Genesis 39 Cross References - Great

¹ Ioseph was brought vnto Egypte, and Putiphar a Lorde of Pharaos (& his chefe stewarde an Egyptian) bought him of the Ismaelytes which had brought him thyther. ² And God was with Ioseph, & he became a luckye man, continuynge in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master sawe that God was with him, & that God made all that he dyd to prosper in his hande. ⁴ And Ioseph founde grace in hys masters syghte, and serued him. And made hym rular of hys house, and put all that he had in his hande. ⁵ And it fortuned from the tyme that he had made him rular ouer hys house and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptyans house for Iosephs sake, and the blessynge of the Lorde was vpon all that he had: in the house, and in the felde. ⁶ And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande, and loked vpon nothynge that was wt hym, saue only on the bread whych he dyd eate. And Iosep was a goodly persone & a well fauored. ⁷ And it fortuned after thys, that his masters wyfe cast hyr eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde: come lye with me. ⁸ But he refused, and sayde to hys masters wyfe: Beholde, my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath commytted all that he hath to my hande. ⁹ There is no man greater in the house than I, Neyther hath he kepte any thynge from me, but only the, because thou art hys wyfe. Howe than can I do this great wyckednes, and synne agaynst God? ¹⁰ And after thys maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye: but he harkened not vnto her, to slepe nere her, or to be in her company. ¹¹ And it fortuned on a certayne conuenient daye, that Ioseph entred into the house, to do hys busynes: and there was none of the housholde by, in the house. ¹² And she caught him by the garment sayinge: come slepe with me. And he lefte hys garment in hyr hande and fled, and gott hym out. And it chaunced. ¹³ When she sawe that he had lefte his garment in hyr hande, and was fled out. ¹⁴ She called vnto the men of hir house, and tolde them, sayinge: Se, he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame: for he came in to me, for to haue slept wyth me. And I begane to crye wyth a lowde voyce. ¹⁵ And when he hearde that I lyfte vp my voyce & cryed, he left hys garment wt me, and fled awaye, and got him out. ¹⁶ And she layed vp hys garment by her, vntyll hyr Lorde came home. ¹⁷ And she tolde him with these wordes sayinge: Thys Hebrues seruaunte whych thou hast brought vnto vs, came into me to do me shame. ¹⁸ But as soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed, he left hys garment wyth me and fled out. ¹⁹ When his master. hearde the wordes of hys wyfe whych she tolde hym sayinge: after this maner dyd thy seruaunte to me, he waxed wrooth. ²⁰ And the master toke Ioseph & put hym in pryson euen in to the place where the kynges prysoners laye bounde. And there continued he in preson, ²¹ but the Lorde was wyth Ioseph, and shewed hym mercye, and gote hym fauoure in the syghte of the Lorde of the preson. ²² And the keper of the preson commytted to Iosephs hande all the presoners that were in the preson house. And whatsoeuer was done there, that dyd he. ²³ And the keper of the preson loked vnto nothynge that was vnder his hande, seynge that the Lorde was with him. For whatsoeuer he dyd, the Lorde made it to prosper.

²⁵ And they satt them downe to eate brede. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute, there came a companye of Ismaelytes from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, baulme, and myrre, and were goynge downe to cary it into Egypte.

²⁸ Than as the Madianites marchaunt men passed by, they drewe and lyft Ioseph out of the pytt and solde him vnto the Ismaelytes for .xx. peces of syluer. And they brought him into Egypte.

³⁶ And the Madianytes solde hym in Egypte vnto Putiphar a Lord of Pharaos, and his chefe Stewarde.

⁴ And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren: come nere to me, and they came nere. And he sayde: I am Ioseph youre brother whom ye solde in to Egypte.

¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, euen Ioseph whych was solde to be a bonde seruaunt.

⁹ And the patriarkes hauing indygnacyon solde Ioseph into Egypte. And God was with hym,

²² And it chaunced the same season, that Abimelech and Phicoll hys chefe captayne spake vnto Abraham sayinge: God is wyth the in all that thou doest.

²⁴ And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same nyght, and sayde: I am the God of Abraham thy father, feare not, for I am wyth the, & wyll blesse the, and multiplye thy seed for my seruaunt Abrahams sake.

²⁸ Whych answered: In seinge, we sawe that the Lorde was with the, & we sayde: let there be nowe an oothe betwyxte vs euen betwixte vs and the, and let vs make a bonde wyth the,

¹⁵ And se I am wyth the, and wylbe thy keper in all places whether thou goest, and wyll brynge the agayne in to thys lande: nether wyll I leaue the vntyll I haue made good all that I haue promysed the.

²¹ but the Lorde was wyth Ioseph, and shewed hym mercye, and gote hym fauoure in the syghte of the Lorde of the preson. ²² And the keper of the preson commytted to Iosephs hande all the presoners that were in the preson house. And whatsoeuer was done there, that dyd he.

¹⁹ And Samuel grewe, & the Lorde was wyth him, & left none of hys wordes vnperformed.

¹⁸ Then answered one of his seruauntes and sayde: Beholde, I haue sene a sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite, that can playe vpon instrumentes, and is an actiue felowe, and a man of warre and prudent in doynge of feates, & well made and the Lorde is with hym.

¹⁴ And Dauid behaued him selfe wysely in all his wayes, & the Lord was with him.

