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¹ It fortuned, that when the Iudges iudged, there fell a darth in the lande, and a certen man of Bethlehem Iuda went for to soiourne in the contreye of Moab: he and hys wyfe, and hys two sonnes. ² The name of the man was Elimelec, and the name of hys wyfe, Naomi: and the names of hys two sonnes were, Mahlon and Chilion, and they were Ephraites, out of Bethlehem Iuda. And when they came into the land of Moab, they contynued there. ³ And Elimilec Naomies husband dyed, and she remayned with her two sonnes, ⁴ which toke them wyues of the nacions of the Moabites: the ones name was Orpha, and the others Ruth. And they dwelled there about a ten yere. ⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also euen both of them, and the woman was lefte desolate of her two sonnes and of her husbande. ⁶ Then stode she vp with her daughters in lawe, and returned from the countrey of Moab: for she had hearde saye in the countrey of Moab, how that the Lorde had vysyted hys people, and geuen them bred. ⁷ Wherfore she departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters with her. And they went on theyr waye to returne vnto the lande of Iuda. ⁸ And Naomi sayde vnto her two daughters in lawe: go and returne eche of you vnto your mothers house: and the Lord deale as kyndlye with you, as ye haue dealt with the deed, and with me. ⁹ And the Lorde geue you, that you maye fynde rest, ether of you in the house of her husbande. And whan she kyssed them, they lyft vp theyr voyce, and wepte, ¹⁰ and sayde vnto her: we wyll go with the vnto thy folke. ¹¹ And Naomi sayde: turne agayne my daughters: for what cause wyll you go with me? Are there any mo chyldren in my wombe, to be your husbandes? ¹² Turne agayne my daughters, and go: for I am to olde to haue an husbande. And yf I sayde, I haue hope, yf I toke a man also this nyght: yee and though I had all readye borne sonnes, ¹³ wolde ye tarye after them, tyll they were of age? or wolde ye for them so long refrayne from takynge of husbandes? Not so my daughters: for it greueth me moch for youre sakes, that the hande of the Lorde is gone out agaynst me. ¹⁴ And they lyft vp their voyces, and wepte agayne, & Orpha kyssed her mother in lawe, but Ruth aboade styll by her. ¹⁵ And Naomi sayde: se, thy syster in lawe is gone backe agayne vnto her people and vnto her goddes: returne thou after her: ¹⁶ And Ruth answered: entreate me not to leaue the, and to returne from after the: for whether thou goest, I will go also, & where thou dwellest, there I wyll dwell: thy people shalbe my people, and thy God my God, ¹⁷ Where thou dyest, there wyll I dye, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, yf ought but death onelye departe the and me asondre. ¹⁸ When she sawe that she was stedfastly mynded to go with her, she lefte speakynge vnto her. ¹⁹ And so they went both, vntyll they came to Bethlehem. And when they were come to Bethlehem, it was noysed of them thorow all the cytie, and the wemen sayd: is not this Naomi? ²⁰ And she answered them: call me not Naomi but call me Mara, for the Allmyghtye hath made me verye bytter. ²¹ I went out full: and the Lorde hath brought me home agayne emptie. Why then call ye me Naomi: seynge the Lord hath humbled me, and the allmightie hath brought me vnto aduersyte? ²² And so Naomi with Ruth the Moabitesse her daughter in lawe returned out of the countreye of Moab, and came to Bethlehem, in the begynninge of barley harueste.

¹⁰ But there was a derth in that londe, and therfore wente Abram downe in to Egypte, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a sore derth in the londe.

¹ And there came a derth in the lande, passynge the fyrst derth that was in the dayes of Abraham. And Isahac went vnto Abimelech kynge of the Philistyans vnto Gerar.

¹ And the derth was greate in the lande.

¹⁹ and wyll breake the pryde of youre stubburnesse. And I wyll make youre heauen as yron, and youre erth as brasse.

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.

³⁸ Thou shalt carye moche seed out in to the felde, and shalt gether but lytle in: for the greshoppers shall destroye it.

¹⁶ Neuerthelesse the lorde raysed vp Iudges, which delyuered them out of the handes of their oppressers, ¹⁷ and yet for all that they wold not harken vnto their Iudges: But rather went a whoryng after straunge goddes, and bowed them selues vnto them, and turned quicklye out of the waye, which their fathers walked in, obeying the commaundementes of the Lord: But they dyd not so. ¹⁸ And when the lord raysed them vp Iudges, he was with the Iudge, and delyuered them out of the handes of their enemyes all the dayes of the Iudge for the Lorde had compassyon ouer their sorowinges, whych they had, by the reason of them that oppressed them & vexed them:

⁸ After thys man, iudged Israell one Abezan of Bethlehem,

⁸ And the man departed oute of the cytie of Bethlehem Iuda, to go dwel where he coulde fynde a conuenient place. And he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah as he iourneyed.

