Proverbs Cross References - Bishops

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁵ The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles ⁶ To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother ⁹ For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke ¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them ¹¹ If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause ¹² Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit ¹³ So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes ¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood ¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes ¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes ²¹ She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying ²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge ²³ O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes ²⁴ Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded ²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught ²⁶ Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you ²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you ²⁸ Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction ³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions ³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them ³³ But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll

³ And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres

⁷ And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me ⁸ But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande ⁹ There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God ¹⁰ And after this maner spake she to Ioseph day by day: but he hearkened not vnto her to sleepe neare her, or to be in her company ¹¹ And on a certaine conuenient day, Ioseph entred into the house to do his businesse, and there was none of the housholde by, in the house ¹² Then she caught him by the garment, saying: lye with me. And he left his garment in her hande, and fledde, and got hym out ¹³ And when she sawe that he had lefte his garment in her hande, and was fled out

⁴² And Pharao toke of his ryng from his hande, and put it vpon Iosephes hande: & arayed him in cloth of raynes, & put a golden cheyne about his necke

³ And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao, and said vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues: How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto me? Let my people go, that they may serue me

²⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Howe long refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and my lawes

³ Ye shall feare euery man his mother and his father, & kepe my Sabbathes: I am the Lorde your God

⁸ Unto hym wyll I speake mouth to mouth in a vision, not in darke speaches and similitudes of the Lord shall he see: Wherfore then were ye not afrayde to speake against my seruaunt Moyses

²⁷ Howe long doth this euyll multitude murmure agaynst me? I haue hearde the murmuringes of the children of Israel with the whiche they murmure agaynst me

³⁰ But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng, and the earth open her mouth, and swallowe them vp with all that they haue, and they go downe quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked ye Lorde ³¹ And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes, the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them ³² And the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed them vp, and their houses, and all the men that were with Corah, and all their goodes ³³ And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit, and the earth closed vpon them: and they perished from among the congregation

¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth, & swalowed them vp: Corah also was in the death of that multitude, what tyme the fire consumed two hundred and fiftie men: and they became a signe

⁵ Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes, such as the Lorde my God comaunded me, that ye should do euen so in the lande whither ye go to possesse it ⁶ Kepe them therfore and do them, for that is your wisdome and vnderstandyng in the syght of the people, that they may heare all these ordinaunces, and say: Surely it is a wise and vnderstandyng people, it is a great nation

⁸ Thou shalt not consent vnto hym, nor hearken vnto hym, thyne eye shall not pitie hym, neither shalt thou haue compassion on hym, nor kepe hym secrete

¹⁸ If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them ¹⁹ Then shall his father and his mother take hym, and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie, and vnto the gate of that same place ²⁰ And say vnto the elders of the citie: This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce, he is a rioter & a drunkarde ²¹ And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death: And thou shalt put euyll away from thee, and all Israel shall heare, and feare

¹⁵ But he that shoulde haue ben vpright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heele: Thou art well fed, thou art growen thicke, thou art euen laden with fatnesse: And he forsoke God his maker, and regarded not the God of his saluation ¹⁶ They prouoked hym to anger with straunge gods, euen with abhominations prouoked they hym ¹⁷ They offered vnto deuils, and not to God: euen to gods whom they knewe not, to newe gods that came newly vp, whom their fathers feared not ¹⁸ Of God that begat thee thou art vnmyndfull, and hast forgotten God that made thee ¹⁹ The Lorde therfore sawe it, and was angry: because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters ²⁰ And he sayde: I wyll hyde my face from them, and wil see what their ende shalbe: For they are a very frowarde generation, childre in whom is no faith ²¹ They haue angred me with that which is no god, and prouoked me with their vanities: And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people, I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation ²² For fire is kindled in my wrath, and burneth vnto the bottome of hell, and hath consumed the earth with her increase, and set a fire the botomes of the mountaynes ²³ I wyll heape mischiefes vpon them, & wyll destroy them with mine arrowes ²⁴ They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust ²⁵ Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children, and within in the chamber feare: both young men & young women, and the suckelynges, with the men of gray heades ²⁶ I haue sayde, I wyll scatter them abrode, and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men ²⁷ Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe the selues, and lest they shoulde say: our hye hande hath done all this, and not the Lorde ²⁸ For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them ²⁹ O that they were wyse, and vnderstoode this, that they woulde consider their latter ende ³⁰ Howe shoulde one chase a thousande, & two put ten thousand to flyght, except their maker had solde them, and except the Lorde had shut them vp ³¹ For their god is not as our God: our enemies also them selues are iudges ³² For their vine is of the vineyarde of Sodome, & of the fieldes of Gomorra: their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters be bitter ³³ Their vine is the poyson of dragons, and the cruell gall of aspes ³⁴ Is not this layde in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures ³⁵ Uengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde, their feete shall slyde in due tyme: For the day of their destruction is at hande, and the thynges that shall come vpon them, make haste ³⁶ For the Lord shal iudge his people, and haue compassion on his seruautes, when he seeth that their power is gone, and that they be in a maner shut vp, or brought to naught and forsaken ³⁷ And he shall say: Where are their gods, their god in whom they trusted ³⁸ The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate, & dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges: let them ryse vp, and helpe you, and be your protection ³⁹ See nowe howe that I, I am God, and there is none but I: I kyll, and wyll make alyue: I wounde, and wyll heale, neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande ⁴⁰ For I wyll lift vp myne hande to heauen, and wyll say: I lyue euer ⁴¹ If I whet the edge of my sworde, and mine hande take holde to do iustice, I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies, and wyll rewarde them that hate me ⁴² I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood, and my sworde shal deuour fleshe, & that for the blood of the slayne, and for their captiuitie, sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie ⁴³ Prayse ye heathen his people, for he wyll auenge the blood of his seruautes, and will auenge him of his aduersaries, and wyll be mercifull vnto his lande, and to his people ⁴⁴ And Moyses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the eares of the people, he & Iosuah the sonne of Nun

