Proverbs 25 Cross References - Bishops

¹ These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezekia king of Iuda copied out ² It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing ³ The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable ⁴ Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner ⁵ Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse ⁶ Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men ⁷ For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes ⁸ Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee ⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another ¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse ¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer ¹² Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde ¹³ As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde ¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne ¹⁵ With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken ¹⁶ If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne ¹⁷ Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee ¹⁸ Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe ¹⁹ The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foote ²⁰ Who so taketh away a mans garment in the colde weather, is like vineger vpon lime, or lyke hym that singeth songues to an heauie heart ²¹ If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke ²² For so shalt thou heape coles of fire vpon his head, and the Lorde shall rewarde thee ²³ The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue ²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house ²⁵ Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule ²⁶ A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted ²⁷ As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable ²⁸ He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles

³² And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel

¹ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother

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 The vision of Esai ye sonne of Amos, which he sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem, in the dayes of Uzia & Ioathan, Ahaz and Iehezekiah, kinges of Iuda

²² So came Eliakim Helkias sonne the chiefe ouer the householde, Sobna the scribe, and Ioah Asaphes sonne the secratarie vnto Hezekia with rent clothes, and tolde hym the wordes of Rabsakeh

² But he sent Eliakim the chiefe ouer the householde, Sobna the scribe, with the eldest priestes clothed in sacke, vnto the prophete Esai the sonne of Amos

¹ The worde of the Lorde came vnto Osea the sonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozea, Ioathan, Ahas, and Hezekias, kynges of Iuda, and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kyng of Israel

¹ The worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite, in the dayes of Iotham, Ahas, & Hezekiah, kinges of Iuda, which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem

²⁹ The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs, and to our children for euer, that we may do all the wordes of this lawe

⁹ Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people ¹⁰ And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement ¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee ¹³ And I haue also geuen thee that which thou hast not asked, euen rychesse and honour, so that ther shalbe no king lyke vnto thee all thy dayes ¹⁴ And if thou wilt walke in my wayes, to kepe myne ordinaunces and my commaundementes, as thy father Dauid dyd walke, I will lengthen thy dayes ¹⁵ When Solomon awoke, beholde it was a dreame: And he came to Hierusalem and stoode before the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, & offred burnt offringes and peace offringes, and made a feast to all his seruauntes ¹⁶ Then came there two women that were harlottes, vnto the king, & stoode before him ¹⁷ And the one woman sayde: Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwell in one house, and I was deliuered of a childe, with her in the house ¹⁸ And the thirde day after that I was deliuered, she was deliuered also: and we were together, & no straunger with vs in the house, saue we two ¹⁹ And this wiues childe died in the night, for she smothered it ²⁰ And she rose at midnight and toke my sonne from my syde while thyne handmayde slept, and layde it in her bosome, and put her dead childe in my bosome ²¹ And when I rose in the mornyng to geue my chylde sucke, beholde it was dead: But when I had loked vpon it in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne which I dyd beare ²² And the other woman sayd: It is not so, but my sonne liueth, and thy sonne is dead. And she sayde againe: No, but thy sonne is dead, and my sonne is alyue. And thus they pleaded before the king ²³ Then sayde the king: The one sayth, this that is alyue is my sonne, and the dead is thyne: And the other sayth, nay: but thy sonne is the dead, and the liuing childe is myne ²⁴ And the king sayde: Bring me a sworde. And they brought out a sworde before the king ²⁵ And the king sayde: Deuide the liuing child in two, and geue the one halfe to the one, aud the other to the other ²⁶ Then spake the woman whose the liuing childe was, vnto the king (for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne) and sayde: I besech thee my lorde geue her the liuing childe, and in no wyse slay it: But the other sayde, Let it be neither myne nor thyne, but deuide it ²⁷ Then the king aunswered and sayde: Geue her the liuing childe, and slay it not, for she is the mother therof ²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged, and feared the king: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice

²⁹ And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore ³⁰ And Solomons wysdome excelled the wysedome of all the children of the east countrey, and al the wisdome of Egypt ³¹ For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde ³² And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue ³³ And he spake of trees, euen from the Cedar tree that groweth in Libanon, vnto the Isope that springeth out of the wall: He spake also of beastes, of foules, of wormes, and of fishes ³⁴ And there came of all nations to heare the wysdome of Solomon, and from all kinges of the earth, which had heard of his wysdome

¹⁵ That it may be sought in the booke of the cronicles of thy progenitours, and so shalt thou finde in the booke of the cronicles, and perceaue that this citie is seditious and noysome vnto the kinges and landes, and that they cause other also among them to rebell of olde: and for the same cause was this citie destroyed

¹⁹ And I haue commaunded to make searche, and it is found that this citie of olde hath made insurrection against kinges, and that rebellion and sedition hath ben committed therein

¹⁷ Now therefore if it please the king, let there be searche made in the kinges librarie which is there at Babylon, whether it haue ben king Cyrus commaundement that this temple of God at Hierusalem shoulde be builded: and let the king send his minde concerning the same matter

⁷ Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie ⁸ It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it

¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently

⁴ Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding ⁵ Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it ⁶ Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof ⁷ Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly ⁸ Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe ⁹ When I made the cloudes [to be] a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke ¹⁰ When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it ¹¹ Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues ¹² Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place ¹³ That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it ¹⁴ They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale, and all stand vp as a garment ¹⁵ The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken ¹⁶ Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe ¹⁷ Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death ¹⁸ Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this ¹⁹ Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse ²⁰ That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses ²¹ Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be ²² Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle ²³ Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre ²⁴ By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde ²⁵ Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder ²⁶ To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth ²⁷ To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth ²⁸ Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe ²⁹ Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre ³⁰ That the waters are hidde as [with] a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe

⁴ Yet their young ones grow vp, and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne: They go foorth, and returne not againe vnto them ⁵ Who letteth the wylde asse to go free? or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule ⁶ Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling ⁷ They force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer ⁸ But seeke their pasture about the mountaines, and folowe the greene grasse ⁹ Wyll the vnicorne do thee seruice, or abide still by thy cribbe ¹⁰ Canst thou binde the yoke about the vnicorne in the forowe, to make him plowe after thee in the valleyes ¹¹ Mayst thou trust him because he is strong, or commit thy labour vnto him ¹² Mayst thou beleue him that he wyll bring home thy corne, or carry any thing vnto thy barne ¹³ Gauest thou the faire winges vnto the pecockes, or winges and fethers vnto the Estriche ¹⁴ For she leaueth her egges in the earth, and heateth them in the dust ¹⁵ She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete, or broken with some wilde beaste ¹⁶ So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vaine without any feare ¹⁷ And that because God hath taken wysdome from her, & hath not geuen her vnderstanding ¹⁸ When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie, she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder ¹⁹ Hast thou geue the horse his strength, or learned him to ney coragiously ²⁰ Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper? where as the stoute neying that he maketh is fearefull ²¹ He breaketh the grounde with the hooffes of his feete, he reioyceth cherefully in his strength, and runneth to meete the harnest men ²² He layeth aside all feare, his stomacke is not abated, neither starteth he backe for any sworde ²³ Though the quiuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shielde glister ²⁴ Yet rusheth he in fiercely beating the grounde, he thinketh it not the noyse of the trumpettes ²⁵ But when the trumpettes make most noyse, he saith, tushe, for he smelleth the battaile a farre of, the noyse of the captaines and the shouting ²⁶ Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke flieth toward the south ²⁷ Doth the Egle mount vp, and make his nest on hye at thy comaundement ²⁸ He abydeth in stony rockes, and dwelleth vpon the hye toppes of moutaines ²⁹ From whence he seeketh his praye, and loketh farre about with his eyes ³⁰ His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where any dead body lyeth, there is he

² Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten, contend with him? Should not he which disputeth with God, geue him an aunswere

³ For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding

³³ O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out ³⁴ For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde? Or who hath ben his councellour

²⁹ And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much, and a large heart, euen as the sand that is on the sea shore

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

¹¹ Require to thy selfe a token of the Lorde thy God, whether it be towarde the depth beneath, or toward the height aboue

⁹ But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours

³⁹ Neither heygth nor deapth, neither any other creature, shalbe able to seperate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde

⁷ That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe

³ As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes

²⁵ And I shall lay my hande vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne ²⁶ And set thy iudges agayne as they were sometyme, and thy senatours as they were from the begynnyng: and then thou shalt be called the ryghteous citie, the faythfull citie ²⁷ Sion shalbe redeemed with equitie, and her conuertes with righteousnesse

¹⁸ Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they

² But who may abyde the day of his comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is lyke a purging fire, and lyke fullers sope ³ And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer, and he shal purge the children of Leui, and purifie them as golde and siluer: and they shal bring vnto the lorde offeringes in righteousnesse

²⁰ But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde, and of siluer, but also of wood and of earth: some to honour, and some vnto dishonour 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

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

⁴⁶ So the king commaunded Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada: which went out, and smote him that he died: And the kingdome was stablished in the hande of Solomon

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

¹¹ Wherin the king graunted the Iewes in what cities soeuer they were, to gather themselues together, and to stand for their lyfe, and for to roote out, to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and prouince that woulde trouble them, both children and women, and to spoyle their goodes ¹² Upon one day in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus, namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth, which is the moneth Adar ¹³ The summe of the writing was, how there shoulde be a commaundement geuen in all and euery prouince, and published among all people, and that the Iewes should be redy against that day, to auenge them selues on their enemies ¹⁴ And so the postes that rode vpon the swyft Horses and Mules, made haste with all speede to execute the kinges word: and the commaundement was deuised in Susan the chiefe citie 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 ¹⁷ In all prouinces and cities into what places soeuer the kinges word and commaundement reached, there was ioy and mirth, a feaste and good dayes among the Iewes: insomuch, that many of the people in ye lande became Iewes, for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them

⁷ There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght ⁸ I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande: that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse

¹² Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse

⁸ A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke

²⁸ Mercy and trueth preserueth the king, and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp

¹⁴ The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore

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

¹¹ And Moyses saide vnto God: what am I to go vnto Pharao, and to bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt

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 ²² And Samuel toke Saul and his lad, and brought them into the parler, and made the sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, whiche were vpon a thirtie persons

¹⁷ Samuel said: When thou wast litle in thyne owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lorde annoynted thee kyng ouer Israel

¹⁸ And Dauid aunswered Saul: What am I? and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in lawe to the king ¹⁹ Howbeit, when the time was come that Merob Sauls daughter shoulde haue ben geuen to Dauid, she was geue vnto Adriel a Meholathite, to wife ²⁰ Howbeit, Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they shewed Saul, and the thing pleased him ²¹ And Saul sayde: I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid: Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne ²² And Saul comaunded his seruautes to come with Dauid secretely, & to say: Behold, the king hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruautes loue thee: be now therefore the kinges sonne in lawe ²³ And Sauls seruauntes spake those wordes in the eares of Dauid. And Dauid said: semeth it to you a light thing to be a kinges sonne in lawe? seeing that I am a poore man, and of smal reputation

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 ⁹ And I was with thee in all that thou wentest to, and haue destroyed all thyne enemies out of thy sight, & haue made thee a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth ¹⁰ (Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, & moue no more: neither shall wicked people trouble them any more, as before time 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 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 ¹⁶ And thyne house, and thy kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee, [euen] thy throne shalbe stablished for euer ¹⁷ According to all these wordes and according to all this vision, so dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid

¹ O God I am not hygh mynded, I haue no proude lokes: I haue not vsed to walke in greater & waightier matters then I ought to do

¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude

²⁷ As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable

² Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes

⁶ Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young ⁷ And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake ⁸ Be not afrayde of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde 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 ¹⁰ And beholde, this day do I set thee ouer the people and kyngdomes, that thou mayest roote out, breake of, destroy, and make waste, and that thou mayest builde vp and plant

¹² Also Amazia sayde to Amos, O thou the sear, Go, flee thou away into the lande of Iuda, and there eate thy bread, and prophecie there ¹³ But prophecie no more at Bethel: for it is the kinges chappell, & it is the kinges court ¹⁴ Then aunswered Amos, and sayde to Amazia, I was no prophete, neither was I a prophetes sonne: but I was an heardeman, and a gatherer of wilde figges ¹⁵ And the Lorde toke me as I folowed the flocke, and the Lord sayde vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel

⁷ He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes, and sayde vnto them 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

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

¹ After this, I loked, and beholde a doore was open in heaue: and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which saide: Come vp hyther, and I wyll shewe thee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter

¹⁴ And Abner sayde to Ioab: Let the young men nowe aryse, and play before vs. And Ioab sayde: Let them aryse ¹⁵ Then there arose & went ouer twelue of Beniamin by numbre, which pertayned to Isboseth the sonne of Saul, and twelue of the seruauntes of Dauid ¹⁶ And euery one caught his felowe by ye head, & thrust his sword in his felowes side, and so they fell downe together: Wherefore the place was called Helkath hazzurim, which is in Gibeon

²⁶ Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren

⁸ Then Amaziahu sent messengers to Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz sonne of Iehu king of Israel, saying: Come, let vs see eche other ⁹ And Iehoas the king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda, saying: Did not a thistle that is in Libanon, send to a Cedar tree that is in Libanon, saying: Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife? And the wilde beast that was in Libanon went and trode downe the thystle ¹⁰ Thou hast smitten Edom, thyne heart hath made thee proude: Enioye this glory, & tarry at home: Why doest thou prouoke to mischiefe, that thou shouldest be ouerthrowen & Iuda with thee ¹¹ But Amaziahu would not heare: And Iehoas king of Israel went vp, and he and Amaziahu king of Iuda, sawe either other at Bethsames, which is in Iuda ¹² And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to their tentes

¹² There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the ende therof are the wayes of death

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with

⁶ A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes

³³ Who so chirneth mylke bringeth foorth butter, and he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it bleede: Euen so he that forceth wrath, bringeth foorth strife

³¹ The prophetes teache falsely, and the preachers receaue giftes, and my people hath pleasure therein: what wyll come thereof at the last

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

³¹ Or what kyng, goyng to make battell against another kyng, sitteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete hym, that commeth agaynst hym with twentie thousande ³² Or els, whyle the other is yet a great way of, he sendeth an imbassage, and desireth conditions of peace

¹³ A dissemblyng person wyll discouer priuie thynges: but he that is of a faythfull heart wyll kepe counsayle

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

⁵ And who so shall receaue such a litle chylde in my name, receaueth me ⁶ But who so shall offende one of these litle ones, which beleue in me, it were better for hym, that a myll stone were hanged about his necke, & that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea ⁷ Wo vnto the worlde, because of offences. It must nedes be, that offences come: But wo to that man, by whom the offence commeth ⁸ If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee, cut them of, and cast [them] from thee. It is better for thee to enter into lyfe, halt or maymed, [rather] then thou shouldest, hauyng two handes, or two feete, be cast into euerlastyng fyre ⁹ And yf thyne eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast [it] from thee: It is better for thee to enter into lyfe with one eye, [rather] then, hauyng two eyes, to be cast into hell fyre 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 ¹¹ For the sonne of man, is come to saue that which was lost ¹² Howe thynke ye? If a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue ninetie & nine, and goeth into the mountaynes, and seketh that which went astray ¹³ And yf it so be that he fynde it, veryly I say vnto you, he reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine, which went not astray ¹⁴ Euen so, it is not the wyll of your father in heauen, that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe ¹⁵ Moreouer, yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee, go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone: If he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother ¹⁶ But yf he heare thee not, then take yet with thee one or two: that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, euery worde may be stablyshed ¹⁷ If he heare not them, tell it vnto the Churche: If he heare not the Churche, let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man, and a publicane

³⁹ (119:7) Take away the reproche that I am afraide of: for thy iudgemetes are good

²³ A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season

²⁶ Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere

¹⁰ His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth

⁴ The Lorde God hath geuen me a well learned tongue, so that I can comfort them that are troubled, yea & that in due season: he wakeneth mine eare vp betymes in the mornyng, betymes in the mornyng I say he wyll waken mine eare, that I might hearke as to the schoolemaisters

³¹ Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of mynde vnto my lorde, that thou hast not shed blood causelesse, and that my lord hath not auenged him selfe: But when the Lorde shall haue dealt well with my lord, then thinke on thyne handmayde 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 ³⁴ For in very deede, as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurting thee: except thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there hadde not ben left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall

¹¹ And then came there vnto him all his brethren, all his sisters, and all they that had ben of his acquaintaunce afore, and did eate bread with him in his house, and had compassion on him, and comforted him ouer all trouble that the Lorde had brought vpon him: euery man also gaue him a certaine summe of money, and a iewell of golde

⁵ I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. (141:6) But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse

⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother ⁹ For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee

⁵ A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng

³¹ The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe, shall dwell among the wyse ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, dispiseth his owne soule: but he that submitteth him selfe to correction, is wyse

¹² The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both

⁵ Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue ⁶ Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell

¹⁷ An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe: but a faythfull embassadour is as health

²⁵ Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule

⁶ [As he that] cutteth of [his messengers] feete endamageth himselfe: so doth he that committeth a message to a foole

²⁵ But I supposed it necessarie to sende to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labour, & felowe souldier, but your Apostle, and the minister of my neede ²⁶ For he longed after you all, and was full of heauinesse, because that ye had hearde that he had ben sicke ²⁷ And no doubt he was sicke nye vnto death, but God had mercie on hym, and not on hym only, but on me also, lest I shoulde haue sorowe vpon sorowe ²⁸ I sent him therfore the more diligentlie, that when ye see him againe, ye may reioyce, and that I may be the lesse sorowfull ²⁹ Receaue hym therfore in the Lorde with all gladnes, & make much of such ³⁰ Because, for the worke of Christe, he was nye vnto death, not regardyng his lyfe, to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me

¹¹ And Zedekia the sonne of Chanaana made hornes of iron, and sayde, thus sayth the Lord: With these [hornes] shalt thou pushe the Syrians, vntill thou haue made an ende of them

⁶ Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man

¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted

¹⁰ Two men went vp into the temple to pray: the one a pharisee, and the other a publicane 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

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 ¹⁶ I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle ¹⁷ That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng ¹⁸ Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also