¹ It chaunced in those dayes, when there was no kyng in Israel, that a certayn leuyte sogeournynge on the syde of mount Ephraim, toke to wyfe a concubyne out of Bethlehem Iuda: ² and hys concubyne played the whore by hym, and went awaye from hym, vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iuda, and there continued foure monethes.

¹ Then there fell an hongre in the dayes of Dauid, thre yeres together. And Dauid enquired of the Lorde. And the Lorde answered: it is for Saul, and the house of bloude, because he slue the Gibaonites.

¹ And Elia the Thesbite (whych was of the enhabiters of Gilead) sayde vnto Ahab: as truly as the Lord God of Israel lyueth, before whome I stande there shalbe nether dewe nor rayne these yeres, but accordynge to my worde. ² And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, sayeng: ³ gett the hence, & turne the estwarde, & hide thy selfe in the brooke Cherith, that is it that lyeth before Iordan: ⁴ Thou shalt drynck of the ryuer, & I haue commaunded the rauens to fede the there. ⁵ And so he went, & dyd according vnto the worde of the Lord: For he went, & dwelt by the brooke Cherith, that is before Iordan. ⁶ And the rauens brought him bread & fleshe in the mornyng, & lykewise bread & flessh in the euening, & he drancke of the brooke. ⁷ And it chaunced after a while, that the brooke dryed vp, because ther fell no rayne vpon the erth ⁸ And the word of the Lorde came vnto him, sayeng: ⁹ vp & gett the to Zarphath, whych is in Sido, & dwell there. Beholde I haue commaunded a wydowe there to sustayne the. ¹⁰ So he arose, & went to Zarphath. And when he came to the gate of the cytie, the wedow was there, geathering stickes. And he called to her, & sayd: fet me I praye the, a lytle water in a vessell, that I maye dryncke. ¹¹ And as she was goyng to fett it, he cryed after her, and sayd: bryng me I praye the, a morsell of bread also in thyne hande. ¹² She sayd: As truely as the Lord thy God lyueth, I haue no bread readye, but euen an handfull of mele in a barell, and a lyttle oyle in a cruse. And behold, I am gathering two stickes for to go in, & dresse it for me and my sonne, that we maye eate it, and dye.

² And Elia went to shewe hym selfe vnto Ahab, & ther was a great famyshement in Schomron.

¹ Then spake Elisa vnto the woman (whose sonne he had restored to lyfe agayne) sayinge: vp and go, thou and thyne house, & soiourne wheresoeuer thou canst, for the Lorde hath called for a derth, and the same shall come vpon the land seuen yeres. ² And the woman arose, and dyd after the sayinge of the man of God, and went both she and her houshold, & soiourned in the lande of the Philistines seuen yere.

¹⁶ Morouer, he called for a darth vpon the lande, and destroyed all the prouisyon of bread.

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

¹ The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremy, concernynge the derth of the frutes.

¹³ Thou sonne of man, when the lande synneth agaynst me, & goeth forth in wyckednesse: I will stretch out myne hande vpon it, & destroye all the prouisyon of their bred, and sende derth vpon them, to destroye man & beest in the lande.

²¹ Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde God: Moch more when I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem: the swearde honger, perlous beastes & pestylence, to destroye man and beast out of it.

¹⁰ The felde shalbe wasted, the lande shalbe in a myserable case: for the corne shalbe destroyed, the swete wyne shall come to confusyon, and the oyle vtterly desolate. ¹¹ The housbandmen and the wyne gardeners shall loke pyteously and make lamentacyon, for the wheate, wyne and barly, and because the haruest vpon the felde is so clene destroyed.

¹⁶ Shall not the meates be taken awaye before oure eyes, the myrth also and ioye from the house of our God? ¹⁷ The sede shall peryshe in the grounde, the garners shall lye waste, the flores shalbe broken downe, for the corne shall be destroyed. ¹⁸ O what a syghynge make the kyne? the bullockes are very euell lykynge, because they haue no pasture: and the shepe are famysshed awaye. ¹⁹ O Lorde, to the wyll I crye: for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernes, and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde. ²⁰ Yee, the wylde beastes crye also vnto the: for the water riuers are dryed vp, and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse.

