Proverbs 11 Cross References - Bishops

¹ A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him ² Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome ³ The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction ⁴ Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death ⁵ The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse ⁶ The righteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them: but the wicked shalbe taken in their owne vngodlynesse ⁷ When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe ⁸ The ryghteous shalbe delyuered out of trouble: and the vngodly shall come in his steade ⁹ The dissembler with his mouth hurteth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the iust be deliuered ¹⁰ When it goeth well with the ryghteous the citie is mery: and when the vngodly perishe there is gladnesse ¹¹ In the blessyng of the ryghteous the citie is exalted: but it is ouerthrowen by the mouth of the wicked ¹² A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace ¹³ A dissemblyng person wyll discouer priuie thynges: but he that is of a faythfull heart wyll kepe counsayle ¹⁴ Where no counsayle is, there the people decay: but wheras many are that can geue counsayle, there is wealth ¹⁵ He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretishyp is sure ¹⁶ A gratious woman getteth honour: but the strong men attayne riches ¹⁷ He that is mercifull, doth hym selfe a benefite: but who so hurteth his neyghbour, is a tiraunt ¹⁸ The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde ¹⁹ Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleaue vnto euyll, bryngeth death ²⁰ The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation ²¹ Though hand be ioyned in hande, yet the wicked shall not escape: but the seede of the ryghteous shalbe preserued ²² A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute ²³ The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation ²⁴ Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer: but the niggarde hauyng inough, wyll depart from nothyng, and yet is euer in pouertie ²⁵ He that is liberall in geuyng, shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also hym selfe ²⁶ Who so hoordeth vp his corne, shalbe cursed among the people: but blessyng shall lyght vpon his head that geueth foode ²⁷ He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym ²⁸ He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall: but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe ²⁹ Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise ³⁰ The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise ³¹ If the ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth: howe much more then the vngodly and the sinner

³⁵ Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure ³⁶ True balaunces, true wayghtes, a true Epha, and a true Hin shal ye haue: I am the Lorde your GOD whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small ¹⁴ Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small ¹⁵ But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee ¹⁶ For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God

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

¹⁰ Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde

²³ Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good

¹⁰ Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath ¹¹ The Ephah and the Bath shalbe alyke: one Bath shall containe the tenth parte of an Homer, and an Ephah the tenth part of an Homer: the equalitie thereof shalbe after the Homer ¹² The Sicle maketh twentie Gerrahs: & twentie Sicles, and twentie & fiue, and fifteene Sicles make a Maneh

⁷ [He is] Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse

⁵ Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite ⁶ That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate

¹⁰ Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable ¹¹ Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes

³⁴ As for the scornfull, doth he not laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly ³⁵ The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour

¹⁸ Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall ¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude

¹² Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie

²³ After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp

³⁰ And the king spake, & sayd: Is not this great Babylon that I haue buylt for the house of the kingdome by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie ³¹ Whyle these wordes were yet in the kinges mouth, there fell a voyce from heauen, saying: O king Nabuchodonozor, to thee be it spoken, Thy kingdome is departed from thee ³² And thou shalt be cast out of mens companie, thy dwelling shalbe with the beastes of the fielde: so that thou shalt eate grasse like oxen, and seuen times shal passe ouer thee, vntil thou knowest that the hyghest hath power vpon the kingdome of men, and geueth it vnto whom it pleaseth hym

⁸ When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng, syt not downe in the hyest rowme: lest a more honourable man then thou, be bydden of hym ⁹ And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme ¹⁰ But when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme, that when he that bad thee cometh, he may say vnto thee, friende syt vp hyer: Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee ¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

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

¹ As touching thinges offred vnto idols, we are sure yt we all haue knowledge. Knowledge maketh a man swell: but loue edifieth ² If any man thynke that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know

²¹ (25:19) Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe: for I haue wayted after thee

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

⁵ The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse

⁶ Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner

³ The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde

⁷ The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right

¹⁸ Whoso leadeth an innocent life, shalbe saued: but he that goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall

¹⁷ Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe, lest thou die before thy time

²⁸ But the transgressours, and the vngodly, and such as forsake the Lorde, shall altogether be vtterly destroyed

¹⁷ Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe

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

¹⁸ And seeing there is wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee ¹⁹ Thinkest thou that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, nor for all them that excell in strength

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches ⁷ But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym ⁸ (49:8a) For the redemption of their soule is very costly, and must be let alone for euer

² Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death

²⁸ In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life: & in the same way there is no death

¹⁹ Their siluer shall they cast foorth in the streetes, and their golde shalbe dispised: yea their siluer and golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lorde, they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fyll their bellyes therwith, because it was a stumblyng blocke of their iniquitie

¹⁸ Neither their siluer nor their gold shalbe able to deliuer them in that wrothful day of the Lorde, but the who e lande shalbe consumed thorowe the fire of his ielousie: for he shall soone make cleane riddaunce of all them that dwell in the lande

²⁶ For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule

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

¹⁷ For yf by the sinne of one, death raigned by the meanes of one: much more they, whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace, and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes, shall raigne in life by the meanes of one, Iesus Christe

⁸ For bodyly exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges, hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe, and of that which is to come

²³ And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsel was not folowed, he sadled his Asse, and arose and gate him home to his owne house, and to his owne citie, & put his housholde in order, and hanged him selfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father

³ And Esther the queene aunswered, and saide: If I haue found grace in thy sight O king, and if it please the king, then graunt me my lyfe at my desire, and my people for my petitions sake ⁴ For we are solde I and my people to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to perishe: And would God that we were solde to be bondmen and bondwomen, then would I holde my tongue: although the enemie coulde not recompence the kinges losse ⁵ The king Ahasuerus aunswered and saide vnto queene Esther: Who is he? And where is he, that dare presume in his minde to do after that maner ⁶ And Esther saide: the enemie and aduersarie is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was exceedingly afrayde before the king and the queene ⁷ And the king arose from the bancket and from the wine in his displeasure, and went into the palace garden: And Haman stoode vp, and besought queene Esther for his lyfe: for he saw that there was a mischiefe prepared for him of the king alreadie ⁸ And when the king came againe out of the palace garde into the place where they dranke wine: Haman had layde him vpon the bed that Esther sate vpon. Then saide the king: wil he force the queene also before me in the house? As soone as that worde went out of the kinges mouth, they couered Hamans face ⁹ And Harbona one of the chamberlaynes that stoode before the king, said: Beholde, there standeth yet a galous in Hamans house, fiftie cubites hye, which he had made for Mardocheus, that spake good for the king. Then the king saide, Hang him thereon ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus: Then was the kinges wrath pacified

¹⁵ The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made: their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily [for other. ¹⁶ God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed: the vngodly is trapped in ye worke of his owne handes, this ought to be considered alwayes. Selah

³¹ Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions ³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them

⁶ In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges

²² The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped

³ The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction

⁴ Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that ⁵ And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged hym selfe

³³ So shall my ryghteousnes aunswere for me in time to come: for it shal come for my rewarde before thy face. And euery one that is not specked and partie amongst the goates, & blacke amongst the sheepe, let it be compted theft in me

³⁷ Thou hast tossed vp all my stuffe, and what hast thou founde of all thy householde stuffe? put it here before thy brethren and my brethren, that they may iudge betwixt vs both

³ Beholde here I am, beare recorde of me before the Lorde & before his annoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any bribe, to blind myne eyes therwith? and I will restore it you ⁴ They sayde: Thou hast done vs no wrong, nor hurt vs, neither hast thou taken ought of any mans hande

³² And the Lorde shall bring his blood vpon his owne head: for he smote two men righteouser and better then he, and slue them with the sworde, my father Dauid not knowing therof, euen Abner the sonne of Ner captayne of the hoast of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captayne of the hoast of Iuda ³³ Their blood shal therfore returne vpon the head of Ioab, & on the head of his seede for euer: But vpon Dauid, & vpon his seed, & vpon his house, & vpo his seat shall there be peace for euer of the Lord

⁴⁴ The king sayde moreoeur to Semei: Thou remembrest all the wickednesse which thyne heart knoweth, and that thou diddest to Dauid my father: the Lorde also shall bring thy wickednesse vpon thyne owne head

¹⁵ He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made ¹⁶ For his labour shall come vpon his owne head: and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate

⁸ But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym

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

¹³ So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught ¹⁴ His confidence shalbe destroyed, and his trust shalbe a spiders webbe

²⁰ As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde

⁴ Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde

²⁸ The patient abydyng of the righteous shalbe turned to gladnesse: but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe

³² The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death

⁹ Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee, I am a God? where as thou art but a man, and not God, in the handes of them that slay thee

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

¹⁸ The vngodly shalbe a raunsome for the righteous: and the wicked for the iust

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

²³ Then was the king exceeding glad for him, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne: So Daniel was brought out of ye denne, & no maner of hurt was founde vpon him, for he put his trust in his God ²⁴ And as for those men which had accused Daniel, the king commaunded to bring them, & to cast them into the lions denne, them, their children, & their wyues: so the lions had the maisterie of them, and brake all their bones asunder or euer they came at the grounde of the denne

¹⁸ He saide vnto him: I am a prophet also as well as thou, and an angell spake vnto me in the word of the Lorde, saying: Bryng him againe with thee into thyne house, that he may eate bread, & drinke water. [And] he lyed vnto him ¹⁹ And so he went againe with him, and did eate bread in his house, and drancke water ²⁰ And it fortuned, that as they sat at the table, the word of the Lorde came vnto the prophet that brought him againe ²¹ And he cryed vnto the man of God that came from Iuda, saying, Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde, and hast not kept the commaundement which the Lorde thy God commaunded thee ²² But camest backe againe, and hast eaten bread, & druncke water in the place concerning the which the Lorde did say vnto thee, Thou shalt eate no bread, nor dryncke no water: thy carkasse shall not come vnto the sepulchre of thy fathers

⁶ And then the king of Israel gathered the prophetes together, vpon a foure hundred men, & sayde vnto them: Shall I go against Ramoth [in] Gilead to battayle, or shall I let it alone? And they sayde, Go vp: for the Lorde shall deliuer it into the handes of the king

²⁰ And the Lorde sayde: Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go and fall at Ramoth [in] Gilead? And one sayde on this maner, and another on that ²¹ And there came foorth a certayne spirite, and stoode before the Lorde, and sayde: I will persuade him. And the Lorde sayde vnto him: Wherwith ²² And he sayde: I will go out, and be a false spirite in the mouth of all his prophetes. He sayde, Thou shalt persuade him and preuayle: Go foorth then, & do euen so ²³ Nowe therefore beholde the Lorde hath put a lying spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophetes, and the Lorde hath spoken euyll towarde thee

¹³ So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught

³⁰ Because the hypocrite doth raigne, because the people are snared

¹² Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour, for then I coulde haue borne it: neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me, for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him

²⁰ He layde his handes vpon such as be at peace with him: and he brake his couenaunt ²¹ The [wordes] of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very swordes

¹⁰ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge ¹¹ Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee ¹² That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges ¹³ From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse, to walke in the wayes of darknesse ¹⁴ Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll ¹⁵ Whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in their pathes ¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes

⁵ Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life ²⁴ That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman

¹⁵ Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in sheepes clothyng: but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes

⁵ But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that [is offered] of me, thou shalt be helped ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition ⁷ Hypocrites, full well dyd Esayas prophecie of you, saying ⁸ This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lippes: howbeit, their hearts are farre from me ⁹ But in vayne do they worshippe me, teachyng doctrine, preceptes of men ¹⁰ And he called the people to hym, and sayde vnto them: heare, & vnderstande ¹¹ That which goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man ¹² Then came his disciples, and sayde vnto hym: knowest thou not, that the Pharisees were offended after they hearde this saying ¹³ But he aunswered and sayde: Euery plantyng which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe rooted vp ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dytche

¹⁴ Moreouer, when ye see the abhomination of desolation, wherof is spoken by Daniel the prophete, stande where it ought not (let hym that readeth vnderstande) then let them that be in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes

²² For false Christes, and false prophetes shall ryse, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceaue, yf it were possible, euen the elect ²³ But take ye heede: Beholde, I haue shewed you all thynges before

³⁰ Also of your owne selues shall men aryse, speakyng peruerse thynges, to drawe disciples after them

¹³ For such false Apostles [are] disceiptfull workers, transfourmed into ye Apostles of Christe ¹⁴ And no maruayle, for Satan himselfe is transfourmed into an angel of lyght ¹⁵ Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes

¹³ Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth, and knowledge of the sonne of God, vnto a perfect man, vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe ¹⁴ That we hencefoorth be no more children, wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine, in the wylynesse of men, in craftynesse, to the laying wayte of deceyte

⁸ And then shall that wicked be reuealed, whom the Lorde shall consume with the spirite of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightnesse of his commyng ⁹ [Euen hym] whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan, in all power & signes, and wonders, of lying ¹⁰ And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse, in them that peryshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued

¹ Nowe the spirite speaketh euidently, that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth, geuing heede vnto spirites of errour, & doctrines of deuyls ² Which speake false in hypocrisie, hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron ³ Forbidding to marrie [& commaunding] to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes, of them whiche beleue, and knowe the trueth

¹ There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation ² And many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euyll spoken of ³ And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not

¹⁶ Yea almost in euery epistle, speakyng of such thinges: among which, are manye thynges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures, vnto their owne destruction ¹⁷ Ye therfore beloued, seyng ye be warned afore hande, beware lest ye with other men be also plucked away through the errour of the wicked, and fall from your owne stedfastnesse ¹⁸ But growe in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe, to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer. Amen

²¹ I haue not written vnto you, as though ye knewe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lye is of the trueth

²⁷ And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you: And ye nede not that any man teach you, but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges, and it is true, and not lying: and as it taught you, ye shall abyde in it

²¹ And Miriam sang before them: Sing ye vnto the Lorde, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he ouerthrowen in the sea

³¹ So perishe all thine enemies, O Lord: But they that loue him, let them be as ye sunne whan he ryseth in his myght. And the lande had rest fourtie yeres

¹⁵ And Mardocheus went out from the king in royall apparell, of yelowe and white, & with a great crowne of golde, being arayed with a garment of silke and purple: and the citie of Susan reioysed and was glad ¹⁶ And vnto the Iewes there was come light and gladnesse, ioy and worship

²³ Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place

¹⁰ (58:9) The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce: he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly ¹¹ (58:10) And euery man shall say, veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous: doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth

¹² When righteous men do reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tryed

²⁸ When the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hide themselues: but when they perishe, the ryghteous encrease

¹ And after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, saying Alleluia: Saluation, and glory, and honour, and power, be ascribed to the Lorde our God ² For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt ye earth with her fornication, and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande ³ And agayne they sayde Alleluia: and her smoke rose vp for euermore ⁴ And the xxiiij. elders & the foure beastes fell downe, & worshipped God that sate on the throne, saying Amen, Alleluia 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 ⁶ And I hearde the voyce of much people, euen as the voyce of many waters, and as the voyce of strong thundringes, saying, Alleluia: for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth ⁷ Let vs be glad, & reioyce, & geue honor to hym: for the mariage of the lambe is come, & his wyfe made her selfe redy

³⁸ Then saide Pharao vnto his seruauntes: May there be founde a man suche as this is, in whom the spirite of God is ³⁹ And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee ⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordyng to thy worde shall all my people be ruled: only in the [kynges] seate wyll I be aboue thee ⁴¹ And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue set thee ouer all the lande of Egypt ⁴² And Pharao toke of his ryng from his hande, and put it vpon Iosephes hande: & arayed him in cloth of raynes, & put a golden cheyne about his necke

⁸ So nowe, it was not ye that sent me hyther, but God whiche hath made me a father to Pharao, and lorde of all his house, and ruler throughout all the lande of Egypt

¹ When there came thither a certaine man of Belial, named Seba, the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini, he blew a trumpet, and said: we haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: euery man to his tentes, O Israel

²⁰ But Hezekia the king, and the prophet Esai the sonne of Amos prayed against that [blasphemie,] and cried vp to heauen ²¹ And the Lord sent an angel, which destroyed all the men of warre and the lordes and captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians, that he turned his face againe with shame towarde his owne lande: And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came of his owne body slue him there with the sworde ²² And so the Lorde saued Hezekia and the inhabiters of Hierusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians, and from the hande of all other, and mayntayned them on euery side

⁸ And Haman sayde vnto king Ahasuerus: There is here a people scattred abrode, and dispearsed among all people in all the prouinces of thyne empire, and their lawes are diuers from all people, and do not after the kinges lawes, therefore it is not the kinges profite to suffer them after this maner ⁹ If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and so wyll I waye downe ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this busines, to bring it into the kinges treasurie ¹⁰ And the king toke his ring from his hand, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite, the Iewes enemie ¹¹ And the king saide vnto Haman: Let the siluer be thyne, & do with that people as it pleaseth thee ¹² Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth, & there was written according as Haman commaunded vnto all the kinges officers, and to the captaynes that were ouer euery prouince, and to the rulers of euery people in the countryes on euery side according to the writing therof, and to euery nation after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus was it writen, and sealed with the kinges ring ¹³ { And the letters were sent by postes into all the kinges prouinces, to roote out, to kill, and to destroy all Iewes both young and olde, children and women in one day [namely] vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth (which is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle the as a pray} ¹⁴ This was the summe of the writing, that there should be a commaundement geuen in al prouinces, and published vnto all people, that they should be redy against the same day ¹⁵ And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement, and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised: And the king and Haman sate and dranke, when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted

¹ In the twelfth moneth (that is the moneth Adar) vpo the thirteenth day of the same, when the kinges worde and commaundement drue neare to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer the, it turned contrary: for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them ² For then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hande on such as woulde do them euill, and no man could withstand them: for the feare of them was come ouer all people ³ And all the rulers in the prouinces, and princes, and deputies, and officers of the king, promoted the Iewes: for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them ⁴ For Mardocheus was great in the kinges house, & the reporte of him was noysed in all the prouinces: for this man Mardocheus waxed greater and greater ⁵ Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, & did what they would vnto their enemies ⁶ And at Susan the chiefe citie slue the Iewes, & destroyed fiue hundred men ⁷ And slue Pharsandatha, Dalphon, Asphatha ⁸ Phoratha, Adalia, Aridatha ⁹ Pharmastha, Arisai, Aridai, and Uaizatha ¹⁰ The ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadata the enemie of the Iewes: but on his goodes they layed no handes ¹¹ At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slaine in the citie of Susan ¹² And the king saide vnto queene Esther: The Iewes haue slaine and destroyed fiue hundred men in the citie of Susan, and the ten sonnes of Haman: What haue they done [thinkest thou] in other landes of the king? And what is thy petition, that it may be geuen thee? or what requirest thou more to be done ¹³ Esther aunswered: If it please the king, let him suffer the Iewes which are in Susan, to morow also to do according vnto this dayes decree, that they may hang Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree ¹⁴ And the king charged to do so: and the decree was deuised at Susan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes ¹⁵ For the Iewes that were in Susan gathered them selues together, vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and slue three hundred men at Susan: but on their goodes they layed no handes ¹⁶ As for the other Iewes that were in the kinges prouinces, they came together and stoode for their liues, & had rest from their enemies, & slue of their enemies seuentie and fiue thousand: howbeit they layed no handes on their goodes

³⁰ The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande: it shalbe preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes

³⁴ Righteousnesse setteth vp the people: but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull

⁸ Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath

¹⁵ And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man

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

²⁷ And they went out into the fieldes, and gathered in their grapes, & trode them, and made mery, & went into the house of their god, and dyd eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech ²⁸ And Gaal the sonne of Obed sayde: what is Abimelech? & what is Sichem, that we shoulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierobaal? & Zebul is his officer? Serue such as come of Hemor the father of Sichem: for what reason is it that we shoulde serue him ²⁹ Woulde God this people were vnder my hande, then would I take Abimelech out of ye way. And he spake against Abimelech: Make thine hoast greater, and go out

³⁸ Then sayd Zebul vnto him: Where is nowe thy mouth that said, what felowe is Abimelech, that we should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despysed? Go out now & fight with the

²⁷ But the children of Belial sayd: Howe shall he saue vs? And they despised him, and, brought him no presentes: And he helde his tongue

³⁶ But the people held their peace, and aunswered not him a word: for the king had commaunded, saying: Aunswere hym not

² And sayde before his brethren and the souldiers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? will the [heathen] suffer them? shall they offer? shal they perfourme it in one day? shal they make the stones whole againe that are brought to dust and brent ³ And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and sayde: Though they buyld, yet if a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe their stony wall ⁴ Heare O thou our God, for we are despised, turne their shame vpon their owne head, & geue them ouer into despising in the lande of their captiuitie

³ Haue mercy vpon vs O God, haue mercy vpon vs: for we haue suffered enough of dispite ⁴ Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy: and with the dispitefulnes of the proude

¹⁹ Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse

²¹ Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore

¹⁴ All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym

⁹ And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other

⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym ⁴⁹ But this [common] people which know not the lawe, are cursed ⁵⁰ Nicodemus sayth vnto the, he that came to Iesus by nyght, and was one of them ⁵¹ Doth our lawe iudge any man, before it heare hym, and knowe what he hath done ⁵² They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search & loke: For out of Galilee aryseth no prophete

²³ Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde

¹⁴ And the men aunswered her: Our lyues for you to dye, yf ye vtter not this our busynesse. And when the Lorde hath geuen vs the lande, we wyll deale mercyfully and truely with thee

²⁰ And if thou vtter these our wordes, we wilbe quite of thy oth which thou hast made vs sweare

¹⁷ And at the same time were there many of the chiefe of Iuda whose letters wente vnto Tobia, and againe from Tobia vnto them ¹⁸ For there were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Sechania, the sonne of Arah, and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Mesullam the sonne of Barachia ¹⁹ And they spake good of him before me, and tolde him my wordes: and Tobia sent letters to put me in feare

⁵ A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye

¹⁹ The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips

⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another

²⁰ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth ²¹ As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce ²² A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body

²⁷ Then came all the princes vnto Ieremie, and asked hym: and he tolde them after the maner as the kyng bad hym. Then they helde their peace, and let hym alone: for they perceaued nothyng

¹³ They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely

¹ And Rehoboam went to Siche: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him king ² And when Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche was yet in Egypt, heard of it: for he fled to Egypt from the presence of king Solomon, and dwelt in Egypt ³ So they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the congregation of Is-Israel came, & spake vnto Rehoboam, saying ⁴ Thy father made our yocke greeuous, nowe therfore make thou the greenous seruice of thy father and his sore yocke whiche he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee ⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Depart yet for the space of three dayes, and then come againe to me. And the people departed ⁶ And king Rehoboam toke counsel with the olde men that stoode before Solomon his father, while he yet lyued, and sayd: What counsel geue ye, that I may haue matter to aunswere this people ⁷ And they sayd vnto him: If thou be a seruaunt vnto this people this day, and folowe their mindes, and aunswere them, & speake kinde wordes to them, they will be thy seruauntes for euer ⁸ But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him, and called vnto his counsel young men, that were growe vp with him and wayted on him ⁹ And he sayde vnto them: What counsell geue ye, that we may aunswere this people? for they haue communed with me, saying: Make the yocke whiche thy father did put vpon vs, lighter ¹⁰ And ye young men that were growen vp with him, spake vnto him, saying: Thus shalt thou speake vnto this people that haue sayd vnto thee, thy father made our yocke heauy, but make thou it vs lighter: Euen thus shalt thou say vnto them, My litle finger shalbe wayghtier then my father was in the loynes ¹¹ And nowe where as my father did lade you & put a greeuous yocke vpon you, I will make it heauier: My father hath chastised you with roddes, but I will correct you with scourges ¹² And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the thirde day, as the king had appoynted, saying, Come to me againe the thirde day ¹³ And the king aunswered the people churlishly, and left the old mens counsel that they gaue him ¹⁴ And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yocke greeuous, and I will make it greeuouser: My father also chastised you with roddes, but I will chastise you with scourges ¹⁵ And the king hearkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinaunce of God, that he might perfourme his saying, whiche the Lord spake by Ahia the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat ¹⁶ And so when all Israel sawe that the king regarded them not, the people aunswered the king with these wordes, saying: What portion haue we in Dauid? we haue no inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: To your tentes O Israel, nowe see to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto their tentes ¹⁷ Howebeit, ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raigne still ¹⁸ The king Rehoboam sent Aduram the receauer of the tribute, and all they of Israel stoned him to death: But king Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet, and to flee to Hierusalem ¹⁹ And they of Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid, vnto this day

²² Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught: but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle, there is stedfastnesse

²² Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse

¹⁸ Thorowe counsayle, the thinges that men deuise are made strong: and with good aduise take warre in hande

⁶ For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health

¹¹ But you foolishe princes of Zoan, ye wise counsaylers of Pharao, whose wit is turned to foolishnesse, howe say ye vnto Pharao, I am come of wise men and of auncient kinges ¹² Where are thy wise men? Let them tell thee yf they can, what the Lorde of hoastes hath deuised vpon Egypt ¹³ The princes of Zoan are become fooles, the princes of Noph are deceaued, they haue deceaued Egypt, euen they that were taken for the chiefe stay therof ¹⁴ In the middest of it hath the Lorde powred the spirite of wickednesse: and they haue deceaued Egypt in euery worke therof, euen as a drunken man staggereth in his vomite

⁶ And the Apostles and elders came together, for to consider of this matter ⁷ And when there had ben much disputyng, Peter rose vp, and sayde vnto the: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how that a good while ago, God did chose among vs, that the gentiles by my mouth, shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel, and beleue ⁸ And God whiche knoweth the heartes, bare them witnesse, and gaue vnto them the holy ghost, euen as he dyd vnto vs ⁹ And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth ¹⁰ Nowe therfore, why tempt ye God, to put on the disciples neckes, the yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare ¹¹ But we beleue, that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe, we shalbe saued, euen as they ¹² Then all the multitude was scilent, and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul, which tolde what signes and wonders, God had shewed among the gentiles by them ¹³ And when they helde their peace, Iames aunswered, saying: Men and brethren, hearken vnto me ¹⁴ Simeon tolde, howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite, to receaue of the gentiles, a people in his name ¹⁵ And to this agree the wordes of the prophetes, as it is written ¹⁶ After this I wyll returne, and wyll buylde agayne the tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe: and that which is fallen in decay of it, wyll I buylde agayne, and I wyll set it vp ¹⁷ That the residue of men myght seke after the Lorde, and all the gentiles vpon whom my name is called, sayth the Lorde, which doth all these thynges ¹⁸ Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde ¹⁹ Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the gentiles, are turned to God ²⁰ But that we write vnto them, that they absteyne themselues from fylthynesse of idols, and fro fornication, and from strangled, and from blood ²¹ For Moyses of olde tyme, hath in euery citie, them that preache hym in the synagogues, when he is read euery Sabboth day

¹ My sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour, and hast fastened thyne hande for another man ² Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach ³ Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate [thy creditour. ⁴ Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber ⁵ Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler

¹⁸ Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole

¹⁶ Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes ²⁷ For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee

³² And Dauid said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meete me ³³ Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande

¹⁶ Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie, heare, heare, I pray you say vnto Ioab: Come hither that I may speake with thee ¹⁷ When Ioab was come vnto her, the woman saide: Art thou Ioab? He aunswered: I am he. She saide vnto him: Heare the wordes of thyne handmayd. And he aunswered: I do heare ¹⁸ Then she spake thus: They spake in the olde tyme, saying, They should aske of Abel: And so haue they continued ¹⁹ I am one of them that are peaceable & faithfull in Israel, and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: Why wilt thou deuour the inheritaunce of the Lorde ²⁰ And Ioab aunswered, and sayd: God forbyd, God forbid it me that I should either deuour, or destroy ²¹ The matter is not so: But a man of mount Ephraim (Seba the sonne of Bichri by name) hath lyft vp his hand against the king, euen against Dauid: Delyuer vs him onely, & I wyll depart from the citie. And the woman said vnto Ioab: Behold, his head shalbe throwen to thee ouer the wall ²² And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they smote of the head of Seba ye sonne of Bichri, and cast it out to Ioab: And he blew a trumpet, & they retyred from the citie, euery man to his tent: And Ioab returned to Hierusalem, vnto the king

²⁵ But when Esther came before the king, he commaunded by letters that his wicked deuice which he imagined against the Iewes, should be turned vpon his owne head, and that he and his sonnes should be hanged on the tree

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

¹³ Ueryly I say vnto you, wheresoeuer this Gospell shalbe preached in the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be tolde for a memoriall of her

³ And Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa Herodes stewarde, and Susanna, & many other which ministred vnto hym of their substaunce

⁴² Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her

²¹ When a strong man armed, kepeth his palace, ye thynges that he possesseth are in peace ²² But whe a stronger then he commeth vpon hym, and ouercommeth hym, he taketh from him all his harnesse, wherin he trusted, and deuideth his goodes

² He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites ³ And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all ⁴ For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had

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

¹⁴ And a certayne woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, gaue vs audience: Whose hearte the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake ¹⁵ And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs

² That ye receaue her in the Lorde, as it becommeth saintes, and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you: For she hath suckoured many, and my selfe also ³ Greete Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu ⁴ (Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes: Unto whom, not onlye I geue thankes, but also all the Churches of the gentiles

⁶ Greete Marie, which bestowed much labour on vs

¹ The elder to the elect Lady & her chyldren, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I only, but also all that haue knowen ye trueth

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them ²⁰ Because he could not perceaue when his belly was well, through his greedie desire he shall not escape ²¹ There shall none of his meate be left, therefore shall no man loke for his goodes ²² When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side ²³ And it shall come to passe, that wherewith he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath theron, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate

¹ Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble ² God wyll preserue hym & kepe him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and [thou O God] wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies ³ God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed: thou [O God] wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse ⁴ I sayde, O God be mercifull vnto me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned agaynst thee

⁴ There ariseth vp light in the darknes: vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful, and louing, and righteous ⁵ A good man is mercyfull and lendeth: he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion ⁶ For he shalbe neuer moued: and the righteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce ⁷ He wyll not be afraide of any euyll tidinges: his heart is setled, he beleueth in God ⁸ His heart is strengthened, he will not feare: vntyll he seeth [a mischiefe to fall] vpon his enemies ⁹ He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory

²⁷ The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue

⁸ There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: [yet saith he not] for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng

⁷ The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore ⁸ But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion

¹ The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart: good godly people are taken away, & no man considereth it, namely, that the righteous is conueyed away from the wicked

⁷ To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe ⁸ Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee ⁹ Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking ¹⁰ If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie, and refreshest the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone day ¹¹ The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running ¹² Then the places that haue euer ben waste, shalbe builded of thee, there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kinredes: Thou shalt be called the maker vp of the breache, and the buylder agayne of the way to dwell in

²⁷ Wherfore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable vnto thee, and breake of thy sinnes by righteousnesse, and thyne iniquities by mercie towarde the poore: lo, let there be a healing of thyne errour

⁷ Blessed (are) the mercyfull: for they shall obteyne mercy

¹⁴ For, yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses, your heauenly father shall also forgeue you ¹⁵ But, yf ye forgeue not men theyr trespasses: no more shall your father, forgeue [you] your trespasses

³⁴ Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me ³⁷ Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke ³⁸ When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ³⁹ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me

³⁸ Geue, and it shalbe geuen vnto you: good measure, pressed downe, & shaken together, and runnyng ouer, shall men geue into your bosomes. For with the same measure that ye meate withall, shall other men meate to you agayne

⁶ This yet [I say] he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie ⁷ Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes ⁹ As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer ¹⁰ He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse ¹¹ That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God ¹² For the administration of this seruice, not only supplieth ye neede of the saintes: but also is aboundaunt by the thankes geuyng of many vnto God ¹³ Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men ¹⁴ And by their prayers for you, which long after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you

¹⁷ Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt

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

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

¹³ Saying: This is the portion that the wicked haue of God, and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread ¹⁵ His remnaunt shalbe buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe ¹⁶ Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay ¹⁷ He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money ¹⁸ He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh ¹⁹ When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered [to his fathers,] they opened their eyes, and he was gone ²⁰ Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season ²¹ A vehement east winde caryeth him hence, and he departeth: a storme hurleth him out of his place ²² God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande ²³ Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place

⁵ (126:6) They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy ⁶ (126:7) He that goeth foorth on his way, and wepyng beareth pretious seede: shall doubtlesse returning, come againe with a ioyfull noyse, bryngyng his sheaues with hym

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

⁸ He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle

⁵ They breede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe, who so eateth of their egges, dyeth: but if one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent ⁶ Their webbe maketh no cloth, and they may not couer them with their labours: their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse, and the worke of robberie is in their handes ⁷ Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their counsels are wicked counsels, harme and destruction are in their wayes 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

¹² Sowe to your selues in righteousnesse, and reape the fruites of well doyng, plowe vp your freshe lande: for it is tyme to seeke the Lorde tyll he come and rayne righteousnesse vpon you ¹³ For you haue plowed vngodlinesse, ye haue reaped iniquitie, you haue eaten the fruite of lyes, because thou puttest thy confidence in thine owne wayes, and leanest to the multitude of thy strong men

⁸ For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng ⁹ Let vs not be weery in well doyng: for in due season we shall reape, yf we faynt not

²² To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error

¹⁸ Yea, and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of the that make peace

¹⁶ For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood ¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes ¹⁸ So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues ¹⁹ Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof

²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished ²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon

³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death

¹⁶ The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to lyfe: but the fruites of the vngodly, to sinne

⁴ Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death

²³ The feare of the Lord [bringeth a man] to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague

³⁵ But in euery nation, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghteousnes, is accepted with hym

⁸ But vnto them that are contentious, & that do not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes [shall come] indignation, and wrath ⁹ Tribulation, and anguishe, vpon euery soule of man that doeth euyll, of the Iewe first, and also of the Greke

²³ For the rewarde of sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde

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

¹⁰ In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother

¹⁷ I wot also my God that thou tryest the heartes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse, & in the vnfaonednesse of myne heart I haue wyllingly offered al these thinges: And now haue I seene thy people which are founde here to offer vnto thee wyllyngly, and with gladnesse

⁷ For God most righteous, loueth righteousnes: his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust

²⁵ (18:24) With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect ²⁶ (18:25) With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde

⁶ Neuerthelesse, lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes [of me]: & [therfore] thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete [part of myne heart.

¹ Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God

¹³ Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name: they that deale vprightlye shall dwell before thy face

¹⁴ He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde

¹⁶ These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth ¹⁷ A proude loke, a lying tongue, handes that shed innocent blood ¹⁸ An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe ¹⁹ A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren

¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre

⁷ Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe

²² The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym

⁸ The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule

²⁹ An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way

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

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

²⁶ The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed

¹ Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes ² His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed

²² He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust

⁵ The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished

⁴ There is no displeasure in me, els when the vineyarde bringeth me foorth bryers and thornes I woulde go thorowe it by warre, and burne it vp together

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

³⁹ For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call

⁴⁷ And I asked her, saying: whose daughter art thou? She answered: the daughter of Bethuel Nachors sonne, whom Milcha bare vnto hym: and I put the earring vpon her face, and the bracelettes vpon her handes

¹⁰ And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid

¹³ A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge

³⁰ As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed

¹⁵ But thou hast put thy confidence in thyne owne beautie, and played the harlot because of thy renowne, and hast powred out thy fornications with euery one that went by, thou wast his ¹⁶ Thou didst take thy garmentes, and deckt thy hye places with diuers colours, and played the harlot thervpon, they come not, and it shall not be ¹⁷ The goodly iewels whiche I gaue thee of mine owne golde and siluer, hast thou taken and made thee mens images therof, and committed whordome with them ¹⁸ Thy broidred garmentes hast thou taken, and deckt them therewith: myne oyle and incense hast thou set before them ¹⁹ My meate whiche I gaue thee, as fine floure, oyle and hony to feede the withall, that hast thou set before them for a sweete sauour: and thus it was saith the Lorde God ²⁰ Thou hast taken thyne owne sonnes and daughters whom thou hast begotten vnto me, and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be deuoured: is this but a small whordome of thyne ²¹ And thou hast slayne my chyldren, and deliuered them, to cause them to passe [through the fire] for them ²² And yet in all thyne abhominations and whordomes, thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, howe naked and bare thou wast at that tyme, and wast defiled in thyne owne blood

⁴ Because of the manyfolde fornication of the beautifull harlot, ful of charmes, that selles nations by the meanes of her whordome, and the people through her charminges ⁵ Lo I against thee sayth the Lorde of hoastes, and will turne vp thy skirtes ouer thy face, and wil shewe the gentiles thy fylth, and kingdomes thy shame ⁶ And will cast vpon thee abominable filth, and wil bring thee downe, and wil make thee as vile as doung

³ Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere, & hanging on of gold, eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel ⁴ But let the hid man whiche is in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet, whiche [spirite] is before god a thing much set by

²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe: The dogge is tourned to his owne vomite againe, and the sowe that was wasshed, is turned againe to her wallowyng in the myre

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

⁴ I haue desired one thyng of God, whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require: euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautifulnes of God, and to seeke [it] in his temple

⁴ Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire

⁷ And nowe Lord what wayte I after? truely my hope is euen in thee ⁸ Delyuer me from all my offences: and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe

⁵ I wishe that my wayes were directed: for to kepe thy statutes

¹⁰ (119:2) I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes

⁷ When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone: the confidence of riches shall perishe

⁹ My soule hath longed for thee all the night, and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning: For when thy iudgementes are in the earth, the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse

¹⁶ Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde, & haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well: my wordes also were ryght before thee

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

²⁷ But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement, and violent fire, whiche shall deuour the aduersaries

¹⁰ Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to

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

¹⁸ The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde

¹⁷ He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne

⁸ He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore

¹ Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes ² Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth

⁶ Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better

⁶ Ye haue sowen much, but ye bryng litle in: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye cloth you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge

⁹ Ye loked for much, and lo it came to litle, and when ye brought it home, I dyd blowe vpon it: and why, sayth the Lord of hoastes? because of my house that is waste, and you run euery man into his his owne house ¹⁰ Therfore vpon you the heauen is stayed from deawe, & the earth is stayed from yeelding her increase ¹¹ And I haue called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaynes, and vpon the corne, & vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, and vpon al that the ground bringeth foorth, vpon men, & vpon cattel, and vpon all the labour of the handes

¹⁶ Before these thinges [were done] when one came to a heape of twentie [measures] there were but ten: so who came to the wyne presse for to drawe out fiftie [vessels of wyne] out of the presse, there were but twentie ¹⁷ I smote you with blasting, and with mildeawe, and with hayle, in all the worke of your handes, and you turned not vnto me, sayth the Lorde ¹⁸ Consider nowe in your mindes from this day, and afore, from the foure and twentie day of the nynth [moneth,] vnto the day that the foundation of the lordes temple was layde, consider it in your mindes ¹⁹ Is the seede yet in the barne? as yet the vines, and the figge tree, and the pomegranate, & the oliue tree hath not brought foorth: from this day will I blesse [you.

²⁹ Then the disciples, euery man accordyng to his abilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie ³⁰ Which thyng they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul

⁵ Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng ⁶ This yet [I say] he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie ⁷ Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes ⁹ As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer ¹⁰ He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse ¹¹ That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God

¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne ¹⁵ I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame ¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently ¹⁷ I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth ¹⁸ Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest: and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande

¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe

²⁷ He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke: but he that hydeth his eyes from them, shall haue many a curse

⁸ But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion

⁷ To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe ⁸ Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee ⁹ Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking ¹⁰ If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie, and refreshest the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone day ¹¹ The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running

³⁴ Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in

⁶ This yet [I say] he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie ⁷ Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes ⁹ As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer

⁶ And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him

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

²⁴ He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him

⁴ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galous that he had made for Mardocheus: Then was the kinges wrath pacified

² The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: [but euery one] of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined

⁶ They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah

¹¹ A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym

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

²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde, thou art my confidence ²⁵ Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much

³ And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goodes: and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches

⁷ [Saying] lo this is the man that put not the Lorde [to be] his strength: but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse ⁸ As for me I am lyke a greene oliue tree in the house of the Lorde: my trust is in the tender mercy of the Lorde for euer and euer

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

¹² The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree: and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus ¹³ Such as be planted in the house of God: shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde ¹⁴ They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age: they shalbe fat and florishyng

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

²¹ Thy people shalbe all righteous and possesse the lande euer, the floure of my planting, the worke of my hands wherof I wyll reioyce

⁸ For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite

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

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

³⁰ But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed

²⁴ And Iosuah toke Achan the sonne of Zareth, and the siluer, and the garmet, and the tonge of gold, and his sonnes, and his daughters, & his oxen, and his asses, his sheepe, his tent, and al that he had: and al Israel with him brought them vnto the valley of Achor ²⁵ And Iosuah sayde: In as much as thou hast troubled vs, the Lorde shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned hym with stones, and burned them with fire, and ouerwhelmed them with stones

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wysedome, and beautifull: But the man was churlishe, and of shrewde conditions, & was of the kinred of Caleb

¹⁷ Now therefore take heede, & see what thou shalt do: for surelie euyll will come vpon our maister and al his housholde, for he is so wicked, that a man can not speake to him

³⁸ And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed

¹⁹ The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous

¹⁶ This is a miserable plague, that he shall go euen as he came away: What helpeth it him then that he hath laboured in the wynde

⁷ They haue sowen winde, therfore shall they reape a whirlewinde: it hath no stalke, the bud shall bryng foorth no meale: and if haplie it do, straungers shall deuour it vp

⁹ Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll ¹⁰ Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast

⁴ A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite

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

¹⁹ And he saith vnto them: Folowe me, and I wyl make you fysshers of men

⁹ For he was vtterly astonyed, and all that were with hym, at the draught of fisshes, which they had taken ¹⁰ And so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee, whiche were parteners with Simon. And Iesus sayde vnto Simon: Feare not, from hencefoorth thou shalt catch men

³⁶ And he that reapeth, receaueth wages, and gathereth fruite vnto lyfe eternall: that both he that soweth, & he that reapeth, myght reioyce together

¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo ²⁰ Unto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I might win the Iewes: To them that are vnder the lawe, [I become] as [though I were] vnder the lawe, that I might win them that are vnder the lawe ²¹ To them that are without lawe, [become] as [though I were] without lawe, (when I was not without law as parteyning to the lawe of God, but in the lawe of Christe) to winne them that are without lawe ²² To the weake became I as weake, that I might winne the weake. I am made all thinges to all men, that I might at the least way saue some ²³ And this I do for the Gospels sake, that I might haue my part therof

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng

²⁰ Let the same knowe, that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes

¹⁴ I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne: If he sinne, I will chasten him with the rodde of men, and with the plagues of the children of men ¹⁵ But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I toke it from Saul, who I put away before thee

⁹ Wherefore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde to do euill in his sight? Thou hast kild Urias the Hethite with the sword, & hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon ¹⁰ Now therefore, the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe ¹¹ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne ¹² For thou diddest it secretly: but I wil do this thing before al Israel, and in the open sunne lyght

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slue him: and his carkasse was cast in the way, & the asse stoode thereby, and the lion stoode by the corse also

²¹ Mischiefe foloweth vpon sinners: but the righteous shal haue a good reward

²⁹ For lo, I begyn to plague the citie that my name is geuen vnto, thinke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunished? ye shall not go quite: for why? I call for a sworde vpon all the inhabitours of the earth, saith the Lorde of hoastes

³⁰ For this cause many are weake and sicke among you, and many slepe ³¹ For yf we woulde iudge our selues, we shoulde not be iudged ³² But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lorde, that we shoulde not be dampned with the worlde

¹⁷ For the tyme is [come] that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first [begin] at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God ¹⁸ And if the ryghteous scacely be saued, where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare