Proverbs 20 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ Wyne is a voluptuous thinge, & drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse. ² The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule. ³ It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone. ⁴ A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge. ⁵ Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, bryngeth it forth. ⁶ Many there be that are called good doers, but where shal one fynde a true faithful ma? ⁷ Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life, happie shal his children be, whom he leaueth behynde him. ⁸ A kynge that sytteth in iudgment, and loketh well aboute him, dryueth awaye all euell. ⁹ Who can saye: my hert is cleane, I am innocent from synne? ¹⁰ To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE. ¹¹ A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, whether his workes be pure and right. ¹² As for the hearinge of the eare & the sight of ye eye, ye LORDE hath made the both. ¹³ Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: but ope thine eyes, & thou shalt haue bred ynough. ¹⁴ It is naught, It is naught (saye men) whan they haue it, but whan it is gone, they geue it a good worde. ¹⁵ A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels. ¹⁶ Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for ye vnknowne mans sake. ¹⁷ Euery ma liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate, but at the last is mouth shalbe fylled with grauell. ¹⁸ Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde. ¹⁹ Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes, and is a slaunderer, and disceaueth with his lippes. ²⁰ Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse. ²¹ The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende. ²² Saye not thou: I will recompence euell, but put yi trust in the LORDE, & he shal defende ye. ²³ The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge. ²⁴ The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes? ²⁵ It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, & then to go aboute wt vowes. ²⁶ A wyse kynge destroyeth ye vngodly, & bryngeth the whele ouer them. ²⁷ The lanterne of ye LORDE is ye breth of man, & goeth thorow all the inwarde partes of the body. ²⁸ Mercy & faithfulnes preserue the kynge, & with louynge kyndnes his seate is holden vp. ²⁹ The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, & a gray heade, is an honor vnto ye aged. ³⁰ Woundes dryue awaye euell, and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body.

⁷ And ye LORDE God shope man eue of the moulde of the earth, & brethed in to his face ye breth of life. And so was man made a lyuynge soule.

⁶ And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate. ⁷ Then were the eyes of them both opened, and they perceaued that they were naked, and sowed fygge leaues together, and made them apurns.

²¹ And dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and laye vncouered in his tente. ²² Now when Ha the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuities, he tolde his two brethren without. ²³ The toke Sem and Iaphet a mantell and put it vpo both their shulders, and wente backwarde, and couered their fathers secretes: & their faces were turned asyde, yt they shulde not se their fathers preuyties.

⁷ Morouer I wil make my couenaut betwene me and the, and thy sede after the thorow out their posterities, that it maye be an euerlastinge couenaunt, so that I wyll be the God of the, and of thy sede after the.

³¹ Then sayde ye elder vnto the yonger: Oure father is olde, and there is not a man more vpon earth, that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde. ³² Come therfore, let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke, and lye with him, that we maye saue sede of oure father. ³³ So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night. And the elder doughter wente in, and laye with hir father: and he perceaued it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when she rose vp. ³⁴ On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger: Beholde, yesternight laye I with my father: let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also: that thou mayest go in and lye with him, that we maye saue sede of oure father. ³⁵ So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also: And the yonger arose like wyse, and laye with him: & he perceaued it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father.

¹¹ The LORDE sayde vnto him: Who hath made the mouth of man? Or who hath made the domme, or the deaf, or the seynge or ye blynde? Haue not I the LORDE done it?

¹² Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

¹⁷ Who so curseth father and mother, shal dye the death.

²⁶ Yf thou take a garment of thy neghboure to pledge, thou shalt geue it him agayne before the Sonne go downe: ²⁷ for his raymet is his onely couerynge of his skynne: wherin he slepeth. But yf he shall crie vnto me, I wyll heare him: for I am mercifull.

¹⁵ Yf a soule trespace, so yt thorow ignorauce he offendeth in any thinge yt is halowed vnto the LORDE, he shal brynge his trespaceofferinge vnto the LORDE, euen a ramme from ye flocke without blemysh, worth two Sycles of syluer, after the Sycle of the Sanctuary, for a trespace offerynge:

¹⁶ Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amoge ye people. Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst yi neghbours bloude: for I am ye LORDE.

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged. For thou shalt feare God: for I am ye LORDE.

