Proverbs 15 Cross References - Great

¹ A Softe answere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger. ² The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse. ³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, beholdyng both the good & badd ⁴ A wholsome tonge is a tree of lyfe, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. ⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandinge. ⁶ The house of the ryghteous is full of ryches, but the increase of the vngodly are nye destruccion. ⁷ A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so. ⁸ The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym. ⁹ The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacyon vnto the Lord: but whoso foloweth ryghteousnesse, hym he loueth. ¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryght strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, shall dye. ¹¹ The hell with her payne is knowen vnto the Lorde, howe moche more then the hertes of men? ¹² A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym nether will he come vnto the wyse. ¹³ A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an heuy herte compelleth a man to syght. ¹⁴ The hert of hym that hath vnderstandyng, doth seke after knowledge, but the mouth of fooles is fedd with foolyshnesse. ¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are myserable, but a quyete hert is as a continual feast. ¹⁶ Better is a lytle with the feare of the Lorde, then greate treasure with sorowe. ¹⁷ Better is a measse of potage with loue, then a fat oxe with euell will. ¹⁸ An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, but he that is pacient, stylleth discorde. ¹⁹ The waye of a slouthfull man, is as it were hedged with thornes, but the strete of the ryghteous is well clensed. ²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother. ²¹ A foole reioyseth in foolyshe thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his awne goynges. ²² Unaduysed thoughtes shall come to naught, but where as men are that canne geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. ²³ A ioyfull thynge is it, to a man when his counsell is folowed: and very pleasunt is a worde spoken in due season. ²⁴ The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shulde beware of hell beneth. ²⁵ The Lorde will breake downe the house of the proude, but he shall make fast the borders of the widdowe. ²⁶ The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacyons of the wycked, but pure wordes of innocentes are pleasaunt vnto hym. ²⁷ The couetous man roteth vp hys awne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shall lyue. ²⁸ The herte of the ryghtuouse studieth his answere afore. but the wycked mans mouthe spueth out myschefe. ²⁹ The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous. ³⁰ Lyke as the clearnesse of the eyes reioyseth the herte, so doth a good name fede the bones. ³¹ The eare that harkeneth to the refourmacyon of lyfe, shall dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth hys awne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse. ³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wysdome, and lowlynes goeth before honoure.

¹ And the men of Ephraim sayde vnto hym: why hast thou serued vs thus, that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fyght with the Madianites? And they chode with hym a good. ² And he sayde vnto them: What dede haue I done lyke vnto youres: is not a cluster of Ephraim better, then the wyne heruest of Abiezer? ³ God hath delyuered into youre handes the Lordes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb. And what was I able to do lyke as you haue done? And then their spirites abated from of him, when he had sayde that.

³ And when I sawe that ye deliuered me not, I put my lyfe in my handes, & went vpon the children of Ammon. And the Lord delyuered them into my handes. Wherfore then are ye come vpon me now, to fyght wt me? ⁴ Iephthah therfore gathered together all the men of Gilead, & fought wt the Ephraites And the men of Gilead smote the Ephraites, because they sayd: Ye Gileadites are but runneagates of Ephraim amonge the Ephraites & the Manassites. ⁵ Moreouer, the men of Gilead toke the passages of Iordan before the Ephraites. And when those Ephraites that were escaped, sayde: lett vs go ouer, then the men of Gilead sayd vnto them: Art thou an Ephraite? they sayde: naye. ⁶ Then sayde they vnto him: then saye: Schibboleth. And he sayde: Sibboleth: for he coulde not so pronounce. And then they toke him, and slewe hym at the passages of Iordan. And there were ouerthrowen at that tyme of the Ephraites .xlij.M.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: what is Dauid? & what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes now a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from his master. ¹¹ Shal I then take my breed, my water & my flesshe, that I haue kylled for my sherers, & geue it vnto men whom I wote not whence they be? ¹² And so Dauids seruauntes turned their waye, and went agayne, and came and told him all those sayinges. ¹³ And Dauid sayd vnto hys men: gyrde euery man hys swerde aboute him. And they gyrded euery man his swerde aboute him, & Dauid was gyrded with his swerde. And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe.

²¹ And Dauid sayde: in vayne haue I kept all that this felow hath in the wildernesse: so that nought was myssed of all that pertayned vnto hym. And he hath quite me euell for good. ²² So and so do God vnto the enemyes of dauid, yf I leaue of all that pertayne to him, by the dawnyng of the daye, any thing that pisseth agaynst the walle. ²³ And when Abigail saw Dauid, she hasted & lyghted of her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face, and bowed her self to the ground ²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Let this vnhappie deade be counted myne, my Lorde, & let thine handmayde speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handemayde. ²⁵ Let not my Lorde regard this vnthriftye man Naball: for as his name is, so is he Nabal is his name, & follie is wt him. But I thine handmayd saw not the young men of my Lorde whom thou sendedst. ²⁶ Now therfore my Lorde, as sure as the lord lyueth, & as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hath withholden the from comming to shede bloud, & withdraw thou thine hand from bloude sheade Now, I praye God, that thine enemyes & they that entende to do my Lorde euel, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this is the blessyng which thyne hand mayde hath brought vnto my Lord: & lett it be geuen vnto the young men, that folow my Lorde. ²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmayde, for the Lord will make my Lorde a sure house, because my Lord fyghteth the batayles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euel be founde in the in all thy dayes. ²⁹ And yf any man ryse to persecute the, & to seke thy soule, the soule of my Lorde shall be bound as in the bondell of the lyuing wt the Lord thy God. And the soules of thy enemyes shal God cast out, euen as out of the mydle of a slyng. ³⁰ And when the Lord shall haue done to my Lord all the good that he hath promised the, & shall haue made the ruler ouer Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no decaye vnto the, ner discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou hast not shedde bloud causelesse, ner aduenged thy selfe. But when the Lord shall haue dealt well with my Lorde, then thynck on thyne handmayde. ³² And Dauid sayd to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent the this daye to mete me. ³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iuda and sayde: we haue ten partes in the kynge, & haue therto more ryght to Dauid then ye. Why then dyd ye despyse vs, that oure aduise shulde not be fyrst had in restoringe oure kynge agayne? And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fearcer, then the wordes of the men of Israel.

¹³ And the kyng answered the people churlyshly, and lefte the olde mens councell (that they gaue hym) ¹⁴ & spake to them after the councell of the younge men, sayenge. My father made youre yocke greuouse, and I will make it greuouser. My father also chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scorpyons. ¹⁵ And the kynge herkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinaunce of God, that he myght performe hys sayenge, which the Lorde spake by Ahiah the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. ¹⁶ And so, when all Israel sawe, that the kynge regarded them not, the people answered the kynge with these wordes, sayenge, what porcion haue we in Dauid: we haue no enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes, O Israel, nowe se to thyne awne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto theyr tentes.

¹² Euyll wyll stereth vp stryfe, but loue couereth the multitude of synnes.

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

¹⁵ With pacience is a prince pacified, & wt a soft tong is rygorousnes broken.

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.

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

¹ To hym that excelleth amonge the lylies, an instruccion of the chyldren of Corah, a songe of loue. Mi hert is endytyng of a good matter I speake of the thynges, whych I haue made vnto the kyng:

⁷ Behold, they speake with theyr mouth, and sweardes are in theyr lyppes, for who doth heare?

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.

²³ A ioyfull thynge is it, to a man when his counsell is folowed: and very pleasunt is a worde spoken in due season.

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

²³ A wyse hart ordreth hys mouth wysely, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyppes.

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of syluer. ¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde.

¹² The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lyppes of a foole wyll destroye him selfe. ¹³ The beginnyng of his talkynge is foolyshnes, & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

⁴ The Lorde God hath geuen me a well lerned tonge, so that I can confort them which are troubled: yee, and that in due ceason. He wakeneth myne eare vp by tymes in the mornynge: by tymes in the morninge, I saye, he will waken myne eare, that I myght herken as to the scole masters.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the erth, to strength them that are of perfecte hert towarde him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from hensforth thou shalt haue warre.

⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges?

²¹ And why? his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seyth all hys goynges. ²² There is no darcknes nor shadowe of death, that can hyde the wycked doers from hym.

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges.

¹⁷ For myne eyes beholde al theyr wayes, and they cannot be hyd fro my face, nether can theyr wycked dedes be kepte close out of my syghte.

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

¹⁹ Thou art the greate and mightye God, whose name is the Lorde of hoostes: greate in councell, and excellent in worcke. Thyne eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren, to reward euery one after his waye: & according to the frutes of his inuencions.

¹³ nether is ther eny creature that is not manifest in the syght of him: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

²² And the Lorde God sayde: Beholde, yonder man hath bene euen as one of vs, that he myght knowe good and euell. And nowe lest happly he put furth hys hande, and take also of the tree of lyfe, and eate, & lyue for euer. ²³ And the Lorde God sent them furth from the garden of Eden, to dresse the grounde that he was taken out of. ²⁴ And so he droue out man, & at the east syde of the garden of Eden, he set Cherubins, & the glysterynge flame of a shakynge swerde, to kepe the waye of the tre of lyfe.

² Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. ³ Thy tonge ymagineth wyckednesse, & wyth lyes thou cuttest lyke a sharpe rasoure. ⁴ Thou hast loued vngracyousnesse more then goodnes, & to talke of lyes more then ryghteousnesse. Sela.

²² I go hence lyke the shadow that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as the greshopper.

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous person prycketh lyke a swerde but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, & health of the bones.

⁸ The wordes of a sclaunderer are very woundes, and go thorowe vnto the ynmost partes of the body.

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

²² A taleberars wordes are lyke men that stryke with hammers, but they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

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,

³ These thynges teach & exhorte. If eny man folowe other doctrine, and enclyne not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ, and to the doctrine which is accordynge to Godlynes,

⁷ Lett hym that hath eares, heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate of the tre of lyfe, which is in the myddes of the Paradyse of God.

²³ & he sayde vnto them: why do ye soche thynges? For of all these people I heare euell reportes of you. ²⁴ Oh, naye my sonnes: for it is no good reporte that I heare, how that ye make the lordes people to trespasse. ²⁵ If one man synne agaynst another, daysemen maye be iudges: but yf a man synne agaynst the lorde who will be his dayseman? Notwythstandyng, they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father, because the lorde wolde slaye them.

¹ After this it fortuned, that Absalom gatt hym charettes and horsses, and fyftie men to runne before him. ² And he roase vp erlye in the morninges, and stode in the place of the entring in of the gate. And euery man that had anye matter and came to the kynge for iudgement, him dyd Absalom call vnto hym, and sayde: of what cytie art thou? He answered: thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel. ³ And Absalom sayde vnto hym: se, thy matter is good and ryghteous, but there is no man deputed of the kynge to heare the. ⁴ Absalom sayde moreouer: Oh, that I were made iudge in the lande, that euery man which hath anye pleye and matter in the lawe, myght come to me, and that I myght do him iustice? ⁵ And whan any man came nye to hym, and dyd him obeysaunce, he put forth his hande and toke hym to hym, and kyssed hym. ⁶ And on this maner dyd Absalom to all Israel that came to the kynge for Iudgement, and he stale the hertes of the men of Israel.

¹¹ Nowe therfore my sonne, the Lord be wt the, & prospere thou & thou shalte buylde the house to the name of the Lorde thy God, as he hath sayde of the. ¹² And the Lorde shall geue the wysdome & vnderstandyng, & shall geue the commaundmentes for Israel, that ye maye kepe the lawe of the Lord thy God. ¹³ For then thou shalt prospere: euen whan thou takest hede & fulfyllest the statutes & lawes whych the Lorde charged Moses with, for Israel. Plucke vp thyne hert therfore, & be stronge, dread not, nor be discouraged.

⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and wyth a swete courage. For the Lorde sercheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacyons of thoughtes. And yf thou seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But yf thou forsake hym, he wyll cast the of for euer.

²⁰ And Dauid sayde to Salomon hys sonne: Be stronge, and do manfully, feare not, nor be faynt harted. For the Lorde God, euen my God, is wyth the, and he shall not fayle the, nor forsake the, vntyll thou hast fynysshed all the worke that must serue for the house of the Lord.

⁵ Let the ryghteous rather smyte me frendly & reproue me.

²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes.

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe

¹ Prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is an heuynesse vnto hys mother.

¹ A Wyse sonne wyll herken to hys fathers warnynge, but he that is scornefull, will not heare when he is reproued.

¹⁸ He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte & sname: but whoso regardeth correccion shall come to honoure.

³¹ The eare that harkeneth to the refourmacyon of lyfe, shall dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth hys awne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse.

²⁰ O geue care vnto good councell, and be content to be reformed, that thou mayest be wyse in thy latter dayes.

¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde.

¹³ Thys wytnes is true: wherfore rebuke thou them sharply, that they maye be sounde in the fayth,

¹⁵ These thynges speake, and exhorte, and rebuke, with all feruentnes of commaundynge. Se that no man despyse the.

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite. ²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde. ²³ For though the wycked haue neuer somoch to fyll his bely, yet God shall sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his indignacyon to raygne ouer him:

¹⁶ Asinall thinge that the ryghtuous hath, is better then greate ryches of the vngodly.

³ Ryches and plenteousnesse shalbe in hys house, and his ryghteousnes endureth for euer.

²¹ That I maye sende prosperite to those that loue me, and to encrease their treasure.

²² The blessynge of the Lorde maketh ryche men as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothynge therto.

²² He that is vertuous, leaueth an enheritaunce vnto hys chylders children and the ryches of the synner is layed vp for the iust.

¹⁶ Better is a lytle with the feare of the Lorde, then greate treasure with sorowe.

⁸ Better is it to haue a lytle thynge with ryghteousnes, then greate rentes, wrongeously gotten.

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

⁶ One hande full (sayeth he) is better with rest, then both the handes full with laboure & trauayle of minde.

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfyed wt money: & who so deliteth in riches, shal haue no profyt therof. This is also a vayne thinge. ¹¹ Where as moche ryches is, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be lytle or moch that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche will not suffre him to slepe. ¹³ Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the sunne (namely) ryches kepte to the hurte of him that hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft tymes they perysh with his greate misery & trouble: & yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt. For he had respect vnto the rewarde.

¹ Go to now ye ryche men. Wepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Your riches is corrupte, your garmentes are motheaten, ³ Youre golde & syluer is cankred, and the rust of the shalbe a wytnes vnto you, & shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes:

³⁰ The ryghtuous shall inherett the lande, and dwell therin for euer.

² My tong is the penne of a ready wryter.

¹³ Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked, and synners shall be conuerted vnto the. ¹⁴ Delyuer me from bloud gyltynesse (O God) thou that art the God of my health, and my tonge shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse. ¹⁵ Thou shalt open my lyppes (O Lord) my mouth shal shewe thy prayse.

