Matthew(i)
1 Set the horne to thy mouthe, & blowe: get the swyftly (as an Aegle) vnto the house of the Lorde: for they haue broken my couenaunt, & transgressed my law.
2 Israel can say vnto me thou art my God, we know the,
3 but he hathe refused the thinge that is good, therfore shall the enemy folow vpon him.
4 They haue ordeyned kinges, but not thorowe me: they haue made princes, and I must not know of it. Of their siluer and golde haue they made them Images, to bringe them selues to destruccion.
5 Thy calf, O Samaria, shall be taken away. for my wrothfull indignacion is gone forthe agaynst the. How longe will it be, or they can be clensed?
6 For the calfe came from Israel, the worcke man made it, therfore can it be no God but euen to a spyders webbe shall the calfe of Samaria be turned.
7 They haue sown wind therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: thoughe they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.
8 Israel shal peryshe, the Gentyles shall intreate him as a foule vessel.
9 Sence they wente vp to the Assirians, they are become lyke a wylde asse in the deserte. Ephraim geueth rewardes to get louers,
10 therfore are they scatred amonge the Heathen, there will I gather them vp. They shall sone be wery of the burthen of kinges & prynces.
11 Ephraim hath made many aulters to do wickednes, therfore shall the aulters turne to his sinne.
12 Thoughe I shew them my lawe, neuer so muche, they count it but straunge doctrine.
13 Whereas they do sacryfice, offeringe the fleshe and eatinge it: the Lorde wyll haue no pleasure therin: but wyll remembre their wickednes, and punyshe their sinnes. Israel turneth agayne into Egipte,
14 they haue forgotten him that made them, they buylde churches, and Iuda maketh manye stronge cities: therfore will I sende a fyre into their cities, and it shall consume their places.