Proverbs 15 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger. ² A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse. ³ The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place, both vpon ye good and badd. ⁴ A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. ⁵ A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge. ⁶ In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre. ⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so. ⁸ The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him. ⁹ The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacio vnto ye LORDE, but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he loueth. ¹⁰ He that forsaketh ye right strete, shalbe sore punyshed: & who so hateth correccion, falleth in to death. ¹¹ The hell wt hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men? ¹² A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse. ¹³ A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy. ¹⁴ A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse. ¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast. ¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe. ¹⁷ Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will. ¹⁸ An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde. ¹⁹ The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed. ²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother. ²¹ A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges. ²² Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men yt can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. ²³ O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season? ²⁴ The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth. ²⁵ The LORDE wyl breake downe ye house of ye proude, but he shal make fast ye borders of ye wyddowe. ²⁶ The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him. ²⁷ The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue. ²⁸ A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme. ²⁹ The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth ye prayer of the rightuous. ³⁰ Like as ye clearnesse of ye eyes reioyseth ye herte, so doth a good name fede ye bones. ³¹ The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth himself to correccion, is wyse. ³³ The feare of ye LORDE is ye right scyece of wy?dome, and lowlynes goeth before honor.

¹ And the men of Ephraim sayde vnto him: Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs, that thou hast not called vs, wha thou wentest forth to fight agaynst ye Madianites? and they chode sore with him. ² But he sayde vnto them: What haue I done now that is like youre acte? Is not the aftergadderynge of Ephraim better then the whole haruest of Abieser? ³ God hath delyuered ye prynces of the Madianites Oreb and Zeb in to youre hande, how coulde I do that ye haue done? Whaa he had sayde this, their blast was swaged from him.

³ Now whan I sawe yt there was no helper, I put my soule in my honde, and wente agaynst the children of Ammon, and the LORDE delyuered them in to my hande. Wherfore come ye vp to me, to fighte agaynst me? ⁴ And Iephthae gathered all the men in Gilead, & foughte agaynst Ephraim. And the men in Gilead smote Ephraim, because they sayde: Ye Gileadites are as they yt fle awaye before Ephraim, (and dwell) amoge Ephraim & Manasse. ⁵ And the Gileadites toke ye ferye of Iordane from Ephraim. Now wha one of ye fugityue Ephraites dyd saye: Let me go ouer, ye men of Gilead sayde: Art thou an Ephraite? yf he answered: No, ⁶ they bad him saye: Schiboleth, & he sayde: Siboleth, & coulde not speake it righte: then they toke him, & slew him at ye ferye of Iordane, so yt the same tyme there fell of Epraim two & fortye M.

¹⁰ But Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: What is he yt Dauid? & who is the sonne of Isai? There are many seruauntes now yt runne awaye from their masters. ¹¹ Shulde I take my bred, water and flesh, that I haue slayne for my clyppers, & geue it vnto me whom I knowe not whence they are? ¹² The Dauids yonge me turned their waye agayne. And whan they came agayne vnto him, they tolde him all these wordes. ¹³ The sayde Dauid vnto his men: Euery man gyrde his swerde aboute him. And euery one gyrde his swerde aboute him. And Dauid gyrde his swerde aboute him also, and there wete vp after him vpon a foure hundreth men, but two hundreth remayned wt the stuffe.

²¹ But Dauid sayde: Wel, all that this man had in ye wyldernes, haue I kepte for naughte, so that there wanted nothinge of all that he had, and he rewardeth me euell for good. ²² God do this and yet more vnto the enemies of Dauid, yf vntyll tomorow in the mornynge I leaue this man (of all that he hath) so moch as one that maketh water agaynst ye wall. ²³ Now whan Abigail sawe Dauid, she lighte downe from the asse in all the haist, and fell vpo hir face before Dauid, and worshiped him to the grounde, ²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Oh my lorde, let this trespace be myne, and let thy handmayde speake before thine eares, and heare the wordes of thy handmayden: ²⁵ Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial, for he is a foole, acordinge as his name is called: his name is foole, and foolishnes is with him. As for me thy handmayde, I sawe not my lordes yonge men, whom thou dyddest sende. ²⁶ But now my lorde, as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, the LORDE hath kepte the backe, yt thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude, and he hath delyuered thine hande. Thine enemyes be now as Nabal, and so be they that wolde my lorde euell. ²⁷ Here is ye blessynge, yt thy handmayde hath brought my lorde, take it, and geue it vnto the yonge men, that walke vnder my lorde. ²⁸ For a sure house shal ye LORDE make my lorde, which fighteth the fighte of the LORDE, and no euell shall be founde in the all thy life longe. ²⁹ And yf eny man ryse vp to persecute ye, and to laye wayte for thy soule, then shal the soule of my lorde be bounde in the bundell of ye lyuynge, euen with the LORDE thy God. But ye soule of thine enemies shalbe turned backe wt the slynge. ³⁰ Whan the LORDE therfore doth all this good for my lorde (which he hath promysed the) and commaundeth ye to be his Duke ouer Israel, ³¹ then shal it be no stomblinge blocke ner occasiion of fallynge vnto my lordes hert, that thou hast not shed bloude without a cause, and auenged thy selfe, then shal ye LORDE do good vnto my lorde, and thou shalt thynke vpon thy handmayden. ³² Then saide Dauid vnto Abigail: Blessed be the LORDE God of Israel, which hath sent the to mete me this daye: ³³ and blessed be thy speach, and blessed be thou, which hast kepte me backe this daye, that I am not come agaynst bloude, to auenge me with myne awne hande.

⁴³ Then answered they of Israel vnto them of Iuda, & sayde: We haue ten tymes more with the kynge and with Dauid, the thou, why hast thou regarded me then so lightly, that oures were not the first to fetch oure kynge agayne? But they of Iuda spake harder then they of Israel.

¹³ And the kynge gaue the people an harde rough answere, and forsoke the coucell that the Elders had geuen him, ¹⁴ and talked with them after the councell of the yonge men, and sayde: My father made youre yock sore, but I wyll make it yet sorer vpon you. My father correcte you with scourges, but I wil nourtoure you with scorpios. ¹⁵ Thus the kynge folowed not the peoples mynde, for he was turned so fro the LORDE, that he mighte stablish his worde which he spake by Ahias of Silo vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. ¹⁶ But whan all Israel sawe that the kynge wolde not heare them, the people gaue ye kynge an answere and sayde: What porcion haue we then in Dauid or inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai? Get the to thy tentes O Israel. Loke thou now to thy house thou Dauid. So Israel wente vnto their tentes.

¹² Euell will stereth vp strife, but loue couereth ye multitude of synnes.

¹⁸ An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

¹⁵ With pacience maye a prynce be pacified, & wt a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be broke.

²⁵ He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in ye LORDE, shalbe well fedd.

²² An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

¹ My hert is dytinge of a good matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge:

⁷ Beholde, they speake (agaynst me) wt their mouth, swerdes are vnder their lippes, for who reproueth the?

²³ He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

¹⁶ A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

²³ O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

²⁸ A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

²³ The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe. ¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde.

¹² The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself. ¹³ The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.

⁴ The LORDE God hath geue me a wel lerned tuge, so that I can conforte them which are troubled, yee & yt in due season. He waked myne eare vp by tymes in ye mornynge (as ye scolemasters do) yt I might herke.

⁹ for the eyes of the LORDE loke rounde aboute all londes, to strength them yt are in him with all their hert. Thou hast done vnwysely, therfore shalt thou haue warre from hece forth.

⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, & tell all my goinges?

²¹ And why? his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seyth all his goinges. ²² There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe, yt can hyde the wicked doers from him.

²¹ For euery mas wayes are open in the sight of the LORDE, and he podereth all their goinges.

¹⁷ For myne eyes beholde all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro my face, nether can their wicked dedes be kepte close out of my sight.

²⁴ Maye eny man hyde him self so, that I shal not se him? saieth the LORDE. Do not I fulfill heauen and earth? saieth the LORDE.

¹⁹ Thou art the greate and mightie God, whose name is the LORDE of hoostes: greate in councell, and infinite in thought: Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children, to rewarde euery one after his waye, and acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions:

¹³ nether is there eny creature invisible in ye sighte of him. But all thinges are naked & bare vnto ye eyes of hi of who we speake.

²² And the LORDE God sayde: lo, Adam is become as it were one of vs, & knoweth good & euell. But now lest he stretch his hande, and take also of the tre of life, and eate, and lyue for euer. ²³ Then the LORDE God put him out of the garden of Eden, to tyll ye earth, whece he was take. ²⁴ And he cast Adam out. And before the garden of Eden he set Cherubes, and a naked fyrie swerde, to kepe ye waye vnto the tre of life.

² Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. ³ Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure. ⁴ Thou louest vngraciousnesse more the good, to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse.

²² I go hence like ye shadowe that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as ye greshoppers.

¹⁸ She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

¹⁸ A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

⁸ The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.

¹⁴ A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mas disease, but wha ye sprete is vexed, who maye abyde it?

²² A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

² But vnto you that feare my name, shall the Sone of rightuousnesse aryse, & health shalbe vnder his winges. Ye shal go forth, & multiplie as ye fat calues.

³ These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes,

⁷ Let him yt hath eares, heare, what ye sprete saith vnto the congregacions. To him that ouercommeth, will I geue to eate of the tree of life, which is in the myddes of ye paradise of God.

²³ and he sayde vnto them: wherfore do ye this? For I heare of youre euell conuersacion of all this people. ²⁴ Not so my childre, this is no good reporte that I heare, ye cause the people of the LORDE to offende. ²⁵ Yf eny ma synne agaynst a man, the iudge ca redresse it. But yf eny ma synne agaynst ye LORDE, who can redresse it? Neuertheles they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father, for the LORDES wyll was to slaye them.

¹ And after this it fortuned that Absalom caused to prepare himselfe chearettes and horses, and fyftye men, which were his fote me. ² And Absalo gat him vp allwaye early in the mornynge, and stode in the waye by the porte: and whan eny man had a matter which shulde come to the kynge for iudgment, Absalom called vnto him and sayde: Of what cite art thou? Yf he sayde then: thy seruaunt is of one of the trybes of Israel, ³ then sayde Absalom vnto him: Beholde, thy matter is righte and plaine: but there is noman appoynted ye of the kynge to heare the. ⁴ And Absalom sayde: O who setteth me to be iudge in ye londe, that euery man which hath a plee or matter to do in ye lawe, might come to me, that I might helpe him to right ⁵ And whan eny man came to him to do worshippe & to do him obeisaunce, he put forth his hade, and helde him & kyssed him. ⁶ After this maner dyd Absalom vnto all Israel whan they came to the lawe vnto the kynge, and so dyd he steale awaye the hert of ye men of Israel.

¹¹ Now my sonne, the LORDE shal be wyth the, and thou shalt prospere, that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God, acordynge as he hath spoken of the. ¹² The LORDE also shal geue the wy?dome & vnderstondynge, and shal commytte Israel vnto the, that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God. ¹³ But then shal thou prospere, yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel. Be stronge, and take a good corage vnto the, feare not, and be not faynt harted.

⁹ And thou my sonne Salomo, knowe thou the God of thy father, and serue him with all thy hert, and with the desyre of thy soule: for the LORDE searcheth all hertes, and vnderstondeth all thoughtes & ymaginacions Yf thou seke him, thou shalt fynde him: but yf thou forsake him, he shall refuse the for euer.

²⁰ And Dauid sayde vnto Salomo his sonne: Be thou manly and stronge, and make it, feare not, and be not fayntharted, the LORDE God my God shal be with the, and shall not withdrawe his hande, ner fayle the, tyll thou haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the house of the LORDE.

⁵ Let the rightuous (rather) smyte me frendly, and reproue me:

²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes.

²³ (For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)

¹ These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

¹ A wyse sonne wyll receaue his fathers warnynge, but he yt is scornefull, wyll not heare when he is reproued.

¹⁸ He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.

³¹ The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth himself to correccion, is wyse.

²⁰ O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.

¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde.

¹³ This witnesse is true. Wherfore rebuke them sharply, yt they maye be sounde in the faith,

¹⁵ These thinges speake and exhorte, and rebuke with all earnest. Se that no man despyse the.

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere. ²² Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde. ²³ For though ye wicked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely, yet God shal sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his battayll to rayne ouer him:

¹⁶ A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

³ Riches & pleteousnesse shalbe in his house, & his rightuousnes endureth for euer.

