Proverbs 14 Cross References - Great

¹ Wyse women vpholde theyr house, but a folysh wyfe plucketh it downe. ² He that walketh in the ryght path of the Lorde feareth him: but he that turneth him selfe awaye from his wayes, dispyseth hym. ³ In the mouth of the foolysh is the rodd of pryde, but the lyppes of the wyse wyll preserue them. ⁴ Where no oxen are, there the crybbe is emptye: but where the oxen laboure there is moche frute. ⁵ A faythfull wytnesse wyll not dissemble, but a false recorde wyll make a lye. ⁶ A scornefull body seketh wysdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easy to come by, vnto hym that wyll vnderstande. ⁷ Se that thou medle not with a foole, in whom thou perceauest to be no knowledge. ⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto his waye but the folyshnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth. ⁹ Foles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauorable loue amonge the ryghteous. ¹⁰ The herte feleth hys owne lyues bytternesse: nether shall straunger be partaker of his ioye. ¹¹ The house of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacle of the ryghteous shall floryshe. ¹² There is awaye which some men thynke to be ryght, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death. ¹³ The herte is sorowefull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heuynes. ¹⁴ A backslydynge hert shalbe fylled wt his awne wayes, but a good man shall lyue of his frutes. ¹⁵ An ignoraunt body beleueth all thinges: but who so hath vnderstandinge, loketh well to his goinges. ¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euell, but a furiouse foole goeth on presumpteously: ¹⁷ An vnpacyent man dealeth folyshly: but he that is well aduysed, is hated of the fole. ¹⁸ The ignoraunt haue folyshnes in possessyon, but the wyse are crowned with knowledge. ¹⁹ The euell shall bowe them selues before the good, and the vngodly shall wayte at the dores of the ryghteous. ²⁰ The poore is hated euen of hys awne neyghboures, but the ryche hath many frendes. ²¹ Whoso despyseth his neyghbour doth a misse: but blessed is he the hath pytie of the poore. ²² Without doute they erre that ymagyne wyckednes, but they that muse vpon good thynges, vnto soche shall happen mercy and faythfulnesse ²³ In euery laboure there is some profecte. But only lippe laboure, bringeth forth penurye. ²⁴ Ryches are as a crowne vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very folyshnesse. ²⁵ A faythfull witnesse delyuereth soules, but a disceytfull wytnesse bryngeth forth lyes. ²⁶ The feare of the Lorde is a stronge holde, and hys chyldren are vnder a sure defence. ²⁷ The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death. ²⁸ The increase and prosperite of the comens is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confusyon of the Prynce. ²⁹ He that is pacient, hath muche vnderstandyng: but he that is soone displeased, prouoketh folyshnesse. ³⁰ A mery herte is the lyfe of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones. ³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but whoso hath pytie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God. ³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death. ³³ Wysdome resteth in the herte of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shalbe knowen amonge them that are vnlerned. ³⁴ Ryghteousnesse setteth vp the people, but the sacrifyce of the hethen is synfull. ³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders sayde: we are wytnesses: the Lord make the woman that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, which twayne dyd builde the house of Israell: do thou also valeauntly in Ephrata, and be famouse in Bethlehem.

³¹ For it semed vnto hym but a lyght thinge to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. He toke Iezabel also the daughter of Ethbaal kynge of the Sidonites to wyfe, and went and serued Baal, & worshypped hym.

²⁴ And he that dyeth of Ahab in the towne, him shal dogges eate: & he that dyeth in the feldes, him shal the foules of the ayre eate. ²⁵ But there was none lyke Ahab which dyd euen sell hym selfe, to worcke wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde, and that because Iezabel hys wyfe prycked hym forwarde.

¹ And Athalia the mother of Ahaziahu, when she sawe that her sonne was deed, she arose, and destroyed all the kinges seede.

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.

¹³ An vndyscrete sonne is the heuynes of his father: & a braulyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house, where thorowe it is euer droppynge.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner vnder the house toppe, then with a braulynge woman in a wyde house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wildernes then with a chydynge & an angrye woman.

³ Thorow wysdome is an house buyled, and wyth vnderstandynge is it sett vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shalt the chambers be fylled with all costly and pleasaunt ryches.

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is moch more worth then perles. ¹¹ The hert of her husband maye safely trust in her, so that he shall fall in no pouertye. ¹² She will do hym good and not euell, all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ She occupyeth woll and flaxe, & laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ She is lyke a marchauntes shyppe, that bryngeth her vytayles from a farre. ¹⁵ She is vp in the nyght season, to prouyde meate for her housholde, and fode for her maydens. ¹⁶ She consydreth lande, & byeth it, and with the frute of her handes she planteth a vyneyarde. ¹⁷ She gyrdeth her loynes with strength, & courageth her armes. ¹⁸ And yf the perceaue that her houswyferye doth good, her candle goeth not out by nyght. ¹⁹ She layeth her fyngers to the spyndell: and her hande taketh holde of the distaffe. ²⁰ She openeth her hande to the poore, yee she stretcheth forth her handes to soche as haue nede. ²¹ She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurte her house, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with skarlett. ²² She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes, her clothynge is whyte sylke & purple. ²³ Her husband is moch set by in the gates, when he sytteth amonge the rulers of the land. ²⁴ She maketh cloth of sylke and selleth it, & delyuereth gyrdles vnto the marchaunt. ²⁵ Strength and honoure is her clothynge, & in the latter daye she shall reioyse. ²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wysdome, and in her tonge is the lawe of grace. ²⁷ She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: & eateth not her bred with ydylnes. ²⁸ Her children shall aryse, and call her blessed: & her housband shall make moch of her. ²⁹ Many daughters there be that gather riches together, but thou goest aboue them all. ³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Geue her of the frute of her handes and let her awne worckes prayse her in the gates.

⁶ And Salomon sayde: thou haste shewed vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father great mercy, when he walked before the in trueth, in ryghtewesnes, & in playnesse of hert with the. And thou hast kepte for hym this greate mercy, that thou hast geuen hym a sonne, to sytt on hys seate: as it is come to passe thys daye.

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell.

⁴ Thus he that calleth vpon God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of hys neyghboure: the godly and innocent man is laughed to scorne.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

²¹ Let perfectnesse and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me, for my hope hath bene in the.

¹ Prayse the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, he hath great delyte in hys commaundmentes.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wyth the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude.

¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes.

¹² A foole bringeth vp a selaunder of his neyghbour, but a wyse man wyll kepe it secrete.

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschue euell: & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his awne soule.

¹ Better is the pore that lyueth godly, then the blasphemer that is but a fole.

⁶ A poore man leadynge a godly lyfe, is better then the ryche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

¹³ Therfore beware (my sonne) of that doctrine that is besyde thys: for to make many bokes it is an endles worke: and to loude cryinge weryeth the bodye.

⁵ I made a couenaunt of lyfe & peace wyth him: this I gaue him, that he myght stande in awe of me: and so he dyd feare me, and had my name in reuerence. ⁶ The lawe of truthe was in his mouth, and there was no wickednesse founde in his lyppes. He walked with me in peace and equyte, and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes.

¹⁶ He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despyseth you, despyseth me: and he that despyseth me; despyseth him that sent me.

¹⁴ All these thynges herde the Pharyses also, which were couetous, and they mocked him.

³¹ Then had the congregacyons rest thorowout all Iewry, and Galile, and Samary, and were edifyed, and walked in the feare of the Lord, and multyplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

²² They sayd: Cornelius the captayne a iust man, and one that feareth God, & of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his house, & to heare wordes of the.

³⁵ but in all people, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghtewesnes, is accepted with him.

⁴ Ether despysest thou the ryches of hys goodnes, and pacyence and longe sufferaunce, not knowyng that the kyndnes of God leadeth the to repentaunce? ⁵ But thou after thy stubburnesse, and herte that cannot repent, heapest vnto thy selfe wrath agaynst the daye of vengeaunce, when shalbe opened the ryghtewes iudgement of God,

² For men shalbe louers of theyr awne selues, coueteous, boasters, proude, cursed speakers, dysobedient to fathers and mothers, vnthankfull, vngodly, ³ vnkynde, trucebreakers, falseaccusars, riatours, fearce, despisers of them which are good,

³ Talke not to moche proudlye let olde thynges depart out of your mouthes, for the lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe.

²¹ Thou shalt be kept from the euell tonge, and when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare.

³ The Lorde shall rote out all disceatfull lyppes, and the tonge that speaketh proude thynges.

¹⁸ Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, and saue me for thy mercyes sake.

¹ To the chaunter, an exortacyon of Dauid, when Doeg the Edomyte came to Saul, and shewed him, sayinge: Dauid is come to the house Ahymelech. Why boastest thou thy self, thou Tyraunt, that thou canst do myschefe? ² Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie.

⁴ My soule is among lyons and I lye euen amonge the chyldren of men (that are sett on fyre) whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sherp swearde.

⁶ The talkynge of the vngodly is howe they maye laye wayte for bloud, but the mouth of the ryghteous wyll deliuer them.

⁶ A fooles lyppes are euer brawelynge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll.

²⁴ He that is proude and presumptuous, is called a scornefull man, which in wrath darre worcke malicyouslye.

⁸ He that soweth wyckednesse shall reape sorowe: and the rodde of hys crueltye shall peryshe.

²⁵ He that is of a proude stomacke & without feare, stereth vp stryfe: but he that putteth hys trust in the Lorde, shalbe well fedd.

²⁰ I desyred, also to knowe the trueth, as touchynge the ten hornes that he had vpon his heade, and thys other which came vp afterwarde, before whose face there fell downe thre, which horne had eyes and a mouth that spake presumptuous thinges, and loked with a grymmer visage then hys felowes.

⁹ For yf thou knowledge with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lorde, & beleue in thyne hert, that God raysed hym vp from deeth, thou shalt be safe. ¹⁰ For to beleue wt the hert iustyfyeth: and to knowledge with the mouth, maketh a man safe.

⁵ Euen so the tonge is a lytel member also, and boasteth great thynges. Beholde, how gret a thynge a lytell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, euen a world of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defyleth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the greate swelling wordes of vanytie, they entyse thorow lustes in the volupteousnes of the flesh, them that were cleane escaped: euen them that now lyue in erroure:

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacyence, therfore I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacyon, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpon the erth.

¹¹ And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, & they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.

⁵ And after that, I loked, and beholde, the temple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen, ⁶ and the seuen Angels came out of the temple whych had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnen, and hauyng theyr brestes gyrded with golden gerdels.

²³ There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, but the felde not well ordred is without frute.

⁶ Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teeth in all youre cyties, and scarsnesse of bred in all your palaces: yet will ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde.

⁹ For it is wrytten in the lawe of Moses. Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth oute the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen? ¹⁰ Sayth he it not alltogether for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he whych eareth shulde eare in hope & that he whych throssheth in hope, shulde be partaker of hys hope. ¹¹ If we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges, is it a great thynge yf we reape youre bodely thynges?

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.

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.

¹² And all the Prophetes phrophesyed euen so, sayeng: go vp to Ramoth in Gilead, and prosper, for the Lorde shall delyuer it into the kynges hande. ¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Michea, spake vnto hym sayenge: beholde the wordes of the Prophetes speake good vnto the kynge wt one mouth: let thy worde therfore (I praye the) be lyke the worde of euery one of them, to speake that whych is good. ¹⁴ And Michea sayde: as truely as the Lorde lyueth, whatsoeuer the Lorde sayeth vnto me, that wyll I speake.

¹⁹ a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and soche one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

¹⁷ A iust man wyll tell the trueth, and shewe the thynge that is ryght: but a false witnesse disceaueth.

⁵ A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and hym selfe.

²⁵ A faythfull witnesse delyuereth soules, but a disceytfull wytnesse bryngeth forth lyes.

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.

¹⁸ Open thou mine eyes, that I maye se the wonderous thinges of thy lawe.

⁹⁸ Thou thorow thy commaundementes hast made me wyser than myne enemyes, for they are euer with me. ⁹⁹ I haue more vnderstandynge than my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studie. ¹⁰⁰ I am wyser then the aged, bycause I kepte thy commaundementes.

⁹ They are all playne to soche as wyll vnderstande, and ryght to them that fynde knowledge.

²⁴ Wysdome shyneth in the face of him that hath vnderstandynge, but the eyes of fooles wandre thorowe out all landes.