¹⁵ Thou, O God, hast taught me fro my youth vp vntill now, therfore will I tell of thy wonderous worckes. ¹⁶ Forsake me not, O God, in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntyll I haue shewed thy strength vnto this generacion, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. ¹⁷ Thy righteousnes (O God) is very hie, and great thynges are they that thou hast done: O God, who is lyke vnto the? ¹⁸ O what greate troubles and aduersyties hast thou shewed me? and yet didest thou turne and refreshe me: yee, and broughtest me from the depe of the earth

² I wyll open my mouth in a parable, I wyll declare hard sentences of olde. ³ Whych we haue herde and knowne, and soche as oure fathers haue tolde vs. ⁴ That we shulde not hyde them from the chyldren of the generacyons to come: but to shewe the honour of the Lorde, hys might, and wonderfull workes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe which he commaunded oure forefathers to teache their children. ⁶ That their posterite myght knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne.

¹³ Wyth my lyppes haue I bene tellynge of all the iudgementes of thy mouth.

²⁰ An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothynge worth. ²¹ The lyppes of the ryghteous sede a whole multitude, but foles shall dye in their awne folye.

⁹ All is but vanite (sayth the Preacher) all is but playne vanyte. ¹⁰ The Preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge: he gaue good hede, sought out the grounde, and set forth many parables.

¹¹ Thy lippes, O my spouse, droppe as the hony combe, yee mylcke and hony is vnder thy tong, and the smell of thy garmentes is lyke the smell of Libanus.

²⁷ What I tel you in darknes, that speake ye in lyght. And what ye heare in the eare, that preache ye on the house toppes.

³⁴ O generacion of vypers, how can ye speake good thinges, when ye youre selues are euyll? For out of the aboundance of the hert, the mouth speaketh.

¹⁸ And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, sayinge: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen, & in erth. ¹⁹ Go ye therfore, & teach all nacions, baptising them in the name of the father, & of the sonne, & of the holy goost: ²⁰ Teachinge them to obserue all thinges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo I am wyth you allwaye, euen vntyll the ende of the worlde.

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Goo ye into al the worlde, and preache the gospell to all creatures,

⁹ Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a visyon: be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace: ¹⁰ for I am with the, & noman shall inuade the that shall hurte the. For I haue moch people in this cytie.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? how shall they beleue on hym, of whom they haue not hearde? how shall they heare, without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preache except they be sent? As it is written: how beautyfull are the fete of them which brynge tydynges of peace, and brynge tydynges of good thynges. ¹⁶ But they haue not all obeyed to the Gospell. For Esay sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued oure sayinges? ¹⁷ So then fayth cometh by hearynge, and hearynge cometh by the worde of God.

¹⁸ For I dare not speake of eny of those thynges, whych Chryst hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentyls obedient, with worde and dede, ¹⁹ in myghty sygnes & wonders, by the power of the sprete of God: so that from Ierusalem & the coastes rounde aboute vnto Illyrycum, I haue fylled all countres with the Gospell of Christ. ²⁰ So haue I enforsed my selfe to preache the Gospell, not where Chryst was named, lest I shulde haue bylt on another mannes foundacyon: ²¹ but as it is written. To whom he was not spoken of, they shall se: & they that hearde not, shall vnderstande.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of youre mouth: but that which is good to edifye wt all, as oft as nede is that it maye minister grace vnto the hearers.

² and in the thynges that thou hast hearde of me by many wytnesses. The same commytte thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apte to teach other also.

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.

¹⁷ (I wote also my God) that thou tryest the hertes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse. And in the unfaynednesse of myne herte. I haue willinglye offred all these thinges. And nowe haue I sene thy people which are founde here, to offer vnto the willyngly and wyth gladnesse.

¹ A prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lorde, consydre my complaynte, & herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not out of fayned lyppes.

²⁹ The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous.

²⁷ The sacrifyce of the vngodly is abhominacyon: howe moche more when they offre the thynge that is gotten with wyckednesse?

⁹ He that turneth awaye hys eare from hearing the lawe, hys prayer shalbe abhominable.

¹ When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy fote & draw nye that God which is at hande may heare: that thou gyue not the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe nowght, but to do euell.

¹⁴ (O my doue) out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall: O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for swete is thy voyce, and fayre is thy face.

¹⁰ Heare the worde of the lorde ye Lordes of Sodoma: & herken vnto the lawe of our God, thou people of Gomorra. ¹¹ Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith Lorde? I am full of the brentoffrynges of wethers, and of the fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloud of bullokes, lambes and goates. ¹² When ye come to apeare before me, who requireth this of you to treade within my porches? ¹³ Therfore offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. Incense is an abhominable thinge vnto me. I Maye not awaye with youre newe moones, your Sabbathes & gatheringe togyther at the solempne dayes. ¹⁴ I hate your newe mone dayes & solempne feastes, euen fro my very hert. I can not awaye wt suche vanitie & holdinge in of the people. ¹⁵ They lye vpon me as a burthen, and I am wery of beringe them. Whan ye holde out your handes, I will turne myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet wil I heare nothynge at all, seyng your handes are ful of bloude.

⁸ For I the Lorde, which loue ryght and hate robbery (though it were offred me) shall make theyr workes full of faythfulnes & make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them.

³ For who so slayeth an oxe for me, doth me so greate dishonoure, as he that kylleth a man. He that kylleth a shepe for me, knetcheth a dogge. He that bryngeth me meatoffrynges, offreth swynes bloude: Who so maketh me a memoryall of incense, prayseth the thynge that is vnryght. Yet take they soch wayes in hande, and their soule delyteth in these abhominacyons.

²⁰ Wherfore, bryng ye me incense from Saba, & swete smellyng Calamus from farre countrees? Your burnt offerynges dysplease me, & I reioyce not in your sacrifyces.

²¹ Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel: Heape vp your burnt offrynges wyth your sacrifyces, and eate the fleshe. ²² For when I brought youre fathers out of Egypt, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offrynges & sacryfyces: ²³ but this I commaunded them, sayinge: herken & obeye my voyce, and I shalbe youre God, and ye shall be my people: so that ye walcke in all the wayes, whych I haue commaunded you, that ye maye prospere.

²¹ I hate and abhorre your holy dayes, & where as ye cense me when ye come together, I wyll not accepte it. ²² And though ye offre me brent offrynges and meat offrynges, yet haue I no pleasure therin. As for your fat thanckofferynges. I wyll not loke vpon them:

²⁴ God is a sprete: and they that worshyppe hym, must worshyppe hym in sprete and in the treuth.

⁶ But the Lorde knoweth the waye of the ryghtewes, and the waye of the vngodly shall peryshe.

⁸ The Lorde helpeh them vp that are fallen, the Lorde careth for the ryghteous. ⁹ The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherlesse & wyddowe: as for the waye of the vngodly, he turneth it vpside downe,

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse: they knowe nott where they fall.

⁴ A presumpteous loke, a proude stomacke: and the plowynge of the vngodly is synne.

⁸ The wayes of the frowarde are straunge: but the worckes of hym that is cleane are ryght.

²¹ Whoso foloweth ryghteousnesse and mercy, fyndeth bothe lyfe, ryghteousnesse, and honoure.

⁷ The path of equitye wilt thou graunt vnto the iuste, o thou moost ryghteous, thou shalt order the path of him that is ryghteous.

¹ Herken vnto me, ye that holde of righteousnes, & ye that seke the Lorde. Take hede vnto the stone, whereout ye are hewen, & to the graue wherout ye are dygged.

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

⁴ Howebeit, I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes. I rose vp early, I sent vnto them, and gaue them warnyng. O do no soche abhominable thynges, & thynges that I hate.

³ Then shall we haue vnderstandynge, & endeuoure oure selues to knowe the Lorde. He shall go forth as the spryng of the daye, & come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth.

¹³ Thyne eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euel, thou canst not beholde, the thinge that is wycked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wycked deuoureth the man that is better then him selfe?

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.

¹¹ But thou man of God, flye soch thynges. Folowe ryghtewesnes, godlynes, fayth, loue, pacience, meaknes.

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

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

²⁰ And Ahab sayde to Elia: hast thou founde me, o thou myne enemye? He answered: I haue founde the: for thou art euen solde to worcke wickednesse in the syght of the Lorde.

⁸ And the kyng of Israel sayd vnto Iehosaphat: there is yet one man (Michea the sonne of Iimla,) by whom we maye aske councell of the Lorde. But I hate hym: for he doth not prophesye good vnto me, but euel. And Iehosaphat sayde: let not the kyng saye so.

³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion.

¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion?

¹⁷ To take hede vnto the chastenynge of nurtoure, is the waye of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be refourmed disceaueth him selfe.

¹ Who so loueth wysdome, wyll be content to be refourmed: but he the hateth to be reproued, is a foole.

³⁵ They wouded me (shalt thou saye) but it hath not hurte me: they haue all to broken me, but I felt it not. Whan I am well wakened, I will go to the drincke againe.

⁵ Wherby shulde ye be plaged any more for ye are euer fallinge awaye. The whole head is syck, & the hert is heuy. ⁶ From the sole of the fote vnto the head, there is no whole parte in all your body: but all are woundes, botches, sores, & strypes, whych can nether be helped, bounde vp, molifyed, ner eased wt any oyntment.

¹³ In thy fylthynes euen in thy myscheuous dedes, thou dost contynue & because thy fylthynesse is abhominable, for I haue clensed the, but thou art not clensed. Thou shalt not be pourged from thyne vnclennesse, tyll I haue powred my wrothful indygnacion vpon the. ¹⁴ Euen I the Lorde haue so deuysed. Yee, it is come therto all redy, that I wyll do it. I will not go backe, I will not spare, I will not be intreated: but accordinge to thy wayes & ymaginacions, thou shalt be punyshed, sayeth the Lorde God.

²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: nether commeth to the lyght, lest his dedes shuld be reproued.

⁷ The worlde cannot hate you. But me it hateth: because I testify of it, that the workes therof are euill.

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashyon, or on the heyght of hys stature, because I haue refused hym: for God seyth not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outwarde apperaunce but God beholdeth the harte.

³⁰ thou shalt heare from heauen, euen from thy dwellynge place, and shalt be mercyfull, and geue euery man accordynge vnto all his wayes, euen as thou doest knowe euery mannes herte: for thou onely knowest the hertes of the chyldren of men:

⁶ Hell is naked before him, and the very destruccion it selfe cannot be hyd out of his syght.

⁹ Oh let the wyckednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but guyd thou the iust.

²¹ If we haue forgotten the name of oure God, & holden vp our handes to eny straung God. Shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert.

⁸ If I clyme vp into heauen, thou art ther: yf I go downe to hell thou, art there also.

²⁰ Lyke as hell and destruccyon are neuer full, euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfyed.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

²⁴ But Iesus dyd not commit him selfe vnto them, because he knewe all men, ²⁵ and neded not, that eny man shuld testifye of him. For he knewe what was in man.

¹⁷ He sayde vnto him the thyrde tyme: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thyrde tyme: louest thou me, and he sayde vnto hym: Lord, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest that I loue the, Iesus saieth vnto him: fede my shepe.

¹⁸ & and am a lyue, and was deed. And beholde I am a lyue for euermore & haue the keyes of hell & of deeth.

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.

⁷ And the kinge of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: there is yet one man, by whom we maye aske the Lorde. But I hate him: for he neuer prophecieth me good, but alwaye euell, and the same is Michea the sonne of Iimla. And Iehosaphat sayd: let not the kynge saye so.

¹⁴ They saye also vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him selfe dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth him selfe. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wyll: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue the.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryght strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, shall dye.

¹⁰ But they owe him euell will, that reproueth them openly: and who so telleth them the playne trueth, they abhorre hym.

¹⁸ He that beleueth on him, is not condemned. But he that beleueth not, is condemned all ready, because he hath not beleued in the name of the onely begotten sonne of God, ¹⁹ And thys is the condemnacion: that lyght is come into the world, and men loued darcknes more then light, because their dedes were euyll. ²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: nether commeth to the lyght, lest his dedes shuld be reproued. ²¹ But he that doth trueth, commeth to the lyght, that hys dedes maye be knowen, how that they are wrought in God.

³ For the tyme will come, when they shall not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after their awne lustes shall they (whose eares ytche) gett them an heepe of teachers,

² And the kyng sayde vnto me: why lokest thou so sadly, whan thou art not sycke? it is nothynge els, but that thou art heuy herted. And I was sore afrayed,

²⁵ Heuynesse discorageth the herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are myserable, but a quyete hert is as a continual feast.

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

¹ And he sayde vnto his disciples: lett not your herte be troubled. Ye beleue in God, beleue also in me.

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.

⁷ So that now contrary wyse, ye ought rather to forgeue him, and comforte him: lest that same persone shuld be swalowed vp wt ouer moch heuynes.

¹⁰ For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacyon, not to be repented of, contrary wyse, worldely sorowe causeth deeth.

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. ⁷ And nowe, O Lord my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt kynge in steade of Dauid my father, And I am but yonge, and wote not howe to go out and in. ⁸ And thy seruaunt is in the myddes of thy people, which thou haste chosen. And verely, the people are so manye, that they cannot be tolde nor nombred for multitude. ⁹ Geue therfore vnto thy seruaunt an vnderstandynge hert, to iudge thy people, that I maye decerne betwene good and bad. For who is able to iudge thys, thy so myghtye a people? ¹⁰ And thys pleased the Lorde well, that Salomon had desyred thys thynge. ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: because thou hast asked this thynge, and hast not asked longe lyfe, nether hast asked ryches, nor the soule of thyne enemyes, but hast asked vnderstandynge and discrecyon in iudgement. ¹² Beholde, I haue done accordynge to thy peticyon. For I haue geuen the a wyse and an vnderstandynge herte, so that there was none like the before the, nether after the shal eny aryse lyke vnto the.

⁹⁷ What loue haue I vnto thy lawe? al the daye longe is my studye in it.

¹⁰⁰ I am wyser then the aged, bycause I kepte thy commaundementes.

⁵ By hearing the wise man shall come by more wysedome: and he that is endewed wt vnderstanding

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasyon, and he wylbe the wyser: teache a ryghteous man, and he wyll increase in knowledge.

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge and a prudent eare seketh vnderstandynge.

¹⁰ For they saye vnto the seers: Se not, and to them that be cleare of iudgement: loke not out ryght thinges for vs: but speake fayre wordes vnto vs: loke out erroures,

²⁰ Thus he doth but lese hys laboure, and hys herte which is disceaued, doth turne hym asyde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thincke: maye not Ierre?

¹ Ephraim is fed with ayre, and foloweth after the east winde: he is euer increasynge lyes and destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oyle is caryed into Egypt.

¹¹ These were the noblest of byrth amonge them of Thessalonia, which receaued the word with all dilygence of mynde, and searched the scryptures dayly, whether those thynges were euen so.

¹⁸ but growe in grace, & in the knowledge of oure Lorde and sauyoure Iesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and for euer. Amen.

³⁵ But all his sonnes and all hys doughters rose vp to comforte him. Neuertheles he wolde not be comforted, but sayde: I wyll go downe into the graue vnto my sonne, mourninge. And thus hys father wepte for hym.

⁹ Iacob sayde vnto Pharao: the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeares. Fewe & euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene, and haue not attayned vnto the yeares of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of theyr pilgremages.

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, & are afrayed at thy wrathfull indignacyon. ⁸ Thou hast set oure misdedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the lyght of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone: we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde.

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

²² Understandinge is a well of lyfe vnto him that hath it: as for the chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolyshnesse.

²⁵ At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.

² by whom also it chaunsed vnto vs to be brought in thorow fayth, vnto thys grace, wherin we stande, and reioyce in hope of the glory of God. ³ Not that onely: but also we reioyce in tribulacyons: knowyng that tribulacyon bryngeth pacience,

¹¹ Not onely this, but we also ioye in God by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, by whom we haue now optayned the attonment.

¹² Reioyce in hope. Be pacient in tribulacion. Continue in prayer.

⁵ For as the affliccyons of Christ are plenteous in vs, euen so is oure consolacyon plenteous by Christ.

¹⁰ as sorowing, & yet alwaye merye: as poore, and yet make many ryche: as hauinge nothyng, & yet possessyng all thynges.

⁶ in the whych ye reioyce, though now for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heuynes, thorowe manifolde temptacyons, ⁷ that the triall of youre fayth beyng moche more precious then golde that peryssheth (though it be tryed with fyre) myght be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure, at the apperynge of Iesus Chryst, 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

¹³ but reioyce, in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passyons: that when hys glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.

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

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.

¹⁸ Yee I was weery of all my labour, whych I had taken vnder the Sunne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man that commeth after me: ¹⁹ And who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse man or a fole? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with soch wysdome haue taken vnder the Sunne Thys is also a vayne thyng. ²⁰ So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sunne: ²¹ for so moch as a man shulde weery hym selfe with wysdome, with vnderstanding and oportunite, & yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thing & greate misery. ²² For what getteth a man of all the laboure and trauayle of his mynde, that he taketh vnder the Sunne, ²³ but heuynesse, sorowe and desquyetnes all the dayes of hys lyfe? In so moch that his hert cannot rest in the nyght, this is also a vayne thing?

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfyed wt money: & who so deliteth in riches, shal haue no profyt therof. This is also a vayne thinge. ¹¹ Where as moche ryches is, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be lytle or moch that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche will not suffre him to slepe.

⁶ Godlynes is greate ryches If a man be content with that he hath.

¹ A songe of the stayres of Dauid: Beholde, howe good and ioyfull a thing it is, brethren to dwell together in vnitye. It is lyke the precyous oyntement vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd: euen vnto Aarons beerd, and wente downe to the skyrtes of hys clothynge. ² Lyke the dewe of Hermon, which fell vpon the hyll of Sion. ³ For there the Lord promised hys blessynge, and lyfe for euermore.

¹ Better is a drye morsell wyth quyetnesse, then a house full of fatt offringe with stryfe.

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

⁴ Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes sayinge: Tell them whych are bydden: beholde, I haue prepared my dynner: my oxen & my fatlynges are kylled, & all thinges are ready, come vnto the mariage.

²³ And brynge hyther that fatt caulfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery:

¹ If ther be therfore eny consolacyon in Christ, yf ther be eny comforte of loue, yf ther by eny fellishyppe of the sprete, yf ther be eny compassion and mercy:

¹⁶ And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, & he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him.

⁸ Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: Let there be no stryfe (I praye the) betwene the and me & betwene my herdmen and thyne, for we be brethren. ⁹ Is not all the hole lande before the? Departe I praye the fro me. If thou wilt take the lefte hande, I will go to the ryght: or yf thou departe to the ryght hande I will go to the left.

²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Let this vnhappie deade be counted myne, my Lorde, & let thine handmayde speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handemayde. ²⁵ Let not my Lorde regard this vnthriftye man Naball: for as his name is, so is he Nabal is his name, & follie is wt him. But I thine handmayd saw not the young men of my Lorde whom thou sendedst. ²⁶ Now therfore my Lorde, as sure as the lord lyueth, & as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hath withholden the from comming to shede bloud, & withdraw thou thine hand from bloude sheade Now, I praye God, that thine enemyes & they that entende to do my Lorde euel, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this is the blessyng which thyne hand mayde hath brought vnto my Lord: & lett it be geuen vnto the young men, that folow my Lorde. ²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmayde, for the Lord will make my Lorde a sure house, because my Lord fyghteth the batayles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euel be founde in the in all thy dayes. ²⁹ And yf any man ryse to persecute the, & to seke thy soule, the soule of my Lorde shall be bound as in the bondell of the lyuing wt the Lord thy God. And the soules of thy enemyes shal God cast out, euen as out of the mydle of a slyng. ³⁰ And when the Lord shall haue done to my Lord all the good that he hath promised the, & shall haue made the ruler ouer Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no decaye vnto the, ner discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou hast not shedde bloud causelesse, ner aduenged thy selfe. But when the Lord shall haue dealt well with my Lorde, then thynck on thyne handmayde. ³² And Dauid sayd to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent the this daye to mete me. ³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand. ³⁴ For in very deade, as sure as the Lord God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurtyng the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, thinkest thou, there had bene left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the daye, a pisser agaynst the wall? ³⁵ And so Dauid receaued of her hand, that which she had brought him & sayd to her: go vp in peace to thyne house. Beholde, I haue herde thy voyce, and haue accepted thy persone. ³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he held a feast in his house, lyke the feest of a kyng, & Nabals herte was mery within him, for he was very droncke. Wherfore she tolde him nothing, nether lytle nor moare, vntill the morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornyng, when the wine was gone out of Naball, hys wife tolde him these wordes, and his herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone ³⁸ & vpon a ten dayes after, the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed. ³⁹ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was deed, he sayde: Blessed be the Lorde that hath iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruaunt from euell, and hath recompensed the wickednesse of Nabal vpon his awne heed. And Dauid sent to comen wt Abigail: to thyn tent to take her to his wife. ⁴⁰ And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her saying: Dauid sent vs vnto the, to take the to his wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, & bowed her self on her face to the erth, and sayde: Beholde let thy handmayde be a seruaunt, to washe the fete of the seruauntes of my Lord. ⁴² And Abigail hasted, and arose, and gat her vp vpon an Asse, wt fyue damoselles of hers that went at her fete, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, and became hys wife. ⁴³ Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrahel, & they were both his wiues. ⁴⁴ But Saul gaue Michol hys daughter Dauids wyfe to phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iuda and sayde: we haue ten partes in the kynge, & haue therto more ryght to Dauid then ye. Why then dyd ye despyse vs, that oure aduise shulde not be fyrst had in restoringe oure kynge agayne? And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fearcer, then the wordes of the men of Israel.

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

¹ A Softe answere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

²⁸ A frowarde body causeth stryfe, and he that is a blabbe of hys tonge, maketh deuisyon amonge prynces.

²¹ Coles kyndle heate, & wodd the fyre: euen so doth a brauling felowe stere vp variaunce.

⁴ If a principal sprete be geuen the to beare rule, be not necgligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.

