Proverbs 14 Cross References - Matthew

¹ A wise woman vpholdeth her house but a folish wife plucketh it doun ² Who so feareth the Lorde, walketh in the ryght path: and regardeth not hym that abhorreth the wayes of the Lord. ³ In the mouth of the folyshe is the boastynge of lordshyppe, but the lyppes of the wyse wylbe ware of such. ⁴ Where no oxen are, ther the cribbe is empty: but where the oxen labour ther is much frute. ⁵ A faithful witnesse will not dyssemble, but a false recorde wyll make a lye. ⁶ A scorneful body seketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wyl vnderstand ⁷ Se that thou meddle not with a foole, and do as though thou haddest no knowledge. ⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto hys way but the folyshnes of the vnwyse disceaueth. ⁹ Foles make but a sporte of synne, but ther is fauourable loue amonge the rightuous. ¹⁰ The hert of him that hath vnderstandyng wyll neyther dyspaire for any sorow, ner be to presumptuous for any sodaine ioy. ¹¹ The houses of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacles of the rightuous shal florish. ¹² Ther is a waye whiche some men thinke to be ryght, but the ende thereof leadeth vnto death. ¹³ The herte is sorowfull euen in a laughter, and the ende of mirth is heuinesse. ¹⁴ An vnfaythful personne shalbe filled wyth hys owne wayes, but a good man wyl beware of suche. ¹⁵ An ignoraunt boddy beleueth all thynges, but who so hath vnderstandyng, loketh well to his goinges. ¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euel, but a foole goeth on presumptuously. ¹⁷ An vnpacient man dealeth folyshly, but he that is well aduysed doth other wayes. ¹⁸ The ignoraunte haue folyshnes in possession, but the wyse are crowned with knowledge. ¹⁹ The euel shal bow hem selues before the good, and the vngodly shall wayte at the dores of the ryghtuous. ²⁰ The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours, but the rich hath many frends. ²¹ Who so despyseth his neyghbour, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pytye of the poore. ²² They that ymagyn wyckednes, shall be disapoynted: but they that muse vpon good thinges, vnto suche shall happen mercy and faythfulnesse. ²³ Diligent laboure bringeth ryches, but wher many vayne wordes are, trulye ther is scarcenesse. ²⁴ Ryches are an ornamente vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very folyshnesse, ²⁵ A faythfull wytnesse delyuereth soules, but a lyar disceaueth them, ²⁶ The feare of the Lord in a strong hold for vnto his he wyl be a sure defence, ²⁷ The feare of the lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoide the snares of death. ²⁸ The increase and prosperite of the commens is the Kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confusion of the Prince. ²⁹ Pacyence is a token of wisdom, but wrath & hasty displasure is a token of folyshnesse. ³⁰ A merye hert is the life of the bodye, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones. ³¹ He that doeth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth hys maker: but who so hathe pytye of the poore, doeth honoure vnto God, ³² The vngodlye is afrayed of euery parel, but the ryghtuous hath a good hope euen in death. ³³ Wysdome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstandynge, and he wyll teach theym that are vnlearned. ³⁴ Ryghtuousnes setteth vp the people, vut wickednes bringeth folke to destruccyon. ³⁵ A dyscrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the Kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

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

⁴² And excepte the God of my father, the God of Abraham, & the God whome Isaac feareth, had bene wyth me: surely thou haddest sent me away now al empty. But God beheld my tribulation, and the labour of my handes: and rebuked the yesterdaye.

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

⁶ And Ioseph was gouernour in the land, and solde corne to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, & fel flat on the grounde before him.

¹⁸ And Ioseph said vnto them the thyrd day: Thys do and lyue, for I feare God.

²¹ Than they sayde one to another: we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother, in that we sawe the anguysh of hys soull when he besought vs, & wold not heare him: therfore is thys troubyll come vpon vs.

²⁸ they answered: thy seruaunt our father is in good health and is yet aliue. And they bowed them selues and fel to the ground.

¹⁸ After thy sauynge loke I Lord.

¹² But the more they vexed theym, the more they multiplyed and grew: so that they abhorred the chyldren of Israell.

²² Then Pharao charged al his people saying Al the men children that are borne, cast into the ryuer, and saue the mayd children alyue.

⁸ Then Pharao called for Moses & Aaron and sayed, praye ye vnto the Lorde that he maye take away the frogges frome me and from my people, and I wyll lette the people goo, that they maye do Sacrifice vnto the Lorde.

²⁷ And Pharao sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and sayed vnto them: I haue now synned, the Lord is ryghtuous, & I and my people are wicked. ²⁸ Pray ye vnto the Lord, that the thonder of God & hayle may cease, and I wyll let you go, and ye shall tarye no lenger.

⁸ And these thy seruauntes shall come downe vnto me, & fal before me and say: get the out & al the people that are vnder the, & then wyll I departe. And he wente out frome Pharao, in a great anger.

¹⁶ Thou shalte beare no false witnesse agaynst thy neyghboure.

¹ Thou shalt not accepte a vayne tale, nether shalt put thine hand wyth the wycked to be an vnryghteous wytnesse.

³ But Moses was a very make man aboue al the men of the erth.

⁶ Kepe them therefore and do them for that is your wysdome and vnderstandyng in the syght of the nations, whych when they haue hearde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstaudynge people is thys greate nation. ⁷ For what nation is so great that hath Goddes so nye vnto him as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs, in all thynges, when we cal vnto him? ⁸ Yea, & what nation is so greate that hathe ordinaunces, and lawes so ryghtuouse, as all thys lawe which I set before you thys day.

¹ If thou shalt herken dilygently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to obserue and to do al hys commaundementes which I commaunde the thys day. The Lord wyl set the vp on hye aboue all nacions of the erth. ² And al these blessinges shal come on the and ouertake the, yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God. ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes, ⁴ blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell, the frute of thyne oxen, and thy flockes of shepe, ⁵ blessed shall thyne aulmery be and thy store. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in. ⁷ The Lord shal smyte thyne enemyes that ryse agaynst the before thy face. They shall come out agaynst the one way, & flee before the .vij. wayes. ⁸ The Lord shall commaunde the blessynge to be wyth the in thy store houses & in al that thou settest thyne hande to, and wyll blesse the in the lande whyche the Lorde thy God geueth the. ⁹ The Lord shall make the an holy people vnto him self, as he hath sworne vnto the: yf thou shalt kepe the commandementes of the Lord thy God and walke in his wayes. ¹⁰ And al nacions of the erth shall se that thou arte called after the name of the Lorde, and they shalbe aferde of the. ¹¹ And the Lord shal make the plentuous in goodes, in the frute of thy body, in the frute of thy catell and in the frute of thy grounde, in the land whych the Lord sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. ¹² The Lord shall open vnto the hys good treasure, euen the heauen, to geue rayne vnto thy lande in due ceason and to blesse al the laboures of thyne hande. And thou shalt lende vnto many nacions, but shalt not nede to borowe thy selfe. ¹³ And the Lord shall set the before and not behynde, & thou shalt be aboue only and not beneth: yf that thou herken vnto the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde the this day to kepe and to do them. ¹⁴ And se that thou bowe not from any of these wordes which I commaunde the this daye ether to the ryght hande or to the lefte, that thou woldest goo after straunge goddes to serue them. ¹⁵ But and yf thou wilt not herken vnto the voice of the Lord thy God to kepe and to do al his commaundementes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the thys day: then all these curses shall come vpon the & ouertake the: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the towne, & cursed in the felde, ¹⁷ cursed shall thyne aulmery be & thy store. ¹⁸ Cursed shal the frute of thy body & the frute of thy lande be & the frute of thyne oxen & the flockes of thy shepe. ¹⁹ And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in, & when thou goest out. ²⁰ And the Lorde shall sende vpon the cursynge, goyinge to nought & complanynge in all that thou settest thyne hande to whatsoeuer thou doest: vntyl thou be destroyed & brought to nought quyckely, because of the wickednesse of thyne inuencions in that thou hast forsaken the Lorde. ²¹ And the Lorde shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto the, vntyll he haue consumed the from the land whether thou goest to enioye it. ²² And the Lord shall smyte the with swellynge, with feuers, heet, bunrynge, wetherynge, with smytynge and blastynge. And they shall folowe the vntyll thou peryshe. ²³ And the heauen that is ouer thy head shalbe brasse, & the erthe that is vnder the, yeron. ²⁴ And the Lorde shall turne the rayne of the land vnto powder & dust: euen from heauen they shall come doune vpon the, vntyll thou be brought to nought. ²⁵ And the Lorde shall plage the before thyne enmyes: Thou shalt come out one waye agaynste them, and flee seuen wayes before them, & shalt be scatered amonge al the kingdomes of the erth. ²⁶ And thy carkesse shalbe meate vnto all maner foules of the apre and vnto the beastes of the erth, and no man shall fraye them awaye. ²⁷ And the Lorde wyll smyte the wyth the botches of Egypt and the emoroydes, scalle & maungynesse, that thou shalt not be healed therof. ²⁸ And the Lorde shall smyte the wyth madnesse, blyndnesse & dasyng of herte. ²⁹ And thou shalt grope at none dayes as the blynd gropeth in darknesse, and shalt not come to the ryght waye. And thou shalt suffer wronge only & be polled euermore, and no man shall sucker the, ³⁰ thou shalt be betrawthed vnto a wyfe, and another shal lye with her. Thou shalt buylde and house & another shal dwell therin. Thou shalt plante a vyneard, & shalt not make it comen. ³¹ Thyne oxe shalbe slayne before thyne eyes, and thou shalt not eate therof. Thyne asse shalbe vyolentlye taken awaye euen bofore thy face, and shall not be restored the agayne. Thy shepe shalbe geuen vnto thyne enemyes, and no man shall helpe the. ³² Thy sonnes and thy daughters shall be geuen vnto another nacion, and thyne eyes shall se and dase vpon them all daye longe, but shalt haue no myght in thyne hande. ³³ The frute of thy lande and all thy laboures shall a nacion which thou knowest not, eate, and thou shalt but suffre vyolence only & be oppressed alwaye: ³⁴ that thou shalt be cleane besyde thy selfe for the syghte of thyne eyes which thou shalt se. ³⁵ The Lord shal smyte the wyth a myscheuous botche in the knees and legges, so that thou canst not be healed: euen from the sole of the fote vnto the toppe of the head. ³⁶ The Lord shall brynge both the and thy kynge whych thou hast sett ouer the, vnto a nacyon whych nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne, and there thou shalt serue straunge Goddes: euen wod & stone, ³⁷ And thou shalt go to waste & be made an ensample, & a iestynge stocke vnto all nacyons whether the Lord shall carye the. ³⁸ Thou shalt carie moch seed out in the felde & shalt gather but lytle in: for the greshopers shall destroye it. ³⁹ Thou shalt plante a veynearde & dresse it, but shalt nether drynke of the wyne neither gather of the grapes, for the wormes shall eate it. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt haue olyuetrees in al thy coastes, but shalt not be anoynted with the oyle, for thyne olyue trees shalbe roted out. ⁴¹ Thou shalt get sonnes and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shalbe caryed awaye captiue. ⁴² All thy trees and frute of thy lande shalbe marred with blastynge. ⁴³ The straungers that are a monge you shall clyme aboue the vp on hye, and thou shalt come doune beneth alowe. ⁴⁴ He shal lende the & thou shalt not lende him, he shalbe before and thou behynde. ⁴⁵ Moreouer all these curses shall come vpon the & shall folowe the and ouertake the, tyll thou be destroyed: because thou herkenedest not vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe his commandementes and ordynaunces whych he commaunded the, ⁴⁶ and they shalbe vpon the as miracles and wonders & vpon thy seed for euer. ⁴⁷ And because thou seruedest not the Lord thy God wyth ioyfulnesse and with a good herte for the abundaunce of all thinges, ⁴⁸ therfore thou shalt serue thyne enemye which the Lord shall sende vpon the: in hunger and thrust, in nakednesse and in nede of all thynge: & he shall put a yocke of yeron vpon thyne necke, vntyll he haue broughte the to nought. ⁴⁹ And the Lord shal brynge a nacyon vpon the from a farre, euen from the ende of the world, as swyfte as an egle flyeth: a nacyon whose tonge thou shalt not vnderstande: ⁵⁰ a harde fauoured nacyon whiche shall not regarde the person of the olde nor haue compassion on the yonge. ⁵¹ And he shall eate the frute of thy lande and the frute of thy catell vntill he haue destroyed the: so that he shall leaue the nether corne, wyne, nor oyle, nether the encrease of thyne oxen nor the flockes of thy shepe: vntyll he haue brought the to nought. ⁵² And he shall kepe the in, in all thy cities, vntyll the hye & stronge walles be come doune wherin thou trustedest, thorow al the lande. And he shal besyege the in al thy cytyes thorow out all thy land which the Lord thy god hath geuen the. ⁵³ And thou shalt eate the frute of thyne owne body: the flesh of thi sonnes and of thy daughters whych the Lorde thy God hath geuen the, in that straytenesse & seyge wherwith thine enemye shal besyege the, ⁵⁴ so that it shal greue the man that is tender and exceadynge delycate amonge you, to loke on hys brother and vpon his wyfe that lyeth in hys bosome, & on the remnaunte of his chyldren which he hath yet lefte, ⁵⁵ for feare of geuynge vnto any of them of the flesh of his children, which he eateth, because he hath noughte lefte him in that straytenes and seyge wherwyth thyne enemyes shall besyege the in all thy cyties. ⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender & delycate among you that she dare not aduenture to sett the sole of her foote vpon the grounde for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greued to loke on the husbande that lyeth in her bosome and on her sonne & on her daughter: ⁵⁷ euen because of the after byrthe, that is come out from betwene her legges, & because of her chyldren which she hath borne, because she wolde eate them for nede of all thynges secretly, in the straytenes & seyge wherwyth thyne enemye shal besyege the in thy cyties. ⁵⁸ If thou wilt not be dyligent to do all the wordes of this law that are wrytten in thys boke, for to feare this glorious and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God: ⁵⁹ the Lorde wyll smyte both the and thy sead with wonderful plages and with greate plages and of longe continuaunce, ⁶⁰ and with euell sekenesses and of longe duraunce. Moreouer he wyll brynge vpon the al the diseases of Egypt which thou wast afrayed of, and they shall cleaue vnto the. ⁶¹ Therto al maner sickenesses and all maner plages which are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe, wyll the Lord brynge vpon the vntyll thou be come to noughte. ⁶² And ye shalbe lefte fewe in nombre, where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude: because thou woldest not herken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God. ⁶³ And as the Lord reioysed ouer you to do you good & to multyplye you: euen so he wil reioyse ouer you, to destroy you and to bring you to nought. And ye shalbe wasted from of the lande whether thou goest to enioye it. ⁶⁴ And the Lord shall scater the amonge all nacions from the one ende of the world vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes, whyche nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne: euen wood and stone. ⁶⁵ And amonge these nacyons thou shalt be no small ceason, and yet shalt haue no reste to the sole of thy foote. For the Lorde shall geue the there a tremblynge herte & dasynge eyes & sorowe of mynde. ⁶⁶ And thy lyfe shall hange before the, & thou shalt feare both day and nyght & shalt haue no trust in thy lyfe. ⁶⁷ In the mornyng thou shalt saye, wold God it were nyght. And at nyght thou shalt saye, wolde God it were mornynge: for feare of thyne herte which thou shalt feare, and for the syght of thyne eyes which thou shalt se. ⁶⁸ And the Lord shal brynge the into Egypt agayne with shyppes, by the way whych I bade the that thou shouldest se it no moare. And there ye shalbe solde vnto youre enemies, for bondmen and bondwemen: and yet no man shal bye you.

¹⁸ Lest there be among you man or woman kynred or trybe, that turneth away in hys hert thys day from the Lord our God, to go and serue the goddes of these nacions: & lest there be amonge you some roote that beareth gall and wormwod, ¹⁹ so that when he heareth the wordes of this curse, he blesse him self in his hert saying: I shall haue peace. I wyll therfore worke after the luste of myne owne hert, that the droncken may perysh with the thyrstye. ²⁰ And so the Lorde wyll not be mercyfull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the lord & his gelousye, smoke agaynst that man, & al the curses that are written in thys boke lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde do out hys name from vnder heauen, ²¹ and separate hym vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israell accordyng vnto al the curses of the appoyntement that is written in the boke of this lawe. ²² So that the generacion to come of youre chyldren that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shal come from a ferre land, say when they se the plages of that lande, & the diseases wherwith the Lord hath smytten it ²³ how all the land is burnt vp wyth bremstone & salt, & that it is nether sowne nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, after the ouerthrowing of Sodome, Gomor, Adama and Zeboim: which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and angre. ²⁴ And then shal al nacions also say: wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facion vnto this lande? O how fearse is this great wrath? ²⁵ And men shal saye: because they lefte the testament of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. ²⁶ And they went & serued straunge goddes & worshipped them: goddes which they knew not and which had geuen them nought. ²⁷ And therfore the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote vpon that lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this boke. ²⁸ And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in angre, wrath and greate furyousnesse, and cast them in to a straunge land, as it is come to passe this day.

⁶ And when Iosua had sente the people awaye the chyldren of Israell wente euerye man into hys enheritaunce to possesse the land. ⁷ And the people serued the Lorde all the dayes of Iosua, and all the dayes of the elders that oute lyued Iosua, and had sene all the great workes of the Lorde that he dyd to Israel. ⁸ And Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunte of the Lorde dyed when he was an hundred & ten yeares olde: ⁹ whome they buried in the coastes of hys enherytaunce: euen in Thamnath hares in mounte Ephraim on the northsyde of the hyll Gaas. ¹⁰ And euen so all that generacyon were put vnto theyr fathers, & there arose another generacyon after them which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the worckes which he dyd vnto Israel. ¹¹ And then the chyldren of Israel dyd wyckedlye in the syght of the Lorde, and serued Baalim, ¹² & forsoke the Lorde God of theyr fathers, whiche brought them out of the land of Egypt, and folowed straunge Goddes, euen of the Goddes of the nacyons that were rounde aboute them, and bowed them selues vnto them, and angred the Lorde. ¹³ And so they forsoke the Lorde, and serued Baal and Astharoth. ¹⁴ Wherfore the Lorde waxed angry with Israel, & delyuered them into the handes of raueners to spoyle them, and solde them into the handes of theyr enemyes rounde about them, so that they had no power any longer to stande before theyr enemyes.

¹¹ And al the people that were in the gate, & the elders said: we are witnesses: the Lorde make the woman that is come into thine house lyke Rahel & Lea, which twayne dyd builde the house of Israel: that she maye do vertuously in Ephrathah, & be famouse in Bethlehem,

¹⁰ And she was troubled in her spretes, and prayed vnto the Lorde, and wepte sore,

³ Talke not to muche proudlye: let olde thynges depart oute of your mouthes, for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, & iudgeth the thoughtes.

³⁶ And they that are lefte in thyne house, shall come & crouche to hym for a lytle pece of syluer & a cake of bread, and shall saye: put me I praye the in one offyce, or other amonge the priestes, that I may eate a morsell of bread.

⁶ And Salomon sayde: thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father great mercye accordinge as he walked before the in truthe & in ryghteousnesse & playnesse of herte wyth the. And thou hast kept for hym thys great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate: as it is come to passe thys daye.

²⁰ And Iuda & Israel were manye euen as the sande of the sea in nombre, eatyng, drynckyng, & makynge merye. ²¹ And Salomon raygned ouer al kyngdomes from the ryuer thorowout al the land of the Phylistines vnto the borders of Egipt and they brought presentes & serued Salomon all dayes of hys lyfe.

³¹ For it semed him a light thinge to walke in the synne of Ieroboam. But toke Iezabel the doughter of Ethbaal, kinge of the Sidonites to wyfe, and went & serued Baal and bowed vnto him.

² Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Eliah sayinge: so do God to me and so therto, except I make thy soule lyke one of theirs, by to morow this tyme:

¹⁰ Then Benhadad sent vnto him and said: thus do the Gods to me and so therto, yf the dust of Samaria be ynough for al the people that folow me, that euery man maye haue an handfull. ¹¹ And the kynge of Israel answered and sayd: tell hym, let not him that putteth on hys harnesse bost him self, as he that putteth it of.

¹⁸ And he sayd: yf they come out of for peace, take them aliue. And also yf they come for warre take them yet alyue.

²⁷ And the children of Israel were nombred and prouided of vytayle, and went against them, and pitched before them lyke two lytle flockes of kiddes: but the Sirians fylled the countrey.

¹³ and there came in two vnthriftye persones and sate before him. And the two vnthriftye persones wytnesseth agaynst Naboth before the people sayinge: Naboth dyd curse God and the kinge. And vpon the they caryed him out of the cytye and stoned him wyth stones to death.

²⁴ And he that dyeth of Ahab in the towne, hym shal dogges eate: and he that dyeth in the feldes, him shall the foules of the ayre eate. ²⁵ For there was none at all lyke Ahab, that was so vtterly geuen to worcke wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde, and that because Iezabel his wyfe prycked hym forwarde.

¹² And all the Prophetes prophesyed euen so sayinge: go to Ramoth in Galaad & prosper, for the Lorde shall delyuer it into the handes of the kinge. ¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micheah, said vnto him: se, the wordes of the Prophetes speake good vnto the kynge with one voyce: let thy wordes I praie the, be lyke the wordes of one of them, and speake that is good. ¹⁴ And Mycheah sayde: as surely as the Lorde lyueth, what the Lorde putteth in my mouthe, that wil I speake.

¹² And Iehosaphat sayde: the worde of the Lorde is wyth hym. And so the kinge of Israel, and Iehosaphat and the kynge of Edom went doune to him.

²⁷ Then she went to the man of God vp to the hyll and caught him by the fete. And Gihezi went to her, to thrust her away. But the man of God sayde: let her alone, for her soule is vexed, and the Lorde hath hid it from me, and hath not tolde it me.

³² In those dayes the Lorde beganne to cut Israel shorte, for Hazael slue them in all the coastes of Israell, ³³ from Iordan Eastwarde: euen al the lande of Galaad, the Gadites, the Rubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer vpon the ryuer of Arnon, with Galaad and Basan.

¹ And Athaliah the mother of Ohoziah, when she saw that her sonne was dead, she arose, and slew all the seede of the kingedome.

⁷ But there were left of the people to Iehoahaz, but fyfty horsmen and ten charettes, & ten thousand fotemen, for the kynge of Syrya had destroyed them and made them lyke threshed chaffe.

⁸ But the Lorde sayde to Dauid my father: for as muche as it was in thyne herte, to buylde an house for my name, thou dyddest well that thou haddest it in thine herte.

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

² And all the kinges seruauntes that were in the gate, bowed their knees, & dyd reuerence vnto Haman: for the kinge had so commaunded. But Mardocheus bowed not the knee, and worshipped him not.

⁶ and thought it to littell to laye handes onely on Mardocheus: for they had shewed hym the nacyon of Mardocheus, but he soughte to destroye all the Iewes the nacion of Mardochens, that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus.

¹⁰ Neuertheles he refrayned him selfe, and when he came home, he sent, & called for his frendes and Zares hys wyfe, ¹¹ & tolde them of the glory of hys ryches, & the multitude of hys chyldren all together how the king had promoted him so greatly, and howe that he was taken aboue the princes and seruauntes of the kynge.

⁵ The kinge Ahasuerus spake and sayde vnto quene Esther: what is he that? Or where is he that darre presume in hys mynd to do such a thynge after that maner? ⁶ Esther sayde: the enemy and aduersarye is this wicked Haman. As for Haman, he was exceadingly afrayed before the Kynge & the quene. ⁷ And the Kyng arose from the bancket & from the wine in his dyspleasure, and wente into the palace garden. And Haman stode vp, and besought quene Esther for his life: for he sawe that there was a myschefe prepared for hym of the king all ready. ⁸ And when the Kynge came agayne oute of the palace garden into the parler, where they had eaten, Haman had layed hym vpon the bed that Esther sat vpon. Then sayde the Kynge? will he force the quene also besyde me in the house? As sone as that worde wente out of the kynges mouthe, they couered Hamans face.

¹ In the lande of Nus there was a man called Iob: an innocent & vertuous man, soche one as feared God exchued euell.

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

²¹ He shal kepe the from the perlous tonge that so when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare.

² O that my mysery were weyed, and my punishmente layed in the balaunces: ³ for then should it be heuyer, then the sande of the sea. This is the cause, that my words are so soroufull. ⁴ For the arowes of the almyghty are in me, whose indignacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of GOD fyghte agaynste me.

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

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

⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly, & geue the, the bewtie of rightuousnesse agayne?

¹⁵ He leaneth hym vpon hys house, but he shal not stande: he holdeth hym fast by it, yet shall he not endure.

¹⁸ He wyll not let my sprete be in reste, but fylleth me with bytternesse.

¹ it greueth my soule to lyue. Neuerthelesse, nowe wyll I put forth my wordes: I will speake out of the very heuinesse of my soule,

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

¹⁵ Lo, there is nether conforte nor hope for me, yf he wyll slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his syght,

¹⁶ How much more then an abhominalbe and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water?

³⁴ For the congregacyon of ypocrites is vnfrutefull, and the fyre shall consume the houses of suche, as are gredy to receyue gyftes.

¹⁴ All his comforte & hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very fearfulnesse shall bringe hym to the kynge. ¹⁵ Other men shall dwell in his house (which now is none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world.

²¹ Soche are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.

¹³ He hath put my brethren farre awaye from me, and suche as were of myne acquauntaunce, are become straungers vnto me. ¹⁴ Mine owne kynsfolkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce.

²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer liueth & that I shal ryse out of the earth in the latter day: ²⁶ that I shal be clothed againe wyth thys skynne, & se God in my fleshe. ²⁷ Ye I my selfe shal beholde hym, not wyth other but wyth these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me,

²⁶ There shal no darcknes be able to hyd him. And vnkindled fyre shall consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shalbe destroyed. ²⁷ The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take parte agaynst hym. ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in hys house, shalbe taken away and peryshe, in the daye of the Lordes wrath.

²⁸ For ye saye: where is the Princes palace? where is the dwellinge of the vngodly?

¹³ saying: This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tirauntes shall receyue of the almighty. ¹⁴ Yf he get many chyldren, they shal perishe with the swearde, and hys posterite, shal haue scarcenesse of bread. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behind him, they shall dye & be buried, and no man shall haue pite of hys wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as muche money as the dust of the earthe, and raymente as ready as the claie, ¹⁷ he maye wel prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon him, & the innocent shall deale oute the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a bothe that the watcheman maketh. ¹⁹ When the ryche man dyeth, he caried nothing with him: he is gone in the twinckelynge of an eye. ²⁰ Destruccyon taketh holde vpon him as a water floud, and the tempest stealeth hym awaie in the nyghte season.

²⁰ Destruccyon taketh holde vpon him as a water floud, and the tempest stealeth hym awaie in the nyghte season. ²¹ A vehemente wynde caried him hence and departeth: a storme plucketh hym oute of his place.

²¹ A vehemente wynde caried him hence and departeth: a storme plucketh hym oute of his place. ²² It russheth in vpon hym, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power thereof.

²² It russheth in vpon hym, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power thereof. ²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yea and yeast of him, when they loke vpon his place.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wisedom, and to forsake euil, is vnderstandinge.

¹⁰ they abhorre me, they fle far from me, and stayne my face with spetle.

¹³ Dyd I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had any matter against me.

¹³ Dyd I euer thinke scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes and maydens, when they had any matter against me. ¹⁴ But seynge that God will syt in iudgement what shall I do? And for so muche as he will nedes vpset me, what answere shall I geue hym?

¹⁴ But seynge that God will syt in iudgement what shall I do? And for so muche as he will nedes vpset me, what answere shall I geue hym? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers womb, made he not him also? were we not bothe shapen alyke in oure mothers bodyes?

¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers womb, made he not him also? were we not bothe shapen alyke in oure mothers bodyes? ¹⁶ When the poore desyreth any thinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused the wyddowe stande wayting for me in vayne?

²¹ Dyd I euer lyfce vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yea in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctoryte: ²² then let myne arme fall from my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the yoyutes. ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce & punishement of God, & knew very wel, that I was no able to beare his burthen.

⁷ where is there such one as Iob, that drincketh vp scornefulnes lyke water? ⁸ which goeth in the company of wicked doars, & walketh with vngodly men? ⁹ For he sayeth: Thoughe a man be good, yet is he naughte before God.

⁵ loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: consydre the cloudes, how they are hyer then thou. ⁶ If thou sinnest, what doest thou vnto hym? If thyne offences be manye, howe gettest thou his fauoure?

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

⁵ Now for the troubles sake of the oppressed, and because of the complainte of the poore I will vp (sayeth the Lord) I wil helpe them, & set them at rest.

¹¹ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe: thou shalte make me full of ioye wyth thy countenaunce. At thy ryght hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

¹⁵ But as for me, I wil beholde thy presence in righteousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shall be satisfied.

⁵ The paynes of hell came aboute me, the snares of death toke holde vpon me.

²⁴ For he hath not despised nor abhorred the miserable estate of the poore: he hath not hid hys face fro me, but when I called vnto him he herde me.

⁴ Though I should walke now in the valley of the shadow of death, yet I feare not euel for thou arte with me: thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me.

¹⁰ All the wayes of the Lord are verye mercy and faythfulnes, vnto suche as kepe hys testament and couenaunte.

¹⁴ The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him, and he sheweth them hys couenaunt.

²¹ Let inocencye and ryghtuous dealynge walie vpon me, for my hope is in the.

¹⁸ Let the lieng lippes be put to silence which cruely, disdainefully, and despitefully speake against the rightuous.

⁷ The Aungel of the Lorde pytcheth hys tente rounde aboute hym that feare hym, & delyuereth them. ⁸ O taste and se how frendly the Lorde is, blessed is the man that trusteth in hym. ⁹ O feare the Lord, ye that be hys sayntes: for they that feare hym, lacke nothyng. ¹⁰ The ryche shall wante and suffre hunger, but they which seke the Lord, shal want no maner of thyng, that is good. ¹¹ Come hyther, O ye chyldren, herken vnto me, I wil teache you the feare of the Lorde.

¹⁴ Let hym eschue euell, and do good: Lette hym seke peace and ensue it.

³⁷ Kepe innocency, and take hede vnto the thynge that is ryghte, for that shall brynge a man peace at the last.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he, that consydereth the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in the tyme of trouble. ² The Lord shal preserue him & kepe him aliue: he shall make him to prospere vpon earth, and shall not delyuer him into the wyl of his enemeyes.

¹⁰ For it shalbe sene, that such wyse men shal dye and perysh together, as wel as the ignoraunt and folysh, and leue their goodes for other. ¹¹ Loke what is in their houses, it contynueth still: their dwellyng places endure from one generacion to another, and are called after their owne names vpon the earth. ¹² Neuerthelesse man abydeth not in suche honour, but is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them. ¹³ This waye of theirs is very folyshnesse, and yet their posteritie prayse it wyth theyr mouth. Selah. ¹⁴ They lye in the hell like shepe, death shall gnawe vpon theim, and the righteous shall haue dominacion of theim in the mornynge by tymes: their strength shall consume, and hell shalbe their dwellynge.

¹ To the chaunter, an exortacyon of Dauid when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and shewed hym, sayinge: Dauid is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thy self, thou Tyrraunt, that thou canste do myschiefe? Wher as the goodnesse of God endureth yet dayly. ² Thy tonge ymagyneth wyckednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure.

⁴ I lye wyth my soule among the cruel lions euen among the chyldren of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tonge a sherpe sweard.

⁹ Or euer your thorns be sharpe, the wrath shall take them awaye quicke, like a stormy wynde.

⁷ That he maye dwel before God for euer: Oh let thy louynge mercy and faythfulnes preserue hym.

⁴ A frowarde harte shall departe fro me I wyll not knowe a wicked personne. ⁵ Who so preuely sclaundereth hys neyghboure. hym wyl I destroye: Who so hath a prowd loke and an hye stomacke, I may not awaye with him. ⁶ Myne eyes shal loke for such as be faythfull in the lande, that they maye dwell wyth me: and who so leadeth a godly liue, shall be my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary in my syght. ⁸ I shalll soone destroye all the vngodlie of the lande, that all wycked doers maye be roted out of the cytie of the Lord.

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

¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wysdome, a good vnderstandyng haue al they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

¹ Prayse the euerlastynge. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, and hath great delite in hys commaundementes. ² Hys sede shal be mighty vpon earth the generacyon of the faythfull shalbe blessed. ³ Ryches and, plenteousnesse shalbe in hys house, and hys ryghtuousnesse endureth for euer.

⁵ Well is he that is mercyfull, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his wordes wyth discrecyon, ⁶ For he shall neuer be moued, the ryghtuous shall be had in an euerlastynge remembraunce. ⁷ He wyll not be afrayed for anye euyll tydynges, his herte standeth fast, and beleueth in the Lord. ⁸ Hys hert is stablished, he wyl not shrynke, vntyl he se hys desyre vpon hys enemyes. ⁹ He hath sparsed abrode, and geuen to the poore, hys ryghtuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shalbe exealted with honoure ¹⁰ The vngodly shall se it, and it shall greue them: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume awaye. and the desyre of the vngodlye shall perysh.

¹³ Yea he blesseth al them that feare the Lord both smale and great. ¹⁴ The Lorde encrease you more and more: you, and your children.

⁵ O that my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statutes.

¹⁸ Open thou myne eyes, and so shall I spy out wonderous thynges in thy lawe.

³⁴ O geue me vnderstandyng, & I shall kepe thy lawe, yea I shal kepe it wyth my whole herte. ³⁵ Leade me in the pathe of thy commaundmentes, for that is my desyre,

⁷³ Iod. Thy hands haue made me and fashyoned me, O geue me vnderstandyng, that I may learne thy commaundementes.

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

⁹⁸ Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser then myne enemyes, for it is euer by me. ⁹⁹ I haue more vnderstandyng then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. ¹⁰⁰ Yea, I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy commaundementes.

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

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnes of the proude.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde about thy table.

⁸ O let me heare thy louyng kyndnesse by tymes in the morning, for in the is my trust: shew thou me the waye that I should walke in, for I lift vp my soule vnto the.

²² O ye chyldren, how longe will ye loue chyldyshnesse? how long wil the, scorners delite in scorning & the vnwise be enemies vnto knowlege?

³¹ Therfore shal they eate the frutes of their owne way, & be filled with their oune counsayls: ³² for the turning away of the vnwyse shal sley them, & the prosperitie of foles shalbe their owne destruccion.

⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, iudgement and equite, yea, & euery good path. ¹⁰ If wisdome entre into thyne hert, and thy soule delyte in knowlege: ¹¹ then shall counsayl preserue the, & vnderstanding shall kepe the. ¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, & from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges ¹³ From suche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darkenesse: ¹⁴ whiche reioyse in doinge euel, and delite in wicked thinges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes sclaunderous.

¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes sclaunderous. ¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the housbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel.

⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding in the sight of God & men.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne own conceyte, but feare the Lord, & departe from euell:

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne own conceyte, but feare the Lord, & departe from euell: ⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, & thy bones strong.

⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, & thy bones strong.

²⁵ Thou nedest not to be afrayed of any sodaine feare nether for the vyolent rushynge in of the vngodly, when it commeth. ²⁶ For the Lorde shal be besiege the, and kepe thy fote that thou be not taken.

²⁹ where as thou hast nowe to geue him. Intend no hurt vnto thy neighbour seing he hopeth to dwel in rest by the.

³³ The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly, but he blessed the dwellynges of the rightuous.

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

⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make muche of her and she shall promote the: Yea if thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure.

⁸ Make muche of her and she shall promote the: Yea if thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous head, and garnyshe the wyth a crowne of glorye.

²³ Kepe thyne herte wyth all dilygence, for there vpon hangeth lyfe.

²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, so shal al thy waies be sure.

⁴ But at the laste she is as bytter as worme wode, and as sharpe as a two edged sweard.

¹⁵ Therfore shal his destruccyon come hastely vpon him, sodenly shal he be al to broken, and not be healed.

¹⁸ an hert that goeth about with wicked ymaginacions, fet that be swift in rening to do mischefe, ¹⁹ a false witnes that bringeth vp lies, and such one as soweth dyscord amonge brethren,

²² Immediatly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter (& lyke as it were to the stockes, where foles are punyshed)

⁹ They are all playne to suche as will vnderstande, and ryght to them that fynde knowlege.

²⁰ I walke in the waye of righteousnes, and in the strete of iudgement.

³⁵ For who so findeth me, findeth life and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.

⁶ Forsake ignoraunce, & ye shall lyue: & se that ye go in the way of vnderstandinge.

¹³ A folysh restles woman, ful of words, and such one as hath no knowledge, ¹⁴ sitteth in the dores of her house vpon a stoole aboue in the cytye, ¹⁵ to cal such as go by, & walke streght in their waies,

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

¹⁰ He that wyncketh wyth hys eye, wyl do some harme: but he that hath a folysh mouth shalbe beaten.

¹⁵ The rich mans goodes are his strong hold, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

²³ A fole doth wyckedly and maketh but a sport of it: neuerthelesse it is wysdome for a man to beware of suche.

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

¹⁸ The labour of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth righteousnes, shal receyue a sure rewarde.

²⁴ Some man geueth out hys goodes, & is the rycher, but the nygard (hauyng ynough) will departe from nothynge, and yet is euer in pouerty. ²⁵ He that is liberal in geuyng, shal haue plentye: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also him self.

²⁸ He that trusteth in hys ryches shall haue a fall, but the righteous shall florish as the grene leaf. ²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes is his owne house, he shall haue wynde for hys heritage, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wyse.

²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes is his owne house, he shall haue wynde for hys heritage, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wyse. ³⁰ The frute of the righteous is as the tree of lyfe, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

² A good man is acceptable vnto the Lord, but the wicked will he condempne.

⁴ A stedfast woman is a croune vnto her husband: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly is a corrupcion in hys bones.

⁶ The talkyng of the vngodlye is howe they maye laye wayte for bloud, but the mouthe of the righteous wyll deliuer them. ⁷ Or euer thou canst turne the about, the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowen: but the house of the righteous shall stande.

¹⁴ Euery man shall enioye good accordinge to the innocency of his mouth, & after the workes of his handes shal he be rewarded. ¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it wel done: but he that is wyse, wil be counsayled. ¹⁶ A foole vttereth his wrath in all the hast, but a discrete man forgeueth wrong. ¹⁷ A iust man wil tel the trueth, & shewe the thynge that is right: but a false witnesse disceyueth.

²³ He that hath vnderstanding, can hyde his wisdome: but an vndiscrete hert telleth oute hys folishnesse. ²⁴ A diligent hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shalbe vnder tribute.

⁵ A ryghtuous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodlye shameth both other and hym selfe.

¹⁴ The law is a wel of life vnto the wise, that it may kepe him from the snares of death, ¹⁵ Good vnderstanding geueth fauour, but hard is the way of the despisers. ¹⁶ A wyse man doth al thinges with dyscrecyon, but a foole wyl declare his folly.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but who so is a companyon of foles, shalbe hurte.

²³ Ther is plentuousnesse of fode in the feldes of the pore, and shalbe increased out of measure.

⁵ A faithful witnesse will not dyssemble, but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto hys way but the folyshnes of the vnwyse disceaueth.

¹⁰ The hert of him that hath vnderstandyng wyll neyther dyspaire for any sorow, ner be to presumptuous for any sodaine ioy.

¹⁷ An vnpacient man dealeth folyshly, but he that is well aduysed doth other wayes.

²¹ Who so despyseth his neyghbour, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pytye of the poore.

²⁵ A faythfull wytnesse delyuereth soules, but a lyar disceaueth them,

²⁹ Pacyence is a token of wisdom, but wrath & hasty displasure is a token of folyshnesse.

³¹ He that doeth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth hys maker: but who so hathe pytye of the poore, doeth honoure vnto God,

² A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse.

¹³ A mery hert maketh a chearful countinance but an vnquiet mynd maketh it heuy.

¹⁸ An angry man stereth vp strife, but he that is pacient stilleth discord.

²⁸ A ryghtuous man museth in hys mynde howe to do good, but the mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, howe he may do harme,

⁶ With louyng mercye and fayethfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth the Lorde, he eschueth euell.

¹⁷ The path of the rightuous eschueth euel, & who so loketh wel to his waies, kepeth hys owne soule.

²⁵ Ther is away that men thinke to be right but the ende thereof leadeth vnto death.

³² A pacyente man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that winneth a city.

² A discrete seruaunt shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysdom, and shal haue like heritage with the brethren.

⁵ Who so laugheth the pore to scorne blasphemeth hys maker: & he that is glad of another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

²² A merye hert maketh a lusty age, but a sorowful mind dryeth vp the bones.

²⁴ Wysdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding, but the eies of fooles wander thorow out all landes.

² A foole hath no delite in understanding, but only in those thynges wherin his herte reioyseth. ³ Wher vngodlynes is, there is also disdayne: and so there foloweth shame and dishonoure.

⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong castel, the righteous flieth vnto it, and shalbe saued.

¹⁴ A good stomacke driueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sptrite is vexed, who may abide it?

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

⁴ Ryches make many frendes, but the poore is forsaken of his own frendes. ⁵ A false witnesse shall not remayne vnpunished, & he that speaketh lyes shal not escape. ⁶ The multitude hangeth vpon great men, and euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes. ⁷ As for the poore, he is hated amonge all hys brethren: yea, hys owne frendes forsake hym, & he that geueth credence vnto wordes getteth nothyng.

⁹ A false witnesse shall not remayne vnpunished, & he that speaketh lyes shal perish.

¹¹ A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honour to let some fautes passe. ¹² The kynges disfauour is lyke the roaryng of a Lyon, but hys frendship is lyke the dewe vpon the grasse. ¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is the heuynes of hys father, & a braulyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house, where thorow it is euer droppyng.

¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is the heuynes of hys father, & a braulyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house, where thorow it is euer droppyng.

¹⁷ He that hath pittie vppon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: & loke what he layeth oute, it shalbe payed hym agayn.

²² It is a mans worship to do good & better it is to be a poore man, then dissembler. ²³ The feare of the Lord preserueth the life yea, it geueth plenteousnes, without the visitacion of any plage.

²⁶ He that hurteth hys father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne. ²⁷ My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine that leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstandyng.

⁸ A kynge that sitteth in iudgement, and loketh well aboute hym, dryueth awaye all euell.

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

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

¹² The ryghtuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodlye, but the vngodlye goo on styll after their owne wyckednesse.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, then wyth a chidynge and an angrye woman. ²⁰ In a wyse mans house there is a greate treasure and a plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

²⁴ He that is proud & presumptuous, is called a scorneful man, whyche in wrath darre worke malycyouslye.

² Whether ryches or pouerty do mete vs, it commeth al of God. ³ A wise man seith the plage and hideth him self, but the folysh go on styl and are punished.

⁵ Speres and snares are in the way of the froward, bot he that wyll kepe his soule, let hym fle from such.

⁸ He that soweth wickednes shal repe sorow, & the rod of his plage shal destroy him

¹¹ Who so deliteth to be of a cleane herte and of gracious lyppes, the king shall be his frend.

¹⁶ Who so doth a pore man wrong to increase his owne riches, geueth (commenly) vnto the rych, & at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe.

²² Se that thou robbe not the pore because he is weake, & oppresse not the simple in iudgment: ²³ for the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do vyolence vnto them that haue vsed vyolence. ²⁴ Make no frendship with an angry wilful man, and kepe no company wt the furious:

²⁴ Make no frendship with an angry wilful man, and kepe no company wt the furious: ²⁵ lest thou learne hys wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.

³ Thorow wysdome an house shalbe builded, & wt vnderstandyng shalbe set vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shal the chambers he fylled wyth al costly & plesant ryches.

¹⁶ For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, and riseth vp againe, but the vngodly fal into wickednes.

⁵ Take awaye vngodlynes from the king, & his seat shalbe stablished wt ryghtuousnes

⁸ Be not hastye to go to the law, lest happely thou order thy selfe so at the laste, that thy neighbour put the to shame.

²⁸ He that can not rule him self, is like a city which is broken doune, & hath no walles.

¹² If thou seiest a man that is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a fole then in him.

¹⁸ Lyke os one shutteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dissembler wyth his neighboure. ¹⁹ And then saith he: I dyd it but in sporte.

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

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole wyth a pestell in morter like otemel, yet wyll not his folyshnesse go from hym.

⁶ A poore man leadyng a godly lyfe, is better then the rych that goeth in froward wayes.

¹⁴ Well is hym that standeth alwaye in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his hert, he shall fal into myschyefe.

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

²⁵ He that is of a proud stomacke, stereth vp strife but he that putteth hys truste in the Lorde, shalbe wel fedde.

²⁷ He that geueth vnto the poore, shall not wante: but he that turneth awaye hys eyes from suche as be in necessytye, shal suffer greate pouertye hym selfe.

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

¹¹ A foole poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde. ¹² If a prynce delyte iu lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

²² An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, and he that beareth euell wyll in hys mynde, doeth muche euill.

¹² The generacion that thynke them selfes cleane, shall not be clensed from their filthynesse.

²⁰ Such is the way also of a wife that breaketh wedlocke, which wipeth her mouth like as when she hath eaten, & sayeth. As for me, I haue done no harme.

¹⁰ Aleph. Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles. ¹¹ Beth. The hert of her husband may safely trust in her, so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles. ¹² Gimel. She will do him good & not euell all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ Daleth. She occupyeth woll and flax, and laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ He. She is lyke a merchauntes shyppe, that bringeth her vitayles from a farre. ¹⁵ Vau. She is vp in the night season, to prouyde meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens. ¹⁶ Zain. She considreth lande, & byeth it, & wyth the frute of her handes she planteth a vyneyarde. ¹⁷ Heth. She gyrdeth her loynes with strength, and courageth her armes. ¹⁸ Teth. And if she perceyue that her houswyfrye doth good, her candle goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ Iod. She layeth her fingers to the spyndle, & her hande taketh holde of the rocke. ²⁰ Caph. She openeth her hande to the poore, yea, she stretched forthe her handes too suche as haue nede. ²¹ Lamed. She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurte her house, for all her housholde folkes are double clothed. ²² Mem. She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes, her clothyng is whyte silke and purple. ²³ Nun. Her husband is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande. ²⁴ Samech. She maketh cloth of silke & selleth it, and deliuereth a gyrdle vnto the marchaunt. ²⁵ Ain. Strength and honour is her clothynge, & in the latter daye she shall reioyse. ²⁶ Phe. She openeth her mouth with wysdome, and in her tonge is the lawe of grace. ²⁷ Zade. She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde, & eateth not her bread with ydelnes. ²⁸ Koph. Her chyldren arise, and call her blessed: & her husbande maketh much of her. ²⁹ Res. Many daughters there be that gather riches together, but thou goest aboue them all. ³⁰ Sin. As for fauour, it is disceatfull, & beuty is a vayne thing: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Thau. Geue her of the frute of her handes, & let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

² in so much that I sayd vnto laughter: thou art mad, and to myrthe: what doest thou?

¹⁰ and loke what soeuer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: and wherein soeuer my herte delited or had any pleasure, I wyth helde it not from it. Thus my herte reioysed in all that I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle. ¹¹ But when I consydered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the laboures that I had taken therein, lo, all was but but vanytye and vexacion of mind, & nothyng of any value vnder the Sunne.

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

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the right of the law is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at such iudgement, for one great man kepeth touch with another, and the mightye helpe them selfes together.

⁵ It is better to geue eare to the chastenyng of a wyse man, then to heare the song of fooles. ⁶ For the laughing of fooles is lyke the crackinge of thornes vnder a pot, And that is but a vayne thing.

⁹ Be not hastelye angrye in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

¹¹ Wysdome is better then ritches, yea much more worth then the eye syght. ¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wysdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

¹⁸ It is good for the to take hold of thys, and not to let that go out of thy hand. For he that fereth God shal escape them al.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterrer then death: for she is a very angle, her herte is a net, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the synner wil be taken wt her.

³ A dotyng foole thynketh, that euery man doth as folishly as hym selfe.

⁶ in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the ryche are set doune beneth:

¹³ The begynnyng of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is great madnesse.

¹ Sende thy vyttuayls ouer the waters, and so shalt thou finde them after many yeares. ² Geue it awaye amonge seuen or eyghte, for thou knoweste not what mysery shall come vpon earth.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yong man) in thy youth, and let thine herte be mery in thy yonge daies: folowe the wayes of thine owne herte, and the luste of thyne eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thinges.

¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes, For that toucheth al men:

²⁰ Yf any man want lyght, let hym loke vpon the lawe and the testimony, whether they speake not after thys meaninge.

²⁰ So go now my people into thy chambre, & shut the dore to the, and suffre now the twincklynge of an eye, tyll the wrathe be ouerpaste. ²¹ For beholde, the Lorde wyl go out of his habitacyon, and vpset the wyckednesse of them that dwell vpon earthe. He wyl dyscouer the bloud that she hath deuoured, she shal neuer hyde them, that she hath murthered.

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the couetous, these be hys shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull workes, yea euen there as he shuld geue sentence with the poore.

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the couetous, these be hys shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull workes, yea euen there as he shuld geue sentence with the poore. ⁸ But the lyberall person ymagyneth honest thynges, and commeth vp with honestye.

⁶ Let trueth and faythfulnesse be in her tyme: power, health, wisdome, knowledge and the feare of God are her treasure.