²¹ That I maye sende prosperite to those that loue me, & to encrease their treasure.

²² The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

²² Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

⁸ Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

²⁰ In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

⁶ One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge? ¹¹ Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe. ¹³ Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, then the treasure of Egipte: for he had respecte vnto the rewarde.

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten. ³ Youre golde & yor siluer are cancred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, & shal eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yor last dayes:

³⁰ Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.

² My tonge is ye penne of a ready wryter.

¹³ Then shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked, that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. ¹⁴ Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God, thou that art the God of my health, that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse. ¹⁵ Open my lippes (O LORDE) that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse.

¹⁵ Thou (o God) hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now, therfore wil I tell of yi wonderous workes. ¹⁶ Forsake me not (o God) in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children, & thy power to all them that are yet for to come. ¹⁷ Thy rightuousnes (o God) is very hie, thou that doest greate thinges: o God, who is like vnto the? ¹⁸ O what greate troubles & aduersite hast thou shewed me? & yet didest thou turne & refresh me, yee & broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne.

² I wil open my mouth in parables, and speake of thinges of olde. ³ Which we haue herde and knowne, and soch as oure fathers haue tolde vs. ⁴ That we shulde not hyde them from the children of the generacions to come: but to shewe the honoure of the LORDE, his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, which he comaunded oure forefathers to teach their children. ⁶ That their posterite might knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne.

¹³ With my lippes wil I be tellynge out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth.

²⁰ An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth. ²¹ The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

⁹ The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables. ¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth.

¹¹ Thy lippes (o my spouse) droppe as the hony combe, yee mylck and hony is vnder thy tonge, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of frankynsense.

²⁷ What I tell you in darcknes, that speake ye in light: and what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye vpon the house toppes.

³⁴ O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh.

¹⁸ And Iesus came vnto them, talked with them, and sayde: Vnto me is geue all power in heauen and in earth. ¹⁹ Go ye youre waye therfore, and teach all nacions, and baptyse them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holy goost: ²⁰ and teach them to kepe all thinges, what soeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo, I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde.

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Go ye youre waye in to all the worlde, and preach the gospell vnto all creatures.

⁹ The LORDE spake vnto Paul by a vision in ye nighte: Be not afrayed, but speake, and holde not thy peace, ¹⁰ for I am with the: and no man shal inuade the that shal hurte the, for I haue moch people in this cite.

¹⁴ But how shal they call vpo him, on who they beleue not? How shal they beleue on him, of who they haue not herde? How shal they heare without a preacher? ¹⁵ But how shal they preach, excepte they be sent? As it is wrytte: How beutyfull are the fete of the yt preach peace, yt brynge good tidinges? ¹⁶ But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell. For Esaye sayeth: LORDE, who beleueth oure preachinge? ¹⁷ So the faith cometh by hearynge, but hearinge cometh by the worde of God.

¹⁸ For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede, ¹⁹ thorow the power of tokens and wonders, and thorow the power of the sprete of God, so that from Ierusale, and roude aboute vnto Illyricon, I haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ. ²⁰ So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion, ²¹ but as it is wrytten: To whom he was not spoken of, they shal se: and they that haue not herde, shal vnderstonde.

²⁹ Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth, but that which is good to edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious to heare.

² And what thinges thou hast herde of me by many witnesses, the same commytte thou vnto faithfull men, which are apte to teach other.

⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

¹⁷ I knowe my God, that thou tryest the hert, and that vnfaynednes is acceptable vnto the: therfore haue I geue all this with an vnfayned hert, eue with a good wyll, and now haue I had ioye to se thy people (which here are present) offre with a fre wyll vnto the.

¹ Heare ye right (O LORDE) cosidre my coplaynte: herken vnto my prayer, that goeth not out of a fayned mouth.

²⁹ The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth ye prayer of the rightuous.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhominacion, for they offre the thinge yt is gotten wt wickednes.

⁹ He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.

¹ Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

¹⁴ (my doue) out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall: O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce, for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face.

¹⁰ Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma: and herken vnto the lawe of oure God, thou people of Gomorra. ¹¹ Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me? I am discontent for the brentoffringes of wethers, and with ye fatnesse offedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, lambes and gootes. ¹² When ye apeare before me, who requyreth you to treade within my porches? ¹³ Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. I abhorre youre incense. I maye not awaye with youre newmoones, youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. Youre fastinges are also in vayne. ¹⁴ I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges, euen fro my very harte. They make me weery, I can not abyde them. ¹⁵ Though ye holde out yor hondes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of bloude.

⁸ For I the LORDE, which loue right ad hate robbery (though it were offred me) shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes, & make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them.

³ For who so slayeth an oxe for me, doth me so greate dishonoure, as he yt kylleth a ma. He that kylleth a shepe for me, choketh a dogge. He that bringeth me meatoffringes, offreth swynes bloude: Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense, prayseth the thinge yt is vnright. Yet take they soch wayes in honde, and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions.

²⁰ Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba, & swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees? Youre burnt offeringes displease me, and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices.

²¹ Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes, the God of Israel: Ye heape vp youre burntoffringes with youre sacrifices, & eate ye flesh. ²² But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte, I spake no worde vnto them of burntoffringes and sacrifices: ²³ but this I commaunded them, sayenge: herken and obeye my voyce, and I shalbe youre God and ye shal be my people: so that ye walke in all the wayes, which I haue comaunded you, that ye maye prospere.

²¹ I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes, ad where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it. ²² And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges, yet haue I no pleasure therin: As for youre fat thankofferynges, I wil not loke vpon them.

²⁴ God is a sprete, and they that worshippe him, must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth.

⁶ For the LORDE aloweth ye waye of the rightuous, but the waye of the vngodly shal perishe.

⁸ The LORDE helpeth the vp that are fallen, the LORDE loueth the righteous. ⁹ The LORDE careth for the straungers, he defendeth ye fatherlesse and wyddowe: as for the waye of ye vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

¹⁹ But ye waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse, wherin me fall, or they be awarre.

⁴ A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, & the lanterne of the vngodly is synne.

⁸ The wayes of the frowarde are straunge, but ye workes of him yt is cleane, are right.

²¹ Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and honor.

⁷ Thou (LORDE) cosidrest the path of ye rigtuous, whether it be right, whether the waye of ye rightuous be right.

¹ Herken vnto me, ye that holde of rightuousnes, ye that seke the LORDE. Take hede vnto the stone, wherout ye are hewen, and to the graue wherout ye are digged.

⁷ Therfore hercken vnto me, ye yt haue pleasure in rightuousnes, thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte. Feare not the curse of men, be not afrayde of their blasphemies & reuylinges:

⁴ How be it, I sent vnto them my seruautes all the prophetes: I rose vp early, I sent vnto them, and gaue them warninge: O do no soch abhominable thinges, & thinges that I hate

³ Then shal we haue vnderstondinge, & endeuoure oure selues to knowe the LORDE. He shal go forth as the sprynge of the daye, and come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth.

¹³ Thine eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euell, thou canst not beholde ye thinge that is wicked. Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tunge, when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better the himself?

¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate, and broade is the waye, that leadeth to destruccion: & many there be, which go in therat.

¹¹ But thou man of God, flye soche thinges: folowe righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes:

²² Fle thou the lustes of youth, but folowe righteousnes, faith, loue, peace, with all them that call vpon the LORDE with pure hert.

¹⁷ And whan Achab sawe Elias, Achab sayde vnto him: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

²⁰ And Achab sayde vnto Elias: Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye? He saide: Yee, I haue founde the, because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE.

⁸ The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man, one Micheas the sonne of Iemla, at whom we maye axe of the LORDE: but I hate him, for he prophecieth me no good, but euell. Iosaphat sayde: Let not the kynge saye so.

³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed my correccion.

¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion?

¹⁷ To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

¹ Who so loueth wy?dome, wil be content to be refourmed: but he that hateth to be reproued, is a foole.

³⁵ They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.

⁵ Wherfore shulde ye be plaged eny more? For ye are euer fallinge awaye. The whole heade is sick, and the herte is very heuy. ⁶ From the sole of the foote vnto the heade, there is no whole parte in all yor body: but all are woundes, botches, sores and strypes, which can nether be helped, bounde vp, molified, ner eased with eny oyntment.

¹³ Thy filthinesse is abhominable, for I wolde haue clensed the, but thou woldest not be clensed. Thou canst not be pourged from thine vnclennesse, till I haue poured my wrothfull indignacion vpon the. ¹⁴ Euen I the LORDE haue so deuysed: Yee it is come therto allredy, that I will do it. I will not go backe, I will not spare, I wil not be intreated: but acordinge to thy wayes ad ymaginacions, thou shalt be punyshed, saieth the LORDE God.

²⁰ Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.

⁷ The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth: because I testifye of it, that the workes of it are euell.

⁷ But ye LORDE sayde vnto Samuel: loke not vpon his countenaunce, ner vpon the tallnesse of his person, For I iudge not after the sighte of man. A man hath respecte vnto the thinge that is before his eyes, but the LORDE loketh vpon the hert.

³⁰ heare thou then from heauen, euen from ye seate of thy habitacion, and be mercifull: and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes, in so moch as thou knowest his hert (for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men)

⁶ yee & all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd fro him, & the very destruccion it self ca not be kepte out of his sight.

⁹ Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,

²¹ Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God, & holde vp oure hondes to eny straunge God: Shulde not God fynde it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert.

⁸ Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge, & remayne in the vttemost parte of the see:

²⁰ Like as hell & destruccion are neuer full, euen so the eyes of me can neuer be satisfied.

¹⁰ Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert, ad search the reynes and rewarde euery ma acordinge to his wayes, and acordinge to the frute off his councels.

²⁴ But Iesus comytted not himself vnto the, for he knewe the all, ²⁵ & neded not yt eny ma shulde testifye of man, for he knewe well what was in man.

¹⁷ He saide vnto him ye thirde tyme: Symon Iohana, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto him, louest thou me? And he sayde vnto him: LORDE, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest, that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him: Fede my shepe.

¹⁸ and am alyue, and was deed. And beholde, I am alyue for euer more and haue the kayes of hell & of deth.

²³ And I wil kyll her childre with deeth. And all the cogregacios shal knowe, yt I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes. And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes.

⁷ The kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat: There is yet one man, at whom we maye axe of ye LORDE: but I hate him, for he prophecieth me no good, but allwaye euell, namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla. Iosaphat sayde: Let not the kynge saye so.

¹⁴ They saye vnto God: go from vs, we desyre not the knowlege of thy wayes.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him self dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth himself. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh ye right strete, shalbe sore punyshed: & who so hateth correccion, falleth in to death.

¹⁰ but they owe him euel will, yt reproueth them openly: and who so telleth the the playne treuth, they abhorre him.

¹⁸ He that beleueth on him, shal not be codemned. But he that beleueth not, is codemned allready: because he beleueth not on the name of the onely sonne of God. ¹⁹ But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell. ²⁰ Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued. ²¹ But he that doth the trueth, commeth to the light, that his workes maye be knowne: for they are done in God.

³ For the tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an heape of teachers,

² Then sayde ye kynge vnto me: Why lokest thou so sadly? Thou art not sicke, that is not ye matter, but thou art heuy harted. Neuertheles I was sore afrayed,

²⁵ Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

²² A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.

¹ And he sayde vnto his disciples: Let not youre hert be afrayed. Yf ye beleue on God, the beleue also on me.

¹² For oure reioysinge is this, euen the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes & godly purenesse, not in fleshlye wyssdome, but in the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersacion in the worlde, but most of all with you.

⁷ so that from hence forth ye oughte the more to forgeue him and to comforte him, lest he be swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse.

¹⁰ For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, not to be repented of: but worldly sorowe causeth death.

⁶ Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. ⁷ Now LORDE my God, thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade: As for me, I am but a small yonge man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge. ⁸ And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude. ⁹ Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? ¹⁰ This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion. ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment, ¹² beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.

⁹⁷ O what a loue haue I vnto thy lawe? all the daye longe is my talkynge of it.

¹⁰⁰ Yee I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy comaundementes.

⁵ By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

¹⁰ They darre saye to the prophetes: Intromitte youre selues with nothinge, and vnto ye Soythsayers: tell us of nothinge for to come, but speake frendly wordes vnto vs, and preach vs false thinges.

²⁰ The kepinge of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke: maye not I erre?

¹ Ephraim kepeth the ayre, and foloweth after the east wynde: he is euer increasinge lyes & destruction. They be confederate with the Assirians, their oyle is caried in to Egipte.

¹¹ (for they were the Eldest amonge the at Thessalonica) which receaued the worde maruelous wyllingly, and searched the scriptures daylie, whether it were euen so.

¹⁸ But growe in grace, and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer, Amen.

³⁵ And all his sonnes & doughters came vnto him to coforte him. But he wolde not be coforted, & saide: With sorowe wil I go downe in to the graue vnto my sonne. And his father wepte for him.

⁹ Iacob sayde: The tyme of my pylgremage is an hudreth and thirtie yeares: litle and euell is the tyme of my pilgremage, and attayneth not vnto the tyme of my fathers in their pylgremages.

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion. ⁸ Thou settest oure mi?dedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde.

¹³ A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

²² Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

²⁵ But at mydnight prayed Paul and Sylas, and praysed God. And the presoners herde them.

² by who also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace, wherin we stonde, & reioyse in the hope of ye glorye for to come, which God shal geue. ³ Not onely yt, but we reioyse also i troubles, for so moch as we knowe, yt trouble bryngeth paciece,

¹¹ Not onely that, but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ, by whom we haue now receaued the attonement.

¹² Reioyse in hope, be pacient in trouble. Continue in prayer.

⁵ For as the affliccios of Christ are plenteous in vs, euen so is or cosolacion plenteous by Christ.

¹⁰ as sorowynge, and yet allwaye mery: as poore, & yet make many riche: as hauynge nothinge, & yet possessynge all thinges.

⁶ in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions: ⁷ that youre faith once tryed (beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre) might be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ: ⁸ whom ye haue not sene, and yet loue him: in whom now ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye,

¹³ but reioyce, in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passios, yt wha his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery & glad.

⁶ A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

¹⁰ & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle. ¹¹ But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

¹⁸ Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me: ¹⁹ for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge? ²⁰ So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne: ²¹ for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery. ²² For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne, ²³ but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

¹⁰ He that loueth money, wil neuer be satisfied with money: and who so delyteth in riches, shal haue no profit therof. Is not this also a vayne thinge? ¹¹ Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.

⁶ Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath.

¹ Beholde, how good & ioyfull a thinge it is, brethre to dwell together in vnite. It is like yt precious oyntment vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd, eue vnto Aarons beerd, & wete downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge. ² Like the dewe of Hermon, which fell vpon the hill of Sion. ³ For there the LORDE promised his blessynge, and life for euermore.

¹ Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.

⁴ Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes, and sayde: Tell the gestes: Beholde, I haue prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled, and all thinges are readye, come to the mariage.

²³ and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery:

¹ Yf there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ, yf there be eny comforte of loue, yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete, yf there be eny compassion and mercy,

¹⁶ and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.

⁸ Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: O let there be no strife betwene me and the, and betwene my hyrdmen and thine, for we are brethre. ⁹ Is not all the whole londe open before the? Departe fro me, I praye the. Yf thou wilt go to the left hande, I wil take the right: Or yf thou wilt go to the right hande, I wil take the left.

²⁴ and fell at his fete, and sayde: Oh my lorde, let this trespace be myne, and let thy handmayde speake before thine eares, and heare the wordes of thy handmayden: ²⁵ Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial, for he is a foole, acordinge as his name is called: his name is foole, and foolishnes is with him. As for me thy handmayde, I sawe not my lordes yonge men, whom thou dyddest sende. ²⁶ But now my lorde, as truly as the LORDE lyueth, and as truly as thy soule lyueth, the LORDE hath kepte the backe, yt thou shuldest not come agaynst bloude, and he hath delyuered thine hande. Thine enemyes be now as Nabal, and so be they that wolde my lorde euell. ²⁷ Here is ye blessynge, yt thy handmayde hath brought my lorde, take it, and geue it vnto the yonge men, that walke vnder my lorde. ²⁸ For a sure house shal ye LORDE make my lorde, which fighteth the fighte of the LORDE, and no euell shall be founde in the all thy life longe. ²⁹ And yf eny man ryse vp to persecute ye, and to laye wayte for thy soule, then shal the soule of my lorde be bounde in the bundell of ye lyuynge, euen with the LORDE thy God. But ye soule of thine enemies shalbe turned backe wt the slynge. ³⁰ Whan the LORDE therfore doth all this good for my lorde (which he hath promysed the) and commaundeth ye to be his Duke ouer Israel, ³¹ then shal it be no stomblinge blocke ner occasiion of fallynge vnto my lordes hert, that thou hast not shed bloude without a cause, and auenged thy selfe, then shal ye LORDE do good vnto my lorde, and thou shalt thynke vpon thy handmayden. ³² Then saide Dauid vnto Abigail: Blessed be the LORDE God of Israel, which hath sent the to mete me this daye: ³³ and blessed be thy speach, and blessed be thou, which hast kepte me backe this daye, that I am not come agaynst bloude, to auenge me with myne awne hande. ³⁴ Verely (as truly as the LORDE the God of Israel lyueth, which hath hyndred me that I shulde do the no euell.) Yf thou haddest not met me in all the haist, Nabal shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll ye lighte mornynge, so moch as one that maketh water agaynst the wall. ³⁵ So Dauid toke of hir hade what she had broughte him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace vnto yi house: beholde, I haue herkened vnto yi voyce, and accepted thy personne. ³⁶ But whan Abigail came to Nabal, beholde, he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast, and his hert was mery, for he was very dronken. And she tolde him nothinge, nether small ner greate vntyll ye cleare mornynge. ³⁷ But whan it was daye, & the wyne was come from Nabal, his wife tolde him these thinges. Then was his hert deed in his body, so that he became euen as a stone: ³⁸ and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him, so yt he dyed. ³⁹ Whan Dauid herde that Nabal was deed, he sayde: Blessed be ye LORDE which hath auenged my rebuke on Nabal, and preserued his seruaunt from euell. And the LORDE hath rewarded Nabal that euell vpon his heade. And Dauid sent, and caused to talke with Abigail, yt he mighte take her to wife. ⁴⁰ And whan Dauids seruauntes came to Abigail vnto Carmel, they spake vnto her, and saide: Dauid hath sent vs vnto the, that he maye take ye to wife. ⁴¹ She rose vp, and worshipped vpon hir face vnto the earth, and sayde: beholde, here is thy handmayde, that she maie do seruyce vnto the seruauntes of my lorde, ⁴² and to wasshe their fete. And Abigail made haist, and gat her vp, and rode vpo an asse, and fyue maydens that were vnder her, and wente after Dauids messaungers, and became his wife. ⁴³ Dauid toke Ahinoam of Iesrael also, and they both became his wyues. ⁴⁴ But Saul gaue Michol his doughter the wife of Dauid vnto Phalti ye sonne of Lais of Gallim.