⁹ Blessed are the peace makers: for they shalbe called the children of God.

¹ In those dayes (whan the nomber of the discyples grewe) there arose a grudge amonge the Grekes against the Hebrues, because their weddowes were despysed in the dayly ministracyon. ² Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde, it is not mete, that we shuld leaue the worde of God: and serue tables. ³ Wherfore brethren, loke ye out amonge you seuen men of honeste report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, to whom we maye committe this busynes. ⁴ But we wyll geue oure selues continually to prayer, and to the ministracyon of the worde. ⁵ And the sayinge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen a man full of faith and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Procorus, and Nichanor, and Timon, and Permenas, and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche.

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bytter enuyeng & stryfe in your herte, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth: ¹⁵ For soch wysdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, naturall, & diuelisshe. ¹⁶ For wher enuyeng & strife is, there is vnstablenes, & all manner of euyll workes.

¹ And all the multitude of the people cryed out, and wepte thorowout that nyght, ² and all the chyldren of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregacyon sayde vnto them: wolde God that we hadd dyed in the lande of Egypte, eyther that we had dyed in thys wildernes. ³ Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto thys lande to fall vpon the swearde: and that our wyues, and oure children shulde be a praye? Were it not better, that we retourne vnto Egypte agayne?

⁷ and spake vnto all the companye of the chyldren of Israel, sayinge: The lande which we walked thorowe to searche it, is a very good lande. ⁸ If the Lorde hath lust to vs, he wyll brynge vs into this lande and geue it vs, which is such a lande as floweth with mylke and honye, ⁹ But in any wyse rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde. Neyther nede ye to feare the people of the lande: for they are but bread for vs. Theyr shadowe is departed from them, and the Lorde is with vs, feare them not therfore.

⁸ For there is no faythfulnesse in hys mouth: theyr inwarde partes are very wickednes.

⁸ Gracious & ryghteous is the Lorde, therfore wyll he teache synners in the waye. ⁹ Them that be meke, shall he guyde in iudgement: & soch as be gentle, them shall he lerne his waye.

¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teache in the waye that he shall chose.

¹¹ Whan my father and my mother forsake me, the Lorde taketh me vp. Trache me thy waye O Lorde, & leade me the ryght waye, because of myne enemyes.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges.

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

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

¹³ The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyon without, I myght be slayn in the strete.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a lyon in the waye, & a lyon in the myddest of the stretes.

²¹ Yee, and thyne care shall heare the talkynge of hym that doeth speake behynde the. Thys is the waye, walke ye in it. Turne not aside nether to the ryght hande ner to the lyft.

⁸ There shalbe fote pathes & comen stretes, this shalbe called the holy waye. No vnclene person shall go thorowe it: for the Lorde him self shall go with them that waye, and the wayferer, nor ignoraunt shall not erre.

¹⁴ And therfore thus he sayeth: Make playne, make playne, & clense the strete, take vp the stomblynge blockes out of the waye that ledeth to my people.

¹² Honour thy father & thy mother, that thy dayes maye be longe in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth the.

³ Ye shall feare euery man hys father & hys mother, and kepe my Sabothes, I am the Lorde youre God.

⁴⁸ And thus sayde the kynge: Blessed be the Lorde God of Israell: which hath made one to syt on my seate thys daye, myne eye seynge it.

⁹ But thou shalt not counte him as vngyltie. For thou art a man of wysdome, and knowest what thou oughtest to do vnto hym. His hoore heed shalt thou brynge to the graue with bloude.

⁷ Whan Hiram heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioysed greatly, & sayd. Blessed be the Lord this daye which hath geuen vnto dauid a wyse sonne ouer this myghty people.

¹⁵ My sonne, yf thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shall reioyce: ¹⁶ yee, my reynes shalbe very glad: yf thy lippes speke the thinge that is ryght.

²² Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, & despyse not thy mother when she is olde.

³ Who so loueth wysdome maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth company with harlottes, spendeth awaye that he hath.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth hys father to scorne, and setteth hys mothers commaundement at naught: the rauens pycke out hys eyes in the valleye, and deuoured be he of the yonge Aegles.

²² ye knowe the proffe of hym, howe that as a sonne with the father, so hath he with me bestowed hys seruice in the Gospell.

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

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.

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

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

⁹ Foles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauorable loue amonge the ryghteous.

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euell, but a furiouse foole goeth on presumpteously:

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.

¹⁵ Take hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectly: not as vnwyse, but as wyse men.

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.

¹⁴ Where no good councell is, there the people decaye: but where as many are that can geue councell, there is wealth,

¹⁸ Thorowe councell, the thynges that men deuyse go forwarde: and wt discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

⁶ For euery thing will haue oportunite & iudgement, and this is the thynge that maketh men full of carefulnes and sorowe.

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

¹³ Ryghteous lyppes are pleasaunt vnto kynges: and he that speaketh the trueth shalbe beloued.

²⁶ Euery man shall kysse his lyppes, that geueth a good answere.

¹ Euery thinge hath a tyme, yee all that is vnder the heauen, hath his conuenient season.

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.

²⁴ Loke well yf there be any waye of wyckednes in me, and leade me in the waye euerlastynge.

¹⁸ For her house is enclyned vnto death, & her pathes vnto hell.

⁵ Her fete go downe vnto death and her steppes pearse thorowe vnto hell.

²⁷ Her houses are the waye vnto hell, and brynge men downe into the chambers of death.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wyll: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue the.

¹⁴ Yf thou smyte him wt the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

⁸ And vnto this people thou shalt saye. Thus sayeth the Lorde: beholde, I laye before you the waye of lyfe & deeth.

¹⁴ For straite is the gate, and narowe is the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that finde it.

⁶ Iesus sayeth vnto hym: I am the waye and the treuth, and the lyfe. No man cometh vnto the father, but by me.

²⁰ But oure conuersacyon is in heauen, from whence we loke for the saueoure, euen the Lorde Iesus Chryst,

¹ If ye be then rysen agayne with Chryst, seke those thynges which are aboue, where Chryst sytteth on the ryght hande of God. ² Set youre affeccyon on heauenly thynges, and not on erthye thynges.

¹⁷ For the Lorde your God, is God of Goddes, and Lorde of Lordes, a greate God, a myghtye and a terrible whych regardeth no mans person nor taketh gyfte: ¹⁸ He doeth ryght vnto the fatherlesse & wedowe, and loueth the straunger, to geue hym fode and rayment.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke, whych they of olde tyme haue sett in thyne enheritaunce, that thou shalt enheret in the lande, whych the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it.

¹¹ powre out the indignacion of thy wrath: se that thou cast downe all the proude, ¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade downe all the vngodly in their place, ¹³ cast them downe into the dust, and couer their faces with darcknesse:

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?

⁵ Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that maye do hurt, O thou false tonge.

⁵ He is a father of the fatherlesse, and defendeth the cause of wyddowes: euen God in his holy habitacion. ⁶ He is the God that maketh men to be of one mynde in a house, and bryngeth the presoners out of captiuyte, but letteth the rennagates contynue in scarcenesse.

⁶ For though the Lorde be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly: as for the proude, he beholdeth him a farre of.

⁹ The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherlesse & wyddowe: as for the waye of the vngodly, he turneth it vpside downe,

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

¹¹ The house of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacle of the ryghteous shall floryshe.

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, & come not within the felde of the fatherlesse:

¹² For the daye of the Lord of Hostes shall go ouer al pride and presumption, vpon all them that exalte them selues, and shall brynge them all downe:

²⁰ But because his hert was so proude, and his stomack set so fast vnto wylfulnesse: he was deposed from his kyngly trone, & hys magesty was taken from hym.

²⁷ Pure deuocyon and vndefyled before God the father, is this: to visyt the fatherlesse & widdowes in theyr aduersyte, & to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

⁵ Lykewyse ye yonger, submyt your selues vnto the elder: Submit youre selues euery man, one to another, knyt youre selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humbl

¹⁴ Let the wordes of my mouth, and the meditacion of my herte be acceptable in thy syght O Lorde, my strength annd my redemer.

³⁰ The ryghtuous shall inherett the lande, and dwell therin for euer. ³¹ The mouth of the ryghtuous is exercised in wysdome and his tonge wilbe talkyng of iudgement,

¹⁶ These syxe thynges doth the Lord hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude looke a lyinge tonge, handes that shed innocent bloude, ¹⁸ an herte that goeth aboute wyth wycked ymaginacyons fete that be swyfte in rennynge to do myschefe, ¹⁹ a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and soche one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

⁹ The thought of the foolysh is synne, & the scornefull is an abhominacion vnto men.

¹⁴ O Ierusalem, wash thyne hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How long shal thy noysom thoughtes remayne with the?

³⁴ O generacion of vypers, how can ye speake good thinges, when ye youre selues are euyll? For out of the aboundance of the hert, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the hert, bryngeth forth good thynges. And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bringeth forth euyll thynges. ³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery ydell worde that men shall haue spoken, they shall geue acountes in the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustifyed: and out of thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

¹⁹ For out of the herte proceade euill thoughtes; murders, breakynge of wedlocke, whordoms, theftes, falsewitnesse, blasphemies.

²¹ Morouer thou shalt seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes: and make them heedes ouer the people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye and ouer ten.

⁸ Thou shalt take no gyftes, for gyftes blynde the seynge, and peruerte the wordes of the ryghteous.

²⁶ Brynge not therfore abhominacyon in to thyne house, lest thou be a damned thynge, as it is: but vtterlye defye it and abhorre it, for it is a damned thynge.

¹⁹ Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any persone, nether take any rewarde: for gyftes blynde the wyse, & peruerte the wordes of the ryghteous.

¹⁸ And in anywise be ye ware of the excommunicate thinges, lest ye make youre selues excommunicate, & take of the excommunicate thinges, and make the hoste of Israel excommunicate and trouble it.

¹¹ Israel hath synned, & they haue transgressed myne appointement, which I commaunded them: for they haue taken of the excommunicate thinges, and haue stolen, and dissembled, & put them vnto their awne stuffe ¹² And therfore is it that the children of Israel cannot stande before their ennemyes, but shall turne their backes before their ennemyes because they be excommunicate. Nether will I be wt you any moare, excepte ye rote out the excommunicate from amonge you.

²⁴ And Iosua toke Acan the sonne of Zareh, and the siluer, & the garment, and the tonge of golde, and his sonnes & his daughters, his oxen, & his asses, his shepe, & his tent, & all that he had: and all Israell wyth hym brought them vnto the valeye of Acor. ²⁵ And Iosua sayde: In as moche as thou haste troubled vs, the Lord shall trouble the this daye. And all Israell stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire,

³ And his sonnes walked not in his wayes: but turned asyde after lucre, and toke rewarde, and peruerted the ryght. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together, and came to Samuel vnto Rama, ⁵ & sayd vnto him: behold, thou art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes. Now therfore make vs a kinge to iudge vs, as all other nacions haue.

²⁷ The leprosye therfore of Naaman shall cleaue vnto the, and vnto thy seed for euer. And he went out from his presence a leper, as whyte as snowe.

¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe.

¹⁹ Lyke as ryghteousnes bryngeth lyfe: euen so to cleue vnto euell, bryngeth death.

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

²¹ The heritage that commeth to hastely at the first, shall not be praysed at the ende.

¹⁶ Where the prince is without vnderstandynge, there is greate oppressyon and wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shall longe raygne.

⁴ With true iudgement the kynge setteth vp the lande, but yf he be a man that oppressith the people with gatheringes, he turneth it vp syde downe.

⁸ Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, & bring one lande so nygh vnto another, that the poore can get no more grounde, & that ye maye dwel vpon the earth alone. ⁹ These thynges are in the ears of the Lorde of Hostes: shall not many greater & more gorgyous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them? ¹⁰ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte, and .xxx. bushels of sede shall geue but an Epha.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly lyfe, say I, & speaketh the trueth. He that abhorreth gaines wonne by violence & disceyte: he that kepeth his hande that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councell agenst the innocent bloude: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se none euell. ¹⁶ He it is, that shall dwell on hye: whose sauegarde shalbe in a bulwarcke of rockes, to hym shalbe geuen meate, & hys waters shall not fayle.

¹¹ The partriche maketh a nest of egges, whych she layde not. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghteouslye. In the myddest of his lyfe must he leaue them behynde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

⁹ Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes into his house: that he maye set hys nest an hye, to escape from the power of misfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed the shame of thine awne house, for thou hast slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shal crie out of it, and the tymbre that lyeth betwyxte the ioyntes of the buylding shall answere.

³ Then sayed he vnto me: Thys is the curse that goeth forth ouer the whole earth: for all theues shalbe Iudged after this booke & all swearers shalbe iudged accordynge to the same, 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.

²³ Then sayde the kyng: the one sayth, this that is alyue is my sonne: and the deed is thyne. And the other saythe, naye: but thy sonne is the deed, & the lyuinge chylde is myne, ²⁴ And the kynge sayde: bryng me a swearde. And they brought out a swearde before the kynge. ²⁵ And the kynge sayde. Deuyde the lyuinge chylde in two, and geue the one halfe to the one, and the other to the other. ²⁶ Then spake the woman, whose the lyuynge chylde was, vnto the kynge, for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne, and sayde: I beseche the my Lorde, geue her the lyuyng chylde, and in no wyse sleye it. But the other sayd: let it be nether myne nor thyne, but deuyde it. ²⁷ Then the kynge answered and sayd: geue her the lyuing chylde, and sley it not: for she is the mother therof. ²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement, which the kynge hath iudged, and feared the kynge: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in hym, to do iustice.

¹⁹ Where moch bablynge is, there must nedes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lyppes, is wyse.

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

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

²⁰ Yf thou seest a man that is hastye to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then hym.

² Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine hert speake eny thing rashly before God. For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be few.

⁶ Suffre not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to synne, nether saye thou before the angell, that it is thy ignoraunce. For then God wilbe angrie at thy voyce, & destroye all the worckes of thyne handes.

¹² The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lyppes of a foole wyll destroye him selfe. ¹³ The beginnyng of his talkynge is foolyshnes, & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse. ¹⁴ A foole is full of wordes, & a man cannot tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne him of it that shall folow after him?

¹⁰ For ther are many vnruely and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes, specially they that are of the circumcision, ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped which peruert whole houses, teachinge thinges which they ought not, because of fylthy lucre.

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. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, & thinges of the see are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnruely euyll, full of deedly poyson.

¹⁵ but sanctifye the Lorde God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with meaknes and feare:

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:

¹ Why stondest thou so farre of (O Lord) & hydest thy face in that neadefull tyme of trouble?

⁴¹ They shall crye: but there shalbe none to helpe them: yee, euen vnto the Lord, shall they crye: but he shall nott heare them.

¹⁵ The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers. ¹⁶ The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euell, to rote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth. ¹⁷ The ryghteous crye, & the Lorde heareth them, & delyuereth them out of all theyr troubles.

¹⁸ If I enclyne vnto wickednes with my hert, the Lorde wyll not heare me. ¹⁹ But God hath hearde me, and consydred the voyce of my prayer.

²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the shall perysh: thou hast destroyed all them that commytte fornicacyon agaynst the.

¹⁸ The Lorde is nye vnto all them that call vpon hym, yee all soche as call vpon hym faythfully. ¹⁹ He wyll fulfyll the desyre of them that feare hym, he also wyll heare theyr crye, & will helpe them.

⁸ The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym.

⁸ For thus sayeth the Lorde: my thoughtes are not youre thoughtes, and youre wayes are not my wayes, ⁹ but as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my wayes exceade yours, and my thoughtes yours.

⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlastynge payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.

³¹ For we be sure, that God heareth not synners. But yf eny man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyl, him heareth he.

²⁶ Lyke wyse, the sprete also helpeth oure infirmyties. For we knowe not what to desyre as we ought: but the sprete maketh intercessyon for vs, with gronynges which cannot be expressed. ²⁷ And he that searcheth the hertes knoweth, what is the meanynge of the spryte: for he maketh intercercessyon for the sayntes according to the pleasure of God.

¹² remember (I saye) that at that tyme ye were without Chryst, beynge aliauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and straungers from the testamentes of the promes hauynge no hope, and beynge with out God in this worlde. ¹³ But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu, ye which somtyme were farre of, are made nye by the bloude of Chryst.

¹⁶ Knowledge youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. For the feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth moch. ¹⁷ Helyas was a man vnder infirmitees euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earthe by the space of thre yeares & syxe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed agayne, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earth brought forth her frute.

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the ryghteous, and hys eares are open vnto their prayers. Agayne: the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll.

⁸ And now is there a lytle & sodayne graciousnes come from the Lorde oure God, in causynge some of vs to escape, and that he maye geue vs a nayle in hys holy place, and that oure God maye lyghte oure eyes, and geue vs a lytle lyfe to take breth in oure bondage.

¹⁵ Ryghteousnes and equite is the habitacyon of thy seate, mercy and trueth shall go before thy face.

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

⁹ The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out.

²⁵ A good reporte out of a farre countre, is lyke coulde water to a thyrstie soule.

⁷ The lyght is swete, & a pleasaunt thynge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sunne.

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.

¹⁰ And the angell sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. For beholde, I bringe you tydinges of greate ioye, that shall come to all people: ¹¹ for vnto you is borne this daye in the cytie of Dauid, a saueoure which is Christ the Lord. ¹² And take this for a sygne: ye shall fynde the childe wrapped in swadlinge clothes, & layed in a manger. ¹³ And streyght waye ther was with the angel a multitude of heauenly sowdyers, praysing God: & sayinge: ¹⁴ Glory to God on hye, and peace on the erth, & vnto men a good wyll. ¹⁵ And it fortuned, as sone as the angels were gone awaye from them into heauen, The shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethlehem, and se this thing that we heare saye is happened, which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. ¹⁶ And they came wt hast, & founde Mary and Ioseph & the babe layde in a manger. ¹⁷ And when they had sene it, they publisshed a brode the sayinge, which was tolde them of that chylde. ¹⁸ And all they that hearde it, wondred at those thynges which were tolde them of the shepherdes. ¹⁹ But Mary kepte all those saienges, and pondered them in her hert.

²³ And the cytie hath no nede of the sonne, nether of the mone to lighten it. For the brightnes of God dyd lyght it, and the lambe was the lyght of it.

⁵ And there shall be no nyght there, & they nede no candle, nether light of the sunne: for the Lorde God geueth them lyght, and they shall raygne for euermore.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wyll: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue the. ⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasyon, and he wylbe the wyser: teache a ryghteous man, and he wyll increase in knowledge.

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

⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandinge.

³ Enclyne your eares, and come vnto me, take hede (I saye) & your soule shall lyue. For I will make an euerlastynge couenaunt wyth you, euen the sure mercyes of Dauid.

³ Nowe are ye cleane thorow the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you. ⁴ Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche cannot beare frute of it selfe, excepte it byde in the vyne: nomore can ye, except ye abyde in me.

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs, they wolde no dout haue continued with vs. But that it myght appeare, that they were not of vs.

¹⁸ Yf any man haue a sonne that is stoburne and disobedient, that he wyll not herken vnto the voyce of hys father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he wolde not herken vnto them:

²⁰ & saye vnto the elders of the cytie: Thys oure sonne is stoburne and disobedyent, and wyll not herken vnto oure voyce, he is a ryoter, & a dronckarde.

¹⁷ Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, & hast cast my wordes behynd the?

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion.

²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in youre destruccion, & mocke you, when that thinge that ye feare commeth vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your misery lyke a tempest: yee, when trouble & heuines commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. 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. ³³ But whoso harkneth vnto me, shall dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and lusty greane youth) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

³³ O geue eare vnto nurtoure, be wyse, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, and geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores. ³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth lyfe, and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde. ³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his awne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁴ The hert of hym that hath vnderstandyng, doth seke after knowledge, but the mouth of fooles is fedd with foolyshnesse.

²¹ A foole reioyseth in foolyshe thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his awne goynges.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole treasure in hys hande, where as he hath no mynde to bye wysdome?

¹ He that is styfnecked, & wyll not be refourmed, shall sodenly be destroyed without eny help.

⁵ Wherby shulde ye be plaged any more for ye are euer fallinge awaye. The whole head is syck, & the hert is heuy.

³ Where as thou (O Lord) lokest onely vpon fayth and truthe. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast corrected them for amendement, but they refused thy correction. They made theyr faces harder then a stone, and wolde not amende.

²⁴ For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes, & doth the same, I will lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rock: ²⁵ and a shower of rayne descended, & the flouddes came, & the wyndes blewe, and bet vpon that house, & it fell not, because it was grounded on the rocke. 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 And loke, that no man be destitute of the grace of god, lest anye roote of bytternes spryng vp and trouble, & therby many be defyled:

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

¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke, & chasten, Be feruent therfore, and repent.

¹¹ Come ye chyldren & herken vnto me, I wyll teach you the feare of the Lorde.

¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse, pryde dysdayne, and the euell waye: and a mouth that speaketh wycked thynges, I vtterly abhorre.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes.

⁶ Put not forth thy selfe in the presence of the king, & preace not into the place of greate men. ⁷ Better is it that it be sayde vnto the: come vp hyther, then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thou seyst wt thyne eyes.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowely sprete bringeth greate worshyp.

¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

⁵ Let the same mynde be in you, that was also in Christ Iesu: ⁶ which whan he was in the shape of God, thought it no robbery to be equall with God ⁷ Neuerthelesse he made hym selfe of no reputacion, takynge on hym the shape of a seruaunte, and became lyke vnto men, ⁸ and was founde in his apparell as a man. He humbled him selfe, and became obedient vnto the deeth, euen the deeth of the crosse. ⁹ Wherfore, God also hath exalted him on hye, and geuen him a name which is aboue all names: ¹⁰ that in the name of Iesus euery knee shulde bowe, both of thinges in heauen and thynges in erth and thynges vnder the erth, ¹¹ and that all tonges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the Lorde, vnto the prayse of God the father.

¹⁰ Humble youre selues in the sight of the lord, & he shal lyft you vp.