² A foole hath no delyte in vnderstandinge, but onely in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth.

¹² If thou seest a man that is wyse in his awne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

²⁰ If eny man want lyght, leet hym loke vpon the lawe, and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meaning.

⁹ therfore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afrayed & taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde: what wysdome can then be amonge them?

²² The light of the body is the eye. Wherfore, yf thyne eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. ²³ But and yf thyne eye be wicked, all thy body shalbe full of darcknesse. Wherfore, yf the lyght that is in the be darcknes, how greate is that darcknes?

²⁵ At that tyme Iesus answered and sayde: I thanke the O father, Lord of heauen & erth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes, ²⁶ verely father, euen so was it thy good pleasure. ²⁷ All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father. And noman knoweth the sonne but the father: nether knoweth eny man the father, saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne will open him.

¹¹ He answered and sayde vnto them: it is geuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them it is not geuen. ¹² For whosoeuer hath, to him shall be geuen: and he shall haue aboundaunce. But whosoeuer hath not: from him shalbe taken awaye euen that also which he hath.

²¹ because that when they knewe God, they glorifyed hym not as God, nether were thankfull but wexed full of vanities in theyr imaginacions, and theyr folysh hert was blynded. ²² When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles ²³ and turned the glory of the immortall God, vnto an ymage, made not onely after the symilitude of a mortall man but also of byrdes, & fourefoted beastes & of creping beastes. ²⁴ Wherfore, God gaue them vp, to vnclennes, thorow the lustes of their awne heartes to defyle their awne bodyes amonge them selues: ²⁵ whych chaunged hys truthe for a lye. and worshypped and serued the thinges that be made, more than hym that made them, which is to be praysed for euer. Amen. ²⁶ Wherfore, God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes: For euen their wemen dyd chaunge the naturall vse in to that whych is agaynst nature. ²⁷ And lyke wyse also the men, lefte the natural vse of the woman, and brent in their lustes one wyth another, men wyth men wrought fylthynes, and receaued to them selues the rewarde of theyr erroure, as it was accordynge. ²⁸ And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vp vnto a lewde mynde, that they shulde do those thynges whych were not comly,

³¹ Contrary wyse, Israel which folowed the lawe of rightwesnes could not attaine to the lawe of ryghtewsnes. ³² Wherfore? euen because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stombled at the stombylynge stone.

¹⁸ Let no man deceaue him selfe. If eny man seme wyse to hym selfe amonge you, let hym become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse. ¹⁹ For the wysdom of thys worlde is folyshnes with God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes.

² If eny man thynke that he knoweth eny thing, he knoweth nothyng yet as he ought to knowe.

⁵ If eny of you lacke wysdome, let hym aske of him that geueth it: euen God, which geueth to all men indifferentlye, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen him.

³ This fyrst vnderstande, that ther shall come in the last dayes, mockers whych wyll walke after their awne lustes, ⁴ & saye: Where is the promes of hys commyng? For sence the fathers dyed, all thynges continue in the same estate wherin they were at the beginninge. ⁵ For this they knowe not (and that wylfully) how that the heauens a great whyle ago were, & the erth out of the water appeared vp thorow the water, by the word of God:

⁶ Forsake ignoraunce, and ye shall lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstandynge.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but whoso is a companyon of fooles, shalbe hurte.

²⁷ My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine that leadeth the vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstondinge.

¹¹ But now I dyd write vnto you, that ye company not together, yf eny that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or coueteous, or a worshypper of ymages, ether a raylar, ether a dronckard, or an extorcionar: wyth hym that is soche, se that ye eate not.

¹¹ And haue no fellyshyppe with the vnfrutefull workes of darcknes but rather rebuke them.

¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the begynning of wisdome, a good vnderstandyng haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

⁵ O that my wayes were made so directe, that I myght kepe thy statutes.

³⁴ Geue me vnderstandynge, and I shall kepe thy lawe, yee I shall kepe it wyth my whole herte. ³⁵ Make me to go in the path of thy commaundementes, for therin is my desyre.

⁷³ Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me, O geue me vnderstandynge, that I maye learne thy commaundementes.

⁸ O let me heare thy louing kindnes by tymes in the morninge for in the is my trust: shewe thou me the waye that I shuld walke in, for I lyft vp my soule vnto the.

⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande ryghteousnesse, iudment, and equyte: yee, and euery good path.

²⁰ I wyll guyde the in the waye of ryghteousnes, and in the strete of iudgement.

¹⁸ The labour of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth ryghteousnes, shall receaue a sure rewarde.

²⁰ Lyft vp your eyes, & beholde them that come from the North wher is the flocke (o thou lande) that was gyuen the. And wher are thy fatt & ryche sheape.

¹⁹ and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes layd vp in stoore for many yeares, take thyne ease: eate, drincke, be mery. ²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

²² (as concernynge the conuersacyon in tyme past) to laye from you that olde man, which is corrupte, accordynge to the deceauable lustes.

¹⁷ Wherfore, be ye not vnwyse, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is,

⁹ For this cause we also, sence that daye we herde of it, haue not ceasyd to praye for you, and to desyre, that ye myght be fulfylled with the knowledge of hys wyll, in all wysdome and spretuall vnderstandynge, ¹⁰ that ye myght walke worthy of the Lorde that in all thinges ye maye please beynge frutefull in all good workes, and encreasynge in the knowledge of God,

¹³ But the euyll men & disceauers shall wexe worsse and worsse, whill they deceaue and are deceaued them selues.

¹⁵ and for as moch also as of a chylde thou hast knowen the holy scriptures which are able to make the lerned vnto saluacyon thorow the fayth which is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁶ All scripture geuen by inspiracyon of God, is proffitable to teache, to improue, to amende and to instruct in ryghtewesnes, ¹⁷ that the man of God maye be perfecte & prepared vnto all good workes.

¹³ So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water & fresshe also. Yf eny man be wyse & endued wt knowledge amonge you, let hym shewe his workes out of good conuersacion with mekenes of wysdome.

¹⁶ Howe moch more then an abhomynable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water?

⁷ where is there soch a one as Iob, that drincketh vp scornefulnes lyke water? ⁸ whych goeth in the company of wycked doers, and walketh wyth vngodly men? ⁹ For he hath sayed: Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.

²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge?

⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding, in the syght of God and men.

³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth lyfe, and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.

²³ A fole doth wyckedly and maketh but a sporte of it, but wysdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandynge.

² A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde, but the wycked ymaginer will he condempne.

¹⁵ Good vnderstandinge geueth fauour, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

¹⁸ Lyke as a madd man that castith fyre brandes, and shoteth deadly arowes and dartes euen so doth a dissembler wt his neyghboure. ¹⁹ And then sayth he I dyd it but in sporte.

²⁰ Soch is the waye also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten and sayeth: As for me. I haue done no harme.

¹⁷ For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke: but ryghtwesnes, and peace and ioye in the holy ghost. ¹⁸ For he that in these thinges serueth Chryst, pleaseth God, and is commended of men.

¹⁸ how that they tolde you that there shuld be begylers in the last tyme, which shuld walke after their awne vngodly lustes.

²¹ And one sayde to another: we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother, in that we sawe the anguysh of hys soull when he besought vs, & we wolde nat heare him: and therfore is thys troubyll come vpon vs.

¹⁰ And she was troubled in her mynde, and prayed vnto the Lord, & wepte sore,

²⁷ And when she came to the man of God vp to the hyll, she caught him by the fete. But Gehezi went to her, to thrust her awaye. And the man of God sayde: let her alone, for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hidd it from me, and hath not tolde it me.

² O that the displeasure which I haue were truly weyed, and my punishment layed in the balaunces togeather: ³ for now is it heuyer then the sande of the see. And thys is the cause, that my wordes are so sorowfull. ⁴ For the arowes of the almighty are round about me, whose indygnacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of God are sett agaynst me.

¹¹ Therfore, I will not spare my mouth, but wyll speake in the trouble of my sprete, and muse in the bytternesse of my mynde.

¹⁸ He wyll not lett my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me wt bytternesse.

¹ It greueth my soule to lyue. I wyl make my complaynte, and wyll speake out of the very heuynesse of my soule.

¹⁴ The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him & he wyll shewe them hys couenaunt.

¹³ A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an heuy herte compelleth a man to syght.

¹⁴ A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sprete is vexed, who maye byde it?

¹⁴ Nowe when the sprete toke me vp, and caryed me awaye, I wente wyth an heuy & a sorowfull mynde, but the hande of the Lorde comforted me ryght soone.

³³ And he taketh wyth him Peter & Iames & Iohn, & began to waxe abasshed, & to be in an agonye, ³⁴ & sayeth vnto them: My soule is heuy, euen vnto the deeth, tary ye here and watche.

²⁷ Nowe is my soule troubled, and what shall I saye? Father, delyuer me from this houre: but therfore came I vnto thys houre.

¹⁸ I wyll not leaue you comforteles: but will come to you:

²³ Iesus answered & sayd: vnto them: yf a man loue me, he will kepe my sayinges, and my father wyll loue hym, and we wyll come vnto hym, and dwell wt hym.

⁷ And the peace of God (which passeth all vnderstandynge) kepe youre hertes and myndes thorowe Christ Iesu.

⁸ whom ye haue not sene, & yet loue hym, in whome euen now, though ye se hym not, yet do you beleue, and reioyce with ioye vnspeakable and glorious

¹⁷ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd, & wyll geue hym a whyte stone, & in the stone a newe name wrytten, which no man knoweth, sauynge he that receaueth it.

⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not awake vp vnto the immediatly, and geue the, the bewtye of ryghtewesnesse agayne?

¹⁵ He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stande: he shall holde hym fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

³⁴ For the congregacyyon of ypocrites shalbe desolate and vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of soch as are gredy to receaue giftes.

¹⁴ His hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very ferfulnesse shall bringe him to the kyng. ¹⁵ Other men shal dwell in his house (but shalbe none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacyon.

²¹ Soch are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this is the place of hym that knoweth not God.

²⁶ There shall no darcknes be able to hyde him An vnkyndled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in hys house, it shall be destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shall declare hys wyckednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst him. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken awaye and peryshe in the daye of the Lordes wrath.

²⁸ For ye saye: where is the princes palace? and where is the dwellynge of the vngodly:

¹³ sayenge. This is the porcion that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tyrauntes shall receaue of the Almyghtie. ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shall dye and be buried, and no man shall haue pitye of hys wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a boothe that the watch man maketh. ¹⁹ When the ryche man dyeth, he carieth nothynge with him: he is gone in the twyncklinge of an eye and hath nothynge. ²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpon him as a water floude, & the tempest stealeth him awaye in the nyght season. ²¹ A vehement east winde caryeth hym hence, and departeth, a storme plucketh hym oute of his place. ²² It russheth in vpon him, and spareth hym not, he maye not escape from the power therof. ²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yee, & ieast of hym when they loke vpon his place.

² His sede shall be myghtye vpon earth: the generacyon of the faytfull shalbe blessed: ³ Ryches and plenteousnesse shalbe in hys house, and his ryghteousnes endureth for euer.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house.

³³ The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellynges of the ryghteous.

²⁸ He that trusteth in his ryches, shall haue a fall, but the ryghteous shall floryshe as the grene leafe.

⁷ God ouer turneth the estate of the wycked & they stande not: but the house of the ryghteous shall stande steadfaste.

¹² The ryghteous man wysely consydereth the house of the wicked: and for theyr wickednes God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

²⁰ In a wyse mannes house, there is greate treasure and oyle: but a foolysh body spendeth vp all.

¹¹ The lord shall euer be thy guyd, & satisfie the desyre of thyne herte in the tyme of drougthe, & fyll thy bones wt mary. Thou shalt be lyke a fresh waterd garden & lyke the fountayne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge. ¹² Then the places that haue euer bene waste, shalbe builded of the: there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynredes. Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges, & the buylder agayne of the waye of the Sabboth.

⁴ & I wyl brynge it furth (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) so that it shall come to the house of the thefe, & to the house of him, that falsly sweareth by my name: & shall remayne in hys house, & consume it, wt the tymbre and stones therof.

²⁶ And euery one that heareth of me these wordes, and doth them not shalbe likened vnto a folysh man, which built his house vpon sande: ²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it.

¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyll be counceled.

²⁵ There is awaye that men thyncke to be ryght, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

¹² There is a generacion that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not clensed from theyr fylthynesse.