⁴³ Then answered they of Israel vnto them of Iuda, & sayde: We haue ten tymes more with the kynge and with Dauid, the thou, why hast thou regarded me then so lightly, that oures were not the first to fetch oure kynge agayne? But they of Iuda spake harder then they of Israel.

²⁹ Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

¹ A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

²⁸ A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

²¹ Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce.

⁴ Yf a principall sprete be geue the to beare rule, be not negliget the in thine office: for so shal greate wickednesse be put downe, as it were wt a medecyne.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God.

¹ In those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased, there arose a grudge amoge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues, because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge. ² Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together, and sayde: It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God, and to serue at the tables. ³ Wherfore brethren, loke out amonge you seue men, that are of honeste reporte, and full of the holy goost and wyssdome, whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes. ⁴ But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer, and to the mynistracion of the worde of God. ⁵ And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth and of the holy goost, and Philippe, and Procorus, and Nicanor, and Thimon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche.

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. ¹⁵ This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe. ¹⁶ For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes.

¹ Then the whole cogregacion toke on, and cryed, and the people wepte yt night. ² And all the childre of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregacion sayde vnto them: Oh that we had dyed in the lande of Egipte, or that we might dye yet in this wyldernesse. ³ Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this lande, that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the swerde, and ouer children be a praye? Is it not better, that we go agayne in to Egipte?

⁷ & spake to the whole cogregacion of the children of Israel: The londe yt we haue walked thorow to spye it out, is a very good lande. ⁸ Yf the LORDE haue lust vnto vs, he shal brynge vs in to the same londe, & geue it vs, which is a lade that floweth with mylke & hony. ⁹ But in anye wyse rebell not ye agaynst the LORDE, & feare not ye people of this lande, for we wil eate the vp as bred. Their defence is departed fro them, but the LORDE is wt vs, be not ye afrayed of them.

⁸ For there is no faithfulnesse in their mouthes: they dyssemble in their hertes:

⁸ O how fredly & rightuous is the LORDE, therfore wil he teach synners in the waye. ⁹ He ledeth the symple a right, and soch as be meke the lerneth he his wayes.

¹² What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE, he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen.

¹¹ For my father and my mother haue forsaken me, but the LORDE hath taken me vp. Shewe me thy waye O LORDE, and lede me in the right path, because of myne enemies.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges.

⁹ They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstode, & right to the that fynde knowlege.

⁵ Speares and snares are in ye waye of the frowarde, but he yt wil kepe his soule, let him fle fro soch.

¹³ The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes.

²¹ and thine eares harken to his worde, that crieth after the and saieth: This is the waye, go this, and turne nether to the right honde nor the leffte.

⁸ There shalbe footpathes & comon stretes, this shalbe called the holywaye. No vnclene person shal go thorow it, for the LORDE himself shal go with the that waye, and the ignoraut shal not erre.

¹⁴ And therfore thus he saieth: Make redy, make redy, and clense ye strete, take vp what ye can out of the waye, that ledeth to my people.

¹² Honoure thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe, which the LORDE thy God shal geue the.

³ Euery one feare his father and his mother. Kepe my holy dayes: for I am the LORDE youre God.

⁴⁸ Morouer ye kynge hath sayde thus: Praysed be ye LORDE God of Israel, which this daye hath made one to syt vpon my seate, that myne eyes haue sene it.

⁹ But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye, for thou art a wyse man, and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him, that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude.

⁷ Whan Hiram herde the wordes of Salomon, he was very glad, and sayde: Praysed be the LORDE this daye, which hath geuen Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this greate people.

¹⁵ My sonne, yf yi herte receaue wy?dome, my herte also shal reioyce: ¹⁶ yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

²² Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde.

³ Who so loueth wy?dome, maketh his father a glad man: but he yt kepeth harlottes, spedeth awaye yt he hath.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaudement at naught: the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles.

²² But ye knowe the profe of him: for as a childe vnto the father, so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

²³ A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

¹² A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.

⁹ Fooles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauourable loue amoge the rightuous.

¹⁶ A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

¹⁸ Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure, ¹⁹ And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.

¹⁵ Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,

¹³ So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the workes of his good couersacion in meknes that is coupled with wissdome.

¹⁴ Where no good councel is there the people decaye: but where as are many that can geue councell, there is wealth.

¹⁸ Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.

⁶ For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment, and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes & sorowe.

¹⁴ Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

¹³ Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

²⁶ He maketh him self to be well loued, that geueth a good answere.

¹ Every thinge hath a tyme, yee all that is vnder the heauen, hath is conuenient season.

¹¹ For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life: thou shalt make me full of ioye wt thy countenaunce. At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

²⁴ Loke well, yf there be eny waye of wickednesse in me, & lede me in the waye euerlastinge.

¹⁸ For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.

⁵ Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes pearse thorow vnto hell.

²⁷ Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.

¹⁴ Thou smytest him wt the rodde, but thou delyuerest his soule from hell.

⁸ And vnto this people thou shalt saye: Thus saieth the LORDE: beholde, I laye before you the waye of life and deeth.

¹⁴ But strayte is the gate, and narowe ys the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that fynde it.

⁶ Iesus sayde vnto him: I am the waye, and the trueth, and the life. Noman cometh to the father but by me.

²⁰ But oure conuersacion is in heauen, from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ ye LORDE,

¹ Yf ye be rysen now with Christ, seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is, syttinge on the righte hande of God. ² Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue, not on ye thinges that are vpon earth.

¹⁷ For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes ¹⁸ and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe, and loueth the straunger, to geue him fode & rayment.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck, which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce, that thou enheretest in the londe, which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it.

¹¹ poure out the indignacion of thy wrath: se that thou cast downe all ye proude, ¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete, ¹³ cast the downe in to the myre, and couer their faces with darcknesse:

¹ Why boastest thou thy self (thou Tyraunt) that thou canst do myschefe?

⁵ Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes yt maye do hurte, O thou false toge.

