Proverbs 21 Cross References - Matthew

¹ The kinges hert is in the hand of the Lord, lyke as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whether so euer he wyll. ² Euery man thynketh hys owne waye to be ryght, but the Lord iudgeth the herts. ³ To do ryghtuousnes & iudgment is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifyce. ⁴ A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, and the lanterne of the vngodly is synne. ⁵ The deuyces of one that is diligente, brynge plentuousnes: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouerte. ⁶ Who so hoordeth vp ryches wyth the disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, and lyke vnto them that seke their own death. ⁷ the robberies of the vngodlye shalbe their owne destruccyon, for they wolde not do the thinge that was right. ⁸ The waies of the froward are straunge, but the worckes of him that is cleane, are ryght ⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner vnder the house toppe, then wyth a braulynge woman in a wyde house. ¹⁰ The soule of the vngodlye wysheth euell, and hath no pytye vpon hys neyghboure. ¹¹ When the scornefull is punyshed, the ignoraunt take the better hede: and when a wyse man is warned, he wyll receaue the more vnderstandynge. ¹² The ryghtuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodlye, but the vngodlye goo on styll after their owne wyckednesse. ¹³ Who so stoppeth hys eare at the cryenge of the pore he shal cry him selfe and not be herd ¹⁴ A preuy rewarde pacyfyeth displeasure & a gift in the bosome stilleth furiousnes. ¹⁵ The iust delyteth in doinge the thing that is ryghte, but the worckers of wyckednesse abhorre the same. ¹⁶ The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome, shall remayne in the congregacion of the dead. ¹⁷ He that hath pleasure in banckettes, shalbe a poore man: Who so deliteth in wyne and delicates, shall not be ryche. ¹⁸ The vngodlye shalbe geuen for the ryghtuous, and the wicked for the iust. 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. ²² A wyse man wynneth the citye of the mighty, and as for strength that they trust in, he bryngeth it downe. ²³ Who so kepeth his mouth and his tong, the same kepeth hys soule from troubles. ²⁴ He that is proud & presumptuous, is called a scorneful man, whyche in wrath darre worke malycyouslye. ²⁵ The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is hys owne death, for hys handes wyll not laboure. ²⁶ He coueteth and desyreth all the day longe, but the ryghtuous is alwaye geuynge, and kepeth nothynge backe. ²⁷ The sacrifyce of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offer the thyng that is gotten with wickednes. ²⁸ A false witnesse shall perish, but he that wilbe content to heare, shall alway haue power to speake him selfe. ²⁹ An vngodly man goeth forth rashlye, but the iuste refourmeth his owne waie. ³⁰ There is no wysdome ther is no vnderstandyng, there is no councell agaynste the Lorde. ³¹ The horse is prepared against the day of battail, but the Lord geueth the victory.

⁵ And whan the Lord saw that the wekednesse of man was encreased vpon the erth, & that al the ymaginacion & thoughtes of his hert was only euell contynually, ⁶ he repented that he had made man vpon the erth, and sorowed in his hert.

¹² And God loked vpon the erth, & lo it was corrupte: for all flesh had corrupte hys way vpon the erth.

²⁹ But yet when God destroyed the cyties of the region, he thought vpon Abraham: & sent Lot out from the danger of the ouerthrowinge, when he ouerthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled.

²⁰ & said moreouer. Behold thy seruaunt Iacob cometh after vs, for he said. I wyl pease his wrath wt the present that goth before me, and afterward I wil se hym my selfe, so peraduenture he wil receiue me to grace.

¹¹ Than their father Israel sayd vnto them: Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus, take of the best frutes of the lande in your vesselles, and brynge the man a present, a curtesye of bawlme, and a curtesy of hony, spices and myrre, dates & almondes.

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

³⁴ Ad all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the cry of them. For they said: The earth myght haply swalow vs vp also.

¹¹ And all Israel shal heare and feare and shal do no more any suche wyckednes as thys is amonge them.

⁷ When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poore in any of thy cityes within thy land whych the Lord thy God geueth the, se that thou harden not thyne hert nor shet to thine hand from thy poore brother: ⁸ But open thyne hand vnto him & lende hym suffitiente for hys nede whych he hath. ⁹ And beware that there be not a poynt of Belial in thine hert, that thou wouldest say. The seuenth yere, the yere of fredome is at hand, & therfore it greues the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest hym nought & he then cry vnto the Lord againste the, and it be synne vnto the: ¹⁰ But giue him & let it not greue thine herte to giue. Bycause that for that thinge, the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in all thy workes & in all that thou puttest thyne hand to. ¹¹ For the land shall neuer be wythout pore. Wherfore I commaund the saying: open thine hand vnto thy brother that is neady and pore in thy land.

¹⁶ If an vnrighteous witnesse ryse agaynst a man to accuse him of trespace: ¹⁷ then let both the men which stryue together stande before the Lord, before the preastes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes, ¹⁸ & let the iudges enquyre a good. And yf the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false wytnesse agaynst his brother ¹⁹ then shal ye do vnto him as he had thought to do vnto his brother, & so thou shalt put euell awaye from the.

²¹ Then let al the men of that citie stone him with stons vnto death And thou shalt put euell awaye from the, & all Israel shall heare & feare.

¹² then sayd I: the Philistines shall come doune vpon me to Galgal, yer I haue made supplicacyon vnto the Lorde. And therfore I toke a courage wyth me, and offered burnt offerynges. ¹³ Then sayde Samuel to Saul, thou hast done folyshly & hast not kept the commaundement of the Lorde thy God whiche he commaunded the. For at thys tyme wolde the Lord haue stablished thy kyngdom vpon Israel for euer.

²¹ And the people toke of the spoyle, shepe, oxen, and the chiefest of the thynges which shulde haue ben destroyed, to offer vnto the Lorde thy God in Galgal. ²² Then sayde Samuel: hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacryfyces & offerynges, as he hath that thou shouldest obeye hys voyce? Beholde, to obeye is better then offeryng, and to geue heade is better then the fat of rammes.

²² Then sayde Samuel: hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacryfyces & offerynges, as he hath that thou shouldest obeye hys voyce? Beholde, to obeye is better then offeryng, and to geue heade is better then the fat of rammes. ²³ For rebellyousnesse is as the synne of witchcrafte, & stoburnesse is wyckednesse and Idolatrye. Because therfore thou hast cast awaye the worde of the Lorde, therfore hath the Lorde caste awaye the also, from beynge Kynge.

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.

⁸ aske thy laddes, and they wil shewe the. Wherfore let these young men fynde fauoure in thyne eyes (for we come in a good ceason) and geue I praye the whatsoeuer cometh to thyne hand vnto thy seruauntes and to thy sonne Dauid. ⁹ And Dauids young men came & tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid & then stopped. 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.

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.

⁶ Then went the Kynge and hys men to Ierusalem, vnto the Iebusytes the enhabyters of the lande. And they sayde vnto Dauid: excepte thou take awaye the blynde & the lame thou shalt not come in hyther, meanyng therby that Dauid shulde not haue come in thyther. ⁷ Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the holde of Syon, which is in the cytye of Dauid. ⁸ Then sayde Dauid the same day. Whosoeuer wynneth the walles and the lame & the blinde hated of Dauids soule. Wherfore the blynd & the lame shall not come into the house. ⁹ And Dauid dwelte in the toure and called it the cytye of Dauid. And Dauid buylt round aboute it from Mello inwarde.

¹⁶ Then cryed a wyse woman out of the cytie, heare heare, byd I praye you Ioab that he come hyther, that I maye speake with him. ¹⁷ When Ioab was come, the woman said: art thou Ioab? And Ioab answered: the am I. And she said to him: heare the wordes of thy handmaid: And he sayd: I am ready to heare. ¹⁸ And she sayde: it hath bene a comen sayinge in the olde tyme, men muste aske of Abel, and then go to and fynyshe the worcke. ¹⁹ Abel is one of the quyetest and faithfullest cities that are in Israel. And thou goest aboute to destroye a cytie that is as a mother in Israel. Why deuourest thou the enheritaunce of the Lorde. ²⁰ And Ioab answered and sayde: God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should eyther deuoure or destroye it. ²¹ The matter is not so: But there is a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the sonne of Bochri by name, whiche hath lyfte vp his hand against king Dauid. Delyuer vs him only, and I will depart from the cytye. And the woman sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, his head shalbe throwen thorow the walle to the. ²² And then the woman went vnto all the people in her wysedome. And they smote of the heade of Seba the sonne of Bochri, & cast it to Ioab. And he blewe a trompet, and they skatered from the cytye, euery man to his tent. And Ioab returned to Ierusalem vnto the kynge.

²² and helde the feast of vnleuended bread seuen dayes with ioye: for the Lord had made them glad, and turned the herte of the king of Assur vnto them, so that the handes were strengthed in the worcke of the house of God, whiche is the God of Israel.

²⁷ Praysed be the Lord God of our fathers which so had inspired the kinges hert to garnysh the house of God at Ierusalem: ²⁸ & hath inclined his mercy vnto me in the presence of the king, & his councelers, & before al the kinges hys estates. And I was conforted (according to the hande of the Lorde my God ouer me) & so gathered I the heades of Israel together, that they might go vp with me.

¹¹ O Lorde, let thyne eares herken to the prayer of thy seruaunte, & the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, and let thy seruaunte prospere thys daye, and graunte hym mercye in the syght of thys man: for I was the kynges buttelar.

⁴ Then sayde the kyng vnto me: what is then thy request? then made I my prayer to the God of heauen,

¹ And there arose a greate complaynte of the people, and of theyr wyues agaynst their brethren the Iewes. ² And there were some that sayde: oure sonnes and doughters are to manye, let vs take corne for them and eate, that we maye lyue. ³ Some sayde: let vs set oure landes, vyneyardes and houses to pledge, and take vp corne in the darth. ⁴ But some sayde: let vs borowe money of the kynges trybute for oure landes and vyneyardes. ⁵ Now are oure brethrens bodyes as oure owne bodyes and their children as oure chyldren: els shoulde we subdue oure sonnes and doughters vnto bondage, & some of oure doughters are subdued already, and no strength is there in oure handes, and other men shall haue oure landes and vyneyardes.

¹³ And I shoke my lappe, and sayde: God shake oute euerye man after the same maner from hys house and laboure, that maynteyneth not thys worde: euen thus be he shaken oute, and voyde. And all the congregacyon sayde: Amen, and praysed the Lorde. And the people dyd so.

⁵ And when Haman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto hym, nor worshipped him, he was full of indignacyon 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.

³ I haue sene my selfe, when the folishe was depe roted, that hys bewty was sodenly destroied,

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

¹⁴ What is man, that he shoulde be cleane? what hath he (whiche is borne of a woman) wherby he myght be knowne to be ryghtuous? ¹⁵ Beholde there is no trust to hys sanctes: ye the very heauens are not cleane in hys syght. ¹⁶ How much more then an abhominalbe and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse lyke water?

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. ¹⁶ Hys rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, and aboue shall his haruest be cutt downe. ¹⁷ Hys remembraunce shall perish from the earth, & hys name shall not be praysed in the stretes: ¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his countre: ²⁰ yonng & olde shalbe astonished at his death. ²¹ Soche are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.

¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely

¹⁸ But laboure shall he, and yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them.

²⁸ For ye saye: where is the Princes palace? where is the dwellinge of the vngodly? ²⁹ Aske any man that goeth by the way, and (yf ye wyll not regarde their tokens and dedes) he shal tel you, ³⁰ that the wicked is kept vnto the daye of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe broughte forthe in the daye of wrath.

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. 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. ²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yea and yeast of him, when they loke vpon his place.

¹² For I delyuered the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse that wanted helpe. ¹³ He that shoulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, whyche couered me as a garment, and equyte was my croune. ¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blinde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not their cause, I sought it oute diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the chaftes of the vnrighteous, and plucte the spoyle oute of their tethe.

¹ O blessed is the man, that goeth not in the counsayll of the vngodly: that abydeth not in the waie of sinners and sitteth not in the seate of the scorneful.

³ But thou, O Lord, arte my defender, my worshippe, and the lifter vp of my head.

⁸ Helpe belongeth vnto the Lorde, therfore let thy blessynge be vpon thy people.

¹⁶ For hys vnhappinesse shall come vpon hys owne head, and hys wyckednes shal fal vpon hys owne pate.

¹⁶ Thus the Lord is knowen to execute true iudgemente, when the vngodly is trapped in the woorkes of hys owne handes. Selah.

⁴ The vngodlye is so proude and full of indignacyon, that he careth not mether is God before hys eyes.

² The Lorde loked doune from heauen vpon the chyldren of men, too se if there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after God. ³ But they are all gone out of the waye, they are altogether become vnprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

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

⁷ Some put their trust in charettes, & some in horses: but we will remembre the name of the Lorde oure God.

⁵ Thou preparest a table before me agaynste myne enemyes: thou anoyntest my head with oyle, and fyllest my cuppe ful.

¹⁷ A horse is but a vayne thing to saue a man, it is not the power of hys strengthe that can delyuer hym. ¹⁸ Beholde, the eye of the Lorde loketh vnto them that feare hym, & put their trust in hys mercy.

² For he dissembleth before his face, so longe tyll hys abhominable sinne be founde out.

⁴ He ymagineth mischief vpon his bedde he wil come in no good waye, nor refuse the thyng that is euel.

²⁶ The righteous is euer mercifull, and lendeth gently, therfore shal his sede be blessed.

³⁵ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree: ³⁶ but when I went by, lo, he was gone: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.

⁸ that I shoulde fulfyl thy wyl O my God, and that am I content to do: yea thy lawe is wythin my hert.

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.

⁸ I reproue the not because of thy sacryfice thy burnteofferynges are allwaye before me.

⁸ I reproue the not because of thy sacryfice thy burnteofferynges are allwaye before me. ⁹ I wil take no bullockes out of thy house, nor gotes out of thy foldes. ¹⁰ For all the beastes of the felde are myne, and thousandes of cattell vppon the hylles. ¹¹ I know al the foules vpon the mountaynes, and the wylde beastes of the felde are in my sight. ¹² If I be hongry, I wyll not tell the: for the whole worlde is myne, & all that therein is. ¹³ Thynkest thou, that I will eate the fleshe of oxen, or drynke the bloude of goates?

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.

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.

⁶ And I sayde: O that I had wynges lyke a doue, that I might fle somwhere, and be at rest. ⁷ Lo, then wolde I get me awaye farre of, and remayne in the wildernesse. Selah.

⁴ They are as furyous as the serpent, euen lyke the deaf Ader that stoppeth her eares.

⁷ But God shal sodenly shote wyth an arow that they shalbe wounded. ⁸ Yea their owne tonges shall make them fall, in somuch that who so seyth them, shall laugh them to scorne. ⁹ And all men that se it shal saye: thys hath God done, for they shall perceyue that it is hys worcke.

²⁰ The God that is our sauiour, euen God the Lord by whome we escape death.

¹⁵ Thou diggest vp welles and brokes, thou dryest vp myghty waters.

⁴ The waues of the sea are mightye, & rage horribly: but yet the Lorde that dwelled on hye, is mightier.

²⁵ Whose hert turned so that they hated his people: and dealt vntruly wt hys seruauntes.

⁴⁶ Yea he made all those that had led them awaye captyue, to pitiye them.

⁴³ Who so is wyse, & pondreth these thynges well, shal vnderstande the louyng kyndnesses of the Lorde.

¹ Prayse the euerlastynge. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, and hath great delite in hys commaundementes.

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,

⁹ He hath sparsed abrode, and geuen to the poore, hys ryghtuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shalbe exealted with honoure

³ The sea saw that & fled, Iordan turned backe.

⁵ What ayled the, O thou sea, that thou fleddest so thou Iordan, that thou turnedest backe?

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

¹⁶ My delite shalbe in thy statutes, I wyll not forget thy wordes.

⁵⁹ I cal myne owne wayes to remembrance, and turne my fete into thy testimonies.

⁹² If my delyte were not in thy lawe, I should perysh in my trouble.

⁵ Who is me that my banyshmente endureth so longe: I dwel in the tabernacles of the sorowfull. ⁶ My soule hath long dwelt amonge them that be enemies vnto peace,

⁵ As for suche as turne backe vnto their owne wickednesse, the Lorde shall leade them forth with the euell doers: but peace be vpon Israell.

¹⁰ Thou that geuest victory vnto kynges, & hast deliuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde.

¹⁰ He hath no pleasure in the strengthe of an horse, neither deliteth he in any mans legges.

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

¹⁸ Yea, they themselfes laye wayte one for anothers bloud, & one of them wolde sley another. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all suche as be couetous, that one wolde rauish anothers life.

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

²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I will not heare: they shal seke me early, but thei shal not find me:

¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes sclaunderous.

¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel. ¹⁹ Al thei that go in vnto her, come not agayn, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.

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

¹⁰ That other men be not filled wt thy goods & that thy labours come not in a strang house. ¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods)

²⁰ My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlotte, and embrace the bosome of another woman?

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest, ⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, handes that shede innocent bloud,

¹⁹ a false witnes that bringeth vp lies, and such one as soweth dyscord amonge brethren,

²⁶ For many one hath she wounded and cast doune yea, many a stronge man hath she slayne. ²⁷ Her house is the waye vnto hell, where men go doune into the chambers of death.

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.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

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

¹⁸ But they consyder not that death is there, and that her gestes go doune to hell.

² Treasures that are wyckedlye gotten, profit nothing, but rightuousnesse deliuereth from death,

⁴ An ydle hand maketh pore, but a quicke laboryng hand maketh ryche.

⁶ Louynge and fauourable is the face of the rightuous, but the forehead of the vngodly is past shame and presumptuous.

¹⁹ Where much babling is, ther must nedes be offence: he that refraineth his lippes is wisest of all.

²² The blessing of the Lord maketh rich men, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothynge therto.

²⁹ The waye of the Lorde geueth a corage vnto the godly, but it is a fear for wicked doers

³ The innocente dealyng of the iust shal leade them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despisers shalbe their owne destruccion ⁴ Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce, but rightuousnes deliuereth from death. ⁵ The rightuousnes of the innocent ordereth his way, but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wyckednesse.

⁵ The rightuousnes of the innocent ordereth his way, but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wyckednesse.

⁸ The rightuous shalbe delyuered out of trouble, and the vngodly shal come in his steade.

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

¹² The desyre of the vngodly hunteth after mischief, but the rote of the righteous bryngeth forth frute. ¹³ The wicked falleth into the snare thorow the malyce of his own mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parel.

¹⁹ A true mouth is euer constant, but a dissemblyng tonge is soone chaunged.

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

²⁷ A disceatfull man shall fynde no vauntage, but he that is content with that he hath, is more worthe then golde.

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so speaketh vnaduised findeth harme. ⁴ The slogarde woulde fayne haue, and can not get his dsyre: but the soule of the diligente shall haue plenty.

⁶ Ryghtuousnesse kepeth the innocente in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrow the sinner.

¹¹ Hastely gotten goodes are sone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase

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

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

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

³² The vngodlye is afrayed of euery parel, but the ryghtuous hath a good hope euen in death.

⁶ In the house of the ryghtuous are greate rytches, but in the increase of the vngodlye ther is mysorder.

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.

¹⁴ A wise hert wil seke after knowledge, but the mouth of foles medleth with folishnesse.

¹⁷ Better is a messe of potage with loue, then a far oxe wyth euel wyll.

¹⁹ The way of the slouthful is ful of thornes, but the strete of the rightuous is wel cleansed.

²⁶ The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacons of the wycked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.

¹ A man may wel purpose a thinge in his herte, but the answere of the tong commeth of the Lord, ² A man thynketh al his waies to be cleane, but it is the Lord that fashyoneth the mindes

⁹ A man deuyseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges.

¹⁸ Presumptuousnes goth before destruction, & after aproud stomake ther foloweth a fall.

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

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

⁸ Liberalite is a precyous stone vnto hym that hath it, for whersoeuer he becometh, he prospereth.

²³ The vngodlye taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the waies of iudgment.

²⁷ He is wyse and discrete, that tempereth his wordes: and he is a man of vnderstandinge, that maketh much of his spirite. ²⁸ Yea a verye foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstandinge, when he shutteth his lyppes.

¹ Who so hath pleasure to sow dyscorde, pyketh a quarel in euery thyng.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccion, and honour after lowlines.

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstanding ¹⁶ Liberalitye bryngeth a man to honoure and worship, and setteth him among great men.

²¹ Death & lyfe stand in the power of the tong, he that loueth it shal enioy the frute thereof.

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.

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

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.

²¹ There are many deuises in a mans hert, neuertheles the counsayll of the Lorde shall stande.

²⁴ A slouthful body shuteth hys hande into hys bosome, so that he cannot put it to his mouth. ²⁵ If thou smitest a scorneful personne, the ignoraunt shall take better hede: & if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he will be the wyser.