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate, and broade is the waye that leadeth to destruccion: and many there be which go in ther at. ¹⁴ For straite is the gate, and narowe is the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that finde it.

²⁴ stryue to enter in at the strayte gate; for many (I saye vnto you) will seke to enter in, and shall not be able.

²¹ What frute had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are now asshamed. For the ende of those thynges, is deeth.

³ For yf any man seme to him selfe that he is somwhat, when in dede he is nothinge, the same, deceaueth his awne mynd.

⁶ Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes. For because of soche thynges commeth the wrath of God, vpon the chyldren of disobedience.

²² And se that ye be doars of the worde & not hearers onely, deceauing your awne selues.

⁴ But at the last she is as bytter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde.

² also in so moch that I sayd vnto the man gyuen to laughter: thou arte madd, & to myrth: what doest thou?

¹⁰ & loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my hert delyted, or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not from it. Thus my herte reioysed in all that I dyd, and this was my porcion of all my trauayle. ¹¹ But when I consydred all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the laboure that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynd, and nothing of eny value vnder the Sunne.

⁵ It is better to geue care to the chastenynge of a wyse man then to heare the songe of fooles. ⁶ For the laughinge of foles is lyke the crackynge of thornes vnder a pot. And that is but a vayne thynge.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and let thyne hert be mery in thy yong dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne awne herte, & the lust of thine eyes but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thynges.

²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, & contrary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed.

⁹ Suffre afflictions & mourne, & wepe. Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, & youre ioye to heuynes.

⁷ And as moche as she glorifyed her selfe and liued wantanly, so moch powre ye in for her of punysshement and sorowe, for she sayde in her selfe: I syt beynge a quene, & am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe. ⁸ Therfore shal her plages come in one daye, deeth, & sorowe, and honger, & she shalbe brent with fyre: for stronge is the Lorde God which shal iudge her.

³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon.

¹⁴ Euery man shall enioye good accordynge to the frute of hys mouth, and after the workes of hys handes shall he be rewarded.

¹⁰ The herte feleth hys owne lyues bytternesse: nether shall straunger be partaker of his ioye.

¹⁹ Thyne awne wickednesse shall reproue the, & thy turnynge awaye shall condemne the: that thou mayest knowe & vnderstande: howe euell and hurtfull a thynge it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, & not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

⁵ Wherfore then is this people & Ierusalem gone so farre backe, that they turne not agayne? They are euer the longer the more obstinat, and wyll not be conuerted.

⁵ Thus sayth the Lord. Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man, and that taketh fleshe for his arme: and he, whose herte departeth from the Lorde:

³¹ Therfore, I will poure out my cruell dyspleasure vpon them, & burne them in the fyre of my wrath: theyr awne wayes will I recompence vpon theyr heades saieth the lord God.

¹⁶ For Israel is gone backe lyke a wanton cowe. The Lorde therfore shall make her fede, as the lambe that goeth astraye.

⁶ which starte a backe from the Lord, and nether seke after the Lord ner regarde hym.

¹⁴ But whosoeuer drincketh of the water that I shall geue him, shall neuer bemore a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngynge vp into euerlastinge lyfe.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and godly purenes, & not in fleshly wysdom, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacyon in the world, and most of all to you wardes.

⁴ Let euery man proue his awne worke, and then shall he haue reioysinge onelye in hys awne selfe, & not in another.

⁸ For he that soweth in his flesshe, shall of the flesshe reape corrupcyon. But he that soweth in the sprete, shall of the sprete reape lyfe euerlastynge.

¹² Take hede brethren, lest at anye tyme ther be in anye of you a frowarde herte subiect vnto vnbelefe, that he shulde departe from the lyuynge God:

²⁰ For yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesu Christ) are yet tangled againe therin, and ouercome then is the latter ende worse wyth them then the begynninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of ryghteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holy commaundement that was geuen vnto them: ²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe. The dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow that was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.

²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, and let all thy wayes be ordred a ryght.

⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto his waye but the folyshnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

³ A wyse man seeth the plage, and hydeth hym selfe: but the folysh go on styll and are punysshed.

¹² A wyse man seynge the plage. wyll hyde hym selfe, as for fooles they go on styll, and suffer harme.

¹³ Therfore, the wyse must nowe be fayne to holde his tunge, so wycked a tyme is it.

⁷ which was with the ruler of the countre one Sergius Paulus a prudent man. The same ruler called vnto hym Barnabas and Saul, and desyred to heare the worde of God.

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ, but their awne bellyes, & with swete and flatterynge wordes, deceaue the hertes of the innocentes. ¹⁹ For your obedience is gone abroade vnto all men. I am glad therfore no dout, of you. But yet I wolde haue you wyse vnto that which is good, & to be innocente as concernynge euyll.

¹⁴ That we hence forth shulde be nomore chyldren, wauerynge & caryed aboute with euery wynde of doctrine, by the wylynes of men, thorowe craftynes, wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceaue vs.

¹ Dearly beloued beleue not euery sprete: but proue the spretes, whether they are of god or not, for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.

⁹ And Esau sayde: I haue ynough my brother, kepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe.

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

² Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elia, sayenge: so & so let the goddes do to me, yf I make not thy soule lyke one of theyrs, by to morowe thys tyme.

¹⁰ And Benhadad sent vnto hym agayne, and sayd: and thus do the Gods vnto me, yf the dust of Samaria be ynough for all the people that folowe me, to take euery man an handfull. ¹¹ And the kynge of Israel answered, & sayde: tell hym: let not him that putteth on his harnesse boste hym selfe, as he that putteth it of.

¹⁸ He sayde. Whether they be come out for peace, take them a lyue: or whether they be come out to fyght, take them yet a lyue.

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.

²¹ Dyd I euer lyfte vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yee, in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctorite: ²² then let myne arme fall fro my shulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes. 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.

¹⁴ Eschue euell, & do good. seke peace and ensue it.

¹²⁰ My fleshe trembleth for feare of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgementes.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell:

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,

⁶ With louinge mercy & faythfulnesse, synnes be forgeuen, & who so feareth the Lord eschueth euell.

¹⁴ Well is him that standeth alwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shall fall in to myschefe.

⁹ If a wyse man go to lawe wt a foole (whether he deale wt him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

¹³ The beginnyng of his talkynge is foolyshnes, & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

¹⁷ For Herode hym selfe had sent forth men of warre, and layed handes vpon Iohn, and bounde hym, & cast hym into preson for Herodias sake, hys brother Phylyppes wyfe (because he had maryed her). ¹⁸ For Iohn sayde vnto Herode. It is not lawfull for the to haue thy brothers wyfe. ¹⁹ Herodias layd wayte for hym, and wolde haue kylled him, but she coulde not.

²⁴ And she went forth, & sayde vnto her mother: what shall I aske? she sayd: Iohn Baptystes head. ²⁵ And she cam in streyght waye wyth haste vnto the kynge, & asked, sayinge: I wyll, that thou geue me by and by in a charger, the heed, of Iohn Baptyst.

⁴⁰ And some of the pharises which were with him, hearde these wordes, and sayd vnto him: are we blynde also?

²² Abstayne from all euell appearaunce.

⁶ and thought it to lyttell to laye handes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed him the nacion of Mardocheus, wherfore he sought to destroye all the Iewes, that were thorow out the whole empyre of Ahasuerus, and that were of the nacion of Mardocheus.

⁵ The kynge Ahasuerus answered, and sayde vnto quene Esther: who is he? And where is he, that darre presume in hys mynde, to do after that maner? ⁶ And Esther sayd: the enemye and aduersary is this wicked Haman. Haman, was exceadingly afrayed before the kyng and the quene.

¹⁸ an herte that goeth aboute wyth wycked ymaginacyons fete that be swyfte in rennynge to do myschefe,

¹⁶ A foole vttereth hys wrath in all the haste, but a discrete man couerith wronge.

²⁹ He that is pacient, hath muche vnderstandyng: but he that is soone displeased, prouoketh folyshnesse.

¹⁸ An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, but he that is pacient, stylleth discorde.

³² A pacient man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a cytye.

²⁴ Make no frendshype wt an angrye wilfull man, & kepe no company wt the furious:

²² An angry man stereth vp stryfe, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

⁹ Be not hastely angrie in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the churlysh, these be his shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull wordes: yee, euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore.

²⁶ For amonge my people are founde wicked persones, that priuily lay snares & wayte for men, to take them & destroye them. ²⁷ And lyke as a net is full of byrdes, so are theyr houses ful of that whiche they haue gotten with falshed and disceyte. Herof commeth theyr great substaunce and richesse, ²⁸ herof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischeuous then any other. They mynistre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea, and they prospere: yet they iudge not the poore accordynge to equytie. ²⁹ Shulde I not punish these thinges, sayth the Lord? shulde not I be auenged of all suche people as these be?

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

⁷ The chefe poynte of wysdome is, that thou be wyllynge to optayne wysedome: and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make moche of her and she shall promote the: Yee, yf thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous heed, and garnysshe the with a crowne of glory.

²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes in his awne house, he shall haue wynde for his heritage, and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wyse. ³⁰ The frute of the ryghteous is a tree of lyfe: and he that endeuoureth him selfe to wynne mens soules is wyse.

¹⁹ O Lorde, my strength, my power, and refuge in tyme of trouble. The Gentyles shall come vnto the from the endes of the worlde, and saye: Uerely our fathers haue cleaued vnto lyes, their Idols are but vayne & vnprofitable.

¹⁷ but whatsoeuer goeth out of oure awne mouthe, that we wyll do. We wyll do sacrifyce and offer oblatyons vnto the quene of heauen, lyke as we and our forefathers, oure kynges and oure heades haue done in the cytie of Iuda, and in the stretes and feldes of Ierusalem. For then had we plenteousnes of vitayles, then were we in prosperyte, and no mysfortune came vpon vs.

³ The wyse (soch as haue taught other) shall glyster, as the shynynge of heauen: and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse, shalbe as the starres, worlde without ende.

²⁹ Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharises, ye ypocrites: ye buylde the tombes of the Prophetes, and garnysihe the sepulchres of the ryghteous, ³⁰ & saye: yf we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we wolde not haue bene parteners wyth them in the bloude of the Prophetes. ³¹ And so ye be wytnesses vnto youre selues, that ye are the chyldren of them whych kylled the prophetes. ³² Fulfyll ye lykewyse the measure of your fathers.

⁸ From hence forth ther is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghtewesnes, which the Lorde (that is a ryghteous iudge) shall geue me at that daye: not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue his comminge.

¹⁸ For as moch as ye knowe, how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptible thynges (as syluer & golde) from youre vayne conuersacion, whych ye receaued by the tradicion of the fathers:

⁴ And when the chefe sheperd shall appeare; yee shal receaue, an incorruptibile crowne of glorie.

⁶ And Ioseph was gouerner in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And hys brethren came, and fel flat on the grounde before hym.

²⁸ they answered: thy seruaunte oure father is in good health, and is yet alyue. And they bowed downe theyr heades, and made obaysaunce.

⁸ Then Pharao called for Moses & Aaron and sayde praye ye vnto the Lorde, that he maye take awaye the frogges from me & from my people, and I wyll let the people goo, that they maye do sacrifyce vnto the Lorde.

²⁷ And Pharao sent & called for Moses and Aaron, and sayde vnto them: I haue nowe synned: the Lorde is ryghteous: and I and my people are vngodly. ²⁸ Praye ye vnto the Lorde: for it is moch that there shulde be thonders of God & hayle. I will let you go, and ye shall tary no longer.

⁸ And these thy seruauntes shall all come downe vnto me. And fall before me, and saye: gett the out and all the people that are vnder the, and then wyll I departe. And he went oute from Pharao with an angry countenaunce.

³⁶ And they that are left in thyne house, shall come, and crouch to him for a lytle pece of syluer & a cake of bread, & shall saye: put me (I praye the) in one offyce or other amonge the prestes, that I maye eate a morsell of bread.

¹² And Iehosaphat sayde Is not the worde of the Lorde wt hym? And so the kynge of Israel, & Iehosaphat and the kynge of Edom went downe to him.