⁵ He is a father of ye fatherlesse, he is a defender of widdowes: eue God in his holy habitacio. ⁶ He is the God yt maketh me to be of one mynde in a house, & bryngeth ye presoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth ye rennagates cotinue in scarcenesse.

⁶ For though the LORDE be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto ye lowly: as for ye proude, he beholdeth him afarre off.

⁹ The LORDE careth for the straungers, he defendeth ye fatherlesse and wyddowe: as for the waye of ye vngodly, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

⁷ Or euer thou canst turne the aboute, the vngodly shal be ouerthrowne, but the house of the righteous shal stode.

¹¹ The houses of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacles of ye righteus shal florishe.

¹⁰ Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:

¹² For the daye of ye LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde & presumpcio, vpon all the that exalte the selues, and shal bringe them all downe?

²⁰ But because his herte was so proude, and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse: he was deposed from his kyngly trone, and his magesty was taken from him.

²⁷ Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

⁵ Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble.

¹⁴ Yee the wordes of my mouth & the meditacio of my herte shalbe acceptable vnto the, o LORDE, my helper and my redemer.

³⁰ Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer. ³¹ The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wy?dome, & his toge talketh of iudgment.

¹⁶ There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth, & the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude, ¹⁸ an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe, ¹⁹ a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

⁹ The thoughte of ye foolish is synne, & ye scornefull is an abhominacion vnto me.

¹⁴ O Ierusalem, wash thine hert from wickednesse, that thou mayest be helped. How longe shal thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the?

³⁴ O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges. ³⁶ But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet. ³⁷ Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.

¹⁹ For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy.

²¹ But loke out amonge all the people, for honest men, that feare God, soch as are true, & hate couetousnes: make these rulers ouer them, some ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fiftie, and ouer ten,

⁸ Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.

²⁶ Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhominacion in to thine house, yt thou be not damned as it is, but shalt vtterly defye it, and abhorre it, for it is damned.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.

¹⁸ Onely bewarre of it that is damned, lest ye damne youre selues (yf ye take ought of it which is damned) and make the hoost of Israel to be damned, and brynge it into mysfortune.

¹¹ Israel hath offended, and trasgressed ouer my couenaunt, which I commaunded the. They haue taken also of the thinge that was damned, and haue stollen, and dyssembled, and layed it amonge their ornamentes. ¹² The children of Israel are not able to stonde before their aduersaries, but must turne their backes vpon their enemies: for they are a cursed. I wyll no more be with you from hece forth yf ye put not out the damned from amonge you.

²⁴ Then Iosua and all Israel with him, toke Achan the sonne of Serah with the siluer, the garment and golde tunge, his sonnes and doughters, his oxen and asses, and shepe, and all that he had broughte they in to ye valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Iosua sayde: For so moch as thou hast troubled vs, the LORDE trouble the this daye. And all Israel stoned him, and burned him with fyre with all that he had.

³ Neuertheles his sonnes walked not in his wayes, but enclyned vnto couetousnes, & toke giftes, & wraysted the lawe. ⁴ Then all ye Elders in Israel gathered the selues together, & came to Ramath vnto Samuel, ⁵ & saide vnto him: Beholde, thou art waxen olde, & thy sonnes walke not in yi wayes, set a kynge now ouer vs therfore, to iudge vs, as all ye Heithe haue.

²⁷ But the leprosy of Naaman shal cleue vnto the & to thy sede for euer. Then wete he forth from him leporous as snowe.

¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life.

¹⁹ Like as rightuousnes bryngeth life, eue so to cleue vnto euell, bryngeth death.

²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

²¹ The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

¹⁶ Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne.

⁴ With true iudgment ye kynge setteth vp the londe, but yf he be a man yt taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

⁸ Wo to you that ioyne one house to another, and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another, till ye can get no more grounde. Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone? ⁹ The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus i myne eare: shal not many greater and more gorgions houses be so waist, that no man shall dwell in the? ¹⁰ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte, and xxx. bushels of sede shal geue but thre.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) & speaketh the treuth: He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate: he that kepeth his hode that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se no euel. ¹⁶ He it is, that shal dwel on hie, whose sauegarde shalbe in the true rocke, to him shalbe geuen the right true meat & drynke.

¹¹ The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

⁹ Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes in to his house: that he maye set his nest an hye, to escape from the power of mysfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed ye shame of thine owne house, for thou hast slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shal crie out of it, and the tymbre that lieth betwixte the ioyntes of the buyldinge shall answere.

³ Then sayde he vnto me: This is the curse, yt goeth forth ouer the whole earth: For all theues shalbe iudged after this boke, & all swearers shalbe iudged acordinge to the same. ⁴ I wil bringe it forth (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) so yt it shal come to the house of the thefe, & to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: & shal remayne in his house, & cosume it, with the tymbre & stones therof.

²³ And the kynge sayde: This woma saieth: my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed: Yonder woman sayeth: Not so, thy sonne is deed, & my sonne lyueth. ²⁴ And the kynge saide: Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge, ²⁵ the kynge sayde: Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes, and geue this woman the one halfe, and yonder woman the other halfe. ²⁶ Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued, vnto ye kinge: (for hir motherly hert was kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne) Oh my lorde, geue hir the childe alyue, and kyll it not. But the other sayde: Let it nether be myne ner thine, but let it be parted. ²⁷ Then answered the kynge, and sayde: Geue this woman the lyuynge childe, and slaye it not, for she is his mother. ²⁸ And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen: and they feared the kynge, for they sawe that ye wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmet.

¹⁹ Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

² A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

¹¹ A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

²⁰ Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

² Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe.

⁶ Vse not thy mouth to cause yi flesh for to synne, yt thou saye not before the angell: my foolishnesse is in ye faute. For the God wil be angrie at thy voyce, and destroye all ye workes of thine handes.

¹² The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself. ¹³ The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse. ¹⁴ A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

¹⁰ For there are many dishobedient, and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes: namely they of the circucision, ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped: which peruerte whole houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte not, because of filthye lucre.

⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thinges of the see, are meked and tamed of the nature of ma. ⁸ But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.

¹⁵ but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes. Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery ma, that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with mekenes & feare,

¹⁸ For they speake ye proude wordes of vanite, vnto ye vttemost, and entyse thorow wantannes vnto ye luste of the flesh, euen them that were cleane escaped, and now walke in erroure:

¹ Why art thou gone so farre of, o LORDE? wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble?

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to helpe the: yee euen vnto the LORDE, but he herde the not.

¹⁵ For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers. ¹⁶ But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel, to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth. ¹⁷ When the rightuous crie, the LORDE heareth them, and delyuereth the out of all their troubles.

¹⁸ (Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte, ye LORDE wil not heare me.) ¹⁹ Therfore God hath herde me, ad considred the voyce off my prayer.

²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the.

¹⁸ The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him, yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully. ¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desyre of them that feare him, he heareth their crie, and helpeth them.

⁸ The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

⁸ For thus saieth the LORDE: My thoughtes are not youre thoughtes, & youre wayes are not my wayes: ⁹ But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours

⁴⁶ And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous in to euerlastinge life.

³¹ For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he.

²⁶ Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse: for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte: neuertheles ye sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges. ²⁷ Howbeit he yt searcheth the hert, knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is: for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God.

¹² that ye at the same tyme were without Christ, and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes, therfore had ye no hope, and were without God in this worlde. ¹³ But now ye that be in Christ Iesu, and afore tyme were farre of, are now made nye by the bloude of Christ.

¹⁶ Knowlege youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche, yf it be feruet. ¹⁷ Helias was a ma mortall euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rayne: & it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes. ¹⁸ And he prayed agayne, and ye heaue gaue rayne, & ye earth brought forth her frute.

¹² For ye eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous, & his eares are open vnto their prayers. But ye face of the LORDE beholdeth the yt do euell.

⁸ But now is there a litle and sodane graciousnes come from the LORDE oure God, so that some of vs are escaped, that he maie geue vs a nayle in his holy place, that oure God maye lighte oure eyes, and geue vs a litle lyfe in oure bondage.

¹⁵ Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth go before thy face.

⁸ so shal thy nauel be whole, and thy bones stronge.

⁹ The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out.

²⁵ A good reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde water to a thyrstie soule.

⁷ The light is swete, & a pleasaunt thinge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sonne.

¹¹ The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfie the desyre of thine hert, and fyl yi bones with marry. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and like the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge.

¹⁰ And the angell sayde vnto them: Be not afrayed. Beholde, I brynge you tydiges of greate ioye, which shall happen vnto all people: ¹¹ for vnto you this daye is borne ye Sauioure, eue Christ ye LORDE, in the cite of Dauid. ¹² And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger. ¹³ And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes, which praysed God, and sayde: ¹⁴ Glory be vnto God an hye, & peace vpon earth, and vnto men a good wyll. ¹⁵ And it fortuned wha the angels were gone from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which ye LORDE hath shewed vnto vs. ¹⁶ And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger. ¹⁷ And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe. ¹⁸ And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them. ¹⁹ But Mary kepte all these sayenges, and pondred them in hir hert.

²³ and the cite hath no nede of the Sonne, nether of the mone to lyghten it. For the bryghtnes of God doth light it: and the lambe is the lyght of it.

⁵ And there shalbe no night there, and they nede no candle, nether light of the Sonne: for the LORDE God geueth the light, and they shal reygne for euermore.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the. ⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

⁵ A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

³ Enclyne youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede & youre soule shal lyue. For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid.

³ Now are ye cleane, because of the worde, that I haue spoke vnto you. ⁴ Byde ye in me, and I in you. Like as ye braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne, Euen so nether ye also, excepte ye abyde in me.

¹⁹ They wente out fro vs, but they were not of vs: for yf they had bene of vs, they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But that they maye be knowne, how that they are not all of vs.

¹⁸ Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father, and mother, and whan they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe them,

²⁰ and saye vnto the Elders of the cite: This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a dronkarde.

¹⁷ Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, and castest my wordes behynde the?

⁷ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.

²⁴ Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my honde, and no ma regarded it, ²⁵ but all my coucels haue ye despysed, and set my correccios at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shal I also laugh in yor destruccion, and mocke you, when ye thinge that ye feare cometh vpon you: ²⁷ euen whe ye thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, and yor misery like a tempest: yee wha trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me: ²⁹ And yt because they hated knowlege, and receaued not ye feare of ye LORDE, ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shal they eate ye frutes of their owne waye, and be fylled wt their owne councels: ³² for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio. ³³ But who so harkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and haue ynough without eny feare of euell.

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

³³ O geue eare vnto nurtoure, be wyse, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is ye man that heareth me, watchinge daylie at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores. ³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth life, and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE. ³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁴ A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

²¹ A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

¹ He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.

⁵ Wherfore shulde ye be plaged eny more? For ye are euer fallinge awaye. The whole heade is sick, and the herte is very heuy.

³ Where as thou (o LORDE) lokest only vpon faith and treuth. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast correcte them for amendemet, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder then a stone, and wolde not amende.

²⁴ Whosoeuer therfore heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lycke hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rocke: ²⁵ Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because it was grounded on the rocke. ²⁶ And who soeuer heareth of me these sayinges, & doth the not, shalbe lyckened vnto a folysh ma, which buylt his housse apon the sonde: ²⁷ Now whan abudaunce of rayne desceded, & the wyndes blewe, & bet vpon yt housse, it fell, and great was the fall of it.

¹⁵ ad loke well, that no ma be destitute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and therby many be defyled:

²² And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues.

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

¹¹ Come hither (o ye children) herken vnto me, I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE.

¹³ With me is the feare of the LORDE, and ye eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, an euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thiges, I vtterly abhorre the.

¹² After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.

⁶ Put not forth yi self in ye presence of ye kynge, & prease not in to ye place of greate men. ⁷ Better it is yt it be sayde vnto ye: come vp hither, then thou to be set downe in ye presence of ye prynce, whom thou seyst with thine eyes.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

¹¹ For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he yt humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

⁵ Let the same mynde be in you, that was in Christ Iesu: ⁶ which beyinge in the shappe of God, thought it not robbery to be equall with God, ⁷ but made him selfe of no reputacion, and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt, became like another man, ⁸ and was founde in his apparell as a man: he humbled himselfe, and became obedient vnto the death, euen vnto the death of the crosse. ⁹ Therfore hath God also exalted him, and geuen him a name, which is aboue all names, ¹⁰ that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe, both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpo earth, and of thinges vnder the earth, ¹¹ and that all tunges shulde confesse, that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto the prayse of God the father.

¹⁰ Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE, and he shal lift you vp.