Luke Cross References - Bishops

¹ Forasmuche as manye haue taken in hande, to set foorth in order, ye declaration of those thynges whiche are moste surelye to be beleued among vs ² Euen as they deliuered them vnto vs, which from the begynnyng sawe them them selues with their eyes, and were ministers of the worde ³ I determined also, assoone as I had searched out diligently all thinges from the begynnyng, that then I woulde write vnto thee, moste excellent Theophilus ⁴ That thou myghtest knowe the certentie of those thinges wherof thou hast ben infourmed ⁵ There was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie, a certaine priest, named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, & his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron, & her name was Elizabeth ⁶ They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them ⁷ And they had no chylde, because that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were nowe well stricken in age ⁸ And it came to passe, that when Zacharie executed the priestes office before God, as his course came ⁹ Accordyng to ye custome of the priestes office, his lot was to burne incence, whe he went into the temple of the Lorde ¹⁰ And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, whyle the incence was burnyng ¹¹ And there appeared vnto hym an Angel of the Lorde, standyng on the ryght syde of the aulter of incence ¹² And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare came vpo him ¹³ But the Angel sayde vnto him: Feare not Zacharie, for thy prayer is hearde: and thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne, & thou shalt cal his name Iohn ¹⁴ And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth ¹⁵ For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe ¹⁶ And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God ¹⁷ And he shall go before hym, with the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make redy a perfect people for the Lorde ¹⁸ And Zacharias saide vnto the Angel: By what token shall I know this? For I am olde, and my wyfe well stricken in yeres ¹⁹ And the Angel aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: I am Gabriel that stande in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shewe thee these glad tydynges ²⁰ And beholde, thou shalt be dumbe, & not be able to speake, vntyll the day that these thynges be perfourmed, because thou beleuedst not my wordes, whiche shalbe fulfylled in their season ²¹ And the people waited for Zacharias, and marueyled that he taried so long in the temple ²² And when he came out, he coulde not speake vnto them. And they perceaued that he had seene a vision in the temple: For he beckened vnto them, and remayned speachlesse ²³ And it came to passe, that assoone as the dayes of his office were out, he departed into his owne house ²⁴ And after those dayes, his wyfe Elizabeth conceaued, and hyd her selfe fiue monethes, saying ²⁵ Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the dayes wherein he loked on me, to take fro me my rebuke among men ²⁶ And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth ²⁷ To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie ²⁸ And the Angel went in vnto her, and sayde: Hayle [thou that art] freelie beloued, the Lorde is with thee, blessed art thou among women ²⁹ And when she sawe hym, she was troubled at his saying, and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that shoulde be ³⁰ And the Angel saide vnto her: Feare not Marie, for thou hast founde grace with God ³¹ For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus ³² He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid ³³ And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende ³⁴ Then said Marie vnto ye Angel: How shall this be, seing I knowe not a man ³⁵ And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God ³⁶ And beholde, thy cosin Elizabeth, she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age: & this is her sixth moneth, whiche was called barren ³⁷ For with God, shall nothyng be vnpossible ³⁸ And Marie saide: Beholde the handmayden of the Lorde, be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde. And the Angel departed from her ³⁹ And Marie arose in those dayes, & went into the hyll countrey with haste, into a citie of Iuda ⁴⁰ And entred into the house of Zacharie, and saluted Elizabeth ⁴¹ And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost ⁴² And she cryed with a loude voyce, and saide: Blessed art thou among women, because ye fruite of thy wombe is blessed ⁴³ And whence commeth this to me, that ye mother of my lord should come to me ⁴⁴ For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy ⁴⁵ And blessed is she that beleued: For those thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lorde ⁴⁶ And Marie saide: My soule magnifieth the Lorde ⁴⁷ And my spirite reioyceth in God my sauiour ⁴⁸ For he hath loked on the lowe degree of his handmayden: For loe, now from hencefoorth shal all generations call me blessed ⁴⁹ Because, he that is mightie, hath done to me great thinges, & holy is his name ⁵⁰ And his mercy is on them that feare him, from generation to generation ⁵¹ He hath shewed stregth with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude, in the imagination of their heartes ⁵² He hath put downe the myghtie fro their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree ⁵³ He hath fylled the hungry with good thynges, & sent away the riche emptie ⁵⁴ He hath helped his seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of his mercy ⁵⁵ ( Euen as he promised to our fathers, Abraham, and to his seede) for euer ⁵⁶ And Marie abode with her about three monethes, and returned agayne to her owne house ⁵⁷ Elizabethes tyme came, that she shoulde be deliuered, and she brought foorth a sonne ⁵⁸ And her neyghbours, and her cosins hearde howe the Lorde hadde shewed great mercy vpo her, and they reioyced with her ⁵⁹ And it came to passe, that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde, and called his name Zacharias, after the name of his father ⁶⁰ And his mother aunswered, and said: not so, but he shalbe called Iohn ⁶¹ And they sayde vnto her: There is none in thy kinrede that is named with this name ⁶² And they made signes to his father, howe he woulde haue hym called ⁶³ And he asked for wrytyng tables, and wrote, saying, his name is Iohn. And they marueyled all ⁶⁴ And his mouth was opened immediatly, and his tounge [loosed] & he spake, and praysed God ⁶⁵ And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them: And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie ⁶⁶ And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym ⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying ⁶⁸ Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people ⁶⁹ And hath raysed vp an horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruaunt Dauid ⁷⁰ Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began ⁷¹ That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs ⁷² That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt ⁷³ And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs ⁷⁴ That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare ⁷⁵ All the dayes of our life, in [such] holynesse and righteousnes [as are accepted] before hym ⁷⁶ And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes ⁷⁷ To geue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes ⁷⁸ Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spryng from an hygh hath visited vs ⁷⁹ To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace ⁸⁰ And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites

³¹ These are written, that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christe the sonne of God, and that in beleuyng, ye myght haue lyfe through his name

¹ In ye former treatise O Theophilus, we haue spoke of all that Iesus began to do and teache ² Untyll the day in which he was take vp, after that he through the holy ghost, had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles, whom he had chosen ³ To whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion, and that by manye tokens, appearyng vnto them fourtie dayes, and speaking of the kingdome of God

¹⁶ And without doubt, great is that misterie of godlynesse: God was shewed in the flesshe, was iustified in the spirite, was seene among the angels, was preached vnto the gentiles, was beleued on in the worlde, and was receaued vp in glorie

¹⁷ Notwithstandyng, the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the gentiles should heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion

¹⁶ For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie ¹⁷ Euen then veryly when he receaued of God the father honour and glorie, & when there came suche a voyce to hym from the excellent glorie: This is my deare beloued sonne in whom I delyte ¹⁸ This voyce we heard come from heauen, when we were with him in the holye mount ¹⁹ We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes

¹ The begynnyng of the Gospel of Iesu Christ, the sonne of God

¹⁴ The sower, soweth the worde

⁴⁸ And ye are witnesses of these thynges

²⁷ And ye shall beare witnesse also, because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng

³ To whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion, and that by manye tokens, appearyng vnto them fourtie dayes, and speaking of the kingdome of God

⁸ But ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Samarie, and euen vnto the worldes ende

²¹ Wherfore, of these men which haue companyed with vs, all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus went in and out among vs ²² Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn, vnto that same day that he was take vp from vs, must one be ordeyned, to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrection

²⁰ For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde

³⁹ And we are witnesses of all thynges which he dyd in the land of the Iewes, and at Hierusalem, whom they slewe, and hanged on tree ⁴⁰ Hym God raysed vp the thirde daye, and shewed hym openly ⁴¹ Not to al the people, but vnto vs witnesses, chosen before of God, euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead

¹⁶ But ryse and stande vpon thy feete. For I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witnesse, both of those thynges which thou hast seene, and of those thynges in the which I wyll appeare vnto thee

¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost

¹ Let a man so esteeme of vs, as the ministers of Christe, and disposers of the secretes of God

⁷ Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God, which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power ⁸ Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe

¹¹ And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers ¹² To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe

²³ If ye continue grounded & stablisshed in the fayth, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell, which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a minister ²⁴ Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church ²⁵ Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the dispensation of God, which is geuen to me to youwarde, to fulfyll the worde of God

³ Howe shall we escape, yf we neglect so great saluation? which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde, and was confirmed vnto vswarde, by them that hearde it

¹ The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened

¹⁶ For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie

¹ That whiche was fro the beginning, whiche we haue heard, which we haue seene with our eyes, whiche we haue loked vpo, & our handes haue handeled of, the worde of lyfe ² (And the lyfe appeared, and we haue seene, and beare witnesse, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father, and appeared vnto vs. ³ That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue felowship with vs, and that our felowship may be with the father, and his sonne Iesus Christe

⁵ Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God: and turned not vnto the proude, and to such as decline to lyes

²¹ These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue, thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art: but I wyll reproue thee, and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes [all that thou hast done.

⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables

¹ Forasmuche as manye haue taken in hande, to set foorth in order, ye declaration of those thynges whiche are moste surelye to be beleued among vs

¹ In ye former treatise O Theophilus, we haue spoke of all that Iesus began to do and teache

⁴ But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng, and expounded it by order vnto them, saying

¹⁹ Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God

²⁵ It seemed therfore to vs a good thing, when we were come together with one accorde, to sende chosen men vnto you, with our beloued Barnabas and Paul

²⁸ For it seemed good to the holy ghost, and to vs, to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges [That is to say

²⁶ Claudius Lysias, vnto the most mightie ruler Felix, sendeth greetinges

³ That alowe we euer, & in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankes

²⁵ But he sayde: I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God

¹² As touchyng our brother Apollo, I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren, but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme: Howebeit, he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme

²⁵ The same was infourmed in the way of the Lorde, and spake feruently in the spirite, & taught diligently the thynges of the Lorde, and knewe but the baptisme of Iohn only

¹⁸ And knowest his wyll, and alowest the thinges that be excellent, infourmed by the lawe

¹⁹ Yet had I rather, in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng, to the information of other, then ten thousande wordes with the tongue

⁶ Let hym that is taught in the word, minister vnto hym that teacheth hym, in all good thynges

¹⁵ I wyll euer also geue my diligence yt ye may haue wherwith to stirre vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departyng ¹⁶ For we haue not folowed deceitfull fables, when we opened vnto you the power and commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, but with our eyes we sawe his maiestie

¹⁰ The seuenth to Hakos, and the eyght to Abia

¹⁹ These are the ordinaunces of them in their offices when they came into the house of the Lord, according to their maner vnder Aaron their father, as the lord God of Israel had comaunded him

⁴ Iddo, Genthon, Abia

¹⁷ Under Abia, Zichri: vnder Miniamin, and Moadia, Piltat

¹ When Iesus was borne in Bethlehem, a citie of Iurie, in the dayes of Herode the kyng: beholde, there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem

⁹ These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God

¹ And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation

¹ When Abram was ninetie yere olde and nine, the Lorde appeared to hym, and sayde vnto hym: I am the almightie God, walke before me, and be thou perfect

⁴ And if thou wilt walke before me, as Dauid thy father walked, in purenes of heart and in righteousnes, to do all that I haue commaunded thee, and wilt kepe my statutes, and my lawes

³ I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore

¹ In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob, & the same was a perfect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill

⁸ And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill

² I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man [compared] vnto God be iustified

⁶ I shall take then no shame: when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them, Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes. For that which is hyghly esteemed among men, is abhominable in the syght of God

¹ And Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell, saide: Men & brethren, I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day

¹⁶ And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men

⁹ What then? Are we better [then they?] No, in no wise. For we haue alredy proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne ¹⁰ As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one ¹¹ There is none that vnderstandeth, there is none that seketh after God ¹² They are all gone out of the waye, they are all vnprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one ¹³ Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes ¹⁴ Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse ¹⁵ Their feete are swyft to shed blood ¹⁶ Heartes griefe & miserie are in their wayes ¹⁷ And they way of peace haue they not knowen ¹⁸ There is no feare of God before their eyes 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 ²⁰ Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne ²¹ But nowe is the righteousnes of God declared without the lawe, beyng witnessed by the testimonie of the lawe and of the prophetes ²² The ryghteousnes of God [commeth] by the fayth of Iesus Christe, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. There is no difference ²³ For all haue synned, and are destitute of the glorie of God ²⁴ Iustified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christe Iesu ²⁵ Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiatio, through fayth in his blood, to declare his ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past

² I commende you brethren, that ye remember me in all thinges, and kepe the ordinaunces, as I deliuered them to you

¹² For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes

¹⁵ That ye may be blamelesse and pure, the sonnes of God, without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation, among who shyne ye as lightes in the worlde

⁶ Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse ⁷ But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Christes sake ⁸ Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe ⁹ And be founde in hym, not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe: but that which is through the fayth of Christ, the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth

²² In the body of his fleshe, through death, to present you holye, and vnblameable, & without fault in his syght

¹³ To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable, in holynesse before God and our father, in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, with all his saintes

¹¹ For there hath appeared the grace of God [which is] healthful to all men ¹² Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde ¹³ Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe ¹⁴ Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes

³ For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe, disobedient, deceaued, seruyng diuers lustes & voluptuousnes, lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie, full of hate, hatyng one another ⁴ But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared ⁵ Not of workes which [be] in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost ⁶ Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour ⁷ That we iustified by his grace, should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe

¹⁴ Wherfore dearely beloued, seyng that ye loke for such thynges, be diligent that ye may be founde of hym in peace, without spot, and vndefyled

³ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes

²⁹ If ye knowe that he is ryghteous, knowe also that euery one whiche doth righteousnes, is borne of hym

⁷ Babes, let no man deceaue you: He that doeth righteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is righteous

² And Abram sayde: Lorde God what wylt thou geue me when I go chyldelesse, the chylde of the stewardship of my house is this Eleazer of Damasco ³ And Abram saide: See, to me thou hast geuen no seede: lo [borne] in my house is myne heire

¹ Sarai Abrams wyfe bare hym no chyldren: but she had an handemayde an Egyptian, Hagar by name ² And Sarai sayde vnto Abram: beholde, nowe the Lorde hath restrayned me, that I can not beare, I pray thee go in to my mayde, it may be that I may be builded by her: and Abram obeyed the voyce of Sarai

¹⁷ But Abraham fell vppon his face, and laughed, and sayde in his heart: shall a chylde be borne vnto hym that is an hundreth yere olde? And shall Sara that is ninetie yere olde beare

¹¹ Abraham and Sara were both olde, and well stryken in age: and it ceassed to be with Sara after the maner as it is with women

²¹ And Isahac made intercession vnto the Lorde for his wyfe, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of hym, and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued

¹ Rachel when she sawe that she bare Iacob no children, she enuied her sister, and sayde vnto Iacob: Geue me children, or els I am but dead

² And there was a man in Zaraah of the kinred of Dan, named Manoah, whose wife was barren, and bare not ³ And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & sayde vnto her: Beholde, nowe thou art barren, & bearest not, but thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne

² Which had two wyues, the one called Hanna, & the other Phenenna: And Phenenna had children, but Hanna had no children

⁵ But vnto Hanna he gaue a worthy portion: for he loued Hanna, & the Lorde had made her barren ⁶ And her enemie [Phenenna] vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren ⁷ (And so dyd he yere by yere) and as oft as she wet vp to the house of the Lord, thus she vexed her, that she wept, and dyd not eate ⁸ Then sayde Elkana her husband to her: Hanna, why wepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thine hearte troubled? Am not I better to thee then ten sonnes

¹ And king Dauid was olde and stricken in yeres, so that whe they couered him with clothes, he caught no heate

¹⁴ And he said againe: What is to be done for her? Gehezi aunswered: Ueryly she hath no childe, and her husband is olde

¹⁹ And he faynted not in the fayth, nor considered his owne body nowe dead, when he was almost an hundred yeres old, neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe

¹¹ Through fayth also Sara her selfe receaued strength to conceaue seede, and was delyuered of a chylde whe she was past age, because she iudged hym faythfull which had promised

¹ And take thou vnto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sonnes with him from among the children of Israel, that Aaron may minister vnto me in the priestes office, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aarons sonnes

⁴¹ And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother, & on his sonnes with hym, and shalt annoynt them, and fill their handes, & sanctifie them, that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office

¹ This thyng also shalt thou do vnto them, when thou halowest the to be my priestes. Thou shalt take one young calfe, and two rammes yt are without blemyshe

⁹ And gyrde them with gyrdels, aswell Aaron as his sonnes, and put the bonnettes on them, and the priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe, and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron, and the handes of his sonnes

⁴⁴ And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the aulter: and I will sanctifie also both Aaron & his sonnes, to be my priestes

³⁰ And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes, and consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office

⁷ Therfore shalt thou & thy sonnes with thee kepe your priestes office for all thynges that pertayne vnto the aulter and within the vayle: And ye shal serue, for I haue geue your priestes office vnto you as a gift, and therfore ye straunger that commeth nye, must be slayne

² Nadab also and Abihu dyed before their father, & had no children: But Eleazar, & Ithamar executed the priestes office

¹⁴ And Solomon set the sortes of priestes to their offices as Dauid his father had ordered them, and the Leuites in their watches, for to prayse and minister before the priestes day by day, and the porters by course at euery gate: for so had Dauid the man of God commaunded

¹⁴ For the Leuites left their suburbes, and their possession, and came to Iuda and Hierusalem: For Ieroboam and his sonnes had cast them out from ministring vnto the Lorde

² And Hezekia appoynted sundry companies of the priestes and Leuites after the diuersitie of their ministrations, euery man according to his office both priestes and Leuites, for the burnt offering and peace offringes, to minister and to geue thankes and praise in the gates of the hoast of the Lorde

¹⁹ And to the children of Aaron the priestes whiche were in the fieldes and suburbes of their cities, citie by citie, the men whose names were expressed afore, shoulde geue portions, euen to all the males among the priestes, and to all the Leuites, according to their number

¹⁸ And set the priestes in their sundry courses, and the Leuites in their diuers offices, to minister vnto God at Hierusalem, as it is written in the booke of Moyses

⁵ There was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie, a certaine priest, named Zacharias, of the course of Abia, & his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron, & her name was Elizabeth

⁷ And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes, euen then shall he burne it ⁸ And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense, & this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations

²⁵ And he made the incense aulter of Sittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, for it was foure square: and two cubites hye, with hornes proceedyng out of it ²⁶ And he couered it with pure golde, both the top and the sides therof round about, and the hornes of it: and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about ²⁷ And he made two rynges of golde for it [euen] vnder the crowne therof in the two corners of it, & in the two sides therof, to put barres in, for to beare it withal ²⁸ And he made the barres of Sittim wood, & ouerlayde them with golde ²⁹ And he made the holy anoynting oyle, and the sweete pure incense, after the apoticaries craft

⁴⁰ To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel, that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron, come neare to offer incense before the Lorde, that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie, as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses

²⁸ And I chose him out of al the tribes of Israel to be my priest, for to offer vppon mine aulter, and to burne incense, and to weare an Ephod before me: and I gaue vnto the house of thy father, all the offerynges made by fire of the chyldren of Israel

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the aulter of burnt offering, and on the aulter of incense [and were appoynted] for all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an attonement for them of Israel, according to all that Moyses the seruaunt of God had commaunded

¹³ The sonnes of Amram: Aaron, and Moyses: And Aaron was separated to haue the rule of the holy thinges in the place most holy, he & his sonnes for euer, and to burne incense before the Lorde, and to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his name for euer

¹⁶ But in his strength his heart arose to his destruction: For he transgressed against the Lorde his God, and went into the temple of the Lorde to burne incense vpon the aulter of incense

¹¹ Now therefore my sonnes, be not negligent: for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before him, and for to minister and serue him, and to burne incense

⁶ When these thynges were thus ordeyned, the priestes went alwayes into the first tabernacle, accomplishyng the seruice of God

¹⁷ And let there be no body in the tabernacle of the cogregation when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place, vntyll he come out, and haue made an attonement for hym selfe, and for his housholde, and for all the congregation of Israel

¹⁴ Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest, which is entred into heauens, Iesus the sonne of God, let vs holde faste the confession

²⁴ For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes (which are) paternes of true thynges: but into heauen it selfe, nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs

³ And another angell came and stoode before the aulter, hauyng a golden senser, and much of odours was geuen vnto hym, that he should offer of the prayers of all saintes vpon the golden aulter which was before the throne

¹ And thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense: of Sittim wood shalte thou make it ² A cubite long, and a cubite brode, eue foure square shall it be, and two cubites hye: the hornes therof shall proceede out of it ³ And thou shalt ouerlaye it with fine gold, both the ruffe & the walles round about, and his hornes also: and shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about ⁴ And two golden ringes shalt thou make to it on either side, euen vnder the crowne, that they maye be as places for the barres to beare it withall ⁵ And thou shalt make the barres of Sittim wood, & couer them with gold ⁶ And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of testimonie before the mercie seate, that is, vpon the testimonie where I wyll meete with thee ⁷ And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes, euen then shall he burne it ⁸ And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense, & this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations ⁹ Ye shall offer no straunge incense thereon nor burnt sacrifice nor meate offeryng, neither powre any drinke offeryng thereon ¹⁰ And Aaron shall reconsile vppon the hornes of it once in a yere, with the blood of the sinne offeryng of reconsiling, euen once in the yere shal he reconsile vpon it through your generations: it is most holy vnto the Lorde

²⁶ And he put the golden aulter in the tabernacle of the congregation before the vayle ²⁷ And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lorde commaunded Moyses

¹³ And put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde, that the cloude of the incense may couer the mercy seate that is vpon the witnesse, and he shall not dye

³ And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & sayde vnto her: Beholde, nowe thou art barren, & bearest not, but thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne

⁹ And God heard the voyce of Manoah: and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde: but Manoah her husbad was not with her

¹⁹ And the Angel aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: I am Gabriel that stande in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shewe thee these glad tydynges

²⁸ And the Angel went in vnto her, and sayde: Hayle [thou that art] freelie beloued, the Lorde is with thee, blessed art thou among women

¹⁰ And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people

¹⁹ But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores, and brought them foorth, and sayde

³ The same sawe by a vision euidently, about the ninth houre of the daye, an Angel of God commyng in to hym, and saying vnto hym, Cornelius ⁴ And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God

¹⁴ Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation

³ And another angell came and stoode before the aulter, hauyng a golden senser, and much of odours was geuen vnto hym, that he should offer of the prayers of all saintes vpon the golden aulter which was before the throne ⁴ And the smoke of the odours whiche came of the prayers of all saintes, ascended vp before God, out of the angels hande

¹³ And the sixt angell blewe, & I hearde a voyce from the foure hornes of the golden aulter, which is before God

²² And when Gedeon perceaued that it was an angel of the Lorde, he sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, haue I therfore seene an angel of the Lorde face to face, [that I should dye?

²² And sayd vnto his wyfe: We shal surely dye, because we haue seene God

¹⁴ Feare came vpon me & dread, which made all my bones to shake ¹⁵ The winde passed by before my presence, and made the heeres of my fleshe to stande vp

⁷ And I Daniel alone sawe this vision, for the men that were with me saw not the vision: but a great fearefulnes fell vpon them, so that they fled away and hid them selues

⁵ And they went into the sepulchre, and sawe a young man syttyng on the ryght syde, clothed in a long whyte garment, and they were amased

²⁹ And when she sawe hym, she was troubled at his saying, and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that shoulde be

⁹ And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde ¹⁰ And the Angel sayde vnto them, be not afrayde: For beholde, I bryng you tydynges of great ioy, that shall come to all people

⁴ And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God

¹⁷ And when I sawe hym, I fell at his feete euen as dead: And he layde his ryght hande vpon me, saying vnto me, feare not, I am the first and the last

¹⁰ This is my couenaunt which ye shall kepe betweene me & you, and thy seede after thee: euery man chylde among you shalbe circumcised

¹⁹ Unto who God sayd: Sara thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, & thou shalt call his name Isahac: and I wyll establishe my couenaunt with hym for an euerlastyng couenaunt [and] with his seede after hym

¹⁴ Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee [euen] according to the time of life: & Sara [shall] haue a sonne

²³ And the Lorde sayd vnto him: Peace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt not dye

³ And the angell of the Lord appeared vnto the woman, & sayde vnto her: Beholde, nowe thou art barren, & bearest not, but thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne ⁴ And nowe therfore beware that thou drinke no wyne, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing ⁵ For lo, thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne, And ther may no rasor come on his head, for ye ladde shalbe a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth: And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines

²⁰ For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, [saying:] Because I haue asked him of the Lorde ²¹ And the man Elkana and all his house, went vp to offer vnto the Lorde the yerely sacrifice, and also his vowe ²² Neuerthelesse, Hanna wet not vp, but sayde vnto her husband: I will tary vntill the lad be weaned, and then I will bryng hym, that he may appeare before the Lord, and there abyde for euer ²³ Elkana her husband aunswered her: Do what seemeth thee best, tary at home vntyll thou hast weaned him, and I beseche the Lord to make good his saying. And so the woman abode, and gaue her sonne sucke, vntyll she weaned hym

²¹ And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde

¹⁶ And he saide: At this tyme appoynted, according to the tyme of lyfe, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said: Oh nay my lorde thou man of God, do not lye vnto thyne handmayde ¹⁷ And the wyfe conceaued, and bare a sonne that same season that Elisa had sayde vnto her, acording to the tyme of lyfe

⁹ (113:8) He maketh the barren woman to kepe house: and to be a ioyful mother of children. Prayse ye the Lorde

²¹ I wyll thanke thee for that thou hast heard me: and art become my saluation

³ Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde ⁴ Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth ⁵ Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate

³ After that went I vnto the prophetisse, and she conceaued & bare a sonne: Then sayde the Lord to me, Geue him his name, a speedie robber, an hastie spoyler

¹² Then saide he vnto me, Feare not Daniel: for since the first day that thou didst set thyne heart to vnderstand, and to chasten thy selfe before thy God, thy wordes were hearde, and I am come for thy wordes

⁴ And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Call his name Iezrahel: for I wyll shortlye auenge the blood of Iezrahel vpon the house of Iehu, and wyll bryng the kyngdome of the house of Israel to an ende

⁶ And she conceaued agayne, and bare a daughter: and [the Lorde] sayde vnto hym, Call her name Loruhamah [that is, not obtayning mercy] for I wyll no more haue pitie vpon the house of Israel, but I wyll vtterly take them away

⁹ Then sayd he, Call his name Loammi [that is, not my people]: for ye are not my people, therefore I wyll not be your [God. ¹⁰ Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God

²¹ She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes

²⁷ But strayght way, Iesus spake vnto them, saying: be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde

⁵ The Angell aunswered, and sayde vnto the women, feare ye not: For I knowe that ye seke Iesus whiche was crucified

⁶ And he sayth vnto them, be not amased: ye seke Iesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen, he is not here, beholde the place where they had put hym

³⁰ And the Angel saide vnto her: Feare not Marie, for thou hast founde grace with God

⁶⁰ And his mother aunswered, and said: not so, but he shalbe called Iohn ⁶¹ And they sayde vnto her: There is none in thy kinrede that is named with this name ⁶² And they made signes to his father, howe he woulde haue hym called ⁶³ And he asked for wrytyng tables, and wrote, saying, his name is Iohn. And they marueyled all

²¹ And when the eygth day was come, that the chylde shoulde be circumcised, his name was called Iesus, whiche was so named of the Angel, before he was conceaued in the wombe

³⁶ And as they thus spake, Iesus him selfe stoode in the middes of them, and saith vnto them: Peace be vnto you ³⁷ But they were abasshed and afrayde, & supposed that they had seene a spirite ³⁸ And he sayde vnto them: Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughtes arise in your heartes ³⁹ Beholde my handes and my feete, that it is euen I my selfe: Handle me and see, for a spirite hath not fleshe and bones, as ye see me haue ⁴⁰ And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his handes and his feete

³¹ And sayde: Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thyne almes deedes are had in remembraunce in the syght of God

⁶ But Sara sayde: God hath made me to reioyce, so that all that heare, wyll ioy with me

²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother

¹⁵ My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym

⁵⁸ And her neyghbours, and her cosins hearde howe the Lorde hadde shewed great mercy vpo her, and they reioyced with her

² And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be [euen] a blessyng

¹⁹ And his father would not, but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne, I knowe it well, he shalbe also a people, and shalbe great: But his younger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall become a great people

² Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: Whe either man or woman doth seperate them selues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite, to seperate them selues vnto the Lorde ³ He shall seperate him selfe from wine and strong drynke, and shall drynke no vineger of wine or of strong drinke, nor shall drinke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes, and shall eate no freshe grapes, neither yet dried ⁴ As long as his abstinence endureth, shall he eate nothyng that is made of the vine tree, or of the cornels, or of the huske of the grape

⁷ And ye Lord sayd vnto Iosuah: This day will I beginne to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may knowe howe that as I was with Moyses, so will I be with thee

¹⁴ That day the Lorde magnified Iosuah in the syght of all Israel: and they feared hym, as they feared Moyses all dayes of his lyfe

⁴ And nowe therfore beware that thou drinke no wyne, nor strong drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing ⁵ For lo, thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne, And ther may no rasor come on his head, for ye ladde shalbe a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth: And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines ⁶ Then the wife came, & tolde her husbande, saying: A man of God came vnto me, and the fashion of him was lyke the fashion of an angell of God, exceeding fearful: But I asked him not whence he was, neither tolde he me his name

⁸ And I haue ben with thee whyther soeuer thou hast walked, and haue weeded out all thyne enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a name like the name of the greatest men that are in the earth

¹² And richesse and honour come of thee, and thou raignest ouer all, and in thyne hande is power & strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great and to geue strength vnto all

⁹ But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe: thou causedst me to trust in thee, suckyng my mothers breastes

⁵ Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe thee: and or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified thee, and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people

¹⁵ The lord of hoastes shal defend them, they shal consume & deuour, and subdue them with sling stones, they shall drincke & rage as it were through wine, they shalbe filled lyke the basons, and as the hornes of the aulter

⁹ But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee ¹¹ Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he ¹² From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it [vnto them. ¹³ For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn ¹⁴ And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come ¹⁵ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare ¹⁶ But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes ¹⁷ And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed ¹⁸ For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil ¹⁹ The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an [vnmeasurable] drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children

²⁸ For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he

³³ For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll

³⁵ He was a burnyng & a shynyng lyght, and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght

⁴ And they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce

¹⁴ But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen, lyft vp his voyce, and sayde vnto them: Ye men of Iurie, and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and with your eares heare my wordes ¹⁵ For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeyng it is but the thirde houre of the day ¹⁶ But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel ¹⁷ And it shalbe in the last dayes (sayth God) of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe: And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie, and your young men shall see visions, and your olde men shall dreame dreames ¹⁸ And on my seruauntes, and on my handemaydens, I wyll powre out of my spirite in those dayes, and they shall prophesie

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, & called [me] by his grace

¹⁸ And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite

³ A voyce crieth in wildernesse: Prepare the way of the Lorde, make strayght the path of our God in the desert ⁴ All valleys shalbe exalted, and euery mountayne and hyll layde lowe: what so is croked shalbe made strayght, and the rough shalbe made playne ⁵ For the glorie of the Lorde shall appeare, for all fleshe shall at once see that the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it

⁶ And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde

³ They that be wyse, shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament: and they that turne many to righteousnesse, as the starres for euer and euer

¹ Beholde, I wyll sende my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the lord whom ye seeke, shal speedyly come to his temple, and the messenger of the couenaunt whom ye desire, beholde he commeth, saith the Lorde of hoastes

¹ In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying ² Repent, for the kingdome of heauen is at hande ³ For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght ⁴ This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere, and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes, his meate was locustes, and wylde hony ⁵ Then went out to hym Hierusalem, and all Iurie, and all the region rounde about Iordane ⁶ And were baptized of hym in Iordane, confessyng their sinnes

³² For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene [it] were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym

⁷⁶ And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes

⁵ And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord

¹ And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde

¹⁸ He aunswered: It is not I that haue troubled Israel, but thou and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commaundements of the Lorde, & thou hast folowed Baal

²⁰ And Ahab sayde to Elias: Hast thou founde me, O thou myne enemie? He aunswered: I haue founde thee, for thou hast sold thy selfe to worke wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde

⁴ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Thou shalt not come downe fro the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt die the death. And Elias departed ⁵ And when the messengers turned backe againe vnto him, he saide vnto them: Why are ye now come againe ⁶ They aunswered him: There came a man vp against vs, and sayde vnto vs: Go, & turne againe vnto the king that sent you, and saye vnto him, thus saith the Lorde: Is there not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquyre of Beelzebub the God of Ekrom? Therefore thou shalt not come downe from the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt dye the death

¹⁶ And he saide vnto him, thus saith the Lorde: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsell at Beelzebub the god of Ekrom, as though there had ben no God in Israel, whose word thou mightest seeke after: therfore thou shalt not come downe of the bed on which thou art gone vp, but shalt dye the death

¹⁸ O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, and of Israel our fathers, keepe this for euer in the desire of the thoughtes of the heart of thy people, & prepare their heartes vnto thee

³⁶ And Hezekia reioyced, and all the people, that God had made the folke so readie, & that the thing was so soone done

¹⁷ O God, thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted: [and] thou wylt settle their heart

⁸ And that they be not as their forefathers [were] a rebellious and a mutable generation: a generation that directed not their heart aright, and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God

¹⁰ The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer

²⁴ They also that haue ben of an erronious spirite shall come to vnderstanding, and they that haue ben scornefull shall learne doctrine

¹² Therfore thus will I do vnto thee O Israel, [and] because I will do this vnto thee, prepare to meete thy God O Israel

⁵ Beholde, I wyll send you Elias the prophete, before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lorde ⁶ He shal turne the heart of the fathers to their children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with cursing

⁴ This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere, and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes, his meate was locustes, and wylde hony

⁷ But when he sawe many of the Pharisees, and Saducees come to his baptisme, he sayde vnto them. O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come ⁸ Bryng foorth therefore fruites meete for repentaunce ⁹ And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to [our] father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham ¹⁰ Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees: therefore, euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire ¹¹ I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire ¹² Whose fanne is in his hande, and he wyll purge his floore, and gather his wheate into [his] garner: but wyl burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fire

¹⁴ And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come

⁴ For Iohn sayde vnto hym: it is not lawfull for thee to haue her

¹¹ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto them: Elias truely shall first come, and restore all thynges ¹² But I say vnto you, that Elias is come alredy, and they knewe hym not, but haue done vnto hym, whatsoeuer they lusted

²⁹ He aunswered and saide, I wyll not: but afterwarde he repented, and went ³⁰ Then came he to the seconde, & sayde lykewyse. And he aunswered & saide, I wyll sir, and went not ³¹ Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you ³² For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene [it] were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym

¹¹ And they asked hym, saying: Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come ¹² He aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Elias veryly when he commeth firste, restoreth all thynges: And the sonne of man, as it is written of hym, shall suffer many thynges, & be set at naught ¹³ But I saye vnto you, that Elias is come, & they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would, as it is writte of him

¹⁶ And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God

⁷ Then saide he to the people that were come foorth to be baptized of hym: O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come ⁸ Bryng foorth therefore due fruites of repentaunce, and begyn not to say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father: For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones, to rayse vp childre vnto Abraham ⁹ Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: Euery tree therfore which bryngeth not foorth good fruite, is hewen downe, and cast into the fire ¹⁰ And the people asked hym, saying: What shall we do then 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 ¹² Then came publicanes also to be baptized, and saide vnto him: Maister, what shall we do ¹³ And he sayde vnto them: Require no more then that which is appoynted vnto you ¹⁴ The souldiours lykewyse demaunded of hym, saying: And what shall we do? And he saide vnto them: Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages

¹³ Which were borne, not of blood, nor of the wyll of the fleshe, nor yet of the wyll of man, but of God

²¹ And they asked hym: What then? art thou Elias? And he sayth, I am not. Art thou that prophete? And he aunswered, no ²² Then sayde they vnto hym: What art thou? that we may geue an aunswere to them that sent vs: What sayest thou of thy selfe ²³ He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias ²⁴ And they which were sent, were of the pharisees ²⁵ And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete ²⁶ Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not ²⁷ He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose ²⁸ These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize ²⁹ The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde ³⁰ This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me

³⁴ And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God

²⁸ Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym

³³ Then sent I for thee immediatly, and thou hast well done that thou art come. Nowe therfore are we all here present before God, to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto thee of God

²³ To declare the riches of his glory, on the vessels of mercy, which he had prepared vnto glory

⁹ Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceaued: neither fornicatours, nor idolatours, nor adulterers, nor weaklinges, nor abusers of them selues with mankinde ¹⁰ Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God ¹¹ And such were some of you: but ye are wasshed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus, and by the spirite of our God

¹² Geuyng thankes vnto ye father, which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of the saintes in lyght

²¹ If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these, he shalbe a vessell vnto honour, and meete for ye vses of the Lorde, and prepared vnto euery good worke

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght

¹¹ Seyng then that all these thynges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlynesse ¹² Lokyng for, and hastyng vnto the comyng of the day of God, by whom the heauens shall perishe with fire, and the elementes shall melt with heate ¹³ Neuerthelesse, we accordyng to his promise, loke for a newe heauen, and a newe earth, wherein dwelleth ryghteousnesse ¹⁴ Wherfore dearely beloued, seyng that ye loke for such thynges, be diligent that ye may be founde of hym in peace, without spot, and vndefyled

²⁸ And nowe babes abide in him, that when he shal appeare, we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng

⁴ And I sawe thrones, and they sate vpon them, and iudgement was geuen vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus, and for the word of God, and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image, neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheads, or in their handes: and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres

⁸ And he sayde: Lorde God wherby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it

¹² Therefore Sara laughed within her selfe, saying: Nowe I am waxed olde shal I geue my selfe to lust, and my Lorde olde also

²¹ And Moyses sayde: Sixe hundred thousand footemen are there of the people, among which I am: And thou hast sayd, I wyll geue them flesh, that they may eate a moneth long ²² Shall the sheepe & the oxen be slayne for them, to finde them? either shall all the fishe of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffise them ²³ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Shall the Lordes hande be waxed short? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee or not

³⁶ And Gedeon sayd vnto God: Yf thou wilt saue Israel by myne hand, as thou hast sayd ³⁷ Beholde, I wil put a fleece of wool in the treashing place: And if the dewe come on the fleece onely, and it be drye vpon all the earth besyde, then shall I be sure that thou wilt saue Israel by my hand, as thou saydest ³⁸ And it came so to passe: For he rose vp early on the morowe, & thrust the fleece together, and wrong the dewe therout, and fylled a bowle of water ³⁹ And Gedeon sayde agayne vnto God: Be not angry with me, that I speake once more, for I wil proue once agayne by the fleece. Let it be drye onely vpon the fleece, and dewe vpon al the ground ⁴⁰ And God dyd so that same nyght: For it was drye vpon the fleece only, & there was dewe on all the grounde

² Then a certayne lorde (on whose hand the king leaned) aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Beholde, if the Lorde would make windowes in heaue, might this saying come to passe? He sayde: Behold, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof

²² Then sayd Hezekia: O what a miracle is this, that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde

⁷ And they had no chylde, because that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were nowe well stricken in age

³⁴ Then said Marie vnto ye Angel: How shall this be, seing I knowe not a man

¹⁶ And I heard a mans voyce betweene Ulai, which cryed, and saide: O Gabriel make this man vnderstande the vision

²¹ Yea, while I was yet speaking in my prayer, the man Gabriel (whom I had seene afore in the vision) came fleeing, & touched me about the time of the euening oblation ²² And he enfourmed me, & talked with me, and saide: O Daniel, I am nowe come foorth to geue thee knowledge & vnderstanding ²³ At the beginning of thy supplications, the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision

¹⁰ Take heede that ye despise not one of these litle ones: For I say vnto you, that in heaue their Angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father, which is in heauen

²⁶ And in the sixth moneth, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God, vnto a citie of Galilee, named Nazareth

¹⁰ And he sayde: I wyll certaynely returne vnto thee according to the time of lyfe: and lo, Sara thy wyfe shall haue a sonne. That heard Sara in the tent doore, which was behynde hym ¹¹ Abraham and Sara were both olde, and well stryken in age: and it ceassed to be with Sara after the maner as it is with women ¹² Therefore Sara laughed within her selfe, saying: Nowe I am waxed olde shal I geue my selfe to lust, and my Lorde olde also ¹³ And God said vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie beare a chylde, which am olde ¹⁴ Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee [euen] according to the time of life: & Sara [shall] haue a sonne ¹⁵ The Sara denied it, saying: I laughed not: for she was afrayde. And he sayde: it is not so, but thou laughedst

¹¹ And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumbe, or deafe, the seyng, or the blynde? Haue not I the Lorde

¹² And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron: Because ye beleued me not, to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therfore ye shall not bryng this congregation into the lande which I haue geuen them

¹⁹ Whervnto that lorde aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Yea and if the Lorde made windowes in heauen, might it come to passe? And he sayd: Beholde, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, and shalt not eate thereof

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies sonne: if ye beleue not, surely ye shall not be established

²⁶ And I will make thy tongue cleaue to the roofe of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumbe, and not be as a reprouer vnto them: for they are a rebellious house

²⁷ In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayst speake & be no more dumbe: yea thou shalt be their shewtoken, that they may knowe how that I am the Lorde

¹⁹ He aunswereth hym, and sayth: O faythlesse nation, howe long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? Bryng hym vnto me

¹⁴ Afterwarde, he appeared vnto the eleuen, as they sate at meate, and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnes of heart, because they beleued not them whiche had seene that he was rysen agayne from the dead

²² And when he came out, he coulde not speake vnto them. And they perceaued that he had seene a vision in the temple: For he beckened vnto them, and remayned speachlesse

⁴⁵ And blessed is she that beleued: For those thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lorde

³ What then though some of them dyd not beleue? Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect

¹³ If we be vnfaythful, he abideth faithfull, he can not denie hym selfe

² In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began

¹⁸ That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs

¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: Be feruent therfore, & repent

²³ Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes, saying: On this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel, and say vnto them ²⁴ The Lorde blesse thee, and kepe thee ²⁵ The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be mercyfull vnto thee ²⁶ The Lorde lyft vp his countenaunce vpon thee, and geue thee peace ²⁷ And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel, and I wyll blesse them

⁶² And they made signes to his father, howe he woulde haue hym called

²⁴ To hym beckened Simon Peter therfore, that he shoulde aske who it was of whom he spake

¹⁷ And when he had beckened vnto the with the hande, that they myght holde their peace, he tolde them by what meanes the Lorde had brought hym out of the pryson. And he sayde: Go shewe these thynges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place

³³ And they drewe Alexander out of the multitude, the Iewes thrustyng hym forwardes. And Alexander beckened with the hande, and would haue geuen the people an aunswere

⁴⁰ And when he had geuen hym licence, Paul stoode on the stayres, & beckened with ye hande vnto the people: And whe there was made a great scilece, he spake vnto them in the Hebrue tongue, saying

⁵ And he commaunded them, saying, This is it that ye must do: One third part of you, whose duetie is to come in on the Sabbath day, shall keepe the watch of the kinges house ⁶ And another third part shal keepe the gate of Sur: And another third part shall keepe the gate which is behinde them of the garde: and so shall ye keepe the watch of the house of Messah ⁷ And two partes of you, that is, al that go out on the Sabbath day, shall keepe the watch of the house of the Lorde about the king

²⁵ And their brethren remayned in the countrey, and came after seuen dayes from tyme to tyme with them

¹ The Lord visited Sara as he had promised, and did vnto her accordyng as he had spoke ² For Sara conceaued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, euen the same season whiche the Lorde had appoynted

²² And God remembred Rachel, & God hearde her, and made her fruitefull ²³ So that she conceaued & bare a sonne: and sayde, God hath taken awaye my rebuke

⁶ And her enemie [Phenenna] vexed her sore, forasmuche as she vpbrayded her, because the Lord had made her barren

¹⁹ And they rose vp early, & worshipped before the Lorde, and then returned, & came to their house to Ramath: And when Elkana knewe Hanna his wyfe, the Lorde remembred her ²⁰ For in processe of time it came to passe, that she conceaued, and bare a sonne, & called his name Samuel, [saying:] Because I haue asked him of the Lorde

²¹ And the Lorde visited Hanna, so that she conceaued, and bare three sonnes, & two daughters: And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde ²² Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel, & how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation

¹ In that day, seuen women shall take holde of one man, saying: we wyll finde our selues meate and apparell: only let vs be called by thy name, to take our shamefull reproofe [from vs.

¹ Be glad nowe thou baren that bearest not, reioyce, syng, and be mery thou that art not with childe: for the desolate hath mo childre then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde ² Make thy tent wyder, and spreade out the hanginges of thine habitation: spare not, lay foorth thy wardes, and make fast thy stakes ³ For thou shalt be multiplied on the ryght syde and on the left, and thy seede shall haue the gentiles in possession, and dwell in the desolate cities ⁴ Feare not, for thou shalt not be confounded: be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion: Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead

¹³ But the Angel sayde vnto him: Feare not Zacharie, for thy prayer is hearde: and thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne, & thou shalt cal his name Iohn

²³ And [went and] dwelt in a citie, which is called Nazareth, that it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophetes: He shalbe called a Nazarite

⁴ And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee, out of the citie Nazareth, into Iurie, vnto the citie of Dauid, whiche is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and image of Dauid

⁴⁵ Philip founde Nathanael, and sayth vnto hym: We haue founde hym, of whom Moyses in the lawe, and the prophetes, dyd write: Iesus of Nazareth, the sonne of Ioseph ⁴⁶ And Nathanael sayde vnto hym: Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth? Philip sayth vnto him: come and see

⁴¹ But other sayde, this is Christe: But some saide, shall Christe come out of Galilee

¹⁵ I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele

¹⁴ Therefore the Lorde hym selfe shall geue you a token: Beholde, a virgin shall conceaue and beare a sonne, and shall call his name Emmanuel

²² Howe long wilt thou go astray O thou shrinkyng daughter? for the Lorde wyll worke a newe thyng vpon earth: A woman shall compasse a man

¹⁶ Iacob begat Ioseph, the husband of Marie, of who was borne Iesus, that is called Christe

¹⁸ The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise. When as his mother Marie was betrouthed to Ioseph (before they came together) she was founde with chylde of the holy ghost

²⁰ But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take [vnto thee] Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost ²¹ She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes

²³ Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.

⁴ And Ioseph also went vp from Galilee, out of the citie Nazareth, into Iurie, vnto the citie of Dauid, whiche is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and image of Dauid ⁵ To be taxed with Marie his spoused wyfe, which was with chylde

²⁴ Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenite, shalbe blessed aboue other women, blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent

¹² And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him, and said vnto him: The Lord is with thee, thou mightie man

²⁹ Many daughters [there be that] gather riches together: but thou goest aboue them all ³⁰ As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed ³¹ Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates

⁵ Feare not, for I am with thee, I will bryng thy seede from the east, and gather thee together from the west

¹⁸ For beholde, this day do I make thee a strong fensed towne, an iron pyller, and a brasen wall, agaynst the whole lande, agaynst the kinges and mightie men of Iuda, agaynst the priestes and people of the lande ¹⁹ They shall fight agaynst thee, but they shall not be able to ouercome thee: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde

¹⁹ And saide, O man greatly beloued feare not, peace be vnto thee, be strong and of good courage. So when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened and saide, Speake on my Lorde: for thou hast strengthened me

² Take these wordes with you, whe ye turne to the Lorde, and say vnto him, O forgeue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee

⁴⁸ But he aunswered, and sayde vnto hym that had tolde hym: Who is my mother? or who are my brethren

⁴² And she cryed with a loude voyce, and saide: Blessed art thou among women, because ye fruite of thy wombe is blessed

²⁷ And it came to passe, that as he spake these thynges, a certayne woman of the company lyft vp her voyce, & saide vnto hym: Happy is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke ²⁸ But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it

¹⁰ For I am with thee, and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee. For I haue much people in this citie

⁶ To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued

¹³ And Gedeon aunswered him: Oh my Lord, if the Lorde be with vs, why is all this come vpon vs? Yea, & where be all his miracles which our fathers tolde vs of, and sayd: Dyd not the Lord bryng vs out of Egypt? But nowe the Lord hath forsaken vs, and deliuered vs into the handes of the Madianites ¹⁴ And the Lord loked vpon him, and sayde: Go hence in this thy might, and thou shalt deliuer Israel out of the handes of the Madianites: Haue not I sent thee ¹⁵ And he aunswered him: Oh Lorde, wherwith shall I saue Israel? Behold my kinred is poore in Manasses, and I am litle in my fathers house

²⁰ And as for thyne asses that were lost three dayes ago, care not for them, for they are founde: And whose shall the beawtiful thinges of Israel be? Belong they not to thee, and vnto all thy fathers house ²¹ But Saul aunswered and sayde: Am not I the sonne of a Ieminite, of the smallest tribe of Israel? and my kinred is the lest of all the kinredes of the tribe of Beniamin? Wherfore then speakest thou so to me

⁴⁹ But when they sawe hym walkyng vpon the sea, they supposed it had ben a spirite, and cryed out ⁵⁰ For they all sawe him, & were afraide. And anone he talked with them, & saide vnto them: Be of good cheare, it is I, be not afrayde

⁵ And they went into the sepulchre, and sawe a young man syttyng on the ryght syde, clothed in a long whyte garment, and they were amased ⁶ And he sayth vnto them, be not amased: ye seke Iesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen, he is not here, beholde the place where they had put hym

¹² And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare came vpo him

⁶⁶ And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym

¹⁹ But Marie kept al those sayinges, and pondered them in her heart

⁵¹ And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, & was obedient vnto them: But his mother kepte all these sayinges in her heart

¹⁷ Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe, what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant: beholde, the men whiche were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiraunce for Simons house, & stoode before the doore

¹⁰ Be not afraide, for I am with thee: Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God to strength thee, helpe thee, and kepe thee with the right hande of my righteousnesse

¹⁴ Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob, and thou despised Israel: for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer

¹ But nowe the Lorde that made thee O Iacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel saith thus: feare not, for I haue redeemed thee, I haue called thee by thy name, thou art mine owne ² If thou goest thorow ye water, I wyl be with thee, the strong fluddes shal not ouerwhelme thee: and if thou walkest thorowe the fire, it shall not burne thee, & the flambe shal not kindle vpon thee ³ For I am the Lord thy God, the holye one of Israel thy sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy deliueraunce, the Ethiopians and the Sabees for thee ⁴ Because thou wast deare in my sight, and because I set by thee and loued thee: I wyl geue ouer all men for thee, and deliuer vp all people for thy sake

² For thus saith the Lorde that made thee, fassioned thee, and helped thee euen from thy mothers wombe: Be not afraide O Iacob my seruaunt, thou righteous whom I haue chosen

³² Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome

⁹ Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace ¹⁰ For I am with thee, and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee. For I haue much people in this citie

²⁴ Saying: Feare not Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that sayle with thee

³¹ What shall we then say to these thynges? If God be on our syde, who can be agaynst vs

⁶ So that we may boldely saye, the Lorde is my helper, and I wyll not feare what man way do vnto me

²⁵ And knewe her not, tyll she hadde brought foorth her first borne sonne, & called his name Iesus

²⁷ To a virgin, spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie

⁴ But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come, God sent his sonne, made of a woman, and made vnder the lawe

¹¹ And sence the time that I set iudges ouer my people of Israel) And I will geue thee rest from all thyne enemies: And the Lorde telleth thee, that he will make thee an house ¹² And when thy dayes be fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I will set vp thy seede after thee, whiche shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablyshe his kingdome ¹³ He shall buyld house an for my name, & I wil stablyshe the throne of his kingdome for euer

¹⁶ And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, [euen] thy throne shalbe stablished for euer

¹¹ God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body

⁶ For vnto vs a chylde is borne, and vnto vs a sonne is geuen, vpon his shoulder doth the rule lye, and he is called with his owne name wonderfull, the geuer of counsell, the mightie God, the euerlasting father, the prince of peace ⁷ He shall make no ende to encrease the rule & peace, and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid, and in his kingdome, to order the same, and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore: This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe

⁵ And in mercie shall the seate be prepared, and he shall sit vpon it in the trueth in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging and sekyng iudgement, and makyng haste vnto ryghteousnesse

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth ⁶ In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse

¹⁵ In those dayes, and at the same tyme, I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse, and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande ¹⁶ In those dayes shall Iuda be saued, and Hierusalem shall dwell safe: and this shalbe her name, God our righteousnesse ¹⁷ For thus the Lorde promiseth, Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel

²² Thus saith the Lorde God, I wyll also take of the top of this hye Cedar, and wyll set it, and cut of the top of the tender plant thereof, and wyll plant it vpon an hye hyll and a great ²³ [namely] vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it, that it may bryng foorth bowes, and geue fruite, and be an excellent Cedar: and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes, and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof ²⁴ And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dryed vp the greene tree, and made the drye tree to florishe, [euen] I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe

²³ I wyll set vp ouer them a shepheard, and he shall feede them, euen my seruaunt Dauid, he shall feede them, & he shalbe their shepheard ²⁴ And I the Lorde wyll be their God, and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince: euen I the Lorde haue spoken it

²⁴ Dauid my seruaunt shalbe their king, and they all shall haue one sheepheard only: they shall walke in my iudgementes, and my commaundementes shall they kepe, and fulfill them ²⁵ They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, wheras your fathers also haue dwelt, yea [euen] in the same land shal they, their children, & their childers children dwell for euermore: and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince for euer

¹¹ In that day will I rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, & I will buyld it, as in the dayes of olde ¹² That they may possesse the remnaunt of Edom, & of all the heathen, because my name is called vpon them, sayth the Lorde that doeth this

¹ This is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ, the sonne of Dauid, the sonne of Abraham

¹¹ I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire

⁴² The Queene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement, with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth, to heare the wisdome of Solomon. And beholde, in this place [is] one greater then Solomon

¹⁸ And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth

⁷ And cried with a loude voyce, & sayde: what haue I to do with thee Iesus thou sonne of the most hyest God? I require thee in the name of God, that thou torment me not

⁶¹ But he helde his peace, & aunswered nothyng. Agayne, the hyest priest asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Art thou Christe, the sonne of the blessed

¹⁵ For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe

³⁵ And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God

¹⁶ Iohn aunswered, and said vnto them all, In deede I baptize you with water: but one stronger then I commeth, whose shoes latched I am not worthy to vnlose, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire

³⁵ But loue ye your enemies, & do good, and lende, lokyng for nothyng agayne: and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde, & to the euyll

³⁵ The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande ³⁶ He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym

²¹ For lykewyse as the father rayseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so, the sonne quickeneth whom he wyll ²² Neither iudgeth the father any man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne ²³ Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne, euen as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the sonne, the same honoureth not ye father which hath sent hym ²⁴ Ueryly veryly I say vnto you, he that heareth my worde, and beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlastyng lyfe, and shall not come into dampnation, but is escaped from death vnto lyfe ²⁵ Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, the houre shall come, and nowe is, when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God: And they that heare, shall lyue ²⁶ For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe: so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne, to haue lyfe in hym selfe ²⁷ And hath geuen hym power also to iudge, because he is the sonne of man ²⁸ Marueyle not at this: For the houre shall come, in the whiche all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce ²⁹ And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of lyfe, and they that haue done euyll, vnto the resurrection of dampnation

⁶⁹ And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God

³⁴ The people aunswered him: We haue hearde out of the lawe, that Christe bydeth euer: and howe sayest thou, the sonne of man must be lyft vp? Who is that sonne of man

³⁰ Therfore, seeyng he was a prophete, and knewe that God had sworne with an oth to hym, that Christe, as concernyng the fleshe, should come of the fruite of his loynes, & should syt on his seate

³⁶ Therfore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made that same Iesus, whom ye haue crucified, Lorde and Christe

⁴⁸ Howebeit, he that is hyest of al, dwelleth not in teples made with handes, as sayth the prophete

¹⁷ The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation

⁴ And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God, with power after the spirite that sanctifieth, by the resurrectio from the dead, of Iesus Christe our Lorde

²⁰ Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead, and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly [places ²¹ Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come ²² And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him [to be] the head ouer all thynges to the Churche ²³ Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all

⁹ Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym, and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name ¹⁰ That in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe, [of thynges] in heauen, and [thynges] in earth, and [thinges] vnder the earth ¹¹ And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe [is] to the glorie of God the father

² Hath in these last dayes, spoken vnto vs in the sonne, whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges, by whom also he made the worldes ³ Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie, and the very image of his substaunce, vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power, hauing by him selfe pourged our sinnes, hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye ⁴ Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels, as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they ⁵ For vnto which of the Angels sayde he at any tyme: Thou art my sonne, this day haue I begotten thee ⁶ And agayne, I wyll be to hym a father, and he shalbe to me a sonne? And agayne, when he bryngeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde, he saith: And let all the Angels of God worship hym ⁷ And vnto the Angels he sayth: He maketh his Angels spirites, and his ministers a flambe of fyre ⁸ But vnto the sonne [he sayth] Thy seate O God, [shalbe] for euer and euer: The scepter of thy kyngdome [is] a scepter of ryghteousnesse

⁷ And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth

⁶ Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer: the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome

³⁵ (89:34) I haue sworne once by my holynesse: that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid ³⁶ (89:35) His seede shall endure for euer: and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me ³⁷ (89:36) [And] as the moone which shall continue for euermore: and shalbe a faithful witnesse in heauen. Selah

⁴⁴ And in the dayes of these kinges, shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed, and this kingdome shall not be geuen ouer to another people: but it shall breake and destroy al these kingdomes, and it shal stand for euer

¹³ I saw in visions by night, and behold there came one in the cloudes of heauen, lyke the sonne of man: which went vnto the aucient of dayes, before whom they brought him ¹⁴ And he gaue him dominion & honour, and a kingdome, that al people, nations, and languages should serue him: his dominion is an euerlasting dominion which shall neuer be taken away, and his kingdome shall neuer be destroyed

¹⁸ But the High saintes shall receaue a kingdome, and possesse a kingdome for euer, euen for euer and euer

²⁷ And the kingdome and dominion, & the greatnes of the kingdome vnder the whole heaue, shalbe geuen to the people of high sainctes, whose kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome, and all powers shal serue and obey it

²¹ And they that shall saue, shall come vp to mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau, and the kingdome shalbe the Lordes

⁷ And wyll geue a remnaunt vnto the lame, and make of the outcast a mightie people: and the Lorde him selfe shalbe their king vpon the mount Sion, from this time foorth for euermore

⁶ And it can not be, that the worde of God shoulde take none effect. For they are not all Israelites, which are of Israel

²⁴ Then [commeth] the ende, when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the father, when he hath put downe all rule, and all auctoritie, and power ²⁵ For he must raigne tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his feete

²⁹ If [ye be] Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise

¹⁶ And as many as walke accordyng to this rule, peace be on them, and mercie, and vpon the Israel [that is] of God

³ For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirite, and reioyce in Christ Iesus, and haue no confidence in the fleshe

⁸ But vnto the sonne [he sayth] Thy seate O God, [shalbe] for euer and euer: The scepter of thy kyngdome [is] a scepter of ryghteousnesse

¹⁵ And the seuenth angell blewe, & there were made greate voyces in heauen, saying: the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall raigne for euermore

⁴ And I sawe thrones, and they sate vpon them, and iudgement was geuen vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus, and for the word of God, and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image, neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheads, or in their handes: and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres ⁵ But the other of the dead men shall not lyue agayne, vntyll the thousande yeres be finished. This is the first resurrection ⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: For on such shal the seconde death haue no power, but they shalbe the priestes of God and of Christe, and shall raigne with hym a thousande yeres

³ And there shalbe no more curse, but the throne of God and the lambe shalbe in it: and his seruauntes shal serue hym ⁴ And they shall see his face, & his name shalbe in their foreheades ⁵ And there shalbe no nyght there, and they neede no candle, neither lyght of the sunne: for the Lorde God geueth them lyght, and they shall raigne for euermore

⁸ Then Manoah made intercession to the Lorde, and sayde: I pray thee my Lorde, let the man of God whiche thou sendedst, come agayne vnto vs, & teache vs what we shal do vnto the ladde whe he is borne ⁹ And God heard the voyce of Manoah: and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde: but Manoah her husbad was not with her ¹⁰ And the wife made haste, and ranne & shewed her husbande, & sayde vnto him: behold, the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day ¹¹ And Manoah arose & went after his wife, and came to the man, and sayde vnto him: Art thou the ma that spakest vnto the woman? And he sayde: I am ¹² Manoah sayde, Nowe let thy saying come to passe: Howe shall we order the childe, and do vnto him

⁶ And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do

⁴ Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye

¹⁶ How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water

⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman

⁷ I wyll declare the decree, God sayde vnto me: thou art my sonne, this day I haue begotten thee

⁵ Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me

²⁰ But whyle he thought these thinges, beholde, the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame, saying: Ioseph, thou sonne of Dauid, feare not to take [vnto thee] Marie thy wife, for that which is conceaued in her, is of the holy ghost

³ And when the tempter came to hym, he sayde: If thou be the sonne of God, commaunde that these stones be made breade

³³ Then they that were in the shippe, came and worshypped hym, saying: of a trueth thou art the sonne of God

⁶³ But Iesus helde his peace. And the chiefe priest aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: I charge thee by the liuing God, that thou tel vs, whether thou be Christ the sonne of God ⁶⁴ Iesus saith vnto him: thou hast said. Neuerthelesse, I saye vnto you, hereafter shall ye see the sonne of man sitting on the ryght hande of power, and commyng in the cloudes of the skye

⁵⁴ When the Centurion, and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and those thynges that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truely, this was the sonne of God

²⁴ Saying: Alas, what haue we [to do] with thee, thou Iesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy vs? I knowe thee what thou art, euen that holy one of God

³¹ For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus ³² He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid

⁴⁹ Nathanael aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, thou art euen the [very] sonne of God, thou art ye kyng of Israel

³⁶ And as they went on their way, they came vnto a certayne water, and the Eunuche sayde: See, here is water, what doth let me to be baptized

²⁰ Neuerthelesse, I lyue: yet nowe not I, but Christe lyueth in me. And ye lyfe which I nowe liue in the fleshe, I lyue by the faith of the sonne of God, which loued me, and gaue hym selfe for me

³ Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other

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

²⁶ For such an hye priest became vs, whiche [is] holy, harmelesse, vndefyled, seperate from sinners, and made hygher then heauens ²⁷ Whiche nedeth not dayly, as those hie priestes, to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that dyd he once, when he offered vp hym selfe ²⁸ For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie: but the word of the oth which (was) after the lawe (maketh) the sonne, whiche is perfecte for euermore

²³ And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Shall the Lordes hande be waxed short? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee or not

² What ye knowe, that same do I know also, neither am I inferior vnto you

¹⁷ O Lorde God, it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme, and there is nothing hid from thee

²⁷ Beholde, I am the Lorde God of all fleshe: is there any thing then to harde for me

⁶ Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: If the residue of this people thinke it to be vnpossible in [their] eyes in these dayes: shoulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight, saith the Lorde of hoastes

²⁶ But Iesus behelde them, and sayde vnto them: with men this is vnpossible, but with God all thynges are possible

²⁷ Iesus loked vpon them, & sayde: with men it is vnpossible, but not with God: for with God all thynges are possible

²⁷ And he sayde: The thynges which are vnpossible wih men, are possible with God

²¹ Who shall chaunge our vyle body, that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body, according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe

²⁵ And nowe Lorde God, the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt and his house, make it good for euer, and do as thou hast saide ²⁶ And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say, The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee ²⁷ For thou, O Lorde of hoastes, God of Israel, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, saying, I wyll buylde thee an house: And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee ²⁸ Therefore nowe Lorde God (thou art God, and thy wordes be true, thou that hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruaunt ²⁹ Therefore nowe let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it may continue for euer before thee: for thou Lorde God hast spoken it, and with thy blessyng let the house of thy seruaunt be blessed for euer

¹⁶ (116:15) It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder

³⁸ (119:6) Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt: who is [geuen] to thy feare

²⁰ He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe: but was strong in fayth, geuyng glorie to God ²¹ And beyng full certified, that what he had promised, he was able also to perfourme

⁴⁰ Iosuah therfore smote al the hil countreyes, and the south countreyes, & the valleyes, and the downes, and al their kinges, and let none remayne of them, but vtterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lorde God of Israel commaunded

⁴⁸ And in the mountaines, they had Samir, Iathir, and Socoh ⁴⁹ Danah, and Kariah Sennah, which is Dabir ⁵⁰ Anab, Esthemoh, and Anim ⁵¹ Gosen, Holon, and Giloh, a leuen cities with their villages ⁵² Arab, Dumah, and Esean ⁵³ Ianum, Beththaphuah, & Aphecah ⁵⁴ Humtah, & Kiriatharbe (which is Hebron) & Sior, nine cities with their villages ⁵⁵ Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Iutah ⁵⁶ Iesrael, Iukadan, and Zanoa ⁵⁷ Cain, Gabaah, and Thanmah: ten cities with their villages ⁵⁸ Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor ⁵⁹ Maarath, Bethanoth, and Elthecon: sixe cities with their village

⁷ And they sanctified Kedes in Galilee in mount Nephthali, & Siche in mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba (which is Hebron) in the mountayne of Iuda

⁹ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iuda, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities by name ¹⁰ Which the children of Aaron being of the kynredes of the Caathites, and of the childre of Leui, obtained: (for theirs was the first lotte. ¹¹ And they gaue them Kiriath Arba of the father of Enac (which is Hebron) in the hyll countrey of Iuda, with the suburbes of the same rounde about it

⁶⁵ And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them: And all these sayinges were noysed abrode throughout all the hyll countrey of Iurie

²² And the childre stroue together within her wombe: therfore she said, if [it be] so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lorde

¹⁰ I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne: thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe

⁴⁴ For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy

⁶⁷ And his father Zacharias was filled with ye holy ghost, & prophesied, saying

¹ Iesus, being full of the holy ghost, returned from Iordane, & was ledde by the spirite into wyldernesse

⁸ Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel

³ Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse

⁵⁵ But he being full of the holy ghost, loked vp stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glory of God, and Iesus standyng on the ryght hande of God

¹⁰ I was in the spirite on the Lordes day, and hearde behynde me a great voyce, as it had ben of a trumpe

¹⁸ And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce

⁶ For thou hast placed him to be blessinges for euer: and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce

² Thou art fayrer then the children of men, full of grace are thy lippes: because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer

¹⁷ His name shall endure for euer, his name shalbe spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne: all nations shalbe blessed in hym, and shall call hym blessed ¹⁸ Blessed be God the Lorde: the Lorde of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges ¹⁹ (72:19a) And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer: and all the earth shalbe fylled with his maiestie. Amen, Amen

⁴⁸ For he hath loked on the lowe degree of his handmayden: For loe, now from hencefoorth shal all generations call me blessed

³⁸ Saying: Blessed be the kyng that cometh in the name of the Lorde, peace in heauen, and glory in the hyest

²⁶ Therfore dyd my heart reioyce, and my tongue was glad. Moreouer also my fleshe shall reste in hope ²⁷ Because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell, neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption ²⁸ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce

⁵ Of whom are the fathers, of whom as concernyng the fleshe, Christe [came,] which is God, in all thynges to be praysed for euer. Amen

² Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God

¹⁰ Then she fell on her face, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and sayde vnto him: Howe is it that I haue founde grace in thyne eyes, & that thou shouldest knowe me, seing I am an aliaunt

⁴¹ And she arose, & bowed her selfe on her face to the earth, and saide: Beholde, let thy handmayd be a seruaunt, to washe the feete of the seruauntes of my lorde

¹ God sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my right hande, vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole

¹⁴ But Iohn forbad hym, saying. I haue nede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me

¹¹ For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde

⁷ Wherefore I thought not my selfe worthy to come vnto thee: but say thou the worde, & my seruaunt shalbe whole

⁴² And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the psalmes: The Lord saide to my Lord, syt thou on my right hand ⁴³ Tyll I make thine enemies thy footestoole ⁴⁴ Dauid therfore calleth hym Lorde, & howe is he then his sonne

⁵ After that, he powred water into a bason, and began to washe the disciples feete, and to wype them with the towel wherwith he was gyrded ⁶ Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde vnto hym: Lorde, doest thou wasshe my feete ⁷ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: What I do, thou wotest not nowe, but thou shalt knowe hereafter ⁸ Peter sayth vnto hym: Thou shalt neuer wasshe my feete. Iesus aunswered hym: If I wasshe thee not, thou hast no part with me

¹³ Ye call me Maister, and Lorde, and ye say well, for so am I

²⁸ Thomas aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: My Lorde, and my God

³ Let nothyng [be done] through stryfe or vayne glorie, but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one ye other better then hym selfe

⁸ Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe

²⁰ And when they arose early in the morning, they gat them out vnto the wildernesse of Thekoa, and as they went out, Iehosaphat stoode and sayd, Heare me O Iuda, and ye inhabiters of Hierusalem: Put your trust in the Lorde your God, that ye may be founde faythfull: Geue credence to his prophetes, and so shall ye prosper

²⁰ And beholde, thou shalt be dumbe, & not be able to speake, vntyll the day that these thynges be perfourmed, because thou beleuedst not my wordes, whiche shalbe fulfylled in their season

⁴⁰ Iesus sayde vnto her: Sayde I not vnto thee, that yf thou dyddest beleue, thou shouldest see the glory of God

²⁹ Iesus sayth vnto hym: Thomas, because thou hast seene me, thou hast beleued: Blessed are they that haue not seene, and yet haue beleued

¹ And Hanna prayed, & sayde: Myne heart reioyceth in the Lorde, and myne horne is exalted in the Lorde: My mouth is wyde open ouer myne enemies, for I reioyce in thy saluation ² There is none holy as the Lorde: for without thee is nothing, neither is there any of strength as is our God 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 ⁴ The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength ⁵ They that were full, haue hyred out them selues for bread, and they that were hungry, ceasse, tyll the barren hath borne seuen, and she that had many children, is waxed feeble ⁶ The Lord kylleth and maketh alyue, bryngeth downe to the graue & fetcheth vp agayne ⁷ The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye ⁸ He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them ⁹ He wyll kepe the feete of his saintes, and the wicked shall kepe scilence in darknesse, and in his owne myght shal no man be strong ¹⁰ The lordes aduersaries shal be destroyed of hym, & out of heauen shall he thunder vpon them: The Lorde shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall gyue myght vnto his king, and exalt the horne of his annoynted

² My soule shal glory in God: the humble shall heare therof and be glad ³ Magnifie God with me: and let vs exalt his name [all] together

⁹ [And] my soule shalbe ioyfull in God: it shall reioyce in his saluation

¹ Blesse God O my soule: and all that is within me [prayse] his holy name ² Blesse God O my soule: and forget not all his benefites

¹⁵ Wherefore prayse ye the Lorde in the valleys, euen the name of the Lorde God of Israel in the Iles of the sea ¹⁶ From the vttermost part of the earth haue we hearde prayses and myrth, because of the righteous: And I sayde, I knowe a thing in secrete, I knowe a thing in secrete, wo is me: the transgressours haue offended, the transgressours haue greeuously offended

²⁵ And the whole seede of Israel shalbe iustified, and glory in the Lorde

¹⁰ And therefore I am ioyfull in the Lorde, and my soule reioyceth in God: For he hath put vpon me the garment of saluation, and couered me with the mantle of righteousnesse: He shal decke me lyke a bridegrome, and as a bride that hath her apparell vpon her

¹⁷ For the figgetree shall not floorish, neither shall fruite be in the vines: the labour of the oliue shall fayle, & the fieldes shall yelde no meate: the sheepe shalbe cut of from the folde, and there shalbe no bullocke in the stalles ¹⁸ But I will reioyce in the Lord, I will ioy in the God of my saluation

¹¹ Not only so, but we also ioye in God, through our Lorde Iesus Christe, by who we haue nowe receaued the atonement

³¹ That accordyng as it is written: he that reioyceth, let hym reioyce in the Lorde

¹⁴ Nowe thankes be vnto God, whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe, and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place

⁴ Reioyce in the Lorde alway, and agayne I say reioyce

⁸ Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious

² Beholde, God is my saluation, in who I wyll trust and not be afrayde: for the Lorde God is my strength and [my] song, he also is become my saluation ³ Therfore with ioy shall ye drawe water out of the welles of saluation

²¹ Drawe nye, come hyther, and let them aske counsaile one at another, and shew foorth what is he that told this before? or who spake of it euer since the beginning? haue not I the Lorde done it? without whom there is none other God, the true God and sauiour, and there is els none but I ²² And therfore turne you vnto me, all ye endes of the earth, that ye may be saued: for I am God, and there is els none

¹⁸ But I will reioyce in the Lord, I will ioy in the God of my saluation

¹⁴ Reioyce O daughter Sion, be ioyfull O Israel: reioyce and be glad from thy whole heart O daughter Hierusalem ¹⁵ For the Lorde hath taken away thy punishment, & hath cast out thyne enemies: The king of Israel, euen the Lord him selfe is with thee, so that thou nedest no more to feare any misfortune ¹⁶ In that time it shalbe sayde to Hierusalem, Feare not: and to Sion, Let not thyne handes be flacke ¹⁷ For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue [thee] he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse

⁹ Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion, be glad O daughter Hierusalem: For lo, the king commeth vnto thee, euen the righteous and sauiour, lowly & simple is he, he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse

¹ Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the commission of God our sauiour, and Lorde Iesus Christe [whiche is] our hope

³ For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour

³ But hath made manifest his worde, at ye time appoynted through preaching, which is committed vnto me, according to the ordinaunce of God our sauiour

¹⁰ Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges

¹³ Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe

⁴ But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared ⁵ Not of workes which [be] in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost ⁶ Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour

²⁵ To God our sauiour, which only is wyse, be glorie, maiestie, dominion, and power, nowe and euer. Amen

¹³ Then saide Lea: happy am I, for the daughters wyll call me blessed: and called his name Aser

¹¹ And vowed a vowe, and sayd: O Lord of hoastes, if thou wilt loke on the trouble of thyne handmayde and remembre me, and not forget thyne hand mayde, but geue vnto thyne handmayde a man childe, I will geue him vnto the Lorde all the dayes of his lyfe, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head

⁸ He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them

⁸ Now therfore, so say vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayeth the lord of hoastes, I toke thee from the sheepe coate as thou wast folowing sheepe, that thou mightest be ruler ouer my people ouer Israel

¹⁸ Then went king Dauid in, and set him downe before the Lord, and sayde: Who am I, O Lorde God? and what is my house that thou hast brought me hyther to ¹⁹ And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God: but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle: but doth this appertayne to man, O Lorde God

¹⁷ (102:15) He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe: and he wyll not dispise their prayer

⁷ (113:6) He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust: and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll ⁸ (113:7) For to make him sit with the princes: euen with the princes of his people

²³ Who remembred vs when we were brought lowe: for his mercy endureth for euer

⁶ (138:7) For though God be on high: yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly, and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of

² As for these thynges, my hande hath made them all, and they are all created saith the Lorde: which of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite, and standeth in awe of my wordes

¹² And al nations shal call you blessed: because you shalbe a pleasaunt lande, saith the Lorde of hoastes

²⁷ And it came to passe, that as he spake these thynges, a certayne woman of the company lyft vp her voyce, & saide vnto hym: Happy is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke

²⁶ Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble [are called. ²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie ²⁸ And vnnoble thynges of the worlde, & thinges which are despysed, hath God chosen, [yea] and thinges which are not, to bryng to naught thynges that are

⁵ Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym ⁶ But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates

¹¹ Who is like vnto thee O Lord amongst gods? Who is like thee, so glorious in holynesse, fearefull in prayses, shewyng wonders

² There is none holy as the Lorde: for without thee is nothing, neither is there any of strength as is our God

⁸ Who is this kyng of glorie? it is God both strong & mightie, it is God mightie in battayle

¹⁹ (71:18) And vntyll I [haue] exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse: for great thynges are they that thou hast done, O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee ²⁰ (71:19) Which hast made me to feele many great troubles and aduersities: yet returnyng thou hast reuyued me, yea returnyng thou hast caused me to come out from the bottome of the earth ²¹ (71:20) Thou hast brought me to greater honour then I had before: & thou returnyng hast comforted me on euery syde

³ They shall prayse thy name great & dreadfull: [for] it is holy, and a kynges power [that] loueth iudgement

⁹ Magnifie God our Lorde, and kneele downe before his holy hyll: for God our Lorde is holy

⁹ He did sende redemption vnto his people: he hath commaunded his couenaunt [to be] for euer, holy and terrible is his name

² Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter: and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse. (126:3) Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say: God hath brought great thinges to passe, that he myght do for them ³ (126:4) God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs: we be made merie

²⁴ Therfore saith the Lorde God of hoastes, the mightie one of Israel: Ah I must ease me of mine enemies, and auenge me of mine aduersaries

³ They cryed also eche one to another on this maner, Holy, holy, holy is the Lorde of hoastes: the whole earth is full of his glory

¹⁵ For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart

¹ What is he this that commeth fro Edom, with red coloured clothes from Bosra? He is honourablye arrayed, and commeth in mightyly with his power: I am he that teacheth righteousnesse, and am of power to helpe

⁶ But there is none lyke vnto thee O Lorde, and great is the name of thy power

¹¹ But the Lorde stoode by me lyke a mightie giaunt, therefore my persecutours fell and coulde do nothing: they shalbe sore confounded, for they haue done vnwisely, they shall haue an euerlasting shame, which shall neuer be forgotten

¹³ And anone Iesus gaue them leaue. And the vncleane spirites went out, and entred into the swyne: And the hearde ran headlong into the sea, (they were about two thousande,) & were drowned in the sea

²⁰ Unto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke, accordyng to the power that worketh in vs

⁸ And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym, and they were full of eyes within: and they had no rest day neither night, saying: Holy, holy, holy Lorde God almightie, which was, and is, and is to come

⁴ Who shall not feare thee O Lorde, and glorifie thy name? for thou only art holy: And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee, for thy iudgemetes are made manifest

⁷ Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee

⁶ And shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me, and kepe my commaundementes

⁶ And the Lorde passed by before hym, and cryed, Lorde, Lorde, God, strong, mercyfull and gracious, long suffering, and aboundaunt in goodnes & trueth ⁷ And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes, forgeuing wickednes, vngodlynes and sinne, and not leauing one innocent, visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, and vpon the chyldrens chyldren, [euen] vnto the third and fourth generation

¹⁹ Howe plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee? [and whiche] thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee before the sonnes of men

⁹ For truely his saluation is nye them that feare him: insomuch that glory dwelleth in our earth

¹¹ For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym

¹⁷ But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer, vpon them that feare hym: and his righteousnesse vpon childers children ¹⁸ Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt: and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them

¹³ He wyll blesse those that feare God: the small with the great

⁴ Let them nowe that feare God: confesse that his mercie endureth for euer

¹⁹ He wyll fulfyll the desire of them that feare hym: he will also heare their crye, and he wyll saue them

¹¹ God delyghteth in them that feare him: [and] in them that put their trust in his mercie

¹⁶ Then they that feared God, saide euery one to his neighbour: and the Lorde considered and hearde, and there was written a booke of remebraunce before him for them that feared the Lorde, and for them that thinke vpon his name ¹⁷ And they shalbe to me, saith the Lorde of hoastes, in that day wherein I shall do [iudgement,] a stocke: and I wyl spare them as a man spareth his owne sonne which serueth him ¹⁸ Then shall ye returne, and discerne betweene the iust and the wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not

⁵ And a voyce came out of the throne, saying: Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes, & ye that feare hym both small and great

⁵ But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart [was] only euyll euery day

²¹ And the Lorde smelled a sweete [or quiet] sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll [euen] from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done

⁶ Thy ryght hande Lorde is become glorious in power, thy ryght hande Lorde hath all to dasshed the enemie ⁷ And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowe them that rose vp agaynst thee: thou sendest foorth thy wrath, whiche consumed them euen as stubble

⁹ The enemie sayde, I wyll folowe [on the] I wyll ouertake [them] I wyll deuide the spoyle, and my lust shalbe satisfied vppon them: I wyll drawe my sworde, myne hande shall destroy them ¹⁰ Thou diddest blowe with thy wynde, the sea couered the, they sanke as leade in the myghtie waters ¹¹ Who is like vnto thee O Lord amongst gods? Who is like thee, so glorious in holynesse, fearefull in prayses, shewyng wonders ¹² Thou stretchedst out thy right hande, the earth swalowed them ¹³ Thou in thy mercie hast caryed this people which thou hast redeemed, and hast brought them in thy strength vnto thy holy habitation

¹¹ Nowe I knowe that the Lorde is greater then all gods: for in the thyng whereby they dealt cruelly with them, were they destroyed them selues

³⁴ Or hath God assayed to go and take hym a people from among nations, by temptations, by signes, by wonders, by warre, by a mightie hand, by a stretched out arme, & by great sightes, accordyng vnto all that the Lorde your God dyd vnto you in Egypt before your eyes

¹⁹ So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie ²⁰ And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym, but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man: and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym, and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heaue

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 ⁴ The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength

⁹ Is thy power then lyke the power of God? maketh thy voyce a sounde as his doth ¹⁰ Decke thy selfe now with excellencie and maiestie, and araye thy selfe with beautie and glory ¹¹ Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him ¹² Loke on euery one that is arrogant, and bring him lowe, & destroy the wicked in their place

¹ Why do the Heathen so furiously rage together? and why do the people imagine a vayne thing ² The kynges of the earth stande vp: and the rulers take counsell together against god, and against his annointed ³ Let vs breake [say they] their bondes a sunder: and cast away their cordes from vs ⁴ He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision ⁵ Then wyll he speake vnto them in his wrath: and he wyll astonie them with feare in his sore displeasure ⁶ [Saying] euen I haue annointed [him] my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion

¹⁰ God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught: and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect

⁹ I will alway confesse it vnto thee, for that thou hast done it: and I wyll hope in thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saintes

⁵ (63:6) My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes: and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes

¹⁰ Thou hast brought Egypt in so bad a case as if it were wounded: thou hast scattered thyne enemies abrode with thy mightie arme

¹³ Thou hast a mightie arme: thy hand is strong, and thy right hand is exalted

¹ Syng vnto God a newe song: for he hath done marueylous thynges. (98:2) With his owne right hande and with his holy arme: he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie

¹⁵ The voyce of a ioyfull noyse & of saluation is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous: [saying] the ryght hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe

¹² Wherefore it shall come to passe, that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem, then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes 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 ¹⁵ Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therwith? or shal the sawe make any bragging against hym that ruleth it? That were euen lyke as if the rod did exalt it selfe against him that beareth it, or as though the staffe should magnifie it selfe [as who say] it were no wood ¹⁶ Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse, and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire ¹⁷ And the light of Israel shalbe that fire, and his holy one shalbe the flambe: and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day ¹⁸ Yea all the glory of his wooddes and fieldes shalbe consumed with body and soule, and they shalbe as an hoast of men, whose standard bearer fayleth ¹⁹ The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them

¹⁰ Beholde ye Lorde God shal come with power, and shall of him selfe beare rule with his arme: beholde his rewarde with hym, and his workes before hym

⁹ Wake vp, wake vp, and be strong O thou arme of the Lorde, wake vp, lyke as in tyme past, euer, and since the world began

¹⁰ The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme, and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles, and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God

¹² He led them by the right hande of Moyses with his glorious arme, deuiding the water before them, wherby he gat him selfe an euerlasting name

²⁹ As for Moabs pride we haue hearde of it, she is very hye minded, I knowe her stoutenesse, her boasting, her arrogancie, and the pride of her stomacke, [saith the Lorde. ³⁰ I knowe (saith the Lorde) her indignation, she doth not right, her wordes are lyes, and they haue not dealt truely

³⁷ Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse, and extol, & magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase

²⁵ And this the writing that he hath writte: MENE MENE, THECEL, VPHARSIN ²⁶ Now the interpretation of the thing is this: MENE, God hath numbred thy kingdome, and brought it to an ende ²⁷ THECEL, thou art wayed in the balauce, and art founde wanting ²⁸ PHERES, thy kingdome is deuided, and geuen to the Medes, and Perses ²⁹ Then commaunded Balthasar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and a chayne of golde about is necke, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome ³⁰ The very same night was Balthasar the king of the Chaldees slaine ³¹ And Darius of the Medes toke the kingdome, being threescore & two yeres of age

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

⁵ Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe

⁵ Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble

⁸ Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and sorowe, and hunger, and she shalbe brent with fire: for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her

⁴ The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength

⁶ The Lord kylleth and maketh alyue, bryngeth downe to the graue & fetcheth vp agayne ⁷ The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye ⁸ He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them

¹¹ To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauinesse may be exalted to saluation ¹² He destroyeth the deuices of the subtyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enterprise ¹³ He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the counsell of the wicked

²⁴ He shall destroy the mightie without seeking, and shall set other in their steede ²⁵ Therefore shall he declare their workes: he shall turne the night, and they shalbe destroyed ²⁶ The vngodly doth he punishe openly ²⁷ Because they tourned backe from him, and would not consider all his wayes ²⁸ Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble

⁴⁰ (107:38) He bringeth princes into contempt: & he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all ⁴¹ (107:39) Yet he exalteth the poore out of miserie: and geueth him housholdes equall to flockes of cattell

⁶ (113:5b) and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth

¹⁴ Some one commeth out of prison, and is made a kyng: and another which is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto pouertie

²⁴ And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dryed vp the greene tree, and made the drye tree to florishe, [euen] I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe

¹¹ In that day will I rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, & I will buyld it, as in the dayes of olde

³ Is not this the carpenter Maries sonne, the brother of Iames & Ioses, and of Iuda and Simon? and are not his sisters here with vs? And they were offended at hym

¹⁴ I tell you, this man departed [home] to his house iustified, rather then the other. For euery one that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

⁹ Let the brother of lowe degree, reioyce in that he is exalted ¹⁰ Agayne, the riche, in that he is made lowe: Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away

¹⁰ Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp

⁵ They that were full, haue hyred out them selues for bread, and they that were hungry, ceasse, tyll the barren hath borne seuen, and she that had many children, is waxed feeble

¹⁰ Young Lions do lacke and suffer hunger: but they whiche seeke God, shall want no maner of thing that is good

⁸ (107:7) O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse: and his marueylous actes [done] to the chyldren of men ⁹ (107:8) For he satisfieth the greedie soule: and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes

⁷ God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde

²⁹ And I wil raise vp for them a plant of renowme, and they shalbe no more clungd with hunger in the lande, neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more

⁶ Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied

²¹ Blessed are ye that hunger nowe, for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed are ye that weepe nowe, for ye shall laugh

²⁴ But wo vnto you that are riche: for ye haue your consolation

¹⁶ And he put foorth a similitude vnto the, saying: The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites ¹⁷ And he thought within him selfe, saying, What shall I do, because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites ¹⁸ And he sayde, this wyll I do, I wyll destroy my barnes, and buylde greater, and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes 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 ²⁰ But God sayde vnto hym: Thou foole, this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe fro thee: Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided ²¹ So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores 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 ²² And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed ²³ And beyng in hell in tormentes, he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre of, and Lazarus in his bosome ²⁴ And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe 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

¹¹ The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane ¹² I fast twise in the weeke, I geue tithe of all that I possesse ¹³ And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner ¹⁴ I tell you, this man departed [home] to his house iustified, rather then the other. For euery one that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

²⁴ When Iesus sawe that he was sory, he sayde: With what difficultie shall they that haue money, enter into the kyngdome of God ²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to go through a nedles eye, then for a riche man to enter into the kyngdome of God

¹¹ And Iesus toke the bread, and when he had geue thankes, he gaue to the disciples, and the disciples to them yt were set downe, and lykewyse of the fisshes, as much as they woulde ¹² When they had eaten enough, he saide vnto his disciples: Gather vp the broke meate that remayneth, that nothyng be lost ¹³ And they gathered it together, & fylled twelue baskettes with the broken meate of the fyue barly loaues, whiche [broken meate] remayned vnto them that had eaten

³⁵ And Iesus sayde vnto them, I am the bread of lyfe: He that cometh to me, shall not hunger: and he that beleueth on me, shall neuer thirst

²⁶ Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble [are called.

⁸ Nowe ye are full, nowe ye are made ryche, ye raigne as kynges without vs, and I woulde to God ye dyd raigne, that we also myght raigne with you

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten ³ Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 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 ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter ⁶ Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am riche and increased with goodes, and haue neede of nothyng: & knowest not howe that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poore, and blynde, and naked ¹⁸ I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see

¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate ¹⁷ For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes

³ (98:4) He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel: and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our Lorde

²¹ Consider this O Iacob and Israel, for thou art my seruaunt: I made thee that thou mightest serue me, O Israel forget me not

³ Hearken vnto me O house Iacob, and all ye that remaine yet of the house of Israel, whom I haue borne from your mothers wombe, and brought you vp from your byrth ⁴ It is euen I whiche shall beare you vnto your last age: I haue made you, I wyll also norishe you, beare you, and saue you

¹⁴ But Sion sayde: God hath forsaken me, and my Lorde hath forgotten me ¹⁵ Will a woman forget her owne infant, and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe? And though they do forget, yet wyll I not forget thee ¹⁶ Beholde, I haue written thee vp vpon my handes, thy walles are euer in my syght

⁶ For the Lorde hath called thee beyng as a desolate sorowfull woman, and as a young wyfe that was forsaken saith thy God ⁷ A litle while haue I forsaken thee: but with great mercifulnesse shall I take thee vp vnto me ⁸ When I was angry I hyd my face from thee for a litle season: but through euerlastyng goodnesse haue I pardoned thee, saith the Lorde thy redeemer ⁹ And this is vnto me as the water of Noe: for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde: so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee, nor reproue thee ¹⁰ The mountaynes shall remoue, and the hylles shall fall downe: but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue, and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee, saith the Lorde thy mercifull louer

⁷ I wyll declare the goodnesse of the Lorde, yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs, for the great good that he hath done for Israel, whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauour, and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses ⁸ For he sayde, These no doubt are my people, and no shrinking chyldren: and so was he their sauiour ⁹ In their troubles, he was also troubled with them, and the angell that went foorth from his presence deliuered them: of very loue and kindnesse that he had vnto them, he redeemed them, he hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the worlde began ¹⁰ But after they prouoked hym to wrath and vexed his holy spirite, he was their enemie, and fought against them hym selfe ¹¹ Yet remembred Israel the olde time, of Moyses and his people, saying: where is he that brought them from the water of the sea, with them that feede his sheepe? Where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them ¹² He led them by the right hande of Moyses with his glorious arme, deuiding the water before them, wherby he gat him selfe an euerlasting name ¹³ He led them in the deepe as an horse is led in the playne, that they shoulde not stumble ¹⁴ As a tame beast goeth in the fielde, and the spirite of God geueth hym rest: thus (O God) hast thou led thy people, to make thy selfe a glorious name withall ¹⁵ Loke downe then from heauen, and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie: Howe is it that thy gelousie, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies, and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs ¹⁶ Yet art thou our father: for Abraham knoweth vs not, neither is Israel acquainted with vs: but thou Lorde art our father and redeemer, and thy name is euerlasting

³ Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre [and say] I loue thee with an euerlasting loue, therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me

²⁰ Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe: Is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime? For since the tyme that I first comuned with hym, I haue hym euer in remembraunce: therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym, gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him, saith the Lorde

²⁴ Considerest thou not what this people speaketh? Two kinredes [say they] had the Lorde chosen, and those same two hath he cast away: for so they haue despised my people, and they reputed them as though they were no people ²⁵ Therefore thus saith the Lord, If I haue made no couenaunt with day and night, and geuen no statute vnto heauen and earth ²⁶ Then will I also cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruaunt, so that I wyll take no prince out of his seede to rule the posteritie of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob: but yet I will turne agayne their captiuitie, and be mercyfull vnto them

²⁰ Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time

¹⁴ Reioyce O daughter Sion, be ioyfull O Israel: reioyce and be glad from thy whole heart O daughter Hierusalem ¹⁵ For the Lorde hath taken away thy punishment, & hath cast out thyne enemies: The king of Israel, euen the Lord him selfe is with thee, so that thou nedest no more to feare any misfortune ¹⁶ In that time it shalbe sayde to Hierusalem, Feare not: and to Sion, Let not thyne handes be flacke ¹⁷ For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue [thee] he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse ¹⁸ After a certayne time will I gather the afflicted that were of thee, and them that bare the reproche for it ¹⁹ And behold, in that time will I destroy all those that vexe thee, I will helpe the lame, and gather vp the castaway: yea I will get them prayse and honour in al landes, where they haue ben put to shame ²⁰ At the same time will I bring you againe, & at the same time will I gather you: I will get you a name and a good report among all people of the earth, when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes, sayth the Lorde

⁹ Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion, be glad O daughter Hierusalem: For lo, the king commeth vnto thee, euen the righteous and sauiour, lowly & simple is he, he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse ¹⁰ I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim, and the horse from Hierusalem, the battaile bowes shalbe destroyed, he shal geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen: and his dominion shalbe from the one sea to the other, & from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde ¹¹ Thou also [shalt be saued] through the blood of thy couenaunt: I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water

⁷⁰ Euen as he promised by the mouth of his holy prophetes, whiche were sence the worlde began ⁷¹ That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs ⁷² That he would deale mercyfully with our fathers, and remember his holy couenaunt ⁷³ And that he woulde perfourme the oth, which he sware to our father Abraham, for to geue vs ⁷⁴ That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare ⁷⁵ All the dayes of our life, in [such] holynesse and righteousnes [as are accepted] before hym

³ I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed

⁴ And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed

¹⁴ And thy seede shalbe as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south: and in thee, and in thy seede, shall all the kynredes of the earth be blessed

⁶ (105:6a) O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob ⁷ (105:6b) he is God our Lord, his iudgementes are in all the earth ⁸ (105:7a) He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promised a worde to a thousande generations: ⁹ (105:7b) euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac ¹⁰ (105:8) And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law: and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt

¹¹ God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body ¹² If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them: their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore ¹³ For God hath chosen [to be in] Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym ¹⁴ This [is sayeth he] my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it ¹⁵ I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals: and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread ¹⁶ I wyll clothe her priestes with saluation: and her saintes shall make an exceeding ioyfull noyse ¹⁷ I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted

²⁸ As concernyng the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are loued for the fathers [sakes] ²⁹ For the gyftes and callyng of God, are without repentaunce

¹⁶ To Abraham and his seede were the promises made. He sayth not to the seedes, as of many: but to thy seede, as of one, which is Christe ¹⁷ This I say, that the lawe which began afterwarde, beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres, doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God, vnto Christe warde, to make the promise of none effect

² For Sara conceaued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, euen the same season whiche the Lorde had appoynted ³ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, whiche Sara bare hym, Isahac

¹⁹ God is not a man that he should lye, neither the sonne of a ma that he should repent: should he say & not do? or should he speake, and not make it good

⁶ And so it was, that whyle they were there, the dayes were accomplysshed, that she shoulde be deliuered ⁷ And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadlyng clothes, & layde hym in a manger, because there was no rowme for them in the Inne

¹⁹ Beholde thy seruaunt hath founde grace in thy syght, and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my lyfe: Beholde I can not be saued in the mountayne, lest some harme fall vppon me, and I dye

¹⁴ And the women sayde vnto Naomi: Blessed be the Lorde, the whiche hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, and his name shalbe continued in Israel ¹⁵ And that shall bring thy lyfe agayne, and cherishe thyne olde age: For thy daughter in lawe whiche loueth thee, hath borne vnto him, and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes ¹⁶ And Naomi toke the child, & layed it in her lappe, and became nurse vnto it ¹⁷ And the women her neyghbours gaue it a name, saying: There is a child borne to Naomi, & called it Obed: the same is the father of Isai, the father of Dauid

⁹ For thus saith the Lorde: Am I he that maketh other to beare, and beare not my selfe? Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren, saith thy God ¹⁰ Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her

¹⁴ And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth

²⁵ Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me, in the dayes wherein he loked on me, to take fro me my rebuke among men

¹⁵ Reioyce with them that do reioyce, and wepe with them that wepe

²⁶ And yf one member suffer, all suffer with it. If one member be had in honour, all the members reioyce with it

¹² And euery man chylde of eyght dayes olde shalbe circumcised amongst you in your generations, both he that is borne in thy house, as he that is bought with money of any straunger, whiche is not of thy seede

³ And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, whiche Sara bare hym, Isahac ⁴ And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac, when he was eyght dayes olde, as God commaunded him

³ And in the eyght day, the fleshe of the childes foreskinne shalbe cut away

⁸ And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac [begate] Iacob, and Iacob [begate] the twelue patriarkes

⁵ Circumcised the eyght day, of the kinred of Israel, of the tribe of Beniamin, an Ebrue of the Ebrues, after the lawe a pharisee

²⁵ And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidia, of the Lordes behalfe

⁶³ And he asked for wrytyng tables, and wrote, saying, his name is Iohn. And they marueyled all

³ Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart

⁸ Nowe therefore go thy way, and write this before them in a table, and note it in a booke: that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer

¹ Your sinne [O ye of the tribe of Iuda] is written in the table of your heartes, and grauen so vpon the edges of your aulters with a penne of iron, and with an Adamant clawe

² And the Lord aunswered me, and said: write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may run that readeth it

⁶⁰ And his mother aunswered, and said: not so, but he shalbe called Iohn

¹⁵ Therfore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put these wordes in his mouth, and I wilbe with thy mouth, and with his mouth: and wyll teache you what you ought to do ¹⁶ And he shalbe thy spokesman vnto the people, and he shalbe [euen] he shalbe to thee in steade of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him, in steade of God

⁷ (30:6b) thou God of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong ⁸ (30:7) [Neuerthelesse, when] thou dydst turne thy face, I was troubled: [then] I cryed vnto thee O God, then made I my humble prayers to thee my Lorde ⁹ (30:8) [Saying] what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit? shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth ¹⁰ (30:9) Heare me O God, and haue mercy vppon me: O God be thou my helper ¹¹ (30:10) [And foorthwith] thou hast turned my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put of my sackcloth, and gyrded me with gladnes ¹² (30:11) Therfore my glory shal sing psalmes vnto thee and not ceasse: O God my Lorde I wyll prayse thee for euer

¹⁵ O Lorde open thou my lippes: and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse

¹⁸ The Lorde hath greatly chastened me: but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death ¹⁹ Open me the gates of ryghteousnesse, I wyll enter in by them: that I may geue thankes vnto the Lorde

¹ And in that day thou shalt say, O Lorde I wyll prayse thee, for thou wast displeased at me: but refrayne thou from thy wrath, and comfort me

⁹ And with that the Lorde stretched out his hande and touched my mouth: and the same Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I put my wordes in thy mouth

²⁷ But when I speake vnto thee, I wyl open my mouth, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God: Whoso heareth, let hym heare, whoso leaueth of, let him leaue: for they are a rebellious house

²¹ In that day I will cause the horne of the house of Israel to bud foorth, and I will geue thee the opening of thy mouth in the mids of them: & they shall knowe that I am the Lorde

²² Nowe the hande of the Lorde had ben vpon me the euening afore this man which was escaped came vnto me, and had opened my mouth vntill the morning that he came to me: yea, my mouth was opened, so that I was no more dumbe

³⁴ When this time was past, I Nabuchodonozor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me: then gaue I thankes vnto the highest, I magnified & praysed hym that liueth for euermore, whose power is an euerlasting power, and his kingdome is from one generatio to another ³⁵ And all they that dwel vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothing, and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen, among the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that may resist his hand, or say vnto him, what doest thou ³⁶ At the same time was myne vnderstanding geuen me againe, and I was [restored] to the honour of my kingdome, my glorie and my beautie was restored vnto me, & my counsellers and princes sought vnto me, and I was established in my kingdome, & my glorie was augmented towarde me ³⁷ Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse, and extol, & magnifie the king of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase

³³ And when the deuyll was cast out, the dumbe spake, and the multitudes marueyled, saying, that it was neuer so seene in Israel

³² And they brought vnto hym one that was deafe, and had an impediment in his speache: and they prayed him to put his hande vpon hym ³³ And when he had taken hym asyde from the people, he put his fyngers into his cares, and dyd spyt, and touched his tongue ³⁴ And loked vp to heauen, and syghed, and sayde vnto him Ephphatha, that is to say, be opened ³⁵ And straightway his eares were opened, and the stryng of his tongue was loosed, and he spake playne ³⁶ And he commaunded them, that they shoulde tell no man: But the more he forbad them, so much the more a great deale they published it ³⁷ And were beyonde measure astonyed, saying: He hath done all thynges well, he hath made both the deafe to heare, and the dumbe to speake

⁶ And the men of Gibeon sent vnto Iosuah to the hoast in Gilgal, saying: withdrawe not thy hande from thy seruauntes, come vp to vs quickly, and saue vs, and helpe vs: for all the kinges of the Amorites which dwell in the mountaynes are gathered together agaynst vs

³⁹ And Marie arose in those dayes, & went into the hyll countrey with haste, into a citie of Iuda

¹⁶ And there came a feare on them all, & they gaue the glory vnto God, saying: A great prophete is risen vp among vs, and veryly God hath visited his people

⁴³ And feare came vpon euery soule. And many wonders and signes were done by the Apostles

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

¹¹ And great feare came vpon all the Churche, and vpon as many as hearde these thynges

¹⁷ And this was knowen to all ye Iewes & Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus, and feare came on them all, & the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified

¹¹ And after three dayes and an halfe, the spirite of lyfe [commyng] from God, shall enter into them: And they shall stande vp vpon their feete, & great feare shall come vpon the which sawe them

¹¹ And his brethren enuied hym: but his father noted the saying

² And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian

²⁴ And the wyfe bare a sonne, and called his name Samson: And ye ladde grewe, and the Lorde blessed him ²⁵ And the spirite of the Lorde began to strengthen him in the hoast of Dan, betweene Zaraah and Esthaol

¹⁸ But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod

¹⁸ The aunswered one of his seruauntes and said: Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite, that can play vpon instrumentes, and is strong, valiaunt, and a man of warre, and prudent in doing of feates, and well made, and the Lorde is with him

⁴⁶ And the hande of the Lorde was on Elias, and he girded vp his loynes, and ranne before Ahab, till he came to Iezrahel

¹⁷ (80:16) Let thy hande be vpon the man of thy right hande: and vpon the sonne of man whom thou hast fortified for thyne owne selfe

²¹ Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym

¹¹ (119:3) I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee

⁸⁰ And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was in wildernesse till the day came when he should shewe hym selfe vnto the Israelites

⁴⁰ And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was fylled with wisdome: & the grace of God was vpon hym

⁴⁴ Let these sayinges sincke downe into your eares: For it wyll come to passe, that the sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the handes of men

²¹ And the hande of the Lorde was with them, and a great number beleued and turned vnto the Lorde

²⁵ And the Lord came downe in a cloude, and spake vnto him, and toke of the spirite that was vpon him, and gaue it vnto the threscore & ten elders: And when the spirite rested vpon them, they prophesied, and dyd not ceasse

² The spirite of the Lorde spake by me, and his word was in my tongue

²⁸ And it shall come to passe after this: I wyll powre out my spirite vpon all fleshe, and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie, your olde men shall dreame dreames, your young men shall see visions

⁴¹ And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost

²¹ For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost

²⁶ He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt

²⁰ And blessed [be] the high God, which hath deliuered thyne enemies vnto thy hande: and Abram gaue him tithes of all

¹⁶ Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and thou shalt saye vnto them, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me, and sayde: In visityng, haue I visited you, and know that which is done to you in Egypt ¹⁷ And I haue sayde: I wyll bryng you out of the tribulation of Egypt, vnto the land of the Chanaanites, and Hethites, and Amorites, and Pherizites, and Heuites, and Iebusites, euen into a land which floweth with milke & hony

³¹ And the people beleued. And when they hearde that the Lorde had visited the children of Israel, and had looked vpon their tribulation, they bowed the selues, and worshipped

⁴⁸ And thus sayd the king: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath made one to sit on my seate this day, myne eye seyng it

¹⁰ And Dauid blessed the Lorde before all the congregation, and sayde: Blessed be thou Lorde God of Israel, our father from euer and for euer

²⁰ And Dauid saide to all the congregation: Now blesse the Lorde your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lorde God of their fathers, and bowed downe their heades, and worshipped the Lorde and the king

¹³ Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel: worlde without ende, Amen, Amen

⁴⁸ (106:46) Blessed be God the Lord of Israel from world to world without end: and let all people say, so be it. Prayse ye the Lord

³⁸ And she, commyng at the same instant vpon them, confessed lykewise the Lorde, and spake of hym, to all them that loked for redemptio in Hierusalem

⁴⁴ And make thee euen with ye grounde, and thy chyldren which are in thee: and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpo another, because thou knowest not the tyme of thy visitation

³ Blessed be God, the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng, in heauenly thynges by Christe

⁷ In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace

³ Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death

¹ And Hanna prayed, & sayde: Myne heart reioyceth in the Lorde, and myne horne is exalted in the Lorde: My mouth is wyde open ouer myne enemies, for I reioyce in thy saluation

¹⁰ The lordes aduersaries shal be destroyed of hym, & out of heauen shall he thunder vpon them: The Lorde shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall gyue myght vnto his king, and exalt the horne of his annoynted

²⁶ And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say, The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee

³ God is my strength, in him will I trust: he is my shielde, and the horne of my saluation, my hie towre, and my refuge, my sauiour, thou hast saued me from wrong

¹³ Howbeit, I will not take away all the kingdome: But will geue one tribe to thy sonne, because of Dauid my seruaut, and because of Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen

² (18:1b) God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge

³ I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt

¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes

²⁰ I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt: I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle ²¹ Therfore my hande shalbe assured vnto him: and mine arme shall strengthen hym ²² The enemie shal not be able to do him violence: the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym ²³ I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face: and ouerthrowe them that hate hym ²⁴ My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted ²⁵ I wyll set also his dominion in the sea: and his right hande in the fluddes ²⁶ He shall make inuocation vnto me: [saying] thou art my father O my God, and my fortresse of saluation ²⁷ And I will make him my first borne: in higher state then kinges of the earth ²⁸ My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore: and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym ²⁹ His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer: and his throne as the dayes of heauen ³⁰ (89:30a) But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement ³¹ (89:30b) if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes ³² (89:31) I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes ³³ (89:32) Neuerthelesse, my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym: I wyl not breake my promise with hym ³⁴ (89:33) I wyll not violate my couenaunt: nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes

¹⁷ I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted ¹⁸ I wyll clothe his enemies with shame: but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe

¹ And there shall come a sprig foorth of the stemne of Esai, and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote ² The spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon him, the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding, the spirite of counsaile and strength, the spirite of knowledge and of the feare of the Lorde ³ And shall make hym of deepe iudgement in the feare of God: For he shall not geue sentence after the thing that shalbe brought before his eyes, neither reproue after the hearing of his eares ⁴ But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde, and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly ⁵ Righteousnesse shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, and faythfulnesse the gyrding vp of his raynes ⁶ The Woolfe shall dwell with the Lambe, and the Leoparde shall lye downe by the Goate: Bullockes, Lions, and cattell, shall kepe company together, so that a litle chylde shall leade them ⁷ The Cowe and the Beare shall feede together, and their young ones shall lye together: the Lion shall eate strawe, lyke the Oxe or the Cowe ⁸ The chylde whyle he sucketh shall haue a desire to the serpentes nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put his hande into the Cockatrice denne ⁹ No man shall do euill vnto another, no man shall destroy another in all the hyll of my holynes: for the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lorde: euen as the sea floweth ouer with water

¹⁵ In those dayes, and at the same tyme, I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse, and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande ¹⁶ In those dayes shall Iuda be saued, and Hierusalem shall dwell safe: and this shalbe her name, God our righteousnesse ¹⁷ For thus the Lorde promiseth, Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel ¹⁸ Neither shall the priestes and leuites want one to offer alway before me burnt offeringes, to kindle the meate offeringes, and to prepare the sacrifices ¹⁹ And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremie, after this maner ²⁰ Thus saith the Lorde: May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken, that there shoulde not be day and night in due season ²¹ Then may my couenaunt also be broken whiche I made with Dauid my seruaunt, and so he not to haue a sonne to raigne in his throne: so shall also the Priestes and Leuites neuer fayle, but serue me ²² For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred, neither the sande of the sea measured: so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt, and the Leuites my ministers ²³ Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came to Ieremie, saying

¹⁰ Blessed be the kyngdome, that commeth in the name of hym that is Lorde of our father Dauid: Hosanna in the hiest

² Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in ye holy scripture ³ Of his sonne, which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe

¹⁶ I Iesus sent myne angell, to testifie vnto you these thynges in ye Churches. I am the roote and the generation of Dauid, and the bryght mornyng starre

¹⁰ The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth saith the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the righteous braunche of Dauid, whiche kyng shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wisdome, and shal set vp equitie and righteousnesse agayne in the earth

¹⁰ And as for thee O my seruaunt Iacob, feare not saith the Lorde, and be not afrayde O Israel: For lo, I wyll helpe thee also from farre, and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie: And Iacob shall turne agayne, he shalbe in rest, and haue a prosperous lyfe, and no man shall make hym afrayde

²⁴ Seuetie weekes are determined ouer thy people, & ouer thy holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp ye sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, & to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, to seale vp the vision and prophecie, & to annoynt the most holy ²⁵ Knowe therfore and vnderstand, that from the going foorth of the commaudement, to bring againe the [people] and to builde Hierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, there shalbe seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes: and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall, [euen] in the straitnes of time ²⁶ After these threescore & two weekes shall Messiah be slaine, & not for him selfe: and the people of the prince that shal come, shall destroy the citie and the sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shalbe with a fludde, and vnto the ende of the battel it shalbe destroyed by desolatios ²⁷ He shall confirme the couenaunt with many for one weeke, and in the midst of the weeke he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to ceasse, and for the ouerspreading of the abhominations, he shal make it desolate, [euen] vntil the consummation determined shalbe powred vpon the desolate

³⁶ For Dauid hym selfe, inspired with the holy ghost, sayde: The Lorde saide to my Lorde, sit on my right hande, tyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole

²⁶ Ought not Christe to haue suffered these thinges, & to enter into his glory ²⁷ And he began at Moyses, and all the prophetes, and interpreted vnto them in all Scriptures which were writen of hym

⁴⁴ And he sayde vnto them: These are the wordes which I spake vnto you, whyle I was yet with you, that all must [needes] be fulfylled, which were written of me in the law of Moyses, and in the prophetes, and in the psalmes

²¹ Whom the heauen must receaue, vntill the tyme that all thynges be restored, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophetes since the world began ²² Moyses truely sayde vnto the fathers: A prophete shall the Lorde your God rayse vp vnto you, of your brethren, lyke vnto me: hym shall ye heare in all thynges, whatsoeuer he shall say vnto you ²³ For the tyme wyll come, that euery soule which wyll not heare that same prophete, shalbe destroyed from among the people ²⁴ All the prophetes also fro Samuel & thencefoorth, as many as haue spoken, haue lykewise tolde you of these dayes

²⁵ And when they agreed not among them selues, they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde, [that is to say] well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete, vnto our fathers

² Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in ye holy scripture

⁷ Wherfore, as the holy ghost saith: Today yf ye wyll heare his voyce

¹² Unto which prophetes it was also declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs, they shoulde minister ye thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them, which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen, haue in the Gospell preached vnto you, the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde

¹⁰ And I fell at his feete to worship him. And he saide vnto me: See thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and of thy brethren, euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: For the testimonie of Iesus, is the spirite of prophesie

²⁹ Happy art thou O Israel, who is like vnto thee O people, that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie? Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde, and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places

¹⁰ And he saued them from the hande of suche as hated them: & redeemed them from the hande of the enemie

⁴⁷ (106:45) Saue vs O God our Lorde, and gather vs from among the Heathen: that we may geue thankes to thy holy name, and glory of thy prayse

¹ But the Lorde wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob, and will yet chose Israel againe, and set them in their owne land, straungers shall cleaue and get them to the house of Iacob ² The people shall take them and carry them home to their owne land: and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the lande of the Lord, that they may be seruaunts and handmaydes: and they shall take those prysoners whose captiues they had ben before, and rule those that had oppressed them ³ When the Lorde nowe shall bryng thee to rest from thy trauayle, feare, and harde bondage that thou wast laden withall

²⁴ Thus saith the Lorde thy redeemer, euen he that fassioned thee from thy mothers wombe: I the Lorde do all thinges my selfe alone, I only spreade out the heauens, and I only haue laide abrode the earth by my owne selfe ²⁵ I destroy the tokens of witches, and make the soothsayers fooles: As for the wise I turne them backwarde, and make their cunning foolishnesse ²⁶ He doth set vp the purpose of his seruaunt, and fulfilleth the counsaile of his messengers concerning Hierusalem, he saith it shalbe inhabited, and of the cities of Iuda they shalbe buylded againe, and I will repayre their decayed places

⁷ A litle while haue I forsaken thee: but with great mercifulnesse shall I take thee vp vnto me ⁸ When I was angry I hyd my face from thee for a litle season: but through euerlastyng goodnesse haue I pardoned thee, saith the Lorde thy redeemer ⁹ And this is vnto me as the water of Noe: for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde: so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee, nor reproue thee ¹⁰ The mountaynes shall remoue, and the hylles shall fall downe: but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue, and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee, saith the Lorde thy mercifull louer ¹¹ Beholde, thou poore, vexed, & dispised, I wyll make thy walles of precious stones, & thy foundation of Saphires ¹² Thy windowes of Christal, thy gates of fine cleare stone, and all thy borders of pleasaunt stones ¹³ Thy children shalbe all taught of God, and I wyll geue thee plenteousnesse of peace ¹⁴ In ryghteousnesse shalt thou be grounded, & be farre from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afrayde, neither for hinderaunce, for it shall not come nye thee ¹⁵ Lo, whoso gathereth together [agaynst thee, doth it] without me, and who so within thee doth ioyne together against thee, shall surely fall ¹⁶ Beholde, I make the smith that bloweth the coales in the fire, & he maketh a weapon after his handy worke: I make also the waster to destroy ¹⁷ But all the weapons that are made against thee shall not prosper: and as for all tongues that shal resist thee in iudgement, thou shalt ouercome them, and condempne them: This is the heritage of the Lordes seruauntes, and their righteousnesse commeth of me, saith the Lorde

⁶ In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse

⁹ But they shall do seruice vnto God their Lorde, and to Dauid their kyng whom I wyll rayse vp vnto them ¹⁰ And as for thee O my seruaunt Iacob, feare not saith the Lorde, and be not afrayde O Israel: For lo, I wyll helpe thee also from farre, and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie: And Iacob shall turne agayne, he shalbe in rest, and haue a prosperous lyfe, and no man shall make hym afrayde ¹¹ For I am with thee to helpe thee, saith the Lorde: And though I shall destroy all the people among whom I haue scattered thee, yet wyll I not destroy thee, but correct thee, and that with descretion: for I wyll not vtterly destroy thee

³⁷ Beholde, I wyll gather them together from all landes, wherein I haue scattred them in my wrath in fearefull and great displeasure, and wyll bryng them agayne vnto this place, where they shall dwell safely

²⁶ They shal dwell with confidence therin, buyld houses and plant vineyardes: yea with confidence shall they dwell therin, when I haue executed iudgementes vpon all those that despise them rounde about: and then shal they know that I am the Lorde their God

²⁵ Moreouer I wyll make a couenaunt of peace with them, & cause euil beastes to ceasse out of the lande: so that they may dwell safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods

²⁸ They shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, nor deuoured with the beastes of the lande: but safely shall they dwel, and no man shall fray them

⁸ After many dayes thou shalt be visited, and in the latter yeres thou shalt come into the lande that hath ben turned [and cost] with the sworde, and gathered together againe out of many people vpon the mountaynes of Israel, which haue ben alwayes [subiect] to waste: but it is brought out of the people, and they dwell all safe

⁹ Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion, be glad O daughter Hierusalem: For lo, the king commeth vnto thee, euen the righteous and sauiour, lowly & simple is he, he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse ¹⁰ I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim, and the horse from Hierusalem, the battaile bowes shalbe destroyed, he shal geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen: and his dominion shalbe from the one sea to the other, & from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde

⁷⁴ That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare

⁸ He that committeth sinne, is of the deuyll: for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning. For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to loose the workes of the deuyll

⁴ It is I, behold my couenaut [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations ⁵ Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee ⁶ I wyll make thee exceedyng fruitefull, and wyll make nations of thee, yea and kynges shall spryng out of thee ⁷ Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee ⁸ And I wyll geue vnto thee and to thy seede after thee, the lande wherein thou art a strauger [euen] al the lande of Chanaan, for an euerlastyng possession, and wyll be their God ⁹ And God said agayne vnto Abraham: thou shalt kepe my couenaunt therfore, both thou & thy seede after thee in their generations

⁴² Then I wyll remember my couenaunt with Iacob, and my couenaunt with Isahac, and my couenaunt with Abraham wyll I remember, and wyll thynke on the lande

⁴⁵ (106:43) And he remembred his couenaunt: and repented, according to the multitude of his mercies

⁵ He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare him: he wyll euer be myndfull of his couenaunt

⁸ Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy tyme was come, yea [euen] the time to woo thee: then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie, yea I made an othe vnto thee, and contracted my selfe with thee (saith the Lorde God) and so thou becamest myne owne

⁶⁰ Neuerthelesse, I wyll remember my couenaunt with thee in the daies of thy youth, and I wyll establishe vnto thee an euerlasting couenaunt

⁵⁴ He hath helped his seruaunt Israel, in remembraunce of his mercy ⁵⁵ ( Euen as he promised to our fathers, Abraham, and to his seede) for euer

²⁵ Ye are the chyldren of the prophetes, and of the couenaunt which God made vnto our fathers, saying to Abraham: Euen in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the earth be blessed ²⁶ Unto you first, God hath raysed vp his sonne Iesus, and hath sent hym to blesse you, in turnyng euery one of you from his iniquities

²⁸ As concernyng the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are loued for the fathers [sakes]

¹⁵ Brethren, I speake after ye maner of men: Though it be but a mans testamet, yet if it be alowed, no man reiecteth it, or addeth therto

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe ¹⁴ Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee ¹⁵ And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise ¹⁶ For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe ¹⁷ Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth ¹⁸ That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs

¹⁶ And sayd: by my selfe haue I sworne, sayeth the Lorde, because thou hast done this thyng, and hast not spared yea thyne onlye sonne ¹⁷ That in blessing I wyll blesse thee, and in multiplying I wyll multiplie thy seede as the starres of heauen, and as the sande which is vpon the sea side, and thy seede shall possesse the gates of his enemies ¹⁸ And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce

⁷ The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence

³ Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father

⁸ But because the Lorde loued you, and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers, therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt

¹² If ye hearken vnto these lawes, and obserue & do them: the Lord thy God also shall kepe vnto thee the appoyntment and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers

⁹ (105:7b) euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac

⁵ And wyll kepe my promise that I haue sworne vnto your fathers, [namelye] that I woulde geue them a lande whiche floweth with milke and honie, as ye see it is come to passe vnto this day. Then aunswered I and sayde, Amen: let it be euen so Lorde as thou sayest

¹³ For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe

¹⁶ For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe ¹⁷ Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth

⁹ There shalbe no lion, & no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there, but men redeemed shall go there free and safe ¹⁰ And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng: euerlastyng ioy shall they haue, pleasure and gladnesse shalbe among them, and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe

¹⁷ But Israel shalbe saued in the Lord with an euerlasting saluation: ye shall not come to shame nor confusion world without ende

¹³ Thy children shalbe all taught of God, and I wyll geue thee plenteousnesse of peace ¹⁴ In ryghteousnesse shalt thou be grounded, & be farre from oppression: for the which thou needest not be afrayde, neither for hinderaunce, for it shall not come nye thee

²¹ They shall buylde houses and dwell in them, they shall plant vineyardes and eate the fruite of them ²² They shall not buylde and another possesse, they shall not plant and another eate: but the life of my people shalbe like a tree, and mine elect shall enioy styll the worke of their handes ²³ They shall not labour in vayne, nor beget with trouble: for they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde, and their fruites with them ²⁴ And it shalbe, that or euer they call, I shall aunswere them, whyle they are yet but thinking howe to speake, I shal heare them ²⁵ The woolfe and the lambe shal feede together, and the lion shall eate hay like the bullocke, but earth shalbe the serpentes meate: There shal no man hurt nor slay another in al my holy hill, saith the Lorde

²⁵ Moreouer I wyll make a couenaunt of peace with them, & cause euil beastes to ceasse out of the lande: so that they may dwell safely in the wildernesse, and sleepe in the woods ²⁶ And I wyll set them [as] a blessing euen rounde about my hill, and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season, [and] there shalbe raine of blessing ²⁷ And the tree of the fielde shal yeelde her fruite, and the earth shall geue her encrease: they shalbe safe in their lande, and shall knowe that I am the Lorde, when I haue broke the bondes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the handes of those that serued them selues of them ²⁸ They shall no more be spoyled of the heathen, nor deuoured with the beastes of the lande: but safely shall they dwel, and no man shall fray them

²⁸ Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God, which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen, but haue gathered them againe into their owne land, and not left one of them any more there ²⁹ After that wil I hyde my face no more from them, but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God

⁸ And I wyll pitche a campe about myne house against the armie, against him that passeth by, & against him that returneth, and no oppressour shall come vpon them any more: For now I haue seene with myne eyes

⁷¹ That he would saue vs from our enemies, and from the hande of all that hate vs

²² But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe

¹⁵ For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare: but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption, wherby we cry, Abba, father

⁷ For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare: but of power, and of loue, and of a sounde mynde

¹⁵ And that he myght delyuer them, which through feare of death, were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage

¹⁴ Howe much more the blood of Christe, which through the eternall spirite offered hym selfe without spot to God, shall purge your conscience fro dead workes, to serue the lyuyng God

¹⁰ Feare none of those thynges, which thou shalt suffer: Beholde, the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison, to tempt you, and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes. Be faythfull vnto the death, and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe

² Namely, that thou mightest feare the Lord thy God, & kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee, thou & thy sonne, & thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy lyfe: that thy dayes may be prolonged

⁴⁴ (105:40) And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen, and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people ⁴⁵ (105:41) To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes: and obserue his lawes. Prayse ye the Lorde

³³ But this shalbe the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde: I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their heartes, and wyll be their God, and they shalbe my people ³⁴ And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother, and say, Knowe the Lorde: but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, saith the Lorde: for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes, and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one heart and one way, that they may feare me al the dayes of their lyfe: that they and their chyldren after them may prosper ⁴⁰ And I wyll set vp an euerlasting couenaunt with them [namely] that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I wyll put my feare in their heartes, so that they shall not runne away from me

²⁴ As for you, I wyll take you from among the heathen, and gather you together out of all countreys, and bring you againe into your owne lande ²⁵ Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you ²⁶ A newe heart also wyll I geue you, and a newe spirite wyll I put into you: as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe, and geue you a fleshy heart ²⁷ I wyll geue my spirite among you, and cause you to walke in my comaundementes, and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them

⁴ According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes, whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them

²⁴ And to put on that newe man, which after God is shapen, in righteousnesse & holynesse of trueth

¹ Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God

⁷ For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse, but into holynesse

¹³ But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & [in] fayth of the trueth

⁹ Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began

¹⁴ As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce ¹⁵ But as he which called you is holy, euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation ¹⁶ Because it is written, be ye holy, for I am holy

⁴ By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the meanes thereof, ye might be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust ⁵ And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge ⁶ In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse ⁷ In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue ⁸ For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe

⁵ (87:4) But of Sion it shalbe reported, that very many be borne in her: and the most highest him selfe shall establishe her

⁵ Beholde, I wyll send you Elias the prophete, before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lorde

³ For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght

⁹ But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee

⁵ And when he woulde haue put hym to death, he feared the people: because they counted hym as a prophete

²⁶ But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all [men] holde Iohn as a prophete

² As it hath ben written in the prophetes: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, whiche shall prepare thy waye before thee ³ A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse: Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde, and make his pathes strayght

³² But yf we shal say, of men, we feare the people. For all men counted Iohn, that he was a very prophete

¹⁶ And many of the chyldren of Israel, shall he turne to their Lorde God ¹⁷ And he shall go before hym, with the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make redy a perfect people for the Lorde

³² He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid

⁴ As it is writte in ye booke of the wordes of Esaias the prophete, saying: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernesse, prepare ye the way of ye Lorde, make his pathes strayght ⁵ Euery valley shalbe fylled, and euery mountayne & hyll shalbe brought lowe: And thynges that be croked, shalbe made strayght, and the rough wayes shalbe made playne ⁶ And all flesshe, shall see the saluation of God

²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee ²⁸ For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he

²³ He sayde: I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse, make strayght the way of the Lorde, as sayde the prophete Esaias

²⁷ He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose

²⁴ When Iohn had first preached before his commyng, the baptisme of repentaunce to all the people of Israel ²⁵ And when Iohn had fulfylled his course, he sayde: Whom ye thynke that I am, the same am I not. But behold, there commeth one after me, whose shoes of his feete I am not worthy to loose

³⁴ And from thencefoorth shall no man teache his neighbour or his brother, and say, Knowe the Lorde: but they shal all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest, saith the Lorde: for I wyll forgeue their misdeedes, and wyll neuer remember their sinnes any more

³ A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse: Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde, and make his pathes strayght ⁴ Iohn did baptize in the wyldernesse, and preached the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes

³ And he came into all the coastes about Iordane, preachyng the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes

⁶ And all flesshe, shall see the saluation of God

⁴⁷ Wherfore I say vnto thee, many sinnes are forgeuen her: for she loued much. To whom lesse is forgeuen, the same doth lesse loue ⁴⁸ And he sayde vnto her: thy sinnes are forgeuen thee ⁴⁹ And they that sate at meate with hym, began to say within them selues, Who is this that forgeueth sinnes also ⁵⁰ And he sayde to the woman: Thy fayth hath saued thee, go in peace

⁷ The same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of the lyght, that all men through hym myght beleue ⁸ He was not that lyght: but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght ⁹ That [lyght] was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde

¹⁵ Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me ¹⁶ And of his fulnesse haue all we receaued, and grace for grace ¹⁷ For the lawe was geuen by Moyses: but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe

²⁹ The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde

²⁷ Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen ²⁸ Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym ²⁹ He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled ³⁰ He must increace, but I must decreace ³¹ He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all ³² And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie ³³ He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true ³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym

³⁸ Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost

¹⁹ Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde

³¹ Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande, to be a prince and a sauiour, for to geue repentaunce to Israel, and forgeuenesse of sinnes

⁴³ To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse, that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall receaue remission of sinnes

³⁸ Be it knowen vnto you therfore, ye men & brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgeuenesse of sinnes ³⁹ And that by hym, all that beleue, are iustified from all thynges, from which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moyses

⁴ Then sayde Paul: Iohn veryly baptized with the baptisme of repentaunce, saying vnto the people, that they should beleue on hym which shoulde come after hym, that is, on Christe Iesus

²⁵ Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiatio, through fayth in his blood, to declare his ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past

⁶ Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes ⁷ Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen, & whose sinnes are couered ⁸ Blessed is that man to who the Lorde wyll not impute sinne

¹⁷ I shall see him, but not nowe, I shall beholde him, but not nigh: There shall come a starre of Iacob, and ryse a scepter of Israel, & shall smyte the coastes of Moab, and vndermine all the chyldren of Seth

⁶ (25:4) Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies & thy louyng kindnesse: for they haue ben for euer

¹ And there shall come a sprig foorth of the stemne of Esai, and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote

⁷ I wyll declare the goodnesse of the Lorde, yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs, for the great good that he hath done for Israel, whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauour, and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses

¹⁵ Loke downe then from heauen, and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie: Howe is it that thy gelousie, thy strength, the multitude of thy mercies, and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs

⁸ Heare O Iosua thou hie priest, thou & thy felowes that sit before thee, for they are monstruous persons: behold, I wyl bring foorth the braunche my seruaunt

¹² And speake vnto him, thus saith the lord of hoastes: Behold the man whose name is the braunche, & he shall growe vp out of his place, and he shal build vp the temple of the Lorde

² But to you that feare my name shall that sunne of righteousnesse aryse, and health shalbe vnder his winges: and ye shall go foorth and skippe lyke fatte calues

¹⁶ For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe

⁴ But God which is ryche in mercie, for his great loue wherwith he loued vs ⁵ Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, by grace are ye saued

¹⁴ Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght

⁸ For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Iesus Christe

¹ If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christe, yf any comfort of loue, if any felowship of ye spirite, yf any compassion and mercie

¹² Put on therfore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercie, kyndenesse, humblenesse of mynde, mekenesse, long sufferyng

¹⁹ We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes

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

⁹ In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde, that we myght lyue through hym ¹⁰ Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes

⁵ But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the [dimme] cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day

²² Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse

⁴ (23:3) Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I wyll feare no euyll: for thou art with me, thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me

⁸ (25:6) Gratious and ryghteous is God: therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way ⁹ (25:7) He wyll guide the meke in iudgement: and teache the humble his way ¹⁰ (25:8) All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth: vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies

¹² (25:10) What man is he that feareth God? [God] wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose

¹⁹ (44:18b) no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death

¹⁰ Mercy and trueth are met together: righteousnes and peace haue kissed [eche other. ¹¹ Trueth shall bud out of the earth: and ryghteousnes shall looke downe from heauen ¹² Yea, God shall geue all that is good: and our earth shall geue her encrease ¹³ [Euery man] shall cause righteousnes to go before him: and he shall direct his steppes in the way

¹⁰ (107:9) Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron

¹⁴ (107:13) For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder

¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable

²⁰ I wyll guyde thee in the way of righteousnes, and in the midst of the pathes of iudgement

² The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined

⁷ That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house

¹⁶ I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them

¹⁷ And thus saith the Lorde God thy redeemer, the holy one of Israel: I am the Lorde thy God which teache thee profitable thynges, and leade thee the way that thou shouldest go

²² As for the vngodly, they haue no peace, saith the Lorde

⁹ That thou mayest say vnto the prisoners, go foorth, and to them that are in darknesse, come into the lyght: they shall feede thee in the hye wayes, and get their pasture in all hye places

¹⁹ I make the fruites of thankesgeuing, that he may say, peace, peace, vnto the that are farre of, and to them that are nye saith the Lorde, I make hym whole ²⁰ But the wicked are lyke the raging sea that can not rest, whose water fometh with the mire and grauell ²¹ Euen so the wicked haue no peace, saith God

⁸ But the way of peace they know not, in their goinges is no equitie: their wayes are so crooked, that whosoeuer goeth therein knoweth of no peace

¹ Get thee vp betymes, and be bright [O Hierusalem] for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee ² For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee ³ The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee

⁶ They thought not in their heartes, where is the Lord that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt, that led vs thorowe the wildernesse, through a desert & rough lande, through a drye and deadly lande, yea a lande that no man had gone through, and wherin no man had dwelt

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lorde, Go into the streetes, consider and make inquisition for the olde way, and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may finde rest for your soules: but they say, we wyll not walke therin

¹⁶ The people, which sate in darknesse, sawe great lyght: And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death, lyght is sprong vp

²⁸ Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you ²⁹ Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules

³² A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel

⁹ That [lyght] was the true lyght, which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde

¹² Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, saying, I am the light of ye world: He that foloweth me, doth not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life

⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the lyght of the worlde

⁴⁶ I am come a lyght into ye worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, should not byde in darknesse

¹⁸ To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me

¹⁷ And they way of peace haue they not knowen

⁸ For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght

⁴ But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe ⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse

⁵ And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all ⁶ If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth ⁷ But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne

¹⁹ And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed ²⁰ And all Israel, from Dan to Beerseba, wyst that faythfull Samuel was the Lordes prophete

¹ In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying

⁷ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde

⁵² And Iesus increased in wisedome and stature, and in fauour with God & men

³¹ And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water