¹⁴ Go and crye vnto the gods whiche ye haue chosen, and let them saue you in the tyme of your tribulation

¹⁶ And as she laye vpon hym with her wordes, continually vexyng of him, his soule was encumbred eue vnto ye death ¹⁷ And so he tolde her all his heart, & said vnto her: There neuer came rasor vpon myne head, for I haue ben a Nazarite vnto God, euen from my mothers wombe: Therfore when I am shauen, my strength will go from me, & I shall waxe weake, and be lyke all [other] men ¹⁸ And when Dalila sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent and called for the lordes of the Philistines, saying: Come vp yet this once, for he hath shewed me all his hearte. Then ye lordes of the Philistines came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes ¹⁹ And she made hym sleepe vpon her knees, and she sent for a man, and he dyd shaue of the seuen lockes of his head, & began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him ²⁰ And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters of brasse: and he dyd grynde in the prison house

²⁵ If one man sinne against another, the Iudge shall iudge it: But if a man sinne against the Lord, who will be his dayseman? Notwithstandiug, they hearkened not vnto the voyce of their father, because the Lorde would slay the

¹⁸ And ye shall crie out at that time, because of your king whiche ye shall haue chosen you, & the Lorde wil not heare you at that day

³² And Dauid said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me ³³ Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande

²⁴ And Dauid comforted Bethsabe his wyfe, & went in vnto her and lay with her, and she bare a sonne, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loued him ²⁵ And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidia, of the Lordes behalfe

¹¹ And Ioab sayd vnto the man that told him: If thou diddest see him, why diddest not thou there smite him to the ground, and I would haue geuen thee ten sicles of siluer, and a gyrdle ¹² The man sayd vnto Ioab: Though I should receaue a thousande sicles of siluer in myne hande, yet woulde I not stretche out myne hand against ye kinges sonne: For we heard with our eares when the king charged thee, & Abisai, and Ithai, saying: Beware that none touche the young man Absalom ¹³ Moreouer, if I had done it, I shoulde haue done against mine owne lyfe: for there is no matter hyd from the king, yea & thou thy selfe wouldest haue ben against me

¹² Then sate Solomon vpon the seate of Dauid his father, and his kingdome was stablished mightyly

⁹ Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people ¹⁰ And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement ¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee

²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice

³¹ For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde ³² And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue

²⁰ Gehezi the seruaunt of Elisa the man of God, said: Beholde, my maister hath spared Naaman this Syrian, that he would not receaue at his hande those thinges that he offered: As the Lorde lyueth, I wyll runne after him, & take somewhat of him ²¹ And so Gehezi folowed Naaman: And when Naaman saw him running after him, he light downe from the charet to meete him, and saide: Is all well ²² He aunswered, All is well: Beholde, my maister hath sent me, saying: See, there be come to me euen nowe from mount Ephraim two young men of the children of the prophetes: Geue them I pray thee one talent of siluer, and two chaunge of garmentes ²³ And Naaman said: With a good will, take two talentes: And he constrained him, & bounde two talentes of siluer in two bagges, with two chaunge of garmentes, and laide them vpon two of his seruauntes, to beare them before him ²⁴ And when he came to the lower place, he toke [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house, and he let the men go, and they departed ²⁵ But he went in and stoode before his maister: And Elisa said vnto him, whece commest thou Gehezi? He saide: Thy seruaunt went no whyther ²⁶ But he saide vnto him: went not myne heart [with thee] when the man turned againe from his charet to meete thee? Is it now a tyme to receaue money, to receaue garmentes, olyue trees, vnieyardes, sheepe, and oxen, men seruauntes, and mayde seruauntes ²⁷ The leprosie therefore of Naaman shal cleaue vnto thee, and vnto thy seede for euer. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snowe

⁹ Behold, a sonne is borne to thee, and he shalbe a man of rest, for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about: For his name is Solomon, & I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes

⁵ And of all my sonnes (for the Lorde hath geuen me many sonnes) he hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to sit vpon the seate of the kingdome of the Lorde in Israel

²⁸ And he dyed in a good age, ful of dayes, riches, and honour: and Solomon his sonne raigned in his steade

¹⁶ And it chaunced, that as ye prophete talked with him, the king saide vnto him: Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel: Ceasse, why wylt thou be beaten? And the prophete ceassed, and said: I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my counsell

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his wordes, and misvsed his prophetes, vntill the wrath of the Lorde arose against his people, and till there was no remedie

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus: Then was the kinges wrath pacified

⁸ For as I haue proued by experience, they that plow iniquitie & sow wretchednesse, reape the same

¹⁴ They say also vnto God: Go from vs, we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes ¹⁵ Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him

²² Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart

² For some men remoue the landemarkes, robbe men of their cattell, and feede of the same ³ They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge

⁹ Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him

²⁸ And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding

³⁹ If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof

⁷ Where is there such a one as Iob, that drinketh vp scornefulnesse like water

¹⁰ Therfore hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding: farre be it from God that he shoulde meddle with wickednesse, & farre be it from the almightie that he shoulde meddle with vnrighteous dealing

¹⁶ If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes

³⁴ Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me

¹¹ Which teacheth vs more the the beastes of the earth, and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen ¹² If any such complaine, no man geueth aunswere, and that because of the wickednesse of proude tirauntes

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull

⁴ He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision

⁹ For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue

¹⁴ Beholde, he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe, for he hath conceaued a labour: but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood ¹⁵ He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made ¹⁶ For his labour shall come vpon his owne head: and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate

¹⁶ God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed: the vngodly is trapped in ye worke of his owne handes, this ought to be considered alwayes. Selah

⁸ He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake ⁹ He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net ¹⁰ He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght

¹² Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly [which is] thy sworde

⁴¹ (18:40) They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them

⁷ (19:6) The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple

¹² (25:10) What man is he that feareth God? [God] wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose ¹³ (25:11) His soule shall rest all nyght at ease: and his seede shall inherite the lande

⁴ I haue not sit [in company] with vayne persons: neither haue I entred [once acquaintaunce] with dissemblers ⁵ I haue hated the congregation of the malitious: and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly

¹ Vnto thee I crye O God my strength, make not as though thou were deafe at me: lest if thou holdest thy peace, I become like them that go downe into the graue

²⁰ Thou hydest them priuily in thyne owne presence from the raginges of [all] men: thou kepest them secretly [as] in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues

¹¹ Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God

⁷ For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit [full] of their nettes: without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym

¹³ The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming

⁴ I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe

¹⁶ But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly: why doest thou preache my lawes, and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth ¹⁷ Seyng that thou hatest discipline: and hast cast my wordes behynde thee ¹⁸ When thou sawest a thiefe, thou dydst consent vnto hym: and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers

²³ [And as for] them: thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction. (55:24) The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes: neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee

¹ Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde: for man goeth about to deuour me, he dayly fyghtyng, oppresseth me ² Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most highest

⁶ They flocke together, they kepe them selues close: they marke my steppes, that they may lye in wayte for my soule

³ He wyll sende from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp, Selah: the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth

⁹ (58:8) As a greene thorne [kindled with fyre, goeth out] before your pottes be made whot: euen so let a furious rage bring him to naught

⁵ They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them ⁶ They searche out howe to do wrong, they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out: yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes

²² (69:21) Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction

²² (69:21) Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction ²³ (69:22) Let their eyes be blynded that they see not: and euer bowe downe their loynes ²⁴ (69:23) Powre out thine indignation vpon them: and let thy wrathfull displeasure take holde of them ²⁵ (69:24) Let their habitation be desolate: and let no man dwell in their tabernacles ²⁶ (69:25) For they persecute hym whom thou hast smitten: and they talke of the griefe of them whom thou hast wounded ²⁷ (69:26) Let them fall from one wickednesse to another: and let them not enter into thy ryghteousnesse ²⁸ (69:27) Let them be wyped out of the booke of the lyuyng: and not to be written among the ryghteous

² I wyll open my mouth in a parable: I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past

³⁴ And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke: & that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer ³⁵ Neuerthelesse they dyd but flatter him with their mouth: and they made hym a lye with their tongue ³⁶ For their heart was not vpright with him: neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt

¹¹ But my people woulde not heare my voyce: and Israel would not [obey] me

¹³ O that my people woulde haue hearkened vnto me: O that Israel had walked in my wayes

⁶ An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it ⁷ Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse, and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe: that they [notwithstandyng] shalbe destroyed for euer and euer

⁸ Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised

¹¹ (107:10) Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde: and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest

¹⁰ The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer

⁷ He wyll not be afraide of any euyll tidinges: his heart is setled, he beleueth in God ⁸ His heart is strengthened, he will not feare: vntyll he seeth [a mischiefe to fall] vpon his enemies

⁹ (119:1) Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde

⁹⁸ (119:2) Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me ⁹⁹ (119:3) I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study ¹⁰⁰ (119:4) I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes ¹⁰¹ (119:5) I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde

¹¹¹ (119:7) I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart

¹³⁰ (119:2) The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple

¹⁷³ (119:5) Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me: for I haue chosen thy commaundementes

³ (124:2) Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke: when their wrath was so inflamed against vs

⁷ Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt

¹ I will magnifie thee O Lord my king: and I wyll blesse thy name for euer and euer

⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction

¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them

¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes ¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood

¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof

²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge

²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge ²³ O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes

²⁵ But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde ³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction

³⁰ They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction

¹ My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee

¹ My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee ² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng ³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures ⁵ Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God ⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁷ He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly ⁸ That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse ⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path ¹⁰ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge ¹¹ Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes

²¹ My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding

²¹ My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding ²² So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule, and grace vnto thy mouth

²² So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule, and grace vnto thy mouth ²³ Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way, and thy foote shall not stumble ²⁴ If thou sleepest, thou shalt not be afraide: but shalt take thy rest, and sleepe sweetely ²⁵ Thou shalt not be afraide of any sodayne feare, neither for the violent rushing in of the vngodly when it commeth ²⁶ For the Lorde shall stande by thy side, & kepe thy foote that thou be not taken

³⁴ As for the scornfull, doth he not laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly

¹ Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding ² For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother ⁴ He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue ⁵ Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee ⁷ The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding

⁹ She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory

¹⁴ Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked ¹⁵ Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it ¹⁶ For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme

²⁷ Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll

¹ My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence ² That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge

⁸ Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house

¹² Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction

¹² Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction ¹³ Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me

²² The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped ²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray

⁹ Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe

¹⁵ Therefore shall his destruction come hastyly vpon hym, sodainly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed

¹⁸ An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother ²¹ Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life

¹ My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee

⁴ Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman

⁷ And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt

⁷ And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt ⁸ Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her hous ⁹ In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke ¹⁰ And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid ¹¹ She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house ¹² Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner ¹³ She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying ¹⁴ I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it ¹⁵ Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee ¹⁶ I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon ¹⁸ Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast ²¹ Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym

²¹ Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym ²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished

²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished ²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon

²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon

²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon ²⁴ Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth

¹ Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce ² She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes ³ She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores ⁴ It is you O ye men [saith she] whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce ⁵ Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles

⁵ Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles

¹⁰ Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde ¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it ¹² I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding

¹⁷ I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me

³² Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes

³² Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes ³³ O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores ³⁵ For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde ³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death

³ She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie ⁴ Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said ⁵ O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine [whiche] I haue powred out for you ⁶ Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng

⁶ Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge ¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding ¹¹ For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith ¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste ¹⁸ And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell

¹ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother

¹⁷ Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be nurtured, deceaueth hym selfe

²⁴ The thing that the vngodly is afraide of, shall come vpon hym: but the ryghteous shall haue their desire

²⁴ The thing that the vngodly is afraide of, shall come vpon hym: but the ryghteous shall haue their desire ²⁵ As the tempest, so passeth away the vngodly and is not: but the ryghteous remayneth sure for euer

¹ Who so loueth correction loueth knowledge: but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole

⁶ The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the

²⁰ He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted

⁶ A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande

¹⁴ A backe slydyng heart shalbe fylled with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from hym

²⁶ In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength: and his children are vnder a sure defence

⁵ A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng

¹² A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym: neither wyll he come vnto the wyse

²⁷ The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour

¹⁶ To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer

²⁹ A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good

¹⁶ Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto

² A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart

²⁹ Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes

¹⁹ The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips

¹¹ When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding

⁸ He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle

³ Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth ⁴ Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose

¹ These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezekia king of Iuda copied out

¹⁷ He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym

¹ He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe

¹⁴ There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles

¹ The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him

¹ The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem

¹³ Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne [namely] riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession

⁹ Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges

⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables

¹¹ For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes [which] are geuen of one shephearde

¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men

¹⁰ Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles, and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels

⁹ Thou hast [with loue] bewitched my heart O my sister my spouse, thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thyne eyes, and with one chayne of thy necke

³ The oxe hath knowen his owner, and the asse his maisters cribbe: [but] Israel hath not knowen, my people hath geuen no heede

¹⁵ When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood

¹⁰ Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them: for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies ¹¹ [But] wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes

¹⁹ The sweete perfumes, and the bracelettes, and the mufflers

¹³ For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt, This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande, & thorowe my wysdome: for I am wyse, I am he that remoue the landes of the people, I rob their treasure, and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man ¹⁴ My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest: and like as egges that were layde here and there, are gathered together, so do I gather all countreys, and there was none [so bolde] as to moue the winge, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper

¹³ Euen lyke many waters shal the people rage, God shall rebuke hym, and he shal flee farre of, he shalbe chased away lyke as drye strawe vpon the mountaynes before the wynde, and lyke a thyng that turneth before the storme

³ By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace, because they put their trust in thee

¹¹ When the braunches of it are drye, they are broken of, & the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no vnderstanding, and therfore he that made them shall not fauour them, and he that created them shall geue them no grace