²⁸ And Saul sawe and vnderstode, howe that the Lorde was with Dauid, and that Michol his daughter loued hym,

³ And he shalbe lyke a tre planted by the watersyde, that wyll brynge forth hys frute in due season. His leafe also shall not wither: & loke whatsoeuer he doth, it shall prospere.

⁷ The Lord of Hostes is wt vs, the God of Iacob is oure refuge. Sela.

¹¹ The Lorde of Hostes is wyth vs, the God of Iacob is oure defence. Sela.

¹⁵ He shall call vpon me, & I wyll heare hym: yee I am with hym in trouble, I will deliuer hym, and brynge hym to honoure.

⁹ Breake downe (o ye peple of Assur) and ye shall be, broken downe: herken to all ye of farre countrees. Muster you, and you shalbe broken downe, prepare you to batell and you shall be torne in peces: ¹⁰ take your councell together, yet must your councel come to naught: go in hande withall, yet shall it not prospere: for God is with vs.

¹⁰ be not afrayed, for I am wt the. Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God, to strength the, helpe the, & to kepe the wt this ryght hande of myne.

² Yf thou goest thorow the water, I wilbe with the, that the stronge floudes shulde not pluck the awaye. And yf thou walckest thorowe the fyre, it shall not burne the, and the flame shall not kyndle vpon the.

²⁰ & so shall I make the a stronge brasen wall agaynst this people. They shall fight agaynst the, but they shall not preuayle. For I my selfe will be wt the, to helpe the, and deliuer the, sayeth the Lorde.

²³ Behold, a mayd shalbe wt chylde, & shall bring forth a sonne, & they shall call his name Emanuel, which yf a man interpret, it is asmoch to say as God with vs.

⁹ And the patriarkes hauing indygnacyon solde Ioseph into Egypte. And God was with hym, ¹⁰ and delyuered hym out of al his aduersities, and gaue him fauour & wysdome in the syght of Pharao kynge of Egypte. And he made hym gouernoure ouer Egypte, and ouer all hys housholde.

³¹ And he said: How can I, except I had a gyde? And he desyred Philip, that he wolde come vp, and sytt with hym.

²⁰ Let euery man abyde in the same callinge, wherin he was called. ²¹ Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it. Neuerthelesse yf thou mayst be fre, vse it rather. ²² For he that is called in the Lorde, beynge a seruaunt, is the Lordes freman. Lykewyse he that is called beynge fre, is Christes seruaunt. ²³ Ye are dearly bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men. ²⁴ Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde wyth God.

¹ Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, counte theyr masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God & hys doctryne be not euyll spoken of.

⁹ Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their awne masters, & to please them in all thinges, not answering agayne, ¹⁰ nether to be pickers, but that they shewe all good faythfulnes, that they maye do worshippe to the doctrine of God oure saueoure in all thynges.

²⁷ To whom Laban answered: yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght (for I suppose that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake)

³⁰ For it was but lytle that thou haddest before I came, and nowe it is encreased into a multitude, and the Lorde hath blessed the for my sake. But nowe when shall I make prouisyon for myne awne house also?

²³ And the keper of the preson loked vnto nothynge that was vnder his hande, seynge that the Lorde was with him. For whatsoeuer he dyd, the Lorde made it to prosper.

⁷ Onely be thou strong & as bolde as thou canst, that thou mayest obserue & do according to all the lawe, which Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Tourne therfrom nether to the right hand, nor to the lefte: that thou mayste do wysely in all thou takest in hande: ⁸ let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouthe: But recorde therin daye & night that thou mayst obserue, & do according to all that is written therin. For then shalt thou make thy waye prosperouse, and then thou shalt do wysely.

¹³ For then thou shalt prospere: euen whan thou takest hede & fulfyllest the statutes & lawes whych the Lorde charged Moses with, for Israel. Plucke vp thyne hert therfore, & be stronge, dread not, nor be discouraged.

⁵ And it came to passe, that he sought God in the dayes of zachariahu (which mayntened the feare of God) & as longe as he sought the Lorde, God made hym to prospere.

²⁰ Then answered I them, and sayde: the God of heauen, he it is that hath graunted vs prosperite: and we be his seruauntes. Let vs get up and buylde. As for you, ye haue no porcyon nor right, nor remembraunce in Ierusalem.

²³ Thus sayeth the Lord of hoostes. In that tyme shall ten men (out of all maner of languages of the Gentyles) take one Iewe by the hemme of hys garment, & saye: we wyll go wt you, for we haue herde, that God is amonge you.

¹⁶ Let your light so shyne before men. That they maye se your good worckes, & gloryfy your father, which is in heauen.

² Upon some Saboth daye let euery one of you put a syde at home, and laye vp whatsoeuer is mete, that there be no gatherynges when I come.

¹⁵ that ye maye be soche as no man came complayne on: and vnfayned sonnes of God without rebuke, in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nacyon: amonge whom se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde, ¹⁶ holdynge faste the worde of lyfe, that I maye reioyce in the daye of Chryst, howe that I haue not runne in vayne, nether haue laboured in vayne.

⁹ Beholde, I make them of the congregacyon of Sathan, whych call them selues Iewes, and are not, but do lye: Beholde, I wyll make them that they shall come, and worshypp before thy fete: and shall knowe, that I haue loued the.