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.

¹⁹ And thus dyed Rahel and was buryed in the waye to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

¹ There was a man of one of the two Ramaths (of the kinred of Zophim, of mount Ephraim) named Elkana the sonne of Ieroham the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

²¹ for Israel & the Philistines had put them selues in araye, the one agaynst the other.

² And thou Bethleem Ephrata, art lytle amonge the thou sandes of Iuda, Out of the shal come vnto me, which shal be the gouernoure in Israel: whose out goynge hath bene from the begynning, & from euerlastynge.

¹ And there cryed a certen woman of the wyues of the prophetes vnto Elisa, sayinge: thy seruaunt my husbande is deed, and thou knowest, that thy seruaunt dyd feare the Lorde. And the creditor is come, to fett my two sonnes, to be his bondemen.

¹⁹ Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde delyuereth hym out of all.

⁶ for whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth: yee, he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth.

¹⁰ And they verely for a feaw dayes, nurtred vs after theyr awne pleasure: but he nurteth vs for our profit, to the intent that he maye mynister of his holynes vnto vs. ¹¹ No maner chastisyng for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greueous: neuertheles afterwarde, it bringeth the quyet frute of ryghtewesnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby.

³ nether geue thy daughter vnto hys sonne, nor take hys daughter vnto thy sonne.

³ The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not come into the congregacyon of the Lorde, no not in the tenth generacyon, nor they shall neuer come into the congregacyon of the Lorde,

¹ But kynge Salomon loued many outelandishe wemen: and the daughter of Pharao: and wemen of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, and Hethites. ² Where as yet (concernynge these nacyons) the Lorde sayde vnto the chyldren of Israell: come not ye at them, nor let them come at you: elles wyll they turne youre hertes after theyr goddes. Neuerthelesse, Salomon claue vnto them in loue.

⁵ Salmon begat Boos of Rahab. Boos begat Obed of Ruth. Obed begat Iesse.

³⁹ Se nowe, howe that I I alone am God, & there is none but I: I kyll, and wyll make alyue: I wounde, and I wyll heale: nether is there any that can delyuer out of my hande.

³⁰ Hys sede also wyll I make to endure for euer, and hys trone as the dayes of heauen. ³¹ But yf hys chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgementes. ³² If they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes.

²¹ Then shalt thou thynke by thy selfe: Who hath begotten me these? seinge I am baren and alone, a captyue and an out cast? And who hath noryshed them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these?

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.

²⁵ Ther were with vs seuen brethren: & the fyrste maried a wyfe, & deceased wtout yssue & lefte his wyfe vnto his brother. ²⁶ Lykewyse, the seconde & the thyrd, vnto the seuenth. ²⁷ Laste of all the woman dyed also.

¹² When he came nye to the gate of the cytie: behold, ther was a deed man caryed out, which was the onely sonne of his mother, & she was a wedowe, & moch people of the cytie was with her.

¹ The Lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her accordynge as he had promysed.

²⁰ And Iacob vowed a vowe, sayinge: If God wyll be wyth me, and wyll kepe me in thys iourney which I goo, and will geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on,

¹⁵ And he blessed Ioseph & sayde: God, before whome my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God whych hath fedd me all my lyfe longe vnto thys daye,

²⁵ And Ioseph toke an ooth of the chyldren of Israel, sayinge: God wyll not fayle but vysett you: and ye shall carye my boones hence.

¹⁶ Goo and gather the elders of Israel to gether, and thou shalt saye vnto them: the Lorde God of youre fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob apeared vnto me, and sayde: In visitynge haue I visited you, and knowe that which is done to you in Egypte

³¹ and the people beleued. And when they herde that the Lorde had visited the chyldren of Israel and had loked vpon their tribulacyon, they bowed their head, and worshypped.

⁴ and the children of Israel sayde vnto them: wolde to God we had died by the hande of the Lorde in the lande of Egypte, when we sat by the fleshepottes, and when we dyd eate bread our belyes full: for ye haue brought vs out into this wyldernes, to kyll thys hole multitude with honger. ⁵ Then sayde the Lorde vnto Moses: behold, I wyll rayne bread from heauen to you, and the people shall go out, and gather daye by daye that I may proue them, whither they will walke in my lawe or no. ⁶ The .vj. daye they shal prepare for them selues that which they wyll bryng in, and let it be twise asmoch as they gather in dayly.

²¹ And the lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued & bare thre sonnes & two daughters. And the chylde Samuel grewe before the lorde.

¹⁴ He bryngeth forth grasse for the cattell, and grene herbe for the seruice of men: ¹⁵ that he maye brynge fode out of the earth: and wyne that maketh glad the herte of man, and oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce, and bred to strength mans herte.

⁵ He hath geuen meat vnto them that feare him, he shal euer be mindfull of hys couenaunt.

¹⁵ This shalbe my rest for euer, here wyll I dwell, for I haue a delyte therin.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wayte vpon the, & thou geuest them theyr meate in due season.

⁷ The Lorde loseth men out of preson, the Lorde geueth syght to the blynde.

¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders, and fylleth the wyth the floure of wheate.

⁸ Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte nor ryches, onely graunte me a necessary lyuynge.

¹⁰ And lyke as the rayne & snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it frutefull and grene, that it maye geue corne vnto the sower, and breade to hym that eateth.

¹⁰ But thus sayth the Lorde. When ye haue fulfylled .lxx. yeares at Babylon, I wyll brynge you home, & of myne awne goodnes I wyll carye you hyther agayne into thys place.

⁷ yee, it shalbe a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda, to fede ther vpon. In the houses of Ascalon shall they rest towarde nyght: for the Lord their God shal vyset them, & turne awaye their captiuite.

¹¹ Geue vs this daye oure daylye bread.

⁶⁸ Praysed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redemed his people:

⁴⁴ and make the euen wyth the grounde, and thy chyldren which are in the. And they shall not leaue in the one stone vpon another, because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitacyon.

⁸ But when we haue fode and rayment we must ther with be content.

¹² & se that ye haue honest conuersacion amonge the Gentyles, that where as they backbyte you as euyll doars they maye se your good workes, and prayse God in the daye of vysytacion.

²⁷ And Moses let hys father in lawe departe, and he went into hys awne lande.

¹⁰ and sayde vnto her: we wyll go with the vnto thy folke.

¹⁴ And they lyft vp their voyces, and wepte agayne, & Orpha kyssed her mother in lawe, but Ruth aboade styll by her.

³ And at the seuen yeres ende, it fortuned, that the woman came agayne out of the lande of the Philistines, and went out to call vpon the kynge for her house and for her land.

¹⁵ And yf it seme euell vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this daye whom you will serue: whether the goddes which youre fathers serued (that were on the other syde of the floude) ether the Goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. As for me and my howse, we will serue the Lorde. ¹⁶ The people answered and sayde: God forbyd, that we shulde forsake the Lorde, and serue straunge goddes. ¹⁷ For the Lorde oure God, he it is that brought vs and oure fathers out of the lande of Egypte, and from the howse of bondage, and which dyd those great miracles in oure syght, & preserued vs in all the waye that we went, & amonge all the nacions which we came thorow. ¹⁸ And the Lorde dyd cast out before vs all the nacions, specially the Amorites, which dwelt in the lande. And therfore will we also serue the Lorde, for he is oure God. ¹⁹ And Iosua sayd vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lorde: for he is an holye God, and a gelous God, and cannot beare youre iniquite and synne. ²⁰ Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes, he will turne and do you euell, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. ²¹ And the people sayde vnto Iosua: naye, but we will serue the Lorde. ²² And Iosua sayde vnto the people: ye are witnesses youre selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde, to serue him: and they sayd: we are wytnesses. ²³ Then put awaye (sayde he) the straunge goddes which are amonge you, and bowe youre hertes vnto the Lorde God of Israell. ²⁴ The people sayde vnto Iosua: the Lord oure God will we serue, and his voyce will we obeye, ²⁵ And so Iosua made a couenant with the people the same daye, and set an ordinaunce and lawe before them in Sichem. ²⁶ And Iosua wrote these wordes in the boke of the lawe of God, and toke a great stone, and pitched it on ende in the sayde place, euen vnder an oke that was in the sanctuarye of the Lorde. ²⁷ And Iosua sayde vnto all the people: beholde, this stone shalbe a witnesse vnto vs, for it hath hearde all the wordes of the Lorde which he spake wyth vs, It shalbe therfore a witnesse vnto you, lest ye denye youre God. ²⁸ And so Iosua let the people departe, euery man vnto his enheritaunce.

⁵ And Mahlon and Chilion dyed also euen both of them, and the woman was lefte desolate of her two sonnes and of her husbande.

