James 4 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ From whence commeth warre and fightynge amonge you: come they not here hence? euen of yor volupteousnesses that rayne in youre mebres? ² Ye lust, and haue not. Ye envie and haue indignacion, and can not obtayne. Ye fight & warre, and haue not, because ye axe not. ³ Ye axe & receaue not because ye axe amysse: eue to cosume it vpo yor voluptuousnes. ⁴ Ye aduouterars, & weme that breke matrimonie: knowe ye not how that the frenshippe of ye worlde is ennimite to godwarde? Whosoeuer wilbe a frende of the worlde, is made ye enemie of god. ⁵ Ether do ye thinke yt the scripture sayth in vayne. The sprete yt dwelleth in you, lusteth euen contrary to enuie: ⁶ but geueth more grace. ⁷ Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you. ⁸ Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded. ⁹ Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes. ¹⁰ Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE, and he shal lift you vp. ¹¹ Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge. ¹² There is one lawe geuer, which is able to saue and to distroye. What art thou that iudgest another man? ¹³ Go to now ye that saye: to daye & to morow let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare, and bye and sell, and wynne: ¹⁴ & yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye: ¹⁵ For that ye ought to say: yf the LORDE wil, and yf we liue, let vs do this or that. ¹⁶ But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges. All soche reioysynge is euell. ¹⁷ Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not, to him it is synne.

¹⁵ And I wyll put enemyte betwene the and the woman, and betwene yi sede and hir sede. The same shal treade downe thy heade, and thou shalt treade him on the hele.

⁵ but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his countenaunce chaunged.

⁵ but vnto Cain and his offerynge he loked not. Then was Cain exceadinge wroth, and his countenaunce chaunged. ⁶ And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not so? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue it:

⁶ And the LORDE sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou angrie? and why doth thy countenaunce chaunge? Is it not so? that yf thou do well, thou shalt receaue it: ⁷ but and yf thou do euell, thy synne lyeth open in the dore? Shal he then be subdued vnto the? and wilt thou rule him? ⁸ And Cain talked with Abell his brother. And it happened, that whan they were in the felde, Cain arose agaynst Abell his brother, and slew him.

⁵ But whan the LORDE sawe yt the wickednes of man was increased vpon ye earth, and that all ye thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually,

²¹ And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.

³ & saide one to another: Come on, let vs make bryck & burne it. And they toke bryck for stone, & slyme for morter, ⁴ And sayde: Come, let vs buylde a cite & a tower, whose toppe maye reach vnto heaue, yt we maye make vs a name, afore we be scatred abrode in all londes.

⁷ Come on, let vs go downe, & cofounde their tonge eue there, yt one vnderstonde not what another saieth.

²³ and stepte vnto him, and sayde:Wilt thou then destroye the righteous with the vngodly?

¹⁴ so that he had moch good in shepe and greate catell, and a greate housholde. Therfore had the Philistynes envye at him,

¹ When Rachel sawe that she bare no children vnto Iacob, she had enuye at hir sister, & saide vnto Iacob: Geue me childre also, or els I am but deed.

¹¹ And his brethre had envie at him. But his father marcked this sayenge.

³ So Moses & Aaron wente in vnto Pharao, & spake vnto him: Thus sayeth ye LORDE God of the Hebrues: How longe refusest thou to submyt thy self vnto me, to let my people go, yt they maye serue me? ⁴ Yf thou wilt not let my people go, beholde, tomorow wil I cause greshoppers to come vpon all places,

⁹ The enemie thought: I will folowe vpon them, and ouertake them, and deuyde ye spoyle, and coole my mynde vpon them. I wil drawe out my swerde, and my hande shal destroye them. ¹⁰ Thou blewest with thy wynde, the see couered them, and they sancke downe as leed in the mightie waters.

¹¹ Now I knowe, that the LORDE is greater the all goddes, because they dealt proudly wt them.

²⁹ But Moses sayde vnto him: Art thou gelous for my sake? wolde God, yt all the people of ye LORDE coulde prophecie, and that ye LORDE wolde geue them his sprete.

³ Let go yor greate boostinge of hye thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde: for the LORDE is a God yt knoweth all thinges, & he hath set all workes in order.

⁹ He shall preserue the fete of his sayntes, but ye vngodly shal be put to sylece in darcnesse. For there is no ma that can do oughte of his owne power.

¹⁸ Then Samuel tolde him alltogether, & hyd nothinge from him. He sayde: It is the LORDE, let him do what pleaseth him.

¹⁰ But Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: What is he yt Dauid? & who is the sonne of Isai? There are many seruauntes now yt runne awaye from their masters.

²⁵ But the kynge sayde vnto Sadoc: Brynge the Arke of God into the cite agayne. Yf I shal fynde grace before the LORDE, he shall fetch me agayne, and shall let me se it, and the house of it. ²⁶ But yf he saye thus: I haue no pleasure to ye, beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it pleaseth him.

²⁶ But yf he saye thus: I haue no pleasure to ye, beholde, here am I, let him do with me as it pleaseth him.

¹³ Now whan he came to him, he kneled to Elias, and besoughte him, and sayde vnto him: Thou man of God, let my soule and ye soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye, be somwhat worth in thy syghte. ¹⁴ Beholde, the fyre fell downe from heauen, and hath consumed the fyrst two captaynes ouer fyftye wt their fyftyes. But now let my soule be somwhat worth in thy sighte. ¹⁵ Then saide the angel of the LORDE vnto Elias: Go downe with him, and feare him not. And he gatt him vp, and wente downe with him vnto ye kynge.

⁹ And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer.

² which wente forth to Asa, and sayde vnto him: Heare me Asa and all Iuda & Ben Iamin: The LORDE is with you, whyle ye are with him: and yf ye seke him, he wylbe founde of you. But yf ye forsake him, he shal forsake you also.

⁸ Be not ye hardnecked now as were youre fathers, but offre youre hade vnto the LORDE, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for euer, and serue the LORDE youre God, & so shal the indignacion of his wrath turne awaye from you.

²⁶ Neuertheles Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert had bene exalted, with them at Ierusalem: therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE vpon them, whyle Ezechias lyued.

¹² And whan he was in trouble, he made intercession before the LORDE his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

¹² And whan he was in trouble, he made intercession before the LORDE his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers, ¹³ and prayed and besoughte him. Then herde he his prayer, and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome. And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God.

¹⁹ And his prayer and intercession, and all his synne and offence, & the rowmes wherin he buylded the hye places & groues and founded ydols, a fore he hubled himselfe, beholde, they are wrytten amonge the actes of the Seers.

²³ Yet dyd not he humble himselfe before the LORDE, as Manasse his father had submitted himselfe: but Amon trespaced euer more and more.

²⁷ Because thine hert is moued, and because thou hast humbled thy selfe in the sighte of God, whan thou herdest his wordes agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof, and hast submytted thy selfe before me, and rent thy clothes, and wepte before me, therfore haue I herde the, sayeth ye LORDE.

²¹ and sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thither agayne. The LORDE gaue, and the LORDE hath taken awaye (the LORDE hath done his pleasure) now blessed be ye name off the LORDE.

⁶ my dayes passe ouer more spedely, the a weeuer can weeue out his webbe, and are gone, or I am awarre. ⁷ O remembre, that my life is but a wynde, ad that myne eye shal nomore se the pleasures

²⁵ My dayes haue bene more swifte, then a runner: they are gone sodenly, and haue sene no good thinge. ²⁶ They are passed awaye, as the shippes that be good vnder sale, and as the Aegle that haisteth to the pray.

³⁰ Though I wasshed my self with snowe water, and made myne hondes neuer so clene,

¹ Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of dyuerse miseries. ² He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state.

¹⁷ Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes, and my prayer is clene.

⁹ The rightuous wil kepe his waye, and he yt hath cleane handes, wil euer be stronger & stronger.

²⁹ For who so humbleth himself, him shal he set vp: and who so loketh mekely, shalbe healed.

⁸ What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre? ⁹ Doth God heare him the sooner, whe he crieth vnto him in his necessite? ¹⁰ Hath he soch pleasure & delyte in the Allmightie, that he darre allwaye call vpon God?

³¹ my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge.

¹² Yf eny soch complayne, no ma geueth answere, and yt because of the wickednesse off proude tyrauntes.

² what is he, that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes?

³ Iob answered the LORDE, sayenge: ⁴ Beholde, I am to vyle a personne, to answere the, therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth. ⁵ Once or twyse haue I spoken, but I will saye nomore.

¹⁰ Then arme thy self with thine owne power, vp, decke the in thy ioly araye, ¹¹ poure out the indignacion of thy wrath: se that thou cast downe all ye proude, ¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete,

¹ The Iob answered the LORDE, and sayde: ² I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges, and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. ³ For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge. ⁴ O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the. ⁵ I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the, and now I se ye with myne eyes. ⁶ Wherfore I geue myne owne self ye blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

¹² And why? he maketh inquysicion for their bloude, and remembreth them: he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore.

²⁰ The LORDE shall rewarde me after my rightuous dealynge, & acordinge to the clenesse of my hodes shal he recopense me.

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to helpe the: yee euen vnto the LORDE, but he herde the not.

⁸ Let all thine enemies fele thy honde, let thy right honde fynde out all the yt hate the.

⁴ Eue he yt hath innocet hodes & a clene herte: which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite, & sweareth not to disceaue.

⁶ I wa?she my hondes with innocency O LORDE, and so go I to thine aulter.

⁶ And now hath he lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies, that copassed me rounde aboute.

⁹ The LORDE is the strength of his people, he is the defender and Sauioure of his anoynted. O helpe thy people, geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce: fede them, and set them vp for euer.

¹ I wil magnifie ye (O LORDE) for thou hast set me vp, & not suffred my foes to triuphe ouer me.

³ For whyle I helde my tonge, my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges. ⁴ And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night, my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer. Sela. ⁵ Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the, and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse.

¹ Frett not thy self at the vngodly, be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers.

⁵ LORDE, let me knowe myne ende, and the nombre of my dayes: that I maye be certified what I wante.

¹⁸ Yf thou seist a thefe, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the aduouterers.

⁶ But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the treuth, and hast shewed me secrete wy?dome. ⁷ O reconcile me with Isope, and I shal be clene: wash thou me, and I shalbe whyter then snowe.

¹⁰ Make me a clene hert (o God) and renue a right sprete within me.

¹ Why boastest thou thy self (thou Tyraunt) that thou canst do myschefe?

⁷ Sela.The rightuous shal se this, & feare, and laugh him to scorne.

³ O yt all the worlde wolde worshipe the, synge of the and prayse thy name.

¹⁸ (Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte, ye LORDE wil not heare me.) ¹⁹ Therfore God hath herde me, ad considred the voyce off my prayer.

³⁰ Reproue the beestes amonge the redes, the heape of bulles with the calues: those that dryue for money. Oh scatre the people that delyte in batayle.

¹³ Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency?

²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. ²⁸ But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes.

⁴⁷ Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre?

⁵ As soone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse. ⁶ In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered. ⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion.

³ For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke, & my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande.

¹⁶ They angred Moses in the tetes, and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE.

⁷ Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust, and lifteth the poore out of the myre.

⁶⁷ Before I was troubled, I wente wronge, but now I kepe thy worde.

⁷¹ It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye lerne thy statutes.

¹³⁶ Myne eyes gusshe out with water, because men kepe not thy lawe.

⁵ Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south. ⁶ They that sowe in teeres, shal reape in ioye. He yt now goeth his waye wepige & beareth forth good sede, shal come agayne with ioye, and brynge his sheaues with him.

⁶ For though the LORDE be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto ye lowly: as for ye proude, he beholdeth him afarre off.

¹¹ A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.

¹⁸ The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him, yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully.

⁶ The LORDE setteth vp ye meke, & bryngeth ye vngodly downe to ye groude

¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life.

²⁸ Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me:

³⁴ As for the scornefull, he shal laugh the to scorne, but he shal geue grace vnto the lowly.

¹⁶ There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude,

¹³ The herte is soroufull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heuynesse.

⁸ The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

³³ The feare of ye LORDE is ye right scyece of wy?dome, and lowlynes goeth before honor.

¹² After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.

²¹ There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.

¹⁰ The soule of the vngodly wysheth euell, and hath no pitie vpon his neghboure.

¹³ Who so stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, he shal crie himself and not be herde.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.

⁴ The ende of lowlynes & the feare of God, is riches, honor, prosperite and health.

¹⁴ Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth nothinge, is like cloudes & wynde without rayne.

¹ Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

¹ The sayde I thus in my hert: Now go to, I wil take myne ease & haue good dayes. But lo, that was vanite also: ² in so moch that I sayde vnto laughter: thou art madd, and to myrth: what doest thou?

⁴ Agayne, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of laboure was hated of euery man. This is also a vaine thinge, and a vexacion of mynde.

⁸ There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.

² It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte. ³ It is better to be sory then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is ioyfull. ⁴ The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth. ⁵ It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles. ⁶ For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

¹⁵ Though ye holde out yor hondes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of bloude. ¹⁶ Wash you, make you clene, put awaye yor euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease from doinge of euell and violence.

¹¹ Which casteth downe ye high lokes of presumptuous personnes, and bryngeth lowe the pryde of ma, and he only shall be exalted in ye daye. ¹² For the daye of ye LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal bringe them all downe?

¹⁷ And it shall bringe downe the pryde of man, and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe, and the LORDE shal only haue the victory in that daye.

⁵ Well, I shall tell you how I will do wt my vynyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it maye perish, and breake downe ye wall, that it maye be troden vnder fote.

¹² The sayde Ahas: I will requyre none, nether will I tempte the LORDE.

⁸ for he saieth: are not my princes all kynges? ⁹ Is not Calno as easie to wynne, as Charchamis? Is it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad? Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus the Samaria? ¹⁰ As who say: I were able to wynne the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes, but not Ierusalem and Samaria. ¹¹ Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages, as I dyd vnto Samaria and their ymages? ¹² Wherfore the LORDE saieth: As soone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem: the will I also vyset the noble and stoute kynge of Assiria, with his wysdome and pryde. ¹³ For he stondeth thus in his owne coceate: This do I, thorow the power of myne owne honde, and thorow my wisdome: For I am wyse, I am he that remoue the londes of the people, I robbe their prynces: and (like one of the worthies) I dryue them from their hie seates. ¹⁴ My honde hath founde out the hoostes 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 countrees. And there is no man, yt darre be so bolde, as to touch a fether, that darre open his mouth, or once whisper.

¹³ The hatred of Ephraim, and ye enmyte of Iuda shalbe clene rooted out. Ephraim shal beare no euel wil to Iuda, and Iuda shal not hate Ephraim:

¹⁵ Who so is founde alone, shalbe shot thorow: And who so gather together, shalbe destroyed wt the swerde.

⁶ As for Moabs pride (shal they answere) it is wel knowne. And all though they be excellent, proude, arrogant, & hie mynded: yet is their strength nothinge like. ⁷ And therfore Moab complayneth vnto Moab, wherthorow they come all to mourne: & now yt they be smytten, they take their deuyce beneth by the bryck wall, and make their coplaynte.

¹² And at the same tyme shal ye LORDE of hoostes cal me to wepinge mourninge, to baldnesse and puttinge on of sack clothe. ¹³ But they to fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaugter oxe, they kyll shepe, they eate costly meate, & drynke wyne: let vs eate and drinke, tomorow we shal die.

² Then shal the prest be as the people, the master as the seruaunt, the dame like the mayde, the seller like the byer, he that ledeth vpon vsury, like him yt boroweth vpo vsury, the creditoure, as the detter.

¹³ Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: For so moch as this people draweth nye me wt their mourh, and prayseth me highly with their lippes (where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me, and the feare which they owe vnto me, that turne they to mens lawes and doctrynes)

²² For the LORDE shalbe oure capteyne, the LORDE shalbe oure lawe geuer, The LORDE shalbe oure kinge, & he himself shalbe oure Sauioure.

¹² Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me, like a sheperdes cotage: my lyfe is hewen of, like as a weeuer cutteth of his webb. Whyl I was yet takinge my rest, he hewed me of, & made an ende of me in one daie.

⁷ & thou thoughtest thus: I shalbe lady for euer. And besyde all that, thou hast not regarded these thinges, nether cast, what shulde come after. ⁸ Heare now therfore, thou wilful, that syttest so carelesse, & speakest thus in thine herte: I am alone, and without me is there none: I shal neuer be wydow, ner desolate agayne.

¹⁰ For thou hast conforted thy self in thy disceatfulnes, and hast sayde: No ma seith me. Thyne owne wisdome & connynge haue disceaued the, In that thou hast sayde: I am alone, and without me there is none.

⁷ A litle while haue I forsaken the, but wt greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto me.

⁶ Seke the LORDE while he maye be founde, call vpo him while he is nye. ⁷ Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes, ad the vnrightuous his ymaginacios, & turne agayne vnto the LORDE, so shal he be merciful vnto him: and to oure God, for he is redy to forgeue.

¹¹ they are shamelesse dogges, yt be neuer sati?fied. The sheperdes also in like maner haue no vnderstondinge, but euery man turneth his owne waye, euery one after his owne couetousnes, wt all his power. ¹² Come (saye they) I wil fetch wyne, so shal we fyll oure selues, that we maye be dronken. And do tomorow, like as to daye, yee and moch more.

³ Come hither therfore ye charmers children, ye sonnes of the aduoutrer & the whore:

¹⁵ For thus saieth the hie and excellet, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holyone: I dwel hie aboue and in the sanctuary, & with him also, yt is of a cotrite and huble sprete: yt I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a cotrite herte.

² Go thy waye, crie in the eares of Ierusale, & saye: Thus saieth the LORDE: I remembre the for the kyndnesse of thy youth, and because of thy stedfast loue: in that thou folowdest me thorow the wildernesse, in an vntilled londe.

¹¹ Then shal it be saide to the people & to Ierusalem: there commeth a warme wynde from the north thorow the waye of my people, but nether to fanne, ner to clese.

¹⁴ O Ierusalem, wash thine hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the?

² Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folke, that I might leaue my people, and go from the: for they be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte.

¹¹ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I will sende a plage amonge you, which ye shal not be able to escape: and though ye crie vnto me, I will not heare you.

¹⁴ But praye not thou for this people, byd nether prayse ner prayer for them: for though they crie vnto me in their trouble, yet will I not heare them.

¹⁸ Tell the kinge & the rulers: Humble yor selues, set you downe lowe, for ye crowne of yor glory shal fall from youre heade.

¹² For though they fast, I will not heare their prayers. And though they offre burnt offriges & sacrifices, yet wil not I accepte them. For I will destroye them with the swearde, honger and pestilence.

⁹ Amonge all thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert. Who shall then knowe it?

⁹ They departed from hence in heuynes, but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne. I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye, where they shall not stomble: For I will be Israels father, and Epraim shalbe my firstborne.

¹³ Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce, yee both yonge and olde folkes. For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse, and will comforte them, and make them ioyfull, euen from their hertes.

¹⁸ Morouer I herde Ephraim, (that was led awaye captyue) complayne on this maner: O LORDE, thou hast correcte me, and thy chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted, for thou art my LORDE God. ¹⁹ Yee as soone as thou turnest me, I shall refourme my self: and when I vnderstonde, I shall smyte vpon my thee. For verely I haue comitted shamefull thinges: O let my youth beare this reprofe and confucion. ²⁰ Vpon this complaynte, I thought thus by myself: is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe, with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme? For sence the tyme that I first comoned with him, I haue him euer in remembraunce: therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him: gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him, saieth the LORDE.

³⁷ What is he then that saieth: there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES comaundement?

¹⁵ The ioye of oure herte is gone, oure mery quere is turned in to mourninge.

¹² The tyme cometh, the daye draweth nye: Who so byeth, let him not reioyce: he that selleth, let him not be sory: for why, Trouble shall come in the myddest off all rest:

¹⁶ And soch as escape and fle from amonge them, shal be vpon the hilles, like as the doues in the felde: euery one shalbe afrayed, because off his owne wickednesse.

⁶³ that thou mayest thincke vpo it, be ashamed, and excuse thine owne confucion nomore: when I haue forgeuen the, all that thou hast done, saieth the LORDE God.

³¹ Cast awaye fro you all youre vngodlynesse, that ye haue done: make you new hertes and a new sprete. Wherfore wil ye dye, O ye house of Israel?

²⁵ Then will I poure cleare water vpon you, & ye shalbe clene: Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yor Idols shal I clense you. ²⁶ A new herte also wil I geue you, and a new sprete wil I put in to you: As for that stony hert, I will take it out of youre body, and geue you a fle?shy herte. ²⁷ I wil geue you my sprete amonge you, and cause you to walke in my commaundemetes, to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them.

²⁵ Thou shalt be cast out fro men, and thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes of the felde: with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe. Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen: yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the, till thou knowe, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & geueth them, to whom he lyst.

³² thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes off the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse like as an oxe, till seuen yeares be come and gone ouer the: euen vntill thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes off men, and that he maye geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him.

³⁴ When this tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest. I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth allwaye, and his kyngdome from one generacion to another: ³⁵ in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou? ³⁶ At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and to myne owne shappe agayne. My great estates and prynces sought vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater worshipe. ³⁷ The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his workes are true, and his wayes right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bri bringe them downe.

³⁷ The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his workes are true, and his wayes right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bri bringe them downe.

²⁰ But because his herte was so proude, and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse: he was deposed from his kyngly trone, and his magesty was taken from him. ²¹ He was shot out from amonge men, his herte was like a beestes herte, and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses: he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe, and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen: till he knewe, that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men, and setteth ouer them, whom he list. ²² And thou his sonne (o Balthasar) for all this, hast not submitted thine hert, though thou knewest all these thinges: ²³ but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen, so that the vessels off his house were brought before the: that thou, and thy lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, might drynke wyne therout: And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde, copper and yron, off wodde & stone: As for the God, in whose honde consisteth thy breth ad all thy wayes: thou hast not loaued him.

¹ Then sayde ye LORDE to me: Go yet yi waye & wowe an aduouterous woma, who thy neghboure loueth, as ye LORDE doth the childre of Israel: how be it they haue respecte to straunge goddes, and loue the wyne kannes.

¹ In their aduersite they shall seke me, and saye: come, let vs turne agayne to the LORDE: for he hath smytten vs, and he shal heale vs: ² He hath wounded vs, & he shal bynde vs vp agayne: after two dayes shal he quycken vs, in the thirde daye he shal rase vs vp, so that we shal lyue in his sight.

⁴ Now the tyme shall come, that when they call vnto the LORDE, he shall not heare them, but hyde his face from them: because that thorow their owne ymaginacios, they haue dealte so wickedly.

⁵ Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde, euen so the proude shal fayle & not endure. He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell, & is as vnsaciable as death. All Heithen gathereth he to him, & heapeth vnto him all people.

³ And saye thou vnto them: thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes. Turne you vnto me (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) and I wil turne me vnto you, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.

¹³ And thus is it come to passe, that like as he spake and they wolde not heare: euen so they cried, and I wolde not heare (saieth the LORDE of hoostes)

¹⁰ Morouer, vpon the house off Dauid and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem, will I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer: so that they shal loke vpon me, whom they haue pearsed: and they shall bewepe him, as men mourne for their only begotten sonne: Yee and be sory for him, as men are sory for their first childe. ¹¹ Then shall there be a greate mournynge at Ierusalem, like as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde off Maggadon. ¹² And the londe shall bewayle, euery kynred by the selues: The kynred off the house of Dauid them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: ¹³ The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: The kynred off the house of Leui the selues alone, and their wiues by them selues: The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues: ¹⁴ In like maner, all the other generacios, euerychone by them selues alone, and their wyues by them selues.

⁷ ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauces, & sens ye tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them. Turne you now vnto me, and I wil turne me vnto you, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Ye saye: Wherin shal we turne?

³ And the tepter came to him and sayde: yf thou be the sonne of God, commaunde, that these stones be made breed. ⁴ He answered & sayde: yt is wrytte: Man shall not lyue by bred onlye, but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God. ⁵ Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite, and set hym on a pynacle of the temple, ⁶ and sayde vnto hym: yf thou be ye sonne of God, cast thy sylfe downe. For it is wrytten: he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp, that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. ⁷ And Iesus sayde vnto hym: it ys wrytten also: Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God. ⁸ Agayne, the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne, and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and all the glorie of them, ⁹ and sayde vnto hym: all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me. ¹⁰ Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: Auoyde Sata. For it ys wrytte: thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue. ¹¹ Then the deuell left hym, and beholde, the angels came and ministred vnto hym.

⁴ Blessed are they that mourne: for they shalbe coforted.

²⁴ No ma can serue two masters. For ether he shall hate the one and loue the other: or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other: Ye can not serue God and mammon.

¹ Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged: ² For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne.

⁷ Axe, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, and ye shall fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. ⁸ For whosoeuer axeth, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to hym yt knocketh, it shal opened.

²⁸ And feare ye not them that kyll the body, and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hi, which is able to destroye both soule and body in to hell.

²⁹ Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke and lowlye of hert, & ye shal fynde rest vnto youre soules:

³³ Either make the tre good and his frute good also, or els make the tre euel & his frute euel also. For the tre is knowne by the frute.

³⁹ And he answered and saide vnto the: This euell and aduouterous generacion seketh a token: and there shal no token be geuen the, but the token of the prophete Ionas.

¹² For whoso hath, vnto him shal be geue, and he shal haue abundaunce. But who so hath not, from him shalbe taken awaye, eue that he hath.

² Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred.

¹⁹ For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy.

⁴ This euell and aduouterous generacio seketh a toke, & there shal no toke be geue the, but the toke of ye prophet Ionas. So he left the, and departed.

²² But Iesus answered, and sayde: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that I shal drynke? & to be baptised with the baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall?

¹² For who so exalteth himself, shal be brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

²⁵ Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse. ²⁶ Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.

²⁴ So whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, but that there was a greater vproure, he toke water, and wasshed his handes before the people, and sayde: I am vngiltie of ye bloude of this righteous man. Se ye therto.

²¹ that defyleth the man. For from within out of the hert of man proceade euell thoughtes, aduoutrye, whordome, murthur, ²² theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vnclennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, foolishnes. ²³ All these euell thinges go from within, and defyle the man.

³⁸ But Iesus sayde vnto the: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, yt I shal drynke? and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall?

⁵² He putteth downe the mightie from the seate, and exalteth them of lowe degre.

² & fourty dayes loge was he tepted of ye deuell. And in those dayes ate he nothinge. And whan they were ended, he hongred afterwarde. ³ And the deuell sayde vnto him: Yf thou be ye sonne of God, comaunde this stone, yt it be bred. ⁴ And Iesus answered & sayde vnto hi: It is wrytten: Man shal not lyue by bred onely, but by euery worde of God. ⁵ And ye deuell toke him vp into an hye moutayne, and shewed him all the kyngdomes of ye whole worlde in ye twinckelinge of an eye, ⁶ & sayde vnto him: All this power wil I geue vnto the, and the glory therof, for it is geue ouer vnto me, and I geue it, to whom I wil. ⁷ Yf thou now wilt worshippe me, they shal all be thine. ⁸ Iesus answered him, and sayde: Auoyde fro me thou Satan. It is wrytten: Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God, and him onely shalt thou serue. ⁹ And he caried him to Ierusalem, and set him vpon a pynnacle of the temple, and sayde vnto him: Yf thou be ye sonne of God, cast thy self downe from hence. ¹⁰ For it is wrytte: He shal geue his angels charge ouer the, to kepe the, ¹¹ and with their handes they shal holde the vp, that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. ¹² And Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him: It is sayde: Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God. ¹³ And whan ye deuell had ended all the temptacions, he departed from him for a season.

²¹ Blessed are ye that honger here, for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed are ye yt wepe here, for ye shal laugh.

²⁵ Wo vnto you that are full, for ye shal honger. Wo vnto you that laugh here, for ye shal wepe and wayle.

³⁷ Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be forgeuen.

⁹ And I saye vnto you also: Axe, and it shal be geuen you: Seke, and ye shal fynde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. ¹⁰ For who so euer axeth, receaueth: and he that seketh, fyndeth: and to him that knocketh, shal it be opened. ¹¹ Yf the sonne axe bred of eny of you that is a father, wyl he geue him a stone therfore? Or yf he axe a fysshe, wyl he for the fish offre him a serpent? ¹² Or yf he axe an egg, wyl he profer him a scorpion? ¹³ Yf ye then which are euell, can geue youre children good giftes, how moch more shal the father of heauen geue the holy sprete vnto them that axe him?

³⁹ But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse. ⁴⁰ Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed?

⁵ But I wil shewe you, whom ye shal feare. Feare him, which after he hath kylled, hath power also to cast in to hell: Yee I saye vnto you: Feare him.

¹⁷ and he thought in himself, and sayde: What shal I do? I haue nothinge wher in to gather my frutes. ¹⁸ And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes, ¹⁹ & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. ²⁰ But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?

⁴⁷ The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil and prepared not himself, nether dyd acordinge to his will, shal be beaten with many strypes: ⁴⁸ But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.

¹¹ For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he yt humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

¹³ And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge.

³⁰ But now that this thy sonne is come, which deuoured his goodes with harlottes, thou hast slayne a fed calfe.

¹ He sayde also vnto his disciples: There was a certayne riche man, which had a stewarde, that was accused vnto him, that he had waisted his goodes. ² And he called him, and sayde vnto him: How is it, that I heare this of the? geue acomptes of yi stewardshipe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

²⁵ But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

¹⁴ I tell you: This man wente downe in to his house iustified more the the other. For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

²⁷ As for those myne enemies, which wolde not that I shulde raigne ouer them, bringe them hither, and slaye them before me.

¹⁰ Iesus answered, and sayde vnto her: Yf thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that sayeth vnto the, geue me drynke, thou woldest axe of him, and he wolde geue the, the water of life.

⁷ The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth: because I testifye of it, that the workes of it are euell.

⁴² Sayeth not the scripture, that Christ shal come of the sede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Bethleem, where Dauid was?

⁴⁴ Ye are of the father the deuell, and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do. The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge, and abode not in the trueth: for the trueth is not in him. Whan he speaketh a lye, then speaketh he of his awne: for he is a lyar, and a father of the same.

⁴¹ Iesus sayde vnto the: Yf ye were blynde, ye shulde haue no synne. But now that ye saye, we se, therfore youre sonne remayneth.

³⁵ Yf he call them Goddes, vnto whom the worde of God came (& the scripture can not be broke)

¹⁷ Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.

¹⁹ Yf ye were of the worlde, the worlde wolde loue his awne. Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you from the worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you.

²² Yf I had not come & spoke vnto the, the shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne withall. ²³ He yt hateth me, hateth my father also. ²⁴ Yf I had not done amoge the the workes which no other ma dyd, they shulde haue no synne. But now haue they sene it, and yet haue they hated both me & my father.

²⁴ Hither to haue ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe, and ye shal receaue, yt youre ioye maye be perfecte.

¹⁴ I haue geuen them thy worde, and the worlde hateth the: for they are not of the worlde, euen as I also am not of the worlde.

³⁷ And agayne, another scripture sayeth: They shal se him, whom they haue pearsed.

⁹ And the Patriarkes had indignacion at Ioseph, and solde hi in to Egipte. And God was with him,

⁶ And he both tremblinge and astonnyed, sayde: LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do? The LORDE sayde vnto him: Aryse, and go into the cite, there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do.

⁹ & put no dyfference betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes thorow fayth.

²⁹ He called for a lighte, and sprange in, and trembled, and fell at the fete of Paul and Sylas, ³⁰ and broughte them out, and sayde: Syrs, what must I do, to be saued? ³¹ They sayde: Beleue on the LORDE Iesus, and so shalt thou and thy housholde be saued.

²¹ but bad them farwele, and sayde: I must nedes in eny wyse kepe this feast that commeth, at Ierusalem: but yf God wyl, I wil returne agayne vnto you. And he departed from Ephesus,

¹⁹ Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision,

¹⁰ that I mighte once haue a prosperous iourney ( by the will off God) to come vnto you.

²⁰ that the inuisible thinges of God (that is, his euerlastinge power and Godheade) mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde: so that they are without excuse, ²¹ in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded.

²⁹ beynge full of all vnrighteousnes, whordome, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murthur, strife, disceate, euell codicioned whisperers,

³² which men, though they knowe the righteousnes of God (that they which do soch, are worthy of death) yet not onely do the same, but also haue pleasure in those that do the.

¹ Therfore canst thou not excuse thyselfe (O ma) who soeuer thou be that iudgest: for loke wherin thou iudgest another, thou condemnest thy selfe, in so moch as thou that iudgest, doest euen the same.

¹³ For before God, they are not righteous, which heare ye lawe: but they that do the lawe, shalbe iustified.

¹⁷ But take hede, thou art called a Iewe, and trustest in the lawe, & makest thy boost of God, ¹⁸ and knowest his will: & for so moch as thou art enfourmed out of ye lawe, ¹⁹ thou prouest what is best to do, and presumest to be a leader of the blynde: a lighte of them yt are in darcknes: ²⁰ an enformer of ye vnwyse: a teacher of ye symple: which hast the ensample of knowlege & of the trueth in the lawe. ²¹ Now teachest thou other, and teachest not thy selfe. Thou preachest that a man shulde not steale, and thou stealest. ²² Thou sayest, that a man shulde not breake wedlocke, and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest ymages, and robbest God of his honoure. ²³ Thou makest thy boost of the lawe, and thorow breakynge of the lawe thou dishonorest God.

¹⁰ For yf we were recocyled vnto God by ye death of his sone, wha we were yet enemies: moch more shal we be saued by him, now yt we are reconcyled.

⁵ For whan we were in the flesh, the synfull lustes (which were stered vp by the lawe) were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death.

⁷ What shal we saye then? Is the lawe synne? God forbyd: Neuertheles I knewe not synne, but by ye lawe. For I had knowne nothinge of lust, yf the lawe had not sayde: Thou shalt not lust.

¹² The lawe in dede is holy, and the commaundement holy, iust and good. ¹³ Is that then which is good, become death vnto me? God forbyd. But synne, that it mighte appeare how yt it is synne, hath wroughte me death thorow good: that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement.

¹³ Is that then which is good, become death vnto me? God forbyd. But synne, that it mighte appeare how yt it is synne, hath wroughte me death thorow good: that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement.

²³ but I se another lawe in my membres, which stryueth agaynst ye lawe of my mynde, and taketh me presoner in ye lawe of synne, which is in my membres.

⁷ For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst. God, syth it is not subdued vnto ye lawe of God, for it can not also.

¹⁷ For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao: For this cause haue I stered the vp, euen to shewe my power on the, that my name mighte be declared in all lodes.

²⁰ O thou man, who art thou, that disputest with God? Sayeth the worke to his workman: Why hast thou made me on this fashion?

³ For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God, and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes: and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes, that is off value before God.

³ Let not him that eateth, despyse him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, iudge him that eateth: for God hath receaued him. ⁴ Who art thou, that iudgest another mans seruaut? He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE: Yee he maye well stode, for God is able to make hi stode.

⁴ Who art thou, that iudgest another mans seruaut? He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE: Yee he maye well stode, for God is able to make hi stode.

¹⁰ But why iudgest thou yi brother? Or thou other, why despysest thou yi brother? We shal all be broughte before ye iudgmet seate of Christ. ¹¹ For it is wrytte: As truly as I lyue, (sayeth the LORDE) all knees shal bowe vnto me, & all tuges shal knowlege vnto God.

¹¹ For it is wrytte: As truly as I lyue, (sayeth the LORDE) all knees shal bowe vnto me, & all tuges shal knowlege vnto God. ¹² Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God. ¹³ Let vs not therfore iudge one another enymore. But iudge this rather, yt noma put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye.

³² yt I maye come vnto you with ioye by ye wyll of God, and refreshe my selfe with you.

⁵ Therfore iudge ye nothinge before ye tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels of ye hertes, and the shal euery one haue prayse of God.

⁷ For who preferreth the? What hast thou that thou hast not receaued? Yf thou hast receaued it, why makest thou the thy boost, as though thou haddest not receaued it? ⁸ Now ye are full, now ye are made riche, ye raigne without vs, and wolde God ye dyd raigne, that we might raigne with you.

¹⁹ But I wil come to you shortly ( yf the LORDE wyl) and wyl knowe, not the wordes of the that are puft vp, but ye power.

⁶ Youre reioysinge is not good. Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe.

¹⁹ Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost? Whom ye haue of God, and are not youre awne?

³⁰ and they that wepe, be as though they wepte not: and they that reioyse, be as though they reioysed not: & they that bye, be as though they possessed not:

⁷ I wyl not se you now in my passage, for I hope to abyde a whyle with you, yf the LORDE shal suffre me.

¹⁶ How acordeth ye teple of God with ymages? Ye are the temple of the lyuynge God, as sayeth God: I wyl dwell in them, and walke in them, and wyl be their God, & they shalbe my people.

¹ Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.

¹⁰ For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, not to be repented of: but worldly sorowe causeth death. ¹¹ Beholde, where as ye haue had godly sorowe, what diligence hath it wrought in you? Yee a sufficiet answere, displeasure, feare, desyre, a feruet mynde, punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in that matter.

²⁰ For I feare, lest whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde: and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not: lest there be amonge you, debates, envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, whysperinges, swellinges, vproures:

¹⁰ Preach I men now or God? Or go I aboute to please men? Yf I shulde yet please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ.

⁸ The scripture sawe afore hade, that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham, and sayde: In the shal all the Heythen be blessed.

¹⁷ For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do that which ye wolde:

²⁷ nether geue place to the bacbyter.

³¹ Let all bytternes, and fearsnes, and wrath, and roaringe, & cursed speakynge be farre fro you with all maliciousnes.

²¹ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.

¹¹ put on the armor of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell. ¹² For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude, but agaynst rule, agaynst power namely, agaynst the rulers of the worlde, of the darknesse of this worlde, agaynst ye spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen.

⁵ Mortifye therfore youre mebres which are vpon earth, whordome, vnclennes, vnnaturall lust, euell concupiscece, and couetousnes, which is a worshippynge of Idols:

⁸ I wil therfore that men praye in all places, liftinge vp pure hades without wrath or dowtynge.

¹¹ Euen so must their wyues be honest, not euell speakers, but sober and faithfull in all thinges.

⁴ he is puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes: wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, raylinges, euell surmysinges, ⁵ vayne disputacios of soch men as haue corrupte myndes, and are robbed of the trueth, which thynke that godlynes is lucre: From soch separate thy selfe. ⁶ Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. ⁷ For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. ⁸ Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. ⁹ For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion. ¹⁰ For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes.

³ vnkynde, truce breakers, false accusers, ryatours, fearce, despysers of them which are good,

³ And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes, that they be no false accusers, not geuen to moch wyne, that they teach honest thinges,

³ For we oure selues also were in tymes past, vnwyse, dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge one another.

⁹ As for folish questions, and genealogies, and braulynges and stryuynges aboute ye lawe, auoyde the, for they are vnprofitable and vayne.

³ And so wil we do yf God permytte.

¹⁹ For the lawe made nothinge perfecte, but was an introduccion of a better hope, by ye which hope we drawe nye vnto God.

²⁵ Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them, that come vnto God by him: & lyueth euer, to make intercession for vs.

²² let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith, sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience, and washed in oure bodies with pure water:

⁹ Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs, & we gaue them reuerence, shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto ye father of spirituall giftes, yt we mighte lyue?

⁵ Yf eny of you lacke wyssdome, let him axe of God, which geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teth: and it shal be geue him. ⁶ But let him axe in faith and wauer not. For he that douteth, is lyke the wawes of ye See, tost of the wynde, and caried wt violence. ⁷ Nether let yt man thinke that he shal receaue eny thige of ye LORDE. ⁸ A wauerynge mynded ma ys vnstable in all his waies.

¹⁰ and the rich, in yt he is made lowe. For eue as the flor of ye grasse shal he vanyshe awaye.

¹⁴ But euery ma is tepted, drawne awaye, & entysed of his awne cocupiscece.

²² And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues. ²³ For yf eny heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a ma that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse.

²⁵ But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.

²⁷ Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth.

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. ¹⁵ This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe. ¹⁶ For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes. ¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion: ¹⁸ yee, and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace, of the that mayntene peace.

¹ From whence commeth warre and fightynge amonge you: come they not here hence? euen of yor volupteousnesses that rayne in youre mebres?

³ Ye axe & receaue not because ye axe amysse: eue to cosume it vpo yor voluptuousnes.

⁶ but geueth more grace. ⁷ Submit youre selues to God, and resist the deuell, & he wil flye fro you.

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you.

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you.

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten.

² Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten. ³ Youre golde & yor siluer are cancred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, & shal eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yor last dayes: ⁴ Beholde, the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes. Ye haue norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter.

⁹ Grodge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be damned. Beholde, the iudge stondeth before the dore.

¹⁴ as obedient childre, not fasshionynge youre selues to yor olde lustes of ignoraunce:

²² Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

²⁴ For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, & the floure falleth awaye

¹ Wherfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle, and ypocrisye, and envye, and all bacbytinge,

¹¹ Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems, absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, which fighte agaynst the soule,

¹³ Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake: whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto ye chefe heade,

²¹ Which signifieth baptyme yt now saueth vs: not ye puttinge awaye of the fylth of the flesh, but in yt a good cosciece cosenteth vnto God by ye resurreccion of Iesus Christ,

² yt hece forth (as moch tyme as yet remayneth in ye flesh) he shulde not lyue after the lustes of me, but after the wil of God. ³ For it is ynough, yt we haue spent ye tyme past of the life, after the will of ye Heythen, wha we walked in wantannesse, lustes, dronkenes, glotony, ryotous drynkynge, & i abhominable Idolatrye.

⁷ The ende of all thiges is at hade.Be ye therfore sober & watch vnto prayers:

⁵ Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble. ⁶ Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.

⁸ Be sober and watch, for yor aduersary ye deuell, walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon, sekynge whom he maye deuoure, ⁹ whome resiste stedfast in the faith, and knowe, that youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the same affliccions.

¹⁸ For they speake ye proude wordes of vanite, vnto ye vttemost, and entyse thorow wantannes vnto ye luste of the flesh, euen them that were cleane escaped, and now walke in erroure:

²¹ For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of righteousnes, then after they haue knowne it, to turne from the holy commaundemet, that was geuen vnto them.

³ This first vnderstonde, that in the last dayes there shal come mockers, which wyll walke after their awne lustes,

¹⁵ Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him:

¹⁵ Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him: ¹⁶ for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

¹⁶ for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde. ¹⁷ And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

¹⁷ And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof. But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God, abydeth for euer.

³ And euery man yt hath this hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure.

²² And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte.

¹⁴ And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him, that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll, he heareth vs.

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complaners, walkynge after their awne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They haue me in greate reuerence because of avauntage. ¹⁷ But ye beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, ¹⁸ how that they tolde you yt their shulde be begylers in the last tyme, which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes.

⁹ And the greate dragon that olde serpent (called the deuell and Sathanas) was cast out. Which disceaued all the worlde. And he was cast in to the earth, and his angelles were cast out with him also. ¹⁰ And I harde a lowde voyce, which sayde in heauen: Now is saluacion, and strength and the kyngdome become oure Gods, and ye power his Christes: For he is cast downe, which accused them before God daye and night. ¹¹ And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.

⁷ And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly, so moch poure ye in for her of punysshmet, and sorowe, for she sayeth in her herte: I syt beinge a quene, and am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe.

⁷ And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly, so moch poure ye in for her of punysshmet, and sorowe, for she sayeth in her herte: I syt beinge a quene, and am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe. ⁸ Therfore shal her plages come at one daye, death, and sorowe, and honger, and she shalbe bret with fyre: for stronge is the LORDE God which shal iudge her.