² And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wilt thou geue me whan I go chyldlesse, and the chylde of the stewardship of my house is thys Eleazar of Damasco?

³ and sayde: Lorde (I beseche the) yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght: goo not (I praye the) from thy seruaunte.

¹⁹ beholde, thy seruaunt hath fownde grace in thy syghte, and thou hast magnifyed thy mercye which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauynge my lyfe. Beholde, I can not be saued in the mountayne, lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye.

² And Abraham sayde vnto his eldest seruaunte of his house whych had the rule ouer all that he had: Put thy hande vnder my thygh,

⁵ and haue oxen, asses & shepe men seruauntes and wemenseruauntes, and haue sent to shewe it my Lorde, that I may fynde grace in thy syghte.

⁸ And he sayde: what is all the droue whych I mett? He answered: that I maye fynde grace in the syghte of my Lorde.

¹⁰ To whom Iacob answered, oh nay, but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte, receaue my present of my hande: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene the face of God: And thou hast had a good wyll towarde me.

⁸ But he refused, and sayde to hys masters wyfe: Beholde, my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath commytted all that he hath to my hande.

⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordynge to thy worde shall all my people be ruled, only in the kynges seate wyll I be aboue the. ⁴¹ And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egypte.

²² And Saul sent to Isai, sayinge: lett Dauid remayne with me, for he hath founde fauour in my syght.

⁴ And the kyng sayde vnto me: what is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen, ⁵ and sayde vnto the kyng: yf it please the kyng, and yf thy seruaunt haue founde fauoure in thy syghte, sende me into Iuda vnto the cytie of my fathers buryall, that I maye buylde it.

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

⁷ When a mans wayes please the Lorde, he maketh his very enemyes to be his frendes.

² A discrete seruaunt shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysdome, and shall haue lyke heritage with the brethren.

²⁹ Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in theyr busynes, stande before kynges and not amonge the symple people?

¹⁸ Who so kepeth hys fygge tre, shall enioye the frutes therof: euen so, he that wayteth vpon his master, shall come to honoure.

²⁸ Take hede therfore vnto youre selues & to all the flocke amonge whom the holy ghost hath made you ouersears, to rule the congregacyon of God which he hath purchased with his bloude.

² And I wyll make of the a greate people, and wyll blesse the, & make thy name greate, that thou mayest be euen a blessynge.

²⁹ And it happened that when God destroyed the cyties of that regyon, he thought vpon Abraham, & sent Lot out from the myddes of the ouerthrowenge, when he ouerthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled.

³ Blessed shalt then be in the towne, and blessed in the feldes: ⁴ blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, and the frute of thy grounde, and the frute of thy cattell, the frute of thyne oxen, & the flockes of thy shepe: ⁵ blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in.

¹¹ And the Arcke of the Lord continued in the house of Obeth Edom the Gethite, thre monethes, and the Lorde blessed Obeth Edom, and all hys housholde. ¹² And one tolde kynge Dauid, how that the Lorde had blessed the house of Obeth Edom, and all that pertayned vnto hym, because of the Arcke of God. And Dauid went and brought the Arck of God from the house of Obeth Edom, into the citye of Dauid wyth gladnes.

⁶ For thou shalt geue hym euerlastynge felycite, & make hym glad with the ioye of thy countenaunce.

¹⁷ His name shall endure for euer, his name shall remayne vnder the sunne amonge the posterites, which shalbe blessed thorow him, and all the Heathen shall prayse him

²⁴ saying: feare not Paul thou must be brought before Cesar, And lo, God hath geuen the all them that sayle wyth the.

³ Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessyng in heuenly thinges by Christ

¹⁴ And so it happened, whan Abram was come in to Egypte, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre. ¹⁵ The prynces also of Pharao sawe her, and commended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pharaos house.

¹⁷ Lea was tender eyed, but Rahel was bewtyfull & well fauored.

⁴ And Ioseph founde grace in hys masters syghte, and serued him. And made hym rular of hys house, and put all that he had in his hande.

³² And they prepared for hym by him selfe, and for them by them selues, & for the Egypcians which dyd eate with him by them selues, because the Egypcians maye not eate bread with the Hebrues, for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egypcyans.

¹² And he sent, & brought hym in. And he was browne, and of an excellent bewtye, & well fauored in syght. And the Lorde sayde: Aryse, and anoynt him, for this is he.

⁴² And when the Philistine loked aboute, and sawe Dauid, he disdayned him, for he was but yonge, and well coloured, and goodlye to loke vpon.

¹¹ The hert of her husband maye safely trust in her, so that he shall fall in no pouertye.

¹⁰ He that is faythfull in that which is least, is faythfull also in moch. And he that is vnryghteous in the least: is vnryghteous also in moch.

¹⁷ And he sayd vnto hym: Well thou good seruaunt: because thou hast bene faythfull in a very lytell thynge, haue thou auctoryte ouer ten cyties.

²⁰ The same tyme was Moses borne, and was acceptable vnto God, and nourysshed vp in hys fathers house thre monethes.

² The sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen.

¹¹ And whan she had set them before him, to eate, he toke her, and sayd vnto her: come lye wt me my syster.

¹ I Made a couenaunt wt myne eyes that I wolde not loke vpon a damsell.

³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: and quycken thou me in thy waye.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes,

⁹ That thou geue not thy strength vnto other, & thy yeares to the cruell.