²⁹ Punishmentes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and strypes for fooles backes.

⁴ A slouthfull body will not go to plowe for colde, therefore shall he go a beggynge in Sommer, and haue nothynge.

⁶ Many there be that are called good doers, but whereshal one fynde a true faythful man?

¹⁴ It is naught, It is naught (say men) when they haue it, but when it is gone, they geue it a good woorde.

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

²⁴ The Lorde ordreth euery mans goinges, for what is he that vnderstandeth his owne wayes?

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. ¹³ Who so stoppeth hys eare at the cryenge of the pore he shal cry him selfe and not be herd

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.

⁴ The ende of lowlines and the feare of God, is riches, honour, prosperity and health.

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

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

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.

²¹ for such as be dronkards & riotous shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to much slepe shall go wt a ragged cote.

⁵ A wise man is strong, yea a man of vnderstanding is better then he that is myghti of strength

¹² If thou wylt saye: I knewe not of it. Thinkest thou that he which made the herts, doth not consider it? & that he which regardeth thy soule, seyth it not? Shall not he recompence euerye man accordynge to his workes?

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthful, and by the vineiarde of the feld of the slouthful and by the vyneyeardes of the folish man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wyth nettels, and stode ful of thistles. and the stone wall was broken doune. ³² Thys I saw, and consydered it well I loked vpon it, and toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yea slepe on styl a lytle, slomber a lytle, fold thyne handes together yet a lytle, ³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

¹⁸ Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst hys neyghboure, he is a verye speare, a swearde, and a sharpe arowe.

²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vnder the rose, then wt a brauling woman in a wide house

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

¹⁶ The slogard thynketh hym selfe wyser then? .vij. men that sit & teach.

¹⁵ A braulling woman and the rose of the house dropping in a rainy day may wel be compared together. ¹⁶ He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in hys hande.

²³ Se that thou know the number of thy catell thy selfe, and loke wel to thy flockes. ²⁴ For riches abyde not alway, & the crowne endureth not for euer. ²⁵ The hey groweth, the grasse commeth vp, & herbes are gathered in the mountaynes. ²⁶ The lambes shall clothe the, and for the gotes ²⁷ thou shalt haue goates mylcke ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde, and to susteyne thy maydens.

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

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

²² He that wyll be ritch all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouertye shall come vpon him.

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.

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

⁸ Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me neither pouerte nor ryches, onely graunte me a necessary lyuyng.

¹² The generacion that thynke them selfes cleane, shall not be clensed from their filthynesse. ¹³ There are people that haue a proude loke, and cast vp their eye lyddes.

¹² So I perceiued, that in these thinges their is nothinge better for a man, then to be mery and to do wel so long as he liueth.

¹⁹ For vnto whom soeuer God geueth ritches, goodes and power, he geueth it him to enioy it, to take it for hys porcyon, and to be refreshed of his laboure: thys is nowe the gyfte of God.

⁸ The ende of a thyng is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of spirite is better then the hye mynded. 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.

¹⁹ Wisdom geueth more corage vnto the wise then ten myghty men of the cyty:

²⁹ Lo thys onely haue I founde, that God made man iust and right, but they seke dyuerse soteltyes,

³ Amonge all thynges that come to passe vnder the Sunne, this is a mysery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are ful of wyckednes, and mad folishnes is in their hertes as longe as they liue, vntyl they dye.

¹¹ So I turned me vnto other thynges vnder the Sonne, and I sawe, that in runnyng, it helpeth not to be swift: in battayll, it helpeth not to be stronge, to fedynge, it helpeth not to be wyse: to ryches, it helpeth not to be suttell: to be had in fauoure, it helpeth not to be cunnynge: but that all lyeth in tyme and fortune.

¹³ This wysdome haue I sene also vnder the Sunne, and me thought it a great thynge. ¹⁴ There was a litle citie, and a fewe men within it: so there came a great kyng and beseged it, and made great bulwarkes agaynste it ¹⁵ And in the cytye there was founde a poore man (but he was wyse) which with hys wisdome deliuered the cytye: yet was there no body, that had any respect vnto such a symple man. ¹⁶ Then sayde I: wysdome is better then strengthe. Neuertheles, a simple mans wysedome is despised, & his wordes are not herde. ¹⁷ A wyse mans counsayl that is folowed in silence, is farre aboue the cryeng of a captayne among fooles. ¹⁸ For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one vnthryft alone destroyeth much good.

¹⁹ Meate maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them mery: but vnto money are all thynges obedyente.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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. ¹⁶ Washe you, make you cleane, put awaye youre euill thoughtes out of my sighte, cease from doynge of euyll and vyolence.

¹⁶ Washe you, make you cleane, put awaye youre euill thoughtes out of my sighte, cease from doynge of euyll and vyolence. ¹⁷ Lerne to do right, applye youre selues to equite, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to hys ryght, let the wyddowes complaynte come before you.

²³ Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue gyftes altogether, & folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe hym not to hys ryght, nether wyll they let the wydowes causes come before them. ²⁴ Therfore speaketh the Lorde God of hostes the myghtye one of Israel: Ah I muste ease me of myne enemyes, and avenge me vpon them.

¹¹ Which casteth doune the hygh lokes of presumptuous personnes, & bryngeth lowe the pryde of man, & he only shall be exalted in the daye.

¹⁷ And it shall bryng doune the pryde of man, & laye mans presumptuousnesse ful lowe, and the Lorde shall onelye haue the vyctorye in that daye.

¹⁶ Moreouer thus sayth the Lorde: Seynge the doughters of Sion are become so proude, and come in with stretched oute neckes, and with vayne wanton eyes: seynge they come in tryppynge so nycely with their fete:

⁵ because that the kynge of Siria Ephraim & Romelyes sonne haue wickedlye conspyred agaynst the, ⁶ sayinge: We wyll go doune into Iuda, vexe them, and bryng them vnder vs, and set a kynge there, euen the sonne of Tabeel. ⁷ For thus sayth the Lorde GOD therto, It shall not so go forthe, nether come so to passe:

⁹ Go together ye people, and gather you, herken to all ye of farre countreyes. Mustre you, & gather you: mustre you and gather you, ¹⁰ take your councel together, yet must youre councell come to nought: go in hand with all, yet shall it not prospere. Excepte Emanuel: (that is God) be with vs.

²⁷ For yf the Lorde of Hostes determen a thynge, who wyl dysanulle it? And yf he stretch forth hys hande, who wil holde it in agayne?

⁶ As for Moabs pride (shal they answere) it is well knowne. And all thoughe they be excellent, proude, arrogante and hye minded: yet is their strength nothing lyke.

¹ Wo be vnto them that go doune into Egypte for help, and trust in horses, & comforte themselues in charettes, because they be many, & in horse men because they be lusty & strong. But they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the Lorde.

⁶ But the churle wyll be churlyshly mynded, & his hert wil worcke euil & playe the Ipocrite, & ymagyn abhominacyons against God, to make the hungry leane, & to withhold drincke from the thurstie. 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.

³ For I am the Lorde thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Sauyour. I gaue Egypte for thy delyueraunce, the Moryans, and the Sabees for the: ⁴ because thou wast deare in my sight, and because I set by the, and loued the. I pylled all men for the, & delyuered vp al people for thy sake,

¹⁹ Therfore beholde, I shall make a new thynge, & shortly shall it appeare: ye shall well knowe it, I told it you afore, but I wil tel it you agayne. I wyll make stretes in the deserte, & ryuers of water in the wylderne

²⁷ I saye to the ground: be drie. And I drye vp thy water floudes.

¹⁰ In the beginning of a thynge, I shewe the ende therof: & I tell before, thynges that are not yet come to passe. With one worde is my deuyce accomplyshed, & fulfylleth all my pleasure. ¹¹ I call a byrde out of the East, & all that I take in hande, out of farre countrees, as soone as I commaunde, I brynge it hether: as soone as I thyncke to deuyse a thynge, I do it.

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.

⁴ Howbeit (of a trueth) he only taketh awaye oure infyrmyte, and beareth our payne: Yet we shal iudge him, as though he were plaged & caste doune of God: ⁵ where as he (notwithstanding) shal be wounded for oure offences, & smytten for oure wickednes. For the payne of oure punyshmente shalbe sayde vpon hym, and with hys strypes shall we be healed.

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.

⁶ But this fastyng pleaseth not me, til the tyme be thou louse him out of bondage, that is in thy daunger: that thou breake the ooth of wicked barginnes, that thou let the oppressed go fre and take from them all maner of burthens. 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,

⁵ Thou helpest him that doeth ryght with cherefulnesse, and them that thyncke vpon thy wayes. But lo, thou art angry, for we offend and haue euer be in sinne, there is not one whole.

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.

² Lyft vp thine eyes on euery side, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast wayted for them in stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorowe thy whordome and shameful blasphemies, is the lande defyled. ³ This is the cause, that the rayne and eueninge dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten the an whores foreheade, and canst not be ashamed.

²³ The hylles fal, and al the hye pryde of the mountaynes, but the healthe of Israel standeth onely vpon God oure Lorde.

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.

⁹ For when ye haue stolen, murthered, committed aduoutrye, and periury: When ye haue offred vnto Baal, folowyng straunge & vnknowne Goddes. ¹⁰ Then come ye, and stande before me in thys house, whiche hath my name geuen vnto it and say: Tush, we are absolued quite, though we haue done all these abhominacions. ¹¹ What? thincke you thys house that beareth my name, is a denne of theues? And these thinges are not done priuelye, but before myne eyes sayeth the Lorde.

¹¹ What? thincke you thys house that beareth my name, is a denne of theues? And these thinges are not done priuelye, but before myne eyes sayeth the Lorde. ¹² Go to my place in Silah, wherevnto I gaue my name afore tyme, & loke wel what I did to the same place for the wyckednes of my people of Israell.

¹⁵ And I shal thrust you of my syght, as I haue cast out all youre brethren the whole sede of Ephraim.

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.

¹² Fye for shame, how abhominable thinges do they? and yet they be not ashamed, yea thei knowe of no shame. Wherfore in the tyme of theyr vysytacion they shall fall among the dead bodyes, sayeth the Lorde.

² Wold God that I had a cotage some where farre from folcke that I myghte leaue my people, & go from them for they be all aduoutrers and a shrynkynge sorte.

²³ Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde: Let not the wyse man reioyse in his wisdome, nor the stronge man in hys strength, neyther the ryche man in hys ryches:

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.

¹⁶ But yet ye haue turned your selues agayne, and blasphemed my name. In this, that euery man hath required hys seruaunte and handmayden againe whom ye had let go quite and fre, and compelled them to serue you agayne, and to be youre bondmen. ¹⁷ And therfore thus sayeth the lord: ye haue not obeyed me, euery man to proclame fredom vnto his brother and neighbour: wherfore I wil call you vnto a fredome, sayeth the Lorde, euen vnto the swerde, to the pestilence, & to honger, & will make you to be plaged in all the kingedomes of the earthe.

⁸ Amonge these .lxxx. men there were ten, that sayde vnto Ismael: Oh slay vs not, for we haue yet a great treasure in the feld, of wheat barleye, oyle, and honye. So he spared them, and slewe them not with their brethren.

¹⁶ As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lorde, we will in no wyse heare them: 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.

²⁹ As for Moabs pryde, we haue hearde of it, she is verye hye mynded. I know her stoutnesse, her boastynge, her arrogancye and the pryde of her stomack, sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁸ As for his father: because he oppressed and spoiled his brothers, and dyd wyckedly amonge his people: lo, he is dead in his owne sinne.

²⁸ For in so muche as he remembreth hym selfe, & turneth him from all the vngodlynes, that he had vsed, he shall lyue, and not dye.

³¹ Caste awaye from you all your vngodlinesse, that ye haue done: make you new hertes and a new spirit. Wherfore will ye dye, O ye house of Israel?

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.

³⁵ in comparison of whom al they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth accordinge to hys wyl, among the powers of heauen & amonge the inhabytours of the earthe: and there is none that maye resyste hys hande, or say: what doest thou?

¹⁰ & many shalbe purifyed, clensed and tryed. But the vngodly shal lyue wickedly, and those wicked (as many of them as they be) shall haue no vnderstanding. As for suche as haue vnderstandynge, they shall regarde it.

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.

⁶ For I haue pleasure in louinge kindnesse, and not in offerynge: yea, in the knoweledge of God, more then in burnt sacryfyce.

⁹ Who so is wyse, shall vnderstande thys: & he that is ryght instructe, wyll regarde it. For the wayes of the Lorde are ryghteous, suche as be Godlye wil walcke in them: As for the wicked, they wyll stomble therin.

¹¹ Some of you haue I ouerthrowen, as I ouerthrew Sodome and Gomorre, so that ye were as brand plucte oute of the fyre. Yet wyll ye not turne vnto me, sayeth the Lorde.

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 Neuerthelesse, the men assayed with rouwynge, to bringe the shyppe to lande: but it wolde not be, because the sea wrought so, and was so troublous agaynst them.

² But ye hate the good, and loue the euell: ye plucke of mennes skynnes, and the flesh from their bones: ³ ye eate the flesh of my people, and slay of their skynne: ye breake their bones, ye choppe them in peces as it were in to a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.

⁹ O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob, and ye iudges of the house of Israell: ye that abhorre the thynge that is laufull, and wrayst asyde the thynge that is streyght. ¹⁰ Ye that buylde vp Syon wyth bloude, and Ierusalem wyth doynge wronge. ¹¹ O ye iudges, ye geue sentence for gyftes: O ye preastes, ye teach for lucre: O ye Prophetes, ye prophecy for monye. Yet wyll they be taken as those that holde vpon God, and saye: Is not the Lorde amonge vs? Tushe, there can no mysfortune happen vs. ¹² Therfore shall Syon (for youre sakes) be plowed lyke a felde: Ierusalem shalbe come an heape of stones, and the hyll of the temple shalbe turned to an hye wodde.

⁶ What acceptable thynge shall I offre vnto the Lord? shall I bowe my knee to the hye God? Shall I come before hym wyth brentoffrynges, and wyth calues of a yeare olde? ⁷ Hath the Lorde a pleasure in many thousand rammes, or innumerable streames of oyle? Or shal I geue my fyrstborne for myne offences, and the fruyte of my body for the synne of my soule? ⁸ I wyll shewe the, O man, what is good, & what the Lorde requyreth of the: Namely, to do right, to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, to be lowlye, and to walcke wyth thy God:

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. ¹² Wo vnto hym, that buyldeth the towne wyth bloude, & maintaineth the citie wyth vnryghtuousnes.

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

⁵ Consydre nowe youre owne wayes in youre hertes (sayth the Lorde of hostes)

⁷ Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes: Consydre your owne wayes in your hertes,

¹⁵ And now (I praye you) consydre from thys daye forthe, and howe it hath gone wyth you afore: or euer there was layed one stone vpon another in the temple of the Lorde,

¹⁸ Consydre then from thys daye forth and afore, namely, from the .xxiiij. daye of the .ix. moneth, vnto the daye that the foundacion of the Lordes temple was layed: marck it wel ¹⁹ is not the sede yet in the barne? haue not the vines, the fyggetrees, the pomgranates, & oliue trees bene yet vnfrutefull? but from this day forth, I shall make them to prospere.

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.

⁹ Thus sayeth the Lord of Hostes: Execute true iudgement: shew mercy & louinge kindnesse, euery man to his brother. ¹⁰ Do the widdow, the fatherlesse, the straunger, and poore no wronge: and let no man ymagen euil against his brother in his hert. ¹¹ Neuertheles they would not take hede, but turned their backes, & stopped their eares, that they should not heare: ¹² yea, they made their hertes as an Adamant stone, least they should hear the law & wordes, whiche the Lorde of hostes sent in his holy spirite by the Prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lorde of hostes was verye wroth at them. ¹³ And thus it is come to passe, that like as he spake, & they woulde not hear: euen so they cryed, and I woulde not heare, (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.

⁶ Blessed are they which honger & thurste for rightuousnes: for they shalbe filled.

⁸ Blessed are the pure in hert: for thei shal se God.

⁴² Geue to hym that axeth, & from him that woulde borow tourne not away.

³ But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy lyft hande knowe what thy ryght hande doth, ⁴ that thyne almes may be secrete: and thy father whiche seeth in secrete, shall rewarde the openly.

¹⁴ For and if ye shall forgeue other men their trespases, your heauenlye father shall also forgeue you.

¹⁹ Se that ye gater you not treasure vpon the earth, where ruste & mothes corrupte, & wher theues breake throughe & steale. ²⁰ But gather ye treasure together in heauen, where neither rust nor mothes corrupt, & where theues neyther breake vp nor yet steale.

² For as ye iudge so, shall ye be iudged. And with what measur ye meate, with the same shal it be measured to you agayne.

²³ And then will I knowledge vnto them, that I neuer knewe them. Departe from me, ye workers of iniquitie.

³³ Either make the tree good, and his frute good also: or els make the tree euyll, and hys frute euyll also. For the tree is knowen by his frute.

⁴¹ The sonne of man shall sende forth hys Aungels, and they shall gather out of hys kyngedom all thynges that offende, and them whych do iniquity, ⁴² and shall caste theim into a fournayce of fyre. There shalbe waylyng & gnasshyng of teth.

³⁰ But he woulde not, but wente and cast hym into pryson till he shoulde pay the det. ³¹ When hys other felowes sawe what was done, they were very sory, and came and told vnto theyr Lord all that had happened. ³² Then his Lorde called hym, and sayde vnto hym. O euill seruaunt I forgaue the al that det, because thou praiest me: ³³ was it not mete also that thou shouldest haue had compassion on thy felow, euen as I had pitie on the? ³⁴ And his lord was wroth and deliuered him to the iaylers, til he should paye all that was due to hym. ³⁵ So likewyse shal my heauenly father do vnto you except ye forgeue with your hertes, eache one to hys brother theyr trespasses.

¹³ Wo be vnto you Scribes and Phariseis, hypocrites, for ye shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: ye youre selues go not in, neyther suffer ye them that come to enter in.

³ The folyshe toke theyr lampes, but toke none oyle with them. ⁴ But the wise toke oyle with them in their vessels with their lampes also.

⁸ And the folishe sayed to the wise: gyue vs of your oyle for oure lampes go out.

²⁶ His maister aunswered and said vnto hym: thou euyll seruaunte and slouthful, thou knewest that I repe wher I sowed not, and gadder wher I strawed not:

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.

²¹ For from within, euen out of the herte of men, procede euel thoughtes: aduoutry, fornication, murther, ²² theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, deceyte: vncleanenesse and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, folishenes:

³³ And to loue hym with all the herte, and with al the mynd, and with all the soule, & with all the strength. and to loue a mans neyghbour as hym selfe, is a greater thyng then all burntoffrynges & sacrifices.

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.

⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his hert bringeth forth that which is good. And an euil man out of the euyll treasure of his herte bringeth forth that which is euyl. For of the aboundaunce of the herte, his mouth speaketh.

²⁵ When the good man of the house is rysen vp, and hathe shut to the dore, ye shall begynne to stande without, and to knocke at the dore, saiynge: Lorde Lorde open to vs: and he shall aunswere and saye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are.

²⁷ And he shall saye: I tell you I knowe you not whence ye are: departe frome me all ye workers of iniquitie. ²⁸ There shalbe wepynge and gnashing of teth, when ye shall se Abraham and Isaac and Iacob, and all the Prophetes in the kingdome of God, and your selues thruste oute at dores.

¹³ And not longe after, the yonger sonne gathered all that he had together, & toke hys iorneye into a farre countrye, & there he wasted hys goodes with ryetous liuing. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all that he had, there arose a great dearth throughout all that same lande, & he began to lacke.

¹⁴ And when he had spent all that he had, there arose a great dearth throughout all that same lande, & he began to lacke. ¹⁵ And he wente and claue to a citesyn of the same countrye, whiche sent hym to hys fielde, to kepe hys swyne. ¹⁶ And he woulde fayne haue fylled hys bellye with the codes that swyne eate. And no man gaue hym. ¹⁷ Then he came to hym selfe, and sayed: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers haue breade ynough, and I dye for honger, ¹⁸ I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and will say vnto hym: father I haue synned agaynst heauen and before the,

¹ And he sayed also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne ryche man which had a steward that was accused vnto him: that he wasted hys goodes.

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they whiche iustifye your selues before men: but God knoweth your hertes. For that which is highly estemed amonge men, is abhominable in the syght of God.

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.

¹¹ The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God I thanke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniust, aduouterers, or as this publican, ¹² I faste twyse in the weke, I geue tythe of all that I possesse.

¹⁴ I tell you: this man departed home to hys house iustifyed more then the other. For euerye man that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

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.

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.

³⁴ Iesus saied to them: my meate is to do the wil of him that sent me. And to fynishe his workes.

²⁷ For of a trueth againste thy holy childe Iesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herode and also Poncius Pilate, with the Gentyls & the people of Israel, gathered them selues together, ²⁸ for to do whatsoeuer thy hande and thy councell determined before to be done.

⁵ When Ananias hearde these wordes, he fell doune and gaue vp the ghost. And great feare came on all them that hearde these thinges.

¹¹ And great feare came on al the congregation, and on as manie as hearde it. ¹² By the handes of the Apostles were manie signes and wounders shewed amonge the people. And they were all together wyth one accorde in Solomons porch. ¹³ And of other durst no man ioyne him selfe to them: neuerthelater the people magnifyed them. ¹⁴ The numbre of them that beleued in the Lorde, both of men and women, grewe more and more:

³⁹ But and if it be of God ye can not destroye it, leaste haply ye be found to striue against god.

¹⁰ and deliuered him out of all his aduersities and gaue him fauoure and wysdome in the sight of Pharao kynge of Egypt, whiche made him gouerner ouer Egypte, and ouer al his houshold.

⁵⁷ Then they gaue a shut wyth a loude voice, and stopped their eares, and ranne vpon hym al at once,

¹⁵ And they sayde vnto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is hys Aungel.

⁹ and he put no difference betwene them and vs, but with fayth purified theyr hertes.

³³ I haue desyred no mans syluer, golde or vesture. ³⁴ Ye knowe well that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, & to them that were with me, 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.

⁷ that is to say, prayse, honoure and immortalytye, to them whyche continue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe. ⁸ But vnto them that are rebellious and disobey the trueth, and folowe iniquitie, shall come indignacion and wrath, ⁹ tribulacion and anguishe, vpon the souls of euerye man that doeth euyll: of the Iewe fyrst, and also of the gentyll. ¹⁰ To euery man that doth good, shall come prayse, honoure, and peace, to the Iewe fyrst, and also to the gentil.

²² I delite the lawe of God, concernynge the inner man.

¹⁹ Let vs folowe those thynges which make for peace, and thynges wherewith one maye edifye another.

²³ For he that maketh conscience, is dampned yf he eate, because he doeth it not of faythe. For whatsoeuer is not of faythe, that same is synne.

³ As longe verelye as there is amonge you enuiynge, stryfe and dissencion: are ye not carnall, and walke after the maner of men?

¹⁹ For the wysdome of this worlde is folyshnes wyth God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes. ²⁰ And agayne, God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne.

⁵ But in manie of them had God no delite. For they were ouerthrowen in the wyldernes. ⁶ These are ensamples to vs that we should not luste after euyll thinges, as they lusted.

⁶ These are ensamples to vs that we should not luste after euyll thinges, as they lusted. ⁷ Neyther be ye worshippers of Images as were some of them accordynge at it is written: The people sate doune to eate and drynke, and rose vp agayne to playe. ⁸ Neyther let vs committe fornicacion as some of them committed fornycacyon, and were destroied in one day .xxiij. thousand. ⁹ Neither let vs tempte Christe as some of them tempted, and were destroyed of serpentes. ¹⁰ Neyther murmure ye as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. ¹¹ Al these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples, and were written to put vs in remembraunce, whom the endes of the world are come vpon.

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.

¹⁷ When I thus wyse was mynded: dyd I vse lyghtnes? Or thynke I carnallye those thinges, which I thinke? that with me should be yea yea, and nay nay? ¹⁸ God is faithfull. For oure preaching vnto you, was not yea & nay. ¹⁹ For Gods sonne Iesus Christe, whiche was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye, by me and Siluanus and Timotheus) was not yea and naye, but in him it was yea: ²⁰ For all the promyses of God, in him are yea, and are in him Amen, vnto the lande of God thorow vs.

¹³ Seynge then we haue the same spirite of fayth, accordynge as it is writen: I beleued, & therfor haue I spoken. We also beleue, & therfore speake.

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.

⁹ as it is wrytten. He that sparsed abroade, and hath geuen to the pore, hys ryghtuousnes, remayneth for euer. ¹⁰ He that fyndeth the sower seed, shall minister breade for fode, and shall multyplye your seede and increace the frutes of youre ryghtuousnes that on all partyes, ¹¹ ye maye be made riche in all synglenes, whiche causeth thorowe vs, thankes geuynge vnto God. ¹² For the offyce of thys ministracyon, not onelye supplyeth the neede of the saynctes: but also is aboundaunte herein, that for thys laudable mynystrynge, thankes myghte be geuen to God of many, ¹³ whiche prayse God for the obedience of youre professyng the Gospell of Christe, and for youre synglenes in distrybutynge to them and to all men, ¹⁴ and in theyr prayers to God for you, long after you, for the aboundaunce grace of God geuen vnto you.

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.

¹ And you hath he quickened also that were deade in treaspas & synne, ² in the whiche in time passed, yet walked accordynge to the course of thys worlde, & after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer, the spyrite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe, ³ amonge whiche we also had our conuersation in tyme paste, in the lustes of oure fleshe, and fulfylled the wyll of the fleshe and of the mynde, and were naturallye the chyldren of wrath, euen as well as other.

²⁸ Let hym that stole, steale no more, but let hym rather laboure wyth his handes some good thynge, that he maye haue to geue vnto hym that nedeth.

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

¹² Not as though I had alreadie atteined to it, either were already perfecte: but I folowe yf that I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu.

⁵ Neither was our conuersacyon at anye tyme wyth flatterynge wordes, as ye well knowe neyther in cloked couetousnes, god is record: ⁶ neyther sought we prayse of men neyther of you, nor yet of anye other, when we mighte haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christe, ⁷ but we were tender amonge you, euen as a noursse cheryshed his children, ⁸ so was our affeccion toward you, oure good wil was to haue dealte to you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules because ye were deare to vs. ⁹ Ye remember brethren our labour and trauayle. For we laboured day and night, because we would not be greuous vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.

¹¹ God him selfe our father, and our Lord Iesus Christ guide oure iorney to you:

¹¹ and that ye studye to be quyete, and to medle with youre owne busines, and to worke wyth youre owne handes, as we commaunded you: ¹² that ye may behaue your selues honestly towardes them that are wythout, and that nothinge be lackinge vnto you.

²¹ Examen all thinges, and kepe that which is good.

⁶ But she that lyueth in pleasure, is dead euen yet alyue.

⁹ They that wyll be rych, fall into temptacyon and snares, and into many folysh and noysome lustes which drowne men in perdicyon and destruccyon. ¹⁰ For couetousnes is the rote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faythe and tangled them selues wyth manye sorowes. ¹¹ But thou which arte the man of GOD, flye suche thynges. Folowe ryghtuousnes. Godlynes, loue, pacyence and mekenes.

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

⁴ traytours, headye, hye mynded, gredy vpon voluptuousnes more then the louers of God,

⁷ I haue fought a good fyght, and haue fulfylled my course, and haue kepte the fayth. 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.

¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped: whiche peruerte whole houses teachynge thynges whiche they oughte not because of fylthy lucre.

¹⁵ Vnto the pure are all thynges pure, but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuynge, is nothynge pure: but euen the very myndes and consciences of them are defyled.

¹⁴ whiche gaue hym selfe for vs, to redeme vs from al vnryghtuousnes and to pourge vs a peculyar people vnto him selfe, feruently geuen vnto good workes.

³ For we our selues also in tymes paste, vnwyse, dysobedient, deceyued, in daunger to lustes, and to dyuers maners of voluptuousnes, lyuyng in malycyousnes and enuye, ful of hate, hatyng one another.

⁵ not of the dedes of rightuousnes, which we wrought but of hys mercy he saued vs, by the fountayne of the newe byrth, & with the renuyng of the holye ghost,

⁸ Thys is a true saiynge. Of these thynges I would thou shouldest certyfye, that they whiche beleue God, might be dylygent to go forwarde in good workes. These thynges are good and profytable vnto men.

¹ Wherfor we ought to geue the more heede to the thynges which we haue heard, lest we perishe. ² For yf the word which was spoken by Angels was stedfast, so that euery transgression and disobedience receyued a iuste recompence to rewarde, ³ howe shal we escape, yf we despise so great saluacyon, whyche at the fyrst began to be preached of the Lorde hym selfe, and afterward was confirmed to vswarde, by them that hearde it,

⁴ For it is not possible that they whiche were ones lyghted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghoste, ⁵ and haue tasted of the good worde of God, and of the worlde to come: ⁶ yf they fall, shoulde be renued agayne vnto repentaunce: for as muche as they haue (as concernynge them selues) crucifyed the sonne of God a freshe makynge a mocke of hym.

²⁶ For yf we synne wyllyngly after that we haue receyued the knowledge of the trueth, ther remayneth no more sacryfyce for synnes, ²⁷ but a fearful lokynge for iudgement, and vyolente fyre, whyche shal deuoure the aduersaryes. ²⁸ He that despyseth Moyses lawe, dyeth wythout mercye vnder two or thre wytnesses ²⁹ Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shal he be counted worthy, whych treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God: and counted the bloud of the testament as an vnholy thynge wherwyth he was sanctyfyed, and doth dishonour to the spyryte of grace.

³⁸ But the iuste shall lyue by fayth. And yf he wythdrawe hym selfe my soule shal haue no pleasure in him.

¹⁴ Embrace peace wt all men and holynes, wythout the whiche no man shall se the Lorde.

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

²⁶ Yf anye man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his tonge, but deceyue his owne hert: thys mannes deuocyon is in vayne.

¹³ For there shalbe iudgemente mercyles to hym, that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioyseth against iudgemente.

¹³ For there shalbe iudgemente mercyles to hym, that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioyseth against iudgemente. 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?

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye. ³ Beholde we put bittes into the horsses mouthes that they shoulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body. ⁴ Behold also the shyppes, which though they be so greate and are dryuen of fyers wyndes, yet are they turned aboute wyth a verye smale helme, whether soeuer the vyolence of the gouerner wyll 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. 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. ⁹ Therewyth blesse we God the father, and therewyth cursse wemen which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and curssynge. My brethren these thynges ought not so to be. ¹¹ Doth a fountayne sende forth at one place swete water & bitter also? ¹² Can the fygge tree, my Brethren, beare olyue beryes: other a vyne beare fygges? 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.

¹ From whence commeth warre & fyghtynge amonge you: come they not hear hence? euen of your voluptuousnes, that rayne in youre membres. ² Ye luste & haue not. Ye enuye and haue dignacyon, and cannot obtayne. Ye fyght and war and haue not, because ye axe not. ³ Ye axe and receyue not, because ye axe a mysse: euen to consume it vpon youre voluptuousnes ⁴ Ye aduouterers, & women that breake matrimonye: knowe ye not, how that the frendeshyppe of the worlde is enmitie to God warde? Who so euer wyl be a frende of the worlde, is made the enemy of God. ⁵ Eyther do ye thynke that the scrypture sayeth in vayne. The spyryte that dwelleth in you lusteth euen contrarye to enuye:

⁴ Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped doun your fieldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) crieth: & the cryes of them whiche haue reped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earth, & in wantonnes. Ye haue norished your hertes, as in a day of slaughter ⁶ Ye haue condempned, & haue kylled the iuste, & he hath not resisted you.

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

²² And for as muche as ye haue puryfyed, youre soules thorowe the spyryte, in obeying the truethe for to loue brotherlye wythout faynynge, se that ye loue one another with a pure herte feruentlye: ²³ for ye are borne a newe, not of mortal seede, but of immortall, by the word of God whiche lyueth, and lasteth for euer.

⁸ and a stone to stomble at, and a rocke to offende them whiche stomble at the word, and beleue not that whereon they were set.

¹⁸ For as much as Christ hath ones suffered for sinners, the iuste for the vniuste, for to bringe vs to God, and was kylled, as perteininge to the fleshe: but was quickened in the spirite.

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.

³ and thorowe couetousnes shal they wyth fayned wordes make marchaundyse of you, whose iudgement is not farre of, and theyr dampnacion slepeth not. ⁴ For yf God spared not the aungels that sinned but cast them downe into hell, and deliuered them into chayns of darckenes, to be kept vnto iudgement, ⁵ neyther spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the ryght preacher of rightuousnes, and brought in the floud vpon the worlde of the vngodly, ⁶ and turned the cyties of Sodom and Gomor into ashes, ouerthrowe them, dampned them, and made on them an ensample vnto all that after shoulde lyue vngodly. ⁷ And iust Lot vexed with the vnclenly conuersacyon of the wicked, deliuered he. ⁸ For he beinge rightuouse and dwellinge amonge them, in seinge and hearinge, vexed his rightuouse soule from daye to daye wyth theyr vnlawfull dedes. ⁹ The Lorde knoweth howe to deliuer the Godlye out of temptacion, and howe to reserue the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punyshed,

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.

⁶ by the which thinges, the worlde that then was, perished ouer flowen with the water. ⁷ But the heauens verely and earth, which are now are kept by the same worde in store, and reserued vnto fyre, agaynste the daye of iudgemente, and perdycyon of vngodlye men.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world (as the luste of the fleshe, the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of goodes) is not of the father, but of the world.

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.

²⁹ If ye knowe that he is rightuous, knowe also that he whiche foloweth rightuousnes, is borne of hym.

³ And euery man that hath thys hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he is pure.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kyndnes feast together, wythoute feare, fedyng themselues. Cloudes they are wythout water, caryed aboute of wyndes, and trees wythout frute at gatherynge tyme, twyse dead & plucked vp by rotes.

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.

¹³ And the same houre was there a greate earth quake, and the tenth parte of the cytye fell, and in the earth quake were slayne names of men seuen thousande, and the remnaunte were feared, and gaue glorye to GOD of heauen.

⁴ And the thyrde angel shed out his vial vpon the riuers & fountaines of waters & they turned to bloud.

¹² And the .vi. aungel poured out hys vyall vpon the great riuer Euphrates, & the water dried vp that the wayes of the kynges of the este should be prepared.