⁹ For this is an obstinate people, and dissembling chyldren, chyldren that refuse to heare the lawe of the Lorde ¹⁰ For they say vnto the seers, see not, and to them that be cleare of iudgement, loke not out right thinges for vs: but speake fayre wordes vnto vs, loke out errours ¹¹ Get you out of this way, depart out of this path, and turne the holy one of Israel from vs ¹² Wherefore thus saith the holy one of Israel: Because your heartes ryse against this word, and because you trust in wrong dealing and peruerse iudgement, and put your confidence therin

¹⁵ Unto the tyme that the spirite be powred vpon vs from aboue, and that the wildernesse be a fruitfull fielde, and the plenteous fielde be reckened for a wood

⁸ There shalbe foote pathes & common streetes, this shalbe called the holy way: no vncleane person shall go through it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way, and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre

⁸ Ye heauens from aboue drop downe, and let the cloudes rayne righteousnesse: the earth open it selfe, let saluation and righteousnesse growe foorth, let it bryng them foorth together: I the Lorde haue created him

¹⁸ O that thou hadst regarded my commaundementes, then had thy wealthynesse ben as the water streame, and thy ryghteousnesse as the waues flowyng in the sea

² For why woulde no man receaue me when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me aunswere? Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I drynke vp the sea, & of water fluddes I make drye lande: so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste

¹ Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth ² Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse ³ Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede [I say] and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid

³ Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede [I say] and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid

⁶ Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue

⁷ Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their counsels are wicked counsels, harme and destruction are in their wayes

¹² Therfore wyll I number you to the sworde, that ye shalbe destroyed altogether: for that when I called, no man gaue me aunswere, when I spake, ye hearkened not vnto me, but dyd wickednesse before mine eyes, and chose the thinges that pleased me not

⁴ Therfore wyll I also haue pleasure in laughyng them to scorne, & the thyng that they feare will I bring vpon them: For when I called, no man gaue aunswere, when I spake, they woulde not heare: but did wickednesse before mine eyes, and chose the thynges that displeased me

¹⁹ Thine owne wickednesse shall reproue thee, and thy turnyng away shall condempne thee: that thou mayest knowe and vnderstand howe euyll and hurtfull a thyng it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, and hast not feared me, saith the Lorde God of hoastes

¹⁴ O ye disobedient childre, turne againe saith the Lorde, and I wyll be maryed with you: for I wyll take one out of the citie, and two out of one generation from among you, and bryng you into Sion

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them

¹⁹ Heare thou earth also: behold, I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people, euen the fruite of their owne imaginations, for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe, but abhorred them

¹³ And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde, and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you, yet would ye not heare me, I called, ye would not aunswere

⁷ The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme, the Turtle doue, the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle: but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde

⁹ Therefore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afraide and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde, what wisdome can then be among them

¹¹ Therefore, thus saith the Lorde: beholde, I will send a plague vpon them, whiche they shall not be able to escape: and they shall crye vnto me, and I wyl not heare them

¹⁹ But I am as a meeke lambe, an oxe that is caryed away to be slayne, not knowing that they had deuised suche a counsell against me [saying,] We wyll destroy his meate with wood, and driue him out of the lande of the liuing, that his name shall neuer be thought vpon

¹⁰ Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people, seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode, and haue not refrayned their feete: therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them, but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes, and punishe all their sinnes

¹² For though they fast, I wyll not heare their prayers, and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices, yet wyll not I accept them: for I wyll destroy them with the sworde, hunger, and pestilence

¹⁸ Then sayd they, Come, let vs imagine somethyng agaynst this Ieremie: for the priestes shall not be destitute of the lawe, neither shall the wise men be destitute of counsayle, nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God: Come, and let vs smite hym with the tongue, and let vs not marke all his wordes ¹⁹ Consider me O Lorde, and heare the voyce of mine enemies ²⁰ Shall they recompence euyll for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them, and to turne away thy wrath from them

¹⁶ Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde ¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence ¹⁸ And therefore thus saith the Lorde against Iehoakim the sonne of Iosias kyng of Iuda: They shall not mourne for hym [as they vse to do] Alas brother, alas sister: neither shall they say vnto him, Alas sir, alas for that noble prince ¹⁹ But as an asse shall he be buried, corrupt, and be cast without the gates of Hierusalem

¹¹ Moab hath euer ben riche and carelesse from her youth vp, she hath ben still setled vpon lies, she was neuer yet put out of one vessell into another [that is] she neuer went away into captiuitie, therefore her taste remayneth, and her sauour is not yet chaunged ¹² But lo, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I shall sende her trussers to trusse her vp, whiche shall remoue her from her dwelling, and emptie her vessels, and breake her wine pottes

³⁴ Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon hath deuoured and destroyed me, he hath made me an emptie vessell, he swalowed me vp lyke a dragon, and fylled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out

⁵ The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie, he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces, yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed, and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse

¹⁶ All thyne enemies gape vpon thee, whispering and grinding their teeth, saying: let vs deuour, for the tyme that we looked for is come, we haue founde and seene it

¹⁸ Therfore wyll I also do somethyng in my wrathful displeasure, so that mine eye shall not spare them, neither wyll I haue pitie: yea and though they crye in mine eares with a loude voyce, yet wyll I not heare them

¹¹ I decked thee with costly apparell, I put braselets vpon thy hands, a chayne about thy necke

²⁷ Agayne, when the wicked turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath done, and doth iudgement and right, he shall saue his soule aliue ²⁸ Because he seeth, and turneth away from all his iniquitie that he hath committed, he shall surely liue, and not dye ²⁹ And yet saith the house of Israel, the way of the Lorde is not equall. Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel? are not your wayes rather vnequall ³⁰ Therefore I wyll iudge you, euery man according to his wayes, O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde: returne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse, so iniquitie shall not be your destruction

¹¹ Tell them, as truely as I liue saith the Lorde God, I haue no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but much rather that the wicked tourne from his way, and lyue: Turne you, turne you from your wicked wayes, for why wil ye dye O ye of the house of Israel

⁷ Wherfore the king cryed mightyly, that they should bring the soothsayers, Chaldees, & wysardes: the king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, & said, Who so can reade this wryting, & shewe me the interpretation thereof, shalbe clothed with purple, and haue a cheyne of golde about his necke, and shalbe the third ruler in the kingdome

¹⁶ Then hearde I of thee that thou couldest shewe interpretations, and dissolue doubtes: nowe if thou canst reade his writing, & shew me the meaning therof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke, & be the thirde ruler in the kingdome

²⁹ Then commaunded Balthasar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and a chayne of golde about is necke, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome

¹⁵ I wyll go and returne to my place, tyll they knowledge that they haue sinned and seeke me. In their aduersitie they shall early seeke me

¹ O Israel, returne vnto the Lorde thy God, for thou hast fallen through thine owne wickednesse

²⁸ And it shall come to passe after this: I wyll powre out my spirite vpon all fleshe, and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie, your olde men shall dreame dreames, your young men shall see visions

¹ Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power ² And they couet fieldes, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, [euen] man and his heritage ³ Therefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, against this housholde haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes: ye shall no more go so proudly, for it wyl be a perilous time

² [But] they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones ³ And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron ⁴ Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he wyll not heare them: he wyll euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes

¹⁰ They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie ¹¹ (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs. ¹² Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed [as] a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest

² There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death

³ The Lorde is slowe to anger, and [also] of great power, and in no case will not acquite [the wicked,] the Lordes dealing is with blustring tempest and whirle winde, and the cloudes are the dust of his feete

¹² The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes, and strangled for his she lions, and hath filled his dennes with pray, and his abyding places with spoyle

⁹ Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll

⁹ The glorie of the seconde house, shalbe greater then the glorie of the first, sayth the Lorde of hoastes: and in this place will I geue peace, sayth the Lorde of hoastes

¹¹ Neuerthelesse, they would not take heede, but turned their backes, & stopped their eares that they should not heare ¹² Yea, they made their heartes as an Adamant stone, lest they should heare the law and wordes which the Lorde of hoastes sent in his holy spirite by the prophetes aforetime: Wherfore the lord of hoastes was very wroth at them ¹³ And thus is it come to passe, that like as he cryed, and they would not heare: euen so they cryed, & I would not heare saith the Lord God of hoastes

¹⁰ Moreouer, vpon the house of Dauid & vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace & compassion, so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed, and they shal lamet for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne: yea, and be sory for him, as men are sory for their first childe

²² Many wyll say to me in that day, Lorde Lorde, haue we not prophesied thorowe thy name? and thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls? & done many great workes thorowe thy name ²³ And then wyll I confesse vnto them, I neuer knewe you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie

² And beholde, they brought to him a man, sicke of the paulsie, lying in a bedde. And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them, he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee

¹³ Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll [haue] mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce

²² But Iesus turned hym about, and when he sawe her, he saide: Daughter be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee safe. And the woman was made whole from that same houre.

²⁷ What I tell you in darknesse, that speake ye in lyght: And what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye on the houses

²⁹ Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules ³⁰ For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght

² And great multitudes were gathered together vnto hym, so greatly that he went and sate in a shippe, and the whole multitude stoode on the shore

¹⁰ And the disciples came, and sayde vnto hym: Why speakest thou to them by parables ¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen ¹² For whosoeuer hath, to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue more aboundaunce: But whosoeuer hath not, from hym shalbe taken away, euen that he hath ¹³ Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande ¹⁴ And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue ¹⁵ For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare ¹⁷ Ueryly I say vnto you, that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see, and haue not seene: and to heare those thynges which ye heare, and haue not hearde

³⁴ All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people in parables: and without a parable spake he not vnto them ³⁵ That it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophete, that sayth: I wyll open my mouth in parables, I wyll speake foorth thynges which haue ben kept secrete from the foundation of the worlde

⁵¹ Iesus sayth vnto them: haue ye vnderstande all these thynges? They say vnto hym: yea Lorde ⁵² Then sayde he vnto them: Therfore, euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen, is lyke vnto a man that is an householder, whiche bryngeth foorth out of his treasure, thynges newe and olde

⁵⁴ And when he came into his owne countrey, he taught them in their synagogues, in so much, that they were astonyed, and sayde: whence commeth this wysdome and powers vnto hym

⁵ Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bryght cloude shadowed them: And beholde, [there came] a voyce out of the cloude, which sayde, this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased, heare hym

¹⁷ Iesus aunswered and sayde: O faythlesse and croked nation, howe long shall I be with you? howe long shal I suffer you? bryng hym hyther to me

⁵ But they made lyght of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, another to his marchaundize ⁶ And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes, and entreated them spitefully, and slewe them

³⁷ O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not

³⁷ O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not ³⁸ Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate

¹⁰ And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp ¹¹ Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs ¹² But he aunswered and sayde: veryly I say vnto you, I knowe you not

³ Then assembled together the chiefe priestes, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, vnto the palace of the hye prieste, which was called Caiaphas ⁴ And helde a councell, that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kyll hym

⁴ Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that ⁵ And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged hym selfe

¹¹ And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables

³⁴ But without parable spake he nothing vnto them. But when they were alone, he expounded all thynges to his disciples

³⁰ But the pharisees and lawyers despised the councel of God, agaynst them selues, and were not baptized of hym

⁴² Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her

¹³ If ye then, being euyll, can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren, howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite, to them that desire [it] of hym

⁴⁹ Therfore saide the wisedome of God, I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles, and some of them they shall slaye and persecute

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth ¹⁶ And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites ¹⁷ And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites ¹⁸ And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes ¹⁹ And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery ²⁰ But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided ²¹ So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God

²⁵ When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begyn to stande without, & to knocke at the doore, saying, Lorde, Lorde, open vnto vs: and he shall aunswere, and say vnto you, I knowe you not whence ye are ²⁶ Then shall ye begyn to say: We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streates ²⁷ And he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not, whence ye are: depart from me all ye that worke iniquitie ²⁸ There shalbe weepyng & gnasshyng of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the prophetes, in the kyngdome of God, and ye your selues thrust out

¹⁸ And they all at once began to make excuse. The first sayde vnto hym: I haue bought a farme, & I must needes go & see it, I pray thee haue me excused ¹⁹ And another sayde: I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I go to proue them, I pray thee haue me excused ²⁰ And another sayde: I haue maryed a wyfe, and therfore I can not come

²⁴ For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores ²¹ And desiring to be refresshed with the crumbes which fell from ye riche mans boorde [And no man gaue vnto hym]: but the dogges came and licked his sores ²² And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed ²³ And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome ²⁴ And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe ²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented

⁴² Saying: If thou haddest knowen those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, euen in this thy day: But nowe are they hyd from thyne eyes

⁹ But when ye heare of warres, and seditios, be not afraide: For these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende foloweth not by and by

¹⁹ Possesse ye your soule by patience

²³ But wo vnto the that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people ²⁴ And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led away captiue into all nations: And Hierusalem shalbe troden downe of the gentiles, vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled ²⁵ And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore ²⁶ And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare, and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world: For the powers of heauen shalbe shaken

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth

¹⁸ But he that beleueth not, is condempned alredy, because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotte sonne of God ¹⁹ And this is the condempnation: that lyght is come into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then lyght, because their deedes were euyll ²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued

²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: neither commeth to the light, lest his deedes shoulde be reproued ²¹ But he that doeth trueth, cometh to the lyght, yt his deedes may be knowen, howe that they are wrought in God

³⁶ He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym

³⁶ What [maner of] saying is this that he sayde, ye shall seke me, and shall not fynde me: and where I am, thyther can ye not come ³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cryed, saying: Yf any man thirste, let him come vnto me and drynke

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cryed, saying: Yf any man thirste, let him come vnto me and drynke

²⁷ My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me ²⁸ And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande ²⁹ My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande

²⁵ But [this commeth to passe,] that the worde myght be fulfylled, that is written in their lawe: They hated me without a cause

²⁵ These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes. The tyme wyl come, when I shall no more speake vnto you by prouerbes: but I shall shewe you playnely of my father

²⁰ Iesus aunswered him: I spake openly to the worlde, I euer taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whyther all the Iewes resort, & in secrete haue I sayde nothyng

³⁶ Therfore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made that same Iesus, whom ye haue crucified, Lorde and Christe ³⁷ Nowe when they hearde this, they were pricked in their heartes, and sayde vnto Peter, & vnto the other Apostles: Ye men & brethren, what shall we do ³⁸ Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost

¹⁹ Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde

³⁰ So that thou stretch foorth thyne hande, that healyng, and signes, and wonders, be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus

²⁰ Go, and stande & speake in the temple to the people, all the wordes of this lyfe

⁵¹ Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye ⁵² Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers ⁵³ Whiche also haue receaued the lawe, by the disposition of angels, and haue not kept it ⁵⁴ When they hearde these thynges, their heartes claue a sunder, and they gnasshed on hym with their teeth

¹⁹ Saying: Geue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I put the hands, he may receaue the holy ghost ²⁰ But Peter sayde vnto him: Thy money perishe with thee, because thou hast thought that the gyfte of God may be obteyned with money

³⁰ And Philip ran thither to him, & heard hym reade the prophete Esaias, & saide: vnderstandest thou what thou readest ³¹ And he said: how can I, except I had a guyde? And he desired Philip that he woulde come vp, and sit with hym

¹⁵ Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne, and to the counsell, that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe, as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym: And we, or euer he come neare, are redy to kyll hym

³ And desired fauour agaynst hym, that he woulde sende for hym to Hierusalem: & they layde awayte in the way, to kyll hym

²⁰ But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, & at Hierusalem, and throughout all the coastes of Iurie, and then to the gentiles, that they shoulde repent, and turne to God, and do such workes as become them that repent

²⁸ And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely

⁹ Tribulation, and anguishe, vpon euery soule of man that doeth euyll, of the Iewe first, and also of the Greke

⁵ But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men

¹³ Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes

³⁵ Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God? Shall tribulation or anguishe, or persecution, either hunger, either nakednesse, either peryll, either sworde ³⁶ As it is written: For thy sake are we kylled all daye long, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter ³⁷ Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we ouercome, through hym that loued vs ³⁸ For I am sure, that neither death, neither lyfe, neither angels, nor rule, neither power, neither thynges present, neither thynges to come ³⁹ Neither heygth nor deapth, neither any other creature, shalbe able to seperate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde

²¹ But agaynst Israel he sayeth: All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not, but speaketh agaynst me

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes

²⁴ But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes [we preache] Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God

³⁰ And of hym are ye in Christe Iesu, whiche of God is made vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption

¹⁵ I speake as vnto them which haue discretion, iudge ye what I say

¹⁷ Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you

⁷ Be not deceaued, God is not mocked: For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape ⁸ For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng

¹¹ And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them

³ In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge

³ For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape

⁹ Lykewyse also the women, that they araye them selues in comely apparell, with shamefastnesse, and discrete behauiour, not in brayded heere, either golde or pearles, or costly aray ¹⁰ But (that becommeth women professyng godlynesse) through good workes

³ Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse

⁹ For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction ¹⁰ For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes

⁵ When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee, whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunica: and I am assured that [it dwelleth] in thee also

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart

¹⁵ And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus ¹⁶ All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse ¹⁷ That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes

⁶ Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded

¹⁴ But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll

³⁸ And the iuste shall lyue by fayth: And yf he withdrawe hym selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym ³⁹ We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition: but we parteyne vnto fayth, to the wynning of the soule

²⁵ Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season

⁸ But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes

²⁵ See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we [not escape] yf we turne away from hym that [speaketh] from heauen

²⁵ See that ye despise not hym that speaketh: For yf they escaped not, which refused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we [not escape] yf we turne away from hym that [speaketh] from heauen ²⁶ Whose voyce then shoke the earth, & nowe hath declared, saying: Yet once more wyll I shake, not the earth only, but also heauen

³ Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten ³ Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes ⁴ Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter

⁵ Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme

³ Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere, & hanging on of gold, eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel ⁴ But let the hid man whiche is in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet, whiche [spirite] is before god a thing much set by

³ And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not

¹⁴ Hauyng eyes full of adulterie, & that can not ceasse from sinne, begylyng vnstable soules: Heartes they haue exercised with robberie, they are cursed chyldren ¹⁵ Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse ¹⁶ But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete

³ This first vnderstande, that there shall come in the laste dayes mockers, whiche wyll walke after their owne lustes

¹⁶ Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction

¹⁶ So the, because thou art luke warme, and neither colde nor hotte, I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth ¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked ¹⁸ I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see ¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: Be feruent therfore, & repent

¹⁵ And the kynges of the earth, and the great men, and the ryche men, and the chiefe capitaines, and the myghtie men, and euery bonde man, and euery free man, hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles ¹⁶ And sayde to the hylles & rockes, fall on vs, and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the lambe ¹⁷ For the great day of his wrath is come: and who is able to endure

⁹ And they shal bewayl her, & the kinges of the earth shall lament for her, which haue committed fornication with her, & haue lyued wantonly with her, when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng ¹⁰ And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment, saying: Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that myghtie citie, for at one houre is thy iudgement come ¹¹ And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her, for no man wyll bye their ware any more ¹² The ware of golde and siluer, and precious stones, neither of pearle, & raynes, and purple, and sylke, and skarlet, and all thinne wood, and all maner vessels of yuorie, and all maner vessels of most precious wood, and of brasse, and yron, and marble ¹³ And synamon, and odours, and oyntmentes, and frankensence, and wine, and oyle, and fine floure, and wheate, & beastes, and sheepe, and horses, & charrets, and bodies, and soules of men ¹⁴ And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee, and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee, and thou shalt fynde them no more ¹⁵ The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche, shall stande a farre of fro her for feare of the punishment of her, wepyng and waylyng ¹⁶ And saying: Alas, alas, that great citie, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and skarlet, and decked with golde and precious stones, and pearles

¹⁷ And the spirite and the bride say, come. And let hym that heareth, say also, come. And let hym that is a thirst, come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, freely