⁷ And the kynge arose from the bancket and from the wyne in hys displeasure, & went into the palace garden. And Haman stode vp, & besought quene Esther for his lyfe: for he sawe, that there was a mischefe prepared for him of the king all ready. ⁸ And when the kyng came agayne out of the palace garden into the place where they dranke wyne, Haman had layed him vpon the bed, that Esther sat vpon. Then sayd the kyng: wyll he force the quene also before me in the house? As sone as that worde went out of the kynges mouth they couered Hamans face.

¹⁴ They lye in the hell lyke shepe, death gnaweth vpon them, and the ryghteous shall haue dominacyon of them in the mornynge: theyr bewtye shall consume in the sepulchre out of theyr dwellynge.

²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes in his awne house, he shall haue wynde for his heritage, and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wyse.

¹⁴ Moreouer, those shall come knelyng vnto the, that haue vexed the: and all they that despysed the, shall fall downe at thy fote. Thou shalt be called the cytie of the Lorde, Sion the cytie of the holy one of Israel.

⁹ I wyll beare the punishement of the Lord (for why, I haue offended him) tyll he syt in iudgement vpon my cause, & se that I haue right. He wyll bryng me forth to the lyght, & I shall se his rightuousnesse. ¹⁰ She that is myne enemy shal loke vpon it, & be confounded, which now saieth. Where is thy Lord God? Myne eyes shall beholde her, when she shalbe troden downe, as the claye in the stretes.

¹⁶ Thys shall the Heathen se, and be ashamed for all their power, so that they shall laye their hande vpon their mouth, and stoppe their eares. ¹⁷ They shal lycke the dust lyke a serpent, & as the wormes of the earth, that tremble in their holes. They shalbe afrayed of the Lord oure God, & they shall feare the.

³ ye shal treade downe the vngodly: for they shalbe lyke the asshes vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye that I shall make, sayeth the Lorde of hoostes.

³⁹ they cam and besought them: and brought them out, and desyred them, to departe out of the cytie.

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 all the kynges seruauntes that were in the kynges gate, bowed their knees, and worshypped Haman: for the kyng had so commaunded concernyng him. But Mardocheus bowed not the knee, and worshypped him not.

¹⁰ Neuertheles, Haman refrayned him selfe: & when he came home, he sent, and called for his frendes, & Zares his wyfe, ¹¹ and Haman tolde them of the glory of his ryches, and the multitude of his children, & all together howe the kyng had promoted him so greatly and howe that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kyng.

²¹ Euen so are ye also come vnto me: but now that ye se my misery, ye are afrayed. ²² Dyd I desyre you, to bryng vnto me, or to geue me eny of youre substaunce? ²³ To delyuer me from the enemyes hande, or to saue me from the hande of tyrauntes?

¹³ He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquayntance, are become straungers vnto me. ¹⁴ Myne awne kynsfolkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce.

¹⁰ they abhorre me, and flye farre fro me, and stayne my face with spetle.

¹⁵ The riche mans goodes are his stronge holde, but theire awne pouertye feareth the poore.

⁴ Ryches make many frendes: but the pore is forsaken of hys neyghboure.

⁶ The multitude hangeth vpon great men: and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes. ⁷ As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee, hys awne frendes withdrawe from him: and yf he aske them the cause, they dysdayne to answere hym.

¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies?

⁵ loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: consydre the cloudes, whych are hyer then thou. ⁶ If thou hast synned, what hast thou done against him? If thine offences be many, what hast thou done vnto hym?

²⁴ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the lowe estate of the poore he hath not hyd hys face from hym, but when he called vnto him, he harde him.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that consydreth the poore the Lorde shall delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble. ² The Lorde preserue hym, & kepe him aliue: that he maye be blessed vpon earth, & delyuer not thou hym in to the wyll of hys enemyes.

⁵ A good man is mercyfull, and lendeth: and wyll gyde his wordes wt discrecion.

⁹ He hath sparsed abroad, and geuen to the poore: and his ryghteousnes remayneth for euer, hys horne shalbe exalted wyth honoure.

²⁴ Some man geueth out his goodes, and is the rycher, but the nygard (hauynge ynough) wyll departe from nothynge, and yet is euer in pouertye. ²⁵ He that is liberall in geuynge, shall haue plenty, and he that watereth, shall be watered also him selfe.

³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but whoso hath pytie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

⁵ Who so laugheth the poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad of another mans hurte, shall not be vnpunyshed.

³ When the vngodly commeth, them commeth also dysdayne, and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour.

¹⁷ He that hath pitye vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed hym agayne.

²⁷ He that geueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that turneth awaye hys eyes from soch as be in necessyte, shall suffre greate pouerte hymselfe.

¹ Lay thy brede vpon weate faces, & so shalt thou fynde after many dayes. ² Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth.

⁷ to deale thy bread to the hongry, & bringe the poore wandringe, home into thy house, when thou seest the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face from thy neyghboure. ⁸ Then shall thy lyght breake forth as the mornyng, & thy health floryshe ryght shortly: thy righteousnesse shall go before the, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace the. ⁹ Then yf thou callest, the Lorde shall answere the: yf thou cryest, he shall saye: here I am. Yee, yf thou layest awaye from the thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, & ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, ¹⁰ yf thou hast compassyon vpon the hongrye, & refreshest the troubled soule: Then shall thy lyght sprynge out in the darcknesse, & thy darcknesse shalbe as the noone day.

²⁷ Wherfore, O kynge, be content with my councell, that thou mayest redeme thy synnes with almoyse and thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for thys shall be an helynge of thyne erroure.

³⁴ Then shall the Kynge saye to them that shalbe on hys ryghte hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inheret the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hongred, & ye gaue me meate. I was thyrstye, & ye gaue me drincke. I was herbourlesse, & ye toke me in: ³⁶ Naked, & ye clothed me: Sicke & ye visyted me. I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answere him saying: Lord, when sawe we the an hongred, and fedd the? or thirstye, & gaue the drinke? ³⁸ when sawe we the herborlesse, & tooke the in? or naked, and clothed the? ³⁹ or when sawe we the sycke, or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall answere, and saye vnto them: veryly I saye vnto you: in as moch as ye haue done it vnto one of the leest of these my brethren, ye haue done it to me. ⁴¹ Then shall he saye also vnto them, that shalbe on the lyfte hand: departe from me ye cursed into euerlastynge fyre: whych is prepared for the deuyll and his angels. ⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate. I was thirstye, and ye gaue me no drynke. ⁴³ I was harborlesse, and ye toke me not in. I was naked, and ye clothed me not. I was sycke & in preson, and ye visyted me not. ⁴⁴ Then shall they also answere him saying, lorde, when sawe we the an hungred, or a thyrst, or herbourlesse, or naked, or sycke, or in preson, & dyd not minister vnto the? ⁴⁵ Then shall he answere them sayeng: Uerely I saye vnto you, in as moche as ye dyd it not to one of the leest of these, ye dyd it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlastynge payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.

³⁰ Geue to euery man that asketh of the. And of him that taketh a waye thy goodes, aske them not agayne. ³¹ And as ye wolde that men shuld do to you, do ye also to them lykewyse. ³² And yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also loue theyr louers. ³³ And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For synners also do euen the same. ³⁴ And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue: what thanke haue ye? for synners also lende to synners, to receaue soch lyke agayne. ³⁵ But loue ye youre enemyes, and do good, and lende, lokynge for nothynge agayne: and your reward shalbe greate, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll. ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercyfull, as your father also is mercyfull.

⁹ And he tolde this parable, vnto certayne which trusted in them selues that they were perfecte, and despysed other

³⁵ I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so laboring ye ought to receaue the weake, & to remember the wordes of the Lorde Iesu, how that he sayd: it is more blessed to geue then to receaue.

¹² that ye faynt not, but be folowers of them, which thorowe fayth and pacience receaue the enheritaunce of the promyse.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of thys worlde, soch as are ryche in faythe, & heyres of the kyngdome, whych he promysed to them that loue hym? ⁶ But ye haue despysed the poore. Do not rych men execute tyrannye vpon you, and draw you before the iudgement seates.

¹⁴ What auayleth it my brethren, though a man saye he hath fayth, yf he haue no dedes? Can fayth saue hi ¹⁵ If a brother or a syster be naked & destitute of dayly fode, ¹⁶ & one of you saye vnto them: departe in peace, God send you warmnes & fode, not wtstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedful to the body, what shal it helpe?

¹⁷ But whoso hath thys worldes good and seyth hys brother haue neade: and shutteth vp his compassion from him: how dwelleth the loue of God in hym? ¹⁸ My babes, let vs not loue in worde, nether in tonge: but in dede & in veritie. ¹⁹ Herby we knowe, that we are of the veritie & can quyet oure hertes before hym. ²⁰ For yf oure herte condempne vs, God is gretter then oure herte, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Dearly beloued, yf oure herte condempne vs not, then haue we trust to God warde: ²² & what soeuer we aske we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, & do those thinges which are pleasinge in his syght.

²⁷ and sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my master Abraham, whych ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly wyth my master, and hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house.

⁸ the Lord sayd to Dauid my father: for as moch as it was in thyne herte to buylde an house for my name, thou dydest well that thou so thoughtest in thyne hert.

¹⁰ All the pathes of the Lorde are mercye & truthe, vnto soch as kepe his couenaunt & his testimonies.

⁷ He shall dwell before God for euer: O prepare thy louynge mercy & faythfulnes that they may preserue him.

²⁹ where as thou haste nowe to geue hym. Intende no hurte vnto thy neyghboure, seynge he dothe dwell in reest by the.

¹⁷ An vnpacyent man dealeth folyshly: but he that is well aduysed, is hated of the fole.

²² It is a mans worship to do good: & better it is to be a pore man then a dissembler.

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the churlysh, these be his shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull wordes: yee, euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore. ⁸ But the lyberall persone ymagineth honest thynges, & commeth vp for liberalytie vnto promotyon:

⁷ Blessed are the mercyful: for they shall obteyne mercy.

¹⁷ For the lawe was geuen by Moses, but grace & trueth came by Iesus Christ.

¹⁰ He that wynciteth with his eye, will do some harme: but he that hath a foolyshe mouth, shalbe beaten.

²⁴ A diligent hande shall beare rule, but the ydle shalbe vnder tribute.

¹⁹ He that tylleth his land, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydylnesse, shall haue pouerte ynough.

³ For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate whych perissheth, but for that whych endureth vnto euerlastinge lyfe, whych meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed.

¹⁰ For when we were wyth you, this we warned you of, that yf eny wolde not worcke, the same shulde not eate. ¹¹ For we haue, hearde saye that ther are some whych walke amonge you inordinatly, workynge not at all, but beynge busybodyes. ¹² Them that are soch, we commaunde and exhorte, by oure Lorde Iesu Christ, that they worcke with quietnes, and eate theyr awne breed:

¹³ And also they learne to goo from house to house ydle: yee not ydle onely, but also tatlers and besybodyes, speakynge thynges which are not comly.

¹⁰ For God is not vnryghteous that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure that procedeth of loue, which loue ye shewe in his name, which haue ministred vnto the saynctes, and yet minister. ¹¹ Yee, and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the full stablishinge of hope, euen vnto the ende,

¹⁰ For he seeth, that wyse men also dye, and peryshe together, as well as the ignoraunt & folysh, and leaue theyr ryches for other: ¹¹ And yet they thynke, that theyr houses shall continue for euer, and that theyr dwelling places shall endure from one generacyon to another, & call the landes after theyr awne names. ¹² Neuerthelesse, man wyll not abyde in honour, seyng he maye be compared vnto the beastes that peryshe: this is the waye of them. ¹³ Thys is their folyshnesse, and their posterite prayse their sayeng. Sela.

²² Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter lyke frumentye corne, yet will not hys foolyshnesse go from hym.

¹¹ Wysdome wt enheritaunce is good yet better is it wt them that without care may beholde the sonne. ¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as moneye, & the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto him that hath it in possession.

⁶ And a sure stablysshing of thy tymes shalbe strength, health, wisdome & knowledge: and the very feare of the Lorde shalbe the treasure of it.

⁹ And I saye vnto you: make you frendes of the vnryghteous mammon, that when ye shall haue nede they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitacyons.

¹⁹ Ther was a certayne ryche man, which was clothed in purple and fyne whyte, and fared deliciously euery dyae: ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, which laye at his gate full of sores, ²¹ desyrynge to be refresshed with the cromes, which fell from the ryche mannes borde. The dogges came also, and lycked his sores, ²² And it fortuned, that the begger died, and was caryed by the angelles into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed. ²³ And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in hys bosome, ²⁴ and he cryed and sayde: father Abraham: haue mercy on me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of hys fynger in water, and cole my tonge: for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, & contrary wyse, Lazarus receaued payne. But now is he conforted, and thou art punisshed.

⁵ A faythfull wytnesse wyll not dissemble, but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

²¹ witnessynge both to the Iewes, & also to the Grekes, the repentaunce, that is toward God, & the fayth which is toward oure Lorde Iesus.

²⁶ Wherfore, I take you to recorde this daye that I am pure from the bloude of all men. ²⁷ For I haue spared no laboure, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

¹⁶ but ryse and stand vp on thy fete. For I haue appeared vnto the for thys purpose, to make the a minister and a witnes both of those thynges whych thou hast sene, & of those thynges in the which I will appeare vnto the, ¹⁷ delyueringe the from the people, and from the gentyls, vnto whom now I sende the, ¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they maye be turned from darckness to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whych are sanctified by fayth that is toward me. ¹⁹ Wherfore (O kynge Agryppa) I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visyon: ²⁰ but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco, and at Ierusalem, and thorow out all the coastes of Iewry, and then to the gentyls, that they shuld repent, and turne to God, and do soch workes as become them that repent.

¹ The sprete speaketh euydently, that in the later tymes some shall departe from the fayth, and shall geue hede vnto spretes of erroure, and deuelysshe doctrines of them ² which speake false thorowe ypocrysye, & haue their consciences marcked wt an hote yron, ³ forbyddynge to mary, & commaundynge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaued with geuynge thanckes, of them whych beleue, & knowe the trueth.

³ This fyrst vnderstande, that ther shall come in the last dayes, mockers whych wyll walke after their awne lustes,

⁴² And excepte the God of my father, the God of Abraham & the feare of Isahac had bene wyth me: surely thou haddest sent me awaye now all emptie. But God behelde my trybulacyon, and the laboure of my handes, and rebuked the yesterdaye.

⁷ The Angell of the Lorde taryethe rounde about them that feare hym, and delyuereth them. ⁸ O taste and se, howe gracious the Lord is, blessed is the man that trusteth in hym. ⁹ O feare the Lorde, ye that be hys sayntes for they that feare hym, lacke nothynge. ¹⁰ The lyons do lacke, & suffre hunger but they which seke the Lorde: shall want no maner of thynge that is good. ¹¹ Come ye chyldren & herken vnto me, I wyll teach you the feare of the Lorde.

⁶ For he shall neuer be moued: and the ryghteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce. ⁷ He will not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges, for his hert standeth fast, and beleueth in in the Lord. ⁸ His hert is stablished: & will not shryncke, vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemyes.

¹³ He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde, both small and great. ¹⁴ The Lorde shall encrease you more and more: you, & youre children.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell: ⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge.

²⁵ Thou nedest not to be afrayed of any soden feare, nether for the vyolent russhynge in of the vngodly when it commeth. ²⁶ For the Lorde shall stonde by thy syde, and kepe thy fote, that thou be not taken.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a stronge castell, the ryghteous flyeth vnto it, and is in saue garde.

²³ The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the hole night in plenteousnes, without visitacyon of anye plage.

¹⁸ It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let that go out of thy hand. For he that feareth God, commeth forth with them all.

²⁰ Come my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy dores about the: hyde thy selfe a lytle for a whyle, vntyll the indignation be ouerpast. ²¹ For lo, the Lorde is commyng out of his place, to viset the wickednes of suche as dwell vpon earth. The earth also shall disclose her awne bloud, and shall nomore hid them that are slayne in her.

¹¹ And the Lorde answered me: Uerely thy remnaunte shall haue welthe. Come not I to the, when thou art in trouble: and helpe the, when thyne enemy oppresseth the?

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one hert and one waye, that they maye feare me all the daies of their lyfe, that they and their chyldren after them maye prospere. ⁴⁰ And I wyll sett vp an euerlastyng couenaunt with them. Namelye, that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I wyll put my feare in their hertes, so that they shall not runne awaye from me.

¹⁶ But they that feare God, saye thus one to another: the Lorde consydereth and heareth it. Yee, it is before him a memoryal boke, wrytten for soch as feare the Lorde, and remembre his name. ¹⁷ And in the daye that I wyll make (sayth the Lorde of hostes) they shalbe myne awne possession: and I will fauoure them, lyke as a man fauoureth hys awne sonne, that doth hym seruyce. ¹⁸ Turne you therfore, and consydre what dyfference is betwyxte the righteous and vngodly, betwixte him that serueth God, and him that serueth hym not.

² But vnto you that feare my name, shall that Sonne of ryghteousnesse aryse, and health shalbe vnder his wynges: ye shal go forth, and multiplie as the fat calues,

⁵ In my trouble wyll I call vpon the Lorde: & complayne vnto my God.

¹⁰ Yf wysdome entre into thyne herte, and thy soule delyte in knowledge: ¹¹ then shall councell preserue the, and vnderstandynge shall kepe the. ¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges. ¹³ From soche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darckenesse: ¹⁴ which reioyse in doynge euell: and delyte in wycked thynges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes. 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.

¹⁴ The lawe is a well of lyfe vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe hym from the snares of death:

⁵ Thornes and snares are in the waye of the frowarde: but he that doeth kepe hys soule, wyll fle from soche.

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.

⁶ And he sayd vnto me: it is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng & the ende I wyll geue to hym that is a thyrst, of the well of the water of lyfe, fre.

¹² But the more they vexed them, the moare they multiplyed and grewe, so that they abhorred the chyldren of Israel.

²² And Pharao charged all hys people, sayinge: All the menchyldren that are borne, cast into the ryuer, and saue the maydechyldren alyue.

²⁰ And Iuda and Israel were many, euen as the sand of the see in nombre, eatyng, drynckyng & making mery. ²¹ And Salomon raygned ouer all kyngdoms, from the ryuer vnto the lande of the Philistines: euen vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presentes, and serued Salomon all the dayes of hys lyfe.

²⁷ And the children of Israel were nombred, & with theyr whole nombre went they agaynst them, and the chyldren of Israel pitched before them, lyke two lytle flockes of kyddes: but the Sirians fylled the countreye.

³² In those dayes the Lorde began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coastes of Israel, ³³ from Iordan eastwarde: euen all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Rubenites, and them that were of Manasses, from Aroer vnto the ryuer of Arnon: euen Gilead & Basan.

⁷ Neither dyd he leaue of the people to Iehoahaz, but fyftye horsemen ten charettes, & ten thousande fotemen for the kynge of Siria destroyed them, and made them lyke thresshed dust.

³ But Moses was a very meke man, aboue all the men of the earth.

⁸ Make moche of her and she shall promote the: Yee, yf thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure.

¹¹ A wyse man can put of displeasure: and it is hys honoure to lett some fautes passe.

²⁴ Make no frendshype wt an angrye wilfull man, & kepe no company wt the furious: ²⁵ lest thou learne his wayes, & receaue hurte in thy soule.

⁸ Be not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye thou do some offence after the strife be ended wherby thy neyghbour put the to shame.

²⁸ He that cannot rule hym selfe, is lyke a cyte which is broken downe, & hath no walles.

⁶ in that a foole sytteth in greate dignite, & the rych are sett downe beneth:

¹⁹ Then was Nabuchodonosor full of indignacyon, so that the countenaunce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago. Therfore he charged and commaunded, that the ouen shuld be made seuen tymes hotter, then it was wonte to be: ²⁰ & spake vnto the strongest worthies that were in his hoste, for to bynde Sidrach, Misach and Abednago, and to cast them into the hote burnynge ouen. 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. ²³ And these thre men Sidrach, Misach & Abednago fell downe in the hote burnynge ouen, beynge faste bounde. ²⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor the kyng marueled and stode vp in all hast: he spake vnto hys councell and sayde: dyd not ye cast these thre men bounde into the fyre? They answered, and sayde vnto the king: Yee, O kynge. ²⁵ He answered, and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men going lowse in the myddest of the fyer, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourth is lyke the sonne of God to loke vpon.

¹⁶ Then Herode whan he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, he was exceading wroth, & sent forth men of warre, & slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes, (as many as were two yeere olde or vnder) accordynge to the tyme, whych he had dilygently knowe out of the wyse men.

²⁹ Take my yock vpon you, and lerne of me, for I am meke & lowly in herte: and ye shall fynde rest vnto youre soules.

⁴ Loue suffreth longe, and is curteous. Loue enuyeth not. Loue doth not frowardly, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestly ⁵ seketh not her awne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh no euyll,

¹⁷ But the wysdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peasable, gentle, & easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudging, without simulacion: ¹⁸ yee, & the frute of ryghtewesnes is sowen in peace, of them that mayntene peace.

² As for the foolysh man, displeasure kylleth hym, and anger slayeth the ignoraunt

¹⁰ The vngodly shall se it, and it shall greue him: he shall gnash with his teeth, & consume awaye: the desyre of the vngodly shall perysh.

⁸⁰ O let myne herte be sounde in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge.

²³ Kepe thyne herte with all diligence, for there vpon hangeth lyfe.

⁴ A huswifly woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in hys bones.

²² A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mynde dryeth vp the bones.

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

²⁹ beyng full of all vnryghteousnesse, fornicacyon, wyckednes, coueteousnes, malicyousnes, full of enuye morther, debate, disceyte, euyll condicyoned, whysperers,

⁷ For God hath not geuen to vs the sprete of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of sobrenes.

⁵ Ether do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne. The sprete the dwelleth in vs, lusteth euen contrary to enuy:

¹³ Did I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had eny mater agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seinge that God will sytt in iudgment, what shall I do? And for so moch as he will nedes visett me, what answere shall I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapena like in oure mothers bodies? ¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne?

⁵ Nowe for the comforles troubles sake of the neadye, & because of the deape fyghthing of the poore, I will vp (sayeth the Lorde) and wyll helpe euery one, from hym that swelleth agaynst hym, and wyll set them at rest.

²¹ Whoso despyseth his neyghbour doth a misse: but blessed is he the hath pytie of the poore.

² The ryche and poore are together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.

¹⁶ Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his awne riches, & geueth vnto the riche to please him, at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe.

²² Se that thou robbe not the poore, because he is weake, & oppresse not the simple in iudgment: ²³ for the Lord him selfe will defende their cause, & do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the ryght of the lawe is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at soch a thyng, for one greate man kepeth touch with another, & the myghtie men are in auctorite ouer the pore.

⁸ For the poore allwayes shall ye haue with you, but me haue ye not allwaye.

⁷ Nowe therfore, as ye are riche in all parties, in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all feruentnes, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so, se that ye be plenteous in thys beniuolence also. ⁸ This saye I, not commaundynge: but because of feruentnes, I do alowe the vnfaynednesse of youre loue towarde other men. ⁹ For ye knowe the liberalytie of oure Lord Iesus Christ, that though he was ryche, yet for youre sakes he became poore that ye, thorowe hys pouertye, myght be made ryche.

¹⁷ But whoso hath thys worldes good and seyth hys brother haue neade: and shutteth vp his compassion from him: how dwelleth the loue of God in hym? ¹⁸ My babes, let vs not loue in worde, nether in tonge: but in dede & in veritie. ¹⁹ Herby we knowe, that we are of the veritie & can quyet oure hertes before hym. ²⁰ For yf oure herte condempne vs, God is gretter then oure herte, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Dearly beloued, yf oure herte condempne vs not, then haue we trust to God warde:

²¹ And this commaundement haue we of hym: that he which loueth God, shuld loue his brother also.

¹⁸ after thy saluacyon haue I loked (o Lorde.)

¹⁵ Lo, though he slaye me, yet wyll I put my trust in hym. But I wil reproue myne awne wayes in his sight,

¹⁸ they shall dryue him from the light into darcknesse, and cast him cleane out of the worlde.

²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I hall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye: ²⁶ that I shall be clothed agayne with this skynne, and se God in my flesh. ²⁷ Yee, I my selfe shall beholde him, not with other, but with these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me:

²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpon him as a water floude, & the tempest stealeth him awaye in the nyght season. ²¹ A vehement east winde caryeth hym hence, and departeth, a storme plucketh hym oute of his place. ²² It russheth in vpon him, and spareth hym not, he maye not escape from the power therof.

¹¹ For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy holy one to se corrupcion. Thou shalt shewe me the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioye, and at thy ryght hande ther is pleasure for euermore.

¹⁵ They haue children at their desyre: & leaue the reste of theyr substaunce for theyr babes. But as for me, I wyll beholde thy presence in righteousnes: & when I awake vp after thy lykenes, I shalbe satisfyed with it.

⁴ Yee though I walke thorowe the valleye of the shadow of death, I wyll feare no euell, for thou art wt me thy rodde & thy staffe comforte me.

³⁷ & he vanished awaye, & lo, he was gone: I sought him, but coulde no where be found.

⁹ Or euer your pottes be made whot with thornes: so let indygnacyon vexe hym, euen as a thynge that is rawe.

¹⁵ Therfore shall hys destruccyon come hastly vpon him, sodenly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed.

¹⁶ For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, & ryseth vp agayne, but the vngodly fall into wyckednes.

²⁶ Nowe the interpretacion of the thynge is this: Mane, God hath nombred the kyngdome, and brought it to an ende: ²⁷ Thetel, thou art weyed in the balaunce, and art founde to lyght: ²⁸ Phares, thy kyngdome it delt in partes, and geuen to the Medes and Perses. ²⁹ Then commaunded Balthazar, to cloth Daniel wyth purple, to hange a cheyne of golde aboute hys necke, and to make a proclamacyon concernynge hym: that he shulde be the ruler of the thyrde parte of hys kyngdome. ³⁰ The very same night was Balthazar the kynge of the Caldees slayne,

²⁹ Lorde, now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordynge to thy promes.

²¹ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, & ye shall seke me, & shall dye in youre synnes. Whyther I go, thyther can ye not come.

²⁴ I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes.

²² Euen so, God willyng to shewe hys wrath, and to make his power knowen suffered wyth longe pacyence the vessels of wrath, ordeyned to damnacyon,

⁵⁵ Deeth is swalowed vp in victory: Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? ⁵⁶ The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe. ⁵⁷ But thankes be vnto God which hath geuen vs victory, thorowe oure Lord Iesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Therfore my deare brethren, be ye stedfast and vnmouable, alwayes ryche in the worke of the Lorde, for as moch as ye knowe, how that youre labour, is not in vayne in the Lorde.

⁹ Also we receaued an answer of deeth in oure selues, that we shuld not put oure trust in our selues: but in God, whych rayseth the deed to lyfe,

⁸ Neuerthelesse, we are of good comforte, and had leuer to be absent from the body, and to be present with God.

²¹ For Christ is to me lyfe, and deeth is to me auauntage.

²³ For I am constrayned of these two thinges. I desyre to be loosed, & to be wt Christ which is moche & far better.

³ For when they shall saye, peace and all thynges are safe, then shall soden destruccyon come vpon them (as sorowe commeth vpon a woman traualynge with chylde) & they shall not scape:

¹⁸ And the Lorde shall delyuer me from all euyll doynge, and shall kepe me vnto hys heuenly kyngdom. To whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.

¹³ And I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me: wryte. Blessed are the deed, which here after dye in the Lorde, euen so sayth the sprete: that they rest from theyr laboures, but theyr workes folowe them.

²³ He that hath vnderstandynge, doth hyde wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out hys folyshnesse.

¹⁶ A wyse man doth all thynges with discrecion, but a foole wyll declare hys foly.

² The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse.

²⁸ The herte of the ryghtuouse studieth his answere afore. but the wycked mans mouthe spueth out myschefe.

¹¹ A foole powreth out hys sprete altogether but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

³ A foole will shewe him self when he goeth by the way, yet thinkethe he that euery man doth as foolyshly as him selfe.

⁶ Kepe them therfore and do them, for that is youre wysdome & vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons: that they maye heare all these ordinaunces, and saye: Surely it is a wyse and vnderstandynge people: it is a greate nacyon. ⁷ For what other nacyon is so greate, that Goddes come so nye vnto: as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs, in all thynges as oft as we call vnto him? ⁸ Ye, & what nacyon is so greate, that hath ordinaunces & lawes so righteous, as all this lawe whyche I sett before you this daye?

¹ If thou shalt herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, and obserue and do all hys commaundementes, whych I commaunde the thys daye, The Lorde wyll set the on hye aboue all nacyons of the erth. ² And all these blessinges shall come on the, and ouertake the, yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God. 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. ⁷ The Lorde shall geue ouer thyne enemyes that ryse agaynst the, that they maye fall before thy face. They shall come out agaynst the one waye, and flee before the seuen wayes. ⁸ The Lorde shall put the blessynge vpon the in thy store houses, & in all that thou settest thyne hande to, & will blesse the in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth the. ⁹ The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto hym selfe, as he hath sworen vnto the: yf thou shalt kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God, and walke in hys wayes. ¹⁰ And all nacyons of the erth shall se, that the name of the Lorde, is called vpon ouer the, and they shalbe aferde of the. ¹¹ And the Lorde shall make the plenteous in goodes, in the frute of thy body, in the frute of thy catell, and in the frute of thy grounde, in the lande whych the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, to geue the. ¹² The Lorde shall open vnto the his good treasure, euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy lande in due ceason, and to blesse all the laboures of thyne hande. And thou shalt lende vnto many nacyons, but shalt not borowe thy selfe. ¹³ And the Lord shall set the before and not behynde, & thou shalt be aboue only, and not beneth: yf that thou herken vnto the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God, which I commaunde the thys daye, to kepe and to do them. ¹⁴ And se that thou bowe not asyde from any of these wordes, which I commaunde the thys daye, ether to the ryght hande or to the lefte, that thou woldest goo after straunge goddes to serue them. ¹⁵ But and yf thou wylt not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe & to do all hys commaundementes and his ordinaunces, which I commaunde the this daye: all these curses shall come vpon the, and ouertake the: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the towne, and cursed in the felde: ¹⁷ cursed shall thy baskett be, & thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the frute of thy body, and the frute of thy lande, and the frute of thyne oxen, and the flockes of thy shepe. ¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, and cursed when thou goest out. ²⁰ The Lorde shall sende vpon the, cursynge, destruccyon, and rebuke in all that thou settest thyne hande to, and that thou doest: vntyll he destroye the, and brynge the to nought quyckely, because of the wyckednesse of thyne inuencyons, and because thou hast forsaken me. ²¹ The Lorde shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto the, vntyll he haue consumed the from of the lande, whether thou goest to enioye it. ²² The Lorde shall smyte the with swellynge, wyth feuers, heet, burnynge, and wyth the swerde, with wetherynge, and with blastynge. And they shall folowe the vntyll thou peryshe. ²³ And the heauen that is ouer thy head shalbe brasse, and the erthe that is vnder the, yron. ²⁴ The Lorde shall turne the rayne of the lande vnto powder and dust: euen from heauen shall they come doune vpon the, vntyll thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the Lorde shall plage the before thyne enemyes: Thou shalt come out one waye agaynst them, and flee seuen wayes before them, and shall be scatered amonge all the kyngdomes of the erthe. ²⁶ And thy carkesse shalbe meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre, and vnto the beastes of the erthe, and no man shall fraye them awaye. ²⁷ The Lord wyll smyte the wt the botche of Egypte, and the emarodes, scalle, & mangenesse, that thou mayest not be healed therof. ²⁸ And the Lord shall smyte the with madnesse, and blyndnesse and dasynge of herte. ²⁹ Thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blinde gropeth in darkenesse, and shalt not prosper in thy wayes. Thou shalt be oppressed wyth wronge, and be polled euermore, & no man shall sucker the. ³⁰ Thou shalt be betrowthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye wyth her. Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therin. Thou shalt also plante a vyneyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes. ³¹ Thyne oxe shalbe slayne before thyne eyes, and thou shalt not eate therof. Thyne asse shalbe violently taken a waye euen before thy face, and shall not be restored to the agayne. Thy shepe shalbe geuen vnto thine enemyes, and no man shall rescue them. ³² Thy sonnes and thy daughters shall be geuen vnto another nacyon, and thyne eyes shall se it, & dase vpon them all the daye longe, and there shalbe no myghte in thyne hande. ³³ The frute of thy lande and all thy laboures shall a nacion whych thou knowest not, eate, & thou shalt continually suffre violence onely, and be oppressed alwaye: ³⁴ so that thou shalt be cleane besyde thy selfe, for the syghte of thyne eyes whych thou shalt se: ³⁵ The Lorde shall smyte the in the knees and legges, wyth a myscheuous botche that can not be healed: euen from the sole of thy fote vnto the toppe of thy head. ³⁶ The Lorde shall brynge the and thy kynge (which thou shalt set ouer the) vnto a nacyon, which nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne, that there thou mayest serue straunge Goddes: euen wodd and stone. ³⁷ And thou shalt be wondred at, spoken of, & iested at amonge all nacyons, whether the Lorde shall carye the. ³⁸ Thou shalt carye moche seed out in to the felde, and shalt gether but lytle in: for the greshoppers shall destroye it. ³⁹ Thou shalt plante a vyneyarde and dresse it, but shalt nether dryncke of the wyne, nether gether the grapes, for the wormes shall eate it. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt haue oliue trees thorowe out all thy coastes, but shalt not anoynte thy selfe wyth the oyle, for thyne olyue trees shalbe roted out. ⁴¹ Thou shalt beget sonnes, and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shalbe caryed a waye captyue. ⁴² All thy trees and frute of thy lande shalbe marred wyth blastynge. ⁴³ The straunger that is amonge you, shall clyme aboue the vp on hye, and thou shalt come doune beneth alowe. ⁴⁴ He shall lende the, & thou shalt not lende hym: he shalbe before, & thou behynde. ⁴⁵ Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon the, and shall folowe the and ouertake the, tyll thou be destroyed: because thou herkenedst not vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe hys commaundementes, and hys ordinaunces, whych he commaunded the, ⁴⁶ and they shalbe vpon the as myracles and wonders, and vpon thy seed for euer, ⁴⁷ because thou seruedst not the Lorde thy God wyth ioyfulnesse and wyth a good herte, whan thou haddest aboundaunce of all thynges, ⁴⁸ therfore thou shalt serue thyne enemye, whych the Lorde shall sende vpon the in hunger and thyrst, in nakednesse, and in nede of all thynge: and he shall put a yocke of yron vpon thy necke, vntyll he haue broughte the to nought. ⁴⁹ And the Lord shall brynge a nacyon vpon the from a farre, and from the ende of the worlde, as swifte as an egle flyeth: a nacyon whose tonge thou shalt not vnderstande: ⁵⁰ a harde fauoured nacyon, whych shall not regarde the person of the olde, nor haue compassyon on the younge. ⁵¹ The same shall eate the frute of thy catell, and the frute of thy londe, vntyll he haue destroyed the: and shall leaue the nether corne, wyne, nor oyle, nether the encrease of thyne oxen, nor the flockes of thy shepe: vntyll he haue brought the to nought. ⁵² And he shall kepe the in, in all thy cyties, vntyll he haue cast downe thy hye walles and stronge holdes, wherin thou trustedst, thorowe out all the lande. And he shall besege the in all thy cyties thorowe out all thy lande, whych the Lorde thy God hath geuen the. ⁵³ And thou shalt eate the frute of thyne awne bodye: the fleshe of thy sonnes, and of thy daughters, whych the Lorde thy God hath geuen the, in that straytenesse and sege, wherwith thyne enemye shall besege the: ⁵⁴ so that it shall greue the man (that is tender & exceadynge delycate amonge you,) to loke on hys brother and vpon hys wyfe that lyeth in hys bosome, and on the remnaunte of hys chyldren, whych he hath yet lefte: ⁵⁵ for feare of geuynge (vnto anye of them) of the fleshe of hys chyldren, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothynge left hym in that straytenesse & sege, wherwith thyne enemye shall besege the in all thy cyties. ⁵⁶ Yee and the woman that is so tender and delycate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, (for softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe greued to loke on her husbande that lyeth in her bosome, & on her sonne and on her daughter: ⁵⁷ and on hyr after byrthe (that is come out from betwene her legges,) and her chyldren whych she shall beare: For whan all thynges lack, she shall eat them secretly, in the sege & straytenesse, wherwith thyne enemye shall besege the in thy cyties. ⁵⁸ If thou wylt not kepe and do all the wordes of thys lawe (that are wrytten in thys boke,) and feare thys gloryous and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God: ⁵⁹ the Lorde will sende vnto the and thy seed, greate plages and of longe continuaunce, ⁶⁰ euell sycknesses and of longe duraunce. Moreouer he will bringe vpon the all the diseases of Egypte, and those whych thou wast afrayed of shall cleaue vnto the. ⁶¹ And all maner syckenesses, and all maner plages whych are not wrytten in the boke of thys lawe, wyll the Lorde brynge vpon the, vntyll he bringe the to noughte. ⁶² And ye shalbe lefte fewe in nombre, where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multytude: because thou woldest not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God. ⁶³ And it shall come to passe, that as the Lord reioysed ouer you, to do you good, & to multiplye you: euen so he wyll reioyse ouer you, to destroye you, & to brynge you to nought. And ye shalbe wasted from of the land, whether thou goest to enioye it. ⁶⁴ And the Lorde shall scater the amonge all nacions, from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other, and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes, whych thou nor thy fathers haue knowne: euen wodd and stone. ⁶⁵ And amonge these nacyons thou shalt fynde no ease, neyther shall the sole of thy foote haue rest. But the Lorde shall geue the there an vnquyet herte, and dasyng eyes, and sorowe of mynde. ⁶⁶ And thy lyfe shall hange before the and thou shalt feare both daye, and nyghte, & shalt haue no trust in thy lyfe. ⁶⁷ In the mornynge thou shalt saye, wolde God it were nyght. And at nyght thou shalt saye: wolde God it were mornynge: for feare, of thyne harte whych thou shall feare & for the syghte of thyne eyes, whych thou shalt se. ⁶⁸ And the Lorde shall brynge the into Egipt agayne wyth shyppes, by the waye which I bad the, that thou shuldest se it no moare. And there ye shalbe solde vnto youre enemies, for bondmen and bondwemen: & no man shall bye you.

¹⁸ Lest there be amonge you man or woman, kynred or trybe, whose hert turneth awaye this daye from the Lorde oure God, to go and serue the goddes of these nacyons: & lest there be amonge you some roote that beareth gall & worm wod, ¹⁹ so that when he heareth the wordes of thys ooth, he blesse hym selfe in hys hert, sayinge. I shall haue peace. I wyll walke in the meanynge of myne owne hert, (Thou put the dronken to the thyrstye.) ²⁰ And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the Lorde and hys gelousye shall smoke agaynst that man, & all the curses that are wryten in this boke shall lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde shall do out hys name from vnder heauen, ²¹ and the Lorde shall separate him vnto euell out of all the tribes of Israel, accordyng vnto all the curses of the appoyntment, that are wrytten in the boke of thys lawe. ²² So that the generacyon to come of youre chyldren, that shall ryse vp after you, and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall saye, when they se the plages of that lande, and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smytten it, ²³ howe all the lande is burnt vp with brymstone & salt, & that it is nether sowen nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of the ouerthrowynge of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, & Zeboim: whych the Lorde ouerthrewe in hys wrath and angre: ²⁴ Euen then shall all nacions saye: wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facyon vnto thys lande? O howe fearse is thys great wrath? ²⁵ And men shalt saye: because they lefte the testament of the Lorde God of theyr fathers whych he made with them, when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt. ²⁶ For they went, and serued straunge goddes, & worshipped them: Goddes whych they knewe not, and whych had geuen them nought. ²⁷ And the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote agaynst thys lande, to brynge vpon it all the curses that are written in this boke. ²⁸ And the Lorde cast them out of theyr lande in angre, wrath, and greate indignacyon, and cast them into a straunge lande, as this daye beareth wytnesse.

⁶ And when Iosua had sent the people awaye, the chyldren of Israel went euerye man into hys enheritaunce to possesse the lande. ⁷ And the people serued the Lord all the dayes of Iosua, and all the dayes of the elders that out lyued Iosua, and had sene all the great workes of the lord that he dyd for Israel: ⁸ and Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the Lorde dyed, when he was an hundred & ten yeres olde: ⁹ whom they buryed in the costes of hys enheritaunce: euen in. Thamnath Hares in mount Ephraim on the northside of the hyll Gaas. ¹⁰ And euen so all that generacyon were put vnto their fathers, and there arose another generacyon after them whych nether knewe the Lorde, nor yet the worckes whych he had done for Israel. ¹¹ And then the children of Israel dyd wyckedlye in the syght of the lorde, and serued Baalim, ¹² and forsoke the Lorde God of their fathers, whych brought them out of the land of Egypte, and folowed straunge goddes, euen of the goddes of the nacyons that were round aboute them, and bowed them selues vnto them and angred the lorde. ¹³ They forsoke the lord, and serued Baal and Astharoth ¹⁴ and the wrath of the lorde waxed hote agaynst Israel, and he delyuered them into the handes of raueners, that spoyled them, and solde them into the handes of their enemyes rounde aboute them, so that they had no power any longer to stande before their enemyes.

³⁴ A frutefull lande maketh he baren, for the wyckednesse of them that dwell therin.

² Go thy waye, crye in the eares of Ierusalem, & saye: Thus sayeth the Lord: I remembre the, for the kyndenesse of thy youth, and because of thy stedfast loue: at the tyme of thy despousynge, in that thou folowdest me thorowe the wyldernesse, in an vntylled lande. ³ Israel was an halowed thynge vnto the Lorde, and so was his fyrst frutes. All they that deuoure Israel shall offende: mysfortune shall fall vpon them, sayeth the Lorde. ⁴ Heare therfore the worde of the Lorde, O thou house of Iacob, and all the generacyons of the house of Israel. ⁵ Thus sayeth the Lorde. What vnfaythfulnesse founde youre fathers in me, that they wente so farre awaye fro me, fallynge to lightnesse, and beynge so vayne? ⁶ They thought not in their hertes. Where haue we left the Lorde, that brought vs oute of the lande of Egypte that led vs thorowe the wildernesse, thorowe a deserte & rough lande, thorowe a drye and a deedly lande, yee, a lande that no man had gone thorowe, and wherin no man had dwelt. ⁷ And when I had brought you into a pleasaunt welbuylded lande, that ye myght enioye the frutes and all the commodyties of the same: ye went forth and defyled my lande, & brought myne herytage to abhominacyon. ⁸ The Prestes them selues sayde not: Where is the Lorde? They that had the lawe in theyr handes, knewe me not: The shepherdes offended agaynst me. The prophetes dyd seruyce vnto Baal, & folowed soch thynges as shall brynge them no profyt. ⁹ Wherfore, I am constrayned (sayeth the Lord) to make my complaynte vpon you, & vpon youre childers chyldren. ¹⁰ Go in to the Iles of Cethim, and loke well: sende vnto Cedar, take diligent hede: and se, whether soch thynges be done there, ¹¹ whether the Gentils them selues deale so falsly and vntruly wt their goddes, (which yet are no goddes in dede) But my people hath geuen ouer their hye honoure, for a thynge that maye not helpe them. ¹² Be astonyshed (O ye heauens) be afrayde, & abashed at soch a thinge, sayeth the Lorde. ¹³ For my people hath done two euels. They haue forsaken me the well of the water of lyfe, and dygged them pyttes, yee vyle and broken pyttes, that can holde no water. ¹⁴ Is Israel a bonde seruaunt, or one of the housholde? Why then is he so spoyled? ¹⁵ Why do they roare and crye then vpon him, as a lyon? They haue made his lande waste, hys cyties are so brent vp, that there is no man dwellynge in them. ¹⁶ Yee, the chyldren of Noph and Taphnes haue defyled thy neck. ¹⁷ Commeth not this vnto the, because thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, euer sence he led the by the waye? ¹⁸ And what hast thou now to do in the strete of Egypte? to drincke the water of Nilus? Ether, what makest thou in the waye of Assyria? To dryncke water of the floude? ¹⁹ Thyne awne wickednesse shall reproue the, & thy turnynge awaye shall condemne the: that thou mayest knowe & vnderstande: howe euell and hurtfull a thynge it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, & not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes. ²⁰ I haue euer broken thy yock of olde, & burste thy bondes: yet sayest thou, I wyll nomore offend, but (lyke an harlot) thou runnest about vpon all hye hilles, & amonge all grene trees, ²¹ where as I planted the as a noble vyne, & a good rote whose seed is all faithfull. How art thou turned then in to a bytter, vnfrutefull, & straunge grape? ²² Yee, & that so sore: that though thou washe the wt Nitrus & make thy selfe to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith: yet in my syght thou art stayned wyth thy wyckednesse, sayeth the Lorde thy God. ²³ Saye not nowe: I am not vnclene, and I haue not folowed Baal. Loke vpon thyne awne wayes in the woddes, valleys and dennes: so shalt thou knowe, what thou hast done. Thou art lyke a swyft Dromedary, that goeth easely his waye: ²⁴ and thy wantonnes is lyke a wylde Asse, that vseth the wyldernesse, and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wyll. Who can tame the? All they that seke the shall not fayle, but fynde the in thyne awne vnclennes ²⁵ Kepe thou thy fote from nakednes, and thy throte from thyrste, and without shame thou answerest. No, for I haue loued straungers and them will I folowe.