⁷ It pleaseth not me, tyll thou deale thy breade to the hungry, and brynge the poore fatherlesse home into thy house, when thou seyste the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face from thyne owne fleshe. ⁸ Then shall thy lighte breake forthe as the morninge, and thy healthe floryshe ryghte shortlie: thy righteousnesse shall go before the, and the glorye of the Lorde shall embrace the. ⁹ Then yf thou callest, the Lorde shall answere the: yf thou cryest, he shall saye: here I am. Yea, yf thou layest awaie thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, ¹⁰ yf thou hast compassyon vpon the hongrye, and refresshest the troubled soule: Then shall thy light sprynge oute in the darcknesse, and thy darckenesse shalbe as the noone day. ¹¹ The Lord shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfye the desire of thyne herte, and fyl thy bones with marye. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and lyke the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth running. ¹² Then the places that haue euer bene waste, shalbe buylded of the: there shalt thou lay a foundacion for many kinredes: thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges, and the buylder againe of the waye of the Sabboth.

¹⁴ Moreouer those shall come knelinge vnto the, that haue vexed the: and al they that despised the, shal fall doune at thy fote. Thou shalt be called the citie of the Lorde, the holye Sion of Israel.

² Go thy waye, crye in the eares of Ierusalem, and saye: Thus sayeth the Lorde: I remembre the for the kindnesse of thy youth, and because of thy stedfast loue: in that thou folowdest me thorowe the wildernesse, in an vntilled lande. ³ Thou Israel wast halowed vnto the Lorde, and so was his fyrst frutes. Al they that deuoured Israel, offended: mysfortune fell vpon them, sayeth the Lorde. ⁴ Heare therfore the worde of the Lorde, O thou house of Iacob, and al the generacion of the house of Israell. ⁵ Thus sayeth the Lorde vnto you. What vnfaythfulnesse founde youre fathers in me, that they wente so farre awaye from me, fallinge to lightnesse, and beynge so vaine? ⁶ They thought not in their hertes: Where haue we left the Lorde, that broughte vs oute of the lande of Egipte, that led vs thorowe the wildernesse, thorow a desert and roughe lande, thorow a drye and deadly land yea a lande that no man had gone thorowe, and wherin noman had dwelt. ⁷ And when I had brought you into a plasaunt welbuilded lande, that ye might enioye the frutes and all the commodities of the same: ye went forth, and defyled my lande, and brought myne heretage to abhomynacion. ⁸ The pryestes them selues sayde not once: where is the Lorde? They that haue the lawe in their handes, knowe me not. The sheperdes offende against me. The Prophetes do seruice vnto Baal, and folowe suche thinges as shall brynge them no profyt. ⁹ Wherfore I am constrayned (sayeth the Lorde) to make my complaynte vpon you, and vpon youre chyldren. ¹⁰ Go into the Iles of Cethim, and loke well: sende vnto Cedar, take diligent hede, and se, whether suche thinges be done there, ¹¹ whether the Gentiles them selues deale so fastly and vntruly with their goddes (whiche yet are no Goddes in dede.) But my people hath geuen ouer their hye honoure, for a thinge that maye not helpe them. ¹² Be astonished (O ye heauens) be afrayde and abashed at such thinge, sayeth the Lorde. ¹³ For my people hath done two euyls. They haue forsaken me the well of the water of life and dygged them pyttes, yea vyle & broken pittes, that holde no water. ¹⁴ Is Israell a bond seruaunt, or one of the houshold? Why is he then so spoiled? ¹⁵ Why do they roare, and crye then vpon him, as a lyon? They haue made his lande waste, his cities are so brent vp, that there is noman dwellynge in them. ¹⁶ Yea the chyldren of Noph and Taphnes haue defyled thy neck. ¹⁷ Commeth not this vnto the, because thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, euer sence he led the by the waye. ¹⁸ And what hast thou nowe to do in the strete of Egipte? to drincke foule water? Ether, what makest thou in the way to Assiria? To drincke water of the floud? ¹⁹ Thyne owne wickednesse shall reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou maiest know and vnderstand, how euyl and hurtful a thinge it is, that thou hast forsaken thy Lorde thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

¹⁹ Thyne owne wickednesse shall reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou maiest know and vnderstand, how euyl and hurtful a thinge it is, that thou hast forsaken thy Lorde thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes. ²⁰ I haue euer broken thy yocke of olde, and burste thy bondes: yet sayest thou: I wil nomore serue, but (lyke an harlot) thou runnest aboute vpon all hye hilles, and amonge all grene trees, ²¹ where as I planted the out of noble grapes & good rotes. How art thou turned then into a bitter, vnfrutefull, and straunge grape? ²² Yea, & that so sore: that thoughe thou wasshe the with Nitrus, and make thy self to fauoure with that swete smelling herbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stayned with thy wyckednesse, sayeth the Lorde thy God. ²³ Saye not now: I am not vncleane, and I haue not folowed the Goddes. Loke vpon thyne owne wayes in the woddes, valleyes and dennes, so shalt thou knowe, what thou hast done. Thou art lyke a swyft Dromedary, that goeth easely in his waye: ²⁴ and thy wantonnes is like a wilde Asse, that vseth the wildernesse, and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wyll. Who can tame the? All they that seke the, shal not fayle, but finde the in thine owne vnclennes. ²⁵ Thou kepest thy fote from nakednes, and thy throte from thyrste, and thynkest thus in thy selfe: tushe, I will take no sorow, I will loue the straunge Goddes, and hang vpon them.

²⁶ For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes, that pryuelye laye snares & wayte for men, to take them & destroye them. ²⁷ And lyke as a net is ful of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten wt falshed and disceyte. Hereof commeth theyr greate substaunce and ryches, ²⁸ hereof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me wyth shameful blasphemyes. They mynistre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore according to equite. ²⁹ Shulde I not punyshe these thynges, saith the Lorde? shulde I not be auenged of al suche people, as these be?

⁵ Wherfore then is this people and Ierusalem gone to farre backe, that they turne not agayne. They are euer the longer the more obstynate, & wyl not be conuerted.

⁹ therfore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afrayed and taken: for lo, they haue caste oute the worde of the Lorde: what wysdom can then be among them?

²⁰ Lyft vp youre eyes, and beholde them, that come from the North: Lyke a fat flocke shall they fall vpon the.

¹¹ And the Lorde answered me: Lede not I the then vnto good? Come not I to the, when thou art in trouble: & helpe the, when thyne enemye oppresseth the?

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

⁵ Thus sayeth the Lorde: Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man, & that taketh flesh for hys arme: and he, whose herte departeth from the Lorde.

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one herte and one waye, that they maye feare me all the dayes of their lyfe, that they and their children after them maye prospere. ⁴⁰ And I wyll set vp an euerlastinge couenaunt with them, Namely, that I will neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I will put my feate in ther hertes so that they shall not runne awaye from me.

¹⁷ but whatsoeuer goeth oute of oure owne mouth, that wyl we do. We wyl do sacryfice, and offre oblacions vnto the Quene of Heauen: lyke as we & our forefathers, our kinges and oure heades haue done in the cities of Iuda, & in the stretes, & feldes of Ierusalem. For then had we plenteousnesse of vytayles, then were we in prosperytie, and no mysfortune came vpon vs.

¹⁴ Now when the sprete toke me vp, and caried me awaye, I wente with an heuy and a sorowfull mynde, but the hande of the Lorde comforted me ryght soone.

¹ Agayne, the worde of the Lorde spake vnto me, sayinge: ² Thou sonne of man, shewe the citie of Ierusalem theyr abhominacions ³ & saye: Thus sayth the Lorde God vnto Ierusalem: Thy progeny & kinred came oute of the lande of Canaan, thy father was an Amoryte, thy mother a Cethyte. ⁴ In the daye of thy byrthe, when thou waste borne, the strynge of thy nauel was not cut of: thou wast not bathed in water to make the cleane: Thou wast neyther robbed with salt, nor swedled in cloutes: ⁵ No man regarded the so muche, as to do any of these thinges for the or to shewe the suche fauoure, but thou waste vtterlye cast oute vpon the felde, yea despised wast thou in the daye of thy byrthe. ⁶ Then came I by the, and sawe the troden doune in thyne owne bloude, and sayde vnto the: thou shalte be pourged from thyne owne bloude, from thyne owne bloude (I say) shalt thou be clensed. ⁷ So I planted the, as the blossome of thy felde: thou arte growen vp, and waxen greate: thou haste gotten a maruelous pleasaunt beutie, thy brestes are come vp, thy heare is goodly growen, where as thou wast naked and bare afore. ⁸ Now when I wente by the, & loked vpon the: beholde, thy tyme was come, yea euen the tyme to vowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the, to couer thy dishonesty: yea I made an othe vnto the, and maryed my selfe wyth the (sayeth the Lorde God) and so thou becameste myne owne. ⁹ Then washed I the wyth water, and pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the wyth oyle, ¹⁰ I gaue the chaunge of raymentes, I made the shues of Tarus lether: I gyrthed the about with whyte sylcke, I clothed the with kerchues, ¹¹ I decked the wyth costly apparell, I put rynges vpon thy fyngers: a chayne aboute thy necke, ¹² spanges vpon thy fore head, eare rynges vpon thyne eares, and set a beutyfull croune vpon thyne heade. ¹³ Thus waste thou deckte with syluer & golde, and thy rayment was of fyne whyte sylke, of nedle worke & of dyuerse colours. Thou dyddest eate nothynge but symnels, hony and oyle: maruelous goodly wast thou & beutiful, yea euen a very Quene wast thou: ¹⁴ In so muche, that thy beutye was spoken of amonge the Heythen, for thou waste excellent in my beuty, which I put vpon the, sayeth the Lorde God. ¹⁵ But thou haste put confidence in thyne owne beutye, & played the harlot, when thou haddest gotten the a name. Thou haste commytted whordome, wyth all that wente by the, & hast fulfilled theyr desyres: ¹⁶ yea thou hast taken thy garmentes of dyuerse colours, & deckte thyne aulters therwith, where vpon thou myghtest fulfyll thyne whoredome, of suche a fashyon, as neuer was done, nor shalbe. ¹⁷ The goodly ornamentes & Iewels whiche I gaue the of myne owne golde and syluer, hast thou taken, and made the mens ymages thereof, and commytted whordome with al. ¹⁸ Thy garmentes of dyuerse coloures haste thou taken, and deckte them ther wyth: myne oyle and incense hast thou set before them. ¹⁹ My meate whiche I gaue the, as symnels, oyle & honye (to fede the withall) that haste thou set before them, for a swete sauoure. And thys came also to passe, saieth the Lord God. ²⁰ Thou haste taken thyne owne sonnes & doughters, whom thou hast begotten vnto me, and these haste thou offered vp vnto them, to be theyr meate. Is this but a smal whordome of thine (thinckest thou) ²¹ that thou slayest my children and geuest them ouer, to be brent vnto them? ²² And yet in all thy abhominacyons & whordome, thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, howe naked and bare thou wast at that tyme, and troden doune in thyne owne bloude. ²³ After all these thy wickednesses (wo wo vnto the, sayeth the Lord) ²⁴ thou hast buylded thy stewes and brodel houses in euery place: yea at the heade of euery stret ²⁵ hast thou builded the an aulter. Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred, thou hast laied out thy legges to euery one that came by, and multiplyed thine whoredom. ²⁶ Thou hast committed fornicacyon with the Egipcians thy neyghbours whiche had muche flesh, and thus haste thou vsed thyne whoredome, to anger me. ²⁷ Beholde, I will stretch out mine hande ouer the, and will minishe the stoare of fode, & deliuer the ouer into the willes of the Philistines thine enemies, whiche are ashamed of thy abhominable waye. ²⁸ Thou hast plaied the whore also with the Assirians, whyche might not satisfye the: Yea thou haste played the harlot, and not had ynough. ²⁹ Thus hast thou stil committed thy fornicacyon from the lande of Canaan vnto the Caldees, and yet thy lust not satisfyed. ³⁰ How shoulde I circumcyse thine herte (sayeth the Lorde God) seynge thou doest all these thinges, thou precyous whore: ³¹ buyldinge thy stewes at the head of euerye strete, and thy brodell houses in all places? Thou hast not ben as another whore that maketh boost of her winninge, ³² but as a wyfe that breaketh wedlock, and taketh other in steade of her husbande. ³³ Gyftes are geuen to al other whores, but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers: and offrest them gyftes, to come vnto the out of all places, and to committe fornicacyon wt the. ³⁴ It is come to passe wyth the in thy whordomes contrarye to the vse of other women, yea there had no such fornicacion bene committed after the, seyng that thou proferest gyftes vnto other, and no rewarde is geuen the: thys is a contrarie thing. ³⁵ Therfore heare the worde of the Lorde O thou harlot: ³⁶ thus sayeth the Lorde God: For so much as thou hast spent thy moneye, and discouered thy shame, thorow thy whordome wyth all thy louers, and wyth all the Idols of thy abhominacions in the bloude of thy children, whom thou hast geuen them: ³⁷ Beholde therfore, I wyll gather together all thy louers, vnto whome thou hast made thy selfe comen: yea and all them whom thou fauourest, and euery one that thou hatest: and wil discouer thy shame before them, that they al maye se thy fylthines. ³⁸ Moreouer, I will iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer, & recompence the thyne owne bloud in wrath and gelousy. ³⁹ I will geue the ouer into their power, that shal breake doune thy stewes, and destroye thy brodel houses, they shall stryppe the oute of thy clothes, al thy fayre and beutyfull Iewels shall they take from the, and so let the syt naked and bare: ⁴⁰ yea they shal bryng the comen people vpon the, whiche shall stone the, and slaye the doune with their sweardes. ⁴¹ They shall burne vp thy houses, & punish the in the syght of manye wemen. Thus wyll I make thy whordome to ceasse, so that thou shalt geue out no mo rewardes. ⁴² Shoulde I make my wrath to be styl, take my gelousy from the, be content, and no more to be displeased? ⁴³ seynge thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth, but haste prouoked me to wrath in all these thinges? Behold therfore, I wyll brynge thyne owne wayes vpon thyne heade, sayeth the Lorde God: howe be it, I neuer dyd vnto the, accordynge to thy wyckednesse and all thy abhominacions. ⁴⁴ Beholde, al they that vse comen prouerbes, shall vse this prouerbe also against the: suche a mother, suche a doughter. ⁴⁵ Thou art euen thy mothers owne doughter, that hast cast of her housbande & their children. Yea, thou art the syster of thy systers, whiche forsoke their husbandes and their children. Youre mother is a Cethite, and youre father an Amorite. ⁴⁶ Thyne eldest syster is Samaria, she and her doughters that dwel vpon thy left hande. But thy youngest syster that dwelleth on thy ryght hand, is Sodoma & her doughters. ⁴⁷ Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes, nor done after their abhomynacyons: but in all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte then they. ⁴⁸ As truly as I lyue, sayeth the lorde God: Sodoma thy sister with her doughters hath not done so euyl, as thou and thy doughters. ⁴⁹ Beholde, the sinnes of thy sister Sodoma were these: Pryde, fulnesse of meate, aboundaunce and Idelnesse: these thynges had she and her doughters. Besydes that, they reached not their hande to the pore and nedy, ⁵⁰ but were proude, and dyd abhomynable thinges before me: therfore I toke them awaye, when I had sene it. ⁵¹ Neyther had Samaria done halfe of thy synnes, yea thou haste exceaded them in wyckednesse. In so muche that in comparyson of all the abhomynacions whyche thou haste done, thou haste made thy systers good wemen. ^{52 53} As for their captyuite, namely the captyuite of Sodoma and her doughters: the captiuyte of Samaria and her doughters. I wyll brynge them agayne, so wyl I also brynge agayne thy captiuite amonge them: ⁵⁴ that thou mayest take thyne owne confusion vpon the, and be ashamed of all that thou hast done, & to comforte them. ⁵⁵ Thus thy sisters (namelye) Sodoma and her doughters: Samaria and her doughters with thy selfe and thy doughters, shalbe brought agayne to youre olde estate. ⁵⁶ When thou wast in thy pryde, ⁵⁷ and before the wyckednes came to lyght, thou wouldest not heare speake of thy sister Sodoma, vntill the tyme that the Sirians with all their townes, and the Philistines with all that lye rounde aboute them, brought the to shame & confusyon: ⁵⁸ that thou myghtest beare thyne owne fylthines and abhomynacyon, sayeth the Lorde. ⁵⁹ For thus sayeth the Lorde God: I shoulde (by ryght) deale with the, as thou hast done. Thou hast despysed the ooth, and broken the couenaunte. ⁶⁰ Neuerthelesse, I wyll remembre the couenaunte, that I made wyth the in thy youth, in so much that it shalbe an euerlastinge couenaunt: ⁶¹ so that thou also remembre thy wayes, & be ashamed of them: then shalte thou receyue of me thy elder and younger sisters, whome I will make thy doughters, and that besyde thy couenaunt. ⁶² And so will I renue my couenaunt with the, that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde: ⁶³ that thou mayest thyncke vpon it, be ashamed, and excuse thine owne confusyon no more: when I haue forgeuen the, all that thou hast done, sayeth the Lorde God.

¹ Moreouer, the worde of the lord came vnto me, & sayd: ² thou sonne of man, wilt thou not reproue his bluodthursty citye? Shewe hem their abhomynacions, ³ and tell them: Thus sayeth the Lorde God: O thou cyty, that sheddest bloude in the middest of the, that thy tyme may come also: & makest the Idoles to defyle the withall. ⁴ Thou haste made thy selfe gyltye, in the bloud that thou hast shed: & defyled the in the Idoles, whiche thou hast made. Thou hast caused thy dayes to drawe nye, & made the tyme of thy yeares to come. Therfore wyll I make the to be confounded among the Heathen, & to be despysed in all the landes, ⁵ whether they be nye or farre from the: they shal laugh the to scorne, thou that hast gotten the so foule a name, & art full of myschefe. ⁶ Beholde, the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power, to shed bloud in the. ⁷ In the haue they dispysed father & mother, in the haue they oppressed the straunger, in the haue they vexed the widdowe and the fatherlesse. ⁸ Thou haste despysed my Sanctuarye, and vnhalowed my Sabboth. ⁹ Murtherers are there in the, that shede bloude, & eate vpon the hylles, and in the they vse vnhappynesse. ¹⁰ In the haue they discouered their fathers shame, in the haue they vexed wemen in their sicknesse. ¹¹ Euery man hath dealte shamefully wyth hys neyghboures wyfe, and abhomynably defiled his doughter in law. In the hath euery man forced his owne syster, euen his fathers doughter: ¹² yea gyftes haue bene receyued in the, to shede bloude. Thou haste taken vsury and encreace, thou haste oppressed thy neyghbours by extorcion, and forgotten me, sayeth the Lorde God. ¹³ Beholde, I haue smitten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the bloude whyche hath bene shed in the. ¹⁴ Is thy herte able to endure it, or may thy handes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall brynge vpon the? Euen I the Lorde that speake it, will brynge it also to passe. ¹⁵ I will scatre the amonge the Heathen, and strow the aboute in the landes, & wil cause thy filthinesse to ceasse oute of the: ¹⁶ yea and I will haue the possession in the sight of the Heathen, that thou mayest know, that I am the Lorde. ¹⁷ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge: ¹⁸ Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is turned to drosse. Al they that shoulde be brasse, tynne, yron and leade, are in the fire become drosse. ¹⁹ Therfore, thus sayeth the lord God: For so muche as ye all are turned into drosse, beholde, I wyl bringe you together vnto Ierusalem, ²⁰ lyke as syluer, brasse, yron, tynne and leade are put together in the fornace, and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them. Euen so wil I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignacyon. ²¹ I will bringe you together, and kindle the fyre of my cruel displeasure vnder you, that ye may be melted therin. ²² Lyke as the syluer is melted in the fyre, so shal ye also be melted therin, that ye may know, how that I the Lord haue poured my wrath vpon you. ²³ And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge:

³¹ Therfore will I pour out my cruel displeasure vpon them, and burne them in the fyre in my wrath: their owne wayes will I recompence vpon their heades sayeth the Lorde God.

¹⁹ Then was Nabuchodonosor full of indignacyon, so that the countenaunce of hys face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago. Therfor he charged and commaunded, that the ouen shuld be made seuen tymes hoter, then it was wonte to be, ²⁰ and spake vnto the strongeste worthyes that were in hys hoste, for to bynde Sidrach, Misach and Abednago, & to cast them into the hote burnynge ouen. ²¹ So these men were bounde in theyr cotes hosen, shues with theyr other garmentes, and caste into the hote burnynge ouen: ²² for the kynges commaundemente was so strate, and the ouen was exceadynge hote. As for the men that put in Sydrach, Mysach & Abednago, the flamme of the fyre destroyed them. ²³ And these thre men Sidrach, Misah & Abednago fell doune in the hote burnynge ouen, beinge fast bound. ²⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor the kyng marueyled, & stode vp in al haste: he spake vnto hys councell, and sayde: dyd not ye caste these thre men bounde into the fyre? They aunswered, and sayde vnto the kynge: Yea O kynge. ²⁵ He aunswered and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men goynge lowse in the myddeste of the fyre, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourthe is lyke an angell to loke vpon.

²⁷ Wherfore, O Kyng, be content with my councel, that thou mayeste lowse thy synnes wyth ryghtuousnesse, and thyne offences with mercye to poore people: for suche thynges shall prolonge thy peace.

²⁶ Nowe the interpretacyon of the thynge is thys: Mane, God hath nombred the kyngdome, and brought it to an ende: ²⁷ Thetel, thou arte weyed in the balaunce and arte founde to lyghte: ²⁸ Phares, thy kyngdome is delte in partes, and geuen to the Medes and Perses. ²⁹ Then commaunded Balthazar, to clothe Daniel wyth purple, to hange a cheyne of golde aboute hys necke, and to make a proclamacyon concerning him: that he shulde be the ruler of the thyrde parte of hys kyngedome. ³⁰ The very same nyghte was Balthazar the kynge of the Caldees slayne,

²⁰ I desired also to knowe the trueth, as touching the ten hornes that he had vpon hys heade, and thys other, whiche came vp afterwarde, before whose face there fell doune thre: whyche horne had eyes, and a mouthe that spake presumptuous thynges, and loked with a grymmer vysage, then his felowes.

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

¹⁶ For Israel is gone backe like a wanton cow The Lord therfore shall make her fede, as the lambe that goeth astray.

¹ The abhominacion of Ephraim is come also into Israel: he is gone backe to Baal, therfore must he dye.

⁶ Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teeth in all youre cytyes, and carnesse of bread in all your places, yet wil ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde.

¹³ Therfore the wyse muste nowe be fayne to holde hys tunge, so wicked a time is it.

⁹ I wyl beare the punyshment of the Lorde (for why? I haue offended hym) tyll he sit in iudgement vpon my cause, and se that I haue ryghte. He wyll brynge me forth to the lyght, & I shall se hys ryghtuousnesse. ¹⁰ She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it, & be confounded, which now sayth. Where is thy Lorde God? Myne eyes shall beholde her, when she shalbe troden doune, as the clay in the stretes.

¹⁶ This shall the heathen se, and be ashamed for all theyr power, so that they shal laye theyr hande vpon theyr mouthe, and stoppe theyr eares. ¹⁷ They shal licke the dust lyke a serpente, & as the wormes of the earthe that tremble in theyr holes. They shalbe afraid of the Lorde oure God, and they shall feare the.

⁶ whiche starte a backe from the Lord, & neyther seke after the Lorde, nor regarde him.

⁴ I wyl bring it forth (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) so that it shall come to the house of the these, and to the house of hym, that falselye sweareth by my name, and shall remayne in hys house, and consume it, with the timbre & stones thereof.

⁵ I made a couenaunt of life & peace wt hym: this I gaue him, that he might stande in awe of me: & so he did feare me, & had my name in reuerence. ⁶ The law of truth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in hys lippe. He walcked with me in peace & equite, and dyd turne manye one awaye from their synnes.

¹⁶ But they that feare God, saye thus one to another: the Lord consydereth and heareth it. Yea, it is before him a memoriall boke, wryten for such as feare the Lorde, & remembre his name. ¹⁷ And in the day that I will make (sayeth the Lord of hostes) they shalbe mine own possession: and I wil fauoure them, lyke as a man fauoureth his owne sonne, that doth him seruyce. ¹⁸ Turne you therfore, and consydre what difference is betwyxt the ryghteous & vngodly: betwyxt him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

² But vnto you that feare my name, shall the Sonne of ryghteousnesse aryse, and healthe shalbe vnder his winges: ye shal go forth, & multipply as the fat calues. ³ Ye shall treade doune the vngodlye: for they shalbe lyke the asshes vnder the soles of your fete, in the day that I shall make, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

¹⁶ Then Herode perceauing that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedinge wroth, & sent forth and slue al the children that were in Bethleem, and in all the costes therof, as many as were two yere olde and vnder according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the wise men.

⁷ Blessed are the mercifull: for they shal obtaine mercy.

²² The lyght of thy body is thine eye. Wherfore if thine eye be single, al thy bodye shalbe full of light. ²³ But and if thyne eye be wycked then al thy bodye shalbe ful of darkenes. Wherfore if the light that is in the, be darkenes: how great is that darckenes?

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate: for wide is the gate and broade is the way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be whiche go in therat. ¹⁴ But strayt is the gate, and narrowe is the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe: & feawe there be that fynde it.

²⁶ And whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges and doeth them not, shalbe lykened vnto a folyshe man whyche buylt hys housse vpon the sande ²⁷ and abundance of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that housse, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

²⁵ At that time Iesus aunswered and said: I prayse the, O father Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and hast opened theim vnto babes: ²⁶ euen so father, for so it pleased the. ²⁷ All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father. And no man knoweth the sonne but the father: neyther knoweth anye man the father, saue the sonne, and he to whom the sonne wyl open hym.

²⁹ Take my yocke on you and learne of me, for I am meke and lowly in herte: and ye shall fynde reste vnto your soules.

¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto theym: it is geuen vnto you to know the secretes of the kyngdom of heauen, but to them it is not geuen ¹² For whosoeuer hath to hym shalbe geuen, and he shall haue aboundaunce. But whosoeuer hath not: from hym shalbe taken awaye euen that he hath.

²⁹ Wo be vnto you Scribes and Phariseis hypocrites, ye buylde the tombes of the Prophetes and garnysh the sepulchres of the righteouse, ³⁰ and saye: if we had bene in the dayes of our fathers, we woulde not haue bene parteners with them in the bloude of the Prophetes. ³¹ So then ye be witnesses to your selues, that ye are the chyldren of them whyche kylled the Prophetes. ³² Fulfil ye likewyse the measure of your fathers.

⁴⁵ Yf there be anye faythful seruaunt and wyse, whome his maister hath made rueler ouer his housholde to geue them meate in season conuenient: ⁴⁶ happy is that seruaunt whom his maister (when he cometh) shall fynde so doyinge. ⁴⁷ Verelye I saye vnto you, he shall make hym ruler ouer all hys goodes. ⁴⁸ But and if that euyll seruaunt shall saye in his herte, my maister wyll defer hys commynge, ⁴⁹ and begynne to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and to drinke with the dronken: ⁵⁰ that seruauntes maister wyll come in a daye when he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of, ⁵¹ and wyll deuide hym, and geue him his rewarde with hipocrites. There shalbe weping and gnashing of tethe.

²¹ Then his maister sayde vnto him: Well good seruaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faythfull in litle, I wyll make the rueler ouer muche enter in into thy maisters ioye.

²³ And his maister sayde vnto hym, well good seruaunt and faithfull. Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I wyll make the ruler ouer much: go in into thy maisters ioye.

³⁴ Then shal the kinge saye to them on his right hand. Come ye blessed chyldren of my father, enheryte ye the kingdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hungred & ye gaue me meate. I thirsted and ye gaue me drinke. I was herbourles and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. ³⁶ I was sycke and ye visyted me. I was in pryson and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shal the rightuous aunswere him sayinge, maister, when sawe we the an houngred, & fede the, or a thyrst, & gaue the drinke ³⁸ when sawe we the herborles, and lodged the? or naked and clothed the? ³⁹ or when sawe we the syke or in pryson and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kinge shall aunswere and saye vnto theym: verelye I saye vnto you: in as much as ye haue done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me. ⁴¹ Then shall the kinge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfte hande. Departe from me ye cursed, into euerlastinge fyre, which is prepared for the deuyll and hys angels. ⁴² For I was an hungred and ye gaue me no meate, I thyrsted and ye gaue me no drynke, ⁴³ I was herbourles, and ye lodged me not, I was naked and ye clothed me not, I was sicke and in pryson, and ye vysited me not. ⁴⁴ Then shal they answere him, sayinge: mayster when sawe we the an hungred, or a thyrst or herbourles, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and dyd not minister vnto the. ⁴⁵ Then shall he answere them, and saye: Verelye I saye vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of these little ones: ye dyd it not vnto me. ⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlasting payne. And the righteouse into lyfe eternall.

¹⁷ For Herode him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Ihon, and bounde him and cast him into pryson for Herodias sake, whiche was hys brother Philippes wyfe: For he had maried her. ¹⁸ Ihon sayd vnto Herode: It is not lawful for the to haue thy brothers wyfe. ¹⁹ Herodias layed wayte for him, and woulde haue killed him, but she could not.

²⁴ And she went forth & sayde to her mother: what shal I axe? And she said: Ihon Baptistes head. ²⁵ And she came in straight way with haste vnto the kynge, and axed saying: I wil that thou geue me by and by in a charger the head of Ihon Baptist.

³³ And he toke with him Peter, Iames, and Iohn, & he began to waxe abashed, and to be in an agonye, ³⁴ and said vnto them: My soule is very heauye euen vnto the death: tarye here & watche.

²⁹ Lorde. Nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordinge to thy promes.

³⁰ Giue euerye man that axeth of the. And of hym that taketh awaye thy goodes, axe them not again. ³¹ And as ye woulde that men should do to you: so do ye to them likewyse. ³² Yf ye loue them which loue you, what thanke are ye worthy of? For the verye synners loue their louers. ³³ And if ye do for them which do for you, what thanke are ye worthye of? For the verye synners do euen the same. ³⁴ If ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall ye haue: for the very synners lende to synners to receiue much againe. ³⁵ Wherfore, loue ye your enemyes, do good and lende, lokinge for nothynge againe, and your rewarde shall be greate, and ye shalbe the children of the hyest for he is kinde vnto the vnkinde and to the euyll. ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercifull, as your father is mercyfull.

¹⁶ He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that dispyseth you, despyseth me: & he that despyseth me, despiseth hym that sente me.

¹⁹ and I wyll saye to my soule: Soule thou hast muche goodes layde vp in store for many yeares: take thyne ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. ²⁰ But God sayed vnto hym: Thou fole, thys nyghte wyll they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall these thinges be which thou haste prouyded?

⁴² And the Lorde sayd: Yf there be any faithful seruaunte and wyse, whom hys Lorde shall make ruler ouer hys housholde, to geue them theyr dutye of meate at due season: ⁴³ happy is that seruaunt: whom hys mayster when he commeth, shall fynde so doinge. ⁴⁴ Of a truth I say vnto you: that he wyl make hym ruler ouer all that he hath: ⁴⁵ But and yf the euyll seruaunte shall saye in hys herte. My mayster wyll deferre hys commynge, & shall begynne to smyte the seruauntes, & maydens and to eate and drynke and to be droncken: ⁴⁶ the lorde of that seruaunte wyll come in a daye when he thynketh not: and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll deuyde hym, & wyll geue hym hys rewarde with the vnbeleuers. ⁴⁷ The seruaunt that knewe hys maysters wyl, and prepared not hym selfe, neyther dyd accordynge to his will, shalbe beaten with many strypes. ⁴⁸ But he that knewe not, & yet dyd commytte thynges worthye of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe stripes. For vnto whome muche is geuen, of him shalbe muche requyred. And to whom men muche committe, the more of hym will they axe.

²⁴ stryue with your selues to enter in at the strayte gate: For manye I saye vnto you wyl seke to enter in, & shal not be able.

⁹ And I saye also vnto you: make you frendes, of the wycked mammon, that when ye shall depart, they maye receyue you into euerlastynge habitacyons.

¹⁴ All these thynges hearde the phariseis also which were couetous, and they mocked hym.

¹⁹ There was a certayne ryche man, whiche was clothed in purple and fyne bysse, & fared delyciously euery daye, ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus, whiche laye at hys gate full of sores, ²¹ desierynge to be refresshed with the cromes which fell from the riche mans bourde. Neuerthelesse the dogges came and lycked hys sores. ²² And it fortuned that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The ryche man also dyed and was buryed. ²³ And beynge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp hys eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, & Lazarus in his bosome, ²⁴ and he cryed & sayed: father Abraham haue mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, and cole my tonge, for I am tormented in this flamme. ²⁵ But Abraham sayd vnto hym. Sonne, remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receyuedest thy pleasure, and contrarywyse Lazarus payne. Nowe therfore is he conforted, and thou arte punyshed.

²⁵ But Abraham sayd vnto hym. Sonne, remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receyuedest thy pleasure, and contrarywyse Lazarus payne. Nowe therfore is he conforted, and thou arte punyshed.

⁹ And he put forth thys similytude vnto certayne, which thrusted in them selues that they were perfecte, and despyseth other.

¹⁷ For the lawe was geuen by Moyses, but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christ.

¹⁴ But whosoeuer shall drinke of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrste: but the water that I shall geue him, shall be in him a well of water, springinge vp into euerlasting lyfe.

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

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

²⁴ I sayd therfore vnto you, that ye shall dye in your synnes. For except ye beleue that I am he, ye shall dye in youre synnes.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharises whiche were with him, hearde these wordes, and sayde vnto hym: are we then blynde?

⁸ The poore alwayes shall ye haue with you, but me shall ye not alwayes haue.

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

¹⁸ I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse, but wyll come vnto you.

²³ Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto hym, yf a man loue me, and will kepe my saiynges, my father also will loue hym & we will come vnto hym, and will dwell to hym.

⁹ And the patriarches hauinge indignacion sold Ioseph into Egypt. And God was wyth him,

³¹ Then had the congregations reste thorowe out all Iewry and Galile and Samarie, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, and multiplied by the confort of the holy ghoste.

²² And they sayde vnto him: Cornelius the captaine, a iuste man, and one that feareth God, and of good reporte amonge al the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holye aungel to sende for the into hys house, and to heare wordes of the.

³⁵ but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh rightuousnes, is accepted wyth hym.

⁷ whiche was with the ruler of the countrey one Sergius Paulus a prudent man. The same ruler called vnto hym Barnabas and Saule, and desyred to heare the word of God.

³⁹ and came and besought them, and brought them oute, & desyered them to departe out of the cytie.

²¹ wytnessyng both to the Iewes, and also to the Grekes, the repentaunce towarde God and fayth towarde oure Lorde Iesus.

²⁶ Wherfore I take you to recorde this same daye that I am pure from the bloud of all men. ²⁷ For I haue kept nothynge backe, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

³⁵ I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so laborynge ye ought to receyue the weake & to remember the wordes of the lorde Iesu, how that he sayde: it is more blessed to geue then to receyue.

¹⁶ but ryse and stand vp on thy fete. For I haue appeared vnto the for this purpose, to make the a minister, and a wytnes both of those thinges, whiche thou hast sene, and of those thinges in the which I wil appeare ¹⁷ vnto the deliuering the from the people, and from the gentils, vnto whiche nowe I sende the, ¹⁸ to open theyr eyes, that they myght turne from darckenes to lyght, and from the power of Satan vnto God: that they maye receiue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whyche are sanctyfyed by fayth in me. ¹⁹ Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision: ²⁰ but shewed fyrst vnto them of Damasco, and at Hierusalem and through out all the coastes of Iewry, and to the gentyls, that they should repent, & tourne to God, and do the ryght workes of repentaunce.

²¹ in as muche as when they knewe God, they glorifyed him not as God, neither were thankful, but waxed full of vanities in theyr Imaginations, and their folishe hertes were blinded. ²² When they counted them selues wyse, they became foles, ²³ and tourned the glorye of the immortall God, vnto the the similitude of the Image of mortall man, and of byrdes, and foure foted beastes, and of serpentes. ²⁴ Wherfore God lykewyse gaue them vp vnto their hertes lustes vnto vncleanes, to defyle theyr owne bodies betwene them selues: ²⁵ whyche turned hys truth vnto a lye, and worshipped and serued the creatures more then the maker, whyche is blessed for euer. Amen. ²⁶ For this cause God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes. For euen theyr women dyd chandge the natural vse vnto the vnnaturall. ²⁷ And lykewyse also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman, and brent in theyr lustes one on another. And man with man wroughte fylthynes, and receiued in them selues the reward of theyr errour, as it was accordinge. ²⁸ And as it semed not good vnto them to be a knowen of God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leud minde, that they should do those thinges, whiche were not comly, ²⁹ beyng ful of al vnryghtuous doing, of fornicacion, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murther, debate, disceite, euyl condicioned, whisperers,

⁴ Eyther despysest thou the riches of hys goodnes, pacience and longe sufferaunce? and remembreste not howe that the kindnes of God leadeth the to repentaunce? ⁵ But thou after thyne harde herte that can not repente, heapeste the together the treasure of wrath againste the daye of vengaunce, when shall be opened the rightuous iudgement of God,

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those thynges, where of ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of those thynges is deathe.

²² Euen so God wyllynge to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffered wyth longe pacience the vessels of wrath, ordeined to damnacion,

³¹ But Israell whiche folowed the lawe of rightuousnes, coulde not attayne vnto the lawe of ryghtuousnes. ³² And wherfore? Because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stombled at the stomblynge stone.

⁹ For yf thou shalt knoweledge with thy mouthe that Iesus is the Lorde, and shalte beleue with thyne herte that God raysed hym vp from death, thou shalte be safe. ¹⁰ For the beliefe of the herte iustifyeth: and to knoweledge with the mouth, maketh a man safe.

¹⁷ For the kyngedome of God is not meate and drynke, but ryghtuousnes, peace, & ioye in the holye ghoste. ¹⁸ For whosoeuer in these thynges serueth Christe, pleaseth well God, & is commendeth of men.

¹⁸ For they that are such, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ: but theyr owne bellyes, and with swete preachynges & flatterynge wordes deceyue the hertes of the innocentes. ¹⁹ For youre obedience extendeth to all men I am glad no doubte of you. But yet I woulde haue you wyse vnto that whiche is good, and to be innocent as concernyng euill.

¹⁸ Let no man deceyue hym selfe. Yf anye man seme, wyse amonge you, let hym be a fole in thys worlde that he maye be wyse. ¹⁹ For the wysdome of this worlde is folyshnes wyth God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes.

¹¹ But nowe I writte vnto you, that ye companye not together, if anie that is called a brother be a fornicatour, or couetous, or a worshiper of ymages, eyther a raylar, either a drounkard, or an extorcionar: with him that is such, se that ye eate not.

² If anye man thinke that he knoweth anie thinge, he knoweth nothinge yet as he ought to knowe.

⁹ For it is written in the lawe of Moyses. Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doeth God take thought for oxen? ¹⁰ Either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubte this is written: that he whiche eareth, shoulde eare in hope: & that he whych thresheth in hope, should be partaker of hys hope. ¹¹ Yf we sowe vnto you spyrytuall thinges: is it a great thinge yf we reape youre carnall thinges.

⁴ Loue suffreth longe, and is curteous. Loue enuieth not. Loue doth not frowardelye, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestlye, ⁵ seketh not her owne, is not prouoketh to anger, thinketh not euil,

⁵⁵ Death is consumed into victory. Death wher is thy stynge? Hel wher is thy victory? ⁵⁶ The stinge of death is sinne: & the strength of sinne is the lawe. ⁵⁷ But thankes be vnto God, which hath geuen vs victory, thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christ. ⁵⁸ Therfore my deare brethren, be ye stedfast and vnmouable alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde, for as much as ye knowe, howe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lorde.

⁹ Also we receiued and aunswere of death in our selues, and that because we woulde not put oure truste in oure selues: but in God, whiche rayseth the dead to lyfe again,

¹² Oure reioysinge is this, the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and Godly purenes, and not in fleshely wysdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersation in the worlde, and moste of all to youwardes.

⁸ Neuerthelesse we are of good comforte, and had leuer be absente from the bodye, and to be presente with the Lorde.

⁷ Nowe therfore, as ye are ryche in al partties in fayth, in worde, in knoweledge, in all feruentnes, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so se that ye be plenteous in thys beneuolence. ⁸ Thys saye I not as commaundyng: but because other are so feruente, therfore proue I youre loue, whether it be perfecte or no. ⁹ Ye knowe the lyberalytie of oure Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche though he were ryche, yet for youre sakes became pore that ye thorowe hys pouertye myght be made ryche.

³ Yf anye man seme to hym selfe, that he is somwhat, when in dede he is nothynge the same deceyueth hym selfe in hys ymaginacyon. ⁴ Let euerye man proue hys owne worke, and then shall he haue reioysynge in hys owne selfe, & not in another.

⁸ He that soweth in hys fleshe: shall of the fleshe reape corrupcion. But he that soweth in the spyryte, shall of the spyryte reape lyfe euerlastynge.

¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more chyldren, waueringe and caryed wyth euerye wynde of doctryne, by the wylynes of men and craftynes, wherby they laye awayte for vs to deceyue vs.

²² So then as concernyng the conuersacyon in tyme past, laye from you that olde man, whyche is corrupte thorowe the deceyueable lustes

⁶ Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes. For thorowe suche thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbelefe.

¹¹ and haue no fellowshyp wyth the vnfruitfull workes of darckenes: but rather rebuke them.

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

²¹ For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me auauntage.

²³ I wote not. I am constrayned of two thinges: I desire to be lowsed and to be wyth Christe, whiche thinge is best of all.

⁷ And the peace of God, whiche passeth al vnderstandynge, kepe your hertes and myndes in Chryste Iesu.

⁹ For this cause we also, sence the daye we heard of it, haue not ceased prayeng for you, and desiring that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will, in all wysdome, and spiritual vnderstandinge, ¹⁰ that ye mighte walke worthy of the Lorde in all thinges, that please him beyng frutefull in all good workes, and encreasing in the knowledge of God

³ When they shal say peace and no daunger, then commeth on them soden destruccion, as the trauaylynge of a woman wyth chyld, and they shal not escape.

²² Absteyne from all suspicious thinges.

¹⁰ For when we were with you thys we warned you of, that yf there were any whiche woulde not worke, that the same shoulde not eate. ¹¹ We haue hearde say no doubte that there are some whiche walke amonge you inordinately and worke not at all, but are besye bodyes. ¹² Them that are suche we commaunde and exhorte by oure Lorde Iesu Christe, that they worke wyth quietnes, and eate theyr owne breade.

¹ The spyryte speaketh euydentlye that in the later tymes some shal departe from the fayth, & shall geue heed vnto spyrytes of erroure, and deuelysh doctryne of them ² which speake false thorowe hypocrisye, and haue theyr consciences marked with an hote Iron, ³ forbyddyng to marye, and commaundynge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receyued wyth geuyng thankes, of them which beleue and know the trueth.

¹³ And also they learne to go from house to house ydle, ye not ydle onelye, but also tryflynge and busybodyes speakynge thynges whiche are not comely.

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

² For the men shall be louers of theyr owne selues coueteous, bosters, proude, cursed speakers, dysobedyent to father and mother, vnthankefull, vnholye, ³ vnkynde, truce breakers, stubborne false accusars, ryatours, fierce despysers of them whiche are good,

¹³ But the euyll man and disceyuers shal waxe worsse & worsse whyle they deceyue, and are deceyued them selues.

¹⁵ and for as muche also as thou haste knowen holy scrypture of a chyld, whiche is able to make the wyse vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁶ For al scripture geuen by inspyracion of God, is profytable to teache, to improue, to amende and to instruct in ryghtuousnes, ¹⁷ that the man of God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes.

⁸ From henceforth is layde vp for me a croune of ryghtuousnes which the Lorde that is a ryghtuous iudge shall geue me at that daye: not to me only, but vnto all them that loue hys comynge.

¹⁸ And the Lord shall delyuer me from all euyll doynge, and shall kepe me to his heauenly kyngdome. To whom be prayse for euer and euer, Amen.

¹² Take hede brethren, that there be in none of you an euyll herte in vnbeleue, that he shoulde departe from the lyuinge God:

¹⁰ For God is not vnryghtuous that he should forget your worke and laboure that procedeth of loue, which loue you shewed in hys name, whiche haue mynystred vnto the saynctes, & yet mynyster. ¹¹ Yea, and we desyre that euerye one of you shew the same dylygence, to the stablyshynge of hope euen vnto the ende: ¹² that ye faynt not, but folowe them, whiche thorowe fayth & pacience inheret the promyses.

⁵ Yf anye of you lacke wysedome, let hym axe of God whiche geueth to all men indyfferentlye, and casteth no man in the teath: and it shal be geuen hym.

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euerye man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, and slow to wrath.

²² And se that ye be doars of the worde & not hearers onely, deceyuyng your owne selues wyth sophystrye.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the pore of thys world, which are ryche in faythe, and heyres of the kyngedome whiche he promysed to them that loue hym? ⁶ But ye haue despysed the pore. Are not the ryche they whiche oppresse you: and they which drawe you before iudges?

¹⁴ What auayleth it my brethren, thoughe a man saye he hath faythe, when he hath no deedes? Can fayth saue hym? ¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, ¹⁶ and one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmnes and fode: not wyth standynge ye geue them not those thynges which are nedefull to the bodye: what helpeth it them?

⁵ euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

¹³ So can no fountayne geue both salte water & freshe also. If any man be wyse and endued wyth learnynge amonge you, let hym shewe the workes of hys good conuersacyon in mekenes that is coupled with wysdome.

¹⁷ But the wysedome that is from aboue, is fyrste pure, then peasable, gentle, and easye to be entreated, full of mercye & good frutes, wythoute iudgynge, and wythout simulacyon: ¹⁸ yea, & the frute of ryghtuousnes is sowen in peace, of them that maintayne peace.

⁵ Eyther do ye thynke that the scrypture sayeth in vayne. The spyryte that dwelleth in you lusteth euen contrarye to enuye:

⁹ Suffer afflictyons: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge and youre ioye to heauynes.

⁸ whome ye haue not sene, and yet loue hym, in whome euen nowe, thoughe ye se hym not, yet do you beleue: and reioyce with ioye vnspeakeable and gloryous:

¹⁸ For as muche as ye know howe that ye were not redemed wyth corruptyble syluer and golde, from youre vayne conuersacyon whiche ye receyued by the tradicyons of the fathers:

⁴ And when the chiefe shephearde shal appere, ye shal receiue an incorruptible crowne of glorie.

¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the swellinge wordes of vanitie, they begyle with wantonnes thorowe the lustes of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, but nowe are wrapped in errours.

²⁰ For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthines of the worlde thorowe the knowledge yf the Lord and of the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome, then is the latter ende worsse wyth them then the beginninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them not haue knowen the way of rightuousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the commaundementes geuen vnto them. ²² It is happened to them accordinge to the true prouerbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet againe, and the sowe that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

³ This fyrst vnderstande, that there shall come in the laste dayes mockers, which wyll walke after their own lustes

³ This fyrst vnderstande, that there shall come in the laste dayes mockers, which wyll walke after their own lustes ⁴ and say. Where is the promes of hys comminge? For sence the fathers dyed, al thinges continue in the same estate, wherin they were at the beginninge. ⁵ This they knowe not (and that willinglie) howe that the heauens a greate whyle ago were, & the earth that was in the water, appered vp out of the water by the worde of God,

¹⁷ Whosoeuer hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym?

¹⁷ Whosoeuer hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym? ¹⁸ My babes, let vs not loue in worde neyther in tonge, but wyth the dede and in veryty:

¹⁸ My babes, let vs not loue in worde neyther in tonge, but wyth the dede and in veryty: ¹⁹ For therby we know that we are of the verytye, and can before him quyete oure hertes.

¹⁹ For therby we know that we are of the verytye, and can before him quyete oure hertes. ²⁰ But if our hertes condempne vs, God is greater then our hertes, and knoweth all thinges.

²⁰ But if our hertes condempne vs, God is greater then our hertes, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Beloued, yf our hertes condempne vs not, then haue we trust to Godward,

²¹ Beloued, yf our hertes condempne vs not, then haue we trust to Godward, ²² and whatsoeuer we are, we shall receiue of him, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do these thinges, which are pleasyng in hys sight.

¹ Ye beloued, beleue not euery spirite, but proue the spirites whether they be of God, or not, for manye false prophetes are gone out into the world.

²¹ And this commaundemente haue we of him that he which loueth God, should loue his brother also.

¹⁸ howe that they tolde you that there shoulde be begylers in the laste tyme whiche shoulde walke after theyr owne vngodlye lustes.

¹⁷ Let him that hath eares, heare what the spyryte sayeth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth will I geue to eate Manna, that is hyd and wyll geue hym a whyte stone, and in the stone a new name wrytten, whiche no man knoweth sauynge he that receiueth it.

⁹ Behold I make them of the congregacion of Sathan, which cal them selues Iewes and are not, but do lye: Beholde: I wyl make them that they shal come and worshyppe before thy fete, and shal knowe that I loue the. ¹⁰ Because thou hast kepte the wordes of my pacience, therfore I wyll kepe from the houre of temptacyon, which wyll come vpon al the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpon the earth.

¹¹ And they ouercame hym by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of theyr testimony, and they loued not theyr liues vnto the death.

¹³ And I heard a voice from heauen, sayinge vnto me: wryte. Blessed are the dead, whyche here after dye in the Lorde euen so sayth the spyryte, that they may reste from their laboures, but their workes shal folowe them.

⁵ And after that, I loked & behold the temple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen, ⁶ & the .vij. angels came out of the temple, which had the .vij. plages, clothed in pure and bryght linnen, & hauing their breastes gyrded wt golden gyrdels.

⁷ And as muche as she glorified her selfe and lyued wantonly, so muche poure ye in for her of punishment, & sorowe, for she said in her herte: I sytte being a quene and am no wydowe, and shall se no sorowe. ⁸ Therfore shal her plages come at one daye, death, and sorowe, and honger, and she shalbe brente wyth fyre, for stronge is the Lorde God, whiche iudgeth her.

⁶ And he said vnto me: it is done, I am Alpha & Omega, the beginning & the ende. I will geue to hym that is a thyrst of the wel of the water of lyfe free.