³⁵ Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure:

⁹ Who so euer curseth his father or his mother, shall dye the death: his bloude be vpon him, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

¹⁰ A straunger shal not eate of the holy thinges, ner an housholde gest of the prestes, ner an hyred seruaut. ¹¹ But yf ye prest bye a soule for his money, ye same maye eate therof. And loke who is borne in his house, maye eate of his bred also. ¹² Neuertheles yf the prestes doughter be a straungers wife, she shal not eate of the Heueofferinges of holynes. ¹³ But yf she be a wedowe, or deuorced, or haue no sede, & commeth agayne to hir fathers house as a fore (whan she was yet a mayden in hir fathers house) then shall she eate of hir fathers bred. But no strauger shal eate therof. ¹⁴ Who so els eateth of the halowed thynges, vnwyttingly, shal put ye fifth parte there vnto, and geue it vnto the prest with the halowed thinge, ¹⁵ that they vnhalowe not ye halowed thinges of the children of Israel, which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE,

⁹ But yf it be a beest yt maye be offred vnto ye LORDE, all yt is offred vnto ye LORDE of soch, is holy: ¹⁰ it shal not be altered ner chaunged, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good. Yf eny man chaunge it, one beest for another, then shal they both be holy vnto ye LORDE.

³⁰ All the tythes in the londe, both of the sede of the londe, & of ye frutes of the trees, are the LORDES, & shal be holy vnto the LORDE. ³¹ But yf eny man wil redeme his tithes, he shall geue the fifth parte more therto.

³⁸ (For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules) yt they maye be beate in to thinne plates, & fastened vpon ye altare. For they are offred before ye LORDE, & halowed: and they shalbe a token vnto ye childre of Israel.

² Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE, or sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule, he shal not breake his worde, but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth. ³ Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto ye LORDE, and bynde hirself, whyle she is in hir fathers house, and vnmaried, ⁴ and hir vowe or bonde that she maketh ouer hir soule, commeth to hir fathers eares, & he holde his peace therto, the all hir vowes & bondes yt she hath boude hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stode in effecte. ⁵ But yf hir father forbyd her ye same daye that he heareth it, the shal no vowe ner bonde that she hath bounde hir self withall ouer hir soule, be of vayle. And the LORDE shalbe mercifull vnto her, for so moch as hir father forbad her. ⁶ Yf she haue an hu?bande, & hath a vowe vpon her, or yf she haue letten go out of hir lippes a bode ouer hir soule, ⁷ & hir hu?bande heare it, & holdeth his peace ther at, the same daye that he heareth it, then hir vowe & bonde wherwith she hath boude hir self ouer hir soule, shal stonde in effecte. ⁸ But yf hir hu?bande forbyd her the same daye that he heareth it, the is the vowe lowse yt she hath vpo hir, & the bonde also that she hath letten go out of hir lippes ouer hir soule, and the LORDE shalbe gracious vnto her. ⁹ The vowe of a wyddowe, & of her yt is deuorced, all yt she byndeth hir self withall ouer hir soule, shal stonde in effecte vpo her. ¹⁰ Yf she vowe in hir hu?bades house, or binde hir self wt an ooth ouer hir soule, ¹¹ & hir husbande heare it, & holde his peace therto, and forbyddeth it not, the shal all ye same vowe, & all yt she hath boude hir self wt all ouer hir soule, stode i effecte. ¹² But yf hir hu?bade disanulle it, ye same daye yt he heareth it, the is it of no value yt is proceaded out of hir lippes, which she hath vowed or boude ouer hir soule: for hir hu?bade hath made it lowse, & the LORDE shalbe gracious vnto her. ¹³ And all vowes & oothes yt bynde to humble ye soule, maie hir hu?bade stablish or breake, thus: ¹⁴ Yf he holde his peace therto fro one daie to another, then stablisheth he all hir vowes & bondes, yt she hath vpon her, because he helde his peace, the same daye yt he herde the. ¹⁵ But yf he disanulle the after yt he hath herde the, then shal he take awaie hir mi?dede. ¹⁶ These are the statutes yt the LORDE comaunded Moses betwene a man & his wife, & betwene the father & his doughter, whyle she is yet a damsell in hir fathers house.

²⁵ The ymages of their goddes shalt thou burne with fyre, & shalt not desyre the syluer or golde that is on them or to take it vnto the, that thou snare not thy self therin: for it is abhominacion vnto the LORDE yi God. ²⁶ Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhominacion in to thine house, yt thou be not damned as it is, but shalt vtterly defye it, and abhorre it, for it is damned.

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small. ¹⁴ Nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a greate and a small. ¹⁵ Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the.

¹⁶ Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.

³⁵ Vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde in due season. Their fote shall slyde, for the tyme of their destruccio is at honde, and the thinge that is to come vpon them, maketh haiste.

¹ After the death of Iosua the children of Israel axed the LORDE, and sayde: Who shall go vp & be or captayne of warre against ye Cananites? ² The LORDE sayde: Iuda shall go vp. Beholde, I haue delyuered the londe in to his hande.

²⁹ Wolde God the people were vnder my hade, yt I mighte put downe Abimelech. And it was tolde Abimelech: Increace thine hooste, and departe.