¹³ she caught the yongeman, kyssed hym, and was not ashamed, sayinge:

¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I myght seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with couerynges and clothes of Egypte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Mirre, Aloes, and Cynamon. ¹⁸ Come lett vs ly together, and take oure pleasure tyll it be daye lyght: and we wyll enioye the pleasures of loue.

³ This is the cause, that the rayne & eueninge dewe hath ceased. Thou hast gotten the an whores forehead, and wilt not be ashamed.

²⁵ Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred, thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by, & multiplied thyne whoredome.

³² but a wife that breaketh wedlocke, & taketh other in steade of her husbonde.

³⁴ It is come to passe wt the in thy whordomes contrary to the vse of other women: yee, there hath no soch fornicacyon bene committed after the, seynge that thou profrest gyftes vnto other, and no rewarde is geuen the: this is a contrary thinge.

⁵ As for Oholah she beganne to go a whoring, when I had taken her to me. She was sett on fyre vpon her louers the Assirians ⁶ as her neybours which had to do wt her: euen the princes & Lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men, lusty ryders of horses.

¹² she loued the Assirians (which also laye wt her) namely, the princes & greate lordes, that were clothed wt al maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen & fayre yonge personnes. ¹³ Then I sawe, that they both were defyled a lyke. ¹⁴ But she increased styll in whordome, for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall, the ymages of the Caldees sett forth wt fressh couloures, ¹⁵ wt fayre gyrdles about them & goodly bonettes vpon theyr heades, lokynge all lyke prynces (after the maner of the Babylonyans and Chaldees in theyr awne lande where they be borne) ¹⁶ immediatly, as soone as she sawe them, she brent in loue vpon them, and sente messaungers for them into the lande of the Chaldees.

²⁸ But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on another mans wyfe to lust after her, hath commytted aduoutrye with her all ready in hys hert.

¹⁴ hauinge eyes full of aduoutrie, and the cannot cease from synne: begyling vnstable soules. Hertes they haue excercysed with robrie. They are cursed chyldren

¹⁶ For all that is in the worlde (as the lust of the flesshe, and the lust of the eyes, & the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

¹⁰ My sonne, consente not vnto synners,

¹⁰ Yf wysdome entre into thyne herte, and thy soule delyte in knowledge:

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the conuenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclyned vnto death, & her pathes vnto hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her come not agayn, nether take they holde of the waye of lyfe.

³ For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppyng hony combe and her throte is more glisterynge them oyle. ⁴ But at the last she is as bytter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. ⁵ Her fete go downe vnto death and her steppes pearse thorowe vnto hell. ⁶ Parchaunse thou dwellynge with her wylt ponder the path of lyfe? so vnstedfast are her wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. ⁷ Heare me nowe therfore (O my sonnes) & departe not from the wordes of my mouth. ⁸ Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye the dores of her house.

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother. ²¹ Put them vp together in thyne herte, and bynde them aboute thy neck. ²² That they may leade the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art a slepe, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of them. ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe ²⁴ that they may kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flatteryng tonge of the harlote: ²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thyne herte, and lest thou be taken with her fayre lookes.

²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into his neyghbours wyfe, and toucheth her, cannot be vngylty.

³² But whoso committeth aduoutry with a woman, he is a foole and bryngeth his lyfe to destruction. ³³ He getteth hym selfe also shame and dishonour, soche as shall neuer be put out.

⁵ that they maye kepe the from the straunge woman, and from the harlot which geueth swete wordes.

²⁵ Let not thyne herte wandre in her wayes, and be not thou disceaued in her pathes. ²⁶ For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yee many a stronge man hath bene slayne by the meanes of her. ²⁷ Her houses are the waye vnto hell, and brynge men downe into the chambers of death.

¹³ A folyshe restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch a one as hath no knowledge, ¹⁴ sytteth at the dore of her house, and in the hye places of the cyte, ¹⁵ to call soch as go by, and that walke streyght in theyr wayes. ¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt (sayth she) let hym come hyther, and to the vnwyse she sayeth: ¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, and the bread that is preuely eaten, hath a good taste. ¹⁸ And he doth not consydre, that they are but deed which be there, and that her gestes are in the depe of hell.

²⁴ A man that loueth his frendes wyll be compinable with them: and some frende sticketh faster to a man then his brother.

¹⁴ The mouth of an harlot is a depe pyt, wherin he falleth that the Lorde is angrie wyth all.

²⁶ My sonne, geue me thyne herte, & lett thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes. ²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt. ²⁸ She lurketh lyke a thefe, and bringeth vnto her such men as be full of vyce.

³ But God came to Abimelech in a dreame in the nyght and sayde to hym: Se, thou shalt dye for the womans sake which thou hast taken awaye, for she is a mans wyfe.

⁶ And God sayde vnto him by a dreame: I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thy herte. I kepte the also that thou shuldest not sinne agaynst me, & therfore suffred I the not to touch her.

⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordynge to thy worde shall all my people be ruled, only in the kynges seate wyll I be aboue the.

¹⁸ And Ioseph sayde vnto them the thryde daye: Thys doo and lyue, for I feare God.

² yf a soule synne and trespace agaynst the Lorde, and denye vnto hys neyghboure that which was taken hym to kepe, or that was put into hys hande, or doth violent robbery or wronge vnto hys neyghboure,

¹⁰ And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe: euen he that breketh wedlocke wt hys neyghbours wyfe let him be slayne, both the aduoutrer and the aduoutresse.

