Proverbs 15 Cross References - Matthew

¹ A soft answere putteth downe displeasure. but frowarde words prouoke vnto anger. ² A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse. ³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, both vpon the good and badde. ⁴ A wholsome tonge is a tree of lyfe but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. ⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shalhaue the more vnderstandyng. ⁶ In the house of the ryghtuous are greate rytches, but in the increase of the vngodlye ther is mysorder. ⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowledge, but the herte of the folysh doth not so. ⁸ The Lorde aborreth the sacryfyce of the vngodlye, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto hym. ⁹ The waye of the vngodlye is an abhomynacyon vnto the Lorde, but who so foloweth rightuousnesse, hym he loueth. ¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryghte strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, falleth into death. ¹¹ The hell wyth her payne is knowne vnto the Lorde, howe muche more then, the hertes of men? ¹² A scorneful body loueth not one that rebuketh hym, nether wyll he come amonge the wyse. ¹³ A mery hert maketh a chearful countinance but an vnquiet mynd maketh it heuy. ¹⁴ A wise hert wil seke after knowledge, but the mouth of foles medleth with folishnesse. ¹⁵ All the dayes of the pore are myserable, but a quyet herte is as a continnual feaste. ¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord then great tresure, for they are not without sorowe. ¹⁷ Better is a messe of potage with loue, then a far oxe wyth euel wyll. ¹⁸ An angry man stereth vp strife, but he that is pacient stilleth discord. ¹⁹ The way of the slouthful is ful of thornes, but the strete of the rightuous is wel cleansed. ²⁰ A wyse son maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth hys mother. ²¹ A foole reioiseth in folyshe thynges but awyse man loketh wel to hys own goinges. ²² Vnaduised thoughts shal come to naught but wher as men are that can geue councel, ther is stedfastnes. ²³ O howe ioyfull a thing is it, a man to geue a conuenyente answere? O how pleasaunt is a word spoken in due season. ²⁴ The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneth. ²⁵ The Lord wyl breake downe the house of the proud, but he shal make fast the borders of the widdowe, ²⁶ The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacons of the wycked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him. ²⁷ The couetous man roteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes shall liue. ²⁸ A ryghtuous man museth in hys mynde howe to do good, but the mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, howe he may do harme, ²⁹ The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the praier of the rightuous. ³⁰ Lyke as the clearenesse of the eyes reioiseth the herte so doth a good name fede the bones. ³¹ The eare that herkeneth vnto wholsome warnnynge, and enclyneth therto, shal dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse. ³³ The feare of the Lord is the righte scyence of wysdome, and lowlines goeth before honure.

²² And the Lorde God sayd: Loo, Adam is become as it were one of vs, in knowledge of good and euell. But now lest he strech forth hys hande and take also of the tree of lyfe, & eate & lyue euer. ²³ And the Lord God cast hym out of the garden of Eden, to tylle the erth whence he was taken. ²⁴ And he cast Adam out, & sette at the enterynge of the garden Eden, Cherubin with a naked swerde mouynge in and out, to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe.

⁸ Then sayd Abram vnto Lot: Let there be no strife (I pray the) betwene the and me, and betwene my herdmen and thine, for we be brethren. ⁹ Is not al the whole land before the? Departe I praye the fro me. If thou wilte take the lyfte hande, I wyll take the ryght: or if thou take the ryght hand I wyll take the lyfte.

³⁵ Than came all hys sonnes and all hys doughters to comforte him. And he wold not be comforted, but sayde: I wyll go doune in to the graue vnto my sonne, mournynge. And thus his father wepte for hym.

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

²¹ Moreouer seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuitie which feare God and men that are true and hate coueteousnes: & make them heades ouer the people, captaines ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fifty & ouer ten.

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

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

³ Se that ye feare euery man hys father and hys mother, and that ye kepe my Sabothes, for I am the Lord youre God.

¹ And al the multitude cryed out, and the people wepte thorowe out that nyght, ² and all the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregacion sayde vnto them: wolde God that we had dyed in the land of Egypt, eyther we wold that we had dyed in thys wyldernesse. ³ Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto thys lande to fall vpon the swerde, that both oure wyues, and also our chyldren shoulde be a praye? is it not better that we retourne vnto Egypt agayne?

⁷ and spake vnto all the companye of the chyldren of Israell sayinge: The lande which we walked thorowe to serche it, is a very good land. ⁸ If the Lorde haue lust to vs he wyl brynge vs in to thys land and geue it vs, whyche is a lande that floweth wyth mylke and hony. ⁹ But in any wyse rebell not agaynst the Lorde, Moreouer feare ye not the people of the land, for they are but bread for vs. Theyr shyeld is departed from them, and the Lorde is wyth vs: feare them not therfore.

²⁶ Bring not therfore the abhomination to thyne house, least thou be a damned thing as it is: but vtterlye defye it and abhorre it, for it is a thynge that must be destroyed.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God, he is god of Goddes, and Lorde of Lordes, a greate God, a myghty and a terrible whych regardeth no mans person, nor taketh giftes: ¹⁸ but doth right vnto the fatherles & wydowe and loueth the straunger, to giue him fode and raiment.

¹⁹ Wrest not the lawe nor know any person nether take any reward for giftes blind the wise & peruert the wordes of the ryghtuous.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghboures mark whych they of olde tyme haue sett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enherettest in the lande whihe the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it.

¹⁸ Yf any man haue a sonne that is stubburne & disobedient, that he wyl not herken vnto the voyce of hys father & voyce of his mother, & they haue taught him nurtour, but he wolde not herken vnto them:

²⁰ & say vnto the elders of the citie, This our sonne is stubburne and dysobedient and wyl not herken vnto oure voyce, he is a ryoter and a dronckarde.

¹⁸ And in any wyse beware of the excommunicate thynges, leaste ye make your selues excommunicate. For yf you take of the excommunicate thynges, so shall you make the hoste of Israel excommunicate and shall trouble it.

¹¹ Israel hath synned & also transgressed myne appoyntement, which I commaunded them, and haue taken of the excommunicate thinges and haue stolen and hydde them, and also put them vnto theyr owne stuffe: ¹² And therfore the chyldren of Israel cannot stande before theyr enemyes. They shall turne theyr backes before theyr enemyes, because they be excommunicate. Nether wyll I be with you any more, except ye destroye the excommunicate from among you.

²⁴ And Iosua toke Acan the sonne of Zareh, and the syluer, and the garment, and the tonge of golde, and hys sonnes and hys doughters, hys oxen, asses, shepe, hys tente and all that he had, and all Israell wyth him, & brought them vnto the valeye of Acor. ²⁵ And Iosua sayde: In as muche as thou hast troubled vs, the Lorde shal trouble the thys daye. And all Israell stoned hym wyth stones, and burnt them wyth fyre, and ouerwhelmed them wyth stones.

¹ And the men of Ephraim sayd vnto hym. Why haste thou serued vs thus, that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fyght with the Madianites. And they chode with hym a good. ² And he sayde vnto them: What dead haue I done lyke vnto yours: are not the clusters of Ephraim better then the wyne heruest of Abiezer? ³ God hath deliuered into your handes the Lordes of Madian, Oreb & Zeb. And what was I able to do lyke as you haue done. And then their spyrytes abated from of hym, when he had sayde that.

³ And when I sawe that ye delyuered me not, I put my lyfe in my handes & went vpon the chyldren of Ammon, And the Lorde delyuered them into my handes. Wherfore then are ye come vpon me to fyght wyth me. ⁴ And Iephthah gathered together all the men of Galaad, and fought with the Ephraites. And the men of Galaad smote the Ephraites, because they sayd: Ye Galaadites are but runneagates of Ephraim among the Ephraites, and the Manassites. ⁵ Moreouer the men of Galaad toke the passages of Iordan from the Ephraytes. And when those Ephraytes, that were escaped, sayde: let vs go ouer. Then the men of Galaad sayde vnto them: Ye are Ephraytes, and they sayde naye. ⁶ Then the other answered: then saye Scyboleth. And they sayde Syboleth, and coulde not so pronounce, where vpon the other toke them, and slewe them at the passages of Iordan. And there were ouerthrowen at the tyme of the Ephraytes fourty thousande.

²³ & sayd vnto them: why do ye suche thynges? For I heare youre wycked deades of all these people. ²⁴ Oh, naye my sonnes: for it is no good reporte, that I heare how that ye make the Lordes people to trespasse. ²⁵ If one man synne agaynste another daysemen maye make his peace: but yf a man synne agaynste the Lorde who can be hys dayse man? Notwythstandynge they herkened not vnto the voice of theyr father, because the Lorde wolde slaye them.

³ Neuerthelesse his sonnes folowed not his steppes: but turned a syde after lucre, & toke rewardes, & peruerted the ryght. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together & came to Samuell vnto Ramath, ⁵ and sayd vnto him: behold thou art olde, & thy sonnes folow not thy wayes. Now therfor make vs a king to iudge vs, as all other nacions haue.

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashion nor on the height of hys stature, for I haue refused hym. Because it is not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outward apperaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the harte.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes & sayd: What is Dauid? and what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes nowe a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from hys mayster. ¹¹ I shoulde take my breade, my water & my flesh that I haue kylled for my sherers, and geue it men whych I wote not whence they be. ¹² And Dauids seruauntes turned theyr waye and went agayne, and came and tolde hym accordinge to all those sayinges. ¹³ Then Dauid sayd vnto his men: gyrd euery man his swerd aboute hym. And they gyrded euery man his swerde on, and Dauid therin girde on hys swerde. And there folowed Dauid vpon a foure hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuffe.

²¹ And Dauid sayde: in vayne haue I kept all that this felowe had in the wildernesse, so that nought was myssed that pertayneth vnto him, for he hath quytte me with euyll for good. ²² So and so do God vnto the enemies of Dauid, as I wil not leaue of all that pertaine to hym, by the daunynge of the daye, ought that pisseth agaynst the wall. ²³ When Abigail sawe Dauid, she halted & light of her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face, and bowed her selfe to the grounde, ²⁴ and fel at his fete and sayde: Let thys vnhappye deade be counted myne, my lord, and let thine handmaid speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handmayde.

²⁴ and fel at his fete and sayde: Let thys vnhappye deade be counted myne, my lord, and let thine handmaid speake in thine audience, and heare the wordes of thy handmayde. ²⁵ Let not my Lorde regarde thys vnthryftye man Nabal, for as hys name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and follye is with him. But I thine handmayde sawe not the younge men of my lorde whiche thou sendest.

²⁵ Let not my Lorde regarde thys vnthryftye man Nabal, for as hys name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and follye is with him. But I thine handmayde sawe not the younge men of my lorde whiche thou sendest. ²⁶ And nowe my lord as sure as the lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hathe witholden the from commyng to shede bloud and from aduenging thy self with thine own hande. Forthermore I praye God that thyne enemies and they that entende to do my Lord euyl, may be as Nabal.

²⁶ And nowe my lord as sure as the lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth, the Lorde hathe witholden the from commyng to shede bloud and from aduenging thy self with thine own hande. Forthermore I praye God that thyne enemies and they that entende to do my Lord euyl, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this blessing, whiche thine handmaide hath brought, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my Lorde.

²⁷ And now this blessing, whiche thine handmaide hath brought, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my Lorde. ²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmaide that the Lorde may make my lord a suer house, because my Lorde fyghteth the battelles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euill be founde in the in all thy lyfe.

²⁸ Forgeue the trespace of thine handmaide that the Lorde may make my lord a suer house, because my Lorde fyghteth the battelles of the Lorde, and there coulde none euill be founde in the in all thy lyfe. ²⁹ And yf any man rise to persecute the and to seke thy soule the soule of my Lorde be bounde in a bondel of lyfe with the Lorde thy God. And thy soules of thy enemies be slong in the midle of a slinge.

²⁹ And yf any man rise to persecute the and to seke thy soule the soule of my Lorde be bounde in a bondel of lyfe with the Lorde thy God. And thy soules of thy enemies be slong in the midle of a slinge. ³⁰ And moreouer when the Lorde shal haue done to my Lord all the good that he hath promysed the, and shal haue made the ruler ouer Israel:

³⁰ And moreouer when the Lorde shal haue done to my Lord all the good that he hath promysed the, and shal haue made the ruler ouer Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no grudge of conscience vnto the or discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou sheddest bloud causelesse and dyddest aduenge thy selfe. And moreouer when the Lorde shall haue dealt wel with my Lorde, then thinck on thine handmayde.

³¹ then shall it be no grudge of conscience vnto the or discourage of herte vnto my Lorde, that thou sheddest bloud causelesse and dyddest aduenge thy selfe. And moreouer when the Lorde shall haue dealt wel with my Lorde, then thinck on thine handmayde. ³² Then sayde Dauid to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel which sent the this daie to mete me.

³² Then sayde Dauid to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel which sent the this daie to mete me. ³³ And blessed be thy behaueoure, and blessed be thou whyche hast kept me this daye from coming to shed bloud and from aduenging my selfe with mine own hande.

³³ And blessed be thy behaueoure, and blessed be thou whyche hast kept me this daye from coming to shed bloud and from aduenging my selfe with mine own hande. ³⁴ For in very dede as sure as the Lorde God of Israel liueth whiche hath kept me backe from hurting the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, there hath not bene lefte Nabal by the dauninge of the daye, a pysser against the wall. ³⁵ And so Dauid receyued of her hand that she brought hym, and sayde to her: go in peace to thine house. And se I haue obeyed thy voyce, and haue receyued the to grace. ³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal: behold he helde a feaste in his house like the feast of a kynge, and Nabals herte was mery within him, and he was droncke a good. Wherfore she tolde hym naught nether lytle nor more, vntil to morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornynge, when the wyne was gone out of Nabal, hys wyfe tolde him those wordes, and hys herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and vpon a ten dayes after the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed. ³⁹ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he sayde: Blessed be the Lorde that hath iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hande of Nabal, and hath kept his seruaunt from euil, and hath turned the wickednesse of Nabal again vpon his own head. And Dauid sent to comen with Abigail, to thyntent to take her to his wyfe. ⁴⁰ And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her sayinge: Dauid sent vs to the, to take the to his wyfe. ⁴¹ And she arose and bowed her selfe on her face to the earth and sayd: Beholde thy handmaid to be a seruaunt ⁴² to washe the fete of thy seruauntes of my Lorde. And Abigail hasted & arose, and gat her vp vpon an asse, with fyue damoselles of hers that went at her fete, and went after the messengers of Dauid & was hys wyfe. ⁴³ Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iesrahel, and they were bothe his wyues. ⁴⁴ But Saul gaue Michol hys doughter Dauids wyfe to Phalty the sonne of Lais of Gallim.

¹ After thys Absalom gat him charettes & horsses & fyftye men to runne before him. ² And therto he vsed to ryse vp erlye in the mornynges & to stand by the wayes side that led to the gate of the cytye. And all the men of Israel that had complayntes & came to the kynge for Iudgemente, he called vnto hym & sayde: of what cytye arte thou? And when the other aunswered: thy seruaunte is of suche a trybe of Israel. ³ Then sayde Absalom vnto hym: se, thy matter is good and ryghteous, & yet no man is deputed of the kynge to heare the. ⁴ Then Absalom sayd moreouer: Oh, that I were a Iudge in the lande, and that all men whiche haue pleyes and matter in the lawe, shulde come to me. For I wold do them iustice. ⁵ And also when any man came nye to him to do hym obeysaunce, he put forth his hand & toke him to him & kyssed hym. ⁶ And on this maner dyd Absalom to all Israel that came to the kynge for iudgement, & therwyth stale the hertes of the men of Israel.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iuda & said: we haue ten partes in the kynge, and haue therto more ryght to Dauid them ye. Why then did ye despise vs, that oure aduyse had not bene fyrste had in restoryng oure kinge againe? And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fearcer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Iuda & said: we haue ten partes in the kynge, and haue therto more ryght to Dauid them ye. Why then did ye despise vs, that oure aduyse had not bene fyrste had in restoryng oure kinge againe? And the wordes of the men of Iuda were fearcer then the wordes of the men of Israel.

⁴⁸ And last of all thus sayde the kinge: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche hath made one to sytte on my seate thys daye, euen myne eyes seinge it.

⁹ But pardon thou him not. Thou art a man of wysdome and shalt know what to do to him, se therfore that thou brynge hys horre head to the graue wyth bloude.

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. ⁷ And now Lord, my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt kynge in steade of Dauid my father. And I am a young lad & wote not how to order my selfe. ⁸ And thy seruaunt is in the myddes of thy people which thou hast chosen, a people that are so many that they can not be told nor nombred for multitude. ⁹ Geue therfore vnto thy seruaunt an vnderstandynge herte to iudge thy people, & to decerne betwene good, and bad. For who is able to iudge thys thy so waightye a people. ¹⁰ And it pleased the Lord well, that Salomon had desyred thys thynge. ¹¹ Wherfore God said vnto him: because thou hast asked this thynge and hast not asked long life, nether hast asked ryches, nor the lyues of thyne enemies, but hast asked the discrecion to vnderstand equite. ¹² Se, I haue done accordynge to thy petycyon: and beholde: I haue geuen thy a wyse and an vnderstandynge hert, so that there was none lyke the before, nether after the shal any aryse lyke vnto the.

²³ Then sayd the king: the one sayeth, this that is a lyue, is my sonne & the dead is thyne. And the other saieth nay. But thy sonne is the dead & the lyue chylde is myne. ²⁴ Then sayd the kyng: bryng me a swerd. And they brought a swerde before the kyng. ²⁵ And then the kynge sayd: Deuyde thy liuing chylde in two, and geue the one halfe to the one, and the other to the other. ²⁶ Then spake the woman whose the lyuyng chylde was, vnto the kynge (for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne) and sayde: I beseche the my Lorde, geue her the lyuynge chylde, and in no wyse sley it. And the other sayde: it shalbe neyther myne nor thyne, but deuide it. ²⁷ Then the kynge aunswered & sayd: geue her the lyuyng chylde, and sley it not, for she is the mother therof. ²⁸ And all Israel hearde of the iudgement which the kyng had iudged and feared the kynge: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in hym to do iustice.

⁷ When Hiram hearde the wordes of Salomon, he reioysed greatlye & sayde: Blessed be the Lorde this daye whiche hath set Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this myghtie people.

¹³ the kynge aunswered the people churlyshlye, and lefte the aduise that olde men gaue hym: ¹⁴ and spake to them after the councell of the younge men, sayinge. My father made youre youcke greuouse, but I wyl make it greuouser. For where my father chastysed you with whyppes, I wyll chastyse you with scorpyons. ¹⁵ And so the kynge herkened not vnto the people: for the turnynge awaye was of the Lorde, to performe hys sayinge, which the Lorde sayde by Ahiah the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat. ¹⁶ And when all Israel sawe that the kynge regarded them not, the people aunswered the kynge agayne sayinge: we haue no parte in Dauid, nor enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes therfor Israel, & nowe se to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israell departed vnto theyr tentes.

¹⁷ And when Ahab sawe Eliah, he sayd vnto hym: art thou he that troubleth Israel?

²⁰ And Ahab sayd to Eliah: hast thou founde me thine enemy at any time? and he saide: ye, because thou art vtterly geuen to worcke wyckednesse in the syghte of the lord.

⁸ And the kynge of Israell sayde to Iehosaphat: there is yet one, by whome we maye aske counsel of the Lorde, one Micheah the sonne of Iemlah. But I hate hym: for he neuer prophesyeth good vnto me, but euyl. And Iehosaphat sayde: let not the kinge saye so.

²⁷ The leprosye therfore of Naaman claue vnto the, & vnto thy seede for euer. And he went out from hym a leper as whit as snowe.

¹¹ Now my sonne, the lord be with the, that thou mayst prospere & buyld the house of the Lorde thy God, as he hathe sayde of the. ¹² And the Lord geue thy wysdom & vnderstandynge, & make the gouerner of Israel, & to kepe the law of the lord thy God. ¹³ For then thou shalt prospere. Yf thou shalte be dylygent to do the ordynaunces and lawes whiche the Lorde charged Moses with, to delyuer to Israell. Plucke vp thyne hert and be strong, dread not nor be discouraged.

⁹ And thou Salomon my sonne: knowe God thy father, and serue hym with a pure hert, and lust of soule. For the Lorde searcheth all hertes, and vnderstandeth all the Imaginacyons of thoughtes. If thou shalte seke hym, he wylbe founde of the: But & yf thou forsake hym, he wyll caste the of for euer.

²⁰ And Dauid sayde to Salomon hys sonne: harden thy self, and be strong, and do it, feare not, nor let thyne herte dyscourage the. For the Lorde God my God is wyth the, & shall not leaue the nor forsake the, vntyll thou haste fynyshed all the worcke that must serue for the house of the Lorde.

¹⁷ I wote my God, that thou prouest the herte, and hast pleasure in playnesse. And in playnesse of myne herte I haue wyllynglye geuen all thys. And now I se thy people whiche are here in gladnesse, to offer wyllyngly to the.

³⁰ thou shalte heare from heauen thy dwellyng place and shalte be mercyfull, and geue euery man accordynge vnto all hys waye, euen as thou shalte knowe euery mannes herte: for thou onelye knoweste the hertes of the chyldren of Adam:

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earthe, to strength the hertes of them that are hole with him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from henceforth thou shalt haue warre.

⁷ And the kyng of Israell sayde to Iehosaphat: there is yet one, to aske the Lorde by hym: But I hate him, for he neuer prophesyed me good, but alwaye euyll, one Micheah the sonne of Iemla. And Iehosaphat sayde: let not the kynge saye so.

⁸ But now is there a lytle and sodayne gracyousnes come from the Lord oure God, so that some of vs are escaped, that he may geue vs a nayle in hys holy place, that oure God may lighte oure eyes, and geue vs a lytle life in oure bondage.

² Then sayd the kyng vnto me: why lokest thou so sadly? Thou arte not sick, that is not the matter, but thou arte heuy herted. Neuerthelesse I was sore afrayed

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them. ²⁰ Hys bely could neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his coueteousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely that he lefte nothinge behinde, therfore hys goodes shall not prospere. ²² Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde. ²³ For though the wicked haue neuer so much to fyll his bely, yet God shall send his wrath vpon hym, and cause hys battaill to raygne ouer him:

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

⁶ yea & all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruccion it selfe can not be kepte oute of his sighte.

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

⁴ Doeth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goynges.

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

¹¹ poure oute the indignacyon of thy wrath: se that thou caste doune all the proude, ¹² loke well, that thou makest all suche as be stubborne, to obeye: treade all the vngodlye vnder thy fete, ¹³ caste them doune vnto the myre. and couer theyr faces wt darckenesse.

⁶ For the Lorde aloweth the waye of the righteous, but the waye of the vngodly shal peryshe.

⁸ Lede me (O Lord) in thy ryghtuousnesse; because of myne enemyes, & make thy waye playne before me.

⁹ Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but maynteyne the iust, thou rightuous God, that triest the very hertes and the reynes.

¹ Why arte thou gone so far of, O Lord? wylt thou hyde thy selfe in tyme of trouble?

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.

¹ A prayer of Dauid. Heare the right (O Lord) considre my complaynte: herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not oute of a fayned mouth.

⁴¹ They cryed, but there was none to helpe them: yea euen vnto the Lorde, but he heard them not.

¹⁴ Yea the words of my mouth and the meditacion of my herte shalbe acceptable vnto the, O Lorde, my helper and my redemer.

⁸ O how frendly & rightuous is the Lord, therfore will he teach synners in the way. ⁹ He ledeth the symple a right, & suche as be meke them lerneth he his wayes.

¹² Whatsoeuer he be that feareth the Lorde he shall shewe hym the waye that he hathe chosen.

¹¹ Shewe me thy waye O Lord and lede me in the right path, because of myne ennemye

¹¹ Come hyther, O ye chyldren, herken vnto me, I wil teache you the feare of the Lorde.

¹⁵ For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the righteous, and his eares are open vnto theyr prayers. ¹⁶ But the face of the Lorde beholdeth them that do euell, to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth. ¹⁷ When the righteous crye, the Lorde heareth them, & delyuereth them out of all theyr troubles.

¹⁶ A small thinge that the righteous hath, is better then great ryches of the vngodly.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome, and hys tonge talketh of iudgement.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome, and hys tonge talketh of iudgement. ³¹ The lawe of his God is in his hert, therfore shall not his fotesteppes slyde.

²¹ Should not God fynde it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the herte.

¹ To the chaunter, vpon Sosanim, an instruccion of the chyldren of Corah, a songe of loue. Mi herte is endytinge of a godd matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge: My tonge is the penne of a ready wryter. ² Thou arte the fayrest amonge the chyldren of men, full of grace are thy lyppes, therfore God blesseth the for euer.

¹⁷ Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, and castest my woordes behynde the?

¹³ Then shall I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked, that sinners may be conuerted vnto the. ¹⁴ Deliuer me from bloude giltinesse, O God, thou that art the God of my health, that my tonge may prayse thy righteousnesse. ¹⁵ Open my lyppes, O LORD, that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse.

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. ³ Thou loueste vngratiousnesse more then good, to talke of lyes more then ryghtuousnesse. Selah. ⁴ Thou louest to speake al wordes that may do hurte. O thou false tonge. ⁵ Therfore shall God cleane destroye the, smyte the in peces, pluke the out of thy dwellynge, and rote the out of the lande of the lyuynge. Selah.

⁷ Beholde, they speake (agaynste me) wyth their mouth, swerdes are vnder their lippes for who reproueth them?

¹⁸ If I enclyne vnto wyckednesse wyth my herte, the Lorde wyll not heare me. ¹⁹ Therfore God hath herde me, and consydred the voyce of my prayer.

⁵ He is a father of the fatherlesse, he is a defender of widdowes: euen God in his holy habytacyon. ⁶ He is the God that maketh men to be of one mynde in a house, and bryngeth the presoners out of captyuity in due season, but let the rennagates contynue in scarcenesse.

¹⁵ My mouth shall speake of thy righteousnesse and sauyng health all the day longe, for I knowe no ende therof. ¹⁶ Let me go in (O Lorde God) and I wyll make mencion of thy power and righteousnesse onely. ¹⁷ Thou, O God, haste learned me fro my youth vp vntyll now, therfore wyll I tell of thy wonderous workes. ¹⁸ Forsake me not, O GOD, in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntyll I haue shewed thyne arme vnto chylders chyldren, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the shall perysh: thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the.

² I wyll open my mouth in parables, and speake of thynges of olde. ³ Whych we haue herde and knowne, and such as our fathers haue told vs. ⁴ That we shoulde not hyde them from the chyldren of the generations to come: but to shewe the honoure of the Lorde, hys myghte and wonderfull worckes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunte wyth Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, whiche he commaunded oure forefathers to teache their chyldren. ⁶ That their posterytye myghte knowe it, and the chyldren whych were yet vnborne. To thintent that when they came vp they myghte shewe their chyldren the same.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people, O Lorde, that can reioyse in the, & walketh in the lyghte of thy countenauce.

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrathful indignacion. ⁸ Thou settest our misdedes before the, and our secrete sinnes in the light of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone, we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde.

²² for I am helplesse, and pore and my herte is wounded within me.

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.

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

¹³ With my lippes wil I be tellyng out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth.

⁹⁷ Mem. O what loue haue I vnto thy law? all the daye longe is my talkyng of it.

¹⁰⁰ Yea, I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy commaundementes.

¹ The song of the steares of Dauyd. Behold, how good and ioyfull a thinge it is, brethren to dwel together in vnitie. ² It is like the preacious oyntment vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beard: euen vnto Aarons bearde, and wente downe to the skyrtes of his clothyng. ³ Like the dewe of Hermon, which fell vpon the hil of Sion. For there the Lorde promysed hys blesyng, and lyfe for euermoe.

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

⁸ If I clyme vp into heauen, thou art there if I go doune to hel, thou art there also.

²⁴ Loke well if there be any way of wickednesse in me, and leade me in the way euerlastynge.

⁵ Let the righteous rather smite me frindly, & reproue me: so will I take it, as though he had poured oyle vpon my head: it shall not hurt my head, yea, I will praye yet for theyr wickednesse.

¹⁸ The Lord is nye vnto them that call vpon him, yea, al such as call vpon hym faithfully. ¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desire of them that feare him, he heareth their crie, and helpeth them.

⁸ the Lord geueth sight to the blynde. The Lorde helpeth them vp that are fallen, the Lord loueth the righteous. ⁹ The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherlesse and wydow: as for the way of the vngodly, he turneth it vpside doune.

⁹ The Lorde careth for the straungers, he defendeth the fatherlesse and wydow: as for the way of the vngodly, he turneth it vpside doune.

⁵ By hearing, the wyse man shall come by more wysedome: & by experience

⁷ The feare of the Lord is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despise wysdome & destruccion.

¹⁹ These are the ways of all suche as be couetous, that one wolde rauish anothers life.

²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo. I wil expres my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ Seing then that I haue called & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hand, & no man regarded it, ²⁵ but all my counsayls haue ye despysed, & set my corrections at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in your destruccion, & mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare cometh vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thing that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your miseri like a tempest: yea, when trouble & heuinesse commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I will not heare: they shal seke me early, but thei shal not find me: ²⁹ And that because thei hated knowlege, & receyued not the feare of the Lord, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsail, & despised my correction.

³⁰ but abhorred my counsail, & despised my correction. 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. ³³ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwel safely, and haue ynough without any feare of euell.

¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym, & he shal ordre thy goinges.

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

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware.

⁵ Her fete go downe vnto death, and her steps pearse thorow vnto hel.

¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods) ¹² and then say: Alas why hated I nourtoure? why dyd my herte despys correction.

¹² and then say: Alas why hated I nourtoure? why dyd my herte despys correction. ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedyente vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

²¹ For euery mannes waies are open in the sight of the Lorde, and he pondreth all their goynges.

¹⁶ There be sixe thinges which the Lorde hateth, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, handes that shede innocent bloud, 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,

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyghtie, a chastening, and nurtour is the waye of lyfe:

²⁷ Her house is the waye vnto hell, where men go doune into the chambers of death.

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

¹³ With me is the feare of the Lorde, and the eschuyng of euell. As for pryde, dysdayne, & euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges, I vtterly abhorre them.

²¹ That I may sende prosperitie to those that loue me, & to encrease their treasure.

³³ O geue eare vnto nurtour, be wyse, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores. ³⁵ For who so findeth me, findeth life and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde. ³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth hym self dishonour: & he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth him self. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euel wil: but rebuke a wise man, & he wil loue the.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euel wil: but rebuke a wise man, & he wil loue the.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euel wil: but rebuke a wise man, & he wil loue the. ⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase.

¹ The Parables of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuinesse of hys mother.

¹² Euyll wyll stereth vp strife, but loue couereth the multytude of synnes.

¹⁷ To take hede vnto the chastenyng of nurtoure, is the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wrong.

¹⁹ Where much babling is, ther must nedes be offence: he that refraineth his lippes is wisest of all. ²⁰ An innocent tong is a noble treasure, but the hert of the vngodly is nothynge worthe. ²¹ The lyppes of the rightuous fed a whole multitude, but foles shal die in their owne folye. ²² The blessing of the Lord maketh rich men, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothynge therto. 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.

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

¹⁹ Like as righteousnes bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleue vnto euel, bringeth death.

²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes is his owne house, he shall haue wynde for hys heritage, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wyse.

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

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.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous personne pricketh like a swerd, but a wise mans tonge is wholsome.

²³ He that hath vnderstanding, can hyde his wisdome: but an vndiscrete hert telleth oute hys folishnesse.

²⁵ Heauinesse discorageth the hert of man, but a good worde maketh it glad again.

¹ A wyse sonne wyll receaue hys fathers warnynge, but he that is scornefull, wyl not heare when he is reproued.

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

¹⁶ A wyse man doth al thinges with dyscrecyon, but a foole wyl declare his folly.

¹⁸ He that thynketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie & shame: but who so receaueth correction, shal come to honou

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

²² Which their chylders chyldren shal haue in possession, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for the iuste.

⁹ Foles make but a sporte of synne, but ther is fauourable loue amonge the rightuous.

¹¹ The houses of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacles of the rightuous shal florish.

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euel, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

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

¹ A soft answere putteth downe displeasure. but frowarde words prouoke vnto anger. ² A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse.

⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shalhaue the more vnderstandyng.

⁸ The Lorde aborreth the sacryfyce of the vngodlye, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto hym.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryghte strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, falleth into death.

¹³ A mery hert maketh a chearful countinance but an vnquiet mynd maketh it heuy. ¹⁴ A wise hert wil seke after knowledge, but the mouth of foles medleth with folishnesse. ¹⁵ All the dayes of the pore are myserable, but a quyet herte is as a continnual feaste. ¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord then great tresure, for they are not without sorowe.

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

²¹ A foole reioiseth in folyshe thynges but awyse man loketh wel to hys own goinges.

²³ O howe ioyfull a thing is it, a man to geue a conuenyente answere? O how pleasaunt is a word spoken in due season.

²⁸ A ryghtuous man museth in hys mynde howe to do good, but the mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, howe he may do harme, ²⁹ The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the praier of the rightuous.

³¹ The eare that herkeneth vnto wholsome warnnynge, and enclyneth therto, shal dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse.

⁸ Better is it to haue a lyttle thinge with rightuousnes, then greate rentes wrngeously gotten.

¹³ Ryghtuous lyppes are pleasaunte vnto kynges, and they loue hym that speaketh the trueth.

²² Vnderstanding is a wel of lyfe vnto him that hath it, as for the chastenyng of foles, it is but folishnesse. ²³ The hert of the wyse enfourm his moueth, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyps. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, and helth of the bones.

²⁸ A frowarde bodye causeth stryfe, and he that is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuisyon amonge princes.

¹ Better is a dry morsell with quietnes, then a full house and many fat catell with stryfe.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole mony in his hand, wher as he hath no mind to bye wysdome?

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

⁸ The words of a sclanderer are very woundes, and go thorow vnto the inmost parts of the body.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccion, and honour after lowlines.

¹⁴ A good stomacke driueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sptrite is vexed, who may abide it? ¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstanding

²⁰ O geue eare vnto good counsayll, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse here after.

¹⁸ Thorow counsayl the thynges that men deuise go forward: and with discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

²¹ The herytage that commeth to hastely at the fyrste, shall not be praised at the ende.

⁴ A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, and the lanterne of the vngodly is synne.

⁸ The waies of the froward are straunge, but the worckes of him that is cleane, are ryght

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. ²¹ Who so foloweth ryghtuousnes and mercy, fyndeth both life, ryghtuousnes and honoure.

²⁷ The sacrifyce of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offer the thyng that is gotten with wickednes.

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

¹³ The slouthful body sayeth: ther is a lyon wythoute, I myghte be slayne in the strete.

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the feld of the fatherles

¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod. but thou deliuerest his soule from hel. ¹⁵ My son, if thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shal reioyce ¹⁶ yea my reines shalbe very gladde, if thy lyppes speake the thynge that is ryght.

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

³⁵ They wounded me (shalte thou say) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well wakened, I will go to the dryncke agayne.

⁹ The thoughte of the folysh is synne, & the scorneful is an abhominacion vnto men.

²⁶ He maketh him selfe to be well loued, that geueth a good answere.

⁶ Put not forth thy self in the presence of the king, & prayse not into the place of great men. ⁷ Better is it that it be sayde vnto the: come vp hyther, then thou to be set doun in the presence of the prince whom thou seist with thine eyes.

¹¹ A worde speken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a syluer dish. ¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

¹⁵ With pacience may a prince be pacified, & wt a soft tong may rigoriousnes be broken.

²⁵ A good reporte out of a farre contre, is like could water to a thirsty soule.

¹³ The slouthful sayeth: there is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the myddest of the stretes.

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.

²¹ Coales kyndle heate, and wode the fire: euen so doth a braulynge felowe stere vp varyaunce. ²² A slaunderers wordes are lyke flaterye, but they pearse the inwarde partes of the bodye.

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

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

⁹ He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.

¹⁶ Wher the prynce is wythout vnderstandyng, ther is greate oppression and wronge: but if he be such one as hateth couetousnesse he shall longe raygne.

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

¹ He that is styfnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroied without any helpe

³ Who so loueth wysdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth harlottes, spendeth away that he hath. ⁴ With true iudgment the kyng setteth vp the land, but if he be a man that taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

¹¹ A foole poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

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

²² An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, and he that beareth euell wyll in hys mynde, doeth muche euill. ²³ After pryde commeth a fal, but a lowly spirit bringeth great worshippe.

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

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.

¹⁸ Yea I was weerye of al my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sunne, because I shoulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that commeth after me ¹⁹ for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse man or afole? And yet shall he be lorde of al my laboures, which I wyth suche wysdome haue taken vnder the Sunne. Is not this a vayne thynge. ²⁰ So I turned me to refraine my mynd from all such trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sunne ²¹ for somuch as a man shuld weery hym selfe with wisdome, wt vnderstanding & oportunyte & yet be faine to leaue his laboures vnto another, that neuer swet. for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate miserie. ²² For what getteth a man of all the laboure and trauaile of his mind, that he taketh vnder the Sunne, ²³ but heauinesse, sorow and disquietnes al the daeis of his life? In so much that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vaine thing?

¹ Every thynge hath a tyme, yea all that is vnder the heauen, hath his conuenient season.

⁶ One hand full (sayeth he) is better with rest, then bothe the handes full with labour and trauayle.

¹ When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy fote & draw nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do. ² Be not hasty with thy mouth, & let not thyne herte speake any thyng rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be few.

⁶ Vse not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to synne, that thou say not before the aungell: my foolishnesse is in the faute. For then God will be angry at thy voyce, & destroye all the workes of thyne handes.

¹⁰ He that loueth money, will neuer be satisfied wyth money: and who so deliteth in ryches, shall haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayn thyng?

¹⁰ He that loueth money, will neuer be satisfied wyth money: and who so deliteth in ryches, shall haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayn thyng? ¹¹ Where as much ryches is, there are many also that spende them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with hys eyes?

¹¹ Where as much ryches is, there are many also that spende them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauyng that he may loke vpon them with hys eyes? ¹² A labouryng man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche wil not suffre him to slepe.

¹² A labouryng man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or much that he eateth: but the aboundaunce of the ryche wil not suffre him to slepe. ¹³ Yet is there a sore plague, whiche I haue sene vnder the sunne (namely) ryches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft tymes they perishe with his greate misery & trouble: and if he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

⁶ For euerye thinge wil haue oportunite and iudgement, and thys is the thynge that maketh men ful of carefulnes and sorowe.

⁴ If a principall sprete be geuen the to beare rule, be not negligente then in thine office: for so shall great wickednesse be put doun, as it were wt a medecine.

¹² The wordes of out a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a fole wil destroy hym self.

¹² The wordes of out a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a fole wil destroy hym self. ¹³ The begynnyng of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is great madnesse.

¹³ The begynnyng of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is great madnesse. ¹⁴ A foole is so full of woordes, that a man can not tell what ende he will make: who will then warne hym to make a conclusion?

⁷ The lyghte is swete, and a pleasaunte thinge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sunne.

⁹ The same Preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the ground & set forth many parables. ¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth.

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

¹¹ Thy lyps, O my spouse, drop as the hony combe, yea milcke and hony is vnder thy tonge, and the smel of thy garmentes is lyke the smell of frankyncense.

⁵ Wherfore shulde ye be plaged any more? For ye are euer fallyng away. The whole head is sick, & the herte is very heauy.

⁵ Wherfore shulde ye be plaged any more? For ye are euer fallyng away. The whole head is sick, & the herte is very heauy. ⁶ From the sole of the fote vnto the head, there is no whol parte in all youre bodye: but all are woundes, botches, sores, and stripes, whiche can nether be helped, bound vp, molifyed, nor eased with any oyntment.

¹⁰ Heare the worde of the Lorde ye tyrauntes of Sodoma, and herken vnto the lawe of oure God, thou people of Gomorra. ¹¹ Why offre ye so manye sacrifyces vnto me? I am discontent for the brentofferinges of wethers and with the fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, lambes & gootes. ¹² When ye appeare before me, who requyreth you to treade wythin my porches? ¹³ Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but loste laboure. I abhorre youre incense. I maye not awaye with youre new moones, youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. Youre fastinges are also in vayne. ¹⁴ I hate youre newe holye dayes and fastynges, euen from my very hert. They make me weerye, I can not abyde them. ¹⁵ Though ye holde oute your handes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make manye prayers, yet heare I nothynge at all, for youre handes are full of bloude.

¹² For the daye of the Lorde of Hostes shall go ouer all pryde & presumpcyon, vpon all them that exalte them selues, & shall brynge them all doune:

⁸ Wo be vnto you that ioyne one house to another, & bring one land so nyghe vnto another, tyll ye can get no more grounde. Wyll ye dwel vpon the earth alone? ⁹ The Lorde of Hostes roundeth me thus in myne eare: shall not many greater and more gorgyous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them? ¹⁰ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte, & .xxx. bushels of sede shall geue but thre.

⁷ Thou (Lorde) consydrest the path of the ryghteous, whether it be ryghte, whether the waye of the ryghteous be ryght.

¹⁰ They darre saye to the Prophetes: Intromytte youre selues with nothynge, and vnto the Sothsayers: tell vs of nothynge for to come, but speake frendlye wordes vnto vs, & preache vs false thinges.

²¹ and thyne eares harken to his worde, that cryeth after the, and sayeth: thys is the waye, go thys, and turne neyther to the right hande nor to the lefte.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly lyfe (saye I) and speaketh the trueth: He that abhorreth to do vyolence and dysceyte: he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde: which stoppeth hys eares that he heare no councel agaynste the innocent: which holdeth doune hys eyes, that he se none euyll. ¹⁶ He it is, that shall dwell on hye whose sauegarde shalbe in the true rocke, to him shal be geuen the right true meate and drincke.

⁸ There shalbe fote pathes and comen stretes, this shalbe called the holy waye. No vncleane person shall go thorow it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that waye, and the ignoraunt shall not erre,

²⁰ The kepyng of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them asyde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thyncke maye not I erre?

⁴ The Lorde God hath geuen me a wel learned tunge, so that I can comforte them whiche are troubled, yea & that in due ceason. He waked myne eare vp by tymes in the mornynge (as the scolemasters do) that I myght herken.

¹ Herken vnto me, ye that hold of ryghtuousnes, ye that seke the Lord. Take hede vnto the stone whereout ye are hewen, and to the graue whereoute ye are digged.

⁷ Therfore herken vnto me, ye that haue pleasure in rightuousnes, thou people that bearest my lawe in thyne herte. Feare not the curse of men, be not afrayde of theyr blasphemies & reuylynges:

³ Encline youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede, & your soule shall lyue. For I wyll make an euerlastynge couenaunt wyth you, euen the sure mercyes of Dauid.

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

¹⁴ And therfore thus he sayeth: Make ready, make ready, & clense the strete, take vp what ye can oute of the waye that ledeth to my people.

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.

⁸ For I the Lorde, whiche loue right and hate robberye (though it were offred me) shal make their worckes of faithfulnes, and make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them.

³ For who so slaieth an oxe for me, doth me so great dishonour as he that killeth a man. He that kylleth a shepe for me, choketh a dogge. He that bryngeth me meateofferinges, offereth swynes bloude. Who so maketh me a memory all of incense, prayseth the thinge that is vnryght. Yet take they suche wayes in hand, and their soule delyteth in these abhomynacyons.

¹⁴ O Ierusalem wash thine herte from wyckednesse, that thou mayest be helped. Howe longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the.

³ Where as thou (O Lorde) lokest only vpon faythe and truthe. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast correcte them for amendement, but they refused thy correccion. They made their faces harder then a stone, and woulde not amende.

²⁰ Wherfore brynge ye me incense from Saba, & swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees? Youre burntofferynges displease me, & I reioyse not in youre sacrifices.

²¹ Thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes, the God of Israel. Ye heape vp youre burntofferinges with youre sacrifyces, & eate the fleshe. ²² But when I broughte youre fathers out of Egipt I spake no worde vnto them of burntofferynges & sacrifyces: ²³ but this I commaunded them, sayinge: herken & obeye my voyce, & I shalbe youre God, and ye shall be my people: so that ye walcke in all the wayes, whiche I haue commaunded you, that ye maye prospere.

¹⁷ For myne eyes beholde all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro my face, nether can their wycked dedes be kepte close out of my syght.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde search out the grounde of the herte, & trye the reynes, and rewarde euery man accordinge to hys wayes, and acordynge to the fruyte of his councels. ¹¹ The dysceytfull maketh a nest, but bryngeth forth no yonge. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghtuously. In the middest of his life must he leaue them behinde hym, and at the last be founde a very foole.

⁸ And vnto this people thou shalt saye: Thus sayeth the Lord: beholde, I laye before you the waye of lyfe and death.

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

¹⁹ Thou art the greate and myghtie God, whose name is the Lorde of Hostes, greate in counsel, and infinite in thought. Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren, to rewarde euery one after his waye, and according to the frutes of his inuencyons.

⁴ How be it, I sent vnto them my seruauntes al the prophetes: I rose vp earlye, I sent vnto them, and gaue them warninge: O do no such abhominable thinges, & thinges that I hate.

¹³ Thy filthinesse is abhominable, for I woulde haue clensed the, but thou wouldest not be clensed. Thou canste not be pourged from thyne vnclennesse, tyll I haue poured my wrothfull indignacyon vpon the. ¹⁴ Euen I the Lorde haue so deuysed: Yea, it is come therto already, that I wil do it. I wyll not go backe, I will not spare, I will not be intreated: but accordynge to thy wayes & ymaginacions, thou shalt be punyshed, sayeth the lord God.

²⁰ But because hys herte was so proude, and hys stomacke set so fast vnto wilfulnesse: he was deposed from hys kingly trone, & his magesty was taken from hym.

³ Then shall we haue vnderstanding, and endeuoure oure selues to knowe the Lorde. He shall go forth as the springe of the daye, & come vnto vs as the eueninge and morninge rayne vpon the earth.

¹ Ephraim kepeth the ayre, and folowed after the east winde: he is euer increasinge lyes & destruccyon. They be confederate with the Assirians, their oyle is caried into Egypte.

¹⁰ but they owe hym euill wil, that reproueth them openly, and who so telleth them the playn truth they abhorre hi

²¹ I hate and abhorre youre holye dayes, & where as ye cense me when ye come together I wyll not accepte it: ²² And though ye offre me brentofferynges, and meateofferynges, yet haue I no pleasure therein. As for youre fat thanckeofferinges, I wil not loke vpon them.

¹³ Thyne eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euyll, thou canst not beholde the thynge that is wycked. Wherfor then doest thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tung, when the wycked deuoureth the man that is better then hym selfe?

⁹ Wo vnto hym, that couetouslye gathereth euyll gotten goodes into hys house: that he maye set hys neste an hye, to escape from the power of mysfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed the shame of thyne owne house, for thou haste slayne to muche people, and hast wylfully offended, ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shall crye oute of it, and the tymbre that lyeth betwixte the ioyntes of the buyldynge shal aunswere.

³ Then sayd he vnto me: This is the cursse that goeth forth ouer the whole earth: for all theues shal be iudged after this boke, & all swearers shalbe iudged accordynge to the same, 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.

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.

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

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.

²⁴ Whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges and doethe the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man which buylt hys housse on a rocke ²⁵ and aboundaunce of rayne descended, and the flouddes came, and the windes blew and bet vpon that same housse, and it fell not because it was grounded on the rocke. 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.

²⁷ What I tell you in darkenes, that speake ye in light. And what ye heare in the eare, that preache ye on the house toppes.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye your selues are euil? For of the aboundaunce of the herte, the mouth speaketh.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye your selues are euil? For of the aboundaunce of the herte, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of hys herte, bringeth forth good thinges. And an euill man out of his euill treasure, bringeth forth euil thinges. ³⁶ But I say vnto you, that of euery idell worde that men shall haue spoken: they shall geue a countes at the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

¹⁹ For out of the hert come euil thoughtes, murther, breakyng of wedlocke, whoredom, thefte, false, witnes bearing, blasphemye.

⁴ Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes saynge. Tell them which are bydden: beholde I haue prepared my dyner, myne oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thinges are redy, come vnto the mariage.

⁴⁶ And these shall go into euerlasting payne. And the righteouse into lyfe eternall.

¹⁸ And Iesus came and spake vnto them saiynge: all power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth. ¹⁹ Go therfore & teache all nacyons, baptisyng them in the name of the father, and the sonne, & the holye ghoste. ²⁰ Teachyng then to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I commaunded you, And lo I am with you alwaye, euen vntyll the ende of the worlde.

¹⁵ And he sayed to them: Go ye into all the worlde, and preache the glad tydynges to all creatures,

¹⁰ But the aungel sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. For beholde, I bringe you tydinges of greate ioye that shall come to al the people: ¹¹ for vnto you is borne this day in the citye of Dauid, a sauioure whiche is Christe the Lorde. ¹² And take this for a sygne: ye shall fynde the chylde swadled and layed in a maunger. ¹³ And strayght waye there was with the aungel a multitude of heauenly souldiours, laudinge God and sayinge: ¹⁴ Glory to God on hye, and peace on the earth: and vnto men reioysynge. ¹⁵ And it fortuned, assone as the aungels were gone awaye from them into heauen, the shepherdes sayed one to another: let vs go euen vnto Bethleem & se this thing that is happened which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs. ¹⁶ And they came with haste: and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layed in a maunger. ¹⁷ And when they had sene it, they published abroade the sayinge which was tolde them of that chylde. ¹⁸ And all that heard it, wondered at those thinges whiche were tolde them of the shepherdes. ¹⁹ But Mary kept all those sayinges, and pondered them in her herte.

¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth him selfe, shalbe broughte lowe. And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

²³ And brynge hyther the fatted caulfe and kyll hym, and let vs eate and be merye:

²⁴ but Iesus put not himself in their handes, because he knewe all men, ²⁵ and neded not that any man shuld testyfy of man. For he knew what was in man.

¹⁸ He that beleueth on him, shal not be condempned. But he that beleueth not is condempned allready, because he beleueth not in the name of the onlye sonne of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condempnacion, that light is come into the worlde, and the men loued darknes more then lyght, because their dedes were euyll. ²⁰ For euerye man that euyll doth, hateth the light: nether commeth to the lyghte: lest his dedes shoulde be reproued.

²⁰ For euerye man that euyll doth, hateth the light: nether commeth to the lyghte: lest his dedes shoulde be reproued. ²¹ But he that doeth truth commeth to the light that hys dedes myght be knowen, how that they are wrought in God.

²⁴ God is a spyryte, and they that worshyp hym, must worshyp hym in spiryte and trueth.

⁷ The worlde can not hate you. But me it hateth: because I testifye of it, that the workes of it are euyll.

³¹ For we be sure that God heareth not synners. But yf any man be a worshypper of God, and do hys wyl, hym heareth he.

¹ And he sayd vnto hys disciples: Let not youre hertes be troubled. Beleue in God & beleue in me.

⁶ Iesus sayd vnto hym: I am the waye, the truthe and the lyfe. And no man commeth to the father, but by me.

³ Now are ye cleane thorowe the wordes which I haue spoken vnto you. ⁴ Byde in me, and let me byde in you. As the braunche can not beare frute of it selfe, except it byde in the vyne no more can ye except ye abyde in me.

¹⁷ He saied vnto him the thyrde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? And Peter sorowed, because he saied to him the thirde time, louest thou me, and said vnto him: Lord, thou knowest all thinge: thou knowest that I loue the. Iesus sayd vnto him: fede me shepe.

¹ In those dayes as the numbre of the disciples grewe, ther arose a a grudge amonge the Grekes agaynste the Hebrues, because their widdowes were despysed in the dayly ministracion. ² Then the twelue called the multitude of the dysciples together and saide: it is not mete that we shoulde leaue the worde of God and serue at the tables. ³ Wherfore brethren, loke ye out amonge you seuen men of honeste reporte, and full of the holye ghoste and wysdome, whyche we maye apoint to this nedfull busines. ⁴ But we wyl geue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministracion of the word. ⁵ And the saiynge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephan a man full of faieth and of the holye ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nichanor, and Timon, and Permenas, and Nicholas a conuerte of Antioche.

²⁵ At mydnyght Paule and Sylas prayed, & lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them.

¹¹ These were the noblest of byrthe among them of Thessalonia whiche receyued the worde with al diligence of mynde, and searched the scriptures daylye whether those thynges were euen so.

⁹ Then spake the Lorde to Paule in the nyght by a vision: be not afrayde, but speake, and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰ for I am with the, and no man shal inuad the that shal hurt the. For I haue much people in this citie.

² by whom we haue a waye in thorowe fayeth vnto thys grace where in we stande & reioye in hope of the prayse that shalbe geuen of God. ³ Nether do we so only: but also we reioice in tribulacion. For we know that tribulation bryngeth pacience,

¹¹ Not only so, but we also ioy in god by the means of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, by whom we haue receiued the attonment.

²⁶ Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmityes. For we knowe not what to desyre as we ought: but the spirite maketh intercession mightelye for vs wyth gronynges whiche can not be expressed with tonge. ²⁷ And he that searcheth the hertes knoweth what is the meanynge of the spirite: for he maketh intercession for the sayntes accordinge to the pleasure of God.

¹⁴ But how shall they call on hym, on whom they beleued not? howe shall they beleue no hym of whom they haue not hearde? howe shall they heare withoute a preacher? ¹⁵ And howe shall they preache except they be sent? As it is wrytten: howe beautyfull are the fete of them whiche brynge glad tydynges of peace, and bryng glad tydynges of good thynges. ¹⁶ But they haue not all obeyed to the Gospell. For Esayas sayeth: Lorde, who shal beleue oure saiynges? ¹⁷ So then fayth cometh by the worde of God.

¹² Reioyce in hope. Be pacyent in trybulacyon. Contynue in prayer.

¹⁸ For I dare not speake of anye of those thynges whiche Christe hath not wrought by me, to make the gentyls obedient, with worde and dede, ¹⁹ in myghty sygnes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem and the coastes rounde about vnto Illiricum, I haue fylled al countreys with the glad tydynges of Christe. ²⁰ So haue I enforced my selfe to preache the Gospell, not where Christe was named, leste I shoulde haue buylt on another mannes foundacyon: ²¹ but as it is wrytten: To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see, and they that heard not, shall vnderstande.

⁵ For as the affliccions of Christ are plenteous in vs: euen so is our consolacion plenteous by Christe.

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.

⁷ So that nowe contrarywyse ye ought to forgeue hym, and comforte hym: leaste that same persone shoulde be swalowed vp, with ouer muche heauynes.

¹⁰ as sorowyng, & yet alway mery: as poore, and yet make many ryche: as hauynge nothynge, and yet possessynge all thynges.

¹⁰ For Godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacyon, not to be repented of: when worldlye sorowe causeth death.

¹² Remember I saye, that ye were at that tyme without Christe, and were reputed aliantes from the commen welth of Israel, and were straungers from the testamentes of promes, and had no hope and were wythout God in thys worlde. ¹³ But nowe in Christ Iesu, ye whych a whyle ago were farre of are made nygh by the bloud of Christe.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouthes: but that whiche is good to edefye wyth all, when nede is: that it maye haue fauoure with the hearers.

¹⁵ Take hede therfore that ye walke circumspectlye: not as foles, but as wyse

¹ If there be amonge you anye consolation in Christ, yf there be anye comfortable loue, yf there be anye feloweshyp of spirite, yf there be any compassion or mercye,

⁵ Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu: ⁶ Whiche beinge in the shap of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal wt God. ⁷ Neuerthelesse he made hym selfe of no reputation, & toke on him the shap of a seruaunt, and became lyke vnto men, ⁸ and was founde in hys aparell as a man. He humbled hym selfe, and became obediente vnto the death euen the death of the crosse. ⁹ Wherfore God hath exalted hym, and geuen hym a name aboue al names, ¹⁰ that in the name of Iesus should euerye knee bowe, both of thinges in heauen and thinges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth, ¹¹ and that al tounges should confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lorde vnto the prayse of God the father.

²² Ye knowe the profe of hym, howe that as a sonne with the father, so with me bestowed he his laboure vpon the Gospel

²⁰ But oure conuersation is in heauen, from whence we loke for a sauiour, euen the Lorde Iesus Christ,

¹ If ye be then rysen agayn with Christ seke those thinges which are aboue where Christe sitteth on the right hand of God. ² Set youre affeccion on thinges that are aboue, and not on thinges, which are on the earth.

³ These thynges teache and exhorte. Yf any man teache otherwyse, and is not contente wt the holsome wordes of our Lord Iesus christ, and wyth the doctryne of Godlynes,

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

¹¹ But thou which arte the man of GOD, flye suche thynges. Folowe ryghtuousnes. Godlynes, loue, pacyence and mekenes.

² And what thynges thou hast hearde of me, manye bearyng wytnes, the same delyuer to faythfull men, whiche are apte to teache other.

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, and folow ryghtuousnes, fayth, loue, & peace, with them that call on the Lorde with pure herte.

³ For the tyme wyll come, when they wyll not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after theyr owne lustes shall they (whose eares ytch) get them an heape of teachers,

¹⁰ For there are many dysobedyent: & talkers of vanitye and disceyuers of myndes, namely they of the circumcision, ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped: whiche peruerte whole houses teachynge thynges whiche they oughte not because of fylthy lucre.

¹³ Thys wytnesse is true, wherfore rebuke them sharply that they may be sounde in the fayth,

¹⁵ These thynges speake, and exhorte, and rebuke, wyth all commaundyng. Se that no man despyse the.

¹³ neyther is there anye creature inuisible in the syght of him. For all thinges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater ryches then the treasure of Egypte. For he had respect vnto the reward.

¹⁵ And loked to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no rote of bytternes sprynge vp and trouble, and therebye manye be defyled,

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euerye man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, and slow to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not that whiche is ryghtuous before God.

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

²⁷ Pure deuocyon and vndefyled before God the father is thys: to visite the fatherlesse and wyddowes in theyr aduersitye, and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

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.

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. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson.

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. ¹⁴ But, yf ye haue bitter enuyinge and strife in youre hertes, reioyce not: neyther be lyars agaynste the trueth. ¹⁵ Thys wysedome descendeth not from aboue: but is earthye, & naturall, and deuelyshe: ¹⁶ For where enuiynge and stryfe is there is vnstablenes and all maner of euyll workes.

¹⁰ Cast doune your selues before the Lorde, and he shal lyfte you vp.

¹ Go to nowe ye ryche men. Weepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your siluer are cankered, & the ruste of them shal be a witnes vnto you, and shall eate your fleshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your laste dayes:

¹⁶ Knoweledge youre fautes one to another; and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a ryghtuous man auayleth muche yf it be feruente. ¹⁷ Helias was a man mortall, euen as we are, and he prayed in hys prayer, that it might not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares & sixe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, and the earthe broughte forth her frute.

⁶ in the whiche tyme ye shall reioyce, thoughe nowe for a season (yf nede requyre) ye are in heauynes, thorow manyfolde temptacyon, ⁷ that youre faythe ones tryed beynge muche more precyous, then golde that perysheth (though it be tryed with fyre) myghte be founde vnto laude, glory, and honoure, at the apearynge of Iesus Christ 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:

¹² For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the rightuous, and his eares are open vnto theyr prayers. But the face of the Lorde beholdeth them that do euil.

¹⁵ but sanctifie the Lorde God in your hertes. Be ready alwaies to geue an answere to euery man that axeth you a reason of the hope, that is in you, and that with mekenes & feare,

¹³ but reioice in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions, that when his glory appereth, ye maye be mery and glad.

⁵ Lykewyse ye yonger submit youre selues vnto the elder. Submit youre selues euerye man, one to another, knyt youre selues together in lowlines of mynde. For God resisteth the proude & geueth grace to humble.

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.

¹⁸ but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of oure Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe. To whom be glorye both nowe and foreuer. Amen.

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs: they woulde no doubte, haue continued wyth vs. But that fortuned, that it myghte appeare, that they were not of vs.

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

¹⁸ and am alyue, and was dead. And beholde I am alyue for euer more and haue the kayes of hell, & of death.

⁷ Let him that hath eares heare, what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacions. To him that ouercommeth, wyl I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe, whyche is in the middes of the Paradyse of God.

²³ And I will kyl her chyldren wyth death. And all the congregacions shal know, that I am he, whiche searched the reynes and hertes. And I will geue vnto euery one of you according vnto youre workes.

¹⁹ As manye as I loue, I rebuke and chastes. Be feruent therfore and repente.

²³ & the cytye hath no nede of the sunne neyther of the mone to lyghten it. For the bryghtnes of God dyd lyght it, & the lambe was the lyght of it.

⁵ And there shalbe no nyght there, and they nede no candel neyther lyghte of the sunne: for the Lorde geueth them lyghte, & they shall rayne for euermore.