Job 31 Cross References - Bishops

¹ I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden ² For how great a portion shall I haue of God? and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye ³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie ⁴ Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges ⁵ If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue ⁶ Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie ⁷ If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes ⁸ Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out ⁹ If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore ¹⁰ Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her ¹¹ For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished ¹² Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase ¹³ If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me ¹⁴ When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies ¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe ²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate ²² Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen ²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence ²⁵ Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much ²⁶ Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation ²⁷ Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande ²⁸ (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue. ²⁹ Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? [Oh, no. ³⁰ I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule ³¹ Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe ³² The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete, but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way ³³ Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd ³⁴ Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me: so I kept scilence, and went not out of the doore ³⁵ O that I had one which woulde heare me: beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me, though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me ³⁶ Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder, & as a garlande binde it about my head ³⁷ I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince ³⁸ But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt ³⁹ If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof ⁴⁰ Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye

² And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all

² And in an euening tyde, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kinges palace, and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe, and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon ³ And Dauid sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one saide, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite ⁴ And Dauid sent messengers, and toke her away: And she came in vnto him, and he lay with her (and she was purified from her vnclennesse) and returned vnto her house

³⁷ (119:5) Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way

²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee

²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes

³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder ³³ Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges

²⁸ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart ²⁹ If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell

¹⁴ But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence ¹⁵ Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death

¹⁶ For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde

²⁹ This is the portion that the wicked man shal haue of God, and the heritage that he may loke for of God, because of his wordes

¹³ Saying: This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie

⁴ Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge

³⁰ That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath

²² There is no darkenesse nor shadowe of death that can hide the wicked doers from him

²³ [And as for] them: thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction. (55:24) The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes: neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee

¹⁸ Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed

²⁷ Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you

²⁹ The way of the Lord geueth courage vnto the godly: but it is a feare for wicked doers

¹⁵ The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse

²¹ For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim, and shalbe wroth like as in the valley Gibeon, that he may do his worke, his straunge worke, and bryng to passe his acte, his straunge acte

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate. For wyde is the gate, and brode is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat

²² If then, God wyllyng to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowe, suffred with long patience, the vessels of wrath, ordayned to destruction

³ For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape

⁹ Which shalbe punisshed with euerlastyng dampnation, from the presence of the Lorde, & fro the glorie of his power

¹ There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation

⁷ Euen as Sodome and Gomorrhe, and the cities about them, which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornication, and folowed straunge fleshe, are set foorth for an ensample, and suffer the payne of eternall fyre

¹³ And she called the name of the Lorde that spake vnto her, Thou God lokest on me: for she sayde, haue I not also heare loked after hym that seeth mee

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth, to strength them that are of perfect heart toward him: Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from hencefoorth thou shalt haue warre

¹⁶ For now thou numbrest all my goinges, and geuest no delay vnto my sinne

²¹ For his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goinges

²¹ (44:19b) woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart

¹ O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me ² Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be ³ Thou compassest about my path, and my iourney into all coastes: and thou vsest all my wayes

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges

³ The eyes of the Lorde in euery place, beholdeth both the good and the bad

¹⁷ For mine eyes behold all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro my face: neither can their wicked deedes be kept close out of my sight

¹⁹ Thou art the great and mightie God, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes, great in counsel, and excellent in worke, thyne eyes looke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren, to rewarde euery one after his way, and according to the fruites of his inuentions

⁴⁸ Nathanael sayth vnto hym: Whence knewest thou me? Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast vnder the fygge tree, I sawe thee

¹³ Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake

² O ye sonnes of men, how long [wyll ye go about to bryng] my glory to confusion? ye loue vanitie, ye seeke after lyes. Selah

³ O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes ⁴ If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and [if] I haue [not] deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie ⁵ [Then] let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah

² Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes

²⁰ (44:19a) If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde, and holden vp our handes to any straunge god ²¹ (44:19b) woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart

¹¹ He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole

⁵ Thus saith the Lorde, What vnfaithfulnesse founde your fathers in me, that they went so farre away fro me, fallyng to lightnesse, and beyng so vayne

⁸ Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Because ye haue spoken vanitie, and haue seene lies: therfore beholde I am against you, saith the Lorde God

¹¹ If a man walke in the spirite, and would lye falsely [saying] I wyl prophecie to thee of wine and strong drinke: that were a prophete for this people

²² The Lorde God of gods, the Lorde God of gods knoweth, and also Israel shall knowe, yf it be to rebell or to transgresse against the Lorde, then thou Lorde saue vs not this day

³ Talke no more proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouthes: for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe

² O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together

⁵ God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie ⁶ My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes

⁶ For God knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the vngodly shall perishe

⁸ God wyll iudge the people: geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse, and according to my perfection [that is] within me ⁹ My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde

² Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face: and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie ³ Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited [it] in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no [wickednesse, for] I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth

¹ Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God [therfore] I shall not fall

²³ Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes

¹¹ A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke

⁷ The path of equitie wylt thou graunt vnto the iust [O thou most righteous] thou shalt order the path of hym that is righteous

²⁷ THECEL, thou art wayed in the balauce, and art founde wanting

¹¹ Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes

²³ And then wyll I confesse vnto them, I neuer knewe you: Depart from me, ye that worke iniquitie

¹⁹ But the strong foundation of God standeth styl, hauyng this seale: The Lorde knoweth the that are his: And, let euery one that nameth the name of Christe, depart from iniquitie

³⁹ And the fringe shalbe vnto you to loke vpon, that ye may remember all the comaundementes of the Lorde, and do them: and that ye seeke not after your owne heart, or your owne eyes, after the which ye vse to go a whoryng

³⁰ If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well

¹¹ My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it

³ I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng: I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours, it shall take no holde of me

⁹ Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll

⁹ And they that escape of you shal thinke vpon me among the heathen where they shalbe in captiuitie, because I haue ben broken with their whorishe heart which hath departed from me, & with their eyes that haue gone a whoryng after their idols: and they shalbe abhorred before their owne eyes for the euils which they haue commited in all their abhominations

³ Thou sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idols in their heartes, and put the stumbling blocke of iniquitie before their face: shoulde I then aunswere them at their request

⁷ For euery man, whether he be of the house of Israel, or a straunger that soiourneth in Israel, whiche departeth from me, and setteth vp his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling blocke of his wickednesse before his face, and commeth to a prophete for to aske counsell at me through hym: vnto that man wyll I the Lorde geue aunswere by mine owne selfe

²⁹ If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell

¹⁶ I also wyll do this vnto you: For I wyll bryng vpon you fearefulnesse, consumption, and the burnyng ague to consume your eyes, and gender sorowe of heart: And ye shall sowe your seede in vayne, for your enemies shall eate it

³⁰ Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes ³¹ Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate thereof: Thyne asse shalbe violently taken away euen before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee agayne: Thy sheepe shalbe geuen vnto thyne enemies, and no man shall rescue them ³² Thy sonnes and thy daughters shall be geuen vnto another nation, and thine eyes shall see it, and dase vpon them all the day long: and there shalbe no might in thyne hande ³³ The fruite of thy lande and all thy labours, shall a nation whiche thou knowest not, eate: and thou shalt continuallye suffer violence, and be oppressed alway

³⁸ Thou shalt carry muche seede out into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it

⁵¹ The same shall eate the fruite of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy lande, vntill he haue destroyed thee: and shall leaue thee neither corne, wyne, nor oyle, neither the encrease of thy kine, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntyll he haue brought thee to naught

³ And when Israel had sowen, then came vp the Madianites, the Amalechites, and they of the east, and came vp agaynst them ⁴ And pitched their tentes against them, and destroyed the encrease of the earth, euen tyll thou come vnto Azah, & left no sustenaunce for Israel, neither sheepe, oxe, nor asse ⁵ For they went vp, they and their cattel, and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entred into the land to destroy it ⁶ And so was Israel exceedingly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites, and cried vnto the Lorde

⁴ His children were without prosperitie, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them ⁵ His haruest was eaten of the hungrie, & taken from among the thornes, and the thurstie drunke vp their labour: It is not the earth that bringeth foorth iniquitie

³⁰ He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth [of God] shall he be taken away

¹⁹ He shall neither haue children nor kinsfolkes among his people, no nor any posteritie in his dwellinges

¹⁸ The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them

⁶ They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne, and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone

¹³ Let his posteritie come to destruction: and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out

¹⁵ Thou shalt sowe, but not reape, thou shalt presse out Oliues, but oyle shalt thou not haue to annoynt thy selfe withall: thou shalt tread out sweete must, but shalt drincke no wine

⁵ Unto whom came the lordes of the Philistines, and sayde vnto her: Perswade him, and see wherin his great strength lyeth, and by what meanes we may ouercome him, that we may bynde him, and punishe hym: and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges

⁴ For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father

²⁶ Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne

¹⁵ The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face ¹⁶ In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes ¹⁷ Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe

³ For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle ⁴ But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde ⁵ Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell ⁶ Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them ⁷ Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth ⁸ Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house ⁹ That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell ¹⁰ That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house ¹¹ Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say ¹² Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction ¹³ Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me ¹⁴ I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation ¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring ¹⁶ Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates ¹⁷ But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee ¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth ¹⁹ Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue ²⁰ Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger ²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges ²² The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped ²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray

²¹ Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym

¹⁴ The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall

²⁶ And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her

⁸ In the desire of vncleanly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse, euery man neyeth at his neighbours wife

⁴ All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened

⁵ And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye, euen fro the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate, vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll, and all the first gendred of the cattell

³⁰ Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes

¹¹ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne

² Bryng foorth the querne and grinde meale, vntrusse thy broydred heere, put of thy shoes, make bare thy knees, and wade thorowe the water riuers

¹⁰ Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes, and their fields to destroyers: For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre, and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies

¹³ They make sacrifices vpon the tops of the mountaines, and burne their incense vpon the hilles, yea vnder the okes, poplars, and elmes, for there are good shadowes: therfore your daughters are become harlots, and your spouses haue broken their wedlocke ¹⁴ I wyll not punishe your daughters for beyng defiled, and your spouses that became whoores: seeing the fathers them selues haue medled with harlots, and sacrificed with whoores: but the people that wyll not vnderstande, must be punished

⁴¹ Two [women] shalbe gryndyng at the myll, the one receaued, and the other refused

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham, & sayde vnto hym: What hast thou done vnto vs? & what haue I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me & on my kingdome [so] great a sinne? thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done

¹⁰ Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs

²⁴ And it came to passe, after three monethes one tolde Iuda, saying: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the harlot, and with playing the harlot is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde: Bryng her foorth, that she may be brent

⁹ There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God

¹⁴ Thou shalt not commit adulterie

¹⁰ And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe, euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe, let be slayne both the adulterer and the adultresse

²² If a man be founde lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall both dye, both the man that laye with the wyfe, and also the wyfe: and so thou shalt put away euill from Israel ²³ If a mayde be betrouthed vnto an husbande, and then a man finde her in the towne, and lye with her ²⁴ Ye shall bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsell, because she cryed not beyng in the citie: And the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: and thou shalt put away euyll from thee

²⁸ (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.

²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despise a thiefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hungrie ³¹ But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house ³² But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule ³³ He getteth him selfe a plague and dishonour, and his reproche shall neuer be put out

³⁸ Moreouer, I wyll iudge thee as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer, and recompence thee thyne owne blood in wrath and gelousie

²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken away and perishe in the day of the Lordes wrath

⁶ He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight

³³ The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous

²⁷ May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent

⁷ Shoulde I then for all this haue mercie vpon thee? Thy children haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no gods: and albeit that I fed them to the full, yet they fall to adulterie, and haunt harlottes houses ⁸ In the desire of vncleanly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse, euery man neyeth at his neighbours wife ⁹ Shoulde I not correct this, saith the Lorde? shoulde I not be auenged of euery people that is lyke vnto this

⁵ And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes

²⁰ And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod, & they dye vnder his hande, he shalbe greeuously punished ²¹ And if he continue a day or two, it shal not be reueged, for he is his money

²⁶ And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake ²⁷ Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake

⁴³ Thou shalt not rule ouer hym cruelly, but shalt feare thy God

⁴⁶ And ye shall take them as inheritauce for your children after yon, to possesse them for an inheritaunce, they shalbe your bondmen for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one ouer another cruelly

¹² If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee ¹³ And when thou sendest hym out free from thee, thou shalt not let hym go away emptie ¹⁴ But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe, of thy corne, and of thy wine, and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee ¹⁵ And remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt, and the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence: and therfore I commaunde thee this thyng to day

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates ¹⁵ But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee

¹⁴ When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me ¹⁵ As for you ye were nowe turned, and dyd right before me, in that ye proclaymed euery man to let his neighbour go free, and in that ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name ¹⁶ But yet ye turned your selues againe, and blasphemed my name, in this, that euery man hath required his seruaunt and handemayde agayne whom ye had let go quite and free, and compelled them to serue you agayne, and to be bondmen and bondwomen ¹⁷ And therfore thus saith the Lord: Ye haue not obayed me, euery man to proclaime freedome vnto his brother and neighbour: wherefore I wyll call you vnto freedome, saith the Lorde, euen vnto the sworde, to the pestilence, and to hunger, and will make you to be plagued in all kyngdomes of the earth

⁹ And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them, puttyng away threatnyng: knowyng that your maister also is in heauen, neither is respecte of person with hym

¹ Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen

³² For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am

² I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me

⁶ Arise O God in thy wrath, and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies: stirre thou for me [according] to the iudgement [whiche] thou hast geuen

¹² For he maketh inquisition of blood: he remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore

¹⁹ Aryse vp O God, let not man preuaile: let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged

¹² Aryse vp O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande, forget not the afflicted ¹³ Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde: [whyle] he sayeth in his heart, that thou wylt not call to accompt ¹⁴ Surely thou hast seene [this] for thou beholdest labour and spite: that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands, he that is weake leaueth it for thee, [for] thou art the helper of the fatherlesse ¹⁵ Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious: searche thou out his vngodlynes, and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him

⁹ When God ariseth to iudgement: and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth. Selah

² And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified

³ What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation, and when destruction shall come from farre? to whom wyll ye runne for helpe? and where wyll you leaue your glory

⁷ The dayes of visitation are come, the dayes of recompence are come: and then shall Israel knowe that they were deceaued by a foolishe, mad, & franticke prophete: for the multitude of thine iniquitie [God] shall multiplie enemies agaynst thee

⁴ The best of them is as bryer, and the most righteous of them is [sharper] then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen, [and] of thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion

¹³ Let all fleshe be still before the Lorde: for he is raysed vp out of his holy place

² And whe they sawe some of his disciples eate bread with common [that is to say, with vnwasshen] hands, they founde fault

¹⁹ Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God

¹³ For he shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement

⁵ And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes

³ Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly

⁸ Thy handes haue made me, & fashioned me altogether rounde about, wilt thou then destroy me ⁹ Remember I besech thee that thou madest me as the moulde of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust againe ¹⁰ Hast thou not powred me as it were milke, & turned me to cruddes like cheese ¹¹ Thou hast couered me with skinne and fleshe, and ioyned me together with bones and sinnowes ¹² Thou hast graunted me life, and done me good: and thy visitation hath preserued my spirite

¹⁹ God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes

¹⁴ I wyll confesse it vnto thee, for that thy [doynges] are to be dreaded, I am made after a marueylous sort: thy workes be marueylous, and that my soule knoweth ryght well ¹⁵ The substaunce of my [body] was not hyd from thee: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe ¹⁶ Thyne eyes dyd see me when I was most imperfect: and in thy booke were written euery day of them [wherin the partes of my body] were shaped, and no one of them were knowen vnto thee

³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore

² The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all

⁷ To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe

¹⁰ Haue we not all one father? hath not God made vs al? why then is euery one deceaued of his brother, to violate the couenaunt of our fathers

⁷ If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother ⁸ But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath ⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee ¹⁰ Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to

³² Thy sonnes and thy daughters shall be geuen vnto another nation, and thine eyes shall see it, and dase vpon them all the day long: and there shalbe no might in thyne hande

¹⁶ He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them

⁷ To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie ⁸ But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it ⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken

³ I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde

⁹ He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory

⁸² (119:2) Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me

¹²³ (119:3) Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation: and for the worde of thy [ryghteousnesse.

¹⁴ Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde [sayde] my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me

¹⁷ Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good

²¹ And desiring to be refresshed with the crumbes which fell from ye riche mans boorde [And no man gaue vnto hym]: but the dogges came and licked his sores

²⁹ Then the disciples, euery man accordyng to his abilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie

¹⁰ Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same

¹¹ The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande

¹⁴ But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe, of thy corne, and of thy wine, and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee

¹⁰ And he saide vnto them: Go your way, and eate the fat, and drinke the sweete, and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues, for this day is holy vnto our Lorde: be not ye sory therefore, for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength

⁷ To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym ¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne ¹⁵ I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame ¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently

⁷ Neither hath oppressed any man, but hath restored to the detter his pledge: he that hath not spoyled any by violence, hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath clothed the naked

¹⁶ Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence: [but] hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment

⁴¹ But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within, and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you

²⁹ Some of the thought, because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had sayde vnto hym, bye those thynges that we haue neede of agaynst the feast: or, that he shoulde geue somethyng to ye poore

³² And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither sayde any of them, that ought of ye thynges which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thinges common

¹³ Distributyng to ye necessitie of saintes, geuen to hospitalitie

²⁷ Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde

¹⁷ But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym

¹⁵ And the men that were now rehearsed by name, rose vp, and toke the prisoners, and with the spoyle clothed all that were naked among them, & arayed them, & shoed them, and gaue them to eate and to drinke, and annoynted them, and carryed al that were feeble of them vpon asses, & brought them to Iericho the citie of Paulme trees, to their brethren: and then they returned to Samaria againe

⁶ For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing

⁴ They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together

¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce

³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me

⁴³ I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not

¹¹ He aunswereth, and sayth vnto them: He that hath two coates, let him part with hym that hath none: and he that hath meate, let hym do lykewyse

³⁹ Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them

¹⁶ And one of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite

¹⁸ My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie

¹³ But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his owne raiment, & blesse thee: And it shalbe righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde

¹¹ When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me

²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende

⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken

⁹ They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse ¹¹ For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee

²⁸ Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie

⁷ In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse

¹ Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power ² And they couet fieldes, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, [euen] man and his heritage

³ Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge [iudgeth] for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp

²² The Lorde God of gods, the Lorde God of gods knoweth, and also Israel shall knowe, yf it be to rebell or to transgresse against the Lorde, then thou Lorde saue vs not this day ²³ Or els yf we haue buylt vs an aulter to turne from folowyng the Lorde, or to offer theron burnt offeryng or meate offeryng, or to offer peace offerynges theron, let ye Lord him selfe require it

¹⁰ Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her

⁴⁰ Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye

¹⁵ The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken

⁶ Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth, if I do not remember thee: yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth

¹¹ Shall not his excellencie make you afrayde? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you

²³ And it shall come to passe, that wherewith he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath theron, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate

²⁰ Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes, and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie

⁹ Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth

⁵ I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee ⁶ Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes

⁷ Thou, euen thou art dreadfull: and who may stande in thy syght when thou [begynnest] to be angry

¹²⁰ (119:8) My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee: and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes

⁶ Mourne ye, for the day of the Lord is at hande, and shall come as a destroyer from the almightie

¹⁵ Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come

¹¹ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde, we fare fayre with men: For we are knowen well enough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences

¹ And he heard the wordes of Labans sonnes saying, Iacob hath take away all that was our fathers, and of our fathers [goodes] hath he gotten all his glorie

¹² Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein ¹³ And when thy beastes and thy sheepe are waxen many, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is encreased ¹⁴ Then beware lest thyne heart ryse, and thou forget the Lorde thy God, whiche brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, and from the house of bondage

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches ⁷ But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym

¹⁷ (49:16) For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth: neither shall his pompe folowe after hym

⁷ [Saying] lo this is the man that put not the Lorde [to be] his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse

¹⁰ O trust not in wrong [dealing] and spoyling: geue not your selues vnto vanitie, if riches encrease, set not your heart [vpon them.

¹⁵ The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore

²⁸ He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall: but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe

⁹ Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God

²⁴ And the disciples were astonyed at his wordes. But Iesus aunswereth agayne, and sayth vnto them: Children, howe harde is it for the that trust in ryches, to enter into ye kyngdome of God ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go thorowe the eye of a needle, then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them, Take heede & beware of couetousnes: For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth

⁵ Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euyll concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is worshippyng of images

¹⁰ For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes

¹⁷ Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy

¹⁷ Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce ¹⁸ But remember the Lorde thy God, for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce, for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, as appeareth this day

¹¹ And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the thinges wherein the king had promoted him so greatly, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the king

⁵ Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre

¹³ For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt, This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande, & thorowe my wysdome: for I am wyse, I am he that remoue the landes of the people, I rob their treasure, and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man ¹⁴ My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest: and like as egges that were layde here and there, are gathered together, so do I gather all countreys, and there was none [so bolde] as to moue the winge, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper

²³ Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches

⁵ With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power, and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude

³⁰ And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie

⁸ And Ephraim hath sayde, Tushe I am riche, I haue good enough: in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended

¹⁶ Therfore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their yarne: because by them their portion is fat, and their meate plenteous

¹⁹ And I wyll saye to my soule: Soule, thou hast much goods layed vp [in store] for many yeres, take thyne ease, eate, drynke, and be mery

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day

²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented

¹⁶ And God made two great lyghtes: a greater lyght to rule the day, and a lesse lyght to rule the nyght, and [he made] starres also ¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shyne vpon the earth ¹⁸ And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good

¹⁹ Yea, and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne, the moone, and the starres, with all the hoast of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, & serue them, and shouldest worship and serue the thynges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen

¹⁶ But beware that your heart deceaue you not, and ye turne asyde, and serue straunge gods, and worship them

³ And gone and serued straunge gods, and worshipped them, as the sunne or moone, or any of the hoast of heauen, which I haue not commaunded

⁵ And he put downe the ministers [of Baal] whom the kinges of Iuda had founded to burne incense in the high places and cities of Iuda that were rounde about Hierusalem, & also them that burnt incense vnto Baal, to the sunne, to the moone, to the planets, and to all the hoast of heauen

¹¹ He put downe the horses that the kinges of Iuda had geuen to the sunne, at the entering in of the house of the Lorde, by the chambre of Nathanmelech the chamberlayne, which was ruler of the suburbes, and burnt the charets of the sunne with fire

³ For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned ⁴ What is man that thou art myndfull of him? and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym

² And layde against the sunne, the moone, & all the heauenly hoast, whom they loued, whom they serued, whom they ranne after, whom they sought and worshipped: they shall neither be gathered together nor buried, but shall lye as dunge vpon the earth

¹⁷ But whatsoeuer goeth out of our owne mouth, that wyll we do, we wyll do sacrifice, and offer oblations vnto the Queene of heauen, like as we and our forefathers, our kinges and our heades haue done in the cities of Iuda, and in the streetes of Hierusalem: for then had we plenteousnesse of vitailes, then were we in prosperitie, and no misfortune came vpon vs

¹⁶ And so he brought me into the inward court of the Lordes house, and beholde at the doore of the Lordes house, betwixt the porche and the aulter, there were about twentie and fiue men that turned their backes vpon the temple of the Lorde, and their faces towarde the east, and these worshipped the sunne eastwarde

⁶ If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thine owne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wyfe that lieth in thy bosome, or thy frende whiche is as thyne owne soule vnto thee, entice thee secretely, saying: Let vs go and serue straunge gods (which thou hast not knowen, nor yet thy fathers

¹⁸ And [thereto] I haue left me seuen thousande in Israel, of whiche neuer man bowed his knees vnto Baal, nor kissed him with his mouth

¹² Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye, and [so] ye perishe [from] the way, if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled: blessed are all they that put their trust in hym

²⁰ Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre

² And nowe they sinne more and more, and of their siluer they haue made them molten images after the imaginatios of their owne braynes, [that is] very idols, and yet all is nothing but the worke of the craftesman: they say one to another, Whiles they sacrifice a man let them kisse the calues

²¹ Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded

²⁸ And as they regarded not to knowe God: euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde, that they should do those thinges which were not comely

²⁵ That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght

² If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God, in transgressyng his couenaunt ³ And gone and serued straunge gods, and worshipped them, as the sunne or moone, or any of the hoast of heauen, which I haue not commaunded ⁴ And it is tolde thee, & thou hast hearde of it, then shalt thou enquire diligently: and if it be true, & the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel ⁵ Then shalt thou bryng foorth that man or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thyng) vnto the gates, and shalt stone them with stones tyll they dye ⁶ At the mouth of two or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death, dye: and at the mouth of one witnesse, let no man dye ⁷ The handes of the witnesses shalbe first vpon him, to kyll him, & afterward the handes of all the people: and thou shalt put the wicked away from thee

⁹ And come vnto the priestes the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shalbe in those dayes, and aske: and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement

²³ Then put away [sayde he] the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel

²⁷ And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people: Behold, this stone shalbe a witnesse vnto vs, for it hath hearde al the wordes of the Lorde whiche he spake with vs, it shalbe therfore a witnesse vnto you, lest ye denie your God

²⁷ Wherfore I haue not synned agaynst thee, but thou doest me wrong to warre against me: The Lord therfore whiche is a iudge, be iudge this day betweene the children of Israel, and the children of Ammon

¹⁵ For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge

⁷ There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge

¹¹ For this is a wickednesse, and sinne that is worthy to be punished

⁶ And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse: for God is iudge hym selfe. Selah

¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe God: but with workes they denie hym, seyng they are abhominable and disobedient, and vnto euery good worke reprobate

²³ And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men

²³ Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne, the same hath not the father [But he that knowledgeth the sonne, hath the father also.

⁴ For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in, which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation: They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse, and denye God which is the only Lorde, and our Lorde Iesus Christe

¹² And they mourned, and wept, and fasted vntil euen for Saul and Ionathan his sonne, & for the people of the Lorde, and for the house of Israel, because they were ouerthrowen with the sworde

¹⁰ When one tolde me & sayde that Saul was dead (thynking to haue brought good tydinges) I caught him, and slue him in Ziklag: whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing ¹¹ Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed? Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande, & take you from the earth

⁵ And when king Dauid came to Bahurim, beholde, thence came out a man of the kinred of the house of Saul, named Semei the sonne of Gera, and he came out cursing ⁶ And he cast stones at Dauid, and at all the seruauntes of Dauid: And all the people and al the men of warre were on his right hande, and on his left ⁷ And thus sayd Semei when he cursed: Come foorth, come foorth thou bloodsheder, and thou man of Belial ⁸ The Lord hath brought vpon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose steade thou hast raigned, and the Lorde hath deliuered the kingdome into the hande of Absalom thy sonne: And beholde, thou art come to thy mischiefe, because thou art a bloodsheder

¹³ Neuerthelesse, when they were sicke I did put on sackcloth: I afflicted my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into myne owne bosome ¹⁴ I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym ²⁶ Let them be put to confusion & shame [all] together that reioyce at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that exalt them selues against me

⁵ Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at [another mans] hurt, shall not be vnpunished

¹⁷ Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemie, and let not thyne heart be glad when he stumbleth ¹⁸ Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym [vnto thee.

¹² But thou shouldest not haue beholden the day of thy brother in the day that he was made a straunger, neither shouldest thou haue reioyced ouer the childre of Iuda in the day of their destruction, thou shouldest not haue spoken proudly in the day of affliction

⁴ If thou meete thyne enemies oxe or asse goyng astray, thou shalt bryng them to him agayne ⁵ If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee sincke vnder his burthen, thou shalt not passe by and let him alone, but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne

² Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God: For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe

⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes

²² But I say vnto you, that who so euer is angry with his brother, vnaduisedly, shalbe in daunger of iudgement. And who so euer shall say vnto his brother, racha, shalbe in daunger of a councell: But, whosoeuer shall saye (thou) foole, shalbe in daunger of hell fire

⁴³ Ye haue heard, that it is saide: Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour, & hate thyne enemie ⁴⁴ But I saye vnto you, loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for the which hurt you, and persecute you

³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment

¹⁴ Blesse them which persecute you, blesse, and curse not

⁶ And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell

⁹ Therwith blesse we God the father: and therwith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be

²² Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth ²³ Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously

⁹ Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng

⁴ And the men of Dauid sayd vnto him: See, the day is come, of which the Lord sayde vnto thee, Behold I will deliuer thyne enemie into thyne hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seeme good in thy sight. Then Dauid arose, and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuily

¹⁰ Behold, this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue: And some bad me kill thee, but I had compassion on thee, and sayd: I will not lay myne handes on my maister, for he is the Lordes annoynted

⁸ Then saide Abisai to Dauid, God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day: Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth, & I will not smite him the second tyme

⁹ Then sayde Abisai the sonne of Zaruia vnto the king: Why doth this dead dogge curse my lord the king? let me go nowe, and take of the head of him ¹⁰ And the king sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? for he curseth euen because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid: Who dare then say, Wherfore hast thou done so

²¹ But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia aunswered, and sayd: Shall not Simei dye for this, because he cursed the Lordes annoynted ²² And Dauid sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? For this day ye be aduersaries vnto me: Shall there any man dye this day in Israel? Do not I knowe that I am this day kyng ouer Israel

²² Why do ye persecute me as God [doth] and are not satisfied with my fleshe

² When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe: mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell

²⁵ Let them not say in their heart, it is as we woulde haue it: neither let them say, we haue deuoured hym

¹¹ If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause ¹² Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit

¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues

¹⁵ Then sayde Iohanan the sonne of Careah vnto Gedaliah in Mispa these wordes secretely, Let me go I pray thee, and I wyll slay Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah, so that no body shall knowe it: Wherfore wyll he kyll thee, that all the Iewes which resort vnto thee myght be scattered, and the remnaunt in Iuda perishe ¹⁶ And Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam sayde to Iohanan the sonne of Careah, Thou shalt not do it: for they are but lyes that thou sayest of Ismael

² [But] they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones ³ And they eate also the fleshe of my people, & flay of their skinne from them: and they breake their bones, and chop them in peeces as for the pot, and as fleshe within the cauldron

⁵⁴ When his disciples, Iames & Iohn, sawe this, they sayde: Lord, wylt thou that we comaunde fire to come downe from heauen and consume them, euen as Elias dyd ⁵⁵ Iesus turned about, & rebuked them, saying: Ye wote not what maner spirite ye are of

⁵⁰ And one of them smote a seruaunt of the hye priest, & stroke of his right eare ⁵¹ Iesus aunswered and saide, Suffer ye thus farre foorth. And whe he touched his eare, he healed hym

² And he sayde: Oh my Lordes, turne in I praye you, into your seruauntes house, and tary all nyght, and washe your feete, and ye shall ryse vp early to go in your wayes. Whiche sayde, nay: but we wyll byde in the streates all nyght ³ And he preassed vpon them exceedinglye: and they returnyng in vnto hym, entred into his house, & he made them a feast, and did bake vnleuened bread, and they did eate

¹⁵ And they turned thytherwarde to go in, and lodge all nyght in Gibea: And when he came, he sat him downe in a streate of the citie, for there was no man that toke them into his house to lodgyng

²⁰ The olde man sayd: Peace be with thee, all that thou lackest shalt thou fynde with me: Only abyde not in the streate [all nyght] ²¹ And so he brought him into his house, and gaue fodder vnto the Asses: and they wasshed their feete, and dyd eate and drynke

¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe]

³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in

⁴⁰ And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me

⁴⁴ Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee ⁴⁵ Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me

¹⁰ And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke

² Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: For therby some hauyng lodged Angels, were vnawares therof

⁹ Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng

⁷ Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes ⁸ And they heard the voyce of the Lord God, walkyng in the garden in ye coole of the day: and Adam and his wyfe hyd themselues from the presence of the lord God amongst ye trees of the garden

¹² And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate

¹¹ Israel hath sinned, and they haue transgressed myne appointment which I commaunded them: for they haue taken of the excommunicate thinges, and haue also stolen, and dissembled also, & put them vnto their owne stuffe

¹³ He that hydeth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy

⁷ But euen like as Adam did, so haue they broken my couenaunt, and set me at naught

⁸ And Peter sayde vnto her: Tell me, Solde ye not the lande for so much? And she sayde: Yea, for so much

⁸ If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs ⁹ If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse ¹⁰ If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs

² Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement

²⁷ And he said vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: Put euery ma his sworde by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the hoast, and slay euery man his brother, & euery man his companion, and euery man his neighbour

¹⁴ The name of the Israelite thus kylled, which was slayne with the Madianitishe woman, was Zamri the sonne of Salu, a Lorde of an house and kinred of Simeon ¹⁵ And the name of the Madianitishe woma that was slayne, was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a head ouer the people of his fathers house in Madian

⁷ And I aduised so in my minde, that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers, and saide vnto them: Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother. And I brought a great congregation against them

⁴ And before this had the priest Eliasib the ouersight of the treasurie of the house of our God, and he was kynsman vnto Tobia ⁵ And had made hym a great chamber, and there had they afore time layed the offringes, frankencence, vessels, and the tythes of corne, wine, and oyle according to the commaundementes geuen to the Leuites, singers and porters, and the heaue offringes of the priestes ⁶ But in all this time was not I at Hierusalem: for in the two and thirtie yere of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, came I vnto the king, & after certayne dayes obtayned I licence of the king to come to Hierusalem ⁷ And I gat knowledge of the euyll that Eliasib dyd for Tobia, in that he had made hym a chamber in the court of the house of God ⁸ And it greeued me sore: therefore I cast foorth all the vessels of the house of Tobia out of the chamber

²⁸ And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest, was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me

¹¹ All the kinges seruauntes, & the people in the prouinces of the king knowe, that whosoeuer commeth within the courte vnto the king, whether it be man or woman, which is not called, the comaundement is, that the same shall dye, except the king holde out the golden septer vnto him, for then he shall lyue: As for me, I haue not ben called to come in vnto the king now this thirtie dayes

¹⁴ For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, then shall the Iewes haue helpe and deliueraunce out of an other place, and thou and thy fathers house shalbe destroyed: And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for this causes sake

⁸ But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it

¹¹ Deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and ceasse not to preserue them that are led to be slayne ¹² If thou wylt say, beholde I knewe not of it: doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that kepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Shall not he also recompence euery man according to his workes

²⁵ He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger

⁴ Then saide the princes vnto the kyng, Sir, we beseche you let this man be put to death: for thus he discourageth the handes of the souldiours that be in this citie, and the handes of all the people, when he speaketh such wordes vnto them: This man laboureth not for peace of the people, but mischiefe ⁵ Zedekia the kyng aunswered, and sayde, Lo, he is in your handes: for the kyng may denie you nothyng

¹⁶ So the kyng swore an oth secretely to Ieremie, saying: As the Lorde liueth that made vs these soules, I wyll not slay thee, nor geue thee into the handes of them that seke after thy lyfe

¹⁹ And Zedekia said vnto Ieremie: I am afrayde for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Chaldees, lest I come into their handes, & so they to haue me in derision

¹¹ Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them ¹² For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate ¹³ Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time

²⁰ But the chiefe priestes & elders perswaded the people, that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and destroy Iesus ²¹ The deputie aunswered, and saide vnto them: Whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you? They saide, Barabbas ²² Pilate sayde vnto them: What shall I do then with Iesus, whiche is called Christe? They all sayde vnto hym: let hym be crucified ²³ The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified ²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng, but that more busynesse was made, he toke water, and washed his handes before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this iust person, see ye to it ²⁵ Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren ²⁶ Then let he Barabbas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and deliuered hym to be crucified

¹⁶ Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe: Insomuche, though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe, nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more

³ Neuerthelesse, I talke with the almightie, and my desire is to commune with God

²¹ Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde ²² Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere

²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thyne enemie

³ O deliuer me, and loke out one to be my suretie in thy sight: what is he that knoweth who wyll promise for me

⁷ If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me

¹¹ His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his enemie

²³ O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke ²⁴ And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue

³ O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate ⁴ I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes ⁵ I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me ⁶ Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger ⁷ There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge

⁷ Therfore myne enemie shalbe founde as the vngodly, and he that taketh part against me, as the vnrighteous

²⁸ I went mourning without heate, I stoode vp in the congregation, & communed with them

⁶ Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde

¹⁰ But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie ¹¹ He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes

¹⁴ Although thou sayest [to God] thou wylt not regarde it: yet iudgement is before him, trust thou in him

¹ Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide ² What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge ³ Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere

⁴ Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, [therefore] I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth ⁵ Once haue I spoken, but I wyll saye no more: yea twyse, but I wyl proceede no further

²⁵ Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye, whyles thou art in the waye with him: lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister, and then thou be cast into pryson

¹² And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the two shoulders of the ephod [that they may be] stones of remembraunce vnto the children of Israel: and Aaron shal beare their names before the Lord vpon his two shoulders for a remembraunce

¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne

²² And the key of the house of Dauid wyll I lay vpon his shoulder: so that he shall open and no man shut, he shall shut and no man open

³ Thou shalt be a crowne in the hande of the Lorde, and a glorious garlande in the hande of thy God

¹ Therfore my brethren beloued & longed for, my ioy and crowne, so continue in the Lorde ye beloued

²⁸ He sayde: thy name shalbe called no more Iacob, but Israel: For as a prince hast thou wrasteled with God, and with men, and hast preuayled

³ His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great householde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east [countrey.

³ If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande

¹⁵ Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight

²⁵ When I agreed vnto their way, I was the chiefe, and sate as a king with his armie about him: and when they were in heauinesse, I was their comfortour

³ For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding ⁴ O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee

¹² (19:11) Who can knowe his owne errours? Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of

¹² By who we haue boldnesse & entraunce in ye confidence which is by faith of him

¹⁵ For we haue not an hye priest whiche can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are, and [yet] without sinne ¹⁶ Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that we may obteyne mercie, and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede

¹⁹ Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym ²⁰ For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges ²¹ Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God

²⁷ The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take part against him

¹³ The downes be couered with sheepe: the valleys stande thicke with corne [so that] they showte [for ioy] and also sing

¹¹ For the stone shall crye out of the wal, and the beame out of the timber shall aunswere it

⁴ Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth

¹² If thou tyll the grounde, she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength. A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth

¹³ And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the [two] vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died ¹⁴ And then they sent to Iezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned to death ¹⁵ And it fortuned, when Iezabel hearde that Naboth was stoned to death, she sayde to Ahab: Up, and take possession of the vineyarde of Naboth the Iezraelite, whiche he denied to geue for money: for Naboth is not alyue, but dead ¹⁶ And when Ahab hearde that Naboth was dead, he stoode vp to go downe to the vineyarde of Naboth the Iezraelite, and to take possession of it

¹⁹ And therfore shalt thou say vnto him, thus sayth the Lorde: Hast thou killed & also gotten possession? And thou shalt speake vnto him, saying, thus sayth the Lord: In the place were dogges licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogges licke euen thy blood also

¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof

²¹ For beholde, the Lorde is comming out of his place, to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth: the earth also shall disclose her bloods, and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her

⁶ Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee [was redy] to his power to shed blood

¹² Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God ¹³ Beholde, I haue smitten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood which hath ben shed in thee

¹⁷ Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe ¹⁸ Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde

²⁰ (72:19b) Here endeth the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Isai

²³ At the same time al vineyardes wherin there shalbe a thousand vines worth a thousande siluerlinges, shalbe turned to bryers and thornes

⁹ Therefore as I liue, sayth the Lord of hoastes the God of Israel, Moab shalbe as Sodoma, & Ammon as Gomorra, euen the breeding of nettles, and salt pittes, & a perpetuall wildernesse: The residue of my folke shal spoyle them, the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession

³ And I hated Esau, & made his mountaynes waste, and his heritage a wildernesse for Dragons