²³ But and yf ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue synned agaynst the Lord: and be sure, youre synne wyll fynde you out.

²⁷ And whan the mournynge was past, Dauid sent and fett her to hys house, and she became hys wyfe, and bare hym a sonne. But this thynge that Dauid dyd, displeased the Lorde.

¹³ And Dauid sayde vnto Nathan I haue synned agaynst the Lorde. And Nathan sayd vnto Dauid: the Lorde also hath put awaye thy synne, thou shalt not dye.

¹⁵ For the olde captaynes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wyne, and .xl. sycles of syluer: yee, and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God.

¹¹ And I sayde: shulde any soch man as I flye? Who is that, beyng as I am, that wil go into the temple, to saue his lyfe? I wyll not go in.

⁹ If my hert hath lusted after my neghboures wyffe, or yf I haue layde wayte at his dore? ¹⁰ O then let my wiffe grinde vnto another man and let other men lie with her. ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse and synne, that is worthy to be punisshed, ¹² yee, a fyre that vtterly shulde consume, and rote out all my substaunce.

²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punyshement of God, and knewe very well, that I was not able to beare hys burthen.

⁴ Agaynst the onely haue I synned, and done this euell in thy syght: that thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge, & cleare when thou art iudged.

³² But whoso committeth aduoutry with a woman, he is a foole and bryngeth his lyfe to destruction.

⁸ In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neyghbours wyfe: ⁹ Shulde I not correct this, sayth the Lorde? Shulde I not be auenged of euery people, that is lyke vnto this?

¹⁶ Then sayde the prophet Ieremy vnto the prophet Hananiah: heare me Hananiah: The Lorde hath not sent the but thou bringest this people into a false belefe.

⁷ All they that came vpon them, haue deuoured them: and theyr enemyes sayde: We haue made no faute agaynst them: for they haue displeased the Lorde: yee, euen the Lorde, which is the bewtye of theyr ryghteousnesse & that defended their fathers.

⁴⁸ But he that knewe not, and dyd commytte thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whomsoeuer moch is geuen, of him shalbe moche requyred. And to whom men haue committed moch: of him wyll they aske the more.

² Furthermore it is required of the stewardes, that a man be founde faythfull.

⁹ Do ye not knowe, how that the vnryghteous shall not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaued. For nether fornicatours, nether worshyppers of ymages, nether aduoutrers, nether weaklynges, nether abusers of them selues wyth mankynde, ¹⁰ nether theues, nether couetouse, nether dronkardes, nether cursed speakers, nether pyllers, shall inheret the kyngdome of God.

¹⁹ The dedes of the flesshe are manyfeste, which are these: aduoutery, fornicacion, vnclennes, wantannes, ²⁰ worshypping of ymages, witchcraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, wrathe, stryfe, sedicyons, sectes, ²¹ enuyinge, murther, dronkennes, glottonye, and soche lyke: of the which I tell you before as I haue told you in tyme past, that they which commyt soch thinges shall not be inheritours of the kyngdome of God.

¹⁰ nether to be pickers, but that they shewe all good faythfulnes, that they maye do worshippe to the doctrine of God oure saueoure in all thynges.

⁴ Wedlocke is to be had in honoure among all men, and the bed vndefyled. As for whore kepers & aduoutrers God shall iudge them.

⁹ Whosoeuer is borne of God, synneth not: for his seed remayneth in him, and he cannot synne, because he is borne of God.

⁸ But the fearfull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhominable, and murdrers, & whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, and all lyars shall haue theyr parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde death.

¹⁵ For wythout shalbe dogges and inchaunters, and whormongers, and mortherers, and ydolaters, & whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges.

¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them: refrayne thy fote from their waye.

³ For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppyng hony combe and her throte is more glisterynge them oyle.

⁸ Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye the dores of her house.

²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thyne herte, and lest thou be taken with her fayre lookes. ²⁶ An harlot wyll make a man to begge his bread, and a woman wyll hunt for the precyous lyfe.

¹⁴ sytteth at the dore of her house, and in the hye places of the cyte,

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt (sayth she) let hym come hyther, and to the vnwyse she sayeth:

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

¹⁸ Fle fornicacion. Euery synne that a man doth, is without the body. But he that is a fornicator, synneth against his awne body.

³³ Be not ye deceaued: euell wordes corrupte good maners.

²² Abstayne from all euell appearaunce.

¹⁴ I wyll therfore that the yonger wemen mary, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, and geue none occasyon to the aduersary to speake euyll.

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghtwesnes, fayth, loue and peace, with them that call on the Lorde with a pure herte.

¹¹ Dearly beloued, I beseche you as straungers and pylgrems, abstayne from fleshly lustes, which fyght against the soule,

¹⁵ The eye of the aduolterer wayteth for the darcknesse, and sayeth thus in him selfe: Tush, there shall no eye se me, and so he disgiseth his face.

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, and the bread that is preuely eaten, hath a good taste.

²⁴ Maye eny man hyde hym self so, that I shall not se hym? sayeth the Lorde. Do not I fulfyll heauen and earth? sayeth the Lorde.

⁵ I wyll come and punyshe you, and I my selfe wyl be a swyfte wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynste the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee, & agaynst those that wrongeously kepe back the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saieth the Lorde of hostes.

³ As for fornicacyon and all vnclennes, or coueteousnes let it not be once uamed amonge you, as it be commeth saynctes:

¹² For it is shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete:

¹⁰ And after thys maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye: but he harkened not vnto her, to slepe nere her, or to be in her company.

²⁷ And as Samuel turned hym selfe to go awaye, he caught the lappe of hys coate, & it rent.

⁵ Saue thy selfe as a doo from the hande of the huntre, & as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.

¹³ she caught the yongeman, kyssed hym, and was not ashamed, sayinge: ¹⁴ I had a vowe of peace offerynges to paye, and thys daye I perfourme it. ¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I myght seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with couerynges and clothes of Egypte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Mirre, Aloes, and Cynamon. ¹⁸ Come lett vs ly together, and take oure pleasure tyll it be daye lyght: and we wyll enioye the pleasures of loue. ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of moneye with hym: And will retourne home at the appoynted solempne feste? ²¹ Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flatterynge lyppes she entysed hym ²² sodenlye to folowe her: as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, & lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes, to be punyshed, ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowynge that the parell of hys lyfe lyeth ther vpon. ²⁴ Heare me nowe therfore, O my chyldren, and marcke the wordes of my mouth.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she hath cast abrode, her herte as a nett that men fishe with, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her: but the synner will be taken with her.

³⁰ Howe obstinate is thine herte (sayeth the Lorde God) seynge thou doest all these workes of an erraunt whore: ³¹ buyldinge thy stewes at the head of euery strete, & thy brodell houses in all places? Thou hast not bene as an other whore, that holdeth scorne of a small rewarde,

⁵¹ And there folowed him a certayne younge man, clothed in lynnen vpon the bare, & the yongmen caught him, ⁵² & he lefte his lynnen garment, & fled from them naked.

²¹ Unto Sem also the father of all the children of Eber (and elder brother of Iapheth) there were chyldren borne.

¹³ And there came one that had escaped, and tolde Abram the Hebrewe whiche dwelled in the okegroue of Mamre the Amoryte, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner, which were confederate wt Abram.

⁷ And it fortuned after thys, that his masters wyfe cast hyr eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde: come lye with me.

¹⁷ And she tolde him with these wordes sayinge: Thys Hebrues seruaunte whych thou hast brought vnto vs, came into me to do me shame.

¹⁵ for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues, and here also haue I done nothynge at all, wherfore they shulde haue put me in to thys dongeon.

¹¹ False witnesse dyd ryse vp: they layed to my charge, thynges that I knowe not.

³ My herte is dysquyeted within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.

³ What rewarde shall be geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge?

¹⁸ Dissemblynge lyppes kepe hatred secretely, and he that speaketh any sclaunder, is a foole.

⁷ Herken vnto me, ye that haue pleasure in righteousnes, thou people that bearest my lawe in thyne hert. Feare not the curse of men: be not afrayde of their blasphemyes and reuylinges:

¹⁷ but all the weapens that are made agaynst the, shall not prospere. And as for all tunges, that shall resyste the in iudgement, thou shalt ouercome them, & condemne them. Thys is the heritage of the Lordes seruauntes, and their ryghteousnes commeth of me, sayeth the Lorde.

⁵ whether they be nye or farre from the: they shall laugh the to scorne, thou that hast gotten the so foule a name, & art full of myschefe.

¹¹ Blessed are ye, when men reuyle you, and persecute you, and shall falesy say all maner of euyll sayinge against you, for my sake.

⁵⁹ The chefe Prestes and the elders, and all the councell, sought false witnes agaynst Iesus (for to put hym to deeth)

² And they beganne to accuse him, sayinge: we founde thys felowe peruertinge the people, and forbyddynge to paye tribute to Cesar: sayinge, that he is Chryst a kynge.

⁸ be honoure and dishonoure: be euyll reporte & good reporte: as desceauers, and yet true,

²⁰ For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your fautes, ye take it pacyently? But & yf when ye do well, ye suffer wronge & take it paciently, then is ther thanke wt God.

¹⁴ Yee, happy are ye, yf anye trouble happen vnto you for rightewesnesse sake. Be not ye afrayed for anye terroure of them, nether be ye troubled ¹⁵ but sanctifye the Lorde God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with meaknes and feare: ¹⁶ hauynge a good conscience that where as they backbyte you as euyll doars, they maye be ashamed, that falsely accuse your good conuersacion in Chryst. ¹⁷ For it is better (yf the wyll of God be so) that ye suffre for well doynge, then for euyll doinge. ¹⁸ For as moch as Christ hath once suffered for synnes, the iust for the vniust, to bring vs to God, and was kylled, as pertayninge to the flesshe: but was quyckened in the sprete.

¹⁴ If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ, happie are ye. For the glory and the sprete of God resteth vpon you. On their parte he is euyll spoken of: but on youre parte he is glorifyed. ¹⁵ Se that none of you be punysshed as a murtherer, or as a thefe, or an euyll doar, or as a busybody in other mens matters. ¹⁶ If eny man suffre as a Christen man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifye God on this behalfe. ¹⁷ For the tyme is come, that iudgement must begynne at the house of God. If it fyrst begynne at vs, what shall the ende be of them, whych beleue not the Gospell of God? ¹⁸ And yf the ryghteous scarcely be saued: where shall the vngodly and the synner appeare? ¹⁹ Wherfore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commyt their soules to him with well doynge, as vnto a faythfull creator.

¹² The vngodly seketh councell agaynst the iust, & gnassheth vpon hym with his tethe.

³² The lawe of his God is in his hert, and his goynges shall not slyde.

²² Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, bycause my people is become foolysshe, and hath not knowen me. They are the children of foolysshnesse, and without any discretion. To doo euyll, they haue wyt ynoughe: but to doo well, they haue no wysdome.

³ They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes, to shote out lyes. They wax stronge vpon erthe. As for the trueth, they maye nothynge awaye with all in the worlde. For they go from one wyckednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁴ Yee, one must kepe hym selfe from another, no man may safely trust his awne brother: for one brother vndermyndeth another, one neyghboure begileth another. ⁵ Yee one dissembleh wt another, and they deale wt no trueth. They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye, & taken great paynes to do mischefe.

³ For we oure selues also were somtyme foolyshe dysobedient, deceaued, seruynge diuerse lustes and volupteousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and enuye, full of hate, hatynge one another.

¹⁴ She called vnto the men of hir house, and tolde them, sayinge: Se, he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame: for he came in to me, for to haue slept wyth me. And I begane to crye wyth a lowde voyce.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not bere false witnesse agenst thy neyghboure.

¹ Thou shalt not accept a vayne tale, nether shalt put thyne hande with the wyked to be an vuryghteous witnesse.

¹⁷ And it fortuned that whan Ahab sawe Elia, he sayde vnto him: art thou he that troubleth Israel?

⁹ And she wrote in the letter, sayenge: proclayme a fast, and set Naboth on hye amonge the people, ¹⁰ and set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse agaynst him, sayenge: thou dydest blaspheme God and the kyng. And then carye hym out, and stone hym to deeth. ¹¹ And the men of his cyte: that is to saye, which dwelt in his cytie, did as Iezabel had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter whych she had sent vnto them. ¹² They proclamed fastyng, and set Naboth among the chefe of the people, ¹³ & there came in two men (the children of Belial) and sate before him. And the two vnthriftie persones wytnessed agaynst Naboth, in the presence of the people, sayeng: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the kyng, And they caried hym out of the cytie, and stoned hym wyth stones that he dyed.

¹⁴ The vngodly haue drawen out the swerde, and haue bended their bowe, to cast downe the poore and nedye, and to slaye soch as be of a ryght conuersacion.

² Delyuer my soule, O Lorde, from lyenge lyppes, and from a disceatfull tonge. ³ What rewarde shall be geuen or done vnto the, thou false tonge? ⁴ Euen myghtie & sharpe arowes, wt hote burnynge coales.

¹⁹ A trewe mouth is euer constant, but a dissemblynge tonge is soone chaunged.

⁵ A false witnes shall not remayne vnpunysshed: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.

⁹ A false witnes shall not remayne vnpunyshed: and he that speaketh lyes shall peryshe.

⁶⁵ Then the hye preste rent his clothes, sayinge: he hath spoken blasphemye. what nede we of eny moo witnesses? Beholde, now ye haue hearde his blasphemy:

⁵ But vnto Cain and to hys offrynge he had no respecte. For the whych cause Cain was exceadyng wrothe, and hys countenaunce abated. ⁶ And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain: Why art thou wrothe, & why is thy countenaunce abated? yf thou do well, shall there not be a promocion.

¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

³⁴ For the gelousy and wrath of the man wyll not be intreated, ³⁵ no though thou woldest offre him great gyftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

¹⁷ The righteous declareth his awne cause first him selfe, yf his neyghbour come, he shall finde him.

¹² If a prince delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

⁷ so that many waters are not able to quenche loue, nether maye the streames droune it. Yee, yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shuld counte it nothyng,

¹⁶ To whom I answered: It is not the maner of the Romaynes, for fauoure to delyuer any man, that he shulde perysshe, before that he which is accused, haue the accusars before hym, and haue lycence to answere for hym selfe, concernynge the cryme layde agaynst hym.

¹¹ And therfore, God shall sende them stronge delusyon, that they shulde beleue lyes:

¹ And it chaunced after this, that the butteler of the kynge of Egypte and hys baker had offended their Lorde the kynge of Egypte. ² And Pharao was angrye agaynst his two offycers: agaynst the chefe butler & the chefe baker: and put them in warde in hys chefe stewardes house: ³ euen in the preson and place where Ioseph was bounde.

⁹ Than spake the chefe buttelar vnto Pharao sayinge: I do remembre my fawtes thys daye. ¹⁰ Pharao beynge angrie wyth hys seruauntes, put in warde in the chefe Stewardes house both me & the chefe baker. ¹¹ And we dreamed both of vs in one nyght, and eche mannes dreame of a sondrye interpretacyon. ¹² And there was wyth vs a yonge man, an Hebrue borne, seruaunte vnto the chefe Stewarde. To whom whan we tolde them, he declared oure dreames to vs accordynge to ether of oure dreames. ¹³ And as he declared them vnto vs, euen so it came to passe. For he restored me to myne offyce agayne, & hanged hym. ¹⁴ Pharao sent therfore and called Ioseph. And they brought hym hastely out of preson. And he shaued hym selfe and chaunged hys rayment, and came in to Pharao.

¹⁰ The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse: and the fearcenesse of other shalt thou refrayne.

¹⁸ Whose fete they hurt in the stockes the yron entred into his soule. ¹⁹ Untill the tyme came that his cause was knowne, the worde of the Lord tryed him.

⁸ He was had awaye from preson hys cause not herde, and wythout eny iudgement: Whose generacyon yet who maye nombre? he was cut of from the grounde of the lyuynge: Whych punyshment dyd go vpon hym, for the transgressyon of my people, whych in deade had deserued that punyshment,

²¹ So these men were bounde in their cotes hosen, shues wyth their other garmentes, & cast into the hote burnynge ouen: ²² for the kynges commaundement was so strayte, and the ouen was excedynge hote. As for the men that put in Sidrach, Misach & Abednago, the flamme of the fyre destroyed them.

⁹ wherin I suffre trouble as an euyll doar, euen vnto bondes. But the worde of God was not bounde.

¹⁹ For it is thanke worthye yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.

² And God was with Ioseph, & he became a luckye man, continuynge in the house of his master the Egyptian.

³ euen in the preson and place where Ioseph was bounde.

²³ They haue prouoked hym, and shot hym thrugh with dartes. The archers haue enuyed him: ²⁴ But hys bowe abode fast, and the armes of hys handes were made stronge, by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob. Out of hym shall come an herde man, a stone in Israel:

²¹ And I wyll gett thys people fauoure in that syghte of the Egyptians: so that when ye goo, ye shall not goo emptie:

³ And the Lord shall gyue the people fauour in the syght of the Egipcians. Moreouer, Moses was very great in the lande of Egipt, in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the sight of the people.

³⁶ And the Lorde gaue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egippcians: so that they graunted soch thinges as they required. And they robbed the Egypcians.

¹⁹ Untill the tyme came that his cause was knowne, the worde of the Lord tryed him.

²² That he might enfourme his princes after his will, & teach his Senatours wysdome.

⁴⁶ Yee he made all those that had ledd them awaye captiue, to pytie them.

⁹ So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before the chefe chamberlay

²² My God hath sent his angell which hath shut the lyons mouthes, so that they might not hurte me. For why? mine vngyltynesse is founde out before hym. And as for the, O kynge, I neuer offended the.

³¹ What shall we then saye to these thinges? yf God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs? ³² which spared not hys awne sonne, but gaue him for vs all: how can it be, that with hym he shulde not geue vs all thynges also?

³⁷ Neuerthelesse, in all these thynges we ouercome thorowe hym that loued vs.

¹³ Morouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that whych is good? ¹⁴ Yee, happy are ye, yf anye trouble happen vnto you for rightewesnesse sake. Be not ye afrayed for anye terroure of them, nether be ye troubled

¹⁷ For it is better (yf the wyll of God be so) that ye suffre for well doynge, then for euyll doinge.

¹⁴ If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christ, happie are ye. For the glory and the sprete of God resteth vpon you. On their parte he is euyll spoken of: but on youre parte he is glorifyed. ¹⁵ Se that none of you be punysshed as a murtherer, or as a thefe, or an euyll doar, or as a busybody in other mens matters. ¹⁶ If eny man suffre as a Christen man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifye God on this behalfe.

⁶ And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande, and loked vpon nothynge that was wt hym, saue only on the bread whych he dyd eate. And Iosep was a goodly persone & a well fauored. ⁷ And it fortuned after thys, that his masters wyfe cast hyr eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde: come lye with me.

⁹ There is no man greater in the house than I, Neyther hath he kepte any thynge from me, but only the, because thou art hys wyfe. Howe than can I do this great wyckednes, and synne agaynst God?

³ euen in the preson and place where Ioseph was bounde. ⁴ And the chefe Stewarde gaue Ioseph a charge with them, & he serued them. And they contynued a season in warde.

³⁰ Wherfore the lorde God of Israell sayeth: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father shuld walke before me for euer. But now the lorde sayeth: that be farre from me: for them that worshipe me, I will worshipe, & they that despyse me, shall come to shame.

³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, & be doinge good: dwell in the lande, and verely thou shalt be fedd.

¹¹ But the meke spreted shall possesse the earth, & shalbe refresshed in the multitude of peace.

² And God was with Ioseph, & he became a luckye man, continuynge in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master sawe that God was with him, & that God made all that he dyd to prosper in his hande.

³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, & be doinge good: dwell in the lande, and verely thou shalt be fedd. ⁴ Delyte thou in the Lorde, & he shall geue the thy hertes desyre. ⁵ Commytte thy waye vnto the Lorde, & put thy trust in hym, & he shall brynge it to passe. ⁶ He shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light, & thy iust dealing as the noone daye. ⁷ Holde the styll in the Lorde, & abyde pacyently vpon him: but greue not thy selfe at hym, whose waye doth prospere agenst the man that doth after euell councels. ⁸ Leaue of from wrath, & let go displeasure, frett not thy self, els shalt thou be moued to do euell. ⁹ Wycked doers shalbe roted out: & they that paciently abyde the Lorde, those shall enheret the lande. ¹⁰ Yet a lytle whyle, & the vngodly shalbe clene gone: thou shalt loke after hys place, & he shalbe awaye. ¹¹ But the meke spreted shall possesse the earth, & shalbe refresshed in the multitude of peace.