²⁰ And Naomi sayd vnto her daughter in lawe: blessed be he of the Lorde, for he ceasseth not to do good to the lyuing and to the deed. And Naomi sayde agayne vnto her: the man is nye vnto vs, and of oure next kynne.

²⁵ Ther went a greate company with hym, and he turned, and sayd vnto them: ²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe and chyldren, and brethren, and systers, yee, and his awne lyfe also, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ²⁸ Which of you disposed to buylde a toure, sytteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to performe it? ²⁹ lest after he hath layde the foundacyon, and is not able to performe it, all that beholde it, begynne to mocke hym, ³⁰ sayinge: this man beganne to buylde, & was not able to make an ende? ³¹ Or what kyng goinge to make batayle agaynst another kinge, sytteth not downe fyrst, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to mete him, that commeth agaynst him with .xx. thousande? ³² Or els while the other is yet a greate waye of he sendeth ambassatoures, and desireth peace. ³³ So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

²² Ye wemen, submit youre selues vnto youre awne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde.

² Honoure thy father and mother, (the same is the fyrst commaundement in the promes) ³ that thou mayst prospere, and lyue longe on the erth.

¹⁸ Neuertheles I receaued all, and haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I receaued of Epaphroditus the thinges, which were sent from you, an odoure of a swete smell a sacrifyce accepted and pleasaunt to God. ¹⁹ My God shall supplye all youre nede thorow his gloryous riches by Iesu Christ.

¹⁸ Ye wyues, submyt youre selues vnto youre awne husbandes, as it is comly in the Lorde:

²⁴ knowynge, that of the Lord ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christ.

¹⁶ The Lorde geue mercye vnto the housholde of Onesyphorus for he ofte refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne: ¹⁷ but when he was at Rome, he sought me out very diligently, & founde me. ¹⁸ The Lorde graunt vnto hym that he maye fynde mercye with the Lorde at that daye. And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

²⁷ And he went vnto hym and kyssed hym. And he smelled the sauoure of hys rayment, and blessed hym, and sayde, See, the smelle of my sonne is as the smell of a felde whych the Lorde had blessed.

¹¹ And Iacob kyssed Rahel, and lyfte vp hys voyce and wepte:

¹⁵ Moreouer he kyssed all hys brethren and wepte vpon them. And after that, hys brethren talked wyth hym.

¹ Then Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her: my daughter, shal I not seke reast for the, that thou mayst prosper?

³⁷ And they all wepte sore and fell on Pauls necke, and kyssed hym,

³ All my delyte is vpon the saynctes that are in the erth, & vpon soch as excell in vertue.

⁶³ I am a companion of all them that feare the and kepe thy commaundementes.

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

¹¹ Than sayde Iudas to Thamar hys daughter in lawe: remayne a wydowe at thy fathers house, tyll Sela my sonne be growne: for he sayde: Lest peraduenture he dye also, as hys brethren dyd. And Thamar wente and dwelt in her fathers house.

⁵ Yf brethren dwell together, and one of them dye and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the deed shall not mary without vnto a straunger: but hys brother shall go in vnto her, and take her to wyfe, and occupye the rowme of his kynsman.

¹⁷ But Abraham fell vpon his face and laughed, and sayde in hys harte: shall a chylde be borne vnto him that is an hundred yere olde, and shall Sara that is nynetie yere olde, bere?

⁹ Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yere olde, & soch a one as was the wyfe of one man,

¹⁵ For in dede the hande of the Lorde was agaynst them, to destroye them from amonge the host, tyll they were consumed.

¹⁵ But whethersoeuer they went out, the hand of the lord was agaynst them with euell lucke, euen as the lord promysed them, & as he sware vnto them. And he punyshed them sore.

¹¹ And so they sent, and gathered together all the lordes of the Philistines & sayde: send awaye the arcke of the God of Israel, to go agayne to his awne place, that it slee vs not and oure people. For there was greate lamentacyon ouer the deade thorowout all the cytie, & the hande of God was exceadynge sore there.

²¹ Haue pyte vpon me, haue pyte vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hand of God hath touched me.

⁴ For thy hande is heuy vpon me daye and nyght, and my moysture is lyke the drouth in Sommer. Sela.

² For thyne arowes styck fast in me, and thy hande presseth me fore.

⁹ Delyuer me from all myne offences, & make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish. ¹⁰ I became domme, & opened not my mouth, for it was thy doynge. Take thy plage awaye fro me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heuye hand.

