Ruth Cross References - Bishops

¹ It came to passe that whe the iudges ruled, there fel a dearth in the land, & a certein man of Bethlehe Iuda went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he and his wyfe, and his two sonnes ² The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wyfe Naomi, and the names of his two sonnes were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephraites out of Bethlehem Iuda: And whe they came into the lande of Moab, they continued there ³ And Elimelech Naomies husbande died, and she remayned with her two sonnes ⁴ Whiche toke them wyues, Moabitesses, of the Moabites: the ones name was Orpha, and the others Ruth: And they dwelled there about a ten yeres ⁵ And Mahlon & Chilion died also euen both of them, and the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes and of her husband ⁶ Then she arose with her daughters in lawe, and returned from the countrey of Moab: for she had hearde say in the countrey of Moab, howe that the Lorde had visited his people, and geuen them bread ⁷ Wherfore she departed out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in lawe with her: And they went on their way to returne vnto the lande of Iuda ⁸ And Naomi said vnto her two daughters in lawe, Go & returne eche of you vnto your mothers house: & the Lorde deale as kindly with you, as ye haue dealt with the dead, and with me ⁹ And the Lord geue you, that you may fynde rest, either of you in the house of her husbande. And when she kyssed them, they lift vp their voyce and wept ¹⁰ And sayde vnto her: Surely we will returne with thee vnto thy folke ¹¹ And Naomi sayde, Turne againe my daughters: for what cause will you go with me? Are there any moe children in my wombe, to be your husbandes ¹² Turne againe my daughters, go your way, for I am to olde to haue an husbande: And if I sayd, I haue hope, if I toke a man also this night, yea & though I had alredy borne sonnes ¹³ Would ye tary after them, till they were of age? or woulde ye for them so long refrayne from taking of husbandes? Not so my daughters: for it greeueth me muche for your sakes, that the hand of the Lorde is gone out against me ¹⁴ And they lift vp their voyces, & wept againe: and Orpha kissed her mother in lawe, but Ruth abode still by her ¹⁵ And Naomi said: See, thy sister in law is gone backe againe vnto her people, & vnto her gods: returne thou after her ¹⁶ And Ruth aunswered: Entreat me not to leaue thee, and to returne from after thee: for whyther thou goest, I will go also, & where thou dwellest, there I wil dwell: Thy people shalbe my people, and thy god my god ¹⁷ Where thou diest, there will I die, and there wyl I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me ¹⁸ When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her ¹⁹ And so they wet both, vntil they came to Bethlehe: And whe they were come to Bethlehem, it was noysed of them thorow all the citie, and they sayde: Is not this Naomi ²⁰ And she annswered them: Cal me not Naomi: but call me Mara, for the almightie hath made me verie bitter ²¹ I went out full, and the Lorde hath brought me home agayne emptie: Why then call ye me Naomi, seying, the Lord hath humbled me, & the almightie hath brought me vnto aduersite ²² And so Naomi with Ruth the Moabitesse her daughter in lawe, returned out of the countrey of Moab, and came to Bethlehe, in the beginning of barlie haruest

¹⁰ [And] the there was a famine in that lande, and therfore went Abram downe into Egypt, that he myght soiourne there, for there was a greeuons famine in the lande

¹ And there fell a famine in the land, besides the first that was in the dayes of Abraham: And Isahac went vnto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, vnto Gerar

¹ And the dearth was great in the lande

¹⁹ And wyll breake the pride of your power, and I wyll make your heauen as iron, and your earth as brasse

²³ And the heauen that is ouer thy head shalbe brasse, and the earth that is vnder thee, iron ²⁴ The Lorde shall turne the rayne of the lande vnto powder and dust, euen from heaue shal they come downe vpon thee, vntill thou be brought to naught

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

¹⁶ Neuerthelesse the Lorde raysed vp iudges, which deliuered them out of the handes of their oppressers ¹⁷ And yet for all that they woulde not hearken vnto their iudges: but rather went a whoring after straunge goddes, and bowed them selues vnto them, and turned quickly out of the way, whiche their fathers walked in, obeying the comaundementes of the Lorde: But they dyd not so ¹⁸ And when the Lorde raysed them vp iudges, he was with the iudge, and deliuered them out of the handes of their enemies all the dayes of the iudge: ( for the Lord had compassion ouer their sorowinges, whiche they had by the reason of them that oppressed them & vexed them:

⁸ After this man, iudged Israel one Ibzan of Bethlehem

⁸ And the man departed out of the citie of Bethlehem Iuda, to go dwell where he coulde fynde [a conuenient place]: And he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah as he iourneyed

¹ Also in those dayes, when there was no kyng in Israel, a certayne Leuite soiournyng on the syde of mount Ephraim, toke to wyfe a concubine out of Bethlehem Iuda ² And his concubine played the whore by him, and went awaye from him vnto her fathers house to Bethlehem Iuda, and there continued foure monethes

¹ Then there was an hunger in the dayes of Dauid three yeres together: And Dauid enquired of ye Lorde. And the Lorde aunswered: It is for Saul, and the house of blood, because he slue the Gibeonites

¹ And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde ² And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying ³ Get thee hence, & turne thee eastward, and hide thy selfe in the brooke Cherith, that is, it that lyeth before Iordane ⁴ Thou shalt drinke of the ryuer, and I haue commaunded the rauens to feede thee there ⁵ And so he went, and did according vnto the word of the Lorde: for he went, and dwelt by the brooke Cherith that is before Iordane ⁶ And the rauens brought him bread and fleshe in the morning, and likewyse bread and fleshe in the euening: and he drancke of the brooke ⁷ And it chaunced after a while that the brooke dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth ⁸ And the word of the Lorde came vnto him, saying ⁹ Up, and get thee to Zarphath, which is in Sidon, and dwell there: Beholde, I haue commaunded a wydow there to sustaine thee ¹⁰ So he arose, and went to Zarphath: and when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde the widow was there gathering of stickes: And he called to her, and said: set me I pray thee a litle water in a vessel, that I may drincke ¹¹ And as she was going to fet it, he cryed after her, and saide: bryng me I pray thee a morsell of bread also in thyne hand ¹² She sayde: As the Lorde thy God lyueth, I haue no bread redy, but euen an handful of meale in a barrel, & a litle oyle in a cruse: And beholde, I am gathering two stickes, for to go in and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye

² And Elias went to shewe him selfe vnto Ahab: and there was a great famishment in Samaria

¹ Then spake Elisa vnto the woman (whose sonne he had restored to lyfe againe) saying: Up, and go thou and thyne house, and soiourne where so euer thou canst: For the Lord hath called for a dearth, and the same shall come vpon the lande seuen yeres ² And the woman arose, and dyd after the saying of the man of God, and went both she and her houshold, & soiourned in the land of the Philistines seue yeres

¹⁶ (105:13) Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande: and he made all maner of foode to fayle

³⁴ (107:32) He [maketh] a fruitfull grounde barren: for the wickednes of them that dwell therein

¹ The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites

¹³ Thou sonne of man, when the lande sinneth against me by committing a trespasse, I wyll stretche out my hande vpon it, and breake their staffe of bread, and sende dearth vpon them, to destroy man and beast foorth of it

²¹ Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God, Howe much more when I sende my foure troublous plagues vpon Hierusalem, the sworde, hunger, perillous beastes, and pestilence, to destroy man and beast out of it

¹⁰ The fielde is wasted, the lande mourneth: for corne is destroyed, the newe wine is dryed vp, the oyle is vtterly taken away ¹¹ Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen, howle O ye wine dressers for ye wheate and for the barly: for the haruest of the fielde is perished

¹⁶ Is not the meate cut of before our eyes, [yea] mirth and ioy from the house of our God ¹⁷ The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered ¹⁸ O howe cattell mourne? the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed ¹⁹ Unto thee O Lorde wyll I crye, for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert, and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde ²⁰ The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dryed vp, and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert

⁶ Therfore haue I geue you cleannesse of teeth in all your cities, & scarsenesse of bread in all your places: yet haue ye not returned vnto me, sayth the Lorde

¹⁹ And thus died Rachel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, whiche is Bethlehem

¹ There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mout Ephraim, named Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite

²¹ For Israel and the Philistines had put them selues in array armie against armie

² And thou Bethlehem Ephrata art little among the thousandes of Iuda, out of thee shal he come foorth vnto me which shalbe the gouernour in Israel, whose out going hath ben from the beginning, and from euerlasting

¹ And there cryed a certayne woman of the wyues of the sonnes of the prophetes, vnto Elisa, saying: Thy seruaunt my husband is dead, & thou knowest that thy seruaunt did feare the Lorde: And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes to be his bondmen

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the righteous: but God deliuereth him out of all

⁶ For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth

¹⁰ For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse ¹¹ No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby

³ Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne

³ The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not come into the congregation of the Lorde, no not in the tenth generation, nor they shall neuer come into the congregation of the Lorde

¹ But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites ² Wher as yet concerning these nations, the Lorde sayd vnto the children of Israel: Go not ye into them, nor let them come into, els will they turne your heartes after their gods: Neuerthelesse, Solomon claue vnto them in loue

⁵ Salmon begat Boos, of Rachab, Boos begat Obed of Ruth, Obed begat Iesse

³⁹ See nowe howe that I, I am God, and there is none but I: I kyll, and wyll make alyue: I wounde, and wyll heale, neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande

³⁰ (89:30a) But if his chyldren forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgement ³¹ (89:30b) if they breake my statutes, and kepe not my commaundementes ³² (89:31) I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde: and their wickednesse with stripes

²¹ Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe, who hath begotten me these, seeyng I am barren and alone, a captiue and an outcast? and who hath norished them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these

¹⁹ Thine owne wickednesse shall reproue thee, and thy turnyng away shall condempne thee: that thou mayest knowe and vnderstand howe euyll and hurtfull a thyng it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, and hast not feared me, saith the Lorde God of hoastes

²⁵ Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother ²⁶ Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth ²⁷ Last of all, the woman dyed also

¹² When he came nye to the gate of the citie, beholde, there was a dead man caryed out, [which was] the only sonne of his mother, and she was a widdowe: And much people of the citie was with her

¹ The Lord visited Sara as he had promised, and did vnto her accordyng as he had spoke

²⁰ And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on

¹⁵ And he blessed Ioseph, and sayde: God in whose syght my fathers Abraham & Isahac dyd walke, God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day

²⁵ And Ioseph toke an othe of the chyldren of Israel, saying: God wyll not fayle but visite you, and ye shall cary my bones hence

¹⁶ Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and thou shalt saye vnto them, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me, and sayde: In visityng, haue I visited you, and know that which is done to you in Egypt

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

⁴ Then sayde the Lorde vnto Moyses: Beholde, I wyll rayne bread from heauen to you, and the people shall go out & gather a certaine rate euery day, that I may proue them whether they wyll walke in my lawe, or no ⁵ The sixt day they shall prepare for themselues that which they will bring in, and let it be twyse as muche as they gather in dayly ⁶ And Moyses and Aaron sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel: At euen ye shall know that it is the Lord which brought you out of the lande of Egypt

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

¹⁴ He causeth grasse to growe for cattell: and hearbes for the vse of man ¹⁵ That he may bryng foorth foode out of the earth: both wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce, & also bread to strengthen mans heart

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

¹⁵ I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals: and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread

¹⁵ The eyes of all wayte vpon thee: and thou geuest them their meate in due season

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

¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders: he fylleth thee with good corne

⁸ Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng

¹⁰ And lyke as the rayne and snowe commeth downe from heauen, and returneth not thyther agayne, but watereth the earth, maketh it fruitfull and greene, that it may geue corne vnto the sower, and bread to hym that eateth

¹⁰ But thus saith the Lorde, When ye haue fulfylled seuentie yeres at Babylon, I will bring you home, and of mine owne goodnesse I wyll cary you hither agayne into this place

⁷ Yea it shalbe a portion for such as remayne of the house of Iuda, to feede therevpon, in the houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night: for the Lorde their God shall visite them, and turne away their captiuitie

¹¹ Geue vs this day our dayly breade

⁶⁸ Praysed be ye Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited & redeemed his people

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

⁸ But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content

¹² And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visitation

²⁷ And Moyses let his father in lawe depart: and he went into his owne lande

¹⁰ And sayde vnto her: Surely we will returne with thee vnto thy folke

¹⁴ And they lift vp their voyces, & wept againe: and Orpha kissed her mother in lawe, but Ruth abode still by her

³ And at the seuen yeres ende, it fortuned that the woman came againe out of the land of the Philistines, and went out to call vpon the king for her house and for her lande

¹⁵ And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this day who you wil serue, whether ye goddes which your fathers serued (that were on the other side of the fludde) either ye goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: As for me and my house, we wil serue the Lorde ¹⁶ The people aunswered and sayd: God forbyd, that we should forsake the Lord, and serue straunge goddes ¹⁷ For the Lorde our God, he it is that brought vs & our fathers out of the land of Egypt, & from the house of bondage, and whiche did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in al the way that we went, and among al the people which we came thorowe ¹⁸ And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande: And therfore wil we also serue the Lord, for he is our God ¹⁹ And Iosuah sayde vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holy God, and a ielous God, and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne ²⁰ Yf ye forsake the Lorde and serue straunge goddes, he will turne and do you euill, and consume you, after that he hath done you good ²¹ And the people sayde vnto Iosuah: Nay, but we will serue the Lorde ²² And Iosuah sayde vnto the people: Ye are witnesses against your selues, that ye haue chosen you the Lorde to serue him. And they sayde: we are witnesses ²³ Then put away [sayde he] the strauge goddes whiche are among you, & bowe your heartes vnto the Lorde God of Israel ²⁴ The people sayde vnto Iosuah: The Lorde our God will we serue, and his voyce will we obey ²⁵ And so Iosuah made a couenaut with the people the same day, and set an ordinaunce & lawe before them in Sichem ²⁶ And Iosuah wrote these wordes in the booke of the lawe of God: and toke a great stone, and pitched it on ende in the sayde place, euen vnder an oke that was in the sanctuarie of the Lorde ²⁷ And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people: Behold, this stone shalbe a witnesse vnto vs, for it hath hearde al the wordes of the Lorde whiche he spake with vs, it shalbe therfore a witnesse vnto you, lest ye denie your God ²⁸ And so Iosuah let the people depart, euery man vnto his inheritaunce

⁵ And Mahlon & Chilion died also euen both of them, and the woman was left destitute of her two sonnes and of her husband

²⁰ And Naomi said vnto her daughter inlawe: Blessed be he of the Lord, for he ceasseth not to do good to the lyuing & to the dead. And Naomi sayd agayne vnto her: The man is nye vnto vs, and of our affinitie

²⁵ There went a great companie with hym: and he returned, and sayde vnto them ²⁶ If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his owne lyfe also, he can not be my disciple ²⁷ And whosoeuer doth not beare his crosse, and come after me, can not be my disciple ²⁸ For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it ²⁹ Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym ³⁰ Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende 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 ³³ So lykewyse, whosoeuer he be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he can not be my disciple

²² Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde

² Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise ³ That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth

¹⁸ But I haue receaued al, & haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges [which were sent] from you, an odoure of a sweete smel, a sacrifice acceptable, plesaunt to God ¹⁹ My God shall supplie all your neede, through his riches in glorie, in Christe Iesus

¹⁸ Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as it is comely in the Lorde

²⁴ Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe

¹⁶ The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne ¹⁷ But whe he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and founde [me] ¹⁸ The Lorde graunt vnto hym, that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day: And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well

²⁷ And he went vnto him, & kyssed him, and he smelled the sauour of his rayment, and blessed hym, & saide: See, the smell of my sonne, is as the smell of a fielde which the Lorde hath blessed

¹¹ And Iacob kyssed Rachel, and lift vp his voyce and wept

¹⁵ Moreouer he kissed al his brethren, and wept vpon them: and after that, his brethren talked with him

¹ Then Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her: My daughter, shal I not seke rest for thee, yt thou mayest prosper

³⁷ And they all wepte sore, and fell on Paules necke, and kyssed hym

³ But all my delyght is [to do good] vnto the saintes that are in the earth: and vnto such as excell in vertue

⁶³ (119:7) I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and kepe thy commaundementes

²³ Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: In that time shall ten men (out of al maner of language of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and say, We wyll go with you: for we haue heard that God is among you

¹¹ Then sayde Iudas to Thamar his daughter in lawe: Remayne a wydowe at thy fathers house, tyll Selah my sonne be growen. (For he sayde, lest peraduenture he dye also as his brethren dyd.) And Thamar went & dwelt in her fathers house

⁵ If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman

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

⁹ Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man

¹⁵ For in deede the hande of the Lorde was against them to destroy them fro among ye hoast, til they were cosumed

¹⁵ But whythersoeuer they went out, the hand of the Lord was sore against them, euen as the Lord promised them, and as he sware vnto them: And he punished them sore

¹¹ And so they sent, and gathered together al the lordes of the Philistines, and saide: Send away the arke of the God of Israel, to go agayne to his owne place, that it slea vs not, and our people. For there was a destruction and death thorowout all the citie, and the hand of God was exceeding sore there

²¹ Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friendes, for the hande of God hath touched me

⁴ For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night: and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer. Selah

² For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me: and thy hande presseth me sore

⁹ I became dumbe, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doyng ¹⁰ Take thy plague away from me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande

²⁸ And hast not suffred me to kysse my chyldren and my daughters? thou wast a foole nowe in so doyng

⁵⁵ And early in the mornyng Laban rose vp, and kyssed his sonnes and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departyng, went into his place agayne

⁴ But ye that cleaue vnto the Lord your god, are aliue euery one of you this day

²⁰ Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue, to hym shalt thou cleaue, and sweare by his name

²⁰ And he left the oxen, and ranne after Elias, and sayde: Let me I pray thee kysse my father and my mother, & then I will folowe thee. He sayde vnto him: Go backe againe, for what is it that I haue done to thee

¹⁷ He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother

²⁴ A man that wyll haue frendes, must shewe hym selfe frendly: and there is a frende whiche is nearer then a brother

¹ But the Lorde wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob, and will yet chose Israel againe, and set them in their owne land, straungers shall cleaue and get them to the house of Iacob

³⁷ He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me

²⁴ Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me

²² But when the young man hearde that saying, he went away sory: For he had great possessions

²¹ Iesus behelde hym, and loued hym, and sayde vnto hym, one thyng thou lackest: Go thy way, sell whatsoeuer thou hast, and geue to the poore, & thou shalt haue treasure in heauen, and come folowe me, and take vp the crosse ²² But he was discomforted because of that saying, and went away mournyng: for he had great possessions

⁶⁶ From that time, many of his disciples wet backe, & walked no more with him ⁶⁷ Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue: Wyll ye also go away ⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter aunswered him: Lorde, to who shall we go? Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe ⁶⁹ And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe, the sonne of ye lyuyng God

³⁴ Howe be it, certaine men claue vnto hym, and beleued: among the whiche was Denys Areopagita, and a woman named Damaris, & other with them

¹⁰ For Demas hath forsaken me, hauing loued this present worlde, and is departed vnto Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus vnto Dalmatia

³⁹ We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition: but we parteyne vnto fayth, to the wynning of the soule

¹⁵ And yf it seeme euyll vnto you to serue the Lorde, then chose you this day who you wil serue, whether ye goddes which your fathers serued (that were on the other side of the fludde) either ye goddes of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: As for me and my house, we wil serue the Lorde

¹⁹ And Iosuah sayde vnto the people, Ye can not serue the Lord: for he is an holy God, and a ielous God, and cannot beare your iniquite and sinne

²⁴ Nay, but what people Camos thy God dryueth out, that lande possesse thou: Euen so whatsoeuer nation the Lord our God expelleth before vs, that lande ought we to enioy

¹⁹ Then sayde the king to Ithai the Gethite: Wherfore commest thou with vs? Returne, and abyde with the king, for thou art a straunger, depart therfore to thy place ²⁰ Thou camest yesterday, and should I vnquiet thee to day to go with vs? I will go whyther I can: Therfore returne thou, & cary againe thy brethren: Mercy and trueth be with thee

² And Elias saide vnto Elisa: Tary here I praye thee, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa saide vnto him: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. And they came downe to Bethel

³ The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good

⁵ And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes, those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes: [so] peace [shalbe] vpon Israel

⁶ Which start backe from the Lorde, and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym

²⁰ But he that receaued the seede into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioy, receaueth it ²¹ Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde, by and by he is offended

²⁸ And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto, and he made as though he would haue gone further

³⁸ And the iuste shall lyue by fayth: And yf he withdrawe hym selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: For yf they had ben of vs, they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs: But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs

¹⁸ And the Lord did cast out before vs all the people, euen the Amorites whiche dwelt in the lande: And therfore wil we also serue the Lord, for he is our God

¹¹ And Booz aunswered and sayde vnto her: Al is tolde & shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law sence the death of thyne husband: howe thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land where thou wast borne, and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time passed ¹² The Lord quyte thy worke, and a full reward be geuen thee of the Lord God of Israel, vnder whose winges thou art come to trust

²¹ And Ithai aunswered the king, & said: As the Lord lyueth, and as my lord the king lyueth, in what place my lorde the king shalbe, whether in death or lyfe, euen there also will thy seruaunt be

² And Elias saide vnto Elisa: Tary here I praye thee, for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel. Elisa saide vnto him: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. And they came downe to Bethel ³ And the children of the prophetes that were at Bethel came out to Elisa, and saide vnto him: knowest thou not how that the Lord wyll take away thy maister from thy head this day? He saide: I knowe it also, holde you your peace ⁴ And Elia saide vnto him: Elisa, tary here I praye thee, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho. He saide: As the Lorde lyueth, and as thy soule lyueth, I will not leaue thee. And so they came to Iericho ⁵ And the children of the prophetes that were at Iericho came to Elisa, and said vnto him: Knowest thou not, that the Lorde wil take away thy maister from thy head this day? He aunswered: I know it also, holde ye your peace ⁶ And Elias said vnto him: Tary I pray thee here, for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordane. He saide: As the Lord liueth, & as thy soule lyueth, I wyll not leaue thee. And so they two went together

¹⁰ Hearken O daughter and consider, encline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house

⁴⁷ The king aunswered Daniel, & sayde: Of a trueth your God is a God of gods, and the Lorde of kinges, and a reuealer of secretes, seing thou couldest reueale this secrete

²⁹ { (3:96) Therfore I make a decree, that euery people, nation, & language, which speake any blasphemie against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, shalbe drawen in peeces, and their houses shalbe made a takes: because there is no God that can deliuer after this sort}

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

⁴ Yet I am the Lorde thy God [which brought thee] out of the lande of Egypt, & thou shalt knowe no God but me only, neither is there any sauiour besides me

¹⁹ And a certayne Scribe came, & sayde vnto hym: Maister, I wyll folowe thee, whyther soeuer thou goest

²⁸ And they drewe nye vnto the towne which they went vnto, and he made as though he would haue gone further ²⁹ And they constrayned hym, saying: abyde with vs, for it draweth towarde nyght, and the day is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them

³⁷ Peter sayde vnto hym: Lorde, why can not I folowe thee nowe? I wyll ieoparde my lyfe for thy sake

¹³ Then Paule aunswered: What do ye weepyng and vexyng myne heart? For I am redy, not to be bounde only, but also to dye at Hierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu

¹⁶ Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images? For ye are the temple of the lyuing God, as saide God, I wyll dwell in them, & walke in [them] & wyll be their God, & they shalbe my people ¹⁷ Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you ¹⁸ And wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes and daughters, saith the Lorde almightie

⁹ For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God

⁴ These are they which were not defiled with wome, for they are virgins: These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth: These were redeemed fro men, beyng the first fruites vnto God, and to the lambe

¹⁷ He saide: What is that the Lord hath saide vnto thee? I pray thee hyde it not from me: God do so to thee, & more also, if thou hyde any thyng from me of all that he sayde vnto thee

²² So and more also do God vnto the enemies of Dauid, if I leaue of all that pertayne to him by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall

⁹ So do God to Abner, and more also, except as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so will I do to him

³⁵ And when all the people came to cause Dauid eate meate whyle it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying: So do God to me and more also, if I taste bread or ought els tyll the sunne be downe

¹³ And say ye to Amasa: Art thou not of my bone and of my fleshe? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captayne of the hoast to me for euer in the roome of Ioab

²³ Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe

² Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: So and so let the gods do to me, if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time

¹⁰ And Benhadad sent vnto him againe, and sayde: Thus and thus do the gods vnto me, if the dust of Samaria be enough for al the people that folowe me, to take euery man an handfull

³¹ Then he sayd: God do so & more also to me, if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day

²³ Which when he came, and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde

²⁴ But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God

⁴² And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship, and in breakyng of bread, and in prayers

¹⁴ And when we coulde not turne his mynde, we ceassed, saying: the wyll of the Lorde be fulfylled

¹⁰ Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lorde, & in the power of his might

⁷ Is not this that glorious citie of yours which hath ben of olde antiquitie? her owne feete shall cary her foorth to be a soiurner into a farre countrey

¹⁵ All they that go by thee, clappe their handes at thee, hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem [and say] Is this the citie that men call so faire, wherein the whole lande reioyceth

¹⁰ And when he was come into Hierusale, all the citie was moued, saying: who is this

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

¹⁴ And God almightie geue you mercye in the sight of the man, that he may deliuer you your other brother, & [this] Beniamin: and thus I am as one that is quite robbed of his chyldren

³ I appeared vnto Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob as an almightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowen vnto them

¹⁷ Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almightie

⁴ For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me, the poyson therof hath drunke vp my spirite, and the terrible feares of God are set against me

⁷ Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie

⁶ Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowe me, and hath compassed me with his net

¹⁴ All the day long I haue ben scourged: and chastened euery mornyng

¹⁵ (88:14) I am in miserie, I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death: I haue suffered thy terrours, [and] I am styll in doubt

¹³ I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe, but he brused my bones lyke a lion: and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me

¹ I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie ² He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light ³ Against me is he turned, he turneth his hande dayly against me ⁴ My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde, and my bones hath he bruised ⁵ He hath buylded rounde about me, and closed me in with gall and trauaile ⁶ He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer ⁷ He hath so hedged me in, that I can not get out, and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me ⁸ Though I crye and call pitiously, yet heareth he not my prayer ⁹ He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked ¹⁰ He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole ¹¹ He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether ¹² He hath bent his bowe, and made me as it were a marke to shoote at ¹³ The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot, euen into my reynes ¹⁴ I am laughed to scorne of all my people, they make songues vpon me all the day long ¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke ¹⁶ He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust ¹⁷ He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges ¹⁸ I thought in my selfe, I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde ¹⁹ O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall ²⁰ Yea thou shalt remember them, for my soule melteth away in me

¹¹ No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby

⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the endyng, sayth the Lorde almyghtie, which is, and which was, and which is to come

²² And I sawe no temple therin: For the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe, are the temple of it

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

²¹ And sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thyther againe: The Lorde gaue & the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lorde

¹⁷ Thou bringest freshe witnesse against me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me: diuers and many are the plagues that I am in

²⁶ For thou layest sharply to my charge, and punishest me for the sinnes of my youth

⁸ And that thou hast filled me with wrinckles my fleshe is recorde, and my leanenesse ryseth vp against me and beareth witnes thereof in my face

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

³¹ And so the flaxe and the barlye were smytten, for the barly was shot vp, and the flaxe was boulled ³² But the wheate and the rye were not smytten, for they were late sowen

²³ And so she kept her by the maydens of Booz, to gather, vnto the ende of barlye haruest and of wheate haruest also, & dwelt with her mother in lawe

⁹ And he deliuered them vnto ye handes of the Gibeonites, which hanged them in the hill before the Lorde: And they fell all seuen together, and were slaine in the dayes of haruest, euen in the first dayes, and in the beginning of barlye haruest