The pithy and most notable sayings of all Scripture, gathered by Thomas Paynell: after the manner of common places, very necessary for all those that delight in the consolations of the Scriptures. 1550. ¶ To the right excellent and most gracious Lady, my Lady mary's good grace. Thomas Paynell sendeth greeting. Notwithstanding that this my collection of Scripture most excellent and virtuous Lady, hath no need of any man's tuition or defence, forasmuch as it containeth only the simple and very true word and sayings of god: yet after I had finished and ended the thing, and purposed by the counsel of a learned man to publish it, for man's consolation and learning: your graces fiery and ●e●uēt mind to virtuous and godly living, your true intent and natural inclination to the same: your liberal hand and favour to those, which diligently do exercise themselves in the spiritual and moral study of the sincere word of god, and again your Grace's benignity and gentleness of long time bounty fully to me declared: enforced me to publish it in your grace's name. Accept therefore this my labour moste excellant Lady, as sent of your daily Orator and most humble servant to your grace. Reed the fruitful lessons thereof and digest them thoroughly, practise and prove in very deed, how sweet the lords words be, use the profitable doctrines of this little book: for so doing, your grace shall learn daily more and more, truly to know the Lord, to taste, releafe and to ensue his holy and sweet word, to love and fear him, to be his faithful and obsequines handmaiden▪ and a diligent ensuer of his will and steps most pleasant and voluntariously to bear the yoke of his most comfortable and sweet commandments. Think nor esteem not, I most humbly beseech your grace, this my gift to be slender in valour, although of itself it be but little: for precious stones are of themselves in quantity but little and yet for their natural operations and proprieties, of great estates most highly esteemed. Esteem the content of my book and gift, that is the word of God, and not the slenderness thereof: esteem my faithful and true heart unto your grace, and not my simple and slender gift. And yet if this my poor and slender gift, may be well and exactly weighed and pendred, what thing (although it comprehend not all the fruitful lessons of Scripture) may be compared unto it? For what is more excellent, or more precious than the word of god? what thing may be esteemed equal unto it? what ought to be more embraced of a christian than Christ's wo●de: then a pure and a christian life? then chastity, then hum●●…e, then godly wisdom and pure doctrine? the which with other virtuous and heavenly lessons, are in this my brief collection, compendiously and fruitfully comprised. Wherefore I even humbly desire your noble grace to accept this my labour and small gift in good part. Accept, I say, and embrace the word of God, for that truly understanded, and seriously ensued and followed, shallbe to your graces spiritual increase most comfortable comfort. ¶ The first Chapter of Genesis. IN the beginning, God created heaven and earth. The earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the spirit of god moved upon the face of the waters. God called the dry land, earth, and the gathering together of waters, called he the sees. God made two great lights, a greater light to rule the day, and a less light to rule the night. God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. And god blessed them, and said unto them: Grow and increase, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion of the fish of the see, and foul of the air, and of every living thing that moveth upon the earth. ¶ The second Chapter. AND in the seventh day, God endued his work which he had made. In the vii day also, he rested from all his works which he had made, and God blessed the vij day, & sanctified it, because that in it, he had rested from all his work which God ordained to make. The Lord god also shope man, even dust from the ground, and breathed in to his nostrils, the breath of life, and Adam was made a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden caste ward from eden, and there he put man whom he had made. The tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good & evil was in the widdes of the garden. The Lord god also took Adam, and put him into the garden of eden, that he might dress and keep it. And the Lord God commanded Adam saying: eating thou shalt eat of every tree of the garden. But as touching the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. Eel, in what day soever thou eatest there of thou shalt die the death. It is not good that Adam should be alone I will make him an help, which may be present with him. And so out of the ground shope the Lord god every best of the field, and every foul of the air, and brought it unto man, that he might see how he would call it. For like wise as man himself named every living thing, even so was the name thereof. Man himself therefore named the names unto all cattle, and foul of the air, and to every beast of the field. And for man found he not an help that might be present with him. The Lord god also caused a slumber to fall upon Adam, and he stepped. And he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in stead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto man. And man said: This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh, she shall be called woman, by cause she was taken out of man. For this cause shall man leave his father and his mother, & shallbe joined with his wife, and they shall become one flesh, and they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. ¶ The three Chapter. THe serpent was subtler than every beast of the field, which the lord god made. The serpent said unto the woman: ye shall not die the death, but god doth know that the same day that ye eat there of, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be even as gods, knowing good and evil. And the Lord god called Adam, and said unto him: where art thou? which said: I heard thy voice in the Garden, and was afraid because I was naked, and hid myself. Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the woman said: yonder serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. The Lord said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will also put enmity between the and the woman, between thy seed and her seed, the same shalt tread down thy head, and thou shalt tread upon his heel. Unto the woman he said: In multiplying will I multiply thy sorrow, and thy conceiving: In sorrow shalt thou bring forth the children, and thy lust shall pertain to thy husband, and he shall have the rule of the. To Adam he said, cursed be the ground for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. thorn also and thystie shall it cause to grow unto thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou be turned again in to the ground, for out of it was thou taken: in as much as thou art dust, and in to dust shalt thou be turned again. ¶ The fourth Chapter. ANd in process of days it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an oblation unto the Lord. habel also brought of the firstlings of his sheep, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Habel, and to his oblation: But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect, for the which cause Cain was exceeding wrath, and his countenance abated. And the Lord said unto Cain: Why art thou wroth, and why is thy countenance abated? if thou do well, shall there not be a promotion? And if thou dost not well, lieth not thy sins in the doors? Unto the also pertaineth the lust thereof, and thou shalt have dominion ever it, AND it fortuned when they were in the field, Cain tose up against habel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, where is habel thy brother? Which said: I wot not, am I my brother's keeper? And he said, what hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood trieth unto me out of the ground: and now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth, to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. If thou till the ground, she shall not proceed to yield unto the her strength. Fugitive and avagabende shall thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the Lord: My iniquity is more, then that it may be forgiven. Lameth took unto him two wives, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Zylla. jabell was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Thuball was the father of such as handle harp or organ. Thubalchain wrought cunningly every craft of brass and of iron. ¶ The fift Chapter. ALl the days that Adam lived were nine hundredth and thyrthye years. Henoche walked with God, and he was no more seen, for God took him away. ¶ The sixth Chapter. THE sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them wives from among all that they had chosen. The Lord said: my sprite shall not alway strive in man, because he is flesh, and his days shallbe an hundred and twenty years. But God saw that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil every day. And it repented the Lord that he had made man in the earth, & he was touched with sorrow in his heart, and the Lord said: I will from the upper part of the earth destroy man, whom I have created, both man, cattle, worm, and foul of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. Noah was just and perfect in his generations, & walked with god, and begat iii sons, Sem, Ham, and japheth. The earth was corrupt before God, and the same earth was filled with cruelty, and God looked upon the earth, behold it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupt his way upon earth. The length of the ark shallbe three hundredth cubits: the breadth of it l cubytes, & the height of it thirty cubytes. The vij Chapter. THe rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And the waters prevailed exceadingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that are under whole heaven, were covered. fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail, so that the mountains were covered. The waters prevailed upon the earth an hundredth and fifty days. ¶ The eight Chapter. AND he sent forth a raven, which went out going forth and returning again, until the waters were dried up upon the earth. He sent forth the dove out of the ark, and the dove came to him in the even tide, and Loin her mouth was an olive leaf, that she had plucte: whereby Noah did know that the waters were abated upon the earth. And that Lord said in his heart: I will not proceed to curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from his youth. Neither will I add to smite any more every thing living, as I have done. ¶ The ix Chapter. Every thing that moveth itself, and that liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green heat be have I given you all things. But flesh in the life thereof, and in the blood thereof shall ye not eat. your blood of your lives will I require, from the hand of every beast will I require it, & from the hand of man, from the hand of man's brother will I require the life of man. who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God, did god make man. My covenant will I make with you, that from henseforth every flesh he not rooted out with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be a flood to destroy the earth any more. Noah also began to be an husband man, and planted a vineyard▪ and he drinking of the wine was drunken, and uncovered within his cent. And Ham the father of Canaan seeing the nakedness of his father told his two brethren without. And Sem and japhet, they two, taking a garment, laid it upon there shoulders, and coming backward, covered the naked privities of the●re father, namely their faces being turned away, leyst they should see their father's privities. ¶ The ten Chapter. NImrod began to be mighty in the earth for he was a mighty hunter before the Lord. A slut builded Ninive, & the streets of the city. ¶ The xi Chapter. ALl the whole earth was of one language and like speech. And they said: Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto hear; and let us make us a name. And therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth. ¶ The xii Chapter. THE Lord said unto Abram: Get the out of thy country, and out of thy nation, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee, and I will make of the a great people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be even a blessing, I will also bless them that bless thee, and curse than that cursethe, and in the shall all kindreds of the earth be blessed. AND it happened when he was come mite to enter into Egipte, he said unto Sara his wife: Behold, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. Therefore shall it come to pass, that when the Egyptians see thee, they shall say: She is his wife. And they shall kill me, but they shall save the alive. say (I pray thee) that thou art my sister, that I may far well for thy sake, and that my soul may lyvethorowe thy occasion. AND the Lord smote Pharaoh this house with great plagues, because of Sara Abraham's wife. The xiii Chapter. THen said Abram unto Lot: Let there be no strife (I pray thee) between the and me, & between my herdsmen & thine, for we be brethren. And I will make thy seed, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. ¶ The xiiii Chapter. WHen Abram heard that his brother was taken, he harnessed his fresh young men, borne in his own house, three hundred & eighteen, & followed on them unto Dan. And he was set in array upon them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hoba: which lieth of the left hand of Damascos, and recovered all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, the women also, and the people. And Melchisedech, king of Salem, brought forth bread & wine, for he was the preaste of the most highest god, & blessed him, saying: Blessed be Abram unto the high God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be the high GOD which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And Abram gave him tithes of all. And Abram answered the king of Sodom: I have life up my hand unto the Lord the high God, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take of all that is thine so much as a thread or shoulachet, least thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich. The xv. Chapter. ADN Abram said: See to me thou haste given no seed: Lo, a lad borne in my house is mine heir. AND behold, the word of the Lord came unto him saying. He shall not be thine heir: but one that shall come out of thine own body shall be thine heir. And he brought him out and said, look up unto heaven, and tell the ●●attes, if thou be able to numbered them. And be said unto him: even so shall thy seed be. Abram believed the Lord, and that counted he to him for rightwiseness. ¶ The xvi Chapter. SAra said unto Abram, behold, the Lord hath restrained me, that I can not bear, I pray the go in unto my maid, peradventure I may be edified by her. The xvii Chapter. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shallbe Abraham for a father of many nation have I made the. Every man's child among you shall be circumcised, ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the bond betwixt me and you. And every man child of eight days old, shall be circumcised among you, and such as be in your generations, and borne at home. And the uncircumcised man child, in whose flesh the foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall perish from his people, because he hath broken my testament. Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed and said in his heart, shall a child be borne unto him that is an hundredth year old? & shall Sara that is eighteen year old bear. Abraham also himself was ninety year old and nine, when the flesh of his foreskin was circumcised The xviii chapter ANd the Lord appeared unto Abraham in the plain of Mamre, as he sat in his tent door in the heat of the day. And he life up his eyes and looked, & lo, three men stood by him. And when he saw them, he ran to meat them from the tent door, and fell to the ground and said: Lord I beseech the if I have found favour in thy sight: go not I pray the from thy servant. Let a little water be fet and wash your feet, and refresh yourselves under the tree. And I will feat a morsel of bread to comfort your hearts with all, and then shall ye go your ways, for even therefore are ye come to your servant. Sara laughed within herself saying: Now am I waxed old, shall I give myself to just, and my lord old also. And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomore is great, and their sin is exceeding grievous. I will go down now and see whether they have down altogether according to that cry which is come unto me or not, that I may know. I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which art but dust and ashes. The xix Chapter. ANd there came two Angels to Sodom at even, and Lot sat at the gate of Sodom. And Lote saying them rose up to meet them and be bowed himself to the groaned with his face. And be said: My Lords, turn in I pray you into your serusuntes' house, and rary all night and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early to go on your way. Nay good brethren do not so wickedly, behold I have two daughters which have known no man, them will I bring out now unto you, and do with them as it seemeth good in your eyes. Only unto these men do nothing, for therefore came they in under the shadow of my roof. See I have received thy request, as concerning this thing, that I will not overthrow this City, for the which thou hast spoken. Lotes wife looked behind her, and was turned into a pillar of salt. The twenty Chapter. see thou shalt die for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife. Now therefore belyver the man his wife again, for he is a Prophet, and he shall pray for the that thou mayst live. But if thou deliver her not again be sure that thou shalt die the death, both thou and all that thou haste. In very deed she is my sister, for she is the daughter of my father, though she be not the daughter of my mother. ¶ The xxi Chapter. SAra saw also the son of Hagar the Egyptian (which she had borne unto Abraham) to be a mocker, wherefore she said unto Abraham put away this bond maid and her son: for the son of this bon●e woman shall not be heyr● with my son Isahac. The xxii Chapter. AND the Angel of the Lord called unto him from heaven. Abraham, Abraham, And he said: here am I And he said: say not thy hand upon the child, neither do any thing at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, & haste for my sake not spared thine only son. By myself have I sworn (saith the Lord) because thou haste done this thing, and haste not spared thy only son: that in blessing, I will bless thee, and in multypliing, I will multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is upon the see side. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies. And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou haste heard my voice. The xxiii Chapter. Abraham came to mourn Sara, and to weep for her. The xxiiii Chapter. THey said: we will call the damosel, & inquire at her mouth: And they called for the Rebecca, and said unto her: wilt thou go with this man? and she answered: I will go. The xxv Chapter. THese are the days of the years of Abraham's life, which he lived an. C. lxxv years. Rebecca conceived, and the children strove together within her, and the Lord said unto her, there are two manner of people in thy womb, & two nations shall be divided out of thy bowel, and the one nation shallbe mighty then the other, & the elder shallbe servant unto the younger. Therefore when her time was come to be delivered, behold, there were two twines in her womb. And he that came out first was read, & he was all over as it were a rough garment, & they called his name Esau. And after him came his brother out, and his hand holding Esau by the hele, and his name was called jacob. jacob said: sell me this day thy byrthrygth, Esau said: Lo, I am at a point to die, and what profit ●hal this byrthryght do me? jacob answered: swear to me then this day: and he swore to him, and sold his birthright unto jacob. Then jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of rise. And he did eat and drink and rose up and went his way, and Esau regarded not his byrthryghte. ¶ The xxvi Chapter. AND in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice, and kept mine ordinances, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ¶ The xxvij. Chapter. Jacob went to Isahat his father, and he felt and said, the voice is jacobs' voice: but the hands are the hands of Esau. He may well be called jacob, for he hath undermined me two times, first he took away my birthright, and see now hath he taken away my blessing also. ¶ The xxviij Chapter. Jacob Dreamt, and behold there stood a Ladder upon the earth, and the top of it reached unto Heaven. And see, the Angels of God went up and down upon it: yea, and God stood upon it. When jacob was awaked out of his sleep, he said: Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware. And he was afraid and said how fearful is this place? it is none other but even the house of God, and the gate of Heaven. And jacob vowed a vow saying: If God will be with me, and will keep me in this journey which I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothes to put on, so that I come again unto my father's house in safety, then shall the Lord be my God, & that stone which I have set up an end, shallbe gods house: and of all that thou shalt give me will I give the tenth unto the. The xxix Chapter. LAban had two daughters the eldest called Lea, and the youngest rahel. Lea was tender eyed, but rahel was beautiful, and well favoured. jacob served vii year for rahel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. It is not the manner of this place, to marry the youngest before the eldest. The xxx Chapter. THen said rahel to Lea, give me of thy sons mandragoras. Laban took out all that he goats that were party and of divers colours, and all the she goats that were spotted and party coloured, and all that had white in them, and all the black among the sheep, and put them in the keeping of his sons, and set three days journey betwixt himself and jacob. And so jacob kept the rest of Laban's sheep jacob took rods of green popular hazel, and the chestnut trees, and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear in the rods, (but they that were whole remained green, and thus was it made a variable colour) and put the rods which he had pilled, even before the sheep in the gutters and watering troghes when the sheep came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink, and the sheep conceived before the rods, and brought forth Lambs, streaked, spotted, and party▪ etc. The xxxii Chapter. I Am not worthy of thy least of all the mercies and truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant. And there wrestled a man with jacob unto the breaking of the day, and when he saw that he could not prevail against him, he smote him under the thy, the s●nowe of jacob thy shrank as he wrestled with him, & he said, let me go for the day breaketh, which answered I will not let that go except thou bless me. And he said unto him, what is thy name? He answered jacob: he said, thou shalt be called jacob no more, but Israel, for as a prince hast thou wrestled with God, and with man, and haste prevailed. ¶ The xxxiiij Chapter. DIna daughter of Lea, which she Bore unto jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land, whom when Sichem the son of Hemor the henite, Lord of that country saw, he took her, and forced her, and his heart lay unto Dina the daughter of jacob. ¶ The xxxv Chapter. rahel was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. ¶ The xxxvij Chapter. I Staelloved joseph more than all his children, because he begat him in his old age. Behold this dreamer cometh, come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say a wicked beast hath devoured him, and we shall see what will come of his dreams. I will go down in to the grave unto my son mourning, and thus his father wept for him. ¶ The xxxviij Chapter. AND judas said unto Ouan, go into thy brother's wife, and marry her, that thou mayest stir up seed unto thy brother. And when Ouan perceived that the seed should not be his, there fore when he went in to his brother's wife, he spilled it on the ground, and gave not seed unto his brother. And the thing which he did, displeased the Lord, wherefore he slew him. It fortuned when Chamats' time was come that she should be delivered, behold, there was two twins in her womb. And it fortuned when she traveled the one put out his hand, & the midwife took & bound a read thread about it, saying this is come out first. And it chanced that he plucked his hand back again, and behold his brother came out. And she said: wherefore hast thou rend a tent upon thee? And called his name Phares. afterward came out his brother that had the red thread about his hand, and his name was called Zarah. ¶ The xxxix Chapter. joseph was a goodly person, and a well favoured. And it fortuned after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon joseph & sayde● come lie with me. But he refused, and said to his master's wife: Behold, my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hand. There is no man greater in the house then I. Neither hath he kept any thing from me, but only thee, because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? ¶ The xlii Chapter. ANd they said one to another: we have verily sinned against out brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we woldde not hear him, and therefore is this trouble come upon us. ¶ The xliii Chapter. THe Egyptians may not eat bread with the hebrews, for that is abomination to the egyptians. ¶ The xlvi Chapter. THe souls that came with jacob into egypt which came out of his loins (beside jacobs' soimes wives) were altogether xlvi souls, and the sons of joseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two souls: so that all the souls of the house of jacob which came into Egypteare lxx Every sheep keeper is an abomination unto the Egyptians. ¶ The xlvii Chapter. HE appointed the people unto the cities from one side of egypt unto the other, only the land of the priests bought he not, for the priests had an ordinance of Pharaoh that they should eat that which was appointed unto them, which Pharaoh had given them. And joseph made a law over the land of egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fift part, except the land of the priests only, which was not Pharaoe. Thou shalt not bury me in egypt, but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt caty me out of egypt, and bury me in their burial. ¶ The xlviii Chapter. GOd which hath fed me all my life long, and the angel which hath dewered me from all evil, bless the laddee, and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers. Ibraham and Isabac, and that they may grow into a multitude in the mids of the earth. ¶ The xlix Chapter. RVBen mine eldest son, thou art my might and the beginning of my strength the nobleness of dignity, and the nobleness of power. jacob died, & was put unto his people. And joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. ¶ The l Chapter. joseph commanded his servants the Physicians to enbawme his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel foriye days long, for so long doth the enbawminge last, and the Egyptians bewailed him lxx days. joseph mourned his father seven days. God will not fail but visit you, and ye shall carry my bones hence, and so joseph died and they embawmed him with spices putting him in a chest in egypt. The first Chapter of Exodus. THE Egyptians held the children of Israel in bondage without mercy. Therefore was there life bitter unto them in that cruel bondage, in clay and bryck, & all manner of work in the fields. For all their bondage which they served them, was full of tyranny. ¶ The two Chapter. THE child grew, and she brought it unto Pharaos' daughter, and it was made her son. And she called the name of it Moses, because (said she) I took him out of the water. ¶ The three Chapter. HAD he soaked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, & the bush was not consumed. And the Lord said: come not hither, put thy shoes of thy feet, for the place where on thou standest, is holy ground. I am that I am, I am hath sent me unto you. And I will get this people favour in the sight of the Egiptions, so that when ye go, ye shall not go empty, but a wife shalt borrow of neighbour, and of her that segeorneth in her house, jewels of silver and gold and raiment. And ye shall put them on your sons and daughters, and shall rob the Egyptians. Cap. xj. xii. ¶ The four Chapter. I Will be with thy mouth and teach the what thou shall say. I will hold Pharaos' heart, and he shalt not let the people go. ¶ The vij Chapter. THe enchanters cast down their rods and they turned to serpents, but Aaron's rod did eat up their Rods. ¶ The eight Chapter. VThen said the enchanters, it is the finger of god. ¶ The ix Chapter. HAd the children of Israel took their journey from Ramases to Sucoth, six hundred thousand men of foot, beside children. The dwelling of the children of Israel, which they dwelled in Egipte was foute hundred and thirty years and when the four hundred and thirty years were expired, even the self same day departed all the hosts of the Lord out of egypt. ¶ The xiij Chapter. HAd the Lord spoke to Moses saying sanctify unto me all the first borne, that open all manner matrices among the children of Israel aswell of man, as of beast, for it is mine. All the first borne among thy children, shalt thou buy out. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way: and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might go both by day and by night. The pillar of the cloud departed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by night out of the sight of the people. ¶ The xiiij Chapter. THe children of Israel walked upon dry land thorough the midst of the see, and the waters were a well unto them on the right hand, of them, and on the left. ¶ The xu Chapter. HADDIT when they came to Mars, they could not drink of the waters of Mara: for they were bitter, therefore the name of the place was called Mara. And the people murmured against Moses, saying: what shall we drink? and he gryed unto the Lord, and the lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the water, the waters were made sweet. ¶ The xvi Chapter. THen said the Lord unto Moses: Behold I will rain bread from heaven to you, and the people shall go out, and gather day by dare, that I may prove them, weather they will walk in my law or no. The sixth day they shall prepare for themselves that which they will bring in, and let it be twice asmuch as they gathered in daily. And at even the quails came and covered the ground where they lay. And in the morning the dew lay tomide about the host. And when the dew was fallen: behold, it lay upon the ground in the wilderness, small and round, and thin, as the door frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said every one to his neigh bower: it is Man for they wist not what it was. Syxe days ye shall gather it and in the seventh day which is the Sabbath there shall be none. The house of Israel called it Manna, and it was like unto Coriandre sede, white, and the taste of it was like unto wafets made with honey. And the the children of Israel, did eat Manna forty year, until they came unto a land inhabited. ¶ The xvij Chapter. IOsua did as Moses bad kym, and fought with Amalech And Moses and Aaron, and Hut went up to the top of the hill. And it happened that when Moses held up his hand, Israel had the better. And when he let his hand down, Amalech had the better. The xviii Chapter. THou shalt seek out among all the people men of activity, and such as fear God, true men, haring coverouskes, and make them hedes over the people, ever it bredes over thirty, and over ten. And set them judge the people at all seasons. The xix Chapter. NOw therefore if ye will here my voice indeed, & keep mine appointment, ye shall be my own, above all nations, for all the earth to mine, ye shallbe unto me also a kingdom of Preastes & an holy people. And he said unto the people: Be ready against the third day, and come not at your wives. Let the Preastes also which come to the Lord sanctify themselves, lest the Lord destroy them. ¶ The twenty Chapter. THou shalt have none other gods I my sight. Thou shalt make the no graven image, neither any similitude that is in heaven above, either in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not worship them, neither serve them, for I the Lord thy GOD, am a jealous god: And visit the sin of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: and show mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the lord god in vain: For the lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. ¶ The twenty Chapter. REmember the Sabbath day, that thou sanctify it. Syxe days shalt thou labour and do all that thou haste to do, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, thy men servant, and thy maid servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates, for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the see, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, & hallowed it. Honour thy father & thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land, which the Lord thy god giveth the. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not break wedlock. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbours wife, or his man servant, or his maid, or his ox or his ass, or whatsoever thy neighbour hath. ¶ The xxi Chapter. HE that smiteth a man that he die, shall be slain for it. He that smiteth his father or his mother, let him be slain for it. He that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death for it. If men strive together, & one smite another with a stone or with his first, and he die not, but lieth in bed, if he rise again and walk without upon his staff, then shall he that smote him go quite: save only he shall bear his charges for losing his time, and shall pay for his healing. If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die, than the ox shall be stoned, and his flesh shall not be caten, but the owner of the ox shall go quite. If the ox were wont to push in time past, and it hath been told his master, and he hath not kept him, but that he hath hylled a man or a woman, than the ox shallbe stoned, and his owner shall die also. If there be set to him asumme of money, than he shall give for the deliverance of his life, whatsoever is put to him. If a man open a well, or dig a pit, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall therein, the owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto there master, and the deed best shall be his. ¶ The xxij Chapter. IF a these be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him: but if the sun be up▪ when he is found, then there shalt be blood shed for him. If a man entice a maid that is not be trouthed, and lie with her, he shall endow her, and take her to his wife. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall be slain for it. He that offereth unto any gods save unto the lord only, let him be utterly rooted out. Vex not a stranger, neither oppress kym, for ye were strangers in the land of egypt. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be as a tyrant unto him, neither shalt thou oppress him with usury. If thou take thy neighbours raiment to pledge thou shalt deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down, for that is his covering only, even the raiment for his skin, where in he sleepeth. And when he crieth unto me, I will hear him, for I am merciful. Thou shalt not rail upon the gods, neither blaspheme the ruler of the people. The xxiii Chapter. IF thou meet thine enemies ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt bring them to him again. If thou see thy enemies ass to sink under his b●●then, thou shalt not pass by and let him alone, but shalt help him to lift him up again. Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts blindeth the saying, and pervert the words of the righteous. See that no man appear before me empty. The xxiiii Chapter. MOses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. The xxv Chapter. THey shall make an Ark of set him wood two cubytes and a half long, a cubit and an half broad, and an cubit & a half high. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt then overlay it, and shalt make high upon it a crown of gold round about. And thou shalt make two cherubins of gold. The xxvi. Chapter. HAd thou shalt make a vail of yellow silk of purple scarlet, and with twined silk. Of broeder work with pictures shalt thou make it. The xxviii Chapter. HAd beneath upon the hem, thou shalt make pomegranates of yellow silk, and purple and scarlate, round about him, and bells of gold between them round about, and let there be ever a golden bell, and a pomgarnat, a golding bell and a pomgarnate round about the hem of the tunicle. The xxix Chapter. Bring Aaron and his sons unto the door, of the tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water and take the garments and put upon Aaron the straight coat the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod, and the brastlap: and gird them to him with the broad red girdle which is in the Ephod. And but the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and your it upon his head, and anoint him. And bring his sonne●, and put albes upon them, and gird them with girdles aswell Aaron as his sons. And put the miters on them, and the priests office shall be theirs for a perpetual law. Every one that toucheth the altar, let him be holy. The thirty. Chapter, HAron and his sons shall wash their hands, their feet, even when they go into the tabernacle of witness, or when they go unto the altar to minister and to burn the lords offering, they shall wash themselves with water, less they die. The xxxi Chapter. HAd the Lord spoke unto Moses saying: be hold I have called by name Bezaleel the son of ury, the son of Her of the tribe of juds. And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wyldome, and understanding, in knowledge and in all manner of work, to find out such feats, and to work gold silver and brass, and in the craft to set stones and to carve in timber, and to work in all manner of workman ship. And when the Lord had made an end of commoning with Moses upon the monte Sinai, he gave him two tables of witness, even tables of stone, written with the finger of God. The xxxii Chapter. THE people sat them down to eat and drink and rose up again to play. And the Lord said unto Moses: I have seen this people, and behold it is a slyfnecked people, & now suffer me, that my wrath may wear hot against them, and consume them. And Moses turned his back and went down from the hill, and the two tables of witness were in his hand: and the same tables were written on both leaves, and were the work of God, and the wryttinge was the writing of God, graven in tables. Moses wrath waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the hill. Moses said: Oh this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. And now I pray thee, either forgive them their sins, or (if thou wilt not) wipe me out of the book, which thou hast written. The xxxiii Chapter. THE Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. I will be called in this name of the Lord before thee, & will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and will have compassion, on whom I will have compassion. Thou mayst not see my face, for there shall no man see me and live. And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. The xxxiiii Chapter. HAD Moses was there with the Lord tortye days and forty nights, and did neither eat nor drink water. Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone in manner of an horn while he talked with him. ¶ The xxxviij Chapter. ALl the gold the was occupied for all the work of the holy place, was the gold of the wave offering, even xxix hundrech weight, & seven hundred & xxx sykeles according to the sycle of the sactuarye. And the seem of silver that came of the multitude was five score hundred weight, and a thousand seven hundred and .lxxv. sickles, after the sickles of the sanctuary. ¶ The first Chapter of Leviticus. IF any man of you bring a sacrifice unto the Lord, ye shall bring your sacrifice from among these cattle even from the oxen & from the sheep. If his sacrifice be a burnt offering, let him offer a male of the ox without blemish, and bring him (of his own voluntary will) unto the door of the tabernacle of witness before the lord And if his sacrifice be of the clocks (namely of the sheep, or goats) let him bring a male without blemish for avurnte sacrifice. If the burnt offering for the facrifyce of the Lord be of the fowls, he shall bring his sacrifice of the turtle doves, or of the young pigeons. The ii Chapter. THe soul that will offer a meat offering, unto the Lord, the same offering shall be of fine flower, and he shall pour oil upon it, & put frankencens thereon, and shall bring it unto Aacons' sons the Preastes. All the meat offerings which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made without leaven, for ye shall neither burn leaven nor honey in any offering of the lord. All the meat offerings also that thou seasonest with salt, neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of God to be lacking from thy meat offering, but upon all thine offerings thou shalt bring salt. The iii Chapter. ANd if it be a sacrifice of peace offerings, & he take it from among the droves (whether it be male or female) he shall bring such as is with out blemish before the Lord. The four Chapter. IF a soul sin thorough ignorance, & hath done any of those things which the Lord hath forbidden in his commandments to be done, as if the priest that is anointed do sin, according to the sin of the people, let him bring for his sin which he hath sinned a young ox with out blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering: And if he bring a sheep for a sin offering he shall bring a female with out blemish. The .v. chapter. IF a soul touch any unclean thing: whether it be a carrion of an unclean beast, or of unclean cattle. or unclean worm, or if he touch any uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man is wont to be defiled withal, and is not ware of it, and cometh to the knowledge of it, he hath trespassed, and shall confess that he hath sinned in one of these things. Therefore shall he bring his trespass offeeinge unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, & lamb or a she goat, for a sin offering. The vi Chapter. IF a soul sin & trespass against the lord and deny unto his neighbour that which was taken him to keep, or that was put into his hands, or doth violent robbery, or wrong unto his neighbour, or if he have found that which was lost and denieth it, and sweareth falsely upon whatsoever thing it be that a man doth & sinneth therein. If he have so sinned or trespassed, he shall restore again that he took violently away, or the wrong which he did or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, and all that about which he hath sworn falsely, he shall restore it again in the whole sum, & shall add the fift part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it pertaineth the same day that he offereth for his trespass. And let him bring for his trespass unto the Lord a Ram without blemish, that is esteemed worth a trespass offering unto the preaste. The fire upon the altar shall burn still and never be put out. The vii Chapter. ANd the Preaste the offereth any man's offering, shall have the shin of the burned offering which he hath offered. If any soul eat of the flesh of the peace offering that pertaineth unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him or that doth touch any unclean thing, that is of the uncleanness of man, or of any unclean beast, or any abomination that is unclean, and then eat of the flesh of the peace offering, which pertaineth unto the Lord, that soul shall perish from his people. Ye shall not eat no manner of blood whether it be, of foul or of beast whatsoever soul it be, that eateth any manner of blood, the same soul shall perish from his people. ¶ The ix Chapter. MOses said unto Aaron: go unto the anltar and offer thy secrifice for sin, and make an atonement for the and the people and thou shalt offer the offering of the people to reconcile them, as the Lord commanded. ¶ The ten Chapter. NAdab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put cens thereupon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not, and there went a fire out from the lord, and consumed them, & they died before the lord. And the lord spoke unto Aaron, saying: Thou shalt not drink wine and strong drink, thou and thy sons that are with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of witness, lest ye die, Let it be a law for ever throughout your generations, and that ye may have knowledge to put difference between holy and unholy, between clean and unclean, and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them, by the hand of Moses. ¶ The xi Chapter. WHese are the beasts which ye shall eat: Among all the cattles that are on the earth, whatsoever parteth the hose, and divideth it into two claws, & chaweth cud, among the beasts that shall ye eat. These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters, whatsoever hath sins and scales in the waters, sees and rivers that shall ye eat, let all other be abomination unto you. Let every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth be an abomination unto you. The twelve Chapter. IF a woman hath conceived and borne a man child, she shalt be unclean vij days, even in like manner as when she his put a part in time of her natural disease. And in the eight day, the flesh of the child's foreskin shall be cut away: and she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying xxxiij days. She shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the time of her purifying be out. If she bear a maid, child, she shallbe unclean two weaks as when she hath her natural disease: and she shall continue in the blood, of her purifying lxuj. days. ¶ The xiij Chapter. WHen there appeareth a rising in any man's flesh, either a scab or a glistering white, and the plague of leprosy be in the skin of his flesh, he shallbe brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests, & the priest shall look on the sore in the skin of his flesh. And as long as the disease lasteth upon him, he shallbe defiled and unclean, he shall dwell alone, even without the host shalt his habitation be. ¶ The xiiij Chapter. ANd if I put the plague of the leprosy in a house, of the land of your possession, he that oweth the house shall come, and tell the priest, saying: my think that there is as it were▪ a leprosy in the house. And the priest shall command them to empty the house before the priest go into it to see the plague: that all that is in the house be not made unclean, and then must the priest go in to see the house. If the priest also see that the plague is in the walls of the house, and that their be hollow streaks pale or red which seem to be lower than the wall itself, the priest shall go out at the house doors, and shut up the house seven days. And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and if he see that the plague be increased in the walls of the house, the priest shall command them to take away the stones in which the plague is, and let them cast them into a foul place without the city, and he shall command the house to be scraped within round about, & power out the dust (that they scrape of) without the city into a soul place. And they shall take other stones, and put they in the places of those stones, and other mortar, to plaster the house withal. The xu Chapter. IF any man's seed depart from him in his sleep he shall wash his flesh in water, and be unclean until even. And all the clothes and all the furs wherein is such seed of sleep, shallbe washed with water, & be unclean unto the even. And if he that hath such an issue of seed, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselves with water, and be unclean until even. The xuj Chapter. WHen Aaron hath made an end of reconciling the holy pace, and the tabernacle of witness, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat, and Aaron shall put both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the misdeeds of the children of Israel, and all there trespasses, in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and send him away by the hand of a convenient man, into the wilderness. And the goat shall bear upon him all their misdeeds unto the wilderness, and he shall let the goat go free into the wilderness. ¶ The xvij. Chapter. AND whatsoever man it be of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will destroy him from among his people for the life of the flesh is in the blood, & I have given it unto you upon the altar, to make an atonement for your souls, for blood shall make an atonement for the soul. And therefore I said unto the children of Israel, let no soul of you eat blood. The xviij Chapteer. HE shall keep mine ordinances and my judgements, which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am the Lord. Thou, shalt not unheal the secrettes of thy brother's wife, for that is thy brothers privity. Thou, shalt not lie with mankind as with woman kind, for it is abomination. Thou shalt lie with nomaner of beast to defylethy self therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto, for it is abomination. ¶ The xix Chapter. WHen ye reap down the ripe corn of your land, ye shall not reap down the utmost border of your field, neither shalt thou gather that which is left behind in thy harvest Thou shalt not pluck in all thy vineyard clean, neither gather in the grapes which are overscaped: But thou shalt leave them for the power and stranger. Neither shalt the workman's labour abide with thee, until the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, neither put a stumbling block before the blind. Thou shalt not favour the poor, nor honour the mighty, but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart but shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, that thou bear not sin for his sake. Thou shalt not let cattelgendre with a contrary kind, neither sow thy seld with mingled seed, neither shalt thou put on any garment of linen and . Ye shall not round the locks of your heads, neither shall thou mar the tufts of thy beard. Ye shall not regard them that work with spirits, neither seek after sothsayeres to be desyled with them. Thou shalt rise up before the horehed, and reverent the face of the old man. If a stranger sojourn with you in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shallbe as one of yourselves, and thou shalt love him as thyself. For ye were strangers in the land of Egipte. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement in meteyerde, in weight or in measure, true balances, true weights, a true Epha, and a true hyn shall ye have. ¶ The twenty Chapter. HAD the man that breaketh wedlock with another's man's wife, even he that breaketh wedlock with his neighbours wise, let him be slain both the adulterer and the adulteress. If a man lie with a beast, let him die, and ye shall slay the beast also. If a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing, he hath uncovered his brother's secrets, they shallbe childless. If there be a man or woman that worketh with a spirit, or that is a sooth sayer, let them die, men shall stone them with stones, their blood be upon them. ¶ The xxj Chapter. LEt not the priest take a wife that is an adulteress, or polluted, nor put from her husband, for such a one is holy unto his God. If apreastes daughter fall to play the whore she polluteth her father, therefore must she be burnt with fire. The high priest shall take a maid unto his wife, but a widow, a divorced woman, or an harlot, shall he not mary, but shall take a maid of his own people to wife, neither shall he defile his seed among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctify him. Whosoever of thy seed in their generations hath any deformity, let him not press for to offer bread unto his God: for whosoever hath any blemish, shall not come near, as if he be blind or lame, or that hath a bruised nose, or that hath any miss shapen member, or is broken footed, or broken handed, or have no hear on his eye brows, or have a web or other blemish in his eyes, or be mange, or, should, or hath his stones broken. No man that hath a blemish, and is of the seed of Aaron the preaste, shall come nigh to offer the sacrifices of the Lord. When he hath a deformity, let him not press to offer the bread of his God, let him eat the bread of his GOD, even of the most holy and of the holy. Only let him not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh the altar, when he is deformed that he pollute not my sanctuary, for I am the Lord that sanctify him. ¶ The xxij Chapte WHat man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean. Whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer, for ye shall get no favour therewith. ¶ The xxiij Chapter. HAd when ye reap down your harvest, ye shall not make clean tyddaunce of the field neither shalt thou make any after gathering of thy harvest: but shalt leave it unto the poor, and the stranger. ¶ The 24 Chapter. HH that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, let him be stain, and all the multitude shall stone him to death. If a man may me his neighbour, as he hath done, so shall it be done to him, broke for broke, eye for eye, and tooth for tooth, even as he hath maimed a man, so shall he be maimed again. ¶ The xxv Chapter. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, & two years thou shalt cut thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof: but the seventh year shallbe a Sabbath of rest unto the land. And thou shalt hallow that year, even the fyftyeth year, and proclaim liberty thorough out the land unto all the inhabiters thereof, for it shall be a year of iubelye unto you, and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and every man unto his kindred again. If thy brother be warred poor, and fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt relieve him, both the stranger & sojourner, that he may live with thee, and thou shalt not take usury of them, or vantage, but thou shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live with the. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy corn for increase. The xxvij Chapter. ONe sycle containeth twenty halfepens. Every tithe of the land which is of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the trees, is the lords, and is sanctified unto the lord. And if a man will redeem aught of his tithes, let him add the fift part thereto. And every tithe of ox and of sheep and of every beast that goeth under the Red, even every tenth shallbe holy unto the Lord. He shall not look if it be good or bad, nor change it. Else if he change it, both it, and that it was changed with all, shallbe hallowed unto the Lord, and may not be redeemed. ¶ The first Chapter of Numeri. ALl the numbers of the children of Israel, thorough out the houses of their fathers, from twenty year and above, all that went forth to the war in Israel, drew all to the sum of six hnored and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. But the Levites after the tribes of their faihers, were not numbered among them. The three Chapter. AND the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying: behold I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, & the levites shallbe mine, because all the first borne are mine: for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the land of egypt, I hallowed unto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shallbe. I am the Lord. The whole sum of the levites which Moses & Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the Lord throughout their kindreds (even all the males from a month old and above) was xxij thousands. ¶ The .v. Chapter. AND the Lord said unto Moses: speak unto the children of Israel, weather it be man or woman, if they have committed any sin that man doth, and have trespassed against the Lord, that soul hath done amiss. Therefore they shall knowledge their sin which they have done, and let him restore again the hurt that he hath done in the hole, & put the fift part of it more thereto, & give it unto him whom he hath treaspaced against. But and if there be not a man to restore the hurt unto, nor a kinsman of his, let the trespass be made good unto the Lord, and it shallbe the priests, beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shallbe made for him. ¶ The vi Chapter. WHen either man or woman doth separate themselves to vow a vow of an absteiner, and appoint themselves unto the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vyneagre of wine, or of strong drink, nor shall drink whatsoever is pressed out of grapes: and shall eat no fresh grapes neither yet dried. As long as his abstinence endureth shall he eat nothing that is made of the vynetre, or of the carnels or of the husk of the grey. The Lord bless thee, and keep the. The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be merciful unto the. The Lord lift up his countenance upon the and give the peace. And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. The viii Chapter. ANd the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying: this is it that belongeth unto the Levites from xxv year upward, they shall go in, to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of witness, and from the age of fifty year, they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more, but shall minister unto their brethren, in the tabernacle of witness, to wait, but shall do no more service. The ix Chapter. ANd the same day that the tabernacle was reared up, a cloud covered the habitation which was a tabernacle of the witness: and at even there was upon the habitation, as it were the similitude of fire until the morning. So it was alway the cloud covered it by day, and the similitude by night, and when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, than the children of Israel journeyed, and where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents, At the mouth of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the Lord they pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay slyll, and when the cloud taiyed still upon the habitation long time, the children of Israel kept the watch of the Lord, & journeyed not. And it chanced that when the cloud abode afewe days upon the habitation, they abode in their tents, according to the commandment of the Lord, and they journeyed also at the commandment of the Lord. The xi Chapter. THe rascal people that was among them fell a lusting, and turned themselves & wept even as Did also the children of Israel, & said: who shall give us flesh to eat, we remember the flesh which we did eat in egypt for nought: And the cucumbers, and Melones leeks, onions and garlic. But now our souls is dried away for we can see nothing, save Manna. Manna was as coriander seed, and (to see to) like Bedellyon. And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the see, and let them fall about the host, even a days journey round about on every side of the host, and they did flee in the air. as it were two cubytes high, over the earth And the people stood up, & all that day and all the night, and on the morrow they gathered quails. The xii Chapter. MOses was a very meek man, aboge all the men of the earth. The xiii Chapter. ANd they came unto the River of Escolle, & cut down there a branch with a cloister of grapes, and twain bore it upon a staff. The xiiii. Chapter. THe Lord is long yet he be angry, and full of mercy, and suffereth iniquity, and sin and leaveth no man innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the children, in the third and fourth generation. The xu Chapter. ANd while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man the gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses & Aaran, and unto all the congregation, and they put him in ward, seeing it was not declared what should be done unto him. And the Lord said unto Moses: Let the man dye●, and let all the multitude stone him with stones with out the host. And all the multitude brought him without the host, and stoned him with stoves, & he died as the Lord commanded Moses. ¶ The xvi Chapter. ANd Eleazar commanded that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cens before the Lord, that it happen not unto him: like as unto Corab and his company. The xvij Chapter. ANd Moses put the twelve Rods before the Lord, in the Tabernacle of witness. And on the morrow. Moses went into the Tabernacle of witness: and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Leut was budded, and bare blossoms and almonds. ¶ The xviii Chapter. ALl that break the matrice in all flesh that men bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or of beasts, shall be thine. Never the later the first borne of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem likewise And the Lord spoke unto Aaron: thou shalt have none inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them. I am thy part and thy inheritance, among the children of Israel. Behold I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel to inherit, for the service which they serve in the tabernacle of witness. ¶ The twenty Chapter. MOses & Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, & Moses said unto them: hear ye rebellions, must we fet you water out of this rock? And Moses lift up his hand, & with his rod he smote the rock two times, & the water came out abundantly, and the multitude drank, and their beasts allo. And the Lord spoke unto Moses and Aaron, because ye believed me not to sanctify the in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congtegation into the land which I have given them. This is the water of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the lord, & he was sanctified in the. When all the multitude saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days and throughout all the households of Israel. The xxi Chapter. Our soul loatheth this light bread. The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people which stonge them, and much people of Israel died And the Lord said unto Moses: make the a fycrye serpent, and set it up for a sign, that as many as are bitten, may lohe upon it and live, And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it up for a sign, and when the serpents had bit any man, he behold the serpent of brass, and was healed. The xxii Chapter. ANd when the ass saw the Angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam was wroth, and smote the Ass with a staff. And the Lord opened the mouth of the Ass, & she said unto Balaam: what have I done unto thee, that thou haste smitten me now three times? And Balaam said unto the Ass: because thou hast moched me, I would also there were a sword in mine hand, for even now would I hill the. And the Ass said unto Balaam: am not I thine Ass which thou haste ridden upon, sense thou was borne unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee, he said nay. The xxiii Chapter. GOd is not aman that he should lie neither the son or a man that he should repent: should he say and not do? or should he speak and not make it good? The xxiiii Chapter. THere shall come a star of jacob, and rise a sceptre of Israel, and shall smite the costs of Moab, and undermine all the children of Neth, and Edom shall be possessed, and ●ey; shall fall to the possession of they enemies, and Israel shall do manfully. Out of jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant of the city, The xxv Chapter. ANd behold one of the children of Israel came and brought unto the brethren a Madianity she wife in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the multitude of that children of Israel that wept before the door of the tabernacle of witness. And when Phynehes the son of Eleater the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he tose up out of the mids of the company, and took a weapon in his hand, and went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them thorough both the man of Israel and also the woman eve thorough the belly of her, and the plague ceased from the children of Israel. The xxvii Chapter. IF a man die & have nosonne, ye shall turn his inheritance unto his brother, if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren, if he also have no brethren ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren, and if his father have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto him that is next to him of his hindered, and he shall possess it. The xxx Chapter. IF a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an a the to hind his soul: he shall not go bathe with his word, but shall fulfil all that is proceeded out of his mouth. ¶ The xxxiii Chapter. AAron was a hundred and xxiii years old when he died in mount Nor. The xxxv Chapter. ANd from among the Cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shalbesyre cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint to that intent, that he which hilleth may i'll the there And to them ye shall add xlii Lities so that all the cities whicheye shall give the Levites may be xlviii, with they subuthes. And the Lyties, which ye shall give, shallbe out of the possession of the children of Israel. If the sleyer come without the borders of his privileged cities whether he was fled, if the avenger of uloud find him without the borders of his free town, and slay the Murderer, he shallbe guiltless, because he shallbe have bidden in his free town, until the death of the high priest, and after the death of the hyepriest to return again unto the land of his possession. Neither shallone witness answer to puts man to death. Ye shall take none amends for the life of the murderer, which is worthy to die. The first Chapter of Deuteronomium. Hear the cause of your brethren, & judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Se that ye know no faces in judgement, but hear the small as well as the great, and be afraid of no man, for the judgements is gods. The ii Chapter. But Sehon the king of Hosbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart tough, because he would deliver him into thy hands, as it is come to pass this day. The iii Chapter. ONly Or king of Basan remained of the remnant of the giants, whose bed was a bed of Iron. And is it not yet at Rabah, among the children of Ammon? ix. cubytes doth the length thereof contains, & four cubytes the breadth of it after the cubit of a man. The four Chapter. WHat nation is so great that gods come so nigh unto, as the Lord out god is nigh unto us in all things, as oft as we call unto him? Take head, and make you no graven Image and picture of any manner of figure, the likeness of man or woman, the likeness of any manner of beast that is on the earth, or the likeness of any manner feathered foul, that flieth in the air, or the likeness of any manner of worm that creppeth on the earth, or the likeness of any manner fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. Ye & lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, & when ye seest the son the moan and stars with all the host of heaven shouldest be deceived, & shouldest worship and serve the things which the Lord thy God hath made to serve all nations under the whole heaven. The vi Chapter, Hear O Israel, the Lord our god, is Lord only, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command that this day, shallbe in thy heart, and thou shalt show them unto thy children, & shalt talk of them when thou art at home in thy house and as thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up, and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand. And they shallbe warnings between thine eyes, and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon the gates. The vii Chapter The Lord thy God he is God, and that a true god, which keepeth appointment and mercy unto them that love him, and keep his commandments, even thorough out a thousand generations, and rewardeth them that hate him before his face, so that he bringeth them to nought, and doth not defer the time, but rewardeth him that hateth him before his face. If ye hearken unto these laws, God will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee, he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of the land, thy corn, thy wine, and thy oil, and the increase of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep in the land which he swear unto thy fathers, to give the. Thou shalt be blessed unto all nations, there shallbe neither man nor woman unfruitful among you, nor any thing unfruitful among your cattle Moreover the Lord will take away from the all manner of infirmities, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egipte (which thou knowest, upon thee, but will send them upon all them that hate the. ¶ The viii Chapter. A Man doth not live by bread only: but by every (word) that proceedeth out of the mouth of the lord, doth a man live. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither thy foot did swell those forty years. The ix Chapter. Speak not thou in thy heart (after that the lord thy god hath cast them out before thee) saying: for my righteousness the lord hath brought me in, to possess this land. Nay, but for the wickedness of these nations, the lord hath cast them out before thee. It is not for thy righteousness sake, or for thy right heart, that thou goest to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations, the lord thy god doth cast them out before thee, even to perform the word which the lord thy god swore unto thy father's Abraham, Isaac, and jacob. Forty days and forty nights I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned in doing wickedly in the sight of the lord in that ye provoked him unto wrath. The ten Chapter. ANd now O Israel what doth the lord thy god require of thee, but to fear the lord thy god, and to walk in all his ways, to love him and to serve the lord thy god with all thine heart, and withal thy soul, namely that thou keep the commandments of the lord, and his ordinances which I commanded this day to observe. ¶ The xiii. Chapter. IF thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thine own son, or thy daughter, or thy wife that lieth in thy bosom, or thy friend which is as thine own soul unto thee, entice the secretly, saying, let us go and serve strange gods which thou haste not known, nor yet thy fathers. And they be of the gods of the people which are round about you, whether they benye unto thee, or far of from thee, from the one end of the earth unto the other. Chou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him: thine eye shall not pity him, neither shalt thou have compassion on him, nor keep him secret, but cause him to be slain. Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him and then the hands of all the people. The xiiij Chapter. THou shalt tithe all the increase of thy seed that the field bringeth forth, year be year. The xu Chapter. There shall be no beggars among you. If one of thy brethren among● you be poor within any of thy gates in thy land, which the lord thy god giveth thee, thou shalt. ●ot harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother, but open thine hand unto him, and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath. The xuj Chapter. Wrist not thou the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward, for gifts blind the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. That which is just and right shalt thou follow, that thou mayst live, and enjoy the lands which the lord thy God giveth the. The xvij Chapter. AT the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death dy●, and at the mouth of one witness, let no man die. That man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest, that standeth before the lord thy god to minister, or unto the judge, that man shall die, and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. The xviij Chapter. THis is the priests duty of the people, and then that offer sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep. They must give unto the priest, the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw, the first fruits also of thy corn, wine, and oil, and the first of the well of thy sheep shalt thou give him. For the Lord thy GOD hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister in the name of the Lord, he and his sons for ever. Let there not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to go thorough the fire, or that useth witchcraft, or a chooser out of days, or that regardeth the flying of fowls, or a sorcerer, or a charmar. or that counseleth with sprites, or a soothsayer, or that asketh the truth at them that be dead. The Lord GOD will steer up unto the a Prophet among you, even of thy brethren, like unto me, unto him ye shall hearken, according to all that thou desired'st of the Lord thy God in Hor●b. The xix Chapter. IF an unrighteous wylnesse rise up against a man to accuse him of trespass, than both the men which strive together shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shallbe in those days, and the judges shall make diligent inquisition. And if the witness be found false, and that he hath given false witness against his brother, then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother, and thou shalt put evil away from the. ¶ The twenty Chapter. IF any man be betrothed unto a wife, I have not taken her, let him go and return again unto his house, lest he die in the battalle, and an other man take her. If any man fear and be faint hearted, let him go and return home to his house, lest he make his brother's heart faint as well as his. ¶ The xxi Chapter. THou shalt give to the first borne double portion of all that thou hast, for he is the first of thy strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne. If any man bene a son that is stubborn and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father, and voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, and he would not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother take him, and bring him out unto the elders of that city, and unto the gate of that same place, and say unto the elders of the city: This our son is stubborn and disobedient, and will not hearken unto our voice he is a ryotour, and a drunkard. And all the men of that city shall stone him with stones unto death. And thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear. If a man have committed a trespass worthy of death, and is put to death for it, and thou hangest him on tree, his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt bury him the same day: for the curse of God is on him that is hanged. ¶ The xxij Chapter. THou shalt norse thy brother's ox or sheep go astray, and withdraw thyself from them: But shalt bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then bring it unto thine own house, and it shall remain with thee, until thy brother ask after them, and then deliver them him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass, and so shalt thou do with his raiment, and with all lost things of thy brother which he hath lost & thou hast found, shalt thou do like mice, for thou mayst not hide it. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass, or ox fall down by the way, and withdraw thyself from them, but shalre helye him to have him up again. The woman shall not wear that which perieyneth to the man, neither shall a man put on woman's raiment. For all that do so, are abomination unto the Lord thy God. If a man be found lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall die either other of them, both the man that lay with the wife, and also the wife, and so thou shalt put away evil from Israel. ¶ The xxiii Chapter. THere shallbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whore keeper of the sons of Israel. Thou shalt neither bring the hire of an whore, nor the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy god in any manner of vow: for even both of them are abomination unto the lord thy god. Thou shalt not hurt thy brother by usury of money, nor by usury of corn, nor by usury of any thing that he may be hurt withal unto a stranger, thou mayst lend upon usury but not unto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may bless the in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to conquer it. When thou hast vowed a vow unto the Lord thy god, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and it shallbe sin in the. If thou shalt leave vowing, it shallbe no sin in the but that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou must keep and do, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy god of a free will, and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth. ¶ The xxiiij Chapter. WHen a man hath taken a wife and married her, if she find no favour in his eyes because he hath espied some uncleanness in her, then let him write her a bill of divorcement and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house and let her go, and be another man's wife. When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go a warfare, neither shallbe charged with any business, but shallbe free at home one year, and rejoice with his wise which he hath taken. ¶ The xxv Chapter. IF brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger, but his brother shall go in unto her, and take her to wife, and occupy the room of his kinsman. And the eldest son which she deareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner of weights a great and a small neither shalt thou have in thy house divers measures a great and a small: but thou shalt have a right and just weight, and a perfect measure shalt thou have, that thy days may be lengthened in the land, which the lord thy god giveth thee, for all that do such things, and all that do unrighte are abomination unto the Lord thy God. ¶ The xxvij Chapter. CUrsed be the man that maketh any carved or nolten Idol, an abhemination unto the lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. ¶ The xxix Chapter. I Have led you forty year in the wilderness, and your clothes are not warred old upon you and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot. The xxxij Chapter. Perfect is the work of the most mighty god, for all his ways are judgement, he is a god of truth, without wickedness righteous and just is he. The lords part is his folk, and jacob is the portion of his inheritance. He that should have been upright, when he warred fat, spurned with his heel: Thou art well fed, thou art grown thick, thou art laden with fatness. And he forsook God his maker, and regarded not the god of his salvation. I alone am god, and there is none but I: I kill and will make a live, I wound and I will heal, neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. The xxxiiij Chapter. MOses was an hundred and twenty year old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his natural colour abated. ¶ The book of josua the iii Chapter. AS soon as they that bore the ark came unto jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water (for jordan useth to fill all his banks all the time of harvest) the waters also that came down from about, did cyse up upon an heap, (and appeated as great as a mountain,) and departed far from the city of Adam, that was be side Zarthan. And the waters that were beneath toward the see of the wilderness, fell away and departed into the salt see and the people went right over against jericho. And the priests that bore the Ark of the appointment of the Lord, stood dry within Iorden ready prepared, and all the Israelites went over thorough the dree, until all the people were gone clean over thorough jordane. ¶ The four Chapter. ANd as soon as the soles of the priests feet were set on the dry land, the waters of jordan returned again unto their place, and went over all their banks as they did before. ¶ The .v. Chapter. THe Manna ceased on the morrow afer they had begun, to eat of the corn of the land neither had the children of Israel Manna any more, but did eat of the corn of the land of Lavaan that year. The vi Chapter. ANd josua saned Rahab the harleit, and her father's bou should, and all that she bade, and ●he dwelled in Israel even unto this day, because she hid the messengers, which josua sent to spy out jeticho. The i Chapter. Sun stende thou still upon Gybeon, and thou Moon in Aialon. And the sun abode, and the moon stood still, until the people avenged themselves upon their enemies, is not this written in the book of the righteous: The sun I say abode in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down by the space of an hole day. And there was no day like that, beforeit, or after it, that the lord heat de the voice of a man: for the lord fought for Israel. The xxiiii Chapter. IOsua the sun of Nun, the servant of the Lord died, being an hundredth and ten years old. ¶ The book of judges. The first Chapter. ADombezek fled, and they followed after him and caught him, and cut of his thumbs, and his great toes. And Adonibezek said: threescore & ten kings having their thumbs and great toes cut of, gathered their meat under my table. As I have done, so god hath done to me again. The three Chapter. ANd Ahud put forth his left hand, & took the dagger from his right thigh, & thrust it in king Eglons' belly, and the haft went in after the blade. And the fat closed the haft so, that he might not draw the dagger out of his belly, but the dint came out. Sangat the son of Anath slew of the Philistines vi hundred men with an Ore goad, and delivered Israel. The four Chapter. IAhel Habits wife took a nail of the tent, and an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into that temples of Sisaras' head, and fastened it into the ground for he slombered sore, and was weary. ¶ The viii Chapter. IEdeon had lxx sons, of his body begotten for he had many wives. The ix Chapt. ANd when Abunelech had fought against the Little of Sichem all that day, he took it and slew the people that was therein, and destroyed the city, and sowed salt thorough it. ¶ The xiiii. Chapter. ANd behold, a young lion roared upon Sanson and he tore him, as he would have rend a kid, and yet had nothing in his hand. ¶ The xu Chapter. ANd Samson found a rotten jaw bone of an Ass, and put forth his hand, and caught it, and flew a thousand men therewith. ¶ The xvi Chapter. ANd Samson took his rest till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two side posts, & rend them of with the bar and all, and put them upon his sholdets, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. The twenty Chap. ANd among all these folk of Gibea, were seven L. left banded men, which every one could fling stones at an hear bread the, and not miss. Finis. ¶ The book of Ruth the fourth Chapter. THis was the manner of old time in Israel concerning pourches and changing for to stablish allthing, that a man must pluck of his shoe and give it his neighbour, and this was a sure witness in Israel. The i book of the Kings the i Chapter. AH my lord, as truly as thy soul liveth my lord I am the woman that stood before thee here praying unto the lord: for this lad I prayed and the lord hath given me my desire which I asked of him, and therefore I have given him unto the lord, as long as he is meet for the lord. The ii Chapter. THereis none so holy as the Lord, for without the is nothing. Nether is there any of strength as is our Lord. The Lord is a god of knowledge and his purposes come to pass. The lord killeth, and maketh alive, bringeth down to the grave, and fetcheth up again. The lord maketh poor. & maketh rich, bringeth law, and giveth up on high. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, & lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set him among princes, and to enheret them with the seat of glory. If one man sin against an other, dayesmen may be judges: but if a man sin against God, who willbe his daysman? They that worship me, I will worship, & they that despise me shall come to shame. The iii Chapter. I Have told Ely, that I will judge his house for ever, for the wickedness which he knoweth. For when the people cursed his sons, for the same wickedness, he hath not corrected them, and therefore I have sworn unto the house of Ely, that the wickedness of Elyes' house, shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. The four Chapter. ANd it fortuned that when he made mention of the at he of god, Ely fell from his stole backward upon the tresholde of the gate, and his neckebrake, and he died. The viii Chapter. samuel's sons joel and Abis' walked not in high ways, but turned aside after lucre and took reward, and perverted the right. The ix Chapter. SAule was a goodly young man and a fair. so that among the children of Israel there was none goodlyet than he. For from the shoulders upward he was higher than all the other people. He that is now called a prophet was in the old time called a sear. The xi Chapter. ALL the men of Jabes saith unto Nahas: make a covenant with us, and we will be thy servants. And Nahas the Ammonite answered them: In this will I make a covenant with you, if I may thrust out all your right eyes, and bring the shame upon all Israel. The xii Chapter. SAule said unto the people: I am old and grey headed, and behold my sons are with you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day, behold, here I am, bear record of me before the lord and his anointed. whose ore have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? whom have I done wrong to? whom have I hutte? or of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind my eyes there with and I will restore it you again. They said: thou haste done us no wrong, nor hu●to us, neither haste thou taken aught of any man's hand. The xiiii Chapter. IT is no hardness with the lord, to save either in many or in few. The xu Chapter. HAth the lord as great pleasure in sacrifices and offerings, as when the voice of the lord is obeyed? Behold, to obey, is better, than sacrifice, and to hearken is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as the wickedness of idolatry. The xvi Chapter. GOd seeth not as man seeth, for man looketh on the outward appearance, but god beholdeth the heart. And so it fortuneth that when the evil spirit sent of god came upon Saul, David took an harp and played with his hand, and so Saul was refreshed and did amend, and the evil spirit departed from him. The xvii Chapter. THen said David to the philistine Goliath: thou comest to me with a sword, a spear, & a shield, but I come to the in the name of the lord of hosts, the God of the host of Israel whom thou haste railed upon. The xxj Chapter. ANd the priest answered David, and said: there is no comen bread under my hand, but here is hallowed bread, if the young men have kept themselves from unclean things especially women. The xxij Chapter. THe servants of king Saul would not move their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord. Doeg the edomite turned and ran upon the priests, and slew that same day, four score and five persons that did were a fynned Ephod. The xxiiij Chapter. ANd David said unto his men, the Lord keep me from doing that thing unto my master the lords anointed, to lay my hand upon him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord. The xxuj Chapter. WHo can lay his hand on the lords anointed and by guiltless? The xxx Chapter. AS his part is that goeth down and syghteth, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff, that it may be parteda like. ¶ The ii book of the kings The first Chapter. THE bow of jonathas, and the sword of Saul turned never back again empty from the blood of the slain and from the fart of the mighty warriors. The .v. Chapter. David was thirty year old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty year: In Hebron he rayngned over juda seven year and six months. And in jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and juda. The uj Chapter. TZa put his hand to the ark of God, and held it, for the oxen stumbled, and the lord was wroth with Vza, and god smote him in the same place for his fault, and there, he died before the ark of God. And David said unto Michol, I thought to dance before the Lord, which chose me rather than thy father, and all his kin, and commanded me to be ruler over all the people of the Lord, even over Israel: And theefore will I play before the Lord: And will yet be more vile than so, and willbe meek in mine own sight. The ten Chapter. HAnon took David's servants, and shaved of the half of every mans Beerde, and cut of their garments in the middle, even hard to the buttocks of them, and sent them away. The xj Chapter. TRias answered David. The ark of Israel & juda, dwell in pavilions, & my Lord joab and the servants of my Lord lie upon the flat earth, and shall I then go into mine house, to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? By thy life, & by the life of my soul, I will not do this thing. ¶ The twelve Chapter. ANd David said unto Nathan: I have sinned against the lord. And Nathan said unto David: the Lord also hath put away thy sin, thou shalt not die. How beyt, because in doing this deed, thou hast given the enemies of the lords cause to rail, the child that is borne unto the shall surely die. Then said his servants unto him: what thing is this, that thou hast done? Thou didst fall and weep for the child, while it was a live, and assoon as it was deed, thou didst rise up, and eat meat, he said: while the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept, for this I thought, who can tell whether god will have mercy on me, that the child may iyve. But now seeing he is deed, whet fore should I fast? can I bring him again any more. I shall go to him, rather than he shall come again to me. The xiiij Chapter. IN all Israel there was not so goodly a man as Absalon, for he was very beautiful, in so much that from the sole of his foot to the top of his head, there was no blemish in him. And when he shaved his heed (for at every years end he shaved it, because the here was heavy on him, and must needs shave it) the here of his heed weighed two hundred sycles, after the kings weight. The xuj Chapter. THe counsel of Thithophel which he connsayled in those days, was as a man had asked counsel of god, both with David and with Absalon. The xxij Chapter. With the godly thou shalt be godly, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt, with the pure thou shalt be pure, & with the froward thou shalt be froward. ¶ The xxiii Chapter. HE that beareth rule over men, aught to rule justly in the fear of god. ¶ The xxiiii Chapter. ANd David said unto Gad: I am in extreme trouble, me will fall now into the hand of the lord, for much is his mercy, and let me not fall into the hand of man. ¶ The iii book of the Kings the iii Chapter. Give unto thy servant an understanding heart, to judge the people, that I may decern between good and bad. Behold I have done according to thy petition, for I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like the before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. ¶ The four Chapter. UNder jair the son of Manasse was the region of Argob, which is in Basan, three score great Cities with walls and bars of brass. And salomon's bread for one day was thirty quarters of manchet stout, and threescore quarters of meal, ten sialled Oxen, and twenty out of the pastors, and an hundred sheep, besides hearts bucks, and wild goats and capons. And Solomon had xl M. stalls of horses for chareties, and xii M. horsemen. The viii Chapter. WHere as it was in thine earte to build an house unto my name, thou biddest well, that thou wast so minded. Solomon offered unto the Lord xxii M. oxen and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. The ten Chapter. Silver was nothing worth in the days of Solomon. And he made silver in jerusalem as plenteous as ●iones. The xi Chapter. SAlomon had seven. C. Queens, and three hundred Concubines. The xii Chapter. MY father made your yoke grievous, and I will make it grievouser: My father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with Scorpions. The xiii Chapter. jeroboam stretched out his hand from the avitare, saying: hold the man of god: And his hand which he put forth against him, dried up, and he could not pull it in again. The xvii Chapter. THe Ravens brought Elias bread and flesh in the morning, and likewise bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook Cherith. The xix Chapter. ELia arose and did care and drink and walked in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights, even unto Horeb the mount of God. I have left me vii M. in Israel, of which never man bowed his knees unto Baal, nor kissed him with his mouth. The xxi Chapter. ANd it fortuned that when Ahab heard those words, he rend his clothes, and put sackcloth about his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went bare foot. And the word of the lord came to Elia the Thesbyte, saying: seest thou how Ahab. humbleth hymselte before me because he submitteth himself before me. I will not bring that evil in his days but in his sons days, will I bring in evil upon his house. The xxii Chapter. ANd there came forth a certain spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will persuade him, and the Lord said unto him wherewith? And he said, I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. He said: thou shalt persuade him, and prevail, go forth then, and do even so. Now therefore hold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets. ¶ The iii book of the kings the first Chapter. ELias was an heaty man, and gird with a girdle of leather about his loins. The ii Chapter. ELias took his mantle, and wrappeth it together and smote the waters, and they were divided, part the one way and part the other. The iii Chapter. BUt row bring me a minstrel, and when the minstrel played, the hand of the lord came upon Eliseus. The four Chapter. O Thou man of god, there is death in the pot and they could not eat thereof, but he said bring meal, and he cast it into the po●, and said: Fill for the people, that they may eat, and there was no more harm in the pot. The vi Chapter. ANd behold there was a great dearth in Samaria, and Benhadad king of Syria besieged it until an Ass' head (was sold) for four score silver pence, and the fourth part of a cab of doves dung for .v. sickles. The xiii Chapter. THe soldiers of the Moabites came into the land the same year, and it chanced as some of them were burying a man, and spied the soldiers, they cast the man into the sepulchre of Eliseus, and when the man was rolled down, & touched the body of Eliseus, he revived and stood upon his feet, The xviii Chapter. HEzekia put away the hill altars, and broke the Idols, and cut down the groves, and all to broke the brazen serpent that Moses had made, for unto those days the children of Israel did burn sacrifice to it, and he called it Nehustan. The xix Chapter. ANd so it came to pass: that the self same tyghte the angel of the lord went out and smote in the host of the Assyrians an hundred four score and five thousand. The twenty Chapter. HAd Hesekia turned his face to the waland prayed to the lord, saying: I beseech thee now O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfit heart, & have done that which is good in thy sight: & Hesekia wept sore. Isaiah said to Hesekia: Thus saith the lord god of David thy father: I have herd thy prayer, and seen thy tears. And behold, I will heal thee, so that on the third day, thou shalt go up into the house of the Lord. And I will add unto thy days yet fifteen year. Shall the shadow we go forward ten degrees or go back again ten degrees, Hesekia answered: it is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees, (neither that my desire,) but if the shadow go backward ten degrees it is no light thing. And Isaiah the prophet called unto the lord, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backwards, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahas. Th' xxii Chapter. THe King josus sent Saphan, saying: go up to Nelkia the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the lord, which the keepers of the porch have gathered of the people. etc. How be it let no te●●nyng be made with them, of the money that is delivered into their hands for their use is to deal▪ faithfully. ¶ The first book of Chronicles the tenth Chapter. SAUL died for his trespass that he trespassed against the Lord, in that he kept not the word of the lord, and in that he sought, and asked counsel of a woman that wrought with a spirit, and asked not of the Lord. And therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Esay. The xu Chapter. ANd Chenanishu the chief of the Levites, was wayster of the song, for he taught other to sing because he was a man of understanding. ¶ The xvi Chapter. O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make his acts known among the people, Sing unto him, and play unto him, talk of all his wonderful deeds. Rejoice in his holy name: let the hearts of them that seek the Lord be glad: Seek the lord, and his strength, seek his presence alway. touch not mine anointed, and do my Prophets no harm. The twenty Chapter. And there chanced yet again war at Geth▪ where as was a man of a great stature, with. xx●●… fingers and toes vi on every hand and vi on every foot, and was the son of Raphath. The xxi Chapter. HAd David said unto God: I am in an exceeding straight. Let me fall now into the hand of the lord, for passing great are his mercies, but let me not fall into the hand of men. The xxii Chapter. HAd David said unto Solomon: my son, I thought (as it was in my heart) to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: but the word of the lord came to me, saying: thou haste shed much blood, and haste made great battles, thou shalt therefore not build an house unto my name for thou haste shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. The xxiij Chapter. HAD the Levites were numbered from the age of xxx year and above, and the numbered and sum of them was xxxvii thousand men. Of which xxxiiii M. were set to fourther the work of the house of the Lord: and vi M. were officers and judges iiii. M. were porters, and four M praised the lord with such instruments as was made to praise withal. The xxv Chapter. IEduthun and Heman execated the service in the house of god, at the kings hand. And the multitude of them with their brethren that were instruct in the songs of the lord even all that were coming were two hundred four froze and eight. The xxviij Chapter THe Lord searchech all hearts, and understandeth all the imagination of thoughts. The xxix Chapter. Our days on the earth are but as a shadow and there is none abiding. ¶ The ii book of the Chronicles the vi Chapter. AND will GOD in very deed dwell with men on earth? behold heaven, and heaven above all heavens do not contain thee: how much less the house which I have builded? The vii Chapter. This house which I have sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a jest among all nations. And every one that passeth by shall be atoned at this house which belonged to the most high GOD and shall say: why hath the lord dealt on this fashion with this land, and with this house? And they shall answer, because they forsook the lord god of their father, which brought them out of the land of egypt, and caught hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them, even therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. The xiiii Chapter. HAd Asa eryed unto the lord his god, and said: lord it is no hard thing with the to help either many, or them that have no power. Help us therefore O lord our god, for we trust to thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. The xvi Chapter. THe eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, to strength them that are of perfect heart toward him. The xxiiij Chapter. HAd the spirit of God came upon Zacharye the son jehoiada the priest, which stood by the people, and said unto them. Thus saith god: why transgress ye the commandments of the lord, that ye cannot prosper? for because ye have forsaken the lord, he also hath forsaken you. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king, even in the court of the house of the lord. The xxvi Chapter. TZia transgressed against the lord his god, and went into the temple of the Lord, to burn cense upon the altar of incense. And Azariahu the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the lord, that were valiant men. And they stood by Vzia the king and said unto him: It pertaineth not to the Vziato burn incense unto the lord, but to the priests the children of Aaron, that are consecrated for to offer incense. Come therefore out of the Sanctuary for thou hast trespassed, and it is no worship to the before the lord god. And Vzia was wroth, and had incense in his hand to burn it, and so while he had indignation against the priests, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the lord even beside the incense altar. The xxxii Chapter. Pluck up your hearts and be strong, be not afraid nor discouraged, for the king of Assur, and for all the multitude that he hath with him, for there be more with us, then with him. With him is an arm of flesh but with us is the lord our god for to help us and to fight our battles. The xxxiii Chapter ¶ And when Manasses was in tribulation, he besought the lord his god, and humbled himself exceedingly before the god of his father, & made intercession to him, & god was entreated of him, and heard his prayer, and brought him again to jerusalem into his kingdom, and then Manasse knew that the lord was god. ¶ The first book of Esdras. The vii Chapter. AND we certify you that ye have no authority to require taxing and custom & yearly rents upon any of the priests levites, singers, porters, Nethinuns, and ministers, in the house of his god. The viii Chapter. The hand of our god is upon all them that seek him in goodness, & his violence and wrath is against all them that forsake him. ¶ The ii book of Esdras. The .v. Chapter. I And my brethren, and my servants do lend them money & corn, but as for usury let us leave it. The xii Chapter. In the time of zorobabel and Nehemiah did all they of Israel give portions unto the syngers & porters every day his portion, and they gave tithes unto the Levites, and the Levites gave tithes again unto the children of Aaron. ¶ The iii book of Esdras. The iii Chapter. Wine is a strong thing. The king is stronger. Women have yet more strength, but above all things the truth beareth away the victory. ¶ The four Chapter. Truth endureth, and is alway strong, it liveth & conquereth for evermore world without end. ¶ The viii Chapter. I Command you also that ye require no tax nor tribute of the priests, Levites, syngers, and ministers of the temple, nor of the writers, and that no man have authority to meddle any thing against them. The four book of Esdras the i Chap. WHat shall I do unto the O jacob? Thou juda wouldest not obey me, I will turn me to another people, and unto those will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes saying ye have forsaken me, I will forsake you. When ye desire me to be gracious unto you, I shall have no mercy upon you. When ye call upon me, I will not hear you, for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter. Ye have not forsaken me (in a manner) but your own selves, saith the lord. ¶ The ii Chapter. EXecute justice for the widow, be judge for the fatherless, give to the peore, defend the comfortless, cloth the naked, heal the wounded and sick, laugh not a lame man so scorn, defend the crepell, and let the blind come into the light of my clearness, wheresoever thou findest the dead take them and bury them, and I shall give thee, the first place in my resurrection. ¶ The four Chapter. GO thy way, way me the weight of the fire or measure me the blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is paste. They that dowel upon earth may understand nothing, but that, which is upon earth, and he that dwelleth above the heavens, may only understand the things that are above the heavens. The world hasteth fast to pass away, and can not comprehend the things that are promised for the righteous in time to come, for this world is full of unrighteousness and weakness. The corn of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of man, from the beginning. ¶ The .v. Chapter. Behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon the earth, shallbe taken in a great number, and the way of the truth shallbe hid, and the land shallbe barren from faith, but iniquity shall have the upper hand, like as thou hast seen now, and as thou haste heard long ago. And he said unto me: Number the things that are yet not come, gather me together the drops that are scattered abroad, make me the flowers greane again, that are withered, open me the thing that is closed, & bring me forth the winds that are shut up, show me the Image of a voice, and then shall I declare the thing that thou labourest to know. ¶ The vi Chapter. FRom Abraham unto Isahar, when jacob & Esau, were borne of him, jacobs' hand held first the heir of Esau, for Esau is the end of this world, and jacob is the beginning of it that followeth. The hand of man betwixt the heel and the hand The earth shall restore those that have slept in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those that be committed unto them. ¶ The vii Chapter HAnd the most highest shallbe openly declared upon the seat of judgement, and all misery shall vanish away, and long suffering shallbe gathered together, but the judgement shall continue, the truth shall remain, and faith shall wax strong, the work shall follow, and the reward shallbe showed, the righteousness shall watch, and the unrighteousness shall bear no rule. The day of doom shallbe the end of this time, & the beginning of the immortality for to come, where in all corruption is vanished, all voluptuousness is loosed, all mysbeleve taken away, righteousness growed, & the verity sprung up. Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor oppress him, that hath given the victory. I know lord, that the highest is merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them, which are not yet in the world, and upon those also that walk in his law, and that he is patient and long suffering toward those that have sinned in their works, and that he is liberal to give where as it requireth, and that he is of great mercy, for he multiplied his loving kindness toward those that are present, and that are paste, and to them which are for to come, for if he multiply not his mercies, the world shall not be made living, with those that dwell therein. He giveth also, for if he gave not of his goodness that they which have done evil, might be eased from their wickedness, the ten thousand part of men should not be made living. And if the judge forgave not those which he healed with his word, and if he would destroy the multitude that striveth, there should be very few left in an unnumerable multitude. ¶ The viii Chapter. THe most highest made this world for many but the world to come for few. I will tell the a similitude Esoras: As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little of it that gold cometh of, even so is it with the work of this world, There be many created, but few shallbe preserved. If thou have mercy upon us, thou shallbe called merciful, where as we have no works of righteousness, for the righteous which have laid up many good works together, shall out of their deeds receive reward. ¶ The ix Chapter. Like as the field is, so is also the seed, as the flowers be, so are the colours also, such as the workman is, such is the work, and as the husband man is himself, so is his husbandry also. ¶ The xiiii Chapter. THe weaker that the world and the time is, the more shall sin & wickedness increase in them that dwell upon earth, for the truth is fled far away, and losing is hard at hand. If so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your heart, ye shall be kept alive, and after death shall ye obtain mercy, for after death shall the judgement come, when we shall live again, and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared. ¶ The xu Chapter. THus saith the lord god, my right hand shall not spare the sinners, & my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent blood upon earth. The xvi Chapter. ANd when your sins are brought forth ye shallbe ashamed before men, and your own sins shallbe your accusers in that day. Woe be unto them that are subdued unto their sins, and tangled in their wickedness, like as a field is hedged in with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, and that no man may travail thorough, and so is he taken, and cast in the fire, and brent. ¶ The book of Tobias The first Chapter. TObias got him to jerusalem unto the temple of the lord, & there worshipped the lord god of Israel, faithfully offering of all his first fruits & tithes, so that in the third year he ministered all the tithes unto the strangers & converts. Tobias taught his son from his youth up to fear god, and to refrain from all sin. Tobias fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and buried the dead and slain, diligently. The ii Chapter. THis temptation (of blindness) did god suffer to happen unto him, that they which came after might have an example of his patience, like as of holy job, for in so much as he ever feared god from his youth up, & kept his commandments, he grudged not against god, that the plague of blindness chanced unto him, but remained stead fast in the fear of god, and thanked god all the days of his life. ¶ The iii Chapter. BLessed be thy name (o god) of our fathers, which when thou art wroth, showest mercy, and in time of trouble, thou forgivest the sins of them that call upon the. Whosoever loveth thee, and serveth the a right, is sure of this, that if his life be tempted and proved, it standeth in the trying, and if he endure in patience, he shall have a reward and be highly crowned, & if he be in trouble, that god (no doubt) shall deliver him, and if his life be in chastening, that he shall have leave to come unto thy mercy. For thou hast no pleasure in our damnation, and why? after a storm thou makest the wether fair and still, after weeping and heaviness thou givest great joy. ¶ The four Chapter. Hold thy mother in honour all the days of her life: for thou oughtest to remember what and how great parels she suffered for the in her womb. give alms of thy goods, and turn never thy face from the poor, and so shall it come to pass, that the face of the lord, shall not be turned away from the. Mercy delivereth from all sin & from death, and suffereth not the soul to come in darkness. A great comfort is mercy before the high god, unto all them that show it. Whosoever worketh any thing for thee, immediately give him his hire, and look that thy hired servants wages remain not by the over night. Look that thou never do unto another man, the thing that thou wouldest not another man should do unto the. The vi Chapter. If thou layest a piece of the heart upon the coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all manner of evil sprites weather it be from man, or woman, so that from thenceforthe the same shall come no more unto them. Hear me, and I will tell thee, what they be of whom the devil hath power. namely they that receive marriage of such a fashion, that they shoot god out from them, and from their heart, and give themselves to their own lust, even as it were an horse and mule, which have no understanding, upon such hath the devil power. But when thou takest Sara, and art come in to her chaumbre, wytholde thyself from her three days, and give thy diligence unto nothing, but unto prayer with her. The ten Chapter. SO the elders embraced their daughter, hissed her, and let her go, exhorting her to honour her father and mother in law, to love her husband, to rule well her household, to keep her house in good order, & to show her self fawtlesse. ¶ The xii Chapter. IT is good to hide the kings secret, but to show the works of god, & to praise them is an honourable thing. Prayer is good with fasting, and mercy is better than to hoard up treasures of gold. For mercy delivereth from death, cleanseth sin, and causeth to find everlasting life. But they that do sin and unrighteousness, are the enemies of their own soul. When thou prayedest with tears, and buriedest the dead, and leftest thy dinner, and hyddest the dead in thy house upon the day time, that thou mightest bury them in the night, I offered thy prayer before the lord. You thought that I did eat and drink with you, but I use meat that is muscible, and drink that can not be seen of men. The book of judith. The fourth Chapter. BE ye sure that the lord will here your petitions if ye continue steadfast in fastings and prayers in the sight of the lord. The viii Chapter. Judith ware a smock of hear, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabothes, & new moans, & the solemn days that the people of Israel kept. The ix Chapter. THy power (o lord) standeth not in the power of men, neither haste thou any pleasure in the strength of horses. There was never proud parson that plaised thee, but in the prayer of the humble and meek hath thy pleasure been evermore. The book of Ester The first Chapter. ANd the drynck was so appointed, that none should compel any man, for so the king had commanded by the officers of his house, that every one should do, as it liked him. He sent letters forth in to all the kings lands, in to every land according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should be lord in his own house, The ii Chapter. HAd when the appointed time of every damsel came, that she should go in to the king, Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months in the decking of the women (for their decking must have so much time, namely, six months with bauline and myrrh, and sire months with good spices, so were the women beautyfyed) yet went their one damosel unto the king. etc. The xvi Chapter. IT happeneth oft also, that they which be set in office by the higher power, and unto whom the business and causes of the subjects are commutted to be handled, wax proud, and defile themselves with shedding of innocent blood, which bringeth them to intolerable hurt, which also with false and deceitful words, and with lying tales, deceive & berray the innocent goodness of princes. The book of job. The first Chapter. NAked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I turn thither again. The lord gave, and the lord hath taken away, blessed. be the name of the lord. The ii Chapter. SHall we receive prosperity at the hand of god, and not receive adversity. ¶ The four Chapter. COnsider (I pray thee) who ever perished being an innocent? Or when were the godlyr destroyed? For (as I have proved by experience) they that plough iniquity, and sow wretchedness, reap the same. ¶ The .v. Chapter. Amam is borne to labour, like as the sparches fly up out of the hot coals. Behold, happy is the man whom god punisheth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almighty: for though he made a wound, he giveth aplaster, though he sutyte, his hand maketh whole again. The vi Chapter. HE that is in tribulation, ought to be comforteth of his neighbour. The vij Chapter. MY flesh is clothed with worms and dust of the earth. My skin is withered and become horrible, my days pass over more spedly than a weaver can weave out his web, and are gone or I am aware. Remember that my life is but a wind. The viii Chapter. Our days upon earth are but a very shadow The ix Chapter. HE is good, whose wrath no man may withstand, but the proudest of all must stoape under him. If men will speak of righteousness, who date be my record? If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me, if I will put forth myself for a perfect man, he shall reprove me a wicked do't. The ten Chapter. O Remember (I besecbe thee) how that thou madest me of the earth, and shalt bring me in to dust again. The xii Chapter. Among old persons there is wisdom, & in age is understanding. The xiiii Chapter. MAn that is borne of woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower. He flieth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one state. The days of man surely are determined, the number of his months are known only unto the Thou hast appointed him his bounds, which he cannot go beyond. while man liveth: his flesh must have travail: and while the soul is in him: he must be in sorrow. The xu Chapter. WHat is man, that he should be clean? What hath he (which is borne of a woman) whereby he might be righteous? Behold he doth not trust his saints: yea, the very heavens are not clean in her sight, how much more than an abominable and vile man, which drinketh wycnes like water? The xix Chapter. I Am sure that my redeemer liveth, and that I shall rise out of the earth in the latter day: that I shallbe clothed again with this sainne, and see god in my flesh, ye, I myself shall behold him, not with other, but with the same eyes. The xxi Chapter. THe wicked spend their days in welthnes● but suddenly they go down to hell. They say also unto god, go from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. Who is the almighty that we should serve him? and what profit should have to submit ourselves unto him. The xxii Chapter. WHo so humbleth himself, him shall he set up, and who so looketh meekly shallbe healed. The xxv Chapter. How may a man compared unto god be justified? or how can he be clean that is borne of a woman? Behold the moon shineth nothing in comparison to him, and the stars are unciene in his sight. How much more than man, that is but corruption, and the son of man, which is but a worm? The xxvii Chapter. WHen the rich man dieth, he carried nothing with him, he is gone in the twynckeling of an eye, and hath nothing. The xxviii Chapter. Behold, to fear the lord is wisdom, and to forsake evellis understanding. The xxxii Chapter. WHen god doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right. The xxxiiii Chapter. FOr the ungodliness of the people, doth god make an ypocrit 〈◊〉 reign over them. The xlii Chapter. MY servant job shall pray for you. The Lord gave job twice as much as he had afore. ¶ The Psalms of David. The i Chapter. BLessed is that man that hath not walked in the council of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, and hath not sit in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. The ii Chapter. BE wise now therefore O ye kings, be learned ye that are judges of the earth. The .v. Chapter. THou shalt destroy them that speak leasing, the lord will abhor both the bloudthyrsty, and deceitful man. ¶ The vi Chapter. I am weary of my groaning, every night wash I my bed, & water my couch with my tears. The vii Chapter. God is provoked every day, if a man will not turn, he will whet his sword, he hath bend his bow, and made it ready, he hath prepared him the instruments of death, he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. The viii Chapter. WHat is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, & thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. The xi Chapter. THe Lord is in his holy temple, the lords seat is in heaven, his eyes consider the poor, and his eye lids trieth the children of men. The Lord alloweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that delighted in wychednes doth his soul abhor, upon the ungodly he shall reign snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest, this shallbe their portion to drink. ¶ The xii Chapter. THe Lord shell rote out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things. ¶ The xiii Chapter. How long shall mine enemy triumph over me? Consider and hear me O lord my god, lighten mine eyes, that I stepe not in death, lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him. For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. But my trust is in thy mercy, and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. The xiiii Chapter. THe Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after god. But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable, there is none that doth good, no not one. ¶ The xu Chapter. Lord who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? he that hath not given his money to usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. ¶ The xvi Chapter. THe Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance. Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. The xviii Chapter. The lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing, according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. With the clean thou shalt be clean: and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. ¶ The xix Chapter. The judgements of the Lord are true, & righteous all together. More to be desired are they than gold, yea then much fine gold: sweeter than honey comb of the honey. Moreover by them is thy servant taught, and in keeping of them, there is great reward. Who can tell how oft he offendeth? Oh cleanse thou me fro my secret faults. Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me, so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence. ¶ The twenty Chapter. SOme put their trust in charets, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the lord our god. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen, and stand upright. The xxii Chapter. I Am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. They pierced my hands and my feet, I may tell all my bones, they stand staring and looking upon me. They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture. ¶ The xxiii Chapter. Though I walk thorough the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. ¶ The xxiiii Chapter. Who shall rise up into the hill of the lord? even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not life up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. The. 25. Cham What man is he that feareth the lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. His soul shall do well at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land. The secret of the lord is among them that fear him, & he will show them his convenant. ¶ The xxvii Chapter. ONe thing have I desired of the lord, which I will require: even that I may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to behold the fair beauty of the lord and to viset his temple. ¶ The xxviii Chapter. O Pluck me not away with the ungodly and wicked doers, which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts. Reward them according to the wickedness of their own inventions. Recompense them after the work of their hands, pay them that they have deserved. For they regard not in their mind the works of the lord, nor the operations of his hands, therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up. The xxxii Chapter. BLessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered. Blessed is that man, unto whom the lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile. The xxxiii Chapter. THe lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host, neither is any mighty man delivered by moche strength. A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man, neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. Behold the eye of the lord is upon them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy. To deliver their souls from death, and to feed them in time of dearth. The xxxiiii Chapter I will alway give thanks unto the lord, his praise shall ever be in my mouth. The angel of the lord tarrieth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. O taste and see, how gracious the lord is, blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the lord, ye that be his saints for they that fear him, lack nothing. What man is he that lusteth to live, and would feign see good days? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak nogyle. Eschew evil and do good, see he peace and ensue it. The eyes of the lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil, to rote out the remembrance of them from the earth, The righteous cry, & the lord heareth them, & delivereth them out of all their troubles. The lord is nigh unto them, that are of a contrite heart, and will save such as be of an humble spirit. Great are the troubles of the righteous, but the lord delivereth him out of all. He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is broken. The xxxv Chapter. I put on sack cloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return in to my own bosom. The xxxvii Chapter. Wicked doers shallbe rooted out, and they that patiently abide the lord, these shall inherit the land. Yet a little while, and the ungodly shallbe clean gone, thou shalt look after his place: and he shallbe away. But the meek spirited shall possess the earth, and shallbe refreshed in the multitude of peace. A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than great richesse of the ungodly. I have been young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue willbe talking of judgement. I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay tree: I went by, and lo, he was gone, I sought him, but his place could no where be found. ¶ The xxxviii Chapter. There is no health in my flesh. And there is no whole part in my body. The xxxix Chapter. Verily every man living is altogether ●●…nitie, for man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain, he heapeth up richessr, and cannot tell who shall gather them. The xli Chapter. BLessed is he that considereth the poor, and neady, the lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. ¶ The xliiii Chapter. I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword that shall help me, but it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion that hate us. For thy sake also are we killed all the day long, and are contented as sheep appointed to be claine. The xlv Chapter. Thou haste loved righteousness, and hated iniquity, wherefore god, even thy god, hath anointed the with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. The xlix Chapter. The wise men die and her. she together as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other. Be not thou afraid though one be made rich or if the glory of his house be increased, for he shall carp nothing away with him, when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him. The l Chapter. Our god shall come, & shall not heap silence, there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shallbe stired up round about him, he shall call the heaven from above, and the earth that he may judge his people. Offer unto god thanksgiving, and pay thy dove's unto the most highest. But unto the ungodly said god, why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my convenaunt in thy mouth? The li Chapter The sacrifice of god, is a troubled spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, o god, shalt thou not despise. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. The lii Chapter. THe righteous also shall see this, and fear, & shall laugh him to scorn. Lo, this is the man that took not god for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. The lu Chapter. HE laid his hands upon such as be at peace with him, and he broke his covenant. The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart, his words were smother then oil, and yet be they very swords. The lviii Chapter. THe righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, he shall wash his footesteppis in the blood of the ungodly. The lxii Chapter. IF riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Thou rewardell every man according to his work. The lxvi Chapter. I Will gointo thy house with brent offerings and will pay thee my vows which I promised with my lips and speak with my mouth when I was in trouble. The lxix Chapter. I wept and chastened myself with fasting and that was turned to my reproach, I put on a sackcloth also, and they jested upon me. They that sit in the gate, speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me. The lxxi Chapter. O What great troubles and adversities haste thou showed me? and yet didst thou turn and refresh me: yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. Thou haste brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side. The lxxvi Chapter. Promise unto the lord your god, and keep it. The lxxix Chapter. O Remember not our old sins, but have merry upon us, and that soon, for we are come to great misery. The lxxx Chapter. THou feedest them with the bread of tearee, and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink. The lxxxi Chapter. My people would not hear my voice, and Israel would not obey me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust, and let them follow their own imaginations. The lxxxiiii Chapter. I Had rather be a door keeper in the house of my god, then to dwelin the rents of ungodliness. The lxxxix Chapter. But if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgements, if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments I will viset their offences with the rod, and their sins with scourges. What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? The xc Chapter. A Thousand years in thy sight, are but as yesterday. The days of our age are three score years, & ten and though men be so strong that they come to four scour years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow, so soon passeth it away, and we are goen. The xci Chapter. HE shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep the in all thy ways. They shall bear the in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foot against astone. The xcii Chapter. WHen the ungodly are green as the grass, and when all the works of wickedness do flourish, then shall they be destroyedde for ever. The xcuii Chapter. BLessed is the man whom thou chastenest O lord. The xcvii Chapter. THere shall go a fire before him, and burn his enemies on every side. O ye that love the lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evyli. The lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he shall deliver them, from the hand of the ungodly. The. Ci. Chapter. WHo so privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy. There shall no disceatefull person dwell in my house, he that telleth lies, shall not tarry in my sight. The. Cii. Chapter. I Have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass. Thou lord, in the beginning haste laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands, they shall perish, but thou shal●e endure: they all shall wax old, as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shallbe changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. The. C.iii Chapter. THe merciful goodness of the Lord, endureth for ever and ever, upon them that fear him, & his righteousness upon childers children. The. C.iiii Chapter. HE bringeth forth grass for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, that he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strength man's heart. Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening. The .cv. Chapter. Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. The cvi Chapter. BLessed are they that alway keep judgement and do righteousness. The cix Chapter. His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him: he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. My knees are weak thorough fasting, my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. The cxi Chapter. THe works of his hands are verity and judgement, all his commandments are true. The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom, a good understanding have all they, that do thereafter. The cxii Chapter. A Good man is merciful and dareth, and will guide his words with discretion. He hath sparsed abroad, and given to the poor and his righteousness remaineth for ever, his horn shallbe exalted with honour. The cxiii Chapter. HE taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire. That he may set him with the princes, even with the princes of his people. The cxviii Chapter. IT is better to trust in the Lord, then to put any confidence in man. It is better to trust in the lord, then to put any confidence in princes. The cxix Chapter. BLessed are those that be undefiled in the way: and walk in the way of the lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, & seek him with there hole heart. For they which do no wickedness, walk in his ways. It is good for me, that I have been in trouble that I may learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver. O how sweet are thy words unto my throat? yea, swetter than honey unto my mouth. Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths. My soul is alway in my hand. When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding even to the simple. The cxx Chapter. What reward shallbe given unto the thou false tongue? even mighty and sharp arrows with hoot burning coals. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy, he that now goeth in his way weeping and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. The cxxvii Chapter. Except the lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the lord keepeth the city, the watch man waketh but in vain. The cxxxviii Chapter. Though the lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: as for the proud he beholdeth him a far of. The cxxxix Chapter. whether shall I go then from the spirit, or whether shall I go then from thy presence, if I climb up into heaven thou art there, if I go down into hell, thou art there also, if I take the wings of the morening and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there also shall thy hand lead me, & thy right hand shall hold me. The cxl Chapter. A Man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth. The cxli Chapter SEt a watch O lord, before my mouth and keep the door of my lips. The cxlii Chapter. I Cried unto the O lord, and said: thou art my hope, & my portion in the land of living. The cxliii Chapter. INter not into judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. The cxlu Chapter. THe lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. The lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea all such as call upon him faithfully. The cxlvi Chapter. O Put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them. The clxvii Chapter. HE hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse, neither delighteth he in any man's legs, but the lords delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mercy. ¶ The proverbs the first Chapter. THe fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, consent not unto sinners if they entice thee, and say come with us. In vain is the net laid forth before the birds eyes. I have called, and ye refused it, I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it, but all my counsel have ye despised, and set my corrections at nought. The ii Chapter. Walk thou in the way of such as be virtuous, & keep the paths of the righteous. The iii Chapter. LEt mercy and faithfulness never go from thee, bind them about thy neck and write them in the tables of thy heart: so shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of god and men. Be not wise in thine own conceit. Whom the lord loveth, him he chasteneth, and yet delighteth in him, even as a father in his own son. All the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto wisdom. Withdraw no good thing from them that have need, so long as thine hand is able to do it. say not unto thy neighbour, go thy way, and come again, to morrow will I give thee, where as thou hall now to give him. The four Chapter. THe chief point of wisdom is, that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding. Take fast hold of doctrine, and let her not go, keep her, for she is thy life. But away from thee a froward mouth, and let the lips of slander be far from the. The .v. Chapter. THe lips of an harlot are a dropping honey comb, and her throat is more glistering then Oil. But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, her tongue as sharp as a two edged sword. The vi Chapter. Go to the Emmet thou sluggard, consider her ways, and learn to be wise. She hath no guide nor overseer, nor ruler, yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest. These sire things doth the lord hate, and the seventh he utterly abhorreth. Aproude look, A lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that goeth about with wicked imagination, feet that be swift in running to do mischief. A false witness that bringeth up lies. And such one as soweth discord among brethren. An harlot will make a man to beg his bread. May a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be brent? Or can one go upon hoot coals, and his feet not be hurt? Even so, who so ever goeth into his neighbours wife, and toucheth her, cannot be unguilty. The viii Chapter. They that seek me early, shall find me. The ix Chapter. Reprove not a scorner, lest he own the evil will, but rebuke a wise man, and he will love the. Stolen waters are sweats, and the bread that is privily eaten, hath a good taste. The ten Chapter. A Wise son maketh a glad father, but an undiscrete son is an heaviness unto his mother. Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing, but righteousness delivereth from death, A wise man will receive warning. Love covereth the multitude of sins. He that refuseth to be reformed deceiveth himself. Where moche babbling is, there must needs be offence, and he that refraineth his lips is wise. An innocent tongue is a noble treasure. As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is unto the eyes, even so is a slouggyshe person to them that sendeth him forth. The xi Chapter. WHereno good counsel is, there the people decay, but where as many are that can give counsel, there is wealth. He that is surety for a stranger hurteth himself, and he that medieth not with suretyshyppe is sure. A fair woman without discrete manners, is like a ring of gold in a swynnes snout. Some man giveth out his goods, and is the richer, but the niggard having enough will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty. He that is liberal in giving shall have plenty. Whose hoardeth up his corn, shallbe cursed among the people, but blessing shall light upon his head that giveth food. The xii Chapter. Whoso loveth wisdom willbe content to be reformed: but he that hateth to be reproved is a fool. Every man shall enjoy good, according to the fruit of his mouth, and after the works of his hands shall he be rewarded. The xiii Chapter. He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life, but whoso openeth his lips to evil, destroyeth, himself. Some men are rich, though they have nothing, again, some men are poor having great riches. vainly gotten goods are soon spent, but they that be gathered together with the hand shall increase. He that thinketh scorn to be reformed cometh to poverty, and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour. He that spareth the rod, hateth his son, but whoso loveth him, chasteneth him by times. The xiiii Chapter. See that thou meddle not with a fool, in whom thou percepuest to be no knowledge. There is away which some men think to be right, but the end thereof leadeth unto death. The poor is hated even of his own neighbours, but the rich hath many friends. The increase and prosperity of the commons is the kings honours, but the decay of the people, is the confusion of the prince. A merry heart is the life of the body, but rancour consumeth away the bones. He that doth a poor man wrong blasphemeth his maker, but whoso that hath pity of the poor both honour unto God. The xu Chapter. A Soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke unto anger. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance, but an heavy heart compelleth a man to sigh. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, then great treasure with sorrow. Better is a moss of pottage with love, than a fat Ore with evil will. Who so hateth rewards shall live. The xvi Chapter. BEtter it is to have a little thing with righteousness, then great rents wrongfully gotten. It is a great abomination when kings are wicked, for a kings seat should be holden up with righteousness. The kings displeasure is a messenger of death, but the cheerful countenance of a king is life, and his loving favour is as the evening dew. He that is a blable of his tongue, maketh division among princes. The xvii Chapter. WHoso laugheth the poor to scorn, blasphemeth his maker, and he that is glad of another man's hurt, shall not be unpunished. One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a. C. stripes to a fool. Whosoever rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house. He is a friend that alway loveth, and in adversity a man shall know who is his brother. Who so promiseth by the hand, and is surety for his neighbour, he is a fool. The xviii Chapter. THe words of a slanders are very wounds, and go thorough unto the innermost parts of the body. The name of the lord is a strong castle, the righteous flieth unto it, and is in safeguard. He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a soole, and worthy to be confounded. Liberality bringeth a man to honour, and worship, and setteth him among great men. Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that love it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof. Whoso findeth a good wife, findeth a good thing, and receiveth a wholesome benefit of the Lord. The xix Chapter. riches maketh many friends, but the poor is forsaken of his neighbour. A wise man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some taunts pass. A bra●lyng wife is like the top of an house, where thorough it is ever dropping. A discrete woman is the gift of god. The twenty Chapter. Wine maketh a man to be scornful, and strong drink causeth a man to be unquiet: whoso delighteth therein shall never be wise. The king ought to be feared as the roaring, of a lion, whoso provoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soul. A flouthful body will not go toplowe for cold of the winter, therefore shall he go a begging in summer, & have nothing. Many there be that would be called good doers, but where shall one find a true faithful man? Who can say, my heart is clean, I am innocent from sin? Delight not in sleep, least thou come to poverty. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake. To him that custometh flattering lips, join not thyself. Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shallbe put out in the midst of darkness. The heritage that cometh to hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end. It is a snare for a man to devour that whicht is holy, and after the vow to turn to thine own use the thing thou hast vowed. Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving kindness his seat is holden. The xxi Chapter. THe Kings heart is in the hand of the lord, like as are the rivers of water: He may turn it whithersoever he will. To do righteousness and judgement is more acceptable to the lord, than sacrifice. Whoso stoppeth his cares at the crying of the poor, he shall cry himself and not be heard. He that hath pleasure in banchettes, shallbe a poor man. Whoso delighteth in wine and delicates, shall not be rich. It is better to dwell in the wilderness, then with a chiding and angry woman. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same keepeth his soul from troubles. The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but the lord giveth victory. The xxii Chapter. THe end of lowliness and the fear of god, is riches, honour, prosperity and health. Teach ackylde in his youth what way he should go, for he shall not leave it when he is old. Whoso doth a poor man wrong to increase his own riches, and giveth unto the rich to please him, at the last cometh to poverty himself. The xxiii Chapter. TAke not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose: Why wilt thou set thyns eye upon the thing, which sodeynelye vanishethe away: for riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle into the air. Keep no company with wine bybbers and riotous eaters of flesh, for such as be drounkardes and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow, who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath wounds without a cause? or who hath red eyes? even they that be ever at the wine, and seek excess. Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a colour it giveth in the glass, it goeth down softly, but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder. My son thou eatest honey and the sweet honey comb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth: even so shall knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, assoon as thou hast gotten it. A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the ungodly fall into wickedness. Rejoice not thou at the fall of thine enemy, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, lest the Lord (when he seeth it) be angry and turn his wrath from him unto the. The xxv Chapter. PUt not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and press not into the places of great men: Better it is that it be said unto thee, come up hither, than thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thou seest with thine eyes. Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbours house, lest he be weary of thee, and so abhor thee. If thine enemy hunger, feed him, if he thirst give him drink, for so shalt thou heap coals of first upon his head, and the lord shall reward the. Like as it is not good to eat to much honey, even so he that will search out high things, it shallbe to heavy for him. The xxvi Chapter. give not the fool an answer after his foolishness, least thou become like unto him, but make the fool an answer to his foolishness, less he be wise in his own conceit. The xxvii Chapter. LEt another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, yes, other men's lips, and not thine. An open rebuke is better than a secret love. Better is a friend at hand, than a brother far of. The xxviii Chapter. HE that by usury and unjust gains gathereth riches, he shall lay them in store for a man that will pity the poor. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abominable. He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper but whoso knowledgeth them, and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Like as a roaring Lion, and an hungry bear, even so is an ungodly prince over the poor people. Where the prince is without understanding, there is great oppression and wrong, but if he be such a one as hateth covetousness, he shall long reign. He that maketh to much haste to be rich, shall not be unguilty. He that giveth unto the poor, shall not lack, but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself. The xxix Chapter. With true judgement the king setteth up the land, but if he be a man that oppresseth the people with gatherings, he turueth it upside down. When the ungodly come up, wickedness increaseth, but the righteous shall see their fall. When the word of god is not preached, the people perish. He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall make him his master at length. The xxx Chapter. ALL the words of god be pure and clean. Put thou nothing unto his words, least he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. Remove fro me vanity and lies, give me neither poverty, nor riches, only grant me a necessary living, least if I be full, I deny thee, and say, who is the Lord. And least I being constrained thorough poverty fall unto stealing, and take the name of my Lord god in vain. There be three things that are never satisfied, yea four things sayeth never who. The grave, a woman's womb closed, and the earth that hath never water enough. As for fire it saith never who. There be three things to high for me, and as for the fourth that passeth my knowledge. The way of an Eagle in the air, the way of a serpent over a stone, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman. Thorough three things the earth is disquieeted, and the fourth may it not bear. Thorough a servant that beareth rule. Thorough a fool that hath to much bread. Thorough a wife worthy hatred when she is married. And thorough an handmaiden, that is heir to her master. The xxxi Chapter. O My beloved son, give not over thy strength and ways unto women: which are the desiruction even of kings. O samuel, it is not for kings, it is not (I say) for kings to drink wine, nor princes strong drink (for there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth,) lest they being drunken forget the law, and pervert the judgement of all poor men's children. give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn, that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity as for favour, it is discretefull, and beauty is a vain thing. ¶ The book of the preacher the first Chapter. ALL floods run into the sea, and yet is the sea itself not filled: for look unto what place the waters run, thence then come the flow again. All things are so hard to be known, that no man can express them. There is no new thing under the sun. Where much wisdom is, there is also great travail and disquietness, and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care. The ii Chapter. The wise man dieth as well as the fool. What gathereth a man of all the labour and travail of his mind that he taketh under the sun, but heaviness and sorrow, and disquietness all the days of his life? The iii Chapter. SO I yet ceived that there is nothing better for a man, then to be merry, and to do well as long as he liveth. The four Chapter. I judged those that are dead more happy than those that be a live, yea him that is yet unborn to be better at ease than they both, because he seeth not the miserable works that are done under the sun. Woe is him that is alone, for if he fall he hath not another to help him up. The .v. Chapter. IF thou make a vow unto god, be not slack to perform it. Is for foolish vows he hath no pleasure in them. If thou promise any thing pay it, for better it is that thou make no vow, then that thou shouldest promise and 〈◊〉. He that loveth money will never be satisfied with mo●●…: And who so delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Like as he came naked out of his mother's womb so go the he thither again, and carrieth nothing away with him of all his labour. ¶ The vii Chapter. A Good name is more worth, then precious ointment. It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into an banqueting house. Better it is to consider the end of a thing, than the beginning. Use well the time of prosperity, and remember the time of misfortune. Be thou neither to righteous, nor over wise that thou perish not, be neither to unrighteous also nor to foolish lest thou die before thy time. There is not one just upon earth that doth good and sinneth not. The viii Chapter. BEcause that evil works are not hastily punished, the heart of man giveth himself to wickedness. The ix Chapter. THey that belyving, know that they shall die, but they that or dead, know nothing: neither deserve they any more. For their memorial is forgotten, so that they be neither loved, hated, nor envy: neither have they any more part in the world in all that is done under the sun. Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power. For in the grave that thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge, nor wisdom. For a man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle, and as the birds are caught with the snare, even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them. The ten Chapter. A Bablet of his tongue is no better than a serpent that stingeth without hysiing. Woe be unto thee, o thou land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets. But well is thee o thou land, whose king is come of nobles, and whose princes eat in due season, For necessity, and not for lust. Wish the king no evil in thy thought●, and speak no hurt of the rich in thy privy chamber, for a bird of the air shall betray thy voice, & with her feathers shall she bewrayethy words. The xi Chapter. WHen the tree falleth, whether it be toward the South or North in what place so ever it fall there it lieth. ¶ The book of wisdom the first Chapter. Wisdom shall not enter into a froward soul, nor dwell in the body that is subdued unto sin. The mouth that speaketh lies, stayeth the soul. The ii Chapter. Thorough envy of the devil came death into the world. The iii Chapter. GLorious is the fruit of good labour, and that root of wisdom shall never fade away. The four Chapter. Ace is an honourable thing, nevertheless it standeth not only in the length of time, nor in the multitude of years, but a man's wisdom is the grey hear, and an undefiled life is the old age. The .v. Chapter. THe righteous shall live for evermore, their reward also is with the lord, and their remembrance with the highest. The vi Chapter. MErry is granted unto the simple, but they that be in authority shallbe soreptin● shed. The keeping of the law is perfection, and an uncorrupt life, maketh a man familiar with god. The multitude of the wise, is the welfare of the world, and a wise king is the vyholding of the people. The vii Chapter. Wisdom is the breath of the power of god, and a pure clean expressing of the clearness of almighty god. God loveth no man, but him, in whom wisdom dwelleth. The ix Chapter. A Mortal and corruptible body is heavy to the soul, and the catthlye mansion keepest down that understanding that museth upon many things. The xi Chapter. LObe wherewithal a man sinneth; by the same also shall he he punished. Thou hast ordered all things in measure numbered and weight. The xii Chapter. WHere as thou dost but chasten us, thou p●nyshest our enemies divers ways, to the intent that when we punish we should remember thy goodness, & when we out selves are punished to put our trust in thy mercy. The xiii Chapter. BY the greatness and beauty of the creature, the maket thereof may plainly be known. The xiiii Chapter. CUrsed is the idol that is made with hands yea both it, and he that made it. The xvi Chapter. It was neither herb nor piastre that restored them to health, but thy word o Lord, which healest all things. It is thou o Lord, that haste power of life and death, thou leadest unto deaths door, and bringest up again. The xvii Chapter. IT is an heavy thing, when a man's own conscience beareth record of his wickedness, and condemneth him. And why? a vexed and a wounded conscience, taketh ever trowel things in hand. ¶ The book of jesus the son of Sirach the first Chapt. THe fear of the Lord is the rote of wisdom, & her branches are long life. The ii Chapter. LIke as gold and silver are tried in the sire, euē●o are acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Better it is for us to fall into the hands of the lord, them into the hands of men: for his merceye is it great as himself. The iii Chapter. HOuoure thy father in deed, in word, and in all patience, that thou mayest have god● biessing and his blessing shall abide with thece● the last. The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all thyngee: and thou shalt find favour in the sight of god. Seek not out the things that are about thy capacity, and search not the ground of such things as are to mighty for thee, but look what god hath commanded thee, think upon that all way, and be not curious in many of his works For it is not needful for thee to see with thine eyes the things that are secret. Make not thou to much search in superfluous thyngee, and be not curious in many of his works, for many things are showed unto thee already, which be above the capacity of men. The meddling with such hath beguiled many a man, and tangled their wits in vanity. Now, he that loveth petell shall perish therein. God hath respect unto him that is thankful, he thinketh upon him, against the time to come so that when he falleth, he shall find a strong hold. The four Chapter. CAst not thine eyes aside from the poor for any evil will, that thou give him none occasion to speape evil by thee. For if he complaint of thee, in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shallbe heard, even he that made him shall heart him. My son, make much of time, eschew the thing that is evil, and for thy life shame not to die the truth. For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth worship and favour. Be not hasty in thy tongue, neither slack and negligent in thy works. Let not thine hand be stretched out to recepue, and shut when thou shuldeit give. The .v. Chapter. BEcause thy son is given thee, be not therefore without fear neither heap one sin upon another: And say not: tush, the mercy of the lord is great, he shall forgive me my sins, be they never so many For like as he is merciful, so goeth wrath from him also, and his indignation cometh down upon sinners. Make no tarrying to turn unto the Lord, and put not of from day to day, for sodenty shall his wrath come, and in the time of vengeance he shall destroy thee. Be swift to hear, but slow and patient in giving answer. The vi Chapter. Hold friend ship with many, nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand. If thou gettest a friend prove him first, & be not hasty to give him credence. For some man is a friend but for a time, and will not abide in the day of trouble. And there is some friend that turneth to enemitte, and taketh part against thee, and if he know any hurt by thee, he telleth it out. Again some friend is but a companion at the table, and in the day of need he continueth not. But a sure friend will be unto thee, even as thy dooneselte, and deal faithfully with thy household folk. If thou suffer trouble and adversity he is with thee, and hideth not himself from the. A faithful friend is a strong defence who so findeth such a one, findeth a treasure. A faith full friend hath no pear, the weight of gold and seiver is not to be compared to the goodness of his faith. A faith full friend is a medicine of life, and they that fear the Lord shall sinned him. The vii Chapter. BInd not ii sins together, for in one sin shalt thou not be unpunished. Use not to make any manner of lie, for the customs thereof are not good. give not over thy friend for any good, nor thy faithful brother for the best gold. Love a discrete servant as thine old soul, defraud him not of his liberty, neither leave him a poor man. If thou have daughters, keep their bodies, and show not thy face cheerful toward them. Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou perform a weighty matter, but give her to a man of understanding. Fear the Lord with all thy Soul, and honour his priests, give them their portion of the first fruits, and increase of the earth, like as it is commanded the. etc. Be liberal unto all men living, yet let not, but do good, even unto them that are dead. The viii Chapter. Gold and silver hath undone many a man, even the hearts of kings hath it made to fall. Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself, if thou lendest him, count it but lost. Be not surety above thy power, if thou be, then think surely to pay it. The ix Chapter. Turn away thy face from a beautiful woman, and look not upon the fatrenes of her. Maope a man hath perished thorough the beautre of women. For thorough it the desire is kindled as it were a fire. For sake not an old friend, for the new shall not be like him. A new friend is new wine, let him be old, and thou shalt drink him with pleasure. Let all thy talking be in the commandments of the highest. The ten Chapter. AS the judge of the people is himself, even so are his officers: and look what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are they that dwell within also. Remember no wrong of thy neighhoure? Why art thou proud, o thou earth and ashes? There is nothing worse than a covetous man there is not a more wicked thing than to love money, and why? such one hath his soul to sell, yet is he but filthy dung while he liveth. The beginning of man's pride, is to fall away from God: and why? his heart is gone from his maket: for pride is the originail of all sin. The xi Chapter. Give no sentence, before thou hast heard the cause, but fieste let men tell out their tales. When thou art in welfare, forget not adversity, and when it goeth not well with thee, have a good hope that it shall be better. The xii Chapter. IN prosperity a friend shall not be known, and in adver sitie an enemy shall not be hid, for when a man is in wealth, it grieveth his enemy, but in heaviness and trouble, a man shall know his friend. The xiii Chapter. He taketh a burden upon him, that accompanieth a more honourable man than himself, therefore keep no familiarity with one that as richer than thyself. If thou be called of a mighty man, absent thyself, so shall he call the to him the more oft. Please not thou unto him, that thou be not shut outs, but go not thou to far of, least he forget thee: withdraw not thyself from his speech, but believe not his many words, for with much communication shall he tempt thee, & with aprivy mock shall he question with the of thy secrets. If a rich man fall, his friends set him up against: but when the poor falleth, his acquaintance forsake him. If a rich man fall into an error, he hath many helpers, he speaketh proud words, and yet men justify him. But if a posre man go wrong: he is punished ryea, though he speak wisely, yet can it have no place, when the rich man speaketh, every man holdeth their tongues, & look what he saith, they praise it unto the clouds, but if the poor man speak: they say, what fellow is this? and if he do amiss, they shall destroy him. The xiiii Chapterr. ALl flesh shall fade away like grass, & like a flourishing leaf in a green tree, some grow, some are cast down, even so is the generation of all flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, another is borne. The xv. Chapter. GOd made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel. God hath set water and fire before thee, teach out thine hand unto which thou wilt. Before man is life and death, good and evil, look what him liketh, shallbe given him. The xvi Chapter. BEtter it is for a man to die without children, then to leave behind him such children as are ungodrye. God judgeth a man according to his werches. The xviii Chapter. Learn before thou speak, and go to physic or ever thou belicke, examine and judge thyself before the judgement come, and so shalt thou find grace in the sight of god. Before thou prayest, prepare thy soul, and be not as one that tempteth god. Follow not thy lusts, but turn the from thine own will: for if thou genest thy soul her desires, it shall make thine enemies to laugh the to scorn. The xix Chapter. HE that maketh not muck of small things, shall fall by little and little. Wine and women make wise men runagates, and put men of underslanding to reproof. He that is hasty to give credence, is light emynded and doth against himself. A man may be known by his face, and one that hath understanding, may be perceived by the look of his countenance. A man's garment, laughter, and going declateth what he is. The twenty Chapter. AWyse man will hold his tongue, till he see opportunity, but a wanton and undiscrete body shall regard no time. I these is better, than a man that is accustomed to lie. He that pleaseth great men, shall escape much tryll. Rewards and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and make him dumb, that he cannot tell men their faults. Wisdom that is hide, and treasure that is hoardward up, what profit is in them both? The xxi Chapter. The talking of a fool is like an heavy burden by the way, but to hear a wise man speak, it is a pleasure. I fool lifteth up his voice with laughter, but a wise man shall scarce laughed secretly. The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. The xxii Chapter. MAke but a little weeping because of the brad, for he is come to rest. Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a suit seal upon my lips, that I fall not with them, and that my tongue destroy me not. The xxiii Chapter. LEt not thy mouth be accustomed with foo●tyng, for in it there are many fallen. I man that useth much sweeting, shall be filled with wickedness, and the plague shall never go from his house. The xxv Chapter. There things there are, that my spirit favoureth, which be also allowed before god and men. The unity of brethren, the love of neygheboures, a man & wise that agree well together. Three things there be which my soul hateth, and I utterly abhorred the life of them. A poor man that is proud. A rich man that is a liar, and an old body that doteth, and is unchaste. All wichednesse is nothing to the wickedness of a woman. There is no wrath above the wrath of a woman. Of the woman came the beggynning of sin, and thorough her we all are dead. The xxvi Chapter. THere be three things that my heart feareth, and my face is afraid of the fourth: treason in a city, a seditious people, and noisome tongues, all these are mightier than death. But when one is jealous over his wife, it bringeth pain and sorrow unto the heart. The whoredom of a woman may be known the pride of her eyes, and eyelids. There be two things that grave my heart, and the third is a displeasure come upon me. When an expert man of war suffereth scarcenesss and poverty. When men of understanding and wisdom are not set by and when one departeth from righteousness unto sin. There be two manner of things, which me think to be hard and perilous. A merchant cannot lightly keep bym from wrong, neither a taverner himself from sin. The xxvii Chapter. Like as a nail in the wall stieketh fast betwixt two stones, even so doth sin stick betwixt the bier and the seller. The tree of the field is known by his fruit, so is the thought of man's heart known by his words. The xxviii Chapter. THe more wood there is, the more vehement is this fire, and the mightier that men be, the greater is the wrath, and the longer that the stryle endureth, the more it burneth. Thou hedgest thy goods with thorns, why dost thou not rather make doors and bars for thy mouth? Thou weyest thy gold and silver why dost thou not weigh thy words upon the balance? The xxix Chapter. Help the poor for the commandments sake, & let him not go empty from thee, because of his necessity. Say up thy alms in the hand of the poor and it shall keep the from all evil. Surety ship hath destroyed many a rich man. Better it is to have a poor living in a man's own house, then delicate fare among the strange. The xxx Chapter. THere is no richesse above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart. Heaviness hath slain many a man, and bring the no profit, zeal, and anger shorten the days of the life, carefulness and sorrow, bring age before the time. Unto a merry heart every thing hath a good taste that he eateth. The xxxi Chapter. Travail and carefulness for richesse taketh away the sleep, and maketh the flesh to consume. He that loveth richesse, shall not be iustityed. If thou sit at a great man's table, open not thy mouth wide upon it, and make not many words. If thou feelest that thou hast eaten to much arise, go thy way, cast it out of thy stomach & take thy rest, and it shall ease thee, so that thou shalt bring no sickness unto thy body. Wine soberly drunken quickeneth the life of man. If thou drinkest it measurably, thou shalt be temperate. What life is it, that may continue without wine? Wine was made from the beginning to make men glad, and not for drunkenness. wy●e measurably drunken is a reioy sing of the so●le and body. I measurable drinking is health to sou●e and body. But if it be drunken with excess it maketh bitterness and sorrow unto the mind. Drunkenness fylseth the mind of the foolish with shame and ruin, minisheth the strength and maketh wounds. The xxxii Chapter. IF thou be made a ruler, pride not thyself therein, but be thou as one of the people. Like as the Carbuncle stone shineth that is set in gold, so doth a song garnish the wine feast: and as the smaragd that is set in gold, so is the sweetness of music by the mirth of wine. The xxxiii Chapter. BE sure of the matter, then talk thereof. Be fyrse well instruct, then mayest thou give answer. Why doth one day excel another seeing all the days of the year come of the sun? the wisdom of God hath so parted them a sondre, and so hath he ordained the times and solemn feasts. Some of them hath he chosen and hallowed before other days. And all men are made of the ground, and out of the earth of Adam. In the multitude of science hath the lord sundered them, and made their ways of diverse fashion: Some of them hath he blessed, made much of them, hallowed them, and claimed them to himself. But some of them hath he cursed, brought them low and put them out of their estate. give not thy son and wife, thy brother & friend, power over the while thou lyvesle and give not away thy substance and good to another, lest it repent thee, and thou be fain to beg therefore thyself. As long as thou livest, and haste breath, let no man change thee. For better it is that thy children do pray thee, then that thou shouldest be fain to look in their hands. The fodder, the whip, and the burden belongeth unto the Ass: Meat, correction & work unto thy servant. If thou have a faithful servant, let him be unto thee, as thine own soul, entreat him as a brother, for in blood hast thou gotten him. It thou have a servant, hold him as thyself, for thou hast need of him as of thy life. The xxxiiii Chapter. WHoso regardeth dreams, is like him that will take hold of a shadow, and follow after the wind. soothsaying, witchcraft, sorcery, and dreaming is but vanity. For dreams have deceived many a man and failed them that put their trust in them. Whoso bringeth an offering out of the goods of the poor, doth even as one that killeth the son, before the father's eyes. The bread of the needful is the life of the poor, he that defraudeth him thereof, is a man of blood. Whoso robbeth his neighbour of his living doth as great sin, as though he slew him to death. He that defraudeth the labourer of his heir is a blood shedder. He that washeth himself because of a dead body, and toucheth the dead again, what doth his washing? So it is with with a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth them again: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his fasting help him. The xxxv Chapter. THe offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat and a sweet smell is it before the highest. hallow thy tithes unto god with gladness. give unto god according as he hath enriched and prospered thee, and look what thy hand is able, give with a cheerful eye: for the Lord recompenseth, and giveth thee seven times as much again. The xxxvi Chapter. AFeyre wife rejoiceth her husband, and a man loveth nothing better. If she be loving and virtuous withal, then is not her husband like other men. He that hath gotten a virtuous woman, hath a goodly possession, she is unto him a help, and pillar where upon he resteth. The xxxvii Chapter. HOld thy rounsayle fast in thy heart, for there is no man more faithful to keep it, than thou thyself. Before all thy works ask counsel first, and or ever thou dost any thing, be well advised. Be not greedy in every eating, and be not to hasty upon all meats: for excess of meats bringeth sickness, and gluttony cometh at the last to an unmeasurable heat. Thorough surfeit have many one perished, but he that dyeteth himself temperately, prolongeth his life. The xxxviii Chapter. HOnour the Physician, honour him because of necessity. God hath created him, for of the highest cometh medicine, and he shall receive gifts of the king. The wisdom of the physician bringeth him to great worship, and in the sight of the great men of this world, he shallbe honourably taken. My son, bring fourth thy tears over the dead, and begin to mourn, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself: and then cover his body after a convenient manner, & despise not his burial. Enforce thyself to weep, and provoke thyself to mourn, and make lamentation expediently, and that a day or two, least thou be evil spoken of, and then comfort thyself because of thy heaviness. For of heaviness cometh death. The xl Chapter. TO labour and to be content with that a man hath is a sweet pleasant life, and that is to find a treasure above all treasures. The xli Chapter. O Death how bitter is the remembrance of thee, to a man that seeketh rest and comfort in his substance and riches, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things, yea unto him that yet is able to receive meat. O Death how acceptable & good is thy judgement unto the needful, & unto him whose strength faileth, and that is now in the last age, and that all things is full of care and fearfulness, unto him also that is in despair, and hath no hope, nor patience? Labour to get the a good name; for that shall continue surer by thee, than a thousand great treasures of gold. Be ashamed to look upon another man's wife, and to make any trifling words with her maiden, or to stand by her bedsyde. The xlii Chapter. Like as the worm and moth, cometh out of the clothing, so doth wickedness come of women. The xlvii Chapter. Like as the fat is taken away from the offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel. The xlix. Chapter. ALl Kings, except David, Hezechias, and josiah, committed wickedness. But upon the earth is there noman created like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth. The li Chapter. Work the lords work by times, and he shall give you your reward in due season. ¶ The Prophecy of Isaiah the first Chapter. THe Ox hath known his owner, and the Ass his masters cryb, but Israel hath received no knowledge, my people hath no understanding. Offer me no more oblations, for it is but lost labour. Incesse is an abominable thing unto me, your fastings are also in vain. I may not away with your new holy days and fastyngs, I hate them even from my very heart, they make me weary, I cannot abide them, when ye hold out your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all, saying your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean, put away your evil thoughts out my sight, cease from doing of evil, learn to do right, apply yourselves to equity deliver the oppressed, help the fatherless to his right, let the widows complaint come before you. etc. If ye be loving and obedient, ye shall enjoy the best thing that groweth in the land. But if ye be obstinate and rebellious, ye shallbe devoured with the sword, for the Lord hath promised with his own mouth. The ii Chapter. THe glory of the lords majesty, casteth down the high looks of the presumptuous personnes, and bringeth low the pride of man. The iii Chapter. Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies. But woe be to the ungodly, and unrighteous, for they shallbe rewarded after their works. saying the daughters of Zion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes, saying they come in tripping so nicely with their feet. Therefore shall the Lord shave their heads, and shall discover their shame, in that day shall the LORD take away the gorgiousenesse of their apparel and spangs chains, Partelets, and colers, bracelets, and hoones, the goodly flowered, wide and broidered rayment, brooches and handebandes, rings and garlands, holy day clothes and vales, kerchefes and pings, glasses and cypresses, bonnets and taches. And in stead of good smell, there shallbe stink among them, and for their girdles, there shallbe lose bands, and for well set hear, there shallbe baldness, in stead of a stomacher, a sack cloth, and for their bewetye, wytherdenesse, and Sun burning. your husbands and mighty men, shall perish with the sword in battle. The .v. Chapter. judge I pray you betwixt me and my vine yard. what more could have been done for it, that I have not done? wherefore then hath it given thorns, where I looked to have had grapes of it? woe unto them that join one house to another, and bring one land so nigh unto another, that the poor can get no more ground, and that ye may dwell upon the earth alone. Woe be unto them that rise up early to follow drunkenness, and to them that continue so until night, and till they be set on fire with wine. Woe be unto them, that draw wickedness unto them with cords of vanity, and sin, as it were with a cart rope. Woe be unto them that call evil good, and good evil, which made datkenesse light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet, and sweet sour. Woe be unto them that are wise in their own sight, and think themselves to have understanding. Woe be unto them that are strong to suppen out wine, and expert men to set up dronckenesse. The vi Chapter. GO and tell this people, ye shall hear in deed, but ye shall not understand, ye shall plainly see, and not perceive. Harden the hearts of this people, stop their ears and shut their eyes, that they see not with their eyes, hear not with their ears, and understand not with their hearts, and convert, and be healed. The vii Chapter. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and (thou his mother) shalt cell his name Emanuel: butter and honey shall he ear, that he may know to refuse the evil, and chose the good. The viii Chapter. Sanctify the Lord of hosts, let him be your fear and dread. For he shallbe the holy place to fly to, and stone to stumble at, the rock to fall upon, a snare and net to both the houses of Israel, and the inhabitors of jerusalem. And many shall stumble, fall, and be broken upon him, yea, they shallbe snared and taken. The ix Chapter. THe people that walk in darkness have sent a great light. As for them that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Unto us a child is borne, and unto us a son is given, upon his shoulder doth the kingdom ly●, and he is called with his own name wonderful, the giver of counsel, the mighty God, the everlasting father, the prince of peace, he shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same, and to stablish it with equity and righteousness from hence for the for evermore. The ten Chapter. Woe be unto them that make unrighteous laws, and devise things which be to hard for to keep: where thorough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocentes of my people rob of judgement: that widows may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherless. What will ye do in time of the vysytation. etc. Shall the are boast itself against him that heweth there with? or doth the saw make any bragging against him that ruleth it, that were even like, as if the rod did exalt itself against him that beareth it, or as though the staff should magnify itself, as woe say it were no wood. The xi Chapter. ANd there shall come a rod forth of the kindred of isaiah, and a blossom shall flourish out of his root. The spirit of the LORD shall light upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and streng thee, the spirit of knowledge, and of fear of the LORD, and shall make him fervent in the fear of GOD. For he shall not give sentence after the thing that shallbe brought before his eyes, neither reprove a matter at the first hearing but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and with holiness shall he reform the simple of the world. He shall smite the world with the rod of his mouth, & with the breath of his mouth he shall slay the ungodly. righteousness shallbe the girdle of his loins, truth and faithfulness the girding of his reins. The xiii Chapter. BE hold the day of the lord shall come terryblye, and full of indignation, furor, and wrath to make the land waste, and to root out the sinners thereof. For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light, the Sun shallbe darkened in the rising, and the Moon shall not shine with his light. And I will punish the wickedness of the world, and the sins of the ungodly sayeth the lord. The xiiii Chapter. How art thou fallen from heaven (O Lucifer) thou fair mourning child? how Lass thou gotten a fall even to the ground, and art become weaker than the people? for thou saydesse in thy heart, I wylelymme up into heaven, and exalt my throne above, beside the stars of god. I will sit also upon the holy Mount toward the north, I willelyme up above the clouds, and will be like the highest of all, yet thou shalt be brought down to the dept of hell. The xxii Chapter. LEt us eat and drink, for to morrow we shall die. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder, so that he shall open and no man shall shut, he shall shut, and no man shall open. The xxv Chapter. Do, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he shall save us. The xxvi Chapter. THy deate men shall live, even with my body shall they rise again. The xxvii Chapter. IT is a people of no understanding, and therefore he that made them shall not favour them, and he that created them shall give them no grace. The xxviii Chapter. Therefore sayeth the Lord God, behold, I lay in Spon for a foundation a stone, even a tried stone a precious corner stone, a suit foundation. The xxix Chapter. FOr so much as this people when they be in trouble, do honour me with their mouth and with their lips, but their heart is far from, and the scare which they have unto me proceedeth of a commandment which is taught of men, therefore etc. woe unto them, that keepeth secret their thoughts, to hide their counsel from the LORD, and do their works in darkness saying, who seeth us? and who knoweth us? The xxx Chapter. THis is an obstinate people, and dissembling children, children that refuse to hear the law of the Lord. For they say unto the seers, see not, and to them that be clear of judgement, look not out right things for us, but speak fair words unto us, look out errors, get you out of this way, depart out of this path, and turn the holy one of Israel from us. The fire of pain is ordained from the beginning, yea, even for Kings it is prepared. This hath the Lord set in the deep, and made it wide, the burning where of is fire and much wood, the breath of the LORD, which is a tiver of brimstone doth kindle it. The xxxii Chapter. A King shall govern after the rule of righteousence, and the princes shall rule according to the balance of equity. The reward of righteousness shallbe peace, and her fruit rest and quietness for ever. The xxxiii Chapter. HE that leadeth a godly life say I, and speaketh the truth: he that abhorreth gains won by violence & disobeyed, he that keepeth his hand that it touch no reward, which stopeth his ears that he hear no counsel against the innocent blood, which holdeth down his eyes that he see none evil, he it is that shall dwell on high, whose safeguard shall be in 〈◊〉 bulwark of rocks, to him shall be given meat, and his waters shall not fail. The xxxv Chapter. GOd cometh his own self, and will deliver you, then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf opened, them shall the lame man leaye as an heart, and the dume man's tongue shall give thanks. The xxxvii Chapter. THeangell of the Lord went forth, & slew of the Assyrians host, an. C. lxxx. and .v. M. The, xxxviii. Chapter. HEzechtas turned his face toward the wall, prayed unto the Lord, and said. Remember O Lord, that I have walked before the in truth, and a steadfast heart, and have done the thing that is pleasant to the. The xl Chapter. I Voice cried in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, in the wilderness, make liraight the path for our God in the desert. Let all valleys be exalted, and every mountain & hill be laid low. What so is crooked, let it be made strait, and let the rough be made plainfeldes, for the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall at once see it, for why? the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Now cry, and the Prophet answered, what shall jerye? that all flesh is grass, and that all the goodliness thereof is as the frower of the field, the grass is withered, the flower falleth away, even so is the people as grass, when the breath of the Lord bloweth upon the in. Nevertheless whether the grass whither, or that the flower fade away, yet the word of god endureth for ever. Who hath reformed the mind of the Lord? or to whom hath he showed his counsel? or who is of his counsel to teach him? or who hath given him understanding, and hath taught him the path of judgement? who taught him cunning, & opened unto him the way of understanding. The xlii Chapter. WHo suffered jacob to be trodden under foot, & Israel to be spoiled? did not the Lord? because we have sinned against him, and have had no delight to walk in his wates, neither been obedient unto his law. The xlv Chapter. Turn you to me, all ye ends of the earth, that ye may be saved: for I am God, and there is else none. I swear by my self, out of my mouth cometh the word of righteousness, and that no man may turn: but all knees shall bow unto me and all tongues shall swear by my name, saying: verily in the Lord is my righteousness & strength. To him shall men come, but all they that think scorn of him, shall be confounded. And the whole seed of Israel shall be justified, and make their boast in the Lord, The xlix Chapter. HAd thus saith the Lord. In the time accepted have I heard thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped the. God hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his that be in trouble. But Zion said God hath forsaken, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Will a wife forget the child of her womb, & not pity the son whom she hath borne. And though she do forget, yet will I not forget the. Who so putteth his trust in me, shall not be confounded. The l Chapter. The lord god haths opened mine ear therefore can I not say nay, nor withdraw myself, but I offer my back unto the smiters, and my cheeks to the nippers. I turn not my face from shame and spitting, and the lord god shall help me, therefore shall I not be confounded, I have herdened my face like a flint stone. For I am sure that I shall not come to confusion. The lii Chapter. O How beautiful are the feet of the ambassa dour that bringeth the message from the mountain, and proclaimeth peace, that bringeth good tidings, and preacheth health, and saith unto Zion: thy god is the king. The liii Chapter. HE only hath taken on him our infirmities, and borne our pains. He was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our wickedness. The chastement of our peace was laid upon him and with his stripes we are healed. The lord hath heaped together upon him the iniquity of us all. He suffered violence and was evil entreated, and did not yet open his mouth. He shallbe led as a sheep to be slain, yet shall he be as slyll as a lamb before the shearer and not open his mouth He did never violence nor unright, neither hath there been any deceitfulness in his mouth. And he is weakened among the trangressons, which nevertheless hath taken away the sins of the multitude, and made intercession for the misdoers. The iu Chapter. seeketh Lord while he may he found, and call upon him while he is nigh. Let the ungodly man forsake his own way and the unrightnouse his own Imaginations, and turn again unto the Lord, so shall he be merciful unto him, and to our God, for he is very ready to forgive. The word that cometh out of my mouth. shall not turn again void unto me, but shall accomplish my will and prosper in the thing whereto I send it. The lvi Chapter. BLessed is he that taketh heed, that he unhallow not the Saboth, that is, he that keepeth himself, that he do none evil. ¶ My house shall be called an house for all people. The lvii Chapter. THe wicked have no peace, saith God. The lviii Chapter. Cry now as loud as thou canst, leave not of, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their affences, and the house of jacob their sins. Wherefore fast we, say they, and thou seest it not? we put our lives to straitenes, and thou regardeste it not. Behold, when ye fast, your just remaineth still, for ye do no less violence to your debtors: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Now ye shall not fast thus, that you may make your voice be heard above. Think you this fast pleaseth me, that a man should chasten himself for a day, and to wretch his hand about like ahoke, and to lie upon the earth in an hairy cloth? Should that be called faslinge, or a day that pleaseth the Lord? Doth not this fasling rather please me, that thou lose him out of bondage, that is in thy danger? that thou break the oath of wicked bargains? that you let the oppressed go free, and take from them all manner of burthene? to deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the poor wandering, home into thine house, when thou feast the naked that thou cover him, and not thy face from thy neighbour? The lix Chapter. BEhold, the lords hand is not so shortened that it cannot help, neither is his ear so stopped that it may not hear: But your misdeeds have separated you from your god, and your sins hide his face from you, that he heareth you not. The lxiiii Chapter. WE are all as an unclean thing, and all our right cousnesse are as the clothes stained with flowers of a woman, we fall every cheone, as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind. The .lxv. Chapter. THus sayeth the Lord God. Behold my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold my seruavauntes shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shallbe confounded. Behold my servants shall rejoice for a very quietness of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and complain for vexation of mind. The. ixvi. Chapter. THus shall the hand of the Lord be known among his servants, and his indignac●on among his enemies. For behold the lord shall come with fyr●, and his chariot shallbe sykes whyrlewind, that he may recompense his vengeance in his wrath, and his indinguation with the flame of fire for the lord shall judge all flesh with the fire, and with his sword, and there shallbe agreate number slain of the lord. They shall go forth, and look upon the catyons of them that have transgressed against me. For their worms shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and all flesh shall abhor them. The book of the Prophet jeremy the i Chapter. BEfore I fashioned thee in thy mother's womb I did know thee: And or ever thou waste borne, I sanctified thee, and ordained the to be a prophet unto the people. The iii Chapter. COmmonly, when a man putteth away his wife and she goeth from him, and marrieth with another, than the question is, should he resort unto her any more after that? is not his wife then defiled and unclean? But as for thee, thou haste played the harlot with many loverrs, yet turn again to me, sayeth the lord. juda hath committed fornication with stones and stocks. The health of Israel standeth only upon god our lord. The four Chapter. BE circumcised in the Lord, and cut away the forestynne of your hearts, all ye of juda, and all the indwellers of jerusalem, that my indignation break not our like sire and kindle, so that noman may quench it, because of the wickedness of your imaginations. The .v. Chapter. Among my people are found wicked persons, that privily lay snares and wait for men to take them and destroy them. And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsehood and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and tyches, hereof are they fat and wealthy, & are more mischievous than any other. The vi Chapter, ERom the least unto the most, they hang all upon covetousness, and from the Prophet unto the priest, they go all about with falsehood & lies. And beside that, they heal the hurt of mi people with sweet words, saying: peace, peace, when there is no peace at all. Thus saith the lord, go into the streets, consider and make inquisition for the old way, and if it be the good and right way, then go there in that ye may find rest for your souls, but they say we will not walk therein. The vii Chapter. TRust not in false lying words, saying: here is the temple of the lord, here is the temple of the lord, here is the temple of the lord. But rather in deed amend your ways and counsels, and judge right betwixt a man and his neigh● bower, oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, shed not innocent blood in this place, cleave not to strange gods to your own destruction, then will I let you dwell in this place, ye in the land that I gave afore time unto your fathers for ever. The viii Chapter. ODD men fall so that they arise not up again? or if Israel repent, will not god turn again to them? Wherefore then is the people, and jerusalem gone so far back, that they turn not again? they are ever the longer the more obstinate, and will not be converted. The ix Chapter. THus sayeth the lord, let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the rich man in his riches. But whoso will rejoice, let him rejoice in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me, for I am the lord which do mercy, equity, and righteousness upon the earth. The ten Chapter. Now I know (O Lord) that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings: Therefore chasten thou us, O Lord, but with favour, not in thy wrath, bring us not utterly to naught. power out thine indignation rather upon the gentiles, that know the not, and upon the people that call not on thy name. The xiii Chapter. May a man of Jude change his skin, and the cat of the mountain her spots? no more may ye that be exercised in evil, do good. The xiiii Chapter. ANd the lord said unto me. The Prophets preach lies in my name, where as I have not sent them, neither gave I them any charge, neither did speak unto them, yet they preach unto you false visions, charmying, vanity, and disceytfulnes of their own heart. The xvii Chapter. cursed be the man that putteth his trustein man, and taketh flesh for his arm, and he, whole heart departeth from the lord. O blessed is the man, that put his trust in the Lord, and whose hope is the LORD himself. Among all things, man hath the must deceitful and stubborn heart. The xviii Chapter. WHen I take in hand to rote out, to destroy or to waste away any people or kingdoms, if the people against whom I have thus devised, convert from their wickedness, I repent of the plague that I devised to bring upon them. Again, when I take in hand to build or to plant a people or a kingdom, if the same people doyll before me, and hear not my voice, I repent of the good that I devised to do for them. The xxii Chapter. ANd all the people that go by this city shall speak one to an other, wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this noble city? Then shall it be answered, because they have broken the commandment of the Lord their God, and worshipped and served strange Gods. woe worth him that buildeth this house with unrighteousness, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, whichenever recompenseth his neighbours labour, nor payeth him his hire. The xxiii Chapter. Do not I fulfil heaven and earth, faith the Lord Is not my word like a fire saith the Lord? and like a hammer that breaketh the hard stone? The xxxi. Chapter. THus layeth the Lord, the voice of heaviness weeping, and lamentation, was heard on high, even of Rachel mourning for her children, and would not be comforted because they were away. I will plant my law in the inward parts of them, and write it in their hearts, & will be their God, and they shall be my people. And from thence for the shall no man teach his neighbour or his brother, and say: know the lord: but they shall all know me from the lowest unto the highest, saith the lord. For I will forgive their mildedes, and will never remember their sins any more. The xxxii Chapter. Thine eyes look upon all the ways of men's children, to reward every one after his way, and according to the fruits of his inventions. The xxxix Chapter. THe King of Babylon caused the children of Zedechis, and all the nobles of juda to be stain before his face at Reblath: and made Zedechias eyes to be put our, and bound him with two chains, and sent him to Babylon. The xlviii Chapter. OUrsed be he, that doth the work of the Lord negligently. The xlix Chapter. THough thy nest were as high as the Eagles, yet will I cast the down sayeth the lord. The li Chapter. COnfounded be all casters of Idols for the thing that they make is but disobeyed, and hath no breath, vain it is, and an erroneous work: and in the time of visitation it shall perish. The lamentation of jeremy the first Chapter. Jerusalem hath sinned cure more & more: therefore is she come in decay. All they that had her in honour despise her, for they have seen her filthiness Yea she sigheth, and is a shamed of herself. O all ye that go fathy, behold and see, if there be any sorrow, like unto mine, wherewith the LORD hath troubled me, in the day of his fearful wrath. The iii Chapter. IT is of the lords mercies, that we are not utterly consumed. The Lord is my portion, sayeth my soul, therefore will I hope in him. O how good is the lord unto them, that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him. O how good is it for a man to take thy yoke upon him from his youth up? The Lord will not forsake for ever, but though he punish, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again for he doth not plague, and cast out the children of men from his heart. The four Chapter. THe women, which of nature are pitiful, have sodden their own children with their hands, that they might be their meat in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people. The book of the Prophet Ezechiel the iii Chapter. THe house of Israel will not follow thee, for they will not follow me, yea all the house of Israel have stiff foreheads, and hard hearts. Y● I say unto the concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt, he must die, and thou givest not him warning, nor speakest unto him that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live: than shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness: but his blood will I require of thine hand. Nevertheless if thou give warning unto the wicked, and yet he forsake not his ungodliness, then shall he die in his own wickedness, but thou haste discharged thy soul. Now if a righteous man go from his righteousness, and do the thing that is evil: I will lay a stumbling block before him, and he shall die, because thou haste given him warning, yea die shall he in his own sin, so that the virtue that he did before, shall not be thought upon, but his blood will I require of thine hand. Nevertheless if thou exhortest the righteous that he sin not, and so the righteous do no sin, then shall he live, because he hath retryved thy warning, and thou hast discharged thy soul xxxiii Ca The .v. Chapter. IN the jerusalem, the fathers shallbe fain to eat they: own sons, and the sons their own father's. The xi Chapter. THat stony heart will I take out of your● body and give you a fleshly heart, that ye may walk in my commandments, and keep my ordinances, and do them, that ye maych● my people, and I your god. The xiii Chapter. WOE be unto you, that sow pillars under all arm holes, & bolsters under the heads both of young and old to catch souls withal. For when ye have gotten the souls of my people in your captivity, ye promise them ly●e, and dishonour me to my people for an handful of barley and for a piece of bread, when ye kill the souls of them that die not, and promise life to them ●hat live not. Thus ye dissemble with my people, that believeth your lies. The xvi Chapter. Behold, the sins of Sodoma were these, pride, fullness of meat, abundance of idleness, these things had she, and her daughters: besides that, they reached not their hand to the poor and needy, but were proud, and did abominable things before me, and therefore I took them away, as pleased me. The xviii Chapter. THe fatherless have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. The soul that sinneth, shall die. If a man be godly, and do the thing that is equal & right and dareth nothing upon usury, he taketh nothing over, this is a righteous man, he shall surely live saith the lord God. If he now get a son that is a murderer, or that dareth upon usury, and taketh moreover, shall this man lyves he shall not live. The son shall not bear the father's offence neither shall the father bear the sons offence, the righteousness of the righteous shallbe upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shallbe upon himself also. If the ungodly will turn away from all his sins that he hath done, and keep all my commandments, and do the thing that is equal and right: doubtless he shall live, and not die. As for all his sins that he did before, they shall not be thought upon, but in his righteousness that he hath done, he shall live, for have I any pleasure in the death of a sinner, sayeth the lord god, but rather that he convert and live? Again if the righteous turn away from his righteousness, and do iniquity, according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth, shall he live? All the righteousness that he hath done shall not be thought upon: but in the fault that he hath offended withal, and in the sin that he hath done, he shall die. The xxxiii Chapter. COme let us hear what word is gone forth from the lord. These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, as who saith they were my people, they sit down before thee, and hear thy words but they do not there after. For in their mouths they make a teste of them, and their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre, and as a bailet that hath a sweet tune, and is pleasant to sing so shalt thou be unto them: thy words shall they hear, but they will not do there after. The xxxiiii Chapter. WOE be unto the shepherds of Israel, that feed themselves. Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? ye have eaten up the fat ye have clothed you with the will, the best fed have ye slain, but the flock have ye not nourished. The weak have ye not holden up, the sirko have ye not healed, the broken have ye not bound together, the outcasts have ye not brought again, the ioste have ye not sought, but churlyshelye and cruelly have ye ruled them. Thus are they scattered here & there without a shepherd. Yea all the beasts of the field devour them, and they go astray. etc. The xxxvi Chapter. I will take you from among the Heathen, and gather you together out of all countries, and bring you again into your own land. Then will I pour clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean, yea, from all your uncleanness and from all your idols shall I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, & a new spirit will I put into you. As for that stony heart, I will take it out of your body, and give you a fleshly heart. I will give my spirit among you, and cause you to walk in my commandments to keep my laws and to fulfil them. The xxxvii Chapter. Behold I will open your graves, (O my people) and take you out of your sepulchres and bring you into the land of Israel again. So shall ye know that I am the lord, when I open your graves, and bring you out of them. My spirit also will I put in you, and ye shall live. I will se●te you again in your own land, and ye shall know that I am the Lord, which have said it, and fulfilled it in deed. The xliii Chapter. O Thou son of man, this tome is my feat, and the place of my foot steps, where as I will dwell among the children of Israel for evermore. The xliiii Chapter. THey shall not shave their heads, nor nourish the bush of their hear, but round their heads only. All the priests that go into the inmost court, shall drink no wine. They shall marry no widow, neither one that is put from her husband, but a maid of the scede of the house of Israel, or a widow that hath had a priest before. The xlv Chapter. Upon the xiiii day of the first month, ye shall keep Easter, seven days shall the feast continue, wherein there shall no sour nor levended bread be eaten. One sycle maketh twenty garres. So twenty sickles, and xxv and xu sickles make a pound. The xlvi Chapter. If the Prince give a gift unto any of his sons, then shall it be his sons heritage perpetual, that he may possess it. But if he will give one of his servants, some of his heritage, it shall be his unto the free year, and then to return again unto the Prince: for his heritage shall be his sons only. The book of the Prophet Daniel the ii Chapter. ANd Daniel praised the God of heaven. Daniel also cried loud, and said: O that the name of GOD might he praised for ever and ever, for wisdom and strength are his own, he changeth the times and ages, he putteth down kings, he setteth up kings, he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and understanding to those that understand, he openeth the deep secrets he knoweth the thing that lieth in darkness, for the light dwelleth with him. The four Chapter. Wherefore O king be content with my counsel, that thou mayest redeem thy sins with alinesse, and thine▪ offences with mercy to poor people, for this shallbe an healing of thine error. O king Nabuchodonozor, to the it is spoken. Thy kingdom shall depart from thee, thou shalt be cast out of men's company, thy dwelling shallbe with the beasts of the field, so that thou shalt eat grass as an Ox, till seven years be come and goen over thee, even until thou knowest that the kygheste hath power upon the kingdoms of men, and that he may give them unto whom it pleaseth him. The .v. Chapter. MAne, Thetell, Phares. Now the interpretation of the thing is this. Mane God hath numbered the kingdom, and brought it to an end. Thetel, thou art weighed in the balance, and art found to light. Phares, thy kingdom is delie in parts, and given to the Medes and Parses. The vii Chapter. HE shall subdue three kings, and shall speak words against the highest of all, he shall destroy the saints of the most highest and think that he may change times and laws. They shall be given under his power, until a time, two times and half a time. But the judgement shall be kept, so that his power shallbe taken from him, for he shall be destroyed, and perish at the last. The ix Chapter. I Turned me unto my God the Lord for to pray and make mine intercercession with fasting sackcloth and ashes. We do not cast our prayers before thee in our own righteousness, no, but only in thy great mercies. The xii Chapter. THere shall come a time of trouble, such as never was, sense there began to be any people, unto the same time. Then shall thy people de delivered, yea, all those that be found written in the book. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting light, some to perpertuall shame and reproof, the wise, such as have taught other, shall glister as the shining of heaven, and those that have instruct the multitude unto godliness, shallbe as the stars, world without end. The xiii Chapter. Well, it is better for me, to fall into your bands with out the bede doyns, then to sin in the sight of the lord. ¶ The book of the Prophet Oseas The first Chapter. GO thy way, take an harlotiets thy wyfs, & get children by her. The ii Chapter. I Will have mercy upon her. that was without mercy. The four Chapter. THe lord must punish them that dwell in the land. And why? there is no truth, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of god in the land: but see eating lying, manslaughter, theft and adultery have gotten the upper hand, and one guiltiness followeth another. Therefore shall the land be in a miserable case, and all they that dwell therein shall be rooted out. The beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the see shall die. My people perish, because they have no know ledge. Whoredom, wine, and drunkenness taketh the heart away. The vi Chapter. I Have pleasure in loving kindness, and not in offering: yea in the knowledge of god more than in sacrifice. As the thieves armed, wait for him that passeth by the way: such is the counsel of the presses, which with one agterd counsel murder cruelly such as key the way: yea, they dare do all unspeakable mischief. The ten Chapter. Sow unto righteousness, & reap the fruits of well-doing, plough up your fresh land, for it is time to seek the lord, till he come and rain righteousness, upon you, but you have ploughed ungodliness, ye have reaped iniquity, you have eaten the fruit of lies. The xii Chapter. jacob took his brother by the heel, when he was yet in his mother's womb, and in his strength he wrestled with god, he strove with the angel, and got the victory: so that he prayed and desired him The xiii Chapter. O Israel, thine iniquity hath destroyed the. but in me only is thy help. O death, I will be thy death, O hell, I will be thy sling. The xiiii Chapter. THe ways of the lord are righteous, such as be godly will walk in them. As for the wicked, they will stumble therein. ¶ The book of the Prophet joel The first Chapter. WAke up ye drunkards, and weep, mourn all ye wine supper, because of your sweat wine: for it shallbe taken away from your mouth. Gird you, and mourn. O ye priests, mourn ye ministers of the altar go your way in, and sleep in sackeclothe proclaim a fasling, call the congregation, gather the elders, and all the inhabytoure of the land together in to the house of the lord your god, & cry unto the lord, alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the lord is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the almighty. The ii Chapter. The day of the lord cometh, and is hard at hand, a dark day, a glooming day, a cloudy day yea and a stormy day. Before him shallbe a consuming fire, and behind him a durning flame. The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shallbe moved. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine. This is that great & marvelous fearful day of the lord, & who is able to abydeit? I will show wonders in heaven above, & tokens in the earth beneath, blood and fire, and the vapours of smock, the sun shallbe turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before the great and notable day come of the lord. The ii Chapter. The time shall come, that whosoever calleth on the name of the lord, shall be saved. The iii Chapter. I shall gather all people together, & bring them in the valley of josaphat, and there will I reason with them. Let the people arise, and get them to the valley of josaphat, for there will I sit, and judge all heathen round about. ¶ The book of the Prophet Amos The fift Chapter. THey own him evil will, that reproveth them openly, and who so telleth them the plain truth, they abhor him. Seek after the thing that is good, and not evil, so shall ye live. Yea the Lord God of hosts shallbe with you according to your own desire. Shall not the day of the Lord be dark and not clear? shall it not be cloudy and no shime in it? The viii Chapter. Behold, the time cometh, sayeth the lord god, that I shall send an hunger into the earth, not the hunger of bread, nor the thirst of water, but an hunger to hear the word of God, so that they shall go from the one sea to the other, yea from the North unto the East, running about to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. The ix Chapter. Their covetousness shall fall upon all their heads, and their posterity shallbe slain with the sword. They shall not i'll away, there shall not one of them escape, nor be delivered. Though they were buried in the hell, my hand shall fetch them from thence, though they climb up to heaven, yet shall I cast them down, though they hide themselves upon the top of Larmel, yet shall I seek them out, and bring them from thence: though they creep down fro my sight in to the deep of the see, I shall command the serpent, even there to bite them, if they go away before their enemies into captivity, then shall I command the sword there to slay them. Thus will I set mine eyes upon them, for their harm and not for their wealth. The book of the Prophet Abdy the first Chapter. THou sayest in thine heart, who shall cast me down to the ground? But though thou wentest up as ●ye as the Eagle, & madest thy nest above among the slarres, yet would I pluck the down from thence saith the lord. Like as thou haste done, so shalt thou be dealt withal. Upon the mount Zion shall the salvation be. The book of the Prophet jonas the first Chapter. THey took jonas and cast him into the sea, and the sea left raging. And the men feared the LORD exceedingly, doing sacrifices and making vows unto the Lord. The ii Chapter. The Lord prepared a great fish, to swallow up jonas. So was jonas in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. The iii Chapter. Jonas cried saying: There are yet forty days, and then shall Ninive be over thrown. And the people of Ninive believed god, and proclaimed fasting, and arrayed themselves in sackcloth, as well the great as the small of them. And the tidings came unto the King of Ninive, which rose out of his seat, and did his apparel of, and put on sack cloth, and sat him down in ashes. And it was cried and commanded in Ninive, by the authority of the king and his Lords, saying: See that neither man, nor beast, Ox or sheep taste ought at all, and that they neither feed nor drink water: but put on sackcloth both man and beast, and cry might lie unto god: yea, so that every man turn from his evil way, and from the wickedness that he hath in hand. Who can tell? god may turn and repent, and cease from his featte wrath, that we perish not. And when god saw their works how they turned from their wicked ways: he repented on the evil, which he said he would do unto them, and did it not. The four Chapter. I know well enough that thou art a merrifull god, full of compassion, long suffering, and of great kindness, and repentest when thou shouldest take punishment. The book of the Prophet Micheas the i chapter. Owo unto them, that ymagie● to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds to perform it in the cleate day, for their power is against god, when they count to have land, they take it be vyoience, they rob men of their house●. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage. Truth it is, my words are friendly unto them that live right: but my people doth the contrary, therefore must I take part against them, for they take away both coat and cloak from the simple. If I were a fleshly fellow, and a preacher of lies, and told them that they might sit bybbinge and bolling, and be drunken. O that were a prophet for this people. The iii Chapter. OHeare this ye rulers of the house of jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, ye that abhorred the thing that is lawful, and wrest aside the thing that is straight. Ye that build up Zion with blood, and jerusalem with doying wrong. O ye judges ye give sentence for gifts. O ye priests, ye teach for lucre. O ye prophets ye prophecy for money, yet will they be taken as those that hold upon god, and say: Is not the lord among us? Tush, there can no misfortune happen us. Therefore shall Zion for your sake, he ploughed like a field, jerusalem shall become an heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shallbe turned to an high wood. The four Chapter. THe law shall come out of Zion, and the word of god from jerusaiem. The .v. Chapter. ANd thou Bethleem Ephrata art little among the thousands of juda, out of thee shall come unto me which shallbe the governor in Israel, whose outgoing hath been from the beginning and from everlasting. The vi. Chapter. I will show thee, O man, what is good, and what the lord requireth of thee, namely to do righ●, to have pleasure in loving kindness, to be lowly, and to walk with thy god. Shu●de I not be displeased for the unrighteous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is min●shed? Or should I justify the false balances, and the bag of disceptefull weights, among those that be full of riches unrighteously gotten: where the citizens deal with falschede, speak lies, and have deceitful rungs in their mouths? The vii Chapter. THere is not a godly upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hurteth his brother to death, yet they say they do well, when they do evil. As the prince willeth, so saith the judge, that he may do him apleasure again. The great man speaketh what his heart desireth and the hearers allow him. The best of them is but a thistle, and the most righteous of them is but a breer in the hedge. Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a brother. The Prophecy Keep the port of thy mouth from her that lyech in thy bosom. A man's foes shall be even they of his own household. Where is there such a god as thou? That pardonest wickedness, and forgive the offences of the remnant of thine heritage? He keepeth not his wrath for ever and why? his delight is to have compassion, he shall turn again, and be merciful to us: He shall put down our wickednesses, and cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea. Thou shalt keep thy truth with jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our father's long ago. The book of the Prophet Nahum the i Chapter. THe Lore is a jealous Lord, and a taker of vengeance is the Lord and wrathful. The lord taketh vengeance of his enemies, and reserveth displeasure for his adversaries The lord suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent, that he leaveth no man faultless before him. Full gracious is the Lord, and a strong hold in the time of trouble, he knoweth them that put their trust in him. Like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full. The book of the Prophet Abacuc the first Chapter. Tyranny and violence are before me. Power over goeth right: for the law is torn in pieces, and thee can no right judgement go forth. And why? the ungodly is more set ●y than the righteous, this is the cause that wrong judgement proceedeth. The ii Chapter. THe unrighteous thinketh himself in safeguard, as a strong hold: but the just shall live by his faith. Woe be to him that heayeth up other men's goods. woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house, that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune. woe unto him that buildeth the town with blood, and maintaineth the city with unrighteousness. Woe be unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, putting in gall, and making him drunken that he may see his privities. Woe be unto him, that saith to a piece of wood arise, and to a dumb stone, stand up: for what instruction may such one give? Behold it is laid with gold and silver, and there is no breths in it. But the lord in his holy temple is he whom all the world should fear. The book of the Prophet Sophony the i chapter. I Will visit the Princes, the kings children and all such as wear strange clothing. The great day of the Lord is at hand, it is hard by, and cometh a pace. Horrible is the tidings of the lords day, then shall the giant cry out, for that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble, and heaviness: a day of utter destruction & misery a dark glooming day, a cloudy and stormy day, a day of the noise of trumpets and shawms, against the strong cities and towers. Their silver nor their gold shallbe able to deliver them in that wrathful day of the lord, but the whole land shall be consumed thorough the fire of his jealousy: for he shall soon make clean ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the land. The ii Chapter. Seek the Lord all ye meek hearted upon earth. ye that work after his judgement seek righteousness, seek lowliness, that ye may be defended in the wrathful day of the Lord. The book of the Prophet zachary the first Chapter. TVene you unto me saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you saith the lord of hosts. The .v. Chapter. I See a flying book of twenty cubytes long, and ten cubits broad. Then said he unto me. This is the curse that goeth forth over the whole earth, for all thieves shelbe judged after this book, and all swearers is shall be judged according to the same, and I will bring it forth, saith the lord of hosts, so that it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name, and shall remain in his house and consume it, with the timber and stones thereof. The vii Chapter. THus sayeth the Lord of hosts, execute true judgement, show mercy and lovyngs kindness, every man to his brother. Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger and poor no wrong, and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart. Like as he spoke, and they would not hear even so they cried, and I would not hear, sayeth the Lord of hosts. The viii Chapter. Speak every man the truth unto his neighbour, execute judgement truly and peace ablye within your ports, none of you imagine evil in his heart against his neighbour, and love no false oaths. For all these are the thing that I hate, sayeth the lord. The viii Chapter. THus sayeth the Lord of hosts. The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shallbe joy and gladness, and prosperous high feasts unto the house of juda, only love the truth and peace. The ix Chapter. BEioyse thou greatly, O daughter Zion, be glad, o daughter jerusalem, for lo, the king cometh unto thee, even the righteous and Saviour, lowly and simple is he, he rideth upon an ass, and upon the fool of an ass. The xi Chapter. ANd I said unto them, if yet think it good bring hither my price, if not then leave. So then they weighed down thirty silver pence, the value that I was praised at. And the Lord said unto me, cast it unto the potter (a goodly price for me to be valued at of them) and I took the xxx silver pence, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. The xii Chapter. Moreover, upon the house of David, and upon the citizens of jerusalem will I pour out the spirit of grace and compassion: so that they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they shall beweep him as men mourn for their only begotten son: yea, and be sorry for him as men are sorry for their first child. The xiii Chapter. ANd if it be said unto him, how came these wounds then in thy hands? he shall answer. Thus am I wounded in the house of mine own friends. Smite the shepcheard, and the sheep shallbe sent tied abroad: and so will I turn mine hand to the little ones. The xiiii Chapter. ANd the lord my god shall come, and all saints with him. In that day shall it not be light, other clear or dim. This shallbe that special day which is known unto the Lord, neither day nor night, but about evening time it shallbe light. The book of the Prophet Malachy the i Chapter. WAs not Esau jacobs' brother, saith the lord yet have I loved jacob, and hated Esau. Yea, I have made his hills waste, and his heritage in a wilderness for dragons. If ye offer the blind, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is not that evil? yea, offer it unto the prince, shall he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saith the LORD of hosts? What is he among you, that will do so much as to shut the doors, or to hyndle the fire upon my altar for mought: I have no pleasure in you, saith the lord of hosts. From the rising up of the sun, unto the going down of the same my name is great among the gentiles: Yea in every place shall there sacrifice be done, and a clean offering offered up unto my name: for my name is great among the heathen sayeth the Lord of hosts. Cursed be the dissembler, which hath in his flock one that is a male, and when he make the a vow, offereth a spotted one unto the Lord. The ii Chapter. IN the priests lips should be sure knowledge, that men may seek the law at his mouth for he is a messenger of the LORD of hosts. The iii Chapter. I will send my messenger, which shall prepare the way before me. Behold, he cometh saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? who shallbe able to endure, when he appeareth? for he is like a gold smiths fire, and like washers soap. He shall set him down to try and to cleanse the silver, he shall purge the children of Levy, and purify them like as Gold and silver. I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers, yea and against those that wrong fully keep back the hirelings duly: which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me sayeth the Lord of hosts. Turn ye new unto me, and I will turn me unto you say the the lord of hosts. Ye say, wherein shall we turn? Should a man use false head and disobeyed with god as ye use false head and disobeyed with me? yet ye say, wherein use we disobeyed with thee? In tithes. Therefore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dissemble with me, all the sort of you. Bring every tithe into my barn that there may be meat in my house, and prove me withal sayeth the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the wyndose of heaven unto you, and power you out a blessing with plenteousenesse, yea I shall reprove the consumer for your sakes, so that he shall not eat up the fruit of your ground, neither shall the vineyard be bacon in the field sayeth the Lord of hosts. insomuch that all people shall say that ye be blessed. For ye shall be a pleasant land sayeth the Lord of hosts. The four Chapter. THe day cometh that shall burn as an over, and all the proud, yea, and all such as do wickedness, shallbe straw, and the day that is to come, shall burn them up, sayeth the Lord of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall that sun of righteousness arise, and health shallbe under his wings: ye shall go forth and multiply as the fat calves, ye shall tread down the ungodly, for they shallbe like the ashes under the souls of your feet in the day that I shall make, saith the lord of hosts. Behold, I will send you Elias that Prophet before the coming of the day of the great and fearful Lord The book of the Prophet Batucke the i Chapter. THe dead that be gone down to their graves, and whose souls are out of their bodies, ascribe unto the Lord, neither praise nor righteous making: but the soul that is vexed for the multitude of her sins, which goeth on beavelye and weakelye, whose eyes begin to fail, yea, such a soul ascribeth praise and righteousness unto the Lord. The iii Chapter. O Learn then where discretion is, where virtue is, where understanding is, that thou mayst know also from whence cometh long life a necessary living, the light of the eyes, and quietness, who ever found out her place: who ever came into her treasures. afterward did he show himself upon earth and dwelt among them. The vi Chapter. Blessed is the godly man, that hath no idols, and worshippeth none, for he shall be far from reproof. ¶ The first book of the Maccabees The ii Chapter. THus ye mare consider thorough out allages since the word began, that who so ever put their trust in God, were not overcome, fear not ye then the words of an ungodly man, for his glory is but dung and worms, to day is he set up, and to morrow is he gone, for he is turned into earth, and his memorial is come to nought. The iii Chapter. But judas said, it is a small matter for many to be overcome with few, yea, there is no difference to the God of heaven, to deliver by a great multitude, or by a small company, for the victory of the battle standeth not in the multitude of the host, but the strength cometh from heaven. judas ordained captains over the people, over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten. But as for such as builded them bouses, mar●ed wives, planted them vineyards, and those that were fearful, he commanded them every man to go home again, according to the law. The four Chapter. IVdas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel, ordained that the time of dedication of the altar should be kept in his season from year to year, by the space of eight days from the xxv day of the month Caslue with mirth and gladness. The vi Chapter. HAd to provoke the Elephants for to fight they showed them the say of red grapes and mulberies. The second book of the Maccabees the iii Chapter. Thank Inias the high priest, for his sake hath the lord granted the thy life. The four Chapter. TO do wickedly against the law of god, shall not escape unpunished. The .v. Chapter. Yet was Antiochus not content with this, but durst go into the most holy temple, (Menelaus that traitor to the laws, and to his own natural country, being his guide) and with his wicked hands took the holy vessel, which other kings and cities had given thither for the garnyshinge and honour of the place, them took he in his hands unworthily, and detiled them. God hath not chosen the people for that places sake, but the placee for the people's sake: and therefore is the place become partaker of the people's trouble, but afterward shall it enjoy the wealth of them. And like as it is now forsaken in the wrath of almighty god, so when the great god is reconciled, it shallbe set up in high worship again. The vi Chapter. WHen god suffereth not sinners long to follow their own mind, but shortly punish them, it is a token of his great loving kindness. For this grace have we of god more than other people, that he suffereth not us long to sin unpunished like as other nations, that when the day of judgement cometh, he may punish them in the fullness of their sins. If we sin, he correcteth us, but he never withdraweth his mercy from us, and thought he punish with adversity, yet dueth he never forsake his people. The viii Chapter. FOr they, said judas Machabeus, trust in their weapons and boldness, but ours confidence is in the almighty lord, which in the twincling of an eye, may both destroy them that come against us and all the world. The xii Chapter. judas gathered of every one a certain in so much that he brought together two. M. dragmars of silver, which he sent unto jerusalem that there might a sacrifice be offered for the misdeed In the place which he did well and right: for he had some consideration and pondering of the life that is after this time. For if he had not thought that they which were slain, did not live, it had been superfluous and vain, to make any vow or sacrifice for them that were dead. But forasmuch as he saw that they which die in the favour and belief of god, are in good rest and joy, he thought it to be good and honourable for a reconcilinge, to do the same for those which were slain, that the offence might be forgiven. The xu Chapter. THis is he that prayeth much for the people & for all the holy city, jeremy the Prophet of God. And Machabeus held up his hands toward heaven, calling upon the Lord, that doth wonders: which giveth not the victory after the multitude of the weapons and power of the host but to them that please him, according to his own will. The Nycanor and they that were with him, drew nigh with shaumes, and songs: But judas and his company with prayer and calling upon god with their hands they smote, but with their hearts they prayed unto the Lord, and slew no less than xxxv M. men. Finis. ¶ Here endeth the old Testament. The Table of the old Testament. A ABram is commanded to departed his country. Gen. xii Abram is blessed. gen. xiiii Abram doth rescue Lot. gene. xiiii Abram payeth tithes. ge. xiiij Abram will be only enriched of god. gen. xiiii abram's sede is likened unto the stars. gen. xu xxii. Abraham's faith doth justify him. gene. xu Abraham's name is changed. gene. xvii The signification of Abraham. gene. xvii Abraham did laugh. gene. xxii Abraham saw three, and worshipped one. ge. 18. Abraham lay not thy hand upon the child. Gene. xxii In Abraham's seed shall the nations of the world be blessed. gene. xxii xxvi. Abraham wept for Sara. gene. xxiii Abraham's years. gene. xxv Abominations, that man should were woman's clothing. deutro. xxii Abimeleche sowed salt thorough out Sichem. judge. it. Absalon's beauty, and the weigthe of the hear of his head ii Reg. xiiii Achabs' penance iii Reg. xxi Adam a gardener. gene. two, Adam is forbodden to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. gene. ii Adam where art thou. gene. iii adam's and eves excuse Gene. iii Adam's curse. Gene. iii Aduonterers punishment death. Gene. twenty Levi twenty Deu xxii Adonibezek. judge i Adversity proveth a friend. Prou. xvii Adversity trieth men, Sirac ii xii Add nothing to the word of God. Prou. thirty Age hath understanding. job xii Age of man. Psal. xc Against inticers. Deu. xiii Age is honourable Wised. iiii, Age standeth not in the multitude of years. Wisdom. iiii Ahitophels' counsel. two. Reg. xvi Ahud thrust his dagger in king Eglons' belly. judges iii Alms, and mercy redeem sin. Daniel four Angels do offer our good works unto god. Tobi. xii. Angels food is snuisible. Tobi xii A●techrist and the time of his endurance. Danyel vii Ark of god. Exo xxv Aaron's rod. Exod. vii Nun xvii Aaron and his apparel, Exod. xxix Aaron is anointed. Exod. xxix Aaron's death was mourned xxx days. Nun twenty Aaron's years. Nun xxiii Asas cry unto the Lord ii of the Chroni xiiii Assyrians are destroyed by the angel four Reg. ix Isaiah xxxvii Ashes. Psal. cviii Assur the builder of Ninive. Gene. ten B Babel. Gene. xi Babbling breedeth offence. Prove ten balances and true weights. Levi. xixx Banquets. Pro. xi balam's ass doth speak. Num xxii Be not over wise. Preach ix Be familiar with thy equal. Sirach xiii Beginning of sin. Sirach xxv Beginning of pride. Sirach ten Bethlehem. Miche four beautifulness of women. Sirach ix Blessed men. Psal. i xxxii. xli. xciiii. cvi. cxix. isaiah lvi jeremy xvii Baruc vi Beggars. Deu. xv Beactes suffered to be eaten. Levi xi Bezabeel a five worekeman. Exo xxxi Blasphemers of God. Levi xxiiii Blocks to stumble at. Levi. nineteen Blood is not to be eaten. Gen. ix Le vii xvii Bondage of Israel. Exo l Body that is hanged shall not remain all night v. upon the tree. Deut. xxi Bread from heaven. Exo xxvi Bread howed and comen i Reg. xxi breath of life. Gen. ii breath of the lord. Esay xxx Brawling wife. Pro xix Bread of tears. Psal. ixxx. Bring not thy servant up delicately. Pro xxix Brother must marry his brother's wife, if he die without issue. Deu. xxv Burning bush. Exod. iii Birth of Esau and jacob. Gene. xxv C. cain's oblation. Gene. four Cain murdereth his brother. gene. four Cain is cursed. gene. four cain's desperation. gene. four Carver of Idols. deut. xiiiii Casters of Idols. jere. xv. cattle for offerings. Levi i Cherubins two. Exo. xxv Chenaniahu master of music i Chro. xv Christ offered himself to be tormented. Esa xu Christ rideth upon an ass. zacha ix Christ suffered for our sins. Esay liii Circumcision, and the institution thereof. ge. xvii Circumcision, and the time thereof. gene. xvii Circumcision of Abram. gene. xvii Circumcision of the heart. jere four Cites through the prayers of good men are saved, gene. xix Confusion of language. gene. xi Consider the end of things. preac vii Conscience wounded or vexed. wised xvii Complaint of the poor. Syrac four Counsellors and how many suffice. sirach vi Covetous man. sirach ten Good counsel. pro xi Covetousness in all kinds of men. jere vi Cluster of grapes. nume. Creation of heaven and earth. gene. i Creation of man and woman. gene. i Custom of marriage. gen. xxix Cucumbers and melons. nume. Curse nor smite not thy father. Exo xxi Cursed is he that maketh idols. wised xiiii Curiosity in god's works is forbode. sirrah. iii D Days of man. gene. vi Days are not like. syrach xxxiii David with his harp drove away the evil spirit. i. of the kings xvi David faying to Goliath i of the kings xvii David would not lay his hands upon king Saul i of the kings xxiiii David did fast & weep for his child's life. 2. Re. 12. n1g-nn's answer to Gad the prophet ii of the kings xxiiii David did not build god's temple, and why i of the Chroni. xxi. n1g-nn's desire. psal. xxvii xxviii. Death in the yet four of the kings four Death and life in the tongue. prouer. xviii Death came by the devil. wysd i Death is both bitter and sweet. sirach xli Dead men know nothing. Preacher ix Dead men shall rise. Esay xxvi Eze. 37. Da xii Dedication of the auleer. maches four deformity of body letteth a man to be a priest. Levi xxi Divorcement. duty xxi Dina is enforced. Gene. xxxiiii Disobedient child. duty xxi Discrete servant. sirach vii Diet prolongeth life. sirach xxxvii Dove. Gene. viii Do good to the dead. sirach vii Doeg at saul's commandment slew lx priests i of the kings xxii Domes day four of Esoras' vii Esay xiii Daniel xii. joel four Sopho i zacha xiiii mala iii iiii. Doctrineis life. Prouer. four Dreams. sirach xxxiiii Drockennes. Esa .v. drunkards. joel i Nahum i E Earth. Gene. i Earth was corrupt. Gene. vi earth shallbe no more destroyed with water. ge. ix Eat for necessity and not for lust. preacher ten Egyptians eat not with the hebrews. gene. xliii Ely fell backward and broke his neck i Re. four Elyas fast iii Reg. xiiii Elyas shall appear before vomes day. mala four Elyas divided the water with his mantel four of the king ii Eliseus' sepulchre four of the king xiii Enoch. sirach xlix Eldest child must have double portion. Deu xxi Entycers of maidens. Exo xxii Eye of the Lord. psal. xxxiii xxxiiii. Easter continued vii days, and of the bread that was eaten. Ezech. xlv Esau doth sell his birthright. gene. xxv Every man should be LORD in his owns house. Esther i Every man shall bear his own offences. eze. xviii Every man deceiveth god in paying of tithes. ma iii Excess of wine. sirach xxxi xxxvii F. Faithful friend. sirach vi Fall into the hands of god. Sirach ii Faithful servant. sirach xxxiii False witness. Deut. xix False tongue and the reward thereof. psalm cxx Fasting of the evil is reproved. Psalm lxix Fast for sins. sirach xxxiiii Fasting that pleaseth & displeaseth god. esai. iviii. Field must not be sown with diverse seed. Levi xix Feed thine enemy. prouer. xxv Fear of God. Psal. cxi Prouer. i Syrac xi Fear thy king. Prouer. twenty Feet of the Ambassadors. Esay lii Fire must burn continually upon the altar. le vi Fire shall go before god at the later day. Psal. l xcvii. Esay lxvi joel ii Fire of hell. Esay xxx Fire of the wicked shall not quench. Esa lxvi finger of god. Exo viii first borne of all things is gods. Exo xiii nume. xviii. Fy●●● serpents. nume. Flying book. zachari .v. Four strong things iii Esdras iii Four things say never hoo. pro xxx Four things that pass man's capacity. pro xxx Four things that disquiet the earth. pro xxx Four things to be feared. syrach xxvi Four fasts. zachari viii Fornication with stones. jere iii Frewill. syrach xu G Gathering of grapes. Levi xix Gedeon and the number of his sons. judi viii give to the poor. pro xxviii jealousy. sirach xxvi give not thy goods to another sirach xxxiii Gift of a prince given to his son, or to his servants son. Eze. xlvi Gifts blind men. Exo xxiii Deu xvi syrac xii God repenteth that he made man. gene. vi God doth not repent. nume. God will no more curse the ground. gene. viii God sweareth by himself. gene. xxii Esa xlv God blesseth jacob, and the cause why gen. xxvi God doth hold Pharos heart. Exo four God kept Pharo, and why. Exo ix God is a jealous god. Exo twenty God doth visit sin unto the third and the fourth generation. Exo twenty nume. God is full of mercy. nume. iiii. Esd. vii God of the altar is the priests enheri. nu xviii God hardened king Sehons' heart. Deut. ii God is nigh unto us, in all things. Deut. four God must be beloved, and how. Deut. vi God rewardeth those that hate him, and how. Deut. vii God, and what he requireth of man. Deut. ten Miche vi God is a mighty lord of power i Reg. ii God beholdeth the heart i Reg. xvi God at seasons doth send even spirits to men l Reg. xvi God hath no pleasure in our damnation. tobi iii God teacheth those that fear him, and what. Psalm xxv God destroyeth the counsellors of princes. ps. 33. God is with the contrite. psal. xxxiiii God shall never fail. Psal. C ii God hath a respect unto the lowly. psa xiii viii. God is every where. Psal. Cxxxix. God delighteth in those he chasteneth. prouer. iii God hath a respect unto the thankful. syrac iii God is merciful and wrathful. syrach .v. God heareth us not, and why. Esay lix God doth not forsake his people for ever. Lamen iii two. Macha vi God is the giver of kingdoms. Danyel four God is a strong hold. Naum i God loved jacob, and hated Esau. Mala i God will bear witness against the wicked. Malachy ii God suffereth not his people to be long unpunished ii Machab vi God giveth the victory according to his own will ii Macha xu God's commandments. Exo twenty God's commandments must every where bespoken of, Deut. vi God's manifold blessings. deut. vii God's curse is on those that are hanged. Deut. xxi God's mercies are passing great i Cro xxi God's pleasure is in the humble and meek. Iu. ix God's bow and arrows are ready. Psal. vii God's judgements are true. psalm xix God's visitation. psal. lxxxix God's mercy shall endure for ever. psalm ciii God's mercy exceedeth his works. psa cxlu God's delight and pleasure, in whom? psalm xlvii Gods servants shall prosper. Esa .lxv. God's repentance. jere xviii God's might and power. Dany ii God's delight. much vii Good works receive reward four Esdras viii Good works. psal. cxi Goods vainly gotten. Prouer. xiii Good wife. pro xviii Good name. preach vii syrac xli H. Habelles' oblation and death. gene. four Hand of god i Esd. viii Ham the father of Canaan. gene. ix Hagars' son beging bond cannot be heir with Isaac. gen. xxi Hannon mysusing David's servants ii of the kings ten Happy is the man whom god punisheth. job .v. Happy is he that is not borne. preach four Henoche. gene. v. Help thy enemy. Ex xxiii He that goeth out of his sanctuary may be slain Nun xxv Hear the poor as well as the rich. Deut. i He that will not hear the Priest and the judge shall die. deut. xvii Hezekia destroyed the brazen serpent iiii. Re. xviii Hezekias prayer four Reg. twenty Esa xxxviii Hezekias life is prolonged four Re. twenty He that justifieth himself, condemneth himself. job ix heavens are not clean in god's sight. job xu heaviness. syrach xxx He that will not hear shall not be heard. za vii hired servants must daily be paid their wages. To four Hide not thy sins. prouer. xxviii Honour thy mother. To four Hoorders of corn. prouer. xi Honour thy father, and how. syrach iii How a man shall use himself with a man of might. syrach xiii How we shall find grace in the sight of god. sirach xviii How Elephants may be provoked to fight. Macha vi. Hunger of the word of god. Amos viii I. jabell. gene. four jacob, and it signification. gen xxvii. jacob wrestleth with an angel? gene. xxxii jacobs' dream. gene. xxviii jacobs' dough. gen. xxviii jacobs' love to rahel. gene. xxix jacobs' pollici. gene. xxx jacobs' humility. gene. xxxii jacobs' name is changed. gene. xxxii jacob blesseth his children. gene. xlviii jacob held Esau by the heel, and what it meaneth four E. dras vi Ose xii jacob was trodden under foot, and why. esa xiii. jabel slew Sychara. judge four I am that I am. Exo iii. jeremy was sanctified in his mother's womb. jeremy i jeremy prayeth for the people ii Mach xu jeroboams hand iii Reg. xiii Images graven. Deut. four Innocent blood crieth unto god. gene. four Imagination of man. gene. viii Innocent tongue. Prouer. ten Iniquity shall have the upper hand four Esd. v. Inheritance, and to whom it shall descend for sack of heirs. nume. joseph the dremer. gene. xxvii joseph's fidelity to his master. gene. xxxix joseph be mourneth his father. gene. xlix joseph commanded that his father should be enbaumed. gene. l joseph commanded his bones to be taken out of Egipte. gene. l john the baptist. Esay xl josua fighteth against Amalech. Exo. xvil. josua as long as Moses held up his hands got the victory. Exo xvii josuas' years. josu xxiiii jonathas hew ii Reg. i jonas is cast into the sea. jonas i jonas was iii days in the fishes belly. jona ii Israel robbeth the Egyptians. Exod. iii Israelites never journey but at god's commandment. nume. Israel knoweth not god. Isaiah i Israel is s●yffe hearted. Ezechi iii Just man liveth be his faith. Aba ii judith fasted all he life. judith viii K. Keke thy mouth and keeps thy life. prouer. xiii Keep thy own counsel. sirrah xxxvii Key of the house of David. Esa xxii king O●, and his bed of iron. Deut. iii king David's reign ii Reg. v. kings should be wise and learned. Psal. ii kings displeature. prouer. xvi kings heart. prouer. xxi kings should drink no wine. prove xxxi king Zedechias eyes are put out. jeremis xxxix king Nabuchodonozor. Dan. four king Antiochus ii Macha .v. knowledge of wisdom. prouer. xxiiii knowledge engendereth care. Preach i L Laban and his two wives. gene. xxix Lamech and his two wives. gene. four Law of god should be sought at the priests mouth. Mala ii Leper must be presented to the priest. levi xiii Leper must dwell alone. levi xiii Leper, and how the house that is infected with the Leper must be ordered. levi xiiii Left handed men marvelous slingers. judge twenty Lend unto the poor. Deut. xu Lend not to the mighty. syrach viii Levites are gods. nume. Liberality bringeth plenty. prouer. xi Liberality bringeth a man to honour. pro xviii Liars with beasts. Exo xxii levi xviii xx. Lie with mankind. levi xviii Life of man is but wind. job vii Life of man is full of misery. job xiiii Life uncorrupt. wisd. vi Lights two. gene. i Lips of a staunderer. prouer. four Lips of a harlot. prouer. four Let is taken prisoner and rescued. gene xiii. Lot received angels. gene ix. Lot offereth his two doughte is to the Sodomites. gene. xix Loties wife. gene. xix Lots. psal. xxii Lovers of money. preacher .v. Luci●er and his fall. Esay xiiii M. Man hath the dominion of all things. gene. i Man is shaped of dust. gene. ii job ten Man gave every beast his name. gene. ii Man to be joined to his wife shall leave father and mother. gene. ii Man hath the rule of the woman. gene. iii Man shall return into dust. gene. iii Man mare rule sin. gene. four Man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. nu xxv Man ●yueth by the word of god. Deut. ii Man that is fearful, or betrout head to a wife, shall not go to battle. Deut. twenty xxiiii. Man with xxiiii. fingers and toes. i. Chro twenty Man never continueth in one slate. job xiiii Man at the later day, shall receive his body again. job xix Man in the sight of god is unclean. job xxv Man carrieth nothing of his riches with him. job xxvii Man hath all thing in subjection. psall viii Man shall he recompensed, and how. psal. xviii Man is altogether vanity. psa xxxix Man is conceived in sin. psalm li Man fadeth away like grass. sirach xiiii Isaiah xiiii Man hath free-will. syrach xu Man shall be known be his face. syrach xix Man cannot rule himself. jere ten Man of Ind. jeremy xiii Man's meat. Man's days are appointed. job xiiii Man's time cometh suddenly. pray ix Malice of man. gene. vi Mandragora. gene. xxx Manna his taste, and likeness. Exo xvi Nu. xi Manna was eaten xl years. Exo xvi Manna ceased. joshua .v. Manasses returned again to jerusalem ii Cro. 33 Mary thy daughter. syrach vii Makers of unrighteous laws. Esay ten meek spirited. psal. xxxvii Mane. Thetell. Phares. Daniel .v. Melchisedech the high priest. gene. xiiii Many be created, and few preserved four Es. viii Mercy delivereth from death. Tob four xii. Mercy and faithfulness must be written in man's heart. pro iii Men unmeet for the wars. macha iii minstrel four Reg. iii Mont zion. Aba i Moses and why he was so called. Exo ii Moses broke the tables. Erod xxxii Moses prayeth for the people. Exo xxxii Moses fasted xl days and xl nights. ex. 34. de. 9 Moses full of meekness. Nun xii Moses with his rod smote the rock. Nun twenty Moses years. Deut. xxxiiii Murder requireth murder. Exod. xxi music garuisheth the feast. Syra. xxxii. N. Nadab and Abihu for censing before the Lord were consumed with fire. Levi ten Nahas answer to the men of Jabes i of the king xi nathan's answer to David ii of the kings xii Naked we came, and naked we shall depart. job i Preach .v. Name of god. prouer. xviii New friends. syrach ix Names of Christ. Isaiah ix Nimrod a mighty hunter. gene. ten Ninivites and their repentance. jonas ii Noah and his three sons. gene. vi Noah was a husband man. gene. ix Noah planted wines. gene. ix Noah was drunken. gene. ix Noah two sons covered his privities. gene. ix No man may see god and live. Exo xxxiii No man should be compelled to drink. Esther i None good on the earth. Much vii Nothing can be hidden from god. Amos ix Number of all those that came with jacob into Egipte. gene. xlvi Number of the Israelites that went to the wattes. Nun i Number of the Levites. Nun iii i Chro xxiij Number of the cities appertayinnge to the Levites. Nun xxxv Number of the cunning musicians i Chro xxv O. Obedience is better than sacrifice i Reg. xu Oblations with other sacrifices and works of penance, are not acceptable without good life. Isaiah i Obstinate rebellions shallbe devoured. Esay i Offerings must be without blemish. Levi i xxii. offerings. Levi ii Meat offerings. Levi ii Peace offerings. Levi four Sin offerings. Levi four Trespass offerings. Levi .v. All offerings must have salt. Levi ii Offerings of other men's goods. syrach xxxiiii Offering of the righteous. syrach xxxv Offer not the blind nor the lame. Mala i Offer for the dead ii Macha xii Old men are to be honoured. Levi xix Oil of gladness. psal. xxxv Onan doth spill his seed, and why. gen. xxxviii One language upon the earth. gene. xi Open a well and cover it a gain. Exo xxi Against oppressors. Miche ii Oseas the prophet married an harlot. Ose i Our sins in the latter day, shall accuse us four Esdras xvi Ox that goreth a man shall die. Exo xxi P. patience shallbe rewarded. Tobi iii People murmur against Moses. Exo xu Parbraking is wholesome. syrach xxxi Pharo is plagued. gene. xii Phynees and his godly deed. Nun xxv Physicians. syrach xxxviii Pillar of a cloud and another of fire. Exo xiii Place of the lateriudgement. Ose iii Place is partaker of the people's trouble ii ma ii Pledge and how it must be restored. Exo xxii Prayer with fasting is good. Toby xii Praise not thyself. Prouer. xxvii press not to high. prouer. xxv priests liberties in Egypt. gene. xivii. priests coming to god must be sanctified. Exod. xix priests going into the tabernacle must abstain from wine. Levi ten priests wives and daughters. Levi xxi priests duty. Deut. xviii priests deal faithfully four Reg. xxii priests should not be taxed i Esdras vii iii. Esdras viii priests ought to be honoured. syrach vii Priests in the old law were married, and with What women they might marry. Eze. xliiii. levi. xxi. priests might be rounded, but not shaven. eze. 44. priests do all mischief. Ose. vi Priests will do nothing for nought, Mala. i. priests are gods messengers. Mala. two. Preach to the sinful and save thy own soul. Ezech. iii. xxxiii. Against preachers. Ezec. xxxiiii. Preacher of lies. Miche. two. Polluted persons. Levi. xv. Price of an ass head four reg. vi. Pride of women is punished. Esay. iii. Prophet and a sear is all one i of the kings ix Properties of a good woman. Tob. x. Prosperity of the commons is the kings honour. prouer. xiiii poverty is evermore kept under. syrach xiii power overgoeth right. Abac. i. Q. quails. Exo. xvi. Num. xi. Qualities of judges. Exo. xviii. R. Rayne and the continuance thereof. Gen. seven. Raven. gene. viii. Ravens brought Elias bread iii of the king. xvii Rakynges are forbodden. Levi. xxiii. Rahab the harlot was saved. joshua. vi Rachel mourneth. jere. xxxi. Reping of corn. Levi. nineteen. Rebecca conceived two twins. gene. xxv. Resurrection at the later day. job xix Rejoice not at the fall of thine enemy. prou. xxiiii. Reward all gifts. syrac twenty Reward and fruit of righteousness. Esay xxxii Rejoice to know god. jere. ix. Rich men spurn against god. Deut. xxxii riches have wings. pro. xxiii. Regard no dreams. syrach xxxiiii righteous men are in great troubles. psa. xxxiiii. righteous men are never forsaken. psal. xxxvii. righteous men shall rejoice at the punishment of the wicked. Psal. lviii. Righteous man. Eze. xviii. rich men carry nothing with them. psal. xlix. Ryoters' shall come to poverty. pro. xxiii. Roboams' crooked answer iii Reg. xii. Ruler's must not be blasphemed. Exod. xxii. Rulers and officers wax proud. Esther xvi Rulers with deceitful words deceive princes. Esther xvi Such rulers, such subjects. syrach ten Against rulers. Miche. iii. Reuben. gene. xlix S. Salamons' petition iii Reg. iii. prouer. xxx Salamons' provision for his house hold iii of the kings four Salamons' horse iii of the king four Salamons' offering iii of the king xii Salamons' Queens and Concubines iii Reg. xi. Salamons' temple shallbe destroyed, and why ii of the Chroni. seven. Samson slew a lion. judg. xiiii. Samson with a jaw bone. etc. judg. xv. Samaria is besieged four Reg. vi. Samuel is given unto god i. Reg. i. samuel's sonnnes i of the king viii Samuel to the people i of the king. xii Sanctification of the seventh day. gene. two. Sanger with an Ox goad. judge. iii. Shadow of the sun goeth backward four re. xx Shame is double. sirach four Sara say thou art my sister. gene. xiii. Sara willeth Abram to marry her maid. gene. xvi Sara laughed. gene. xviii. Sara in very deed is Abraham's sister. gene. twenty Saul a goodly man l Reg. ix Saul died for counseling with a wise woman l Chroni ten saw and the axe. Isaiah ten Seek for the old way. jere vi Serpent's curse. gene. iii Serpent of brass. nume. Sees gave place to the children of Israel. Exod. xiiii Sycle. Levi. xxvii. Sycles how many make a pound. Ezech. xiu Silver as plenty as stones iii Reg. viii Sins of Sodom. Ezech. xvi Syxe things that god hateth. prouer. vi Slanderers shallbe destroyed. psal. cx Sychem did ravish Dyna. gene. xxxviii Sloggyshe persons. prouer. ten sooth sayers are not to be regarded. Levi xix xx. Deut. xviii syrach xxxiiii Sodoma & how the cry of it ascended. gene. xvi Sour grapes. Eze. xviii Sow wretchedness and reap the same. job four Sow tears and reap joy. psal. cxxvi Sow pillows and bolsters. Ezeche xiii Sow righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing. Ose ten Spare not the rod. prove xiii Speak fair words unto us. Esay xxx Spirit of wisdom. Esay xi Star of jacob. Nun xxiiii. Stolen water. prouer. ix Stony and fleshly hearts. Eze. xi xxxvi. Stop not thy eats from the poor. prouer. xxi Strangers may not be troubled. Exo xxii Strangers are to be made of. Levi xix Strangers offer incense before the Lord. Num xvi Stone, corner stone. isaiah xxviii Strange raiment. Sopha i Subtility of the serpent. Gene. iii Suretishippe is hurtful. Prouer. xi xvii. Sirach viii xxix. swearing. Sirach xxiii T Tabernacle by day was covered with a cloud and by night with fire. Num ix Tables two written with the finger of God. Exod. xxxi Thamar and her two twins. Gene. xxxviii The time and years that the Israelites dwelled in Egipte. Exod. xii The time of decking & beautifying the women. Esther ii The end of fowlines. Pro xxii There is none that doth good. Psal. xiiii The dead know nothing. Preach ix Three things that are allowed. Sirach xxv Three things belong to an ass, and three to a servant. Sirach xxxiii Three things that are abhorred. Sirach xxv Three grievous things. Sirach xxvi There is no truth. Osee four They that put their trust in god shall not be overcome Macha ii The things that god doth hate. zacha viii Thought of man. Sirach xxvii Thirty silver pence. zacha xi Thubal. Gene. four Thuball Cain. Gene iiii. Tithes. Levi xxviii two. of Esdras xii Cobi i Sirach vii xxv. Tithes are the priests inheritance. Nu. xviii Tobias exercised himself in the works of mercy. Tob i Tobias was tempted with blindness. Tob ii Tooth for to the. Levi xxiiii Tower of Babilone. Gene. xi Tree of life. Gene. ii Trespass that can not be restored, shallbe the priests. Nun iii Trouble is necessary. Psal. cxix Trust neither in bow nor sword, but in God. Psalm xliiii Trust in god and not in princes. psal. cxviii cxlvi. Trust in no lying words. jere vii Truth will not be hard. Amos .v. Truth, of all things is most strongest iii of Esdras four Truth is fled away four of Esdras xiiii Things impossible four of Esdras four v. Tunicle with his ornaments. Exo xxviii Turn not thy face from the poor. Tob four Two perilous things. Syrac xxvi V W. Veil of the temple. Exo xxvi Virtuous woman. Syrac xxxvi vineyard. Esay .v. Virgin shall bear a son. Esay vii Unrighteous builders. jere xxii Victory standeth not in the multitude. Macha. 3. Vow of abstinence. Nun xvi Vow unto god and fulfil it. Nun xxx Deut. xxiii. Psalm l lxvi. lxxvi. Preacher .v. Voice is jacobs'. Gene. xxvii Usury. Exo xxii Levi xxv duty xxiii two. of Esdras .v. Psal. xu Prouer. xxviii Eze. xviii Usury, and what it is. Eze. xviii Urias' answer to David ii of the Kings xi Vza for touching of the ark is punished. Lof the Kings vi ●●…id is smitten with the leper two. of the Chro. 26. Walk upon a staff. Exo xxi Walk with the virtuous. Prouer. ii Waters & the heith & countenance of them. ge. 7. Waters of Mara were bitter. Exo xu Water of strife. Nun twenty Well doing hath 〈◊〉 reward. Gene. four Women delivered how long they are unclean. Levi xii Women are the destruction of kings. Prou. xviii Women eat their own children. Lamen. 4. eze. 5. Weep for the dead. Syra xxii xxxviii. We are all unclean. Esay lxiiii Weigh thy words. Syrac xxviii weights and measures. duty xxv Miche vi Wicked men desire not to know gods ways. job xxi Wicked men's portion. Psalm xl Wicked kings. Prouer. xvi Wine bread and oil. Psalm ciiii Wine and strong drink. Prouer. xix Wine biteth like a serpent. Prouer. xxiii Wine and women. sirach▪ nineteen. Wine temperately drunken. sirach xxxi What we ought to do, when our neyghboure● ox or sheep do stray. duty xxii. What they be, upon whom the devil hath power. Tobias vi What is wisdom. wisdom vii wisdom and the chief point thereof. Prouer. four wisdom engendereth travail. Preacher i wisdom hid and treasure hoardward. sirach twenty Whore and whore keepers are forbodden. Deu. 22. wife that is divorced may marry another. Deu. terono xxiiii Whose shall the first place be in the resurrection. iiii. Esdras ii Who can withstand gods wrath. job ix Who shall ascend into the hill of the lord. Psal. xxiiii Esay xxxiii Whoredom of women. syrach xxvi Wish the king no evil. preach ten Women must freely consent to marriage. gen. xxiiii Woman's curse. gene. iii ungodly persons do soon vanish away. ps. 37.91 word of god a lantern of light. psal. cxix word of god healeth all thing. wysd xvi Word of god shall not return void. Esay lu word of god is compared to fire. jere xxiii word of god is heard but not followed. eze. xxxiii Words of slanderers. prouer. xviii Works shallbe rewarded. prouer. xii Workers with spirits. Levi xii Wrist not the law. Deut. xvi Wrath of a woman. syrach xxv. Worm of conscience shall not die. Esa lxvi Y Year of jubelye. Levi xxv. Yoke of god. Lame iii Z Zachary is stoned to death ii Chro xxiiii ¶ The end of the Table, ¶ The gospel of. S. Matthew. the first Chapter. ALl the generations of Abraham to David are xiiii generations. And from David unto the captivity of Babylon, are xiiii generations. And from the captivity of Babylon unto Christ, are also xiiii. generations. The birth of jesus Christ was on this wise. when his mother Mary was betrothed to joseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost. Then joseph her husband being a perfect man, and loath to make an ensample of her was minded to put her away secretly. While he thus thought, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, sayings joseph the son of David fear not to take unto thee Marry thy wife. For that which is conceived in her, is of the holy ghost. She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name jesus. For he shall save his people from their suns. And joseph as soon as he awoke out of sleep, did as the angel of the lord bade him, and took his wife unto him, and knew her not, till she had brought forth her first son, & called his name jesus. The ii Chapter. WHen jesus was borne at Bethleem in jury, in the time of Herode the king. Behold there came wise men from the East to jerusalem saying: where is he that is borne king of jews 〈◊〉 we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him. When they had heard the king, they departed: and so the star which they saw in the east, Went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were marvelously glad: and went in to the house, and found the child with mary his mother, & kneeled down and worshipped him, and opened their treasures and offered unto him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrte. The iii Chapter. IN those days john the baptist came, and preached in the wilderness of jury, sayings Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Bring forth therefore the fruits belonging is repentance. And see that ye once think not to say in yourselves, we have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you, that god is able of the stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Even now is the axe put unto the rote of the tree: so that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast in to the fire. The four Chapter. IT is written, man shall not live by breed onelies, but by ever ye word that proceedeth out of the mouth of god. Thou shalt worship the lord thy god, and him only serve. The people which sat in darkness saw gre●t light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, light is be gone to shine. From that time jesus began to preach and to say, Repent for the kingdom of heaven is 〈◊〉 hand. He said unto Peter and Andrew follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they freyghte way left their nets, and followed him. And he went forth from thence, and saw other two brethren, james the son of zebedee. and john his brother, in the ship with zebedee their father, men ding their nets, and called them. And they without tarrying left the shyrpe and their father, and followed him. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The .v. Chapter. BLessed are they that mourn, for they shallbe comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inheritte the earth. Blessed are they, which hunger and thirst, for righteousness, for they shallbe filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall sea god. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shallbe called the children of god. Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men revile you, and persecute you, and shall falsely say all manner of evil sayings against you for my sake, Recoyce and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost her saltness, what can be salted therewith? It is thence forth good▪ for nothing, but to be cat out and to be trodden under foot of menue. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill, cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, & it lighteth all that are in the house Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is n heaven. Think not that I am come to destroy the law of the Prophets: no I am not come to destroy them, but to fulfil them. For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot or one title of the law shall not scape, till all be fulfilled. Who so ever breaketh one of these lest commandments, & teacheth men so, he shallbe called the lest in the kingdom of heaven. But who soever observeth and teacheth, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard how it was said unto them of the old time. Thou shalt not kill. For whosoever killeth, shall be in danger of judgement. But I say unto you, whosoever is angry with his brother shallbe in danger of judgement. Who so eversaieth unto his brother Racha, shall be in danger of a counsel. But who so ever saith thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. When thou offereste thy gift at the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath aught againstethe: leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way fir●te, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him, lest that thine adversary deliver the to the judge, and the judge deliver the to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou have paid the uttermost farthing. Ye have heard how it was said to them of the old time. Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say unto you, that who so ever looketh on a wife, lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her in his heart. Wherefore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee, better it is for the that one of thy membres perish, then that thy hole body should be cast into hell. Also if thy right hand offendeth, cut him of, and cast him from the. Better it is that one of thy membres perish, then that all the body should be cast into hell. It is said: who so ever putteth away his wife let him give her a testimonial also of divorcement. But I say unto you: who so ever putteth away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to break matrimony. And who so ever marrieth her that is divorced, breaketh wedlock. Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time. Thou shalt not forswear thyself. but shalt perform thine oath to god. But I say unto you, swear not at all, neither by heaven for it is god's seat, nor yet by the earth, for it is his foot stole: neither by jerusalem, for it is the city of that great king, neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one white here or black, but your communication shallbe yea yea, & nay nay, for what so ever is more than that, cometh of evil. Ye have heard how it is said: an eye for an eye: a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you: that ye resist not wrong. But whosoever give the a blow on thy right cheek, turn to him the other. And if any man will sue the at the law, & take away thy cote, let him have thy cloak also. And who soever will compel the to go with him a mile, go with him twain. give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away. Ye have heard how it is said: thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Pray for them which do you wrong and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven: for he maketh his son to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust. For if ye love them which love you: what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so? And if ye be friendly to your brethren only, what singular thing, d●pe? do not the Publicans like wise? ye shall therefore be perfect even as your father which is in heaven, is perfect. The vi Chapter. TAke heed to your alms, that ye give it not in the sight of men, to the intent that ye would beseen of them. Or else ye get no reward of your father which is in heaven. Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before there, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou dost thine alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, that thine alms may, be secret: and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward the openly. When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites art. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, because they would be sent of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shut thy door to thee, and pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. And when ye pray, babble not much as the Heathen do, for they think that they shallbe heard, for their much babblings sake. Be ye not like them therefore, for you father knoweth whereof you have need, before ye axe of him. When ye fast be not sad as the hypocrites are. For the disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face: that it appear not unto men how that thou fastest. But unto thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. See that ye gather you not treasure upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, & where thieves break through and steal. But gather ye treasure together in heaven, where neither rust nor moths corrupt, & where thieves neither break up nor steal. For wheresoever your treasure is, there will your hearts be also. No man can serve two masters. For either he shall hate the one, and love the other, or else he shall leanly to the one, and despise the other: ye cannot serve God and Mammon. I say unto you, be not careful for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor ye for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth than meat, and the body more of value then raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not neither reap, nor yet carry into the barns: and yet your heavenly father feedeth them: Are ye not much better than they? Which of you (though he took thought therefore) could put one cubit unto his stature? And why cate ye then for raiment? consider thelilyes of the field how they grow, they labour not neither spin. And yet for all that I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his royalty was not arrayed like unto one of these. Wherefore if god so cloth the grass, which to day in the field, and to motowe shall be cast into the furnace, shall he not much more do the same unto you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought saying: what shall we eat or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed: After all these things seek the gentiles. For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But rather seek ye first the Kingdom of heaven and the righteousness thereof, and all these things shall be ministered unto you. Care not then for to morrow, but let the morrow care for itself: for the day present hath ever enough of his own trouble. The vii Chapter. judge not, that ye be not judged, for as ye judge so shall ye be judged. And with what measure ye meat, with the same shall it be measured to you again. Why seest thou a moot in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eyes? Or why sayest thou to thy brother: suffer me to pluck out the moot out of thine eye, and be hold a beam is in thine own eye. hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye. give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine less they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you. Are and it shall be given you. Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shall be opened unto you. For whosoever asketh receaneth & he that seeketh▪ findeth, & to him that knocketh it shall be opened. whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do to them. Enter in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be which go in thereat. But straight is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it. Beware of talse prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they be ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shallbe hewn down, and cast into the fire. Not all they that say unto me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doth my father's will which is in heaven. The viii Chapter. Sir I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof, but speak the word only and my servant shallbe healed. Verily I say unto you: I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Master, I will follow the whither soever thou goest. And jesus said unto him: the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of the man hath not whereon to rest his head. Another that was of his disciples said unto him: master suffer me first to go and bury my father. But jesus said unto him: follow me and let the dead bury their dead. And behold the devils cried out saying: O jesus the son of God what have we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time become? And there was a good way of from them a great heard of swine feeding. Then the devils besought him saying: if thou east us out, suffer us to go our way into the heard of swine. And he said unto them to your wates. The ix Chapter. HAd when jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the seek of the paisie: son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee. Why eateth your master with Publicans and sinners? when jesus heard that, he said unto them: The hole need not the physician, but they that are sick. Go and learn what that meaneth: I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering. For I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance. No man pieceth an old garment with a piece of new cloth: for than taketh he away the piece again from the garment, and the rent is made greater. Neither do men put new wine in old vessels, for then the vessels break, and the wine runneth out, and the vessels perish. But they power new wine into new vessels, and so are both saved together. Then said he to his disciples: the harvest is great, but the labourers are few. wherefore pray the Lord of the harvest, to send for the labourers into his harvest. The ten Chapter. HAd he called his xii disciples unto him, and gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sicknesses and all manner diseases. These xii did jesus seed, and commanded them, saying: Go not into the ways that lead to Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. God and preach saying: that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. heal the sick, cleanse the Lepers, tayse the dead, cast out the devil's. Frelyepe have received, freely give again. Possess not gold nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, nor yet scrip towards your ioutneye, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet a staff. For the workman is worthy to have his meat. Into whatsoever city or town ye shall come, inquire who is worthy in it, and there abide till pego thence. And when ye come in a house, salute the same, and if the house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it: but if it be not worthy your● peace shall return to you again. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor will hear your preaching, when ye depart out of that house or that city, shake of the dust of your feet. Truly I say unto you, it shallbe easier for the land of Zodoma and Gomorrain the day of judgement, the for that city. Behold I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpenter, and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to the counsels, and shall scourge you in their synagogues. And ye shall be brought to the head rulers and kings for my sake, in witness to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shallbe given you even in the same hour, what ye shall say. For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you. The brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son. And the children shall arise against their fathers and mothers, and shall put them to death: and ye shall be hated of all men for my name: but he that endureth to than d● shallbe saved. When they persecute you in one City, fly into to an other. The disciple is not above his master, nor yet the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple to be as his master is, & that the servant he as his Lord is, if they have called the Lord of the house Beelzebub: how much more shall they call them of the household so? There is nothing so close that shall not be opened, and nothing so hid, that shall not be known. And fear ye not them which kill the body, and be not able to kill the soul: But rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body into hell. Whosoever shall knowledge me before men, him will I knowledge also before my father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven. Think not, that I am come to send peace in to the earth: I am not come to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: And a man's foes shallbe they of his own household. He that loveth his father, or mother more than me, is not meet for me. And he that loveth his son, or daughter more than me, is not meet for me: And he that taketh not his cross and followeth me, is not meet for me. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me, he that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophets reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man. And whosoever shall give unto one of these lyties once to drink a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple: I tell you of a truth, he shall not lose his reward. The xi Chapter. They that wear soft clothing, are in kings houses. Verily I say unto you, among the children of women arose there not a greater than john the baptist. notwithstanding he that is less in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he. From the time of john baptist hitherto, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and they that go to it with violence, pluck it unto them. john came neither eating nor drinking, and they say he hath the devil. The son of man came eating and dryking, and they say behold a glutton and dryncker of wine, and a friend unto publicans and ●●●●ers. And thou Capernaon, which art lift up unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell. I praise the o father ford of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and haste opened them unto babes, even so father, for so it pleased the. No man knoweth the son but the father neither knoweth any man the father, save the son, and he to whom the son will open him. Come to me all ye that labour and are laden, and I will ease you. Take my yoke on you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easi: and my burden is light. The xii Chapter. I Require mercy and not sacrifice. They ar him saying: Is it lawful is heal upon the Sabbath days? because they might accuse him. And he said unto them: which of you would it be, if he had a ship fallen into apytte on the sabothe day, that would not take him and life him out? And how much is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is leeful to do good deed on the Sabbath days. Every kingdom divided within itself, shall be brought to nought. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continu, He that is not with me, is against me. And he that gaddeteth not with me, scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shallbe forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy of the spirit, shall not, be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh against the holy ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, nor neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Ether make the tree good and his fruit good also●or else make the tree evil, and his fruit evil. For the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of Vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil. For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treaasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things: And an evil man, out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, that of every idle word that me●n● shall haven spoken: they shall give arountes at the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shall be justified, & by thy works thou shalt be condemned. As jonas was three days and three nights in the whales belly, so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. One said unto him: behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee: he answered and said to him that told him▪ who is my mother? or who are my brethren? and be stretched forth his hand over his disciples and said: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever doth my father's will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, sister, and mother. The xiii Chapter. ANd the disciples came and said to him. Why speakest thou to them in parables? He answered and said unto them: it is given unto you to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath to him shallbe given, and he shall have abundance but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. This people's hearts are waxed gross, and their ears well dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed least they should see with their eyes, and hear with ears, & should understand with their hearts, and should turn, that I might heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Verily I say unto you, that many prophets and perfaict men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, & to here those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. The son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into a furnes of fire, there shallbe wailing and knasshing of ●eth. Then shall thy just men shine a bright as the son in the kingdom of their father. Whence cometh all this wisdom and power unto him? Is not this the carpenters son, is not is mother called mary? and his brethren be called james and joseph and Simon, and judas? and are not his sisters all here with us? whence hath he all these things. A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and among his own kin. The xiiii Chapter. ANd when his disciples saw him walking on the see, they were troubled, laying: it is some spirit, and cried out for fear. And straight way jesus spoke unto them saying: Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid. The xu Chapter. HE that cutsseth father or mother, shall suffee death. This people draweth nigh to me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, howbeit, their hearts are far from me: but in vain they worship me teaching doctrines, which are nothing but men's precepts. That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth defileth the man. All plants which my heavenly father hath not planted, shallbe plucked up by the roots. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall in to the dyche. Out of the heart come enyll thoughts, murder breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theefte, false witness bearing, blasphemy. These ere the things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not a man. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him saying: send her away, for the followeth us crying. He answered and said: I am not sent but unto the loost sheep of the house of Israel. It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to whelps. She answered and said: truth lord, nevertheless the whelps eat of the trommes, which fall from their master's table. The xvi Chapter. AT even ye say, we shall have fair wedder, and that because the sky is reed: and in the morning ye say, to day shallbe foul wedder, and that because the sky is cloudy and reed. When jesus came into the coasts of the city which is called Caesarea Philippi, he ar his disciples saying: whom do men say that I the son of man am? They said: some say thou art john Baptist, some Helias, some jeremias, or one of the prophets. He said unto them: but whom say it that I am? Simon Peter answered & said: Thou art Christ the son of the living god. And jesus answered and said to him: Happy art thou Simon the son of jonas, for flesh and blood hath not opened unto the that, but my father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter: and upon this rock. I will build my congregation And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee, the keeps of the kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou bindest upon earth, shallbe bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou lowsest on earth, shallbe low said in heaven. But Peter took him a side, and began to rebuke him saying: Master saver thyself, this shall not come to the. Then turned he about and said unto Peter: come after me Satan, thou offendest me because thou savourest not godly things, but worldly things. If any man will follow me, let him forsake himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. What shall it profit a man though he should wine all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else what shall a man give to redeem his soul again with all? For the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his deeds. The xvii Chapter. HAd behold there came a voice out of that cloud saying: this is my dear son, in whom I delight, here him. I say verily unto you, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place and he should remove, neither should any thing be unpossible for you to do. How be it this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting. What thinkest thou Simon, of whom do the kings of the earth, take tribute or poll money? of their children or of strangers, Peter said unto him of strangers. Then said jesus unto him again: then are the children free. Nevertheless, lest we should offend them, go to the sea, and east in thine angle, and take the fish that first cometh up, and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of twenty pence, that take, and pay form and the. The xviii Chapter. THe disciples came unto jesus saying: who is the greatest in the kingdom or heaven? jesus called a child unto him, and set him in the mids of them, and said: Verily I say unto you, except ye turn, and become as children, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. whosoever therefore humbleth himself as this child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whosoever receiveth such a child in my name, receiveth me. But whosoever offend one of these lytelones which believe in me, it were better for him that a misstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe be unto the world because of offences. Howbeit, it cannot be ovoyded but that offences shallbe given. Nevertheless woe be to the man by whom the offence cometh. Wherefore if the hand, or thy foot offend thee, cut him of and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter in to lice halt or maimed, rather than thou shouldest having two hands or two feet, be cast into everlasting fire. And if also thine eye offendeth, pluck him out and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter into life with one eye, then having two eyes to be cast in hell fire. See that ye despise not one of these litelons. For I say unto you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my father which is in heaven. The son of man is come to save that, which is lost. If thy brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between him and the alone, if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother, but if he hear thy not, then take yet with the one or two, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses all things may be stablished. If he hear not them, tell it unto the congregation, if he hear not the congregation, take him as an heathen man and as a publican. Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye bind on earth, shallbe bound in heaven: And whatsoever ye louse on earth, shallbe loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree in earth upon any manner thing, whatsoever they shall desire, it shallbe given them of my father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the mids of them. Master how oft shall I forgive my brother if he sin against me, seven times? jesus said unto him: I say not unto thee seven times, but seventy times, seventimes. O evil servant, I forgave the all that debt because thou prayest me: was it not meet also that thou shouldst have had compassion on thy fellow, even as I had compassion on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the sailors till he should pay all that was due to him. So likewise shall my heavenly father do unto you, except ye forgive with your hearts, each one to his brother their trespasses. The xix Chapter. IS it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all manner of causes? He answered and said unto them: have ye not red, how that he which made man and woman and said for this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shallbe one flesh. Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let no man therefore put a sunder that which god hath coupled together. Then said they to him: why did Moses command to give a testimonial of divorcement, & to put her away? he said unto them: Moses because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. I say therefore unto you, whosoever putteth away his wife (except it be for fornication) & marrieth another breaketh wedlock, & whosoever marrieth her which is divorced, do the commit adultery. Then said his disciples to him, if the matter be so between man and wife than it is not good to marry. There are chaste, which were so borne, out of their mother's belly. And there are chaste which be made of men. And there are chaste which have made themselves chaste for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that can take it, let him take it. Suffer the children, and forbid them not to come to me, for of such is the hyngdom of heaven. Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, and that is god. If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me. Verily I say unto you, it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. And moreover I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to entire into the kingdom of god. Then said Peter to him. Behold we have forsaken all and follow thee: what shall we have? jesus said unto them: verily I say to you, when the son of man shall sit in the seat of his majesty, ye which follow me in the second generation shall sit also upon xii seats, and judge the xii tribes of Israel. And whosoever forsaketh houses, or brethren, or sisters, other father or mother, or wife or children, or lands for my name's sake the same shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. The twenty Chapter. THe last shallbe first, and the first shallbe last, for many are called, and few be chosen. To sit on my right hand, and on my left hand is not mine to give, but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. Ye know that the Lords of the Gentiles have domination over them. And they that are great exercise power over them. It shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister, and whosoever will be chief, let him be your servant, even as the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life for the redemption of many. The xxi Chapter. ANd jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the scates of them that sold doves, and said to them: It is written, my house shallbe called the house of prayer. But ye have made it a den of thieves. How soon is the fig tree withered away? jesus said unto them: Verily I say unto you, if ye shall have faith and shall not doubt, ye shall not only do that which I have done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, take thyself away and cast thyself into the sea, it shallbe done. And whatsoever ye shall axe in prayer (if ye believe) ye shall receive it. The xxii Chapter. THen the king came in, to viset the gests: and spied there a man which had not on a wedding garment, and said unto him, friend, how fortuned it that thou cameste in hither and hast not on a wedding gatment? And he was even speechless. Then said the King to his ministers: take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness, there shallbe weeping and gnashing of teeth, for many are called and few are chosen. Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of god truly, neither carest for my man, for thou considerest not men's estate. give to Cesar that which is Caesar's: and give to god that, which is gods. Moses had, if a man die having no children, that the brother mary his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are married, but are as the angels of heaven. God is not the god of the dead, but of the living. Master which is the chief commandment in the law? jesus said to him: love the Lord thy god with all thine heart, with all thine soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and the chief commandment. And there is another like unto this. love thine neighbour as thyself. In these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. The xxiii Chapter. THe Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat. All therefore whatsoever they did you observe, that observe and do, but after their works do not, for they say and do not. Ye and they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay on men's shoulders: but they themselves will not heave at them with one of their fingers. All their works they do for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garment, and love to sit uppermost at feasts, and to have chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men Rabbi. But ye shall not suffer yourselves to be called Rabbi. For one is your master, that is to wit Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth. For there is but one your father, and he is in heaven. Be not called masters, for there is but one your master, and he is Christ. He that is greatest among you, shallbe your servant. But whosoever exalteth himself shallbe brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shallbe exalted. Whosoever sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is. And who soever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of god, and by him that sitteth thereon. woe be to you Scribes and Phariseis, hypocrites which tithe mint, Anyse, and Commine, and leave the weyghtier matters of the law undone, judgement, mercy, and faith. These ought you to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides which strain out a gnat, and swallow a Cammyll. jerusalem, jerusalem which kylleste Prophets and stonest them which are sent to thee: How often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not. The xxiiii Chapter. BEcause iniquity shall have the upper hand, the love of many shall abate. But he that endureth to the end, the same shallbe safe. As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth into the west, so shall the coming of the son of man be. Wheresoever a dead carcase is, even thither will the eagles reforte. Immediatiye after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the Moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move. And then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven, and then shall all the kindreds of the Earth mourn, and they shall see the son of man come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with the great voice of a trump, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, and from the one end of the world to the other. Heaven and earth shall perish, but my words shall abide. But of that day and hour knoweth noman, no not the angels of heaven, but my father only. Wake therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come. Be ye also ready, for in the hour ye think he would not, will the son of man come. The xxv Chapter. Watch for ye know neither the day nor yet the hour when the son of man shall come. Unto every man that hath shallbe given, and he shall have abundance, and from him that hath not, shallbe taken away, even that he hath. When the son of man cometh in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his glory, and before him shallbe gathered all nations, and he shall separate them one from another, as a sheep heard divideth the sheep from the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the lift. Then shall the king say to them on his right hand. Come ye blessed children of my father: inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat. etc. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying: Master when saw we thee an hungered, and feed thee? etc. And the king shall answer and say unto them, verily I say unto you: in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me. Then shall the king say unto them that shallbe on the left hand: Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat. etc. Then shall they say also, master when saw we thee an hungered. etc. Then shall he answer them and say. Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting pain, and the righteous into life eternal. The xxvi Chapter. WHat needed this waste? this ointment might have been well sold, and given to the poor when jesus understood that, he said unto them: why trouble you the woman? she hath wrought a good work upon. For ye shall have poor folk always with you: but me shall ye not have always. And in that she casted this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me withal. Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout all the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be told for a memorial of her. As they did eat: jesus took bread and gave thanks, broke it and gave it to the disciples and said: Take, eat, this is my body. And he took the cup, and thanked, and gave it them, saying: drink of it every one. For this is my blood of the new testament that shallbe shed for many, for the remission of sins. And he came unto the disciples, and found them a sleep, and said to Peter: what could ye not watch with me one hour? watch and pray, that ye fall not into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Put up thy sword into his sheath, for all that lay hand on the sword, shall perish with the sword. The xxvii Chapter. ANd behold the veil of the temple did rend in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the body of many saynetes which slept, arose and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and came into the holy city, and appeared unto many. And jesus came and spoke unto them saying: all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and the son, and the holy ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you. And lo I am with you alway, even until the end of the world. ¶ The end of the gospel of S. Matthew. The Gospel of S. Mark the i Chapter. I Send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before the. The voice of a crier in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the LORD, make his paths straight. john did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. john was clothed with Camilles hear, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins, and he did eat Locusts, and wild honey, and preached saying: a stronger than I cometh after me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to slope down and unlose. I have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the holy ghost. And it came to pass in those days that jesus came from Nazareth, a city of Galilee: and was baptized of john in jordane. And as soon as he was comeout of the water, john saw heaven open, and the holy ghost descending upon him, like a dote. And there came a voice from heaven. Thou art my dare son in whom I delight. After john was taken, jesus came into Galilee, preacing the gospel of the kingdom of god, and sayine the time is come, and the kingdom of God is a● and, repent and believe the gospel. As ho●asked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon ad Andrew his brother casting nets into the s●, for they were fishers. And jesus said unto them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And strait way they forsook there nets, and followed him. And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw james the son of zebedee and john his brother, even as they were in the ship mending their nets, and anon he called them. And they left their father zebedee in the ship with his hired servants, and went their way after him. He taught them as one that had power, with him, and not as the Scribes. And there was in their synagogue a man vexed with an unclean spirit, that cried saying: Let be, what have we to do with the jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know the what thou art even that holy of god. And he cast out many devils, and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. See thou say nothing to any man: but get the hence, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, those things which Moses commanded, for a testimonial unto them. The ii Chapter. WHo can forgive sins out only god? And as jesus passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphey sit at the receipt of custom, and said unto him: follow me. And he arose and followed him. The whole have no need of the physician but the sick. I came not to call the rightewise, but the sinners to repentance. No man soweth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for than taketh he away the new pec● from the old, and so is the rent worse. In likewise, no man poureth new wine into old vessels, for if he do, the new wine breaketh the vessels, and the win runneth out, and the vessels are matted, but new wine must be powered into ne● vesels. The Saboth was made for man, and not man for the Saboth. The iii Chapter. And when the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him, and cried saying: thou art the son of god. And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him. Now can Satan drive out Satan? for if a realm be divided against itself, that realm can not endure. Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue. So if Satan mane insurrection against himself and be divided, he can not continue, but is at an end. Verily I say unto you, all sins shallbe forgiven unto men's children, and blasphemy wher● with they blaspheme. But he that blasphemeth the holy ghost, shall never have forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation, because they said, he had an unclean sprite. Behold thy mother and thy brothers seek for the without. And he answered them saying: Who is my mother, & my brethren? And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass abonte him and said: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever doth the will of ●od, he is my brother, my sister, and mother. The four Chapter. TO you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of god. But unto them that ar● without, shall all things be done in similitudes, that when they see, they shall see, and not discern, and when they hear, they shall hear, and not understand, least at any time they should turn, and their sins should be forgiven them. There is nothing so privy, that shall not be opened, neither so secret, but that it shall come abroad. With what measure ye meet, with the same shall it be measured unto you again. Unto him that hath, shall it be given: and from him that hath not, shallbe taken away even that he hath. What fellow is this, for both wind and see obey him. The .v. Chapter. WHen he had spied jesus a far of, he ran & worshipped him & cried with a loud voice and said: What have I to do with the jesus the son of the most highest god? I require the in the name o● god that thou torment me not. All the devils besought him saying: Send v●into the heerde of swine, that we may ente● into them. And anon jesus gave them leave. The vi Chapter. IS not this that carpenter mary's son the brother of james and joses, and of juda & Simon? and are not his sisters he●e with us, and they were offended by him. And jesus said unto them: I prophet is not despised but in his own country, and among his own kin, and among them that are of the same household. And he called the twelve and began to send them two and two, and gave them power over unclean sprites. And commanded them, that they should take nothing unto their journey save a rod only, neither scrip neither bread neither money in their yourses, but should be should with sandales. And that they should not put on two coats. And he said unto them. wheresoever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart thence: And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence shake of the dust that is under your feet, for a witness unto them. I say verily unto you, it shallbe easier for Zodom and Gomor at the day of judgement, then for that city: And they went out and preached, that they should repent: and they cast out many devils. And they anointed many that were sick with oil and healed them. It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife. When they saw him walking upon the see, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out for they all saw him, and were afraid. The vii Chapter. THe Pharisees & all the jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, observing the traditions of the elders. And when they come from the market except they wash, they eat● not. This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men. For ye lay the commandments of God apart, and observe the traditions of men, as the washing of cruses and of cups, and many other such like things ye do. Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it. There is nothing without a man that can defile him when it entereth into him: but those things which pcede out of him, are these which defile the man. It is not meet to take the children's bread & to cast it unto whelppes. She answered and said unto him: even so master, nevertheless, the whelppes also eat under the table of the children's crowmes. They brought unto him one that was deaf, and stambred in his speech, and prayed him to put his hand upon him, and he took him a side from● the people, and put his fingers in his ears and did spit and couched his counge, and looked up to heaven and sighthed and said unto him: Ephatha, that is to say be opened. And straight way his ear were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plain. The viii Chapter. ANd he caught the blind by the hand and l●dde him out of the town, and sput in his eyes, and put his hands upon him and axed him weather he saw aught: and he looked up and said, I see the men, for I see them walk as they were trees. Whom do men say that I am? And they answered: some say thou art john baptist, some say Helias, & some one of the prophets. And he said unto them: But whom say ye that I am? Peter answered and said unto him. Thou art very Christ. Peter took him aside, and began to chide him. Then he turned about, & looked on his disciples, and rebuked Peter saying: Go after me Satan for thou savourest not the things of god, but the things of men. Whosoever will follow me, let him forsake himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall louse it. But whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, and the gospels, the same shall save it. What shall profit a man if he should win all the whole world and louse his own soul? or else what shall a man give to redeem his soul against? Whosoever therefore shallbe ashamed of me and of my words, among these advouterours and sinful generation, of him shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy angels. The ix Chapter. A Voice came out of the cloud saying: This is my dear son, here him. All thing: are possible to him that believeth. Lord I believe, help mine unbelief. And when he was come in to the house, his disciples axed him secretly, why could not we cast him out? And he said unto them: this kind can by no nother means come forth but by prayer and fasting. By the way they reasoned among themselves, who should be the chiefest. And he sat down and called the twelve unto him, and said to them: Ye any man desire to be first, the same shallbe last of all, and servant unto all. And he took a child and set him in the mids of them, and took him in his arms, and said unto them: Whosoever receiveth any such a child in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth not me but him that sent me. Whosoever is not against you, is on your part. And whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink for my name's sake, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. Whosoever shall offend one of these lytelones, that believe in me, it were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast in to the see. Wherefore if thy hand offend thee, cut him of. It is better to enter into life maimed, then having two hands, go into hell, into a fire that never shallbe quenched, where the worm dieth not, and the fire never goth out. Likewise if thy foot offend thee, cut him of, for it is better etc. Even so if thine eye offendeth, pluck him out, for it is better etc. The ten Chapter. THe Pharisees came and axed him a question whether it was lawful for a man, to put away his wife, to prove him. And he answered and said unto them: Whad did Moses bid you do? And they said. Moses suffered to write a testimonial of divorcement, and to put her away. And jesus answered & said unto them: For the hardness of your hearts he wrote this precept unto you. But at the first creation, God made them man and woman. And for this thing sake, shall man leave his father & mother & bide by his wife, and they twain shallbe one flesh. So then are they now not twain but one flesh. Therefore what God hath coupled, let no man separate. And in the house dis disciples axed him again of that matter. And he said unto them: Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock to herwarde, and if a woman forsake her husband and be married to another she committeth adultery. Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of god. Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of god as a child, he shall not enter there in. And he took them up in his arms, and put his hands upon them, and blessed them. There is no man good but one, which is God. Go and sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me, and take up the cross. What an hard thing is it for them that have riches, to enter into the kingdom of GOD. Children how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a camel to go thorough the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god. Verily I say unto you, there is no man that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or wife, other children, or lands for my sake and the gospels, which shall not receive and hundred fold now in this life, houses and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions: and in the world to come, eternal life, To sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give, but to them for whom it is prepared. Ye know that they which seem to bear rule among the Gentiles, reign as lords over them and they that be great among them, exercise authority over them. So shall it not be among you, but whosoever of you will be great among you, shallbe your minister. And whosoever will be master shallbe servant unto all. For even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life for the redemption of many. The xi Chapter. And jesus went into the temple, and beg●● to cast out the sellers and buyers, in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money cha●gers, and the stools of them that sold doves, and would not suffer that any man carried a vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them is it not written: my house shallbe called the house of prayer unto all nations▪ but ye have made it a den of thieves. Verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, take away thyself, and cast thyself into the sea, and shall not waue● in his heart, but shall believe those things which he sayeth shall come to pass: what soever he saith shall be done to him. Therefore I say unto you. what soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye shall have it, and it shallbe done unto you. When ye stand and pray forgive, if ye have any thing against any man, that your father also which is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses. The xii Chapter. Master we know that thou art true, and carest for no man, for thou consydreste not the degree of men, but teachest the way of GOD truly. give to Cesar that which belongeth to Cesar, and to god that, which pertaineth to god. Moses wrote, if a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that then his brother should take his wife, and reyle v● seed unto his brother. When men shall rise again from death, they neither marry, nor are married, but are as the angels which are in heaven. God is not the god of the dead, but the god of the living. Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, this is the first commandment. And the second is like to this. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandments greater than these. Beware of the Seribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the market places, and the chief feats in the synagogues, and to sit in the uppermost towns, and feasts, and devout widows houses, and that under a colour of long praying. These shall receive greater damnation. verily I say unto you, that this poor widow, hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasure, for they all did cast in of their superfluity: but she of her poverty did cast in all that she had, even all her living. The xiii Chapter. THey shall bring you up to the counsels and into the synagogues, and ye shall be beaten, ye and shallbe brought before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimonial unto them. But when they lead you and present you, take no thought afore hand what ye shall say, neither imagine nothing. But whatsoever is given you, at the same time, that speak. For it shall not be ye that shall speak, but the holys Ghost. Whosoever shall endure unto the end the same shallbe safe. If any man say unto you, lo, here is Christ, to, he is there, believe not, for false Christ's shall tyse, and false prophets, and shall show miracles and wonders, to deceive if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed, behold I have showed on all things before. Then shall they see the son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glotye. And then shall he send his auggels, and shall gather together, his elect from the four wyndee, and from the one end of the world to the other. Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass. But of that day and the hour, knoweth no man: no not the angels which are in heaven, neither the son himself, save the father only. Take heed for ye know not when the time is. Watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house will come: whether at even or at midnight, whether at the cock crowing. or in the dawning, leatle if he come suddenly, he should find you sleeping. And that I say, unto you. I say unto all men, watthe. The xiiii Chapter. WHen he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the Leper, even as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an albiastee bore, of ointment called Narde, that was pure and costly; and she broke the box, and powered it on his head. And there were some that were not content in themselves, and said, what needed this waste of ointment? for it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and been given to the poor. And they grudged against her. And jesus said, let her be in rest, why trouble ye her, she hath done a good work on me. For ye shall have poor with you always, and when soever ye will ye may do them good, but me ye shall not have always. She hath done that she could, she came afore hand to ancynt my body to his burying ward. Werelye I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whose world, this also that she hath done, shallbe rehearsed in remembrance of her. The son of man goeth as it is written of him, but woe be to that man, by whom the son of man is betrayed, good were it for him, if that man had never been borne. And as they are, jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave to them and said: take, eat this is my body. And he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank of it, and he said unto them. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Simon slepeste thou? couldeste not thou watch with me one hour? watch ye and pray lest ye enter into temptation the spirit is ready, but the flesh is weak. The xu Chapter. ANd the voyle of the temple did rend in two pieces from the top to the bottom. The xvi Chapter. GO ye into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all creatures, he that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned. All these things shall follow them that believe: In my name they shall cast out devils, and shall speak with new tongues, and shall kill serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and they shall recover. The gospel of S. Luke the i Chapter. THere was in the days of Hecode the king of jury a cercayne priest named Zachariis, of the course of Abi●. And his wise was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabethe. Both were perfect before GOD, and walked in all the allows and ordinances of the LORD, that no man could find fault with them. And the angel said unto him: fear not, Zacharye, for thy prayer is heard: And thy wife Elizabeth shall bear a son, and thou shalt call his name john, and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shallbe great in the sight of the LORD, and shall neither drink wynenor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the holy ghost, even in his mother's womb, and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to their LORD GOD. And he shall go before him in the spitite and power of Helyas, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the unbelievers to the wisdom of the just men, to make the people teady for the Lord. After those days his wife Elizabeth conceaned, and hid herself five months, saying: This wise hath God dealt with me in the days when he looked on me, to take from me the rebuke that I suffered among men? And the Angel said unto her, fear not Mart: for thou hast found grace with god. Lo, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name jesus. He shallbe great, and shall be called the son of the highest, and the LORD God shall give unto him the seat of his father David, and he shall reign over the house of jacob for ever, and of his kingdom shallbe none end. The holy Ghost shall come unto thee, and the power of the highest, shall overshadow thee, therefore also, the holy thing which shallbe borne, shallbe called the son of god. And lo, assoon as the voice of thy salutation founded in mine ears, the babe sprang in my belly for joy. His mercy is on them that fear him, thorough out all generations. He putteth down the mighty from their seats, and exalteth them of low degree. And thou child shalt be called the prophet of the highest. For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways. And to give knowledge unto his people for the remission of ●ynnes. The ii Chapter. ANd it fortuned while they were there, her eyme was come, that she should be delivered. And she brought for the her first begotten son, and wrayped him in swaddling clothes, & laid him in a manger, because there was no ●oume for them within the inns. Behold I bring you tidings of greatioye, that shall come to all the people, for unto you is borne this day in the city of David, a saviour which is Christ the Lord. And take this for a sign ye shall find the child, swadied, and laid in a manger. And when the eight day was come, that tha child shallbe circumcised, his name was called jesus, which was named of the angel, before he was conceived in the womb. And an answer was given him of the holy ghost, that he should not see death, before he had line the Lord Christ. Behold, this child shallbe the fall, and resuttection of many in Israel, and a sign which halbe spoken against. And more over the sword shall pearre thy soul that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened. And Anna had been a widow about four score and four years, which went never out of the temple, but served god with fasting and prayer night and day. And it fortuned after three days that they four de him in the temple, sitting in the mids of the Doctoures, both hearing them and posing them. He went with them, and came to Nazareth and whas obedient to them. The iii Chapter. THe word of God came unto john the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And be came in to all coasts about jordane, preaching the bap time of penance, for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the sayings of Esaias the prophet, which sayeth. The voice of a crier in wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight: Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shallbe brought low, and crooked things shallbe made straight, and the rough ways shallbe made smooth and all flesh shall see the Saueour● of God. O generations of vipers, who hath taught you in a manger. to fly from the wrath to come? Bring for the the due fruits of penance, & begin not to say in yourselves, we have Arahan to our father. For I say unto you, god is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Now also is the are laid unto the root of the trees, so that every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, shallbe hewn down and cast into the fire. He that hath two coats, let him parie with him that hath none, and he that hath meat let him do likewise. Do violence to no man, neither trouble any man wrongfully, but be content with your wages. I baptize you with water, but a stronger than I cometh after me, whose shoe lachet I am not worthy to unlouse, he will baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire. which hath his fame in his hand, and will purge his floor, and will goder his corn into his barn, but the chaff will he bourn with fire that never shallbe quenched. The four Chapter IT is written, man shall not live by bread only, but of every word of god. It is written, Thou shalt honour the lord thy god, and him only serve. The sprite of the lord upon me, because he hath anointed me, to preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me, and to heal the broken hearts, to preach deliverance to the captive, and sight to the blind, and freely to set at liberty them that are bruised, & to preach the acceptable pere of the lord. No prophet is accepted in his own country. And in the synagogue there was a man which had asprite of an unclean devil and cried with a loud voice saying: Let me alone, what hast thou to do with us, thou jesus of Nazareth? Art thou tome to destroy us? I know the what thou art, even the holy of god. And devils also came out of many of them trying and saying: Thou art Christ the son of God. And he rebuked them and suffered them not to speak, for they knew that he was Christ. The .v. Chapter. HE said unto Peter, launch out in to the deep, and let styppe your nets to make a draft. And Simon answered, and said to him: Master, we have laboured all night, and have take nothing, Neverthe latter at thy word I will lose for the the net. And when they had so done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their not brake, but they made signs to their fellows which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the sh●ppes that they sunk again. When Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at jesus knees saying: Lord go from me, for I am a sinful man. For he was utterly atoned, and all that were with him, at the draft of fish which they took, and so was also james and john the sons of zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And jesus said unto Simon: Fear not, from hence forth thou shalt catch men. And they brought the ships to land, and forsook all, and followed him. He war●ed the leper that he should go and show himself to the pressed, and offer for his cleansing according as Moses commandment was, for a witness unto them. When he saw their faith, he said unto him: man, thy sins are forgiven the. Who can forgive sins but god only? He went forth & saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the recepte of cullome, and said vni● him: follow me, and he left all, rose vy, and followed him. They that are whole need not of the physician, but they that are sick. I ●am not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. No man putteh a piece of a new garment into an old vesture, for if he do, then breaketh he the new, & the piece that was taken out of the new, agreeth not with the old. Also, no man poureth new wine into old vessels, for if he do, the new wine breaketh the vessels, & runneth out itself, and the vessels perish. But new wine must be powered into new vessels, and both are preserved. Also, no man that drinketh old wine, strait way can away with new, for he saith, the old is pleasant. The vi Chapter. whether is it lawful on the sabothe days to do good, or to do evil? to save ones life, or for to destroy it? And he beheld them all in compass, and said unto the man: Stretch forth thy hand and he did so, and his hand was restored, & made as whole as the other. And it fortuned in those days that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to god. Blessed be ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of god. Blessed are ye that hunger now, for ye shallbe satiffyed. Blessed are ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye when men● hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail, and abhorred your name as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake: Rejoice ye then, and be glad, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. Woe be to you that are rich, for you have therein your consolation. Woe be to you that are full, for ye shall hunger. woe be to you that now laugh for ye shall waste & weep. Woe be to you when all men praise you, for so did their fathers to that false prophets. love your enemies, do good to them that hate you. Bless them that curse you. And pray for them, which wrongfully trouble you. And unto him that smytteth the on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away thy gown, forbid not to take thy cote also. give to every man that asketh of the. And of him that taketh away thy goods, axe them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, so do you to them likewise. If ye love them which love you, what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners love their lovers. And if you do for them which do for you, what thank are you worthy of? for the very sinners do even the same. If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank shall ye have? For the very sinners lend to sinners to receive as much again. Wherefore, love ye your enemies do good and lend, looking for nothing again, and your reward shallbe great and ye shallbe the children of the highest, for he is kind unto the unkind and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your father is merciful. judge not, and ye shall not be judged. Condemn not, & ye shall not be condemned. forgive, & ye shallbe forgiven. give & it shallbe given unto you, good measure pressed down. give together & running over shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye meet, with the same shall men meet to you again. Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both than fall into the dyche? The disciple is not above his master. Every manner shallbe perfect even as his master is. Why seest thou a more in thy brother's eye, and considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother ●ette me pull out the moot that is in thine eye, when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? hypocrite cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly to pull out the moot out of thy brother's eye. It is not a good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: neyter is that an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his fruit, Nether of thorns gader men figs, nor of bushes gader men grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaketh. Why call you me Master Master, and do not as I bid you? whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like. He is like a man which bylte an house, and dyggyd deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: when the waters arose the flood bet upon the house, and could not move it, for it was grounded upon a rock. But he that heareth & doth not, is like a man that without foundation by it an house upon the earth, against which the flood did beat, and it fell by and by, and the fall of the house was great. The vii Chapter Lord trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest entre under my roof. Wherefore I thought not myself worthy to come unto thee; But say the word and my servant shallbe hole. I say unto you I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings courts. But what went ye forth to see? a prophet? ye I say to you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written. Behold I send my messenger before thy face, to prepare thy way before the. For I say unto you, a greater prophet than john among women's children is there none Nevertheless, one that is less in the kingdom of god, is greater than he. john Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, he hath the devil. The son of man is come and eateth and drinketh and ye say, behold a man which is a glotten, and a drinker of wine, a seende of Publicans and sinners. Simon, seest thou this woman? I entered in to thy house, and thou gavest me no water to my feet, but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hears of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but she sense the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she hath anointed my feet with ointment wherefore I say unto thee, many sins are forgiven her, for she loved much. To whom less is forgiven the same doth less love. The viii Chapter. UNto you it is given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God: but to other in similitudes, that when they see, they should not see, and when they hear they should not understand. No man lighteth a candle and covereth it under a vessel, neither putteth it under the table but setteth it on a candelstick, that they that enter in, may see the light. Nothing is in secret, that shall not come abroad. Neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come to light. Whosoever hath, to him shallbe given, and whosoever hath not, from him shallbe taken, even that same, which he supposed that he hath. Why mother and my brethren are these, which hear the worbe of god, and do it. What fellow is this? for he commandeth both the winds and water, and they obey him? When he saw jesue, he cried & fell down before him, & with a loud voice said: what have I to do which the jesus the son of the god most highest, And there was there by an heerde of many swine, feeding on an hill, and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them, and he suffered them. The ix Chapter. ANd he said to them: Take nothing to sucker you by the way, neither flaffe, nor scripe, neither bread, neither money, neither have two coats. And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of the city, shake of the very dust from your feet, for a testimony against them. Who say ye that I am? Peter answered and said: thou art the Christ of god. And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily & follow me. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it. But whosoever doth lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what ●uautageth it a man to wine the whole world, if be lose himself, or run in damage of himself? For whosoever is ashamed of me, & of my saingee, of him shall the son of man be a shamed when he cometh in his own glory, and in the glory of his father, and of his holy angels. And behold, two men talked with him, and they were Moses & Helias, which appeared gloriously, and spoke of his deparring, which he should end at jerusalem. Then there arose diputation amongehtem who should be greatest. When jesus perceived the thoughts of their hearts, he took a child, and set him hard by him, and said unto them. Whosoever receaveh this child in my name, receiveth me, and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shallbe great. He that is not against us, is with us. The son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where on to lay his head. Let the dead bury their dead. No man that putteth his hand to the plough & looketh back, is to the kingdom of god. He said unto them, the harvest is great, but the labourers are few, Pray therefore the lord of the harvest, to send forth labourers into his haunest. Go your ways, behold, I send you for the as lambs among wolves. Bear no wallet neither scrip, nor shues, and salute no man by the way. Into whatsoever house ye enter, first say: Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him, if not ie shall turn to you again. And in the same house tarry still eating & drinking such as they have. For the labourer is worthy of his temarde. Go not from house to house, and into whatsoever cyveye enter, if they receive you, eat such things as are set before you, and heal the seek that are there, and say unto them, the kingdom of god is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye shall e●tre, if they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same and say: even the very dust, which cleaveth on us of your city, we wipe of against you. He that heareth you, heareth me, and he that despiseth you desyiseth me, and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. Rejoice not that the spirits are under your power, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven. I confess unto the father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise, and hast opened them to the habes. No man knoweth who the son is, but the father, neither who the father is, save the son, and he to whom the son will show him. Happy are the eyes, which see that ye see, for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things, which ye hear, and have not heard them. Marths, Marths, thou carest, and art troubled about many things: Verily one is needful. Mary hath chosen her that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. The xi Chapter. I Say unto you, are, and it shallbe given unto yet: Seek and ye shall find. Knock and it shallbe opened unto you. For every one the asketh, receiveth, and he that sebeth findeth: and to him that knocketh, shall it be opened, if the son shall are bread of any of you the is a father, will he give him a ●ore? or if he axe fish, will he for a fish geue him a Serpent? Or if he are an egg, will be offer him a Scorpion? If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children how much more shall the father of heaven give an holy spirit to them that desire it of him. Every Kingdom divided with in itself, shallbe desolate, and one house shall fall upon another. So if Satan be divided with in himself how shall his kingdom endure. He that is not with me, is against me, and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. Happy is the womb that bore thee, and the paps which gave thee suck. But he said, ye happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in an privy place, neither under a b●shall: but on a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light. give alms of that ye have, and behold all is clean to you. Woe be to you Phariseis, for ye tithe the mlnt and rue, and all manetherbes, and pass over judgement and the love of God. These ought you to have done, and yet not left the other undone. Woe be to you Pharisees, for ye love the upper most scates in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe be to you lawyers, for ye lad men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. Woe be to you lawyers, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in ye forbade. The xii Chapter. THere is not thing covered, that shall not be uncovered, neither hid, that shall not be known. Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you, whom ye shall fear. jeer him which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Ye, I say unto you him fear. Whosoever confesseth me before men, even him shall the son of man confess also before the angels of God. And he that denieth me before men shallbe denied before the angels of god. And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shallbe forgiven him. But unto him that blasphemeth the holy ghost, it shall not be forgiven. When they bring you unto the synagogues and unto the rulets and officers, take no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall speak: For the holy ghost shall teach you in the same hour, what ye ought to say. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, neither for your body, what ye shall put on: The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. And are not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither climb ye up to high. For all such things the Heathen people of the world seek for. Your father knoweth that ye have need of such things, wherefore seek you after the kingdom of god, and all these things shallbe ministered unto you. Sell that ye have and give alms. And make you bags which wxe not old, and treasure that faileth not in braven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth: For where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also. Happy are those servants, which the lord when he 〈◊〉, shall find waking, verily I say unto you, he will gird himself about, and make them sit down to meat, and walk by, and minister unto them. If the good man of the house knew what hour the thief will come, he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up. Be ye prepared therefore for the son of man will come at an hour, when ye think not. The servant that knew his masters will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shallbe beaten with many scripes. But he that knew not and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shallbe beaten with few stripes, for unto whom much is given, of him shallbe much required. And to whom men much commit, the more of him will they are. Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth? I tell you nay, but rather debate. I tell thee, thou departest not thence, till thou have made good the uttermost mite. The xiii Chapter. EXcepteye repent, ye shall all lyckewyse perish. There are six days in which men ought to work, in them come and be healed, and not on the Saboth day. Then answered him the Lord, and said, Vpocrite, doth not each of you, on the Sabbothe day, louse his ore or his ass from the stall, and lead him to the water? and ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound lo xviii years, be loused from this bond on the Sabbath day? And he said unto them, strive with your selves to enter in at the strait gate, for many I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Behold they are last, which shallbe first, and they are first, which shallbe last. O jerusalem, jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her nest under her wings, but ye would not. Behold your habitation shall be left unto you desolate: for I tell you, ye shall not see me until the time come that ye shall say, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. The xiiii Chapter. Which of you shall have an asse●or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straight way● pull him out on the Saboth day? When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him and he that bade both him and thee, come and say to thee, give this man room, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest room. But rather when thou art bidden, go and sit in the lowest room, then when he that bade the cometh he may say unto thee, friend sit up higher. Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself, shallbe brought low, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, or yet rich neighbours, lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind, and thou shalt be happy, for they cannot recompense thee. But thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just men. If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever bear not his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. The xu Chapter. I Say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner, that repentethe, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance. The xvi Chapter. The children of this world are in there kind. wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, make your friends of the wicked Mammon, that when ye shall depart, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. No servant can serve two masters, for other he shall hate the one and love the other, or else he shall leanly to the one, and despise the other, ye cannot serve god and Mammon. That which is highly esteemed among men, is abominable in the sight of God. Sooner shall heaven and earth perish, than one title of the law shall perish. Whosoever forsaketh his wife, and marrieth another breaketh matrimony: And every man which marrieth her that is divorced from her husband committeth adultery also. Son, remember that thou in thy life time rceivedst thy pleasure, and contrary wise Lazatus pain: Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from death again. The vii Chapter. IT cannot be avoided, but that offences will come. Nevertheless, woe bo to him, through whom they come: It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were cast into the sea, them that he should offend one of this little ones. If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him, and if he repent, forgive him. And though he sin against the seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying: it repenteth me, forgive him. And the lord said: if ye had faith like a grain of mustard seed, and should say unto this Sycamine tree, pluck thyself up by the roots, and plant thyself in the sea, she should obey you. When ye have done all those things, which, are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do. Whosoever will go about to save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life, shall save it. wheresoever the body shallbe, thither will the eagles resort. The xviii Chapter. SHall not god avenge his elect, which cry day and night unto him, ye though he defer them? I tell you he will avenge them and that quickly. Suppose ye when the son of man cometh that he shall find faith on the earth? Every man that exalteth himself, shallbe brought low, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Suffer children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of god. Verily I say unto you, whosoever receiveth not the kingdom of god, as this child, he shall not enter therein. Sell all that thou haste, and distribute it unto poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, and follow me. With what difficulty shall they that have riches, enter in to the kingdom of god: it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god. Verily I say unto you, there is no man that leaveth house, other father and mother or brethren or wife, or children for the kingdom of god's sake: which shall not receive much more in this world: and in the world to come, life everlasting. The xix Chapter. THe son of man is come to seek and to save that, which was lost. Well good servant, because thou wast faith full in a very little thing, take thou authority over ten cities. I say unto you, that unto all them that have, it shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shallbe taken from him. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying unto them, it is written: my house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. The twenty Chapter. THe stone that builders refused, the same is made the head corner stone: whosoever stumble at that stone shall be broken, but on whosoever it fall upon, it will grind him to powder. give unto Cesar that, which belongeth to Cesar: and to god, that which pertaineth to god. The children of this world marry wives and are marred, but they which shallbe made worthy to enjoy that world and the resurrection from death, neither marry wives neither are married, nor yet can die anymore. For they are equal unto the angels, and are the sons of God, in asmuch as they are the children of the resurrection. Beware of the Scribes, which desire to go in long clothing, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and chief rooms at feasts, which divoure widows houses, and that under a colour of long praying: the same shall receive greater damnation. The xxi Chapter. OF a truth I say unto you, this poor wy●dome hath put in more than they all. For they all have of their superfluicie added unto the offering of God, but she, of her penury hath cas●…e in all the substance that she had. Let it stick therefore fast in your hearts, not once to study before, what ye shall answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, where against, all your adversaries shall not be able to speak or resist. Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass. Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this world, and that▪ that day come not on you unwares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that sit on the face of the earth. Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come, and that ye may stand before the son of man. The xxii Chapter. ANd he took bread, gave thanks, and gave to them saying. This is my body which is given for you, this do in the remembrance of me. Likewise also, when they had supped, he took the cup saying: This cup is the new testament in my blood, which shall for you be shed. He that is greatest among you, shallbe as youngest: and he that is chief, shallbe as the minister. Simon. Simon behold, Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And when thou art converted, strength thy brethren. Now he that hath a wallet, let him take it up, and likewise his scrip. And he that hath no sword, let him sell his coat and buy one. And his sweat was like drops of blood, rychling down to the ground. And the lord turned back, and looked upon Peter. The xxiii Chapter. daughters of jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and your children, for behold the days will come when men shall say, happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bate, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountens fall on us, and to the hills cover us: foryf they do this to a green tree, what shall be done to the dry? The xxiiii Chapter. ANd it came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, blessed it, brake & gave to them. And there eyes were opened, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight. And they said between themselves, did not our hearts burn within us, whylle he talked with us by the way, & as he opened to us the scriptures? Handle me and see, for sprites have no flesh and ●ones, as ye see me have. ¶ The end of the Gospel of S. Luke. ¶ The Gospel of. S. john. the i Chapter. SN the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god. The same was in the beginning with god, All things were made by it, & without it was made nothing that was made. He came among his own and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them he gave power to be the sons of god, in that they believed on his name: which were borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor yet of the will of man: but of god. And the word was made flesh and dwell among us. The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by jesus Christ. No man hath seen god at any time. I am the voice of a criar in the wilderness make straight the way of the lord, as said the prophet Esaias. I baptize with water, but one is come among you, whom ye know not, he it is that cometh after me, which was before me, whose shoe lache● I am not worthy to unlose. Behold the lamb of god, which taketh away the sins of the world. I saw the spirit descend from heaven, like unto a dove, and abide upon him, and I knew him not. But he that sent me to baptize inwater, the same said unto me: upon whom thou shaltses the spirit descend and tarry still on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy gho●le. And I saw and bare record that this is the son of god. Thou art Simon the son of jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation a stone. Can there any good thing come out of Na●areth. The ii Chapter ALl men at the beginning, set forth good wine, and when men be drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept back the good wine until now. jesus went up to jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves and changers of money. And he made a scourge of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen and powered out the changers money, and overthrew the tables, and said unto them that sold doves, have these things hence, & make not my father's house an house of merchandise. Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it us again. Then said the jews xlvi years was this temple a bildinge, and wilt thou tear it up in three days? But he spoke of the temple of his body. The iii Chapter. Verily verily I say unto thee, except that a man be borne of water & of the spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of god. That which is borne of the flesh is flesh, and that which is borne of the sprite, is sprite. The wind bloweth where he lysteth, and thou hearest his sound, but canst not tell whence he cometh, and whether he goeth: So is every man that is borne of the spirit. Verily verily I say unto thee: wespeake that we know, and testify that we have seen, and ye receive not our witness. If when I tell you eathly things, ye believe not: How should ye believe if he shall tell you of heavenly things? God so loved the world, that he hath given his only son, that none that believe in him should perish, but should have everlasting life. For god sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him, might be saved. He that believeth in him, shall not be condemned. But he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he believeth not in the name of the only son of god. And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world, and the men loved darrknes more than light because their deeds weteruyll. For every man that evil doth, hateth the light, neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be know, how that they are wrought in god. A man can receive nothing at all, except it be given him from heaven. He that is of the earth, is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven, is above all, & what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth: but no man receiveth his testimony. Howbeit, he that hath recaved his testimony, hath set to his seal that god is true. For he whom god hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the sprite by measure The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand. Be that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the son, shall not see life, but the wrath of god abideth on him. The four Chapter. Whosoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again. But whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him, shall never be more a thirst: but the water that I shall give him, shallbe in a well of water, springing up into everlasling life. Ye worship ye wot not what: we know what we worship. For salvation cometh of the jews. But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the father in sprite and in truth, For verily such the father requireth to worship him. God is a sprite, and they that worship him, must worship him in pryte and troth. jesus said unto them: my meat is to do the will of them that sent me, & to finish his work. And jesus himself testifieth, that a prophet hath none honour in his own country. The .v. Chapter. BEhold thou art made whole, sin no more lest a worse thing happen unto the. The son can do nothing of himself, but that hesyethe the father do. For whosoever he doth, that doth the son also. Neither judgeth the father any man, but had committed all judgement unto the son, because that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the son, the same honoureth not the father which hath sent him. Verily verily I say unto you, he that heareth my words and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into damnation, but is scaped from death unto life. As the father hath life in himself, so likewise hath he given to the son to have life in himself, and hath given him power to judge, in that he is the some of man. Marvel not at this: the hour shall come in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, & shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing at all. If I bear witness of myself my witness is not true. The works which the father hath given me to finish, the same works which I do, bear witness of me that the father sent me. How can ye believe which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh of God only? The vi Chapter. Labour not for the meat that shall perish, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. The bread of God is he, which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. I am the bread of life, he that cometh to me, shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but his will which hath sent me. And this is the father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again, at that last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every man which seeth the senne, and believeth on him, have everlasting life. And I will raise him up at the last day. No man can come to me, except the father which hath sent me, draw him. I am that living bread, which came down from heaven: If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever. And the bread that I wilt give, is my flesh: which I will give for the life of the world. Verily verily I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye shall not have life in you. Whosoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day, for my flesh is meat in deed, and my blood is drink in deed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living father hath sent me, even so live I by my father, & he that eateth me, shall live by me. This is the bread which came from heaven, not is your fathers have eaten Manna and are dead, he that eateth of this bread shall live ever. It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing. Then said jesus to the twelve, will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered: Master to whom shall we go? Thou haste the words of eternal life, and we believe and know that thou art Christ the son of the living god. The vii Chapter. THe world cannot hate you, but me it hateth: Because I testify of it, that the works of it are evil. My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If a man on the Saboth day receive circumcision without breaking of the law of Moses, disdain ye at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the Saboth day? judge not after the utter appearance, but judge righteous judgement. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me, and where I am, thither can ye not come. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink: he that believeth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flow rivers of water of life. This spoke he of the spirit which they that believed on him, should receive. Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he hath done? The viii Chapter. Let him that is among you without sin cast the first stone at her. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men, is true. I do nothing of myself, but as my father hath taught me. If ye continue in my words, then are ye my very disciples, and shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the dedee of Abraham. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof. He that is of god, heareth gods words, ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of god. If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death. Your father Abraham was glad to see my day, and he saw it, and rejoiced. The ix Chapter. ANd as jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples aced him, saying: Master who did sin, this man, or his father and mother: that he was borne blind? jesus answered, neither hath this man sinned, nor yet his father nor mother, but that the works of god should be showed on him. I must work the works of god that sent me, while it is day. The night cometh when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. We be sure that god heareth not sinners, but if any man be a worshipper of god and do his will him heareth he. Sense the world began, was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blind, if this man were not of god, he could have done nothing. I am come unto judgement into this world that they which see not, might see: and they which see, might be made blind. The ten Chapter. HE that entereth not in by the door, in to the sheepfold, but climbeth vy some other way the same is a these and a robber. He that goeth in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep, to him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice: and he cauleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he hath sense forth his own sheep, he goth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but will fly from him, for they know not the voice of strangers. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. An hired servant, which is not the shepherd, neither the sheep archis own, see the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and flieth, and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep. I am that good sheep heard, and know mine, and am known of mine. As my father knoweth me, even so know I my father. And I give my life for the sheep: and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also must I bring that they may hear my voice, and that there may be one flock and one shepherd. No man taketh my life from me, but I put it away of myself. I have power to put it from me, and have power to take it again. I and my father are one. Though ye believe not me, yet believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the father is in me, and I in him. The xi Chapter. WHen jesus heard that, he said: this infirmity is not unto death, but for the laud of god, that the son of god might be praised by the reason of it. If a man walk in the day he stumbleth not because he seeth the light of this world: but if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, ye though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth on me, shall never die. And one of them named Cayphas which was the high priest that same year, said unto them: ye perceive nothing at all, nor yet consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that all the people perish. This spoke he not of himself, but being high priest that same year, he prophesied that jesus should die for the people, and not for the people only, but that he should gather together in one the children of god which were scattered abroad. The xii Chapter. THen took Mary a pound of ointment called Nardus, perfect and precious, and anointed jesus feet, and wiped his feet with her hear, and the house was filled of the saver of the ointment. Then said one of his disciples named judas Iscatioth Simons son, which afterward betrayed him: why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This said he, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and kept the bag, and bare that which was given. Then said jesus, let her alone, against the day of my burying she kept it. The poor always shall ye have with you but me shall ye not always have. Verily verily I say unto you, except the wheat corn fall into the ground and die, it bideth alone. If it die, it bringeth forth much fruit He that loveth his life, shall destroy it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man minister unto me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my minister be. And if any man minister unto me, him my father will honour. Walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, wotteth not whither he goeth: while ye have light, believe on the light, that ye may be the children of light. And jesus cried and said? he that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him the sent me. And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, should not bide in darkness. And if any man hear my words and believe not. I judge him not. For I came not to judge the world but to save the world. He that refuseth me, and receiveth not my words hath one that judgeth him. The words that I have spoken shall judge him in the last day. for I have not spoken of myself: but the father which s●nte me, he gave me a commandment what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that this commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the father bade me, so I speak. The xiii Chapter. PEter said to him: thou shalt not wash my feet, while the world standeth. jesus answered him: if I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me. He that is washed, needeth not save to wash his feet, and is clean every whit. Wot ye what I have done to you? Ye call me master and lord, and ye say well, for so I am. If I then your Lord and master have washed your feet, ye also aught to wash our another's feet. For I have given you an ensample, that ye should do, as I have done to you. Verily verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his master, neither the messenger greater than he that sent him. He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love together, as I have loved you, that even so, ye love another. By this shall all men's know that ye are my disciples, if ye shall love one to another. The xiiii Chapter. IN my father's house, are many mansions. I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto the father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye had known the father▪ And now ye know him, and have seen him. The words that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself, but the father that dwelleth in me is he that doth the works: Believe me that I am in the father, and the father in me. At the least, believe we for the very works sake. Verily verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do, the same shall he do, and greater works than these shall he do. He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, the same is he that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shallbe loved of my father, and I will love him, and will show mine own self to him. If a man love me and will keep my sayings, my father also will love him, and he wylcome unto him, and will dwell with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings. That comforter which is the holy ghost, whom my father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told you. The xu Chapter. I Am the true ●yne, and my father is an husband man. Every branch that beareth no● fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit. Now are ye clean thorough the words which I have spoken unto you. Bide in me, and let me bide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of it felse, except it bide in the vine, no more can ye except ye bide in me. I am the vine, and ye are the branches, he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth moche fruit. For without me ye can do nothing. If a man bide not in me, he is cast for't he as a branch, and is withered, and men gather it, and cast it in to the fire, and it burnethe. If ye bide in me, and my words also bide in you, are what ye will, and it shall be done to you. Here in is my father glorified, that ye bear much fruit and be made my disciples. Greater lovethens this hath no man, then that a man bestow his life for his friends. Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you. If the world hate you, ye know that he hated me before he hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own. Howbeit, because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore hateth you the world. Remember the saying that I have said unto you: the servant is not greater than the lord, if they have persecuted me, so will they persecute you, if they have kept my sayings, so will they keep yours. If I had not come and spoken unto them they should not have had sin: But now have they nothing to cloak their sin withal. He that hateth me, hateth my father. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did they should have had no sin, but now have they seen, & yet have hated both me & my father: even the the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law: they have hated me without a cause. The xvi Chapter. IT is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, that comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come he will rebuke the world of sin, and of righteousne, and of judgement: of sin because they believe not on me: of rightwiseness, because I go to my father, and ye shall see me no more, and of judgement because the chief ruler of this world is judged all ready. Verily verily I say unto you, ye shall weep and lament, and the world shall rejoice. Ye shall sorrow, but your sorrow shall be turned to joy. The xvii Chapter. THis is life eternal, that they might know thee the only very god, and whom thou hast sent jesus Christ. Holy father keep in thine own name, them which thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. I pray not for them alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their preaching that they all may ve one, as thou father art in me, and I in thee, that they may be also one in us that the world may believe that thou haste sent me. The xviii Chapter. Astone as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backwards and fell to the ground. If I have evil spoken, bear witness of the evil, if I have well spoken, why smyteste thou me? For this cause was I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth: and all that are of the truth hear my voice. The xix Chapter. THen said pilate unto him: Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, & have power to lose thee? jesus answered: Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivered me unto thee, is more in sin. The twenty Chapter. Jesus said to her, touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my father. Then said jesus to them again, peace be with you: As my father sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said that, he breathed on them, and said unto them. Receive the holy ghost. whosoever sins ye temyt, they are remitted unto them, and whosoevers sins ye retain, they are retained. Thomas said unto them: except I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my hands in to his side. I will not believe. Thomas because thou haste seen me, therefore thou believest: happy are they that have not seen, and yet believe. The xxi Chapter. WHen Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he gird his mantel to him, for he was naked, and sprang into the sea, the other disciples came by ship. There are many other things which jesus did, the which if they should be written, every one, I suppose the world could not contain the books that should be written. ¶ The end of the gospel of S. john. ¶ The Acts of the Apostles. the first Chapter. IOhn baptized with water: but ye shall be baptized with the holy ghost, & that within this few days. It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father had put in his own power. And the same judas hath now possessed a plot of ground with the reward of iniquity, and when he was hanged, braced a sunder in the mids, and all his bowels gushed out. They gave forth their lots, and the lot fill on Mathias, and he was counted with the eleven Apostles. The ii Chapter. WHen the fyftyth day was come, they were all with one accord together in one place, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as it had been the coming of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they sat. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as they had been fire, and it sat upon i'the of them And they were all filled with the holy ghost, and vegan to speak with other tongues, even as the spirit gave them utterance. Of my sprite I will power out upon all flesh. And it shallbe, that whosoever shall call on the name of the lord, shallbe saved. David saw before, and spoke of the resurrection of Christ that his soul should not be left in hell, neither his flesh should see corruption. Peter said unto them, do penance and be baptized every one of you, in the name of jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost. For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that a far, even as many as the lord our god shall call. And all that believed kept themselves together, and had things comen, and sold their possessions and goods, and departed them to all men, as every man had need, and they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and broke bread in every house, and did eat their meat together with gladness and singleness of heat praising god, and had favour with all the people. The iii Chapter. MOses said unto the fathers. A prophets shall the lord your god raise up unto you even of your brethren like unto me, him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. For the time will come, that every soul, which shall not hear that same prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. The four Chapter. THis is the stone cast a side of you buyldere, which is set in the chief place of the corner. Nether is there salvation in any other. Nor yet also is there any other name given to men, wherein we must be saved. Whether it be right in the sight of god to obey you more than god, judge ye. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one soul. Also none of them said, that any of the things which he possessed, was his own, but had all things comen. Nether was there any among them that lacked for as many as were possessers of lands or hou●s, sold them and brought the price of the things that were sold, and loyde it down at the Apostles feet. The .v. Chapter. A Certain man named Ananias with Saphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept ●waye part of the price, his wife also being of counsel, and brought a certain part, and laid a down at the Apostles feet. Then said Peter: Ananias, how is it that sathan hath sylled thine ●arte that thou shouldest lie unto the holy ghost, ●nd keep away part of the price in thine own power? How is this that thou hast conceived thi● thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied unto men but unto god. When Ananias heard these words, he fell down, and gave up the ghost. They brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and palettes, at the least way the shadow of Peter when he came by, ●yght shadow some of them. We ought more to obey god, than men. If the counsel of this work be of men, it ●yll come to nought. But if it be of god, ye can not destroy it, lest haply ye be found to strive against god. And they departed from the counsel, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke ●or his name. The vi Chapter. THen the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together, & said: it is not meet that we should leave the work of god, and serve at the tablies. Wherefore brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the word. The vii Chapter. ANd the patriarchs having indignation seld joseph into Egipte, & god was with him and delivered him out of all his adversities, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt which made him governor over Egyte, and over all his land. Moses was learned in all manner wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in deeds and in words. I have perfectly seen the affliction of my people which is in Egipte, and I have heard then groaning, and am come down to deliver them. He that is highest of all, dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet. Heaven is my seat, & earth is my foot stole, or what place is it that I should rest in? hath not my hand made all these things? But he being full of the holy ghost, looked up stead fastly with his eyes into heaven, and saw the glory of god, and jesus standing on the right hand of god, and said: Behold I see the heaven open, and the son of man, standing on the right hand of god. And they stoned Steven calling on and saying: Lord jesus receive my sprite, & he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord lay not this sin to their charges. The viii Chapter. WHen the Apostles which were at jerusalem heard say that Samaria bathe received ●e word of god, they sent unto them Peter and john: which when they were come, prayed for them that they might receive the holy ghost. For as yet he was come on none of them: but they were baptized only in the name of Christ jesus. Then said they hands on them, and they received the holy ghost. Thy money perish with thee, because thou weenest that the gift of god may be obtained with money. The ix Chapter. SAul Saul why persecutest thou me? And he said: What art thou lord? And the lord said: I am jesus whom thou persecuteste, ●s shallbe hard for the to stick against the prick. Go thy ways, for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel. For I will show him ●owe great things he must suffer for my name's sake. The disciples took him by night, and put him thorough the wall and let him down in a basket. The ten Chapter. THy prayers and all thy alms are come up into remembrance before god. What god hath cleansed, that make thou not come or unclean. And as it chansed Peter to come in, Cornelius ●et him, and fell down at his feet, & worshipped 〈◊〉. But Peter took him up saying: stand up, ●or even I myself am a man. Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing 〈◊〉 a man that is a jew, to company or come unto an alien: but god hath showed me that I should not call any man comen, or unclean, therefore came I unto you without saying nay, assoon as I was sent for. Then Peter opened his mouth and said: of a truth I perceive that god is not partial, but in all people, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The xi Chapter. Count not thou those things comen, which God hath cleansed. The xii Chapter. THen was Peter kept in prison, but pray● was made without ceasing of the congregation unto God for him. And upon a day appointed Herode arrayed him in royal apparel, and set him in his seat, & made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout saying: it is the voice of a god, and ●ot of a man. And immediately the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the honour. And he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. The xiii Chapter. AS they ministered to the lord, and fasted, the holy ghost said, separate me Barnabas & Paul for the work, whereunto I have called them. Then fasted they and prayed, and put their hands on them, and let them go. I have found David the son of jesse, a man after mine own heart, he shall fulfil all my ●yll. Be it known unto you ye men and brothers, that thorough this man, is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and that by him, all that believe, are justified from all things, from which ●e could not be justified, by the law of Moses▪ Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and s●iderit was meet that the word of God should first have been preached to you. But seeing ye put it from you, and think yourselves unworthy of ever lasting life, lo, we turn to the gentiles, for so hath the Lord commanded us. The xiiii Chapter. They returned again to Lists, and to Iconium, and Antioch, and strengthened the disciples souls, exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must thorough much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. And they ordained them elders by election in every congregation, and prayed, and fasted, and commended to god, on whom they believed. The xu Chapter. Now therefore why tempe ye God, that ye would put a yoke on the disciples necks, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear. Wherefore my sentence in, that we trouble not them which from among the gentiles, are turned to God, but that we writ unto them, that they abstain from filthiness of idols, from fornication, from strangled, and from blood. For it seemed good to the holy ghost and us, to put no grievous things to you, more than these necessary things, that is to say: that ye abstain from things offered to Idols, from blood, from strangled, and fornication. The xvi Chapter. THey were forbidden of the holy ghost, to preach the word in Asia. And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certain Damsel possesied with a spirit that prophesied, met us, which brought her master and masters much vantage, with prophesying. The same followed Paul and us, and cried saying: these men are the servants of the most high god, which show unto us the way of salvation. The xvii Chapter. FOr all the Attenians and strangers which were there, gave themselves to nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear new tidings. For as I passed by, and beheld the manner how ye worship your gods: I found an altar wherein was written, unto unknown god. Whom ye then ignorantly worship, him show I unto you. The xviii Chapter. ANd because Paul was of the same craft, he abode with Aquila and Priscilla his wife, and wrought: their crefte was to make tents. And Paul shore his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow. The xix Chapter. ANd god wrought no small miracles by the hands of Paul: so that from his body, were brought unto the sick, napains, or partlets, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. And the evil spirit answered, and said: jesus I know and Paul I know, but who are ye? The twenty Chapter. I have desired no man's silver, gold, or vesture. Ye know well that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. The xxiii Chapter. THou shalt not coarse the ruler of the people. The Saducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit. But the Pharisees grant both. The xxv Chapter. IT is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man that he should perish before that he which is accused, have the accusers before him, and have licence to answer for himself, concerning the crime laid against him. My thinketh it unreasonable for to send a prisoner, & not to show the causes which are laid against him. The xxvi Chapter. I showed first unto them of Damascus, and at jerusalem, and through out all the coasts of jewry, & to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to god, and do the right works of repentance. ¶ Here endeth the Acts of the Apostles. ¶ The Epistle of S. Paul to the Romans the i Chap. FOr I am debtor both to the Greeks and to them which are no Greeks, unto the learned, and also unto the unlearned. Likewise as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you of Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe, namely to the jew and also to the gentle. The just shall live by faith, His invisible things, that is to say, his eternal power and godhead, are understand and seen by the works from the creation of the world. When they counted themselves wise, they became fools. And as it seemed not good unto them to be known of god, even so god delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do the things, which were not comely. The ii Chapter. THinkest thou this, O thou man that judgest them which do such things, and yet dost even the very same, that thou shalt escape the judgement of god? Either despisest thou the riches of his goodness, patience, and long sufferaūce● and remembrest not how that the kindness of god leadeth the to repentance. But thou after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance, when shallbe opened the righteous judgement of god, which will reward every man according to his deeds: that is to say, praise, honour, and immortality to them which continue in good doing and seek eternal life. But to them that are rebellions and disobey the truth, and follow the iniquity, shall indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon the soul of every man, that doth evil of the jew first, and also of the Gentile. To every man that doth good, shall come praise, honour, and peace, to the jew first, and also to the gentry. Before god they are not righteous which hear the law, but the doers of the law, shallbe justified. Their conscience beareth witness unto them and also their thoughts, accusing one another or excusing at the day, when god shall judge the secrets of men by jesus christ, according to my gospel. The name of god is evil spoken of among the gentiles thorough you. He is a jew which is hid within, and the circumcision of the heart, is the true circumcision, which is in the spirit, and not in the letter. Whose praise is not of men, but of god. The iii Chapter. THere is none righteous, no not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God, they all are gone out of the way, they are all made unprofitable, there are none that doth good no not one. By the deeds of the law, shall no flesh be justified in the sight of god. The righteousness no doubt which is good before god, cometh by the faith of jesus Christ unto all, and upon all that believe. All have sinned, and lack the praise that is of valour before god: but we are justified trely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ jesus, whom god hath made a seat of mercy thorough faith in his blood, to show the righteousness which before him is of valour in that he forgiveth the sins that are passed, which god did suffer to show at this time the righteousness that is allowed of him, that he might be contented just, and a justifier of him which believeth in jesus. We suppose that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. The four Chapter. ABraham believed god, and it was counted unto him for rightewisenes. To him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of favour: but of duty. To him that worketh not, but believed on him that justifieth the ungodly, is faith counted for rightwiseness. Blessed are they whose unrighteousness are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is that man to whom the lord imputeth no sin. Where is no law, there is no transgression. Christ was delivered for our sins, and rose again for to justify us. The .v. Chapter. WE also rejoice in tribulation, for we know that tribulation bringeth patience, patience bringeth experience, and experience bringeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed, for the love of god is shed abroad in our hearts, by the holy ghost which is given unto us. Seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, much more than now: seeing we are justified in his blood, shall we be saved from wrath thorough him. Likewise as by the sin of one, condemnatxion came on all men, even so by the justifying of one cometh the righteousness that bringeth life upon all men. For as by one man's disobedience, many became sinners: so by the obedience of one, shall many be made righteous. The vi Chapter. WE are buried with him by baptism, for to d●e, that likewise as Christ was raised up from death by the glory of the father, even so we also should walk in a new life. For if we be graft in death like unto him, even so must we be in the resurrection. Let not sin reign in your mortal bodies, that ye should thereunto obey in the jousts of it. Neither give your membres as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but give yourselves to god, as they that are alive from death. Let not sin have power over you. For ye are not under the law, but under grace. Remember ye not, how that to whomsoever ye commit yourselves as servants to obey his servants, ye are to whom ye obey, whether it be of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? As ye have given your membres servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, from iniquity to iniquity: even so now give your members servants unto righteousness, that ye may be sanctified. The reward of sin is death, but eternal life is the gift of god, through jesus Christ our lord. The vii Chapter. THe woman which is in subjection to a man is bound by the law to the man, as long as he liveth. If the man be dead, she is loosed from the law of the man. So then if while the man liveth she couple herself with another man, she shall be counted a wedlock breaker. But if the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlock breaker, though she couple herself with another man. I know that in me, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me, but I find no means to perform that which is good. For I do not that good thing which I would, but that evil do I, which I would not. I delight in the law of god, concerning the inner man, but I see another law in my membres rebelling against the law of my mind, and subduing me unto the law of sin, which is in my membres. O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death? The viii Chapter. THey that are carnal, are carnally minded, but they that are spiritual, are ghostly minded, to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace, because that the fleshly mind is enemy against god: for it is not obedient to the law of god, neither can be. So then they that are given to the flesh, cannot please god. If ye live after the flesh, ye must die, but if ye mortify the deeds of the body, by the help of the spirit, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the spirit of god, they are the sons of god. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage, to fear any more: but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba father. I suppose that the afflictions of this life, are not worthy of the glory shallbe showed upon us. The spirit maketh intercession mightily for us, with groanings which cannot be expressed with tongue. If god be on ouresyde, who can be againsts us? I am sure that neither death, neither life, neither angels, nor rule neither power neither things present, neither things to come neither height neither loweth, neither any other creature shallbe able to depart us from the love of god, showed in Christ jesus our lord. The ix Chapter. THey which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of god. He hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he maketh hard hearted. God willing to show his wrath and to make his power known suffered with long patience the vessels of wrath, ordained to damnation, that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared unto glory: that is to say, us which he called, not of the jews only, but also of the Gentiles. The ten Chapter. THe belief of the heart justifieth, and to knowledge with the mouth, maketh a man safe, for the scripture saith: whosoever believeth on him, shall not be ashamed. Whosoever shall on the name of the lord, shall be safe. The xi Chapter. EVen so at this time, is there a remnant left thorough the election of grace. If it be of grace, than it is not of works. For than were grace no more grace. If it be of works, then is it no grace. For than were deserving no longer deserving. God hath wrapped all nations in unbelief. the he might have mercy on all. O the deepness of the abundant wisdom and knowledge of god, how unsearchable are his judgements, and his ways past finding out? for who hath known the mind of the lord? or who was his counselor? other who hath given unto him first, that he might be recompensed again? For of him, and thorough him, and for him are all things, to him be glory for ever. The xii Chapter. I Beseech you brethren, by the mercifulness of god, that ye make your bodies a quick sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto god: which is your reasonable serving of god: and fashion not yourselves like unto this world: but be ye changed in your shape, by the renewing of your wits, that ye may feel what thing, that good that acceptable, and perfect will of god is. For I say (thorough the grace that unto me given ,) to every man among you, that no man esteem of himself more than it becometh him to esteem, but that he discreetly judge of himself, according as god hath beast to every man the measure of faith. Let love be without dissimulation. Be kind one to another with brotherly love. Apply yourselves to the time. Bless them which persecute you: bless, but curse not. Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions. Recompense to no man evil for evil. If it be possible, howbeit of your part have peace withal men. If thine enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overrome of evil, but overcome evil with goodness. The xiii Chapter. Let every soul submit himself unto the authority of the higher powers. For there is no power of god. The powers that be, are ordained of god. Whosoever therefore relisteth power, resisteth the ordinance of god. And they that resist, shall receive to themselves damnation. Ye must needs obey, not for fear of vengeance only, but also because of conscience. Own nothing to any man, but love one another. Love hurteth not his neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Let us walk hovestly, as it were in the day light: not in eating and drinking, neither in chamburing, and wantonness, neither in strife and enuiing, but put ye on the Lord jesus christ. And make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts of it. The xiiii Chapter. ONe believeth that he may eat all thing, another which is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not. And let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth. This man putteth difference between day and day. Another man counteth all days a like. See that no man waver in his dicu meaning. He that observeth one day, more than another, doth it for the lords pleasure. And he that observeth one day more than other doth it to please the lord also. He that eateth doth it to please the lord, for be giveth god thanks. And he that eateth not, cateth not to please the lord with all, and giveth god thanks. Christ therefore died and rose again, and revived, that he might be lord both of dead & quick. Every one of us, shall give accomytes of him klie to god. If thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat for whom christ died. The kingdom of god is not meat nor drink: But righteousness peace and joy in the holy ghost All things are pure: but it is evil for that man which eateth with the hurt of his conscience. It is good neither to eat flesh, neither to drink wine, neither any thing, whereby thy brother ston● bleth, either falleth, or is made weak. The xu Chapter. WE which are strong, ought to bear the frailness of them which are weak, and not to stand in your own conceits. Whatsoever things are written afore time are written for our own learning, that we thorough patience and comfort of the scripture might have hope. If the gentiles be made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is, to minister unto them in carnal things. The xvi Chapter. I Beseech you brethren mark them which cause division and give occasions of evil, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. For they that are such, serve not the lord jesus christ, but their own bellies, and with swear preaching and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocentes. I would have you wise unto that which is good, and to be innocent as concerning evil. ¶ The first Epistle to the Corintians the first Chapter. I Beseech you brethren in the name of our Lord jesus Christ, that ye all speak one thing, and that there be no dissension among you: but be ye knit together in one mind, and in one meaning. The preaching of the cross, is to them that perish foolishness: but unto us which are saved, it is the power of god. The foolishness of god is wiser than men, and the weakness of god, is stronger than men. God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise. And god hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound things which are mighty. And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath god chosen, ye, and things of no reputation, for to bring to nought things of reputation, that no flesh should rejoice in his presence. The ii Chapte THe eye hath not sent, and the ear hath not heard, neither hath entered into the care of man, the things which god hath prepared for them that love him. The spirit searcheth all things, yethe bottom of god's secrets. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of a man, which is within him? even so the things of god knoweth no man, but the spirit of god. The iii Chapter. AS long verily as there is among you envying, strife, and dissension, are ye not carnal and walk after the manner of men. I have planted, Apollo waired, but god gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth: but god that gave the increase. Every man shall receive his reward according to his labour. Other foundation can no man lay, then that which is laid, which is jesus christ. If any mambuylde on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble: every man's work shall appear. For the day shall declare it, and it shallbe showed in fire. And the fire, shall try every man's work, what it is. If any man's work that he hath built upon, bide, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss, but he shallbe safe himself. nevertheless yet as it were thorough fire. Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of god, and how that the sorete of god dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of god, him shall god destroy. For the temple of god is holy, which temple ye are. If any manseme wise among you, let him be a fool in this world, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world, is foolishness with god. The four Chapter. WIth me it is but a very small thing, that I should be judged of you, either of man's judgement. No, I judge not mine own self. I know nought by myself: yet am I not thereby justified. It is the lord: that judgeth me. Therefore judge nothing before the time until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness, and open the counsels of the hearts, and then shall every man have praise of god. What hast thou, that thou hast not received? if thou have received it, why rejoicest thou as though thou hadst notreceaved it? The kingdom of god is not in words, but in power. The .v. Chapter. deliver that fornicator to Saran, for the destruction of the flesh, that the sprite may be saved in the day of the lord jesus. If any that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of idols, either a raylet, either a dronckard, or an extortioner, with him that is such, see that ye eat not. The vi Chapter. IS there utterly no wise man among you, what not one at all, that can judge between brother and brother, but one brother goeth to law with another, and that under the unbelievers. Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god? Be not deceivers. For neither fornicatoures, neither worshippers of idols, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with the mankind, neither thieves, neither the covetous neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither pillars, shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not profitable. Remember ye not, that your bodies are the membres of Christ? Shall I now take the membres of Christ, and make the the membres of an harlot? God forbid. Do ye not know and understand that he which coupleth himself with an harlot, is become one body? For two (saith he) shallbe one flesh But he that is joined unto the lord, is one spirit. All fins that a man doth, are without the body. But he that is a fornicator sinneth against his own body. Ether know ye not how that your bodies are the temple of the holy ghost. which is in you, whom ye have of god, and how the ye are nor your own? For ye are dearly bought. Therefore glorify ye god in your bodies, and in your sprites, for they are gods. The vii Chapter. IT is good for a man, not to touch a woman, Nevertheless to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband. Let the man gene unto the wife due benevolence. Likewise also the wife unto the man. The wife hath no power over her own body, but the husband. And likewise the man hath not power over his own body, but the wife. Withdraw not yourselves one from another, except it be with consent for a time, for to give yourselves to fasting & prayer. And afterward come again to the same thing, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinence. It is better to marry, then to burn. Let every man where in he is called, therein abide with god. Art thou bound unto a wife, seek not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wife, seek not a wife. But and if thou take a wife, thou sinnest not. Likewise if a virginne mary, she sinneth not. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in their flesh, but I favour you. The single man careth for the things of the Lord. But he that hath married, careth for the things of the world: how kenispe please his wife. There is difference between a virgin and a wife. The single woman careth for the things of the lord, that the may be pure both in body and also in spirit. But she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. The wife is bound to the law assong as her husband liveth: if her husband sleep, she is at libettr, to marry which whose she will only in the lord. But she is happiar, if she do abide in my judgement. The viii Chapter. MEat maketh not us acceptable to god: Nether there if we eat, are we the better. Neither if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed that your liberty cause not the weak to fall. If meat her: emy brother, I will ear no flesh while the world standeth, because I will not hurt my brother. The ix Chapter. WHo goeth a warfarre any time at his own cost? Who planteth a vinyeard and eateth not of the fruit? who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk? If we sow unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your carnal things? Do ye not understand, how that they which minister in the temple have their finding of the temple? And they which wait as the altar, are partakers with the altar? Guen so also did the lord ordain, that they which preach the gospel, should live of the gospel. Woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel. They which run in a course, run all, yet one receiveth the reward. So run the ye may obtain. I came my body and bring it into subjection, least after that I have preached to other, I myself should be cast away. The ten Chapter. Fet him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he tall. But god is faithful which shall not suffer you to be tempted adove your strength: but shall in the mids of temptation make away to escape our. Is not the cup of blessing which we bless partaking of the oloude of christ is not the bread which we break, partaking of the body of christ because that we (though we be many) yet are one bread, & one body, in asmuch as we all are parts takers of one bread. Ye can not drink of the cup of the Lord, and of the cup of the devils. Ye can not be partakers of the lords table, and of the table of devils. All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me, but all things ediffy not. Let no man seek his own profit, but let every man seek another's wealth. Whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoeverye do, do all to the praise of god. The xi Chapter. I Would ye knew that Christ is the heads of every man. And the man is the woman's head, And god is Christ's head. A man ought not to cover his head, for asmocke as he is the image and glory of god. The woman is the glory of the man, for the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. Nether was the man created for the woman's sake, but the woman for the man's sake. For this cause ought the woman to have power in her head for the angels sakes. If there be any among you that lusteth to strive, let him know that we no such custom, neither the congregations of god. There must be sects among you, that they which are perfect among you might be known The Lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and thanked and broke, and said: Lake ye, and eat ye, this is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembrance of me. After the same manner he took the cup when supper was done, saying: This do as oft as ye drink it, in the remembrance of me. For as often as ye shall eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye shall show the lords death till he come: Wherefore whosoever shall eat of this bread, or drink of the cup, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the LORD Let a man therefore examine himself and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. For he that eateth or drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh his own damnation because he maketh no difference of the lords body. For this cause many are weak and sick among you and many stepe. If we had truly judged ourselves, we should not have been judged. The xii Chapter. I Declare unto you, that no man speaking in the spirit of god, defieth jesus. Also no man can say that jesus is the lord, but by the holy ghost. And if one member suffer, all suffer with him if one member be had in honour all members be glad also. The xiii Chapter. THough I had all faith, so that I could move mountains out of there places, and yet had no love, I were nothing. When that which is perfect, is come: then that which is unperfect, shallbe done away. Now we see in a glass, even in a dark speaking but then shall wese face to face. Now I know unperfectfy, but then shall I know even as I am known. Now abideth faith, hope, and love, even these three: but the chief of these is love. The xiiii Chapter. BRethren be not children in wit. How be it as concerning maliciousness, be children. But in wit be perfect. Let your wives keep silence in the congregations. For it is not permitted unto the to speak: but let them be under obedience. If they will learn● any thing, let them are there husbands at home. For it is a shame for women to speak in the congregation. The xu Chapter. BY the grace of god I am that I am, and his grace which is in me, was not in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of god which is with me. By a man came death, and by a man came the resurrection of the dead. For as by Adam all die, even so by Christ shall all be made alive, and every man in his own order. Malicious speakings corrupt good manners. The body is sown in corruption, and riseth in incorruption. It is sown in dishonour, and riseth in honour. It is sown in weakness, and riseth in power. It is sown a natural body, and riseth a spiritual body. Flesh and blood, cannot inherit the kingdom of god Neither doth corruption inherit uncorruption. Behold I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep: but we shall all be changed, and that in a moment and in the twinkling of an eye at the sound of the last trump. For the trump shall blow, and the dead shall rise incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on inc rruptibilite, and this mortal must put on immortality. The xvi Chapter. Watch ye, sionde fast in the faith, quite you like men, and be strong. Let all your business be done in love. ¶ The ii Epistle to the Corinthians, the first Chap. FOr as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us, even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ. Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience that in singleness and godly pureness and not in fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and most of all to you wards. The ii Chapter: We are unto god the sweet savour of Christ both among them which are saved, & also among them which perish. To the one part we are the savour of death unto death, & unto the other part are we the savour of life unto life. We are not as many are, which chop and change with the word of god, but even out of pureness, and by the power of God, and in the sight of God, so speak we in Christ. The iii Chapter. such trust have we through Christ togodward, not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing, as it were of ourselves, but our ableness cometh of god, which hath made us able to minister the new testament, not of the letter, but of the spirit, for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. The lord no doubt is a spirit: and where the spirit of the lord is: there is liberty. The iiii. Chapter. IF our gospel be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost, in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them, which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the Image of god should shine on them. Our exceeding tribulation which is momentany & light, prepareth an exceeding & an eternal weight of glory unto us, while we look not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen. For things which are seen, are temporal but things which are not seen, are eternal. The .v. Chapter. FOr we must all appear before the judgement leate of Christ, that every man may receive the works of his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Old things are passed away behold all things are become new. The vi Chapter. I Have heard the in a time accepted: and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee. Behold now is that well accepted time: behold now is that day of salvation. Let us give no man occasion of evil, that in our office be found no fault: but in all things let us behave ourselves as the ministers of god. What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? what company hath light with darkness? what record hath Christ with Belial? either what part hath he that believeth with an in fiddle? how agreeth the temple of god with Idols? And ye are the temple of that living god, as said god. I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their god, and they shallbe my people. The vii Chapter. GOdly sorrow causeth repentance unto salvation not to be repent of: when worldly sorrow causeth death. The viii Chapter. Ye know the liberality of our Lord jesus Christ, which though he were rich, yet for your sakes became poor, that ye thorough his poverty, might be made rich. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. The ix Chapter. THis yet remember how that he which soweth lyrel, shall reapelitel, and he that soweth plenteously, shall reap plenteously. And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudging lie or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver. The ten Chapter. THe weapons of our war are not carnal things, but things mighty in god, to cast boon strong holds, wherewith we overthrow imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of god, and bring into captivity all understanding to the obedience of Christ, and are ready to take vengeance on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Let him that rejoiceth, rejoice in the Lord, for he that praiseth himself, is not allowed, but he whom the lord praiseth. The xi Chapter. THese false Apostles are disceyteful workers and fashion themselves like unto the Apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for Satan himself, is changed into the fashion of an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion themselves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shallbe according to there deeds. Who is sick, and I am not sick? who is hurt in the faith and my heart burneth not? if I must needs rejoice, I will rejoice of mine in firmities. The xii Chapter. HAd lest I should be exalted out of measure thorough the abundance of revelations: there was given unto me unquietness of the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me: because I should not be exalted out of measure. For this thing besought I the lord thrice, that it might depart from me, and he said unto me: my grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect thorough weakness, very gladly therefore will I rejoice of my weakness, that the strength of Christ may dwell in me. The children ought not to lay up for the fathers and mothers, but the fathers and the mothers for the children. The xiii Chapter. IN the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall every thing stand. Fynnally brethren far ye well, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace and the Lord of love and peace shall be with you. The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians the i Chap. Nevertheless though we ourselves, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you, then that which we have preached unto you, hold him as accursed. If I studied to please men. I were not the servant of Christ. I certify you brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me was not after the manner of men, neither received I it of man, neither was I taught it, but received it by the revelation of jesus Christ. The ii Chapter. ANd when Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him in the face, for he was worthy to be blamed. We which are jews be nature, and not sins of the gentiles, know that a man is not justified by the deeds of the law, but by the faith of jesus Christ. And therefore we have believed on jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the saith of Christ, and not be the deeds of the law: because that by the deeds of the law, no flesh can be justified. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. If righteousness come of the law, than Christ died in vain. The iii Chapter. EVen as Abraham believed god, and it was ascribe to him for righteousness, understand therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. As many as are under the law, are under malediction. For it is written, cursed is every man that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to fulfil them. To Abraham and his seed was the promises made, he saith not in the sedes, as in many, but in the sede, as in one, which is Christ. The scripture concluded all things under sin, that the promise by the faith of jesus Christ, should be given unto them that believe. The four Chapter. IT is good always to be fervent, so it be in a good thing. The .v. Chapter. IN jesus Christ neither is circumcision anything worth, neither yet uncircumcision, but faith which by love is mighty in operation. All the law is fulfilled in one word, which is this: thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself. If pebyte and devour one another: take heed lest ye de consumed one of another. The flesh lusteth contrary to the spirit, and the spirit contrary to the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye cannot do that which ye would. But and if ye be led of the spirit, then are ye not under the law. The deeds of the fleshes are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, idolatry, witcheceafte, hatred, variance ●ele, wrath, strife, sedition, sects, envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like, of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inhertte the kingdom of god. The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faithefulnesse, meekness, temperance. Against such thereiss no law. They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the appetites and lusts. If we live in the spirit, let us walk in the spirit. Let us not be vain glorious provoking one another and envying one another. The vi Chapter. BRethren, if any man be fallen by chance in to any fault, ye which are spiritual help to amend him, in the spirit of meekness: considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burden, and so fulfil the law of Christ. If any man seem to himself that he is somewhat, when he is in deed nothing, the same deceiveth himself in his imagination. Let every man prove his own word, and then shall he have rejoicing in his own self, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap, he that soweth in his flesh, shall or that flesh reap corruption. But he that soweth in the sprite, shall of the sprite reap life everlasting. Let us not be weary of well doing, For when the time is come, we shall reap without weatines. while we have therefore time, let us do good unto all men, and specially unto them, which are of the household of faith. God forbid that I should rejoice, but in the cross of our lord jesus christ, whereby the world is crucified as touching me, and I as concerning the world. ¶ The Epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesians, the first Chapter. BLessed be god the father of our lord jesus Christ, which hath blessed us with all manner of spiritual blessings in heavenly things by Christ, according as he had chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world was laid, that we should be saints, & without blame before him, through love. And ordained us before through jesus Christ to be heirs unto himself, according to the pleasure of his grace, wherewith he hath made us accepted in the beloved. The ii Chapter. BY grace are ye made safe through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of god, and cometh not of works, lest any man should boast himself. For we are his worckemanshyp created in Christ jesus unto good works, unto the which, god ordained us before, that we should walk in them. But now in christ jesus, ye which a while ago were far of, are made nigh, by the blood of christ. Now ye are no more strangers, and foreigners, but citesyns with the saints, & of the household of god, and are bylte upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, jesus Christ being the head corner stone, in whom every bilding coupled together groweth unto an holy temple in the lord in whom ye also are built together, and made an habitation for god in the spirit. The four Chapter. I Exhort you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, in all humblends of mind, & meekness, and long suffering, forhearing one another through love, and that ye be diligent to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, being one body, & one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling. To every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Hence forth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men, and craftiness, whereby they lay await for us to deceive us. But let us follow the truth in love, and in all things grow in him which is the head, that is to say christ. As concerning the conversation in time paste, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt thorough the deceivable lusts, and be ye renewed in the spret of your minds, & put on that new man which after the image of god, is shapen in righteousness and true holiness. Be angry but sin not, let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths, but that which is good to edify with all when need is: that it may have favour with the hearers. The .v. Chapter. THis ye know that no whoremonger, either unclean person, or covetous person, which is the worshipper of idols, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of christ and of god. Take heed that ye walk circumspectly: not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time: for the days are evil. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Women submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the lord. For the husband is the wives head, even as christ is the head of the congregation. husbands love your wives, even as christ loved the congregation, and gave himself for it, to sanctify it. etc. Let the wife see that she fear her husband. The vi Chapter. Father's move not your children to wrath, but bring them up, with the nurture and information of the lord. Remember that whatsoever good thing any man doth, that shall he receive again of the lord: whether he be bound or fire. Put on the armour of god, that ye may stand steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness, for heavenly things. ¶ The epistle to the Philippians. the first Chapter. SO that christ be preached all manner ways, whether it be by occasion, or of true meaning I therein joy, ye and wyllioye. Christ is to me life, & death is to me advantage. I desire to be loosed, & to be with christ, which thing is best of all. The ii Chapter. Look ye draw one way, having one love, being of one accord, & of one mind, that nothing be done thorough strese or vain glory, but that in meekness of mind every man esteem other better them himself. And look not every man on his own things, but every man on the things of other men. God hath exalted him & given him a name above all names, that in that name of jesus, should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, & that all tongues should confess that jesus Christ is the lord, unto the praise of god the father. It is god which worketh in you, both the will and also the deed of good will. All other seek their own, and not that which is jesus Christ's. The iii Chapter. BEware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of dissension. For we are circumcision which worship god in the spirit, & rejoice in christ jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. I do judge all things but dung, that I might win christ, & might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law, but that which springeth of the faith which is in christ. Brethren he followers of me, and look on them which walk even so, as ye have us for an ensample. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of christ, whose end is damnation, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is their shame, which are wordelye minded. But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord jesus Christ, which shall change our vile bodies that they may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working, whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. The four Chapter. BE not careful, but in all things show your petition unto god in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks. I have learned in whatsoeverestate I am, therewith to be content. Every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full, and to be gungrye, to have plenty, and to suffer need. I can do all things thorough the help of christ, which strengthened me. ¶ The epistle of S. Paul to the Collossians, the first Chapter. BY him were all things created, things that are in heaven, and things that are in earth, things visible, and things invisible, whether they be majesty or lord ship, either rule or power. All things are created by him, and in him and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being. The ii Chapter. IN christ dwelleth all the fullness of the god, heed bodily, & ye are complete in him, which is the head of all rule and power, in whom also we are circumcised with circumcision made without hands, by putting of the sinful body of the flesh through the circumcision that is in christ, in that ye are buried with him through baptism in whom ye are also risen again through faith, the is wrought by the operation of god, which raised him from death. The iii Chapter. If ye be then risen again with christ, seek those things which are above, where christ sitteth on the tyghte hand of god. Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth. Mortify your membres which are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, unnatural lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is worshipping of idols. For which things sake, the wrath of god cometh on the children of unbelief. And all things whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the lord jesus, giving thanks to god the father by him. husbands love your wives, and be not bitter unto them. Servants, be obedient unto your bodily masters in all things, not with eye service, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing god. Ye masters do unto your servants that, which is just and equal, saying ye know that ye have also a master in heaven. The four Chapter. LEt your speech be always well favoured and powdered with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man. ¶ The first epistle to the Thessalonians, the first Chapter. Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile, but as we were allowed of god, that the gospel should be committed unto us, even so we speak: not as though we intended to please men, but god which trieth our hearts. Neither was our conversation at any time with flattering words; as ye well know, neither in cloaked covetousness, god is record, neither sought we praise of men, neither of you, nor yet of any other. etc. For what is our hope or joy, or corwne, of reioysyr●ge: are not ye it in the presence of our lord jesus christ at his coming? yes ye are our glory and joy. The four Chapter. THis is the will of god, even that ye should be holy, and that yeshoulde abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how to keep his vessel in holiness and honour, and not in the lust of concupiscence, as do the heathen, which know not god. That no man go to far and defraud his brother in bargaining, because the lord is a venger of all such things as we told you before time, and testified. For god hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He that therefore despiseth, despiseth not man, but god, which hath sent his holy sprite among you. I would not brethren have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen a sleep, that ye forowe not as other do, which have no hope. For if we believe that jesus died and rose again: even so then also which sleep by jesus, will god bring again with him. The .v. Chapter. OF the times and seasons brethren ye have no need that I write unto you: for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the lord shall come even as a these in the night. When they shall say peace and no danger, then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not scape. Let us not sleep as do other, but let us watch and besober, for they that sleep sleep in the night. and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night But let us which are of the day, be sober, atmed with the breast place of faith and love, & with hope of salvation as an helmet. For god hath not appointed ve unto wrath: but to obtain salvation by the means of our lord jesus Christ which died for us, that whether we wake, or sleep: we should live cogyder with him. ¶ The second Epistel to the Thessalonians, the first Chapter. WE ourselves rejoice of you in the congregations of god over your patience & faith, in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer, which is a token of the righteous judgement of god, that ye are counted worthy of the kingdom of god, for which ye also suffer. The ii Chapter. Let no man deceive you by any means, for the lord cometh not except there come a departing fyrs●e, and that that sinful man be opened, the son of perdition which is an adversary, and is exalted above all that is called god, or that is worshipped: so that he shall sit as god in the temple of god, and show himself as god. The iii Chapter. We require of you brethren in the name of our lord jelus Christ, that ye wit, draw yourselves, from every drother that walketh inordinatelye, & not after the institution which ye received of us. When we were with you, this we watned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat. If an● men obey not your sayings, send us word of him by a letter, and have no company with him, that he may be a shamed, and count him not as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. The i Epistel of S. Paul to Timothe the i Chapter. THe end of the commandments is love, that cometh of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. This is a true saying: and by all means worthy to be received, the Christ jesus came into the worlo to save sinners. The ii Chapter. IExhort the therefore, the above all things, prayers, supplications, intercessions, & giving of thanks be had for all men, for kings, and for all the are in authority, that we may live a quiet & a peace able life, in all godliness and honesty. For that is good and accepted in the sight of God out saviour, which will have all men saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. I will that women array themselves in comely apparel with shame fastness, and discrete behave our, not with broidered hear, other gold or pearls, or costly array: but such as becometh women that profeste the worshipping of god thorough good works. Let the woman learn in silence with all sublection. I suffer not a women to teach, neither to have authority over the man, but for to be in silence. For Adam was first form, and then Eue. Also Adam was not deceived, but the womaune was decepued, and was in transgression. The iii Chapter. If a man covet the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Ye and a bishop must be faureles, the husband of one wife, sober discrete, honestly apparelled, harberous, apt to teach, not drunken, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorting fight, abhorring covetousnee, & one that ruleth his own house honeslty, having children under obedience withal honesty. For if a man cannot tule his own house, how shall he care for the congregation of god. He may not be a young scholar, lest he swell and fall into the judgement of the evil speaker. He must also be well reported of among them which are without forth, lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evil speaker. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, & such as rule their children well, and their own households. The four Chapter. THe spirit speaketh evidently that in the later times lome shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error, and devilish doctrine of them which speak false thorough ypocrilie, & have their consciences marked with an hot iron, forbidding to marry, & commanding to abstame from meats which god hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe and know the truth. For all the creatures of god are good, & nothing to be refused if it be received with thanks giving, for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. Exercise thyself unto godliness. For bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come. The .v. Chapter. SHe that is a very widow and friendless, putteth her trust in god, and continueth in supplication and prayer night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead, even yet alive. The younger widows refuse, for when they have beggunne to ware wanton, to the dishonour of Christ, then will they marry, having damnation, because they have broken their first saith. And also they learn to go ftom house to house idle, yea not idle only, but also trifling and busy bodies, speaking things which are not comely. The elders that rule well, are worthy of double honour, most specially they, which labour in the word and inteaching. Against an elder receive none accusation, but under two or three witnesses. Them that sin, rebuke openly, that other may fear. Observe these things without haslye judgement, and do nothing partially. Say hands suddenly on no man. The vi Chapter. IF any man be not content with the wholesome words of our lord jesus Christ, and with the doctrine of godliness, he is puffed up and knoweth nothing, but wasleth his brains about questions and strife of words, where of spring envy, strife, railings, evil surmising and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness, from such separate thyself. When we have food and raiment, let us there with be content. They will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts which drowned men into perdition and destruction. For covetousness is the root of all evil▪ which while some lusteth after, they erred from the faith, & tangled themselves with many sorrows. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, & that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living god which giveth us abundantly all things, to emoye them, & that they do good, and be rich in good works, & ready to give & distribute, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may obtain eternal life. ¶ The ii Epistle to Timothe the first Chapter. GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of soberness of mind. Be not ashamed to testify our Lord, neither be a shamed of me, which am bound for his sake, but suffer thou adversity also with the gospel through the power of god, which saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our deeds, but according to his own purpose and grace, which grace was given through Christ jesus before the world was, but is now declared openly by the appearing of our saviour jesus Christ which hath put away death, and hath brought life, and immortality unto light through the gospel. The ii Chapter. NO man that warreth entangleth himself with worldly business, and that because he would please him that hath chosen him to be Soldier, and though a man strive for a mastery, yet is he not crowned except he strive lawfully. It is a true saying: if we be dead with him, we also shall live with him. If we be patient we shall also raygn with him. If we deny him, he also shall deny us. If we believe not, yet abideth he faithful. He cannot deny himself. strive not about words, which is to no profit, but to pervert the hearts. The Lord knoweth them that are his. And let every man that calleth on the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Notwithstanding in a great house are not only vessels of gold, and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, some for honour, & some to dishonour. But if a man purge himself from such fellows, he shallbe a vessel sanctified unto honour, meet for the lord, and prepared unto all good works. foolish and unlearned questions put from thee, remembering that they do, but gender strife. The iii Chapter. Ye and all that will live godly in Christ jesus must suffer persecutions: but the evil men and deceivers shall wax worse and worse, while they deceive and are deceived themselves. All scripture given by inspiration of god, is profitable to teach, to improve, to amend & to instruct in rightwiseness, that the man of god may be perfect and prepared unto all good works. The four Chapter. Preach the word, be fervent, be it in season or out of season. Improve, rebuke, exhort which all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they (whose ears itch) get them an heap of teachers, & shall turn their ears from the truth, and shallbe given unto fables. I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departing is at hand. I have sought a good fight, and have fulfilled my course, and have kept the faith. From hence forth, is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the lord that is righteous judge shall give me at that day, not to me only, but unto all them that love his coming. ¶ The Epistle of S. Paul to Titus the first Chapter. ABishop must be faultless, as it becometh the minister of god. Not proud not angry, no drunkard, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre, but herberous, one that loveth goodness, sober minded, righteous, holy, temperate, & such e as cleaveth unto the true word of doctrine, that he may be able, to exhibit with wholesome learning, and to improve them that say against it. The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts and stowe belies. They confess that they know god: but with the deeds they deny him, and are abominable, & disobedient, and to all good works discommendable. The ii Chapter. ANd the elder women likewise, that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things, to make the young women sober minded, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discrete, chaste, huswifely good and obedient to their own husbands, that the word of god be not evil so oaken of. The grace of god, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared, and teacheth us that we should dame ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously & godly in this present world, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our savour jesus Christ, which gave himself for us, to redeem us, from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works. The iii Chapter. Warn them that they submit themselves to rule and power, to obey the officers, that they be ready to all good works. Not of the deeds of righteousness which we wrought, but of his mercy he saved us. foolish questions and genealogies, and brawling and strife about the law, avoid, for they are unprofitable, and superfluous. A man that is given to heresy, after the first and the second admonition, avoid, remembering that he that is such, is perverted, and sinneth, even damned by his own judgement. The Epistle of S. Paul to the hebrews the i Chapter. GOD in time past diversly and many ways spoke unto the fathers by the prophets, but in these last days, he hath spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things, by whom also he made the world. He maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers fiammes of fire. Are not all the angels ministering spirits scent to minister for their sakes, which shallbe heirs of salvation? The ii Chapter. HE that sanictifieth, and they which are sanctifed are all one. He in no place taketh on him the angels, but the feed of Abraham taketh he on him. Wherefore in all things it became him to be made like unto his brechrens, that he might be merciful, and a faithful high priell in things concerning god, for to purge the people's sins. For in that he himself suffered and was tempted, he is able to sucker them that are tempted. The three Chapter. CHrist as a son hath rule over the house, whose house are we, so that we hold fast the confident and the reidysing of that hope, unto the end. Take heed brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart in unbelieve, that he should departed from the living god: but exhort one another daily, while it is called to day, least any of you ware hard hearted thorough the deceytefulnesse of sin. The four Chapter. THe word of god is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edge sweared: and en treth through, even unto dividing a sunder of the soul and the spirit, and of the taints and the marry: and judgeth the thought is and theintentes of the heart: neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak The .v. Chapter. WE have not an high priest, which cannot have compassion on our infirmities but was in all points like as we are, but yet without sin. Let us therefore go boldly unto the seat of grace, that we may receive mercy, & find grace to help in time of need. Every high priest that is taken from among men is ordained for men, in things pertaining to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sin: which can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way, because that he himself also is compassed with infirmity, for the which infirmities sake, he is bound to offer for sins, as well for his owneparte, as for the people's. No man taketh honour unto himself, but he that is called of god, as was Aaron. Christ in the days of his flesh did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying & tears, unto him that was able to save him from death, and was also heard, because of his obedience. The vi Chapter. IT is not possible, that they which were once lygted, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were become partakers of the holy ghost, and have tasted of the good word of god, and of the power of the world to come: if they fall, should be renewed again unto repentannce: for as much as they have (as concerning themselves) crucified the son of god a fresh making a mock of him. That earth which drinketh in the rain, which cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meat for them that dress it, receiveth blessing of god. But that ground which beareth thorns and briars, is reproved and is nigh unto cursing: whose end is to be burned. God is not unrighteous, that he should forgeth your work and labour that proceedeth of love. which love ye show in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister. The vii Chapter. TO Melchisedech, Abraham gave tithes of all things. Melchisedech first is by interpretation King of righteousness, after that he is king of Salem, that is to say, king of peace, without father without mother, without kin, and hath neither beginning of his time, neither y●● end of his life: but is likened unto the son of god, and continueth a priest for ever. And verily those children of Levi, whicheth ceave the office of the priests have a commandment to take according to the law, tithes of the people, that is to say, of their brethren, ye though they sprang out of the loins of Abraham. Levy himself also, which receiveth tythee, paid tithes in Abraham. The law made no thing perfect, but was an introduction of a better hope, by which hope, we draw nigh unto god. This man (Christ) because he endureth evee hath an everlasting priesthood. Wherefore he is able also ever to save them, that come unto god by him, saying he ever liveth, to make intercession for us such an high pressed it became us to have, which is holy harmless, undefiled, separate from fins, & made hyar then heaven, which needeth not daily (as yonder hye-prestes) to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and even for the people's sins, for that did he once for all, when he offered up himself. For the law maketh men prides, which have infirmity, but the word of the oath that came sense the law, maketh the son priest, which is perfect for evermore. The viii Chapter. AFter those days saith the lord, I will put my laws in their minds, and in their hearts I will writ them, and I will be their god, and they shallbe my people. And they shall not teach, every man his neighbour, land every man his brother saying: know the lord. For they shall know me, from the lest to the most of them, for I willbe merciful over their unrighteousness and on their sins, and on their iniquities. The ix Chapter. THe priests went always into the first tabernacle, and executed the service of god. But in the second went the high pressed, alone, one every year: and not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the ignorance of the people. But Christ being an high priest of good things to come: neither be the blood of goats & calves, but by his own blood he entered in once for all in to the holy place, & found eternal redemption. wheresoever is a testament, there must also be the death of him that maketh the teilament, for the testament taketh authority when men are dead, for it is of no value as long as he the made it is a live. Christ is not entered into the holy places that are made with hands, which are but similitudes of true things: but is entered into very heaven, for to appear now in the sight of god for us: not to offer himself, often as the high priest entereth in to the holy place every year with strange blood, for than must he have often suffered sense the world began. But now in the end of the world hath he appeared once to put sin to flight, by the offering up of himself. And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cō●eth the judgement, even so, christ was once offered to take away the sins of many, and unto them that look for him, shall he appear again without sin unto salvation. The ten Chapter. IT is unpossible that the blood of oxen and of goats should take away sins. This is the testament that I will make unto them after those days saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their mind I will writ them, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. And where remission of these things is, there is no more offering for sin. Let us consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works, and that so moth the more, because ye see that the day draweth nigh. If we sin willingly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a fearful looking for judgement, and violente fire, which shall devour the adversaries. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living god. The just shall live by faith. The xi Chapter. HAith is a sure confidence of things, which are haped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen. Without faith it is unpossible to plaise god. By faith Moses when he was great, refused to be called the son of Pharaos' daughter, & chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of god then to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a reason, and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches than the treasure of egypt, for he had respect unto the reward. The xii Chapter. WHom the lord loveth, him he chastened, ye, & he scourgeth every son that he receiveth. No manner chastifing in the present time, seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless afterward, it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them, which are therein exercised. Embrace peace with all men & holiness, without the which no man shall see the Lord. Esau for out break fast sold his birthright, ye know how that afterward when he would have inherited the blessing, he was put by, & he found no means to come thereby again, no though he desired it with tears. Ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living god the celestial jerusalem, and to an innumerable sight of angels, and unto the congregation of the first borne sons which are written in heaven, and to god the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men, and to jesus the mediator of the new testament, & to the sprinkling of blood that speaketh better than the blood of Abel. Our god is consuming fire. The xiii Chapter. BE not forgetful to lodge strangers, for thereby have divers received angels into their houses unwares. Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled, for whose keepers and advoutrars god will judge. Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of god. The end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith. Be not carried about with divers and strange learning. Here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come. To do good, and to distribute forget not, for with such sacrifices god is pleased. Ohey them that have the oversight of you, and submit yourselves to them, for they watch for your souls, even as they that must give accounts: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief, for that is an unprofitable thing for you. ¶ The epistle of S. james the first Chapter. MY brethren, count it exceeding joy when ye fall into divers temptations, for as much as ye know how that the entering of your faith bringeth patience, and let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and sound lacking nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him axe of god which geneth to all men indifferently, and casteth no man in the teeth, and it shallbe given him. But let him axe it in faith and waver not for he that doubteth is like tghe waves of the sea tossed of the wind and carried with violence. Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the lord, a wavering minded man, is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, & the rich in that he is made low, for even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away. The son riseth with heat, and the grass wydereth, and his fioure falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth, even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance. Happy is that man that endureth in temptation, for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the lord hath promised to them that love him. God tempted not unto evil, neither tempered he any man. But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence. Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death. Every good gift, and ruerye perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the father of light, with whom is no variableness, neither is he changed unto darrkenes. Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath, for the wrath of man worketh not that, which is righteous before god. See that ye be doars of the word, and not heaters only, deceiving yourselves with sophistry. Pure devotion and undefiled before go the father, is this, to visit the faberlesse, & widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world. The ii Chapter. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet fail in one point, he is guilty in all. There shallbe judgement merciless to him, that showeth no mercy, and morcye rejoiceth against judgement. Faith if it have no deeds, is dead in itself. I man is justified of deeds, and not of faith only. Is the body without the sprite is dead, even so faith without deeds is dead. The iii Chapter. IF a man sin not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able to came all the body. The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. It is an unruelyr evil, full of deadly poison, the tongue can no man came. If any man be wise and endued with learning among you, let him show the works of conversation in mehnes that is coupled with wisdom. The wisdom that is from above is first pure, than peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation: yea & the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace. The four Chapter. Ye axe and receive not, because ye axe amiss. Know ye not how that the friendship of the world is enmity to godward? Whosoever will be a friend of the world, is made the enemy of god. What thing is your life? It is not even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanished away. To him that knoweth how to be good, and doth it not, to him it is sin. The .v. Chapter. GO to now ye rich men, weep and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you. Your riches is corrupt, your garments are moth eaten, your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shallbe witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh, as it were fire. Above all things my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath. Let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into hypocrisy. If any of you be disealed, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the lord shall raise him up, & if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent. Brethrens if any of you err from the truth, & another convert him let the same know that he which converted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide the multitude of sins. ¶ The i Epistle of S. Peter the first Chapter. Gird up the loins of your mynōe●, be sober & trust perfectly on the grace that is brought unto you by the declaring of jesus Christ, as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves unto your old jousts of ignorance: but as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation, because it is written, be ye holy, for I am holy. The father without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works. Ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible silver and gold from your vain converrsation which ye received by the traditions of the fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb undefiled, and with out spot which was ordained before the world was made, but was declared in the last times for your sakes which by his means have believed on God that raised him from death, & glorified him, that your faith and hope might be in god. See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: for ye are borne a new, not of mortal seed, but of immortal, by the word of god, which liveth and lasteth for ever. All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass. The grass withereth & the flower falleth away, but the roord of the lord endureth ever. The ii Chapter. IF so be that ye have tasted how pleasant the lord is, to whom ye come as to a living stone disallowed of●ten, but chosen of god, and precious and ye ae living stonce, are made a spiritual house, and an holy pristehode for to offer up spiritual sacrifice, acceptable to god by jesus Christ. Unto you which believe, he is precious, but unto them which believe not, the stone which the builders refused, the same is made the head stone in the corner, and a stone to stumble at, ●nd a rock to offend them which stumble at the word, and believe not that whereon they were set. dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soul, and see that ye have honest conversation among the gentiles, that they which backbite you as evil doers, may see your good works, and praise god in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves unto almaner ordinance of man for the lords sake, whether it be unto the king as unto the chief head, other unto rulers, as unto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of evil doers, but for the laud of them that do well. Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous, but also though they be fromward. For it is thank worthy if a man for conscience toward god endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what praise is it, if when ye be suffered for your faults ye take it patiently? but if when ye do welye suffer wrong and take it patiently, then is there thanks with God. Christ suffered for us, leving us an example that we should follow his steps, which did not sin, neither was there guile found in his mouth: which when he was reviled, reviled not again when he was buffeted, he threatened not, but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously, which his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we should be belivered from sin and should live in righteousness. The iii Chapter. women's apparel shall not be outward with broided hear, and hanging on of gold, either in putting on of gorgeous apparel, but let the hid in Turrian of the heart be uncorrupt with a meek and quiet spirit, which spirit is before god a thing much set by. It is better (if the will of god ve so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for cuell doing. The four Chapter. HE which suffereth in the flesh, ceaseth from sin, the he hence forward should live as much time as remaineth in the flesh, not after the lusts of men, but after the will of god. To this purpose was the gospel preached unto the dead, that they should be condemned of men in the fieshe, but should live before god in the spirit. Above all things have fervent love among you, for love covereth the multitude of sins. The .v. Chapter. see that ye feed Christ's flock, which is among you, taking the oversight of them, not as though ye were compelled thereto, but willingly, not for to desire filthy lucre, but of a good mind, not as though ye were Lords over the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flock, and when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an incorruptible crown of glory. God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Be sober & watch, for your adversary the devil as a roating lion walketh aboote seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist stead fast in the saith, remembering that ye do but fulfil the same afllictions, which are appointed to your brethren that are in the world. ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the first Chapter. IN your faith minister virtue, and in verive knowledge, and in knowledge temperance, and in temperance patience, in patience godliness, in godliness brotherly kindness, in brotherly kindness love. For if these things be among you and are plenteous, they will make you that ye neither shallbe idle, nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things, is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and had forgotten that he ws purged from his old sins. The ii Chapter. THere were false prophets among the people, even as there shallbe false teachers among you, which privily shall bring in damnable sects, even denying the Lord that hath bought them, and bring upon themselves swift damnation, and many shall follow their damnable ways, by which the way of truth shallbe evil spoken of: and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose judgement is not far of, and their damnation flepeth not. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of the temptation, and how to reserve the the uniusle unto the day of judgement. For to be punished, namely them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority. Of whom soever a man is over come, unto the same is he in bondage. It had been better for them not to have known the way of right wiseness, then after they have known it, to turn from the holy command dement given unto them. The iii Chapter. ONe day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day. The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness, but is patient to us ward, and would have noman lost, but would receive all men to repentance. The day of the Lord will come as a these in the night, in the which day the heavens shall perish with terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein, shall burn. And suppose ye that the long suffering of the Lord is salvation, even as our dearly beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given unto him, wrote to you, yea, almost in every Epistle speaking of such things, among which are many things hard to be understand, which they that are unlearned & unstable, pervert as they do other scriptures, unto their own destruction. The i Epistel of S. john the Apostle the i Chapter. IF we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us. If we knowledge our sins, he is faithful and just to for give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. The ii Chapter. IF any man sin, yet we have an advocate with the father, jesus Christ, which is righteous: and he it is that oblayneth grace for our sins, not for your sins only, but also for the sins of all the world. He that saith I know him, and keepeth not his commaundemetes, is a liar, and the verity is not in him. He that sayeth he by death in him, ought to walk even as he walked. He that saith how that he is in the light and yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until this time. He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, & there is none occasion of evelin him. He that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and cannot tell wither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. See that ye love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him, for all that is in the world, (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods) is not of the father, but of the world. And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof, but he that fulfilleth the will of god, abideth ever. The iii Chapter. Whosoever committeth sin, committeth unrighteousness also, for sin is unrighteousness, whosoever doth not righteousness, is not of god, neither he that loveth not his brother. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in beathe. Whosoever hateth his brother, is a man flear, and ye know that no man flear, hath eternal life abiding in him. Whosoever hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother have need, & shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of god in him? Let us not love in word neither in tongue, but with the deed, & in verity, for thereby we know that we are of the verity, & can before him quiet our bertes. He that keepeth gods commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him, & thereby we know that there abideth in us of the spirit, which he gave us. The four Chapter. Believe not every spirit, but prove whether they are of God ornot. In this appeared the love of god to us ward, because that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thorough him. Herein is love, not that we loved god, but that he loved us, and sent his son to make agreement for our sins. If we love one another, god dwelleth in us. and his love is perfect in us. Whosoever confesseth that jesus is the son of god, in him dwelleth god, and he in god, There is no fear in love, but parsecte love cafleth out all fear, for fear hath painfulness, he the reateth is not perfect in love. If a man say I love god, and yet hate his brother, he is a liar. For how can he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, love god, whom he hath not seen? The.u. Chapter. GOds commandments are not grievous. This is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith thee, who is it, that overcometh the world, but he which believeth, that jesus is the son of God? There are three which bear record in heaven, the father, the word, and the holy ghost, and these three are one. There are three which bear record, in carth, the spirit, and water, and blood, and these three are one. This is the trust that we have in god, that if we are any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he hear us, what soever we are, we know that we shall have the petitions that we desire of him. If any man see his brother sin a sin that is nor unto death, let him are, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death: There is a sin unto death, for which say I not that a man should pray All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death. The world is all together set on wickedness. ¶ The second epistle of S. john the first Chapter. HAd now beseech I the lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that same which we hard from the beginning, that we should love one another, and this is the love, that we should walk after his commandments. The ii Chapter. Whosoever transgresseth, and bideth not in the doctrine of christ, hath not god. He that endureth in the doctrine of christ, hath both the father and the son if there come any unto you, and bring not his learning, him receive not to house, neither bid him god speed, for he that bid him god speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. ¶ The Epistel of S. Jude the first Chapter. Behold the Lord shall come with thousands of saynetes, to give judgement against all men, and to rebuke all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their trowel speakings which ungodly synuers have spoken against him. ¶ The Revelation of S. john. the first Chapter. HAppy is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things which are written therein, for the time is at hand Behold he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him, and they also which pierced him. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending saith the Lord almighty, which is and which was, and which is to come. The ii Chapter. TO him that over cometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the mids of the paradise of god. To him that overcometh will I give to eat Manna that is hid, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. I will give unto every one of you, according unto your worches. To him that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, I will give power over nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron and as the vessels of a potter shall he broke them to shivers. The iii Chapter. If thou shalt not watch, I will come on the as a these, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon the. He that overcometh shallbe clothed in whit array, and I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels. I know thy worches that thou art neither cold not hot, I would thou were cold or hot. So then because thou art between both, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew the out of my mouth: because thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast vede of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind and na●ed: I counsel the to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich, and whit raiment that thou mayst be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not ampere, and anoint thine eyes with eye salve that thou mayst see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten, be servant therefore and repent. Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my seat even as I overcame and have sitten with my father, in his seat. The four Chapter. THe first best was like a lion, the second best like a calf, and the third best had a face as a man, and the fourth best was like a dying eagle. The .v. Chapter. ANd when he had taken the book, the four beasts, & the xxiiii elders fell down before the lamb, having haps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints, and they song a new song saying: thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast killed, & hast redeemed us by thy blood out of all kindreds, and tongues, and people, and nations, and haste made us unto our god, kings, and priests, and we shall reign on the exche. The vi Chapter. I Saw under the altar, the souls of them that were killed for the word of god, and for the testimony which they had. And they cried with ● loud voice, saying: how long carriest thou lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? The vi Chapter. GO there was a great earth quake, & the sun was as black as sack cloth made of heart, and the moan waxed even as blood, and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth even as a fig free casteth from her, her figs when she is shaken of a myghey wind, & heaven vanished away as a scroll when it is rolled together, and all mountains and isles were moved out of their places and the kings of the earth, and the greatemen, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every man, bound man, and every free man, hid themselves in dens and in rocks of the hills: and said to the hills and rocks: fall on us and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb, for the great day of his wrath is come, and who can endure it. The vii Chapter. ANd one of the elders answered, saying unto me, what are these which are arrayed in long white garments and whence came they? And I said unto him: Lord thou wottest. And he said unto me: these are they which came out of great tribulation, and made their garments large and made them white in the blood of the lamb, therefore are they in the presence of the seat of god, and serve him day and night in the temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwellamonge them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat, for the lamb which is in the mids of the seat, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto fountains of living water, and god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. The viii Chapter. ANd an other angel came and stood before the altar having a golden senser & moche of odours was given unto him, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which was before the seat, and the smoke of the odours which came of the prayers of all saints, ascended up before god, out of the angels hand. The ix Chapter. IN those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to die and death shall fly from them. The xi Chapter. ANd when they have finished their testimony, the best that came out of the bottomless pit, shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Zodom and Egipte, where our lord was crucified. And they of the people and kyndtedes, and tongues, and they of the nations, shall see their bodies iii days and a half, and shall not suffer their bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth, shall rejoice over them and be glad, and shall send gifts one to another, for these two prophets vexed them that dwell on the earth. And after three days and a half, the spirit of life, from god entered into them, & they stood up on their fece, and great feat came upon them which saw them, and they hard a great voice from heaven saying unto them: Come up hydder, and they ascended up into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. The xii Chapter. ANd there was a great battle in heaven. Michael & his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, & prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon, the old serpent called the devil, and Sathanas was cast out, which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angelo were cast out also. The xiii Chapter. HE that killeth with a sword, must be bylled with aswearde. The xiiii Chapter. ANd I heard the voice of harpers harping with their haps, and they song as it were a new song before the feat, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song, but the hundred and. 44. M. whithe were redeemed from the earth. These are they, which were not defiled with women for they are virgins. These follow the lamb whethersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from men, being the first fruits unto god and to the lamb, & in their mouths was found no guile, for they are without spot before the throne of god. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me: writ, Blessed are the dead, which here after die in the lord, even so saith the spirit that they may rest from there labours, but their worekes shall follow them. The xvi Chapter. Behold I come as a these, happy is he that watched and keepeth his garments, lest he be found naked, and men ie his filthiness. The xviii Chapter. ANd asmothe as she glorified herself, and lived want only, so moche pour ye in for her of punishment and sorrow. The xix Chapter. Happy are they which are called unto the lambs supper. And I fell at his feet to worship him, and he said unto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, and one of thy brerhrens, and of them that have the testimony of jesus, worship god. The twenty Chapter. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, for on such shall the second death have no power, for they shallbe priests of god & of Christ, & shall reign with him. a. M. year. And I saw the dead, both great and small stand before god. And the books were opened, & another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged of those things which were written in the books according to their deeds, and the sea gave up her dead, which were in her, and death and hell delivered up the dead, which were in them, and they were judged every man according to his deeds. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, and whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire. The xxi Chapter. ANd I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: behold, the tabernacle of god is with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shallbe his people, and god himself shallbe with them, and be their god. And god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shallbe no more death neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, I will geue to him that is a thirst of the well of the water of life free, he that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his god, and he shallbe my son. But the featefull and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, & idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire, and brimstone which is the second death. His servants shall serve him, and they shall see his face, and his name shallbe in their foreheaddes, and there shallbe no might, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord god giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore. I am john which saw these things, & heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down, to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things, and he said unto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant, & the fellow servant of thy brethren the prophets, & of them which keep the sayings of this book, but worship god. He that doth evil, let him de evil still, and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still, and he that is righteous, let him be more righteous, and he that is holy, let him be more holy. And behold I come shortly, and my reward with me, to give every man according as his deeds shallbe. Blessed are they, that do gods commandments, that their power may be in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city, for without shall be dogs & enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh leasings. ¶ The end of the book, for the which God be praised. ¶ The Table of the new Testament. A Abstain from blood. etc. Act .v. Abstain from fleshly lusts i Pet. ii Adam was not deceived but Eue. i. Tim ii Adultery in berte. Math. v. Against rich men. jacob .v. Agree with thine adversary. Math. v. Alms must be done secretly. Mac vi Alpha etc. Omega. Apo. i xxi. All nations shallbe gathered before christ. mat xxv All things are open to god. Heb iiii. All power is given unto Christ. Mat xxvii All things were comment. act ii iiii. All things are pure. Rom. xiiii All things are lawful but not expedient i cor ten All things are created by god. Col i Ananias death. act .v. All men by one man condemned. Roma .v. An evil tree. Math. vii Anna fasted and prayed. Luke ii An altar of the unknown god. act xvii Antichrist the son of perdition ii Thes. two. An Angel appeared to joseph. Math. i Angels is are sent to minister for man. Heb. i Angels offer unto god, the prayers. etc. Apoc viii A great rebuke to be barren. Luke ii Attenians hearer's and tellers of news. Act xvii Armour of god. 1. Thes. v. A wavering minded man. jacob i Avoid them that cause division. Rom. xvi Avoid 〈…〉 Tit. iiii Are and have. 〈…〉. Luc xi i. john .v. Are wisdom in faith. ● jaco i B. Battle in heaven. Apo. xii Be content with your wages. Luke iii Be fetuent in a good thing. Gala. four Be foolish in this world i Cor iii Be holy in your conversation. i. Pet. i Believe and be saved. john iii v. vi. xi Believe my works. john ten Believe and do greater works. etc. john xiiii Believe not every spirit i john four Be rather a minister then a master. Math. twenty Better it is to be single, them to be married i co vii Better it is not to eat, then to offend i Cor viii Better it is not to know what good is, than afterwards to do evil ii Pet. ii Be perfect. Math. v. Roma four Be not children in wit, but in malice i Cor xiiii Be not weary of well doing. Gala. vi Be content with thine estate. Philip four Be swiste to hear, slow to speak. jaco i Be rich in good works i Timon vi Bear one another's burden. Gala. vi Be angry and sin not. Ephe. four Beware of evil doers. Phil. iii Beware of false prophets. Math. vii Blasphemy against the. etc. mat xii mar iii luc xii Blessed are the poor, with other. Mat .v. Lu. vi Blessed are the dead in god. Apo. xiiii Blind lead the blind. Mat .v. Luke vi Blood and body of Christ i Corin ten Bread of god. john vi Bread of life. john vi Bread the Christ doth give is his flesh. john vi Breaking of bread. Act ii Branch cannot bear fruit of itself. john xv Book of life. Apo. twenty Burning lake. Apoc xxi Birth of Christ. Math. i Bind and lose. Math. xviii By a sword. Luke xxii Bishops and their qualities i Timon iii Titum i C. Capernaum. Math. xi Care not for the body. Math. vi Care not for raiment. Math. vi Care not for to morrow. Math. vi Cast not pearls before swine. Math. vii Cayphas prophesied. john xi Cayphas. john ii Cencurions' faith. Math. viii Luke ix Christ came to fulfil the law. mat .v. Christ hath pleasure in mercy. Math. ix Christ came to call. etc. Math▪ ix. mar ii Luke .v. Christ came not to send peace. etc. Math. ten Christ was called a glutton. Math. xi Luke vii Christ the carpenters son. Math. xiii Mark vi Christ walked upon the see. Math. xiiii Mat vi Christ was sent to the lost Israelites. Math. xu Christ will not offend kings. Math. xvii Christ paid tribute. Math. xvii Christ came not to be ministered unto. Mark ten Christ cast out the sellers and buyers. Mark xi Luke xix john ii Christ was laid in a manger. Luke ii Christ is the resurrection, and fall of many. Lu. ii Christ was found in the temple. Luke ii Christ came to save men. Lu. ix john xii i Ti. i Christ was obedient to his parent. Luke ii Christ continued all night in prayer. Luke vi Christ shall come suddenly upon man. Luke xii Christ sweat drops of blood. Luke xxii Christ the light of the world. john ix Christ came not to judge the world. john xii Christ came to bare witness of truth. john xviii Christ breathed upon his disciples. john twenty Christ died for our sins. Roma .v. i. Peter ii Christ died and revived. Roma xiiii Christ was made like to man, and why. Heb. ii v. Christ was without sin. Heb. v. i. Peter ii Christ by his own blood redeem us. He ix. i. Pet i Apo. v. Christ maketh intercession for us. Heb. ix Christ made agreement for our sins i john iiii Christ's poverty. Math. viii Lu. ix Christ's yoke is easies. Mat xi Christ's brethren and sisters. mat xii mar iii lu. 8 Christ's spittle. Mar. vii viii Christ's later coming. Mar. xiii Christ's works bear witness for him. john .v. Christ's minister shallbe honoured. john xii Christ's poverty enriched us. two. corin. viii Christ's priesthood is everlasting. Heb. vii children's bread is not meet for whelps. mar vii Children upon the viii day were circum. etc. lu. Children of this world, are wiser than the children of light. Luc xvi Children of the resurrection shall never die. Lu xx Choppers and changers of the word. etc. i Cor ii Circumcision of the heart. Rom. ii Circumcision made without hands. col. ii Commandments two. Math. xxii Mar. xii Coming of the son of man. Math. xxiiii Confession. jacob .v. Comforter. john xiiii xvi. Comforter shall judge the world. etc. john xvi Climb not to high. Luke xii Cloven tongues. Act ii Coals of fire. Rom. xii Cornelius worshipped Peter. Acts x Cornelius prayers. Act ten Correct thyself or thou correct other. Mat xvii Correct men's faults secretly. Mat xviii. Corner stone. Lu. twenty Act four Ephe. ii i. Pet. ii Covetous men idol worshippers. Ephe. v. Covetousness is the rote of all evil. i. Timon vi Creatures of god are good. i. Tim four Cretians are liars. Tit. Crown▪ of righteousness. two. Timon iiii Cup of cold water. Math. ten Mar. ix D. David's mind of Christ's resurrection. Act ii Days of work are six. luc xiii day of salvation. two. Cor vi Deacons. i. Timon iii deeds of the law do not justify. Rom. iii Gal. ii deeds of the flesh. Gala. .v. deeds shall berewarded. Apoca xxi Defraud noman in bargaining. i. Thes. four Deny god, and he shall deny the. Mat ten two. Ti. ii Death and resurrection of the dead. etc. i Cor xu Death shall fly from man. Apoca ix Division destroyeth kingdoms. mat xii mat iii Division causeth desolation. Luke xi Difference of days. Roma xiiii Divorce & for what cause. Math. v. nineteen. Mark ten Do as ye would be done to. Mat vii Lu. vi Do as the priest biddeth you. Math. xxiii Do all thing in love. i. Cor xvi Do nothing grudgingly. two. Cor ix Do good unto all men. Gala. vi Do nothing for vain glory. Phil. ii Do all things in the name of jesus. Colloss. iii Do nothing partially. i. Timon .v. Doers of the law shallbe justified. Roma ii Doers shall be saved. Math. vii Domes day with wonderful signs. Math. xxiiii Luke xxi two. Thes. v. two. Pet. iii Apoca vi Domes day and the time thereof is unknown to the angels. Math. xxiiii mar xiii Draw one way. Philip ii Drunkards with such other shall not inherit heaven. i. Cor vi E. Endure to the end and be saved. Math. ten xxiiii. Mark xiii Apo. ii jaco i Enter in at the straight gate. Math. vii Epheta. Mark vii Earthly men speak of earthly things. john iii Eat not with fornicators i Cor .v. Eat but offend not. Rom. xiiii Enoch and Elias. Apo. xi Esteem not thyself more than needeth. Roma xii Esau sold his birthright. Heb. xii Every tree is known by his fruit. Lu. vi Every man shall bear his own burden. Gala. vi Every knee doth bow to the name. etc. Philip ii Every man shall know god. Heb. viii Every man at gods coming shall see him. Apo. i Evil doers hate the light. john iii Examine thyself or ever thou receive i Cor xi Excommunication i Cor .v. Exercise of the body profiteth but little i Ti. four F False Christ's. Mar. xiii False prophets ii Pet. ii Fast, and how men should fast. Mat vi Fasting with prayer driveth out devils. mat xvii Fasting and praying. Act xiii xiiii. i. Corin vii faith, as a grain of mustard seed. Mat xvii faith and the power thereof. Math. xxi Mar. xi Faithful servant. Luke xix Faith justifieth man. Roma iii Gala. ii faith without love is nothing i Cor xiii Faithful men are the children of Abraham. ga iii Faith and the definition there of. Heb. xi faith without deeds. jaco ii, Faith overcometh the world i john v Father and the son do all one thing. john v Father of all liars. john viii Father's must lay up for their children ii Co. xii Fear him that may hill both body & soul. mat x Fear to fall into the hands of god. Heb. ten Fear hath no perfectness i john four Feed Christ's flock willingly i Pet. v. Fire of hell. Math. v. xviii. mar ix Fire and pain everlasting. Math. xxv Mar. xi Fire shall try man's works i Cor iii Filthy communication. Ephe. four fishers of men. Mark i Luck .v. Fig tree. Math. xxi Fleshly men cannot please god. Rom. viii Flesh and the spirit are contrary. Gal. v. Follow Christ, and how. Math. xvi mar viii lu. ix Foolishness and weakness of god i Cor i foolish questions two. Timon ii Tit. forgive thy brother. Math. xix forgive one another. Mat xviii forgive and be forgiven. Mar. xi Luke vi forgive him that repenteth. Luke xvii fornicators do sin against their. etc. i Cor vi Forsake for the love of God. Math. xix Mar. ten Four beasts. Apo. four G. Gates two, a straight and a wide. Math. viii Gates of hell. Math. xvi Jests, and what manner of gests. etc. Luke xiiii Generations from Abraham, to Christ. Math. ii give good measure. Lu. vi God of stones can raise up the children of Abraham Math. iii Luke iii God only must be worshipped. Math. four God doth good to friend and foo. Math. v. God is to be beloved above all thing. Math. x God must be honoured with heart & mouth. ma xv God shall reward every man after his deeds. Math. xvi Roma ii Apoca ii God is in the mids of them that are gathered in his name. Math. xviii God is only good. Math. ix Mat x. God is alway with us. Math. xxvii God will avenge the elect. Lu. xviii God made all things. john i God cannot be seen. joan i God giveth not his spirit by measure. john iii God must be worshippeth in spirit john four God hath given all judgement. etc. john .v. God heareth no sinners. john ix God dwelleth not in temple made with. etc. Ac vii God is not partial. Act ten God those the foolish and weak things of the world i Corin i God giveth increase of all things i Cor iii God must judge and not man i Cor four God suffereth not man to be tempted above his strength i Cor x. God loveth a cheerful giver ii Cor ix God worketh all thing in man. Phil. ii God trieth our hearts i Thes. ii God hath called us with an holy calling ii Ti. i God doth not forget our works. Heb. vi God loveth those he chasteneth. Heb. xii Apo iii. God doth tempt no man. jaco i God would have no man lost ii Pet. iii God shall come with thousand of saints. Jude i God will come upon man as a thief. Apoca iii vi. God's word only saveth man. Math. viii God's word shall not. etc. mat xxiiii mar xiii lv. xxi Gods messenger. Mark i God's great love to the world. john iii God's friends. john xu God's works do declare his godhead. Roma i God's kindness leadeth a man to reapen. Roma ii God's judgements are unsearchable. Roma xi God's grace doth justify. Roma iii God's liberality ii Cor viii Good works must so be done. etc. math. v. Good works may be done on the sabbath day. Math. xii Luc vi xiii. john vii Good tree good fruit. Math. xii Good shepherd. john ten Good and perfect gifts are from above. jaco i Gospel of Christ, the image of god ii Cor four Glory of man i Pet. i H. Happy be they that keep the word of god. Luc xi Happy servants. Luc xii Happy are the barren. Luc xxiii Harvest is great, but few labourers. Math. ix Hate father & mother, and follow christ. Luc xiiii Hate thy life and keep it. john xii Hate me and hate my father. john xu Hatred bringeth darkness i john ii Heard of swine. Mat viii Mark .v. Luc viii Heaven must be taken by violence. Math. xi Heavenly wisdom. jaco iii He that hath, shall have more. Math. xiii xxv. Mar. four Luc viii nineteen. He that is least, shallbe greatest. Luc ix He loveth god that keepeth his commandments. john xiiii He that say the that he is without sin. john i He that hateth his brother is a man slear i Io iii Here and then be doing. Luc vi heavens rejoice at the repentance of a sinner. Luc xu hid and close things shallbe known. Math. ten Hired servants. john x. House of god, is a house of prayer. Math. xxi Mar. xi Luc xix Hospitalite. Heb. xiii How man should love is lord god. mark xii Humble thyself, and be exalted. Luc xiiii How man's body shall rise i Cor xu Husbans' love your wives. Ephe. v. Collo iii I jesus the mediator of the new testament. he ii I am the true way. john xu Idle words. Math. xii jesus a saviour. Math. i jesus first sermon. Math. four jesus was baptized of john. mar i jesus after john was taken, began. etc. Mark i jesus the son of the highest. Luc i jesus meat. john four jerusalem. Math. v. jesus is our advocate i john ii john the baptist. Mat iii xi. mar i Luc i john left his father to follow christ. mat. 4. mar i johns garments, meat and drink. mar i john was filled with the holy spirit. Luc i john for joy sprang in his mother's belly. Luc i john the prophet of the highest. Luc i john's preaching. Luc iii john baptized with water, christ with fire. luc. 3. john i Act i john gods messenger. Luc vii jonas. math. xii joseph a man of perfection. math. i joseph fulfilleth the angels command. math. i joseph ruler of all egypt. Acts vii If an angel from heaven do preach. etc. Gala. i Inner man delight in the love of god. Roma vii hyocrites pray openly, and to be seen. Math. vi It is not given to every man, to know the secrets of heaven. Math. xiii Lu. viii jews may not company with alienes. Act ten judge not. Math. vii Rom. xiiii judge not after the utter appearance. john vii judge thyself truly i Cor xi judgement merciless. jaco ii judas hanged himself. Acts i justemen shall shine like the son, Math. xiii K Kingdom of heaven is at hand. math. ten Kingdom of god. Roma xiiii i Cor four Kings three, the star, with their offerings. mat ii Keys of heaven. math. xvi King Herode eaten with worms. Acts xii Key of knowledge. Luc xi Keep your vessel in holiness i Thes. four L. Labour for the eternal meat. john vi Labourer is worthy of his reward. luck ten Lamb of god. john i Say from you that old man. Ephe. four Lazarus. luc xvi Law of god shall never perish. Luc xvi least and the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Math. v. Lend but look for no gain. Luck vi Leper must show himself to the priest. mar i iii. v. Let sleep your nets. Luc .v. Let not sin reign in your bodies. Roma vi Let there be no dissension among you i cor i Letter and the spirit differ ii Cor iii Let your words be powdered with salt. Col four Let the righteous be more righteous. Apo. xxi Leave worldly things & possess heaven. luc xviii levities paid tithes. Hebre vii Lybette is where the spirit of god is ii Cor iii Life eternal. john xvii Live after the flesh and die, Roma viii Like pleasure like pain, Apo. xviii Light of the world, Math. v. Lie unto the holy ghost. Acts vi Lock not back. Luc ix Lord go from me. Luc .v. Lose thy life and save it. Luc xvii Lot fill on Mathias. Acts i love your enemies. Math. v. Luc vi Love declareth Christ's disciples. john xiii Love fulfilleth the law. Roma xiii Love excelleth faith and hope i Cor xiii Love covereth sin i Pet. four Love bringeth light i john ii Love not the world i john ii Love in deed and verity i john iii Love casteth out fear i john four Love one another ii john i M. Make friends of the wicked mammon. Luc xvi Magdalen wrought a good work upon christ. Math. xxvi mar xiiii john xii magdalen's sins are forgiven. Luc vii Man liveth be the word of god. mat. 4. Luc. 4. Man is known be his deeds. mat vii Man be another man's faith may be helped. Math. ix Luc .v. Man can not separate that god hath coupled. Mar. ten Man to abide with his wife shall leave all thing. Mark ten Man if he willbe saved must be borne of water and the spirit. john iii Man is god's temple i Cor. iii. vi. two. Cor vi Man is the woman's head i Cor xi Ephe. v. Man is the glory of god i Cor xi Man ought not to cover his head i Cor xi man shallbe rewarded after the works of his body ii Cor .v. Man was created unto good works. Ephe. ii Man wrestleth against the devil. Ephe. vi Man shall once die. Heb. ix Man shall vanish away as the flower of grass. jaco i Manna. Apo. ii Man's angel beholdeth the face of god. mat. 18. Man's conscience and though shall bear witness with him or against him. Roma ii Man's will is accepted according to that he hath ii Cor viii Man's end shallbe according to his deed ii cor xi Man's life. jaco four Many and divers walkers. Phil. iii Mathen or levy the customer. mar ii Luc .v. Martha martha. Luc ten Melchisedech. Hebre vii Membres that are noisome, must be cast away. math. v. Many are called and few chosen. mat xxii Men love darkness more than light. john iii Meat doth not make man acceptable to god i Cor viii Many men pervert Paul's sayings, to their own destruction ii Pet. iii Mortify your membres. Col. iii mortify the deeds of the body & live. Rom. viii Moses and Helias in the monte, and whereof they spoke. Luc ix Moses learning. Act vii Mouth doth speak of the abundance of the heart. math. xii Much people and few preachers. math. ix N Name of jesus. Phi ii Name of jesus the name of salvation. Act four Nazareth a city of galilee. mark i New wine in new vessels. math. ix mark ii Luke. v. No man can serve two masters. Mat vi luc xvi No man without sin. john vii No man knoweth the son, nor yet the father. Luke. x. No man cometh to the father but by Christ. john xiiii No man doth good. Roma iii No man can tame the tongue. jaco iii Nothing so hid but it shallbe known. luc. viii. xii. Nothing can depart man from the love of god. Roma viii O. Obey the powers, and officers. Roma xiii Tite ii Hebre xiii i. Pet. ii Obey for conscience sake. Roma. xiii. Offering of the poor widow. Mar. xii luck xxi Old wine is pleasant then new. luc .v. Old things are gone. Apo. xxi One brother may marry the others wife, and how. Mark xii One thing is necessary. luc ten One flock and one shepherd. john ten One word fulfilleth the law. Gala. v. Our bodies are the members of Christ i cor vi Our ableness cometh of god ii Cor iii P. Paul and Barnabas. Acts xiii Paul a maker of tents. Acts xviii Paul's miracles. Acts xix Paul is debtor to all nations. Roma i Paul is not ashamed of Christ's gospel. Ro i Paul doth tame his body i Cor ix Paul was unquieted in his flesh ii Corin xii Paul received his gospel by the revelation of Christ. Gala. i Paul withstood Peter. Gala. ii Paul's crown and glory i Thes. ii Paul's Epistles in diverse places are hard to be understanded ii peter iii Peter and Andrew follow Christ. mat four mar i Peter rebuked Christ. mat xvi mar viii Peter is rebuked of Christ. mat xvi Mar. viii Peter baptized in the name of jesus. Act ii viii. Peter by prayer is delivered. act xii Peter's shadow. Act .v. Perfect is he. etc. Math. ix Peace be here. mat ten luke ten Pharisees eat not with unwashed hands. mar. seven Pleasure shall have pain. luk. xvi plants not planted by god. mat xu Pilate. john xix Poor folk ye shall always have with you, but not me. math. xxvi mark xiiii john xii Pray secretly. math. vi Pray but babble not. math. vi Pray and forgive. Mark xi Pray for kings and rulers i Timon ii Prayers of saints. Apoca .v. Praise not thyself ii Corin ten Preaching of the cross i Cor i Preach the gospel and live of the gospel i cor ix Preachers are worthy double honour i Tim .v. Preach in season and out of season ii Timon four Pride will have a fall. Luke xviii Price of the things sold, were delivered to the Apostles. Acts four prophets have desired to see that ye see. Mat xiii prophets are not without honour. etc. Math. xiii mark vi Luke four john four Properties of scribes. mark xii Luke twenty Promises were made to the seed of Abraham, and not to the seeds Gala. iii Prove thine own works Gala. vi Put up the sword. math. xxvi Pure and undefiled devotion. jaco i Q. Quick sacrifice. Roma xii R. Racha. math. v. Receive not those, that brings no Christ's learning ii john i Reconcile the to thy brother, and then offer. math. v. Rejoice but wherein. Luc ten Rejoice in thy infirmities ii Cor xi xii. Rejoice in the cross of christ. Gala. vi Rejoice in temptation. jaco i Rejoice in god ii Cor ten Redeem the time. Ephe. v. Reward of the blessed is great. math. v. Reward of sin. Roma vi Remission of sins. john twenty Resist not wrong. math. v. Resist not the powers. Roma xiii Resist the devil i Pet .v. rich men enter hardly into heaven. Math. xix mark ten Luc ten rich men fall into divers snares i Timon vi Rivers of waters of life. john vii righteousness cometh be faith. Roma iii S Saboth day was made for man. mark ii Salute no man by the way. Luc ten Salvation cometh of the jues. john iiii. salomon's temple was xlvi years a building. john ii Sandals. mark vi Salt of the earth. math. v. Salvation cometh of works. Ephe. ii Saints call for vengeance. Apo. vi Satan knew Christ. mat viii mar i iii. v. iii. iiii. Satan of himself can do nothing. math. viii Satan doth change himself into an angel of light ii Cor xi Saul Saul. Act ix Saducees deny the resurrection. Ac xxiii Sects are necessary i Cor xi Scripture concludeth all things under sin. Gala. iii Scripture given by the inspiration of ii Tim iii second death. Apo. twenty xxi Seek first for the kingdom of heaven. mat vi Seek not to be divorced i Cor vii Seek for heavenly things. collo iii Sel all that thou hast. Luke xviii Separate thyself from fond axers of questions i Timon vi Servant is not above his lord. Math. ten Luke vi john xiii xv. Servants be obedient to your masters. col. iii i. Pet. ii Shake of the dust of thy feet. Math. ten Mark vi Luke ix x. Sinners must be openly rebuked i Timon .v. Sins to death, and not to death i john .v. Simon I have prayed for thee. Luke xxii Sorrow shall turn to joy. john xvi Sow spiritual things and reap carnal i Cor ix gala vi Sow little and reap little ii Corin ix Sorrow not for the dead i Thes. four Speak one thing i Cor i Spirit of the father spoke in the apostles. mat ten Spirits have no bones. Luc xxiiii Spirit searcheth all things i Cor ii strive to enter in at the straight gate. Luke xiii Steven saw jesus standing on the right hand of his father. Acts vii Steven was stoned to death. Act vii Stand not in thy own conceit. Roma xu Strive lawfully and be crowned. two. Tim ii Strive not about words. two. Tim ii Suffer for well doing. i. Pet. ii iii. Swear not at all. Mat .v. jac .v. Surfeiting and drunkenness. Luc xxi T. Take no thought for the body. Luke xii The tree that bringeth not good fruit, must be burnt. Mat iii The things that defile man. Math. xu mar vii The things that come out of the heart. Mat xu The apostles anointed many sick folk with oil Mar. vi jacob .v. The works that shall follow them that believe. Mark xvi The heart is where the treasure is. Luke xii The dead shall hear Christ's voice. john .v. The father's will. john vi The thief entereth in by the wind owe. john ten The thing that is of god cannot be destroyed. Ac .v. The gift of God cannot be bought. Ac viii The testimony of our conscience is our rejoicing two. corinth i The tree of life. Apo. ii The end of the commandment is love. i. Tim i Three sorts of chaste men. Math. xix There is but one master, and one father. mar. v. There are three things that bear record in heaven, and three in earth. i. john .v. The institution of the sacrament of the altar. Math xxvi. Mar. xiiii Luke xxii i Cor xi This infirmity is not unto death. john xi Things to be abstained fro. Act xu Things written are for our learning. Rom. xu Things prepared for those that love god. 1. cor ii Things seen and not seen. two. Cor iii Thou shalt not kill. Math. v. Thou shalt not be angry. Math. v. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Math. v. Thou shalt not look on a woman to lust her. Matthew .v. Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Math. v. Thou art Christ the son of the living god. Math. xvi Mark ii john vi Thou art Peter. Mat xvi Thou shalt not wash my feet. john xiii Tithes. Luke xi Math. xxiii Heb. vii To sit on my right hand. etc. Math. twenty Mar. ten touch no women. i. Cor vii Tribulation the right way to heaven. Act xiiii Tribulation bringeth patience. Roma .v. Trust not in riches. Mark ten i. Tim vi Truth maketh man free. john viii Two coats. Mark vi Luke iii ix. Treasure, and where it must be gathered. mat vi Turn thy cheek. Math. v. Luke vi V W. Veil of the temple. Mar. xu Watch and be ready. Mat xxiii xxv Watch and be sober. i. Thes. v. Watch and pray. math. xxiiii mar xiiii Water of life. john four Waver not with every wind of doctrine. Ephe. four Walk in the day and night. john xi Walk while ye have light. john xii Walk in a new life. Roma vi Walk honestly. Roma xiii Walk in humbleness of mind. Ephe. four Walk circumspectly. Ephe. v. Wedding garment. math. xxii Wedlock must be had in price. Hebreb xiii werers of soft clothing. math. xi Women must learn of their husbands. i. cor xiiii Wemens garments. i. tuno ii i. Pet. iii Women may not teach. i. Timon ii Women must teach their daughters, and what. Tit. Vessel of honour and dishonour. two. Tim ii Vessel of wrath and mercy. Roma ix Women must be under obedience and in silence. i. corinth xiiii Women are the glory of man. i. corinth xi Weapons of our war. two. corinth x Whelps, and of the crumbs that fall from the table. matthewe xu Hole men have no need of Physic. mat ix mar. ● Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. matthewe xviii Whom a man should fear. Luke xii Who can endure the last day. apoc vi Who are in the presence of god. apoc vii Why smitest thou me. john xviii Wicked men shallbe cast into a turns of fire. Math. xiii Whereto man obeyeth, thereto he is servant. Roma vi Wind bloweth where he lusteth. john iii wise as serpents. Math. ten Widows. i. Timon .v. Virgins follow the Lord. apo xiiii Woe be to the offender. mat xviii mar ix Luc xvii Woe be to the rich. Luc vi Woe be to you Pharisees. Luc xi Woe be to preachers if they preach not. i. Cor ix Workman is worthy his meat. Mat ten Works that follow the faithful. Mar. xvi Works of the world are evil. john vii Work and of duty recover thy reward. Ro four Work and eat. i. Thes. v. Works follow the dead. apo xiiii Worldly wisdom. i. Cor iii word of god sanctifieth all creatures. i. Timon iiii word of god is quick. Heb. four Worldly friendship. jac four Worship god and not men, nor angels. apo xix xxi. word of god lasteth for ever. i. Pet. i Worm of conscience. mar ix Woman is subject to man. Rom. vii Unprofitable servants. Luke xvii Y. Ye, ye, nay, nay. Math. v. jaco .v. Z. Zacharias and Elizabeth. Luke i ¶ Imprinted at London at Flietebridge by Thomas Gaultier, at the costs & charges of Richard Kele dwelling in in the Poultry.