⁷ Beholde, here are ye children of Israel: aduyse you well, and take this matter in hande.

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and wente vp to the house of God (in Silo) and axed at God, and sayde: Who shall go vp for vs to beginne the battayll with ye children of BenIamin? The LORDE saide: Iuda shall begynne.

²³ And the children of Israel wente vp, and wepte before the LORDE vntyll the euenynge, and axed at the LORDE, & sayde: Shall we go enymore to fighte with oure brethren the children of Ben Iamin? The LORDE sayde: Go vp vnto them.

²⁶ Then wente all the children of Israel vp, and all the people, and came to the house of God, and wepte, and taried there before the LORDE, & fasted that daye vntyll the euen, and offred burntofferynges and deedofferinges before the LORDE. ²⁷ And the children of Israel axed at the LORDE (the Arke of the couenaunt of God was there at that tyme, ²⁸ and Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron stode before him at the same tyme) & they sayde: Shal we go forth eny more to fighte with oure brethren the childre of Ben Iamin, or shal we leaue of? The LORDE sayde: Go vp, tomorow wyll I delyuer them in to youre handes.

³ But ye men that were with Dauid, sayde vnto him: Beholde, we are here in feare in Iewry, and shall we go to Cegila vnto the hoost of the Philistynes? ⁴ The Dauid axed at the LORDE agayne. And the LORDE answered him, and sayde: Vp, get the downe to Cegila, for I wil delyuer the Philistynes in to thy hande.

³⁶ But whan Abigail came to Nabal, beholde, he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast, and his hert was mery, for he was very dronken. And she tolde him nothinge, nether small ner greate vntyll ye cleare mornynge. ³⁷ But whan it was daye, & the wyne was come from Nabal, his wife tolde him these thinges. Then was his hert deed in his body, so that he became euen as a stone: ³⁸ and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him, so yt he dyed.

²⁶ And Abner called vnto Ioab, and sayde: Shal the swerde the deuoure without ende? Knowest thou not, that it wyll be bytter at the last? How longe wil it be or thou saie vnto the people, that they leaue of from their brethre: ²⁷ Ioab sayde: As truly as God lyueth yf thou haddest sayde thus daye in the morninge, the people had ceassed euery one from his brother.

⁹ Then answered Dauid vnto Rehob and Baena his brother, ye sonnes of Rimon ye Berothite, & sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, which hath deliuered my soule out of all trouble, ¹⁰ I toke him yt brought me worde and sayde: Saul is deed, and he thoughte he had bene a good messaunger, and at Siclag I put him to death, vnto whom I shulde haue geuen a rewarde for his message. ¹¹ And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed. Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes, and take you awaye from ye earth? ¹² And Dauid commaunded his yonge men, which slewe them, and smote of their handes and fete, and hanged them vp by ye pole at Hebron. But the heade of Isboseth toke they, and buried it in Abners graue at Hebron.

¹³ And Dauid called him to eate & drynke before him, & made him dronken. And at euen he wente to lye him downe for to slepe vpon his couche with his lordes seruauntes, and wente not downe in to his house.

³¹ As for the people that was therin, he broughte the forth, and layed them vnder yron sawes and hokes and wedges of yron, and burned the in tyle ouens. Thus dyd he vnto all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then returned Dauid and all the people vnto Ierusalem agayne.

²⁸ But Absalom commaunded his yongemen, and sayde: Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne (and I saye vnto you: Smyte Ammon, and slaye him) that ye be not afrayed: for I haue commaunded you, be stronge, and playe the men.

¹² peraduenture the LORDE shall consydre my aduersyte, and recompence me good for his cursynge this daye.

⁴ As the lighte is in ye mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth, so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth: and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne,

²³ And the kynge sware by the LORDE, and sayde: God do this and that vnto me, Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe.

⁴⁶ Whan they synne agaynst the (for there is no ma that synneth not) & thou be wroth, and delyuer the vnto their enemyes, so that they cary them awaye captyue in to the enemyes londe farre or nye,

¹⁶ and they wente out in the noone daye. As for Benadab, he dranke and was dronken in the pauylion with the two & thirtie kynges which were come to helpe him. ¹⁷ And the yonge men of the rulers of the londe wente forth first. Benadab sent forth, & they brought him worde, & sayde: There come men out of Samaria. ¹⁸ He sayde: Take them alyue, whether they be come forth for peace, or for warre. ¹⁹ But whan the londe rulers yonge men were gone forth, and the hoost behynde them, euery one smote him yt came in his waye. ²⁰ And the Sirians fled, and Israel folowed after them. And Benadab the kynge of Syria escaped with horses and horsme. ²¹ And the kynge of Israel wente forth, and smote horses and charettes, and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians.

⁹ But Ioas ye kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias the kynge of Iuda, sayenge: The hawthorne that is in Libanus, sent to the Ceder tre in Libanus, sayenge: Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife. But a wylde beest of the felde ranne ouer ye hawthorne, and trode it downe.

³⁶ Whan they synne agaynst the ( for there is no man that synneth not) and thou be wroth at them, and geue them ouer before their enemyes, so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye,

¹⁷ And Amasias ye kyuge of Iuda toke coucell, & sent vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas ye sonne of Iehu, kynge of Israel, sayege; Come, let vs se one another. ¹⁸ But Ioas the kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias ye kynge of Iuda, sayenge: The hawthorne in Libanus sent vnto ye Cedre tre in Libanus, sayege: Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife. But a wylde beest in Libanus ranne ouer ye hawthorne, & trode it downe. ¹⁹ Thou thinkest: Beholde, I haue smytten the Edomites, therfore is thine hert proude to boaste. Now byde at home: why stryuest thou after mysfortune, that thou mayest fall & Iuda wt the? ²⁰ Neuertheles Amasias consented not: for so was it broughte to passe of God, yt they mighte be geuen in to the handes of the enemies, because they soughte the goddes of ye Edomites. ²¹ Then wente Ioas the kynge of Israel vp, & they sawe one another, he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda, at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda. ²² But Iuda was smytte before Israel, and they fled euery one vnto his tent. ²³ And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias ye kynge of Iuda, the sonne of Ioas ye sonne of Ioahas, at Beth Semes, & broughte him to Ierusalem, & brake downe the wall of Ierusale, from ye porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte, eue foure hundreth cubites longe:

⁴ Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thinge? No body.

¹⁴ What is man, that he shulde be vncleane? what hath he (which is borne of a woman) wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous?

⁵ Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out? yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne. ⁶ The light shalbe darcke in his dwellinge, & his candle shalbe put out with him.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the light into darcknesse, and be cast clene out of the worlde.

¹² Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. ¹³ That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. ¹⁴ The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpetes within his body. ¹⁵ The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely. ¹⁶ The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him: ¹⁷ so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter: ¹⁸ But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.

⁴ But how maye a man copared vnto God, be iustified? Or, how can he be clene, that is borne of a woman?

¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, & raymet as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.

¹² How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge? ¹³ Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The see sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde, nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye. ¹⁶ No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, nether golde ner Christall, nether swete odours ner golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wy?dome goeth farre beyonde the all. ¹⁹ The Topas that cometh out of Inde, maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her: yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be.

⁸ Euery ma (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the inspyracion of the Allmightie that geueth vnderstondinge.

¹ Helpe LORDE, for there is not one saynte more: very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men.

² Euen he yt ledeth an vncorrupte life: that doth the thinge which is right, ad that speaketh the treuth from his herte.

⁷ And why? because the kinge putteth his trust in the LORDE, & in the mercy of the most hiest he shal not myscary.

⁴ Shewe me thy wayes (o LORDE) & teach me thy pathes.

¹² What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE, he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen.

¹ Be thou my iudge (O LORDE) for I walke innocently: my trust is in the LORDE, therfore shall I not fall.

¹¹ But as for me I will walke innocently: O delyuer me, and be mercifull vnto me.

¹⁴ O tary thou ye LORDES leysure, be stronge, let thine hert be of good comforte, and wayte thou still for the LORDE.

²³ The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge, & hath pleasure in his waye.

²⁶ The rightuous is euer mercifull, & ledeth getly, therfore shal his sede be blessed.

³⁴ But the LORDE wil not leaue him in his hodes, ner codemne him when he is iudged.

⁵ Beholde, I was borne in wickednesse, and in synne hath my mother conceaued me.

³ The vngodly are frowarde, eue from their mothers wombe: as soone as they be borne, they go astraie & speake lyes.

⁷ That he maye dwell before God for euer: Oh let thy louynge mercy & faithfulnes preserue him.

⁶ They ymagin wickednesse, and kepe it secrete amonge them selues, euery man in ye depe of his herte.

⁴ He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer.

⁹ For lo, thy enemies (o LORDE) lo, thy enemies shal perishe, and all the workers of wickednes shalbe scatred abrode.

⁹ He that planted the eare, shal he not heare? he that made the eye, shal not he se?

⁴ The kynges power loueth iudgment, thou preparest equite, thou executest iudgmet & rightuousnes in Iacob.

¹ My songe shalbe of mercy and iudgment, yee vnto the (o LORDE) wil I synge.

⁵ Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him. ⁶ Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe, yt they maye dwell with me: and who so ledeth a godly life, shalbe my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house, he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight. ⁸ I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe, that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE.

² His sede shall be mightie vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull shalbe blessed.

¹⁸ Open thou myne eyes, & so shal I spie out wonderous thinges in yi lawe.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes,

¹⁵ Wy?dome is more worth the precious stones, & all ye thinges yt thou canst desyre, are not to be compared vnto her.

¹⁷ For they eate the bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of robbery.

³ For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle.

⁹ How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

⁵ that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes.

¹⁰ And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell

¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. ¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

⁴ An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.

²⁰ An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth. ²¹ The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

¹ A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

¹³ A dyssemblynge person wil discouer preuy thinges, but he that is of a faithfull hert, will kepe councel. ¹⁴ Where no good councel is there the people decaye: but where as are many that can geue councell, there is wealth. ¹⁵ He that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth himself: but he that medleth not with suerteshippe, is sure.

¹¹ He that tilleth his lode, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he yt foloweth ydylnes, is a very foole.

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life: but who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme. ⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.

⁹ The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out.

²² Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

² Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.

⁸ The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

¹⁷ An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

²⁹ Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

²² Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men yt can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. ²³ O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

⁶ With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.

⁹ A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

¹¹ A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes. ¹² It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

¹⁴ The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him. ¹⁵ The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe. ¹⁶ To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

²⁹ A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good.

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes. ³² A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

¹³ Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house. ¹⁴ He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.

⁴ The wordes of a mas mouth are like depe waters, and the well of wy?dome is like a full streame.

⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll. ⁷ A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule. ⁸ The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.

¹ Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

¹¹ A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe. ¹² The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

²⁴ A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth. ²⁵ Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.

⁸ A kynge that sytteth in iudgment, and loketh well aboute him, dryueth awaye all euell.

¹⁰ To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE.

²³ The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.

²⁶ A wyse kynge destroyeth ye vngodly, & bryngeth the whele ouer them.

³⁰ Woundes dryue awaye euell, and so do stripes the inwarde partes of the body.

⁸ The wayes of the frowarde are straunge, but ye workes of him yt is cleane, are right.

²⁴ He yt is proude & presumptuous, is called a scornefull ma, which in wrath darre worke maliciously.

¹⁵ Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them yt bynde ther hande vpo promyse, and are suertie for dett: ²⁷ for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

⁴ Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.

²⁹ Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? where is braulynge? where are woundes without cause? where be reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges. ³⁴ Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.

⁶ For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

²⁰ And why? ye wicked hath nothinge to hope for, & ye cadle of the vngodly shall be put out. ²¹ My sonne, feare thou ye LORDE & ye kinge, & kepe no copany wt ye slaunderous:

²⁹ Saye not: I wil hadle him, eue as he hath dealte wt me, & wil rewarde euery ma acordinge to his dedes. ³⁰ I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. ³² This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. ³³ Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

⁵ Take awaye vngodlinesse fro ye kynge, & his seate shal be stablished wt rightuousnes.

⁸ Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.

⁸ Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame. ⁹ Handle thy matter wt yi neghbor himself, & discouer not another mans secrete: ¹⁰ lest whan men heare therof, it turne to yi dishonor, & lest thine euell name do not ceasse.

¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde.

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

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter himself in his bedd. ¹⁵ The slouthfull body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.

²⁰ Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: and where the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth. ²¹ Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce. ²² A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

² Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.

¹³ Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake.

⁸ Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall.

²⁰ A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.

²² He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.

¹⁴ The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

¹¹ He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaudement at naught: the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles.

⁴ O Lamuel, geue kinges no wyne, geue kynges & prynces no stronge drynke:

¹⁰ Is there eny thinge, wherof it maye be sayde: lo, this is new? For it was loge agoo in the tymes yt haue bene before vs.

⁴ Yf thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for foolish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them. ⁵ Yf thou promyse eny thinge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe, then that thou shuldest promise, and not paye. ⁶ Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

²⁰ for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

²⁸ Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.

⁴ Yf a principall sprete be geue the to beare rule, be not negliget the in thine office: for so shal greate wickednesse be put downe, as it were wt a medecyne.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.

⁹ The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables. ¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth. ¹¹ For the wordes of ye wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow, wherwith men are kepte together: for they are geuen of one shepherde onely.

²² Wo vnto them, yt are connynge men to suppe out wyne, and experte to set vp drokenesse.

⁶ For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him: that he maye utterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe like the myre in the strete. ⁷ Howbeit his meanynge is not so, nether thinketh his harte of this fashion. But he ymagineth only, how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people,

⁵ But ye Trone of youre kingdome is ful of grace, therfore he that sytteth vpon it wt faitfulnesse & treuth in the house of Dauid, knowe the thinge & do his diligence to helpe shortly, acordinge to Equite and rightuousnes.

⁹ And therfore shal the iniquite of Iacob be thus reconciled. And so shal he take awaye all ye frute of his synnes. As for aulter stones, he shal make them all as stones beaten to poulder: the Groues and Idols shal not stonde.

⁷ But they go wronge by ye reason of wyne, they fall and stacker because of stroge drynke. Yee eue the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse, they are dronken with wyne, and weake braned thorow stronge drynke. They erre in seinge, and in iudgmet they fayle.

²⁷ For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne, nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn, but he throssheth ye fitches out with a flale, and the comyn with a rod. ²⁸ As for the wheate, he gryndeth it to make bred therof, In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe wt treadinge out. For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make, ner his beastes can grynde it.

¹ Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) & speaketh the treuth: He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate: he that kepeth his hode that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se no euel.

³¹ But vnto them that haue the LORDE before their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles wynges shal growe vpon them: When they runne, they shal not fall: and when they go, they shal not be weery.

⁵ where as he (not withstodinge) shal be wouded for oure offences, & smytten for oure wickednes. For the payne of or punyshmet shalbe layde vpo him, & wt his stripes shal we be healed.

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.

¹ Loke thorow Ierusalem, beholde and se: Seke thorow hir stretes also within, yf ye can fynde one man, that doth equall and right, or that laboureth to be faithfull: and I shall spare him (saieth the LORDE)

²³ Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches: ²⁴ But who so wil reioyse, let him reioyse in this, that he vnderstodeth, and knoweth me: for I am the LORDE, which do mercie, equite and rightuousnes vpon earth. Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges, saieth ye LORDE.

²³ Now I knowe (o LORDE) that is not in mas power to ordre his owne waies, or to rule his owne steppes & goinges.

³⁹ And I will geue them one herte and one waye, that they maye feare me all the daies of their life, that they and their children after them maye prospere.

¹⁵ He hath fylled me with bytternesse, & geuen me wormwod to drynke. ¹⁶ He hath smytten my teth in peces, & rolled me in the dust.

²⁵ O how good is the LORDE vnto the, that put their trust in him, and to the soule that seketh after him? ²⁶ O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie, for the health of the LORDE?

¹⁰ Ye shal haue a true weight, a true Epha, & a true Bat.

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.

¹¹ Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye.

⁵ Euen so goeth it this daye with oure kinges and prynces, for they begynne to be woode droncken thorow wyne: they vse familiarite with soch as disceaue the.

¹⁰ The LORDE roareth like a lyon, that they maye folowe him: Yee as a lyon roareth he, that they maye be afrayed, like the children of the see:

⁷ But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion.

⁷ But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion. ⁸ Ephraim thinketh thus: Tush, I am rich, I haue good ynough: In all my workes shal not one fawte be founde, that I haue offended.

⁸ When a lyon roareth, who will not be afrayed? Seynge then that the LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not prophecy?

⁴ Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge: ⁵ Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater?

⁵ Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater? ⁶ We shall set vp false waightes, yt we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne. ⁷ The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob: these workes of theirs will I neuer forget.

⁶ So the master of the shippe came to him and sayde vnto him: why slomberest thou? Vp, call vpon thy God: yf God (happly) wil thynke vpon vs, that we peryshe not.

¹⁰ Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished? ¹¹ Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,

² There is not a godly man vpo earth, there is not one rightuous amoge me. They laboure all to shed bloude, & euery ma hunteth his brother to death:

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, and mocke him with a byworde, and saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye?

¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed ye shame of thine owne house, for thou hast slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully offended:

¹⁵ Wo vnto him that geueth his neghboure dryncke, to get him wrothfull displeasure for his dronckennesse: that he maye se his preuytees. ¹⁶ Therfore with shame shalt thou be fylled, in steade of honoure. Dryncke thou also, till thou slombre withall: for the cuppe of the LORDES right hode shall compasse the aboute, and shamefull spewinge in steade of thy worshipe.

⁴ I wil bringe it forth (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) so yt it shal come to the house of the thefe, & to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: & shal remayne in his house, & cosume it, with the tymbre & stones therof.

² yf ye will not heare it, ner regarde it, to geue the glory vnto my name (sayeth the LORDE off hoostes) I wil sende a curse vpon you, & will curse youre blessinges: yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede.

⁸ Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God, as ye vse falsede and disceate with me? Yet ye saye: wherin vse we disceate with the? In Tythes and heaue offerynges. ⁹ Therfore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dyssemble with me, all the sorte of you. ¹⁰ Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne, yt there maye be meat in myne house: and proue me withall (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you, and poure you out a blessinge with plenteousnesse.

³³ Agayne, ye haue herde, how it was sayde to the of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thyne ooth to God.

³⁹ But I saye vnto you: that ye resist not euell. But whosoeuer geueth the a blowe on thy right cheke, turne to him the other also.

² When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

¹⁶ Ye shall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?

¹³ Therfore speake I vnto the by parables, for with seynge eyes they se not, & with hearinge eares they heare not, for they vnderstonde it not. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled ye prophecie of Esay, which sayeth: Ye shal heare in dede, and shal not vnderstonde: and with seinge eyes shal ye se, and not perceaue. ¹⁵ For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are thick of hearige, & their eyes haue they closed, lest they shulde once se wt ye eyes, & heare wt the eares, & vnderstode wt the hert, & turne, that I might heale them. ¹⁶ But blessed are youre eyes, for they se: & youre eares, for they heare.

⁴ For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death.

¹³ Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes: Take and bynde him hande and fote, & cast him into ye vtter darcknes: there shal be waylinge and gnasshinge of teth.

³ The foolish toke their lapes, neuertheles they toke none oyle with them. ⁴ But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. ⁵ Now whyle the brydegrome taried, they slombred all and slepte. ⁶ But at mydnight there was a crye made: Beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for to mete him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes. ⁸ But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out.

⁸ But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out. ⁹ Then answered the wyse, and sayde: Not so, lest there be not ynough for vs and you, but go rather vnto them that sell, and bye for youre selues. ¹⁰ And whyle they wente to bye, the brydegrome came: and they that were readye, wente in with him vnto the mariage, and the gate was shut vp.

²⁴ Then he that had receaued the one talet, came and sayde: Syr, I knew that thou art an hard man: thou reapest where thou hast not sowen, and gatherest where thou hast not strowed, ²⁵ and so I was afrayed, and wete and hyd thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast thine owne. ²⁶ But his lorde answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt, knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not? ²⁷ Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers, and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage. ²⁸ Therfore take the talent fro him, and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes.

¹⁰ For Moses sayde: Honoure father & mother. Whoso curseth father and mother, shal dye the death. ¹¹ But ye saye: A ma shal saye to father or mother: Corban, that is, The thinge yt I shulde helpe the withall, is geue vnto God. ¹² And thus ye suffre him nomore to do ought for his father or his mother, ¹³ & make Gods worde of none effecte, thorow youre owne tradicions that ye haue set vp. And many soch thinges do ye.

⁶ They were both righteous before God, and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably.

¹⁵ for he shal be greate before the LORDE. Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke. And he shalbe fylled wt the holy goost, euen in his mothers wombe.

⁶⁶ And all they yt herde therof, toke it to hert, and sayde: What maner of man wil this childe be? For the hande of the LORDE was with him.

⁴⁶ And it fortuned after thre dayes, yt they founde him in the temple, syttinge amonge the teachers, hearynge the, and opposynge them. ⁴⁷ And all they that herde him, wodred at his vnderstondynge and answeres.

⁴³ For it is no good tre, yt bryngeth forth euell frute: and no euell tre yt bringeth forth good frute. ⁴⁴ Euery tre is knowne by his frute. For me gather not fygges of thornes, ner grapes of busshes.

³¹ Or what kynge wil go to make battayl agaynst another kynge, and sytteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to mete him that commeth agaynst him with twentye thousande?

⁸ I saye vnto you: He shal delyuer them, and that shortly. Neuertheles, whan the sonne of man cometh, suppose ye, that he shal fynde faith vpon earth?

¹¹ The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.

²⁸ Then sayde Peter: Beholde, we haue forsake all, and folowed the.

³³ But he sayde vnto him: LORDE, I am ready to go with the into preson, and in to death.

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comynge to him, and sayde of him: Beholde, a righte Israelite, in whom is no gyle.

³⁹ For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call.

²⁸ For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion.

¹⁸ to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me.

¹⁵ in that they shewe, that the worke of ye lawe is wrytte in their hertes: whyle their conscience beareth witnesse vnto the, and also the thoughtes which accuse or excuse them amonge them selues,

¹⁴ But how shal they call vpo him, on who they beleue not? How shal they beleue on him, of who they haue not herde? How shal they heare without a preacher? ¹⁵ But how shal they preach, excepte they be sent? As it is wrytte: How beutyfull are the fete of the yt preach peace, yt brynge good tidinges?

¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynesse that ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues vnto the tyme.

¹⁷ Recompese vnto no man euell for euell. Prouyde honestie afore hade towarde euery ma. ¹⁸ Yf it be possible (as moch as in you is) haue peace with all men. ¹⁹ Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God. For it is wrytte: Vengeaunce is myne, and I wil rewarde, sayeth ye LORDE.

¹¹ And for so moch as we know this, namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe (For now is oure saluacion nearer, then whan we beleued:

¹⁸ For they yt are soch, serue not the LORDE Iesu Christ, but their awne belly: & thorow swete preachinges & flateringe wordes, they disceaue ye hertes of ye innocentes.

¹¹ For what ma knoweth what is in man, saue the sprete of ma which is in him? Euen so no man knoweth what is in God, saue ye sprete of God.

⁴ I knowe noughte by my selfe, yet am I not therby iustified. It is the LORDE that iudgeth me.

¹⁰ ner theues, nether the couetous, ner drokardes, ner cursed speakers, ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God.

³⁴ Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes & godly purenesse, not in fleshlye wyssdome, but in the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacion in the worlde, but most of all with you.

² but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye, and walke not in craftines: nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth, and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God. ³ Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd in them that are lost: ⁴ amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded ye myndes of them which beleue not, that ye lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ ( which is the ymage of God) shulde not shyne vnto them. ⁵ For we preach not or selues, but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE, and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake. ⁶ For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.

¹¹ I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,

²¹ envyenge, murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch like: of the which I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdome of God.

⁶ vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued, ⁷ in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude (namely) the forgeuenes of synnes, acordynge to ye riches of his grace, ⁸ which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyssdome and prudece:

¹⁷ that ye God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyssdome, and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe, ¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge, that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge, and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes,

²⁹ Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth, but that which is good to edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious to heare.

³² But be ye curteous one to another, mercifull, and forgeue one another, eue as God hath forgeuen you in Christ.

¹⁴ Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte.

¹⁸ and be not dronken with wyne, wherin is excesse: but be full of the sprete

⁶ And that no man go to farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we haue sayde & testified vnto you afore tyme.

¹⁵ Se that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man: but euer folowe that which is good, both amoge youre selues and to all men.

¹⁰ And whan we were wt you, this we warned you of, that yf there were eny which wolde not worke, ye same shulde not eate.

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.

¹¹ For the grace of God that bryngeth Saluacion vnto all men, hath appeared, ¹² and teacheth vs, that we shulde denye vngodlynes, and wordly lustes: and that we shulde lyue discretly, righteously, and godly in this worlde,

¹² For ye worde of God is quycke, and mightie in operacion, and sharper the eny two edged swerde, and entreth thorow, euen to the deuydinge of the soule & the sprete, and of ye ioyntes & the mary, and is a iudger of the thoughtes & intetes of the hert, ¹³ nether is there eny creature invisible in ye sighte of him. But all thinges are naked & bare vnto ye eyes of hi of who we speake.

²⁵ and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God, then to enioye ye pleasures of synne for a season:

¹⁰ And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure: but he lerneth vs vnto yt which is profitable, that we mighte receaue of his holynes.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

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

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

²³ which whan he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: wha he suffred, he threatened not: but commytted the cause vnto him, that iudgeth righteously:

⁹ Recopence not euell for euell, nether rebuke for rebuke: but cotrary wyse, blesse: and knowe that ye are called therto, euen yt ye shulde be heyres of ye blessynge.

¹⁹ Wherfore let them that suffer acordynge to the will off God, commytte their soules vnto him with well doynge, as to the faithfull creator.

⁵ Geue ye all youre diligence therfore here vnto, and in youre faith mynister vertue: in vertue, knowlege: ⁶ in knowlege, temperancy: in temperancy, pacience: in pacience, godlynes: ⁷ in godlynes, brotherly loue: in brotherly loue, generall loue. ⁸ For yf these thinges be plenteous in you, they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in ye knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these thinges, is blynde, & gropeth for the waye with the hade, and hath forgotten, that he was clensed from his olde synnes. ¹⁰ Wherfore (brethre) geue the more diligence, to make youre callynge and eleccion sure: for yf ye do soch thinges, ye shal not fall, ¹¹ and by this meanes shal there be plenteously mynistred vnto you an entrynge in vnto ye euerlastinge kyngdome of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ.

⁸ Yf we saye that we haue no synne, we disceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in vs. ⁹ But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes, & to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes. ¹⁰ Yf we saye, we haue not synned, we make him a lyar, and his worde is not in vs.

¹⁴ I haue wrytten vnto you fathers, how that ye haue knowne him, which is fro the begynnynge. I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men, how that ye are stronge, and the worde of God abydeth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked.

¹⁹ Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him. ²⁰ But yf oure hert condemne vs, God is greater the oure hert, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde.

³ I reioysed greatly, whan the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in ye, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioye, the to heare that my childre walke in the trueth.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fominge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge starres, to who is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

⁸ But the fearefull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhominable, and murthurers, and whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, & all lyars, shal haue their parte in the lake, that burneth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde death.