²⁸ and hast not suffred me to kisse my chyldren and my daughters? Thou wast a sole now to do it,

⁵⁵ And early in the mornynge Laban rose vp and kyssed kys children and hys daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departynge, went vnto hys place agayne.

⁴ But ye that cleue vnto the Lorde youre God, are alyue euery one of you this daye.

²⁰ Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, & hym (onely) shalt thou serue, to hym shalt thou cleue, and swere by hys nam

²⁰ And he lefte the oxen, & ranne after Elia & sayde: let me I praye the, kysse my father & my mother, & then I will folow the. He sayd vnto him: go backe agayne, for what is it, that I haue done to the?

¹⁷ He is a frende that all waye loueth, and in aduersyte a man shall knowe who is hys brother.

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

¹ But the Lord wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob, and wil yet chose Israel agayne, and set them in their awne lande. Straungers shal cleaue vnto them, & get them to the house of Iacob.

³⁷ He that loueth father, or mother more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter more then me, is not worthy of me.

²⁴ Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If eny man wil folowe me, let him forsake him selfe & take vp his crosse, & folowe me

²² But when the younge man herde that saying, he went awaye sorye. For he had grete possessyons.

²¹ Iesus behelde hym, and fauoured hym, and sayd vnto hym: one thynge thou lackest. Go thy waye Sell that thou hast, and geue to the poore, and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come, folowe me and take vp my crosse vpon thy shulders. ²² But he was discomforted because of that sayinge, and went awaye mournyng for he had great possessyons.

⁶⁶ From that tyme many of his disciples went backe, and forsoke him, and walked nomore with hym. ⁶⁷ Then sayde Iesus to the twelue: wyll ye also goo awaye? ⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe ⁶⁹ and we beleue and are sure that thou art Chryst the sonne of the lyuinge God.

³⁴ Howbeit certayne men claue vnto hym and beleued: amonge the which was Dyonysyus a senatour, and a woman named Damaris, and other with them.

¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, and loueth thys present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galacia, Tytus vnto Dalmacia.

³⁹ It is not we that withdrawe our selues vnto dampnacion, but we partayne vnto fayth, to the wynnynge of the soule.

¹⁵ And yf it seme euell vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this daye whom you will serue: whether the goddes which youre fathers serued (that were on the other syde of the floude) ether the Goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell. As for me and my howse, we will serue the Lorde.

¹⁹ And Iosua sayd vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lorde: for he is an holye God, and a gelous God, and cannot beare youre iniquite and synne.

²⁴ Naye, but what people, Camos thy God dryueth out, that land possesse thou. Euen so whatsoeuer nacion the Lorde oure God expelleth, that lande ought we to enioye.

¹⁹ Then sayde the kynge to Ithai the Gethite, wherfore commest thou wyth vs? Returne and abide with the kynge, for thou art a straunger, and art remoued from thyne awne place. ²⁰ Thou camest but yesterdaye, and shulde I vnquyet the to daye to go wt vs? I wyll go whether I can. Therfore returne thou, & carye agayne thy brethren. Mercye and truthe.

² And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I praye the, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa sayde vnto him: as surely as the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel,

³ The wordes of hys mouth are vnryghteous, and full of disceate: he hath left of to behaue hym selfe wysely and to do good.

⁵ As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse, the Lorde, shall leade them forth wyth the euyll doers, but peace shall be vpon Israel.

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

²⁰ But he that receaued the sede which was cast into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioye receaueth it, ²¹ yet hath he no rote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for whan tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth because of the worde, by and by he falleth.

²⁸ And they drue nye vnto the towne, whych they went vnto. And he made, as though he wold haue gone further.

³⁸ But the iust shall lyue by faith. And yf he withdrawe him selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

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 And the Lorde dyd cast out before vs all the nacions, specially the Amorites, which dwelt in the lande. And therfore will we also serue the Lorde, for he is oure God.

¹¹ And Booz answered and sayde vnto her: all is tolde and shewed me, that thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe, sence the death of thyne husbande, how thou hast lefte thy father and thy mother, and the lande where thou wast borne, and art come vnto a nacion which thou knewest not in tyme passed. ¹² The Lord quyte thy worcke, and a full rewarde be geuen the of the Lorde God of Israell, vnder whose wynges thou art come to abyde.

²¹ And Ithai answered the kynge and sayd: as trulye as God lyueth & as my Lord the kinge lyueth, in what place my Lord the kynge shalbe, whether in deeth or lyfe, euen there also wyll thy seruaunt be.

² And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I praye the, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa sayde vnto him: as surely as the Lorde liueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel, ³ And the chyldren of the Prophetes that were at Bethel, came out to Elisa, & sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, howe that the Lorde will take a waye thy master from thy head this daye? He sayde: I knowe it also holde ye youre peace. ⁴ And Elia sayde vnto him. Elisa, tary here I praye the, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho. He sayde: as surely as the Lord lyueth and as surely as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the, & so they came to Iericho. ⁵ And the chyldren of the prophetes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, that the Lord will take a waye thy master from thy head thys daye? He answered: I knowe it also, holde ye your peace. ⁶ And Elia sayde vnto him: tarye I praye the here, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordan. He sayde: as surely as the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue the. And so they two went togeather.

¹⁰ Kynges daughters were among thy honorable wemen: vpon thy ryght hande dyd stande the quene in a vesture of gold.

⁴⁷ The kynge answered Daniel, and sayde: yee, of a trueth youre God is a God aboue all goddes, a Lorde aboue all kynges, and an opener of secretes: seynge thou canst discouer this mysterie.

²⁹ Therfore I wyll and commaunde, that all people, kynredes and tunges, which speake any blasphemy agaynst the God of Sydrach, Misach, and Abednago, shall dye, and their houses shalbe prysed: Because, there is no God that maye saue, as thys.

³⁷ Then dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loue, magnifye and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his worckes are true, and hys wayes ryght. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to brynge them downe.

⁴ I am the Lorde God, which brought the out of the lande of Egypt: that thou shuldest knowe no God but me onely, and that thou shuldest haue no Sauioure but only me.

¹⁹ And a certayne scribe (whan he was come) sayde vnto him: Master, I wil folowe the whither soeuer thou goest.

²⁸ And they drue nye vnto the towne, whych they went vnto. And he made, as though he wold haue gone further. ²⁹ And they constrayned hym sayinge: abyde wyth vs, for it draweth towardes nyght, and the daye is farre passed. And he went into tary wyth them.

³⁷ Peter sayd vnto him: Lorde, why cannot I folowe the now: I wyl ieoparde my lyfe for thy sake?

¹³ Then Paul answered, & sayde: what do ye wepynge & veryng myne herte? I am ready, not to be bounde onely, but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu.

¹⁶ Or how agreeth the temple of God with Images for ye are the temple of the lyuinge God, as sayde God? I wyll dwell amonge them, & walcke amonge them, and wylbe their God: & they shalbe my people. ¹⁷ Wherfore come out from amonge them, and separate youre selues from them (sayth the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receaue you, ¹⁸ and wylbe a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes & daughters, sayth the Lorde allmyghty.

⁹ For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entring in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages, for to serue the liuynge and true God,

⁴ These are they, which were not defyled wt wemen, for they are virgyns. These folowe the lambe whythersoeuer he goeth. These were redemed from men, beynge the fyrste frutes vnto God and to the lambe,

¹⁷ He sayde: what is that the Lorde hath sayde vnto the? I praye the, se thou hyde it not from me. God do so, & so to the, yf thou hyde any thyng from me, of all that he sayde vnto the.

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.

⁹ So and so do God to Abner. For as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, so wyll I be on hys syde,

³⁵ And when all the people cam to eate meate with Dauid, while it was yet daye, Dauid sware saying: So & so do God to me, yf I tast breed or ought elles, tyll the sonne be downe.

¹³ And saye ye to Amasa: art thou not of my bone & of my fleshe? God do so and so to me, yf thou be not captayne of the host to me for euer in the roume of Ioab.

²³ Then kyng Salomon sware by the Lorde, sayinge: God do so, and so to me, yf Adonia haue not spoken this word agaynst his awne lyfe.

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.

³¹ Then he sayde: God do so & so to me, yf the heed of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this daye.

²³ Which when he came, & had sene the grace of God, was glad, & exhorted them all, that with purpose of hert, they wold contynually cleaue vnto the Lord.

²⁴ But none of these thinges moue me nether is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, that I might fulfyll my course with ioye, and the ministracyon which I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles doctrine and felowshyp, & in breakynge of bread, and in prayers.

¹⁴ When we coulde not turne hys mynde, we ceased, sayinge the wyll of the Lord be fulfylled.

¹⁰ Finally my brethren, be stronge thorowe the Lorde and thorowe the power of his myght.

⁷ Is not this that glorious cyte of youres, which hath bene of olde antiquite? Hyr awne fete shall cary hyr forth to be a sogeourner in to a farre countre.

¹⁵ All they that go by the, clappe their handes at the: hissynge and wagginge their heades vpon the daughter Ierusalem, and saye: is this the cyte that men call so fayre: wherin the whole lande reioyseth?

¹⁰ And when he was come to Ierusalem, all the citie was moued, saying: who is this?

¹ Abram was nynetye yere olde & .ix. & the Lorde apeared to Abram & sayde vnto hym: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me and be thou perfecte.

¹⁴ And God almyghtye geue you mercye in the syghte of the man, that he maye delyuer you youre other brother, & this BenIamin, and I shalbe robbed of my chylde, as I haue bene.

³ I appeared vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob as an allmyghtye God: and in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them.

¹⁷ Beholde, happye is the man, whom God punissheth: therfore, refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghtye.

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.

⁷ Art thou able to fynde out the secretes of God? Or wylt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almyghtye?

⁶ knowe this then, that it is God, which hath handled me so violently and hath compased me aboute with his nette.

¹⁴ All the daye long haue I bene punished, and chastened euery mornynge.

¹⁵ I am in mysery, & lyke vnto hym that is at the poynt to dye (euen fro my youth vp) thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mynde.

¹³ I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morowe, but he brosed my bones lyke a lyon, and in one daye thou wilt make an ende of me.

¹ I am the man, that (thorowe the rodd of hys wrath) haue experience of misery. ² He droue me forth, and led me: yee, into darckenesse, but not into lyght. ³ Agaynst me onely he turneth hys hande, and layeth it euer vpon me. ⁴ My fleshe and my skynne hath he made olde, & my bones hath he brused. ⁵ He hath buylded rounde aboute me, and closed me in with gall and trauayle. ⁶ He hath sett me in darckenes, as they that be deed for euer. ⁷ He hath so hedged me in, that I cannot get out, and hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me. ⁸ Though I crye and call pyteously, yet heareth he not my prayer. ⁹ He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes croked. ¹⁰ He layeth wayte for me lyke a Beare, and as a lyon in a hole. ¹¹ He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peces, he hath layed me waste altogether. ¹² He hath bent hys bowe, & made me as it were a marck to shut at: ¹³ The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen into myne reynes. ¹⁴ I am laughed to scorne of all my people, they make songes vpon me all the daye longe. ¹⁵ He hath fylled me with bitternes, and geuen me wormwod to dryncke. ¹⁶ He hath smitten my teth in peces with stones, and rolled me in the dust. ¹⁷ He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thynges. ¹⁸ I thought in my selfe: I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde. ¹⁹ O remembre yet my misery and my trouble, the wormwod and the gall. ²⁰ Yee, thou shalt remembre them, for my soule melteth awaye in me.

¹¹ No maner chastisyng for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greueous: neuertheles afterwarde, it bringeth the quyet frute of ryghtewesnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby.

⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the endynge, sayth the Lorde almyghty, which is and which was, and which is to come.

²² And I sawe no temple therin. For the Lorde God almighty and the lambe are the temple of it.

⁷ The Lorde maketh poore, & maketh ryche: bringeth lowe, and heueth vp on hye. ⁸ He reyseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the begger from the dong hyll: to sett them amonge princes, and to enherett them with the seate of glorye. For the pillers of the erth are the lordes, and he hath sett the rounde worlde vpon them.

²¹ and sayd: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thyther agayne. The Lord gaue, and the Lorde hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the Lord.

¹⁷ Thou bryngest fresh wytnesse agaynst me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me, very many are the plages that I am in.

²⁶ for thou layest sharpely to my charge, and punysshest me for the synnes of my youth.

⁸ And that thou hast fylled me wyth wrynckles, my fleshe is recorde, and my leanesse ryseth vp agaynst me, and beareth wytnesse agaynst me.

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

³¹ And so the flaxe and the barly were smyten: for the barly was shot vp, and the flaxe was boulled: ³² but the whete and the rye were not smytten: for they were late sowne.

²³ And so she kept her by the maydens of Booz, to gather, vnto the ende of barley haruest and of whete heruest also: and dwelt with her mother in lawe.

⁹ And he delyuered them vnto the handes of the Gibeonites, which hanged them in the hill before the Lorde. And they fell all seuen togeather, and were slayne in the dayes of heruest: euen in the fyrst dayes, and in the beginnynge of Barley heruest: