Matthew(i)
1 And then sayde he vnto me: Stande vp vpon thy fete (O thou sonne of man) and I wyll talke with the.
2 And as he was commonynge with me, the sprete came in to me, and sett me vp vpon my fete: so that I marcked the thinge, that he sayde vnto me.
3 And he sayde: Beholde, thou sonne of man: I wyll sende the to the chyldren of Israell, to those runnagates and obstynate people: for they haue taken parte agaynst me and are runne awaye fro me: both they and their forefathers vnto this daye.
4 Yee I will sende the vnto a people that haue rough disages and styf stomackes: vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner: This the Lorde God hym selfe hath spoken,
5 that whether they be obedyent or no (for it is a frowarde housholde) they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a Prophet amonge them.
6 Therfore (thou sonne of man) feare them not, nether be afrayed of their wordes: for they shall rebell agaynst the, and despyse the. Yee thou shalt dwell amonge scorpions: but feare not their wordes, be not abashed at their lokes, for it is a frowarde housholde.
7 Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them, whether they be obedyent or not, for they are obstynate.
8 Therfore, thou sonne of men, obey thou all thynges, that I saye vnto the, and be not thou styfnecked, lyke as they are a styfnecked housholde. Open thy mouth and eate that I geue the.
9 So as I was lokynge vp, beholde, there was sent vnto me an hande, wherin was a closed boke:
10 & the hande opened it before me, & it was wrytten within & wythout, full of carefull mournynges: alas, and wo.