  memo- 
 riall  of  y  same  peace  g  bode  of  fredshipe,  after 
 this  maner:  God  saue  y^  Romaines  5  y-  people 
 of  the  lewes  both  by  see  g  by  lode,  5  kepe  y 
 swearde  (j  enemy  fro  the  for  euermore.  Yf 
 there  come  first  eny  warre  vpo  f  Romaynes 
 or  eny  of  their  fredes  thorow  out  all  their 
 dominyo  y  people  of  y  lewes  shal  helpe  the 
 (as  y  tyme  requireth)  a  y  with  all  their  hertes. 
 Also  they  shal  nether  geue  nor  sede  vnto  their 
 enemies  vitales,  weapes,  money  ner  shippes: 
 but  fulfil  this  charge  at  the  Romaynes  plea- 
 sure, 5  take  nothinge  from  them  therfore. 
 Againe  yf  the  people  of  the  lewes  happe  first 
 to  haue  warre,  the  Romaynes  shal  stonde  by 
 the  with  a  good  wil,  acordinge  as  the  tyme 
 wil  suffi-e:  Nether  shal  they  geue  vnto  the 
 lewes  enemies,  vytales,  weapens,  money  ner 
 shippes.  Thus  are  the  Romaynes  content  to 
 do,  5  shal  fulfill  their  charge  without  eny 
 disceate. 
 
 Acordinge  to  these  articles,  the  Romaynes 
 made  the  bonde  with  the  lewes.  Now  after 
 these  articles  (sayde  they)  yf  eny  of  the  par- 
 ties wyll  put  to  them,  or  take  eny  thinge  from 
 them :  they  shal  do  it  with  the  consente  of 
 both :  and  what  so  euer  they  adde  then  vnto 
 them  or  take  from  them,  it  shall  stonde  fast. 
 And  as  touchinge  the  euell  that  Demetrius 
 hath  done  vnto  the  lewes,  we  haue  wrytten 
 vnto  him,  sayenge:  Wherfore  layest  thou  thy 
 heuy  yocke  vpon  the  lewes  oure  frendes  and 
 louers?     Yf  they  make   eny  complaynte  of 
 
 -  1  Mac.  7.  f.     lose.  ca.  17.  libro  12. 
 
 the  agayne  vnto  vs,  we  shall  defende  them, 
 and  fight  with  the  by  see  and  by  londe. 
 
 1!Ui)c  ir.  Cl)aptn:. 
 
 IN  y  meane  season"  when  Demetrius  herde 
 that  Nicanor  (j  his  boost  was  slayne  in  the 
 felde,  he  proceded  further  to  sende  Bachides 
 and  Alcimus  againe  in  to  lewry,  and  those 
 that  were  in  the  right  wynge  of  his  boost, 
 with  them.  So  they  wete  forth  by  the  waye 
 that  ledeth  vnto  Galgala,  and  pitched  their 
 tentes  before  Mesaloth  which  is  in  Arbellis, 
 and  wanne  the  cite,  and  slewe  moch  people. 
 In  y  first  moneth  of  the  Clij.  yeare,  they 
 brought  their  boost  to  lerusalem,  and  rose  vp 
 and  came  to  Berea,  with  xx.  M.  fote  men, 
 and  ij.  M.  horsmen. 
 
 Now  ludas  had  pitched  his  tente  at  Laisa, 
 with  thre  thousande  chosen  men.  And  when 
 they  sawe  the  multitude  of  the  other  army  y 
 it  was  so  greate,  they  were  sore  afrayed,  5 
 many  conveyed  them  selues  out  of  the  boost, 
 In  so  moch  y  there  abode  no  mo  of  them 
 but  viij.  C.  men.  When  ludas  sawe  that  his 
 boost  fayled  him,  and  that  he  must  nedes 
 fight :  it  brake  his  herte,  y  he  had  no  tyme 
 to  gather  them  together :  wherfore  the  man 
 was  in  extreme  trouble.  Neuerthelesse  he 
 sayde  vnto  them,  y  remayned  mth  him  :  Vp, 
 let  vs  go  agaynst  oure  enemies,  peraduanture 
 we  shal  be  able  to  fight  with  them.  But  they 
 wolde  haue  stopped  him,  sayenge :  we  shall 
 not  be  able,  therfore  let  vs  now  saue  oure 
 lyues,  and  turne  agayne  to  oure  brethren, 
 and  then  wil  we  fight  agaynst  the,  for  we  are 
 here  but  fewe.  And  ludas  sayde :  Godforbyd, 
 that  we  shulde  fie  from  them.  Wherfore 
 yf  oure  tyme  be  come,  let  vs  dye  manfully 
 for  oure  brethren,  and  let  vs  not  stayne 
 oure  honoure.  Then  the  boost  remoued  out 
 of  the  tentes,  5  stode  agaynst  them.  The 
 horsmen  were  deuyded  in  two  partes:  the 
 slynge  casters  and  the  archers  wente  before 
 the  boost,  and  all  the  mightie  men  were  for- 
 mest  in  the  felde.  Bachides  himself  was  in 
 the  right  wynge  of  the  batell,  5  the  boost 
 drewe  nye  in  two  partes,  and  blewe  the  trom- 
 pettes.  They  of  ludas  syde  blewe  y  trom- 
 pettes  also,  (t  the  earth  shoke  at  the  noyse  of 
 the  hoostes,  and  they  stroke  a  felde  from  the 
 morow  till  night.  And  when  ludas  sawe  y 
 Bachides  boost  was  strongest  of  the  right  syde, 
 he  toke  with  him  all  the  hardy  me,  and  brake 
 
jTo.  rlij. 
 
 CJjr  u  boiu  of  ti)t  ilflarftabres. 
 
 Cfeap.  ir. 
 
 I  the  right  w^nge  of  their  ordre,  and  folowed 
 <-poa  them  \Tito  the  mount  Azot. 
 I  Now  when  they  wiiich  were  of  the  lefte 
 wj'nge,  sawe  that  the  right  side  was  discom 
 fited,  they  persecuted  ludas  and  them  that 
 were  with  him.  Then  was  there  a  sore  bat- 
 |tayll,  for  many  were  slayne  and  wounded  of 
 I  both  the  parties,  ludas  also  himself  was  kylled 
 I  and  the  renniaunt  fled.  So  lonathas  and 
 ISynio  toice  ludas  their  brother,  and  buried 
 I  him  in  liis  fatliers  sepulcre  in  the  cite  of  Mo- 
 I din.  And  ail  the  people  of  Israel  made  greate 
 lamentacion  for  him,  and  mourned  longe,  say- 
 enge :  Alas,  that  this  worthy  shulde  be  slayne, 
 which  delyuered  f  people  of  Israel.  As  for 
 other  tliinges  pertayninge  to  y  battayls  of 
 ludas,  the  noble  actes  that  he  did  and  of  his 
 worthjTiesse :  they  are  not  writte,  for  they 
 were  very  many. 
 
 And  after  the  death  of  ludas,  wicked  me 
 came  vp  in  all  the  coastes  of  Israel,"  and  there 
 arose  all  soch  as  worke  vngocUynesse.  In 
 those  dayes  was  there  a  greate  derth  in  the 
 loude,  and  all  the  countre  gaue  ouer  them 
 selues  ij  theirs  vnto  Bachides.  So  Bachides 
 chose  wicked  men,  and  made  them  lordes  in 
 the  londe.  These  sought  out  and  made  search 
 for  ludas  frendes,  and  brought  them  vnto 
 Bachides:  which  auenged  himself  vpon  the 
 with  greate  despite.  And  there  came  so  greate 
 trouble  in  Israel,  as  was  not  sens  the  time  that 
 no  prophet  was  sene  there. 
 
 Then  came  all  ludas  frendes  together,  and 
 sayde  vnto  lonathas:  For  so  moch  as  thy 
 brother  ludas  is  deed,  there  is  none  like  him 
 to  go  forth  agaynst  oure  enemies,  agaynst 
 Bachides,  and  soch  as  are  aduersaries  vnto 
 oure  people.  Wherfore  this  daye  we  chose 
 the  for  him,  to  be  oure  prynce  and  captayne 
 to  ordre  oure  batell.  And  lonathas  toke  the 
 gouernaunce  vpon  him  at  the  same  tyme,  and 
 ruled  in  steade  of  his  brother  ludas.  When 
 Bachides  gat  knowlege  therof,  he  sought  for 
 to  slaye  him:  But  lonathas  and  Synnon  his 
 brother,  perceauynge  that,  fled  in  to  f 
 wildemesse  of  Thecua  with  all  their  company, 
 and  pitched  their  tetes  by  the  water  pole  of 
 Asphar. 
 
 Which  when  Bachides  vnderstode,  he  came 
 ouer  lordane  with  all  his  boost  vpon  f  Sab- 
 |bath  daye.  Now  had  lonathas  sent  his  bro- 
 ther Ihon  (a  captayne  of  the  people)  to  praye 
 
 *  loseph.  c.  1.  lib.  13.  An. 
 
 his  frendes  the  Nabuthites,  y  they  wolde 
 lende  them  their  ordinaunce,  for  they  had 
 moch.  So  the  children  of  lambry  came  out 
 of  Madaba,  5  toke  Ihon  5  all  y  he  had,  5 
 wente  their  waye  withall.  Then  came  worde 
 vnto  lonathas  (j  Synnon  his  brother,  y  the 
 children  of  lanibri  made  a  greate  mariage,  5 
 brought  y  bryde  from  Madaba  with  greate 
 pompe :  for  she  was  doughter  to  one  of  the 
 noblest  prynces  of  Canaan.  Wherfore  they 
 remembred  the  bloude  of  Ihon  their  brother, 
 and  wente  vp,  and  hyd  them  selues  vnder  the 
 shadowe  of  the  mountayne. 
 
 So  they  lift  vp  their  eyes,  and  loked :  and 
 beholde,  there  was  moch  a  doo,  3  greate  re- 
 payre :  for  the  brydegrome  came  forth,  5  his 
 fredes  and  his  brethren  met  them  with  tym- 
 panys,  instrumentes  of  musick,  and  many 
 weapes.  Then  lonathas  and  they  that  were 
 with  him,  rose  out  of  their  skoukinge  places 
 agaynst  them,  and  slewe  many  of  them.  As 
 for  the  remnaunt,  they  fled  in  to  y  moun^ 
 taynes,  and  they  toke  all  their  substaunce. 
 Thus  the  mariage  was  turned  to  moumynge 
 and  y  noyse  of  their  melody  in  to  lamen- 
 tacion. And  so  when  they  had  auenged  the 
 bloude  of  their  brother,  they  turned  agayne 
 vnto  lordane. 
 
 Bachides  hearinge  this,  came  vnto  y  very 
 border  of  lordane  with  a  greate  power  vpon 
 the  Sabbath  daye.  And  lonathas  sayde  to 
 his  company :  let  vs  get  vp,  5  fyght  agaynst 
 oure  enemies  :  for  it  stondeth  not  with  vs  to 
 
 re,  as  in  tymes  past :  Beholde,  oure  ene- 
 mies are  in  oure  waye,  y  water  of  lordane 
 vpon  the  one  syde  of  vs,  with  banckes,  fennes 
 and  woddes  of  f  other  syde,  so  y  there  is  no 
 place  for  vs  to  departe  vnto.  *  Wherfore  crie 
 now  vnto  heauen,  that  ye  maye  be  delyuered 
 from  the  power  of  youre  enemies.  So  they 
 stroke  the  bateU.  And  lonathas  stretched 
 out  his  honde  to  smyte  Bachides,  but  he  fled 
 bacwarde.  Then  lonathas  and  they  y  were 
 with  him  leapte  in  to  lordane,  5  swymmed 
 ouer  lordane  vnto  him,  5  there  were  slayne 
 of  Bachides  syde  that  daye,  a  thousande  men. 
 
 Therfore  Bachides  with  his  boost  turned 
 againe  to  lerusalem,  5  buylte  vp  y  castels  5 
 stronge  holdes  that  were  in  lewry,  lericho, 
 Emaus,  Bethoron,  Bethel,  Thanata,  Phara  5 
 Thopo,  with  hye  walles,  with  portes  5  with 
 lockes  :  5  set  men  to  kepe  them,  y  they  might 
 
 '  i  Par.  JO.  a.     1  Mac.  4.  b. 
 
Cftap.  v. 
 
 €i)t  U  hokt  of  tf)t  illad)al)ct£i. 
 
 So.  diij. 
 
 JF 
 
 vse  their  malice  vpon  Israel.  He  walled  vp 
 Bethsura,  Gazara  (j  the  castell  at  lerusale 
 also,  (J  prouyded  them  with  men  j  vytales : 
 He  toke  also  the  chefest  mens  sonnes  in  the 
 countre  for  pledges,  and  put  them  in  the 
 castel  at  lerusalem  to  be  kepte. 
 
 Afterwarde  in  the  C.liij.  yeare  in  the  se- 
 conde  moneth,  Alcimus  comaunded,  that  y 
 walles  of  the  ynmost  Sanctuary  shulde  be 
 destroyed,  ij  the  buyldinges  of  y  prophetes 
 also.  And  when  he  beganne  to  destroye  the, 
 f  thinges  y  he  wete  aboute,  were  hyndered : 
 for  he  was  smytten  with  a  palsey,  5  his  mouth 
 shutt,  so  y  he  coude  nomore  speake  ner  com- 
 maunde  eny  of  his  house  cocerninge  his  busy- 
 nesse.  Thus  dyed  Alcimus  in  greate  misery 
 at  the  same  tyme.  And  whe  Bachides  sawe 
 y  Alcimus  was  deed,  he  turned  agayne  to 
 y  kynge,  j  so  the  londe  was  in  rest  ij.  yeares. 
 Then  all  the  vngodly  men  helde  a  councell, 
 sayenge :  Beholde,  lonathas  and  his  copany 
 are  at  ease,  j  dwell  without  care.  Wherfore 
 let  vs  brynge  Bachides  hither,  ^  he  shall  take 
 them  all  in  one  night. 
 
 So  they  wete  5  gaue  Bachides  this  councell, 
 which  arose  to  come  with  a  greate  hoost,  5 
 sent  letters  priuely  to  his  adherentes  which 
 were  in  lewry,  to  take  lonathas  (j  those  y 
 were  with  him :  but  they  might  not,  for  the 
 other  had  gotten  knowlege  of  their  deuyce. 
 And  lonathas  toke  L.  men  of  the  countre 
 (which  were  the  ryngleders  of  them)  a  slewe 
 •them.  Then  lonathas  and  Symon  with  their 
 copany  departed  vnto  the  cite  Bethbessen, 
 which  lieth  in  the  wyldemesse,  and  repayred 
 the  decaye  therof,  d  made  it  stronge.  When 
 Bachides  knewe  this,  he  gathered  all  his 
 hoost,  and  sent  worde  to  them  that  were  of 
 lewry.  The  came  he  and  layed  sage  to 
 Bethbessen,  and  fought  against  it  a  longe 
 season,  and  made  instrumentes  of  warre. 
 Now  lonathas  lefte  his  brother  Symon  in  the 
 cite,  and  wente  forth  himself  in  to  the  countre, 
 and  came  with  a  certayne  nombre,  and  slewe 
 Odares  and  his  brethren  and  the  children  of 
 Phaseron  in  their  tentes :  so  y  he  beganne  to 
 be  stronge,  ij  to  increase  in  power. 
 
 As  for  Symon  and  his  company,  they 
 wente  out  of  the  cite,  and  bret  vp  the  instru- 
 metes  of  warre,  and  fought  agaynst  Bachides, 
 and  discofited  him.  And  Bachides  was  sore 
 vexed,  because  his  councell  and  trauayle  was 
 
 "  losephus  cap.  2.  3.  libro  13. 
 
 in  vayne.  Wherfore  he  was  wroth  at  f 
 wicked  men  (that  gaue  him  councell  to  come 
 in  to  their  londe)  and  slew  many  of  them 
 Then  purposed  he  with  his  company  to  go 
 awaye  in  to  his  owne  countre  :  wherof  whe 
 lonathas  had  knowlege,  he  sent  embassitours 
 vnto  him,  for  to  make  peace  with  him,  5  y 
 he  shulde  deliuer  him  his  presoners  againe. 
 To  the  which  Bachides  cosented  gladly,  and 
 dyd  acordinge  to  his  desyre :  yee  and  made  an 
 00th,  that  he  shulde  neuer  do  him  harme  all 
 the  dayes  of  his  life.  So  he  restored  vnto 
 him  all  the  presoners  that  he  had  taken  out 
 of  the  londe  of  luda,  and  the  turned  and 
 wente  his  waye  in  to  his  owne  londe,  nether 
 preceded  he  eny  further  to  come  vnto  y  bor- 
 ders of  luda.  Thus  Israel  had  no  more 
 warre.  And  lonathas  dwelt  at  Machmas,  and 
 beganne  there  to  gouerne  the  people,  and 
 destroyed  the  vngodly  men  out  of  Israel. 
 
 €l)t  r-  Chapter. 
 
 IN  the  C.lx.  yeare  came  Alexander  f 
 Sonne  of  noble  "  Antiochus,  and  toke 
 Ptolomais,  whose  citisens  receaued  him,  and 
 there  he  raigned.  When  Demetrius  herde 
 therof,  he  gathered  an  exceadinge  greate 
 hoost,  and  wete  forth  agaynst  him  to  fight. 
 Wherfore  Demetrius  sent  letters  vnto  lonathas 
 with  louynge  wordes,  and  praysed  him  greatly. 
 For  he  sayde  :  we  wyll  first  make  peace  with 
 him,  before  he  bynde  him  selfe  with  Alex- 
 ander agaynst  vs :  els  he  shall  remembre  the 
 euell  that  we  haue  done  against  him,  his 
 brother  g  his  people.  *And  so  he  gaue  lona- 
 thas leue  to  gather  an  hoost,  to  make  weapons, 
 and  to  be  confederate  with  him,  and  com- 
 maunded  the  pledges  that  were  in  the  castell, 
 to  be  delyuered  vnto  him. 
 
 Then  came  lonathas  to  lerusalem,  and  red 
 the  letters  in  the  audience  of  all  the  people, 
 and  of  them  that  were  in  y  castell.  And 
 therfore  were  they  sore  afrayed,  because  they 
 herde,  that  the  kynge  had  geue  him  licence 
 to  gather  an  hoost.  Thus  were  the  pledges 
 delyuered  vnto  lonathas,  which  restored  them 
 to  their  elders.  lonathas  also  dwelt  at  leru- 
 salem, and  begane  to  buylde  vp  and  to  repayre 
 the  cite:  commaundinge  the  worke  men,  to 
 wall  it,  and  the  mount  Sion  rounde  aboute 
 with  fre  stone,  to  be  a  stronge  holde,  and  so 
 
 125 
 
jTo.  fliii). 
 
 Clje  u  l)ofo>  of  tf)t  iiflafftafteesi. 
 
 CJ)ap. 
 
 they  dyd.  As  for  the  Heitheii  thcat  were  in  y 
 castels  which  Hachidcs  had  made  vp,  they 
 fled :  so  that  euery  man  left  the  place,  and 
 wcte  in  to  his  owne  countre.  Onely  at  Beth- 
 sura  remayncd  certayne  of  the  lewes,  which 
 had  forsaken  the  lawc  and  comaundementes 
 of  God,  for  Rethsura  was  their  refuge. 
 
 Now  when  kynge  Alexander  herde  of  y- 
 promises  y  Demetrius  had  made  vnto  lo- 
 nathas,  and  when  it  wiis  tolde  him  of  f  batels 
 and  noble  actes,  which  he  and  his  brethren 
 had  done,  and  of  the  greate  trauayles  that 
 they  had  taken  :  he  saide :  where  shal  we 
 fynde  soch  a  man?  wel,  we  will  make  him 
 oure  frende,  a  be  confederate  with  him.  Vpon 
 this  he  wrote  a  lettre  vnto  him,  with  these 
 wordes :  kinge  Alexader  saluteth  his  brother 
 lonathas.  We  haue  herde  of  the,  y  thou  art 
 a  valeaunt  man,  5  mete  to  be  oure  frende: 
 wherfore  this  daye  we  ordene  the  to  be  the 
 hye  prest  of  thy  people,  and  to  be  called  the 
 kynges  frende.  (Vpon  this,  he  sente  him  a 
 purple  clothinge  5  a  crowne  of  golde)  y  thou 
 mayest  considre  what  is  for  oure  profit,  5 
 kepe  frendshipe  towarde  vs. 
 
 So  in  the  vij.  moneth  of  the  C.  Ix.  yeare 
 vpon  the  solempne  feast  daye  of  the  taber- 
 nacles, lonathas  put  the  holy  rayment  vpon 
 him.  Then  gathered  he  an  hoost,  (j  made 
 many  weapes.  Which  when  Demetrius  herde, 
 he  was  maruelous  sory,  (t  sayde :  Alas,  what 
 haue  we  done,  y  Alexander  hath  preuented 
 vs  in  gettinge  the  frendshipe  of  the  lewes,  for 
 his  owne  defence  ?  Yet  wil  I  wryte  louingly 
 vnto  them  also,  yee  a  promise  them  dignities 
 5  rewardes,  y  they  maye  be  of  my  syde. 
 Whervpon  he  wrote  \Tito  the  these  wordes  : 
 Kinge  Demetrius  sendeth  gretinge  vnto  y 
 people  of  the  lewes.  Where  as  ye  haue 
 kepte  youre  couenaunt  towarde  vs,  5  cotinued 
 in  oure  frendshipe,  not  enclyninge  to  oure 
 enemies  we  were  glad,  when  we  herde  therof. 
 Wherfore  remayne  still  CE  be  faithfull  to  vs : 
 (5  we  shal  wel  recopense  you  for  the  thinges,  y 
 ye  haue  done  on  oure  partie  :  we  shall  release 
 you  of  many  charges,  and  geue  you  rewardes. 
 
 And  now  I  discharge  you  5  all  y  lewes 
 from  tributes,  I  forgeue  you  the  customes  of 
 salt,  and  release  you  of  the  crowne  taxes,  of 
 the  thirde  parte  of  sede,  and  half  of  the  frute 
 of  trees,  which  is  myne  owne  dewty.  These 
 I  leaue  for  you,  from  this  daye  forth :  so  that 
 they  shall  not  be  taken  of  the  londe  of  luda 
 
 ner  of  the  thre  cities  which  are  added  ther 
 vnto  out  of  Samaria  and  Galilee,  from  this 
 daye  forth  for  euermore.  lerusale  also  with 
 all  thinges  beloginge  therto,  shal  be  holy  and 
 fre,  yee  y  tithes  (j  tributes  shal  pertayne  vnto 
 it.  As  for  the  power  of  y  casteU  which  is  at 
 Jerusalem,  I  remytte  5  geue  it  vnto  the  hye 
 prest,  that  he  maye  set  in  it  soch  men,  as  he 
 shall  chose  to  kepe  it.  I  frely  delyuer  all  the 
 lewes  that  are  presoners  thorow  out  all  my 
 realme :  so  that  euery  one  of  them  shalbe  fre 
 from  payenge  eny  tribute,  yee  euen  of  their 
 catell. 
 
 All  the  solepne  feastes,  Sabbathes,  New 
 mones,  the  dayes  appoynted,  the  thre  dales 
 before  and  after  the  feast  shall  be  fre  for  all 
 the  lewes  in  my  realme :  so  that  in  them  no 
 man  shal  haue  power  to  do  eny  thinge,  or  to 
 moue  eny  busynesse  agaynst  eny  of  them  in 
 eny  maner  of  cause.  There  shal  xxx.  M.  also 
 of  the  lewes  be  written  vp  in  the  kynges 
 hoost,  and  haue  their  wages  payed,  as  all 
 other  men  of  warre  of  the  kynges  shulde  haue : 
 and  of  them  shalbe  ordened  certayne,  to  kepe 
 the  kynges  stronge  holdes :  yee  and  some  of 
 them  shalbe  set  ouer  the  kynges  busynesse, 
 that  they  maye  faithfully  deale  with  the  same. 
 The  lewes  also  shal  haue  prynces  of  their 
 owne,  5  walke  in  their  owne  lawes,  as  the 
 kynge  hath  commaunded  in  the  londe  of 
 luda. 
 
 And  the  thre  cities  that  are  fallen  vnto  lewry 
 from  the  countre  of  Samaria  and  Galilee :  shalbe 
 taken  as  lewry,  and  be  vnder  one  :  nether  be 
 subiecte  to  eny  straunge  lorde,  but  to  the  hye 
 preste.  As  for  Ptolomais  and  the  londe  per- 
 tayninge  therto,  I  geue  it  vnto  the  Sanctuary 
 at  lerusalem,  for  the  necessary  expeces  of  the 
 holy  thinges.  Morouer,  I  will  geue  euery 
 yeare  xv.  M.  Sycles  of  syluer  out  of  y  kynges 
 checker  (which  pertayneth  vnto  me)  to  the 
 worke  of  the  temple :  yee  5  loke  what  re- 
 mayneth  (which  they  y  had  oure  matters  in 
 honde  in  tymes  past,  haue  not  payed)  that 
 same  shal  they  geue  vnto  them  also.  And 
 besydes  all  this,  the  v.  M.  sycles  which  they 
 toke  yearly  of  the  retes  of  the  Sanctuary, 
 shal  belonge  vnto  the  prestes  that  do  seruyce. 
 
 Item,  who  so  euer  they  be  that  fle  vnto  the 
 temple  at  lerusalem  or  within  the  liberties 
 therof,  where  as  they  are  fallen  in  to  the 
 kynges  daunger  for  eny  maner  of  busynes, 
 they  shall  be  pardoned,  and  all  the  goodes 
 
Cftap*  V* 
 
 C!)e  i.  bofee  of  tin  illac&aijresf. 
 
 Jfo,  db. 
 
 JF 
 
 that  they  haue  in  my  realme,  shalbe  fre.  For 
 the  buyldinge  also  5  repayringe  of  the  worke 
 of  the  Sanctuary,  expenses  shalbe  geuen  out 
 of  the  kynges  Checker :  Yee  and  for  the 
 makinge  of  the  walles  rounde  aboute  Jerusa- 
 lem, for  the  breakinge  downe  of  the  olde,  and 
 for  the  settinge  vp  of  the  stronge  holdes  in 
 lewry,  shal  y  costes  and  charges  be  geuen  out 
 of  the  kynges  Checker. 
 
 "  But  when  lonathas  and  the  people  herde 
 these  wordes,  they  gaue  no  credence  vnto 
 them,  nether  receaued  them:  for  they  re- 
 membred  the  greats  wickednesse  that  he  had 
 done  vnto  Israel,  and  how  sore  he  had  vexed 
 them.  Wherfore  they  agreed  vnto  Alexander, 
 for  he  was  a  prynce  that  had  dealte  frendly 
 mth  them,  and  so  they  stode  by  him  allwaye. 
 [  The  gathered  kynge  Alexader  a  greate  boost, 
 and  brought  his  armye  agaynst  Demetrius. 
 So  y  two  kynges  stroke  battayll  together,*  but 
 Demetrius  boost  fled,  and  Alexander  folowed 
 after  and  fell  vpon  them.  A  mightie  sore 
 felde  was  it,  continuynge  till  the  Sonne  wente 
 downe,  and  Demetrius  was  slayne  the  same 
 daye. 
 
 And  Alexander  sente  embassitours  vnto 
 Ptolomy  the  kynge  of  Egipte  with  these 
 wordes,  sayenge :  For  so  moch  as  I  am  come 
 agayne  to  my  realme,  and  am  set  in  the  trone 
 of  my  progenitours,  and  haue  gotten  the  do- 
 minion, ouer  come  Demetrius,  conquered  the 
 londe,  and  striken  a  felde  with  him,  so  that 
 we  haue  discomfited  both  him  and  his  boost, 
 and  syt  in  the  trone  of  his  kyngdome :  Let 
 vs  now  make  frendshipe  together,  geue  me 
 thy  daughter  to  wife :  so  shall  I  be  thy  Sonne 
 in  lawe,  and  both  geue  the  rewardes,  and  hir 
 greate  dignite.  Ptolomy  the  kynge  gaue 
 answere,  sayenge :  Happy  be  the  daye  wherin 
 thou  art  come  agayne  to  the  londe  of  thy 
 progenitours,  and  set  in  the  trone  of  their 
 kyngdome.  And  now  will  I  fulfill  thy 
 writynge :  but  mete  me  at  Ptolomais,  y  we 
 maye  se  one  another,  and  that  I  maye  mary 
 my  doughter  vnto  the  acordinge  to  thy  desyre. 
 So  Ptolemy  wete  out  of  Egipte  with  his 
 doughter  Cleopatra,  5  came  vnto  Ptolomais  in 
 Clxij.  yeare :  where  kynge  Alexader  met 
 im,  5  he  gaue  Alexander  his  doughter  Cleo- 
 patra, and  maried  them  at  Ptolomais  with 
 greate  worshipe,  like  as  the  maner  of  kynges 
 is  to  be. 
 
 us  ca.  5.  lib.  13, 
 
 Then  wrote  kynge  Alexander  vnto  lona- 
 thas, that  he  shulde  come  and  mete  him.  So 
 he  wente  honorably  vnto  Ptolomais,  5  there 
 he  met  the  two  kinges,  and  gaue  them  greate 
 presentes  of  golde  and  syluer,  5  founde  fa- 
 uoure  in  their  sight.  And  there  came  together 
 agaynst  lonathas  certajme  wicked  men  and 
 vngracious  personnes  of  Israel,  makynge  com- 
 playntes  of  him,  but  the  kynge  regarded  them 
 not.  As  for  lonathas,  the  kynge  commaunded 
 to  take  of  his  garmentes,  and  to  clothe  him  in 
 purple :  and  so  they  dyd.  Then  the  kynge 
 appo}Tited  him  to  syt  by  him,  and  sayde  vnto 
 his  prynces :  Go  with  him  in  to  the  myddest  of 
 the  cite,  and  make  a  proclamacion,  that  no 
 man  complayne  agaynst  him  of  eny  matter, 
 and  that  no  man  trouble  him  for  eny  maner 
 of  cause. 
 
 So  it  happened  that  when  his  accusers  sawe 
 the  worshipe  which  was  proclamed  of  him,  g 
 Y  he  was  clothed  in  purple :  they  fled  euery- 
 chone.  And  the  kynge  made  moch  of  him 
 wrote  him  amonge  his  chefe  frendes,  made 
 him  a  duke,  and  partaker  of  his  dominion. 
 Thus  lonathas  wente  agayne  to  Jerusalem 
 with  peace  and  gladnesse.  'In  the  Clxv. 
 yeare  came  Demetrius  the  sonne  of  Deme- 
 trius from  Creta  in  to  his  fathers  londe : 
 wherof  when  Alexander  herde  tell,  he  was 
 right  sory,  and  returned  vnto  Antioche.  And 
 Demetrius  chose "^  AppoUonius  (which  had  the 
 gouernaunce  of  Celosyria)  to  be  his  captayne. 
 
 So  he  gathered  a  greate  boost  and  came 
 vnto  lamnia,  and  sende  worde  vnto  lonathas 
 the  bye  prest,  sayenge :  Darrest  thou  with- 
 stonde  vs  thy  self  alone  ?  As  for  me,  I  am 
 but  laughed  to  scome  and  shamed,  because 
 thou  prouest  thy  strength  agaynst  vs  in  the 
 mountaynes.  Now  therfore,  yf  thou  trustest 
 in  thyne  owne  strength,  come  downe  to  vs  in 
 to  the  playne  felde,  and  there  let  vs  proue 
 oure  strength  together:  thou  shalt  fynde,  that 
 I  haue  valeaunt  men  of  warre  with  me :  and 
 shalt  knows  who  I  am,  j  the  other  that  stonde 
 by  me. 
 
 Which  saye,  that  youre  fote  is  not  able  to 
 stonde  before  oure  face,  for  thy  fathers  haue 
 bene  twyse  chaced  in  to  their  owne  londs. 
 And  now,  how  wylt  thou  be  able  to  abyds  so 
 greate  an  boost  of  horsmen  and  fotemen  in 
 the  felde,  where  as  is  nether  rocks,  stone  ner 
 place  to  fle  vnto  ? 
 
 losephus  cap.  6.  lib.  13.  Antiq.  '*  1  Mac.  3.  a. 
 
 P. 
 
Jfo.  fibu 
 
 CI)f  I.  bofet  of  ti)t  i¥lad)al)ft£(. 
 
 Cftap. n. 
 
 When  lonathas  herde  the  wordes  of  Ap- 
 poUonius,  he  was  moued  in  his  mynde :  wher- 
 fore  he  chose  x.  thousande  men  and  wentc 
 out  of  Jerusalem,  and  Symon  his  brother  met 
 him  for  to  helpe  him :  And  they  pitched  their 
 tentes  at  loppa,  but  the  cite  kepte  him  forth, 
 for  loppa  was  an  holde  of  Appollonius.  Then 
 lonathas  layed  sege  to  it,  and  they  that  were 
 in  the  cite,  for  very  feare  let  him  in :  and  so 
 lonathas  wanne  loppa.  Appollonius  hearinge 
 of  this,  toke  thre  thousande  horsmen,  with  a 
 greate  boost  of  fote,  and  wente  as  though  he 
 wolde  go  to  Azotus,  5  came  Immediatly  in  to 
 the  playne  felde :  because  he  had  so  many 
 horsmc',  and  put  his  trust  in  the.  So  lonathas 
 folowcd  vpon  him  to  Azotus,  5  there  they 
 stroke  the  battayll.  Now  had  Appollonius 
 left  a  M.  horsmen  behjTide  them  pryuely  in 
 the  tetes.  And  when  lonathas  knewe  that 
 soch  waite  was  layed  behynde  them,  they 
 wete  rounde  aboute  the  enemies  boost,  and 
 hot  dartes  at  the  people  from  the  mornjTige  to 
 the  euenynge.  As  for  lonathas  people,  they 
 kepte  their  ordre  as  he  had  commaunded  them, 
 rj  the  enemies  horses  were  euer  labouringe. 
 
 Then  brought  Sjniion  forth  his  boost,  and 
 set  them  agaynst  the  fote  men.  For  the 
 horsme  were  weery  allready.  So  he  discom- 
 fited them,  and  they  fled.  And  they  that 
 were  scatred  in  the  felde,  gat  them  to  Azotus, 
 and  came  in  to  the  temple  of  Dagon  their 
 Idol,  y  they  might  there  saue  their  lyues. 
 But  lonathas  set  fyre  vpon  Azotus  and  all  the 
 cities  rounde  aboute  it,  j  toke  their  goodes, 
 and  bret  vp  the  temple  of  Dagon  with  all 
 them  that  were  fled  in  to  it. 
 
 Thus  were  slayne  and  bret  well  nye  viij. 
 thousande  men.  So  lonathas  remoued  the  boost 
 from  thence,  and  brought  them  to  Ascalon : 
 where  y  men  of  the  cite  came  forth,  and  met 
 him  with  greate  worsbipe.  After  this  wente 
 lonathas  and  bis  boost  agayne  to  Jerusalem, 
 with  greate  substaunce  of  good.  And  when 
 kynge  Alexander  herde  these  thinges,  he 
 thought  to  do  lonathas  more  worsbipe,  j  sent 
 him  a  colar  of  golde,  as  the  vse  is  to  be  geuen 
 vnto  soch  as  are  of  the  kynges  nexte  bloude. 
 He  gaue  him  also  y  cite  of  Accaron  (with  the 
 londes  belongynge  therto)  in  possession. 
 
 €\)e  vi.  Chapter. 
 
 ND   jr   kynge   of  Egipte   gathered   an 
 boost,  '  (like  the  sonde  y  lieth  vpon  the 
 
 A 
 
 see  shore)  and  many  shippes :  and  wente 
 aboute  thorow  disceate  to  optayne  y  kingdome 
 of  Alexader,  (j  to  ioyne  it  vnto  his  owne 
 realme.  Vpon  this  he  toke  his  iourneye  in  to 
 Syria,  5  was  letten  in  to  the  cities,  and  me 
 came  forth  to  mete  him  :  for  kinge  AJexiider 
 bad  comaunded  them  so  to  do,  because  he 
 was  bis  father  in  lawe.  Now  when  Ptolomy 
 entred  in  to  eny  cite,  be  lefte  me  of  warre  to 
 kepe  it,  and  this  he  dyd  thorow  out  all  y 
 cities.  And  when  he  came  to  Azotus,  they 
 shewed  him  the  temple  of  Dagon  and  Azotus' 
 that  was  brent  vp,  with  the  other  thinges 
 which  were  destroyed,  the  deed  bodies  cast 
 abrode,  and  y  graues  that  they  had  made  by 
 the  waye  syde,  for  soch  as  were  slayne  in  the 
 felde :  And  tolde  the  kynge  that  lonathas 
 had  done  all  these  thinges,  to  the  intet  they 
 might  get  him  euell  will.  But  the  kynge 
 sayde  not  a  worde  therto. 
 
 And  lonathas  met  the  kynge  with  greate 
 honoure  at  loppa,  where  they  saluted  one 
 another,  and  toke  their  rest.  So  when  lona- 
 thas had  gone  with  f  kynge,  vnto  the  water 
 that  was  called  Eleutherus,  be  turned  agayne 
 to  Jerusalem.  Now  Ptolomy  had  gotten  the 
 dominion  of  the  cities  \Tito  Seleucia  vpon  the 
 see  coost,  ymaginynge  mcked  councels  agajTist 
 Alexander,  5  sent  embassitours  \Tito  Deme- 
 trius, sayenge :  Come,  let  vs  make  a  bonde 
 betwixte  vs,  so  shall  J  geue  the  my  doughter 
 that  Alexander  hath,  and  thou  shalt  raigne  in 
 thy  fathers  kyngdome.  J  repente  that  J  gaue 
 Alexander  my  doughter,  for  he  goeth  aboute 
 to  slaye  me.  And  thus  be  slaundred  Alex- 
 ander, because  be  wolde  haue  had  his  realme. 
 
 Thus  he  toke  bis  doughter  from  him,  gaue 
 her  vnto  Demetrius,  and  forsoke  Alexander, 
 so  that  his  malice  was  openly  knowne.  And 
 Ptolomy  came  to  Antioche,  where  be  set  two 
 crownes  vpon  his  owne  heade :  the  crowne  of 
 Egipte  and  of  Asia.  Jn  the  meane  season 
 was  kynge  Alexander  in  Cilicia,  for  they  that 
 dwelt  in  those  places,  had  rebelled  agaynst 
 him.  But  when  Alexiider  herde  of  this,  he 
 came  to  warre  agaj-nst  him.  So  kinge 
 Ptolomy  brought  forth  his  boost  and  met 
 him  with  a  migbtie  power,  and  chaced  him 
 awaye.  Then  fled  Alexander  in  to  Araby, 
 there  to  be  defended,  and  kynge  Ptolomys 
 honoure  increased.  And  Zabdiel  the  Arabian 
 smote  of  Alexanders  heade,  and  sent  it  \Tito 
 
 '1  Mac.  11.  a.    ' 
 
 us  cap.  7.  libro  l.'>.     ^  1  Mac.  10. 
 
Cftap.  vt 
 
 €i)t  i,  hoikt  of  tl)e  i¥lari)abff0. 
 
 So,  tMh 
 
 Ptolomy.  But  the  thirde  daye  after,  died 
 kynge  Ptolomy  himself:  and  they  whom  he 
 had  set  in  the  stronge  holdes,  were  slayne  of 
 those  that  were  within  y  cities.  And  Deme- 
 trius raigned  in  y  hundreth  and  seuen  and 
 sixtie  yeare. 
 
 At  the  same  tyme  gathered  lonathas  them 
 that  were  in  lewry  to  laye  sege  vnto  the 
 castell  which  was  at  lerusalem,  and  so  they 
 made  many  instrumentes  of  warre  agaynst  it. 
 Then  wente  there  certaine  vngodly  personnes 
 (which  hated  their  owne  people)  ^aito  kynge 
 Demetrius,  and  tolde  him,  that  lonathas  be- 
 seged  y-  castell.  So  when  he  herde  it,  he  was 
 angrie,  and  Immediatly  came  to  Ptolomais, 
 and  wrote  vnto  lonathas,  that  he  shulde  not 
 laye  sege  to  the  castell,  but  come  and  speake 
 with  him  in  all  the  haist.  Neuerthelesse 
 when  lonathas  herde  this  he  commaunded 
 to  besege  it.  He  chose  also  certayne  of  the 
 elders  and  prestes  of  Israel,  and  put  him  self 
 in  the  parell,  and  toke  \vith  him  golde,  syluer, 
 clothinge  and  diuerse  presentes  :  and  wente 
 to  Ptolomais  vnto  the  kynge,  and  founde  him 
 gracious. 
 
 And  though  certayne  vngodly  men  of  his 
 owne  people  made  complayntes  vpon  him,  yet 
 the  kynge  intreated  ham,"  like  as  his  pre- 
 decessours  had  done  before :  and  promoted 
 him  in  the  sight  of  all  his  frendes,  confirmed 
 him  in  the  hye  presthode  with  all  the  worshipe 
 y  he  had  afore,  and  made  him  his  chefe 
 frende.  lonathas  also  desyred  the  kynge  that 
 he  wolde  make  lewry  fre,  with  the  thre  head 
 cities  of  Samaria*  and  the  londes  pertayninge 
 therto :  vpon  this  dyd  lonathas  promyse  him 
 thre  C.  talentes.  Wliere  vnto  the  kynge  con- 
 sented, and  gaue  lonathas  wrytinge  of  the 
 same,  conteyninge  these  wordes  :  kynge  De- 
 metrius sendeth  gretinge  vnto  his  brother 
 lonathas  and  to  the  people  of  y  lewes.  We 
 sende  you  here  a  copy  of  the  lettre  which  we 
 dyd  wryte  vnto  oure  elder  Lasthenus,  con- 
 cernynge  you,  that  ye  shulde  knowe  it. 
 
 Kynge  Demetrius  sendeth  gretinge  vnto 
 Lasthenus  his  elder.  For  the  faithfulnes  that 
 oure  frendes  the  people  of  the  lewes  kepe 
 vnto  vs,  and  for  the  louynge  kyndnesse  which 
 they  beare  towarde  vs :  we  are  deteiTned  to 
 do  them  good.  Wherfore  we  ordene  all  y 
 coostes  of  lewry  with  the  thre  cities,  Lyda 
 and  Ramatha  (which  are  added  vnto  lewry 
 
 frotn  Samaria)  5  all  y  lodes  peitayninge 
 there  vnto,  to  be  frely  separated  for  soch  as 
 do  sacrifice  in  lerusale :  both  concernynge 
 the  paymetes  which  the  kynge  toke  yearly 
 afore  tyme,  g  f  frutes  also  of  the  earth  j 
 trees.  As  for  other  tithes  t;  tributes  y  bi 
 longed  vnto  vs,  we  discharge  the  therof  from 
 this  tyme  forth.  In  like  maner  we  graute 
 vnto  the  all  the  customes  of  salt  and  crowTie 
 taxes,  which  were  brought  vnto  vs.  And  this 
 fredome  shal  they  haue  firme  (j  stedfast,  fro 
 this  t)Tne  forth  for  euermore.  Therfore  se  y  ye 
 make  a  copy  of  these  oure  letters,  and  delyuer 
 it  vnto  lonathas :  that  it  maye  be  kepte  vpon 
 y  holy  mount  in  a  couenient  place. 
 
 After  this,  when  Demetrius  the  kynge  sawe 
 that  his  londe  was  in  rest,  and  that  no  re- 
 sistaunce  was  made  him  :  he  sent  awaye  all 
 his  boost  euery  man  to  his  owne  place,  ex- 
 cepte  an  armye  of  straungers,  whom  hi 
 brought  from  the  lies  of  the  Heithen,  wher- 
 fore aU  his  fathers  boost  had  euell  wyll  at 
 him.  Now  was  there  one  Triphon'  (that  had 
 bene  of  Alexanders  parte  afore)  which  when 
 he  sawe  that  all  the  boost  murmured  agaynst 
 Demetrius :  he  wente  to  Emalcuel  the 
 Arabian  (that  brought  vp  Antiochus  the 
 Sonne  of  Alexander)  and  laye  sore  vpon  him, 
 to  delyuer  him  this  yonge  Antiochus :  that  he 
 might  raigne  in  his  fathers  steade.  He  tolde 
 him  also  what  greate  eueU  Demetrius  had 
 done,  I  how  his  me  of  warre  loued  him  not : 
 (t  so  remayned  there  a  loge  season. 
 
 And  lonathas  sent  vnto  kynge  Demetrius, 
 to  druye  them  out  which  were  in  the  castell 
 at  lerusalem  and  in  the  other  refugies,  for 
 they  dyd  Israel  greate  harme.  So  Demetrius 
 sent  worde  vnto  lonathas,  sayenge  :  I  wil  not 
 only  do  these  thinges  for  the  and  thy  people, 
 but  at  tyme  conueniet  I  wil  do  both  the  j  thy 
 people  greate  worshipe.  But  now  thou  shalt 
 do  me  a  pleasure,  yf  thou  wilt  sende  me  men 
 to  helpe  me :  for  all  m^Tie  armye  is  gone  fro 
 me.  So  lonathas  sent  him  iij.  M.  stronge 
 men  vnto  Antioche,  and  they  came  vnto  the 
 kynge,  wherfore  the  kynge  was  vei-y  glad  at 
 their  commynge.  But  they  that  were  of  the 
 cite  (euen  an  Cxx.  thousande  me)  gathered 
 them  together,  5  wolde  haue  slayne  the  kynge, 
 which  fled  in  to  his  courte :  5  the  citesyns 
 kepte  the  stretes  of  the  cite,  and  beganne  to 
 fisht. 
 
jfo.  rlbiij. 
 
 C1)C  t  bokf  of  t\)t  iHarijafarrs. 
 
 COaj).  nj. 
 
 'rhun  the  kynge  called  for  the  lewes  heFpe, 
 which  came  viito  him  all  together,  5  wente 
 abrode  thorow  the  cite,  and  slewe  the  same 
 clave  an  C.  M.  men :  set  fyre  vpon  the  cite, 
 gat  many  spoyles  in  that  daye,  and  delyuered 
 f  kynge.'  So  when  the  citesyns  sawe  that  the 
 lewes  had  gotten  their  wyll  of  the  cite,  and 
 they  them  selues  dispoj-nted  of  their  purpose: 
 they  made  their  supplicacion  vnto  the  kynge, 
 saycge  :  Graunte  vs  peace,  and  let  the  lewes 
 ce'asse  from  troublinge  vs  and  the  cite,  and 
 vpon  this  they  cast  awaye  their  weapons. 
 Thus  they  made  peace,  and  y  lewes  gat 
 greate  worshipe  in  the  sight  of  the  kynge,  and 
 in  the  sight  of  all  that  were  in  his  realme,  and 
 were  spoken  of  thorow  out  the  kyngdome : 
 and  so  they  came  agayne  to  lerusalem  with 
 greate  goodes. 
 
 So  the  kynge  Demetrius  sat  in  the  trone 
 of  his  kyngdome,  and  had  peace  in  his  lode. 
 Neuerth'eles  he  dyssembled  in  all  that  euer 
 he  spake,  (t  with  drewe  himself  from  lonathas, 
 nether  rewarded  him  acordinge  to  the  bene- 
 fites  which  he  had  done  for  him,  but  troubled 
 him  very  sore.  After  this  came  Triphon 
 aga)Tie  with  yonge  Antiochus,  which  raigned 
 (T  was  crowned  kynge.  Then  there  gathered 
 vnto  him  all  y  men  of  warre,  who  Demetrius 
 had  put  awaye  :  these  fought  agaynst  Deme- 
 trius, which  fled  5  turned  his  backe.  So 
 Triphon  toke  the  Elephantes,  5  wanne 
 Antioche.  And  yoge  Antiochus  wrote  vnto 
 lonathas,  sayenge :  I  confirme  the  in  thy 
 presthode,  5  make  y  ruler  of  iiij.  countrees,  y 
 thou  mayest  be  a  frende  of  f  kinges. 
 
 Vpon  this  he  sent  him  golden  vessel  to  be 
 serued  in,  and  gaue  him  leue  to  drynke  in 
 golde,  to  be  clothed  in  purple,  and  to  weere  a 
 colar  of  golde.  He  made  his  brother  Symon 
 also  captayne,  from  the  coostes  of  Tyrus  vnto 
 the  borders  of  Egipte.  Then  lonathas  toke 
 his  iourney,  5  wente  thorow  y  cities  beyode 
 the  water  (of  lordane)  and  all  the  men  of 
 warre  of  Syria  gathered  the  vnto  him  for  to 
 helpe  him.  So  he  came  \Tito  Ascalon,  and 
 they  of  the  cite  receaued  him  honorably :  5 
 from  thence  wente  he  vnto  Gaza,  but  they 
 wolde  not  let  him  in  :  wherfore  he  layed  sege 
 vnto  it,  bumynge  vp  and  spoylinge  the  places 
 that  were  aboute  the  cite. 
 
 And  the  cites)Tis  of  Gaza  submytted  the 
 selues  \'nto  lonathas,  which  made  peace  with 
 
 them,  but  toke  of  their  sonnes  to  pledge,  sent 
 the  to  lerusale,  (t  wente  thorow  the  countre 
 vnto  Damascus.  Now  when  lonathas  herde 
 that  Demetrius  princes  were  come  in  to 
 Cades  (which  is  in  Galilee)  with  a  greate 
 boost,  purposinge  to  put  Demetrius  out  from 
 medlinge  in  the  realme :  he  came  agaynst 
 them,  and  lefte  S)Tnon  his  brother  in  the 
 londe :  which  came  to  Bethsura,  and  layed 
 sege  to  it  a  longe  season,  and  discomfited 
 them.  So  they  desyred  to  haue  peace  with 
 him,  which  he  graunted  them,  5  afterwarde 
 put  them  out  from  thence,  toke  the  cite,  and 
 set  me  to  kepe  it.  And  lonathas  with  his 
 boost  came  to  the  water  of  Genesar,  5  by 
 tymes  in  the  momynge  gat  them  to  the  playne 
 felde  of  Azor. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  hoostes  of  the  Heithen 
 met  the  in  the  felde,  5  layed  watch  for  the  in 
 the  mountaynes :  so  y  when  lonathas  came 
 agaynst  the,  the  other  (which  were  layed  to 
 watch)  rose  out  of  their  places,  5  fought,  % 
 they  that  were  of  lonathas  syde,  fled  euery 
 man :  (j  there  was  not  one  of  the  lefte,  excepte 
 Matathias  the  sonne  of  Absalomus,  and  ludas 
 the  sonne  of  Calphi  the  captayne  of  the  boost. 
 The  lonathas  rente  his  clothes,  layed  earth 
 vpo  his  heade,  made  his  prayer,  5  turned 
 againe  to  the  in  y  felde:  where  they  fought 
 together,  and  he  put  them  to  flight.  Now 
 when  his  owne  me  y  were  fled,  sawe  this : 
 they  turned  agayne  vnto  him,  5  helped  him 
 to  folowe  vpon  all  their  enemies  \Tito  their 
 tentes  at  Cades.  So  there  were  slayne  of  the 
 Heithen  the  same  daye,  iij.  M.  men,  5  lona- 
 thas turned  agayne  to  lerusalem. 
 
 Wi)c  pj.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 IONATHAS  sejTige  that  f  tjTne  was  mete 
 for  him,  chose  certajTie  men  and  sent  them 
 \iito  Rome  for  to  stablish  5  to  renue  the 
 frendshipe  with  the.  "He  sent  lettres  also  vnto 
 Sparta,  and  to  other  places  in  like  maner.  So 
 they  wete  vnto  Rome  and  entred  in  to  f 
 councell,  it  sayde  :  lonathas  f  bye  prest  u 
 the  people  of  the  lewes  sent  vs  vnto  you,  for 
 to  renue  y  olde  fredshipe  and  bonde  of  loue. 
 Vpo  this  f  Romaynes  gaue  the  fre  pasportes, 
 y  me  shulde  lede  the  home  in  to  y  lode  of 
 luda  peaceably.  And  this  is  f  copy  of  the 
 lettres  that  lonathas  wrote  ^^lto  the  Sparcians : 
 lonathas  y  hye  prest  with  f  elders,  prestes, 
 (J  the  other  people  of  f  lewes,  sende  gretinge 
 
Cftap.  xi). 
 
 Cfte  u  Ijofee  jjf  tfte  iilarftabcesf. 
 
 Jo«  cli'jr. 
 
 vnto  y  Sparcias  their  brethre.  There  were 
 lettres  sente  loge  agoo  vnto  Onias  y  hye  prest, 
 from  Arius  which  than  raigned  amonge  you : 
 that  ye  are  oure  brethren,  as  the  wrytinge 
 made  thervpon  specifieth.  And  Onias  in- 
 treated  the  embassitoure  that  was  sent,  honor- 
 ably, and  receaued  f  lettres :  wherin  there 
 was  mencion  made  of  the  bonde  of  loue  (i 
 frendshipe.  But  as  for  vs,  we  nede  no  soch 
 writinges  :  for  why,  we  haue  the  holy  bokes  of 
 scripture  in  oure  hondes  to  oure  comforte. 
 Neuerthelesse  we  had  rather  sende  vnto  you, 
 for  the  renuyiige  of  y  brotherhode  and  frend- 
 shipe :  lest  we  shulde  be  straunge  vnto  you, 
 for  it  is  longe,  sens  y  tyme  y  ye  sent  worde 
 vnto  vs.  Wherfore  in  f  sacrifices  y  we  offre 
 5  other  ceremonies  vpon  y  hye  solempne  dayes 
 and  other  we  allwaye  remembre  you  without 
 ceassynge  (like  as  reason  is,  and  as  it  becom- 
 meth  vs  to  thynke  vpon  oure  brethren)  yee 
 and  are  right  glad  of  youre  prosperous  honoure. 
 
 And  though  we  haue  had  greate  troubles 
 and  warres,  so  that  the  kynges  aboute  vs  haue 
 foughten  agaynst  vs :  yet  wolde  we  not  be 
 greuous  vnto  you  ner  to  other  of  oure  louers 
 and  frendes  in  these  warres.  For  we  haue  had 
 helpe  fro  heaue,  so  that  we  are  delyuered, 
 and  oure  enemies  subdued.  Wherfore  we 
 chose  Numenius  the  sonne  of  Antiochus  and 
 Antipater  the  sonne  of  lason,  and  sente  them 
 vnto  the  Romaynes,  for  to  renue  the  olde 
 bonde  of  frendshipe  and  loue  with  them.  We 
 commaunded  them  also  to  come  vnto  you,  to 
 salute  you,  and  to  delyuer  you  oure  lettres, 
 concerninge  the  renouacion  of  oure  brother- 
 hode. And  now  ye  shal  do  right  wel,  to  geue 
 vs  an  answere  there  vnto. 
 
 And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  wrytinge,  which 
 Arius  the  kynge  of  Sparta  sente  vnto  Onias : 
 Arius  kinge  of  the  Sparcians  sendeth  gretynge 
 vnto  Onias  the  hye  prest.  It  is  founde  in 
 wrytynge,  that  the  Sparcians  and  lewes  are 
 brethren,  and  come  of  the  generacion  of 
 Abraham.  And  now  for  so  moch  as  this  is 
 come  to  oure  knowlege,  ye  shal  do  wel,  to 
 wryte  vnto  vs  of  youre  prosperite.  As  for  vs, 
 we  haue  wrytten  oure  mynde  vnto  you:  Oure 
 catell  and  goodes  are  yours  and  yours,  ours. 
 These  thinges  haue  we  comaunded  to  be 
 shewed  vnto  you. 
 
 When  lonathas  herde,  that  Demetrius 
 prices  were  come  forth  to  fight  against  him 
 with  a  greater  boost  the  afore,  he  wente  fro 
 
 lerusalem,  (i  met  the  in  the  lode  of  Hemath, 
 for  he  gaue  them  not  space  to  come  in  to  his 
 owne  countre.  And  he  sent  spyes  vnto  their 
 tentes,  which  came  agayne  and  tolde  him, 
 that  they  were  appoynted  to  come  vpo  him 
 in  the  night  season.  Wherfore  when  the  Sone 
 was  gone  downe,  lonathas  comaunded  his  men 
 to  watch  all  y  night,  5  to  be  ready  with  wea- 
 pens  for  to  fight :  and  set  watchmen  rounde 
 aboute  the  hoost.  But  when  the  aduersaries 
 herde  that  lonathas  was  ready  with  his  men 
 to  the  battayll,  they  feared  j  were  afrayed  in 
 their  hertes,  5  kyndled  fyres  in  their  tentes, 
 brake  vp,  and  gat  them  awaye.  Neuertheles 
 lonathas  and  his  company  knewe  it  not  till  the 
 morninge,  for  they  sawe  the  fyres  burnynge. 
 
 Then  lonathas  folowed  vpon  the,  but  he 
 might  not  ouertake  them,  for  they  were  gone 
 ouer  the  water  Eleutherus.  So  lonathas 
 departed  vnto  f  Arabias  (which  were  called 
 Zabadei)  slewe  them,  tj  toke  their  goodes. 
 He  preceded  furthur  also,  and  came  vnto 
 Damascus,  5  wente  thorow  all  that  countre. 
 But  Simon  his  brother  toke  his  ioumey  and 
 came  to  Ascalon  and  to  the  nexte  stronge 
 holdes :  departinge  vnto  loppa,  and  wanne  it. 
 For  he  herde,  that  they  wolde  stonde  of  De- 
 metrius partie  :  wherfore  he  sent  me  of  warre 
 in  the  cite,  to  kepe  it.  After  this  came  lona- 
 thas home  agayne,  5  called  the  elders  of  the 
 people  together :  and  deuysed  with  the  for  to 
 buylde  vp  the  stroge  holdes  in  lewry,  and  the 
 walles  of  lerusalem,  to  set  vp  an  hye  wall 
 betwixte  the  castell  and  f  cite,  for  to  separate 
 it  from  the  cite,  that  it  might  be  alone,  and 
 that  men  shulde  nether  bye  nor  sell  in  it. 
 
 Vpo  this  they  came  together  for  to  buylde 
 vp  the  cite:  and  for  so  moch  as  the  waD  vpo 
 the  broke  of  the  west  syde  (called  Caphetheta) 
 was  fallen  downe,  they  repayred  it.  And 
 Symon  set  vp  Adiada  in  Sephela,  and  made 
 it  stronge,  settinge  portes  5  lockes  vpo  it. 
 "Now  when  Triphon  purposed  to  raigne  in 
 Asia,  to  be  crowned,  and  to  slaye  the  kynge 
 Antiochus :  he  was  afrayed  that  lonathas 
 wolde  not  suffre  him,  but  fight  against  him. 
 Wherfore  he  wente  aboute  to  take  lonathas, 
 and  to  kyll  him. 
 
 So  he  departed,  and  came  vnto  Bethsan. 
 Then  wente  lonathas  forth  against  him  to  the 
 battayll  with  fourtye  thousande  chosen  men, 
 and   came    vnto    Bethsan    also.       But   whe 
 
 '  1  Ma.  11.  c.       losephus  capi.  19.  libro  13. 
 
jfo.  rlir. 
 
 Ei)t  u  Ijokf  of  tl)t  iBarl^abrrsJ. 
 
 Cftap.  ruj. 
 
 Triphon  sawe  that  lonathas  came  with  so 
 greate  an  hoost  to  destroye  him,  he  was 
 afrayed:  and  therfore  he  rcceaued  him  honor- 
 ably, commended  him  vnto  all  his  frendes, 
 gaue  him  rewardes,  and  commaunded  his 
 men  of  warre  to  be  as  obediet  vnto  him  as  to 
 himself. 
 
 And  saide  vnto  lonathas:  why  hast  thou 
 caused  this  people  to  take  soch  trauayle,  sejTige 
 there  is  no  warre  betwixte  vs?  Therfore  sende 
 them  home  agayne,  5  chose  certaine  me  to 
 waite  vpon  the,  (i  come  thou  vfith  me  to 
 Ptolomais :  for  I  wil  geue  it  the,  with  the 
 other  stroge  holdes,  men  of  warre  and  their 
 officers:  As  for  me,  I  must  departe,  this  is 
 only  f  cause  of  my  comynge.  lonathas  be- 
 leued  him,  5  dyd  as  he  sayde,  puttinge  awaye 
 his  hoost,  which  wente  in  to  y  londe  of  luda. 
 He  kepte  but  iij.  M.  by  him,  wherof  he  sente 
 ij.  M.  in  to  Galilee,  ij  one  M.  wente  with 
 himself. 
 
 Now  ■-  soone  as  lonathas  entred  in  to 
 Ptolomais,  the  citesyns  sparred  the  gates  of 
 the  cite,  and  toke  him,  and  slewe  all  them 
 with  the  swerde,  that  came  in  with  him.  Then 
 sent  Triphon  an  hoost  of  fote  me  and  horsmen 
 in  to  Galilee  and  in  to  the  greate  playne  felde, 
 to  destroye  all  lonathas  company.  But  when 
 they  knew  that  lonathas  was  taken,  and  all 
 they  slayne  that  wayted  \^on  him  :  they  toke 
 councell  together,  and  came  forth  ready  to 
 the  battayll.  So  when  they  which  folowed 
 vpon  them,  sawe,  that  it  was  a  matter  of  life, 
 they  turned  backe  agayne.  As  for  the  other, 
 they  wente  in  to  f  londe  of  luda  peaceably,  5 
 bewayled  lonathas,  5  them  that  were  with 
 him  right  sore.  And  Israel  made  greate 
 lamentacion.  The  all  the  Heithen  y  were 
 rounde  aboute  them,  sought  to  destroye  the. 
 For  they  sayde  :  now  haue  they  no  eaptajTie, 
 nor  eny  man  to  helpe  them.  Therfore  let  vs 
 ouercome  them,  and  rote  out  their  name  from 
 amonge  men. 
 
 €\)e  yii).  C^apttr. 
 
 IV  TOW  whan  SjTiion  herde  that  Triphon 
 1  \|  gathered  a  greate  hoost,  to  come  in  to  f 
 londe  of  luda,  and  to  destroye  it :  and  sawe  y 
 the  people  was  in  greate  fearfulnesse  and  care: 
 He  came  m^  to  lerusalem,  and  gathered  the 
 people  together,  t;  gaue  th6  exortacion,  sayenge : 
 \e  knowe  what  greate  battavls  I  and  my 
 brethren  g  my  fathers  house  haue  stnken  for 
 
 the  lawe  u  the  Sactuary,  and  what  maner  of 
 troubles  we  haue  sene :  thorow  occasion  wherof, 
 all  my  brethren  are  slayne  for  Israels  sake,  and 
 I  am  left  alone."  And  now  let  not  me  spare 
 myne  owne  life  in  eny  maner  of  trouble,  for  I 
 am  no  better  then  my  brethren :  but  wil 
 avenge  my  people  and  the  Sanctuary,  oure 
 children  and  oure  wyues :  for  all  the  Heithen 
 are  gathered  together,  to  destroye  vs  of  veiy 
 malice. 
 
 At  these  wordes  the  hartes  of  the  people 
 were  kpidled  together,  so  that  they  cried 
 with  a  loude  voyce,  sayenge  :  Thou  shalt  be 
 oure  captayne  in  steade  of  Judas  g  lonathas 
 thy  brethren,  ordre  thou  oure  batell,  5  what 
 so  euer  thou  commaundest  vs,  we  shall  do  it. 
 So  he  gathered  all  the  men  of  warre,  makinge 
 haist  to  fynish  all  the  walles  of  lerusalem, 
 which  he  made  stronge  rounde  aboute.  Then 
 sent  he  lonathas  the  sonne  of  Absalomus  with 
 a  fresh  hoost  vnto  loppa,  which  droue  them 
 out  y  were  in  the  castell,  and  remajTied  there 
 himself.  Triphon  also  remoued  from  Ptolo- 
 mais with  a  greate  armye,  to  come  in  to  the 
 londe  of  luda,  and  lonathas  with  him  in 
 warde.  And  Simon  pitched  his  tentes  at 
 Addus  before  the  plajTie  felde. 
 
 But  when  Triphon  knewe  that  Symon 
 stode  vp  in  steade  of  his  brother  lonathas, 
 and  that  he  wolde  warre  agajTist  him :  he 
 sent  messaungers  vnto  him,  sayenge  :  Where 
 as  we  haue  kepte  lonathas  thy  brother,  it  is 
 for  money  that  he  is  owynge  in  the  kynges 
 accompte,  concernj-nge  the  busynesse  y  he 
 had  in  honde.  Wherfore  sende  now  an  C. 
 taletes  of  syluer  and  his  two  sonnes  for  suertie, 
 that  when  he  is  lette  forth  he  shal  not  forsake 
 vs :  and  we  shal  sende  him  agajTie.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  Symon  knewe,  that  he  dyssembled  in 
 his  wordes :  yet  commaunded  he  the  money 
 (t  children  to  be  delyuered  vnto  him :  lest  he 
 shulde  be  the  greater  enemye  agaynst  y  people 
 of  Israel,  and  saye :  because  he  sent  him  not 
 the  money  and  the  children,  therfore  is  lo- 
 nathas deed. 
 
 So  Sjonon  sent  him  the  children  and  an 
 hundreth  talentes,  but  he  dyssembled,  5  wolde 
 not  let  lonathas  go.  Afterwarde  came  Tri- 
 phon in  to  the  londe,  to  destroye  it,  and  wente 
 rounde  aboute  by  the  waye,  y  ledeth  \Tito 
 Ador.  But  where  so  euer  they  wente,  thither 
 wente  Symon  and  his  hoost  also.     Now  they 
 
 -  1  Ma.  6.  c.  9.  b.d.  13.  b. 
 
Cf)ap.  viij. 
 
 Cfte  u  bofee  of  tf)t  iHadjabws. 
 
 #o»  rijcu 
 
 that  were  in  the  castell,  sent  messaungers 
 vnto  Triphon,  that  he  shulde  make  haist  to 
 come  by  the  wyldernesse,  and  to  sende  them 
 %7tales :  And  Triphon  made  ready  all  his 
 horsmen  to  come  that  same  night.  Neuer- 
 thelesse  it  was  a  very  greate  snowe,  so  that 
 he  came  not  in  Galaadithim.  And  whe  he 
 drewe  nye  Baschama,  he  slewe  lonathas  and 
 his  sonnes  there,  and  then  turned  for  to  go 
 home  in  to  his  owne  londe. 
 
 The  sente  Synnon  for  to  fet  his  brothers 
 deed  coarse,  and  buried  it  in  Modin  his  fa- 
 thers cite.  So  all  Israel  bewayled  him  with 
 greate  lamentacion,  and  mourned  for  him 
 very  longe.  And  Symon  made  vpon  the  se- 
 pulcre  of  his  father  and  his  brethre  a  buyld- 
 ynge  hye  to  loke  vnto  of  fre  stone  behynde 
 and  before :  and  set  vp  seuen  pylers,  one 
 agaynst  another  (for  his  father,  his  mother 
 and  foure  brethren)  and  set  greate  pilers  roude 
 aboute,  with  armes  vpon  them  for  a  perpetuall 
 memory,  and  carued  shippes  besyde  the  armes : 
 y  they  might  be  sene  of  me  saylinge  in  the 
 see.  This  sepulcre  which  he  made  at  Modin, 
 stondeth  yet  \Tito  this  daye. 
 
 "  Now  as  Tripho  wente  forth  to  walke  with 
 y  yoge  kynge  Antiochus,  he  slewe  him  tray- 
 terously,  and  raigned  in  his  steade,  crowned 
 himself  kynge  of  Asia,  and  dyd  moch  euell  in 
 the  londe.  SjTnon  also  buylte  vp  the  castels 
 in  lewry,  raakynge  them  stronge  with  hye 
 towres,  greate  walles,  portes  and  lockes,  and 
 layed  vp  vytales  in  the  stronge  holdes.  And 
 Symon  chose  certayne  men,  and  sente  them 
 to  kynge  Demetrius :  to  desyre  him,  y  he 
 wolde  discharge  the  londe  from  all  bondage, 
 for  Triphon  had  spoyled  it  very  sore.  Where 
 vpon  Demetrius  the  kynge  answered  him,  j 
 wrote  vnto  him  after  this  maner: 
 
 Demetrius  y  kige  sendeth  gretinge  vnto 
 Symon  the  hye  prest  his  frende,  with  the  el- 
 ders and  people  of  the  lewes.  The  golden 
 crowne  and  precious  stone  y  ye  sente  vnto  vs, 
 haue  we  receaued :  and  are  ready  to  make  a 
 stedfast  peace  with  you,  yee  and  to  wryte 
 vnto  oure  officers,  for  to  release  you,  concern- 
 ynge  the  thinges  wherin  we  made  you  fre : 
 and  the  appoyntment  y  we  make  with  you, 
 shalbe  firme  and  stable.  The  stronge  holdes 
 which  ye  haue  buylded,  shalbe  youre  owne. 
 As  for  eny  ouer  sight  or  fawte  committed 
 vnto  this  daye,  we  forgeue  it,  and  the  crowne 
 
 "  losephus  capite  10.  libro  13. 
 
 taxe  that  ye  ought  vs  also.  And  where  as 
 was  eny  other  tribute  in  Jerusalem,  it  shal 
 now  be  no  tribute :  and  loke  who  are  mete 
 amonge  you  to  be  in  oure  courte,  let  them 
 be  written  vp,  that  there  maye  be  peace  be- 
 twixte  vs. 
 
 Thus  the  yock  of  the  Heithen  was  taken 
 from  Israel,  in  the  hundreth  and  seuentie 
 yeare.  And  the  peple  of  the  lewes  beganne 
 to  write  in  their  lettres  and  actes  on  this 
 maner:  *In  y  first  yeare  of  Symon  the  hye 
 prest,  and  prynce  of  the  lewes. 
 
 In  those  dayes  wente  Symon  vnto  Gaza, 
 and  beseged  it  rounde  aboute,  where  he  set 
 vp  ordinaunce  of  warre.  And  wanne  a  towre, 
 which  he  toke.  So  they  that  gat  in  to  the 
 towre  leapte  into  the  cite,  which  was  in  a 
 greate  feare :  In  so  moch  that  the  people  of 
 the  cite  rente  their  clothes,  and  clymmed  vp 
 vpon  the  walles  with  their  wyues  and  chil- 
 dren, besekynge  Symon  to  be  at  one  with 
 them,  sayenge : 
 
 O  rewarde  vs  not  after  oure  wickednes,  but 
 be  gracious  ^Tito  vs,  and  we  shal  do  y  seruyce. 
 Then  Symon  for  very  pite,  wolde  fight  no- 
 more  agaynst  them,  but  put  them  out  of  the 
 cite,  and  caused  the  houses  (wherin  the 
 ymages  were)  to  be  clensed:  and  so  entred 
 the  cite  *ith  Psalmes  of  prayse,  geuinge 
 thankes  vnto  the  LORDE.  So  when  he  had 
 cast  all  abhominacios  out  of  the  cite,  he  set 
 soch  men  in  it  as  kepte  the  lawe  of  God,  and 
 made  the  cite  stronge,  and  builded  a  dwell- 
 inge  place  for  himself. 
 
 Now  when  they  in  the  castell  at  lerusalem 
 were  kepte  so  strately,  that  they  coude  not 
 come  forth  ner  in  to  countre,  and  might 
 nether  bye  ner  sell :  they  were  very  hungrie, 
 and  many  of  them  famished  to  death :  In  so 
 moch  that  they  besought  Sjauon  to  be  at  one 
 with  them,  which  he  graunted  them.  So  he 
 put  them  out  from  thence,  and  clensed  the 
 castell  from  fylthjaiesse.  And  vpon  the  xxiij. 
 daye  of  the  seconde  moneth  in  the  Clxxj. 
 yeare  they  entred  in  to  it  with  thankesgeuy^]ge 
 and  braunches  of  palme  trees,  with  harpes, 
 crowdes,  cymbals,  and  lutes,  synginge  psalmes 
 and  songes  of  prayse  vnto  God,  for  that  the 
 greate  enemy  of  Israel  was  ouer  come. 
 
 f\nd  Symon  ordened  that  the  same  daye 
 shulde  be  kepte  euery  yeare  in  gladnesse,  and 
 made    stronge    the    hyll   of  the  temple  that 
 
 dF 
 
fo.  rinj. 
 
 Cftr  i.  bokt  of  tl)e  iBarftabffsf. 
 
 Cftap.  jriiij. 
 
 was  besyde  the  castell,  where  he  dwelt  him 
 self  with  his  company.  Symon  also  perceau 
 ynge  that  Ihon  his  sonne  was  a  mightie  man 
 of  annes,  made  him  captayne  of  all  the 
 hoostes,  and  caused  him  to  dwell  at  Gaza. 
 
 Wi)t  nitj.  <ri|apttr. 
 
 IN  the  Clxxij.  yeare  gathered  kynge  De^ 
 metrius  his  hoost,  and  departed  vnto  Me- 
 dia, to  gett  him  helpe  for  to  fight  agaynst 
 Triphon.  Now  when  Arsaces  the  kynge  of 
 Persia  and  Media  herde,  that  Demetrius  was 
 entred  \rithin  his  borders :  he  sente  one  of 
 his  prynces  to  take  him  alyue,  and  to  brynge 
 him  vnto  him.  So  he  wente  and  slewe  De- 
 metrius hoost,  toke  himselfe,  brought  him  to 
 Arsaces,  which  kepte  him  in  warde.  And  all 
 the  londe  of  luda  was  in  rest,  so  longe  as 
 Symon  lyued:  for  he  sought  the  wealth  of 
 his  people,  therfore  were  they  glad  to  haue 
 him  for  their  ruler,  and  to  do  him  worshipe 
 allwaye. 
 
 Symon  wanne  the  cite  of  loppa  also  for  an 
 hauen  towne,  and  made  it  an  intraunce  in  to 
 the  lies  of  the  see.  He  enlarged  the  borders 
 of  his  people,  and  coquered  them  more  londe : 
 He  gathered  vp  many  of  their  people  that 
 were  presoners :  he  had  the  dominio  of  Gaza, 
 Bethsura  and  the  castell,  which  he  clensed 
 from  fylthines,  and  there  was  no  ma  that 
 resisted  him :  So  that  euery  man  tylled  his 
 grounde  in  peace,  the  londe  of  luda  and  the 
 trees  gaue  their  frute  and  encreace.  The 
 elders  sat  all  in  iudgment,  and  toke  their 
 deuyce  for  the  wealth  of  the  londe :  the  yonge 
 men  put  on  worshipe  and  hamesse  vpon  them. 
 He  prouyded  ^'ytayles  for  the  cities,  and  made 
 goodly  stronge  holdes  of  them  :  so  that  the 
 fame  of  his  worshipe  was  spoken  of  vnto  the 
 ende  of  f  worlde.  "  For  he  made  peace  thorow 
 out  the  londe,  and  Israel  was  full  of  myrth 
 and  ioye. 
 
 Euery  ma  sat  vnder  his  vyne  5  fyge  trees 
 and  there  was  no  man  to  fraye  them  awaye. 
 There  was  none  in  y  londe  to  fight  agajTist 
 them,  for  then  the  kinges  were  ouer  come. 
 He  helped  those  that  were  in  aduersite 
 amonge  his  people,  he  was  diligent  to  se  ;y 
 lawe  kepte :  as  for  soch  as  were  \Tigodly  and 
 wicked  he  toke  the  awaye.  He  set  vp  y 
 Sanctuary,  5  encreased  the  holy  vessels  of  the 
 temple. 
 
 *  Leui.  86.  a.     3  Reg.  4.  b. 
 
 When  ;y-  Romaynes  and  Sparcians  had 
 gotten  worde,  y  lonathas  was  deed,  they  were 
 right  sory.  But  when  they  herde  y  Symon 
 his  brother  was  made  hye  prest  in  his  steade, 
 and  how  he  had  wonne  the  londe  agayne  with 
 the  cities  in  it:  they  wrote  vnto  him  in  tables 
 of  laton,  to  renue  the  frendshipe  5  bonde  of 
 loue,  which  they  had  made  afore  with  ludas 
 5  lonathas  his  brethre.  *  Which  writinges  were 
 red  before  the  congregacion  at  Jerusalem. 
 
 And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  lettres,  that  the 
 Sparcians  sent :  The  Senatours  and  citesyns 
 of  Sparta  sende  gretinge  vnto  Simo  f  greate 
 prest  with  the  elders,  prestes,  j  f  other  peo- 
 ple of  the  lewes  their  brethre:  Whe  youre 
 embassitours  that  were  sente  vnto  oure  people, 
 certified  vs  of  youre  worshipe,  honoure  and 
 prosperous  wealth:  we  were  glad  of  their 
 cominge,  and  haue  written  the  earande  which 
 they  spake  before  the  councell  of  the  people : 
 namely,  that  Numenius  the  sonne  of  Anrio- 
 chus,  and  Antipater  the  sonne  of  lason  the 
 lewes  embassitours  are  come  -siito  vs,  for  to 
 renue  the  olde  frendshipe  with  vs.  Vpon  this 
 the  people  consented,  that  the  men  shulde  be 
 honorably  intreated,  and  that  the  copy  of 
 their  earande  shulde  be  written  in  the  speciall 
 bokes  of  the  people,  for  a  perpetuaU  memory 
 vnto  the  Sparcians :  yee  and  that  we  shulde 
 sende  a  copy  of  the  same  vnto  Symon  the 
 greate  prest. 
 
 After  this  dyd  Symon  sende  Numenius 
 vnto  Rome,  with  a  golden  shylde  of  a  thou- 
 sande  pounde  weight,  to  confirme  the  frend- 
 shipe with  them  :  which  when  the  Romaynes 
 vnderstode,  they  saide :  what  thakes  shal  we 
 recompence  agayne  \Tito  Symon  3  his  child- 
 ren ?  For  he  hath  stabhshed  his  brethre,  and 
 ouer  come  the  enemies  of  Israel.  Wherfore 
 they  grauted  him  to  be  fre.  And  all  this 
 wrote  the  lewes  in  tables  of  laton,  and  naled 
 it  vnto  the  pilers  \'pon  the  mount  Siou.  The 
 copy  of  the  writinge  is  this  : 
 
 ITie  xviij.  daye  of  y  moneth  Elul  in  the 
 Clxxij.  yeare  in  the  thirde  yeare  of  Symon 
 the  hye  prest,  in  the  greate  congregacion  of 
 f  prestes,  rulers  of  the  people,  and  elders  of 
 the  countre  at  Asaramel,  were  these  wordes 
 openly  declared : 
 
 For  so  moch  as  there  was  moch  warre  in 
 oure  londe,  therfore  Symon  y  sonne  of  Mata- 
 thias  (come  of  the  children  of  lareb)  and  his 
 
 »  1  Ma.  8.  c.  d.  and  12.  a. 
 
 IE 
 
Cftap.  ]rb. 
 
 CI)e  t  bokf  of  tf)e  iHadjabwg, 
 
 So,  rlmj. 
 
 dT 
 
 brethren,  put  them  selues  in  parell,  and  re- 
 sisted the  enemies  of  their  people  :  that  their 
 Sanctuary  and  lawe  might  be  manteyned,  and 
 dyd  their  people  greate  worshipe.  lonathas 
 in  like  maner,  after  that  he  had  gouerned  his 
 people  and  bene  their  hye  prest :  dyed,  and 
 lyeth  buried  besyde  his  elders. 
 
 After  that  wolde  their  enemies  haue  trodden 
 their  holy  thinges  vnder  fote,  destroyed  their 
 londe,  and  vtterly  waisted  their  Sanctuary. 
 Then  Symon  withstode  them,  and  fought  for 
 his  people,  spent  moch  of  his  owne  money, 
 weapened  the  valeaunt  men  of  his  people, 
 gaue  them  wages,  made  stronge  f  cities  of 
 luda,  with  Bethsura  that  lieth  vpon  the  bor- 
 ders of  lewry,  (where  the  ordinaunce  of  their 
 enemies  laye  somtyrae)  5  set  lewes  there  for 
 to  kepe  it. 
 
 He  made  fast  loppa  also,  which  lieth  vpon 
 the  see,  and  Gaza  that  bordreth  vpon  Azotus, 
 (where  the  enemies  dwelt  afore)  and  there  he 
 set  lewes  to  kepe  it :  and  what  so  euer  was 
 mete  for  the  subduynge  of  the  aduersaries, 
 that  layed  he  therin.  Now  whe  the  people 
 sawe  the  noble  actes  of  Symon,  and  what 
 worshipe  he  purposed  to  do  for  them,  his 
 godly  behauoure,  and  faithfalnesse  which  he 
 kepte  vnto  them,  5  how  he  sought  by  all  waies 
 f  wealth  of  his  people,  because  he  dyd  all 
 this,  therfore  they  chose  him  to  be  their 
 prynce  (j  hye  prest.  And  in  his  tyme  they 
 prospered  wel  by  him,  so  y  the  Heithe  were 
 take  out  of  their  londe :  5  they  also  which 
 were  in  the  cite  of  Dauid  at  lerusale  in  the 
 castell  (where  they  wente  out  and  defiled  all 
 thinges  that  were  aboute  the  Sanctuary,  and 
 did  greate  harme  vuto  clenlynes)  and  Symon 
 put  men  of  the  lewes  in  it,  for  the  defence  of 
 the  londe  and  the  cite,  and  set  vp  the  waUes 
 of  Jerusalem. 
 
 And  kynge  Demetrius  confirmed  him  in 
 his  hye  presthode,  made  him  his  frende,  and 
 dyd  him  greate  worshipe.  For  he  herde  that 
 the  Romayns  called  f  lewes  their  frendes, 
 louers  and  brethren :  how  honorably  they 
 receaued  Symons  embassitours  :  how  f  lewes 
 and  prestes  consented  that  he  shulde  be  their 
 prynce  and  hye  prest  perpetually  (tUl  God 
 raysed  vp  the  true  prophet)  and  that  he 
 shulde  be  their  captayne,  to  care  for  the 
 Sanctuary,  and  to  set  officers  vpon  the  workes 
 therof,  ouer  the  londe,  ouer  the  weapens,  ouer 
 the  houses  of  defence,  to  make  prouysion  for 
 
 the  holy  thynges,  and  to  be  obeyed  of  euery 
 man,  and  all  the  writynges  of  y  londe  to  be 
 made  in  his  name :  that  he  shulde  be  clothed 
 in  purple  and  golde,  and  that  it  shulde  be 
 laufull  for  none  of  the  people  nor  prestes  to 
 breake  eny  of  these  thynges,  to  withstonde  his 
 wordes,  ner  to  call  eny  congregacion  in  the 
 londe  without  him:  that  he  shulde  be  clothed 
 in  purple,  and  weere  a  colar  of  golde  :  And 
 yf  there  were  eny  which  disobeyed  or  brake 
 this  ordinaunce,  that  he  shulde  be  punyshed. 
 So  all  the  people  consented  to  alowe  Sy- 
 mon, and  to  do  acordynge  to  these  wordes. 
 Symon  also  himself  toke  it  vpon  him,  and 
 was  contente  to  be  the  hye  prest,  the  cap- 
 tayne and  prynce  of  the  lewes  and  prestes, 
 and  to  gouerne  them  all.  And  they  com- 
 maunded  to  make  this  writinge  in  tables  of 
 laton,  and  to  fasten  it  vnto  the  compasse  of 
 the  Sanctuary  in  an  open  place:  and  to  laye 
 vp  a  copy  of  the  same  in  the  treasury,  that 
 Symon  and  his  posterite  might  haue  it. 
 
 Wl)t  jrb.  Cl^apta:. 
 
 MOROUER,  kynge  Antiochus  the  Sonne 
 of  Demetrius  sente  lettres  from  the 
 lies  of  the  see,  vnto  Symon  the  hye  prest  and 
 prynce  of  the  lewes,  and  to  all  the  people, 
 conteyninge  these  wordes :  Antiochus  the 
 kynge  sendeth  gretinge  vnto  Symon  the  hye 
 prest  and  to  the  people  of  the  lewes.  For  so 
 moch  as  certayne  wicked  men  haue  gotten 
 the  kyngdome  of  oure  progenitours,  I  am 
 purposed  to  chalenge  the  realme  agayne,  and 
 to  restore  it  to  the  olde  estate. 
 
 Wherfore  I  haue  gathered  a  greate  boost 
 and  made  shyppes  of  warre :  that  I  maye  go 
 thorow  the  countre,  and  be  auenged  of  them 
 which  haue  destroyed  oure  londe,  and  waysted 
 many  cities  in  my  realme.  And  therfore 
 now  I  make  the  fre  also  from  all  the  tributes, 
 wherof  all  kynges  my  progenitours  haue  dis- 
 charged the,  and  from  other  customes  (wher 
 from  they  haue  released  the)  what  so  euer 
 they  be:  Yee  I  geue  the  leaue  to  smyte 
 money  of  thine  owne  within  thy  londe.  As 
 for  lerusalem,  I  wil  that  it  be  holy  and  fre  : 
 and  all  the  weapens  and  houses  of  defence 
 which  thou  hast  buylded  and  kepest  in  thine 
 hondes,  shal  be  thine.  Where  as  eny  thinge 
 is  or  shal  be  owynge  vnto  the  kynge,  I  forgeue 
 it  the,  from  tliis  time  forth  for  euermore. 
 And  when  we  haue  optayned  oure  kyngdome, 
 
jTo.  rUinj. 
 
 Ei)t  u  bokt  of  ti)t  i¥latl)al)tt£(. 
 
 Cftap.  ):b. 
 
 we  shal  do  the,  thy  people  and  the  temple 
 greate  worshipe :  so  that  youre  honourc  shal 
 be  knowne  thorow  out  f  whole  worlde. 
 
 In  the  Clxxiiij.  ycare  wente  Antiochus  in  to 
 his  fathers  londe,  and  all  the  men  of  warre 
 came  together  vnto  him,  so  that  fewe  were 
 left  with  Triphon.  So  the  kynge  Antiochus 
 folowed  vpon  him,  but  he  fled  vnto  Dora, 
 which  lieth  by  the  see  syde:  for  he  sawe  y 
 there  was  myschcfe  comminge  vnto  him,  and 
 that  his  boost  had  forsaken  him.  Then  came 
 Antiochus  vnto  Dora  with  an  hudreth  (j  twen- 
 tye  thousande  men  of  armes  vpon  fote,  and 
 eight  thousande  horsmen.  So  he  compased 
 the  cite  rounde  aboute,  and  y  shippes  came 
 by  the  see.  Thus  they  vexed  the  cite  by 
 londc  and  by  water,  in  so  moch  that  they 
 suffred  no  man  to  go  in  nor  out. 
 
 "In  the  meane  season  came  Numenius  (j 
 they  that  had  bene  with  him)  from  the  cite 
 of  Rome,  hauynge  lettres  written  vnto  the 
 kynges  and  prouyncies,  wherin  were  conteyned 
 these  wordes:  Lucius  the  Mayre  of  Rome 
 sendeth  gretinge  vnto  Ptolemy  the  kynge. 
 The  embassitours  of  the  lewes  oure  fredes 
 beinge  sent  from  Symon  the  hye  prest  and 
 from  the  people  of  the  lewes,  came  vnto  us, 
 for  to  renue  the  olde  frendshipe  and  bonde  of 
 loue,  and  brought  a  shylde  of  golde  weyenge 
 a  thousande  pounde,  which  we  were  contente 
 to  receaue  of  them.  Wherfore  we  thought  it 
 good  to  wryte  vnto  the  kjniges  5  prouincies, 
 to  do  them  no  harme,  nor  to  take  parte 
 agaynst  the,  their  cities  ner  countrees  nether 
 to  mayntene  their  enemies  agaynst  them. 
 Yf  there  be  eny  wicked  personnes  therfore 
 fled  from  their  countre  vnto  you,  delyuer  them 
 vnto  S)Tnon  the  hye  prest,  y  he  maye  punysh 
 them  acordinge  to  their  owne  lawe. 
 
 The  same  wordes  wrote  the  Romaynes  also 
 vnto  Demetrius  the  kynge,  to  Attalus,  Araba, 
 Arsaces  and  to  all  regions:  as  Samsanes,  to 
 them  of  Sparta,  Delo,  Mido,  Sydon,  Caria, 
 Samos,  Pamphilia,  Lycia,  Alicarnassum,  and 
 to  y  Rhodes:  to  Faselis,  Coo,  Sida,  Arado, 
 Gortyna,  Gnydum,  to  Cypres  and  to  Cyren. 
 And  of  euery  lettre  they  sent  a  copy  to  Sy- 
 mon the  hye  prest  and  to  the  people  of  the 
 lewes.  So  Antiochus  the  kynge  brought  his 
 host  vnto  Dora  the  seconde  tyme,  to  take  it : 
 where  he  made  diuerse  ordinauce  of  warre, 
 and  kepte  Triphon  in,  y  he  shulde  not  come 
 
 forth.  Then  Spnon  sent  Antiochus  two 
 thousande  chosen  me  to  helpe  him  with  golde, 
 syluer  and  other  plenteous  geer :  Neuerthe- 
 lesse  he  wolde  not  receaue  them,  but  brake 
 all  y  couenaunt  which  he  made  with  SjTnon 
 afore,  5  withdrewe  himself  fro  him. 
 
 He  sent  Athenobius  also  a  frende  of  his 
 vnto  Symon,  for  to  reason  with  him,  sayenge: 
 Ye  witholde  fro  me  loppa  and  Gaza  (with 
 the  castell  that  is  at  lerusale)  which  are  cities 
 of  my  realme,  whose  borders  ye  haue  de- 
 stroyed, and  done  greate  euell  in  the  londe, 
 hauynge  the  dominacio  in  many  other  places 
 of  my  kjTigdome.  Wherfore  delyuer  now  y 
 cities  which  ye  haue  take,  with  y  tributes  of  y- 
 places  y  ye  haue  rule  vpon  without  the  bor- 
 ders of  lewry :  Or  els  geue  me  fyue  hudreth 
 talentes  of  syluer,  yee  and  for  the  harme  that 
 ye  haue  done  in  the  cities  and  for  the  tributes 
 of  the  same,  other  fyue  hundreth  taletes.  Yf 
 no,  we  shal  come  and  fight  agaynst  you. 
 
 So  Athenobius  the  kynges  frende  came  to 
 lerusale,  and  when  he  sawe  y  greate  worshipe 
 and  honoure  of  Symo  in  golde,  syluer  and  so 
 greate  plenty  of  omamentes :  he  marveled, 
 and  tolde  Symon  as  the  kynge  commaunded 
 him.  Then  answered  Symon  and  saide  vnto 
 him  :  '  As  for  vs,  we  haue  nether  taken  other 
 mes  londe,  ner  witholde  them,  but  only  oure 
 fathers  heretage,  which  oure  enemies  had 
 vnrighteously  in  possession  a  certayne  tyme. 
 This  heretage  of  oure  fathers  haue  we  cha- 
 lenged  in  processe  of  tyme.  And  where  as 
 thou  coplaynest  concemynge  loppa  and  Gaza, 
 they  dyd  greate  harme  to  oure  people  and  in 
 oure  londe,  yet  wyll  we  geue  an  C.  talentes 
 for  them. 
 
 Neuertheles  Athenobius  answered  him  not 
 one  worde,  but  turned  agayne  wrothfully  vnto 
 y  kynge,  and  tolde  him  all  these  wordes, 
 and  the  greate  dignite  of  Symon  with  all 
 that  he  had  sene,  and  the  kinge  was  very 
 angrie.  In  the  meane  tjTnne  fled  Triphon  by 
 shippe  ^mto  Orthosaida.  Then  the  kynge 
 made  Cendebeus  captayne  of  the  see  coost,  5 
 gaue  him  an  boost  of  fote  men  and  horsmen, 
 comaundinge  him  to  renioue  y  boost  towarde 
 lewry,  5  to  buylde  vp  the  cite  of  Cedron,  to 
 make  vp  ;y  portes,  5  to  warre  agaynst  f  people 
 of  the  lewes.  As  for  the  kynge  him  self,  he 
 folowed  vpon  Triphon.  So  Cendebeus  came 
 vnto  lamnia,  5  beganne  to  vexe  f  people,  to 
 
 '  ludic.  11.  c.  d. 
 
 dT 
 
COap,  yht 
 
 CJ>e  t  bokt  of  ti)t  iilacbabeeg. 
 
 So,  civb. 
 
 treade  downe  lewry,  to  °  take  the  people  pre- 
 soners,  to  slaye  the  5  to  buylde  vp  Cedron : 
 where  he  set  horsme  5  other  men  of  warre, 
 that  they  might  come  forth  and  go  thorow  the 
 stretes  of  lewry,  like  as  the  kynge  had  com- 
 maunded  him. 
 
 Wt)t  jrbi.  (fl^apttr. 
 
 THEN  came  Ihon  vp  from  Gaza,*  and 
 tolde  Symon  his  father,  what  Cendebeus 
 had  done  amonge  their  people.  Vpon  this 
 called  Symon  two  of  his  eldest  sonnes,  ludas 
 (I  Ihon,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  I  and  my 
 brethren  g  my  fathers  house,  haue  euer  from 
 oure  youth  vp  vnto  this  daye,  foughten  agaynst 
 the  enemies  of  Israel,  (j  God  gaue  vs  good 
 fortune  to  delyuer  Israel  oft  tymes.  And  now 
 for  so  moch  as  I  am  olde,  be  ye  in  steade  of 
 me  (J  my  brother,  to  go  forth  d  fight  for  oure 
 people,  (J  the  helpe  of  God  be  with  you.  So 
 he  chose  xx.  M.  fightinge  men  of  the  countre, 
 with  horsmen  also,  which  wente  forth  agaynst 
 Cendebeus  and  rested  at  Modin. 
 
 In  the  mornynge  they  arose,  ij  wete  in  to  f 
 playne  felde :  and  beholde,  a  mightie  greate 
 hoost  came  agaynst  the,  both  of  fote  men  5 
 horsmen.  Now  was  there  a  water  broke 
 betwixte  them,  5  Ihon  remoued  the  hoost 
 towarde  them.  And  when  he  sawe  that  the 
 people  was  afrayed  to  go  ouer  y  water  broke, 
 he  wente  ouer  first  him  self:  and  the  men 
 seynge  this,  folowed  him. 
 
 Then  Ihon  set  his  horsmen  5  fote  men  in 
 ordre,  the  one  by  the  other,  for  their  enemies 
 horsmen  were  very  many.  But  when  they 
 blewe  vp  the  prestes  trompettes,  Cendebeus 
 fled  with  his  hoost,  wherof  many  were  slayne, 
 and  the  remnaunt  gat  them  to  their  stronge 
 holde.  ludas  also  Ihos  brother  whas  wouded 
 at  y  same  tyme.  And  Ihon  folowed  still  vpon 
 y  enemies,'  till  he  came  to  Cedro  which  he 
 buylded.  The  enemies  fled  also  vnto  the 
 towres  y  were  in  f  feldes  of  Azotus,  5  those 
 dyd  Ihon  burne  vp.  Thus  there  were  slayne 
 ij.  M.  men  of  them,  5  Ihon  turned  agayne 
 peaceably  in  to  lewry. 
 
 And  in  the  felde  of  lericho  was  Ptolomy 
 the  Sonne  of  Abobus  made  captayne :  which 
 because  he  had  abundaunce  of  syluer  (t  golde, 
 (for  he  had  maried  the  doughter  of  Symon 
 the  hye  prest)  waxed  proude  in  his  mynde,  5 
 thought  to  conquere  the  lode,  ymageninge 
 falsed  agaynst  Symo  5  his  sonnes,  to  destroye 
 the.  Now  as  Symon  was  goynge  aboute 
 thorow  the  cities,  y  were  in  y  coutre  of  lewry, 
 and  carynge  for  them :  he  came  downe  to 
 lericho,  with  Matathias  5  ludas  his  sonnes,  in 
 the  Clxxvij.  yeare,  in  y  xj.  moneth  called 
 Sabat.  Then  Ptolomy  y  sonne  of  Abobus 
 receaued  them  (but  with  disceate)  in  to  a 
 stronge  house  of  his  called  Doch,  which  he 
 had  buylded,  where  he  made  them  a  bancket. 
 
 So  when  Symon  (j  his  sonnes  were  mery  3 
 had  dronken  well,  Ptolomy  stode  vp  with  his 
 men  (who  he  had  hyd  there)  5  toke  their 
 weapens,  entred  in  to  the  bancket  house,  5 
 slewe  Symon  with  his  two  sonnes,  5  certayne 
 of  his  seruautes.  Soch  greate  vnfaithful- 
 nesse  dyd  Ptolomy  in  Israel,  and  recopensed 
 euell  for  good.  Then  wrote  this  Ptolomy  f 
 same  vnto  kynge  Antiochus,  requyringe  him 
 that  he  shulde  sende  him  an  hoost  to  helpe 
 him :  g  so  shulde  he  delyuer  him  the  londe, 
 with  the  cities  5  tributes  of  the  same.  He 
 sent  other  men  also  vnto  Gaza,  for  to  take 
 Ihon :  d  wrote  vnto  the  captaynes  to  come  to 
 him,  5  he  shulde  geue  them  syluer,  golde  and 
 rewardes.  And  to  lerusalem  he  sent  other, 
 to  take  it  and  the  Sanctuary. 
 
 The  ranne  there  one  before,  j  tolde  Ihon 
 in  Gaza,  that  his  father  5  his  brethren  were 
 slayne,  and  how  that  Ptolomy  had  sent  to 
 slaie  him  also.  Whe  Ihon  herde  this,  he  was 
 sore  abaszshed,  and  layed  hodes  of  them  that 
 were  come  to  destroye  him,  and  slewe  them : 
 for  he  knewe,  that  they  wente  aboute  to  kyll 
 him. 
 
 As  for  other  thinges  concemynge  Ihon  :  of 
 his  warres,  of  his  noble  actes  (wherin  he 
 behaued  him  self  manfully)  of  the  buyldinge 
 of  walles  which  he  made,  and  other  of  his 
 dedes :  They  are  written  in  the  cronicles  of 
 his  presthode,  from  the  tyme  forth  y  he  was 
 made  hye  prest  after  his  father. 
 
 C&e  tviat  of  tf)t  first  ftoke  of  t\)t  iiflarfjalictsf. 
 
 € 
 
€i)t  BCtotiOt  ibofee  of  tfft  ^iuc^nttti. 
 
 OTfiat  tftis  bofee  tovAt^mti), 
 
 Clfajp.  I. 
 
 The  lewes  wryte  vnto  Aristobolus  of  the  clensynge 
 of  the  temple,  and  of  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 
 Of  the  fyre  that  was  hyd  in  the  pyt. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 What  leremy  requyred  of  the  lewes  that  were  in 
 preson,  and  of  their  stories. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 The  Heithe  kynges  helde  the  temple  at  lerusalem 
 in  honoure.  The  variaunce  betwixte  Simon 
 and  Onias.  What  Appollonius  j  Heliodorus 
 dyd  at  lerusalem.  The  punyshment  of  Helio- 
 dorus. 
 
 Cfiap.  IIII. 
 The  wickednes  of  Symon.  The  faithfulnesse  of 
 Onias.  lason  laboureth  to  be  hye  prest.  Of 
 his  wickednesse,  and  how  he  was  dryuen  awaye. 
 The  alteracion  of  the  presthode.  Andronicus 
 destroyeth  Onias,  and  God  striketh  him  ther- 
 fore. 
 
 Cl&ap.  V. 
 Wonderous  thinges  done  at  lerusalem.  lason 
 falleth  vpon  the  cite,  handleth  abhominably, 
 and  yet  is  fayne  to  fle  at  the  last.  The  kynge 
 of  Egipte  taketh  the  cite  agayne  with  greate 
 bloudsheddynge. 
 
 €I)ap.  VI. 
 
 The  kynge  procedeth  forth  in  his  tyranny,  as  well 
 in  other  cities  where  the  lawe  of  God  is  kepte, 
 as  at  lerusalem.  All  this  sendeth  God  for  the 
 wickednes  of  the  people.  The  stedfastnesse  of 
 Eleazar. 
 
 Ci^ap.   VII. 
 The  death  of  the  vij.  brethre  5  their  mother. 
 How  constante  they  are  to  suflfre,  rather  then 
 to  obeye  the  wicked  kynge. 
 
 C})ap.  VIII. 
 
 The  manlynesse  of  ludas  Machabeus,  and  how 
 Philippe  medleth  against  him.  ludas  con- 
 forteth  his  people,  and  ouercommeth  Nicanor. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 Of  Antiochus  and  his  pryde,  5  how  God  punyshed 
 him. 
 
 Ci)ap.   X. 
 Machabeus  wynneth  the  holy  cite  agayne,  and 
 clenseth  it.     Eupator  foloweth  his  father  An- 
 tiochus.    ludas  Machabeus  ordreth  him  self 
 well. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 What  Lysias  purposeth.    ludas  withstondethhim, 
 God  taketh  his  parte.     Lysias  (j  ludas  are  at 
 one. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XII. 
 Timotheus.Appolonius  and  other,  yraagin  treason, 
 ludas   Machabeus  punysheth  them,  wynneth 
 Caspin  (j  other  cities. 
 
 Ci)ap.   XIII. 
 
 Antiochus  5  Lysias  make  the  forth  agaynst  the 
 lewes.  ludas  gathereth  the  people,  5  byddeth 
 them  call  vpon  God,  goeth  on,  and  besyde 
 Modin  striketh  a  greate  batell. 
 
 €f)ap.   Xini. 
 Of  Demetrius  the  sonne  of  SeleucuSi     The  tray- 
 terous  dealinge  of  Alcimus.    Nicanor  breaketh 
 falsely  the  bonde  made  with  ludas  Machabeus. 
 Of  the  malynes  of  Razis. 
 
 CI)ap.  XV. 
 Nicanors  wicked    purpose.      ludas   geueth   his 
 people   godly   consolacion.     Of  his  dreames 
 and  visions,  and  how  Nicanor  perished. 
 
CJ^ap.  u 
 
 €f)t  ij.  boke  of  tfte  illart)al)ces. 
 
 jTo.  rijrbij. 
 
 etc  first  Ci^apter. 
 
 THE  brethre  of  f  lewes  which  be  at 
 lerusalem  5  in  the  londe  of  lewry,  wish 
 vnto  those  brethre  of  y  lewes  that  are  thorow 
 out  Egipte :  good  fortune,  health  and  peace. 
 
 God  the  LORDE  be  gracious  vnto  you,  5 
 thynke  vpon  his  couenaunt  y  he  made  with 
 Abraham,  Isaac  5  lacob  his  faithfull  ser- 
 uauntes :  and  "geue  you  all  soch  an  herte,  that 
 ye  maye  loue  and  serue  him,  yee  and  per- 
 fourme  his  wyll  with  an  whole  herte  and  of  a 
 wyllinge  mynde :  He  ope  youre  hertes  in  his 
 lawe  and  in  his  commaundementes,  sende 
 you  peace :  heare  youre  prayers,  be  at  one 
 with  you,  and  neuer  forsake  you  in  tyme  of 
 trouble.     This  is  heare  oure  prayer  for  you. 
 
 What  tyme  as  Demetrius  raigned,  in  the 
 Clxix.  yeare,  we  lewes  wrote  vnto  you  in  ;y- 
 trouble  and  violence  that  came  vpon  vs.  In 
 those  yeares  after  that  lason  departed  out  of 
 the  holy  londe  and  kyngdome,  they  brent  vp 
 the  portes,  and  shed  innocent  bloude.  Then 
 made  we  oure  prayer  vnto  f  LORDE,  and 
 were  herde :  we  ofired,  and  hghted  the  can- 
 dels,  settinge  forth  cakes  and  bred.  *  And  now 
 come  ye  vnto  the  feast  of  tabernacles  in  the 
 moneth  Casleu. 
 
 In  the  Clxxxviij.  yeare  f  people  y  was  at 
 lerusalem  and  in  lewry,  the  counceU  and 
 ludas  him  self,  sent  this  wholsome  salutacio 
 vnto  Aristobolus  kynge  Ptolomys  master,  which 
 came  of  the  generacion  of  the  anoynted  prestes : 
 and  to  the  lewes  that  were  in  Egipte :  In  so 
 moch  as  God  hath  delyuered  vs  from  greate 
 parels,  we  thanke  him  hylie,  In  that  we  resisted 
 so  mightie  a  kynge.  And  why  ?  he  brought 
 men  out  of  Persis  by  heapes,  to  fight  agaynst 
 vs  and  the  holy  cite.  For  as  he  was  in  Persis 
 (namely,  y-  captayne  with  the  greate  boost) 
 he  perished  in  the  temple  of  Naneas,  beynge 
 disceaued  thorow  the  deuyce  of  Naneas  prestes. 
 For  as  he  was  purposed  to  haue  dwelt  there, 
 Antiochus  5  his  fredes  came  thither,  to  receaue 
 moch  moneye  for  a  dowry.  So  whe  Naneas 
 prestes  had  layed  forth  y  moneye,  he  entred 
 with  a  small  company  in  to  the  compasse  of 
 the  temple,  and  so  they  shut  the  temple. 
 
 Now  when  Antiochus  entred  by  openynge 
 the  preuy  intraunce  of  the  temple,  f  prestes 
 stoned  y  captayne  to  death,  hewed  the  in 
 peces   that  were  with    him,   smote   of  their 
 
 heades,  and  threwe  them  out.  In  all  thinges 
 God  be  praysed,  which  hath  delyuered  the 
 wicked  in  to  oure  hondes. 
 
 Where  as  we  now  are  purposed  to  kepe  the 
 purificacion  of  the  temple  vpon  f  xxv.  daye 
 of  the  moneth  Casleu,  we  thought  necessary 
 to  certifie  you  therof :  that  ye  also  might  kepe 
 the  tabernacles  feast  daye,  5  the  daye  of  the 
 fyre,  which  was  geuen  vs  when  Nehemias 
 oSred,  after  that  he  had  set  vp  y  temple  5  the 
 aulter.  For  what  tyme  as  oure  fathers  were 
 led  awaye  vnto  Persis,  y  prestes  (which  then 
 sought  the  honoure  of  God)  toke  f  fyre 
 priuely  from  ;y-  aulter,  5  hyd  it  in  a  valley, 
 where  as  was  a  depe  drye  pyt :  ij  therin  they 
 kepte  it,  because  the  place  was  vnknowne  to 
 euery  man.  Now  after  many  yeares  when  it 
 pleased  God,  y  Nehemias  shulde  be  sent  from 
 the  kynge  of  Persia:  he  sent  the  "childers 
 children  of  those  prestes  (which  had  hyd  the 
 fyre)  to  seke  it.  And  as  they  tolde  vs,  they 
 founde  no  fyre,  but  thicke  water. 
 
 The  comaunded  he  them  to  drawe  it  vp. 
 g  to  brynge  it  him,  5  f  ofFerynges  withall. 
 Now  when  y  sacrifices  were  layed  on  5  ordred, 
 the  prest  Nehemias  commaunded  to  sprenkle 
 them  5  the  wod  with  the  water.  Whe  this 
 was  done,  a  the  tyme  come  y  the  Sonne 
 shone,  which  afore  was  hyd  in  the  cloude 
 there  Wcis  a  greate  fyre  kyndled.  In  so  moch 
 y  euery  man  marueled.  Now  all  the  prestes 
 prayed,  whyle  the  sacrifice  was  a  makynge. 
 lonathas  prayed  first,  and  f  other  gaue  an- 
 swere. 
 
 And  Nehemias  prayer  was  after  this  maner: 
 O  LORDE  God  maker  of  all  thinges,  thou 
 fearfull  %  stronge,  thou  righteous  s  mercifull, 
 thou  y  art  onely  a  gracious  kynge,  onely 
 lyberall,  onely  iust,  Allmightie  and  euer- 
 lastinge,  thou  y  delyuerest  Israel  from  all 
 trouble,  thou  y  hast  chosen  the  fathers  rg 
 halowed  them  :  receaue  the  ofFeringe  for  the 
 whole  people  of  Israel,  preserue  thine  owne 
 porcion,  i  halowe  it.  Gather  those  together, 
 y  are  scatred  abrode  from  vs :  delyuer  them 
 y  are  vnder  the  Heithes  bondage,  loke  vpon 
 them  which  are  despysed  5  abhorred,  y  the 
 Heithen  male  knowe  5  se,  how  y  thou  art 
 oure  God :  Punyshe  them  y  oppresse,  and 
 proudly  put  vs  to  dishonoure.  Set  thy  people 
 agajTie  in  thy  holy  place,''  Uke  as  Moses  hath 
 spoke. 
 
 '  Leuit.  6.  a.    10.  a.  16.  c.  ■*  Deu.  30.  a. 
 
ffo.  rUtiij. 
 
 Cbf  ih  Ijofet  of  tlK  iBafftabffsi. 
 
 C!)ap.  tj. 
 
 3£  I  And  the  prestes  songe  I'salmcs  of  thankes- 
 geuynge,  so  loge  as  the  sacrifice  endured 
 I  Now  when  the  sacrifice  was  brent,  Nehemias 
 commaunded  the  greate  stones  to  be  sprenkled 
 with  the  "resydue  of  the  water.  Which  when 
 it  was  done,  there  was  kjTidled  a  flamine  of  the 
 also :  but  it  was  consumed  thorow  the  Hght,  y 
 shyned  from  the  auher.  So  whc  this  matter 
 was  knownie,  it  was  tolde  the  kynge  of  Persia, 
 that  in  the  place  where  the  prestes  (which 
 were  led  awaye)  had  hyd  fyre,  there  apeared 
 water  in  steade  of  fyre,  5  that  Nehemias 
 it  his  company  had  purified  the  sacrifices 
 withall.  Tlien  the  kynge  considerynge  5 
 ponderynge  f  matter  diligently,  made  him  a 
 temple,  to  proue  the  thinge  y  was  done. 
 And  whc  he  founde  it  so  in  dede,  he  gaue  the 
 prestes  many  giftes  3  dyuerse  rewardes :  yee 
 he  toke  them  with  his  owne  hode,  3  gaue  the. 
 And  Nehemias  called  the  same  place  Neph- 
 thar,  which  is  as  moch  to  saye  as  a  clensynge : 
 but  many  men  call  it  Nephi. 
 
 €i)c  tj.  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 IT  is  founde  also  in  the  writinges  of  leremy 
 the  prophet,  y  he  commaunded  them 
 which  were  caried  awaye,  to  take  fyre,  as  it  is 
 sayde  afore.  *He  comaunded  them  also,  y 
 they  shulde  not  forget  the  '  lawe  i  comaunde- 
 mentes  of  the  LORDE,  5  y  they  shulde  not 
 erre  in  their  ''myndes,  whe  they  se  ymages  of 
 syluer  5  golde  with  their  ornamentes.  These 
 5  soch  other  thinges  commaunded  he  them,  5 
 exorted  them,  that  they  shulde  not  lett  the 
 lawe  of  God  go  out  of  their  hertes. 
 
 It  is  wrytten  also,  how  the  prophet  (at  f 
 commaundement  of  God)  charged  them,  to 
 take  the  tabernacle  d  the  arke  with  them : 
 (I  he  wente  forth  vnto  the  mountaine,  where 
 Moses  clymmed  vp,  '  5  sawe  y  heretage  of 
 God.  And  when  leremy  came  there,  he 
 founde  an  open  caue,  wherin  he  layed  the 
 tabernacle,  y  arke  5  the  aulter  of  incense,  (j 
 so  stopped  the  hole.  There  came  certayne 
 men  together  also  folowinge  him,  to  marck 
 the  place,  but  they  coude  not  fynde  it.  Which 
 when  leremy  perceaued,  he  reproued  the, 
 sayenge:  As  for  that  place,  it  shalbe  vn- 
 knowne,  vntill  f  tpne  that  God  gather  his 
 I  people  together  againe,  5  receaue  the  -VTito 
 mercy.     Then  shal   God  shewe  them  these 
 
 "  ludic.  6.  d.    3  Re.  18.  e.    Eccli.  48.  a.        »  2  Mac.  1.  c. 
 'lere.Sg.b.    •'Baruc6.a.    <Deu.  34.  a.    /  Exo.  13.  d. 
 
 thinges,  ft  the  maiesty  of  the  LORDE  shall 
 appeare,  5  the  cloude  also,  like  as  it  was 
 shewed  vnto  -^  Moses :  5  like  as  when  Salomon 
 desyred  y  the  place  might  be  ^sanctified,  5  it 
 was  shewed  him. 
 
 For  he  beynge  a  wyse  man,  handled  hono- 
 rably 5  wysely :  oiFerynge  vnto  God  in  f 
 halowinge  of  the  temple,  when  it  was  fynished. 
 ''And  like  as  when  Moses  prayed  \Tito  the 
 LORDE,  the  fyre  came  downe  from  heauen, 
 (J  consumed  the  burntofferinge :  Euen  so 
 prayed  Salomon  also,  5  the  '  fyre  came  downe 
 from  heauen,  5  cosumed  the  burntofFeringe. 
 And  Moses  sayde :  because  the  synofiFerynge 
 was  not  eaten,  therfore  it  is  cosumed.  In 
 like  maner  Salomon  kepte  the  dedicacion 
 (or  halowynge)  eight  dayes. 
 
 In  y  Annotacions  5  wrytynges  of  *  leremy, 
 were  these  thinges  put  also  :  5  how  he  made  a 
 lybrary,  5  how  he  gathered  out  of  all  coun- 
 trees  the  bokes  of  the  prophetes,  of  Dauid, 
 the  epistles  of  the  kynges,  and  of  the  pre- 
 sentes.  Euen  so  ludas  also,  loke  what  he 
 lerned  by  experiece  of  warre,  (t  soch  thinges 
 as  hath  happened  vnto  vs,  he  gathered  the 
 all  together,  5  so  we  haue  them  by  vs.  Yf  ye 
 now  desyre  to  haue  the  same,  sende  some 
 body  to  fetch  them  \Tito  you.  Where  as  we 
 the  are  aboute  to  celebrate  the  purificacion, 
 we  haue  written  vnto  you.  Therfore  ye  shall 
 do  well,  yf  ye  kepe  the  same  dayes.  We 
 hope  also,  that  the  God  (which  delyuered  his 
 people,  5  gaue  them  all  f  heretage,  kyng- 
 dome,  presthode  5  '  Sanctuary  y  he  promised 
 them  in  the  lawe)  shal  shortly  haue  mercy 
 vpo  vs,  d  gather  vs  together  from  vnder  the 
 heaue  in  to  his  holy  place  :  for  he  hath  saued 
 vs  fro  greate  parels,  (j  hath  clensed  the  place. 
 
 As  concemjnige  ludas  Machabeus  5  his 
 brethren,  the  purificacion  of  the  greate  tem- 
 ple, the  dedicacion  of  the  aulter,  yee  5  of  the 
 warres  y  cocerne  noble  Antiochus  and  'Eu- 
 pator  his  sonne,  of  the  shyninges  y  came 
 downe  from  heauen  vpon  those,  which  man- 
 fully defended  the  lewes.  (For  though  they 
 were  but  fewe,  yet  defended  they  the  whole 
 londe,  droue  awaye  y  enemies  boost,  recouered 
 agayne  the  temple,  y  was  spoken  of  thorow 
 out  all  the  worlde,  delyuered  the  cite,  doynge 
 their  best  y  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  which 
 was  put  downe,  might  with  all  tranquilite  be 
 
 «  3  Re.  8.  b.     "Leui.  9.  d.    '  2  Par.  7.  a.    •Somereade: 
 Nehemias.      '  Deut.  30.  a.       '  1  Mac.  6.  a. 
 
Cfjajp.  iij. 
 
 Cfte  ij,  Ijobt  of  ti)t  i¥larl)al)«£(. 
 
 jTo.  civij:. 
 
 IE 
 
 restored  agayne  vnto  the  LORDE,  y  was  so 
 mercituU  viito  the.)  As  touchinge  lason  also 
 of  Cyren,  we  haue  vndertake  copendiously  to 
 bryiige  in  to  one  boke,  the  thinges  y  were 
 eoprehended  of  him  in  fyue.  For  we  cosi- 
 deringe  the  multitude  of  the  bokes,  and  how 
 harde  it  shulde  be  for  them  y  wolde  medle 
 with  stories  and  actes  (and  that  because  of  so 
 dyuerse  matters)  haue  vnder  taken  so  to  com- 
 prehende  the  stories :  that  soch  as  are  disposed 
 to  reade,  might  haue  pleasure  and  pastyme 
 therin  :  and  that  they  which  are  diligent  in 
 soch  thinges,  might  the  better  thinke  vpon 
 them :  yee  and  that  who  so  euer  red  them, 
 might  haue  profit  therby. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  we  oure  selues  that  haue 
 medled  with  this  matter  for  the  shortenynge 
 of  it,  haue  taken  no  small  laboure,  but  greate 
 diligence,  watchynges  and  trauayle.  Like  as 
 they  that  make  a  feast,  wolde  fayne  do  other 
 men  pleasure :  Euen  so  we  also  (for  many 
 mens  sakes)  are  very  wel  content  to  take 
 the  laboure,  where  as  we  maye  shortly  com- 
 prehede,  the  thynges  that  other  men  haue 
 truly  wrytten. 
 
 For  he  y  buyldeth  an  house  a  new,  must 
 prouyde  for  many  thynges  to  y  whole  buyl- 
 dinge :  but  he  that  pa)Titeth  it  afterwarde, 
 seketh  but  only  what  is  comly,  mete  and  con- 
 uenient  to  garnysh  it  withall.  Euen  so  do 
 we  also  in  like  maner.  And  why  ?  He  that 
 begj'nneth  to  wryte  a  story  for  the  first,  must 
 with  his  vnderstondinge  gather  the  matter 
 together,  set  his  wordes  in  ordre,  and  dili- 
 gently seke  out  euery  parte  :  But  he  that 
 afterwarde  wjdl  shorten  it,  vseth  few  wordes, 
 and  toucheth  not  the  matter  at  the  largiest. 
 Let  this  be  sufficient  for  a  prologe,  now  wj'll 
 we  begynne  to  shewe  the  matter :  for  it  is  but 
 a  foolish  thinge  to  make  a  longe  pi'ologe,  and 
 to  be  shorte  in  the  story  it  self. 
 
 Ci^c  it).  Cfjapter 
 
 WHAT  tyme  as  the  holy  cite  was  inha- 
 bited in  all  peace  and  wealth,  it  when 
 the  lawes  were  yet  very  well  kepte.  (For  so 
 was  it  ordened  by  Onias  the  hye  prest  and 
 other  godly  men,  that  were  enemies  to  wick- 
 ednesse:)  It  came  therto,  that  euen  the 
 kynges  and  "prynces  the  selues  dyd  the  place 
 greate  worshipe,  and  garnyshed  f  temple  with 
 greate    giftes :    In    so   moch   that    Seleucus 
 
 kynge  of  Asia  of  his  owne  rentes  bare  all  the 
 costes  *belonginge  to  the  seruyce  of  the 
 offerynges.  Then  Symon  of  the  trybe  of  Ben 
 larain,  a  ruler  of  the  temple,  laboured  to 
 worke  some  myschefe  in  the  cite :  but  the  hye 
 prest  resisted  him. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  when  he  might  not  ouercome 
 Onias,  he  gat  him  to  '  Appolonius  the  sonne 
 of  Thersa  (which  the  was  chefe  lorde  in 
 Celosyria  and  Phenices)  and  tolde  him,  y  the 
 treasury  in  Jerusalem  was  full  of  innumerable 
 money,  and  how  that  the  comons  goodes 
 (which  belonged  not  vnto  the  offeringes)  were 
 exceadinge  greate  also :  yee  and  how  it  were 
 possible,  that  all  these  might  come  vnder  the 
 kynges  power. 
 
 Now  when  AppoUonius  had  shewed  the 
 kynge  of  the  moneye,  as  it  was  tolde  him :  y 
 kinge  called  for  Heliodorus  his  stewarde,  and 
 sent  him  with  a  commaundement,  to  brynge 
 him  the  sayde  money.  Immediatly  Helio- 
 dorus toke  his  iourney,  but  vnder  a  coloure, 
 as  though  he  wolde  go  thorow  Celosyria  and 
 Phenices  to  vyset  the  cities,  but  his  purpose 
 was  to  fulfill  the  kynges  pleasure.  So  when 
 he  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  was  louyngly  re- 
 ceaued  of  the  hye  prest  in  to  the  cite  :  he 
 tolde  what  was  detenned  concernynge  the 
 moneye,  and  shewed  the  cause  of  his  com- 
 mynge  :  he  axed  also,  yf  it  were  so  in  dede. 
 Then  the  hye  prest  tolde  him,  that  there  was 
 soch  money  layed  vp  for  the  vpholdinge  of 
 weddowes  and  fatherlesse  childre,  and  how 
 that  a  certayne  of  it  belonged  vnto  Hyrcanus 
 Tobias  a  noble  man :  and  that  of  all  the 
 moneye  (which  that  wicked  Symon  had  be- 
 wrayed) there  were  iiij.  hundreth  talentes  of 
 syluer,  and  ij.  hundreth  of  golde  :  yee  5  that 
 it  were  vnpossible  for  those  mens  meaninge 
 to  be  disceaued,  that  had  layed  vp  thei 
 moneye  in  the  place  and  temple  (which  is 
 had  in  worshipe  thorow  the  whole  worlde)  for 
 the  mayntenaunce  and  honoure  of  y  same. 
 Whervnto  Heliodorus  answered,  y  the  kynge 
 had  commaunded  him  in  eny  wyse,  to  brynge 
 him  the  moneye. 
 
 So  at  the  daye  appoynted,  Heliodorus 
 entred  in  to  the  temple  to  ordre  this  matter. 
 But  there  was  no  small  feare  thorow  out  the 
 whole  cite.  The  prestes  fell  downe  before 
 the  aulter  in  their  vestimentes,  and  called 
 vnto  heauen   vpon  him,  which  had  made   a 
 
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 lawe  concemynge  stuffe  geuen  to  kepe,°  that 
 they  shulde  be  safely  preserued,  for  soch  as 
 comitte  them  vnto  kepynge.  Then  who  so 
 had  loked  the  hye  prest  in  the  face,  it  wolde 
 haue  greued  his  herte  :  For  his  countenaunce 
 and  the  chaunginge  of  his  coloure,  declared 
 tlie  inwarde  sorowe  of  his  mynde.  The  ma 
 was  all  in  heuynesse,  and  his  body  in  feare : 
 wherby  they  that  loked  vpon  him,  might  per- 
 ceaue  the  grefe  of  his  herte.  The  other 
 people  also  came  out  of  their  houses  by 
 neapes  vnto  the  comon  prayer,  because  the 
 place  was  like  to  come  in  to  confucion.  The 
 women  canie  together  thorow  the  stretes,  with 
 hayrie  clothes  aboute  their  brestes. 
 
 The  virgins  also  that  were  kepte  in,  ranne 
 to  Onias,  some  to  the  walles,  other  some 
 loked  out  at  the  wyndowes:  yee  they  all 
 helde  vp  their  hondes  towarde  heaue,  5 
 prayed.  A  miserable  thinge  was  it,  to  loke 
 vpon  the  comon  people,  (j  the  hye  prest 
 beynge  in  soch  trouble.  But  they  besought 
 Almightie  God,  that  the  goodes  which  were 
 committed  vnto  the,  might  be  kepte  whole, 
 for  those  that  had  deliuered  them  vnto  their 
 kepynge.  Neuertheles  the  thinge  that  Helio- 
 dorus  was  determed  to  do,  that  perfourmed 
 he  in  the  same  place,  he  him  self  personally 
 beynge  aboute  the  treasury  with  his  men  of 
 warre.  But  the  sprete  of  Allmightie  God 
 shewed  him  self  openly,  so  that  all  they  which 
 presumed  to  obeye  Heliodorus,  fell  thorow  f 
 power  of  God  in  to  a  gi'eate  fearfulne§se  a 
 drede.  For  there  apeared  vnto  them  an 
 horse,'  with  a  terrible  man  syttinge  vpon  him, 
 deckte  in  goodly  araye,  and  the  horse  smote 
 at  Heliodorus  with  his  fore  fete.  Now  he 
 that  sat  vpon  y  horse,  had  hamesse  of  golde 
 vpon  him. 
 
 Morouer  there  apeared  ij.  fayre  and  beu- 
 tifull  yonge  men  in  goodly  araye,  which  stode 
 by  him,  scourged  him  of  both  the  sydes,  5 
 gaue  him  many  stripes  without  ceassinge. 
 With  that,  fell  Heliodorus  sodenly  vnto  the 
 grounde.  ''So  they  toke  him  vp  (beynge 
 compased  aboute  with  greate  darcknesse)  and 
 bare  him  out  vpo  a  beare.  Thus  he  that 
 came  with  so  many  runners  and  men  of  warre 
 in  to  f  sayde  treasury,  was  borne  out,  where 
 as  no  man  might  helpe  him:  and  so  the 
 power  of  God  was  manifest  and  knowne.  He 
 laye  still  domme  also  by  the  power  of  God, 
 
 Exo.  it.  b. 
 
 '  2  Mb.  10.  c.  and  11.  b. 
 
 destitute  of  all  hope  and  life.  And  they 
 praysed  the  LORDE,  that  he  had  shewed  his 
 power  vpon  his  place  and  temple,  which  a 
 title  afore  was  full  of  feare  (j  trouble  :  and 
 that  thorow  the  reuelacion  of  the  Allmightie 
 LORDE  it  was  fylled  with  ioye  and  gladnesse. 
 
 The  certaine  of  Heliodorus  fredes  praied 
 Onias,  that  in  all  haist  he  wolde  call  vpon 
 God,  to  graunte  him  his  life,  which  was 
 geuynge  vp  the  goost.  So  the  hye  prest  con- 
 sidered the  matter,  and  lest  the  kynge  shulde 
 suspecte  that  the  lewes  had  done  Heliodorus 
 some  euell :  he  offred  an  healthofl'erynge  for 
 him.  Now  whe  y  hye  prest  had  opteyned  his 
 peticion,  the  same  yonge  me  in  the  same 
 clothinge  apeared,  5  stode  besyde  Heliodorus, 
 sayenge :  Thanke  Onias  y  hye  prest,  for  for  his 
 sake  hath  y  LORDE  graunted  the  thy  life  :'' 
 therfore  seynge  y  God  hath  scourged  y,  geue 
 him  prayse  5  thankes,  and  shewe  euery  man 
 his  might  5  power.  And  whe  they  had 
 spoken  these  wordes,  they  apeared  nomore. 
 
 So  Heliodorus  oiFred  vnto  God,  made 
 greate  vowes  vnto  him  which  had  grauted 
 him  his  life,  thaked  Onias,  toke  his  boost,  5 
 wete  againe  to  y  kinge.  The  testified  he  vnto 
 euery  ma,  of  y  greate  workes  of  God,  y  he 
 had  sene  with  his  eyes.  And  whe  the  kynge 
 axed  Heliodorus  who  were  mete  to  be  sent 
 yet  once  agayne  to  Jerusalem,  he  sayde  :  Yf 
 thou  hast  eny  enemy  or  aduersary  vnto  thy 
 realme,  sende  him  thither,  (j  thou  shalt  haue 
 him  punished,  yf  he  escape  with  his  life  :  for 
 in  y  place  (no  doute)  there  is  a  speciall  power 
 (i  workinge  of  God.  For  he  y  dwelleth  in 
 heaue,  vysiteth  5  defendeth  y  place :  ti  all  y 
 come  to  do  it  harme,  he  punysheth  (t  plagetn 
 the.  This  is  now  y  matter  cocerninge  Heho- 
 dorus,  d  f  kepinge  of  y  treasury  at  lerusale 
 
 i!n)e  itij.  Ci)aptrr. 
 
 THIS  Symon  now  (of  whom  we  spake 
 afore)  'beynge  a  bewrayer  of  the  money 
 and  of  nis  owne  naturall  countre,  reported 
 the  worst  of  Onias  :  as  though  he  had  moued 
 Heliodorus  vnto  this,  and  as  though  he  had 
 bene  a  brynger  vp  of  euell.  Thus  was  he  not 
 ashamed  to  call  him  an  enemie  of  f  realme, 
 that  was  so  faithfuU  an  ouerseer  (t  defender  of 
 the  cite  (j  of  his  people :  yee  (j  so  feruent  in 
 the  lawe  of  God.  But  when  the  malice  of 
 Symon  increased  so  farre,  y  thorow  his  frendes 
 
 '2Mac.  5.  c.  ''Act.  27.  c.  '2Ma.  3.  a. 
 
Cfjap.  uij. 
 
 Ci)c  ih  bofer  of  tfie  iWarftabcfS. 
 
 fo,  tlvxt 
 
 there  were  certayne  manslaughters  comitted  : 
 Onias  considered  the  parell  y  might  come 
 thorow  this  strife,  and  how  that  Appollonius 
 (namely  the  chefe  lorde  in  Celosyria  and 
 Phenices)  was  all  set  vpon  tyranny,  and 
 Symons  malice  increased  the  same  :  He  gat 
 him  to  the  kynge,  not  as  an  accuser  of  the 
 citesyns,  but  as  one  that  by  him  self  intended 
 the  comon  wealth  of  the  whole  multitude. 
 For  he  sawe  it  was  not  possible  to  lyue  in 
 peace,  nether  Symon  to  leaue  of  from  his 
 foolishnesse,  excepte  the  kynge  dyd  loke 
 therto. 
 
 But  after  the  death  of  Seleucus,  when 
 Antiochus  (which  is  called  the  noble)  toke 
 y  kyngdome :  lason  the  brother  of  Onias 
 laboured  to  be  hye  prest :  For  he  came  vnto 
 the  kynge,  and  promised  him  thre  hundreth 
 rt  Ix.  talentes  of  syluer,  (i  of  the  other  retes 
 Ixxx.  talentes.  Besydes  this  he  promised  him 
 yet  an  C.  (t  L,  yf  he  might  haue  y  scole  of  y 
 children,  and  that  he  might  call  them  of 
 Jerusalem  Antiochians.  Which  when  the 
 kynge  had  graunted,  5  he  had  gotten  the 
 superiorite :  he  begane  immediatly  to  drawe 
 his  kinsmen  to  the  custome  of  the  Heithen, 
 put  downe  the  thinges,  that  the  lewes  had  set 
 vp  of  loue,  by  Ihon  the  father  of  Eupolemius 
 (which  was  sent  embassitoure  vnto  Rome,  for 
 to  make  the  bonde  of  frendshipe  and  loue.) 
 He  put  downe  all  the  Lawes  5  Lyberties  of 
 the  lewes,  and  set  vp  wicked  statutes.  He 
 durst  make  a  fightinge  scole  vnder  f  castell, 
 and  set  fayre  yonge  men  to  lerne  the  maners 
 of  whores  and  brodels. 
 
 This  was  now  the  begynnynge  of  the 
 Heithenish  5  straunge  couersacion,  brought 
 in  thorow  the  vngracious  and  vnherde  wicked- 
 nesse  of  lason  (which  shulde  not  be  called  a 
 prest,  but  an  vngodly  personne.)  In  so  moch, 
 that  the  prestes  were  now  nomore  occupide 
 aboute  the  seruyce  of  the  aulter,  but  despysed 
 the  temple,  regarded  not  the  offiynges  :  yee 
 gaue  their  diligece  to  lerne  to  fight,  to  wristle, 
 to  leape,  to  daunce,  (j  to  put  at  y  stone  :  not 
 settynge  by  y  honoure  of  y  fathers,  but 
 liked  y  glory  of  the  Grekes  best  of  all:  for 
 the  which  they  stroue  perlously,  and  were 
 gredy  to  folowe  their  statutes,  yee  their  lust 
 was  in  all  thinges  to  be  like  the,  which  afore 
 were  their  enemies  5  destroyers.  Howbeit  to 
 do  wickedly  agaynst  f  lawe  of  God,  shal  not 
 
 *  These  were  kepte  euery  6flh  yeare. 
 
 escape  vnpunyshed:  but  of  this  we  shal 
 speake  here  after. 
 
 What  tyme  as  the  *01ympiades  sportes 
 were  played  at  Tyrus  (the  kynge  him  selfe 
 beinge  presente)  this  vngracious  lason  sent 
 wicked  men,  bearinge  from  them  of  lerusalem 
 (which  now  were  called  Antiochians)  iij.  C. 
 drachmas  of  syluer  for  an  ofFerynge  to 
 Hercules.  These  had  they  that  caried  them, 
 desyred  vnder  soch  a  fashio,  as  though  they 
 shulde  not  haue  bene  oflfred,  but  bestowed  to 
 other  vses.  Neuertheles  he  that  sent  them, 
 sent  them  to  the  intent  that  they  shulde  be 
 offred  vnto  Hercules.  But  because  of  those 
 that  were  present,  they  were  geuen  as  to  the 
 makynge  of  shippes.  And  Appollonius  the 
 Sonne  of  Nesteus  was  sent  in  to  Egipte,  be- 
 cause of  the  noble  men  of  kynge  Ptolomy 
 Philometor.  Now  when  Antiochus  perceaued 
 y  he  was  put  out  from  medlinge  in  the 
 realme,  he  sought  his  owne  profit,  departed 
 from  thence,  came  to  loppa,  5  then  to  Jeru- 
 salem :  where  he  was  honorably  receaued  of 
 lason  (t  the  cite,  5  was  brought  in  with  torche 
 light  and  with  greate  prayse :  and  so  he 
 turned  his  boost  vnto  Phenices. 
 
 After  iij.  yeare  lason  sent  Menelaus  (the 
 fore  sayde  Symons  brother)  *to  beare  the 
 money  vnto  y  kynge,  (j  to  bringe  him  answere 
 of  other  necessary  matters.  But  he  (when 
 he  was  praysed  of  y  kynge  for  magnifienge  of 
 his  power)  turned  y  hye  presthode  vnto  him 
 self,  layenge  vp  iij.  C.  taletes  of  syluer  for 
 lason.  So  whe  he  had  gotten  comaundemetes 
 from  y  kynge,  he  came,  hauinge  nothinge  y 
 becometh  a  prest,  but  bearinge  y  stomack  of 
 a  cruell  tyraunte,  5  the  wrath  of  a  wylde  brute 
 beest.  'Then  lason  (which  had  disceaued 
 his  owne  brother)  seynge  y  he  him  self  was 
 begyled  also,  was  fayne  to  fie  in  to  y  lode  of 
 f  Ammonites,  (t  Menelaus  gat  y  dominio. 
 But  as  for  y  moneye  y  he  had  promised  vnto 
 the  kynge,  he  dyd  nothinge  therin,  when 
 Sostratus  the  ruler  of  y  castell  requyred  it  of 
 him.  ( For  Sostratus  was  the  man,  y  gathered 
 y  customes)  wherfore  they  were  both  called 
 before  the  kynge.  Thus  was  Menelaus  put 
 out  of  y  presthode,  5  Lysimachus  his  brother 
 came  in  his  steade.  Sostratus  also  was  made 
 lorde  of  the  Cyprians. 
 
 It  happened  in  f  meane  season,  y  f  Thar- 
 sians  5.  Mallocians  made  insurrecio,  because 
 
 '  i  Mac.  4.  b. 
 
 2  Mac.  4.  b. 
 
 dT 
 
ffo,  dm). 
 
 Cijr  ij.  bokt  of  ti)t  i¥lari)afaefg. 
 
 COai),  fa. 
 
 they  were  geueii  for  a  present  vnto  kynge 
 Antiochus  concubyne.  Then  came  f  kinge 
 in  all  5'  haist,  to  still  them  agayne  and  to 
 pacific  the  matter,  leauynge  Andronicus  there 
 to  be  his  dcbyto,  as  one  mete  theri'ore.  Now 
 Menelaus  supposinge  that  he  had  gotten  a 
 right  convenient  tyme,  stole  certayne  vessels 
 of  golde  out  of  the  temple,  and  gaue  the  to 
 Andronicus  for  a  present :  and  some  he  solde 
 at  Tyrus  and  in  the  cities  therby. 
 
 Which  when  Onias  knewe  of  a  suertye,  he 
 reproued  him:  but  he  kepte  him  in  a  santuary 
 besyde  Daphnis,  that  lyeth  by  Antioche. 
 Wherfore  Menelaus  gat  him  to  Andronicus, 
 and  prayed  him  that  he  wolde  slaye  Onias. 
 So  when  he  came  to  Onias,  he  counceled  him 
 craftely  to  come  out  of  the  santuary,  geuynge 
 him  his  honde  with  an  ooth  (how  be  it  he 
 suspecte  him)  and  the  he  slewe  Onias,  with- 
 out eny  regarde  of  rightuousnesse.  For  the 
 which  cause  not  only  the  lewes,  but  other 
 nacions  also  toke  indignacion,  and  were  dis- 
 pleased for  the  vnrightuous  death  of  so  godly 
 a  man. 
 
 And  when  the  kynge  was  come  agayne 
 from  Cilicia,  the  lewes  and  certaine  of  the 
 Grekes  wente  vnto  him,  complayninge  for 
 the  vnrightuous  death  of  Onias.  Yee  An- 
 tiochus himself  also  was  sory  in  his  mynde 
 for  Onias,  so  y  it  pitied  him,  and  he  wepte, 
 remembringe  nis  sobernesse  and  manerly  be- 
 oure.  Wherfore  he  was  so  kyndled  in  his 
 mynde,  y  he  comaunded  Andronicus  to  be 
 striped  out  of  his  purple  clothinge,  5  so  to  be 
 led  thorow  out  all  the  cite,  yee  and  f  vngra- 
 cious  man  to  be  slayne  in  y  same  place,  where 
 he  committed  his  wickednes  vpon  Onias. 
 Thus  y  LOKDE  rewarded  him  his  punysh- 
 ment,  as  he  had  deserued.  Now  when  Lysi- 
 machus  had  done  many  wycked  dedes  in  y 
 temple  thorow  the  councell  of  Menelaus,  and 
 the  voyce  came  abrode :  the  multitude  ga- 
 thered the  together  agaynst  Lisimachus,  for 
 he  had  caried  out  now  moch  golde. 
 
 So  when  the  people  arose  and  were  full  of 
 displeasure,  Lisimachus  armed  iij.  M.  vn- 
 thriftes  to  defende  him  :  a  certayne  tyraunte 
 beynge  their  captayne,  which  was  growen 
 both  in  age  (j  woodnesse.  But  when  the 
 people  vnderstode  the  purpose  of  Lysimachus, 
 some  gat  stones,  some  good  stronge  clubbes, 
 5  some  cast  aszshes  vpon  Lisimachus.  Thus 
 there   were    many   of   the    wounded,    some 
 
 beynge  slayne,  d  all  the  other  chaced  awaye. 
 But  as  for  y  wicked  churchrobber  himself, 
 they  kylled  him  besyde  the  treasury.  Of 
 these  matters  therfore  there  was  kepte  a  courte 
 agaynst  Menelaus. 
 
 Now  when  y  kinge  came  to  Tyrus,  they 
 made  a  coplaynte  vnto  him  of  Menelaus, 
 concerninge  this  busynesse,  (j  y  embassitours 
 were  thre.  But  Menelaus  wente  5  promised 
 Ptolomy  to  geue  him  moch  money,  yf  he 
 wolde  persuade  the  kynge.  So  Ptolomy  wete 
 to  the  kinge  in  to  a  courte  (where  as  he  was 
 set  to  coole  him)  (t  brughte  him  out  of  y 
 mynde.  In  so  moch  y  he  discharged  Mene- 
 laus fro  f  accusacions,  y  not  withstondinge 
 was  cause  of  all  myschefe :  and  those  poore 
 men  (which  yf  they  had  tolde  their  cause,  yee 
 before  the  Scythians,  they  shulde  haue  ben 
 iudged  innocet)  the  he  codened  to  death. 
 Thus  were  they  soone  punyshed,  which  folowed 
 vpo  y  matter  for  y'  cite,  for  y  people,  tj  for  y 
 holy  vessell.  Wherfore  they  of  Tyrus  toke 
 indignacion,  5  buried  the  honorably.  And  so 
 thorow  y  covetousnesse  of  them  that  were  in 
 power,  Menelaus  remayned  still  in  authorite, 
 increasinge  in  malyce,  to  the  hurte  of  the 
 citesyns. 
 
 Wtft  6.  Cf)aj)tci:. 
 
 AT  f  same  tyme  Antiochus  made  him 
 ready  to  go  againe  in  to  Egipte.  The 
 were  there  sene  at  Jerusalem  (xl.  dayes  loge) 
 horsme  runninge  to  and  fro  in  the  ayre,  which 
 had  rayment  of  golde,  it  speares.  There  were 
 sene  also  whole  hoostes  of  me  weapened,  j 
 horses  runnynge  in  an  ordre,  how  they  came 
 together,  how  they  helde  forth  their  shildes, 
 how  y  harnessed  men  drew  out  their  sweardes, 
 (t  shot  their  dartes.  The  shyne  of  y  golde 
 weapes  was  sene,  5  of  all  maner  of  armure. 
 Wherfore  euery  ma  prayed,  y  those  tokens 
 might  turne  to  good.  Now  whe  there  was 
 gone  forth  a  false  rumoure,  as  though  An- 
 tiochus had  bene  deed :  lason  toke  a  M.  me, 
 5  came  sodely  vpo  y  cite.  The  citesyns  rane 
 vnto  f  walles,  at  f  last  was  y  cite  taken,  and 
 Menelaus  fled  in  to  the  castell. 
 
 As  for  lason,  he  spared  not  his  owne  citesyns 
 in  the  slaughter,  nether  considered  he  what 
 greate  euell  it  were,  to  destroye  y  prosperite 
 of  his  owne  kynsmen  :  but  dyd  as  one  that 
 had  gotten  the  victory  of  his  enemies,  and  not 
 of  his  frendes.     For  all  this  gatt  he  not  the 
 
Cftap.  bu 
 
 Cftt  ij.  bofee  of  tfje  iM<u1)<ii)W£{. 
 
 #0,  rlmij. 
 
 superiorite,  but  at  the  last  receaued  confucion 
 for  his  mahce,  and  "  fled  agayne  like  a  vaga- 
 bunde  in  to  the  londe  of  the  Ammonites. 
 Fynally  (for  a  rewarde  of  his  wickednesse)  he 
 was  accused  before  Aretha  the  kynge  of  the 
 Arabians :  In  so  moch  that  he  was  fapie  to 
 fle  from  cite  to  cite,  beynge  despysed  of  euery 
 man  as  a  forsaker  of  the  lawes,  and  an  abho' 
 minable  personne.  And  at  y  last  (as  an  open 
 enemy  of  his  owne  naturall  countre  and  of 
 the  citesyns,)  he  was  dryuen  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 Thus  he  y  afore  put  many  out  of  their 
 owne  natyue  londe,  peryshed  from  home  him 
 
 If.  He  wente  to  Lacedemon,  thinkinge 
 there  to  haue  gotten  sucoure  by  reason  of 
 kynrede.  And  he  that  afore  had  casten  many 
 one  out  vnburied,  was  throwen  out  himself, 
 no  man  mournynge  for  him,  ner  puttinge 
 him  in  liis  graue :  so  that  he  nether  enioyed 
 y  buriall  of  a  straunger,  nether  was  he  par- 
 taker of  his  fathers  sepulcre. 
 
 Now  when  this  was  done  the  kinge  sus- 
 pecte,  y  the  lewes  wolde  haue  fallen  from 
 him :  wherfore  he  came  in  a  greate  displea- 
 sure out  of  Egipte,  (t  toke  the  cite  by  violence. 
 *He  comaunded  his  men  of  warre  also,  that 
 they  shulde  kyll  (t  not  spare,  but  slaye  downe 
 soch  as  with  stode  them,  or  clymmed  vp  vpo 
 f  houses.  Thus  was  there  a  greate  slaughter 
 of  yonge  men,  olde  men,  women,  children 
 and  virgins.  In  iij.  dayes  were  there  slayne 
 Ixxx.  M,  fourty  thousande  put  in  preson,  (j 
 no  lesse  solde.  Yet  was  he  not  cotent  with 
 this,  but  durst  go  in  to  the  most  holy  temple 
 (Menelaus  that  traytoure  to  f  lawes  i  to  his 
 owne  naturall  countre,  beynge  his  gyde)  ij 
 with  his  wicked  hoiides  toke  y  'holy  vessell, 
 which  other  kynges  it  cities  had  geuen  thither 
 for  y  garnishinge  (t  honoure  of  y  place  :  the 
 toke  he  in  his  hodes  \'nworthely,  5  defyled 
 them. 
 
 So  madd  was  Antiochus,  that  he  consi- 
 dered not,  how  that  God  was  a  litle  wroth  for 
 the  synnes  of  them  that  dwelt  in  the  cite,  for 
 the  which  soch  confucion  came  vpon  that 
 place.  And  why?  'y(  it  had  not  happened 
 them  to  haue  bene  lapped  in  many  synnes, 
 this  Antiochus  (as  soone  as  he  had  come)  had 
 sodenly  bene  punished,  and  shot  out  for  his 
 presumpcio:  ''Uke  as  Heliodorus  was,  whom 
 Seleucus  the  kynge  sente  to  robbe  y  treasury. 
 Neuertheles  God  hath  not  chosen  the  people 
 
 "  2  Ma.  4.  e. .    »  1  Mac.  I.e.     '  ludit.  5.  d.      ■'-2  Ma.  3.  d. 
 
 for  the  places  sake,  but  the  place  for  the 
 peoples  sake :  and  therfore  is  the  place  be- 
 come partaker  of  the  peoples  trouble,  but 
 afterwarde  shall  it  enioye  the  wealth  of  them. 
 And  like  as  it  is  now  forsaken  in  the  wrath  of 
 allmighty  God,  so  when  the  greate  God  is 
 reconcyled,  it  shal  be  set  vp  in  hye  worshipe 
 agayne. 
 
 So  when  Antiochus  had  taken  a  M.  and 
 viij.  C.  talentes  out  of  the  temple,  he  gat  him 
 to  Antioche  in  all  the  haist,  thinkinge  in  his 
 pryde,  that  he  might  make  me  sale  vpon  the 
 drye  londe,  and  to  go  vpon  y^  see,  soch  an  hye 
 mynde  had  he.  He  lefte  debites  there  to 
 vexe  the  people:  At  lerusalem  left  he  Phi- 
 lippe a  Phrigian,  in  maners  more  cruell  the 
 himself  y  set  him  there  :  At  Garisim  he  left 
 Andronicus  (j  Menelaus,  which  were  more 
 greuous  to  the  citisyns  then  other.  Now  as 
 he  was  thus  set  in  malyce  against  f  lewes,  he 
 sent  Appollonius  an  hated  prynce,"  with  xxij. 
 M.  comaundinge  him  to  slaye  all  those  y 
 were  of  perfecte  age,  and  to  sell  the  wome, 
 maydes  5  children.  When  he  came  now  to 
 lerusalem,  he  fained  peace,  g  kepte  him  still 
 vntill  y  Sabbath  daye.  And  then  he  co- 
 maunded his  men  to  take  them  to  their 
 weapens  (for  y  lewes  kepte  holy  daye)  and 
 so  he  slewe  all  them  y  were  gone  forth  to  the 
 open  playe,  runninge  here  and  there  thorow 
 the  cite  with  his  men  wapened,  and  mur- 
 thured  a  greate  nombre.  ■'But  ludas  Ma- 
 chabeus  which  was  the  tenth,  fled  in  to  the 
 wyldemesse,  led  his  life  there  with  his  com- 
 pany amonge  the  wrj'lde  beestes  and  vpon  the 
 mountaynes :  dwellinge  there  and  eatinge 
 grasse,  lest  they  shulde  be  partakers  of  the 
 fylthynesse. 
 
 Eljt  bi.  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 NOT  longe  after  this,  sent  the  kynge  a 
 messaunger  of  Antioche,^  for  to  com- 
 pell  y  lewes  to  altre  y  ordinaunces  of  y  fathers 
 (t  the  lawe  of  God,  to  defyle  the  temple  y  was 
 at  lerusalem,  (j  to  call  it  the  teple  of  lupiter 
 Olimpius :  5  y  they  shulde  be  in  Gazarim,  as 
 those  which  dwell  at  y  place  of  lupiter  the 
 harberous.  This  wicked  sedicio  of  y  vngodly 
 was  heuy  vpon  all  y  people :  For  f  temple 
 was  full  of  voluptuousnes  bebbinge  (t  bollinge 
 of  y  Heithe,  of  ribaudes  5  harlottes  together. 
 The  wome  wente  in  to  y  holy  place,  5  bare 
 
4fo.  clvnin). 
 
 Cf)c  ih  Jjokf  of  tf)t  iWarljaljffS. 
 
 Cfiap.  bu 
 
 ill  that  was  not  laufull.  The  aulter  also  was 
 ful!  of  viilaufull  thinges,  which  v  lawe  for- 
 byddeth  to  laye  vpo  it.  The  Sabbathes  were 
 not  kepte,  the  other  solcmpne  feastes  of  y 
 ionde  were  not  regarded.  To  be  plaine, 
 there  durst  no  ma  be  a  knowne  that  he  was  a 
 lewe. 
 
 In  the  daye  of  the  kynges  byrth  they  were 
 compelled  perforce  to  offre:  a  when  f  feast 
 of  Bachus  was  kepte,  they  were  costrayned 
 to  weere  garlandes  of  yven,  and  so  to  go 
 aboute  for  the  honoure  of  Bachus. 
 
 Morouer  thorow  the  councell  of  Ptolomy, 
 there  wente  out  a  commaundement  in  y 
 nexte  cities  of  the  Heithen,  y  they  shulde 
 intreate  the  lewes  in  like  maner  :  namely,  to 
 copell  the  for  to  do  sacrifice  after  f  lawes  of  y- 
 Gentiles :  and  who  so  wolde  not,  to  put  them 
 to  death.  "A  piteous  thinge  was  it  to  se. 
 There  were  ij.  women  accused  to  haue  cir- 
 cumcided  their  sonnes,  whom  when  they  had 
 led  rounde  aboute  the  cite  (the  babes  hang- 
 inge  at  their  brestes)  they  cast  them  downe 
 headlinges  ouer  the  walles.  Some  y  were 
 crepte  in  to  dennes  and  had  kepte  the  Sab- 
 bath, were  accused  vnto  Philippe,  and  brent 
 in  the  fyre  :  because  that  for  the  feare  of  God 
 they  kepte  the  commaudement  so  stiffly,  and 
 wolde  not  defende  them  selues. 
 
 Now  I  beseke  all  those  which  reade  this 
 boke,  that  they  refuse  it  not  for  these  falles  of 
 aduersite :  j  iudge  the  thinges  (y  are  hap- 
 pened) for  no  destruccion,  but  for  a  chas- 
 tenynge  of  oure  people.  And  why?  Whe 
 God  suiFreth  not  synners  longe  to  folowe 
 their  owne  mynde,  'but  shortly  punysheth 
 them,  it  is  a  toke  of  his  greate  louynge  kynd- 
 For  this  grace  haue  we  of  God  more 
 then  other  people,  y  he  suffreth  not  vs  longe 
 to  synne  vnpunyshed  like  other  nacions,  that 
 when  the  daye  of  iudgment  commeth,  he 
 raaye  punysh  the  in  the  fulnes  of  their  synnes. 
 Yf  we  synne,  he  correcketh  vs,  but  he  neuer 
 withdraweth  his  mercy  fro  vs :  5  though  he 
 punysh  with  aduersite,  yeth  doth  he  neuer  for- 
 sake his  people.  But  let  this  that  we  haue 
 spoke  now  with  few  wordes,  be  for  a  waminge 
 %  exortticio  of  f  Heithe.  Now  wil  we  come 
 to  the  declaringe  of  the  matter.  Eleazar  one 
 of  f  principall  scribes,  an  aged  ma  (j  of  a  wel- 
 fauored  coutenauce,  was  costrained  to  gape 
 with  ope  mouth  (j  to  eate  swynes  flesh.'    But 
 
 he  desyringe  rather  to  dye  gloriously  the  to! 
 Hue  with  shame,  offi-ed  himself  willigly  to  f\ 
 martirdome.  Now  whe  he  sawe  y  he  must 
 nedes  go  to  it,  he  toke  it  pacietly  :  for  he  was  I 
 at  a  poynte  with  himself,  y  he  wolde  consente  | 
 to  no  vnlaufull  thynge  for  eny  pleasure  of 
 life.  They  y  stode  by  beynge  moued  with  |  9 
 pyte  (but  not  a  right)  for  f  olde  frendshipe  of 
 the  man,  toke  him  asyde  priuely,  and  prayed 
 him  y  he  wolde  let  soch  flesh  be  brought  him 
 as  were  laufull  to  eate,  5  the  to  make  a  coute- 
 nauce as  though  he  had  eaten  of  f  flesh  of  f 
 sacrifice  like  as  the  kynge  commaunded,  for 
 so  he  might  be  delyuered  from  death :  (t  so 
 for  the  olde  frendshipe  of  f  man,  they  shewed 
 him  this  kindnes.  But  he  beganne  to  con- 
 sidre  his  discrete  and  honorable  age,  his  noble 
 and  worshipfull  stocke,  and  how  y  fro  his 
 youth  vp  he  had  bene  of  an  honest  and  good 
 conuersacion,  yee  5  how  constantly  he  had 
 kepte  y  ordinaunces  and  lawes  commaiided 
 by  God,  wherfore  he  gaue  them  this  answere, 
 and  sayde : 
 
 Yet  had  I  rather  first  be  layed  in  my 
 graue.  ■*  For  it  becommeth  not  myne  age 
 (sayde  he)  in  eny  wyse  to  dyssemble,  wherby 
 many  yonge  personnes  might  thinke,  that 
 Eleazar  beinge  Ixxx.  yeare  olde  and  ten,  were 
 now  gone  to  a  straunge  life  :  and  so  thorow 
 myne  ypocrisy  (for  a  litle  tyme  of  a  transitory 
 life)  they  might  be  disceaued  :  by  this  meanes 
 also  shulde  I  defyle  myne  age,  5  make  it  abho- 
 minable.  For  though  I  were  now  delyuered 
 from  the  tormentes  of  men,  yet  shulde  I  not 
 escape  the  'honde  of  allmightie  God,  nether 
 alyue  ner  deed.  Wherfore  I  will  dye  man- 
 fully, (t  do  as  it  becommeth  myne  age : 
 Wherby  I  male  peraduenture  leaue  an  exaple 
 of  stedfastnesse  for  soch  as  be  yonge,  yf  I  with 
 a  ready  mynde  5  manfully  dye  an  honest 
 death,  for  the  most  worthy  and  holy  lawes. 
 
 Wlien  he  had  sayde  these  wordes,  imme- 
 diatly  he  was  drawen  to  the  tormete.  Now 
 they  that  led  him  and  were  mylde  a  litle  afore, 
 beganne  to  take  displeasure,  because  of  the 
 wordes  y  he  sayde  :  for  they  thought  he  had 
 spoke  them  of  an  hye  mynde.  But  whe  he 
 was  in  his  martirdome,  he  mourned  and 
 sayde :  Thou  (O  LORDE)  which  hast  the 
 holy  knowlege,  knowest  openly :  that  where  as 
 I  might  be  delyuered  fro  death,  I  suflre  these 
 sore  paynes  of  my  body :  but  in  my  mynde  I 
 
Cbap*  bij« 
 
 Cfte  i}.  hokt  of  tf)t  Mn^sbtt^, 
 
 So.  djtrfaJ 
 
 am  wel  contente  to  suffre  them,  because  I 
 feare  the.  Thus  this  man  dyed,  leauynge  f 
 memoriall  of  his  death  for  an  example,  not 
 only  vnto  yonge  men,  but  vnto  all  f  people, 
 to  he  stedfast  and  manly. 
 
 €i)t  bij.  Cl)aptnr. 
 
 IT  happened  also  that  there  were  vij. 
 "brethren  (with  their  mother)  taken,  5 
 compelled  by  the  kynge  agaynst  the  lawe,  to 
 eate  swynes  flesh :  namely  with  scourges  and 
 lethren  whippes.  And  one  of  them  which 
 was  f  chefe,  sayde :  What  sekest  thou,  and 
 what  requyrest  thou  of  vs?  As  for  vs,  we 
 are  ready  rather  to  suffre  death,  then  to 
 offende  the  lawes  of  God  and  the  fathers. 
 Then  was  the  kynge  angrie,  and  bad  heate 
 cauldrons  and  brasen  pottes.  Which  when 
 they  were  made  bote,  immediatly  he  com' 
 maunded  f  tonge  of  him  that  spake  first,  to 
 be  cut  out,  to  pull  the  skynne  ouer  his  heade, 
 to  payre  of  the  edges  of  his  handes  and  fete : 
 yee  and  that  in  the  sight  of  his  mother  and 
 the  other  of  his  brethren.  Now  when  he  was 
 cleane  marred,  he  commaunded  a  fyre  to  be 
 made,  5  so  (whyle  there  was  eny  breath  in 
 him)  to  be  fryed  in  the  caudron.  In  the 
 which  when  he  had  bene  longe  payned,  the 
 other  brethren  with  their  mother  exorted  him 
 to  dye  manfully,  sayege :  The  LORDE  God 
 shal  regarde  the  treuth,  and  comforte  vs,  like 
 as  Moses  testifieth  and  declareth  in  his  'songe, 
 sayenge  :  and  he  wyl  haue  compassion  on  his 
 seruauntes. 
 
 So  whe  the  first  was  deed  after  this  maner, 
 they  brought  the  seconde  to  haue  him  in 
 derision,  pulled  the  skynne  mth  the  hayre 
 ouer  his  heade,  and  axed  him,  yf  he  wolde 
 eate  swynes  flesh,  or  he  were  payned  in  f 
 other  membres  also  thorow  out  his  body. 
 But  he  answered  boldly,  and  sayde  :  I  will  not 
 do  it.  And  so  was  he  tormented  like  as  y 
 first.  And  whe  he  was  eue  at  y  geuinge  vp 
 of  y  goost,  he  sayde :  Thou  most  vngracious 
 personne  puttest  vs  now  to  death,  but  the 
 kynge  of  y  worlde  shall  rayse  vs  vp  (which 
 dye  for  his  lawes)  in  f  resurreccion  of  euer- 
 lastinge  life. 
 
 After  him,  was  the  thirde  had  in  derision  : 
 and  when  he  was  requyred,  he  putt  out  his 
 tonge,  and  that  right  soone,  holdinge  forth 
 his  hondes  manfully,  and  spake  with  a  stedfast 
 
 "  Leuit.  11.  a.  »  Deut.  32.  c. 
 
 faith :  These  haue  I  of  heaue,  but  now  for 
 the  lawe  of  God  I  despyse  them :  for  my  trust 
 is,  that  I  shall  receaue  them  of  him  agayne. 
 In  so  moch  that  the  kynge  and  they  which 
 were  with  him,  marueled  at  the  yonge  mans 
 boldnesse,  that  he  nothinge  regarded  the 
 paynes. 
 
 Now  when  he  was  deed  also,  they  vexed  the 
 fourth  with  tormentes  in  hke  maner.  So 
 when  he  was  now  at  his  death,  he  sayde :  It 
 is  better  that  we  beynge  put  to  death  of  me, 
 haue  cure  hope  and  trust  in  God,  for  he  shal 
 rayse  vs  vp  agayne.  '  As  for  the,  thou  shalt 
 haue  no  resurreccion  to  life. 
 
 And  when  they  had  spoken  to  the  fifth, 
 they  tormeted  him.  Then  loked  he  vnto  y 
 kinge,  j  sayde :  Thou  hast  power  amoge  me 
 (for  thou  art  a  mortall  man  also  thy  self) 
 to  do  what  thou  wilt,  but  thinke  not,  y  God 
 hath  forsaken  oure  generacion.  Abyde  the, 
 tary  styll  a  whyle,  (i  thou  shalt  se  the  greate 
 power  of  God,  how  he  wil  punysh  the  5 
 thy  sede. 
 
 After  him  they  brought  the  sixte,  which 
 beynge  at  the  poynte  of  death,  sayde  :  Be  not 
 disceaued  (o  kynge)  for  this  we  suffre  for  oure 
 owne  sakes,  because  we  haue  offended  oure 
 God,  tj  therfore  marvelous  thinges  are  shewed 
 vpon  vs.  But  thinke  not  thou  (which  takestj 
 in  honde  to  stryue  agaynst  God)  that  thou' 
 shalt  escape  vnpunyshed. 
 
 This  excellent  mother  (worthy  to  be  well 
 reported  of,  and  had  in  remembraunce)  sawe 
 hir  seuen  sonnes  dye  in  one  daye,  and  suffred 
 it  pacietly,  because  of  the  hope  that  she  had 
 in  God :  Yee  she  exorted  euery  one  of  them 
 in  especiall,  and  that  boldly  and  stedfastly, 
 with  parfite  wyszdome,  wakynge  vp  hir  wyuysh 
 thought  with  a  manly  stomacke,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  I  can  not  tell  how  ye  came  in  my 
 wombe,  for  I  nether  gaue  you  breth  ner  soule, 
 no  ner  life.  It  is  not  I  y  ioyned  y  mebres  of 
 youre  bodies  together,  but  y  maker  of  ;y 
 worlde,  which  fashioned  y  byrth  of  ma,  (j 
 begiine  all  thinges.  Euen  he  also  of  his  owne 
 mercy  shall  geue  you  breath  and  life  agayne, 
 like  as  ye  now  regarde  not  youre  owne  selues 
 for  his  lawes  sake. 
 
 Now  thought  Antiochus  that  she  had 
 despysed  him,  therfore  he  let  her  go  with  hir 
 reproues,  and  beganne  to  exorte  the  yongest 
 sonne  (which  yet  was  left)  not  only  with  wordes 
 
ffo,  cirrbi. 
 
 Cf}t  i).  bofet  of  tf)t  iBacftaftag. 
 
 Cljap.  i)uj. 
 
 but  swore  vnto  him  with  an  ooth,  y  he  shulde 
 make  him  a  rich  5  wclthy  man  (yf  he  wolde 
 forsake  j  lawes  of  liis  fathers)  yee  and  y  he 
 siiulde  f^eue  him,  what  so  eucr  were  necessary 
 IE  for  him.  Hut  wiie  the  yonge  man  wolde  not 
 be  moued,  for  all  tiiese  thinges,  he  called  his 
 mother,  5  counceled  hir  to  saue  hir  sonnes 
 life.  And  when  he  had  exorted  her  with 
 many  wordes,  she  promised  him,  that  she 
 shulde  speake  vnto  hir  sonne.  So  she  turned 
 her  vnto  him  (laughinge  f  cruell  tyraunte  to 
 scorne)  ft  spake  with  a  bolde  voyce:  O  my 
 Sonne,  haue  pite  vpon  me,  y  bare  y  ix. 
 monethes  in  my  wombe,  that  gaue  the  sueke, 
 norished  the  and  brought  the  vp  vnto  this 
 age.  I  beseke  the  (my  sonne)  loke  \'pon 
 heauen  and  earth  and  all  that  is  therin,  and 
 considre,  that  God  made  them  and  mans 
 generacion  of  naught :  so  shalt  thou  not  feare 
 this  hangman,  but  sufFre  death  stedfastly,  like 
 as  thy  brethren  haue  done:  that  I  maye 
 receaue  the  agayne  in  the  same  mercy  with 
 thy  brethren. 
 
 Whyle  she  was  yet  speakynge  these  wordes, 
 the  yonge  man  sayde:  Whom  loke  ye  for? 
 Wherfore  do  ye  tary  ?  I  wil  not  obeye  the 
 kynges  commaundement,  but  the  lawe  that 
 God  gaue  vs  by  "Moses.  As  for  the  that 
 ymaginest  all  myschefe  agajmst  the  lewes, 
 thou  shalt  not  escape  the  honde  of  God: 
 for  we  suffi-e  these  thinges,  because  of  oure 
 syimes. 
 
 And  though  God  be  angrie  with  vs  a  litle 
 whyle  (for  oure  chasteninge  d  reformacion,) 
 yet  shal  he  be  at  one  agayne  with  his  ser- 
 uauntes.  But  thou.  (O  shame  full  (i  most 
 abhominable  personne.)  Pryde  not  thy  self 
 thorow  vayne  hope,  in  beynge  so  malicious 
 vpon  y  seruauntes  of  God  :  for  thou  hast  not 
 yet  escaped  the  iudgmet  of  the  God,  which  is 
 all  mighty,  5  seyth  all  thinges.  My  bre- 
 thren y  haue  suffred  a  litle  payne,  are  now 
 vnder  the  couenaunt  of  euerlastinge  life :  but 
 thorow  the  iudgment  of  God,  thou  shalt  be 
 punyshed  righteously  for  thy  pryde. 
 
 As  for  me  (like  as  my  brethre  haue  done) 
 I  offre  my  soule  5  my  body  for  y  lawes  of  oure 
 fathers,  callinge  vpon  God,  y  he  will  soone  be 
 mercifull  vnto  oure  people  :  yee  5  with  payne 
 (t  punyshment  to  make  the  graunte,"  y  he  only 
 is  God.  In  me  now  (t,  in  my  brethre  f 
 wrath  of  allmighty  God  is  at  an  ende,  which 
 
 Leuit.  11.  a.     Dnut.  14.  a. 
 
 »  2  Mac.  9.  c. 
 
 righteously  is  falle  vpon  all  oure  people.  Then 
 y  kynge  beynge  kyndled  in  anger,  was  more 
 cruell  vpon  him  then  vpon  all  y  other,  (i  toke 
 indignaeio,  y  he  was  so  lightly  regarded.  So 
 this  yonge  mii  dyed  vndefiled,  (i  put  his  trust 
 stil  in  y  LORDE.  Last  of  all  after  y  sonnes, 
 was  y-  mother  put  to  death  also.  Let  this 
 now  be  ynough  spoken,  concernynge  y  of- 
 fringes,  j  extreme  cruelnesse. 
 
 €i)t  biij.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 THEN  ludas  Machabeus  and  they  y  were 
 with  him,  wete  pryuely  in  to  f  towTies, 
 called  their  kinsfolkes  5  frendes  together,  toke 
 vnto  them  all  soch  as  contynued  yet  in  the 
 faith  and  lawe  of  y  lewes,  and  brought  forth 
 vj.  M.  men.  So  they  called  vpon  the  LORDE, 
 y  he  wolde  haue  an  eye  vnto  his  people,  which 
 was  trodde  downe  of  euery  ma :  to  be  gracious 
 vnto  y  teple,  y  was  defyled  of  the  vngodly : 
 to  haue  copassion  vpon  y  destruccion  of  the 
 cite,  (which  was  shortly  like  to  be  laied  waist) 
 to  heare  y  voyce  of  y  bloude  y  cried  vnto  him : 
 to  remebre  y  most  vnrighteous  deathes  of 
 yonge  innocent  children,  the  blasphemies  also 
 done  vnto  his  name,  j  to  punysh  the.  Now 
 whe  ''  Machabeus  had  gathered  this  multitude 
 together,  he  was  to  mightie  for  the  Heithen 
 (for  y  wrath  of  y  LORDE  was  turned  in  to 
 mercy)  he  fell  vpon  the  townes  and  cities 
 vnawarres,  brent  them,  toke  the  most  como- 
 dious  places,  d  slewe  many  of  the  enemies. 
 But  specially  he  made  soch  chases  by  night, 
 in  so  moch  that  his  manlynesse  was  spoken  of 
 euery  were. 
 
 So  when  PhiUppe  sawe  that  the  man  in- 
 creased by  litle  and  litle,  and  that  the  matter 
 prospered  with  him  for  the  most  parte:  he 
 wrote  vnto  Ptolomy  (which  was  a  captayne  in 
 Celosiria  5  Phenices)  to  helpe  him  in  y  kinges 
 busynes.  The  sent  he  Nicanor  Patrocli  (a 
 speciall  frende  of  his)  in  all  y  haist,''  d  gaue 
 him  of  f  comon  sorte  of  the  Heithen  no  lesse 
 than  XX.  M.  harnessed  men,  to  rote  out  y 
 whole  generacion  of  the  lewes,  hauinge  to 
 helpe  him  one  Gorgisis  a  man  of  warre,  which 
 in  matters  concernynge  battayls  had  greate 
 experience.  Nicanor  ordened  also  the  tribute 
 (which  the  Romaynes  shulde  haue  had)  to  be 
 geuen  vnto  the  kynge,  out  of  the  captiuyte  of 
 the  lewes,  namely,  ij.  M.  talentes.  And 
 immediatly  he  sent  to  f  cities  of  y  see  coost, 
 
Chap.  bujj. 
 
 €i)t  ij.  liokt  of  tl)t  i*lad)al)tfs» 
 
 jTo.  djiTbi]. 
 
 requyringe  the  for  to  bye  lewes  to  be  their 
 seruauntes  5  bonde  men,  promisynge  to  sell 
 them  Ixxx.  and  ten  for  one  talente :  but  he 
 considered  not  the  wrath  of  allmighty  God,  y 
 was  to  come  vpon  him. 
 
 When  ludas  knewe  of  this,  he  tolde  the 
 lewes  y  were  with  him,  of  Nicanors  comynge. 
 Now  were  there  some  of  them  fearfull,  not 
 trustinge  vnto  the  rightuousnes  of  God  and 
 fled  their  wave.  But  the  other  y  remapied, 
 came  together  5  besought  the  LORDE,  to 
 delyuer  the  fro  y  wicked  Nicanor,  which  had 
 solde  the  or  euer  he  came  nye  them :  and 
 though  he  wolde  not  do  it  for  their  sakes,  yet 
 for  the  couenaunt  that  he  made  with  their 
 fathers,  5  because  they  called  vpon  his  holy  5 
 glorious  name.  "And  so  Machabeus  called 
 his  men  together,  namely  aboute  vi.  M.  ex- 
 ortinge  them  not  to  agree  vnto  their  enemies, 
 nether  to  be  afrayed  for  y  multitude'  of  their 
 aduersaries  comynge  agaynst  them  vnrigh- 
 teously :  but  to  fight  manly,  consideringe  y 
 reprofe  that  they  had  done  to  the  holy  place 
 without  cause,  how  they  had  despysed  and 
 oppressed  the  cite,  yee  and  destroyed  y  lawes 
 of  the  fathers.  For  they  (sayde  he)  "trust  in 
 their  weapens  and  boldnesse,  but  oure  con- 
 fidence is  in  the  allmighty  LORDE,  which  in 
 the  twincklinge  of  an  eye  maye  both  destroye 
 them  that  come  agaynst  vs,  and  all  the 
 worlde. 
 
 He  exorted  them  also  to  call  to  remebrauce 
 the  helpe,  that  God  shewed  vnto  their  fathers : 
 ''as  whe  there  perished  an  C.  j  Ixxxv.  M.  of 
 Sennacheribs  people :  And  of  y  battaill  y 
 they  had  in  Babilo  agaynst  f  Galacians :  how 
 y  all  the  Macedonias  y  came  to  helpe  the, 
 stode  in  feare ;  3  how  they  beynge  but  only 
 V).  M.  slewe  an  C.  rj  xx.  M.  thorow  y  helpe  y 
 was  geuen  them  from  heauen,  wherby  they 
 also  had  receaued  many  benefites. 
 
 Thorow  these  wordes  y  me  toke  good 
 hertes  vnto  the,  ready  to  dye  for  the  lawe  5 
 the  coutre.  So  he  set  vpon  euery  cop'any  a 
 captayne,  one  of  his  owne  brethren  :  Simon, 
 loseph  and  lonathas :  geuynge  ech  one  xv.  C. 
 men.  He  caused  Eszdras  also  to  reade  the 
 holy  boke  vnto  them,  and  to  geue  them  a 
 token  of  the  helpe  of  God. 
 
 Then  he  himself  beinge  captaine  in  y-  fore 
 front  of  the  battayll,'  buckled  with  Nicanor. 
 
 And  God  was  there  helpe,  in  so  moch  that 
 they  slewe  aboue  ix.  M.  me  %  compelled  y 
 more  parte  of  Nicanors  boost  to  fle,  they  were 
 so  wounded  and  feable.  Thus  they  toke  the 
 money  from  those  that  came  to  bye  the,  and 
 folowed  vpon  them  on  euery  syde.  But  whe 
 the  tyme  came  vpon  them,  they  returned,  for 
 it  was  the  Sabbath,  and  therfore  they  folowed 
 nomore  vpon  them.  So  they  toke  their 
 weapens  and  spoyles  g  kepte  the  Sabbath, 
 geupige  thankes  \aito  the  LORDE,  which 
 had  delyuered  them  that  daye,  and  shewed 
 them  his  mercy.  After  the  Sabbath  they 
 distributed  the  spoyles  to  the  sicke,-'^  to  y 
 fatherlesse,  and  to  wyddowes,  and  the  residue 
 had  they  them  selues  with  theirs.  Whe  this 
 was  done,  and  they  all  had  made  a  generall 
 prayer:  they  besought  the  mercifull  LORDE 
 to  be  at  one  with  his  seruauntes. 
 
 Of  those  also  that  were  with  Timotheus 
 and  Bachides,  which  fought  agaynst  them, 
 they  slewe  xx.  M.  wanne  hye  and  stronge 
 holdes,  and  deuided  moo  spoyles:  euer 
 geuynge  an  equall  porcion  vnto  ;y  sicke,  to 
 f  fatherles,  to  wyddowes  5  to  aged  persons. 
 And  when  they  had  diligently  gathered  their 
 weapes  together,  they  layed  them  all  in  con- 
 venient places,  5  the  remnaunt  of  y  spoyles 
 brought  they  to  Jerusalem.  They  slewe 
 Philarches  that  wicked  personne,  which  was 
 with  Timotheus,  and  had  vexed  many  lewes. 
 And  when  they  helde  the  thankesgeuynge  at 
 Jerusalem  for  the  victory,  they  brent  those 
 that  had  set  lyre  on  the  portes  of  the  temple  : 
 namely  Calisthenes,  which  was  fled  in  to  an 
 house  :  and  so  they  gat  a  worthy  rewarde  for 
 their  wickednesse.  As  for  that  most  vngra- 
 cious  Nicanor,  which  had  brought  a  thousande 
 marchautes,  to  bye  the  lewes,  he  was  thorow 
 y  helpe  of  the  LORDE  brought  downe,  euen 
 of  them  whom  he  regarded  not :  in  so  moch 
 that  he  put  of  his  glorious  raymet,  fled  by 
 see,  and  came  alone  to  Antioche  with  greate 
 shame  5  dishonoure,  which  he  gat  thorow  the 
 destruccion  of  his  boost.  Thus  he  y  pro- 
 mysed  the  Romaynes  to  paye  the  their  tribute, 
 when  he  toke  Jerusalem :  beganne  now  to 
 saye  planely,  that  God  was  f  defender  of  the 
 lewes,  (s  therfore  not  possible  to  wounde  them, 
 because  they  folowed  y  lawes  which  God  had 
 made. 
 
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 Eht  ij.  bofef  of  t()f  i%lari)al)ft£i« 
 
 Cftap.  i)r. 
 
 Ci)t  (>•.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  came  Antiochus  agayne 
 with  "dishonoure  out  of  Persis.  For 
 when  he  came  to  I'crsepolis,  and  vndertoke 
 to  robbe  the  temple  and  to  subdue  the  cite, 
 the  people  ranne  together  and  defended  them 
 selues,  in  so  moch  y  he  and  his  were  fayne  to 
 fle  with  shame.  And  so  after  that  flight,  it 
 happened,  that  Antiochus  came  agaj-ne  with 
 dishonoure.  But  when  he  came  to  Egbathana, 
 he  gat  knowlege  what  was  happened  vnto 
 Nicanor  5  Timotheus.  Now  as  he  was 
 auauncinge  himself  in  his  wrath,  he  thought 
 he  was  able  to  avenge  the  iniury  that  was 
 done  to  them,  ^'pon  the  lewes :  and  therfore 
 commaunded  to  make  ready  his  charet,  haist- 
 inge  on  his  iourney  mthout  ceassinge :  the 
 iudgmct  of  God  prouokynge  him,  because  he 
 had  spoke  so  proudly,  that  he  wolde  come  to 
 Jerusalem,  and  make  it  a  graue  of  the  lewes. 
 But  the  LORDE  God  of  Israel,*  that  seith 
 all  thinges,  smote  him  with  an  invisible  plage, 
 which  no  man  coude  heale. 
 
 For  as  soone  as  he  had  spoken  these  wordes, 
 there  came  vpon  him  an  horrible  payne  of  his 
 bowels,  5  a  sore  grefe  of  the  tharmes.  And  y 
 was  but  right :  for  he  had  martired  other 
 mens  bowels  with  dyuerse  and  strauge  tor- 
 mentes,  how  be  it  he  wolde  in  no  w)'se  ceasse 
 from  his  malice.  Yea  he  was  yet  the  prouder, 
 and  more  malicious  agaynst  the  lewes :  But 
 whyle  he  was  commaundinge  to  make  haist  in 
 the  matter,  it  happened  y  he  fell  downe  vio- 
 lently from  the  charet,  so  y  it  brussed  his 
 body,  ft  dyd  him  greate  payne. 
 
 And  so  he  that  thought  he  might  com- 
 maunde  f  floudes  of  the  see  (so  proude  was 
 he  beyonde  the  condicio  of  man)  and  to  weye 
 the  hye  mountaynes  in  a  payre  of  scoales, 
 was  now  brought  downe  to  the  grounde,  5 
 caried  vpon  an  horszlytter,  knowlegynge  f 
 manyfest  power  of  God  vpon  him  :  so  that  y 
 wicked  body  of  his'  was  full  of  wormes,  which 
 in  his  payne  fell  quyck  out  of  his  flesh :  In  so 
 moch  y  his  boost  was  greued  with  the  smell 
 and  styncke  of  him.  Thus  he  that  a  htle 
 afore  thought  he  might  reach  to  the  starres  of 
 heauen,  him  might  no  man  now  abyde  ner 
 beare,  for  the  vehemence  of  styncke. 
 
 Therfore  he  beynge  brought  from  his 
 greate  pn,'de,  begane  for  to  come  to  f  know- 
 
 lege of  him  self :  for  the  punyshment  of  God 
 warned  him,  (t  his  payne  increased  euer  more 
 5  more.  And  when  he  him  self  might  not 
 abyde  his  owiie  styncke,  he  sayde  these 
 wordes :  It  is  reason  to  be  obedient  vnto  God, 
 ^  that  a  man  desyre  not  to  be  hke  vnto  him. 
 This  wicked  personne  prayed  also  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  of  whom  he  shulde  haue  optained 
 no  mercy.  And  as  for  the  cite  that  he  came 
 vnto  so  haistely,  to  brynge  it  downe  to  the 
 grounde,  5  to  make  it  a  graue  for  deed  men : 
 now  he  desyreth  to  delyuer  it  fre.  And  as 
 touchinge  f  lewes,  whom  he  had  iudged  not 
 worthy  to  be  buried,  but  wolde  haue  cast  the 
 out  for  to  be  deuoured  of  the  foules  and 
 wylde  beastes,  sayenge,  that  he  wolde  haue 
 destroyed  both  olde  and  yonge :  Now  he  pro- 
 miseth,  to  make  the  like  y  citesyns  of  Athens. 
 And  where  as  he  had  spoyled  the  holy  temple 
 afore,  now  he  maketh  promyse  to  garnish  it 
 with  greate  giftes,  to  increase  the  holy  oma- 
 metes,  and  of  his  owne  rentes  to  beare  the 
 costes  and  charges  belonginge  to  the  oiFer- 
 jTiges :  yee  and  that  he  wolde  also  become  a 
 lewe  him  self,  to  go  thorow  euery  place  of  the 
 worlde,  and  to  preach  the  power  of  God. 
 
 But  when  his  paynes  wolde  not  ceasse,  (for 
 the  righteous  iudgmet  of  God  was  come  vpon 
 him)  out  of  a  very  despayre  he  wrote  vnto  the 
 lewes  a  lettre  of  intercession,  cSteyninge  these 
 wordes :  The  kjTige  and  prynce  Antiochus 
 wysheth  vnto  the  vertuous  citesyns  of  the 
 lewes,  moch  health  and  good  prosperite. 
 
 Yf  ye  and  youre  children  fare  well,  and  yf 
 all  thinges  go  after  youre  mynde:  we  geue 
 greate  thankes.  In  my  sicknesse  also  do  I 
 remembre  you  louyngly :  for  as  I  came  out 
 of  Persia,  and  was  taken  with  sore  disease :  I 
 thought  it  necessary  to  care  for  the  comon 
 wealth.  Nether  despare  I  in  my  self,  but 
 haue  a  good  hope  to  escape  this  sicknes. 
 
 But  considerynge  that  my  father  led  an 
 boost  some  tjTne  in  y  hyer  places,  i  shewed 
 who  shulde  raigne  after  him,  that  (yf  there 
 happened  eny  cotrouersy,  or  eny  harde  thinge 
 were  declared,)  they  in  the  londe  might 
 knowe  their  chefe  lorde,  y  there  shulde  be  no 
 insurreccion :  Agayne,  when  I  pondre  by  my 
 self,  how  that  all  y  mightie  men  and  negh- 
 bours  rounde  aboute,  are  layege  waite,  and 
 loke  but  for  oportunjte  to  do  harme  :  I  haue 
 ordened  that  my  sonne  Antiochus  shall  raigne 
 
Cftap*  IT, 
 
 €i)t  ij,  Ijofee  of  ti)t  iIlari;aI)W£(, 
 
 So,  dm. 
 
 after  me,  whom  I  oft  commended  to  many  of 
 you,  when  I  was  in  the  hyer  kyngdomes,  and 
 haue  wrytten  vnto  him  as  it  foloweth  herafter. 
 Therfore  I  praye  you  and  requyre  you,  to  re- 
 membre  the  benefites  that  I  haue  done  vnto 
 you  generally  and  in  especiall.  For  I  hope 
 that  he  shall  be  of  sober  5  louynge  behauoure, 
 and  yf  he  folowe  my  deuyce,  he  shal  be 
 indifferent  vnto  you. 
 
 "Thus  that  murthurer  and  blasphemer  of 
 God  was  sore  smytte :  and  like  as  he  had 
 intreated  other  men,  so  he  dyed  a  myserable 
 death  in  a  straunge  countre  vpon  a  mountayne. 
 And  his  body  dyd  Philippe  (that  wete  with 
 him)  cary  awaye  :  which  fearynge  the  sonne 
 of  Antiochus,  wente  in  to  Egipte  to  Ptolomy 
 Philometor. 
 
 S^t  r.  Ci^apter. 
 
 MACHABEUS  now  j  his  company* 
 (thorow  the  helpe  of  the  LORDE) 
 wanne  the  temple  and  the  cite  agayne,  de- 
 stroyed the  atUters  and  chapels  that  the 
 Heithe  had  buylded  thorow  the  stretes : ' 
 clensed  the  temple,  made  another  aulter  of 
 bricke  stone,  and  after  ij.  yeares  they  offered 
 sacrifices,  set  forth  the  incense,  the  lightes  and 
 shewe  bred.  When  that  was  done,  they  fell 
 downe  flat  vpon  the  grounde,  and  besought 
 the  LORDE,  that  they  might  come  nomore 
 in  to  soch  trouble :  but  yf  they  synned  eny 
 more  agaynst  him,  he  him  self  to  chasten  them 
 with  mercy,  and  not  to  come  in  the  hondes 
 of  those  aleauntes  and  blasphemous  men. 
 
 Now  vpon  the  same  daye  that  y  straungers 
 poluted  the  temple,  it  happened  that  on  the 
 very  same  daye  it  was  clensed  agayne : '' 
 namely,  the  xxij.  daye  of  the  moneth  called 
 Casleu.  They  kepte  viij.  dayes  in  gladnesse, 
 like  as  in  the  feast  of  the  tabernacles:  remem- 
 brynge  that  not  longe  afore,  they  helde  the 
 feast  of  y  tabernacles  vpon  the  mountaynes 
 and  in  dennes  like  beastes.  And  to  y  same 
 token  they  bare  grene  bowes,  braunches  and 
 palmes  before  him  that  had  geuen  them  good 
 fortune  to  dense  his  place.  They  agreed  also 
 together,  and  made  a  statute,  y  euery  yeare 
 those  dayes  shulde  be  solemply  kepte  of  aU 
 the  people  of  the  lewes. 
 
 How  Antiochus  then  (that  was  called  the 
 noble)  dyed,  it  is  sufficiently  tolde.  Now  wil 
 we   speake   of    Nicanor   the    sonne   of   that 
 
 wicked  Antiochus,  how  it  happened  with 
 him  :  and  so  with  few  wordes  to  comprehende 
 the  aduersite  that  chaunsed  in  y  warres 
 When  he  had  taken  in  the  kyngdome,  he 
 made  one  Lysias  (which  had  bene  captayne 
 of  the  boost  in  Phenices  and  Syria)  ruler 
 ouer  the  matters  of  the  realme.  For  Ptolomy 
 that  was  called  Macron,  beynge  a  ruler  for 
 the  lewes  (and  specially,  to  syt  in  iudgment 
 for  soch  wronge  as  was  done  vnto  them) 
 vndertoke  to  deale  peaceably  with  them 
 For  the  which  cause  he  was  accused  of  the 
 frendes  before  Eupator:  and  when  he  was 
 suspecte  to  be  a  traytoure  (because  he  had 
 left  Cypers,  that  Philometor  had  committed 
 vnto  him :  and  because  he  departed  from 
 noble  Antiochus,  that  he  was  come  vnto)  he 
 poysoned  himself,  and  dyed. 
 
 Now  when  Gorgias  was  gouemoure  of  the 
 same  places,  he  toke  straungers  and  vndertoke 
 oft  tymes  to  warre  with  y  lewes.  Moroue 
 the  Idumeans  that  helde  the  stroge  holdes, 
 receaued  those  that  were  dryuen  from  lera 
 salem,  and  toke  in  honde  to  warre  also.  But 
 they  that  were  with  Machabeus,  besought  and 
 prayed  vnto  the  LORDE,"  that  he  wolde  be 
 their  helper:  and  so  they  fell  in  to  the  stronge 
 holdes  of  the  Idumeans,  5  wanne  many  places 
 by  strength :  Soch  as  came  agaynst  them  they 
 slew,  and  kylled  no  lesse  (of  all  together)  then 
 twentye  thousande.  Neuerthelesse  some  (no 
 lesse  then  nyne  thousande)  were  fled  in  to 
 two  stronge  towres,  hauynge  all  maner  of 
 ordinaunce  to  withstonde  them. 
 
 Then  Machabeus  leauynge  Symon,  lose- 
 phus,  Zachaus  and  those  that  were  with  them, 
 (which  were  very  many)  wente  to  besege  the, 
 and  to  fight  where  most  nede  was.  Now 
 they  that  were  with  Symon  beynge  led  with 
 couetousnesse,  were  intreated  for  money, 
 thorow  certayne  of  those  that  laye  in  the 
 towers :  toke  Ixx.  M.  drachmas,  5  let  some  of 
 them  escape.  But  when  it  was  tolde  Macha- 
 beus what  had  happened,  he  called  f  captaj-nes 
 of  the  people  together,  accusynge  those  per- 
 sonnes,  that  they  had  solde  the  brethren  for 
 money,  and  let  their  enemies  go.  So  he 
 slewe  those  traytours,  5  immediatly  wente  in 
 honde  with  the  ij.  towers.  And  when  they 
 had  ordred  them  selues  manly  with  their 
 weapens  5  hondes,  they  slewe  in  f  two  castels 
 moo  the  twctie  thousande. 
 
ffo,  tim* 
 
 €l)t  ij.  boke  of  tt)t  illarf)al)ces!« 
 
 Cfiap.  vi. 
 
 J- 
 
 I  '  Now  Timotheus  whom  the  lewes  had 
 ouercorae  afore,  gathered  a  multitude  of 
 [straunge  peoi)le,  brought  an  hoost  also  of 
 liorsiuon  of  tlie  Asians,  to  wynne  lewry  by 
 strength.  But  when  he  ch-ewe  nye,  Machabeus 
 and  they  that  were  with  him  fell  to  their 
 prayer,*  sprencled  aszshes  ^'pon  their  heades, 
 beynge  gyrded  with  hayrie  cloth  aboute  their 
 loines,  fel  downo  before  y  aulter,  a  besought 
 the  LOllDE  that  he  wolde  be  mercifuU  to 
 them,  but  an  eneniie  vnto  their  enemies,  and 
 to  take  parte  agaynst  their  aduersaries,  acord- 
 ingc  as  it  is  promised  in  the  lawe.  So  after 
 the  prayer,''  they  wente  on  further  from  the 
 cite :  and  when  they  came  nye  the  enemies, 
 they  prepared  them  selues  agayiist  them. 
 
 And  by  tjnnes  in  the  mornynge  at  f 
 breake  of  the  daye,  both  the  hoostes  buckled 
 together.  The  one  parte  had  the  LORDE 
 for  their  refuge,''  which  is  the  geuer  of 
 prosperite,  strugth  and  victory.  The  other 
 had  a  maly  stomack,  which  is  a  captayne  of 
 warre. 
 
 The  battayll  now  beynge  greate,  there 
 'apeared  vnto  the  enemies  from  heauen  v. 
 men,  vpon  horszback  with  brydels  of  golde, 
 ledinge  the  lewes,  and  two  of  them  hauynge 
 Machabeus  betwixte  them,  y  kepte  him  safe 
 on  euery  syde  with  their  weapes,  but  shot 
 dartes  and  lighteninges  vpon  the  enemies, 
 where  thorow  they  were  confounded  with 
 blyndnesse  and  so  sore  afrayed,  that  they  fell 
 downe.  There  were  slayne  of  fote  men 
 twenty  thousande  and  fyue  hundreth,  and 
 sixe  hiidreth  horsmen.  As  for  Timotheus 
 him  self,  he  fled  vnto  Gazar  a  very  stroge 
 holde,  wherin  Cereas  was  captayne.  But 
 Machabeus  and  his  company  layed  sege  to  it 
 cherfully  iiij.  dayes.  Now  they  that  were 
 within,  trustinge  to  the  strength  of  the  place, 
 cursed  (t  banned  exceadingly,  and  made  greate 
 crakynge  with  wicked  wordes.  Neuerthelesse 
 vpon  the  fifth  daye  in  the  mornynge,  xx.  yonge 
 men  of  Machabeus  copany,  beynge  set  on 
 fyre  in  their  myndes  because  of  the  blasphemy: 
 came  manfully  vnto  the  wall,  and  with  bolde 
 stomackes  they  and  their  other  companyons 
 clymmed  vp  vpon  the  towres,  vndertakynge 
 to  set  fyre  vpon  the  portes,  5  to  burne  those 
 blasphemous  personnes  quycke.  Two  dayes 
 were  they  destroyenge  the  castell,  which  when 
 
 •  1  Mac.  5.  d.  2  Mm 
 ''lere.  17.  b.     2  Pa 
 
 '  2  Mac.  11.  b.    'Deut.28.a. 
 «  4  Reg.  6.     2  Mac.  3.  d. 
 
 they  founde  Timotheus  (that  was  crepte  in  to 
 a  corner)  they  kylled  him,  and  slewe  Cereas 
 his  brother  in  like  inaner  with  Appollophanes. 
 When  this  was  done,  they  sunge  Psalmes, 
 with  prayses  and  thankesgeuynges  vnto  the 
 LORDE,  which  had  done  so  greate  thinges 
 for  Israel,  (t  geuen  them  the  victory. 
 
 CIjc  ri-  Cl)apttr. 
 
 NOT  longe  after  this,  Lysias  the  kynges 
 stewarde  and  a  kynsman  of  his,  (which 
 had  the  goueniaunce  of  his  matters,)  toke 
 sore  displeasure  for  the  thinges  that  had  hap- 
 pened: and  when  he  had  gathered  Ixxx.  M. 
 men  of  fote  with  all  the  hoost  of  the  horsmen, 
 he  came  agaynst  the  lewes,  thinkynge  to 
 Wynne  the  cite,  to  make  it  an  habitacion  for 
 the  Heithen,  -'^and  the  temple  wolde  he  haue 
 to  be  an  house  of  lucre,  like  as  the  other 
 goddes  houses  of  the  Heithe  are,  5  to  sell  y 
 prestes  office  euery  yeare:  Not  consideringe 
 the  power  of  God,  but  w.as  wylde  in  his 
 mynde,  trustinge  in  y  multitude  of  fote  me. 
 ^in  thousandes  of  horsme,  and  in  his  Ixxx 
 Elephantes. 
 
 So  he  came  in  to  lewry  (j  then  to  Bethsura 
 (a  castell  of  defence  lyenge  in  a  narow  place, 
 V.  furlonges  from  lerusale)  and  wanne  it. 
 Now  when  Machabeus  and  his  company  knew 
 that  the  stronge  holdes  were  taken,  they  fell 
 to  their  prayers''  with  wepynge  and  teares 
 before  the  LORDE:  and  all  the  people  in 
 like  maner  besought  him,  that  he  wolde  sende 
 a  good  angell  to  delyuer  Israel.  Machabeus 
 him  self  was  the  first  that  made  him  ready 
 to  the  battayll,  exortynge  the  other  that  were 
 with  him,  to  ioperde  themselues  and  to  helpe 
 their  brethre.  And  when  they  were  goyenge 
 forth  of  lerusalem'  together  with  a  ready  and 
 wyllynge  mynde,  there  apeared  before  the 
 vpon  horszbacke  a  ma  in  whyte  clothinge  with 
 harnesse  of  golde,  shakinge  his  speare.  Then 
 they  praysed  y  LORDE  all  together,  which 
 had  shewed  them  mercy,  and  were  conforted 
 in  their  myndes:  in  so  moch  that  they  were 
 ready,  not  only  to  fight  with  men,  but  with  f 
 most  cruell  beestes,  yee  and  to  runne  thorow 
 walles  of  yron. 
 
 Thus  they  wente  on  wyllingly  hauynge  an  C 
 helper  from  heaue,  and  the  LORDE  mer- 
 cifull  vnto  them.     They  fell  mightely  vpon 
 
 lib.      /Ioh.2.  b.         «Esa.36.  b.         *  2  Ma.  10.  c. 
 '  2  Mac.  3.  d. 
 
CI)ap»  vih 
 
 Cfte  iU  hoht  of  t\)t  i^larbatirfS. 
 
 So,  tlmi. 
 
 their  enemies  like  lyons,  brought  downe  xj. 
 M.  fote  men,  xvj.  C.  horsmen,  put  all  y  other 
 to  flight,  many  of  them  beynge  wounded,  and 
 some  gat  avvaye  naked.  Yee  Lysias  himself 
 was  fayne  to  fle  shamefully,  and  so  to  escape. 
 Neuerthelesse  the  man  was  not  without  vn- 
 derstondinge,  but  considered  by  himself  that 
 his  power  was  mynished,  and  pondred  how  f 
 lewes  beynge  defended  by  the  helpe  of  All- 
 mighty  God,  were  not  able  to  be  ouercome : 
 wherfore  he  sent  them  worde,  and  promised, 
 that  he  wolde  consente  to  all  thinges  which 
 were  reasonable,  and  to  make  the  kynge  their 
 frede.  To  the  which  prayer  of  Lysias  Ma- 
 chabeus  agreed,  sekynge  in  all  thinges  the 
 comon  wealth :  and  what  so  euer  Machabeus 
 wrote  vnto  Lysias  cocernynge  the  lewes,  the 
 kynge  graunted  it.  For  there  were  lettres 
 writte  vnto  y  lewes  from  Lysias  conteynynge 
 these  wordes: 
 
 Lysias  sendeth  gretinge  to  the  people  of 
 the  lewes.  Ihon  and  Absalon  which  were 
 sent  from  you,  delyuered  me  wrytinges,  and 
 requyred  me  to  fulfill  the  thinges  concernynge 
 their  earande.  Therfore  loke  what  might  be 
 graunted,  I  certified  y  kynge  therof:  and 
 what  so  euer  was  conuenient,  I  agreed  therto. 
 Yf  ye  now  wyll  be  faithfull  in  the  matters,  I 
 shal  endeuer  my  self  herafter  also  to  do  you 
 good.  As  concernynge  other  thinges  by  euery 
 article  therof:  I  haue  committed  them  to 
 youre  messaungers,  and  to  those  whom  I  sent 
 vnto  you,  to  comon  with  you  of  the  same, 
 fare  ye  well,  In  the  hudreth  and  xlviij.  yeare, 
 the  xxiiij.  daye  of  the  moneth  Dioscorinthius. 
 
 Now  the  kynges  lettre  contejTied  these 
 wordes:  Kynge  Antiochus  sendeth  gretinge 
 ^'nto  his  brother  Lysias.  "  For  so  moch  as 
 oure  father  is  now  deed,  oure  wyll  is,  that 
 they  which  are  in  oure  realme,  lyue  without 
 eny  insurreccion,  and  euery  man  to  be  diligent 
 in  his  owne  matters.  We  vnderstonde  also, 
 that  the  lewes  wolde  not  consent  to  oure 
 father,  for  to  be  brought  vnto  the  custome  of 
 the  Gentiles,  but  stiffly  to  kepe  their  owne 
 statutes :  for  the  which  cause  they  requyre  of 
 vs  also,  to  let  them  remayne  still  by  their 
 owne  lawes. 
 
 Wherfore  oure  minde  is,  that  this  people 
 shalbe  in  rest:  we  haue  concluded  and  de- 
 termed  also,  to  restore  them  their  temple 
 agayne :  that  they  maye  lyue  acordinge  to  the 
 
 vse  5  custome  of  their  forefathers.  Thou  shalt 
 do  vs  a  pleasure  therfore,  yf  thou  sende  vnto 
 them  5  agre  with  them :  that  when  they  are 
 certified  of  oure  mynde,  they  maye  be  of  good 
 chere,  and  loke  to  their  owne  wealth. 
 
 And  this  was  the  lettre,  that  the  kynge 
 wrote  vnto  the  lewes :  Kynge  Antiochus 
 sendeth  gretinge  vnto  the  councell  and  the 
 other  people  of  the  lewes.  Yf  ye  fare  well, 
 we  haue  oure  desyre :  as  for  vs,  we  are  in 
 good  health.  Menelaus  came  and  tolde  vs, 
 how  y  youre  desyre  was  to  come  downe  to 
 youre  people,  which  are  with  vs. 
 
 Wherfore  those  that  wyll  come,  we  geue 
 them  fre  lyberte,  vnto  the  xxx.  daye  of  the 
 moneth  of  Aprill,  that  they  maye  vse  y  meates 
 of  the  lewes  and  their  owne  lawes,  like  as 
 afore :  and  none  of  them  by  eny  maner  of 
 wayes  to  haue  hanne,  for  thinges  done  in 
 ignoraunce.  Menelaus  whom  we  haue  sent 
 vnto  you,  shal  comon  with  you  at  large,  fare 
 ye  well.  In  the  Cxlviij.  yeare,  the  xv.  daye 
 of  the  moneth  of  AprUl. 
 
 The  Romaynes  also  sent  a  lettre,  conteyn^ 
 ynge  these  wordes  :  Quintus  Mennius  (j  Titus 
 Manilius  embassatours  of  the  Romaynes,  sende 
 gretinge  vnto  the  people  of  the  lewes.  Loke 
 what  Lysias  the  kynges  kynsman  hath  graunted 
 you,  we  graunte  you  the  same  also.  But  as 
 concernynge  the  thinges  which  he  referred 
 vnto  the  kynge,  sende  hither  some  with  spede : 
 and  podre  the  matter  diligetly  amonge  youre 
 selues,  that  we  maye  cast  y  best  to  youre 
 profite,  for  we  must  departe  now  vnto  An- 
 tioche.  And  therfore  wryte  shortly  agayne, 
 that  we  maye  knowe  youre  mynde.  Fare 
 well.  In  the  hundreth  xlviij.  yeare,  f  xv. 
 daye  of  the  moneth  of  Aprill. 
 
 Cljt  vij-  Cijapter. 
 
 WHEN  these  couenauntes  were  made, 
 Lysias  wente  vnto  the  kynge,  and  f 
 lewes  tylled  their  grounde.  But  Timotheus, 
 AppoUonius  the  sonne  of  Gemei,  lerome  and 
 Demophon  y  proude,  Nicanor  f  captayne  of 
 Cypers,  and  they  that  laye  in  those  places: 
 wolde  not  let  them  lyue  in  rest  and  peace. 
 They  of  loppa  also  dyd  euen  soch  a  shamefull 
 dede :  They  prayed  y  lewes  that  dwelt  amoge 
 them,  to  go  with  their  wyues  and  children 
 in  to  the  shippes  which  they  had  prepared,  3 
 dyd  with  them,  as  though  they  had  ought 
 them  no  euell  wyll.     For  so  moch  then  as 
 
 dF 
 
jfo.  timih 
 
 Ct)c  ij.  bobr  of  tin  i^atftabfesi. 
 
 Cljap.  )fij» 
 
 there  w<is  gone  forth  a  generall  proclamacio 
 thorow  ^  cite  because  of  peace,  they  con- 
 sented therto,  and  suspecte  nothinge:  but 
 when  they  were  gone  forth  in  to  the  depe, 
 they  drowned  no  lesse  then  ij.  C.  of  them. 
 
 Whc  ludas  knew  of  this  cruelte  shewed 
 vnto  his  people,  he  commaunded  those  that 
 were  with  him  to  make  them  ready,  esortinge 
 them  to  call  vpon  God  the  righteous  iudge 
 wete  forth  agajTist  tliose  murthurers  of  his 
 brethre,  set  fyre  in  f  hauen  by  night,  brent 
 vp  f  shippes,  and  those  that  escaped  from  the 
 fyre,  he  slewe  with  the  swearde.  And  when 
 he  had  clone  this,  he  departed  as  though  he 
 wolde  come  agayne,  and  rote  out  all  them  of 
 loppa.  But  when  he  had  gotte  worde  that 
 the  lamnites  were  mynded  to  do  in  like  maner 
 vnto  f  lewes  which  dwelt  amonge  them,  he 
 came  vpon  the  lamnites  by  night,  and  set 
 fyre  in  the  hauen  with  the  shippes :  so  that 
 the  light  of  the  fyre  was  sene  at  lerusalem, 
 vpon  a  ij.  C.  (t  xl.  furlonges. 
 
 Now  when  they  were  gone  from  thence 
 is.  furlonges,  in  their  ioumey  towarde  Ti- 
 motheus :  v.  thousande  men  of  fote  and  v. 
 hundreth  horsmen  of  the  Arabians  fought 
 with  him.  So  when  the  batell  was  earnest, 
 and  prospered  with  ludas  thorow  the  heipe  of 
 God :  f  residue  of  the  Arabians  beynge  ouer- 
 come,  besought  ludas  to  be  at  one  with  them, 
 and  promised  to  geue  him  certayne  pastures, 
 5  to  do  him  good  in  other  thinges.  ludas 
 thynkynge  that  they  shulde  in  dede  be  pro- 
 fitable concemynge  many  thynges,  promised 
 them  peace :  whervpon  they  shoke  hondes, 
 and  so  they  departed  to  their  tentes.  ludas 
 wente  also  vnto  a  cite,  which  was  very  fast 
 kepte  with  brydges,  fensed  rounde  aboute 
 with  walles,  5  dyuerse  kyndes  of  people  dweU- 
 inge  therin,  called  Caspin. 
 
 They  that  were  within  it,  put  soch  trust  in 
 the  strength  of  the  walles,  5  in  their  stoare  of 
 vy tales:  that  they  were  the  slacker  in  their 
 doynges,  cursinge  and  reuylinge  ludas  with 
 blasphemies,  and  speakynge  soch  wordes  as  it 
 becommeth  not.  But  Machabeus  callynge 
 vpon  the  greate  prynce  of  y  worlde  (which 
 ^Mthout  eny  battayll  rammes  or  ordinaunce  of 
 warre,  °dyd  cast  downe  the  walles  of  lericho, 
 m  the  tyme  of  losue)  fell  manfully  vpon  the 
 walles,  tokc  the  cite,  and  (thorow  the  helpe  of 
 the   LOllDE)  made  an    exceadinge   greate 
 
 •Io«n.  6.  c.  Mudit.7.  f.     1  Re.  14.  c.     2  Pa.  20.  d. 
 
 slaughter  :  In  so  moch  that  a  lake  of  ij.  fur- 
 loges  brode  which  laye  therby,  semed  to  flowe 
 with  the  bloude  of  the  slayne. 
 
 Then  departed  they  from  thence  vij.  C.  and 
 L.  furlonges,  and  came  to  Taraca  vnto  f  lewes 
 that  are  called  Tubianei.  But  as  for  Timo' 
 theus,  they  coude  not  get  him  there:  for  (not 
 one  matter  dispatched,)  he  was  departed  from 
 thence,  and  had  lefte  certayne  men  in  a  very 
 stronge  holde.  But  Dositheus  and  Sosipater 
 which  were  captaynes  with  Machabeus,  slewe 
 those  y  Timotheus  had  lefte  in  the  house  of 
 defence,  euen  x.  M.  men.  And  Machabeus 
 prepared  him  with  y  vj.  M.  men  y  were  aboute 
 him,  set  them  in  ordre  by  companies,  and 
 wente  forth  agaynst  Timotheus,  which  had 
 with  him  an  C.  and  xx.  M.  men  of  fote,  ij. 
 M.  and  v.  C.  horsme. 
 
 When  Timotheus  had  knowlege  of  ludas 
 commynge,  he  sent  the  women,  children  and 
 the  other  baggage  vnto  a  castell  called  Camion. 
 (For  it  coude  not  be  wonne,  j  was  harde  to 
 come  vnto,  the  wayes  of  the  same  places  were 
 so  narow)  and  when  ludas  copany  came  first 
 in  sight,  the  enemies  were  smytten  with  feare, 
 thorow  the  presence  of  God,  which  seyth  all 
 thinges:  In  so  moch  y  they  fleynge  one  here, 
 another  there,  were  rather  discomfited  of  their 
 owne  people,*  5  woiided  with  the  strokes  of 
 their  owne  sweardes.  ludas  also  was  verj' 
 earnest  in  folowinge  vpon  them  and  punysh- 
 inge  those  vngodly,  and  slewe  xxx.  M.  men  of 
 them.  Timotheus  also  himself  fell  in  to  the 
 hondes  of  Dositheus  5  Sosipater,  whom  he 
 besought  with  many  prayers,  to  let  him  go 
 with  his  life :  because  he  had  many  of  the 
 lewes  fathers  and  brethren  in  preson,  which 
 (yf  they  put  him  to  death)  might  be  dis- 
 apoynted.  So  when  he  had  promised  faith- 
 fully to  delyuer  them  agayne  acordinge  to  the 
 condicion  made,  they  let  him  go  without 
 harme,  for  the  health  of  f  brethren.  And 
 when  ludas  had  slayne  xxv.  M,  he  wente  from 
 Camion. 
 
 Now  after  y  he  had  chased  awaye  and  slajTie 
 his  enemies,  he  remoued  the  boost  towarde 
 Ephron  a  stroge  cite,'  wherin  dwelt  many 
 dyuerse  people  of  the  Heithen,  and  f  stronge 
 yonge  men  kepte  the  walles,  defendinge  the 
 mightely.  In  this  cite  was  moch  ordinaunce, 
 and  prouysion  of  dartes.  ''But  when  ludas 
 and  his  company  had  called  vpon  Allmighty 
 
Cftap.  n'lj* 
 
 t:j)e  ij.  iiokt  of  tf)f  iMacbabers* 
 
 jTo.  flVHTilj. 
 
 JF 
 
 God,  (which  with  his  power  breaketh  the 
 strength  of  the  enemies)  they  wanne  the  cite, 
 and  slew  xxv.  M.  of  them  y  were  within.  From 
 thence  wente  they  to  the  cite  of  the  Scythians, 
 which  lieth  \j.  C.  furlonges  from  lerusalem 
 But  when  f  lewes  which  were  in  the  cite 
 testified,  that  the  citesyns  dealte  louyngly 
 with  them,  yee  and  intreated  them  kyndly  in 
 f  tyme  of  their  aduersite,  ludas  and  his  com 
 pany  gaue  them  thankes,  desyringe  them  to 
 be  frendly  still  vnto  them :  "  and  so  they  came 
 to  lerusalem  the  hye  feast  of  the  wekes  beynge 
 at  honde.  And  after  the  feast  they  wete  forth 
 agaynst  Gorgias  the  gouernoure  of  Idumea, 
 with  iij.  M.  men  of  fote  and  iiij.  C.  horsme. 
 Which  when  they  met  together,  it  chaunsed  a 
 few  of  the  lewes  to  be  slayne. 
 
 And  Dositheus  one  of  the  Bachenors  a 
 mighty  horsma  toke  holde  of  Gorgias,  and 
 wolde  haue  take  him  quyke.  But  an  horsma 
 of  Thracia  fell  vpon  him,  and  smote  of  his 
 arme,  so  that  Gorgias  escaped  and  fled  in  to 
 Moresa.  When  they  now  that  were  of  Gor- 
 gias syde,  had  foughte  longe  and  were  weery: 
 ludas  called  vpon  the  LORDE  that  he  wolde 
 be  their  helper,  5  captayne  of  the  felde  :  and 
 with  that,  he  beganne  with  a  manly  voyce  to 
 take  vp  a  songe  of  prayse,  and  a  crie  :  In  so 
 moch  that  he  made  the  enemies  afrayed,  and 
 Gorgias  men  of  warre  to  take  their  flight.  So 
 ludas  gathered  his  boost,  and  came  in  to  f 
 cite  of  Odolla.  And  when  the  seuenth  daye 
 came  vpon  them,  they  clensed  them  selues  (as 
 the  custome  was)  5  kepte  the  Sabbath  in  the 
 same  place.  And  vpon  the  daye  folowinge, 
 ludas  I  his  company  came  to  take  vp  the 
 bodies  of  them  that  were  slayne,  and  to  bury 
 them  in  f  fathers  graues.  Now  vnder  f  cotes 
 of  certayne  lewes  which  were  slayne,  they 
 founde  Jewels  that  they  had  taken  out  of  the 
 temple  and  from  the  Idols  of  the  lamniters  : 
 which  thinge  is  'forbydden  the  lewes  by  the 
 lawe.  Then  euery  man  sawe  y  this  was  the 
 cause,  wherfore  they  were  slayne. 
 
 And  so  euery  man  gaue  thankes  vnto  the 
 LORDE  for  his  righteous  iudgmet,  which 
 had  opened  the  thinge  that  was  hyd.  They 
 fell  downe  also  vnto  their  prayers,  and  besought 
 God,  that  the  fawte  which  was  made,  might 
 be  put  out  of  remembraunce.  Besydes  that, 
 ludas  exorted  f  people  earnestly,  to  kepe  them 
 
 •  Acto.  2.  a.     Den.  16.  b.  *  2  Ma.  12.  b.    Deut. 
 
 7.  c.     losu.  7.  a.  •  Some  reade  :  twolue  tbousande. 
 
 selues  from  soch  synne :  for  so  moch  as  they 
 sawe  before  their  eyes,  y  these  men  were 
 slayne  for  the  same  offence.  So  he  gathered 
 of  euery  one  a  certayne,  in  so  moch  that  he 
 brought  together*  two  tbousande  drachmas  of 
 syluer,  which  he  sent  vnto  lerusalem,  y  there 
 might  a  sacrifice  be  offred  for  the  myszdede 
 In  the  which  place  he  dyd  well  5  right :  for 
 he  had  some  c5sideracion  ij  pondringe  of  y 
 life  y  is  after  this  tyme.  For  yf  he  had  not 
 thought  y  they,  which  were  slayne,  dyd  yet 
 lyue,  it  had  bene  superfluous  and  vayne,  to 
 make  eny  vowe  or  sacrifice,  for  the  y  were 
 deed.  But  for  so  moch  as  he  sawe,  that  they 
 which  dye  in  the  fauoure  5  beleue  of  God,  are 
 in  good  rest  5  ioye,  he  thought  it  to  be  good 
 (J  honorable  for  a  reconcylinge,  to  do  the  same 
 for  those  which  were  slayne,  that  the  offence 
 might  be  forgeuen. 
 
 Wi)e  vtij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 IN  the  Cxlix.  yeare  gat  ludas  knowlege,  'y 
 Antiochus  Eupator  was  commynge  with  a 
 greate  power  in  to  lewry,  5  Lysias  the  stewarde 
 5  ruler  of  his  matters  with  him  :  hauynge  an 
 C.  and  X.  M.  men  of  fote,  v.  M.  horsmen, 
 xxij.  Elephantes,  and  iij.  C.  charettes.  Mene- 
 laus  also  ioyned  him  self  with  them  (but  with 
 greate  disceate)  5  spake  fayi-e  to  the  kynge, 
 not  for  eny  good  of  f  coiitre,  but  because  he 
 thought  to  haue  bene  made  some  greate  man 
 of  auctorite.  But  the  kynge  of  kynges  moued 
 Antiochus  mynde  agaynst  this  vngodly  per- 
 sonne,  5  Lysias  infourmed  the  kynge,  that  this 
 Menelaus  was  the  cause  of  all  myschefe  /  so 
 that  f  kynge  commaunded  to  take  him,  and 
 (as  f  maner  of  them  is)  to  put  him  vnto  death 
 in  the  same  place. 
 
 There  was  also  in  the  same  place  a  tower 
 of  L.  cubites  hye,  heaped  with  aszshes :  but 
 aboue  it  was  so  made,  that  men  might  loke 
 downe  on  euery  syde.  Where  in  to  the  kynge 
 commaunded  that  shamefuU  person  to  be  cast 
 amonge  the  aszshes,  as  one  that  was  cause 
 of  all  vngraciousnesse.  And  reason  it  was, 
 y  y  vnthrift  shulde  dye  soch  a  death,  and 
 not  to  be  buried :  for  he  had  done  moch 
 myschefe  vnto  the  aulter  of  God  (whose  fyre 
 and  aszshes  were  holy)  therfore  was  it  right, 
 y  he  him  self  also  shulde  be  destroyed  with 
 aszshes. 
 
jfo.  rUTniij. 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bofet  of  tl)e  i¥laftjal)ff£i. 
 
 Cftap.  viiih 
 
 But  the  kynge  was  woode  in  his  mynde,  5 
 came  to  shewe  him  self  more  eruell  vnto  the 
 lewes,  then  his  father  was.  °W|iich  when  ludas 
 perceaued,  he  conimaundcd  the  people  to  call 
 vpon  the  LORDE  night  and  daye  :  that  he 
 wolde  now  hclpe  them  also,  like  as  he  had 
 done  allwaye  :  ( For  they  were  afrayed  to  be 
 put  from  their  lawc,  from  their  naturall  countre 
 and  from  y  holy  temple:)  and  not  to  suffre 
 the  people  (which  a  litle  whyle  afore  beganne 
 to  recouer)  to  be  subdued  agayne  of  f  blas- 
 phemous naoions. 
 
 So  when  they  had  done  this  together,  and 
 besought  the  LORDE  for  mercy,  with  wep- 
 ynge  and  fastinge  thre  dayes  longe,  flat  vpon 
 the  grounde :  ludas  exorted  them,  to  make 
 them  selues  ready.  But  he  and  the  elders 
 together  deuysed,  to  go  forth  first  with  their 
 people,  afore  the  kynge  brought  his  boost 
 in  to  lewr)',  and  afore  he  beseged  the  cite,  (i 
 so  to  committe  the  matter  vnto  God.  Wher- 
 fore  he  ascrybed  the  power  of  all  thinges  ^^lto 
 God  the  maker  of  y  worlde,  exortinge  his 
 people  to  fight  manfully,  (yee  euen  vnto 
 death)  for  y  lawes,  the  temple,  ;y-  cite,  their 
 owne  natyue  countre,  (j  to  defende  y  citesyns: 
 (J  set  his  boost  before  Modin.  He  gaue  them 
 also  y  were  with  him,  a  token  of  f  victory  of 
 God,  chosinge  out  the  manlyest  yonge  men, 
 wente  by  night  in  to  the  kynges  pauylion, 
 *slewe  of  the  boost  xiiij.  M.  men,  and  the 
 greatest  Elephantes,  with  those  that  sat  vpon 
 them. 
 
 Thus  when  they  had  brought  a  greate 
 feare  5  rumoure  amonge  f  tentes  of  their 
 enemies,  and  all  thinges  wente  prosperously 
 with  them,  they  departed  in  the  breake  of  y 
 daye,  God  beynge  their  helper  {t  defender. 
 Now  when  the  kynge  perceaued  the  manly- 
 nesse  of  the  lewes,  he  wente  aboute  to  take 
 the  stronge  places  by  craft,  5  remoued  his 
 boost  vnto  '  Bethsura,  which  was  a  wel  kepte 
 house  of  defence  of  the  lewes  :  but  they  were 
 chaced  awaye,  hurte  and  discomfited.  And 
 ludiis  sent  vnto  them  that  were  in  it,  soch 
 thinges  as  were  necessary.  In  the  lewes 
 boost  also  there  was  one  Rhodocus,  which 
 tolde  the  enemies  their  secretes:  but  they 
 sought  him  out,  and  when  they  had  gotten 
 him,  they  put  him  in  preson.  After  this  dyd 
 the  kynge  comon  with  them  that  were  in 
 Bethsura,   toke  truce  with  them,    departed. 
 
 and  stroke  a  battayll  with  ludas,  which  ouer- 
 came  him. 
 
 But  when  he  vnderstode,  that  Philippe 
 (whom  he  had  left  to  be  ouerseer  of  his  busy- 
 nesses at  Antioche)  begane  to  rebell  agaynst 
 him,  he  was  astonnied  in  his  mynde :  so  that 
 he  yelded  himself  to  the  lewes,  and  made 
 them  an  00th,  to  do  what  so  euer  they  thought 
 right.  Now  when  he  was  reconcyled  with 
 them,  he  offi-ed,  made  moch  of  the  temple, 
 gaue  greate  gyftes  vnto  it,  enbraced  Macha- 
 beus,  makynge  him  captayne  and  gouemoure 
 from  Ptolomais  vnto  y  Gerrenes. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  when  he  came  to  Ptolomais, 
 the  people  of  the  cite  were  not  content  with 
 that  bonde  of  frendshipe :  for  they  were 
 afrayed,  that  he  wolde  breake  the  couenaunt. 
 Then  wente  Lysias  vp  in  to  the  seate,  and 
 enfourmed  the  people,  shewed  the  the  cause 
 why,  and  pacified  them.  So  he  came  agayne 
 to  Antioche.  This  is  now  the  matter  con- 
 cernynge  ;y-  kynges  ioumey,  and  his  retume. 
 
 Ci)f  )riitj.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 AFTER  thre  yeares  was  ludas  infourmed, 
 how  that  Demetrius  the  sonne  of  Se- 
 leiicus  was  come  vp  with  a  greate  power  and 
 shippes,  thorow  the  hauen  of  Tripolis  (to  take 
 certayne  commodious  places  and  countrees) 
 agaynst  Antiochus  and  his  captayne  Lysias. 
 Now  Aleimus  (which  had  bene  hye  prest,  and 
 wilfully  defyled  himself,  in  the  tyme  of  the 
 myxtinge)  seynge,  that  by  no  meanes  he 
 coude  be  helped,  ner  haue  eny  more  intraunce 
 to  the  altare  :  he  came  to  kynge  Demetrius  in 
 the  hundreth  and  one  and  fiftie  yeare,  pre- 
 sentinge  vnto  him  a  crowne  of  golde,  a  palme 
 and  an  olyue  tre :  which  (as  men  thought) 
 belonged  to  the  temple,  and  that  daye  he 
 helde  his  tonge. 
 
 But  when  he  had  gotten  oportunite  for 
 his  madnesse,  Demetrius  called  him  to  coucell, 
 and  axed  him,  what  thinges  or  councels  the 
 lewes  leaned  vnto  ?  He  answered :  The 
 lewes  that  be  called  Assidei  (whose  captayne 
 is  ludas  Machabeus)  maynteyne  warres,  make 
 insurreccions,  and  wyl  not  let  the  realme  be 
 in  peace. 
 
 For  I  beynge  depryued  of  my  fathers 
 honoure  (I  meane  the  hye  presthode)  am 
 come  hither :  partly  because  I  was  faithfull 
 vnto  the  kynge,  and  partly  because  I  sought 
 
Cftap.  viitj* 
 
 C&e  ij.  bokt  of  tl)t  iMari)ai«si. 
 
 jTo.  dv)ntt. 
 
 the  profit  of  the  citesyns.  And  why  ?  all 
 oure  people  (thorow  the  wickednesse  of  them) 
 are  not  a  litle  troubled.  Wherfore  I  beseke 
 the  (o  kynge)  considre  all  these  thinges  dili- 
 gently, and  then  make  some  prouysion  for  the 
 londe  and  the  people,  aeordinge  to  the  kynd- 
 nesse  that  thou  hast  offred  vnto  them.  For 
 as  longe  as  ludas  hath  the  vpper  hande,  it  is 
 not  possible  that  men  can  lyue  in  peace. 
 
 When  he  had  spoken  these  wordes,  other 
 frendes  also  hauynge  euell  will  at  ludas,  set 
 the  kynge  Demetrius  on  fyre  agaynst  him. 
 Which  immediatly  sent  Nicanor  (ruler  of  y 
 elephantes)  a  captayne,  in  to  lewry :  com- 
 maundinge  him,  to  take  ludas  himself  alyue, 
 but  to  slaye  them  that  were  with  him,  and  to 
 make  Alcimus  hye  prest  of  the  temple. 
 
 Then  the  Heithen  which  fled  out  of  lewry 
 from  ludas,  came  to  Nicanor  by  flockes, 
 thinkynge  the  harme  and  decaye  of  the  lewes 
 to  be  their  welfare.  Now  whe  the  lewes 
 herde  of  Nicanors  commynge,  5  the  gather- 
 ynge  together  of  y  Heithe:  they  "spreckled 
 them  selues  with  earth,  and  besought  him 
 (which  made  them  his  people,  and  euer  de- 
 fended his  owne  porcion  with  euydent  tokens) 
 that  he  wolde  preserue  them  still.  So  at  the 
 commaundement  of  the  captayne,  they  re- 
 moued  from  thence,  and  came  to  a  towne 
 called  Dessasan.  And  Symon  ludas  brother 
 fell  in  honde  with  Nicanor,  but  thorow  the 
 sodane  commynge  of  the  enemies,  he  was 
 afrayed. 
 
 Neuertheles  Nicanor  hearinge  the  man- 
 IjTies  of  them  that  were  with  ludas,  and  y 
 bolde  stomackes  that  they  had  to  fight  for 
 their  naturall  countre,  durst  not  proue  the 
 matter  with  bloudsheddinge.  Wherfore  he 
 sent  Possidonius,  Theodocius  5  Mathias  be- 
 fore, to  geue  and  to  take  peace.  So  when 
 they  had  taken  longe  advysement  there  vpon, 
 and  the  captayne  shewed  it  vnto  the  multi- 
 tude :  they  were  agreed  in  one  mynde,  to 
 haue  peace.  And  they  appoynted  a  daye  to 
 yt  vpon  these  matters  quyetly  amonge  them 
 selues,  y  stoles  also  were  brought  and  set 
 forth.  Neuerthelesse  ludas  comaunded  cer- 
 taine  men  of  armes  to  waite  in  conueniet 
 places,  lest  there  shulde  sodenly  aryse  eny 
 euell  thorow  the  enemies.  And  so  they  com- 
 moned  reasonably  together. 
 
 Nicanor,    whyle   he   abode   at    lerusalem, 
 
 -  2  Mil.  10.  c. 
 
 ordred  himself  not  vnreasonably,  but  sent 
 awaye  the  people  that  were  gathered  to- 
 gether. He  loued  ludas  euer  with  his  hert, 
 and  fauoured  him.  He  prayed  him  also  to 
 take  a  wyfe,  and  to  brynge  forth  children. 
 So  he  maried,  lyued  in  rest,  and  they  led  a 
 comon  life.  But  Alcimus  perceauynge  the 
 loue  that  was  betwi.xte  them,  and  how  they 
 were  agreed  together,  came  to  Demetrius, 
 and  tolde  him  that  Nicanor  had  taken  straunge 
 matters  in  honde,  and  ordened  ludas  (an 
 enemy  of  the  realme)  to  be  the  kynges  sue- 
 cessoure.  Then  the  kinge  was  sore  dis- 
 pleased, and  thorow  the  wicked  accusations 
 which  Alcimus  made  of  Nicanor,  he  was  so 
 prouoked,  that  he  wrote  vnto  Nicanor,  say- 
 enge  :  that  he  was  very  angrie  for  the  frend- 
 shipe  and  agrement,  which  he  had  made  with 
 Machabeus.  Neuertheles  he  commaunded 
 him  in  all  the  haist,  that  he  shulde  take 
 Machabeus  presoner,  and  sende  him  to 
 Antioche. 
 
 Which  lettres  when  Nicanor  had  sene,  he 
 was  at  his  wittes  ende,  and  sore  greued,  that 
 he  shulde  breake  the  thinges,  wherin  they  had 
 agreed :  specially,  seynge  Machabeus  was  the 
 man,  that  neuer  dyd  him  harme.  But  be- 
 cause he  might  not  withstonde  the  kynge,  he 
 sought  oportunite  to  fulfil  his  commaunde- 
 ment. Notwithstondinge  when  Machabeus 
 sawe  that  Nicanor  beganne  to  be  churlish 
 vnto  him,  and  that  he  intreated  him  more 
 rughly  then  he  was  wonte,  he  perceaued  that 
 soch  vnkyndnes  came  not  of  good,  and  ther- 
 fore  he  gathered  a  few  of  his  men,  and  with- 
 drewe  himself  fro  Nicanor.  Which  when  he 
 knewe  that  Machabeus  had  manfiilly  pre- 
 uented  him,  he  came  in  to  the  greate  and 
 most  holy  temple :  and  commaunded  the 
 prestes  (which  were  doynge  their  vsuall 
 ofFeringes)  to  delyuer  him  the  man.  And 
 when  they  sware  that  they  coude  not  tell, 
 where  the  ma  was  who  he  sought,  he  stretched 
 out  his  honde,  and  made  an  ooth,  sayenge : 
 Yf  ye  wyll  not  delyuer  me  ludas  *captyue,  I 
 shall  remoue  this  temple  of  God  in  to  the 
 playne  felde,  I  shal  breake  downe  the  aulter, 
 and  consecrate  this  teple  vnto  Bachus.  After 
 these  wordes  he  departed. 
 
 Then  the  prestes  lift  vp  their  hondes  to- 
 warde  heauen,  and  besought  him  that  was 
 euer  the  defender  of  their  people,  sayenge : 
 
 JF 
 
ijfo.  dvvvbt. 
 
 Cl)e  ij.  bokf  of  tl)f  i%lad)abcr2(. 
 
 Cf)ap.  jrb.l 
 
 Thou  o  LOIIDE  of  all,  which  hast  nede  of 
 nothinge,  woldest  that  the  temple  of  thy  ha- 
 bitacion  shulde  be  amonge  vs.  Therfore 
 now  (o  most  holy  LORDE)  kepe  this  "house 
 euer  vndefyled,  which  lately  was  clensed. 
 Now  was  there  accused  vnto  Nicanor,  one 
 Razis  an  Alderman  of  lerusalem,  a  louer  of 
 the  whole  cite,  and  a  man  of  good  reporte : 
 which  for  the  kynde  hart  that  he  bare  vnto 
 the  people,  was  called  a  father  of  f  lewes. 
 This  man  oft  tymes  (when  the  lewes  were 
 mynded  to  kepe  them  selues  vndefyled)  de- 
 fended and  delyuered  them,  beynge  content 
 stedfastly  to  spende  his  body  and  his  life  for 
 his  people. 
 
 So  Nicanor  wyllinge  to  declare  the  hate, 
 that  he  bare  to  the  lewes,  sent  fyue  hundreth 
 men  to  take  him :  for  he  thought,  yf  he  gat 
 him,  he  shulde  brynige  the  lewes  in  greate 
 decaye.  Now  when  the  people  beganne  to 
 ruszshe  in  at  his  house,  to  breake  the  dores, 
 and  to  set  fyre  on  it :  he  beynge  now  taken, 
 wolde  haue  defended  himself  with  his  swearde : 
 chosinge  rather  to  dye  manfully,  then  to  yelde 
 himselfe  to  those  wicked  doers :  and  because 
 of  his  noble  stocke,  he  had  rather  haue  bene 
 put  to  extreme  cruelte. 
 
 Notwithstondynge  what  tyme  as  he  myssed 
 of  his  stroke  for  haist,  and  the  multitude 
 fell  in  violently  betwixte  the  dores :  he 
 rane  boldly  to  y  wall,  5  cast  himself  dow'ne 
 manfully  amonge  the  heape  of  them,  which 
 gaue  soone  place  to  his  fall,  so  that  he  fell 
 vpon  his  bely.  Neuerthelesse  whyle  there 
 was  yet  breath  within  him,  he  was  kyndled 
 in  his  mynde:  and  whyle  his  blonde  guszshed 
 out  exceadingly  (for  he  was  very  sore  wounded) 
 he  ranne  thorow  the  myddest  of  y  people,  and 
 gat  him  to  the  toppe  of  a  rocke.  So  when 
 his  bloude  was  now  gone,  he  toke  out  his 
 owne  bowels  with  both  his  hondes,  and  threw 
 them  vpon  the  people :  callinge  \'pon  the 
 LORDE  of  life  and  sprete,  to  rewarde  him 
 this  agayne,  and  so  he  dyed. 
 
 €i)c  yb.  Cl)aptfr. 
 
 NOW  when  Nicanor  knewe  that  ludas 
 was  in  the  countre  of  *  Samaria,  he 
 thought  with  all  his  power  to  strike  a  felde 
 with  him  \'pon  a  Sabbath  daye.  Neuerthe- 
 lesse the  lewes  that  were  compelled  to  go 
 with  him,  sayed:    O   do  not  so  cruelly  and 
 
 -iMac.  4.  e.    2iMac.  10.  a.         »  1  Alac.  7.  d. 
 
 vnkyndly,  but  halowe  y  Sabbath  daye,  and 
 worshipe  him  that  seyth  all  thinges.  For  all 
 this,  yet  sayed  the  vngracious  personne :  '  Is 
 there  a  mightie  one  in  heauen,  that  com- 
 maunded  the  Sabbath  daye  to  be  kepte  ? 
 And  when  they  sayde  :  yee  the  lyuynge  God, 
 the  mightie  LORDE  in  heauen  commaunded 
 the  seuenth  daye  to  be  kepte,''  he  sayde :  And 
 I  am  mightie  vpon  earth,  to  commaunde  them 
 for  to  arme  them  selues,  and  to  perfourme 
 the  kynges  busynesse.  Notwithstondinge  he 
 might  not  haue  his  purpose. 
 
 Nicanor  had  deuysed  with  greate  pryde  to 
 ouercome  ludas,  and  to  brynge  awaye  y  vic- 
 tory. But  Machabeus  had  euer  a  fast  con- 
 fidece  and  a  parfecte  hope  in  God  that  he 
 wolde  helpe  him,  and  exorted  his  people,  not 
 to  be  afrayed  at  the  commyTige  of  the  Heithen : 
 but  allwaye  to  remembre  the  helpe  that  had 
 bene  shewed  vnto  them  from  heauen,  yee  and 
 to  be  sure  now  also,  y  Allmightie  God  wolde 
 geue  them  the  vdctory.  He  spake  vnto  them 
 out  of  the  lawe  and  prophetes,  puttinge  them 
 in  remembraunce  of  the  battayls,  that  they 
 had  striken  afore,  (j  made  them  to  be  of  a 
 good  corage. 
 
 So  when  their  hartes  were  plucte  vp,  he 
 shewed  them  also  the  disceatfulnesse  of  the 
 Heithen,  and  how  they  wolde  kepe  no  coue- 
 naunt  ner  ooth.  Thus  he  weapened  the  not 
 with  the  armoure  of  shylde  and  speare,  but 
 with  wholsome  wordes  and  exortacions.  He 
 shewed  them  a  dreame  also,  wherthorow  he 
 made  them  all  glad,  which  was  this :  He 
 thought  that  he  sawe  Onias  (which  had  bene 
 hye  prest,  a  vertuous  g  louynge  man,  sad,  and 
 of  honest  conuersacion,  well  spoken,  and  one 
 that  had  bene  exercised  in  godlynes  fro  a 
 childe)  holcUnge  vp  his  hodes  towarde  heauen, 
 and  prayenge  for  his  people.  After  this  there 
 apeared  ^Tito  him  another  ma,  which  was 
 aged,  honorable  and  glorious.  And  Onias 
 sayde:  This  is  a  louer  of  the  brethren,  and  of 
 the  people  of  Israel.  This  is  he  that  prayeth 
 moch  for  the  people,  and  for  all  the  holy  cite: 
 leremy  the  prophet  of  God.  He  thought 
 also  y  leremy  helde  out  his  right  hode,  and 
 gaue  him  (namely  vnto  ludas)  a  swearde  of 
 golde,  sayenge :  Take  this  holy  swearde,  a 
 gifte  from  God,  wherwith  thou  shalt  smjte 
 downe  the  enemies  of  the  people  of  Israel. 
 
 And  so  they  were  wel  conforted  thorow  the 
 
Cftap,  vfa> 
 
 €\)t  ij.  bo'kt  of  tf)^  iHad)ab«si, 
 
 fo,  dmtij. 
 
 wordes  of  ludas,  and  toke  corage  vnto  the,  so 
 that  the  yonge  men  were  detenned  in  their 
 myndes  to  fight,  d  to  byde  styfly  at  it :  In  so 
 moch  that  in  the  thinges  which  they  toice  in 
 honde,  their  boldnesse  shewed  the  same, 
 because  the  holy  cite  and  the  temple  were  in 
 parell :  for  the  which  they  toke  more  care, 
 then  for  their  wyues,  children,  brethre  and 
 kynsfolkes.  Agayne,  they  that  were  in  the 
 cite,  were  most  carefull  for  those  which  were 
 to  fight.  Now  when  they  were  all  in  a  hope 
 that  the  iudgment  of  the  matter  was  at  hode, 
 and  the  enemies  drew  nye,  the  boost  beynge 
 set  in  araye,  the  Elephantes  and  horsme 
 euery  one  stondinge  in  his  place:  Machabeus 
 considered  the  commynge  of  the  multitude, 
 the  ordinaunce  of  dyuerse  weapens,  the  cruel- 
 nesse  of  the  beestes,  and  helde  vp  his  hondes 
 towarde  heauen,  callinge  vpon  the  LORDE 
 that  doth  wonders,  which  geueth  not  the 
 victory  after  the  "multitude  of  weapens  and 
 power  of  the  boost  (but  to  them  that  please 
 him)  acordinge  to  his  owne  will.  Therfore 
 in  his  prayer  he  sayde  these  wordes : 
 
 *0  LORDE,  thou  that  diddest  sende  thine 
 angell  in  the  tyme  of  Ezechias  kynge  of  luda, 
 and  in  the  boost  of  Sennacherib  slewest  an 
 hundreth  and  fyue  and  foure  score  thousande: 
 sende  now  also  thy  good  angell  before  vs 
 (o  LORDE  of  heauens)  in  the  fearfulnesse 
 and  drede  of  thy  mightie  arme,  that  they 
 which  come  agaynst  thy  holy  people  to  blas- 
 pheme them,  maye  be  afrayed.  And  so  he 
 made  an  ende  of  his  wordes.  Then  Nicanor 
 and  they  that  were  with  him,  drew  nye  with 
 shawmes  and  songes :  but  ludas  and  his  com- 
 pany with  prayer  and  callinge  vpon  God. 
 
 •2Pa.  14.  c.     Iudic.7.b. 
 
 With  their  hondes  they  smote,  but  with 
 their  hertes  they  prayed  vnto  the  LORDE, 
 and  slewe  no  lesse  then  xxxv.  M.  me :  For 
 thorow  the  present  helpe  of  God  they  were 
 gloriously  conforted. 
 
 Now  when  they  left  of,  and  were  turninge 
 agayne  with  ioye,  they  vnderstode  that  Nica- 
 nor himself  was  slayne  with  the  other.  Then 
 they  gaue  a  greate  shoute  and  a  crie,  praysinge 
 the  allmighty  LORDE  with  a  loude  voyce. 
 And  ludas  (which  was  euer  ready  to  spende 
 his  body  and  life  for  his  citesyns)  com- 
 maunded  to  smyte  of  Nicanors  heade,  with 
 his  arme  and  honde,  and  to  be  brought  to 
 Jerusalem.  When  he  came  there,  he  called 
 aU  the  people,  and  the  prestes  at  the  aulter 
 with  those  that  were  in  f  castell,  and  shewed 
 them  Nicanors  heade,  and  his  wicked  honde, 
 which  he  had  presumptuously  holden  vp 
 agaynst  the  temple  of  God.  He  caused  y 
 tonge  also  of  that  vngodly  Nicanor  to  be  cut 
 in  litle  peces,  and  to  be  cast  to  the  foules,  and 
 the  eruell  mans  honde  to  be  hanged  vp  before 
 the  temple. 
 
 So  euery  man  gaue  thankes  vnto  y  LORDE, 
 saienge :  blessed  be  he,  that  hath  kepte  his 
 place  vndefyled. 
 
 As  for  Nicanors  heade,  he  hanged  it  vp 
 vpo  the  bye  castell,  for  an  euydent  and  playne 
 token  of  the  helpe  of  God.  And  so  they 
 agreed  all  together,  to  kepe  that  daye  holy : 
 namely  y  xiij.  daye  of  y  moneth  Adar,  which 
 in  y  Syrias  language  is  called  y  nexte  daye 
 before  Mardocheus  daye.  Thus  was  Nicanor 
 slayne,  and  from  that  tyme  forth  the  lewes 
 had  the  cite  in  possession :  And  here  wil  I 
 now  make  an  ende. 
 
 '  4  Reg.  19.  g.     Esa.  37.  f.     1  Mac.  7.  e.     2  Ma.  8.  d. 
 
 €f)t  eitiie  of  tf)t  Eiecontre  boke  of  tf)t  iilarftabeeg. 
 
Cfte  neto  testament 
 
 €\)t  ffosprll  of  J>.  iHatftrio, 
 CI)C  gosprll  of  ^.  i¥larke, 
 Cfte  gosipell  of  ^.  iLukf. 
 Ct)t  goEipell  of  ^.  Sftoiu 
 CJbf  9icU£»  of  tl)t  apositksf, 
 
 ^Jt  t|)i0tk0  of  ^.  Paul 
 
 CI)t  rpistic  bnto  tht  iKomapncsJ* 
 
 Cbt  firsit  anti  si^toittif  fpisitle  to  tfte  Corintftiand, 
 
 Cl)r  episitle  to  tfte  (galat&iansf, 
 
 CJ)e  fpisitle  to  tfte  OJpftesiians;. 
 
 Cfte  tpistlt  to  tfje  pf)ili;ppiansf, 
 
 €f)t  tpi'stk  to  tlbe  ColosisJiansi. 
 
 €i)t  firsit  aitJi  strolre  tpisitk  to  tfte  Cfeisfaloniansf* 
 
 Cbt  ttrsit  aitU  gerontie  ^pisitlc  bnto  Cpmotftp. 
 
 Cl)t  fpi'sitle  bnto  Citusi, 
 
 Cftr  epistle  bnto  pibileinon, 
 
 3Pbe  firsit  antr  seronlJe  epistle  of  ^,  peter, 
 
 €t)t  tf)re  episitles!  of  ^*  3l)on, 
 
 €t)t  epi'Stle  bnto  t\)t  ?^ebruesi. 
 
 C&e  epiStle  of  ^,  Staines. 
 
 Cfje  epistle  of  ^.  3uiie. 
 
 Clbe  i^uelation  of  ^*  3^on, 
 
Zi)t  go^ptll  of  S:.  iWatl^eto. 
 
 mfynt  ^,  iMatfteto  wnUpiwti). 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 The   genealogy   of  Christ,  and  mariage   of  his 
 mother  Mary.     The  angell  satisfieth  losephs 
 mynde. 
 
 Ci)ap.    II. 
 
 The  tyme  (j  place  of  Christes  byrth.  The  wyse 
 men  ofre  their  presentes,  Christ  flyeth  in  to 
 Egipte,  the  yonge  childern  are  slayne.  Christ 
 turneth  in  to  Galilee. 
 
 Ci&ap.   III. 
 
 The  baptyme,  preachinge  and  office  of  Ihon,  and 
 
 how  Christ  was  baptysed  of  him  in  lordan. 
 
 Ci)ap.  nil. 
 
 Christ  fasteth  and  is  tempted  :  he  calleth  Peter, 
 Andrew,  lames  and  Ihon,  5  healeth  all  the 
 sicke. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 In  this  Chapter  and  in  the  two  next  folowinge  is 
 conteyned  the  most  excellet  and  louynge  Ser- 
 mon of  Christ  in  the  mount :  Which  sermon  is 
 the  very  keye  that  openeth  the  vnderstondinge 
 in  to  the  lawe.  In  this  fifth  chapter  specially 
 he  preacheth  of  the  VIII.  beatitudes  or  bless- 
 inges,  of  manslaughter,  wrath  and  anger  :  of 
 aduoutrie,  of  swearinge,  of  suffringe  wronge, 
 and  of  loue  euen  towarde  a  mans  enemies. 
 
 C^ap.   VI. 
 Of  Almes,  prayer  and  fastinge.     He  forbyddeth 
 the  carefuU  sekynge  of  wordly  thinges. 
 
 Ci)ap.   VII. 
 
 He  forbyddeth  fooliszh  and  temerarious  iudgment, 
 reproueth  ypocrisie,  exorteth  vnto  prayer,  war- 
 neth  to  bewarre  of  false  prophetes,  and  so 
 concludeth  his  sermon. 
 
 Ci^ap.    VIII. 
 
 Christ  clenseth  the  leper,  healeth  the  captaynes 
 seruaunt  and  many  other  diseases  :  helpeth 
 Peters  mother  in  lawe,  stilleth  the  see  and  the 
 wynde,  and  dryueth  the  deuels  out  of  the 
 possessed  in  to  the  swyne. 
 
 Cijap.  IX. 
 
 He  healeth  the  palsye,  calleth  Mathew  from  the 
 custome,  answereth  for  his  disciples,  healeth 
 the  woman  of  the  bloude  yssue,  helpeth  lairus 
 doughter,  geueth  ij.  blyndmen  their  sight, 
 maketh  a  domme  man  to  speaks,  dryueth  out 
 a  deuell. 
 
 C{)ap.  X. 
 
 Christ  sendeth  out  his  Xij.  Apostles  to  preach  in 
 Jewry,  geueth  them  a  charge,  teacheth  them, 
 5  comforteth  them  agaynst  persecucion  and 
 trouble. 
 
 Cl)ap.   XI. 
 
 Ihon  baptist  sendeth  his  disciples  vnto  Christ, 
 which  geueth  them  their  answere,  rebuketh  the 
 vnthakfuU  cities,  and  louyngly  exorteth  men 
 to  take  his  yock  vpon  them. 
 
K\)t  gosipfU  of  ^.  iWatlKto. 
 
 Cibap-  XII. 
 The  disciples  plucke  the  eares  of  corne,  he 
 excuseth  theni,healeth  the  dried  hande,  helpeth 
 the  possessed  that  was  biynde  and  dome, 
 rebuketh  the  vnfaithfuU  that  wolde  nedes  haue 
 tokens,  and  sheweth  who  is  his  brother,  sister 
 and  mother. 
 
 €f)ap.    XIII 
 
 The  parable  of  the  sede,  of  the  tares,  of  the 
 mustarde  sede,  of  the  leuen,  of  the  treasure 
 hyd  in  the  felde,  of  the  perles,  and  of  the 
 nett. 
 
 €i)ap.   XIIII. 
 
 Ihon  is  taken  and  headed,  Christ  fedeth  fyue 
 thousande  men  with  v.  loaiies  and  two  fishes, 
 and  apeareth  by  night  vnto  his  disciples  vpon 
 the  see. 
 
 Cljap.    XV. 
 
 Christ  excuseth  his  disciples,  and  rebuketh  the 
 scrybes  and  pharises  for  transgressinge  Gods 
 c5maundement  thorow  their  owne  tradicions. 
 The  thinge  that  goeth  in  to  the  mouth  defyleth 
 not  the  mii.  He  delyuereth  the  woman  of 
 Cananees  daughter,  healeth  the  multitude,  and 
 with  vij.  loaues  and  a  fewe  litle  fishes  fedeth 
 iiij.  M.  men,  besyde  wemen  a  children. 
 
 Cljap.   XVI. 
 
 The   Pharises   requyre  a  token.     lesus  warneth 
 
 his  disciples   of  the   pharises  doctrine.     The 
 
 confession   of  peter.     The  keyes   of  heauen. 
 
 The  faithfull  must  beare  the  crosse  after  Christ. 
 
 €f)ap.   XVII. 
 
 The  transfiguracion  of  Christ  vpo  the  mount  of 
 Tabor.  He  healeth  the  lunatike  and  payeth 
 tribute. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVIII. 
 He  teacheth   his  disciples  to   be   humble,  and 
 harmlesse,  to  avoyde  occasios   of   euel,  and 
 one  to  forgeue  anothers  offence. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XIX. 
 
 Christ  geueth  answere  concernynge  mariagc,  (j 
 teacheth  not  to  be  carefull  ner  to  loue  worldly 
 riches. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XX 
 
 Christ  teacheth  by  a  similitude  that  God  is  detter 
 vnto  no  man,  and  how  he  is  allwaye  callinge 
 me  to  his  laboure.  He  teacheth  his  disciples 
 to  be  lowlv,  d  geueth  ij.  biynde  men  their 
 sight. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XXI. 
 He  rydeth  in  to  lerusalem,  dryueth  the  mar- 
 chauntes  out  of  the  temple,  curseth  the  fyge 
 tre,  and  rebuketh  the  Pharises  with  the  simili- 
 tude of  the  ij.  sonnes  and  of  the  huszband- 
 men,  that  slew  soch  as  were  sent  vnto  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XXII. 
 
 The  mariage  of  the  kynges  sonne.  Tribute  to 
 be  geue  to  the  Emperoure.  Christ  confuteth 
 the  opynion  of  the  Saduces  cocernynge  the 
 resurreccio,  and  answereth  the  scrybe  vnto  his 
 questyon. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 
 Christ  crieth  wo  ouer  the  pharises  scribes  and 
 ypocrites,  and  prophecieth  the  destruccion  of 
 
 lerusalem. 
 
 Cl)ap.  xxiin. 
 
 Christ  sheweth  his  disciples  the  destruccion  of 
 the  temple,  the  ende  of  the  worlde,  the  tokens 
 of  the  latter  dayes,  and  warneth  the  to  wake, 
 for  the  worlde  shal  sodely  perish. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXV. 
 
 The  X.  virgins,  the  talentes  delyuered  to  the 
 seruauntes,  and  of  the  generall  iudgment. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXVI. 
 
 The  Magdalene  anoynteth  Christ.  They  eate  the 
 easier  lambe  and  the  supper  of  the  LORDE, 
 Christ  prayeth  in  the  garden,  ludas  betraieth 
 him,  Peter  smyteth  of  Malcus  eare,  Christ  is 
 accused  by  false  wytnesses.  Peter  denyeth 
 him. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXVII. 
 
 Christ  is  delyuered  vnto  Pilate.  ludas  hangeth 
 himself.  Christ  is  crucified  amoge  theues,  he 
 dyeth  and  is  buried.  Watchmen  kepe  the 
 graue. 
 
 cijap.  xxvni. 
 
 The  resurreccio  of  Christ.  The  hye  prestes  geue 
 the  soudiers  large  moneye,  to  sale  that  Christ 
 was  stoUc  out  of  his  graue.  Christ  appeareth  to 
 his  disciples,  and  sendeth  them  forth  to  preach 
 and  to  baptyse. 
 
Wi)t  QOtiptl  of  S:.  iHatljtto. 
 
 Zorobabel  begat  Abiud: 
 
 Cf)t  fir^t  Ci)apUr. 
 
 Abiud  begat  Eliachim : 
 
 a 
 
 '■  1  "'HIS  is  the  boke  of  the  generacion  of 
 X     lesus   Christ"  f  sonne  of  Dauid,  the 
 
 Eliachim  begat  Azor: 
 
 Azor  begat  Sadoc : 
 
 Sonne   of  Abraham.     ''Abraha  begat  Isaac: 
 
 Sadoc  begat  Achin : 
 
 Isaac  begat  lacob  :    lacob  begat  ludas  5  his 
 
 Achin  begat  Eliud : 
 
 brethre : 
 
 Eliud  begat  Eleasar . 
 
 ludas'  begat  Phares  5  Zara  of  Thamar: 
 
 Eleasar  begat  Matthan : 
 
 Phares''  begat  Hesrom: 
 
 Matthan  begat  lacob : 
 
 Hesrom"  begat  Aratn : 
 
 lacob  begat  loseph  the  huszbande  of  Mary, 
 
 Aram-''  begat  Aminadab : 
 
 of  who  was  borne  that  lesus,  which  is  called 
 
 Aminadab*'  begat  Naasson : 
 
 Christ. 
 
 Naasson  begat  Salmon : 
 
 All  the  generacions  from  Abraha  to  Dauid 
 
 Salmon  begat  Boos  of  Rahab : 
 
 are  fourtene  generacions :    From  Dauid  vnto 
 
 Boos  begat  Obed  of  Ruth : 
 
 the  captiuite  of  Babylon,  are  fourtene  gene- 
 
 Obed begat  lesse : 
 
 racions.     From  the  captiuite  of  Babylon  vnto 
 
 lesse*  begat  Dauid  the  kynge : 
 
 Christ,  are  also  fourtene  generacions. 
 
 Dauid"  the  kynge  begat  Salomon,  of  her 
 
 The  byrth  of  Christ  was  on  thys  wyse : 
 
 c 
 
 that  was  the  wyfe  of  Vry : 
 
 '  When  his  mother  Mary  was  maried  to  loseph 
 
 Salomon  begat  Roboam : 
 
 *  before  they  came  together,  she  was  foude 
 
 Roboam  begat  Abia: 
 
 with  chylde  by  y  holy  goost.     But  loseph  her 
 
 Abia  begat  Asa : 
 
 huszbande  was  a  perfect  man,  and  wolde  not 
 
 Asa  begat  losaphat : 
 
 bringe  her  to  shame,  but  was  mynded  to  put 
 
 B 
 
 losaphat  begat  loram  : 
 loram  begat  Osias : 
 Osias*  begat  loatham: 
 loatham'  begat  Achas: 
 Achas"'  begat  Ezechias: 
 Ezechias"  begat  Manasses: 
 Manasses"  begat  Amon : 
 Amon'  begat  losias: 
 
 losias'    begat    lechonias    and    his    brethren 
 aboute  the  tyme  of  the  captiuyte  of  Babylon. 
 'And  after  the  captiuyte  of  Babylon,  le- 
 chonias begat  Salathiel : 
 Salathiel  begat  Zorobabel: 
 
 »  Luc.  3.  d.              »  Gen.  21.  a.    Gen.  25.  c.     Gen.  29.  f. 
 '  Gen.  38.  e.     ■*  Gen.  46.  b.      '  Ruth  4.  d.      f  2  Par.  2.  a. 
 sNum.  l.a.        *  1  Reg.  16.  a.         '  2  Re.  12.  e.     1  Par. 
 3.  b.    3  Re.  11.  g.           '2  Par.  26.  d.          '  2  Pa.  27.  b. 
 '"  y  Par.  28.  d.             "4,  Re.  20.  c.                 »  4  Re.  21.  d. 
 
 her  awaie  secretely.     Neuertheles  whyle  he 
 thus   thought,    beholde,    the   angell   of  the 
 LORDE  appered   vnto   him    in  a  dreame, 
 saynge:    loseph  thou  sonne  of  Dauid,  feare 
 not  to  take  vnto  the  Mary  thy  wyfe.     For 
 that  which  is  coceaued  in  her,  is  of  y  holy 
 goost.     She  shall  brynge  forth  a  sonne,  and 
 thou  shalt  call  his  name  lesus.'     For  he  shall 
 saue  his  people  from  their  synnes. 
 
 All  this  was  done,  y  the  thinge  might,  be 
 fulfilled,  which  was  spoken  of  the  LORDE 
 by  the  Prophet,  saynge  :   "  Beholde,  a  mayde 
 shall  be  with  chylde,  and  shall  brynge  forth  a 
 
 ?4Re.  21.e.           ?  4  Re.  23.  f.  24,  25.           ■■  1  Par.  3.  c. 
 Agg.  1.  a.     lEsd.3.  a.          '  Luc.  1.  b.          •  Some  reade 
 before  they  sat  at  home  together.       '  Phi.  2.  a.    Act.  4.  a. 
 "  Esa.  7.  c. 
 
 130 
 
IjTo.  bi. 
 
 €l)t  (SosptU  of  ^.  itlatbttu. 
 
 C&ap.  ij. 
 
 soniie,  and  they  shall  call  his  name  Emanuel, 
 which  is  by  interpretacion,  God  with  vs. 
 
 Now  whan  loseph  awoke  out  of  slepe  he 
 did  as  the  angell  of  f  LORDE  bade  hym, 
 and  toke  his  wyfe  \iito  hym,  and  knewe  her 
 not,  tyll  she  had  brought  forth  hir  fyrst  borne 
 Sonne,"  and  called  his  name  lesus. 
 
 CJjt  ij.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 WHEN  lesus  was  borne  at  Bethlee  in 
 lury,  in  the  t)Tne  of  Herode  the 
 kynge,  Ik'h'olde,  there  came  W7se  men  from 
 the  east  to  lerusale,  saynge:  Where  is  the 
 new  borne  kynge  of  the  lues?  We  haue 
 sene  liis  starre  in  the  east,  and  are  come  to 
 worship  him. 
 
 When  Herode  f  kjTige  had  herde  thys,  he 
 was  troubled,  %  all  lerusale  with  hym,  and  he 
 gathered  all  the  hye  Prestes  and  Scribes  of  y 
 people,  and  axed  of  them,  where  Christ  shulde 
 be  borne.  And  they  sayde  vnto  hym:  at 
 Bethleem  in  lury.  For  thus  it  is  written  by 
 the  Prophet:  *And  thou  Bethleem  in  the 
 londe  of  lurj',  art  not  the  leest  amonge  the 
 Princes  of  luda.  'For  out  of  y  shall  come 
 vnto  me  the  captayne,  that  shall  gouerne  my 
 people  Israel. 
 
 Then  Herod  preuely  called  the  wyse  men, 
 and  dyligently  enquyred  of  them,  what  tyme 
 the  starre  appered,  and  sent  them  to  Bethleem, 
 Go,  and  searche  dyligently  for  the 
 chylde.  And  when  ye  haue  founde  hym, 
 bringe  me  worde  agayne,  that  I  maye  come 
 and  worshippe  hjTii  also. 
 
 When  they  had  heard  the  kynge,  they  de- 
 parted: and  lo,  the  starre  which  they  sawe  in 
 the  east,  went  before  them,  tyll  it  came,  and 
 stode  ouer  the  place  where  the  chylde  was. 
 When  they  sawe  the  starre,  they  were  mar- 
 uelously  glad :  and  went  into  the  house,  and 
 found  the  chylde  with  Mary  his  mother,  and 
 knelcd  downe  and  worshipped  hym,''  j  opened 
 ther  treasures,  and  offred  vnto  hym  gyftes : 
 gold,  franckynsence  and  myrre.  And  after 
 they  were  warned  of  God  in  a  dreame,  that 
 they  shuld  not  go  ageine  to  Herod,  they 
 returned  into  their  awne  countre  another 
 waye. 
 
 When  they  were  departed:  beholde,  the 
 angell  of  the  LORDE  appered  to  loseph  in 
 a  dreame,  sayinge :  aryse,  and  take  the  chylde 
 
 "  Luc.  2.  a.  »  Mich.  5.  a. 
 
 71.  b.    Esa.  60.  a.     '  Exo.  4.  d. 
 
 '  lohan.T.d.         ''  Psal. 
 /Ozeell.a.   Nu.24.b. 
 
 and  his  mother,  and  flye  into  Egypte,  'and 
 abyde  there  tyll  I  brynge  the  worde.  For 
 Herod  wyl  seke  the  chylde  to  destroye  hym. 
 The  he  arose,  and  toke  the  chylde  and  his 
 mother  by  night,  and  departed  into  Egj'pte, 
 and  was  there  \iito  y  deeth  of  Herod,  that  the 
 thinge  might  be  fulfylled  which  was  spoke  of 
 the  LORDE,  by  the  Prophet,  which  sayeth: 
 ''out  of  Egypte  haue  I  called  my  sonne. 
 
 Then  Herod  perceauynge  y  he  was  dis- 
 ceaued  of  the  wyse  men,  was  excedynge 
 wroth,  and  sent  forth,  and  slue  all  the  chyl- 
 dren  that  were  in  Bethleem,  and  in  all  the 
 coastes  there  of,  as  many  as  were  two  yere 
 olde  and  vnder,  accordynge  to  the  tyme 
 which  he  had  diligently  searched  out  of  the 
 wyse  men. 
 
 Then  was  y  fulfilled  which  was  spoken  by 
 f  Prophet  leremy  sayinge : '  On  y  hilles  was 
 a  voyce  herde,  greate  moumynge,  wepynge, 
 (t  lamentacion :  Rachel  wepynge  for  her  chyl- 
 dren,  and  wolde  not  be  conforted,  because 
 they  were  not. 
 
 When  Herode  was  deed:  beholde,  an  angell 
 of  the  LORDE  appered  in  a  dreame  to  loseph 
 in  Egypte,  sajnnge :  arise  and  take  the  chylde 
 and  his  mother,  and  go  in  to  y  londe  of 
 Israel.  For  they  are  deed,  which  sought  the 
 chyldes  life.  And  he  arose  vp,  and  toke  f 
 chylde  and  his  mother,  j  came  into  the  londe 
 of  Israel.  But  whe  he  herde  that  Archelaus 
 did  raygne  in  lury,  in  f  rowme  of  his  father 
 Herode,  he  was  afrayde  to  go  thither.  Not- 
 withstondinge  after  he  was  warned  of  God  in 
 a  dreame,  he  turned  asyde  into  the  parties  of 
 Galile,  and  went  and  dwelt  in  a  cite  called 
 Nazareth,''  to  fulfill  y  which  was  spoken  by  the 
 Prophetes:  he  shalbe  called  a  Nazarite. 
 
 €})t  it).  Ci^apter. 
 
 IN  those  dayes  Ihon  the  Baptyst  came  and 
 preached  in  the  wildemes  of  lury,  saynge : 
 Amede  youre  selues,  the  kyngdome  of  heuen 
 is  at  honde.'  This  is  he,  of  whom  it  is  spoke 
 by  y  Prophet  Esay,  which  sayeth :  The 
 voyce  of  a  cr)er  in  y  \vyldemes,  prepare  the 
 LORDES  waye,  and  make  his  pathes  straight. 
 This  Ihon  had  his  garment  of  camels  heer, 
 and  a  lethre  gerdell  aboute  his  lopies.*  Hys 
 meate  was  locustes  and  wylde  hony.  Then 
 went  out  to  hym  lerusalem,  and  all  lurj',  and 
 
 slere.  31.  c.      *  ludic.  13. b.      'Math.  4. b.    lohan.  l.b. 
 Esai.  40.  a.  '  4  Reg.  1.  b.     Marc.  1.  a. 
 
Cftap,  inj. 
 
 Cf)e  goeipell  of  ^,  i¥latftet». 
 
 jTo.  bij. 
 
 all  the  region  rounde  aboute  Jordan,  and 
 were  baptised  of  him  in  Jordan,  cofessynge 
 their  synnes. 
 
 Now  when  he  sawe  many  of  the  Pharises 
 and  of  y  Saduces  come  to  hys  baptim,  he 
 sayde  vnto  them :  ye  generacio  of  vipers,  who 
 hath  certified  you,  that  ye  shal  escape  y 
 vengeaunce  to  come?  Bewarre,  brynge  forth 
 due  frutes  of  pennaunce.  Thinke  not  now, 
 to  saye  in  your  selues,  we  haue  Abraham  to 
 oure  father.  For  I  saye  vnto  you,  that  God 
 is  able  of  these  stones  to  rayse  vp  chyldren 
 vnto  Abraham.  Euen  now  is  the  axe  put 
 vnto  f  rote  of  the  trees:  therfore  *euery  tre 
 .vhich  bringeth  not  forth  good  frute,  shalbe 
 hewe  downe,  and  cast  into  the  fyre. 
 
 I  baptise  you  with  water  to  repentaunce: 
 but  he  that  cometh  after  me,  is  myghtier  the 
 I,'  whose  shues  I  am  not  worthy  to  beare. 
 He  shall  baptise  you  with  y  holy  goost  s  with 
 fyre:  which  hath  also  his  fan  in  his  bond,  and 
 will  pourge  his  floore,  and  gadre  the  wheet 
 into  his  garner,  (j  will  burne  f  chaffe  with 
 vnquencheable  fyre.'' 
 
 Then  came  lesus  from  Galile  to  Jordan,^ 
 vnto  Ihon,  to  be  baptised  of  hjm.  But  Iho 
 forbade  hym,  saynge :  I  haue  nede  to  be  bap- 
 tysed  of  the :  and  commest  thou  to  me  ?  lesus 
 answered  g  sayd  vnto  hym :  Let  it  be  so  now. 
 For  thus  it  be  commeth  vs  to  fulfyU  all 
 righteousnes.  Then  he  sufFred  hym.  •'^And 
 lesus  assone  as  he  was  baptised,  came  straight 
 out  of  the  water.  And  lo,  heue  was  ope  ouer 
 hym :  and  Ihon  sawe  the  spirite  of  God 
 descende  lyke  a  doue,  and  lyght  vpon  hym. 
 And  lo,  there  came  a  voyce  fr5  heue  sayng : 
 *Thys  ys  that  my  beloued  sonne,  in  whom  is 
 my  delyte. 
 
 W^e  Hi).  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 THEN  was  lesus  ledd  awaye  of  the  spirite 
 in  to  wildemes,  to  be  tempted  of  the 
 deuyll.  And  when  he  had  fasted  fourtye 
 dayes  and  fourtye  nightes,  he  was  afterward 
 an  hungred.  ''And  the  tepter  came  to  him 
 and  sayde :  yf  thou  be  the  sonne  of  God, 
 conimaunde,  that  these  stones  be  made  breed. 
 He  answered  {j  sayde :  yt  is  wrytte :  '  Man 
 shall  not  lyue  by  bred  onlye,  but  by  euery 
 worde  that  proceadeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. 
 
 ■■  Luc.  3.  b.  »  Matth.  7.  b.  Luc.  3.  b.  '  Marc.  1.  b 
 Luc.  3.  c.    lohan.  1.  c.  ''  Luc.  3.  c.  '  Marc.  1.  a. 
 
 loh.  13.  a.  /  Marc.  1.  a.     Luc.  3.  c.     lohan.  1.  d. 
 
 e  Esa.  42.  a.      Mat.  17.  a.      Luc.   9.  d.      2  Pet.  1.   d. 
 
 Then  the  deuyll  toke  hym  vp  into  the  holy 
 cite,  and  set  hym  on  a  pynacle  of  the  temple, 
 and  sayde  vnto  hym :  yf  thou  be  f  sonne  of 
 God,  cast  thy  sylfe  downe.  *  For  it  is  wrytten : 
 he  shall  geue  his  angels  charge  ouer  the  and 
 with  their  handes  they  shal  holde  the  vp,  that 
 thou  dashe  not  thy  fote  agaynst  a  stone.  And 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  hym :  it  ys  wrytten  also : 
 'Thou  shalt  not  tempte  thy  LORDE  God. 
 
 Agayne,  the  deuyll  toke  hym  vp  and  led 
 hym  in  to  an  excedynge  hye  mountayne,  and 
 shewed  hym  all  the  kyngdomes  of  the  worlde, 
 and  all  the  glorie  of  them,  and  sayde  vnto 
 hym :  all  these  wil  I  geue  the,  yf  thou  wilt 
 fall  downe  and  worship  me.  "Then  sayde 
 lesus  vnto  hjTH :  Auoyde  Sata.  For  it  ys 
 wrytte :  thou  shalt  worshyp  the  LORDE  thy 
 God  and  hym  onely  shalt  thou  serue. 
 
 Then  the  deuell  left  hym,  and  beholde,  the 
 angels  came  and  ministred  vnto  hym. 
 
 "  When  lesus  had  herde  that  Ihon  was 
 taken,  he  departed  into  Galile  and  left 
 Nazareth,  and  went  and  dwelt  in  Capernaum, 
 which  is  a  cite  apon  the  see,  in  the  coostes  of 
 zabulon  and  Neptallm,  y  the  thinge  might 
 be  fulfilled  whiche  was  spoken  by  Esay  the 
 Prophet,  sayinge  :  °  The  londe  of  zabulon  and 
 Neptalim,  the  waye  of  the  see  beyonde  lordan, 
 and  Galile  of  the  Gentyls,  the  people  which 
 sat  in  darknes,  sawe  a  greate  lyght,  5  to  them 
 which  sat  in  the  region  5  shadowe  of  deeth, 
 lyght  is  begone  to  shyne. 
 
 From  that  tyme  forth  beganne  lesus  to 
 preach,  and  to  saye :  Amende  youre  selues, 
 y  kingdome  of  heauen  is  at  honde. 
 
 As  lesus  walked  by  the  see  of  Gralile,  he 
 sawe  two  brethren  :  Simon  which  was  called 
 Peter,  (j  Andrew  his  brother,  castynge  a  net 
 into  y  see,  for  they  were  fiszhers,  and  he 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  folowe  me,  j  I  will  make 
 you  fiszhers  of  me.''  And  they  strayght  waye 
 lefte  their  nettes,  and  folowed  hym. 
 
 And  whan  he  wet  forth  from  thence,  he 
 sawe  other  two  brethren,  lames  the  sonne  of 
 zebede,  and  Ihon  his  brother,  in  the  ship  with 
 zebede  their  father,  mendynge  their  nettes, 
 and  called  them.  'And  they  without  tarynge 
 lefte  f  shyp  and  their  father,  and  folowed  hym. 
 
 And  lesus  went  aboute  all  GaUle,'  teachyng 
 in  their  synagoges,  and  preachynge  the  gospel 
 
 *  Marc.  1.  b.     Luc.  4.  a.  ■  Dut.  8.  a.     Sap.  16.  c 
 
 *  Psnl.  90.  b.  '  Deut.  6.  c.  "■  Deut,  6.  c.  1  Reg.  7.  a 
 "  Marc.  1.  b.  Luc.  4.  b.  °  Luc.  4.  d.  Esa.  9.  a 
 P  lere.ie.c.  Eze.47.b.  «Mat.l9.d.  Luc.5.b.  'MarcLc 
 
jTo.  1)11). 
 
 iEOr  gosprll  of  ^.  iWatftciu. 
 
 CJjap.  b. 
 
 of  tlie  kynpdomc,  and  lioaled  all  manor  of 
 siknes,  5  all  maner  dysi'ases  amonge  the 
 people.  And  his  fame  spred  abrode  through 
 out  all  Siria.  And  they  brought  vnto  hym 
 all  sick  people,  that  were  tiiken  with  diuers 
 diseases  and  gripinges,  and  the  y  were 
 possessed  with  deuils,  (t  those  which  were 
 lunatyke,  and  those  that  had  the  palsie :  (j  he 
 healed  the.  And  ther  folowed  hym  a  greate 
 nombre  of  people,  from  Galile,  a  from  the  ten 
 cities,"  and  from  lerusalem,  and  from  the 
 regions  that  lye  beyonde  lordan. 
 
 €i)t  b.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 WHEN  he  sawe  the  people,  he  went  vp 
 into  a  mountayne :  and  when  he  was 
 set,  his  disciples  came  to  hym,  and  he  opened 
 his  mouth,  and  taught  them,  sayinge :  *  Blessed 
 are  the  poore  in  sprete :  for  theirs  is  the 
 kyngdome  of  heue.  Blessed  are  they  that 
 mourne  :  for  they  shalbe  coforted.'  Blessed 
 are  the  meke :  for  they  shall  inheret  the  erth. 
 Blessed  are  they  which  honger  (j  thyrst  for 
 rightewesnes :  for  they  shalbe  filled.  Blessed 
 are  the  mercifull:  for  they  shall  obteyne 
 mercy.  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  herte :  for 
 they  shall  se  God.  Blessed  are  the  peace- 
 makers :  for  they  shalbe  called  the  chyldren 
 of  God.  Blessed  are  they  which  suffre  per- 
 secucion  for  rightwesnes  sake  :  for  theirs  is 
 the  kyngdome  of  heuen.  '  Blessed  are  ye 
 when  men  reuyle  you,  and  persecute  you, 
 and  falsly  say  all  manner  of  yuell  saynges 
 against  you  for  my  sake.  -'^Reioyce  and  be 
 glad,  for  greate  is  youre  rewarde  in  heue. 
 
 For  so  persecuted  they  the  Prophetes 
 which  were  before  youre  dayes. 
 
 Ye  are  ^  salt  of  the  earth,  but  and  yf  the 
 salt  haue  lost  his  saltnes,  *what  can  be  salted 
 therwith?  It  is  thence  forth  good  for 
 nothynge,  but  to  be  cast  out,  and  to  be 
 trodden  vnder  fote  of  men.  Ye  are  the  light 
 of  the  worlde.  A  cite  that  is  set  on  an  hill, 
 can  not  be  hid:  nether  do  men  lyght  a  candell, 
 and  put  it  vnder  a  buszhell,  but  on  a  candel- 
 stick,  and  it  lighteth  all  that  are  in  the  house. 
 Let  youre  light  so  shyne  before  men,''  that 
 they  maye  se  youre  good  workes,  and  glorify 
 youre  father  which  is  in  heauen. 
 
 '  Marc.  3.  a.  Luc.  6.  b.  »  Luc.  6.  c.  '  Esa.  61.  a. 
 and  66.  b.  "  lere.  ."Jl.  d.  '  1  Pet.  4.  c.  1  Pet.  2.  c. 
 and  3.  c.  /  Act.  5.  e.  «  Marc.  9.  e.    Luc.  14.  d. 
 
 Marc.  4.  b.  Luc.  8.  b.  and  11.  c.     *  Math.  6.  a.  1  Pet.  2.  b. 
 
 '*'"•  '•  «•    2.  c.  d.    Luc.  16.  c.    Luc.  18.  d.    Esa.  40.  a. 
 
 Thinke  not,  that  I  am  come  to  destroye 
 the  lawe,  or  the  Prophetes :'  no,  I  am  not 
 come  to  destroye  them,  but  to  fulfyll  them. 
 For  truly  I  saye  vnto  you :  till  heauen  and 
 earth,  periszhe,  one  iott  or  one  tyttle  of  the 
 lawe  shall  not  escape,  tyll  all  be  fulfilled. 
 
 *  Whosoeuer  breaketh  one  of  these  least 
 comaundmentes,  and  teacheth  me  so,  he 
 shalbe  called  the  leest  in  the  kyngdome  of 
 heauen.  But  whosoeuer  obserueth  and 
 teacheth  the  same  shalbe  called  greate  in  the 
 kyngdome  of  heauen. 
 
 For  I  saye  vnto  you :  excepte  youre 
 rightewesnes  exceade  the  rightewesnes  of  the 
 Scribes  and  Pharises,  ye  can  not  entre  in  to 
 the  kyngdome  of  heauen. 
 
 Ye  haue  herde,  how  it  was  sayde  to  the  of 
 the  olde  tyme :  '  Thou  shalt  not  kyll.  For 
 whosoeuer  kylleth,  shall  be  in  daunger  of 
 iudgement.  But  I  saye  vnto  you  :  whosoeuer 
 is  angrie  with  his  brother,  is  in  daunger  of 
 the  iudgement.  Whosoeuer  sayeth  vnto  his 
 brother :  Racha,  is  in  daunger  of  y  coiisell. 
 But  whosoeuer  sayeth :  thou  foole,  is  in 
 daunger  of  hell  fyre. 
 
 "  Therfore  when  thou  offrest  thy  gift  at  the 
 altare,  and  there  remembrest  that  thy  brother 
 hath  ought  agaynst  the :  leaue  there  thyne 
 offrynge  before  the  altare,  and  go  thy  waye 
 first,  and  reconcyle  thy  selfe  to  thy  brother,  5 
 then  come  and  offre  thy  gyfte. 
 
 "Agre  with  thine  aduersary  quicklye,  whyle 
 thou  art  in  the  waye  with  hym,  lest  that 
 aduersary  deliuer  the  to  the  iudge,  and  the 
 iudge  deliuer  the  to  the  minister,  and  then 
 thou  be  cast  in  to  preson.  I  saye  vnto  the 
 verely:  thou  shalt  not  come  out  thece,  till 
 thou  haue  payed  the  vtmost  farthinge. 
 
 Ye  haue  herde,  how  it  was  sayde  to  them 
 of  olde  tyme :  °  Thou  shalt  not  committe 
 aduoutrie.  But  I  saye  vnto  you,  that  whoso- 
 euer loketh  on  a  wife  lustinge  after  her,  hath 
 committed  aduoutrie  with  hir  already  in  his 
 hert. 
 
 Wherfore  yf  thy  right  eye  ofFende  the, 
 plucke  hym  out,  and  cast  him  from  the. 
 *"  Better  it  is  for  the,  that  one  of  thy  membres 
 periszhe,  then  that  thy  whole  body  shulde  be 
 cast  in   to   hell.     Also   yf  thy   right  honde 
 
 *  laco.  2.  b.  Ezec.  18.b.       '  Exo.  20.  c.  Sl.b.    Leu.  24.  d. 
 Deut.  5.  c.  "'  lob  42.  b.   Mala.  2.  b.  "  Luc.  12.  f. 
 
 Prou.  25.  b.  '   Exo.  20.  c.     Eccl.  41.  c.    lob  31.  a. 
 
 P  Deut.  13.  a.     Marc.  9.  c. 
 
Cftap.  bu 
 
 €\)t  gostpcU  of  ^.  iMatbtU), 
 
 fo,  iv. 
 
 ofifende  the,  cut  hym  of,  and  cast  him  from 
 the.  Better  yt  is  that  one  of  thy  mebres 
 periszh,  the  y  all  thy  body  shulde  be  cast  in 
 to  hell. 
 
 It  is  sayde :  "whosoeuer  putteth  awaye  his 
 wyfe,  let  hym  geue  her  a  testimonyall  of  the 
 deuorcemet.  But  I  saye  vnto  you:  *who- 
 soeuer  putteth  awaye  his  wyfe  (except  it  be 
 for  fornicacio)  causeth  her  to  breake  matry- 
 mony.  And  whosoeuer  maryeth  her  that  is 
 deuorsed,  breaketh  wedlocke. 
 
 Agayne,  ye  haue  herde,  how  it  was  sayde 
 to  the  of  olde  tyme :  'Thou  shalt  not  for- 
 sweare  thy  selfe,  but  shalt  performe  thyne 
 ooth  to  God.  But  I  saye  vnto  you :  sweare 
 not  at  all,  nether  by  heaue,  for  it  is  Godis 
 seate  :  nor  yet  by  the  earth,  for  it  is  his  fote 
 stole :  nether  by  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  the  cyte 
 of  y  greate  kinge  :  nether  shalt  thou  sweare 
 by  thy  heed,  because  thou  canst  not  make 
 one  heer  whyte  or  blacke  :  But  your  com- 
 municacion  shcJbe,  yee,  yee :  nay,  nay.''  For 
 what  soeuer  is  more  then  that,  commeth  of 
 euel. 
 
 Ye  haue  herde  howe  it  is  sayde :  An  eye 
 for  an  eye,  a  toth  for  a  toth.'  But  I  saye 
 vnto  you :  that  ye  resist  not  eueU.  But  who- 
 soeuer geueth  the  a  blowe  on  thy  right  cheke, 
 tume  to  him  the  other  also.  And  yf  eny 
 man  will  sue  the  at  the  lawe,  5  take  awaye 
 thy  coate,  let  him  haue  thy  cloake  also.  And 
 who  so  compeUeth  the  to  go  a  myle,  go  with 
 hym  twayne.  Geue  to  hym  that  axeth  :  and 
 from  hym  that  wolde  borowe,  tume  not 
 awaye. 
 
 Ye  haue  herde,  how  it  is  saide :  -'^thou  shalt 
 loue  thyne  neghboure,  5  hate  thyne  enemy. 
 But  I  saye  vnto  you :  loue  youre  enemies : 
 Blesse  the  that  cursse  you :  *  Do  good  to  the 
 that  hate  you :  Praye  for  the  which  do  you 
 wronge  and  persecute  you,  that  ye  maye  be 
 the  chyldem  of  youre  father  which  is  in 
 heauen :  ''  for  he  maketh  his  sonne  to  aryse  on 
 the  euel  and  on  the  good,  and  sendeth  his 
 rayne  on  the  iust  and  vniuste.  '  For  yf  ye 
 loue  them  which  loue  you,  what  rewarde  shall 
 ye  haue  ?  Do  not  the  Publicans  eue  so  ? 
 And  yf  ye  be  frendly  to  youre  brethren  onlye : 
 what  singuler  thynge  do  ye?     Do  not   the 
 
 »  Deu.  24.  a.  Math.  19.  b.  '  Marc.  10.  a.  Luc.  16.  c. 
 '  Leuit.  19.  c.  Exo.20.  Deu.  10.  d.  laco.  5.  c.  2  Para.  6.  f, 
 Esa.  66.  a.  Mat.  23.  c.  <*  Ephe.  4.  c.  '  Exod.  21.  c 
 Deu.  19.  d.     Leui.  24.  d.     Luc.  6.  c.  /  Leui.  9.  c 
 
 «  Rom.  12.  c.      *■  Deut.  4.  c.      ■  Luc.  6.  c.     '  Leui.  19.  a 
 
 Publicans  also  lyke  wyse  ?  '  Ye  shall  therfore 
 be  perfecte,  euen  as  youre  father  in  heaue  is 
 perfecte. 
 
 €i)t  bf.  Cljapttr. 
 
 TAKE  hede  to  youre  almes,  that  ye  geue 
 it  not  in  the  syght  of  men,  'to  the  intent 
 that  ye  wolde  be  sene  of  them :  or  els,  ye  get 
 no  rewarde  of  youre  father  which  is  in  heauen. 
 When  soeuer  therfore  thou  geuest  thine  almes, 
 thou  shalt  not  make  a  trompet  to  be  blowen 
 before  the,  as  the  ypocrites  do  in  the  synagoges 
 and  in  the  stretes,  for  to  be  praysed  of  me. 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  they  haue  their  re- 
 warde. But  whe  thou  doest  almes,  let  not 
 thy  lefte  hande  knowe,  what  thy  righte  hande 
 doth,  that  thine  almes  maye  be  secrete :  and 
 thy  father  which  seith  in  secrete,  shall  rewarde 
 the  openly. 
 
 ""And  when  thou  prayest,  thou  shalt  not  be 
 as  y^  ypocrytes  are.  For  they  loue  to  stode 
 and  praye  in  the  synagoges,  and  in  the  corners 
 of  the  stretes,  to  be  sene  of  men.  Verely  I 
 sale  vnto  you :  they  haue  their  rewarde.  "  But 
 when  thou  prayest,  entre  in  to  thy  chamber, 
 and  shut  thy  dore  to  the,  (i  praye  to  thy  father 
 which  is  in  secrete :  and  thy  father  which 
 seith  in  secrete,  shall  rewarde  the  openly. 
 
 And  when  ye  praye,  bable  not  moch,  as  f 
 Hethen  do : "  for  they  thinke  that  they  shalbe 
 herde,  for  their  moch  bablynges  sake.  Be 
 not  ye  lyke  them  therfore.  ''  For  youre  father 
 knoweth  where  of  ye  haue  nede,  before  ye 
 axe  of  him.  After  thys  maner  therfore  shall 
 ye  praye : 
 
 '  O  oure  father  which  art  in  heauen,  halowed 
 be  thy  name.  Thy  kyngdome  come.  Thy 
 wyll  be  fulfilled  vpon  earth  as  it  is  in  heauen. 
 Geue  vs  this  daye  oure  dayly  bred.  And 
 forgeue  vs  oure  dettes,  as  we  also  forgeue  oure 
 detters.  And  lede  vs  not  in  to  teptacion:  but 
 delyuer  vs  from  eueU.  For  thyne  is  the 
 kyngdome,  and  the  power,  and  the  glorye  for 
 euer.  Amen.  For  yf  ye  forgeue  other  men 
 their  treaspases,  youre  heauenly  father  shall 
 also  forgeue  you.  ^But  and  ye  wyll  not  for- 
 geue me  their  trespases,  nomore  shall  youre 
 father  forgeue  you  youre  trespases. 
 
 'Moreouer  when  ye  fast,  be  not  sad  as  y 
 
 '  Luc.  11.  d.  "-3  Re.  18.  d.     Esa.  29.  c.     Luc.  11.  a. 
 
 "4Re.  4.  d.  Act.  10.  a.         »  Esa,  1.  b.         ^  Rom.  8.  d. 
 
 1  Luc.  11.  a.  ■■  Mat.  18.  d.  Marc.  11.  o.  '  Esa.  58.  a. 
 Mat.  9.  b. 
 
jTo.  r« 
 
 Cl)t  gospcU  of  ^.  illatftfb). 
 
 Cftap.  bij 
 
 ypocrytes  are.  For  they  disfigure  their  faces, 
 that  they  myght  be  sene  of  men  to  fast. 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  they  haue  their  re- 
 warde.  But  thou,  whe  thou  fastest,  annoynte 
 thyne  heed,  and  wash  thy  face,  that  it  appeare 
 not  vnto  men,  that  thou  fastest:  but  vnto 
 thy  father  which  is  in  secrete  :  and  thy  father 
 which  seyth  iu  secrete,  shal  rewarde  the 
 openly. 
 
 Se  that  ye  gather  you  not  treasure  vpon 
 the  earth,"  where  rust  and  mothes  corrupte, 
 and  where  theues  breake  through  and  steale. 
 But  gather  you  treasure  together  in  heauen, 
 where  nether  rust  nor  mothes  corrupte,  and 
 where  theues  nether  breake  \'p  nor  yet  steale. 
 For  where  youre  treasure  is,  there  is  youre 
 herte  also. 
 
 The  eye  is  the  light  of  the  body.  Yf  thyne 
 eye  then  be  syngle,  all  thy  body  shal  be  ful 
 of  light :  But  and  yf  thyne  eye  be  wycked, 
 all  thy  body  shalbe  full  of  darckenes :  Wher- 
 fore  yf  the  light  that  is  in  the,  be  darckenes, 
 how  greate  then  shall  that  darckenes  be  ? 
 
 No  ma  can  serue  two  masters.  For  ether 
 he  shall  hate  the  one  and  loue  the  other : '  or 
 els  he  shall  leane  to  the  one,  and  despise  the 
 other :  ''  Ye  can  not  serue  God  and  mammon. 
 Therfore  I  saye  vnto  you :  be  not  ye  carefuU 
 for  youre  lyfe,  what  ye  shall  eate,  or  what  ye 
 shall  drinke  :  nor  yet  for  youre  body,  what  ye 
 shal  put  on.  Ys  not  the  lyfe  more  worth  the 
 meate,  and  the  body  more  of  value  then 
 raymet?  Beholde  the  foules  of  ;y-  ayer:  for 
 they  sowe  not,  nether  reepe,  nor  yet  cary  in 
 to  the  barnes :  and  yet  youre  heauely  father 
 fedeth  the.    Are  ye  not  moch  better  the  they" 
 
 Which  of  you  (though  he  toke  thought 
 therfore)  coulde  put  one  cubit  vnto  his  sta- 
 ture ?  why  care  ye  then  for  rayment  ?  Con 
 sidre  the  lylies  of  the  felde,  how  they  growe. 
 They  laboure  not,  nether  spynne.  And  yet 
 for  all  that  I  saye  vnto  you,  that  euen  Salo- 
 mon in  all  his  royalte  was  not  arayed  lyke 
 vnto  one  of  these.  Wherfore  yf  God  so 
 cloth  the  grasse,  which  is  to  daye  in  the 
 felde,  and  to  morowe  shalbe  cast  in  to  the 
 fornace  :  shal  he  not  moch  more  do  the  same 
 vnto  you,  o  ye  of  lytle  fayth  ? 
 
 Therfore  take  no  thought,  sayinge:  what 
 shall  we  eate,  or  what  shall  we  drinke?  or 
 
 "  Luc.  12.  d.  Eccle.  29.  b.  lere.  17.  a,  Pro.  23.  a. 
 'Luc.ll.c.  'Luc.ie.b.  ''Luc.  12. c.  PsaL54.c. 
 1  Pet.  5.  a.  '  3  Reg.  3.  b.        /Luc.6.  d.     Rom.  2.  a. 
 
 where  with  shall  we  be  clothed?  After  all 
 soch  thynges  do  the  heithen  seke.  For  youre 
 heauenly  father  knoweth,  that  ye  haue  nede 
 of  all  these  thynges.  'Seke  ye  fyrst  the 
 kyngdome  of  heauen  and  the  righteousnes 
 therof,  so  shal  all  these  thynges  be  ministred 
 vnto  you. 
 
 Care  not  then  for  the  morow,  for  the  morow 
 shall  care  for  it  self:  Euery  daye  hath  jTiough 
 of  his  owne  trauayll. 
 
 Cl^e  bij.  CI)apttr. 
 
 IUDGE  not,  that  ye  be  not  iudged :  •''For 
 as  ye  iudge,  so  shal  ye  be  iudged.  And 
 with  what  measure  ye  meete,  with  the  same 
 shall  it  be  measured  to  you  agayne.  Why 
 seist  thou  a  moate  in  thy  brothers  eye,  and 
 perceauest  not  the  beame  y  is  yn  thine  awne 
 eye  ?  Or  why  saiest  thou  to  thy  brother : 
 holde,  I  wil  plucke  the  moate  out  of  thyne 
 eye,  and  beholde,  a  beame  is  in  thj-ne  awne 
 eye.  Ypocryte,  fyrst  cast  out  the  beame  out 
 of  thyne  awne  eye,^  and  then  shalt  thou  se 
 clearly,  to  plucke  out  the  moate  out  of  thy 
 brothers  eye. 
 
 Geue  not  that  which  is  holy,   to  dogges 
 nether  cast  ye  youre  pearles  before  swyne,' 
 lest  they  treade  them  vnder  their  fete,  5  the 
 other  turne  agayne  and  all  to  rente  you. 
 
 '  Axe,  and  it  shalbe  geuen  you  :  Seke,  and 
 ye  shall  fynde :  knocke,  and  it  shalbe  opened 
 vnto  you.  For  whosoeuer  axeth,  receaueth 
 and  he  that  seketh,  fyndeth:*  and  to  hym  y 
 knocketh,  it  shalbe  opened.  Ys  there  eny  man 
 amonge  you,  which  yf  his  sonne  axed  hym 
 bred,  wolde  offer  him  a  stone  ?  Or  yf  he  axed 
 fyszhe,  wolde  he  proffer  hym  a  serpent?  yf  ye 
 then  which  are  euell,'  can  geue  youre  chyldren 
 good  gyftes :  how  moche  more  shall  youre 
 father  which  is  in  heauen,  geue  good  thj-nges 
 to  them  that  axe  hym  ? 
 
 ""Therfore  what  soeuer  ye  wolde  that  me 
 shulde  do  to  you,  eue  so  do  ye  to  them.  This 
 ys  the  lawe  and  the  Prophetes. 
 
 Enter  in  at  the  strayte  gate :  for  wyde  is 
 the  gate,"  and  broade  is  the  waye,  that  leadeth 
 to  destruccion :  (j  many  there  be,  which  go  in 
 therat.  But  strayte  is  the  gate,  and  narowe 
 ys  the  waye,  which  leadeth  vnto  lyfe,  and 
 fewe  there  be  that  fj'nde  it. 
 
 Marc.  4.  c.  «  Prou.  18.  c.  '  Psal.  136.  c.  •  lere.  29.  c. 
 lohan.  16.  c.  *  Luc.  11.  b.  '  Gen.  6.  a.  "  Eccli.  31.  b. 
 lob  4.  c.     Luc.  6.  c.        "  Luc.  13.  c. 
 
Cfjap.  bitj» 
 
 Cftc  gOEfpdl  of  ^.  i¥lat!)fto. 
 
 #0.  ri. 
 
 "  Beware  of  false  Prophetes,  which  come  to 
 you  in  shepes  clothinge,  but  inwardly  they 
 are  rauenynge  wolues,  Ye  shall  knowe  them 
 by  their  frutes.  Do  men  gather  grapes  of 
 thornes  ?  or  figges  of  thistles  ?  Euen  so 
 euery  good  tree  bryngeth  forth  good  frute. 
 But  a  corrupte  tree,  bryngeth  forth  euyl  frute, 
 *  A  good  tree  can  not  bryng  forth  bad  frute  : 
 nother  can  a  rotten  tre  bringe  forth  good 
 frute.  'Euery  tre  that  bryngeth  not  forth 
 good  frute,  shalbe  hewen  downe,  and  cast  into 
 the  fyre.  Wherfore  by  their  frutes  ye  shall 
 knowe  them. 
 
 ^  Not  all  they  that  saye  vnto  me,  LORDE 
 LORDE,  shall  enter  in  to  the  kyngdome  of 
 heauen :  but  he  that  doth  the  will  of  my 
 father  which  ys  in  heauen. 
 
 '  Many  shall  saye  to  me  in  that  daye : 
 LORDE,  LORDE:  haue  we  not  prophecied 
 in  thy  name  ?  Haue  we  not  cast  out  deuyls 
 in  thy  name  ?  Haue  we  not  done  many 
 greate  dedes  in  thy  name  ?  And  then  will  I 
 knowlege  vnto  them :  -^  I  neuer  knewe  you, 
 Departe  fro  me,  ye  workers  of  iniquite. 
 
 Whosoeuer  therfore  heareth  of  me  these 
 sayinges,^  and  doeth  the  same,  I  wyll  lycke 
 hym  vnto  a  wyse  man,  which  buylt  hys  house 
 vpon  a  rocke :  Now  whan  abundaunce  of 
 rayne  descended,  and  the  wyndes  blewe  and 
 bet  vpon  that  same  house,  it  fel  not,  because 
 it  was  grounded  on  the  rocke.  And  who 
 soeuer  heareth  of  me  these  sayinges,  5  doth 
 the  not,  shalbe  lyckened  vnto  a  folysh  ma, 
 which  buylt  his  housse  apon  the  sonde :  * 
 Now  whan  abudaunce  of  rayne  deseeded,  5 
 the  wyndes  blewe,'  5  bet  vpon  y  housse,  it 
 fell,  and  great  was  the  fall  of  it. 
 
 *  And  it  came  to  passe,  that  when  lesus  had 
 had  ended  these  saynges,  the  people  were 
 astonnyed  at  hys  doctryne.  For  he  taught 
 them  as  one  hauynge  power,  and  not  as  the 
 Scribes. 
 
 "E^t  bttj.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 WHEN  he  was  come  downe  from  the 
 mountayne,'  moch  people  folowed 
 him.  And  lo,  there  came  a  leper,  and  wor- 
 sheped  him,  sayinge:  LORDE,  yf  thou  wylt, 
 thou  canst  make  me  cleane.     And  lesus  put 
 
 "  Deut.  13.  a.     loha.  4.  a.     Luc.  6.  e.  '  Math.  12.  d. 
 
 '  lere.  11.  c.     Math.  3.a.     Luc.  3.  b.  i*  Math.  25.  a. 
 
 Luc.  6.  e.  and  13.  c.             '  Act.  19.  b.  /  Psal.  6.  b. 
 
 Math.  25.  d.        i  Luc.  6.  e.     Rom.  2.  b.  "  laco.  2.  b. 
 
 'Eze.  13.  b.         '  Marc.  1.  b.     Luc.  4.  c.  'Marc.  1.  d. 
 
 forth  hys  honde,  5  touched  him,  sayinge :  1 
 wyl,  be  thou  cleane :  5  immediatly  his  leprosie 
 was  clensed?  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him: 
 Se  thou  teU  no  ma,  but  go  and  shew  thy 
 selfe  to  the  preste,  and  offer  the  gyfte  that 
 Moses  comaunded,"  in  witnes  to  them. 
 
 When  lesus  was  entred  into  Capernaum," 
 there  came  vnto  him  a  Captayne,  5  besought 
 hym,  sayinge :  Syr,  my  seruaunt  lyeth  sicke 
 at  home  of  the  palsye,  and  ys  greuously 
 payned.  lesus  sayd  vnto  hym :  I  wil  come 
 a  heale  him.  The  Captayne  answered  and 
 sayde :  Syr,  I  am  not  worthy,  that  thou 
 shuldest  come  vnder  my  rofe,  but  speake  the 
 worde  only,"  and  my  seruaunt  shalbe  healed. 
 For  I  my  selfe  also  am  a  ma  subiect  to  y 
 auctorite  of  another,  5  haue  sowdiers  vnder 
 me.  Yet  wha  I  saye  to  one :  go,  he  goeth, 
 and  to  another :  come,  he  commeth :  ij  to  my 
 seruaunt :  do  this,  he  doeth  it.  When  lesus 
 hearde  that,  he  marueled,  and  sayde  to  them 
 that  folowed  hym  :  Verely  I  say  vnto  you :  I 
 haue  not  founde  so  greate  fayth:  no  not  i 
 Israel.  But  I  say  vnto  you :  ''  Many  shall 
 come  from  the  east  and  west,  and  shall  rest 
 with  Abraham,  Isaac  and  lacob  in  the  kyng 
 dome  of  heauen :  and  the  chyldren  of  the 
 kyngdome  shalbe  cast  out  in  to  vtter  darcknes 
 there  shal  be  wepinge,  5  gnaszhing  of  teth 
 And  lesus  sayd  vnto  f  Captayne :  go  thy 
 waye,  and  as  thou  beleuest,  so  be  it  vnto  the. 
 And  his  seruaunt  was  healed  the  same  houre, 
 
 'And  lesus  went  in  to  Peters  housse,  and 
 sawe  hys  wyues  mother  lyinge  sicke  of  a  feuer: 
 so  he  touched  her  hande,  and  the  feuer  left 
 hir  :  and  she  arose,  and  ministred  vnto  them. 
 
 ■■When  the  euen  was  come,  they  brought 
 vnto  him  many  that  were  possessed  with 
 deuylls.  And  he  cast  out  y  spirites  with  a 
 worde,  (j  healed  all  that  were  sicke,  that  ;y- 
 thinge  might  be  fulfilled,  which  was  spoken  by 
 Esay  the  Prophet,  sayinge:  'He  toke  on  him 
 oure  infirmities,  and  bare  oure  sickneses. 
 
 'Whe  lesus  sawe  moch  people  about  him, 
 he  commaunded  to  go  ouer  the  water.  And 
 there  came  a  scribe  and  sayde  vnto  hym : 
 master,  I  wyU  folowe  the,  whyther  so  euer 
 thou  goest.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him :  the 
 foxes  haue  holes,  and  the  byrddes  of  the  ayer 
 
 Luc.  5.  b.  *"  Leui.  14.  a.          "  Luc.  7.  a.    lohan.  4.  f. 
 
 »  PsaL  106.  c.  P  Esa.  41.  d.  Luc.  13.  c.        i  Luc.  4.  d. 
 
 Marc.  1.  c.  '  Luc.  4.  c.  •  Esa.  53.  a.  1  Pet.  2.  c. 
 Luc.  9.  f. 
 
jTo.  nj. 
 
 COr  gospfU  of  ^.  i^latbeto. 
 
 CI)ap.  I'jr. 
 
 haue  nestes,  but  f  soniie  of  ma  hath  not 
 wheron  to  rest  his  heede."  Another  that  was 
 one  of  his  disciples,  sayde  vnto  hym  :  Syr, 
 geue  me  leue  fyrst,  to  go  (i  burye  my  father. 
 But  lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  folowe  thou  me, 
 and  let  the  deed  burie  their  deed. 
 
 'And  he  entred  in  to  a  shyppe,  5  his  disci- 
 ples folowed  him.  And  beholde,  there  arose 
 a  greate  tempest  in  the  see,  in  so  moch  that 
 the  shippe  was  couered  with  wawes,  j  he  was 
 a  slepe.  And  his  disciples  came  vnto  him, 
 and  awoke  h)™,  sayinge :  LORDE,  saue  vs, 
 we  perishe.  And  he  sayde  into  them :  why 
 are  ye  fearfull,  o  ye  of  lytell  faithe  ?  Then  he 
 arose,  and  rebuked  the  wyndes  and  the  see,"  5 
 there  folowed  a  greate  calme.  And  the  men 
 marueyled  and  sayde :  what  ma  is  this,  that 
 both  wyndes  and  see  obey  hym  ? 
 
 And  when  he  was  come  to  y  other  syde, 
 in  to  the  countre  of  the  Gergesites,  there  met 
 him  two  possessed  of  deuyls,''  which  came  out 
 of  the  graues,  and  were  out  of  measure  fearce, 
 so  that  no  man  myght  go  by  that  waye.  And 
 beholde,  they  cryed  out  sayinge  :  Oh  lesu 
 thou  Sonne  of  God,  what  haue  we  to  do  with 
 the  ?'  Art  thou  come  hyther  to  tormet  vs, 
 before  the  tyme  be  come  ?  And  there  was  a 
 good  waye  of  from  them  a  greate  heerd  of 
 swyne  fedinge.  -^Then  the  deuyles  besought 
 him,  sayinge  :  yf  thou  cast  vs  out,  suflre  vs  to 
 go  oure  waye  in  to  the  heerd  of  swyne.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  go  youre  wayes.  Then 
 went  they  out,  and  departed  in  to  the  heerd 
 of  swyne.  And  beholde,  y  whoale  heerd  of 
 swyne  was  caryed  with  violece  headlinge  in  to 
 the  see,  and  perished  in  the  water.  The  the 
 heerdmen  filed  and  wente  their  ways  in  to  the 
 cyte,  and  tolde  euery  thinge,  (j  what  had 
 fortuned  vnto  the  possessed  of  the  deuyls. 
 And  beholde,  all  the  cyte  came  out  and  met 
 lesus.  And  when  they  sawe  hym,*  they  be 
 sought  hym,  for  to  departe  out  of  their  coostes. 
 
 Cf)t  iy.  Cijaptrr. 
 
 THEN  entred  he  in  to  a  shipp,  and  passed 
 ouer  and  came  in  to  his  awne  cite.  And 
 lo,  they  brought  vnto  him  a  man  sicke  of  y 
 palsie,  lyinge  in  his  bed.  ''And  when  lesus 
 siiwc  the  faith  of  the,  he  sayde  to  the  sicke  of 
 f  palsie;  my  sonne,  be  of  good  cheare,  thy 
 
 •  Lu.  9.  f.  '  Mar.  4.  d.    Luc.  8.  c.  '  lob  26.  b. 
 
 Psal.  106.  d.    Eaa.  5l.c.  '' Mar.  5.  a.     Lu.  8.  a. 
 
 •JCor.6.c.        /Mar.S.b.      <Act.  16.c.        '■Marc.Z.a. 
 Luc.  5.  c.    lohan.  5.  a.  '  Act.  9.  c.  '  Jlar.  Si.  b. 
 
 sinnes  are  forgeue  the.  And  beholde,  cer- 
 teyne  of  the  scribes  sayde  in  them  selues  : 
 this  man  blasphemeth.  But  when  lesus  sawe 
 their  thoughtes,  he  sayde:  wherfore  thinke  ye 
 euill  in  youre  hertes  ?  Whether  ys  it  easier  to 
 saye :  thy  synnes  be  forgeue  f,  or  to  sale : 
 arise  and  walke  ?  But  that  ye  maye  knowe, 
 that  the  sonne  of  man  hath  power  to  forgeue 
 sinnes  in  earth,  the  sayde  he  vnto  the  sicke  of 
 
 palsye:'  arise,  take  vp  thy  bed,  and   go 
 ome.  And  he  arose  and  wente  home.  When 
 f  people  sawe  it,  they  marueyled,  ij  glorified 
 God,  which  had  geue  soch  power  vnto  men. 
 
 *And  as  lesus  passed  forth  from  thence,  he 
 sawe  a  man  syt  a  receyuinge  of  custome, 
 named  Mathew,  j  sayde  vnto  him  :  folowe  me. 
 And  he  arose,  and  folowed  him.  And  it  came 
 to  passe  as  he  sat  at  meate  in  the  house  :  be- 
 holde, many  publicans  and  synners  came  and 
 sat  downe  also  with  lesus  and  hys  disciples. 
 
 When  the  Pharises  sawe  that,  they  sayde  to 
 hys  disciples :  why  eateth  youre  master  with 
 publicans  and  synners  ?  When  lesus  herde 
 that,  he  sayde  vnto  them :  The  whole  nede 
 not  y  phisicio,  but  they  that  are  sicke.  Go 
 and  learne,  what  that  meaneth  :  I  haue  plea- 
 sure in  mercy,  and  not  in  ofFerynge.'  For  I 
 am  not  come  to  call  the  righteous,  but  f 
 synners  to  repentaunce. 
 
 "'Then  came  the  disciples  of  Ihon  to  hym 
 sayinge  :  why  do  we  5  y  Pharises  fast  so  oft : 
 and  thy  disciples  fast  not?  And  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  Can  the  weddynge  chyldre  mourne 
 as  loge  as  the  bridegrome  is  with  them  ?  The 
 tyme  will  come,  when  the  bridegrome  shalbe 
 taken  from  them,  and  the  shall  they  fast.  No 
 man  peceth  an  olde  garment  with  a  pece  of 
 newe  clothe.  For  then  taketh  he  awaye  the 
 pece  agayne  from  the  garment,  5  the  rent  ys 
 made  greater.  "  Nether  do  men  put  new  wyne 
 in  to  olde  vessels,  for  then  the  vessels  breake, 
 and  the  wyne  runneth  out,  g  y  vessels  peryshe. 
 But  they  poure  newe  wyne  in  to  newe  vessels, 
 and  so  are  both  saued  together. 
 
 Whyle  he  thus  spake  vnto  them,  beholde 
 there  came  a  certayne  ruler,"  and  worshipped 
 him,  sayinge :  My  doughter  is  eue  now 
 deceased,  but  come  and  lay  thy  honde  on  her, 
 and  she  shall  hue.  lesus  arose  and  folowed 
 hym   with   hys  disciples.''     And   beholde,   a 
 
 Luc.  5.  d.  15.  a.         '  Ose.  6.  b.   Math.  12.  a.  1  Tim.  1.  c- 
 "  Mar.  2.  b.     Luc.  5.  c.         "  Act.  2.  b.  "  Marc.  5.  d. 
 
 Luc.  8.  c.  ''  Mar.  5.  c.     Luc.  8.  c.     Leuit.  15.  d. 
 
Ci&ajp.  r* 
 
 €'i)t  gosiptU  of  ^,  ilatlKb), 
 
 So.  nij. 
 
 woman  which  was  diseased  with  an  yssue  of 
 blonde  xij.  yeres,  came  behynde  hym,  and 
 touched  the  hem  of  hys  vesture.  For  she 
 sayde  in  her  silfe :  yf  I  maye  touche  but  euen 
 his  vesture  only,  I  shalbe  safe.  Then  lesus 
 tourned  him  aboute,  and  behelde  her,  sayinge : 
 Doughter  be  of  good  conforte,  thy  faith  hath 
 made  y  safe.  And  she  was  made  whole,  euen 
 that  same  houre. 
 
 "And  when  lesus  came  into  the  rulers  house, 
 and  sawe  the  minstrels  and  the  people  raginge, 
 he  sayde  vnto  them :  Get  you  hece,  for  f 
 mayde  is  not  deed,  but  slepeth.*  And  they 
 laughed  hym  to  scorne.  But  whan  the  people 
 were  put  forth,  he  went  in,  and  toke  her  by 
 the  honde,  and  the  mayde  arose.  And  this 
 was  noysed  through  out  all  that  londe. 
 
 And  as  lesus  departed  thence,  two  blynde 
 me  folowed  hym,  cryinge  and  sayinge :  O 
 thou  Sonne  of  Dauid,  haue  mercy  vpon  vs. 
 And  when  he  was  come  home,  the  bljnide 
 came  to  hpn.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  them 
 Beleue  ye,  that  I  am  able  to  do  thys  ?  And 
 they  sayde  vnto  hym  :  yee,  LORDE.  Then 
 touched  he  their  eyes,  sayinge :  acordinge  to 
 youre  fayth,  be  it  vnto  you.'  And  their  eyes 
 were  opened.  And  lesus  charged  the,  sayinge 
 Se  that  no  ma  knowe  of  it.  But  they  de 
 parted,  5  spred  abroade  his  name  through  out 
 all  the  londe. 
 
 Whan  these  were  gone  out,''  beholde,  they 
 brought  to  hym  a  domme  man  possessed  of  a 
 deuyll.  And  whan  the  deuyl  was  cast  out, 
 the  domme  spake  :  And  the  people  merueled 
 sayinge  :  it  was  neuer  so  sene  in  Israel.  But 
 y  Pharises  sayde :  'he  casteth  out  deny  Is, 
 thorow  the  chefe  deuyll. 
 
 ■'^And  lesus  wente  aboute  in  all  cities  and 
 townes,  teachinge  in  their  synagoges  j  preach- 
 yng  y  gospel  of  f  kyngdome,  5  healinge  all 
 maner  sicknes  5  all  maner  desease  amoge  the 
 people.  ^And  when  he  sawe  the  people,  he 
 had  compassion  on  the,  because  they  were 
 pyned  awaye,  and  scattered  abroade,  euen  as 
 shepe  hauinge  no  shepherd. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  to  hys  disciples :  f  heruest 
 is  greate,  but  f  laborers  are  fewe.  Wherfore 
 praye  the  LORDE  of  the  haruest,''  to  sende 
 forth  laborers  into  hys  haruest. 
 
 '  Mar.  5.d.  Luc.  8.  f.  » loha.  11.  b.        '  Mat.  8.  b. 
 
 Mar.  7.  d.    Luc.  11.  b.  '  Mat.  12.  c.     Mar.  3.  b. 
 
 /  Mar.  6.  a.     Luc.  13.  b.  «  Mar.  6.  d.         *  Luc.  10.  a. 
 
 2  Tes.  3.  a.                 •  Mar.  3.  b.    Luc.  6.  b.  9.  a.  10.  a. 
 
 Wife  r-  CJjapUr. 
 
 AND  he  called  his  xii.  disciples  vnto  hym, 
 (J  'gaue  them  power  ouer  vncleane 
 spretes,  to  cast  them  out,  5  to  heale  all  maner 
 of  sicknesses,  and  all  maner  of  deseases. 
 
 The  names  of  the  xii.  Apostels  are  these : 
 The  fyrst,  Simon  called  Peter :  5  Andrew  his 
 brother.  lames  the  sonne  of  Zebede,  and 
 Ihon  his  brother.  Philip  and  Bartlemew. 
 Thomas,  and  Mathew  the  Publican.  lames 
 the  sonne  of  Alphe,  and  Lebbeus  otherwyse 
 called  Taddeus.  Simon  of  Cane,  and  ludas 
 Iscarioth,  which  also  betrayed  hym. 
 
 These  twolue  sent  lesus,  and  commaunded 
 them,  sayinge:*  Go  not  in  to  the  wayes  y  leade 
 to  the  Heithen,  and  in  to  the  cities  of  the 
 Samaritiis  enter  ye  not.  But  go  rather  to  the 
 lost  shepe  of  the  housse  of  Israel.  '  Go  and 
 preach,  sayinge  :  The  kyngdome  of  heue  is  at 
 hande.  Heale  the  sicke,  dense  the  lepers 
 rayse  the  deed,  cast  out  the  deuils.  "'  Frely  ye 
 haue  receaued,  frely  geue  againe.  Posses  not 
 golde,  nor  siluer,  nor  brasse  yn  youre  gerdels, 
 nor  yet  scrip  towardes  your  iorney :  nether 
 two  cotes,  nether  shues,  nor  yet  a  staffe.  For 
 "the  workman  is  worthy  of  his  meate.  In  to 
 what  soeuer  cite  or  towne  ye  shall  come,  en- 
 quyre  in  it,  who  is  mete  for  you,  and  there 
 abyde,  tyll  ye  go  thence. 
 
 And  whe  ye  come  in  to  an  house,  salute  f 
 same.  And  yf  the  housse  be  mete  for  you, 
 youre  peace  shal  come  vpo  it.  But  yf  it  be 
 not  mete  for  you,  youre  peace  shal  turne  to 
 you  againe. 
 
 And  yf  no  man  wil  receaue  you,  ner  heare 
 youre  preachinge,  departe  out  of  that  house 
 or  that  cite,  and  shake  the  dust  of  youre  fete, 
 Truly  I  saye  vnto  you:  "it  shall  be  easyer  for 
 y  londe  of  Sodoma  and  Gomorra  in  y  daye 
 of  iudgment,  then  for  that  cite. 
 
 Beholde,  I  sende  you  forth  as  shepe  amoge 
 wolues.  Be  ye  therfore  wyse  as  serpentes, 
 and  innocent  as  doues.  ''  Beware  of  men,  for 
 they  shall  deliuer  you  vp  to  the  cousels,  and 
 shal  scourge  you  in  their  synagoges.  And  ye 
 shall  be  brought  before  prynces  and  kynges 
 for  my  sake,  in  witnes  to  them  and  to  the 
 gentyls. 
 
 *  Luc.  9.  a.  '  Mar.  6.  b.  "  Act.  8.  b.   Mar.  6.  a. 
 
 La.  9.  a.  and  10.  a.  "  Phi.  2.   c.       1  Timo.  5.  c. 
 
 0  Mar.  6.  b.       Lu.  9.  a.  an  10.  a.       Act.  13.  c.  an.  18.  a. 
 Luc.  10.  a.  f  Mar.  13.  b.     Luc.  21.  b.     loha.  16.  a. 
 
 131 
 
Jfb.  nb. 
 
 mn  gogprll  of  ^^iHatftriu. 
 
 Cftap.  n. 
 
 'But  when  they  delyuer  you  vp,  take  no 
 thought  how  or  what  ye  shall  speake,  for  yt 
 shalbe  geuen  you,  euen  in  that  same  houre, 
 what  ye  shall  saye.  For  it  is  not  ye  that 
 speake,  but  the  sprete  of  your  father  which 
 speaketh  in  you. 
 
 'The  brother  shall  delyuer  the  brother  to 
 deeth,  and  the  father  the  sonne.  And  the 
 chyldren  shall  aryse  agaynst  their  fathers  5 
 mothers,  5  shall  helpe  them  to  deeth  :  5  ye 
 shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for  my  names 
 sake.  But  he  y  endureth  to  the  ende,  shalbe 
 saued.' 
 
 When  they  persecute  you  in  one  cite,''  flye 
 in  to  another.  I  tell  you  for  a  treuth,  ye  shall 
 not  fvnysshe  all  the  cities  of  Israel,  tyll  the 
 sonne  of  man  come.  'The  disciple  is  not 
 aboue  the  master,  nether  the  seruaunt  aboue 
 the  LORDE.  It  is  ynough  for  the  disciple, 
 to  be  as  his  master,  and  the  seruaunt  as  his 
 LORDE.  Yf  they  haue  called  the  good  ma 
 of  the  house  Beelzebub,  how  moch  more  shal 
 they  call  them  of  his  housholde  so?  Feare 
 them  not  therfore. 
 
 ■'^There  is  nothinge  hyd,  that  shal  not  be 
 openly  shewed:  and  nothinge  secrete,  that 
 shall  not  be  knowne.  What  I  tell  you  in 
 darcknes,  that  speake  ye  in  light :  and  what 
 ye  heare  in  the  eare,  that  preach  ye  vpon  the 
 house  toppes. 
 
 ^And  feare  ye  not  them  that  kyll  the  body, 
 and  be  not  able  to  kyll  the  soule.  But  rather 
 feare  hi,  which  is  able  to  destroye  both  soule 
 and  body  in  to  hell.  Are  not  two  sparowes 
 olde  for  a  farthinge  ?  Yet  doth  there  none 
 of  the  light  vpon  the  groude  without  youre 
 father.  And  now  are  all  f  hayres  of  youre 
 heade  tolde.  Feare  ye  not  therfore :  ye  are 
 of  more  value  then  many  sparowes. 
 
 *  Therfore  whosoeuer  knowlegeth  me  before 
 me,  him  wil  I  knowlege  also  before  my  father 
 which  is  in  heauen.  But  who  soeuer  denyeth 
 me  before  mc,  him  wil  I  also  denie  before 
 my  father  which  is  in  heauen. 
 
 '  Thynke  not  that  I  am  come  to  sende  peace 
 vpon  earth.  I  came  not  to  sende  peace,  but 
 a  swerde.  For  I  am  come  to  set  a  ma  at 
 variaunce  ageynst  his  father,  and  the  doughter 
 ageynst  hir  mother,'  (j  the  doughter  in  lawe 
 
 •  Mar.  13.  b.  Luc.  12.  b.  an.  21.  b.  »  Mich.  7.  a 
 '  Mat.  i4.  a.  ■<  lere.  1.  a.  Mat.  2.  c.  Act.  8.  a.  14.  a 
 '  Luc.  6.  d.  loha.  13.  b.  and  1.5.  b.  /  Marc.  4.  b 
 Luc.  8.  b.  and  12.  a.  J  Luc.  12.  a.  *  Marc.  8.  c 
 Luc.  9.  c.  and  12.  b.            •  Luc.  12.  f.  *  Mich.  7.  a 
 
 ageynst  her  mother  in  lawe :  and  a  mans  foes 
 shalbe  they  of  his  owne  housholde. 
 
 'Who  so  loueth  father  and  mother  more 
 then  me,  is  not  mete  for  me:  and  he  that 
 loueth  sonne  or  doughter  more  then  me,  is 
 not  mete  for  me.  And  he  y  taketh  not  his 
 crosse  and  foloweth  me,  is  not  mete  for  me. 
 Who  so  fyndeth  his  life,  shal  lose  it:'"  and 
 he  that  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake,  shal 
 fynde  it. 
 
 He  that  receaueth  you,  receaueth  me :  5 
 who  so  receaueth  me,  receaueth  him  y  sent 
 me.  He  that  receaueth  a  prophet  m  the 
 name  of  a  prophet,"  shal  receaue  a  prophetes 
 rewarde.  He  y  receaueth  a  righteous  man  in 
 the  name  of  a  righteous  man,  shal  receaue  a 
 righteous  mans  rewarde :  "And  who  soeuer 
 geueth  vnto  one  of  the  least  of  these  a  cuppe 
 of  colde  water  onely  to  drinke,  in  y  name  of 
 a  disciple,  verely  I  sale  vnto  you :  he  shal  not 
 lose  his  rewarde. 
 
 €I)e  \i.  C|)apter 
 
 AND  it  came  to  passe,  wha  lesus  had 
 made  an  ende  of  comaundinge  his 
 twolue  disciples,  he  departed  thence,  to  teach 
 and  to  preach  in  their  cities. 
 
 Whan  Ihon  beinge  in  preson'  herde  of  the 
 workes  of  Christ,  he  sent  two  of  his  disciples, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Art  thou  he  y  shal 
 come,  or  shal  we  loke  for  another?  lesus 
 answered  and  sayde  vnto  the :  Go  youre  waye 
 and  tell  Ihon  agayne,  what  ye  se  and  heare. 
 The  blynde  se,  and  the  lame  go : '  the  lepers 
 are  clensed,  and  y  deaf  heare  :  the  deed  aryse 
 ageyne,  and  the  'gospell  is  preached  to  the 
 poore :  and  blessed  is  he,  that  is  not  offended 
 at  me. 
 
 Whan  they  wente  their  waye,  lesus  beganne 
 to  speake  \Tito  the  people, '  concernynge  Ihon : 
 What  are  ye  gone  out  for  to  se  in  the  wyl- 
 dernes  ?  Wolde  ye  se  a  rede  shaken  with  the 
 wynde  ?  Or  w-hat  are  ye  gone  out  for  to  se  ? 
 Wolde  ye  se  a  man  clothed  in  soft  rayment? 
 Beholde,  they  that  weare  soft  clothinge,  are 
 in  kinges  houses,  But  what  are  ye  gone  out 
 for  to  se  ?  A  prophet  ?  Yee  I  saye  vnto  you, 
 and  more  the  a  prophet.     For  this  is  he,  of 
 
 '  Luc.  14.  d.  and  17.  d.  "  Mat.  16.  d.     Marc.  8.  c. 
 
 loha.  12.  c.  Luc.  9.  b.  and  10.  c.  loh.  13.  c.  "3  Reg. 
 18.  a.  'Marc.9.c.  PLuc.7.b.  «  Esa.  35.  a. 
 
 '  Esa.  61.  a.         ■  Luc.  7.  c. 
 
C&ap.  nj» 
 
 €i)t  ffospfU  of  ^.  i¥latJ)fhj. 
 
 fo,  v^. 
 
 who  it  is  written :  "  Beholde,  I  sende  my  mes- 
 sauger  before  thy  face,  which  shal  prepare 
 thy  waye  before  the. 
 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Amonge  f  chil- 
 dren of  wemen  arose  there  not  a  greater  then 
 Ihon  the  baptist.  Not  withstondinge  he  that 
 is  *  lesse  in  the  kyngdome  of  Heauen,  is  greater 
 then  he.  From  the  tyme  of  Ihon  baptist 
 hither  to,  y  kyngdome  of  heauen*  suffreth 
 violence,  and  the  violent  plucke  it  vnto  them. 
 For  all  the  prophetes  and  the  lawe  prophecied 
 vnto  Ihon.  Also  yf  ye  wil  reeeaue  it,  this  is 
 Helias,"  which  shulde  come.  Who  so  hath 
 eares  to  heare,  let  hi  heare. 
 
 But  where  vnto  shal  I  licke  this  generacion? 
 It  is  like  vnto  chilch-e  which  syt  in  the  market, 
 and  call  vnto  their  felowes,  (t  saye :  we  haue 
 pyped  vnto  you,  and  ye  wolde  not  daunse : 
 We  haue  morned  vnto  you,  (t  ye  .wolde  not 
 wepe.  For  Ihon  came  nether  eatinge  nor 
 drynkinge,  5  they  saye :  he  hath  the  deuyll. 
 The  Sonne  of  man  came  eatinge  and  drynk- 
 inge, (t  they  saye :  lo  what  a  glutton  and  wyne 
 bebber  this  ma  is,  and  a  companyon  of  pub- 
 licans (t  synners  ?  And  wiszdome  is  iustified 
 of  hir  children. 
 
 Then  beganne  he  to  vpbrade  the  cities,  in 
 the  which  most  of  his  miracles  were  done, 
 ''because  they  amended  not.  Wo  vnto  the 
 Chorasin,  Wo  vnto  the  Bethsaida:  for  yf  the 
 miracles  which  haue  bene  shewed  amoge  you, 
 had  bene  done  in  Tyre  and  Sidon,  they  had 
 repented  longe  agoo  in  sackcloth  and  aszhes. 
 Neuertheles  I  saye  vnto  you :  It  shalbe  easyer 
 for  Tyre  and  Sidon  in  the  daye  of  iudgment, 
 then  for  you.  And  thou  Capernaum  which 
 art  lift  vp  vnto  heauen,  shalt  be  brought  downe 
 vnto  hel.  For  yf  the  miracles  which  haue 
 bene  done  in  the,  had  bene  shewed  in  Sodom, 
 they  had  remained  vnto  this  daye.  Neuer- 
 theles I  saye  vnto  you :  It  shalbe  easyer  for 
 the  londe  of  Sodome  in  the  daye  of  iudgment, 
 the  for  the. 
 
 At  f  same  tyme  lesus  answered,  and  sayde : 
 '  I  prayse  the  (O  father  and LORDEof  heauen 
 and  earth)  that  thou  hast  hid  these  thinges 
 from  the  wyse  and  prudent,  and  opened  the 
 vnto  babes.  Euen  so  father,  for  so  it  pleased 
 the.     'AH  thinges  are  geuen  ouer  vnto  me  of 
 
 "  Mai.  3.  a.    Marc.  1.  a.  •  Some  reade  :  least. 
 
 »Luc.  16.C.  '  Luc.  1. a.  Mala. 3. d.  Ihon  l.b.  Luc.7.d. 
 ''Luc.lO.b.  '^Luc.  10.  c.  Prou.ll.  a.  /Mat.  28.  c. 
 Luc.  10.  c.     lohan.S.c.     Ioha.7.  c.8.b.  lO.b.        ?  Eccli. 
 
 my  father:  and  no  ma  knoweth  the  sonne, 
 but  the  father :  nether  knoweth  eny  man  the 
 father,  saue  the  sonne,  and  he  to  whom  the 
 Sonne  wil  open  it.  Come  vnto  me  all  ye  that 
 laboure  and  are  laden,  and  I  wil  ease  you.^ 
 Take  my  yock  vpon  you,  and  lerne  of  me,  for 
 I  am  meke  and  lowlye  of  hert,  5  ye  shal  fynde 
 rest  vnto  youre  soules :  ''  for  my  yock  is  easy, 
 and  my  burden  is  light. 
 
 Cljc  )iij.  Ci)apUr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  wete  lesus  thorow  the 
 come  vpon  the  Sabbath,'  and  his  dis- 
 ciples were  hongrie,  and  beganne  to  plucke  of 
 the  eares  of  the  corne,  and  to  eate.  When  y 
 Pharises  sawe  that,  they  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Beholde,  thy  disciples  do  that,  which  is  not 
 laufuU  to  do  vpon  the  Sabbath.  He  sayde 
 vnto  them :  haue  ye  not  red  what  Dauid  did, 
 whan  he  was  hongrie,  (j  they  also  y  were  with 
 him  ?  How  he  entred  in  to  the  house  of  God, 
 5  '  ate  the  shew  breds  which  were  not  laufull 
 for  him  to  eate,  nether  for  the  y  were  with 
 him,  but  onely  for  the  prestes  ?  Or  haue  ye 
 not  red  in  the  lawe  how  that  the  prestes  in 
 the  temple  breake  the  Sabbath,  and  yet  are 
 blamelesse  ?  But  I  saye  vnto  you :  y  here  is 
 one  greater  then  the  temple.  '  But  yt  ye  wyst 
 what  this  were  (I  haue  pleasure  in  mercy,  and 
 not  in  offeringe)  ye  wolde  not  haue  condemned 
 innocentes :  For  the  sonne  of  man  is  LORDE 
 euen  ouer  the  Sabbath. 
 
 And  he  departed  thence,  and  wente  in  to 
 their  synagoge :  and  beholde,"  there  was  a  ma 
 which  had  his  hade  dryed  vp.  And  they  axed 
 him,  sayenge :  Is  it  laufuU  to  heale,  vpon  the 
 Sabbath?"  because  they  might  accuse  him. 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  the :  Which  of  you  is  it,  yf 
 he  had  a  shepe  falle  in  to  a  pytte  vpon  the 
 Sabbath,  that  wolde  not  take  him,»  and  Uft 
 him  out?  And  how  moch  is  a  man  better 
 then  a  shepe?  Therfore  it  is  lefull  to  do 
 good  vpon  the  Sabbath.  Then  sayde  he  to 
 the  ma :  Stretch  forth  thine  hande.  And  he 
 stretched  it  forth :  and  it  was  whole  agayne 
 like  vnto  the  other. 
 
 Then  wente  the  Pharises  out,'  and  helde 
 a  councell  agaynst  him,  how  they  might  de- 
 stroye  him.     But  wha  lesus  knew  therof,  he 
 
 6.  d.  lere.  6.  c.  *  1  loha.  5.  a.  ■  Marc.  2.  c.  Luc. 
 6.  a.  Dut.23.d.  'lRe.21.b.  'Ose.ti.b.  Mat.  9.  b. 
 "  Marc.  3. a.  Luc.  6.  a.  "Luc.l4.  b.  "  Deu.  22.  a. 
 cMarc.  3.  a.     loha.  10.  d.  and  11.  f. 
 
fo,  jrbu 
 
 €l)t  goEipfU  of  ^.  iHatOrto. 
 
 Cfjap.  nj. 
 
 (li'partod  tlionco,  n  mocli  people  folovved  him: 
 iuid  he  healed  them  all,  and  charged  them,  y 
 they  sliulde  not  make  him  knowiio :  that  the 
 thingc  might  be  fulfylled,  which  was  spoken 
 by  Esay  the  prophet,  which  sayetii :  "  Beholde, 
 tliis  is  my  seruaimt,  whom  1  haue  chosen  : 
 and  my  beioued,  in  whom  my  soule  delyteth : 
 I  wil  put  my  sprete  vpon  hi,  and  he  shal 
 shewc  iudgment  vnto  the  Heithe.  He  shal 
 not  stryue,  ner  crye,  nether  shal  any  man 
 heare  his  voyce  in  the  stretes.  A  brosed  rede 
 shal  he  not  breake,  and  flax  that  beginneth 
 to  Inirne  shal  he  not  quench,  tyll  he  sende 
 forth  iudgment  vnto  victory.  And  in  his  name 
 shal  the  Heithen  trust. 
 
 Then  was  there  brought  vnto  him  one 
 possessed*  (of  a  deuell)  the  which  was  blynde 
 and  domne,  and  he  healed  him:  in  so  moch 
 y  y  blynde  and  domne  both  spake  and  sawe. 
 And  all  the  people  were  amased,  and  sayde  : 
 Is  not  this  the  sonne  of  Dauid  ?  '  But  whan 
 the  Pharises  herde  that,  they  sayde:  He 
 dryueth  the  deuyls  out  none  other  wyse,  but 
 thorow  Beelzebub  the  chefe  of  the  deuyls. 
 Neuertheles  lesus  knew  their  thoughtes,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Euery  kyngdome  deuyded 
 within  it  self,  shalbe  desolate  :  and  euery  cite 
 or  house  deuyded  in  it  self,  maye  not  con- 
 tynue.  So  yf  one  Sathan  cast  out  another, 
 the  is  he  at  variaunce  within  him  self:  how 
 maye  then  his  kyngdome  endure  ?  But  yf  I 
 cast  out  deuils  thorow  Beelzebub,  thorow 
 whom  do  youre  childre  cast  them  out  ?  Ther- 
 fore  shal  they  be  youre  iudges.  But  yf  I  cast 
 out  the  deuyls  by  the  sprete  of  God  then  is 
 the  kyngdome  of  God  come  vpon  you.  Or 
 how  ca  a  man  entre  in  to  a  stronge  mans 
 house,  ''and  violently  take  awaye  his  goodes, 
 excepte  he  first  bynde  the  stronge  ma,  (i  the 
 spoyle  his  house  ?  He  that  is  not  with  me,  is 
 agaynst  me :  5  he  y  gathereth  not  with  me, 
 scatereth  abrode.  Therfore  I  saye  vnto  you : 
 'All  synne  and  blasphemy  shalbe  forgeuen 
 vnto  men,  but  the  blasphemy  agaynst  the 
 sprete  shal  not  be  forgeuen  vnto  men  :  And 
 whosoeuer  speaketh  a  worde  agaynst  the  sonne 
 of  man,''  it  shalbe  forgeue  him.  But  whoso- 
 euer speaketh  agaynst  the  holy  goost  it  shal 
 not  be  forgeuen  him,  nether  in  this  worlde, 
 ner  in  the  worlde  to  come. 
 
 •£811.42.8.  »Luc.  ll.b.  'Math.  9.  d.  Marc.S.b. 
 Luc.  U.  b.  ■>  Luc.  11.  a.  '  Marc.  3.  c.  Luc.  12.  a. 
 /  1  Reg.  1.  c.  I  Mat.  7.  b.  Luc.  6.  c.  *  Psal.  39.  b. 
 Luc.  6.  c.        '  Luc.  19.  b.    i  Reg.  1.  c.        '  Mat.  16.  a. 
 
 ''Either  make  the  tre  good  and  his  frute 
 good  also,  or  els  make  the  tre  euel  g  his  frute 
 euel  also.  For  the  tre  is  knowne  by  the  frute. 
 O  ye  generacio  of  vypers,  how  can  ye  speake 
 good,  whan  ye  youre  selues  are  euell  ?  ''  For 
 of  y  abundace  of  y  hert  y  mouth  speaketh. 
 A  good  man  out  of  the  good  treasure  of  his 
 hert,  bringeth  forth  good  thinges :  5  an  euel 
 man  out  of  his  euell  treasure,  bringeth  forth 
 euell  thinges.  But  I  saye  vnto  you,  that  of 
 euery  ydell  worde  that  me  haue  spoken,  they 
 shal  geue  accomptes  at  y  daye  of  iudgmet. 
 '  Out  of  thy  wordes  thou  shalt  be  iustified 
 out  of  thy  wordes  thou  shalt  be  codemned. 
 
 Then  answered  certayne  of  the  scrybes 
 and  Pharises,  and  sayde :  Master,  we  wolde 
 fayne  se  a  toke  of  the.  *And  he  answered 
 and  saide  vnto  the :  This  euell  and  ad- 
 uouterous  generacion  seketh  a  token :  and 
 there  shal  no  token  be  geuen  the,  but  the 
 token  of  the  prophete  lonas.  '  For  as  lonas 
 was  thre  dayes  and  thre  nightes  in  the  WhaUes 
 bely,  so  shal  the  sonne  of  ma  be  thre  dayes 
 and  thre  nightes  in  the  hert  of  the  earth. 
 The  men  of  Ninyue  shal  ryse  in  the  last 
 iudgment  with  this  generacion,  and  shal  con- 
 demne  it:  "for  they  dyd  penaunce  acordinge 
 to  y  preachinge  of  lonas.  And  beholde,  here 
 is  one  greater  the  lonas.  The  quene  of  the 
 south  shal  "aryse  in  the  last  iudgmet  with  this 
 generacion,  and  shal  condene  it :  for  she  came 
 from  the  vttemost  partes  of  the  earth,  to 
 heare  y  wyszdome  of  Salomon :  And  lo,  here 
 is  one  greater  then  Salomon. 
 
 Whan  the  vncleane  sprete  is  gone  out  of 
 man,  °  he  walketh  thorow  dry  places,  sekinge 
 rest,  5  fyndeth  none.  The  saieth  he  :  I  vnl 
 turne  agayne  in  to  my  house,  fro  whence  I 
 wete  out.  And  whan  he  cometh,  he  fyndeth 
 it  emptye,  swepte  and  garnyshed.  Then 
 goeth  he  his  waye,  (j  taketh  vnto  him  seuen 
 other  spretes  worse  then  him  self:  and  whan 
 they  are  entred  in,  they  dwell  there:  ''And 
 the  ende  of  that  man  is  worse  then  the  be- 
 gynnynge.  Euen  so  shal  it  go  with  this  euell 
 generacion. 
 
 Whyle  he  yet  talked  vnto  the  people,  be- 
 holde, his  mother  ij  his  brethre  stode  without 
 desyringe  to  speake  with  him.  'Then  sayde 
 one  vnto  him  :  Beholde,  thy  mother  and  thy 
 
 Marc.  8.  b.     Luc.  11.  c.         '  lonse  2.  a.         "  lonae  3.  b. 
 "  3  Re.  10.  a.     2  Par.  9.  a.         »  Luc.  11.  c.  fa  Pet. 
 
 2.  d.     Heb.  6.  a.        «  Marc.  3.  c.     Luc.  8.  c. 
 
Clbap,  viih 
 
 CI)f  so^tU  of  ^,  ilatftfU), 
 
 fo,  jTblj, 
 
 brethren  stonde  mthout,  5  wolde  speake  with 
 the.  Neuertheles  he  answered  j  sayde  vnto 
 him  that  tolde  him :  Who  is  my  mother  ?  5 
 who  are  my  brethren?  And  he  stretched 
 forth  his  hande  ouer  his  disciples,  g  sayde : 
 Beholde  my  mother  and  my  brethre.  For 
 "who  soeuer  doth  f  wyll  of  my  father  which 
 is  in  heaue,  the  same  is  my  brother,  sister  and 
 mother. 
 
 %i)e  ni).  Ci^apUr. 
 
 THE  same  daye  wente  lesus  out  of  f 
 house,  'and  sat  by  the  see  syde,  d  moch 
 people  resorted  vnto  him  :  so  y  he  wete  in  to 
 a  shyppe  and  satt  him  downe,  and  all  the 
 people  stode  vpo  the  shore.  And  he  spake 
 many  thinges  vnto  the  in  symihtudes,  say- 
 enge :  Beholde,  The  sower  wente  forth  to 
 sowe :  and  as  he  sowed,  some  fell  by  the  waye 
 syde :  Then  came  the  foules,  g  ate  it  vp. 
 Some  fell  vpon  stony  grounde,  g  anone  it 
 spronge  vp,  because  it  had  no  depth  of  earth : 
 But  whan  the  Sonne  arose,  it  caught  heate : 
 and  for  so  moch  as  it  had  no  rote,  it  withred 
 awaye.  Some  fell  amoge  the  thomes,  5  the 
 thornes  grewe  vp,  and  choked  it.  Some  fell 
 vpo  good  groude,  5  gaue  frute  :  some  an  hun- 
 dreth  folde,  some  sixtie  folde,  some  thirtie 
 folde.  Who  so  hath  eares  to  heare,  let  hi 
 heare. 
 
 And  the  disciples  came  vnto  him,  and 
 sayde:  "Why  speakest  thou  to  the  by  parables? 
 He  answered  and  sayde  vnto  the :  Vnto  you 
 it  is  geuen  to  knowe  the  ''mystery  of  the  king- 
 dome   of  heauen,   but   vnto  them  it  is  not 
 
 len.  For  whoso  hath,  vnto  him  shal  be 
 geue,  and  he  shal  haue  abundaunce.  But  who 
 so  hath  not,  from  him  shalbe  taken  awaye, 
 eue  that  he  hath.  Therfore  speake  I  vnto 
 the  by  parables,  for  with  seynge  eyes  they  se 
 not,  5  with  hearinge  eares  they  heare  not,  for 
 they  vnderstonde  it  not.  And  in  them  is 
 fulfilled  y  prophecie  of  Esay,  which  sayeth : 
 '  Ye  shal  heare  in  dede,  and  shal  not  vnder- 
 stonde :  and  with  seinge  eyes  shal  ye  se,  and 
 not  perceaue.  For  f  hert  of  this  people  is 
 waxed  grosse,  g  their  eares  are  thick  of 
 hearige,  %  their  eyes  haue  they  closed,  lest 
 they  shulde  once  se  with  y  eyes,  5  heare  with 
 
 »  loha.  15.  b.  '  Marc.  4.  a.     Luc.  8.  a.         '  Marc. 
 
 4.  a.  Luc.  8.  b.  "<  2  Cor.  3.  c.  Mat.  25.  c.  Marc.  4.  b. 
 Luc.  8.  b.  and  19.  c.      '  Esa.  6.  b.    Marc.  4.  a.    Luc.  8.  b. 
 
 the  eares,  j  vnderstode  with  the  hert,  5  turne 
 that  I  might  heale  them. 
 
 But  blessed  are  youre  eyes,  for  they  se :  5 
 youre  eares,  for  they  heare.  Verely  I  saye 
 vnto  you  :  •''Many  prophetes  5  righteous  men 
 haue  desyred  to  se  y  thinges  that  ye  se,  and 
 haue  not  sene  the :  and  to  heare  the  thinges 
 that  ye  heare,  and  haue  not  herde  the.  Heare 
 ye  therfore  the  parable  of  the  sower.  *Whan 
 one  heareth  y^  worde  of  the  kyngdome,  and 
 \Tiderstondeth  it  not,  the  euell  man  cometh, 
 and  plucketh  it  awaye  that  is  sowne  in  his 
 hert:  (j  this  is  he  y  is  sowne  by  the  waye 
 syde.  But  he  y  is  sowne  in  the  stonye 
 grounde,  is  this  :  wha  one  heareth  the  worde, 
 g  anone  with  ioye  receaueth  it:  neuertheles 
 he  hath  no  rote  I  him,  but  endureth  for  a 
 season :  wha  trouble  5  persecucion  aryseth 
 because  of  the  worde,  immechatly  he  his 
 offended.  As  for  him  that  is  sowne  amonge 
 y  thornes,  this  is  he :  Wha  one  heareth  the 
 worde,  (t  the  carefulnes  of  this  worlde,  5  the 
 disceatfulnes  of  riches  choke  the  worde,  j  so 
 he  becometh  vnfrutefull.  But  he  y  is  sowne 
 in  the  good  grounde,  is  this :  whan  one  hear- 
 eth the  worde,  and  vnderstondeth  it,  and 
 bringeth  forth  frute:  and  some  geueth  an 
 hudreth  folde,  some  sixtie  folde,  and  some 
 thirtie  folde. 
 
 Another  parable  put  he  forth  vnto  the, 
 (J  sayde  :  The  kyngdome  of  heaue  is  like  vnto 
 a  man, ''  y  sowed  good  sede  in  his  felde.  But 
 whyle  me  slepte,  there  came  an  enemye,  and 
 sowed  tares  amonge  y  wheate,  5  wente  his 
 waye.  Now  wha  the  blade  was  sproge  vp 
 5  brought  forth  frute,  the  y  tares  appeared 
 also.  Then  came  the  seruautes  to  f  hous- 
 holder,  g  sayde  vnto  him :  Syr,  sowdest  not 
 thou  good  sede  in  thy  felde  ?  Fro  whece  the 
 hath  it  tares  ?  He  sayde  vnto  the :  that  hath 
 the  enemye  done.  The  sayde  y-  seruautes : 
 wilt  thou  then  y  we  go  g  wede  the  out  ?  He 
 sayde  :  No,  lest  whyle  ye  wede  out  f  tares,  ye 
 plucke  vp  the  wheate  also  with  the.  Let  the 
 both  growe  together  tyll  the  haruest,  and  in 
 tyme  of  haruest  I  wil  saye  vnto  the  reapers : 
 Gather  y^  tares  first,  5  bynde  the  in  sheeues 
 to  be  bret :  but  gather  the  wheate  in  to  my 
 barne. 
 
 Another  parable  put  he  forth  vnto  the,  and 
 
 loha.  12.  c.      Act.  28.  d.      Rom.  11.  b. 
 1  Pet.  1.  b.        s  Marc.  4.  b.    Luc.  8.  b. 
 
 /  Luc.  10.  c. 
 ^  Marc.  4.  c. 
 
#0.  Viiiij. 
 
 €i)t  gos^tll  of  ^.  iBntl)fU). 
 
 CJjap.  jriiij. 
 
 df 
 
 sayde :  The  kyngdome  of  heauen  is  like  vnto 
 a  "grane  of  mustarde  sede,  which  a  man  toke, 
 and  sowed  it  in  his  felde.  Which  is  the  leest 
 anionge  all  sedes.  But  whan  it  is  growne,  it 
 is  the  greatest  amonge  herbes,  and  is  a  tre : 
 so  that  the  byrdes  vnder  the  heauen  come  and 
 dwell  in  the  braunches  of  it. 
 
 Another  parable  spake  he  vnto  the:  *The 
 kyngdome  of  heaue  is  like  vnto  leue,  which 
 a  woman  toke,  and  myxte  it  amonge  thre 
 peckes  of  meele,  tyll  all  was  leuended. 
 
 '  All  soch  thinges  spake  lesus  vnto  y  people 
 by  parables,  5  without  parables  spake  he 
 nothinge  vnto  the  :  y  the  thinge  might  be 
 fulfilled,  which  was  spoke  by  f  prophet,  say- 
 enge  :  I  wil  open  my  mouth  in  parables,  and 
 wil  ''speake  out  the  secretes  from  the  begyn- 
 nynge  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Then  sent  lesus  the  people  awaye,  and 
 came  home.  And  his  disciples  came  vnto  hi, 
 and  sayde :  Declare  vnto  us  f  parable  of  ;y- 
 tares  of  y  felde.  lesus  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  He  that  soweth  the  good  sede,  is 
 the  Sonne  of  man :  the  felde  is  the  worlde :  y 
 good  sede  are  the  childre  of  the  kyngdome : 
 The  tares  are  the  children  of  wdckednes :  y 
 enemye  that  soweth  the,  is  the  deuell :  f  har- 
 uest  is  the  ende  of  the  worlde  :  f  reapers  are 
 f  angels.  '  For  like  as  y  tares  are  weded  out, 
 and  brent  in  the  fyre,  eue  so  shal  it  go  in  y 
 ende  of  this  worlde.  The  sonne  of  man  shal 
 sende  forth  his  angels,  (i  they  shal  gather  out 
 of  his  kingdome  all  thinges  y  offende,  (j  the 
 y  do  iniquyte,  5  shal  cast  the  in  to  a  fornace 
 of  fyre,  there  shalbe  waylinge  and  gnaszhinge 
 of  teth.  •'^The  shal  the  righteous  shyne  as 
 the  Sonne,  in  the  kyngdome  of  their  father. 
 Who  so  hath  eares  to  heare,  let  him  heare. 
 
 Agayne,  the  kingdome  of  heauen  is  like 
 vnto  a  treasure  hyd  in  the  felde,  which  a  ma 
 founde  and  hid  it,  and  for  ioye  therof  he  wete 
 (t  solde  aU  y  he  had,  and  bought  y  felde. 
 
 Agayne,  the  kyngdome  of  heauen  is  like 
 vnto  a  marchaQt,  y  sought  good  pearles :  5 
 wha  he  had  founde  a  precious  pearle,  *he  wete 
 and  solde  all  that  he  had,  5  bought  it. 
 
 Agayne,  f  kyngdome  of  heaue  is  like  vnto 
 a  nett  cast  in  to  f  see,  wherwith  are  take  all 
 maner  of  fyshes :  5  wha  it  is  ful,  me  drawe  it 
 out  vnto  f  shore,  j  sytt  5  gather  f  good  1  to 
 
 'Marc.  4.  c.    Luc.  13.  b.        »  Luc.  13.  b.         '  Marc. 
 
 4.  a.  'Psal.77.a.         '  Apo.  14.  d.         /Dan.  12. a. 
 
 sap.  3.  b     1  Cor.  15.  c.        «  Phil.  3.  a.         *  Mat.  22.  b. 
 
 Mat.  15.  c.         *  Marc.  6.  a.    Luc.  4.  b.         '  loha.  6.  c. 
 
 the  vessels,  but  cast  the  bad  awaye.  ''  So 
 shal  it  be  also  in  f  ende  of  f  worlde.  The 
 angels  shal  go  out,  5  seuer  the  bad  fro  the 
 righteous,  u  shal  cast  the  in  to  a  fornace  of 
 fyre,  '  there  shalbe  waylinge  5  gnaszhinge 
 of  teth. 
 
 And  lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Haue  ye 
 vnderstode  all  these  thinges?  They  sayde: 
 *Yee  LOIIDE.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  the: 
 Therfore  euery  scribe  taught  vnto  y  king- 
 dome  of  heauen,  is  like  an  houszholder,  which 
 bryngeth  out  of  his  treasure  thinges  new 
 and  olde. 
 
 And  it  came  to  passe  wha  lesus  had  ended 
 these  parables,  he  departed  thence,  and  came 
 in  to  his  owne  coijtre,  and  taught  the  in  their 
 synagoges :  in  so  moch,  that  they  were  aston- 
 nyed  and  sayde :  Whece  cometh  soch  wysZ' 
 dome  g  power  vnto  him  ?  '  Is  not  this  the 
 carpeters  sonne  ?  Is  not  his  mother  called 
 Mary  ?  and  his  brethre  lames  q,  loses,  and 
 Symon  and  lude  ?  And  are  not  all  his  sisters 
 here  with  us  ?  Whence  hath  he  the  all  these 
 thinges  ?  And  they  were  offended  at  him. 
 But  lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  ""  A  prophet  is 
 nowhere  lesse  sett  by,  the  at  home  5  amonge 
 his  owne.  And  he  dyd  not  many  miracles 
 there,  because  of  their  vnbeleue. 
 
 Ci^t  yiii).  Cijapttr. 
 
 AT  that  tyme  Herode  y  Tetrarcha  herde 
 of  ;y  fame  of  lesu,  "5  sayde  vnto  his 
 seruautes :  This  is  Iho  ;y-  baptist.  He  is 
 rysen  agayne  fro  the  deed,  therfore  are  his 
 dedes  so  mightie.  °  For  Herode  had  take  Iho 
 bounde  hi,  (5  put  him  in  preson  for  Herodias 
 sake  his  brothers  Philips  wife.  For  Ihon 
 sayde  vnto  him :  *It  is  not  laufuU  for  y  to 
 haue  her.  And  fayne  wolde  he  haue  put  him 
 to  death,  but  he  feared  the  people,'  because 
 they  helde  him  for  a  Prophet. 
 
 But  whan  Herode  helde  his  byrth  daye,  the 
 doughter  of  Herodias  daunsed  before  the,'  and 
 that  pleased  Herode  well,  wherfore  he  pro- 
 mysed  her  with  an  00th,  y  he  wolde  geue  her, 
 whatsoeuer  she  wolde  axe.  And  she  (beynge 
 instructe  of  hir  mother  afore)  sayde:  geue 
 me  Ihon  baptistes  heade  in  a  platter.  And 
 the  kynge  was  sory.  Neuertheles  for  f  ooth 
 sake,  d  the  y  sat  with  him  at  ;y'   table,    he 
 
 '"  Marc.  6.  a.     Luc.  4.  c.     lohS.  4,  c. 
 Luc.  9.  a.        "Luc.  3.0.        'Leui.  18.  b. 
 Gen.  40.  c.  ^  Marc.  6.  c. 
 
 '  Marc.  6.  b. 
 'Mat.  21. b, 
 
Cfiap.  )r&. 
 
 €\)t  sospell  of  ^.  iHatfttto. 
 
 jTo.  ViV. 
 
 comaunded  it  to  be  geueii  her,  (t  sent,  5  be- 
 heeded  Ihon  in  the  preson.  And  his  heed 
 was  brought  in  a  platter,  and  geuen  to  the 
 damsell,  5  she  brought  it  vnto  her  mother. 
 Then  came  his  disciples,  and  toke  his  body, 
 and  buried  it,  and  wente  and  tolde  lesus. 
 
 Whan  lesus  herde  y,  he  departed  thence 
 by  shippe  in  to  a  desert  place  alone."  And 
 wha  the  people  herde  therof,  they  folowed  him 
 on  fote  out  of  f  cities.  And  lesus  wete  forth, 
 and  sawe  moch  people,  and  had  pytie  vpon 
 them,  and  healed  their  sicke.  But  at  euen 
 his  disciples  came  vnto  him,  j  saide :  This  is 
 a  deserte  place,  and  y  night  falleth  on :  let  ;y 
 people  departe  from  the,  that  they  maye  go  in 
 to  the  to wnes,  and  bye  them  vytayles.  But  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  them :  They  nede  not  go  awaye, 
 geue  ye  the  to  eate.  The  saide  they  vnto 
 him  :  We  haue  here  but  fyue  loaues  and  two 
 fyshes.  And  he  sayde :  bringe  the  hither. 
 And  he  comaunded  f  people  to  syt  downe 
 vpon  the  grasse,  and  toke  f  fyue  loaues  and 
 two  fiszhes,  and  loked  vp  towarde  heauen,  and 
 gaue  thankes,  and  brake  and  gaue  the  loaues 
 vnto  the  disciples,  and  the  disciples  gaue  them 
 to  the  people.  And  they  all  ate,  and  were 
 suffised.  And  they  gathered  vp  of  the  broken 
 meate  that  remayned  ouer,  twolue  baszkettes 
 full.  And  they  y  ate,  were  aboute  a  fyue 
 thousande  men,  besyde  wemen  and  children. 
 
 *And  straight  waye  lesus  made  his  disciples 
 to  entre  in  to  a  shippe,  5  to  go  ouer  before  hi, 
 tyll  he  had  sent  y  people  awaye.  And  whan 
 he  had  sent  the  people  awaye,  he  wete  vp  in 
 to  a  mountayne  alone,'  to  make  his  prayer. 
 And  at  euen  he  was  there  him  self  alone. 
 And  f  shippe  was  allready  in  y  myddest  of  the 
 see,  (J  was  tost  with  wawes,  for  the  winde  was 
 cotrary.  But  in  y  fourth  watch  of  y  night 
 lesus  came  vnto  the,  walkinge  vpon  the  see. 
 And  whan  his  disciples  sawe  him  goinge  vpon 
 the  see,  they  were  afrayed,  sayenge :  It  is 
 some  sprete,  and  cried  out  for  feare.  But 
 straight  waye  lesus  spake  vnto  them,  and 
 sayde:  Be  of  good  cheare,  it  is  I,  be  not 
 afrayed. 
 
 Peter  answered  him,  j  saide  :  LORDE,  yf 
 it  be  thou,  byd  me  come  vnto  the  vpon  f 
 water.  And  he  sayde :  come  on  thy  waye. 
 And  Peter  stepte  out  of  the  shippe,  5  wete 
 vpon  the  water,  to  come  vnto  lesus.      But 
 
 "  Marc.  6.  d.     Luc.  9.  b.    loha.  6.  a. 
 loha.  6.  b.         '  Luc.  6.  b.         "  Marc.  6.  f. 
 
 *  Marc.  6.  e. 
 '  Marc.  7.  a. 
 
 whan  he  sawe  a  mightie  wynde,  he  was  afrayed, 
 II begane  to  synke,  5  cried,  sayenge:  LORDE, 
 helpe  me.  And  imediatly  lesus  stretched  forth 
 his  hande,  5  caught  him,  d  sayde  vnto  him 
 O  thou  of  litle  faith,  wherfore  doutest  thou  ? 
 And  they  wente  in  to  the  shippe,''  5  the  wynde 
 ceased.  Then  they  that  were  in  f  shippe, 
 came  5  fell  downe  before  him,  5  sayde  :  Of  a 
 trueth  thou  art  y  sonne  of  God.  And  they 
 shipped  ouer,  5  came  in  to  the  lode  of  Gena- 
 zereth.  And  wha  f  me  of  y  place  had  know- 
 lege  of  hi,  they  sent  out  in  to  all  that  coutre 
 rounde  aboute,  5  brought  vnto  him  all  that 
 were  sicke,  %  besought  him,  that  they  might 
 but  touch  the  hemme  of  his  vesture  onely :  ij 
 as  many  as  touched  it,  were  made  whole. 
 
 Wt)t  yb.  C^aptnr. 
 
 THEN  came  vnto  him  the  scribes  and 
 pharises  from  Jerusalem, "  sayenge : 
 Why  do  thy  disciples  transgresse  f  tradicions 
 of  the  elders  ?  for  they  wash  not  their  hodes 
 whan  they  eate  bred.  He  answered  3  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  Why  do  ye  transgresse  the  c6- 
 maundemet  of  God,  because  of  youre  owne 
 tradicios  ?  For  God  comaunded,  sayege : 
 Honoure  father  5  mother:  5  ^he  y  curseth 
 father  5  mother,  shal  dye  the  death.  But  ye 
 saye :  Euery  man  shal  saye  to  father  or 
 mother:  *  The  thige  y  I  shulde  helpe  y  withal, 
 is  geue  vnto  God.  By  this  is  it  come  to  passe, 
 that  no  man  honoureth  his  father  or  his 
 mother  eny  more.  And  thus  haue  ye  made 
 the  cSmaundement  of  God  of  none  effecte, 
 for  youre  owne  tradicios.  Ye  ypocrites,  full 
 well  hath  Esaye  prophecied  of  you,  5  sayde :  * 
 This  people  draweth  nye  vnto  me  with  their 
 mouth,  5  honoureth  me  with  their  lippes,  how 
 beit,  their  hert  is  farre  fro  me.  But  in  vayne 
 do  they  serue  me,  whyle  they  teach  soch  doc- 
 trynes  as  are  nothinge  but  the  commaunde- 
 mentes  of  men. 
 
 And  he  called  f  people  to  hi,  5  saide  vnto 
 the :  Heare  d  vnderstcide :  That  which  goeth 
 in  to  the  mouth,  defyleth  not  the  ma :  but  y 
 which  Cometh  out  of  the  mouth,  defyleth  f  ma. 
 
 Then  came  his  disciples,  5  sayde  vnto  him : 
 knowest  thou  y  the  Pharises  were  offended, 
 whan  they  herde  this  sayenge  ?  He  answered, 
 and  sayde :  'All  plantes  which  my  heauenly 
 father  hath  not  planted,  shal  be  pluckte  vp  by 
 
 /  Exo.  20.  b.     Deu.  5.  b.  and  27.  c. 
 *  Esa.  29.  c.     Ezec.  33.  f. 
 
 f  Pro. 
 '  Act.  5.  c. 
 
#0.  vr. 
 
 €i)t  gos^jfU  of  ^.  iWatbftu, 
 
 Cfiap.  )rt)t. 
 
 y  rotes.  Let  the  go,  they  are  y  blynde  leaders 
 of  y  blynde.  Wha  one  blinde  leadeth  another, 
 they  fall  both  I  y  diche." 
 
 '  Then  answered  Peter  5  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Declare  vnto  us  this  parable.  And  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  the :  Are  ye  yet  the  without 
 vnderstondinge  ?  Perceaue  ye  not,  y  what  so- 
 euer  goeth  in  at  f  mouth,  descedeth  downe 
 in  to  y^  bely,  (t,  is  cast  out  in  to  the  draught  ? 
 But  the  thinge  that  proceadeth  out  of  the 
 mouth,  Cometh  fro  y  hert,  5  that  defyleth  y 
 mil.  For  out  of  y-  hert  come  euell  thoughtes 
 murthur,  breakynge  of  wedlocke,  whordome 
 theft,  false  witnesse,  blasphemy.  These  are 
 y  thinges  that  defyle  a  man.  But  to  eate 
 with  vnwaszhen  hondes,  defyleth  not  a  man. 
 
 And  '  lesus  wente  out  from  thence,  (j  de- 
 parted in  to  the  coastes  of  Tyre  of  Sidon. 
 And  beholde,  a  woma  of  Canaan  wete  out  of 
 f  same  coastes,  5  cried  after  him,  sayege  :  0 
 LOllDE,  thou  Sonne  of  Dauid,  haue  mercy 
 vpon  me.  My  doughter  is  sore  vexed  with  a 
 deuell.  And  he  answered  her  neuer  a  worde. 
 The  came  his  disciples  vnto  him,  5  besought 
 him,  sayege  :  Sede  her  awaye,  for  she  crieth 
 after  us.  But  he  answered,  5  saide :  I  am  not 
 sent,  ''but  vnto  the  lost  shepe  of  the  house  of 
 Israel.  Notwithstondinge  she  came  (j  fell 
 downe  before  him,  5  sayde :  LORDE,  helpe 
 He  answered  5  sayde  :  It  is  not  good,  to 
 take  the  childrens  bred,  it  to  cast  it  vnto 
 dogges.  It  is  trueth  LORDE  (sayde  she) 
 Neuertheles  the  whelpes  eate  of  the  crommes, 
 that  fall  fro  their  lordes  table.  Then  answered 
 lesus  II  sayde  vnto  her :  O  woma,  greate  is  thy 
 faith  be  it  vnto  the,  eue  as  thou  desyrest.  And 
 hir  doughter  was  made  hole  at  y  same  houre. 
 And  lesus  departed  thece,  and  came  nye 
 vnto  the  see  of  Galile,  and  wente  vp  in  to  a 
 mountayne,  and  sat  downe  there.  And  there 
 came  vnto  him  moch  people,  hauinge  with 
 them,  lame,  blynde,  dome,  crepell,  and  other 
 many,  and  cast  them  downe  at  lesus  fete. 
 And  he  healed  the,*  in  so  moch  that  the 
 people  wodred,  to  se  the  dome  speake,  the 
 crepell  whole,  the  halt  to  go,  (j  the  blynde  to 
 se.     And  they  praysed  the  God  of  Israel. 
 
 And  lesus  called  his  disciples  vnto  him,  g 
 sayde :  ^  I  haue  copassion  vpon  the  people,  for 
 they  haue  cotynued  with  me  now  thre  dayes, 
 
 -Esa.iS.c.  Luc.  6.  d.  »  Marc.  7.  b.  'Marc.  7.  c. 
 Luc.  19.  a.  <Esa.  35.  a.  /  Marc.  8.  a.  «Marc. 
 8.  b.     Ioha.6.  d.  »  Luc.  12.  f.  •  Mat.  12.  d. 
 
 (t  haue  nothinge  to  eate,  (j  I  wil  not  let  the 
 departe  fastynge,  lest  they  perishe  in  f  waye. 
 And  his  disciples  sayde  vnto  him  :  Whence 
 shulde  we  get  so  moch  bred  in  the  wyldemes, 
 that  we  might  satiszfie  so  moch  people  ?  And 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  the:  How  many  loaues  haue 
 ye  ?  They  sayde :  seue,  (s  a  few  litle  fyshes. 
 And  he  comaunded  f  people  to  syt  downe 
 vpo  the  grounde,  ana  toke  y  seue  loaues,  5 
 the  fyshes,  (t  gaue  thankes  (j  brake  the,  5 
 gaue  the  to  his  disciples,  d  y  disciples  gaue 
 the  vnto  the  people.  And  they  all  ate,  5  were 
 suffised.  And  they  toke  vp  of  the  broke 
 meate  y  was  left,  seuen  baszkettes  fuU.  And 
 they  y  ate,  were  foure  thousande  me,  besyde 
 wemen  and  children.  And  whan  he  had  sent 
 awaye  the  people,  he  wente  in  to  a  shippe,  tj 
 came  in  to  the  parties  of  Magdala. 
 
 Wift  \bi.  Ci^aptn:. 
 
 THEN  came  the  Pharises  5  Saduces  vnto 
 him,  I  tepted  him,'  requyringe  him  to 
 she  we  the  a  toke  from  heaue.  But  he  an^ 
 swered,  5  sayde :  ''  At  eue  ye  saye  :  It  wil  be 
 fayre  wedder,  for  y  szkye  is  reed.  And  in  f 
 mornynge,  ye  saye  :  It  wil  be  foule  wedder  to 
 daye,  for  the  szkye  is  reed,  ij  gloometh.  O 
 ye  ypocrytes,  ye  can  discerne  the  fashion  of  f 
 szkye  :  can  ye  not  the  discerne  the  tokes  of 
 these  tymes  also?  This  euell  and  aduouterous 
 generacio  seketh  a  toke,  5  '  there  shal  no  toke 
 be  geue  the,  but  the  toke  of  y  prophet  lonas." 
 So  he  left  the,  and  departed. 
 
 'And  wha  his  disciples  were  come  to  the 
 other  syde  of  the  water,  they  had  forgotten 
 to  take  bred  with  them.  lesus  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Take  hede  5  bewarre  of  the  leue  of  y  Pharises 
 (I  of  the  Saduces."  The  thought  tney  in  the 
 selues,  sayege :  We  haue  take  no  bred  with 
 us.  Whe  lesus  perceaued  y,  he  sayde  to  the : 
 O  ye  of  litle  faith,  why  are  ye  combred  (in 
 youre  mindes)  because  ye  haue  take  no  bred 
 with  you?  Do  ye  not  yet  perceaue  ?  Remembre 
 ye  not  those  fyue  loaues, "  whe  there  were  fyue 
 thousande  me,  and  how  many  baszkettes  toke 
 ye  vp?  Nether  y "  seue  loaues  whan  there  were 
 foure  thousande  men,  5  how  many  baszkettes 
 toke  ye  vp  ?  Why  perceaue  ye  not  then,  y  I 
 spake  not  to  you  of  bred,  whe  I  saide:  be- 
 warre of  f  leue  of  f  Pharises  5  of  ^  Saduces .'' 
 
 *  lonae  2.  a. 
 
 '  Marc.  8.  b.      "  Luc.  12.  a.      "  Mat.  14.  c. 
 »  Mat.  15.  d. 
 
C6ap«  jrbi. 
 
 €i)t  gosipell  of  ^.  i¥lati)eto. 
 
 So.  nt 
 
 The  vnderstode  they,  how  y  he  bad  not  the 
 bewarre  of  the  leue  of  bred,  but  of  y  doc- 
 tryne  of  the  Pharises  and  of  the  Saduces. 
 
 Then  came  lesus  in  to  the  coastes  of  the 
 cite  Cesarea  PhiUppi,  s  axed  his  disciples  5 
 saide :  Who  do  nie  saie,*  y  y  sonne  of  ma  is? 
 They  sayde :  Some  saye,  y  thou  art  Iho  the 
 baptist,  Some  y  thou  art  Elias,  Some  y  thou 
 art  leremy,  or  one  of  y-  prophetes.  He  saide 
 to  the :  But  who  saye  ye  y  I  am  ?  The 
 answered  Sym5  Peter  and  saide  :  Thou  art 
 Christ  f  sonne  of  y  lyuinge  God."  And  lesus 
 answered,  (j  saide  vnto  hi :  Blessed  art  thou 
 SjTno  y^  Sonne  of  lonas,  for  flesh  5  bloude 
 hath  not  opened  y  vnto  the,  but  my  father  y 
 is  in  heaue.'  And  I  saie  to  f :  Thou  art 
 Peter,  j  typo  this  rocke  wil  I  builde  my  cogre- 
 gacion :  and  y  gates  of  hell  shal  not  preuayle 
 agaynst  it.  And  the  keyes  of  heauen  wil  I 
 geue  vnto  the :  Whatsoeuer  thou  shalt  bynde 
 vpon  earth,  shalbe  bounde  also  in  heauen : 
 (J  whatsoeuer  thou  shalt  lowse  vpon  earth, 
 shalbe  lowsed  also  in  heaue.  Then  charged 
 he  his  disciples,  that  they  shulde  tell  no  ma 
 that  he  was  lesus  Christ. 
 
 "Trom  that  tyme  forth  beganne  lesus  to 
 shew  vnto  his  disciples,  how  that  he  must  go 
 vnto  lerusale,  and  suifre  many  thinges  of  the 
 elders,  and  of  the  hye  prestes,  and  of  the 
 scrybes,  and  be  put  to  death,  and  ryse  againe 
 the  thirde  daye.  But  Peter  toke  him  asyde, 
 and  beganne  to  rebuke  him,  sayenge: 
 LORDE,  fauoure  thy  self,  let  not  this  happen 
 vnto  the.  '  Neuertheles  he  turned  him  aboute, 
 (J  sayde  vnto  Peter:  Auoyde  fro  me  Satha, 
 thou  hindrest  me,  for  thou  sauourest  not  y 
 thinges  that  be  of  God,  but  of  men. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  his  disciples  :  ^  Yf 
 eny  man  wil  folowe  me,  let  him  forsake  him 
 self,  (J  take  vp  his  crosse,  and  folowe  me.  For 
 who  so  wil  saue  his  hfe,  shal  lose  it :  but  who 
 so  loseth  his  hfe  for  my  sake,  shal  fynde  it. 
 What  helpeth  it  a  man  though  he  wanne  the 
 whole  worlde,  and  yet  sufired  harme  in  his 
 soule  ?  Or  what  can  a  man  geue,  to  redeme 
 his  soule  withall  ?  For  it  wil  come  to  passe, 
 that  the  sonne  of  ma  shal  come  in  the  glory 
 of  his  father  with  his  angels,  and  then  shal  he 
 rewarde  euery  one  acordinge  to  his  dedes.^ 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  :    *  there  stonde  here 
 
 *  Some  reade  that  I  the  sonne  of  man  am.  "  loha.  6.  g. 
 »  loha.  6.  e.  t  1  Cor.  10.  a.  '  Esa.  28.  a.  1  Par.  18.  b. 
 Mat.  18.  b.     loha.  20.  c.  ''  Marc.  8.  d.     Luc.  9.  c. 
 
 '  3  Re.  19.  d.  /  Mat.  10.  e.    Marc.  8.  c.    Luc.  9.  c. 
 
 some,  which  shal  not  taist  of  death,  tyll  they 
 se  y^  sonne  of  ma  come  in  his  kingdome. 
 
 Wi)t  ybi).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AND  after  sixe  dayes  lesus  toke  Peter 
 lames,  and  Ihon  his  brother,'  and 
 brought  them  vp  in  to  an  hye  mountayne  out 
 of  the  waye,  and  was  transfigured  before  the  : 
 g  his  face  shone  as  f  Sonne,  and  his  clothes 
 were  as  white  as  the  light.  And  beholde, 
 there  appeared  vnto  the  Moses  and  Elias 
 talkinge  with  him.  Then  answered  Peter, 
 and  sayde  vnto  lesus  :  LORDE,  here  is  good 
 beynge  for  us.  Yf  thou  wilt,  let  us  make 
 here  thre  tabernacles:  one  for  the,  one  for 
 Moses,  and  one  for  Elias.  *Whyle  he  yet 
 spake,  beholde,  a  bright  cloude  ouershadowed 
 them :  and  lo,  there  came  a  voyce  out  of  the 
 cloude,  saienge:  'This  is  my  deare  sonne,  in 
 whom  I  delyte,  t  heare  him.  Whan  f  disciples 
 herde  that,  they  fell  vpon  their  faces,  and 
 were  sore  afrayed.  But  lesus  came  and 
 touched  them,  and  sayde  :  Aryse,  and  be  not 
 afrayed.  And  whan  they  loked  vp,  they  sawe 
 no  man,  but  lesus  onely. 
 
 And  wha  they  came  downe  fro  y  moun- 
 tayne, lesus  charged  them,  and  sayde  :  "  Tell 
 no  man  of  this  vision,  tyll  the  sonne  of  man 
 be  rysen  agayne  from  y  deed.  And  his  dis- 
 ciples axed  him,  and  sayde:  Why  saye  the 
 scrybes  then,  that  Elias  must  first  come  ?" 
 lesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Elias 
 shall  come  first  in  dede,  and  bringe  all  thinges 
 to  right  agayne.  But  I  saye  vnto  you :  Elias 
 is  come  all  ready,  g  they  knewe  him  not,  but 
 haue  done  vnto  him  what  they  wolde.  Eue 
 so  shal  also  the  sonne  of  man  sufire  of  them. 
 Then  the  disciples  perceaued,  that  he  spake 
 vnto  them  of  Ihon  the  baptist. 
 
 "And  whan  they  were  coine  to  the  people, 
 there  came  vnto  him  a  certayne  man,  and 
 kneled  vnto  him,  and  sayde  :  LORDE,  haue 
 mercy  vpon  my  sonne,  for  he  is  lunatike,  5 
 sore  vexed.  He  falleth  oft  tymes  in  to  y  fyre, 
 and  oft  in  to  y  water :  and  I  brought  him 
 vnto  thy  disciples,  and  they  coude  not  heale 
 him.  lesus  answered,  and  sayde  :  0  thou 
 faithles  and  frowarde  generacion,  how  longe 
 shal  I  be  with  you  ?  How  longe  shal  I  suffre 
 you  ?     Bringe  him  hither  to  me.     And  lesus 
 
 and  14.  d.     loha.  12.  c.        s  Rom.  2.  a.         ^  Marc.  8.  e. 
 Luc.  9.  c.  •  Marc.  9.  a.  Luc.  9.  d.  *  Esa.  42.  a. 
 
 Math.  3.  b.        '  Marc.  1.  a.    loha.  1.  d.         f  Deut.  18.  c. 
 "  Marc.  9.  a.        "  MaL  3.  d.         »  Marc.  9.  b.     Luc.  9.  d 
 
 1.32 
 
vnh 
 
 CI)r  gosprll  of  ^.  i%latJ)fU). 
 
 C&ap.  rbiij* 
 
 rebuked  him,  and  f  deuyll  wete  out  of  him,  and 
 f  childe  was  healed,  euen  that  same  houre. 
 
 Then  came  the  disciples  mto  lesus  secretly, 
 (J  sayde :  "  Why  coude  not  we  cast  him  out  ? 
 lesus  sayde  ^^lto  them :  Because  of  youre  vn- 
 beleue.  For  I  saye  verely  vnto  you :  '  Yf  ye 
 haue  faith  as  a  grane  of  mustarde  sede,  ye 
 maye  saye  vnto  this  mountayne :  Remoue 
 hence  to  yonder  place,  and  he  shal  remoue, 
 nether  shal  eny  thinge  be  vnpossible  vnto  you. 
 How  belt  this  kinde  goeth  not  out,  but  by 
 prayer  and  fastynge. 
 
 Wliyle  they  occupied  in  Galile,  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  them :  it  wil  come  to  passe,  that  the 
 Sonne  of  man  shalbe  delyuered  in  to  the 
 hondes  of  men,  and  they  shal  kyll  him,  and 
 the  thirde  daye  shal  he  aryse  agayne.  And 
 they  were  very  sory.  Now  wha  they  were 
 come  to  Capernaum,  they  that  reeeaued  f 
 tribute  money,  came  to  Peter,  and  sayde : 
 Doth  youre  master  paye  tribute  ?  He  sayed : 
 yee.  And  when  he  was  come  home,  lesus 
 preuented  him,  and  sayde :  What  thinkest 
 thou  S)Tnon?  Of  whom  do  the  kynges  of 
 the  earth  take  toll  or  tribute?  Of  their 
 children,  or  of  straungers?  Then  sayde 
 Peter  to  him :  Of  straungers.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  '  Then  are  y  children  fre.  Neuer- 
 theles  lest  we  ofFende  them,  go  thy  waye  to 
 the  see,  and  cast  thine  angle,  and  take  the 
 fysh  that  first  cometh  vp,  and  whan  thou  hast 
 opened  his  mouth,  thou  shalt  fynde  a  pece  of 
 twenty  pens,  take  that,  and  geue  it  them  for 
 me  and  the. 
 
 €i)e  jrbii).  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 AT  the  same  tyme  came  the  disciples  vnto 
 lesus,  and  sayde  :  ''  Who  is  the  greatest 
 in  the  kyngdome  of  heauen  ?  And  lesus 
 called  a  childe  vnto  him,  and  set  him  in  the 
 myddest  amonge  them,  and  sayde  :  Verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you  :  Excepte  ye  tume  and  become 
 as  children,'  ye  shal  not  entre  in  to  the 
 kyngdome  of  heauen.  Whosoeuer  therfore 
 humbleth  him  self  as  this  childe,  f  same  is 
 the  greatest  in  f  kyngdome  of  heauen.  And 
 who  so  receaueth  soch  a  childe  in  my  name, 
 receaueth  me.  ^  But  who  so  offendeth  one  of 
 these  Utle  ones  which  beleue  in  me,  it  were 
 better  for  him,  that  a  mylstone  were  hanged 
 
 •■  Marc.  9.  c.  *  Mat.  21.  e.  Luc.  17.  a.  ■■  Mat.  22.  c. 
 "Marc.  9.  d.  Luc.  9.  e.  <  1  Pet.  2.  a.  /  Marc.  9.  e. 
 I  Luc.  17.  a.  I  1  Cor.  11.  b.  »  Mat.  5.  d.  Marc.  9.  e. 
 '  "»"■  '3.  a.       *  Luc.  15.  a.       '  Luc.  17.  a.  Eccli.  17.  b. 
 
 aboute  his  neck,  and  he  drowned  in  the  depth 
 of  the  see. 
 
 Wo  vnto  the  worlde  because  of  slaiiders. 
 *  Yee  there  must  slaunders  come :  but  wo  vnto 
 that  man,  by  whom  slaunder  commeth.  *  But 
 yi  thy  hande  or  thy  fote  ofFende  the,  cut  him 
 of,  and  cast  him  from  the.  It  is  better  for  f 
 to  entre  in  ^-nto  Ufe  lame  or  crepell,  the  y 
 thou  shuldest  haue  two  hodes  or  two  fete,  and 
 be  cast  in  to  euerlastinge  iyre.  '  And  yf  thjue 
 eye  offende  the,  plucke  it  out,  (j  cast  it  from 
 the.  Better  it  is  for  the  to  entre  in  vnto  life 
 with  one  eye,  the  to  haue  two  eyes,  and  to  be 
 cast  in  to  hell  fyre. 
 
 Take  hede,  y  ye  despyse  not  one  of  these 
 litle  ones.  For  I  saye  vnto  you :  their  angels 
 do  alwaye  beholde  the  face  of  my  father 
 which  is  in  heauen :  for  the  sonne  of  man  is 
 come  to  saue  that  which  is  lost.  How  thinke 
 ye?  *Yf  a  man  haue  an  hundreth  shepe,  and 
 one  of  the  be  gone  astraye,  doth  not  he  leaue 
 the  nyentie  and  nyene  in  the  mountaynes, 
 and  goeth,  and  seketh  that  one  which  is  gone 
 astraye  ?  And  yf  it  happen  that  he  fj'nde  it, 
 verely  I  saye  vnto  you  •  he  reioyseth  more 
 ouer  it,  then  ouer  the  nyentie  5  nyene  which 
 wete  not  astraye.  Euen  so  is  it  not  the  will 
 before  youre  father  in  heauen,  that  one  of 
 these  litle  ones  shulde  perishe. 
 
 '  Yf  thy  brother  trespace  agaynst  the,  go 
 and  tell  him  his  faute  betwene  the  and  him 
 alone.  Yf  he  heare  the,  thou  hast  wone  thy 
 brother.  But  yf  he  heare  the  not,  then  take 
 yet  with  the  one  or  two,  that  in  the  mouth  of 
 two  or  thre  wytnesses,"  euery  matter  maye  be 
 stablyshed.  Yf  he  heare  not  them,  tell  it 
 vnto  the  congregacion.  Yf  he  heare  not  the 
 cogregacion,  holde  him  as  an  Heithen  and 
 Publican.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  "  what 
 soeuer  ye  shal  bynde  vpon  earth,  shalbe 
 boude  also  in  heauen :  5  what  soeuer  ye  lowse 
 ^•pon  earth,  shalbe  lowsed  also  in  heaue. 
 Aga^Tie,  I  saye  vnto  you  :  Yf  two  of  you  shal 
 agree  vpon  earth  (for  what  thinge  soeuer  it  be 
 y  they  wolde  desyre)  they  shal  haue  it  of  my 
 father  which  is  in  heaue.  For  where  two  or 
 thre  are  gathered  together  i  my  name,"  there 
 am  I  in  the  myddest  amonge  them. 
 
 Then  came  Peter  vnto  him,  5  sayde, 
 'LORDE,  how  oft  shal  I  forgeue  my  brother, 
 
 Deut.  19.  d.  "  Num.  25.  d.     Deut.  17.  b.  and  19.  c. 
 
 2  Cor.  13.  a.  "  Mat.  16.  c  "  Luc.  24.  b. 
 
 f  Mat.  o.b.  Marc.  11.  c.  Luc.  17.  a. 
 
Cftap.  }:ix* 
 
 €i)t  sofifptll  of  ^.  iMat&eto. 
 
 4fo.  FFii)* 
 
 y  trespaceth  agaynst  me  ?  Seue  tonnes  ? 
 lesus  saide  vnto  hi :  I  saye  not  vnto  y  seue 
 tymes,  but  seuetie  tymes  seuen  tymes.  Ther- 
 fore  is  f  kingdome  of  heaue  lickened  vnto  a 
 kynge  which  wolde  reken  with  his  seruauntes. 
 And  whan  he  beganne  to  reke,  one  was 
 brought  vnto  him,  which  ought  him  ten 
 thousande  poude.  Now  wha  he  had  nothinge 
 to  paye  his  lorde  comaunded  him  to  be  solde, 
 %  his  wife  5  his  childre,  (j  all  y  he  had,  (i  pay- 
 ment to  be  made.  Then  the  seruaunt  fell 
 downe,  j  besought  him,  sayenge:  Syr,  haue 
 paciece  with  me,  and  I  wil  paye  the  all. 
 Then  had  the  lorde  pytie  on  that  seruaunt,  (j 
 discharged  him,  and  forgaue  him  the  dett. 
 
 And  the  same  seruaunt  wete  out,  5  foiide 
 one  of  his  felowes,  which  ought  him  an 
 hudreth  pens,  and  layed  hande  vpon  him,  and 
 toke  him  by  the  throte,  and  sayde :  paye  me 
 that  thou  owest.  The  his  felowe  fell  downe, 
 and  besought  him,  sayenge :  haue  paciece 
 with  me,  and  I  wil  paye  the  all.  Neuertheles, 
 he  wolde  not,  but  wente  and  cast  him  in  to 
 preson,  tyU  he  shulde  paye  the  dett.  Whan 
 his  felowes  sawe  what  was  done,  they  were 
 very  sory,  and  came  and  tolde  their  lorde  all 
 that  had  happened.  Then  his  lorde  called 
 for  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  "O  thou  wicked 
 seruaiit,  I  forgaue  the  all  this  dett,  because 
 thou  praydest  me  :  shuldest  not  thou  then 
 haue  had  compassion  also  vpon  thy  felowe, 
 euen  as  I  had  pytie  vpon  the?  And  his  lorde 
 was  wroth,  and  delyuered  him  vnto  the  iaylers, 
 tyll  he  payed  all  that  he  ought.  *So  shal  my 
 heauenly  father  do  also  vnto  you,  yf  ye  euery 
 one  of  you  fro  your  hertes,  forgeue  not  his 
 brother  his  trespaces. 
 
 C{)t  nr-  Cfjapttr. 
 
 AND  it  came  to  passe,  wha  lesus  had 
 ended  these  sayenges,  "he  gat  him  fro 
 Galile,  5  came  1  to  y  coastes  of  lewry  beyonde 
 lordane,  j  moch  people  folowed  him,  and  he 
 healed  them  there. 
 
 Then  came  vnto  him  the  Pharises  5  tepted 
 him,  (J  sayde  vnto  him :  Is  it  laufull  for  a  man 
 to  put  awaye  his  wife  for  eny  maner  of  cause? 
 He  answered  5  sayde  vnto  the :  Haue  ye 
 not  red,  how  y  he  which  made  (man)  at  the 
 begynnynge,  made  the  ma  j  woma,  5  sayde: 
 
 "laco.a.b.  »Mat.6.b.  Marc. 11. c.  ''Mar.lO.a. 
 ■*  Gen.  2.  d.  '  Deu.  24.  a.     lere.  3.  a.     Mala.  2.  c. 
 
 /  Mat.  5.  d.      Marc.  10.  a.      Luc.  16.  d.  e  Sap.  8.  c. 
 
 "Tor  this  cause  shal  a  ma  leaue  father  % 
 mother,  5  cleue  %nito  his  wife,  and  they  two 
 shalbe  one  fleshe.  Now  are  they  not  twayne 
 then,  but  one  flesh.  Let  not  man  therfore 
 put  a  sunder,  y  which  God  hath  coupled 
 together. 
 
 "  Then  sayde  they :  Why  dyd  Moses  then 
 comaunde  to  geue  a  testimonyall  of  deuorse- 
 ment,  5  to  put  her  awaye  ?  He  sayde  vnto 
 the  :  Moses  (because  of  y  hardnes  of  youre 
 hertes)  sutfred  you  to  put  awaye  youre  wyues: 
 Neuertheles  fro  the  begynnynge  it  hath  not 
 bene  so.  But  I  saye  vnto  you  :  -''  Whosoeuer 
 putteth  awaye  his  wife  (excepte  it  be  for  for- 
 nicacion)  and  marieth  another,  breaketh  wed- 
 locke.  And  who  so  marieth  her  y  is  deuorced, 
 commytteth  aduoutrye. 
 
 Then  sayde  his  disciples  vnto  him :  Yf  y 
 matter  be  so  betwene  ma  and  wife,  the  is  it 
 not  good  to  mary.  But  he  sayde  vnto  them: 
 All  me  can  not  coprehende  y  sayenge,  saue 
 they  to  who  it  is  geue.  *  For  there  be  some 
 gelded,  which  are  so  borne  from  their  mothers 
 wombe  :  and  there  be  some  gelded,  which  are 
 gelded  of  men:  5  there  be  some  gelded,  which 
 haue  gelded  the  selues  for  the  kyngdome  of 
 heauens  sake.  He  that  can  coprehende  it, 
 let  him  comprehende  it. 
 
 ''  Then  were  brought  vnto  him  yoge  children, 
 y  he  shulde  put  his  hondes  vpon  the,  (j  praye. 
 And  y  disciples  rebuked  them.  But  lesus 
 sayde :  Suffre  y  childre,  5  forbyd  the  not  to 
 come  vnto  me,  for  vnto  soch  belogeth  the 
 kyngdome  of  heauen.  And  wha  he  had  layed 
 his  hodes  vp5  the,  he  departed  thece. 
 
 And  beholde,  one  came  vnto  him,  and 
 sayde :  '  Good  master,  what  good  shal  I  do,  y 
 I  maye  haue  the  euer  lastinge  life?  He 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Why  callest  thou  me  good  ? 
 there  is  none  good,  but  God  onely.  ■'Neuer- 
 theles yf  thou  wilt  entre  in  to  hfe,  kepe  f 
 *  comaiidemetes.  The  sayde,  he  vnto  him  : 
 Which  ?  lesus  saide :  Thou  shalt  not  kyll : 
 thou  shalt  not  breake  wedlocke:  thou  shalt 
 not  steale : '  thou  shalt  beare  no  false  wyt.nes : 
 Honoure  father  and  mother :  and  thou  shalt 
 loue  thy  neghboure  as  thy  self.  Then  sayde 
 the  yonge  ma  vnto  him :  "'  All  these  haue  I 
 kepte  fro  my  youth  vp :  what  lack  I  yet?  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Yf  thou  wilt  be  perfecte, 
 
 ''Marc.  10.  b.     Luc.  18.  b.  'Marc.  10.  b.     Luc.  18.  c. 
 
 'Psal.llB.i.  •Eio.  20.  d.        Deu. 4.  a.  and  5.  a. 
 
 '  Rom.  13.  b.        "•  GaL  5.  b. 
 
JTP.  vniii' 
 
 Cf)f  gosprll  of  ^.  i¥lat!)fto. 
 
 Cftap.  jt:. 
 
 go  thy  waye  and  sell  that  thou  hast,"  (t  geue 
 it  viito  the  poore,  and  thou  shalt  haue  a 
 treasure  in  heauen,*  and  come  and  folowe  me. 
 Whan  y  yonge  man  herde  y  worde,  he  wente 
 awaye  sory,  for  he  had  greate  possessions. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  his  disciples:  "^Verely  I 
 saie  vnto  you :  it  shalbe  harde  for  a  rich  man 
 to  entre  in  to  the  kyngdome  of  heaue.  And 
 niorouer  I  saye  vnto  you :  It  is  easier  for  a 
 Camell  to  go  thorow  the  eye  of  a  nedle,  the 
 for  a  rich  man  to  entre  in  to  the  kyngdome  of 
 heauen.  Whan  his  disciples  herde  that,  they 
 were  exceadingly  amased,  and  sayde:  Who 
 can  the  be  saued  ?  Neuertheles  lesus  behelde 
 them,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  With  men  it  is 
 vnpossyble,  but  with  God  all  thinges  are 
 possyble.'' 
 
 '  Then  answered  Peter  5  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Beholde,  we  haue  forsake  all,  and  folowed 
 the :  What  shal  we  haue  therfore  ?  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  the:  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you:  that 
 when  the  sonne  of  man-''  shal  sytt  in  the  seate 
 of  his  maiestye,  ye  which  haue  folowed  me 
 in  the  new  byrth,  shal  syt  also  vpon  twolue 
 seates,  and  iudge  y  twolue  trybes  of  Israel.^ 
 And  who  so  euer  forsaketh  houses  or  brethre,* 
 or  sisters,  or  father,  or  mother,  or  wife,  or 
 children,  or  londes,  for  my  names  sake,  the 
 same  shal  receaue  an  hundreth  folde,  and 
 inheret  euerlastinge  life.  '  But  many  that  be 
 the  first,  shalbe  the  last :  and  the  last  shal  be 
 the  first. 
 
 €f)t  n.  Cl&aptfr. 
 
 THE  kyngdome  of  heauen  is  like  vnto  an 
 housholder,  which  wete  out  early  in  the 
 mornynge,  to  hyre  labourers  in  to  his  vyniarde. 
 And  wha  he  had  agreed  with  the  labourers 
 for  a  peny  a  daye,  he  sent  the  in  to  his 
 vynyarde.  And  about  y  thirde  houre  he 
 wente  out,  and  sawe  other  stondinge  ydle  in 
 the  market  place,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Go 
 ye  also  in  to  my  vynyarde,  (t  what  so  euer  is 
 right,  I  wil  geue  it  you.  And  they  wete  their 
 waye.  Agayne,  he  wete  out  aboute  the  sixte 
 and  nyenth  houre,  and  dyd  likewyse.  And 
 aboute  the  eleuenth  houre  he  wete  out,  and 
 founde  other  stddynge  ydle,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Why  stonde  ye  here  all  the  daye  ydle? 
 They  sayde  vnto  him :  because  no  man  hath 
 
 -Luc. 12. d.        *Mat.6.c.       'Marc.lO.c.     Luc.  18. 
 'Zacb.8.  a.  '  Marc.  10.  c.     Luc.  18.  c.     Mat.  4.  c. 
 
 •'Luc.  21.  b.      J  Sap.  5.  a.       »Deu.33.b.       'Mat.  JO.  b. 
 
 hyred  us.  He  saide  vnto  the :  Go  ye  also  in 
 to  my  vinyarde,  and  loke  what  is  right,  ye 
 shal  haue  it.  Now  whan  euen  was  come,  the 
 lorde  of  the  vynyarde  sayde  vnto  his  stewarde : 
 Call  the  labourers,  and  geue  them  their  hyre, 
 begynnynge  from  the  last  vnto  f  first.  Then 
 they  that  were  hyred  aboute  the  eleuenth 
 houre,  came  and  receaued  euery  man  a  peny. 
 But  whan  the  first  came,  they  supposed  that 
 they  shulde  receaue  more :  and  they  also 
 receaued  euery  man  a  peny.  And  whan  they 
 had  receaued  it,  they  murmured  agaynst  the 
 housholder,  and  sayde :  These  last  haue 
 wrought  but  one  houre,  and  thou  hast  made 
 the  equall  vnto  us,  which  haue  borne  the 
 burthen  and  heate  of  the  daye.  He  answered 
 and  sayde  vnto  one  of  them:  frende,  I  do  y 
 no  wronge :  diddest  not  thou  agree  with  me 
 for  a  peny  ?  Take  that  thine  is,  and  go  thy 
 waye.  I  wil  geue  vnto  this  last  also,  like  as 
 vnto  the.  *  Or  haue  I  not  power,  to  do  as  me 
 listeth  with  myne  owne  ?  Is  thine  eye  euell, 
 because  I  am  good  ?  '  So  the  last  shalbe  the 
 first,  (J  the  first  the  last.  For  many  are  called, 
 but  few  are  chosen. 
 
 ""And  lesus  wente  vp  to  Jerusalem,  and 
 toke  the  twolue  disciples  asyde  in  the  waye, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Beholde,  we  go  vp  to 
 Jerusalem,  and  the  sonne  of  man  shalbe  de- 
 lyuered  vnto  the  hye  prestes  and  scribes:  5 
 they  shal  condemne  him  to  death,  and  shal 
 delyuer  him  vnto  y  Heithen,  to  be  mocked  to 
 be  scourged,  and  to  be  crucified.  And  the 
 thirde  daye  he  shal  ryse  agayne. 
 
 Then  came  vnto  him  the  mother  of  Ze- 
 bedes  childre  with  hir  sonnes,"  fell  downe 
 before  him,  and  desyred  a  certayne  thinge  of 
 hi.  And  he  saide  vnto  her :  What  wilt  thou? 
 She  sayde  vnto  him:  Let  these  two  sonnes  of 
 myne  syt  in  thy  kyngdome:  the  one  vpon  thy 
 right  honde,  5  the  other  vpon  thy  left  honde. 
 But  lesus  answered,  and  sayde  :  Ye  wote  not 
 what  ye  axe.  Maye  ye  drynke  the  cuppe,  that 
 I  shal  drynke  ?  (j  to  be  baptised  with  the 
 baptyme,  that  I  shalbe  baptysed  withall? 
 They  sayde  vnto  him :  Yee  that  we  maye. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them:  My  cuppe  truly 
 shal  ye  drynke,  5  with  the  baptyme  y  I  shal 
 be  baptysed  withall,  shal  ye  be  baptysed : 
 Neuertheles  to  syt  vpon  my  right  honde  5  on 
 
 uc.  13.  c.        '  Rom.  11.  c. 
 
 'Mat.  19.  d. 
 
 Marc.  10.  c 
 
 uc.  13.  c.     Mat.  22.  b. 
 
 "■  Mar.  10.  d. 
 
 Luc.  18.  d 
 
 aiar.  10.  d. 
 
C&aj).  xn* 
 
 Cfte  Qo^tU  of  ^.  iHat&tto. 
 
 J.  r):b- 
 
 my  left,  is  not  myne  to  geue,  but  vnto  the  for 
 who  it  is  prepared  of  my  father." 
 
 '  Whan  the  ten  herde  that,  they  disdayned 
 at  the  two  brethren.  But  lesus  called  them 
 vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Ye  knowe  that  y 
 prynces  of  the  worlde  haue  domynacion  of 
 the  people,  and  the  greatest  *  exercise  power 
 amonge  the.  It  shal  not  be  so  amonge  you. 
 But  who  so  euer  wyl  be  greate  amonge  you, 
 let  him  be  youre  mynister :  5  who  soeuer  wyl 
 be  chefe,  let  him  be  youre  seruaunt:  Euen  as 
 the  Sonne  of  man  came,  not  to  be  serued,  but 
 to  do  seruyce,  and  to  geue  his  life  to  a  redep- 
 cion  for  many. 
 
 'And  when  they  departed  from  lericho, 
 moch  people  folowed  him :  and  beholde,  two 
 blynde  men  sat  by  the  waye  syde :  And  when 
 they  herde  that  lesus  passed  by,  they  cried  5 
 sayde.  O  LORDE,  thou  sonne  of  Dauid,  haue 
 mercy  vpon  vs.  But  y  people  rebuked  the, 
 that  they  shulde  holde  their  peace.  Neuer- 
 theles  they  cried  the  more,  5  sayde:  0 
 LORDE,  thou  sonne  of  Dauid,  haue  mercy 
 vpon  vs.  And  lesus  stode  styU,  and  called 
 them,  and  sayde :  What  wil  ye,  y  I  shal  do 
 vnto  you?  They  sayde  vnto  him:  LORDE, 
 that  oure  eyes  maye  be  opened.  And  lesus 
 had  compassion  vpon  them,  and  touched  their 
 eyes :  i  immediatly  their  eies  receaued  sight. 
 And  they  folowed  him. 
 
 CI)e  j:rt.  Ci^^tcr. 
 
 NOW  whan  they  drew  nye  vnto  Jeru- 
 salem,'' and  were  come  to  Bethphage 
 vnto  mount  Oliuete,  lesus  sent  two  of  his 
 disciples,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Go  in  to  the 
 towne  that  lyeth  before  you,  5  anone  ye  shal 
 fynde  an  Asse  bounde,  and  hir  foale  with  her : 
 lowse  them,  and  brynge  the  vnto  me.  And 
 yf  eny  man  saye  ought  vnto  you,  saye  ye :  the 
 LORDE  hath  nede  of  the,  And  straight 
 waye  he  wil  let  them  go.  But  all  this  was 
 done,  that  the  thinge  might  be  fullylled, 
 which  was  spoken  by  the  prophet,  sayenge : 
 '  Tell  the  doughter  of  Sion :  beholde,  thy 
 kynge  commeth  vnto  y  meke,  syttinge  vpon 
 an  Asse  and  a  foale  of  y  Asse  vsed  to  the 
 yocke.  The  disciples  wente,  and  dyd  as  lesus 
 commaunded  them,  and  brought  the  Asse  and 
 
 »  Mat.  25.  c.  »  Marc.  9.  d.  and  10.  e.       Luc.  9.  e 
 
 and  22.  b.     •  Some  reade,  The  greatest  deale  with  violence 
 Marc.  10.  e.     Luc.  18.  d.  •>  Marc.  11.  a.     Luc.  19.  c 
 
 Zach.  9.  b.     Esa.  62.  c.      f  loha.  12.  b.      e  PsaL  117.  c 
 Marc.  11.  b.        Luc.  19.  d.       loha.  2.  b.        loha.  7.  d 
 
 the  foale,  5  layed  their  clothes  vpon  them, 
 and  set  him  theron.  But  many  of  the  people 
 spred  their  ^garmentes  in  the  waye :  other 
 cut  downe  braunches  from  the  trees,  and 
 strawed  them  in  the  waye.  As  for  the  people 
 that  wente  before  and  that  came  after,  they 
 cryed  and  sayde:  Hosianna  vnto  the  sonne  of 
 Dauid,  *  Blessed  be  he  that  commeth  in  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE,  Hosianna  in  the 
 height. 
 
 And  whan  he  was  come  in  to  Jerusalem, 
 all  the  cite  was  moued,  and  sayde:  *Who  is 
 this?  And  the  people  sayde :  This  is  lesus  f 
 prophet  of  Nazareth  out  of  Galile.  And 
 lesus  wente  in  to  the  teple  of  God,  and  cast 
 out  all  them  that  bought  and  solde  in  the 
 teple,  and  ouerthrew  the  tables  of  the  money 
 chaungers,  and  the  seates  of  them  that  solde 
 doues,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  It  is  wrytte : 
 'My  house  shalbe  called  y  house  of  prayer, 
 but  ye  haue  made  it  a  denne  of  murthurers. 
 The  blynde  also  and  y  lame  came  vnto  him 
 in  the  temple,  and  he  healed  them. 
 
 But  whan  the  hye  prestes  and  the  scrybes 
 sawe  the  wonders  that  he  dyd,  and  the  children 
 crienge  in  the  temple  and  sayenge :  Hosianna 
 vnto  the  sonne  of  Dauid,  they  disdayned,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Hearest  thou  what  these  saye  ? 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Yee.  Haue  ye  neuer 
 red :  *  Out  of  the  mouth  of  very  babes  and 
 sucklinges  thou  hast  ordeyned  prayse?  And 
 he  left  them  there,  'and  wente  out  of  the  cite 
 vnto  Bethania,  and  there  abode  ouer  night. 
 
 "■  But  in  the  mornynge  as  he  returned  in  to 
 the  cite,  he  hugred.  And  in  the  waye  he 
 sawe  a  fygge  tre,  and  came  vnto  it,  and  founde 
 nothinge  theron,  but  leaues  onely,"  and  sayde 
 vnto  it:  Neuer  frute  growe  on  the  from  hence 
 forth.  And  immediatly  the  fygge  tre  wythred 
 awaye.  And  whan  his  disciples  sawe  that, 
 they  marueyled,  and  sayde.  flow  is  y  fygge 
 tre  wythred  awaye  so  soone  ?  lesus  answered 
 and  sayde  vnto  them:  Verely  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  °  Yf  ye  haue  faith  5  doute  not,  ye  shal 
 not  onely  do  this  with  the  fygge  tre,  but  yf  ye 
 shal  saye  vnto  this  mountayne  :  Avoyde,  and 
 cast  thy  self  in  to  the  see,  it  shal  be  done. 
 ''And  what  soeuer  ye  axe  in  prayer,  yf  ye 
 beleue,  ye  shal  receaue  it. 
 
 '3Reg.  8.  d.     Esa.  56.  b.     Iere.7.  a.  *  PsaL  8.  a. 
 
 'loha.  8.  a.  "Marc.  11.  c.  "  Luc.  13.  a.  "  Mat.  17.  c. 
 Luc.  17.  a.  P  Marc.  11.  c.      loha.  14.  b.  15.  a.  16.  c. 
 
 Luc.  20.  a.     Marc.  11.  d. 
 
jfo.  nti. 
 
 Ci)e  psprU  of  ^,  iWatf)eto« 
 
 Cftap,  inrij. 
 
 And  when  he  was  come  in  to  the  tcple,  the 
 chefe  prestes  and  the  elders  of  the  people 
 came  vnto  iiim  (as  he  was  teachinge)  (i  sayde: 
 "  By  what  auctorite  doest  thou  these  thinges  ? 
 and  who  gaue  the  this  auctorite  ?  lesus  an- 
 swered and  sayde  vnto  them:  I  wil  axe  a 
 worde  of  you  also :  which  yf  ye  tell  me,  I  in 
 like  wyse  wyl  tell  you,  by  what  auctorite  I  do 
 these  thinges.  The  baptime  of  Iho,  whece 
 was  it?  from  heaue,  or  of  men?  Then  thought 
 they  amoge  them  selues,  and  saide:  Yf  we 
 saye  it  was  from  heaue,  then  shal  he  saye  vnto 
 us :  Why  dyd  ye  not  then  beleue  him?  But 
 yf  we  saye  it  was  of  men,  the  feare  we  the 
 people :  For  'euery  ma  helde  Ihon  for  a  pro- 
 phet. And  they  answered  lesus,  5  sayde: 
 We  can  not  tell.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  them : 
 Nether  tell  I  you,  by  what  auctorite  I  do 
 these  thinges.  But  what  thinke  ye?  A  cer- 
 tayne  man  had  two  sonnes,  and  came  to  the 
 first,  and  sayde :  Go  thy  waye  my  sonne,  5 
 worke  to  daye  in  my  vynyarde.  He  answered 
 and  sayde :  I  wil  not,  but  afterwarde  he  re- 
 pented, and  wente.  He  came  also  vnto  the 
 secode,  and  sayde  likewyse.  And  he  answered 
 and  saide :  I  wil  syr.  And  wete  not.  Whether 
 of  them  twayne  dyd  the  wil  of  the  father  ? 
 They  sayde  vnto  him:  the  first.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  the:  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you:  The  pub- 
 licans and  harlottes  shal  come  in  to  the 
 kyngdome  of  God  before  you.  'For  Ihon 
 came  vnto  you,  and  taught  you  y  right  waye 
 and  ye  beleued  him  not :  but  the  publicans 
 5  harlottes  beleued  hi.  As  for  you,  though 
 ye  sawe  it,  yet  were  ye  not  moued  with 
 repetaunce,  that  ye  might  afterwarde  haue 
 beleued  him. 
 
 Heare  another  parable.  There  weis  a  cer- 
 tayne  houszholder  which  planted  a  vynyarde,' 
 and  hedged  it  roude  aboute,  and  dygged  a 
 wyne  presse  in  it,  and  built  a  tower,  and  let  it 
 out  vnto  huszbandmen,  and  wente  in  to  a 
 straunge  countre.  Now  wha  the  tyme  of  the 
 frute  drew  neare,  he  sent  his  seruautes  to  the 
 huszbandmen,  to  receaue  the  frutes  of  it, 
 ITien  the  huszbandmen  caught  his  seruauntes: 
 one  they  bett,  another  they  kylled,  the  thirde 
 they  stoned.  Agayne,  he  sent  other  ser- 
 uauntes, moo  then  the  first,  and  they  dyd 
 vnto  them  in  like  maner.     At  the  last  he 
 
 I     "Exo. «.  b.    Act. 4.  a.  and  7.  d.  »  Mat.  14.  a. 
 
 '  Mat.  3.  a.  "i  Gen.  9.  c.     Esa.  5.  a.     lere.  12.  b. 
 
 More.  12.  b.    Luc.  20.  a.      'Gen.37.  d.       /Psal.  117.C. 
 
 sent  his  owne  sonne  vnto  them,  and  sayde : 
 they  wyl  stode  in  awe  of  my  sonne.  But  whe 
 the  huszbandme  sawe  the  sonne,  they  sayde 
 amonge  the  selues :  This  is  the  Heyre,  come, 
 let  us  kyl  hym,*  and  take  his  inheritance  vnto 
 cure  selues.  And  they  caught  him,  and 
 thrust  him  out  of  the  vynyarde,  (t  slew  him. 
 Now  whe  the  lorde  of  the  vynyarde  commeth, 
 what  wyl  he  do  with  those  huszbandmen? 
 They  sayde  vnto  him:  He  wyl  cruelly  de- 
 stroye  those  euell  personnes,  5  let  out  his 
 vyniarde  vnto  other  huszbadmen,  which  shal 
 delyuer  him  the  frute  at  tymes  conuenyent. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  Dyd  ye  neuer  rede 
 in  the  scriptures :  The  same  stone  which  the 
 buylders  refused,^  is  become  the  heade  stone 
 in  the  comer?  This  was  the  LORDES 
 doynge,  d  it  is  maruelous  I  oure  eyes.  Ther- 
 fore  I  sale  vnto  you :  The  kingdome  of  God 
 shalbe  take  fro  you,  5  shalbe  geue  vnto  the 
 Heithe,  which  shal  brynge  forth  y  frutes  of  it. 
 And  who  so  falleth  vp5  this  stone,  shalbe 
 broke  in  peces : «  5  loke  vp5  whom  it  falleth, 
 it  shal  grynde  him  to  poulder.''  And  when 
 the  hye  prestes  (j  Pharises  herde  his  parables, 
 they  perceaued,  that  he  spake  of  them.'  And 
 they  wente  aboute  to  take  him,  but  they 
 feared  y  people,  because  '  they  helde  hi  for  a 
 prophet. 
 
 Wt)t  jrjrij.  Chapter. 
 
 AND  lesus  answered,  and  spake  vnto  the 
 agayne  by  parables,  5  sayde :  The  king- 
 dome  of  heauen  is  like  vnto  a  kynge,'  which 
 maried  his  sonne.  And  sent  forth  his  ser- 
 uauntes, to  ■"  call  the  gestes  vnto  the  mariage, 
 5  they  wolde  not  come.  Agayne,  he  sent 
 forth  other  seruauntes,  and  sayde :  Tell  the 
 gestes:  Beholde,  I  haue  prepared  my  dynner, 
 myne  oxen  and  my  fed  catell  are  kylled,  and 
 aU  thinges  are  readye,  come  to  the  mariage. 
 But  they  made  light  of  it,  and  wente  their 
 wayes :  one  to  his  huszbandrye,  another  to  his 
 marchaundise.  As  for  the  remnaiit,  they 
 toke  his  seruauntes,  and  intreated  the  shame- 
 fully, and  slew  the.  When  the  kynge  herde 
 that,  he  was  wroth,  and  sent  forth  his  war- 
 ryers,  and  destroyed  those  murtherers,  and 
 set  fyre  vpon  their  cite.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  his  seruauntes:    The  mariage  in  dede  is 
 
 Act.  4.  a.    1  Pet.  2.  a.         s  Zach.  12.  a.  *  Dan.  2.  e, 
 
 '  Marc.  11.  c.    Luc.  19.  a.  and  20.  b.  '  loha.  7.  d, 
 
 '  Luc.  14.  b.        "  Apo.  19.  b. 
 
C&ap,  mi}. 
 
 Cbf  gosiptU  of  ^,  iilatfteto. 
 
 So,  nbij. 
 
 prepared,  but  the  gestes  were  not  worthy. 
 Go  youre  waye  out  therfore  in  to  f  hye  wayes, 
 and  as  many  as  ye  fynde,  byd  them  to  the 
 manage.  And  the  seruauntes  wete  out  in  to 
 the  hye  wayes,  and  gathered  together  as  many 
 as  they  coulde  fynde,  both  good  and  bad,  rg 
 the  tables  were  all  full.  Then  the  kjTige 
 wete  in,  to  se  the  gestes,  and  spyed  there  a 
 man  that  had  not  on  a  weddynge  garment, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Frende,  how  earnest 
 thou  in  hither,  5  hast  not  on  a  weddyinge 
 garment?  And  he  was  euen  speehlesse.  Then 
 sayde  the  kynge  vnto  his  seruauntes:  "Take 
 and  bynde  him  hande  and  fote,  5  cast  him  into 
 f  vtter  darcknes :  there  shal  be  waylinge  and 
 gnaszhinge  of  teth.  For  many  be  called,  but 
 few  are  chose.* 
 
 Then  wente  the  Pharises,  and  toke  councell, 
 how  they  might  tangle  him  in  his  wordes,  and 
 ■^sent  \'nto  him  their  disciples  with  Herodes 
 officers,  and  sayde :  Master,  we  knowe  that 
 thou  art  true,  and  teachest  the  waye  of  God 
 truly,  and  carest  for  no  ma :  for  thou  regardest 
 not  the  outwarde  appearaunce  of  me.  Tell 
 us  therfore,  how  thinkest  thou?  Is  it  laufuU 
 to  geue  tribute  vnto  the  Emperoure,  or  not? 
 Now  wha  lesus  perceaued  their  wickednes,  he 
 sayde :  O  ye  ypocrites,  why  tepte  ye  me  ? 
 Shewe  me  y  tribute  money.  And  they  toke 
 hi  a  peny.  And  he  saide  vnto  the :  Whose 
 is  this  ymage  and  superscription?  They  sayde 
 vnto  him :  The  Emperours.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  them :  ''  Geue  therfore  vnto  the  Em- 
 perour,  that  which  is  the  Emperours:  and 
 geue  ^nito  God,  that  which  is  Gods.  When 
 they  herde  that,  they  marueyled,  and  left  him, 
 I  wete  their  waye. 
 
 The  same  daye  there  came  vnto  him  the 
 Saduces'  (which  holde  that  there  is  no  resur- 
 reccion)  and  axed  him,  and  sayde :  Master, 
 Moses  sayde :  •'  Yf  a  man  dye,  hauynge  no 
 children,  his  brother  shal  mary  his  wife,  5 
 rayse  vp  sede  vnto  his  brother.  Now  were 
 there  with  us  seue  brethren.  The  first  maried 
 a  wife,  and  dyed :  5  for  somoch  as  he  had  no 
 sede,  he  left  his  wife  vnto  his  brother.  Like 
 wyse  the  secode,  and  thirde  vnto  the  seueth. 
 Last  of  all  the  woman  dyed  also.  Now  in  the 
 resurreccion,  whose  wife  shal  she  be  of  the 
 
 Mat.  13.  f.  and  25.  c.  »  Mat.  20.  b.       ■"  Marc.  12.  a. 
 
 Luc.  20.  c.    loha.  7.  d.  "i  Mat.  17.  d.     Rom.  13.  b. 
 
 Mar.  12.  b.     Luc.  20.  d.  Act.  23.  a.           /  Deut.  25.  a. 
 
 «  Exod.  3.  a.     Heb.  11.  c.  *  Marc.  12.  c.    Luc.  10.  c. 
 
 seuen?  For  they  all  had  her.  lesus  an- 
 swered, and  sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  erre,  and 
 vnderstode  not  the  scriptures,  ner  the  power 
 of  God.  In  the  resurreccion  they  shal  nether 
 mary,  ner  be  maried,  but  are  as  the  angels  of 
 God  in  heauen. 
 
 As  touchinge  the  resurreccio  of  the  deed, 
 haue  ye  not  red,  what  is  spoken  vnto  you  of 
 God,  which  sayeth :  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham, 
 and  y  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Iacob?« 
 Yet  IS  not  God  a  God  of  the  deed,  but  of  the 
 lyuynge.  And  whan  the  people  herde  that, 
 they  were  astonnyed  at  his  doctryne. 
 
 When  the  Pharises  herde,''  that  he  had 
 stopped  the  mouth  of  the  Saduces,  they 
 gathered  them  selues  together.  And  one  of 
 them  (a  Scrybe)  tepted  him,  and  sayd 
 Master,  which  is  the  chefest  commaundemet 
 in  the  lawe?  lesus  saide  vnto  him:  Thou 
 shalt  loue  the  LORDE  thy  God  with  all  thy 
 hert,'  with  all  thy  soule,  and  with  all  thy 
 mynde:  this  is  the  pryncipall  and  greatest 
 comaundement.  As  for  the  seconde,  it  is 
 like  vnto  it :  '  Thou  shalt  loue  thy  neghboure 
 as  thy  self.  In  these  two  commaundementes 
 hange  all  the  lawe  and  the  prophetes. 
 
 Now  whyle  the  Pharises  were  gathered  to- 
 gether, '  lesus  axed  them,  and  sayde :  What 
 thinke  ye  of  Christ?  Whose  sonne  is  he? 
 They  sayde  vnto  him:  Dauids.  He  sayde 
 vnto  them:  How  then  doth  Dauid  in  sprete, 
 caU  him  LORDE,  sayenge:  The  LORDE 
 sayde  vnto  my  LORDE:  "  Syt  thou  on  my 
 right  honde,  tyU  I  make  thine  enemies  thy 
 fote  stole.  Yf  Dauid  now  call  him  LORDE, 
 how  is  he  then  his  sonne  ?  And  no  man  coude 
 answere  him  one  worde,  nether  durst  eny  man 
 axe  him  eny  mo  questios,  fro  that  daye  forth. 
 
 THEN  spake  lesus  vnto  f  people  and  to 
 his  disciples,  and  sayde :  The  scrybes  g 
 Pharises  are  set  downe  vpon  Moses  seate. 
 Therfore  what  soeuer  they  bid  you  obserue, 
 that  obserue  and  do,"«  but  after  their  workes 
 shal  ye  not  do,  for  they  saye  j  do  not.  "  For 
 they  bynde  heuy  and  intoUerable  burthens, 
 and  laye  them  vpon  mens  shulders :  But  they 
 them  selues  wil  not  heaue  at  them  with  one 
 
 Deut.  6.  b.  and  30.  b.  *  Leui.  19.  c.    Rom.  13.  b. 
 
 '  Marc.  12.  d.  "■  Psal.  109.  a.  "  Ueut.  17.  c. 
 
 Esa.  10.  a.  and  28.  b.     Luc.  11.  d. 
 
jro.  jTbnj. 
 
 Cbr  go£(ptU  of  ^,  jltatfjcto. 
 
 Cftap.  irviij. 
 
 of  their  fyngers.  All  their  workcs  do  they  to 
 be  sene  of  men.  They  set  abrode  their  Phi- 
 laterics,*  and  make  large  borders  vpon  their 
 gai-mentes,  and  loue  to  syt  vppermost  at  the 
 table,  and  to  haue  the  chefe  seates  in  the 
 synagoges,  and  loue  to  be  saluted  in  the 
 market,  and  to  be  called  of  me  Rabbi. 
 
 "  But  ye  shal  not  suffre  youre  selues  to  be 
 called  Rabbi,  for  one  is  youre  master,  euen 
 Christ,  and  all  ye  are  brethren.  And  call  no 
 man  father  vpon  earth,  for  one  is  youre  father, 
 which  is  in  heaue.  And  ye  shal  not  suffre 
 youre  selues  to  be  called  masters,  for  one  is 
 youre  master,  namely,  Christ.  He  that  is 
 greatest  amoge  you,  shalbe  youre  seruaunt. 
 ♦  For  who  so  exalteth  himself,  shal  be  brought 
 lowe:  and  he  that  humbleth  himself,  shalbe 
 exalted. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  Scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 ypocrytes,"  that  shut  vp  the  kyngdome  of 
 heauen  before  men:  Ye  come  not  in  youre 
 selues,  nether  suffre  ye  them  to  enter,  that 
 wolde  be  in. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  Scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 ypocrytes,  that  deuoure  wyddowes  houses, 
 and  that  vnder  the  culoure  of  prayenge  longe 
 prayers,  therfore  shal  ye  receaue  f  greater 
 damnacion. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  Scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 ypocrytes,  which  compasse  see  and  lode  to 
 make  one  t  Proselyte :  and  whan  he  is  be- 
 come one,  ye  make  of  him  a  childe  of  hell, 
 two  folde  more  then  ye  youre  selues  are. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  blyndegydes,  which  saye : 
 Who  so  euer  sweareth  by  the  temple,  that  is 
 nothinge :  but  who  so  euer  sweareth  by  the 
 golde  of  the  temple,  he  is  giltie.  Ye  fooles 
 and  blynde,  whether  is  greater  ?  the  golde, 
 or  the  teple  that  sanctifieth  the  golde  ?  And 
 who  so  euer  sweareth  by  the  altare,  that  is 
 nothinge :  but  who  so  euer  sweareth  by  the 
 offeringe  that  is  vpo  it,  he  is  giltye.  Ye 
 fooles  and  blynde,  whether  is  greater?  the 
 offerynge,  or  the  altare  that  sanctiiieth  the 
 offeringe  ?  Therfore  who  so  sweareth  by  the 
 altare,  sweareth  by  the  same,  and  by  all  that 
 is  theron :  and  who  so  sweareth  by  the  tem- 
 ple, sweareth  by  the  same,  and  by  him  that 
 dwelleth   therin.     And   who  so  sweareth  by 
 
 Philateries  were  writinges  wherin  the  commaunde- 
 meteswerewrytte.  "lacob.S.a.  '  Luc.  14.b.andl8.b. 
 '  Luc.  20.  c.  t  Proselyte,  a  nouyce  or  conuerte,  turned 
 from  the  beleue  of  the  I  leythen  vnto  the  lewes.     ■*  Mat.  5.  d. 
 
 heauen,''  sweareth  by  the  seate  of  God,  and 
 by  him  that  sytteth  theron. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 ypocrytes,'  which  tythe  Mynt,  Anyse  and 
 Commyn,  and  leaue  the  waightier  matters 
 of  the  lawe  behynde :  namely,  iudgment, 
 mercy,  and  fayth.  These  ought  to  haue  bene 
 done,  and  not  to  leaue  the  other  behynde. 
 
 0  ye  blynde  gydes,  which  strayne  out  a  gnat, 
 but  swalowe  vp  a  Camell. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 Ypocrytes,  which  make  cleane  the  vtter  syde 
 of  the  cuppe  and  platter,  but  within  are  ye 
 full  of  robbery  and  t  excesse.  Thou  blynde 
 Pharise,  dense  first  the  in  syde  of  the  cuppe 
 and  platter,  that  the  out  syde  maye  be  cleane 
 also. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 Ypocrites,  which  be  like  vnto  paynted  Se- 
 pulcres,  that  appeare  beutyfull  outwarde,  but 
 within  they  are  fuU  of  deed  mens  bones  and 
 all  fylthines.  Euen  so  are  ye  also :  Out- 
 warde ye  appeare  righteous  vnto  men,  but 
 within  ye  are  full  of  ypocrisye  and  iniquyte. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrybes  and  Pharises,  ye 
 ypocrites,  which  buylde  the  tombes  of  the 
 prophetes,  and  gamysh  the  sepulcres  of  the 
 righteous,  and  saye  :  Yf  we  had  bene  in  oure 
 fathers  tyme,  we  wolde  not  haue  bene  par- 
 takers with  them  in  the  bloude  of  the  pro- 
 phetes. Therfore  ye  be  wytnesses  vnto  youre 
 selues,  that  ye  are  the  children  of  them,/ 
 which  slew  the  prophetes.  Go  to,  fulfyll  ye 
 also  the  measure  of  youre  fathers.  O  ye 
 serpentes,  O  ye  generacion  of  vypers,  how 
 wyl  ye  escape  the  damnacion  of  Hell  ? 
 
 Therfore  beholde,  I  sende  vnto  you  pro- 
 phetes and  wyse  men,  and  scrybes,*  and  some 
 of  them  shal  ye  kyll  and  crucifye,  and  some 
 of  them  shal  ye  scourge  in  youre  synagoges, 
 and  persecute  them  from  cite  to  cite  :  that 
 vpon  you  maye  come  all  the  righteous  bloude 
 which  hath  bene  shed  vpon  y  earth,  from  the 
 bloude  of  righteous  Abel,''  vnto  f  bloude  of 
 Zachary  f  sonne  of  Barachias,  whom  ye  slew 
 betwene  the  temple  and  the  altare.'     Verely 
 
 1  saye  vnto  you :  All  these  thinges  shal  light 
 vpo  this  generacion.  O  Jerusalem  lerusalem,* 
 thou  that  slayest  the  prophetes,  and  stonest 
 
 'Luc.  11. d.  fSomereade:  vnclennes.  /lTess.2.c. 
 «Mat.  10.  b.  Luc.  11.  e.  lofaa.  16.  a.  Act.5.  e.and  7.g. 
 '  Gen.  4.  b.  '2  Pa.  24.  d.  *  Luc.  13.  d. 
 
\€i)np,  mu]. 
 
 Cf)e  gosfpell  of  ^,  iHatljeto, 
 
 jTo.  UTilf. 
 
 them  that  are  sent  vnto  the  :  How  oft  wolde 
 I  haue  gathered  thy  children  together,  euen 
 as  the  henne  gathereth  hir  chekens  viider  hir 
 wynges,"  and  ye  wolde  not  ?  Beholde,  youre 
 habitacion  shalbe  left  vnto  you  desolate.*  For 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  Ye  shal  not  se  me  hence 
 forth,  tyll  ye  saye :  '  Blessed  be  he,  that  com- 
 meth  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Cl)t  nm)-  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  lesus  wente  out  and  departed  from 
 the  temple,''  and  his  disciples  came  vnto 
 him,  to  shew  him  the  buyldinge  of  the  tem- 
 ple. But  lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Se  ye  not 
 all  these  thinges  ?  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you  : 
 '  there  shal  not  be  left  here  one  stone  vpon 
 another,  y  shal  not  be  cast  downe.  And  as 
 he  sat  vpon  the  mount  Oliuete,  his  disciples 
 came  vnto  him  secretly,  g  saide :  Tell  us, 
 whe  shal  these  thinges  come  to  passe  ?  and 
 which  shal  be  the  token  of  thy  comynge,  and 
 of  the  ende  of  the  worlde  ?  lesus  answered 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Take  hede,  that  no 
 man  dlsceaue  you.  -Tor  there  shal  many 
 come  in  my  name,  and  saye :  I  am  Christ, 
 and  shal  disceaue  many. 
 
 Ye  shal  heare  of  warres,  and  of  y  noyse  of 
 warres :  take  hede,  and  be  not  ye  troubled. 
 All  these  thinges  must  first  come  to  passe, 
 but  the  ende  is  not  yet.  For  one  people 
 shall  ryse  vp  agaynst  another,^  and  one  realme 
 agaynst  another :  and  there  shalbe  pestilece, 
 honger,  and  earthquakes  here  n  there.  All 
 these  are  the  begynnynge  of  sorowes. 
 
 ''  Then  shal  they  put  you  to  trouble,  (j  shal 
 kyll  you,  and  ye  shalbe  hated  of  all  people  for 
 my  names  sake.  The  shal  many  be  offended, 
 and  shal  betraye  one  another,  and  shal  hate 
 one  the  other.  And  many  false  prophetes 
 shal  aryse,  and  shal  disceaue  many:  and 
 'because  iniquyte  shal  haue  the  vpper  hande, 
 the  loue  of  many  shal  abate.  But  whoso 
 endureth  vnto  f  ende,*  f  same  shal  be  saued. 
 And  this  gospell  of  the  kyngdome  shalbe 
 preached  in  all  the  worlde  for  a  wytnes  vnto 
 all  people,'  and  then  shal  the  ende  come. 
 
 Whan  ye  therfore  shal  se  the  abhominacion 
 of  desolacion '"  (wher  of  it  is  spoke  by  Daniel 
 the  prophet)  stonde  in  the  holy  place  (who  so 
 readeth  it,  let  him  marck  it  well)  the  let  the 
 
 4Esdr.  1.  c.  »  Psal.  68.  d.  'Psal.  117.  c. 
 
 I*  Marc.  13.  a.  Luc.  21.  a.  «  Luc.  19.  d.  /  Col.  2.  c. 
 «4Esd.  13.  c.  *  Mat.  lO.b.  Marc.lS.b.  Luc. 21.  b. 
 loha.  16.  a.     '  4  Es.  14.  b.     '  Mat.  10.  c.     '  Marc.  13.  b. 
 
 which  be  in  lewry,  flye  vnto  y  moutaynes : 
 and  let  him  which  is  on  the  house  toppe,  not 
 come  downe  to  fet  eny  thinge  out  of  his 
 house  :  and  let  him  which  is  in  f  felde,  not 
 turne  back  to  fetch  his  clothes.  But  wo  vnto 
 them  that  are  with  childe,  and  to  them  that 
 geue  suck  in  those  dayes.  But  praye  ye,  that 
 youre  flight  be  not  in  y  wynter,  ner  on  the 
 Sabbath.  "For  then  shal  there  be  greate 
 trouble,  soch  as  was  not  from  the  begynnynge 
 of  the  worlde  vnto  this  tyme,  ner  shalbe.  Yee 
 and  excepte  those  dales  shulde  be  shortened, 
 there  shulde  no  flesh  be  saued:  but  for  y 
 chosens  sake  those  dayes  shalbe  shortened. 
 
 "  Then  yf  eny  man  shal  saye  vnto  you :  lo, 
 here  is  Christ,  or  there,  beleue  it  not.  For 
 there  shal  aryse  false  Christes  and  false  pro- 
 phetes,' and  shal  do  greate  tokes  and  wonders : 
 In  so  moch,  that  (yf  it  were  possible)  the 
 very  chosen  shulde  be  brought  in  to  erroure. 
 Beholde,  I  haue  tolde  you  before.  Wherfore 
 yf  they  shal  saye  vnto  you :  Beholde,  he  is 
 in  the  wildernes,  go  not  ye  forth:  Beholde, 
 he  is  in  the  chamber,  beleue  it  not.  For  like 
 as  the  lightenynge  goeth  out  from  the  East, 
 and  shyneth  vnto  the  west,  so  shal  the  com- 
 mynge  of  the  sonne  of  man  be.  For  where 
 so  euer  a  deed  carcase  is,'  there  wyl  the 
 Aegles  be  gathered  together. 
 
 '  Immediatly  after  the  trouble  of  the  same 
 tyme,  shal  the  Sonne  and  Moone  lose  their 
 light,  and  the  starres  shall  fall  from  heauen, 
 and  the  powers  of  heauen  shal  moue :  and 
 then  shal  appeare  the  token  of  the  sonne  of 
 man  in  heaue :  and  then  shal  all  the  kynreds 
 of  the  earth  moume,  and  they  shal  se  the  sonne 
 of  man  'come  in  the  cloudes  of  heauen  with 
 greate  power  and  glory.  And  he  shal  sende 
 his  angels  with  y  greate  voyce  of  a  trompe,'  ij 
 they  shal  gather  together  his  chosen  from  the 
 foure  wyndes,  from  one  ende  of  the  heauen 
 to  the  other. 
 
 Lerne  a  symilitude  of  f  fygge  tre.  "  When 
 his  braunche  is  yet  tender,  and  his  leaues 
 spronge,  ye  knowe  that  Sommer  is  nye.  So 
 likewyse  ye,  whan  ye  se  all  these  thynges,  be  ye 
 sure,  that  it  is  nye  euen  at  the  dores.  Verely 
 I  saye  vnto  you:  This  generacion  shal  not 
 passe,  tyll  all  these  be  fulfyUed.  Heauen  and 
 earth  shal  perishe,  but  my  wordes  shal  not 
 
 "■Marc.lS.b.     Luc.  21.  c.     Dan.  9.  e.  "Dan.  12.  a. 
 
 "  Marc.  13.  c.  Luc.  17.  c.  P  2  Tess.  2.  b.  Deut.  13.  a. 
 «  lob  39.  d.  ■■  Marc.  13.  c.     Luc.  21.  c.     loel  2.  b. 
 
 •  Act.  1.  b.      '1  Tess.  4.  c.      "  Marc.  13.  d.     Luc.  21.  d. 
 
 133 
 
So*  m\ 
 
 CI)f  gosprll  of  J).  iWatftrto. 
 
 Cftap.  jcpb. 
 
 33 
 
 perishe.  "Neuertheles  of  that  daye  %  houre 
 knoweth  no  man,  no  not  the  angels  of  heaiien, 
 but  my  father  onely.  Euen  as  it  was  in  the 
 tymc  of  Noe,  so  shal  the  commynge  of  the 
 Sonne  of  man  be  also.  *For  as  they  were  in 
 the  dayes  before  f  floude  (they  ate,  they 
 dronke,  they  maried,  and  were  marled,  euen 
 vnto  the  daye  y  Noe  entred  in  to  the  shippe, 
 and  they  regarded  it  not,  tyll  the  floude  came 
 and  toke  them  all  awaye)  So  shal  also  the 
 commynge  of  the  sonne  of  man  be.  The 
 shal  two  be  in  the  felde : '  the  one  shal  be 
 receaued,  and  the  other  shalbe  refused :  Two 
 shal  be  gryndiuge  at  the  Myll,  the  one  shalbe 
 receaued,  and  the  other  shalbe  refused:  (Two 
 in  the  bed,  the  one  shalbe  receaued,  and  the 
 other  refused.) 
 
 'Watch  therfore,  for  ye  knowe  not  what 
 houre  youre  LORDE  wil  come.  But  be  sure 
 of  this,  that  yf  the  good  man  of  the  house 
 knewe  what  'houre  the  thefe  wolde  come,  he 
 wolde  surely  watch,  and  not  suifre  his  house 
 to  be  broken  vp.  Therfore  be  ye  ready  also, 
 for  in  the  houre  that  ye  thynke  not,  shal  the 
 sonne  of  man  come.  '  Wlio  is  now  a  faithful] 
 and  wyse  seruaut,  whom  his  lorde  hath  made 
 ruler  ouer  his  houszholde,  that  he  maye  geue 
 them  raeate  in  due  season?  ^Blessed  is  y 
 seruaut,  whom  his  lorde  (whan  he  c5meth) 
 shal  fynde  so  doynge.  Verely.  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  he  shal  set  him  ouer  all  his  goodes.  But 
 and  yf  the  euell  seruaiit  shal  saye  in  his  hert : 
 Tush,  it  wil  be  longe  or  my  lorde  come,  and 
 begynne  to  smyte  his  felowes,  yee  and  to  eate 
 and  drynke  with  the  dronken :  The  same 
 seruautes  lorde  shal  come  in  a  daye,  wha  he 
 loketh  not  for  him,  and  in  an  houre  that  he  is 
 not  ware  of,  and  shal  hew  him  in  peces  and 
 geue  him  his  rewarde  with  ypocrytes :  there 
 shal  be  waylinge  and  gnaszhinge  of  teth. 
 
 W^t  nfa.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 THEN  shal  the  kyngdome  of  heauen  be 
 like  vnto  ten  virgins,  which  toke  their 
 lapes,  and  wente  forth  to  mete  the  brydegrome. 
 But  fyue  of  them  were  foolish,  and  fyue  were 
 wyse.  The  foolish  toke  their  lapes,  neuerthe- 
 les  they  toke  none  oyle  with  them.  But  the 
 wyse  toke  oyle  in  their  vessels  with  their 
 lampes.     Now  whyle  the  brydegrome  taried, 
 
 •  Esa.  40.  a.  and  .51.  b.     Act.  1.  a.  »  Gen.  6.  7. 
 
 Luc.  17  c.  «  Luc.  17.  (1.  J  Mat.  25.  a.  Marc.  13.  d. 
 Luc.  12.  d.      '  Apo.  16.  c.      /  Mat.  25.  b.      e  Apo.  16.  c. 
 
 they  slombred  all  and  slepte.  But  at  myd- 
 night  there  was  a  crye  made:  Beholde,  the 
 brydegrome  commeth,  go  youre  waye  out  for 
 to  mete  him.  Then  all  those  virgins  arose, 
 and  prepared  their  lampes.  But  the  foolish 
 sayde  vnto  the  wyse :  geue  vs  of  youre  oyle, 
 for  oure  lapes  are  gone  out.  Then  answered 
 the  wyse,  and  sayde :  Not  so,  lest  there  be 
 not  ynough  for  vs  and  you,  but  go  rather  vnto 
 them  that  sell,  and  bye  for  youre  seines.  And 
 whyle  they  wente  to  bye,  the  brydegrome 
 came :  and  they  that  were  readye,  wente  in 
 with  him  vnto  the  mariage,  and  the  gate  was 
 shut  vp.  At  y  last  came  y^  other  virgins  also, 
 and  sayde:  ''LORDE  LORDE,  ope  vnto  vs. 
 But  he  answered,  and  sayde :  Verely  I  saye 
 vnto  you :  I  knowe  you  not.  '  Watch  ye  ther- 
 fore, for  ye  knowe  nether  the  daye  ner  yet  the 
 houre,  whan  y  sonne  of  man  shal  come. 
 
 Like  wyse  as  a  certayne  ma  ready  to  take 
 his  iourney  in  to  a  straunge  countre,''  called  his 
 seruaiites,  and  delyuered  his  goodes  vnto  the. 
 And  vnto  one  he  gaue  fyue  talentes,  to  another 
 two,  and  to  another  one :  vnto  euery  man 
 after  his  abilyte,  and  straight  waye  departed. 
 Then  he  that  had  receaued  the  fyue  talentes, 
 wente  and  occupied  with  the  same,  and  wanne 
 other  fyue  talentes.  Likewyse  he  y  receaued 
 two  talentes,  wane  other  two  also.  But  he 
 that  receaued  y  one  wente  and  dygged  a  pyt 
 in  the  earth,  and  hyd  his  lordes  money.  After 
 a  longe  season  the  lorde  of  those  seruauntes 
 came,  and  rekened  with  them.  Then  came  he 
 that  had  receaued  fyue  talentes,  and  brought 
 other  fyue  talentes,  and  sayde :  Syr,  thou 
 delyuerdst  vnto  me  fyue  talentes :  Beholde, 
 with  them  haue  I  wonne  fyue  taletes  mo.' 
 Then  sayde  his  lorde  vnto  hi :  wel  thou  good 
 (J  faithful!  seruaunt,  thou  hast  bene  faithfull 
 ouer  litle,  I  wil  set  the  ouer  moch :  entre 
 thou  in  to  the  ioye  of  thy  lorde.  The  came 
 he  also  that  had  receaued  two  talentes,  and 
 sayde :  Syr,  thou  delyuerdst  vnto  me  two 
 talentes :  Beholde,  I  haue  wonne  two  other 
 taletes  with  the.  His  lorde  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Wel  thou  good  and  faithfull  seruaiit,  thou  hast 
 bene  faithfull  ouer  litle,  I  wil  set  the  ouer 
 moch :  entre  thou  in  to  the  ioye  of  thy  lorde. 
 
 Then  he  that  had  receaued  the  one  talet, 
 came  and  sayde :  Syr,  I  knew  that  thou  art 
 
 Mat.  7.  b.  '  Luc.  6. 
 
 Luc.  12.  d.  and  21.  d. 
 '  Mat.  24.  d. 
 
 ,     Mat.  24.  d.     Marc.  13.  d. 
 *  Marc.  13.  d.    Luc,  19.  a. 
 
 c 
 
iCftajp,  jLTfau 
 
 €\)t  gosipell  of  ^.  i^atftelo. 
 
 #0.  mi. 
 
 an  hard  man  :  thou  reapest  where  thou  hast 
 not  sowen,  and  gatherest  where  thou  hast  not 
 strowed,  and  so  I  was  afrayed,  and  wete  and 
 hyd  thy  talent  in  the  earth :  lo,  there  thou 
 hast  thine  owne.  But  his  lorde  answered,  and 
 sayde  \Tito  him:  Thou  euell  and  slouthfull 
 seruaunt,  knewest  thou  that  1  reape  where  I 
 sowed  not,  and  gather  where  I  strawed  not  ? 
 Thou  shuldest  therfore  haue  had  my  money 
 to  the  chaungers,  and  then  at  my  commynge 
 shulde  I  haue  receaued  myne  owne  with 
 vauntage.  Therfore  take  the  talent  fro  him, 
 and  geue  it  vnto  him  that  hath  ten  talentes. 
 "  For  who  so  hath,  to  him  shalbe  geuen,  and  he 
 shal  haue  abundaunce.  But  who  so  hath  not, 
 fro  him  shalbe  take  awaye  euen  that  he  hath. 
 And  cast  the  vnprofitable  seruaunt  in  to  vtter 
 darcknes :  *  there  shalbe  waylinge  and  gnaszh- 
 inge  of  teth. 
 
 '  But  whan  the  sonne  of  man  shal  come  in 
 his  glory,  and  all  holy  angels  with  him,  then 
 shal  he  syt  vpon  the  seate  of  his  glory.  And 
 all  people  shalbe  gathered  before  him :  and  he 
 shal  separate  them  one  from  another''  as  a 
 shepherde  deuydeth  the  shepe  from  f  goates. 
 And  he  shal  set  f  shepe  on  his  right  honde, 
 and  the  goates  on  the  lefte.  Then  shal  the 
 kynge  saye  vnto  them  that  shalbe  on  his  right 
 honde  :  Come  hither  ye  blessed  of  my  father, 
 inheret  ye  y  kingdome,"  which  is  prepared  for 
 you  from  the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde.     For 
 
 1  was  hongrie,  and  ye  gaue  me  meate :  I  was 
 thirstie,  and  ye  gaue  me  drynke:'  I  was  har- 
 bourlesse,  and  ye  lodged  me  :  I  was  naked,  5 
 ye  clothed  me :  I  was  sicke,  and  ye  vysited 
 me :  *  I  was  in  preson,  and  ye  came  vnto  me. 
 
 Then  shal  the  righteous  answere  him,  j 
 saye  :  LORDE,  whe  sawe  we  the  hogrie,  and 
 fed  the  ?  Or  thirstie,  and  gaue  the  drynke  ? 
 When  sawe  we  the  herbourlesse,  and  lodged 
 the  ?  Or  naked,  and  clothed  y  ?  Or  whe  sawe 
 we  y  sicke  or  in  preson,  and  came  vnto  the  ? 
 And  the  kynge  shal  answer  and  saye  vnto 
 them :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you ;  Loke  what 
 ye  haue  done  vnto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
 my  brethren,  the  same  haue  ye  done  vnto  me. 
 
 Then  shal  he  saye  also  vnto  them  that 
 shalbe  on  the  left  hande:  ''Departe  fro  me  ye 
 cursed  in  to  the  euerlastinge  fyre,  which  is 
 
 -  Mar.  13.  b.  Marc.  4.  a.  Luc.  8.  b.  and  19.  c 
 »  Mat.  13.  f.  '  2  Tess.  1.  b.  ''  Ezec.  34.  c 
 
 'Mat.20.  c.        /Esa.  58.  b.   Ezec.  18.  a.         sEccli.  7.  d 
 
 2  Tim.  1.  c.  *  Psal.  6.  b.  Mat.  7.  b.  Luc.  13.  c 
 Esa.  30.  f.     Dan.  7.  b.     Apo.  19.  d.  and  20.  c.        '  Zach 
 
 prepared  for  the  deuell  and  his  angels.  For  I 
 was  hogrie,  and  ye  gaue  me  no  meate :  I  was 
 thirstye,  and  ye  gaue  me  no  drynke :  I  was 
 herbourlesse,  and  ye  lodged  me  not :  I  was 
 naked,  and  ye  clothed  me  not:  I  was  sicke 
 and  in  preson,  and  ye  vysited  me  not. 
 
 Then  shal  they  also  answere  hi,  and  saye  : 
 LORDE,  when  sawe  we  the  hogrie,  or 
 thyrstie,  or  herbourlesse,  or  naked,  or  sicke,  or 
 in  preson,  and  haue  not  mynistred  vnto  the  ? 
 The  shal  he  answere  them,  and  saye :  Verely 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  '  Loke  what  ye  haue  not 
 done  vnto  one  of  the  leest  of  these,  the  same 
 haue  ye  not  done  vnto  me.  And  these  shal 
 go  in  to  euerlastinge  payne,  but  the  righteous 
 in  to  euerlastinge  life. 
 
 Ci^c  Vjrbi.  Ci)aptnr. 
 
 AND  it  came  to  passe  wha  lesus  had 
 fynished  all  these  wordes,  he  sayde  vnto 
 his  disciples :  Ye  knowe,  that  after  two  dayes 
 shalbe  Easter,  and  the  sonne  of  man  shalbe 
 delyuered  to  be  crucified.* 
 
 Then  'assembled  together  the  hye  prestes 
 and  the  scrybes,  and  the  elders  of  the  people 
 in  to  the  palace  of  the  hye  prest  which  was 
 called  Caiphas,  and  helde  a  councell,  how  they 
 might  take  lesus  by  disceate,  and  kyll  him. 
 But  they  sayde :  Not  on  the  holy  daye,  lest 
 there  be  an  vproure  in  the  people. 
 
 Now  when  lesus  was  at  Bethany"'  in  the 
 house  of  Symon  the  leper,  there  came  vnto  hi 
 a  woman,  which  had  *  a  boxe  with  precious 
 oyntment,  and  poured  it  vpon  his  heade,  as 
 he  sat  at  the  table.  Whan  his  disciples  sawe 
 that,  they  diszdayned,  and  sayde :  Where  to 
 serueth  this  waist  ?  This  oyntmet  might  haue 
 bene  wel  solde,  and  geue  to  the  poore.  Whe 
 lesus  perceaued  that,  he  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Why  trouble  ye  the  woman?  She  hath  wrought 
 a  good  worke  vpon  me  for  ye  haue  allwaye  the 
 poore  with  you,"  but  me  shal  ye  not  haue 
 allwayes.  Where  as  she  hath  poured  this 
 oyntmet  vpon  my  body,  she  dyd  it  to  bury 
 me.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  where  so  euer 
 this  gospell  shalbe  preached  thorow  out  all 
 the  worlde,  there  shal  this  also  that  she  hath 
 done,  be  tolde  for  a  memoriall  of  her. 
 
 2.  b.      lere.  30.  c.     Pro.  14.  d.  and   17.  a.       loha.  5.  c. 
 '  Mar.  14.  a.    Luc.  22.  a.     loha.  18.  a.  'loha.  11.  e. 
 
 "  Mar.  14.  a.    Luc.  7.  d.   loha.  12.  a.    •  Some  reade  :    A 
 glas  with  precious  water.  "  Deut.  15.  b. 
 
jfo.  mih 
 
 €i)t  gosjptll  of  ^.  iMatbelD. 
 
 Cfeap.  n^u 
 
 TluMi  one  of  the  twolue  (called  ludas  Is- 
 carioth)  wente  vnto  the  hye  prestes,  and 
 sayde  :  "What  wil  ye  geue  nie,  and  I  shal 
 delyucr  him  vnto  yon  ?  And  they  offred  hi 
 thirtie  syluer  pens.  And  from  tliat  tymc  forth, 
 he  sought  oportunyte  to  betraye  him. 
 
 The  first  daye  of  swete  bred  came  the  dis- 
 ciples to  lesus,*  and  sayde  vnto  him:  Where 
 wilt  thou  that  we  prepare  for  the,  to  eate  the 
 Easter  lambe  ?  He  sayde :  Go  in  to  the  cite 
 to  soch  a  man,  and  saye  vnto  him :  The 
 Miister  sendeth  the  worde :  My  tyme  is  at 
 honde,  I  wil  kepe  myne  Easter  by  the  with 
 my  disciples.  And  the  disciples  dyd  as  lesus 
 had  appoynted  them,  and  made  ready  the 
 Easter  lambe. 
 
 'And  at  euen  he  sat  downe  at  the  table 
 with  the  twolue.  And  as  they  ate,  he  sayde: 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you:  One  of  you  shal 
 betraye  me.  And  they  were  exceadinge 
 soroufull,  and  beganne  euery  one  of  them  to 
 saye  vnto  him  :  Syr,  is  it  1?  He  answered  and 
 sayde :  He  that  deppeth  his  honde  with  me  in 
 the  dyszhe,  the  same  shal  betraye  me.  The 
 Sonne  of  man  goeth  forth,  as  it  is  wrytten  of 
 him :  but  wo  vnto  that  man  by  who  the  sonne 
 of  man  shalbe  betrayed :  It  had  bene  better 
 for  that  mil,  yf  he  had  neuer  bene  borne. 
 The  ludas  that  betrayed  him,  answered  and 
 sayde  :  Master,  is  it  I  ?  He  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Thou  hast  sayde. 
 
 And  as  they  ate,  lesus  toke  the  bred, 
 gaue  thankes,"*  brake  it,  and  gaue  it  to  the 
 disciples,  and  sayde :  Take,  eate,  this  is  my 
 body.  And  he  toke  the  cuppe,  and  thanked, 
 and  gaue  it  the,  and  sayde:  Drynke  ye  all 
 therof,  this  is  my  blonde  of  the  new  testa- 
 ment, that  shalbe  shed  for  many  for  the 
 remission  of  synnes.  I  saye  vnto  you :  I  wil 
 not  drynke  hence  forth  of  this  frute  of  the 
 \'yne  tre,  viitill  that  daye  that  I  shal  drynke 
 it  new  with  you  in  my  fathers  kyngdome. 
 
 And  whan  they  had  sayde  grace,  'they  wente 
 forth  vnto  mount  Oliuete.  Then  sayde  lesus 
 vnto  them.*  This  night  shal  ye  all  be  offended 
 in  me.  For  it  is  wrytten  :  I  wil  smyte  the 
 shepherde,  and  the  shepe  of  the  flocke  shalbe 
 scatered  abrode.  But  after  that  I  ryse  agayne, 
 '1  wil  go  before  you  in  to  Galile.  Peter 
 answered  and  sayde  vnto  him  :   tThough  all 
 
 -  Mar.  U.  b.    Luc.  22.  n.    loha.  18.  a.  '  Marc.  14.  b. 
 
 Luc.  22.  a.  ■■  Marc.  14.  c.      Luc.  22.  b.      loba.  13.  c. 
 
 •<  Marc.  14.  c.    Luc.  22.  b.    1  Cor.  tl.  c.         '  Mar.  14.  il. 
 Luc.  21.  c.    loha.  18.0.       •  Mat.  26.  f.    Zach.  13.  b.    Mar. 
 
 men  shulde  be  offended  in  f,  yet  wyl  I  neuer 
 be  offeded.  lesus  sayde  vnto  hi:  Verely  I 
 saye  vnto  f :  This  same  night  before  f  cock 
 crowe,  shalt  thou  flenie  me  thryse.  Peter  saide 
 vnto  him :  And  though  I  shulde  dye  with  the, 
 yet  wil  I  not  denye  the.  Likewyse  also  sayde 
 all  the  disciples. 
 
 Then  came  lesus  with  them  in  to  a  felde 
 which  is  called  '^  Gethsemane,  and  sayde  \Tito 
 the  disciples :  Syt  ye  here,  whyle  I  go  yonder 
 3  praye.  And  he  toke  with  him  Peter,  and 
 the  two  sonnes  of  Zebede,  and  beganne  to 
 wexe  soroufull  and  to  be  in  an  agonye.  Then 
 sayde  lesus  vnto  them :  *  My  soule  is  heuy 
 euen  vnto  the  death.  Tary  ye  here,  and 
 watch  with  me.  '  And  he  wente  forth  a  litle, 
 and  fell  flat  vpon  his  face,  and  prayed  sayenge : 
 O  my  father,  yf  it  be  possible,  let  this  cuppe 
 passe  fro  me :  neuertheles  not  as  I  wil  but  as 
 thou  wilt.  And  he  came  to  his  disciples,  and 
 founde  the  a  slepe,  (j  sayde  vnto  Peter 
 What  ?  coude  ye  not  watch  mth  me  one 
 houre  ?  Watch  (j  praye,  that  ye  fall  not  in 
 to  temptacion.  ^The  sprete  is  wyllinge,  but 
 the  flesh  is  weake. 
 
 'Agayne,  he  wete  forth  the  seconde  tyme 
 and  prayed,  sayenge :  0  my  father,  yf  this 
 cuppe  can  not  passe  awaye  fro  me  (excepte  I 
 drynke  of  it)  thy  will  be  fulfilled.  And  he 
 came,  and  founde  them  a  slepe  agayne,  and 
 their  eyes  were  heuy.  And  he  left  them,  and 
 wente  forth  agapie,  and  prayed  the  thirde 
 tyme,  sayenge  the  same  wordes.  Then  came 
 he  to  his  disciples,  and  sayde  vnto  them  : 
 Slepe  on  now,  and  take  youre  rest.  Beholde, 
 the  houre  is  come,  y  the  sonne  of  man  shalbe 
 delyuered  in  to  the  hondes  of  synners  :  Aryse, 
 let  us  be  goynge.  Beholde,  he  is  at  hode, 
 that  betrayeth  me. 
 
 Whyle  he  yet  spake,  lo,  ludas  one  of  the 
 twolue  came, "'  and  with  him  a  greate  multitude 
 with  swerdes  and  staues,  sent  fro  the  hye 
 prestes  and  elders  of  the  people.  And  he 
 that  betrayed  him,  had  geuen  them  a  toke, 
 sayenge  :  Whom  so  euer  I  kysse,  that  same  is 
 he,  laye  hodes  vpo  him.  And  forth  withal  he 
 came  to  lesus,  and  sayde  :  Hayle  master,  and 
 kyssed  him.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Frende,  wherfore  art  thou  come  ?  Then  came 
 they,  and  layed  hondes  vpon  lesus,  and  toke 
 
 14.  d  loha.  16.  d.  f  Act.  1.  a.  t  Mar.  14.  <1.  Luc. 
 22.  c.     loha.  13.  d.        e  Mar.  14.  d.  *  loha.  12.  c. 
 
 Luc.  22.  c.  '  GaL  5.  c.  '  Mar.  14.  e.  "  Mar. 
 14.  b.    Luc.  22.  d.    loha.  18.  a. 
 
Cljap,  nbij. 
 
 €i)t  gosipcll  of  ^,  imatfitto. 
 
 fo,  mil). 
 
 dT 
 
 him.  And  beholde,  one  of  them  that  were 
 with  lesus,  stretched  out  his  honde,  and  drue 
 his  swerde,  and  stroke  a  seruaunt  of  the  hye 
 prestes,  (j  smote  of  his  eare :  Then  sayde 
 lesus  vnto  him :  Put  vp  thy  swerde  in  to  his 
 place.  "  For  all  that  take  the  swerde,  shal 
 perish  with  the  swerde.  Or  thinkest  thou 
 that  I  can  not  praye  my  father  now,  to  sende 
 me  more  then  twolue  legions  of  angels  ?  But 
 how  the  shulde  the  scriptures  be  fulfylled? 
 *  For  thus  must  it  be. 
 
 In  the  same  houre  sayde  lesus  vnto  the 
 multitude  :  *  Ye  are  come  out  as  it  were  to  a 
 murthurer  with  swerdes  and  staues  for  to 
 take  me.  I  sat  dayUe  teachinge  in  the  tem- 
 ple amonge  you,  and  ye  toke  me  not.  But 
 all  this  is  done,  that  the  scriptures  of  the  "^pro- 
 phetes  might  be  fulfylled.  t  The  aU  the  dis- 
 ciples left  him,  and  fled.  But  they  that  toke 
 lesus,''  led  him  to  Caiphas  the  hye  prest, 
 where  the  scrybes  and  the  elders  were  ga- 
 thered together.  As  for  Peter,  he  folowed 
 him  a  farre  of  vnto  the  hye  prestes  palace,  d 
 wente  in,  and  sat  with  the  seruauntes,  that  he 
 might  se  the  ende. 
 
 ■^But  the  hye  prestes  and  the  elders,  and 
 the  whole  councell  sought  false  wytnesse 
 ageynst  lesus,  that  they  might  put  him  to 
 death,  and  founde  none.  And  though  many 
 false  wytnesses  stepte  forth,  yet  founde  they 
 none.  At  the  last  there  stepte  forth  two  false 
 wytnesses,  5  spake  :  He  sayde :  I  can  breake 
 downs  the  temple  of  God,  -'^and  buylde  it 
 agayne  in  thre  dayes. 
 
 ^And  the  hye  prest  stode  vp,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Answerest  thou  nothinge,  vnto  it, 
 that  these  testifie  agaynst  the  ?  Neuerthe- 
 les  lesus  helde  his  tonge.  And  the  hye  prest 
 answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him:  ''I  charge  the 
 by  f  lyuynge  God,  that  thou  tell  us,  yf  thou 
 be  Christ  the  sonne  of  God.  lesus  spake : 
 Thou  hast  sayde  it.  Neuerthelesse  I  saye 
 vnto  you  :  '  From  this  tyme  forth  it  shal  come 
 to  passe,  that  ye  shal  se  the  sonne  of  man 
 syttinge  vpon  the  right  hande  of  the  power  (of 
 God)  and  commynge  in  the  cloudes  of  the 
 heauen. 
 
 Then  the  hye  prest  rente  his  clothes,  and 
 sayde  :  *  He  hath  blasphemed,  what  nede  we 
 
 "  Gen.  9.  a.  Apoc.  13.  b.  Ezec.  11.  b.  •  Lu.  24.  d. 
 »  Marc.  14.  f.  Luc.  22.  d.  <■  Esa.  35.  d.  Psal.  21.  69. 
 t  Mat.  26.  c.  J  Marc.  14.  f.    loha.  18.  b.  '  Marc. 
 
 14.  f.  Act.  6.  b.  /  loha.  2.  c.  s  Mar.  14.  ^.  *  Luc. 
 22.  e.         '  loha.  6.  g.    Act.  l.b.  '  Mar.  14.  s;.      Luc. 
 
 eny  mo  wytnesses  ?  Lo,  now  haue  ye  herde 
 his  blasphemy :  What  thinke  ye?  They  an- 
 swered, s  sayde :  He  is  gyltie  of  death.  '  Then 
 tspytted  they  in  his  face,  j  smote  him  with 
 fistes.  Some  smote  him  vpon  the  face,  and 
 sayde :  Prophecie  vnto  us  thou  Christ,  who 
 is  it,  that  smote  the  ? 
 
 '"As  for  Peter,  he  sat  without  in  the  palace. 
 And  there  came  vnto  him  a  damseU,  and 
 sayde:  And  thou  wast  with  lesus  of  Galile 
 also.  Neuertheles  he  denyed  before  the  all, 
 and  sayde :  I  can  not  tell  what  thou  sayest. 
 But  whan  he  wete  out  at  the  dore,  another 
 damsell  sawe  him,  and  sayde  vnto  them  that 
 were  there :  This  was  also  with  lesus  of 
 Nazareth.  And  he  denyed  agayne,  and 
 sware  also :  I  knowe  not  the  ma.  And  after 
 a  litle  whyle,  they  that  stode  there,  stepte 
 forth,  and  sayde  vnto  Peter:  Of  a  trueth 
 thou  art  one  of  them  also,  for  thy  speach  be- 
 wrayeth  the.  Then  begane  he  to  curse  and 
 to  sweare :  I  knowe  not  the  man.  And  im- 
 mediatly  the  cock  crew.  Then  thought  Peter 
 vpon  the  wordes  of  lesus,  which  sayde  vnto 
 him:  "before  the  cock  crow,  thou  shalt  denye 
 me  thryse.  And  he  wente  out,  and  wepte 
 bytterly. 
 
 CIjc  jfbij.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 VPON  the  morow,  all  the  hye  prestes 
 and  elders  of  the  people  helde  a  coun- 
 cell agaynst  lesus,  "that  they  might  put  him 
 to  death,  and  bounde  him,  and  led  him  forth, 
 and  delyuered  him  vnto  ''Pontius  Pilate  the 
 debyte. 
 
 When  ludas  which  betrayed  him,  sawe 
 this  that  he  was  condemned  vnto  death,  it 
 repented  him,  and  brought  agayne  the  thirtie 
 syluer  pens  to  the  hye  prestes  and  the  elders, 
 and  sayde  :  I  haue  done  euell,  in  that  I  haue 
 betrayed  innocet  bloude.  They  sayde :  What 
 haue  we  to  do  with  y  ?  Se  thou  therto. 
 And  he  cast  the  syluer  pens  in  the  teple,  and 
 '  gat  him  awaye,  and  wente  and  hanged  him 
 self. 
 
 So  the  hye  prestes  toke  the  syluer  pens, 
 and  sayde :  It  is  not  laufull  to  put  them  in  to 
 the  Gods  chest,  for  it  is  bloudmoney.  Neuer- 
 theles they  helde  a  councell,  and  bought  with 
 
 22.  e.             '  Leui.  24.  c.            t  Esa.  50.  b.  loha.  18.  c. 
 
 "  .Mar.  14.  g.      Luc.  22.  d.     loha.  18.  b.  "  Mat.  26.  c. 
 
 "  PsaL  2.  a.  Marc.  15.  a.  Luc.  23.  a.  loha.  18.  d. 
 f  Act.  3.  b.         «2Re.  17.d.      Act.  1.  c. 
 
ijro*  mm> 
 
 m)t  gosprU  of  ^.  iHatftfto. 
 
 Ci)ap.  irpbij. 
 
 the  a  potters  felde,  for  to  buryo  strangers 
 VVhertbre  the  same  feldc  is  called  the 
 bioudfelde  vnto  this  daye.  Then  was  that 
 fulfylled,  which  was  spoken  by  leremy  the  pro- 
 phet sayenge:  "And  they  toke  thirtie  syluer 
 pens,  the  pryce  of  him  that  was  solde,  whom 
 they  bought  of  the  children  of  Israeli:  and 
 these  they  gaue  for  a  potters  felde,  as  the 
 LOHDE  commaundcd  me. 
 
 As  for  lesus,  he  stode  before  the  debyte, 
 and  the  debyte  axed  him,  and  sayde  :  *Art 
 thou  the  kynge  of  the  lewes  ?  And  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Thou  sayest  it.  And  wha 
 he  was  accused  of  the  hye  prestes  and  elders, 
 he  answered  nothinge.  Then  sayde  Pylate 
 vnto  him  :  Hcarest  thou  not,  how  sore  they 
 accuse  the  ?  And  *he  answered  him  not  one 
 worde  :  in  so  moch  that  the  debyte  marueled 
 exceadingly. 
 
 ■■At  that  feast,  the  debyte  was  wote  to 
 delyuer  a  presoner  fre  vnto  the  people,  whom 
 they  wolde.  And  at  the  same  tyme  he  had  a 
 notable  presoner  called  Barrabas.  And  whan 
 they  were  gathered  together,  Pylate  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Whether  wil  ye,  that  I  geue  lowse 
 vnto  you  ?  Barrabas,  or  lesus  which  is  called 
 Christ?  For  he  knewe  well  that  they  had 
 delyuered  him  of  enuye.  And  wha  he  sat 
 vpo  the  iudgmet  seate,  his  wife  sent  vnto  him, 
 sayenge :  Haue  thou  nothinge  to  do  with 
 that  righteous  man,  for  I  haue  sufFred  many 
 thinges  this  daye  in  a  dreame  because  of  him. 
 
 But  the  hye  prestes  and  the  elders  per- 
 suaded the  people,  ''that  they  shulde  axe  Bar- 
 rabas, and  destroye  lesus.  Then  answered 
 the  debyte,  a  sayde  vnto  the :  '  Whether  of 
 these  two  wyl  ye  y  I  geue  lowse  vnto  you  ? 
 They  sayde  :  -^  Barrabas  :  Pylate  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  What  shal  I  do  then  with  lesus,  which 
 is  called  Christ  ?  They  sayde  all:  let  him  be 
 crucified.  The  debyte  saide :  What  euell 
 hath  he  done  the?  Neuertheles  they  cried 
 yet  more  and  sayde,  let  him  be  crucified.  So 
 iwhan  Pilate  sawe,  that  he  coude  not  helpe, 
 but  that  there  was  a  greater  vproure,  he  toke 
 water,  and  waszhed  his  handes  before  the 
 people,  and  sayde  :  I  am  vngiltie  of  y  blonde 
 of  this  righteous  man.  Se  ye  therto.  Then 
 answered   all   the   people,   and   sayde :    His 
 
 "  lere.32.b.  Zach.ll.c.  »Marc.l5.a.  Lac.-2S.&. 
 loha.  I8.d.  "Esa.SS.b.  «  Marc.  15.  a.  Luc.  23.  b. 
 loha.  18.  e.  -i  Mar.  15.  a.  '  Luc.  23.  b.  /  Act, 
 3.  b.     Marc.  15.  b.  «  Act.  5.  d.     Marc.  15.  b.      Luc, 
 
 bloude  come  vpon  vs,  and  vpon  cure  children. 
 '  Then  gaue  he  Barrabas  lowse  vnto  the,  but 
 caused  lesus  be  scourged,  and  delyuered  him 
 to  be  crucified. 
 
 Then  the  debites  soudyers  toke  lesus,  in  to 
 the  comon  hall,  *and  gathered  the  whole 
 multitude  ouer  him,  and  stryped  him  out  of 
 his  clothes,  and  put  a  purple  robe  vpo  him, 
 and  plated  a  crowne  of  thorne,  (j  set  it  vpon 
 his  heade,  and  a  rede  in  his  hade,  and  kneled 
 before  him,  and  mocked  him,  and  sayde : 
 hayle  kynge  of  the  lewes.  And  spytted  vpon 
 him,  and  toke  y  rede,  d  smote  him  vpon  the 
 heade.  And  wha  they  had  mocked  hi,  they 
 toke  the  robe  of  him  ageyne,  (j  put  his  owne 
 clothes  vpon  him,  and  led  him  forth,  y  they 
 might  crucifie  hi.  '  And  as  they  were  goinge 
 out,  they  founde  a  man  of  Cyren  called 
 Symon :  him  they  compelled  to  beare  his 
 crosse.  And  when  they  came  vnto  the  place 
 called  *  Golgatha  (that  is  to  saye  by  interpre- 
 tacio  a  place  of  deed  mens  scuUes)  they  gaue 
 him  to  diynke,  veneger  myxte  with  gall.  And 
 whan  he  had  tasted  therof,  he  wolde  not  drynke. 
 
 '  So  whan  they  had  crucified  him,  they 
 parted  his  garmetes,  and  cast  lottes  therfore : 
 that  the  thinge  might  be  fulfilled,  which  was 
 spoken  by  the  prophet :  '"  They  haue  parted 
 my  garmetes  amonge  the,  5  cast  lottes  vpon 
 my  vesture.  And  there  they  sat,  and  watched 
 hi.  And  aboue  ouer  his  heade,  they  put  vp 
 the  cause  of  his  death  in  wrytinge  :  namely  : 
 This  is  the  kynge  of  the  lewes. 
 
 Then  were  there  two  murthurers  cru- 
 cified with  him,  "the  one  of  the  right  hande, 
 and  the  other  on  the  left.  They  that 
 wente  by,  reuyled  him,  and  wagged  their 
 heades  and  sayde :  Thou  that  breakest  downe 
 the  teple  of  God,  and  buyldest  it  in  thre 
 dayes,  helpe  thy  self.  Yf  thou  be  the  sonne 
 of  God,  come  downe  from  the  crosse.  The 
 hye  prestes  also  in  like  maner  with  the  scrybes 
 (J  elders,  laughed  him  to  scorne,  and  sayde : 
 he  hath  helped  other,  and  can  not  helpe  him 
 self:  Yf  he  be  the  kynge  of  Israel,"  let  him 
 come  downe  now  from  the  crosse,  and  we  wil 
 beleue  him.  tHe  trusted  in  God,  let  him 
 delyuer  him  now,  yf  he  wil  haue  him.  For 
 he  hath  sayde  :  I  am  the  sonne  of  God.     The 
 
 23.  c.        loha.  19.  a.  ''  Marc.  15.  b.      loha.  19.  a. 
 
 '  Marc.  15.  c.     Luc.  23.  c.  *  loha.  19.  b.  '  Marc. 
 
 15.  c.      loha.  19.  c.  "■  Psal,  21.  b.  "  Esa.  .'>3.  b, 
 
 »  Sup.  2.  d.        t  PsaL  21.  a.   aud  38.  69. 
 
Cftap.  n^iij. 
 
 €l)t  gospfU  of  ^.  i¥lat6etD. 
 
 #0.  Wt). 
 
 jr 
 
 raurtherers  also  that  were  crucified  with  him, 
 cast  the  same  in  his  tethe. 
 
 "And  from  y  sixte  houre  there  was  darcknes 
 ouer  the  whole  earth  vnto  the  nyenth  houre. 
 And  aboute  the  nyenth  houre,  lesus  cried 
 with  a  loude  voyce,  and  sayde:  Eh,  Eli, 
 Lamma  asabthani?  that  is.  My  God,  my  God, 
 why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?*  But  some  of 
 the  that  stode  there,  when  they  herde  y 
 sayde :  he  calleth  Elias.  "And  immediatly 
 one  of  them  ranne,  and  toke  a  spoge,  and 
 fylled  it  with  veneger,  and  put  it  vpon  a  rede, 
 and  gaue  him  to  dryncke.  But  y  other  sayde : 
 holde,  let  se  whether  Elias  wyl  come,  and 
 delyuer  him.  lesus  cried  agayne  with  a  loude 
 voyce,  and  gaue  vp  the  goost. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  vale  of  the  temple  was 
 rente  in  two  peces,  from  aboue  tyll  beneth, 
 and  the  earth  quaked,  and  the  stones  rent, 
 and  the  graues  opened,  and  many  bodies  of 
 the  sayntes  that  slepte,  arose,  and  wete  out 
 of  the  graues  after  his  resurreccion,  and  came 
 in  to  the  holy  cite,  and  appeared  vnto  many. 
 
 ''  But  the  captayne  and  they  that  were  with 
 him,  and  kepte  lesus,  when  they  sawe  the 
 earthquake  and  the  thinges  that  were  done, 
 they  were  sore  afrayed,  and  sayde :  Verely 
 this  was  Gods  sonne.  And  there  were  many 
 wemen  there  lokynge  to  afarre  of,''  which  had 
 folowed  lesus  from  Galile,  and  had  mynistred 
 vnto  him:  amonge  whom  was  Mary  Mag- 
 dalene, and  Mary  the  mother  of  lames  and 
 loses,  and  the  mother  of  the  children  of 
 Zebede. 
 
 At  euen  there  came  a  rich  man  of  Arima- 
 thia,  called  Joseph,-^  which  was  also  a  disciple 
 of  lesus.  He  wete  vnto  Pylate,  and  axed  the 
 body  of  lesus.  Then  commaunded  Pylate 
 that  the  body  shulde  be  geue  him.  And 
 Joseph  toke  the  body,  and  wrapped  it  in  a 
 cleane  lynnen  cloth,  and  layed  it  in  his  owne 
 new  sepulcre,  which  he  had  hewen  out  in  a 
 rocke,  and  rolled  a  greate  stone  to  the  dore  of 
 the  sepulcre,  and  wente  his  waye.  And  there 
 was  Mary  Magdalene  and  y  other  Mary,« 
 syttinge  ouer  agaynst  the  sepulcre. 
 
 The  next  daye  that  foloweth  the  daye  of 
 preparynge,  the  hye  prestes  and  Pharises  came 
 together  vnto   Pylate,    and   saide :     Syr,   we 
 
 "Marc.  15.  c.     Luc.  23.  d.         »  Psal.  21.  a.         'Marc. 
 15.  d.     Luc.  19.  c.  ■*  Marc.  15.  d.     Luc.  US.  c. 
 
 <■  Marc.  15.  o.        /  Marc.  15.  e.    Luc.  23.  e.     loha.  19.  e. 
 e  Marc.  15.  e.  •  Mat.  16.  c.  17.  c.  d.     Marc.  9.  d. 
 
 haue  called  to  remembraunce,  that  this  dis- 
 ceauer  sayde  whyle  he  was  yet  alyue  :*  After 
 thre  dayes  I  wyl  i-yse  agayne.  Comaunde 
 therfore  that  the  sepulcre  be  kepte  vnto  the 
 thirde  daye,  lest  peraduenture  his  disciples 
 come,  and  steale  him  awaye,  and  saye  vnto 
 the  people :  He  is  rysen  from  the  deed,  and 
 so  shal  the  last  errour  be  worse  the  the  first. 
 Pylate  sayde  vnto  them :  There  haue  ye 
 watchme,  go  youre  waye,  and  kepe  it  as  ye 
 can.  They  wete  and  kepte  the  sepulcre  with 
 watchmen,  and  sealed  the  stone. 
 
 Wijt  Dcbtij.  CI;apttr. 
 
 VPON  the  euenynge  of  the  Sabbath  holy 
 daye,''  which  dawneth  y  morow  of  the 
 first  daye  of  y-  Sabbathes,  came  Mary  Mag- 
 dalene and  y  other  Mary,  to  se  f  sepulcre. 
 And  beholde,  there  was  made  a  greate  earth- 
 quake :  for  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  de- 
 scended from  heauen,  and  came  and  rolled 
 backe  y  stone  from  the  dore,  and  sat  vpon  it. 
 And  his  countenaunce  was  as  ;y  lightenynge, 
 and  his  clothinge  whyte  as  snowe.  But  f 
 watch  me  were  troubled  for  feare  of  him,  and 
 became  as  though  they  were  deed. 
 
 The  angell  answered,'  and  sayde  vnto  f 
 women :  Be  not  ye  afrayed.  I  knowe  that 
 ye  seke  lesus  that  was  crucified.  He  is  not 
 here.  He  is  rysen,  as  he  sayde.  Come,  and 
 se  f  place,  where  the  LORDE  was  layed, 
 and  go  youre  waye  soone,  and  tell  his  dis- 
 ciples, that  he  is  rysen  from  the  deed.  And 
 beholde,  he  wyl  go  before  you  in  to  Galile, 
 there  shal  ye  se  him.     Lo,  I  haue  tolde  you. 
 
 And  they  departed  from  the  graue  in  all 
 the  haist  with  feare  and  greate  ioye,*  5  ranne 
 to  brlge  his  disciples  worde.  And  as  they 
 were  goinge  to  tell  his  disciples,  beholde, 
 lesus  met  them,  and  sayde :  God  spede  you. 
 And  they  wente  vnto  him,  and  helde  his  fete, 
 and  feU  downe  before  him.  The  sayde  lesus 
 vnto  them:  Be  not  afrayed:  go  youre  waye 
 and  tell  my  brethren,  that  they  go  in  to  Galile, 
 there  shal  they  se  me.' 
 
 And  whan  they  were  gone,  beholde,  cer- 
 tayne  of  the  watchmen  came  in  to  the  cite,  j 
 tolde  the  hye  prestes  euery  thinge  that  had 
 happened.     And  they  came  together  with  the 
 
 Luc.  18.  d.  ''  Marc.  16.  a.     Luc.  24.  a. 
 
 i  Marc.  16.  a.     Luc.  24.  a.  *  Mar.  16.  b. 
 
 1  Cor.  15.  a.        '  Act.  1.  b. 
 
 loha.  20. 
 Luc.  24. 
 
JTo.  jrnAu 
 
 €f)t  QO^tU  of  ^.  iHatftcto. 
 
 Cftap,  itrbitj. 
 
 elders,  and  helde  a  councell,  and  gaue  f 
 souders  money  ynough,  and  sayde  :  Saye  ye : 
 his  disciples  came  by  night,  and  stole  him 
 awayo,  whyle  we  were  a  slepe.  And  yf  this 
 come  to  the  debytes  eares,  we  wyl  styll  him, 
 and  brynge  it  so  to  passe,  that  ye  shal  be  safe. 
 And  they  toke  the  money,  and  dyd  as  they 
 were  taught.  And  this  sayenge  is  noysed 
 amonge  the  lewes  vnto  this  daye. 
 
 The  eleuen  disciples  wente  vnto  Galile  in 
 to  a  mountayne,  where  lesus  had  appoynted 
 
 "Mat.  11.  e.     lohS.  17.a       Phil.  2.  a.    Mar.  16.  b. 
 
 them.  And  whan  they  sawe  him,  they  fell 
 downe  before  him :  but  some  of  them  douted. 
 And  lesus  came  vnto  them,  talked  with  them, 
 and  sayde :  "  Vnto  me  is  geue  all  power  in 
 heauen  and  in  earth.  Go  ye  youre  waye 
 therfore,  and  teach  all  nacions,  and  baptyse 
 them  in  the  name  of  the  father,  and  of  the 
 Sonne,  and  of  the  holy  goost :  and  teach  them 
 to  kepe  all  thinges,  what  soeuer  I  haue  com- 
 maunded  you.  *And  lo,  I  am  with  you  euery 
 daye  vnto  the  ende  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Cfte  trdit  of  tl)c  gospfU  of  ^.  iWatfttto. 
 
Zi)t  Qoiptll  of  ^.  JWarfte. 
 
 2!2ai)at  ^,  iHarfee  tontt^mti). 
 
 €f)ap.  I. 
 
 The  office  of  Ilion  the  baptist.  The  baptyme  of 
 Christ,  his  fastynge,  his  preachinge,  and  the 
 callynge  of  Peter,  Andrew,  lames  and  Ihon. 
 Christ  healeth  the  man  with  the  vncleane 
 sprete,  helpeth  Peters  mother  in  lawe,  and 
 clenseth  the  leper. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 
 He  healeth  the  man  of  the  palsye,  calleth  Leui 
 the  customer,  eateth  with  open  synners,  and 
 excuseth  his  disciples. 
 
 Ciiap.  III. 
 
 He  helpeth  the  man  with  the  dryed  hande, 
 choseth  his  apostles,  and  casteth  out  the 
 vncleane  sprete,  which  the  Pharises  ascrybe 
 vnto  the  deuell.  The  brother,  sister  and  mo- 
 ther of  Christ. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 The  parable  of  the  sower.     Christ  stilleth  the 
 tempest  of  the  see,  which  obeyeth  him. 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 He  delyuereth  the  possessed  from  the  vncleane 
 sprete,  the  woman  from  the  bloudye  yssue,  and 
 rayseth  the  captaynes  doughter. 
 €i)ap.  VI. 
 
 Christ  preacheth  at  home,  and  is  not  regarded. 
 He  sendeth  out  his  disciples.  Ihon  baptist  is 
 taken  and  headed.  Christ  fedeth  fyue  thou- 
 sande  men  with  fyue  loaues  and  two  fiszhes. 
 He  walketh  vpon  the  see, 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 The  Pharises  are  not  cotent,  that  the  disciples 
 eate  with  vnwaszhen  handes :  but  Christ  re- 
 buketh  the  selues  for  breakinge  the  com- 
 maundementes  of  God,  healeth  the  woman  of 
 Canaans  daughter,  and  maketh  the  domme  to 
 speake. 
 
 Cfiap.  VIII. 
 
 He  fedeth  foure  thousande  me  with  vij.  loaues, 
 reproueth  the  Pharises  that  are  so  desyrous  of 
 tokens,  warneth  his  disciples  to  bewarre  of 
 their  leuen,  maketh  a  blynde  man  to  see,  axeth 
 his  disciples  what  men  holde  of  him,  reproueth 
 Peter,  telleth  his  disciples  of  his  passion,  and 
 exorteth  them  to  folowe  him. 
 
 Cljap.  IX 
 The  transfiguracion  of  Christ,   which  healeth  the 
 childe  that  was  possessed  of  a  domme  sprete, 
 teacheth   his   disciples  to   be   lowly,  and   to 
 auoyde  occasions  of  euell. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 Christ  geueth  his  answere  concernynge  mariage, 
 and  that  it  is  harde  for  the  rich  to  come  in  to 
 heaue:  reproueth  the  disdayne  of  his  disciples, 
 lerneth  the  to  be  meke,  and  restoreth  blynde 
 Barthimeus  to  his  sight. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XI. 
 Christ  rydeth  in  to  lerusalem,  dryueth  the  mar- 
 chauntes  out  of  the  temple,  curseth  the  fyge 
 tre,  and  confoundeth  the  Pharises. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XII. 
 He  rebuketh  the  synne  and  vnthankfulnesse  of 
 the  lewes  with  a  goodly  symilitude,  taketh  the 
 in  their  owne  disceatfull  questions,  exorteth  to 
 bewarre  of  their  doctryne  and  lyuynge,  and 
 commendeth  the  good  wyll  of  the  poore 
 wyddowe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 He  warneth  his  disciples  to  bewarre  of  false 
 teachers  and  disceauers,  comforteth  them 
 agaynst  the  trouble  for  to  come,  tellinge  them 
 of  the  horrible  destruccion  of  lerusalem,  of  his 
 commynge,  and  ende  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Ci^ap-   XIHI. 
 The  Magdalene   anoynteth  Christ.     They  eate 
 the   easter    lambe,    and   the   supper   of   the 
 LORDE.     Christ  is  taken,  and  brought  in  to 
 Caiphas  house.     Peter  denyeth  him. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XV. 
 The  crucifienge  of  Christ,  and  how  he  was  buried. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XVI. 
 
 The  resurreccion  of  Christ,  which  appeareth  vnto 
 
 Mary  Magdalene  and  to  his  disciples,  whom 
 
 he  sendeth  forth  in  to  the  worlde  to  preach  the 
 
 gospell,  and  ascedeth  vp  in  to  heauen  himself. 
 
 134 
 
Zi)c  gospcll  of  ^.  iWatfee. 
 
 Cf)c  fir£lt  Ci&apUr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  begj'iinynge  of  the  gospell  of 
 lesus  Christ  the  sonne  of  God,  as  it  is 
 wrytte  in  the  prophetes.  "  Beholde,  I  sende 
 my  messaQger  before  thy  face,  which  shal 
 prepare  thy  waye  before  the.  *  The  voyce  of 
 a  cryer  is  in  the  wyldernes  :  Prepare  the  waye 
 of  the  LORDE,  make  his  pathes  straight. 
 
 "  Ihon  was  in  the  wyldernes,  and  baptysed, 
 and  preached  the  baptyme  of  amendment,  for 
 the  remyssion  of  synnes.  And  there  wente 
 out  vnto  him  the  whole  londe  of  lewry,  and 
 they  of  Jerusalem,  and  were  all  baptysed  of 
 him  in  Jordan,  and  knowleged  their  synnes. 
 
 Ihon  was  clothed  with  Camels  heer,  and 
 with  a  lethron  gerdell  aboute  his  loynes,  and 
 ate  locustes  and  wylde  hony,  and  preached, 
 and  sayde :  "  There  commeth  one  after  me, 
 which  is  stronger  then  I :  before  whom  I  am 
 not  worthy  to  stoupe  downe,  and  to  lowse  vp 
 f  lachet  of  his  shue.  I  baptyse  you  with 
 water,  but  he  shal  baptyse  you  with  the  holy 
 goost. 
 
 ''And  it  happened  at  the  same  tyme,  that 
 lesus  came  out  of  Galile  from  Nazareth,  and 
 was  baptysed  of  Ihon  in  lordan.  And  as 
 soone  as  he  was  come  out  of  the  water,  he 
 sawe  that  the  heauens  opened,  and  the  goost 
 as  a  doue  comynge  downe  \'pon  him.  And 
 there  came  a  voyce  from  heaue :  Thou  art 
 my  deai-e  sonne,*  in  whom  I  delyte. 
 
 And  immediatly  the  sprete  droue  him  in  to 
 the  wj'ldernes :  «  and  he  was  in  the  wyldernes 
 fourtye  daycs,  and  was  tempted  of  Sathan, 
 and  was  with  the  wylde  beestes.  And  the 
 angels  mynistred  vnto  him. 
 
 "Mai.  3.  a.    Mat.  11.  b.     Luc.  7.  c.  *  Esa.  40.  a. 
 
 Mat.  3.  a.      Luc.  3.  a.      loha.  1.  b.  '^  loha.  3.  d. 
 
 ''  Mat.  3.  a.  ■•  Mai.  3.  b.      Luc.  3.  c.      loha.  1.  c. 
 
 /  Mat.  3.  b.     Luc.  3.  c.     loha.  1.  d.  »  Some  reade  : 
 
 But  after  that  Ihon  was  taken,*  lesus  came 
 in  to  Galile,  and  preached  the  gospell  of  the 
 kyngdome  of  God,  and  sayde :  the  tyme  is 
 fulfylled,  and  the  kyngdome  of  God  is  at 
 hande  :  Amende  youre  selues,  and  beleue  the 
 gospell. 
 
 ■  So  as  he  walked  by  the  see  of  Galile,  he 
 sawe  Spnon  and  Andrew  his  brother,  castinge 
 their  nettes  in  the  see,  for  they  were  fyszhers. 
 And  lesus  sayde  vnto  the:  Folowe  me,  and 
 I  wil  make  you  fyszhers  of  me.'  And  imme- 
 diatly they  left  their  nettes,  and  folowed  him. 
 
 And  when  he  was  gone  a  lytle  further  from 
 thence,  he  sawe  lames  the  sonne  of  Zebede, 
 and  Ihon  his  brother,  as  they  were  in  the 
 shyppe  mendynge  their  nettes.  And  anone 
 he  called  them.  And  they  left  their  father 
 Zebede  in  the  shyppe  with  the  hyred  ser- 
 uauntes,  and  folowed  him. 
 
 'And  they  wente  in  to  Capernaum,  and 
 immediatly  vpon  the  Sabbathes,  he  entred  in 
 to  the  synagoge,  and  taught.  And  "they  were 
 astonnyed  at  his  doctryne :  for  he  taught 
 them  as  one  hauynge  power,  and  not  as  the 
 Scrybes. 
 
 And  in  their  synagoge  there  was  a  man 
 possessed  with  a  foule  sprete,"  which  cried  and 
 sayde :  Oh  what  haue  we  to  do  with  the,  thou 
 lesus  of  Nazareth.  Art  thou  come  to  de- 
 stroye  us  ?  I  knowe  that  thou  art  euen  y 
 holy  one  of  God.  And  lesus  reproued  him, 
 and  sayde  :  holde  thy  tonge,  and  departe  out 
 of  him.  And  the  foule  sprete  tare  him,  and 
 cried  with  a  loude  voyce,  and  departed  out  of 
 him.  And  they  were  all  astonnyed,  in  so 
 inoch  that  they  axed  one  another  amonge  the 
 selues,  5  sayde :    What  is  this  ?     What  new 
 
 In  who  I  am  pacified.  s  Mat.  4.  a.  Luc.  4.  a. 
 
 ''  Mat.  4.  b.  Luc.  4.  b.  '  Mat.  4.  c.  Luc.  5.  a. 
 
 '  lere.  16.  c.      Eze.  47.  b.  '  Luc.  4.  d.  loha.  2.  b. 
 "  Mat.  7.  c.             "  Luc.  4.  d. 
 
CI)ap.  iU 
 
 Cftf  gosiprU  of  ^.  iHarfee. 
 
 #0,  WTfr. 
 
 lernynge  is  this?  For  he  comaundeth  the 
 foule  spretes  with  power,  and  they  are 
 obedient  vnto  him.  And  immediatly  the 
 fame  of  him  was  noysed  rounde  aboute  in  the 
 coastes  and  borders  of  Galile. 
 
 "And  forth  with  they  wente  out  of  the 
 synagoge,  and  came  in  to  the  house  of  Symo 
 and  Andrew,  with  lames  and  Ihon.  And 
 Symons  mother  in  lawe  laye,  (j  had  the  feuers, 
 and  anone  they  tolde  him  of  her.  And  he 
 came  to  her,  and  set  her  vp,  and  toiie  her  by 
 f  hande,  and  the  feuer  left  her  immediatly. 
 And  she  mynistred  vnto  them. 
 
 ''At  euen  whan  the  Sonne  was  gone  downe, 
 they  brought  vnto  him  all  that  were  sick  and 
 possessed,  and  the  whole  cite  was  gathered 
 together  at  the  dore,  and  he  healed  many 
 that  were  diseased  with  dyuerse  sicknesses, 
 and  cast  out  many  deuels,  and  sufired  not  the 
 deuels  to  speake,  because  they  knew  him. 
 
 And  in  the  momynge  before  daye,  he 
 arose,  and  wente  out.  And  lesus  departed 
 in  to  a  deserte  place,  and  prayed  there. 
 Peter  also  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
 folowed  after  him.  And  whan  they  had 
 founde  him,  they  sayde  vnto  him:  Euery 
 man  seketh  the.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Let  us  go  in  to  the  next  townes,  that  I  maye 
 preach  there  also,  for  therto  am  I  come. 
 And  he  preached  I  their  synagoges,  in  all 
 Galile,  and  droue  out  the  deuyls. 
 
 "^And  there  came  vnto  him  a  leper,  which 
 besought  him,  and  kneled  before  him,  5  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Yf  thou  wilt,  thou  canst  make  me 
 cleane.  And  it  pitied  lesus,  and  he  stretched 
 forth  liis  honde,  and  touched  him,  and  sayde: 
 I  wyll,  be  thou  cleane.  And  wha  he  had 
 so  spoken,  immediatly  the  leprosy  departed 
 fro  him,  and  he  was  clensed."*  And  lesus  for 
 bad  him  strately,  and  forth  \vith  sent  him 
 awaye,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Take  hede,  that 
 thou  saye  nothinge  to  eny  man,  but  go  thy 
 waye,  and  shew  thy  self  vnto  the  prest,  and 
 'ofFre  for  thy  clensynge  what  Moses  com- 
 maunded,  for  a  wytnesse  vnto  them.  But  he 
 whan  he  was  departed,  beganne  to  speake 
 moch  of  it,  and  made  the  dede  knowne :  in 
 so  moch  that  lesus  coude  no  more  go  in  to  the 
 cite  openly,  but  was  without  in  deserte  places, 
 (t  they  came  vnto  him  fr5  all  quarters. 
 
 El)t  ij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  after  certayne  dayes  he  wente 
 agayne  vnto  Capernaum,'^  and  it  was 
 noysed  that  he  was  in  f  house.  And  imme- 
 diatly there  was  gathered  a  greate  multitude, 
 in  so  moch  that  they  had  no  I'owme,  no  not 
 without  before  the  dore.  And  he  spake  the 
 worde  vnto  the.  And  there  came  vnto  him 
 certaine,  which  brought  one  sicke  of  the 
 palsye  borne  of  foure.  And  when  they  coude 
 not  come  nye  him  for  y  people,  they  vn- 
 couered  y  rofe  of  f  house  where  he  was. 
 And  when  they  had  made  a  hole,  they  let 
 downe  the  bed  (by  coardes)  wherin  the  sicke 
 of  y  palsy  laye.  But  when  lesus  sawe  their 
 faith,  he  sayde  vnto  the  sicke  of  the  palsye : 
 My  Sonne,  thy  synnes  are  forgeuen  the. 
 
 Neuertheles  there  were  certayne  scrybes 
 which  sat  there,  (j.  thought  in  their  hertes : 
 How  speaketh  this  man  soch  blasphemy? 
 ^  Who  can  forgeue  synnes,  but  onely  God  ? 
 And  immediatly  lesus  knew  in  his  sprete, 
 that  they  thought  so  in  the  selues,  and  saide 
 vnto  them :  Why  thynke  ye  soch  thinges  in 
 youre  hertes  ?  Whether  is  easier  to  saye  to 
 the  sicke  of  the  palsye :  Thy  synnes  are  forgeue 
 the,  or  to  saye  :  aryse,  take  vp  thy  bed  and 
 walke.  But  that  ye  maye  knowe,  that  f 
 sonne  of  man  hath  power  to  forgeue  synnes 
 vpon  earth,  he  sayde  vnto  the  sicke  of  f 
 palsye:  I  saye  vnto  the,  ai^se,  take  vp  thy 
 bed,  and  go  home.  '*And  immediatly  he 
 arose,  toke  his  bed,  and  wente  forth  before 
 them  all :  in  so  moch  that  they  were  all 
 astonnied,  and  praysed  God,  and  sayde  :  We 
 neuer  sawe  soch. 
 
 And  he  wente  forth  agayne  vnto  the  see, 
 and  aU  the  people  came  vnto  him,"  and  he 
 taught  them.  And  as  lesus  passed  by,  he 
 sawe  Leui  the  sonne  of  Alpheus  syttinge  at 
 the  receate  of  custome,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Folowe  me.  And  he  arose,  and  folowed  him. 
 And  it  came  to  passe  as  he  sat  at  the  table  in 
 his  house,  there  sat  many  publicans  5  synners 
 at  the  table  with  lesus  and  his  disciples  :  For 
 there  were  many  y  folowed  him.  And  whan 
 the  scrybes  and  Pharises  sawe  that  he  ate 
 with  publicans  g  synners,  they  sayde  vnto  his 
 disciples:    Why  doth  he   eate   and   dryncke 
 
 °  Mat.  8.  b.     Luc.  4.  d. 
 Mat.  8.  a.      Luc.  5.  b. 
 Leui.  14.  a.  -f  Mat. 
 
 '  Mat.  8.  b.  Luc.  4.  c. 
 Marc.  7.  d.  and  9.  a. 
 Luc.  5.  c.     loha.  5.  a.  i 
 
 '  Act.  9.  c. 
 
 and  13.  a. 
 
 Mat.  9.  a.  Luc.  5.  d 
 
fo.  vl 
 
 Zi)t  gosprU  of  ^.  jBarfef- 
 
 Cbap.  uj» 
 
 with  y  publicans  and  syiincrs  ?  Whan  lesus 
 horde  that,  he  sayde  vnto  the:  The  whole 
 node  not  5^  Phisician,  l>ut  they  that  are  syckc. 
 I  am  not  'come  to  call  the  righteous,  but  the 
 synuers  to  reix'taunce." 
 
 And  the  disciples  of  Ihon  and  of  ^  Pharises 
 fasted.*  And  there  came  cerUine,  which 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Wliy  fast  the  disciples  of 
 Ihon,  and  of  f  Pharises,  and  thy  disciples  fast 
 not?  And  lesus  sjiydc  vnto  them:  How  can 
 the  weddinjje  children  fast,  whyle  the  bryde- 
 grome  is  with  them  ?  So  longe  :is  y  bryde- 
 grome  is  with  them,  they  can  not  fast.  But 
 the  tpnc  \v\\  come,  that  the  brj'degrome 
 shalbe  taken  from  them,  and  then  shal  they  fast. 
 
 No  man  soweth  a  pece  of  new  cloth  vnto 
 an  olde  garment,  for  els  he  taketh  awaye  the 
 new  pece  from  the  olde,  and  so  is  the  ret 
 worse.  And  no  man  putteth  new  wyne  in  to 
 olde  vessels,  els  the  fiew  wyne  breaketh  the 
 vessels,  and  the  wyne  is  spylt,  and  y  vessels 
 perishe:  but  new  wyne  must  be  put  in  to 
 new  vessels. 
 
 'And  it  chaunsed  that  vpon  f  Sabbath  he 
 wente  thorow  the  come  feldes,  and  his  dis- 
 ciples begane  to  make  a  waye  thorow,  and  to 
 plucke  the  eares  of  f  come.  And  the 
 Pharises  sayde  vnto  him  :  Beholde,  what  thy 
 disciples  do,  which  is  not  laufull  vpo  the 
 Sabbath.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the  :  Haue  ye 
 neuer  red  what  Dauid  dyd,  whii  he  had 
 nede,  and  was  an  hongred,  both  he  and  they 
 that  were  with  him  :  how  he  wente  in  to  the 
 house  of  God  in  the  tyme  of  Abiathar  the  hye 
 prest,''  and  ate  the  shewbreds  (which  was 
 laufull  for  no  man  to  eate,  but  for  the  prestes) 
 and  he  gaue  them  vnto  him,  and  to  them  that 
 were  with  him  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto  them  : 
 The  Sabbath  was  made  for  mans  sake,  and 
 not  man  for  the  Sabbathes  sake.  Therfore  is 
 the  Sonne  of  man  LORDE  euen  ouer  the 
 Sabbath. 
 
 d)e  itj.  Cljapttr. 
 
 HE  wente  agayne  also  in  to  the  synagoge, 
 and  there  was  there  a  ma  that  had 
 a  wythred  hande.'  And  they  marked  him, 
 wlu'ther  he  woldo  heale  him  on  the  Sabbath,  that 
 tlicy  mi^ht  accuse  him.  And  he  sayde  vnto  y 
 mu  with  the  wythred  hade  :   Steppe  forth  here. 
 
 •  1  Tim.  1.  c.       »  Mat.  9.  b.   Luc.  5.  c.      '  Mat.  12.  a. 
 Luc.  6.  a.  'iRe.  21.b.  '  Mat.  12.  b.    Luc.  6.  a. 
 
 /  3  Re.  l.-J.  b.       I  Mat.  12.  b.   loha.  10.  d.       *  Mat.  4.  c. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  the:  Is  it  laufull  to  do 
 good  on  the  Sabbath  ?  Or  is  it  laufull  to  do 
 euell.''  to  saue  life,  or  to  kyll?  But  they 
 helde  their  tonge.  And  he  loked  rounde 
 aboute  vpon  them  with  wrath,  and  was  sory 
 for  the  harde  hertes  of  the,  and  sayde  vnto 
 the  man  :  Stretch  out  thine  hande.  And  he 
 stretched  it  out.  •'And  his  hande  was  made 
 whole  like  as  f^  other. 
 
 And  the  Pharises  wete  out,  and  straight 
 waye  «they  helde  a  councell  with  Herodes 
 officers  agaynst  him,  how  they  might  destroys 
 him.  But  lesus  departed  awaye  with  his 
 disciples  vnto  the  see.  *And  there  folowed 
 him  moch  people  out  of  Galile,  and  fro  Jewry, 
 and  from  lerusale,  and  out  of  Idumea,  and 
 from  beyonde  Jordan,  and  they  that  dwelt 
 aboute  Tyre  and  Sydon,  a  greate  multitude 
 which  had  herde  of  his  noble  actes,  and  came 
 vnto  him. 
 
 And  he  spake  vnto  his  disciples  y  they 
 shulde  kepe  a  shyppe  for  him  because  of  the 
 people,  lest  they  shulde  thrunge  him  :  for  he 
 healed  many  of  them,  in  so  moch,  that  all 
 they  which  were  plaged,  preased  vpon  him, 
 that  they  might  touch  him.  And  whan  the 
 foule  spretes  sawe  him,"  they  fell  downe  be- 
 fore him,  and  cried,  and  sayde :  Thou  art  the 
 Sonne  of  God.  And  he  charged  them  strately, 
 that  they  shulde  not  make  him  knowne. 
 
 'And  he  wente  vp  in  to  a  mountayne,  and 
 called  vnto  him  whom  he  wolde,  and  they 
 came  vnto  him.  And  he  ordeyned  f  twolue, 
 that  they  shulde  be  with  him,  and  that  he 
 might  sende  them  out  to  preach,  and  that 
 they  might  haue  power  to  heale  sicknesses, 
 and  to  cast  out  deuyls.  And  vnto  Symon  he 
 gaue  the  name  Peter,  and  James  the  sonne  of 
 Zebede,  and  Ihon  the  brother  of  James,  and 
 gaue  the  the  name  Bonarges,  that  is  to  saye, 
 the  children  of  thonder :  and  Andrew,  and 
 Philippe,  and  Bartylmew,  and  Mathew,  and 
 Thomas,  and  lames  y^  sonne  of  Alpheus,  and 
 Taddeus,  and  Symon  of  Cana,  and  Judas 
 Iscarioth  which  betrayed  him. 
 
 And  they  came  to  house.  Then  assembled 
 the  people  together  agayne,  in  so  moch  that 
 they  had  no  leysure  to  eate.  And  when  they 
 that  were  aboute  him  herde  of  it,  they  wente 
 out   to   holde   him.      For  they  sayde  :    *  he 
 
 Luc.  6.  b.      '  Luc.  4.  c.      '  Mat.  10.  a.  Luc.  6.  b.  and  9.  a 
 Act.  1.  b.  "■  Some  reade :  He  wil  go  out  of  his  witt. 
 
Cftap.  itij. 
 
 Cf)t  gosipfll  of  ^,  iHarfee. 
 
 jTo.  Vli. 
 
 taketh  to  moch  vpon  him.  But  the  scrybes 
 that  were  come  downe  from  Jerusalem,  sayde : 
 He  hath  Belzebub,  and  thorow  the  chefe 
 deuell  casteth  he  out  deuyls.  And  he  called 
 them  together,"  and  spake  vnto  them  in 
 symilitudes : 
 
 How  can  one  Sathan  dryue  out  another? 
 And  yf  a  realme  be  deuyded  in  it  self,  how 
 can  it  endure  ?  And  yf  a  house  be  deuyded 
 agaynst  it  self,  it  can  not  contynue.  Yf 
 Sathan  now  ryse  agaynst  him  self,  and  be  at 
 variaunce  with  him  self,  he  can  not  endure, 
 but  is  at  an  ende.  No  man  can  entre  in  to  a 
 stronge  mans  house,  and  take  awaye  his 
 goodes,  excepts  he  first  bynde  the  stronge 
 man,  and  then  spoyle  his  house. 
 
 *  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  All  synnes  shalbe 
 forgeuen  the  children  of  men,  and  the 
 blasphemy  also  wherwith  they  blaspheme. 
 But  who  so  blasphemeth  the  holy  goost,  hath 
 neuer  forgeuenes,  but  is  giltie  of  the  euer- 
 lastinge  iudgment.  For  they  sayde :  he  hath 
 an  vncleane  sprete. 
 
 •■And  there  came  his  mother  and  his 
 brethre,  and  stode  without,  and  sente  vnto 
 him,  and  called  him.  And  the  people  sat 
 aboute  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Beholde, 
 thy  mother  and  thy  brethre  axe  after  the 
 without.  And  he  answered,  and  sayde:  Who 
 is  my  mother  and  my  brethren  ?  And  he 
 loked  rounde  aboute  him  vpon  his  disciples, 
 which  sat  rounde  in  compasse  aboute  him, 
 and  sayde :  Beholde,  my  mother  and  my 
 brethren.  For  who  so  euer  doth  the  will  of 
 God  the  same  is  my  brother,  and  my  sister 
 and  my  mother. 
 
 C{)e  ittj.  €T)apta;. 
 
 AND  he  begane  agayne  to  teach  by  f  see 
 side.  ''And  there  gathered  moch  people 
 vnto  him,  so  that  he  wente  in  to  a  shippe, 
 and  sat  vpon  the  water.  And  all  the  people 
 stode  vpon  the  londe  by  the  see  syde. 
 And  he  preached  longe  vnto  the  by 
 parables,  and  sayde  vnto  the  in  his  doctryne  : 
 Herken  to,  beholde,  there  wente  out  a  sower 
 to  sowe  :  5  it  happened  whyle  he  was  sowinge, 
 that  some  fell  by  the  waye  syde.  Then  came 
 the  foules  vnder  the  heauen,  and  ate  it  vp. 
 Some  fell  vpon  stonye  grounde,  where  it  had 
 
 "  Mat.  9.  d.  and  12.  c. 
 Luc.  12.  a.  1  loh.  5.  c. 
 ''  Mat.  13.  a.     Luc.  8.  b. 
 
 Luc.  11.  b.  ''  Mat.  12.  c. 
 
 "  Mat.  12.  c.     Luc.  8.  c. 
 '  Mat.  13.  b.     Luc.  8.  b. 
 
 not  moch  earth :  and  anone  it  came  vp,  be- 
 cause it  had  not  depe  earth.  Now  wha  the 
 Sonne  arose,  it  caught  heate  :  and  in  so  moch 
 as  it  had  no  rote,  it  wythred  awaye.  And 
 some  fel  amonge  the  thornes,  (j  the  thornes 
 grew  vp,  and  choked  it,  and  it  gaue  no  frute. 
 And  some  fell  vpon  a  good  grounde,  which 
 gaue  frute,  that  came  vp  and  grew.  And 
 some  bare  thirtie  folde,  and  some  sixtie  folde, 
 and  some  an  hundreth  folde.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Who  so  hath  eares  to  heare,  let 
 him  heare. 
 
 'And  whan  he  was  alone,  they  that  were 
 aboute  him  with  the  twolue,  axed  him  con- 
 cernynge  this  parable.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 the :  Vnto  you  it  is  geuen,  to  knowe  the 
 mystery  of  the  kyngdome  of  God  :  but  vnto 
 them  that  are  without,  all  thinges  happen  by 
 parables,-'  that  with  seynge  eyes  they  maye  se, 
 and  not  discenie :  and  that  with  hearinge 
 eares  they  maye  heare,  and  not  vnderstode, 
 lest  at  eny  tyme  they  turne,  and  their  synnes 
 be  forgeuen  them.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Vnderstonde  ye  not  this  parable?  How  wyl 
 ye  then  vnderstonde  all  other  parables  ? 
 
 The  sower  soweth  the  worde.  « These  be 
 they  that  are  by  the  waye  syde :  where  the 
 worde  is  sowne,  and  as  soone  as  they  haue 
 herde  it,  iramediatly  commeth  Satha,  and 
 taketh  awaye  the  worde  that  was  sowen  in 
 their  hertes.  And  likew7se  are  they  that  are 
 sowen  on  the  stonye  grounde  :  which  when 
 they  haue  herde  the  worde,  receaue  it  with 
 ioye,  and  haue  no  rote  in  them  :  but  endure 
 for  a  tyme.  When  trouble  and  persecucion 
 aryseth  for  f  wordes  sake,  immediatly  they 
 are  offended.  And  these  are  they  that  are 
 sowen  amoge  the  thornes :  which  heare  the 
 worde,  and  y  carefulnes  of  this  worlde,  and 
 the  disceatfulnes  of  riches,  and  many  other 
 lustes  entre  in,  and  choke  the  worde,  and  so 
 is  it  made  vnfrutefull.  And  these  are  they  y 
 are  sowen  vpo  a  good  grounde  :  Which  heare 
 y  worde,  and  receaue  it,  and  brj'nge  forth 
 frute :  some  thirtie  folde,  and  some  sixtie 
 folde,  and  some  an  hundreth  folde. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  the :  *  Is  a  candle  hghted 
 to  be  put  vnder  a  buszheU,  or  vnder  a  table  ? 
 Is  it  not  lighted,  to  be  set  vpon  a  candel- 
 sticke  ?     For  there  is  nothinge  hyd,  that  shal 
 
 /  Esa.  6.  b.        loha.  12.  e.        Act.  28.  d.        Rom.  11.  b. 
 e  Mat.  13.  c.  ''  Mat.  5.  b.    Luc.  8.  b.  and  11.  c. 
 
fo,  rlij. 
 
 CI)r  gosprll  of  ^-  j¥laffeg« 
 
 Cftap.  1). 
 
 not  be  ouLMily  shewed  :  and  there  is  iiothinge 
 secrete,  y  shiil  not  be  kiiowne.  "Who  so  hath 
 earos  to  heare,  let  him  heare.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Take  hedc  what  ye  heare.  With 
 what  measure  ye  mete,  with  the  same  shal  it 
 be  measured  vnto  you  agayne.  'And  vnto  you 
 that  heare  tliis,  shal  more  be  geuen.  'For 
 who  so  hath,  vnto  him  shal  be  geuen:  and 
 who  so  hath  not,  from  him  shalbe  taken 
 awave,  euen  that  he  hath. 
 
 .\nd  he  savde  :  The  kpgdome  of  God  is 
 after  this  niaiier,  as  when  a  man  casteth  sede 
 vpon  the  londe,  and  slepeth,  and  stondeth  vp 
 night  and  daye,''  and  the  sede  spryngeth  vp,  5 
 groweth.  he  not  knowinge  of  it.  (For  the 
 earth  brjTigeth  forth  frute  of  her  selfe :  first 
 the  grasse,  afterwarde  the  eare,  then  the  full 
 wlieate  in  the  eare.)  But  whan  she  hath 
 brought  forth  the  frute,  he  putteth  to  the 
 syckell,  because  the  haruest  is  come. 
 
 .\nd  he  sayde :  Where  vnto  wyl  we  licken 
 the  kyngdome  of  God  ?  Or  by  what  symili- 
 tude  wyl  we  compare  it?  'It  is  like  agrayne 
 of  mustarde  sede,  which  wha  it  is  sowe  vpo 
 the  londe,  is  the  leest  amonge  all  sedes  of 
 the  earth.  And  wha  it  is  sowen,  it  groweth 
 vp,  and  is  greater  then  all  herbes,  and  getteth 
 greate  braunches,  so  y  the  foules  vnder  the 
 heaue  maye  dwell  vnder  y  shadowe  therof. 
 
 And  by  many  soch  parables  he  spake  the 
 worde  vnto  the,  there  after  as  they  might 
 heare  it,'  5  without  parables  spake  he  nothinge 
 vnto  them :  but  vnto  his  disciples  he  ex- 
 pounded all  thinges  pryuately.  And  the 
 same  daye  at  euen  he  sayde  vnto  them :  ^  let 
 us  passe  ouer.  And  they  let  the  people  go, 
 and  toke  him  as  he  was  in  the  shippe,  and 
 there  were  mo  shippes  w-ith  him.  And  there 
 arose  a  greate  storme  of  wynde,  and  daszhed 
 the  wawes  in  to  the  shippe,  so  that  the  shippe 
 was  full.  And  he  was  behynde  in  the  shippe 
 and  slepte  vpon  a  pelowe.  And  they  awoke 
 him  (I  sayde  vnto  him  :  Master,  Carest  thou 
 not,  that  we  perishe  ?  And  he  arose,  and 
 rebuked  y  wynde,  and  sayde  vnto  the  see : 
 Peace,  and  be  styll,  And  the  wynde  was 
 layed,  tx,  there  folowed  a  greate  calme.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Why  are  ye  so  fearfull  ? 
 How  is  it,  that  ye  haue  no  faith  ?  And  they 
 feared  exceadingly,  j  sayde  one  to  another : 
 
 •  Mm.  10.  (I.     Luc.  8.  b.    and  12.  a.  •  Mat.  7.  a. 
 
 IMC.  6.  i.  '  Mat.  13.  b.  and  25.  c.      Luc.  8.  b.  and 
 
 19.  c.  *  MaL  13.  d.  « Mat.  13.  d.      Luc.  13.  b. 
 
 What  is  he   this  ?     For  wynde  and  see  are 
 obedient  vnto  him. 
 
 €fjc  b.  Ci^flptrr. 
 
 AND  they  came  ouer  vnto  the  other  syde 
 of  the  see  in  to  the  countre  of  the 
 Giaderenites.  ''And  whan  he  wete  out  of  the 
 shippe,  there  met  him  a  ma  possessed  of  an 
 vncleane  sprete,  which  had  his  dwellinge  in 
 the  graues.  And  no  man  coude  bynde  hjTii, 
 no  not  with  cheynes :  for  he  was  oft  bounde 
 with  fetters  5  cheynes,  and  pluckte  the  cheynes 
 in  sunder,  and  brake  the  fetters  in  peces,  and 
 no  man  coude  tame  him.  And  he  was  allwaye 
 both  daye  and  night  vpon  the  mountaynes 
 and  in  the  graues  crienge,  and  beatinge  him 
 self  with  stones.  But  whan  he  sawe  lesus 
 afarre  of,  he  ranne,  and  fell  downe  before 
 him,  and  cried  loude,  and  sayde :  '  WTiat  haue 
 I  to  do  with  the  O  lesus  thou  sonne  of  f 
 Hyest  God  ?  I  charge  the  by  God,  that  thou 
 torment  me  not.  Neuertheles  he  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Go  out  of  the  man  thou  foule  sprete. 
 And  he  axed  him  :  What  is  thy  name  ?  And 
 he  answered  and  sayde:  My  name  is  Legion, 
 for  there  be  many  of  vs.  And  he  prayed  him 
 instantly,  that  he  wolde  not  sende  them  awaye 
 out  of  that  countre. 
 
 And  euen  there  in  the  mountaynes  there 
 was  a  'greate  heerd  of  swyne  fedynge,  and 
 all  the  deuyls  praied  him,  and  sayde  :  Let 
 departe  in  to  the  swyne.  And  anone  lesus 
 gaue  them  leue.  Then  the  foule  spretes 
 wente  out,  and  intred  in  to  the  swyne.  And 
 the  heerd  of  swyne,  ranne  heedlinges  in  to  y 
 see  with  a  storme.  They  were  aboute  a  two 
 thousande  swyne,  and  were  drowned  in  the  see. 
 
 And  the  swyneherdes  fled,  and  tolde  it  in 
 the  cite,  and  in  the  countre.  And  they  wente 
 out  for  to  se  what  had  happened,  and  came 
 to  lesus,  and  sawe  hym  which  was  possessed 
 and  had  had  y  legion,  that  he  sat,  and  w£is 
 clothed,  and  in  his  right  mynde,  and  they 
 were  afrayed.  And  they  that  had  sene  it, 
 tolde  them  what  had  happened  to  the  pos- 
 sessed, and  of  the  swyne. 
 
 And  they  beganne  to  praye  him,  that  he 
 wolde  departe  out  of  their  coastes.  And 
 whan  he  came  in  to  the  shyppe,  the  possessed 
 prayed  him,  that  he  might  be  with  him. 
 
 /  Mat.  13.  e.        f  Mat.  8.  c.      Luc.  8.  c.         ''  Blat.  8.  d. 
 Luc.  8.  c.        '  Act.  16.  0.         *  Mat.  8.  d.      Luc.  8.  c. 
 
Ci)a}).  bu 
 
 Cfte  gospcll  of  ^.  i¥larfef» 
 
 JTo.  JL-Illj, 
 
 Neuertheles  lesus  wolde  not  suffi-e  hi,  but 
 saide  vnto  hi :  Go  I  to  thy  house  j  to  thine 
 awne,  and  tell  the  how  greate  benefites  the 
 LORDE  hath  done  for  f,  and  how  he  hath 
 had  mercy  vpon  the.  And  he  wente  his 
 waye,  and  beganne  to  publish  in  the  ten  cities 
 how  greate  benefites  lesus  had  done  for  him. 
 And  euery  man  marueyled. 
 
 And  whan  lesus  passed  ouer  agayne  by 
 shippe,  there  gathered  moch  people  vnto  him, 
 and  was  by  the  see  syde.  "And  beholde, 
 there  came  one  of  the  rulers  of  the  synagoge, 
 whose  name  was  lairus.  And  whan  he  sawe 
 him,  he  fell  downe  at  his  fete,  and  besought 
 him  greatly,  5  sayde  :  My  doughter  is  at  the 
 poynte  (of  death)  let  it  be  thy  pleasure  to 
 come  and  laye  thine  honde  vpon  her,  that  she 
 maye  be  whole  and  lyue.  And  he  wente  with 
 him,  and  moch  people  folowed  him,  and 
 thronged  him. 
 
 And  there  was  a  woman,  *  which  had  had 
 the  bloudeyssue  twolue  yeai'es,  and  had  suflfred 
 moch  of  many  phisicians,  and  spent  all  that 
 she  had,  and  was  not  helped,  but  rather  in 
 worse  case.  Whan  she  herde  of  lesus,  she 
 came  behynde  amonge  the  people,  and  touched 
 his  garment.  For  she  sayde :  Yf  I  maye  but 
 touch  his  clothes,  I  shal  be  whole. 
 
 And  immediatly  f  fountayne  of  hir  bloude 
 was  dryed  vp,  and  she  felt  in  hir  body,  y  she 
 was  healed  of  the  plage. 
 
 And  forth  with  lesus  felt  in  himself  the 
 power  that  was  gone  out  of  him,  and  turned 
 him  aboute  amoge  the  people,  and  sayde : 
 Who  hath  touched  my  clothes?  And  his 
 disciples  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  seist  that  the 
 people  thrusteth  the,  and  sayest:  Who  hath 
 touched  me  ?  And  he  loked  aboute  to  se 
 her,  that  had  done  it. 
 
 As  for  the  woman,  she  feared  and  trembled 
 (for  she  knew,  what  was  done  in  her)  and 
 came  and  fell  downe  before  him,  and  tolde 
 him  the  whole  trueth.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 her :  "■  Doughter,  thy  faith  hath  made  the 
 whole :  go  thy  waye  in  peace,  5  be  whole  of 
 thy  plage. 
 
 ■^  Whyle  he  yet  spake,  there  came  certayne 
 from  the  ruler  of  the  synagoges  house,  and 
 sayde  :  Thy  doughter  is  deed,  why  troublest 
 thou  the  master  eny  more  ?  But  lesus  herde 
 right  soone  the  worde  that  was  spoken,   and 
 
 »  Mat.  9.  c.      Luc.  8.  e.  *   Mat.  9.  c.      Luc.  8.  e. 
 
 ■■Luc.  7.  c.        ''Mat.  9.  c.    Luc.  8.  f.       «Iol)a.  ll.b. 
 
 sayde  vnto  the  ruler  of  the  synagoge :  Be  not 
 thou  afrayed,  beleue  onely. 
 
 And  he  sufired  no  ma  to  folowe  him,  but 
 Peter  and  lames  and  Ihon  his  brother.  And 
 he  came  in  to  the  ruler  of  the  synagoges 
 house,  and  sawe  the  busynes,  and  them  that 
 wepte  and  wayled  greatly :  and  he  wente  in, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Why  make  ye  this 
 a  doo,  and  wepe?  'The  mayde  is  not  deed, 
 but  slepeth. 
 
 And  they  laughed  him  to  scorne.  *And 
 he  droue  them  all  out,  and  toke  the  father 
 and  mother  of  the  mayde,  and  them  that  were 
 with  him,  and  wente  in  where  the  mayden 
 laye.  And  he  toke  the  mayde  by  the  honde, 
 and  sayde  vnto  her:  Thabitha  Cumi  (which 
 is  by  interpretacion)  Mayde,  I  saye  vnto  the 
 Aryse.  t  And  immediatly  the  mayden  arose 
 and  walked.  She  was  twolue  yeare  olde,  and 
 they  were  astonnyed  out  of  measure.  And 
 he  charged  them  strately,  that  no  man  shulde 
 knowe  of  it,  and  sayde  vnto  them,  that  they 
 shulde  geue  her  to  eate. 
 
 Cije  bt.  Cf)aptn-. 
 
 AND  he  departed  thence,  and  came  in  to 
 his  awne  -'countre,  and  his  disciples 
 folowed  him.  And  wha  y  Sabbath  came,  he 
 begane  to  teach  in  their  synagoge.  And 
 many  that  herde  it,  marueled  at  his  lernynge, 
 and  sayde :  From  whece  hath  he  these  thinges? 
 And  what  wyszdome  is  this,  y  is  geue  him : 
 (E  soch  actes  as  are  done  by  his  handes  ?  Is 
 not  this  the  Carpenter  the  sonne  of  Mary, 
 and  the  brother  of  lames  and  loses,  and  of 
 lude  and  Symon  ?  Are  not  his  sisters  here 
 with  vs  also  ?  And  they  were  offended  at 
 him.  But  lesus  saide  vnto  the :  ^  A  prophet 
 is  nowhere  lesse  set  by,  the  in  his  awne 
 countre,  (j  at  home  amonge  his  awne.  And 
 he  coude  not  shew  one  miracle  there,  but 
 layed  his  handes  vpon  a  few  sicke,  and  healed 
 them.  And  he  marueyled  at  their  vnbeleue. 
 And  he  wente  aboute  in  the  townes  on 
 euery  syde,  and  taught  them.  And  called  the 
 twolue,  and  begane  to  sende  them  two  and 
 two,  and  gaue  them  power  ouer  the  vncleane 
 spretes.  And  commaunded  the,  that  they 
 shulde  take  nothinge  with  them  towarde 
 their  iourney,  saue  onely  a  rodde :  no  scrippe, 
 no  bred,  no  money  in  the  gerdell,  but  shulde 
 
 4  Re.  4.  (1.         t  loha.  5.  c.     Act.  9.  f.         f  Mat.  13.  a. 
 Luc.  4.  b.         s  Mat.  13.  g.     Luc.  4.  c.    loha.  t.  c. 
 
be  shod  with 
 
 (hilc 
 
 shuklc 
 
 of  ^,  iWarfef. 
 
 Cftap.  bi. 
 
 ami  that  they 
 not  put  on  two  cotes.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Where  so  euer  ye  shal  entre  in  to  an 
 house,  there  ahvde,  tyll  ye  go  thence.  And 
 who  so  euer  wv'll  not  rcceaue  you,"  ner  heare 
 vou,  (leparte  out  from  thence,  and  shake  oi 
 the  (hist  from  youre  fete,  for  a  wytnesse  vnto 
 them.  I  saye  vnto  you  verely :  It  shal  be 
 'eaiiyer  for  Sodome  and  Gomorra  in  the  daye 
 of  iiidgment,  then  for  that  cite. 
 
 'And  they  wete  forth,  and  preached,  that 
 men  shulde  amGde  them  selues,  and  they  cast 
 out  many  deuyls :  and  many  that  were_  sicke 
 anoynted  they  with  oyle,  and  healed  the. 
 
 ■'And  it  came  to  kynge  Herods  eares  (for 
 his  name  was  now  kno\TOe)  and  he  sayde: 
 Ihon  the  baptist  is  rysen  agayne  from  the 
 deed,  and  therfore  are  his  dedes  so  mightie. 
 But  some  sayde  :  It  is  Elias.  Some  sayde  : 
 It  is  a  prophet,  or  one  of  f  prophetes.  But 
 when  Herode  herde  it,  he  sayde :  It  is  Ihon 
 whom  I  beheeded,  he  is  rysen  againe  from 
 the  deed.  This  Herode  had  sent  forth,  and 
 taken  Ihon,  and  put  him  in  preson,  because 
 of  Herodias  his  brother  Philippes  wife,  for 
 he  had  maried  her.  Neuertheles  Ihon  sayde 
 vnto  Herode:  *It  is  not  laufuU  for  the  to 
 haue  thy  brothers  wife.  But  Herodias  layed 
 wayte  for  him,  and  wolde  haue  slayne  him, 
 
 i  coude  not.  Notwithstodinge  Herode 
 feared  I  ho,  for  he  knew  that  he  was  a  iust 
 uid  holy  man :  and  he  kepte  him,  and  her- 
 kened  vnto  him  in  many  thinges,  and  herde 
 him  gladly. 
 
 And  there  came  a  conuenient  daye,  that 
 Herode  on  his  'byrth  daye  made  a  supper  to 
 the  lordes,  captaynes  and  chefe  estates  of 
 Galilc.  Then  the  daughter  of  Herodias  came 
 in,  and  daunsed,  and  pleased  Herode,  and 
 them  that  sat  at  the  table.  Then  sayde  the 
 kynge  vnto  y  damsel:  Axe  of  me  what  thou 
 wilt,  I  wil  geue  it  the.  And  he  sware  vnto 
 her :  What  soeuer  thou  shalt  axe  of  me,  I  wil 
 geue  it  the,  euen  vnto  y  one  half  of  my  kyng- 
 dome.  She  wente  forth,  and  sayde  vnto  hir 
 mother :  what  shal  I  axe  ?  She  sayde  :  Ihon 
 baptistes  heade.  And  immediatly  she  wete 
 in  to  the  kinge  with  haist,  and  sayde  :  I  will 
 tliat  thou  geue  me  straight  waye  in  a  platter 
 the  heed  of  Ihon  the  baptist.  Then  the 
 kynge  was  sory  :  Yet  for  the  oothes  sake  and 
 
 *  Mat.  10.  b.     Luc.  9.  a.  »  Mat.  11.  d.     Luc.  10.  a. 
 
 '  .Mm.  10.  a.        •"  Mat.  14.  a.     Luc.  9.  a.         •  Leui.  18.  b. 
 
 the  that  sat  at  the  table,  he  wolde  not  saye 
 her  nay. 
 
 And  immediatly  he  sent  the  hangman,  and 
 commaunded  his  heade  to  be  brought  in. 
 So  he  wete,  and  heeded  him  in  the  preson, 
 and  brought  his  heade  in  a  platter,  and  gaue 
 it  vnto  the  damsell,  and  the  damsell  gaue  it 
 vnto  hir  mother.  And  whan  his  disciples 
 herde  that,  they  came  and  toke  his  body,  5 
 layed  it  in  a  graue. 
 
 .'And  the  Apostles  came  together  vnto 
 lesus,  and  tolde  hi  all,  and  what  they  had 
 done  and  taught.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Let  vs  go  out  of  the  waye  in  to  the  wyldemes, 
 and  rest  a  litle.  For  there  were  many  comers 
 and  goers,  and  they  had  not  tyme  ynough  to 
 eate.  And  there  he  passed  by  shippe  out  of 
 ;y  waye  in  to  a  deserte  place.  And  the  people 
 sawe  the  departynge  awaye,  and  many  knewe 
 of  it,  g  ranne  thither  together  of  fote  out  of 
 all  cities,  ij  came  before  the,  5  came  vnto 
 him.  «And  lesus  wente  out,  and  sawe  moch 
 people,  and  had  copassion  vpon  them :  for 
 they  were  ♦  as  the  shepe,  that  haue  no  shep- 
 herde,  and  he  begane  a  loge  sermon. 
 
 Now  whan  the  daye  was  farre  past,  his 
 disciples  came  vnto  him,  and  sayde  :  This  is 
 a  deserte  place,  let  them  departe,*  that  they 
 maye  go  in  to  the  vyllagies  and  townes  rounde 
 aboute,  and  bye  them  selues  bred,  for  they 
 haue  nothinge  to  eate.  But  lesus  answered 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  geue  ye  them  to 
 eate. 
 
 And  they  sayde  vnto  him:  Shal  we  go  then, 
 and  bye  two  hundreth  peny  worth  of  bred, 
 and  geue  them  to  eate?  He  sayde  vnto 
 them :  'How  many  loaues  haue  ye?  Go  and 
 se.  And  when  they  had  searched,  they  sayde : 
 Fyue,  and  two  fiszhes.  And  he  commaunded 
 them  all  to  syt  downe  by  table  fulles  vpon  the 
 grene  grasse.  And  they  sat  dowme  here  a 
 rowe  and  there  a  rowe  by  hundreds  and  by 
 fifties.  And  he  toke  the  ryue  loaues  and  two 
 fiszhes,  and  loked  vp  vnto  heauen,  and  gaue 
 thankes,  and  brake  the  loaues,  and  gaue  to 
 the  disciples,  to  set  before  them.  And  the 
 two  fiszhes  parted  he  amonge  them  all.  And 
 they  all  ate,  and  were  satisfied.  And  they 
 toke  vp  twolue  baskettes  full  of  f  broken  peces 
 and  of  the  fiszhes.  And  they  that  ate,  were 
 aboute  fyue  thousande  men.     And  anone  he 
 
 '  Mat.  14.  a. 
 «  Mat.  9.  d. 
 
 Gen.  40.  c. 
 t  Ezec.  34.  a. 
 
 /  Mat.  14.  b. 
 *  Mat.  14.  b. 
 
 Luc.  9.  b. 
 '  Marc.  8.  a. 
 
CI)ap.  bij. 
 
 €i)t  gosfpell  of  ^.  i¥larfee. 
 
 jTo,  vlfa. 
 
 dT 
 
 caused  his  disciples"  to  go  in  to  the  shippe, 
 and  to  passe  ouer  before  him  vnto  Bethsaida, 
 whyle  he  sent  awaye  the  people.  And  at 
 euen  was  the  shippe  in  the  myddest  of  the  see, 
 and  he  alone  vpon  the  londe.  And  he  sawe 
 that  they  were  in  parell  with  rowynge,  for  the 
 wjTide  was  agaynst  them. 
 
 And  aboute  the  fourth  watch  of  f  night  he 
 came  vnto  them,  and  walked  vpon  the  see, 
 and  wolde  haue  gone  ouer  by  the.  And  whan 
 they  sawe  him  walkinge  vpon  the  see,  they 
 thought  it  had  bene  a  sprete,  and  cried  out, 
 for  they  sawe  him  all,  and  were  afrayed. 
 But  immediatly  he  talked  with  them,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Be  of  good  comforte,  it  is 
 I,  be  not  afrayed.  *And  he  wete  vnto  them 
 in  to  the  shippe,  and  the  wynde  ceassed.  And 
 they  were  astonnyed,  and  marueled  excead- 
 ingly :  for  they  had  forgotten  the  *  loaues,  and 
 their  hert  was  blynded. 
 
 And  whan  they  were  passed  ouer,  they 
 came  in  to  y  lande  of  Genezareth,  and  drue  vp 
 in  to  the  hauen.  And  whan  they  were  come 
 out  of  the  shippe,  immediatly  they  knewe  him, 
 and  ranne  thorow  out  all  the  region  aboute, 
 and  beganne  on  euery  syde  to  brynge  vnto 
 him  in  beddes  soch  as  were  sicke,  where  they 
 herde  that  he  was.  And  whither  so  euer  he 
 entred  in  to  townes,  cities  or  vyllagies,  there 
 layed  they  the  sicke  in  the  market  place,  and 
 prayed  him,  that  they  might  but  touch  the 
 hemme  of  his  garment.  And  as  many  as 
 touched  him,  were  made  whole. 
 
 Clje  bi).  €i)apttr. 
 
 AND  there  came  vnto  him  the  Pharises, 
 and  certayne  of  the  scrybes,'  that  were 
 come  from  lerusale.  And  wha  they  sawe 
 certayne  of  his  disciples  eate  bred  with  comon 
 (that  is,  with  vnwashen)  handes,  they  com- 
 playned.  For  the  Pharises  5  all  the  lewes 
 eate  not,  excepte  they  wash  their  handes  oft 
 tymes:  obseruj-nge  so  the  tradicions  of  the 
 elders.  And  whan  they  come  from  the 
 market,  they  eate  not,  excepte  they  waszhe. 
 And  many  other  thynges  there  be,  which  they 
 haue  taken  vpon  them  to  obserue,  as  the 
 washinge  of  cuppes  and  cruses,  and  brasen 
 vessels  and  tables. 
 
 Then  the  Pharises  and  scrybes  axed  him : 
 Why  walke  not  thy  disciples  after  the  tradi- 
 
 "  Mat.  14.  c.  loha.  6.  b.  »  Mat.  14.  d.  •  Marc.  6.  e. 
 '  Mat.  15.  a.         <<  Esa.  29.  c.         '  Exo.  20.  b.     Deut.  5.  a. 
 
 cions  of  the  elders,  but  eate  bred  with  vn- 
 waszhen  handes  ?  But  he  answered  a.  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Full  well  hath  Esay  prophec'ied 
 of  you  Ypocrytes,  as  it  is  wrytte  :  ''This  people 
 honoureth  me  with  their  lippes,  but  their  hert 
 is  farre  fro  me.  But  in  vayne  do  they  serue 
 me,  whyle  they  teach  soch  doctrynes  as  are 
 nothinge  but  the  commaundemetes  of  me 
 Ye  leaue  the  comaundement  of  God  and 
 kepe  the  tradicions  of  men,  as  the  wasshynge 
 of  cruses  and  cuppes,  5  many  soch  thinges 
 do  ye. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  the  :  How  goodly  haue 
 ye  cast  asyde  the  comaundement  of  God,  to 
 mantejTie  youre  owne  tradicions?  'For  Moses 
 sayde  :  Honoure  father  5  mother,  t  Who  so 
 curseth  father  and  mother,  shal  dye  the  death, 
 But  ye  saye:  A  ma  shal  saye  to  father  or 
 mother :  Corban,  that  is,  ITie  thinge  y  I 
 shulde  helpe  the  withall,  is  geue  vnto  God. 
 And  thus  ye  suffre  him  nomore  to  do  ought 
 for  his  father  or  his  mother,  5  make  Gods 
 worde  of  none  effecte,  thorow  youre  owne 
 tradicions  that  ye  haue  set  vp.  And  many 
 soch  thinges  do  ye. 
 
 And  he  called  vnto  him  all  the  people,/ 
 and  sayde  \Tito  them :  Herken  vnto  me  ye 
 all,  and  vnderstonde  me.  There  is  nothinge 
 without  a  man,  that  can  defyle  him,  whan  it 
 entreth  in  to  him.  But  that  goeth  out  of  him, 
 that  is  it  that  maketh  the  man  vncleane.  Yf 
 eny  man  haue  eares  to  heare,  let  him  heare. 
 And  whan  he  came  from  the  people  in  to  f 
 house,  his  disciples  axed  him  of  this  symi- 
 litude.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  Are  ye  so 
 then  without  vnderstondinge  ?  Perceaue  ye 
 not  yet,  y  euery  thinge  which  is  without,  and 
 goeth  in  to  the  ma,  can  not  defyle  him  ?  For 
 it  entreth  not  in  to  his  hert,  but  in  to  y  bely, 
 and  goeth  out  in  to  the  draught,  that  purgeth 
 all  meates. 
 
 And  he  sayde :  The  thinge  that  goeth  out 
 of  the  man,  that  defyleth  the  man.  For  from 
 within  out  of  the  hert  of  man  proceade  euell 
 thoughtes,  aduoutrye,  whordome,  murthur, 
 theft,  coueteousnes,  wickednes,  disceate,  vn- 
 clennes,  a  wicked  eye,  blasphemy,  pryde, 
 foolishnes.  All  these  euell  thinges  go  from 
 within,  and  defyle  the  man. 
 
 *  And  he  arose,  and  wente  from  thence  in 
 to  the  borders  of  Tyre  and  Sydon,  (j  entred 
 
 t  Exo.  21.  b.        /  Mat.  15.  b.        s  Mat.  15.  c. 
 
jfo.  ribi. 
 
 Cf)c  goEipfU  of  ^.  M^rkt. 
 
 Cftap.  bt'ij. 
 
 8 
 
 in  to  an  house,  and  woldc  let  no  man  knowe 
 of  it,  and  yet  coude  he  not  be  hyd:  For  a 
 certaync  woman  (whose  doiigliter  had  a  foule 
 spretc)  herde  of  him,  and  came  and  fell  downe 
 at  his  fete  (and  it  was  an  Heithc  woman  of 
 Syrophenices)  and  she  besought  him,  that  he 
 wolde  dryuc  out  the  deuell  from  hir  doughter. 
 But  lesus  sayde  vnto  her:  Let  the  children 
 be  fed  first:  It  is  not  mete  to  take  the  childres 
 bred,  and  to  cast  it  vnto  dogges.  She  an- 
 swered and  sayde  vnto  him :  Yee  LORDE, 
 neuertheles  the  whelpes  also  eate  vnder  f 
 table,  of  f  childres  cromes.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  her:  Because  of  this  sayenge  go  thy 
 waye,  the  deuell  is  departed  out  of  thy 
 doughter.  And  she  wente  vnto  her  house,  rt 
 founde  that  the  deuell  was  departed,  and  hir 
 doughter  lyenge  on  the  bed. 
 
 °  And  whan  he  wente  out  agayne  from  the 
 coastes  of  Tyre  and  Sydon,  he  came  \Tito  the 
 see  of  Galile,  thorow  the  myddes  of  f  coastes 
 of  the  te  cities.  And  they  brought  vnto  him 
 one  that  was  deaf,  and  had  impediment  in  his 
 speach.  And  they  prayed  him,  that  he  wolde 
 laye  his  hande  vpon  him. 
 
 And  he  toke  him  a  syde  from  the  people, 
 and  put  his  fyngers  in  his  eares,  and  dyd  spyt, 
 and  touched  his  tonge,  and  loked  vp  vnto 
 heauen,  sighed,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Ephatha, 
 that  is,  be  opened.  And  immediatly  his 
 eares  were  opened,  and  the  bonde  of  his  toge 
 was  lowsed,  and  he  spake  right.  *And  he 
 charged  them,  that  they  shulde  tell  noman. 
 
 But  the  more  he  forbad  them,  the  more 
 they  published  it,  ij  raarueyled  out  of  mea- 
 sure, and  sayde  :  *  He  hath  done  all  thinges 
 well.  The  deaf  hath  he  made  to  heare,  and 
 the  domme  to  speake. 
 
 W^t  bit).  Ci)apUr. 
 T  the  same  tyme  whan  there  was  moch 
 
 people  there,  and  had  nothinge  to  eate, 
 
 esus  called  his  disciples  to  him,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  I  haue  compassion  vpon  the 
 people,  for  they  haue  taried  with  me  now  thre 
 dayes,  ti  haue  nothinge  to  eate.  And  yf  I 
 let  them  go  home  fro  me  fastynge,  they 
 shulde  faynte  by  the  waye.  tpor  some  of 
 them  were  come  from  farre.  And  his  dis- 
 ciples answered  him :  Where  shulde  we  get 
 
 "  Mat.  9.  c.    Luc.  11.  b.  »  Marc.  1.  d.  and  9.  a. 
 
 Gen.  l.d.     Eccli.  39.C.  t  Tob.  13.  b.     Esa.  60.  a. 
 
 Mare.  6.  e.         '  Mat.  16.  a.     loha.  6.  d.         '  Mat.  12.  b. 
 
 bred  here  in  the  wyldernes,  to  satisfie  them 
 And  he  axed  the:  'How  many  loaues  haue 
 ye  ?  They  sayde :  Seuen.  And  he  com- 
 maunded  the  people  to  syt  downe  vpon  the 
 grounde.  And  he  toke  the  seuen  loaues,  and 
 gaue  thakes,  and  brake  them,  and  gaue  the 
 vnto  his  disciples  to  set  them  before  the  people. 
 And  they  set  the  before  the  people.  And 
 they  had  a  few  small  fyshes,  and  whan  he 
 had  geuen  thankes,  he  bad  set  the  same  before 
 the  people.  They  ate,  and  were  satisfied,  j 
 toke  vp  seue  baszkettes  full  of  y  broke  meate 
 that  was  left.  And  they  y  ate,  were  vpo  a 
 foure  thousande.     And  he  sent  the  awaye. 
 
 And  forth  with  he  wente  in  to  a  shippe  with 
 his  disciples,''  and  came  in  to  the  coastes  of 
 Dalmanutha.  And  the  Pharises  wente  out, 
 and  begane  to  dispute  with  him,  and  tempted 
 him,  and  desyred  a  token  of  him  from  heaue. 
 And  he  sighed  in  his  sprete,  and  sayde :  '  Why 
 doth  this  generacion  seke  a  token  ?  Verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  There  shal  no  toke  be  geue 
 \nito  this  generacion.  And  he  left  them,  and 
 wete  againe  in  to  the  shippe,  and  passed  ouer. 
 
 •'And  they  forgat  to  take  bred  with  them, 
 and  had  nomore  %vith  them  in  the  shippe  but 
 one  loaf.  And  he  comaunded  them,  and 
 sayde :  Take  hede,  and  bewarre  of  the  leuen 
 of  the  Pharises,  and  of  the  leuen  of  Herode. 
 And  their  mynides  wauered  here  and  there, 
 and  sayde  amonge  them  selues :  This  is  it, 
 that  we  haue  no  bred.  And  lesus  vnderstode 
 that,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Why  trouble  ye 
 youre  selues,  that  ye  haue  no  bred  ?  Are  ye 
 yet  without  vnderstondinge  ?  Haue  ye  yet  a 
 blynded  hert  in  you?  Haue  ye  eyes,  5  se  not? 
 and  haue  ye  eares,  and  heare  not  ?  and  re- 
 mCbre  ye  not,  sthat  I  brake  fyue  loaues 
 amonge  fyue  thousande,  how  many  baszkettes 
 full  of  broken  meate  toke  ye  then  vp?  They 
 sayde :  twolue.  And  t  whan  I  brake  the 
 seuen  amonge  the  foure  thousande,  how  many 
 baskettes  full  of  broken  meate  toke  ye  then 
 vp  ?  They  sayde :  Seuen.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  Why  are  ye  then  without  vnder- 
 stonchnge  ? 
 
 And  he  came  to  Bethsaida,  d  they  brought 
 one  blynde  vnto  him,  and  prayed  him  to 
 touch  him.  And  he  toke  the  blynde  by  the 
 hande,  and  led  him  out  of  the  towne,  and  spat 
 
 Luc.  11.  a.        /Milt.  16.  a.     Luc.  12.  a.         «  Marc, 
 loha.  6.  a.         J  Mat.  15.  d.     Marc.  8.  a. 
 
 c 
 
Cftap,  I'p. 
 
 €i)t  gospel!  of  ^»  iHarfee, 
 
 in  his  eyes,  and  layed  his  handes  vpon  him, 
 and  axed  him  whether  he  sawe  ought.  And 
 he  loked  vp,  and  sayde  :  I  se  men  goynge 
 as  yf  I  sawe  trees.  After  this  he  layed  his 
 handes  vpon  his  eyes  ageyne,  and  made  him 
 to  se.  And  he  was  brought  to  right  againe, 
 and  sawe  all  clearly.  And  he  sent  him  home, 
 and  sayde  :  Go  not  in  to  y  towne,  and  tell  it 
 also  vnto  noman  therin. 
 
 And  lesus  wente  out  and  his  disciples  into 
 the  townes  of  the  cite  Cesarea  Philippi,"  And 
 in  y  waye  he  axed  his  disciples  and  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  What  do  men  saye,  that  I  am  ?  They 
 answered :  They  saye,  thou  art  Ihon  the  bap' 
 tist :  Some  saye  thou  art  Elias,  some  that 
 thou  art  one  of  the  prophetes.  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  them :  But  whom  saye  ye  that  I  am  ? 
 Then  answered  Peter*  and  sayde  vnto  him: 
 Thou  art  very  Christ.  And  he  charged  them 
 strately,  that  they  shulde  tell  no  man  of  him. 
 And  he  begane  to  teach  them :  "  The  sonne  of 
 man  must  sufFre  many  thinges,  and  be  cast 
 out  of  the  elders  (j  hye  prestes  and  scrybes,  and 
 be  put  to  death,  and  after  thre  dayes  ryse 
 agayne.  And  that  worde  spake  he  fre  openly. 
 And  Peter  toke  him  vnto  him,  and  beganne 
 to  rebuke  him.  But  he  turned  him  aboute, 
 and  loked  vpon  his  disciples,  and  reproued 
 Peter,  and  sayde  :  Go  after  me  thou  Sathan, 
 for  thou  sauourest  not  the  thinges  that  be  of 
 God,  but  of  men. 
 
 And  he  called  vnto  him  the  people  with  his 
 disciples,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  ''  Who  so  euer 
 wyl  folowe  me,  let  him  denye  himself,  and 
 take  vp  his  crosse,  and  folowe  me.  "^  For  who 
 so  euer  wyl  saue  his  life,  shal  lose  it :  and  who 
 so  euer  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake  and  y 
 gospels,  f  same  shal  saue  it.  What  helpeth 
 it  a  ma  though  he  wane  the  whole  worlde,  and 
 yet  toke  harme  in  his  soule  ?  Or,  what  can  a 
 man  geue,  to  redeme  his  soule  withaU?  ■'^Who 
 so  euer  is  ashamed  of  me  and  of  my  wordes 
 amonge  this  aduouterous  and  synfuU  genera- 
 cion,  of  him  shal  the  sonne  of  man  also  be 
 ashamed,  whan  he  comraeth  in  the  glory  of 
 his  father  with  the  holy  angels.  «And  he 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you : 
 There  stode  here  some,  which  shal  not  taist 
 of  death,  tyll  they  se  the  kyngdome  of  God 
 come  with  power. 
 
 "  Mat.  16.  b.    Luc.  9.  c.  '  loha.  6.  g.        '  Mat.  16.  c. 
 
 ■.  (1.  20.  b.        "i  Mat.  16.  d.  Luc.  9.  e.        '  Luc.  17.  d. 
 
 loha.  12.  c.        /Mat.  10.  d.  Luc.  9. c.  12.  c.   Act.  24.  b. 
 
 e  Mat.  16.  d.      Luc.  9.  c.  *  Mat.  17.  a.      Luc.  9.  d. 
 
 So,  vMi 
 
 Ci)t  if.  Cfjapter. 
 
 AND  after  sixe  dayes  lesus  toke  vnto  him 
 Peter,  lames  and  Ihon,''  and  brought 
 them  vp  in  to  an  hye  mountayne  out  of  the 
 waye  alone,  and  was  triisfigured  before  them, 
 and  his  clothes  were  bright  and  very  whyte  as 
 y  snowe,  so  whyte  as  no  fuller  can  make  vpon 
 earth.  And  there  appeared  vnto  the  Elias 
 with  Moses,  and  they  talked  with  lesus.  And 
 Peter  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  lesus :  Rabbi, 
 here  is  good  beynge  for  vs.  Let  vs  make  thre 
 tabernacles :  one  for  the,  one  for  Moses,  and 
 one  for  Elias.  For  he  knewe  not  what  he 
 sayde,  and  they  were  very  fearfull.  And  there 
 was  a  cloude,  which  ouershadowed  the.  'And 
 out  of  the  cloude  there  came  a  voyce,  and 
 sayde  :  This  is  my  deare  sonne,*  heare  him. 
 And  immediatly  they  loked  aboute  them, 
 and  sawe  noman  more  then  lesus  onely  with 
 them. 
 
 *  But  whan  they  wente  downe  from  the 
 mountayne,  lesus  charged  them,  that  they 
 shulde  tell  no  man  what  they  had  sene,  tyll 
 the  sonne  of  man  were  rysen  agayne  from  the 
 deed. 
 
 And  they  kepte  that  sayenge  by  them,  and 
 axed  one  another :  What  is  that  rysinge  agayne 
 from  the  deed?  And  they  axed  him,  and 
 sayde :  Why  saye  the  scrybes  then,  that  t  Elias 
 must  first  come?  He  answered  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Elias  shal  come  first  in  dede,  and 
 brynge  all  thinges  to  right  agayne.  The  sonne 
 of  man  also  shal  sufire  many  thinges,  and  be 
 despysed,  tas  it  is  wrj-tten.  But  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  Elias  is  come,  and  they  haue  done  vnto 
 him  what  they  wolde,  acordinge  as  it  is 
 wrytten  of  him. 
 
 '  And  he  came  to  his  disciples,  and  sawe 
 moch  people  aboute  them,  and  the  scrybes 
 disputynge  with  them.  And  as  soone  as  the 
 people  sawe,  they  were  astonnyed,  and  ranne 
 vnto  him,  and  saluted  him.  And  he  axed  the 
 scrybes  :  What  dispute  ye  with  them  ?  And 
 one  of  the  people  answered,  and  sayde : 
 Master,  I  haue  brought  vnto  the  my  sonne, 
 which  hath  a  domme  sprete :  and  whan  so 
 euer  he  taketh  him,  he  teareth  him,  and 
 he  fometh,  and  gnaszheth  with  the  teth, 
 and  pyneth  awaye,  %  I  haue  spoken  to  thy 
 
 Mat.  3.  b.    Marc.  1.  a.     Luc.  3.  c.  *  Deu.  18.  c. 
 
 'Mat.l7.b.         tMala.S.d.         t  Esa.  53.  a.    PsaL  21.  a. 
 Mat.  17.  b.     Luc.  9.  d. 
 
jro.  fMxh 
 
 ClK  gogpfll  of  ^-  jBarfef^ 
 
 Cf)ap.  )r. 
 
 disciples  that  they  shulde  cast  him  out,  and 
 they  coude  not. 
 
 He  answered  him,  and  sayde  :  O  thou  yn- 
 faithfull  generacion,  how  ionge  shal  I  be  with 
 you?  How  Ionge  shal  I  suffi-e  you?  Brynge 
 hi  hither  to  uie.  And  they  brought  him  vnto 
 him.  .\nd  ;is  soone  as  the  sprete  sawe  hmi, 
 he  tare  him,  and  fell  vpon  the  earth,  and 
 weltred  and  fomed.  And  he  axed  his  father : 
 How  Ionge  is  it,  sens  this  happened  vnto  him.-' 
 He  sayde  :  Of  a  childe,  and  oft  tymes  hath 
 he  cast  him  in  to  the  fyre  and  water,  to 
 destroye  him :  but  yf  thou  canst  do  eny  thmge, 
 haue  mercy  vpon  vs,  and  helpe  vs.  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Yf  thou  couldest  beleue  : 
 All  thinges  are  possible  %Tito  him  that  be- 
 leueth.  And  immediatly  the  father  of  the 
 childe  cried  with  teares,  and  sayde:  LORDE 
 I  beleue  :  O  helpe  thou  myne  vnbeleue. 
 
 Now  whan  lesus  sawe  that  the  people  ranne 
 to,  he  rebuked  the  foule  sprete,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Thou  domme  and  deaf  sprete,  I 
 charge  the,  departe  out  of  him,  and  entre  no- 
 more  in  to  him  from  hence  forth.  And  he 
 cried,  and  rent  him  sore,  and  departed.  And 
 he  was  as  though  he  had  bene  deed,  in  so 
 moch  that  many  sayde :  he  is  deed.  But 
 lesus  toke  him  by  the  hande,  and  set  him  vp. 
 \nd  he  arose.  And  whan  he  came  home,  his 
 disciples  axed  him  secretly :  "  Why  coulde  not 
 we  cast  him  out  ?  And  he  sayde :  This  kynde 
 ca  go  out  by  no  meanes,  but  by  prayer  and 
 fastynge. 
 
 And  they  departed  thece,  and  toke  their 
 ioumey  thorow  Gallic,*  and  he  wolde  not  that 
 eny  man  shulde  knowe  of  it.  But  he  taught 
 his  disciples,  and  sayde  vnto  them:  The  sonne 
 of  ma  shalbe  delyuered  in  to  the  handes  of 
 men,  and  they  shal  put  him  to  death :  and 
 whan  he  is  put  to  death,  he  shal  ryse  ageyne 
 the  thirde  daye.  But  they  vnderstode  not 
 that  worde,  and  were  afrayed  to  axe  him. 
 
 And  he  came  to  Capernaum.  '  And  whan 
 I  he  was  at  home,  he  axed  them:  What  dis- 
 puted ye  amonge  youre  selues  by  y  waye?  But 
 they  held  their  tiiges :  •*  For  they  had  disputed 
 by  the  waye  amonge  them  selues,  who  shulde 
 be  ^  greatest.  And  he  sat  downe,  and  called 
 the  twolue,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  '  Yf  eny 
 man  wyl  be  the  first,  the  same  shal  be  the  last 
 
 •  Mat.  17.  c.  •  Milt.  17.  d.     Marc.  8.  d.  and  10.  d. 
 
 Luc.  18.  d.  and  9.  c.  '  Mat.  18.  a.  ■<  Marc.  10.  c. 
 
 '  Mat.  iO.  d.  /  Luc.  9.  e.  and  10.  b.     loba.  13.  c. 
 
 of  all,  and  the  seruaunt  of  all.  And  he  toke 
 a  childe,  and  set  him  in  the  myddest  of  them, 
 and  toke  him  in  his  armes,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  •'^  Who  so  euer  receaueth  soch  a  childe 
 in  my  name,  receaueth  me :  and  who  so  euer 
 receaueth  me,  receaueth  not  me,  but  him  that 
 hath  sent  me. 
 
 Ihon  answered  him,  and  sayde:  Master, 
 we  sawe  one  drj'ue  out  deuels  in  thy  name, 
 but  he  foloweth  not  vs,  and  we  forbad  him 
 because  he  foloweth  vs  not.  But  lesus  sayde: 
 Forbyd  him  not :  for  *  there  is  no  ma  that 
 doth  a  myracle  in  my  name,  and  can  soone 
 speake  euell  of  me.  For  who  so  euer  is  not 
 agaynst  vs,  the  same  is  for  vs.  And  who  so 
 euer  geueth  you  a  cuppe  of  water  ^  to  drynke 
 in  my  name,  because  ye  belonge  vnto  Christ, 
 verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  he  shal  not  lose  his 
 rewarde.  And ''  who  so  ofFendeth  one  of  these 
 litle  ones  that  beleue  in  me,  it  were  better  for 
 him,  that  a  mylstone  were  haged  aboute  his 
 neck,  and  he  cast  in  to  the  see.  '  Yf  thy  hade 
 offende  the,  cut  liim  of.  Better  it  is  for  the 
 to  entre  in  to  life  lame,  the  hauynge  two 
 hondes  to  go  in  to  hell  in  to  the  euerlastinge 
 fyre,  where  their  worme  dyeth  not,  and  their 
 fyre  goeth  not  out. 
 
 Yf  thy  fote  offende  the,  cut  him  of.  Better 
 it  is  for  the  to  entre  in  to  hfe  crepell,  the 
 hauynge  two  fete  to  be  cast  in  to  hell  in  the 
 fyre  euerlastjmge,  where  their  worme  dyeth 
 not,  and  their  fyre  goeth  not  out.  Yf  thine 
 eye  offende  the,  cast  him  from  the.  Better  it 
 is  for  the  to  entre  in  to  y  kyngdome  of  God 
 with  one  eye,  then  hauynge  two  eyes  to  be 
 cast  in  to  the  fyre  of  hell :  where  their  worme  ' 
 dyeth  not,  and  their  fyTe  goeth  not  out.  For 
 euery  ma  must  be  salted  with  fyre,  (t  +  euery 
 ofFerynge  shalbe  seasoned  with  salt.  '  The 
 salt  is  good  :  but  yf  y  salt  be  vnsauery,  wher- 
 with  all  shal  it  be  salted  ?  Haue  salt  in  you,  5 
 peace  amonge  youre  selues  one  with  another. 
 
 Wl)s  V.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  he  rose  vp,  and  came  from  thence  in 
 to  the  places  of  lewry  beyonde  Jordan. 
 And  the  people  wete  agayne  vnto  him  by 
 heapes,  and  as  his  maner  was  he  taught  them 
 agayne.  And  the  Pharises  came  vnto  him, 
 and  axed  him,  yf  it  were  laufull  for  a  man  to 
 
 •  1  Co.  12.  a.         flMat.  10.  c.         *  Mat.  18.  a.   Luc.  17.  a. 
 i  Mat.  5.  d.  and  18.  a.  '  Esa.  66.  d.      Ezec.  20.  f. 
 
 t  Leui.  2.  d.  '  Mat.  5.  b.    Luc.  14.  d. 
 
Cl)ap.  V. 
 
 Cfie  50£(ptU  of  ^.  iHarfet. 
 
 ;fo.  j:Ii):. 
 
 put  awaye  his  \vife,  and  tempted  him  withall. 
 But  he  answered  and  sayde :  What  hath  Moses 
 comaundedyou?  "They  sayde:  Moses  suffi-ed 
 to  wryte  a  testimonial!  of  deuorcemct,  and  to 
 put  her  awaye.  lesus  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Because  of  y  hardnesse  of  youre 
 hert  dyd  Moses  wryte  you  this  commaunde- 
 ment.  But  from  the  first  creacion  God 
 made  the  man  and  woman.  *For  this  cause 
 shal  a  man  leaue  his  father  5  mother,  and 
 cleue  vnto  his  wife,  and  they  two  shalbe  one 
 flesh.  Now  are  they  not  twayne  the,  but  one 
 flesh.  Let  not  man  therfore  put  asunder 
 that,  which  God  hath  coupled  together. 
 
 And  at  home  his  disciples  axed  him  agayne 
 of  y  same.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the :  Wlio 
 so  euer  putteth  awaye  his  wife,''  5  marieth 
 another,  breaketh  wedlocke  to  her  warde. 
 And  yf  a  woma  forsake  hir  huszbande,  (i  be 
 maried  to  another,  she  comitteth  aduoutrie. 
 
 And  they  brought  childre  vnto  him,  that 
 he  might  touch  them.  ''But  the  disciples  re- 
 proued  those  that  brought  the.  Neuertheles 
 whan  lesus  sawe  it,  he  was  displeased,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Sufire  the  children  to  come 
 vnto  me,  and  forbyd  them  not,  for  of  soch  is 
 the  kyngdome  of  God.  Verely  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  Who  so  euer  receaueth  not  the  kyng- 
 dome of  God  as  a  childe,  he  shal  not  entre 
 therin.  And  he  toke  them  vp  in  his  annes, 
 and  layed  his  handes  vpon  them,  and  blessed 
 them. 
 
 And  whan  he  was  gone  forth  vpon  the  waye, 
 there  came  one  runninge,"  and  kneled  vnto 
 him,  5  axed  him :  Good  Master,  what  shal  I 
 do,  that  I  maye  inheret  euerlastinge  life? 
 But  lesus  saide  vnto  him :  Why  callest  thou 
 me  good  ?  There  is  no  man  good,-'  but  God 
 onely.  Thou  knowest  the  commaundementes : 
 ^  Thou  shalt  not  breake  wedlocke :  thou  shalt 
 not  kyll :  thou  shalt  not  steale :  thou  shalt 
 beare  no  false  wytnesse :  thou  shalt  begyle  no 
 man:  Honoure  thy  father  and  mother.  But 
 he  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Master, 
 all  these  haue  I  kepte  fro  my  youth  vp.  And 
 lesus  behelde  him,  and  loued  him,  5  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Thou  wantest  one  thinge :  Go  thy 
 waye,  and  *  sell  all  that  thou  hast,  and  geue  it 
 vnto  f  poore  :  so  shalt  thou  haue  a  treasure 
 in  heauen,  and  come  s  folowe  me,  and  take 
 
 "  Deu.  24.  a.     Mala.  2.  c.     Mat.  5.  a.  <>  Gen.  2.  d. 
 
 Mat.  5.  d.  and  19.  b.     Luc.  16.  c.  ''  Mat.  19.  b. 
 
 Luc.  18.  b.        '  Mat.  19.  c.     Luc.  18.  c.        /Deut.32.  f. 
 
 the  crosse  vpon  y.  And  he  was  disconforted 
 at  the  sayenge,  5  wente  awaye  sory,  for  he 
 had  greate  possessions. 
 
 And  lesus  loked  aboute  him,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  disciples:  ''O  how  hardly  shal  the 
 ryche  come  in  to  f  kyngdome  of  God  ?  And 
 the  disciples  were  astonnyed  at  his  wordes, 
 But  lesus  answered  agayne,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them:  Deare  children,  how  harde  is  it  for 
 them  that  trust  in  riches,  to  come  in  to  the 
 kyngdome  of  God?  It  is  easier  for  a  Camell 
 to  go  thorow  tMe  eye  of  a  nedle,  then  for  a 
 rich  man  to  entre  in  to  y  kyngdome  of  God. 
 Yet  were  they  astonnyed  f  more,  and  sayde 
 amonge  the  selues :  Who  can  the  be  saued  ? 
 But  lesus  behelde  them,  and  sayde :  With 
 men  it  is  vnpossyble,  but  not  with  God : '  for 
 with  God  all  thinges  are  possyble. 
 
 Then  sayde  Peter  vnto  him:  Beholde,  we 
 haue  forsaken  all,  and  folowed  the.  *  lesus 
 answered  5  sayde :  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you 
 There  is  no  man  that  forsaketh  house,  or 
 brethren,  or  sisters,  or  father  or  mother,  or 
 wife,  or  children,  or  londes  for  my  sake  and 
 the  gospels,  that  shal  not  receaue  an  hundreth 
 folde  now  in  this  tyme,  houses,  and  brethre, 
 and  sisters,  and  mothers  and  children,  and 
 londes  with  persecucions,  and  in  the  worlde 
 to  come  euerlastinge  life.  But  many  that 
 are  the  first,  shal  be  the  last:  and  the  last  the 
 first.'' 
 
 They  were  in  the  waye  goinge  vp  to  Je- 
 rusalem, and  lesus  wente  before  them.  '"And 
 they  were  astonnyed,  and  folowed  him,  and 
 were  afrayed.  And  lesus  toke  the  twolue 
 agayne,  and  tolde  them  what  shulde  happe 
 vnto  him.  Beholde,  we  go  vp  to  Jerusalem, 
 and  the  sonne  of  man  shalbe  delyuered  vnto 
 the  hye  prestes  and  scrybes,  and  they  shal 
 condemne  him  to  death,  and  delyuer  him 
 vnto  the  Heythe.  And  they  shal  mocke  hij 
 and  scourge  him,  and  spyt  vpon  him,  and  put 
 him  to  death,  and  on  the  thirde  daye  shal  he 
 ryse  agayne. 
 
 "Then  wete  vnto  him  James  and  Jhon  y 
 sonnes  of  Zebede,  and  sayde:  Master,  We 
 desyre,  that  what  soeuer  we  axe  of  the,  thou 
 wilt  do  it  for  vs.  Jle  sayde  vnto  the :  What 
 desyre  ye  that  I  shal  do  to  you?  They  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Graunte  vs,  that  we  maye  syt  one 
 
 e  Exo.  20.  b.  *  Act.  2.  e.  and  4.  d.  *  Mat.  19.  c. 
 
 Luc.  18.  c.  ■  Zach.  8.  a.  *  Mat.  19.  d.  Luc.  18.  c. 
 '  Luc.  13.  c.         "•  Mat.  20.  b.    Luc.  18.  d.       "  Mat.  10.  c. 
 
jro.i. 
 
 m)t  goEJprn  of  ^>  iWarfef, 
 
 Cftap.  Hi. 
 
 at  thy  right  hanclc,  and  one  at  thy  left  haiide 
 in  thy  glory.  But  lesus  sayde  vnto  the  :  Ye 
 wotc  not  what  ye  axe.  Maye  ye  drynke  the 
 cuppe,  y  I  shal  drynke?  and  be  baptysed 
 with  the  baptyme  that  I  shal  be  baptysed 
 withall  ?  They  sayde  vnto  him  :  Yee  y  we 
 maye.  lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  The  cuppe 
 that  I  drynke,  shal  ye  drynke  in  dede :  and 
 be  baptysed  with  the  baptyane  that  I  shall 
 be  baptysed  withall.  Neuertheles  to  syt  at 
 my  right  hande  and  at  my  left,  is  not  myne 
 to  geue  you,  but  vnto  them  for  whom  it  is 
 prepared. 
 
 And  whii  the  ten  herde  that,  they  disdayned 
 at  lames  and  Ihon.  But  lesus  called  them, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them:  Ye  knowe  that  the 
 prynces  of  f  worlde  haue  domynacion  of  the 
 people,"  and  f  mightie  exercise  auctorite 
 amonge  them.  So  shal  it  not  be  amonge 
 you :  but  who  so  euer  wil  be  greate  amoge 
 you,  shal  be  youre  mynister :  and  who  so  wyl 
 be  chefest  amonge  you,  shalbe  seruaunt  of 
 all.  For  the  sonne  of  man  also  came  not  to 
 be  serued,  but  to  do  seruyce,  and  *  to  geue  his 
 life  to  a  redempcion  for  many. 
 
 And  they  came  vnto  lericho.  And  whan 
 he  wente  out  of  lericho,*  and  his  disciples, 
 and  moch  people,  there  sat  one  blynde  Bar- 
 thimeus  the  sonne  of  Thimeus  by  f  waye, 
 and  begged.  And  wha  he  herde  that  it  was 
 lesus  of  Nazareth,  he  beganne  to  crie  and 
 saye :  lesu  thou  sonne  of  Dauid  haue  mercy 
 vpon  me.  And  many  reproued  him,  that  he 
 shulde  holde  his  tunge.  But  he  cried  moch 
 more :  Thou  sonne  of  Dauid  haue  mercy  vpo 
 me.  And  lesus  stode  styll,  and  bad  call  him. 
 And  they  called  the  blynde,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Be  of  good  conforte,  aryse,  he  calleth 
 the.  And  he  cast  awaye  his  garment  from 
 him,  stode  vp,  and  came  to  lesus.  And  lesus 
 answered,  5  sayde  vnto  him :  What  wilt  thou 
 that  I  do  vnto  the?  The  blynde  sayde  \'nto 
 him:  Master,  that  I  might  se.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  him:  Go  thy  waye,  thy  faith  hath 
 helped  y.  And  immediatly  he  had  his  sight 
 and  folowed  him  in  the  waye. 
 
 Cije  jl  CljapUr. 
 ND  whan  they  came  nye  lerusalem  to 
 Bethphage'  and  Bethanye  vnto  mount 
 
 A 
 
 •  Mot.  20.  d.  Marc.  9.  d.  Luc.  9.  e.  and  22.  b. 
 •loh.lO.b.  'Mot.  20.  d.  Luc.  18.  d.  'Mat.21.a. 
 Luc.  19.  c.      ■'loha.  12.  c.      «PsaLll7.  c.     /Mat  21. b. 
 
 Oliuete,  he  sent  two  of  his  disciples,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Go  in  to  the  towne  that  lyeth 
 before  you,  and  as  soone  as  ye  come  in,  ye 
 shal  fynde  a  foale  bounde,  wher  vpon  no  man 
 hath  sytte :  lowse  it,  and  brynge  it  hither. 
 And  yf  eny  man  saye  vnto  you:  wherfore  do 
 ye  that?  Then  saye  ye:  The  LOIIDE  hath 
 nede  therof,  and  forth  with  he  shal  sende  it 
 hither.  They  wete  their  waie  and  founde  the 
 foale  tyed  by  y  dore  without  at  the  partynge 
 of  the  waye,  and  lowsed  it.  And  certayne  of 
 those  y  stode  there,  axed  them :  What  do  ye, 
 that  ye  lowse  the  foale?  But  they  sayde  vnto 
 the,  like  as  lesus  had  commaunded  them. 
 And  so  they  let  them  alone.  And  they 
 brought  the  foale  vnto  lesus,  and  layed  their 
 clothes  theron,  and  he  sat  theron.  But  many 
 spred  their  garmetes  in  the  waye : ''  some  cut 
 downe  braunches  fro  the  trees,  and  strowed 
 the  in  the  waye.  And  they  that  wente  before, 
 and  that  folowed  after,  cried,  and  sayde : 
 Hosyanna,'^  blessed  be  he,  that  commeth  in 
 the  name  of  the  LORDE :  blessed  be  the 
 kyngdome  of  oure  father  Dauid,  which  com- 
 meth in  the  name  of  the  LORDE.  Hosyanna 
 in  the  height. 
 
 And  the  LORDE  entred  in  to  lerusalem 
 and  wente  in  to  the  temple,  and  loked  vpon 
 all.  And  at  euen  he  wente  out  vnto  Bethany 
 with  the  twolue :  and  on  the  morow-'  wha  they 
 departed  from  Bethanye,  he  hugred,  and  sawe 
 a  fygge  tre  afarre  of,  which  had  leaues.  Then 
 came  he  nye,?  (to  se)  yf  he  coude  fynde  eny 
 thinge  theron.  And  whan  he  came  to  it,  he 
 founde  nothinge  but  leaues  (for  the  tyme  of 
 fygges  was  not  yet.)  And  lesus  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  it:  Neuer  ma  eate  frute  of 
 the  for  euermore.     And  his  disciples  herde  it, 
 
 And  they  came  to  lerusalem.  And  lesus 
 wente  in  to  the  temple,  and  beganne  to  dryue 
 out  the  sellers  and  byers  in  the  teple,''  5  ouer- 
 threw  the  tables  of  the  money  chaungers,  and 
 the  stoles  of  the  doue  sellers,  and  sufired  not 
 eny  man  to  cary  a  vessell  thorow  the  temple. 
 And  he  taught  and  sayde  vnto  them:  Is  it 
 not  wrytten:  t  My  house  shalbe  called  a  house 
 of  prayer  for  all  people?  But  ye  haue  made 
 it  a  denne  of  murthurers. 
 
 '  And  the  scrybes  and  hye  prestes  herde  of 
 it.     And  they  sought  how  they  might  destroye 
 
 s  Luc.  13.  a. 
 f  Esa.  56.  b. 
 loba.  7.  d. 
 
 *  Mat.  21.  b.     Luc.  19.  d.     loha.  2. 
 lere.  7.  a.     3  Re;,'.  8.  d.  '  Mat.  21. 
 
Cf)ap.  nj. 
 
 Cfte  sospfU  of  ^,  iHarfee. 
 
 jTo.  li. 
 
 him,  but  they  were  afrayed  of  him,  for  all  the 
 people  marueled  at  his  doctryne.  And  at 
 euen  he  wente  out  of  the  cite.  And  on  the 
 morow  they  passed  by,"  and  sawe  the  fygge 
 tre,  that  it  was  wythred  vnto  the  rote.  And 
 Peter  thought  theron,  and  sayde  vnto  him: 
 Master,  beholde,  the  fygge  trey  thou  cursedest, 
 is  wythred  awaye.  lesus  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  *  Haue  faith  in  God.  Verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  Who  so  euer  saieth  vnto  this 
 mountayne :  Avoyde,  and  cast  thy  self  in  to 
 the  see,  and  *douteth  not  in  his  hert,  but 
 beleueth  that  the  thinges  shal  come  to  passe 
 which  he  saieth,  then  loke  what  he  sayeth,  it 
 hal  come  to  passe.  "  Therfore  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  What  so  euer  ye  desyre  in  youre  prayer, 
 beleue  that  ye  shal  receaue  it,  and  ye  shal 
 haue  it.  ''And  whan  ye  stonde  and  praye, 
 forgeue  yf  ye  haue  ought  ageynst  eny  man, 
 that  youre  father  also  in  heauen,  maye  forgeue 
 you  youre  trespaces. 
 
 And  they  came  agayne  vnto  lerusalem  and 
 whan  he  wente  in  the  temple,'  there  came 
 vnto  him  the  hye  prestes  and  scrybes  and  the 
 elders,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  By  what  auctorite 
 dost  thou  these  thinges  ?  and  who  gaue  the 
 this  auctorite  to  do  soch  ? 
 
 But  lesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 I  wil  axe  you  a  worde  also,  answere  me,  and 
 I  wy\  tell  you,  by  what  auctorite  I  do  these. 
 The  baptyme  of  Ihon,  was  it  from  heauen,  or 
 of  men?     Answere  me. 
 
 And  they  thought  in  them  selues :  yf  we 
 saye,  it  was  from  heauen,  then  shal  he  saye : 
 WTiy  dyd  ye  not  then  beleue  him  ?  But  yf 
 we  saye :  It  was  of  men,  then  feare  we  the 
 people,  for  they  all  helde  that  Ihon  was  a 
 true  prophet.  And  they  answered,  and  saide 
 vnto  him  :  We  can  not  tell.  And  lesus  an- 
 swered, and  sayde  vnto  them:  Nether  tell  I 
 you,  by  what  auctorite  I  do  these  thinges. 
 
 Cljc  ni-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  he  beganne  to  speake  vnto  them 
 by  parables:  A  certayne  ma  planted 
 a  vynyarde,  -'and  made  a  hedge  aboute  it, 
 and  dygged  a  wynne  presse,  and  buylded  a 
 tower,  and  let  it  out  vnto  huszbande  men, 
 and  wente  in  to  a  straunge  countre.  And 
 whan  the  tyme  was  come,  he  sent  a  seruaut 
 
 "  Mat.  21.  b.  »  Mat.  17.  c.  Luc.  17.  c.  •  laco.  1.  a. 
 ■■  loha.  14.  b.  15.  a.  16.  c.  ''  Mat.  6.  b.  18.  c.  d.     Luc. 
 
 17.  a.  fMat.  21.  c.     Luc.  20.  a.  /Mat.  21.  d. 
 
 to  the  huszbande  men,  that  he  might  receaue 
 of  the  huszbandmen,  of  the  frute  of  the 
 vynyarde.  But  they  toke  him,  and  bet  him, 
 and  sent  him  awaye  emptye.  Agayne,  he 
 sent  vnto  them  another  seruaunt,  whom  they 
 stoned,  and  brake  his  heade,  and  sent  him 
 awaye  shamefully  dealt  withall.  Agapie  he 
 sent  another,  whom  they  slew,  and  many 
 other :  some  they  bett,  and  some  they  put  to 
 death. 
 
 Then  had  he  yet  one  sonne  onely,  whom  he 
 loued,  him  he  sent  also  vnto  them  at  the  last, 
 and  sayde :  they  wyl  stonde  in  awe  of  my 
 Sonne.  But  the  same  huszbandmen  sayde 
 amonge  them  selues:  This  is  the  hey  re,  Come, 
 let  vs  kyll  him,  so  shal  the  inheritaunce  be 
 ours.  And  they  toke  him,  and  slewe  him, 
 and  cast  him  out  of  the  vynyarde.  What 
 shal  now  the  lorde  of  the  v}Tiyarde  do  ?  He 
 shal  come  and  destroye  the  huszbande  men, 
 and  geue  the  vynyarde  vnto  other.  Haue  ye 
 not  red  this  scripture :  ^  The  same  stone  which 
 the  buylders  refused,  is  become  the  headstone 
 in  the  corner?  This  was  the  LORDES 
 doynge,  and  it  is  maruelous  in  oure  eyes. 
 ''And  they  wente  aboute  to  take  him  (but 
 they  feared  the  people)  for  they  perceaued, 
 that  he  had  spoke  this  parable  agaynst  the. 
 And  they  left  him,  and  wente  their  waye. 
 
 And  they  sent  vnto  him  certayne  of  the 
 Pharises  and  Herodes  '  officers  to  take  him  in 
 his  wordes.  And  they  came,  and  sayde  vnto 
 hi  :  Master,  we  knowe  that  thou  art  true  and 
 carest  for  no  man.  For  thou  regardest  not 
 the  outwarde  appearaunce  of  men,  but  teach- 
 est  y  waye  of  God  truly.  Is  it  laufull  to  geue 
 tribute  vnto  the  Emperoure,  or  not  ?  Ought 
 we  to  geue  it,  or  ought  we  not  to  geue  it  ? 
 But  he  perceaued  their  ypocrisye,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Why  tempte  ye  me  ?  Brynge 
 me  a  peny,  that  I  maye  se  it.  And  they 
 brought  it  him.  Then  sayde  he :  Whose 
 ymage  and  superscripcion  is  this?  They 
 sayde  vnto  him :  The  Emperours.  Then 
 answered  lesus  and  sayde  vnto  the:  +Geue 
 therfore  vnto  the  Emperoure  that  which  is 
 the  Emperours,  and  vnto  God  that  which  is 
 Gods.     And  they  marueled  at  him. 
 
 *Then  came  vnto  him  the  Saduces  (which 
 holde   that  there  is   no   resurreccion)   these 
 
 Luc.  20.  a.         «Psal.  117.  c.         ^Mat.  23.b.    Luc.  20.  b, 
 '  Luc.  20.  c.  f  Mat.  17.  d.     Rom.  13.  b.  *  Mat, 
 
 22.  c.     Luc.  20.  d.     Act.  23.  a. 
 
jTo.  lij. 
 
 €l)t  gosptll  of  J>.  ittarfee. 
 
 Cftap.  jtiij. 
 
 axed  him,  and  sayde  :  Master,  Moses  wrote 
 viito  vs.  "Yf  cny  mans  brother  dye,  and 
 leaue  a  wife,  and  leaue  no  children,  his 
 brother  shal  take  his  wife,  and  rayse  vp  sede 
 vnto  his  brother.  Now  were  there  seuen 
 brethren  :  the  first  toke  a  wife,  and  dyed,  and 
 left  no  sede :  and  the  seconde  toke  her,  and 
 dyed,  and  left  no  sede  also :  the  thirde  in  like 
 nianer. 
 
 And  they  all  seuen  toke  her,  and  left  no 
 sede.  At  the  last  after  them  all,  the  wyfe 
 dyed  also.  Now  in  the  resurreccion  whan 
 tliev  shal  ryse  agayne,  whose  wife  shal  she  be 
 of  them  ?     For  seuen  had  her  to  wife. 
 
 Then  answered  lesus,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Do  not  ye  erre  ?  because  ye  knowe 
 not  the  scryptures  ner  y  power  of  God  ?  Whan 
 they  shal  ryse  agayne  from  the  deed,  they 
 shal  nether  mary  ner  be  maried,  but  they  are 
 as  the  angels  in  heauen.  As  touchinge  the 
 deed,  that  they  shal  ryse  agayne,  haue  ye  not 
 red  in  the  boke  of  Moses,  how  God  spake 
 \'nto  him  in  the  bush,  and  sayde :  *  I  am  the 
 God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac,  5  the 
 God  of  lacob  ?  Yet  is  not  God  a  God  of  the 
 deed,  but  of  the  lyuynge.  Therfore  ye  erre 
 greatly. 
 
 'And  there  came  vnto  him  one  of  the 
 soi-ybes,  that  had  herkened  vnto  the  how  they 
 disputed  together,  and  sawe  that  he  had 
 answered  them  well,  and  axed  him :  Which 
 is  the  chefest  comaundement  of  all?  lesus 
 answered  him :  The  chefest  commaundemet 
 of  all  commaundementes  is  this :  ''  Heare  O 
 Israel,  the  LORDE  oure  God  is  one  God, 
 and  thou  shalt  loue  the  LORDE  thy  God 
 with  all  thy  hert,  with  all  thy  soule,  with  all 
 thy  mynde,  and  with  all  thy  strength.  This 
 is  the  chefest  commaundement,  and  the  se- 
 conde is  like  vnto  it:  "Thou  shalt  loue  thy 
 neghboure  as  thy  self.  There  is  none  other 
 greater  commaundement  then  these. 
 
 And  the  scrybe  sayde  vnto  him :  Master, 
 V'erely  thou  hast  sayde  right :  for  there  is  but 
 one  God,  %  there  is  none  other  without  him, 
 and  to  loue  him  with  all  the  hert,  with  all  the 
 mynde,  with  all  the  soule,  and  with  all  the 
 strength,  and  to  loue  a  mans  neghboure  as 
 himself,  is  more  then  brent  sacrifices  and  all 
 offerynges.      But   wha    lesus   sawe   that   he 
 
 "  Oeut.23.  a.         »  Exod.  3.  a.     Act.  7.  d.  «  Mat. 
 
 it.  d.        ■*  Deut.  6.  b.   and  30.  b.        '  Leui.  19.  c.     Ro. 
 13.  b.  /  Mat.  22.  d.     Luc.  20.  c.  «  Psal.  109.  a. 
 
 answered  discretly,  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou 
 art  not  farre  from  the  kyngdome  of  God. 
 And  after  this  durst  no  man  axe  him  eny  mo 
 questions. 
 
 And  lesus  answered,  and  sayde,  whan  he 
 taught  in  the  temple  :  -^  How  saye  the  scrybes, 
 y  Christ  is  the  sonne  of  Dauid  ?  But  Dauid 
 himself  saieth  thorow  the  holy  goost :  *  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  my  LORDE:  Syt  thou 
 on  my  right  honde,  tyll  I  make  thine  enemies 
 thy  fotestole.  There  Dauid  calleth  him  his 
 LORDE.  How  is  he  the  his  sonne?  And 
 many  people  herde  him  gladly. 
 
 And  he  taught  the,  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Bewarre  of  the  scrybes,  that  loue  to  go  in 
 longe  garmentes,  and  loue  to  be  saluted  in 
 the  market,  and  syt  gladly  aboue  in  the  s)Tia- 
 goges  and  at  the  table  :  they  deuoure  wyd- 
 dowes  houses,  and  rader  a  coloure  they  make 
 longe  prayers.  These  shal  receaue  the  more 
 damnacion. 
 
 'And  lesus  sat  ouer  agaynst  the  *Gods 
 chest,  and  behelde  how  the  people  put  money 
 in  to  the  Gods  chest.  And  many  that  were 
 riche  :  put  in  moch.  And  there  came  a  poore 
 wyddowe,  and  put  in  two  mytes,  which  make 
 a  farthinge.  And  he  called  vnto  him  his 
 disciples,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  this  poore  wyddowe  hath  put 
 more  in  y  Gods  chest,  then  all  they  that  haue 
 put  in  :  For  they  all  haue  put  I  of  their  super- 
 fluyte,  but  she  of  hir  pouerte  hath  put  in  all 
 that  she  had,  euen  hir  whole  lyuynge. 
 
 Wl)t  vttj.  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  whan  he  wete  out  of  the  temple, 
 one  of  his  disciples  sayde  vnto  him :' 
 Master,  se,  what  stones  and  what  a  buyldinge 
 is  this  ?  And  lesus  answered  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Seist  thou  all  this  greate  buyldinge  ? 
 There  shal  not  one  stone  be  left  vpo  another, 
 y  shal  not  be  broken  downe. 
 
 And  whan  he  sat  vpon  mount  Oliuete  ouer 
 ageynst  the  temple,  Peter  and  lames,  and 
 Ihon,  and  Andrew  axed  him  pryuatly :  Tell 
 vs,  Whan  shal  all  these  come  to  passe  ?  And 
 what  shalbe  the  toke,  wha  all  these  shalbe 
 fulfilled  ?  lesus  answered  them,  and  beganne 
 to  saye :  Take  hede,  that  no  man  disceaue 
 you,   for  there  shal  many  come   vnder  my 
 
 Mat.  23.  a.     Luc.  20.  c.         ■  Luc.  2].  a. 
 
 12.  b.  '  JIat.  24.  a.      Luc.  21.  a. 
 
C&ap.  yiii}. 
 
 €l)t  gospfll  of  ^,  iflarhe. 
 
 So,  Iiij. 
 
 name,  and  saye :  I  am  Christ,  s  shal  disceaue 
 many.  But  whan  ye  shal  heare  of  the  noyse 
 of  warres,  be  not  ye  afrayed  :  for  so  must  it 
 be,  but  y  ende  is  not  yet.  "  One  people  shal 
 ryse  ageynst  another,  and  one  realme  ageynst 
 another,  and  there  shal  be  earth  quakes  here 
 and  there,  and  derth  shal  there  be  and  trou- 
 bles.    These  are  the  begynnynge  of  sorowes. 
 
 But  take  ye  hede  to  youre  selues.  *For 
 they  shal  delyuer  you  vp  to  the  *councels, 
 and  synagoges,  and  ye  shal  be  beaten,  and 
 shalbe  brought  before  prynces  and  kynges  for 
 my  namessake,  for  a  wytnesse  viito  the.  And 
 y  gospel  must  first  be  preached  amoge  aO 
 people. 
 
 "  Now  whan  they  shal  lede  you  and  delyuer 
 you  vp,  take  ye  no  thought  afore  what  ye  shal 
 saye :  and  ymagyn  ye  nothinge  afore  hande, 
 but  what  so  euer  shal  be  geue  you  at  the 
 same  houre,  that  speake  :  for  it  is  not  ye  that 
 speake,  but  the  holy  goost.  One  brother 
 shal  delyuer  another  vnto  death,  and  the 
 father  the  sonne,  g  the  children  shal  ryse 
 ageynst  their  fathers  and  mothers,  and  shal 
 helpe  them  to  death,  and  ye  shal  be  hated  of 
 all  men  for  my  names  sake.  But  who  so  en- 
 dureth  to  the  ende,  shalbe  saued. 
 
 ''Whan  ye  shal  se  the  abhominacio  of  de- 
 solacion  (wherof  it  is  spoke  by  tDaniel  the 
 prophet)  stonde  where  it  ought  not  (who  so 
 readeth  it,  let  him  marck  it  well)  then  let  the 
 which  be  in  lewry,  flye  vnto  the  mountaynes : 
 and  let  him  that  is  on  the  house  toppe  not 
 descede  in  to  the  house,  ner  come  therin,  to 
 fetch  any  thinge  out  of  the  house.  And  let 
 him  that  is  in  the  felde,  not  turne  backe  to 
 fetch  his  clothes. 
 
 But  wo  .vnto  them  that  are  with  childe, 
 and  to  them  that  geue  suck  in  those  dayes. 
 Neuertheles  praye  ye,  that  youre  flight  be 
 not  in  the  wjTiter.  For  in  those  dayes  there 
 shal  be  soch  trouble  as  was  not  from  the 
 begynnynge  of  y  creatures  which  God  created, 
 vnto  this  tyme,  nether  shal  be.  And  yf  y 
 LORDE  had  not  shortened  those  dayes, 
 there  shulde  no  man  be  saued.  But  for  the 
 electes  sake  whom  he  hath  chosen,  he  hath 
 shortened  those  dayes. 
 
 "  Now  yf  eny  man  shal  saye  vnto  you  at  y 
 tyme :  Lo,   here  is  Christ :    o,   he  is  there, 
 
 "Esa.  19.  a,  *  Mat.  10.  b.  *  Some  reade  :  coucell- 
 bouses.  '  Mat.    10.  c.        Luc.    12.  b.    and    21.    b. 
 
 ''Mat.  S*.  b.  Luc.  21.  c.  tDan.  9.  c.  '  Mat.  24.  b. 
 Luc.  17.  c.  /  Mat.  24.  c.     Luc.  21.  c.      loel  2.  b. 
 
 beleue  it  not.  For  there  shal  aryse  false 
 Christes,  and  false  prophetes,  which  shal  do 
 tokens  j  wonders,  to  disceaue  euen  the  very 
 chosen,  yf  it  were  possyble.  But  take  ye 
 hede,  Beholde,  I  haue  tolde  you  all  before. 
 
 ■'^But  at  the  same  tyme  after  this  trouble, 
 the  Sonne  and  Mone  shal  lose  their  light, 
 and  the  starres  shall  fall  from  heauen,  and 
 the  powers  of  the  heauens  shal  moue  :  j  and 
 then  shal  they  se  the  sonne  of  man  commynge 
 in  the  cloudes  with  greate  power  and  glory. 
 And  the  shal  he  sende  his  angels,  and  shal 
 gather  together  his  chosen  fro  the  foure 
 wyndes,  from  one  ende  of  the  earth  to  the 
 other. 
 
 Lerne  a  symilitude  of  the  fyge  tre:  Wha 
 ^his  braunch  is  yet  teder,  and  hath  brought 
 forth  leaues,  ye  knowe  that  the  Sommer  is 
 nye.  So  lykewyse  wha  ye  se  all  these  thinges 
 come  to  passe,  be  ye  sure,  that  it  is  nye  euen 
 at  the  dores.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  this 
 generacio  shal  not  passe,  tyU  all  these  be  ful- 
 filled. Heauen  and  earth  shal  perishe,  but 
 my  wordes  shal  not  perishe.  But  of  that  daye 
 and  houre  knoweth  no  man,  nether  the  angels 
 in  heauen,  no  not  the  sonne  him  self,  but  the 
 father  onely.'' 
 
 '  Take  hede,  watch,  (i  praye,  for  ye  knowe 
 not  whan  the  tyme  is.  Like  as  a  man  that 
 wente  in  to  a  straunge  countre,  and  left  his 
 house,  and  gaue  his  seruauntes  auctorite,  vnto 
 euery  one  his  worke,  and  commaunded  f 
 porter,  that  he  shulde  watch.  Watch  ye  ther- 
 fore,  for  ye  knowe  not  wha  the  master  of  f 
 house  Cometh,  whether  he  cometh  in  the 
 euenynge,  or  at  mydnight,  or  aboute  the  cock 
 crowynge,  or  in  the  mornynge,  that  he  come 
 not  sodenly,  and  fynde  you  slepynge.  Loke 
 what  I  saye  vnto  you,  that  saye  I  vnto  all. 
 Watch. 
 
 Wi)t  viiij.  Ci^apUr. 
 
 AND  after  two  dayes  was  Easter,  and  the 
 dales  of  swete  bred.  *And  f  hye  prestes 
 (I  scrybes  sought  how  they  might  take  him  with 
 disceate,  (j  put  him  to  death.  But  they  sayde : 
 Not  in  the  feast  daye,  lest  there  be  an  vproure 
 in  the  people. 
 
 '  And  when  he  was  at  Bethanye  in  the 
 house  of  Symon  the  leper,  and   sat  at   the 
 
 tDan.  7.  b.  «  Mat.  24.  c.  Luc.  21.  d.  ''Act.  l.a. 
 '  Mat.  24.  b.  and  25.  a.     Luc.  12.  d.  and  19.  a.  '  Mat. 
 
 26.  a.     Luc.  22.  a.    loha.  11.  e.  '  Mat.  26.  a.   Luc. 
 
 7.  d.     loha.  12.  a. 
 
 136       ~~  ~ 
 
fo.  liiih 
 
 CI)f  gosiptll  of  ^.  iWarfef, 
 
 Cftap,  pii)« 
 
 table,  there  came  a  woman,  which  had  a  boxe 
 of  pure  and  costly  Nardus  oyntment.  And 
 she  brake  y  boxe,  d  poured  it  vpo  his  heade. 
 Then  were  there  some,  y  disdayned  and 
 sayde :  Where  to  serueth  this  waist  ?  This 
 oyntment  might  haue  bene  solde  for  more 
 then  thre  hundreth  pens,  i  bene  geue  to  y 
 poore.     And  they  grudged  agaynst  her. 
 
 But  lesus  sayde :  let  her  be  in  rest.  Why 
 trouble  ye  her  .''  She  hath  done  a  good  worke 
 vpo  me.  Ye  haue  allwaye  the  poore  with  you, 
 and  wha  so  euer  ye  wil,  ye  maye  do  the  good: 
 but  me  haue  ye  not  allwaie.  She  hath  done 
 what  she  coulde,  she  is  come  before,  to  anoynte 
 my  body  for  my  buriall.  Verely  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  Where  so  euer  this  gospell  shal  be 
 preached  in  all  the  worlde,  there  shal  this  also 
 that  she  hath  now  done,  be  tolde  for  a  remem- 
 braunce  of  her. 
 
 And  ludas  Iscarioth"  one  of  the  twolue 
 wente  vnto  the  hye  prestes,  to  betraye  him 
 vnto  them.  Whan  they  herde  y,  they  were 
 glad,  (J  promysed  that  they  wolde  geue  him 
 money.  And  he  sought,  how  he  might 
 coueniently  betraye  him. 
 
 And  vpon  y  first  daye  of  swete  bred,  wha 
 the  Easter  lambe  was  offered,  his  disciples 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Where  wilt  thou  y  we  go 
 and  prepare,  y  thou  mayest  eate  f  Easter 
 hlbe  ?  And  he  sent  two  of  his  disciples,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Go  youre  waye  in  to  the 
 cite,  and  there  shal  mete  you  a  ma  bearinge  a 
 pitcher  with  water,  folowe  him,  5  where  so 
 euer  he  goeth  in,  there  saye  ye  to  the  good 
 man  of  the  house  :  The  Master  sendeth  the 
 worde :  Where  is  the  gest  house,  wherin  I 
 maye  eate  the  Easter  labe,  with  my  disciples? 
 And  he  shal  shewe  you  a  greate  parlour,  which 
 is  paued  (t  prepared,  there  make  readye  for 
 And  y  disciples  wete  forth,  (j  came  in  to 
 y  cite,  (J  foude  it  as  he  had  sayde  vnto  the. 
 And  they  prepared  f  Easter  lambe. 
 
 At  euen  he  came  with  the  twolue.  And  as 
 they  sat  at  the  table  it  ate,  lesus  sayde:  Verely 
 I  saye  vnto  you :''  One  of  you  y  eateth  with 
 me,  shal  betraye  me.  And  they  were  sory,  j 
 sayde  vnto  hi  one  after  another :  Is  it  I .''  5 
 another  (sayde:)  is  it  I?  He  answered  5  saide 
 vnto  the  :  One  of  the  twolue,  euen  f  same  y 
 (lyppeth  with  me  in  f  platter.  The  sonne  of 
 man  truly  goeth  forth,  as  it  is  wrytte  of  hi. 
 
 "  Mat.  2(;.  b.  Luc.  22.  a.  loha.  13.  a.  »Exod.  12.C. 
 ilat.  26.  b.     Luc.  22.  a.  c  Mat.  26.  b.    Luc.  22.  b. 
 
 But  WO  vnto  that  ma,  by  whom  the  sonne  of 
 man  is  betrayed.  It  were  better  for  the  same 
 man,  that  he  had  neuer  bene  borne. 
 
 ''  And  as  they  ate,  lesus  toke  the  bred,  gaue 
 thankes,  (j  brake  it,  and  gaue  it  the,  (t  sayde  : 
 Take,  eate,  this  is  my  body.  And  he  toke 
 the  cuppe,  thaked,  and  gaue  it  the,  and  they 
 all  dranke  therof.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them : 
 This  is  my  bloude  of  the  new  Testament, 
 which  shalbe  shed  for  many.  Verely  I  saye 
 vnto  you,  that  from  hence  forth  I  wil  not 
 drynke  of  the  frute  of  the  vyne,  tyll  f  daye  y 
 I  drynke  it  new  in  f  kyngdome  of  God.  And 
 wha  they  had  sayde  grace,  they  wete  forth 
 vnto  mount  Oliuete. 
 
 And  lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  '  This  night 
 shal  ye  all  be  offended  in  me,  for  it  is  wrytten : 
 *  I  wil  smyte  the  sheperde,  5  the  shepe  shal 
 be  scatred  abrode.  Neuertheles  after  y  I  am 
 rysen  agayne,  I  wil  go  before  you  in  to  Galile.-' 
 But  Peter  sayde  vnto  him  :  And  though  all 
 men  shulde  be  offended,  yet  wolde  not  I  be 
 offended.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him :  Verely 
 I  saye  vnto  y :  To  daye  in  this  same  night, 
 before  f  cock  crowe  two  tymes,  shalt  thou 
 denye  me  thryse.  But  he  saide  yet  more : 
 Yee  though  I  shulde  dye  with  f,  yet  wil  I  not 
 denie  y.     So  saide  they  all  I  like  maner. 
 
 And  they  came  in  to  f  felde  called  Gethse- 
 mane,  and  he  saide  vnto  his  disciples :  Syt  ye 
 here,  tyll  I  go  yonder,  and  praye.  And  he 
 toke  with  him  Peter  ce  lames,  5  Ihon,  and 
 begane  to  waxe  fearefull,  5  to  be  in  an  agonye, 
 5  sayde  vnto  the  :  My  soule  is  heuy  eue  vnto 
 y  death :  tary  ye  here  and  watch.  And  he 
 wente  forth  a  litle,  fell  vpon  the  grounde  and 
 prayed,  that,  (yf  it  were  possyble)  y^  houre 
 might  passe  fro  him,  and  sayde  :  Abba,  my 
 father,  all  thinges  are  possyble  vnto  the,  take 
 this  cuppe  awaye  fro  me :  Neuertheles  not 
 what  I  wyl,  but  what  thou  wilt. 
 
 And  he  came  vnto  them,  and  founde  the 
 slepynge,  and  sayde  vnto  Peter :  Symon, 
 slepest  thou  ?  Couldest  thou  not  watch  with 
 me  one  houre  ?  Watch  and  praye,  that  ye  fal 
 not  in  to  temptacion.  The  sprete  is  wyllinge, 
 but  y  flesh  is  weake.  And  he  wete  forth 
 agayne,  and  prayde,  and  spake  the  same 
 wordes,  and  returned,  and  founde  them  slep- 
 ynge agayne :  for  their  eyes  were  heuy,  (j  they 
 knewe  not  what  they  shulde   answere  him. 
 
 loha.  13.  c.  •' Mat.  26.  c.     Luc.  22.  b.    1  Cor.  11.  c. 
 
 <•  Mat.  26.  c.        *  Zac.  13.  b.        /Act.  1.  a. 
 
Cftap*  vb. 
 
 Cfte  gospfU  of  ^,  iBarkr» 
 
 #0.  lb  J 
 
 dF 
 
 And  he  came  the  thirde  tynie,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Slepe  on  now,  and  take  youre  rest.  It 
 is  yniough,  the  houre  is  come :  beholde,  y 
 Sonne  of  man  shalbe  delyuered  in  to  the 
 handes  of  synners :  aryse,  let  vs  be  goynge. 
 Beholde,  he  is  at  hande,  that  betrayeth  me. 
 
 "  And  immediatl.y  whyle  he  yet  spake,  came 
 ludas  one  of  the  twolue,  and  with  him  agreate 
 multitude,  with  swerdes  and  staues  from  the 
 hye  prestes  and  scrybes  and  elders.  And  the 
 traytoure  had  geuen  them  a  toke,  and  sayde  : 
 Whom  so  euer  I  kysse,  that  same  is  he,  laye 
 handes  vpon  him,  and  lede  him  awaye  warely. 
 And  wha  he  was  come,  he  wente  straight  waye 
 vnto  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  O  master, 
 master,  and  kyssed  him.  Then  layed  they 
 their  handes  vpon  him,  5  toke  him.  But  one 
 of  the  that  stode  by,  drew  out  his  swerde, 
 and  smote  the  hye  prestes  seruaunt,  and  cut 
 of  his  eare. 
 
 And  lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Ye  are  come  forth  as  it  were  to  a  murthurer 
 with  swerdes  and  with  staues  to  take  me.  1 
 was  daylie  with  you  in  the  temple,  and  taught, 
 and  ye  toke  me  not.  *  But  this  is  done,  that 
 the  scrypture  maye  be  fulfilled.  And  all  the 
 disciples  forsoke  him,  and  fled.  And  there 
 folowed  him  a  yonge  ma,  which  was  clothed 
 in  lynnen  vpon  the  bare  skynne,  and  the 
 yonge  me  toke  holde  of  him.  But  he  let  the 
 lynnen  go,  and  fled  naked  from  them. 
 
 '  And  they  led  lesus  vnto  the  hye  prest, 
 where  all  y  hye  prestes,  and  elders  and  scrybes 
 were  come  together.  As  for  Peter,  he  folowed 
 him  afarre  of  in  to  the  hye  prestes  palace. 
 And  he  was  there,  and  sat  with  the  seruauntes, 
 and  warmed  him. 
 
 ''  But  the  hye  prestes  and  the  whole  councell 
 sought  wytnesse  agaynst  lesus,  y  they  might 
 brynge  him  to  death,  and  they  founde  none. 
 Many  gaue  false  wytnesse  agaynst  him,  but 
 their  wytnesses  agreed  not  together.  And  some 
 stode  vp,  and  gaue  false  wytnes  agaynst  him, 
 and  sayde:  We  herde  him  saye:  I  wil  breake 
 downe  this  temple  that  is  made  with  hodes,' 
 and  in  thre  dayes  buylde  another  not  made 
 with  handes.  But  their  wytnesse  agreed  not 
 together. 
 
 And  the  hye  prest  stode  vp  amonge  them, 
 and  axed  lesus,  and  sayde :  -f  Answerest  thou 
 
 "  Mat.  26.  (1.    Luc.  22.  d.    loha.  18.  a.  "  Mat.  26.  f. 
 
 Luc.  22.  d.         'Esa.  53.b.     Marc.  15.  c.  '  Mat.  26.  f. 
 
 I  Luc.  22.  d.     loh.  18.  b.         "  Mat.  26.  f.  '  loha.  2.  a. 
 
 /  Mat.  26.  f.  s  Luc.  22.  c.  *  loha.  6.  g. 
 
 nothinge  vnto  it,  that  these  testifie  agaynst 
 the  ?  But  he  helde  his  tunge,  and  answered 
 nothinge.  '■'The  the  hye  prest  axed  him  agayne, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Art  thou  Christ  the 
 Sonne  of  the  blessed  ?  lesus  sayde :  I  am. 
 And  ye  shal  se  the  sonne  of  man  syt  at  the 
 ight  hande  of  power,  and  come  in  the 
 cloudes  of  heaue.  Then  the  hye  prest  rent 
 his  clothes,  5  sayde :  What  nede  we  eny  mo 
 wytnesses  ?  Ye  haue  herde  the  blasphemy. 
 What  thynke  ye  ?  Tliey  all  codemned  him, 
 that  he  was  giltie  of  death.  Then  beganne 
 there  some  to  spyt  vpo  him,  and  to  couer  his 
 face,  and  to  smyte  him  with  fistes,  and  to  saye 
 vnto  him  Prophecie  vnto  vs.  '  And  the  ser- 
 uauntes smote  him  on  the  face. 
 
 '  And  Peter  was  beneth  in  y  palace.  The 
 came  one  of  the  wenches  of  the  hye  prest : 
 And  wha  she  sawe  Peter  warmynge  him,  she 
 loked  vpo  hi,  and  sayde :  And  thou  wast  with 
 lesus  of  Nazareth  also.  But  he  denyed,  g' 
 sayde :  I  knowe  him  not,  nether  can  I  tell 
 what  thou  sayest.  And  he  wente  out  in  to 
 the  fore  courte,  and  the  cock  crew.  And  a 
 damseU  sawe  him,  and  beganne  agayne  to 
 saye  vnto  them  that  stode  by :  This  is  one  of 
 them.  And  he  denyed  it  agayne.  And  after 
 a  litle  whyle  they  y  stode  by,  sayde  agayne 
 vnto  him  :  Of  a  trueth  thou  art  one  of  them 
 for  thou  art  a  Galilean,  and  thy  speach 
 soundeth  euen  alike.  But  he  begane  to  curse 
 and  sweare :  I  knowe  not  the  man,  that  ye 
 speake  of.  And  the  cock  crew  agayne.  Then 
 thought  Peter  vpon  the  worde,  that  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  him :  t  Before  ^y'  cock  crow  two 
 tymes,  thou  shalt  denye  me  thryse.  And  he 
 beganne  to  wepe. 
 
 Cljt  rb.  (fl^apttr. 
 
 AND  soone  in  the  mornynge  the  hye 
 prestes  helde  a  councell  with  the  elders 
 and  scrybes  and  the  whole  councell,'  5  bounde 
 lesus,  and  led  him  awaye,  and  delyuered  him 
 vnto  Pylate.  And  Pylate  axed  him :  Art 
 thou  the  kynge  of  the  lewes  ?  He  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Thou  sayest  it.  And 
 the  hye  prestes  accused  him  sore.  But  Pylate 
 axed  him  agayne,  and  sayde :  Answerest  thou 
 nothinge  ?    Beholde,  how  sore  they  laye  to 
 
 '  3  Re.  22.  d.      lob  16.  b.  *  Mat.  26.  g.     Luc.  22.  d. 
 
 loha.  18.  b.         t  Marc.  14.  d.         '  PsaL  2.  a.    Mat.  27.  a. 
 Luc.  23.  a.     loha.  18.  d.    Mat.  27.  b. 
 
jfo.  Ihi. 
 
 Cl)r  goeprU  of  ^.  iBarki-. 
 
 Cftap.  rh. 
 
 thy  charge.  Neuertheles  lesus  answered  no 
 more,  in  so  moch  y  Pylate  marueyled. 
 
 "At  that  feast  of  Easter  he  was  wonte  to 
 delyuer  vnto  them  a  presoner,  whom  so  euer 
 they  wolde  desyre.  There  was  I  preson  with 
 the  sedicious,  one  called  Barrabas,  which  in 
 the  vproure  had  committed  murthur.  And 
 the  people  wente  vp,  and  prayed  him,  that  he 
 wolde  do,  as  he  was  wonte.  Pylate  answered 
 them :  wyl  ye  that  I  geue  lowse  vnto  you  the 
 kynge  of  the  lewes  ?  For  he  knew,  that  y 
 hye  prestes  had  delyuered  him  of  envye.  But 
 the  hye  prestes  moued  y  people,*  that  he 
 shulde  rather  geue  Barrabas  lowse  ^aito  them. 
 
 Pylate  answered  agayne,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  '  What  wil  ye  the  that  I  do  vnto  him, 
 whom  ye  accuse  to  be  kynge  of  the  lewes? 
 They  cried  agajTie :  Crucifie  hi.  Pylate 
 sayde  Mnto  the :  What  euell  hath  he  done  ? 
 But  they  cried  yet  moch  more  :  Crucifie  him. 
 So  Pylate  thought  to  satisfie  the  people,  and 
 gaue  Barrabas  lowse  vnto  them,  and  delyuered 
 the  lesus,  to  be  scourged  n,  crucified. 
 
 And  the  soudyers  led  him  in  to  the  como 
 hall,  and  called  the  whole  multitude  together, 
 and  clothed  him  with  purple,  and  plated  a 
 crowne  of  thorne,  and  crowned  him  withall, 
 and  beganne  to  salute  him :  Hayle  kynge  of 
 the  lewes.  And  smote  him  vpon  the  heade 
 \vith  a  rede,  and  spytted  vpo  him,  and  fell 
 vpo  the  kne,  (t  worshipped  him.  'And  wha 
 they  had  mocked  him,  they  toke  y  purple  of 
 him,  and  put  his  clothes  vpon  him,  5  led  him 
 out,  that  they  might  crucifye  him. 
 
 And  they  compelled  one  that  passed  by, 
 called  Symon  of  Cyren  (which  came  from  the 
 felde, ''  and  was  the  father  of  Alexander  and 
 RufFus)  to  beare  his  crosse.  And  they 
 brought  him  to  the  place  Golgatha,  which  is 
 by  interpretacion :  a  place  of  deed  mens 
 skulles.  And  they  gaue  him  wyne  myxted 
 with  myrre,  to  dr}Tike,  (t  he  toke  it  not.  And 
 whan  they  had  crucified  him,  they  parted  his 
 garmetes,*  tl  cast  lottes  therfore,  what  euery 
 one  shulde  take.  And  it  was  aboute  y  thirde 
 houre,  5  they  crucified  him.  And  the  tytle  of 
 his  cause  was  wrytte  ouer  aboue  him  (namely:) 
 The  kynge  of  the  lewes.  And  they  crucified 
 him  with  two  murthurers,  one  at  y  right 
 hande,  and  one  at  the  left.     Then  was  the 
 
 J  i^^lL^-  ^-     '  '^'"-  -''•  c.      '  Mat.  27.  c.  Luc.  23.  b. 
 
 Mat.  27.  d.  loha.  19.  a.  '  lolia.  19.  b.  /  Mat.  27.  d. 
 r1?'    .,°V  *  P^"'-  21-  b.     Mat.  27.  d.     loha.  19.  c. 
 
 Eaa.  53.  b.    Marc.  14.  f.  i  Mat.  27.  e.    Luc.  23.  d. 
 
 scrypture  fulfilled,  which  sayeth :  ''  He  was 
 couted  amonge  the  euell  doers. 
 
 'And  they  that  wete  by,  reuyled  him,  and 
 wagged  their  heades,  and  sayde :  Fye  vpon 
 the,  how  goodly  breakest  thou  downe  f  teple, 
 a,  buyldest  it  agayne  in  thre  dayes  ?  Helpe 
 thy  self  now,  ri  come  downne  fro  the  crosse. 
 The  hye  prestes  also  in  like  maner  laughed 
 him  to  scorne  amonge  the  selues,  with  the 
 scrybes,  (t  sayde :  He  hath  helped  other,  him- 
 self can  he  not  helpe.  Yf  he  be  Christ  and 
 y  kynge  of  Israel,  let  him  come  downe  now 
 fro  the  crosse,  y  we  maye  se  it,  5  beleue. 
 And  they  y  were  crucified  with  hi,  checked 
 hi  also. 
 
 And  wha  it  was  aboute  the  sixte  houre, 
 there  was  a  darcknesse  ouer  the  whole  lode,* 
 tyll  aboute  y  nyenth  houre.  And  aboute  y 
 nyenth  houre  lesus  cried  loude,  and  sayde : 
 Eli,  Eli,  lamma  asabthani?  which  is  inter- 
 preted: My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou 
 forsaken  me?'  And  some  that  stode  by, 
 whan  they  herde  y,  they  sayde  :  Beholde,  he 
 calleth  Elias.  '"  Then  rane  there  one,  j  fylled 
 a  spoge  with  vyneger,  5  stickte  it  vpo  a  rede, 
 I  gaue  hi  to  drynke,  5  sayde  :  Holde  styll,  let 
 se,  whether  Elias  wil  come,  and  take  him 
 do-ivne.  But  lesus  cried  loude,  and  gaue  vp 
 the  goost.  And  the  vale  of  the  teple  rent  in 
 two  peces,  from  aboue  tyll  beneth. 
 
 The  captayne  that  stode  thereby  ouer 
 agaynst  him,  "whan  he  sawe  y  he  gaue  vp  the 
 goost  with  soch  a  crye,  he  sayde :  Verely  this 
 man  was  Gods  sonne. 
 
 And  there  were  wemen  there  also,  which 
 behelde  this  afarre  of,"  amoge  who  was  Mary 
 Magdalene,  %  Mary  of  lames  f  litle,  j  the 
 mother  of  loses,  5  Salome,  which  had  folowed 
 him  wha  he  was  in  Galile,  and  mpiistred 
 vnto  hi :  5  many  other  y  wete  vp  with  hi  to 
 Jerusalem.  And  at  euen''  (for  so  moch  as  it 
 was  the  daye  of  preparinge,  wiiich  is  the  fore 
 Sabbath)  there  came  one  Joseph  of  Arimathia, 
 a  worshipful!  Senatoure  (which  loked  also  for 
 the  kyngdome  of  God)  5  wete  in  boldely  vnto 
 Pilate,  (t  axed  y  body  of  lesus.  But  Pylate 
 marueyled  y  he  was  deed  all  ready,  5  called  f 
 captayne,  (i  axed  hi,  whether  he  had  loge  bene 
 deed.  And  wha  he  had  gotten  knowlege  of 
 the  captayne,  he  gaue  Joseph  y  body.     And 
 
 *  Mat.  27.6.  Luc.  23.  d.  '  Psal.  21.  a 
 loh.  19.  c.  "  Mat.  27.  f.  Luc.  23.  e. 
 P  Mat.  27.  s.     Luc.  23.  e.     loha.  19.  d. 
 
 "  Mat.  27.  e. 
 •  loha.  19.  c. 
 
C6ap»  )rbu 
 
 Ci)e  50£(peU  of  ^.  iHaiit^* 
 
 Jfo.  Ibij, 
 
 he  bought  a  lynne  cloth,  %  toke  him  downe,  (j 
 wrapped  hi  in  f  lyiine  clothe,  5  layed  him  in 
 a  sepulcre,  which  was  hewe  out  of  a  rocke,  5 
 rolled  a  stone  before  y  dore  of  y  sepulcre. 
 "But  Mary  Magdalene  and  Mary  loses  be- 
 helde,  where  he  was  layed. 
 
 Cijc  fbi.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  whan  the  Sabbath  was  past,''  Mai-y 
 Magdalene,  5  Mary  lames,  and  Salome, 
 bought  spyces,  y  they  might  come,  5  anoynte 
 hi.  And  they  came  to  the  sepulcre  vpo  a 
 daye  of  f  Sabbathes  very  early,  wha  y  Sonne 
 arose,  j  sayde  one  to  another :  Who  shal  roUe 
 vs  y  stone  fro  f  dore  of  the  sepulcre  ?  And 
 whan  they  loked,  they  sawe,  that  the  stone 
 was  rolled  awaye :  for  it  was  a  very  greate 
 one.  And  they  wente  in  to  the  sepulcre,  and 
 on  the  right  hande  they  sawe  a  yonge  man 
 syttinge,  which  had  a  longe  whyte  garmet 
 vpon  him,  and  they  were  abaszhed.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  the  :  Be  not  ye  afrayed,  ye  seke 
 lesus  of  Nazareth  which  was  crucified:  he  is 
 rysen,  he  is  not  here.  Beholde,  f  place, 
 where  they  layed  him.  But  go  ye  youre 
 waye,  and  tell  his  disciples  and  Peter,  that  he 
 wil  go  before  you  in  to  Galile,'  there  shal  ye 
 se  him*  as  he  sayde  vnto  you.  And  they 
 wente  forth  in  all  the  haist,  and  fled  from 
 the  sepulcre :  for  there  was  a  tremblynge 
 5  feare  come  vpon  them,  nether  sayde 
 they  eny  thinge  to  eny  man,  for  they  were 
 afrayed. 
 
 "  Mat.  27.  g.  '  Jlat.  28.  a.  Luc.  24.  a.  loha.  20.  a. 
 '  Act.  1.  a.  *  Mar.  14.  d.  ''  Mat.  28.  a.  Luc.  24.  a. 
 1  Cor.  15.  a.  «  Luc.  24.  b.  /  Luc.  24.  c. 
 
 ''But  lesus,  whan  he  was  rysen  vp  early 
 vpo  the  first  daye  of  the  Sabbathes,  he 
 appeared  first  vnto  Mary  Magdalene,  out  of 
 whom  he  had  cast  out  seuen  deuels.  And 
 she  wute  and  tolde  the  that  were  with  him, 
 as  they  mourned  and  wepte.  And  whan  they 
 herde  that  he  lyued,  and  had  appeared  vnto 
 her,  they  beleued  it  not.  After  warde  as  two 
 of  the  were  walkynge,  he  shewed  himself 
 vnder  another  figure,"  whan  they  were  goynge 
 vpon  the  felde.  And  they  wente,  and  tolde 
 the  other :  these  they  beleued  not  also. 
 
 ■•^At  the  last,  as  the  eleuen  sat  at  the  table, 
 he  shewed  him  self  vnto  them,  and  rebuked 
 their  vnbeleue,  and  y  hardnesse  of  their  hert, 
 because  they  beleued  not  the  which  had  sene 
 him  rysen.  And  he  sayde  vnto  them:  '^Go 
 ye  youre  waye  in  to  all  the  worlde,  and  preach 
 the  gospell  vnto  all  creatures.  Who  so  be- 
 leueth  and  is  baptysed,  shalbe  saued :  but  who 
 so  beleueth  not,  shalbe  damned. 
 
 As  for  the  tokens,  which  shal  folowe  the 
 that  beleue,  these  are  they :  '''  In  my  name 
 shal  they  cast  out  deuyls  :  t  Speake  with  new 
 tunges  :  Dryue  awaye  serpetes :  And  yf  they 
 drynke  eny  deedly  thinge,  it  shal  not  hurte 
 them  :  t  They  shal  laye  their  handes  vpo  the 
 sicke,  and  they  shal  recouer. 
 
 And  the  LORDE,  after  that  he  had  spoken 
 vnto  them,  was  taken  vp  in  to  heauen,  and 
 sytteth  at  the  right  hade  of  God.  And  they 
 wente  out,  and  preached  euery  where.  And 
 the  LORDE  wrought  with  them,  and  con- 
 firmed the  worde  with  tokens  folowynge. 
 
 s  Mat.  28.  c.  loha.  20.  e.      '•  Act.  5.  b.  8.  a.  16.  c.  19.  a. 
 t  Act.  2.  a.     Luc.  10.  b.     Act.  28.  a.  f  Act.  14.  b. 
 
 and  28.  a.     Luc.  24.  d.     Act.  1.  b.  and  7.  s. 
 
 €\)t  tviat  of  tf)e  sosipeU  of  ^.  iMarke, 
 
Z^t  QOQ^cll  of  S:.  JLnkt. 
 
 Wif)Bt  ^.  Hufee  wntepnetK)* 
 
 Ci^ap- 
 
 The  cocepcion  and  byrth  of  Ihon  the  baptist. 
 The  concepcion  of  Christ.     The  thakful  songes 
 
 Itie  concepcion  oi  y^nua 
 of  Mary,  and  Zachary. 
 
 Ci^ap.   II. 
 
 The  byrth  5  circucision  of  Christ.  How  he  was 
 receaued  in  to  the  teple,  how  Symeon  and 
 Anna  prophecie  of  him,  and  how  he  was 
 founds  in  the  teple  araoge  the  doctours 
 
 Cliap.   III. 
 The  preachinge,  baptyme,   and   presonment  of 
 Ihon.    The  baptyme  of  Christ,  and  a  rehearsall 
 of  the  generacion  of  the  fathers. 
 
 C^ap.  IIII 
 
 lesus  is  led  m  to  the  wyldernesse,  5  fasteth  all 
 the  tyme  of  his  temptacion,  ouercometh  the 
 deuell,  goeth  in  to  Galilee,  preacheth  at 
 Nazareth  and  Caphernaii :  the  Iewes_  despyse 
 him,  the  deuels  knowlege  him  :  he  coraeth  in 
 to  Peters  house,  healeth  his  mother  in  lawe 
 and  doth  greate  miracles. 
 
 Ci)ap.  V. 
 
 Christ  preacheth  in  the  shippe:  The  disciples 
 forsake  all,  and  folowe  him.  He  clenseth  the 
 leper,  healeth  the  man  of  the  palsye,  calleth 
 Mathew  the  customer,  and  eateth  with  open 
 synners. 
 
 €i)ap.  VI. 
 
 He  excuseth  the  disciples,  that  plucke  the  eares  of 
 come,  he  healeth  the  man  with  the  wythred 
 hande,  choseth  his  twolue  Apostles,  maketh  a 
 swete  sermon,  and  teacheth  to  do  good  for 
 euell. 
 
 C{)ap.   VII. 
 
 He  healeth  the  captaynes  seruaunt,  rayseth  vp 
 the  wyddowes  sonne  from  death  to  life,  en- 
 fourmeth  the  disciples  whom  Ihon  baptist 
 sent  vnto  him,  commendeth  Ihon,  and  re- 
 proueth  the  lewes  for  their  vnthankfulnesse. 
 He  eateth  with  the  pharisee.  The  woman 
 waszheth  his  fete  with  hir  teares,  and  he  for- 
 geueth  her  hir  synnes. 
 
 CI)ap.  VIII. 
 
 Christ  with  his  apostles  goeth  fro  towne  to 
 towne  and  preacheth,  sheweth  the  parable  of 
 the  sede,  telleth  who  is  his  mother  and  his 
 brother,  stilleth  the  raginge  of  the  see, 
 delyuereth  the  possessed,  and  dryueth  the 
 deuels  in  to  the  heerde  of  swyne,  helpeth  the 
 sick  woman  and  lairus  daughter. 
 
 Ci&ap.  IX. 
 
 He  sendeth  out  the  twolue  Apostles  to  preach, 
 Herode  heareth  tell  of  hi.  He  fedeth  fyue 
 thousande  men  with  fyue  loaues  and  two  fishes, 
 the  disciples  confesse  him  to  be  the  sonne  of 
 God,  he  transfigureth  himself  vpon  the  mount, 
 delyuereth  the  possessed,  and  teacheth  his  dis- 
 ciples to  be  lowly.  They  desyre  vegeaunce, 
 but  he  reproueth  them. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X. 
 
 He  sendeth  the  seuentye  before  him  for  to  preach, 
 and  geueth  the  a  charge  how  to  behaue  them 
 selues,  prayseth  his  heauenly  father,  answereth 
 the  scrybe  that  tempted  him,  and  (by  the  ex- 
 ample of  the  Samaritane)  sheweth  who  is  a 
 mas  neghbour.  Martha  receaueth  the  LORDE 
 in  to  hir  house,  Mary  Magdalene  is  feruent  in 
 hearinge  his  worde. 
 
€l)t  gosijpell  of  ^,  Mkt, 
 
 €^ap.  XI. 
 
 He  teacheth  his  disciples  to  praye,  dryueth  out  a 
 deuel,  and  rebuketh  the  blasphemous  pharises. 
 They  requyre  sygnes  and  tokens.  He  eateth 
 with  the  pharisee,  and  reproueth  the  ypocrisy 
 of  the  pharises,  scrybes  and  ypocrites. 
 
 Cijap.  xn. 
 
 The  leuen  of  the  pharises  Christ  conforteth  his 
 disciples  agaynst  persecucion,  warneth  them  to 
 bewarre  of  cuvetousnesse,  by  the  syniilitude  of 
 a  certayne  rich  man  :  he  wyll  not  haue  them 
 to  hange  vpo  earthly  thinges,  but  to  watch  and 
 to  be  ready  agaynst  his  commynge. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIII. 
 
 Of  the  Galileans  whom  Pilate  slew  and  of  those 
 that  dyed  in  Syloe.  The  symilitude  of  the 
 fyge  tre.  Christ  healeth  the  sicke  woman.  The 
 parable  of  the  mustarde  sede  and  leuen.  Few 
 entre  in  to  the  kyngdome.  Christ  reproueth 
 Herode  and  lerusalem. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIIII. 
 
 lesus  eateth  with  the  pharisee,  healeth  the 
 dropsye  vpon  the  Sabbath,  teacheth  to  be 
 lowly,  telleth  of  the  greate  supper,  and 
 warneth  them  that  wyll  folowe  him,  to  laye 
 their  accomptes  before,  what  it  wyll  cost  the. 
 The  salt  of  the  earth. 
 
 Cljap.   XV. 
 
 The  louynge  mercy  of  God  openly  set  forth  in  the 
 parable  of  the  hundreth  shape,  and  of  the 
 Sonne  that  was  lost. 
 
 Cijap.    XVI. 
 
 The  parable  of  the  wicked  Mammon.  Not  one 
 title  of  Gods  worde  shal  perish.  Of  the  rich 
 man,  and  of  poore  Lazarus. 
 
 Cf)ap.   XVII. 
 
 Christ  teacheth  his  disciples  to  avoyde  occasions 
 of  euell,  one  to  forgeue  another,  stedfastly  to 
 trust  in  God,  and  no  man  to  presume  in  his 
 owne  workes.  He  healeth  the  ten  lepers, 
 speaketh  of  the  latter  dayes,  and  of  the  ende 
 of  the  worlde. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XVIII. 
 
 He  teacheth  to  be  feruet  in  prayer  cotinually. 
 Of  the  pharisee  and  the  publican.  The  kyng- 
 dome of  God  belongeth  vnto  childre.  Christ 
 answereth  the  ruler,  and  promiseth  rewarde 
 vnto  all  soch  as  suifre  losse  for  his  sake  and 
 folowe  him.  The  blynde  ma  is  restored  to  his 
 sight. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIX. 
 
 Of  Zacheus,  and  the  ten  seruauntes  to  who  the 
 ten  taletes  were  delyuered.  Christ  rydeth  to 
 lerusalem,  and  wepeth  ouer  it. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XX. 
 
 They  axe  Christ  one  questyon,  and  he  axeth  them 
 another.  The  parable  of  the  vynyarde.  Of 
 tribute  to  be  geue  vnto  the  Emperoure,  5  how 
 Christ  stoppeth  the  mouthes  of  the  Saducees. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XXI. 
 
 Christ  commendeth  the  poore  wyddow,  telleth  of 
 the  destruccion  of  lerusalem,  of  false  teachers, 
 of  the  tokes  and  troubles  for  to  come,  of  the 
 ende  of  the  worlde,  and  of  his  owne  cornmynge. 
 
 Cijap.   XXII 
 
 Christ  is  betrayed,  they  eate  the  easter  lambe. 
 The  institucion  of  the  sacramet.  They  stryue 
 who  shalbe  greatest,  he  reproueth  them  :  He 
 prayeth  thre  tymes  vpon  the  mount.  They 
 take  him  and  bringe  him  to  the  hye  prestes 
 house :  Peter  denyeth  him  thryse,  and  they 
 bringe  him  before  the  councell. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIII. 
 
 lesus  is  brought  before  Pilate  and  Herode.  The 
 weme  make  lametacion  for  him.  He  prayeth 
 for  his  enemies,  forgeueth  the  synner  vpon  his 
 right  hande,  dyeth  on  the  crosse,  and  is  buried. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXIIII. 
 
 The  wemen  come  to  the  graue,  Christ  apeareth 
 vnto  the  two  disciples  that  go  towarde  Emaus, 
 stondeth  in  the  myddest  of  all  his  disciples, 
 openeth  their  vnderstondinge  in  the  scriptures, 
 geueth  them  a  charge,  and  ascendeth  vp  in  to 
 heauen. 
 
m)c  goopdl  of  ^.  aufec. 
 
 €\)t  prologf  of  ^.  ilufet. 
 
 FOR  so  mocli  as  many  haue  taken  in 
 hande,  to  set  forth  y  wordes  of  the  aetes 
 that  are  come  to  passe  amonge  vs,  like  as  they 
 delyuered  the  vnto  vs,  which  from  the  be- 
 gynnynge  sawe  them  their  selues,  and  were 
 mviiisters  of  the  worde,  I  thought  it  good 
 (after  that  I  had  dihgently  searched  out  all 
 from  the  begynnynge)  to  wiyte  the  same 
 orderly  vnto  the  (good  Theophilus)  that  thou 
 mightest  knowe  the  certete  of  y  wordes, 
 wherof  thou  art  infourmed. 
 
 €i)£  first  Cijaptn-. 
 
 IN  the  tyme  of  Herode  kynge  of  lewry, 
 there  was  a  prest  named  Zachary  of  the 
 course  of  Abia:  and  his  wife  of  the  doughters 
 of  Aaron,  j  hir  name  Elizabeth.  They  were 
 both  righteous  before  God,  and  walked  in  aU 
 the  commaundementes  and  statutes  of  the 
 LORDE  vnreproueably.  And  they  had  no 
 childe,  for  Elizabeth  was  baren,  and  they 
 were  both  well  stricken  in  age. 
 
 And  it  came  to  passe  as  he  executed  the 
 prestes  office  before  God  whan  his  course 
 came  (acordinge  to  the  custome  of  the  prest- 
 hode)  it  fell  to  his  lott  to  burne  incense.  And 
 the  wente  in  to  the  temple  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  the  whole  multitude  of  the  people  was 
 without  in  prayer,  whyle  the  incense  was 
 aburnynge.  And  the  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 appeared  vnto  him,  and  stode  on  the  right 
 syde  of  the  altare  of  incese.  And  whan 
 Zachary  sawe  him,  he  was  abaszhed,  5  there 
 came  a  feare  vpon  him. 
 
 But  the  angell  sayde  vnto  him :  Feare  not 
 Zachary,  for  thy  prayer  is  herde.     And  thy 
 
 •1  l'...25.b. 
 Matt.  II.  h. 
 
 t  Exo.  30.  b.  Heb.  9.  a.         {  Mala.  3.  d. 
 'Gen.  17.  c.  and  18. b.     ludic.  13.  b. 
 
 wife  Elizabeth  shal  beare  the  a  sonne,  whose 
 name  thou  shalt  call  Ihon,  5  thou  shalt  haue 
 ioye  and  gladnesse :  and  many  shal  reioyce  at 
 his  byrth,  for  he  shal  be  greate  before  the 
 LORDE.  Wyne  and  stronge  drynke  shal  he 
 not  drynke.  And  he  shalbe  fylled  with  the 
 holy  goost,  euen  in  his  mothers  wombe.  And 
 many  of  the  children  of  Israel  shal  he  turne 
 vnto  the  LORDE  their  God.  And  he  shal 
 go  before  him  in  the  sprete  and  power  of 
 t  Elias,  to  turne  the  hertes  of  f  fathers  vnto 
 the  children,  and  the  vnfaithfull  vnto  the 
 wyszdome  of  the  righteous,  to  make  the  people 
 ready  for  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  Zachary  sayde  vnto  the  Angel: 
 "  Wherby  shal  I  knowe  this  ?  For  I  am  olde, 
 and  my  wife  well  stricken  in  age.  The  angell 
 answered,  and  sayde  ^Tito  him :  I  am  Gabriell 
 that  stonde  before  God,  and  am  sent  to  speake 
 vnto  the,  and  to  shewe  the  these  glad  tydinges. 
 And  beholde,  thou  shalt  be  domme,  and  not 
 able  to  speake,  vn  tyll  the  daye  that  this  come 
 to  passe,  because  thou  hast  §  not  beleued  my 
 wordes,  which  shalbe  fulfylled  in  their  season. 
 
 And  the  people  wayted  for  Zachary,  and 
 marueyled,  that  he  taried  so  longe  in  the 
 teple.  And  wha  he  wete  out,  he  coude  not 
 speake  vnto  them.  And  they  perceaued,  that 
 he  had  sene  a  vision  in  the  teple.  And  he 
 beckened  vnto  them,  and  remayned  speach- 
 lesse. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  wha  the  tpne  of  his  office 
 was  out,  he  wente  home  in  to  his  house. 
 And  after  those  dayes  Elizabeth  his  wife 
 conceaued,  and  hyd  hir  self  fyue  monethes,  5 
 sayde:  Thus  hath  y  LORDE  done  vnto  me 
 in  y  dayes,  wherin  he  hath  loked  vpo  me,  to 
 take  awaye  fro  me  my  rebuke  amoge  men. 
 
ICftap.  i. 
 
 Cfte  gosfprll  of  ^.  aufer. 
 
 Jfo.  Ivu 
 
 "  And  in  the  sixte  moneth  was  the  angell 
 Gabriel  sent  from  God  in  to  a  cite  of  Galile, 
 called  Nazareth,  vnto  a  virgin  that  was  spoused 
 vnto  a  man,  whose  name  was  Joseph,  of  the 
 house  of  Dauid,  and  the  virgins  name  was 
 Mary.  And  the  angell  came  in  vnto  her,  and 
 sayde :  Hayle  thou  full  of  grace,  the  LORDE 
 is  with  the :  blessed  art  thou  amonge  wemen. 
 
 Wha  she  sawe  him,  she  was  abaszhed  at 
 his  sayenge,  and  thought :  What  maner  of 
 salutacion  is  this  ?  And  the  angell  sayde  vnto 
 her :  '  Feare  not  Mary,  for  thou  hast  foude 
 grace  with  God.  Beholde,  thou  shalt  coceaue 
 in  thy  wobe,  (j  beare  a  sonne*  a  shalt  call 
 his  name  lesus  :  he  shalbe  greate,  5  shalbe 
 called  f  Sonne  of  the  Hyest.  And  the 
 LORDE  God  shal  geue  him  ;y'  seate  of 
 Dauid  his  father,"  5  he  shal  be  kinge  ouer  y 
 house  of  lacob  for  euert  j  there  shalbe  no 
 ende  of  his  kyngdome.  Then  sayde  Mary 
 vnto  the  angell :  How  shal  this  be,  seinge  I 
 knowe  not  a  ma  ?  The  angell  answered,  j 
 sayde  \Tito  her :  The  holy  goost  shal  come 
 vpon  the,  g  the  power  of  the  Hyest  shal  ouer- 
 shadowe  the.  Therfore  that  Holy  also  which 
 shalbe  borne  (of  the)  shalbe  called  the  sonne 
 of  God.  And  beholde,  thy  cosen  Elizabeth 
 she  also  hath  coceaued  a  sonne  in  hir  olde 
 age,  (J  this  is  the  sixte  moneth  of  her,  which 
 is  reported  to  be  baren  :  t  for  with  God  is 
 nothinge  vnpossyble.  And  Mary  sayde  :  Be- 
 holde, here  am  I  the  handmayde  of  the 
 LORDE  :  be  it  vnto  me,  as  thou  hast  sayde. 
 And  the  angell  departed  fr5  her. 
 
 And  Mary  arose  in  those  dayes,  and  wente 
 in  to  the  moutaynes  with  haist,  into  §f  cite 
 of  lewry,  and  came  in  to  y  house  of  Zachary, 
 and  saluted  Elizabeth.  And  it  fortuned  as 
 Elizabeth  herde  the  salutacion  of  Mary,  the 
 babe  sprange  in  hir  wombe.  And  Elizabeth 
 was  fylled  with  the  holy  goost,  (s  cried  loude, 
 and  sayde :  Blessed  art  thou  amoge  wemen, 
 and  blessed  is  the  frute  of  thy  wombe.  And 
 how  happeneth  this  to  me,  that  f  mother  of 
 my  LORDE  commeth  vnto  me .''  Beholde, 
 whan  I  herde  the  voyce  of  thy  salutacion,  the 
 babe  sprange  in  my  wombe  with  ioye,  And 
 blessed  art  thou  that  hast  beleued,  for  f 
 thinges  shalbe  perfourmed,  which  were  tolde 
 y  fro  y  LORDE.     And  Mary  sayde : 
 
 »  Mat.  1.  c.  'Esa.  7.  c.     Mat.  1.  c.  *Luc.2.c. 
 
 'Esa.  9.  b.  tDan.  7.  d.     Mich. 4. b.     Heb.  l.b. 
 
 }  Mar.  9.  c.     Luc.  18.  c.  §  lerusale.        ■*  Esa.  61.  b. 
 
 ''My  soule  magnifieth  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  my  sprete  reioyseth  i  God  my  Sa- 
 uioure. 
 
 For  he  hath  loked  vpo  the  lowe  degre  of 
 his  hande  mayde.  Beholde,  fro  hence  forth 
 shal  all  generacions  call  me  blessed. 
 
 For  he  that  is  Mightie,  hath  done  greate 
 thinges  vnto  me,  and  holy  is  his  name. 
 
 And  his  mercy  endureth  thorow  out  all 
 generacions,  vpon  them  that  feare  him. 
 
 He  sheweth  strength  with  his  arme,  and 
 scatreth  them  that  are  proude  in  the  ymagi- 
 nacion  of  their  hert. 
 
 "He  putteth  downe  the  mightie  from  the 
 seate,  and  exalteth  them  of  lowe  degre. 
 
 He  fylleth  the  hongrie  with  good  thinges, 
 and  letteth  the  riche  go  emptye. 
 
 He  remebreth  mercy,  and  helpeth  vp  his 
 seruaunt  Israel. 
 
 Euen  as  he  promysed  vnto  oure  fathers. 
 II  Abraham  and  to  his  sede  for  euer. 
 
 And  Mary  abode  with  her  aboute  thre 
 monethes,  and  then  returned  home  agayne. 
 
 And  Elizabethes  tyme  was  come,  that  she 
 shulde  be  delyuered,  5  she  brought  forth  a 
 sonne.  And  hir  neghbours  and  kynsfolkes 
 herde,  y  the  LORDE  had  shewed  greate 
 mercy  vpo  her,  5  they  reioysed  with  her.  And 
 it  fortuned  vpon  the  eight  daye,-'^  they  came  to 
 circumcyse  y  childe,  and  called  him  Zachary 
 after  his  father:  And  his  mother  answered, 
 and  sayde :  No,  but  he  shalbe  called  Ihon. 
 And  they  sayde  vnto  her :  There  is  none  in 
 thy  kynne,  y  is  so  called.  And  they  made 
 signes  vnto  his  father,  how  he  wolde  haue  him 
 called.  And  he  axed  for  wrytinge  tables, 
 wrote  5  sayde:  His  name  is  Ihon.  And  they 
 marueyled  all.  And  immediatly  was  his  mouth 
 and  his  toge  opened,  and  he  spake,  5  praysed 
 God.  And  there  came  a  feare  vpon  all  their 
 neghbours.  And  all  this  acte  was  noysed 
 abrode  thorow  out  all  the  hill  countre  of 
 lewry :  And  all  they  y  herde  therof,  toke  it 
 to  hert,  and  sayde  :  What  maner  of  man  wil 
 this  childe  be?  For  the  hande  of  the  LORDE 
 was  with  him. 
 
 And  Zachary  his  father  was  fylled  with  the 
 holy  goost,  and  prophecied,  and  sayde  : 
 
 Blessed  be  y  LORDE  God  of  Israel,  for 
 he  hath  vysited  and  redemed  his  people. 
 
 '  1  Reg.  2.  a.     Eccli.  10.  c.  |{  Gen.  22.  c.        /  Gen. 
 
 17.  b.    Leui.  12.  a. 
 
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 And  hath  set  vp  an  *  home  of  saluacion  in 
 the  house  of  his  seruaunt  Dauid. 
 
 Euen  as  he  promysed  afore  tyme,  by  the 
 mouth  of  his  holy  prophetes. 
 
 That  he  wolde  delyuer  vs  fro  cure  enemies, 
 5  from  f  hande  of  all  soch  as  hate  vs. 
 
 And  y  he  wolde  shewe  mercy  vnto  oure 
 fathers,  5  thynke  vpo  his  ♦  holy  couenaut. 
 
 Euen  the  ooth  y  he  sware  vnto  oure  father 
 Abraham,  for  to  geue  vs. 
 
 t  That  we  delyuered  out  of  y  hade  of  oure 
 enemies,  might  serue  him  without  feare  all 
 the  dayes  of  oure  life,  in  soch  holynes  and 
 righteousnes  as  is  accepte  before  him. 
 
 And  thou  childe  shalt  be  called  a  prophet 
 of  the  Hyest:  for  thou  shalt  go  before  y 
 LOKDE,  to  prepare  his  wayes. 
 
 And  to  geue  knowlege  of  saluacion  vnto 
 his  people,  for  the  remyssion  of  their  synnes. 
 
 Thorow  the  tender  mercy  of  oure  God, 
 wherby  the  daye  sprynge  from  an  hye  hath 
 vysited  vs. 
 
 That  he  might  geue  light  vnto  them  y  syt 
 in  darcknesse  and  shadowe  of  death,  and  to 
 gyde  oure  fete  in  to  the  waye  of  peace. 
 
 And  the  childe  grew,  and  waxed  stronge 
 in  sprete,  and  was  in  the  wyldernes,  tyll  the 
 tyme  that  he  shulde  shewe  him  self  vnto  the 
 people  of  Israel. 
 
 Cf)e  ij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 IT  fortuned  at  the  same  tyme,  that  there 
 wete  out  a  comaundement  fr5  Augustus 
 the  Emperoure,  that  the  whole  worlde  shulde 
 be  taxed.  And  this  taxynge  was  the  first  that 
 was  executed,  whan  Syrenius  was  leftenaunt 
 in  Siria.  And  they  wente  all,  euery  one  to 
 ,his  owne  cite  to  be  taxed.  Then  loseph  gat 
 him  vp  also  fro  GalUe,  out  of  the  cite  of 
 Nazareth,  in  to  lewry,  to  y  cite  of  Dauid,^ 
 which  is  called  Bethleem,  (because  he  was  of 
 f  house  and  lynage  of  Dauid)  that  he  might 
 De  taxed  with  Mary  his  spoused  wife,  which 
 was  with  childe. 
 
 "  And  it  fortuned  whyle  they  were  there,  f 
 tyme  was  come,  that  she  shulde  be  delyuered. 
 And  she  brought  forth  hir  first  begotte  sonne. 
 It  wrapped  him  in  swadUnge  clothes,  and  layed 
 him  in  a  maunger :  for  they  had  els  no 
 rowme  in  the  ynne. 
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 U  1  Reg.  15.  16.  0.  20.  b.        •  Mat.  1.  c.        »  Gen.  17.  b 
 
 herdes  in  the  felde  by  the  foldes,  and  watchinge 
 their  flocke  by  night.  And  beholde,  y  angell 
 of  the  LORDE  stode  by  the,  and  y  brightnes 
 of  the  LORDE  shone  rounde  aboute  them, 
 and  they  were  sore  afrayed.  And  the  angell 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Be  not  afrayed.  Beholde, 
 I  brynge  you  tydiges  of  greate  ioye,  which 
 shall  happen  vnto  all  people :  for  vnto  you 
 this  daye  is  borne  f  Sauioure,  eue  Christ  f 
 LORDE,  in  the  cite  of  Dauid.  And  take  this 
 for  a  token  :  Ye  shal  fynde  the  babe  swadled, 
 and  layed  in  a  maunger.  And  straight  waye 
 there  was  by  the  angell  a  multitude  of  hea- 
 uenly  hoostes,  which  praysed  God,  and  sayde  : 
 Glory  be  vnto  God  an  hye,  j  peace  vpon  earth, 
 and  vnto  men  a  good  wyll. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  wha  the  angels  were  gone  £ 
 from  the  in  to  heaue,  the  shepherdes  sayde 
 one  to  another :  let  vs  go  now  euen  vnto 
 Bethleem,  and  se  this  thinge  that  is  happened, 
 which  f  LORDE  hath  shewed  vnto  vs.  And 
 they  came  with  haist,  5  founde  both  Mary  and 
 loseph,  5  the  babe  layed  in  y  maunger.  And 
 whan  they  had  sene  it,  they  published  abrode 
 the  sayenge,  y  was  tolde  the  of  this  childe. 
 And  all  they  that  herde  it,  wondred  at  the 
 wordes,  which  the  shepherdes  had  tolde  them 
 But  Mary  kepte  all  these  sayenges,  and 
 pondred  them  in  hir  hert.  And  the  shepherdes 
 returned,  praysinge  and  laudinge  God,  for  all 
 that  they  had  herde  and  sene,  euen  as  it  was 
 tolde  them. 
 
 *  And  whan  eight  dayes  were  ended,  that 
 the  childe  shulde  be  circumcysed,  his  name 
 was  called  Iesus,ll  which  was  named  of  f 
 angell,  before  he  was  conceaued  in  his  mothers 
 wombe. 
 
 And  wha  the  dayes  of  their  purificacion 
 'after  the  lawe  of  Moses,  were  come,  they 
 brought  him  to  lerusale,  that  they  might 
 present  him  vnto  the  LORDE  (As  it  is 
 wrytten  in  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE:  t  Euery 
 machilde  that  first  openeth  the  Matrix,  shalbe 
 called  holy  vnto  y  LORDE)  and  that  they 
 might  geue  the  offerynge,  as  it  is  wrytte  in 
 the  lawe  of  the  LORDE  (namely)  a  payre  of 
 turtle  doues,  or  two  yonge  pigeons. 
 
 And  beholde,  there  was  a  man  (at  lerusale) 
 whose  name  was  Symeon,  and  the  same  ma 
 was  iust,  and  feared  God,  and  loged  for  the 
 consolacion  of  Israel,  and  the  holy  goost  was 
 
 II  Luc.  I.e.        '  Leuit.  12.b.  1  Reg.  l.d.       fEio. 
 Num.  8.  c. 
 
ICftap,  iij: 
 
 Cf)c  gosiptU  of  ^,  aufee. 
 
 jTo.  Inij. 
 
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 in  him.  And  an  answere  was  geue  him  of 
 the  holy  goost,  that  he  shukle  not  se  death, 
 before  he  had  sene  f  LORDES  Christ.  And 
 he  came  by  inspiracion  into  the  teple. 
 
 And  whan  the  elders  brought  the  childe 
 lesus  in  to  the  temple,  to  do  for  him  after  f 
 custome  of  the  *  lawe,  then  toke  he  him  vp 
 in  his  armes,  and  praysed  God,  and  sayde : 
 
 LORDE,  now  lettest  thou  thy  seruaiit 
 departe  in  peace,  acordinge  to  thy  promesse. 
 
 For  myne  eyes  haue  sene  thy  Sauioure, 
 wh5  thou  hast  prepared  before  all  people. 
 
 ■  A  light  for  the  lightenynge  of  the  Heythe, 
 5  for  the  prayse  of  thy  people  of  Israel. 
 
 And  his  father  and  mother  marueyled  at 
 the  thinges  that  were  spoke  of  him.  And 
 Symeon  blessed  them,  and  sayde  vnto  Mary 
 his  mother :  Beholde,  this  (childe)  shalbe  set 
 to  a  fall,  and  to  an  vprysinge  agayne  of  many 
 in  Israel,  and  for  a  token,  which  shalbe  spoke 
 agaynst.  And  the  swerde  shal  pearse  thy 
 soule,  that  the  thoughtes  of  many  hertes  maye 
 be  opened. 
 
 And  there  was  a  prophetisse,  one  Anna, 
 the  doughter  of  Phanuel  of  the  trybe  of  Aser, 
 which  was  of  a  greate  age,  and  had  lyued  seuen 
 yeares  with  hir  huszbade  from  hir  virginite,  j 
 had  now  bene  a  wedowe  aboute  foure  score  5 
 foure  yeares,  which  came  neuer  fro  the  teple, 
 seruynge  God  with  fastynge  and  prayenge, 
 daye  and  night :  the  same  came  forth  also  the 
 same  houre,  and  praysed  the  LORDE,  and 
 spake  of  him  vnto  all  that  loked  for  the 
 redempcion  at  lerusalem. 
 
 And  whan  they  had  perfourmed  all  acord- 
 mge  to  the  lawe  of  the  LORDE,  they 
 returned  i  to  GaUle,  to  their  owns  cite 
 Nazareth.  And  the  childe  grewe,  and  wexed 
 stronge  in  sprete,  full  of  wyszdome,  5  the 
 grace  of  God  was  with  him. 
 
 And  his  elders  wente  to  lerusalem  euery 
 yeare  at  the  feast  of  Easter.  And  whan  he 
 was  twolue  yeare  olde,  they  wente  vp  to 
 lerusalem,^  after  the  custome  of  the  feast. 
 And  whan  they  had  fulfilled  the  dayes,  and 
 were  gone  home  agayne,"  the  childe  lesus 
 abode  styU  at  lerusalem.  And  his  elders 
 knewe  it  not,  but  thought  he  had  bene  in  the 
 company,  and  they  came  a  dayes  iourney, 
 and   sought    hi    amoge    their  kynszfolkes   5 
 
 •  Leui.  12.  b.  t  Esa.  49.  b.     Act.  13 
 
 23.  b.  and  34.  c.  "  Leuit.  23.  a. 
 
 Marc.  1.  b.     Luc.  4.  d.  §  loha.  2.  a. 
 
 ).  }  Exo. 
 
 ••  Matt.  7.  c. 
 II  Luc.  9.  c. 
 
 acquataunce.  And  wha  they  founde  him  not, 
 they  wete  agayne  to  lerusale,  and  sought 
 him. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  after  thre  dayes,  y  they 
 founde  him  in  the  temple,  syttinge  amonge 
 the  teachers,  hearynge  the,  and  opposynge 
 them.  *  And  all  they  that  herde  him,  wodred 
 at  his  vnderstondynge  and  answeres.  And 
 whan  they  sawe  him,  they  were  astonnyed. 
 And  his  mother  sayde  vnto  him  :  My  sonne, 
 why  hast  thou  done  this  vnto  vs  ?  Beholde, 
 thy  father  and  I  haue  sought  the  sorowynge. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  J  What  is  it,  that 
 ye  haue  sought  me?  Wyst  ye  not,  y  I  must 
 go  aboute  my  fathers  busynes?  And  they 
 II  vnderstode  not  the  sayenge  y  he  spake  vnto 
 them.  And  he  wente  downe  with  the,  and 
 came  to  Nazareth,  and  was  obediet  vnto  them. 
 And  his  mother  kepte  all  these  wordes  in  hir 
 hert.  And  lesus  increased  in  wyszdome,  age 
 and  fauoure  with  God  and  men. 
 
 djc  ttj.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 IN  the  fiftenth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of 
 Tiberius  the  Emperour.e,  wha  Pontius 
 Pilate  was  leftenaut  in  lewry  If  and  Herode 
 one  of  the  foure  princes  in  Galile,  and  his 
 brother  Philippe  one  of  the  foure  prj-nces  in 
 Iturea,  5  in  the  coastes  of  Traconites,  and 
 Lysanias  one  of  the  foure  princes  of  Abilene, 
 when  Hannas  and  Caiphas  were  hye  prestes, 
 the  came  f  worde  of  God  vnto  Ihon  the 
 Sonne  of  Zachary  in  the  wyldernes.  And  he 
 came  in  to  all  f  coastes  aboute  lordan,  and 
 preached  the  baptyme  of  repetaunce  for  the 
 remyssion  of  synnes.  As  it  is  wrytte  in  y 
 boke  of  y  sayenges  of  Esaye  the  prophet,' 
 which  sayeth :  The  voyce  of  a  cryer  in  the 
 wyldernes:"'  prepare  the  waye  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  make  his  pathes  straight.  Euery  valley 
 shalbe  fylled,  and  euery  mountayne  5  hyll 
 shalbe  brought  lowe.  And  what  so  is  croked, 
 shalbe  made  straight:  and  what  rough  is, 
 shalbe  made  smooth,  and  all  flesh  shal  se  the 
 Sauioure  of  God. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  the  people,  y  wente 
 out  to  be  baptysed  of  him  :"  Ye  generacion  of 
 vipers,  who  hath  certified  you,  that  ye  shal 
 escape  f  wrath  to  come  ?  Take  hede,  brynge 
 forth  due  frutes  of  repetauce,  5  begynne  not 
 
 and  18.  d.  IT  Luc.  23.  a.  <■  Mat.  3.  a.     Marc.  1. 
 
 loha.  l.b.         •'Esa.  40.  a.         <  Mat.  3.  a. 
 
So,  iri'b. 
 
 Cf)e  goEipfll  of  ^.  S-ukf. 
 
 Cfiap.  iij. 
 
 to  saye:  We  haue  Abraha  to  oure  father.  For 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  God  is  able  of  these  stones  to 
 rayse  vp  children  vnto  Abraham.  The  axe  is 
 put  vnto  the  tre  allready : "  so  that  euery  tre 
 which  bryngeth  not  forth  good  frute,  shalbe 
 hewen  downe,  and  cast  in  to  the  fyre.  And 
 the  people  axed  him,  and  sayde:  *  What  shal 
 we  do  then  ?  He  answered,  j  sayde  vnto  the  : 
 He  that  hath  two  coates,  let  him  parte  with 
 him  y  hath  none :  and  he  that  hath  meate, 
 let  hnn  do  likewyse. 
 
 The  publicans  came  also,  to  be  baptysed 
 and  sayde  \Tito  him :  Master,  what  shal  we 
 do?  He  sayde  vnto  them:  Requyre  nomore, 
 then  is  appoynted  you.  Then  y  soudyours 
 axed  him  like\vyse,  and  sayde :  What  shal  we 
 do  then?  And  he  sayde  vnto  the:  Do  no  man 
 violence  ner  wronge,  and  be  content  with 
 youre  wages. 
 
 But  whan  the  people  were  in  a  doute,  q, 
 thought  all  in  their  hertes,  whether  he  were 
 Christ,  Ihon  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 all :  *  I  baptyse  you  with  water,  but  after  me 
 there  cometh  one  stronger  the  I,  whose  shue 
 lachet  I  am  not  worthy  to  lowse :  t  he  shal 
 baptyse  you  with  the  holy  goost  and  with  fyre. 
 Whose  fanne  is  in  his  hande,  and  he  shal 
 pourge  his  floore,  and  shal  "^  gather  y  wheate 
 in  to  his  barne,  and  shal  burne  the  chatfe  with 
 vnquencheable  fyre.  And  many  other  thynges 
 more  exorted  he,  d  preached  vnto  the  people. 
 
 ''But  Herode  the  Tetrarcha  (wha  he  was 
 rebuked  of  him  because  of  Herodias  his  bro- 
 thers wife,  and  for  all  the  euels  that  Herode 
 dyd)  besydes  all  this  he  layed  Iho  in  preson. 
 
 'And  it  fortuned  whan  all  the  people  re- 
 ceaued  baptyme,  and  whan  lesus  also  was 
 baptysed  and  •prayed,  that  heauen  opened, 
 and  the  holy  goost  came  downe  in  ar  bodely 
 shappe  like  a  doue  vpon  him.  And  out  of 
 heauen  there  came  a  voyce,  which  sayde : 
 Thou  art  my  deare  sonne,  in  who  I  delyte. 
 
 And  lesus  was  aboute  thirtie  yeares  whan 
 he  beganne.     J  And  he   was   taken   for   the 
 Sonne  of  Joseph, -'^  which  was  the  sonne  of  Eli, 
 which  was  the  sonne  of  Mathat. 
 Which  was  the  sonne  of  Leui. 
 Which  was  the  sonne  of  Melchi. 
 Which  was  the  sonne  of  I  anna. 
 Which  was  the  sonne  of  Joseph. 
 Which  was  the  sonne  of  Mathathias. 
 
 ■■  .Mat.  3.  a.  and  7.  b. 
 Marc.  l.a.     loha.  I.e. 
 
 •Act.  2.  d. 
 t  Ezec.  36.  d.e. 
 
 '  Mat.  3.  b. 
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 IESUS  full  of  the  holy  goost,  came  agayne 
 from  lordane,"  and  was  led  of  y  sprete  in 
 to  wyldernes,  (j  fourty  dayes  loge  was  he 
 tepted  of  y  deuell.  *And  in  those  dayes  ate 
 he  nothinge.  And  whan  they  were  ended,  he 
 hongred  afterwarde.  And  the  deuell  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Yf  thou  be  y  sonne  of  God,  c6- 
 maunde  this  stone,  y  it  be  bred.  And  lesus 
 answered  (j  sayde  \aito  hi:  It  is  wrytten: 
 tMan  shal  not  lyue  by  bred  onely,  but  by 
 euery  worde  of  God.  And  y  deuell  toke  him 
 vp  in  to  an  hye  moutayne,  and  shewed  him 
 all  the  kyngdomes  of  y  whole  worlde  in  f 
 twinckelinge  of  an  eye,  j  sayde  vnto  him : 
 All  this  power  wil  I  geue  vnto  the,  and  the 
 glory  therof,  for  it  is  geue  ouer  vnto  me,  and 
 I  geue  it,  to  whom  I  wil.  Yf  thou  now  wilt 
 worshippe  me,  they  shal  all  be  thine.  lesus 
 answered  him,  and  sayde:  Auoyde  fro  me 
 thou  Satan.  It  is  wrytten :  *  Thou  shalt  wor- 
 shippe the  LORDE  thy  God,  and  him  onely 
 shalt  thou  serue. 
 
 And  he  caried  him  to  lerusalem,  and  set 
 him  vpon  a  pynnacle  of  the  temple,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Yf  thou  be  y  sonne  of  God,  cast 
 thy  self  downe  from  hence.  For  it  is  wrytte : 
 He  shal  geue  his  angels  charge  ouer  the,  to 
 kepe  the,''  and  with  their  handes  they  shal 
 holde  the  vp,  that  thou  dashe  not  thy  fote 
 agaynst  a  stone.     And  lesus  answered,  and 
 
 -  Mat.  4.  a.  Marc.  1.  b. 
 i  Deut.  8.  b.  '  Deut.  6.  c. 
 '  Mat.  4.  b.    Marc.  I.e. 
 
 »  Exo.  34.  d. 
 ■  Psal.  90.  b. 
 /  Mat.  13.  K. 
 
 3  Re.  19.  b, 
 
 ''  Deut.  6.  c, 
 
 Marc.  6.  a, 
 
 sayde  vnto  him:  It  is  sayde:  ''Thou  shalt  not 
 temple  the  LOIIDE  thy  God.  And  whan  y 
 deuell  had  ended  all  the  temptacions,  he  de- 
 parted from  him  for  a  season. 
 
 And  'lesus  came  agayne  in  the  power  of 
 the  sprete  in  to  Galile.  And  the  fame  of  him 
 was  noysed  thorow  out  all  y  region  rounde 
 aboute.  And  he  taught  in  their  synagoges, 
 and  was  commended  of  euery  man. 
 
 And  he  came  vnto  Nazareth  where  he  was 
 noursed,^  and  as  his  custome  was,  he  wete  in 
 to  the  synagoge  vpon  y  Sabbath,  and  stode 
 vp  for  to  rede.  Then  was  there  delyuered 
 him  the  tboke  of  y  prophet  Esay.  And 
 whan  he  had  turned  ouer  the  boke,  he  founde 
 the  place  where  it  is  wrytten :  The  sprete  of 
 the  LORDE  is  with  me,«  because  he  hath 
 anopited  me :  to  preach  the  Gospell  vnto  y 
 poore  hath  he  sent  me :  to  heale  the  broken 
 harted :  to  preach  delyueraiice  to  the  captyue, 
 and  sight  to  the  blynde:  and  frely  to  set  at 
 liberty  them  that  are  brused :  and  to  preach 
 the  acceptable  yeare  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  closed  the  boke,  he  gaue 
 it  agayne  to  f  mynister,  (j  sat  him  downe. 
 And  the  eyes  of  all  that  were  in  the  synagoge, 
 were  fastened  on  him.  And  he  begane  to 
 saye  vnto  them :  This  daye  is  this  scripture 
 fulfilled  in  youre  eares.  §  And  they  all  gaue 
 him  -vvytnesse,  and  wodred  at  the  gracious 
 wordes,  which  proceaded  out  of  his  mouth, 
 and  they  saide  :   Is  not  this  losephs  sonne  ?  * 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them:  Doutles  ye  wyl 
 saye  vnto  me  this  prouerbe :  Phisician,  heale 
 thyself.  For  how  greate  thinges  haue  we 
 herde  done  at  Capernau  ?  Do  the  same  here 
 also  in  thine  owne  countre.  But  he  saide : 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  There  is  no  prophet 
 accepted  in  his  owne  countre.'  Neuertheles 
 of  a  trueth  I  saye  vnto  you :  II  There  were 
 many  wedowes  in  Israel  in  y  tyme  of  Elias, 
 wha  the  heaue  was  shut  thre  yeares  and  sixe 
 monethes,  and  whan  there  was  a  greate  derth 
 in  all  the  lande:  5  to  none  of  the  was  Elias 
 sent,  but  onely  vnto  Sarepta  of  the  Sydonyans 
 to  a  wedowe.  HAnd  many  lepers  were  there 
 in  Israel  in  the  tjTiie  of  Eliseus  y  prophet, 
 and  none  of  the  was  clensed,  saue  onely  Naa- 
 man  of  Syria. 
 
 And   as   many  as  were  in  the  synagoge. 
 
 +  '.»  Esd.  8.  b.         s  Esa.  61 .  a.         §  Mat.  13.  g.    Marc.  6.  a. 
 *  loha.  6.  e.    .  '  Mat.  13.  g.     Marc.  6.  a.     loha.  4.  e. 
 
 II  3  Re.  17.  a.  1I4Reg.  5.c. 
 
#0.  Irbi. 
 
 Cf)e  soEJprll  of  ^»  Mkt, 
 
 €f)a^,  fa. 
 
 (wha  they  herde  y,  were  fylled  with  wrath. 
 And  they  rose  vp,  and  thnist  him  out  of  the 
 cite,  and  led  him  vp  to  the  edge  of  the  hyll 
 whcrvpo  tlieir  cite  was  buylded,  that  they 
 1  might  cast  him  downe  headlynge.  But  he 
 wente  his  waye  euen  thorow  the  myddest  of 
 them,"  and  came  to  Capernaum  a  cite  of 
 Galile,  and  taught  the  vpo  the  Sabbathes. 
 And  they  wondred  at  his  doctryne,  *  for  his 
 preachiiige  w;is  with  power. 
 
 And  in  the  Synagoge  there  was  a  man 
 possessed  with  a  foule  deuell,  5  he  cryed 
 loude,  and  sayde :  Let  me  alone,  what  haue 
 we  to  do  with  the  thou  lesus  of  Nazareth?* 
 Art  thou  come  to  destroye  vs  ?  I  knowe  f 
 who  thou  art,  euen  the  Holy  of  God.  And 
 lesus  rebuked  him  and  sayde :  holde  thy  tuge, 
 and  departe  out  of  him.  And  the  deuell 
 threw  hi  in  the  myddest  amonge  them,  and 
 departed  from  him,  and  dyd  him  no  hanne. 
 And  there  came  a  feare  ouer  the  all,  and  they 
 spake  amonge  them  selues,  and  sayde :  What 
 maner  of  thinge  is  this  ?  He  commaundeth 
 the  foule  spretes  with  auctorite  and  power, 
 and  they  departe  out.  And  y  fame  of  him  was 
 noysed  thorow  out  all  the  places  of  f  countre 
 rounde  aboute. 
 
 And  he  rose  vp  out  of  the  synagoge, '  and 
 came  in  to  Symons  house.  And  Symos  mo- 
 ther in  lawe  was  take  with  a  greate  feuer, 
 5  they  prayde  him  for  her.  And  he  wete  vnto 
 her,  5  comaunded  the  feuer.  And  it  left 
 her,  (5  Imediatly  she  rose  vp,  j  mynistred 
 vnto  the. 
 
 And  whan  the  Sonne  was  gone  downe 
 all  they  that  had  sicke  of  dyuerse  ''diseases, 
 brought  the  vnto  him.  And  he  layed  his 
 hiides  vpon  euery  one  of  the,  5  made  the 
 whole.  'The  deuels  also  departed  out  of 
 many,  criege  and  sayenge :  Thou  art  Christ 
 the  Sonne  of  God.  And  he  rebuked  the,  5 
 suflfrod  them  not  to  speake :  for  they  knewe 
 that  he  was  Christ.  But  wha  it  was  daye,  he 
 wete  out  in  to  a  deserte  place.  And  the 
 people  sought  hi,  and  came  vnto  him,  5  kepte 
 him,  y  he  shulde  not  departe  fro  the.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  the :  I  must  preach  the  Gospell  of 
 f  kyngdome  of  God  to  other  cities  also :  for 
 there  to  am  I  sent.  And  he  preached  in  the 
 synagoges  of  Galile. 
 
 "  Mat.  4.  b.     Marc.  1.  b.      loha.  2.  b.  •  Mut.  7.  c, 
 
 Luc.  2.  g.  »  Marc.  I.e.  '  Mat.  8.  b.     Marc.  1.  c. 
 
 ■"Mat.  8.  b.     Marc.  1.  c.         'Marc.  3.  b.        /  Mat.  4.  c, 
 
 Ci)e  b.  Chapter. 
 
 IT  came  to  passe,  y  the  people -^preassed 
 vpon  him  to  heare  the  worde  of  God,  and 
 he  stode  by  the  lake  of  Genazereth,  and  sawe 
 two  shippes  stode  by  y  lake  syde,  but  f 
 fishers  were  gone  out  of  the,  and  had  waszhed 
 their  nettes.  Then  wente  he  in  to  one  of  the 
 shippes,  which  was  Symons,  and  prayed  him, 
 y  he  wolde  thrust  out  a  litle  fro  the  londe. 
 And  he  sat  him  downe,  and  taught  the  people 
 out  of  y  shippe. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  left  of  talkynge,  he  sayde 
 vnto  Symon  :  Launch  out  in  to  the  depe  5  let 
 slyppe  youre  nettes,  to  make  a  draught.  And 
 Symon  answered  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Master, 
 we  haue  laboured  all  y  night,  and  taken 
 nothinge.  But  vpo  thy  worde,  I  wil  lowse 
 forth  the  nett.  And  wha  they  had  so  done, 
 they  toke  a  greate  multitude  of  fiszhes,  5 
 their  net  brake.  And  they  made  sygnes  to 
 their  felowes  which  were  in  y  other  shippe, 
 y  they  shulde  come,  5  helpe  the.  And  they 
 came,  5  fylled  both  the  shippes  full,  so  y  they 
 soncke.  Whan  Symon  Peter  sawe  y,  he  fell 
 downe  at  lesus  knees,  5  sayde  :  LORDE,  go 
 fro  me,  for  I  am  a  synfull  man  :  For  he  was 
 astonnyed  and  all  that  were  with  him,  at  this 
 draught  of  fishes  which  they  toke,  and  so  were 
 lames  and  Ihon  also  the  sonnes  of  Zebede, 
 which  were  Symons  companyons.  And  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  Symo  :  Feare  not,  for  fr5  hence 
 forth  thou  shalt  take  men.  And  they  brought 
 the  « shippes  to  londe,  and  left  all,  and  folowed 
 him. 
 
 *And  it  fortuned  as  he  was  in  a  cite,  be- 
 holde,  there  was  a  man  full  of  leprosy.  Wha 
 he  sawe  lesus,  he  fell  vpo  his  face,  5  besought 
 him,  and  sayde :  LORDE,  yf  thou  wilt,  thou 
 canst  make  me  cleane.  And  he  stretched  out 
 his  hade,  and  touched  him,  and  sayde  :  I  wil, 
 be  thou  cleane.  And  immediatly  the  leprosy 
 departed  from  him.  And  he  charged  him,  y 
 he  shulde  tell  no  ma,  but  go  thy  waye  (sayde 
 he)  and  she  we  thy  self  vnto  y  prest,  and  oflfre 
 for  thy  clensynge,t  as  Moses  comaunded,  for 
 a  witnesse  vnto  the.  But  f  fame  of  hi  wete 
 out  farther  abrode,  5  there  came  moch  people 
 together,  to  heare  him,  5  to  be  healed  by 
 hi   fro   their   sicknesses.      And  he  departed 
 
 Marc.  1.  b. 
 
 Mat.  4.  c.  *  Mat.  8.  a. 
 
 t  Leui.  14.  a. 
 
 Marc.  1.  d. 
 
Cf)ap«  hi. 
 
 C6e  goEipeU  of  ^,  ILufe^» 
 
 #0.  Wh 
 
 in  to  the  wyldernesses,  %  gaue  him  self  to 
 prayer. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  vpo  a  daye,  y  he  taught, 
 and  there  sat  y  Pharises  and  scrybes,  which 
 were  "come  out  of  all  the  townes  of  Galile, 
 and  lewry,  and  fro  lerusale,  and  the  power  of 
 the  LORDE  wete  fro  him,  5  healed  euery 
 man.  And  beholde,  certayne  men  brought 
 vpon  a  bed,  a  man  y  had  f  palsye,  and  they 
 sought  how  they  might  brynge  him  in,  and 
 laye  him  before  him.  And  whan  they  coude 
 not  fynde  by  what  waye  they  might  bringe 
 him  in  (for  y  people)  tliey  clymmed  vp  to  f 
 toppe  of  the  house,  5  let  him  downe  thorow 
 the  tylinge  with  the  bed,  amoge  the  before 
 lesus.  And  whan  he  sawe  their  faith,  he 
 sayde  vnto  hi:  Man,  thy  synnes  are  forgeue 
 f.  And  the  scrybes  and  pharyses  begane  to 
 thynke,  5  saide :  What  is  he  this,  y  speaketh 
 blasphemy.  *Who  ca  forgeue  synnes,  but 
 onely  God? 
 
 Neuertheles  wha  lesus  perceaued  their 
 thoughtes,  he  answered,  and  saide  vnto  the : 
 *  What  thynke  ye  in  youre  hertes  ?  Whether 
 is  easier  to  saye :  Thy  synnes  are  forgeue  y^. 
 Or  to  saye :  Aryse,  and  walke  ?  But  that  ye 
 maye  knowe,  that  the  sonne  of  ma  hath  power 
 to  forgeue  synnes  vpon  earth,  he  sayde  vnto  y 
 sicke  of  the  palsie :  I  saye  vnto  y :  Aryse, 
 take  vp  thy  bed,  and  go  home.  And  imme- 
 diatly  he  rose  vp  before  the,  (t  toke  vp  the 
 bed  y  he  had  lyen  vpo,  and  wete  home,  and 
 praysed  God.  And  they  were  all  astonnyed, 
 and  gaue  God  y  prayse,  and  were  fylled  with 
 feare,  and  sayde :  We  haue  sene  maruelous 
 thynges  to  daye. 
 
 And  afterwarde  he  wete  out,  and  sawe  a 
 publican  named  Leui,  syttinge  at  y  receate 
 of  custome,  5  he  sayde  vnto  him  :  '  Folowe 
 me.  And  he  left  all,  rose  vp,  j  folowed  him. 
 And  Leui  made  hi  a  greate  feast  I  his  house. 
 And  many  publicans  5  other  sat  with  hi  at  y 
 table.  And  the  scrybes  and  Pharyses  mur- 
 mured agaynst  his  disciples,  5 saide:  Wherfore 
 do  ye  eate  5  drynke  with  publicas  5  synners? 
 ''And  lesus  answered,  5  sayde  vnto  the  :  The 
 whole  nede  not  y^  phisician,  but  they  y  are 
 sicke.  I  am  not  come  to  call  f  righteous, 
 but  sinners  to  repentaiice.  ^ 
 
 But  they  sayde  vnto  him:    Wherfore  fast 
 
 -  Mat. 
 
 9.  a 
 
 Marc. 
 
 2.  a. 
 
 •Esa. 
 
 43. 
 
 d. 
 
 and 
 
 44. 
 
 d. 
 
 Mat.  9 
 
 a. 
 
 Marc.  2. 
 
 a. 
 
 loba 
 
 5.  a. 
 
 <■ 
 
 Mat 
 
 9. 
 
 a. 
 
 larc.  2. 
 
 b. 
 
 Luc.   15 
 
 a. 
 
 "  Luc 
 
 7. 
 
 e. 
 
 and 
 
 15. 
 
 a 
 
 y  disciples  of  Iho  so  of,  5  praye  so  moch,  5 
 the  disciples  of  the  Pharises  likewyse,  but  thy 
 disciples  eate  and  drynke .''  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Can  ye  make  the  weddynge 
 childre  fast,  so  loge  as  the  brydegrome  is  with 
 the  ?  But  the  tyme  wil  come  that  the  bryde- 
 grome shalbe  take  fro  the,  then  shal  they  fast. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  a  symilitude : 
 No  man  putteth  a  pece  of  new  cloth  in  to  an 
 olde  garment :  for  els  he  renteth  the  new, 
 and  the  pece  of  the  new  agreeth  not  with  the 
 olde.  And  no  man  putteth  new  wyne  in  to 
 olde  vessels,  for  els  f  new  wyne  barsteth  the 
 vessels,  and  runneth  out  it  self,  and  the  vessels 
 perishe.  But  new  wyne  must  be  put  in  to 
 new  vessels,  and  so  are  they  both  preserued. 
 And  there  is  no  man  that  drynketh  the  olde, 
 and  wolde  straight  waye  haue  the  new,  for  he 
 sayeth :  the  olde  is  pleasaunter. 
 
 El)t  bt.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  vpon  an  after  pryncipall 
 Sabbath,-'^  that  he  wente  thorow  the 
 come  felde,  5  his  disciples  plucked  the  eares 
 of  come,  and  ate,  and  rubbed  the  with  their 
 hades.  But  certayne  of  the  Pharises  sayde 
 vnto  them :  Wherfore  do  ye  that,  which  is  not 
 laufull  to  do  vpon  the  Sabbath  ?  And  lesus 
 answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the :  ^  Haue  ye  not 
 red  what  Dauid  dyd,  wha  he  was  hongrie,  and 
 they  that  were  with  him,  how  he  wente  in  to 
 the  house  of  God,  and  toke  the  tshewbred, 
 and  ate,  and  gaue  also  vnto  them  that  were 
 with  him,  which  was  laufull  for  no  man  to 
 eate,  but  for  the  prestes  onely  ?  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  them:  ''The  sonne  of  man  is 
 LORDE  euen  ouer  the  Sabbath. 
 
 It  came  to  passe  vpo  another  Sabbath,  that 
 he  wete  in  to  the  synagoge,  and  taught:  and 
 there  was  a  man,  whose  right  hande  was 
 wythred.  But  y  scrybes  and  Pharises  marked 
 him,  whether  he  wolde  heale  vpon  the  Sab- 
 bath, that  they  might  fynde  an  occasion 
 agaynst  him.  Neuertheles  he  perceaued 
 their  thoughtes,  and  sayde  vnto  the  ma  with 
 the  wythred  hande :  Aryse,  and  steppe  forth 
 here.  And  he  arose,  and  stepped  forth. 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  the :  I  wil  axe  you  a 
 question :  What  is  it  laufull  to  do  vpo  the 
 Sabbath  ?  good,  or  euell  ?  to  saue  life,  or  to 
 
 1  Tim.  1.  c.        S  Mat.  12.  a.      Marc.  2.  c.         el  Reg 
 21.  c.         t  Exo.  25.  c.        *  Mat.  12.  b.    Marc.  3.  a. 
 
Jfo.  Wij, 
 
 mn  ffosfprll  of  ^.  Hiikt. 
 
 Cfjap.  bu 
 
 destroye  it  ?  And  he  behelde  the  all  rounde 
 aboute,  and  sayde  vnto  the  ma  :  Stretch  out 
 thine  hande.  And  he  dyd  so.  Then  was  his 
 hande  restored  him  to  right,  euen  as  whole  as 
 the  other.  But  they  were  fylled  full  of  mad- 
 nes,  and  commoned  together,  what  they  wolde 
 do  to  him. 
 
 "  And  it  fortuned  at  the  same  tyme,  that  he 
 wentc  out  in  to  a  mountayne  to  praye,  and 
 continued  all  night  in  prayer  to  God.*  And 
 wha  it  was  daye,  he  caUed  his  disciples,  and 
 chose  twolue  of  them,  whom  he  called  also 
 apostles.  S}Tnon,  whom  he  named  Peter, 
 and  Andrew  his  brother,  lames  and  Ihon, 
 Phylippe  and  Bartylmew,  Mathew  and  Tho- 
 mas, lames  the  sonne  of  Alpheus,  Symon 
 called  Zelotes,  ludas  the  sonne  of  lames,  and 
 ludas  Iscarioth,  which  was  the  traytoure. 
 
 *And  he  wente  downe  with  them,  and 
 stode  vpon  a  playne  in  the  felde,  and  the 
 company  of  his  disciples,  and  a  greate  multi- 
 tude of  people,  from  all  lewry,  and  lerusale, 
 and  from  Tyre  and  Sydon  by  the  see  coast, 
 which  were  come  to  heare  him,  and  to  be 
 healed  of  their  diseases,  and  they  that  were 
 vexed  with  foule  spretes,  were  healed.  And 
 all  the  people  sought  to  touch  him,  for  there 
 wente  vertue  fr5  him,  and  healed  the  all. 
 
 And  he  lift  vp  his  eyes  vpo  his  disciples, 
 and  sayde:  "Blessed  are  ye  poore,  for  yours  is 
 the  kyngdome  of  God.  Blessed  are  ye  that 
 honger  here,  for  ye  shalbe  satisfied.  Blessed 
 are  ye  y  wepe  here,  for  ye  shal  laugh.  Blessed 
 are  ye,  whan  men  hate  you,  and  put  you  out 
 of  their  copanyes,  and  reuyle  you,  and  cast 
 out  youre  name  as  an  euell  thinge,  for  the 
 sonne  of  mans  sake.  Reioyse  ye  then,  and 
 be  glad :  for  beholde,  youre  rewarde  is  greate 
 in  heauen.  ''  Euen  thus  dyd  their  fathers  vnto 
 the  prophetes  also. 
 
 But  wo  vnto  you  riche,  for  ye  haue  youre 
 cosolacion  allready.  Wo  vnto  you  that  are 
 full,  for  ye  shal  honger.  Wo  vnto  you  that 
 laugh  here,  for  ye  shal  wepe  and  wayle.  Wo 
 vnto  you  whan  euery  man  prayseth  you, 
 Euen  so  dyd  their  fathers  vnto  the  false  pro- 
 phetes also. 
 
 But  I  saye  vnto  you  that  heare:  Loue 
 youre  enemies :  do  good  vTito  them  that  hate 
 you :  blesse  them  that  curse  you :  praye  for 
 
 °  Mat.  14.  c.    Marc.  6.6.  'Mat.  10.  a.     Marc. 3.  b. 
 
 and  6.  a.   Luc.  9.  a.   Act.  1.  b.  'Mat.  4.  c.   Maro.3.a. 
 
 '  Mat.  5.  a.        "f  Amos  6.  a.  t  Tob.  4.  c.     Eccli.  31.  b. 
 
 Mat.  7.  a.            <•  Mat.  5.  c.  /  Mat.  7.  a.  and  IR.  c. 
 
 them  that  wrongfully  trouble  you.  And  who 
 so  sinyteth  the  on  the  one  cheke,  offre  him  f 
 other  also.  And  who  so  taketh  awaye  thy 
 cloake,  forbyd  him  not  thy  cote  also.  Who 
 so  euer  axeth  of  the,  geue  him :  and  who  so 
 taketh  awaye  thyne,  axe  it  not  agayne.  t  And 
 as  ye  wolde  that  men  shulde  do  vnto  you, 
 'euen  so  do  ye  vnto  them  likewyse. 
 
 And  yf  ye  loue  them  that  loue  you,  what 
 thake  haue  ye  therfore  ?  For  synners  also  loue 
 their  louers.  And  yf  ye  do  good  for  youre 
 good  doers,  what  thanke  haue  ye  therfore? 
 For  synners  also  do  euen  the  same.  And  yf 
 ye  lende  vnto  them,  of  who  ye  hope  to  re- 
 ceaue,  what  thake  haue  ye  ther  fore  ?  For 
 synners  also  lende  vnto  synners,  that  they 
 maye  receaue  as  moch  agayne.  But  rather 
 loue  ye  youre  enemies,  do  good,  and  lende, 
 lokynge  for  nothinge  therof  agayne :  so  shal 
 youre  rewarde  be  greate,  and  ye  shalbe  the 
 children  of  the  Hyest,  for  he  is  kynde,  euen 
 to  the  vnthankfuU  and  to  the  eueD. 
 
 Be  ye  therfore  mercifulV  as  youre  father 
 also  is  mercifuU.  ludge  not,  and  ye  shal  not 
 be  iudged.  Condepne  not,  and  ye  shal  not 
 be  condempned.  Forgeue,  and  ye  shal  be 
 forgeuen.  +Geue,  and  to  you  shalbe  geue. 
 A  good  measure,  pressed  downe,  shaken  to- 
 gether, 5  riinynge  ouer,  shal  me  geue  in  to 
 youre  bosome.  *For  with  what  measure  ye 
 meete,  vrith  the  same  shal  it  be  measured  to 
 you  agayne. 
 
 And  he  sayde  a  symilitude  vnto  the :  ''  Can 
 the  blynde  shewe  the  waye  to  y  blynde  ?  Do 
 they  not  both  the  fall  in  to  the  dyche  ?  The 
 disciple  is  not  aboue  his  master.'  But  whoso- 
 euer  is  perfecte,  f  same  shalbe  £is  his  master. 
 But  why  seist  thou  a  moote  I  thy  brothers 
 eye,  and  considrest  not  the  beame,  that  is  in 
 thine  avme  eye  ?  Or  how  canst  thou  saye 
 vnto  thy  bi'other :  holde  styll  brother,  I  wil 
 plucke  y  moate  out  of  thyne  eye,*  and  thou 
 thy  self  seist  not  f  beame  in  thine  awne  eye  ? 
 Thou  ypocryte,  Fyrst  cast  the  beame  out  of 
 thine  awne  eye,  and  the  shalt  thou  se  clearly 
 to  pull  the  moote  out  of  thy  brothers  eye. 
 
 For  it  is  no  good  tre,  'y  bryngeth  forth 
 euell  frute :  and  no  euell  tre  y  bringeth  forth 
 good  frute.  Euery  tre  is  knowne  by  his  frute. 
 For  me  gather  not  fygges  of  thornes,    ner 
 
 +  Pro.ll.  c.  fMat.7. 
 •Mat.  10.  c.  lolia.  13.  b. 
 and  12.  d. 
 
 Marc.  4.0. 
 '  Mat.  7.  a. 
 
 '  Mat.  l.").  b. 
 '  Mat.  7.  b. 
 
Cfjap,  btj. 
 
 C&e  soEipcIl  of  ^.  iCufee, 
 
 #o»  I)fi)L-. 
 
 grapes  of  buszhes.  A  good  ma  out  of  y  good 
 treasure  of  his  hert,  bi7ngeth  forth  y  which 
 is  good :  and  an  euell  ma  out  of  the  euell 
 treasure  of  his  hert,  bryngeth  forth  that  which 
 is  euell.  For  of  the  abundaunce  of  the  hert, 
 the  mouth  speaketh. 
 
 "  But  why  call  ye  me  LORDE  LORDE,  a 
 do  not  that  I  saye  vnto  you  ?  *  Who  so  euer 
 commeth  vnto  me,  and  heareth  my  wordes 
 and  doth  the,  I  wil  shewe  you  to  whom  he  is 
 lyke.  He  is  like  vnto  a  man  which  buylded 
 an  house,  and  digged  depe,  and  layed  y  foun- 
 dacion  vpon  a  rocke.  Whan  the  waters  came, 
 the  floudes  bett  vpon  that  house,  and  coulde 
 not  moue  it :  for  it  was  grouded  vpo  y  rocke. 
 But  he  that  heareth  and  doth  not,  is  like  vnto 
 a  man  that  buylded  his  house  vpo  the  earth 
 without  foundacion,  and  the  streames  bett  vpo 
 it,  and  it  fell  immediatly,  and  greate  was  the 
 fall  of  that  house. 
 
 Cijt  bij.  Ci^apta:. 
 
 WHAN  he  had  ended  his  talkynge  vnto 
 the  people,*  he  wente  in  to  Caper- 
 naum :  and  a  captaynes  seruaunt  laye  deed 
 sicke,  whom  he  loued.  Wha  he  herde  of 
 lesus,  he  sent  the  elders  of  the  lewes  vnto 
 him,  and  prayed  him,  that  he  wolde  come, 
 and  make  his  seruaunt  whole.  But  wha  they 
 came  to  lesus,  they  besought  him  instantly,  5 
 sayde :  He  is  worthy  y  thou  shuldest  shewe 
 this  for  him,  for  he  loueth  oure  people,  5  hath 
 buylded  vs  y  synagoge.  And  lesus  wente 
 with  them. 
 
 Now  whan  they  were  not  farre  from  y 
 house,  y  captaine  sent  fredes  vnto  hi,  saiege 
 vnto  him:  Oh  LORDE,  trouble  not  thy  self, 
 I  am  not  worthy,  y  thou  shuldest  enter  vnder 
 my  rofe,  and  therfore  I  thought  not  my  self 
 worthy  to  come  to  y:  but  speake  y  worde,  5 
 my  seruaut  shalbe  whole.  For  I  my  self  also 
 am  a  ma,  subiecte  to  the  hygher  auctorite,  g 
 haue  soudyers  vnder  me.  And  I  saye  vnto 
 one:  Go,  5  he  goeth.  And  to  another: 
 Come,  and  he  cometh.  And  to  my  seruaiit : 
 Do  this,  5  he  doeth  it.  Whan  lesus  herde  y, 
 he  marueyled  at  hi,  5  turned  him  aboute,  5 
 sayde  vnto  f  people  y  folowed  hi :  I  saye  vnto 
 you :  So  greate  faith  haue  I  not  founde,  no 
 not  in  Israel.     And  wha  they  that  were  sent. 
 
 •  Mai.  I. 
 laco.  1.  c. 
 
 Mat.  7.  b.  and  '_'.').  a. 
 »  Mat.  8.  a.     loha.  4.  f. 
 
 •  Mat.  7.  c. 
 t  3  Re.  17.  c. 
 
 came  home  agayne,  they  founde  the  seruaut 
 that  was  sicke,  whole. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  afterwarde,  that  he  wete 
 in  to  a  cite  called  Naim,  and  many  of  his 
 disciples  wente  with  him,  and  moch  people. 
 Whan  he  came  nye  to  the  gate  of  the  cite, 
 beholde,  there  was  caried  out  one  deed,  which 
 was  the  onely  sonne  of  his  mother,  and  she 
 was  a  \vyddowe,  and  moch  people  of  the  cite 
 wente  with  her.  And  whan  the  LORDE 
 sawe  her,  he  had  cSpassion  on  her,  and  sayde 
 vnto  her :  Wepe  not.  And  he  came  nye,  and 
 touched  the  Coflyn.  And  they  that  bare  him, 
 stode  styll.  And  he  sayde:  Yonge  man,  I 
 saye  vnto  the :  Aryse.  And  t  the  deed  sat 
 vp,  and  beganne  to  speake.  And  he  dely- 
 uered  him  vnto  his  mother.  And  there  came 
 a  feare  on  them  all,  and  they  praysed  God, 
 and  sayde :  +  A  greate  prophet  is  rysen  amonge 
 vs,  and  God  hath  vysited  his  people.  And 
 this  fame  of  him  was  noysed  in  all  lewry,  and 
 in  all  y  regions  that  laye  rounde  aboute. 
 
 And  the  disciples  of  Iho  shewed  him  of 
 all  these  thinges.  And  Ihon  called  vnto  him 
 two  of  his  disciples,  and  sent  the  vnto  lesus 
 sayenge :  Art  thou  he  that  shal  come,  or  shal 
 we  loke  for  another  ?  Whan  the  men  came  to 
 him,  they  sayde  :  Ihon  y  baptist  hath  sent  vs 
 vnto  the,  sayenge :  Art  thou  he  that  shal 
 come,  or  shal  we  loke  for  another? 
 
 At  the  same  houre  healed  he  many  from 
 sicknesses  (i  plages,  and  fro  euell  spretes,  and 
 vnto  many  that  were  blynde,  he  gaue  sight. 
 And  lesus  answered,  5  sayde  vnto  the :  Go 
 youre  waye,  shewe  Ihon,  what  ye  haue  sene 
 5  herde.  'The  blynde  se,  the  halt  go,  the 
 lepers  are  clensed,  the  deaf  heare,  the  deed 
 aryse,  §  the  Gospell  is  preached  vnto  y 
 poore,  and  blessed  is  he,  that  is  not  offended 
 at  me. 
 
 ''Whan  the  messaungers  of  Iho  were  de- 
 parted, lesus  begane  to  speake  vnto  ;y-  people 
 cocemynge  Iho :  What  are  ye  gone  out  for  to 
 se  in  y  wyldemesse?  Wolde  ye  se  a  rede, 
 that  is  shake  with  the  wynde  ?  Or  what  are  ye 
 gone  out  for  to  se  ?  Wolde  ye  se  a  ma  clothed 
 in  soft  rayment?  Beholde,  they  that  are 
 gorgiously  arayed,  5  lyue  delycately,  are  in 
 kynges  courtes.  Or  what  are  ye  gone  out  for 
 to  se  ?  Wolde  ye  se  a  prophet  ?  Yee  I  saye 
 vnto  you:    one  that  is  more  the  a  prophet. 
 
 4  Re.  4.  d.     Act.  9.  f.  and  20.  b. 
 '  Esa.  35.  a.         §  Esa.  61.  a. 
 
 138 
 
 t  loha.  4.  c.  and  6.  b. 
 I*  Mat.  11.  a. 
 
fo,  Iinr. 
 
 €i)t  gogprll  of  ^.  iCufee, 
 
 Cbap.  biij. 
 
 This  is  he,  of  whom  it  is  wrytten  :  "  Beholde, 
 I  sonde  my  messaunger  before  thy  face,  which 
 shal  prepare  thy  waye  before  the.  P'or  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  Amonge  the  y  are  borne  of 
 weme,  there  is  no  greater  propiiet  the  Ihon 
 the  baptist.  Notwith  stondynge  he  that  is 
 lesse  in  the  kyngdome  of  God,  is  greater 
 then  he. 
 
 And  all  the  people  that  herde  him,  and  y 
 publicans,  iustified  God,  and  were  baptysed 
 with  the  baptyme  of  Ihon.  But  the  Pharises 
 and  sci-ybes  despysed  f  councell  of  God  against 
 the  selues,  (t  were  not  baptised  of  hi. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  saide:  Where  vnto  shal 
 I  licken  the  men  of  this  generacion  ?*  And 
 whom  are  they  like?  They  are  like  vnto 
 childre  which  syt  in  the  market,  and  crye  one 
 to  another,  and  saye :  We  haue  pyped  vnto 
 you,  and  ye  haue  not  daunsed:  we  haue 
 mourned  vnto  you,  5  ye  haue  not  wepte. 
 For  Ihon  y  baptist  came,  and  *ate  no  bred, 
 and  drake  no  wyne,  and  ye  saye :  he  hath  f 
 deuell.  The  sonne  of  man  is  come,  eatetn 
 and  drynketh,  (j  ye  saye:  This  man  is  a 
 glutton  and  a  wyne  bebber,  a  frende  of  pub- 
 licans and  synners.  And  wyszdome  is  iustified 
 of  all  hir  children. 
 
 And  one  of  the  Pharises  desyred  him,  y  he 
 wolde  eate  with  him.'  And  he  wente  in  to 
 the  Pharises  house,  and  sat  him  downe  at  f 
 table,  t  And  beholde,  there  was  in  the  cite  a 
 woma,  which  was  a  synner.  Whe  she  knewe 
 that  lesus  sat  at  the  table  in  the  Pharises 
 house,  she  brought  a  boxe  with  oyntment,  (t 
 stode  behynde  at  his  fete,  and  wepte,  and 
 beganne  to  water  his  fete  with  teares,  and  to 
 di-ye  the  with  the  hayres  of  hir  heade,  and 
 kyssed  his  fete,  5  anoynted  the  with  oyntmet. 
 But  whan  the  Pharise  which  had  called 
 him  sawe  that,  he  spake  within  himself,''  and 
 sayde  :  Yf  this  ma  were  a  prophet,  he  wolde 
 knowe  who,  5  what  maner  of  woman  this  is 
 that  toucheth  him,  for  she  is  a  syimer.  And 
 lesus  answered,  and  saide  vnto  him :  Simo, 
 I  haue  somewhat  to  saye  vnto  the.  He  sayde : 
 Master  saye  on.  A  certayne  lender  had  two 
 detters,  the  one  ought  fyue  hundreth  pens, 
 the  other  fiftie :  but  whan  they  had  nothinge 
 to  paye,  he  forgaue  the  both.  Tell  me  which 
 of  them  wyl  loue  him  most?  Symon  an- 
 swered, and  sayde:    He,  (I  suppose)  to  who 
 
 "  Mai.  3.  a.     Marc.  1.  a. 
 Mat.  26.  a.    Mar.  14..  a. 
 
 »  Mat.  11. 
 t  loba.  12.  a 
 
 •  Mat.  3.  a. 
 '  Luc.  15.  d. 
 
 he  forgaue  most.     Then  sayde  he  vnto  him: 
 Thou  hast  iudged  right. 
 
 And  he  turned  him  to  the  woman,  and 
 sayde  vnto  Symo :  Seist  thou  this  womii  ?  I 
 am  come  in  to  thine  house,  thou  hast  geue 
 me  no  water  vnto  my  fete,  but  she  hath  watred 
 my  fete  with  teares,  and  dryed  the  with  the 
 hayres  of  hir  heade  :  Thou  hast  geue  me  no 
 kysse,  but  she  (sens  the  tyme  she  came  in) 
 hath  not  ceassed  to  kysse  my  fete :  Thou  hast 
 not  anointed  my  heade  with  oyle,  but  she  hath 
 anoynted  my  heade  with  oyntment.  Ther- 
 fore  I  saye  vnto  the :  Many  synnes  are  for- 
 geuen  her,  for  she  hath  loued  moch.  But 
 vnto  whom  lesse  is  forgeuen,  the  same  loueth 
 the  lesse. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  her :  Thy  synnes  are 
 forgeuen  the.  Then  they  that  sat  at  the  table 
 with  him,  beganne  to  saye  within  themselues 
 What  is  he  this,  that  forgeueth  synnes  also  ? 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  the  woman:  Thy  faith  hath 
 saued  the,  Go  thy  waye  in  peace. 
 
 Cijt  biij.  Cijajpttr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  afterwarde,  that  he  wente 
 thorow  the  cities  and  townes,  and 
 preached,  and  shewed  f  Gospell  of  the  kyng- 
 dome of  God,  and  the  twolue  with  him.  And 
 certayne  wemen  also,'  who  he  had  healed  fro 
 euell  spretes  and  infii-mities :  Namely,  Mary+ 
 which  is  called  Magdalene,  out  of  whom 
 wente  seuen  deuels,  and  loanna  y  wife  of 
 Chusa  Herodes  stewarde,  and  Susanna,  and 
 many  other,  that  mynistred  vnto  them  of  their 
 substaunce. 
 
 Now  wha  moch  people  were  gathered  to- 
 gether, and  haisted  vnto  him  out  of  the  cities. 
 He  spake  by  a  symilitude  :  There  wente  out 
 a  sower  to  sowe  his  sede,  5  whyle  he  was 
 sowynge,  some  fell  by  the  waye  syde,  and 
 was  trodde  vnder  fote,  and  the  foules  of  the 
 ayre  ate  it  vp.  And  some  fell  on  stone,  and 
 whan  it  was  spronge  vp,  it  wythred  awaye, 
 because  it  had  no  moystnesse.  And  some 
 fell  amonge  thornes,  and  the  thornes  sprange 
 vp  with  it,  and  choked  it.  And  some  fell  vpo 
 a  good  grounde,  and  sprange  vp,  and  bare 
 frute  an  hundreth  folde.  Wha  he  sayde  this 
 he  cryed:  Who  so  hath  eares  to  heare,  let  him 
 heare. 
 
 '  Luc.  23.  e.         JLuc.  24.  a.         /Mat.  13.  a.    Marc.  4.  a. 
 
Cftap.  biij. 
 
 €l)t  gosipfU  of  ^.  iCubt. 
 
 Jfo.  irn'. 
 
 33  And  his  disciples  axed  him,  and  sayde : 
 "  What  symiUtude  is  this  ?  And  he  sayde  : 
 Vnto  you  it  is  geue,  to  knowe  the  mysteryes 
 of  the  kyngdome  of  God,  but  vnto  the  other 
 in  parables,  y  though  they  se  it,  they  shulde 
 not  se  it,*  and  though  they  heare  it,  they 
 shulde  not  vnderstonde. 
 
 This  is  the  parable  :  The  sede  is  the  worde 
 of  God:  As  for  those  that  are  by  f  waye 
 syde,  they  are  they  that  heare  it,  afterwarde 
 commeth  the  deuell,  and  taketh  awaye  the 
 worde  out  of  their  hertes,  that  they  shulde 
 not  beleue,  and  be  saued.  But  they  on  y 
 stone,  are  soeh  as  whan  they  heare  it,  receaue 
 the  worde  with  ioye,  and  these  haue  no  rote : 
 they  beleue  for  a  whyle,  and  in  the  tyme  of 
 temptacion  they  fall  awaye.  As  for  it  that 
 fel  amonge  the  thornes,  are  soeh  as  heare  it, 
 and  go  forth  amonge  the  cares,  riches  and 
 volupteousnesses  of  this  life,  and  are  choked 
 and  brynge  forth  no  frute.  But  that  on  the 
 good  grounde,  are  they  that  heare  the  worde, 
 and  kepe  it  in  a  pure  good  hert,  and  brynge 
 forth  frute  in  pacience. 
 
 '  No  man  lighteth  a  cadell,  and  couereth  it 
 with  a  vesseU,  or  putteth  it  vnder  a  table,  but 
 setteth  it  vpon  a  candelsticke,  that  soeh  as  go 
 in  maye  se  light.  ■*  For  there  is  nothinge  hyd, 
 that  shal  not  be  openly  shewed :  and  there  is 
 nothinge  secrete,  that  shal  not  be  knowne, 
 and  come  to  light.  Take  hede  therfore  how 
 ye  heare.  *  For  who  so  hath,  vnto  him  shalbe 
 geue  :  but  who  so  hath  not,  from  him  shalbe 
 taken  awaye,  eue  the  same  that  he  thynketh 
 to  haue. 
 
 There  wente  vnto  him  his  mother  and 
 his  brethren,  and  coude  not  come  at  him  for 
 the  people.  And  it  was  tolde  him.  Thy 
 mother  and  thy  brethren  stonde  without,''  and 
 wolde  se  the.  But  he  answered,  5  sayde  vnto 
 the  :  My  mother  and  my  brethren  are  these, 
 which  heare  the  worde  of  God,  and  do  it. 
 
 ■'^And  it  fortuned  vpon  a  certapie  daye,  y 
 he  wente  in  to  a  shippe,  and  his  disciples  with 
 him,  (I  he  sayde  vnto  the  :  Let  vs  passe  ouer 
 to  the  other  syde  of  -y-  lake.  And  they  thurst 
 of  fro  the  lode.  And  as  they  sayled,  he  slepte. 
 And  there  came  a  stonne  of  wynde  vpon  y 
 lake,  and  the  wawes  fell  vpon  the,  and  they 
 stode   in   greate   ioperdy.     Then  wete   they 
 
 Mat.  13.  b.  Marc.  4.a.  *Esa.  6.b.  '  Mat.  5.  b. 
 Marc.  4.  b.     Luc.  11.  c.  ■*  Mat.  10.  d.     Marc.  4.  b. 
 
 Mat.  13.b.and2S.c.  Marc.  4.  c.  Luc.  19.  c.     'Mat.  12.  e. 
 
 vnto  him,  and  waked  him  vp,  j  sayde : 
 Master  master,  we  perishe.  Then  he  arose, 
 and  rebuked  the  wynde,  and  the  tepest  of 
 water,  and  they  ceassed,  and  it  waxed  calme. 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  the:  Where  is  youre  faith? 
 Neuertheles  they  were  afrayed,  and  wodred, 
 and  sayde  one  to  another :  What  is  he  this  ? 
 For  he  comaundeth  the  wyndes  and  the 
 water,  and  they  are  obedient  vnto  him.  ^And 
 they  sayled  forth  in  to  the  countre  of  the 
 Gadarenites,  which  is  ouer  agaynst  Galile. 
 
 And  whan  he  wente  out  to  londe,  there 
 met  him  out  of  y  cite  a  ma,  which  had  a 
 deuell  longe  tyme,  5  ware  no  clothes,  (j  taried 
 in  no  house,  but  in  the  graues.  Neuertheles 
 wha  he  sawe  lesus,  he  cried,  and  fell  downe 
 before  him,  and  cried  loude,  ij  sayde :  What 
 haue  I  to  do  with  the  lesus,  thou  sonne  of  the 
 Hyest  God  ?  I  beseke  the,  that  thou  wilt  not 
 tormcte  me.  For  he  comaunded  the  foule 
 sprete,  that  he  shulde  departe  out  of  the  ma, 
 for  he  had  plaged  hi  a  loge  season.  And  he 
 was  bounde  with  cheynes,  and  kepte  with 
 fetters,  and  he  brake  the  bondes  in  sonder, 
 and  was  caried  of  the  deuell  in  to  the  wyl- 
 dernesse. 
 
 And  lesus  axed  him,  and  sayde  :  What  is 
 thy  name  ?  He  sayde  :  Legion.  For  there 
 were  many  deuels  entred  in  to  him.  And 
 they  besought  him,  that  he  wolde  not  c6' 
 maunde  the  to  go  in  to  the  depe.  ''  But 
 there  was  there  a  greate  heerd  of  swyne 
 fedynge  vpon  the  mountayne,  and  they 
 besought  him,  that  he  wolde  geue  them  leue, 
 to  entre  in  to  y  same.  And  he  gaue  the 
 leue.  Then  departed  y  deuels  out  of  the 
 ma,  and  entred  in  to  the  swyne.  And  the 
 heerd  ruszhed  headlynges  with  a  storme  in 
 to  the  lake,  and  were  drowned.  But  wha  f 
 herdmen  sawe  what  had  chaunsed,  they  fled, 
 and  tolde  it  in  the  cite  and  in  the  vyllagies. 
 
 Then  wente  they  out,  for  to  se  what  was  done,  |£ 
 and  came  to  lesus,  and  founde  the  ma  (out  of 
 whom  the  deuyls  were  departed)  syttinge  at 
 lesus  fete,  clothed,  and  in  his  right  mynde, 
 and  they  were  afrayed.  And  they  y  had 
 sene  it,  tolde  the  how  the  possessed  was  healed. 
 And  the  whole  multitude  of  y  countre  of  the 
 Gadarenites  besought  him,  that  he  wolde 
 departe  from  them,  for  there  was  a  greate 
 
 Marc.  3.  c.        /  Mat.  8.  c.    Marc.  4.  d.  e  Mat.  8.  d. 
 
 Marc.  5.  a.  *  Mat.  8.  d.     Marc.  5.  b. 
 
ffo,  inih 
 
 CI)e  gosipcU  of  ^.  2Luke, 
 
 Cftap.  ijt:. 
 
 dF 
 
 feare  come  vpon  the.  *  And  he  gat  him  in 
 to  f  shippe,  and  turned  agayne.  And  the 
 man  out  of  who  the  deuels  were  departed, 
 besought  him,  y  he  might  be  with  him.  But 
 lesus  sent  him  awaye,  and  sayde :  Go  home 
 agayne,  and  shewe  how  greate  thinges  God 
 hath  done  for  the.  And  he  wente  his  waye, 
 5  preached  thorow  out  all  y  cite,  how  greate 
 thinges  lesus  had  done  for  hi. 
 
 "And  it  fortuned  wha  lesus  came  agayne, 
 the  people  receaued  him,  for  they  wayted  for 
 him.  And  beholde,  there  came  a  man  named 
 lairus  (and  he  was  a  ruler  of  the  synagoge) 
 and  fell  at  lesus  fete,  g  besought  him,  that  he 
 wolde  come  in  to  his  house.  For  he  had  but 
 one  doughter  (vpon  a  twolue  yeare  of  age) 
 and  she  laye  at  f  poynt  of  death.  *  And  as  he 
 wente,  the  people  thronged  him.  And  a 
 womii  hauynge  the  bloudyssue  twolue  yeares, 
 (which  had  spent  all  hir  substaunce  vpon 
 phisicians,  and  coude  be  healed  of  none)  came 
 behynde,  a  touched  the  hemme  of  his  garmet, 
 and  immediatly  hir  yssue  of  bloude  was 
 staunched. 
 
 And  lesus  sayde  :  Who  hath  touched  me  ? 
 But  whan  they  all  denyed,  Peter  sayde,  and 
 they  that  were  with  him :  Master,  the  people 
 thronge  the  and  thrust  the,  and  thou  sayest : 
 Who  hath  touched  me  ?  lesus  saide  :  Some 
 body  hath  touched  me,  for  I  fele,  that  there 
 is  vertue  gone  out  fi'o  me.  But  whan  the 
 woman  sawe  that  she  was  not  hyd,  she  came 
 treblynge,  and  fell  downe  before  him,  and 
 tolde  him  before  all  the  people,  for  what 
 cause  she  had  touched  him,  5  how  she  was 
 healed  immediatly.  And  he  sayde  vnto  her : 
 Doughter,  be  of  good  comforte,  thy  faith 
 hath  made  the  whole,  go  thy  waye  in  peace. 
 
 '  Whyle  he  yet  spake,  there  came  one  fro  y 
 ruler  of  y  synagoges  house,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Thy  doughter  is  deed,  disease  not  the 
 master.  Whan  lesus  herde  that,  he  answered 
 him,  and  sayde:  Feare  not,  beleue  onely,  and 
 she  shal  be  made  whole.  But  whan  he  came 
 ;in  to  the  house,  he  suffred  no  man  to  go  in, 
 e  Peter,  and  lames  and  Iho,  and  the 
 father  and  mother  of  the  mayden.  They 
 wepte  all,  and  sorowed  for  her.  But  he 
 sayde  :  Wepe  not,  for  she  is  not  deed,  but 
 tsiopeth.     And   they  laughed   hi    to  scorne, 
 
 '  .M  Jrc.  5.  b.         "  Mat.  9.  c.     Marc.  5.  c.         '  Mat.  9.  c. 
 Mure.  5.  c.         '  Mat.  9.  c.     Marc.  5.  d.  t  loha.  11.  b. 
 
 ■"Mat.  10.  a.    Marc.3.  b.  ande.  a.    Luc.  6.  b.      J  Mar.  6.  a. 
 
 |kno\vynge  well  that  she  was  deed.  But  he 
 I  thrust  them  all  out,  and  toke  her  by  the 
 hande,  and  cryed,  and  sayde  :  Mayde  aryse. 
 And  hir  sprete  came  agayne,  5  she  arose 
 straight  waye.  And  he  comaunded  to  geue 
 her  meate.  And  hir  elders  were  astonnyed. 
 But  he  charged  them,  that  they  shulde  tell  no 
 man,  what  was  done. 
 
 CIjc  ir.  Cljaptor. 
 
 AND  he  called  the  twolue  together,  'and 
 gaue  them  power  and  auctorite  ouer 
 all  deuels,  and  that  they  might  heale  diseases. 
 And  he  sent  the  out  to  preach  the  kyngdome 
 of  God,  and  to  heale  y  sicke,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  t  Ye  shal  take  nothinge  with  you  by 
 the  waye,  nether  staff,  ner  scryppe,  ner  bred, 
 ner  money  :  ner  haue  two  coates.  And  in  to 
 what  house  so  euer  ye  entre,  there  abyde,  tyll 
 ye  go  thence.  *  And  who  so  euer  receaue  you 
 not,  departe  out  of  the  same  cite,  and  shake 
 of  the  dust  from  youre  fete,  for  a  wytnesse 
 ouer  them.  And  they  departed,  and  wente 
 thorow  the  townes,  preachinge  y  Gospell,  (j 
 healynge  euery  where. 
 
 •'  Herode  the  Tetrarcha  herde  of  all  that  was 
 done  by  him.  And  he  toke  care,  for  so  moch 
 as  it  was  sayde  of  some :  Iho  is  rysen  agayne 
 from  the  deed :  of  some,  Elias  hath  appeared : 
 of  some.  One  of  the  olde  prophetes  is  rysen 
 agayne.  And  Herode  sayde :  Iho  haue  I 
 beheaded,  who  is  this  then,  of  who  I  heare 
 soch  thinges  ?     And  he  desyred  to  se  him. 
 
 §  And  the  Apostles  came  agayne,  and  tolde 
 him  how  greate  thinges  they  had  done.  And 
 he  toke  them  to  him,  and  wente  asyde  in  to  a 
 solytary  place  by  the  cite  called  Bethsaida. 
 Whan  the  people  knew  of  it,  they  folowed  him. 
 And  he  receaued  them,  and  spake  vnto  them 
 of  the  kyngdome  of  God,  and  healed  soch  as 
 hade  nede  therof.  But  the  daye  begaime  to 
 go  downe.  Then  came  the  twolue  to  him, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him  :  let  the  people  departe 
 fro  the,  that  they  maye  go  in  to  the  townes 
 rounde  aboute,  and  in  to  y  vyllagies,  w-here 
 they  maye  fynde  lodgynge  5  meate,  for  we  are 
 here  in  f  \vyldernesse.  But  he  sayde  ■vnto 
 them  :  Geue  ye  them  to  eate.  They  sayde  : 
 We  haue  nomore  but  fyue  loaues  and  two 
 fyszhes.     Excepte  we  shulde  go  5  bye  meate 
 
 Luc.  10.  a. 
 /  Mat.  14.  a. 
 loha.  6.  a. 
 
 '  Mat.  10.  b.     Marc.  6.  b.     Act.  13.  e. 
 Marc.  6.  b.  §  Mat.  14.  b.     Marc.  d.  d. 
 
Cftap.  t'F. 
 
 Ci)e  croSpfU  of  ^.  ?Liifef» 
 
 jTo.  I)nrii|. 
 
 for  so  moch  people  (for  there  were  vpon  a 
 fyue  thousande  men)  But  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 disciples :  Cause  them  to  syt  dowiie  by  fifties 
 in  a  copany.  And  they  dyd  so,  and  made 
 them  all  to  syt  downe.  Then  toke  he  the 
 fyue  loaues  and  two  fiszhes,  and  loked  vp 
 towarde  heaue,  and  sayde  grace  ouer  them, 
 brake  them,  and  gaue  them  to  the  disciples, 
 to  set  the  before  the  people.  And  they  ate, 
 and  were  all  satisfied.  And  there  were  taken 
 vp  of  that  remayned  to  them,  twolue  bas- 
 kettes  full  of  broken  meate. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  he  was  alone,  "and  at 
 his  prayer,  and  his  disciples  with  him,  he 
 axed  them,  and  sayde :  Whom  saye  the 
 people  that  I  am?  They  answered,  and 
 sayde :  They  saye,  thou  art  Ihon  the  baptist : 
 Some,  that  thou  art  Elias:  Some,  that  one  of 
 the  olde  prophetes  is  rysen  agayne.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  Whom  saye  ye  that  I  am  ? 
 Then  answered  Peter  and  sayde  :  *  Thou  art 
 the  Christ  of  God.  And  he  charged  them 
 strately,  and  commaunded  them,  that  they 
 shulde  tell  this  vnto  no  ma,  and  sayde :  *  For 
 the  Sonne  of  man  must  sufFre  many  thinges, 
 and  be  cast  out  of  the  Elders  and  of  ;y  hye 
 prestes,  and  scrybes,  and  be  put  to  death,  and 
 ryse  agayne  the  thirde  daye. 
 
 Then  sayde  he  vnto  them  all :  '  Yf  eny  ma 
 wil  folowe  me,  let  hi  denie  himself,  it  take  vp 
 his  crosse  daylie,  (j  folowe  me.  t  For  who  so 
 euer  wil  saue  his  life,  shal  lose  it.  But  who 
 so  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake,  shal  saue  it. 
 For  what  auauntage  hath  a  man,  though  he 
 wanne  the  whole  worlde,  and  loseth  himself, 
 or  runneth  in  dammage  of  himself  ?  ''  Who 
 so  is  ashamed  of  me  and  of  my  sayenges,  of 
 him  shall  the  sonne  of  ma  also  be  ashamed, 
 whan  he  commeth  in  his  glor)',  and  in  the 
 glory  of  his  father,  and  of  the  holy  angels. 
 I  saye  vnto  you  of  a  treuth  :  '  there  be  some 
 of  them  that  stonde  here,  which  shall  not 
 taist  of  death,  tyll  they  se  the  kvngdome  of 
 God. 
 
 And  it  fortuned,  that  aboute  an  eight 
 dayes  after  these  wordes,  •'  he  toke  vnto  him 
 Peter,  Ihon  and  lames,  and  wente  vp  in  to  a 
 mout  for  to  praye.  tAnd  as  he  prayed,  the 
 shappe  of  his  countenaunce  was  chaunged  of 
 another  fashion,  and  his  garment  was  whyte, 
 
 »  Mat.  16.  a.  Marc.  8.  d.  '  loha.  6.  g.  ♦  Mat.  16.  c. 
 and  20.  b.  Marc.  8.  d.  9.  d.  10.  d.  Luc.  18.  d.  '  Marc.  8.  e. 
 t  Luc.  17.  d.  ''  Mat.  10.  d.     Marc.  8.  e.     Luc.  12.  a. 
 
 '  Mat.  16.  d.     Marc.  8..  /  Mat.  17.  a.     Marc.  9.  a. 
 
 and  shyned :  and  beholds,  two  men  talked 
 with  him,  Which  were  Moses  and  Elias,  that 
 appeared  gloriously,  and  spake  of  his  depart- 
 ynge,  which  he  shulde  fulfill  at  lerusalem. 
 As  for  Peter  and  them  that  were  with  him, 
 they  were  full  of  slepe.  But  whan  they 
 awoke,  they  saw  his  glory,  and  the  two  men 
 stondynge  with  him. 
 
 » And  it  chaunsed,  whan  they  departed  fro 
 him,  Peter  sayde  vnto  lesus :  Msister,  here  is 
 good  beynge  for  vs.  Let  vs  make  thre 
 tabernacles  :  one  for  the,  one  for  Moses,  and 
 one  for  Elias,  and  w)'st  not  what  he  sayde. 
 But  whyle  he  thus  spake,  there  came  a  cloude, 
 and  ouershadowed  them.  And  they  were 
 afrayed,  whan  the  cloude  couered  them. 
 And  out  of  the  cloude  there  came  a  voyce, 
 which  sayde  :  This  is  my  deare  sonne,^  heare 
 him.  And  whyle  this  voyce  came  to  passe, 
 they  founde  lesus  alone.  And  they  kepte  it 
 close,  and  tolde  no  ma  in  those  dayes  eny  of 
 the  thinges  which  they  had  sene. 
 
 ''And  it  chaunsed  on  the  nexte  daye  after, 
 whan  they  came  downe  from  the  mount, 
 moch  people  met  him,  and  beholde,  a  man 
 amonge  the  people  cryed  out,  and  sayde : 
 Master,  I  beseke  the,  loke  vpon  my  sonne, 
 for  he  is  my  onely  sonne :  beholde,  the  sprete 
 taketh  him,  and  sodenly  he  crieth,  and  he 
 teareth  him,  that  he  fometh,  and  with  payne 
 departeth  he  from  him,  whan  he  hath  rente 
 him.  And  I  besought  thy  disciples  to  cast 
 him  out,  and  they  coulde  not.  Then  answered 
 lesus,  and  sayde :  Oh  thou  vnfaithfuU  and 
 croked  generacion,  how  longe  shal  I  be  with 
 you,  (J  sufFre  you  ?  Brynge  hither  thy  sonne. 
 And  whan  he  came  to  him,  the  deuell  rente 
 him  and  tare  him.  But  lesus  rebuked  the 
 foule  sprete,  and  healed  the  chylde,  and  de- 
 lyuered  him  vnto  his  father  agayne.  'And 
 they  were  all  amased  at  the  mighty  power 
 of  God. 
 
 And  whyle  they  wondred  euery  one  at  all 
 thinges  which  he  dyd,  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 disciples:  Comprehende  these  sayenges  in 
 youre  eares.  *  For  the  sonne  of  man  must  be 
 delyuered  in  to  the  hades  of  men.  But  they 
 wyst  not  what  that  worde  meaned,  and  it  was 
 hyd  from  them,  that  they  vnderstode  it  not. 
 And  they  were  afrayed  to  axe  him  of  that 
 
 t  2  Pe.  1.  d.  e  Mat.  17.  a.  Marc.  9.  a.  §  Deut.  18.  c. 
 *>  Mat.  17.  b.     Marc.  9.  b.  '  Marc.  1.  c.     Luc.  4.  d. 
 
 '  Mat.  16.  c.  and  20.  b.  Marc.  8.  d.  and  9.  d.  Luc.  2.  g. 
 and  18.  d. 
 
Jfo.  Imiih 
 
 CJ)c  gosiprll  of  ^.  iufee. 
 
 (Cftap.  ):«l 
 
 dT 
 
 worde.*  I'here  came  a  tliouglit  also  amorige 
 them,  which  of  them  shulcle  be  the  greatest. 
 But  whii  lesus  sawe  the  thoiightes  of  their 
 hert,  he  toke  a  childe,  5  set  him  harde  by 
 him,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  "  VVhosoeuer  re- 
 ceaueth  tiiis  childe  in  my  name,  receaueth 
 me ;  and  who  so  euer  receaueth  me,  receaueth 
 him  that  sent  me.t  But  who  so  is  leest 
 amoge  you  all,  f  same  shal  be  greate. 
 
 Then  answered  Iho,  and  sayde:  Master, 
 we  sawe  one  dryue  out  deuels  in  thy  name, 
 and  we  forbad  him,  for  he  folowed  the  not 
 with  vs.  And  lesus  saide  vnto  him :  For  byd 
 him  not,  for  he  that  is  not  agaynst  vs,  is 
 for  vs. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  the  tyme  was  ful- 
 fylled  that  he  shulde  be  receaued  vp  from 
 hence,  he  turned  his  face  to  go  straight  to 
 lerusalem,  and  before  him  he  sent  messaun- 
 gers,  which  wente  their  waye,  and  came  in 
 to  a  towne  of  the  Samaritans,  to  prepare 
 lodginge  for  him.  And  they  wolde  not  re- 
 ceaue  him,  because  he  had  turned  his  face  to 
 go  to  lerusale.  But  whan  his  disciples  lames 
 and  Ihon  sawe  that,  they  sayde :  LORDE, 
 wilt  thou,  that  we  commaunde,  that  fyre  fall 
 downe  from  heauen,  and  consume  them,t  as 
 Elias  dyd?  Neuertheles  lesus  turned  him 
 aboute,  and  rebuked  them,  and  sayde : 
 Knowe  ye  not,  what  maner  of  sprete  ye  are 
 of?  The  Sonne  of  man  is  not  come  to  de- 
 stroye  mens  soules,  but  to  saue  them.  And 
 they  wente  in  to  another  towne. 
 
 *And  it  fortuned  as  they  went  by  the  waye, 
 one  sayde  vnto  him :  I  wil  folowe  the, 
 whyther  so  euer  thou  go.  And  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  him :  The  foxes  haue  holes,  and  the 
 byrdes  vnder  the  heaue  haue  nestes :  but  the 
 Sonne  of  man  hath  not  wheron  to  laye  his 
 heade. 
 
 ■^And  he  sayde  vnto  another:  Folowe  me. 
 He  sayde  :  Syr,  geue  me  leue  first  to  go,  and 
 burye  my  father.  But  lesus  sayde  vnto  him: 
 ^Let  the  deed  burye  their  deed.  But  go 
 thou  thy  waye,  and  preach  the  kyngdome 
 of  God. 
 
 And  another  sayde :  Syr,  I  will  folowe 
 the,  II  but  geue  me  leue  first,  to  go  byd  them 
 farwele,  which  are  at  home  in  my  house, 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  him :  Who  so  putteth  his 
 
 •  Mat.  18.  a.     Marc.  9.  d.     Luc  !l!2.  b.  -  Mat.  10.  e. 
 
 Marc.  9.  d.     Luc.  10.  b.     loba.  13.  c.  t  Mat.  20.  d. 
 
 Marc.  9.  d.  and  10.  6.     Luc.  22.  b.  t  4  Re.  I.e. 
 
 »  Mat.  8.  c                   '  Mat.  8.  c.  §  Leu.  21.  b. 
 
 hade  to  the  plowe,  and  loketh  backe,  is  not 
 mete  for  the  kingdome  of  God.'' 
 
 Cfjt  v-  Ci^apUr. 
 
 AFTER WARDE  the  LORDE  ap- 
 poynted  out  other  seuentie,  and  sent 
 them  two  and  two  before  him  in  to  euery  cite 
 and  place,  whither  he  himself  wolde  come, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them  :  '  The  haruest  is  greate, 
 but  the  labourers  are  fewe.  Praye  therfore 
 the  LORDE  of  the  haruest,  to  sende  forth 
 labourers  in  to  his  haruest.  ^  Go  youre  waye  : 
 beholde,  I  sende  you  forth  as  the  labes  amonge 
 f  wolues.  Beare  nether  wallet,  ner  scryppe, 
 ner  shues,  and  If  salute  no  ma  by  the  waye. 
 In  to  what  so  euer  house  ye  entre,  first  saye : 
 Peace  be  in  this  house.  And  yf  the  childe  of 
 peace  be  there,  youre  peace  shal  rest  vpon 
 him.  Yf  no,  then  shal  youre  peace  turne  to 
 you  agayne.  But  tary  ye  still  in  the  same 
 house,  eatinge  and  drynkinge  soch  as  they 
 haue.  For  the  labourer  is  worthy  of  his 
 rewarde. 
 
 Go  not  from  house  to  house.  And  in  to 
 what  so  euer  cite  ye  entre,  and  they  receaue 
 you,  eate  soch  thinges  as  are  set  before  you 
 And  heale  the  sicke  that  are  there,  and  saye 
 vnto  them  :  The  kyngdome  of  God  is  come 
 nye  vnto  you.  *But  in  to  what  so  euer  cite 
 ye  come,  and  they  receaue  you  not,  go  youre 
 waye  out  in  to  the  stretes  of  the  same,  and 
 saye :  Euen  the  very  dust  which  cleaueth 
 vpon  vs  of  youre  cite,  wype  we  of  vpon  you, 
 But  of  this  ye  shal  be  sure,  that  the  kyng- 
 dome of  God  was  come  nye  vnto  you.  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  It  shalbe  easyer  for  Sodome 
 in  that  daye,  then  for  that  cite. 
 
 Wo  vnto  the  Chorazin,  wo  vnto  the  Beth- 
 saida :  *  for  yf  the  miracles  which  haue  bene 
 done  amonge  you  had  bene  done  at  Tyre  and 
 Sidon,  they  had  done  pennaunce  longe  agoo, 
 syttinge  in  sackcloth  and  in  asshes.  Neuer- 
 theles it  shalbe  easyer  for  Tyre  and  Sidon  at 
 the  iudgment,  then  for  you.  And  thou 
 Capernaum  which  art  exalted  vnto  the 
 heauen,  shalt  be  thrust  downe  vnto  heU.  He 
 that  heareth  you,  heareth  me : '  and  he  that 
 despyseth  you,  despyseth  me :  but  who  so 
 despyseth  me,  despyseth  him  y  sent  me. 
 
 II  3  Re.  19.  d.  "  2  Pet.  2.  d.  <■  Mat.  9.  d. 
 
 /  Mat.  10.  a.     Marc.  6.  a.     Luc.  9.  a.  f  4  Re.  4.  d. 
 
 «  Mat.  10.  b.  Marc.  6.  b.  Luc.  9.  a.  Act.  13.  e.  and  18.  a. 
 *  Mat.  11.  b.  '  Mat.  10.  e.  loha.  13.  c.  Marc.  9.  d. 
 
Cftap.  )ru 
 
 CI)r  gospfll  of  ^,  ^nkt. 
 
 So,  Ijrvb. 
 
 The  seuetye  came  agayne  with  ioye,  and 
 sayde :  LORDE,  the  deuels  also  are  subdued 
 vnto  vs  in  thy  name.  But  he  sayde  vnto 
 them :  "  I  sawe  Sathan  fall  downe  from 
 heauen  as  a  lightenynge.  Beholde,  *I  haue 
 geuen  you  power  to  treade  vpon  serpetes  and 
 scorpions,  and  ouer  all  power  of  the  enemye, 
 and  nothinge  shall  hurte  you.  Neuertheles, 
 reioyce  not  ye  in  this,  that  the  spretes  are 
 subdued  vnto  you  :  but  reioyse,  Hhat  youre 
 names  are  wrytten  in  heauen. 
 
 At  the  same  houre  reioysed  lesus  in  sprete, 
 and  sayde :  *  I  prayse  the  (O  father  and 
 LORDE  of  heauen  and  earth)  that  thou  hast 
 hyd  these  thinges  from  the  wyse  and  prudent, 
 and  hast  opened  them  vnto  babes.  Euen  so 
 father,  for  so  it  pleased  the.  "^AU  thinges  are 
 geuen  ouer  vnto  me  of  my  father:  tand  no 
 man  knoweth  who  the  sonne  is,  but  onely  the 
 father :  nether  who  the  father  is,  saue  onely 
 the  sonne,  and  he  to  who  the  sonne  will 
 open  it. 
 
 And  he  turned  him  vnto  his  disciples,  and 
 sayde  in  especiall :  Blessed  are  the  eyes, 
 which  se  that  ye  se.  For  I  saye  vnto  you : 
 ''  Many  prophetes  and  kynges,  wolde  haue 
 sene  the  thynges  that  ye  se,  and  haue  not 
 sene  them :  and  to  haue  herde  the  thynges 
 that  ye  heare,  and  haue  not  herde  them. 
 
 And  beholde,  there  stode  vp  a  sciybe  and 
 tempted  him,  and  sayde  :  Master,  what  must 
 I  do,  to  inheret  euerlastinge  life?  He  sayde 
 vnto  him :  What  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe  ? 
 How  readest  thou  ?  He  answered  and  sayde : 
 'Thou  shalt  loue  thy  LORDE  God  with  all 
 thy  hert,  mth  all  thy  soule,  with  all  thy 
 strength,  and  with  all  thy  mynde,  and  §  thy 
 neghboure  as  thy  self  He  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Thou  hast  answered  right :  this  do,  and  thou 
 shalt  lyue.  But  he  wolde  haue  iustified  him- 
 self, 5  sayde  vnto  lesus:  Who  is  then  my 
 neghboure  ? 
 
 Then  answered  lesus,  and  sayde :  A  cer- 
 tayne  man  wente  downe  from  Jerusalem 
 vnto  lericho,  and  fell  amonge  murthurers, 
 which  stryped  him  out  of  his  clothes,  and 
 wounded  him,  and  wente  their  waye,  and  left 
 him  half  deed.  And  by  chauce  there  came 
 downe  a  prest  the  same  waye :  and  whan  he 
 sawe  him,    he   passed  by.     And   likewyse  a 
 
 Esa.  14.  b.  Apo.  12.  c.  •  Mar.  16.  c.  Act.  28.  a. 
 t  Phil.  4.  a.-  Apo.  17.  b.  »  Mat.  11.  c.  «Mat.28.c. 
 lolia.  13.  a.  {Mat.  11.  e.     loha.  7.  c.  8.b.  10.  b. 
 
 Leuite,  wha  he  came  nye  vnto  the  same  place 
 and  sawe  him,  he  passed  by.  But  a  Samari- 
 tane  was  goynge  his  iourney,  and  came  that 
 waye,  and  whan  he  sawe  him,  he  had  com 
 passion  vpon  him,  wente  vnto  him,  bounde  vp 
 his  woundes,  and  poured  oyle  and  wyne  therin, 
 and  lifte  him  vp  vpon  his  beast,  and  brought 
 him  in  to  the  ynne,  and  made  prouysion  for 
 him.  Vpon  the  next  daye  whan  he  departed, 
 he  toke  out  two  pens,  and  gaue  them  to  the 
 oost,  and  sayde  vnto  him:  Take  cure  of  him, 
 and  what  so  euer  thou  spendest  more,  I  wil 
 paye  it  the,  whan  I  come  agayne.  Which  of 
 these  thre  now  thinkest  thou,  was  neghboure 
 vnto  him,  that  fell  amonge  the  murtherers  ? 
 He  sayde  :  He  that  shewed  mercy  vpon  him. 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye 
 then,  and  do  thou  likewyse. 
 
 It  fortuned  as  they  wete,  that  he  entred  in 
 to  a  towne,  where  there  was  a  woman  named 
 Martha,  which  receaued  him  in  to  hir  house. 
 And  she  had  a  sister,  called  Mary,/  which  sat 
 hir  downe  at  lesus  fete,  and  herkened  vnto  his 
 worde.  But  Martha  made  hir  self  moch  to 
 do,  for  to  serue  him.  And  she  stepte  vnto 
 him,  and  sayde :  LORDE,  carest  thou  not, 
 that  my  sister  letteth  me  serue  alone  ?  Byd 
 her  therfore,  that  she  helpe  me.  But  lesus 
 answered,  and  sayde  vnto  her:  Martha  Martha, 
 thou  takest  thought,  and  combrest  thy  self 
 aboute  many  thinges :  II  there  is  but  one 
 thinge  nedefull.  Mary  hath  chosen  a  good 
 parte,  which  shal  not  be  taken  awaye  from  her. 
 
 C^c  \i.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  that  he  was  in  a  place, 
 and  prayed.  And  whan  he  had  ceassed, 
 one  of  his  disciples  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE, 
 teach  vs  to  praye,  as  Ihon  also  taught  his 
 disciples.  He  sayde  vnto  the :  Whan  ye  praye, 
 saye :  O  oure  father  which  art  in  heauen, 
 halowed  be  thy  name.  Thy  kyngdome  come. 
 Thy  wil  be  fulfilled  vpon  earth,  as  it  is  in 
 heauen.  Geue  vs  this  daye  oure  daylie  bred. 
 And  forgeue  vs  oure  synnes,  for  we  also 
 forgeue  all  them  that  are  detters  vnto  vs. 
 And  lede  vs  not  in  to  temptacion,  but  delyuer 
 vs  from  euell. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Which  of  you 
 is  it  that  hath  a  frende,  and  shulde  go  to  him 
 
 Mat.  13.  c.      '  Deut.  6.  b. 
 /  Deut.  33.  a. 
 
 §  Leui.  19.  c.   Rom.  13.  b. 
 II  Psal.  26.  a. 
 
ffo.  irrbi. 
 
 Cf)c  gospell  of  ^.  ^iikt. 
 
 Cftap.  nJ 
 
 at  myclnight,  and  saye  vnto  him :  frende, 
 lende  me  thrc  loaues,  for  a  frende  of  myne  is 
 come  to  me  out  of  the  waye,  and  I  haue 
 nothinge  to  set  before  him  :  and  he  within 
 shulde  answere  and  saye  :  Disquyete  me  not, 
 the  dore  is  shutt  all  ready,  and  my  children 
 are  with  me  in  the  chamber,  I  can  not  ryse, 
 and  geuo  the.  I  saye  vnto  you  :  and  though 
 he  wolde  not  aryse  and  geue  him,  because  he 
 is  his  frende,  Yet  because  of  his  vnshamefast 
 begginge  he  wolde  aryse,  and  geue  him  as 
 many  as  he  neded. 
 
 And  I  saye  vnto  you  also :  Axe,  and  it 
 shal  be  geuen  you :  "  Seke,  and  ye  shal  fynde : 
 knocke,  and  it  shalbe  opened  vnto  you.  For 
 who  so  euer  axeth,  receaueth  :  and  he  that 
 seketh,  fyndeth :  and  to  him  that  knocketh, 
 shal  it  be  opened.  Yf  the  sonne  axe  bred  of 
 eny  of  you  that  is  a  father,  wyl  he  geue  him 
 a  stone  therfore  ?  Or  yf  he  axe  a  fyszhe,  wyl 
 he  for  the  fish  ofFre  him  a  serpent  ?  Or  yf  he 
 axe  an  egg,  wyl  he  profer  him  a  scorpion  ?  Yf 
 ye  then  which  are  euell,  can  geue  youre 
 children  good  giftes,  how  moch  more  shal  the 
 father  of  heauen  geue  the  holy  sprete  vnto 
 them  that  axe  him  ? 
 
 And  he  droue  out  a  deuell  that  was  domme : 
 and  it  came  to  passe  whan  the  deuell  was 
 departed  out,  the  domme  spake,  and  the 
 people  wondred.  But  some  of  them  sayde  :' 
 He  dryueth  out  the  deuels,  thorow  Beelzebub 
 the  chefe  of  the  deuels.  The  other  tempted 
 him,  and  desyred  a  token  of  him  from  heauen. 
 But  he  knewe  their  thoughtes,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Euery  kyngdome  deuyded  within  it 
 self,  shal  be  desolate,  and  one  house  shal  fall 
 vpo  another.  Yf  Sathan  then  be  at  variaunce 
 within  himself,  how  shal  his  kyngdome  endure  ? 
 Because  ye  saye,  that  I  dryue  out  deuels 
 thorow  Beelzebub. 
 
 And  yf  I  dryue  out  deuels  thorow  Beelzebul, 
 by  whom  the  do  youre  children  dryue  them 
 out?  Therfore  shall  they  be  youre  iudges. 
 But  yf  I  cast  out  the  deuels  by  the  fynger  of 
 God,  then  is  the  kyngdome  of  God  come 
 vnto  you. 
 
 Whan  a  stronge  harnessed  man  kepeth  his 
 house,"*  that  he  possesseth  is  in  peace  :  *  but 
 whan  a  stronger  then  he  commeth  vp5  him, 
 and  ouer  commeth  him,  he  taketh  fro  him  all 
 
 •  Pro.  8.  b.  Mat.  7.  a.  loha.  14.  b.  15.  a.  16.  c. 
 »  Mat.  9.(1.  and  12.  c.  ■■  Marc.  3.  b.  ■*  Mat.  12.  c. 
 
 •  Col.  2.  b.         '  Mat.  12.  c.         /  Marc.  8.  b.  t  loniE 
 
 his  wapens,  wherin  he  trusted,  and  deuydeth 
 the  spoyle.  He  that  is  not  with  me,  is 
 agaynst  me :  and  he  that  gathereth  not  with 
 me,  scatereth  abrode. 
 
 '  Whan  the  vncleane  sprete  is  gone  out  of 
 a  man,  he  walketh  thorow  drye  places,  sekynge 
 rest,  and  fyndeth  none.  Then  sayeth  he  :  I 
 wil  turne  agayne  in  to  my  house,  from  whence 
 I  wente  out.  And  whan  he  commeth,  he 
 fyndeth  it  swepte,  and  garnished.  Then 
 goeth  he,  and  taketh  vnto  him  seuen  other 
 spretes,  worse  the  himself.  And  whan  they 
 are  entred  in,  they  dwell  there.  And  the  ende 
 of  that  man  is  worse  then  the  begynnynge. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  he  spake  soch,  a  cer- 
 tayne  woman  amonge  the  people  lift  vp  hir 
 voyce,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Blessed  is  f 
 wombe  that  bare  the,  and  the  pappes  that  thou 
 hast  sucked.  But  he  sayde :  Yee  blessed  are 
 they  that  heare  the  worde  of  God,  and  kepe  it. 
 
 Whan  the  people  were  gathered  thicke 
 together,  he  beganne  to  saye :  -'  This  is  an 
 euell  generacion,  they  desyre  a  toke,  and  there 
 shal  no  token  be  geuen  them,  but  the  toke  of 
 the  prophet  lonas.  t  For  like  as  lonas  was 
 a  toke  vnto  the  Niniuytes,  so  shal  the  sonne 
 of  man  be  vnto  this  generacion.  ?  The  queue 
 of  the  south  shal  aryse  at  the  iudgmet  with 
 the  men  of  this  generacion,  and  shall  con- 
 dempne  them  :  for  she  came  from  the  ende 
 of  the  worlde,  to  heare  the  wyszdome  of 
 Salomon.  And  beholde,  here  is  one  more 
 then  Salomon.  The  men  of  Niniue  shal 
 aryse  at  the  iudgment  with  this  generacion, 
 and  shall  condempne  them :  for  they  dyd 
 pennaunce  after  the  preachinge  of  lonas :  and 
 beholde,  here  is  one  more  the  lonas. 
 
 ^  No  man  lighteth  a  candell,  and  putteth  it 
 in  a  preuy  place,  nether  vnder  a  buszhell, 
 but  vpon  a  candilsticke,  that  they  which  come 
 in,  may  se  y  light,  t  The  eye  is  the  light  of 
 the  body,  Yf  thine  eye  then  be  syngle,  all 
 thy  body  shal  be  full  of  light :  but  yf  thine 
 eye  be  wicked,  then  shal  all  thy  body  be  full 
 of  darcknesse.  Take  hede  therfore,  that  the 
 light  which  is  in  the,  be  not  darcknesse.  Yf 
 thy  body  now  be  light,  so  that  it  haue  no 
 parte  of  darknesse,  then  shal  it  be  all  full  of 
 light,  and  shall  light  the  euen  as  a  cleare 
 lightenynge. 
 
 2.  a.  and  3.  b.        «  3  Re.  10.  a.     2  Par. 
 ^  Mat.  5.  b.     Marc.  4.  b.     Luc.  8.  b. 
 
 Mat.  12.  d. 
 t  Mat.  6.  c. 
 
Cftap*  xih 
 
 CI)e  gosiptll  of  ^.  %,\ikt. 
 
 fo,  In^iU 
 
 But  whyle  he  yet  spake,  a  certayne  Pharise 
 prayed  him,  that  he  wolde  dyne  with  him. 
 And  he  wente  in,  and  sat  him  downe  at  the 
 table.  Whan  the  Pharise  sawe  that,  he 
 marueyled,  that  he  waszhed  not  first  before 
 dyner.  But  the  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Now  do  ye  Pharises  make  cleane  the  out  syde 
 of  the  cuppe  and  platter,"  but  youre  inwarde 
 partes  are  full  of  robbery  and  wickednesse. 
 Ye  fooles,  is  a  thinge  made  cleane  within, 
 because  the  outsyde  is  clensed?  Neuertheles 
 geue  almesse  of  that  ye  haue,  and  beholde, 
 all  is  cleane  vnto  you. 
 
 But  wo  vnto  you  Pharises,*  ye  that  tythe 
 mynt  and  rewe,  and  aU  maner  herbes,  and 
 passe  ouer  iudgmet  and  y  loue  of  God.  These 
 ought  to  haue  bene  done,  and  not  to  leaue 
 the  other  vndone. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  Pharises,  for  ye  loue  to  syt 
 ■v-ppermost  in  the  synagoges,  and  to  be  saluted 
 in  the  market. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrj'bes  and  Pharyses,  ye 
 ypocrites,  for  ye  are  like  couered  sepulcres, 
 where  ouer  men  walke,  and  are  not  awarre  of 
 them. 
 
 Then  answered  one   of  the  scrybes,   and 
 
 yde  vnto  him :  Master,  with  these  wordes 
 thou  puttest  vs  to  rebuke  also.  But  he  saide : 
 And  wo  vnto  you  also  ye  scrybes,  for  ye  lade 
 men  with  viitoUerable  burthens,  and  ye  youre 
 selues  ''touch  them  not  with  one  of  youre 
 fjaigers. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you,  for  ye  buylde  the  sepulcres 
 of  the  prophetes, '  but  youre  fathers  put  them 
 to  death.  Doutles  ye  beare  wytnesse,  and 
 consente  vnto  the  dedes  of  youre  fathers 
 for  they  slewe  them,  and  ye  buylde  their 
 sepulcres. 
 
 ■'  Therfore  sayde  the  wyszdome  of  God  :  I 
 wil  sende  prophetes  and  Apostles  vnto  the: 
 and  some  of  them  shal  they  put  to  death  and 
 persecute,  that  the  bloude  of  all  the  prophetes 
 which  hath  bene  shed  sens  the  foundacion  of 
 the  worlde  was  layed,  maye  be  requyred  of  this 
 generacion :  from  the  bloude  of  Abell,  *  vnto  y 
 bloude  of  *  Zachary,  which  perished  betwene 
 the  altare  and  y  temple.  Yee  I  saye  vnto 
 you  :  it  shalbe  requyred  of  this  generacion. 
 
 Wo  vnto  you  scrybes,  for  ye  haue  receaued 
 y  keye  of  knowlege.  *     Ye  are  not  come  in 
 
 "  Mat.  23.  c.  '  Mat.  23.  c.  '  Mat.  23.  a.  Marc 
 12.  d.      Luc.  10.  c.  ''  Mat.  23.  a.  '  Mat.  23.  d 
 
 /  Mat.  23.  c.        f  Gen.  4.  b.        "2  Pa.  24.  b.        *  Mat 
 23.  b.        '  Mat.  16.  a.    Marc.  8.  a.        t  Sap.  1.  b.     Mat 
 
 youre  selues,  and  haue  forbydden  them  that 
 wolde  haue  bene  in. 
 
 Whan  he  spake  thus  vnto  them,  the  scrybes 
 and  Pharyses  beganne  to  preasse  sore  vpon 
 him,  and  to  stoppe  his  mouth  with  many 
 questions,  and  layed  wayte  for  him,  and 
 sought  to  hunte  out  some  thinge  out  of  his 
 mouth,  that  they  might  accuse  him. 
 
 €i)t  pj.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 THERE  were  gathered  together  an  innu- 
 merable multitude  of  people,  in  so  moch 
 that  they  trode  one  another:  Then  beganne 
 he,  and  sayde  first  vnto  his  disciples :  'Bewarre 
 of  the  leuen  of  the  Pharises,  which  is  ypocri- 
 sye.  t  But  there  is  nothinge  hyd,  that  shal 
 not  be  discouered :  nether  secrete,  that  shal 
 not  be  knowne.  Therfore  whatsoeuer  ye 
 haue  spoke  in  darknesse,  that  same  shal  be 
 herde  in  light:  and  that  ye  haue  spoken  in  to 
 the  eare  in  the  chabers,  shalbe  preached  vpon 
 the  house  toppes. 
 
 But  I  saye  \Tito  you  my  frendes :  *  Be  not 
 afrayed  of  them  that  kyll  the  body,  and  after 
 that  haue  nomore  that  they  can  do.  But  I 
 wil  shewe  you,  whom  ye  shal  feare.  Feare 
 him,  which  after  he  hath  kylled,  hath  power 
 also  to  cast  in  to  hell :  Yee  I  saye  vnto  you 
 Feare  him.  Are  not  fyue  sparowes  bought 
 for  two  farthinges  ?  Yet  is  not  one  of  them 
 forgotten  before  God.  The  very  hayres  of 
 youre  heade  also  are  nombred  euery  one, 
 Feare  not  therfore,  for  ye  are  better  then 
 many  sparowes. 
 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  '  Wlio  so  euer  knowlegeth 
 me  before  men,  him  shal  the  sonne  of  ma 
 also  knowlege  before  the  angels  of  God 
 But  he  that  denyeth  me  before  men,  shal  be 
 denyed  before  the  angels  of  God.  And  who 
 so  euer  speaketh  a  worde  agaynst  the  sonne 
 of  man,  it  shalbe  forgeuen  him :  "  But  who  so 
 blasphemeth  the  holy  goost,  it  shal  not  be 
 forgeuen  him. 
 
 Whan  they  brynge  you  in  to  their  syna- 
 goges," and  to  the  rulers  (j  officers,  take  ye 
 no  thought,  how  or  what  ye  shal  answere, 
 or  what  ye  shal  speake :  for  the  holy  goost 
 shal  teach  you  in  the  same  houre,  what  ye 
 ought  to  saye. 
 
 10.  d.     Marc.  4.  b.     Luc.  8.b.  '  Mat.  10.  d.     2  Par 
 
 20.  c.  '  Mat.  10.  d.  Marc.  8.  e.  Luc.  9.  c.  Apo.  3.  a 
 "■  Mat.  12.  c.  Marc.  3.  c.  "  Mat.  10.  c.  Marc.  13.  b 
 Luc.  21.  b. 
 
ffo,  iFrfaiij. 
 
 Cf)t  goEiiJfll  of  ^.  ilub^. 
 
 Cftap.  Hj. 
 
 But  one  of  the  people  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Master,  byd  my  brother  deuyde  the  enheri- 
 taunce  with  me.  Neuertheles  he  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Man,  who  hath  set  me  to  be  a  iudge  or 
 heretage  parter  ouer  you?  And  he  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Take  hede,  and  bewarre  of 
 couetousnesse,  for  noman  lyueth  therof,  that 
 he  hath  abundaunce  of  goodes.  And  he  tolde 
 them  a  sjinilitude,  and  sayde  :  There  was  a 
 riche  man,  whose  felde  had  brought  forth 
 frutes  plenteously,  and  he  thought  in  himself, 
 and  sayde  :  What  shal  I  do  ?  I  haue  nothinge 
 wher  in  to  gather  my  frutes.  And  he  sayde : 
 This  wil  I  do,  I  wil  breake  downe  my  barnes, 
 (5  buylde  greater,  and  therin  wil  I  gather  all 
 myne  increace,  (t  my  goodes,  5  wil  saye  ^Tito 
 my  soule :  "  Soule,  thou  hast  moch  goodes 
 layed  vp  in  stoare  for  many  yeares,  take  now 
 thine  ease,  eate,  drinke,  and  be  mery.  But 
 God  sayde  vnto  him  :  *Thou  foole,  this  night 
 shal  they  requyre  thy  soule  from  the,  *and 
 whose  shal  it  be  that  thou  hast  prepared? 
 Thus  goeth  it  with  him  y  gathereth  treasure 
 for  himself,  and  is  not  riche  in  God. 
 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  his  disciples :  Therfore 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  '  Take  ye  no  thought  for 
 youre  life,  what  ye  shal  eate :  nether  for  youre 
 body,  what  ye  shal  put  on.  The  life  is  more 
 then  meate,  and  the  body  more  then  rajmet. 
 Consydre  the  rauens,  they  nether  sowe  ner 
 reape,  they  haue  also  nether  stoarehouse  ner 
 barne,  and  yet  God  fedeth  them.  But  how 
 moch  better  are  ye  then  the  foules  ? 
 
 ''^Vhich  of  you  (though  he  toke  thought 
 therfore)  coulde  put  one  cubyte  vnto  his 
 stature  ?  Seinge  then  ye  be  not  able  to  do 
 that  which  is  least,  why  take  ye  thought  for 
 the  other  ?  Considre  the  lilies  vpo  the  felde, 
 how  they  growe :  they  laboure  not,  they  spynne 
 not.  But  I  saye  vnto  you :  that  euen  Salomon 
 in  all  his  royalte  was  not  clothed  like  one  of 
 these.  Wherfore  yf  God  so  cloth  the  grasse, 
 y  is  to  daye  in  f  felde,  and  tomorow  shalbe 
 cast  in  to  the  fornace,  how  moch  more  shal  he 
 clothe  you,  o  ye  of  litle  faith  ?  Axe  not  ye 
 therfore  what  ye  shal  eate,  or  what  ye  shal 
 drynke,  and  clymme  not  vp  an  hye:  The 
 Heithen  in  the  worlde  seke  after  all  soch 
 thinges.  But  seke  ye  the  kyngdome  of  God, 
 and  all  these  shal  be  mynistred  vnto  you. 
 
 '    KcclT.  11.  c.  '    lere.   17.  b.  •  Psal.  38.   a. 
 
 '  Psal.  54.  c.       Mat.  6.  c.      1  Pet.  5.  a.  ■>  Mat.  6.  d. 
 
 •  Deut.  t.  c.  and  20.  a.  /  Mat.  6.  c.  and  19.  c. 
 
 Feare  not  thou  litle  flocke,  for  it  is  youre 
 fathers  pleasure  to  geue  you  the  'kyngdome. 
 Sell  that  ye  haue,  and  geue  almesse.  INIake 
 you  bagges,  which  waxe  not  olde :  euen  a 
 •'  treasure  that  ncuer  fayleth  in  heauen,  where 
 no  thefe  commeth,  and  no  moth  corruppeth  : 
 for  where  youre  treasure  is,  there  wil  youre 
 hert  be  also. 
 
 ^Let  youre  loynes  be  gerded  aboute,  and 
 youre  lightes  burnynge,  and  be  ye  like  vnto 
 men  that  wayte  for  their  lorde,  agaynst  he 
 returne   from   the   mariage,    that   whan    he 
 
 meth  (J  knocketh,  they  maye  straight 
 waye  open  vnto  him.  Blessed  are  those  ser- 
 uauntes,  whom  the  LORDE  (whan  hecometh) 
 shal  fjaide  wakynge.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you: 
 *  He  shal  gyrde  vp  him  self,  and  make  them 
 syt  downe  at  the  table,  and  shal  go  by  them, 
 and  mynister  \Tito  them.  And  yf  he  come  in 
 the  seconde  watch,  and  in  the  thirde  watch, 
 and  fynde  them  so,  blessed  are  those  ser- 
 uauntes.  ''But  be  sure  of  this,  that  yf  the 
 good  man  of  the  house  knewe,  what  houre 
 the  thefe  wolde  come,  he  wolde  surely  watch, ' 
 and  not  suffre  his  house  to  be  broken  vp. 
 Therfore  be  ye  ready  also,  for  at  an  houre 
 whan  ye  thynke  not,  'shal  the  sonne  of  man 
 come. 
 
 But  Peter  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE, 
 tellest  thou  this  symilitude  vnto  vs,  or  to  all 
 men  also  ?  The  LORDE  sayde  :  How  greate 
 a  thinge  is  a  faithfull  and  wyse  stewarde, 
 whom  his  lorde  setteth  ouer  his  houszholde, 
 to  geue  the  their  dewtye  in  due  season  ? 
 Blessed  is  that  seruaunt,  whom  his  lorde 
 (whan  he  cometh)  shal  fynde  so  doynge.* 
 \^erely  I  saye  vnto  you :  'he  shal  set  him 
 ouer  all  his  goodes.  But  yi  the  same  seruaut 
 shal  saye  in  his  hert :  Tush,  it  wil  be  longe  or 
 my  lorde  come,  and  shal  begynne  to  smjle  y 
 seruauntes  and  maydens,  yee  5  to  eate  and 
 drynke,  (i  to  be  dronke :  the  same  seruauntes 
 lorde  shal  come  in  a  daye  whan  he  loketh  not 
 for  him,  and  in  an  houre  that  he  is  not  aware 
 of,  (J  shal  hew  him  in  peces,  and  geue  him  his 
 rewarde  with  the  vnbeleuers. 
 
 '"The  seruaunt  that  knewe  his  lordes  wil 
 and  prepared  not  himself,  nether  dyd  acor- 
 dinge  to  his  will,  shal  be  beaten  with  many 
 str)'pes :  But  he  that  knewe  it  not,  and  yet 
 
 s  Ephe.  6.  d.      1  Pet.  1.  c.  t  Luc.  S 
 
 24.  d.      Marc.  13,  d.  *  Mat.  25.  a. 
 
 Mat.  24.  d.         '"  laco.  4.  b. 
 
 I.  b.  *  Mat. 
 
 '  Apo.  16.  c. 
 
 IE 
 
Cftap.  viiU 
 
 €^t  gospfll  of  ^.  iltifef ♦ 
 
 fo,  IniV* 
 
 dF 
 
 dyd  thinges  worthy  of  strypes,  shal  be  beaten 
 with  few  strypes.  For  loke  vnto  whom  moch 
 is  geiien,  of  him  shal  moch  be  sought:  and 
 loke  to  whom  moch  is  commytted,  of  him 
 shal  moch  be  requyred. 
 
 I  am  come  to  kyndle  fyre  vpo  earth,  and 
 what  wolde  I  rather,  the  that  it  were  kyndled 
 allready.  Not\vithst6dinge  I  must  first  be 
 baptised  with  a  baptyme,  and  how  am  I 
 payned  tyll  it  be  ended  ?  Thynke  ye,  that  I 
 am  come  to  brynge  peace  vpon  earth  ?  °  I 
 tell  you  nay,  but  rather  debate.  For  from 
 hence  forth  there  shal  be  at  varyauce  in  one 
 house :  thre  agaynst  two,  and  two  agaynst 
 thre.  The  father  shal  be  deuyded  agaynst  y 
 Sonne,  and  the  sonne  agaynst  the  father :  the 
 mother  agaynst  the  doughter,  d  the  doughter 
 agaynst  the  mother :  the  mother  in  lawe 
 agaynst  hir  doughter  in  lawe,  and  y  doughter 
 in  lawe  agaynst  hir  mother  in  lawe. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  the  people  :  *  Whan  ye 
 se  a  cloude  ryse  out  of  y  west,  straight  waye 
 ye  saye  :  there  cometh  a  shower,  and  so  it  is: 
 and  whan  ye  se  the  southwynde  blowe,  ye 
 saye :  It  wil  be  bote,  and  it  commeth  so  to 
 passe.  O  ye  ypocrytes,  ye  can  discerne  the 
 fashion  of  the  skye  and  of  the  earth :  Why 
 can  ye  not  discerne  this  tyme  also  ?  Yee 
 and  why  iudge  ye  not  of  youre  selues,  what  is 
 right  ? 
 
 Whyle  thou  goest  with  thine  aduersary 
 vnto  the  Prynce,  geue  dihgece  by  the  waye, 
 that  thou  mayest  be  quyte  of  him,  lest  he 
 brymge  the  before  the  iudge,  and  the  iudge 
 delyuer  the  to  the  iaylar,  and  the  iaylar  cast 
 the  in  to  preson.  I  teU  the,  thou  shalt  not 
 come  out  thence,  tyll  thou  paye  the  vttemost 
 myte. 
 
 W^t  tH)-  C])apttr. 
 
 THERE  were  present  at  the  same  season 
 certayne,  that  shewed  him  of  y  *Gali- 
 leans,  whose  bloude  Pilate  had  megled  with 
 their  awne  sacrifice.  And  lesus  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them :  Suppose  ye,  that  these 
 Galileas  were  greater  synners  then  all  the 
 other  Galileans,  because  they  sufFred  soch 
 punyshment?  I  tell  you  naye,  but  excepte 
 ye  amede  youre  selues,  ye  shal  all  perishe 
 likewyse.  Or  thinke  ye  that  f  eightene 
 (vpon  whom  the  tower  in  Siloe  fell  and  slewe 
 them)  were  giltie  aboue  all  men  that  dwell  at 
 
 "Mat.  10.  e.     Mich.  7.  a.        'Mat.  16.  a.        •Act.S.c. 
 
 Jerusalem  ?  I  tell  you  naye  :  but  excepte  ye 
 amende  youre  selues,  ye  shal  all  perishe 
 likewyse. 
 
 And  he  tolde  them  this  symilitude  :  A  cer- 
 tayne ma  had  a  fygge  tre,  which  was  planted 
 in  his  vynyarde,  j  he  came  and  sought  frute 
 theron,  and  founde  none.  Then  savde  he 
 vnto  the  wynegardener :  Beholde,  This  thre 
 yeare  longe  haue  I  come  euery  yeare,  and 
 sought  frute  vpon  this  fygge  tre,  and  fynde 
 none :  cut  it  downe,  why  hyndreth  it  the 
 grounde  ?  But  he  answered,  and  sayde : 
 Syr,  let  it  alone  yet  this  yeare,  tyll  I  dygge 
 roude  aboute  it  and  donge  it,  yf  it  wyl 
 brynge  forth  frute:  Yf  no,  then  cut  it  downe 
 afterwarde. 
 
 And  he  taught  in  a  synagoge  vpon  the 
 Sabbath :  and  beholde,  there  was  a  woma, 
 which  had  a  sprete  of  infirmyte  eightene 
 yeares,  and  was  croked,  and  coulde  not  well 
 loke  vp.  Whan  lesus  sawe  her,  he  called  her 
 to  him,  and  sayde  vnto  her :  Woman,  be 
 delyuered  from  thy  disease.  And  he  layed 
 his  handes  vpo  her,  and  immediatly  she  was 
 made  straight,  and  praysed  God.  Then 
 answered  the  ruler  of  the  synagoge,  and  toke 
 indignacion  (because  lesus  healed  vpo  y 
 Sabbath)  and  sayde  vnto  the  people :  There 
 are  sixe  dayes,  wherin  men  ought  to  worke, 
 in  them  come  and  be  healed,  and  not  on  the 
 Sabbath. 
 
 Then  the  I^ORDE  answered  him,  and 
 sayde  :  Thou  ypocryte,  doth  not  euery  one  of 
 you  lowse  his  oxe  or  asse  fro  the  crybbe  vpo 
 Sabbath,  and  leade  him  to  the  water?  But 
 shulde  not  this  (which  is  Abrahams  doughter) 
 whom  Sathan  hath  bounde  now  eightene 
 yeares,  be  lowsed  from  this  bonde  vpo  the 
 Sabbath?  And  whan  he  thus  sayde,  all  his 
 aduersaries  were  ashamed.  And  all  the  people 
 reioysed  ouer  all  the  excellent  dedes,  that 
 were  done  by  him. 
 
 And  he  sayde  :  '  What  is  the  kyngdome  of 
 God  like  ?  Or  wher  vnto  shal  I  copare  it  ? 
 It  is  like  a  grayme  of  mustarde  sede,  which  a 
 man  toke,  and  cast  in  his  garden :  and  it 
 grewe,  and  waxed  a  greate  tre,  and  the 
 foules  of  the  ayre  dwelt  amonge  the  braunches 
 of  it. 
 
 And  agayne  he  sayde  :  ''Where  vnto  shal  I 
 licken  the  kyngdome  of  God?  It  is  like  vnto 
 leuen,   which  a  woman  toke,   and  myxte  it 
 
 '  Mat.  13.  d.    Marc.  4.  a.         ''  Mat.  13.  e. 
 
iJTo-  \m* 
 
 €\)t  gosipfll  of  ^.  ?tufef» 
 
 €f)ap.  niij. 
 
 amoge  thre  peckes  of  meele,"  tyll  it  was  all 
 leuended.  And  he  wete  thorow  cities  and 
 townes,  and  taught,  and  toke  his  iourney 
 towarde  Jerusalem. 
 
 And  one  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE,  are 
 there  few  (thinkest  thou)  that  shalbe  saued? 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  them :  '  Stryue  ye  to  entre 
 in  at  the  strayte  gate,  for  many  (1  saye  vnto 
 you)  shal  sake  to  come  in,  and  shal  not  be 
 able.  From  that  tyme  forth,  whan  the  good 
 man  of  the  house  is  rysen  vp,  and  hath  shut 
 the  dore,  then  shal  ye  begynne  to  stonde 
 without,  and  to  knocke  at  y  dore,  and  saye  : 
 LORDE  LORDE,  open  vnto  vs.  'And  he 
 shal  answere,  and  saye  vnto  you:  I  knowe  you 
 not  whence  ye  are. 
 
 Then  shal  ye  begynne  to  saye :  We  haue 
 eaten  and  dronken  before  the,  and  thou  hast 
 taught  vs  vpon  y  stretes.  And  he  shal  saye : 
 I  tell  you,  I  knowe  you  not  whence  ye  are. 
 ''  Departe  fro  me  all  ye  workers  of  iniquyte. 
 There  shalbe  wepynge  and  gnaszhinge  of  teth, 
 when  ye  shal  se  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and 
 lacob  and  all  the  prophetes  in  y  kyngdome 
 of  God,  and  youre  selues  thrust  out,  And 
 wha  they  shal  come  from  the  east  and  from 
 the  west,  'from  the  north  and  from  the  south, 
 which  shal  syt  at  y  table  in  the  kyngdome  of 
 God.  And  beholde,-'^  there  are  last,  which 
 shal  be  fyrst:  and  there  are  first,  which 
 shalbe  last. 
 
 Vpon  the  same  daye  there  came  certayne 
 of  f  Pharises,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Get  the 
 out  of  the  waye,  and  departe  hence,  for 
 Herode  wyl  kyll  the.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Go  ye  and  tell  that  foxe :  beholde,  I  cast  out 
 deuels,  and  heale  the  people  todaye  and  to- 
 morow,  and  vpo  the  thirde  daye  shal  I  make 
 an  ende :  for  it  can  not  be,  that  a  prophet 
 perishe  without  Jerusalem. 
 
 O  Jerusalem  lerusale,  thou  that  kyllest  the 
 prophetes,  and  stonest  the  that  are  sent  vnto 
 f,  how  oft  wolde  I  haue  gathered  thy  children 
 together,  euen  as  the  henne  gathereth  hir 
 nest  vnder  hir  wynges,  and  ye  wolde  not? 
 Beholde,  youre  habitacion  shal  be  left  vnto 
 you  desolate.  For  J  saye  vnto  you :  ye  shal 
 not  se  me,  tyll  f  tyme  come  that  ye  shal 
 saye : ''  blessed  be  he,  y  cometh  in  y  name  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 "Gen.  18.  a.      'Mat.7.  b.     <^  Mat  25.  a.       ■'Psal.  6.  b. 
 Mat.  7.  b.  and  25.  d.  '  Mat.  8.  b.  /  Mat.  19.  d. 
 
 and  20.  b.    Wore.  10.  c.         f  Mat.  23.  e.         *  Luc.  19.  d. 
 
 €T)t  >•"'•)•  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  that  he  came  in  to  the 
 house  of  one  of  f  chefe  I'harises  vpo  a 
 Sabbath,  to  eate  bred,  (t  they  watched  him. 
 And  beholde,  there  was  a  ma  before  him, 
 which  had  y  dropsye.  And  Jesus  answered,  5 
 spake  vnto  the  scrybes  and  Pharises,  5  sayde 
 '  Is  it  laufull  to  heale  on  the  Sabbath  ?  But 
 they  helde  their  tonge.  And  he  toke  him, 
 and  healed  him,  5  let  him  go,  and  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the :  Which  of  you  shal  haue 
 an  oxe  or  an  asse  fallen  in  to  a  pytte,*  and  wil 
 not  straight  waye  pull  him  out  on  the  Sabbath 
 daye?  And  they  coude  not  answere  him  agayne 
 to  that. 
 
 And  he  tolde  a  symilitude  vnto  f  gestes. 
 wha  he  marked  how  they  chose  the  hyest 
 seates,  i  sayde  vnto  the:  Whan  thou  art 
 bydde  of  eny  man  to  a  weddynge,  syt  not 
 downe  in  the  hyest  rowme,  lest  a  more  honor- 
 able man  the  thou  be  bydde  of  him,  and  he 
 that  bade  both  the  and  him,  come  j  saye  vnto 
 y :  geue  this  ma  rowme,  and  thou  the  be- 
 gynne with  shame  to  take  f  lowest  rowme. 
 But  rather  wha  thou  art  bydde,  go  and  syt  in 
 ;y^  lowest  rowme,  that  wha  he  that  bade  the, 
 cometh,  he  maye  saye  vnto  the:  Frende,  syt 
 vp  hyer :  then  shalt  thou  haue  worshipe  in  the 
 presence  of  them  that  syt  at  the  table.'  For 
 who  so  euer  exalteth  himself,  shalbe  brought 
 lowe : "'  and  he  y  humbleth  himself,  shalbe 
 exalted. 
 
 He  sayde  also  vnto  him  that  had  bydden 
 him :  Wha  thou  makest  a  dyner  or  a  supper, 
 call  not  thy  frendes,  ner  thy  brethren,  ner  thy 
 kynsfolkes,  ner  thy  riche  neghbours,  lest  they 
 call  the  agayne,  and  recompece  be  made  y. 
 But  wha  thou  makest  a  feast,"  call  the  poore, 
 the  crepell,  the  lame,  the  blpide,  then  art 
 thou  blessed,  for  they  can  not  recompece  f. 
 But  it  shalbe  recompensed  the  in  the  resur- 
 reccion  of  the  righteous. 
 
 Whan  one  of  them  that  sat  by  at  the  table 
 herde  this,  he  sayde  vnto  him:  Blessed  is  he, 
 that  eateth  bred  in  f  kyngdome  of  God. 
 But  he  sayde  vnto  him :  A  certajTie  ma  made 
 a  greate  supper,"  and  called  many  ther  to. 
 And  in  y  houre  of  the  supper  he  sent  his 
 seruaute,   to   saye  vnto   the  y  were  bydde : 
 
 Psal.  117.  c.  '  Luc.  6.  a.  and  13.  b.  Mat.  12.  b.  Marc.3.a. 
 '  Exo.  23.  a.  Deut.  22.  b.  '  Pro.  25.  a.  "  Mat.  23.  b. 
 Luc.  IB.  b.  "  Tob.  4.  c.         '  Mat.  22.  a.     Apo.  19.  b. 
 
Cftap.  vfa» 
 
 Cfte  goeipra  of  ^,  iLufef. 
 
 Jfo.  Im-u 
 
 C  Come,  for  now  are  all  thinges  ready.  And 
 they  begane  all  together  to  excuse  the  selues 
 one  after  another :  The  first  saide  vnto  hi : 
 I  haue  bought  a  ferme,  and  I  must  nedes  go 
 forth  and  se  it,  I  praye  y  haue  me  excused. 
 And  y  seconde  sayde :  I  haue  bought  fyue 
 yoke  of  oxen,  and  now  I  go  to  proue  them,  I 
 praye  the  haue  me  excused.  And  the  thirde 
 sayde  :  I  haue  marled  a  wife,  therfore  can  I 
 not  come.  And  the  seruaunt  came,  and 
 brought  his  lorde  worde  agayne  therof. 
 
 Then  was  the  good  man  of  the  house  dis- 
 pleased, and  sayde  vnto  his  seruaiit :  Go  out 
 quyckly  in  to  the  stretes  and  quarters  of  f 
 cite,  and  brynge  in  hither  the  poore  and 
 crepell,  and  lame  and  blynde.  And  the  ser- 
 uaiit sayde :  lorde,  it  is  done  as  thou  hast 
 comaunded,  and  there  is  yet  more  rowme. 
 And  the  lorde  sayde  vnto  the  seruaunt :  Go 
 out  in  to  the  hye  wayes,  and  to  the  hedges, 
 and  compell  them  to  come  in,  that  my  house 
 maye  be  fylled.  But  I  saye  vnto  you :  that 
 none  of  these  men  which  were  bydden,  shal 
 taist  of  my  supper. 
 
 There  wente  moch  people  with  him,"  and 
 he  turned  him  aboute  and  sayde  vnto  them: 
 Yf  eny  man  come  vnto  me,  and  hate  not  his 
 father,  mother,  wife,  childre,  brethre,  sisters, 
 yee  and  his  owne  life  also,  he  can  not  be  my 
 disciple.  And  whosoeuer  beareth  not  his 
 crosse,  and  foloweth  me,  can  not  be  my 
 disciple. 
 
 Which  of  you  is  it  y  wil  buylde  a  tower, 
 and  sytteth  not  downe  first  and  counteth  y 
 cost,  whether  he  haue  sufficiet  to  perfourme, 
 it  ?  lest  after  he  hath  layed  the  foundacio,  and 
 is  not  able  to  perfourme  it,  all  they  that  se  it, 
 begynne  to  laugh  him  to  scome,  5  to  saye : 
 This  man  beganne  to  buylde,  and  is  not  able 
 to  perfurme  it.  Or  what  kynge  wil  go  to 
 make  battayl  agaynst  another  kynge,  and 
 sytteth  not  downe  first,  and  casteth  in  his 
 mynde,  whether  he  be  able  with  ten  thou- 
 sande,  to  mete  him  that  commeth  agaynst 
 him  with  twentye  thousande  ?  Or  els,  whyle 
 the  other  is  yet  a  greate  waye  of  he  sendeth 
 embassage,  and  desyreth  peace.  So  likewyse 
 euery  one  of  you  that  forsaketh  not  all  that 
 he  hath,  can  not  be  my  disciple. 
 
 Salt  is  a  good  thinge :  *  but  yf  the  salt  be 
 vnsauery,  what  shal  they  season  withall?     It 
 
 Deut.  13.  b.     Mat.  10.  e.  and  16.  d. 
 Marc.  9.  e.  '  Mat.  9.  a.     Marc.  2.  b. 
 
 Mat. 
 Luc. 
 
 is  nether  good  vpon  the  lande,  ner  in  the 
 donge  hyll,  but  shal  be  cast  awaye.  He  that 
 hath  eares  to  heare,  let  him  heare. 
 
 CIjc  vb-  Ci)apttr. 
 
 THERE  resorted  vnto  him  all  the  pub- 
 licans and  synners,"  that  they  might 
 heare  him.  And  y  Pharises  and  scrybes 
 murmured,  and  sayde :  *  This  man  receaueth 
 synners,  and  eateth  with  them.  But  he  tolde 
 the  this  symilitude,  and  sayde :  What  man  is 
 he  amonge  you,  that  hath  an  hundreth  shepe, 
 and  yf  he  loose  one  of  the,"*  that  leaueth  not 
 the  nyne  and  nyentye  in  the  wyldernesse,  and 
 goeth  after  that  which  is  lost  tyll  he  fynde  it? 
 And  whan  he  hath  founde  it,  he  layeth  it 
 vpon  his  shulders  with  ioye:  and  whan  he 
 commeth  home,  he  calleth  his  fredes  and 
 neghbours,  and  sayeth  vnto  the:  Reioyce  with 
 me,  for  1  haue  founde  my  shepe,  y  was  lost. 
 I  saye  vnto  you:  Eue  so  shal  there  be  ioye  in 
 heauen  ouer  one  synner  that  doth  pennaunce, 
 more  then  ouer  nyne  and  nyentye  righteous, 
 which  t  nede  not  repentaunce. 
 
 Or  what  woman  is  it  that  hath  ten  grotes, 
 yf  she  loose  one  of  them,  that  hghteth  not  a 
 candell,  and  swepeth  the  house,  and  seketh 
 diligently,  tyll  she  fynde  it  ?  And  whan  she 
 hath  founde  it,  she  calleth  hir  frendes  i  negh- 
 bouresses,  and  sayeth :  Reioyce  with  me,  for 
 I  haue  foiide  my  grote,  which  I  had  lost. 
 Euen  so  (I  tell  you)  shal  there  be  ioye  before 
 the  angels  of  God,  ouer  one  synner  y  doth 
 pennaunce. 
 
 And  he  sayde :  A  certayne  man  had  two 
 sonnes,  and  the  yonger  of  them  sayde  vnto 
 the  father :  Father,  geue  me  the  porcion  of 
 y  goodes,  that  belongeth  vnto  me.  And  he 
 deuyded  the  good  vnto  them.  And  not  longe 
 therafter,  gathered  the  yonger  sonne  all  to- 
 gether, (J  toke  his  iourney  in  to  a  farre  countre, 
 and  there  waisted  he  his  goodes  with  rj'otous 
 lyuynge.  Now  whan  he  had  spent  all  that  he 
 had,  there  was  a  greate  derth  thorow  out  all 
 the  same  lode.  And  he  begane  to  lacke,  and 
 wente  his  waye,  and  claue  to  a  cytesin  of  that 
 same  countre,  which  sent  him  in  to  his  felde, 
 to  kepe  swyne.  And  he  wolde  fayne  haue 
 fylled  his  bely  with  the  coddes,  that  the  swyne 
 ate.     And  noman  gaue  him  them. 
 
 '  Luc.  5.  d.  and  7.  e.        i*  Mat.  18.  b.         t  Luc.  5.  d. 
 
 B 
 
I  jfo.  imih 
 
 CJ)t  50£(pfU  of  ^.  SLufee. 
 
 Cf)ap,  vbuj 
 
 Then  came  he  to  him  self,  and  sayde :  How 
 many  hyred  seruauntes  hath  my  father,  which 
 haue'  bred  ynough,  and  I  perish  of  honger  ? 
 I  wil  get  vp,  and  go  to  my  father,  and  saye 
 vnto  him:  Father,  I  haue  synned  agaynst 
 hcauen  and  before  the,  and  am  nomore 
 worthy  to  be  called  thy  sonne,  make  me  as 
 one  of  thy  hyred  seruauntes.  And  he  gat 
 him  vp,  5  came  vnto  his  father.  But  whan 
 he  was  yet  a  greate  waye  of,  his  father  sawe 
 him,  and  had  copassion,"  and  ranne,  and  fell 
 aboute  his  neck,  and  kyssed  him.  Then  sayde 
 the  sonne  vnto  him  :  Father,  I  haue  synned 
 agaynst  heaue,  and  before  the,  I  am  no  more 
 worthy  to  be  called  thy  sonne.  But  the 
 father  sayde  vnto  his  seruauntes:  Brynge 
 forth  the  best  gannent,  and  put  it  vpon  him, 
 and  geue  him  a  rynge  vpon  his  hande,  and 
 shues  on  his  fete,  and  brynge  hither  a  fed 
 calfe,  and  kyll  it,  lat  vs  eate  and  be  mery:  for 
 this  my  sonne  was  deed,  and  is  alyue  agayne : 
 he  was  lost,  and  is  founde.  And  they  beganne 
 to  be  mery. 
 
 But  the  elder  sonne  was  in  the  felde.  And 
 whan  he  came,  and  drewe  nye  to  the  house, 
 he  herde  y  mynstrelsye  and  daunsynge,  and 
 called  one  of  the  seruauntes  vnto  him,  and 
 axed  what  it  was.  He  sayde  vnto  him :  Thy 
 brother  is  come,  and  thy  father  hath  slayne  a 
 fed  calfe,  because  he  hath  receaued  him  safe 
 and  sounde.  Then  was  he  angrie,  and  wolde 
 not  go  in.  Then  wente  his  father  out,  and 
 prayed  him.  But  he  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  his  father :  Lo,  thus  many  yeares  haue  I 
 done  the  seruyce,  nether  haue  I  yet  broken 
 thy  commaundement,  and  thou  gauest  me 
 neuer  one  kydd,  y  I  might  make  mery  with 
 my  frendes.  But  now  that  this  thy  sonne  is 
 come,  which  deuoured  his  goodes  with  har- 
 lottes,  thou  hast  slayne  a  fed  calfe.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  him :  My  sonne,  thou  art  allwaye 
 with  me,  and  all  that  is  myne,  is  thine  :  thou 
 shuldest  be  meiy  and  glad,  for  this  thy  brother 
 was  deed,  and  is  alyue  agayne :  he  was  lost, 
 and  is  founde  agayne. 
 
 Cljt  r^i.  Cijapta. 
 
 HE  sayde  also  vnto  his  disciples :  There 
 was  a  certayne  riche  man,  which  had  a 
 stewarde,  that  was  accused  vnto  him,  that  he 
 had  waisted  his  goodes.  And  he  called  him, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  How  is  it,  that  I  heare 
 
 •  Psal.Sl.a.    loblS.b,         »  Mat.  6.  c.       'Mat.ll.b. 
 
 this  of  the  ?  geue  acomptes  of  thy  steward- 
 shipe,  for  thou  mayest  be  no  longer  stewarde. 
 The  stewarde  sayde  within  himself:  What 
 shal  I  do?  My  lorde  wil  take  awaye  the 
 stewardshipe  fro  me.  I  ca  not  dygge,  and  to 
 begg  I  am  ashamed.  I  wote  what  I  wil  do, 
 that  wha  I  am  put  out  of  the  stewardshipe, 
 they  maye  receaue  me  in  to  their  houses. 
 
 And  he  called  vnto  hi  all  his  lordes  detters, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  first :  How  moch  owest 
 thou  vnto  my  lorde  ?  He  sayde :  an  hundreth 
 tonnes  of  oyle.  And  he  sayde :  Take  thy 
 byll,  syt  downe  quyckly,  j  wryte  fiftie.  Then 
 sayde  he  vnto  another:  How  moch  owest 
 thou  ?  He  sayde  :  An  hundreth  quarters  of 
 wheate.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Take  thy 
 byll,  and  wryte  foure  score.  And  the  lorde 
 comended  the  vnrighteous  stewarde,  because 
 he  had  done  wysely.  For  the  children  of  this 
 worlde  are  in  their  kynde  wyser,  the  the 
 children  of  light.  And  I  saye  vnto  you : 
 Make  you  fi-endes  with  the  vnrighteous  Mam- 
 mon, y  whan  ye  shal  haue  nede,  they  maye 
 receaue  you  in  to  euerlastinge  Tabernacles. 
 
 He  that  is  faithfull  in  the  least,  is  faithfull 
 also  in  moch :  and  he  that  is  vnrighteous  in 
 the  least,  is  vnrighteous  also  in  moch.  Yf  ye 
 then  haue  not  bene  faithfull  in  the  vnrighteous 
 Mammon,  who  wyll  beleue  you  in  that  which 
 is  true  ?  And  yf  ye  haue  not  bene  faithfull 
 in  another  mans  busynesse,  who  wil  geue  you 
 that  which  is  youre  awne? 
 
 *  No  seruaunt  can  serue  two  masters :  for 
 either  he  shal  hate  the  one,  and  loue  y  other: 
 or  els  he  shal  leane  to  the  one,  and  despyse 
 the  other.  Ye  can  not  serue  God  and  Mammon. 
 
 All  these  thinges  herde  the  Pharises,  which 
 were  couetous,  and  they  mocked  hi.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  are  they  that  iustifie 
 youre  selues  before  men,  but  God  knoweth 
 youre  hertes.  For  y  which  is  hye  amonge 
 men,  is  an  abhominacion  before  God. 
 
 The  lawe  and  y  prophetes  prophecied  vnto 
 Ihon,'  and  from  that  tyme  forth  is  y  kyng- 
 dome  of  God  preached  thorow  f  Gospell,  and 
 euery  man  preasseth  in  to  it  by  violence.  But 
 easier  is  it,  for  heauen  and  earth  to  perishe, 
 then  one  tittle  of  y  lawe  to  fall.  Who  so  euer 
 putteth  awaye  his  wife,  (j  marieth  another, 
 breaketh  matrimonye :  ''  and  he  that  marieth 
 her  which  is  deuorced  fro  hir  huszbande, 
 breaketh  wedlocke  also. 
 
 ''  Mat.  5.  d.  and  19.  b.     Marc.  10.  a. 
 
C&ap,  ):hiU 
 
 €i)t  sosJpell  of  ^,  Mkt, 
 
 fo.  Imiii^ 
 
 There  was  a  certayne  riche  man,  which 
 clothed  him  self  with  purple  and  costly  lynnen, 
 and  fared  deliciously  euery  daye.  And  there 
 was  a  poore  man  named  Lazarus  which  laye 
 at  his  gate  full  of  sores,  and  desyred  to  be 
 fylled  with  the  crommes,  that  fell  from  the 
 riche  mans  table.  Yet  came  the  dogges,  and 
 licked  his  sores.  But  it  fortuned,  that  the 
 poore  man  dyed,  and  was  caried  of  the  angels 
 in  to  Abrahams  bosoms.  The  riche  man 
 dyed  also,  and  was  buried. 
 
 Now  whan  he  was  in  the  hell,  he  lift  vp  his 
 eyes  in  the  pa}'ne,  and  sawe  Abraham  afarre 
 of,  and  Lazarus  in  his  bosome :  and  he  cried, 
 and  sayde :  Father  Abraham,  haue  mercy 
 vpon  me,  and  sende  Lazarus,  that  he  maye 
 dyppe  the  typpe  of  his  fynger  in  water,  tt 
 coole  my  tonge,  for  I  am  tormeted  in  this 
 flame.  But  Abraha  saide  :  Remebre  sonne, 
 y  thou  hast  receaued  good  in  thy  life,  %  con- 
 trary wyse  Lazarus  receaued  euell.  But 
 now  is  he  comforted,  and  thou  art  tormented. 
 And  beside  all  this,  there  is  a  great  space  set 
 betwene  vs  and  you :  so  y  they  which  wolde 
 go  downe  from  hence  vnto  you,  can  not: 
 nether  maye  they  passe  ouer  from  thence 
 vnto  vs. 
 
 Then  sayde  he:  I  pray  the  then  father, 
 that  thou  wilt  sende  him  vnto  my  fathers 
 house,  for  I  haue  yet  fyue  brethren,  that  he 
 maye  warne  them,  lest  they  also  come  in  to 
 this  place  of  torment.  Abraham  sayde  vnto 
 him :  They  haue  Moses  and  the  prophetes, 
 let  them  heare  them.  But  he  sayde :  Nay 
 father  Abraham,  but  yf  one  wente  vnto  them 
 fro  the  deed,  they  wolde  do  pennaunce. 
 Neuertheles  he  sayde  vnto  him:  Yf  they 
 heare  not  Moses  (j  the  prophetes,  then  shal 
 they  not  beleue  also,  though  one  rose  agayne 
 fro  the  deed. 
 
 Cljt  rbij-  Cljaptnr. 
 
 HE  sayde  vnto  his  disciples :  It  is  vnpos- 
 sible  that  offences  shulde  not  come : " 
 but  wo  vnto  him  by  whom  they  come  :  It 
 were  better  for  him,  that  a  mylstone  were 
 hanged  aboute  his  neck,  and  he  cast  in  to  the 
 see,  then  that  he  shulde  ofFende  one  of  these 
 litle  ones.  Take  hede  to  youre  selues.  Yf 
 thy  brother  trespace  agaynst  the,  rebuke  him 
 and  yf  he  amende,  *forgeue  him.  And 
 though  he  synne  agaynst  the  seuen  tymes  in 
 
 °  Mat.  18.  a.    Marc.  9.  e.        »  Mat.  18.  b. 
 
 a  daye,  and  come  seuen  tymes  in  a  daye  to 
 V  agayne,  and  saye  :  It  repenteth  me,  forgeue 
 him. 
 
 And  the  Apostles  sayde  vnto  f  LORDE: 
 Increace  oure  faith.  The  LORDE  sayde:  Yf 
 ye  haue  faith  as  a  grayne  of  mustarde  sede," 
 and  saye  vnto  this  Molbery  tre  :  Plucke  thy 
 self  vp  by  the  rotes,  and  plate  thy  self  in  the 
 see,  it  shalbe  obecUet  vnto  you.  Which  of  you 
 is  it,  that  hath  a  seruaunt  (which  ploweth,  or 
 fedeth  the  catell)  wha  he  commeth  home 
 from  y  felde,  that  he  wil  saye  vnto  him  :  Go 
 quyckly,  and  syt  the  down  to  meate  ?  Is  it 
 not  thus?  that  he  sayeth  vnto  him:  Make 
 eady,  that  I  maye  suppe,  gyrde  vp  thyself, 
 and  serue  me,  tyll  I  haue  eaten  and  dronken, 
 afterwarde  shalt  thou  eate  and  drynke  also. 
 Thanketh  he  the  same  seruaunt  also,  because 
 he  dyd  that  was  commaunded  him  ?  I  trowe 
 not.  So  likewyse  ye,  wha  ye  haue  done  all 
 that  is  comaunded  you,  saye  :  We  are  vnpro- 
 fitable  seruauntes,  we  haue  done  that  we  were 
 bounde  to  do. 
 
 And  it  fortuned,  whan  he  toke  his  iourney 
 towarde  lerusalem,  he  wente  thorow  the 
 myddest  of  Samaria  and  Galile.  And  as  he 
 came  in  to  a  towne,  there  met  him  ten 
 leporous  men,  which  stode  afarre  of,  and  lift 
 vp  their  voyce,  and  sayde :  lesu  master,  haue 
 mercy  vpon  vs.  And  whan  he  sawe  them,  he 
 sayde  vnto  the  :  *  Go,  and  shewe  youre  selues 
 vnto  f  prestes.  And  it  came  to  passe,  as  they 
 wente,  they  were  clensed.  And  one  of  them 
 wha  he  sawe  that  he  was  clensed,  he  turned 
 backe  agayne,  and  praysed  God  with  loude 
 voyce,  and  fell  downe  on  his  face  at  his  fete, 
 and  gaue  him  thankes.  And  the  same  was  a 
 Samaritane.  lesus  answered  and  saide  :  Are 
 there  not  ten  clensed  ?  But  where  are  those 
 nyne  ?  There  were  els  none  founde,  that 
 turned  agayne,  and  gaue  God  the  prayse,  saue 
 onely  this  straiiger.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Aryse,  go  thy  waye,  thy  faith  hath  made  y  whole. 
 
 But  whan  he  was  demaunded  of  y  Pha- 
 rises :  Whan  c5meth  the  kyngdome  of  God  ? 
 He  answered  them,  and  sayde  :  The  kyng- 
 dome of  God  commeth  not  with  outwarde 
 appearaunce,  nether  shal  it  be  sayde :  lo,  here 
 or  there  is  it.  For  beholde,  f  kyngdome  of 
 God  is  inwarde  in  you. 
 
 And  he  sayde  to  the  disciples :  The  tyme 
 shal  come,  wha  ye  shal  desyre  to  se  one  daye 
 
 I  "  Mat.  17.  c.  ana  21.  c.  *  Leuit.  14.  a. 
 
fo,  \xmi\i. 
 
 CJ)c  gospdl  of  J).  iLufef. 
 
 Cftap.  irfauj. 
 
 of  the  soniie  of  man,  and  shal  not  se  it.  And 
 they  shal  saye  vnto  you :  °  Se  here,  Se  there 
 Go  not  ye,  nether  folowe,  for  as  the  lighten- 
 ynge  sli}meth  aboue  from  the  heauen,  and 
 lighteth  ouer  all  that  is  vnder  the  heaue,  so 
 shal  the  sonne  of  ma  be  in  his  daye.  But 
 first  must  he  suffre  many  thinges,*  and  be 
 refused  of  this  generacion. 
 
 'And  as  it  came  to  passe  in  the  tyme  of 
 Noe,  so  shal  it  come  to  passe  also  in  y  dayes 
 of  the  Sonne  of  man.  They  ate,  they  dranke^, 
 they  maried,  and  were  maried,  euen  vnto  y 
 daye  that  Noe  wente  in  to  the  Arke,  and  f 
 floude  came,  and  destroyed  them  all. 
 
 Likewyse  also  as  it  came  to  passe  in  the 
 tyme  of  Lot,  they  ate,  they  dranke,  they 
 bought,  they  solde,  they  planted,  they  buylded. 
 But  euen  the  same  daye  that  Lot  wente  out 
 of  Sodom,''  it  rayned  fyre  and  brymstone  from 
 heaue,  and  destroyed  them  all.  After  this 
 maner  also  shal  it  go,  in  the  daye  whan  the 
 Sonne  of  man  shal  appeare. 
 
 In  that  daye,  who  so  is  vp5  the  rofe,  and 
 his  stuffe  in  y  house,'  let  him  not  come  dowiie 
 to  fetch  it :  Likewyse  he  that  is  in  the  felde, 
 let  him  not  tame  backe,  for  it  that  is  behynde 
 him.  *  Remebre  Lottes  wife.  Who  so  euer 
 goeth  aboute  to  saue  his  life,'  shal  lose  it:  and 
 who  so  euer  shal  lose  it,  shal  saue  it. 
 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  In  y  night  shal  two 
 lye  vpon  one  .bed,  the  one  shalbe  receaued, 
 the  other  shalbe  for  saken.  ^Two  shalbe 
 giyndinge  together,  the  one  shalbe  receaued, 
 the  other  shalbe  forsaken.  And  they  answered, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Where  LORDE  ?  He 
 sayde  vnto  the :  Where  so  euer  f  deed  carcase 
 is  there  wil  f  Aegles  be  gathered  together. 
 
 HE  tolde  them  a  symilitude,''  signifienge, 
 y  men  ought  allwayes  to  praye,  s  not 
 to  leaue  of,  j  sayde :  There  was  a  iudge  in  a 
 cite,  which  feared  not  God,  and  stode  in  awe 
 of  no  man.  And  in  the  same  cite  there  was 
 a  wedowe,  which  came  vnto  him,  and  sayde  : 
 dclyuer  me  fro  myne  aduersary.  And  he 
 wolde  not  a  greate  whyle.  But  afterwarde  he 
 thought  within  hi  self:  Though  I  feare  not 
 God,  5  stonde  in  awe  of  no  man,  yet  seynge 
 
 •  Mat.  24.  b.  Marc.  13.  c.  »  Mat.  16.  c.  "■  Gen.  7.  b. 
 Mat.  24.  d.  ■<  Gen.  19.  c.  '  Mat.  i'4.  b.  •  Gen.  19.  c. 
 /  Mat.  10.  e.  Marc.  8.  e.      «  Mat.  24.  d.        *  1  Tess.  5.  c. 
 
 this  weddowe  is  so  importune  vpon  me,  I  wil 
 delyuer  her,  lest  she  come  at  the  last,  and 
 rayle  vpon  me. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  LORDE  :  Heare  what  f 
 vnrighteous  iudge  sayeth.  But  shall  not  God 
 also  delyuer  his  chosen,  that  crye  vnto  hi 
 daye  and  night,  though  he  differre  the  ?  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  He  shal  delyuer  them,  and 
 that  shortly.  Neuertheles,  whan  the  sonne  of 
 man  cSmeth,  suppose  ye,  that  he  shal  fyiide 
 faith  vpon  earth  ? 
 
 And  vnto  certayne  which  trusted  in  the  J3 
 selues,  that  they  were  perfecte,  and  despysed 
 other,  he  spake  this  symilitude :  There  wente 
 vp  two  men  in  to  the  teple,  to  praye  :  the  one 
 a  Pharise,  the  other  a  publican.  The  Pharise 
 stode,  and  prayed  by  himself  after  this  maner: 
 I  thanke  the  God,  that  I  am  not  as  other 
 men,  robbers,  vnrighteous,  aduouters,  or  as 
 this  publican.  I  fast  twyse  in  the  weke,  I 
 geue  the  tithes  of  all  that  I  haue.  And  the 
 publican  stode  afarre  of,  and  wolde  not  lift  vp 
 his  eyes  to  heauen,  but  smote  vpon  his  brest 
 and  sayde :  God  be  thou  mercyfiill  vnto  me 
 synner.  I  tell  you ;  This  man  wente  downe 
 in  to  his  house  iustified  more  the  the  other.* 
 For  who  so  euer  exalteth  himself,  shalbe 
 brought  lowe :  and  he  that  humbleth  himself, 
 shalbe  exalted. 
 
 'They  brought  yonge  children  also  vnto 
 him,  that  he  shulde  touch  them.  But  whan  I 
 the  disciples  sawe  that,  they  rebuked  them. 
 Neuertheles  lesus  called  them  vnto  him,  and 
 sayde :  SufFre  childre  to  come  vnto  me,  and 
 forbyd  the  not,  for  of  soch  is  y  kyngdome  of 
 God.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you:  Whosoeuer 
 receaueth  not  y  kyngdome  of  God  as  a  childe, 
 shal  not  enter  therin. 
 
 And  a  certayne  ruler  axed  him,  and  sayde : 
 "Good  master,  what  must  I  do,  that  I  maye 
 enheret  euerlastinge  hfe?  But  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Why  cafiest  thou  me  good  ?  There 
 is  no  man  good,  but  God  onely.  Th 
 knowest  the  comaundementes :  Thou  shalt 
 not  breake  wedlocke  :  Thou  shalt  not  kyll : " 
 Thou  shalt  not  steale:  Thou  shalt  not  beare 
 false  w)^nesse  :  Honoure  thy  father  and  th 
 mother.  But  he  sayde:  All  these  haue 
 kepte  fro  my  youth  vp.  Whan  lesus  herde 
 that,  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Yet  lackest  thou  one 
 
 ■  Deu.  26.  c.  Eccls.  7.  c. 
 '  Mat.  19.  b.  Mar.  10.  b. 
 »  Exo.  20.  c. 
 
 '  Mat.  23.  b.    Luc.  14.  b 
 "•  Mat.  19.  c.   Mar.  10.  b, 
 
Cftap.  m* 
 
 €l)t  gosipcU  of  ^.  tu&e. 
 
 fo.  Imb. 
 
 thinge,  sell  all  that  thou  hast,  and  geue  it 
 vnto  f  poore,  and  thou  shalt  haue  a  treasure 
 in  heauen,  and  come  d  folowe  me.  Whan  he 
 herde  that,  he  was  scry,  for  he  was  very  riche. 
 "Whan  lesus  sawe  that  he  was  sory,  he 
 sayde :  How  hardly  shal  the  riche  come  in  to 
 the  kyngdome  of  God?  It  is  easyer  for  a 
 Camell  to  go  thorow  the  eye  of  a  nedle,  the 
 for  a  rich  man  to  entre  in  to  the  kyngdome  of 
 God.  Then  sayde  they  y  herde  that :  Who 
 can  then  be  saued  ?  But  he  sayde :  loke 
 what '  is  vnpossible  with  me,  is  possible  with 
 God.* 
 
 Then  sayde  Peter :  Beholde,  we  haue  for- 
 sake all,  and  folowed  the.  He  sayde  vnto 
 the  :  "  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  There  is  no 
 mil  y  forsaketh  house,  or  elders,  or  brethren, 
 or  wife,  or  children  for  the  kyngdome  of  Gods 
 sake,  which  shal  not  receaue  moch  more  in 
 this  t)mie,  and  euerlastinge  life  in  the  worlde 
 to  come. 
 
 He  toke  vnto  him  the  twolue,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  ''  Beholde,  we  go  vp  to  lerusale, 
 and  it  shal  all  be  fulfilled,  that  is  wrytten  by 
 the  prophetes  of  the  sonne  of  man.  For  he 
 shal  be  delyuered  vnto  y  Heythen,  and  shalbe 
 mocked,'  and  despytefully  intreated,  and 
 spitted  vpon :  and  whan  they  haue  scourged 
 him,  they  shal  put  him  to  death,  and  vpon 
 the  thirde  daye  shal  he  aryse  agayne.  *  And 
 they  vnderstode  nothinge  of  these  thinges.  | 
 And  this  sayenge  was  hyd  from  them,  and 
 they  perceaued  not  the  thinges  that  were 
 spoken. 
 
 '^And  it  came  to  passe,  whan  he  came  nye 
 vnto  lericho,  there  sat  one  blynde  by  the 
 waye,  and  begged.  And  whan  he  herde  the 
 people  passe  by,  he  axed  what  it  was.  Then 
 sayde  they  vnto  him,  that  lesus  of  Nazareth 
 passed  by.  And  he  cryed,  and  sayde :  lesu 
 thou  Sonne  of  Dauid,  haue  mercy  vpon  me. 
 But  the  people  that  wente  before,  rebuked 
 him,  that  he  shulde  holde  his  tunge.  Neuer- 
 theles  he  cried  moch  more :  Thou  sonne  of 
 Dauid  haue  mercy  vpo  me.  lesus  stode  styl, 
 (J  comaunded  hi  to  be  brought  vnto  hi.  And 
 whan  he  was  come  neare,  he  axed  him  and 
 sayde  :  What  wilt  thou,  that  I  do  vnto  the  ? 
 He  sayde:  LORDE,  that  I  maye  receaue  my 
 sight.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  Receaue 
 thy  sight,   thy    faith   hath  saued   the.     And 
 
 Mat.  19.  c.  Marc.  10.  c.      '  Luc.  1.  c. 
 Mar.  10.  c.       ''  Mat.  20.  b.     Marc.  10.  d. 
 
 Mat.  19.  d. 
 f  Luc.  'J3.  a. 
 
 immediatly  he  sawe,  and  folowed  him,  5  praysed 
 God.  And  all  the  people  that  sawe  it,  gaue 
 God  the  prayse. 
 
 Wi)t  rif'  Ci&apttr. 
 
 AND  he  entred  in,  and  wente  thorow 
 lericho :  5  beholde,  there  was  a  man 
 named  Zacheus,  which  was  a  ruler  of  the 
 publicans,  and  was  riche,  and  desyred  to  se 
 lesus  what  he  shulde  be,  and  he  coulde  not 
 for  the  people,  for  he  was  lowe  of  stature. 
 And  he  ranne  before,  and  clymmed  vp  in  to 
 a  wylde  fygge  tre,  that  he  might  se  him  :  for 
 he  shulde  come  y  waye.  And  whan  lesus 
 came  to  the  same  place,  he  loked  vp,  and 
 sawe  him,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  Zache,  come 
 downe  haistely,  for  to  daye  must  I  turne  in  to 
 thy  house.  And  he  came  downe  hastely,  and 
 receaued  himt  with  ioye.  Whan  they  sawe 
 that,  they  murmured  all,  and  sayde,  ;y  he  was 
 gone  in,  to  a  synner. 
 
 But  Zacheus  stode  forth,  and  sayde  vnto 
 the  LORDE  :  Beholde  LORDE,  the  half  of 
 my  goodes  geue  I  to  the  poore :  and  yf  I 
 haue  defrauded  eny  man,  I  restore  him  foure 
 folde.  lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  This  daye  is 
 health  happened  vnto  this  house,  for  so  moch 
 as  he  also  is  Abrahams  sonne.  t  For  the 
 Sonne  of  ma  is  come,  to  seke  and  to  saue  that 
 which  was  lost. 
 
 Now  whyle  they  herkened,  he  tolde  a 
 symilitude  also,  because  he  was  nye  vnto 
 Jerusalem,  and  because  they  thought,  that  the 
 kyngdome  of  God  shulde  appeare  immediatly. 
 And  he  sayde  :  ^A  certayne  noble  ma  wete  in 
 to  a  farre  countre,  to  receaue  hi  a  kyngdome, 
 and  then  to  come  agayne.  This  man  called 
 ten  of  his  seruauntes,  and  delyuered  them 
 ten  pounde,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Occupye, 
 tyll  I  come  agayne.  But  his  citesyns  hated 
 him,  and  sent  a  message  after  him,  and 
 sayde :  We  wil  not  haue  this  man  to  raigne 
 ouer  vs. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  he  came  agayne, 
 after  that  he  had  receaued  the  kyngdome,  he 
 bade  call  for  the  seruauntes,  vnto  whom  he 
 had  geue  his  money,  y  he  might  knowe,  what 
 euery  one  had  done.  Then  came  the  first 
 and  sayde :  Syr,  thy  pounde  hath  wonne  ten 
 pounde.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Well  thou 
 good  seruaiit,  for  so  moch  as  thou  hast  bene 
 
 *  Luc.  2.  g.        f  Mat.  20.  d.  Marc.  10.  c.        t  Act.  16.  c. 
 t  Mat.  15.  c.  s  Mat.  25.  a.    Marc.  13.  d. 
 
 140 
 
fo,  Iwbi. 
 
 m)t  gospfll  of  ^.  iCufee, 
 
 C6ap.  rv. 
 
 iQ 
 
 faithful!  in  the  least,  thou  shalt  haue  auctonte 
 ouer  ten  cities.  The  seconde  came  also,  and 
 sayde:  Syr,  thy  pounde  hath  wonne  fyue 
 pounde.  And  to  him  he  sayde:  And  thou 
 shalt  be  ouer  fyue  cities.  And  y  thirde  came, 
 and  sayde:  Lo  syr,  here  is  thy  pounde,  which 
 I  haue  kepte  in  a  napkyn.  I  was  afrayed  of 
 the,  for  thou  art  an  harde  man,  thou  takest 
 vp  y  thou  hast  not  layed  downe,  and  reapest 
 tliat  thou  hast  not  sowne.  He  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  *  Of  thine  awne  mouth  iudge  I  the 
 thou  euell  seruaunt.  Knewest  thou  that  I 
 am  an  harde  man,  takynge  vp  that  I  layde 
 not  downe,  and  reapynge  that  I  dyd  not 
 sowe  ?  VVherfore  then  hast  thou  not  delyuered 
 my  money  to  the  exchaunge  banke  ?  And  at 
 my  commynge  might  I  haue  requyred  myne 
 awTie  with  vauntage  ? 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  that  stode  by : 
 Take  y  pounde  from  him,  and  geue  it  vnto 
 him  that  hath  ten  pounde.  And  they  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Syr,  he  hath  ten  pounde  already. 
 But  I  saye  vnto  you  :  "  Whosoeuer  hath,  vnto 
 him  shal  be  geue:  but  from  him  that  hath 
 not,  shal  be  taken  awaye  euen  that  he  hath. 
 As  for  those  myne  enemies,  which  wolde  not 
 that  I  shulde  raigne  ouer  them,  bringe  them 
 hither,  and  slaye  them  before  me.  And 
 whan  he  had  thus  sayde,  he  wete  on  forwarde, 
 and  toke  his  iourney  vp  to  lerusalem. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  whan  he  came  nye  to 
 Bethphage  and  Bethany  vnto  mount  Oliuete, 
 he  sent  two  of  his  disciples,  and  sayde :  Go 
 in  to  the  towne  that  lyeth  ouer  agaynst  you, 
 and  assone  as  ye  are  come  in,  ye  shal  fynde  a 
 foale  tyed,  wheron  yet  neuer  man  satt,  lowse 
 it,  and  brynge  it  hither.  And  yf  eny  ma  axe 
 you  wherfore  ye  lowse  it,  saye  thus  vnto  him. 
 The  LORDE  hath  nede  therof. 
 
 And  they  that  were  sent,  wete  their  waye 
 and  founde  euen  as  he  had  sayde.  But  wha 
 they  lowsed  y  foale,  the  owners  therof  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  Why  lowse  ye  the  foale  ?  They 
 sayde :  The  LORDE  hath  nede  therof.  And 
 they  brought  it  vnto  lesus,  and  cast  their 
 clothes  vpo  the  foale,  and  set  lesus  theron. 
 '  Now  as  he  wente,  they  spred  their  garmentes 
 in  the  waye. 
 
 And  whan  he  wete  downe  fro  mount 
 Oliuete,   f  whole  multitude  of  his  disciples 
 
 •  2  Reg.  1.  c.     Mat.  12.  d.  •■  Mat.  13.  b.  and  25.  c. 
 
 Marc.  4.  c.     Luc.  8.  b.  »  Mat.  21.  a.    Marc.  11.  a. 
 
 •  loha.  12.  b.  d  Luc.  13.  d.  t  Eph.  2.  o. 
 
 tAbac.  2.  b.        Jloha.  11.  d.        « lere.  52.  a.  Mich.  3.  c. 
 
 begane  ioyfully  to  prayse  God  with  loude 
 voyce,  ouer  all  the  miracles  that  they  had 
 sene,  and  sayde :  ''  Blessed  be  he,  that  cometh 
 a  kynge  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 t  Peace  be  in  heauen,  and  prayse  in  the 
 height.  And  some  of  the  Pharises  amonge 
 the  people  sayde  vnto  him  :  Master,  rebuke 
 thy  disciples.  And  he  answered  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  I  tell  you,  *  yf  these  holde  their 
 peace,  yet  shal  the  stones  crye. 
 
 And  whan  he  was  come  neare,  he  behelde 
 the  cite,  and  §  wepte  vpo  it,  and  sayde :  Yf 
 thou  knewest  what  were  for  thy  peace,  thou 
 shuldest  remebre  it  euen  in  this  present  daye 
 of  thine.  But  now  is  it  hyd  from  thine  eyes. 
 '  For  the  tyme  shal  come  vpon  the,  that  thine 
 enimies  shal  cast  vp  a  bake  aboute  the,  and 
 aboute  thy  children  with  the,  and  besege  f, 
 and  kepe  the  in  on  euery  syde,  and  make  the 
 eauen  with  the  grounde,  and  shal  not  leaue 
 in  the  one  stone  vpon  another,  because  thou 
 hast  not  knowne  y^  tyme,  wherin  thou  hast 
 bene  visited. 
 
 ■'^And  he  wente  in  to  the  temple,  and  begane 
 to  dryue  out  them  that  bought  and  solde 
 therin,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  It  is  wrytten  : 
 
 My  house  is  an  house  of  prayer,  but  ye  haue 
 made  it  a  denne  of  murthurers.  And  he 
 taught  daylie  in  the  teple.  But  the  hye  prestes 
 and  the  scrybes  and  the  chefest  of  f  people 
 wente  aboute  to  destroye  him,*  and  founde 
 not,  what  to  do  vnto  him.  For  all  the  people 
 stacke  by  him,  and  gaue  him  audience. 
 
 Ei)c  yy-  CJ^aptrr. 
 
 AND  it  fortuned  one  of  those  dayes,  whan 
 he  taught  the  people  in  the  teple,*  and 
 preached  the  GospeU,  the  hye  prestes  and 
 scrybes  came  to  him  with  the  Elders,  and 
 spake  vnto  him,  and  sayde :  Tell  vs,  by  what 
 auctorite  doest  thou  these  thinges  ?  Or  who 
 gaue  the  this  auctorite  ?  But  he  answered,  5 
 sayde  vnto  the :  I  wil  axe  you  a  worde  also, 
 tell  it  me  :  The  baptyme  of  Iho  was  it  from 
 heauen,  or  of  men  ?  But  they  thought  in  them 
 selues,  and  sayde  :  Yf  we  saye,  from  heauen, 
 then  shal  he  saye :  Why  dyd  ye  not  the  beleue 
 him  ?  But  yf  we  saye,  of  men,  then  shal  all 
 the  people  stone  vs,  for  they  be  persuaded, 
 that  Ihon  is  a  prophet.     And  they  answered. 
 
 Mat.  24.  a.     Marc.  13.  a.     Luc.  21.  a.  /  Mat.  21.  b. 
 
 Marc.  11.  b.      loha.  2.  b.  Esa.  56.  b.      lere.  7.  a. 
 
 3  Re.  8.  d.  f  Mat.  21.  e.      Luc.  20.  b.      loba.  7.  c. 
 
 and  8.  d.         *  Mat.  21.  c.     Marc.  11.  d. 
 
Cljap,  )rv» 
 
 €i)t  sogpeH  of  §>,  aufef. 
 
 fo,  Imiiih 
 
 that  they  coulde  not  tell,  whence  it  was.  And 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  them  :  Nether  tell  I  you,  by 
 what  auctorite  I  do  these  thinges. 
 
 And  he  beganne  to  tell  the  people  this 
 symilitude  :°  A  certayne  man  planted  a  vyn- 
 yarde,  and  let  it  out  vnto  huszbadmen,  and 
 wente  himself  in  to  a  straunge  countre  for  a 
 greate  season.  And  whan  his  tyme  was  come, 
 he  sent  a  seruaut  to  the  huszbadmen,  that 
 they  might  geue  him  of  the  frute  of  the  vyn- 
 yarde.  But  the  huszbandmen  bet  him,  and 
 sent  him  awaye  emptye.  And  agayne  he  sent 
 yet  another  seruaQt :  but  they  bet  him  also, 
 and  intreated  him  shamefully,  5  sent  him 
 awaye  emptye.  And  besydes  this,  he  sent 
 the  thirde :  but  they  wounded  him  also,  and 
 thrust  him  out.  Then  sayde  the  lorde  of  the 
 vynyarde  :  What  shal  I  do?  I  wil  sende  my 
 *  deare  sonne,  peraduenture  they  wil  stonde 
 in  awe  of  him,  whan  they  se  him. 
 
 But  whan  the  huszbande  men  sawe  the 
 Sonne,  they  thought  in  the  selues,  and  sayde  : 
 This  is  the  heyre,  come,t  let  vs  kyll  him,  y 
 the  inheritaunce  maye  be  oures.  And  they 
 thrust  him  out  of  y  vynyarde,  and  slew  him. 
 What  shal  now  the  lorde  of  the  vynyarde  do 
 vnto  them  ?  He  shal  come,  and  destroye  those 
 huszbandmen,  and  let  out  his  vynyarde  vnto 
 othei".  Whan  they  herde  that,  they  sayde : 
 God  forbyd. 
 
 But  he  behelde  the,  and  sayde  :  What  is 
 this  then  that  is  wrytten :  *  The  same  stone 
 which  the  buylders  refused,  is  become  the 
 head  corner  stone  ?  Who  so  euer  falleth  vpon 
 this  stone,  shalbe  broken  in  sunder  :  but  vpo 
 who  so  euer  he  falleth,  he  shall  gi-ynde  him 
 to  poulder.  '  And  the  bye  prestes  and  scrybes 
 wente  aboute  to  laye  handes  vpon  him  the 
 same  houre,  and  they  feared  the  people  :  for 
 they  perceaued,  that  he  had  spoke  this  symi- 
 litude agajTist  them. 
 
 And  they  watched  hi,  (j  sent  forth  spyes, 
 which  shulde  layne  the  selues  perfecte,''  that 
 they  might  take  him  in  his  wordes,  to  delyuer 
 him  vnto  the  power  and  auctorite  of  y  debite. 
 And  they  axed  him,  g  sayde :  Master,  we 
 knowe  that  thou  sayest  5  teachest  right,  and 
 regardest  the  outwarde  appearaiice  of  no  man, 
 but  teachest  the  waye  of  God  truly.  Is  it 
 laufull,   that  we  geue  tribute  vnto  the  Em- 
 
 "  Mat.  21.  d.  Marc.  12.  a.  •  loha.  3.  c.  Rom.  8.  a. 
 Phil.  2.  a.  t  Gen.  37.  d.  »  Psal.  117.  c.  Esa.  28.  c. 
 '  Mat.  21.  c.     Marc.  12.  a.     Luc.  19.  d.  ■'  Mat.  22.  b. 
 
 peroure,  or  not?  But  he  perceaued  their 
 craftynes,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Why  tepte 
 ye  me?  Shewe  me  the  peny.  Whose  ymage 
 and  superscripcion  hath  it  ?  They  answered, 
 and  sayde :  The  Emperours.  Then  sayde  he 
 vnto  them:  Geue  the  vnto  the  Emperoure, 
 that  which  is  the  Emperours:  j  vnto  God, 
 that  which  is  Gods.  And  they  coude  not 
 reproue  his  worde  before  the  people,  and 
 marueyled  at  his  answere,  and  helde  their 
 peace. 
 
 '  Then  came  vnto  him  certayne  of  the 
 Saduces  (which  holde  that  there  is  no  resur- 
 reccion)  and  axed  him,  and  sayde :  Master, 
 Moses  wrote  vnto  vs,  yf  eny  mans  brother  dye 
 hauynge  a  wife,  and  dyeth  without  childre,'' 
 then  shal  his  brother  take  his  wife,  and  rayse 
 vp  sede  vnto  his  brother.  Now  were  there 
 seue  brethre  :  the  first  toke  a  wife,  and  dyed 
 childlesse :  and  the  seconde  toke  the  wife,  and 
 dyed  without  children  also:  and  the  thirde 
 toke  her,  likewyse  all  the  seue,  and  left  no 
 children  behynde  the,  and  dyed.  At  the  last 
 after  them  all,  the  woman  dyed  also.  Now  in 
 the  resurreccion,  whose  wife  shal  she  be  of 
 them?  For  seuen  had  her  to  wife.  And 
 lesus  answered  and  saide  vnto  them:  The 
 childre  of  this  worlde  mary,  5  are  maried,  but 
 they  y  shalbe  worthy  to  enioye  that  worlde 
 and  the  resurreccion  from  the  deed,  shal 
 nether  mary  ner  be  maried,  for  they  can  dye 
 nomore.  For  they  are  Uke  vnto  the  angels, 
 and  are  the  j  children  of  God,  in  so  moch  as 
 they  are  children  of  the  resurreccion. 
 
 But  that  the  deed  lyse  agajTie,  hath  Moses 
 also  signified  besydes  the  bush,  when  he  called 
 the  LORDE,  the  God  of  Abraham,^  the  God 
 of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  lacob.  But  God  is 
 not  a  God  of  the  deed  but  of  the  lyuynge,  for 
 they  lyue  all  vnto  him.  Then  answered  cer- 
 tayne of  the  scrybes,  and  sayde  :  Master,  thou 
 haist  sayde  well.  And  from  that  tyme  forth 
 they  durst  axe  him  no  mo  questions. 
 
 ''  But  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  How  saye  they 
 that  Christ  is  Dauids  sonne?  And  Dauid  him- 
 self sayeth  in  the  boke  of  the  Psalmes :  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  my  LORDE:  'Syt  thou 
 on  my  right  honde,  tyll  I  make  thine  enemies 
 thy  fote  stole.  Dauid  caUeth  him  LORDE, 
 how  is  he  then  his  sonne  ? 
 
 Marc.  12.  b.      '  Mat.  22.  d.    Marc.  12.  b.      /  Deut.  25.  a. 
 t  1  loha.  3.  a.  s  Exod.  3.  a.  *  Mat.  22.  d. 
 
 Marc.  12.  d.         '  Psal.  109.  a. 
 
fO,  IVHTfaUJ. 
 
 Cbe  gosiprll  of  ^,  %\ikt. 
 
 Cf)ap«  xn* 
 
 °  Now  whyle  all  the  people  gaue  audience, 
 he  sayde  vnto  his  disciples  :  Bewarre  of  the 
 scrybes,  which  wyl  go  in  longc  garmentes,  and 
 loue  to  be  saluted  vpon  the  market,  and 
 desyre  to  syt  hyest  in  the  synagoges,  and  at 
 the  table.  They  deuoure  wedowes  houses,  and 
 that  vnder  a  culoure  of  longe  prayenge:  These 
 shal  receaue  the  greater,  danacioii. 
 
 C:i)c  nt  Cfjapttr. 
 
 AND  he  loked  vp,  and  behelde  ^  riche,' 
 how  they  put  in  their  offerynges  in  to 
 the  Gods  chest.  He  sawe  also  a  poore  wedowe, 
 which  put  in  two  mytes,  and  he  sayde  :  Verely 
 I  saye  vnto  you  :  *  This  poore  wedowe  hath 
 put  in  more  the  they  all :  For  these  all  haue 
 of  their  excesse  put  in  vnto  the  oiFerynge  of 
 God,  but  she  of  hir  pouerte  hath  put  in  all 
 hir  lyuynge  that  she  had. 
 
 '  And  wha  some  spake  of  the  temple,  that 
 it  was  garnished  with  goodly  stones  and  lewels, 
 he  saide  :  t  The  time  shal  come,  wherin  of  all 
 this  that  ye  se,  there  shal  not  be  left  one  stone 
 vpon  another,  which  shal  not  be  broken  downe. 
 They  axed  him,  and  sayde  :  Master,  wha 
 shal  these  be?  and  what  shalbe  the  token, 
 whan  these  shal  come  to  passe? 
 
 He  sayde:  Take  hede,  that  ye  be  not 
 lisceaued:  ''For  many  shal  come  in  my  name, 
 and  saye,  I  am  he,  5  the  tyme  is  come  hard 
 by.     Folowe  them  not. 
 
 But  whan  ye  heare  of  warres  and  insur- 
 reccions,  be  not  ye  afrayed,  for  soch  must 
 come  to  passe,  but  the  ende  is  not  yet  there 
 so  soone.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  them  :  One 
 people  shal  ryse  agaynst  another,'"  and  one 
 reahne  ageynst  another,  s  shal  be  greate  earth- 
 quakes here  and  there,  pestilence,  and  derth, 
 and  fearfuU  thinges.  And  greate  tokes  shal 
 there  be  fro  heaue.  But  before  all  these,  they 
 shal  laye  handes  vpon  you,.^  and  persecute  you, 
 and  delyuer  you  vp  in  to  their  synagoges  and 
 presons,  and  brynge  you  before  kynges  5 
 prynces  for  my  names  sake.  But  this  shal 
 happen  vnto  you  for  a  wytnesse.  Be  at  a 
 poynt  therfore  in  youre  hertes,  that  ye  take 
 no  thought,  how  ye  shal  answers :  for  I  wil 
 geue  you  mouth  5   wyszdome,^  agaynst  the 
 
 •Mat.aS.a.   Marc.ia.d.   Luc.ll.d.        »  Marc.  12.  d. 
 
 liCor.S.b.  'Mat.  24.  a.  Marc.  13.  a.  t  3  Re.  9.  b. 
 lere.  7.  b.     Luc.  19.  d.         ''1  loh.  4.  a.  '  Esa.  19.  a. 
 
 /  Mat.  10.  b.  and  24.  a.  Marc.  13.  b.  Luc.  12.  b.  loha. 
 b.  and  16.  a.         «  Exod.  4.  c.     Esa.  54.  c.     Act.  6.  b. 
 
 which  all  youre  aduersaries  shal  not  be  able  to 
 speake  ner  to  resist.  But  ye  shal  be  delyuered 
 vp  euen  of  youre  elders,  brethren,  kynszfolkes 
 and  frendes,''  and  some  of  you  shal  they  put 
 vnto  death,  and  ye  shal  be  hated  of  euery 
 man  for  my  names  sake,  and  yet  shal  not  one 
 hayre  of  youre  heade  perishe.  Holde  fast 
 youre  soules  with  pacience. 
 
 But  whan  ye  shal  se  Jerusalem  beseged  with 
 an  boost,  then  \Tiderstonde, '  that  the  desola- 
 cion  of  it  is  nye.  Then  let  them  which  be  in 
 lewry,  flye  vnto  the  mountaynes:  and  let 
 soch  as  be  in  the  myddest  therof,  departe  out : 
 and  let  soch  as  be  in  the  countrees,  not  come 
 therin.  For  these  are  the  dayes  of  ven- 
 geaunce,  that  euery  thinge  which  is  wrytten, 
 maye  be  fulfilled.  But  wo  vnto  them  that  are 
 with  childe,  and  to  them  that  geue  sucke  in 
 those  dayes :  for  there  shalbe  greate  trouble 
 vpon  earth,  and  wrath  ouer  this  people,  and 
 they  shal  faO  thorow  the  edge  of  the  swerde, 
 and  be  led  captyue  amoge  all  nacions.*  And 
 lerusale  shalbe  troden  downe  of  the  Heithen, 
 vntyll  the  tyme  of  the  Heithen  be  fulfilled. 
 
 And  there  shal  be  tokens  in  the  Sonne 
 and  Mone,  and  starres,  and  vpon  earth  the 
 people  shalbe  in  soch  perplexite,  that  they 
 shal  not  teU  which  waye  to  turne  them  selues. 
 And  the  see  and  the  waters  shal  roare,  and 
 men  shal  pyne  awaye  for  feare,  and  for  lokynge 
 after  the  thinges  which  shal  come  vpo  earth. 
 For  euen  the  very  powers  of  heauen  shal 
 moue. 
 
 'And  then  shal  they  se  the  sonne  of  man 
 commynge  in  the  cloude  with  power  and 
 greate  glory.  But  whan  these  thinges  be 
 gynne  to  come  to  passe,  the  loke  vp,  and  lift 
 vpp  youre  heades,  for  youre  redempcion 
 draweth  nye. 
 
 And  he  tolde  them  a  symilitude :  Beholde 
 the  fygge  tre,"'  and  all  the  trees,  wha  they  now 
 shute  forth  their  buddes,  ye  se  by  them,  and 
 perceaue,  that  Sommer  is  now  at  hande.  So 
 likevvyse  ye,  whan  ye  se  all  these  thinges  come 
 to  passe,  be  sure  that  the  kyngdome  of  God  is 
 nye.  Verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  This  generacio 
 shal  not  passe,  tyll  all  be  fulfilled.  Heauen 
 and  earth  shal  passe,  but  my  wordes  shal  not 
 passe. 
 
 Mich.  7.  a.  '  Mat.  24.  b.    Marc.  13.  b.       fRom.  ll.d. 
 
 '  Mat.  24.  c.  Marc.  13.  c.       Ezec.  38.  c.      Ose.  20.  b. 
 
 Apoc.  6.  c.  '  Esa.  19.  a.     Luc.  17.  c.     loha.  1.  c. 
 
 Mat.  24.  c.  Marc.  13.  d. 
 
Cbap*  mh 
 
 CI)c  gosfpdl  of  ^.  Mkt. 
 
 So,  lOTiV. 
 
 "But  take  hede  vnto  youre  selues,  that 
 youre  hertes  be  not  ouerlade  \vith  excesse  of  j 
 eatinge  and  with  dronkennes,  and  with 
 takinge  of  thought  for  lyuynge,  and  so  this 
 daye  come  vpo  you  unawares.  For  as  a  snare 
 shal  it  come  on  all  them  that  dwell  vpon 
 earth.  *  Watch  therfore  cotynually,  and  praye, 
 that  ye  maye  be  worthy  to  escape  all  this  that 
 shal  come,  %  to  stode  before  ;y  sonne  of  man. 
 
 And  on  the  daye  tyme  he  taught  in  the 
 temple,  but  in  the  night  season  he  wente  out 
 and  abode  all  night  vpon  mount  Oliuete. 
 And  all  the  people  gat  them  vp  early  \Tito  him 
 in  the  temple,  for  to  heare  him. 
 
 Cfje  rrij.  Chapter. 
 
 THE  feast  of  swete  bred  (which  is  called 
 Easter)  drue  nye.  "And  y  bye  prestes 
 and  Scrybes  sought  how  they  might  put  him 
 to  death,  and  were  afrayed  of  the  people. 
 But  *  Satan  was  entred  in  to  ludas,  named 
 Iscarioth  (which  was  of  f  nombre  of  f  twolue) 
 and  he  wete  his  waye,  and  talked  with  the 
 hye  prestes  and  with  y  officers,  how  he  wolde 
 betraye  him  vnto  them.  And  they  were  glad, 
 and  promysed  to  geue  him  money.  And  he 
 cosented,  (j  sought  oportunite,  y  he  might 
 betraye  hi  without  eny  rumoure. 
 
 ■'Then  came  f  daye  of  swete  bred,  wherin 
 the  Easter  lambe  must  be  offered.  And  he 
 sent  Peter  and  Ihon,  and  sayde:  Go  youre 
 waye,  prepare  vs  the  Easter  lambe,  that  we 
 maye  eate.  But  they  sayde  vnto  him :  Where 
 wilt  thou,  that  we  prepare  it  ?  He  saide  vnto 
 them :  Beholde,  wha  ye  come  in  to  f  cite, 
 there  shal  mete  you  a  man,  bearinge  a  pitcher 
 of  water,  folowe  him  in  to  the  house  y  he 
 entreth  in,  and  saye  vnto  the  good  man  of  the 
 house  :  The  master  sendeth  ;y^  worde :  Where 
 is  f  gesthouse,  wherin  I  maye  eate  the  Easter 
 labe  with  my  disciples  ?  And  he  shal  shewe 
 you  a  greate  parlour  paued.  They  wente 
 their  waye,  and  founde  as  he  had  sayde  vnto 
 them,  and  made  ready  the  Easter  lambe. 
 
 And  whan  the  houre  came,  he  sat  him 
 downe,  and  the  twolue  Apostles  with  him,  and 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  I  Baue  hertely  desyred 
 to  eate  this  Easter  labe  with  you  before  I 
 suffi-e.  For  I  saye  vnto  you:  that  henceforth 
 I  wil  eate  nomore  therof,  tyll  it  be  fulfilled 
 
 "  Rom.  13.  b.      »  Mat.  24.  d.    Marc.  13.  d.    1  Pet.  5.  b. 
 
 Mat.  26.  a.    Mar.  14.  a.    loha.  7.c.  11.  e.  and  f.      •  loh. 
 
 12.  a.  and  13.  c.        ''  Mat.  26.  b.    Mar.  14.  b.         '  Mat. 
 
 Mar.  14.  c.    1  Cor.  11.  c.        t  loha.  6.  f.        /  Mat. 
 
 in  the  kyngdome  of  God.  'And  he  toke  the 
 cuppe,  gaue  thankes,  and  sayde  :  Take  this 
 and  deuyde  it  anionge  you.  For  I  saye  vnto 
 you  :  I  wil  not  drynke  of  the  frute  of  y  vyne, 
 vntyll  the  kyngdome  of  God  come. 
 
 And  he  toke  the  bred,  gaue  thankes,  and 
 brake  it,  and  gaue  it  them,  and  sayde :  This 
 is  my  body,  t  which  shalbe  geuen  for  you. 
 This  do  in  the  remembraunce  of  me.  Like- 
 wyse  also  the  cuppe,  after  they  had  supped 
 and  sayde  :  This  cuppe  is  the  new  Testamet 
 in  my  blonde,  which  shalbe  shed  for  you. 
 
 'But  lo,  the  hande  of  him  that  betrayeth 
 me,  is  with  me  on  the  table.  And  the  sonne 
 of  man  trulye  goeth  forth,  as  it  is  appoynted. 
 But  wo  vnto  that  man,  by  whom  he  is  be- 
 trayed. And  they  beganne  to  axe  amonge 
 them  selues,  which  of  them  it  shulde  be,  that 
 shulde  do  that. 
 
 « There  rose  a  strife  also  ainoge  the,  which 
 of  them  shulde  be  take  for  the  greatest.  But 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  The  kynges  of  y  worlde 
 haue  domynion  ouer  y  people,  and  they  that 
 beare  rule  ouer  the,  are  called  gracious  lordes. 
 t  But  ye  shal  not  be  so :  But  the  greatest 
 amonge  you,  shalbe  as  the  yongest :  and  the 
 chefest,  as  a  seruaunt.  For  which  is  the 
 greatest  ?  he  that  sytteth  at  the  table,  or  he 
 that  serueth  ?  Is  not  he  that  sytteth  at  the 
 table  ?  §  But  I  am  amoge  you  as  a  mynister. 
 As  for  you,  ye  are  they,  that  haue  bydde  with 
 me  in  my  temptacions.  And  I  wil  appoynte 
 the  kyngdome  vnto  you,  euen  as  my  father 
 hath  appoynted  me,  that  ye  maye  eate  and 
 drynke  at  my  table  in  my  kyngdome,  II  and 
 syt  vpon  seates,  and  iudge  the  twolue  trybes 
 of  Israel. 
 
 But  the  LORDE  sayde:  Simon  Simon,  ^ 
 beholde,  Satan  hath  desyred  after  you,  that 
 he  might  siffte  you  euen  as  wheate:  but  I 
 haue  prayed  for  y,  that  thy  faith  fayle  not. 
 And  whan  thou  art  couerted,  strength  thy 
 brethren:  *  But  he  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE, 
 I  am  ready  to  go  with  the  in  to  preson,  and 
 in  to  death.  Neuertheles  he  sayde :  Peter,  I 
 saye  vnto  the :  The  cock  shal  not  crowe  this 
 daye,  tyll  thou  haue  thryse  denyed,  y  thou 
 knewest  me. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  H  Whan  I  sent 
 you    without    wallet,    without    scryppe,    and 
 
 b.    Mar.  14.  c.        e  Mat.  20.  d.     Marc.  9.  d.  and  10.  e. 
 Luc.  9.  e.  {1  Pet.  5.  a.  §  Luc.  12.  d.  ||  Mat. 
 
 19.  d.     Apoc.  3.  d.        '' Mat.  26.  c.     Marc.  14.  c.     loha. 
 13.  d.         t  Mat.  10.  a.     Marc.  6.  a.     Luc.  9.  a. 
 
jfo,  vt. 
 
 Cfte  gosipell  of  ^«  iLufef. 
 
 Cl)ap.  vn'tj. 
 
 witliout  shues,  lacked  ye  eny  thinge  ?  They 
 sayde :  No.  Then  sayde  he  vnto  them :  But 
 now,  lie  that  hath  a  wallet,  let  him  take  it 
 vp,  likewyse  also  the  seryppe.  But  he  that 
 hath  not,  let  him  sell  his  coate,  j  bye  a  swerde. 
 For  I  saye  toIo  you  :  It  must  yet  be  fulfilled 
 on  me,  that  is  wrytte :  *  He  was  counted 
 amouge  the  euell  doers.  For  loke  what  is 
 wrytten  of  me,  it  hath  an  ende.  But  they 
 sayde :  LORDE,  Beholde,  here  are  two 
 swerdes.     He  sayde  vnto  the  :  It  is  ynough. 
 
 "And  he  wente  out  (as  he  was  wonte)  vnto 
 mout  Oliuete.  But  his  disciples  folowed  him 
 vnto  the  same  place.  And  whan  he  came 
 thither,  he  sayde  vnto  the  :  *  Praye,  that  ye 
 fall  not  in  to  teptacion.  And  he  gat  him 
 from  them  aboute  a  stones  cast,  and  kneled 
 downe,  prayed,  (j  sayde  :  Father,  yf  thou  wilt, 
 take  awaye  this  cuppe  fro  me :  Neuer- 
 thelesse,  not  my  wyll,*  but  thyne  be  fulfylled. 
 And  there  appeared  vnto  him  an  angell  fro 
 heauen,  and  conforted  him.  And  it  came  so, 
 that  he  wrestled  with  death,  and  prayed  the 
 longer.  And  his  sweate  was  like  droppes  of 
 blonde,  runnynge  downe  to  the  grounde. 
 And  he  rose  vp  fro  prayer,  and  came  to  his 
 disciples,  and  founde  them  slepinge  for  heuy- 
 riesse,  and  sayde  vnto  them  :  Wliat,  slepe  ye  ^ 
 ryse  vp  and  praye,  that  ye  fall  not  in  to  ten- 
 tacion. 
 
 But  whyle  he  yet  spake,  beholde,  the  mul- 
 titude, "^and  one  of  the  twolue  called  ludas 
 wente  before  them,  and  he  came  nye  vnto 
 lesus,  to  kysse  him.  But  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 him :  ludas,  betrayest  thou  the  sonne  of  ma 
 with  a  kysse  ?  Whan  they  that  were  aboute 
 him,  sawe  what  wolde  folowe,  they  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  LORDE,  shal  we  smyte  with  the 
 swerde  ?  And  one  of  the  stroke  a  seruaut 
 of  y  hye  prestes,  g  smote  of  his  eare.  _  But 
 lesus  answered,  and  sayde :  Suffre  the  thus 
 farre  forth.  And  he  touched  his  eare,  5 
 healed  him. 
 
 ''But  lesus  sayde  vnto  the  prestes  and 
 rulers  of  the  temple,  and  to  the  Elders  that 
 were  come  vnto  him:  Ye  are  come  forth  as  it 
 were  to  a  murthurer  with  swerdes,  (j  with 
 staues.  I  was  daylie  with  you  in  the  temple, 
 and  ye  layed  no  handes  vpon  me.  But  this 
 IS  youre  houre,  and  the  power  of  darknesse. 
 
 •  Ksa.dS.  c.         »  Mat.  26.  c.     loha.  18.  a.  t  Mat. 
 
 6.  b.  »  loha.  6.  d.  '  Mat.  26.  e.      Maxc.  14.  e. 
 
 loha.  18.  a.  -<  Mat  26.  f.  Marc.  14.  f.  '  loha.  18.  b. 
 t  Luc.  22.  c.    Mai.  26.  c.    Mar.  14.  c.  /  Mat.  16.  c. 
 
 Neuerthelesse  they  toke  him,  and  led  him, 
 and  brought  him  in  to  the  hye  prestes  house 
 As  for  Peter,  he  folowed  hi  a  farre  of. 
 
 Then  kyndled  they  a  fyre  in  the  myddest  of 
 the  palace,  and  sat  them  downe  together. 
 And  Peter  sat  him  downe  amonge  them. 
 Then  a  damsell  sawe  him  syttinge  by  the 
 Hght,  and  behelde  him  well,  and  sayde  ^^^to 
 him :  This  same  was  also  with  him.  But  he 
 denyed  him,  and  sayde :  Woma,  I  knowe  him 
 not.  And  after  a  litle  whyle,  another  sawe 
 him,  and  sayde :  Thou  art  one  of  them  also. 
 But  Peter  sayde :  Man,  I  am  not. 
 
 And  aboute  the  space  of  an  houre  after, 
 another  affirmed,  (j  sayde:  Verely  this  was 
 with  him  also,  for  he  is  a  Galilean.  But 
 Peter  saide :  Ma,  I  wote  not  what  thou 
 sayest.  And  immediatly  whyle  he  yet  spake, 
 y  cock  crewe.  And  the  LORDE  turned  him 
 aboute  and  loked  vpo  Peter.  And  Peter 
 remembred  the  wordes  of  y  LORDE,  how 
 he  sayde  vnto  him :  t  Before  the  cock  crowe, 
 thou  shalt  denye  me  thryse.  And  Peter 
 wente  out,  and  wepte  bytterly. 
 
 The  men  that  helde  lesus,  mocked  him,/ 
 and  stroke  him,  blyndfolded  him,  and  smote 
 him  on  the  face,  and  axed  him,  and  sayde : 
 Prophecie,  who  is  it  that  smote  the?  And 
 many  other  blasphemies  sayde  they  vnto  hi. 
 
 ^■'And  whan  it  was  daye,  there  gathered 
 together  the  Elders  of  the  people,  the  hye 
 prestes  and  scrybes,  and  led  him  vp  before 
 their  councell,  and  sayde :  Art  thou  Christ  ? 
 Tell  vs.  But  he  sayde  \T:ito  them :  Yf  I  tell 
 you,  ye  wyl  not  beleue :  But  yf  I  axe  you,  ye 
 wyl  not  answere  me,  nether  wyl  ye  let  me  go. 
 ''  From  this  tpne  forth  shal  the  sonne  of  man 
 sytt  at  the  right  hade  of  the  power  of  God. 
 iTien  sayde  they  all :  Art  thou  then  y  sonne 
 of  God  ?  He  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  saye  it, 
 for  I  am.  They  sayde  :  What  nede  we  anye 
 farther  wytnesse  ?  We  oure  selues  haue  herde 
 it  of  his  awne  mouth.' 
 
 Cl)c  ryiih  Cijapttr. 
 
 AND  the  whole  multitude  of  the  arose,* 
 and  led  him  vnto  Pilate,  and  begane  to 
 accuse  him,  and  sayde :  We  haue  founde  this 
 felowe  peruertinge  the  people,  and  forbyd- 
 dinge  to  geue  tiybute  vnto  the  Emperoure, 
 
 e  Mat.  26.  f.  Mar.  14.  g. 
 and  10.  b.  '  Mat.  'i6.  g. 
 loha.  18.  d. 
 
 '■  Col.  3.  a.      Heb.  1. 
 Mat  27.  a.     Marc.  15. 
 
C6ap,  niih 
 
 Wl)t  goisipdl  of  ^.  iCufee. 
 
 So,  xtu 
 
 and  sayeth,  that  he  is  Christ  a  kynge.  But 
 Pilate  axed  him,  and  sayde :  "  Art  thou  the 
 kynge  of  the  lewes  ?  He  answered  him,  and 
 sayde :  Thou  sayest  it.  Pilate  sayde  vnto  y 
 hye  prestes  and  to  the  people :  I  fynde  no 
 cause  in  this  man.  But  they  were  the  more 
 fearce,  and  sayde :  He  hath  moued  the  people, 
 in  that  he  hath  taught  here  5  there  in  all  the 
 londe  of  lewry,  and  hath  *  begonne  at  Galile 
 vnto  this  place. 
 
 Whan  Pilate  herde  mencion  of  Gahle,  he 
 axed  whether  he  were  of  Galile.  And  whan 
 he  perceaued  that  he  was  vnder  tHerodes 
 iurisdiccion  the  sent  him  to  Herode,  which 
 was  also  at  lerusale  in  those  dayes.  When 
 Herode  sawe  lesus,  he  was  exceadinge  glad, 
 for  he  had  longe  bene  desyrous  to  se  him : 
 because  §  he  had  herde  moch  of  him,  5 
 hoped  to  se  a  miracle  of  hi.  And  he  axed 
 him  many  thinges.  Neuertheles  he  answered 
 him  nothinge.  The  hye  prestes  and  scrybes 
 stode,  and  accused  him  sore.  But  Herode 
 with  his  men  of  warre  despysed  him,  and 
 mocked  him,  put  a  whyte  garmet  vpo  him, 
 and  sent  him  agayne  vnto  Pilate.  Vp5  y 
 same  daye  were  Pilate  and  Herode  made 
 frendes  together,  for  afore  they  had  bene  at 
 
 vanaunce. 
 
 Pilate  called  the  hye  prestes,  and  the  rulers, 
 and  the  people  together,  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 '  Ye  haue  brought  this  man  vnto  me,  as  one 
 that  peruerteth  the  people,  and  beholde,  I 
 haue  examyned  him  before  you,  j  fynde  in 
 the  ma  none  of  the  causes,  wherof  ye  accuse 
 him :  Nor  yet  Herode :  for  I  sent  you  to  him, 
 and  beholde,  there  is  brought  vpon  hi  nothinge, 
 that  is  worthy  of  death.  II  Therfore  wil  I 
 chasten  him,  and  let  him  lowse  :  For  he  must 
 haue  let  one  lowse  vnto  them  after  the  custome 
 of  the  feast. 
 
 '  Then  cried  the  whole  multitude,  and 
 sayde :  Awaye  with  him,  and  delyuer  vnto  vs 
 Barrabas,  which  for  insurreccion  made  in  the 
 cite,  and  because  of  a  murthur,  was  cast  in  to 
 preson.  Then  called  Pilate  vnto  them  agayne, 
 5  wolde  haue  let  lesus  lowse.  But  they  cried, 
 and  sayde  :  Crucifye  him,  Crucifye  him.  Yet 
 sayde  he  vnto  them,  the  thirde  tyme  :  What 
 euell  the  hath  he  done  ?  I  fynde  no  cause  of 
 death  in  hi,  therfore  wil  I  chasten  him,  and 
 
 "  Mat.  27.  b.  •  Mat.  4.  b.  f  Luc.  3.  a.  t  Luc.  18.  d. 
 $  Luc.  9.  a.  »  Mat.  27.  b.     Marc.  15.  a.     loha.  18.  c. 
 
 II  loba.  19.  a.       '  Mat.  27.  c.   Marc.  15.  b.       •>  Mat.  27.  c. 
 Act.  3.  b.        '  Mat.  27.  d.    loha.  19.  b.         /  Zach.  12.  c. 
 
 let  him  go.  But  they  laye  styll  vpon  him  with 
 greate  crye,  and  requyred  y  he  might  be 
 crucified.  And  the  voyce  of  the  and  of  the 
 hye  preastes  preuayled. 
 
 ''  And  Pilate  gaue  sentence,  that  it  shulde 
 be  as  they  requyred,  and  let  lowse  vnto  the, 
 him,  that  for  insurreccio  and  murthur  was 
 cast  in  to  preson,  whom  they  desyred,  but 
 gaue  lesus  ouer  vnto  their  wyll.  And  as  they 
 led  him  awaye,  they  toke  one  Simon  of  Cyren 
 (which  came  from  the  felde)  "and  layed  y 
 crosse  vpon  him,  to  beare  it  after  lesus. 
 
 '  And  there  folowed  him  a  greate  multitude 
 of  people  and  of  wemen,  which  bewayled  and 
 lamented  him.  But  lesus  turned  him  aboute 
 vnto  the,  and  sayde :  Ye  doughters  of  lerusale, 
 wepe  not  ouer  me :  but  wepe  ouer  youre  selues, 
 and  ouer  youre  chUdre.  For  beholde,  the 
 tyme  wil  come,  wherin  it  shal  be  sayde : 
 Blessed  are  the  baren,  and  the  wombes  that 
 haue  not  borne,  and  the  pappes  that  haue  not 
 geuen  sucke.H  Then  shal  they  begynne  to 
 saye  vnto  the  mountaynes:  Fall  vpon  vs, 
 And  to  the  hylles :  Couer  vs.  For  yf  this  be 
 done  to  a  grene  tre,  what  shal  be  done  then  to 
 the  drye  ? 
 
 «  And  two  other  (which  were  myszdoers) 
 were  led  out  also,  to  be  put  to  death  with  him. 
 And  wha  they  came  to  y  place,  which  is  called 
 Caluery,  they  crucifyed  him  euen  there,  and 
 the  two  myszdoers  with  him,  the  one  on  the 
 righte  hande,  the  other  on  y  left.  But  lesus 
 sayde :  ''  Father,  forgeue  them,  for  they  wote 
 not  what  they  do.**  And  they  parted  his  gar- 
 mentes,  and  cast  lottes  therfore.  And  the 
 people  stode  and  behelde. 
 
 And  the  rulers  mocked  him  with  them,  and 
 sayde :  He  hath  helped  other,  let  him  helpe 
 him  self  now,  yf  he  be  Christ  ;y-  chosen  of 
 God.  The  soudyers  also  mocked  him,  wete 
 vnto  him,  cj  brought  him  vyneger,  and  sayde : 
 Yf  thou  be  the  kynge  of  the  lewes,  then 
 helpe  thyself.  And  aboue  ouer  him  was  this 
 superscripcion '  wrytten  with  letters  of  Greke, 
 Latyn,  and  Hebrue :  This  is  the  kynge  of  the 
 lewes. 
 
 And  one  of  the  myszdoers  that  hanged 
 there,  blasphemed  him,  and  sayde :  Yf  thou 
 be  Christ,  then  helpe  thy  self  and  vs.  Then 
 answered  the  other,  rebuked  him,  and  sayde : 
 
 IT  lere.  8.  a 
 ''  Act.  7.  g. 
 loha.  19.  c. 
 
 Ose.  to.  b.     Apoc.  6.  c.  e  Esa.  53. 
 
 **  Psal.  21.  b.    Mat.  27.  c.    Marc.  15. 
 ■  Mat.  27.  d.    loha.  19.  b. 
 
fo,  vtih 
 
 Cl)f  gosiprll  of  ^.  ?lufe^. 
 
 C})ap.  inriiij. 
 
 And  thou  fearest  not  God  also,  wliich  art 
 yet  in  like  dfinacion.  And  truly  we  are  therin 
 by  right,  for  we  receaue  acordinge  to  oure 
 dedes.  As  for  this  man,  he  hath  done  nothinge 
 amysse.  And  he  sayde  vnto  lesus:  LORDE, 
 remembre  me,  whan  thou  commest  in  to  thy 
 kyngdome.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Verely  I  saye  vnto  the :  To  daye  shalt  thou 
 be  with  me  in  Paradyse.  And  it  was  aboute 
 the  sixte  houre, "  and  there  was  darknesse  ouer 
 f  whole  londe  vntyll  the  nyenth  houre.  And 
 the  Sonne  was  darkened,  and  the  vayle  of 
 the  temple  rente  in  two  euen  thorow  the 
 myddes. 
 
 And  lesus  ciyed  loude,  (t  sayde :  Father,  *  in 
 to  thy  handes  I  commende  my  sprete.  And 
 whan  he  had  so  sayde,  he  gaue  vp  the  goost. 
 But  *whan  the  Captayne  sawe  what  had 
 happened,  he  praysed  God,  and  sayde :  Verely 
 this  was  a  iust  ma.  And  all  the  people  that 
 stode  by  d  behelde,  whan  they  sawe  what  was 
 done,  smote  vpon  their  brestes,  5  turned  backe 
 agayne.  But  all  his  acquantaunce,  and  the 
 wemen  that  had  folowed  him  out  of  Galile, 
 stode  a  farre  of,  and  behelde  all  these  thinges. 
 '  And  beholde,  a  ma  named  Joseph,  a 
 Senatour,  which  was  a  good  iust  man,  the 
 same  had  not  consented  vnto  their  councell, 
 and  dede,  which  was  of  Arimathia  a  cite  of 
 the  lewes,  which  same  also  wayted  for  the 
 kpigdome  of  God :  he  wete  vnto  Pilate,  and 
 axed  the  body  of  lesus.  And  he  toke  him 
 downe,  wrapped  him  in  a  lynnen  cloth,  and 
 layed  him  in  a  hewen  sepulcre,  wherin  neuer 
 
 11  was  layed.  And  it  was  the  daye  •  of 
 preparinge,  and  the  Sabbath  drue  on. 
 
 ''  The  wemen  that  were  come  with  him  out 
 of  Galile,  folowed  him,  and  behelde  the 
 Sepulcre,  tt  how  his  body  was  layed.  But 
 they  returned,  and  made  ready  the  spyces  ft 
 anontmetes.  And  vpon  the  Sabbath  they 
 rested,  acordinge  to  the  lawe. 
 
 1!L))t  Hiiiij'  Cljapttr. 
 
 BUT  vpon  one  of  the  Sabbathes  very 
 early  in  the  mornjTige,"  they  came  vnto 
 the  Sepulcre,  and  brought  y  spyces  which 
 they  had  prepared,  and  certayne  wemen  with 
 the.  Neuertheles  they  founde  the  stone  rolled 
 awaye  from  the  sepulcre,  and  wente  in,  and 
 
 •  iMat.  27.  e.     Marc.  15.  d.         •  Psal.  30.  a.    Act.  7.  g. 
 »  Mat.  27.  f.    Marc.  15.  d.  '  Mat.  27.  g.    Marc.  15.  e. 
 
 loba.  19.  d.         •>  Luc.  8.  a.         '  Mat.  28.  a.    Marc.  16.  a. 
 
 founde  not  the  body  of  f  LORDE  lesu.t 
 And  it  happened  as  they  were  amased  therat, 
 beholde,  there  stode  by  them  two  men  in 
 shyninge  garmentes.  And  they  were  afrayed, 
 and  cast  downe  their  faces  to  the  earth.  Then 
 sayde  they  vnto  the:  What  seke  ye?  the 
 lyuynge  amoge  the  deed?  He  is  not  here. 
 He  is  rysen  vp.  Remembre,  how  y  he  tolde 
 you  wha  he  was  yet  in  Galile,  and  sayde :  t 
 The  Sonne  of  man  must  be  delyuered  in  to 
 the  hades  of  synners,  and  be  crucified,  and 
 the  thirde  daye  ryse  agayne. 
 
 And  they  remebred  his  wordes,  and  wente 
 from  the  sepulcre,  and  tolde  all  this  ^Tito  the 
 eleuen,/  and  to  all  the  other.  It  was  Mary 
 Magdalene,  and  lohanna,  and  Mary  lames, 
 and  the  other  with  them,  that  tolde  this  vnto 
 the  Apostles.  And  theyr  wordes  semed  vnto 
 them,  as  though  they  had  bene  but  fables, 
 and  they  beleued  them  not.  But  Peter  arose, 
 and  ranne  to  the  sepulcre,  and  stouped  in,  and 
 sawe  the  lynnen  clothes  layed  by  them  selues, 
 and  departed.  And  he  wondred  within  him- 
 self at  that  which  had  happened. 
 
 *  And  beholde,  two  of  them  wente  that 
 same  daye,  to  a  towne  (which  was  thre  score 
 furl5ges  from  Jerusalem)  whose  name  was 
 called  Emaus.  And  they  talked  together  of 
 all  these  thinges  y  had  happened.  And  it 
 chaunced''  as  they  were  thus  talkinge  and 
 reasonynge  together,  lesus  himself  drue  nye, 
 and  wente  with  them.  But  their  eyes  were 
 holden,  that  they  shulde  not  knowe  hi.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  them:  What  maner  of  comuni- 
 cacions  are  these  that  ye  haue  one  to  another 
 as  ye  walke,  and  are  sad  ?  Then  answered  the 
 one,  whose  name  was  Cleophas,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Art  thou  onely  a  straunger  at 
 lerusale,  not  knowinge  what  is  come  to  passe 
 there  in  these  dayes?  And  he  sayde  vnto  the: 
 WTiat  ?  They  sayde  vnto  him :  That  of  lesus 
 of  Nazareth,  ^  which  was  a  prophet,  mightie 
 in  dede  and  worde,  before  God  and  all  f 
 people,  how  oure  hye  prestes  and  rulers 
 delyuerel  him  to  the  condemnacion  of  death, 
 and  crucified  him.  But  we  hoped  that  he 
 shulde  haue  delyuered  Israel.  And  besydes 
 all  this,  todaye  is  the  thirde  daye  that  this 
 was  done.  II  Yee  5  certajTie  wemen  also  of 
 oure  company  which  were  early  at  the  Sepulcre, 
 
 loha.  20.  a. 
 /  JIat.  28.  b. 
 *  Mat.  18.  c. 
 
 t  loha.  20.  b.  }  Luc.  9.  c. 
 
 Marc.  16.  b.     loha.  20.  b.         «  Mar.  16.  b. 
 
 «  Mat.  21.  e.       11  Luc.  2i.  a.    loha.  20.  a 
 
COap.  xUiij. 
 
 €l)t  gogpcll  of  ^.  ^uk(. 
 
 fo,  vnij. 
 
 and  founcle  not  his  body,  came  and  tolde,  that 
 they  had  sene  a  visio  of  angels,  which  sayde 
 he  was  alyue.  And  certayne  of  them  that 
 were  with  vs,  wente  vnto  the  sepulcre,  and 
 founde  it  euen  so  as  y  weme  sayde,  but  hi 
 founde  they  not. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  the  :  O  ye  fooles  and 
 slowe  of  hert  to  beleue  all  that  the  prophetes 
 haue  spoke  ?  *  Ought  not  Christ  to  haue 
 suffred  these  thinges,  and  to  entre  in  to  his 
 glory  ?  And  he  beganne  at  Moses  and  at  all 
 the  prophetes,  and  expounded  vnto  them  all 
 the  scriptures,  that  were  spoken  of  him.  And 
 they  drue  nye  vnto  the  towne,  which  they 
 wete  vnto,  and  he  made  as  though  he  wolde 
 haue  gone  farther,  t  And  they  compelled 
 him,  and  sayde :  Abyde  with  vs,  for  it  draweth 
 towardes  night,  and  the  daye  is  farre  passed. 
 And  he  wente  in  to  tary  with  the.  And  it 
 came  to  passe  whan  he  sat  at  the  table  with 
 the,  he  toke  the  bred,  gaue  thankes,  brake  it, 
 and  gaue  it  them.  Then  were  their  eyes 
 opened,  and  they  knewe  him.  And  he 
 vanyshed  out  of  their  sight.  And  they  sayde, 
 betwene  the  selues :  Dyd  not  cure  hert  burne 
 with  in  vs,  whan  he  talked  with  vs  by  the 
 waye,  whyle  he  opened  the  scriptures  vnto  vs? 
 And  they  rose  vp  the  same  houre,  turned 
 agayne  to  Jerusalem,  and  founde  f  eleue 
 gathered  together,  and  them  that  were  with 
 them,  which  sayde  :  The  LORDE  is  lysen 
 of  a  trueth,  and  hath  appeared  vnto  Symon. 
 And  they  tolde  the  what  had  happened  by  f 
 waye,  and  how  they  knewe  him  in  breakynge 
 of  the  bred. 
 
 "  But  whyle  they  were  talkynge  therof,  lesus 
 himself  stode  in  the  myddes  amonge  the,  and 
 sayde :  Peace  be  with  you.     But  they  were 
 
 »  Esd.  53.  a.     t  Gen.  19.  a.  Luc.  14.  c. 
 loha.  21.  b.     t  Mat.  16.  c.     §  Act.  17.  a. 
 
 •■  loha.  20.  c. 
 II  Mich.  4.  a. 
 
 abashed  and  afrayed,  supposinge  that  they 
 had  sene  a  sprete.  And  he  saide  vnto  the : 
 Why  are  ye  abashed  ?  (j  wherfore  ryse  there 
 soch  thoughtes  in  youre  hertes  ?  Beholde  my 
 hades  j  my  fete,  it  is  euen  I  my  self.  Handle 
 me,  and  se,  for  a  sprete  hath  not  flesh  and 
 bones,  as  ye  se  me  haue.  And  whan  he  had 
 thus  spoke,  he  shewed  the  his  hodes  and  his 
 fete.  But  whyle  they  yet  beleued  not  for  ioye 
 and  wondred,  he  sayde  vnto  them:  *Haue  ye 
 eny  thinge  here  to  eate  ?  And  they  set  before 
 him  a  pece  of  a  broyled  fish,  and  an  hony 
 combe.     And  he  toke  it,  and  ate  it  before  the. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  them :  t  These  are  the 
 wordes,  which  I  spake  vnto  you,  whyle  I 
 was  yet  with  you.  For  it  must  all  be  fulfilled 
 that  was  wrytten  of  me  in  the  lawe  of  Moses, 
 in  the  prophetes,  5  in  the  Psalmes.  The 
 opened  he  their  vnderstondinge,  that  they 
 might  vnderstonde  the  scriptures,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  ^  Thus  is  it  wrytte,  and  thus  it 
 behoued  Christ  to  suffre,  d  the  thirde  daye  to 
 ryse  agayne  fro  the  deed,  and  to  let  repen- 
 taunce  and  remyssion  of  synnes  be  preached 
 in  his  name  amoge  all  naeions,!!  and  to 
 begynne  at  lerusale.  As  for  all  these  thinges, 
 ye  are  wytnesses  of  the.  And  beholde,  '  I  wil 
 sende  vpon  you  the  II  promes  of  my  father : 
 but  ye  shal  tary  in  the  cite  of  Jerusalem,  tyll 
 ye  be  endewed  with  power  from  aboue. 
 
 ''  But  he  led  them  out  vnto  Bethany,  and 
 lift  vp  his  handes,  and  blessed  them.  And  it 
 came  to  passe  wha  he  blessed  them,  he 
 departed  from  them,  and  was  caried  vp  in  to 
 heauen.  And  they  worshipped  him,  and 
 turned  agayne  to  Jerusalem  with  greate  ioye  • 
 and  were  contynually  in  f  teple,  geuynge 
 prayse  and  thankes  vnto  God.  Amen. 
 
 '  Act.   1.  a.  and  2.   a.  1[  loha.    14.  c.   15.  c.   16.   a. 
 
 ''  Mar.  16.  c.       Act.  1.  b. 
 
 CI)t  tnbt  of  tf)t  gosfjiell  of  ^.  iCiike. 
 
Zi)t  flOiJptH  of  S*  ^i)on. 
 
 Wif)at  §>,  Sftotts!  gosipell  coitttpnetK). 
 
 Ci)ap.  I. — The  euerlastinge  byrth  of  the  sonne  of 
 God,  and  how  he  became  man.  The  testimony 
 of  Ihon  and  of  his  baptyme.  The  callinge  of 
 Andrew,  Peter,  Philip  and  Nathanael. 
 
 C])ap.  II. — Christ  turneth  the  water  vnto  wyne 
 at  the  mariage  in  Cana,  and  dryueth  the  mar- 
 chauntes  out  of  the  temple. 
 
 Ci)ap.  III. — The  swete  talkinge  of  Christ  with 
 Nicodemus.  The  doctryne  5  baptyme  of  Iho, 
 and  what  wytnesse  he  beareth  of  Christ. 
 
 Cfjap.  nil. — The  louynge  comraunicacion  of 
 Christ  with  the  woman  of  Samaria  by  the  welles 
 syde.  How  he  commeth  in  to  Galile,  and 
 healeth  the  rulers  sonne. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. — He  healeth  the  man  that  was  sicke 
 eight  5  thirtie  yeare.  The  lewes  accuse  him 
 as  a  breaker  of  the  Sabbath  :  he  answereth  for 
 him  self,  and  reproueth  them. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VI. — lesus  fedeth  fyue  thousande  men 
 with  fyue  barlye  Loaues,  departeth  awaye,  that 
 they  shukle  not  make  him  kynge,  goeth  vpo  the 
 see,  and  reproueth  the  fleshly  hearers  of  his 
 worde.  The  carnall  are  offended  at  hi,  and 
 forsake  him. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. — lesus  commeth  to  lerusale  at  the 
 feast,  teacheth  the  lewes  and  reproueth  the  : 
 The  pharises  5  the  hye  prestes  hearinge  that 
 the  people  begynne  to  fauour  Christ  and  to 
 beleue  in  him,  sende  out  officers  to  take  hi. 
 There  are  dyuerse  opinions  of  him  amoge  the 
 people.  The  pharises  rebuke  the  officers 
 because  they  haue  not  taken  him,  and  chyde 
 with  Nicodemus  for  takinge  his  parte. 
 
 Ci)ap.  VIII. — A  woman  is  taken  in  aduoutrie  : 
 Christ  delyuereth  her.  The  fredome  of  soch 
 as  folowe  Christ,  whom  tliey  accuse  to  haue 
 the  deuel  within  him,  and  go  aboute  to  stone 
 him. 
 
 CI)  a  p.  IX.— Christ  maketh  the  man  to  se  that 
 was  borne  biynde,  where  thorow  he  getteth 
 him  self  more  displeasure  amonge  the  lewes  and 
 Pharises. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X. — Christ  is  the  true  shepherde,  and  the 
 dore  of  the  shepe.  Some  saye :  Christ  hath  the 
 deuell,  and  is  madd,  some  saye  :  he  speaketh 
 not  the  wordes  of  one  that  hath  the  deuell. 
 Because  he  telleth  the  trueth,  the  lewes  take 
 vp  stones  to  cast  at  him,  call  his  preachinge 
 blasphemy,  and  go  aboute  to  take  him. 
 
 Ctiap.  XI. — Christ  rayseth  Lazarus  fro  death. 
 The  hye  prestes  (j  the  pharyses  gather  a  coun- 
 cell,  and  cast  their  heades  together  agaynst 
 him,  therfore  he  getteth  him  out  of  the  waye. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. — Mary  anoynteth  Christes  fete, 
 ludas  murmureth,  Christ  excuseth  her,  rydeth 
 in  to  lerusalem,  and  is  louyngly  receaued  of  the 
 thankfuU,  butvtterly  despysed  of  the  vngodly. 
 
 CI)ap.  XIII. — Christ  washeth  the  disciples  fete, 
 telleth  them  of  ludas  the  traytour,  and  com- 
 maundeth  the  earnestly  to  loue  one  another. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XIIII. — He  armeth  his  disciples  with 
 consolacion  agaynst  trouble  for  to  come,  taketh 
 fro  the  the  heuynesse  that  they  had  because  of 
 his  departinge,  and  promiseth  them  the  holy 
 goost,  the  spirite  of  comforte. 
 
 C])ap.  XV. — The  true  vyne,  the  huszbandman 
 d  the  braunches.  A  doctryne  of  loue,  and 
 a  swete  comforte  agaynst  persecucion. 
 
 C]^ap.  XVI.  —  Cosolacion  agaynst  trouble. 
 Prayers  are  herde  thorow  Christ. 
 
 CI)ap.  XVII. — The  most  hartely  i  louinge 
 prayer  of  Christ  vnto  his  father,  for  all  soch  as 
 receaue  the  trueth,  and  be  his  awne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVIII.— Christ  is  betrayed.  The  wordes 
 of  his  mouth  smyte  the  officers  to  the  grounde. 
 Peter  smyteth  of  Malchus  eare.  lesus  is 
 brought  before  Anna,  Caiphas,  and  Pilate. 
 
 C})ap.  XIX. — Christ  is  crucified.  He  com- 
 mendeth  his  mother  vnto  Ihon,  sheddeth  his 
 bloude,  and  is  buried. 
 
 C{)ap.  XX. — The  resurreccion  of  Christ,  which 
 appeareth  to  Mary  Magdalene  and  to  all  his 
 disciples,  to  their  greate  comforte. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXI. — He  appeareth  to  his  disciples 
 agayne  by  the  see  of  Tyberias,  and  com- 
 maundeth  peter  earnestly  to  fede  his  shepe. 
 
Z^t  goSpcll  of  S:.  ^i)on. 
 
 CJ^t  first  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 IN  the  begynnynge  was  the  worde,  and  the 
 worde  was  with  God,  and  God  was  ;y^ 
 worde.  The  same  was  in  the  begynnynge 
 with  God.*  All  thinges  were  made  by  the 
 same,  and  without  the  same  was  made 
 nothinge  that  was  made.  In  him  was  the 
 t  life,  and  the  life  was  the  *  light  of  men :  and 
 the  light  shyneth  in  the  darknesse,  and  the 
 darknesse  comprehended  it  not. 
 
 There  was  sent  from  God  a  man,  whose 
 name  was  Ihon.  The  same  came  for  a  wit- 
 nesse,  to  beare  wytnesse  of  f  light,  that  thorow 
 him  they  all  might  beleue.  ^  He  was  not 
 that  light,  but  that  he  might  beare  witnesse 
 of  f  light.  That  was  the  true  light,  which 
 Hghteth  all  men,  that  come  in  to  this  worlde. 
 He  was  in  the  worlde,  (j  the  worlde  was  made 
 by  him,  and  f  worlde  knewe  him  not.  He 
 came  in  to  his  awne,  and  his  awne  receaued 
 him  not.  But  as  many  as  receaued  him,  II  to 
 them  gaue  he  power  to  be  the  children  of 
 God :  euen  soch  as  beleue  in  his  name.  Which 
 are  not  borne  of  blonde,  ner  of  the  wyl  of  the 
 flesh,  ner  of  the  wyl  of  man,  but  of  God. 
 
 'And  the  worde  became  flesh,  and  dwelt 
 amonge  vs:1f  and  we  sawe  his  glory,  a  glory 
 as  of  the  onely  begotte  sonne  of  the  father, 
 full  of  grace  and  trueth. 
 
 Ihon  bare  wytnesse  of  him,  cryed,  and 
 sayde  :  *  It  was  this,  of  whom  I  spake  :  After 
 me  shal  he  come,  that  was  before  me.  For  he 
 was  or  euer  I :  and  **of  his  fulnesse  haue  aU 
 we  receaued  grace  for  grace.  For  the  lawe 
 was  geuen  by  Moses,  grace  and  trueth  came 
 
 •  Gen.  1.  a.  Pro.  8.  b.  t  loha.  14.  b.  t  loha.  8.  b. 
 9.  a.  12.  e.  §  loha.  5.  d.  ||  Ose.  1.  b.     Rom.  8.  b. 
 
 Gal.  4.  a.        "  Baruc  2.  e.         %  Mat.  17.  a.    2  Pet.  1.  c. 
 1  loha.  1.  a.        '  Mat.  3.  b.     Marc.  1.  a.        •*  Col.  2.  b. 
 
 by  lesus  Christ.  '^No  man  hath  sene  God  at 
 eny  tyme.  The  onely  begotte  sonne  which  is 
 in  the  bosome  of  the  father,  he  hath  declared 
 the  same  vnto  vs. 
 
 And  this  is  the  recorde  of  Ihon,  whan  the 
 lewes  sent  prestes  and  Leuites  fro  lerusalem, 
 to  axe  him:  Who  art  thou?  And  tthe  con- 
 fessed and  denyed  not.  And  he  confessed, 
 and  sayde  :  I  am  not  Christ.  And  they  axed 
 him :  What  the  ?  Art  thou  Elias  ?  He  sayde : 
 I  am  not.  Art  thou  the  U  Prophet  ?  And  he 
 answered :  No.  Then  sayde  they  vnto  him : 
 What  art  thou  the,  y  we  maye  geue  answere 
 vnto  the  that  sent  vs?  What  sayest  thou 
 of  thy  self?  He  sayde:  ''I  am  f  voyce  of  a 
 cryer  in  the  wyldernesse.  Make  straight  f 
 waye  of  the  LORDE.  §  §As  f  prophet  Esay 
 sayde. 
 
 And  they  that  were  sent,  were  of  y  Pharises, 
 And  they  axed  him,  (j  sayde  vnto  him :  Why 
 baptysest  thou  then,  yf  thou  be  not  Christ, 
 ner  Elias,  ner  a  prophet?  Ihon  answered 
 them,  and  sayde :  '  I  baptyse  with  water,  but 
 there  is  one  come  in  amonge  you,  whom  ye 
 knowe  not.  It  is  he  that  cometh  after  me, 
 which  was  before  me :  whose  shue  lachet  I  am 
 not  worthy  to  vnlowse.  This  was  done  at 
 Bethabara  beyonde  lordane,  illl  where  Ihon 
 dyd  baptyse. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after,  Ihon  sawe  lesus 
 commynge  vnto  him,  and  sayde:  Beholde 
 the  Iflflabe  of  God,  which  taketh  awaye  the 
 synne  of  the  worlde.  This  is  he,  of  whom  I 
 sayde  vnto  you :  After  me  commeth  a  man, 
 which  was  before  me.  For  he  was  or  euer  I, 
 and  I  knewe  him  not :  but  that  he  shulde  be 
 
 '  Deut.  5.  c.  1  loha.  4.  b.  tt  loha.  3.  d.  if  Deut.  18.  c, 
 '' Mat.  3.  a.  Marc.  1.  a,  Luc.  3.  a.  $$Esa.40.  a.  «  Mat 
 3.  b.  Marc.  1.  a.  Luc.  3.  c.  Act.  19.  a.  |{{{  loha.  3.  d 
 and  10.  d.  1[f  Esa.  .53.  b.     1  Cor.  5.  b. 
 
fo,  vrfau 
 
 Cl)e  goEipfU  of  ^,  3l)on. 
 
 (Cbap.  I), 
 
 declared  in  Israel,  therfore  am    1    conic  to 
 baptyse  with  water. 
 
 And  Ihon  bare  recorde,  (j  sayde:  "I  sawe 
 the  sprete  descende  from  heauen  like  vnto  a 
 doue,  and  abode  vpon  him,  tt  I  knewe  him  not. 
 Hut  he  that  sent  me  to  baptyse  with  water, 
 f  same  sayde  vnto  me:  Vpon  whom  thou 
 shalt  se  the  sprete  descende  and  tary  styll  on 
 him,  the  same  is  he,  that  baptyseth  with  the 
 holy  goost.  And  I  sawe  it,  and  bare  recorde, 
 that  tins  is  the  sonne  of  God. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after,  Ihon  stode  agayne, 
 and  two  of  his  disciples.  And  wha  he  sawe 
 lesus  walkynge,  he  sayde :  Beholde  the  *labe 
 of  God.  And  two  of  his  disciples  herde  him 
 speake,  and  folowed  lesus.  And  lesus  turned 
 him  aboute,  and  sawe  them  folowinge,  and 
 sayde  vnto  the :  What  seke  ye  ?  They  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Rabbi,  (which  is  to  saye  by  inter- 
 pretaeion.  Master.)  Where  art  thou  at  lodg- 
 inge  ?  He  sayde  vnto  them :  Come  and  se 
 it.  They  came  and  sawe  it,  5  abode  with  him 
 the  same  daye.    It  was  aboute  the  tenth  houre. 
 
 One  of  the  two,  which  herde  Ihon  speake, 
 and  folowed  lesus,  was  Andrew  the  brother  of 
 Symon  Peter :  the  same  founde  first  his 
 brother  Symon,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  We 
 haue  founde  Messias  (which  is  by  interpreta- 
 cion,  f  Anoynted)  and  brought  him  to  lesus. 
 Whan  lesus  behelde  him,  he  sayde :  Thou  art 
 Symon  the  sonne  of  lonas,  t  thou  shalt  be 
 called  Cephas,  which  is  by  interpretacion,  a 
 stone. 
 
 The*  nexte  daye  after,  wolde  lesus 
 agayne  in  to  Galile,  and  founde  Philippe,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  *  Folowe  me.  Philippe  was 
 of  Bethsaida  the  cite  of  Andrew  and  Peter. 
 Philippe  founde  Nathanael,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  We  haue  founde  him,  of  wh5 1  Moses 
 in  the  lawe,  and  f  ^prophetes  haue  wrytten 
 euen  lesus  the  sonne  of  loseph  of  Nazareth. 
 And  Nathanaell  sayde  vnto  him :  II  What 
 good  can  come  out  of  Nazareth  ?  Philippe 
 sayde  vnto  him  :  Come,  and  se. 
 
 lesus  sawe  Nathanael  comynge  to  him, 
 and  sayde  of  him :  Beholde,  a  righte  Israelite, 
 in  whom  is  no  gyle.  Nathanael  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  From  whence  knowest  thou  me  ?  lesus 
 answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Before  y 
 Philippe   called   the,  whan  thou  wast  vnder 
 
 •  Mat.  3.  b.     Marc.  1.  a.    Luc.  3.  c.  *  Exod.  12.  a. 
 
 Esa.  53.  b.     t  Mat.  16.  c.    » loha.  12.  c.  f  Gen.  3.  c. 
 
 22.  c.  49.  b.     Deut.   18.  c.  §   Esa.  7.   c.   and  9.  b. 
 
 the  fygge  tre,  I  sawe  the.  Nathanaell  an- 
 swered, and  sayde  vnto  hi :  Rabbi,  thou  art 
 y  sonne  of  God,  thou  art  f  kynge  of  Israel, 
 lesus  answered,  i  sayde  vnto  him  :  Because  I 
 sayde  vnto  the,  that  I  sawe  the  vnder  the 
 fygge  tre,  thou  beleuest :  thou  shalt  se  yet 
 greater  thinges  the  these.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you : '  Fro 
 this  tyme  forth  shal  ye  se  the  heauen  open, 
 and  the  angels  of  God  goinge  vp  5  downe 
 Guer  the  sonne  of  man. 
 
 ta^t  i).  €iia$Ux. 
 
 AND  vpon  the  thirde  daye  there  was  a 
 mariage  at  Cana  in  Galile,  and  the 
 mother  of  lesus  was  there.  lesus  also  and 
 his  disciples  was  called  vnto  f  mariage.  And 
 whan  the  wpie  fayled,  the  mother  of  lesus 
 saide  vnto  him  :  They  haue  no  wyne.  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  her :  H^  Woma,  what  haue  I  to  do 
 with  the?  Myne  houre  is  not  yet  come, 
 His  mother  sayde  vnto  f  mynisters :  What- 
 soeuer  he  sayeth  vnto  you,  do  it.  There 
 were  set  there  sixe  water  pottes  of  stone,  after 
 y  maner  of  the  purifienge  of  f  lewes,  euery 
 one  coteyninge  two  or  thre  measures. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  Fyll  the  water 
 pottes  with  water.  And  they  fylled  the  vp 
 to  y  brymme.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the: 
 Drawe  out  now,  5  brynge  vnto  the  Master  of 
 the  feast.  And  they  bare  it.  Wha  the  master 
 of  f  feast  had  taisted  f  wyne  which  had  bene 
 water,  and  knewe  not  whence  it  came  (but 
 the  mynisters  that  drue  f  water,  knewe  it) 
 the  Master  of  the  feast  caUed  the  bryde- 
 grome,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Euery  man  at 
 the  first  geueth  the  good  wyne  :  5  whan  they 
 are  dronken,  the  that  which  is  worse.  But 
 thou  hast  kepte  backe  the  good  wyne  vntyll 
 now. 
 
 This  is  the  first  token  that  lesus  dyd  at 
 Cana  in  Galile,  and  shewed  his  glory,  and 
 his  disciples  beleued  on  him.  ''Afterwarde 
 wente  he  downe  to  Capernaum,  he,  his 
 mother,  his  brethre,  and  his  disciples,  and 
 taried  not  longe  there. 
 
 'And  the  lewes  Easter  was  at  hande. 
 And  lesus  wcte  vp  to  lerusalem,  and  founde 
 syttinge  in  the  teple,  those  that  solde  oxen, 
 shepe,  and  doues,  and  chaungers  of  money. 
 
 II  loha.  7.  e.  '  Gen.  28.  c.  Luc.  21.  d.  f  Luc.  2.  g. 
 I'' Mat.  4.  b.  Marc.  l.b.  Luc.  4.  d.  'Mat.  21.  b.  Marc. 
 'll.b.    Luc.  19.  d. 
 
Cftap.  iij. 
 
 Cfte  gosjpea  of  J>.  Sfton. 
 
 #0,  Vffatj. 
 
 And  he  made  a  scourge  of  small  cordes,  and 
 droue  them  all  out  of  the  teple  with  the  shepe 
 and  oxen,  and  poured  out  the  chaungers 
 money,  and  ouerthrewe  the  tables^  and  sayde 
 vnto  them  that  solde  the  doues :  Haue  these 
 thinges  hece,  and  make  not  my  fathers  house 
 an  house  of  marchaundyse.  His  disciples 
 remembred  it,  that  is  wrytten  :  *  The  zele  of 
 thine  house  hath  euen  eaten  me. 
 
 Then  answered  the  lewes,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  "  What  token  shewest  thou  vnto  vs,  that 
 thou  mayest  do  these  thinges  ?  lesus  an- 
 swered (t  sayde  vnto  the :  t  Breake  downe  this 
 temple,  and  in  thre  dayes  wil  I  set  it  vp 
 agayne.  Then  sayde  the  lewes :  i  Sixe  and 
 fourtye  yeare  was  this  temple  abuyldinge. 
 and  wilt  thou  set  it  vp  in  thre  dayes  ?  But 
 he  spake  of  y  teple  of  his  body.  Now  wha 
 he  was  rysen  agayne  from  the  deed,  his  dis- 
 ciples remembred  that  he  thus  sayde,  and 
 they  beleued  the  scripture,  and  the  wordes 
 which  lesus  spake. 
 
 Wha  he  was  at  lerusale  at  Easter  in  y 
 feast,  many  beleued  on  his  name,  whan  they 
 sawe  f  tokes  y  he  dyd.  But  lesus  comytted 
 not  himself  vnto  the,  for  he  knewe  the  all,  5 
 neded  not  y  eny  ma  shulde  testifye  of  man, 
 ^for  he  knewe  well  what  was  in  man. 
 
 Wt)t  iij.  CJjapter. 
 
 THERE  was  a  man  of  the  Pharises, 
 named  Nicodemus*  a  ruler  amoge  the 
 lewes.  The  same  came  vnto  lesus  by  night, 
 (J  sayde  vnto  hi :  Master,  we  knowe  y  thou 
 art  come  a  teacher  fro  God :  for  II  no  ma  can 
 do  these  tokes  y  thou  doest,  excepte  God  be 
 with  him.  lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  the  :  Excepte 
 a  man  be  borne  a  new,  he  can  not  se  the 
 kyngdome  of  God.  Nicodemus  sayde  vnto 
 him :  How  can  a  man  be  borne,  whan  he  is 
 olde  ?  Can  he  entre  in  to  his  mothers  wombe, 
 and  be  borne  agayne  ?  lesus  answered : 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  the :  If  Excepte  a 
 ma  be  borne  of  water  and  of  the  sprete,  he 
 can  not  come  in  to  y  kyngdome  of  God. 
 
 '*That  which  is  borne  of  flesh,  is  flesh :  (j 
 that  which  is  borne  of  the  sprete,  is  sprete. 
 Maruell  not,  that  I  sayde  vnto  y :  Ye  must 
 be  borne  of  new.     The  wynde  bloweth  where 
 
 Psal.  68.  b.     "  Mat.  16.  a.  loha.  6.  d.       t  Mat.  26.  f. 
 
 t  1  Esd.  5.  6.       §  lere.  17.  b.   Apo.  2.  d.        *  loha.  7.  c. 
 
 d  1 9.  d.     II  loha.  9.  b.      f  loha.  4.  b.  and  7.  d.   Tit.  3.  a. 
 
 '  Rom.  8.  a.       tt  Eccls.  11.  a.     U  Ephe.  4.  a.      "^  Num. 
 
 he  wyl,  and  thou  hearest  his  sounde :  ttbut 
 thou  canst  not  tell  whece  he  commeth,  and 
 whither  he  goeth.  So  is  euery  one,  that  is 
 borne  of  the  sprete. 
 
 Nicodemus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 How  maye  these  be?  lesus  answered,  tj 
 sayde  vnto  hi :  Art  thou  a  Master  in  Israel,  (i 
 knowest  not  these  ?  Verely  I  saye  vnto  ;y : 
 We  speake  that  we  knowe,  and  testifie  that 
 we  haue  sene,  and  ye  receaue  not  oure  wyt- 
 nesse.  Yf  ye  beleue  not  whan  I  tell  you  of 
 earthly  thinges,  how  shulde  ye  beleue,  wha  I 
 speake  vnto  you  of  heauenly  thinges  ? 
 
 ttAnd  noman  ascendeth  vp  in  to  heauen, 
 but  he  that  is  come  downe  from  heaue 
 (namely)  the  sonne  of  man  which  is  in 
 heauen.  "And  like  as  Moses  lift  vp  the 
 serpent  in  the  wyldernes,  euen  so  must  the 
 Sonne  of  man  be  lift  vp,  that  who  so  euer 
 beleueth  in  him,  shulde  not  perish,  but  haue 
 euerlastinge  hfe. 
 
 ''  For  God  so  loued  the  worlde,  that  he  gaue 
 liis  onely  sonne,  that  who  so  euer  beleueth  in 
 hi,  shulde  not  perishe,  but  haue  euerlastinge 
 life.^^  For  God  sent  not  his  sonne  in  to  f 
 worlde  to  condempne  the  worlde,  but  that 
 the  worlde  might  be  saued  by  him.  He  that 
 beleueth  on  him,  shal  not  be  codemned.  But 
 he  that  beleueth  not,  is  codemned  allready : 
 because  he  beleueth  not  on  the  name  of  the 
 onely  sonne  of  God.  But  this  is  y  codempna- 
 cion,  "  that  the  light  is  come  in  to  the  worlde, 
 and  men  loued  the  darknesse  more  the  f 
 Hght:  for  their  workes  were  euell.  Whoso- 
 euer  doth  euell,  hateth  the  light,  and  cometh 
 not  to  the  light,  that  his  dedes  shulde  not  be 
 reproued.  But  he  that  doth  the  trueth, 
 commeth  to  the  light,  that  his  workes  maye 
 be  knowne  :  for  they  are  done  in  God. 
 
 Afterwarde  came  lesus  s  his  disciples  in  to 
 the  lode  of  lewry,  and  had  his  beynge  there 
 with  them,  and  ■'  baptysed.  II II  Ihon  baptysed 
 also  in  Enon  besyde  Salem :  for  there  was 
 moch  water  there.  And  they  came  thither, 
 and  were  baptysed :  for  Ihon  was  not  yet  put 
 in  preson. 
 
 Then  arose  there  a  question  amonge  the 
 disciples  of  Ihon  with  the  lewes  aboute  the 
 purifienge,  and  they  came  vnto  Ihon,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :    Master,  he  y  was  with  the 
 
 21.  b.  loha.  8.  c.  and  12.  d.  i*  Rom.  5.  a.  1  loha.  4.  b. 
 S«  Luc.l9.  a.  '  loha.  1.  a.  and  12.  f.  /  loha.  4.  a. 
 
 Ill  Mat.  3.  a.     Marc.  1.  a.     Luc.  3.  a.     Mat.  4.  b. 
 
jfo.  vrbii). 
 
 Cfjr  gosiprll  of  ^.  Sftom 
 
 €6ap.  inj. 
 
 beyonde  lordan,  of  whom  thou  barest  w)i;- 
 iiesse,  beholde,  he  baptyseth,  and  euery  man 
 Cometh  vnto  him.  Ihon  answered  and  sayde : 
 A  man  can  receaue  nothinge,  excepte  it  be 
 geuen  him  from  heaue.  Ye  youre  selues  are 
 my  witnesses,  how  *that  I  sayde,  I  am  not 
 Christ,  but  am  sent  before  him.  He  that 
 hath  the  brj'de,  is  the  brydegrome :  but  the 
 frende  of  the  brydegrome  stondeth,  and 
 herkeneth  vnto  him,  and  reioyseth  greatly 
 ouer  the  voyce  of  the  brydegrome,  this  same 
 ioye  of  myne  is  now  fulfilled.  He  must  in- 
 creace,  but  I  must  decreace. 
 
 He  that  commeth  from  an  hye,  is  aboue 
 all.  He  that  is  of  the  earth,  is  earthly,  and 
 speaketh  of  the  earth.  He  that  commeth  fro 
 heauen,  is  aboue  all,  and  testifieth  what  he 
 hath  sene  5  herde,  and  no  man  receaueth  his 
 wytnesse.  But  he  that  receaueth  it,  hath  set 
 to  his  scale,  t  that  God  is  true.  For  he  who 
 God  hath  sent,  speaketh  y  wordes  of  God : 
 tfor  Gfld  geueth  not  the  sprete  (vnto  him)  by 
 measure.  "The  father  loueth  the  sonne,  and 
 hath  geuen  him  all  thinges  in  to  his  hande. 
 He  that  beleueth  on  the  sonne,  hath  euer- 
 lastinge  life  :  he  that  beleueth  not  the  sonne, 
 shal  not  se  the  life,  but  y  wrath  of  God 
 abydeth  vpon  him. 
 
 €^(  iiij.  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 NOW  whan  lesus  had  knowlege,  y  it  was 
 come  to  the  eares  of  the  Pharises,  that 
 lesus  made  and  baptised  mo  disciples  the 
 Ihon  (howbeit  lesus  himself  baptysed  not, 
 but  his  disciples)  II  he  left  the  londe  of  lewry, 
 and  departed  agayne  in  to  Galile.  But  he 
 must  nedes  go  thorow  Samaria.  Then  came 
 he  in  to  a  cite  of  Samaria,  called  Sichar,  nye 
 vnto  y  pece  of  lode,  ^  y  lacob  gaue  vnto 
 loseph  his  sonne.  And  there  was  Jacobs  well. 
 Now  whan  lesus  was  weerye  of  his  ioumey, 
 he  satt  hi  downe  so  vpo  the  well.  And  it  was 
 aboute  the  sixte  houre.  Then  came  fliere  a 
 woman  of  Samaria  to  drawe  water.  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  her:  Geue  me  drynke.  (For  his 
 disciples  were  gone  their  waye  in  to  f  cite, 
 to  bye  meate.)  So  the  woman  of  Samaria 
 sayde  vnto  him :  How  is  it  that  thou  axest 
 drynke  of  me,  seynge  thou  art  a  lewe,  and  I 
 
 •loha.  l.b.  t  Rom.  3.  a.  jEsa.61.a. 
 Luc.  10.  c.  §  loha.  6.  f.  1  loha.  5.  b. 
 t  Gen.  48.  d.      ••  4  lie.  17.  c.    loha.  8.  c. 
 
 '  Marc.  11.  c 
 II  Mat.  4.  b, 
 '  lere.  2.  b 
 
 a  woman  of  Samaria  ?  For  the  lewes  medle 
 not  with  the  **  Samaritans. 
 
 lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  her :  Yf 
 thou  knewest  the  gift  of  God,  and  who  it  is 
 that  sayeth  vnto  the,  geue  me  drynke,  thou 
 woldest  axe  of  him,  and  he  wolde  geue  the, 
 the  water  of  life.'  The  woman  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Syr,  thou  hast  nothinge  to  drawe  withall, 
 and  the  well  is  depe,  from  whence  hast  thou 
 then  that  water  of  life?  Art  thou  greater 
 then  oure  father  lacob,  which  gaue  vs  this 
 well  ?  And  he  himself  dranke  therof,  and  his 
 children,  and  his  catell.  lesus  answered,  and 
 sayde  vnto  her :  Who  so  euer  drynketh  of  this 
 water,  shal  thyrst  agayne :  But  whosoeuer 
 shal  drynke  of  the  water  that  I  shal  geue  him, 
 shal  neuer  be  more  a  thyrst :  ttbut  the  water 
 that  I  shal  geue  him,  shalbe  in  him  a  well  of 
 water,  which  spryngeth  vp  in  to  euerlastinge 
 life. 
 
 The  woman  sayde  vnto  him  :  it  Syr,  geue 
 me  that  same  water,  that  I  thyrst  not,  nether 
 nede  to  come  hither  to  drawe.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  her :  Go,  call  thy  huszbande,  and  come 
 hither.  The  woman  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  I  haue  no  huszbande. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  her:  Thou  hast  sayde 
 well,  I  haue  no  huszbande :  for  thou  hast  had 
 fyue  huszbandes,  and  he  whom  thou  hast  now, 
 is  not  thine  huszbande :  there  saydest  thou 
 right.  The  woma  sayde  ^^lto  him:  Syr,  I 
 se,  that  thou  art  a  prophet.  Oure  fathers 
 worshipped  vpon  this  mountayne,  and  i§ye 
 saye,  that  at  Jerusalem  is  the  place,  where 
 men  ought  to  worshippe.  Jesus  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Woman,  beleue  me,  the  tyme  commeth, 
 that  ye  shal  nether  vpon  this  mountayne  ner 
 at  Jerusalem  worshippe  the  father.  Ye  wote 
 not  what  ye  worshippe,  but  we  knowe  what 
 we  worshippe,  for  11 II  Saluacion  commeth  of  the 
 Jewes.  I3ut  the  tyme  commeth,  and  is  now 
 allready,  that  the  true  worshippers  shal  wor- 
 shippe the  father  in  1^1^ sprete  and  in  the  trueth: 
 For  the  father  wiJ  haue  soch  so  to  worshippe 
 him.  ***God  is  a  sprete,  and  they  that  wor- 
 shippe him,  must  worsliippe  in  sprete  and  in 
 the  trueth. 
 
 The  womii  sayde  vnto  him:  I  wote  that 
 Messias  shal  come,  which  is  called  Christ. 
 Whan  he  commeth,  he  shal  tell  vs  aU  thinges. 
 
 loha.  7.  d.         t*  loha.  3.  a.    Tit.  3.  a. 
 {§  3  Reg.  9.  a.    2  Par.  7.  c.        ||||  Gen.  22. 
 1.  a.        •••  2  Cor.  3.  c. 
 
 }}  loha.  6.  d. 
 Tf  Rom. 
 
Cftap,  t). 
 
 €i)t  gosprll  of  J>.  Bfton. 
 
 Jfo.  )iti)r. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  her :  I  that  speake  \Tito  the, 
 am  he.  And  in  the  meane  season  came  his 
 disciples,  and  they  marueyled  that  he  talked 
 with  the  woman.  Yet  sayde  no  man :  What 
 axest  thou,  or  what  talkest  thou  with  her? 
 Then  the  woman  let  hir  pot  stonde,  and 
 wente  in  to  the  cite,  and  sayde  vnto  the 
 people :  Come,  se  a  man,  which  hath  tolde 
 me  all  that  euer  I  dyd,  Is  not  he  Christ? 
 Then  wente  they  out  of  the  cite,  and  came 
 vnto  him :  In  the  meane  whyle  his  disciples 
 prayed  him,  and  sayde :  Master,  eate.  But 
 he  sayde  vnto  them :  I  haue  meate  to  eate, 
 that  ye  knowe  not  of.  Then  sayde  the  cUs- 
 ciples  amoge  them  selues:  Hath  eny  man 
 brought  him  meate  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto  the  : 
 My  meate  is  this,  that  I  do  the  wyll  of  him 
 that  sent  me,  and  to  fynish  his  worke.  Saye 
 not  ye  youre  selues:  There  are  yet  foure 
 monethes,  and  then  commeth  the  haruest? 
 Beholde,  I  saye  vnto  you :  lift  vp  youre  eyes, 
 and  loke  vpon  the  felde,  *  for  it  is  whyte 
 allready  vnto  the  haruest. 
 
 And  he  that  reapeth,  receaueth  rewarde, 
 and  gathereth  frute  to  euerlastinge  life,  that 
 both  he  that  soweth  and  he  that  reapeth, 
 maye  reioyse  together.  For  herin  is  the  pro- 
 uerbe  true  :  One  soweth,  another  reapeth.  I 
 haue  sent  you  to  reape  that,  wheron  ye 
 bestowed  no  laboure.  Other  haue  laboured, 
 and  ye  are  come  in  to  their  laboures. 
 
 Many  Samaritans  of  the  same  cite  beleued 
 on  him,  for  the  sayenge  of  the  woman,  which 
 testified :  He  hath  tolde  me  all  that  euer  I 
 dyd.  Now  whan  the  Samaritans  came  to 
 him,  they  besought  him,  that  he  wolde  tary 
 with  them.  And  he  abode  there  two  dayes, 
 and  many  mo  beleued  because  of  his  worde, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the  woman :  We  beleue  now 
 hence  forth,  not  because  of  thy  sayenge,  twe 
 haue  herde  him  oureselues,  and  knowe,  that 
 this  of  a  trueth  is  Christ  the  Sauioure  of  the 
 worlde. 
 
 After  two  dayes  he  departed  thence,  and 
 wente  in  to  Galile.  t  For  lesus  himself  testi- 
 fied, that  a  prophet  is  nothinge  set  by  at 
 home.  Now  wha  he  came  in  to  Galile,  the 
 Galileas  receaued  him,  which  had  sene  all 
 that  he  dyd  at  lerusalem  in  the  feast:  for 
 they  also  were  come  thither  in  the  feast. 
 And    lesus    came    agayne    vnto    Cana    in 
 
 •  Mat.  9.  d.  Luc.  10.  a.  t  loha.  17.  b.  }  Mat.  13.  g. 
 Mar.  6.  a.      Luc.  4.  c.  «  loha.  2.  a.  11  Act.  18.  a. 
 
 Galile,  §    where   he   turned   the    water   vnto 
 wyne. 
 
 And  there  was  a  certayne  ruler,  whose 
 Sonne  laye  sicke  at  Capernaum.  This  herde 
 that  lesus  came  out  of  lewry  in  to  Galile, 
 and  wente  vnto  him,  and  besought  him,  that 
 he  wolde  come  downe,  and  helpe  his  sonne, 
 for  he  laye  deed  sicke.  And  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Excepte  ye  se  tokens  and  wonders,  ye 
 beleue  not.  The  ruler  sayde  vnto  him :  Come 
 downe  Syr,  or  euer  my  childe  dye.  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye,  thy  sonne 
 lyueth.  The  man  beleued  the  worde,  that 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  him,  and  wente  his  waye. 
 And  as  he  was  goinge  downe,  his  seruauntes 
 mett  him,  and  tolde  him,  and  sayde :  Thy 
 childe  lyueth.  Then  enquyred  he  of  them 
 the  houre,  wherin  he  beganne  to  amende. 
 And  they  sayde  vnto  him :  Yesterdaye  aboute 
 the  seueth  houre  the  feuer  left  him.  Then 
 the  father  perceaued,  that  it  was  aboute  the 
 same  houre,  wherin  lesus  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Thy  Sonne  lyueth.  II  And  he  beleued  with 
 his  whole  house.  This  is  now  the  seconde 
 token  that  lesus  dyd,  whan  he  came  from 
 lewry  in  to  Galile. 
 
 Tt)t  b.  Ci)aptrr. 
 
 AFTERWARDE,  there  was  a  feast  of 
 the  lewes,  and  lesus  wente  vp  to  leru- 
 salem. There  is  at  lerusalem  by  the  slaughter 
 house  a  pole,  which  in  Hebrue  is  called  Beth- 
 seda,  (I,  hath  fyue  porches,  wherin  laye  many 
 sicke,  blynde,  lame,  wythred,  which  wayted, 
 whan  the  water  shulde  moue.  For  the  angell 
 wente  downe  at  his  tjone  in  to  the  pole,  and 
 stered  the  water.  Who  so  euer  now  wente 
 downe  first,  after  that  the  water  was  stered,  f 
 same  was  made  whole,  what  soeuer  disease  he 
 had.  And  there  was  a  man,  which  had  lyen 
 sicke  eight  and  thirtie  yeares.  Whan  lesus 
 sawe  him  lye,  5  knewe  that  he  had  lyen  so 
 longe,  he  saide  vnto  him  :  Wilt  thou  be  made 
 whole  ?  The  sicke  answered  him :  Syr,  I 
 haue  no  man,  whan  the  water  is  moued,  to 
 put  me  in  to  the  pole.  And  whan  I  come, 
 another  steppeth  downe  in  before  me. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  him :  Aryse,  take  vp  thy 
 bed,  and  go  thy  waye.  And  immediatly  the 
 man  was  made  whole,"  and  toke  vp  his  bed 
 
 "  Mat.  9.  a.    Marc.  2.  a.     Luc.  5.  c. 
 
 dT 
 
jTo.  r. 
 
 CI)f  goefptU  of  ^.  Sfton, 
 
 Cftap,  b. 
 
 iiiid  wente  his  waye.  *  But  vpon  the  same 
 daye  it  was  the  Sabbath.  Then  sayde  the 
 lewes  vnto  him  that  was  made  whole:  To 
 daye  is  f  Sabbath,  it  is  not  hiufuU  for  the  to 
 cary  the  bed.  He  answered  them :  He  that 
 made  me  whole,  sayde  vnto  me  :  Take  vp  thy 
 bed,  and  go  thy  waye.  Then  axed  they 
 him:  What  man  is  that,  which  sayde  vnto 
 the:  Take  vp  thy  bed,  and  go  thy  waye? 
 But  he  that  was  healed,  wyst  not  who  he  was: 
 for  lesus  t  had  gotte  him  self  awaye,  because 
 there  was  moch  people. 
 
 Afterwarde  founde  lesus  him  in  the  teple, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Beholde,  thou  art  made 
 whole,  t  synne  nomore,  lest  a  worse  thinge 
 happen  vnto  the.  The  ma  departed,  and 
 tolde  the  lewes,  that  it  was  lesus,  which  had 
 made  hi  whole.  Therfore  dyd  y  lewes  per- 
 secute lesus,  and  sought  to  slaye  him,  because 
 he  had  done  this  vpo  f  Sabbath. 
 
 But  lesus  answered  them :  §  My  father 
 worketh  hither  to,  and  I  worke  also.  Ther- 
 fore sought  the  lewes  the  more  to  slaye  hi : 
 because  he  brake  not  onely  f  Sabbath,  but 
 saide  also,  that  God  was  his  father,  and  made 
 him  self  equall  with  God.  The  answered 
 lesus,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Verely  verely 
 I  saye  vnto  you :  II  The  sonne  can  do  nothinge 
 of  himself,  but  that  he  seyth  the  father  do. 
 For  what  soeuer  he  doeth,  that  doeth  y  sonne 
 also.  The  father  loueth  the  sonne,  j  sheweth 
 him  all  that  he  doth,  and  wyll  shewe  him  yet 
 greater  workes,  so  that  ye  shal  marueyle. 
 For  as  the  father  rayseth  vp  the  deed,  and 
 maketh  them  lyue,  eue  so  the  sonne  also 
 maketh  lyuynge  whom  he  wyll.  For  the 
 father  iudgeth  no  man,  but  If  hath  geuen  all 
 iudgmet  vnto  the  sonne,  that  they  all  might 
 honoure  the  sonne,  euen  as  they  honoure  y^ 
 father.  Who  so  honoureth  not  the  sonne,  the 
 same  honoureth  not  the  father  which  hath 
 sent  him. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Who  so 
 heareth  my  worde,  "and  beleueth  him  that 
 sent  me,  hath  euerlastinge  life,  and  **  cometh 
 not  in  to  damnacion,  but  is  passed  thorow 
 from  death  vnto  life. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  tt  The  houre 
 cometh,  (j  is  now  allready,  y  the  deed  shal 
 
 •Mat.  12.  a.  Marc.  2.  c.  and  3.  a.  Luc.  6.  a.  13.  b.  14.  a 
 loha.  7.  b.  and  9.  b.  t  loha.  6.  b.  J  loha.  8.  a 
 
 JlCor.  12.  a.  ||  loha.  9.  a.  fMat.  ll.c.  »Ioha.  8.c 
 ••  Luc.  23.  d.  tt  Marc.  ."J.  e.  loha.  11.  e.  U  loha 
 1.  a.  and  14. a.        §§  Dan.  12.  a.     Mat.  25.  d.         ||||  loh 
 
 heare  y  voyce  of  y  sonne  of  God :  and  thev 
 that  heare  it,  shal  lyue.  For  tt  as  the  father 
 hath  life  in  him  self,  so  likewyse  hath  he 
 geuen  vnto  the  sonne,  to  haue  life  in  him  self: 
 5  hath  geue  hi  power  also  to  execute  iudgmet 
 because  he  is  the  sonne  of  ma.  Maruayle  not 
 ye  at  this :  i^  for  y  houre  cometh,  in  y  which 
 all  that  are  in  f  graues,  shal  heare  his  voyce, 
 and  shal  go  forth,  they  that  haue  done  good, 
 vnto  the  resurreccion  of  life :  but  they  that 
 haue  done  euell,  vnto  the  resurreccion  of 
 damnacion. 
 
 I  can  do  nothinge  of  my  self.  As  I  heare, 
 so  I  iudge :  5  my  iudgmet  is  iust.  For  I  seke 
 not  myne  owne  wyll,  but  the  wyll  of  the 
 father  which  hath  sent  me.  II II  Yf  I  beare 
 wytnesse  of  my  self,  ray  wytnesse  is  not  true. 
 There  is  another  that  beareth  wytnesse  of 
 me,  and  I  am  sure,  that  the  wytnesse  which 
 he  beareth  of  me,  is  true. 
 
 If  If  Ye  sent  vnto  Ihon,  and  he  bare  wytnes 
 of  the  trueth.  As  for  me,  I  take  no  recorde 
 of  ma,  but  these  thinges  I  saye,  that  ye  might 
 be  saued.  He  was  a  bumynge  and  shyninge 
 light,  but  ye  wolde  haue  reioysed  a  litle  whyle 
 in  his  light.  Neuertheles  I  haue  a  greater 
 wytnesse  then  the  wytnesse  of  Ihon.  For  the 
 workes*  which  the  father  hath  geue  me  to 
 fynish,  the  same  workes  which  I  do,  beare 
 wytnesse  of  me,  that  the  father  hath  sent  me. 
 *■  And  f  father  him  self  which  hath  sent  me, 
 beareth  wytnesse  of  me.***  Ye  haue  nether 
 herde  his  voyce  at  eny  tyme,  ner  sene  his 
 shappe :  and  his  worde  haue  ye  not  abydinge 
 in  you,  for  ye  beleue  not  him,  whom  ye  hath 
 sent. 
 
 ''  Searche  the  scripture,  for  ye  thinke  ye 
 haue  euerlastinge  life  therin :  "and  the  same  is 
 it  that  testifyeth  of  me,  and  ye  wil  not  come 
 vnto  me,  that  ye  might  haue  fife.  ■'^I  receaue 
 not  prayse  of  men.  But  I  knowe  you,  that 
 ye  haue  not  the  loue  of  God  in  you.  I  am 
 come  in  my  fathers  name,  and  ye  receaue  me 
 not.ttt  Yf  another  shal  come  in  his  awne 
 name,  him  wil  ye  receaue.  How  can  ye  beleue 
 which  receaue  prayse  one  of  another,  and 
 seke  not  the  prayse,  that  is  of  God  onely  ? 
 
 Ye  shall  not  thynke  that  I  wyll  accuse 
 you  before  y  father :  there  is  one  y  accuseth 
 
 8.  b.  c.  fir  loh.  1.  b.  M  loha.  5.  a.     loh.  10.  c. 
 
 '  Mat.  3.  b.  and  17.  a.     loh.  8.  b.  ••*  Deut.  5.  c. 
 
 loh.    1.   b.  and  6.    e.     1  loh.  4.  b.  ''  Act.  17.  b. 
 
 '  Deut.  18.  c.  /  loh.  12.  f.  ttt  1  loh.  2.  c. 
 
 2  Tess.  'J.  a. 
 
ICftap,  bi. 
 
 CI)^  gosipell  of  ^.  S6on. 
 
 jTo,  cu 
 
 you,  euen  Moses,  in  who  ye  trust.  Yf  ye 
 beleued  Moses,  ye  shulde  beleue  me  also : 
 For  he  hath  wrytte  of  me.*  But  yf  ye  beleue 
 not  his  wrytinges,  how  shal  ye  beleue  my 
 wordes  ? 
 
 Ci^c  bi.  Cppter. 
 
 AFTER  this  wente  lesus  ouer  the  see 
 vnto  the  cite  Tiberias  in  Galilee.  "And 
 moch  people  folowed  him,  because  they  sawe 
 the  tokens  that  he  dyd  vpon  the  which  were 
 diseased.  But  lesus  wete  vp  in  to  a  moun- 
 tayne,  and  there  he  sat  with  his  disciples. 
 And  Easter  y  feast  of  the  lewes  was  nye. 
 Then  lesus  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sawe  y  there 
 came  moch  people  vnto  him,  and  he  sayde 
 vnto  Philippe  :  Whence  shal  we  bye  bred,  y 
 these  maye  eate  ?  But  this  he  sayde  to  proue 
 him,  for  he  himself  knewe,  what  he  wolde  do. 
 
 Philippe  answered  him :  Two  hundreth 
 peny  worth  of  bred  is  not  ynough  amonge 
 the,  y  euery  one  maye  take  a  litle.  The  sayde 
 vnto  hi  one  of  his  disciples,  Andrew  f  brother 
 of  Symo  Peter :  There  is  a  lad  here,  y  hath 
 fyue  barlye  loaues,  and  two  fishes,  but  what  is 
 that  am oge  so  many?*  lesus  sayde:  Make  the 
 the  people  syt  downe.  There  was  moch  grasse 
 in  the  place.  Then  they  sat  the  downe,  aboute 
 a  fyue  thousande  men.  lesus  toke  the  loaues, 
 thanked,  and  gaue  them  to  the  disciples  :  the 
 disciples  (gaue)  to  them  that  were  set  downe. 
 Likewyse  also  of  the  fishes  as  moch  as  they 
 wolde. 
 
 Whan  they  were  fylled,  he  sayde  vnto  his 
 disciples:  Gather  vp  the  broken  meate  that 
 remayneth,  that  nothinge  be  lost.  The  they 
 gathered,  and  fylled  twolue  baskettes  with  the 
 broke  meate,  that  remayned  of  the  fyue  barlye 
 loaues,  vnto  them  which  had  eaten.  Now 
 whan  the  men  sawe  the  token  y  lesus  dyd, 
 they  saide :  t  This  is  of  a  trueth  the  Prophet, 
 y  shulde  come  into  the  worlde.  Whan  lesus 
 now  perceaued  that  they  wolde  come,  and 
 take  him  vp,  to  make  him  kynge,t  he  gat  him 
 awaye  agayne  in  to  a  mountayne  himself  alone. 
 
 At  euen  wente  his  disciples  downe  to  y  see, 
 and  entred  in  to  the  shippe,'^  and  came  to  the 
 other  syde  of  y  see  vnto  Capemaii.  And  it 
 was  darcke  allready.  And  lesus,  was  not  come 
 to  the.  And  f  see  arose  thorow  a  greate 
 wynde.     Now  whan  they  had  rowed  vpo  a 
 
 •  Deut.  18. 
 4  Re.  4.  c. 
 
 "  Mar.  14.  b.    Marc.  6.  d.     Luc.  9.  b 
 tLuc.7.  b.     loh.  4.  c.  J  loha.  5.  a 
 
 fyue  and  twetie  or  thirtie  furlonges,  they  sawe 
 lesus  goinge  vpon  the  see,  and  came  nye  to 
 the  shippe.  And  they  were  afrayed.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  them:  It  is  I,  be  not  afrayed. 
 Then  wolde  they  haue  receaued  him  in  to  f 
 shippe.  And  immediatly  f  shippe  was  at  the 
 londe  whither  they  wente. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after,  the  people  which 
 stode  on  the  other  syde  of  the  see,  sawe  that 
 there  was  none  other  shippe  there  saue  that 
 one,  wherinto  his  disciples  were  entred :  and 
 that  lesus  wete  not  in  with  his  disciples  in  to 
 the  shippe,  but  y  his  disciples  were  gone 
 awaie  alone.  Howbeit  there  came  other  shippes 
 from  Tiberias,  nye  vnto  y  place  where  they 
 had  eate  the  bred,  after  y  the  LORDE  had 
 geuen  thankes.  Now  whan  the  people  sawe 
 that  lesus  was  not  there,  nether  his  disciples, 
 they  toke  shippe  also,  and  came  to  Caper- 
 naum, and  sought  lesus. 
 
 And  whan  they  founde  him  on  the  other 
 syde  of  the  see,  they  sayde  vnto  him :  Master, 
 whan  earnest  thou  hither  ?  lesus  answered 
 the,  a  sayde:  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you: 
 Ye  seke  me  not  because  ye  sawe  f  tokes,  but 
 because  ye  ate  of  the  loaues,  and  were  fylled. 
 Laboure  not  for  the  meate  which  perisheth 
 but  y  endureth  vnto  euerlastinge  life,  which 
 the  Sonne  of  ma  shal  geue  you:  For  him  hath 
 God  the  father  sealed. 
 
 The  sayde  they  vnto  him :  What  shal  we 
 do,  that  we  maye  worke  f  workes  of  God? 
 lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the :  This  is 
 the  worke  of  God,  that  ye  beleue  on  him, 
 whom  he  hath  sent.  Then  sayde  they  vnto 
 him :  §  What  token  doest  thou  the,  that  we 
 maye  se  and  beleue  y  ?  What  workest  thou  ? 
 Dure  fathers  ate  Mana  in  the  wyldemesse,  as 
 it  is  wrytte :  ''He  gaue  the  bred  fro  heauen 
 to  eate.  Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  the  :  Verely 
 verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Moses  gaue  you  not 
 bred  from  heaue,  but  my  father  geueth  you 
 the  true  bred  from  heauen  :  For  this  is  that 
 bred  of  God,  which  commeth  from  heauen, 
 and  geueth  life  vnto  the  worlde. 
 
 The  sayde  they  vnto  him  :  II  Syr,  geue  vs 
 allwaye  soch  bred.  But  lesus  sayde  vnto  the : 
 I  am  y  bred  of  life.  He  that  cometh  vnto 
 me,  shal  not  hiiger:  j  he  that  beleueth  on 
 me,  shal  neuer  thyrst.  But  I  haue  sayde  vnto 
 you,  y  ye  haue  sene  me,  and  yet  ye  beleue 
 
 '  Mat.  14.  c. 
 loba.  'i.  c. 
 
 Marc.  6.  e. 
 **  Exo.  16.  a. 
 
 §  Mat.  16.  a.    Marc.  8.  b 
 Psal.  77.C.  II  lob.  4.  b 
 
 142 
 
So.  rij. 
 
 €i)e  gogjptU  of  J>.  36on. 
 
 Cftap.  biji. 
 
 dF 
 
 not.  All  that  my  father  geueth  me,  cometh 
 vnto  m«:  and  who  so  cometh  vnto  me,  him 
 wyl  not  I  cast  out:  for  I  am  come  downe  from 
 heaue,  not  to  do  myne  awne  wyll,  but  the  wyll 
 of  him  that  hath  sent  me." 
 
 This  is  f  will  of  the  father,  which  hath 
 sent  me,*  that  of  all  tiiat  he  hath  geue  me,  I 
 shulde  lose  tiothinge,  but  shulde  rayse  it  vp 
 agayno  at  the  last  daye.  This  is  the  wyl  of 
 him  which  hath  sent  me,"  that,  who  soeuer 
 seyth  the  sonne  and  beleueth  on  him,  haue 
 euerlastinge  life,  and  I  shal  rayse  him  vp  at 
 the  last  daye. 
 
 The  murmured  the  lewes  ther  ouer,  that 
 he  sayde :  I  am  y  bred  which  is  come  downe 
 from  heaue,  and  they  sayde :  Is  not  this  lesus, 
 losephs  sonne,  whose  father  and  mother  we 
 knowe  ?  How  sayeth  he  then,  I  am  come 
 downe  from  heauen?  lesus  answered,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Murmur  not  amonge  youre 
 selues.  *  No  man  can  come  vnto  me,  excepte 
 the  father  which  hath  sent  me,  drawe  him. 
 And  I  shal  rayse  him  vp  at  the  last  daye.  It 
 is  wrytten  in  the  prophetes :''  They  shal  all  be 
 taught  of  God.  Who  so  euer  now  heareth  it  of 
 the  father,  and  lerneth  it,  commeth  vnto  me. 
 
 *  Not  that  eny  man  hath  sene  the  father,  saue 
 he  which  is  of  the  father,  the  same  hath  sene 
 the  father. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  t  He  that 
 beleueth  on  me,  hath  euerlastinge  life.  I  am 
 that  bred  of  life.  Youre  fathers  ate  Manna 
 in  the  wyldernes,  and  are  deed.  This  is  that 
 bred  which  commeth  from  heauen,  that  who 
 so  eateth  therof,  shulde  not  dye.  I  am  that 
 lyuynge  bred,  which  came  downe  fro  heauen : 
 Who  so  eateth  of  this  bred,  shal  lyue  for  euer. 
 And  the  bred  that  I  wil  geue,  is  my  flesh  § 
 which  I  wil  geue  for  f  life  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Then  stroue  the  lewes  amonge  them  selues, 
 and  sayde :  How  ca  this  felowe  geue  vs  his 
 flesh  to  eate  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  Verely 
 verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Excepte  ye  eate  y 
 flesh  of  f  sonne  of  man  and  drynke  his  bloude, 
 ye  haue  no  life  in  you.  Who  so  eateth  my 
 flesh,  and  drynketh  my  bloude,  hath  euer- 
 lastinge life :  and  I  shal  rayse  him  vp  at  the 
 last  daye.  For  my  flesh  is  y  very  meate,  and 
 my  bloude  is  f  very  drynke.  Who  so  eateth 
 my  flesh,  and  drynketh  my  bloude,"  abydeth 
 
 "Luc.  22.  c.        '  loha.  10.  c.  and  18.a.        '  loha.  5.  c. 
 
 •  Mar.  16.  c.  lob.  6.  g.  2  Teas.  3.  a.  •>  Esa.  54.  c. 
 Iere.31.  f.     Mat.  11.  e.    Luc.  10.  c.  t  Deut.  5.  c. 
 
 in  me,  and  I  in  him.  As  the  lyuynge  father 
 hath  sent  me,  and  I  lyue  for  the  fathers  sake : 
 Euen  so  he  that  eateth  me,  shal  lyue  for  my 
 sake.  This  is  y  bred  which  is  come  fro 
 heauen :  Not  as  youre  fathers  ate  Manna,  and 
 are  deed.  He  that  eateth  of  this  bred,  shal 
 lyue  for  euer. 
 
 These  thinges  sayde  he  in  the  synagoge, 
 wha  he  taught  at  Capernaum.  Many  now 
 of  his  disciples  that  herde  this,  sayde :  This 
 is  an  harde  sayenge,  who  maye  abyde  the 
 hearynge  of  it  ?  But  when  lesus  perceaued 
 in  hi  self,  that  his  disciples  murmured  therat 
 he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Doth  this  ofFende  you  ? 
 What  and  yf  ye  shal  se  the  sonne  of  man 
 ascende  vp  thither,  where  he  was  afore  ?  It  is 
 y  sprete  that  quyckeneth,  y  flesh  profiteth 
 nothinge.  The  wordes  that  I  speake,  are 
 sprete,  and  are  hfe.  But  there  are  some 
 amoge  you,  that  beleue  not.  For  lesus  knewe 
 well  from  the  begynnynge,  which  they  were 
 that  beleued  not,  and  who  shulde  betraye 
 him.  And  he  sayde  :  Therfore  haue  I  sayde 
 vnto  you :  II  No  man  can  come  vnto  me, 
 excepte  it  be  geuen  him  of  ray  father. 
 
 From  that  tyme  forth,  many  of  his  disciples 
 wente  backe,  and  walked  nomore  with  him 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  the  twolue :  WyU  ye 
 also  go  awaye?  Then  answered  Simon  Peter 
 LORDE,  Whither  shal  we  go?  Thou  hast  the 
 wordes  of  euerlastinge  life :  and  we  haue 
 beleued  5  knowne,  that  thou  art  Christ  the 
 sonne  of  the  lyuynge  God.  lesus  answered 
 them.  Haue  I  not  chosen  you  twolue,  and 
 one  of  you  is  a  deuell?  But  he  spake  of  ludas 
 Symon  Iscarioth:  the  same  betrayed  him 
 afterwarde,  and  was  one  of  the  twolue. 
 
 Wift  bij.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AFTER  that  wente  lesus  aboute  in Galile, 
 for  he  wolde  not  go  aboute  in  lewry, 
 because  the  lewes  sought  to  kyU  him.  But 
 the  lewes  feast  of  Tabernacles-'^  was  at  hande. 
 Then  sayde  his  brethren  vnto  him ;  Get  the 
 hece,  and  go  in  to  lewry,  that  thy  disciples 
 also  maye  se  thy  workes,  that  thou  doest.  He 
 that  seketh  to  be  openly  knowne,  doth  nothinge 
 in  secrete.  Yf  thou  do  soch  thinges,  the 
 shewe  thy  self  before  the  worlde :  For  his 
 awne  brethren  also  beleued  not  in  him. 
 
 t  loh.  3.  c. 
 
 1  loh.  5.  b. 
 11  loba.  6. 
 
 §  Luc.  22.  b. 
 /  Leuit.  23.  b. 
 
Clba}).  bij. 
 
 €l)t  gospell  of  J>,  SJbon* 
 
 jTo.  cuj; 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  them :  My  tjane 
 is  not  yet  come,  but  youre  tyme  is  allwaye 
 ready.  "The  worlde  can  not  hate  you,*  but 
 me  it  hateth :  because  I  testifye  of  it,  that 
 the  workes  of  it  are  euell.  Go  ye  vp  vnto 
 this  feast,  I  wyll  not  go  vp  yet  vnto  this 
 feast,  for  my  tyme  is  not  yet  fulfylled.  Whan 
 he  sayde  this  vnto  them,  he  abode  styll  in 
 Galile.  But  as  soone  as  his  brethren  were 
 gone  vp,  then  wente  he  vp  also  vnto  the  feast, 
 not  openly,  but  as  it  were  secretly.  Then 
 sought  him  f  lewes  at  f  feast,  and  sayde :  t 
 Where  is  he  ?  And  there  was  a  greate  murmur 
 of  him  amonge  the  people.  Some  sayde : 
 He  is  good.  But  other  sayde :  No,  he  doth 
 but  disceaue  the  people.  *Howbeit  no  man 
 spake  frely  of  him,  for  feare  of  the  lewes. 
 
 But  in  the  myddes  of  the  feast  wete  lesus 
 vp  in  to  the  temple,  and  taught.  And  the 
 lewes  marueyled  and  sayde :  How  can  he  y- 
 scrypture,  seynge  he  hath  not  lerned  it  ?  lesus 
 answered  them,  and  sayde :  My  doctryne  is 
 not  myne,  but  his  that  hath  sent  me.  Yf 
 eny  man  wyl  do  his  will,  he  shal  knowe, 
 whether  this  doctryne  be  of  God,  or  whether 
 I  speake  of  my  self.  He  that  speaketh  of 
 himself,  seketh  his  awne  prayse :  but  he  that 
 seketh  the  prayse  of  him  that  sent  him,  the 
 same  is  true,  5  there  is  no  vnrighteousnes  in 
 him.  "Hath  not  Moses  geuen  you  the  la  we, 
 and  none  of  you  kepeth  the  lawe?  Why  go 
 ye  aboute  to  kyll  me  ?  The  people  answered, 
 and  sayde :  Thou  hast  the  deuell,  who  goeth 
 aboute  to  kyll  the  ?  lesus  answered  and  sayde  : 
 t  One  worke  haue  I  done,  and  ye  all  maruayle. 
 Moses  gaue  you  the  circumcision,  (not  be- 
 cause it  commeth  of  Moses,  but  of  y  §  fathers:) 
 Yet  do  ye  circumcyse  a  man  vpon  the  Sab- 
 bath. Yf  a  man  receaue  circiicision  vpon  the 
 Sabbath,  that  the  lawe  of  Moses  shulde  not 
 be  broken,  diszdayne  ye  then  at  me,  because 
 I  haue  made  a  ma  euery  whyt  whole  on  the 
 Sabbath  ?  ''ludge  not  after  the  vtter  appear- 
 auce,  but  iudge  righteous  iudgment. 
 
 Then  sayde  some  of  them  of  Jerusalem: 
 Is  not  this  he,  who  they  go  aboute  to  kyll  ? 
 And  beholde,  he  speaketh  boldely,  and  they 
 saye  nothinge  to  him.  Do  oure  rulers  knowe 
 in  dede,  that  he  is  very  Christ  ?     Howbeyt  II 
 
 <■  loh.  15.  b.  *  Sap.  2.  c.  t  loh.  11.  f.  '  loh.  12.  f. 
 '  Exo.  20.  a,  Leui.  14.  d.  {  loh.  5.  a.  §  Gen.  17.  b. 
 ''  Deut.  1.  b.  II  Mat.  13.  g.     Marc.  6.  a.     Luc.  4.  c. 
 
 H  loha.  8.  b.  «  Luc.  19.  d.  20.  b.  22.  a.     loh.  8.  b. 
 
 ••  loh.  8.  c.  and  11.  e.  /  1  Re.  19.  d.     Mat.  22.  b. 
 
 we  knowe,  whence  this  is.  But  wha  Christ 
 commeth,  no  man  shal  knowe  whence  he  is. 
 
 Then  cryed  lesus  in  the  temple  as  he 
 taught,  and  sayde:  Yee  ye  knowe  me,  and 
 whence  I  am  ye  knowe,  IT  and  of  my  self  am 
 I  not  come,  but  he  y  sent  me,  is  true,  whom 
 ye  knowe  not.  But  I  knowe  him,  for  I  am 
 of  him,  and  he  hath  sent  me.  Then  sought 
 they  to  take  him,"  but  no  man  layed  handes 
 vpon  him,  for  his  houre  was  not  yet  come. 
 **  But  many  of  the  people  beleued  on  him, 
 and  sayde :  Whan  Christ  commeth,  shall  he 
 do  mo  tokens,  then  this  doth  ? 
 
 And  it  came  to  the  Pharises  eares,-'^  that  f 
 people  murmured  soch  thinges  of  him.  And 
 the  Pharises  and  hye  prestes  sent  out  ser- 
 uauntes,  to  take  him.  Then  sayde  lesus  vnto 
 them :  I  am  yet  a  litle  whyle  with  you  and 
 then  go  I  vnto  him  that  hath  sent  me.  Ye 
 shal  seke  me,  5  not  fynde  me :  ^  and  where  I 
 am,  thither  can  ye  not  come.  Then  sayde 
 the  lewes  amonge  them  selues :  Whyther  wil 
 he  go,  that  we  shal  not  fynde  him  ?  Wyl  he 
 go  amoge  the  Grekes  that  are  scatred  abrode, 
 and  teach  the  Grekes  ?  What  maner  of  say- 
 enge  is  this,  that  he  sayeth :  ye  shal  seke  me, 
 and  not  fynde  me :  and  where  I  am,  thither 
 can  not  ye  come  ? 
 
 But  in  the  last  daye  which  was  f  most 
 solempne  daye  of  the  feast,  lesus  stode  vp, 
 cried,  and  sayde :  ''  Who  so  thyrsteth,  let  him 
 come  vnto  me,  and  drynke.  He  that  beleueth 
 on  me,  as  the  scripture  sayeth,  out  of  his  body 
 shal  flowe  ryuers  of  the  water  of  life.  (But 
 this  spake  he  of  the  +♦  sprete,  which  they  that 
 beleue  on  him,  shulde  receaue.  For  the  holy 
 goost  was  not  yet  there,  because  lesus  was 
 not  yet  glorifyed.)  Many  of  the  people  now 
 whan  they  herde  this  sayenge,  sayde :  This  is 
 a  very  prophet.'  Other  sayde :  tt  He  is  Christ. 
 But  some  sayde:  Shal  Christ  come  out  of 
 Galile  ?  Sayeth  not  the  scripture,'  that  Christ 
 shal  come  of  the  sede  of  Dauid,  and  out  of 
 the  towne  of  §§  Bethleem,  where  Dauid  was  ? 
 Thus  was  there  discencion  amonge  the  people 
 for  his  sake.  Some  of  them  wolde  haue  taken 
 him,  but  no  man  layed  handes  on  him. 
 
 The  seruauntes  came  to  the  hye  prestes 
 and   pharises,    and   they   sayde   vnto   them: 
 
 Marc.  12.  b.    Luc.  20.  c.  loh.  16.  b.              s  lere.  29.  c. 
 
 loh.  8.  b.  and  13.  d.  '•  Esa.  55.  a.      Esa.  12.  a.     loel 
 
 2.  f.     loh.  3.  a.  and  4.  b.  tt  Act.  2.  a.           '  Mat.  21 .  b. 
 
 tt  Mat.  16.  c.  loh.  1.  e.  *  Psal.  131.  b.  j§  Mich. 
 5.  a.     Mat.  2.  a. 
 
So,  ciii). 
 
 CI)f  gosptll  of  ^.  3l)on. 
 
 Cftap.  biO.I 
 
 Why  haue  ye  not  brought  him?  The  ser- 
 iiauutcs  answered:  Neuer  ma  spake  as  this 
 man  doth.  Then  answered  them  the  pharises : 
 Are  ye  also  diseeaued?  *  Doth  eny  of  the 
 rulers  or  pharises  beleue  on  him  ?  But  the 
 conion  people  which  knowe  not  the  lawe,  are 
 cursed.  Nicodemus  sayde  vnto  them,  he  that 
 came  to  him  by  night,"  which  was  one  of 
 them:  t  Doth  oure  lawe  iudge  eny  man, 
 before  it  heare  him,  and  knowe  what  he  hath 
 done  ?  They  answered  and  sayde  vnto  him  ? 
 Art  thou  a  Galilean  also?  t  Searche  and 
 loke,  out  of  Galile  aryseth  no  prophet.  And 
 so  euery  man  wente  home. 
 
 Elft  Hi).  Cijapttr. 
 
 IESUS  wente  vnto  mount  Oliuete,*  and 
 early  in  the  momynge  came  he  agayne  in 
 to  the  temple,  and  all  the  people  came  vnto 
 him.  And  he  sat  downe,  and  taught  them. 
 And  f  scrybes  and  Pharises  brought  vnto  him 
 a  woman  taken  in  aduoutrye,  and  set  her 
 there  openly,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Master, 
 this  woman  was  taken  in  aduoutrye,  eue  as 
 the  dede  was  adoynge.  "^  Moses  in  the  lawe 
 commaunded  vs  to  stone  soch.  What  sayest 
 thou  ?  This  they  sayde,  to  tempte  him,  that 
 they  might  haue  wherof  to  accuse  him.  But 
 lesus  stouped  downe,  and  wrote  with  his 
 fynger  vpo  the  grounde.  Now  whyle  they 
 contynued  axynge  him,  he  lift  him  self  vp, 
 and  sayde  vnto  them:  He  that  is  amonge 
 you  without  synne,  let  him  cast  the  first  stone 
 at  her.  And  he  stouped  downe  agayne,  and 
 wrote  vpon  the  grounde.  But  whan  they 
 herde  that,  they  wente  out,  one  after  another : 
 the  eldest  first,  and  left  lesus  alone,  and  the 
 woman  stondinge  before  him.  lesus  lift  him- 
 self vp,  and  whan  he  sawe  noman  but  the 
 woman,  he  sayde  vnto  her :  Woman,  where 
 are  thine  accusers?  Hath  noman  condempned 
 the  ?  She  sayde  :  LORDE,  no  man.  lesus 
 sayde:  Nether  do  I  codempne  the,''  Go  thy 
 waye,  and  synne  nomore. 
 
 Then  spake  lesus  agayne  vnto  them,  and 
 sayde :  I  am  the  hght  of  the  worlde.'  He 
 that  foloweth  me,  shal  not  walke  in  darknesse, 
 l)ut  shal  haue  the  light  of  life.  Then  sayde 
 the  Pharises  vnto  him :  Thou  bearest  recorde 
 of  thy  self,  thy  recorde  is  not  true. 
 
 •  loh.  12.  f.     1  Cor.  1.  d.  <■  loh.  3,  a.  t  Exo. 
 
 23.  a.     Leui.  19.  d.  {loh.  1.  e.  '  Mat.  21.  b. 
 
 Marc.  11.  b.        <■  Leui.  20.  b.  ■<  lohi.  5.  b.         '  loh. 
 
 1.  a.  9.  a.  12.  e.        §  Deut.  17.  a.  and  19.  c.     /  Mat.  17.  a 
 
 lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  them : 
 Though  I  beare  recorde  of  my  self,  yet  my 
 recorde  is  true :  for  I  knowe  whence  I  came, 
 and  whither  I  go :  but  ye  can  not  tell  whence 
 I  come,  and  whither  I  go.  Ye  iudge  after 
 the  flesh,  I  iudge  no  man :  but  yf  I  iudge, 
 my  iudgment  is  true :  for  I  am  not  alone,  but 
 I  and  the  father  that  hath  sent  me.  It  is 
 wrytten  also  in  youre  lawe,  §that  the  testi- 
 mony of  two  men  is  true.  I  am  one  that 
 beare  wytnesse  of  my  self:  And  the  father 
 that  sent  me,-'  beareth  wytnes  of  me  also. 
 Then  sayde  they  vnto  him:  Where  is  thy 
 father?  lesus  answered :  ^Ye  nether  knowe 
 me  ner  yet  my  father.  Yf  ye  knewe  me,  ye 
 shulde  knowe  my  father  also.  These  wordes 
 spake  lesus  vpon  the  Godschest,  as  he  taught 
 in  the  teple.  And  noman  toke  him,"  for  his 
 houre  was  not  yet  come. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  agayne  vnto  them :  'T  go 
 my  waye,  and  ye  shal  seke  me,  and  shal  dye 
 in  youre  synnes:  whither  I  go,  thither  can  not 
 ye  come.  Then  sayde  f  lewes :  Wyl  he  kyll 
 him  self  then,  that  he  sayeth :  whither  I  go, 
 thither  can  not  ye  come  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Ye  are  from  beneth,  I  am  from  aboue : 
 Ye  are  of  this  worlde,  I  am  not  of  this  worlde. 
 Therfore  haue  I  sayde  vnto  you,  that  ye 
 shal  dye  in  youre  synnes.  II  For  yf  ye  be- 
 leue not  that  I  am  he,  ye  shal  dye  in  youre 
 synnes. 
 
 Then  sayde  they  -viito  him :  Who  art  thou 
 then  ?  And  lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  Eue  the 
 very  same  thinge  that  I  saye  vnto  you.  I 
 haue  many  thinges  to  saye  and  to  iudge  of 
 you.  But  he  that  sent  me,  is  true :  'and  loke 
 what  I  haue  herde  of  him,  that  speake  I  before 
 the  worlde,  Howbeit  they  vnderstode  not,  that 
 he  spake  of  the  father. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  them:  Whan  ye 
 haue  lift  vp  an  hye  the  sonne  of  man,  then 
 shal  ye  knowe  that  I  am  he,  and  that  I  do 
 nothinge  of  my  self:'  but  as  my  father  hath 
 taught  me,  euen  so  I  speake.  And  lie  that 
 sent  me,  is  with  me.  The  father  leaueth  me 
 not  alone,  for  I  do  alwaie  that  pleaseth  him. 
 Whan  he  thus  spake.  If  many  beleued  on  him. 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  the  lewes,  that  be- 
 leued on  him :  Yf  ye  contynue  in  my  worde, 
 then  are  ye  my  very  disciples,  and  ye  shall 
 
 t  Mat.  11.  e.    Luc.  10.  c.     loh.  7.  c.  *  loh.  7.  c. 
 
 '  loh.  7.  d.  and  13.  d.  ||  Marc.  16.  b.    loh.  3.  c. 
 
 '  loh.  15.  b.        '  loha.  3.  e.         t  loha.  7.  c. 
 
Cftap,  ix. 
 
 €i)t  sospdl  of  ^.  30om 
 
 ffo,  tb. 
 
 knowe  the  trueth,  and  the  trueth  shal  make 
 you  *  fre. 
 
 Then  answered  they  him :  We  are  Abra- 
 hams sede,  we  were  neuer  bonde  to  eny  man, 
 how  sayest  thou  then :  Ye  shal  be  fre  ?  lesus 
 answered  them,  and  sayde :  Verely  verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  t  Who  so  euer  doth  synne,  is 
 the  seruaunt  of  synne  :  As  for  the  seruaunt, 
 he  abydeth  not  in  the  house  for  euer,  but  the 
 Sonne  abydeth  euer.  Yf  the  sonne  therfore 
 make  you  fre,  then  are  ye  fre  in  dede.  I 
 knowe  that  ye  are  Abrahams  sede,  but  ye 
 seke  to  kyll  me.  For  my  worde  taketh  not 
 amonge  you.  I  speake  that  I  haue  sene  of 
 my  father,  (j  ye  do  that  ye  haue  sene  of  youre 
 father. 
 
 They  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him: 
 Abraham  is  cure  father.  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Yf  ye  were  Abrahams  children,  ye 
 wolde  do  the  dedes  of  Abraham.  But  now 
 ye  go  aboute  to  kyll  me,  a  man,  that  haue 
 tolde  you  the  trueth,  t  which  I  haue  herde 
 of  God,  this  dyd  not  Abraham.  Ye  do  the 
 dedes  of  youre  father.  Then  sayde  they  vnto 
 him :  We  are  not  borne  of  fornicacion,  we 
 haue  one  father,  euen  God.  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Yf  God  were  youre  father,  then  wolde 
 ye  loue  me.  For  I  am  proceaded  forth,  and 
 come  from  God.  For  I  am  not  come  of  my 
 self,  but  he  hath  sent  me.  Why  knowe  ye  not 
 the  my  speach?  Eue  because  ye  can  not 
 abyde  the  hearinge  of  my  worde. 
 
 Ye  are  of  the  father  the  deueU,  and  after 
 the  lustes  of  youre  father  wyl  ye  do.  ^The 
 same  was  a  murthurer  from  the  begynnynge, 
 and  abode  not  in  the  trueth :  for  the  trueth  is 
 not  in  him.  Whan  he  speaketh  a  lye,  then 
 speaketh  he  of  his  awne  :  for  he  is  a  lyar,  and 
 a  father  of  the  same.  But  because  I  saye  the 
 trueth,  ye  beleue  me  not. 
 
 Which  of  you  can  rebuke  me  of  one  synne? 
 Yf  I  saye  the  trueth,  why  do  ye  not  beleue 
 me  ?  II  He  that  is  of  God,  heareth  Gods 
 worde.  Therfore  heare  ye  not,  because  ye 
 are  not  of  God. 
 
 Then  answered  the  lewes,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Saye  we  not  right,  that  thou  art  a 
 Samaritane,  If  and  hast  the  deuell  ?  lesus 
 answered :  I  haue  no  deuell,  but  I  honoure 
 my  father,  and  ye  haue  dishonoured  me.     I 
 
 •  Rom.  6.  b.  and  8.  a.     Gal.  4.  a.  t  Rom.  6.  b. 
 
 2  Pet.  2.  d.  {  loh.  3.  c.  and  7.  b.  §  Gen.  3.  a. 
 
 1  loh.  3.  b.  II  loha.  10.  a.  1  loba.  4.  a.  U  loha.  10.  b. 
 "  loha.  5.  c.  *•  Mat.  9.  d.  and  21.  c.     Marc.  3.  b. 
 
 seke  not  myne  awne  prayse,  but  there  is  one 
 that  seketh  it,  and  iudgeth.  Verely  verely  I 
 saye  vnto  you :  "  Yf  eny  man  kepe  my  worde, 
 he  shal  neuer  se  death. 
 
 Then  sayde  the  lewes  vnto  him :  Now 
 knowe  we,  that  **thou  hast  the  deuell.  Abra- 
 ham is  deed  and  the  prophetes,  and  thou 
 sayest :  Yf  eny  ma  kepe  my  worde,  he  shal 
 neuer  taist  of  death.  Art  thou  greater  then 
 oure  father  Abraham?  which  is  deed,  and  the 
 prophetes  are  deed  ?  Who  makest  thou  thy 
 self?  lesus  answered  :  tt  Yf  I  prayse  my  self, 
 then  is  my  prayse  nothinge.  But  it  is  my 
 father  that  prayseth  me,  which  ye  saye  is  youre 
 God,  and  ye  knowe  hi  not:  but  I  knowe  him. 
 And  yf  I  shulde  saye,  I  knowe  him  not,  I 
 shulde  be  a  lyar,  like  vnto  you.  But  I  knowe 
 him,  and  kepe  his  worde. 
 
 Abraham  youre  father  was  glad,  that  he 
 shulde  se  my  daye,  ttAnd  he  sawe  it,  and 
 reioysed.  Then  sayde  the  lewes  vnto  him : 
 Thou  art  not  yet  fiftie  yeare  olde,  and  hast 
 thou  sene  Abraham  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto  the  : 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Or  euer  Abra- 
 ham was,  §i  I  am.  Then  toke  they  vp  stones, 
 to  cast  at  him.  But  lesus  hyd  himself,  and 
 wente  out  of  the  temple. 
 
 Wi)t  ij:-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  lesus  passed  by,  and  sawe  a  man 
 that  was  borne  blynde.  And  his  dis' 
 ciples  axed  him,  j  sayde  :  Master,  Who  hath 
 synned  ?  this,  or  his  elders,  that  he  was  borne 
 blynde  ?  lesus  answered  :  Nether  hath  this 
 synned,  ner  his  elders,  II II  but  that  y  workes  of 
 God  shulde  be  shewed  on  him.  I  must  worke 
 the  workes  of  him  that  hath  sent  me,  whyle  it 
 is  daye.  The  night  commeth,  whan  no  man 
 can  worke.  As  longe  as  I  am  in  the  worlde, 
 I  am  the  If  flight  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Whan  he  had  thus  sayde,  he  spat  on  the 
 grounde,  and  made  claye  of  the  spetle,  and 
 rubbed  the  claye  on  the  eyes  of  the  blynde, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye  to  the  pole 
 of  ***Syloha  (which  is  interpretated,  sent) 
 and  wash  the.  Then  wete  he  his  waye  and 
 waszhed  him,  and  came  seynge.  The  negh- 
 bours  and  they  that  had  sene  him  before,  that 
 he  was  a  begger,  sayde:  Is  not  this  he  that 
 sat,    and   begged  ?    Some   sayde :    It   is   he. 
 
 loh.  r.  b.  tt  loh.  5.  c.  ++  Gen.  17. 
 
 11.  c.  §§  Exod.  3.  c.  nil  loh.  11.  a. 
 
 1.  a.  8  b.  12.  c.        **»Esa.  8.  b. 
 
 .  a.     Heb. 
 irif  loha. 
 
\fo,  fbu 
 
 €l)t  gosipcU  of  ^.  3l)on. 
 
 Cftap.  )r. 
 
 Otlier  sayde :  he  is  like  him.  But  he  him- 
 self sayde  :  I  am  euen  he.  Then  sayde  they 
 viito  him  :  How  are  thine  eyes  opened  ?  He 
 answered,  and  sayde  :  The  ma  that  is  called 
 lesus,  made  claye,  and  anoynted  myne  eyes, 
 and  sayde :  Go  thy  waye  to  the  pole  of  Siloha, 
 and  wash  the.  I  wente  my  waye,  (t  washed 
 me,  and  receaued  my  sight.  Then  sayde 
 they  vnto  him :  Where  is  he  ?  He  sayde  :  I 
 can  not  tell. 
 
 Then  brought  they  vnto  the  pharises,  him 
 that  a  litle  before  was  blynde.  *It  was  the 
 Sabbath,  whan  lesus  made  the  claye,  and 
 opened  his  eyes.  Then  agayne  the  Pharises 
 also  axed  him,  how  he  had  receaued  his  sight. 
 He  sayde  vnto  the :  He  put  claye  vpon  myne 
 eyes,  and  I  waszhed  me,  5  now  I  se. 
 
 Then  sayde  some  of  the  pharises:  This 
 man  is  not  of  God,  seynge  he  kepeth  not  y 
 Sabbath,  t  But  the  other  sayde :  How  can 
 a  synfull  man  do  soch  tokens?  And  there 
 was  a  stryfe  amonge  the.  They  sayde  agayne 
 vnto  y^  blynde :  What  sayest  thou  of  him,  that 
 he  hath  opened  thine  eyes?  He  sayde:  he  is 
 a  prophet. 
 
 The  lewes  beleued  not  hi,  that  he  was 
 blynde,  and  had  receaued  his  sight,  tyll  they 
 called  the  elders  of  him,  that  had  receaued 
 his  sight,  and  they  axed  them,  and  sayde  :  Is 
 this  youre  sonne,  whom  ye  saye,  was  borne 
 blynde  ?  How  doth  he  now  se  then  ?  His 
 elders  answered  them,  and  sayde :  We  knowe, 
 that  this  is  oure  sonne,  and  that  he  was  borne 
 blynde.  But  how  he  now  seyeth,  we  can  not 
 tell:  or  who  hath  opened  his  eyes,  can  we  not 
 tell.  He  is  olde  ynough  himself,  axe  him,  let 
 him  speake  for  him  self. 
 
 This  sayde  his  elders,  because  they  feared 
 the  lewes.  tFor  the  lewes  had  conspyred 
 allready,  that  yf  eny  man  dyd  qonfesse  that 
 he  was  Christ,  the  same  shulde  be  exco- 
 municate.  Therfore  sayde  his  elders :  He  is 
 olde  ynough,  axe  him. 
 
 Then  called  they  the  ma  agayne  y  was 
 blynde,  and  sayde  vnto  him:  ^Geue  God  f 
 prayse,  we  knowe  that  this  man  is  a  synner. 
 He  answered,  5  sayde:  Whether  he  be  a 
 synner  or  no,  I  can  not  tell :  one  thinge  am  I 
 sure  ofF,  that  I  was  blynde,  and  now  I  se. 
 The  sayde  they  vnto  him  agayne :  What  dyd 
 he  vnto  the  ?     How  opened  he  thine  eyes  ? 
 
 •  Mat.  12.  a.  Marc.  I.e.  Luc.  6.  a.  loha.S.a.  and7.  b. 
 t  loha.  7.  (1. 10.  b.  12.  b.        tloh.ll.f.  §  losue  7.  c. 
 
 He  answered  them:  I  tolde  you  right  now. 
 Herde  ye  it  not?  What,  wil  ye  heare  it 
 agayne  ?  Will  ye  also  be  his  disciples?  Then 
 rayted  they  him,  and  sayde :  Thou  art  his 
 disciple.  We  are  sure  that  God  spake  with 
 Moses :  As  for  this  felowe,  we  know  not 
 whece  he  is. 
 
 The  man  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the: 
 This  is  a  maruelous  thinge,  that  ye  wote  not 
 whence  he  is,  and  he  hath  opened  mine  eyes. 
 For  we  knowe  that  God  heareth  not  f  sin- 
 ners :  but  yf  eny  ma  be  a  fearer  of  God,  and 
 doth  his  will,  him  heareth  he.  Sens  f  worlde 
 beganne  was  it  not  herde,  that  eny  man 
 opened  the  eyes  of  one  that  was  borne  blynde. 
 Yf  this  man  were  not  of  God,  he  coulde  haue 
 done  nothinge.  They  answered,  and  sayde 
 vnto  him:  Thou  art  aUtogether  borne  in 
 synne,  and  teachest  thou  vs?  And  they 
 thrust  him  out. 
 
 lesus  herde,  y  they  had  thrust  him  out, 
 and  whii  he  had  founde  him,  he  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Beleuest  thou  on  the  sonne  of  God  ? 
 He  answered,  and  sayde:  LORDE,  who  is  it, 
 y  I  might  beleue  on  him  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 him :  Thou  hast  sene  him,  and  he  it  is,  that 
 talketh  with  the.  He  sayde:  LORDE,  I 
 beleue.     And  he  worshipped  him. 
 
 And  lesus  sayde :  I  am  come  to  iudgmet 
 in  to  this  worlde,  that  they  which  se  not, 
 might  se :  and  that  they  which  se,  might  be 
 made  blynde.  And  some  of  the  Pharises  y 
 were  with  him,  herde  this,  and  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Are  we  then  blynde  also  ?  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  the:  Yf  ye  were  blynde,  ye  shulde 
 haue  no  synne.  But  now  that  ye  saye,  we 
 se,  therfore  youre  synne  remayneth. 
 
 IlLiic  r-  CI)aptnr. 
 
 VERELY  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  He  y 
 entreth  not  in  at  the  dore  in  to  the 
 shepefolde,  but  clymmeth  vp  some  other  waye, 
 the  same  is  a  thefe  5  a  murthurer.  But  he 
 that  goeth  in  at  the  dore,  is  the  shepherde  of 
 the  shepe  :  to  him  y  porter  openeth,  and  the 
 shepe  heare  his  voyce,"  and  he  If  calleth  his 
 awne  shepe  by  name,  and  ledeth  them  out. 
 And  whan  he  hath  sent  forth  his  awne  shepe, 
 he  goeth  before  them,  and  the  shepe  folowe 
 him :  for  they  knowe  his  voyce.  As  for  a 
 straunger,  they  folowe  him  not,  but  flye  from 
 
 Act.  12.  d. 
 
 loha.  1,'j.  c. 
 
 '  loh.  8.  d.      IT  Pro.  27.  c. 
 
 I 
 
C6ap»  )ru 
 
 €i)t  0os;peII  of  ^.  3i)on, 
 
 #0.  fbij. 
 
 him :  for  they  knowe  not  the  voyce  of 
 straungers.  This  prouerbe  spake  lesus  vnto 
 them,  but  they  vnderstode  not  what  it  was, 
 that  he  sayde  vnto  them. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  them  agayne : 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  *  I  am  the 
 dore  of  the  shepe.  All  they  that  are  come 
 before  me,  are  theues  and  murthurers.  But 
 f  shepe  barkened  not  vnto  them.  I  am  the 
 dore.  Yf  eny  man  entre  in  by  me,  he  shalbe 
 saued,  and  shal  go  in  and  out,  and  fynde 
 pasture.  A  thefe  cometh  not,  but  for  to 
 steale,  kyll,  and  destroye.  I  am  come,  y 
 they  might  haue  hfe,  and  haue  it  more 
 abundauntly. 
 
 I  am  a  good  shepherde.  A  good  shepherde 
 geueth  his  hfe  for  the  shepe.  "But  an  hyred 
 seruaunt,  which  is  not  the  shepherde,  nether 
 the  shepe  are  his  awne,  seyth  y  wolfe  comynge, 
 and  leaueth  y  shepe,  and  flyeth.  And  the 
 wolfe  catcheth  (i  scatereth  f  shepe.  But  the 
 hyi-ed  seruaiit  flyeth,  because  he  is  an  hyred 
 seruaunte,  and  careth  not  for  the  shepe.  I 
 am  a  good  sheperde,  tand  knowe  myne,  and 
 am  knowne  of  myne.  Eue  as  my  father 
 knoweth  me,  and  I  knowe  f  father.  And  1 1 
 geue  my  life  for  my  shepe.  And  I  haue  yet 
 other  shepe,  which  are  not  of  this  folde,  and 
 those  same  must  I  brynge  also,  and  they  shal 
 heare  my  voyce,  and  there  shalbe  one  flocke 
 and  one  shepherde. 
 
 Therfore  doth  my  father  loue  me,  because 
 
 I  leaue  my  life,  that  I  maye  take  it  agayne. 
 No  ma  taketh  it  fro  me,  but  I  leaue  it  of  my 
 self.  I  haue  power  to  leaue  it,  and  haue 
 power  to  take  it  agayne.  This  commaunde- 
 ment  haue  I  receaued  of  my  father.  Then 
 was  there  discension  amoge  the  lewes  for 
 these  sayenges.  *  Many  of  the  sayde :  He 
 hath  the  deuell,  and  is  madd,  why  heare  ye 
 him  ?  Other  sayde :  i  These  are  not  wordes 
 of  one  that  is  possessed.  Can  the  deuell  also 
 open  f  eyes  of  the  blynde  ? 
 
 It  was  the  dedicacion  of  the  teple  at  leru- 
 sale,''    s    was   wynter,    and   lesus  walked  in 
 
 II  Salomos  porche.  The  came  f  lewes  rounde 
 aboute  hi,  j  saide  vnto  hi:  How  loge  dost 
 thou  make  vs  doute?  Yf  thou  be  Christ, 
 tell  vs  planely.  lesus  answered  the  :  I  tolde 
 you,  d  ye  beleue  not.      The  workes  y  I  do 
 
 •  loh.  14.  a.  »  Eze.  34.  d.  Mich.  5.  a.  t  2  Tim. 
 2.  b.  }  Marc.  10.  e.  »  Mat.  9.  d.      Marc.  3.  c. 
 
 §  loh.  7.  d.  8.  e.  9.  b.  '2  Mac.  10.  b.  |j  3  Re.  6.  a. 
 H  loh.  14.  a.  and  17.  c.  ••  loha.  5.  b.  tt   Psal. 
 
 in  my  fathers  name,  they  beare  wytnesse  of 
 me.  But  ye  beleue  not,  because  ye  are  not 
 of  my  shepe  as  I  sayde  vnto  you.  My  shepe 
 heare  my  voyce,  j  I  knowe  the,  i  they  folowe 
 me.  And  I  geue  the  euerlastinge  life,  j  they 
 shal  neuer  perishe,  and  noma  shal  plucke  the 
 out  of  my  hande.  My  father  which  gaue  the 
 me,  is  greater  the  all:  5  noman  is  able  to 
 plucke  them  out  of  my  fathers  hande.  if  I  and 
 the  father  are  one.  Then  the  lewes  toke  vp 
 stones  agayne,  to  stone  him.  lesus  answered 
 the :  Many  good  workes  haue  I  shewed  you 
 fro  my  father,  for  which  of  the  stone  ye  me  ? 
 
 The  lewes  answered  hi,  and  sayde:  For 
 the  good  worke  sake  we  stone  the  not,  *  *but 
 for  the  blasphemy :  and  because  y  thou  beynge 
 a  man,  makest  thy  self  God.  lesus  answered 
 the  :  Is  it  not  wrytten  in  youre  lawe  :  I  haue 
 sayde,  Ye  are  Goddes?tt  Yf  he  call  them 
 Goddes,  vnto  whom  the  worde  of  God  came 
 (l  the  scripture  can  not  be  broke)  saye  ye 
 the  vnto  hi,  who  y  father  hath  sanctified  g 
 sent  in  to  f  worlde :  ''thou  blasphemest  God, 
 because  I  sayde  :  I  am  f  sonne  of  God  ?  i  t  Yf 
 I  do  not  y  workes  of  my  father,  beleue  me 
 not:  but  yf  I  do  the,  the  (yf  ye  beleue  not 
 me)  yet  beleue  y  workes,  y  ye  maye  knowe  5 
 beleue,  y  the  father  is  in  me,  5  I  in  ^  father. 
 
 ''They  wente  aboute  agayne  to  take  him, 
 but  he  escaped  out  of  their  hades,  and  wete 
 awaye  agayne  beyode  lordane,  in  to  f  place 
 §§  where  Iho  had  baptysed  before,  5  there  he 
 abode.  And  many  came  to  hi,  and  sayde : 
 Iho  dyd  no  tokes,  but  all  y  Ihon  spake  of 
 this  man,  is  true.  And  many  beleued  on  him 
 there. 
 
 Cljt  n-  Cl&aptn:. 
 
 THERE  laye  one  sicke,  named  Lazarus 
 of  Bethania,  in  ;y^  towne  of  Mary  5  hir  sis- 
 ter Martha.  II II  (It  was  y  Mary  which  anoynted 
 f  LORDE  with  oyntment,  5  dryed  his  fete 
 with  hir  heer,  whose  brother  Lazarus  laye 
 sicke.)  The  sent  his  sisters  vnto  hi,  5  sayde: 
 LORDE,  beholde,  he  who  thou  louest  lyeth 
 sicke.  Wha  lesus  herde  that,  he  sayde : 
 t  If  This  sicknesse  is  not  vnto  death,  but  for  the 
 prayse  of  God,  y  the  sonne  of  God  maye  be 
 praysed  there  thorow.  lesus  loued  Martha 
 5  hir  sister,  5  Lazarus.     Now  wha  he  herde 
 
 81.  d.  "  Mat.  26. 
 
 tt  loha.  9.  a.  and  15.  c 
 loha.  7.  b.        ?«  loh.  1. 
 
 Mar.   14.   b.      Luc.  22.  e. 
 '  Mat.  21.  e.     Marc.  3.  a. 
 
 nil  Luc. 7.  e.         Hfloha. 
 
fo,  rbiij. 
 
 CJ)t  ^Q^tW.  of  ^.  31)on. 
 
 Cljap.  n. 
 
 that  he  was  sicke,  he  abode  two  dayes  in  y 
 place  where  he  was. 
 
 After  warde  sayde  he  vnto  his  disciples : 
 Let  vs  go  agayne  i  to  lewry.  His  disciples 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Master,  *  lately  wolde  the 
 lewes  haue  stoned  the,  %  wilt  thou  go  thither 
 agayne?  lesus  answered:  Are  there  not 
 twolue  houres  in  f  daye  ?  He  y  walketh  in 
 the  daye,  stonibleth  not,  for  he  seyeth  y  light 
 of  this  worlde.  But  he  that  walketh  in  the 
 night,  stobleth :  for  there  is  no  light  in  him. 
 
 This  he  spake,  a  after  warde  sayde  he  vnto 
 the:  Lazarus  oure  frende  tslepeth,  but  I  go 
 to  wake  him  out  of  slepe.  The  sayde  his 
 disciples:  LORDE,  yf  he  slepe,  he  shal  do 
 well  ynough  (Howbeyt  lesus  spake  of  his 
 death  but  they  thought  y  he  had  spoke  of  y 
 bodely  slepe.)  The  sayde  lesus  ^^lto  the 
 planely:  Lazarus  is  deed,  (i  I  am  glad  for 
 youre  sakes,  y  I  was  not  there,  that  ye  maye 
 beleue.  Neuertheles  let  vs  go  vnto  hi.  The 
 sayde  Thomas  (which  is  called  Didimus) "  vnto 
 f  disciples :  Let  vs  go  also,  y  we  maye  dye 
 with  hi. 
 
 The  came  lesus,  5  founde  y  he  had  lyen  in 
 f  graue  foure  dayes  allready.  Bethanye  was 
 nye  vnto  lerusale,  aboute  fiftene  furlSges. 
 And  many  of  the  lewes  were  come  to 
 Martha  (j  Mary,  to  coforte  the  ouer  their 
 brother.  Now  wha  Martha  herde  y  lesus 
 came,  she  wete  to  mete  him.  But  Mary  satt 
 styl  at  home. 
 
 The  sayde  Martha  vnto  lesus :  LORDE, 
 yf  thou  haddest  bene  here,  'my  brother  had 
 not  bene  deed.  But  neuertheles  I  knowe 
 also,  what  soeuer  thou  axest  of  God,  that  God 
 wyl  geue  it  the.  lesus  sayde  \Tito  her  :  Thy 
 brother  shal  ryse  agayne.  Martha  sayde  vnto 
 hi :  I  knowe,  y  he  shal  ryse  agayne  in  the 
 resurreccion  at  y  last  daye.  lesus  saide  vnto 
 her:  I  am  the  resurreccion  5  the  life.*  He  y 
 beleueth  on  me,  shal  lyue,  though  he  were 
 deed  allready :  5  whosoeuer  lyueth  and  be- 
 leueth on  me,  shal  neuer  dye.  Beleuest  thou 
 this?  She  saide  vnto  him:  Yee  LORDE,  I 
 beleue,  that  thou  art  Christ  the  sonne  of  God, 
 which  shulde  come  in  to  the  worlde.  And 
 whfi  she  had  sayde  this,  she  wete  hir  waye, 
 (I  called  Mary  hir  sister  secretly,  a  saide :  The 
 maister  is  come,  5  calleth  for  the.  She  whan 
 she  herde  that,  rose  vp  quyckly,   and  came 
 
 •  loha.  7.  c.  8.  e.  10.  c.         t  Mat.  9.  c.   Mar.  5.  e.    Luc 
 8.  c.        'loha.20.  c.        'loll.  11.  d.        f  Rom.  1.  b.  loh 
 
 vnto  him  :  For  lesus  was  not  yet  come  in  to 
 y  towne,  but  was  yet  in  the  place,  where 
 Martha  met  him.  The  lewes  that  were  with 
 her  in  the  house  and  comforted  her,  whan 
 they  sawe  Mary,  that  she  rose  vp  haistely, 
 (J  wente  out,  they  folowed  her,  5  saide :  She 
 goeth  to  the  graue,  to  wepe  there. 
 
 Now  wha  Mary  came  where  lesus  was 
 %  sawe  him,  she  fell  downe  at  his  fete,  5  sayde 
 vnto  hi:  "^ LORDE,  yf  thou  haddest  bene 
 here,  my  brother  had  not  bene  deed.  Wha 
 lesus  sawe  her  wepe,  5  the  lewes  wepinge 
 also  y  came  with  her,  he  groned  in  the  sprete, 
 5  was  scry  with  in  himself,  5  sayde :  Where 
 haue  ye  layed  him?  They  sayde:  LORDE 
 come,  (J  se  it.  And  Hesus  wepte.  Then 
 sayde  y  lewes :  Beholde  how  he  loued  him. 
 But  some  of  the  saide :  Coulde  not  he  II  which 
 opened  the  eyes  of  y  blynde,  haue  made  also, 
 tiiat  this  ma  shulde  not  haue  dyed?  But 
 lesus  groned  agayne  in  himself,  and  came  to 
 the  graue.  It  was  a  caue,  and  a  stone  layed 
 on  it.  lesus  saide :  Take  awaye  f  stone, 
 Martha  the  sister  of  him  y  was  deed,  saide 
 vnto  hi:  LORDE,  he  stynketh  allready,  for 
 he  hath  bene  deed  foure  dayes.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  her :  Sayde  I  not  vnto  the,  that  yf  thou 
 dyddest  beleue,  thou  shuldest  se  the  glory  of 
 God? 
 
 Then  toke  they  awaye  the  stone,  where  the 
 deed  laye.  lesus  lift  vp  his  eyes,  and  sayde : 
 Father,  I  thake  f,  that  thou  hast  herde  me. 
 Howbeit  I  knowe,  that  thou  hearest  me 
 aDwaye:  but  H  because  of  y  people  that  stonde 
 by,  I  sayde  it,  that  they  maye  beleue,  that 
 thou  hast  sent  me. 
 
 Whan  he  had  sayde  this,  he  cryed  loude : 
 Lazarus  come  forth.  And  y  deed  came  forth 
 bounde  hande  ij  fote  with  graue  clothes,  (j  his 
 face  bounde  with  a  napkyn.  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 the :  Lowse  him,  5  let  him  go.  Many  now 
 of  f  lewes  which  were  come  vnto  Mary,  and 
 sawe  what  lesus  dyd,  beleued  on  him.  But 
 some  of  the  wente  their  waye  vnto  the  pharises, 
 and  tolde  the  what  lesus  had  done. 
 
 ''Then  the  hye  prestes,  and  the  pharises 
 gathered  a  councell,  and  sayde  :  *  *  What  do 
 we  ?  This  man  doth  many  tokens.  Yf  we 
 let  him  go  thus,  all  me  wyl  beleue  in  him: 
 *Hhe  shal  the  Romaynes  come,  and  take 
 awaye  oure  londe  and  people.     But  one  of 
 
 3.b.  ande.f.       'loh.ll.c.        iLuc.lQ.d.       ||  loh.  9.  a. 
 ITIoh.lJ.d.      ■'Psal.  2.  a.      "Act.  4.  b.      ttDan.9.  e. 
 
C6ap.  vih 
 
 Cfte  QO&^tU  of  ^.  3hon, 
 
 So.  cijc. 
 
 dF 
 
 them,  named  Caiphas,  which  was  hye  prest 
 that  same  years,  sayde  vnto  them :  Ye  knowe 
 nothinge  nether  considre  ye  eny  thinge  at 
 all.  *  It  is  better  for  us  that  one  ma  dye  for 
 the  people,  then  that  all  the  people  shulde 
 perishe. 
 
 This  spake  he  not  of  himself,  but  for  so 
 moeh  as  he  was  hye  prest  of  the  same  yeare, 
 he  prophecied.  For  lesus  was  for  to  dye  for 
 the  people,  and  not  for  the  people  onely,  but 
 that  he  shulde  gather  together  the  children  of 
 God,  which  were  scatered  abrode :  From 
 that  daye  forth  they  toke  coiicell,  how  they 
 might  put  him  to  death.  lesus  walked  nomore 
 openly  amonge  the  lewes,  but  wente  from 
 thence  in  to  a  countre  by  the  wyldernesse,  to 
 a  cite  called  Ephraim,  (j  there  had  he  his 
 beynge  with  his  disciples. 
 
 The  lewes  Easter  was  nye  at  hande.  And 
 there  wente  vp  many  to  lerusale  out  of  that 
 countre  before  ;y^  Easter,  to  purifye  them 
 selues.  Then  stode  they  vp,  and  axed  after 
 lesus,  and  spake  amonge  them  selues  in  the 
 temple:  What  thynke  ye,  that  he  cometh 
 not  to  y  feast  ?  The  hye  prestes  5  pharises 
 had  geuen  a  commaundement,  that  yf  eny 
 man  knewe  where  he  were,  he  shulde  shewe 
 it,  that  they  might  take  him. 
 
 Wi)c  ;-ij.  €i)apUx. 
 
 SIXE  dayes  before  Easter  came  lesus 
 vnto  "Bethanye,  where  Lazarus  was, 
 which  was  deed,  whom  lesus  raysed  vp  from 
 the  deed.  There  they  made  him  a  supper, 
 and  Martha  serued.  But  Lazarus  was  one 
 of  them,  that  sat  at  the  table  with  him. 
 +  Then  toke  Mary  a  pounde  of  oyntment  of 
 pure  and  costly  Nardus,  and  anoynted  lesus 
 fete,  5  dryed  his  fete  with  hir  heer.  The 
 house  was  full  of  the  sauoure  of  the  oyntment. 
 Then  sayde  one  of  his  disciples,  ludas 
 Iscarioth  Symons  sonne,  which  afterwarde 
 betrayed  him :  Why  was  not  this  oyntment 
 solde  for  thre  hundreth  pens,  and  geuen  to 
 the  poore  ?  (This  sayde  he  not  that  he  cared 
 for  the  pooi-e,  but  because  he  was  a  thefe, 
 and  §had  the  bagge,  and  bare  that  which  was 
 geue.)  Then  sayde  lesus:  Let  her  alone, 
 this  hath  she  kepte  agaynst  the  daye  of  my 
 
 •  loha.  18.  b.  t  loha.  7.  a.  »  Mat.  26.  a.    Mar. 
 
 14.  a.     Luc.  22.  a.        J   Luc.  7.  d.         §   loh.  13.  c. 
 
 loha.  11.  e.  »  Mat.  21.  a.    Marc.  11.  a.    Luc.  19.  c. 
 
 KPsal.llT.c.         *»Esa.62.c.    Zach.  9.  b.        '  3  Reg. 
 
 buryenge.  For  the  poore  haue  ye  allwaye 
 with  you,  but  me  haue  ye  not  allwaye. 
 
 Then  moch  people  of  the  lewes  had  know- 
 lege,  that  he  was  there,  and  they  came  not  for 
 lesus  sake  onely,  but  also  y  they  might  se 
 Lazarus,  whom  he  had  raysed  from  the  deed. 
 But  y  hye  prestes  were  aduysed  to  put 
 Lazarus  to  death  also :  because  y  for  his  sake 
 many  of  the  lewes  wete  awaye  and  beleued 
 on  lesus. 
 
 *Vpon  the  nexte  daye  moch  people  which 
 were  come  vnto  the  feast,  whan  they  herde 
 that  lesus  came  towarde  Jerusalem,  they  toke 
 braunches  of  palme  trees,  and  wete  out  to 
 mete  him,  and  cryed  :  Hosianna,  If  Blessed  be 
 he,  that  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE  com- 
 meth  kynge  of  Israel.  lesus  gat  a  yonge 
 Asse,  and  rode  theron.  As  it  is  wrytte : 
 *  *  Feare  not  thou  doughter  of  Sion,  beholde, 
 thy  kynge  cometh  lydinge  vpo  an  Asses 
 foale.  Neuertheles  his  disciples  vnderstode 
 not  these  thinges  at  the  first,  but  whan  lesus 
 was  glorified,  then  remebred  they  that  soch 
 thinges  were  wrytte  of  him,  and  that  they  had 
 done  soch  thinges  vnto  him. 
 
 The  people  that  was  with  him  whan  he 
 called  Lazarus  out  of  y^  graue  and  raysed  him 
 from  the  deed,  commended  the  acte.  Ther- 
 fore  the  people  met  him,  because  they  herde, 
 that  he  had  done  soch  a  miracle.  But  the 
 pharises  sayde  amonge  them  selues :  Ye  se, 
 that  we  preuayle  nothinge,  beholde,  all  f 
 worlde  runneth  after  him. 
 
 There  were  certayne  Grekes  (amonge  the 
 that  were  come  vp  to  lerusale  to  worshipe  at 
 the  feast)'"  the  same  came  vnto  Philippe, 
 tt  which  was  of  Bethsaida  out  of  Galile,  g 
 prayed  him,  and  sayde  :  Syr,  we  wolde  fayne 
 se  lesus.  Philippe  came,  5  tolde  Andrew. 
 And  agayne,  Philippe  and  Andrew  tolde 
 lesus.  lesus  answered  the,  and  sayde  :  ''  The 
 houre  is  come,  that  the  sonne  of  man  must 
 be  glorified. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you:  Excepte 
 the  wheatcorne  fall  in  to  the  grounde,'  and 
 dye,  it  bydeth  alone :  But  yf  it  dye,  it  bryngeth 
 forth  moch  frute.  'He  that  loueth  his  life, 
 shal  lose  it :  and  he  that  hateth  his  life  in 
 this  worlde,  shal  kepe  it  vnto  life  euerlastinge. 
 He  that  wyl  serue  me,   let  him  folowe  me. 
 
 8.f.  Act.8.  c.  tt  loha.  I.e.  ■<  loh.  13.  d.  and  17.  a. 
 '  Esa.  53.  c.     1  Cor.  1,5.  d.  /  Mat.  10.  e.    Mar.  8.  e. 
 
 Luc.  9.  c.   and  17.  d. 
 
jTo.  fj:. 
 
 €i)t  gospfU  of  ^.  31)011. 
 
 Cftap.  nij. 
 
 And  where  I  am,  there  shal  my  seruaunt  be ' 
 also :  and  he  that  serueth  me,  him  shal  my 
 father  honoure. 
 
 "  Now  is  my  soule  heuy,  and  what  shal  I 
 saye  ?  Father,  helpe  me  out  of  this  houre. 
 But  therfore  am  I  come  in  to  this  houre. 
 Father,  glorifye  thy  name. 
 
 Then  came  there  a  voyce  from  heauen :  I 
 haue  glorified  it,  and  wyl  glorifye  it  agayne. 
 Then  sayde  the  people  that  stode  by  and 
 herde :  It  thondereth.  Other  sayde :  An 
 angell  spake  vnto  him.  lesus  answered,  and 
 sayde :  *  This  voyce  came  not  because  of  me, 
 but  for  youre  sakes. 
 
 Now  goeth  the  iudgment  ouer  the  worlde. 
 Now  shal  the  prynce  of  this  worlde  be  thrust 
 out.  And  I  whan  I  am  lift  vp  from  the 
 earth,  wyl  drawe  all  vnto  me.  (But  this  he 
 sayde,  to  signify e,  what  death  he  shulde  dye.) 
 Then  answered  him  the  people :  We  haue 
 herde  in  the  t  lawe,  that  Christ  endureth  for 
 euer:  and  how  sayest  thou  then,  that  the 
 Sonne  of  man  must  be  lift  vp  ?  Who  is  this 
 Sonne  of  man  ? 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  them :  The  light  is 
 yet  a  litle  whyle  with  you,  walke  whyle  ye 
 haue  the  light,  that  the  darknesse  fall  not  vpo 
 you.  He  that  walketh  in  the  darknesse, 
 woteth  not  whither  he  goeth.  Beleue  ye  on 
 the  light,  whyle  ye  haue  it,  that  ye  maye  be 
 the  children  of  light. 
 
 These  thinges  spake  lesus,  and  departed 
 awaye,  and  hyd  himself  from  them.  And 
 though  he  had  done  soch  tokens  before  the, 
 yet  beleued  they  not  on  him,  that  the  sayenge 
 of  Esay  the  prophet  might  be  fulfylled,'  which 
 he  spake:  LORDE,  who  beleueth  oure  preach- 
 inge  ?  Or  to  whom  is  the  arme  of  the  LORDE 
 opened?  Therfore  coulde  they  not  beleue, 
 for  Esay  saide  agayne:  He  hath  blynded  their 
 eyes,''  and  hardened  their  hert,  that  they 
 shulde  not  se  with  the  eyes,  ner  vnderstonde 
 with  the  hert,  (s  shulde  be  conuerted,  and  he 
 shulde  heale  them.  This  sayde  Esay,  whan 
 he  sawe  his  glory,  and  spake  of  him. 
 
 Neuertheles  many  of  the  chefe  rulers  be- 
 leued on  him,'  but  because  of  the  Pharises 
 they  wolde  not  be  aknowne  of  it,-''  lest  they 
 shulde  be  excommunicate,  i  For  they  loued 
 more  the  prayse  with  men,  then  with  God. 
 
 "  Mat.  26.  d.  Mar.  14.  d.  Luc.  22.  c.  'loha.  ll.e. 
 t  Psal.  109.  a.  Esa.  9.  b.  Dan.  7.  c.  Mich.  5.  a.  »  Eph. 
 5.  a.  1  less.  5.  a.  «  Esa.  53.  a.  Ro.  10.  c.  '  Esa.  6.  b. 
 '  loba.  7.  e.       /  loh.  9.  c.        +  loha.  5.  d.        «  loha.  3. 
 
 lesus  cryed  and  sayde :  He  that  beleueth 
 on  me,  beleueth  not  on  me,  but  on  him  that 
 sent  me.  And  he  that  seyth  me,  seyth  him  y 
 sent  me.  '  I  am  come  a  light  in  to  the  worlde, 
 that  whosoeuer  beleueth  on  me,  shulde  not 
 byde  in  darknesse.  And  he  that  heareth  my 
 wordes  and  beleueth  not,  I  iudge  him  not, 
 for  I  am  not  come  to  iudge  the  worlde, ''  but 
 to  saue  the  worlde.  He  that  refuseth  me,  and 
 receaueth  not  my  wordes,  hath  one  allready 
 that  iudgeth  him.  §  The  worde  that  I  haue 
 spoken,  that  shall  iudge  him  at  the  last  daye. 
 For  I  haue  not  spoken  of  my  self:'  but  the 
 father  that  sent  me,  hath  geuen  me  a  com- 
 maundement,  what  I  shulde  do  and  saye. 
 And  I  knowe  that  his  commaundement  is  life 
 euerlastinge.  Therfore  loke  what  I  speake, 
 that  speake  I  eue  so,  as  the  father  hath  sayde 
 vnto  me. 
 
 Wtft  vitj.  Ci^aptfr. 
 
 BEFORE  the  feast  of  Easter  whan  lesus 
 knewe  that  his  tyme  was  come,  that  he 
 shulde  departe  out  of  this  worlde  vnto  y 
 father,  as  he  loued  his  which  were  in  the 
 worlde,  euen  so  loued  he  them  vnto  the  ende. 
 And  after  supper,  whan  the  deuell  had  all- 
 ready  put  in  to  y  hert  of  ludas  Iscarioth* 
 Symons  sonne,  to  betraye  him,  lesus  know- 
 inge  that  the  father  had  geuen  all  thinges  in 
 to  his  handes,'  5  that  he  was  come  from  God, 
 and  wente  vnto  God,  he  rose  from  supper, 
 and  layed  asyde  his  vpper  garmentes,  and 
 toke  a  towell,  and  gyrde  it  aboute  him.  After- 
 warde  poured  he  water  in  to  a  basen,  and 
 beganne  to  wash  the  disciples  fete,  and  dryed 
 them  with  the  towell,  y  he  was  gyrded  withall. 
 
 Then  came  he  vnto  Symon  Peter,  and  y 
 same  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE,  shalt  thou 
 washe  my  fete?  lesus  answered  and  sayde 
 vnto  him :  What  I  do,  thou  knowest  not  now, 
 but  thou  shalt  knowe  it  herafter.  The  sayde 
 Peter  vnto  him :  Thou  shalt  neuer  wash  my 
 fete.  lesus  answered  him :  Yf  I  wash  f  not, 
 thou  shalt  haue  no  parte  with  me.  Symon 
 Peter  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE,  not  the  fete 
 onely,  but  the  handes  also  and  the  heade. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  He  that  is  waszhe, 
 nedeth  not,  saue  to  washe  f  fete,  but  is  cleane 
 euery  whytt.     And  ye  are  cleane  II  but  not 
 
 c.  8.  b.9.  a.         *  loh.  3.  c.  §  Dent.  18.  c.         *  lob 
 
 16.  b.  "^  Mat.  26.  b.      Mar.  14.  b.      Luc.  22.  a 
 
 '  Mat.    1.  e.     Luc.  10.  c.        Il  loh.  6.  g. 
 
Cftap.  xiiih 
 
 €i)t  gospeU  of  ^«  Sboiu 
 
 ffo,  tvu 
 
 all.  For  he  knewe  his  betrayer,  therfore  sayde 
 he :  ye  are  not  all  cleane. 
 
 Now  whan  he  had  waszhen  their  fete,  and 
 taken  his  clothes,  he  sat  him  downe  agayne, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the:  Wote  ye  what  1  haue 
 done  vnto  you?  Ye  call  me  master  and 
 LORDE,  and  ye  saye  right  therin,  for  so  I 
 am.  Yf  I  then  youre  LORDE  and  master 
 haue  waszhen  youre  fete,  ye  ought  also  to 
 wash  one  anothers  fete.  °  I  haue  geue  you  an 
 ensample,  that  ye  shulde  do  as  I  haue  done 
 vnto  you.  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you: 
 *  the  seruaunt  is  not  greater  then  his  lorde, 
 nether  is  the  Apostell  greater  then  he  that 
 sent  him.  Yf  ye  knowe  these  thinges,  *  blessed 
 are  ye  yf  ye  do  them.  I  speake  not  of  you 
 all,  I  knowe  whom  I  haue  chosen,  but  that 
 the  scripture  might  be  fulfilled :  t  He  y  eateth 
 my  bred,  hath  lift  vp  his  hele  against  me.  I 
 teU  it  you  now,  before  it  come,'  that  whan  it  is 
 come  to  passe,  ye  maye  beleue,  that  I  am  he. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  He  that 
 receaueth  whom  so  euer  I  sende,''  receaueth 
 me :  and  he  that  receaueth  me,  receaueth  him 
 that  sent  me.  Whan  lesus  had  thus  sayde, 
 he  was  heuy  in  sprete,  and  testified,  and 
 sayde :  "  Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  One 
 i  araonge  you  shal  betraye  me.  Then  the 
 disciples  loked  one  vpon  another,  5  were  in 
 doute,  of  whom  he  spake.  But  there  was  one 
 amoge  his  disciples,  that  leaned  at  the  table 
 on  lesus  bosome,  who  lesus  loued:-'  to  him 
 beckened  Symon  Peter,  that  he  shulde  axe, 
 who  it  was,  of  whom  he  spake.  For  the  same 
 leaned  vpo  lesus  brest,  and  sayde  vnto  him : 
 LORDE,  who  is  it?  lesus  answered:  It  is 
 he,  vnto  whom  I  dyppe  the  soppe  5  geue  it. 
 And  he  dypte  in  the  soppe,  and  gaue  it  vnto 
 ludas  Iscarioth  Symons  sonne.  And  after  y 
 soppe  the  deueU  entred  in  to  him. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  him:  That  thou 
 doest,  do  quyckly.  But  y  same  wyst  no  man 
 at  the  table,  for  what  intent  he  sayde  it  vnto 
 him.  Some  thought  (for  so  moch  as  ludas 
 had  the  bagge?)  that  lesus  had  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Bye  that  is  necessary  for  vs  agaynst  the 
 feast:  Or  that  he  shulde  geue  some  thinge 
 vnto  the  poore.  Whan  he  had  receaued  the 
 soppe,  he  wente  out  immediatly,  and  it  was 
 night. 
 
 '  Ephe.  5.  a.  1  Pet.  2.  c.  •  Mat.  10.  c.  Luc.  6.  d. 
 loh.  15.  b.        »  Mat.  5.  b.  t  Psal.  40.  b.         '  loha. 
 
 14.  c.  and  16.  a.  ''  Mat.  10.  e.  Mar.  9.  d.  Luc.  10.  b. 
 '  Mat.  26.  b.    Marc.  14.  c.    Luc.  22.  a.  }  1  lo.  2.  c. 
 
 Whan  he  was  gone  forth,  lesus  sayde: 
 Now  is  the  sonne  of  ma  glorified,''  and  God  is 
 glorified  in  him.  Yf  God  be  glorified  in 
 him,  the  shal  god  glorifie  him  also  in  hiself, 
 5  straight  waye  shal  he  glorifye  him.  Deare 
 childre,  I  am  yet  a  litle  whyle  with  you.  Ye 
 shal  seke  me,  and  (as  I  sayde  vnto  f  lewes') 
 whither  I  go,  thither  can  ye  not  come.  And 
 now  I  saye  vnto  you,  ""A  new  comaundemet 
 geue  I  you,  that  ye  loue  together  as  I  haue 
 loued  you,  y  euen  so  ye  loue  one  another. 
 By  this  shal  euery  man  knowe  that  ye  are 
 my  disciples,'  yf  ye  haue  loue  one  to  another. 
 Symon  Peter  sayde  vnto  him:  LORDE, 
 whither  goest  thou  ?  lesus  answered  him : 
 Whither  I  go,  thou  canst  not  folowe  me  now, 
 §but  thou  shalt  folowe  me  herafter.  Peter 
 sayde  vnto  him:  LORDE,  why  ca  not  I 
 folowe  the  now?  I  wil  geue  my  life  for  thy 
 sake.  lesus  answered  him :  Wilt  thou  geue 
 thy  life  for  my  sake  ?  Verely  verely  I  saye 
 vnto  y.  II  The  cock  shal  not  crowe,  tyll  thou 
 haue  denyed  me  thryse. 
 
 CTjt  jfttij-  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  he  sayde  vnto  his  disciples :  Let  not 
 youre  hert  be  afrayed.  Yf  ye  beleue 
 on  God,  the  beleue  also  on  me.  In  my 
 fathers  house  are  many  dwellinges.  Yf  it 
 were  not  so,  I  wolde  haue  tolde  you :  I  go  to 
 prepare  the  place  for  you.  And  though  I  go 
 to  prepare  the  place  for  you,  yet  wil  I  come 
 agayne,  and  receaue  you  vnto  my  self,  y  ye 
 maye  be  where  I  am.  And  whither  I  go,  ye 
 knowe,  and  the  waye  knowe  ye  also. 
 
 Thomas  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE,  we 
 knowe  not  whither  thou  goest,  5  how  can  we 
 knowe  the  waye  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto  him :  I 
 am  the  waye,  and  the  trueth,  and  the  life. 
 "  Noman  cometh  to  the  father  but  by  me.  Yf 
 ye  knewe  me,  ye  knewe  my  father  also.  And 
 fro  hece  forth  ye  knowe  hi,  %  haue  sene  him. 
 Philippe  sayde  vnto  him :  LORDE,  shewe  vs 
 the  father,  and  it  sufBceth  vs.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Thus  longe  am  I  with  you,  and 
 hast  thou  not  knowne  me  ?  Philippe,  he  that 
 seyth  me,  seyth  the  father.  And  how  sayest 
 thou  then :  Shewe  vs  the  father  ?  Beleuest 
 thou  not  that  I  am  in  the  father,"  and  that  f 
 
 Act.  20.  d.  /  loha.  20.  a.  «  loha.  12.  a.  ^  loha. 
 12.  c.  and  17.  a.  '  loh.  7.  d.  and  8.  b.  '  loha.  15.  b. 
 '  1  loh.  2.  a.  and  3.  b.         §  loha.  21.  d.  ||  loh.  18.  d. 
 
 "  loh.  1.  a.  11.  c.     loha.  6.  e.        "  loha.  10.  c. 
 
 1 
 
ffo,  mi. 
 
 €l)t  gogpdl  of  ^,  SH)on. 
 
 Cftap.  )rb. 
 
 father  is  in  me  ?  Tlii'  wordes  that  I  speake 
 viito  you,  those  "speake  not  I  of  my  self:  but 
 the  father  that  dwclleth  in  me,  he  doth  the 
 workes.  Beleue  me,  that  I  am  in  the  father, 
 and  that  y  father  is  in  me  :  Or  els,  beleue  me 
 at  the  Icest  for  the  workes  sake. 
 
 \'erely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  He  that 
 beleueth  on  me,  shal  do  the  workes  that  I  do, 
 and  shal  do  greater  then  these :  for  I  go  to 
 the  father.  And  what  soeuer  ye  axe  f  father 
 in  my  name,  *that  wyl  I  do,  that  the  father 
 maye  be  praysed  in  the  sonne.  Yf  ye  axe  eny 
 thinge  in  my  name,  I  wyl  do  it. 
 
 Yf  ye  loue  me,  kepe  my  commaundementes. 
 And  I  wyl  praye  the  father,  and  he  shal  geue 
 you  another  comforter,  that  he  maye  byde  with 
 you  for  euer:  euen  y  sprete  of  trueth,  whom 
 y  worlde  can  not  receaue,  for  it  seyth  him 
 not,  nether  doth  it  knowe  him  :  but  ye  knowe 
 him,  for  he  abydeth  with  you,  5  shalbe  in 
 you.*  I  wil  not  leaue  you  cofortles,  I  come 
 vnto  you.  It  is  yet  a  litle  whyle,  the  shal  the 
 worlde  se  me  nomore,  t  but  ye  shal  se  me : 
 for  I  lyue,  and  ye  shal  lyue  also.  In  y  daye 
 shal  ye  knowe,  that  I  am  in  the  father  and 
 ye  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  He  that  hath  my 
 comaundementes,  'and  kepeth  them,  the  same 
 is  he  that  loueth  me  :  and  he  that  loueth  me, 
 shalbe  loued  of  my  father :  5  I  wyl  loue  him, 
 and  wyl  shewe  myiie  awne  self  vnto  him. 
 +  ludas  sayde  vnto  hi :  (not  that  Iscarioth) 
 LORDE,  What  is  the  cause  the,  that  thou 
 wilt  shewe  thy  self  vnto  vs,  and  not  vnto  the 
 worlde  ? 
 
 lesus  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  He 
 that  loueth  me,  wyl  kepe  my  worde,  and  my 
 father  wyl  loue  him :  and  we  wyl  come  vnto 
 him,  and  wyll  make  oure  dwellynge  with  him. 
 But  he  that  loueth  me  not,  kepeth  not  my 
 sayenges.  And  the  worde  that  ye  heare,  is 
 not  myne,  but  the  fathers  which  hath  sent  me. 
 
 This  haue  I  spoken  vnto  you,  whyle  I  was 
 ith  you.  ''  But  that  comforter  euen  y  holy 
 goost,  §  who  my  father  shal  sende  in  my  name, 
 he  shal  teache  you  all  thinges,  5  bringe  all  to 
 youre  remembraunce,  what  soeuer  I  haue 
 tolde  you. 
 
 Peace  I  leaue  vnto  you,  my  peace  I  geue 
 you:  I  geue  not  vnto  you,  as  the  worlde 
 geueth.      Let  not   youre   hert   be   troubled, 
 
 -  loh.  ;;.  e.  7.  b.  8.  c.  12.  f.  14.  c.  »  Mat.  21.  c. 
 
 Marc.  11.  c.    loh.  15.  a.  and  16.  c.  •  Mat.  28.  c. 
 
 t  loh.  20.  b.  c.  d.  21.  a.  b.  '  loha.  l.i.  a.  1  loh.  6.  a. 
 
 t  Act.  15.  c.         ■<  Act.  2.  a.  2  Tim.  1.  a.         §  loh.  16.  b. 
 
 nether  let  it  be  afrayed.  Ye  haue  herde,  that 
 I  sayde  vnto  you  :  I  go,  5  come  agayne  vnto 
 you.  Yf  ye  loued  me,  ye  wolde  reioyse,  be- 
 cause I  saide,  I  go  to  the  father :  for  f  father 
 is  greater  the  I.  And  now  haue  I  tolde  you, 
 before  it  come,  that  whan  it  is  come  to  passe, 
 ye  maye  beleue  :  Here  after  wyl  not  I  talke 
 moch  with  you.  'For  the  prynce  of  this 
 worlde  cometh,  and  hath  nothinge  in  me. 
 But  that  the  worlde  maye  knowe  that  I  loue 
 ;y-  father.  And  as  the  father  hath  comaunded 
 me,  so  do  I.     Aryse,  let  vs  go  hence. 
 
 CIjc  vb.  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 I  AM  a  true  'vyne,  and  my  father  is  an 
 huszbande  man.  Euery  braunch  that 
 bringeth  not  forth  frute  in  me,  shal  he  cut  of : 
 and  euery  one  that  bryngeth  forth  frute,  shal 
 he  pourge,  y  it  maye  bringe  forth  more  frute. 
 Now  are  ye  cleane,  because  of  the  worde,  that 
 I  haue  spoke  vnto  you.  Byde  ye  in  me,  and 
 I  in  you.  Like  as  y  braunch  can  not  brynge 
 forth  frute  of  it  self  excepte  it  byde  in  the 
 vyne,  Euen  so  nether  ye  also,  excepte  ye 
 abyde  in  me. 
 
 I  am  the  vyne,  ye  are  the  braunches.  He 
 that  abydeth  in  me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
 bryngeth  forth  moch  frute  :  for  without  me 
 can  ye  do  nothinge.  He  that  abydeth  not  in 
 me,  is  cast  out  as  a  vyne  braunche,  and  it 
 wythereth,  and  men  gather  it  vp,  and  cast  it 
 in  to  the  lyre,  and  it  burneth.  **  Yf  ye  abyde 
 in  me,  and  my  wordes  abyde  in  you,  ye  shal 
 axe  what  ye  wyl,  5  it  shal  be  done  vnto  you. 
 Herin  is  my  father  praysed,  that  ye  brynge 
 forth  moch  frute,  and  become  my  disciples. 
 Like  as  my  father  hath  loued  me,  eue  so 
 haue  I  loued  you.  Cotynue  ye  I  my  loue.** 
 Yf  ye  kepe  my  comaundementes,  ye  shal 
 cotynue  in  my  loue :  like  as  I  haue  kepte  my 
 fathers  comaundementes,  and  cotynue  in  his 
 loue. 
 
 These  thinges  haue  I  spoken  ■vTito  you,  that 
 my  ioye  might  remayne  in  you,  and  y  youre 
 ioye  might  be  perfecte.  •'^This  is  my  c6- 
 maundement,  that  ye  loue  together,  as  I  hauft 
 loued  you.  No  man  hath  greater  loue,  then 
 to  set  his  life  for  his  frende.  ttYe  are  my 
 frendes,  yf  ye  do  that  I  commaunde  you. 
 Hence  forth  call  I  you  not  seruauntes,  for  a 
 
 loh.  13.  b.  and  16.  a.  floha.  12.  d.  t  Eccli.  24.  c. 
 ••  Mat.  21.  c.  Marc.  11.  c.  loh.  14.  b.  and  16.  c. 
 tt  loh.  14.  d.      /  loh.  13.  d.  1  loh.  3.  c.        tf  Miit-  12.  e. 
 
Cftap.  xhu 
 
 Cf)c  go£(pfU  of  ^.  Sftoiu 
 
 fo.  mii. 
 
 seruaunt  knoweth  not  what  his  lorde  doeth. 
 But  I  haue  sayde  that  ye  are  frendes :  For 
 all  that  I  haue  herde  of  my  father,  haue  I 
 shewed  vnto  you.  "Ye  haue  not  chosen  me, 
 but  I  haue  chosen  you,  and  ordeyned  you, 
 that  ye  go,  and  *bringe  forth  frute,  and  that 
 youre  frute  contynue,  that  what  soeuer  ye  axe 
 the  father  in  my  name,  he  shulde  geue  it  you. 
 
 This  I  commaunde  you,  that  ye  loue  one 
 another.  Yf  the  worlde  hate  you,  then  knowe, 
 that  it  hath  hated  me  before  you.  Yf  ye 
 were  of  the  worlde,  the  worlde  wolde  loue  his 
 awne.  Howbeit  because  ye  are  not  of  the 
 worlde,  but  I  haue  chosen  you  from  the 
 worlde,  therfore  the  worlde  hateth  you.  Re- 
 membre  my  worde,  that  I  sayde  vnto  you : 
 'The  seruaunt  is  not  greater  then  his  lorde. 
 Yf  they  haue  persecuted  me,  they  shal  per- 
 secute you  also:  Yf  they  haue  kepte  my 
 worde,  they  shal  kepe  yours  also. 
 
 But  all  this  shal  they  do  vnto  you  for  my 
 names  sake,  because  they  knowe  not  him  y 
 sent  me.  Yf  I  had  not  come  5  spoke  vnto 
 the,  the  shulde  they  haue  no  synne.  But  now 
 haue  they  nothinge  to  cloake  their  synne 
 withall.  He  y  hateth  me,  hateth  my  father 
 also.  Yf  I  had  not  done  amoge  the  the 
 workes  which  no  other  ma  dyd,  they  shulde 
 haue  no  synne.  But  now  haue  they  sene  it, 
 and  yet  haue  they  hated  both  me  5  my  father. 
 Neuertheles  that  the  sayenge  might  be  ful- 
 filled, which  is  wrytten  in  their  lawe :  '  They 
 haue  hated  me  without  a  cause. 
 
 But  wha  the  comforter  commeth,  who  ''I 
 shal  sende  you  from  the  father  eue  the  sprete 
 of  trueth  which  proceadeth  of  the  father, 
 he  shal  testifie  of  me  tand  ye  shal  beare 
 wytnesse  also :  for  ye  haue  bene  with  me 
 from  the  begynnynge. 
 
 Ei)t  fbt.  Cl^aptnr. 
 
 THESE  thinges  haue  I  sayde  vnto  you, 
 that  ye  shulde  not  be  offended.  They 
 shal  excomunicate  you.  The  tyme  commeth, 
 that  who  soeuer  putteth  you  to  death,  shal 
 thynke  that  he  doth  seruyce  vnto  God.'  And 
 soch  thinges  shal  they  do  vnto  you,  because 
 they  haue  nether  knowne  f  father  ner  yet  me. 
 But  these  thinges  haue  I  sayde  vnto  you, 
 'that  whan  the  tyme  cometh  ye  maye  thynke 
 
 -  Ephe.  1.  a.  •  Col.  1.  a.  »  Mat.  10.  c.  Luc.  6.  d. 
 loh.  13.  b.  <•  Psal.  3i.  c.  and  68.  a.  <<  loh.  14.  c. 
 
 and  16.  a.  Act.  2.  a.        t  Act.  1.  a.  and  2.  d.       «Act.9.a. 
 
 theron,  that  I  tolde  you.  But  these  thinges 
 haue  I  not  sayde  vnto  you  from  the  begyn- 
 nynge :  For  I  was  with  you. 
 
 But  now  I  go  vnto  him  that  sent  me,  tj 
 none  of  you  axeth  me :  Whither  goest  thou  ? 
 but  because  I  haue  sayde  these  thinges  vnto 
 you,  youre  hert  is  full  of  sorowe.  Neuer 
 theles  I  tell  you  the  trueth,  It  is  better  for 
 you  y  I  go  awaye :  For  yf  I  go  not  awaye 
 that  comforter  commeth  not  vnto  you :  but 
 yf  I  departe, « I  wil  sende  hi  vnto  you.  And 
 whan  he  commeth,  he  shal  rebuke  the  worlde 
 of  s)Tine,  and  of  righteousnes,  s  of  iudgment. 
 Of  synne,  because  they  beleue  not  on  me. 
 Of  righteousnes,  because  I  go  to  the  father, 
 and  ye  shal  se  me  nomore.  Of  iudgmet,  be- 
 cause the  ''prynce  of  this  worlde  is  iudged 
 allready. 
 
 I  haue  yet  moch  to  saye  vnto  you,  but  ye 
 can  not  now  beare  it  awaye :  howbeit  whan 
 he  (the  sprete  of  trueth)  commeth 'he  shal 
 lede  you  in  to  all  trueth.  For  he  shal  not 
 speake  of  himself,  but  what  soeuer  he  shal 
 heare,  that  shal  he  speake :  and  he  shall 
 shewe  you,  what  is  for  to  come.  He  shal 
 glorifye  me :  for  he  shal  receaue  of  myne,  and 
 shal  shewe  vnto  you.  JAll  that  the  father 
 hath,  is  myne.  Therfore  haue  I  sayde :  he 
 shal  receaue  of  myne,  and  shewe  vnto  you. 
 
 After  a  litle  whyle,  and  ye  shal  not  se  me : 
 and  agayne  after  a  litle  whyle,  and  ye  shal  se 
 me :  for  I  go  to  the  father.  The  saide  some 
 of  his  disciples  amonge  them  selues :  What 
 is  this  that  he  sayeth  vnto  vs,  After  a  litle 
 whyle,  and  ye  shal  not  se  me  :  (t  agayne  after 
 a  litle  whyle,  5  ye  shal  se  me :  for  I  go  to  the 
 father  ?  Then  sayde  they :  What  is  this,  that 
 he  sayeth  :  After  a  litle  whyle  ?  We  can  not 
 tell  what  he  sayeth.  Then  perceaued  lesus 
 that  they  wolde  axe  him,  and  he  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Ye  enquyre  of  this  amonge  youre 
 selues,  that  I  sayde :  After  a  litle  whyle,  and 
 ye  shal  not  se  me :  a  agayne  after  a  litle 
 whyle,  and  ye  shal  se  me. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Ye  shal 
 wepe  and  lamente,  but  the  worlde  shal  reioyse : 
 Ye  shal  be  sory,  but  youre  sorowe  shal  be 
 turned  in  to  ioye.  A  woman  whan  she  tra- 
 uayleth,  hath  sorowe,  for  hir  houre  is  come. 
 But  whan  she  is  delyuered  of  the  childe,  she 
 
 loha.  15.C.  1  Cor.  2.8.  /  loh.  13.  b.  and  14.  c.  5  loh. 
 14.  c.  and  15.  c.  >>  loh.  12.  d.  ■  loh.  14.  c.  loha.  12.  f. 
 J  Mat.  11.  6.  Luc.  10.  c.  loh.  3.  e. 
 
So.  miij. 
 
 Cf)e  goEiptU  of  ^.  M)on, 
 
 COap.  irfaij. 
 
 thinketh  nomore  of  the  anguyshe,  for  ioye 
 that  a  man  is  borne  in  to  the  worlde.  And 
 now  haue  ye  sorowe  also :  but  I  wil  se  you 
 agayne,  and  youre  hert  shal  reioyse,  and  youre 
 ioye  shal  noman  take  from  you.  And  in  that 
 daye  shal  ye  axe  me  no  question.  "Verely 
 verely  I  saye  vnto  you :  Yf  ye  axe  ^  father 
 ought  in  my  name,  he  shal  geue  it  you. 
 Hither  to  haue  ye  axed  nothinge  in  my  name. 
 Axe,  and  ye  shal  reeeaue,  y  youre  ioye  maye 
 be  perfecte.  These  thinges  haue  I  spoken 
 vnto  you  by  *prouerbes.  Neuertheles  the 
 tyme  commeth,  that  I  shal  speake  nomore  by 
 prouerbes,  but  I  shal  shewe  you  planely  of 
 my  father. 
 
 In  that  daye  shal  ye  axe  in  my  name. 
 And  I  saye  not  vnto  you,  that  I  wyl  praye 
 vnto  the  father  for  you :  for  the  father  him- 
 self loueth  you,  because  ye  haue  loued  me,  3 
 beleued  that  I  am  come  out  from  God.  tj 
 wente  out  from  the  father,  and  came  in  to  the 
 worlde :  Agayne,  I  leaue  f  worlde,  and  go  to 
 the  father. 
 
 His  disciples  sayde  vnto  him:  Beholde, 
 now  talkest  thou  planely,  and  speakest  no 
 prouerbe.  Now  are  we  sure  y  thou  knowest 
 all  thinges,  and  nedest  not  that  eny  ma  shulde 
 axe  the.  Therfore  beleue  we,  that  thou 
 camest  out  from  God :  lesus  answered  them : 
 Now  ye  do  beleue :  *  Beholde,  the  houre 
 draweth  nye,  and  is  come  allready,  that  ye 
 shalbe  scatred,  euery  man  in  to  his  awne,  and 
 shal  leaue  me  alone :  'and  yet  am  I  not 
 alone,  for  the  father  is  vrith  me. 
 
 These  thinges  haue  I  spoken  vnto  you, 
 that  in  me  ye  might  haue  peace.''  In  f 
 worlde  haue  ye  trouble,  but  be  of  good  com- 
 forte,  I  haue  ouercome  the  worlde. 
 
 Ci^e  )rbij.  Cljaptfr. 
 
 THESE  thinges  spake  lesus,  and  lift  vp 
 his  eyes  towarde  heauen,  and  sayde : 
 '  Father,  the  houre  is  come,  that  thou  glorifye 
 thy  Sonne,  that  thy  sonne  also  maye  glorifye 
 the.  Like  as  thou  hast  geuen  him  power 
 ouer  all  fleshe,  -^  that  he  shulde  geue  euer- 
 lastinge  life  to  as  many  as  thou  hast  geuen 
 him.t  But  this  is  the  life  euerlastinge,  that 
 they  knowe  the  (that  thou  onely  art  the  true 
 God)  and  whom  thou  hast  sent,  lesus  Christ. 
 
 "Mat.?,  a.  and  21.  c.  Marc.  11.  c.  Luc.  ll.b.  loha.  14.b. 
 and  15.  a.         .  Mat.  13.  a.  Marc.  4.  a.  t  loh.  20.  a. 
 
 »  Zach.  13.  b.  Mat.  26.  c.  Marc.  14.  d.  '  loh.  14.  b. 
 
 ■•  Rom.  5.  a.  «  loha.  12.  c.  and  13.  d.  /  loh.  5.  b. 
 
 I  haue  glorified  f  vpo  earth,  5  ^fynished 
 f  worke,  y  thou  gauest  me  to  do.  And  now 
 glorifye  me  thou  father  by  thine  awne  self, 
 with  y  glory  which  I  had  or  euer  the  worlde 
 was.  I  haue  declared  thy  name  vnto  y  men, 
 whom  thou  gauest  me  from  the  worlde.  They 
 were  thine,  and  thou  gauest  them  vnto  me, 
 and  they  haue  kepte  thy  worde. 
 
 Now  knowe  they,  that  all  thinges  what 
 soeuer  thou  hast  geuen  me,  are  of  the.  For  f 
 wordes  which  thou  gauest  me,^  haue  I  geue 
 vnto  them,  and  they  haue  receaued  them,  5 
 knowne  of  a  trueth,  that  I  am  come  forth 
 from  the,  and  haue  beleued,  that  thou  hast 
 sent  me.  I  praye  for  them,  and  praye  not  for 
 the  II  worlde,  but  for  them  whom  thou  hast 
 geuen  me,  for  they  are  thine.  And  all  that  is 
 myne,  is  thine :  and  what  thine  is,  that  is 
 myne.  And  I  am  glorifyed  in  them.  And 
 now  am  I  nomore  in  the  worlde,  and  they  are 
 in  y  worlde,  and  I  come  to  the.  Holy  father, 
 kepe  in  thy  name,  those  whom  thou  IT  hast 
 geue  me,  that  they  maye  be  one,  like  as  we 
 are.  Whyle  I  was  with  the  in  the  worlde,  I 
 kepte  them  in  thy  name.  Those  y  thou 
 gauest  me,  haue  I  kepte,  and  none  of  them  is 
 lost,  but  that  lost  childe,*  that  the  **  scripture 
 might  be  fulfylled.  But  now  come  I  vnto 
 the,  and  this  I  speake  in  the  worlde,  that  they 
 maye  haue  my  ioye  perfecte  in  them.  I  haue 
 geuen  them  thy  worde,*t  and  the  worlde  hateth 
 the :  for  they  are  not  of  the  worlde,  euen  as 
 I  also  am  not  of  the  worlde.  I  praye  not  that 
 thou  shuldest  take  them  out  of  the  worlde, 
 tt  but  that  thou  kepe  the  fro  euell.  They  are 
 not  of  the  worlde,  as  I  also  am  not  of  the 
 worlde. 
 
 Sanctifye  them  in  thy  trueth.  Thy  worde 
 is  the  trueth.  Like  as  thou  hast  sent  me  in 
 to  the  worlde,  so  haue  I  sent  them  in  to  the 
 worlde :  and  for  their  sakes  I  sanctifye  my 
 self,  that  they  eilso  maye  be  sanctifyed  in  the 
 trueth. 
 
 Neuertheles  I  praye  not  for  them  onely, 
 but  also  for  those,  which  thorow  their  worde 
 shal  beleue  on  me,  that  they  all  maye  be  one, 
 like  as  thou  father  art  in  me,  and  I  in  f,  that 
 they  also  maye  be  §§  one  in  vs:  that  the  worlde 
 maye  beleue,  that  thou  hast  sent  me.  And 
 the  glory  which  thou  gauest  me,  haue  I  geuen 
 
 }  lob.  1.  a.  §  loha.  19.  c.  e  loh.  4.e.  ||  1  loh.  2.c. 
 It  Esa.  8.  d.  ^  loh.  18.  a.  ••  P8al.40.  b.  and  108.  a. 
 tt  loh.  16.  b.  Sap.  2.  c.         ft  Mat.  6.  b.         §§  Gal.  3.  d. 
 
 c 
 
€i)^,  V^iih 
 
 CI)e  gosiprtl  of  ^,  3fton. 
 
 fo,  (Tb. 
 
 them :  that  they  maye  be  one,  like  as  we  are 
 one.  I  in  the,  and  thou  in  me,  that  they  maye 
 be  perfecte  in  one,  and  that  the  worlde  maye 
 knowe,  that  thou  hast  sent  me  and  hast  loued 
 them,  as  thou  hast  loued  me. 
 
 °  Father,  I  wil,  that  they  whom  thou  hast 
 geuen  me,  be  with  me  where  I  am,  y  they 
 maye  se  my  glory,  which  thou  hast  geue  me : 
 for  thou  hast  loued  me,  or  euer  y  worlde  was 
 made.  *  Righteous  father,  the  worlde  hath  not 
 knowne  f,  but  I  haue  knowne  y :  and  these 
 haue  knowne,  that  thou  hast  sent  me.  And 
 I  haue  declared  thy  name  vnto  them,  j  ^^1 
 declare  it,  y  the  loue  wherwith  thou  hast 
 loued  me,  maye  be  in  the,  d  I  in  them. 
 
 Cl^c  j:6iij.  Ci)apter. 
 
 WHAN  lesus  had  thus  spoke,'  he  wete 
 forth  with  his  disciples  ouer  the  broke 
 Cedron,  where  there  was  a  garde,  in  to  the 
 which  lesus  entred  and  his  disciples.  But 
 ludas  y  betrayed  hi,  knewe  the  place  also. 
 For  lesus  resorted  thither  oft  tymes  with  his 
 disciples.  ''Now  whan  ludas  had  take  vnto 
 him  the  copany,  (j  mynisters  of  the  hye  prestes 
 and  Pharises,  he  came  thither  with  creshettes, 
 with  lanternes,  and  with  weapens.  lesus  now 
 knowinge  all  y  shulde  come  vpon  him,  wete 
 forth,  and  sayde  vnto  the:  Whom  seke  ye? 
 They  answered  him :  lesus  of  Nazareth.  lesus 
 sayde  vnto  them  :  I  am  he :  ludas  also  which 
 betrayed  him,  stode  with  the.  Now  whan 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  the :  I  am  he,'  they  wete 
 bacwardes,  and  fell  to  the  grounde.  Then 
 axed  he  the  agayne  :  Whom  seke  ye  ?  They 
 sayde  :  lesus  of  Nazareth.  lesus  answered : 
 I  haue  tolde  you,  that  I  am  he.  Yf  ye  seke 
 me,  then  let  these  go  their  waye.  That  the 
 worde  might  be  fulfylled,  which  he  sayde :  Of 
 them  who  thou  gauest  me,'  haue  I  not  lost 
 one.  Then  had  Symon  Peter  a  swerde,  and 
 drewe  it  out,  and  smote  the  hye  prestes  seruaiit, 
 and  cut  of  his  right  eare.  And  y  seruaiites 
 name  was  Malchus. 
 
 Then  sayde  lesus  vnto  Peter:  Put  vp  thy 
 swerde  in  to  the  sheeth.  Shal  I  not  drynke 
 of  y  cuppe,  which  my  father  hath  geue  me  ? 
 Then  the  company  and  the  captayne  (j  the 
 officers  of  the  lewes  toke  lesus,  and  bounde 
 him,  5  led  him  awaye  first  vnto  Annas,  that 
 
 -  loh.  12.  e.  and  14.  a.  'Mat.  11.  e.    loh.  15.  c. 
 
 and  16.  a.  '  Mat.  26.  a.     Mar.  14.  d.      Luc.  22.  c. 
 
 ■*  Mat.  26.  e.     Mar.  14.  d.     Luc.  22.  d.  <  loh.  17.  b. 
 
 was  fatherlawe  vnto  Caiphas,  which  was  hye 
 prest  y  same  yeare.  It  was  Caiphas,-''  which 
 gaue  coucell  tnto  f  lewes  that  it  were  good, 
 that  one  man  shulde  dye  for  the  people. 
 
 As  for  Symon  Peter,  he  and  another  dis- 
 ciple folowed  lesus.  The  same  disciple  was 
 knowne  vnto  the  hye  prest,  and  wete  in  with 
 lesus  in  to  the  hye  prestes  palace.  But  Peter 
 stode  without  at  the  dore.  Then  y  other 
 disciple  which  was  knowne  vnto  tne  hye 
 prest,  wente  out,  and  spake  to  the  damsell  y 
 kepte  the  dore,  and  brought  in  Peter.  Then 
 the  damsell  that  kepte  the  dore,  sayde  vnto 
 Peter:  Art  not  thou  also  one  of  this  mans 
 disciples  ?  He  sayde :  I  am  not. 
 
 The  seruauntes  (j  officers  stode,  and  had 
 made  a  fyre  of  coles  (for  it  was  colde)  5 
 warmed  the  selues.  Peter  also  stode  with 
 them,  and  warmed  him  self.  The  hye  prest 
 axed  lesus  of  his  disciples,  and  of  his  doctryne. 
 lesus  answered  him :  *  I  haue  spoken  openly 
 before  the  worlde,  I  haue  euer  taught  in  the 
 synagoge  and  in  the  teple,  whither  all  the 
 lewes  resorted,  %  in  secrete  haue  I  spoke 
 nothinge.  Why  axest  thou  me  ?  Axe  the  y 
 haue  herde,  what  I  haue  spoken  vnto  the : 
 beholde,  they  can  tell  what  I  haue  sayde.  But 
 whan  he  had  thus  spoke,''  one  of  the  officers 
 that  stode  by,  smote  lesus  on  the  face,  and 
 sayde :  Answerest  thou  the  hye  prest  so  ? 
 lesus  answered  him :  Yf  I  haue  euell  spoke, 
 the  beare  wytnesse  of  euell :  but  yf  I  haue  well 
 spoken,  why  smytest  thou  me?  And  Annas 
 sent  him  bounde  vnto  Caiphas  f  hye  prest. 
 
 '  Symo  Peter  stode  and  warmed  him  self. 
 The  sayde  they  vnto  him  :  Art  not  thou  one 
 of  his  disciples?  He  denyed,  and  sayde :  I  am 
 not.  A  seruaiit  of  the  hye  prestes,  a  kynszma 
 of  his,  whose  eare  Peter  had  smytten  of,  sayde 
 vnto  him:  Dyd  not  I  se  the  in  the  garde  with 
 him  ? 
 
 Then  Peter  denyed  agayne.  And  imme- 
 diatly  the  *cock  crew.  *  Then  led  they  lesus 
 from  Caiphas  in  to  the  comon  hall.  And  it 
 was  early  in  the  momynge.  And  they  them 
 selues  wete  not  in  to  the  como  hall,  lest  they 
 shulde  be  defyled,  but  y  they  might  eate  f 
 Pascall  lambe.  Then  wente  Pilate  out  vnto 
 the,  and  sayde:  What  accusacion  brynge  ye 
 agaynst  this  man?  They  answered,  and  sayde 
 
 /loh.  11.  e.        «  loh.  7.  b.        "  lere.  30.  a.     Mat.  26.  g. 
 Act.  23.  a.  '  Mat.  26.  g.      Mar.  14.  g.     Luc.  22.  d. 
 
 '  loh.  13.  d.         •  Mat.  27.  a.     Marc.  15.  a.     Luc.  23.  a. 
 
jfo.  tpbi. 
 
 COr  gogpdl  of  ^.  Sifton. 
 
 Cftap,  rijc. 
 
 vnto  him :  Yf  he  were  not  an  euell  doer,  we 
 had  not  delyuered  him  vnto  the.  Tlien  sayde 
 Pilate  vnto  the  :  Take  ye  him,  and  iudge  him 
 after  youre  lawe.  Then  sayde  y  lewes  vnto 
 him  :  It  is  not  laufull  for  vs  to  put  eny  ma  to 
 death.  That  f  worde  of  lesus  might  be  ful- 
 filled,* which  he  spake,  whan  he  signified, 
 what  death  he  shulde  dye. 
 
 "  Then  entred  Pilate  in  to  the  comon  hall 
 agayne,  and  called  lesus,  5  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Art  thou  the  kynge  of  the  lewes?  lesus 
 answered:  Sayest  thou  that  of  thy  self,  or 
 haue  other  tolde  it  the  of  me  ? 
 
 Pilate  answered :  Am  I  a  lewe  ?  Thy 
 people  and  the  hye  prestes  haue  delyuered 
 the  vnto  me.  What  hast  thou  done?  lesus 
 answered :  My  kyngdome  is  not  of  this  worlde. 
 Yf  my  kyngdome  were  of  this  worlde,  my 
 mynisters  wolde  fight  therfore,  y  I  shulde  not 
 be  delyuered  vnto  the  lewes.  t  But  now  is 
 my  kyngdome  not  from  hence.  The  sayde 
 Pilate  vnto  hi :  Art  thou  a  kynge  the  ?  lesus 
 answered  :  Thou  sayest  it,  for  I  am  a  kynge. 
 For  this  cause  was  I  borne,  and  came  in  to 
 the  worlde,  that  I  shulde  testifye  the  trueth. 
 Who  so  euer  is  of  the  trueth,  heareth  my 
 voyce.  Pilate  sayde  vnto  hi:  What  is  the 
 trueth  ?  *  And  whan  he  had  sayde  that  he  vrete 
 out  agayne  to  the  lewes,  and  sayde  vnto  them : 
 I  fynde  no  gyltinesse  in  him  :  t  But  ye  haue 
 a  custome,  thai  I  shulde  geue  one  vnto  you 
 lowse  at  Easter.  Wyl  ye  now^  I  lowse  vnto 
 you  the  kynge  of  f  lewes?  The  cryed  they 
 agayne  alltogether,  and  sayde :  Not  him,  but 
 Barrabas.     Yet  was  Barrabas  a  murthurer. 
 
 C{)t  jrir-  Ci)apUT. 
 
 THEN  Pilate  toke  lesus,  and  scourged 
 him.  And  the  soudyers  platted  a  crowne 
 of  thornes,''  and  set  it  vpon  his  heade,  and  put 
 a  purple  garment  vpon  him,  and  sayde :  Hayle 
 kynge  of  the  lewes.  And  they  smote  him  on 
 the  face.  Then  wente  Pilate  forth  agayne, 
 and  sayde  vnto  the :  Beholde,  I  brynge  him 
 forth  vnto  you,  y  ye  maye  knowe,  y  I  fynde 
 no  faute  in  hi.  So  lesus  wente  out,  (i  ware  a 
 crowne  of  thome  and  a  purple  robe.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Beholde,  the  man.  Whan 
 the  hye  prestes  5  the  mynisters  sawe  him,  they 
 cryed,  ij  sayde :   Crucifye,  crucifye.      Pilate 
 
 •  loh.  12.  d.  »  Mat.  27.  b.  Marc.  15.  a.  Luc.  23.  a. 
 t  loh.  6.  b.  »  Mat  27.  c.     Marc.  15.  b.     Luc.  23.  b. 
 
 }  Mat.  27.  b.  Marc.  15.  a.  Luc.  23.  a.  '  Mat.  27.  c.  d. 
 Marc.  15.  b.     Luc.  23.  b.         ^  Leui.  24.  c.         ^  loh.  5.  b. 
 
 saide  vnto  the  :  Take  ye  him,  and  crucifye 
 him,  for  I  fynde  no  giltynesse  in  him.  The 
 lewes  answered  him :  We  haue  a  lawe,''  3  after 
 oure  lawe  he  ought  to  dye,  §  because  he  made 
 him  self  the  sonne  of  God.  Whan  Pilate 
 herde  that  worde,  he  was  the  more  afrayed, 
 and  wente  agayne  in  to  the  comon  hall,  and 
 sayde  vnto  lesus:  Whence  art  thou?  But 
 lesus  gaue  him  no  answere.  The  sayde 
 Pilate  vnto  him:  Speakest  thou  not  vnto  me? 
 Knowest  thou  not,  y  I  haue  power  to  crucifye 
 f,  (I  haue  power  to  lowse  y  ?  lesus  answered : 
 Thou  shuldest  haue  no  power  vpo  me,  j'f  it 
 were  not  II  geue  the  from  aboue.  Therfore 
 he  that  delyuered  me  vnto  y,  hath  the  more 
 synne.  From  that  tyme  forth  Pilate  sought 
 meanes  to  lowse  him.  But  the  lewes  cryed, 
 5  sayde  :  Yi  thou  let  him  go,  thou  art  not  the 
 Emperours  frede.  For  'whosoeuer  maketh 
 himself  kynge,  is  agaynst  the  Emperoure. 
 
 Whan  Pilate  herde  y  worde,-'  he  brought 
 lesus  forth,  u  sat  hi  downe  vpo  y  iudgmet 
 seate,  in  the  place  which  is  called  the  Paue- 
 ment,  but  in  the  Hebrue,  Gabbatha.  It  was 
 the  daye  of  preparinge  of  the  Easter  aboute 
 the  sixte  houre.  And  he  sayde  vnto  the 
 lewes:  Beholde  youre  kynge.  But  they 
 cryed :  Awaye  with  him,  awaye  with  him, 
 crucifie  him.  Pilate  saide  vnto  the  :  Shal  I 
 crucifye  youre  kynge  ?  The  hye  prestes 
 answered:  We  haue  no  kynge  but  f  Em- 
 peroure. The  delyuered  he  him  vnto  them, 
 to  be  crucifyed. 
 
 They  toke  lesus,  and  led  him  awaye.  And 
 he  bare  his  crosse,ir  and  wente  out  to  the  place 
 called  y  place  of  deed  mens  skulles,  which  in 
 Hebrue  is  named  Golgatha,  where  they  cru- 
 cified him,  and  two  other  with  him,  on  either 
 syde  one,  but  lesus  in  the  myddes.  **  Pilate 
 wrote  a  superscripcion,  and  set  vpon  the 
 crosse.  And  there  was  wrytten :  lesus  of 
 Nazareth,  kynge  of  the  lewes.  This  super- 
 scripcion red  many  of  the  lewes.  For  ;y-  place 
 where  lesus  was  crucifyed,  was  nye  vnto  the 
 cite.  And  it  was  wrytten  in  Hebrue,  Greke 
 J  Latyn.  Then  sayde  the  hye  prestes  of  the 
 lewes  \iito  Pilate :  Wryte  not  kynge  of  the 
 lewes,  but  y  he  sayde,  I  am  kynge  of  the 
 lewes.  Pilate  answered :  What  I  haue  wn,!- 
 ten,  that  haue  I  wrytten. 
 
 II  Sap. 6.  a.     loh.  3.  d.      Rom.  13.  a.  'Act.  17.  b. 
 
 /  Mat.  27.  d.    Mar.  l.i.  c.    Luc.  23.  c.  H  Luc.  23.  c. 
 
 Heb.  13.  b.  ••  Mat.  27.  d.    Marc.  15.  c.   Luc.  23.  d. 
 
|Ci)ap.  VV^ 
 
 Cfte  gogprll  of  ^.  3J)on. 
 
 jTo.  tvfaij* 
 
 I  The  soudyers,"  whan  they  had  crucifyed 
 lesus,  toke  his  garmentes,  and  made  foure 
 partes,  to  euery  soudyer  one  parte,  and  the 
 cote  also.  As  for  the  cote,  it  was  vnsowed 
 fr5  aboue,  wrought  thorow  and  thorow.  Then 
 sayde  they  one  to  another :  Let  vs  not  deuyde 
 it,  but  cast  lottes  for  it,  who  shal  haue  it,  that 
 the  scripture  might  be  fulfilled,  which  sayeth : 
 *They  haue  parted  my  garmentes  amonge 
 them,  and  on  my  cote  haue  they  cast  lottes. 
 This  dyd  the  soudyers  in  dede. 
 
 There  stode  by  the  crosse  of  lesus,  his 
 mother,  and  his  mothers  sister  Mary,  the  wife 
 of  Cleophas,  and  Mary  Magdalene.  Now 
 whan  lesus  sawe  his  mother,  and  the  disciple 
 stondynge  by,  who  he  loued,  he  sayde  vnto 
 his  mother:  Woman,  beholde,  that  is  thy 
 Sonne.  Then  sayde  he  to  the  disciple :  be- 
 holde, that  is  thy  mother.  And  from  that 
 houre  the  disciple  toke  her  vnto  him. 
 
 After  that,  whan  lesus  knewe  that  all  was 
 perfourmed,  t  that  the  scripture  might  be  ful- 
 fyUed,  he  sayde :  I  am  a  thyrst.  There  stode 
 a  vessell  full  of  vyneger.  They  fyUed  a 
 sponge  with  vyneger  and  *wonde  it  aboute 
 with  ysope,  and  helde  it  to  his  mouth.  Now 
 whan  lesus  had  receaued  the  vyneger,  he 
 sayde :  It  is  fynished,  and  bowed  his  heade, 
 and  gaue  vp  the  goost. 
 
 The  lewes  then,  for  so  moch  as  it  was  the 
 daye  of  preparinge,  that  f  bodies  shulde  not 
 remayne  vpon  the  crosse  on  the  Sabbath,  (for 
 f  same  Sabbath  daye  was  greate)  besought 
 Pilate,  that  their  legges  might  be  broken,  and 
 that  they  might  be  taken  downe.  Then  came 
 the  soudyers,  and  brake  the  legges  of  the 
 first,  and  of  the  other  that  was  crucifyed  with 
 him.  But  whan  they  came  to  lesus,  and 
 sawe  that  he  was  deed  aUready,  they  brake 
 not  his  legges,  but  one  of  the  soudyers  opened 
 his  syde  with  a  speare.  +And  immediatly 
 there  wente  out  bloude  and  water. 
 
 And  he  that  sawe  it,  bare  recorde,  and  his 
 recorde  is  true.  And  he  knoweth  that  he 
 sayeth  true,  that  ye  might  beleue  also.  For 
 this  is  done,  y  the  scripture  might  be  ful- 
 fylled:  ^Ye  shal  not  breake  a  bone  of  him. 
 And  agayne,  another  scripture  sayeth :  II  They 
 shal  se  him,  whom  they  haue  pearsed. 
 
 After  that,  Joseph  of  Arimathia,  which  was 
 
 "  Mat.  27.  d.  Marc.  15.  c.  •  Psal.  21.  b.  t  Psal.  68.  c. 
 Mat.  27.  e.  Marc.  15.  d.  JZach.lS.a.  ^Exod.l2.g. 
 I  Zach.  12.  c.        '  Marc.  15.  e.    Mat.  27.  g.     Luc.  23.  c. 
 
 a  disciple  of  lesus  (but  secretly  "^  for  feare  of 
 the  lewes)  besought  Pilate,  y  he  might  take 
 downe  the  body  of  lesus.  And  Pilate  gaue 
 him  lycence.  There  came  also  If  Nicodemus, 
 (which  afore  came  vnto  lesus  by  night)  5 
 brought  of  Myrre  (j  Aloes  mingled  together, 
 aboute  an  hudreth  poude  weight. 
 
 The  toke  they  the  body  of  lesus,  (t  wonde 
 it  with  lynnen  clothes,  and  with  the  spyces,  as 
 the  maner  of  the  lewes  is  to  burye.  And  by 
 f  place  where  lesus  was  crucified,  there  was 
 a  garde,  and  in  the  garden  a  new  sepulchre, 
 where  in  was  neuer  man  layed:  there  layed 
 they  lesus,  because  of  the  preparinge  daye 
 of  f  lewes,  for  the  sepulcre  was  nye  at  hande 
 
 Ci^t  yr.  C&apUr. 
 
 VPON  one  daye  of  the  Sabbath,  came 
 Mary  Magdalene  early  (whe  it  was  yet 
 darcke)  vnto  the  sepulcre,  j  sawe  that  the 
 stone  was  take  from  the  sepulcre.  Then 
 ranne  she,  3,  came  to  Symon  Peter,  and  to  ;y^ 
 other  disciple,  **whom  lesus  loued,  and  sayde 
 vnto  them :  They  haue  take  awaye  the 
 LORDE  out  of  the  sepulcre,  %  we  can  not 
 tell  where  they  haue  layed  him.  The  wete 
 Peter  forth  and  the  other  disciple,  and  came 
 to  the  sepulcre.  They  rane  both  together, 
 and  that  other  disciple  out  rane  Peter,  and 
 came  first  to  the  sepulcre,  and  loked  in,  and 
 sawe  the  lynnen  clothes  layed.  But  he  wete 
 not  in.  The  came  Symon  Peter  after  him 
 and  wente  in  to  the  sepulcre,  5  sawe  the 
 lynne  clothes  lye,  and  the  napkyn  that  was 
 bounde  aboute  lesus  heade,  not  layed  with 
 the  lynnen  clothes,  but  wrapped  together  in 
 a  place  by  it  self.  The  wete  I  also  y  other 
 disciple,  which  came  first  to  f  sepulcre,  5  he 
 sawe  d  beleued :  for  as  yet  they  knewe  not  f 
 scriptures,''  y  it  behoued  hi  to  ryse  agayne 
 fro  f  deed.  The  wete  y  disciples  againe 
 together. 
 
 As  for  Mary,  she  stode  before  ;y^  sepulcre  5 
 wepte  without.  Now  as  she  wepte,  she  loked 
 in  to  the  sepulcre,  and  sawe  two  angels  in 
 whyte  garmentes  syttinge,  y  one  at  the  heade, 
 (S  the  other  at  y  fete,  where  they  had  layed 
 the  body  of  lesus.  And  they  sayde  vnto  her: 
 Woma,  why  wepest  thou  ?  She  saide  vnto 
 the :  They  haue  taken  awaye  my  LORDE,  5 
 
 IT  loh.  3.  a. 
 
 '  loh.  13.  c.  19.  c.  21. 
 Act.  2.  c.  13.  d.  17. 1 
 
 144 
 
#0.  rrbuj. 
 
 Cftr  godptll  of  ^,  3!)on. 
 
 Cljap.  )tTU 
 
 I  wote  not  where  they  haue  layed  hi.  And 
 whan  she  had  sayde  y,  she  turned  her  self 
 backe,  5  sawe  lesus  stondinge,  5  knewe  not  y 
 it  was  lesus.  lesus  sayde  viito  her:  Woman, 
 why  wepest  thou  ?  Whom  sekest  thou  ?  She 
 thought  y  it  had  bene  f  gardener,  5  sayde 
 vnto  him :  Syr,  yf  thou  hast  borne  him 
 hence:  then  tell  me  where  thou  hast  layed 
 him  ?  and  I  wil  fetch  hi.  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 her :  Mary.  Then  turned  she  her  aboute,  5 
 sayde  vnto  him:  Rabboni,  y  is  to  saye: 
 Master.  lesus  sayde  vnto  her :  Touche  me 
 not,  for  I  am  not  yet  ascended  vnto  my 
 father.  But  go  thou  thy  waye  vnto  my 
 ♦brethre  (t  saye  vnto  the:  I  ascede  vp  vnto 
 my  father  and  youre  father :  to  my  God,  j 
 youre  God.  "  Mary  Magdalene  came,  5  tolde 
 f  disciples:*  I  haue  sene  the  LORDE,  5  soch 
 thinges  hath  he  spoken  vnto  me. 
 
 The  same  Sabbath  at  eue  wha  y  disciples 
 were  gathered  together,'  and  the  dores  were 
 shut  for  feare  of  y  lewes,  came  lesus,  and 
 stode  I  y  myddes,  g  sayde  vnto  the:  Peace  be 
 with  you.  And  wha  he  had  so  sayde,  he 
 shewed  the  his  hades  (t  his  syde.  *  The  were 
 y'  disciples  glad,  y  they  sawe  y  LORDE. 
 The  sayde  lesus  vnto  the  agayne :  Peace  be 
 with  you.t  Like  as  my  father  sent  me,  eue 
 so  sede  I  you.  And  whan  he  had  sayde  y, 
 he  brethed  vpo  the,  and  sayde  vnto  the : 
 Receaue  the  holy  goost.  Whose  synnes  so- 
 euer  ye  remytte,  they  are  remytted  vnto  the : 
 and  whose  synnes  so  euer  ye  retayne,  they  are 
 retayned. 
 
 But  Thomas  one  of  the  twolue^  which  is 
 called  Didimus,  was  not  with  the  wha  lesus 
 came.  The  sayde  the  other  disciples  vnto 
 him :  We  haue  sene  the  LORDE.  But  he 
 sayde  vnto  the:  Excepte  I  se  in  his  handes 
 the  prynte  of  the  nales,  and  put  my  hade  in 
 to  his  syde,  I  wil  not  beleue. 
 
 And  after  eight  dayes  agayne  were  his  dis- 
 ciples with  in,  5  Thomas  with  the.  The  came 
 lesus  (wha  f  dores  were  shutt)  d  stode  in  the 
 myddes,  5  sayde :  Peace  be  with  you.  After 
 y  sayde  he  \'iito  Thomas :  Reach  hither  thy 
 fynger,  and  se  my  handes,  and  reach  hither 
 thy  hade,  and  put  it  1  to  my  syde,  5  be  not 
 faithlesse,  but  beleue.  Thomas  answered,  5 
 sayde  vnto  him :  My  LORDE,  and  my  God. 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  Thomas,  because  thou 
 
 •  Psal.  21. 
 Luc.  24.  c. 
 
 "  loba.  16.  d.  '  Luc.  24.  a. 
 
 tloh.  16.C.        +Esa.  61.  a.    Mar.  16.  b. 
 
 hast  sene  me,  thou  hast  beleued.     Blessed  are 
 they,  that  se  not,  and  yet  beleue. 
 
 Many  other  tokes  dyd  lesus  before  his 
 disciples,  which  are  not  wrytte  in  this  boke. 
 But  these  are  wrytte,  y  ye  shulde  beleue,  y 
 lesus  is  Christ  the  sonne  of  God,  5  that  ye 
 thorow  beleue  might  haue  life  in  his  name. 
 
 CJ)£  ni-  Cl)aptn-. 
 
 AFTER  that  shewed  lesus  himself  agayne 
 at  the  see  of  Tiberias.  But  on  this 
 wyse  shewed  he  himself.  There  were  together 
 Symo  Peter,  5  Thomas  which  is  called  Didi- 
 mus, 5  II  Nathanael  of  Cana  a  cite  of  Galile, 
 5  the  sonnes  of  Zebede,  5  two  other  of  his 
 disciples.  Symon  Peter  sayde  vnto  the  :  I  go 
 a  fyshinge.  They  sayde  vnto  hi :  We  also 
 wil  go  with  the.  They  wete  out,  5  entred  in 
 to  a  shippe  straight  waye.  And  y  same  night 
 toke  they  nothinge.  But  wha  it  was  now 
 morow,  lesus  stode  on  the  shore,  but  his  dis- 
 ciples knewe  not  y  it  was  lesus.  lesus  sayde 
 vnto  the :  Childre,  haue  ye  eny  thinge  to 
 eate  ?  They  answered  hi :  No.  He  sayde 
 vnto  the  :  ''  Cast  out  the  nett  on  y  right  syde 
 of  the  shippe,  (j  ye  shal  fynde.  The  they 
 cast  out,  5  coulde  nomore  drawe  it  for  f  mul- 
 titude of  fishes.  The  sayde  y  disciple  If  who 
 lesus  loued,  vnto  Peter :  It  is  the  LORDE. 
 
 Whan  Simon  Peter  herde  that  it  was  the 
 LORDE,  he  gyrde  his  manteU  aboute  him 
 (for  he  was  naked)  and  sprange  in  to  y  see. 
 But  other  disciples  came  by  shippe  (for  they 
 were  not  farre  fro  londe,  but  as  it  were  two 
 hundreth  cubytes)  and  they  drewe  the  net 
 with  the  fiszhes.  Now  whan  they  were  come 
 to  londe,  they  sawe  coles  layed,  and  fysh 
 theron,  and  bred.  lesus  sayde  vnto  the : 
 'Bringe  hither  of  the  fyshes,  that  ye  haue 
 taken  now.  Symon  Peter  stepped  forth,  and 
 drew  the  nett  to  the  londe,  full  of  greate 
 fyszhes,  an  hundreth  and  thre  and  fyftie. 
 And  for  all  there  were  so  many,  yet  was  not 
 the  net  broken. 
 
 lesus  sayde  vnto  them :  Come,  and  dyne. 
 But  none  of  the  disciples  durst  axe  him : 
 Who  art  thou  ?  For  they  knewe,  that  it  was 
 the  LORDE.  Then  came  lesus,  and  toke  f 
 bred,  and  gaue  it  the :  and  the  fyszhe  like- 
 wyse.    This  is  now  the  thirde  tyme  that  lesus 
 
 4.  a.     loh.  17. 
 "f  Luc.  5.  a. 
 
 Hoh.  11.  b.  II  loh.  I.e. 
 
 II  loh.  13.  c.         '  Luc.  24.  d. 
 
[Cftap.  xi:t 
 
 Clje  gospdl  of  ^,  M)oiu 
 
 fo,  nt. 
 
 appeared  vnto  his  disciples,  after  that  he  was 
 rysen  agayne  from  the  deed. 
 
 Now  wha  they  had  dyned,  lesus  sayde  vnto 
 Symon  Peter :  Symo  lohana,  louest  thou  me 
 more  then  these  do  ?  He  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 Yee  LORDE,  thou  knowest  y  I  loue  the. 
 He  sayde  vnto  him :  Fede  my  labes.  He 
 sayde  vnto  him  agayne  the  seconde  tyme : 
 Symo  lohana,  louest  thou  me  ?  He  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Yee  LORDE,  thou  knowest,  y  I 
 loue  y.  He  sayde  vnto  him :  Fede  my  shepe. 
 He  saide  vnto  him  f  thirde  tyme :  Symon 
 lohana,  louest  thou  me  ?  Peter  was  sory, 
 because  he  sayde  vnto  him,  louest  thou  me  ? 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  him:  "LORDE,  thou 
 knowest  all  thinges,  thou  knowest,  that  I 
 loue  f.    lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  Fede  my  shepe. 
 
 Verely  verely  I  saye  vnto  the  :  Whan  thou 
 wast  yoge,  thou  gerdedst  thyselfe,  and  walkedst 
 whither  thou  woldest.  *  But  wha  thou  art 
 olde,  thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thy  handes, '  and 
 another  shal  gyrde  the,  and  lede  the  whither 
 thou  woldest   not.      But   this   he   sayde,    to 
 
 signifye   with  what  death  he  shulde  glorifye 
 God. 
 
 Whan  he  had  spoken  this,  he  sayde  vnto 
 him  :  Folowe  me.  Peter  turned  him  aboute, 
 and  sawe  the  disciple  folowinge,  whom  lesus 
 loued,  (* which  also  leaned  vpo  his  brest  at 
 the  supper,  and  sayde:  LORDE,  who  is  it 
 that  betrayeth  the)  ?  Wha  Peter  sawe  him, 
 he  sayde  vnto  lesus:  LORDE,  but  what  shal 
 he  do  ?  lesus  sayde  vnto  him  :  Yf  I  wil  that 
 he  tary  tyll  I  come,  what  is  that  to  the? 
 Folowe  thou  me.  Then  wente  there  out  a  I 
 sayenge  amonge  the  brethren :  This  disciple 
 dyeth  not  And  lesus  sayde  not  vnto  him : 
 He  dyeth  not,  but :  Yf  I  wil  that  he  tary  tyll 
 I  come,  what  is  that  to  the  ?  This  is  the 
 same  disciple,  which  testifyeth  of  these  thinges, 
 and  wrote  these  thinges,  and  we  knowe  that 
 his  testimony  is  true. 
 
 There  are  many  other  thinges  also  that 
 lesus  dyd,  which,  yf  they  shulde  be  wrytte 
 euery  one,  I  suppose  the  worlde  shulde  not 
 contayne  the  bokes,  that  were  to  be  wrytten. 
 
 CI)e  tiHit  of  tf)t  <Bo^ptU  of  ^,  3i&on. 
 
Ujrgttctt  tig  S-  Hufec  tlb^  ^uangcli0t 
 
 Ci^ap.  I.— The  ascension  of  Christ.     Mathias  is 
 
 chosen  in  the  steade  of  ludas. 
 
 C!)ap.  II.— The  commynge  of  the_  holy  goost. 
 The  sermon  of  Peter  before  the  cogregacion  at 
 lerusalem,  and  the  increase  of  the  faithfuli. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III.— The  halt  is  restored  to  his  fete. 
 Peter  preacheth  Christ  vnto  the  people. 
 
 Cijap.  nil. — The  Apostles  are  take  and  brought 
 before  the  councell.  They  are  forbydden  to 
 preach,  but  they  turne  them  vnto  prayer,  and 
 are  more  obedient  vnto  God  then  vnto  men. 
 
 Cl)ap.  V. — The  dyssemblynge  of  Ananias  and 
 Saphira  is  punyshed.  Miracles  are  done  by  the 
 Apostles,  which  are  taken,  but  the  angel  of  God 
 bryngeth  them  out  of  preson.  They  are  brought 
 before  the  councell.  The  sentence  of  Gamaliel. 
 The  apostles  are  bett,  they  reioyse  in  trouble. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. — Ministers  (or  deacons)  are  ordened 
 in  the  congregacion  to  do  seruyce  in  necessary 
 thinges  of  the  body,  that  the  Apostles  mayewayte 
 onely  vpo  the  worde  of  God.     Steuen  is  accused. 
 
 C{)ap.  VII. — Steuen  raaketh  answere  to  his  ac- 
 cusacion,  rebuketh  the  hardnecked  lues,  and  is 
 stoned  vnto  death. 
 
 Cf)ap.  VIII. — Saul  persecuteth  the  Christe,  The 
 Apostles  are  scatred  abrode.  Philip  commeth  in 
 to  Samaria.  Simon  magus  is  baptised,  he  dys- 
 sembleth.     Philip  baptiseth  the  chamberlayne. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. — Paul  is  conuerted,  and  confoundeth 
 the  lues.     Peter  rayseth  Tabitha. 
 
 Ci)ap.  X. — The  vision  that  Peter  sawe.  How 
 he  was  sent  to  Cornelius.  The  Heithen  also 
 receaue  the  sprete,  and  are  baptised. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XI. — Peter  sheweththe  cause  wherfore  he 
 wente  to  the  Heithen.  Barnabas  and  Paul 
 preach  vnto  the  Heithen.  Agabus  prophecieth 
 derth  for  to  come. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. — Herode  persecuteth  the  christe, 
 kylleth  lames,  and  putteth  Peter  in  preson,  who 
 the  LORDE  delyuereth  by  an  angell.  The 
 shamefuU  death  of  Herode. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIII.— Paul  and  Barnabas  are  called  to 
 preach  amonge  the  Heithen.  Of  Sergius  Paulus 
 and  Elymas  the  sorcerar.  Paul  preacheth  at 
 Antioche. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XIIII. — Paul  and  Barnabas  preach  at 
 Iconium  :  some  beleue,  some  stere  vp  sedicion. 
 At  Lislra  they  wolde  do  sacrifice  to  Barnabas  and 
 Paul,  which  refuse  it,  and  exorte  the  people  to 
 worshipe  the  true  God.     Paul  is  stoned,  after 
 
 that  commeth  he  to  Derba,  lystra,  Iconium  and 
 to  Antioche. 
 
 Cijap.  XV.  —  Variaunce  aboute  circumcision, 
 The  Apostles  pacific  the  matter  at  lerusale. 
 Paul  and  Barnabas  preach  at  Antioche. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. — Timothy  is  circumcised,  Paul 
 preacheth  at  Philippos,  and  there  is  he  put  in 
 preson. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVII. — Paul  cometh  to  Thessalonica, 
 where  the  lues  set  the  cite  on  a  roore.  Paul 
 escapeth,  and  commeth  to  Athens,  where  he 
 preacheth  the  true  and  vnknowne  God. 
 
 €f)ap.  XVIII.— Paul  preacheth  at  Corinthum, 
 contynuinge  there  a  yeare  and  a  half,  goeth 
 agayne  in  to  Syria,  commeth  to  Ephesus,  Cesarea 
 and  Antioche.    Of  Apollos,  Aquila  and  Priscilla. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIX. — Of  the  xij.  men  whom  Paul  bap- 
 tised at  Ephesus,  and  what  miracles  were  done  by 
 him.     Demetrius  moueth  sedicion  in  the  cite. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XX. — Paul  goeth  in  to  Macedonia  and  in 
 to  Grekelonde.  At  Troas  he  rayseth  vp  a  deed 
 body.  At  Ephesus  he  calleth  the  elders  of  the 
 congregacion  together,  committeth  the  kepinge 
 of  Gods  flocke  vnto  them,  warneth  the  for  false 
 teachers,  maketh  his  prayer  with  them,  and 
 departeth  to  shippe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXI. — Pauls  iourneye  by  shippe.  Of 
 Philippe  the  Euagelist,  and  Agabus  the  Prophet, 
 which  warneth  Paul  not  to  go  to  lerusalem.  He 
 remayneth  stedfast  in  his  purpose,  and  is  taken 
 in  the  temple. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXII. — Paul  answereth  the  lewes,  is 
 scourged,  and  layed  in  preson  agayne. 
 
 Cl^ap.  XXIII. — Paul  commeth  before  the  coun- 
 cell. Debate  ariseth  amonge  the  people,  the 
 captayne  delyuereth  him,  God  conforteth  him. 
 
 €I)ap.  XXIIII. — Paul  is  accused  before  felix,  he 
 answereth  for  himself. 
 
 Cljap.  XXV. — The  lewes  accuse  Paul  before 
 Festus,  he  appealeth  vnto  the  Emperoure,  and  is 
 sent  vnto  Rome. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVI. — Kynge  Agrippa  heareth  Paul, 
 which  telleth  him  his  callinge  from  the  be- 
 gynnynge. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXVII. — Pauls  shippinge  towarde  Rome, 
 lulius  the  captayne  intreateth  Paul  curteously, 
 at  the  last  they  suffre  shipwrake. 
 
 CI)ap.  XXVIII.— The  vyper  hurteth  not  Pauls 
 hande,  he  healeth  Publius  father,  and  preacheth 
 Christ  at  Rome. 
 
Z^t  ^tttS  of  t^t  ^po^tU^. 
 
 €i)e  Kvit  C()aptir. 
 
 THE  first  treatise  (deare  Theophilus) 
 haue  I  made  of  all  that  lesus  beganne 
 to  do  and  to  teache,  vntyll  f  daye  that  he 
 was  taken  vp,  after  that  he  (thorow  the  holy 
 goost)  had  geuen  commaundementes  to  the 
 Apostles,  whom  he  had  chosen :  to  who  also 
 he  shewed  himself  "alyue  after  his  passion,  by 
 many  tokes,  and  appeared  vnto  them  fourtye 
 dayes  longe,  and  spake  vnto  them  of  the 
 kyngdome  of  God. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  gathered  them  together, 
 he  commaunded  them  that  they  shulde  not 
 departe  from  Jerusalem,  but  to  wayte  for  the 
 promyse  of  the  father,  wherof  (sayde  he)  ye 
 haue  herde*  of  me  :*  For  Ihon  baptysed  with 
 water,  but  ye  shalbe  baptysed  with  f  holy 
 goost,  (J  that  within  this  few  dayes. 
 
 Now  whan  they  were  come  together,  they 
 axed  him,  and  sayde :  LORDE,  shalt  thou 
 at  this  tyme  set  vp  the  kyngdome  of  Israel 
 agayne?  But  he  sayde  vnto  them:  It  be- 
 longeth  not  vnto  you  to  knowe  the  "^tymes  or 
 seasons,  which  the  father  hath  kepte  in  his 
 awne  power,  but  ye  shal  receaue  the  power 
 of  f  holy  goost,"*  which  shal  come  vpon  you, 
 and  ye  shalbe  my  witnesses  at  lerusalem,  and 
 in  all  lewrye  and  Samaria,  and  vnto  the 
 ende  of  the  earth. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  spoken  these  thinges, 
 whyle  they  behelde,  he  was  taken  vp,  and  a 
 'cloude  receaued  him  from  their  sight.  And 
 whyle  they  loked  after  him,  as  he  wente  in 
 to  heauen,  beholde,  there  stode  by  them  two 
 men  in  whyte  garmentes,  which  also  sayde : 
 Ye  men  of  Galile,  Why  stonde  ye  gasynge  vp 
 
 ■"Ioh.20.  21.        »Ioh.  14.C.        'Act.  11.  b.    loh.  3.  b. 
 Mat.  24.  c.  ■<  Luc.  24.  d.    Act.  2.  a.     Act.  2.  d. 
 
 Mat.  28.  b.     Marc.  16.  b.     Luc.  24.  d.  t  Dan.  7.  b. 
 
 in  to  heauen?  This  lesus  which  is  take  vp 
 from  you  in  to  heauen  t  shal  come  euen  so 
 as  ye  haue  sene  him  go  in  to  heauen. 
 
 Then  turned  they  agayne  from  y  mount 
 that  is  called  Oliuete,  which  is  nye  to  leru- 
 salem, and  hath  a  Sabbath  dayes  ioumey. 
 And  whan  they  came  in,  they  wente  vp  in 
 to  a  parler,  where  abode  -^  Peter  and  lames, 
 Ihon  and  Andrew,  Philippe  and  Thomas, 
 Bartilmew  and  Mathew,  lames  the  sonne  of 
 Alpheus,  and  Simon  Zelotes,  and  ludas  the 
 Sonne  of  lames.  These  all  contynued  with 
 one  acorde  in  prayer  and  supphcacion,  with 
 the  wemen  and  Mary  the  mother  of  lesu  and 
 with  his  brethren 
 
 And  in  those  dayes  Peter  stode  vp  in  the 
 myddes  amonge  the  disciples,  and  sayde: 
 (The  company  of  the  names  together,  was 
 aboute  an  hundreth  and  twentye.)  Ye  men 
 and  brethren,  this  scripture  must  nedes  be 
 fulfylled,  which  f  holy  goost  by  the  mouth  of 
 Dauid  spake  before  of  ludas,  which  was  a 
 gyde  of  the  that  toke  lesus :  t  for  he  was 
 nombred  with  vs,  and  had  opteyned  the 
 felashippe  of  this  mynistracion.  This  same 
 trulye  possessed  the  i  felde  for  the  rewarde 
 of  vnrighteousnes,  and  hanged  himself,  and 
 brast  a  sunder  in  the  myddes,  and  all  his 
 bowels  guszhed  out.  And  it  is  knowne  vnto 
 all  the  that  dwell  at  lerusalem,  in  so  moch 
 that  the  same  felde  is  called  in  their  mother 
 tonge  Acheldema,  that  is  to  saye,  the  bloude 
 felde. 
 
 For  it  is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  psalmes : 
 His  habitacion  be  voyde,  and  noman  be 
 dwellinge  therin.  And:  II  His  biszhoprike 
 another  take.     Wherfore  amonge  these  men 
 
 Mat.   24.   c.      Marc.    13.   c.      Luc.   17.   c.   and   21.   d. 
 /Mat.  10.  a.   Marc.  3.  b.    Luc.  6. b. and  9.  a.      {  Mat  10  a  i 
 
 ^Mat.  27.  a.         ||  Psal.  68.  d.     Psal.  108.  a.  "      ''| 
 
#0.  tnih 
 
 Cf)e  lams  of  ti)t  apostles. 
 
 €f)ap.  ij» 
 
 'which  haue  bene  gathered  together  with  vs 
 (all  the  tj-me  that  the  LORDE  lesus  wete 
 out  and  in  amonge  vs,  begjiinynge  from  the 
 baptyme  of  Ihon,  \Tityll  y  daye  that  he  was 
 take  vp  from  vs)  must  one  be  a  wytnesse  with 
 vs  of  his  resurreccion. 
 
 And  they  appoynted  two  (loseph"  called 
 Barsabas,  whose  syrname  was  Justus,  and 
 Mathias.)  makinge  their  prayer  and  sayenge  : 
 Thou  LORDE,  *  which  knowest  the  hertes  of 
 all  men,  shewe  whether  of  these  two  thou  hast 
 chosen,  that  the  one  maye  take  the  rowme  of 
 this  mjTiistracion  and  Apostelshippe,  from  the 
 which  ludas  by  transgression  fell,  that  he 
 might  go  awaye  in  to  his  awne  place.  And 
 they  gaue  forth  the  lottes  ouer  them,  and  the 
 lot  fell  vpon  Mathias.  And  he  was  counted 
 with  the  eleuen  Apostles. 
 
 Ci)c  i).  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  whan  the  *  Whit  sondaye  was  ful- 
 fylled,  they  were  all  with  one  acorde 
 together  in  one  place.  And  sodenly  there 
 came  a  sounde  from  heauen,  as  it  had  bene 
 the  comynge  of  a  mightie  wynde,  and  it 
 fylled  the  whole  house  where  they  sat.  And 
 there  appeared  vnto  them  clouen  tunges,  like 
 as  they  had  bene  of  fyre.  And  he  sat  vpon 
 ech  one  of  them,  and  they  were  all  fylled  vnith 
 the  holy  goost.  t  And  they  beganne  to  preach 
 with  other  tunges,  euen  as  the  sprete  gaue 
 them  vtteraunce. 
 
 There  were  dwellinge  at  Jerusalem  lewes, 
 men  that  feared  God,  out  of  euery  nacion 
 that  is  vnder  heauen.  Now  whan  this  voyce 
 came  to  passe,  the  multitude  came  together, 
 and  were  astonyed :  For  euery  one  herde, 
 that  they  spake  with  his  awne  tunge.  They 
 wondred  aU  and  marueyled,  and  sayde  amonge 
 them  selues :  Beholde,  are  not  all  these  which 
 speake,  of  Galile  ?  How  heare  we  the  euery 
 one  his  awne  tunge,  wherin  we  were  borne  ? 
 Parthians  and  Medes,  and  Elamites,  and  we 
 that  dwell  in  Mesopotamia,  and  in  lewry  and 
 Capadocia,  Pontus,  and  Asia,  Phrigia  and 
 Pamphilia,  Egipte,  and  in  the  partes  of  Lybia 
 by  Cyren,  and  straungers  of  Rome,  lewes 
 and  i  Proselytes,  Cretes  and  Arabians :  we 
 heare  them  speake  with  oure  awne  tunges  the 
 greate  workes  of  God. 
 
 •  Act.  4.  d.         »  1  Par.  29.  c.         •  Deut.  16.  b.     Leui. 
 i4.  d.         t  Mar.  16.  c.  t  Mat.  23.  b.  '  loel  2.  f. 
 
 pLuc.  2.   f.     Act.  21.    b.         «  Act.    10.   b.    and    16.  b. 
 
 They  were  all  amased,  and  wondred,  and 
 sayde  one  to  another:  What  wil  this  be? 
 But  other  mocked  them,  and  sayde:  They 
 are  full  of  swete  wjne.  Then  stode  Peter  vp 
 with  the  eleuen,  and  lift  vp  his  voyce,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them  : 
 
 Ye  men  of  lewry,  and  all  ye  that  dwell  at 
 lerusale,  be  this  knowne  vnto  you,  and  let 
 my  wordes  entre  in  at  youre  eares.  For  these 
 are  not  dronken,  as  ye  suppose,  for  it  is  yet 
 but  the  thirde  houre  of  y  daye :  but  this  is  it. 
 that  was  spoke  before  by  the  prophet  loel : 
 And  it  shal  come  to  passe  in  the  last  dayes,' 
 sayeth  God,  I  will  poure  out  of  my  sprete 
 vpon  all  flesh,  and  youre  sonnes  and  youre 
 doughters  shal  prophecye,  and  youre  yonge 
 men''  shal  se  visions  i  and  youre  olde  men 
 shall  dreame  dreames,  and  on  my  seruauntes 
 and  on  my  handmaydens  wyll  I  poure  out  of 
 my  sprete  in  those  dayes,  5  they  shal  prophecye. 
 And  I  wil  shewe  wonders  in  heauen  aboue, 
 and  tokens  on  the  earth  beneth,'  bloude  and 
 fyre,  and  the  vapoure  of  smoke.  The  Sonne 
 shalbe  turned  in  to  darknesse,  and  the  Moone 
 in  to  bloude,  before  that  greate  and  notable 
 daye  of  the  LORDE  come.  And  it  shall 
 come  to  passe,  /Who  so  euer  shal  call  vpo  the 
 name  of  the  LORDE,  shalbe  saued. 
 
 Ye  men  of  Israel,  heare  these  wordes:  lesus 
 of  Nazareth,  y  man  approued  of  God  amonge 
 you  with  miracles,  and  wonders  and  tokens, 
 which  God  dyd  by  him  in  the  myddes  amonge 
 you,  as  ye  youre  selues  knowe  also,  II  him 
 (after  that  he  was  delyuered  by  the  deter- 
 minate councell  and  foreknowlege  of  God) 
 haue  ye  taken  by  the  handes  of  vnrighteous 
 personnes,  and  crucifyed  him,  5  slajTie  him, 
 who  God  hath  raysed  vp,^  and  lowsed  the 
 sorowes  of  death,  for  so  moch  as  it  was  vn- 
 possyble  that  he  shulde  be  holden  of  it.  For 
 Dauid  speaketh  of  him :  ''A  fore  honde  haue  I 
 set  the  LORDE  allwayes  before  me,  for  he 
 is  on  my  right  hode,  that  I  shulde  not  be 
 moued.  Therfore  dyd  my  hert  reioyse,  and 
 my  tunge  was  glad:  For  my  flesh  also  shal 
 rest  in  hope.  For  thou  shalt  not  leaue  my 
 soule  in  hell,  nether  shalt  thou  suffer  thy  Holy 
 to  se  corrupcion.  Thou  hast  shewed  me  the 
 wayes  of  life,  thou  shalt  make  me  full  of  ioye 
 with  thy  countenaunce. 
 
 Mat.  27.  f.     Luc.  23.  d.        /  Ro.  10.  b.         ||  Mat.  27.  c. 
 «  Act.  10.  e.         ''  Psal.  Ij.  b. 
 
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 #0.  miih 
 
 Ye  men  and  brethren,  let  me  frely  speake 
 vnto  you  of  the  Patryarke  Dauid :  For  he  is 
 deed  and  buried,"  and  his  sepulcre  is  with  vs 
 vnto  this  daye.  Wherfore  now  seinge  y  he 
 was  a  prophet,  and  knewe  that  God  had 
 promised  him  with  an  ooth,  that  the  frute  of 
 his  loynes  shulde  syt  on  his  seate,*  he  sawe  it 
 before,  and  spake  of  the  resurreccion  of  Christ: 
 for  his  soule  was  not  left  in  hell,  nether  hath 
 his  flesh  sene  corrupeion.  This  lesus  hath 
 God  raysed  vp,"^  wherof  we  all  are  witnesses. 
 
 Seynge  now  that  he  by  the  right  hande  of 
 God  *  is  exalted,  and  hath  receaued  of  y 
 father  f  promyse  of  the  holy  goost,  he  hath 
 shed  forth  this,  that  ye  se  and  heare.  For 
 Dauid  is  not  ascended  in  to  heauen,  but  he 
 sayde:  TheLORDEsayde  vntomy  LORDE: 
 Syt  thou  on  my  righte  hande,''  vntyll  I  make 
 thine  enemies  thy  fote  stole.  So  therfore  let 
 allthe  house  of  Israel  knowe  for  a  suertye,  y 
 God  hath  made  this  same  lesus  (whom  ye 
 haue  crucified)  LORDE  and  Christ. 
 
 'Whan  they  herde  this,  their  hert  pricked 
 them,  and  they  sayde  vnto  Peter  and  to  the 
 other  Apostles :  Ye  men  and  brethre,  ♦  What 
 shal  we  do  ?  Peter  sayde  onto  them :  Amede 
 youre  selues,  and  let  euery  one  of  you  be 
 baptysed  in  the  name  of  lesus  Christ,  for  the 
 remyssion  of  synnes,  and  ye  shal  receaue  the 
 gifte  of  the  holy  goost.  For  this  t  promyse 
 was  made  vnto  you  and  youre  children,  and 
 to  all  that  are  farre  of,  wh5  so  euer  the 
 LORDE  oure  God  shal  call.  And  with  many 
 other  wordes  bare  he  witnesse,  and  exorted 
 them,  and  sayde :  Saue  youre  selues  from  this 
 vntowarde  generacion.  They  that  gladly  re- 
 ceaued his  preachinge,  were  baptysed,  j  the 
 same  daye  there  were  added  vnto  them  aboute 
 thre  thousande  soules. 
 
 They  contynued  in  the  Apostles  doctryne, 
 and  in  the  felashippe,  and  in  breakynge  of 
 bred,  and  in  prayer.  And  feare  came  vpo 
 euery  soule,  and  many  wonders  and  tokens 
 were  done  by  f  Apostles.  But  all  they  that 
 beleued,  were  together,  ■'^and  had  all  thinges 
 commen.  They  solde  their  goodes  and  pos- 
 sessions, and  parted  them  out  amonge  all, 
 acordinge  as  euery  ma  had  nede.  And  they 
 contynued  daylie  with  one  acorde  in  the  teple, 
 and  ^  brake  bred  in  euery  house :    they  toke 
 
 ■■  3  Reg.  2.  b.  »  Psal.  131.  b.  '  Act.  1.  a. 
 
 loh.  15.  c.  •  Philip.  2.  a.  <<  Psal.  109.  a. 
 
 '  Zach.  12.  c.  t  Luc.  3.  b.     Act.   9.  a.  and   16.  d. 
 
 their  meate  with  ioye  (j  synglenesse  of  hert, 
 praysinge  God,  and  had  fauoure  with  all  f 
 people.  And  the  LORDE  added  to  the  con 
 gregacion  daylie  soch  as  shulde  be  saued. 
 
 Wi)t  ii).  Cl)apter. 
 
 PETER  and  Ihon  wente  vp  together  in  to 
 the  temple  aboute  the  nyenth  houre  to 
 praye.  And  there  was  a  certayne  man  halt 
 from  his  mothers  wombe,  whom  they  brought 
 and  layed  daylie  at  the  gate  of  the  teple 
 which  is  called,  the  BewtyfuU,  that  he  might 
 axe  almesse  of  them  that  wete  in  to  the  temple, 
 Now  whan  he  sawe  Peter  and  Ihon,  that  they 
 wolde  in  to  the  temple,  he  desyred  to  receaue 
 an  almesse.  Peter  behelde  him  with  Ihon, 
 and  sayde  :  Loke  on  vs.  And  he  gaue  hede 
 vnto  them,  hopynge  to  receaue  some  thinge 
 of  them.  Howbeit  Peter  saide :  Syluer  and 
 golde  haue  I  none :  but  soch  as  I  haue  geue 
 I  the.  Ii  In  the  name  of  lesus  Christ  of 
 Nazareth  ryse  vp  5  walke.  And  he  toke  him 
 by  the  righte  hande  and  lifte  him  vp.  Im- 
 mediatly  his  legges  5  ancle  bones  were  made 
 stroge,  and  he  sprange,  stode  and  walked,  and 
 entred  with  them  in  to  the  teple,  walkynge, 
 and  leapinge  and  praysinge  God. 
 
 And  all  the  people  sawe  him  walke  and 
 prayse  God.  And  they  knewe  him,  y  it  was 
 he,  which  sat  for  almesse  at  the  bewtyfull  gate 
 of  the  temple.  And  they  were  fylled  with 
 wondrynge,  and  were  astonnyed  at  that,  which 
 had  happened  vnto  hi.  But  as  this  halt 
 which  was  healed  helde  him  to  Peter  and 
 Ihon,  all  the  people  ranne  vnto  them  in  to 
 the  If  porche,  which  is  called  Salomos,  and 
 wondred. 
 
 Whan  Peter  sawe  that,  he  answered  vnto 
 the  people :  Ye  men  of  Israel,  why  maruayle 
 ye  at  this,  or  why  loke  ye  so  at  vs,  as  though 
 we  by  oure  awne  power  or  deseruynge,  had 
 made  this  man  to  walke  ?  The  God  of  Abra- 
 ham and  of  Isaac,  and  of  lacob,  f  God  of 
 oure  fathers  hath  glorifyed  his  childe  lesus,** 
 whom  ye  delyuered  and  denyed  in  the  presence 
 of  Pilate,  whan  he  had  iudged  him  to  be 
 lowsed.  But  ye  denyed  the  holy  and  iust, 
 and  desyred  the  murthurer  to  be  geuen  you, 
 but  ye  slewe  the  prynce  of  life,  whom  God 
 hath  raysed  from  the  deed,  of  the  which  we 
 
 }  Joel  2.  f.        /  Act.  4.  d.        j  Esa.  58.  b. 
 %  3  Re.  6.  a.    loh.  10.  c.    Act.  5.  a. 
 
 II  Act.  4.  a. 
 Mat.  27.  c. 
 
jTo.  cm'iij. 
 
 Cfte  2(U^  of  t\)t  gpositks. 
 
 Cftap.  uij.l 
 
 are  witnesses.  And  thorow  f  faith  in  his 
 name,  hath  he  confirmed  his  name  vpon  this 
 man,  whom  ye  se  and  knowe :  and  faith 
 thorow  him,  hath  geue  this  man  this  health 
 before  youre  eyes. 
 
 Now  deare  brethre,  I  knowe  that  ye  haue 
 done  it  *  thorow  ignoraunce,  as  dyd  also  youre 
 rulers.  But  God,  which  by  the  mouth  of  all 
 his  prophetes  had  shewed  before,  y  his  Christ 
 shulde  suffi-e,  hath  so  fulfilled  it.  Do  penaunce 
 now  therfore  and  turne  you,  that  youre  synnes 
 maye  be -done  awaye,  whan  the  tyme  of 
 refreshinge  shal  come  before  the  presence  of 
 the  LORDE,  and  whan  he  shal  sende  him, 
 which  now  before  is  preached  vnto  you,  euen 
 lesus  Christ:  which  must  receaue  heauen 
 vntyll  the  tyme  that  all  thinges,  which  God 
 hath  spoken  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy  pro- 
 phetes sence  f  worlde  beganne,  be  restored 
 agayne. 
 
 For  Moses  sayde  %Tito  f  fathers :  A  prophet 
 shal  the  LORDE  youre  God  rayse  vp  vnto  you," 
 euen  from  amoge  youre  brethren,  like  vnto 
 me :  him  shal  ye  heare,  in  all  that  he  shal 
 saye  vnto  you.  And  it  shal  come  to  passe, 
 what  soule  soeuer  shal  not  heare  the  same 
 prophet,  shal  be  destroyed  from  amonge  the 
 people.  And  aU  the  prophetes  from  Samuel 
 and  thence  forth  as  many  as  haue  spoken, 
 haue  likewyse  tolde  of  these  dayes. 
 
 Ye  are  the  children  of  the  prophetes  and 
 of  the  couenaunt,  which  God  made  vnto  oure 
 fathers,  whan  he  sayde  vnto  Abraha :  *  Thorow 
 thy  sede  shal  all  y  naci5s  of  y  earth  be  blessed. 
 ♦  First  vnto  you  hath  God  raysed  vp  his 
 childe  lesus,  g  sent  hi  vnto  you,  to  blesse  you 
 y  euery  one  shulde  turne  fro  his  wickednesse. 
 
 ®3S)t  iitj.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 BUT  as  they  spake  to  y  people,  there 
 came  vnto  the  the  prestes  and  the  rulers 
 of  the  teple,  and  the  Saduces,  who  it  greued 
 y  they  taught  the  people,  5  preached  in  lesu 
 f  resurreccion  fro  the  deed  and  they  layed 
 nandes  vpon  them,  and  put  the  in  holde  tyll 
 the  morow:  for  it  was  now  euentyde.  How- 
 beit  many  of  the  which  herde  the  worde, 
 beleued,  and  the  nombre  of  f  men  was  aboute 
 fyue  thousande. 
 
 And  it  chaunced  on  f  morow,  that  their 
 rulers  and  Elders  and  scrybes  (as  Annas  f 
 
 hye  prest  and  Caiphas,  and  Ihon  5  Alexander, 
 and  as  many  as  were  of  the  hye  prestes 
 kynred)  gathered  them  selues  together  at 
 Jerusalem,  and  set  them  before  them,  and 
 axed  them :  By  what  auctorite,  '  Or  in  what 
 name  haue  ye  done  this  ? 
 
 Peter  full  of  the  holy  goost,  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Ye  rulers  of  the  people,  and  ye  Elders 
 of  Israel,  Yf  we  this  daye  be  examyned  con- 
 cernynge  this  good  dede  vpon  the  sicke  ma, 
 by  what  meanes  he  is  made  whole,  be  it 
 knowne  then  \Tito  you  and  to  all  the  people 
 of  Israel,  t  that  in  f  name  of  lesus  Christ  of 
 Nazareth,  whom  ye  crucified,  who  God  hath 
 raysed  vp  from  the  deed,  stodeth  this  man 
 here  before  you  whole.  ''This  is  the  stone 
 refused  of  you  buylders,  which  is  become  the 
 heade  comer  stone,  nether  is  there  saluacion 
 in  eny  other :  i  Ner  yet  also  is  there  geue 
 vnto  me  eny  other  name,  wherin  we  must  be 
 saued. 
 
 They  sawe  the  boldnesse  of  Peter  5  Ihon 
 and  marueyled,  for  they  were  sure  y  they  were 
 vnlemed  men  and  laye  people.  And  they 
 knewe  the  also,  that  they  were  with  lesu.  As 
 for  the  man  y  was  made  whole,  they  sawe  hi 
 stodinge  by  the,  5  coulde  not  saye  agaynst  it. 
 Then  comaunded  they  the  to  stode  asyde  out 
 oi  f  counceU,  5  cSmened  amoge  the  selues,  j 
 saide  :  II  What  shal  we  do  to  these  me  ?  for  a 
 manyfest  token  is  done  by  them,  and  is  openly 
 knowne  vnto  the  that  dwell  at  lerusalem,  and 
 we  can  not  denye  it  But  that  it  breake  out 
 no  farther  amoge  the  people,  let  vs  threate 
 them  earnestly,  that  hence  forth  they  speake 
 of  this  name  vnto  noman. 
 
 And  they  called  them,  and  comaunded  the, 
 that  in  eny  wyse  they  shulde  not  speake  ner 
 teache  in  the  name  of  lesu.  But  Peter  5 
 Ihon  answered,  and  sayde  vnto  the :  ludge 
 ye  youre  selues,  whether  it  be  right  before 
 God,  that  we  shulde  be  more  obedient  vnto 
 you,  then  vnto  God.  We  can  not  chose,  but 
 speake  that  we  haue  sene  5  herde.  But  they 
 threatened  them,  and  let  them  go,  and  founde 
 nothinge  how  to  punyshe  them  because  of  f 
 people  :  for  they  all  praysed  God  because  of 
 that,  1i  which  was  done.  For  the  man,  vpon 
 whom  this  token  of  health  was  done,  was 
 aboue  fourtye  yeare  olde. 
 
 And  whan  they  were  let  go,  they  came  to 
 
 •iCor.  2.  a.       "  Deut.  18.  c.  Act.  7.e.       'Gen.  12.  a.'      |  ■<  Psal.  117.  c.    Mar.  21.  e.     1  Pet.  2.  a.  §  Mat. 
 
 and  82.  c.        t  Mat.  10.  a.      ■•  Mat.  21.  c.        J  Act.  3.  a.       1  Phil.  2.  a.  ||  loh.  11.  e.  f  Act.  3.  a. 
 
 I 
 
CJ^ap.  b. 
 
 €i)t  Slctesf  of  tf)t  Slpostl^si. 
 
 #o»  Wfa* 
 
 their  folowes,  and  tolde  them  what  f  hye 
 prestes  and  Elders  sayde  vnto  them.  Wha 
 they  herde  that,  they  hfte  vp  their  voyee  with 
 one  acorde  vnto  God,  and  sayde:  LORDE, 
 thou  that  art  the  God  which  made  heauen 
 and  earth,  and  the  see,  and  all  that  therin  is 
 thou  that  by  the  mouth  of  Dauid  thy  seruaut 
 hast  sayde :  Why  do  the  Heythe  rage  ?  and 
 y^  people  ymagin  vayne  thinges  ?  The  kynges 
 of  the  earth  stonde  vp,"  and  the  prynces  haue 
 gathered  them  selues  together  agaynst  y 
 LORDE,  and  agaynst  his  Christ.  Of  a 
 trueth  agaynst  thy  holy  ehilde  lesus,  whom 
 thou  hast  anoynted,  both  Herode  a,  Pontius 
 Pilate  with  the  Heythen  and  people  of  Israel, 
 haue  gathered  the  selues  together,  to  do  what 
 soeuer  thy  hande  and  thy  councell  determyned 
 before  to  be  done.  And  now  LORDE, 
 beholde  their  threatenynges,  and  graunte  vnto 
 thy  seruauntes  with  all  stedfast  boldnesse  to 
 speake  thy  worde :  and  stretch  out  thine 
 hande,  that  healinge  and  tokes  and  wonders 
 maye  be  done  by  the  name  of  thy  holy  ehilde 
 lesus. 
 
 And  wha  they  had  prayed,  the  place  moued 
 where  they  were  gathered  together,  (j  they 
 were  all  fylled  with  y  holy  goost,  (j  spake  the 
 worde  of  God  boldly.  The  multitude  of  them 
 that  beleued,  were  of  one  hert  and  of  one 
 soule.  Also  none  of  them  sayde  of  his  goodes, 
 that  they  were  his  awne,  but  had  all  thinges 
 comen.  And  with  greats  power  gaue  the 
 Apostles  witnesse  of  the  resurreccion  of  the 
 LORDE  lesu,  and  greate  grace  was  with  them 
 all.  Nether  was  there  eny  amonge  them  that 
 lacked.  For  as  many  as  were  possessors  of 
 londes  or  houses,  solde  the  and  brought  y 
 money  of  the  goodes  that  were  solde,  and 
 layed  it  at  the  Apostles  fete.  And  distribu- 
 cion  was  made  vnto  euery  ma,  acordinge  as 
 he  had  nede. 
 
 loses  which  was  also  called  of  y  Apostles, 
 Barnabas  (that  is  to  saye,  the  sonne  of  con- 
 solacion)  a  Leuite,  of  the  countre  of  Cypers, 
 had  londe,  and  solde  it,  d  brought  the  money, 
 and  layed  it  at  the  Apostles  fete. 
 
 Ci^c  b.  CJaptrr. 
 
 BUT  a  certayne  man  named  Ananias 
 with  Saphira  his  wife,  solde  his  posses- 
 sion, and  kepte  awaye  parte  of  the  money  (his 
 wife  kno*inge  of  it)  and  broughte  one  parte, 
 
 lal.  2.  a.  *  3  Reg.  6.  a.     loha.  10.  c.     Act.  3.  e. 
 
 (J  layed  it  at  the  Apostles  fete.  But  Peter 
 sayde  :  Ananias,  Wherfore  hath  Sathan  fylled 
 thine  hert,  that  thou  shuldest  lye  vnto  the 
 holy  goost,  and  withdrawe  awaye  parte  of  the 
 money  of  the  lyuelod?  Mightest  thou  not 
 haue  kepte  it,  whan  thou  haddest  it  ?  And 
 whan  it  was  solde,  the  money  was  also  in  thy 
 power:  Why  hast  thou  then  conceaued  this 
 thinge  in  thine  hert?  Thou  hast  not  lyed  vnto 
 me,  but  vnto  God.  Whan  Ananias  herde 
 these  wordes,  he  fell  downe,  ij  gaue  vp  the 
 goost.  And  there  came  a  greate  feare  vpon 
 all  the  that  herde  of  this.  The  yonge  men 
 rose  vp,  and  put  him  asyde,  and  caried  him 
 out,  and  buried  him. 
 
 And  it  fortuned  as  it  were  aboute  f  space 
 of  thre  houres  after,  his  wife  came  m,  and 
 knewe  not  what  was  done.  But  Peter  answered 
 vnto  her.  Tell  me,  solde  ye  the  londe  for 
 somoch?  She  sayde:  Yee,  for  so  moch.  Peter 
 sayde  vnto  her:  Why  haue  ye  agreed  together, 
 to  tempte  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE?  Be- 
 holde, the  fete  of  the  which  haue  buried  thy 
 huszbande,  are  at  the  dore,  5  shal  carye  the 
 out.  And  immediatly  she  fell  downe  at  his 
 fete,  and  gaue  vp  the  goost.  Then  came  in 
 the  yonge  men,  and  founde  her  deed,  and 
 caried  her  out,  and  buried  her  by  hir  huszbade 
 And  there  came  a  greate  feare  ouer  the  whole 
 congregacion,  and  ouer  all  the  that  herde  it, 
 
 Many  tokens  and  wonders  were  done 
 amonge  the  people  by  the  hades  of  the 
 Apostles  (and  they  were  all  together  with  one 
 acorde  in  *  Salomons  porche:  but  of  other  there 
 durst  no  man  ioyne  him  self  vnto  the,  neuer- 
 theles  the  people  helde  moch  of  them.  The 
 multitude  of  the  men  and  wemen  that  beleued 
 in  the  LORDE,  grewe  more  and  more)  In 
 so  moch  that  they  brought  out  the  sycke  in 
 to  the  stretes,  and  layed  them  vpon  beddes 
 and  barowes,  that  at  the  leest  waye  the  shadowe 
 of  Peter  (whan  he  came  by)  might  ouer 
 shadowe  some  of  the.  There  came  many  also 
 out  of  y  cities  rounde  aboute  vnto  lerusalem, 
 and  brought  the  sicke  and  the  that  were  vexed 
 with  vncleane  spretes,  and  they  were  healed 
 euery  one. 
 
 But  the  hye  prest  rose  vp,  and  all  they  y 
 were  with  him,  *which  is  the  secte  of  the 
 Saduces,  and  were  full  of  indignacion,  5  layed 
 handes  on  the  Apostles,  and  put  them  in  the 
 comon  preson.    But  the  angell  of  f  LORDE" 
 
 145 
 
 c 
 
So.  wbu 
 
 Cf)f  artrs  of  tl)t  (apostles. 
 
 Cbap.  fai. 
 
 bv  night  opened  the  preson  dores,  and  brought 
 tlie  out,  and  sayde :  Go  youre  waye  and  steppe 
 v|),  and  speake  in  the  temple  to  the  people 
 all  the  wordes  of  this  life.  Whan  they  herde 
 that,  they  entred  in  to  the  temple  early  in  the 
 mornyiige  :  and  taught. 
 
 But  the  hye  prest  came,  and  they  y  were 
 with  him,  and  called  the  councell  together, 
 Ct  all  f  Elders  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
 sent  to  the  preson  to  fet  them.  The  mynisters 
 came  and  founde  them  not  in  the  preson, 
 came  agayne,  and  tolde,  and  sayde:  The 
 preson  founde  we  shut  with  all  diligence,  and 
 the  kepers  stondinge  without  before  the  dores: 
 but  wh;l  we  had  opened,  we  founde  noman 
 therin.  Whan  the  hye  prest,  and  the  rulers 
 of  the  temple  and  the  other  hye  prestes  herde 
 these  wordes,  they  douted  of  them,  wher  vnto 
 this  wolde  growe. 
 
 Then  came  there  one,  which  tolde  them : 
 Beholde,  the  men  that  ye  put  in  preson,  are 
 in  the  temple,  stondinge  and  teachinge  the 
 people.  Then  wete  y  rulers  with  their 
 mynisters,  and  fetched  them  without  violence : 
 for  they  feared  the  people,  lest  they  shulde 
 haue  bene  stoned.  And  whan  they  had 
 brought  them,  they  set  the  before  the  coun- 
 cell. And  the  hye  prest  axed  them,  and 
 yde :  Dyd  not  we  t  comaunde  you  strately, 
 that  ye  shulde  not  teache  in  this  name.  And 
 beholde,  ye  haue  fylled  Jerusalem  with  youre 
 doctryne,"  and  ye  intede  to  brynge  this  mans 
 bloude  vpon  vs. 
 
 But  Peter  and  the  Apostles  answered,  and 
 
 yde:  We  ought  more  to  obeye  God  then 
 men.  The  God  of  oure  fathers  hath  raysed 
 vp  lesus,  who  ye  slewe,  and  hanged  on  tre. 
 Him  hath  the  righte  hande  of  God  exalted, 
 to  be  a  prynce  and  Sauioure,  to  geue  re- 
 pentaunce  and  forgeuenesse  of  synnes  vnto 
 Israel.  And  we  are  his  recordes  of  these 
 wordes,  and  the  holy  goost,  who  God  hath 
 geuen  vnto  the  that  obeye  him.  Wha  they 
 Iierde  that,  it  wente  thorow  the  hertes  of  them, 
 and  they  thoughte  to  slaye  them. 
 
 Then  stode  there  vp  in  ^  councell  a 
 pharyse,*  named  Gamaliel,  a  scribe,  had  in 
 greate  reputacion  before  all  y  people,  and  bad 
 put  the  Apostles  asyde  a  litle,  and  sayde  vnto 
 them :  Ye  men  of  Israel,  take  hede  to  youre 
 selues,  what  ye  do  as  touchinge  these  men. 
 
 •Mat.  21.  e.      tAct.4.  b.      "Mat.  27.  c. 
 Luc.  13.  a.         i  Mala.  1.  a.    Mat.  1.^.  b. 
 
 '  Act.  22.  a. 
 "<  Mat.  5.  a. 
 
 Before  these  dayes  rose  vp  one  Theudas, 
 boostinge  himself.  (And  there  cleued  vnto 
 him  a  nobre  of  me,  aboute  a  foure  hundreth) 
 which  was  slayne,  and  all  they  y  enclyned 
 vnto  him,  were  scatred  abrode,  and  brought 
 to  naught.  "^ After  this  stode  vp  ludas  of 
 Galile  in  y  dayes  of  trybute,  and  drewe  awaye 
 moch  people  after  him,  %  he  also  perished,  5 
 all  they  that  enclyned  vnto  him,  are  scatred 
 abrode.  And  now  I  saye  vnto  you :  refrayne 
 youre  selues  fro  these  men,  and  let  the  go. 
 t  Yf  this  councell  or  worke  be  of  me,  it  wil 
 come  to  naught :  but  yf  it  be  of  God,  ye  are 
 not  able  to  destroye  it,  lest  ye  be  founde  to 
 be  the  men,  that  wil  stryue  agaynst  God. 
 Then  they  agreed  vnto  him,  and  called  the 
 Apostles,  and  bet  them,  and  commaunded 
 them,  that  they  shulde  speake  nothinge  in 
 the  name  of  lesu,  and  let  them  go. 
 
 But  they  departed  from  the  presence  of 
 the  councell,  reioysinge,''  that  they  were  worthy 
 to  suffre  rebuke  for  his  names  sake.  And 
 daylie  in  the  temple  and  in  euery  house  they 
 ceassed  not,  to  teache  and  to  preache  the 
 Gospell  of  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Cl)t  bi.  €i)apter. 
 
 IN  those  dayes  whan  the  nombre  of  the 
 disciples  increased,  there  arose  a  grudge 
 amoge  the  Grekes  agaynst  the  Hebrues,  be 
 cause  their  wyddowes  were  not  loked  vpon  in 
 the  daylie  handreachinge.  Then  the  twolue 
 called  the  multitude  of  the  disciples  together, 
 and  sayde :  It  is  not  mete  that  we  shulde 
 leaue  the  worde  of  God,  and  to  serue  at  the 
 tables.  Wherfore  brethren,  loke  out  amonge 
 you  seue  men,  §  that  are  of  honeste  reporte, 
 and  full  of  the  holy  goost  and  wyszdome, 
 whom  we  maye  appoynte  to  this  nedefull 
 busynes.  But  we  wil  geue  oure  selues  vnto 
 prayer,  and  to  the  mynistracion  of  the  worde 
 of  God.  And  the  sayenge  pleased  the  whole 
 multitude.  And  they  chose  Steuen,  a  man 
 full  of  fayth  and  of  the  holy  goost,  and 
 Philippe,  and  Procorus,  and  Nicanor,  and 
 Thimon,  and  Parmenas,  and  Nicolas  the 
 Proselite  of  Antioche.  II  These  they  set 
 before  y  Apostles,  and  they  prayed,  and 
 layed  their  handes  vpon  them.  And  the 
 worde  of  God  increased,  and  the  nombre  of 
 the  disciples  multipUed  greatly  at  lerusalem. 
 
 §  1  Tim.  3.  b.  U  Nu.  27.  d.    Act.  1.  d.    1  Ti.  4.  b. 
 
 2  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
Cijap*  bij* 
 
 €i)t  SlctfS  of  tl)t  SlpostlfS. 
 
 #0,  rjTbij. 
 
 And  there  were  many  prestes  also  obedient 
 mto  the  fayth. 
 
 Steuen  full  of  faith  and  power,  dyd  wonders 
 and  greate  tokens  amonge  the  people.  Then 
 arose  there  certayne  of  the  synagoge,  which 
 is  called  (the  synagoge)  of  y  Libertynes,  (j  of 
 the  Cyrenites,  and  of  the  Alexadrines,  and  of 
 the  y  were  of  Celicia  and  Asia,  ij  disputed 
 with  Steue,  *  and  they  coulde  not  resiste  the 
 wyszdome  and  the  sprete,  out  of  the  which 
 he  spake.  Then  sent  they  in  certayne  men, 
 that  sayde :  "  We  haue  herde  him  speake 
 blasphemous  wordes  agaynst  Moses,  and 
 agaynst  God.  And  they  moued  the  people, 
 and  the  Elders  and  the  scrybes,  and  came 
 vpon  him,  a  caught  him,  and  brought  him 
 before  the  councell,  and  set  false  witnesses 
 there,  which  sayde :  This  man  ceasseth  not 
 to  speake  blasphemous  wordes  agaynst  this 
 holy  place  and  the  lawe.  For  we  herde  him 
 saye :  lesus  of  Nazareth  shall  destroye  this 
 place,  and  chaunge  the  ordinaunces  which 
 Moses  gaue  vs.  And  all  they  that  sat  in  the 
 councell,  loked  vpo  him  and  sawe  his  face  as 
 the  face  of  an  angell. 
 
 Ojc  bij.  Cl)aptcr. 
 
 THEN  sayde  the  hye  prest :  Is  it  eue  so  ? 
 He  sayde :  Deare  brethren  and  fathers, 
 herken  to.  The  God  of  glorye  appeared  vnto 
 oure  father  Abraha,  whyle  he  was  yet  in 
 Mesopotamia,  before  he  dwelt  in  Haran,  and 
 sayde  vnto  him :  Get  y  out  of  thy  coutre,  and 
 fro  thy  kynred,  and  come  in  to  a  londe  which  I 
 wil  shewe  y.  The  wente  he  out  of  the  lande  of 
 the  Caldees,*  and  dwelt  in  Haran.  t  And  from 
 thece,  whan  his  father  was  deed,  he  brought 
 him  ouer  in  to  this  londe  (where  ye  dwell 
 now)  and  gaue  him  no  enheritaiice  therin,  no 
 not  y  bredth  of  a  fote  :  and  promysed  him, 
 that  he  wolde  geue  it  him  to  possesse,  "and  to 
 his  sede  after  him,  whan  as  yet  he  had  no 
 childe. 
 
 •'  But  thus  sayde  God  vnto  him  :  Thy  sede 
 shalbe  a  straunger  in  a  straunge  londe,  and 
 they  shal  make  bonde  men  of  them,  and  in- 
 treate  the  euell  foure  hundreth  yeares:  and  y 
 people  whom  they  shal  serue,  wil  I  iudge, 
 sayde  God.  And  after  that  shal  they  go 
 forth,  and  serue  me  in  this  place.     And  he 
 
 •  Luc.  21 .  b.                »  Mat.  26.  f.  »  Gen.  11.  d. 
 
 tGen.  12.  a.                 '  Gen.  13.  d.  ■<  Gen.  15.  c. 
 
 '  Gen.  17.  b.       /  Gen.  21.  a.  Gen.  25.  c.  t  Gen.  29.  f. 
 
 f  Gen.  37.  e.  Sap.  10.  c.        §  Gen.  41.  f.  "  Gen.  41.  g. 
 
 gaue  him  the  couenaut  of  circucision.'  And 
 he  begat  Isaac, 'and  circucised  him  the  eight 
 daye.  And  Isaac  begat  lacob  tand  lacob 
 begat  the  twolue  Patriarkes. 
 
 And  the  Patriarkes  had  indignacion  at 
 loseph,?  and  solde  hi  in  to  Egipte.  And  God 
 was  with  him,  and  delyuered  him  out  of  all 
 his  troubles,  and  gaue  him  fauoure  ad  wysz- 
 dome i  the  sight  of  Pharao  kjnge  of  Egipte 
 §  which  made  him  prynce  ouer  Egipte  and 
 ouer  all  his  house. 
 
 ''  But  there  came  a  derth  ouer  all  the  londe 
 of  Egipte  and  Canaan,  and  a  greate  trouble, 
 and  oure  fathers  founde  no  sustenaunce. 
 But  lacob  herde  that  thei-e  was  corne  in 
 Egipte,  and  sent  oure  fathers  out  the  first 
 tyme.  II  And  at  the  seconde  tyme  was 
 loseph  knowne  of  his  brethren,  and  losephs 
 kynred  was  made  knowne  vnto  Pharao.  But 
 loseph  sent  out,  and  caused  his  father  and  all 
 his  kynred  to  be  broughte,  eue  thre  score  and 
 fyftene  soules.  'And  lacob  wente  downe  in 
 to  Egipte,  and  dyed,  both  he  and  oure  fathers 
 ^and  were  brought  ouer  vnto  Siche,  and 
 layed  in  the  sepulcre,  *  that  Abraham  boughte 
 for  money  of  the  children  of  Hemor  at 
 Sichem. 
 
 '  Now  wha  the  tyme  of  the  promes  drue  nye 
 (which  God  had  sworne  vnto  Abraha)  the 
 people  grewe  and  multiplied  in  Egipte,  tyU 
 there  rose  another  kynge,  which  knewe  not  of 
 loseph.  The  same  dealte  suttely  with  oure 
 kynred,  and  intreated  oure  fathers  euell  and 
 made  them  to  cast  out  the  yonge  children, 
 that  they  shulde  not  remayne  alyue. 
 
 '"At  the  same  tyme  was  Moses  borne,  and 
 was  a  proper  childe  before  God,  and  was 
 norished  thre  monethes  in  his  fathers  house. 
 But  whan  he  was  cast  out,  Pharaos  doughter 
 toke  him  vp,  and  norished  him  vp  for  hir 
 awne  sonne.  And  Moses  was  learned  in  all 
 maner  wyszdome  of  the  Egipcians,  and  was 
 mightie  in  dedes  g  wordes. 
 
 But  whan  he  was  fourtye  yeare  olde,  it 
 came  in  to  his  mynde  to  vyset  his  brethren 
 the  children  of  Israel.  And  whan  he  sawe 
 one  of  them  suffi'e  wroge,  he  helped  him,  and 
 delyuered  him,  that  had  the  harme  done  vnto 
 him,  and  slewe  the  Egipcian.  But  he 
 thoughte    that    his    brethren    shulde    haue 
 
 and  42.  a.  ||  Gen.  45.  a.  *  Gen.  46.  a.  Gen.  49.  e. 
 
 U  Ge.  oO.b.  Iosue24.f.  '  Gen.  23.  d.  'Exod.  l.a. 
 Psal.  104.  a.  "'  Exod.  2.  a. 
 
Ijfo.  rrii-bitj. 
 
 €i)t  i^rtrsi  of  tftr  9postIrs. 
 
 Cftap.  bij. 
 
 vnderstonde,    how   that    God   by   his   haiide 
 shulde  saue  the,  howbeit  they  vnderstode  it 
 
 not. 
 
 And  on  the  nexte  daye  he  shewed  himself 
 vnto  them  as  they  stroue  together,  and  wolde 
 haue  set  them  at  one  agayne,  and  sayde  : 
 Syrs,  ye  are  brethren,  why  hurte  ye  one 
 another?  But  he  that  dyd  his  neghboure 
 wronge,  thrust  him  awaye,  and  sayde :  "  Who 
 made  the  a  ruler  and  iudge  ouer  vs  ?  Wilt 
 thou  slaye  me  also,  as  thou  slewest  the  Egip- 
 cian  yesterdaye  ?  But  Moses  fled  at  that 
 sayenge,  and  was  a  straunger  in  the  lande  of 
 Madian,  where  he  begat  two  sonnes. 
 
 *And  after  fourtye  yeares,  the  angell  of  y 
 LORDE  appeared  vnto  him  vpon  mount 
 Sina,  in  a  flamme  of  fyre  in  a  buszhe.  Wha 
 Moses  sawe  it,  he  wondred  at  the  sighte. 
 But  as  he  drue  nye  to  beholde,  f  voyce  of  y 
 LORDE  came  vnto  him :  I  am  the  God  of 
 thy  fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the 
 God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  lacob.  How- 
 beit Moses  trebled,  and  durst  not  beholde. 
 But  V  LORDE  sayde  vnto  hi:  *Put  of 
 thy  snues  from  thy  fete,  for  y  place  where 
 thou  stondest,  is  an  holy  grounde.  I  haue  well 
 sene  the  trouble  of  my  people  in  Egipte,  and 
 haue  herde  their  gronynge,  and  am  come 
 downe  to  delyuer  them.  And  now  come,  I 
 wil  sende  the  in  to  Egipte. 
 
 This  Moses,  whom  they  refused,  and  sayde : 
 '  Who  made  y  a  ruler  and  iudge  ouer  vs  ? 
 him  had  God  sent  to  be  a  ruler  ij  delyuerer 
 by  the  hande  of  the  angell,  that  appeared 
 vnto  him  in  the  buszhe.  The  same  broughte 
 them  out,  and  dyd  wonders  and  tokens  in 
 Egipte,  and  in  the  reed  see,  and  in  y  wylder- 
 nesse  fourtye  yeares.  This  is  that  Moses, 
 which  sayde  vnto  the  children  of  Israel :  ■*  A 
 prophet  shal  the  LORDE  youre  God  rayse 
 vp  vnto  you  euen  from  amonge  youre  bre- 
 thren, like  vnto  me.  Him  shal  ye  heare. 
 This  is  he,'  that  was  in  the  congregacion  in 
 the  wyldernesse  with  the  angell,  which  talked 
 with  him,  vpo  mount  Sina,  and  with  oure 
 fathers.  This  man  receaued  the  worde  of 
 life  to  geue  vnto  vs,  vnto  whom  oure  fathers 
 wolde  not  be  obediet,  but  thrust  him  fro  the, 
 and  in  their  hertes  turned  backe  agayne  in  to 
 Egipte,  and  sayde   vnto  Aaron  :   -'Make  vs 
 
 '  Eiod.  2.  b.       'Exod.3.  a.       •losueS.  d.         'Exod. 
 
 2.  b.        ■!  Deut.  18.  c.     Act.  3.  d.         '  Exo.  19.  a.    Gal. 
 
 3.  c.         /  Exo.  32.  a.  t  Rom.  1.  d.  }  Amos  5.  d. 
 
 goddes  to  go  before  vs,  for  we  can  not  tell 
 what  is  become  of  this  Moses,  y  broughte  vs 
 out  of  the  lande  of  Egipte.  And  they  made 
 a  calfe  at  the  same  tyme,  and  offred  sacrifice 
 vnto  the  ymage,  and  reioysed  in  the  workes 
 of  their  awne  handes. 
 
 But  God  turned  himselfe,  5  ^gaue  them 
 vp,  so  that  they  worshipped  the  hooste  of 
 heaue,  as  it  is  wrytten  in  the  boke  of  the  pro- 
 phetes:  tO  ye  house  of  Israel,  gaue  ye  me 
 sacrifices  and  catel  those  fortye  yeares  in  the 
 wyldernesse  ?  And  ye  toke  vnto  you  y  taber- 
 nacle of  Moloch,  and  the  starre  of  youre 
 god  Remphan,  ymages  which  ye  youre  selues 
 made  to  worshippe  the.  And  I  wil  cast  you 
 out  beyonde  Babilon. 
 
 Oure  fathers  had  the  tabernacle  of  witnesse 
 in  f  wyldernesse,  like  as  he  appoynted  them, 
 ^whan  he  spake  vnto  Moses,  that  he  shulde 
 make  it  (acordinge  to  the  patrone,  y  he  had 
 sene.)  which  oure  fathers  also  receaued,  and 
 brought  it  with  losue  in  to  the  londe  that  the 
 ^Heythe  had  in  possession,  whom  God  droue 
 out  before  the  face  of  oure  fathers,  vntyll  the 
 tyme  of  Dauid,  which  founde  fauoure  with 
 God,  and  desyred  that  he  might  fynde  a 
 tabernacle  for  the  God  of  lacob. 
 
 But  Salomon  buylte  hi  an  house.  II  How- 
 belt  y  Hyest  of  all  dwelleth  not  in  temples 
 that  are  made  with  handes :  As  he  sayeth 
 by  the  prophete : ''  Heaue  is  my  seate,  and 
 the  earth  is  my  fote  stole.  What  house  then 
 wil  ye  buylde  vnto  me?  sayeth  the  LORDE  : 
 Or  which  is  the  place  of  my  rest  ?  Hath  not 
 my  hande  made  all  these  thinges  ? 
 
 'Ye  styfFnecked  5  of  vncircumcysed  hertes 
 and  eares,  ye  allwaye  resiste  the  holy  goost : 
 Eue  as  youre  fathers  dyd,  so  do  ye  also. 
 Which  of  the  prophetes  haue  not  youre 
 fathers  persecuted  ?  And  they  slewe  the, 
 which  tolde  before  of  the  comynge  of  y 
 righteous,  whose  traytours  and  murthurers  ye 
 are  now  become.  'Ye  receaued  the  lawe  by 
 the  mynistracion  of  angels,  Hand  haue  not 
 kepte  it. 
 
 Whan  they  herde  this,  it  wente  thorow  f 
 hertes  of  the,  and  they  gnaszhed  vpo  him 
 with  their  tethe.  But  he  beynge  full  of  the 
 holy  goost,  loked  vp  towarde  heauen,  **and 
 sawe  the  glorye  of  God,  and  lesus  stodinge 
 
 lere.  7.  c.  §  Exo.  23.  d.     Heb.  8.  a.  «  losu.  3.  a. 
 
 3Re.  6.  a.     Act.  17.  d.        'Esa.  66.  a.        "Deut.  9.  d. 
 Act.  7.  b.  IF  Act.  15.  b.  ••  Mat.  16.  c. 
 
Cftap.  buj. 
 
 €\)t  Slrtfsi  of  t\)t  Slpostks, 
 
 fo,  mix* 
 
 on  the  righte  hande  of  God,  and  sayde :  Be- 
 holde,  I  se  the  heauens  open,  and  the  sonne 
 of  ma  stondinge  on  f  righte  honde  of  God. 
 But  they  cried  out  with  a  loude  voyce,  5* 
 stopped  their  eares,  and  rane  violently  vpon 
 him  all  at  once,  and  thrust  him  out  of  the 
 cite,  and  stoned  him.  t  And  f  witnesses 
 layed  downe  their  clothes  at  the  fete  of  a 
 yonge  man,  which  was  called  Saul.  And 
 they  stoned  Steuen,  which  cryed,  5  sayde : 
 LORDE  lesu,  receaue  my  sprete.  And  he 
 kneled  downe,  5  cried  with  a  loude  voyce : 
 "LORDE,  laye  not  this  synne  to  their 
 charge.  And  wha  he  had  thus  spoken,  he 
 fell  a  slepe. 
 
 Cljc  biij.  Cijaptn:. 
 
 SAUL  had  pleasure  in  his  death.  At  f 
 same  tyme  there  was  a  greate  persecucion 
 ouer  the  congregacion  at  lerusale.  And  they 
 were  all  scatered  abrode  in  the  regions  of 
 lewrye  5  Samaria,  excepte  the  Apostles.  As 
 for  Steuen,  men  y  feared  God  dressed  him, 
 and  made  greate  lamentacion  ouer  him. 
 *  But  Saul  made  hauocke  of  the  congregacion, 
 entred  in  to  euery  house,  and  drue  out  men  (j 
 wemen,  j  delyuered  the  to  preson.  They 
 now  y  were  scatered  abrode  wete  aboute  5 
 preached  the  worde.  The  came  Philippe  in 
 to  a  cite  of  Samaria,  and  preached  Christ 
 vnto  them.  And  the  people  gaue  hede  with 
 one  acorde  vnto  y^  thinges  that  PhiUp  spake, 
 hearinge  him,  and  seynge  the  tokes  that  he 
 dyd.  For  the  vncleane  spretes  cryed  loude, 
 and  departed  out  of  many  y  were  possessed. 
 And  many  that  were  sicke  of  the  palsie  and 
 lame,  were  healed.  And  there  was  greate 
 ioye  in  the  same  cite. 
 
 But  afore  there  was  in  f  same  cite  a  cer- 
 tayne  ma,  called  Simon,  which  vsed  witche 
 craft,  and  bewitched  ;y'  people  of  Samaria, 
 sayenge,  that  he  was  a  man  which  coulde  do 
 greate  thinges.  And  they  all  regarded  him 
 from  the  leest  vnto  f  greatest,  5  sayde :  This 
 is  the  power  of  God  which  is  greate.  But 
 they  regarded  him,  because  that  of  longe 
 tyme  he  had  bewitched  them  with  his  sorcery. 
 Howbeit  whan  they  beleued  Philips  preach- 
 inge  of  y  kyngdome  of  God,  and  of  the  name 
 of  lesu  Christ,  they  were  baptysed  both  me 
 I  weme.     Then  Symon  himself  beleued  also, 
 
 •  Psal.  57.  a. 
 Act.  9.  a.  22. : 
 
 t  Act.  22.  b.  •  Luc.  23.  c. 
 
 .  b.     1  Cor.  15.  a.    Gal.  1.  b.      }  Act. 
 
 and  was  baptysed,  and  cleued  vnto  Philippe. 
 And  wha  he  sawe  the  dedes  and  tokens  that 
 were  done,  he  wondred. 
 
 Whan  the  Apostles  which  were  at  Jerusa- 
 lem, herde,  that  Samaria  had  receaued  f 
 worde  of  God,  they  sent  vnto  the  Peter  and 
 Ihon.  Which,  wha  they  were  come,  prayed 
 for  the,  y  they  might  receaue  the  holy  goost. 
 For  as  yet  he  was  come  vpon  none  of  them 
 but  they  were  baptysed  onely  in  the  name  of 
 Christ  lesu.  i  Then  layed  they  their  hades 
 on  them,  and  they  receaued  the  holy  goost. 
 
 But  whan  Simon  sawe,  that  by  the  layenge 
 on  of  the  Apostles  hades  y  holy  goost  was 
 geuen,  he  ofFred  the  money,  and  sayde :  Geue 
 me  also  this  power,  that,  on  whomsoeuer  I 
 put  the  hodes,  he  maye  receaue  the  holy  goost. 
 Howbeit  Peter  sayde  vnto  him :  Perishe  thou 
 with  thy  money,  ^because  thou  thinkest  that 
 y  gifte  of  God  maye  be  optayned  with  money. 
 Thou  shalt  haue  nether  parte  ner  felashipe  in 
 this  worde,  for  thy  hert  is  not  righte  before 
 God.  Repente  therfore  of  this  thy  wicked- 
 nesse,  and  praye  vnto  God,  yf  happly  the 
 thought  of  thy  hert  maye  be  forgeue  f. 
 For  I  se,  y  thou  art  full  of  bytter  gall,  and 
 wrapped  in  with  vnrighteousnesse. 
 
 Then  answered  Simon,  ij  sayde :  II  Praye 
 ye  vnto  the  LORDE  for  me,  y  none  of  these 
 thinges  wherof  ye  haue  spoken,  come  vpon 
 me.  And  they,  wha  they  had  testified  and 
 spoke  the  worde  of  the  LORDE,  turned 
 agayne  to  Jerusalem,  and  preached  the  Gos- 
 pell  in  many  townes  of  the  Samaritanes. 
 
 But  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  spake  vnto 
 Philippe,  and  sayde :  Aryse,  5  go  towarde 
 the  South,  vnto  the  waye  that  goeth  downe 
 from  Jerusalem  vnto  Gaza,  which  is  deserte. 
 And  he  rose,  and  wente  on.  And  beholde. 
 ma  of  the  Morians  lode  (a  chamberlayne  and 
 of  auctorite  with  Candace  y^  queue  of  the 
 londe  of  the  Morians)  which  had  the  rule  of 
 all  hir  treasuries,  y  same  came  to  lerusale  to 
 worshipe.  And  returned  home  agayne,  and 
 satt  vpon  his  charet,  and  red  the  prophet  Esay, 
 
 The  sprete  sayde  vnto  Philippe :  Go  neare, 
 and  ioyne  thy  selfe  to  yonder  charet.  The 
 ranne  Philippe  vnto  him,  and  herde  him  rede 
 the  prophet  Esay,  and  sayde :  Vnderstodest 
 thou  what  thou  readest  ?  He  sayde :  How 
 can  I,  excepte  some  ma  enfourme  me  ? 
 
 13.  a.  and  19.  a.       1  Tim.  4.  b.  and  5.  c.       2  Tim.  i.  b. 
 §  Mat.  10.  a.         II  Nu.  21.  b. 
 
jTo.  ruTV. 
 
 CI)C  actcs  of  tl)t  ^ostksi. 
 
 Cbap.  ir. 
 
 And  he  desyred  Philippe,  that  he  wolde 
 come  vp,  and  syt  mth  him.  The  tenoure  of 
 the  scripture  which  he  red,  was  this :  *  He 
 was  led  as  a  shepe  to  be  slayne,  and  as  a 
 lambe  voycelesse  before  his  sherer,  so  opened 
 he  not  his  mouth.  In  his  humblenesse  is  his 
 iudgment  exalted.  Wio  shal  declare  his 
 generacion?  for  his  life  is  taken  awaye  from 
 the  earth.  Then  answered  the  chamberlayne 
 \nito  Philippe,  and  sayde :  I  praye  the,  of 
 whom  speaketh  the  prophet  this?  of  himselfe, 
 or  of  some  other  man  ? 
 
 Philippe  opened  his  mouth,  and  beganne  at 
 this  scripture,  and  preached  him  the  GospeU 
 of  lesus.  And  as  they  wete  on  their  waye, 
 they  came  to  a  water.  And  the  chamberlayne 
 sayde :  Beholde,  here  is  water,  what  hyndereth 
 me  to  be  baptysed?  Philippe  sayde :  Yf  thou 
 beleue  from  thy  whole  herte,  thou  mayest. 
 He  answered,  and  sayde:  I  beleue,  that  lesus 
 Christ  is  the  sonne  of  God.  And  he  com- 
 maunded  to  holde  styll  the  charet,  and  they 
 wente  downe  in  to  the  water,  both  Philippe 
 and  the  chamberlayne.  And  he  baptysed 
 him.  But  whan  they  were  come  vp  out  of 
 the  water,  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE  toke 
 Philippe  awaye.  And  the  Chamberlayne  sawe 
 him  nomore.  But  he  wente  on  his  waye 
 reioysinge.  As  for  Philippe,  he  was  founde 
 at  Aszdod,  and  walked  aboute,  and  preached 
 the  Gospell  vnto  all  the  cities,  tyll  he  came  to 
 Cesarea. 
 
 Cljt  iy.  €{)aptrr. 
 
 SAUL  was  yet  breathinge  out  threatnynges 
 and  slaughter"  agaynst  the  disciples  of 
 the  LORDE.  And  wente  vnto  f  hye  preste, 
 and  desyred  of  him  letters  to  Damascon 
 vnto  the  synagoges,  that  yf  he  foiide  eny  of 
 this  waye  (whether  they  were  men  or  wemen) 
 he  mighte  brynge  the  bounde  vnto  Jerusalem. 
 And  as  he  was  goinge  on  his  iourney,  it  for- 
 tuned, that  he  came  nye  vnto  Damasco,  and 
 sodenly  there  shyned  rounde  aboute  hi  a  light 
 fro  heaue,  and  he  fell  to  the  earth,  and  herde 
 a  voyce,  which  sayde  vnto  him :  Saul  Saul 
 t  why  persecutest  thou  me  ?  He  sayde  : 
 LORDE,  who  art  thou?  The  LORDE 
 sayde :  I  am  lesus,  who  thou  persecutest.  It 
 shalbe  harde  for  -y  to  kycke  agaynst  the 
 prycke.     And   he   both  tremblinge  and   as- 
 
 •  Esa.  53.  b.  " 
 
 t  4  Re.  19.  d.     Zach. 
 
 Act.  26.  b.  1  Cor.  15.  a.  Gal.  1.  b. 
 2.b.     Mat.  25.  d.  jAct.  2.  d.l 
 
 tonnyed,  sayde:  LORDE  J  what  wilt  thou 
 that  I  shal  do?  The  LORDE  sayde  rato 
 him  :  Aryse,  and  go  in  to  the  cite,  there  shal 
 it  be  tolde  the  what  thou  shalt  do. 
 
 As  for  f  me  that  iourneyed  with  him,  they 
 stode  and  were  amased:  for  they  herde  a 
 voyce,  but  sawe  noman.  Saul  rose  from  the 
 earth,  and  whan  he  had  opened  his  eyes,  he 
 sawe  noman.  Neuertheles  they  toke  him 
 by  the  honde,  (j  broughte  him  to  Damasco : 
 and  he  was  thre  dayes  without  sighte,  and 
 nether  ate  ner  dranke.  At  Damascon  there 
 was  a  disciple  named  Ananias,  and  vnto 
 him  sayde  the  LORDE  in  a  vision:  Ananias 
 And  he  sayde :  beholde,  here  am  I  LORDE. 
 The  LORDE  sayde  vnto  him  :  Aryse,  and  go 
 in  to  the  strete  which  is  called  straight,  and 
 axe  in  the  house  of  luda  after  one  called 
 Saul  of  §Tharsis:  for  beholde,  he  prayeth,  % 
 hath  sene  in  a  vision  a  ma  named  Ananias 
 comynge  vnto  him,  5  layenge  the  hade  vpo 
 him,  that  he  mighte  receaue  his  sighte. 
 
 Ananias  answered:  LORDE,  I  haue  herde 
 by  many  of  this  man,  how  moch  euell  he  hath 
 done  to  thy  sayntes  at  lerusale.  And  here 
 hath  he  auctorite  of  the  hye  prestes,  to  bynde 
 all  those  y  call  vpon  thy  name.  The 
 LORDE  sayde  vnto  him :  Go  thy  waye,  II 
 for  this  man  is  a  chosen  vessell  vnto  me,  that 
 he  niaye  beare  my  name  before  the  Heythen, 
 and  before  kynges,  and  before  the  children  of 
 Israel.  I  wil  shewe  him,  how  greate  thinges 
 he  must  suffre  for  my  names  sake. 
 
 And  Ananias  wente  his  waye,  and  came  in 
 to  the  house,*  and  layed  the  handes  vpon  him, 
 and  sayde :  Brother  Saul,  the  LORDE  which 
 appeared  vnto  y  in  the  waye  as  thou  earnest, 
 hath  sent  me,  that  thou  mightest  receaue  thy 
 sight,  and  be  fylled  with  the  holy  goost.  And 
 immediatly  there  fell  from  his  eyes  as  it  had 
 bene  scales,  and  he  receaued  his  sighte,  and 
 rose,  and  was  baptysed,  and  toke  meate,  and 
 was  conforted. 
 
 Then  was  Saul  a  certayTie  dayes  with  the 
 disciples  that  were  at  Damascon.  And  straight 
 waye  he  preached  Christ  in  the  synagoges, 
 how  that  he  was  y  sonne  of  God.  But  all 
 they  that  herde  him,  were  amased,  and  sayde : 
 Is  not  this  he,  which  at  lerusalem  spoyled  all 
 those  that  called  on  his  name?  and  came 
 hither  to  the  intent  that  he  shulde  brynge 
 
 §  Act.  21.  e.  and  22.  a. 
 *  Act.  22.  b. 
 
Cftap,  )r« 
 
 €i)t  gms  of  tin  gposititei. 
 
 jTo.  rjT)ru 
 
 them  bounde  vnto  the  hye  prestes  ?  But 
 Saul  increased  in  strength,  (i  cofounded  y 
 lewes  which  dwelt  at  Damascon,  and  affirmed 
 y  this  was  very  Christ. 
 
 And  after  many  dayes  the  lewes  helde  a 
 councell  together  to  kyll  him.  But  it  was 
 tolde  Saul,  that  they  layed  wayte  for  him. 
 "And  they  wayted  at  y  gates  daye  g  night, 
 that  they  might  kyll  him.  *Then  the  dis- 
 ciples toke  him  by  nighte,  5  put  him  thorow 
 the  wall,  and  let  him  downe  in  a  baskett. 
 
 *But  whan  Saul  came  to  Jerusalem,  he 
 assayed  to  ioyne  himself  to  y  disciples.  And 
 they  were  all  afrayed  of  him,  and  beleued 
 not,  y  he  was  a  disciple.  Neuertheles  Bar- 
 nabas toke  him,  and  broughte  him  to  the 
 Apostles,  and  tolde  them  how  he  had  sene  the 
 LORDE  in  the  waye,  and  how  he  spake  to 
 him,  (t  how  he  had  done  boldly  at  Damascon 
 in  the  name  of  lesu.  And  he  was  with  them, 
 and  wente  out  and  in  at  lerusale,  and  quj'te 
 him  selfe  boldly  in  y  name  of  y  LOKDE 
 lesu.  He  spake  also,  and  disputed  with  f 
 Grekes.  But  they  wete  aboute  to  slaye  him. 
 Whan  the  brethren  knewe  y,  'they  brought 
 him  to  Cesarea,  and  sent  him  forth  to  Tharsis. 
 So  the  congregacions  had  rest  thorow  out 
 all  lewry,  and  Galile,  and  Samaria,  j  were 
 edified,  and  walked  in  the  feare  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  were  fylled  with  the  comforte 
 of  the  holy  goost. 
 
 It  chaunced  that  as  Peter  walked  thorow 
 all  quarters,  he  came  also  vnto  y  sayntes 
 which  dwelt  at  Lydda.  There  founde  he  a 
 man  named  Eneas,  which  had  lyen  vpon  his 
 bedd  eight  yeares  sicke  of  f  palsy^.  And 
 Peter  sayde  vnto  him :  Eneas,  lesus  Christ 
 make  the  whole,  aryse,  and  make  thy  bedd 
 for  thy  self  And  he  arose  immediatly.  And 
 all  they  that  dwelt  at  Lydda  and  at  Sarona, 
 sawe  him,  and  turned  vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 At  loppa  there  was  a  certayne  woman  that 
 was  a  disciple,  named  Tabitha,  which  by 
 interpretacion  is  called  Dorcas :  f  same  was 
 full  of  good  workes  and  almesse  dedes,  which 
 she  dyd.  But  it  chaunced  at  the  same  tyme, 
 that  she  was  sicke,  and  dyed.  Then  waszhed 
 they  her,  and  layed  her  in  a  chaber.  But 
 for  so  moch  as  Lydda  was  nye  vnto  loppa, 
 and  the  disciples  herde  that  Peter  was  there, 
 they  sent  two  men  vnto  him,  and  desyred 
 
 -aCor.ll.d.  •  losu.  2.  c.  1  Re.  19.C.  »Gal.2.b. 
 ^  Act.  22.  b.       t  Some  reade  :  She  sat  vp.       J  EccH.  33.  b. 
 
 him,  y  he  wolde  take  it  for  no  grefe  to  come 
 vnto  them. 
 
 Peter  rose,  and  came  with  the.  And  wha 
 he  was  come,  they  broughte  him  in  to  the 
 chamber,  and  all  the  wyddowes  stode  rounde 
 aboute  him,  wepynge,  and  shewed  him  the 
 cotes  and  garmetes,  which  Dorcas  made  whyle 
 she  was  with  them.  And  wha  Peter  had  put 
 them  all  forth,  he  kneled  downe,  made  his 
 prayer,  and  turned  him  vnto  the  body,  and 
 sayde  :  Tabitha,  ryse  vp.  And  she  opened 
 hir  eyes :  and  whan  she  sawe  Peter  t  she  sat 
 hir  downe  agayne.  But  he  gaue  her  the 
 hande,  and  lifte  her  vp,  and  called  the  sayntes 
 and  the  wedowes,  and  shewed  her  there  alyue 
 And  it  was  knowne  thorow  out  all  loppa,  5 
 many  beleued  on  y  LORDE.  And  it  for 
 tuned,  y  he  taried  a  loge  season  at  loppa  by 
 one  Simo,  which  was  a  tanner. 
 
 Cije  r-  (CTjapttr. 
 
 THERE  was  a  man  at  Cesarea,  named 
 Cornelius  (a  captayne  of  f  copany, 
 which  is  called  y  Italianysh)  a  deuoute  man, 
 (T  one  that  feared  God  with  all  his  house,  5 
 gaue  moch  almesse  to  f  people,  and  prayed 
 God  allwaye.  The  same  sawe  in  a  vision 
 openly  (aboute  the  nyenth  houre  of  the  daye) 
 an  angell  of  God  entringe  in  to  him,  and 
 sayenge  vnto  him:  Cornelius.  He  loked 
 vpon  him,  and  was  afrayed,  and  sayde : 
 LORDE,  what  is  it  ?  He  sayde  vnto  him  : 
 »Thy  prayers  g  thine  allmesses  are  come  vp 
 in  to  remebraunce  before  God.  And  now 
 sende  men  vnto  loppa,  3  call  for  Simo,  whose 
 syrname  is  Peter,  which  is  at  lodginge  with 
 one  Symon  a  tanner,  whose  house  lyeth  by  f 
 see  syde :  he  shal  tell  y,  what  thou  oughtest 
 to  do.  And  wha  the  angell  which  spake  to 
 Cornelius,  was  departed,  he  called  two  of  his 
 housholde  seruauntes,  5  a  deuoute  soudyer,  of 
 the  that  wayted  vpon  him:  and  tolde  them 
 all,  and  sent  the  to  loppa. 
 
 On  the  nexte  daye  after  whan  these  were 
 goinge  on  their  iourney,  and  came  nye  vnto 
 the  cite,  Peter  i  wente  vp  in  to  a  chamber  to 
 praye  aboute  the  sixte  houre.  And  whan  he 
 was  hogrie,  he  wolde  haue  eate.  But  whyle 
 they  made  ready  for  him,  he  fell  in  to  a 
 traunce,  and  sawe  heaue  open,  and  a  vessell 
 comynge  downe  vnto  him,  as  it  had  bene  a 
 
 §  4  Re.  4.  d.    Mat.  6.  a.     Luc.  6.  b. 
 
fo,  mnh 
 
 €\)t  ^(tt^  of  tin  9[po£(tksJ» 
 
 Cftap.  V' 
 
 greate  lynne  clothe,  knytt  at  the  foure  corners, 
 and  was  let  downe  to  f  earth,  wherin  were  all 
 maner  of  foure  foted  beestes  of  the  earth,  a 
 wylde  beestes,  and  wonnes,  and  foules  of  the 
 ayre.  And  there  came  a  voyce  vnto  him : 
 llyse  Peter,  slaye,  5  eate.  But  Peter  sayde  : 
 Oh  no,  LORDE,  *  for  I  neuer  ate  eny  com- 
 nien  or  vncleane  thinge.  And  the  voyce 
 spake  vnto  him  agayne  y  secode  tyme : 
 t  What  God  hath  clensed,  y  make  not  thou 
 vncleane.  This  was  done  thryse.  And  ;y^ 
 vessell  was  receaued  vp  agayne  in  to  heauen. 
 
 But  whyle  Peter  was  combred  in  him  selfe, 
 what  maner  of  vision  this  shulde  be  which  he 
 had  sene,  beholde,  the  men  y  were  sent  from 
 Cornelius,  enquered  after  Simos  house,  and 
 stode  before  the  dore,  and  called,  and  axed 
 whether  Simon  (whose  syrname  was  Peter) 
 were  lodged  there.  Whyle  Peter  was  musinge 
 of  the  vision,  the  sprete  sayde  vnto  him :  be- 
 holde, the  men  seke  the.  Aryse  therfore, 
 and  get  the  downe,  ij  go  with  the,  and  doute 
 not,  for  I  haue  sent  them. 
 
 Then  wente  Peter  downe  to  the  men,  y 
 were  sent  vnto  him  from  Cornelius,  and  sayde : 
 lo,  I  am  he  whom  ye  seke :  what  is  y  cause, 
 wherfore  ye  are  come  ?  They  sayde :  Cor- 
 nelius the  captayne,  a  iust  man  and  one  that 
 feareth  God,  and  of  good  reporte  amoge  all 
 the  people  of  the  lewes,  was  warned  by  an 
 holy  angell,  to  sende  for  the  in  to  his  house, 
 and  to  heare  wordes  of  the.  t  Then  called 
 he  them  in,  and  lodged  them. 
 
 The  nexte  daye  after  wente  Peter  forth 
 with  them,  and  certayne  brethren  of  loppa 
 bare  him  company.  And  y  daye  folowinge 
 came  they  to  Cesarea.  Cornelius  way  ted  for 
 the,  and  had  called  together  his  kynszfolkes 
 and  speciall  frendes.  And  as  it  chaunced  y 
 Peter  came  in,  Cornelius  mett  him,  and  fell 
 downe  at  his  fete,  5  worshipped  him.  But 
 Peter  toke  him  vp,  and  sayde  :  i  Stonde  vp, 
 I  am  a  man  also.  And  as  he  talked  with  him, 
 he  wente  in,  and  founde  many  that  were  come 
 together,  and  he  sayde  vnto  them  :  Ye  knowe, 
 that  it  is  not  laufuU  for  a  man  beynge  a  lewe 
 "to  ioyne  him  selfe  or  to  come  to  a  straunger. 
 But  God  hath  shewed  me,  y  I  shulde  call  no 
 ma  comen  or  vncleane.  Therfore  haue  I  not 
 clouted  to  come,  as  soone  as  I  was  sent  for. 
 
 •  Leuit.  11.  a.  Deut.  14.  a.  t  Mat.  15.  b.  Ro.  14  b. 
 1  Tim.  4.  a.  Tit.  1.  c.  t  Gen.  19.  a.  and  24.  d.  1  Pet. 
 4.  b.  ^  Act.  14.  c.  Apo.  19.  b.  and  22.  b.  ■■  Deut.  7.  a. 
 '  Rom.   2.  b.     Eph.  6.  a.      Col.  3.  c.  ||  Esa.  56.  b. 
 
 I  axe  you  therfore,  for  what  intent  haue  ye 
 sent  for  me  ? 
 
 CorneUus  sayde:  It  is  now  foure  dayes 
 agoo,  then  fasted  I,  and  at  the  nyenth  houre 
 I  prayed  in  my  house,  and  beholde,  there 
 stode  a  ma  before  me  in  a  bryghte  clothinge, 
 and  sayde :  Cornelius,  thy  prayer  is  herde, 
 and  thine  allmesse  dedes  are  had  in  reme- 
 braunce  in  the  sighte  of  God.  Sende  therfore 
 to  loppa,  and  call  for  one  Simon  (whose  syr- 
 name is  Peter)  which  is  at  lodginge  in  y 
 house  of  Simon  y  taner,  by  the  see  syde :  f 
 same  wha  he  commeth,  shal  speake  vnto  f. 
 Then  sent  I  vnto  the  immediatly,  and  thou 
 hast  done  well,  that  thou  art  come.  Now  are 
 we  all  here  presente  before  God,  to  heare  all 
 thinges  that  are  commaunded  the  of  God. 
 
 Peter  opened  his  mouth,  5  sayde:  *Now 
 perceaue  I  of  a  trueth,  that  God  hath  no 
 respecte  of  personnes,  II  but  in  all  people  he 
 y  feareth  him,  and  worketh  righteousnes,  is 
 accepted  vnto  him.  Ye  knowe  of  y  preach- 
 inge  that  God  sent  vnto  the  children  of  Israel, 
 preachinge  thorow  lesus  Christ  (which  is 
 LORDE  ouer  all)  which  preachinge  was 
 published  thorow  out  all  lewry,  t  and  begane 
 in  Galile  after  y  baptyme  that  Ihon 
 preached,  how  God  **anoynted  the  same 
 lesus  of  Nazareth  with  the  holy  goost  and 
 with  power,  which  wente  aboute,  j  dyd  good, 
 and  healed  all  those  that  were  oppressed  of 
 the  deuell,  for  God  was  with  him.  And  we 
 are  witnesses  of  all  that  he  dyd  in  the  londe 
 of  the  lewes,  5  at  lerusalem.  Whom  they 
 slewe,  and  hanged  on  tre. 
 
 Him  God  raysed  vp  on  the  thirde  daye, 
 and  caused  him  be  openly  shewed,  not  to  all 
 the  people,  but  to  y  chosen  witnesses  of  God 
 euen  vnto  vs,  which  ate  s  dronke  with  him, 
 after  he  was  rysen  vp  from  the  deed.'  And 
 he  commaunded  vs  to  preach  vnto  the  people,"* 
 and  to  testifye,  that  it  is  he  which  is  ordeyned 
 of  God  a  iudge  of  the  lyuynge  and  of  the 
 deed.  'Of  him  beare  all  the  prophetes  wyt- 
 nesse,  that  thorow  his  name  all  they  y  beleue 
 in  him,  shal  receaue  remyssion  of  synnes. 
 Whyle  Peter  was  yet  speakynge  these  wordes, 
 the  holy  goost  fell  vpo  all  the  that  herkened 
 vnto  the  worde.  And  the  faithfull  of  the 
 circucision    which    came    with    Peter,    were 
 
 f  Mat.  4.  b. 
 ''  Mat.  28.  c. 
 Uani.  9.  d. 
 
 Esa.dl.a.        'Luc.24.  d.    loh.  21.b. 
 •  Esa.  42.  d.  and  53.  c.       lere.  50.  d. 
 
Cftap.  HI. 
 
 €i)t  ^rtess  of  tf)t  ^ositksi. 
 
 ffo,  t):mi}. 
 
 astonnyed,  because  that  the  gifte  of  f  holy 
 goost  was  shed  out  also  vpon  the  Heythen. 
 For  they  herds  that  they  spake  with  tunges, 
 and  magnified  God.  The  answered  Peter : 
 "  Maye  eny  man  forbydde  water,  that  these 
 shulde  not  be  baptysed,  which  haue  receaued 
 the  holy  goost  as  well  as  we  ?  And  he  com- 
 maunded  them  to  be  baptysed  in  the  name  of 
 the  LORDE.  The  prayed  they  him,  that  he 
 wolde  tary  there  certayne  dayes. 
 
 Wift  >t.  CJ^apttr. 
 
 THE  Apostles  and  the  brethren  that  were 
 in  lewrye,  herde  saye,  that  the  Heythen 
 also  had  receaued  the  worde  of  God.  And 
 whan  Peter  was  come  vp  to  Jerusalem,  they 
 that  were  of  the  circucision,  chode  with  him, 
 and  sayde  :  *  Thou  wentest  in  to  men  that 
 are  vncircumcysed,  and  hast  eaten  with  them. 
 But  Peter  beganne,  and  expounded  the  thinge 
 in  order  vnto  the  and  sayde  :  I  was  in  y  cite 
 of  loppa  prayege,*  and  in  a  traunce  I  sawe  a 
 vision,  a  vessell  commynge  downe,  as  it  had 
 bene  a  greate  lynnen  clothe  with  foure  comers, 
 and  let  downe  from  heauen,  and  came  vnto 
 me.  In  to  the  which  I  loked,  and  considered, 
 and  sawe  foure  foted  beestes  of  the  earth, 
 and  wylde  beestes,  and  wormes,  and  foules  of 
 the  ayre.  And  I  herde  a  voyce,  which  sayde 
 vnto  me :  Ryse  Peter,  slaye,  (j  eate.  But  I 
 sayde :  Oh  no,  LORDE,  for  there  neuer 
 entred  eny  commen  or  vncleane  thinge  in  to 
 my  mouth.  Neuertheles  the  voyce  answered 
 me  agayne  from  heauen :  What  God  hath 
 clensed,  that  call  not  thou  vncleane.  This 
 was  done  thre  tymes,  and  all  was  taken  vp 
 agayne  in  to  heauen. 
 
 And  beholde,  immediatly  stode  there  thre 
 men  before  the  dore  of  the  house  that  I  was 
 in,  sent  from  Cesarea  vnto  me.  But  the 
 sprete  sayde  vnto  me,  that  I  shulde  go  with 
 the  and  doute  nothinge.  ''These  sixe  brethre 
 also  came  with  me,  and  we  entred  in  to  the 
 mas  house. 
 
 And  he  shewed  vs,  how  he  had  sene  an 
 angell  stondinge  in  his  house,  which  sayde 
 vnto  him  :  Sende  men  to  loppa,  and  call  for 
 Simon  (whose  syrname  is  Peter)  he  shall  tell 
 f  wordes,  wherby  thou  and  all  thy  house  shal 
 be  saued.     But  whan  I  beganne  to  speake, 
 
 "  Act.  8.  d. 
 Act.  10.  c. 
 
 •  Deut.  7.  a.  »  Act.  10.  b.         ^  Act.  13.  d. 
 
 t  Act.  2.  a.         t  Act.  1.  a.        ''  Act.  8.  a. 
 
 the  holy  goost  fell  vpo  them,  t  like  as  vpon  vs 
 at  f  begynnynge.  Then  thoughte  I  vpon  the 
 worde  of  the  LORDE,  how  he  sayde  :  tlhon 
 baptysed  with  water,  but  ye  shalbe  baptysed 
 with  ;y-  holy  goost.  For  as  moch  then  as  God 
 hath  geuen  them  like  giftes,  as  vnto  vs,  which 
 beleue  on  the  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  who 
 was  I,  that  I  shulde  be  able  to  withstode  God  ? 
 Whan  they  herde  this,  they  helde  their  peace, 
 and  praysed  God,  and  sayde :  Then  hath  God 
 also  to  the  Heithen  graunted  repentaunce 
 vnto  life. 
 
 ''  They  that  were  scatred  abrode  thorow  f 
 trouble  y  rose  aboute  Steuen,  walked  on  euery 
 syde  vntyll  Phenices,and  Cipers,and  Antioche, 
 and  spake  the  worde  vnto  noman  but  onely 
 vnto  f  lewes.  Neuertheles  some  of  the  were 
 men  of  Cipers  and  Cyren,  which  came  to 
 Antioche,  and  spake  also  vnto  the  Grekes,  j 
 preached  the  Gospell  of  the  LORDE  lesu. 
 And  f  hande  of  the  LORDE  was  with  the. 
 And  a  greate  nombre  beleued,  and  turned 
 vnto  the  LORDE. 
 
 This  tydinges  of  them  came  to  y  eares  of 
 the  cogregacion  at  Jerusalem.  And  they  sent 
 Barnabas,  that  he  shulde  go  vnto  Antioche. 
 Which  whan  he  was  come  thither,  (j  sawe  the 
 grace  of  God,  he  was  glad,  i  and  exorted  them 
 all,  that  with  purpose  of  hert  they  wolde  con 
 tynue  in  the  LORDE.  For  he  was  a  good 
 man,  full  of  the  holy  goost  and  faith.  And 
 there  was  a  greate  multitude  of  people  added 
 vnto  the  LORDE.  But  Barnabas  departed 
 vnto  Tharsus,  to  seke  Saul.  And  wha  he  had 
 foude  hi,  he  brought  hi  to  Anthioche.  It 
 chauced,  that  a  whole  yeare  they  were  there 
 couersaunte  together  in  the  cogregacio,  5 
 taughte  moch  people,  so  that  the  disciples  at 
 Antioche  were  first  called  Christen. 
 
 In  those  dayes  came  there  prophetes  fro 
 Jerusalem  vnto  Antioche.  And  one  of  them 
 (whose  name  was  II  Agabus)  stode  vp,  and 
 declared  by  the  sprete  a  greate  derth,  that 
 shulde  come  ouer  the  whole  compasse  of  the 
 earth :  which  came  to  passe  vnder  the  Em- 
 peroure  Claudius.  But  the  disciples  cocluded 
 (euery  one  acordinge  to  his  abylite)  to  sendelf 
 an  handreachinge  vnto  y  brethren  that  were 
 in  lewry :  which  thinge  they  also  dyd,  and 
 sent  it  by  the  handes  of  Barnabas  and 
 Saul. 
 
 II  Act.  21.  b. 
 I  Cor.  8.  a.  and  9.  a. 
 
 146 
 
 f  1  Cor.  16.  a. 
 
jTo.  (miiii* 
 
 €i)t  9UUS  of  tbe  gpogtlesi. 
 
 Cl)ap.  )rij. 
 
 9 
 
 CI)c  nj-  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 AT  the  same  t)Tne  layed  kynge  Herode 
 haiuies  vpon  certoyne  of  the  coiigre- 
 gacion,  to  vexe  them.  As  for  *  lames  the 
 brother  of  Ihon,  him  he  slewe  with  the  swerde. 
 And  whan  he  sawe  that  it  pleased  the  lewes, 
 he  proceaded  farther  to  take  Peter  also.  But 
 it  was  Easter.  Now  whan  he  had  taken  him, 
 he  put  him  in  preson,  and  delyuered  him  vnto 
 foure  quaternions  of  soudyers,  to  kepe  him : 
 and  thought  after  Easter  to  bringe  him  forth 
 to  the  people.  And  Peter  was  kepte  in  the 
 preson.  t  But  prayer  was  made  without 
 ceassinge  of  the  congregaeion,  vnto  God  for 
 him.  And  whan  Herode  wolde  haue  broughte 
 him  out  vnto  the  people,  in  the  same  nighte 
 slepte  Peter  betwene  two  soudiers,  bounde 
 with  two  cheynes.  And  the  kepers  before  the 
 dore  kepte  the  preson. 
 
 And  beholde,  the  angell  of  the  LORDE 
 was  there  presente,  and  a  lighte  shyned  in  the 
 habitacion,  and  he  smote  Peter  on  the  syde. 
 and  waked  him  vp,  and  sayde:  Aryse  vp 
 quyckly.  And  the  cheynes  fell  of  from  his 
 hondes.  And  the  angell  sayde  vnto  him : 
 Gyrde  the,  and  put  on  thy  shues.  And  he 
 dyd  so.  And  he  sayde  vnto  him :  Cast  thy 
 mantle  aboute  the,  and  folowe  me.  And  he 
 wente  out,  and  folowed  him,  and  wyst  not, 
 that  it  was  trueth  that  was  done  by  f  angell, 
 but  thoughte  he  had  sene  a  vision.  Neuer- 
 theles  they  wente  thorow  the  first  and  seconde 
 watch,  and  came  to  the  yron  gate,  that  ledeth 
 vnto  the  cite,  which  opened  to  the  by  his 
 awne  acorde.  And  they  wente  out,  and  passed 
 thorow  one  strete,  and  immediatly  the  angell 
 departed  from  him. 
 
 And  whan  Peter  was  come  to  himself,  he 
 sayde :  Now  I  knowe  of  a  trueth,  that  y 
 LORDE  hath  sent  his  angell,  and  delyuered 
 me  out  of  the  honde  of  Herode,  and  from  all 
 the  waytinge  for  of  the  people  of  the  lewes. 
 And  as  he  considered  the  thinge,  he  came  to 
 the  house  of  Mary  the  mother  of  one  Ihon, 
 (which  after  his  syrname  was  called  Marke) 
 where  many  were  gathered  together,  t  and 
 prayed.  As  Peter  knocked  at  the  entry  dore, 
 there  came  forth  a  damsell  to  herken,  named 
 Rhoda.  And  whan  she  knewe  Peters  voyce, 
 she  opened  not  the  entrye  for  gladnes,  but 
 rane  in,  and  tolde,  that  Peter  stode  before  f 
 
 *  M»t-  4-  c.      t  Act.  4.  c.      {  Act.  1.  b.      §  Act.  13.  b. 
 
 entrye.  But  they  sayde  vnto  her  :  Thou  art 
 mad.  Neuertheles  she  abode  by  it,  that  is 
 was  so.  They  sayde :  it  is  his  angell.  But 
 Peter  contynued  knockinge.  Whan  they 
 opened  the  dore,  they  sawe  him,  and  were 
 astonnyed.  ^  But  he  beckened  vnto  them 
 mth  the  hande,  to  holde  their  peace,  5  tolde 
 them,  how  the  LORDE  had  broughte  him 
 out  of  the  preson.  And  he  sayde :  Shewe 
 this  vnto  James,  and  to  the  brethren.  And 
 he  departed,  and  wete  in  to  another  place. 
 
 Whan  it  was  daye,  there  was  not  a  litle  a 
 doo  amoge  the  soudyers,  what  was  become  of 
 Peter.  Whan  Herode  had  called  for  him,  and 
 founde  him  not,  he  caused  the  kepers  to  be 
 examyned,  and  commaunded  the  to  be  caried 
 awaye,  and  he  wente  downe  fro  lewry  vnto 
 Cesarea,  and  there  abode.  But  he  was  dis- 
 pleased with  them  of  Tyre  and  Sido.  Neuer- 
 theles they  came  vnto  him  with  one  accorde, 
 and  made  intercession  to  Blastus  the  kynges 
 chamberlayne,  and  desyred  peace,  because 
 their  countre  was  norished  by  the  kynges  londe. 
 But  vpon  a  daye  appoynted,  Herode  put  on 
 y  kyngly  apparell,  sat  him  downe  vpon  the 
 mdgment  seate,  and  made  an  oracion  vnto 
 them.  As  for  the  people,  they  cried  therto  : 
 This  is  a  voyce  of  God,  and  not  of  a  man 
 Immediatly  the  angell  of  the  LORDE  smote 
 him,  because  he  gaue  not  God  the  honoure 
 And  he  was  eaten  vp  of  wormes,"  and  gaue  vp 
 the  goost.  But  the  worde  of  God  grewe,  and 
 multiplyed.  As  for  Barnabas  and  Saul,  they 
 came  agayne  to  Jerusalem,  and  delyuered  II 
 the  handreachinge,  and  toke  with  them  Ihon,, 
 whose  syrname  was  Marke. 
 
 €ljc  pij.  Cijaptnr. 
 
 THERE  were  at  Antioche  in  the  congre- 
 gaeion, prophetes  and  teachers,  as  Bar- 
 nabas, and  Simon  called  Niger,  and  Lucius  of 
 Cyren,  and  Manahen  Herodes  the  Tetrachas 
 norsfelowe,  and  Saul.  As  they  serued  f 
 LORDE,  and  fasted,  the  holy  goost  sayde  : 
 Separate  me  out  Barnabas  and  Saul  for  the 
 worke,1f  where  vnto  I  haue  called  them.  Then 
 fasted  they  and  prayed,  and  layed  the  handes 
 on  them,  and  let  them  go.  And  they  bejTige 
 sent  of  the  holy  goost,  came  vnto  Seleucia, 
 from  thence  they  sayled  vnto  Cypers.  And 
 whan  they  were  come  in  to  the  cite  Salamin, 
 they  shewed  the  worde  of  God  in  the  syna- 
 
 ■■  2  Mac.  9.  b.  y  Act.  11.  c.  IF  Act.  9.  b. 
 
Cftap.  viih 
 
 €i)t  artfsf  of  ti)t  apostl^sJ. 
 
 ffo,  mrt). 
 
 goges  of  y  lewes.  And  they  had  *Ihon  to 
 their  mynister. 
 
 And  whan  they  had  gone  thorow  out  the 
 yle  vnto  the  cyte  of  Paphos,  they  founde  a 
 certayne  Sorcerer  and  false  prophete,  a  lewe 
 (whose  name  was  Bariesu)  which  was  with 
 Sergius  Paulus  the  ruler  of  the  countre,  a  ma 
 of  vnderstondinge.  The  same  called  Barnabas 
 and  Saul  vnto  him,  and  desyred  to  heare  y 
 worde  of  God.  Then  the  t  Sorcerer  Elimas 
 (for  so  was  his  name  by  interpretacion)  with- 
 stode  the,  and  soughte  to  turne  awaye  the 
 ruler  fro  the  faith.  But  Saul  which  is  also 
 called  Paul,  beynge  full  of  the  holy  goost, 
 loked  vpon  him,  and  sayde :  O  thou  childe  of 
 the  deuell,  full  of  all  suttyltie  and  all  disceat- 
 fulnesse,  and  enemye  of  all  righteousnes,  thou 
 ceassest  not  to  peruerte  the  straight  wayes  of 
 y  LORDE.  And  now  beholde,  the  hade  of 
 the  LORDE  commeth  vpon  the,  and  thou 
 shalt  be  blynde,  and  not  se  the  Sonne  for  a 
 season.  And  immediatly  there  fell  on  him  a 
 myst  and  darknesse,  and  he  wente  aboute,  and 
 soughte  them  that  shulde  lede  him  by  the 
 hande.  Whan  the  ruler  sawe  what  was  done, 
 he  beleued,  and  wodred  at  the  doctryne  of 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 Whan  Paul  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
 were  departed  by  shippe  fr5  Paphos,  they 
 came  to  Perga  in  the  londe  of  Pamphilia. 
 tBut  Ihon  departed  from  them,  and  wente 
 agayne  to  Jerusalem.  Neuertheles  they  wan- 
 dred  thorow  from  Perga,  and  came  to  An- 
 tioche  in  the  londe  of  Pisidia,  and  wete  in  to 
 the  synagoge  vpon  the  Sabbath  daye,  and  sat 
 downe.  But  after  the  lecture  of  the  lawe  and 
 of  the  prophetes,  the  rulers  of  the  synagoge 
 sent  vnto  them,  sayenge :  Good  brethren,  yf 
 ye  haue  eny  sermon  to  exorte  the  people, 
 saye  on.  Then  stode  Paul  vp,  and  §  beck- 
 ened  with  the  hande  (that  they  shulde  holde 
 their  peace)  and  sayde : 
 
 Ye  men  of  Israel,  and  ye  that  feare  God, 
 herke  to :  The  God  of  this  people  chose  oure 
 fathers,  and  exalted  the  people,  whan  they 
 were  straungers  in  the  lode  of  Egipte,  and 
 with  a  mightie  arme  broughte  he  them  out  of 
 it.  And  by  the  space  of  fortye  yeares  suffred 
 he  their  manors  in  the  wyldernesse,  and 
 destroyed   seuen    nacions    in    the    lande    of 
 
 Act.  12.  d.  t  Eiod.  7.  b.  and  8.  b.    Act.  8.  a. 
 
 t  Act.  15.  e.        j  Act.  12.  d.        "  Exo.  14.  e.        » losue 
 13.  b.        '  ludic.  1.  a.        ■'IReR.  8.  a.        «  1  Re.  10.  a. 
 
 Canaan,*  and  parted  their  londe  amonge  them 
 by  lott.  '  After  that  gaue  he  them  iudges  by 
 the  space  of  foure  hundreth  and  fiftye  yeares, 
 vnto  the  prophet  Samuel.  ''And  after  that 
 they  desyred  a  kynge,  and  God  gaue  vnto 
 them  "Saul  the  sonne  of  Cis,  a  man  of  the 
 trybe  of  Ben  lamin,  fortye  yeares  longe. 
 /  And  whan  he  had  put  him  downe,  he  set  vp 
 Dauid  to  be  their  kynge,  of  whom  he  reported, 
 sayenge :  II I  haue  founde  Dauid  the  sonne  of 
 lesse,  a  man  after  my  hert,  he  shal  fulfyll  all 
 my  wyll 
 
 Of  this  mans  sede  hath  God  (ITacordinge 
 to  the  promesse)  broughte  forth  vnto  the 
 people  of  Israel,  f  Sauioure  lesus :  whan 
 Ihon  had  first  preached  before  his  comynge 
 the  baptyme  of  repentaunce  vnto  Israel.  But 
 whan  Ihon  had  fulfylled  his  course,  he  sayde : 
 I  am  not  he,  that  ye  take  me  for.  But 
 beholde,  there  commeth  one  after  me,  whose 
 shues  of  his  fete  I  am  not  worthy  to  lowse. 
 Ye  men  and  brethren,  ye  children  of  the 
 generacion  of  Abraham,  and  they  that  feare 
 God  amonge  you,  **vnto  you  is  y  worde  of  this 
 saluacion  sent.  For  the  inhabiters  of  lerusa- 
 lem,  and  their  rulers,  for  somoch  as  they 
 knewe  him  not,^  ner  yet  the  voyces  of  the 
 prophetes  (which  are  red  euery  Sabbath) 
 haue  fulfylled  them  in  condemnynge  him. 
 *  And  though  they  founde  no  cause  of  death 
 in  him,  yet  desyred  they  Pilate  to  kyll  him. 
 And  whan  they  had  fulfylled  all  that  was 
 wrytten  of  him,  they  toke  him  downe  from 
 the  tre,  and  layed  him  in  a  sepulcre '  But 
 on  f  thirde  daye  God  raysed  him  vp  from  the 
 deed,  and  he  appeared  many  dayes  vnto  the, 
 that  wente  vp  with  him  from  Galile  vnto 
 lerusalem,  which  ttare  his  witnesses  vnto  the 
 people. 
 
 And  we  also  declare  vnto  you  f  promes, 
 which  was  made  vnto  oure  fathers,  how  that 
 God  hath  fulfylled  the  same  vnto  vs  their 
 children,  in  y  he  raysed  vp  lesus  agayne. 
 As  it  is  wrytten  in  the  seconde  Psalme :  Thou 
 art  my  sonne,  this  daye  haue  I  begotten  the. 
 But  that  he  hath  raysed  him  vp  fro  the  deed, 
 now  nomore  to  retume  to  corrupcion,  he  sayde 
 on  this  wyse:  'The  grace  promysed  to  Dauid, 
 wyl  I  faithfully  kepe  vnto  you.  Therfore 
 sayeth  he  also  in  another  place :  Thou  shalt 
 
 /IRe.  16.  a.  ||Psal.88.c.  H  Psal.  131.  a.  2Re.7.c. 
 ••  Mat.  10.  a.  e  1  Cor.  2.  a.  *  Luc.  23.  a.  *  Luc. 
 23.  e.        tt  Act.  1.  a.        *  E8a.55.  a. 
 
jTo.  mTbu 
 
 Cbf  amsi  of  tf)c  ^osttifg. 
 
 Cftap.  niij. 
 
 not  suffre  thy  Holy  to  se  corrupcion."  For 
 Dauid,  whan  he  in  his  tjTne  had  serued  the 
 wyll  of  God,  *  he  fell  a  slepe,  and  was  layed 
 by  his  ftithers,  5  sawe  corrupcion.  But  he 
 ho  God  raysed  vp  agayne,  sawe  no  cor- 
 rupcion. 
 
 Be  it  knowne  vnto  you  therfore  ye  men  and 
 brethrc,  y  thorow  this  man  is  preached  vnto 
 you  f  forgeuenesse  of  synnes, '  and  fro  all  y 
 thinges,  wherby  ye  mighte  not  be  iustifyed  in 
 the  lawe  of  Moses.  But  whosoeuer  beleueth 
 on  this  man,  is  iustifyed.  Bewarre  therfore, 
 that  it  come  not  vpon  you,  which  is  spoken  in 
 the  prophetes :  Beholde  ye  despysers,'  and 
 wonder  at  it,  and  perishe,  for  I  do  a  worke  in 
 youre  tyme,  which  ye  shal  not  beleue,  yf  any 
 man  tell  it  you. 
 
 Whan  the  lewes  were  gone  out  of  the 
 synagoge,  the  Heythen  besoughte  them,  y 
 thev  wolde  speake  y  worde  vnto  them  betwene 
 the'  Sabbath  dayes.  And  wha  the  cogregacion 
 of  the  synagoge  was  broken  \'p,  many  lewes 
 and  Proselites  y  serued  God,  folowed  Paul 
 and  Barnabas,  which  spake  to  them,  and 
 texorted  them,  that  they  shulde  contynue  in 
 the  grace  of  God. 
 
 On  y  Sabbath  folowinge,  came  almost  the 
 whole  cite  together,  to  heare  the  worde  of 
 God.  But  whan  the  lewes  sawe  the  people, 
 they  were  full  of  indignacion,  and  spake 
 agaynst  that  which  was  spoken  of  Paul, 
 speakinge  agaynst  it,  d  blasphemynge.  But 
 Paul  and  Barnabas  waxed  bolde,  and  sayde  : 
 ''It  behoued  first  the  worde  of  God  to  be 
 spoken  vnto  you  :  but  now  that  ye  thrust  it 
 fro  you,  and  counte  youre  selues  vnworthy  of 
 euerlastinge  life,  lo,  i  we  turne  to  the  Gentyles. 
 For  so  hath  the  LORDE  comaunded  vs  :  'I 
 haue  set  the  to  be  a  lighte  viito  y  Gentyles,  y 
 thou  be  y  Saluacion  vnto  the  ende  of  the 
 earth.  Whan  the  Gentyles  herde  that,  they 
 were  glad,  and  praysed  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  beleued,  eue  as  many  as  were 
 ordeyned  to  euerlastinge  life.  And  the  worde 
 of  ;y  LORDE  was  spred  abrode  thorow  out 
 all  the  region.  -'Howbeit  the  lewes  moued 
 the  deuoute  and  honorable  wemen,  and  the 
 chefe  men  of  the  citie,  and  raysed  vp  a  per- 
 secucion  agaynst  Paul  and  Barnabas  and 
 expelled   them   out    of  their    coastes.      But 
 
 •  Peal.  15.  b.  '3  Reg.  2.  b.  *  Luc.  24.  d. 
 
 '  Abac.  1.  a.  t  Act.  11.  c.  ■*  Mat.  10.  a.  and  15.  c. 
 
 ♦Mat.  21.  e.  '  Esa.  49.  b.     Mat.  5.b.     Luc.  2.  e. 
 
 they  ^shoke  of  the  dust  of  their  fete  agaynst 
 them,  and  came  to  Iconium.  And  the  dis- 
 ciples were  fylled  with  ioye  and  with  the 
 holy  goost. 
 
 Wi)t  ritij.  Cijaptfr. 
 
 IT  fortuned  at  Iconium,  that  they  wete  both 
 together  in  to  the  synagoge  of  the  lewes, 
 and  spake  so,  that  a  greate  multitude  of  the 
 lewes  5  of  the  Grekes  beleued.  But  the 
 vnbeleuynge  lewes  moued  and  disquyeted  the 
 soules  of  the  Heythe  agaynst  the  brethre. 
 So  they  had  their  beynge  there  a  loge  season, 
 and  quyte  them  selues  boldly  in  the  LORDE, 
 which  gaue  testimony  vnto  the  worde  of  his 
 grace,  and  caused  tokens  and  *  wonders  to  be 
 done  by  their  handes.  Howbeyt  the  multi- 
 tude of  the  cite  was  deuyded,  some  helde 
 with  the  lewes,  and  some  with  the  Apostles. 
 
 But  whan  there  rose  vp  an  insurreccion  of 
 the  Heythe  and  of  y  lewes,  and  of  their 
 rulers,  to  put  them  to  shame,  and  to  stone 
 the,  they  perceaued  it,  and  I  fled  \"nto  lystra 
 and  Derba  cities  of  y  countre  of  Licaonia, 
 and  vnto  f  region  that  lyeth  rounde  aboute, 
 and  there  they  preached  the  Gospell. 
 
 And  amonge  them  of  Lystra,  there  was  a 
 man,  which  sat  beynge  impotent  of  his  fete, 
 and  was  crepell  fro  his  mothers  wombe,  and 
 had  neuer  walked,  the  same  herde  Paul 
 speake.  And  whan  he  behelde  him,  and 
 perceaued  that  he  had  faith  to  be  made 
 whole,  he  sayde  with  a  loude  voyce :  Stonde 
 vp  righte  on  thy  fete.  And  he  sprange  vp 
 and  walked.  But  whan  the  people  sawe 
 what  Paul  had  done,  they  lifte  vp  their  voyce, 
 and  sayde  in  y  speache  of  Lycaonia :  The 
 goddes  are  become  like  vnto  men,  and  are 
 come  downe  vnto  vs.  And  they  called  Bar- 
 nabas lupiter,  and  Paul  Mercurius,  because 
 he  was  the  preacher.  But  lupiters  prest 
 which  dwelt  before  their  cite,  broughte  oxen 
 and  garlandes  before  the  gate,  and  wolde  haue 
 done  sacrifice  with  the  people. 
 
 Whan  y  Apostles  Barnabas  and  Paul  herde 
 that,  they  rent  their  clothes,  and  ranne  in 
 amonge  the  people,  cryenge  and  sayenge : 
 ''Ye  me.  Why  do  ye  this?  We  are  mortall 
 me  also  like  vnto  you,  (j  preach  vnto  you  y 
 Gospell,    that   ye   shulde   turne    from   these 
 
 /  2  Tim.  3.  b.  i  Mat.  10.  b.    JIar.  6.  b.     Luc.  9.  a. 
 
 t  Marc.  16.  c.         ||  Mat.  10.  c.         *  Act.  10.  c. 
 
Cftap.  )rb. 
 
 ClK  actesi  of  tin  apogtlfs 
 
 jTo*  (TUTbi). 
 
 vayne  thinges  vnto  f  lyuynge  God,  which 
 made  heaue  and  eartn,"  and  the  see,  and  all 
 that  therin  is,  which  in  tymes  past  suffred  all 
 y  Heythen  to  walke  after  their  awne  wayes. 
 Neuertheles  he  hath  not  left  hi  selfe  without 
 wytnesse,  in  y  he  hath  shewed  his  benefites, 
 and  geuen  vs  rayne  from  heauen,  and  frute- 
 full  seasons,  fyllynge  oure  hertes  with  fode 
 and  gladnesse.  And  whan  they  sayde  this, 
 they  scarse  refrayned  the  people,  that  they 
 dyd  not  sacrifice  vnto  them. 
 
 But  there  came  thither  certayne  lewes 
 from  Antioche  and  Iconiu,  and  persuaded  the 
 people,  and  *  stoned  Paul,  and  drue  him  out 
 of  the  cite,  supposinge  he  had  bene  deed. 
 Howbeyt  as  y  disciples  stode  rounde  aboute 
 him,  he  rose  vp,  g  came  in  to  the  cite.  And 
 on  the  nexte  daye  he  departed  with  Barnabas 
 vnto  Derba,  and  preached  the  Gospel!  vnto 
 the  same  cite,  and  taughte  many  of  them. 
 And  they  wete  agayne  vnto  Lystra,  and  Ico- 
 nium  and  Antioche,  strengthinge  the  soules 
 of  y  disciples,  and  exortinge  the  to  cotynue 
 in  the  faith :  and  that  we  thorow  moch  tribu- 
 lacion  must  *entre  in  to  the  kyngdome  of 
 God.  And  wha  they  had  ordeyned  them 
 Elders  by  eleccion  thorow  all  the  congre- 
 gacions,  they  prayed  and  fasted,  and  co- 
 mended  them  vnto  the  LORDE,  on  whom 
 they  beleued. 
 
 And  they  wente  thorow  Pisidia,  and  came 
 to  Pamphilia,  and  spake  the  worde  at  Perga, 
 and  wete  downe  to  Attalia,  and  fro  thence 
 departed  they  by  shippe  vnto  Antioche:  from 
 whence  they  were  delyuered  to  the  grace  of 
 God  vnto  ;y-  worke,  which  they  had  fulfylled. 
 Whan  they  came  there,  they  gathered  the 
 congregacion  together,  s  shewed  them,  how 
 greate  thinges  God  had  done  with  the,  and 
 how  he  had  opened  the  dore  of  faithe  vnto 
 the  Heithen.  And  there  they  abode  a  longe 
 tyme  with  the  disciples. 
 
 €i)t  ri>-  (Chapter. 
 
 AND  there  came  certayne  fro  lewry,  and 
 taughte  the  brethren :  t  Excepte  ye  be 
 circumcysed  after  the  maner  of  Moses,  ye  can 
 not  be  saued.  Now  wha  there  rose  a  discesion, 
 and  Paul  and  Barnabas  had  set  them  selues 
 harde  agaynst  them,t  they  ordeyned,  that 
 Paul  and   Barnabas  and   certayne   other  of 
 
 Psal.  145.a.     Act.  17.  d. 
 »  Luc.  24.  d.     1  Tim.  3.  b. 
 
 Apo.  14.  b. 
 t  Gal.  5.  a 
 
 '  2  Cor.  11.  c. 
 t  Gal.  2.  a. 
 
 them  shulde  go  vp  to  Jerusalem  vnto  the 
 Apostles  and  Elders,  aboute  this  questio. 
 And  they  were  broughte  on  their  waye  by  f 
 cogregacion,  5  wente  thorow  Phenices  and 
 Samaria,  and  declared  the  §  conuersacion  of 
 the  Heythen,  and  brought  greate  ioye  vnto 
 all  the  brethren.  Whan  they  came  to  lerusale, 
 they  were  receaued  of  y  cogregacion,  (t  of  the 
 Apostles,  and  of  the  Elders,  5  they  tolde  how 
 greate  thinges  God  had  done  with  the.  Then 
 rose  there  vp  certayne  of  the  secte  of  y  Pha- 
 rises  (which  beleued)  and  sayde:  They  must 
 be  circumcysed  and  comaunded,  to  kepe  the 
 lawe  of  Moses.  But  the  Apostles  and  Elders 
 came  together,  to  reason  vpon  this  matter. 
 
 Now  whan  there  was  moch  disputinge  Peter 
 rose  vp,  and  sayde  vnto  the:  Ye  men  and 
 brethren,  ye  knowe  that  a  good  whyle  agoo, 
 God  chose  amonge  vs,  y  the  Heythe  by  my 
 mouth  shulde  heare  the  worde  of  the  Gospell, 
 and  beleue.  And  God  the  knower  of  hertes 
 bare  wytnesse  ouer  the,  II  and  gaue  the  the 
 holy  goost,  like  as  vn  to  vs,  5  put  no  dyfFerence 
 betwixte  vs  5  them,  and  purified  their  hertes 
 thorow  fayth.  Now  therfore  why  tempte  ye 
 God,  with  layenge  vpon  ;y  disciples  neckes 
 the  yocke,1f  which  nether  oure  fathers  ner  we 
 were  able  to  beare?  But  we  beleue  to  be 
 saued  thorow  the  grace'  of  the  LORDE  lesu 
 Christ,  like  as  they  also.  Then  all  f  multi- 
 tude helde  their  peace,  and  gaue  audience 
 vnto  Paul  and  Barnabas,  which  tolde  how 
 greate  tokens  and  wonders  God  had  done  by 
 the  amoge  the  Heythen.  Afterwarde  whan 
 they  helde  their  peace,  lames  answered,  and 
 sayde :  Ye  men  and  brethren,  herke  vnto  me, 
 Simo  hath  tolde,  how  God  at  the  first  vysited 
 to  receaue  a  people  vnto  his  name  from 
 amonge  the  Heythen.  And  vnto  this  agree 
 y  wordes  of  the  prophetes,  as  it  is  wrytte:'' 
 After  this  wyl  I  returne  and  wyl  buylde  agayne 
 y  tabernacle  of  Dauid,  that  is  fallen  downe, 
 and  that  which  is  fallen  in  decaye  therof,  wyl 
 I  buylde  agayne,  and  wyl  set  it  vp,  that  the 
 residue  of  men  maye  seke  after  the  LORDE: 
 (t  also  the  Heythen  vpo  whom  my  name  is 
 named,  sayeth  the  LORDE,  which  doth  all 
 these  thinges.  Knowne  vnto  God  are  all  his 
 workes  from  the  begynnynge  of  f  worlde. 
 Wherfore  my  sentence  is,  that  they  which 
 from  amonge  the  Heythen  are  turned  vnto 
 
 j  Some  reade  :  conuersion.         {|  Act.  10.  e.      f  Act.  7.  g. 
 'Ephe.  2.  a.    Tit.  3.  a.        ''Amos9.  c. 
 
jro.  rnrbiij. 
 
 €i)t  9ttf5  of  tin  gpostlfsi. 
 
 Cijap.  rbi. 
 
 God,  bo  not  (lisquyeted,  but  to  wr)'te  viito 
 them,  that  they  absteyne  them  selues  from 
 fylthyiiesse  of  *'  Idols,  from  t  whordome,  and 
 from  t  strangled,  and  bloude.  For  Moses 
 hath  of  olde  tynne  in  euery  cite  them  that 
 preach  him :  and  he  is  red  in  the  synagoges 
 euery  Sabbath  daye. 
 
 And  the  Apostles  and  Elders  with  the 
 whole  congregacion  thoughte  it  good,  to  chose 
 out  men  of  them,  and  to  sende  them  vnto 
 Antioche  with  Paul  and  Barnabas,  namely  5 
 ludas,  whose  symame  was  Barsabas,  and  Sylas 
 (which  were  chefe  men  amoge  the  brethre) 
 and  gaue  the  letters  in  their  handes  after  this 
 maner : 
 
 We  the  Apostles  and  Elders  5  brethren, 
 wysh  health  \Tito  the  brethre  of  the  Heythe 
 which  are  at  Antioche,  and  Syria  and  Celicia. 
 For  so  moch  as  we  haue  herde  that  certayne 
 of  oures  are  departed,"  and  haue  troubled  you, 
 and  combred  youre  myndes,  sayenge  :  ye  must 
 be  circumcysed,  and  kepe  f  lawe  (to  whom 
 we  gaue  no  soch  commaundemet)  it  semed 
 good  \Tito  vs,  beynge  gathered  together  with 
 one  accorde,  to  chose  out  men,  and  to  sende 
 them  vnto  you,  with  oure  beloued  Barnabas 
 and  Paul,  men  that  haue  II  ioperded  their 
 lyues  for  f  name  of  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ.  Therfore  haue  we  sent  ludas  and 
 Sylas,  which  shal  also  tell  you  the  same  with 
 wordes.  For  it  pleased  the  holy  goost  and  vs, 
 to  laye  no  charge  vpon  you,  more  then  these 
 necessary  poyntes:  That  ye  abstejTie  from 
 the  H  offeringes  of  Idols,  and  from  bloude, 
 and  from  strangled,  and  from  whordome. 
 From  the  which  yf  ye  absteyne  youre  selues, 
 ye  shal  do  well.     Fare  ye  well. 
 
 Whan  these  were  sent  forth,  they  came 
 vnto  Antioche,  and  gathered  the  multitude 
 together,  and  delyniered  the  epistle.  Whan 
 they  had  red  it,  they  were  glad  of  that  coso- 
 lacion.  As  for  ludas  5  Sylas  (which  were 
 prophetes  also)  they  exorted  ;y^  brethre  with 
 moch  preachinge,  and  stregthed  them.  And 
 whan  they  had  taried  there  for  a  season, 
 they  were  let  go  of  the  brethren  in  peace 
 vnto  the  Apostles.  Notwithstondinge  Sylas 
 thoughte  it  good  to  byde  there  styll.  But 
 Paul  and  Barnabas  cotynued  at  Antioche, 
 teachinge  and  preachinge  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE,  with  other  many. 
 
 •  Exo.  JO.  a.     t  Ephe.  5.  a.      }  Gen.  9.  i 
 Gal.  i.  a.         II  Act.  13.  e.  and  14.  c. 
 
 §  loh.  14.  b. 
 ■  1  Cor.  8.  a. 
 
 Neuertheles  after  certayne  dayes  Paul  sayde 
 vnto  Barnabas :  let  vs  go  agayne,  and  V7set 
 oure  brethren  thorow  all  the  cities  (wherin 
 we  haue  shewed  the  worde  of  the  LORDE) 
 how  they  do.  But  Barnabas  gaue  councell, 
 that  they  shulde  take  with  the  Ihon,  whose 
 syrname  was  Marke.  Howbeit  Paul  thoughte 
 it  mete,  not  to  take  him  with  them,  **  which 
 departed  from  them  in  Pamphilia,  and  wente 
 not  with  them  vnto  the  worke.  And  so  sharpe 
 was  the  strife  betwene  them,  that  they  de- 
 parted asunder  f  one  fro  the  other,  and  Bar- 
 nabas toke  Marke  vnto  him,  and  sayled  vnto 
 Cypers.  But  Paul  chose  Sylas,  and  departed, 
 beynge  cSmytted  of  the  brethren  vnto  the 
 grace  of  God.  He  wente  thorow  Syria  and 
 Celicia,  stablishynge  the  congregacions. 
 
 Ci^t  jrbt.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 HE  came  vnto  Derba  and  to  Lystra,  and 
 beholde,  a  certayne  disciple  was  there 
 named  Timotheus,  the  sonne  of  a  lewish 
 woman,  which  beleued,  but  his  father  was  a 
 Greke :  f  same  had  a  good  reporte  amonge 
 the  brethre  of  Lystra  and  at  Iconium.  Paul 
 wolde  that  the  same  shulde  go  forth  with  him, 
 and  toke  and  tt  circumcysed  him  because  of 
 the  lewes  that  were  in  those  quarters.  For 
 they  knewe  all,  that  his  father  was  a  Greke. 
 But  as  they  wente  thorow  the  cities,  they 
 delyuered  them  the  sentence  to  kepe,  tf  which 
 was  concluded  of  the  Apostles  and  Elders  at 
 lenisalem.  The  were  the  congregacions 
 stablyshed  in  the  faith,  and  increased  in 
 nombre  daylie. 
 
 But  as  they  wente  thorow  Phrygia  and  the 
 londe  of  Galacia,  they  were  i§  forbydden  of 
 the  holy  goost,  to  preache  the  worde  in  Asia, 
 Howbeit  as  they  came  in  to  Mysia,  they 
 proued  to  take  their  ioumey  in  to  Bithinia, 
 and  the  sprete  suflred  them  not. 
 
 Neuertheles  whan  they  had  passed  thorow 
 Mysia,  they  came  downe  to  Troada,  and 
 there  appeared  a  III!  vision  vnto  Paul  by  night, 
 that  there  was  a  man  of  Macedonia  wfich 
 stode  and  prayed  him,  and  sayde :  Come 
 downe  to  Macedonia,  and  helpe  vs.  Wh 
 he  had  sene  y  nsion,  we  soughte  immediatly 
 to  go,  vnto  Macedonia,  beynge  certified,  that 
 f  LORDE  had  called  vs  thither,  to  preach 
 the  Gospell  \Tito  them.     The  departed  we 
 
 and  10.  c.      *'Act.  13.  b. 
 I  §§  Rom.  1.  b.        I 
 
 tt  Gal.  8.  a.      U  Act.  15 
 Act.  18.  a.  and  23.  b. 
 
C6aj),  )ri)ij. 
 
 Wi)t  ^ams  of  tfte  Slpo£(tIf£J. 
 
 fo,  (vm^ 
 
 from  Troada,  and  came  the  straight  course 
 vnto  Samothracia,  on  the  nexte  daye  to 
 Neapolis,  and  from  thence  to  Philippis,  which 
 is  the  chefe  cite  of  the  londe  of  Macedonia, 
 and  a  fre  cite.  In  this  cite  abode  we  certayne 
 dayes. 
 
 On  the  daye  of  the  Sabbathes  wete  we  out 
 of  the  cite  besyde  the  water,  where  men  were 
 wonte  to  praye,  and  we  sat  downe,  and  spake 
 vnto  the  wemen  that  resorted  thither.  And 
 a  deuoute  woman  (named  Lydia)  a  seller  of 
 purple,  out  of  the  cite  of  Thiatira,  herkened 
 to,  whose  hert  the  LORDE  opened  that  she 
 gaue  hede  vnto  the  thinges  that  Paul  spake. 
 Whan  she  was  baptysed  and  hir  housholde, 
 she  besoughte  vs,  and  sayde :  Yf  ye  thynke 
 that  I  beleue  on  the  LORDE,  then  come  in 
 to  my  house,  and  a  byde  there.  And  she  * 
 constrayned  vs. 
 
 It  fortuned  whan  we  wente  to  prayer,  y 
 there  met  vs  a  damsel,  which  had  a  sprete  of 
 soythsayenge,  and  broughte  hir  master  and 
 mastresse  greate  vauntage  with  soyth  sayenge : 
 f  same  folowed  Paul  and  vs,  and  cryed,  and 
 sayde :  These  men  are  the  seruauntes  of  the 
 most  hye  God,  which  shewe  vs  y  waye  of 
 saluacion.  This  dyd  she  many  dayes.  But 
 Paul  was  not  content  with  it,  and  turned  him 
 aboute,  and  sayde  vnto  the  sprete :  I  eomaunde 
 the  in  the  name  of  lesu  Christ,  that  thou 
 departe  out  of  her.  "And  he  departed  out  at 
 the  same  houre. 
 
 But  wha  hir  master  and  mastresse  sawe 
 that  the  hope  of  their  vauntage  was  gone,' 
 they  toke  Paul  and  Sylas,  drue  them  in  to 
 the  market  place  before  y  rulers,  (j  broughte 
 the  vnto  the  officers,  and  sayde :  These  men 
 trouble  oure  cyte,  (j  are  lewes,  and  preach  an 
 ordynaunce,  which  is  not  laufuU  for  vs  to 
 receaue,  ner  to  obserue,  seynge  we  are  Ro- 
 maynes.  And  the  people  rane  on  them,  and 
 the  officers  rente  their  clothes,  and  comaunded 
 them  to  be  beaten  with  roddes.*^  And  whan 
 they  had  beaten  them  sore,  they  cast  the  in 
 preson,  and  commaunded  the  iayler,  to  kepe 
 them  diligetly.  Which  whan  he  had  receaued 
 soch  commaundement,  he  cast  the  in  to  the 
 ynner  preson,  and  put  their  fete  in  the 
 stockes. 
 
 But  at  mydnight  prayed  Paul  and  Sylas, 
 and  praysed  God.     And  the  presoners  herde 
 
 '  Gen.  19.  a.  '  Mar.  16.  c.  »  Act.  19.  c. 
 
 t  1  Tess.  2.  a.  '  2  Cor.  11.  c. 
 
 them.  Sodenly  was  there  a  greate  earth 
 quake,  so  that  the  foundacions  of  the  preson 
 were  shaken.  And  immediatly  were  all  the 
 dores  open,  (j  all  their  bondes  lowsed  Wha 
 the  keper  of  the  preson  waked  out  of  slepe, 
 and  sawe  the  preson  dores  open,  he  drue  out 
 his  swerde,  and  wolde  haue  kylled  him  selfe : 
 for  he  thoughte  y  presoners  had  bene  fled. 
 But  Paul  cryed  loude,  and  sayde:  Do  thy  self 
 no  harme,  for  we  are  all  here. 
 
 He  called  for  a  lighte,  and  sprange  in,  and 
 trembled,  and  fell  at  the  fete  of  Paul  and 
 Sylas,  and  broughte  them  out,  and  sayde : 
 Syrs,  what  must  I  do,  to  be  saued  ?  They 
 sayde:''  Beleue  on  the  LORDE  lesus,  and 
 so  shalt  thou  and  thy  housholde  be  saued. 
 And  they  preached  the  worde  of  the  LORDE 
 vnto  him,  and  to  all  that  were  in  his  house. 
 
 And  he  toke  them  to  him  in  the  same  houre 
 of  the  night,  and  waszhed  their  strypes.  And 
 immediatly  was  he  baptysed,  and  all  his.  And 
 he  broughte  them  in  to  his  house,  and  set  them 
 a  table,  and  treioysed  with  all  his  housholde, 
 that  he  was  become  a  beleuer  on  God. 
 
 And  whan  it  was  daye,  the  officers  of  the 
 cite  sent  mynisters,  and  sayde :  Let  those  men 
 go.  And  the  keper  of  the  preson  tolde  this 
 sayenge  vnto  Paul :  The  officers  haue  sent 
 hither,  that  ye  shulde  be  lowse.  Now  ther- 
 fore  get  you  hece,  and  go  in  peace.  But 
 Paul  sayde  vnto  them :  They  haue  beaten 
 vs  openly  vncondempned  (where  as  we  are 
 yet  Romaynes)  and  haue  cast  vs  in  preson, 
 and  shulde  they  now  thrust  vs  out  preuely? 
 Not  so,  but  let  them  come  them  selues,  and 
 brynge  vs  out.  The  mynisters  tolde  these 
 wordes  vnto  the  officers.  And  they  feared, 
 whan  they  herde  that  they  were  Romaynes, 
 and  came  and  besoughte  them,  and  prayed 
 the  to  departe  out  of  the  cite.  Then  wente 
 they  out  of  the  preson,  and  entred  in  to  the 
 house  of  Lydia.  And  whan  they  had  sene 
 the  brethren  and  comforted  them,  they  de- 
 parted. 
 
 Cljt  >:bt).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AS  they  made  their  ioumey  thorow 
 Amphipolis  and  Apollonia,  they  came 
 to  Thessalonica,  where  was  a  synagoge  of  the 
 lewes.  And  Paul  (as  his  maner  was)  wete 
 in  vnto  them,  and  vpon  thre  Sabbathes  he 
 
 ''  loh.  6.  f.    Mar.  16.  b.         }  Luc.  5.  d.  and  19.  a. 
 
fo,  nrl. 
 
 Cf)e  Slrtts  of  tl)f  gipoistles. 
 
 Cftap,  jrbij. 
 
 spake  \iito  them  of  the  scripture,  opened  it 
 viito  the,  and  alleged,  *that  Christ  must 
 nodes  haue  suffred,  5  ryse  figayne  from  the 
 deed:  and  this  lesus,  whom  I  preach  vnto 
 you  (sayde  he)  is  f  same  Christ.  And  some 
 of  the  beleued,  and  were  ioyned  vnto  Paul 
 and  Sylas,  a  greate  multitude  also  of  the 
 deuoute  Grekes,  and  of  the  chefe  wemen  not 
 a  fewe. 
 
 But  the  styfftiecked  lewes  had  indignacion, 
 and  toke  vnto  them  certayne  euell  men  which 
 were  vagabundes,  and  gathered  a  company, 
 and  set  the  cite  in  a  rore,  and  preassed  vnto 
 the  house  of  lason,  and  soughte  to  brynge 
 them  out  \Tito  the  comon  people.  But  whan 
 they  founde  them  not,  they  drue  lason,  and 
 certayne  brethren  vnto  the  rulers  of  the  cite, 
 and  cryed :  These  that  trouble  all  the  worlde. 
 are  come  hither  also,  whom  lason  hath  re- 
 ceaued  preuely.  And  these  all  do  contrary  to 
 the  decrees  of  the  Emperoure,  sayenge,  that 
 there  is  another  kynge,"  one  lesus.  They 
 troubled  the  people,  and  the  rulers  of  the  cite, 
 that  herde  this.  And  whan  they  had  receaued 
 a  sufficient  answere  of  lason  and  of  the  other, 
 they  let  them  go. 
 
 But  the  brethren  immediatly  sent  awaye 
 Paul  and  Sylas  by  night  vnto  Berea.  Whan 
 they  came  there,  they  wete  in  to  the  synagoge 
 of  the  lewes  (for  they  were  the  Eldest  amonge 
 the  at  Thessalonica)  which  receaued  the 
 worde  maruelous  wyllingly,  and  t  searched  the 
 scriptures  daylie,  whether  it  were  euen  so. 
 Then  beleued  many  of  them,  and  worshipfuU 
 wemen  off  the  Grekes,  and  men  not  a  fewe.t 
 But  whan  the  lewes  off  Thessalonica  had 
 knowlege,  that  the  worde  off  God  was  preached 
 off  Paul  at  Berea,  they  came,  and  moued  the 
 people  there  also.  Howbeit  the  brethren 
 sent  Paul  awaye  then  immediatly,  to  go  vnto 
 the  see.  As  for  Sylas  and  Timotheus,  they 
 abode  there  styll. 
 
 They  that  conueyed  Paul,  brought  him 
 vnto  Athens.  And  whan  they  had  receaued 
 a  commaundement  vnto  Sylas  and  Timotheus, 
 that  they  shulde  come  vnto  him  in  all  the 
 haist,  they  wente  their  waye.  But  whyle  Paul 
 wayted  for  them  at  Athens,  hi^  sprete  was 
 moued  in  him,  whan  he  sawe  the  cite  geue  so 
 to  the  worshippinge  of  ymages.  And  he  spake 
 vnto  the  lewes  and  deuoute  personnes  in  the 
 
 •  Luc.  24.  d.     Mat.  16.  c.  and  17.  d. 
 «pd  19.  a.  t  loh.  5.  d.         {1  Tess.  2.  c. 
 
 loh.  18.  e. 
 §  Some 
 
 synagoge,  S  in  y  market  daylie  vnto  the  that 
 came  to  him.  But  certayne  Philosophers  of 
 f  Epicurees  and  Stoikes  disputed  with  him. 
 And  some  sayde:  What  will  this  babler  saye? 
 But  some  sayde  :  He  semeth  to  be  a  tidinges 
 hrpiger  of  new  ^goddes  (That  was,  because 
 he  had  preached  vnto  the  the  Gospell  of 
 lesus,  5  of  the  resurreccion.)  And  they  toke 
 him,  and  broughte  him  before  the  councell 
 house,  and  sayde  :  Maye  we  not  knowe,  what 
 new  doctryne  this  is  that  thou  teachest  ?  For 
 thou  bryngest  strauge  tidinges  to  oure  eares  ? 
 We  wolde  knowe  therfore,  what  this  meaneth. 
 As  for  all  they  of  Athens,  and  straungers  5 
 gestes,  they  gaue  the  selues  to  nothinge  els, 
 but  either  to  tell,  or  to  heare  some  newes. 
 
 Paul  stode  on  the  myddes  of  the  comon 
 place,  and  sayde  :  Ye  me  of  Athens,  I  se  that 
 in  all  thinges  ye  are  to  supersticious.  I  haue 
 gone  thorow,  5  sene  youre  gods  seruyce,  and 
 founde  an  altare,  where  vpo  was  wrytten  :  To 
 the  vnknowne  God.  Now  shewe  I  vnto  you 
 f  same,  whom  ye  worshippe  ignorauntly.  God 
 which  made  f  worlde,*  and  all  that  therin  is. 
 for  so  moch  as  he  is  LORDE  of  heauen  and 
 earth,  lldwelleth  not  in  temples  made  of 
 handes,  nether  is  he'  worshipped  with  mens 
 handes,  as  though  he  had  nede  of  eny  man, 
 seynge  he  himself  "geueth  life  and  breth  vnto 
 all  men  euery  where :  and  hath  made  of  one 
 bloude  all  the  generacion  of  men  to  dwell  vpo 
 all  the  face  of  f  earth :  and  hath  assygned 
 borders  appoynted  before,  how  longe  and  farre 
 they  shulde  dwell,  that  they  shulde  seke  the 
 LORDE,  yf  they  mighte  fele  and  fynde 
 him. 
 
 And  truly  he  is  not  farre  from  euery  one 
 of  vs.  For  in  him  we  lyue,  moue,  and  haue 
 oure  beynige,  as  certayne  of  youre  awne 
 Poetes  also  haue  sayde  :  We  are  his  genera- 
 cion. For  as  moch  then  as  we  are  the  genera- 
 cion of  God,  we  oughte  not  to  thinke  that  the 
 Godheade  is  like  ^^lto  golde  or  syluer,  or 
 ymagery  worke  of  the  crafte  or  ymaginacion 
 of  man.  ''And  truly  God  hath  ouersene  the 
 tyme  of  ignoraunce :  t  But  now  he  com- 
 maundeth  all  men  euery  where  to  repente, 
 because  he  hath  appoynted  a  daye,  in  the 
 which  he  wyl  iudge  the  cSpasse  of  the  worlde, 
 with  righteousnesse,  by  that  one  man  in  who 
 he  hath  appoynted  it :  and  oflred  faith  vnto 
 
 reade  :  deuyls. 
 66.  a.    Act.  7.  f. 
 
 *  Psal.  145.  a.     Act.  14. 
 "  Gen.  2.  b.     ^  Rom.  2.  a. 
 
 :.  II  Esa. 
 
 f  Lu.  24.  d. 
 
Cljap.  )rbuj» 
 
 €i)t  acttsi  of  t\)t  ^positlesf. 
 
 Jfo.  cjrii. 
 
 all  men,  after  that  he  had  raysed  him  vp  from 
 the  deed. 
 
 Whan  they  herde  of  the  resurreccion  of 
 the  deed,  some  mocked.  But  some  sayde : 
 We  wyl  heare  the  agayne  of  this  matter.  So 
 Paul  departed  from  amonge  them.  Howbeit 
 certayne  men  claue  vnto  him,  and  beleued 
 amonge  whom  was  Dionisius,  one  of  the 
 councell :  and  a  woman  named  Damaris,  and 
 other  with  them. 
 
 Cfje  ybii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AFTER  that  departed  Paul  fro  Athens, 
 and  came  to  Corinthum,  and  founde  a 
 lewe  named  *  Aquila,  home  in  Potus,  which 
 was  lately  come  out  of  Italy :  and  his  wife 
 Priscilla  (because  the  Emperoure  Claudius 
 had  commaunded  all  lewes  to  departe  from 
 Rome)  and  he  drue  vnto  the.  And  because 
 he  was  of  the  same  crafte,  he  abode  with  the, 
 and  wroughte.  Their  crafte  was  to  make 
 tentes.  And  he  preached  in  the  synagoge 
 euery  Sabbath  daye,  and  exhorted  the  lewes 
 and  the  Grekes. 
 
 Whan  Sylas  and  Timotheus  were  come  fro 
 Macedonia,  Paul  was  constrayned  by  the 
 sprete  to  testifye  vnto  f  lewes,  that  lesus  was 
 very  Christ.  But  wha  they  sayde  cotrary 
 and  blasphemed,  the  shoke  his  rayment,  and 
 sayde  vnto  them :  Youre  bloude  be  vpon 
 youre  awne  heade.  From  hence  forth  I  go 
 blamelesse  vnto  the  Gentyles.  And  he  de- 
 parted thence,  and  came  in  to  the  house  of 
 a  man  named  lustus,  which  feared  God,  and 
 his  house  was  nexte  vnto  the  synagoge.  How- 
 beit Crispus  the  chefe  ruler  of  the  synagoge, 
 beleued  on  f  LORDE  with  all  his  housholde. 
 And  many  of  the  Corinthians  that  gaue 
 audience,  beleued,  and  were  baptysed 
 
 The  LORDE  spake  vnto  Paul  by  a  vision 
 in  y  nighte:  Be  not  afrayed,  but  speake,  and 
 holde  not  thy  peace,  for  I  am  with  the :  and 
 noman  shal  inuade  the  that  shal  hurte  the,  for 
 I  haue  moch  people  in  this  cite.  He  con- 
 tynued  there  a  yeare  and  sixe  monethes,  and 
 taught  them  the  worde  of  God. 
 
 But  whan  Gallic  was  ruler  of  the  countre 
 of  Achaia,  the  lewes  made  insurreccion  with 
 one  acorde  agaynst  Paul,  5  broughte  him 
 before  the  iudgment  seate,  and  sayde  :  This 
 
 •  Ro.  16 
 Act.  13.  c. 
 
 52  Tim.  4.  c. 
 i  Num.  6.  b. 
 
 t  Mat.  10.  b.     Luc.  10.  a. 
 §  Heb.  6.  a.     laco.  4.  b. 
 
 felowe  counceleth  men  to  worshipe  God 
 cotrary  to  the  lawe.  Whan  Paul  was  aboute 
 to  open  his  mouth,  GaUio  sayde  vntoy  lewes: 
 Yf  it  were  a  matter  of  wronge  or  an  euell 
 dede  (O  ye  lewes)  reason  wolde  that  I  shulde 
 heare  you :  but  yf  it  be  a  question  of  wordes. 
 and  of  names,  and  of  f  lawe  amoge  you,  loke 
 ye  to  it  youre  selues,  I  thinke  not  to  be  iudge 
 there  ouer.  And  he  droue  them  from  the 
 iudgmet  seate.  Then  all  the  Grekes  toke 
 Sosthenes  the  ruler  of  the  Sinagoge,  and 
 smote  him  before  the  iudgment  seate.  And 
 Gallio  cared  for  none  of  tho  thinges. 
 
 Paul  after  y  he  had  taried  a  good  whyle, 
 toke  his  leue  of  the  brethren,  and  sayled  in  to 
 Syria,  Priscilla  (j  Aquila  bearinge  him  com- 
 pany. And  he  shore  his  heade  at  Cenchrea 
 (for  he  had  a  +  vowe)  5  came  downe  to  Ephe- 
 sus,  {J  lefte  them  there.  But  he  himselfe  wete 
 in  to  the  synagoge,  and  reasoned  with  the 
 lewes.  And  they  desyred  him,  that  he  wolde 
 tary  with  them  a  longer  season.  And  he 
 cosented  not,  but  bad  them  farwele,  and  sayde : 
 I  must  nedes  in  eny  wyse  kepe  this  feast  that 
 commeth,  at  Jerusalem :  but  §  yf  God  wyl,  I 
 wil  returne  agayne  vnto  you. 
 
 And  he  departed  from  Ephesus,  and  came 
 to  Cesarea,  and  wente  vp,  and  saluted  y  con- 
 gregacion,  and  toke  his  iourney  downe  to 
 Antioche,  and  taried  there  a  certayne  tyme, 
 and  departed,  and  walked  thorow  all  f 
 countre  of  Galatia  and  Phrigia  by  ordre,  and 
 strengthed  all  the  disciples. 
 
 There  came  vnto  Ephesus  a  certayne  lewe, 
 named  II  Apollo  (borne  at  Alexadria)  an 
 eloquent  man,  and  mightie  in  the  scriptures : 
 the  same  was  infourmed  in  the  waye  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  spake  feruently  in  the  sprete, 
 and  taughte  diligently  the  thinges  of  the 
 LORDE,  and  knewe  but  the  baptyme  off 
 Ihon  onely.  The  same  beganne  to  speake 
 boldly  in  the  synagoge.  Whan  Aquila  and 
 Priscilla  herde  him,  they  toke  him  vnto  the, 
 and  expounded  the  waye  of  God  vnto  him 
 more  perfectly.  But  whan  he  wolde  go  in  to 
 Achaia,  the  brethren  wrote,  and  exerted  the 
 disciples  to  receaue  him.  And  whan  he  was 
 come  thither,  he  helped  them  moch  which 
 beleued  thorow  grace.  For  he  ouercame  the 
 lewes  mightely,  and  shewed  openly  by  f 
 scripture,  that  lesus  was  Christ 
 
 II  1  Cor.  l.b.  3.  a.  16.  b. 
 
jTo.  tilii. 
 
 mn  9cteei  of  tf)t  SpostUsi. 
 
 Cftap.  jrfr. 
 
 Ci)t  viv.  C^aptrr. 
 
 BUT  it  fortuned  whan  Apollo  was  at 
 Corinthum,  that  Paul  walked  thorow 
 the  vpper  coastes,  and  came  to  Ephesus,  and 
 founde  certayne  disciples,  vn  to  whom  he 
 sayde  :  Haue'  ye  receaued  f  holy  goost,  sence 
 ye  beleued?  They  sayde  Vnto  hi :  We  haue 
 not  herde,  whether  there  be  an  holy  goost. 
 He  sayde  \Tito  them  :  Where  with  then  were 
 ye  baptysed?  They  sayde:  With  the  baptyme 
 of  Ihon.  Paul  sayde:  "Ihon  baptysed  with 
 the  baptpne  of  repentaunce,  and  spake  vnto 
 f  people,  that  they  shulde  beleue  on  him, 
 which  siudde  come  after  him,  that  is,  on  lesus, 
 that  the  same  is  Christ.  Whan  they  herde 
 that,  they  were  baptysed  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE  lesu.  And  whan  Paul  layed  the 
 hades  on  the,  the  holy  goost  came  vpon  them, 
 and  they  spake  with  tunges,  and  prophecied. 
 And  all  the  men  were  aboute  twolue. 
 
 He  wete  in  to  f  sjTiagoge,  and  preached 
 boldly  thre  monethes  longe,  teachinge,  and 
 geuynge  them  exortacions  of  the  kyngdome  of 
 God.  But  whan  dyuerse  waxed  herde  herted, 
 and  beleued  not,  and  spake  euell  of  the  waye 
 of  the  LORDE  before  the  multitude,  he 
 departed  from  them,  and  separated  the  dis- 
 ciples, and  disputed  daylye  in  the  scole  of  one 
 called  Tyrannus.  And  this  was  done  two 
 yeares  loge,  so  that  all  they  which  dwelt  in 
 Asia,  herde  the  worde  of  the  LORDE  lesu, 
 both  lewes  a  Grekes.  And  God  wroughte  no 
 small  miracles  by  the  handes  of  Paul,  so  that 
 from  his  body  there  were  broughte  napkjTis 
 or  partlettes  \Tito  the  sicke,  and  the  diseases 
 departed  from  them,  and  the  euell  spretes 
 wente  out  of  them. 
 
 But  certayne  of  the  vagabounde  lewes 
 which  were  coniurers,  \aidertoke  to  name  y 
 name  of  the  LORDE  lesus,  ouer  those  that 
 had  euell  spretes,  and  sayde :  We  charge  you 
 by  lesus  whom  Paul  preacheth.  They  were 
 seuen  sonnes  of  one  Sceua  a  lewe  the  hye 
 prest,  which  dyd  so.  The  euell  sprete  an- 
 swered, and  sayde  :  lesus  I  knowe,  and  Paul 
 I  knowe,  but  who  are  ye?  And  the  mii  in 
 who  the  euell  sprete  was,  ranne  vpon  them, 
 and  ouercame  them,  and  cast  them  %Tider 
 him,  so  that  they  fled  out  of  the  same  house 
 naked  and  wounded.  This  was  knowne  vnto 
 all   the    lewes   and   Grekes   which  dwelt  at 
 
 •MatS.b.     Mar.l.a.     Luc.S.c.     loh.l.c. 
 
 Ephesus,  and  there  fell  a  feare  vpon  them  all. 
 And  y  name  of  the  LORDE  lesus  was  mag- 
 nified. *Many  of  the  also  that  beleued,  came 
 and  cofessed,  and  shewed  their  workes.  But 
 many  of  them  that  had  vsed  curious  craftes, 
 broughte  the  bokes  together,  and  bumte  them 
 openly :  and  they  counted  the  pryce  of  them, 
 and  founde  it  of  money  fiitye  thousande  pens. 
 So  mightely  grewe  y  worde  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  preuayled. 
 
 Whan  this  was  done,  Paul  purposed  in 
 sprete  to  take  his  ioumey  thorow  Macedonia 
 and  Achaia,  and  to  go  to  lerusale,  and  sayde: 
 After  that  I  haue  bene  there,  I  must  se  Rome 
 also.  And  he  sent  in  to  Macedonia  two  that 
 mynistred  vnto  him,  Timotheus  and  Erastus. 
 But  he  himselfe  remayned  in  Asia  for  a 
 season.  At  the  same  tyme  there  rose  no  litle 
 a  doo  aboute  that  waye.  For  a  certayne  man 
 named  Demetrius  a  goldsmyth,  which  made 
 syluer  shrynes  for  Diana,  and  broughte  them 
 of  the  crafte  no  small  vauntage.  Them  he 
 gathered  together,  and  the  feloweworkme  of 
 the  same  occupaeion,  and  sayde :  Syrs,  ye 
 knowe  that  by  this  crafte  we  haue  vauntage, 
 and  ye  se  and  heare,  that  not  onely  at 
 Ephesus,  but  almost  also  thorow  out  all  Asia, 
 this  Paul  turneth  awaye  moch  people  with  his 
 persuadynge,  and  sayeth :  t  They  be  not 
 goddes  that  are  made  with  hondes.  Howbeit 
 it  shal  not  onely  brynge  oure  occupaeion  to 
 this  poynte  to  be  set  at  naught,  but  also  the 
 temple  of  greate  Diana  shal  from  hence  forth 
 be  despysed,  and  hir  maiestye  also  shalbe 
 destroyed,  who  neuertheles  all  Asia  and  the 
 worlde  worshippeth. 
 
 Whan  they  herde  this,  they  were  full  of 
 wrath,  cried  out,  and  sayde :  Greate  is  Diana 
 of  the  Ephesians.  And  all  f  cite  was  on  a 
 roore,  and  they  ruszhed  in  with  one  assent  in 
 to  the  open  place,  and  toke  Gains  and  Aris- 
 tarchus  of  Macedonia,  Pauls  companyons. 
 Whan  Paul  wolde  haue  gone  in  amonge  the 
 people,  the  disciples  suffred  him  not.  Cer 
 tayne  also  of  f  chefe  of  Asia  which  were 
 Pauls  good  frendes,  sent  vnto  him,  and  de- 
 syred  him,  that  he  shulde  not  preasse  in  to 
 the  open  place.  Some  cried  one  thinge,  some 
 another.  And  the  congregacion  was  out  of 
 quyete,  and  the  more  parte  knewe  not  wherfore 
 they  were  come  together.  Some  of  the  people 
 drue  forth   Alexander,  whan  y  lewes  thrust 
 
 •Mat.  3.  a.  t  Psal.  118.  b. 
 
C6ap.  n* 
 
 Wi)t  Slrtrg  of  ti)t  apoEitks; 
 
 ffo,  rrlnj.l 
 
 him  forwarde.  Alexader  beckened  with  the 
 hande,  and  wolde  haue  geuen  the  people  an 
 answere.  But  whan  they  knewe  that  he  was 
 a  lewe,  there  arose  a  shoute  of  all,  and  cried 
 the  space  of  two  houres :  Greate  is  Diana  of 
 the  Ephesians. 
 
 Whan  the  towne  clarke  had  stylled  the 
 people,  he  sayde :  Ye  men  of  Ephesus,  what 
 man  is  it  which  knoweth  not,  that  the  cite  of 
 y  Ephesifis  is  a  worshipper  of  the  greate 
 goddesse  Diana,  and  of  the  heauenly  ymage  ? 
 Seinge  now  that  this  can  not  be  sayde  agaynst, 
 ye  ought  to  be  contente,  and  to  do  nothinge 
 without  aduysement.  Ye  haue  broughte 
 hither  these  men,  which  are  nether  church- 
 robbers  ner  blasphemers  off  youre  goddesse. 
 
 But  yff  Demetrius  and  they  that  are 
 craftesmen  with  him,  haue  ought  to  saye  vn 
 to  eny  man,  the  lawe  is  open,  and  there  are 
 rulers,  let  them  accuse  one  another.  But  yf 
 ye  \vil  go  aboute  eny  other  thinge,  it  maye  be 
 determyned  in  a  laufull  congregacion.  For 
 we  stonde  in  ioperdy  to  be  accused  of  this 
 dayes  ^^roure :  and  yet  is  there  no  man 
 giltye,  of  whom  we  mighte  geue  a  rekenynge 
 of  this  vproure.  And  whan  he  had  sayde  this, 
 he  let  the  congregacion  departe. 
 
 NOW  whan  the  vproure  was  ceassed, 
 Paul  called  the  disciples  vnto  him,  and 
 toke  his  leue  of  them,  and  departed  *to  go 
 in  to  Macedonia.  And  whan  he  had  gone 
 thorow  those  partes,  and  exhorted  them  with 
 many  wordes,  he  came  in  to  Grekelonde,  and 
 there  abode  thre  monethes.  But  whan  the 
 lewes  layed  wayte  for  him,  as  he  was  aboute 
 to  sayle  in  to  Syria,  he  purposed  to  tume 
 agayne  thorow  Macedonia.  There  accompa- 
 nied him  in  to  Asia,  Sopater  of  Berrea :  and 
 of  Thessalonica,  Aristarchus  and  Secundus  : 
 and  Gains  of  Derba,  and  Timotheus :  but  of 
 Asia,  Tychicus  and  tTrophimus.  These 
 wente  before,  and  taried  for  vs  at  Troada : 
 but  we  sayled  after  the  Eeister  dayes  from 
 Philippos,  vnto  y  fyfth  daye,  and  came  to 
 them  vnto  Troada,  and  taried  there  seuen 
 dayes. 
 
 Vpon  one  of  the  Sabbathes,  whan  the  dis- 
 ciples came  together  to  breake  bred,  Paul 
 preached  vnto  them,  wyllinge  to  departe  on 
 the  morow,    and  contynued   the  preachinge 
 
 •iTim.  l.a.         t  Act.  21.  d.     2  Tim.  4.  c. 
 
 vnto  mydnight.  And  there  were  many 
 lightes  in  the  chamber,  where  they  were 
 gathered  together.  There  sat  a  yonge  man 
 named  Eutychos,  in  a  wyndow,  and  fell  in  to 
 a  depe  slepe  (whyle  Paul  was  speakinge)  and 
 was  ouercome  with  slepe,  and  fell  downe  from 
 the  thirde  lofte,  and  was  taken  vp  deed.  But 
 Paul  wente  downe,  and  fell  on  him,  and 
 enbraced  him,  and  sayde :  Make  nothinge  a 
 doo,  for  his  soule  is  in  hi.  Then  wente  he 
 vp,  and  brake  the  bred,  and  ate,  and  talked 
 moch  with  the,  tyll  the  daye  brake,  and  so 
 departed.  As  for  the  yoge  man,  they  broughte 
 him  alyue,  and  were  not  a  litle  conforted. 
 
 But  we  wente  afore  in  to  the  shippe,  and 
 sayled  towarde  Asson,  ^vyllinge  there  to  re- 
 ceaue  Paul.  For  so  had  he  appoynted,  and 
 wolde  himselfe  go  on  fote.  Whan  he  was 
 come  to  vs  vnto  Asson,  we  toke  him  in,  and 
 came  to  Mitylenes,  and  sayled  from  thence, 
 and  came  on  the  nexte  daye  ouer  agaynst 
 Chios,  and  on  the  daye  folowinge  we  aryued 
 at  Samos,  and  taried  at  Tragilion,  and  on  the 
 nexte  daye  came  we  to  Mileton :  for  Paul  had 
 determed  to  sayle  ouer  by  Ephesus,  that  he 
 nede  not  to  spende  the  tyme  in  Asia :  for  he 
 haisted  to  be  at  Jerusalem  vpo  the  Whitson- 
 daye,  yf  it  were  possible  for  him. 
 
 But  from  Mileton  he  sent  vnto  Ephesus, 
 and  called  for  the  Elders  of  the  congregacion. 
 Whan  they  were  come  to  him,  he  sayde  vnto 
 them  :  Ye  knowe  sence  the  first  daye  t  that  I 
 came  in  to  Asia,  after  what  maner  I  haue 
 bene  with  you  at  all  tyme,  and  serued  f 
 LORDE  with  all  humblenesse  of  mynde, 
 and  with  many  teares  and  tentacions,  which 
 happened  vnto  me  by  y  layenges  of  wayte  of 
 the  lewes,  how  y  I  haue  kepte  backe  nothinge 
 y  was  profitable,  but  that  I  haue  shewed  you, 
 and  taughte  you  openly,  and  priuately  from 
 house  to  house.  And  haue  testifyed  both 
 vnto  the  lewes  5  to  the  Grekes  the  repent 
 aunce  towarde  God,  and  faith  towarde  oure 
 LORDE  lesus. 
 
 And  now  beholde,  I  go  bounde  in  f  sprete 
 vnto  lerusale,  not  knowinge  what  shal  happen 
 there  vnto  me,  but  y  the  holy  goost  ^witnes- 
 seth  in  euery  cite,  and  sayeth,  that  bondes 
 and  troubles  abyde  me  there.  But  II I  re- 
 garde  none  of  them,  nether  counte  I  my  life 
 dearer  then  my  selfe,  that  I  maye  fulfylJ  my 
 course  with  ioye,  and   the  office   y   I   haue 
 
 t  Act.  19.  a. 
 
 §  Act.  21.  b. 
 
jTo.  nrlmj. 
 
 Wi)t  Slctfg  of  ti)t  jostles. 
 
 Cbap.  inri. 
 
 receaued  of  the  LORDE  lesu,  to  testifye  the 
 Gospell  of  the  grace  of  God. 
 
 And  now  bcholde,  1  knowe  that  ye  shal  se 
 my  face  nomore,  all  ye,  thorow  whom  I  haue 
 gone,  and  preached  the  kyngdome  of  God. 
 Wherfore  1  take  you  to  recorde  this  daye,  that 
 I  am  pure  from  the  bloude  of  all  men :  For  I 
 haue  kepte  nothinge  backe,  but  haue  shewed 
 you  all  the  councell  oflP  God.  Take  hede 
 therfore  vnto  youre  selues,  and  to  all  the 
 flocke,  amonge  the  which  the  holy  goost  hath 
 set  you  to  be  Bishoppes,  to  fede  the  congrega- 
 cion  of  God,  which  he  hath  purchaced  thorow 
 his  owne  bloude.  For  this  I  knowe,  *  that 
 after  my  departinge  there  shal  enter  in  amonge 
 you  greuous  wolues,  which  shal  not  spare  the 
 flocke.  Yee  eue  t  from  amonge  youre  awne 
 selues  shal  men  aryse,  speakynge  peruerse  doc- 
 tryne,  to  drawe  disciples  after  them.  Ther- 
 fore awake,  and  remembre,  that  by  the  space 
 of  thre  yeares  I  ceassed  not  to  warne  euery 
 one  off  you  both  nighte  and  daye  with  teares. 
 
 And  now  brethren  I  eommende  you  vnto 
 God,  and  to  f  worde  of  his  grace,  which  is 
 mightie  to  edifye  you,  and  to  geue  you  the 
 enheritaunce  amoge  all  them  that  are  sanc- 
 tified. "I  haue  not  desyred  syluer,  golde  or 
 rayment  off  eny  off  you.  For  ye  youre  selues 
 knowe,  that  t  these  handes  haue  mynistred 
 vnto  my  necessities,  and  them  that  were  with 
 me.  I  haue  shewed  you  all  thinges,  how  that 
 so  labouringe  ye  oughte  to  receaue  the  weake, 
 and  to  remembre  the  worde  of  the  LORDE, 
 how  that  he  sayde:  It  is  more  blessed  to 
 geue,  then  to  receaue. 
 
 And  whan  he  had  sayde  this,  he  kneled 
 downe,  and  prayed  with  them  all.  But  there 
 was  moch  wepynge  amonge  them  all,  and  they 
 fell  aboute  Pauls  necke,  and  kyssed  him,  and 
 were  sory,  most  of  all  because  of  the  worde 
 which  he  had  sayde,  that  they  shulde  se  his 
 face  nomore.  And  they  accopanied  him  vnto 
 the  shippe. 
 
 Cl)c  ni'  CJjapter. 
 
 NOW  whan  it  fortuned  that  we  had 
 launched  forth  and  were  departed  from 
 them,  we  came  with  a  straight  course  vnto 
 Coon,  and  on  the  daye  folowinge  vnto  the 
 Rhodes,  and  from  thence  vnto  Patara.  And 
 whan  we  founde  a  shippe  ready  to  sayle  vnto 
 iPhenices,  we  wente   aborde   and   set   forth. 
 
 •  I  Tim.  4.  a.  2  Pet.  2.  ; 
 i  Cor.  11.  b.  and  li.  b. 
 
 t  lob.  13.  c.  1  loh.  2.  c. 
 tGeii.3.  d.     iCor.  9.  b. 
 
 But  wha  we  came  within  the  sighte  of  Cypers, 
 we  lefte  it  on  the  lefte  hande,  and  sayled  vnto 
 Syria,  and  came  vnto  Tyre:  for  there  the 
 shippe  shulde  laye  forth  the  ware.  And  whan 
 we  had  founde  disciples,  we  taried  there 
 seuen  dayes.  And  they  tolde  Paul  thorow 
 the  sprete,  that  he  shulde  not  go  vp  to  Jeru- 
 salem. And  it  fortuned  wha  we  had  fulfilled 
 those  dayes,  we  departed,  and  wente  oure 
 wayes,  and  they  all  broughte  vs  on  oure  waye 
 with  wyues  and  childre,  tyU  we  were  come 
 out  of  y  cite,  and  we  kneled  downe  vp5  the 
 shore,  and  prayed.  And  whan  we  had  taken 
 oure  leue  one  off  another,  we  toke  shippe,  but 
 they  turned  agayne  vnto  theirs.  As  for  vs  we 
 ended  the  course  from  Tyre,  and  came  to 
 Ptolomaida,  and  saluted  the  brethren,  and 
 abode  with  them  one  daye. 
 
 On  the  nexte  daye  we  y  were  with  Paul, 
 departed,  and  came  vnto  Cesarea,  g  entred 
 in  to  the  house  of  ^  Philippe  the  Euangelist 
 (which  was  one  of  the  seue)  and  abode  with 
 him.  The  same  had  foure  doughters,  which 
 were  virgins,  II  and  prophecied.  And  as  we 
 taried  there  mo  dayes,  there  came  downe 
 from  lewry  a  prophet,  named  'Agabus. 
 Wha  he  was  come  vnto  vs,  he  toke  Pauls 
 gerdell,  and  bounde  his  hades  and  fete,  and 
 sayde:  Thus  sayeth  ^  holy  goost:  **  The  man 
 whose  gerdell  this  is,  shal  the  lewes  bynde 
 thus  at  Jerusalem,  and  shal  delyuer  him  in  to 
 the  handes  of  the  Heythe.  Whan  we  herde 
 this,  both  we  and  they  that  were  of  the  same 
 place,  besoughte  him,  that  he  wolde  not  go 
 vp  to  Jerusalem.  Then  answered  Paul  and 
 sayde  :  What  do  ye,  wepynge,  and  breakynge 
 my  hert  ?  For  I  am  redye  not  onely  to  be 
 bounde,  but  also  to  dye  at  Jerusalem  for  f 
 name  of  the  LORDE  lesu.  But  wha  he 
 wolde  not  be  persuaded,  we  ceassed,  and 
 sayde :  tt  The  will  of  the  LORDE  be  ful- 
 fylled.  And  after  those  dayes  we  were  ready, 
 5  wente  vp  to  Jerusalem :  There  came  with 
 vs  also  certayne  of  the  disciples  off  Cesarea, 
 and  broughte  with  them  one  of  Cypers, 
 named  Mnason,  an  olde  disciple,  with  whom 
 we  shulde  lodge.  Now  wha  we  came  to 
 Jerusalem,  the  brethren  receaued  vs  gladly. 
 But  on  the  nexte  daye  Paul  wente  in  with  vs 
 vnto  James,  and  all  the  Elders  came  together. 
 And  whan  he  had  saluted  them,  he  tolde  by 
 
 2  Tess.  3.  a. 
 f  Act.  11.  c. 
 
 ^  Act.  6.  a.  and  8.  a. 
 ••  Act.  20.  c. 
 
 II  loel  2.  f. 
 tt  Mat.  6.  b. 
 
Cftap,  JTI)« 
 
 €i)t  ^ftesi  of  tbt  Slpositles. 
 
 So.  t}:\!o. 
 
 order,  what  God  had  done  amoge  the  Heythen 
 by  his  mynistracion. 
 
 Whan  they  herde  that,  they  praysed  the 
 LORDE,  and  sayde  vnto  him :  Brother,  thou 
 seyst  how  many  thousande  lewes  there  are 
 which  beleue,  and  are  all  Zelous  ouer  y  lawe. 
 But  they  are  enfourmed  agaynst  the,  that 
 thou  teachest  aU  the  lewes  which  are  amoge 
 the  Heythe,  to  forsake  Moses,  and  sayest 
 that  they  oughte  not  to  circumcyse  their 
 children,  ner  to  walke  after  the  same  custome. 
 What  is  it  therfore?  The  multitude  must 
 nedes  come  together,  for  they  shal  heare  that 
 thou  art  come.  Do  this  therfore  that  we  saye 
 vnto  the :  We  haue  foure  men,  which  haue  a 
 *vowe  on  them,  take  them  vnto  y,  and 
 purifye  thyselfe  with  them,  and  do  the  cost 
 on  them,  that  they  maye  shaue  their  heades  : 
 and  they  shal  knowe,  that  it  is  nothinge, 
 wherof  they  are  enfourmed  agaynst  the,  but 
 that  thou  also  walkest  and  kepest  the  lawe. 
 For  as  touchinge  them  that  beleue  amonge  the 
 Heythen,  t  we  haue  wrytten,  and  concluded, 
 that  they  shulde  obserue  no  soch,  but  onely  to 
 kepe  them  selues  from  the  ofFeringes  of  Idols, 
 from  bloude,  from  stragled,  and  from  whor- 
 dome.  "Then  Paul  toke  the  men  vnto  him, 
 and  was  purified  with  them  on  the  nexte  daye, 
 and  entred  in  to  the  temple,  declaringe  that 
 he  fulfylled  the  dayes  of  purificacion,  tyll  there 
 was  an  offeringe  oflred  for  euery  one  of  them. 
 
 But  whan  the  seuen  dayes  were  allmost 
 fulfylled,  the  lewes  of  Asia  sawe  him  in  the 
 temple,  and  moued  all  the  people,  layed 
 handes  vpon  him,  and  cryed:  Ye  men  of 
 Israel,  helpe,  this  is  the  man,  that  teacheth  all 
 men  euery  where  agaynst  cure  people,  the 
 lawe,  and  this  place.  He  hath  broughte 
 Grekes  also  in  to  the  temple,  and  hath  defyled 
 this  holy  place.  For  they  had  sene  t  Tro- 
 phimus  the  Ephesian  with  him  in  the  cite, 
 him  they  thoughte  y  Paul  had  broughte  in  to 
 the  temple.  And  all  the  cite  was  moued,  and 
 the  people  ranne  together.  And  they  toke 
 Paul,  and  drue  him  out  off  the  temple,  and 
 forth  with  the  dores  were  shut  to. 
 
 But  whan  they  wete  aboute  to  kyll  him, 
 tydinges  came  to  the  chefe  captayne  of  the 
 company,  that  all  lerusalem  was  moued. 
 Which  immediatly  toke  soudyers  and  cap- 
 taynes  vnto  him,  and  ranne  in  amoge  them. 
 
 •  Num.6,  b.  Act.  18.  b. 
 t  Act.  20.  a.  2  Tim.  4.  c. 
 
 t  Act.  15.  d. 
 S  Act.  21.. b. 
 
 •  Act.  24.  b. 
 II  Luc.  23.  b. 
 
 Whan  they  sawe  the  captayne  and  the  sou- 
 dyers,  they  lefte  smytinge  of  Paul. 
 
 Whan  the  captayne  came  nye,  he  toke  him, 
 and  commaunded  him  i  to  be  bounde  with 
 two  cheynes,  and  axed  what  he  was,  and  what 
 he  had  done.  One  cried  this,  another  that 
 amonge  the  people.  But  whan  he  coulde  not 
 knowe  the  certente  because  of  the  rumoure, 
 he  commaunded  him  to  be  caried  in  to  the 
 castell.  And  wha  he  came  to  the  steppes,  it 
 fortuned  that  he  was  borne  of  y  soudyers 
 because  of  the  violence  of  the  people.  For 
 the  multitude  off  the  people  folowed  after, 
 and  cryed:  IIAwaye  with  him.  Whan  Paul 
 was  now  to  be  caried  in  to  the  castell,  he 
 sayde  \Tito  y  captayne  :  Maye  I  speake  vnto 
 the  ?  He  sayde  :  Canst  thou  Greke  ?  Art 
 not  thou  the  Egipcian,  which  before  these 
 dayes  maydest  an  vproure,  g  leddest  out  in  to 
 the  wyldernesse  foure  thousande  preuy  mur- 
 thurers  ?  Paull  sayde :  I  am  a  man  which  am 
 a  lewe  off  If  Tharsis,  a  citesyn  of  a  famous 
 cite  in  Celicia:  I  beseke  the,  suffre  me  to 
 speake  vnto  the  people.  Whan  he  had  geuen 
 him  lycence,  Paul  stode  on  the  steppes,  and 
 beckened  with  the  hande  vnto  the  people. 
 Now  whan  there  was  made  a  greate  sylece,  he 
 spake  vnto  them  in  Hebrue,  and  sayde : 
 
 Wt)t  frjrij.  Ci^aptn 
 
 YE  men,  brethren,  and  fathers,  heare 
 myne  answere  which  I  make  vnto  you. 
 Whan  they  herde  that  he  spake  vnto  them  in 
 the  Hebrue,  they  kepte  the  more  sylence. 
 And  he  sayde :  I  am  a  man  which  am  a  lewe, 
 borne  at  Tharsis  in  Celicia,  and  broughte  \'p 
 in  this  cite  at  the  fete  off  **  Gamaliel,  en- 
 fourmed diligently  in  the  lawe  of  the  fathers, 
 and  was  feruent  mynded  to  God  warde,  as  ye 
 all  are  also  this  daye,  tt  and  I  persecuted  this 
 waye  vnto  the  death.  I  bounde  them  and 
 delyuered  them  vnto  preson,  both  men  and 
 wemen,  as  y  hye  prest  also  doth  beare  me 
 wytnesse,  and  all  f  Elders :  of  whom  I  re- 
 ceaued  letters  vnto  the  brethren,  and  wente 
 towarde  Damascon,  that  I  mighte  brynge 
 them  which  were  there,  bounde  to  lerusalem, 
 to  be  punyshed. 
 
 But  it  fortuned  as  I  made  ray  ioumey,  and 
 came  nye  vnto  Damascon,  aboute  noone, 
 sodenly  there  shone  a  greate  lighte  aboute 
 
 IT  Act.  9.  b.  and  22.  a 
 and  26.  b. 
 
 ••  Act.  ; 
 1  Cor.  15.  a. 
 
 .  e.  tt  Act.  9.  a. 
 
 Gal.  l.b. 
 
Ijfo.  rvlbi. 
 
 €i)t  artrs  of  tl)f  SlpositlfS. 
 
 Cl)ai).  )iT»j. 
 
 nie  from  heauen,  ami  I  fell  to  the  earth,  and 
 lierde  a  voyce  which  sayde  viito  me :  Saull 
 SauU,  why  persecutest  thou  me  ?  1  answered 
 Who  art  thou  LORDE  ?  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 me :  I  am  lesus  of  Nazareth  whom  thou  per- 
 secutest. As  for  them  that  were  with  me, 
 they  sawe  y  lighte  and  were  afrayed,  but  they 
 herde  not  the  voyce  of  him  that  spake  with 
 me.  I  sayde :  LORDE,  what  shal  I  do  ? 
 The  LORDE  sayde  \nto  me:  Aryse,  and  go 
 in  to  Damascon,  there  shal  it  be  tolde  y  of  all 
 that  is  appoyiited  the  to  do.  But  whan  I 
 sawe  nothinge  for  the  biyghtnesse  of  the 
 lighte,  I  was  led  by  the  hande  of  them  that 
 were  with  me,  and  came  to  Damascon. 
 
 There  was  one  Ananias,  a  deuoute  man 
 after  the  lawe,"  which  had  a  good  reporte  of 
 all  the  lewes  that  dwelt  there,  the  same  came, 
 and  stepte  vnto  me,  and  sayde :  Br6ther  Saul, 
 loke  vp.  And  I  loked  vp  vpon  him  the  same 
 houre.  He  sayde :  The  God  of  oure  fathers 
 hath  ordeyned  the  before,  that  thou  shuldest 
 knowe  his  wyll,  and  se  the  thinge  y  is  rightfull, 
 and  heare  the  voyce  out  of  his  mouth :  for 
 thou  shalt  be  his  wjtnesse  vnto  all  men,  of 
 tho  thinges  which  thou  hast  sene  and  herde. 
 And  no^  why  tariest  thou  ?  Aryse,  and  be 
 baptysed,  and  wasze  awaye  thy  synnes,  and  * 
 call  vpon  the  name  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 But  it  fortuned,  that  whan  I  was  come 
 agayne  to  lerusale,  and  prayed  in  the  temple, 
 I  was  in  a  traunce,  and  sawe  him.  Then 
 sayde  he  vnto  me :  Make  haist,  t  and  get  the 
 soone  out  of  Jerusalem,  for  they  wyl  not 
 receaue  the  witnesse  that  thou  bearest  of  me. 
 And  I  sayde:  LORDE,  they  the  selues  knowe 
 that  I  put  in  preson  and  bett  in  euery  syna- 
 goge  them  that  beleued  on  the.  i  And  whi5 
 the  bloude  ot  Steue  thy  witnesse  was  shed, 
 I  stode  by  also,  5  consented  vnto  his  death, 
 and  kepte  the  clothes  of  them  that  slewe  him. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  Go  thy  waye,  for  ^ 
 I  wil  sende  the  farre  amonge  the  Heythen. 
 
 They  gaue  him  audience  vnto  this  worde, 
 and  lifte  vp  their  voyce,  5  sayde :  Awaye 
 with  soch  a  felowe  from  the  earth,  for  it  is 
 not  reason  that  he  shulde  lyue.  But  as  they 
 cried,  and  cast  of  their  clothes,  (i  thrue  dust 
 in  to  the  ayre,  the  captayne  bad  brynge  him 
 in  to  the  castell,  and  commaunded  him  to  be 
 beaten  with  roddes  and  to  be  examyned,  that 
 
 "Act-g.  b.  'Ro.  lO.b.  tftlat.  10.  b.  Act.9.  d.  {Act. 
 7.  g.       ^  Act.  IS.  a.   Gal.  1.  c.   Ephe.  3.  a.       ||  Act.  24.  b. 
 
 he  mighte  knowe,  for  what  cause  they  cried 
 so  vpon  him.  And  whan  he  bounde  him  with 
 thonges,  Paul  sayde  vnto  the  vmdercaptayne 
 that  stode  by :  Is  it  laufuU  for  you  to  scourge 
 a  man  that  is  a  Romayne,  and  vncondemned? 
 Whan  the  vndercaptayne  herde  that,  he  wete 
 to  the  vpper  captayne,  and  tolde  him,  and 
 sayde  ?  What  wilt  thou  do  ?  This  man  is  a 
 Romayne.  Then  came  y  ■^'pper  captayne, 
 and  sayde  vnto  him :  Tell  me,  art  thou  a 
 Romayne  ?  He  sayde :  Yee.  And  the  vpper 
 captayne  answered :  With  a  greate  summe 
 optayned  I  this  fredome.  But  Paul  sayde : 
 As  for  me,  I  am  a  Romayne  borne.  The 
 straight  waye  departed  from  him,  they  that 
 shulde  haue  examyned  him.  And  y  chefe 
 captayne  was  afrayed,  whan  he  knewe  that 
 he  was  a  Romayne,  and  because  he  had  bounde 
 him.  On  the  nexte  daye  wolde  he  knowe 
 the  certentye  wherfore  he  was  accused  of  the 
 lewes,  and  he  lowsed  him  from  the  bondes, 
 and  commaunded  the  hye  prestes  and  all  their 
 councell  to  come  together,  and  broughte  Paul 
 forth,  and  set  him  amonge  them. 
 
 STijc  n'ii]-  Cljapter 
 
 ^AUL  behelde  the  councell,   and  sayde: 
 
 Ye  men  and  brethren,  II   I  haue  lyued 
 
 with  all  good  conscience  before  God  \aito  this 
 daye :  H  But  the  hye  prest  Ananias  com- 
 maunded them  that  stode  aboute  him,  to 
 smyte  hi  on  the  mouth.  Then  sayde  Paul 
 vnto  him  :  God  shal  smyte  the  thou  paynted 
 wall.  *  Syttest  thou  and  iudgest  me  after  the 
 lawe,  and  commaundest  me  to  be  smytten 
 cotrary  to  y  lawe?  And  they  that  stode 
 aboute  hi,  sayde :  Reuylest  thou  Gods  hye 
 prest?  And  Paul  sayde :  Brethrc,  I  wyst  not 
 that  he  was  the  hye  prest.  For  it  is  wrytte:** 
 The  ruler  of  thy  people  shalt  thou  not  curse. 
 
 But  whan  Paul  knewe  that  the  one  parte 
 was  Saduces,  and  the  other  parte  Pharises, 
 he  cried  out  in  y  councell :  Ye  men  and 
 brethren,  I  am  a  Pharise,  and  the  sonne  of  a 
 Pharise,  ttOf  hope  and  resurreccion  of  the 
 deed  am  I  iudged.  And  whan  he  had  so 
 sayde,  there  arose  a  dissencion  betwene  y 
 pharises  and  the  Saduces,  and  the  multitude 
 was  deuyded :  for  the  Saduces  saye  that 
 there  is  no  resurreccion,  nether  angell,  ner 
 
 %  lere.  20.  a. 
 22.  d. 
 
 loh.  18.  a. 
 tt  Phil.  3.  a. 
 
 >  Deut.  17.  a. 
 Act.  4.  a.  26.  a.: 
 
ICftap.  j-Tiiij, 
 
 Cftf  Slrtrsi  of  ti)t  apositlfS, 
 
 Jfio.  frlbij* 
 
 33 
 
 c 
 
 sprete :  *  but  the  Pharises  graute  both.  And 
 there  was  made  a  greate  crye.  And  y  Scrybes 
 of  the  Pharyses  secte,  stode  vp,  and  stroue, 
 and  sayde :  We  fynde  no  euell  in  this  ma. 
 But  yf  a  sprete  or  an  angell  haue  spoke  vnto 
 him,  let  vs  not  stryue  agaynst  God. 
 
 But  whan  the  discension  was  greate,  y 
 vpper  captayne  feared,  that  Paul  shulde  haue 
 bene  pluckte  a  sonder  of  them,  and  com- 
 maunded  the  soudyers  to  go  downe,  and  to 
 take  him  from  them,  and  to  brynge  him  in  to 
 the  castell.  But  in  the  nighte  folowinge,  the 
 LORDE  stode  by  him,  and  sayde :  Be  of  good 
 cheare  Paul,  for  as  thou  hast  testified  of  me  at 
 Jerusalem  t  so  must  thou  testifye  at  Rome  also. 
 
 Now  whan  it  was  daye,  certayne  of  the 
 lewes  gathered  them  selues  together,  and 
 made  a  vowe  nether  to  eate  ner  drynke,  tyll 
 they  had  kyUed  Paul.  They  were  mo  then 
 fortye,  which  had  made  this  conspyraeion. 
 These  came  to  the  bye  prestes  and  Elders, 
 and  sayde :  We  haue  bounde  oure  selues  with 
 a  vowe,  that  we  wil  eate  nothinge,  tyll  we 
 haue  slayne  Paul.  Now  therfore  geue  ye 
 knowlege  to  the  vpper  captayne  and  to  the 
 councell,  that  he  maye  brynge  him  forth  vnto 
 you  tomorow,  as  though  ye  wolde  heare  him 
 yet  better :  As  for  vs,  we  are  ready  to  kyll 
 him,  or  euer  he  come  nye  you. 
 
 But  whan  Pauls  sisters  sonne  herde  of  their 
 layenge  awayte,  he  came,  and  entred  in  to 
 the  castell,  and  tolde  Paul.  So  Paul  called 
 vnto  him  one  of  y  vnder  captaynes,  and 
 sayde :  Brynge  this  yonge  man  to  the  vpper 
 j  captayne,  for  he  hath  somewhat  to  saye  to 
 [  him.  He  toke  him,  and  broughte  him  to  the 
 vpper  captayne,  and  sayde :  Paul  the  presoner 
 called  me  vnto  him,  and  prayed  me  to  brynge 
 to  the  this  yonge  man,  which  hath  somwhat 
 to  saye  vnto  the.  Then  the  hye  captayne 
 toke  him  by  the  hande,  and  wente  a  syde 
 with  him  out  of  the  waye,  and  axed  him: 
 What  is  it,  that  thou  hast  to  saye  vnto  me  ? 
 He  sayde :  The  lewes  are  agreed  together, 
 to  desyre  the,  to  let  Paul  be  broughte  forth 
 tomorow  before  the  councell,  as  though  they 
 wolde  yet  heare  him  better.  But  folowe  not  thou 
 their  myndes,  for  there  laye  wayte  for  him  mo 
 then  fortye  men  off  them,  which  haue  bounde 
 them  selues  with  a  vowe,  nether  to  eate  ner 
 drynke,  tyll  they  haue  slayne  Paul :  and  euen 
 now  are  they  redye,  and  loke  for  thy  promes. 
 
 •Mat.  22.  c.    Marc.  12.  b.    Luc.  20.  d.        tEphe.  3.  a. 
 
 Then  the  vpper  captayne  let  the  yonge 
 man  departe,  and  charged  him  to  tell  noman, 
 that  he  had  shewed  him  this.  And  he  called 
 vnto  him  two  vndercaptaynes,  and  sayde 
 Make  redye  two  hundreth  soudyers,  that  they 
 maye  go  to  Cesarea,  and  thre  score  and  ten 
 horsmen,  and  two  hundreth  speare  men  at 
 the  thirde  houre  of  the  nighte,  and  delyuer 
 the  beastes,  that  they  maye  set  Paul  theron, 
 and  brynge  him  safe  vnto  Felix  the  debyte, 
 and  he  wrote  a  letter  on  this  maner : 
 
 Claudius  Lysias,  vnto  the  most  mightie 
 Debyte  Felix,  gretynge.  t  The  lewes  had 
 taken  this  man,  and  wolde  haue  slayne  him, 
 then  came  I  with  soudyers,  and  rescued  him, 
 and  perceaued  that  he  is  a  Romayne.  And 
 whan  I  wolde  haue  knowne  the  cause,  wherfore 
 they  accused  hi,  I  broughte  him  in  to  their 
 councell :  then  perceaued  I,  that  he  was  accused 
 aboute  questions  of  their  lawe.  But  there  was ! 
 no  accusacion  worthy  of  death  or  of  bondes. 
 And  whan  it  was  shewed  me,  that  certayne 
 lewes  layed  wayte  for  him,  I  sent  him  straight 
 waye  vnto  the,  and  commaunded  the  accusers 
 also,  that  loke  what  they  had  agaynst  him, 
 they  shulde  tell  the  same  before  the.  Fare  well. 
 
 Tlie  soudyers  (as  it  was  commaunded  them) 
 toke  Paul,  and  broughte  him  to  Antipatras. 
 But  on  the  nexte  daye,  they  lefte  y  horse  men 
 to  go  with  him,  and  turned  agayne  to  the 
 castell.  When  these  came  to  Cesarea,  they 
 delyuered  the  letter  vnto  the  Debyte,  5  pre- 
 sented Paul  before  him  also.  Whan  the 
 Debyte  had  red  the  letter,  he  axed  off  what 
 countre  he  was.  And  whii  he  vnderstode  that 
 he  was  of  Celicia,  he  sayde  :§  I  wil  heare  the, 
 whan  thine  accusers  are  come  also.  And  he 
 commaunded  him  to  be  kepte  in  Herodes 
 iudgment  house. 
 
 El)t  yyiii).  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AFTER fyue dayes  the  hye  prest  Ananias 
 came  downe  with  the  Elders,  and  with 
 the  Oratour  Tertullus,  which  appeared  before 
 the  Debyte  agaynst  Paul.  Whan  Paul  was 
 called  forth,  Tertullus  begane  to  accuse  him, 
 and  sayde :  Seynge  that  we  lyue  in  greate 
 peace  by  the  meanes  of  y,  and  that  many 
 good  thinges  are  done  for  this  people  thorow 
 thy  prouydence  (most  mightie  Felix)  that 
 alowe  we  euer  and  in  all  places  with  all 
 thankes.     Notwithstondinge  y  I  be  nomore 
 
 2  Tim.  1.  b.         +  Act.  21.  d.         §  Deut.  17. 
 
fo.  rvlfanj. 
 
 0)e  acUsf  of  tf)c  apo£(tk£f. 
 
 Cftap.  jrirl). 
 
 tedious  viito  the,  I  praye  the,  that  of  thy 
 curtesy  thou  woldest  heare  vs  a  few  wordes. 
 
 We  haue  fouude  this  man  a  pestilent  felowe, 
 and  a  sterer  vp  of  sedicion  anionge  all  the 
 lewes  thorow  out  all  the  worlde,  and  a 
 nianteyner  of  the  secte  of  the  Nazaretes,  * 
 and  hath  taken  in  hande  also  to  suspende  the 
 temple,  whom  we  toke,  and  wolde  haue 
 iudfied  him  acordinge  to  oure  lawe.  But 
 Lysias  the  hye  captayne  came  vpo  vs,  and 
 with  greate  violence  delyuered  him  out  of  oure 
 handes,  and  commaunded  his  accusers  to  come 
 vnto  the:  of  whom  (yf  thou  wilt  enquyre) 
 thou  mayest  haue  knowlege  of  all  these  thinges, 
 wherof  we  accuse  him.  The  lewes  likewyse 
 affirmed  and  sayde,  that  it  was  euen  so. 
 
 But  Paul  (whan  the  debyte  had  beckened 
 vnto  him,  that  he  shulde  speake)  answered: 
 Seynge  1  knowe  that  thou  hast  bene  iudge 
 now  many  yeares  amonge  this  people,  I  wil 
 not  be  afrayed  to  answere  for  my  selfe, 
 because  that  thou  mayest  knowe,  that  there 
 are  yet  nomore  but  twolue  dayes  sence  I  came 
 vp  to  Jerusalem  for  to  worshippe,  and  that 
 they  nether  founde  me  in  the  temple  disputinge 
 with  eny  man,  or  makynge  eny  vproure  amonge 
 the  people,  ner  in  y  synagoges,  ner  in  the  cite : 
 nether  can  they  proue  the  thinges,  wherof 
 they  accuse  me.  But  this  It  confesse  vnto 
 the,  that  after  this  waye  which  they  call 
 heresye,  so  worshippe  I  the  God  of  my  fathers, 
 that  I  beleue  all  that  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe 
 and  in  the  prophetes,  and  haue  hope  towardes 
 God,  that  the  same  resurreccion  of  the  deed 
 (which  they  them  selues  loke  for  also)  shalbe, 
 both  of  the  iust  and  vniust.  Therfore  study e 
 I  to  haue  allwaye  a  cleare  conscience  towarde 
 God  and  towarde  men." 
 
 *  But  after  many  yeares  I  came  and  broughte 
 allmesse  vnto  my  people,  and  offeringes :  J 
 whervpon  they  founde  me  purifyed  in  the 
 temple  without  eny  maner  of  rumoure  or 
 vnquyetnesse.  Howbeit  there  were  certayne 
 lewes  out  of  Asia,  which  shulde  be  here 
 presente  before  the,  and  accuse  me,  yf  they  had 
 oughte  agaynst  me :  or  els  lett  these  same  here 
 saye,  yf  they  haue  founde  eny  vnrighteousnes 
 in  me,  whyle  I  stonde  here  before  y  councell: 
 excepte  it  be  for  this  one  worde,  that  I  cried 
 stondinge  amonge  them :  §  Of  the  resurreccion 
 off  the  deed  am  I  iudged  of  you  this  daye. 
 
 ♦  Act.  21.  d. 
 '  Act.  2S.a. 
 
 t  Mat.  10.  d.     Marc.  8.  e.     Luc.  12. 
 'Kom.  15.  d.    2Cor.  9.  a.         {  Act.  21. 
 
 Whan  Felix  herde  this,  he  dyfferred  the 
 (for  he  knewe  very  well  of  that  waye)  and 
 sayde :  Whan  Lysias  the  vpper  captayne 
 commeth  downe,  I  wyl  knowe  f  vttemost  of 
 youre  matter.  II  But  he  commaunded  the 
 vndercaptayne  to  kepe  Paul,  and  to  let  him 
 haue  rest,  and  that  he  shulde  forbydde  none 
 of  his  acquauntaiice  to  mynister  vnto  him,  or 
 to  come  vnto  him. 
 
 But  after  certayne  dayes  came  Felix  with 
 his  wife  Drusilla,  which  was  a  lewesse,  and 
 called  for  Paul,  and  herde  him  of  the  faith 
 in  Christ.  Howbeit  whan  Paul  spake  off 
 righteousnesse,  and  off  chastite  and  off  the 
 iudgment  to  come,  Felix  trembled,  and  an- 
 swered :  Go  thy  waye  for  this  tyme.  Whan 
 I  haue  a  conuenyent  tyme,  I  wil  sende  for 
 the.  He  hoped  also,  that  money  shulde  haue 
 bene  geuen  him  of  Paul,  therfore  called  he 
 oft  for  him,  and  commened  with  him.  But 
 after  two  yeares  came  Portius  Festus  in  to 
 felix  rowme.  Yet  Felix  wyllinge  to  shewe  the 
 lewes  a  pleasure,  left  Paul  bounde. 
 
 Ci^c  n^.  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 NOW  whan  Festus  was  come  in  to  the 
 countre,  ouer  thre  dayes  he  wente  vp 
 from  Cesarea  to  Jerusalem.  Then  appeared 
 the  hye  prestes  and  the  chefe  of  the  lewes 
 before  him  agaynst  Paul,  and  intreated  him, 
 and  desyred  fauoure  agaynst  him,  that  he 
 wolde  sende  for  him  to  Jerusalem,  and  layed 
 wayte  for  him,  that  they  might  slaye  him  by 
 the  waye.  Then  answered  Festus,  that  Paul 
 shulde  be  kepte  at  Cesarea,  but  that  he  him- 
 selfe  wolde  shortly  go  thither  agayne.  Let 
 them  therfore  (sayde  he)  which  are  able 
 amonge  you,  come  downe  with  vs  to  accuse 
 the  man,  yf  there  be  ought  in  him. 
 
 Whan  he  had  taried  amonge  them  more 
 then  ten  dayes,  he  wente  downe  to  Cesarea. 
 And  on  the  nexte  daye  he  sat  downe  on  the 
 iudgment  seate,  and  commaunded  Paul  to  be 
 broughte.  Whan  he  was  come,  f  lewes  which 
 were  come  downe  from  Jerusalem,  stode  rounde 
 aboute  him,  and  broughte  vp  many  and  greu- 
 ous  quarels  agaynst  Paul,  which  they  coulde 
 not  proue,  whyle  he  answered  for  himselfe : 
 J  haue  nether  offended  ought  agaynst  the 
 lawe  of  the  Jewes,  ner  agaynst  the  teple,  ner 
 agaynst  the  Emperoure. 
 
 ^  Act.  23. 
 
 II  lere.  39.  b.      Act.  27.  a.  and  28.  b 
 
Cf)ap.  jTjrbu 
 
 P)t  sactrsi  of  tbt  Slpostlfg, 
 
 #0.  rrlfr* 
 
 But  Festus  wyllinge  to  shewe  the  lewes  a 
 pleasure,  answered  Paul,  and  sayde:  Wilt 
 thou  go  vp  to  lerusalem,  and  there  be  iudged 
 off  these  thinges  before  me  ?  But  Paul  sayde : 
 I  stonde  at  the  Emperours  iudgmut  seate, 
 where  I  ought  to  be  iudged:  to  the  lewes 
 haue  I  done  no  harme,  as  thou  also  knowest 
 very  well.  Yf  I  haue  hurte  any  man,  or  com- 
 mitted eny  thinge  worthy  off  death,  I  refuse 
 not  to  dye.  But  yf  there  are  no  soch  thinges 
 as  they  accuse  me  off,  then  maye  no  man  de- 
 lyuer  me  vnto  them.  I  appeale  vnto  the  Em- 
 peroure.  Then  spake  Festus  with  the  Councell, 
 and  answered:  Thou  hast  appealed  vnto  the 
 Emperoure,  to  the  Emperoure  shalt  thou  go. 
 
 After  certayne  dayes  came  kynge  Agrippa 
 and  Bernice  to  Cesarea  to  welcome  Festus. 
 And  whan  they  had  taried  there  many  dayes, 
 Festus  rehearsed  Pauls  cause  vnto  the  kynge, 
 d  and  sayde :  There  is  a  man  left  bounde  of 
 Felix,  for  whose  cause  the  hye  prestes  and 
 Elders  of  the  lewes  appeared  before  me  whan 
 I  was  at  lerusalem,  and  desyred  a  sentence 
 agaynst  him.  Vnto  whom  I  answered :  *  It 
 is  not  the  maner  off  the  Romaynes  to  delyuer 
 eny  man  that  he  shulde  perishe,  before  that  he 
 which  is  accused,  haue  his  accusers  presente, 
 and  receaue  libertye  to  answere  for  him  selfe  to 
 the  accusacion.  Wha  they  were  come  hither 
 together,  I  made  no  delaye,  but  sat  the  nexte 
 daye  in  iudgment,andcommaunded  the  man  to 
 be  broughte  forth.  Of  whom,  whan  the  accusers 
 stode  vp,  they  broughte  no  accusacion  of  soch 
 thinges  as  I  supposed  :  But  had  certayne  ques- 
 tions agaynst  him  of  their  awne  supersticions, 
 and  of  one  lesus  deed,  whom  Paul  affirmed 
 to  be  alyue.  Howbeit  because  I  vnderstode 
 not  the  question,  I  axed  hi,  whether  he  wolde 
 go  to  lerusale,  and  there  be  iudged  of  these 
 matters.  But  wha  Paul  had  appealed,  that  he 
 might  be  kepte  vnto  the  knowlege  of  the 
 Emperoure,  I  comaunded  him  to  be  kepte, 
 tyll  I  mighte  sende  him  to  the  Emperoure. 
 
 Agrippa  sayde  vnto  Festus :  I  wolde  fayne 
 heare  the  man  also.  He  sayde :  Tomorow 
 shalt  thou  heare  him.  And  on  the  nexte 
 daye  came  Agrippa  g  Bernice  with  greate 
 pompe,  and  wete  in  to  the  comon  hall  with 
 the  captaynes  j  chefe  me  of  the  cite.  And  at 
 Festus  comaundement,  Paul  was  brought 
 forth.  And  Festus  sayde:  Kynge  Agrippa, 
 and  all  ye  men  which  are  here  with  vs,  ye  se 
 
 •  DeDt.  17.  a.        '  Act.  23.  a.   Phil.  3.  a.      t  Gen.  3.  c. 
 
 this  man,  aboute  whom  all  the  multitude  of 
 the  lewes  haue  entreated  me,  both  at  lerusale 
 and  here  also,  and  cried,  that  he  ought  not  to 
 lyne  eny  lenger.  But  whan  I  perceaued  that  he 
 had  done  nothinge  worthy  off  death,  and  that 
 he  himselfe  also  had  appealed  vnto  the  Em- 
 peroure, I  determyned  to  sende  him,  of  who 
 I  haue  no  certayne  thinge  to  wryte  vnto  my 
 lorde.  Therfore  haue  I  caused  hi  to  be 
 broughte  forth  before  you,  specially  before  the 
 (O  kynge  Agrippa)  that  after  examinacion 
 had,  I  might  haue  somwhat  to  wryte.  For 
 me  thynke  it  an  vnreasonable  thinge  to  sende 
 a  presoner,  and  not  to  shewe  the  causes  which 
 are  layed  agaynst  him. 
 
 CI)e  v>'6i-  Cl)aptrr. 
 
 AGRIPPA  sayde  vnto  Paul :  Thou  hast 
 leue  to  speake  for  thy  selfe.  The  Paul 
 stretched  forth  the  hande,  and  answered  for 
 himselfe  :  I  thinke  my  selfe  happye  (O  kynge 
 Agrippa)  because  I  shal  answere  this  daye 
 before  the,  of  all  the  thinges  wherof  I  am 
 accused  of  the  lewes :  specially  for  so  moch 
 as  thou  art  experte  in  all  customes  and  ques- 
 tions, which  are  amonge  the  lewes.  Wher- 
 fore  I  beseche  the,  to  heare  me  paciently. 
 
 My  lyuynge  truly  from  youth  vp  (how  it 
 was  led  from  the  begynnynge  amonge  this 
 people  at  lerusale)  knowe  all  the  lewes  which 
 knewe  me  afore  at  the  first,  yf  they  wolde 
 testifye,  for  after  the  most  strayte  secte  of  oure 
 lewysh  lawe,"  I  lyued  a  Pharise.  And  now 
 stonde  I,  and  am  iudged  because  of  the  hope 
 of  the  tpromes,  that  was  made  of  God  vnto 
 oure  fathers,  vnto  the  which  (promes)  oure 
 twolue  trybes  hope  to  come,  seruynge  God 
 instatly  daye  and  nighte.  For  the  which  hopes 
 sake  (O  kynge  Agrippa)  I  am  accused  of  the 
 lewes.  Wherfore  is  this  iudged  amonge  you  not 
 to  be  beleued,  that  God  rayseth  vp  the  deed  ? 
 
 I  also  verely  thoughte  by  my  selfe,  that  I 
 oughte  to  do  many  cotrary  thinges  cleane 
 agaynst  the  name  off  lesus  off  Nazareth,  t 
 which  I  dyd  at  lerusalem,  whan  I  shut  vp 
 many  sayntes  in  preson,  whervpon  I  receaued 
 auctorite  of  y  hye  prestes.  And  wha  they 
 shulde  be  put  to  death,  I  broughte  the 
 sentence.  And  thorow  all  the  synagoges  I 
 punyshed  them  oft,  and  compelled  the  to 
 blaspheme,  and  was  exceadinge  mad  vpon 
 them,  and  persecuted  them  euen  vnto  straunge 
 
 and  22.  c.   Deut.  18.  c. 
 
 .  15.  b.       {  Act.  8.  a.  and  9.  a. 
 1j8 
 
fo,  tl 
 
 Cfie  ams  of  tf)t  ^postks. 
 
 Cftap.  itrbij. 
 
 cities.  Aboute  which  thinges  as  I  wente  to 
 warde  Damascon  with  auctorite  and  lycence 
 of  the  hye  prestos,  euen  at  myddaye  (O  kynge 
 1  sawe  ill  the  waye,  that  a  lighte  from  heaue 
 (clearer  then  the  brightnesse  of  the  Sonne) 
 shyncd  rounde  aboute  me,  and  them  that 
 iourneyed  with  me. 
 
 13ut  whan  we  were  all  fallen  downe  to  the 
 earth,  I  herde  a  voyce  speakyiige  vnto  me, 
 andsayc'ge  in  Hebrue:  Saul  Saul,  why  perse- 
 cutest  thou  me?  It  shalbe  hardefor  the  tokycke 
 agaynst  the  prycke.  Hut  I  sayde  :  LORDE, 
 who  art  thou  ?  He  sayde  :  I  am  lesus,  whom 
 thou  persecutest.  But  ryse  vp,  and  stonde 
 vpon  thy  fete,  for  therfore  haue  I  appeared 
 vnto  the,  that  I  mighte  ordeyne  the  to  be  a 
 mynister  and  witnesse  of  it  that  thou  hast 
 sene,  and  that  I  wyll  yet  cause  to  appeare 
 vnto  the.  And  I  ml  delyuer  the  from  the 
 people,  and  from  the  Heythen,  amonge  who 
 I  wil  now  sende  the,  to  ope  their  eyes,  that 
 they  maye  turne  from  the  darknesse  vnto  the 
 •  lighte,  and  from  the  power  of  f  deuell  vnto 
 God,  that  they  maye  receaue  forgeuenesse  of 
 synnes,  and  the  enheritaunce  with  them  that 
 are  sanctified  by  faith  in  me. 
 
 Wherfore  (O  kynge  Agrippa)  I  was  not 
 faithlesse  vnto  y  heauely  vision,  but  shewed 
 it  first  vnto  them  at  Damascon,  and  at  lerusale, 
 and  in  all  the  coastes  of  lewry,  and  to  the 
 Heythen,  that  they  shulde  tdo  pennaunce, 
 and  turne  vnto  God,  and  to  do  the  righte 
 workes  of  pennaunce.  For  this  cause  the 
 lewes  toke  me  in  the  temple,  and  wente 
 aboute  to  kyll  me.  But  thorow  the  helpe  of 
 God  lent  vnto  me,  I  stonde  vnto  this  daye,  and 
 testifye  both  vnto  small  and  greate,  and  saye 
 no  other  thinge,  the  that  f  prophetes  haue 
 sayde  (that  it  shulde  come  to  passe)  and  Moses, 
 that  Christ  shulde  suflfre,  and  be  the  first  of  the 
 resurreccion  from  the  deed,  and  shew  light 
 vnto  the  people,  and  to  the  Heythen. 
 
 Whan  he  thus  answered  for  himselfe,  Fes- 
 tus  sayde  with  a  loude  voyce :  Paul,  thou  art 
 besydes  thy  selfe,  moch  lernynge  maketh  f 
 madd.  But  Paul  sayde :  I  am  not  madd 
 (most  deare  Festus)  but  speake  the  wordes  of 
 trueth  and  sobernesse :  for  y  kynge  knoweth 
 this  well,  vnto  whom  I  speake  frely.  For  I 
 thinke  that  none  off  these  thinges  is  hyd  from 
 him :  for  this  was  not  done  in  a  corner.  Be- 
 leuest  thou  the  prophetes,  O  kynge  Agrippa  ? 
 
 •  Esa.  60.  a.  t  Act.  2.  d.  3.  c.  17.  e. 
 
 I  knowe  that  thou  beleuest.  Agrippa  sayde 
 vnto  Paul :  Thou  persuadest  me  in  a  parte  to 
 become  a  Christen.  Paul  sayde  :  I  wolde  to 
 God,  that  (not  onely  in  a  parte  but  all- 
 together,)  I  mighte  persuade  not  the  onely, 
 but  all  them  that  heare  me  this  daye,  to  be 
 soch  I  am,  these  bondes  excepte.  And  whan 
 he  had  spoken  this,  the  kjnge  rose  vp,  and 
 the  Debyte,  and  Bernice,  and  they  that  sat 
 with  them,  and  wente  asyde,  and  talked 
 together,  and  sayde :  This  man  hath  done 
 nothinge  that  is  worthy  of  death  or  of  bondes. 
 But  Agrippa  sayde  vnto  Festus:  This  man 
 mighte  haue  bene  lowsed,  yf  he  had  not 
 appealed  vnto  the  Emperoure. 
 
 Cljt  rr6tj-  Cijapter. 
 
 WHAN  it  was  concluded  that  we  shulde 
 sayle  in  to  Italy,  they  delyuered  Paul 
 and  certayne  other  presoners  to  the  vnder- 
 captayne  named  lulius,  of  the  Emperours 
 soudyers.  And  whan  we  were  entred  in  to  a 
 shippe  of  Adramitium,  to  sayle  by  Asia,  we 
 lowsed  from  londe.  And  there  was  with  vs 
 one  t  Aristarchus  out  of  Macedonia  off  Thes- 
 salonica,  and  on  the  nexte  daye  we  came  vnto 
 Sidon.  And  lulius  intreated  Paul  curteously, 
 and  gaue  him  liberty  to  go  to  his  frendes, 
 and  to  refresh  himselfe.  And  from  thence 
 launched  we,  and  sayled  harde  by  Cypers 
 (because  the  wyndes  were  agaynst  vs)  and 
 sayled  ouer  the  see  of  Celicia  and  Pamphilia, 
 and  came  to  Myra  in  Lycia. 
 
 And  there  the  vndercaptayne  founde  a 
 shippe  of  Alexadria,  ready  to  sayle  in  to  Italy, 
 and  put  vs  therin.  And  whan  we  had  sayled 
 slowly,  and  in  many  dayes  were  scarcely  come 
 ouer  agaynst  Gnydon  (for  the  wynde  with 
 stode  vs)  we  sayled  by  Candy  nye  vnto  the 
 cite  off  Salmo,  and  came  scarcely  beyonde  it. 
 Then  came  we  to  a  place,  which  is  called 
 Goodhauen,  nye  where  vnto  was  the  cite 
 Lasea.  Now  whan  moch  tyme  was  spent, 
 and  saylinge  was  now  ioperdous,  because  that 
 they  also  had  fasted  ouerlonge,  Paul  exhorted 
 them,  and  sayde  vnto  them :  Syrs,  I  se  that 
 this  saylinge  wyl  be  with  hurte  and  moch 
 dammage,  not  onely  of  the  ladynge  and  of 
 the  shippe,  but  also  of  oure  lyues. 
 
 Neuertheles  y  vndercaptayne  beleued  the 
 gouernoure  of  the  shippe  and  y  master,  more 
 then  it  that  was  spoken  of  Paul.     And  for  so 
 
 t  Col.  4.  a. 
 
Cftap,  vvbuj. 
 
 €i)t  9UU^  of  tl)t  apostlfg. 
 
 So,  tlu 
 
 moch  as  the  haue  was  not  comodious  to  wynter 
 in,  the  more  parte  off  them  toke  counceD  to  de- 
 parte  thece,  yf  by  eny  meanes  they  might  come 
 to  Phenices  to  wynter  there,  which  is  an  hauen 
 of  Candy,  towarde  the  Southwest  and  North- 
 west wynde.  Whan  the  South  wynde  blewe, 
 they  supposinge  to  haue  had  their  purpose, 
 lowsed  \Tito  Asson,  and  sayled  past  all  Candy. 
 
 But  not  longe  after,  there  rose  agaynst 
 their  purpose  a  flawe  of  wynde,  which  is  called 
 the  Northeast.  And  whan  the  shippe  was 
 caught,  and  coulde  not  resist  f  wynde,  we  let 
 her  go,  and  draue  with  the  wedder.  But  we 
 came  to  an  He  named  Claudia,  where  we 
 coulde  scarce  get  a  bote.  Which  they  toke 
 vp,  and  vsed  helpe,  and  bounde  it  vnder  harde 
 to  the  shippe,  fearinge  lest  they  shulde  haue 
 fallen  in  to  the  *Syrtes,  and  let  downe  the 
 vessell,  and  so  were  caried.  And  whan  we 
 had  bydden  a  greate  tepest,  on  the  nexte  daye 
 they  made  an  outcastinge.  And  on  the  thirde 
 daye  with  oure  awne  handes  we  cast  out  the 
 tacklynge  of  the  shippe.  But  wha  nether 
 Sonne  ner  starres  appeared  in  many  dayes, 
 and  no  small  tempest  laye  vpon  vs,  all  the 
 hope  of  oure  life  was  taken  awaye. 
 
 And  after  longe  abstinence,  Paul  stode 
 forth  in  the  myddes  of  the,  and  sayde :  Syrs, 
 ye  shulde  haue  herkened  vnto  me,  and  not 
 to  haue  lowsed  from  Candy,  and  not  to  haue 
 broughte  vs  this  harme  and  losse.  And  now  I 
 exhorte  you  to  be  of  good  cheare,  for  there  shal 
 none  of  ourelyues  perishe,but  the  shippe  onely. 
 
 For  this  night  stode  by  me  the  angell  off 
 God  (whose  I  am,  5  who  I  serue)  (i  saide  : 
 Feare  not  Paul,  thou  must  be  broughte  before 
 the  Emperoure.  And  lo,  God  hath  geuen 
 vn  to  the  all  the  that  sayle  with  the.  Wher- 
 fore  syrs  be  of  good  cheare :  for  I  beleue 
 God,  y  it  shal  come  so  to  passe,  as  it  was 
 tolde  me.  Howbeit  we  must  be  cast  in  to  a 
 certayne  ylonde. 
 
 But  whan  the  fourtenth  night  came,  as  we 
 were  caried  in  Adria  aboute  mydnight,  f 
 shipmen  demed  that  there  appeared  some 
 countre  vnto  them,  and  they  cast  out  the 
 leade,  and  founde  it  twetye  feddoms :  and  wha 
 they  were  gone  a  litle  farther,  they  cast  out 
 the  leade  agayne,  and  founde  f)^tene  feddoms. 
 
 Then  fearinge  lest  they  shulde  fall  on  some 
 rocke,  they  cast  foure  anckers  out  of  the 
 steme,  and  wyszhed  for  the  daye.     Whan  the 
 
 •  Syrtes,  are  perlous  places  i  the  see.  "  Mat.  10.  d. 
 
 shipmen  were  aboute  to  flye  out  of  the  shippe, 
 and  let  downe  the  bote  in  to  the  see,  (vnder  a 
 coloure  as  though  they  wolde  cast  ankers  out 
 of  the  fore  shippe)  Paul  sayde  to  f  vnder- 
 captayne  and  to  the  soudyers :  Excepte  these 
 byde  in  the  shippe,  ye  can  not  be  saued. 
 Then  the  soudyers  cut  of  the  rope  from  the 
 bote,  and  let  it  fall.  And  whan  it  beganne 
 to  be  daye,  Paul  exhorted  them  all  to  take 
 meate,  and  sayde :  To  daye  is  the  fourtene 
 daye  that  ye  haue  taried  and  contynued 
 fastinge,  and  haue  receaued  nothinge :  Wher- 
 fore  I  praye  you  to  take  meate,  for  youre 
 health:  "for  there  shal  not  one  heer  fall  from 
 the  heade  of  eny  of  you.  And  whan  he  had 
 thus  spoken,  he  toke  bred,  and  t  gaue  thankes 
 to  God  before  them  all,  and  brake  it,  and 
 begane  to  eate.  Then  were  they  all  of  good 
 cheare,  and  toke  meate  also.  We  were  all 
 together  in  the  shippe  two  hundreth  thre 
 score  and  sixtene  soules.  And  whan  they 
 had  eaten  )iiough,  they  lightened  the  shippe, 
 and  cast  out  the  wheate  in  to  the  see. 
 
 Whan  it  was  daye,  they  knewe  not  the 
 londe.  But  they  spyed  an  hauen  with  a 
 banke,  in  to  which  they  were  mynded  (yf  it 
 were  possible)  to  thrust  in  the  shippe.  And 
 whan  they  had  take  vp  the  anckers,  they 
 commytted  them  selues  to  the  see,  and  lowsed 
 the  rudder  bandes,  and  hoyssed  vp  the  mayne 
 sayle  to  the  wynde,  and  drue  towarde  londe. 
 And  whan  we  chaunced  on  a  place  which  had 
 the  see  on  both  the  sydes,  the  shippe  daszhed 
 vpon  it.  And  the  fore  parte  abode  fast 
 vnmoued,  but  the  hjTider  parte  brake  thorow 
 the  violence  of  the  wawes. 
 
 The  soudyers  counceU  was  to  kyll  f  pre- 
 soners,  lest  eny  of  them  whan  he  had  swymmed 
 out,  shulde  flye  awaye.  But  the  vndercap- 
 ta)'ne  wyllinge  to  saue  Paul,  keped  them  from 
 their  purpose,  and  commaunded  that  they 
 which  coulde  swymme,  shulde  cast  them 
 selues  first  in  to  the  see,  and  escape  vnto 
 londe  :  and  the  other,  some  on  hordes,  some 
 on  broken  peces  of  the  shippe.  And  so  it 
 came  to  passe,  that  all  the  soules  came  safe 
 vnto  londe. 
 
 Cl^c  Xr^ii).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AND  wha  we  were  escaped,  we  knewe 
 that  the  He  was  called  Melite.     As  for 
 the  people,  they  shewed  vs  no  htle  kyndnesse : 
 
 Luc.  12.  a.       t  Mar.  6.  e.  and  8.  a.     Ioh.6.  a.     iTim.  4.  a. 
 
fo,  tUu 
 
 Cf)c  Sittesi  of  tfte  ^postltsi. 
 
 Cftap,  inrbiij. 
 
 c 
 
 for  they  kyndled  a  fyre,  and  receaued  vs  all 
 because  of  the  rayne  that  was  come  vpo  vs, 
 and  because  of  the  colde.  Whan  Paul  had 
 gathered  a  bondell  of  stickes,  and  layed  them 
 on  the  fyre,  there  came  a  vyper  out  of  the 
 heate,  and  leape  on  Pauls  hande.  Whan  the 
 people  sawe  the  beest  hange  on  his  hande, 
 they  sayde  amonge  them  selues :  This  man 
 must  ncdes  be  a  murthurer,  who  vengeaunce 
 suffreth  not  to  lyue,  though  he  haue  escaped 
 the  see.  But  he  shoke  of  y  beest  in  to  the 
 fyre,  *and  felt  no  harme.  Howbeit  they 
 wayted,  wha  he  shulde  haue  swollen,  or  fallen 
 downe  deed  sodenly.  But  whan  they  had 
 loked  a  greate  whyle,  and  sawe  y  there  hap- 
 pened no  harme  vnto  him,  they  chaunged 
 their  myndes,  and  sayde  that  he  was  a  God. 
 
 In  the  same  quarters  the  chefe  man  of  the 
 He  whose  name  was  Publius  had  a  lordshipe  : 
 the  same  receaued  vs,  and  lodged  vs  thre 
 dayes  curteously.  It  fortuned  wha  Publius 
 father  laye  sicke  of  the  feuers  and  of  a  bloudy 
 fluxe,  Paul  wente  in  vnto  him,  and  prayed, 
 and  layed  the  handes  on  him,  and  healed  him. 
 
 Whan  this  was  done,  other  also  which  had  di- 
 seases in  the  He,  came,  and  were  healed.  And 
 they  dyd  vs  greate  honoure.  And  whan  we  de- 
 parted, they  laded  vs  with  thinges  necessary. 
 
 After  thre  monethes  we  sayled  in  a  shippe 
 of  Alexandria,  which  had  wyntred  in  the  lie, 
 and  had  a  badge  of  Castor  and  Pollux.  And 
 whan  we  came  to  Syracusa,  we  taried  there 
 thre  dayes.  And  whan  we  had  sayled  aboute, 
 we  came  to  Rhegium:  and  after  one  daye 
 whan  the  south  wynde  blewe,  we  came  to 
 Putiolus,  where  we  founde  brethre  and  were 
 desyred  of  them  to  tarye  there  seue  dayes, 
 and  so  came  we  to  Rome.  And  from  thence 
 whan  the  brethren  herde  of  vs,  they  came 
 forth  to  mete  vs  to  Apiforum  and  to  the  Thre 
 tauerns.  Whan  Paul  sawe  them,  he  thaked 
 God,  and  waxed  bolde.  But  wha  we  came 
 to  Rome,  the  vnder  captayne  delyuered  the 
 presoners  to  f  chefe  captayne.  As  for  Paul, 
 he  had  leue  to  byde  alone  with  one  soudyer 
 that  kepte  him. 
 
 After  thre  dayes  it  fortuned,  y  Paul  called 
 f  chefe  of  f  lewes  together.     And  wha  they 
 
 t  Act.  24.  b.  and  25.  b. 
 §  Luc.  2.  c. 
 
 t  Act. 26.  a. 
 
 were  come,  he  sayde  vnto  the :  Ye  me  j 
 brethre  1 1  haue  comytted  nothinge  agaynst 
 oure  people,  ner  agaynst  f  lawes  of  f  fathers, 
 yet  was  I  boude,  delyuered  out  of  lerusale  in 
 to  y  Romaynes  hades :  which  wha  they  had 
 examyned  me,  wolde  haue  let  me  go,  for  so 
 moch  as  there  was  no  cause  of  death  I  me. 
 But  wha  y  lewes  spake  y  cotrary,  I  was 
 costrayned  to  appeale  vnto  y  Emperoure :  not 
 as  though  I  had  ought  to  accuse  my  people  of. 
 For  this  cause  haue  I  called  you,  eue  to  se 
 you,  (S  to  speake  with  you :  because  y  { for  f 
 hope  of  Israel,  I  am  bounde  with  this  cheyne, 
 They  sayde  vnto  hi :  We  haue  nether  receaued 
 letter  out  of  lewry  cocernynge  the,  nether 
 came  there  eny  of  the  brethre,  y  shewed  or 
 spake  eny  harme  of  y.  But  we  w^yl  heare  of 
 f,  what  thou  thinkest :  for  we  haue  herde  of 
 this  secte,  that  euery  where  §  it  is  spoken 
 agaynst.  And  wha  they  had  appoynted  hi 
 a  daye,  there  came  many  vnto  hi  in  to  his 
 lodginge  :  vnto  who  he  expouded  y  kyngdome 
 of  God  d  preached  vnto  the  of  lesu,  out  of  f 
 lawe  and  out  of  the  prophetes,  eue  fro  morn 
 ynge  vntyll  the  eue.  And  some  beleued  f 
 thinge  y  he  sayde,  but  some  beleued  not. 
 
 But  wha  they  agreed  not  amoge  the  selues, 
 they  departed,  wha  Paul  had  spoke  one  worde : 
 Full  well  hath  the  holy  goost  spoke  by  ;y 
 prophet  Esay  vnto  oure  fathers,  5  sayde :  "  Go 
 vnto  this  people,  and  saye :  With  eares  ye  shal 
 heare,  5  not  vnderstode :  5  with  eyes  shal  ye 
 se,  5  not  perceaue.  For  y  hert  of  this  people 
 is  waxed  grosse,  5  they  heare  hardly  with  their 
 eares :  5  their  eyes  haue  they  closed,  y  they 
 shulde  not  once  se  with  their  eyes,  (j  heare 
 with  their  eares,  5  vnderstode  1  their  hertes, 
 and  be  couerted,  y  I  mighte  heale  the.  Be 
 it  knowne  therfore  vnto  you,  y  this  saluacio 
 of  God  is  sent  vnto  y-  Heythe,  and  they  shal 
 heare  it.  And  wha  he  sayde  y,  y  lewes  de- 
 parted, 5  had  a  greate  disputacion  amonge 
 the  selues.  But  Paul  abode  two  whole  yeares 
 in  his  owne  hyred  dwellinge,  j  receaued  all 
 the  y  came  in  vnto  hi,  preachinge  f  kyng- 
 dome of  God,  and  teachinge  those  thinges 
 which  concerne  the  LORDE  lesus  with  all 
 boldnesse,  vnforbydden. 
 
 Mat.  13.  b. 
 12.  e. 
 
 Marc.  4.  a. 
 Rom.  11.  b. 
 
 Luc.  8.  b.      loh. 
 
 Cl)e  tnbt  of  tl)c  SlcUs  of  tht  Slpositlrs,  torptttn  ftp  ^.  2.ufee,  toftiri)  toas 
 pifEifnt  at  t{)f  tjopngcsi  of  ti)tm. 
 
fbt  ^po^tit  ^.  Paul  to  fbt  Momagttto* 
 
 €f)t  ^umme  of  tijis  (Bpi^tk, 
 
 Cf)ap.  I. 
 Paul  declareth  his  loue  towarde  the  Romaynes, 
 sheweth  what   the   gospell   is  with  the   frute 
 therof,  and  rebuketh  the  beestlynesse  of  the 
 flesh. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 He  rebuketh  the  lewes,  which  as  touchinge  synne 
 are  like  the  Heythe,  yee  worse  then  they. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 He  sheweth  what  preferment  the    lewes  haue, 
 and  that  both  the  lewes  and  Getiles  are  vnder 
 synne,  and  are  justified  only  by  the  grace  of 
 God  in  Christ 
 
 crijap.  nil. 
 
 He  declareth  by  the  exaple  of  Abraha,  that  faith 
 iustifieth,  and  not  the  lawe,  ner  the  workes 
 therof. 
 
 Cl^ap.  V. 
 The  power  of  faith,  hope,  and  loue  :    and  how 
 death  raigned  fro  Ada  vnto  Christ,  by  wh5 
 only  we  haue  forgeuenesse  of  synnes. 
 
 Ci&ap.  VI. 
 For  so  moch  as  we  be  delyuered  thorow  christ 
 from  synne,  we  must  fashion  oure  selues  to 
 lyue  as  the  seruauntes  of  God,  and  not  after 
 oure  awne  lustes.  The  vnlike  rewarde  of 
 righteousnes  and  synne. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 
 Christ  hath  delyuered  vs  from  the  lawe  and  death. 
 Paul  sheweth  what  the  flesh  and  outwarde 
 man  is,  and  calleth  it  the  lawe  of  the  membres. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VIII. 
 The  lawe  of  the  sprete  geueth  life.     The  sprete  of 
 God  maketh  vs  Gods  children  and  heyres  with 
 Christ.     The  abundaunt  loue  of  God  can  not 
 be  separated. 
 
 €i)ap.  IX. 
 
 Paul  complayneth  vpon  the  hard  hertes  of  the 
 lewes,  that  wolde  not  receaue  Christ,  and  how 
 the  Heythe  are  chosen  in  their  steade. 
 
 Cljap.  X. 
 
 The  vnfaithfulnes  of  the  lewes.  Two  maner  of 
 righteousnesses. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XI. 
 
 All  the  lewes  are  not  cast  awaye,  therfore  Paul 
 warneth  the  Gentiles  that  be  called,  not  to  be 
 hye  mynded,  ner  to  despyse  the  lewes,  for  the 
 iudgmetes  of  God  are  depe  and  secrete. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 The  swete  conuersacion,  loue,  and  workes  of  soch 
 as  beleue  in  Christ. 
 
 C^ap.  XIII. 
 
 The  obedience  of  men  vnto  their  rulers.  Loue 
 fulfiUeth  the  lawe.  It  is  now  no  tyme  to 
 folowe  the  workes  of  darknesse. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIIII. 
 
 The  weake  ought  not  to  be  despysed.  No  man 
 shulde  ofFende  anothers  conscience.  Agayne, 
 for  outward  thinges  shulde  no  man  condemne 
 another. 
 
 Cljap.  XV. 
 The  infirmite  and  fraylnesse  of  the  weake  ought 
 to  be  borne  with  all  loue  and  kyndnesse,  after 
 the  ensample  of  Christ. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 A  chapter  of  salutacions.     He  warneth  them  to 
 bewarre  of  mens  doctryne,  and  commendeth 
 vnto   them   certayne  godly   men,   that   were 
 louers  and  brethren  in  the  trueth. 
 
lBi)t  iSptetIc  of 
 
 tbt  Mpo&tlt  A.  Paul  to  tbt  Momagttcs, 
 
 CI)C  first  C!)aptfr. 
 
 PAUL  the  seruaunte  of  lesus  Christ, 
 called  to  be  an  Apostle,  *  put  aparte  to 
 preach  the  Gospell  of  God  (which  t  he  pro- 
 mysed  afore  by  his  prophetes  in  y  holy 
 scriptures)  off  his  sonne,  which  was  begotte 
 t  of  f  sede  of  Dauid  after  the  flesh :  and 
 mightely  declared  to  be  the  sonne  of  God 
 after  the  sprete  which  sanctifieth,  sence  the 
 t\TTie  that  he  rose  agayne  from  the  deed, 
 namely,  lesus  Christ  cure  LORDE,  by  whom 
 we  haue  ^receaued  grace  and  Apostelshippe 
 amonge  all  Heythen,  to  set  vp  the  obedience 
 of  faith  vnder  his  name,  of  whom  ye  are  a 
 parte  also,  which  are  called  of  lesus  Christ. 
 
 To  all  you  that  be  at  Rome,  beloued  of 
 God,  and  saymtes  by  callynge  II  Grace  be  with 
 you  and  peace  fro  God  oure  father,  and  the 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 First,  I  thanke  my  God  thorow  lesus 
 Christ  for  you  all,  that  youre  faith  is  spoken 
 of  thorow  out  all  the  worlde.  For  God  is 
 my  witnesse  (If whom  I  serue  in  my  sprete 
 in  the  Gospell  of  his  sonne)  that  without 
 ceassynge  I  make  mencion  of  you  **besekinge 
 allwayes  in  my  prayers,  that  I  mighte  once 
 haue  a  prosperous  iourney  (**by  the  will  oft 
 God)  to  come  vnto  you.  For  I  longe  to  se 
 you,  that  I  mighte  bestowe  vpon  you  some 
 spirituall  gifte  to  stregth  you  (that  is)  that  I 
 mighte  be  conforted  with  you,  thorow  youre 
 faith  5  myne,  which  we  haue  together. 
 
 But  I  wolde  ye  shulde  knowe  (brethren) 
 how  that  I  haue  often  tymes  purposed  to 
 come  vnto  you  (but  haue  bene  »let  hither  to) 
 
 •  Act.  13.  a.  t  Deut.  18.  c.  Act.  26.  d.  t  Mat.  1.  a. 
 ITim.  8.  a.  $  Act.  9.  c.  ||  1  Cor.  1.  a.  Gal.  1.  a. 
 
 IT  loh.  4.  0.    2  Tim.  1.  a.  ••  Phil.  1.  a.     Col.  1.  a. 
 
 tt  lere.  10.  d.  ft  Act.  16.  a.  •  Eccli.  41.  c. 
 
 that  I  mighte  do  some  good  amonge  you,  like' 
 as  amonge  other  Gentyles.  I  am  detter  both 
 to  the  Grekes,  and  to  the  vngrekes,  to  the 
 wyse  and  to  the  vnwyse.  Wherfore  (as  moch 
 as  I  me  is)  I  am  ready  to  preach  the  Gospell 
 vnto  you  at  Rome  also. 
 
 "For  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  Gospell  of 
 Christ :  for  it  is  the  ^  §  power  of  God,  which 
 saueth  all  that  beleue  theron,  the  lewe  first  (t 
 also  the  Greke :  for  in  it  f  righteousnes  that 
 is  of  value  before  God,  is  opened,  which 
 Cometh  out  of  faith  I  to  faith.  As  it  is  wrytte : 
 *The  iust  shal  lyue  by  his  faith.  For  y  wrath 
 of  God  is  declared  from  heauen  vpon  all  vn- 
 godlynes  and  vnrighteousnes  of  me,  which 
 witholde  the  trueth  of  God  in  vnrighteousnes : 
 because  that  it,  which  maye  be  knowne  of 
 God,  is  manifest  with  the.  For  God  hath 
 shewed  it  vnto  the,  that  the  inuisible  thinges 
 of  God  (that  is,  his  euerlastinge  power  and 
 Godheade)  mighte  be  sene  llllwhyle  they  are 
 considered  by  the  workes  from  the  creacion 
 of  the  worlde :  so  that  they  are  without  ex- 
 cuse, in  as  moch  as  they  knewe,  that  there  is 
 a  God,  and  haue  not  praysed  him  as  God 
 ner  thanked  him,  but  became  vayne  in  their 
 ymaginacions,  and  1^^  their  foolish  hert  was 
 blynded.  Whan  they  counted  them  selues  wyse, 
 they  became  fooles:  and  turned  ***f  glory  of 
 the  incorruptible  God  in  to  f  symilitude  of  f 
 ymage  of  a  corruptible  ma,  5  of  byrdes,  5  of 
 foure  foted,  tttj  of  crepinge  beestes  tU  Wher- 
 fore God  likewyse  gaue  them  vp  vnto  their 
 hertes  lustes  in  to  vnclennes,  to  defyle  their 
 awne  bodies  in  them  selues,  which  turned  the 
 trueth  of  God  vnto  a  lye,  5  worshipped  and 
 
 2  Tim.  1.  b.  §§  1  Cor.  1.  c.  >  Abac.  2.  a.  Gal.  3.  b. 
 Heb.  10.  d.  nil  Psal.  18.  a.  1[f  Deut.  28.  c. 
 
 •••Psal.  105.C.  lere.  2.d.  tttBeld.  JJt  2  Re.  24.  a. 
 Eze.  14.  a. 
 
Cftap.  I). 
 
 Wi)t  Ofpisitlt  to  tfte  iUimapnts* 
 
 fo,  cVa, 
 
 a 
 
 serued  the  creature   more  then   the   maker, 
 which  is  blessed  for  euer.  Amen. 
 
 Therfore  God  gaue  the  vp  vnto  shameful! 
 lustes.  *  For  their  wemen  chaunged  the 
 naturall  vse  in  to  the  vnnaturall :  likewyse  f 
 me  also  lefte  the  naturall  vse  of  the  woman, 
 and  brent  in  their  lustes  one  on  another,  and 
 man  with  man  wrought  fylthines,  and  receaued 
 in  them  selues  the  rewarde  of  their  erroure, 
 as  it  was  acordinge.  tAnd  as  they  regarded 
 not  to  knowe  God,  euen  so  tGod  gaue  the  rp 
 in  to  a  lewde  mynde,  to  do  those  thinges 
 which  were  not  comly,  beynge  full  of  all 
 vnrighteousnes,  whordome,  wickednes,  couet- 
 ousnes,  maliciousnes,  full  of  enuye,  murthur, 
 strife,  disceate,  euell  codicioned  whisperers, 
 backbyters,  despysers  of  God,  doers  of  wronge, 
 proude,  boosters,  bryngers  vp  of  euell  thinges, 
 disobedient  to  their  Elders,  without  vnder- 
 stondinge,  couenaunt  breakers,  vnlouynge, 
 stubborne,  vnmercifiill :  which  men,  though 
 they  knowe  the  righteousnes  of  God  (that  they 
 which  do  soch,  are  worthy  of  death)  yet  not 
 onely  do  the  same,  but  also  haue  pleasure  in 
 those  that  do  the. 
 
 Cl)t  i).  €i)apUr. 
 
 THERFORE  canst  thou  not  excuse  thy 
 selfe  (O  ma)  who  soeuer  thou  be  that 
 iudgest:"  for  Hoke  wherin  thou  iudgest 
 another,  thou  condemnest  thy  selfe,  in  so 
 moch  as  thou  that  iudgest,  doest  euen  the 
 same.  For  we  are  sure  that  the  iudgment  of 
 God  is  (acordinge  to  the  trueth)  ouer  them 
 that  do  soch.  But  thinkest  thou  this  O  thou 
 man,  that  iudgest  them  which  do  soch  thinges 
 and  doest  euen  the  very  same  thy  selfe,  that 
 thou  shalt  escape  y  iudgmet  of  God?  Or 
 despysest  thou  the  riches  of  his  goodnesse, 
 pacience,  and  loge  sufferinge?  II  Knowest 
 thou  not,  that  y  louynge  kyndnesse  of  God 
 leadeth  the  to  repentaunce  ? 
 
 But  thou  after  thine  harde  and  impenitent 
 hert,  heapest  vnto  thy  selfe  a  treasure  of  wrath, 
 agaynst  the  daye  of  wrath  and  of  the  openynge 
 of  the  righteous  iudgment  of  God,  If  which 
 shal  rewarde  euery  man  acordinge  to  his 
 dedes :  namely,  prayse  ij  honoure,  and  vncor- 
 rupcion,  vnto  them  that  with  pacience  in 
 doinge  good,  seke  euerlastinge  life :  But  vnto 
 
 •Leui.  18.  e.  t  Pro.  I.e.  J  Act.  7.  e.  "Mat.  7.  a. 
 !  Re.  12.  b.  II  Esa.  30.  c.  Act.  17.  e.  IT  Psal.  61.  b. 
 2  Thess.  1.  b.        tt  Act.  10.  d.    Eph.  6.  a.    Gal.  2.  a. 
 
 them  that  are  contencious  **  5  not  obedient 
 vnto  the  trueth,  but  obeye  vnrighteousnes, 
 shal  come  indignacion  and  wrath,  trouble  and 
 anguysh  vpo  all  the  soules  of  me  that  do 
 euell,  of  the  lewe  first  and  also  of  the  Greke 
 But  vnto  all  the  that  do  good  (shal  come 
 prayse  and  honoure,  and  peace,  vnto  the  lewe 
 first,  and  also  to  the  Greke. 
 
 tt  For  there  is  no  respecte  of  personnes 
 before  God :  Who  so  euer  haue  synned  without 
 lawe,  shal  perish  also  without  lawe :  and 
 whosoeuer  haue  synned  in  the  lawe,  shalbe 
 iudged  by  the  lawe.  ti  For  before  God,  they 
 are  not  righteous,  which  heare  y  lawe :  but 
 they  that  do  the  lawe,  shalbe  iustified.  For 
 yf  the  Gentyles  which  haue  not  the  lawe, 
 do  of  nature  the  thinges  conteyned  in  the 
 lawe,  then  they  hauynge  not  the  lawe,  are  a 
 lawe  vnto  them  selues,  in  that  they  shewe, 
 that  the  worke  of  ;y^  lawe  is  \vrytte  in  their 
 hertes :  whyle  their  conscience  beareth  wit- 
 nesse  vnto  the,  and  also  the  thoughtes  which 
 accuse  or  excuse  them  amonge  them  selues, 
 in  the  daye  whan  God  shal  iudge  the  secretes 
 of  men  by  lesus  Christ,  acordinge  to  my 
 Gospell. 
 
 But  take  hede,§§  thou  art  eaOed  a  lewe, 
 and  trustest  in  the  lawe,  5  makest  thy  boost 
 of  God,  and  knowest  his  will :  5  for  so  moch 
 as  thou  art  enfourmed  out  of  y  lawe,  thou 
 prouest  what  is  best  to  do,  and  presumest  to 
 be  a  leader  of  the  blynde  :  a  lighte  of  them  y 
 are  in  darcknes  :  an  enformer  of  y  vnwyse  :  a 
 teacher  of  y  symple :  which  hast  the  ensample 
 of  knowlege  ij  of  the  trueth  in  the  lawe. 
 
 Now  teachest  thou  other,  and  teachest  not  C 
 thy  selfe.  Thou  preachest  that  a  man  shulde 
 not  steale,  and  thou  stealest.  Thou  sayest, 
 that  a  man  shulde  not  breake  wedlocke,  and 
 thou  breakest  wedlocke.  Thou  abhorrest 
 ymages,  and  robbest  God  of  his  honoure. 
 Thou  makest  thy  boost  of  the  lawe,  and 
 thorow  breakynge  of  the  lawe  thou  dishonorest 
 God.  For  thorow  you  is  the  name  of  God 
 euell  spoken  of  amonge  the  Gentyles,  III!  as  it 
 is  wrytten. 
 
 The  circucision  verely  avayleth,  yf  thou 
 kepe  the  lawe :  but  yf  thou  breake  the  lawe, 
 then  is  thy  circumcision  become  vncircum- 
 cision.     Therfore  yf  the  vncircumcision  kepe 
 
 JJ  Mat.  7.  c.     Luc.  6.  e.      laco.  1.  c.  j§  loh.  8.  c. 
 
 nil  Esa.  52.  a.     Eze.  36.  d. 
 
fb^tOiU 
 
 €i)t  (IPpiEitlf  to  tin  ilomapnesi. 
 
 Cftap.  iij. 
 
 the  righte  thinges  conteynetl  in  the  lawe,  shal 
 not  his  vncircumcision  be  counted  for  circum- 
 cision ?  And  so  it  that  of  nature  is  vncircum- 
 cision, and  fuHilleth  the  lawe  shal  iudge  the, 
 which  vnder  the  letter  and  circumcision  triis- 
 gressest  the  lawe.  Kor  he  is  not  a  lew 
 which  is  a  lewc  outwarde :  nether  is  that  cir- 
 cueision  which  is  done  outwardly  in  y  flesh : 
 "  Hut  he  is  a  lewe,  which  is  hydd  withia. 
 And  *  the  circumcision  of  y  hert  is  the  cir- 
 cumcision, which  is  done  in  the  sprete  and 
 not  in  the  letter :  whose  prayse  is  not  of  men, 
 but  of  God. 
 
 Cfjt  iij.  Cljapter. 
 
 WHAT  furtheraunce  then  haue  the 
 lewes?  Or  what  avauntageth  circii- 
 cision?  Surely  very  moch.  First  t  Vnto  them 
 was  commytted  what  God  spake.  But  where 
 as  some  of  them  dyd  not  beleue  theron,  what 
 then  '^  shulde  their  vnbeleue  make  the  promes 
 of  God  of  none  effecte  ?  God  forbyd.  Let  it 
 rather  be  thus,  that  *God  is  true,t  and  all  me 
 lyers.  As  it  is  wrytten :  That  thou  mayest 
 be  iustified  in  thy  sayenges,  and  shuldest 
 ouercome,  wha  thou  art  iudged. 
 
 But  yf  it  be  so,  that  oure  vnrighteousnes 
 prayseth  y  righteousnes  of  God,  what  shal  we 
 saye?  Is  God  then  vnrighteous,  that  he  is 
 angrie  therfore?  (I  speake  thus  after  the 
 maner  off  men)  God  forbyd.  How  mighte 
 God  the  iudge  f  worlde  ?  For  yf  the  trueth 
 of  God  be  thorow  my  lye  the  more  excellent 
 vnto  his  prayse,  why  shulde  I  the  be  iudged 
 yet  as  a  synner  ?  ij  not  rather  to  do  thus  (as 
 we  are  euell  spoken  of,  and  as  some  reporte, 
 that  we  shulde  saye)  Let  vs  do  euell,  y  good 
 maye  come  therof.     Whose  danacio  is  iuste. 
 
 What  saye  we  then?  Are  we  better  then 
 they  ?  No,  in  no  wyse :  for  we  haue  proued 
 afore,  y  both  the  lewes  and  Grekes  are  all 
 vnder  synne.  '  As  it  is  wrytte :  There  is  none 
 righteous,  no  not  one.  There  is  none  y  vn- 
 derstondeth,  there  is  none  that  seketh  after 
 God.  They  are  all  gone  out  of  the  waye, 
 they  are  alltogether  become  vnprofitable : 
 there  is  none  that  doeth  good,  no  not  one.^ 
 Their  throte  is  an  open  sepulcre,  with  their 
 tunges  they  haue  disceaued,''  the  poyson  oft 
 Aspes  is  vnder  their  lippes.     Their  mouth  is 
 
 '  loh.  8.  d.  Rom.  9.  a.  •  Col.  2.  b.  t  Rom.  9.b. 
 »  loh.  3.  e.  t  Psal.  115.  a.  Psal.  50.  a.  '  Psal.  13.  a. 
 and  bi.  a.      §  Psal.  5.  b.      <•  Psal.  139.  a.        ||  Pro.  1.  a, 
 
 full  of  cursynge  and  bytternesse.il  Their  fete 
 are  swifte  to  shed  bloude.  Destruccion  j 
 wrechidnes  are  in  their  wayes,  and  y  waye  of 
 peace  haue  they  not  knowne.  H  There  is  no 
 feare  of  God  before  their  eyes. 
 
 But  we  knowe,  y,  what  soeuer  the  lawe 
 sayeth,  it  sayeth  it  vnto  them  which  are  vnder 
 the  lawe,  y  euery  mouthe  maye  be  stopped,  j 
 y  all  the  worlde  maye  be  detter  vnto  God,** 
 because  y  by  y  dedes  of  the  lawe  no  flesh 
 maye  be  iustified  in  his  sighte.tt  For  by  the 
 lawe  commeth  but  the  knowlege  of  synne. 
 But  now  without  addinge  to  of  y  lawe  is  the 
 righteousnes  which  avayleth  before  God,  de- 
 clared, hauynge  witnesse  of  y  lawe  and  the 
 prophetes:  but  I  speake  of  y  righteousnes 
 before  God,  which  cometh  by  the  faith  on 
 lesus  Christ,  vnto  all,  and  vpo  all  them  that 
 beleue. 
 
 For  here  is  no  difference.  For  they  are  all 
 synners,  and  wate  the  prayse  that  God  shulde 
 haue  of  the,  but  without  deseruynge  are  they 
 made  righteous  eue  by  his  grace,  thorow  the 
 redempcion  that  is  done  by  Christ  lesu,  whom 
 God  hath  set  forth  for  a  It  Mercy  seate  thorow 
 faith  in  his  bloude,  to  shewe  the  righteousnes 
 which  avayleth  before  him,  in  that  he  for- 
 geueth  the  synnes,  which  were  done  before 
 vnder  the  sufferaunce  of  God,  which  he 
 suffred,  that  at  this  tyme  he  mighte  shewe  y 
 righteousnes  which  avayleth  before  him ;  y  he 
 onely  mighte  be  righteous,  %  the  righteous 
 maker  of  him  which  is  of  the  faith  on  lesus. 
 
 Where  is  now  then  thy  reioysinge  ?  It  is 
 excluded.  By  what  lawe  ?  By  the  lawe  ot 
 workes?  Nay,  but  by  the  lawe  of  faith.  We 
 holde  therfore  that  a  man  is  iustified  ^§  by 
 faith,  without  the  workes  of  the  lawe.  Or  is 
 God  the  God  of  the  lewes  onely?  Is  he  not 
 also  the  God  of  the  Heythen?  Yes  verely  the 
 God  of  the  Heythen  also,  for  so  moch  as  he 
 is  the  God  onely  that  iustifieth  the  circum- 
 cision which  is  of  faith,  and  the  vncircucision 
 thorow  faith.  Destroye  we  then  the  lawe 
 thorow  faith?  God  forbyd.  But  we  mantayne 
 the  lawe. 
 
 w 
 
 Cije  ttij.  Ci^apUr. 
 HAT  shal  we  saye  the,  that  Abraha 
 oure  father  as  pertayninge  to  f  flesh 
 
 Esa.  59.  a.  f  Psal.  35. 
 U  Exo.  25.  c.  Heb.  5.  a, 
 onely. 
 
 'Gal.  2.  c.      ttHeb.7.c. 
 ^^  Some  reade  :  By  faith 
 
C&ap.  b« 
 
 €ht  €pi£itle  to  tt)t  iAomapncsi. 
 
 fo,  rlbi). 
 
 dyd  fynde  ?  This  we  saye  :  Yf  Abraham  were 
 made  righteous  thorow  workes,  then  hath  he 
 wherin  to  reioyse,  but  not  before  God.  But 
 what  sayeth  y  scripture  ?*  Abraha  beleued 
 God,  5  y  was  counted  vnto  him  for  righteous- 
 nes.  vnto  hi  y  goeth  aboute  with  workes,  is 
 the  rewarde  not  rekened  of  fauoure,  but  of 
 dutye:  Howbeit  vnto  him,  y  goeth  not  aboute 
 with  workes,  but  beleueth  on  him  y  iustifieth 
 the  vngodly,  is  his  faith  counted  for  righteous- 
 nes.  Euen  as  Dauid  sayeth  also,  that  blessednes 
 is  onely  that  mans,  vnto  who  God  counteth 
 righteousnes  without  addinge  to  of  workes, 
 where  he  sayeth:  "Blessed  are  they,  whose 
 vnrighteousnesses  are  forgeuen,  and  whose 
 synnes  are  couered.  Blessed  is  the  man,  vnto 
 whom  the  LOIIDE  imputeth  no  synne. 
 
 Now  this  blessednes,  goeth  it  ouer  the  cir- 
 ciicision,  or  ouer  the  vncircumcision  ?  We 
 must  nedes  graunte,  y  Abrahas  faith  was 
 coiited  vnto  hi  for  righteousnes.  How  was  it 
 the  rekened  vnto  him  ?  In  the  cireucision,  or 
 in  the  vncircumcision  ?  Doutles  *  not  in  the 
 cireucision,  but  in  the  vncircumcision.  As 
 for  the  toke  of  cireucision  t  he  receaued  it  for 
 a  scale  off  the  righteousnes  off  faith,  which  he 
 had  yet  in  y  vncircusion,  y  he  shulde  be  a 
 father  of  all  the  y  beleue,  beinge  in  y  vncir- 
 ciicisio,  y  it  might  be  couted  vnto  the  also 
 for  righteousnes :  5  that  he  might  be  a  father 
 of  circumcision,  not  onely  of  the  that  are  of 
 y  circumcision,  but  of  them  also  that  walke 
 m  the  fotesteppes  of  the  faith,  which  was  in 
 the  vncircumcision  of  oure  father  Abraham. 
 
 For  the  promes  (that  he  shulde  be  y  heyre 
 of  the  worlde)  was  not  made  vnto  Abraham 
 or  to  his  sede  thorow  the  lawe,  but  thorow  the 
 righteousnes  of  faith.  ^  For  yf  they  which 
 are  of  the  lawe  be  heyres,  the  is  faith  vayne, 
 and  the  promes  of  none  effecte,  for  so  moch 
 as  the  lawe  causeth  but  wrath.  For  where 
 the  lawe  is  not,  there  is  also  no  transgression. 
 Therfore  was  the  promes  made  thorow  fayth, 
 that  it  myght  come  off  fauoure,  wherby  the 
 promesse  myghte  be  made  sure  vnto  all  the 
 sede :  not  onely  vnto  him  which  is  off  the 
 lawe,  but  also  vnto  him  that  is  of  the  faith  of 
 Abraha  II  which  is  the  father  of  vs  all.  As 
 it  is  wrytten  :  H  I  haue  made  the  a  father  of 
 many  Heythe  before  God,  whom  thou  hast 
 
 •  Gen.  15.  b.  Gal.  3.  a.  Jacob.  2.  c.  ■■  Psal.  31.  a. 
 t  Gen.  15.  b.  J  Gen.  17.  d.  §  Gal.  3.  c.  ||  Esa.  51.  a. 
 Luc.  13.  b.  and  19.  a.  loh.  8.  o.  Gal.  3.  a.  f  Ge.l7.  a. 
 •*Gen.  15.  a.  tt  Rom.  15.  a.  }{  1  Tim.  2.  a. 
 
 beleued :    which    quyckeneth   the  deed,  and 
 calleth  it  which  is  not,  that  it  maye  be. 
 
 And  he  beleued  vpo  hope,  where  nothinge 
 was  ^to  hope,  that  he  shulde  be  a  father  of 
 many  Heythen.  Acordinge  as  it  was  sayde 
 vnto  him:  **Euen  so  shal  thy  sede  be.  And 
 he  was  not  faynte  in  faith,  nether  cosidred 
 his  awne  body,  which  was  deed  allready, 
 whyle  he  was  almost  an  hundreth  yeare  olde, 
 nether  the  deed  wombe  of  Sara.  For  he 
 douted  not  in  the  promes  of  God  thorow 
 vnbeleue,  but  was  stroge  in  faith,  and  gaue 
 God  the  prayse :  (j  was  sure,  that  loke  what 
 God  promyseth,  he  is  able  to  make  it  good. 
 And  therfore  was  it  rekened  vnto  him  for 
 righteousnes.  tt  But  this  is  not  wrytte  onely 
 for  his  sake,  y  it  was  counted  vnto  him,  but 
 also  for  oure  sakes :  vnto  who  it  shalbe  counted, 
 yf  we  beleue  on  him,  that  raysed  vp  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  from  the  deed.  Which  ttwas 
 geuen  for  oure  synnes,  and  raysed  vp  for  oure 
 righteousnesse  sake. 
 
 Ci^c  6.  Cppter.  1 
 
 BECAUSE  therfore  that  we  are  iustified  Q 
 by  faith,  we  haue  peace  with  God  thorow 
 oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  by  who  also  we 
 haue  an  intraunce  in  faith  vnto  this  grace, 
 wherin  we  stonde,  ii§§  reioyse  in  the  hope  of  y 
 glorye  for  to  come,  which  God  shal  geue.  Not 
 onely  y,  but  we  reioyse  also  I  troubles,  for  so 
 moch  as  we  knowe,  y  llll  trouble  bryngeth 
 paciece,  paciece  bryngeth  experiece,  experiece 
 bryngeth  hope :  As  for  hope,  is  letteth  vs  not 
 come  to  cofusion,  because  the  loue  of  God  is 
 shed  abrode  in  oure  hertes,  by  the  holy  goost 
 which  is  geuen  vnto  vs.  For  whan  we  were 
 yet  weake  acordinge  to  the  tyme,  *  Christ  dyed 
 for  vs  vngodly.  Now  dyeth  there  scarce  eny 
 man  for  the  righteous  sake :  Peraduenture  for 
 a  good  man  durst  one  dye.  Iff  Therfore  doth 
 God  set  forth  his  loue  towarde  vs,  in  y  Christ 
 dyed  for  vs,  whan  we  were  yet  synners :  Moch 
 more  then  shal  we  be  saued  from  wrath  by 
 him  seynge  we  are  now  made  righteous  thorow 
 his  bloude. 
 
 For  yf  we  were  recocyled  vnto  God  by  ^  J3 
 death  of  his  sone,  wha  we  were  yet  enemies: 
 moch  more  shal  we  be  saued  by  him,  now  y 
 we  are  reconcyled.     Not  onely  that,  but  we 
 
 jjHeh.  3.  a.         ||{{  laco.  1.  a. 
 and  2.  b.  UK  loh.  3.  c 
 
 Heb.  9.  c.  d. 
 
 '  Eph.  2.  a.     Col.  1.  b. 
 1  Pet.  3.  c.     1  loh.  4.  b. 
 
I/O.  cQiuj. 
 
 Cbe  €pietk  to  tt)t  3^mapmg> 
 
 Cbap.  fau 
 
 :€ 
 
 reioyse  also  in  God  thorow  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  by  whom  we  haue  now  receaued 
 the  attonement. 
 
 Wherfore  *  as  by  one  man  synned  entred 
 in  to  the  worlde,  and  death  by  f  meanes  off 
 synne :  euen  so  wente  death  also  ouer  all  men, 
 in  so.  moch  as  they  all  haue  synned.  For  synne 
 was  in  f  worlde  vnto  the  lawe  :  but  where  no 
 lawe  is,  there  is  not  synne  regarded.  Neuer- 
 theles  death  reigned  from  Adam  vnto  Moses, 
 euen  ouer  them  also  that  synned  not  with  like 
 trangression  as  dyd  Adam,  which  is  y  yraage 
 of  him  y  was  to  come. 
 
 But  it  is  not  with  the  gifte  as  with  the 
 synne :  for  yf  thorow  the  synne  of  one  many 
 be  deed,  yet  moch  more  plenteously  came  the 
 grace  and  gifte  of  God  vpon  many  t  by  the 
 fauoure  that  belonged  vnto  one  man  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 And  the  gifte  is  not  onely  ouer  one  synne, 
 as  death  came  thorow  one  synne  of  one  that 
 synned.  For  the  iudgment  came  of  one  synne 
 vnto  condempnacion,  but  the  gifte  to  iustifye 
 fro  many  synnes.  For  yf  by  f  synne  of  one, 
 death  raigned  by  the  meanes  of  one,  moch 
 more  shal  they  which  receaue  the  abudaunce 
 of  grace  and  of  the  gifte  vnto  righteousnes, 
 raigne  in  life  by  y  meanes  of  one  lesus  Christ. 
 Likewyse  the  as  by  the  synne  of  one,  con- 
 demnacion  came  on  all  men,  euen  so  also  by 
 the  righteousnes  of  one,  came  the  iustifienge 
 off  hfe  vpon  all  men.  For  as  by  the  diso- 
 bedience of  one,  many  became  synners,  euen 
 so  by  the  obedience  of  one  shal  many  be  made 
 righteous. 
 
 "  But  the  lawe  in  the  meane  tyme  entred, 
 that  synne  shulde  increace.t  Neuertheles 
 where  abundaunce  of  synne  was,  there  was 
 yet  more  plenteousnes  of  grace :  that,  like  as 
 synne  had  reigned  vnto  death,  eue  so  mighte 
 grace  reigne  also  thorow  righteousnes  to  euer- 
 lastinge  life  by  the  meanes  of  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Clje  bt.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 WHAT  shal  we  saye  then?  Shal  we 
 contynue  in  synne,  that  thero  maye 
 be  abundaunce  of  grace  ?  God  forbyd.  How 
 shal  we  lyue  in  synne,  y  are  deed  from  it  ?  § 
 Knowe  ye  not,  that  all  we  which  are  baptysed 
 in  to  lesu  Christ,  are  baptysed  in  to  his  death? 
 Therfore  are  we  buried  with  him  by  baptyme 
 
 •  Gen.  3.  a.       t  loh.  1.  b.       •  Gal.  3.  c. 
 $  Gal.  3.  d.      Col.  2.  b.      1  Pet.  3.  c. 
 
 t  Luc.7.  b. 
 Ephe.  4.  c. 
 
 in  to  death,  that,  like  as  Christ  was  raysed  vp 
 from  the  deed  by  the  glory  of  the  father,  II 
 euen  so  we  also  shulde  walke  in  a  new  life. 
 For  yf  we  be  grafted  with  him  vnto  like 
 death,  then  shal  we  be  like  the  resurreccion 
 also:  For  so  moch  as  we  knowe,  that  oure 
 olde  man  is  crucified  with  him,  that  the  synfull 
 body  mighte  ceasse,  that  hence  forth  we 
 shulde  serue  synne  nomore.  t  For  he  that  is 
 deed,  is  made  righteous  fro  synne. 
 
 *  But  yf  we  be  deed  with  Christ,  we  beleue, 
 that  we  shal  lyue  also  with  him,  and  are  sure,* 
 that  Christ  raysed  from  the  deed,  dyeth  no- 
 more:  Death  shal  haue  nomore  power  ouer 
 him.  For  as  touchinge  that  he  dyed,  he  dyed 
 cocemynge  synne  once :  but  as  touchinge  that 
 he  lyueth,  he  lyueth  vnto  God.  Likewyse  ye 
 also,  counte  youre  selues  to  be  euen  deed 
 concemynge  synne,  and  to  lyue  vnto  God 
 thorow  lesus  Christ  oure  LORDE.  Let  not 
 synne  reigne  therfore  in  youre  mortall  bodye, 
 that  ye  shulde  obeye  vnto  the  lustes  of  it. 
 Nether  geue  ye  ouer  youre  membres  vnto 
 synne  to  be  wapens  of  vnrighteousnes,  but 
 geue  ouer  youre  selues  vnto  God,  as  they  that 
 off  deed  are  become  lyuynge,  and  youre  mem- 
 bres vnto  God  to  be  wapes  off  righteousnes. 
 For  synne  shal  not  haue  power  ouer  you,  in  so 
 moch  as  ye  are  not  vnder  the  lawe,  but  vnder 
 grace. 
 
 How  then?  Shal  we  synne,  because  we  are 
 not  vnder  ;y^  lawe,  but  vnder  grace  ?  God 
 forbyd.  tt  Knowe  ye  not,  that  loke  vnto  who 
 ye  geue  ouer  youre  selues  as  seruauntes  to 
 obeye,  his  seruauntes  ye  are  to  whom  ye 
 obey,  whether  it  be  of  synne  vnto  death,  or 
 of  obediece  vnto  righteousnes  ?  But  God  be 
 thanked,  that  though  ye  haue  bene  the  ser- 
 uauntes of  synne,  ye  are  now  yet  obedient 
 of  herte  to  the  ensample  off  the  doctryne, 
 whervnto  ye  are  commytted.  For  now  that 
 ye  are  made  fre  from  synne,  ye  are  become 
 the  seruauntes  of  righteousnes. 
 
 I  wil  speake  grosly,  because  of  the  weaknes 
 of  youre  flesh.  Like  as  ye  haue  geuen  ouer 
 youre  membres  to  the  seruyce  of  vnclennesse, 
 from  one  wickednesse  to  another :  Eue  so  now 
 also  geue  ouer  youre  membres  to  the  seruyce 
 of  righteousnesse,  that  they  maye  be  holy.  For 
 whan  ye  were  the  seruauntes  of  synne,  ye 
 were  lowse  from  righteousnes.      WTiat  fhxte 
 
 Col.  3.  a.     Heb.  9.  c. 
 ••  Apoc.  1.  d. 
 
 ir  1  Pet.  4.  a.         »  2  Tim.  2.  b. 
 ft  loh.  8.  c.    2  Pet.  2.  d. 
 
Cftap,  buj. 
 
 Clje  CpiEJtIe  to  tbe  3acimapncs!« 
 
 fo,  tUv*} 
 
 had  ye  at  that  tyme  in  those  thinges,  wherof 
 ye  are  now  ashamed?  For  the  ende  of  soch 
 thinges  is  death.  But  now  that  ye  be  fre  from 
 synne,  and  are  become  the  seruauntes  of  God, 
 ye  haue  youre  frute  that  ye  shulde  be  holy : 
 but  the  ende  is  euerlastinge  life.  *  For  death 
 is  the  rewarde  of  synne,  but  the  gifte  of  God 
 is  euerlastinge  life. 
 
 Wi)t  bi).  Ci^apttr. 
 
 KNOWE  ye  not  brethren  (for  I  speake 
 vnto  them  that  knowe  the  la  we)  how 
 that  f  lawe  hath  power  vpon  a  man  as  longe 
 as  he  lyueth  ?  "  For  the  woman  y  is  in  sub- 
 ieccion  to  the  man,  is  bounde  vnto  the  lawe 
 whyle  the  man  lyueth :  but  yf  the  man  dye, 
 then  is  she  lowsed  from  the  lawe  that  con- 
 cemeth  the  man.  tYf  she  be  now  with  another 
 man,  whyle  the  man  lyueth,  she  shal  be  called 
 a  wedlocke  breaker.  But  yf  the  man  be  deed, 
 then  is  she  fre  from  the  lawe,  so  that  she  is  no 
 wedlocke  breaker,  yf  she  be  with  another  man. 
 
 Euen  so  my  brethren,  ye  also  are  deed  vnto 
 the  lawe  by  the  body  of  Christ,  that  ye  shulde 
 be  with  another  (namely  with  him  which  is 
 raysed  vp  from  the  deed)  that  we  shulde 
 brynge  forth  frute  vnto  God.  For  whan  we 
 were  in  the  flesh,  the  synfull  lustes  (which 
 were  stered  vp  by  the  lawe)  were  mightie  in 
 oure  membres  to  brynge  forth  frute  vnto  death. 
 But  now  are  we  lowsed  from  the  lawe,  and  deed 
 vnto  it,  that  helde  vs  captyue,  so  that  we  shulde 
 serue  in  a  new  conuersacion  of  the  sprete,  and 
 not  in  the  olde  conuersacion  of  the  letter. 
 
 What  shal  we  saye  then?  Is  the  lawe  synne? 
 God  forbyd:  Neuertheles  I  knewe  not  synne, 
 but  by  f  lawe.  For  I  had  knowne  nothinge 
 of  lust,  yf  the  lawe  had  not  sayde :  i  Thou 
 shalt  not  lust.  But  then  toke  synne  occasion 
 at  the  commaundement,  and  stered  vp  in  me 
 all  maner  of  lust.  For  without  the  lawe  synne 
 was  deed.  As  for  me,  I  lyued  some  tyme 
 without  lawe.  Howbeit  whan  the  commaunde- 
 ment came,  synne  reuyued,  but  I  was  deed. 
 And  the  very  same  commaundement  that  was 
 geuen  me  vnto  life,  was  founde  to  be  vnto  me 
 on  occasion  of  death.  For  synne  toke  occasion 
 at  the  comaundement,  and  disceaued  me,  and 
 slewe  me  by  the  same  commaundement.^ 
 The  lawe  in  dede  is  holy,  and  the  commaunde- 
 ment holy,  iust  and  good.     Is  that  then  which 
 
 •  Gen.  2.  c.  Rom.  5.  b. 
 }  Exo.  20.  c.    Deut.  5.  c. 
 
 '  1  Cor.  7.  d. 
 §  Esa.  48.  d. 
 
 t  Mat.  5.  d. 
 1  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
 is  good,  become  death  vnto  me  ?  God  for- 
 byd. But  synne,  that  it  mighte  appeare  how 
 y  it  is  synne,  hath  wroughte  me  death  thorow 
 good:  that  synne  mighte  be  out  of  measure 
 synfull  by  the  commaundement.  For  we 
 knowe,  that  the  lawe  is  spirituall,  but  I  am 
 carnall,  II  solde  vnder  synne :  because  I  knowe 
 not  what  I  do.  For  I  do  not  y  I  will,  but 
 what  I  hate,  y  do  I.  Yf  I  do  now  that  which 
 I  wil  not,  the  graunte  I,  that  the  lawe  is  good. 
 
 So  then  it  is  not  I  that  do  it,  but  synne  that 
 dwelleth  in  me:  for  I  knowe  that  in  me  (y  is, 
 in  my  Ifflesh)  there  dwelleth  no  good  thinge. 
 To  wyll  is  present  with  me,  but  to  perfourme  y 
 which  is  good,  I  fynde  not.  For  f  good  that  I 
 wyll,  do  I  not :  but  the  euell  which  I  wil  not, 
 that  do  I.  Yf  I  do  now  that  I  wil  not,  then  is  it 
 not  I  that  do  it,  but  synne  that  dwelleth  in  me. 
 
 Thus  fynde  I  now  by  the  lawe,  y  whan  I 
 wyl  do  good,  eueU  is  present  with  me.  For 
 I  delite  in  the  lawe  of  God  after  the  inwarde 
 man :  but  I  se  another  lawe  in  my  membres, 
 which  stryueth  agaynst  y  lawe  of  my  mynde, 
 and  taketh  me  presoner  in  f  lawe  of  synne, 
 which  is  in  my  membres.  O  wretched  man 
 that  I  am,  who  shal  delyuer  me  from  the  body 
 of  this  death?  I  thanke  God  thorow  lesus 
 Christ  oure  LORDE.  So  then  with  the 
 mynde  I  serue  y  lawe  of  God,  but  with  the 
 flesh  the  lawe  of  synne. 
 
 Clje  bii).  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 THEN  is  there  now  no  damnacion  vnto 
 the  that  are  in  Christ  lesu,  which  walke 
 not  after  the  flesh,  but  after  y  sprete.  For  f 
 lawe  of  y^  sprete  (y  bryngeth  life  I  Christ  lesu) 
 hath  made  me  **fre  fro  the  lawe  of  synne  g 
 death.  ttFor  what  vnpossible  was  vnto  y'  lawe 
 (in  as  moch  as  it  was  weake  because  of  the 
 flesh)  y  perfourmed  God,  5  sent  his  sonne  in 
 f  similitude  of  synfull  flesh,  5  by  M  synne 
 diined  synne  in  f  flesh :  that  the  righteousnes 
 requyred  of  the  lawe,  mighte  be  fulfylled  in 
 vs,  which  walke  not  after  the  flesh,  but  after 
 the  sprete.  For  they  that  are  fleshly,  are 
 fleshly  mynded :  but  they  that  are  goostly,  are 
 goostly  mynded.  To  be  fleshly  mynded,  is 
 death :  but  to  be  goostly  mynded,  is  life  and 
 peace.  For  to  be  fleshly  mynded  is  enemyte 
 agaynst  God,  §§  syth  it  is  not  subdued  vnto  f 
 lawe  of  God,  for  it  can  not  also.     As  for  the 
 
 II  Esa.  52.  ».  f  Gen.  6.  a.  ••  loh.  8.    Gal.  4.  a. 
 
 tt  Heb.  7.  c.        tt  2  Cor.  5.  c.         SS  Esa.  65.  c. 
 
jTo.  dr. 
 
 C6c  a^i^tk  to  ti)t  3aomapiw5, 
 
 Cftap.  i)r. 
 
 I  that  are  fleshlye,  they  can  not  please  God. 
 Howbeit  ye  are  not  fleshly,  but  goostly,  yf  so 
 be  that  the  sprete  of  God  dwell  in  you.  But 
 who  so  hath  not  the  sprete  of  Christ,  the 
 same  is  not  his.  Neuertheles  yf  Christ  be  in 
 you,  then  is  the  body  deed  because  of  synne. 
 13ut  the  sprete  is  life  for  righteousnes  sake. 
 )3  VVherfore  yf  the  sprete  of  him,  that  raysed 
 vp  lesus  from  the  deed,  dwell  in  you,  then 
 shal  euen  he  also  that  raysed  vp  Christ  from 
 the  deed,  quycke  youre  mortal  bodies,  be- 
 cause y  his  sprete  dwelleth  in  you.  Therfore 
 brethre  we  are  now  detters,  not  to  the  flesh, 
 to  Ijoie  after  the  flesh  :  for  yf  ye  lyue  after  f 
 fleshe,  ye  must  dye  :  but  yf  ye  mortyfye  the 
 dedes  of  the  body  thorow  the  sprete,  ye  shal 
 lyue.  For  who  so  euer  are  led  by  the  sprete 
 of  God,  are  Gods  childre : "  for  ye  haue  not 
 receaued  the  sprete  of  bondage  to  feare  eny 
 more,  but  ye  haue  receaued  y  sprete  of  adop- 
 cion,  wherby  we  crye :  Abbci,  deare  father.* 
 The  same  sprete  certifieth  cure  sprete,  that 
 we  are  the  childre  of  God.  Yf  we  be  childre, 
 then  are  we  heyres  also,  namely  the  heyres  of 
 God,  and  heyres  annexed  with  Christ,  yf  so 
 be  that  we  suffer  together,  that  we  maye  be 
 also  glorified  together. 
 I C  I  For  I  suppose,  that  the  affliccions  off  this 
 tyme,  *are  not  worthy  of  y  glorye,  which 
 shalbe  shewed  vpon  vs.  ♦  For  the  feruent 
 loginge  of  y  creature  loketh  for  the  appearinge 
 of  the  childi'en  of  God,  because  the  creature 
 is  subdued  vnto  vanyte  agaynst  hir  will,  but 
 for  his  \vyU  that  hath  subdued  her  vpon  hope. 
 For  the  creature  also  shal  be  fre  from  the  bond- 
 age of  corrupcion,  vnto  the  glorious  libertye 
 of  the  childre  of  God.  For  we  knowe,  that 
 euery  creature  groneth,  and  t  trauayleth  with 
 vs  in  payne  vnto  the  same  tyme. 
 
 Not  they  only,  but  we  oure  selues  also, 
 which  haue  the  first  frutes  of  the  sprete, 
 grone  within  in  oure  selues  for  the  child- 
 shippe,  and  loke  for  y  delyueraunce  of  oure 
 bodye.  For  we  are  saued  I  dede,  howbeit  I 
 hope :  but  f  hope  that  is  sene,  is  no  hope  : 
 for  how  can  a  man  hope  for  that  which  he 
 seyeth  f  But  yf  we  hope  for  that  which  we  se 
 not,  the  do  we  thorow  pacience  abyde  for  it. 
 S  Likewyse  the  sprete  also  helpeth  oure 
 weaknesse:  for  we  knowe  not  what  we  shulde 
 desyre  as  we  oughte  :    §  neuertheles  f  sprete 
 
 I      '  Ual.  4.  a.  a  rim.  1.  a. 
 ,  I.  b.  •  a  Cor.  4.  b. 
 
 •  i.'  Cor.  1.  c.  and  5.  a.  Eph. 
 t  2  Co.  5.  a.        t  loh.  16.  c, 
 
 it  selfe  maketh  intercession  mightely  for  vs 
 with  vnoutspeakable  gronynges.  Howbeit  he 
 y  searcheth  the  hert,  knoweth  what  the 
 mynde  of  the  sprete  is :  for  he  maketh  interces- 
 sion for  the  sayntes  acordinge  to  the  pleasure 
 of  God.  But  sure  we  are,  that  all  thinges 
 serue  for  the  best  vnto  them  that  loue  of  God, 
 which  are  called  of  purpose.  For  those  whom 
 he  knewe  before,  hath  he  ordejiied  also  be- 
 fore, y  they  shulde  be  like  fashioned  vnto  f 
 shappe  of  his  sonne,  y  he  mighte  be  the  first 
 begotte  amoge  many  brethre.  As  for  those 
 whom  he  hath  ordeyned  before,  them  hath  he 
 called  also :  and  whom  he  hath  called,  the  hath 
 he  also  made  righteous :  and  whom  he  hath 
 made  righteous,  them  hath  he  glorified  also. 
 
 What  shal  we  saye  then  vnto  these  thinges? 
 '  Yff  God  be  on  oure  syde,  who  can  be  agaynst 
 vs.  Which  spared  not  his  owne  sonne,  but 
 hath  geuen  him  for  vs  all :  how  shal  he  not 
 with  him  geue  vs  all  thinges  also  ?  Who  wyl 
 laye  eny  thinge  to  y  charge  of  Gods  chosen  .'* 
 Here  is  God  that  maketh  righteous,  who  wil 
 then  condemned  Here  is  Christ  that  is  deed, 
 yee  rather  which  is  raysed  vp  agayne,  which 
 is  also  on  f  righte  hande  of  God,  and  maketh 
 intercession  for  vs. 
 
 Who  will  separate  vs  from  the  loue  of  God? 
 Trouble  ?  or  anguysh  ?  or  persecucio  ?  or 
 honger?  or  nakednesse ?  orparell?  orswerde? 
 As  it  is  wrytten :  ''  For  thy  sake  are  we  kylled 
 all  the  daye  longe,  we  are  counted  cis  shepe 
 appoynted  to  be  slayne.  Neuerthelesse  in  all 
 these  thinges  we  ouercome  farre,  for  his  sake 
 that  loued  vs.  For  sure  I  am,  that  nether 
 death  ner  life,  nether  angell,  ner  rule,  nether 
 power,  nether  thinges  present,  nether  thinges 
 to  come,  nether  heyth,  ner  loweth,  nether  eny 
 other  creature  shalbe  able  to  separate  vs  from 
 the  loue  of  God,  which  is  in  Christ  lesu  oure 
 LORDE. 
 
 Wi)t  iy.  Cl^apter. 
 
 I  SAYE  the  trueth  in  Christ,  and  lye 
 not  (wherof  my  conscience  beareth  me 
 witnesse  in  the  holy  goost)  that  I  haue  greate 
 heuynesse  5  contynuall  sorowe  in  my  hert. 
 1 1  haue  wyszhed  my  selfe  to  be  cursed  from 
 Christ  for  my  brethren,  that  are  my  kynsmen 
 after  the  flesh,  which  are  off  Israel :  "  vnto 
 whom  pertayneth  the  childshippe,  and  the 
 glory,  and  the  couenauntes  and  lawe,  and  the 
 
 U  Esa.aS.c. 
 I J  Psal.  43.  c. 
 
 i\u.  14.  a.  Esa.SO.b.      ||  Ge.22.c.  Ksa.53.  c 
 f  Exo.  31.  g.      ••  Exo.  19.  a.  Deut.  7.  a, 
 
Cljap.  j:» 
 
 CI)t  (gpistk  to  tht  Jxomapncsf. 
 
 jTo.  civi. 
 
 seruyce  of  God,  and  the  promyses :  whose  are 
 also  the  fathers,  off  whom  (after  the  flesh) 
 coinmeth  Christ,  *  which  is  God  ouer  all, 
 blessed  for  euer.  Ame.  But  I  speake  not 
 these  thinges,  as  though  the  worde  of  God 
 were  of  none  effecte :  "for  they  are  not  all 
 Israelites,  which  are  of  Israel :  t  nether  are 
 they  all  children,  because  they  are  the  sede  of 
 Abraham :  t  but  in  Isaac  shal  the  sede  be 
 called  vnto  the,  that  is.  They  which  are 
 children  after  the  flesh,  are  not  the  children 
 of  God,  but  the  children  of  the  promes  are 
 counted  for  the  sede.  For  this  is  a  worde  of 
 the  promes,  where  he  sayeth :  *Aboute  this 
 tynie  wyl  I  come,  and  Sara  shal  haue  a  sonne. 
 
 Howbeit  it  is  not  so  with  this  onely,  but 
 also  whan  Rebecca  was  with  childe"  by  one 
 (namely  by  oure  father  Isaac)  or  euer  the 
 childre  were  borne,  5  had  done  nether  good 
 ner  bad  (that  the  purpose  of  God  might 
 stode  acordinge  to  the  eleccion,  not  by  the 
 deseruynge  of  workes,  but  by  the  grace  of  the 
 caller)  it  was  sayde  thus  vnto  her :  The 
 greater  shal  serue  the  lesse.  As  it  is  wrytten : 
 §Iacob  haue  I  loued,  but  Esau  haue  I  hated. 
 
 What  shal  we  saye  then?  Is  God  then 
 vnrighteous  ?  God  forbyd.  For  he  sayeth 
 vnto  Moses:  ''I  shewe  mercy,  to  whom  I 
 shewe  mercy  :  and  haue  copassion,  on  who  I 
 haue  compassion.  So  lyeth  it  not  then  in 
 eny  mans  wyll  or  runnynge,  but  in  the  mercy 
 of  God.  For  the  scripture  sayeth  viito 
 Pharao :  '  For  this  cause  haue  I  stered  the 
 vp,  euen  to  shewe  my  power  on  the,  that  my 
 name  mighte  be  declared  in  all  lodes.  Thus 
 hath  he  mercy  on  whom  he  wyl :  and  whom 
 he  wyl,  he  hardeneth. 
 
 Thou  wilt  saye  then  vnto  me :  Why  blameth 
 he  vs  yet  ?  For  who  can  resiste  his  wiU  ?  O 
 thou  man,  who  art  thou,  that  disputest  with 
 God  ?  Sayeth  the  worke  to  his  workman : 
 Why  hast  thou  made  me  on  this  fashion  ? 
 -'  Hath  not  the  potter  power,  out  of  one  lompe 
 of  claye  to  make  one  vesseU  vnto  honoure, 
 and  another  vnto  dishonoure  ?  Therfore 
 whan  God  wolde  shewe  wrath,  and  to  make 
 his  power  knowne,  he  broughte  forth  with 
 greate  pacience  the  vessels  off  wrath,  which 
 are  ordeyned  to  damnacion :  that  he  mighte 
 declare  the  riches  off  his  glorye  on  f  vessels 
 
 •  Rom.  1.  c.  "  Rom.  2.  c.  t  Gal.  4.  c.  J  Gen.  21.  b. 
 *Gen.  18.  b.  'Gen.25.  c.  ^  Mai.  1.  a.  ■<  E.to.  33.  d. 
 'E.^o.  9.  c.      /  lere.  18.  b.        Eccli.  S."}.  b.       2  Tim.  2.  c. 
 
 of  mercy,  which  he  hath  prepared  vnto  glorye, 
 whom  he  hath  called  (namely  vs)  not  onely 
 of  the  lewes,  but  also  of  the  Gentyles.  As 
 he  sayeth  also  by  Osee:  ^I  wil  call  that  my 
 people,  which  is  not  my  people  :  and  my  be- 
 loued,  which  is  not  y  beloued.  And  it  shal 
 come  to  passe  in  ;y  place,  where  it  was  sayde 
 vnto  them  :  Ye  are  not  my  people,  there  shal 
 they  be  called  the  children  of  the  lyuynge 
 God.  But  Esay  crieth  ouer  Israel :  N  Though 
 the  nombre  of  the  children  of  Israel  be  as 
 the  sonde  of  the  see,  yet  shal  there  but  a  rem- 
 naunt  be  saued.  For  there  is  the  worde,  that 
 fynisheth  and  shorteneth  in  righteousnes:  for  a 
 shorte  worde  shal  God  make  vpon  earth.  And 
 as  Esay  sayde  before:  ''Excepte  the  LORDE 
 of  Sabbaoth  had  lefte  vs  sede,  we  shulde 
 haue  bene  as  Sodoma,  and  like  vnto  Gomorra, 
 What  shal  we  saye  then?  This  wil  we 
 saye  :  The  Heythen  which  folowed  not  right- 
 eousnes, haue  ouertaken  righteousnes :  but  I 
 speake  of  the  righteousnes  that  commeth  of 
 faith.  Agayne,  Israel  folowed  the  lawe  of 
 righteousnes,  and  attayned  not  vnto  the  lawe 
 of  righteousnes.  Why  so?  Euen  because 
 they  soughte  it  not  out  of  faith,  but  as  it  were 
 out  of  the  deseruynge  of  workes.  For  they 
 haue  stombled  at  the  stomblinge  stone.  As 
 it  is  wrytten :  '  Beholde,  I  laye  in  Sion  a 
 stone  to  stoble  at,  and  a  rocke  to  be  offended 
 at:  and  *who  so  euer  beleueth  on  him,  shal 
 not  be  confounded. 
 
 €i)t  y.  CI)aptcr. 
 
 BRETHREN,  my  hertes  desyre,  g  prayer 
 vnto  God  for  Israel  is,  that  they  might 
 be  saued.  For  I  beare  them  recorde,  that 
 they  are  zelous  for  Gods  cause,  but  not  with 
 vnderstondinge.  For  they  knowe  not  the 
 righteousnes  which  auayleth  before  God,  and 
 go  aboute  to  manteyne  their  awne  righteous- 
 nes :  and  thus  they  are  not  subdued  vnto  the 
 righteousnes,  that  is  off  value  before  God.  U 
 For  Christ  is  the  ende  of  the  lawe,  vnto 
 righteousnes  for  euery  one  y  beleueth.  '  Moses 
 wryteth  of  y  righteousnes  which  commeth  of 
 the  lawe,  that  the  man  which  doth  y  same,  shal 
 lyue  therin.  But  y  righteousnes  which  cometh 
 of  faith,  speaketh  on  this  wyse :  **  Saye 
 not  in  thine  hert :  Who  wil  go  vp  in  to  heaue? 
 
 e  Osee  1.  b.  and  2.  c.       1  Pet.  2.  b.  ||  Esa.  10.  d. 
 
 Zacb.  13.  b.       ■>  Esa.  1.  b.       '  Esa.  28.  c.        '  Esa.  49.  e. 
 ^  Mat.  5.  b.        '  Leui.  18.  b.  Gal.  3.  b.       *•  Deut.  30.  c. 
 
ffo.  dm- 
 
 €l)t  (Ppidtlf  to  t\)t  Jxomapiwg. 
 
 Cftap.  vi. 
 
 (that  is  nothinge  els  then  to  fetch  Christ 
 downe)  Or  who  wy\  go  downe  in  to  f  depe? 
 (that  is  nothinge  els  the  to  fetch  vp  Christ  from 
 the  deed.)  But  what  sayeth  the  scripture  ? 
 The  worde  is  nye  the,  euen  in  thy  mouth  and  in 
 thine  hert.  This  is  f  worde  of  faith  y  we  preach. 
 
 For  yf  thou  knowlegest  lesus  with  thy 
 mouth,  that  he  is  the  LOllDE,  and  beleuest 
 in  thine  hert,  that  God  hath  raysed  him  vp 
 from  the  deed,  thou  shalt  be  saued.  For  yf 
 a  man  beleue  from  the  hert,  he  shalbe  made 
 righteous :  and  yf  a  ma  knowlege  with  the 
 mouth,  he  shal  be  saued.  For  the  scripture 
 sayeth :  "Wlio  so  euer  beleueth  on  him,  shal 
 not  be  confounded. 
 
 Here  is  no  difference,  nether  of  the  lewe 
 ner  of  the  Gentyle.  For  one  is  LORDE  of 
 all,  which  is  riche  vnto  all  y  call  vp6  him. 
 For  who  so  euer  shal  call  vpon  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE,  shalbe  saued.  But  how  shal  they 
 call  vpo  him,  on  who  they  beleue  not  ?  How 
 shal  they  beleue  on  him,  of  who  they  haue 
 not  herde  ?  How  shal  they  heare  without  a 
 preacher  ?  But  how  shal  they  preach,  excepte 
 they  be  sent?  As  it  is  wrytte:  *  How  beutyfull 
 are  the  fete  of  the  y  preach  peace,  y  brynge 
 good  tidinges  ?  But  they  are  not  all  obedient 
 vnto  the  Gospell.  For  Esaye sayeth :  LORDE, 
 who  beleueth  oure  preachinge  ?  So  the  faith 
 Cometh*  by  hearynge,  but  hearings  cometh 
 by  the  worde  of  God. 
 
 But  I  saye  :  Haue  they  not  herde  ?  '  No 
 doute  their  sounde  wete  out  in  to  all  londes, 
 and  their  wordes  in  to  the  endes  of  the  worlde. 
 But  I  saye :  Hath  not  Israel  knowne  ?  First, 
 Moses  sayeth:  ''I  wil  prouoke  you  to  enuye, 
 by  them  that  are  not  my  people:  5  by  a 
 fooUsh  nacion  wyl  I  anger  you.  Esaye  after 
 him  is  bolde,  and  sayeth :  "  I  am  founde  of 
 them,  that  sought  me  not :  5  haue  appeared 
 vnto  them,  that  axed  not  after  me.  But  vnto 
 Israel  he  sayeth:  'All  the  daye  loge  haue  I 
 stretched  forth  my  handes  vnto  a  people  y 
 beleueth  not,  but  speaketh  agaynst  me. 
 
 Wife  jrt.  Ci^aptjr. 
 
 I  SAYE  then :  Hath  God  thrust  out  his 
 people?  God  forbyd:«  for  I  also  am  an 
 IsraeUte,  of  the  sede  of  Abraham  out  of  the 
 trybe  of  Ben  lamin.     God  hath  not  thrust 
 
 '  Esa-  28.  c.  »  Esa.  52.  b.  •  Some  reade  :  By 
 
 preachinge.        '  Psal.  18.  a.        <>  Deut.  32.  c.         '  Esa. 
 oi.  e.  and  65.  a.    /  Esa.  65.  a.    »  lere.  31.  f.     '3  Re.  19.  c. 
 
 out  his  people,  whom  he  knewe  before.  Or 
 wote  ye  not  what  the  scripture  sayeth  of 
 Elias,  how  he  maketh  intercession  vnto  God 
 agaynst  Israel,  and  sayeth:  ''LORDE,  they 
 haue  slayne  thy  prophetes,  5  dydged  downe 
 thine  altares,  and  I  am  lefte  ouer  onely,  and 
 they  seke  my  life  ?  But  what  sayeth  the 
 answere  of  God  vnto  him  ?  '  I  haue  reserued 
 vnto  me  seuen  thousande  men,  which  haue 
 not  bowed  their  knee  before  Baal.  Eue  so 
 goeth  it  now  at  this  tyme  also  with  this 
 remnaunt  after  f  eleccion  of  grace,  t  Yf  it 
 be  done  of  grace,  the  is  it  not  of  deseruynge : 
 els  were  grace  no  grace.  But  yf  it  be  of 
 deseruynge,  then  is  grace  nothinge  :  els  were 
 deseruynge  no  deseruynge. 
 
 What  the  ?  Israel  hath  not  optayned  y 
 which  he  soughte,  but  the  eleccion  hath 
 optayned  it.  As  for  f  other,  they  are  blynded. 
 As  it  is  wrytten :  God  hath  geuen  them  the 
 sprete  of  vnquyetnesse,  *eyes  that  they  shulde 
 not  se,  and  eares  that  they  shulde  not  heare, 
 eue  vnto  this  daye.  And  Dauid  sayeth:  Let 
 their  table  be  made  a  snare '  to  take  the  with 
 all,  5  an  occasion  to  fall,  5  a  rewarde  vnto  the. 
 Let  their  eyes  be  blynded  that  they  se  not, 
 and  euer  bowe  downe  their  backes. 
 
 I  saye  then  :  Haue  they  therfore  stombled, 
 y  they  shulde  cleane  fall  to  naughte  ?  God 
 forbyd :  but  thorow  their  fall  is  saluacion 
 happened  vnto  y  Heythen,  that  he  mighte 
 prouoke  them  to  be  zelous  after  them.  For 
 yf  their  fall  be  the  riches  of  the  worlde,  and 
 the  mynishinge  of  the  the  riches  of  the  Hey- 
 then: how  moch  more  shulde  it  be  so,  yf  their 
 fulnesse  were  there  ?  I  speake  vnto  you  Hey- 
 then :  for  in  as  moch  as  1 1  am  f  Apostle  of 
 the  Heythen,  I  wil  prayse  myne  office,  yf  I 
 mighte  prouoke  them  vnto  zele,  which  are  my 
 fleshe,  and  saue  some  of  them.  For  yf  the 
 losse  of  them  by  the  recocylinge  of  the  worlde, 
 what  were  that  els,  then  as  yf  hfe  were  taken 
 of  the  deed  ?  Yf  the  begynnynge  be  holy,  then 
 is  all  y  do  we  holy  :§  and  yf  the  rote  be  holy, 
 then  are  the  braunches  holy  also. 
 
 But  though  some  of  f  braunches  now  be 
 broke,  and  thou,  wha  thou  wast  a  wylde  olyue 
 tre,  art  grafte  in  amonge  them,  and  made 
 partaker  of  the  rote  and  sappe  of  the  II  olyue 
 tre,  boost  not  thy  selfe  agaynst  the  braunches. 
 
 ■  3  Re.  19.  d.  t  Deut.  9.  a.  *  Esa.  6.  b.  '  Psal.  68.  d. 
 tRom.l.a.     iTim.  2.  b.     2  Tim.  1.  b.  $  Esa.  65.  b. 
 
 II  lere.  1  I.e. 
 
Cf)ai).  nj. 
 
 Wi)t  ^jJiEStle  to  t\)t  iiomapiwsf. 
 
 JfOt  tlnij. 
 
 Yf  thou  boost  thy  selfe  agaynst  them,  then 
 bearest  not  thou  the  rote,  but  the  rote  beareth 
 the.  Thou  wilt  saye  then :  the  braunches  are 
 broke  of,  that  I  mighte  be  grafted  in.  Thou 
 sayest  well.  They  are  broken  of  because  off 
 their  vnbeleue,  but  thou  stondest  thorow  be- 
 leue.  *  Be  not  thou  hye  mynded,  but  feare, 
 seynge  God  hath  not  spared  the  naturall 
 braunches,  lest  he  also  spare  not  the. 
 
 Beholde  therfore  the  kyndnesse  and  rigor- 
 ousnes  ofF  God :  on  them  which  fell,  rigor- 
 ousnes:  but  towarde  the,  kyndnes,  yf  thou 
 contynue  in  the  kyndnesse.  Els  shalt  thou 
 be  he  we  of:  tand  they,  yf  they  byde  not  styll 
 in  vnbeleue,  shal  be  grafted  in  agayne.  For 
 God  is  of  power  to  grafte  the  in  agayne, 
 For  yf  thou  be  cut  out  of  the  naturall  wilde 
 olyue  tre,  and  grafted  (contrary  to  nature)  in 
 the  good  olyue  tre,  how  moch  more  shal  they 
 that  are  naturall,  be  grafted  in  their  awne 
 olyue  tre  agayne  ? 
 
 I  wolde  not  that  this  secrete  shulde  be  hyd 
 from  you  brethre  (lest  ye  shulde  be  wyse  in 
 your  awne  cosaytes)  that  partly  blyndnesse  is 
 happened  vnto  Israel,*  so  longe  tyll  the  ful- 
 nesse  of  the  Heythen  be  come  in,  and  so  all 
 Israel  shalbe  saued.  As  it  is  wrytten :  "  There 
 shal  come  out  of  Sion  he  that  doth  delyuer, 
 and  shal  turne  awaye  vngodlynes  from  lacob. 
 And  this  is  my  couenaQt  with  them,  wha  I 
 shal  take  awaye  their  synnes.  As  concernynge 
 the  Gospell,  I  holde  them  as  enemies  for 
 youre  sakes :  but  as  touchinge  the  eleccion,  I 
 loue  them  for  the  fathers  sakes. 
 
 For  verely  the  giftes  5  callynge  of  God  are 
 soch,  that  it  can  not  repente  him  of  them. 
 For  likewyse  as  ye  also  in  tyme  passed  haue 
 not  beleued,  but  now  haue  optayned  mercy 
 thorow  their  vnbeleue :  Euen  so  now  haiie 
 they  not  beleued  on  the  mercy  which  his  hap- 
 pened vnto  you,  that  they  also  maye  optayne 
 mercy.  For  God  hath  closed  vp  all  vnder 
 vnbeleue,  that  he  mighte  haue  mercy  on  all. 
 
 O  the  depenesse  of  the  riches,  both  of  the 
 wyszdome  and  knowlege  of  God?  How  in- 
 comprehensible are  his  iudgmentes,*  and  his 
 wayes  vnsearcheable?§  For  who  hath  knowne 
 the  mynde  of  the  LORDE?  Or  who  hath 
 bene  his  councell  geuer  ?  Or  who  hath  geue 
 him  ought  a  fore  hande,  that  he  mighte  be 
 
 •Eccl.  7.  c.       t2Cor.3.  c.        (Luc.  2  I.e.       "  Psal. 
 13.  a.      Esa.  59.  e.  '  Sap.  17.  a.  §  Sap.  9.  b. 
 
 Esa.  40,  b.     1  Cor.  2.  b.     Esa.  41.  e.  11  Phil.  4.  c. 
 
 recompenced  agayne?  For  of  him,  and  thorow 
 him,  and  in  him  are  all  thinges.  To  him  be 
 prayse  for  euer,  Amen. 
 
 Eije  j:«j.  Cfjaptcr. 
 
 IBESEKE  you  brethre  by  the  mercy ful- 
 nesse  of  God,  that  ye  geue  ouer  youre 
 bodies  for  a  II  sacrifice,  y  is  quycke  holy,  and 
 acceptable  vnto  God,  wnich  is  youre  reason- 
 able seruynge  off  God.  And  fashion  not  youre 
 selues  like  vnto  this  worlde,  but  be  chaunged 
 thorow  the  renewynge  off  youre  mynde,  y  ye 
 maye  proue,  what  thinge  that  good,  y  accept- 
 able, (J  perfecte  wil  of  God  is.  For  I  saye 
 thorow  the  grace  y  is  geue  me,  vnto  euery 
 man  amonge  you:t  that  no  man  esteme  off 
 him  selfe  more,  then  it  becometh  him  to 
 esteme :  but  that  he  discretly  iudge  of  him- 
 selfe,  acordinge  as  God  hath  dealte  vnto  euery 
 man  the  measure  of  faith.  "For  like  as  we 
 haue  many  membres  in  one  body,  but  all  the 
 membres  haue  not  one  maner  of  operacion  : 
 Euen  so  we  beynge  many  are  one  body  in 
 Christ.  But  amonge  oure  selues  euery  one  is 
 the  membre  of  another,  and  haue  dyuers 
 giftes,  acordinge  to  the  grace  that  is  geuen 
 vnto  vs.**  Yf  eny  man  haue  the  gifte  of  prO' 
 phecienge,  let  it  be  acordinge  to  the  faith. 
 
 ttLet  him  that  hath  an  office,  wayte  vp5 
 the  office :  let  him  that  teacheth,  take  hede  to 
 the  doctryne :  Let  him  that  exhorteth,  geue 
 attedaunce  to  the  exhortacion.  Yf  eny  ma 
 geueth,  let  hi  geue  with  synglenesse.  Let 
 him  that  ruleth,''  be  diligent.**  Yf  eny  man 
 shewe  mercy,  let  him  do  it  with  chearfulnesse. 
 Let  loue  be  without  dissimulacion.  Hate 
 that  which  is  euell :  Cleue  vnto  that  which  is 
 good.  Be  kynde  one  to  another  with  brotherly 
 loue.  In  geuynge  honoure  go  one  before 
 another.§§  Be  not  slouthfuU  in  the  busynesse 
 that  ye  haue  in  hande.  Be  feruent  in  the 
 sprete.  Applye  youre  selues  vnto  the  tyme. 
 Reioyse  in  hope,  be  pacient  in  trouble.  Con- 
 tinue in  prayer.  Distribute  vnto  the  necessi- 
 ties of  the  sayntes.llll  Be  glad  to  harbarow. 
 Blesse  the  that  persecute  you.  Blesse,  5 
 curse  not.  Be  mery  with  them  that  are 
 mery  and  wepe  with  them  that  wepe. 
 
 Be   of  one   mynde  amonge  youre  selues.  C 
 Be  not  proude  in  youre  awne  consaytes,  but 
 
 ir  Eccli.  3.  c.    '1  Cor.  12.  b.   Eph.  4.  b.     ••  1  Co.  14.  a. 
 tt  1  Pet.  4.  b.  •>  Eccli.  32.  a.  }}  Deu.  15.  b. 
 
 §^  Eccli.  31.  c.  III!  Heb.  13.  a. 
 
!jro.  tlvUih 
 
 €i)t  Cpi'Stlt  to  tl)f  l>omapne£(» 
 
 Cftap.  mU 
 
 make  youre  selues  equall  to  them  of  y  lowe 
 sorte.  He  not  wyse  in  youre  awne  opinions.* 
 Recompese  vnto  no  man  euell  for  euell.  Pro- 
 uyde  honestie  afore  hade  towarde  euery  ma. 
 \  f  it  be  possible  (as  moch  as  in  you  is)  haue 
 peace  with  all  men. 
 
 Dearly  beloued,  auenge  not  youre  selues, 
 but  geue  rowTiie  vnto  the  wrath  off  God 
 For  it  is  wrytte  :  "  Vengeaunce  is  myne,  and 
 I  wil  rewarde,  sayeth  y  LORDE.  Therfore 
 yf  thine  enemye  hunger,  fede  him :  Yf  he 
 thyrst,  geue  him  drinke.  'For  in  so  doinge 
 thou  shalt  heape  eoales  of  fyre  vpo  his  heade. 
 Be  not  ouercome  with  euell,  but  ouercome 
 thou  euell  with  good. 
 
 €l)c  viij.  Cfjapter, 
 
 LET  euery  soule  submytte  him  selfe  to 
 the  auctorite  off  the  hyer  powers,  t 
 For  there  is  no  power  but  of  God.  The 
 I  powers  that  be,  are  ordeyned  of  God :  so  that 
 [who  so  euer  resisteth  the  power,  resisteth  the 
 ordinaunce  of  God.  And  they  that  resiste, 
 shal  receaue  to  them  selues  danacion.  For 
 rulers  are  not  to  be  feared  for  good  workes, 
 but  for  euell.  Yf  thou  wilt  be  without  feare 
 off  the  power,  do  well  then,  and  thou  shalt 
 haue  prayse  of  the  same :  for  he  is  the  minister 
 off  God  for  thy  wealth.  But  yff  thou  do 
 euell,  then  feare,  for  he  beareth  not  the  swerde 
 for  naughte.  For  he  is  the  mynister  of  God, 
 a  taker  of  vengeaunce,  to  punyshe  him  that 
 doth  euell.  Wherfore  ye  must  nedes  obeye, 
 not  onely  for  punyshmet,  but  also  because  of 
 conscience.  For  this  cause  must  ye  geue 
 trybute  also.  For  they  are  Gods  mynisters, 
 which  mateyne  y  same  defence. 
 
 Geue  to  euery  man  therfore  his  dutye : 
 '  tribute,  to  whom  tribute  belongeth :  custome, 
 to  whom  custome  is  due :  feare,  to  whom 
 feare  belongeth:  honoure,  to  whom  honoure 
 pertayneth.  Owe  nothinge  to  eny  man,  but 
 to  loue  one  another.  ''For  he  that  loueth 
 another,  hath  fulfylled  the  lawe.  For  where 
 it  is  sayde :  (t  Thou  shalt  not  breake  wed- 
 locke :  thou  shalt  not  kyU :  thou  shalt  not 
 steale :  thou  shalt  not  beare  false  witnesse  : 
 thou  shalt  not  lust)  and  yf  there  be  eny 
 other  commaundement,  it  is  comprehcded  in 
 this  worde :  §  Thou  shalt  loue  thy  neghboure 
 
 •  Pro.  20.  c.  1  Pet.  3.  b.  "  Deut.  32.  e.  »  Pro.  23.  a. 
 t  Sap.  6.  a.     1  Pet.  2.  b.  "•  Mat.  17.  d.  and  22.  c. 
 
 ''  Gal.  6.  a.     1  Tim.  1.  b.  t  Eio.  20.  c.     Deut.  5.  c. 
 
 as  thy  selfe.  Loue  doth  his  neghboure  no 
 euell.  Therfore  is  loue  y  fulfillynge  of  the  lawe. 
 And  for  so  moch  as  we  know  this,  namely 
 the  tjTne  II  that  the  houre  is  now  for  vs  to 
 ryse  from  slepe.  (For  now  is  oure  saluacion 
 nearer,  then  whan  we  beleued :  the  nighte  is 
 past,  but  the  daye  is  come  nye.)  Let  vs  ther- 
 fore cast  awaye  y  'workes  of  darknesse,  and 
 put  on  the  armoure  of  lighte.  Lef  vs  walke 
 honestly  as  in  the  daye,  If  not  in  excesse  off 
 eatinge  and  in  dronkennesse,  not  in  cham- 
 burynge  and  wantonnesse,  not  in  stryfe  and 
 enuyenge :  but  put  ye  on  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  **and  make  not  prouysion  for  f  flesh, 
 to  fulfill  the  lustes  of  it. 
 
 Clje  jiii).  Cl^aptcr. 
 
 HIM  that  is  weake  in  the  faith,  receaue 
 vnto  you,  and  trouble  not  the  con- 
 sciences. One  beleueth  that  he  maye  eate 
 all  thinge :  but  he  that  is  weake,  eateth 
 herbes.  Let  not  him  that  eateth,  despyse 
 him  that  eateth  not :  and  let  not  him  which 
 eateth  not,  iudge  him  that  eateth :  for  God 
 hath  receaued  him.  ttWho  art  thou,  that 
 iudgest  another  mans  seruaiit  ?  He  stondeth 
 or  falleth  vnto  his  LORDE:  Yee  he  maye 
 well  stode,  for  God  is  able  to  make  hi  stode. 
 Some  man  putteth  diflerece  betwene  daye  5 
 daye,  but  another  man  counteth  all  dayes 
 alyke.  tt  Let  euery  man  be  sure  of  his  mean- 
 ynge.  He  that  putteth  difference  in  the  daye, 
 doth  it  vnto  the  LORDE  :  5  he  that  putteth 
 no  differece  in  the  daye,  doth  it  vnto  y 
 LORDE  also.  He  y  eateth,  eateth  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  for  he  geueth  God  thakes: 
 and  he  that  eateth  not,  eateth  not  vnto  f 
 LORDE,  and  geueth  God  thankes.  For 
 none  of  vs  lyueth  to  him  selfe,  and  none 
 dyeth  to  him  selfe.  Yf  we  lyue,  we  lyue  vnto 
 the  LORDE:  Yf  we  dye,  we  dye  vnto  the 
 LORDE.  Therfore,  whether  we  lyue  or 
 dye,  we  are  the  LORDES. 
 
 For  therto  dyed  Christ,  and  rose  agayne, 
 and  reuyued,  that  he  mighte  be  §§LORDE 
 both  of  deed  and  quycke.  But  why  iudgest 
 thou  thy  brother?  Or  thou  other,  why 
 despysest  thou  thy  brother  ?  We  shal  all  be 
 broughte  before  f  iudgmet  seate  of  Christ.'" 
 For  it  is  wrytte :  As  truly  as  I  lyue,   (sayeth 
 
 «  Leui.  19.  e.  Mat.  22.  d.  ||  1  Tess.  5.  a.  '  Col.  3.  a. 
 1[  Luc.  21.  d.  ••  Ual.  5.  c.  1  Pet.  2.  b.  tt  laco.  4.  b. 
 tt  Col.  2.  c.         §^  Act.  2.  d.     Phil.  2.  a.  /  Cial.  6.  a. 
 
Cftap,  rb. 
 
 €i)t  episitl^  to  t\)e  3aomapmsi, 
 
 jTo.  djrfa. 
 
 the  LORDE)  all  knees  shal  bowe  vnto  me," 
 a  all  tuges  shal  knowlege  vnto  God.  Thus 
 shal  euery  one  of  vs  geue  acomptes  for  him- 
 selfe  vnto  God.  Let  vs  not  therfore  iudge  one 
 another  eny  more.  But  iudge  this  rather,  y 
 noma  put  a  stombling  blocke  or  an  occasion  to 
 fail  in  his  brothers  waye.  *I  knowe,  j  am  fuU 
 certified  in y  LORDE  lesu,  y  there  is  nothinge 
 comen  of  it  selfe :  but  vnto  him  y  iudgeth  it 
 to  be  comen,  to  him  is  it  comen.  But  yf  thy 
 brother  be  greued  ouer  thy  meate,  the  walkest 
 thou  not  now  after  charite.  Destroye  not 
 with  thy  meate,  him,  for  whom  Christ  dyed. 
 
 Se  therfore  that  youre  treasure  be  not  euell 
 spoke  of.  For  the  kyngdome  of  God  is  not 
 meate  and  drynke,  but  righteousnes,  g  peace, 
 and  ioye  in  the  holy  goost.  He  that  in  these 
 thinges  serueth  Christ,  pleaseth  God,  (j  is 
 comended  of  me.  Let  vs  therfore  folowe 
 those  thinges  which  make  for  peace,  5  thinges 
 wherwith  one  maye  edifye  another.  Destroye 
 not  y  worke  of  God  for  eny  meates  sake.  *A11 
 thinges  truly  ure  cleane,  but  it  is  euell  for  y 
 ma,  which  eateth  with  hurte  of  his  coscience.t 
 It  is  moch  better  y  thou  eate  no  flesh,  and 
 drynke  no  wyne,  nor  eny  thinge,  wherby  thy 
 brother  stombleth,  or  falleth,  or  is  made 
 eake.  Hast  thou  faith,  haue  it  with  thy 
 selfe  before  God.  Happye  is  he,  that  co- 
 demneth  not  him  selfe  in  y  thinge  which  he 
 aloweth.  But  he  that  maketh  conscience  of 
 it  and  yet  eateth,  is  dampned :  because  he 
 doth  it  not  of  faith.  For  t  what  so  euer  is  not 
 of  faith,  that  same  is  synne. 
 
 Cijt  yb.  Ciiapttr. 
 
 WE  that  are  stronge  bought  to  beare  y 
 fraylnesse  of  them  which  are  weake, 
 and  not  to  stonde  in  oure  awne  consaytes. 
 Let  euery  one  of  vs  ordre  himselfe  so,  that  he 
 please  his  neghboure  vn  to  his  welth,  and 
 edifienge :  For  Christ  pleased  not  himselfe, 
 but  as  it  is  wrytten :  'The  rebukes  of  them 
 which  rebuked  the,  are  fallen  vpon  me.  II  What 
 so  euer  thinges  are  wrytte  a  fore  tyme,  are 
 wrytten  for  oure  learnynge,  that  we  thorow 
 pacience  and  comforte  off  the  scriptures, 
 might  haue  hope.  The  God  of  pacience  and 
 consolacion  graunte  you  to  be  hke  mynded 
 one  towarde  another,  acordinge  vnto  lesu 
 Christ,  that  ye  beynge  of  one  mynde,  maye 
 
 "£33.46.0.     Pbil,2.  ii.  •  1  Cor.  8.  a, 
 
 tlCor.  8.  b.  t  Tit.  I.e. 
 
 'Tit.  I.e. 
 iGal.6 
 
 with  one  mouth  prayse  God  the  father  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesu  Christ. 
 
 Wherfore  receaue  ye  one  another,  as  Christ 
 hath  receaued  you  to  the  prayse  off  God. 
 But  I  saye  that  Christ  lesus  was  a  mynister 
 of  the  circumcision  for  the  trueth  of  God,  to 
 cofirme  the  promyses  made  vnto  the  fathers, 
 and  that  the  Heythen  mighte  prayse  God 
 because  of  mercy,  as  it  is  wrytten  :  ''  For  this 
 cause  wyl  I  prayse  the  amoge  the  Gctyles, 
 and  synge  vnto  thy  name.  And  agayne  he 
 sayeth :  '  Reioyse  ye  Heythen  with  his  people. 
 And  agayne :  t  Prayse  the  LORDE  all  ye 
 Gentiles,  and  laude  him  all  ye  nacios.  And 
 agayne  Esay  sayeth :  There  shalbe  the  rote 
 of  lesse,  and  he  that  shal  ryse  to  rule  the 
 Gentyles,  in  him  shal  the  Gentyles  trust.  J3 
 The  God  off  hope  fyll  you  with  all  ioye  and 
 peace  in  beleuynge,  y  ye  maye  be  plenteous 
 in  hope  thorow  y  power  of  the  holy  goost. 
 
 I  my  selfe  am  full  certified  of  you  (my 
 brethren)  that  ye  youre  selues  are  full  of 
 goodnes,  fylled  with  all  knowlege,  so  that 
 ye  are  able  to  exhorte  one  another.  Neuer- 
 theles  (brethre)  I  haue  somwhat  more  boldly 
 wrytten  vnto  you,  as  one  that  putteth  you  in 
 remembraunce,  for  the  grace  that  is  geue  me  . 
 of  God,  that  I  shulde  be  a  mynister  of  lesu 
 Christ  amonge  the  Heythen,  to  declare  the 
 gospell  of  God,  that  the  Heythen  mighte  be 
 an  acceptable  offerynge  vnto  God,  sanctified 
 by  the  holy  goost.  Therfore  maye  I  boost 
 myselfe  thorow  lesu  Christ,  that  I  medle 
 with  thinges  perteyninge  vnto  God.  For  I  C 
 durst  not  speake  ought,  excepte  Christ  had 
 wroughte  the  same  by  me,  to  make  the  Hey- 
 then obediet  thorow  worde  and  dede,  thorow 
 the  power  of  tokens  and  wonders,  and  thorow 
 the  power  of  the  sprete  of  God,  so  that  from 
 lerusale,  and  roude  aboute  vnto  lUyricon,  I 
 haue  fylled  all  with  the  GospeU  of  Christ.  So 
 haue  I  enforced  my  selfe  to  preach  y-  Gospell, 
 not  where  Christes  name  was  knowne,  lest  I 
 shulde  buylde  on  another  mans  foundacion, 
 but  as  it  is  wrytten :  To  whom  he  was  not 
 spoken  of,  they  shal  se  :  '  and  they  that  haue 
 not  herde,  shal  vnderstonde.  This  is  also  the 
 cause,  wherfore  I  haue  bene  oft  tymes  let  to 
 come  vnto  you.  But  now  syth  I  haue  nomore 
 place  in  these  countrees,  hauynge  yet  a  de- 
 syre  many  yeares   sence  to  come  vnto  you 
 
 ■  Psal.  68.  b. 
 ■Deu.Sa.f. 
 
 II  Ro.  4.d.         "  2Re. 
 K  Psa.  116.  a. 
 
 .  g.    Psal.  17.  e. 
 /  Esa.  52.  c. 
 
Jfo.  riFbi. 
 
 CJ)t  (S^iitk  to  t\)t  iKomapms. 
 
 Cl^ap.  bu 
 
 whan  I  shal  take  my  ioumey  in  to  Spayne,  I 
 wil  come  to  you :  for  I  trust  that  I  shal  passe 
 y  waye  and  se  you,  and  to  be  broughte  on 
 my  waye  thitherwarde  by  you :  but  so,  that  I 
 first  refresh  my  selfe  a  litle  with  you. 
 
 But  now  go  I  to  Jerusalem,  to  mynister 
 vnto  the  sayntes.  For  they  of  Macedonia 
 and  Achaia  °haue  wyllingly  prepared  a  com- 
 mon colleccion  together,  for  the  poore  sayntes 
 at  lerusalem.  They  haue  done  it  wyllingly,  and 
 their  detters  are  they.  *  For  yf  y  Heythen 
 be  made  partakers  off  their  spiritual  thinges, 
 their  dutye  is  to  mynister  vnto  the  in  bodely 
 thinges.  Now  whan  I  haue  perfourmed  this, 
 and  haue  broughte  the  this  frute  sealed,  I  wil 
 take  my  ioumey  by  you  in  to  Spayne.  But  I 
 am  sure  whan  I  come  vnto  you,  that  I  shal  come 
 with  y  full  blessynge  of  the  Gospell  of  Christ 
 I  beseke  you  brethren  thorow  oure  LORDE 
 lesu  Christ,  and  thorow  the  loue  of  the 
 sprete,  y  ye  helpe  me  in  my  busynes  with 
 youre  prayers  vnto  God  for  me,  that  I  maye 
 be  delyuered  from  the  vnbeleuers  in  lewrye 
 and  that  this  my  seruyce  which  I  do  to  leru- 
 salem, maye  be  accepted  of  the  sayntes,  y  I 
 maye  come  vnto  you  with  ioye  by  y  wyU  of 
 God,  and  refreshe  my  selfe  with  you.  The 
 God  of  peace  be  with  you  all.     Amen. 
 
 S[:i)c  rbi.  Cijapttr. 
 
 ICOMMENDE  vnto  you  Phebe  oure  sis- 
 ter, which  is  a  mynister  of  the  congre- 
 gacion  of  Cenchrea,  that  ye  receaue  her  in 
 the  LORDE,  as  it  be  cometh  the  sayntes, 
 and  that  ye  helpe  her  in  what  soeuer  busy- 
 nesse  she  hath  neade  off  you.  For  she  hath 
 succoured  many,  and  myne  awne  selfe  also. 
 
 Grete  Prisca  and  t  Aquila  my  helpers  in 
 Christ  lesu,  which  for  my  life  haue  layed 
 downe  their  awne  neckes :  vnto  whom  not  I 
 onely  geue  thankes,  but  all  the  congregacions 
 of  the  Heythen.  Grete  the  congregacion 
 also  in  their  house.  Salute  Epenetos  my 
 beloued,  which  is  f  first  frute  amoge  the  of 
 Achaia  i  Christ.  Grete  Mary,  which  hath 
 bestowed  moch  laboure  on  vs.  Salute  An- 
 dronicus  j  lunia  my  cosens,  5  felowe  presoners, 
 which  are  awncient  Apostles,  5  were  before 
 me  in  Christ.  Grete  Amplias  my  beloued  in 
 f  LORDE.     Salute  Vrban  oure  helper  in 
 
 "Act.  11.  c.  iCo.  16.  a.  '2Cor.  8.  a.     and  9.  a. 
 
 'iCo.  9.  b.     Gal.  6.  a.  t  Act.  18.  a.       2  Tim.  4.  c. 
 
 Col.  2.  b.    Tit.  2.  b.  f  Phil.  3.  c.         '  Mat.  10.  d. 
 
 Christ,  I  Stachis  my  beloued.  Salute  Apelles 
 approued  in  Christ.  Salute  them  which  are 
 of  Aristobolus  housholde.  Salute  Herodion 
 my  kynszman.  Grete  the  which  are  of  Nar- 
 cissus housholde  in  the  LORDE.  Salute 
 Tryphena  5  Tryphosa,  which  haue  laboured 
 in  |-  LORDE.  Salute  my  beloued  Persida, 
 which  hath  laboured  moch  5  y  LORDE. 
 Salute  Ruffus  f  chosen  in  y  LORDE  :  5  his 
 mother  5  myne.  Grete  Asyncritus,  Phlego, 
 Herman,  Patrobas,  Hermen,  5  y  brethre  with 
 the.  Salute  Philologus  5  lulia,  Nerius  5  his 
 sister,  5  Olympa,  5  all  the  sayntes  with  the. 
 Salute  one  another  with  an  holy  kysse.  The 
 cogregacions  of  Christ  salute  you. 
 
 *  I  beseke  you  brethren,  marke  them  which 
 cause  deuysion  5  geue  occasions  of  euell,  con- 
 trary to  y  doctryne  which  ye  haue  learned,  j 
 avoyde  them.  For  they  y  are  soch,  seme  not 
 the  LORDE  lesu  Christ,  t  but  their  awne 
 belly:  5  thorow  swete  preachinges  jflateringe 
 wordes,  they  disceaue  f  hertes  of  y  innocentes. 
 For  youre  obedience  is  published  amonge  all 
 men,  therfore  am  I  glad  of  you. 
 
 But  yet  I  wolde  haue  you  wyse  in  that 
 which  is  good,  5  symple  in  euell.  '  The  God 
 of  peace  treade  Sathan  vnder  youre  fete 
 shortly.  The  grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesu 
 Christ  be  with  you.  ^Timotheus  my  helper,  5 
 II  Lucius,  5  ^lason,  5  **  Sopater  my  kynsme 
 salute  you.  I  Tertius  which  haue  writte  this 
 epistle  in  f  LORDE,  salute  you.  tt  Gains 
 myne  ooste  5  f  oost  of  f  whole  cogregacion 
 saluteth  you.  Erastus  f  chaberlaine  of  y 
 cite  saluteth  you  5  Quartus  a  brother  saluteth 
 you.  The  grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesu  Christ 
 be  with  you  all  Ame. 
 
 To  him  y  is  of  power  to  stablyshe  you, 
 acordinge  to  my  Gospell  g  preachinge  of  lesu 
 Christ,  wherby  is  vttered  f  mystery  which 
 hath  bene  kepte  secrete,  sence  y  worlde 
 begane,  but  now  is  opened,  j  shewed  by  the 
 scriptures  of  y  prophetes,  at  the  c5maundemet 
 of  the  euerlastinge  God,  to  set  vp  y  obediece 
 of  the  faith  amonge  all  Heythen:  t J  to  the 
 same  God,  which  alone  is  wyse,  be  prayse 
 thorow  lesus  Christ  for  euer,  Amen. 
 To  the  Romaynes. 
 Sent  from  Corinthum,  by  Phebe,  which  was 
 a  mynister  of  the  congregacion  at  Cenchrea. 
 
 §  Act.  16.  a.   Phil.  2.  h.         ||  Act.  13.  a.         f  Act.  17.  a. 
 ~*Act.  20.  a.  tt  1  Cor.  1.  a.  }{  Rom.  11.  d. 
 
of  tf^t  ^po^tlt  ^.  Paul  to  fbt  €oxintbian^. 
 
 €f)t  summe  of  tfeig  (l^i&tk. 
 
 €l)ap.  I. 
 He  commendeth  the  Corinthians,  exhorteth  the 
 to  be  of  one  mynde,  5  rebuketh  the  diuysion 
 that  was  amonge  them.  Wordly  wysdome  is 
 foolishnes  before  God,  yee  there  is  no  wysdome 
 but  in  the  despysed  crosse  of  Christ. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 It  is  not  eloquence  and  glorious  paynted  wordes 
 of  wordly  wysdome,  that  can  edifie  and  con- 
 uerte  soules  vnto  Christ :  but  the  playne 
 wordes  of  the  scripture,  for,  they  make  men- 
 cion  of  him  and  his  crosse. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 Paul  rebuketh  the  sectes  and   authores  therof. 
 Christ  is  the  foudacio  of  his  church.     No  man 
 ought  to  reioyce  in  men,  but  in  God. 
 
 Cfiap.  IIII. 
 The   preachers   are  but    ministers.       ludgment 
 belongeth  onely  vnto  God. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V 
 After  what  maner  Paul  curseth  the  man,  that  had 
 committed  fornicacion  with  his  mother  in  lawe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 He  rebuketh  the  for  goinge  to  lawe  together 
 before  the  Heithen,   and   reproueth   vnclen- 
 nesse. 
 
 C{)ap.  VII. 
 Of  mariage,  virginite  and  wyddowheade. 
 
 CI)ap.  VIII. 
 He   rebuketh  the  that  vse  their  lyberte  to  the 
 slaunder  of  other,  5  sheweth  how  men  ought 
 to  behaue  the  towarde  soch  as  be  weake. 
 
 Ci)ap.  IX. 
 Loue  forbeareth  the  thinge  that  she  maye  do  by 
 the  lawe.      He  exorteth   them   to    runne  on 
 forth  in  the  course  that  they  haue  begonne. 
 
 Cl^ap.   X. 
 He  feareth  them  with  the  ensamples  of  the  olde 
 Testament,  and    exorteth  them   to   a    godly 
 conuersacion. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XI. 
 He  rebuketh  the  for  the  abuse  and  misordre  that 
 they  had  aboute  the  Sacramet  of  the  body 
 and    bloude   of    Christ,   and    bringeth   them 
 agayne  to  the  first  institucion. 
 
 C{)ap.  XII. 
 
 The  diuersite  of  the  giftes  of  the  holy  goost, 
 geuen  to  the  coforte  and  edifienge  of  one 
 another,  as  the  membres  of  a  mans  body  serue 
 one  another. 
 
 Ci)ap.  XIII. 
 The  nature  and  condicions  of  loue. 
 
 Cf)ap.   XIIII. 
 Paul  sheweth  that  the  gift  of  prophecie,  inter 
 pretinge,  or  preachinge,  excelleth  the  gift  of 
 tunges,  and  how  they  ought  both  to  be  vsed. 
 
 Ciiap.  XV. 
 The  resurreccion  of  the  deed. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 He  putteth  the  in  remembraunce  of  the  o-adder- 
 ynge  for  the  poore  christe  at  lerusaTe,  and 
 concludeth  his  epistle  with  the  salutacions  of 
 certayne  louynge  brethren. 
 
of  tht  iijpo0tlc  ^.  Paul  to  rtc  (f^orintttan0. 
 
 CT)t  first  Cl)apUr. 
 
 PAUL,  called  to  be  an  Apostle  of  lesus 
 Christ  thorow  f  will  of  God,  and 
 brother  *  Sosthenes,  vnto  the  congregacion  off 
 God  which  is  at  Corinthum,  to  them  that  are 
 t  sanctified  in  Christ  lesus,  sayntes  by  callinge, 
 with  all  them  that  call  vpon  the  name  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  in  euery  place  both  off 
 theirs  and  oures.  i  Grace  be  with  you  and 
 peace  from  God  oure  father,  and  from  the 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 I  thake  my  God  allwayes  on  youre  behalfe, 
 for  the  fauoure  of  God  which  is  geue  you  in 
 lesus  Christ,  that  in  all  poyntes  ye  are  made 
 ryche  by  him,  in  euery  worde,  and  in  all 
 maner  of  knowlege  (eue  as  y  preachinge  of 
 Christ  is  confirmed  in  you)  so  that  ye  wante 
 nothinge  in  eny  gifte,  and  wayte  but  for  the 
 appearinge  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ : 
 which  shal  strength  you  also  vnto  y  ende,  that 
 ye  maye  be  blamelesse  in  the  daye  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  i  For  God  is  faithfuU, 
 by  who  ye  are  called  vnto  the  fellishippe  of 
 his  Sonne  lesus  Christ  oure  LORDE. 
 
 But  I  beseke  you  brethre  thorow  the  name 
 of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  that  ye  all 
 speake  one  thinge,  and  let  there  be  no  dlscen- 
 sion  amonge  you,  but  that  ye  be  perfecte  in 
 one  meanynge.  For  it  is  shewed  me  (my 
 brethren)  of  you,  by  them  which  are  of  ;y- 
 housholde  of  Cloes,  that  there  is  stryfe  amonge 
 you.  I  speake  of  that,  which  euery  one  of 
 you  sayeth:  I  holde  of  Paul.  Another,  I 
 holde  of  II  Apollo.  The  thirde,  I  holde  of 
 Cephas.  The  fourth,  I  holde  off  Christ.  Is 
 Christ  then  deuyded  in  partes?     Was  Paul 
 
 •  Act.  18.  b.  t  loh.  17.  c.  Heb.  9.  c.  J2Cor.  1.  a. 
 §  Num.  23.  c.    1  Co.  10.  b.   1  Tess.  5.  c.        11  Act.  18.  c. 
 
 crucified  for  you  ?  Or  were  ye  baptysed  in  f 
 name  of  Paul  ?  I  thanke  God  that  I  haue 
 baptised  none  of  you,  but  Crispus  and  Gains: 
 lest  eny  shulde  saye,  y  I  in  myne  awne  name 
 had  baptised.  I  baptysed  also  y  housholde 
 of  Stephana.  Farthermore  knowe  I  not, 
 whether  I  baptysed  eny  other.  For  Christ  sent 
 me  not  to  baptyse,  but  to  preach  the  Gospell, 
 not  mth  wyszdome  of  wordes,  lest  y  crosse  of 
 Christ  shulde  haue  bene  made  of  none  effecte. 
 
 For  the  worde  of  f  crosse  is  foohshnesse 
 to  the  that  perishe  H  but  vnto  vs  which  are 
 saued,  it  is  the  power  of  God.  For  it  is 
 wrytte :  **  I  wyl  destroye  the  wyszdome  of 
 the  w)'se,  %  wil  cast  away  the  vnderstondinge 
 of  f  prudet.  Where  are  the  wyse?  Where 
 are  y  scrybes  ?  where  are  f  disputers  of  this 
 worlde  ?  Hath  not  God  made  the  wyszdome 
 of  this  worlde  foolishnesse  ?  For  in  so  moch 
 as  the  worlde  by  the  wyszdome  therof  knewe 
 not  God  in  his  wyszdome,  it  pleased  God 
 thorow  foolish  preachinge  to  saue  them  y 
 beleue.  For  tt  the  lewes  requyre  tokens,  and 
 the  Grekes  axe  after  wyszdome.  But  we 
 preach  Christ  the  crucified :  to  the  lewes  an 
 occasion  off  fallinge,  and  vnto  the  Grekes 
 foolishnes.  But  vnto  them  that  are  called 
 (both  lewes  and  Grekes)  we  preach  Christ  the 
 power  of  God  and  tt  the  w^'szdome  off  God. 
 
 For  the  foolishnes  of  God  is  wyser  then 
 men  :  and  the  weaknes  of  God  is  stroger  the 
 men.  Brethren  loke  on  youre  callinge,  how 
 that  ^?  not  many  wyseme  after  the  flesh,  not 
 many  mightie,  not  many  of  hye  degre  are 
 called  :  but  that  foolish  is  before  the  worlde, 
 hath  God  chosen,  that  he  mighte  cofounde 
 the  wyse:  And  that  weake  is  before  ;^  worlde, 
 
 IT  Rom.  1.  b.     •• 
 
 lob.  2.  c.  and  6.  d. 
 
 a.  29.  c.      tt  Mat.  12.  d.  Luc.  11.  c. 
 n  Col.  2.  a.  §^  loh.  7.  e. 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
Cfeap.  lij. 
 
 €i)t  first  (Bpi&ttt  to  ti)t  Corintfttans. 
 
 jTo.  dirijr. 
 
 hath  God  chosen,  y  he  mighte  confounde  the 
 mightye.  And  the  vyle  and  despysed  before 
 the  worlde  hath  God  chosen,  yee  and  that 
 which  is  nothinge,  that  he  mighte  destroys  that 
 which  is  oughte,  that,no  flesh  shulde  reioyse 
 in  his  presence.  Of  the  same  are  ye  also  in 
 Christ  lesu,  which  of  God  is  made  vnto  vs 
 wyszdome  and  *  righteousnes,  and  t  sancti- 
 fienge  and  redepcion,  that,  acordinge  ais  it  is 
 wrytten :  t  He  that  reioyseth,  shulde  reioyse 
 in  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wtjt  i).  €i)apttr. 
 
 AND  I  brethre,  wha  I  came  vnto  you 
 came  not  with  hye  wordes  or  hye  wysz- 
 dome, to  shewe  vnto  you  the  preachinge  of 
 Christ.  For  I  shewed  not  forth  my  selfe 
 amonge  you  that  I  knewe  eny  thinge,  saue 
 onely  lesus  Christ,  euen  the  same  that  was 
 crucified.  And  I  was  amonge  you  in  weaknes, 
 and  in  feare,  and  in  moch  tremblinge  :  §  and 
 my  worde  and  my  preachinge  was  not  with 
 entysinge  wordes  of  mans  wyszdome,  but  in 
 shewinge  of  the  sprete  and  of  power :  that 
 youre  faith  shulde  not  stonde  in  the  wyszdome 
 of  men,  but  in  the  power  of  God. 
 
 That  we  speake  of,  is  wyszdome  amonge 
 the  y  are  perfecte :  not  f  wyszdome  of  this 
 worlde,  nether  of  the  rulers  of  this  worlde 
 which  go  to  naughte :  but  we  speake  of  the 
 wyszdome  of  God,  which  is  in  secrete  and 
 lyeth  hyd :  which  God  ordeyned  before  the 
 worlde  vnto  oure  glorye :  II  which  none  of  ;y- 
 rulers  of  this  worlde  knewe.  For  yf  they 
 had  knowne  it,  they  had  not  crucified  the 
 LORDE  of  glorye,  but  as  it  is  wrytten: 
 If  The  eye  hath  not  sene,  and  the  eare  hath 
 not  herde,  nether  hath  it  entred  in  to  the  hert 
 of  man  that  God  hath  prepared  for  them  that 
 loue  him. 
 
 But  God  hath  opened  it  vnto  vs  by  his 
 sprete.  **  For  the  sprete  searcheth  out  all 
 thinges,  yee  euen  the  depenesses  of  the  God- 
 heade.  For  what  ma  knoweth  what  is  in 
 man,  saue  the  sprete  of  ma  which  is  in  him  ? 
 Euen  so  no  man  knoweth  what  is  in  God, 
 saue  f  sprete  of  God.  As  for  vs,  we  haue 
 not  receaued  the  sprete  of  this  worlde,  but 
 the  sprete  which  cometh  of  God,  so  that  we 
 ca  knowe  what  is  geue  vs  of  God :  which  we 
 
 •  lere.  '23.  b.  loh.  17.  c.  +  Eaa.  65.  c.  t  lere.  9.  d. 
 1  Cor.  11.  a.  ^iTess.  l.a.  ||Mat.  ll.e.  f  Esa.  64.  a. 
 ••  Rom.  8.  b.        tt  Pro.  28.  a.        ft  Sap.  9.  b.  Esa.  40.  b. 
 
 also  speake,  not  with  connynge  wordes  of  mas 
 wyszdome,  but  with  the  conynge  wordes  of 
 the  holy  goost,  and  iudge  spirituall  matters 
 spiritually.  Howbeit  the  naturall  man  per- 
 ceaueth  nothinge  of  y  sprete  of  God.  It  is 
 foolishnes  vnto  him,  and  he  can  not  perceaue 
 it :  for  it  must  be  spiritually  discemed.tt  But 
 he  that  is  spirituall,  discusseth  all  thinges, 
 and  he  is  iudged  of  noman.  tt  For  who  hath 
 knowne  y  mynde  of  the  LORDE  ?  Or  who 
 shal  enfourme  him  ?  But  we  haue  the  mynde 
 of  Christ. 
 
 Clje  ii).  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  I  brethren,  coulde  not  speake  vnto 
 you  as  vnto  spirituall,  but  as  vnto  camall, 
 euen  as  vnto  babes  in  Christ.  §i  I  gaue  you 
 mylke  to  drynke,  and  not  meate,  for  ye  mighte 
 not  then  awaye  withall,  nether  maye  ye  yet 
 euen  now,  in  so  moch  as  ye  are  yet  fleshlye. 
 For  llllseynge  there  is  enuyenge,  stryfe,  and 
 discencion  amonge  you,  are  ye  not  fleshly,  j 
 walke  after  y  maner  of  men  ?  For  whan  one 
 sayeth :  "  I  holde  of  Paul :  another,  I  holde 
 of  Apollo,  are  ye  not  the  fleshlye  ?  What  is 
 Paul  ?  What  is  Apollo  ?  Eue  mynisters  are 
 they,  by  whom  ye  are  come  to  the  beleue, 
 and  the  same,  acordinge  as  the  LORDE  hath 
 geuen  vnto  euery  man.  I  haue  planted, 
 Apollo  hath  watred,  ^11  but  God  hath  geuen 
 the  increace.  So  then  nether  is  he  that 
 planteth,  eny  thinge,  nether  he  that  watreth, 
 but  God  which  geueth  the  increace.  As  for 
 him  that  planteth,  and  he  that  watreth,  y  one 
 is  as  the  other :  but  yet  shal  euery  one  re- 
 ceaue  his  rewarde  acordinge  to  his  laboure. 
 For  we  are  Gods  labourers,  ye  are  Gods 
 huszbandry,  ye  are  Gods  buyldinge. 
 
 Acordinge  to  the  grace  of  God  which  is 
 geuen  vnto  me,  as  a  wyse  buylder  haue  I 
 layed  the  foundacion,  but  another  buyldeth 
 theron.  Yet  let  euery  man  take  hede  how  he 
 buyldeth  theron.  ***For  other  foudacion  can 
 noman  laye,  then  that  which  is  layed,  the 
 which  is  lesus  Christ.  But  yf  eny  man 
 buylde  vpon  this  foundacion,  golde,  syluer, 
 precious  stones,  tymber,  haye,  stobble,  euery 
 mas  worke  shal  be  shewed,  ttt  For  the  daye 
 of  the  LORDE  shal  declare  it,  which  shal  be 
 shewed  with  fyre :    and  the  ttt  fyre  shal  tiye 
 
 Rom.  11.  d. 
 »  iCor.  l.a. 
 ttt  Esa.  28.  c. 
 
 §5Heb.  0.  c.  nil  Gal.  5.  c. 
 
 f  ir  lob.  6.  g.  Act.  2.  c.       •••  Mat.  16.  c. 
 ttt  1  Pet.  1.  b.  and  4.  b. 
 
\fo,  rUT. 
 
 Cfte  firEit  (Cpistlf  to  tbf  CorintOians. 
 
 Cljap,  ill). 
 
 euery  mas  worke  what  it  is.  Yf  eii)'  mans 
 worke  that  he  hath  buylde  theron,  abyde,  he 
 shal  receaue  a  rewarde  :  Yf  eny  mans  worke 
 burne,  he  shal  suffre  losse :  but  he  shal  be 
 saued  himselfe,  neuertheles  as  thorow  fyre. 
 
 *  Knowe  ye  not  that  ye  are  the  temple  of 
 God,  and  that  the  sprete  of  God  dwelleth  in 
 you  ?  Yf  eny  man  defyle  the  teple  of  God, 
 him  shal  God  destroye'.  For  the  temple  of 
 God  is  holy,  which  ye  are.  Let  no  ma  dis- 
 ceaue  himselfe.  Yf  eny  man  thinke  himselfe 
 wyse  amoge  you,  let  him  become  a  foole  in 
 this  worlde,  that  he  maye  be  wyse.  For  tthe 
 wyszdome  off  this  worlde  is  foolishnes  with 
 God.  For  it  is  wrytten  :  t  He  compaseth  the 
 wyse  in  their  craftynesse.  And  agayne: 
 The  LORDE  knoweth  the  thoughtes  of  the 
 wyse,  that  they  are  vayne.  Therfore  let  no 
 man  reioyse  in  men.  For  all  is  youres, 
 whether  it  be  Paul  or  Apollo,  whether  it  be 
 Cephas  or  the  worlde,  whether  it  be  life  or 
 death,  whether  it  be  presente  or  for  to  come. 
 All  is  youres,  but  ye  are  Christes,  and  Christ 
 is  Gods. 
 
 €i)t  Hi].  Cljapter. 
 
 LET  euery  man  this  wyse  esteme  vs, 
 euen  for  the  mynisters  of  Christ,"  and 
 stewardes  of  the  II  secretes  of  God.  Now  is 
 there  no  more  requyred  of  the  stewardes, 
 then,  that  they  be  founde  faithfull.  t  It  is  but 
 a  small  thinge  vnto  me,  that  I  shulde  be 
 iudged  of  you,  or  of  mans  daye,  nether  iudge 
 I  myne  awne  selfe.  I  knowe  noughte  by  my 
 selfe,  **yet  am  I  not  therby  iustified.  It  is 
 the  LORDE  that  iudgeth  me.  Therfore 
 iudge  ye  nothinge  before  y  tyme,  vntyll  the 
 LORDE  come,  which  shal  brynge  it  to  lighte 
 that  is  hyd  in  darknesse,  and  ope  the  councels 
 of  f  hertes,  and  the  shal  euery  one  haue 
 prayse  of  God. 
 
 These  thinges  brethren  haue  I  described  in 
 myne  awne  preson  j  in  Apollos  for  youre 
 sakes,  that  ye  mighte  lerne  by  vs,  that  noman 
 counte  hygher  of  him  self,  then  aboue  is 
 wrytten,  that  one  be  not  puft  vp  agaynst 
 another  for  eny  mans  cause.  For  who  pre- 
 ferreth  the?  tt  What  hast  thou  that  thou  hast 
 not  receaued  ?  Yf  thou  hast  receaued  it,  why 
 makest  thou  the  thy  boost,  as  though  thou 
 
 •  1  Cor.  6.  c.    2  Cor.  6.  c.  Heb.  3.  a.  t  Rom.  1.  c. 
 
 t  lob  3.  b.     §  Psal.  93.  b.      °  2  Cor.  6.  a.      ||  Deu.  29.  d. 
 f  lere.  23.  c.     Luc.  12.         ••  loh.  9.  a.         tt  laco.  1.  a. 
 
 haddest  not  receaued  it?  Now  ye  are  full, 
 now  ye  are  made  riche,  ye  raigne  without  vs, 
 and  wolde  God  ye  dyd  raigne,  that  we  might 
 raigne  with  you. 
 
 Me  thynketh  that  God  hath  set  forth  vs 
 Apostles  for  the  lowest  off  all,  tteuen  as  those 
 that  are  appoynted  vnto  death.  For  we  are 
 a  gasynge  stocke  vnto  y  worlde  and  to  the 
 angels,  and  vnto  men.  We  are  fooles  for 
 Christes  sake,  but  ye  are  wyse  in  Christ :  We 
 weake,  but  ye  stroge  :  Ye  honorable,  but  we 
 despysed.  Euen  vnto  this  daye  we  hoger  and 
 thyrst,  and  are  naked,  and  are  boifetted  with 
 fystes,  and  haue  no  certayne  dwellinge  place, 
 §§and  laboure  and  worke  with  oure  awne 
 handes.  We  are  reuyled.  Ml  and  yet  we  blesse 
 we  are  persecuted,  and  suffre  it:  We  are  euell 
 spoken  of,  and  we  praye :  We  are  become  as 
 it  were  the  very  outswepinges  of  y  worlde,  yee 
 the  of  scowringe  of  all  men  vnto  this  tyme. 
 
 I  wryte  not  this  to  shame  you,  but  as  my 
 deare  childre  I  warne  you.  For  though  ye 
 haue  ten  thousande  instructours  in  Christ  yet 
 haue  ye  not  many  fathers.  For  I  haue  If  II  be- 
 gotten you  in  Christ  lesu  thorow  y  Gospell  ? 
 Wherfore  I  exhorte  you,  ***be  ye  my  folowers. 
 For  this  cause  haue  I  sent  vnto  you  Timotheus 
 (which  is  my  deare  sonne,  and  faithfull  in  the 
 LORDE)  that  he  maye  put  you  in  remem- 
 braunce  of  my  wayes,  which  are  in  Christ,  eue 
 as  I  teach  euery  where  in  all  congregacions. 
 Some  are  puft  vp,  as  though  I  wolde  come 
 nomore  at  you.  But  I  wil  come  to  you 
 shortly  (tttyf  the  LORDE  wyl)  and  wy^l 
 knowe,  not  the  wordes  of  the  that  are  puft 
 vp,  but  y  power.  For  the  kyngdome  of  God 
 is  not  I  wordes,  but  in  power.  What  wil  ye 
 Shal  I  come  vnto  you  with  the  rodd,  or  with 
 loue  and  the  sprete  of  mekenesse  i* 
 
 Wl)t  b.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 THERE  goeth  a  commen  reporte,  that 
 there  is  whordome  amoge  you,  and  soch 
 whordome,  as  is  not  once  named  amoge  the 
 Heythen,  tttthat  one  shulde  haue  his  fathers 
 wife.  And  ye  are  puft  vp,  and  haue  not 
 rather  sorowed,  that  he  which  hath  done  this 
 dede,  mighte  be  put  fro  amoge  you.  For  I 
 verely  as  absent  in  body,  but  present  in  sprete, 
 
 n  Psal.  43.  c.  Rom.  8.  e.  ^  Act.  18.  a.  ||||  Ro.  12.  b. 
 f  IF  Gal.  4.  b.  laco.  1.  b.  ••»  1  Co.  10.  a.  Phil.  3.  c. 
 ttt  Pro.  20.  d.  lere.  10.  d.         }}t  Leuit.  18.  a. 
 
Cftap.  bu 
 
 €i)t  firsit  episitle  to  tf)e  Cormtftians. 
 
 jTo,  dvnJ 
 
 haue  determyned  allready  as  though  I  were 
 present  (eocemynge  him  that  hath  done  this 
 dede)  in  y  name  of  cure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  wha  ye  are  gathered  together  with  my 
 sprete,  and  with  the  power  of  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  *  to  delyuer  him  vnto  Sathan  for 
 the  destruecion  of  the  flesh,  that  the  sprete 
 maye  be  saued  in  the  daye  of  the  LORDE 
 lesus. 
 a  Youre  reioysinge  is  not  good,  t  Knowe  ye 
 not  that  a  litle  leuen  sowereth  the  whole 
 lompe  of  dowe  ?  Pourge  out  therfore  the  olde 
 leuen,  that  ye  maye  be  new  dowe,  like  as  ye 
 are  swete  bred.  For  we  also  haue  an  t  Easter 
 lambe,  which  is  Christ,  that  is  offred  for  vs. 
 Wherfore  let  vs  §  kepe  Easter,  not  in  y  olde 
 leuen,  ner  in  the  leuen  of  maliciousnes,  and 
 wiekednes,  but  in  the  swete  bred  of  purenesse 
 and  of  the  trueth. 
 
 I  wrote  vnto  you  in  the  Epistle,  that  ye 
 shulde  haue  nothinge  to  do  with  whoremogers, 
 5  that  meant  I  not  at  all  of  the  whoremongers 
 of  this  worlde,  ether  of  the  couetous,  or  of 
 extorcioners,  or  of  the  that  worshippe  ymages, 
 for  then  must  ye  nedes  haue  gone  out  of  the 
 worlde.  II  But  now  haue  I  wrytte  vnto  you, 
 y  ye  shulde  haue  nothinge  to  do  with  them : 
 (Namely,)  yf  there  be  eny  man  that  is  called 
 a  brother,  and  is  an  whoremonger,  or  couetous, 
 or  a  worshipper  of  ymages,  ether  a  raylar,  or 
 a  dronkarde,  or  an  extorcioner,  H  with  soch 
 shal  ye  not  eate.  For  what  haue  I  to  do  to 
 iudge  them  that  are  without?  Do  ye  not 
 iudge  the  that  are  within  ?  As  for  them  that 
 are  without,  God  shal  iudge  them.  **Put 
 awaye  fro  you  him  that  is  euell. 
 
 Ttjt  bt.  C})apttr. 
 
 HOW  dare  one  off  you  hauynge  busynes 
 with  another,  go  to  lawe  before  the 
 vnrighteous,  and  not  before  the  sayntes? 
 t+Do  ye  not  knowe  that  the  sayntes  shal  iudge 
 the  worlde  ?  Yf  the  worlde  then  shalbe 
 iudged  off  you,  are  ye  not  good  ynough  to 
 iudge  small  matters  ?  Knowe  ye  not  that  we 
 shal  iudge  the  angels?  how  moch  more  thinges 
 that  pertayne  to  the  teporall  life  ?  Therfore 
 yf  ye  haue  iudgmentes  of  temporall  matters, 
 take  them  that  are  despysed  in  the  congrega- 
 
 •  Mat.  18.  b.  1  Tim.  1.  c.  t  Gal.  5.  a.  t  Esa.  53.  b. 
 loh.  I.e.  §  Exo.  12.  a.  ||  2  Tes.  3.  a.  f  lere.  16.  a. 
 ••Deut.  13.a.         tt  Mat.  12.d.  and  19.  d.        |t  Mat.  5.  e. 
 
 cion,  and  set  them  to  be  iudges.  This 
 saye  to  youre  shame.  Is  there  vtterly  no 
 wyse  man  amoge  you  ?  What  not  one  at  all, 
 that  can  iudge  betwene  brother  j  brother  ? 
 but  one  brother  goeth  to  lawe  with  another, 
 and  that  before  the  vnbeleuers  ? 
 
 Now  therfore  is  there  vtterly  a  faute  amoge 
 you,  that  ye  go  to  lawe  one  with  another. 
 ttWhy  rather  suffre  ye  not  wronge?  Why 
 suffre  ye  not  youre  selues  rather  to  be  de 
 frauded  ?  but  ye  youre  selues  do  wroge  and 
 defraude,  and  that  euen  the  brethre.  Know 
 ye  not  that  f  vnrighteous  shal  not  inheret 
 the  kyngdome  of  God?  Be  not  disceaued, 
 "Nether  whoremongers,  ner  worshippers  off 
 jTnages,  ner  breakers  off  wedlocke,  ner 
 weaklinges,  nether  abusers  of  them  selues 
 with  mankynde,  ner  theues,  nether  the  coue- 
 tous, ner  drokardes,  ner  cursed  speakers,  ner 
 extorcioners  shal  inheret  the  kyngdome  of 
 God.  And  soch  haue  some  of  you  bene,  but 
 ye  are  waszhed,  ye  are  sanctified,  ye  are  made 
 righteous  by  the  name  of  the  LORDE  lesus, 
 and  by  the  sprete  of  oure  God. 
 
 I  maye  do  all  thinges,  but  all  §§  thinges  are 
 not  profitable.  I  maye  do  all  thinges,  but  I 
 wil  be  broughte  vnder  no  mas  power.  Meates 
 are  ordeyned  for  y  bely,  s  the  bely  for  meates, 
 But  God  shal  destroye  both  it  and  them. 
 The  body  belongeth  not  vnto  whordome,  but 
 vnto  the  LORDE,  and  the  LORDE  vnto  the 
 body,  nil  God  hath  raysed  vp  the  LORDE, 
 and  shal  rayse  vs  vp  also  by  his  power. 
 Knowe  ye  not  that  youre  bodies  are  the 
 mebres  of  Christ?  Shal  I  now  take  the  mem- 
 bres  of  Christ,  and  make  them  the  membres 
 of  an  harlot?  God  forbyd.  Or  do  ye  not 
 knowe,  that  he  which  cleueth  vnto  an  harlot, 
 is  one  body?  For  they  shalbe  two  (HHsayeth 
 he)  in  one  fleszhe.  But  he  that  cleueth  vnto 
 the  LORDE,  is  one  sprete. 
 
 Fie  whordome.  All  synnes  y  a  man  doth, 
 are  without  the  body.  But  he  that  commyt- 
 teth  whordome,  synneth  agaynst  his  awne 
 body.  ♦**  Or  knowe  ye  not  that  youre  body  is 
 the  temple  of  the  holy  goost  ?  Whom  ye 
 haue  of  God,  and  are  not  youre  awne  ?  tttFor 
 ye  are  dearly  boughte.  Prayse  ye  God  ther- 
 fore in  youre  body  (j  in  youre  sprete,  which 
 are  Gods. 
 
 Gal.  5.  c.    Ephe.  5.  a.  §§  Eccli.  37.  d.    1  Co.  10.  c. 
 
 ||  Rom.  8.  b.  ft  Gen.  2.  d.  ••*  1  Cor.  3.  b. 
 
 2  Cor.  6.  c.  ttt  1  Co.  7.  c.     1  Pet.  1.  c. 
 
4fo.  rirvij. 
 
 Cfte  firsit  €pi£«tlc  tJ3  ti)t  Con'iit&ians. 
 
 Cl^ajp«  btj. 
 
 Cl)t  l)ij.  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 AS  concernjTige  the  thinges  wherof  ye 
 wrote  vnto  me,  I  answere :  It  is  good 
 for  a  man  not  to  touchc  a  woman.  Neuer- 
 theles  to  avoyde  whordome,  let  euery  man 
 haue  his  awne  wife,  and  let  euery  woman 
 haue  hir  awne  huszbande.  Let  the  ma  geue 
 vnto  the  wife  due  beneuolence :  likewyse  also 
 the  wife  vnto  f  man.  The  wife  hath  not 
 power  ouer  hir  awne  body,  but  the  huszbande: 
 5  likewyse  the  man  hath  not  power  ouer  his 
 awne  body,  but  the  wife.  *Withdrawe  not 
 youre  selues  one  fro  another,  excepte  it  be 
 with  the  consent  of  both  for  a  tyme,  that  ye 
 maye  geue  youre  selues  vnto  fastinge  and 
 prayer,  and  the  come  together  agayne,  lest 
 Sathan  tempte  you  for  youre  incontynecye. 
 But  this  I  saye  of  fauoure,  and  not  of  com- 
 maundemet.  Howbeit  I  wolde  rather  y  all 
 me  were  as  I  am.  Neuertheles  euery  one 
 hath  his  proper  gifte  of  God:  one  thus, 
 another  so.  To  them  verely  y  are  vnmaried 
 and  to  wedowes  I  saye:  It  is  good  for  the 
 that  they  abyde  also  as  I  do.  t  But  yf  they 
 can  not  absteyne,  let  them  mary.  For  it  is 
 better  to  mary,  then  to  burne. 
 
 But  vnto  them  that  are  maried,  commaunde 
 not  I,  but  the  LORDE,  *  that  the  wife  se- 
 parate not  her  selfe  from  the  huszbande :  but 
 yf  she  separate  her  selfe,  y  she  remayne  vn- 
 maried, or  be  reconcyled  to  hir  huszbande : 
 and  let  not  the  huszbande  put  awaye  his  wife 
 from  him. 
 
 As  for  the  other,  vnto  the  saye  I,  not  f 
 LORDE:  Yf  eny  brother  haue  an  vnbeleu- 
 ynge  wife,  and  she  is  content  to  dwell  with 
 him,  let  him  not  put  hir  awaye.  And  yf 
 a  woman  haue  an  vnbeleuynge  huszbande, 
 and  he  is  content  to  dwell  with  her,  let  her 
 not  put  him  awaye.  For  the  vnbeleuynge 
 huszbande  is  sanctified  by  the  wife,  and  the 
 vnbeleuynge  wife  is  sanctified  by  the  husz- 
 bande :  or  els  were  youre  children  vncleane, 
 but  now  are  they  holy.  But  yf  the  vnbeleu- 
 ynge departe,  let  him  departs.  A  brother  or 
 a  sister  is  not  boude  in  soch  cases,  but  God 
 hath  called  vs  in  peace.  §For  what  knowest 
 thou  O  woma,  whether  thou  shalt  saue  y  ma? 
 Or  what  knowest  thou  O  man,  whether  thou 
 shalt  saue  the  woman  ?     But  euen  as  God 
 
 •  Tob.  6.  d.  and  8.  a.      loel  2.  c.  t  1  Tim.  5.  b 
 
 t  Mat.  5.  d.        ^1  Pet.  3.  a.        ||  Ephe.  4.  a.       f  1  Tim 
 
 hath  distributed  vnto  euery  one  II  and  as  the 
 LORDE  hath  called  euery  man,  so  let  him 
 walke  :  and  so  orden  I  in  all  congregacions. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  be  called  beynge  circumcysed 
 let  him  take  no  Heythenshippe  vpon  him. 
 Yf  eny  man  be  called  in  the  Heythenshippe, 
 let  him  not  be  circumcysed.  Circumcision  is 
 nothinge,  and  vncircumcision  is  nothinge,  but 
 the  kepynge  of  the  commaundementes  of 
 God.  Let  euery  one  abyde  in  the  callynge 
 wherin  he  is  called.  U  Art  thou  called  a  ser- 
 uaiit,  care  not  for  it :  neuertheles  yf  thou 
 mayest  be  fre,  vse  it  rather.  For  he  that  is 
 called  in  the  LORDE  beynge  a  seruaiite,  is 
 a  fre  man  of  the  LORDE.  Likewyse  he 
 that  is  called  beynge  fre,  is  a  seruaut  of 
 Christ.  **Ye  are  dearly  boughte,  be  not  ye 
 the  seruauntes  of  men.  Brethren  let  euery 
 one  wherin  he  is  called,  therin  abyde  with  God. 
 
 As  concernynge  virgins,  I  haue  no  com- 
 maundement  of  the  LORDE,  neuertheles  I 
 saye  my  goodmeanynge,  as  I  haue  optayned 
 mercy  of  the  LORDE  to  be  faithful!.  I 
 suppose  it  is  good  for  f  present  necessite :  for 
 it  is  good  for  a  man  so  to  be.  Art  thou 
 bounde  vnto  a  wife,  seke  not  to  be  lowsed: 
 Art  thou  lowsed  fro  a  wife,  seke  not  a  wife. 
 But  yf  thou  take  a  wife,  thou  synnest  not. 
 And  yf  a  virgin  mary,  she  synneth  not.  Ne- 
 uertheles soch  shal  haue  trouble  in  the  fleszhe. 
 But  I  fauoure  you. 
 
 Howbeit  this  I  saye  brethren :  ttthe  tyme 
 is  shorte.  Farthermore  this  is  the  meanynge, 
 y  they  which  haue  wyues,  be  as  though  they 
 had  none  :  and  they  that  wepe,  be  as  though 
 they  wepte  not :  and  they  that  reioyse,  be  as 
 though  they  reioysed  not :  (j  they  that  bye, 
 be  as  though  they  possessed  not:  j  they 
 that  vse  this  worlde,  be  as  though  they  vsed 
 it  not.  For  the  faszhion  off  this  worlde 
 passeth  awaye.  "  But  I  wolde  that  ye  shulde 
 be  without  care,  tt  He  that  is  syngle,  careth 
 for  the  thinges  of  the  LORDE,  how  he  maye 
 please  the  LORDE.  But  he  that  is  maried, 
 careth  for  the  thinges  of  the  worlde,  how  he 
 maye  please  his  wife,  and  is  deuyded.  A 
 woman  and  a  virgin  that  is  syngle,  careth  for 
 the  thinges  of  the  LORDE,  that  she  maye 
 be  holy  both  in  body  5  also  in  sprete.  But 
 she  that  is  maried,  careth  for  y  thinges  of  the 
 worlde,  how  she  maye  please  hir  huszbande. 
 
 6.  a.  ••lCor.6.  c.     1  Pet.  I.e.  tt  Psal.  89.  a. 
 
 2  Pet.  3.  b.        «  Mat.  6.  a.     Luc.  12.  c.        U  1  Tim.  5.  a. 
 
Cftap.  I'v. 
 
 Cfte  first  (l£pmk  to  t&e  Corintftiaits. 
 
 #0.  djnriij. 
 
 This  I  saye  for  youre  profit,  not  that  I  wil 
 tangle  you  in  a  snare,  but  for  that  which  is 
 honest  and  comly  vnto  you,  that  ye  maye 
 cotynually  cleue  vnto  the  LORDE  without 
 hynderaunce.  But  yf  eny  man  thinks  that 
 it  is  vncomly  for  his  virgin  yf  she  passe  the 
 tyme  of  mariage,  and  yf  nede  so  requyre,  let 
 him  do  what  he  lyst,  he  synneth  not,  let  the 
 be  coupled  in  mariage.  Neuertheles  he  that 
 purposeth  surely  in  his  hert,  hauynge  no  nede, 
 but  hath  power  of  his  awne  wyU,  and  deter- 
 meth  so  in  his  hert  to  kepe  his  virgin,  doth 
 well.  FjTially,  he  that  ioyneth  his  virgin  in 
 mariage,  doth  well :  but  he  that  ioyneth  not 
 his  virgin  in  mariage,  doth  better.  *The 
 wife  is  bounde  to  the  lawe,  as  longe  as  hir 
 huszbande  Ijnieth.  But  yf  hir  huszbande 
 slepe,  she  is  at  liberty  to  mary  vnto  whom 
 she  wil,  onely  that  it  be  done  in  the  LORDE. 
 But  she  is  happier  yf  she  so  abyde  after  my 
 iudgment.  I  thinke  verely  that  I  also  haue 
 the  sprete  of  God. 
 
 Ci)c  btij.  Cljapttt. 
 
 AS  touchinge  thinges  tofired  vnto  Idols 
 t  we  are  sure  y  we  all  haue  knowlege. 
 Knowlege  puffeth  a  ma  vp,  but  loue  edifyeth. 
 Neuertheles  yf  eny  ma  thinke  y  he  knoweth 
 eny  thinge,  he  knoweth  not  yet  now  he  oughte 
 to  knowe.  But  yf  eny  man  loue  God,  the 
 same  is  knowne  of  him. 
 
 So  are  we  sure  now  cocemynge  the  meates 
 offred  vnto  Idols,  §that  an  Idoll  is  nothinge 
 in  the  worlde,  and  that  there  is  none  other 
 God  but  one.  And  though  there  be  that  are 
 called  goddes,  whether  in  heauen  or  in  earth 
 (as  there  be  goddes  many  and  lordes  many) 
 yet  haue  we  but  one  God,  euen  the  father, 
 II of  who  are  all  thinges,  and  we  in  him:  g  one 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  by  who  are  all  thinges, 
 and  we  by  him. 
 
 But  euery  man  hath  not  knowlege :  for 
 some  make  yet  ^  consciece  ouer  the  Idoll, 
 and  eate  it  as  a  thinge  oSred  vnto  Idols :  and 
 so  their  conscience  beynge  weake,  is  defyled. 
 Neuertheles  meate  furthureth  not  vs  \Tito 
 God.  Yf  we  eate,  we  shal  not  therfore  be 
 the  better :  yf  we  eate  not,  we  shal  not  ther- 
 fore be  the  lesse.     But  take  hede  that  this 
 
 •  Rom.  7.  a.  t  Act.  15.  d.  t  Ro.  14.  b. 
 
 5  1  Co.  10.  c.  II  Rom.  11.  d.  f  1  Co.  10.  d. 
 
 •*Rom.  14.  c.        ttAct.  9.  a.         {}  Mar.S.b.     Luc.  4.d. 
 
 youre  liberty  be  not  an  occasion  of  fallynge 
 vnto  y  weake.  For  yf  eny  man  se  the  (which 
 hast  knowlege)  syt  at  the  table  in  the  Idols 
 house,  shal  not  his  conscience  whyle  it  is 
 weake,  be  occasioned  to  eate  of  the  Idoll- 
 ofFeringes  ?  And  so  thorow  thy  knowlege 
 shal  the  weake  brother  perishe,  for  who  Christ 
 dyed.  But  whan  ye  synne  so  agaynst  the 
 brethren,  and  wounde  their  weake  coscience, 
 ye  synne  agaynst  Christ.  Wherfore  **yf  meate 
 ofFende  my  brother,  I  wyl  neuer  eate  flesh, 
 lest  I  ofFende  my  brother. 
 
 Ci)c  iy.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 AM  I  not  an  Apostle  ?  Am  I  not  fre  ? 
 t*'Haue  I  not  sene  lesus  Christ  oure 
 LORDE?  Are  not  ye  my  worke  in  the 
 LORDE?  Yf  I  be  not  an  Apostle  vnto 
 other,  yet  am  I  youre  Apostle :  for  the  seale  of 
 myne  Apostelshippe  are  ye  in  the  LORDE. 
 Myne  answere  vnto  them  that  axe  me,  is  this: 
 Haue  we  not  power  to  eate  and  drynke  ? 
 Haue  we  not  power  also  to  leade  aboute  a 
 sister  to  wife,  as  well  as  other  Apostles,  and 
 as  the  brethren  of  the  LORDE,  and  ttCephas? 
 Or  haue  onely  I  and  Barnabas  not  power 
 this  to  do  ?  Who  goeth  a  warfare  at  eny  tyme 
 vpon  his  awne  wages  ?  Who  planteth  a  vyn- 
 yarde,  and  eateth  not  of  the  frute  therof? 
 Who  fedeth  a  flocke,  and  eateth  not  of  the 
 mylke  of  the  flocke  ? 
 
 Saye  I  these  thinges  after  the  maner  of 
 men  ?  Sayeth  not  the  lawe  the  same  also  ? 
 For  ^§it  is  wrytten  in  the  lawe  ofF  Moses: 
 Thou  shalt  not  mosell  the  mouth  of  the  oxe 
 that  treadeth  out  the  come.  Doth  God  take 
 thought  for  the  oxen  ?  Or  sayeth  he  it  not 
 alltogether  for  oure  sakes  ?  For  no  doute  it 
 is  wrytte  for  oure  sakes.  For  he  that  eareth, 
 shulde  eare  vpon  hope :  and  he  y  throszheth, 
 shulde  troszhe  vpon  hope,  y  he  mighte  be 
 partaker  of  his  hope.  illlYf  we  haue  sowne 
 vnto  you  spiritual  thinges,  is  it  a  greate  thlge 
 yf  we  reape  youre  bodely  thiges?  But  yf 
 other  be  partakers  of  this  power  on  you, 
 wherfore  are  not  we  rather  ?  Hit  Neuertheles 
 we  haue  not  vsed  this  power,  but  sufFre  all 
 thinges,  lest  we  shulde  hynder  the  Gospell  ofF 
 Christ.  Knowe  ye  not  that  they  which  laboure 
 in  the  temple,  haue  their  lyuynge  of  f  temple : 
 
 ^^Deut.  25.  a.     t  Tim.  5.  c.       ||||  Rom.  15.  d.     Gal.  6.  a. 
 f  f  2  Cor.  11.  a. 
 
 151 
 
fo,  tlniiii' 
 
 Cl)f  first  €pi£(tlt  to  tl)e  Cortntfti'ansi. 
 
 Cftap.  >:♦ 
 
 and  they  that  wayte  at  the  altare,  enioye  the 
 altare?  *  Euen  thus  also  hath  LORDE 
 ordeyned,  that  they  which  preach  the  Gospell, 
 shulde  lyue  of  f  Gospell.  t  But  I  haue  vsed 
 none  of  these  tninges. 
 
 Nether  wryte  I  therof,  that  it  shulde  be 
 done  so  vnto  me :  for  I  had  rather  dye,  the 
 that  eny  man  shulde  brynge  my  reioysinge  to 
 naughte.  For  in  that  I  preach  the  Gospell, 
 I  neade  not  boost  my  selfe,  for  I  must  nedes 
 do  it.  And  wo  vnto  me,  yff  I  preach  not 
 the  Gospell.  Yf  I  do  it  with  a  good  wyll, 
 I  shal  haue  my  rewarde:  but  yff  I  do  it 
 agaynst  my  wyll,  yet  is  the  office  commytted 
 vnto  me.  Wherfore  the  shal  I  be  rewarded  ? 
 (Namely  therfore)  that  I  preach  the  Gospell, 
 and  do  the  same  frely  for  naughte,  that  I 
 abuse  not  my  libertye  in  f  Gospell.  For 
 though  I  am  fre  from  all  men,  yet  haue  I 
 made  my  selfe  euery  mans  seruaunt,  y  I 
 mighte  wynne  f  moo.  }  Vnto  the  lewes  I  am 
 become  as  a  lewe,  to  wynne  f  lewes.  To 
 them  that  are  vnder  the  lawe,  I  am  become 
 as  though  I  were  vnder  the  lawe,  to  wynne 
 them  which  are  vnder  the  lawe. 
 
 Vnto  them  that  are  without  lawe,  I  am 
 become  as  though  I  were  without  lawe  (where 
 as  yet  I  am  not  without  the  lawe  of  God,  but 
 am  in  y  lawe  of  Christ)  to  ^vynne  the  that  are 
 without  lawe.  To  the  weake,  am  I  become 
 as  weake,  to  wynne  the  weake.  ^  I  am  be- 
 come of  all  faszhions  vnto  euery  man,  to  saue 
 some  at  f  leest.  But  this  I  do  for  the  Gos- 
 pels sake,  that  I  mighte  be  partaker  therof. 
 
 Knowe  ye  not,  that  they  which  runne  in  a 
 course,  runne  all,  yet  but  one  receaueth  the 
 rewarde  ?  Runne  ye  so,  that  ye  maye  optayne. 
 Euery  one  that  proueth  mastrye,  absteyneth 
 from  all  thinges,  and  they  do  it,  that  they 
 maye  optayne  a  corruptible  crowne,  but  we 
 to  optayne  an  II  vncorruptible  crowne.  I 
 therfore  so  runne,  not  as  at  an  vncertayne 
 thinge :  So  fighte  I,  not  as  one  y  beateth  f 
 ayre :  but  I  tame  my  body,  and  brynge  it  in 
 to  subieccion,  lest  whan  I  preach  vn  to  other: 
 I  my  selfe  be  a  cast  awaye. 
 
 3ri)c  r-  Cfjapttr. 
 RETHREN,  I  wolde  not  that  ye  shulde 
 be  ignoraunt  of  this,  H  that  oure  fathers 
 
 •  Mat.  10.  a.  t  Act.  20.  e.  2  Tess.  3.  a.  f  Act.  16.  a. 
 i  1  Co.  10.  (i.  II  1  Pet.  5.  a.  f  Exo.  13.  d. 
 
 ••  Exo.  14.  c.  tt  Exo.  16.  c.  }{  Exo.  17.  b. 
 
 ^^  Nu.  20.  a.    Mat.  16.  c.         ||||  Num.  14.  c.         f  IT  Exo. 
 
 B 
 
 were  all  vnder  the  cloude,**  and  all  passed 
 thorow  the  see,  5  were  all  baptised  vnder 
 Moses  in  the  cloude  and  in  the  see,  ttand  dyd 
 all  eate  of  one  spirituall  meate,  and  tt  dyd  all 
 drynke  of  one  spirituall  drynke :  but  they 
 dronke  of  the  spirituall  §§rocke  that  folowed 
 the,  which  rocke  was  Christ.  Neuertheles  in 
 many  of  them  had  God  no  delyte,  II II  for  they 
 were  smytten  downe  in  the  v\'yldemesse. 
 
 These  are  ensamples  vnto  vs,  y  we  shulde 
 not  lust  after  euell  thinges,  as  they  lusted. 
 Nether  be  ye  worshippers  off  ymages,  as  were 
 some  of  them.  Acordinge  as  it  is  wrytte : 
 nil  The  people  sat  downe  to  eate  and  drynke, 
 and  rose  vp  to  playe.  Nether  let  vs  commytte 
 whordome,  ***  as  some  of  them  comytted 
 whordome,  and  fell  in  one  daye  thre  j  twenty 
 thousande.  Nether  let  vs  tempte  Christ,  tttas 
 some  of  them  tempted  him,  and  were  de- 
 stroyed of  serpetes.  Nether  murmur  ye,  ttt  as 
 some  of  them  murmured,  and  were  destroyed 
 thorow  the  destroyer. 
 
 All  these  thinges  happened  vnto  the  for 
 ensamples,  but  they  are  wrytte  to  warne  vs, 
 vpon  whom  the  ende  of  y  worlde  is  come. 
 Therfore  let  him  that  thinketh  he  stondeth, 
 take  hede,  lest  he  fall.  There  hath  yet  no 
 teptacion  ouertaken  you,  but  soch  as  foloweth 
 the  nature  of  man.  Neuertheles  §§^  God  is 
 faithfull,  lilill  which  shal  not  suffre  you  to  be 
 tempted  aboue  youre  strength,  but  shal  in  the 
 myddes  of  f  temptacion  make  a  waye  to 
 come  out,  that  ye  maye  beare  it.  Wherfore 
 my  dearly  beloued,  fie  from  worshippinge  of 
 Idols.  I  speake  vnto  them  which  haue  dis- 
 crecio,  iudge  ye  what  I  saye.  The  cuppe  of 
 thakesgeuynge  wherwith  we  geue  thankes,  is 
 it  not  the  partakinge  of  the  bloude  of  Christ  ? 
 The  bred  that  we  breake,  is  it  not  y  par- 
 takinge of  y  body  of  Christ  ?  For  we  many, 
 are  one  bred  5  one  body,  in  as  moch  as  we 
 all  are  partakers  of  one  bred. 
 
 Beholde  Israel  after  the  fleszhe.  They  y  C 
 eate  the  sacrifices,  are  they  not  partakers  of 
 the  altare  ?  What  shal  I  now  saye  then  ?  f  f  H 
 Shal  I  saye  that  the  Idoll  is  eny  thinge  ?  Or 
 that  it  which  is  offred  vnto  the  Idoll  is  eny 
 thinge  ?  Nay.  But  this  I  saye,  that  loke 
 what  the  Heythen  oSre,  that  offre  they  \'nto 
 deuels,  and  not  vnto  God.     Now  wolde  I  not 
 
 32.  b.  •••N 
 lUNum.  U.g. 
 lilill  2  Pe.  2.  b. 
 
 1.25.  a.     Psal.  105.d. 
 ^^^  1  Cor.  1. 
 KTIF  1  Cor.  8.  a. 
 
 ttt  Num.  21.  a. 
 1  Thes.  2.  c. 
 
 I 
 
Cfiap,  jri. 
 
 €f)t  fiist  (Bpi^tk  to  tfit  Cori'ntftians. 
 
 jTo.  fl)i:j:t)» 
 
 that  ye  shulde  be  in  the  fellishippe  of  deuels. 
 Ye  can  not  diynke  of  the  cuppe  of  the 
 LORDE  and  of  the  cuppe  of  the  deuels.  Ye 
 can  not  be  partakers  of  the  LORDES  table, 
 and  of  the  table  of  deuels.  Or  wyl  we  pro- 
 uoke  the  LORDE  ?  *  I  maye  do  all  thinges, 
 but  all  thinges  are  not  profitable.  I  maye  do 
 all  thinges,  but  all  thinges  edifye  not.  Let 
 noman  seke  his  awne  profit,  but  let  euery 
 man  seke  anothers  welth. 
 
 What  soeuer  is  solde  in  the  fleshmarket, 
 that  eate,  and  axe  no  question  for  conscience 
 sake,  t  For  the  earth  is  the  LORDES,  and 
 all  y  therin  is.  Yf  eny  of  the  y  beleue  not, 
 byd  you  to  a  feast,  and  yf  ye  be  disposed  to 
 go,  what  soeuer  is  set  before  you,  that  eate, 
 axinge  no  question  for  conscience  sake. 
 
 But  yf  eny  man  saye  vnto  you :  This  is 
 offi-ed  vnto  Idols,  the  eate  not  of  it,  for  his 
 sake  that  shewed  it,  and  for  hurtinge  of  con- 
 science. (The  earth  is  the  LORDES  and 
 all  that  therin  is.)  Neuertheles  I  speake  of* 
 consciece,  not  thine,  but  of  y  other.  For 
 why  shulde  my  liberty  be  iudged  of  another 
 mas  coscience  ?  §  For  yf  I  take  my  parte 
 with  thankesgeuynge,  why  am  I  euell  spoken 
 of,  for  y  thinge  wherfore  I  geue  thankes  ? 
 
 II  Therfore  whether  ye  eate  or  drynke,  or 
 what  so  euer  ye  do,  do  all  to  f  prayse  of  God. 
 Be  not  ye  an  occasion  of  fallinge,  nether  to 
 the  lewes,  ner  to  the  Gentyles,  ner  to  the 
 congregacion  of  God,  IFeue  as  I  also  please 
 all  men  in  all  thinges,  not  sekinge  myne 
 awne  profit,  but  the  profit  of  many,  that  they 
 mighte  be  saued.  **  Folowe  ye  me,  as  I  do 
 Christ. 
 
 ®l)e  yt.  Cf)aptnr. 
 
 ICOMMENDE  you  brethren,  that  ye  re- 
 membre  me  in  all  poyntes,  and  kepe  the 
 orcUnaunces,  eue  as  I  delyuered  them  vnto 
 you.  But  I  certifye  you,  that  Christ  is  the 
 heade  of  euery  man.  tt  As  for  y  man,  he  is  the 
 heade  of  y  woman,  but  God  is  Christes  heade. 
 Euery  man  that  prayeth  or  prophecieth,  and 
 hath  eny  thinge  on  his  heade,  shameth  his 
 heade.  But  euery  woman  that  prayeth  or 
 prophecieth  with  vncouered  heade,  dishonest- 
 eth  hir  heade.  For  it  is  euen  a  lyke  moch  as 
 yf  she  were  shauen.      Yf  the  woma   be  not 
 
 •  1  Cor.  6.  c.     Eccli.  37.  d.      t  Psal.  23.  b.        *  1  Cor. 
 ,  b.         §  1  Tim.  4.  b.  ||  Col.  3.  b.         %1  Cor.  9.  d. 
 
 '  1  Cor.  4.  c.  tt  Ephe.  5.  o.  U  Ephe.  4.  c. 
 
 couered,  let  hir  heer  also  be  cut  of.  But  yf 
 it  be  vncomely  for  a  woman  to  haue  hir  heer 
 cut  of  or  to  be  shauen,  then  let  hir  couer  hir 
 heade.  Neuertheles  the  man  oughte  not  to 
 couer  his  heade,  t*  for  so  moch  as  he  is  the 
 ymage  and  glory  of  God:  but  the  woma  is 
 the  glory  of  the  man.  i§  For  the  man  is  not 
 of  the  woman,  but  the  woman  of  the  man. 
 Nether  was  the  man  created  for  the  womans 
 sake,  but  the  woma  for  the  mans  sake. 
 
 Therfore  ought  the  woman  to  haue  a  power 
 vpon  hir  heade,  for  the  angels  sakes.  Neuer- 
 theles nether  is  the  man  without  f  woman, 
 nether  the  woman  without  the  ma  in  the 
 LORDE.  For  as  the  woman  is  of  the  man, 
 euen  so  commeth  the  man  also  by  the  woman, 
 but  all  of  God.  ludge  ye  by  youre  selues, 
 whether  it  be  comly,  y  a  woma  praye  before 
 God  bare  headed  ?  Or  doth  not  nature  teach 
 you,  y  it  is  a  shame  for  a  man  yf  he  weere 
 loge  heer,  g  a  prayse  to  y  woma,  yf  she  weere 
 loge  heer?  For  hir  heer  is  geue  heer  to 
 couer  her  withall.  But  yf  there  be  eny  man 
 amoge  you  that  hath  lust  to  stryue,  let  him 
 knowe,  that  we  haue  no  soch  custome,  nether 
 the  congregacions  of  God.  But  this  must  I 
 warne  you  of:  I  commende  it  not,  that  ye 
 come  together  not  after  a  better  maner  but 
 after  a  worse.  First,  whan  ye  come  together 
 in  the  congregacion,  I  heare,  that  there  are 
 discensions  amonge  you,  and  I  partly  beleue 
 it.  Illl  For  there  must  be  sectes  amonge  you, 
 that  they  which  are  perfecte  amonge  you, 
 mighte  be  knowne. 
 
 Now  whan  ye  come  together,  the  LORDES 
 supper  can  not  be  kepte.  For  whan  it  shulde 
 be  kepte,  euery  ma  taketh  his  awne  supper 
 afore.  And  one  is  hogrie,  another  is  dronke. 
 Haue  ye  not  houses  to  eate  and  drynke  in  ? 
 Or  despyse  ye  f  cogregacion  of  God,  and 
 shame  them  that  haue  not  ?  What  shal  I 
 saye  vnto  you  ?  Shal  I  prayse  you  ?  in  this 
 prayse  I  you  not.  That  which  I  delyuered 
 vnto  you,  receaued  I  of  the  LORDE.  tIF  For 
 the  LORDE  lesus  the  same  nighte  in  the 
 which  he  was  betrayed,  toke  the  bred,  5  gaue 
 thankes,  and  brake  it,  and  sayde  :  Take  ye,  (j 
 eate  ye,  this  is  my  body,  which  is  broken  for 
 you.  This  do  in  the  remembraunce  of  me. 
 After  the  same  maner  also  he  toke  f  cuppe 
 
 %  Gen.  2.  d.  |{{|  Mat.  18.  a.     1  loh.  2.  c.         %^  Mat. 
 
 26.  c.    Mar.  14.  c.     Luc.  22.  b. 
 
fo,  rUTbi. 
 
 CI)f  first  ©pisitlr  to  tftf  Conntfti'anfi. 
 
 Cl)ap.  jrij. 
 
 whan  supper  was  done,  and  sayde :  This 
 cuppe  is  the  new  Testament  in  my  bloude, 
 this  do  (as  oft  as  ye  dr)Tike  it)  in  the  reme- 
 brauce  of  nie.  For  as  oft  as  ye  shal  eate  of 
 this  bred,  5  drynke  of  this  cuppe,  ye  shal 
 shewe  the  LORDES  death,  vntyll  he  come. 
 Wherfore  who  soeuer  shal  eate  off  this  bred, 
 and  drynke  off  this  cuppe  of  the  LORDE 
 vnworthely,  shalbe  giltye  of  the  body  and 
 bloude  of  the  LORDE.  *  But  let  a  man 
 examen  himselfe,  and  so  let  him  eate  of  this 
 bred,  and  diynke  of  this  cuppe.  For  he  that 
 eateth  and  drynketh  vnworthely,  eateth  (i 
 drynketh  his  awne  damnacion,  because  he 
 maketh  no  differece  of  the  LORDES  body. 
 Therfore  are  there  so  many  weake  and  sicke 
 amoge  you,  and  many  slepe.  tFor  yf  we 
 iudged  oure  selues,  we  shulde  not  be  iudged. 
 But  whan  we  are  iudged,  we  are  chastened 
 of  y^  LORDE,  that  we  shulde  not  be  daned 
 with  the  t  worlde.  Wherfore  my  brethren, 
 whan  ye  come  together  to  eate,  tary  one  for 
 another.  But  yf  eny  man  honger,  let  him 
 eate  at  home,  that  ye  come  not  together  vnto 
 codempnacion.  As  for  other  thinges,  I  wil 
 set  them  in  order  whan  I  come. 
 
 Ci^c  Vij-  €i)apttr. 
 
 AS  concernynge  spirituall giftes  (brethren) 
 I  wolde  not  that  ye  were  ignoraunt. 
 Ye  knowe  that  ye  were  Heythe  and  wente 
 youre  wayes  vnto  dome  Idols,  eue  as  ye  were 
 led.  Wherfore  I  declare  vnto  you,  §  that  no 
 man  speakyiige  thorow  the  sprete  of  God, 
 defyeth  lesus.  And  no  man  can  saye  that 
 lesus  is  the  LORDE,  but  by  the  holy  goost. 
 There  are  dyuerse  giftes,  yet  but  one 
 sprete :  and  there  are  dyuerse  offices,  yet  but 
 one  LORDE :  and  there  are  dyuerse  opera- 
 cions  II  yet  is  there  but  one  God,  which  worketh 
 all  in  all.  The  giftes  of  the  sprete  are  geuen 
 vnto  euery  man  to  profit  the  cogregacion.  To 
 one  is  geuen  thorow  the  sprete  the  vtteraunce 
 of  wiszdome :  to  another  is  geuen  the  vtter- 
 aunce of  knowlege  acordinge  to  the  same 
 sprete  :  to  another,  faith  in  the  same  sprete  : 
 to  another,  the  giftes  of  healinge  in  the  same 
 sprete  :  to  another,  power  to  do  miracles  :  to 
 another,  prophecienge  :  to  another,  t  iudg- 
 ment  to  discerne  spretes  :  to  another,  dyuerse 
 tunges :    to   another,    the    interpretacion    of 
 
 •  «  Co.  13.  b.      t  EccU.  18.  c.       $  1  loh.  2.  c.      ^  Marc. 
 9.  d.         •  Rom.  12.  a.         ||  loh.  5.  b.  %  1  loh.  4.  a. 
 
 tunges.  These  all  doth  f  same  onely  sprete 
 worke,  and  distributeth  vnto  euery  man, 
 acordinge  as  he  will. 
 
 *  For  as  the  body  is  one,  and  hath  yet  many 
 membres,  neuertheles  all  the  membres  of  the 
 body  though  they  be  many,  are  yet  but  one 
 body :  euen  so  Christ  also.  For  we  are  all 
 baptysed  in  one  sprete  to  be  one  body,  whether 
 we  be  lewes  or  Gentyles,  whether  we  be  bonde 
 or  fre,  and  haue  all  **dronke  of  one  sprete. 
 For  the  body  also  is  not  one  membre,  but 
 many.  Yf  the  fote  saye  :  I  am  not  y  hande, 
 therfore  I  am  not  a  membre  of  the  body,  is 
 he  therfore  not  a  membre  of  y  body  ?  And 
 yf  the  eare  saye :  I  am  not  the  eye,  therfore 
 am  I  not  a  membre  of  the  body,  is  he  therfore 
 not  a  membre  of  the  body  ?  Yf  all  the  body 
 were  an  eye,  where  were  then  the  hearinge  ? 
 Yf  all  were  hearinge,  where  then  the  smeU- 
 inge  ?  But  now  hath  God  set  the  membres, 
 euery  one  seuerally  in  the  body,  as  it  hath 
 pleased  him.  Neuertheles  yf  all  the  mebres 
 were  one  membre,  where  were  then  the  body? 
 But  now  are  the  membres  many,  yet  is  the 
 body  but  one. 
 
 The  eye  can  not  saye  vnto  the  hande :  I 
 haue  no  nede  of  the :  or  agayne  the  heade 
 vnto  the  fete,  I  haue  no  nede  of  you :  but 
 rather  a  greate  deale  the  mebres  of  the  body 
 which  seme  to  be  most  feble,  are  most  neces- 
 sary :  and  vpon  those  membres  of  the  body 
 which  we  thinke  least  honest,  put  we  most 
 honestie  on :  and  oure  vncomly  partes  haue 
 most  beutye  on.  For  oure  honest  membres 
 neade  it  not.  But  God  hath  so  measured  y 
 body,  and  geuen  most  honoure  vnto  that 
 mebre  which  had  nede,  that  there  shulde  be 
 no  stryfe  in  the  body,  but  that  the  membres 
 shulde  indifferently  care  one  for  another. 
 And  yf  one  membre  suffre,  all  the  membres 
 sufFre  with  him  :  and  yf  one  membre  be  had 
 in  honoure,  all  the  membres  are  glad  mth 
 him  also.  But  ye  are  the  body  of  Christ,  and 
 membres,  euery  one  of  another. 
 
 And  God  hath  ordeyned  in  the  congrega- 
 cion,  first  the  ttApostles,  secodly  prophetes, 
 thirdly  U  teachers,  then  doers  of  miracles,  after 
 that  the  giftes  of  healinge,  helpers,  gouerners, 
 djoierse  tunges.  Are  they  all  Apostles  ? 
 Are  they  all  prophetes?  Are  they  all  teachers? 
 Are  they  all  doers  of  miracles  ?     Haue  they 
 
 '  Rom.  12.  a.     Ephe.  4.  b.  •*  Esa.  55.  a.      loh.  7.  d. 
 
 tt  Mat.  10.  a.    Luc.  9.  a.     Ephe.  4.  a.  Jt  Act.  13.  a. 
 
Cftap.  viiih 
 
 €i)t  first  (lepisitk  to  tl)c  Corint&iansi. 
 
 fo,  d):):bi^ 
 
 all  the  giftes  of  healinge  ?  Speake  they  all 
 with  tunges  ?  Can  they  all  interprete  ?  But 
 covet  ye  the  best  giftes.  And  yet  shewe  I 
 you  a  more  excellent  waye. 
 
 Clje  jriij.  €{)apttr. 
 
 THOUGH  I  spake  with  the  tunges  of 
 men  and  angels,  and  yet  had  not  loue, 
 I  were  euen  as  sowndinge  brasse,  or  as  a 
 tynklinge  Cymball.  *And  though  I  coulde 
 prophecy,  (j  vnderstode  all  secretes,  and  all 
 knowlege,  and  had  all  faith,  so  +  that  I  coulde 
 moue  moutaynes  out  of  their  places,  and  yet 
 had  not  loue,  I  were  nothinge.  And  though 
 I  bestowed  all  my  goodes  to  fede  y  poore,  and 
 though  I  gaue  my  body  euen  that  I  burned, 
 and  yet  haue  not  loue,  it  profiteth  me  nothinge. 
 
 Loue  is  pacient  s  curteous,  loue  envyeth 
 not,  loue  doth  not  frowardly,  is  not  puft  vp, 
 dealeth  not  dishonestly,  t  seketh  not  hir  awne, 
 is  not  prouoked  vnto  anger,  thynketh  not  euell, 
 reioyseth  not  ouer  iniquyte,  but  reioyseth  in 
 the  trueth,  beareth  all  thinges,  beleueth  all 
 thinges,  hopeth  all  thinges,  suffreth  all  thinges. 
 
 Though  prophecienges  fayle,  or  tunges 
 ceasse,  or  knowlege  perishe,  yet  loue  falleth 
 neuer  awaye.  For  oure  knowlege  is  vnpar- 
 fecte,  and  oure  prophecienge  is  vnparfecte. 
 But  wha  that  which  is  perfecte,  commeth, 
 then  shal  the  vnparfecte  be  done  awaye. 
 Whan  I  was  a  childe,  I  spake  as  a  childe,  I 
 vnderstode  as  a  childe,  I  ymagined  as  a  childe. 
 But  as  soone  as  I  was  a  man,  I  put  awaye 
 childishnes.  Now  we  se  thorow  a  glasse  in  a 
 darke  speakynge,  but  the  shal  we  se  face  to 
 face.  Now  I  knowe  vnperfectly :  but  the 
 shal  I  knowe  eue  as  I  am  knowne.  Now 
 abydeth  faith,  hope,  loue,  these  thre:  but  the 
 greatest  of  these  is  loue. 
 
 €^t  riii).  Cljaptrr. 
 
 LABOURE  for  loue.  Couet  spirituall 
 giftes,  but  specially  that  ye  maye.  pro- 
 phecye.  For  he  y  speaketh  with  tunges, 
 speaketh  not  vnto  men,  but  vnto  God :  for  no 
 man  heareth  him.  Howbeit  in  f  sprete  he 
 speaketh  misteries.  But  he  that  prophecieth, 
 speaketh  vnto  men  to  edifienge,  5  to  exhorta- 
 cion,  and  to  coforte.  He  that  speaketh  with 
 tunges,  edifieth  himselfe :  but  he  that  pro- 
 phecieth, edifieth  the  cogregacion.  I  wolde 
 that  ye  all  spake  with  tunges,  but  rather  that 
 
 ye  prophecied.  For  greater  is  he  that  pro- 
 phecieth, then  he  that  speaketh  with  tuges : 
 excepte  he  also  expounde  it,  that  the  congre- 
 gacion  maye  haue  edifienge.  But  now  brethren 
 yf  I  come  vnto  you,  and  speake  with  tunges, 
 what  shal  I  profet  you,  excepte  I  speake  vnto 
 you  ether  by  reuelacion  or  by  knowlege,  or 
 by  prophecienge,  or  by  doctryne  ?  I 
 
 Likewyse  is  it  also  in  y  thinges  that  geue 
 sounde,  and  yet  lyue  not:  whether  it  be  a 
 pype  or  an  harpe,  excepte  they  geue  distyncte 
 soundes  from  them,  how  shal  it  be  knowne 
 what  is  pyped  or  harped  ?  And  yf  the  trope 
 geue  an  vncertayne  sounde,  who  wil  prepare 
 him  selfe  to  the  battayll?  Euen  so  ye  like 
 wyse,  whan  ye  speake  with  tunges,  excepte  ye 
 speake  playne  wordes,  how  shal  it  be  knowne 
 what  is  spoke  ?  for  ye  shal  but  speake  in  y 
 ayre.  So  many  kyndes  of  voyces  are  in  the 
 worlde,  and  none  of  them  is  without  signifi- 
 cacion.  Yf  I  knowe  not  now  what  y  voyce 
 meaneth,  I  shalbe  an  aleaunt  vnto  him  that 
 speaketh :  5  he  that  speaketh,  shalbe  an  aleaut 
 vnto  me.  Eue  so  ye  (for  so  moch  as  ye  couet 
 spirituall  giftes)  sake  y  ye  maye  haue  plentye 
 to  the  edifienge  of  the  congregacion.  Wher- 
 fore  let  him  that  speaketh  with  tunges,  praye, 
 that  he  maye  interprete  also.  Yf  I  praye 
 with  tunges,  my  sprete  prayeth,  but  my  vnder- 
 stodinge  bryngeth  no  man  frute.  How  shal 
 it  be  then  ?  Namely  thus :  I  wil  praye  with  y 
 sprete,  and  wil  praye  with  the  vnderstodinge 
 also :  I  vdl  synge  psalmes  in  the  sprete,  and 
 wil  synge  psalmes  with  y  vnderstondinge  also. 
 
 But  whan  thou  geuest  thankes  with  f  sprete, 
 how  shal  he  that  occupieth  the  rowme  of  the 
 vnlearned,  saye  Ame  at  thy  geuynge  of 
 thankes,  seynge  he  knoweth  not  what  thou 
 sayest  ?  Thou  geuest  well  thankes,  but  the 
 other  is  not  edifyed.  I  thanke  my  God,  that 
 I  speake  with  tunges  more  then  ye  all.  Yet 
 had  I  leuer  in  the  cogregacion  to  speake  fyue 
 wordes  with  my  vnderstondinge  y  I  maye 
 enfourme  other  also,  rather  then  ten  thousande 
 wordes  with  tunges.  i  Brethren  be  not  children 
 in  vnderstondinge,  howbeit  as  conceniinge 
 maliciousnes  be  childre,  but  in  vnderstondinge 
 be  parfecte.  In  the  lawe  it  is  wrytten:ll  With 
 other  tunges  and  with  other  lippes  wyl  I 
 speake  vnto  this  people,  and  yet  shal  they  not 
 so  heare  me,  sayeth  the  LORDE.  ^  Therfore 
 are  tunges  for  a  token,  not  to  the  that  beleue, 
 
 Eph.  4.  a. 
 
 IT  Act.  2.  b. 
 
 )S 
 
jTo.  duTbnJ. 
 
 €i)t  first  epistle  to  tl)f  Cormtl)ians(, 
 
 Cftap.  )cfa. 
 
 l)iit  to  them  that  belene  not.  Contraiy  wyse, 
 prophecienge,  not  to  them  that  beleue  not, 
 but  to  them  which  beleue. 
 
 Yf  the  whole  cogregacion  now  came  to- 
 gether in  to  one  place,  5  spake  all  with  tunges, 
 and  there  came  in  they  that  are  viilearned,  or 
 they  which  beleue  not,  shulde  they  not  saye, 
 that  ye  were  out  of  youre  wyttes?  But  yff 
 all  prophecied,  and  there  came  in  one  y 
 beleueth  not,  or  one  vnlerned,  he  shulde  be 
 rebuked  of  them  all,  and  iudged  of  all,  and  so 
 shulde  the  secrete  of  his  hert  be  opened,  and 
 so  shulde  he  fall  downe  vpon  his  face,  wor- 
 shippiiige  God,  and  knowleginge,  that  of  a 
 trueth  God  is  in  you.  How  is  it  then  brethren  ? 
 Whan  ye  come  together,  euery  one  hath  a 
 psalme,  hath  doctryne,  hath  a  tunge,  hath  a 
 reuelacion,  hath  an  interpretacion.  Let  all 
 be  done  to  edifyenge.  Yf  eny  ma  speake 
 with  tunges,  let  him  do  it  him  selfe  beynge 
 the  seconde,  or  at  the  most  him  selfe  beynge 
 f  thirde,  and  one  after  another,  and  let  one 
 mterprete  it.  But  yf  there  be  not  an  inter- 
 preter, then  let  him  kepe  sylence  in  the 
 congregacion,  howbeit  let  him  speake  to  him- 
 selfe  and  to  God.  As  for  the  prophetes,  let 
 two  or  thre  speake  *and  let  the  other  iudge. 
 But  yf  eny  reuelacion  be  made  vnto  another 
 that  sytteth,  then  let  the  first  holde  his  peace. 
 
 Ye  maye  all  prophecye  one  after  another 
 that  they  all  maye  lerne,  and  that  all  maye 
 haue  comforte.  And  the  spretes  of  the  pro- 
 phetes are  subiecte  vnto  the  prophetes.  For 
 God  is  not  a  God  off  discension,  +  but  off 
 peace,  like  as  in  all  congregacions  off  the 
 sayntes.  t  Let  youre  wyues  kepe  sylence  in 
 the  cogregacion,  for  it  shal  not  be  permytted 
 vnto  the  to  speake,  but  to  be  vnder  obedience, 
 ^  as  ;y  lawe  sayeth  also.  But  yf  they  wyll 
 lerne  eny  thinge,  let  them  axe  their  huszbades 
 at  home.  For  it  becommeth  not  weme  to 
 speake  in  the  congregacion.  Or  spronge  the 
 worde  of  God  from  amonge  you?  Or  is  it 
 come  vnto  you  onely  ?  Yf  eny  man  thynke 
 himselfe  to  be  a  prophet,  or  spirituall,  let  him 
 knowe  what  I  wryte  vnto  you,  for  they  are 
 the  commaundementes  of  the  LORDE.  But 
 yf  eny  man  be  ignoraunt,  let  him  be  igno- 
 raunt.  Wherfore  brethren,  couet  to  prophecye, 
 and  forbyd  not  to  speake  with  tunges.  Let 
 all  thinges  be  done  honestly  and  in  order. 
 
 •lloh.  4.  a.  tRom.  15.  d.  J  1  Cor.  11.  a, 
 
 1  Tim.  <.!.  b.  §  Gen.  3.  c. 
 
 Cljt  rb.  CijapUr. 
 
 I  DECLARE  vnto  you  brethren,  the 
 Gospell  that  I  haue  preached  vnto  you 
 (which  ye  haue  also  accepted,  and  in  the 
 which  ye  stode,  by  the  which  also  ye  are 
 saued)  after  what  maner  I  preached  it  vnto 
 you,  yf  ye  haue  kepte  it,  excepte  ye  haue 
 beleued  in  vayne.  For  first  of  all  I  delyuered 
 vnto  you  that  which  I  also  receaued,  how  that 
 Christ  dyed  for  oure  synnes  acordinge  to  the 
 scriptures,  and  that  he  was  buried,  and  that 
 he  rose  agayne  y  thirde  daye  acordinge  to  the 
 scriptures,  and  that  he  was  sene  of  Cephas, 
 then  of  the  twolue :  after  that  was  he  sene  of 
 mo  then  fyue  hundreth  brethren  at  once, 
 wherof  there  are  yet  many  alyue,  but  some 
 are  fallen  aslepe.  Afterwarde  was  he  sene  of 
 lames,  then  of  all  the  Apostles.  Last  of  all 
 was  he  sene  of  me  also,  as  of  one  borne  out  of 
 due  tyme.  I  For  I  am  y  leest  of  the  Apostles, 
 which  am  not  worthy  to  be  called  an  Apostle, 
 11  because  I  persecuted  the  congregacion  of 
 God.  But  by  the  grace  of  God  I  am  that  I 
 am.  And  his  grace  in  me  hath  not  bene 
 vayne,  but  I  haue  laboured  more  then  they 
 all :  howbeit  not  I  but  the  grace  of  God 
 which  is  with  me.  Now  whether  it  be  I  or 
 they,  thus  haue  we  preached,  and  thus  haue 
 ye  beleued. 
 
 But  yf  Christ  be  preached,  that  he  is  rysen 
 from  the  deed,  how  saye  then  some  amoge 
 you,  that  there  is  no  resurreccion  of  the  deed  ? 
 Yf  there  be  no  resurreccio  of  the  deed,  then 
 is  Christ  not  rysen.  Yf  Christ  be  not  rysen, 
 then  is  oure  preachinge  in  vajme,  and  youre 
 faith  is  also  in  vayne :  yee  and  we  are  founde 
 false  witnesses  of  God,  because  we  haue 
 testified  agaynst  God,  that  he  hath  raysed  vp 
 Christ,  whom  he  hath  not  raysed  vp,  yf  the 
 deed  ryse  not  agayne.  For  yf  the  deed  ryse 
 not  agayne,  the  is  Christ  also  not  rysen 
 agayne.  But  yf  Christ  be  not  rysen  agayne, 
 then  is  youre  faith  in  vayne,  and  ye  are  yet 
 in  youre  synnes :  they  also  that  are  falle  a 
 slepe  in  Christ,  are  perished.  Yf  in  this  life 
 onely  we  hope  on  Christ,  then  are  we  of  all 
 men  the  most  miserable. 
 
 But  now  is  Christ  rysen  from  the  deed,  and 
 is  become  **y  first  frutes  of  them  that  slepe. 
 For  by  one  man  commeth  death,  and  by  one 
 
 ||Ephe.  3.  b.  f  Act.  8.  a.  and  9.  a.  ••  Col.  1.  b. 
 
C6ap.  j:bu 
 
 Cfte  first  Ofpistle  to  tbt  ConitfOians. 
 
 jTo.  djrnr. 
 
 man  the  resurreccion  of  the  deed.  For  as 
 they  all  dye  in  Adam,  so  shal  they  all  be 
 made  alyue  in  Christ,  but  euery  one  in  his 
 order.  The  first  is  Christ,  then  they  that 
 beloge  vnto  Christ,  whan  he  commeth.  Then 
 the  ende,  wha  he  shal  delyuer  vp  the  kyng- 
 dome  vnto  God  the  father,  whan  he  shal  put 
 downe  all  rule,  and  all  superiorite,  (t  power 
 *  For  he  must  raygne,  tyll  he  haue  put  all 
 his  enemies  vnder  his  fete.  The  last  enemye 
 that  shal  be  destroyed,  is  death,  for  he  hath 
 put  all  thinges  vnder  his  fete.  But  wha  he 
 sayeth,  that  all  thinges  are  put  vnder  him,  it 
 is  manifest  that  he  is  excepted,  which  put  all 
 thinges  vnder  him.  Whan  all  thinges  shalbe 
 subdued  vnto  him,  then  shal  the  sonne  him- 
 selfe  also  be  subieete  vnto  him,  which  put  all 
 thinges  vnder  him,  that  God  maye  be  all  in  all. 
 Or  els  what  do  they  which  are  baptised 
 ouer  y  deed,  yf  the  deed  ryse  not  at  all  ?  Why 
 are  they  then  baptysed  ouer  the  deed  ?  And 
 why  stonde  we  in  ioperdy  euery  houre  ?  By 
 oure  reioysinge  which  I  haue  in  Christ  lesu 
 oure  LORDE,  I  dye  daylie.  That  I  haue 
 foughte  with  beestes  at  Ephesus  after  f  maner 
 of  men,  what  helpeth  it  me,  yf  the  deed  ryse 
 not  agayne  ?  t  Let  vs  eate  and  drynke,  for 
 tomorow  we  shal  dye.  Be  not  ye  disceaued, 
 Euell  speakinges  corruppe  good  maners. 
 Awake  righte  vp,  and  synne  not:  for  some 
 haue  not  y  knowlege  of  God.  This  I  saye  to 
 youre  shame. 
 
 But  some  man  mighte  saye ;  How  shal  the 
 deed  aryse  ?  And  with  what  maner  off  body 
 shal  they  come  ?  Thou  foole,  i  y  which  thou 
 sowest  is  not  quyckened,  excepte  it  dye.  And 
 what  sowest  thou  ?  thou  sowest  not  y  body 
 that  shalbe,  but  a  bare  come,  namely  of 
 wheate,  or  of  some  other.  But  God  geueth 
 it  a  body  as  he  wil,  and  vnto  euery  one  of  y 
 sedes  his  owne  body. 
 
 All  fleszhe  is  not  one  maner  of  fleszhe,  but 
 there  is  one  maner  fleszhe  of  men,  another  of 
 beastes,  another  of  fiszhes,  another  of  byrdes. 
 And  there  are  heauenly  bodies,  and  there  are 
 earthy  bodies:  but  the  heauenly  haue  one 
 glory,  and  y  earthy  another.  The  Sonne 
 hath  one  cleames,  the  Moone  hath  another 
 elearnesse,  and  the  starres  haue  another  clear- 
 nesse,  for  one  starre  excelleth  another  in 
 elearnesse  :    Euen  so  the  resurreccion  of  the 
 
 Psal.  109.  a.    Heb.  2.  b.  t  Esa.  22.  b.    Sap.  2.  a. 
 
 tloh.  12.C.      §Gen.  2.  b.       ||lTes3.4.  c.       fPhil.S.c. 
 
 deed.  It  is  sowne  in  corrupcion,  and  shal 
 ryse  in  vncorrupcion :  It  is  sowne  in  dis 
 honoure,  %  shal  ryse  in  glory :  It  is  sowne  in 
 weaknesse,  and  shal  ryse  in  power :  It  is  sowne 
 a  naturall  body,  g  shal  ryse  a  spirituall  body 
 
 Yf  there  be  a  naturall  body,  there  is  a 
 spirituall  body  also.  As  it  is  wrytten :  i  The 
 first  man  Adam  was  made  in  to  a  naturall 
 life,  and  the  last  Ada  in  to  a  spiritual  life. 
 Howbeit  the  spirituall  body  is  not  the  first,  but 
 f  naturall,  and  then  the  spirituall.  The  first 
 man  is  of  the  earth,  earthy :  f  seconde  ma  is 
 fro  heaue,  heauely.  As  the  earthy  is,  soch 
 are  they  also  that  are  earthy :  and  as  y 
 heauenly  is,  soch  are  they  also  y  are  heauenly. 
 And  as  we  haue  borne  the  ymage  of  the 
 earthy,  so  shal  we  beare  the  ymage  of  the 
 heauenly  also.  This  I  saye  brethren,  that 
 flesh  (J  bloude  can  not  inheret  ;y  kyngdome  of 
 God:  nether  shal  corrupcion  inheret  vncor- 
 rupcion. 
 
 Beholde,  I  saye  vnto  you  a  mystery  :  II  We 
 shal  not  all  slepe,  but  we  shal  all  If  be 
 chaunged,  and  that  sodenly  and  in  the  twink- 
 lynge  of  an  eye,  at  the  tyme  of  the  last  trompe. 
 For  the  trompe  shal  blowe,  and  the  deed  shal 
 ryse  vncorruptible,  and  we  shalbe  chaunged 
 For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  vncorrup- 
 cion, and  this  mortall  must  put  on  immortalite. 
 But  whan  this  corruptible  shal  put  on  vn- 
 corrupcion, and  this  mortaU  shal  put 
 immortalite,  the  shal  the  worde  be  fulfylled 
 that  is  wrytte :  Death  is  swalowed  vp  in 
 victory.  **  Death,  where  is  thy  stynge?  Hell, 
 where  is  thy  victory  ?  The  stynge  of  death  is 
 synne :  The  strength  of  'synne  is  the  lawe. 
 But  thankes  be  vnto  God,tt  which  hath  geue 
 vs  the  victory  thorow  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ.  Therfore  my  deare  brethre,  be  ye 
 stedfast,  vnmoueable,  5  allwaye  riche  in  the 
 worke  of  ihe  LORDE,  for  as  moch  as  ye 
 knowe,  that  youre  laboure  is  not  in  vayne  in 
 the  LORDE. 
 
 €i)t  jhi,  Cijapttr. 
 
 CONCERNYNGE  the  ttgadderynge  that 
 is  made  for  the  sayntes,  as  I  haue  or- 
 deyned  in  the  congregacions  of  Galacia,  euen 
 so  do  ye  also.  Vpon  some  Sabbath  daye  let 
 euery  one  of  you  put  aside  by  him  selfe,  and 
 laye  vp  what  so  euer  he  thinketh  mete,  that 
 
 dT 
 
 '  Ose.  13.  c.  Heb.  2.  b.       tt  1  loh.  5. 
 2  Cor.  8.  a.  and  9.  a 
 
 tt  Rom.  15.  d.  I 
 
jfo.  drrr. 
 
 €i)t  fiisit  O^iEitle  to  ti)t  Coriiitftians. 
 
 CI)ap*  rbi. 
 
 the  coUeccion  be  not  to  gather  whan  I  come. 
 Whan  I  am  come,  whom  so  euer  ye  shal  alowe 
 by  youre  letters,  the  wyll  I  sende  to  brynge 
 youre  liberalite  vnto  lerusalem.  Neuertheles 
 yf  it  be  mete  that  I  go  thither  also,  they  shal 
 go  with  me.  *  But  I  wil  come  vnto  you, 
 whan  I  go  thorow  Macedonia:  for  thorow 
 Macedonia  wyl  I  take  my  iourney.  With  you 
 peradueture  wil  I  abyde,  or  els  wynter,  that 
 ye  maye  brynge  me  on  my  waye,  whither  so 
 euer  I  go. 
 
 I  wyl  not  se  you  now  in  my  passage,  for  I 
 hope  to  abyde  a  whyle  with  you,  yf  the 
 LORDE  shal  suffre  me.  t  But  I  wil  tary  at 
 Ephesus  \Tityll  whitsontyde.  For  a  greate 
 and  frutefull  dore  is  opened  vnto  me,  and 
 there  are  many  aduersaries.  Yf  Timotheus 
 come,  se  that  he  be  without  feare  with  you, 
 for  he  worketh  f  worke  of  the  LORDE,  as  I 
 do.  Let  no  man  therfore  despyse  him,  but 
 conuaye  him  forth  in  peace,  that  he  maye 
 come  vnto  me,  for  I  loke  for  him  with  the 
 brethren. 
 
 As  for  brother  Apollo,  be  ye  sure,  that  I 
 greatly  desyred  him  to  come  vnto  you  with 
 the  brethre.  And  his  mynde  was  not  at  all 
 to  come  at  this  tyme,  but  he  wyl  come  wha 
 he  hath  oportunyte.    Watch  ye,  stonde  fast  in 
 
 Act.  19.  c.       2  Cor.  I.e. 
 
 the  faith,  quyte  you  like  men,  and  be  stronge 
 let  all  youre  thinges  be  done  in  loue. 
 
 But  brethren  (ye  knowe  the  house  off 
 t  Stephanei,  that  they  are  the  first  frutes  in 
 Achaia,  and  that  they  haue  appoynted  the 
 selues  to  mynister  vnto  the  sayntes)  I  exhorte 
 you  to  be  obedient  vnto  soche,  and  to  all  that 
 helpe  and  laboure.  I  am  glad  of  the  comynge 
 of  Stephana  and  Fortunatus,  and  Achaicus, 
 For  loke  what  was  lackynge  vnto  me  on  youre 
 parte,  y  haue  they  suppleed :  they  haue  re- 
 freszhed  my  sprete  and  youres.  Knowe  them 
 therfore  that  are  soch. 
 
 The  congregacions  of  Asia  salute  you. 
 Aquila  and  Priscilla  salute  you  moch  in  the 
 LORDE,  and  so  doth  the  cogregacion  that  is 
 in  their  house.  AU  the  brethren  salute  you. 
 §  Salute  ye  one  another  with  an  holy  kysse. 
 The  salutacion  of  me  Paul  with  myne  awne 
 hande.  Yf  eny  ma  loue  not  the  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  the  same  be  Anathema  Maharan 
 Matha.  The  grace  of  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ  be  with  you.  My  loue  be  with  you  all 
 in  Christ  lesu.     Amen. 
 
 The  first  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians  sent  out 
 of  Asia,  by  Stephana  and  Fortunatus,  and 
 Achaicus,  and  Timotheus. 
 
 t  Act.  «o.  b. 
 
 {  1  Cor.  1.  b. 
 
 §  Rom.  16.  b. 
 
of  tftt  ^po0tle  ^.  Wanl  to  tfte  €ovintUsim. 
 
 Wbt  siiimme  of  tOi's  O^isitle. 
 
 €i)ap.  I. 
 
 The  consolacion  of  God  in  trouble.  The  lone  of 
 Paul  towarde  the  Corinthians,  and  his  excuse 
 that  he  came  not  vnto  them. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 He  sheweth  the  cause  of  his  absence  and  exorteth 
 the  to  forgeue  the  man  that  was  fallen  and  to 
 receaue  him  agayne  with  loue. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 
 He  prayseth  the  preachinge  of  the  Gospell  aboue 
 the  preachinge  of  the  lawe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IIII. 
 
 A  true  preacher  is  diligent,  he  corruppeth  not  the 
 worde  of  God,  he  preacheth  not  himselfe,  but 
 seketh  the  honoure  of  Christ,  yee  though  it  be 
 with  the  parell  of  his  life. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. 
 The  reward e  for  sufTringe  trouble. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 
 An  exortacion  to  receaue  the  worde  of  God  with 
 thankfulnesse  and  amendmet  of  life.  The 
 diligence  of  Paul  in  the  gospell,  and  how  he 
 warneth  them  to  eschue  the  company  of  the 
 Heythen. 
 
 Cfjap.  VII. 
 
 He  exorteth  the  to  receaue  the  promises  of  ^God 
 thankfully.  The  Corinthias  are  commended 
 for  their  obediece  and  loue  towarde  Paul. 
 
 Cl)ap.  VIII.  IX. 
 
 He  putteth  them  in  remembraunce  to  helpe  the 
 poore  sayntes  at  lerusalem  acordinge  as  the 
 Macedonians  dyd. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 
 He  toucheth  the  false  apostles,  and  defendeth 
 his  auctorite  and  callynge. 
 
 Cftap.  XI. 
 
 Paul  (vnder  sufferaiice)  comendeth  himselfe,  and 
 defendeth  his  auctorite  agaynst  the  false  pro- 
 phetes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XII. 
 
 Paul  is  take  vp  in  to  the  thirde  heauen,  and 
 heareth  wordes  not  to  be  spoken  off. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XIII. 
 
 He  promiseth  to  come  vnto  them,  and  exhorteth 
 them  so  to  ordre  them  selues  that  he  maye 
 fynde  them  parfecte,  and  of  one  raynde. 
 
of  tftc  ^po0tlc  ^.  Paul  to  tbt  €ovinitmm 
 
 Cf)t  firsit  Cljaptrr. 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  of  lesu  Christ,  by  the 
 will  of  God,  and  brother  Tiraotheus. 
 Vnto  the  congregacion  of  God  which  is  at 
 Corinthu,  with  all  the  sayntes  which  are  I  all 
 Achaia.  *  Grace  be  with  you,  and  peace  fro 
 God  oure  father,  and  from  the  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ. 
 
 Blessed  be  God  the  father  of  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  the  father  of  mercy  and  y  God 
 of  all  comforte,  which  comforteth  vs  in  all 
 oure  trouble :  in  so  moch  y  we  are  able  to 
 comforte  them  that  are  in  eny  maner  of 
 trouble,  with  the  same  comforte  wherwith  we 
 oure  selues  are  comforted  of  God.  For  as 
 the  affliccios  of  Christ  are  plenteous  in  vs, 
 euen  so  is  oure  cosolacion  plenteous  by  Christ. 
 But  whether  we  haue  trouble  or  comforte,  it 
 is  done  for  youre  welth.  Yf  it  be  trouble,  it 
 is  done  for  youre  coforte  and  health,  which 
 health  sheweth  hir  power,  in  that  ye  suffre 
 the  same  affliccions  which  we  suffre.  Yf  it  be 
 comforte,  it  is  done  also  for  youre  comforte 
 and  health.  Therfore  is  oure  hope  fast  for 
 you,  in  as  moch  as  we  knowe,  that,  like  as  ye 
 are  partakers  of  the  affliccios,  so  shal  ye  be 
 partakers  also  of  the  consolacion. 
 
 Brethren  we  wolde  not  haue  you  ignoraunt 
 of  oure  trouble,  t  which  happened  vnto  vs  in 
 Asia,  for  we  were  greued  out  off"  measure 
 passynge  strength,  so  that  we  euen  dispared 
 of  life,  and  had  concluded  in  oure  selues  y 
 we  must  nedes  dye.  But  this  was  done, 
 because  we  shulde  not  put  oure  trust  in  oure 
 selues,  but  in  God,  which  rayseth  vp  the  deed 
 to  life  agayne :   which  delyuered  vs  from  so 
 
 •  Gal.  1.  a.     Ephe.  1.  a.    1  Pet.  1.  a.  t  Act.  19.  c. 
 
 It  Cot.  i.e.       §  Phil.2.  b.  1  Tess.  2.c.        ^  1  Co.  16.  a. 
 
 greate  a  death,  and  yet  delyuereth  daylie, 
 On  whom  we  trust,  that  he  wil  delyuer  vs 
 here  after  also,  by  the  helpe  of  youre  prayer 
 for  vs  +  that  on  oure  behalfe  many  thankes 
 maye  be  geuen  by  many  personnes,  for  the 
 gifte  that  is  geuen  vs. 
 
 For  oure  reioysinge  is  this,  euen  the  testi- 
 mony of  oure  conscience,  that  in  synglenes  (j 
 godly  purenesse,  not  in  fleshlye  wyszdome,  but 
 in  the  grace  of  God,  we  haue  had  oure  con- 
 uersacion  in  the  worlde,  but  most  of  all  with 
 you.  For  we  wryte  nothinge  els  vnto  you, 
 then  that  ye  rede  and  also  knowe.  Yee  5  I 
 trust  that  ye  shal  fynde  vs  vnto  the  ende,  euen 
 as  ye  haue  founde  vs  partly. 
 
 For  we  are  youre  reioysinge,  eue  as  ye  also 
 are  oure  §  reioysinge  in  f  daye  of  the  LORDE 
 lesus.  And  in  this  confidence  was  I  mynded 
 the  other  tyme  to  come  vnto  you  (that  ye 
 mighte  haue  yet  another  pleasure  more)  j  "to 
 passe  by  you  in  to  Macedonia,  5  to  come 
 againe  out  of  Macedonia  \nto  you  5  to  be 
 led  forth  to  lewrye  warde  of  you. 
 
 Whan  I  thus  wyse  was  mynded,  dyd  I  vse 
 lightnesse  ?  Or  are  my  thoughtes  fleshly  ? 
 Not  so  II  but  with  me  yee  is  yee,  and  nay  is 
 naye.  O  faitfuU  God,  that  oure  worde  vnto 
 you  hath  not  bene  yee  and  naye.  For  Gods 
 Sonne  lesus  Christ,  which  was  preached  amonge 
 you  by  vs  (namely,  by  me  and  Siluanus  and 
 Timotheus)  was  not  yee  and  naye,  but  in  him 
 it  was  yee.  For  all  the  promyses  of  God  are 
 yee  in  him,  a  are  Ame  in  him,  to  the  prayse 
 of  God  by  vs.  But  it  is  God  which  stably- 
 sheth  vs  with  you  in  Christ,  and  hath  anoynted 
 us,  *  and  sealed  us,  and  geuen  the  ernest  of  the 
 sprete  in  oure  hertes. 
 
 Mat.  5.  d.    laco.  5.  c. 
 
 '  Ephe.  4. 
 
 i 
 
Cljap.  ii}. 
 
 €l)t  ij.  €pi£!tlt  to  tf)t  Corintl)ian£i, 
 
 jTo.  fljrinriij. 
 
 Cijc  tj.  €{)aptn-. 
 
 BUT  I  call  God  to  recorde  vnto  my  soule, 
 that  to  fauoure  you"  withall  I  came  not 
 agayne  vnto  Corinthum.  Not  that  we  are  * 
 lordes  ouer  youre  faith,  but  we  are  helpers  of 
 youre  ioye,  for  ye  stonde  in  faith.  But  I 
 determyned  this  with  my  selfe,  that  I  wolde 
 not  come  agayne  to  you  in  heuynes.  For  yf 
 I  make  you  sory,  who  is  it  that  shal  make 
 me  glad,  but  the  same  which  is  made  sory  by 
 me?  And  the  same  haue  I  wrytten  vnto  you, 
 lest  wha  I  come,  I  shulde  take  heuynes  of 
 them,  of  whom  I  oughte  to  reioyse  :  for  so- 
 moch  as  I  haue  this  confidence  in  you  all,  that 
 my  ioye  is  the  ioye  of  you  all.  For  in  greate 
 trouble  and  anguysh  of  hert  wrote  I  vnto  you 
 with  many  teares :  not  y  ye  shulde  be  sory, 
 but  that  ye  mighte  perceaue  the  loiie,  which  I 
 haue  most  specially  vnto  you. 
 
 But  yf  eny  man  haue  caused  sorowe,  the 
 same  hath  not  made  me  sory,  but  partely,  lest 
 I  shulde  greue  you  all.  It  is  sufficient,  that 
 ♦  the  same  man  is  so  rebuked  of  many,  so 
 that  from  hence  forth  ye  oughte  the  more  to 
 forgeue  him  and  to  comforte  him,  lest  he  be 
 swalowed  vp  in  ouer  moch  heuynesse.  Wher- 
 fore  I  exhorte  you,  that  ye  shewe  loue  vpo 
 him.  For  therfore  dyd  I  wryte  vnto  you  also, 
 that  I  mighte  knowe  the  profe  of  you,  whether 
 ye  were  obediet  in  all  thinges.  But  loke  vnto 
 who  ye  forgeue  eny  thinge,  I  forgeue  hi  also. 
 For  I  also,  yi  I  forgeue  ought  vnto  eny  ma, 
 that  forgeue  I  for  youre  sakes  in  the  rowme  of 
 Christ,  lest  we  shulde  be  preuented  of  Sathan. 
 For  his  thoughtes  are  not  vnknowne  vnto  vs. 
 
 But  wha  I  came  to  t  Troada  to  preach  f 
 Gospell  of  Christ  (and  a  dore  was  opened 
 vnto  me  in  y  LORDE)  I  had  no  rest  in  my 
 sprete,  because  I  founde  not  Titus  my  brother: 
 but  I  toke  my  leue  of  them,  and  wente  awaye 
 in  to  Macedonia.  Yet  thankes  be  vnto  God, 
 which  allwaye  geueth  vs  the  victory  in  Christ,§ 
 and  openeth  f  sauoure  of  his  knowlege  by 
 vs  in  euery  place.  For  we  are  vnto  God  the 
 good  sauoure  of  Christ,  both  amonge  the  y  are 
 saued,  5  amonge  them  y  perishe.||  To  these, 
 y  sauoure  of  death  vnto  death :  but  vnto  y- 
 other,  the  sauoure  of  life  vnto  life.  And  who 
 is  mete  therto  ?  For  we  are  not  as  many  are, 
 
 »  Rom.  9.  a.  •  1  Pet.  5.  a.  t  1  Cor.  5.  b. 
 
 i  Act.  16.  b.      ^  Col.  1.  c.      II  Luc.  2.  c.      f  Exo.  34.  c. 
 ••  lere.  31.  e.      it  Phil.  2.  b.     Jt  1  Cor.  4.  b.  2  Co.  6.  a. 
 
 which  choppe  (j  chaunge  with  the  worde  of 
 God,  but  eue  out  of  purenesse,  and  out  of  God, 
 in  y  sighte  of  God,  so  speake  we  in  Christ. 
 
 Ci)e  lij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 BEGYNNE  we  then  agayne  to  prayse  cure 
 selues?  Or  nede  we  (as  some  other)  of 
 pistles  of  commedacion  vnto  you  or  letters  of 
 commedacion  from  you  ?  Ye  are  oure  epistle 
 wrytten  in  oure  hertes :  which  is  vnderstonde 
 and  red  of  all  me,  in  that  ye  are  knowne,  how 
 that  ye  are  f  epistle  of  Christ,  mynistred  by 
 vs,  and  wrytte,  not  with  ynke,  but  with  the 
 sprete  of  the  lyuynge  God  :  H  not  in  tables  of 
 stone,**  but  in  fleshy  tables  of  the  hert. 
 Soch  trust  haue  we  thorow  Christ  to  God 
 warde,  not  that  we  are  sufficient  of  oure 
 selues  to  thynke  eny  thinge,  as  of  oure  selues,tt 
 but  oure  ablenesse  commeth  of  God,  which 
 hath  made  vs  able,  to  be  tt  mynisters  of  the 
 new  Testament :  not  of  the  letter,  but  of  the 
 sprete.  For  the  letter  kyOeth,  but  the  sprete 
 geueth  life. 
 
 But  yf  the  raynistracion  y  kylleth  thorow 
 the  letter,  and  was  figured  in  stones,  was  glo- 
 rious, ^^  so  that  the  childre  of  Israel  mighte  not 
 beholde  the  face  of  Moses,  for  y  clearnesse 
 of  his  countenauce,  (which  glory  neuertheles 
 is  done  awaye)  how  shal  not  y  mynistracion 
 of  y  sprete  be  moch  more  glorious  ?  For  yf 
 the  office  that  preacheth  damnacion  be  glo- 
 rious, moch  more  doth  the  office  that  preacheth 
 righteousnes  exceade  in  glory.  For  f  other 
 parte  that  was  glorified  is  nothinge  glorified 
 in  respecte  of  this  exceadinge  glory.  For  yf 
 that  which  is  done  awaye,  be  glorious,  moch 
 more  shal  y  which  remayneth,  be  glorious. 
 
 Seynge  then  that  we  haue  soch  trust,  we 
 vse  greate  boldnesse,  and  do  not  as  Moses,  llll 
 which  put  a  vayle  before  his  face,  so  that  f 
 children  of  Israel  mighte  not  se  the  tH  ende  of 
 it,  that  is  done  awaye.  But  their  myndes  are 
 blynded.  ***  For  vnto  this  daye  remayneth 
 the  same  coueringe  vntake  awaye  in  the  olde 
 Testament,  whan  they  rede  it,  which  in  Christ 
 is  put  awaye.  But  euen  vnto  this  daye  whan 
 moses  is  red,  the  vayle  hangeth  before  their 
 hertes :  ttt  Neuertheles  wha  they  turne  to  the 
 LORDE,  the  vayle  shalbe  taken  awaye. 
 ttt  For  the  LORDE  is  a  sprete :  5  where  the 
 
 j^  Exo.34.  d. 
 •••  Mat.  13.  b. 
 
 !|  Exo.  34.  d. 
 ttt  Rom.  11. 
 
 fir  Rom.  10.  a. 
 ttt  lob.  4.  c. 
 
jTo.  tlvmiih 
 
 mn  ih  ggpigtlf  to  t\)t  Coimtftiansi. 
 
 Cbap,  III). 
 
 c 
 
 spri'te  of  the  LOKDE  is,  there  is  libertye. 
 Hut  now  the  glory  of  f  LORDE  apeareth  in 
 vs  all  with  open  face,  and  we  are  chaunged 
 in  to  the  same  ymage,  from  one  cleames  to 
 another,  eue  as  of  the  sprete  of  the  LORDE. 
 
 Cl)t  ittj.  CijapUr. 
 
 THERFORE  seynge  we  haue  soch  an 
 office  (euen  as  mercy  is  come  vpon  vs) 
 we  faynte  not,  but  cast  from  vs  the  clokes  of 
 vnhonestye,  and  walke  not  in  craftines :  nether 
 corruppe  we  the  worde  of  God  but  open  the 
 trueth,  and  reporte  oure  selues  to  euery  mans 
 conscyence  in  the  sighte  of  God. 
 
 Yf  oure  Gospell  be  yet  hyd,  it  is  hyd  in 
 them  that  are  lost:  amonge  whom  the  God 
 of  this  worlde  *  hath  blpided  y  myndes  of 
 them  which  beleue  not,  that  y  lighte  of  the 
 Gospell  of  the  glory  of  Christ  (t  which  is  the 
 ymage  of  God)  shulde  not  shyne  vnto  them. 
 For  we  preach  not  oure  selues,  but  lesus 
 Christ  to  be  the  LORDE,  and  oure  selues 
 youre  seruauntes  for  lesus  sake. 
 
 For  God  t  that  comaunded  the  light  to 
 shyne  out  of  darcknesse,  §  hath  geuen  a  cleare 
 shyne  in  oure  hertes,  y  by  vs  y  light  of  y 
 knowlege  of  the  glory  of  God  mighte  come 
 forth,  in  the  face  of  lesus  Christ. 
 
 But  this  treasure  haue  we  in  II  earthen  ves- 
 sels, that  f  power  which  excelleth  might  be 
 of  God,  and  not  of  vs.  We  are  troubled  on 
 euery  syde,  yet  are  we  not  without  shift.  We 
 are  in  pouertie,  but  not  vtterly  without  som- 
 what.  We  are  persecuted,  but  we  are  not 
 forsaken.  We  are  oppressed,  neuertheles  we 
 perish  not.  If  We  allwayes  beare  aboute  in 
 oure  body  the  dyenge  of  the  LORDE  lesus 
 y  the  life  also  of  the  LORDE  lesus  might 
 appeare  in  oure  body.  **  For  we  which  lyue, 
 are  alwayes  delyuered  vnto  death  for  lesus 
 sake,  that  the  life  also  of  lesus  might  appeare 
 in  oure  mortall  flesh. 
 
 Therfore  is  death  now  mightie  in  vs,  but 
 life  in  you.  But  seynge  that  we  haue  the 
 same  sprete  of  faith  (acordinge  as  it  is  wryt- 
 ten  :  tt  I  beleued,  and  therfore  haue  I  spoke.) 
 we  also  beleue,  5  therfore  we  speake,  for  we 
 knowe  that  he,  which  raysed  vp  y'  LORDE 
 lesus,  shal  rayse  vs  vp  also  by  y  meanes  of 
 lesus,   and   shal   set   vs   with  you.     For  all 
 
 •  lob.  12.  e. 
 i  Gen.  1.  a. 
 U  Gal.  6.  b. 
 
 t  Col.  1.  b.    Pbil.  2.  a.     Heb.  1.  a. 
 ^  2  Pet.  1.  (1.  II  2  Cor.  5.  a. 
 
 •  Rom.  8.  c.  tt  Psal.  115.  a. 
 
 thinges  do  1  for  youre  sakes,  JUhat  the  ple- 
 teous  grace  by  the  thakesgeuynge  of  many, 
 maye  redounde  to  the  prayse  of  God.  Ther- 
 fore are  we  not  weery,  but  though  oure  out- 
 warde  man  be  corrupte,  yet  the  inwarde  is 
 renewed  daye  by  daye.  §^  For  oure  trouble, 
 which  is  but  temporall  and  lighte,  worketh 
 an  exceadinge  and  an  eternall  weighte  of 
 glorye  vnto  vs,  which  loke  not  on  the  thinges 
 that  are  sene,  but  on  them  which  are  not 
 sene.  For  y  thinges  which  are  sene,  are 
 temporall :  but  the  thinges  that  are  not  sene, 
 are  eternall. 
 
 CIjc  b.  CijapUr. 
 
 WE  knowe  surely,  y  yf  oure  IIL  earthy 
 house  of  this  dwellynge  were  de- 
 stroyed, we  haue  a  buyldynge  ordeyned  of 
 God,  an  house  not  made  with  handes,  but 
 euerlastynge  in  heauen.  Hlf  And  in  the  same 
 sighe  we  also  after  oure  masion,  which  is  from 
 heauen :  and  longe  to  be  clothed  therwith,  so 
 yet,  ***yf  that  we  be  founde  clothed,  and  not 
 naked.  For  as  longe  as  we  are  in  this  taber- 
 nacle, we  sighe  and  are  greued,  for  we  had 
 rather  not  be  vnclothed,  but  to  be  clothed 
 vpon,  that  mortalite  might  be  swalowed  vp 
 of  life.  But  he  that  hath  ordeyned  vs  for 
 this,  is  God,  tttwhich  hath  geuen  vs  the  earnest 
 of  the  sprete.  Therfore  are  we  allwaye  of 
 good  cheare,  and  knowe,  that  as  longe  as  we 
 dwell  here  in  the  body,  we  are  not  at  home 
 with  the  LORDE  :  for  we  walke  in  faith,  and 
 se  him  not.  Neuertheles  we  are  of  good 
 comforte,  and  had  leuer  to  be  absent  from  the 
 body,  I  to  be  at  home  with  the  LORDE. 
 
 Wherfore,  whether  we  be  at  home  or  fro 
 home,  we  endeuoure  oure  selues  to  please 
 him.  ttt  For  we  must  all  appeare  before  the 
 iudgment  seate  of  Christ,  y  euery  one  maye 
 receaue  in  his  body,  acordinge  to  y  he  hath 
 done,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad.  Seynge 
 then  that  we  knowe,  how  that  the  LORDE  is 
 to  be  feared,  we  fare  fayre  with  men,  but  we 
 are  kno\\Tie  well  ynough  vnto  God :  I  trust 
 also,  that  we  are  knowne  in  youre  consciences, 
 We  prayse  not  oure  selues  agayne  vnto  you, 
 but  geue  you  an  occasion  to  reioyse  of  vs,  * 
 ye  maye  haue  to  reioyse  agaynst  them,  whici 
 reioyse  after  the  outwarde  appearaunce,  and 
 
 tt  2  Cor.l.b.  $§  Psal.  29.  a.  Ro.S.c.  ||||2Cor.4.b 
 tf  Rom.  8.  c.  ♦••  Apoc.  16.  c.  ttt  Rom.  8.  b 
 
 2  Cor.  1.  c.         ttt  Mat.  23.  c.     Ro.  14.  b. 
 
Cftap,  bij. 
 
 €l)t  ij,  Ofpistle  tu  tfte  ConittljiauEi* 
 
 jTo.  dVjiTiJ. 
 
 not  after  the  hert.  For  yf  we  do  to  moch, 
 we  do  it  vnto  God  :  yf  we  kepe  measure,  we 
 do  it  for  youre  sakes.  For  the  loue  of  Christ 
 eonstrayneth  vs,  in  as  moch  as  we  thus  iudge, 
 that  yf  one  be  deed  for  all,  then  are  all  deed. 
 *And  therfore  dyed  he  for  all,  that  they 
 which  lyue,  shulde  not  hence  forth  lyue  vnto 
 them  selues,  but  vnto  him,  which  dyed  for 
 them  and  rose  agayne. 
 
 Therfore  hence  forth  knows  we  noman 
 after  y  flesh :  and  though  we  haue  knowne 
 Christ  also  after  the  flesh,  yet  knowe  we  him 
 now  so  nomore.  Therfore  yf  eny  man  be  in 
 Christ,  he  is  a  new  creature.  Olde  thinges 
 are  past  awaye,  t  beholde,  all  are  become 
 new.  Neuertheles  all  thinges  are  off"  God, 
 which  hath  reconcyled  vs  vnto  himselfe  by 
 lesus  Christ,  and  hath  geuen  vs  the  office  to 
 preach  the  attonement.  t  For  God  was  in 
 Christ,  and  §  reconcyled  the  worlde  vnto  him- 
 selfe, and  counted  not  ther  synnes  vnto  them, 
 and  amonge  vs  hath  he  set  vp  the  worde  of  y 
 attonemet.  Now  the  are  we  messaungers  in 
 the  rowme  of  Christ,  euen  as  though  God 
 exhorted  by  vs.  We  beseke  you  now  therfore 
 in  Christes  steade,  that  ye  be  at  one  with  God: 
 II  for  he  hath  made  him  which  knewe  no  synne, 
 to  be  II  synne  for  vs,  y  we  by  his  meanes 
 shulde  be  that  righteousnes,  which  before  God 
 is  alowed. 
 
 Cte  bt.  Cijapttr. 
 
 WE  as  helpers  therfore  exhorte  you,  that 
 ye  receaue  not  y  grace  of  God  in 
 vayne.  For  he  sayeth :  **I  haue  herde  the  in 
 the  tyme  accepted,  and  in  the  daye  of  salua- 
 cion  haue  I  succoured  the.  Beholde,  now  is 
 the  accepted  tyme,  now  is  the  daye  of  salua- 
 cion.  Let  vs  geue  no  man  occasion  of  euell, 
 that  oure  office  be  not  euell  spoken  of:  but  in 
 all  thinges  let  vs  behaue  oure  selues  as  the 
 ttmynisters  of  God:  in  moch  pacience,  in 
 troubles,  in  necessities,  in  anguysshes,  in 
 strypes,  in  presonmentes,  in  vproures,  in  la- 
 boures,  in  watchinges,  in  fastynges,  in  pure- 
 nesse,  in  knowlege,  in  longe  sufferynge,  in 
 kyndnesse,  in  the  holy  goost,  in  loue  vnfayned, 
 in  the  worde  of  the  trueth,  in  the  power  of 
 God,  by  the  armoure  of  righteousnes  on  the 
 rightehande  and  on  the  lefte,  by  honoure  and 
 
 •  1  Tess.  5.  b.  t  Apoc.  21.  a.  t  Col.  2.  b. 
 
 §  Rom.  3.  0.     Col.  1.  b.     1  loh.  4.  b.  ||  Esa.  53.  b. 
 
 f  Rom.  8.  a.     Heb.  9.  c.       *»Esa.  49.b.       tt  1  Co.  4.  a. 
 
 dishonoure,  by  euell  reporte  and  good  reporte : 
 as  disceauers,  i  yet  true :  as  vnknowne,  and 
 yet  knowne  :  tt  as  dyenge,  and  beholde,  we 
 lyue  :  as  chastened,  and  not  kylled :  as  sorow- 
 ynge,  and  yet  allwaye  mery :  as  poore,  j  yet 
 make  many  riche :  as  hauyiige  nothinge,  j 
 yet  possessynge  all  thinges. 
 
 O  ye  Corinthians,  oure  mouth  is  open  vnto 
 you,  oure  hert  is  made  large.  Ye  are  in  no 
 straytnesse  on  oure  behalfe :  but  where  as  ye 
 are  in  straytnesse,  that  do  ye  of  youre  owne 
 hertely  meanynge.  I  speake  to  you,  as  to 
 childre,  that  haue  like  rewarde  with  vs.  Set 
 youre  selues  therfore  at  large. 
 
 '>§Beare  not  a  straunge  yock  with  the  vn- 
 beleuers.  For  what  fellishippe  hath  right- 
 eousnes with  vnrighteousnes  ?  What  com- 
 pany hath  lighte  \vith  darknesse  ?  Illl  How 
 agreeth  Christ  with  Belial?  Or  what  parte 
 hath  the  beleuer  with  the  infydele?  How 
 acordeth  y  teple  of  God  with  ymages  ?  Ye 
 are  the  temple  of  the  lyuynge  God,  as  sayeth 
 God:  I  wyl  dwell  in  them,  and  walke  in  them, 
 "and  wyl  be  their  God,  g  they  shalbe  my 
 people.  Wherfore  come  out  from  amoge 
 them,  and  separate  youre  selues  tIT  (sayeth  the 
 LORDE)  and  touche  no  vncleane  thinge,  so 
 wyl  I  receaue  you,  5  be  youre  father,  j  ye 
 shalbe  my  sonnes  and  doughters,  sayeth  f 
 AUmightie  LORDE. 
 
 Cl)e  btj.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 SEYNGE  now  that  we  haue  soch  promyses 
 (dearly  beloued)  let  vs  dense  oure  selues 
 from  all  fylthynes  of  the  flesh  and  sprete,  and 
 growe  vp  to  full  holynes  in  y  feare  of  God. 
 Vnderstode  vs  righte.  We  haue  hurte  no 
 ma,  we  haue  corrupts  no  man,  we  haue  de- 
 frauded no  man.  I  speake  not  this  to  c6- 
 demne  you,  for  I  haue  shewed  you  before, 
 that  ye  are  in  oure  hertes,  to  dye  and  to  lyue 
 with  you.  I  am  very  bolde  towarde  you,  I 
 make  moch  boost  of  you,  I  am  fylled  with 
 comforte,  I  am  exceadynge  ioyous  in  all  oure 
 tribulacion.  ***  For  whan  we  were  come  in 
 to  Macedonia,  oure  flesh  had  no  rest,  but  we 
 were  troubled  on  euery  syde :  outwarde  was 
 fightinge,  inwarde  was  feare.  Neuertheles 
 God  that  comforteth  the  abiecte,*  comforted 
 vs  by  the  comynge  of  Titus. 
 
 1 1  Cor.  3.  a. 
 Illl  Math.  8.  d. 
 •••  Act.  16.  b. 
 
 n  Esa.  26.  c. 
 "  Leui.  26.  b. 
 '  2  Cor.  1.  a. 
 
 ^5  Deut.  7.  a. 
 Hit  Esa.  52.  b. 
 
jTo.  rInTiJt. 
 
 Cf)c  ij.  dfpistlf  to  ti)t  Corintftians. 
 
 Cftap.  biij. 
 
 Not  oiiely  by  his  commyngi',  hut  also  by 
 the  cosolacion  wherwith  he  was  coforted  of 
 you,  whan  he  tolde  vs  youre  desyre,  youre 
 wepynge,  youre  feruet  mynde  for  me,  so  y  I 
 now  reioyse  f  more.  For  where  as  I  made 
 you  sory  by  the  letter,  it  repenteth  me  not, 
 though  I  dyd  repete.  For  I  se,  that  the  same 
 epistle  made  you  sory  (though  it  were  but  for 
 a  ceason).  But  now  I  reioyce,  not  that  ye 
 were  sory,  but  that  ye  were  sory  to  repent- 
 aunce.  For  ye  sorowed  godly,  so  that  in 
 nothinge  ye  were  hurte  by  vs.  For  godly 
 sorowe  causeth  repentaunce  vnto  saluacion, 
 not  to  be  repented  of :  *  but  worldly  sorowe 
 causeth  death.  Beholde,  where  as  ye  haue 
 had  godly  sorowe,  what  diligence  hath  it 
 wrought  in  you  ?  Yee  a  sufficiet  answere, 
 displeasure,  feare,  desyre,  a  feruet  mynde, 
 punyshment.  For  in  all  poyntes  ye  haue 
 shewed  youre  selues,  that  ye  are  cleare  in 
 that  matter. 
 
 Wherfore  though  I  wrote  vnto  you,  yet  is 
 it  not  done  for  his  cause  that  dyd  hurte, 
 nether  for  his  cause  that  was  hurte,  but  that 
 youre  diligence  (which  ye  haue  for  vs  in  the  | 
 sighte  of  God)  mighte  be  manifest  with  you 
 Therfore  are  we  comforted,  because  ye  are 
 comforted:  but  exceadingly  the  more  ioyed 
 we,  for  the  ioye  of  Titus,  because  his  sprete 
 was  refreszhed  of  you  all.  I  am  therfore  not 
 now  ashamed,  though  I  boasted  my  selfe  vnto 
 him  of  you :  but  like  as  all  is  true  that  I  haue 
 spoke  vnto  you,  euen  so  is  oure  boastinge 
 vnto  Titus  founde  true  also.  And  his  inwarde 
 afFeccion  is  more  abundaunt  towarde  you, 
 whan  he  remembreth  the  obedience  of  you 
 all,  how  ye  receaued  him  with  feare  and 
 treblynge.  I  reioyse,  that  I  maye  be  bolde 
 ouer  you  in  all  thinges. 
 
 CI)e  biij.  Cl^apUr. 
 
 I  DO  you  to  wit  (brethren)  the  grace  of 
 God,  which  is  geue  in  the  congregacions 
 of  Macedonia.  For  their  reioysinge  was  most 
 abundaunt,  whan  they  were  tryed  by  moch 
 trouble :  (i  though  they  were  exceadinge  poore, 
 yet  haue  they  geue  exceadinge  richely,  and 
 that  in  synglenesse.  For  to  their  power  (I 
 beare  recorde)  yee  and  beyonde  their  power, 
 they  were  wyllinge  of  their  awne  acorde,  and 
 prayed  vs  with  greate  instauce,  that  we  wolde 
 
 •  Eccli.  30.  c.  t  Act.  11.  c.  Rom.  15.  d.  1  Cor.  16.  a. 
 2  Cor.  9.  8.         1 1  Pot.  4.  b.  Pro.  3.  b.         §  Luc.  21.  a. 
 
 receaue  their  benefite  and  fellishippe  of  the 
 t  hiidreachinge  that  is  done  for  the  sayTites : 
 And  not  as  we  loked  for,  but  gaue  ouer  them 
 selues  first  to  the  LORDE,  and  afterwarde 
 vnto  vs  by  y  wyl  of  God,  so  that  we  coulde 
 not  but  desyre  Titus,  that  like  as  he  had  be- 
 gonne  afore  he  wolde  euen  so  accomplish  the 
 same  beniuolence  amonge  you.  Now  as  ye 
 are  riche  in  all  poyntes,  in  faith  and  in  worde, 
 and  in  knowlege,  and  in  all  diligence,  and  in 
 youre  loue  towarde  vs,  euen  so  se  that  ye  be 
 plenteous  also  in  this  benyuoleee.  This  I 
 saye  not  as  commaiidynge,  but  seynge,  other 
 are  so  dihgent,  I  proue  youre  loue  also, 
 whether  it  be  perfecte  or  no.  For  ye  knowe 
 the  liberalite  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ, 
 which  though  he  be  riche,  yet  for  youre  sakes 
 he  became  poore,  y  ye  thorow  his  pouerte 
 mighte  be  made  riche. 
 
 And  my  councell  herin  I  geue,  for  this  is 
 profitable  for  you,  which  haue  begonne  a 
 yeare  a  goo,  not  onely  to  do,  but  also  to  wyll. 
 But  now  perfourme  the  dede  also,  that  like 
 as  there  is  a  ready  mjmde  to  wil,  there  maye 
 be  a  ready  mynde  also  to  perfourme  the  dede 
 t  of  that  which  ye  haue.  §  For  yf  there  be  a 
 wyllinge  mynde,  it  is  accepted  acordinge  to 
 that  a  man  hath,  not  acordinge  to  that  he 
 hath  not.  This  is  not  done  to  the  intent,  that 
 other  shulde  haue  ease,  and  ye  cobraunce, 
 but  that  it  be  a  lyke.  Let  youre  abundaunce 
 sucker  their  lacke  in  this  tyme  off  derth,  that 
 their  abundaunce  also  herafter  maye  supplee 
 youre  lacke,  that  there  maye  be  equalite.  As 
 it  is  wrytten  :  °  He  y  gathered  moch,  had  not 
 the  more:  and  he  that  gathered  httle,  wanted 
 nothinge.  Thakes  be  vnto  God,  which  put 
 in  the  hert  of  Titus,  the  same  diligence  to- 
 warde you.  For  he  accepted  the  request  in 
 dede,  yee  he  was  rather  so  well  wyOynge,  that 
 of  his  awne  acorde,  he  came  vnto  you. 
 
 We  haue  sent  with  him  that  brother,  whose 
 prayse  is  in  the  Gospell  thorow  out  all  the 
 congregacions.  Not  onely  that,  but  he  is 
 chosen  also  of  the  congregacions,  to  be  a 
 felowe  with  vs  in  oure  iourney,  for  this  beny- 
 uolence  that  is  mynistred  by  vs  vnto  the 
 prayse  of  the  LORDE,  and  to  stere  vp  youre 
 prompte  mynde,  and  to  bewarre,  lest  eny  ma 
 reporte  euell  of  vs  because  of  this  plenteousnes, 
 which  is  mynistred  by  vs :  II  and  therfore  make 
 
 Eio.  16.  (I. 
 
 Kom.  12.  c. 
 
Cftap.  v. 
 
 €i)t  ij,  (25pistk  to  ti)t  Coiintftians. 
 
 jTo,  d)iT):faij« 
 
 we  prouision  for  honest  thinges,   not  onely 
 before  the  LORDE,  but  also  before  men. 
 
 We  haue  sent  with  them  also  a  brother  of 
 oures,  whom  we  haue  oft  proued  diligiJt  in 
 many  thinges,  but  now  moch  more  diligent. 
 And  this  haue  we  done  in  greate  hope  towarde 
 you,  whether  it  be  for  Titus  sake  (which  is 
 my  felowe  and  helper  amonge  you)  or  for 
 oure  brethre  (which  are  Apostles  of  the 
 cogregacions,  j  the  prayse  of  Christ. )  Shewe 
 now  the  profe  off  youre  loue  and  off  oure 
 boastinge  of  you,  vnto  these,  and  opely  in  the 
 sighte  of  the  cogregacions. 
 
 0)t  iy.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 OF  the  *  handreachinge  vnto  y  sayntes,  it 
 is  no  nede  for  me  to  wryte  vnto  you : 
 for  I  knowe  youre  redynesse  of  mynde,  wherof 
 I  boast  my  selfe  amonge  them  of  Macedonia, 
 and  saye :  Achaia  was  ready  a  yeare  agoo. 
 And  youre  feruentnesse  hath  prouoked  many. 
 Neuertheles  yet  haue  we  sent  these  brethren, 
 lest  oure  reioysinge  ouer  you  shulde  be  in 
 vayne  in  this  behalfe,  that  ye  mighte  be  ready, 
 as  I  haue  reported  of  you :  lest  whan  they  of 
 Macedonia  come  with  me,  and  fynde  you  vn- 
 prepared,  we  (I  wyl  not  saye  ye)  shulde  be 
 ashamed  in  this  presumpcion  of  boostinge. 
 
 Wherfore  I  thoughte  it  necessary  to  ex- 
 horte  the  brethren,  to  come  before  hande  vnto 
 you,  for  to  prepare  this  blessynge  promysed 
 afore,  that  it  mighte  be  ready,  so  that  it  be  a 
 blessynge,  and  not  a  defraudynge.  This  I 
 thynke :  that  t  he  which  soweth  litle,  shal 
 reape  litle  also  :  and  he  y  soweth  plenteously, 
 shal  likewyse  reape  plenteously,  euery  one 
 acordynge  as  he  hath  purposed  in  his  hert, 
 not  grudgingly,  or  of  compulsion,  i  For  God 
 loueth  a  chearfuU  geuer.  God  is  able  to 
 make  you  riche  in  all  grace,  y  ye  in  all  thinges 
 hauynge  sufficiet  to  the  vttemost,  maye  be 
 riche  to  all  manor  of  good  workes.  As  it  is 
 wrytte  :  "  He  hath  sparsed  abrode  5  geue  to  y- 
 poore,  his  righteousnes  remayneth  for  euer. 
 
 He  that  geueth  sede  vnto  the  sower,  shal 
 mynistre  bred  also  for  fode,  and  shal  multi- 
 plye  youre  sede,  and  increase  the  frutes  of 
 youre  righteousnes,  that  in  all  thinges  ye  maye 
 be  made  riche  vnto  all  singlenesse,  which 
 causeth  thorow  vs,  thankesgeuynge  vnto  God. 
 For  the  hadreachinge  of  this  colleccion  not 
 
 •  Rom.  15.  d.  1  Co.  16.  a.  2  Cor.  8.  a.  t  Pro.  11.  c. 
 Gal.  6.  a.  {  Exod.  25.  a.  and  35.  a.    Eccli.  35.  a. 
 
 onely  suppleeth  the  nede  off  the  sayntes,  but 
 also  is  abudaunt  herin,  that  for  this  laudable 
 mynistracion  many  mighte  geue  thakes  vnto 
 God,  and  prayse  God  for  youre  obedient  pro- 
 fessynge  of  the  Gospell  of  Christ,  (j  for  youre 
 synglenesse  in  distributynge  vnto  the,  and  to 
 all  men,  and  in  their  prayer  for  you,  which 
 longe  after  you,  for  the  abundaunt  grace  of 
 God  in  you.  Thankes  be  vnto  God  for  his 
 vnoutspeakeable  gifte. 
 
 Cije  V.  C^apttr. 
 
 I  PAUL  my  selfe  beseke  you  by  the  meke- 
 nesse  and  softnesse  off  Christ,  which  when 
 I  am  present  amonge  you,  am  of  small  repu- 
 tacion,  but  am  bolde  towarde  you  beynge 
 absent.  I  beseke  you  that  I  nede  not  be 
 bolde  whan  I  am  present,  (j  to  vse  y  boldnesse 
 wherwith  I  am  supposed  to  be  bolde,  agaynst 
 some,  which  repute  vs  as  though  we  walked 
 after  y  flesh:  for  though  we  walke  in  the 
 flesh,  yet  fighte  we  not  after  a  fleshly  maner. 
 For  the  §wapens  of  oure  warre  are  not  fleshly, 
 but  mightie  before  God  to  cast  downe  stroge 
 holdes,  wherwith  we  ouerthrowe  ymaginacions, 
 5  euery  hye  thinge  y  exalteth  it  selfe  agaynst 
 the  knowlege  of  God,  and  brynge  in  to  cap- 
 tiuyte  all  vnderstondinge  to  the  obedience  of 
 Christ,  (t  are  ready  to  take  vengeaunce  on  all 
 disobedience,  whan  youre  obediece  is  fulfylled. 
 Loke  ye  on  thinges  after  f  vtter  appearance  ? 
 Yf  eny  man  trust  of  himselfe  y  he  is 
 Christes,  let  him  thinke  this  also  by  himselfe, 
 y  like  as  he  is  Christes,  eue  so  are  we  Christes 
 also.  And  though  I  shulde  boast  my  selfe 
 somwhat  more  of  oure  auctorite  II  which  f 
 LORDE  hath  geue  vs  to  edifye  and  not  to 
 destroye,  it  shulde  not  be  to  my  shame.  This 
 I  saye,  lest  I  shulde  seme,  as  though  I  wente 
 aboute  to  make  you  afrayed  with  letters.  For 
 the  pistles  (saye  they)  are  sore  and  stronge, 
 but  his  bodely  presence  is  weake,  and  his 
 speache  rude.  Let  him  y  is  soche,  thinke  on 
 this  wyse,  that  as  we  are  in  worde  by  letters 
 wha  we  are  absente,  soch  are  we  also  in  dede 
 whan  we  are  present.  For  we  darre  not 
 reken  or  compare  oure  selues,  vnto  some  that 
 prayse  them  selues :  Neuertheles  whyle  they 
 measure  them  selues  by  them  selues,  and 
 holde  onely  of  them  selues,  they  vnderstonde 
 nothinge. 
 
 '  Psal.  111.  b. 
 
 ^  Ephe.  6.  b. 
 
 I  2  Cor.  13.  b. 
 
jTo.  drrrbiij. 
 
 CJjf  ij.  (©pisitlt  to  tfte  CorintOiang. 
 
 Cftap.  )ru 
 
 Howbeit  we  wil  not  boast  oure  selues  aboue 
 measure,  but  onely  acordinge  to  the  measure 
 of  the  rule,  wherwith  God  hath  distributed 
 viito  vs  the  measure  to  reach  euen  vnto  you. 
 For  we  stretche  not  oure  selues  to  farre  as 
 though  we  had  not  reached  vnto  you.  For 
 euen  vnto  you  haue  we  come  with  the  Gospell 
 of  Christ,  and  boast  not  oure  selues  out  of 
 measure  in  other  mens  laboures :  Yee  and 
 we  hope  whan  youre  faith  is  increased  in  you, 
 that  we  wil  come  farther  (acordinge  to  oure 
 measure)  and  preach  the  Gospell  vnto  them 
 that  dwell  beyonde  you,  and  not  to  reioyse  in 
 that,  which  is  prepared  with  another  mans 
 measure. 
 
 €i)t  n'.  Cljaptn:. 
 
 LET  him  that  reioyseth,  reioyse  in  the 
 LOKDE:  for  "he  y  *prayseth  him 
 selfe,  is  not  alowed,  but  he  who  f  LORDE 
 prayseth.  Wolde  God  ye  coulde  sulFre  me  a 
 litle  in  my  foloshnes,  yet  do  ye  forbeare  me. 
 For  I  am  gelous  ouer  you  with  godly  gelousy. 
 For  I  haue  maried  you  vnto  one  ma,  to 
 brynge  a  chaste  virgin  vnto  Christ.  But  I 
 feare,  lest  t  as  y  serpet  begyled  Eue  with  his 
 sutteltie,  eue  so  youre  wyttes  shulde  be  cor- 
 rupte  from  the  s)Tiglenesse  that  is  in  Christ. 
 For  yf  he  that  commeth  vnto  you,  preach 
 another  lesus,  whom  we  haue  not  preached, 
 or  yf  ye  receaue  another  sprete,  y  ye  haue 
 not  receaued,  or  another  Gospell  which  ye 
 haue  not  accepted,  ye  might  right  well  haue 
 bene  cotent.  For  I  suppose  that  I  am  no 
 lesse  the  the  hye  Apostles  are.  And  though 
 I  be  rude  in  speakynge,  yet  am  I  not  rude  in 
 knowlege.  Howbeit  amoge  you  I  am  knowne 
 to  the  vttemost.  Or  dyd  I  synne  therin 
 because  I  submytted  my  selfe,  that  ye  mighte 
 be  exalted? 
 
 For  I  preached  vnto  you  the  Gospell  of  God 
 t  frely,  and  robbed  other  cogregacions,  and 
 toke  wages  of  the,  to  preach  vnto  you.  §  And 
 whan  I  was  present  with  you,  and  had  nede,  I 
 was  greuous  to  no  man :  II  for  y  which  was 
 lackynge  vnto  me,  the  brethren  which  came 
 fro  Macedonia,  suppleed.  And  in  all  thinges 
 I  kepte  myselfe  so,  y  I  shulde  not  be  greuous 
 to  you,  5  so  wyl  I  kepe  my  selfe.  As  surely 
 as  the  trueth  of  Christ  is  in  me,  this  reioys- 
 inge  shal  not  be  taken  fro  me  in  the  regions 
 
 Esa.65.  c.     lere.  9.d.     ICor.  l.d.  •  Pro.  27.  a.        f  2  Pet.  2.  a.  ••  Deut.  25.  a.  tt  Act.  16.  d. 
 
 t  Gen.  3.  a.       }  1  Cor.  9.  b.       §  Act.  20.  c.      ||  Phil.  4.  o.  «  Act.  14.  c.  ^§  Act.  27.  c. 
 
 of  Achaia.  ^Vherfore  ?  Because  I  shulde  not 
 loue  you  ?  God  knoweth.  Neuertheles  what 
 I  do  and  wyl  do,  that  do  I  to  cut  awaye  occa- 
 sion, from  the  which  seke  occasion,  that  they 
 mighte  boast  the  selues  to  be  like  vnto  vs. 
 For  soch  false  Apostles  a  disceatfull  workers 
 fashion  them  selues  like  vnto  the  Apostles  of 
 Christ.  And  that  is  no  maruell :  for  Sathan 
 himselfe  is  chaunged  in  to  f  fashion  of  an 
 angell  of  light.  Therfore  is  it  no  greate 
 thinge,  though  his  mynisters  fashion  them 
 selues  as  though  they  were  the  preachers  of 
 righteousnes,  H  whose  ende  shalbe  acordinge  to 
 their  dedes. 
 
 I  saye  agajme,  lest  eny  man  thynke  that  I 
 am  folish :  or  els  take  me  euen  now  as  a 
 fole,  y  I  maye  boast  my  selfe  a  litle  also. 
 That  I  speake  now,  that  speake  I  not  after 
 the  LORDE,  but  as  it  were  in  folishnes, 
 whyle  we  are  now  come  to  boastinge :  Seynge 
 that  many  boaste  them  selues  after  y  flesh,  I 
 wil  boast  my  selfe  also.  For  ye  suffre  foles 
 gladly,  in  so  moch  as  ye  youre  selues  are 
 wyse.  For  ye  sufFre  euen  yf  a  man  brj'nge 
 you  in  to  bondage,  yf  a  man  put  you  to  dis- 
 honesty, yf  a  man  take  ought  fro  you,  yf  a 
 man  exalte  him  selfe  ouer  you,  yf  a  man 
 smyte  you  on  the  face.  I  speake  concemynge 
 rebuke,  as  though  we  were  weake. 
 
 Wherin  so  euer  now  eny  man  darre  be 
 bolde  (I  speake  folishly)  therin  darre  I  be 
 bolde  also.  They  are  Hebrues,  so  am  I. 
 They  are  Israelites,  euen  so  am  I.  They  are 
 the  sede  of  Abraham,  so  am  I.  They  are  the 
 mynisters  of  Christ  (I  speake  as  a  fole)  I  am 
 more  :  in  laboures  more  abiidaunt,  in  strypes 
 aboue  measure,  in  presonmentes  more  plen- 
 teously,  in  death  oft.  **  Of  the  lewes  receaued 
 I  fyue  tymes  fortye  strypes,  one  lesse.  ttThryse 
 was  I  beaten  with  roddes.  ttl  was  once  stoned, 
 §§  I    suffred  thryse  shypwracke :    nighte   and 
 
 je  haue  I  bene  in  the  depe  of  the  see :  I 
 haue  oft  iourneyed  :  I  haue  bene  ofl  in  parels 
 of  waters,  in  parels  amonge  murthurers,  in 
 parels  amonge  the  lewes,  in  parels  amonge 
 the  Heythen,  in  parels  in  cities,  in  parels  in 
 the  wylderners,  in  parels  vpon  the  See,  in 
 parels  amonge  false  brethre,  in  laboure  5 
 trauayle,  in  moch  watchinges,  in  honger  and 
 thyrst,  in  moch  fastinges  in  colde  and  naked- 
 nesse :  Besyde  those  thynges  which  are  out- 
 
C&ap.  vnj. 
 
 C6f  ij.  episitle  to  t\)t  CortntJ)ian5» 
 
 jTo.  cIjmTir. 
 
 warde,  namely  my  daylie  combraunce,  my 
 daylie  care  for  all  cogregacions.  *  Who  is 
 weake,  and  I  be  not  weake?  Who  is  oiFended, 
 (J  I  burne  not  ?  Yf  I  must  nedes  make  my 
 boast,  I  wil  boast  my  selfe  of  myne  infirmyte. 
 God  y  father  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ, 
 which  is  blessed  for  euer,  knoweth  that  I  lye 
 not.  t  At  Damascon  the  gouernoure  of  f 
 people  vnder  kynge  Aretas,  kepte  f  cite  of 
 the  Damascenes,  5  wolde  haue  taken  me,  and 
 at  a  wyndowe  was  I  let  downe  in  a  basket 
 thorow  the  wall,  d  so  escaped  his  handes. 
 
 Wi)t  yij.  C{)aptn:. 
 
 IT  profiteth  me  nothinge  (no  doute)  to 
 boaste.  Neuertheles  I  wil  come  to  y 
 visions  and  reuelacions  off  the  LORDE.  I 
 knowe  a  man  in  Christ  aboue  fourtene  yeares 
 a  goo  (whether  he  was  in  y  body,  I  can  not 
 tell :  or  whether  he  was  out  of  the  body,  I 
 can  not  tell,  God  knoweth.)  the  same  was 
 taken  vp  in  to  the  thirde  heauen :  and  I 
 knowe  the  same  man  (whether  he  was  in  f 
 body  or  out  of  the  body,  I  can  not  tell,  God 
 knoweth)  how  that  he  was  take  vp  in  to 
 Paradise,  and  herde  wordes  not  to  be  spoken, 
 which  no  man  can  vtter.  Here  of  will  I 
 boast,  but  of  my  selfe  wil  I  make  no  boast, 
 excepte  it  be  of  myne  infirmyties.  And 
 though  I  wolde  boast  my  selfe,  I  dyd  not 
 foolishly,  for  I  wolde  saye  the  trueth.  But 
 I  refrayne  my  selfe,  lest  eny  ma  shulde  thinke 
 of  me  aboue  y  he  seyth  in  me,  or  heareth  of 
 me.  t  And  lest  I  shulde  exalte  my  selfe  out 
 of  measure  because  of  the  hye  reuelacions, 
 there  is  a  warnynge  geuen  vnto  my  flesh, 
 euen  f  messaunger  of  Satan,  to  buffet  me, 
 that  I  shulde  not  exalte  my  selfe  out  off  mea- 
 sure :  for  y  which  I  besoughte  the  LORDE 
 thryse,  that  it  mighte  departe  fro  me.  And 
 he  sayde  vnto  me :  My  grace  is  sufficiet  for 
 the.  For  my  strength  is  made  perfecte  thorow 
 weaknes.  Very  glad  therfore  wil  I  reioyse  in 
 my  weaknesses,  that  the  strength  of  Christ 
 maye  dwell  in  me. 
 
 Therfore  am  I  contente  in  infirmities,  in 
 rebukes,  in  necessities,  in  persecucions,  in 
 anguyszhes  for  Christes  sake :  for  wha  I  am 
 weake,  the  am  I  stroge.  I  am  become  a  fole 
 I  boastinge  my  selfe :  Ye  haue  copelled  me. 
 For  I  oughte  to  be  comended  of  you,  §  in  so 
 
 t  Act.  9.  d. 
 
 §  1  Cor.  9.  a. 
 
 t  lob  1.  b. 
 
 moch  as  I  am  in  nothinge  inferior  to  y  hye 
 Apostles.  Though  I  be  nothinge,  yet  are'y 
 tokens  of  an  Apostle  wrought  amoge  you, 
 with  all  paciece,  with  signes,  (j  with  woders  5 
 with  mightie  dedes.  For  what  is  it,  wherin 
 ye  are  inferiours  to  the  other  congregacions  ? 
 excepte  it  be  y  I  haue  not  bene  greuous  vnto 
 you.  Forgeue  me  this  wroge.  Beholde,  I 
 am  ready  the  thirde  tyme  to  come  vnto  you, 
 and  wyl  not  be  chargeable  vnto  you.  II  For  I 
 seke  not  youres,  but  you.  For  ;y  childre 
 ought  not  to  gather  treasure  for  the  elders, 
 but  the  elders  for  the  children.  I  wil  very 
 gladly  bestowe,  and  wyl  be  bestowed  for  youre 
 soules :  though  y  more  I  loue  you,  the  lesse 
 am  I  loued  agayne. 
 
 But  let  it  be  so  that  I  greued  you  not, 
 neuertheles  for  so  moch  as  I  was  craftye,  I 
 toke  you  with  gyle.  Haue  I  defrauded  you 
 by  eny  of  the,  who  I  sent  vnto  you  ?  I 
 desyred  Titus,  5  with  him  I  sent  a  brother: 
 dyd  Titus  defraude  you?  Haue  we  not 
 walked  in  one  sprete  ?  Wete  we  not  in  like 
 fotesteppes?  Agayne,  thynke  ye  y  we  excuse 
 oure  selues?  We  speake  in  Christ  in  the 
 sighte  off  God.  But  all  this  (dearly  beloued) 
 is  done  for  youre  edifyenge.  For  I  feare,  lest 
 whan  I  come,  I  shal  not  fjTide  you  soch  as  I 
 wolde  :  and  lest  ye  shal  fynde  me  soch  as  ye 
 wolde  not:  lest  there  be  amonge  you,  debates, 
 envyenges,  wrathes,  stryuynges,  bacbytinges, 
 whysperinges,  swellinges,  vproures :  lest  whan 
 
 I  come  agayne,  God  bringe  me  lowe  amoge 
 you  5  lest  I  be  constrayned  to  bewayle  many 
 of  the  y  haue  synned  before,  j  haue  not 
 repented  ouer  y  vnclennesse  and  whordome, 
 and  wantonnes,  which  they  haue  comytted. 
 
 Cfjt  fiij.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 NOW  come  I  the  thirde  tyme  vnto  you. 
 H  In  the  mouth  of  two  or  thre  witnesses 
 shal  euery  matter  be  stabliszhed.  I  haue 
 tolde  you  before,  5  tell  you  before  as  present 
 f  seconde  tyme,  5  wryte  it  now  beynge  absent, 
 vnto  the  which  in  tjTue  passed  haue  synned, 
 (J  to  all  other :  5  yf  I  come  agayne,  I  wil  not 
 spare,  seynge  that  ye  seke  experiece  of  him, 
 **  which  speaketh  in  me,  euen  Christ,  which 
 amonge  you  is  not  weake,  but  is  mightie 
 amoge  you.  And  though  he  was  crucified  in 
 weaknes,  yet  lyueth  he  in  the  power  of  God. 
 
 II  Act.  20.  c.       t  Deut.  19.  c.  Mat.  18.  b.       ••  Mat.  10.  c. 
 
 153 
 
fo,  fj:c. 
 
 Cfte  (gptgtig  to  tt)t  (Salatftiang* 
 
 CI}a)).  u 
 
 And  though  we  are  weake  in  him,  yet  lyue  we 
 with  him  in  the  power  of  God  amonge  you. 
 
 *  Proue  youre  selues,  whether  ye  are  in  the 
 faith,  exame  youre  selues.  Or  knowe  ye  not 
 youre  selues,  y  lesus  Christ  is  in  you?  Excepte 
 ye  be  cast  awayes.  But  I  trust  ye  knowe,  y 
 we  are  not  cast  awayes.  I  desyre  before  God 
 y  ye  do  no  euell :  not  y  we  shulde  seme 
 comendable,  but  y  ye  shulde  do  y  which  is 
 good,  I  let  vs  be  as  cast  awayes.  For  we 
 maye  do  nothinge  agaynst  f  trueth,  but  for  y 
 trueth.  We  are  glad  whan  we  are  weake,  a 
 ye  stronge :  5  the  same  also  we  wyszhe  for, 
 namely  youre  perfectnesse.  Therfore  wryte 
 I  these  thinges  beynge  absent,  lest  wha  I  am 
 
 present,  I  shulde  vse  sharpnesse,  acordinge  to 
 the  power*  which  the  LORDE  hath  geue  me 
 to  edifye,  and  not  to  destroye. 
 
 Fynally  brethren,  reioyse,  be  parfecte, 
 coforte  youre  selues,  be  of  one  mynde,  be 
 peaceable,  and  the  God  of  loue  and  peace 
 shalbe  with  you.  Salute  one  another  with  an 
 holy  kysse.  AH  the  sayntes  salute  you.  The 
 grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  5  the 
 loue  of  God,  and  the  fellishippe  of  f  holy 
 goost  be  with  you  all.     Araen. 
 
 The  seconde  Epistle  to  the  Corinthians.  Sent 
 from  Phillippos  in  Macedonia,  by  Titus 
 and  Lucas. 
 
 of  fbt  ^po0tU  ^.  Paul  to  tbt  (Balatbim^* 
 
 Cfte  Eiumme  of  tftis  OPpiigtle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 Paul  rebuketh  them,  because  they  were  fallen 
 awaye  from  the  gospell,  sheweth  his  awne 
 couersion,  magnifieth  his  office  and  apostel- 
 shippe,  and  declareth  himself  to  be  equall  with 
 the  hye  apostles. 
 
 Cl)ap.   II. 
 He  withstondeth  Peter  in  the  face,  and  proueth, 
 that  the  lawe  and  circumcision  are  not  neces- 
 sary to  saluacion. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 He  rebuketh  the  vnstedfastnesse  of  the  Gala- 
 thians,    shewinge    the    vnparfectnesse    of   the 
 lawe,  and  declareth  neuerthelesse  that  it  was 
 not  geuen  fur  naught. 
 
 CI)ap.  nil. 
 
 Paul  sheweth  that  thorow  Christ  we  be  delyuered 
 from  the  lawe,  and  rebuketh  the  vnthankful- 
 nesse  of  the  Galathians. 
 
 Cijap.  V. 
 
 He  laboureth  to  drawe  them  awaye  from  circii- 
 cision,  sheweth  them  the  battayll  betwixte  the 
 sprete  and  the  flesh,  and  the  frutes  of  them 
 both. 
 
 CI)ap.  VI. 
 
 He  exorteth  them  to  brotherly  loue,  and  one  to 
 beare  with  another.  In  the  ende  he  warneth 
 them  to  bewarre  of  circiicision.  1 
 
of  fbt  Apostle  S-  Pawl  to  rt^  #alat6ian0* 
 
 Wtit  firsit  €i)apto:. 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  (not  of  men,  nor  by 
 ma,  but  by  lesus  Christ  5  by  God  the 
 father,  which  raysed  him  vp  fro  f  deed)  5  all 
 the  brethre  which  are  with  me.  Vnto  the 
 cogregacios  in  Galacia.  *  Grace  be  with  you, 
 and  peace  fr5  God  the  father,  and  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  which  gaue  him  selfe 
 for  oure  synnes,  that  he  mighte  delyuer  vs 
 from  this  present  euel  worlde,  acordlnge  to 
 the  wyll  of  God  oure  father,  to  whom  be 
 prayse  for  euer  and  euer.    Amen. 
 
 I  maruell  y  ye  are  so  soone  turned  (from 
 him  that  called  you  in  the  grace  of  Christ) 
 vnto  another  Gospell :  which  is  nothinge  els, 
 but  that  there  be  some,  which  +  trouble  you, 
 and  intende  to  peruerte  the  Gospell  of  Christ. 
 
 Neuertheles  though  we  oure  selues,  or  an 
 angell  from  heaue  preach  vnto  you  eny  other 
 Gospel,  the  y  which  we  haue  preached  vnto 
 you,  the  same  be  acursed.  As  we  haue  sayde 
 afore,  so  saye  we  now  agayne :  Yf  eny  ma 
 preach  vnto  you  eny  other  thinge,  the  y  ye 
 haue  receaued,  y  same  be  acursed.  Preach  I 
 men  now  or  God  ?  Or  go  I  aboute  to  please 
 men  ?  Yf  I  shulde  yet  please  men,  I  were 
 not  the  seruaunt  of  Christ. 
 
 But  I  certifye  you  brethren,  y  the  Gospell 
 which  is  preached  of  me,  is  not  of  men.  For 
 I  nether  receaued  it  ner  lemed  it  of  ma,  but 
 by  the  reuelacion  of  lesus  Christ.  For  ye 
 haue  herde  of  my  conuersacion  afore  tyme  in 
 the  leweshippe,  thow  that  beyode  measure 
 I  persecuted  the  cogregacion  of  God,  and 
 spoyled  it,  and  preuayled  in  the  leweshippe 
 aboue  many  of  my  companyons  in  my  nacion, 
 
 2  Cor.  1.  a.    Ephe.  1.  a.    1  Pet.  1.  a.  t  Act.  15.  a. 
 
 t  Act.  8.  a.  9.  a.  §2  Cor.  11.  d. 
 
 (I  was  a  moch  inore  feruent  manteyner  of  the 
 tradicions  of  the  fathers. 
 
 But  whan  it  pleased  God  which  separated 
 me  fro  my  mothers  wombe,  and  called  me  by 
 his  grace,  for  to  declare  his  sonne  in  me,  that 
 I  shulde  preach  him  thorow  the  GospeU 
 amonge  the  Heythen,  immediatly  1  commened 
 not  of  the  matter  with  flesh  and  bloude: 
 nether  came  I  to  Jerusalem  vnto  them  which 
 were  Apostles  before  me :  but  wente  my 
 wayes  in  to  Arabia,  and  came  agayne  to 
 Damascon.  Then  after  thre  yeare  I  came  to 
 lerusale  to  se  Peter,  and  abode  with  him  fyf- 
 tene  dayes.  As  for  the  other  Apostles,  I 
 sawe  none  of  them,  saue  lames  the  LORDES 
 brother. 
 
 The  thinges  that  I  wryte  vnto  you,  beholde, 
 ^  God  knoweth,  I  lye  not.  After  that  wente 
 I  in  to  the  coastes  of  Syria  and  Celicia :  but 
 of  face  I  was  vnknowne  to  f  Christen  con- 
 gregacions  in  lewrye.  Neuertheles  they  had 
 herde  onely,  that :  He  that  persecuted  vs  in 
 tyme  passed,  preacheth  now  f  faith  which 
 some  tyme  he  destroyed :  and  they  praysed 
 God  in  me. 
 
 CI)£  i).  Ci^apter. 
 
 THEN  after  fourtene  yeares,  II I  wente  vp 
 agayne  to  lerusale  with  Barnabas,  and 
 toke  Titus  with  me  also.  But  I  wente  vp  by 
 reuelacion,  and  commened  with  the  of  f 
 Gospell,  which  I  preach  amonge  the  Hey  the: 
 but  specially  with  the  which  were  in  reputa- 
 cion,  lest  I  shulde  runne  or  had  runne  in 
 vayne.  If  But  Titus  which  was  also  with  me, 
 was  not  compelled  to  be  circucysed,  though 
 he  was  a  Greke :  and  that  because  of  certayne 
 
 11  Act.  15.  a.  f  Act.  16.  a.     1  Cor.  9.  c. 
 
#0.  rrrij. 
 
 Cftr  epietlf  to  ti)t  (galatl)tanst> 
 
 C})ap.  tij. 
 
 iiiconiiners  beynge  false  brcthre,  which  came 
 in  ainoge  other,  to  spye  out  oure  libertye, 
 wiiich  we  haue  in  Christ  lesus,  that  they 
 might  brjTige  vs  in  to  bondage :  To  whom  we 
 gaue  no  rowme,  no  not  for  the  space  of  an 
 houre,  as  concernynge  to  be  broughte  in  to 
 subieccion:  y  the  trueth  of  the  Gospell 
 mighte  contynue  with  you. 
 
 As  for  the  that  semed  to  be  greate,  what 
 they  were  in  tyme  passed,  it  maketh  no  matter 
 to  me.  *For  God  loketh  not  on  the  out- 
 warde  appearaunce  of  men.  Neuertheles  they 
 which  semed  greate,  taught  me  nothinge : 
 but  contrary  wyse,  whan  they  sawe  that  the 
 Gospell  ouer  the  vncircumcision  was  comytted 
 vnto  me,  as  y  Gospell  ouer  f  circucision  was 
 commy tted  viito  Peter.  ( For  he  y  was  mightie 
 with  Peter  to  the  Apostleshippe  ouer  the  cir- 
 cumcision, the  same  was  mightie  with  me 
 also  amcige  the  Heythen)  they  perceaued 
 the  grace  that  was  geuen  vnto  me. 
 
 lames  and  Cephas  and  Ihon,  which  semed 
 to  be  pilers,  gaue  me  and  Barnabas  y  righte 
 handes,  and  agreed  with  vs,  that  we  shulde 
 preach  amonge  the  Heythe,  and  they  amonge 
 the  lewes:  onely  that  we  shulde  remebre 
 the  poore,  t  which  thinge  also  I  was  diligent 
 to  do. 
 
 But  wha  Peter  was  come  to  Antioche,  I 
 withstode  him  in  f  face  :  for  he  was  worthy  to 
 be  blamed.  For  afore  there  came  certayne 
 from  lames,  he  ate  with  the  Heythe.  But 
 wha  they  were  come,  he  withdrue  and  sepa- 
 rated himselfe,  fearinge  the  which  were  of 
 the  circumcision.  And  the  other  lewes  dys- 
 senibled  with  him  likewyse,  in  so  moch  y 
 Barnabas  was  brought  in  to  their  sjonulacion 
 also.  But  whan  I  sawe  that  they  walked  not 
 right  after  y  trueth  of  the  Gospell,  I  sayde 
 vnto  Peter  openly  before  all :  Yf  thou  beynge 
 a  lewe,  lyuest  after  the  maner  of  the  Gentyles, 
 and  not  as  do  the  lewes,  why  causest  thou  the 
 Gentyles  then  to  lyue  as  do  the  lewes  ? 
 
 {Though  we  be  lewes  by  nature,  and  not 
 synners  of  the  Gentyles,  yet  (in  so  moch  as 
 we  knowe,  that  a  man  is  not  made  righteous 
 by  the  dedes  off  the  lawe,  but  by  the  faith  on 
 lesus  Christ)  we  haue  beleued  also  on  lesus 
 Christ,  y  we  might  be  made  righteous  by  the 
 faith  of  Christ,  and  not  by  the  dedes  of  the 
 
 •  Act.  10.  d.    Rom.  2.  b.     Ephe.  6.  a.         t  Act.  11.  c. 
 !  Co.  9.  a.         }  Phil.  3.  a.     Rom.  3.  b.  §  Ephe.  5.  a. 
 
 I  Gen.  IS.  b.     Rom.  4.  a.     laco.  2.  c.  f  Gen.  12.  a, 
 
 lawe,  because  that  by  the  dedes  of  the  lawe 
 no  flesh  shal  be  iustified. 
 
 Yf  we  then  which  seke  to  be  made  righteous 
 by  christ,  shulde  be  yet  founde  synners  oure 
 selues,  is  not  Christ  then  the  mjmister  of 
 synne?  God  forbyd.  For  yf  I  buylde  agayne 
 y  which  I  haue  destroyed,  then  make  I  my 
 selfe  a  trespacer.  But  I  thorow  the  lawe  am 
 deed  vnto  the  lawe,  that  I  might  lyue  vnto 
 God.  I  am  crucified  with  Christ,  yet  do  I 
 lyue :  neuerthelesse  now  not  I,  but  Christ 
 lyueth  in  me.  For  ;y^  life  which  I  now  lyue 
 in  y  fleszhe,  I  lyue  in  the  faith  of  f  sonne  of 
 God  §  which  loued  me,  and  gaue  himselfe  for 
 
 .  I  cast  not  awaye  the  grace  of  God.  For 
 yf  righteousnes  come  by  the  lawe,  then  dyed 
 Christ  in  vayne. 
 
 Cljt  iij.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 OYE  folishe  Galathias,  who  hath  be- 
 witched you,  that  ye  shulde  not  beleue 
 the  trueth?  To  who  lesus  Christ  was  de- 
 scrybed  before  the  eyes  and  amonge  you 
 crucified.  This  onely  wolde  I  lerne  of  you  : 
 Receaued  ye  the  sprete  by  the  dedes  of  the 
 lawe,  or  by  the  preachinge  of  the  faith  ?  Are 
 ye  so  vnwyse  ?  Ye  beganne  in  the  sprete, 
 wolde  ye  ende  now  the  in  the  flesh  ?  Haue 
 ye  suffred  so  moch  in  vayne  ?  Yf  it  be  els  in 
 vayne.  He  that  geueth  you  the  sprete,  and 
 doth  soch  greate  actes  amoge  you,  doth  he  it 
 thorow  the  dedes  of  the  lawe,  or  by  y  preach- 
 inge of  the  faith  ?  II  Euen  as  Abraha  beleued 
 God,  and  it  was  counted  vnto  him  for  right- 
 eousnes. Thus  ye  knowe,  that  they  which 
 are  of  faith,  are  Abrahams  children. 
 
 The  scripture  sawe  afore  hade,  that  God 
 iustifieth  the  Heythen  thorow  faith.  Ther- 
 fore  shewed  it  glad  tydinges  afore  vnto 
 Abraham,  and  sayde :  U  In  the  shal  all  the 
 He)'then  be  blessed.  So  then  they  which  be 
 of  faith,  are  blessed  with  faithfuU  Abraham. 
 For  as  many  as  go  aboute  with  the  workes  of 
 the  lawe,  are  %iider  y  curse  :  For  it  is  wrytte  : 
 **  Cursed  be  euery  man,  which  cdtynueth  not 
 in  all  thinges  that  are  wrytte  in  the  boke  of 
 the  lawe,  to  do  them.  That  no  man  is 
 iustified  by  the  lawe  in  the  sighte  of  God,  it 
 is  euydet :  tt  For  y  iust  shal  l}aie  by  his  faith. 
 The  lawe  is  not  of  faith,  ttbut  the  ma  that 
 
 and  22.  c.        ••Deut.27.c.        tt  Abac.  2.  a.  Rom.  1.  b. 
 U  Leuit.  18.  a. 
 
Cfeap.  uij. 
 
 €i)t  €^i^tlt  to  ti)t  (^alat!)iansi. 
 
 So*  (Tfiij, 
 
 doth  y  same,  shal  lyue  therin.  But  Christ 
 hath  delyuered  vs  from  f  curse  of  the  lawe, 
 whan  he  became  a  curse  for  vs.  (For  it  is 
 wrytte :  *  Cursed  is  euery  man  that  hangeth 
 on  tre)  y  the  blessynge  of  Abraham  mighte 
 come  on  the  Gentyles  in  Christ  lesu,  and  y 
 we  might  so  receaue  f  promysed  sprete, 
 thorow  faith. 
 
 Brethren,  I  wil  speake  after  the  maner  of 
 men.  Though  it  be  but  a  mas  Testamet, 
 yet  no  man  despyseth  it,  or  addeth  eny  thinge 
 therto,  twhan  it  is  confirmed.  To  Abraham 
 and  his  sede  were  the  promyses  made.  He 
 sayeth  not :  In  the  sedes,  as  in  many,  but  in 
 thy  sede,  as  in  one,  which  is  Christ.  This 
 Testament  (I  saye)  which  afore  was  confirmed 
 to  Christ  warde,  is  not  disanuUed  (that  the 
 promes  shulde  be  made  of  none  affecte)  by 
 the  lawet  which  was  geuen  beyonde  foure 
 hundreth  (j  thirtie  yeares  therafter.  §For  yf 
 the  enheritaunce  be  gotten  by  the  lawe,  then 
 is  it  not  geuen  by  promes.  But  God  gaue  it 
 frely  vnto  Abraham  by  promes. 
 
 Wherfore  the  serueth  the  lawe  ?  II  It 
 was  added  because  of  transgression,  tyll  the 
 sede  came,  to  the  which  the  promes  was 
 made.  IT  And  it  was  geuen  of  angels,  by  the 
 hande  of  the  **mediatoure.  A  mediatour  is 
 not  a  mediatour  of  one  onely,  but  God  is  one. 
 
 Is  the  lawe  then  agaynst  the  promyses 
 of  God?  God  forbyd.  Howbeit  yf  there 
 had  bene  geuen  a  lawe  which  coulde  haue 
 geue  life,  the  no  doute  righteousnes  shulde 
 come  of  the  lawe.  tt  But  y  scripture  hath 
 shut  vp  all  vnder  synne,  that  y  promes  shulde 
 come  by  the  faith  on  lesus  Christ,  geue  vnto 
 the  that  beleue.  Before  faith  came,  we  were 
 kepte  and  shut  vp  vnder  the  lawe,  vnto  the 
 faith  which  shulde  afterwarde  be  declared. 
 Thus  f  lawe  was  oure  scolemaster  vnto  Christ, 
 that  we  might  be  made  righteous  by  faith. 
 But  now  that  faith  is  come,  we  are  nomore 
 vnder  the  scolemaster.  It  For  ye  all  are  the 
 children  of  God  by  the  faith  in  Christ  lesu. 
 H  For  as  many  of  you  as  are  baptysed,  haue 
 put  on  Christ.  Here  is  nether  lewe  ner  Greke : 
 here  is  nether  bode  ner  fre :  here  is  nether 
 man  ner  woman,  for  ye  are  all  II II  one  in  Christ 
 lesu.  Yf  ye  be  Christes,  the  are  ye  Abrahas 
 sede  and  heyres  acordynge  to  the  promes. 
 
 •  Deut.  21.  d. 
 ;  Act.  7.  a. 
 '•  Deut.  5.  a. 
 
 t  Heb.  9.  c. 
 
 Rom.  4.  c.  r.  b.  8. 
 
 tt  Rom.  3.  b. 
 
 {  luditb.  5.  b. 
 T  Act.  7.  6. 
 ♦t  luh.  1.  a. 
 
 Eift  Hi).  €i)apUr. 
 
 BUT  I  saye :  As  longe  as  the  heyre  is  a 
 childe,  there  is  no  difference  betwene 
 him  and  a  seruaunt,  though  he  be  lorde  of 
 all  y-  goodes:  but  he  is  vnder  tuters  and 
 gouerners,  vntyll  the  tyme  appoynted  of  the 
 father.  Euen  so  we  also,  wha  we  were  chil- 
 dren, were  in  bondage  vnder  the  outwarde 
 tradicions.  But  whan  the  tyme  was  fulfyUed, 
 God  sent  his  sonne,  borne  of  a  woma.  If  ^  and 
 put  vnder  the  lawe,  to  redeme  them  which 
 were  vnder  the  lawe,  that  we  mighte  receaue 
 y  childshippe.  ***  For  so  moch  the  as  ye  are 
 children,  God  hath  sent  the  sprete  of  his 
 Sonne  in  to  oure  hertes,  which  cryeth :  Abba, 
 deare  father.  Wherfore  now,  thou  art  not  a 
 seruaunt,  but  a  sonne.  Yf  thou  be  a  sonne, 
 then  art  thou  the  heyre  of  God  thorow  Christ. 
 Notwithstondinge  whan  ye  knewe  not  God, 
 ye  dyd  seruyce  vnto  them,  which  by  nature 
 are  no  Goddes.  But  now  seynge  ye  knowe 
 God  (yee  rather  are  knowne  off  God)  how  is 
 it  ttt  that  ye  turne  you  backe  agayne  vnto  the 
 weake  and  beggerly  tradicions,  wher  vnto  ye 
 desyre  agayne  a  fresh  to  be  in  bondage  ? 
 
 Ye  obserue  dayes  and  monethes,  and  tymes 
 and  yeares.  I  am  in  feare  of  you,  lest  I  haue 
 bestowed  laboure  on  you  in  vayne.  Brethre 
 I  beseke  you,  be  ye  as  I  am,  for  I  am  as  ye 
 are.  Ye  haue  not  hurte  me  at  all.  For  ye 
 knowe  how  that  in  weaknes  after  f  flesh  I 
 preached  y  Gospell  vnto  you  at  the  first: 
 and  my  tentacion  which  I  suffired  after  the 
 flesh,  ye  despysed  not,  nether  abhorred,  but 
 receaued  me  as  an  angell  of  God,  yee  euen 
 as  Christ  lesus.  How  happy  were  ye  then  ? 
 For  I  beare  you  recorde,  that  yf  it  had  bene 
 possible,  ye  had  plucked  out  youre  awne  eyes, 
 and  geue  them  \Tito  me.  Am  I  therfore 
 become  youre  enemy,  because  I  teU  you  f 
 trueth  ? 
 
 They  are  gelous  ouer  you  amysse.  Yee 
 they  wolde  make  you  to  fall  backe,  that  ye 
 might  be  feruet  to  the  warde.  It  is  good  to 
 be  feruent,  so  y  it  be  allwaye  in  a  good 
 tliinge,  and  not  onely  whan  I  am  present  with 
 you.  My  Utle  children  (of  whom  I  trauayle 
 in  byrth  agayne,  vntyll  Christ  be  fashioned 
 in  you)  I  wolde  I  were  with  you  now,  and 
 
 a 
 
 §i  Rom.  6.  a.  and  13.  b. 
 i;  K  Mat.  3.  b.  •' 
 
 Col.  2.  b. 
 •  Rom.  8.  b. 
 
 nil  loh.  17.  c. 
 nt  CoL  2.  c. 
 
jTo.  rvriuj. 
 
 Cl)r  (PpiStlr  to  tl)r  (5alatl)iane;. 
 
 CJ)ap.  b. 
 
 coulde  chauge  my  voyce,  for  I  stode  I  doute 
 of  you. 
 
 Tell  me  ye  that  wylbe  vnder  the  lawe, 
 haue  ye  not  horde  the  lawe?  For  it  is  wrytten, 
 that  Abraham  had  two  sonnes  *  the  one  by 
 a  bonde  niavde,  ♦  the  other  by  a  fre  woman. 
 As  for  him  'that  was  of  the  bode  mayde,  he 
 was  borne  after  f  flesh :  but  he  which  was  of 
 the  fre  woman,  was  borne  by  promes.  These 
 wordes  betoken  somwhat.  For  these  weraen 
 are  the  two  Testamentes :  The  one  from  the 
 mount  Sina,  that  gendreth  vnto  bondage, 
 which  is  Agar.  For  Agar  is  caOed  in  Arabia 
 f  mount  Sina,  and  reacheth  vnto  Jerusalem 
 which  now  is,  and  is  in  bondage  with  hir 
 children. 
 
 {  But  lerusalem  that  is  aboue,  is  the  fre 
 woman,  which  is  the  mother  of  vs  all.  For 
 it  is  wrytte:  ^  Reioyse  thou  baren,  that 
 bearest  no  childre:  breake  forth  and  crye 
 thou  y  trauaylest  not,  for  the  desolate  hath 
 many  mo  childre,  then  she  which  hath  an 
 huszbande.  As  for  vs  (brethren)  we  are  the 
 children  of  Isaac  acordinge  to  the  promes. 
 
 I  But  like  as  at  that  tyme,  he  that  was 
 borne  after  the  flesh,  persecuted  him  y  was 
 borne  after  the  sprete,  euen  so  is  it  now  also. 
 But  what  sayeth  the  scripture  ?  "  Put  awaye 
 the  bonde  mayden  and  hir  sonne :  for  the 
 Sonne  of  f  bondmayde  shal  not  be  heyre  with 
 f  sonne  of  the  fre  woman.  So  now  brethren, 
 we  are  not  children  of  the  bonde  mayde,  but 
 of  the  fre  woman. 
 
 €i)t  b.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 STONDE  fast  therfore  in  the  libertye 
 wherwith  Christ  hath  made  vs  fre,  and 
 be  not  wrapped  agayne  in  the  yocke  off' 
 bondcige.  Beholde,  I  Paul  saye  vnto  you : 
 Yf  ye  be  circumcysed,  Christ  profiteth  you 
 nothinge  at  all.  I  testifye  agayne  vnto  euery 
 man  which  is  circumcysed,  that  he  is  bounde 
 to  kepe  the  whole  lawe.  Ye  are  gone  quyte 
 from  Christ,  as  many  off  you  as  wylbe  made 
 righteous  by  the  lawe,  and  are  fallen  from 
 grace.  But  we  wayte  in  the  sprete  off  hope, 
 to  be  made  righteous  by  faith.  IT  For  in 
 Christ  lesu  nether  is  circumcision  eny  thinge 
 worth  ner  vncircumcision,  but  faith  which  ** 
 by  loue  is  mightie  in  operacion.     Ye  ranne 
 
 •  Gen.  16.  d.  t  Gen.  21.  a.  }  Apoc.  21.  a. 
 
 §  Esa.  54.  a.  ||  Gen.  27.  g.  "  Gen.  21.  b. 
 
 TGal.  6.  b.       "1  Co.  13.  a.       tt  1  Cor.  .5.  a.       J  J  Leu  it. 
 
 well,  who  was  a  let  vnto  you,  that  ye  shulde 
 not  obeye  the  trueth  ?  Soch  councell  is  not 
 of  him  that  hath  called  you.tt  A  litle  leuen 
 sowreth  the  whole  lompe  of  dowe. 
 
 I  haue  trust  towarde  you  in  f  LORDE, 
 that  ye  wylbe  none  otherwyse  m)Tided.  But 
 he  that  troubleth  you,  shal  beare  his  iudg- 
 ment,  what  so  euer  he  be.  Brethren  yf  I 
 yet  preach  circumcision,  why  do  I  suffre  per- 
 secucion?  then  had  the  slaunder  off  the  crosse 
 ceassed.  Wolde  God  they  were  roted  out  fro 
 amoge  you,  which  trouble  you.  But  brethre, 
 ye  are  called  vnto  liberty,  onely  let  not  youre 
 libertie  be  an  occasion  vnto  the  flesh,  but  by 
 loue  serue  one  another.  For  all  the  lawe  is 
 fulfylled  in  one  worde,  namely  in  this :  ii  loue 
 thy  neghboure  as  thy  selfe.  But  yf  ye  byte 
 and  deuoure  one  another,  take  hede,  that  ye 
 be  not  consumed  one  of  another. 
 
 I  saye :  Walke  in  the  sprete,  and  so  shal  ye 
 not  fulfill  the  i§  lustes  off  the  fleszhe.  For 
 the  flesh  lusteth  agaynst  the  sprete,  and  the 
 sprete  agaynst  the  flesh.  These  are  contrary 
 one  to  the  other,  so  that  ye  can  not  do  that 
 which  ye  wolde :  But  and  yf  ye  be  led  of  the 
 sprete,  then  are  ye  not  vnder  the  lawe.  II II  The 
 dedes  of  y  flesh  are  manifest,  which  are  these : 
 Aduoutrye,  whordome,  vnclenes,  wantanes, 
 Idolatrye,  witchcraft,  hatred,  variaunce,  zele, 
 wrath,  stryfe,  sedicion,  sectes,  envyenge, 
 murthur,  dronkennes,  glotony,  and  soch  like : 
 of  the  which  I  tell  you  before,  as  I  haue 
 tolde  you  in  tyme  past,  Ht  that  they  which 
 commytte  soch,  shal  not  inheret  the  kyngdome 
 of  God.***  But  the  frute  of  the  sprete,  is 
 loue,  ioye,  peace,  longe  sufferinge,  getlenes, 
 goodnesse,  faithfulnes,  mekenesse,  teper- 
 aunce,  ttt  Agaynst  soch  is  not  f  lawe:}}*  But 
 they  that  are  Christes,  haue  crucified  their 
 flesh,  with  the  lustes  and  desyres. 
 
 Wi)t  bt.  Cijapttr. 
 
 YF  we  lyue  in  the  sprete,  let  vs  walke 
 also  in  the  sprete.  Let  vs  not  be  vayne 
 glorious,  prouokinge  one  another,  and  envy- 
 enge another.  Brethren,  Yf  eny  ma  be 
 ouertaken  of  a  faute,  ye  which  are  spiritual], 
 enfourme  him  with  a  meke  sprete :  and  con- 
 sidre  thine  owne  selfe,  that  thou  also  be  not 
 tempted.     M  Beare  ye  one  anothers  burthe, 
 
 19.  e.     Ro.  13.  b.  i§  1  Pet.  2.  b.  ||{|  1  Tim.  5.  c. 
 
 HIT  1  Cor.  6.  b.  •••Epbe.  5.  b.  ttt  1  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
 »t  Ro.  13.  b.    1  Pet.  2.  b.  j^^  Job.  13.  b. 
 
Cftap*  bu 
 
 Cfte  OJpisftle  to  ti)t  (galatt)ian0. 
 
 jTo.  iTtb, 
 
 and  so  shal  ye  fulfyll  the  lawe  of  Christ. 
 But  yf  eny  man  thinke  himselfe  to  be  som- 
 what  (whan  in  dede  he  is  nothinge)  the  same 
 disceaueth  himselfe.  Let  euery  man  proue 
 his  owne  worke,  and  the  shal  he  haue  re- 
 ioysinge  in  his  awne  selfe,  and  not  in  another. 
 For  *  euery  one  shal  beare  his  owne  burthen. 
 t  But  let  him  that  is  taughte  with  the 
 worde,  mynister  in  all  good  thinges,  vnto  him 
 that  teacheth  him.  Be  not  disceaued,  God 
 wil  not  be  mocked,  f  For  what  soeuer  a  man 
 soweth,  that  shal  he  reape.  He  that  soweth 
 vpon  the  flesh,  shal  of  the  flesh  reape  de- 
 struccion :  But  he  that  soweth  vpon  f  sprete, 
 shal  of  the  sprete  reape  Ufe  euerlastinge. 
 §  Let  vs  not  be  weery  of  well  doynge :  for 
 wha  the  tyme  is  come,  we  shal  reape  without 
 ceassinge.  Whyle  we  haue  tyme  therfore, 
 let  vs  do  good  vnto  all  men  II  but  specially 
 vnto  the  which  are  of  f  housholde  of  faith. 
 
 Beholde,  with  how  many  wordes  I  haue 
 wrytten  vnto  you  with  myne  awne  hande. 
 
 ■Ro.  14.  b. 
 16  d. 
 
 t  Rom.  15.  d.     1  Cor.  9.  b. 
 j  2  Teas.  3.  b.        ||  1  'I'im. : 
 
 t  Luc. 
 
 They  that  wil  please  in  the  flesh,  constrayne 
 you  to  be  circumcysed,  onely  lest  they  shulde 
 be  persecuted  with  the  crosse  of  Christ.  For 
 eue  they  them  selues  which  are  circumcysed, 
 kepe  not  the  lawe,  but  wolde  haue  you  cir- 
 cucysed,  that  they  mighte  reioyse  in  youre 
 flesh.  But  God  forbyd  that  I  shulde  reioyse, 
 saue  onely  in  the  crosse  of  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  wherby  the  worlde  is  crucified 
 vnto  me,  and  I  vnto  the  worlde.  If  For  in 
 Christ  lesu  nether  circiicision  avayleth  eny 
 thinge,  ner  vncircumcision,  but  a  new  crea- 
 ture. **  And  as  many  as  walke  acordynge  to 
 this  rule,  peace  and  mercy  be  vpon  the,  and 
 vpon  Israel  of  God.  From  hence  forth  let 
 no  man  put  me  to  busynesse,  tt  for  I  beare  in 
 my  body  the  markes  of  the  LORDE  lesu. 
 Brethren,  the  grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesu 
 Christ  be  with  youre  sprete  Amen. 
 
 Vnto  the  Galathians,  sent  from  Rome. 
 
 \  Gal.  5.  a. 
 
 .  124.  a.         tt  2  Cor.  4.  b. 
 
of  tftc  ^po0tle  S»-  Paul  to  tbt  i&pfimm^. 
 
 C6e  siumme  of  tW  €^i&tk. 
 
 Cifap.  I. 
 
 The  euerlastinge  ordinaunce  and  eleccion  of  God 
 in  sauynge  all  men  thorow  Christ  lesus  his 
 Sonne.  We  are  ordened  vnto  good  workes. 
 The  dominion  of  Christ. 
 
 C{)ap.  II. 
 Paul  sheweth  them  what  maner  of  people  they 
 were  before  their  conuersion,  and  what  they 
 are  now  in  Christ. 
 
 C{)ap.  III. 
 
 He  sheweth  the  cause  of  his  presonment,  desyreth 
 them  not  to  faynte  because  of  his  trouble,  and 
 prayeth  God  to  make  the  stedfastin  his  sprete. 
 
 Ci^ap.  IIII. 
 
 He  exhorteth  them  vnto  mekenes,  longe  sufiferinge, 
 vnto  loue  and  peace,  euery  one  to  serue  and 
 edifie  another  with  the  gifte  that  God  hath 
 geue  him,  to  bewarre  of  straunge  doctrine,  to 
 
 laye   asyde  the  olde  conuersacion   of   gredy 
 lustes,  and  to  walke  in  a  new  life. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V 
 
 He  exhorteth  them  vnto  loue,  warneth  them  to 
 bewarre  of  vnclennes,  cuvetousnesse,  foolish 
 talkynge  and  false  doctryne  :  to  be  circum- 
 specte,  to  avoyde  dronkennesse,  to  reioyse  and 
 to  be  thankfull  towarde  God,  to  submytt  the 
 selues  one  to  another.  He  teacheth  how  wemen 
 shulde  obeye  their  huszbodes,  and  how  lou- 
 yngly  men  ought  to  intreate  their  wyues. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 
 How  children  shulde  behaue  them  selues  towarde 
 their  fathers  and  mothers  :  Likewyse  fathers 
 towarde  their  children  :  Seruauntes  towarde 
 their  masters  :  Agayne,  masters  towarde  their 
 seruaiites.  An  exhortacion  to  the  spirituall 
 battayll,  and  what  weapens  christen  men 
 shulde  fight  withall. 
 
 lE^t  ISptstle 
 
 ot  tbt  ^))O0tU  ^*  Haul  to  tbt  ^pimam. 
 
 ULift  firtit  CtfOfttt. 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  of  lesus  Christ  by  the 
 will  of  God.  To  f  sayntes  which  are  at 
 Ephesus,  5  to  the  that  beleue  on  lesus  Christ. 
 *  Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God 
 oure  father,  g  fro  the  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 Blessed  be  God  the  father  of  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  which  hath  blessed  vs  with  all 
 maner  of  spirituall  blessynge  in  heauenly 
 thynges  by  Christ  tacordinge  as  he  had  chosen 
 
 •  2  Cor.  1.  a.     Gal.  1.  a. 
 
 t  loh.  15.  b.     2  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
 VS  by  him,  or  euer  the  foundacion  of  the 
 worlde  was  layed,  that  we  shulde  be  holy  and 
 without  blame  before  him  in  loue,  5  ordeyned 
 vs  before,  to  receaue  vs  as  children  thorow 
 lesus  Christ,  acordinge  to  the  pleasure  of  his 
 will,  vnto  the  prayse  of  the  glory  of  his  grace, 
 wherby  he  hath  made  vs  accepted  in  thet 
 Beloued,  in  whom  we  haue  redempcion  thorow 
 his  bloude  (namely)  the  forgeuenes  of  synnes, 
 acordynge  to  y  riches  of  his  grace,  which  he 
 hath  shed  vpon  vs  abundauntly  in  all  wysz- 
 
 }  Mat.  3.  b.  and  17.  a. 
 
Cftap.  iU 
 
 Win  OPpisitle  to  tf)t  epftfSt'ans. 
 
 So,  mhij. 
 
 dome  and  prudece :  and  hath  opened  vnto 
 vs  the  mystery  of  his  wil  acordinge  to  his  plea- 
 sure, which  he  had  purposed  in  himselfe,  y  it 
 shulde  be  preached  *wha  the  tyme  was  full 
 come,  that  all  thinges  shulde  be  gathered 
 together  by  Christ,  both  the  thinges  which  are 
 in  heauen,  and  also  the  thinges  that  are  vpon 
 earth,  euen  by  him,  by  whom  also  we  are 
 come  to  the  inheritaunce  t  we  that  were  therto 
 predestinate  before,  acordinge  to  y  purpose  of 
 him,  which  worketh  all  thinges  after  f  councell 
 of  his  owne  wyll,  that  we  mighte  be  to  the 
 prayse  of  his  glory,  euen  we  that  before 
 beleued  on  Christ,  on  who  also  ye  beleued, 
 after  that  ye  herde  the  worde  of  trueth,  namely 
 y  Gospell  of  youre  saluacion :  wherin  whan 
 ye  beleued,  ye  were  t  sealed  with  the  holy 
 sprete  of  promes,  which  is  the  ernest  of  oure 
 inheritaunce  to  oure  redempcion,  that  we 
 mighte  be  his  owne  to  the  prayse  off  his  glory. 
 Wherfore  I  also,  (in  so  moch  as  I  haue 
 herde  of  the  faith  which  ye  haue  in  f  LORDE 
 lesu,  and  of  youre  loue  vnto  all  y^  sayntes) 
 ceasse  not  to  geue  thankes  for  you,  and  make 
 mencion  of  you  in  my  prayers,  that  y  God  of 
 oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  the  father  of 
 glory  maye  geue  vnto  you  the  sprete  of  wysz- 
 dome,  and  open  vnto  you  the  knowlege  of 
 himselfe,  and  lighten  the  eyes  of  youre  vnder- 
 stondinge,  that  ye  maye  knowe  what  is  the 
 hope  of  youre  callynge,  and  what  the  riches 
 of  his  glorious  enheritaunce  is  vpon  the 
 sayntes,  5  what  is  the  exceadinge  greatnesse 
 of  his  power  towarde  vs,  which  beleue  acord- 
 inge to  y  workynge  of  his  mightie  pow 
 which  he  wroughte  in  Christ,  whan  he  raysed 
 him  vp  fro  the  deed,§  and  set  him  on  hi 
 righte  hade  I  heauely  thinges,  aboue  all  rule, 
 power,  and  mighte,  and  dominacio,  and  aboue 
 all  that  maye  be  named,  not  onely  in  this 
 worlde,  but  also  in  y  worlde  to  come.  II  And 
 hath  put  all  thinges  vnder  his  fete,  and  hath 
 made  him  aboue  all  thinges  If  the  heade  of 
 the  cogregacion,  which  is  his  body,  and  the 
 fulnesse  of  him  that  fylleth  all  in  all. 
 
 ®t«  •')•  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  quyckened  you  also,  whan  ye  were 
 deed  thorow  trespaces  and  synnes,  in 
 the  which  in  tyme  past  ye  walked,  acordinge 
 
 •  Gal.  4.  a.  t  Rom.  8.(1.  }  2  Cor.  1.  c.  and  5.  a. 
 
 ^  Paal.  109.  a.         ||  Psal.  8.  b.  f  Ephe.  4.  b.  and  3.  c. 
 
 Col.  1.  c.        •*  Col.  3.  a.  tt  Esa.  25.  b.    Act.  15.  b. 
 
 to  the  course  off  this  worlde,  and  after  the 
 prynce  that  ruleth  in  the  ayre  namely,  after  f 
 sprete,  which  now  worketh  in  the  children  of 
 vnbeleue,**  amonge  whom  we  also  had  oure 
 conuersacion  in  tyme  past  in  the  lustes  of  oure 
 flesh,  and  dyd  the  wyll  of  the  flesh  and  of  the 
 mynde,  and  were  naturally  the  children  of 
 wrath,  euen  as  well  as  other. 
 
 But  God  which  is  riche  in  mercy  thorow 
 his  greate  loue  wherwith  he  loued  vs  eue  wha 
 we  were  deed  in  synnes,  hath  quyckened  vs  in 
 Christ  (ttfor  by  grace  are  ye  saued)  and  hath 
 raysed  vs  vp  with  him,  and  set  vs  with  him  in 
 heauely  thinges  thorow  Christ  lesus,  y  in 
 tynnes  to  come  he  mighte  shewe  the  exceadinge 
 riches  of  his  grace,  in  kyndnesse  to  vs  warde 
 in  Christ  lesu.  For  by  grace  are  ye  saued 
 thorow  faith,  and  that  not  of  youre  selues. 
 For  it  is  y  gifte  of  God,  not  of  workes,  lest 
 eny  ma  shulde  boast  him  selfe.  For  we  are 
 his  workmanshippe,  created  in  Christ  lesu  tt 
 vnto  good  workes,  to  y  which  God  ordeyned 
 vs  before,  that  we  shulde  walke  in  them. 
 
 Wherfore  remebre,  that  ye  (which  afore 
 tyme  were  Gentyles  after  the  flesh,  and  were 
 called  vncircumcision,  of  the  that  are  called 
 §§  circumcision  after  the  flesh,  which  circum- 
 cision is  made  with  the  hande)  that  ye  at  the 
 same  tyme  were  without  Christ,  and  reputed 
 aleauntes  from  the  comen  welth  of  Israel,  and 
 were  straungers  from  the  Testamentes  of 
 promes,  therfore  had  ye  no  hope,  and  were 
 without  God  in  this  worlde.  But  now  ye  that 
 be  in  Christ  lesu,  and  afore  tyme  were  farre 
 of,  are  now  made  nye  by  the  bloude  of 
 Christ. 
 
 For  he  is  oure  II II  peace,  which  of  both  hath 
 made  one,  and  hath  broken  downe  the  wall, 
 that  was  a  stoppe  betwene  vs,  and  hath  also 
 thorow  his  flesh  put  awaye  the  cause  off  hatred 
 (namely  the  lawe  of  the  commaundemetes 
 contayned  in  the  lawe  wrytten)  that  of  twayne 
 he  mighte  create  one  new  man  in  him  selfe, 
 and  make  peace,  and  to  reconcyle  both  vnto 
 God  in  one  body  thorow  the  crosse,  and  so  he 
 slewe  y^  hatred  thorow  his  owne  selfe,  and 
 came  1ft  and  preached  peace  in  the  Gospell, 
 vnto  you  which  were  afarre  of,  and  to  the  that 
 were  nye.  For  thorow  him  we  both  haue 
 intraunce  in  one  sprete  vnto  the  father. 
 
 Jt  Tit.  2.  b.         ^  Phil.  3.  a.     Col.  2.  b. 
 Col.  l.b.         IFt  Esa.  57.  c. 
 
 )3 
 
fo,  q-rbiij. 
 
 Cbf  (Bpi^tk  to  t\)t  CpftfEiiansJ. 
 
 C&ap.  lij. 
 
 Now  thcrfore  ye  are  nomore  gestes  and 
 strauiigcrs,  but  citesins  with  the  sayntes,  u  of 
 the  hoiisholde  of  God,  buylded  vpon  *  f 
 foundacion  of  y  Apostles  and  prophetes  t 
 where  lesus  Christ  is  y  heade  corner  stone 
 in  whom  euery  buyldinge  coupled  together, 
 groweth  to  an  holy  temple  in  the  LOIIDE, 
 in  whom  ye  also  are  buylded  together,  to  be 
 an  habitacion  of  God  in  the  sprete. 
 
 Cf)t  iij.  €i)nptn: 
 
 FOR  this  cause  I  Paul  am  t  a  presoner  of 
 lesus  Christ  for  you  Heythen,  acordinge 
 as  ye  haue  herde  of  y  office  of  the  grace  of 
 God  which  is  geuen  me  to  you  warde.  For 
 by  §  reuelacion  was  this  mystery  shewed  vnto 
 me,  as  I  wrote  aboue  in  fewe  wordes:  wherby 
 whan  ye  rede  it,  ye  maye  perceaue  myne 
 vnderstondynge  in  f  mystery  of  Christ,  which 
 (mystery)  in  tymes  past  was  not  opened  vnto 
 the  childre  of  me  as  it  is  now  declared  to  his 
 holy  Apostles  and  prophetes  by  the  sprete : 
 namely,  that  the  Heythen  shulde  be  inherit- 
 ours  also,  and  of  the  same  body,  and  par- 
 takers of  his  promes  in  Christ  by  the  Gospell, 
 wherof  I  am  made  a  mynister  acordynge  to 
 the  gifte  of  the  grace  of  God,  which  is  geue 
 me  acordinge  to  the  work)Tige  of  his  power. 
 
 Vnto  me  II  the  leest  of  all  sayntes  is  this 
 grace  geuen,  that  I  shulde  preach  amonge  the 
 Heythe  y  vnsearcheable  riches  of  Christ,  and  to 
 make  all  men  se,  what  is  the  fellishippe  of  the 
 t  mystery,  which  fro  the  begynnynge  of  the 
 worlde  hath  bene  hyd  in  God,  which  made  all 
 thiges  thorow  lesus  Christ :  to  the  intent  that 
 now  vnto  the  rulers  and  powers  in  heaue 
 mighte  be  knowne  by  the  congregacion  the 
 manifolde  wyszdome  off  God,  acordinge  to  y 
 eternall  purpose,  which  he  hath  shewed  in 
 Christ  lesu  oure  LORDE  by  whom  we  haue 
 boldnesse  and  intraunce  in  all  confidece  thorow 
 faith  on  him.  Wherfore  I  desyre  that  ye 
 faynte  not  because  of  my  tribuJacions,  y  I 
 **  suffre  for  you,  which  is  youre  prayse. 
 
 For  this  cause  I  bowe  my  knees  vnto  the 
 father  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  which 
 is  the  true  father,  ouer  all  that  is  called  father 
 ill  heauen  and  in  earth,  that  he  graunte  you 
 (acordinge  to  y  riches  of  his  glory)  to  be 
 strengthed   with   power  by    his    sprete   in  y 
 
 •iCor.  3.  b.  tlPet.  2.  a.  {Act.  21.  d. 
 
 ^Gal.  l.b.         piCor.  15.  a.         IT  Col.  2.  c.         •♦Col. 
 I.e.  ttRo.12.  a.     1  Cor.  12.  a.  n  Psal- 67.  c. 
 
 inwarde  ma,  that  Christ  maye  dwell  in  youre 
 hertes  by  faith,  that  ye  beynge  roted  and 
 grounded  in  loue,  maye  be  able  to  coprehende 
 with  all  sayntes,  what  is  the  bredth,  and  the 
 length,  and  the  deepth,  and  the  heyth  :  and 
 to  knowe  the  loue  of  Christ,  which  loue  yet 
 passeth  all  knowlege  :  that  ye  maye  be  fylled 
 with  all  maner  of  fulnesse  of  God. 
 
 Vnto  him  that  is  able  to  do  exceadinge 
 abundauntly,  aboue  all  that  we  axe  or  vnder- 
 stonde  (acordinge  to  y  power  that  worketh  in 
 vs)  be  prayse  in  the  congregacion,  which  is  in 
 Christ  lesu,  at  all  tymes  for  euer  and  euer, 
 Amen. 
 
 CIjc  iiij.  Cf)aptfr. 
 
 ITHERFORE  which  am  presoner  in  the 
 LORDE,  exhorte  you,  that  ye  walke 
 as  it  becometh  youre  callinge  wherin  ye  are 
 called,  with  all  humblenes  off  mynde  and 
 mekenes,  and  longe  sufFeringe,  forbearinge  one 
 another  in  loue,  and  be  diligent  to  kepe  the 
 vnite  of  the  sprete  thorow  the  bonde  of 
 peace.  One  body  and  one  sprete,  eue  as  ye 
 are  called  in  one  hope  of  youre  callynge, 
 One  LORDE,  one  faith,  one  baptyme,  one 
 God  and  father  of  vs  all,  which  is  aboue  all, 
 and  thorow  all,  and  in  you  all. 
 
 ttVnto  euery  one  of  vs  is  geuen  grace, 
 acordinge  to  the  measure  off  the  gifte  off 
 Christ.  Therfore  sayeth  he :  *♦  He  is  gone  vp 
 an  hye,  and  hath  led  awaye  captiuyte  captyue, 
 and  hath  geue  giftes  vnto  men.  That  he 
 wente  vp,  what  is  it,  but  that  he  first  came 
 downe  in  to  f  lowest  partes  of  y  earth?  ^^He 
 that  came  downe,  is  euen  the  same  which 
 is  gone  vp  aboue  all  heauens,  to  fulfill  all. 
 III!  And  y  same  hath  set  some  to  be  Apostles, 
 some  to  be  prophetes,  some  to  be  Euange- 
 listes,  some  to  be  shepherdes  5  teachers, 
 wherby  the  sayntes  mighte  be  coupled  toge- 
 ther thorow  comen  seruyce  to  the  edifienge 
 of  y  body  of  Christ,  tyll  we  all  come  vnto 
 one  maner  of  faith  and  knowlege  of  the  sonne 
 of  God,  and  become  a  perfecte  man  in  to  the 
 measure  of  the  perfecte  age  of  Christ  fit  that 
 we  be  nomore  children,  ***waueringe  d  caried 
 aboute  with  euery  -svynde  of  doctryne  thorow 
 the  wickednes  of  men  and  craftynes,  wherby 
 they  laye  awayte  for  vs  to  disceaue  vs. 
 
 §%  loh.  3.  b. 
 
 1[ir  1  Cor.  14. 
 
Cftajj*  b. 
 
 €i)t  aspi^tit  to  tl)t  (J!5pl)fsiian6. 
 
 So,  (Ttir. 
 
 But  let  vs  folowe  the  trueth  in  loue,  and  in 
 all  thinges  growe  in  him,  *  which  is  the 
 heade,  euen  Christ,  in  whom  all  the  body  is 
 coupled  together,  and  one  membre  hangeth  by 
 another  thorow  out  all  y  ioyntes.  t  Wherby 
 one  mynistreth  vnto  another  (acordinge  to 
 the  operacion  as  euery  membre  hath  his  mea- 
 sure) and  maketh,  that  f  body  groweth  to  the 
 edifienge  of  it  selfe  in  loue. 
 
 This  I  saye  therfore,  and  testifye  in  the 
 LORDE,  that  ye  walke  nomore  as  y  other 
 Heythen  walke  in  the  vanite  of  their  mynde, 
 blynded  in  their  vnderstondinge,  beynge 
 straungers  fro  the  life  which  is  in  God  thorow 
 the  ignoraunce  that  is  in  them,  because  of 
 the  blyndnes  of  their  hert :  which  beynge 
 past  repentaunce,  haue  geue  them  selues  ouer 
 vnto  wantonnes,  to  worke  all  maner  of  vn- 
 clennes  euen  with  gredynesse. 
 
 But  ye  haue  not  so  learned  Christ,  yf  so  be 
 that  ye  haue  herde  of  him,  s  are  taught  in 
 him,  euen  as  the  trueth  is  in  lesu.  So  then 
 as  concernynge  the  conuersacion  in  tyme  past 
 laye  from  you  that  olde  man  which  marreth 
 himselfe  thorow  disceauable  lustes :  but  be  ye 
 renued  in  the  sprete  of  youre  mynde,  and  put 
 on  that  new  man,  which  is  shapen  after  God, 
 in  true  righteousnes  and  holjmes.  ^  Wherfore 
 put  awaye  lyenge,  and  speake  euery  man  the 
 trueth  vnto  his  neghboure,  for  as  moch  as  we 
 are  membres  one  of  another.  ||  Be  angrie, 
 but  synne  not.  Let  not  y  Sonne  go  downe 
 vpo  youre  wrath :  nether  geue  place  to  the 
 bacbyter.  He  that  hath  stoUen,  let  him 
 steale  nomore :  H  but  let  him  laboure 
 rather,  and  do  some  good  with  his  hondes, 
 that  he  maye  haue  to  geue  vnto  him  that 
 nedeth. 
 
 Let  no  filthy  communicacion  proceade  out 
 of  youre  mouth,  "but  that  which  is  good  to 
 edifye  withall,  wha  nede  is,  that  it  be  gracious 
 to  heare.  And  greue  not  the  holy  sprete  of 
 God,  wherwith  ye  are  **  sealed  vnto  f  daye 
 of  redempcion.  Let  all  bytternes,  and  fears- 
 nes,  and  wrath,  and  roaringe,  5  cursed  speak- 
 ynge  be  farre  fro  you  with  all  maliciousnes. 
 But  be  ye  curteous  one  to  another,  mercifuU, 
 tt  and  forgeue  one  another,  eue  as  God  hath 
 forgeuen  you  in  Christ. 
 
 •  Ephe.  1.  c.  and  5.  c.  t  Ro.  12.  a.     1  Cor.  12.  b 
 
 t  Rom.  6.  a.     Col.  3.  a.  §  Zach.  8.  c.     1  Pet.  2.  a 
 
 II  Psal.  4.  a.  f  2  Tess.  3.  a.  •■  Mat.  12.  d.  Ephe.  5.  a 
 ••2  Cor.  I.e.  +tMat.  6.  b.  J^  Mat.  5.  e.  lob.  13.  b 
 §§  Gal.  1.  a.  Ill]  Eccli.  23.  c.  Iff  1  Cor.  6.  b, 
 
 Wi)c  b.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 BE  ye  the  tt  folowers  therfore  of  God  as 
 deare  children,  and  walke  in  loue,  euen 
 as  Christ  loued  vs,  and  §§  gaue  him  selfe  for 
 vs  an  ofFerynge  and  sacrifice  of  a  swete  sauoure 
 vnto  God.  As  for  whordome  and  all  vnclen- 
 nes,  or  couetousnes,  let  it  not  be  named 
 amoge  you,  as  it  becommeth  sayntes:  llll  ne- 
 ther fylthines,  ner  folish  talkynge,  ner  ieast- 
 ynge  (which  are  not  comly)  but  rather  geuynge 
 of  thakes.  HIF  For  be  sure,  that  no  whore 
 monger,  or  vncleane  person,  or  couetous  per- 
 son (which  is  a  worshipper  off  ymages)  hath 
 inheritaunce  in  the  kyngdome  of  Christ  and 
 of  God.  ***  (Let  no  man  disceaue  you  with 
 vayne  wordes)  for  because  of  these  commeth 
 the  wrath  of  God  vpon  the  children  of  vn- 
 beleue.  Be  not  ye  therfore  companions  with 
 them.  For  sometyme  ye  were  darknesse, 
 ttt  but  now  are  ye  hghte  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 Walke  as  the  children  of  hghte.  ttt  (For  the 
 frute  of  the  sprete  is  all  maner  of  goodnes, 
 and  righteousnes  and  trueth:)  and  proue 
 what  is  pleasinge  vnto  the  LORDE,  and 
 haue  no  fellishippe  with  y'  vnfrutefull  workes 
 of  darknes,  but  rather  rebuke  the.  For  it  is 
 shame  euen  to  name  those  thinges,  which  are 
 done  of  them  in  secrete.  But  all  thinges  are 
 manifest,  whan  they  are  rebuked  of  the  lighte. 
 For  what  so  euer  is  manifest,  that  same  is 
 lighte.  Therfore  sayeth  he  :  §§^  Awake  thou 
 that  slepest,  and  stonde  vp  fro  the  deed,  and 
 Christ  shal  geue  the  lighte. 
 
 mill  Take  hede  therfore  how  ye  walke  cir- 
 cumspectly, not  as  the  vnwyse,  but  as  f  wyse, 
 and  redeme  the  tyme,  for  it  is  amiserable  tyme. 
 Wherfore  be  not  ye  vnwyse,  but  vnderstonde 
 what  the  wil  of  the  LORDE  is,  IftlT  and  be  not 
 dronken  with  wyne,  wherin  is  escesse  :  but  be 
 full  of  the  sprete,  ****and  talke  amoge  youre 
 selues  of  Psalmes  and  ymnes,  and  spirituall 
 songes,  synginge  and  makynge  melody  vnto 
 the  LORDE  in  youre  hertes  tttt  geuynge 
 thankes  alwayes  for  all  thinges  vnto  God  the 
 father,  in  the  name  of  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  submyttinge  youreselues  one  to  another 
 in  the  feare  of  God. 
 
 '  Let  the  wemen  submytte  them  selues  vnto 
 
 Col.  3.  a.  •••  Col.  2.  a.  ttt  1  Tess.  5.  a. 
 
 ttt  Gal.  5.  c.        ^^§Esa.  60.a.     Rom.  13.  b.        ||||||  Col. 
 
 4.  a.      mt  Eccll.  31.  c.       »•*•  Col.  3.  b.       tttt  1  Tess. 
 
 5.  c.        »  Col.  3.  c.     1  Pet.  3.  a. 
 
jfo.  rr. 
 
 Zht  epi£(tlr  to  tl)c  epOcgiang. 
 
 Cbap.  bi. 
 
 tlu'ir  huszhandos,  as  viito  the  LOKDE. 
 •  For  the  huszbande  is  the  wyues  heade,  eue 
 as  Christ  also  is  the  heade  of  the  congrega- 
 cioii,  and  he  is  the  Sauioure  of  his  body. 
 Thcrfore  as  the  congregacion  is  in  subieccion 
 to  Christ,  likewyse  let  the  wyues  be  in  subiec- 
 cion to  their  huszbandes  in  all  thinges. 
 
 Ve  huszbandes  loue  youre  wyues,  euen  as 
 Christ  loued  the  congregacion,  t  and  gaue 
 hinisclfc  for  it,  to  sanctifye  it,  *  and  clensed 
 it  in  the  fountayne  of  water  by  the  worde,  to 
 make  it  vnto  hii'nselfe  a  glorious  congregacion, 
 hauynge  no  spot  ner  wrynkle,  ner  eny  soch 
 thinge,  but  that  it  shulde  be  holy  and  without 
 blame. 
 
 So  oughte  men  also  to  loue  their  wyues, 
 euen  as  their  awne  bodyes.  He  that  loueth 
 his  wife,  loueth  him  selfe.  For  no  ma  euer 
 yet  hated  his  awne  fleszhe,  but  norisheth  and 
 cheriszheth  it,  euen  as  the  LORDE  doth  also 
 the  congregacion.  For  we  are  membres  of 
 his  body,  of  his  flesh  and  of  his  bones.  §  For 
 this  cause  shal  a  man  leaue  father  and  mother, 
 and  eleue  vnto  his  wife,  and  they  two  shal  be 
 one  flesh :  This  is  a  greate  secrete :  but  I 
 speake  of  Christ  and  the  congregacion.  Ne- 
 uertheles  do  ye  so,  that  euery  one  of  you 
 loue  his  wife  euen  as  himselfe :  but  let  the 
 wife  feare  hir  huszbande. 
 
 €^t  bt.  Ci^aptcr. 
 
 YE  II  children,  obey  youre  elders  in  the 
 LORDE,  for  that  is  righte.  Honoure 
 thy  father  and  thy  mother  (If  That  is  the 
 first  commaundement,  that  hath  eny  promes) 
 that  thou  mayest  prospere,  and  lyue  longe 
 vpon  earth.  And  ye  fathers,  prouoke  not 
 youre  children  vnto  wrath,  but  brynge  the 
 vp  in  the  nourtoure  and  informacion  of  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 **  Ye  seruauntes,  obey  youre  bodely  mas- 
 ters, with  feare  and  tremblynge,  in  synglenes 
 of  youre  hert,  euen  as  vnto  Christ,  not  with 
 seruyce  onely  in  the  eye  sighte,  as  men 
 pleasers:  but  as  the  seruauntes  off  Christ, 
 doynge  the  wyll  off  God  from  the  hert  with 
 good  W7II.  Thynke  that  ye  serue  the  LORDE 
 and  not  me :  and  be  sure,  that  what  good 
 soeuer  a  man  doth,  he  shal  receaue  it  agayne 
 of  the  LORDE,  whether  he  be  bonde  or  fre. 
 
 •1  Co.  11.  a.        tEphe.  5.  a.    Gal.  2.  c.      t  Tit.  3.  a. 
 
 I  Pet.  3.  c.  ^  Gen.  'i.  d.     Mat.  19.  a.     Marc.  10.  a. 
 
 II  Col.  3.  c.  H  Exo.  20.  b.  ••  Col.  3.  c.  Tit.  2.  b. 
 1  Pet.  2.  c.        °  Eccli.  33.  d.    Col.  3.  c.        tt  Act.  10.  d. 
 
 'And  ye  masters,  do  euen  the  same  vnto 
 the,  puttynge  awaye  threatenynges,  and  knowe 
 that  euen  youre  master  also  is  in  heauen, 
 tt  nether  is  there  eny  respecte  of  personnes 
 with  him. 
 
 Fynally  my  brethren,  be  stronge  in  the 
 LORDE,  and  in  the  power  of  his  mighte : 
 put  on  the  amioure  of  God,  that  ye  maye 
 stonde  stedfast  agajiist  the  craftie  assautes  off 
 the  deuell.  For  we  wrestle  not  agaynst  flesh 
 and  blonde,  but  agajnist  rule,  agaynst  power 
 namely,  agaynst  the  rulers  of  the  worlde,  of 
 the  darknesse  of  this  worlde,  agaynst  y  spretes 
 of  wickednes  v-nder  the  heauen.  For  this 
 cause  take  ye  the  armoure  of  God,  y  ye  maye 
 be  able  to  resiste  in  the  euell  daye,  and  stonde 
 perfecte  in  all  thinges. 
 
 U  Stonde  therfore,  and  youre  lojiies  gyrde 
 aboute  with  the  trueth,  hauynge  on  the  brest 
 plate  of  righteousnes,  and  shod  vpo  youre 
 fete  with  the  gospell  of  peace,  that  ye  maye 
 be  prepared:  Aboue  all  thinges  take  holde 
 of  the  shylde  of  faith,  wherwith  ye  maye 
 quenche  all  the  fyrie  dartes  of  the  wicked. 
 And  take  the  helmet  of  saluacion,  (j  the 
 swerde  of  the  sprete,  which  is  the  worde  of 
 God. 
 
 §§  And  praye  allwayes  mth  all  maner  of 
 prayer  and  supplicacion  in  the  sprete,  and 
 watch  there  vnto  with  all  instaunce  and  sup- 
 plicacion for  all  sayntes  and  for  me,  *that  the 
 worde  maye  be  geuen  me,  that  I  maye  open 
 my  mouth  boldly,  to  vtter  the  secretes  of  the 
 Gospell,  wherof  I  am  a  messaunger  in  bondes, 
 that  I  maye  speake  therin  frely,  "as  it  be- 
 corameth  me  to  speake. 
 
 But  that  ye  maye  also  knowe,  what  case 
 I  am  in,  and  what  I  do,  Tichicus  my  deare 
 brother  and  faithfull  mj-nister  in  the  LORDE, 
 shal  shewe  you  all :  whom  I  haue  sent  %-nto 
 you  for  the  same  cause,  that  ye  mighte  knowe 
 what  case  I  stonde  in,  and  that  he  mighte 
 comforte  youre  hertes. 
 
 Peace  be  \nito  the  brethre,  and  loue  with 
 faith,  from  God  the  father,  5  from  the  LORDE 
 lesu  Christ.  Grace  be  with  all  them  that 
 loue  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ  vnfaynedly. 
 Amen. 
 
 Sent  from  Rome  vnto  the  Ephesians,  by 
 Tichicus. 
 
 Rom.  2.  b.     Col.  3.  c.     1  Pet.  5.  b.  it  Deut.  23.  b. 
 
 Ps'.il.  131.  a.         Esa.  11.  a.         2  Cor.  10.  a.         Sap.  5.  c. 
 I§  Luc.  18.  a.     1  Tess.  5.  c.  *  Col.  4.  a.     2  Tess.  3.  a. 
 
 Act.  4.  c. 
 
of  tbt  ^poMt  ^.  Paul  to  fbt  ^Wippi^m* 
 
 €i)t  mmmt  of  tl^is!  epistle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 He  exhorteth  them  to  increace  in  loue,  in  know- 
 lege  and  experience  of  godly  thinges :  maketh 
 mencion  of  his  presonment  at  Rome,  is  glad  to 
 heare  Christ  preached,  is  cotent  ether  to  dye 
 or  lyue,  and  prayeth  them  to  lede  a  godly 
 connersacion,  to  be  of  one  mynde,  and  to  feare 
 no  persecucion. 
 
 Cijap.    II. 
 He  exhorteth  them  to  vnite  and  brotherly  loue, 
 and   to  bewarre  of  strife  and   vayne  glory : 
 
 And  for   a  sure   ensample   he  layeth  Christ 
 before  them. 
 
 Cljap.  III. 
 
 He  warneth  the  to  bewarre  of  false  teachers, 
 whom  he  calleth  dogges  and  enemies  of  Christ, 
 and  reproueth  mas  owne  righteousnesse. 
 
 Cl^ap.  nil. 
 
 He  saluteth  certayne  of  them,  exhorteth  them  to 
 be  of  honest  connersacion,  and  thanketh  them 
 because  of  the  prouysion,  that  they  made  for 
 him  beynge  in  preson. 
 
 Cl)t  fir^t  €i)apter. 
 
 PAUL  and  Timotheus  the  seruauntes  of 
 lesu  Christ.  Vnto  all  the  sayntes  in 
 lesu  Christ,  which  are  at  Philippos,  with  the 
 Biszhoppes  and  *  mynisters. 
 
 Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God 
 oure  father,  and  from  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 t  I  thanke  my  God,  as  oft  as  I  remebre 
 you  (which  I  allwayes  do  in  all  my  prayers 
 for  you  all,  and  praye  with  gladnesse)  because 
 of  youre  fellishippe  which  ye  haue  in  the 
 Gospell  from  the  first  daye  vnto  now,  and 
 am  surely  certified  of  this,  y  he  which  hath 
 begonne  that  good  t  worke  in  you,  shal  go 
 forth  with  it  vntyll  f  daye  of  lesus  Christ : 
 as  it  becommeth  me  to  iudge  of  you  all,  be- 
 cause I  haue  you  in  my  hert,  as  those  that 
 are  partakers  with  me  of  grace  in  my 
 bondes,  in  defendinge  and  stablyshinge  of  the 
 Gospell. 
 
 For  God  is  my  i  recorde,  how  I  loge  after 
 you  all  euen  fro  the  very  hert  rote  in  lesus 
 Christ.     II  And  for  the  same  I  praye,  y  youre 
 
 •  Act.  6.  a.        t  Col.  1.  a.     1  Tess.  1.  a.         t  loh.  6.  d. 
 
 loue  maye  increace  more  u  more  in  all  maner 
 of  knowlege  and  in  all  experience,  y  ye  maye 
 proue  what  is  best,  that  ye  maye  be  pure,  g 
 soch  as  hurte  no  mans  conscience,  vnto  the 
 daye  of  Christ :  fylled  with  the  frutes  of  right- 
 eousnes,  which  come  by  lesus  Christ  vnto  the 
 glorye  and  prayse  of  God. 
 
 I  wolde  ye  vnderstode  brethren,  that  my 
 busynes  is  happened  vnto  the  greater  fur- 
 theraunce  of  the  Gospell,  so  that  my  bondes 
 in  Christ  are  manifest  thorow  out  all  f  iudg- 
 met  hall,  and  in  all  other  places :  In  so  moch 
 that  many  brethren  in  the  LORDE,  are 
 boldened  thorow  my  bodes,  and  darre  more 
 largely  speake  the  worde  without  feare.  Some 
 (no  doute)  preach  Christ  of  enuye  and  stryfe, 
 but  some  of  good  wil.  The  one  parte  preacheth 
 Christ  off  stryfe  and  not  purely,  supposynge 
 to  adde  more  aduersite  vnto  my  bondes.  The 
 other  parte  of  loue,  for  they  knowe  that  I 
 lye  here  for  the  defence  of  the  Gospell. 
 
 What  then?  So  that  Christ  be  preached 
 all  maner  of  wayes  (whether  it  be  done  by 
 occasion  or  of  true  meaninge)  I  reioyce  therin, 
 and  wil  reioyce.     For  I  knowe  that  the  same 
 
 ^  1  Tess.  2.  a.        ||  Ephe.  1.  c.     Co!.  I.a.     2  Tess.  1.  b. 
 
 C 
 
fo,  ttiU 
 
 €t)t  €pi£itk  to  ti)t  pbtlippiansi. 
 
 Cbap.  I). 
 
 shal  chaunce  to  my  saluacion,  *  thorow  youre 
 prayer  and  mynistrynge  of  the  sprete  of  lesu 
 Christ,  as  I  loke  for  and  hope,  that  in  nothinge 
 1  shaibe  ashamed:  but  y  with  all  cofidence 
 (as  allwayes  in  tymes  past,  eue  so  now)  Christ 
 siialbe  magnified  in  my  body  whether  it  be 
 thorow  life  or  thorow  death.  For  Christ  is 
 to  me  life,  5  death  is  to  me  auautage.  But 
 in  as  moch  as  to  lyue  in  ;y-  flesh  is  frutefull  to 
 me  for  the  worke,  1  wote  not  what  I  shal 
 chose,  for  both  these  thinges  lye  harde  vpon 
 me.  ♦!  desjTe  to  be  lowsed,  5  to  be  with 
 Christ,  which  thinge  were  moch  better  (for 
 me)  but  to  abyde  in  the  flesh  is  more  nedefull 
 for  you. 
 
 And  this  am  I  sure  of,  that  I  shal  abyde, 
 and  contynue  with  you  all,  for  the  further- 
 aunce  and  ioye  of  youre  faith,  that  ye  maye 
 abundauntly  reioyse  in  Christ  lesu  thorow 
 me,  by  my  comynge  to  you  agayne.  Onely 
 let  youre  conuersacion  be  t  as  it  becommeth 
 the  Gospell  of  Christ,  that  whether  I  come  i 
 se  you,  or  els  be  absent,  I  maye  yet  heare  of 
 you  that  ye  cotynue  in  one  sprete  and  one 
 soule,  labouryiige  (as  we  do)  to  mayntayne 
 the  faith  of  the  Gospell,  and  in  nothinge 
 fearinge  youre  aduersaries,  which  is  to  them 
 a  token  oiF  perdicion,  but  vnto  you  of  sal- 
 uacion, and  that  of  God.  For  vnto  you  it  is 
 geuen,  not  onely  that  ye  shulde  beleue  on 
 Christ,  but  also  suffre  for  his  sake,  and  to 
 haue  euen  the  same  fighte,  which  ye  haue 
 sene  in  me,  and  now  heare  of  me. 
 
 Ci)e  i).  Cl)apttr. 
 
 YF  there  be  amonge  you  eny  consolacion 
 in  Christ,  yf  there  be  eny  comforte  of 
 loue,  yf  there  be  eny  fellishippe  off  the  sprete, 
 yf  there  be  eny  compassion  and  mercy,  fulfyll 
 my  ioye,  that  ye  drawe  one  waye,  hauynge 
 one  loue,  beynge  of  one  accorde,  and  of  one 
 mynde :  that  there  be  nothinge  done  thorow 
 stryfe  and  vayne  glory,  but  that  thorow  meke- 
 nesse  of  mynde  euery  man  esteme  another 
 better  then  himselfe :  and  let  euery  ma  loke 
 not  for  his  awne  profet,  but  for  the  profet  of 
 other. 
 
 Let  the  same  mynde  be  in  you,  that  was 
 in  Christ  lesu :  which  beyinge  in  the  shappe 
 of  God,  thought  it  not  robbery  to  be  equall 
 
 •  2  Cor.  1.  b.         t  2  Cor.  5.  a.  }  Ephe.  4.  a.     Col. 
 
 l.a.    iTess.  4.  a.       ^Heb.3.  a.     |1  Mat.  28.  e.    Heb.  2.  b. 
 f  Esa.  45.  c.     Dan.  7.  c.     llo.  14.  b.  ••  Deu.  8.  d. 
 
 with  God,  but  made  him  selfe  of  no  reputa- 
 cion,  and  toke  vpon  him  the  shappe  of  a 
 seruaunt,  ^  became  like  another  man,  and 
 was  founde  in  his  apparell  as  a  man :  he 
 humbled  himselfe,  and  became  obedient  vnto 
 the  death,  euen  vnto  the  death  of  the  crosse. 
 
 II  Therfore  hath  God  also  exalted  him,  and 
 geuen  him  a  name,  which  is  aboue  all  names, 
 H  that  in  the  name  of  lesus  euery  kne  shulde 
 bowe,  both  of  thinges  in  heauen,  of  thinges 
 vpo  earth,  and  of  thinges  vnder  the  earth, 
 and  that  all  tunges  shulde  confesse,  that  lesus 
 Christ  is  the  LORDE  vnto  the  prayse  of 
 God  the  father. 
 
 Wherfore  my  dearly  beloued,  as  ye  haue 
 allwayes  obeyed  (not  onely  in  my  presence, 
 but  now  also  moch  more  in  my  absence)  euen 
 so  worke  out  youre  awne  saluacion  with 
 feare  and  tremblynge.  **  For  it  is  God  which 
 worketh  in  you  both  the  wyll  and  the  deed, 
 euen  of  his  owne  good  wyll.  Do  all  thinges 
 without  murmurynges  and  disputinges,  that 
 ye  maye  be  fautles  and  pure,  and  the  childre 
 of  God  tt  without  rebuke,  in  the  myddes  of  y 
 croked  and  peruerse  nacion,  tt  amonge  whom 
 se  that  ye  shyne  as  lightes  in  the  worlde, 
 holdinge  fast  the  worde  of  life,  vnto  my 
 reioysinge  in  the  daye  of  Christ,  that  I  haue 
 not  runne  in  vayne,  nether  laboured  in  vayne. 
 ^§Yee  and  though  I  be  offred  vp  vpo  the 
 oiFerynge  5  sacrifice  of  youre  faith,  I  am  glad, 
 and  reioyce  with  you  all:  be  ye  glad  also, 
 and  reioyce  ye  with  me. 
 
 I  trust  in  the  LORDE  lesus,  to  sende  Ti- 
 motheus  shortly  vnto  you,  that  I  also  maye 
 be  of  good  comforte,  whan  I  knowe  what 
 case  ye  stonde  in.  For  I  haue  no  man  that 
 is  so  like  mynded  to  me,  which  with  so  pure 
 afFeccio  careth  for  you :  for  all  other  seke 
 their  awne,  not  that  which  is  lesus  Christes. 
 But  ye  knowe  the  profe  of  him :  for  as  a 
 childe  vnto  the  father,  so  hath  he  mynistred 
 vnto  me  in  the  Gospell.  Him  I  hope  to 
 sende,  as  soone  as  I  knowe  how  it  wyll  go 
 with  me.  But  I  trust  in  the  LORDE,  that 
 I  also  my  selfe  shal  come  shortly. 
 
 Neuertheles  I  thoughte  it  necessary  to 
 sende  vnto  you  the  brother  Ephraditus,  which 
 is  my  companyon  in  laboure  and  felowe  sou- 
 dyer,  and  youre  Apostell,  and  my  mynister  at 
 
 Ezec.Sd.e.    2  Cor.  3.  a.     Heb.  13.  d.  ttlPet.  2.b.. 
 
 ii  Math.  3.  b.         §i  Col.  1.  c. 
 
COap.  iiij. 
 
 €i)t  (S^i&tk  to  tt)t  f  ftilippiang. 
 
 So,  ttiij. 
 
 my  nede,  for  so  moch  as  he  longed  after  you 
 all,  and  was  full  of  heuynes,  because  ye  had 
 herde  that  he  was  sicke.  And  no  doute  he 
 was  sicke,  and  that  nye  vnto  death :  but  God 
 had  mercy  on  him,  and  not  on  him  onely, 
 but  on  me  also,  lest  I  shulde  haue  had  sorowe 
 vpon  sorowe. 
 
 I  haue  sent  him  therfore  the  more  haistely, 
 that  ye  mighte  se  him,  and  reioyce  agayne, 
 and  that  I  also  mighte  haue  the  lesse  sorowe. 
 Receaue  him  therfore  in  the  LORDE  with 
 all  gladnes,*  and  make  moch  of  soche:  for 
 because  of  the  worke  of  Christ,  he  wente  so 
 farre,  that  he  came  nye  vnto  death,  and 
 regarded  not  his  life,  to  fulfyll  that  seruyce 
 which  was  lackynge  on  youre  parte  to- 
 warde  me. 
 
 Ci^t  iij.  €l)apUr. 
 
 MOROUER  my  brethren,  reioyce  in  the 
 LORDE.  Where  as  I  wryte  euer 
 one  thinge  vnto  you,  it  greueth  me  not,  and 
 maketh  you  the  surer.  Bewarre  oiF  dogges, 
 bewarre  of  euell  workers,  bewarre  off  discen- 
 sion :  t  for  we  are  the  circumcision,  euen  we 
 that  serue  God  in  the  sprete,  and  reioyce  in 
 Christ  lesu,  and  haue  no  confidence  in  the 
 flesh,  though  I  haue  wherof  I  mighte  reioyce 
 in  y  flesh.  Yf  eny  other  ma  thynke  that  he 
 hath  wherof  he  mighte  reioyce  in  the  flesh, 
 moch  more  I,  which  was  circucysed  on  the 
 eight  daye,  one  of  the  people  of  Israel,  of  the 
 trybe  off  Ben  lamin,  an  hebrue  of  the  Hebrues 
 as  concernynge  the  lawe  t  a  Pharise  :  as  con- 
 cernynge  feruentnes  §1  persecuted  the  c6- 
 gregacion  :  and  as  touchinge  the  righteousnes 
 which  is  in  the  lawe,  I  was  vnrebukable. 
 
 II  But  the  thinges  that  were  vauntage  vnto 
 me,  haue  I  counted  losse  for  Christes  sake. 
 Yee  I  thynke  all  thinges  but  losse,  for  that 
 excellent  If  knowleges  sake  of  Christ  lesu  my 
 LORDE :  for  whom  I  haue  counted  all 
 thinge  losse,  and  do  iudge  them  but  donge, 
 that  I  mighte  wynne  Christ,  5  be  founde  in 
 him,  not  hauynge  myne  awne  righteousnes 
 which  commeth  of  the  lawe,  but  by  the  faith 
 of  Christ  (namely)  the  righteousnes  which 
 commeth  of  God  in  faith,  to  knowe  him  and 
 the  vertue  of  his  resurreccion,  and  the  fel- 
 lishippe  of  his  passion,  ''that  I  maye  be  con- 
 
 •  Rom.  15.  d.    Mat.  10.  a.    1  Teas.  5.  c.        t  Rom.  2.  c. 
 Col.  2.  b.  tAct.  23.  a.  ^  Act.  9.  a.      Gal.  l.b. 
 
 11  Mat.  13.  f.        f  loh.  17.  a.     Col.  2.  a.        ••  Rom.  6.  a. 
 
 formable  vnto  his  death,  yfF  by  eny  meanes  I 
 mighte  attayne  to  the  resurreccion  from  the 
 deed.  Not  that  I  haue  attayned  vnto  it  all 
 ready,  or  that  I  am  allready  perfecte  :  but  I 
 folowe,  yf  I  maye  comprehende  that,  wherin 
 I  am  comprehended  off  Christ  lesu.  Brethren, 
 I  counte  not  my  selfe  yet  that  I  haue  gotten 
 it :  but  one  thinge  I  saye :  I  forget  that  which 
 is  behynde,  and  stretch  my  selfe  vnto  that 
 which  is  before,  (j  preace  vnto  y  marck 
 apoynted,  to  optayne  the  rewarde  of  the  hye 
 callynge  of  God  in  Christ  lesu. 
 
 Let  vs  therfore  (as  many  as  be  parfecte) 
 be  thus  wyse  mynded :  and  yf  ye  be  otherwyse 
 mynded,  I  praye  God  open  euen  this  vnto 
 you.  Neuertheles  in  that  wher  vnto  we  are 
 come,  let  vs  procede  by  one  rule,  that  we 
 maye  be  of  one  accorde.  tt  Brethren,  be  ye  y 
 folowers  of  me,  and  loke  on  the  which  walke 
 eue  so  as  ye  haue  vs  for  an  ensample.  Foi 
 many  walke  (off  whom  I  haue  tolde  you  often 
 but  now  I  tell  you  wepynge)  eue  enemies  of 
 the  crosse  of  Christ,  whose  ende  is  damnacion, 
 tt  whose  God  is  the  bely,  (i  whose  glory  shalbe 
 to  their  shame,  which  are  earthly  mynded. 
 ^^But  oure  conuersacion  is  in  heauen,  from 
 whence  we  loke  for  the  Sauioure  lesu  Christ 
 y  LORDE,  nil  which  shal  chaiige  oure  vyle 
 body,  y  it  maye  be  like  fashioned  vnto  his 
 glorious  body,  acordinge  to  y  workynge 
 wherby  he  is  able  to  subdue  all  thinges  vnto 
 himselfe. 
 
 Wijt  Hi).  Cljaptnr. 
 
 WHERFORE  my  brethre  dearly  beloued 
 (I  longed  for,  my  ioye  5  my  crowne  con- 
 tynue  so  in  the  LORDE  ye  beloued.  I 
 praye  Euodias,  g  beseke  Syntiches,  that  they 
 be  of  one  mynde  in  the  LORDE.  Yee  and 
 I  beseke  the  my  faithfull  yock  felowe,  helpe 
 the  wemen,  which  haue  laboured  with  me  in 
 the  Gospell,  with  Clement  5  with  my  other 
 helpers,  HH  whose  names  are  in  the  boke  of 
 life.  Reioyce  in  the  LORDE  allwaye,  5 
 agayne  I  saye,  Reioyse.  Let  youre  softnes 
 be  knowne  vnto  all  men.  The  LORDE  is 
 euen  at  honde.  Be  not  carefull,  but  in  all 
 thinges  let  youre  peticions  in  prayer  and  sup- 
 plicacion,  with  geuynge  of  thankes  be  knowne 
 before  God.     And  y  ***  peace  of  God,  which 
 
 tt  1  Cor.  4.  c.  and  10.  d.  t{  Ro.  16.  b.  §§  Col.  3.  a 
 II II  1  Cor.  15.  f.  t  f  Luc.  10.  b.  Apo.  17.  b.  »••  loh. 
 14.  c.    Rom.  5,  a. 
 
 c 
 
jTo.  rn'n'}. 
 
 Ci)f  (J5pis(tk  tn  tftt  Colossiansi. 
 
 Cftap.  u 
 
 passeth  all  vnderstodinge,  kepe  youre  hertes 
 and  myndes  in  Christ  losu. 
 
 Furthermore  brethren,  what  soeuer  thinges 
 are  true,  what  soeuer  thinges  are  honest,  what 
 soeuer  thinges  are  iust,  what  so  euer  thinges 
 are  pure,  what  soeuer  thinges  pertayne  to 
 loue,  what  soeuer  thinges  are  of  honest  reporte : 
 yf  there  be  eny  vertuous  thinge,  yf  there  be 
 eny  laudable  thinge,  haue  those  same  in  youre 
 mynde,  which  ye  haue  both  lemed  and  re- 
 ceaued,  and  herde  and  sene  in  me:  those 
 thinges  do,  and  the  God  of  peace  shal  be  with 
 you.  I  reioyse  greatly  in  f  LORDE,  that 
 now  at  the  last  ye  are  reujTied  agayne  to 
 care  for  me,  as  ye  cared  for  me  afore,  but  ye 
 lacked  oportunyte.  I  speake  not  this  because 
 of  necessite  :  for  I  haue  lemed  in  what  soeuer 
 estate  I  am,  *therwith  to  be  contete.  I  can 
 be  lowe,  and  I  ca  be  hye.  Euery  where  and 
 in  all  thinges  I  am  mete,  both  to  be  full,  and 
 to  be  hongrie  :  to  haue  plentye,  and  to  sufFre 
 nede.  I  can  do  all  thinges  thorow  Christ, 
 which  stregtheth  me.  Notwithstondinge  ye 
 haue  done  well,  that  ye  bare  parte  with  me  in 
 my  tribulacion. 
 
 *  1  Tim.  6.  b. 
 
 But  ye  of  Philippos  knowe,  that  in  the 
 begynnynge  of  the  GospeU  whan  I  departed 
 fro  Macedonia,  no  congregacion  bare  parte 
 with  me  concemynge  geuynge  and  receauynge, 
 but  ye  onely.  For  vnto  Tessalonica  ye  sent 
 once  and  afterwarde  agayne  vnto  my  necessite 
 Not  that  I  seke  giftes,  but  I  seke  the  frute, 
 that  it  be  abudaunt  in  youre  rekenynge.  For 
 I  haue  all,  and  haue  plentye.  I  was  euen 
 fylled  wha  I  receaued  of  Epaphroditus,  that 
 which  came  from  you,  an  odoure  of  swetenes. 
 ta  sacrifice  accepted  5  pleasaunt  vnto  God. 
 My  God  fulfyll  all  youre  nede,  acordinge  to 
 his  riches  in  glory  1  Christ  lesu. 
 
 Vnto  God  and  oure  father  be  prayse  for 
 euer  and  euer  Amen. 
 
 Salute  all  y  sayntes  in  Christ  lesu.  The 
 brethre  that  are  with  me,  salute  you.  AU  the 
 sayntes  salute  you,  but  specially  they  that 
 are  of  the  Emperours  house.  The  grace  of 
 oure  LORDE  lesu  Christ  be  with  you  all, 
 Amen. 
 
 Wrytten  from  Rome  by  Epaphroditus. 
 
 t  Rom.  12.  a.     Heb.  13.  c 
 
 of  fbt  ^poetic  g)»  Paul  to  tbt  €olo^&iam. 
 
 C&e  siumim  of  ti)i$  Cpi'sitle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 He  geueth  thankes  vnto  God  for  their  faith,  loue, 
 and  hope :  prayeth  for  their  increase  and 
 sheweth  how  we  are  the  kyngdome  of  God, 
 optayned  by  Christ,  which  is  the  heade  of  the 
 congregacion. 
 
 Ci)ap.  II. 
 
 What  greate   care   Paul   toke    for   all   congre- 
 
 gacions.     He  exhorteth  tliem  to  be  stedfast  in 
 
 Christ,  to  bewarre  of  false  teachers  and  worldly 
 
 wyszdome,  and  descrybeth  the  false  prophetes. 
 
 Ciiap.  III. 
 
 He  putteth  them  in  remembraunce  of  the  spi- 
 ritual! resurreccio,  to  laye  asyde  all  raaner  of 
 corrupte  lyuynge,  to  be  frutefuU  in  all  godly- 
 nesse  and  vertue,  and  sheweth  all  degrees 
 their  dutye. 
 
 Ci^ap.  nil. 
 
 He  exhorteth  them  to  be  feruent  in  prayer,  to 
 walke  wysely  vnto  them  that  are  not  yet  come 
 to  the  true  knowlege  of  Christ,  and  so  saluteth 
 them. 
 
Cftap.  ij» 
 
 €i)t  afpistle  to  tfte  Colossiaits. 
 
 ffo*  tcb. 
 
 Wift  first  C^aptn- 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  of  lesu  Christ  by  the 
 will  of  God,  and  brother  Timotheus. 
 
 To  y  sayntes  which  are  at  Colossa  and 
 brethren  that  beleue  in  Christ. 
 
 Grace  be  with  you  and  peace  from  God 
 cure  father  (t  fro  the  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 *We  geue  thankes  vnto  God  and  the  father 
 of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  prayenge 
 allwayes  for  you  (sence  we  herde  of  youre 
 faith  in  Christ  lesu,  and  of  youre  loue  to  all 
 sayntes)  for  y  hopes  sake  which  is  layed  vp 
 in  stoare  for  you  in  heauen :  of  the  which  ye 
 haue  herde  before  by  the  worde  of  trueth  in 
 the  Gospell,  which  is  come  vnto  you,  eue  as 
 it  is  in  to  all  the  worlde:  and  is  frutefull,  as  it 
 is  in  you,  sence  y  daye  y  ye  herde  and  knewe 
 the  grace  of  God  in  y  trueth,  as  ye  learned  of 
 t  Epaphras  oure  deare  felowe  seruaunt,  which 
 is  a  faithfull  mynister  of  Christ  for  you,  which 
 also  declared  vnto  vs  youre  loue  in  the  sprete. 
 
 t  For  this  cause  we  also,  sence  the  daye  y 
 we  herde  of  it,  ceasse  not  to  praye  for  you,  5 
 desyre  that  ye  mighte  be  fulfylled  with  the 
 knowlege  of  his  will,  in  all  wyszdome  and 
 spiritual]  vnderstondinge,  that  ye  mighte  walke 
 worthy  off  the  LORDE,  to  please  him  in  all 
 thinges,  §and  to  be  frutefull  in  all  good  workes, 
 and  growe  in  the  knowlege  of  God:  5  to  be 
 strengthed  with  all  power  acordinge  to  the 
 mighte  of  his  glory,  to  all  pacience  and  long- 
 sufferynge  with  ioyfulnes,  and  geue  thankes 
 vnto  the  father,  which  hath  made  vs  mete  for 
 the  enheritaunce  of  sayntes  in  lighte. 
 
 Which  hath  delyuered  vs  fro  the  power  of 
 darknesse,  5  translated  vs  in  to  the  kyngdome 
 of  his  deare  sonne  (II  in  whom  we  haue  re- 
 dempcion  thorow  his  bloude,  namely,  the 
 forgeuenes  of  synnes.)  IT  Which  is  the  ymage 
 of  the  inuisyble  God,  first  begotte  before  all 
 creatures.  **For  by  him  were  all  thinges 
 created,  that  are  in  heauen  and  earth,  thinges 
 vysible  and  thinges  inuysible,  whether  they  be 
 maiesties  or  lordshippes,  ether  rules  or  powers: 
 All  thinges  are  created  by  him  and  in  him, 
 and  he  is  before  all  thinges,  and  in  him  all 
 thinges  haue  their  beynge. 
 
 tt  And  he  is  the  heade  of  the  body,  namely, 
 of  the  cogregacion:  Jthe  is  the  begynnynge 
 
 •  Phil.  1.  a.     1  Teas.  1.  a.  t  Col.  4.  b.         t  Ephe. 
 
 I.e.  Phil.  1.  b.  2Tess.  l.b.  ^loh.  15.b.  ||  Ephe. 
 l.a.  f  2  Cor.  4.  a.  Heb.  l.a.  "  Psal.  32.  a.  Heb. 
 l.a.      tt  Ephe.  1.  c.  and  4.  b.      }{  1  Cor.  15.  c.  Apoc.  1.  a. 
 
 and  first  begotten  from  the  deed,  that  in  all 
 thinges  he  mighte  haue  the  preemynence. 
 For  it  pleased  the  father,  that  in  him  shulde 
 dwell  all  §§fulnesse,  and  that  by  him  all 
 thinges  shulde  be  llll  reconciled  vnto  himselfe, 
 whether  they  be  thinges  vpon  earth  or  in 
 heauen,  that  thorow  the  bloude  on  his  crosse 
 he  mighte  make  peace  euen  thorow  his  owne 
 selfe.  And  you  (which  were  in  tymes  past 
 straungers  and  enemies,  because  youre  myndes 
 were  set  in  euell  workes)  hath  he  now  recon- 
 cyled  in  the  body  of  his  flesh  thorow  death, 
 to  make  you  holy,  and  vnblameable  5  with 
 out  faute  in  his  awne  sighte,  yf  ye  contynue 
 grounded  and  stablished  in  the  faith,  and  be 
 not  moued  awaye  from  ;y-  hope  of  the  Gospell, 
 wherof  ye  haue  herde :  which  is  preached 
 amonge  all  creatures  y  are  vnder  heauen, 
 wherof  I  Paul  am  made  a  mynister. 
 
 f  T  Now  ioye  I  in  my  sufferynges,  which  I 
 suffre  for  you,  and  fulfill  that  which  is  be- 
 hynde  of  the  passions  of  Christ  in  my  flesh, 
 for  his  bodyes  sake,  which  is  the  congregacion, 
 ***  wherof  I  am  made  a  mynister,  acordinge  to 
 y  Godly  office  of  preachinge,  which  is  geuen 
 vnto  me  amonge  you,  that  I  shulde  richely 
 preach  the  worde  of  God,  namely,  that 
 ttt  mystery  which  hath  bene  hyd  sence  the 
 worlde  beganne,  and  sence  the  begynnynge 
 of  tymes :  but  now  is  ttt  opened  vnto  his 
 sayntes,  to  whom  God  wolde  make  knowne 
 the  glorious  riches  of  this  mistery  am5ge  y 
 Heythen :  which  (riches)  is  Christ  in  you, 
 eue  he  that  is  the  hope  of  glory,  who  we 
 preach,  and  warne  aD  men,  and  teach  all  men 
 in  all  wyszdome,  to  make  euery  man  parfecte 
 in  Christ  lesu:  Wherin  I  also  laboure,  and 
 stryue  acordinge  to  the  workynge  of  him 
 which  worketh  mightely  in  me 
 
 Ci)e  (j.  C]^apttr. 
 
 I  WOLDE  ye  knewe  what  fightinge  I  haue 
 for  youre  sakes,  and  for  them  of  Laodicea, 
 and  for  as  many  as  haue  not  sene  my  personne 
 in  the  flesh,  that  their  hertes  mighte  be  com- 
 forted and  knj^tt  together  in  loue,  to  all  riches 
 of  full  vnderstodinge,  §^§  which  is  in  the  know- 
 lege of  the  mystery  of  God  the  father  and  of 
 Christ,  mill  in  whom  are  hyd  all  the  treasures  of 
 wyszdome  and  knowlege. 
 
 §§Col.  2.  b.  nil  Rom.  3.  c.  2  Cor.  5.  c.  f  f  2  Co. 
 1.  a.      Ephe.  3.   b.      Phil.  2.   b.  »»*  1   Cor.  4.  a. 
 
 ttt  Ephe.  3.  b.  }tt  Math.  11.  e.  §§§  loh.  17.  a. 
 
 1  Cor.  1.  c. 
 
 155 
 
So,  rrbi. 
 
 Cf)r  (IfpiStlf  to  tf)c  CoIoSSians. 
 
 Cftap.  iijJ 
 
 *  Tliis  1  saye,  lest  eny  man  shukle  begyle 
 you  with  eiitysinge  wordes.  ♦  For  though  I 
 be  absent  in  the  flesh,  yet  am  I  present  with 
 you  in  the  sprete :  ioyenge,  and  beholdinge 
 youre  order  and  the  stedfastnes  of  youre  faith 
 in  Christ.  SAs  ye  haue  therfore  receaued 
 Christ  lesu  the  LOIIDE,  euen  so  waliie  in 
 him,  and  be  roted  5  buylded  in  him,  and  be 
 stedfiist  in  faith,  as  ye  haue  learned:  5  be 
 plenteous  in  the  same  in  geuynge  thankes. 
 
 i  Bewarre  lest  eny  ma  spoyle  you  thorow 
 philosophy  and  disceatfull  vanite  after  the 
 tradicions  of  men,  and  after  the  ordinauces  of 
 the  worlde,  and  not  after  Christ.  II  For  in 
 him  dwelleth  all  the  fulnes  of  the  Godheade 
 bodcly,  and  ye  are  complete  in  him,  which  is 
 the  heade  of  all  rule  and  power:  in  whom 
 also  ye  are  circumcysed  with  H  circumcision 
 without  handes,  by  puttynge  of  the  synfuU 
 body  of  the  flesh :  (namely)  with  the  circum- 
 cysion  of  Christ,  **in  that  ye  are  buried  with 
 him  thorow  baptyme :  in  whom  ye  are  also 
 rysen  agayne  thorow  faith,  that  is  wrought  by 
 the  operacion  of  God,  which  raysed  him  vp 
 from  the  deed. 
 
 tf  And  with  him  he  quyckened  you,  whan 
 ye  were  deed  in  synnes,  and  in  the  vncircum- 
 cision  of  youre  flesh,  and  hath  forgeuen  vs  all 
 synnes,  and  put  out  the  hand\vrytinge  that 
 was  agaynst  vs  (cotayned  in  the  la  we  wrytten) 
 and  that  hath  he  taken  out  of  the  waye,  and 
 fastened  it  to  the  crosse  :  It  And  hath  spoyled 
 rule  and  power,  and  hath  made  a  shewe  of 
 them  openly,  and  triumphed  ouer  them  in  his 
 awne  persone. 
 
 Let  no  man  therfore  trouble  youre  con- 
 sciences aboute  raeate  or  drynke,  or  for  a  pece 
 of  an  holy  daye,  as  the  holy  daye  of  y  newe 
 Mone,  or  of  the  Sabbath  dayes,  ^§  which  are 
 the  shadowe  of  the  thinges  that  were  for  to 
 le  :  but  the  body  selfe  is  in  Christ.  Let 
 no  man  make  you  shote  at  a  wronge  mark, 
 which  after  his  owne  chosynge  walketh  in 
 humblenes  and  spiritualtye  of  angels,  thinges 
 which  he  neuer  sawe,  and  is  vayne,  and  puft 
 vp  in  his  owne  fleshly  mynde :  and  holdeth 
 not  himselfe  to  the  heade,  wherof  the  whole 
 body  by  ioyntes  and  couples  receaueth  norish- 
 ment,  and  is  knyt  together,  and  so  groweth  to 
 the  greatnes  that  commeth  of  God. 
 
 '  Ephe.  5 
 1^  Ro.  16.  b. 
 Phil.  3.  a. 
 Col.  1.  b. 
 
 t  1  Cor.  5.  a.  {  Gal  3.  d. 
 
 II  2  Cor.  5.  c.  H  Rom.  2.  c. 
 
 '  Rom.  6.  a.        ft  Rom.  5.  a.    Ephe.  2.  a. 
 
 tl  Gen.  3.  o.     Luc.  11.  c.     loh.  12.  d. 
 
 "  VVherfore  yf  ye  be  deed  with  Christ  from 
 the  ordinaunces  of  the  worlde,  why  are  ye 
 holdcn  the  with  soch  tradicions,  as  though  ye 
 lyued  after  the  worlde  ?  As  whan  they  saye  : 
 Touch  not  this,  taist  not  that,  handle  not  that. 
 All  these  thinges  do  hurte  vnto  men,  because 
 of  the  abuse  of  them,  which  abuse  commeth 
 onely  of  the  commaundementes  and  doctryiies 
 of  men :  llll  which  thinges  haue  a  shyne  of 
 wyszdome  thorow  chosen  spiritualtie  and 
 humblenes,  and  in  that  they  spare  not  the 
 body,  and  do  the  flesh  no  worshipe  vnto  his 
 nede. 
 
 €1)1  tij.  (ffifjajpttr. 
 
 YF  ye  be  rysen  now  with  Christ,  seke 
 those  thinges  then  which  are  aboue 
 where  Christ  is,  syttinge  on  the  righte  hande 
 of  God.  Set  youre  mynde  on  the  thinges 
 which  are  aboue,  not  on  y  thinges  that  are 
 vpon  earth.  For  ye  are  deed,  ^  If  and  youre 
 life  is  hyd  with  Christ  in  God.  ***  But  whan 
 Christ  cure  life  shal  shewe  himselfe,  the  shal 
 ye  also  appeare  with  him  in  glory. 
 
 ♦tt  Mortifye  therfore  youre  mebres  which 
 are  vpon  earth,  whordome,  vnclennes,  vn- 
 naturall  lust,  euell  concupiscece,  and  couet- 
 ousnes,  which  is  a  worshippynge  of  Idols : 
 tJt  for  which  thinges  sakes  the  wrath  of  God 
 commeth  \'pon  the  children  of  \aibeleue :  §^§  in 
 the  which  thinges  ye  walked  some  tyme,  whan 
 ye  lyued  in  them. 
 
 lillll  But  now  put  all  awaye  fro  you :  wrath, 
 fearcenesse,  maUciousnes,  cursed  speakynge, 
 fylthie  wordes  out  of  youre  mouth.  Lye  not 
 one  to  another.  HtH  Put  of  y  olde  ma  with  his 
 workes,  and  put  on  y  newe,  which  is  renued 
 in  knowlege  after  y  ymage  of  him  that  made 
 him  :  ****  where  there  is  no  Greke,  lewe,  cir- 
 cumcision, vncircumcision,  Barbarous,  Sithian, 
 bode,  fre :  but  Christ  is  all  and  in  all. 
 
 Now  therfore  as  the  electe  of  God,  holy 
 and  beloued,  put  on  tender  mercye,  kyndnes, 
 humblenes  of  mynde,  mekenesse,  longe  suflFer- 
 ynge,  forbearinge  one  another,  and  forgeuynge 
 one  another,  yf  eny  man  haue  a  quarell  agaynst 
 another.  Like  as  Christ  hath  forgeuen  you, 
 euen  so  do  ye  also.  But  aboue  all  thinges 
 put  on  loue,  which  is  the  bonde  of  perfect- 
 nesse.     And  the  peace  of  God  rule  in  youre 
 
 ^^  Heb.  8.  a.  8.  b.  10.  a.  'Gal.  4.  a.  ||  ||  1  Tim.  4.  b. 
 
 fflPet.  l.a.  •••Phil.  3.  c.  1  Ioh.3.  a.  tttEphe.5.  a. 
 ttjGen.  6. 19.  iCor.  10.  a.  §$§  Ephe.  2.  a.  ||||||Rom. 
 6.  a.  Ephe.  4.  c.         ttli  Rom.  13.  b.         ••••  Gal.  6.  b. 
 
Cl)ap,  ill). 
 
 €l)t  (gpistlf  to  ti)t  CoIoEiSianS. 
 
 jTo.  crbij. 
 
 hertes,  to  the  which  (peace)  ye  are  called  also 
 in  one  body  :  and  se  y  ye  be  thanfull. 
 
 Let  y  worde  of  CHrist  dwell  in  you  plen- 
 teously  in  all  wyszdome.  *  Teach  and  exhorte 
 youre  awne  selues  with  psalmes  and  ymnes, 
 and  spirituall  songes  which  haue  fauoure 
 with  them,  synginge  in  youre  hertes  to  the 
 LORDE.  t  And  what  soeuer  ye  do  in  worde 
 or  worke,  do  all  in  the  name  of  the  LORDE 
 lesu,  t  and  geue  thankes  vnto  God  the  father 
 by  him. 
 
 §  Ye  wyues,  submytte  youre  selues  vnto 
 youre  huszbandes,  as  it  is  comly  in  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Ye  huszbandes,  loue  youre  wyues,  and  be 
 not  bytter  vnto  them. 
 
 II  Ye  children,  obeye  youre  elders  in  all 
 thinges,  for  that  is  well  pleasynge  vnto  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 Ye  fathers,  rate  not  youre  children,  lest 
 they  be  of  a  desperate  mynde. 
 
 II  Ye  seruauntes,  be  obedient  vnto  youre 
 bodely  masters  in  all  thinges,  not  with  eye 
 seruyce  as  men  pleasers,  but  in  synglenes  of 
 hert,  fearinge  God.  What  so  euer  ye  do,  do 
 it  hertely,  euen  as  vnto  the  LORDE  and  not 
 vnto  men.  And  be  sure,  that  of  the  LORDE 
 ye  shal  receaue  the  rewarde  of  y  enheritaunce : 
 For  ye  serue  the  LORDE  Christ.  But  he 
 that  doth  wronge,  shal  receaue  for  the  wronge 
 that  he  hath  done,  **for  there  is  no  respecte 
 of  persons  (with  God.) 
 
 tt  Ye  masters,  do  vnto  youre  seruauntes  that 
 which  is  iust  and  equall,  and  knowe,  y  ye  also 
 haue  a  master  in  heauen. 
 
 Cf)c  iiij.  Cl)apter. 
 
 CONTYNUE  in  prayer,  and  watch  in  the 
 same  with  thankesgeuynge,"  and  praye 
 also  together  for  vs,  that  God  open  vnto  vs 
 the  dore  of  the  worde,  to  speake  the  mystery 
 of  Christ,  (wherfore  I  am  also  in  bodes)  that 
 
 •  Ephe.  5.  D.  t  1  Cor.  10.  d.  t  Ephe.  5.  b. 
 
 ^  Ephe.  5.  c.  1  Pet.  3.  a.  ||  Ephe.  6.  a.  1[  Ephe.  6.  a. 
 Tit.  2.  b.    1  Pet.  2.  c.  *•  Act.  10.  d.     Rom.  2.  b. 
 
 tt  Ephe.  6.  a.        ■■  Ephe.  6.  c.  2  Tess.  3.  a.        ft  Eccll. 
 
 I  maye  vtter  y  same,  as  it  becommeth  me  to 
 speake.  tt  Walke  wysely  towarde  them  that 
 are  without,  and  redeme  ;y  tyme.  Let  youre 
 speach  be  allwaye  fauorable,  seasoned  with 
 H  salt,  that  ye  maye  knowe  how  to  answers 
 euery  man. 
 
 Tichicus  the  deare  brother  and  faithful! 
 mynister  (t  felowe  seruaiit  in  y  LORDE,  shal 
 tell  you  what  case  I  am  in.  Whom  I  haue 
 sent  vnto  you  for  the  same  purpose,  that  he 
 mighte  knowe  how  ye  do,  (t  that  he  mighte 
 comforte  youre  hertes,  with  one  IlllOnesimus  a 
 faithfull  and  beloued  brother,  which  is  one  of 
 you :  they  shal  shewe  you  of  all  thinges,  which 
 are  adoynge  here,  tt  Aristarchus  my  preson 
 felowe  saluteth  you,  and  ***  Marcus  Barnabasses 
 sisters  sonne,  touchinge  whom  ye  receaued 
 commaundementes :  Yf  he  come  vnto  you, 
 receaue  him,  and  lesus,  which  is  called  Justus, 
 which  are  of  the  circumcision.  These  onely 
 are  my  helpers  in  the  kyngdome  of  God, 
 which  were  to  my  consolacion. 
 
 ttt  Epaphras  a  seruaunt  of  Christ,  which  is 
 one  of  you,  saluteth  you,  (j  allwaye  laboureth 
 feruently  for  you  in  prayers,  y  ye  maye  stonde 
 perfecte  and  full,  in  all  that  is  the  wil  of  God. 
 I  beare  him  recorde,  that  he  hath  a  feruent 
 mynde  for  you,  and  for  the  at  Laodicea,  and 
 at  Hierapolis.  Deare  Lucas  the  Phisician 
 saluteth  you,  and  so  doth  ttt  Demas.  Salute 
 the  brethre,  which  are  at  Laodicea,  and  salute 
 Nymphas,  and  the  cogregacion  which  is  in  his 
 house.  And  whan  the  epistle  is  red  of  you, 
 cause  it  to  be  red  also  in  the  cogregacio  at 
 Laodicea,  d  that  ye  likewyse  reade  the  epistle 
 of  Laodicea.  And  saye  to  Archippus:  Take 
 hede  to  the  office  which  thou  hast  receaued  in 
 the  LORDE,  that  thou  fulfyll  it.  My  saluta- 
 cion  with  the  hande  of  me  Paul.  Remembre 
 my  bodes.     §§§  Grace  be  with  you,  Amen. 
 
 Sent  from  Rome  by  Tichicus  and  Onesimus. 
 
 27.  a.  Ephe.  5.  b.  §^  Mat.  5.  b.  Marc.  9.  e.  |{j|  Philem. 
 1.  b.  tfAct.  27.  a.  •••  2  Tim.  4.  b.  ttt  Col.  1.  a. 
 ttt  2  Tim.  4.  a.  &§^  2  Tess.  3.  b. 
 
of  rtc  iipo0tle  ^-  Haul  to  tie  ^^cssaloniane* 
 
 Wi)t  gumim  of  tf)is;  OPpistl^. 
 
 CI)ap.  I. 
 He  thanketh  God  for  them,  that   they  are  so 
 stedfast  in  faith  and  good  workes,  and  receaue 
 the  gospell  with  soch  earnest. 
 
 Cl^ap.  II. 
 He  putteth  them  in  mynde  of  the  godly  con- 
 uersacion  that  he  led  amonge  them  when  he 
 preached  the  gospell  vnto  them,  thanketh  God 
 that  they  receaue  his  worde  so  frutefully,  and 
 excuseth  his  absence. 
 
 C})ap.  III. 
 He  sheweth  how  greatly  he  was  reioysed,  wha 
 Timothy  tolde  him  of  their  faith  and  loue. 
 
 Cijap-  nil- 
 
 He  exhorteth  them  to  stedfastnesse,  to  kepe 
 them  selues  from  synne  and  vnclenly  c6- 
 uersacion,  to  loue  one  another :  rebuketh  ydil 
 nesse,  and  speaketh  of  the  resurreccion. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. 
 
 He  enfourmeth  them  of  the  daye  of  dome  and 
 comynge  of  the  LORDE,  exhorteth  them  to 
 watch,  and  to  regarde  soch  as  preach  Gods 
 worde  amonge  them. 
 
 Wi)t  first  Ci)apUr. 
 
 PAUL  and  Siluanus  and  Timotheus. 
 Vnto  the    cogregacion   of  the  Tessa- 
 lonyans,  in  God  the  father  and  in  the  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ. 
 
 Grace  be  with  you,  and  peace  from  God 
 oure  father  and  from  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 "We  geue  thankes  vnto  God  allwaye  for 
 you  all,  makynge  mesion  of  you  in  oure  prayers 
 without  ceassynge,  and  call  to  remembraunce 
 youre  worke  in  the  faith,  and  youre  laboure 
 in  loue,  5  youre  pacience  in  hope,  'which 
 is  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ  before  God 
 oiu-e  father :  Because  we  knowe  (brethren, 
 beloued  of  God)  how  that  ye  are  electe :  tfor 
 oure  Gospell  hath  not  bene  with  you  in  worde 
 onely,  but  both  in  power  and  in  the  holy 
 goost,  and  in  moch  certayntie,  as  ye  knowe 
 after  what  maner  we  were  amonge  you  for 
 youre  sakes. 
 
 Phil.  1.  a.   Col.  1.  a.         •  1  Tim.  1.  a.         t  1  Cor.  2.  a. 
 
 And  ye  became  the  folowers  of  vs  and  of 
 the  LORDE:  and  receaued  the  worde  in 
 moch  affliccion  with  ioye  of  the  holy  goost : 
 so  that  ye  were  an  example  to  all  that  beleued 
 in  Macedonia  and  Achaia.  For  fro  you  was 
 the  worde  of  the  LORDE  noysed  out,  not 
 onely  in  Macedonia  5  Achaia,  but  I  all  quar- 
 ters also  is  youre  faith  i  God  spred  abrode 
 so  that  it  nedeth  not  vs  to  speake  eny  thinge 
 at  all.  For  they  them  selues  shewe  of  you, 
 what  maner  of  entrynge  in  we  had  vnto  you, 
 and  how  ye  are  turned  vnto  God  from  ymages, 
 for  to  serue  the  lyuynge  and  true  God,  and  to 
 loke  for  his  sonne  t  from  heaue :  whom  he 
 raysed  vp  from  the  deed,  euen  lesus,  which 
 hath  delyuered  vs  fro  the  §  wrath  to  come. 
 
 Ci^c  i).  CIjaptCT. 
 
 FOR  ye  youre  selues  (brethren)  knowe  of 
 oure  intraiice  vnto  you,  how  that  it  was 
 not  in  vayne,  but  as  we  had  sufired  afore, 
 (J  II  were  shamefully  intreated  at  Philippos  (as 
 
 and4.  c.        t  Act.  1.  b.       ^  loh.  3.  c.        ||Act.  16.  c. 
 
Cftap.  itj. 
 
 €i)t  firsit  €^i^tk  to  ti)t  Ccssialoniaiis. 
 
 jTo.  cnv. 
 
 ye  knowe)  we  were  bolde  in  oure  God,  *to 
 speake  vnto  you  f  Gospel  of  God  with  moch 
 stryuynge.  For  oure  exhortacion  was  not  to 
 brynge  you  to  erroure  ner  yet  to  vnclennes, 
 nether  was  it  with  gyle:  but  as  we  are  alowed 
 of  God,  that  the  GospeU  shulde  be  eommytted 
 vnto  vs  to  preache,  euen  so  we  speake,  t  not 
 as  though  we  wolde  please  me,  but  God, 
 which  tryeth  oure  hertes. 
 
 For  we  haue  not  gone  aboute  with  flateringe 
 wordes  (as  ye  knowe)  ner  wayted  for  oure 
 owne  profit  (tGod  is  reeorde)  nether  soughte 
 we  prayse  of  men,  nether  of  you  ner  of  eny 
 other,  whan  we  mighte  haue  bene  chargeable 
 vnto  you  as  the  Apostles  off  Christ,  but  we 
 were  tender  amonge  you. 
 
 Like  as  a  norsse  cherisheth  hir  children, 
 euen  so  had  we  hartely  aifeccion  towarde  you, 
 and  wolde  with  good  wyl  haue  dealte  vnto 
 you,  not  onely  the  Gospell  of  God,  but  oure 
 lyues  also,  because  ye  were  deare  vnto  vs. 
 
 Ye  remembre  brethren  oure  laboure  and 
 trauayle.  §For  daye  and  nighte  wroughte 
 we  (because  we  wolde  not  be  chargeable  vnto 
 eny  of  you)  and  preached  the  Gospell  of  God 
 amonge  you.  Ye  are  witnesses,  and  so 
 God,  how  holyly  and  iustly  and  vnblameable 
 we  behaued  oure  selues  amoge  you  that  be- 
 leue  :  as  ye  knowe,  how  that  as  a  father  his 
 children,  euen  so  exhorted  we  and  comforted 
 and  besoughte  euery  one  of  you,  that  ye  wolde 
 walke  worthely  before  God,  which  hath  called 
 you  vnto  his  kyngdome  5  glory. 
 
 For  this  cause  thanke  we  God  without 
 ceassynge,  because  that  wha  ye  receaued  of 
 vs  the  worde  of  the  preachinge  of  God,  ye 
 receaued  it  not  as  f  worde  of  men,  but  (eue 
 as  it  is  of  a  trueth)  the  worde  of  God,  which 
 worketh  in  you  that  beleue. 
 
 For  ye  brethren  are  become  the  folowers 
 off  lithe  congregacions  off  God  which  in  lewry 
 are  in  Christ  lesu,  so  that  ye  haue  sufired 
 euen  like  thinges  of  youre  kynsmen,  as  they 
 haue  suffred  of  the  lewes.  Which  as  they 
 put  the  LORDE  lesus  to  death,  and  their 
 awne  prophetes,  euen  so  haue  they  persecuted 
 vs  also,  and  please  not  God,  and  are  cotrary 
 to  all  men,  **  forbyddinge  vs  to  speake  vnto  the 
 Heythen  that  they  mighte  be  saued,  to  fulfill 
 their  synnes  allwaye :  for  the  wrath  is  come 
 vpon  them  allready  vnto  y  vttemost. 
 
 •  Act.  17.  a.  t  Gal.  1.  b.  f  Phil.  1.  b.  §  Act. 
 20.  e.      2  Tess.  3.  a.  11  Heb.  10.  d.  It  Mat.  23.  d. 
 
 But  we  (brethren)  for  as  moch  as  we  haue 
 bene  kepte  from  you  for  a  season,  as  con- 
 cernynge  the  bodely  presence,  but  not  in  the 
 hert,  we  haue  haisted  the  more  with  greate 
 desyre  to  se  you  personally.  Therfore  wolde 
 we  haue  come  vnto  you,  (I  Paul)  two  tymes, 
 ttbut  Sathan  withstode  vs.  For  who  is  oure 
 hope,  or  ioye,  or  crowne  of  Jtreioysinge?  are 
 not  ye  it  in  f  sighte  of  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ  at  his  commynge  ?  Yes  ye  are  oure 
 prayse  and  ioye. 
 
 Cljt  iij.  Cl^apttr. 
 
 WHERFORE  sence  weeoulde  no  longer 
 forbeare,  we  thoughte  it  good  to  re- 
 mayne  at  §§  Athens  alone,  u  sent  Timotheus 
 oure  brother  and  mynister  of  God,  and  oure 
 helper  in  y  gospell  of  Christ,  to  stablysh  you 
 and  to  comforte  you  in  youre  faith,  that 
 noman  shulde  be  moued  in  these  troubles: 
 (for  ye  youre  selues  knowe,  that  we  are  euen 
 appoynted  there  vnto.  And  whan  we  were 
 with  you,  we  tolde  you  before,  that  we  shulde 
 sufFre  tribulacion,  euen  as  it  is  come  to  passe, 
 d  as  ye  knowe.)  For  this  cause  seynge  I 
 coulde  no  longer  forbeare,  I  sent,  that  I 
 mighte  haue  knowlege  of  youre  faith,  lest 
 happly  the  tempter  had  tempted  you,  and 
 lest  oure  laboure  had  bene  in  vayne. 
 
 But  now  that  Timotheus  is  come  fro  you 
 vnto  vs,  and  hath  shewed  vs  of  youre  faith 
 and  loue,  5  how  that  ye  haue  allwaye  good 
 remembraunce  of  vs,  desyringe  to  se  vs  as  we 
 also  longe  to  se  you :  therfore  brethren  we 
 haue  consolacion  in  you  in  all  oure  trouble 
 and  necessite  thorow  youre  faith.  For  now 
 are  we  alyue,  yf  ye  stonde  stedfast  in  f 
 LORDE.  For  what  thankes  can  we  recom- 
 pece  to  God  agayne  for  you,  because  of  this 
 ioye  that  we  haue  concernynge  you  before 
 oure  God  ?  We  praye  exceadingly  daye  and 
 nighte,  that  we  mighte  se  you  presently,  and 
 fulfill  that  which  is  lackynge  in  youre  faith. 
 
 God  himselfe  oure  father  j  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ  gyde  oure  ioumey  vnto  you.  But 
 the  LORDE  increace  you,  5  make  you  flowe 
 ouer  in  loue  one  towarde  another,  and  towarde 
 all  men  (euen  as  we  do  towarde  you)  that 
 youre  hertes  maye  be  stable  and  vnblameable 
 in    holynes   before   God   oure  father,  at  the 
 
 Act.  17.  a.  b. 
 
 tt  Dan.  10.  b. 
 55  Act.  17.  c. 
 
 n    Phil.  2.  b. 
 
fio^tti:* 
 
 €l)t  firsit  ((?pi6tle  to  ti)t  Crssialomans. 
 
 Cftap.  liij. 
 
 commynge  of  oure  LOllDE  lesus  Christ  with 
 all  his  sayntes. 
 
 CI)t  tiij.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 FURTHERMORE  we  beseke  you  bre- 
 thren and  exhorte  you  in  the  LORDE 
 lesus,  that  ye  increace  more  and  more,  euen 
 as  ye  haue  receaued  of  vs  how  ye  oughte 
 to  walke  and  to  please  God.  For  ye  knowe 
 what  cominaundementes  we  gaue  you  by 
 oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ.  For  this  is  the 
 *  will  of  God,  euen  youre  sanctifienge,  that  ye 
 shulde  absteyne  from  whordome,  ty  euery 
 one  of  you  shulde  knowe  how  to  kepe  his 
 vessell  in  holynes  and  honoure,  g  not  in  the 
 lust  of  concupiscence,  *as  the  Heythen  which 
 knowe  not  God.  And  that  no  man  go  to 
 farre,  ner  defraude  his  brother  in  bargayninge. 
 For  the  LORDE  is  the  auenger  of  all  soch 
 thinges,  as  we  haue  sayde  5  testified  \'Tito  you 
 afore  tyme.  For  God  hath  not  called  vs  to 
 vnclennesse,  but  vnto  holynes.  §  He  therfore 
 that  despyseth,  despyseth  not  man,  but  God, 
 which  hath  geuen  his  holy  sprete  in  to  you. 
 
 But  as  touchinge  brotherly  loue,  ye  nede 
 not  that  I  wryte  vnto  you,  t  for  ye  youre  selues 
 are  taught  of  God  to  loue  one  another :  yee 
 and  that  thinge  ye  do  vnto  all  the  brethre, 
 which  are  thorow  out  all  Macedonia.  But  we 
 beseke  you  brethren  that  ye  increace  yet  more 
 and  more,  and  that  ye  study  to  be  quyete, 
 and  to  medle  with   youre   awne   busynesse, 
 
 and  to  worke  with  youre  awne  hades,  as  we 
 commaunded  you,  that  ye  maye  walke  honestly 
 towarde  the  that  are  without,  and  that  no- 
 thinge  be  lackynge  ^^^to  you. 
 
 We  wolde  not  brethren  that  ye  shulde  be 
 ignoraunt  concernynge  them  which  are  fallen 
 a  slepe,  that  ye  sorowe  not  as  other  do  which 
 haue  no  hope.  For  yf  we  beleue  that  lesus 
 dyed  and  rose  agayne,  euen  so  the  also  which 
 slepe  by  lesus,  shal  God  brjmge  with  him. 
 For  this  we  saye  vnto  you  in  the  worde  of 
 the  LORDE,  ttthat  we  which  lyue  and  are 
 remaynynge  in  the  comynge  of  the  LORDE, 
 shal  not  come  yer  they  which  slepe.  tt  For 
 the  LORDE  himselfe  shal  come  downe  fro 
 heauen  with  a  shoute  and  voyce  of  f  Arch- 
 angel! and  with  the  trompe  of  God,  and  the 
 deed  in  Christ  shal  aryse  first :    then  shal  we 
 
 •  Rom.  12.  a.  Ephe.  5.  b.  t  Tob.  6.  d.  1  Cor.  7.  a. 
 
 J  Rom.  1.  c.  §Luc.  lO.b.  ||  1  Cor.  3.  b.  and  6.  c. 
 
 f  loh.  6.  e.  ••  Act.  20.  e.  2  Tess.  3.  b.         tt  1  Cor. 
 
 15.  f.  tt  Mat.  24.  c.  loh.  5.  c.  Act.  1.  b.  2  Tesa.  2.  a. 
 
 which  lyue  and  remayne,  be  caught  vp  with 
 them  also  in  the  cloudes,  to  mete  the  LORDE 
 in  the  ayre,  and  so  shal  we  euer  be  with  the 
 LORDE.  Wherfore  comforte  youre  selues 
 one  another  with  these  wordes. 
 
 CiK  b.  Cljaptcr. 
 
 BUT  of  y  tymes  and  seasons  (brethre)  it 
 is  no  nede  to  wryte  vnto  you.  For  ye 
 youre  selues  knowe  perfectly,  that  ii  the  daye 
 of  the  LORDE  shal  come  euen  as  a  thefe  in 
 the  nighte.  For  whan  they  shal  saye :  Tush, 
 It  is  peace,  there  is  no  daunger,  llllthen  shall 
 soden  destruccion  come  vpo  the,  euen  as  the 
 payne  of  a  woman  trauaylinge  with  childe, 
 and  they  shal  not  escape.  But  ye  brethren 
 are  not  in  darknes,  that  that  daye  shulde 
 come  on  you  as  a  thefe.  Ye  are  alltogether 
 children  of  lighte,  and  children  of  the  daye. 
 We  are  not  of  the  night,  nether  of  darknesse. 
 
 ItH  Therfore  let  vs  not  slepe  as  do  other,  but 
 let  vs  watch,  and  be  sober.  For  they  that 
 slepe,  slepe  in  the  nighte :  and  they  that  be 
 dronken,  are  dronken  in  the  nighte.  But  let 
 vs  which  are  of  the  daye,  be  sober,  armed  with 
 the  brestplate  of  faith  and  loue,  and  with  y 
 helmet  of  hope  to  saluacion. 
 
 For  God  hath  not  appoynted  vs  vnto  wrath, 
 but  to  optayne  saluacion  by  y  meanes  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesu  Christ,  which  dyed  for  vs:  that 
 whether  we  wake  or  slepe,  we  shulde  lyue 
 together  with  him.  Wherfore  comforte  youre 
 selues  together,  and  edifye  one  another,  euen 
 as  ye  do. 
 
 We  beseke  you  brethren,  ***that  ye  knowe 
 them  which  laboure  amonge  you,  and  haue 
 the  ouersighte  of  you  in  the  LORDE,  and 
 geue  you  exhortacion,  that  ye  haue  the  the 
 more  in  loue  for  their  workes  sake,  and  be  at 
 peace  with  them.  We  desyre  you  brethre, 
 warne  them  that  are  vnruly,  coforte  the  feble 
 mynded,  forbeare  the  weake,  be  pacient  to- 
 warde all  men.  ttt  Se  that  none  recompence 
 euell  for  euell  vnto  eny  man :  but  euer  folowe 
 that  which  is  good,  both  amoge  youre  selues 
 and  to  all  men. 
 
 Reioyse  alwaye,  praye  contynually,  ttt  in  all 
 thinges  be  thankfull :  for  this  is  the  wyll  of 
 God  in  Christ  lesu  towarde  you.  ^j^Quech 
 not    f    sprete :    despyse    not    prophecieges : 
 
 ^^Mat.  24.  d.    2  Pet.  3.  b.    Apoc.  3.a.  ||||  lere.  15.  b. 
 
 illt  Rom.  13.  b.  •••  Gal.  6.  a.  1  Tim.  5  c.  ttt  Mat. 
 5.  e.         tJjEpbe.  5.  b.        §§§  1  Co.  14.  d. 
 
Cftap,  u 
 
 €i)t  ij.  €pi£(tk  to  tl)e  Cessalomang. 
 
 JfO.  fCH'U 
 
 proue  all  thiges,  5  kepe  y  which  is  good. 
 Abstayne  fro  all  suspicious  thinges.  The 
 very  God  of  peace  sauctifye  you  thorow  out. 
 And  I  praye  God,  that  youre  whole  sprete, 
 soule  g  body  be  kepte  blameles  vnto  y 
 comynge  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 *  Faithful!  is  he  which  hath  called  you,  which 
 wil  also  do  it.    Brethren,  praye  for  vs.    Grete 
 
 all  the  brethre  with  an  holy  kysse.  I  charge 
 you  by  y  LOIIDE,  that  this  epistle  be  red 
 vnto  all  f  holy  brethren,  t  The  grace  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ  be  with  you.  Amen. 
 
 The  first  Epistle  to  the  Tessalonians, 
 sent  from  Athens. 
 
 •  1  Cor.  1.  a.  and  10.  b.  t  2  Tess.  3.  b. 
 
 of  rtt  ^po0tU  S-  Paul  to  tbt  Et^mloniam. 
 
 Cfte  sumim  of  tf)is(  epistle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 He  thanketh  God  for  their  faith  and  loue,  and 
 prayeth  for  the  increase  of  the  same. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 He  sheweth  them  that  the  daye  of  the  LORDE 
 shal  not  come,  till  the  departinge  fro  the  faith 
 come  first :  and  therfore  he  exhorteth  them  not 
 
 to  be  disceaued,  but  to  stonde  stedfast  in  the 
 thinges  that  he  hath  taught  them. 
 
 CJ)ap.  III. 
 
 He  desyreth  them  to  praye  for  him  that  the 
 gospell  maye  prospere,  and  geueth  the  warn- 
 ynge  to  reproue  the  ydle,  and  yf  they  wil  not 
 laboure  with  their  handes,  that  they  shal  not 
 eate. 
 
 Wi)t  first  Cljaptcr. 
 
 PAUL  and  Siluanus  and  Timotheus. 
 To  the  congregacion  of  f  Tessalonias 
 in  God  oure  father  and  in  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Grace  be  with  you,  and  peace  from  God 
 oure  father,  and  from  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 We  are  bounde  to  thanke  God  allwayes  for 
 you  brethren,  as  it  is  mete :  because  that 
 youre  faith  groweth  exceadingly,  and  the 
 loue  of  euery  one  of  you  increaseth  towarde 
 another  amoge  youre  selues,  so  that  we  oure 
 
 Mat.  24.  c.  and  I 
 
 +  2  Pet.  3.  a. 
 
 selues  make  oure  boast  of  you  (in  the  congre- 
 gacions  of  God)  of  youre  paciece  and  faith  in 
 all  youre  persecucions  and  troubles  that  ye 
 sufFre,  which  is  a  token  of  the  righteous 
 iudgment  of  God,  that  ye  are  counted  worthy 
 of  the  kyngdome  of  God,  for  the  which  ye 
 also  suflre. 
 
 For  it  is  a  righteous  thinge  with  God,  to 
 recopence  tribulacion  vnto  the  y  trouble  you: 
 but  vnto  you  which  are  troubled,  rest  with  vs, 
 *wha  the  LORDE  lesus  shal  shewe  himselfe 
 from  heauen,  with  the  angels  of  his  power, 
 and  with  flammynge  t  fyre,  to  geue  vengeaiice 
 vnto  them  that  knowe  not  God,  t  and  to  them 
 
 t  Rom.  2.  a. 
 
I/O.  rm]. 
 
 €i)t  tj.  (Cpistle  to  tin  Crssaloiiiang, 
 
 Cftap.  iij. 
 
 that  obeye  not  the  Gospell  of  oure  LORDE 
 losus  Christ.  *  Which  shalbe  pimyshed  with 
 euerlastinge  damnacion,  t  from  y  presence 
 of  the  LORDE,  and  from  the  glory  of  his 
 power,  whan  he  shal  come  to  be  glorified  in 
 his  sayntes,  and  to  become  maruelous  in  all 
 them  that  beleue :  because  ye  haue  beleued 
 oure  testimony  vnto  you  of  the  same  daye. 
 Wherfore  we  praye  allwayes  for  you,  that 
 oure  God  make  you  worthy  of  f  callynge 
 and  fulfill  all  delectacion  of  goodnes,  and  the 
 worke  of  faith  in  power,  that  f  name  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ  maye  be  praysed  in 
 you,  and  ye  in  him,  acordinge  to  the  grace  of 
 oure  God,  and  of  the  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 CI)c  ij.  Chapter. 
 
 WE  beseke  you  brethren  by  the  com- 
 mynge  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ, 
 and  in  that  we  shal  assemble  vnto  him,  that 
 ye  be  not  sodenly  moued  fro  youre  mynde, 
 and  be  not  troubled,  nether  by  sprete,  nether 
 by  wordes,  ner  yet  by  letter,  which  shulde 
 seme  to  be  sent  from  vs,  as  though  y  daye  of 
 Christ  were  at  hande.  Let  noman  disceaue 
 you  by  eny  meanes.  For  the  LORDE 
 commeth  not,  excepte  the  *  departynge  come 
 first,  and  that  that  Man  of  synne  be  opened, 
 euen  the  sonne  of  perdicion,  which  is  an 
 aduersary,  and  is  exalted  aboue  all  y  is  called 
 God  or  Gods  seruyce,  so  that  he  sytteth  as 
 God  in  the  §  temple  of  God,  )i  and  boasteth 
 himselfe  to  be  God 
 
 Remembre  ye  not,  that  whan  I  was  yet 
 with  you,  I  tolde  you  these  thinges?  And 
 now  ye  knowe  what  witholdeth  it,  eue  that  it 
 mighte  be  vttered  at  his  tjnne.  (V  For  the 
 mystery  of  the  iniquyte  worketh  allready,  tyll 
 he  which  now  onely  letteth,  be  take  out  of  the 
 waye.)     And  then  shal  that  wicked  be  vttered, 
 
 whom  the  LORDE  shal  c5sume  with  y 
 sprete  of  his  mouth,  (j  shal  destroye  with  the 
 appearaunce  of  his  commynge :  euen  him, 
 whose  commynge  is  after  the  workynge  of 
 Sathan  ttwith  all  lyenge  power,  and  signes 
 and  wonders,  and  with  all  deceauablenes  of 
 vnrighteousnes  amonge  them  that  perishe, 
 because  they  receaued  not  the  loue  of  y 
 trueth,  that  they  might  haue  bene  saued. 
 "Therfore  shal  God  sende  them  stroge  delu- 
 
 •  Slip.  S.  t  Ksa.  2.  b.  }  Dan.  9.  e.    1  lim.  4.  a. 
 
 §  1  Cor.  3.  b.  II  Dan.  11.  e.  HI  loh.  «.  c. 
 
 ••  lob  15.  d.  Esa.  11.  a.  Uau.  8.d.  tt  Deut.  13.  n. 
 
 sion,  that  they  shulde  beleue  lyes,  y  all  they 
 might  be  diined,  which  beleued  not  the  trueth, 
 but  had  pleasure  in  vnrighteousnes. 
 
 But  we  are  bounde  to  geue  thankes  allwaye 
 vnto  God  for  you,  brethren  beloued  of  the 
 LORDE,  because  that  God  hath  from  the 
 begynnynge  chosen  you  to  saluacion  in  the 
 sanctifienge  of  the  sprete  and  in  beleuynge  of 
 the  trueth,  whervnto  he  hath  called  you  by 
 oure  Gospell,  to  optayne  the  glory  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Therfore  brethren  stonde  fast,  and  kepe  the 
 ordinaunces  which  ye  haue  lerned,  whether  it 
 were  by  oure  preachinge  or  by  epistle.  But 
 oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ  himselfe,  and  God 
 oure  father,  which  hath  loued  vs  and  geuen  vs 
 euerlastinge  consolacion,  and  a  good  hope 
 thorow  grace,  comforte  youre  hertes,  and 
 stablysh  you  in  all  doctryne  j  good  doynge, 
 
 €\)t  ii).  CJ^aptcr. 
 
 FURTHERMORE  brethren  §§praye  for 
 vs,  that  the  worde  of  God  maye  haue  fre 
 passage  and  be  glorified  as  it  is  with  you,  and 
 that  we  maye  be  delyuered  from  vnreasonable 
 and  euell  me.  Illl  For  faith  is  not  euery  mas. 
 But  the  LORDE  is  faithfull,  which  shal 
 stablyshe  you  and  kepe  you  from  euell.  We 
 haue  confidence  in  the  LORDE  to  you  warde, 
 that  ye  both  do  and  wyll  do  that  which  we 
 comaunde  you.  The  LORDE  gyde  youre 
 hertes  vnto  the  loue  of  God  and  pacience  of 
 Christ. 
 
 II  If  But  we  requyre  you  brethren,  in  the 
 name  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ,  that  ye 
 withdrawe  youre  selues  from  euery  brother 
 that  walketh  inordinatly,  and  not  after  the 
 institucion  which  he  receaued  of  vs.  For  ye 
 youre  selues  knowe,  how  ye  oughte  to  folowe 
 s  :  for  we  behaued  not  oure  selues  inordinatly 
 amonge  you,  nether  toke  we  bred  of  eny  man 
 for  naughte  ***but  wrought  with  laboure  and 
 trauayle  night  and  daye,  lest  we  shulde  be 
 chargeable  to  eny  of  you.  Not  but  that  we 
 had  auctorite,  but  to  geue  oure  selues  for  an 
 ensample  vnto  you  to  folowe  vs.  And  whan 
 we  were  with  you,  this  we  warned  you  of,  that 
 yf  there  were  eny  which  wolde  not  worke,  f 
 same  shulde  not  eate.  For  we  heare  saye, 
 that  there  are  some  which  waike  amonge  you 
 
 Mat.  24.  b.  tt  Zach.  5.  a.  Rom.  1.  d.  ^^  Mat.  9.  d. 
 '  Epbe.  6.  c.  Col.  4.  a.  ||||  loh.  6.  c.  f  f  1  Cor.  .i.  b. 
 •••  Act.  18.  a.  and  20.  e.  2  Cor.  8.  c. 
 
Ci)ap»  u 
 
 €\)t  fir^t  (Bpi^tlt  hnto  €moti)^. 
 
 fo,  tmii. 
 
 inordinatly,  and  worke  not  at  all,  but  are  busy 
 bodies.  *  But  them  that  are  soche,  we  com- 
 maunde  and  exhorte  by  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  that  they  worke  with  quyetnes,  and 
 eate  their  awne  bred. 
 
 Neuertheles  brethren,  t  be  not  ye  weery  of 
 well  doynge.  t  But  yf  eny  man  obey  not 
 oure  sayenges,  sende  vs  worde  of  him  by  a 
 letter,  and  haue  nothinge  to  do  with  him, 
 y  he   maye  be  ashamed.     Yet  counte  him 
 
 lTes3.4.b.  tGal.  6.  a. 
 
 not   as    an    enemye,    but    warne    him    as   a 
 brother. 
 
 The  very  LORDE  of  peace  geue  you  peace 
 allwayes  by  all  meanes.  The  LORDE  be 
 with  you  all.  The  salutacion  of  me  Paul  with 
 myne  awne  hande :  This  is  the  token  in  all 
 epistles.  So  I  wryte.  The  grace  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ  be  with  you  all.    Amen. 
 
 Sent  from  Athens. 
 
 J  2  loh.  1.  b. 
 
 of  tbt  ^pc0tle  ^.  Paul  to  t^imortg. 
 
 €i)t  siumine  of  tftts  tpisitle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 He  exhorteth  Timothy  to  wayte  vpo  his  office : 
 namely,  to  se  that  nothige  be  taughte  but 
 Gods  worde,  (jc.  He  sheweth  also  wherfore 
 the  laws  is  good,  and  telleth  these  swete  and 
 glad  tidinges,  that  Christ  lesus  came  in  to  the 
 worlde  to  saue  synners,  example  of  himselfe. 
 
 C]&ap.  n. 
 
 He  exhorteth  to  praye  for  all  men.  He  will  not 
 haue  wemen  to  be  ouer  costly  arayed,  ner  to 
 teach  in  thecongregacion,  but  to  be  in  sylence, 
 and  obeye  their  huszbandes. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 What  maner  of  man  a  byszhoppe  or  presl  ought 
 to  be,  and  what  condicions  his  wife  and  chil- 
 
 dren  shulde   haue.     The   properties  also  re 
 quyred  in  a  deacon  or  mynister,  and  in  his 
 
 wife. 
 
 cijap.  nn. 
 
 He  prophecieth   of  the   latter  dayes,    and  eX' 
 
 horteth  Timothy  to  the  diliget  readynge  of  the 
 
 holy  scripture. 
 
 €i)ap.  V. 
 He  teacheth  him  how  he  shal  behaue  himselfe  in 
 
 rebukynge  all  degrees.     An  ordre  concernynge 
 
 wyddowes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 The  dutye  of  seruauntes  towarde  their  masters. 
 
 Agaynst   soch  as   are  not  satisfied  with  the 
 
 worde  of  God,  Agaynst  cuvetousnes,  A  good 
 
 lesson  for  riche  men. 
 
 E^t  first  (fl^aptrr. 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  of  lesus  Christ  acord- 
 inge  to  the  *  commaundement  of  God 
 oure  Sauioure,  and  of  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  t  which  is  oure  hope. 
 
 Vnto  Timothy  my  naturall  sonne  in  the 
 faith. 
 
 Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  from  God  oure 
 father,  and  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 As  I  besoughte  y  to  abyde  still  at  Ephesus 
 (i  whan  I  departed  in  to  Macedonia)  eue  so 
 
 t  Act.  19.  20. 
 ~  156 
 
iJTo.  rciriuji. 
 
 €i)t  fir£(t  epistlc  bnto  CiinotJ)!). 
 
 C6ap,  ij. 
 
 33 
 
 do,  that  thou  commaunde  some,  that  they 
 teach  none  other  wyse,  *  nether  geue  hede  to 
 fables  and  genealogies,  which  are  endlesse, 
 and  brede  doutes  more  then  godly  edifyenge, 
 which  is  by  faith.*  For  y  chefe  summe  of 
 the  commaundemcnt  is  louc  of  a  pure  hert, 
 and  of  a  good  coscience,  and  of  faith  vnfayned. 
 From  the  which  some  haue  erred,  5  haue 
 turned  vnto  vayne  iangelynge,  wyllinge  to  be 
 doctours  of  the  scripture,  and  vnderstonde 
 not  what  they  speake,  nether  wher  of  they 
 affirme. 
 
 t  But  we  knowe  that  the  lawe^  is  good,  yf 
 a  man  vse  it  laufully,  vnderstodinge  this, 
 ^  that  the  lawe  is  not  geuen  vnto  the  right- 
 eous, but  to  the  vnrighteous  s  dishobedient, 
 I  to  the  vngodly  5  to  synners,  to  the  vnholy  5 
 I  vncleane,  to  murthurers  of  fathers  and  mur- 
 thurers  of  mothers,  to  manslayers,  to  whore- 
 mongers, II  to  the  that  defyle  them  selues 
 with  mankynde,  to  menstealers,  to  lyars,  to 
 periured,  (t  so  forth  yf  there  be  eny  other 
 thinge  y  is  cotrary  to  f  wholsome  doctryne, 
 acordinge  to  y  Gospell  of  y  glory  of  the 
 blessed  God,  which  (Gospell)  is  comytted 
 vnto  me. 
 
 And  I  thanke  Christ  lesus  oure  LORDE, 
 which  hath  made  me  stroge,  for  he  counted 
 me  faithful!,  5  put  me  in  office,  wha  before  I 
 was  a  blasphemer,  t  (j  a  persecutor,  5  a  ty- 
 raunt :  but  I  optayned  mercy,  because  I  dyd 
 it  ignorauntly  in  vnbeleue.  Neuertheles  the 
 grace  of  oure  LORDE  was  more  abudaunt 
 thorow  f  faith  5  loue  which  is  in  Christ  lesu. 
 For  this  is  a  true  sayenge,  and  by  all  meanes 
 worthy  to  be  receaued,  **  that  Christ  lesus 
 came  in  to  f  worlde  to  saue  synners,  of  whom 
 I  am  chefe.  Notwithstondynge  for  this  cause 
 optayned  I  mercy,  that  lesus  Christ  mighte 
 pryncipally  shewe  in  me  all  longe  pacience, 
 to  the  ensample  of  them  which  shulde  beleue 
 in  him  vnto  eternall  life.  So  then  vnto  God 
 kynge  euerlastinge,  immortall  and  ++  invisible, 
 and  wyse  onely,  be  honoure  and  prayse  for 
 euer  and  euer  Amen. 
 
 This  commaundement  commytte  I  vnto  the 
 (my  Sonne  Timotheus)  acordinge  to  f  pro- 
 phecies which  in  tyme  past  were  propnecied 
 of  the,  that  thou  in  them  shuldest  fighte  a 
 good  fighte,  hauynge  faith  5  good  conscience, 
 
 •  2  Tim.  2.  c.  Tit.  3.  b.             t  Rom.  13.  b.     Gal.  6.  a. 
 
 t  Rom.  7.  b.  §  Gal.  5.  c.          ||  Rom.  1.  d.          H  Act. 
 
 9.  a.   Gal.  1.  b.  ••Mat.9.  b.   Iob.3.c.        ttCol.  l.b. 
 
 U  2  Tim.  2.  b.  &&  2  Tim.  4.  b.            ||||  1  Cor.  5.  a. 
 
 which  some  haue  put  awaye  fro  them,  and  as 
 concernynge  faith  haue  made  shj'pwrake :  of 
 whose  nombre  is  tt  Hymeneos  and  §^  Alex- 
 ander, III!  whom  I  haue  delyuered  vnto  Sathan, 
 that  they  might  be  taught,  nomore  to  blas- 
 pheme. 
 
 Cl)t  ij.  €!)aptfr. 
 
 IEXHORTE  therfore,  y  aboue  all  thinges, 
 prayers,  supplicacions,  intercessions  and 
 geuynge  of  thfikes  be  had  for  all  men  Hlf  for 
 kynges,  and  for  all  that  are  in  auctorite,  that 
 we  maye  lyue  a  quyete  (j  peaceable  life  in  all 
 godlynes  and  honestie.  For  that  is  good  and 
 accepted  in  y  sighte  of  God  oure  Sauioure, 
 which  wil  haue  all  men  saued,  and  to  come 
 vnto  the  knowlege  of  y  trueth.  For  there  is 
 one  God,  and  ***  one  mediatour  betwene  God 
 and  men,  (namely)  the  man  Christ  lesus, 
 which  gaue  him  selfe  a  raunsome  for  all  men, 
 that  at  his  tyme  it  shulde  be  preached,  where- 
 vnto  ttt  I  am  ordeyned  a  preacher  5  an  Apostle 
 (I  tell  y  trueth  in  Christ  and  lye  not)  a 
 teacher  of  the  Heythe  in  faith  and  in  the 
 trueth. 
 
 I  wil  therfore  that  men  praye  tt*  in  all 
 places,  liftinge  vp  pure  hades  without  wrath 
 or  dowtynge.  §§§  Likewyse  also  the  wemen, 
 that  they  araye  them  selues  in  comly  apparell 
 with  shamfastnes  and  discrete  behaueoure, 
 not  with  broyded  heer,  or  golde,  or  perles,  or 
 costly  araye :  but  with  soch  as  it  becommeth 
 weme  that  professe  godlynes  thorow  good 
 workes.  llllllLet  the  woman  lerne  in  sylece 
 with  all  subieccion.  I  suffre  not  a  woma  to 
 teach  UK  IT  ner  to  haue  auctorite  ouer  the  man, 
 but  for  to  be  in  sylence.  For  Adam  was  first 
 formed,  and  the  Eue :  Adam  also  was  not 
 disceaued,  but  the  woman  was  disceaued,  and 
 hath  brought  in  the  trasgression.  Notwit- 
 stondynge  thorow  bearynge  of  children  she 
 shalhe  saued,  yf  she  contynue  in  faith  and  in 
 loue  5  in  the  sanctifyenge  with  discrecion. 
 
 W^t  it).  Cijaptrr. 
 
 THIS  is  a  true  sayege:  Yf  a  ma  covet  f 
 office  of  a  Biszhoppe,  he  desyreth  a 
 good  worke.  But  a  Biszhoppe  must  be  blame- 
 lesse,  ****  the  huszbiide  of  one  wife,  sober, 
 
 HIT  lere.  29.  b.  Baruc.  I.e.  •*•  Heb.  9.  c.  ttt  Rom. 
 1.  a.  2  Tim.  1.  b.  JnIoh.4.c.  $^§  Tit.  2.  a.  1  Pet. 
 3.  a.  mill  1  Co.  14.  e.  f  flf  Gen.  3.c.  Ephe.  5.  c. 
 ••••  Leui.  21.b.    Eze.  44.  d.    Tit.  1.  b. 
 
CDap.  !)♦ 
 
 €i}t  fli-gt  episitlg  bitto  Cimotftp. 
 
 #0.  fiTb, 
 
 discrete,  manerly,  harberous,  *  apte  to  teach : 
 Not  geuen  to  moch  wyne,  no  fighter,  not 
 geuen  to  filthy  lucre :  but  gentle,  abhorrynge 
 stryfe,  abhorrynge  couetousnes :  5  one  that 
 ruleth  his  awne  house  honestly,  hauynge  obe- 
 dient children  with  all  honestye.  (But  yf  a 
 man  can  not  rule  his  owne  house,  how  shal 
 he  care  for  the  congregacion  of  God  ?)  He 
 maye  not  be  a  yoge  scolar,  lest  he  be  puft  vp, 
 and  fall  in  to  the  iudgment  of  f  euell  speaker. 
 He  must  also  haue  a  good  reporte  of  them 
 which  are  without,  lest  he  fall  in  to  the  rebuke 
 and  snare  of  the  euell  speaker. 
 
 Likewyse  must  the  t  mynisters  be  honest, 
 not  double  tonged,  not  geuen  to  moch  wyne, 
 nether  vnto  fylthie  lucre,  but  hauynge  the 
 mystery  of  faith  in  pure  conscience.  And  let 
 them  first  be  proued,  and  then  let  them  my- 
 nister,  yf  they  be  blamelesse. 
 
 Euen  so  must  their  wyues  be  honest,  not 
 euell  speakers,  but  sober  and  faithfull  in  all 
 thinges.  Let  the  mynisters  be,  euery  one  the 
 huszbiide  of  one  wyfe,  and  soch  as  rule  their 
 children  well,  and  their  owne  housholdes. 
 t  For  they  that  mynister  well,  get  them  selues 
 a  good  degree  and  greate  libertye  in  the  faith 
 which  is  in  Christ  lesu. 
 
 These  thinges  wryte  I  vnto  the,  trustinge 
 shortly  to  come  vnto  the :  but  yf  I  tary  loge, 
 that  then  thou  mayest  yet  haue  knowlege, 
 how  thou  oughtest  to  behaue  thy  selfe  in 
 Gods  house,  which  is  the  congregacion  of  the 
 lyuynge  God,  the  piler  and  grounde  of  trueth : 
 and  without  naye,  greate  is  that  mystery  of 
 godlynes.  §  God  was  shewed  in  the  flesh : 
 was  iustified  in  the  sprete :  II  was  sene  of 
 angels :  was  preached  vnto  the  Heythen : 
 was  beleued  on  in  the  worlde :  If  was  receaued 
 vp  in  glory. 
 
 Cije  Hi).  CJjaptn-. 
 
 THE  sprete  speaketh  euydently,  **  that  in 
 f  latter  tymes  some  shal  tt  departe  from 
 the  faith,  and  shal  geue  hede  vnto  spretes  of 
 erroure,  and  deuelish  doctrynes,  of  them  which 
 speake  false  thorow  ypocrysie,  and  haue  their 
 coscience  marked  with  an  whote  yron,  for- 
 byddinge  to  mary,  and  comaundynge  to  ab- 
 stayne  fro  the  meates,  which  God  hath  created 
 to  be  receaued  with  geuynge  thankes  of  them 
 
 •  2  Tim.  a.  c.         t  Act.  6.  a.         t  Mat.  13.  b.  25.  b.  c. 
 
 loh.  l.b.        II  Luc.  2.  b.     Ephe.  3.  b.         f  Phil.  2.  a. 
 
 '2Tim.  3.  a.    2Pet.  3.  a.   ludic.l.c.        tt  2  Tess.  2.  a. 
 
 tt  Gen.  1.  d.    Eccli.  39.  f.    Act.  10.  b.        6^  2  Tim.  3.  b. 
 
 which  beleue  and  knowe  the  trueth.  U  For 
 euery  creature  off  God  is  good,  and  nothinge 
 to  be  refused,  y  is  receaued  with  thankes- 
 geuynge  :  for  it  is  sanctifyed  by  the  worde  of 
 God  and  prayer.  Yf  thou  shalt  put  the 
 brethren  in  remembraunce  of  these  thinges, 
 thou  shalt  be  a  good  mynister  of  lesu  Christ, 
 §§  which  hast  bene  norished  vp  in  the  wordes 
 of  faith  and  of  good  doctryne,  which  thou  hast 
 folowed  hither  to. 
 
 nil  As  for  vngoostly  and  olde  wyuesh  fables, 
 cast  them  awaye,  but  exercyse  thy  selfe  vnto 
 godlynes.  For  bodely  exercyse  profyteth 
 litle,  but  godlynes  is  profytable  vnto  all 
 thinges,  as  a  thinge  which  hath  promyses  of 
 the  life  that  is  now,  and  of  the  life  for  to  come. 
 This  is  a  sure  sayenge,  (j  of  all  partes  worthy 
 to  be  receaued.  For  therfore  we  laboure  and 
 suffre  rebuke,  because  we  hope  in  the  lyuynge 
 God,  which  is  the  Sauioure  of  all  men,  but 
 specially  of  those  that  beleue.  Soch  thinges 
 commaunde  thou  and  teach.  If  Let  no  man 
 despyse  thy  youth,  ***  but  be  thou  vnto  them 
 that  beleue,  an  ensample,  in  worde,  in  couer 
 sacion,  in  loue,  in  y  sprete,  in  faith,  in  pure- 
 nesse. 
 
 Geue  attendaunce  to  readynge,  to  exhorta^ 
 cion,  to  doctryne,  vntyll  I  come.  Be  not 
 necligent  in  the  gifte  that  is  geuen  the  thorow 
 prophecye,  ttt  with  layege  on  of  the  handes  of 
 the  Elders.  These  thinges  exercyse,  and 
 geue  thy  selfe  vnto  them,  that  thine  increace 
 maye  be  manifest  vnto  euery  man.  Take 
 hede  vnto  thy  selfe,  and  to  learnynge,  cotynue 
 in  these  thinges.  For  yf  thou  so  do,  thou 
 shalt  saue  thy  selfe,  and  them  that  heare  the. 
 
 Cfjc  b.  Cljapttr. 
 
 REBUKE  not  an  Elder,  but  exhorte  him 
 as  a  father :  and  the  yoger  men  as 
 brethren :  the  elder  wemen  as  mothers :  the 
 yonger  as  sisters  with  all  purenes.  Honoure 
 wedowes,  which  are  true  wedowes.  Yf  eny 
 wedowe  haue  children  or  neves,  let  them  lerne 
 first  to  rule  their  awne  houses  godly,  and  to 
 recompence  their  elders.  For  y  is  good  5 
 acceptable  before  God.  ttt  But  she  that  is  a 
 right  wedowe,  5  desolate,  putteth  hir  trust  in 
 God,  5  cotynueth  in  prayer  and  supplicacion 
 nighte   and   daye.     But   she   that  lyueth  in 
 
 1  Tim.  1 .  a.    2  Tim.  2.  b.  %%  Tit.  2.  b.        *••  Tit. 
 
 a.  IPet.  5.  a.  ttt  Act.  6.  a.  and  8.  b.  tUhuc.S.l. 
 1  Cor.  7.  d. 
 
fo,  ajrtii. 
 
 Cfte  fifiEit  epistlf  bnto  Cimotl)^. 
 
 Cl)ap.  bu 
 
 B 
 
 [pleasures,  is  deed,  eueii  yet  a  lyue.  And  these 
 thinges  commaunde,  that  they  maye  be  with- 
 out blame.  *  Hut  yf  there  be  eny  man  that 
 prouydeth  not  for  his  awne,  and  specially  for 
 them  of  his  houszholde,  the  same  hath  denyed 
 the  faith,  and  t  is  worse  then  an  infydele. 
 
 Let  no  wedowe  be  chosen  \Tider  thre  score 
 yeare  olde,  and  soch  one  as  was  f  wife  of  one 
 man,  and  well  reported  of  in  good  workes,  yf 
 she  haue  brought  vp  children  well,  yf  she  haue 
 bene  Jharberous,  yf  she  haue  wasshed  the 
 sayntes  fete,  yf  she  haue  mynistred  vnto  the 
 which  were  in  aduersite,  yf  she  were  con- 
 tinually geuen  to  all  maner  of  good  workes. 
 But  f  yonger  wedowes  refuse.  For  whan 
 they  haue  begonne  to  waxe  wanton  agaynst 
 Christ,  then  wil  they  mary,  hauynge  their 
 damnacion,  because  they  haue  broke  f  first 
 faith.  Besydes  this  they  are  ydell,  and  leme 
 to  runne  aboute  fro  house  to  house.  §Not 
 onely  are  they  ydell,  but  also  tryflinge  5 
 busybodies,  speakynge  thinges  which  are  not 
 comly. 
 
 II I  wil  therfore  that  the  yonger  wemen 
 mary,  beare  children,  gyde  the  house,  to  geue 
 f  aduersary  no  occasion  to  speake  euell.  For 
 some  are  turned  back  allready  after  Satha. 
 Yf  eny  man  or  woman  that  beleueth  haue 
 wedowes,  let  them  make  prouysion  for  the, 
 
 d  let  not  the  congregacion  be  charged : 
 that  they  which  are  righte  wedowes,  maye 
 haue  ynough. 
 
 The  Elders  that  rule  well,  are  worthy  of 
 double  honoure,  most  specially  they  which 
 laboure  in  the  worde  (j  in  teachinge.  For  y 
 scripture  sayeth  :  t  Thou  shalt  not  mosell  the 
 mouth  of  f  oxe  y  treadeth  out  y  come.  And : 
 
 The  labourer  is  worthy  of  his  rewarde. 
 
 tt  Agaynst  an  Elder  receaue  none  accusa- 
 cion,  but  vnder  two  or  thre  witnesses.  The 
 that  synne,  rebuke  in  the  presence  of  all,  that 
 other  also  maye  feare. 
 
 1  testifye  before  God  and  the  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  and  f  electe  angels,  that  thou 
 obserue  these  thinges  without  haistie  iudg- 
 ment,  and  do  nothinge  parcially.  Laye  hondes 
 sodenly  on  no  ma,  nether  be  partaker  of  other 
 mc's  synnes.  Kepe  thy  selfe  pure.tt  Drynke 
 no  longer  water,  but  vse  a  litle  wyne  for  thy 
 stomackes   sake,    and   because    thou   art    oft 
 
 •  Gal.  6.  b.  \\  Pet.  2.  d.  +1  Pet.  4.  b.  §  Tit.  2.  a, 
 II  1  Cor.  7.  a.  H  Deut.  25.  a.  1  Cor.  9.  b.  ••  Mat.  10.  a, 
 tt  Deut.   19.  c.  XX  Eccll.  31.  d.  ^^  Tit.  3.  b. 
 
 tjTnes  sicke.  Some  mes  synnes  are  ope,  so 
 that  they  maye  be  iudged  afore  hande  :  but 
 some  mens  (s)Tines)  shal  be  manifest  herafter 
 Likewyse  also  good  workes  are  manifest  afore 
 hade :  and  they  that  are  other  wyse  can  not 
 be  hyd. 
 
 Eijc  bt.  Cijaptrr. 
 
 LET  as  many  seruauntes  as  are  vnder  the 
 yocke,  counte  their  masters  worthy  of 
 all  honoure,  that  the  name  of  God  and  his 
 doctrine  be  not  euell  spoken  of.  Se  that  they 
 which  haue  beleujmge  masters,  despyse  them 
 not  because  they  are  brethre,  but  rather  do 
 seruyce,  for  so  moch  as  they  are  beleuynge, 
 and  beloued,  and  partakers  of  the  benefite. 
 
 These  thinges  teach  and  exhorte.  Yf  eny 
 ma  teach  otherwyse,  and  agreeth  not  vnto  the 
 wholsome  wordes  of  cure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  and  to  the  doctryne  of  godlynes,  he  is 
 puft  ^'p,  and  knoweth  nothinge,  but  waysteth 
 his  brayne  aboute  questions  and  stryuynges  of 
 wordes :  ^§  wherof  sprynge  envye,  stryfe,  rayl- 
 inges,  euell  surmysinges,  vayne  disputacios  of 
 soch  men  as  haue  corrupte  myndes,llll  and  are 
 robbed  of  the  trueth,  which  thynke  that  god- 
 lynes is  lucre :  From  soch  separate  thy  selfe. 
 Howbeit  it  is  greate  avautage,  who  so  is  godly, 
 H  H  and  holdeth  him  content  with  that  he  hath. 
 ***For  we  broughte  nothinge  in  to  the  worlde, 
 therfore  is  it  a  playne  case  y  we  can  cary 
 nothinge  out.  ttt  Whan  we  haue  fode  and 
 rayment,  let  vs  therwith  be  content,  ttt  For 
 they  that  wrylbe  riche,  fall  in  to  the  teptacion 
 and  snare,  and  in  to  many  foliszhe  (t  noysome 
 lustes,  which  drowne  men  in  destruccion  and 
 damnacion.  For  Couetousnes  is  the  rote  of 
 all  euell,  which  whyle  some  lusted  after,  they 
 erred  from  the  faith,  and  tangled  them  selues 
 with  many  sorowes. 
 
 ^5§  But  thou  man  of  God,  flye  soche  thinges : 
 folowe  righteousnes,  godlynes,  faith,  loue, 
 pacience,  mekenes :  fighte  a  good  fighte  of 
 faith :  laye  honde  on  eternall  life,  where  vnto 
 thou  art  called,  and  hast  professed  a  good 
 profession  before  many  witnesses. 
 
 I  geue  the  charge  before  God,  llllll  which 
 quyckeneth  all  thinges,  5  before  lesu  Christ, 
 which  vnder  Pontius  Pilate  witnessed  a  good 
 witnessynge,  that  thou  kepe  the  commaunde- 
 
 lllj  2  Tess.  2.  b.  fir  Pro.  15.  b.        Heb.   13.  a. 
 
 •••  lob  1.  c.  ttt  Eccli.  29.  d.  XtX  Pro.  23.  a. 
 
 Mat.  13.  c.    §§^  2  Tim.  2.  c.      ||||{|  1  Reg.  2.  b.  Act.  17.  e. 
 
Cfjap.  u 
 
 €i)t  iU  <2^i5tle  bnto  Ciinot&p. 
 
 fo,  ajcfaij. 
 
 ment,  without  spot,  vnreproueable,  vntyll  the 
 appearynge  of  cure  LORDE  lesus  Christ, 
 which  appearynge  (at  his  tyme)  he  shal  shewe 
 that  is  blessed,  and  mightie  onely,  *  the  kynge 
 of  all  kynges,  and  LORDE  of  all  lordes : 
 which  onely  hath  immortalite,  and  dwelleth 
 in  a  lighte,  that  no  man  can  attayne :  t  whom 
 no  man  hath  sene,  nether  can  se.  Vnto  whom 
 be  honoure  and  empyre  euerlastinge,  Amen. 
 Charge  the  which  are  riche  in  this  worlde, 
 that  they  be  not  proude,  ner  trust  in  the 
 vncertayne  riches,  but  in  the  lyuynge  God 
 (which  geueth  vs  abundauntly  all  thinges  to 
 enioye  them :)  That  they  do  good  :  that  they 
 
 •  Apo.  17.  c.  and  19.  c.  t  loh.  1.  b.    lloh.  4.b. 
 
 be  rich  in  good  workes :  that  they  geue  and 
 distribute  with  a  good  wyll:  tgatherynge  vp 
 treasure  for  them  selues,  a  good  foundacion, 
 agaynst  y  tyme  to  come,  that  they  maye  laye 
 honde  on  eternall  life. 
 
 O  Timothy,  kepe  that  which  is  committed 
 vnto  the,  and  avoyde  vngoostly  vayne  wordes, 
 and  opposicions  of  science  falsly  so  called, 
 which  whyle  some  professed,  they  haue  erred 
 as  concernynge  the  faith.  Grace  be  with  the. 
 Amen. 
 
 Wrytten  from  Laodicea,  which  is  the  chefest 
 cite  of  Phrigia  Pacaciana. 
 
 t  Mat.  6.  c. 
 
 of  tbt  ^po^tlt  ^.  Paul  to  Zintofby^. 
 
 C6e  siumim  of  tftisi  tpisitle. 
 
 Cf>ap.  I. 
 Paul   exhorteth  Timothy  to   stedfastnesse    and 
 pacience  in  persecucion,  and  to  continue  in  the 
 doctryne   that  he  had  tauglit  him.     A  com- 
 mendacion  of  Onesiphorus. 
 
 Ci&ap.    II. 
 Like  as  in  the  first  chapter,  so  here  he  exhorteth 
 him  to  be  constant  in  trouble,  to  sufFre  manly, 
 and  to  byde  fast  in  the  wholsome  doctrine  of 
 oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Cfiap.  in. 
 
 He  prophecieth  of  the  parelous  tymes,  setteth 
 out  ypocrites  in  their  culours,  telleth  vs  what 
 they  be  within,  for  all  their  fayre  faces  out- 
 wardly.    Persecucion  for  the  gospell. 
 
 Ci)ap.  nil. 
 He  exhorteth  Timothy  to  be  feruet  in  the  worde, 
 and  to  suftre  aduersite :  maketh  mension  of  his 
 awne  death,  and  byddeth  Timothy  come  vnto 
 him. 
 
 €1)1  first  Cl^apttr. 
 
 PAUL  an  Apostle  of  lesus  Christ,  by  the 
 wyll  of  God,  to  preach  the  promes  of  f 
 life  which  is  in  Christ  lesu. 
 To  my  deare  sonne  Timotheus. 
 
 Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  from  God  the 
 father  and  from  Christ  lesu  oure  LORDE. 
 
 I  thanke  God,  *  whome  I  serue  fro  my  fore 
 elders   in   a   pure    conscience,   that   without 
 
 •  Act.  22.  a.       Pbil.  3. 
 
\So,  crrbiij. 
 
 €l)t  ij.  (SjpiEitk  fanto  Ciinotby. 
 
 Cftap.  ij.| 
 
 ceassyiige  I  make  mencioii  of  the  in  my 
 prayers  night  and  daye :  and  longe  to  se  the 
 (whan  I  remembre  thy  teares)  so  that  I  am 
 fylled  with  ioye,  whan  I  call  to  reinembraunee 
 the  vnfayned  faith  that  is  in  the,  which  dwelt 
 first  in  thy  graundemother  Lois,  and  in  thy 
 mother  Eunica :  And  am  assured,  that  it 
 dwelleth  in  f  also.  Wherfore  I  wame  the, 
 that  th(ni  stere  vp  f  gifte  of  God  which  is  in 
 the  by  puttynge  on  of  my  handes.  *For  God 
 hath  not  geuen  vs  the  sprete  of  fears,  but  of 
 power,  and  of  loue,  and  of  right  vnder- 
 stondynge. 
 
 t  Be  not  thou  aszhamed  therfore  of  y  tes- 
 timony of  oure  LORDE,  nether  of  me, 
 i  which  am  his  presoner :  but  suffre  thou  ad- 
 uersite  also  with  the  Gospell,  acordinge  to  the 
 power  of  God  ^  which  hath  saued  vs,  and 
 called  vs  with  an  holy  callynge :  not  acordinge 
 to  oure  dedes,  but  acordinge  to  his  owne  pur- 
 pose and  grace,  which  was  geuen  vs  in  Christ 
 lesu  before  the  tyme  of  the  worlde,  but  is  now 
 declared  openly  by  the  appearynge  of  oure 
 Sauioure  lesu  Christ.  II  Which  hath  taken 
 awaye  y  power  of  death,  and  hath  brought 
 life  and  immortalite  vnto  lighte,  thorow  the 
 Gospell :  t  whervnto  I  am  appoynted  a 
 preacher  and  an  Apostell,  and  a  teacher  of 
 the  Heythen :  for  the  which  cause  I  also  suffre 
 these  thinges,  neuertheles  I  am  not  ashamed. 
 For  I  knowe  whom  I  haue  beleued,  and  am 
 sure  that  he  is  able  to  kepe  that  which  I  haue 
 commytted  vnto  his  kepynge  agaynst  that 
 daye. 
 
 '*Holde  the  after  f  ensample  of  the  whol- 
 some  wordes,  which  thou  heardest  of  me, 
 concernynge  faith  and  loue  in  Christ  lesu. 
 This  hye  charge  kepe  thou  thorow  the  holy 
 goost,  which  dwelleth  in  vs.  This  thou  know- 
 est,  that,  all  they  which  are  in  Asia,  be  turned 
 fro  me,  of  which  sorte  are  Phigelus  and  Her- 
 mogenes.  The  LORDE  geue  mercy  vnto 
 the  house  of  tt  Onesiphorus :  for  he  oft  re- 
 freszhed  me,  and  was  not  aszhamed  of  my 
 cheyne:  but  whan  he  was  at  Rome  tthe 
 soughte  me  out  very  diligently,  and  founde 
 me.  The  LORDE  graunte  vnto  him,  that 
 he  maye  fynde  mercy  with  the  LORDE  in 
 that  daye.  And  how  moch  he  myiiistred  vnto 
 me  at  Ephesus,  thou  knowest  very  well. 
 
 •Rom.  8.  b.        tRo.  l.b.         {  Ephe.  3.  a.  §  Tit. 
 
 3.  a.  II  1  Cor.  15.  f.  Heb.  1.  c.  f  Ro.  1.  a.  1  Tim. 
 i.  a.  ••  2  Tim.  3.  b.         tt  2  Tim.  4.  c.         tt  Mat. 
 
 25.  c.  §^  Tit.  l.b.  nil  1  Cor.  9.  b.  Iff   Rom. 
 
 Cf)c  ij.  C^apttr. 
 
 THOU  therfore  my  sonne,  be  stronge 
 thorow  the  grace  which  is  in  Christ 
 lesu.  And  what  thinges  thou  hast  herde  of 
 me  by  many  witnesses,  kkthe  same  commytte 
 thou  vnto  faithfull  men,  which  are  apte  to 
 teach  other.  Thou  therfore  suffre  affliccion 
 as  a  good  soudyer  off  lesu  Christ.  No  ma 
 that  warreth,  tangleth  him  selfe  with  wordly 
 busynesses,  d  that  because  he  wolde  please 
 him,  which  hath  chosen  him  to  be  a  soudyer. 
 And  though  a  man  stryue  for  a  mastrye,  yet 
 is  he  not  crowned,  excepte  he  stryue  laufully. 
 III!  The  huszbandman  that  laboureth,  must  first 
 enioye  the  frutes.  Consydre  what  I  saye. 
 The  LORDE  shal  geue  the  vnderstondynge 
 in  all  thinges. 
 
 Remembre  that  lesus  Christ,  beynge  IflFof 
 the  sede  of  Dauid,  rose  agayne  fro  the  deed, 
 acordynge  to  my  Gospell,  where  in  I  suffre  as 
 an  euell  doer  euen  vnto  bandes :  but  the 
 worde  of  God  is  not  bounde.  ***Therfore 
 sufire  I  all  for  the  electes  sakes,  that  they  also 
 mighte  optayne  the  saluacion  in  Christ  lesu 
 with  eternall  glory. 
 
 This  is  a  true  sayenge :  ttt  Yf  we  be  deed 
 with  him,  we  shal  lyue  with  him  also:  tUYi 
 we  be  pacient,  we  shal  also  raigne  with  him : 
 §§§  Yf  we  denye  him,  he  also  shal  denye  vs : 
 IIIIIIYf  we  beleue  not,  yet  abydeth  he  faithfull, 
 he  can  not  denye  himselfe.  Of  these  thinges 
 put  thou  them  in  remebraunce,  and  testifye 
 before  the  LORDE,  that  they  stryue  not 
 aboute  wordes,  which  is  to  no  profit,  but  to 
 peruerte  the  hearers. 
 
 Study  to  shewe  thy  selfe  vnto  God  a  lau- 
 dable workman,  that  nedeth  not  to  be  ashamed, 
 deuydynge  the  worde  of  trueth  iustly.  till!  As 
 for  vngoostly  and  vayne  talkynges,  eschue 
 them :  for  they  helpe  moch  to  vngodlynes, 
 and  their  worde  fretteth  as  doth  a  canker : 
 Of  whose  nombre  is  ****  Hymeneos  %  Philetus, 
 which  as  concernynge  the  trueth  haue  erred, 
 sayenge,  that  the  resurreccion  is  past  aUready, 
 and  haue  destroyed  the  faith  of  dyuerse 
 personnes. 
 
 But  f  sure  grounde  of  God  stondeth  fast, 
 and  hath  this  seale:  ttttThe  LORDE  knoweth 
 them  that  are  his,    and  let  euery  ma  that 
 
 1.  a.       •••  Act.  20.  c.    Ephe.  3.  a.    Col.  1.  c.  ttt  Rom. 
 
 6.  b.          }«  Rom.  8.  b.          ^%  Luc.  12.  a.  ||||||  Nu. 
 
 23.  c.      Rom.  3.  a.          flTK   1  Tim.  1.  a.  4.  a.  6.  a. 
 »•••  1  Tim.  1.  c.        tttt  loh.  10.  b. 
 
Cfjap,  III). 
 
 €i)t  ij.  ©pintle  fanto  CimotOp. 
 
 jTo.  rcvirJ 
 
 calleth  vpon  the  name  of  Christ,  departe  from 
 iniquyte.  Notwithstondynge  *in  a  greate 
 house  are  not  onely  vessels  of  golde  and  of 
 syluer,  but  also  of  wod  and  of  earth:  some  for 
 honoure,  and  some  to  dishonoure.  But  yf  a 
 man  pourge  himselfe  from  soch  felowes,  he 
 shalbe  a  vessell  sanctified  vnto  honoure,  mete 
 for  the  LORDE,  and  prepared  vnto  all  good 
 workes.  +  Fie  thou  the  lustes  of  youth,  but 
 folowe  righteousnes,  faith,  loue,  peace,  with 
 all  them  that  call  vpon  the  LORDE  with 
 pure  hert.  i  As  for  folish  questions  and  soch 
 as  teach  not,  put  them  fro  the :  for  thou 
 knowest  that  they  do  but  geder  stryfe.  The 
 seruaunt  of  the  LORDE  ought  not  to  stryue, 
 but  to  be  gentle  vnto  euery  man :  "  apte  to 
 teach,  one  that  can  forbeare  the  euell,  one  y 
 can  ^with  mekenesse  enfourme  them  y  resist: 
 yf  God  at  eny  tyme  wyl  geue  them  repent- 
 aunce  for  to  knowe  the  trueth,  and  to  turne 
 agayne  from  the  snare  of  the  deuell,  which  are 
 holden  in  preson  of  him  at  his  will. 
 
 C^e  tij.  Cl^apttv. 
 
 BUT  this  shalt  thou  knowe,*  that  in  the 
 last  dayes  shal  come  parelous  tymes. 
 For  there  shalbe  me  which  shal  holde  of  the 
 selues,  couetous,  boasters,  proude,  cursed 
 speakers,  dishobedient  to  their  elders,  vnthank- 
 full,  vngoostly,  vnkynde,  truce  breakers,  false 
 accusers,  ryatours,  fearce,  despysers  of  them 
 which  are  good,  traytours,  heady,  hye  mynded, 
 gredy  vpon  voluptuousnes  more  then  the 
 louers  of  God,  hauynge  a  shyne  off  godly 
 lyuynge,  but  denyenge  the  power  therof. 
 And  soch  avoyde.  II  Of  this  sorte  are  they 
 which  rune  fro  house  to  house,  a  brynge  in  to 
 bondage  weme  lade  with  synne:  which  (wemen) 
 are  led  with  dyuerse  lustes,  euer  lernynge, 
 and  are  neuer  able  to  come  vnto  the  know- 
 lege  of  the  trueth. 
 
 T  But  like  as  lamnes  and  labres  withstode 
 Moses,  euen  so  do  these  also  resist  the  trueth : 
 me  they  are  of  corrupte  myndes,  and  lewde 
 as  cocernynge  f  faith :  but  they  shal  preuayle 
 longer.  For  their  folishnes  shal  be  mani- 
 fest vnto  all  men,  as  theirs  was. 
 
 But  thou  hast  sene  the  experience  of  my 
 doctryne,  my  faszhion  of  lyuynge,  my  purpose, 
 my  faith,    my  longsufferynge,    my  loue,  my 
 
 Rom.  9.  c.  t  1  Tim.  6.  c.  i  1  Tim.  1.  a.  4.  a. 
 6.  a.  2  Tim.  2.  b.  Tit.  3.  b.  "1  Tim.  3.  a.  §  Gal. 
 6.  a.        »  1  Tim.  4.  a.    2  Pet.  3.  a.     lud.  1.  c.  ||  Tit. 
 
 IT   Exod.  7.  b.  ••   Act.  13.  a.   and  14.  a. 
 
 pacience,  my  persecucions,  my  affliccions, 
 which  happened  vnto  me  **at  Antioche,  at 
 Iconium,  at  Lystra,  which  persecucions  I 
 suffred  paciently,  and  from  the  all  the  LORDE 
 delyuered  me.  tt  Yee  and  all  they  that  wil 
 lyue  godly  in  Christ  lesu,  must  suffi-e  perse- 
 cucion.  But  the  euell  men  and  disceauers 
 shal  waxe  worse  and  worse,  disceauynge  and 
 beynge  disceaued. 
 
 tt  But  contjTiue  thou  in  the  thinges  that 
 thou  hast  lerned,  which  also  were  comytted 
 vnto  the,  seynge  thou  knowest  of  who  thou 
 hast  learned  them.  And  for  so  moch  as  thou 
 hast  knowne  holy  scripture  of  a  childe,  the 
 same  is  able  to  make  f  wyse  vnto  saluacion 
 thorow  the  faith  in  Christ  lesu.  §§  For  all 
 scripture  geue  by  inspiracion  of  God,  is  pro- 
 fitable to  teach,  to  improue,  to  amende,  and 
 to  instructe  in  righteousnes,  that  a  man  off 
 God  maye  be  perfecte,  and  prepared  vnto  all 
 good  workes. 
 
 STIje  Hi).  Ci)apttr. 
 
 ITESTIFYE  therfore  before  God  5  before 
 the  LORDE  lesu  Christ,  which  shal 
 come  to  iudge  the  lyuynge  and  the  deed,  at 
 his  appearynge  in  his  kyngdome :  Preach 
 thou  the  worde,  be  feruent,  be  it  in  season  or 
 out  of  season  :  Improue,  rebuke,  exhorte  with 
 all  longe  sufferynge  and  doctryne.  For  the 
 tyme  wil  come,  whan  they  shal  not  suffre 
 wholsome  doctryne,  but  after  their  awne  lustes 
 shal  they  (whose  eares  ytche)  get  them  an 
 heape  of  teachers,  and  shal  turne  their  eares 
 fi'om  the  trueth,  and  shalbe  geuen  vnto  fables. 
 But  watch  thou  in  all  thinges,  suffre  aduersite, 
 do  the  worke  of  a  preacher  of  the  Gospell 
 fulfyll  thine  office  vnto  the  vttemost. 
 
 nil  For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and 
 the  tyme  of  my  departinge  is  at  honde.  I 
 haue  foughte  a  good  fighte :  I  haue  fulfylled 
 the  course :  I  haue  kepte  the  faith.  From 
 hence  forth  there  is  layed  vp  for  me  It  If  a 
 crowne  of  righteousnes,  which  the  LORDE 
 the  righteous  iudge  shal  geue  me  in  y  daye : 
 Howbeit  not  vnto  me  onely,  but  vnto  all 
 them  that  loue  his  comynge.  Make  spede  to 
 come  vnto  me  atonce. 
 
 For  ***Demas  hath  lefte  me,  and  loueth 
 this  present   worlde,    and    is   departed   vnto 
 
 2  Cor.  1.  b.        tt  Eccli.  2.  a.     Psal.  33.  c.  }t  2  Tim. 
 
 c.  ^^  2  Pet.  1.  d.         III!  2  Pet.  1.  c.         t1[  1  Co. 
 
 d.  1  Pet.  5.  a.         *••  Col.  4.  b.     Phil.  1.  c. 
 
fo,  cw. 
 
 win  epistle  bnto  €itn$. 
 
 COap.  i. 
 
 Tessaloiiica,  Crescens  in  to  Galacia,  Titu.s 
 viito  Dalinacia,  Onely  Lucas  is  with  me. 
 Take  *  Marke,  ct  brynge  him  with  the:  for 
 he  is  profitable  vnto  me  to  the  mynistracion. 
 Tichicus  haue  I  sent  to  Ephesus.  The  cloke 
 that  I  lefte  at  Troada  mth  Carpus  brynge 
 witli  the  whan  thou  commest :  and  the  bokes, 
 but  specially  the  parchemet.  t  Alexader  the 
 copporsuivlh  dyd  me  moch  euell,the  LORDE 
 rewarde  liim  acordynge  to  his  dedes,  of  whom 
 be  thou  ware  also.  For  he  withstode  oure 
 wordes  sore. 
 
 In  my  first  answerynge  no  man  assisted 
 me,  but  all  forsoke  me.  I  praye  God  that  it 
 be  not  layed  to  their  charges.  Notwitston- 
 dynge  the  LORDE  stode  by  me,  5  stregthed 
 me,  that  by  me  the  preachinge  shulde  be. 
 fulfylled  to  the  vttemost,   and  that   all   the 
 
 •Col.  l.a.       tl  Tim.  I.e.       jAct.  18.  a.     Ro.  16.  a. 
 
 Heythe  shulde  heare.  And  I  was  del}Tiered 
 out  of  the  mouth  of  the  lyon.  And  the 
 LORDE  shal  delyuer  me  from  aU  eueU 
 doynge,  and  shal  kepe  me  vnto  his  heauenly 
 kyngdome.  To  whom  be  prayse  for  euer  and 
 euer.  Amen. 
 
 Salute  Prisca  and  i  Aquila,  and  f  housz- 
 holde  of  Onesiphorus.  §  Erastus  abode  at 
 Corinthum.  But  II  Trophimus  left  I  sicke  at 
 Miletu.  Make  spede  to  come  before  wynter. 
 Eubolus,  and  Pudens,  and  Linus,  and  Claudia, 
 and  all  the  brethren  salute  the.  The  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ  be  with  thy  sprete.  Grace  be 
 with  you,  Amen. 
 
 The  seconde  epistle  vnto  Timothy,  wrytten 
 from  Rome,  wha  Paul  was  presented  the 
 seconde  tyme  before  the  Emperoure  Nero. 
 
 §  Ro.  16.  0.       5  Act.  21.  d. 
 
 Zi)t  3Eptstle 
 
 of  tbt  Apostle  Sb.  Paul  ^nto  Eitn^ 
 
 ^t  £(umim  of  tfyi^  epistle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 Paul  exhorteth  Titus  to  ordene  prestes  or  biszhop- 
 pes  in  euery  cite,  declareth  what  maner  of  men 
 they  ought  to  be  that  are  chosen  to  that  ofl&ce, 
 and  chargeth  Titus  to  rebuke  soch  as  with- 
 stonde  the  gospell 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 He  telleth  him  how  he  shal  teach  all  degrees  to 
 behaue  them  selues. 
 
 Cfjap.  III. 
 
 Of  obedience  to  soch  as  be  in  auctorite.     He 
 warneth  Titus  to  bewarre  of  foolish  and  vn 
 profitable  questions. 
 
 C^t  ttit  Cf)aptcr. 
 
 PAUL  the  seruaunt  of  God,  and  an  Apostle 
 off  lesus  Christ,  *to  preach  the  faith  off 
 Gods  electa,  and  the  knowlege  of  f  trueth, 
 
 •  2  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
 which  ledeth  vnto  godlynes,  vpon  the  hope  of 
 etemall  life :  which  God  t  that  can  not  lye 
 hath  promysed  before  the  tymes  of  the  worlde : 
 but  at  his  tjnne  hath  opened  his  worde  thorow 
 preachinge,    which    is    commytted   vnto   me 
 
Cftaj).  tij. 
 
 €\)t  epistle  bnto  Citusf. 
 
 So.  mji 
 
 acordinge  to  the  commaundeinet  of  God  oure 
 Sauioure. 
 
 *  Vnto  Titus  my  naturall  sonne  after  f 
 comen  faith. 
 
 Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  from  God  the 
 father,  and  fr5  the  *  LORDE  lesu  Christ 
 oure  Sauioure. 
 
 For  this  cause  left  I  the  in  Greta,  that 
 thou  shuldest  perfourme  that  which  was  lack 
 ynge,  and  shuldest  ordeyne  Elders  in  euery 
 cite,  as  I  appoynted  y.  Yf  eny  be  blamelesse, 
 the  huszbande  of  one  wife,  hauynge  faithfull 
 children,  which  are  not  slaundred  of  ryote, 
 nether  are  dishobedient.  t  For  a  Bisshoppe 
 must  be  blamelesse,  as  the  h  stewarde  of  God : 
 not  wylfull,  not  angrye,  II  not  geuen  vnto 
 moch  wyne,  no  fyghter,  not  gredye  of  filthye 
 lucre:  but  barbarous,  one  that  loueth  goodnes, 
 sober  mynded,  righteous,  holy,  temperate,  and 
 soch  one  as  cleueth  vnto  the  true  worde  of 
 doctryne :  that  he  maye  be  able  to  exhorte 
 with  wholsome  lernynge,  (j  to  improue  them 
 that  saye  agaynst  it. 
 
 If  For  there  are  many  dishobedient,  and 
 talkers  of  vanite,  and  disceauers  of  myndes : 
 namely  they  of  the  circiicision,  whose  mouthes 
 must  be  stopped:  **  which  peruerte  whole 
 houses,  teachinge  thinges  which  they  oughte 
 not,  because  of  filthye  lucre.  One  of  them 
 selues  euen  their  awne  prophet,  sayde :  tt  The 
 Cretayns  are  alwayes  lyars,  euell  beestes,  and 
 slowe  belies.  This  witnesse  is  true.  Wher- 
 fore  rebuke  them  sharply,  y  they  maye  be 
 sounde  in  the  faith,  and  not  to  take  hede  vnto 
 lewes  fables  and  commaundementes  of  men, 
 which  turne  them  awaye  from  the  trueth. 
 tt  Vnto  f  cleane  are  all  thinges  cleane  :  §§  but 
 to  the  vncleane  (t  vnbeleuers,  there  is  nothinge 
 cleane,  but  both  their  mynde  j  conscience 
 is  defyled.  They  saye  that  they  knowe  God, 
 but  with  the  dedes  they  denye  him :  for  so 
 moch  as  they  are  abhominable  and  dishobe- 
 dient, and  vnmete  to  all  good  workes. 
 
 Wt)t  i).  Ci^apttr. 
 UT  speake  thou  that  which  beeommeth 
 
 wholsome  learnynge.    That  y  elder  men 
 
 be  sober,  honest,  discrete,  sounde  m  the  faith, 
 in  loue,  in  pacience.  And  the  elder  wemen 
 likewyse  that  they  shewe  them  selues  as  it 
 
 2  Cor.  8.  c.      t  Ephe.  1.  c.   Phil.  1.  a.      1 1  Tim.  3.  a. 
 
 ^  Leui.  10.  c.      II  Ephe.  5.  b.       f  Act.  15.  a.      ••2  Tim. 
 
 3.  a.  tt  Epimenides.  if  Mat.  12.  a.  and  23.  c. 
 
 Ro.  14.  c.       nil  Gen.  3.  c.       f  IF  1  Tim.  4.  b.  1  Pet.  .■).  a. 
 
 B 
 
 beeommeth  holynes,  that  they  be  no  false 
 accusers,  not  geuen  to  moch  wyne,  that  they 
 teach  honest  thinges,  that  they  enfourme  the 
 yonge  wemen  to  be  sober  mynded,  to  loue 
 their  huszbandes,  to  loue  their  childre,  to  be 
 discrete,  chaste,  huszwyfly,  good,  llll  obedient 
 vnto  their  awne  huszbandes,  that  the  worde 
 of  God  be  not  euell  spoken  of.  Exhorte  the 
 yonge  men  likewyse,  that  they  be  sober 
 mynded.  Aboue  all  thinge  shewe  thy  selfe 
 HH  an  ensample  off  good  workes,  with  vncor- 
 rupte  doctryne,  with  honestye,  with  the  whol 
 some  worde  which  can  not  be  rebuked:  ***that 
 he  which  withstodeth  maye  be  ashamed,  hau- 
 ynge nothinge  in  you  that  he  maye  disprayse. 
 ttt  Exhorte  the  seruauntes,  to  be  obedient 
 vnto  their  masters,  to  please  in  all  thinges, 
 not  answeringe  agayne,  nether  to  be  pykers, 
 but  to  shewe  all  good  faithfulnes,  that  in  all 
 thinges  they  maye  do  worshippe  vnto  the 
 doctryne  off  God  oure  Sauioure.  For  the 
 grace  off  God  that  bryngeth  Saluacion  vnto  all 
 men,  hath  appeared,  and  teacheth  vs,  that  we 
 shulde  denye  vngodlynes,  and  tttwordly  lustes: 
 and  that  we  shulde  lyue  discretly,  righteously, 
 and  godly  in  this  worlde,  lokynge  for  that 
 blessed  hope  and  appearynge  of  the  glory  of 
 y  greate  God  and  of  oure  Sauioure  lesu 
 Christ:  §%^ which  gaue  him  selfe  for  vs,  to 
 redeme  vs  fro  aU  vnrighteousnes,  and  to 
 pourge  vs  to  be  a  peculiar  people  vnto  him- 
 selfe,  to  be  feruently  geuen  llllli  vnto  good 
 workes.  These  thinges  speake  and  exhorte, 
 and  rebuke  with  all  earnest.  T1FK  Se  that  no 
 man  despyse  the. 
 
 €f)e  tij.  €{)aptcr. 
 
 WARNE  them  ****that  they  submytte 
 them  selues  vnto  Prynces  and  to  the 
 hyer  auctorite,  to  obey  the  officers,  to  be  ready 
 vnto  all  good  workes,  that  they  speake  euell 
 of  no  man,  that  they  be  no  stryuers,  but  soft, 
 shewynge  all  mekenes  vnto  all  men.  For  we 
 oure  selues  also  were  in  tymes  past,  vnwyse, 
 dishobedient,  in  erroure,  seruynge  lustes  and 
 dyuerse  maners  of  voluptuousnes,  lyuynge  in 
 maliciousnes  and  envye,  full  of  hate,  hatynge 
 one  another. 
 
 But  after  that  f  kyndnesse  and  loue  of  God 
 oure  Sauioure  to  man  warde  appeared,  not 
 
 •••  1  Pet.  2.  b.  and  3.  b.  ttt  Ephe.  6.  a.     Col.  3.  c. 
 
 1  Pet.  2.  c.  tn  1  loh.  2.  c.  ^^^  Rom.  8.  a.  Gal.  3.  b. 
 II nil  Ephe.  2.  b.  UK H  1  Tim.  4.  b.  ••••  Rom.  13.  a. 
 1  Pet.  2.  b. 
 
 157 
 
jTo.  tmih 
 
 Cfie  (Spi^tlt  bnto  ^ftilfmon. 
 
 COap*  u 
 
 for  y  dcdes  of  righteousnes  which  we  wroughte, 
 but  after  his  mercy  he  saued  vs  by  the  *  foun- 
 tayne  of  the  new  byrth,  and  renuynge  of  the 
 holy  goost,  which  he  shed  on  vs  abundauntly, 
 thorow  lesus  Christ  oure  Sauioure:  y  we 
 beynge  made  righteous  t  by  his  grace,  shulde 
 be  heyres  of  eternall  life  acordpige  to  hope. 
 This  is  a  true  sayijge. 
 
 Of  these  thinges  wolde  I  that  thou  shuldest 
 speake  earnestly,  that  they  which  are  become 
 beleuers  in  God,  might  be  diligent  to  excel] 
 in  good  workes :  for  these  thinges  are  good 
 and  profitable  vnto  me.  t  As  for  folysh 
 questions,  and  genealogies,  and  braulynges 
 and  stiyujTiges  aboute  y  lawe,  auoyde  the, 
 for  they  are  vnprofitable  and  vayne.  §  A  ma 
 that  is  geuen  vnto  heresye,  after  y  first  and 
 
 •  loh.  3.  a.      t  Act.  15.  b.    Ephe.  2.  a. 
 and  6.  a.    2  Tim.  2.  c. 
 
 t  1  Tim.  1.  a. 
 
 seconde  monicion,  auoyde,  and  knowe,  that 
 he  that  is  soch,  is  peruerted,  5  synneth  euen 
 damned  by  his  awne  iudgment. 
 
 Whan  I  shal  sende  Artemas  or  Tichicus 
 vnto  y,  make  spede  to  come  to  me  vnto 
 Nicopolis,  for  I  haue  determyned  there  to 
 wynter.  Brynge  Zenas  y  Scrybe  and  Apollos 
 on  their  iourney  diligently,  that  nothinge  be 
 lackynge  vnto  them.  And  let  oures  also 
 leame  to  excell  in  good  workes,  as  farre 
 forth  as  nede  requyreth,  that  they  be  not 
 vnfrutefull. 
 
 All  they  that  are  with  me,  salute  the. 
 Grete  them  that  loue  vs  in  the  faith.  Grace 
 be  with  you  all,  Amen. 
 
 Wrytten  from  Nicopolis  in  Macedonia. 
 
 Mat.  18.  b.     2  Teas.  3.  a.     Ro.  16.  b. 
 
 of  fbt  ii|)O0tle  ^.  Haul  ^nto  l^lbiUmon. 
 
 Ci)e  siumtne  of  ti)ii  lEpiiitU. 
 
 He  reioyseth  to  heare  of  the  faith  and  loue  ot 
 Philemon,  whom  he  desyreth  to  forgeue  his 
 seruaut  Onesimus,  and  louyngly  to  receaue  him 
 agayne. 
 
 PAUL  the  presoner  of  lesu  Christ,  and 
 brother  Timotheus. 
 Vnto    Philemon    the   beloued,    and    oure 
 helper,  and  to   the  beloued  Appia,  and  to 
 Archippus  oure  felowe  soudyer,   and  to  the 
 congregacion  in  thy  house. 
 
 Grace  be  with  you,  and  peace  from  God 
 oure  father  and  from  the  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ. 
 
 I  thanke  my  God,  makynge  mencion  all 
 wayes  of  the  in  my  prayers  (for  so  moch  as 
 I  heare  of  thy  loue  and  faith  which  thou  hast 
 on  the  LORDE  lesu,  and  towarde  all  sayntes) 
 that  oure  comen  faith  maye  be  frutefull  in 
 the,  thorow  knowlege  of  all  f  good  that  ye 
 haue  in  Christ  lesu.  Greate  ioye  and  con- 
 solacion  haue  I  in  thy  loue.  For  by  the 
 (brother)  the  sayntes  are  hertely  refreszhed. 
 
 Wherfore  though  I  haue  great  boldnes  in 
 Christ  to  commaunde  the  that  which  becom- 
 meth  the,  yet  for  loues  sake  I  rather  beseke 
 f,  though  I  be  as  I  am,  eue  Paul  aged,  and 
 now  a  presoner  also  of  lesu  Christ.  I  beseke 
 the  for  my  sonne  *  Onesimus  (whom  I  haue 
 •  Col.  4.  a. 
 
Cftap.  i. 
 
 CJ)f  firsit  (£^mt  of  ^.  ^9fUi-. 
 
 #0.  iwi'ij. 
 
 begotten  in  my  bondes)  which  in  tjnne  past 
 was  to  the  vnprofitable,  but  now  profitable 
 both  to  the  and  me.  Whom  I  haue  sent 
 agayne :  but  receaue  thou  him  (that  is)  euen 
 myne  awne  hert.  For  I  wolde  haue  kepte 
 him  styll  with  me,  that  in  thy  steade  he  might 
 haue  mynistred  vnto  me  in  y  bondes  of  f 
 Gospell :  Neuertheles  without  thy  mynde 
 wolde  I  do  nothinge,  that  y  good  which  thou 
 doest,  shulde  not  be  of  compulsion,  but  wyl- 
 lingly. 
 
 Happly  he  therfore  departed  for  a  season, 
 that  thou  shuldest  receaue  him  for  euer :  not 
 now  as  a  seruaunt,  but  aboue  a  seruaunt,  euen 
 a  brother  beloued,  specially  to  me,  but  how 
 moch  more  vnto  f,  both  in  f  flesh  and  in  the 
 LORDE?  Yf  thou  holde  me  for  thy  com- 
 panyon,  receaue  him  then  euen  as  my  selfe. 
 
 But  yf  he  haue  hurte  the,  or  oweth  the  oughte, 
 that  laye  to  my  charge.  I  Paul  haue  wrytten 
 it  with  myne  awne  hande,  I  wil  rocompence 
 it :  so  that  I  do  not  saye  vnto  y,  how  that  thou 
 owest  vnto  me  euen  thine  owne  selfe.  Euen 
 so  brother,  let  me  enioye  the  in  the  LORDE: 
 refresh  thou  my  hert  in  the  LORDE. 
 
 Trustinge  in  thine  obediece,  I  haue  wrytten 
 vnto  the,  for  I  knowe  that  thou  wilt  do  more 
 then  I  saye.  Morouer  prepare  me  lodginge, 
 for  I  hope  that  thorow  youre  prayers  I  shalbe 
 geuen  vnto  you.  There  saluteth  the,  Epa- 
 phras  my  felowe  presoner  in  Christ  lesu, 
 Marcus,  Aristarchus,  Demas,  Lucas,  my  help- 
 ers. The  grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesu  Christ 
 be  with  youre  sprete.  Amen. 
 
 Sent  from  Rome  by  Onesimus  a  seruaunt. 
 
 Zfit  fivfit  mpi^tU 
 
 €i)t  siumme  of  tW  (B^i^tk. 
 
 Ci^ap.  L 
 
 He  sheweth  that  thorow  the  abundaunt  mercy  of 
 God  we  are  begotten  agayne  to  a  lyuely  hope : 
 and  how  faith  must  be  tried  :  how  the  salua- 
 cion  in  Christ  is  no  newes,  but  a  thinge  pro- 
 phecied  of  olde.  He  exhorteth  them  to  a  godly 
 conuersacion,  for  so  moch  as  they  are  now 
 borne  a  new  by  the  worde  of  God. 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 He  exhorteth  men  to  laye  asyde  all  vyce,  sheweth 
 that  Christ  is  the  foundacion  wher  vpon  they 
 be  buylt,  prayeth  them  to  absteyne  fro  fleshly 
 lustes,  and  to  obeye  worldly  rulers.  How 
 seruauntes  shulde  behaue  them  selues  towarde 
 their  masters.  He  exhorteth  to  sufFre  after  the 
 ensample  of  Christ. 
 
 Ci^ap.  III. 
 
 How  wyues  ought  to  ordre  them  selues  towarde 
 their  huszbandes  and  in  their  apparell.    The 
 
 dutye  of  me  towarde  their  wyues.  He  exor- 
 teth  all  men  to  vnite  and  loue,  and  paciently 
 to  suffre  trouble.     Of  true  baptyme. 
 
 Ci)ap.  niL 
 He  exhorteth  men  to  ceasse  from  synne,  to 
 spende  no  more  tyme  in  vyce,  to  be  sober  and 
 apte  to  prayer,  to  loue  ech  other,  to  be  pacient 
 in  trouble,  and  to  bewarre  that  no  man  sufFre 
 as  an  euell  doer,  but  as  a  Cristen  man,  and 
 not  to  be  ashamed. 
 
 Cljap.  V. 
 
 A  speciall  exhortacion  for  all  bisshoppes  or 
 prestes  to  fede  the  flocke  of  Christ,  and  what 
 their  dutie  is,  and  what  rewarde  they  shal  haue 
 yf  they  be  diliget.  He  exhorteth  yonge  per 
 sonnes  to  submytt  the  selues  to  the  elder,  euery 
 one  to  loue  another,  to  be  sober,  5  to  watch, 
 that  they  maye  resist  the  enemye. 
 
of  tf)t  apostle  fi.  Utter. 
 
 Cf)£  first  Ci^apttr. 
 
 PETER  an  Apostle  of  lesu  Christ,  to  the 
 that  dwell  here  and  there  as  straungers 
 thorow  out  Pontus,  Galacia,  Capadocia,  Asia 
 and  Bithinia,  electe  acordinge  to  the  fore- 
 knowlege  of  God  the  father  thorow  sancti- 
 fienge  of  the  sprete,  vnto  obedience  and 
 *  sprenklynge  of  the  bloude  of  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Grace  and  peace  be  multiplied  with  you. 
 
 t  Blessed  be  God  and  the  father  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  which  acordinge  to  his 
 greate  mercy  hath  begotten  vs  agayne  vnto  a 
 lyuely  hope  t  by  the  resurreccion  of  lesus 
 Christ  from  the  deed,  to  an  vncorruptible  and 
 vndefyled  inheritaunce,  which  neuer  shal  fade 
 awaye,  but  is  reserued  in  heauen  for  you  that 
 are  kepte  by  the  power  of  God  thorow  faith 
 to  saluacion,  which  is  prepared  all  ready  to  be 
 shewed  in  the  last  tjrme :  in  the  which  ye  shal 
 reioyse,  though  now  for  a  litle  season  (yif  nede 
 requyre)  ye  are  in  heuynes  thorow  manyfolde 
 temptacions :  that  youre  faith  once  tryed 
 (beynge  moch  more  precious  then  the  corrupt- 
 ible golde  that  is  tryed  thorow  the  fyre)  might 
 be  founde  vnto  laude,  glory  and  honoure  at  the 
 appearynge  of  lesus  Christ :  whom  ye  haue 
 not  sene,  and  yet  loue  him :  ^  in  whom  now 
 ye  beleue,  though  ye  se  him  not.  Euen  so 
 shal  ye  reioyce  also  with  vnoutspeakable  and 
 glorious  ioye,  receauynge  the  ende  of  youre 
 faith,  euen  the  saluacion  of  youre  soules. 
 
 Of  which  saluacion  the  prophetes  haue 
 enquyred  and  searched,  which  prophecied  off 
 the  grace  that  shulde  come  vpon  you  :  search 
 inge  whan  or  at  what  tyme  the  sprete  off 
 Christ  that  was  in  them,  shulde  signifye,  which 
 (sprete)  testified  before  the  passions  that  shulde 
 come  vnto  Christ,  and  the  glory  that  shulde 
 folowe  after.  Vnto  the  which  (prophetes)  it 
 was  declared,  that  not  vnto  them  selues,  but 
 
 •  Heb.  9.  b.  and  10.  c.  t  2  Cor.  1.  a.     Epbe.  1.  a. 
 
 t  1  Co.  15.  c.      ^  loh.  20.  d.      II  Luc.  2.  b.      IT  Luc.  12.  d. 
 **  Leuit.  11.  p.  and  19.  a.     tt  Mat.  2.7.  c.      JJ  1  Cor.  6.  c. 
 
 vnto  vs  they  shulde  mynister  the  thinges  which 
 are  now  shewed  vnto  you,  by  them  which 
 thorow  f  holy  goost  sent  downe  from  heauen, 
 haue  preached  vnto  you  the  thinges  II  which 
 the  angels  delyte  to  beholde. 
 
 Wherfore  gyrde  op  the  f  loynes  off  youre 
 mynde,  be  sober,  and  trust  perfectly  on  the 
 grace  that  is  brought  vnto  you,  by  the  de- 
 clarynge  of  lesus  Christ,  as  obedient  childre, 
 not  faszhionynge  youre  selues  to  youre  olde 
 lustes  of  ignoraunce  :  but  as  he  which  hath 
 called  you  is  holy,  eue  so  be  ye  holy  also  in 
 all  youre  conuersacion :  for  it  is  wrytte :  **Be 
 ye  holy,  for  I  am  holy. 
 
 And  yf  so  be  that  ye  call  on  the  father, 
 which  without  respecte  of  personnes  iudgeth 
 ttacordynge  to  euery  mans  worke,  se  y  ye 
 passe  f  tyme  of  youre  pilgremage  in  feare  •M 
 and  knowe,  that  ye  were  not  redemed  with 
 corruptible  syluer  and  golde,  from  youre  vayne 
 conuersacion  (which  ye  receaued  by  the  tra- 
 dicios  of  the  fathers)!^  but  with  the  precious 
 bloude  of  Christ,  as  of  an  innocet  and  vnde' 
 fyled  lambe,  which  was  ordeyned  before  the 
 worlde  was  made,  but  is  declared  in  these  last 
 tymes  llll  for  youre  sakes,  which  thorow  him 
 beleue  on  God,  that  raysed  him  vp  from  the 
 deed,  I^H  and  hath  geue  him  the  glory,  that 
 ye  might  haue  faith  (j  hope  in  God :  Euen  ye 
 which  haue  purifyed  youre  soules  ***in  obey- 
 enge  the  trueth  thorow  the  sprete,  for  to  loue 
 brotherly  without  faynynge,  5  feruently  one 
 to  loue  another  with  a  pure  hert.  as  they  that 
 are  borne  a  new,  not  of  corruptible  sede,  but 
 of  vncorruptible,  eue  by  the  lyuynge  worde  of 
 God,  which  endureth  for  euer.  tttFor  all  flesh 
 is  as  grasse,  and  all  the  glory  of  man  is  as  the 
 floure  of  grasse.  The  grasse  withereth,  (j  the 
 floure  falleth  awaye,  but  the  worde  of  the 
 LORDE  endureth  for  euer.  This  is  the 
 worde,  that  is  preached  amonge  you. 
 
 and  7.  c.  §§Heb.  9.  b.      1  loh.  1.  b.      Apo.  1.  a. 
 
 nil  Esa.  9.  b.  Luc.  2.  b.  HH  Pbil.  2.  a.  •••  Act.  15.  b. 
 ttt  Esa.  40.  a.     Eccli.  14.  b.     laco.  1.  b. 
 
Clbap.  iiU 
 
 €\)t  firsit  (25pistk  of  ^,  l^tUr, 
 
 fO,  CJTFb. 
 
 Ci)£  tj.  Ci^apttr. 
 
 WHERFORE  laye  asyde  all  malicious- 
 nes  and  all  gyle,  and  ypocrisye,  and 
 envye,  and  all  bacbytinge,  5  *as  new  borne 
 babes  desyre  that  reasonable  mylka,  which  is 
 without  corrupcion,  that  ye  maye  growe  therin, 
 yf  so  be  that  ye  haue  t  taisted  how  frendly  the 
 LORDE  is.  Vnto  whom  ye  are  come,  *  as 
 to  the  lyuynge  stone,  which  is  disalowed  of 
 men,  but  chosen  of  God  and  precious.  And 
 ye  also  as  lyuynge  stones  are  made  a  spirituall 
 house,  and  an  holy  presthode,  to  offre  vp 
 §  spirituall  sacrifices,  acceptable  vnto  God  by 
 lesus  Christ.  Wherfore  it  is  conteyned  in  the 
 scripture  :  II  Beholde,  I  put  in  Sion  an  heade 
 corner  stone,  electe  5  precious,  and  he  that 
 beleueth  on  him,  shal  not  be  cofounded. 
 Vnto  you  therfore  which  beleue,  he  is  pre- 
 cious :  but  vnto  them  that  beleue  not,  is  f 
 same  stone  which  the  H  buylders  refused,  made 
 the  heade  stone  in  the  comer,**  and  a  stone 
 to  stomble  at,  and  a  rock  to  be  offended  at, 
 namely  in  the  which  stomble  at  y  worde,  and 
 beleue  not  that  wheron  they  were  set. 
 
 tt  But  ye  are  that  chosen  generacion,  that 
 kyngly  presthode,  that  holy  nacion,  that  pe- 
 culier  people,  y  ye  shulde  shewe  the  vertues 
 of  him,  which  hath  called  you  out  of  dark- 
 nesse  in  to  his  maruelous  lighte :  tt  Euen  you 
 which  in  tyme  past  were  not  a  people,  but 
 now  are  the  people  of  God :  which  were  not 
 vnder  mercy,  but  now  haue  optayned  mercy. 
 
 Dearly  beloued,  I  beseke  you  as  straungers 
 and  pilgrems,  §§absteyne  fro  the  fleshly  lustes, 
 which  fighte  agaynst  the  soule,  and  lede  an 
 honest   conuersacion    amonge   the   Heythen, 
 
 that  they  which  bacbyte  you  as  euell  doers, 
 maye  se  youre  good  workes,  and  prayse  God 
 in  the  daye  of  visitacion. 
 
 Submytte  youre  selues  vnto  all  maner 
 ordinaunce  of  men  for  the  LORDES  sake : 
 whether  it  be  vnto  the  kynge  as  vnto  y  chefe 
 heade,  or  vnto  rulers,  as  vnto  them  that  are 
 sent  of  him,  for  the  punyshment  of  euell  doers, 
 but  for  the  prayse  of  the  that  do  well.  For 
 so  is  the  will  of  God,  that  ye  with  well  doynge 
 shulde  put  to  sylence  the  ignoraunce  of  folish- 
 men :  as  fre,  and  not  as  hauynge  the  libertye 
 
 Ephe.  4.  a.     Col.  3.  a.     Heb.  12.  a.        t  Psal.  33.  a 
 
 t  Ephe.  2.  c.      d  Rom.  12.  a.       ||  Esa.  98.  c.    Mat.  21.  e 
 
 Aot.  4.  a.       IF  Psal.  117.  c.     "  Esa.  8.  c.     tt  Exo.  19.  a 
 
 tt  Ose.  2.  c.    Rom.  9.  c.  ^§  Rom.  13.  b.     Giil.  5.  c 
 
 Mat.  i.  h.     1  Pet.  3.  b.  "  Rom.  13.  a.     Tit.  3.  a 
 
 for  a  cloke  of  wickednes,  but  eue  as  the  ser- 
 uauntes  of  God.  Honoure  all  men.  Loue 
 brotherly  fellishippe.  Feare  God.  Hf  Honoure 
 the  kynge. 
 
 ***  Ye  seruaiites,  obey  youre  masters  with 
 all  feare  :  not  onely  yf  they  be  good  and  cur- 
 teous,  but  also  though  they  be  frowarde 
 For  that  is  grace,  yf  a  man  for  conscience 
 towarde  God  endure  grefe,  and  suffre  wronge 
 For  what  prayse  is  it,  yf  wha  ye  be  buffeted 
 for  youre  fautes,  ye  take  it  paciently  ?  ttt  But 
 yf  whan  ye  do  well,  ye  suffre  wronge,  and  take 
 it  paciently,  that  is  grace  with  God.  For  here 
 vnto  are  ye  called,  for  so  moch  as  Christ  also 
 suffred  for  vs,  leauynge  vs  an  tttensample, 
 that  ye  shulde  folowe  his  fotesteppes,  which 
 dyd  no  synne,  nether  was  there  gyle  founde 
 in  his  mouth :  ^§§  which  whan  he  was  reuyled, 
 reuyled  not  agayne :  wha  he  suflred,  he 
 threatened  not :  but  commytted  the  cause 
 vnto  him,  that  iudgeth  righteously :  llllll  which 
 his  owne  selfe  bare  oure  synnes  in  his  body 
 vpon  the  tre,  that  we  shulde  be  delyuered 
 from  synne,  j  shulde  lyue  vnto  righteousnes : 
 by  whose  strypes  ye  were  healed.HHir  For  ye 
 were  as  shepe  goinge  astraye,  but  now  are  ye 
 turned  vnto  the  shepherde  and  Biszhoppe  of 
 youre  soules. 
 
 €i)t  tij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 LIKEWYSE  ****letthewyuesbeinsub- 
 ieccion  to  their  huszbandes,  that  euen 
 they  which  beleue  not  the  worde,  maye  without 
 the  worde  be  wonne  by  f  couersacion  of  the 
 wyues,  whan  they  beholde  youre  pure  conuer- 
 sacion in  feare.  Whose  apparell  ttttshal  not  be 
 outwarde  with  broyded  heer,  j  hanginge  on 
 of  golde,  or  in  puttynge  on  of  gorgious  araye, 
 but  let  y  inwarde  ma  of  y  hert  be  vncorrupte 
 with  a  meke  5  a  quyete  sprete,  which  before 
 God  is  moch  set  by.  For  after  this  maner  in 
 the  olde  tjone,  dyd  y  holy  weme  which  trusted 
 in  God,  tyer  the  selues,  5  were  obedient 
 vnto  their  huszbades :  Euen  as  Sara  obeyed 
 Abraham,  ttttand  called  him  lorde:  whose 
 doughters  ye  are,  as  loge  as  ye  do  well,  not 
 beynge  afrayed  for  eny  trouble. 
 
 Likewyse  ye  men,  dwell  with  them  acord- 
 inge  vnto  knowlege,  geuynge  honoure  vnto 
 
 f  f  Mat.  22.  c.  ***  Ephe.  6.  a.     Col.  3.  c.     Tit.  2.  b. 
 
 ttt  Mat.  5.  a.     1  Pet.  3.  c.  ttf  loh.  13.  b.     Phil.  2.  a. 
 
 ^§§  Mat.  27.  c.  loh.  8.  c.  ||||||  Esa.  53.  b.  1  loh.  3.  a. 
 fim  E8a.53.b.  Ezec.34.c.  Luc. 15. a.  "••  1  Cor.  11.  a. 
 Ephe.  5.  c.  Col.  3.  c.  .  tttt  1  Tim.  2.  b.      tttt  Gen.  18.  b 
 
So,  rmtt. 
 
 Cf)f  first  epistit  of  ^.  ^iftfr. 
 
 Ci)ap.  titjJ 
 
 the  wife,*  as  to  the  weaker  vessel:  (j  as  vnto 
 the  y  are  heyres  with  you  of  the  grace  of  life, 
 that  youre  prayers  be  not  let. 
 
 But  in  conclusion  be  ye  all  of  one  mynde, 
 one  suffre  with  another,  loue  as  brethren,  be 
 
 !)itefull,  be  curteous.  ♦  Ilecopence  not  euell 
 or  euell,  nether  rebuke  for  rebuke :  but 
 cotrary  wyse,  blesse :  and  knowe  that  ye  are 
 called  therto,  euen  y  ye  shulde  be  heyres  of  y 
 jblessynge.  For  swho  so  listeth  to  lyue, 
 and  wolde  fayne  se  good  dayes,  Let  him  re- 
 frayne  his  tonge  from  euell,  and  his  lippes  v 
 they  speake  no  gyle.  Let  him  eschue  euell, 
 (J  do  good :  Let  him  seke  peace  and  ensue  it. 
 For  f  eyes  of  the  LORDE  are  ouer  the 
 'righteous,  it  his  eares  are  open  vnto  their 
 iprayers.  But  f  face  of  the  LORDE  be- 
 holdeth  the  y  dfo  euell.  And  who  is  it  that 
 can  hanne  you,  yf  ye  folowe  that  which  is 
 good  ?  Notwithstondinge  II  blessed  are  ye, 
 yf  ye  suffre  for  righteousnes  sake.  If  Feare 
 not  ye  their  threatnynge,  nether  be  troubled, 
 but  sanctifye  the  LORDE  God  in  youre 
 hertes.  **Be  ready  allwayes  to  geue  an 
 answere  to  euery  ma,  that  axeth  you  a  reason 
 of  the  hope  that  is  in  you,  and  that  with 
 mekenes  (i  feare,  hauynge  a  good  conscience, 
 ttthat  they  which  bacbyte  you  as  euell  doers, 
 maye  be  ashamed,  that  they  haue  falsely 
 accused  youre  good  couersacion  in  Christ. 
 
 XX  For  it  is  better  (yf  the  wyll  of  God  be 
 so)  that  ye  sufire  for  well  doynge,  the  for 
 euell  doynge.  For  as  moch  as  Christ  hath 
 once  suffred  for  oure  synnes,  f  iust  for  the 
 vniust,  for  to  brynge  vs  to  God:  5  was  slayne 
 after  the  flesh,  but  quyckened  after  the 
 sprete. 
 
 In  the  which  sprete  he  also  wente,  and 
 preached  vnto  f  spretes  that  were  in  preson, 
 which  in  tyme  past  beleued  not,  whan  God 
 once  a  bode  and  suffred  pacietly  in  the  tyme 
 of  Noe,  whyle  the  Arke  was  a  preparynge : 
 WWherin  fewe  (that  is  to  saye  eight  soules) 
 were  saued  by  water.  Which  signifieth  llll  bap- 
 tyme  y  now  saueth  vs :  not  y  puttinge  awaye 
 of  the  fylth  of  the  flesh,  but  in  y  a  good 
 cosciece  cosenteth  vnto  God  by  f  resurreccion 
 of  lesus  Christ,  which  is  on  the  righte  hande 
 of  God,  and  is  gone  in  to  heaue,  angels, 
 power  and  mighte  subdued  vnto  him. 
 
 *  1  Tess.  4.  a.  t  Pro.  20.  c.  Mat.  5.  e.  Rom.  12.  0. 
 t  Gen.  12.  a.  Mat.  25.  c.  $  Psal.  33.  b.  ||  Mat.  5.  a. 
 T  Esa.  8.  c.    Mat.  10.  d.  ••  Psal.  118.  f.    Act.  4.  a. 
 
 tt  1  Pet.  2.  b.    Tit.  2.  a.  Xt  1  Pet.  2.  c.    Mat.  5.  a. 
 
 %%t  itij.  Cljaptn. 
 
 FOR  as  moch  then  as  Christ  hath  suffred 
 for  vs  in  f  flesh,  arme  youre  selues  like- 
 wyse  with  the  same  mynde.  H  H  For  he  which 
 sufiVeth  in  the  flesh,  ceasseth  fro  synne,  y 
 hece  forth  (as  moch  tyme  as  yet  remayneth 
 in  y-  flesh)  he  shulde  not  lyue  after  the  lustes 
 of  me,  but  after  the  wil  of  God.  For  it  is 
 ynough,  y  we  haue  spent  y  tyme  past  of  the 
 life,  after  the  will  of  y-  Heythen,  wha  we 
 walked  in  wantannesse,  lustes,  dronkenes, 
 glotony,  ryotous  drynkynge,  5  I  abhominable 
 Idolatrye.  And  it  semeth  to  the  a  straunge 
 thinge,  y  ye  runne  not  also  with  them  vnto 
 the  same  excesse  of  ryote,  5  speake  euell  of 
 you.  (Which  shal  geue  acoptes  vnto  hi  y  is 
 ready  to  iudge  y  quycke  5  y  deed.)  For  vnto 
 this  purpose  also  was  f  GospeU  preached  vnto 
 the  deed,  y  they  shulde  be  iudged  like  other 
 me  I  y  flesh,  but  shulde  lyue  vnto  God  in  f 
 sprete.     The  ende  of  all  thiges  is  at  hade. 
 
 ***  Be  ye  therfore  sober  5  watch  vnto 
 prayers:  but  aboue  all  thinges  haue  feruent 
 loue  amonge  you  one  to  another,  ttt  For  loue 
 couereth  the  multitude  of  synnes.  Be  ye 
 herberous  one  to  another  without  grudginge, 
 d  mynister  one  to  another,  euery  one  with  the 
 gifte  y  he  hath  receaued,  as  good  stewardes 
 of  the  manifolde  grace  of  God.  tUYf  eny  ma 
 speake,  let  hi  speake  it  as  y  wordes  of  God. 
 ^1^  Yf  eny  man  haue  an  office,  let  him  execute 
 it  as  out  of  the  power  y  God  mynistreth  vnto 
 hi,  y  God  maye  be  praysed  in  all  thinges 
 thorow  lesus  Christ,  To  who  be  honoure  and 
 domynion  for  euer  and  euer  Amen. 
 
 Derely  beloued,  maruell  not  at  this  IHIIIheate 
 (which  is  come  amoge  you  to  trye  you)  as 
 though  some  straiige  thinge  happened  vnto 
 you :  but  reioyce,  in  as  moch  as  ye  are  par- 
 takers of  Christes  passios,  y  wha  his  glory 
 appeareth,  ye  maye  be  mery  5  glad.  UHIT  Yf 
 ye  be  reuyled  for  f  name  of  Christ,  blessed  are 
 ye,  for  y  sprete  (which  is  f  sprete  of  glory  5 
 of  God)  resteth  vpon  you.  On  their  parte  he 
 is  euell  spoken  of,  but  on  youre  parte  he  b 
 praysed. 
 
 ****  But  se  that  none  of  you  suffre  as  a 
 murthurer,  or  as  a  thefe,  or  as  an  eueU  doer, 
 or  as  a  busy  body  in  other  mens  matters.     Yf 
 
 ^  Gen.  7.  c.  ||||  Rom.  6.  a.               f  IT  Rom.  9.  a. 
 
 •••  Mat.  24.  d.  ttt  Pro.  10.  b.            tiX  lere.  23.  b. 
 
 ^§^Ro.  12.  b.  mill  Luc.  12.  f.    iCor.  3.  b.   iPet.  l.b. 
 
 IT  II  IT  Mat.  5.  a.  ••••  1  Pet.  2.  c.  and  3.  c. 
 
Cf)ap»  u 
 
 CI)C  ij.  epistle  of  ^,  ^eter. 
 
 Jfo.  ajDrbij, 
 
 eny  man  suffre  as  a  Christen  man,  let  him  not 
 be  ashamed,  but  let  him  prayse  God  on  this 
 behalfe.  *  For  f  tyme  is  come,  that  iudgmet 
 must  begynne  at  the  house  of  God.  Yf  it 
 first  begynne  at  vs,  what  shal  the  ende  be  of 
 the  which  beleue  not  the  Gospell  of  God  ? 
 +  And  yf  y  righteous  scacely  be  saued,  where 
 shal  y  vngodly  5  synner  appeare  ?  Wherfore 
 let  them  that  suffer  acordynge  to  the  will  off 
 God,  commytte  their  soules  vnto  him  with 
 well  doynge,  as  to  the  faithfuU  creator. 
 
 T' 
 
 \)t  b.  Ci)apttr. 
 
 exhorte,  which  am  also  an  Elder,  t  and 
 a  witnes  off  the  affliccions  in  Christ,  and 
 partaker  of  the  glory  that  shal  be  opened. 
 §  Fede  Christes  flocke  which  is  amonge  you, 
 and  take  the  ouersighte  of  the,  not  as  though 
 ye  were  copelled  therto,  but  wyllingly :  not 
 for  the  desyre  of  filthye  lucre,  but  of  a  good 
 mynde :  not  as  though  ye  were  lordes  ouer 
 the  parishes,  II  but  that  ye  be  an  ensample  to 
 the  flocke  :  5  whan  the  chefe  shepherde  shal 
 appeare,  ye  shal  receaue  the  vncorruptible 
 crowne  of  glory. 
 
 Likewyse  ye  yoger  submytte  youre  selues 
 vnto  the  elder.     Submytte  youre  selues  euery 
 
 lere.  25.  d.  and  40.  b.   Ezec.  8.  b. 
 t  Act.  5.  c.        §  Act.  20.  d.        ||  Tit.  2.  a. 
 
 t  Pro.  11.  d. 
 f  Pro.  11.  a. 
 
 man  one  to  another,  and  knyt  youre  selues 
 together  in  lowlynes  of  mynde.  If  For  God 
 resisteth  the  proude,  but  geueth  grace  to  the 
 humble.  Submytte  youre  selues  therfore 
 vnder  the  mightie  hande  of  God,  that  he  maye 
 exalte  you  whan  the  tyme  is  come.  **  Cast 
 all  youre  care  on  him,  for  he  careth  for  you. 
 
 Be  sober  and  watch,  tt  for  youre  aduersary 
 f  deuell,  walketh  aboute  as  a  roaringe  lyon, 
 sekynge  whom  he  maye  deuoure,  ttwhom 
 resiste  stedfast  in  the  faith,  and  knowe,  that 
 youre  brethren  in  the  worlde  haue  euen  the 
 same  affliccions. 
 
 But  y  God  of  all  grace,  which  hath  called 
 you  to  his  euerlastinge  glory  in  Christ  lesu, 
 shal  his  owne  selfe  make  you  perfecte,  which 
 suffre  ^§  a  litle  season  :  eue  he  shal  settle, 
 strength,  and  stablish  you.  To  him  be  prayse 
 and  domynion  for  euer  and  euer.  Amen. 
 
 By  Siluanus  youre  faithfull  brother  (as  I 
 suppose)  haue  I  wrytte  vnto  you  breuely, 
 exbortinge  and  testifyenge,  how  that  this  is 
 the  true  grace  of  God  wherin  ye  stode.  The 
 companyons  of  youre  eleccion  that  are  at 
 Babilon,  salute  you,  and  Marcus  my  sonne. 
 Grete  ye  one  another  with  the  kysse  of  loue. 
 Peace  be  with  you  all  which  are  in  Christ 
 lesus.  Amen. 
 
 laco.  4.  a.  ••  Mat.  6.  c.    Luc.  12.  c.  ft  lob  1.  b. 
 
 U  laco.  4.  a.  ^§  Rom.  8.  c.   1  Pet.  1.  a.  Heb.  10.  d. 
 
 of  m  ^poetic  ^.  mttv. 
 
 C6e  ^nmrnt  of 
 
 CI)ap.  I. 
 
 For  so  moch  as  the  power  of  God  hath  geuen 
 them  all  thinges  pertayninge  vnto  hfe,  he  ex- 
 horteth  the  to  flye  the  corrupcion  of  worldly 
 lust,  to  make  their  callynge  sure  with  good 
 workes  and  frutes  of  faith.  He  maketh  men- 
 cion  of  his  owne  death,  declaringe  the  LORDE 
 lesus  to  be  the  true  sonne  of  God,  as  he  him- 
 self hath  sene  vpon  the  mount. 
 Cljap.    II. 
 
 He  prophecieth  of  false  teachers,  and   sheweth 
 their  punyshment. 
 
 tl)i2(  epistle. 
 
 Ci^ap.  Ill, 
 
 He  exhorteth  men  to  bewarre  of  soch  as  wolde 
 make  the  beleue,  that  the  daye  of  the 
 LORDE  were  slacke  in  commynge  :  prayeth 
 them  to  lede  a  godly  life,  and  to  loke  verely 
 for  the  commynge  of  the  LORDE,  whose  loge 
 tarienge  is  saluacion,  and  because  he  wolde 
 haue  no  man  lost,  but  wolde  receaue  all  me 
 to  repentaunce. 
 
jTo.  rriTbiij. 
 
 €l}t  ih  <£pi^tk  of  ^,  ^tUv, 
 
 CI)ap.  I. 
 
 9 
 
 €i)t  first  €i)aftn. 
 
 SYMON  Peter  a  seruaut  and  an  Apostle 
 of  lesus  Christ." 
 
 N^ito  the  which  haue  optayned  like  faith 
 with  vs  in  the  righteousnes  that  commeth  of 
 cure  God,  and  Sauioure  lesus  Christ. 
 
 *  Grace  and  peace  be  multiplied  with  you 
 thorow  the  knowlege  of  God  and  of  lesus 
 Christ  oure  LORDE. 
 
 For  so  moch  as  his  godly  power  hath  geuen 
 vs  all  thinges  (that  pertayne  vnto  life  and 
 godljTies)  thorow  the  knowlege  of  him  that 
 hath  called  vs  by  his  owne  glorie  and  power, 
 wherby  the  excellent  and  most  greate  pro- 
 myses  are  geue  vnto  vs  :  namely,  that  ye  by 
 the  same  shulde  be  partakers  of  the  godly 
 nature,  yf  ye  flye  the  corrupte  lust  of  the 
 worlde :  Geue  ye  all  youre  diligence  therfore 
 here  vnto,  and  in  youre  faith  mynister  vertue : 
 in  vertue,  knowlege :  in  knowlege,  temper- 
 ancy :  in  temperancy,  pacience  :  in  pacience, 
 godlynes :  in  godlynes,  brotherly  loue :  in 
 brotherly  loue,  generall  loue.  For  yf  these 
 thinges  be  plenteous  in  you,  they  will  not  let 
 you  be  ydle  nor  vnfrutefull  in  y  knowlege  of 
 
 e  LORDE  lesus  Christ.  But  he  that 
 lacketh  these  thinges,  is  blynde,  5  gropeth  for 
 the  waye  with  the  hade,  and  hath  forgotten, 
 that  he  was  clensed  from  his  olde  synnes. 
 
 ^Vllerfore  (brethre)  geue  the  more  diligence 
 to  make  youre  callynge  and  eleccion  sure : 
 for  yf  ye  do  soch  thinges,  ye  shal  not  fall,  and 
 by  this  meanes  shal  there  be  plenteously 
 mynistred  vnto  you  an  entrynge  in  vnto  f 
 euerlastinge  kyngdome  of  oure  LORDE  and 
 Sauioure  lesus  Christ. 
 
 Therfore  wil  I  not  be  necliget  to  put  you 
 allwayes  in  remembraunce  of  soch  thinges: 
 though  ye  knowe  them  youre  selues,  and  be 
 stablished  in  the  present  trueth.  Notwith- 
 stondinge  I  thinke  it  mete,  as  I5ge  as  I  am 
 in  this  t  tabernacle,  to  stere  you  vp  by  put- 
 tinge  you  in  remembraunce.  For  I  am  sure, 
 that  I  must   shortly  put  of  my  tabernacle, 
 
 sn  as  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ  hath 
 shewed  vnto  me.  Yet  wyl  I  do  my  diligece, 
 that  allwaye  after  my  departynge  ye  maye 
 haue  wherwith  to  kepe  these  thinges  in  re- 
 membraunce. 
 
 '  1  Pet.  1.  a.         •loh.  l.a. 
 t  loh.  1.  b.     1  lob.  1.  a. 
 j  Luc.  9.  d.         11  2  Cor.  i.  h. 
 
 Col.  2.  b.  t  2  Cor.  5.  a. 
 ^  Mat.  17.  a.  Marc.  9.  a. 
 f  ».in.  9.  b.     Zach.  7.  b. 
 
 For  we  folowed  not  deceaueable  fables, 
 whan  we  declared  vnto  you  the  power  and 
 commynge  of  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ: 
 t  but  with  oure  eyes  we  sawe  his  maiestie, 
 whan  he  receaued  of  God  the  father  honoure 
 5  prayse,  by  a  voyce  that  came  vnto  him  from 
 the  excellent  glory,  after  this  maner  :  ^  This 
 is  my  deare  sonne,  in  whom  I  haue  delyte. 
 And  this  voyce  herde  we  broughte  downe  tro 
 heauen,  whan  we  were  with  him  on  the  holy 
 mount. 
 
 We  haue  also  a  sure  worde  of  prophecie, 
 and  ye  do  well  that  ye  take  hede  thervnto,  as 
 vnto  a  lighte  II  that  shyneth  in  a  darke  place 
 ^TityU  the  daye  dawne,  and  the  daye  starre 
 aryse  in  youre  hertes.  And  this  shal  ye 
 knowe  first,  that  no  prophecie  in  the  scrip- 
 ture is  done  of  eny  priuate  interpretacion. 
 If  For  the  prophecie  was  neuer  broughte  by 
 the  wyll  of  man,  but  the  holy  men  of  God 
 spake,  as  they  were  moued  of  f  holy  goost. 
 
 €^t  tj.  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 BUT  there  were  false  prophetes  also 
 amonge  the  people,  **  euen  as  there 
 shalbe  false  teachers  amonge  you  likewyse, 
 which  preuely  shal  brynge  in  damnable  sectes, 
 euen  denyenge  the  LORDE  that  hath 
 boughte  them,  and  shal  brynge  vpon  them 
 selues  swift  damnacion :  and  tt  many  shal 
 folowe  their  damnable  wayes,  by  who  the 
 waye  of  the  trueth  shal  be  eueU  spoke  of: 
 and  thorow  cuvetousnes  shal  they  with  fayned 
 wordes  make  marchaundise  of  you,  vpo  who 
 the  iudgment  is  not  necliget  in  tarienge  of 
 olde,  and  their  damnacion  slepeth  not. 
 
 ttFor  yf  God  spared  not  the  angels  that 
 synned,  but  cast  them  downe  with  the  cheynes 
 of  darknes  in  to  hell,  and  delyuered  the  ouer 
 to  be  kepte  vnto  iudgment :  §1  Nether  spared 
 the  olde  worlde,  but  saued  Noe  the  preacher 
 of  righteousnes  himselfe  beynge  y  eight,  and 
 brought  the  floude  vpo  the  worlde  of  the 
 vngodly :  llll  And  turned  the  cities  of  Sodom 
 and  Gomor  in  to  aszhes,  ouerthrue  them, 
 damned  them,  and  made  on  them  an  en- 
 sample,  vnto  those  that  after  shulde  lyue 
 vngodly :  And  delyuered  iust  Loth  which 
 was  vexed  with  the  vngodly  conuersacion  of  y 
 wicked.     For  in  so  moch  as  he  was  righteous 
 
 m.  3.b.  •*  Mat.  24.  a.    Act.  20.  d.     1  Tim.  4. 
 
 ;at.  7.b.         tJIob.  4.b.     Apoc.  20.  a.      §^Gen.7. 
 en.  19.  c. 
 
Cftap.  u). 
 
 Cfte  ij,  epiEitle  of  ^,  ^eter. 
 
 ;fo.  fcrvi):* 
 
 and  dwelt  amonge  them,  so  that  he  must 
 nedes  se  it  and  heare  it,  his  righteous  soule 
 was  greued  from  to  daye  to  daye  with  their 
 vnlaufull  dedes.  *  The  LORDE  knoweth 
 how  to  delyuer  the  godly  out  of  tentacion, 
 and  how  to  reserue  the  vniust  viito  the  daye 
 of  iudgment  for  to  be  punyshed :  but  specially 
 them  that  walke  after  the  flesh  in  y  lust  of 
 vnclennes,  and  despyse  the  rulers  :  beynge 
 presumptuous,  stubborne,  and  feare  not  to 
 speake  eueU  of  the  y  are  in  auctorite  t  wha 
 the  angels  yet  which  are  greater  both  in 
 power  and  might,  beare  not  that  blasphemous 
 iudgment  agaynst  them  of  the  LORDE. t 
 But  these  are  as  y  brute  beestes,  which  na- 
 turally are  brougnte  forth  to  be  take  and 
 destroyed :  §  speakynge  euell  of  y  they  knowe 
 not,  and  shal  perishe  in  their  owne  destruc- 
 cion,  and  so  receaue  y  rewarde  of  vnright- 
 eousnes. 
 
 They  counte  it  pleasure  to  lyue  deliciously 
 for  a  season :  Spottes  are  they  and  fylthynes : 
 lyuynge  at  pleasure  and  in  disceaueable  wayes : 
 feastynge  with  that  which  is  youres,  hauynge 
 eyes  full  of  aduoutrye,  and  ca  not  ceasse  from 
 synne,  entysinge  vnstable  soules  :  hauynge  an 
 hert  exercysed  with  eouetousnes:  they  are 
 cursed  children,  and  haue  forsaken  the  righte 
 waye,  and  are  gone  astraye :  folowinge  the 
 waye  of  II  Balaam  the  sonne  of  Bosor,  which 
 loued  the  rewarde  of  vnrighteousnes :  but  was 
 ebuked  of  his  iniquyte.  The  tame  and  domme 
 beast  spake  with  mas  voyce,  g  forbad  the  fool- 
 ishnes  of  y  prophet. 
 
 These  are  welles  without  water,  5  It  cloudes 
 caried  aboute  of  a  tepest:  to  who  f  myst 
 of  darknesse  is  reserued  for  euer.  For  they 
 speake  y  proude  wordes  of  vanite,  vnto  y 
 vttemost,  and  entyse  thorow  wantannes  vnto 
 y  luste  of  the  flesh,  euen  them  that  were 
 cleane  escaped,  and  now  walke  in  erroure : 
 and  promyse  them  libertye,  where  as  they 
 them  selues  are  seruauntes  off  corrupcion.** 
 For  off  whom  so  euer  a  man  is  ouercome, 
 vnto  the  same  is  he  in  bondage,  ttpor  yf 
 they  (after  they  haue  escaped  from  the  fyl- 
 thynes of  the  worlde,  thorow  the  knowlege  of 
 y  LORDE  and  Sauioure  lesus  Christ)  are 
 yet  tangled  agayne  therin  and  ouercome,  U 
 
 1  Cor.  10.  b.  t  Ittdffi  1.  b.  t  lere.  12 
 
 §  luda;  1.  b.  ||  Num.  22.  23.  24.  f  ludse  1.  c, 
 
 ••  loh.  8.  c.    Rom.  6.  b.        tt  Luc.  9.  f.       tJ  Mat.  12.  c 
 Heb.  6.  a.  $§Act.5.  a.  |j  ||  Pro.  26.  b.     Eccli, 
 
 34.  d.  fir   1  Tim.  4.  a.    2  Tim.  3.  a.    ludae  1.  c 
 
 tlien  is  the  latter  ende  worse  vnto  them  then 
 the  begynnjaige.  For  it  had  bene  better  for 
 them,  not  to  haue  knowne  the  waye  of  right- 
 eousnes,  then  after  they  haue  knowne  it, 
 to  turne  from  the  holy  commaundemet,  that 
 was  geuen  vnto  them.  It  is  happened  vnto 
 them  acordynge  vnto  the  true  prouerbe :  l!ll 
 y  dogg  is  turned  to  his  vomyte  agayne  :  and 
 y  sowe  that  was  waszhed,  vnto  hir  walowynge 
 in  the  myre. 
 
 €l)t  (ij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 THIS  is  the  seconde  Epistle  that  I  now 
 wryte  vnto  you  (ye  dearly  beloued) 
 wherin  I  stere  vp  and  warne  youre  pure 
 mynde,  that  ye  maye  remembre  the  worde: 
 which  were  tolde  before  of  the  holy  prophetes: 
 and  also  the  commaundement  of  vs,  that  be 
 the  Apostles  of  the  LORDE  and  Sauioure, 
 
 This  first  vnderstonde,  If  t  that  in  the  last 
 dayes  there  shal  come  mockers,  which  wyll 
 walke  after  their  awne  lustes,  5  saye :  ***  Where 
 is  the  promes  of  his  commynge  ?  For  sence 
 the  fathers  fell  on  slepe,  euery  thinge  con^ 
 tynueth  as  it  was  from  the  begynnjoige  of  y 
 creature.  This  they  knowe  not  (and  that 
 wylfully)  how  that  the  heauens  were  afore 
 tyme  also,  and  the  earth  out  of  the  water, 
 was  in  the  water  by  the  worde  of  God,  ttt  yet 
 was  the  worlde  at  that  tyme  destroyed  by 
 the  same  with  the  floude.  But  the  heauens 
 which  are  yet,  and  y  earth,  are  kepte  in 
 stoare  by  his  worde,  to  be  reserued  Ut  vnto 
 fyre  agaynst  the  daye  of  iudgment  and 
 damnacion  of  vngodly  men. 
 
 Dearly  beloued,  be  not  ignoraunt  of  this 
 one  thinge,  §5§  how  that  one  daye  is  with  the 
 LORDE  as  a  thousande  yeare  :  and  a  thou- 
 sande  yeare  as  one  daye.  The  LORDE  is 
 not  slacke  to  fulfyll  his  promes  (as  some 
 me  counte  slacknesse)  but  is  llllll  paciet  to  vs 
 warde,  ^Iflf  and  wyl  not  that  eny  ma  shulde  be 
 lost,  but  that  euery  man  shulde  amende  him- 
 selfe.  Neuertheles  ****  the  daye  of  the  LO  RDE 
 shal  come  euen  as  a  thefe  in  the  night:  in 
 the  which  (daye)  the  heauens  shal  perishe 
 with  a  greate  noyse,  and  the  Elementes  shal 
 melte  with  heate,  and  the  earth  and  y  workes 
 that  are  therin,  shal  burne. 
 
 ••*Eze.  12.  d.            ttt  Gen.  7.  d.  JJt  2  Tess.  1.  b. 
 
 ^^4  Psal.  89.  a.  Eze.  12.  d.    1  Pet.  4.  a.  ||||||  Rom.  2.  a. 
 
 illTir  Eze.   18.  d.         ••••  Mat.  24.   d.  1   Tess.   5.  a. 
 Apoc.  3.  a. 
 
Jfo.  rwT. 
 
 €\)t  flrsft  episitk  of  ^.  SJjOtt. 
 
 Cftap.  I. 
 
 Yf  all  these  thinges  shal  perislie,  what 
 maner  persons  then  ought  ye  to  be  in  holy 
 couersacion  and  godlynes,  lokynge  for  and 
 hastynge  vnto  the  commynge  of  the  LOKDE? 
 In  the  which  the  heauens  shal  perishe  with 
 fyre,  and  the  elementes  shal  melt  with  heate. 
 Neuertheles  *  we  loke  for  a  new  heauen  and 
 a  new  earth  (acordynge  to  his  promes)  wherin 
 dwelleth  rightcousnes. 
 
 Wherfore  dearly  beloued,  seynge  that  ye 
 loke  for  soch  thinges,  be  diligent,  y  ye  maye 
 be  founde  before  him  in  peace  without  spot 
 and  vndefyled  :  and  counte  the  longsufferynge 
 of  oure   LOIIDE  youre  saluacion,   Euen  as 
 
 •  Esa.  63.  c.     Apo.  21.  a. 
 
 oure  dearly  beloued  brother  Paul  (acordinge 
 to  the  wyszdoine  geue  vnto  him)  wrote  vnto 
 you :  yee  speakinge  therof  allmost  in  all 
 Epistles,  wherin  are  many  thinges  harde  to 
 be  vnderstonde,  which  they  that  are  vnlerned 
 and  vnstable,  peruerte,  as  they  do  the  other 
 scriptures  also,  to  their  awnc  danacion. 
 
 Ye  therfore  beloued,  seynge  ye  knowe  it 
 before  hande,  bewarre,  lest  ye  also  be  plucte 
 awaye  thorow  the  erroure  of  y  wicked,  and 
 fall  from  youre  owne  stedfastnes.  But  growe 
 in  grace,  and  in  the  knowlege  of  oure  LORDE 
 and  Sauioure  lesus  Christ.  To  him  be  prayse 
 now  and  for  euer,  Amen. 
 
 of  rtc  Apostle  antr  ISuangtlt$t  *»♦  Kfton* 
 
 Cfte  surnim  of  tW  tpi&tle. 
 
 Cliap.  I. 
 
 True  wytnesse  of  the  euerlastinge  worde  of  God. 
 The  bloude  of  Christ  is  the  purgacion  from 
 synne.     No  man  is  without  synne. 
 
 Cl)ap.   II. 
 Christ  is  oure  aduocate.     Of  true  loue,  and  how 
 it  is  tryed. 
 
 Cfiap.  III. 
 The  synguler  loue  of  God  to  wards  vs  :  and  how 
 we  agayne  oughte  to  loue  one  another. 
 
 Cl)ap.   IIII. 
 
 Difference  of  spretes,  and  how  the  sprete  of  God 
 maye  be  knowne  from  the  sprete  of  erroure. 
 Of  the  loue  of  God  and  of  oure  neghbours. 
 
 Ci^ap.  V. 
 
 To  loue  God,  is  to  kepe  his  commaundemetes. 
 Faith  ouercommeth  the  worlde.  Euerlastinge 
 life  is  in  the  sonne  of  God.  Of  the  synne  vnto 
 death. 
 
 W^t  first  Cl^apter. 
 
 THAT  which  was  from  f  begynnynge, 
 which  we  haue  herde,  which  *we  haue 
 sene  with  oure  eyes,  which  we  haue  loked 
 vpon,  tand  oure  handes  haue  handled  of  the 
 worde  of  life :  and  the  life  hath  appeared,  and 
 we  haue  sene,  and  beare  wytnes,  and  shewe 
 vnto  you  f  life  that  is  euerlastinge,  "which 
 
 •  loh.  1.  b.     2  Pet.  1.  c.        t  loh.  20.  d. 
 
 was  with  the  father,  and  hath  apeared  vrito 
 vs.  That  which  we  haue  sene  ij  herde, 
 declare  we  vnto  you,  that  ye  also  maye  haue 
 fellishippe  with  vs,  and  that  oure  fellishippe 
 maye  be  with  the  father  and  with  his  sonne 
 lesus  Christ.  And  this  wryte  we  vnto  you, 
 Jthat  youre  ioye  maye  be  full. 
 
 And   this  is  the  tydinges  which  we  haue 
 herde  of  him,  5  declare  vnto  you,  that  God 
 
 -  loh.  17.  a.  }  loh.  17.  b. 
 
Cf)ap.  iU 
 
 Cftr  firsit  epistlf  of  ^.  Sfion. 
 
 fo,  ttmi* 
 
 is  lighte,  and  in  him  is  no  darknes  at  all. 
 Yf  we  saye  that  we  haue  fellishippe  with  him, 
 and  yet  walke  in  darknes,  we  lye,  and  do  not 
 the  trueth.  But  yf  we  walke  in  lighte,  euen 
 as  he  is  in  lighte,  then  haue  we  fellishippe 
 together,  *  and  the  bloude  of  lesus  Christ  his 
 Sonne  clenseth  vs  from  all  synne. 
 
 t  Yf  we  saye  that  we  haue  no  synne,  we 
 disceaue  oure  selues,  and  the  trueth  is  not  in 
 vs.  t  But  yf  we  knowlege  oure  synnes,  he  is 
 faithfull  and  iust  to  forgeue  vs  oure  syimes,  j 
 to  dense  vs  from  all  vnrighteousnes.  Yf  we 
 saye,  we  haue  not  synned,  we  make  him  a 
 lyar,  and  his  worde  is  not  in  vs. 
 
 Cl)c  i).  Cljaptnr. 
 
 MY  litle  children,  these  thinges  wryte  I 
 vnto  you,  that  ye  shulde  not  synne: 
 and  yf  eny  man  synne,  we  haue  an  §  aduo- 
 eate  with  the  father,  euen  lesus  Christ  which 
 is  righteous :  II  and  he  it  is  that  optayneth 
 grace  for  oure  sjTines  :  not  for  oure  synnes 
 onely,  but  also  for  the  synnes  of  all  the 
 worlde.  And  hereby  are  we  sure  that  we 
 knowe  him,  yf  we  kepe  his  comaundemetes, 
 If  He  that  sayeth :  I  knowe  him,  and  kepeth 
 not  his  c5maundemetes,  is  a  lyar,  and  the 
 trueth  is  not  in  him,  But  who  so  kepeth  his 
 worde,  in  him  is  the  loue  of  God  perfecte  in 
 dede.  **  Hereby  knowe  we,  that  we  are  in 
 him.  He  y  sayeth  he  abydeth  in  him,  oughte 
 to  walke  euen  as  he  walked. 
 
 Brethren,  I  wryte  no  new  commaundement 
 TOto  you,  but  that  olde  commaundement, 
 which  ye  haue  herde  from  the  begynnynge. 
 The  olde  comaundement  is  the  worde,  which  ye 
 haue  herde  from  the  begynnynge.  Agayne,  *t  a 
 new  comaundemet  wryte  I  vnto  you,  a  thinge 
 that  is  true  in  him  g  also  in  you :  for  the  dark- 
 nesse  is  past,  and  the  true  lighte  now  shyneth. 
 
 He  that  sayeth  he  is  in  lighte,  and  hateth 
 his  brother,  is  yet  in  darknesse.  He  y  loueth 
 his  brother,  abydeth  in  the  lighte,  and  there 
 is  none  occasion  of  euell  in  him.  But  he  y 
 hateth  his  brother,  is  in  darknes,  and  walketh 
 in  darknes,  and  can  not  tell  whither  he  goeth, 
 for  y  darknes  hath  blynded  his  eyes. 
 
 Babes,  I  wryte  vnto  you,  tt  that  youre 
 synnes  are  forgeuen  you  for  his  names  sake. 
 I  wryte  vnto  you  fathers,  how  that  ye  haue 
 
 Heb.  9.  b.  1  Pet.  I.e.  Apoc.  1.  a.  t  Pro.  29.  b. 
 i  lob  13.  b.  Pro.  28.  b.  Deut.  7.  c.  Psa.  31.  a.  §  Heb. 
 7.  d.  II  Rom.  3.  c.  f  loh.  4.  c.  ••  loh.  13.  d. 
 
 tt  loh.  13.  d.        ft  Luc.  24.  d.  Act.  4.  a.       §§  1  Cor.  7.  d. 
 
 knowne  him  which  is  from  y  begynnynge. 
 I  wryte  vnto  you  yonge  me,  how  that  ye  haue 
 ouercome  the  wicked.  I  wryte  vnto  you 
 litle  children,  how  that  ye  haue  knowne  the 
 father.  I  haue  wrytten  vnto  you  fathers,  how 
 that  ye  haue  knowne  him,  which  is  fro  the 
 begynnynge.  I  haue  wrytten  vnto  you  yonge 
 men,  how  that  ye  are  stronge,  and  the  worde 
 of  God  abydeth  in  you,  and  ye  haue  ouercome 
 that  wicked. 
 
 Se  that  ye  loue  not  the  worlde,  nether  y 
 thinges  that  are  in  the  worlde.  Yf  eny  man 
 loue  the  worlde,  the  loue  of  the  father  is  not 
 in  him :  for  all  that  is  in  the  worlde  (namely 
 the  lust  of  the  flesh,  and  the  lust  of  the  eyes, 
 and  the  piyde  of  life)  is  not  of  the  father,  but 
 of  the  worlde.  And  the  §§  worlde  passeth 
 awaye  and  the  lust  therof.  But  he  that  ful- 
 fylleth  the  wyll  of  God,  abydeth  for  euer. 
 
 Litle  children,  it  is  the  last  houre,  and  (as 
 ye  haue  herde  that  II II  Antechrist  shal  come) 
 euen  now  are  there  many  become  Ante- 
 christes  allready :  wherby  we  knowe,  that  it  is 
 y  last  houre.  They  wente  out  tif  fro  vs,  but 
 they  were  not  of  vs :  for  yf  they  had  bene  of 
 vs,  they  wolde  no  doute  haue  contynued  with 
 vs.  But  ***that  they  maye  be  knowne,  how 
 that  they  are  not  all  of  vs. 
 
 But  ye  haue  the  ttt  anoyntinge  of  him  y  is 
 holy,  5  ye  knowe  all  thiges.  I  haue  not  wrytte 
 vnto  you,  as  though  ye  knewe  not  f  trueth 
 but  ye  knowe  it,  5  are  sure,  y  no  lye  cometh 
 of  y  trueth.  Who  is  a  lyar,  but  he  y  denyeth 
 y  lesus  is  Christ  ?  The  same  is  y  Antichrist, 
 y  denyeth  the  father  j  y  sonne.  Whosoeuer 
 denyeth  the  sonne,  the  same  hath  not  the 
 father.  Loke  what  ye  haue  herde  now  from 
 y  begynnynge,  let  the  same  abyde  in  you. 
 Yf  y  which  he  herde  from  the  begynnynge 
 shal  remayne  in  you,  then  shal  ye  also  abyde 
 in  y  Sonne  and  in  the  father.  And  this  is  the 
 promes  y  he  hath  promysed  vs,  eue  eternall  life. 
 
 This  haue  I  wrytte  vnto  you  cocerninge 
 the  that  disceaue  you.  ttt  And  the  anoyntinge 
 which  ye  haue  receaued  of  him,  dwelleth  in 
 you  :  (J  ye  nede  not  y  eny  ma  teach  you,  but 
 as  the  anoyntinge  teacheth  you  all  thiges, 
 euen  so  is  it  true,  5  is  no  lye.  And  as  it  hath 
 taughte  you,  eue  so  abide  ye  therin.  And 
 now    babes,    abyde    in    hi,    y    wha    he    shal 
 
 Mat.  24.  a 
 •  1  Co.  11.  „. 
 Ioh.6.  e.  14.  c.  16.  b. 
 
 loh.  5.d.  irH  loh.  13.  c.     Act.  20.  d, 
 
 ttt  Heb.  11.  b.  ttJEsa.  34.  c. 
 
fo,  rrrnTij- 
 
 €\)t  first  epistlt  of  ^,  3l)on, 
 
 Cftajp.  iij. 
 
 appeare,  we  niaye  be  bolde,  5  not  be  made 
 ashamed  of  him  at  his  commyiige.  Vf  ye 
 knowe  y  he  is  righteous,  knowe  also  that  he 
 which  doth  righteousnes,  is  borne  of  him. 
 
 Eift  iij.  €l)<ipttr. 
 
 BEHOLDE  what  loue  the  father  hath 
 shewed  on  vs,  y  we  shulde  be  called  the 
 childre  of  God.  Therfore  y  worlde  knoweth 
 you  not,  because  it  knoweth  not  him.  Dearly 
 beloued,  we  are  now  f  *  childre  of  God,  and 
 yet  hath  it  not  appeared  what  we  shalbe. 
 t  But  we  knowe  y  when  he  shal  appeare,  we 
 shal  be  like  him  :  for  we  shal  se  him  as  he  is, 
 And  euer)'  man  y  hath  this  hope  in  him, 
 pourgeth  him  selfe,  euen  as  he  is  pure.  Who 
 so  euer  comytteth  synne,  comytteth  vnright- 
 eousnes  also,  and  synne  is  vnrighteousnes 
 t  And  ye  knowe  that  he  appeared  to  take  awaye 
 oure  synnes:  and  in  him  is  no  synne.  Who  so 
 euer  abydeth  in  him,  synneth  not :  who  soeuer 
 synneth,  hath  not  sene  him  nether  knowne  him 
 
 Babes,  let  noman  disceaue  you.  He  that 
 doeth  righteousnes,  is  righteous,  euen  as  he  is 
 righteous.  He  that  commytteth  synne,  is  of 
 the  deuell :  %  for  the  deuell  synneth  sence  f 
 begynnynge.  For  this  purpose  appeared  the 
 sonne  of  God,  to  lowse  the  workes  of  the 
 deuell.  II  Who  so  euer  is  borne  of  God, 
 synneth  not :  for  his  H  sede  remayneth  in 
 him,  5  he  ca  not  synne,  because  he  is  borne 
 of  God.  **  By  this  are  the  children  of  God 
 knowne  5  the  children  of  the  deuell.  Who 
 so  euer  doeth  not  righteousnes,  is  not  of  God, 
 nether  he  that  loueth  not  his  brother. 
 
 For  this  is  the  tydinges  which  ye  haue 
 herde  from  the  begynnynge,  that  ye  shulde 
 loue  one  another,  tt  not  as  Cain,  which  was 
 of  the  wicked,  and  slewe  his  brother.  And 
 wherfore  slewe  he  him  ?  euen  because  his 
 awne  workes  were  euell,  and  his  brothers 
 righteous.  tt  Maruayle  not  (my  brethren) 
 though  the  worlde  hate  you.  We  knowe  y 
 we  are  triislated  from  death  vnto  life,  because 
 we  loue  the  brethren.  He  that  loueth  not  his 
 brother,  abydeth  in  death.  §§  Who  soeuer 
 hateth  his  brother,  is  a  mansleyer.  And  ye 
 knowe  that  a  mansleyer  hath  not  eternall  life 
 abydinge  in  him. 
 
 Hereby  haue  we  perceaued  loue,  that  he 
 
 •  Luc.  20.  d.  t  Ro.  8.  c.     1  Cor.  15.  f.     Col.  3.  a. 
 
 Phil.  3.  c.  }  Esa.  53.  d.     1  Tim.  1.  c.    Tit.  2.  b. 
 
 iPet.  2.  c.  ^loh.  8.  d.  ||lIoh.  5.c.  HlPet.  l.d. 
 ••  loh.  13.  d.  tt  Gen.  4.  b.  tt  loh.  15.  b. 
 
 gaue  his  life  for  vs,  and  therfore  ought  we  also 
 to  geue  oure  lyues  for  the  brethre.  But  he  y 
 hath  this  worldes  good,  (t  seyth  his  brother 
 haue  nede,  and  shutteth  vp  his  hert  fro  him, 
 how  dwelleth  the  loue  of  God  in  him  ?  My 
 litle  children,  llll  let  vs  not  loue  with  worde 
 nether  with  tonge,  but  with  y  dede,  and  with 
 the  trueth.  Hereby  knowe  we,  that  we  are  of 
 the  verite,  and  can  quyete  oure  hertes  before 
 him.  But  yf  oure  hert  condemne  vs,  God  is 
 greater  the  oure  hert,  and  knoweth  all  thinges. 
 Dearly  beloued,  yf  oure  hert  condemne  vs 
 not,  then  haue  we  a  fre  boldnes  to  God  warde. 
 Illf  And  what  so  euer  we  axe,  we  shal  receaue 
 it:  because  wekepe  his  comaundemetes,  and  do 
 those  thinges,  which  are  pleasaunt  in  his  sighte 
 And  this  is  his  comaundement,  that  we 
 beleue  on  y  name  of  his  sonne  lesus  Christ, 
 and  loue  one  another,  ***  as  he  gaue  com 
 maundement.  And  he  that  kepeth  his  com- 
 maundementes,  dwelleth  in  him,  and  he  in  him. 
 And  hereby  knowe  we  that  he  abydeth  in  vs, 
 euen  by  the  sprete  which  he  hath  geuen  vs 
 
 Wi)t  iiij.  Ci^aptnr. 
 
 DEARLY  beloued,  beleue  not  ye  euery 
 sprete,  ttt  but  proue  the  spretes,  whe- 
 ther they  be  of  God.  For  many  false  pro- 
 phetes  are  gone  out  in  to  the  worlde.  Hereby 
 shal  ye  knowe  the  sprete  of  God :  Euery 
 sprete  which  confesseth,  that  lesus  Christ  is 
 come  in  the  flesh,  is  of  God :  And  euery 
 sprete  which  confesseth  not  that  lesus  Christ 
 is  come  in  the  flesh,  is  not  off  God.  And 
 this  is  that  sprete  of  Antechrist,  off  whom  ye 
 haue  herde,  how  that  he  shal  come,  and  euen 
 now  allready  is  he  in  the  worlde.  Litle 
 children,  ye  are  off  God,  and  haue  ouercome 
 them :  for  greater  is  he  that  is  in  you,  then 
 he  that  is  in  the  worlde.  They  are  off  the 
 worlde,  therfore  speake  they  off  the  worlde, 
 and  the  worlde  herkeneth  vnto  them.  We 
 are  of  God,  ttt  and  he  that  knoweth  God, 
 herkeneth  vnto  vs:  he  that  is  not  of  God, 
 heareth  vs  not.  Hereby  knowe  we  the  sprete 
 of  trueth,  and  y  sprete  of  erroure. 
 
 Dearly  beloued,  let  vs  loue  one  another, 
 for  loue  commeth  of  God.  And  euery  one  y 
 loueth,  is  borne  of  God,  and  knoweth  God. 
 He  that  loueth  not,  knoweth  not  God :  for 
 
 Mat.  5.  c. 
 laco.  4.  a. 
 nt  loh.  8.  d. 
 
 III!  laco.  2.  b.         Hf  loh.  16.  c.  1  loh.  5.  b. 
 loh.  13.  d.       ttt  J  Keg.  13.  d.  Mat.7.b. 
 
Cf)ap»  b. 
 
 Cf)e  first  epistle  of  ^.  Sifton. 
 
 So,  crinrnij. 
 
 God  is  loue.  *  By  this  appeared  the  loue  of 
 God  to  vs  warde,  because  that  God  sent  his 
 onely  begotten  sonne  in  to  this  worlde,  that  we 
 mighte  lyue  thorow  him.  Herein  is  loue,  not 
 that  we  loued  God,  but  that  he  loued  vs, 
 +  and  sent  his  sonne  to  make  agremet  for  cure 
 synnes. 
 
 Dearly  beloued,  yf  God  so  loued  vs,  we 
 oughte  also  to  loue  one  another,  t  No  man 
 hath  sene  God  at  eny  tyme.  Yf  we  loue  one 
 another,  God  dwelleth  in  vs,  and  his  loue  is 
 perfecte  in  vs.  Hereby  knowe  we  that  we 
 dwell  in  him,  and  he  in  vs,  because  he  hath 
 geuen  vs  of  his  sprete.  And  we  haue  sene,  tt 
 testifye  that  the  father  sent  the  sonne  to  be  the 
 Sauioure  of  the  worlde.  ^  Whosoeuer  now  con- 
 fesseth  y  lesus  is  the  sonne  of  God  in  him  dwell- 
 eth God,  and  he  in  God:  and  we  haue  knowne 
 and  beleued  the  loue  that  God  hath  to  vs. 
 
 God  is  loue,  and  he  that  dwelleth  in  loue 
 dwelleth  in  God,  and  God  in  him.  Here  in 
 is  the  loue  perfecte  with  vs,  that  we  shulde 
 haue  a  fre  boldnesse  in  the  daye  of  iudgment : 
 for  as  he  is,  eue  so  are  we  in  this  worlde.  Feare 
 is  not  in  loue,  but  perfecte  loue  casteth  out 
 feare :  for  feare  hath  paynefulnes.  He  that 
 feareth,  is  not  perfecte  in  loue. 
 
 Let  vs  loue  him,  for  he  loued  vs  first.  II  Yf 
 eny  man  saye :  I  loue  God,  5  yet  hateth  his 
 brother,  he  is  a  lyar.  For  he  that  loueth  not 
 his  brother  whom  he  seyth,  how  can  he  loue 
 God,  whom  he  seyth  not  ?  And  this  comaun- 
 dement  haue  we  of  him,  IT  that  he  which  loueth 
 God,  shulde  loue  his  brother  also. 
 
 Ci)c  b.  CijapUr. 
 
 WHO  so  euer  beleueth  that  lesus  is 
 Christ,**  is  borne  of  God.  And  who 
 soeuer  loueth  him  that  begat,  loueth  him  also 
 which  was  begotten  of  him.  By  this  we 
 knowe  that  we  loue  Gods  children,  whan  we 
 loue  God,  and  kepe  his  commaundementes. 
 For  this  is  the  loue  of  God,  that  we  kepe 
 his  commaundementes,  ttand  his  commaunde- 
 metes  are  not  greuous.  For  all  that  is  borne 
 of  God,  ouer  commeth  the  worlde  :  and  this 
 is  the  victory  that  ouercommeth  the  worlde, 
 eue  oure  faith.  Who  is  it  y  ouercommeth 
 the  worlde,  but  he  which  beleueth  that  lesus 
 is  the  sonne  of  God  j* 
 
 »  loh.  3.  c.     Rom.  5.  a.  t2Cor.  5.c.     Col.  1.  b. 
 
 X  Exo.  33.  d.  Deut.  4.  b.  loh.  1.  b.  1  Tim.  6.  c.  §  loh. 
 6.  f.  II  loh.  2.  a.  %  Leuit.  10.  e.     loh.  13.  d. 
 
 ••Mat.  16.  c.  loh.  1.  a.         ttMat.ll.e.         }}  Mat.  3.  b. 
 
 This  is  he  that  cometh  with  water  and 
 bloude,  euen  lesus  Christ:  not  with  water 
 onely,  but  with  water  and  bloude.tt  And  it  is 
 the  sprete  that  beareth  wytnes:  for  the  sprete 
 is  the  trueth.  (For  there  are  thre  which 
 beare  recorde  in  heauen :  the  father,  the 
 worde,  and  the  holy  goost,  u  these  thre  are 
 one.)  And  there  are  thre  which  beare  recorde 
 in  earth  :  the  sprete,  water  and  bloude,  and 
 these  thre  are  one. 
 
 Yf  we  receaue  the  witnesse  of  men,  the 
 witnesse  of  God  is  greater:  for  this  is  the 
 wytnesse  of  God,  which  he  testifyed  of  his 
 sonne.  ^^  He  that  beleueth  on  y  sonne  of 
 God,  hath  the  wytnes  in  him  selfe.  He  that 
 beleueth  not  God,  hath  made  him  a  lyar.  And 
 this  is  that  recorde,  euen  y  God  hath  geue  vs 
 euerlastinge  life.  Illl  And  this  life  is  in  his 
 sonne.  He  that  hath  the  sonne  of  God,  hath 
 life:  He  that  hath  not  the  sonne  of  God,  hath 
 not  life. 
 
 These  thinges  haue  I  wrytte  vnto  you, 
 which  beleue  on  the  name  of  the  sonne  of 
 God,  that  ye  maye  knowe,  how  that  ye  haue 
 eternall  life,  and  that  ye  maye  beleue  on  y 
 name  of  the  sonne  of  God.  And  this  is  the 
 fre  boldnesse  which  we  haue  towarde  him, 
 that  yf  we  axe  eny  thinge  acordinge  to  his 
 wyll,  he  heareth  vs.  And  yf  we  knowe  that 
 he  heareth  vs  what  so  euer  we  axe,  then  are 
 we  sure  that  we  haue  y  peticions,  which  we 
 haue  desyred  of  him. 
 
 Yf  eny  man  se  his  brother  synne  a  synne 
 not  vnto  death,  let  him  axe,  and  he  shal  geue 
 him  life,  for  the  y  synne  not  vnto  death. 
 There  is  a  tf  synne  vnto  death,  for  the  which 
 saye  I  not  that  a  man  shulde  praye.  All 
 vnrighteousnes  is  synne,  and  there  is  synne 
 not  vnto  death. 
 
 We  knowe,  that  whosoeuer  is  borne  off  God, 
 synneth  not :  but  he  that  is  begotte  of  God, 
 kepeth  himselfe,  g  y  wicked  toucheth  him  not. 
 We  knowe  that  we  are  of  God,  5  the  worlde  is 
 set  alltogether  on  wickednes.  But  we  knowe, 
 that  the  sonne  of  God  is  come,  ***and  hath 
 geuen  vs  a  mynde,  to  knowe  him  which  is 
 true:  and  we  are  in  him  y  is  true,  in  his 
 sonne  lesu  Christ.  This  is  the  true  God,  and 
 euerlastinge  life.  Babes  kepe  youre  selues 
 from  yinages.     Amen. 
 
 and  17.  a.   loh.  1.  d.  and  12.  d.       §^Ioh.  3.  e.    Rom.  8.  b. 
 Gal.  4.  a.  jlll  loh.  1.  a.         ff  lere.  7.  b.    Mat.  12.  c. 
 
 loh.  8.  b.         *••  Luc.  24.  d. 
 
€f)t  ittonXat  lEpt^tU  of  &.  3Jfjon. 
 
 Wlft  gummt  of  it)ii  tpiitle. 
 He  wryteth  vnto  a  certayne  lady,  reioyseth  that 
 her  cliildren  walke  in  the  trueth,  exhorteth  the 
 vnto  loue,  warneth  tliem  to  bewarre  of  soch 
 disceauers  as  deiiye  that  lesus  Christ  came 
 in  the  flesh,  prayeth  them  to  contynue  in  the 
 doctryne  of  Christ,  and  to  haue  nothinge  to 
 do  with  them  that  bringe  not  this  lernynge. 
 
 THE  Elder.  To  f  electe  lady  and  hir 
 childre  whom  I  loue  in  the  trueth :  (j 
 not  I  onely,  but  all  they  also  that  haue  knowne 
 the  trueth,  for  the  truthes  sake  which  dwelleth 
 in  vs,  and  shalbe  with  vs  for  euer. 
 
 Grace,  mercy,  and  peace  be  with  you  fro 
 the  LORDE  lesus  Christ  y  sonne  of  the 
 father  in  the  trueth  and  in  loue. 
 
 I  am  greatly  reioysed,  that  I  haue  founde 
 amonge  thy  children,  them  that  walke  in  y 
 trueth,  as  we  haue  receaued  a  commaunde- 
 ment  of  the  father.  And  now  lady  I  beseke 
 the  (not  as  though  I  wrote  a  new  commaunde- 
 ment  vnto  the,  but  the  same  which  we  haue 
 had  from  the  begynnynge)  that  we  loue  one 
 
 *  1  loh.  2.  c.  and  4.  a. 
 
 another.  And  this  is  the  loue,  that  we  walke 
 after  his  commaundementes. 
 
 This  is  the  commaundement  (as  ye  haue 
 herde  fro  the  begynnynge)  that  we  shulde 
 walke  therin.  *  For  many  disceauers  are  come 
 in  to  the  worlde,  which  confesse  not  y  lesus 
 Christ  is  come  in  the  flesh:  this  is  a  disceauer 
 and  an  Antechrist.  Take  hede  to  youre 
 selues,  that  we  lose  not  that  which  we  haue 
 wrought,  but  that  we  maye  receaue  a  full 
 rewarde.  "Who  so  euer  transgresseth,  and 
 abydeth  not  in  the  doctryne  of  Christ,  hath 
 not  God :  he  that  abydeth  in  y  doctryne  of 
 Christ,  hath  both  the  father  and  the  sonne, 
 
 t  Yf  eny  man  come  vnto  you,  and  brynge 
 not  this  doctryne,  receaue  him  not  in  to  the 
 house,  nether  salute  him :  for  he  that  saluteth 
 him,  is  partaker  of  his  euell  dedes.  I  had 
 many  thinges  to  wryte  vnto  you :  neuertheles 
 I  wolde  not  wryte  with  papyre  and  ynke,  but  I 
 trust  to  come  vnto  you,  and  to  speake  with 
 you  mouth  mouth,  that  oure  ioye  maye  be 
 full.  The  children  of  thy  electe  sister  salute 
 the.     Amen. 
 
 t  2  Tess.  3.  b. 
 
 €f)t  tijtrUt  (Bpiiilt  uf  ^.  ^i)on. 
 
 Wi)t  fiumtnt  of  ti^is  cptiStle. 
 He  is  glad  of  Gains,  that  he  walketh  in  the  trueth  : 
 exhorteth  him  to  be  louynge  vnto  the  poore 
 christen  in  their  persecucion,  sheweth  the  vn- 
 kynde  dealynge  of  Diotrephes,  and  the  good 
 reporte  of  Demetrius. 
 
 THE  Elder.  To  the  beloued  Gains, 
 whom  I  loue  in  the  trueth.  My  be- 
 loued, I  wysshe  in  all  thinges,  that  thou 
 prospere  and  fare  well  euen  as  thy  soule  pros- 
 pereth.  I  reioysed  greatly,  whan  the  brethren 
 came,  and  testified  of  the  trueth  that  is  in  f, 
 how  thou  walkest  in  the  trueth.     I  haue  no 
 
 greater  ioye,  the  to  heare  that  my  childre  walke 
 in  the  trueth. 
 
 My  beloued,  *  thou  doest  faithfully  what 
 so  euer  thou  doest  to  the  brethren  and  to 
 straiigers,  which  haue  borne  witnesse  of  thy 
 loue  before  the  congregacion :  and  thou  hast 
 done  well  that  thou  dyddest  brynge  them  for- 
 warde  on  their  iourney,  worthely  before  God. 
 For  because  of  his  names  sake  they  wente 
 forth,  and  toke  nothinge  of  the  Heythen. 
 We  therfore  oughte  to  receaue  soch,  that  we 
 mighte  be  helpers  vnto  the  trueth. 
 
 I  wrote  to  the  congregacion,  but  Diotri- 
 
Cfjap.  u 
 
 ULljt  (Kpistlt  birto  tt)t  ^tbnu^. 
 
 fG,  ffjrjHfb* 
 
 phes,  which  loueth  to  haue  the  preemynence 
 amonge  them,  reeeaued  vs  not.  Wherfore, 
 yf  I  come,  I  wil  declare  his  dedes  which  he 
 doeth,  ieastinge  vpo  vs  with  maUcious  wordes : 
 nether  is  he  therwith  cotent.  Not  onely  he 
 himselfe  receaueth  not  the  brethre,  but  also 
 he  forbyddeth  them  that  wolde,  and  thrusteth 
 them  out  of  the  congregacion. 
 
 My  beloued,  folowe  not  y  which  is  euell, 
 but  that  which  is  good.     He  that  doeth  well, 
 
 is  of  God  :  but  he  that  doeth  euell,  seyth  not 
 God.  Demetrius  hath  good  reporte  of  all 
 men,  and  of  the  trueth :  yee  and  we  oure 
 selues  also  beare  recorde,  and  ye  knowe  that 
 oure  recorde  is  true.  I  had  many  thinges  to 
 wryte,  but  I  wolde  not  with  ynke,  and  pen 
 wryte  vnto  the.  But  I  trust  shortly  to  se  the 
 and  so  wyl  we  speake  together  mouth  to 
 mouth.  Peace  be  with  the.  The  louers 
 salute  the.     Grete  the  louers  by  name. 
 
 of  tbt  ^po0tlc  ^.  Haul  to  fbt  ^thvnt^. 
 
 Ci^ap.  I. 
 
 How  God  dealt  louyngly  with  the  of  the  olde 
 tyme  in  sendynge  them  his  prophetes,  but 
 moch  more  mercy  hath  he  shewed  vs  in  that 
 he  sent  vs  his  owne  sonne.  Of  the  most  ex- 
 cellent glory  of  lesus  Christ,  which  in  all 
 thinges  is  like  to  his  father. 
 
 Cl)ap.  II. 
 He  exhorteth  vs  to  be  obedient  vnto  the  new 
 lawe  which  Christ  hath  geuen  vs  and  not  to 
 be  offended  at  the  infirmite  and  lowe  degre  of 
 Christ :  ij  why  ?  it  was  necessary  that  for  oure 
 sakes  he  shulde  take  soch  an  humble  state  vpon 
 him,  that  he  might  be  like  vnto  his  brethren. 
 
 Cl)ap.  III. 
 He  requyreth  vs  to  be  obedient  vnto  the  worde 
 of  Christ,  which  is  more  worthy  then  Moses. 
 The  punyshment  of  soch  as  wyll  nedes  harden 
 their  hertes. 
 
 The  Sabbath  or  rest  of  the  Christen .    Punyshment 
 
 of  vnbeleuers.    The  nature  of  the  worde  of  God. 
 
 Ci)ap.  V. 
 
 Christ  is  oure  hye  prest,  the  seate  of  grace,  and 
 
 more  excellent  then  the  hye  prestes  of  the  olde 
 
 lawe. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VI. 
 
 He  goeth  forth  with  the  thige  that  he  beganne  in 
 the  latter  ende  of  the  fyfft  chapter,  and  ex- 
 horteth them  not  to  faynt,  but  to  be  stedfast 
 and  pacient :  for  so  moch  as  God  is  sure  in 
 his  promesse. 
 
 of  tftisi  episitk. 
 
 Ci^ap.  VII. 
 He  copareth  the  presthode  of  Christ  vnto  Mel- 
 chisedech,  but  to  be  farre  more  excellent. 
 
 CI)  a  p.  VIII. 
 
 The  office  of  Christ  is  more  worthy  then  the 
 prestes  office  of  the  olde  lawe,  which  was 
 vnperfecte,  and  therfore  abrogate. 
 
 €i)ap.  IX. 
 The  profit  and  worthynesse  of  the  oldeTestament, 
 and  how  farre  the  new  excelleth  it. 
 
 Cijap.  X. 
 The  olde  lawe  had  no  power  to  clese  awaye 
 synne,  but  Christ  dyd  it  with  offerynge  vp  his 
 body  once  for  all.  An  exhortacion  to  receaue 
 this  goodnesse  of  God  thakfuUy  with  pacience 
 and  stedfast  faith. 
 
 C^ap.  XI. 
 What  faith  is,  and  a  commedacion  of  the  same. 
 The  stedfast  beleue  of  the  fathers  in  olde  tyme. 
 
 Cl)ap.  XII. 
 An  exhortacion  to   be  pacient  and  stedfast   in 
 trouble  and  aduersite,  vpon  hope  of  euerlast- 
 inge   rewarde.     A  commedacion   of  the  new 
 Testament  aboue  the  olde. 
 
 Ci&ap.  XIII. 
 He  exhorteth  vs  vnto  loue,  to  hospitalite,  to 
 thinke  vpon  soch  as  be  in  aduersite,  to  man- 
 teyne  wedlocks,  to  avoyde  cuvetousnesse,  to 
 make  moch  of  the  that  preach  Gods  worde,  to 
 bewarre  of  straunge  lernynge,  to  be  content 
 to  suffre  rebuke  with  Christ,  to  be  thankful! 
 vnto  God,  and  obedient  vnto  oure  heades. 
 
jTo.  rrmbi. 
 
 Z\)t  (Spi^tlf  bnto  tf)r  l&rbnirs. 
 
 Cftap.  I. 
 
 Cfjc  first  €l)<ipttr. 
 
 GOD  in  tyme  past  dyuersly  5  many  wayes, 
 spake  vnto  f  fathers  by  prophetes,  but 
 in  these  last  dayes  he  hath  spoken  vnto  vs  by 
 his  Sonne,  *  whom  he  hath  made  heyre  of  all 
 thinges,  by  whom  also  he  made  the  worlde. 
 ♦  Which  (sonne)  bejiige  the  brightnes  of  his 
 glory,  5  the  very  ynnage  of  his  substaunce, 
 bearinge  vp  all  thinges  with  the  worde  of  his 
 power,  t  hath  in  his  owne  personne  pourged 
 oure  synnes,  and  is  set  on  the  righte  hande  of 
 the  maiestie  on  hye:  beynge  eue  as  moch 
 more  excellet  the  f  angels,  as  he  hath  optayned 
 a  more  excellet  §  name  then  they. 
 
 For  vnto  which  of  the  angels  sayde  he  at 
 eny  time:  II  Thou  art  my  sonne,  this  daye 
 haiie  I  begotten  the  ?  And  agayne :  If  I  will 
 be  his  father,  (t  he  shalbe  my  sonne:  And 
 agayne,  wha  he  bryngeth  in  the  fyrst  begotte 
 sonne  in  to  the  worlde,  he  sayeth :  **  And  all 
 the  angels  of  God  shal  worshippe  him.  "And 
 of  the  angels  he  sayeth :  He  maketh  his  angels 
 spretes,  (5  his  mynisters  flames  of  fyre.  But 
 vnto  y  sonne  he  sayeth :  tt  God,  thy  seate 
 endureth  for  euer  5  euer :  the  cepter  of  thy 
 kyngdome  is  a  right  cepter.  Thou  hast  loued 
 righteousnes,  5  hated  iniquyte :  wherfore  God 
 (which  is  thy  God)  hath  anoynted  the  with 
 the  oyle  of  gladnesse  aboue  thy  felowes. 
 {'And  thou  LORDE  in  f  begynnynge  hast 
 layed  the  foundacion  of  the  earth,  and  f 
 heaues  are  the  workes  of  thy  handes,  §§  they 
 shal  perishe,  but  thou  shalt  endure :  they  all 
 shal  waxe  olde  as  doth  a  garmet,  and  as  a 
 vesture  shalt  thou  chaunge  them,  and  they 
 halbe  chaunged.  But  thou  art  y  same,  and 
 thy  yeares  shal  not  fayle.  Vnto  which  of  the 
 angels  sayde  he  at  eny  tyme :  llll  Syt  thou  on 
 my  righte  hade,  tyll  I  make  thyne  enemies 
 thy  fote  stole?  Are  they  not  all  mynistrynge 
 spretes,  sent  to  m)Tiister  for  their  sakes,  which 
 shalbe  heyres  of  saluacion  ? 
 
 €i)e  i).  Cljaptnr. 
 
 WHERFORE  we  ought  to  geue  the 
 more  hede  vnto  the  thinges  which  we 
 haue  herde,  lest  we  periszhe.  For  yf  the 
 worde  which  was  spoke  by  angels,  was  stedfast, 
 and    euery    trasgression   and    dishobedience 
 
 •Mat.  28.  c.  tSap.7.  d.        J  Ephe.  1.  a.        §  Luc. 
 
 2.  c.     Phil.  2.  a.  ||  Psal.  2.  a.            f  2  Reg.  7.  c. 
 
 ••  Psal.  96.  a.  •>  Paal.  103.  a.             tt  Psal.  44.  b. 
 
 I  n  Psal.   101.   d.  ^^2   Pet.  3.  b.          ||i|  Psal.  109.  a. 
 
 receaued  a  iust  recompence  of  rewarde,  how 
 shal  we  escape,  yf  we  despyse  so  greate  a 
 saluacion :  which  t  ^  after  that  it  beganne  to  be 
 preached  by  the  LORDE  himselfe,  ***  was 
 confirmed  vpon  vs,  by  them  that  herde  it, 
 God  bearynge  witnesse  therto,  with  tokens, 
 wonders  and  dyuerse  powers,  and  giftes  of  the 
 holy  goost  acordinge  to  his  awne  wyll. 
 
 For  vnto  the  angels  hath  he  not  subdued 
 the  worlde  to  come,  wherof  we  speake.  But 
 one  in  a  certajTie  place  witnesseth  5  sayeth : 
 ttt  What  is  man,  that  thou  art  myndefull  of 
 him  ?  or  the  sonne  of  man,  that  thou  vysitest 
 him?  After  thou  haddest  for  a  litle  season 
 made  him  lower  the  y  angels,  thou  crownedst 
 him  with  honoure  and  glory,  and  hast  set  him 
 aboue  the  workes  of  thy  handes.  Thou  hast 
 put  all  thinges  in  subieccion  vnder  his  fete.ttt 
 In  that  he  subdued  all  thinges  vnto  him,  he 
 lefte  nothinge  that  is  not  put  \'nder  him. 
 Neuertheles  now  se  we  not  all  thinges  yet 
 subdued  vnto  him.  But  him,  which  for  a 
 litle  season  was  made  lesse  then  the  angels, 
 we  se  that  it  is  lesus :  which  is  §^§  crowned 
 with  honoure  and  glory  for  the  sufferynge  of 
 death,  that  he  by  the  grace  of  God,  shulde 
 taist  of  death  for  all  men.  For  it  became 
 him,  for  whom  are  all  thinges,  and  by  who 
 are  all  thinges  (after  y  he  had  broughte  many 
 children  vnto  glory)  that  he  shulde  make  the 
 LORDE  of  their  saluacion  perfecte  thorow 
 sufferj-nge,  for  so  moch  as  they  all  come  of 
 one,  both  he  that  sanctifieth,  5  they  which 
 are  sanctified. 
 
 For  the  which  causes  sake,  he  is  not 
 ashamed  to  call  them  brethren,  sayenge :  llllll  I 
 will  declare  thy  name  vnto  my  brethren,  and 
 in  the  myddes  of  the  cogregacion  wil  I  prayse 
 the.  And  agayne  :  f  Hf  I  wyl  put  my  trust  in 
 him.  And  agayne:  ****beholde,  here  am  I 
 and  my  children,  which  God  hath  geuen  me. 
 
 For  as  moch  then  as  the  children  haue 
 flesh  and  blonde,  tttt  he  also  himselfe  likewyse 
 toke  parte  with  them,  tttt  j  he  thorow  death, 
 mighte  take  awaye  y  power  of  him,  which 
 had  lordshippe  ouer  death,  that  is  to  saye,  f 
 deuell :  3  that  he  mighte  delyuer  the  whicn 
 thorow  feare  of  death  were  all  their  life  tyme 
 in  daiiger  of  bodage.  For  he  in  no  place 
 taketh   on   him   the  angels,    but  f   sede  of 
 
 f  ^  Marc.  1.  b.  *•*  Marc.  16.  c.  ttt  Psal.  8.  b. 
 
 ttt  1  Cor.  15.  c.  ^^Phil.  2.  a.  ||||||  Psal.21.  c. 
 
 f  f  f  Psal.  17.  a.  Esa.  12.  a.  •••♦  Esa.  8.  d.  tttt  Phil. 
 2.  a.         Jttt  Ose.  13.  c.     1  Cor.  15.  f.     2  Tim.  1.  b. 
 
Cftap.  iiij» 
 
 Cfit  epistle  bitto  ti)t  f)tbim^. 
 
 ffo,  ttmbih 
 
 Abraham  taketh  he  on  him.  Wherfore  in  all 
 thinges  it  became  him  to  be  made  *  like  vnto 
 his  brethren,  that  he  mighte  be  mercyfuU  and 
 a  faithfull  hye  prest  in  thinges  concemynge 
 God,  to  make  agrement  for  the  synnes  of  y 
 people,  t  For  in  that  he  himselfe  suffred  and 
 was  tempted,  he  is  able  to  sucker  them  that 
 are  tempted. 
 
 Cf)E  it).   Cl^aptcr. 
 
 WHERFORE  holy  brethren,  ye  that 
 are  partakers  of  the  heauC'ly  callynge, 
 consyder  the  Embasseatour  and  hye  prest  of 
 oure  profession,  Christ  lesus,  which  is  faith- 
 full  to  him  that  ordeyned  him,  euen  as  was 
 {  Moses  in  all  his  house.  But  this  man  is 
 worthy  of  greater  honoure  then  moses,  in  as 
 moch  as  he  which  prepareth  the  house,  hath 
 greater  honoure  in  it,  then  the  house  it  selfe 
 For  euery  house  is  prepared  of  some  ma 
 ^  but  he  that  ordejTied  all  thinges,  is  God.  And 
 Moses  verely  was  faithfull  in  all  his  house  as 
 a  mynister,  II  to  beare  witnes  of  those  thinges 
 which  were  to  be  spoken  afterwarde :  But 
 Christ  as  a  sonne  hath  rule  ouer  his  house, 
 '  whose  house  are  we,  yf  we  holde  fast  the 
 confidence  and  reioysinge  of  that  **hope  vnto 
 the  ende. 
 
 Wherfore,  as  f  holy  goost  sayeth  :  tt  To- 
 daye  yf  ye  shal  heare  his  voyce,  harden  not 
 youre  hertes,  H  as  in  the  prouokynke  in  the 
 daye  of  temptacion  in  the  w)ddernes,  where 
 youre  fathers  tempted  me,  proued  me,  and 
 sawe  my  workes  fortye  yeares  longe.  Wher- 
 fore I  was  greued  with  that  generacion,  and 
 sayde :  They  erre  euer  in  their  hertes.  But 
 they  knewe  not  my  wayes,  so  that  I  sware  in  my 
 wrath,  that  they  shulde  not  enter  in  to  my  rest. 
 
 Take  hede  brethren,  that  there  be  not  in 
 eny  of  you  an  euell  hert  of  vnbeleue,  to  de- 
 parte  from  the  lyuynge  God:  but  exhorte 
 youre  selues  daylie,  whyle  it  is  called  to  daye, 
 lest  eny  of  you  waxe  harde  harted  thorow  y 
 disceatfulnes  of  synne.  For  we  are  become 
 partakers  of  Christ,  yf  we  kepe  sure  vnto  y 
 ende  the  begynnynge  of  the  substace,  solonge 
 as  it  is  sayde :  Todaye,  yf  ye  shal  heare  his 
 voyce,  harde  not  youre  hertes,  as  in  the  pro- 
 uocacio.  For  some  whan  they  herde,  pro- 
 uoked.  Howbeit  not  all  they  y  came  out  of 
 I 
 
 •  Phil.  2.  a.  t  Heb.  5.  a.  {  Num.  12.  a.  ^  Gen. 
 1.  a.  IIDeut.  18.  c.  flCor.3.  b.  ••Rom.  5.  a. 
 tt  Psal.  94.  b.  Jt  Exo.  17.  a.  ^^  Num.  14.  c. 
 
 Egipte  by  Moses.  But  with  whom  was  he 
 displeased  fortye  yeares  longe  ?  Was  he  not 
 displeased  with  them  y  synned,  whose  carcases 
 were  ouerthrowne  in  y  wyldernesse?  %^To 
 whom  sware  he,  y  they  shulde  not  enter  in  to 
 his  rest,  but  vnto  the  y  beleued  not?  And  we 
 se  y  they  coulde  not  enter  in  because  of  vn- 
 beleue. 
 
 Wtit  Hi].  Cljapttr. 
 
 LET  vs  feare  therfore,  lest  eny  of  vs  for- 
 sakynge  the  promes  of  entrynge  in  to 
 his  rest,  shulde  seme  to  come  behinde :  for  it 
 is  declared  vnto  vs  as  well  as  vnto  the.  But 
 the  worde  of  preachinge  helped  not  the,  wha 
 they  that  herde  it,  beleued  it  not.  (For  we 
 which  haue  beleued,  enter  in  to  his  rest)  acor- 
 dynge  as  he  sayde :  Euen  as  I  haue  sworne  in 
 my  wrath.  They  shal  not  enter  in  to  my  rest, 
 And  that  (spake  he)  verely  loge  after  that  the 
 workes  fro  the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde  were 
 made :  For  he  spake  in  a  certayne  place  of 
 the  seueth  daye,  on  this  w^yse  :  llll  And  God 
 rested  on  the  seuenth  daye  from  all  his 
 workes.  And  in  this  place  agayne :  HH  They 
 shal  not  come  in  to  my  rest. 
 
 Seynge  it  foloweth  the,  that  some  must 
 enter  there  in  to :  and  they,  to  whom  it  was 
 first  preached,  entred  not  therin  for  vnbeleues 
 sake,  therfore  appoynteth  he  a  daye  agayne 
 after  so  longe  tpne,  and  sayeth:  Todaye  (as  it 
 is  rehearsed  by  Dauid)  Todaye  yf  ye  shal 
 heare  his  voyce,  then  harden  not  youre  hertes. 
 For  yf  losua  had  geuen  them  rest,  the  wolde 
 he  not  afterwarde  haue  spoken,  of  another 
 daye.  Therfore  remayneth  there  yet  a  rest 
 vnto  the  people  of  God.  For  he  that  is 
 entred  in  to  his  rest,  ceasseth  from  his  workes, 
 ***as  God  doth  from  his. 
 
 Let  vs  make  haist  therfore  to  enter  in  to 
 that  rest,  lest  eny  man  fall  after  the  same 
 ensample  of  vnbeleue.  For  y  worde  of  God  is 
 quycke,  and  mightie  in  operacion,  and  sharper 
 the  eny  two  edged  swerde,  and  ttt  entreth 
 thorow,  euen  to  the  deuydinge  of  the  soule  (t 
 the  sprete,  and  of  f  iopites  5  the  mary,  and 
 is  a  iudger  of  the  though tes  a,  intetes  of  the 
 hert,  nether  is  there  eny  creature  invisible  in 
 y  sighte  of  him.  But  all  thinges  are  naked  i 
 bare  vnto  y  eyes  of  hi  of  who  we  speake. 
 
 ft  Psa.  94.  b. 
 ttt  Eccli.  12.  c. 
 
 159 
 
 C 
 
jTo.  rriTrbuj. 
 
 Cftf  ejJisitk  bnto  tl)e  ?&cljrufs(. 
 
 C6ap.  b. 
 
 CI)e  b.  €l)apUr. 
 
 SEYNGE  then  that  we  haue  a  greate  hye 
 prest,  euc  lesus  y  sonne  of  God,  which 
 is  entred  in  to  heauen,  let  vs  holde  oure  pro- 
 fession. For  we  haue  not  an  hye  prest  which 
 ca  not  haue  copassion  on  oure  infirmities,  but 
 was  in  all  popites  tcpted,  like  as  we  are,  but 
 *  without  synne.  Let  vs  therfore  go  boldely 
 vnto  the  t  seatc  of  grace  that  we  maye  re- 
 ceaue  mercy,  and  fynde  grace  to  helpe  in 
 the  tyme  of  nede. 
 
 For  euery  hye  prest  that  is  taken  fro  amoge 
 men,  is  ordeyned  for  men  in  thinges  pertayn- 
 inge  to  God,  *  to  offer  giftes  and  sacrifices  for 
 synne :  which  can  haue  copassion  on  the 
 ignoraunt,  and  on  them  that  are  out  of  the 
 waye,  for  so  moch  as  he  himselfe  also  is  com- 
 pased  aboute  with  infirmyte.  Therfore  is  he 
 bounde  to  offer  for  synnes,  as  well  for  him 
 selfe  as  for  f  people.  And  noma  taketh  y 
 honoure  vnto  himselfe,  but  he  that  is  called 
 of  God,  §  as  was  Aaron. 
 
 Euen  so  Christ  glorified  not  himselfe  to 
 be  made  hye  prest,  but  he  y  sayde  vnto  him : 
 II  Thou  art  my  sonne,  this  daye  haue  I  be- 
 gotten the.  As  he  sayeth  also  in  another 
 place :  ^  Thou  art  a  prest  for  euer  after  f 
 order  of  Melchisedech.  **  And  in  y-  dayes  of 
 his  fleshe,  he  offred  vp  prayers  5  supplicacions, 
 with  stroge  cryenge  (j  teares  vnto  him  y  was 
 able  to  saue  him  fro  death :  5  was  herde  also, 
 because  he  had  God  in  honoure.  tt  And 
 though  he  was  Gods  sonne,  yet  lerned  he 
 obedience,  by  those  thinges  which  he  suffred. 
 And  he  beynge  made  perfecte,  became  the 
 cause  of  euerlastinge  saluacio,  vnto  aU  the  y 
 obeye  him,  and  is  called  of  God  an  hye  prest 
 after  the  order  of  Melchisedech.  Wherof 
 we  haue  many  thinges  to  saye,  which  are 
 harde  to  be  vttered,  because  ye  are  dull  of 
 hearynge.  ft  For  where  as  concemynge  the 
 tyme  ye  ought  to  be  teachers,  yet  haue  ye 
 nede  agayne,  y  we  teach  you  the  first  pre- 
 ceptes  of  the  worde  of  God  :  and  are  become 
 soch  as  haue  nede  of  mylke,  and  not  stronge 
 meate.  For  euery  one  that  is  fed  yet  with 
 mylke,  is  vnexperte  in  the  worde  of  righteous- 
 nes,  for  he  is  but  a  babe.  But  stronge  meate 
 belongeth  vnto  them  y  are  perfecte,  which 
 
 *  Esa.  53.  b.     Rom,  8.  a.     2  Cor.  5.  c.  t  Ro.  3.  c. 
 
 i  I.euit.  9.  b.        ^  Exo.  28.  a.        ||  Psal.  2.  a.        K  Psal. 
 109.  a.  *•  Luc.  23.  c.     loh.  17.  a.  tt  Phil.  2.  a. 
 
 thorow  custome  haue  their  wyttes  exercysed 
 to  iudge  both  good  and  euell. 
 
 Cije  bi.  Cl^aptfr 
 
 WHERFORE  let  vs  leaue  the  doctryne 
 pertaynynge  to  the  begynnynge  of  a 
 Christen  Ufe,  and  let  vs  go  vnto  perfeccion : 
 and  now  nomore  laye  y  foundacion  of  repe- 
 taunce  from  deed  workes,  and  of  faith  towarde 
 God,  of  baptyine,  of  doctryne,  of  layenge  on 
 of  hades,  of  resurreccion  of  the  deed,  g  of 
 eternall  iudgment.  And  so  wil  we  do  $$  yf 
 God  permytte.  III!  For  it  is  not  possible,  that 
 they  which  were  once  lighted,  and  haue  taisted 
 of  the  heauely  gyfte,  and  are  become  par- 
 takers of  the  holy  goost,  %  H  If  haue  taisted  of  f 
 good  worde  of  God,  and  of  the  power  of  the 
 worlde  to  come,  yf  they  fall  awaye  (and  con- 
 cemynge them  selues  crucifye  the  sonne  of 
 God  afreszhe,  and  make  a  mocke  off  him) 
 that  they  shulde  be  renued  agayne  vnto  re- 
 pentaunce. 
 
 For  the  earth,  that  drynketh  in  the  rayne, 
 which  commeth  oft  vpon  it,  and  bringeth 
 forth  herbes  mete  for  them  that  dresse  it, 
 receaueth  blessynge  of  God  :  But  y  grounde 
 wliich  beareth  thomes  and  thistles,  is  nothinge 
 worth,  and  nye  vnto  cursynge :  whose  ende  is 
 to  be  brent.  Neuertheles  (ye  dearly  beloued) 
 we  trust  to  se  better  of  you,  and  y  saluacio 
 is  nyer,  though  we  thus  speake.  ***  For  God 
 is  not  vnrighteous,  that  he  shulde  forget  youre 
 worke  and  laboure  of  loue,  which  ye  shewed 
 in  his  name,  whan  ye  mjTiistred  vnto  the 
 sayntes,  and  yet  mynister.  Yee  and  we 
 desyre,  that  euery  one  of  you  shewe  the  same 
 diligence,  to  the  stablyshinge  of  hope  euen 
 vnto  the  ende,  that  ye  faynte  not,  but  folowe 
 them  which  thorow  faith  and  paciece  inheret 
 the  promyses.  For  whan  God  made  promes 
 to  Abraham,  because  he  had  none  greater  to 
 sweare  by,  ttthe  sware  by  himselfe,  and  sayde: 
 Surely  I  wil  blesse  the  and  multiplye  y  in 
 dede.  And  so  he  abode  pacietly,  and  op- 
 tayned  the  promes. 
 
 As  for  men,  they  sweare  by  him  that  is 
 greater  then  them  selues:  Ut  and  the  ooth  is 
 the  ende  of  all  stryfe  to  confirme  the  thinge 
 amoge  them.     But  God,  wyllinge  very  abun- 
 
 tt  1  Cor.  3.  a.  4§  Act.  18.  c.     laco.  4.  b. 
 
 10.  c.         f  1[  2  Pet.'  2.  a.         •••  Mat.  25.  d. 
 22.  c.         JtjEio.  22.b. 
 
 III!  Heb. 
 ttt  Gen. 
 
CI)ap»  biij» 
 
 CI)c  ©piistle  bnto  t\)t  ©fbnitg. 
 
 JTO.  CCjlllTl^ 
 
 dauntly  to  shewe  vnto  the  heyres  of  promes 
 the  stablenes  of  his  councell,  added  an  ooth 
 y  by  two  immutable  thinges  (in  the  which  it 
 IS  vnpossible  y  God  shulde  lye)  we  mighte 
 haue  a  stronge  consolacion :  euen  we,  which 
 are  fled  to  holde  fast  the  hope  that  is  set 
 before  vs,  which  (hope)  we  haue  as  a  sure  and 
 stedfast  anker  of  oure  soule.  Which  (hope) 
 also  entreth  in,  in  to  those  thinges  that  are 
 within  f  vayle,  whither  the  foreriiner  is  for  vs 
 entred  in,  eue  lesus,  which  is  made  an  hye 
 prest  for  euer  after  f  order  of  Melchisedech. 
 
 C^e  6t).  Cljapttr. 
 
 THIS  Melchisedech  *  kynge  of  Salem 
 (which  beynge  prest  of  the  most  hye 
 God,  met  Abraham  as  he  returned  agayne 
 from  the  slaughter  of  the  kynges,  5  blessed 
 him,  vnto  whom  Abraham  also  gaue  tithes  of 
 all  the  goodes)  first  is  by  interpretacion  kynge 
 of  righteousnes  :  after  that  is  he  kynge  of 
 Salem  also  (that  is  to  saye,  kynge  of  peace) 
 without  father,  without  mother,  without  kynne, 
 and  hath  nether  begynnynge  of  dayes,  ner 
 ende  of  life :  but  is  likened  vnto  the  sonne  of 
 God,  and  contynueth  a  prest  for  euer. 
 
 But  cosider  how  greate  a  man  this  was,  to 
 whom  the  Patriarke  Abraham  gaue  tithes 
 of  the  spoyles.  t  And  verely  the  children  of 
 Leui,  whan  they  receaue  the  presthode,  haue 
 a  commaundement  acordynge  to  the  lawe, 
 to  take  the  tithes  of  the  people,  that  is  to 
 saye,  of  their  brethre,  though  they  also  came 
 out  of  the  loynes  of  Abraham. 
 
 But  he  whose  kynred  is  not  counted  amoge 
 them,  receaued  tithes  of  Abraham  and  blessed 
 him  that  had  the  promes.  Now  is  it  so  with- 
 out all  naysayenge,  that  the  lesse  receaueth 
 blessynge  of  f  better.  And  here  men  that 
 dye,  receaue  tithes.  But  there  he  receaueth 
 tithes,  of  whom  it  is  witnessed  that  he  lyueth. 
 And  to  saye  the  trueth,  Leui  himselfe  also 
 which  receaueth  tithes,  payed  tithes  in  Abra- 
 ham :  for  he  was  yet  in  the  loynes  of  his 
 father  Abraham,  whan  Melchisedech  met  him. 
 
 Yf  now  therfore  perfeccion  came  by  the 
 presthode  of  the  Leuites  (for  vnder  the  same 
 (presthode)  the  people  receaued  the  lawe) 
 what  neded  it  then  furthurmore,  that  another 
 prest  shulde  ryse  after  the  order  of  Melchise- 
 dech, and  not  after  the  order  of  Aaron  ? 
 
 Gen.  14.  a.  t  Num.  18.  d.  J  Mala.  2.  b. 
 
 j,  Mat.  1.  a.       «  Psal.  109.  a.        ||  1  loh.  2.  a.  1  Tim.  2.  a. 
 
 t  For  yf  the  presthode  be  traslated,  the 
 of  necessite  must  the  lawe  be  translated  also. 
 For  he  of  whom  these  thinges  are  spoken  is 
 of  another  trybe,  of  the  which  neuer  man 
 serued  at  the  altare. 
 
 For  it  is  euidet,  §  that  oure  LORDE 
 spronge  of  the  trybe  of  luda,  to  the  which 
 trybe  Moses  spake  nothinge  cocernynge  prest- 
 hode. And  it  is  yet  a  more  euident  thinge,  yf, 
 after  the  symilitude  of  Melchisedech  there 
 aryse  another  prest,  which  is  not  made  after 
 y  lawe  of  the  carnall  commaundement,  but 
 after  the  power  of  the  endlesse  life  (°  For  he 
 testifieth  :  Thou  art  a  prest  for  euer  after  the 
 order  of  Melchisedech)  then  the  commaunde- 
 ment that  wente  before,  is  disanuUed,  because 
 of  his  weaknesse,  and  vnprofitablenes.  For 
 the  lawe  made  nothinge  perfecte,  but  was  an 
 introduccion  of  a  better  hope,  by  f  which 
 hope  we  drawe  nye  vnto  God.  And  for  this 
 cause  is  it  a  better  hope,  j^  it  was  not  pro- 
 mysed  without  an  ooth.  lliose  prestes  were 
 made  without  an  ooth,  but  this  prest  with  an 
 ooth,  by  him  that  sayde  vnto  him :  The 
 LORDE  sware,  and  wyl  not  repente:  Thotf, 
 art  a  prest  for  euer  after  the  order  of  MeL 
 chisedech.  Thus  is  lesus  become  a  stabliszher 
 of  so  moch  a  better  Testamete. 
 
 And  amonge  them  many  were  made  prestes. 
 because  they  were  not  suflred  to  endure  by 
 the  reason  of  death.  But  this  man,  because 
 that  he  endureth  euer,  hath  an  euerlastinge 
 presthode.  Wherfore  he  is  able  also  euer  to 
 saue  them,  that  come  vnto  God  by  him:  5 
 lyueth  euer,  II  to  make  intercession  for  vs. 
 
 For  it  became  vs  to  haue  soch  an  hye 
 prest  as  is  holy,  innocent,  vndefyled,  separate 
 from  synners,  and  made  hyer  then  heauen : 
 which  nedeth  not  day  lie  (H  as  yonder  hye 
 prestes)  to  oflre  vp  sacrifice  first  for  his  awne 
 synnes,  and  then  for  the  peoples  synnes.  For 
 that  dyd  he  once  for  all,  whan  he  offered  vp 
 him  selfe.  **  For  the  lawe  maketh  men  prestes 
 which  haue  infirmitie:  but  the  worde  of  the 
 ooth,  that  came  sence  the  lawe,  maketh  the 
 Sonne  prest,  which  is  perfecte  for  euermore. 
 
 €^e  bii).  Cljaptcr. 
 
 OF   the   thinges  which  we  haue  spoken, 
 this  is  the  pyth:    ttWe  haue  soch  an 
 hye  prest,  that  is  set  on  f  righte  hande  of  the 
 
 II  Leui.  9.  b. 
 
 ttHeb.  3.  a.  6.  c.  9.b. 
 
jTo.  rrrl. 
 
 €i)t  CjJisitlr  linto  tbe  Ijfbnirs!. 
 
 Cftap.  i)i\ 
 
 Iseatc  of  maiestie  in  heaue:  and  is  a  niynister 
 of  holy  thinges,  and  of  the  true  Tabernacle, 
 'which  God  pitched,  %  not  man.  For  euery 
 hyc  prest  is  ordened  to  offre  giftes  and  sacri- 
 fices :  Wherfore  it  is  of  necessite,  y  this  man 
 haue  somwhat  also  to  offer.  For  he  were  not 
 a  prest,  yf  he  were  vpon  earth,  where  are 
 prestes  y  acordynge  to  the  lawe  oiFer  giftes 
 (which  prestes  s'erue  vnto  the  ensample  and 
 shadowe  of  heauely  thinges,  euen  as  the  an- 
 swere  of  God  was  geuen  vnto  Moses,  whan  he 
 was  aboute  to  fynish  the  Tabernacle  :  *  Take 
 hede  (sayde  he)  that  thou  make  all  thinges 
 acordinge  to  the  patrone  shewed  the  in  the 
 mount.)  But  now  hath  he  optayned  a  more 
 excellent  office,  in  as  moch  as  he  is  the 
 mediatour  of  a  better  Testament,  which  was 
 made  for  better  promyses.  For  yf  that  first 
 (Testament)  had  bene  fautles,  then  shulde  no 
 place  haue  bene  soughte  for  the  sec5de.  For 
 in  rcbukynge  the  he  sayeth :  t  Beholde,  the 
 dayes  wyll  come  (sayeth  the  LORDE)  that  I 
 wyl  fynish  vpo  the  house  of  Israel,  and  vpon 
 the  house  off  luda,  a  new  Testament :  not  as 
 the  Testament  which  I  made  with  their 
 fathers,  in  that  daye  whan  I  toke  them  by  the 
 handes,  to  lede  them  out  of  the  londe  of 
 Egipte :  t  for  they  contynued  not  in  my  Tes- 
 tament, and  I  regarded  them  not,  sayeth  the 
 LORDE. 
 
 For  this  is  the  Testament,  that  I  wil  make 
 with  the  house  of  Israeli  after  those  dayes, 
 sayeth  the  LORDE.     I  wyl  geue  my  lawes 
 
 their  mynde,  and  in  their  hertes  wyl  I 
 wrj-te  them:  ^And  I  wil  be  their  God,  and 
 they  shal  be  my  people :  and  they  shal  not 
 teach  euery  ma  his  neghboure,  and  euery 
 man  his  brother,  sayenge  :  knowe  y'  LORDE, 
 for  they  shal  knowe  me  from  the  leest  to  the 
 most  of  them :  for  I  ml  be  mercifuU  oner  their 
 \Tirighteousnesses :  And  on  their  synnes  {j  on 
 their  iniquyties  wyl  I  not  thynke  eny  more. 
 In  that  he  sayeth  :  A  new,  he  weereth  out  y 
 olde.  Now  y  which  is  worne  out  and  waxed 
 olde,  is  ready  to  vanish  awaye. 
 
 €I)c  iv.  Cf)aptfr. 
 
 THAT  first  Tabernacle  verely  had  ordi- 
 naunees,    and  seruynges  off  God  and 
 outwarde  holynes.     II  For  there  was  made  a 
 
 •  Exo.  25.  t  lere.  31.  c.  t  Act.  7.  c.  j  Zach. 
 8.  b.     Apoc.  21.  b.  II  Exod.  25.  a.  IT  Leui.  24.  b. 
 
 ••  Exod.  25.  b.  n  Exod.  16.  f.  tt  Num.  17.  a. 
 
 f§  Exo.  30.  b.    Leui.  16.  g.    Luc.  1.  a.  ||||  loh.  10.  a. 
 
 foretabernacle,  wherin  was  y  candilsticke,  and 
 the  table,  and  the  U  shewe  bred :  and  this  is 
 called  y  Holy.  But  behynde  the  seconde 
 vayle  was  the  Tabernacle  which  is  called 
 Holiest  of  all,  which  had  the  golden  censor, 
 and  the  **  Arke  of  the  Testament  ouerlayed 
 rounde  aboute  with  golde,  wherin  was  the 
 tt  golden  pot  with  Manna,  and  Aarons  roddlt 
 that  florished,  and  the  tables  of  the  Testa- 
 ment :  Aboue  therin  were  the  Cherubins  off 
 glory  ouershadowynge  the  Mercyseate :  Of 
 which  thinges  it  is  not  now  to  speake  per- 
 ticularly. 
 
 When  these  thinges  were  thus  ordeyned, 
 the  prestes  wente  allwayes  in  to  the  first 
 Tabernacle,  and  excuted  y  seruyce  of  God. 
 §§But  in  to  the  seconde  wente  the  hye  prest 
 alone  once  in  the  yeare,  not  without  bloude, 
 which  he  offred  for  himselfe  and  for  the  igno- 
 raunce  of  the  people.  Wherwith  the  holy 
 goost  this  signifyeth,  that  the  llllwaye  of  holy- 
 nes was  not  yet  opened,  whyle  as  yet  the  first 
 Tabernacle  was  stondj-nge.  Wiich  w-as  a 
 symilitude  for  the  tyme  then  present,  in  the 
 which  were  offred  giftes  and  sacrifices,  and 
 coulde  not  make  perfecte  (as  partaynynge 
 to  the  conscience)  him,  that  dyd  the  Gods 
 seruyce  onely  with  meates  and  drynkes,  and 
 dyuerse  waszhinges,  and  iustifienges  of  the 
 flesh,  which  were  ordeyned  vnto  the  tyme  of 
 reformacion. 
 
 But  Christ  beynge  an  hye  prest  of  good 
 thinges  to  come,  came  by  a  greater  and  a 
 more  perfecte  tH  Tabernacle,  not  made  with 
 handes,  that  is  to  saye,  not  of  this  maner 
 buyldynge :  nether  by  the  bloude  of  goates  or 
 calues  :  ***but  by  his  o^vne  bloude  entred  he 
 once  for  all  in  to  the  holy  place,  and  hath 
 founde  eternall  redempcion.  For  yff  the 
 bloude  off  oxen  and  off  goates,  tttand  the 
 aszhes  off  the  cowe  whan  it  is  sprenkled, 
 haloweth  the  vncleane  as  touchynge  the  puri- 
 ficacion  of  the  flesh.  How  moch  more  shal  the 
 bloude  of  Christ  (which  thorow  the  eternall 
 sprete  offred  him  selfe  without  spot  ^Tito  God) 
 pourge  oure  conscience  from  deed  workes,  tit 
 for  to  serue  the  lyaiynge  God  ?  And  for  this 
 cause  is  he  y  §^§ mediatour  of  the  new  Testa- 
 ment, that  thorow  death  which  chaunsed  for 
 the  redempcion  of  those  trasgressions  (that 
 
 and  14.  a.  IF  IT  Esa.  33.  c.  2  Cor.  5.  a.  •"  1  loh. 
 1.  b.     1   Pet.  1.  c.     Apoc.  1.  a.  ttt  Num.   19.   b. 
 
 tnRom.  6.a.    1  Pet.  4.  a.      ^^§lTim.  2.  a. 
 
|C6ap.  v. 
 
 Cftt  (epistle  bnto  tl)t  ^tbvm^. 
 
 ffo,  ttxlt 
 
 were  vnder  the  first  Testament)  they  which 
 were  called  mighte  receaue  the  promes  of 
 eternall  inheritaunee.  For  where  soeuer  is  a 
 Testament,  there  must  also  be  the  death  of 
 him  that  maketh  the  testament. 
 
 *For  a  Testamet  taketh  auctorite  whan 
 men  are  deed  :  for  it  is  of  no  value,  as  longe 
 as  he  that  made  it  is  alyue.  For  the  which 
 cause  that  first  Testamet  also  was  not  ordeyned 
 without  bloude.  For  whan  all  the  commaun- 
 dementes  (acordinge  to  the  lawe)  were  red  of 
 Moses  vnto  all  the  people,  he  toke  f  bloude 
 of  calues  and  of  goates,  with  water  and  purple 
 woll  and  ysope,  and  sprenkled  the  boke  and 
 all  the  people,  sayenge :  This  is  the  bloude 
 of  the  Testament,  which  God  hath  appoynted 
 vnto  you.  And  the  Tabernakle  and  all  the 
 vessels  of  the  Gods  seruyce  sprenkled  he  with 
 bloude  likewyse.  And  allmost  all  thinges  are 
 pourged  with  bloude  after  the  lawe  :  and  with- 
 out sheddynge  of  bloude  is  no  remyssion.  It 
 is  necessary  then,  that  the  symilitude  of  hea- 
 uenly  thinges  be  purified  with  soche :  but  f 
 heauenly  thinges  them  selues  are  purified 
 with  better  sacrifices,  then  are  those. 
 
 For  Christ  is  not  entred  in  to  the  holy 
 places  y  are  made  with  handes  (which  are  but 
 symilitudes  of  true  thinges)  but  in  to  the  very 
 heauen,  for  to  apeare  now  before  the  face  of 
 God  for  vs:  Not  to  offer  himselfe  offt  tas 
 the  hye  prest  entreth  in  to  the  holy  place 
 euery  yeare  with  straunge  bloude :  for  the 
 must  he  often  haue  sufFred  sence  the  worlde 
 beganne.  But  now  in  the  ende  of  the  worlde 
 hath  he  appeared  once,  to  put  synne  to  flight, 
 by  the  oft'erynge  vp  of  himselfe.  And  as  it  is 
 appoynted  vnto  me  y  they  shal  once  dye,  and 
 then  Cometh  the  iudgmet :  t  Eue  so  Christ  was 
 once  offred,  to  take  awaye  the  synnes  of  many. 
 And  vnto  them  that  loke  for  him,  shal  he 
 appeare  agayne  without  synne  vnto  saluacion. 
 
 Wi)t  V-  Cl&aptcr. 
 
 FOR  the  lawe  §  which  hath  but  the  sha- 
 dowe  off  good  thinges  to  come,  and  not 
 the  thinges  in  their  awne  fashion,  can  neuer 
 by  the  sacrifices  which  they  offer  yeare  by 
 yeare  continually,  make  the  commers  there 
 vnto  perfecte :  Els  shulde  they  haue  ceassed 
 to  haue  bene  offred,  because  that  the  offerers 
 once  pourged,  shulde  haue  had  nomore  con- 
 
 '  Gal.  3.  c.         t  Leui.  16.  g.         f  Rom.  5.  a.     1  Pet. 
 c.        ^Col.  2.  c.  II  Leuit.  19.  e.  1fPsal.39.  b. 
 
 science  of  synnes.  Neuertheles  in  those 
 sacrifices  there  is  made  but  a  remembraunce 
 of  synnes  euery  yeare.  II  For  it  is  vnpossible 
 y  the  bloude  of  oxen  and  of  goates  shulde 
 take  awaye  synnes.  Wherfore  whan  he  com- 
 meth  in  to  the  worlde,  he  sayeth :  U  Sacrifice 
 (J  offeiynge  thou  woldest  not  haue,  but  a  body 
 hast  thou  ordeyned  me.  Burntofterynges  anil 
 synneofferynges  hast  thou  not  alowed.  Then 
 sayde  I :  Lo,  I  come.  In  the  begynnynge  of 
 the  boke  it  is  wrytten  of  me,  that  I  shulde  do 
 thy  wyll  O  God.  Aboue  wha  he  had  sayde : 
 Sacrifice  and  offerynge,  and  burntsacrifices  it 
 synoft'erynges  thou  woldest  not  haue,  nether 
 hast  alowed  (which  yet  are  offered  after  y 
 lawe).  The  sayde  he  :  Lo,  I  come  to  do  thy 
 wil  O  God:  there  taketh  he  awaye  the  first, 
 to  stablyszhe  the  latter :  In  the  which  wyll  we 
 are  sanctified  by  the  offerynge  vp  of  the  body 
 of  lesus  Christ  once  for  all. 
 
 And  euery  prest  is  ready  daylie  mynistringe, 
 and  oftjTnes  offereth  one  maner  of  offerynges, 
 which  can  neuer  take  awaye  synnes.  But 
 this  man  whan  he  had  offred  for  synnes,  one 
 sacrifice  which  is  of  value  for  euer,  sat  him 
 downe  on  the  righte  hande  of  God,  and  from 
 hence  forth  tarieth,  **tyll  his  foes  be  made  his 
 fote  stole.  For  with  one  offerynge  hath  he 
 made  perfecte  for  euer,  the  that  are  sanctified. 
 And  the  holy  goost  also  beareth  vs  recorde  of 
 this,  euen  whan  he  sayde  before :  tt  This  is  the 
 Testament,  that  I  wyl  make  vnto  them  after 
 those  dayes,  sayeth  y  LORDE:  I  wyl  geue 
 my  lawes  in  their  hertes,  and  in  their  myndes 
 wyl  I  wryte  them,  and  their  synnes  and  ini- 
 quities wil  I  remebre  nomore.  And  where 
 remyssion  of  these  thinges  is,  there  is  nomore 
 offerynge  for  synne. 
 
 Seynge  now  brethre,  that  we  haue  a  tt  fre 
 sure  intraunce  in  to  that  Holy  place,  by  the 
 bloude  of  lesu  (which  he  hath  prepared  vnto 
 vs  for  a  new  and  lyuynge  waye,  thorow  the 
 vayle,  that  is  to  saye,  by  his  flesh)  and  seynge 
 also  that  we  haue  an  hye  prest  ouer  the  house 
 of  God,  let  vs  drawe  nye  with  a  true  hert  in  a 
 full  faith,  sprenkled  in  oure  hertes  from  an 
 euell  conscience,  and  washed  in  oure  bodies 
 with  pure  water:  and  let  vs  kepe  the  pro- 
 fession of  oure  hope  without  wauerynge  (for 
 he  is  faithfuU  that  hath  promysed)  and  let  vs 
 considre  one  another  to  y  prouokinge  of  loue 
 
 Esa.  50.  b. 
 
 "Psal.  109.a.        ttlere.  31.c.         {{ loh. 
 .   and  14.     Rom.  5.    Heb.  9.  b. 
 
Jfo.  crvlij. 
 
 €l)t  (Kpisitif  bnto  t\)t  ^tbnu^. 
 
 Cf)ap.  n. 
 
 and  of  good  workes  :  and  let  vs  not  forsake 
 the  fellishippe  that  we  haue  amoge  oure  selues, 
 as  the  maner  of  some  is :  but  let  vs  exhorte 
 one  another,  and  that  so  moch  the  more, 
 because  ye  se  that  the  days  draweth  nye. 
 
 *  For  j{  we  synne  wylfuUy  after  that  we 
 haue  receaued  the  knowlege  of  the  trueth, 
 there  reinayneth  vnto  vs  nomore  sacrifice 
 for  synnes,  but  a  fearfull  lokynge  for  iudg- 
 ment,  and  violente  fyre,  which  shal  deuoure 
 f  aduersaries.  t  He  y  despyseth  Moses  lawe, 
 dyeth  without  mercy  vnder  two  or  thre  wit- 
 nesses :  Of  how  moch  sorer  punyshment 
 (suppose  ye)  shal  he  be  counted  worthy,  which 
 treadeth  vnder  fote  the  sonne  of  God,  and 
 couteth  the  bloude  of  y  Testamet  (wherby 
 he  is  sanctified)  an  vnwholy  thinge,  (j  doth 
 dishonoure  to  the  sprete  of  grace?  For  we 
 knowe  him  that  hath  sayde :  *  Vengeaunce  is 
 myne,  I  wil  recompence,  sayeth  the  LORDE. 
 And  agapie  :  §  The  LORDE  shal  iudge  his 
 people.  It  is  a  fearfull  thinge  to  fall  in  to  the 
 handes  of  the  lyuynge  God. 
 
 But  call  ye  to  remebraiice  f  dayes  y  are 
 past,  1  y  which  after  ye  had  receaued  lighte, 
 ye  endured  a  greate  fighte  off  aduersities : 
 partly  whyle  all  me  wodred  g  gased  at  you 
 for  the  shame  and  tribulacion  that  was  done 
 vnto  you :  and  partly  whyle  ye  became  co- 
 panyons  of  them  which  so  passed  their  tyme. 
 For  ye  haue  suffred  with  my  bodes,  and  toke 
 a  worth  y  spoylinge  of  youre  goodes,  and  that 
 with  gladnes,  knowynge  in  youre  selues,  how 
 that  ye  haue  in  heauen  a  better  d  an  endur- 
 inge  substaunce.  Cast  not  awaye  therfore 
 youre  confidence,  which  hath  so  greate  a 
 rewarde.  II  For  ye  haue  nede  of  pacience, 
 that  after  ye  haue  done  the  wil  of  God,  ye 
 mighte  receaue  the  promes.  ^  For  yet  ouer 
 a  litle  whyle,  and  then  he  that  shal  come,  wyl 
 come,  and  wyl  not  tary.  **  But  the  iust  shal 
 lyue  by  his  faith  :  And  yf  he  withdrawe  him^ 
 selfe  awaye,  my  soule  shal  haue  no  pleasure 
 in  him.  As  for  vs,  we  are  not  of  those  which 
 withdrawe  them  selues  to  damnacion :  but  of 
 them  that  beleue  to  the  wynnynge  of  the  soule 
 
 Wi)t  p.  Cpptn. 
 
 FAITH  is   a  sure   confidence  of  thinges 
 which  are  hoped  for,  and  a  certaynte  of 
 
 •  Num.  15.  e.  Heb.6.  a.  t  Deut.  17.  b.  19.  c.  {  Deu. 
 38.  e.  Rom.  12.  c.  ^Deu.32.e.  ||Heb.l2.a.  IF  Abac. 
 S.  a.        ••  Gal.  3.  b.        tt  Gene.  4.  a.        ft  Gene.  5.  c. 
 
 thinges  which  are  not  sene.  By  it  y  Elders 
 were  well  reported  of.  Thorow  faith  we  vn- 
 derstonde,  that  the  worlde  and  all  the  thinges 
 which  are  sene,  were  made  of  naughte  by  the 
 worde  of  God. 
 
 tt  By  faith  offered  Abell  vnto  God  a  more 
 plenteous  sacrifice :  by  the  which  he  optayned 
 wytnesse,  that  he  was  righteous :  God  testify- 
 enge  of  his  giftes,  by  the  which  also  he  beynge 
 deed,  yet  speaketh. 
 
 tt  By  faith  was  Enoch  take  awaye,  that  he 
 shulde  not  se  death :  and  was  not  founde, 
 because  God  had  taken  him  awaye.  For 
 afore  he  was  taken  awaye,  he  had  recorde  that 
 he  pleased  God.  But  without  faith  it  is  vn- 
 possible  to  please  God.  For  he  that  commeth 
 vnto  God,  must  beleue  that  God  is,  (j  y  he  is 
 a  rewarder  of  them  that  seke  him. 
 
 §^By  faith  Noe  honoured  God,  after  y  he 
 was  warned  of  thinges  which  were  not  sene,  5 
 prep^ed  the  Arke,  to  f  sauinge  of  his  hous- 
 holde :  thorow  the  whicn  Arke  he  condemned 
 the  worlde,  and  became  heyre  of  the  right- 
 eousnes,  which  commeth  by  faith. 
 
 "By  faith  Abraham  (wha  he  was  called) 
 obeyed,  to  go  out  in  to  the  place,  which  he 
 shulde  afterwarde  receaue  to  inheritaunce : 
 and  he  wente  out,  not  knowynge  whither  he 
 shulde  go. 
 
 By  faith  was  he  a  straunger  in  the  lode  of 
 promes  as  in  a  straunge  countre,  5  dwelt  in 
 tabernacles:  and  so  dyd  Isaac  5  lacob,  hejTes 
 with  him  of  the  same  promes :  for  he  loked 
 for  a  cite  which  hath  a  foundacion,  whose 
 buylder  and  maker  is  God. 
 
 By  faith  Sara  also  receaued  strength  to  be 
 with  childe,  and  *was  delyuered  of  a  childe 
 whan  she  was  past  age,  because  she  iudged 
 him  to  be  faithfuU  which  had  promysed.  And 
 therfore  spronge  there  of  one  (yee  euen  off 
 one  which  was  as  good  as  deed  conceniynge 
 the  body)  so  many  in  multitude  II II  as  the 
 starres  off  the  skye,  and  as  the  sonde  off  the 
 See  shore,  which  is  innumerable. 
 
 All  these  dyed  acordinge  to  faith,  and  re- 
 ceaued not  the  promyses,  but  sawe  the  afarre 
 off,  and  beleued  them,  and  saluted  them 
 ttand  cofessed,  that  they  were  straungers  5 
 pilgrems  vpo  earth.  For  they  that  saye  soch 
 thinges,  declare,  that  they   seke   a  naturall 
 
 Sap.  4.  b.  Eccl.  44.  b.  49.  c.  §^  Gen.  6.  d.  Eccli.  44.  b 
 -  Gen.  12.  13.  "  Gen.  21.  a.  ||||  Gen.  15.  a, 
 
 fir  Gen.  47.  b. 
 
Cijap.  vih 
 
 Cftc  (&^i^tlt  bnto  ti)t  ^Mtbnu&, 
 
 fo.  avltij. 
 
 countre.  And  doutles  yf  they  had  bene 
 myndefull  off  that  countre  from  whence  they 
 came  out,  they  had  leysure  to  haue  returned 
 agayne.  But  now  they  desyre  a  better,  that 
 is  to  saye,  a  heauely.  *  Wherfore  God  is  not 
 ashamed  of  the,  eue  to  be  called  their  God ; 
 for  he  hath  prepared  a  cite  for  them. 
 
 By  faith  Abraha  offered  vp  Isaac,  whfi  he 
 was  tempted,  and  "gaue  ouer  his  onely  be- 
 gotten Sonne,  in  whom  he  had  receaued  the 
 promyses,  of  whom  it  was  sayde :  In  Isaac 
 shal  thy  sede  be  called :  For  he  considered,  y 
 God  was  able  to  rayse  vp  agayne  from  the 
 deed.  Therfore  receaued  he  him  for  an  en- 
 sample. 
 
 By  faith  Isaac  blessed  Jacob  and  Esau, 
 concernynge  thinges  to  come. 
 
 By  faith  lacob,  whan  he  was  a  dyenge, 
 blessed  both  the  sonnes  off  loseph,  (i  bowed 
 himselfe  towarde  the  toppe  of  his  cepter. 
 
 By  faith  loseph  whan  he  dyed,  remembred 
 f  departynge  of  the  childre  of  Israel,  5  gaue 
 comaundemet  concernynge  his  bones. 
 
 *  By  faith  Moses  wha  he  was  borne,  was 
 hyd  thre  monethes  of  his  Elders,  because  they 
 sawe  that  he  was  a  proper  childe,  nether 
 feared  they  the  kynges  comaundemet. 
 
 '■  By  faith  Moses  whan  he  was  greate,  refused 
 to  be  called  the  sonne  of  Pharaos  doughter  : 
 and  chose  rather  to  suffre  aduersite  with  the 
 people  of  God,  then  to  enioye  f  pleasures  of 
 synne  for  a  season :  and  estemed  the  rebuke 
 of  Christ  greater  riches,  then  the  treasure  of 
 Egipte :  for  he  had  respecte  vnto  the  rewarde. 
 
 ''  By  faith  he  forsoke  Egipte,  and  feared  not 
 the  fearcenes  of  the  kynge :  for  he  endured, 
 eue  as  though  he  had  sene  him  which  is 
 inuisible. 
 
 t  By  faith  he  helde  Easter,  and  the  effusion 
 of  blonde,  lest  he  which  slewe  the  firstbome, 
 shulde  touche  them. 
 
 '  By  faith  they  passed  thorow  the  reed  See 
 as  by  drye  londe :  which  wha  the  Egipcians 
 assayed  to  do,  they  were  drowned. 
 
 By  faith  the  walles  of  lericho  fell,  wha  they 
 were  compased  aboute  seuen  dayes. 
 
 By  faith  the  harlot  Raab  perished  not  with 
 the  vnbeleuers,  wha  she  had  receaued  the 
 spyes  to  lodginge  peaceably 
 
 And  what  shal  I  more  saye  ?  f  tyme  wolde 
 
 •  Exo.  3.  c.  Mat.  22.  d.  <■  Gen.  22.  a.  Eccli.  44.  c. 
 »  Eiod.  2.  a.  '  Exod.  2.  b.  ■"  Exod.  12.  f.  t  Exod.  12.b. 
 «  Exod.  14.  e.  t  ludi.  7.  4.  14.  11.  §  1  Reg.  17. 
 
 Ill  Reg.  12.  IT  Dan.  3.  ••3  Re.  17.  c.  4  Re.  4.  d. 
 
 be  to  shorte  for  me  to  tell  of  fGedeon,  of 
 i  Barac,  and  of  i  Samson,  5  of  t  lepthae, 
 i  and  of  Dauid,  and  II  Samuel,  and  of  the 
 prophetes,  which  thorow  faith  subdued  kyng- 
 domes,  wroughte  righteousnes,  optayned  f  pro- 
 myses, stopped  y  mouthes  of  lyos  t  quenched 
 the  violece  of  fyre,  escaped  y  edge  of  the 
 swerde,  of  weake  were  made  stronge,  became 
 valeaunt  in  batayll,  turned  to  flighte  the 
 armyes  of  the  aleauntes,  **the  wemen  receaued 
 their  deed  agayne  from  resurreccion.  But 
 other  were  racked,  and  accepted  no  delyuer- 
 aunce,  that  they  mighte  optayne  the  resurrec- 
 cion that  better  is. 
 
 Other  taisted  of  mockinges  and  scourginges, 
 of  bondes  also  and  presonment:  tt  were  stoned, 
 were  hewen  a  sunder,  were  tempted,  were 
 slayne  with  the  swerde,  tt  wente  aboute  in 
 shepe  skynnes  and  goates  skynnes,  in  nede,  in 
 tribulacion,  in  vexacion,  which  (men)  the 
 worlde  was  not  worthy  of:  they  wandred 
 aboute  in  wyldernesses,  vpon  mountaynes,  in 
 dennes  and  caues  of  the  earth.  And  these 
 all  thorow  faith  optayned  good  reporte,  and 
 receaued  not  y  promes :  because  God  had 
 prouyded  a  better  thinge  for  vs,  that  they 
 without  vs  shulde  not  be  made  perfecte. 
 
 €!)£  vij.  Cijapttr. 
 
 WHERFORE  seynge  we  haue  so  greate 
 a  multitude  of  witnesses  aboute  vs 
 §Uet  vs  also  laye  awaye  all  y  presseth  downe, 
 and  the  synne  that  hangeth  on,  and  let  vs 
 runne  with  pacience  vnto  the  batayl  that  is 
 set  before  vs,  lokynge  vnto  lesus  f  auctoure 
 and  fyniszher  of  faith :  III!  which  whan  the  ioye 
 was  layed  before  him,  abode  the  crosse,  and 
 despysed  the  shame,  and  is  set  downe  on  y 
 righte  hade  of  y  trone  of  God.  Cosidre  him 
 therfore  that  endured  soch  speakinge  agaynst 
 hi  of  synners,  lest  ye  be  weery  and  faynte  in 
 youre  myndes :  for  ye  haue  not  yet  resisted 
 vnto  bloude,  stryuynge  agaynst  synne,  and 
 haue  forgotten  the  consolacion,  which  speaketh 
 vnto  you  as  vnto  children:  m  My  sonne, 
 despyse  not  the  chastenynge  off  the  LORDE, 
 nether  faynte  whan  thou  art  rebuked  of  him : 
 ***for  who  the  LORDE  loueth,  him  he  chas- 
 teneth,  yee  and  he  scourgeth  euery  sonne 
 that  he  receaueth. 
 
 tt3Re.  21.  tt4Re.  1.  b.  Mat.  3.  a.  ^^Epbe.  4.  c. 
 Col.  3.  a  1  Pet.  2.  a.  ||||  Phil.  2.  a.  ff  Pro.  3.  b. 
 •••  Apoo.  3.  d. 
 
\So,  miUij, 
 
 €l)t  epi£JtIr  Ijitto  tf)f  i?fbrur6. 
 
 Cftap.  niji^ 
 
 Yf  ye  endure  chastenynge,  Ciod  offereth 
 hiniselle  viito  you  as  vnto  soiines.  What 
 Sonne  is  that,  whom  the  father  chasteneth 
 not?  Yf  ye  be  not  vnder  correccion  (wherof 
 all  are  partakers)  then  are  ye  bastardes  and 
 not  sonnes.  Morouer  seyenge  we  haue  had 
 fathers  off  oure  flesh  which  corrected  vs,  (j 
 we  gaue  them  reuerence,  shulde  we  not  then 
 moch  rather  be  in  subieccion  vnto  f  father 
 of  spirituall  giftes,  y  we  mighte  lyue  ?  And 
 they  vercly  for  a  few  dayes  nurtred  vs  after 
 their  awne  pleasure  :  but  he  lerneth  vs  vnto 
 y  which  is  profitable,  that  we  mighte  receaue 
 of  his  holynes.  No  maner  chastisynge  for  the 
 present  tpne  semeth  to  be  ioyous,  but  gi'e- 
 uous :  neuertheles  afterwarde  it  bringeth  the 
 quyetc  frute  of  righteousnes,  vnto  them  which 
 are  exercysed  therby.  *  Lifte  vp  therfore  the 
 handes  which  were  let  downe,  and  the  weake 
 knees,  and  se  that  ye  haue  straight  steppes 
 vnto  youre  fete,  lest  eny  haltinge  turne  you 
 out  of  the  waye,  yee  let  it  rather  be  healed. 
 
 Folowe  after  peace  with  all  men,  and 
 holynes,  mthout  the  which  no  man  shal  se  the 
 LORDE,  and  loke  well,  that  no  man  desti- 
 tute of  the  grace  of  God,  lest  there  sprynge 
 vp  eny  bytter  rote,  and  cause  disquyetnes,  and 
 therby  many  be  defyled:  that  there  be  no 
 whoremonger,  or  vncleane  person,  as  Esau, 
 t  which  for  one  meate  sake  solde  his  byrth 
 righte.  For  ye  knowe.  how  that  after^Tirde 
 whan  he  wolde  haue  inhereted  the  blessynge, 
 he  was  put  by :  for  t  he  foiide  no  place  of 
 repetaunce,  though  he  desyred  (y  blessynge) 
 with  teares.  For  ye  are  not  come  to  y  moat 
 that  can  be  touched  i  and  burneth  with  fyre, 
 nether  yet  to  myst  and  darcknes,  and  tempest 
 of  wedder,  nether  to  the  sounde  of  the 
 trompe,  and  y  voyce  of  wordes  :  which  they 
 that  herde,  wyszhed  awaye,  that  the  worde 
 shulde  not  be  spoken  to  them,  for  they  were 
 not  able  to  abyde  that  which  was  spoken. 
 "  And  yf  a  beest  had  touched  the  mountayne, 
 it  must  haue  bene  stoed,  or  thrust  thorow 
 with  a  darte.  And  so  terrible  was  the  sighte 
 which  appeared,  that  Moses  sayde:  I  feare 
 and  quake.  But  ye  are  come  to  the  mount 
 Sion,  and  to  the  cite  of  the  lyuynge  God,  to 
 the  celestiall  H  lerusalem,  and  to  the  multi- 
 tude of  many  thousande  angels,  and  vnto  the 
 
 •  Esa.  35.  a.  t  Gen.  25.  d.  f  Gen,  27.  f. 
 
 $Gen.  19.  c.       1|  Exo.  19.  b.       1[Apo.  21.b.       "Gen. 
 4.  b.         tt  Agg.  2.  b.        }}  1  Pet.  2.  a.        j§  Deut.  4.  d. 
 
 congregacion  of  the  first  borne,  which  are 
 wrytten  in  heauen,  and  to  God  the  iudge  of 
 all,  and  to  the  spretes  of  iust  and  perfecte 
 men,  and  to  lesus  the  mediatoure  of  the  new 
 Testament,  and  to  the  sprenklynge  off  bloude, 
 that  speaketh  better  then  the  bloude  oif 
 **Abel. 
 
 Se  that  ye  despyse  not  him  that  speaketh 
 vnto  you :  for  yf  they  escaped  not  which 
 refused  him  that  spake  on  earth,  moch  more 
 shal  we  not  escape,  yf  we  turne  awaye  from 
 him  that  speaketh  from  heaue :  whose  voyce 
 shoke  the  earth  at  that  tyme.  But  now  pro- 
 myseth  he,  (j  sayeth :  tt  Yet  once  more  wyl  I 
 shake,  not  the  earth  onely,  but  also  heauen. 
 No  doute  that  same  that  he  sayeth  yet  once 
 more,  signifieth  the  remouynge  awaye  of  those 
 thinges  which  are  shaken,  as  off  thinges  which 
 are  made :  that  y  thinges  which  are  not 
 shake,  maye  remayne.  Wherfore,  seynge  we 
 receaue  the  vnmoueable  kyngdome,  we  haue 
 gi'ace,  ttwherby  we  maye  serue  God,  j  please 
 him,  with  reuerence  and  godly  feare.  §^For 
 oure  God  is  a  consumynge  fyre 
 
 Ei}t  }:{{].  Ci^apter. 
 
 LET  brotherly  loue  cStynue.  IIIIBe  not 
 forgetfull  to  lodge  straungers :  for  therby 
 haue  dyuerse  receaued  angels  in  to  their 
 houses  vnawares.  Remembre  them  that  aie 
 in  bondes,  eue  as  though  ye  were  bounde 
 with  them :  and  be  myndefull  off  them  which 
 are  in  aduersite,  as  ye  which  are  also  in  the 
 bodye.  Let  wedlocke  be  had  in  pryce  in  all 
 poyntes,  5  let  y  chamber  be  vndetyled.  For 
 whorekepers  and  aduouterers  God  wil  iudge. 
 Let  youre  conuersacion  be  without  couetous- 
 nes,  ^  If  and  be  content  with  that  ye  haue 
 allready,  for  he  hath  sayde  :  ***I  wyl  not  fayle 
 the  nether  forsake  the,  so  that  we  maye  boldely 
 saye:  ttt  The  LORDE  is  my  helper,  and  I 
 wyl  not  feare  what  man  maye  do  vnto  me. 
 Remembre  the  which  haue  the  ouersighte  of 
 you,  which  haue  declared  vnto  you  the  worde 
 of  God.  The  ende  of  whose  couersacion  se 
 that  ye  loke  vpon,  and  folowe  their  faith. 
 
 lesus  Christ  yesterdaye  and  tttTodaye,  5 
 the  same  cotinueth  for  euer.  Be  not  caried 
 aboute  with  dyuerse  and  straunge  lernynges : 
 for  it  is  a  good   thinge   that   the   herte   be 
 
 IIIIGen.  18.a.  andl9.  a.  Ro.  12.  b.  1  Pet.4.  b.  Hf  Eccli. 
 29.  d.         •••  Deut.  31.  b.  losuel.  a.  ttt  Psal.  55.  a. 
 
 and  117.  a.  Ut  Heb.  1.  b. 
 
Cbap.  u 
 
 C6e  (ffpistle  of  ^.  Saims. 
 
 jTo.  rorlb. 
 
 stablyszhed  with  grace,  and  not  with  meates, 
 which  haue  not  profited  them,  that  haue 
 had  their  pastyme  in  them.  We  haue  an 
 altare,  wherof  they  haue  no  power  to  eate, 
 which  serue  in  the  Tabernacle.  For  the 
 bodies  of  those  beestes,  *  whose  bloude  is 
 broughte  in  to  the  holy  place  by  f  hye  prest 
 to  pourge  synne,  are  brent  without  the  tetes. 
 Therfore  lesus  also,  to  sanctifye  f  people  by 
 his  awne  bloude,  t  suffred  without  f  gate. 
 Let  vs  go  forth  therfore  out  of  the  tentes,  and 
 suffre  rebuke  with  him  :  t  for  here  haue  we  no 
 cont)Tiuynge  cite,  but  we  seke  one  to  come. 
 
 §  Let  vs  therfore  by  him  oflre  allwayes 
 vnto  God  the  sacrifice  of  prayse :  that  is  to 
 saye,  the  frute  of  those  lippes  which  confesse 
 his  name.  To  do  good  and  to  destribute 
 forget  not,  II  for  with  soch  sacrifices  God  is 
 pleased.  Obey  them  that  haue  the  ouer- 
 sighte  off  you,  and  submytte  youre  selues 
 vnto  them :  for  they  watch  for  youre  soules, 
 euen  as  they  that  must  geue  accoptes  therfore, 
 that  they  maye  do  it  with  ioye,  and  not  with 
 grefe :   for  that  is  an  vnprofitable  thinge  for 
 
 Exo.  29.  b.  Num.  19.  a.  Leuit.  4.  c. 
 t  Phil.  3.  c.  §  Psal.  91.  a. 
 
 +  loh.  19.  b. 
 PhU.  4.  c. 
 
 you.      Praye  for 
 because   we   haue 
 
 We  haue  confidence, 
 jood  coscience  in  all 
 thinges,  and  desyre  to  lyue  honestly.  But  I 
 desyre  you  f  more  abundauntly,  that  ye  so  do, 
 y  I  maye  be  restored  vnto  you  the  more 
 quyckly. 
 
 The  God  of  peace  (that  broughte  agayne 
 fro  the  deed  oure  LORDE  lesus  the  tgreate 
 shepherde  of  the  shepe  thorow  the  bloude  of 
 the  euerlastinge  Testament)  make  you  per- 
 fecte  in  all  good  workes,  to  do  his  wyll, 
 workynge  in  you  that  which  is  pleasaunt  in 
 his  sighte  thorow  lesus  Christ,  to  whom  be 
 prayse  for  euer  and  euer  Amen.  I  beseke 
 you  brethren,  suffi-e  the  worde  of  exhortacion, 
 for  I  haue  wrytten  vnto  you  in  few  wordes, 
 Knowe  oure  brother  Timotheus,  whom  we 
 haue  sent  from  vs,  with  whom  (yf  he  come 
 shortly)  I  wil  se  you.  Salute  the  that  haue 
 the  Guersighte  of  you  and  all  y  sayntes.  The 
 brethren  of  Italy  salute  you.  Grace  be  with 
 you  all.  Amen. 
 
 Sent  from  Italy  by  Timotheus. 
 
 ©ijt  (B^i^tlt  uf  §:.  SJameiS. 
 
 Cfte  siumnw  of  tftis  tpisitk. 
 
 Cljap.  I. 
 
 He  exhorteth  to  reioyse  in  trouble,  to  be  feruent 
 in  prayer  with  stedfast  beleue,  to  loke  for  all 
 good  thinges  from  aboue,  to  forsake  all  vyce  : 
 and  thankfully  to  receaue  the  worde  of  God, 
 not  onely  hearynge  it  and  speakynge  of  it,  but 
 to  do  therafter  in  dede.  True  religion  or  de- 
 uocion  what  it  is. 
 
 Cl)ap.  II 
 
 He  forbyddeth  to  haue  eny  respecte  of  personnes, 
 but  to  regarde  the  poore  as  wei  as  the  ryche, 
 to  be  louynge  and  mercifull,  and  not  to  boast 
 of  faith  where  no  dedes  are :  for  it  is  but  a 
 deed  faith,  where  no  good  workes  folowe  not. 
 €I)ap.  III. 
 
 What    good    and   euell    commeth    thorow   the 
 
 tonge.  The  dutye  of  soch  as  be  lerned.  The 
 difference  betwixte  the  wyszdome  of  the  gospell 
 and  the  wyszdome  of  the  worlde. 
 
 Ci)ap.  ini. 
 
 Warre  and  fightinge  commeth  of  volupteousnesse. 
 The  frendishipe  of  the  worlde  is  enemyte  be- 
 fore God.  An  exhortacion  to  flye  slaunder 
 and  the  vanite  of  this  life. 
 
 CI)ap.  V. 
 He  threateneth  the  wicked  rych  me,  exhorteth 
 vnto  pacience,  to  bewarre  of  swearynge,  one  to 
 knowlege  his  fautes  to  another,  one  to  praye 
 for  another,  and  one  to  laboure  to  brynge 
 another  to  the  trueth. 
 
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 I  AMES  the  seruaiint  of  God  and  of  the 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ,  sendeth  gretinge 
 to  the  xij.  trybes  which  are  *scatered  here  5 
 there.  My  brethren,  counte  it  exceadynge 
 ioye  whe  ye  fall  in  to  diners  temptacions,  for 
 as  moche  as  ye  knowe,  how  y  the  t  tryinge  of 
 youre  faith  bringeth  pacience  :  and  let  pa- 
 cience  haue  her  parfect  worke,  y  ye  maye  be 
 parfecte  and  sounde,  lakinge  nothinge. 
 
 t  Yf  eny  of  you  laeke  wyszdome,  let  him  axe 
 of  God,  which  geuetii  to  aU  men  indifferentlie 
 and  casteth  no  man  in  the  teth  :  and  it  shal  be 
 geue  him.  But  let  him  axe  in  faith  and  wauer 
 not.     For  he  that  douteth,  is  lyke  the  wawes  of 
 
 i'r  See,  tost  of  the  \vynde,  and  caried  with  vio- 
 ence.  Nether  let  y  man  thinke  that  he  shal 
 receaue  eny  thlge  of  y  LORDE.  A  wauer- 
 ynge  mynded  mil  ys  vnstable  in  all  his  waies. 
 
 Let  the  brother  of  lowe  degre  reioyee,  in 
 y  he  is  exalted  :  and  the  rich,  in  y  he  is  made 
 lowe.  For  eue  as  the  floure  of  f  grasse  shal 
 he  vanyshe  awaye.  The  Sonne  ryseth  with 
 heat  and  the  grasse  wydereth,  5  his  floure 
 falleth  awaye,  and  the  beautie  of  the  fassion 
 of  it  periszheth  :  euen  so  shal  the  ryche  man 
 perisshe  with  his  abundaunce. 
 
 Happy  is  the  man  that  endureth  in  tepta- 
 cion,  for  when  he  is  tryed,  he  shal  receaue 
 the  crowne  of  life,  which  the  LORDE  hath 
 promised  to  them  that  loue  him. 
 
 Let  no  man  saye  when  he  is  tempted,  y  he 
 is  tempted  of  God.  For  God  tepteth  not 
 vnto  euell,  nether  tepteth  he  eny  man.  But 
 euery  ma  is  tepted,  drawne  awaye,  5  entysed 
 of  his  awne  cocupiscece.  The  whe  lust  hath 
 conceaued,  she  bringeth  forth  synne,  5  synne 
 when  it  is  fynished,  bringeth  forth  deeth. 
 
 P>re  not  my  deare  brethre.  §  Euery  good 
 gifte,  5  euery  parfait  gift,  is  from  aboue,  and 
 Cometh  downe  from  f  father  of  light,  with 
 whom  is  no  variablenes,  nether  is  he  chaunged 
 vnto  darcknes.  II  Of  his  awne  will  begat  he 
 vs  with  the  worde  of  life,  that  we  shulde  be 
 the  fyrst  frutes  of  his  creatures. 
 
 ^  Wherfore  deare  brethren,  let  euery  man 
 be  swifte  to  heare,  slowe  to  speake,  and  slowe 
 to  wrath.  For  the  wrath  of  ma  worketh  not 
 that  which  is  righteous  before  God. 
 
 Wherfore  laye  aparte  all  fylthines,  all 
 superfluite   of  maliciousnes,  5   receaue  with 
 
 •  Act.  8.  a.  t  Ro.  5.  a.    1  Pet.  1.  b.    Zach.  13.  b. 
 
 t  Pro.  2.  a.         '  lob  5.  b.        §  Pro.  2.  a.         ||  loh.  1.  a. 
 S.  d.  f  Pro.  17.  d.  Eccl.  5.  b.  ••  Rom.  2.  b. 
 
 meknes  f  worde  y  is  grafted  in  you,  which  isi 
 able  to  saue  youre  soides.  **And  se  that  ye 
 be  doers  of  f  worde  %  not  hearers  only,  de- 
 ceauinge  youre  awne  selues.  tt  For  yf  eny 
 heare  the  worde,  and  do  it  not,  he  is  like  vnto 
 a  ma  that  beholdeth  his  bodily  face  in  a  glasse. 
 For  assone  as  he  hath  loked  on  himselfe,  he 
 goeth  his  waye,  and  forgetteth  immediatly 
 what  his  faszliion  was.  tt  But  who  so  loketh  in 
 y  perfect  la  we  of  libertie,  and  continueth  therin 
 (yf  he  be  not  a  forgetfull  hearer,  but  a  doar  of 
 the  worke)  the  same  shalbe  happie  in  his  dede. 
 Yf  eny  man  amonge  you  seme  deuoute,  5 
 refrayne  not  his  toge  :  but  deceaue  his  awne 
 herte,  this  mannes  deuocion  is  in  vayne. 
 Pure  deuocion  and  vndefiled  before  God  the 
 father,  is  this:  to  visit  the  frendlesse  and 
 widdowes  in  their  aduersite,  and  to  kepe  him 
 selfe  vnspotted  of  the  ^§  wo  ride. 
 
 BRETHREN,  haue  not  the  faith  of  oure 
 LORDE  lesus  Christ  f  LORDE  of 
 glory  in  llll  respecte  of  persons.  Yf  ther  come 
 in  to  youre  copany  a  ma  with  a  golde  rynge 
 and  in  goodly  aparell,  5  ther  come  in  also  a 
 poore  man  in  vyle  raymet,  5  ye  haue  a  re 
 specte  to  him  y  weareth  the  gaye  clothinge  5 
 saye  vnto  hi :  Sit  thou  here  I  a  good  place,  (j 
 saye  vnto  y  poore,  stonde  thou  there  or  sit  here 
 vnder  my  fote  stole :  are  ye  not  parciall  in  youre 
 selues,  and  haue  iudged  after  euyll  thoughtes? 
 
 Harken  my  deare  beloued  brethre.  ^^  Hath 
 not  God  chosen  the  poore  of  this  worlde, 
 which  are  ryche  in  faith,  and  heyres  of  the 
 kyngdom  which  he  promysed  to  the  that  loue 
 him  ?  But  ye  haue  despised  the  poore.  Are 
 not  the  rych  they  which  oppresse  you :  g  they 
 which  drawe  you  before  iudges?  Do  not 
 they  speake  euell  of  that  good  name  after 
 which  ye  be  named. 
 
 Yf  ye  fulfill  the  royall  lawe  acordinge  to 
 the  scripture  which  saith :  *  Thou  shalt  loue 
 thyne  neghbour  as  thy  selfe,  ye  do  well.  But 
 yf  ye  regarde  one  person  more  then  another, 
 ye  comit  synne,  and  are  rebuked  of  the  lawe 
 as  trasgressours.  ***  Whosoeuer  shal  kepe  the 
 whole  lawe,  and  yet  fayle  in  one  poynt,  he 
 is  gyltie  in  all.  For  he  that  sayde:  Thou 
 shalt  not  commit  adulterie,  sayed  also :  thou 
 shalt  not  kyll.     Though  thou  do  none  adul- 
 
 tt  Luc.  6.  e.       tt  Mat.  5.  b.       ^1  loh.  2.  c.        ||||  Leu. 
 19.  b.       irtMat.5.  a.      'Leuit.  19.  e.      •••  Eiec.  18.  b. 
 
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 Clje  Cpisitif  of  ^,  5amr^. 
 
 jTo.  rrrlbij. 
 
 terie,  yet  yf  thou  kill,  thou  art  a  transgresser 
 of  the  lawe.  So  speake  ye,  and  so  do  as  they 
 that  shalbe  iudged  by  the  lawe  of  libertie. 
 *  For  ther  shalbe  iudgement  merciles  to  him 
 that  sheweth  no  mercy,  a  mercy  reioiseth 
 against  iudgment. 
 
 t  What  a  vayleth  it  my  brethre,  though  a 
 man  saye  he  hath  faith,  when  he  hath  no 
 dedes  ?  Can  faith  saue  him  ?  t  If  a  brother 
 or  a  sister  be  naked  or  destitute  of  dayly  fode, 
 %  one  of  you  saye  vnto  them:  Departe  in 
 peace,  God  sende  you  warmnes  and  fode: 
 not  withstodinge  ye  geue  them  not  tho  thinges 
 which  are  nedfull  to  the  body :  what  helpeth 
 it  them  ?  Euen  so  faith,  yf  it  haue  no  dedes, 
 is  deed  in  it  selfe. 
 
 Ye  5  a  man  might  saye :  Thou  hast  faith, 
 and  I  haue  dedes:  Shewe  me  thy  faith  by 
 thy  dedes :  and  I  wil  shewe  the  my  faith  by 
 my  dedes.  Beleuest  thou  y  ther  is  one  God" 
 Thou  doest  well.  ^  The  deuils  also  beleue 
 and  tremble. 
 
 Wilt  thou  vnderstode  o  thou  vayne  man 
 that  faith  with  out  dedes  is  deed :  Was  not 
 Abraham  oure  father  iustified  thorow  workes 
 when  he  offered  Isaac  his  sonne  vpon  the 
 aulter  ?  Thou  seist  how  y  faith  wrought  with 
 his  dedes,  and  through  y  dedes  was  the  faith 
 made  perfect :  a  the  scripture  was  fulfilled 
 which  saith  :  II  Abrahii  beleued  God  and  it 
 was  reputed  vnto  him  for  rightewesnes :  and 
 he  was  called  f  frende  of  God.  Ye  se  then 
 how  that  of  dedes  a  man  is  iustified,  and  not 
 of  faith  only. IT  Likewise  also  was  not  Raab 
 the  harlot  iustified  thorow  workes,  when  she 
 receaued  the  messengers,  and  sent  them  out 
 another  waye  ?  For  as  the  body,  with  oute 
 the  sprete  is  deed,  euen  so  faith  with  out 
 dedes  is  deed. 
 
 Cfje  it).  Ci^aptn: 
 
 MY  brethre,  be  not  euery  man  a  **  master, 
 remebrynge  how  that  we  shall  receaue 
 the  more  damnacion  :  for  in  many  thinges  we 
 synne  all.  "  Yf  a  man  synne  not  in  worde,  the 
 same  is  a  parfecte  man,  5  able  to  tame  all  the 
 body.  Beholde,  we  put  bittes  into  the  horses 
 mouthes  y  they  shulde  obeye  vs,  and  we 
 turne  aboute  all  the  body.  Beholde  also  f 
 shyppes,  which  though  they  be  so  gret,  and 
 are  dryuen  of  fearee  windes,  yet  are  they 
 turned  about  with  a  very  smale  helme,  whither 
 
 Mat.  18.  d. 
 Marc.  I.e. 
 
 t  Mat.  7.  c. 
 1  Gen.  15.  b. 
 
 i  1  loh.  3. 
 Rom.  4.  b. 
 
 $  Mat.  8.  d. 
 1[  Gal.  3.  a. 
 
 soeuer  the  violence  of  the  gouerner  wyll 
 Euen  so  the  toge  is  a  lyttell  member,  and 
 bosteth  great  thinges. 
 
 Beholde  how  gret  a  thinge  a  lyttell  fyre 
 kyndleth,  and  the  tonge  is  fyre,  and  a  worlde 
 of  wyckednes.  So  is  the  tonge  set  amonge 
 oure  membres,  that  it  defileth  the  whole  body, 
 and  setteth  a  fyre  all  that  we  haue  of  nature, 
 and  is  it  selfe  set  a  fyre  euen  of  hell. 
 
 All  the  natures  of  beastes,  and  of  byrdes, 
 and  of  serpentes,  and  thinges  of  the  see,  are 
 meked  and  tamed  of  the  nature  of  ma.  But 
 the  toge  can  no  man  tame.  Yt  is  an  vnruely 
 euell  full  of  deedly  poyson.  Therwith  blesse 
 we  God  the  father,  and  therwith  cursse  we 
 men  which  tt  are  made  after  the  similitude  of 
 God.  Out  of  one  mouth  proceadeth  blessynge 
 and  cursynge.  My  brethre  these  thinges 
 ought  not  so  to  be.  Doth  a  fountayne  sende 
 forth  at  one  place  swete  water  and  bytter  also? 
 Can  the  fygge  tree,  my  Brethren,  beare  oliue 
 beries :  ether  a  vyne  beare  fygges  ?  So  can 
 no  fountayne  geue  bothe  salt  water  and  freszhe 
 also.  If  eny  man  be  wyse  and  endued  with 
 learnynge  amonge  you,  let  him  shewe  the 
 workes  of  his  good  couersacion  in  meknes  that 
 is  coupled  with  wiszdome. 
 
 But  yf  ye  haue  bitter  enuyenge  and  stryfe 
 in  youre  hertes,  reioyce  not :  nether  be  lyars 
 agaynst  the  trueth.  This  wiszdome  descendeth 
 not  from  aboue :  but  is  erthy,  and  naturall, 
 and  dyuelishe.  For  where  enuyenge  and 
 stryfe  is,  there  is  vnstablenes  and  all  maner 
 of  euell  workes.  But  the  wiszdom  that  is  fro 
 aboue,  is  fyrst  pure,  the  peasable,  gentle,  and 
 easy  to  be  entreated,  full  of  mercy  and  good 
 frutes,  without  iudgynge,  and  without  simu- 
 lacion :  yee,  and  the  frute  of  rightewesnes  is 
 sowen  in  peace,  of  the  that  mayntene  peace. 
 
 Cijc  tiij.  Cljapttr. 
 
 FROM  whence  commeth  warre  and  fight- 
 ynge  amonge  you :  come  they  not  here 
 hence  ?  euen  of  youre  volupteousnesses  that 
 rayne  in  youre  mebres  ?  Ye  lust,  and  haue 
 not.  Ye  envie  and  haue  indignacion,  and  can 
 not  obtayne.  Ye  fight  5  warre,  and  haue  not, 
 because  ye  axe  not.  Ye  axe  g  receaue  not 
 because  ye  axe  amysse :  eue  to  cosume  it  vpo 
 youre  voluptuousnes.  Ye  aduouterars,  5  weme 
 that  breke  matrimonie :  knowe  ye  not  JJ  how 
 that  the  frenshippe  of  f  worlde  is  ennimite 
 
 •*Mat.  23.  a.       "  Eccli.  14.  a.  19.  c.  25.b.       ttGen.  l.d. 
 ttlloh.  2.C.      Gal.  l.b. 
 
IjTo.  rorlbiij. 
 
 €i)t  €^i^t\t  of  ^,  Sames, 
 
 Cljap.  b. 
 
 to  godwarde  ?  Whosoeuer  wilbe  a  frende  of 
 the  worlde,  is  made  f  ciieinie  of  god.  Ether 
 do  ye  thiiike  y  the  scripture  sayth  in  vayne. 
 The  *sprete  y  dwelleth  in  you,  lusteth  euen 
 contrary  to  enuie  :  but  geueth  more  grace. 
 
 Submit  youre  selues  to  God,  and  t  resist 
 the  deuell,  5  he  wil  flye  fro  you.  Drawe  nye 
 to  God  (5  he  wil  drawe  nye  to  you.  Clense 
 youre  hondes  ye  synners,  and  pourge  youre 
 hertes  ye  wauerynge  niynded.  SufFre  afflic- 
 cions:  sorowe  ye  and  wepe.  Let  youre  laughter 
 be  turned  to  mornynge,  and  youre  ioye  to 
 heuynes.  °  Cast  downe  youre  selues  before  the 
 LORDE,  and  he  shal  lift  you  vp.  Backbyte 
 not  one  another,  brethren.  He  that  back- 
 byteth  his  brother,  and  he  y  iudgeth  his  bro- 
 ther, backbyteth  the  lawe,  and  iudgeth  the 
 lawe.  But  and  yf  thou  iudge  the  lawe,  thou 
 art  not  an  obseruer  of  the  lawe :  but  a  iudge. 
 There  is  one  lawe  geuer,  which  is  able  to  saue 
 and  to  distroye.  t  What  art  thou  that  iudgest 
 another  man  ? 
 
 Go  to  now  ye  that  saye :  to  daye  5  to 
 morow  let  vs  go  into  soche  a  citie  and  con- 
 tinue there  a  yeare,  and  bye  and  sell,  and 
 Wynne :  %  yet  ca  not  tell  what  slial  happe  to 
 •owe.  For  what  thinge  is  youre  life  ?  It 
 is  euen  a  vapoure  that  apereth  for  a  lytell 
 tyme,  and  the  vanysheth  awaye :  For  that  ye 
 ought  to  say :  II  yf  the  LORDE  wil,  and  yf  we 
 Hue,  let  vs  do  this  or  that.  But  nowe  ye  reioyce 
 in  youre  bostinges.  All  soche  reioysynge  is 
 euell.'  Therfore  If  to  him  that  knoweth  how 
 to  do  good,  and  doth  it  not,  to  him  it  is  synne. 
 
 Cljt  6.  Cljapttr. 
 
 GOO  to  now  ye  riche  men.  Wepe,  and 
 howle  on  youre  wretchednes*  that  shal 
 come  vpon  you.  Youre  riches  is  corrupte, 
 youre  garmetes  are  motheaten.  Youre  golde 
 d  youre  siluer  are  cancred,  5  the  rust  of  them 
 shalbe  a  witnes  vnto  you,  5  shal  eate  youre 
 fleszhe,  as  it  were  fyre.  Ye  haue  heaped 
 treasure  togedder  in  youre  last  dayes :  **  Be- 
 holde,  the  hyre  of  the  labourers  which  haue 
 reped  downe  youre  feldes  (which  hyer  is  of 
 you  kept  backe  by  fraude)  cryeth :  and  the 
 cryes  of  the  which  haue  reped,  are  entred  in 
 to  the  eares  of  the  LORDE  Sabaoth.  Ye 
 haue  lined  in  pleasure  "^  on  the  earth  and  in 
 wantannes.     Ye  haue  noryszhed  youre  hertes. 
 
 Gal.  5.  c.     t  1  Pet.  5.  b. 
 §Exe.  18.  a.     Luc.  1»2.  b. 
 IT  Luc.  12.  e.  '  1  Tim. 
 
 1  Pet.  5.  a. 
 
 +  Ro.  14. 
 
 II  Act.  28. 
 
 a.     Heb.  6. 
 
 b.             •« 
 
 Leui.  19. 
 
 as  in  a  daye  of  slaughter.  Ye  haue  co- 
 dempned  and  haue  killed  the  iust,  and  he 
 hath  not  resisted  you. 
 
 Be  pacient  therfore  brethren,  vnto  the 
 comynge  of  the  LORDE.  Beholde,  the 
 huszbade  man  wayteth  for  the  precious  frute 
 of  y  earth,  and  hath  longe  pacience  there 
 vpon,  vntill  he  receaue  the  erly  and  the  latter 
 rayne.  Be  ye  also  pacient  therfore,  and  settle 
 youre  hertes,  for  the  commynge  of  the 
 LORDE  draweth  nye.  Grodge  not  one 
 agaynst  another  brethren,  lest  ye  be  damned. 
 Beholde,  the  iudge  stondeth  before  the  dore. 
 Take  (my  brethren)  the  prophetes  for  an 
 ensample  of  sufferynge  aduersitie,  and  of  longe 
 pacience,  which  spake  in  the  name  of  the 
 LORDE.  Beholde  we  counte  them  happy 
 which  endure.  Ye  haue  hearde  +tof  y  pa- 
 ciece  of  lob,  and  haue  knowen  what  ende  the 
 LORDE  made.  For  the  LORDE  is  very 
 pitiful!  and  merciful!. 
 
 But  aboue  all  thinges  my  brethre,  sweare 
 not,  nether  by  heaue,''  nether  by  earth,  nether 
 by  eny  other  othe.  Let  youre  ye  be  ye,  and 
 youre  naye  naye :  lest  ye  faule  in  to  ypocricy. 
 Yf  eny  of  you  be  euell  vexed,  let  !il  praye. 
 Yf  eny  of  you  be  mery,  let  him  singe  Psalmes. 
 Yf  eny  be  deseased  amonge  you,  let  him  call 
 for  the  elders  of  the  congregacion,  g  let  the 
 praye  ouer  him,  and  anoynte  him  with  oyle 
 in  the  name  of  the  LORDE:  and  y  prayer 
 of  faith  shal  saue  the  sicke,  and  the  LORDE 
 sha!  rayse  him  vp :  and  yf  he  haue  comitted 
 synnes,  they  shalbe  forgeuen  him. 
 
 Knowlege  youre  fautes  one  to  another: 
 and  praye  one  for  anotlier,  that  ye  maye  be 
 healed.  The  prayer  of  a  righteous  man 
 auayleth  moche,  yf  it  be  feruet.  1 1  Helias 
 was  a  ma  mortal!  euen  as  we  are,  and  he 
 prayed  in  his  prayer,  that  it  might  not  rayne: 
 a  it  rayned  not  on  the  earth  by  the  space 
 of  thre  yeares  and  sixe  monethes.  §§And  he 
 prayed  agayne,  and  y  heaue  gaue  rayne,  5  f 
 earth  brought  forth  her  frute. 
 
 Brethren,  yf  eny  of  you  erre  fro  the  trueth 
 and  another  conuert  him,  let  y  same  knowe 
 that  he  which  conuerted  the  synner  from 
 goynge  astraye  out  off  his  waye,  shal  saue  a 
 soule  fro  death,  and  shal  hyde  the  multitude 
 of  synnes. 
 
 Cl)t  wUe  of  ti)t  tpistlc  of  ^.  ^ann?. 
 
 Deul.  24.  c.  Tob.  4.  c.        ^  Luc.  16.  c, 
 ''Mat.  5.  d.  ttSReg.  17. 
 
 tt  lob  1.  c.  2.  b. 
 44  3  Reg.  18. 
 
Zi)t  fSpi^tlt  uf  ^>  IJitirc. 
 
 Ci)e  gutnmc  of  ti^isi  rpijitU. 
 He  rebuketh  soch  as  beynge  blynded  with  their 
 owne  lustes,  resist  the  trueth,  j  that  we  maye 
 knowe  them  the  better,  he  sayeth  they  be  soch 
 as  synne  beastly  agaynst  nature,  and  despise 
 rulers  (jc.  He  exhorteth  vs  to  edifie  one  an- 
 other, to  praye  in  the  holy  goost,  to  continue  in 
 loue,  to  loke  for  the  comynge  of  the  LORDE, 
 and  one  to  helpe  another  out  of  the  fyre. 
 
 IUDAS  the  seruaunt  of  lesus  Christ,  the 
 brother  oiF  lames.  To  the  which  are 
 called,  and  sanctified  in  God  the  father,  and 
 preserued  in  lesu  Christ.  Mercy  vnto  you, 
 and  peace  and  loue  be  multiplied. 
 
 Beloued,  when  I  gaue  all  diligence  to  wryte 
 vnto  you  of  the  commen  saluacion :  it  was  nede- 
 full  for  me  to  wryte  vnto  you,  to  exhorte  you, 
 that  ye  shulde  continually  laboure  in  the  faith 
 which  was  once  geue  vnto  the  sayntes.  *  For 
 there  are  certayne  craflely  crept  in,  of  which  it 
 was  wrytten  afore  tyme  vnto  soche  iudgement. 
 They  are  vngodly,  and  turne  the  grace  of  oure 
 God  vnto  wantanes,  and  denye  God  the  onely 
 LORDE,  and  oure  LORDE  lesus  Christ. 
 
 My  minde  is  therfore  to  put  you  in  reme- 
 braiice,  for  as  moche  as  ye  once  knowe  this, 
 how  that  y  LORDE  (after  that  he  had  de- 
 liuered  the  people  out  of  Egipt)  destroyed 
 them  which  afterwarde  beleued  not."  tThe 
 angels  also  which  kept  not  their  first  estate: 
 but  lefte  their  awne  habitacion,  he  hath  re- 
 serued  in  euerlastinge  chaynes  vnder  darck- 
 nes  vnto  the  iudgement  of  the  greate  daye: 
 euen  as  t  Sodom  and  Gomor,  and  the  cities 
 aboute  them  (which  in  lyke  maner  defiled  them 
 selues  with  fornicacion  and  folowed  straunge 
 fleszhe)  are  set  forth  for  an  ensample,  and  sufFre 
 the  vengeaunce  of  eternall  fyre.  Lykewyse 
 these  dremers  defyle  the  fleszhe,  despyse  rulers, 
 and  speake  euell  of  them  that  are  in  auctorite. 
 
 }  Yet  Michael  the  archangell  when  he 
 stroue  agaynst  the  deuell,  5  disputed  aboute 
 the  body  of  Moses,  durst  not  geue  raylinge 
 sentence,  but  sayde :  the  LORDE  rebuke 
 the.  II  But  these  speake  euell  off  those  thinges 
 which  they  knowe  not:  and  what  thinges 
 they  knowe  naturally,  as  beastes  which  are 
 
 •  2  Pet.  2.  a.  "  Nu.  14.  d.  t  lob  4.  b.  Apo.  20.  a. 
 t  Gen.  19.  c.      §  Zach.  3.  a.       ||  2  Pe.  2.  c.      >  Gen.  4.  a. 
 
 without  reason,  in  tho  thinges  they  corrupte 
 them  selues.  *  Wo  be  vnto  the,  for  they  haue 
 folowed  the  waye  of  Cain,  and  are  vtterly 
 geue  to  the  erroure  of  Balaam  for  lukers  sake, 
 and  peryszhe  in  the  treason  of  Core. 
 
 These  are  spottes  which  of  youre  kindnes 
 feast  togedder,  without  feare,  fedynge  the 
 selues.  'Cloudes  they  are  withouten  water, 
 caried  about  of  wyndes,  and  trees  without 
 frute  at  gadringe  tyme,  twyse  deed  and  plucked 
 vp  by  the  rotes.  They  are  the  ragynge  waues 
 of  the  see,  fominge  out  their  awne  shame. 
 They  are  wandrynge  starres,  to  who  is  re- 
 serued  the  myst  of  darcknes  for  euer. 
 
 11  Enoch  the  seuenth  from  Adam  prophe- 
 cied  before  of  suche,  saienge  :  Beholde,  the 
 LORDE  shal  come  with  thousandes  of  sayntes, 
 to  geue  iudgemet  agaynst  all  men,  and  to 
 rebuke  all  that  are  vngodly  amonge  the,  of  all 
 their  vngodly  dedes,  which  they  haue  vngodly 
 committed,  and  of  all  their  cruell  speakynges, 
 which  vngodly  synners  haue  spoken  agaynst 
 him. 
 
 These  are  murmurers,  complaners,  walk- 
 ynge  after  their  awne  lustes,  whose  mouthes 
 speake  proude  thynges.  They  haue  me  in 
 greate  reuerence  because  of  avauntage.  But  ye 
 beloued,  remeber  the  wordes  which  were  spoken 
 before  of  the  Apostles  of  oure  LORDE  lesus 
 Christ,  how  that  they  tolde  you  y  their  shulde 
 be  begylers  in  the  last  tyme,''  which  shulde 
 walke  after  their  awne  vngodly  lustes.  These 
 are  makers  off  sectesfleshlie,hauynge  no  sprete. 
 
 But  ye  derlye  beloued,  edifye  youre  selues 
 in  youre  most  holy  faith,  prayenge  in  the  holy 
 goost,  and  kepe  youre  selues  in  the  loue  of 
 God,  lokinge  for  the  mercy  of  oure  LORDE 
 lesus  Christ,  vnto  eternall  life.  And  haue 
 copassion  on  some,  separatinge  the :  and  other 
 saue  with  feare,  pullinge  them  out  of  the  fyre, 
 and  hate  the  fylthy  vesture  of  the  fleshe. 
 
 ^^nto  him  that  is  able  to  kepe  you,  that  ye 
 faule  not,  and  to  present  you  fautlesse  before 
 y  presence  of  his  glory  with  ioye,  y  is  to  save, 
 to  God  oure  saueoure  which  only  is  wyse,  be 
 glory,  maiestie,  dominion,  ij  power,  now  and 
 for  euer.  Amen. 
 
 Nu.  24.  a.     Num.  16.  <•  2  Pet.  2.  d.         IT  Apoc.  1.  a. 
 
 Esa.  3.  c.  "I  1  Tim.  4.  a.     2  Tim.  3.  a.      2  Pet.  3.  a. 
 
 € 
 
or  wutlacioit  of  ^/  Sftom 
 
 C&e  summe  of  fbt  ^mluUm, 
 
 Cijap.  I. 
 
 Happie  are  they  that  heare  the  worde  of  God 
 and  kepe  it.  He  wryteth  to  the  seuen  con- 
 gregacios  in  Asia,  seyth  seue  candilstick.es, 
 and  in  the  myddest  of  them,  one  like  vnto  the 
 Sonne  of  man. 
 
 Ci^ap.  II. 
 
 He  exhorteth  foure  congregacions  to  amende, 
 and  sheweth  the  rewarde  of  him  that  ouer- 
 commeth. 
 
 €l)ap.  III. 
 
 He  instructeth  and  enfourmeth  the  angels  of  thre 
 cogregacions,  declaringe  also  the  rewarde  of 
 him  that  ouercommeth. 
 
 Cfjap.  nil. 
 
 He  seyth  the  heauen  open,  and  the  seate  and 
 one  syttinge  vpon  it,  and  xxiiij .  seates  aboute 
 it  with  xxiiij.  elders  syttinge  vpon  the,  and 
 foure  beastes  praysinge  God  daye  and  night. 
 
 Cl)ap.  V. 
 
 He  seyth  the  labe  openynge  the  boke,  and 
 therfore  the  foure  beastes,  the  xxiiij.  elders  and 
 the  angels  prayse  the  lambe  and  do  him 
 worshipe 
 
 Cl)ap.  VI. 
 The  lambe  openeth  the  vi.  seales,  5  many  thinges 
 folowe  the  openynge  therof. 
 
 €l)ap.  VII. 
 He  seyth  the  seruauntes  of  God  sealed  in  their 
 foreheades  out  of  all  nacions  and  people  : 
 which  though  they  suffre  trouble,  yet  the  lambe 
 fedeth  the,  ledeth  them  to  the  fountaynes  of 
 lyuynge  water,  and  God  shal  wype  awaye  all 
 teares  from  their  eyes. 
 
 Ci^ap.   VIII. 
 
 The  seuenth  seale  is  opened,  there  is  sylence  in 
 heauen:  the  foure  angels  blowe  their  trom- 
 pettes.and  greate  plages  folowe  vpon  the  earth. 
 
 Cljap.   IX. 
 
 The  fifth  and  sixte  angell  blowe  their  trompettes  : 
 the  starre  falleth  from  heauen :  the  locustes 
 come  out  of  the  smoke :  The  first  wo  is  past : 
 the  foure  angels  that  were  bounde  are  lowsed, 
 and  the  thirde  parte  of  me  is  kylled. 
 
 Ci^ap.  X. 
 The  angell  hath  the  boke  open,  he  sweareth  there 
 shalbe  nomore  tyme  :  he  geueth  the  boke  vnto 
 Ihon,  which  eateth  it  vp. 
 
 Ci^ap.    XI. 
 The  temple  is  measured,  The  seconde  wo  is  past. 
 
 CI)ap.  XII. 
 
 The  seuenth  angel  bloweth  his  tropet :  There 
 apeareth  in  heauen  a  woman  clothed  with  the 
 Sonne :  Michael  fighteth  with  the  dragon, 
 which  persecuteth  the  woman. 
 
 €f)ap.  XIII. 
 A  beest  ryseth  out  of  the  see  with  seuen  heades 
 and  ten  homes.     Another  beest  commeth  out 
 of  the  earth  with  two  homes. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIIII. 
 The  labe  stondeth  vpon  the  mount  Sion,  and  the 
 vndefyled  congregacion  with  him  :  The  angell 
 exhorteth  to  the  feare  of  God  and  telleth  of  the 
 fall  of  Babilon. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XV. 
 He  seyth  seuen  angels,  hauynge  seuen  vyalles 
 full  of  wrath. 
 
Cfjap.  I. 
 
 €f)t  Jvcuelation  of  ^,  Bljon. 
 
 fo,  ulu 
 
 Ci^ap.  XVI. 
 The  angels  poure  out  their  vyalles. 
 
 Cljap.   XVII. 
 He   descrybeth    the   woman    syttinge  vpon  the 
 beast  with  ten  homes. 
 
 Ci^ap.   XVIII. 
 The  louers  of  the  worlde  are  sory  for  the  fall  off 
 Babilon,  but  they  that  be  off  God,  haue  cause 
 to  reioyse  for  hir  destruccion 
 
 Ci^ap.  XIX. 
 
 Prayse  and  thankes  are  geue  vnto  God  for 
 iudginge  the  whore,  and  for  auenginge  the 
 bloude  of  his  seruautes.  The  angel  wyl  not 
 be  worshipped.  The  foules  and  byrdes  are 
 called  to  the  slaughter. 
 
 Cfiap.  XX. 
 The  dragon  is  boude  for  a   thousande  yeares, 
 The  deed  arise,  and  receaue  iudgment. 
 
 Ci^ap.  XXI. 
 
 In  this  chapter  is  descrybed  the  new  and  spi- 
 ritual! lerusalem. 
 
 Cf)ap.  XXII. 
 The  ryuer  of  the  water  of  life,  the  frutefulnesse 
 and  light  of  the  cite  of  God.  The  LORDE 
 geueth  euer  his  seruauntes  warnynge  of  thinges 
 for  to  come :  The  angel  wyl  not  be  wor- 
 shipped. To  the  worde  of  God  raaye  nothinge 
 be  added  ner  mynished  there  from. 
 
 €t)c  first  Cljapter. 
 
 THE  reuelacion  of  lesus  Christ,  which 
 God  gaue  vnto  him,  for  to  shewe  vnto 
 his  seruaiites  thiges  which  muste  shortly  come 
 to  passe.  And  he  sent  and  shewed  by  his 
 angel  vnto  his  seruaunt  Ihon  *which  bare 
 recorde  of  the  worde  of  God,  and  of  the  testi- 
 mony of  lesus  Christe,  and  of  all  thinges  that 
 he  sawe.  t  Happy  is  he  y  readeth,  and  they 
 that  heare  the  wordes  of  the  prophesy  and 
 kepe  thoo  thinges  which  are  wrytten  therin. 
 For  the  tyme  is  at  honde. 
 
 Ihon  to  the  seuen  cogregaeions  in  Asia. 
 Grace  be  with  you  g  peace,  fro  him  which 
 is  and  which  was,  and  which  is  to  come,  rg  fro 
 the  seuen  spretes  which  are  present  before  his 
 trone,  and  from  lesus  Christ  which  is  a  faith- 
 full  witnes,  and  first  begotten  of  the  deed  :  5 
 LORDE  ouer  j!-  kinges  of  the  earth.  Vnto 
 him  that  loued  vs  and  weszhed  vs  fro  synnes 
 in  his  awne  tbloud,  and  made  vs  kinges  5 
 Prestes  vnto  God  his  father,  be  glory,  and 
 dominion  for  euer  more.  Amen.  Beholde, 
 he  commeth  with  cloudes,  and  all  eyes  shall 
 se  him :  §5  they  also  which  peersed  him.  And 
 all  kinredes  of  the  earth  shal  wayle.  Euen 
 so.  Amen.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  be- 
 gynninge  and  the  endinge,  llsayeth  y  LORDE 
 ahnighty,  which  is  and  which  was  and  which 
 is  to  come. 
 
 lob.  19.  d."and  21.  d.  t  Apo.  22.  a.  }  Col.  1.  b. 
 1  Cor.  13.  c.  Heb.  9.  b.  1  Pet.  1.  c.  1  loh.  1.  b. 
 §  Zach.  12.  c.     loh.  19.  d.  ||  Esa.  44.  b.    Apo.  22.  c. 
 
 I  Ihon  youre  brother  and  copanyon  in 
 tribulacion,  and  in  the  kyngdome  and  paciece 
 which  is  in  lesu  Christe,  was  in  the  yle  ot 
 Pathmos  for  the  worde  of  God,  and  for  f 
 witnessynge  of  lesu  Christe.  I  was  in  the 
 sprete  on  a  sondaye,  and  herde  behynde  me, 
 a  gret  voyce,  as  it  had  bene  of  a  trompe, 
 sayenge :  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  fyrst 
 and  y  laste.  That  thou  seist,  write  in  a  boke, 
 and  sende  it  vnto  the  cogregaeions  which  are  in 
 Asia,  vnto  Ephesus  and  vnto  Smyrna,  and  vnto 
 Pargamos,  and  vnto  Thiatira,  and  vnto  Sardis, 
 and  vnto  Philadelphia,  and  vnto  Laodicia. 
 
 And  I  turned  backe  to  se  the  voyce  that 
 spake  to  me.  And  whe  I  was  turned:  I  sawe 
 seue  golde  candelstyckes,  and  in  the  myddes 
 of  the  candelstyckes,"  one  like  vnto  the  sonne 
 of  man  clothed  with  a  lynnin  garmet  downe 
 to  the  ground,  and  gyrd  aboute  the  brest  with 
 a  golden  gj'rdle.  His  heed,  and  his  heares 
 were  whyte,  as  whyte  woU,  5  as  snowe  :  IT  and 
 his  eyes  were  as  a  flamme  of  fyre :  and  his 
 fete  like  vnto  brasse,  as  though  they  bret  in  a 
 fornace :  and  his  voyce  as  the  sounde  of  many 
 waters.  And  he  had  in  his  right  honde  seue 
 starres.  **And  out  of  his  mouth  went  a  sharpe 
 two  edged  swearde.  And  his  tt  face  shone 
 euen  as  the  sonne  in  his  strength. 
 
 And  when  I  sawe  him,  I  fell  at  his  fete, 
 euen  as  deed.  And  he  layde  his  right  honde 
 vpon  me,  sayenge  vnto  me :  feare  not.     I  am 
 
 "  Dan.  r.  b.  10.  a.       f  Apo.  2.  c.   19.  c.      *•  Apo.  19.  c. 
 tt  Mat.  17.  a. 
 
Ijfb.  ctlij. 
 
 iL\)t  ixfUflation  of  ^.  SOoiu 
 
 Cl)ap.  ij. 
 
 the  fyrst,  and  the  laste,  and  am  alyue,  and 
 was  deed.  And  beholde,  I  am  alyue  for  euer 
 more  'and  haue  the  kayes  of  hell  (i  of  deth. 
 Wrj'te  therfore  the  thingcs  which  thou  hast 
 sene,  and  the  thinges  which  are,  and  f  thinges 
 which  shalbe  fulfylled  here  after:  d  the  mistery 
 of  the  seuen  starres  which  thou  sawest  in  my 
 right  honde,  and  the  seuen  golden  candel- 
 stickes.  The  seuen  starres  are  the  angels  of 
 the  seue  congregacions:  And  the  seuen  can- 
 delstyckes  which  thou  sawest,  are  the  seuen 
 congregacions. 
 
 CJ)t  ij.  Cljnptrr. 
 
 VNTO  the  angell  of  the  congregacion  of 
 Ephesus  wryte :  These  thinges  sayth 
 he  that  holdeth  the  seuen  starres  in  his  right 
 honde,  and  walketh  in  the  myddes  of  the 
 seuen  golde  candelstickes:  I  knowe  thy  workes, 
 and  thy  labour,  and  thy  pacience,  a  howe  thou 
 cannest  not  forbeare  them  which  are  euell : 
 and  examinest  them  which  saye  they  are 
 Apostles,  and  are  not :  5  hast  founde  the  lyars 
 and  hast  suffred.  And  hast  paciece  :  and  for 
 my  names  sake  hast  laboured  and  hast  not 
 fajTited.  Neuerthelesse  I  haue  somwhat 
 agaynst  the,  for  thou  hast  lefte  thy  fyrst  loue. 
 Remember  therfore  fro  whence  thou  art  fallen, 
 and  repent,  and  do  the  fyrst  workes.  +  Or  elles 
 
 I  w)'l  come  vnto  the  shortly,  and  wil  remoue 
 thy  cadelstycke  out  of  his  place,  excepte  thou 
 repent.  But  this  thou  hast  because  thou 
 hatest  f  dedes  of  the  t  Nicolaitans,  which 
 dedes  I  also  hate.  Let  him  y  hath  eares, 
 heare,  what  ;y-  sprete  saith  vnto  the  congrega- 
 cions. To  him  that  ouercommeth,  will  I 
 §geue  to  eate  of  the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in 
 the  myddes  of  f  paradise  of  God. 
 
 And  vnto  the  angell  of  the  congregacion  of 
 Smyrna  wryte  :  These  thinges  saith  he  that 
 
 II  is  fyrst,  and  the  last,  which  was  deed,  and  is 
 aliue :  I  knowe  thy  workes  and  tribulacion 
 and  pouerte,  but  thou  art  ryche :  And  I  knowe 
 the  blasphemy  of  them  which  call  them  selues 
 lewes  and  are  not :  but  are  the  cogregacion 
 of  Sathan.  Feare  none  of  tho  thinges  which 
 thou  shalt  sofFre.  Beholde,  y  deuell  shal  cast 
 of  you  in  to  preson,  to  tempte  you,  and  ye 
 shal  haue  tribulacion  x.  dayes.  Be  faithfull 
 vnto  the  deeth,  and  I  wil  geue  f  a  crowne  of 
 life.      Let  him  that  hath  ears,  heare,  what 
 
 •  Esa.  22.  d.     lob  12.  b.      Apoc.  3.  b. 
 {  Act.  6.  a.      ^Gen.  2.  b.       |{  Esa.  41.  a. 
 
 t  Luc.  13.  a. 
 f  Heb.  4.  c. 
 
 the  sprete  saith  to  the  congregacions  :  He  that 
 ouer  Cometh,  shal  not  be  hurte  of  the  seconde 
 deeth. 
 
 And  to  the  angell  of  the  congregacion  in 
 Pergamos  wryte :  This  sayth  he  which  t  hath 
 the  sharpe  swearde  with  two  edges :  I  knowe 
 thy  workes,  and  where  thou  dwellest,  euen 
 where  Sathans  seat  is,  and  thou  kepest  my 
 name,  5  hast  not  denyed  my  faith.  And  in 
 my  dayes  Antipas  was  a  faithfull  witnes  of 
 myne,  which  was  slayne  amonge  you,  where 
 Sathan  dwelleth.  But  I  haue  a  fewe  thinges 
 agaynst  the  :  that  thou  hast  there,  the  that 
 mayntayne  the  doctryne  of  **  Balaam,  which 
 taught  in  Balak,  to  put  occasion  of  syn  before 
 the  children  of  Israeli,  that  they  shulde  eate 
 of  meate  dedicat  vnto  ydoles,  and  to  commyt 
 fornicacion.  Euen  so  hast  thou  them  that 
 mayntayne  f  doctryne  of  the  Nicolaytans, 
 which  thinge  I  hate.  But  be  couerted,  or 
 elles  I  wil  come  vnto  the  shortly,  and  wil  fight 
 agaynste  the  with  the  swearde  of  my  mouth. 
 Let  him  y  hath  eares,  heare,  what  the  sprete 
 saith  vnto  the  cSgregacions :  To  him  that 
 ouercommeth,  wil  I  geue  to  eate  mana  that  is 
 hyd,  and  wil  geue  him  a  whyte  stone,  5  in  the 
 stone  a  newe  name  wrytte,  which  no  man 
 knoweth,  sauinge  he  that  receaueth  it. 
 
 And  vnto  the  angell  of  the  cogregacion  of 
 Theatira  write  :  This  saith  the  sonne  of  God, 
 "which  hath  his  eyes  lyke  vnto  a  flame  of 
 fyre,  whose  fete  are  like  brasse  :  I  knowe  thy 
 workes  and  thy  loue,  seruice,  and  faith  and 
 thy  pacience,  and  thy  dedes,  which  are  mo  at 
 the  last  then  at  the  firste.  Not  withstondinge 
 I  haue  a  feawe  thinges  agaynst  the,  that  thou 
 suiferest  that  woman  tt  lesabell  (which  called 
 her  selfe  a  prophetisse)  to  teache  and  to 
 deceaue  my  seruauntes,  to  make  them  com- 
 mitt  fornicacion,  and  to  eate  meates  offered 
 vp  vnto  ydoles.  And  I  gaue  her  space  to 
 repet  of  her  fornicacion,  and  she  repented  not. 
 Beholde,  I  wil  cast  her  into  a  bed,  and  them 
 that  commit  fornicacion  with  her,  in  to  gret 
 aduersite,  excepte  they  tume  from  their  dedes. 
 And  I  wil  kyll  her  childre  with  deeth.  And  all 
 the  cogregacios  shal  knowe,  y  I  am  he  which 
 searcheth  the  reynes  and  hertes.  And  I  wil 
 geue  vnto  euery  one  of  you  acordynge  vnto 
 youre  workes. 
 
 Vnto  you  I  saye,  and  vnto  other  of  the  of 
 
 Num.  25.  a.  and  31.  c. 
 16.  d. 
 
 "  Apo.  1.C.19.  c. 
 4  Re.  9.  e. 
 
 tt  3  Re, 
 
Cftap*  I'lij. 
 
 Wl)t  latmlmon  of  ^.  36oiu 
 
 #0.  fcliij. 
 
 Thiatyra,  as  many  as  haue  not  this  lernynge 
 and  which  haue  not  knowen  the  depnes  of 
 Sathan  (as  they  saye)  I  wil  put  vp5  you  none 
 other  burthen,  but  y  which  ye  haue  already. 
 Holde  fast  tyll  I  come,  and  whosoeuer  ouer- 
 cometh  and  kepeth  my  workes  vnto  y  ende, 
 to  him  wil  I  geue  power  ouer  nacions,  "and  he 
 shal  rule  them  with  a  rodde  of  yron :  and  as 
 the  vessels  of  a  potter,  shal  he  breake  them  to 
 sheuers.  Eue  as  I  receaued  of  my  father,  so 
 wil  I  geue  him  y  mornynge  starre.  Let  him 
 y  hath  eares,  heare,  what  the  sprete  sayth  to 
 the  cogregacions. 
 
 Cfje  ii).  Ci)apttr. 
 
 AND  wryte  vnto  the  angell  of  the  congre- 
 gacion  off  Sardis :  this  sayth  he  that 
 hath  the  seuen  spretes  of  God,  (i  the  seuen 
 starres.  I  knowe  thy  workes,  thou  hast  a 
 name  that  thou  lyuest,  and  thou  art  deed. 
 Be  awake,  and  strength  the  thinges  which 
 remayne,  that  are  redy  to  dye.  For  I  haue 
 not  founde  thy  workes  perfecte  before  God. 
 Remember  therfore  how  thou  hast  receaued 
 and  hearde,  and  holde  fast,  and  repent.  Yf 
 thou  shalt  not  watche,  'I  wil  come  on  the  as  a 
 thefe,  and  thou  shalt  not  knowe  what  houre  I 
 wil  come  vpon  y.  Thou  hast  a  fewe  names  in 
 Sardis,  which  haue  not  defyled  their  gar- 
 mentes :  and  they  shal  walke  with  me  in 
 whyte,  for  they  are  worthy.  He  that  ouer- 
 commeth,  shalbe  clothed  in  whyte  araye,  and 
 I  wil  not  put  out  his  name  out  of  the  boke  ot 
 life,  *  and  I  wil  cdfesse  his  name  before  my 
 father,  and  before  his  angels.  Let  him  y 
 hath  eares,  heare,  what  the  sprete  sayth  vnto 
 the  congregacions. 
 
 And  wryte  vnto  y  angell  of  the  cogregacio 
 of  Philadelphia :  this  sayth  he  y  is  holy  and 
 true,  which  hath  the  keye  of  Dauid:  which 
 *  openyth  and  noman  shutteth,  and  shutteth 
 and  no  man  openeth.  I  knowe  thy  workes 
 Beholde,  1  haue  set  before  the  an  open  doore, 
 and  no  man  can  shut  it,  for  thou  hast  a  lyttell 
 strength  and  hast  not  denyed  my  name, 
 Beholde,  I  shal  geue  some  of  the  congrega- 
 cion  of  Sathan,  which  call  them  selues  lewes 
 and  are  not,  but  do  lye :  Beholde :  I  wil 
 make  them,  that  they  shal  come  j  worshippe 
 before  thy  fete  :  and  shal  knowe  that  I  haue 
 loued  the. 
 
 "  Psal.  2.  b.  Apoc.  19.  c. 
 I'et.  3.  b.        •  Luc.  12.  a 
 
 »  Mat.  24.  d.    1  Tess.  5.  a.         Apo.  1.  d. 
 t  Ksa.  22.  d.     lob  12.  b. 
 
 Because  thou  hast  kept  the  wordes  of  my 
 pacience,  therfore  wil  I  kepe  the  from  the 
 houre  of  temptacion,  which  will  come  vpon 
 all  the  worlde,  to  tempte  them  that  dwell  vpo 
 the  earth.  Beholde,  I  come  shortly.  Holde 
 that  which  thou  hast,  that  no  ma  take  awaye 
 thy  crowne.  Him  that  ouer  commeth,  win  I 
 make  a  pyllar  in  the  temple  of  my  God,  and 
 he  shal  goo  no  more  out. 
 
 And  I  will  wryte  vpon  him,  the  name  of 
 my  God,  and  the  name  of  y  cite  of  my  God, 
 newe  Jerusalem,  which  cometh  downe  out  of 
 heauen  from  my  God,  and  I  will  wryte  vpo 
 him  my  newe  name.  Let  him  that  hath 
 eares,  heare,  what  the  sprete  saith  vnto  the 
 
 congregacions. 
 
 And  vnto  the  angell  of  the  cogregacion, 
 which  is  in  Laodicia  wryte:  This  sayth  Amen 
 the  faithfuU  and  true  witnes,  the  begynnynge 
 of  y  creatures  of  God.  I  knowe  thy  workes, 
 y  thou  art  nether  colde  nor  hot :  I  wolde  thou 
 were  colde  or  bote.  So  then  because  thou 
 art  bitwene  bothe,  and  nether  colde  ner  bote 
 I  wyll  spew  the  out  off  my  mouth  :  because 
 thou  saist  thou  art  riche  and  incresyd  with 
 goodes  and  hast  nede  of  nothinge,  and  knowest 
 not  how  thou  art  wretched  ij  miserable,  poore, 
 blynde,  and  nakyd.  I  counsell  the  to  bye  of 
 me  golde  tryed  in  the  fyre,  that  thou  mayste 
 be  riche :  and  whyte  rayment,  that  thou  mayste 
 be  clothed,  that  thy  fylthy  nakednes  do  not 
 apere  :  anoynt  thine  eyes  with  eye  salue,  y 
 thou  mayste  se. 
 
 t  As  many  as  I  loue,  I  rebuke  5  chasten. 
 Be  feruent  therfore  and  repent.  Beholde,  I 
 stonde  at  the  doore  ij  knocke.  Yf  eny  man 
 heare  my  voyce  and  open  the  dore,  I  wil  come 
 in  vnto  him  and  will  suppe  with  him,  ij  he 
 with  me.  To  him  that  ouer  comth,  will  I 
 graQtc^  to  sytt  with  me  on  my  seate,  eue  as 
 I  ouer  cam  and  haue  sytte  with  my  father  on 
 his  seate.  Let  him  that  hath  eares,  heare, 
 what  the  sprete  saith  vnto  the  cogregacios. 
 
 Wi)t  Hi).  CI)aptn-. 
 
 AFTER  this  I  loked,  and  beholde,  a  dore 
 was  open  in  heaue,  and  the  fyrste  voyce 
 which  I  harde,  was  as  it  were  of  a  trompet 
 talkinge  with  me,  which  sayde :  come  vp 
 hydder,  and  I  wil  shewe  the  thinges  which 
 must  be  fulfylled  her  after.     And  immediatly 
 
 1  Pro.  1.  b.     Heb.  4.  a. 
 
 ;  Luc.  22.  b 
 
ffo,  ctluij. 
 
 €i)t  iReurlarion  of  ^.  3I)on. 
 
 Cftap.  b. 
 
 was  in  the  sprete :  5  beholde,  a  seate  was  set 
 in  heaucn,  and  one  sat  on  the  seate.  And 
 he  that  sat,  was  to  loke  vpon  like  vnto  a 
 iaspar  stone,  and  a  sardyne  stone :  And  there 
 was  a  rayne  bowe  aboute  the  seate,  in  syght 
 like  to  a  smaragde.  *  And  aboute  the  seate 
 were  xxiiij.  seates.  And  vpon  the  seates  xxiiij. 
 elders  syttinge  clothed  in  whyte  rayment,  and 
 had  on  their  heades  crownes  of  golde. 
 
 And  out  of  f  seate  preceded  lightnynges, 
 and  thundrjTiges,  5  voyces,  and  there  war 
 seuen  lapes  of  fyre,  burninge  before  the  seate, 
 which  are  the  seuen  spretes  of  God.  And 
 before  the  seate  there  was  a  see  of  glasse  like 
 vnto  crj'stall,  and  in  the  mydes  oflF  the  seate, 
 and  routide  aboute  the  seate,  were  foure 
 beastes  full  of  eyes  before  and  behynde.  And 
 the  first  beest  was  like  a  lion,  the  seconds  beest 
 like  a  calfe,  and  the  thyrde  beest  had  a  face 
 as  a  man  and  the  fourth  beest  was  like  a 
 flyenge  egle.  And  the  foure  beestes  had  eche 
 one  off  them  vj.  wynges  aboute  him,  and  they 
 were  full  of  eyes  with  in.  And  they  had  no 
 rest  daye  nether  night,  sayenge :  t  holy,  holy, 
 holy,  is  the  LORDE  God  almyghty,  which 
 was,  and  is,  and  is  to  come. 
 
 And  when  those  beestes  gaue  glory  and 
 honour  and  thankes  to  him  that  sat  on  the 
 seate,  which  lyueth  for  euer  and  euer :  y 
 xxiiij.  elders  fell  downe  before  him  that  sat  on 
 the  trone,  and  worshipped  him  y  lyueth  for 
 euer,  and  cast  their  erounes  before  f  trone, 
 sayenge:  thou  art  worthy  LORDE  to  receaue 
 glory,  and  honour,  and  power,  for  thou  hast 
 created  all  thinges,  and  for  thy  willes  sake 
 they  are,  and  were  created. 
 
 Ci^f  6-  CljapUr. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  in  the  righte  h5de  of  him, 
 i  that  sat  in  the  trone,  a  boke  wrytten 
 with  in  (J  on  the  backside,  sealed  with  seue 
 seales.  And  I  sawe  a  stroge  angell  preach- 
 inge  with  a  loude  voyce :  Who  is  worthy  to 
 open  the  boke,  and  to  loose  the  seales  therof  ? 
 And  no  mil  in  heaue  ner  in  earth,  nether 
 vnder  y  earth,  was  able  to  ope  y  boke,  nether 
 to  loke  thereon.  And  I  wepte  moch,  because 
 no  man  was  founde  worthy  to  open  and  to 
 rede  the  boke,  nether  to  loke  thereon. 
 
 And   one   of  the   elders   sayde  vnto  me 
 wepe  not :  §  Beholde,  the  lyon  which  is  off 
 
 •  Dan.  7.  b.    Apo.  20.  b. 
 Esa.  49.  b.    Esa.  31.  b. 
 
 t  Esa.  6.  a.         f  Mat.7.b 
 II  Heb.  9.  b.     1  Pet.  1.  c. 
 
 the  trybe  of  luda,  y  rote  of  Dauid,  hath 
 obtayned  to  ope  the  boke,  and  to  lowse  the 
 seue  seales  therof.  And  I  behelde,  %  lo,  in 
 the  myddes  of  the  seate,  and  of  f  foure 
 beastes,  and  in  the  myddes  of  f  elders,  stode 
 a  lambe  as  though  he  had  bene  kyUed,  which 
 had  seuen  homes  and  seue  eyes,  which  are 
 the  seue  spretes  of  God,  sent  in  to  all  the 
 worlde.  And  he  came  and  toke  the  boke 
 out  of  the  right  hode  of  him  that  sat  vpon 
 the  seate. 
 
 And  when  he  had  taken  the  boke,  the  foure 
 beestes  and  the  xxiiij.  elders  fell  downe  before 
 the  lambe,  hauinge  harpes  and  golden  vialles 
 full  of  odoures  (which  are  y  prayers  of  the 
 sayntes)  and  they  songea  newe  songe  sajTige: 
 thou  art  worthy  to  take  the  boke  5  to  ope  the 
 seales  therof:  for  thou  II wast  kylled,  and  hast 
 redemed  vs  by  thy  bloud,  out  of  all  kynreddes, 
 and  toges,  and  people,  and  nacions,  d  hast 
 made  vs  vnto  oure  God,  kynges  and  prestes, 
 and  we  shal  raygne  on  y^  earth. 
 
 If  And  I  behelde,  and  I  herd  the  voyce  of 
 many  angilles  aboute  the  trone,  and  aboute 
 the  beestes  and  y  elders,  and  I  herde  thou- 
 sand thousandes,  sayenge  with  a  loude  voyce  : 
 Worthy  is  the  lambe  that  was  killed,  to  re- 
 ceaue power,  and  riches  5  wiszdome,  and 
 strength,  and  honoure  and  glory,  and  bless- 
 ynge.  And  all  creatures,  which  are  in  heaue, 
 5  on  the  earth,  (^  vnder  the  earth,  j  in  the 
 see,  5  all  y  are  in  the,  herd  I  sayenge :  bless- 
 inge,  honoure,  glory,  ij  power,  be  vnto  him,  y 
 sytteth  vpo  the  seate,  and  vnto  the  labe  for 
 euermore.  And  the  foure  beestes  saide :  Ame. 
 And  y  xxiiij.  elders  fell  vpon  their  faces,  and 
 worshipped  him  that  lyueth  for  euermore. 
 
 Cl^e  6t.  Cl)apttr. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  when  the  labe  opened  one  of 
 the  seales,  5  I  herde  one  of  the  foure 
 beestes  saye,  as  it  wer  the  noyse  off  thonder : 
 come  and  se.  And  I  sawe,  and  beholde 
 **  there  was  a  whyte  horsse,  and  he  y  sat  on 
 him  had  a  bowe,  and  a  crowne  was  geuen 
 vnto  him,  and  he  went  forth  conquerynge  and 
 for  to  ouercome.  And  whe  he  opened  the 
 seconde  scale,  I  herde  the  seconde  beeste 
 saye :  come  and  se.  And  there  went  out 
 another  horsse  that  was  reed,  i  power  was 
 geuen  to  him  that  sat  there  on,  to  take  peace 
 
 1  loh.  l.b.  Apo.  1.  a. 
 
 f  Dan.  7.  b. 
 and  6.  a. 
 
Cftap.  hiU 
 
 Cfte  Hfiwlac ion  of  ^.  31)oiu 
 
 ffo,  cdb. 
 
 from  the  earth,  and  that  they  shulde  kyll  one 
 another.  And  there  was  geue  vnto  him  a 
 gret  swearde. 
 
 And  when  he  opened  the  thyrde  seale,  I 
 herde  the  thyrde  beeste  saye :  come  5  se.  And 
 I  behelde,  and  lo,  a  blacke  horsse :  and  he 
 that  sate  on  him,  had  a  payre  of  balances  in  his 
 honde.  And  I  herde  a  voyce  in  the  myddes 
 of  the  foure  beastes  saye :  a  measure  of  whete 
 for  a  peny,  and  thre  measures  of  barly  for  a 
 peny:  and  oyle  and  wyne  se  thou  hurte  not. 
 
 And  when  he  opened  the  fourth  seale,  I 
 herde  the  voyce  of  the  fourthe  beaste  saye : 
 come  and  se.  And  I  loked,  and  beholde  a 
 pale  horsse,  and  his  name  that  sat  on  him  was 
 deeth,  and  hell  folowed  after  him,  j  power 
 was  geue  vnto  them  ouer  the  fourthe  parte  of 
 the  earth,  to  kyll  with  swearde,  and  with  honger, 
 and  with  deeth,  of  the  vermen  of  the  earth. 
 
 And  when  he  opened  the  fyfte  seale,  I 
 sawe  vnder  the  aultre,  the  soules  of  them  y 
 were  kylled  for  the  worde  of  God,  and  for  y 
 testimony  which  they  had,  and  they  cryed 
 with  a  lowde  voyce  sayege :  How  loge  tariest 
 thou  *LORDE  holy  and  true,  to  iudge  (j  to 
 auenge  oure  bloude  on  them  that  dwell  on 
 the  earth?  And  longe  whyte  garmentes  were 
 geuen  vnto  euery  one  of  them,  t  And  it  was 
 sayde  vnto  them,  that  they  shulde  reste  for  a 
 lyttle  season,  vntyll  the  nomber  of  their 
 felowes,  and  brethre,  and  of  them  that  shulde 
 be  killed  as  they  were,  were  fulfilled. 
 
 And  I  behelde  when  he  opened  the  sixte 
 seale,  and  loo,  there  was  a  grett  earthquake, 
 and  y  sonne  was  as  blacke  as  sacke  cloth 
 made  of  heare.  And  the  mone  wexed  eue  as 
 bloude :  and  the  starres  of  heauen  fell  vnto 
 the  earth,  euen  as  a  fygge  tree  castith  from  her 
 her  fygges,  when  she  is  shaken  off  a  mighty 
 wynde.  And  heauen  vanyszhed  awaye,  as  a 
 scroll  when  it  is  rolled  togedder.  And  all 
 mountayns  and  yles,  were  moued  out  of  their 
 places.  {  And  the  kynges  of  y  earth,  and  the 
 grete  men,  and  the  riche  men,  and  the  chefe 
 captaynes,  and  the  myghte  men,  and  euery 
 free  man,  hyd  them  selues  in  dennes,  and  in 
 rockes  of  y  hylles,  "  and  sayde  to  the  hylles, 
 and  rockes :  fall  on  vs,  and  hyde  vs  from  the 
 presence  of  him  that  sytteth  on  the  seate, 
 and  from  the  wrath  of  the  lambe,  for  the 
 grete  daye  of  his  wrath  is  come.  And  who 
 can  endure  it? 
 
 4  Esd.  lo.  b.  Dan.  12.  b.         t  Esa.  56.  c.         t  Esa.  2.  c. 
 
 €^t  6ij.  Ci^aptrr. 
 
 AND  after  that  sawe  I  foure  angels 
 stode  on  y  foure  corners  of  the  earth, 
 holdinge  f  foure  wyndes  of  f  earth,  y  y 
 wyndes  shulde  not  blowe  on  y  earth,  nether 
 on  y  see,  nether  on  eny  tree.  And  I  sawe 
 another  angel  ascende  fro  the  rysinge  of  the 
 Sonne  :  which  had  the  seale  of  ;y  lyuinge  God 
 and  he  cryed  with  a  loude  voyce  to  the  foure 
 angelles  (to  whom  power  was  geuen  to  hurt 
 the  earth  and  the  see)  sayenge :  §  Hurt  not 
 the  earth  nether  the  see,  nether  the  trees,  till 
 we  haue  sealed  the  seruautes  of  oure  God  in 
 their  forheddes. 
 
 And  I  herde  the  nombre  of  them  which 
 were  sealed,  and  there  were  sealed  an  c.  and 
 xliiij.  M.  of  all  the  trybes  of  the  children  of 
 Israeli.  Of  y  trybe  of  luda  were  sealed  xij. 
 M.  Of  the  trybe  of  Ruben  were  sealed  xij. 
 M.  Of  the  trybe  of  Gad  were  sealed  xij.  M. 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Asser  were  sealed  xij.  M.  Of 
 the  trybe  of  Neptalym  were  sealed  xij.  M. 
 Of  y  trybe  of  Manasses  were  sealed  xij.  M. 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Symeon  were  sealed  xij.  M. 
 Of  the  trybe  of  Leui  were  sealed  xij.  M.  Of 
 the  trybe  of  Isacar  were  sealed  xij.  M.  Of  the 
 trybe  of  Zabulon  were  sealed  xij.  M.  Of  the 
 trybe  of  Joseph  were  sealed  xij.  M.  Of  the 
 trybe  of  Beniamin  were  sealed  xij.  thousande 
 
 II  After  this  I  behelde,  and  lo,  a  gret  mul- 
 titude (which  no  man  coulde  nombre)  of  all 
 nacions  and  people,  and  tonges,  stode  before 
 the  seate,  and  before  the  lambe,  clothed  with 
 longe  whyte  garmetes,  and  palmes  in  their 
 hondes,  and  cryed  with  a  loude  voyce,  sayenge : 
 saluacion  be  asscribed  to  him  y  sytteth  vpon 
 the  seate  of  oure  God,  and  vnto  the  lambe, 
 And  all  the  angels  stode  in  the  compase  of 
 the  seate,  and  of  the  elders  and  of  the  foure 
 beastes,  and  fell  before  y  seat  on  their  faces, 
 and  worshipped  God,  sayenge.  Amen  :  Bless- 
 ynge  and  glory,  wiszdome  and  thanks  and 
 honour,  and  power  and  might,  be  vnto  oure 
 God  for  euermore  Amen. 
 
 And  one  of  the  elders  answered,  sayenge 
 vnto  me :  what  are  these  which  are  arayed  in 
 longe  whyte  garmetes,  and  whence  cam  they  ? 
 And  I  sayde  vnto  him:  LORDEthou  wotest. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  these  are  they  which 
 cam  out  of  gret  tribulacion  and  made  their 
 garmentes  large,  and  made  the  whyte  in  the 
 
 Apo.  9.  b. 
 
 t  Apo.  9.  a. 
 
 € 
 
jTo.  rrlbu 
 
 C})r  Ixniflanon  of  ^.  3tl)on. 
 
 Cbap.  buj« 
 
 bloude  of  the  lambe :  therfore  are  they  in  the 
 presence  of  the  seate  of  God,  and  serue  him 
 daye  and  night  in  his  temple,  and  he  that 
 sytteth  in  the  seate,  wyll  dwell  amonge  them. 
 'I'hey  shal  honger  *no  more,  nether  thyrst, 
 nether  shal  the  sonne  lyght  on  them,  nether 
 eny  heate :  For  the  labe  which  is  in  the 
 myddes  of  the  seate,  shal  fede  them,  and  shal 
 leade  them  rato  fouiitaynes  of  lyuynge  water, 
 t  and  God  shal  wype  avvaye  all  teares  from 
 their  eyes. 
 
 3ri)c  biij.  Cljaptrr. 
 
 AND  when  he  had  opened  the  seuenth 
 scale,  there  was  silece  in  heauen  aboute 
 the  space  of  halfe  an  houre.  And  I  sawe 
 seue  angels  stondinge  before  God,  and  to 
 them  were  geuen  seuen  trompettes.  And 
 another  angell  cam  and  stode  before  the 
 aultre,  hauynge  a  golden  senser,  and  moch  of 
 odoures  was  geuen  vnto  him,  that  he  shulde 
 offre  of  the  prayers  of  all  sayntes  vpon  the 
 golden  aultre,  which  was  before  the  seate. 
 "  And  the  smoke  of  the  odoures  which  came 
 of  the  prayers  of  all  sayntes,  ascended  vppe 
 before  God  out  of  the  angelles  honde.  And 
 the  angell  toke  the  senser,  and  fylled  it  with 
 fyre  of  the  aultre,  and  caste  it  into  the  earth, 
 and  voyces  were  made,  and  thodrynges  and 
 lightnynges,  and  earthquake. 
 
 And  the  seuen  angels  which  had  the  seuen 
 trompettes,  prepared  them  selues  to  blowe. 
 The  first  angel  blewe,  and  there  was  made 
 hayle  and  fyre,  which  were  myngled  with 
 bloud,  (J  they  were  cast  in  to  the  earth :  and 
 the  thyrd  parte  of  trees  was  burnt,  and  all 
 grene  grasse  was  brent.  And  the  seconde 
 angell  blewe  :  and  as  it  were  a  greate  moun- 
 tayne  burnynge  with  fyre  was  cast  in  to  the 
 see,  and  the  thyrde  parte  of  the  see  turned 
 to  bloud,  and  the  thyrde  parte  of  the  creatures 
 which  had  life,  dyed,  and  the  thyrde  part  of 
 shippes  were  destroyed. 
 
 And  the  thyrde  angell  blewe,  and  there  fell 
 a  greate  starre  from  heauen,  burnynge  as  it 
 were  a  lampe,  and  it  fell  in  to  the  thyrde 
 parte  of  the  ryuers,  and  in  to  fountaynes  of 
 waters,  and  the  name  of  the  starre  is  called 
 Wormwod.  And  the  thyrde  parte  of  the 
 waters  was  turned  to  Wormwod.  And  many 
 men  dyed  of  the  waters,  because  they  were 
 made  bytter.     And  the  fourth  angel  blew,  and 
 
 •  Esa.  49.  c.      t  Esa.  25.  b.   Apoc .  2 1 .  a.      "  Psa.  140.  c. 
 
 the  thyrde  parte  of  y  Sonne  was  smytten,  and 
 y  thjTde  parte  of  the  mone,  j  the  thyrde 
 parte  of  starres  :  so  that  the  thyrde  parte  of 
 them  was  darckned.  And  the  daye  was 
 smytte,  that  the  thyrde  parte  of  it  shulde  not 
 shyne,  and  lyke  wyse  the  nyght.  And  I  be- 
 helde,  and  herde  an  angel  flyenge  thorowe  the 
 myddes  of  heaue,  and  sayege  with  a  lowde 
 voyce :  Wo,  wo,  wo  to  the  inhabiters  of  the 
 earth,  because  of  the  voyces  to  come  of  the 
 trompe  of  the  thre  angels  which  were  yet 
 to  blowe. 
 
 €\)t  iy.  Cfjaptnr. 
 
 AND  the  fyfte  angell  blewe,  (t  I  sawe  a 
 starre  fall  from  heaue  vnto  y  earth.  And 
 to  him  was  geue  the  kaye  of  the  bottomlesse 
 pytt.  And  he  opened  the  bottomlesse  pytt,  and 
 there  arose  the  *  smoke  of  a  greate  fornace, 
 And  the  sunne  and  y  ayer  were  darkned  by 
 the  reason  of  the  smoke  of  the  pytt.  And 
 there  came  out  of  the  smoke  locustes  vpon 
 the  earth :  and  vnto  the  was  geuen  power  as 
 the  scorpions  of  the  earth  haue  power.  And 
 it  was  sayde  vnto  them,  that  they  shulde  not 
 hurt  the  grasse  of  the  earth : '  nether  eny 
 grene  thinge  :  nether  eny  tre  :  but  onely  those 
 men  which  haue  not  the  seale  in  their  for- 
 hedes,  and  to  them  was  comaunded,  that  they 
 shulde  not  kyll  the,  but  that  they  shulde  be 
 vexed  fyue  monethes,  and  their  payne  was  as 
 the  payne  that  cometh  of  a  scorpion,  when  he 
 hath  stonge  a  man.  And  in  those  dayes  shal 
 me  seke  deeth,  and  shal  not  fynde  it :  ''and 
 shal  desyre  to  dye,  and  death  shal  flye  from 
 them. 
 
 And  the  similitude  of  the  locustes  was  lyke 
 vnto  horses  prepared  vnto  battayll,  and  on 
 their  heades  were  as  it  were  crownes,  lyke 
 vnto  golde :  and  their  faces  were  as  it  had 
 bene  the  faces  of  men.  And  they  had  heere 
 as  the  heere  of  wemen.  And  their  tethe  were 
 as  the  tethe  of  lyons.  And  they  had  habber- 
 gions,  as  it  were  habbergions  of  yron.  And 
 the  sounde  of  their  wynges,  was  as  y  sounde 
 of  charettes  whe  many  horsses  runne  together 
 to  battayle.  And  they  had  tayles  lyke  vnto 
 scorpions,  and  there  were  stynges  in  their 
 tayles.  And  their  power  was  to  hurt  me  fyue 
 monethes.  And  they  had  a  kinge  ouer  them, 
 which  is  the  angel  of  the  bottomlesse  pyt, 
 whose  name  in  the  hebrew  tonge,  is  Abadon : 
 
 Zach.  9.  b.      '  Apoc.  7. 
 
 '  Osee  10.  b.    Apoc.  6.  c. 
 
Cftap.  ]fu 
 
 CI)e  aixnirlafum  of  ^,  3J)on» 
 
 ffo.  ttMj, 
 
 but  in  the  greke  tonge,  Apollion.  One  wo  is 
 past,  and  beholde  two  woes  come  yet  after  this. 
 And  the  sixte  angel  blewe,  and  I  herde  a 
 voyce  from  the  foure  corners  of  the  golden 
 aultre  which  is  before  God,  sayenge  to  the 
 siste  angel,  which  had  the  trompe :  Lowse 
 the  foure  angels,  which  are  bounde  in  the 
 greate  ryuer  Eufrates.  And  y  foure  angels 
 were  lowsed,  which  were  prepared  for  an 
 houre,  for  a  daye,  for  a  moneth,  and  for  a 
 yeare,  for  to  slee  the  thyrde  parte  of  men. 
 And  the  nombre  of  horsmen  of  warre,  were 
 twenty  tymes  x  M.  And  I  herde  f  nombre 
 of  them.  And  thus  I  sawe  the  horses  in  a 
 vision,  and  them  that  sat  on  the  hauynge 
 fyry  habbergions  of  a  yalowe  and  brymstony 
 coloure,  and  the  heades  of  y  horses  werre  as 
 the  heades  of  lyons.  And  out  of  their  mouthes 
 went  forth  fyre,  and  smoke,  and  brymstone. 
 And  of  these  thre  was  the  thirde  parte  of  men 
 kylled :  that  is  to  saye,  of  fyre,  smoke,  and  brym- 
 stone :  which  preceded  out  of  the  mouthes  of 
 the :  For  their  power  was  in  their  mouthes  and 
 in  their  tayles :  for  their  tayles  were  like  vnto 
 serpetes,  and  had  heades,  and  with  the  they 
 dyd  hurt :  And  the  remnaunt  of  the  me 
 which  were  not  kylled  by  these  plages,  repeted 
 not  of  the  dedes  of  their  hondes,  y  they  shulde 
 not  worshippe  deuels,  and  ymages  of  golde, 
 and  syluer,  and  brasse,  (j  stone,  and  of  wod, 
 which  nether  can  se,  nether  heare,  nether  go. 
 Also  they  repented  not  of  their  murthur,  and 
 of  their  witchcraft,  nether  of  their  whordome, 
 nether  of  their  thefte. 
 
 Ei)t  r.  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  another  mightye  angell  come 
 doune  fro  heauen,  clothed  with  a  cloude, 
 and  the  rayne  bowe  vpon  his  heed.  And  his 
 face  as  it  were  ^y'  Sonne,  and  his  fete  as  it 
 were  pyllars  of  fyre :  and  he  had  in  his  honde 
 a  lytell  boke  opyn :  and  he  put  his  right  fote 
 vpon  f  see,  and  his  lifte  fote  on  f  earth. 
 And  cryed  with  a  lowde  voyce,  as  when  a 
 lyon  roreth.  And  when  he  had  cryed,  seue 
 thondres  spake  their  voyces.  And  when  the 
 seue  thodres  had  spoke  their  voyces,  I  was 
 aboute  to  wryte.  And  I  herde  a  voyce  from 
 heauen  sayenge  vnto  me :  seale  vp  those 
 thinges  which  the  seuen  thondres  spake,  and 
 wrj'te  them  not. 
 
 "And  the  angel  which  I  sawe  stonde  vp5 
 
 •  Dan.  12.  b.       '4  Esd.  14.  e.       »  Eze.  40.  41.  42.  43. 
 
 the  see,  and  vpon  the  earth,  lifte  vppe  his 
 honde  to  heauen,  and  swore  by  him  that 
 Uueth  for  euermore,  which  created  heauen, 
 and  the  thinges  that  there  in  are,  and  y  see, 
 and  the  thinges  which  are  therin :  that  there 
 shalbe  nomore  tyme :  but  in  the  dayes  of  the 
 voyce  of  the  seueth  angel,  when  he  shal  be- 
 gynne  to  blowe,  the  mistery  of  God  shalbe 
 fyniszhed,  as  he  preached  by  his  seruauntes 
 the  prophetes. 
 
 And  the  voyce  which  I  herde  from  heaue, 
 spake  vnto  me  agayne,  and  sayde :  go  and 
 take  the  lytle  boke  which  is  open  in  the 
 honde  of  the  angel,  which  stondeth  vpo  the 
 see,  and  vpon  the  earth.  And  I  went  vnto 
 the  angel,  and  sayde  vnto  him  :  geue  me  the 
 lytle  boke.  And  he  sayde  vnto  me  :  *  Take 
 it,  and  eate  it  vp,  and  it  shal  make  thy  belly 
 bytter,  but  it  shalbe  in  thy  mouth  as  swete  as 
 hony.  And  I  toke  the  lytle  boke  out  of  his 
 honde,  and  ate  it  vp,  and  it  was  in  my  mouth 
 as  swete  as  hony,  and  as  sone  as  I  had  eaten 
 it,  my  belly  was  bytter.  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 me :  thou  muste  prophesy  agayne  vnto  the 
 people,  and  to  the  Heythen,  and  tonges,  and 
 to  many  kynges. 
 
 Cl)c  yi.  Cibaptrr. 
 
 AND  there  was  geuen  me  a  rede  lyke 
 vnto  a  rodd,  and  it  was  sayde  vnto  me : 
 *Ryse  and  mete  the  teple  of  God,  and  the 
 aultre,  and  them  that  worshippe  therin  :  and 
 the  quyre  which  is  within  the  temple,  cast 
 out,  and  mete  it  not :  for  it  is  geuen  vnto  the 
 Gentyles,  and  y  holy  cite  shal  they  treade 
 vnderfote  xlij.  monethes.  And  I  wil  geue 
 power  vnto  my  two  wytnesses,  and  they  shal 
 prophesy  M.  ij.  c.  and  Ix.  dayes  clothed  in 
 sacke  cloth.  "^  These  are  two  olyue  trees,  and 
 two  candelstyckes,  stondinge  before  the  God 
 of  the  earth. 
 
 And  yf  eny  man  wil  hurt  them,  fyre  shal 
 procede  out  of  their  mouthes,  and  consume 
 their  enemyes.  And  yf  eny  ma  wil  hurt  the, 
 this  wyse  muste  he  be  kylled.  These  haue 
 power  to  shut  heauen,  that  it  rayne  not  in  the 
 dayes  of  their  prophesyinge  :  and  haue  power 
 ouer  waters,  to  turne  them  to  bloud,  and  to 
 smyte  the  earth  with  all  maner  plages,  as 
 often  as  they  will. 
 
 And  when  they  haue  fyniszhed  their  testi- 
 mony, the  beest  that  cam  out  of  the  bottom- 
 
Ijfo.  rrlfaii). 
 
 Cl)t  lAfutlanon  of  ^.  3l)on. 
 
 Cftap.  )iij. 
 
 c 
 
 lesse  pytt,  slial  "make  warre  agaynst  the,  and 
 shal  ouer  come  them,  and  kyll  the.  And 
 their  bodies  shal  lye  in  the  stretes  of  the 
 greate  cite,  which  spiritually  is  called  zodom 
 and  Egypte,  where  oure  LOIIDE  is  crucified. 
 And  some  of  the  people  and  kynredes,  and 
 tonges,  (i  of  the  nacicis,  shal  se  their  bodies, 
 thro  dayes,  and  an  halfe,  and  shal  not  sufFre 
 their  bodies  to  be  put  in  graues.  And  they 
 that  dwell  vpo  the  earth,  shal  reioyce  ouer 
 them  and  be  glad,  and  shal  send  giftes  one  to 
 another :  for  these  two  prophetes  vexed  them 
 that  dwelt  on  the  earth. 
 
 *And  after  thre  dayes  and  an  halfe  the 
 sprete  of  life  from  God,  entred  in  to  them. 
 And  they  stode  vp  vpon  their  fete:  j  t greate 
 feare  came  vpon  them  which  sawe  them. 
 And  they  herde  a  greate  voyce  from  heaue, 
 sayenge  vnto  them :  Come  vp  bidder.  And 
 they  ascended  vp  in  to  heaue  in  a  clouds, 
 and  their  eneinyes  sawe  the.  And  the  same 
 houre  was  there  a  greate  earthquake,  5  the 
 tenth  parte  of  the  cite  fell,  and  in  the  earth- 
 quake were  slayne  names  of  men  seuen  M.  and 
 the  remnaunt  were  feared,  and  gaue  glory  to 
 God  of  heauen.  The  seconde  wo  is  past,  and 
 beholde,  the  thyrd  wo  vs^l  come  anone. 
 
 Ci)t  yij.  Cljapter. 
 ND  the  seuenth  angel  blewe,  and  ther 
 were  made  greate  voyces  in  heauen, 
 sayege :  the  kyngdoms  of  this  worlde  are 
 oure  LORDES  and  his  Christes,  and  he  shal 
 reigne  for  euermore.  And  the  foure  and 
 twentye  Elders,  which  sat  before  God  on  their 
 seatts,  fell  vpon  their  faces,  and  worshipped 
 God  sayenge :  we  geue  the  thankes  LORDE 
 God  allmyghte :  which  art  and  wast,  and  art 
 to  come,  for  thou  hast  receaued  thy  greate 
 might,  and  hast  raygned.  And  the  Heythen 
 were  angry,  (j  thy  wrath  is  come,  and  the 
 tyme  of  the  deed  that  they  shulde  be  iudged, 
 and  that  thou  shuldest  geue  rewarde  vnto  thy 
 seruaiites  the  prophettes  and  saynctes,  and  to 
 the  that  feare  thy  name,  small  d  greate  :  and 
 
 huldest  destroye  them  which  destroys  the 
 earth.     And  the  temple  of  God  was  opened 
 
 n  heauen,  and  there  was  sene  in  his  temple 
 the  arcke  of  his  testament:  and  there  folowed 
 lightnynges,  and  voyces,  and  thondrynges  and 
 earth  quake,  and  a  greate  hayle. 
 
 A' 
 
 .  d.  Apoc.  13.  b. 
 
 i  Apo.  12.  d. 
 
 Dan.  12 
 Dan.  11 
 
 And  there  appeared  a  greate  token  in 
 heauen.  A  woman  clothed  with  the  Sonne, 
 and  the  mono  vnder  her  fete,  and  vpon  her 
 heed  a  crowne  of  twolue  starres.  And  she 
 was  with  childe,  and  cryed  trauaillinge  in 
 byrth,  and  payned  redy  to  be  delyuered.  And 
 there  appeared  another  token  in  heauen,  and 
 beholde  a  greate  reed  dragon,  hauinge  seuen 
 heades,  and  ten  homes  and  seue  crownes  vpo 
 his  heades :  and  his  tayle  drue  the  thyrde 
 parte  of  the  starres,  and  cast  them  to  the 
 earth. 
 
 And  the  dragon  stode  before  the  woma, 
 which  was  ready  to  be  delyuered:  for  to  de- 
 voure  ner  childe  as  sone  as  it  were  borne. 
 And  she  brought  forth  a  man  childe,  which 
 shulde  rule  all  nacions  with  a  rod  of  yron. 
 And  her  sonne  was  taken  vp  vnto  God,  and 
 to  his  seate.  tAnd  the  woman  fled  in  to 
 wyldernes,  where  she  had  a  place  prepared  off 
 God,  that  they  shulde  fede  her  there  a  M.  ij, 
 C.  and  Ix.  dayes. 
 
 And  there  was  a  greate  batayll  in  heaue, 
 Michael  and  his  angels  foughte  with  the 
 dragon,  and  the  dragon  fought  and  his  angels, 
 and  preuayled  not,  nether  was  their  place 
 founde  eny  more  in  heauen.  And  the  greate 
 dragon  that  olde  serpent  (called  the  deuell 
 and  Sathanas)  was  cast  out.  Which  disceaued 
 all  the  worlde.  *  And  he  was  cast  in  to  the  earth, 
 and  his  angelles  were  cast  out  with  him  also. 
 
 And  I  harde  a  lowde  voyce,  which  sayde 
 in  heauen :  Now  is  saluacion,  and  strength 
 and  the  kyngdome  become  oure  Gods,  and  y 
 power  his  Christes :  For  he  is  cast  downe, 
 which  accused  them  before  God  daye  and 
 night.  And  they  ouercame  him  by  the  bloude 
 of  the  lambe,  and  by  the  worde  of  their  testi- 
 mony, and  they  loued  not  their  lyues  vnto  the  g 
 deeth.  Therfore  reioyce  ye  heauens,  and  ye 
 that  dwell  in  them.  Wo  to  the  inhabiters  of 
 the  earth,  and  of  the  see  :  for  the  deuell  is 
 come  downe  vnto  you,  which  hath  greate 
 wrath,  because  he  knoweth,  that  he  hath  but 
 a  short  tyme. 
 
 And  when  the  dragon  sawe,  that  he  was 
 cast  \iito  the  earth,  he  persecuted  the  woman, 
 which  brought  forth  the  man  childe.  And  to 
 the  woman  were  geue  two  wynges  of  a  greate 
 egle  Hhat  she  might  flye  in  to  the  wylder- 
 nes,  in  to  her  place,  where  she  is  noryszhed 
 
 Esa.  14.  b.    Luc.  10.  b. 
 
 i  Apoc.  12.  c. 
 
CI)ap.  xiiij. 
 
 €ln  l\tm\mon  of  ^.  3boiu 
 
 So,  alijr. 
 
 for  a  tyme,  two  tjines,  and  halffe  a  tyme," 
 from  the  presence  of  the  serpet.  And  the 
 dragon  cast  out  of  his  mouth  water  after  the 
 woma,  as  it  had  bene  a  ryuer,  that  he  might 
 cause  her  to  be  caught  of  y  floud.  And  the 
 earth  holpe  the  woman,  and  the  earth  opened 
 her  mouth,  and  swalowed  vp  the  ryuer  which 
 the  dragon  cast  out  of  his  mouth.  And  the 
 dragon  was  wroth  with  the  womii :  and  went 
 and  made  warre  with  the  remnaunt  of  hyr 
 sede,  which  kepe  the  comaundementes  of 
 God,  and  haue  the  testimony  of  lesus  Christ. 
 And  I  stode  on  the  see  sonde. 
 
 W^t  yii).  CJ^apter. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  a  beest  rise  out  of  the  see, 
 hauinge  seuen  heades,  and  x.  homes, 
 and  vpon  his  homes  x.  crownes,  and  vpo  his 
 heed,  the  names  of  blasphemy.  *And  the 
 beest  which  I  sawe  was  lyke  a  catt  of  the 
 mountayne,  and  his  fete  were  as  the  fete  of  a 
 bear,  'and  his  mouth  as  the  mouthe  of  a  lyon. 
 And  f  drago  gaue  him  his  power  and  his 
 seate,  and  greate  auctorite :  and  I  sawe  one  of 
 his  heades  as  it  were  wounded  to  death,  and 
 his  dedly  wounde  was  healed.  And  all  the 
 worlde  wodred  at  the  beest,  and  they  wor- 
 shipped the  dragon  which  gaue  power  vnto 
 the  beest,  and  they  worshipped  the  beest, 
 sayenge :  who  is  like  vnto  the  beest  ?  who  is 
 able  to  warre  with  him? 
 
 And  there  was  geuen  vnto  him  a  mouth  to 
 speake  greate  thinges  ij  blasphemies,  and 
 power  was  geuen  vnto  him,  to  do  xlij .  monethes. 
 And  he  opened  his  mouth  vnto  blasphemy 
 agaynst  God,  to  blaspheme  his  name,  and  his 
 tabernacle  and  them  that  dwell  in  heauen. 
 *  And  it  wais  geuen  vnto  him  to  make  warre 
 with  the  sayntes,  and  to  ouercome  them. 
 And  power  was  geuen  him  ouer  all  kynred, 
 tonge,  and  nacion  :  t  and  all  that  dwell  vpon 
 the  earth  worshipt  him  :  whose  names  are  not 
 wrytten  in  the  boke  of  life  of  the  lambe,  which 
 was  kylled  from  the  beginnynge  of  the  worlde. 
 Yf  eny  man  haue  an  eare,  let  him  heare.  He 
 that  leadeth  in  to  captiuite,  shal  go  in  to 
 captiuite :  i  He  that  killeth  with  a  swearde, 
 must  be  killed  with  y  swearde.  §  Heare  is 
 the  pacience,  and  the  faith  of  the  saynctes. 
 
 And  I  behelde  another  beest  commynge 
 vp  out  of  the  earth,  and  he  had  two  homes 
 
 "  Dan.  7.  b.         '  Apo.  17.  c.        '  Dan.  7.  a.        •  Apo 
 11.  b.         jDan.  11.  f.  fGen.  9.  a.     Mat.  26.  e. 
 
 like  a  lambe,  and  he  spake  as  dyd  the  drago. 
 And  he  dyd  all  that  the  first  beest  coulde  do 
 in  his  presence,  and  he  caused  the  earth,  and 
 them  which  dwell  therin,  to  worshippe  the 
 fyrst  beest,  whose  deedly  woude  was  healed. 
 And  he  dyd  greate  wonders,  so  that  he  made 
 fyre  come  downe  from  heaue  in  the  sight  ot 
 men.  And  deceaued  them  that  dwelt  on  the 
 earth  by  y  meanes  of  those  signes  which  he 
 had  power  to  do  in  the  sight  of  the  beest, 
 sayenge  to  them  that  dwelt  on  the  earth : 
 that  they  shulde  make  an  ymage  vnto  the 
 beest,  which  had  the  wounde  of  a  swearde 
 and  dyd  line. 
 
 And  he  had  power  to  geue  a  sprete  vnto 
 the  ymage  of  the  beest,  and  that  the  ymage 
 of  the  beest  shulde  speake,  and  shulde  cause, 
 that  as  many  as  wolde  not  worshippe  the 
 ymage  of  the  beest,  shulde  be  kylled.  A:id 
 he  made  aU  bothe  smale  and  greate,  ryche 
 and  poore,  fre  and  bond,  to  receaue  a  marke 
 in  their  right  hondes,  or  in  their  forheades, 
 And  that  no  man  might  by  or  sell,  sane  he  y 
 had  y  marke,  or  the  name  of  the  beest,  ether 
 the  nombre  of  his  name.  Here  is  wiszdome. 
 Let  him  that  hath  wyt,  count  the  nombre  of 
 the  beest.  For  it  is  the  nombre  of  a  man, 
 and  his  nombre  is  sixe  hondred,  thre  score 
 and  sixe. 
 
 Ei^e  jriiij.  Cfjapttr. 
 
 AND  I  loked,  and  lo,  a  lambe  stode  on 
 the  mout  Syon,  and  with  him,  C.  and 
 xliiij.  thousande  hauynge  his  fathers  name 
 wrytten  in  their  forheades.  And  I  herde  a 
 voyce  from  heauen,  as  the  sounde  of  many 
 waters,  and  as  the  voyce  of  a  greate  thondre. 
 And  the  voyce  that  I  herde,  was  as  the  harpers 
 that  playe  vpon  their  harpers.  And  they 
 songe  as  it  were  a  newe  songe,  before  the 
 seate,  5  before  y  foure  beestes,  and  the  elders, 
 and  no  man  coulde  learne  y  songe,  but  the 
 hondred  and  xliiij.  M.  which  were  redemed 
 from  the  earth.  These  are  they,  which  were 
 not  defyled  with  wemen,  for  they  are  virgyns. 
 These  folowe  the  lambe  whither  soeuer  he 
 goeth.  II  These  were  redemed  from  men, 
 beynge  the  fyrst  frutes  vnto  God  and  to  the 
 lambe,  and  in  their  mouthes  was  founde  no 
 gyle.  For  they  are  with  oute  spot  before  the 
 trone  of  God. 
 
 j  Apo.  14.  c. 
 
 I  1  Cor.  6   c.     Apo,  5,  b. 
 
jro^fdr. 
 
 fi|  And  I  sawe  an  angell  flye  in  the  myddes 
 of  heauen  hauinge  an  euerlastinge  Gospell, 
 to  preache  vnito  them  that  syt  and  dwell  on 
 the  earth,  and  to  all  nacions,  kinreddes,  and 
 toges  and  people,  sayrge  with  a  lowde  voyee: 
 Feare  Goil,  and  gene  honour  to  him,  for  the 
 houre  of  his  iudgement  is  come :  and  worshippe 
 him  'that  made  heauen  and  earth,  and  the 
 see,  and  the  fomitaynes  off  water.  And  there 
 folowed  another  angel), sayenge :  "She  is  fallen, 
 she  is  fallen :  eue  Bahilon  that  greate  cite,  for 
 she  made  all  nacions  drynke  off  the  wyne  off 
 hyr  whordomc. 
 
 And  the  thyrde  angel  folowed  the,  sayenge 
 with  a  loudc  voyce:  Yf  eny  man  worshippe 
 the  beest  and  his  ymage,  and  receaue  his 
 marke  in  his  forhed,  or  on  his  honde,  the 
 same  shall  drynke  of  the  wyne  of  the  wrath  of 
 God,  which  is  powred  in  the  cuppe  of  his 
 wrath.  And  he  shalbe  punyszhed  in  fyre 
 and  brjTiistone,  before  the  holy  Angels,  and 
 before  the  lambe. 
 
 *And  the  smoke  of  their  torment  ascendeth 
 vp  euennore.  And  they  haue  no  rest  daye 
 ner  nyght,  which  worshippe  the  beast  and  his 
 ymage,  and  whosoeuer  receaueth  the  prynt  of 
 his  name,  t  Here  is  the  pacience  of  sayntes. 
 Heare  are  they  that  kepe  the  commaunde- 
 mentes  and  the  faith  off  lesu. 
 
 And  I  herde  a  voyce  from  heauen,  sayenge 
 vnto  me  :  wi-yte :  Blessed  are  f  deed,  which 
 here  after  dye  in  the  LORDE.  Yee  the 
 sprete  sayeth,  that  they  rest  from  their  la- 
 bovircs,  for  their  workes  folowe  them.  And  I 
 loked  and  beholde,  a  whyte  cloude,  and  vpo 
 y  cloude  one  syttynge  like  vnto  the  sonne  of 
 man,  hauinge  on  his  heed  a  golden  crowne, 
 and  in  his  hode  a  sharpe  sykle.  And  another 
 angell  came  out  of  the  temple,  cryenge  with  a 
 loude  voyce  to  him  that  sat  on  the  cloude : 
 *  Thruste  in  thy  sycle  and  reepe  :  for  the  tyme 
 is  come  to  reepe,  for  the  come  of  the  earth 
 is  rype.  And  he  that  sat  on  y  cloude  thrust 
 in  his  sykle  on  the  earth,  and  the  earth  was 
 reeped. 
 
 And  another  angell  came  out  of  the  temple, 
 which  is  in  heauen,  hauinge  also  a  sharpe 
 sykle.  And  another  angel  came  out  from  the 
 aultre,  which  had  power  ouer  fyre,  and  cryed 
 with  a  loude  crye  vnto  hym  that  had  the 
 sharpe   syckle,   and   sayde:    Thruste  in  thy 
 
 •  Pgal.  145.  a. c.  »Esn.21.b.  Hie.Sl.b.  Apo.18.  a. 
 *Apo.9.  a.  19.  a.       i  Apo.  13.  b.       f  loel  3.  b.    Mat.  13.  c. 
 
 €\)t  l\nifIanon  of  ^.  3I)on. 
 
 Cftap,  ]rb. 
 
 I  sharpe  syckle,  and  gather  the  clusters  of  y 
 earth,  for  hir  grapes  are  rype.  And  the  angell 
 thrust  in  his  syckle  on  the  erthe,  and  cut 
 downe  the  grapes  of  the  vynyarde  of  the 
 earth,  and  cast  them  in  to  the  greate  wynefat 
 of  f  wrath  of  God :  (t  the  wynefat  was  trodden 
 without  the  cite,  and  bloude  came  out  of  the 
 fat,  euen  vnto  the  horsse  brydles  by  the  space 
 of  a  thousande  and  sixe  hundreth  furlonges. 
 
 Ci)c  >•&•  Cljaptcr. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  another  signe  in  heuen  grett 
 ft  mervellous,  vii.  angells  havinge  the 
 seven  laste  plages,  for  in  the  is  fulfylled  the 
 wrath  of  god.  And  I  sawe  as  it  were  a 
 glassye  see,  mingled  with  fyre,  and  them  that 
 had  gotten  victory  of  the  beest,  and  of  his 
 ymage,  and  of  his  marke,  and  of  the  nombre 
 of  his  name,  stonde  on  the  glassye  see,  hau- 
 inge y  harpes  of  God:  and  they  songe  the 
 songe  of  Moses  the  seruaunt  of  God,  and  the 
 songe  of  the  lambe,  saynge :  Greate  and 
 maruellous  are  thy  workes  LORDE  God 
 almyghty,  iust  and  true  are  thy  wayes,  thou 
 kynge  of  sayntes.  §  Who  shal  not  feare  the 
 O  LORDE  and  glorj'fie  thy  name  ?  For 
 thou  only  art  holy,  for  all  getiles  shall  come 
 and  worshippe  before  the,  for  thy  iudgmentes 
 are  made  manyfest. 
 
 And  after  that,  I  loked,  and  beholde,  the 
 temple  of  the  Tabernacle  of  testimony  was 
 open  in  heauen,  and  the  seuen  angelles  came 
 out  of  the  temple,  which  had  the  seuen  plages, 
 clothed  in  pure  and  bryght  lynne,  and  hauynge 
 their  brestes  gyrded  with  golden  gerdelles. 
 And  one  of  the  foure  beestes  gaue  vnto  the 
 seuen  angelles  seuen  golden  vialles,  full  of 
 the  wrath  of  God  which  liueth  for  euermore.  || 
 And  the  temple  was  full  of  smoke  for  the 
 glory  off  God,  and  for  his  power,  and  no  man 
 was  able  to  entre  in  to  the  temple,  tyll  the 
 seuen  plages  of  the  seue  angels  were  fulfilled. 
 
 Cijt  v6t.  Ci^ajpUr. 
 
 AND  I  herde  a  greate  voyce  out  of  the 
 temple,  sayenge  to  the  seuen  angels: 
 go  youre  wayes,  poure  out  youre  vialles  of 
 wrath  vpon  the  earth.  And  the  fyrst  went, 
 and  poured  out  his  viall  vpon  the  earth,  and 
 there  fell  a  noysom  (i  a  sore  botch  vpon  the 
 men  which  had  the  marke  of  the  beest,  and 
 
 ^  lere.  10.  a.  ||  Eze.  44.  a. 
 
CIjap»  v^ih 
 
 €\)t  l\tmlmon  of  J'.  SoOiu 
 
 So*  ttlvu 
 
 vpon  them  that  worshipped  his  ymage.  And 
 the  seconde  angel  shed  out  his  viall  vpo  the 
 see,  and  it  turned  as  it  were  in  to  the  bloud 
 of  a  deed  man :  and  euery  lyuinge  thinge 
 dyed  in  the  see,  And  the  thyrde  angel  shed 
 out  his  vyall  vpon  the  ryuers  and  fountaynes 
 of  waters,  and  they  turned  to  bloude.  And 
 I  herde  an  angel  saye:  LORDE  which  art 
 and  wast,  thou  art  righteous  and  holy,  because 
 thou  hast  geue  soche  iudgmentes,  for  they 
 shed  the  bloude  of  sayntes,  and  prophetes,  and 
 therfore  hast  thou  geuen  them  bloude  to 
 dry  nice :  for  they  are  worthy.  And  I  herde 
 another  angell  out  of  the  aulter,  saye :  euen 
 so  LORDE  God  almighty,  true  and  righteous 
 are  thy  iudgmentes. 
 
 And  the  fourth  angell  poured  out  his  viall 
 on  the  Sonne,  and  power  was  geuen  vnto  him 
 to  vexe  men  with  heate  of  fyre.  And  the 
 men  raged  in  gret  heate,  and  spake  euell  of 
 the  name  of  God,  which  had  power  ouer  those 
 plages,  and  they  repented  not,  to  geue  him 
 glory.  And  the  fifte  angell  poured  out  his 
 vyall  vpon  the  seate  of  the  beest,  and  his 
 kyngdome  wexed  derke,  and  they  gnewe  their 
 tonges  for  sorowe,  and  blasphemed  the  God 
 of  heaue  for  sorowe,  and  payne  of  their  sores, 
 and  repented  not  of  their  dedes. 
 
 And  the  sixte  angell  poured  out  his  vyall 
 vpon  the  gret  ryuer  Euphrates,  and  the  water 
 dryed  vp,  that  the  waye  of  the  kynges  of  the 
 Easte  shulde  be  prepared.  And  I  sawe  thre 
 vncleane  spretes  like  frogges  come  out  of  the 
 mouth  of  the  dragon,  and  out  off  the  mouth 
 off  the  beest,  and  out  off  the  mouth  of  the 
 false  prophet.  For  they  are  the  spretes  of 
 deuels  workynge  myracles,  to  go  out  vnto  the 
 kynges  of  the  earth  and  of  the  whole  worlde, 
 to  gaddre  them  to  the  battayle  of  that  gret 
 daye  of  God  allmighty.  *  Beholde,  I  come 
 as  a  thefe.  Happy  is  he  that  watcheth  and 
 kepeth  his  gannentes,  lest  he  be  founde  naked, 
 and  men  se  his  filthynes.  And  he  gaddered 
 them  togedder  in  to  a  place,  called  in  the 
 hebrue  tonge,  Armagedon. 
 
 And  the  seuenth  angell  poured  out  his 
 viall  in  to  the  ayre.  And  there  came  a  greate 
 voyce  out  of  heauen  from  the  seate,  sayenge  : 
 It  is  done.  And  there  folowed  voyces,  thon- 
 dringes,  and  lightnynges,  and  there  was  a 
 gret  earthquake,  soch  as  was  not  sence  me 
 were  vpon  the   earth,    so  myghty  an  earth- 
 
 *  Mat.  24.  d.     Luc.  12.  c.    1  Tess.  5.  a.    2  Pet.  3.  b. 
 
 quake  and  so  greate.  And  the  greate  cite 
 was  deuyded  in  to  thre  parties.  And  the 
 cities  of  nacions  fell.  And  greate  Babilon 
 came  in  remembraunce  before  God,  to  geue 
 vnto  hyr  the  cuppe  of  wyne  of  the  fearcenes 
 of  his  wrath.  And  euery  yle  fled  awaye,  and 
 the  mountaynes  were  not  founde.  And  there 
 fell  a  greate  hayle,  as  it  had  bene  talentes, 
 out  of  heaue  vpon  the  men,  and  the  men 
 blasphemed  God,  because  of  the  plage  of 
 the  hayle,  for  it  was  greate,  and  the  plage  of 
 it  sore. 
 
 C^e  ri>i).  Cl^apttr. 
 
 AND  there  cam  one  of  the  seue  angels, 
 which  had  the  seuen  vialles,  and  talked 
 with  me,  sayenge  vnto  me :  Come,  I  wil  shewe 
 the  the  iudginent  of  the ,  greate  whore,  that 
 sytteth  vpon  many  waters,  with  whom  the 
 kynges  of  the  earth  haue  commytted  whor- 
 dome,  and  the  inhabiters  of  the  earth  are 
 dronken  with  the  wyne  of  her  fornicacion. 
 And  he  caryed  me  awaye  into  the  wildernes 
 in  y  sprete.  And  I  sawe  a  woman  syt  vpon 
 a  rose  colored  beest,  full  of  names  of  blas- 
 phemie,  which  had  seue  heades  (i  ten  homes. 
 And  y  woman  was  arayed  in  purple  and  rose 
 color,  and  decked  with  golde,  precious  stone, 
 and  pearles,  and  had  a  cupp  of  golde  in  her 
 honde,  full  of  abhominacions,  and  fylthines  of 
 her  wordome.  And  in  her  forhed  was  a  name 
 wrytte,  a  mistery :  greate  Babilon  the  mother 
 of  whordome,  and  abominacios  of  the  earth. 
 And  I  sawe  the  wyfe  dronke  with  the  bloude 
 of  sayntes,  and  with  the  bloud  of  the  wit- 
 nesses of  lesu.  And  when  I  sawe  her,  I 
 wondred  with  greate  mervayle. 
 
 And  the  angell  sayde  vnto  me :  wherfore 
 meruayllest  thou  ?  1  wyl  shewe  the  the  mis- 
 tery of  the  woman,  and  of  the  beest  that 
 beerith  her,  which  hath  seuen  heades,  and 
 ten  homes.  The  beest  that  thou  seest,  was, 
 and  is  not,  and  shall  ascende  out  of  the  bot- 
 tomlesse  pytt,  and  shal  go  in  to  perdicion, 
 and  they  that  dwell  on  the  earth  shal  wondre 
 (whose  names  are  not  wrytten  in  the  boke  of 
 life  from  the  begynnynge  of  the  worlde)  when 
 they  beholde  the  beest  that  was,  and  is  not. 
 And  here  is  a  mynde,  that  hath  wiszdome. 
 
 The  seuen  heades  are  seuen  mountanes,  on 
 which  the  woman  sytteth :  they  are  also  seuen 
 kynges.  Fyue  are  fallen,  and  one  is,  and  the 
 other  is  not  yet  come.  When  he  commeth, 
 he  nmste  continue  a  space.     And  the  beest 
 
 Ui2 
 
jTo.  rrlrij. 
 
 tin  iUiiflnrion  of  ,^.  Sihon. 
 
 Cl)ap.  vfaiij. 
 
 that  was,  and  is  not,  is  euC-  the  eyt,'ht,  and  is 
 of  the  seiion,  and  shal  go  in  to  destruccion. 
 •  And  f  ten  homes  which  thou  sawest,  are  ten 
 kynpes,  which  haue  not  yet  receaued  the 
 kvnfrdome,  hut  siial  receaue  power  as  kynges 
 at  one  houre  with  y  beest.  These  haue  one 
 nivnde,  and  shal  geue  their  power  and  stregth 
 \n'to  f  boeste.  These  shal  fyght  with  the 
 lanibe",  and  the  labe  shal  ouercome  them 
 For  he  is  t  LORDE  of  all  lordes,  and  kinge 
 of  all  kinges  :  and  they  that  are  on  his  syde 
 are  called,  and  chosen  and  faithfuU. 
 
 And  he  saide  vnto  me :  The  t  waters  which 
 thou  sawest,  where  f  whore  sytteth,  are  people, 
 and  folko,  and  nacioiis,  and  tonges.  And  the 
 ten  hornos,  which  thou  sawest  vpon  the  beest, 
 are  they  that  shal  hate  the  whore,  and  shal 
 make  her  desolate,  and  naked,  and  shall  eate 
 hir  fleszhe,  and  burne  her  with  fyre.  ,  For 
 God  hath  put  in  their  hertes,  to  fulfill  his 
 wyll,  and  to  do  with  one  consent,  for  to  geue 
 hir  kyngdome  vnto  the  beest,  vntillthe  wordes 
 of  God  be  fulfylled.  And  the  womii  which 
 thou  sawest,  is  that  greate  cite,  which  raigneth 
 ouer  the  kynges  of  the  earth. 
 
 CIjc  >bii'j.  €i)ajpttr. 
 
 AND  after  that  I  sawe  another  angel 
 come  downe  fro  heaue,  hauinge  greate 
 power,  and  y  earth  was  lyghtned  with  his 
 bryghtnes.  And  he  cryed  mightely  with  a 
 stronge  voyce,  sayenge  :  §  She  is  fallen,  she 
 is  falleil,  euen  greate  Babilon,  and  is  become 
 the  habitacion  of  deuels,  and  y  holde  of  all 
 fowle  spretes,  and  a  cage  of  all  vncleane  and 
 hatefull  byrdes :  for  all  nacios  haue  dronken 
 iif  tiie  wyne  of  the  wrath  of  her  whordome. 
 And  the  kynges  of  the  earth  haue  committed 
 tornicacion  with  her,  and  her  marchauntes 
 are  wexed  i-yche  of  the  abundaunce  of  her 
 pleasures. 
 
 And  I  herde  another  voyce  from  heauen 
 saye  :  II  come  awaye  from  her  rjy  people,  that 
 ye  be  not  partakers  of  her  synnes,  lest  ye 
 receaue  of  her  plages.  For  her  synnes  are 
 gone  vp  to  heauen,  and  the  LORDE  hath 
 remembred  her  w^ckednes.  Rewarde  her 
 euen  as  she  rewarded  you,  and  geue  her 
 dubblc  acordinge  to  her  workes.  And  poure 
 in  dubble  to  her  in  the  same  cuppe,  which 
 she  fylled  vnto  you.     And  as  moche  as  she 
 
 *  Dan.  7.b.     Apo.  13.  a. 
 Esa.  8.  b.  4  Esa.  21 
 
 t  1  Tim.  6.     Apoc.  19. 
 lere.  51.  b.     Apo.  14.  b. 
 
 jgloryfied  her  selfe  and  lyued  wantanlv,  so 
 t  moch  poure  ye  in  for  her  of  punyszhmet,  and 
 sorowe,  for  she  sayeth  in  her  herte :  If  I  syt 
 '  beinge  a  queue,  and  am  no  wyddowe,  and  shall 
 se  no  sorowe.  Therfore  shal  her  plages  come 
 at  one  daye,  death,  and  sorowe,  and  honger, 
 and  she  shalbe  bret  with  fyre  :  for  stronge  is 
 the  LORDE  God  which  shal  iudge  her. 
 
 And  the  kynges  of  the  earth  shal  bewepe 
 her  and  wayle  ouer  her,  which  haue  committed 
 fornicacion  and  lyued  wantanly  with  her,  when 
 they  shal  se  the  smoke  of  her  bumyTige,  and 
 shal  stonde  a  farre  of  for  feare  of  her  punyszh 
 ment,  sayenge  :  Alas,  Alas,  that  greate  cite 
 Babylon,  that  mighty  cite  :  For  at  one  houre 
 is  thy  iudgment  come.  And  the  marchauntes 
 off  the  earth  shall  wepe  and  wayle  in  them 
 selues,  because  no  man  will  bye  their  ware 
 eny  more,  the  ware  of  golde,  and  syluer,  and 
 of  precious  stones,  off  pearle,  3  sylke,  and 
 purple,  and  skarlet,  g  all  Thynen  wod,  and 
 all  manner  vessels  of  yuery,  and  all  manner 
 vessels  of  most  precious  wod,  and  of  brasse, 
 and  of  yron,  (t  synomom  and  odours,  and 
 opitmentes,  and  frankynsence,  and  wyne,  and 
 oyle,  and  fyne  floure,  and  wheate,  and  catell. 
 and  shepe,  and  horses,  and  charrettes,  and 
 bodies  and  soules  of  men. 
 
 And  the  apples  that  thy  soule  lusted  after 
 are  departed  from  the.  And  all  thinges 
 which  were  deyntie,  and  had  in  pryce,  are 
 departed  from  the,  and  thou  shalt  fynde  them 
 no  more.  The  marchauntes  of  these  thinges 
 which  were  wexed  ryche  by  her,  shall  stonde 
 afarre  of  for  feare  of  the  punyszhment  of  her, 
 wepynge  and  waylinge,  and  sayenge :  alas 
 alas,  "that  greate  cite,  that  was  clothed  in 
 sylke,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  decked 
 with  golde,  and  precious  stone,  and  pearles :  for 
 at  one  houre  so  greate  ryches  is  come  to  naught. 
 
 And  euery  shippe  gouerner,  and  all  they 
 that  occupie  shippes,  and  shippmen  which 
 worke  in  the  see,  stode  a  farre  of,  and  cryed, 
 when  they  sawe  the  smoke  of  her  burnynge, 
 and  sayde :  what  cite  is  like  vnto  this  greate 
 cite  ?  And  they  cast  dust  on  their  heades, 
 and  cryed  wepynge,  and  waylinge,  and  sayde : 
 Alas,  Alas  the  greate  cite,  wherin  w'ere  made 
 ryche  all  that  had  shippes  in  the  see,  by  the 
 reason  of  her  wares :  for  at  one  houre  is  she 
 made  desolate. 
 
 IT  Esa.  47.  a.     Dan.  8.  d. 
 "  lere.  51.  b. 
 
Cf)ap.  viv* 
 
 €i)t  IKmtlmon  of  J>.  Sftoiu 
 
 So,  ctlni). 
 
 Reioyce  ouer  her  thou  heaue,  and  ye  holy 
 Apostles,  and  prophetes:  for  God  hath  geuen 
 youre  iudgniet  on  her.  And  a  mighty  angell 
 toke  vp  ^  greats  stone  lyke  a  mylstone,  and 
 cast  it  in  to  the  see,  sayenge :  with  suche 
 violece  shal  that  greate  cite  Babylon  be  cast, 
 and  shalbe  founde  nomore.  And  the  voyce 
 of  harpers,  and  musicions,  and  of  pypers,  and 
 trompetters,  shalbe  herde  no  more  in  the : 
 and  no  eraftes  man  (of  what  soeuer  craft  he 
 be)  shalbe  founde  eny  more  in  the :  and  the 
 sounde  of  a  myll  shalbe  herde  no  more  in 
 the :  *  and  the  voyce  of  the  brydegrome  and 
 of  the  bryde,  shalbe  herde  nomore  in  the 
 for  thy  marchauntes  were  prynces  of  the  earth. 
 And  with  thyne  inchaiitment  were  deceaued 
 all  nacions:  and  in  her  was  founde  the  bloude 
 of  the  prophetes,  and  of  the  sayntes,  and  of  all 
 that  were  slayne  vpo  the  earth. 
 
 €i)t  jrif-.  Ci)aptfr. 
 
 AND  after  that,  I  herde  the  voyce  of  moch 
 people  in  heauen,  sayenge :  Alleluia. 
 Saluacion  and  glory  and  honour,  and  power  be 
 ascribed  to  the  LO RDE  oure  God,  for  true  and 
 righteous  are  his  iudgmentes,  because  he  hath 
 iudged  the  greate  whore  (which  did  corrupt  y 
 earth  with  her  fornicacion)  and  hath  auenged 
 the  bloud  of  his  seruaiites  of  her  bond.  And 
 agayne  they  sayde  :  Alleluia.  "  And  smoke 
 rose  vp  for  euermore.  And  f  xxiiij  :  elders, 
 d  the  foure  beestes  fell  downe,  and  worshipped 
 God  that  sat  on  the  seate,  sayenge :  Amen : 
 vUleluia.  And  a  voice  came  out  of  the  seate, 
 sayenge :  prayse  oure  LORDE  God  all  ye 
 that  are  his  seruaiites,  cj  ye  that  feare  him 
 both  small  and  greate. 
 
 And  I  herde  the  voyce  of  moch  people, 
 eue  as  f  voyce  of  many  waters,  5  as  y^  v.oyce 
 of  stronge  thondrynges,  sayenge :  Alleluia, 
 for  God  omnipotent  raigneth.  Let  vs  be 
 glad  and  reioyce,  and  geue  honour  to  him  : 
 for  the  mariage  of  the  liibe  is  come,  and  his 
 wife  made  her  selfe  ready.  And  to  her  was 
 graunted,  that  she  shulde  be  arayed  with  pure 
 and  goodly  sylke.  (As  for  the  sylke,  it  is  the 
 rightewesnes  of  sayntes.)  And  he  sayde  vnto 
 me  :  t  Blessed  are  they  which  are  called  vnto 
 the  Lambes  supper.     And  he  sayde  vnto  me: 
 
 *  lere.  16.  25.  "  Apo.  9.  c.  14.  c.  t  Luc.  14.  a, 
 
 }  Act.  10.  c.  14.  c.  Apo.  22.C.       §  Apo.  1.  c.  2.  c.       ||  Esa, 
 63.  a.         ITApoc.  I.e.         •*  Psal.  2.  b.         +t  Dan.  12.  a. 
 
 these  are  the  true  sayenges  of  God.  And 
 I  fell  at  his  fete,  to  worshippe  him.  And  he 
 sayde  vnto  me :   t  Se  thou  do  it  not.      For 
 
 I  am  thy  felowe  seruaunt,  and  one  of  thy 
 brethren,  and  of  them  tliat  haue  the  testimony 
 of  lesus.  Worshippe  God.  For  the  testimony 
 of  lesus  is  f  sprete  of  prophesy.  And  I  sawe 
 heaue  open,  5  beholde,  a  whyte  horsse  and  he 
 y  sat  vpon  him,  was  called  faithfull  and  true, 
 (J  in  rightewesnes  dyd  iudge  and  make  battayle. 
 His  eyes  §  were  as  a  flame  of  fyre,  and  on  his 
 heade  were  many  crounes:  ij  he  had  a  name 
 wrytten,   that  noman  knewe   but  him  selfe. 
 
 II  And  he  was  clothed  with  a  vesture  dipt  in 
 bloude,  and  his  name  is  called,  y  worde  of 
 God.  And  y  warriers  which  were  in  heauen, 
 folowed  him  vpon  whyte  horsses,  clothed  with 
 whyte  and  pure  sylke  and  If  out  of  his  mouthe 
 wente  a  sharppe  swerde,  that  with  it  he  shulde 
 smyte  the  Heithen  :  **And  he  shall  rule  them 
 with  a  rodde  of  yron,  and  he  trode  the  wyne- 
 fatte  of  the  fearcenesse  and  wrath  of  all- 
 mightye  God.  And  hath  on  his  vesture  and 
 on  his  thyghe  a  name  wrytten:  ttKynge  of 
 all  kinges,  and  LORDE  of  all  lordes. 
 
 And  I  sawe  an  angell  stonde  in  the  Sonne, 
 and  he  cryed  with  a  lowde  voyce,  sayenge  to 
 all  the  fowles  that  flye  by  the  myddes  vnder 
 the  heauen  :  Come  and  gaddre  youre  selues 
 togedder  vnto  the  supper  of  the  gret  God,  that 
 ye  maye  eate  the  U  fleszhe  of  kynges,  and  of 
 hye  captajaies,  and  the  fleszhe  of  mighty  men, 
 and  the  fleszhe  of  horsses,  and  of  the  that  syt 
 on  them,  and  the  fleszhe  of  all  free  men  and 
 bond  men,  both  of  small  and  greate.  And  I 
 sawe  the  beeste  and  the  kynges  of  f  earth, 
 and  their  warriers  gaddred  togedder,  to  make 
 battayle  agaynste  him  that  sat  vpon  the  horsse, 
 and  agaynst  his  sowdiers. 
 
 And  the  beeste  was  taken,  and  with  him 
 that  false  prophet  that  wrought  myracles  be- 
 fore him,  with  which  he  disceaued  them  that 
 receaued  tb  beestes  marke,  and  them  that 
 worszhipped  his  ymage.  ^^  These  both  were 
 cast  in  to  a  ponde  of  fyre  burnynge  with 
 brymstone :  and  the  remnaunte  were  slayne 
 with  the  nil  swearde  of  him  that  sat  vpon  the 
 horsse,  which  swearde  preceded  out  of  his 
 mouth,  and  all  the  foules  were  filled  with 
 their  fleszhe. 
 
 1  Tim.  6.    Apo.  17.  c.         H  Ezec.  39.  d.         §§  Dan. 
 Apo.  20.  c.     Mat.  25.  d.         ||||Heb.  4.  c. 
 
jTo.  rrlnii). 
 
 Cl)f  Kriirlarion  of  ^.  3l)on. 
 
 CI)ap»  XV* 
 
 Zl)c  IV.  Ci)aptn-. 
 
 /-\_  heaucn,  hauinge  the  keye  of  the  bottom- 
 Icsse  pvl,  and  a  grct  cliayne  in  his  honde. 
 •And  he  toke  the  dragon  that  olde  serpent 
 (wiiich  is  the  deuell  and  Satanas)  and  he 
 boiinde  him  a  thousand  yeares :  and  cast  him 
 in  to  the  bottomlesse  pyt,  and  he  bounde  him, 
 and  set  a  seale  on  liini,  that  he  shuld  diseeaue 
 the  people  nomoare,  tyll  tiic  thousand  yeares 
 were  fulfilled.  Anil  after  that  muste  he  be 
 lowsed  for  a  littell  season. 
 
 t  And  I  sawe  seates,  and  they  sat  vpon  them, 
 and  the  iudgement  was  geuen  vnto  them :  and 
 I  sawe  the  soules  of  them  that  were  beheaded 
 for  the  witnes  of  lesu,  and  for  the  worde  of 
 God :  which  had  not  worshipped  the  beest, 
 nether  his  pnage,  nether  had  taken  his  marke 
 vpon  their  forheades,  or  on  their  hondes :  and 
 they  lyued,  and  raygned  with  Christ  a  thou- 
 sand yeare:  but  the  other  of  the  deed  men 
 lyued  not  agayne,  vntill  the  thousand  yeare 
 were  fyniszhed.  This  is  that  fyrst  resurreccion. 
 Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that  hath  parte  in  the 
 fyrst  resurreccion.  On  soch  hath  the  seconde 
 deeth  no  power,  but  they  shalbe  the  prestes 
 of  God  and  of  Christ,  and  shall  raygne  with 
 him  a  thousande  yeare. 
 
 And  when  the  thousand  yeares  are  expyred, 
 Sathan  shalbe  lowsed  out  of  his  preson,  and 
 shal  go  out  to  deceaue  the  people  which  are 
 in  the  foure  quarters  of  the  earth,  t  Gog  and 
 Magog,  to  gadder  them  togedder  to  batayle, 
 whose  nombre  is  as  the  sonde  off  the  see :  and 
 they  went  vp  on  the  playne  of  the  earth,  and 
 compased  the  tentes  of  the  sayntes  aboute, 
 and  the  beloued  cite.  And  fyre  cam  doune 
 from  God  out  of  heauen,  and  deuoured  them : 
 i  and  the  deuell  that  disceaued  them,  was 
 cast  in  to  a  lake  of  fyre  and  brymstone,  where 
 the  beest  and  the  false  prophet  were,  and 
 shalbe  tormented  daye  and  night  for  euennore. 
 
 And  I  sawe  a  gret  whyte  seate,  and  him 
 that  sat  on  it,  from  whose  face  fled  awaye 
 both  the  earth  and  heauen,  and  their  place 
 was  noraore  founde.  II  And  I  sawe  the  deed, 
 both  gret  and  small  stonde  before  God :  And 
 the  bokes  were  opened,  and  another  boke  was 
 opened,  which  is  (the  boke)  of  life,  and  the 
 
 •  lob  4.  b.    ?  Pet.  2.  b.  t  Dan.  7.  b.    Apoc.  4.  a. 
 
 t  Ezec.  5.  a.  and  39.      ^Dan.r.a.   Apo.  19.  b.    Mat.  25.  d. 
 II  Dan.  12.  a.         f  Esa.  45.  ••  Eze.  43.  a.         tt  Esa. 
 
 deed  were  iudged  of  tho  thinges  which  were 
 wrytten  in  the  bokes  accordinge  to  their 
 dedes :  and  the  see  gaue  vp  her  deed,  which 
 were  in  her,  and  deeth  and  hell  delyuered  vp 
 the  deed,  which  were  in  them :  and  they  were 
 iudged  euery  man  accordynge  to  his  dedes. 
 And  deth  and  hell  were  cast  in  to  the  lake  of 
 fyre.  This  is  that  second  deeth.  And  who- 
 soeuer  was  not  founde  wTytten  in  the  boke  off 
 life,  was  cast  in  to  the  lake  of  fyre. 
 
 ^t  ni-  Cljapttr. 
 
 AND  I  sawe  aT  newe  heauen  and  a  newe 
 earth.  For  the  fyrst  heauen,  and  the 
 iyrst  earth  were  vaniszhed  awaye,  and  there 
 was  nomore  See.  And  I  Ihon  sawe  that  holy 
 cite  newe  Jerusalem  come  downe  from  God  out 
 of  heauen,  prepared  as  a  bryde  gamiszhed  for 
 hyr  huszband.  And  I  herde  a  greate  voyce 
 from  the  seate,  sayenge :  beholde,  the  taber- 
 nacle of  God  **  is  with  men,  and  he  wil  dwell 
 with  them.  And  they  shalbe  his  people,  and 
 God  himselfe  shalbe  with  the,  and  shalbe 
 their  God.  tt  And  God  shal  wipe  awaye  all 
 teares  from  their  eyes.  And  there  shalbe 
 nomore  deeth,  nether  sorowe,  nether  shal 
 there  be  eny  more  payne,  for  y  olde  thinges 
 are  gone.  And  he  that  sat  vpon  the  seate, 
 sayde :  ti  Beholde,  I  make  all  thinges  newe. 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  wryte  for  these 
 wordes  are  faithfull  and  true. 
 
 And  he  sayde  \  nto  me :  it  is  done.  ^^  I  am 
 Alpha  and  Omega,  the  beg)'nnjTige,  and  the 
 ende.  I  wil  geue  to  him  that  is  a  thyrst  of 
 the  well  of  the  water  of  life  fre.  He  that 
 ouercommeth,  shal  inheret  all  thinges  llll  I  wil 
 be  his  God,  and  he  shalbe  my  sonne.  But  the 
 fearefull  and  vnbeleuynge,  and  the  abhomln- 
 able,  and  murthurers,  and  whormongers,  and 
 sorcerers,  and  ydolaters,  (t  all  lyars,  shal  haue 
 their  parte  in  the  lake,  that  burneth  with  fyre 
 and  bryonstone,  which  is  the  seconde  death. 
 
 And  there  came  vnto  me  one  of  the  seuen 
 angels,  which  had  the  seuen  vials  full  of  the 
 seuen  last  plages :  and  talked  with  me,  say- 
 enge :  come  hydder,  I  wil  shewe  the  the 
 bryde,  f  labes  \^^'fe.  And  he  caryed  me 
 awaye  in  f  sprete  to  a  greate  and  an  hye 
 moutayne,  and  he  shewed  me  the  greate  cite, 
 holy  lerusale  descendinge  out  of  heauen  from 
 
 23.  b.    Apo.  7. 
 Apo.  1.  b.  22.  < 
 
 n  2  Cor.  5.  c.  §§  Esa.  44.  b. 
 
 Zach.  8.  b.    Heb.  8.  c. 
 
COap.  mU 
 
 €\)t  l\tmlmon  of  ^,  3i)o\u 
 
 So.  rcUt. 
 
 God,  hauynge  the  brightnes  of  God.  And 
 her  shynynge  was  lyke  vnto  a  stone  most 
 precious,  euen  a  laspar  cleare  as  cristall :  g 
 had  greate  and  hye  walles,  and  had  twolue 
 
 es,  and  at  y  gates  twolue  angels :  and 
 names  wrytten,  which  are  the  twolue  trybes 
 of  Israel :  on  the  est  parte  thre  gates,  and  on 
 the  north  syde  thre  gates,  and  towarde  the 
 south  thre  gates,  and  from  the  west  thre 
 gates:  and  the  wall  of  the  cite  had  twolue 
 foundacios,  and  in  them  the  names  of  the 
 lambes  twolue  Apostles. 
 
 *  And  he  that  talked  with  me,  had  a  golden 
 rede  to  measure  the  cite  with  all,  and  the 
 gates  therof,  and  the  wall  therof.  And  the 
 cite  was  bylt  foure  square,  and  the  length 
 was  as  large  as  the  bredth  of  it,  and  he  mea- 
 sured the  cite  with  the  rede  twolue  M.  fur- 
 longes :  and  the  length  and  the  bredth,  and 
 y  heyth  of  it,  were  equall.  And  he  measured 
 the  wall  therof,  an  cxliiij.  cubittes,  after  y 
 measure  of  a  man,  which  the  angel  had.  And 
 the  buyldinge  of  the  wall  of  it  was , of  laspar. 
 And  the  cite  was  of  pure  golde,  like  vnto 
 cleare  glasse :  and  ;y  foundacios  of  the  walles 
 and  of  f  cite  were  garnyszhed  with  all  maner 
 of  precious  stones.  The  fyrst  foundacion  was 
 a  lasper,  the  seconde  a  Saphyre,  f  thyrde  a 
 Calcedony,  the  fourth  a  Smaragde :  the  fyft 
 a  Sardonix :  the  sixt  a  Sardeos :  the  seuenth 
 a  Crysolite,  the  eyght  berall:  the  nynth  a 
 Topas :  the  tenth  a  Crysoprasos :  the  eleueth 
 a  lacjTicte :  the  twelfte  an  Amatist. 
 
 And  the  twolue  gates  were  twolue  pearles, 
 and  euery  gate  was  of  one  pearle,  and  y  strete 
 of  the  cite  was  pure  golde,  as  a  thorowe- 
 shyninge  glasse.  And  I  sawe  no  temple 
 therin.  For  the  LORDE  God  allmighty  and 
 the  lambe  is  the  temple  of  it,  and  the  cite 
 hath  no  nede  of  the  Sonne,  nether  of  the 
 mone  to  lyghten  it.  For  the  bryghtnes  of 
 God  doth  light  it :  and  the  lambe  is  the  lyght 
 of  it.  And  y  people  which  are  saued,  shal 
 walke  in  the  light  of  it :  and  the  kynges  of 
 the  earth  shal  brynge  their  glory  vnto  it. 
 t  And  the  gates  of  it  shal  not  be  shut  by  daye. 
 For  there  shalbe  no  nyght  there.  And  there 
 shal  entre  in  to  it  none  vncleane  thinge : 
 nether  what  soeuer  worketh  abhominacion : 
 or  maketh  lyes :  but  they  which  are  wrytten 
 in  the  lambes  boke  of  life. 
 
 *  Zach.  2.  a.         t  Esa.  60.  b.        "  Eze.  47.  a.  Zac.  14.  b. 
 JEsa.  60.d.        §Apoc.  l.a.         ||  Apoc.  19. 
 
 Cl)e  yyi).  Cijaptcr. 
 
 AND  he  shewed  me  a  pure  lyuer  of  water 
 of  life  clere  as  cristall:  "proceadinge  out 
 of  the  seate  of  God  and  of  y  lambe  in  the 
 myddes  of  the  strete  of  it,  and  of  ether  syde 
 of  the  ryuer  was  there  wod  of  life:  which 
 bare  twolue  maner  of  frutes  :  and  gaue  frute 
 euery  moneth :  and  the  leaues  of  the  wodd 
 serued  to  heale  the  people  with  all. 
 
 And  there  shalbe  no  more  cursse,  but  the 
 seate  of  God  and  y  labe  shalbe  in  it :  and  his 
 seruauntes  shal  serue  him :  And  shal  se  his 
 face,  and  his  name  shalbe  in  their  for  heades. 
 t  And  there  shalbe  no  night  there,  and  they 
 nede  no  candle,  nether  light  of  the  Sonne : 
 for  the  LORDE  God  geueth  the  light,  and 
 they  shal  reygne  for  euermore. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  these  sayenges  are 
 faithfull,  and  true.  And  the  LORDE  God 
 of  the  holy  prophetes  sent  his  angell  to  shewe 
 vnto  his  seruauntes,  the  thinges  which  muste 
 shortly  be  fulfylled.  Beholde,  I  come  shortly. 
 Happy  is  he  y  kepeth  y  sayege  of  y  prophesy 
 of  this  boke.  I  am  Ihon,  which  sawe  these 
 thinges  and  herde  them.  And  whe  I  had 
 herde  and  sene  the,  I  fell  downe  to  worshippe 
 before  the  fete  of  the  angell  which  shewed  me 
 these  thinges.  And  he  saide  vnto  me:  II  se 
 thou  do  it  not,  for  I  am  thy  felowe  seruaunt 
 and  the  felowe  seruaut  of  thy  brethren  the 
 prophetes,  and  of  them,  which  kepe  the  say- 
 enges of  this  boke.     Worshippe  God. 
 
 And  he  sayde  vnto  me :  scale  not  the  say- 
 enges of  the  prophesy  of  this  boke.  For  the 
 tyme  is  at  hode.  H  He  that  doeth  euell,  let 
 him  do  euell  styll :  and  he  which  is  filthy,  let 
 him  be  filthy  styll :  and  he  that  is  righteous, 
 let  him  be  more  righteous:  and  he  that  is 
 holy,  let  him  be  more  holy.  And  beholde,  I 
 come  shortly,  and  my  rewarde  with  me,  to 
 geue  euery  ma  acordinge  as  his  dedes  shalbe. 
 **  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  f  beginnynge  and 
 the  ende:  the  first  5  the  last.  Blessed  are 
 they  that  do  his  commaundementes,  that  their 
 power  maye  be  in  the  tree  of  life,  and  maye 
 entre  in  thorow  the  gates  in  to  the  cite,  tt  For 
 without  are  dogges  and  inchaunters  and 
 whormongers,  and  mortherers,  and  ydolaters. 
 and  whosoeuer  loueth  or  maketh  lesinges. 
 
 I  lesus  haue  sent  myne  angell,  to  testifie 
 
 1[  Zach.  11.  b. 
 
 *•  Apoc.  1.  b. 
 5.  c.     Ephe.  5. 
 
 tt  1  Cor.  6.  b.    Gal 
 
jTo.  rcUti. 
 
 €i)t  l\furIanon  of  ^»  3i)on, 
 
 C&ap.  nih 
 
 vnto  you  these  thiiiges  in  the  eogregacioris. 
 I  am  tlie  rote  and  the  generacioii  of  Dauiil, 
 and  the  bright  mornynge  starre.  And  the 
 sprete  and  the  bryde  saye  :  Come.  And  let 
 him  that  hearcth,  saye  also:  Come.*  And_ 
 let  him  that  is  a  thvrst,  come.  And  let  who- 
 soeuer  wyll,  take  ol  the  water  of  life  fre. 
 
 I  testifye  vnto  euery  man  that  heareth  the 
 wordes  of  prophesy  of  this  boi^e  t  yf  eny  man 
 shal  adde  vnto  these  thinges,  God  shal  adde 
 
 •  Esii.  55.  a.     loh.  7.  d. 
 
 vnto  him  the  plages  that  are  wrytten  in  this 
 boke.  And  yf  eny  man  shal  mynishe  of  the 
 wordes  of  the  boke  of  this  prophesy,  God  shal 
 take  awaye  his  parte  out  of  the  boke  of  life, 
 and  out  of  the  holy  citie,  and  fro  tho  thinges 
 which  are  wrytten  in  this  boke.  He  which 
 testifyeth  these  thinges,  sayth :  Yee  I  come 
 quyckly,  Amen.  Euen  so :  come  LORDE 
 lesu.  The  grace  of  oure  LORDE  lesu 
 Christ  be  with  you  all.     Amen 
 
 t  Deut.  4.  c. 
 
 Cfif  eitir  of  ti)t  neto  ttstamtitt. 
 
 A  faute  escaped  in  pryntinge  the  new  Testament. 
 
 In  the  sixte  chapter  of  S.  Mathew,  ©. 
 
 Seke  ye  first  the  kyngdome  of  heauen  :  &c. 
 
 Reade. 
 
 Seke  ye  first  the  kyngdome  of  God,  &cc. 
 
 J?tpntco  m  tlje  fcat«  of  outc  LORDE  00.  25.  XXXV. 
 ano  fpniBhcD  tT)e  fount)  Bape  of  ©ctobn.