¹ Agayne, the worde of the Lorde spake vnto me, sayinge: ² Thou sonne of man, shewe the cytie of Ierusalem their abhominacions, ³ & saye: thus sayeth the Lord God vnto Ierusalem: Thy progeny and kynred came out of the lande of Canaan thy father was an Amoryte, thy mother a Cethyte, thus was the maner of thy byrth. ⁴ In the daye of thy byrth when thou wast borne, the stringe of thy nauell was not cut of: thou wast not bathed in water to make the clene: Thou wast nether rubbed wt salt, ner swadled in cloutes: ⁵ No man regarded the so moch, as to do any of these thinges for the, or to shewe the soch fauoure, but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon the felde, yee, despised wast thou in the daye of thy birth ⁶ Then came I by the, and sawe the troden downe in thyne awne bloude, & sayde vnto the: Lyue, although thou be defyled in thyne awne bloude, ye euen I (I tell the) sayde vnto the lyue, although thou be defyled in thyne awne bloude. ⁷ So I planted the as the blossome of the felde: thou art growen vp, & waxen greate: thou hast gotten a maruelous pleasaunt beutie, thy breastes are come vp, thy hearre is goodly growen, where as thou wast naked & bare afore. ⁸ Nowe whan I wente by the, & loked vpon the: beholde, thy tyme was come, yee, euen the tyme to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dishonestye: yee, I made an othe vnto the, & maried my selfe with the (sayeth the Lord God) and so thou becamest myne awne. ⁹ Then washed I the with water, and pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle, ¹⁰ I gaue the chaunge of raymentes, I made the shues of Taxus lether: I gyrded the aboute with white sylcke I clothed the with kerchefes, ¹¹ I decked the wt costly apparell, I put rynges vpon thy fyngers: a chayne aboute thy necke, ¹² spanges vpon thy fore heade, eare rynges vpon thyne eares, and set a bewtifull crowne vpon thyne head. ¹³ Thus wast thou deckte with syluer & golde, & thy rayment was of fyne white sylke of nedle worke & of diuerse coloures. Thou dyddest eate nothinge but symnels, honny & oyle: maruelous goodly wast thou & beutyfull, yee euen a very Quene wast thou ¹⁴ In so moch, that thy beuty was spoken of amonge the Heythen, for thou wast excellent in my beuty, which I put vpon the sayeth the Lorde God. ¹⁵ But thou hast put confidence in thyne awne beuty, & played the harlot, when thou haddest gotten the a name. Thou hast committed whordome, with all that wente by the, & hast fulfylled their desyres: ¹⁶ yee, thou hast taken thy garmentes of diuerse colours, & deckte thyne aulters therwith, where vpon thou myghtest fulfyll thyne whordome, & of soch a fashyon, as neuer was done, ner shalbe. ¹⁷ The goodly ornamentes & Iewels which I gaue the of myne awne golde and syluer, hast thou taken, and made the mens ymages therof, & commytted whordome withall. ¹⁸ Thy garmentes of diuerse coloures hast thou taken, and deckte them therwith: myne oyle & incense hast thou set before them. ¹⁹ My meate which I gaue the, as symnels, oyle & hony: (to fede the withall) that hast thou sett before them, for a swete sauoure. And thys came also to passe, sayeth the Lorde God: ²⁰ Thou hast taken thine awne sonnes & daughters, whom thou haddest begotten vnto me: and these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be their meate. Is this but a small whordome of thine (thinckest thou) ²¹ that thou slayest my chyldren, and geuest them ouer, to be brent vnto them? ²² And yet in all thy abhominacyons and whordome, thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, howe naked & bare thou wast at that tyme, and troden downe in thyne awne bloude. ²³ After all these thy wyckednesses (wo wo vnto the, sayeth the Lorde) ²⁴ Thou hast buylte hye places, yee at the head of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter. ²⁵ Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred, thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by, & multiplied thyne whoredome. ²⁶ Thou hast commytted fornicacyon wt the Egypcyans thy neyghbours, which had moch fleshe: and thus hast thou encreased thine whordome, to anger me. ²⁷ Beholde, I dyd stretch out myne hande ouer the, & dyd minishe thy stoare of fode, and delyuer the ouer in to the wylles of the Philistines thine enemyes, which are ashamed of thy abhominable waye. ²⁸ Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable: Yee, thou hast (I saye) with them played the harlot, & yett haddest thou not ynough. ²⁹ Thus hast thou forthermore commytted thy fornicacyon from the lande of Canaan vnto the Caldees, & yet thy lust not satisfyed. 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, ³² but a wife that breaketh wedlocke, & taketh other in steade of her husbonde. ³³ Gyftes are geuen to all other whores, but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers: & offrest them gyftes, to come vnto the out of all places, & to commytte fornicacyon wt the. 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. ³⁵ Therfore, heare the worde of the Lorde, O thou harlot: ³⁶ thus sayeth the Lorde God: For so moch as thou hast sett forth thy youthe to whordome, & discouered thy shame, thorowe thy whordome wt all thy louers, and with all the Idols of thy abhominacyons in the bloude of thy chyldren, whom thou hast geuen them? ³⁷ Beholde therfore, I will gather together all thy louers, vnto whom thou hast made thy selfe comen: yee, and all them whom thou fauourest, & euery one that thou hatest: I wyll (I saye) gather them together rounde aboute the and will discouer thy shame before them, that they maye se all thy fylthynes. ³⁸ Moreouer, I will iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer, and recompence the thyne awne bloude in wrath and gelousy. ³⁹ I will geue the ouer in to their power, that shall breake downe thy stues, & destroye thy brodell houses: they shall strype the out of thy clothes, all thy fayre & beutyfull Iewels shall they take from the, & so let the syt naked & bare: ⁴⁰ yee: they shall bringe the comen people vpon the, which shall stone the, & slaye the downe wt their sweardes. ⁴¹ They shall burne vp thy houses, & punysh the in the sight of many wemen. Thus will I make thy whordome to ceasse, so that thou shalt geue out no more rewardes. ⁴² Shulde I make my wrath to be still, take my gelousy from the, be content, & no more to be displeased? ⁴³ seynge thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth, but hast prouoked me to wrath in all these thinges? Beholde therfore I wyll brynge thyne awne wayes vpon thyne heade, sayeth the Lorde God: howe be it, I neuer dyd vnto the, accordynge to thy wickednesse & all thy abhominacyons. ⁴⁴ Beholde, all they that vse comen prouerbes, shall vse thys prouerbe also agaynst the: soche a mother, soch a daughter. ⁴⁵ Thou art euen thy mothers awne daughter, that hath cast of hyr housbande & hyr chyldren: Yee, thou art the syster of thy systers, which forsoke their husbandes & their chyldren. Youre mother is a Cethyte, and youre father an Amoryte. ⁴⁶ Thyne eldest syster is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell vpon thy left hande. But thy yongest syster that dwelleth on thy ryght hande, is Sodoma & her daughters. ⁴⁷ Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes, ner done after their abhominacyons: but thou stodest a lytell & very small tyme, and in all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte then they. ⁴⁸ As truly as I lyue, sayeth the Lorde God: Sodoma thy syster wt her daughters, hath not done so euell, as thou and thy daughters. ⁴⁹ Beholde, the synnes of thy syster Sodoma were these: Pryde, fulnesse of meate, aboundaunce & Idilnesse, these thynges had she & hir daughters. Besydes that, they reached not their hande to the poore and nedy, ⁵⁰ but were proude, and dyd abhominable thynges before me: therfore I toke them awaye, as pleased me. ⁵¹ Nether hath Samaria done half of thy synnes, yee, thou hast exceaded them in wickednesse: In so moch that in comparyson of all the abhominacions which thou hast done, thou hast made thy systers good wemen. ⁵² Therfore thou (which dydest condempne thy syster) beare thyne awne shame, for thyne awne offences, that thou hast committed, more abhominable then they dyd, which in dead ar more ryghteous, then thou art, be thou (I seye) ashamed, and beare thy shamfull rebuke, seynge that thou hast proued thy systers in comparyson of the ryghtwyse. ⁵³ As for their captiuyte, namely the captiuyte of Sodoma, & her daughters: the captiuyte of Samaria & her daughters: I will bringe them agayne, so will I also bringe agayne thy captiuyte amonge them: ⁵⁴ that thou mayest take thyne awne confusion vpon the, & be ashamed of all that thou hast done, & to comforte them. ⁵⁵ Thus thy systers (namely) Sodoma & her daughters: Samaria and her daughters, wt thy selfe, & thy daughters, shalbe brought agayne to youre olde estate. ⁵⁶ When thou wast in thy pryde, ⁵⁷ & before thy wickednesse came to lyght: thou woldest not heare speake of thy syster Sodoma, vntyll the tyme that the Syrians with all their townes, & the Philistines with all that lye rounde aboute them, brought the to shame & confusyon: ⁵⁸ that thou myghtest beare thyne awne fylthynes & abhominacyon, sayeth the Lorde. ⁵⁹ For thus sayeth the Lorde God: I shulde (by right) deale with the, as thou hast done. Thou hast despysed the oth, and broken the couenaunte. ⁶⁰ Neuerthelesse, I will remembre the couenaunt that I made with the in thy youth in so moch that it shalbe an euerlastinge couenaunt: ⁶¹ so that thou also remembre thy wayes, & be ashamed of them: then shalt thou receaue of me thy elder & yonger systers, whom I wyll make thy daughters, and that besyde thy couenaunt. ⁶² And so will I renue my couenaunt with the, that thou mayest knowe that I am the Lorde: ⁶³ that thou mayest thincke vpon it, be ashamed, and excuse thyne awne confusyon nomore: when I haue forgeuen the, all that thou hast done, sayeth the Lorde God.

¹ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, & sayde: ² thou sonne of man, wylt thou not reproue thys bloudthurstye cyte? Shew them their abhominacyons, ³ and tell them: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: O thou cyte, that sheddest bloude in the myddest of the, that thy tyme maye come also: & makest the Idoles to defyle the wythall. ⁴ Thou hast made thy selfe gylty, in the bloude that thou hast shed: and defyled the in the Idoles, which thou hast made. Thou hast caused thy dayes to drawe nye, & made the tyme of thy yeares to come. Therfore wyll I make the to be confounded amonde the Heathen, & to be despysed in all the landes, 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. ⁶ Beholde, the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man hys power, to shed bloude in the. ⁷ In the haue they despysed father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the straunger, in the haue they vexed the wydowe and the fatherlesse. ⁸ Thou hast despysed my Sanctuary, and vnhalowed my Sabbath. ⁹ Murtherers are there in the, that shede bloude, & eate vpon the hylles, and in the they vse abhominacyon. ¹⁰ In the haue they discouered their fathers shame, in the haue they vexed wemen in their sicknesse. ¹¹ Euery man hath dealte shamefully with his neyghbours wyfe, & abhominably defyled hys daughter in lawe. In the hath euery man forced his awne syster, euen his fathers daughter: ¹² yee, gyftes haue bene receaued in the, to shede bloude. Thou hast taken vsury and encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neyghbours by extorcyon, and forgotten me, sayeth the Lorde God. ¹³ Beholde, I haue smyten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the bloude whych hath bene shed in the. ¹⁴ Is thy herte able to endure it, or may thy handes defende them selues, in the tyme that I shall brynge vpon the? Euen I the Lorde that speake it, wyll brynge it also to passe. ¹⁵ I wyll scatre the amonge the Heathen, & strowe the aboute in the landes, & wyll cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out of the: ¹⁶ yee, and thou shalt be thyne awne enheritaunce & not myne in the syght of the Heathen, that thou mayest knowe, that I am the Lorde. ¹⁷ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, sayinge: ¹⁸ Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is turned to drosse. All they that shulde be brasse, tynne, yron, & leade, are in the fyre become drosse. ¹⁹ Therfore, thus sayeth the Lord God. For so moche as ye all are turned in to drosse, beholde: I wyll brynge you together vnto Ierusalem, ²⁰ lyke as syluer, brasse, yron, tynne and leade are put together in the fornace, and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them. Euen so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath & indignacyon. ²¹ I wyll brynge you together, and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you, that ye maye be melted therin. ²² Lyke as the syluer is melted in the fyre, so shall ye also be melted therin: that ye maye knowe, howe that I the Lorde haue powred my wrath vpon you. ²³ And the worde of the Lorde came vno me, sayinge.

¹ When Ephraim spake, the hethen trembled: and he was exalted amonge the Israelytes, but he is gone backe to Baal, therfore must he dye.

⁴ A frowarde herte shall departe fro me, I wyll not knowe a wycked personne. ⁵ Who so preuely slaundreth hys neyghboure, hym will I destroye: Who so hath also a proude loke and an hye stomack, I wyll not suffre hym. ⁶ Myne eyes loke vnto soch as be faithfull in the lande, that they maye dwell with me: who so leadeth a godly lyfe, he shalbe my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house: he that telleth lyes, shall not tary in my syght. ⁸ I shall soone destroye all the vngodly that are in the lande, that I maye rote out all wycked doers from the cytie of the Lorde.

⁵ Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse: but he that is slougysh in haruest, bringeth him selfe to confusyon.

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

¹² The kynges dysfauoure is lyke the roarynge of a lyon, but hys frendshypis lyke the dewe vpon the grasse. ¹³ An vndyscrete sonne is the heuynes of his father: & a braulyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house, where thorowe it is euer droppynge.

²⁶ He that hurteth his father or shuteth out hys mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.

⁸ A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgment, and loketh well about hym, dryueth awaye all euell.

²⁶ A wyse king destroyethe the vngodly, and bryngeth the whele ouer them.

¹¹ Whoso delyteth to be of a cleane herte and of gracyous lyppes, the kynge shall be his frende.

⁵ Take awaye vngodlynesse from the kinge, & his seate shalbe stablished wt ryghteousnes.

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

⁴⁵ Who is a faythfull & wyse seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them meate in season. ⁴⁶ Blessed is that seruaunt whom hys Lord (when he cometh) shall fynde so doynge: ⁴⁷ Uerely I saye vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all hys goodes. ⁴⁸ But & yf that euyll seruaunt saye in hys herte, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng ⁴⁹ (and so begynne to smyte his felowes, yee, and to eate & drincke wyth the droncken) ⁵⁰ the same seruauntes Lord shall come in a daye when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of, ⁵¹ & shall hewe him in peces, & geue hym his porcyon wyth ypocrites: there shalbe wepynge and gnasshynge of teth.

²¹ His Lord sayde vnto him: well thou good and faythfull seruaunt. Thou hast bene faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyll make the ruler ouer many thinges: entre thou into the ioye of thy Lorde.

²³ his Lord sayd vnto him: well good & faythfull seruaunt. Thou hast bene faythfull ouer fewe thinges. I will make the ruler ouer many thinges: Entre thou into the ioye of thy Lorde.

⁴² And the Lorde sayde: who is a faythfull and wise stewarde, whom his Lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their duetie of meat in due season: ⁴³ happy is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth; shall fynde so doing. ⁴⁴ Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he will make him ruler ouer all that he hath. ⁴⁵ But and yf the seruaunt saye in his herte. My Lorde will deferre his comminge (and shall beginne to smite seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drincke, and to be droncken) ⁴⁶ the Lorde of that seruaunt will come in a daye when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and will hewe him in peces, and geue him his rewarde with the vnbeleuers. ⁴⁷ The seruaunt that knewe his masters will and prepared not him selfe, nether dyd accordinge to hys wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes. 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.