³¹ The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lye not

¹⁵ Which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray, folowyng the way of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnesse ¹⁶ But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete ¹⁷ These are welles without water, cloudes that are caryed with a tempest, to whom the mist of darknesse is reserued for euer ¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour ¹⁹ Whyle they promise them libertie, where as they them selues are ye bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouercome, vnto the same is he brought in bondage

¹² These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes ¹³ They are the ragyng waues of the sea, fomyng out their owne shame: They are wandryng starres, to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer

¹⁶ These are murmurers, complayners, walkyng after their owne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They haue men in great reuerence because of aduantage

⁴ And he commaunded them, saying: Thus shall ye speake to my Lorde Esau, thy seruaunt Iacob sayeth thus: I haue ben a straunger with Laban, and haue stayed there vnto this time ⁵ And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight ⁶ And the messengers came agayne to Iacob, saying: we came to thy brother Esau, and he commeth to meete thee, and hath foure hundred men with him ⁷ But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies ⁸ And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe ⁹ And Iacob said agayne: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isahac, Lorde whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kindred, & I will do well with thee ¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercyes and trueth whiche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt: for with my staffe came I ouer this Iordane, & nowe haue I gotten two companies ¹¹ Deliuer me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I feare hym, lest he wyll come and smyte me, [yea] the mother with the chyldren ¹² Thou saydest, I wyll surely do thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, whiche can not be numbred for multitude ¹³ And he taryed there that same nyght, and toke of that whiche came to hande, a present for Esau his brother ¹⁴ Two hundred shee gotes, and twentie hee gotes, two hundred sheepe, & twentie rammes ¹⁵ Thirtie milche camelles with theyr coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bulles, twentie shee asses, and ten foales ¹⁶ And deliuered them into the handes of his seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto his seruauntes: go foorth before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue ¹⁷ And he commaunded the formost, saying: If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, whose art thou? and whyther goest thou? and whose are these [that go] before thee ¹⁸ Thou shalt say, they be thy seruaunt Iacobs, and it is a present sent vnto my Lorde Esau, and beholde, he him selfe commeth after vs ¹⁹ And so commaunded he the seconde, and the thirde, and all that folowed the droues, saying: on this maner see that you speake vnto Esau when ye meete hym ²⁰ And say moreouer: beholde, thy seruaunt Iacob also commeth after vs: for he sayde, I wyll appeace his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him my selfe, peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace ²¹ So went the present before hym: and he taryed al that night in the company

¹⁴ But one of the laddes tolde Abigail Nabals wyfe, saying: Beholde, Dauid sent messengers vnto our maister out of the wildernesse to salute him: and he rayled on them

²⁴ And fell at his feete, and sayde: Let this iniquitie be counted myne my lord, and let thyne handmaide I praye thee speake in thyne audience, & heare the wordes of thy handmayd ²⁵ Let not my lorde I pray thee regarde this wicked man Nabal: For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, & folly is with him: But I thyne handmayd sawe not the young men of my lorde whom thou sendedst ²⁶ Now therefore my lorde, as the Lord lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, euen the Lorde that hath withholden thee from comming to [shed] blood, and saued thee thyne hand: So nowe, I pray God that thyne enemies, & they that intende to do my lorde euyll, may be as Nabal ²⁷ And now this blessing which thyne handmayd hath brought vnto my lord, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my lorde ²⁸ I praye thee forgeue the trespasse of thyne handmayd: for the Lorde will make my lord a sure house, because my lorde fighteth the battailes of the Lord, and there could none euill be found in thee in all thy dayes ²⁹ And yet a man hath rysen to persecute thee, and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of my Lorde shall be bound in the bundel of the lyuyng with the Lord thy God, and the soules of thy enemies shall God cast out, euen as out of the middle of a slyng ³⁰ And when the Lorde shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promysed thee, and shall haue made thee ruler ouer Israel ³¹ Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of mynde vnto my lorde, that thou hast not shed blood causelesse, and that my lord hath not auenged him selfe: But when the Lorde shall haue dealt well with my lord, then thinke on thyne handmayde 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 ³⁴ For in very deede, as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurting thee: except thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there hadde not ben left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall ³⁵ And so Dauid receaued of her hande that which she had brought him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace to thyne house, beholde I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition ³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng ³⁷ But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone ³⁸ And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed ³⁹ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he sayd: Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged ye cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, & hath kept his seruaunt from euill: For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail, to take her to his wyfe ⁴⁰ And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her, saying: Dauid sent vs vnto thee, to take thee to his wyfe 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 ⁴² And Abigail hasted, and arose, & gate her vpon an Asse, with fiue damosels of hers that went at her feete, and she went after the messengers of Dauid, & became his wyfe ⁴³ Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael, and they were both his wyues ⁴⁴ But Saul had geuen Michol his daughter, Dauids wyfe, to Phalti the sonne of Lais, which was of Gallim

¹ A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger

¹⁴ The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym

⁴ If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences

⁸ And within a short space after, as he wet thyther againe to take her to wife, he turned out of the way to see the carkasse of the Lion: And beholde, there was a swarme of bees and hony in the carkasse of the Lion ⁹ And he toke therof in his handes, and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gaue them also, and they did eate: But he tolde not them that he had taken the hony out of the carkasse of the Lion

²⁵ And al they of the land came to a wood, where honie lay vpon the grounde ²⁶ And the people came into the wood: And behold, the honie dropped, and no man moued his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oth ²⁷ But Ionathan hearde not whe his father charged the people with the oth, wherfore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand, and dipt it in an honie combe, & put his hande to his mouth, and his eyes receaued sight

⁸ The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes

¹³ My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth ¹⁴ So [sweete] shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of

¹⁵ Butter and honye shall he eate, vntill he knowe to refuse the euyll and choose the good

²² Then because of the aboundaunce of mylke that they geue he shall eate butter: so that euery one which remayneth in the lande shall eate butter and hony

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares

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

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

¹⁸ He aunswered hym: We come from Bethlehem Iuda towarde the syde of mount Ephraim, from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehem Iuda, and go nowe to the house of the Lorde, and there is no man that receaueth me to house ¹⁹ We haue strawe and prouender for our asses, and bread and wyne for me and thy handmayde, and for the lad that is with thy seruaunt: & we lacke nothing ²⁰ The olde man sayd: Peace be with thee, all that thou lackest shalt thou fynde with me: Only abyde not in the streate [all nyght] ²¹ And so he brought him into his house, and gaue fodder vnto the Asses: and they wasshed their feete, and dyd eate and drynke

²⁴ Whensoeuer I take my iourney into Spayne, I wyll come to you: For I trust to see you in my iourney, and to be brought on my waye thytherwarde by you, after that I be somewhat fylled with you

² Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: [and] deceaueth like a sharpe raser

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

⁴ My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword

³ What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee ⁴ [So much] as sharpe arrowes of a strong man [in thy sydes:] with Iuniper coales [powred on thy head.

³ They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah

¹⁸ A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome

²⁸ Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes

³ They bend their tongues like vowes to shoote out lyes, they waxe strong vppon earth: As for the trueth, they may nothing away withall in the worlde, for they go from one wickednes to another, and wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde

⁸ Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym

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

²⁰ And Thilgath Pilneser king of the Assyrians came vpon him, and troubled him rather then strengthed him ²¹ For Ahaz toke away a portion out of the house of the Lorde, and out of the kinges house, and out of the lordes houses, and gaue vnto the king of the Assyrians: and yet it helped him not

¹⁴ He that is in tribulation, ought to be comforted of his neyghbour: but the feare of the almightie is cleane away ¹⁵ Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the water brooke, & as the ouerflowing of waters, whiche do hastly go away ¹⁶ Whiche are blackish be reason of the ice, and wherin the snowe is hyd ¹⁷ Which when they haue passed by do vanishe, and when the heate commeth they fayle out of their place ¹⁸ They depart from the course of their wonted chanell to other places, they runne in vayne and perishe ¹⁹ They that went to The man considered them, and they that went to Saba wayted for them ²⁰ But they were confounded in their hope, they came thyther and were ashamed

¹ Alas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde, that they will take counsell and not of me, that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite, and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne ² Euen they that walke to go downe into Egypt, and haue asked no question at my mouth, but seeke strength in the might of Pharao, and trust in the shadowe of Egypt ³ Therefore shall the strength of Pharao be your confusion, and the trust in the shadowe of Egypt your shame

⁶ Lo, thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of reede [I meane] Egypt, which he that leaneth vpon, it goeth into his hande and shooteth it through: euen so is Pharao the kyng of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym

⁶ That all they which dwell in Egypt may know that I am the Lord, because they haue ben a staffe of reede to the house of Israel ⁷ When they toke hold of thee with their hand, thou brakest & rent all their shoulder: & when they leaned vpon thee, thou brakest and madest all their loynes to stande vpright

¹⁶ At my first aunsweryng, no man assisted me, but all forsoke me, [I pray God] yt it may not be layde to their charges

¹² Furthermore, if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge ¹³ But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his owne raiment, & blesse thee: And it shalbe righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde ¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates ¹⁵ But shalt geue him his hyre the same day, & let not the sunne go downe theron, for he is needie, and therwith sustayneth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee ¹⁶ The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren, nor the chyldren for the fathers: but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne ¹⁷ Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge

⁷ They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde ⁸ They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes, and embrace the rocke for want of a couering ⁹ They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore ¹⁰ They let hym go naked without clothing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie

³ For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and [for] our waylynges myrth, [saying] sing vs one of the songes of Sion ⁴ [He aunswered] howe can we sing one of the songes of God: in another lande besides our owne

²⁶ As vineger is to the teeth, & as smoke is vnto the eyes: euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth

⁴ A tyme to weepe, and a tyme to laugh: a tyme to mourne, & a tyme to daunce

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

¹⁸ So the king went into his palace, and remayned fasting, neither was there any instrumentes of musicke brought in before him, & his sleepe went from him

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

¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked, and destitute of dayly foode ¹⁶ And one of you say vnto them, depart in peace, be you warmed and fylled: notwithstandyng, ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to, the body, what shall it profite

¹⁵ And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke, and the Lorde shall raise him vp: and yf he haue committed sinnes, they shalbe forgeuen hym

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

²² And he aunswered, Thou shalt not smyte them: But smyte those that thou hast taken with thine owne sworde, and with thyne owne bowe: But rather set bread and water before them, that they may eate & drinke, & go to their maister

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

¹⁷ Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemie, and let not thyne heart be glad when he stumbleth

⁴⁴ But I saye vnto you, loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for the which hurt you, and persecute you

³³ But a certayne Samaritane, as he iourneyed, came vnto hym, and when he saw him, he had compassion on him ³⁴ And went to hym, and bounde vp his woundes, and powred in oyle and wine, and set hym on his owne beast, and brought hym to a [common] Inne, and made prouision for hym ³⁵ And on the morowe when he departed, he toke out two pence, and gaue them to the hoste, and sayde vnto hym, take cure of hym, and whatsoeuer thou spendest more, when I come agayne, I wyll recompence thee ³⁶ Which nowe of these three, thinkest thou, was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues

²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemie hunger, feede hym: yf he thyrst, geue him drinke. For in so doyng, thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head ²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll with good

¹² It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day

¹³ And if the house be worthy, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace returne to you again

¹⁸ Therfore, they which are fallen in a slepe in Christe, are perisshed

²² The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible

³ He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour

⁵ I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke

²⁰ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth

³⁰ Backbyters, haters of God, dispiteful, proude, boasters, bryngers vp of euyll thinges, disobedient to father & mother

²⁰ For I feare lest when I come, I shall not fynde you such as I woulde: and that I shalbe founde vnto you, such as ye woulde not: lest there be debates, enuyinges, wrathes, strifes, backbitinges, whisperinges, swellinges, & seditions

¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping

⁹ It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman

¹⁵ A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together ¹⁶ He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande

¹⁶ And went, and sate on the other syde a great way, as it were a bowe shote of: for she sayd, I wyll not see the death of the chylde. And she sitting downe on the other side, lyft vp her voyce & wept ¹⁷ And God hearde the voyce of the lad, and the angell of God called to Hagar out of heauen, and said vnto her, what ayleth thee Hagar? feare not: for God hath hearde the voyce of the lad where he lyeth ¹⁸ Aryse and lyft vp the lad, and take him in thyne hande, for I wyll make of hym a great people ¹⁹ And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water, and she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the lad drinke

² And ye people dyd chyde with Moyses, and sayde: geue vs water to drinke. Moyses said vnto them: why chyde you with me? wherfore do ye tempt ye Lord ³ There the people thirsted for water, and ye people murmured agaynst Moyses, and saide: wherefore hast thou thus brought vs vp out of Egypt, to kil me, & my children, and my cattell with thyrst

⁶ Beholde, I stande before thee vpon the rocke that is in Horeb, & thou shalt smyte the rocke, and there shall come water out thereof, that the people may drinke. And Moyses dyd euen so before the eyes of the elders of Israel

¹⁸ And he was sore a thyrst, and called on the Lord, and sayde: Thou hast geuen this great victory in the hande of thy seruaunt: and nowe I must dye for thirst, and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised ¹⁹ But God brake a great tooth that was in the iawe, & there came water therout, and when he had drunke, his spirite came agayne, & he was refreshed: wherfore the name thereof was called vnto this day, The well of the caller on: which came of the iawe

¹⁵ And Dauid longed, & saide: Oh that I had of the water that is in the wel by the gate of Bethlehem for to drynke

¹ Lyke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes: so panteth my soule after thee O God ² My soule is a thirst for the Lorde, yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde: when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde

¹ O Lorde thou art my Lorde: early in the morning I do seeke thee. (63:2) My soule thirsteth for thee: my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande [where] no water is

³⁰ The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart, & a good name feedeth the bones

⁷ O howe beautifull are the feete of the embassadour that bryngeth the message from the mountayne and proclaymeth peace? that bryngeth the good tidinges, and preacheth health, and saith vnto Sion, Thy God is the kyng

¹ Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth

¹⁴ Wyll a man forsake the showe of Libanus, which commeth from the rocke of the fielde? Or shall the colde flowyng waters that commeth from another place be forsaken

¹⁵ Behold vpon the mountaynes the feete of him that bringeth good tidinges, that preacheth peace: kepe thy festiual dayes O Iuda, paye thy vowes: for the wicked [tiraunt] shal hereafter passe no more through thee, he is vtterly cut of

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

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cryed, saying: Yf any man thirste, let him come vnto me and drynke

¹⁵ And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges

¹⁵ This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe

⁶ And he sayde vnto me, it is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the ende: I wyll geue to hym that is a thirst of the well of the water of lyfe freely

¹⁷ And the spirite and the bride say, come. And let hym that heareth, say also, come. And let hym that is a thirst, come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, freely

⁸ And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him

¹⁴ Ahimelech aunswered the king, and sayde: Who is so faithfull among all thy seruauntes, as Dauid, and therto the kinges sonne in lawe: and goeth at thy bidding, and is had in honour in thyne house ¹⁵ Haue I this day begun first to aske councell of God for him? That be farre from me: Let not the king impute any thing vnto his seruaut, nor to all ye house of my father: For thy seruaunt knewe nothing of all this, either lesse or more ¹⁶ The king sayde, Thou shalt surely die Ahimelech, thou, & al thy fathers house ¹⁷ And the king sayde vnto the footemen that stoode about him: Turne, and slay the priestes of the Lorde: both because their hand is with Dauid, and because they knewe when Dauid fled, and shewed it not to me. But the seruauntes of the king would not moue their hades to fal vpon the priestes of the Lorde ¹⁸ And the king sayde to Doeg: Turne thou, & fall vpon the priestes. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ranne vpon the priestes, & slue that same day fourescore and fiue persons that did weare a linnen Ephod

²¹ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king, euen in the court of the house of the Lorde ²² And so Ioas the king remembred not ye kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slue his sonne: And when he died, he sayde, The Lorde loke vpon it, and require it

² Thou sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Egypt, and say vnto him, thou art lyke a lion of the heathen, and as a whale fishe in the sea: thou drawest out thy riuers, thou troublest the waters with thy feete, and stampest in their riuers

¹⁸ Seemeth it a smal thing to you to haue eaten vp the good pasture, and to treade downe the residue of your pasture with your feete also? to drinke the deepe waters, and to trouble the rest also with your feete ¹⁹ Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete, and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled

³⁴ Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and [some] of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie ³⁵ That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood, which hath ben shed vpon the earth, from the blood of ryghteous Abel, vnto the blood of Zacharias, sonne of Barachias, whom ye slewe betwene the temple & the aulter ³⁶ Ueryly I say vnto you: all these thynges shal come vpon this generatio ³⁷ O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, thou that kyllest the prophetes, and stonest them which are sent vnto thee: Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together, euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges, and ye woulde not

⁶⁹ Peter sate without in the palace: And a damsell came to hym, saying, Thou also wast with Iesus of Galilee ⁷⁰ But he denied before them all, saying: I wote not what thou sayest ⁷¹ When he was gone out into the porch, another wenche sawe hym, and sayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth ⁷² And agayne he denyed with an oth: I do not knowe the man ⁷³ And after a whyle, came vnto hym they that stode by, and sayde vnto Peter: Surely thou art euen one of them, for thy speache bewrayeth thee ⁷⁴ Then began he to curse, & to sweare, that he knewe not the man. And immediatly the Cocke crewe

⁵² Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers

¹⁵ Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men

⁶ And I sawe ye woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus: And when I sawe her, I wondred with great maruayle

¹⁶ If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne

⁴⁴ Howe can ye beleue, whiche receaue honour one of another, and seke not the honour that commeth of God only

¹ It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde

¹¹ I am become a foole [in] gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng

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

³⁰ Then was Saul angry with Ionathan, and sayd vnto him: Thou sonne of the wicked rebellious woman, do not I knowe that thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai vnto thyne owne rebuke, and vnto the rebuke and shame of thy mother

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

⁵ And Hezekia went to lustyly, and buylt vp the wall where it was broken, and made ordinaunce vpon the towres, and to the other wall without, and repaired Millo in the citie of Dauid, and made many dartes and shieldes

³ And they sayde vnto me: The remnaunt that are left of the captiuitie there in the lande, are in great affliction and rebuke: the wall of Hierusalem also is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire

³² A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie

²⁴ Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious