Proverbs 16 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE. ² A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes. ³ Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere. ⁴ The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath. ⁵ The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape. ⁶ With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell. ⁷ When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes. ⁸ Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten. ⁹ A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges. ¹⁰ When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment. ¹¹ A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes. ¹² It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse. ¹³ Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth. ¹⁴ The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him. ¹⁵ The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe. ¹⁶ To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer. ¹⁷ The path of ye righteous eschueth euell, & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule. ¹⁸ Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall. ¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude. ²⁰ He yt handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, yt putteth his trust in ye LORDE. ²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches. ²² Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse. ²³ The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones. ²⁵ There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death. ²⁶ A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto. ²⁷ An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre. ²⁸ A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces. ²⁹ A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good. ³⁰ He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme. ³¹ Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes. ³² A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite. ³³ The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall stodeth in the LORDE.

¹¹ The LORDE sayde vnto him: Who hath made the mouth of man? Or who hath made the domme, or the deaf, or the seynge or ye blynde? Haue not I the LORDE done it? ¹² Go now thy waye therfore, I wil be wt thy mouth, & teach the what thou shalt saye.

¹⁵ Thou shalt speake vnto him, & put the wordes in his mouth: & I wil be with thy mouth & his, and teach you what ye shall doo:

³¹ Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe Iosaphat, they thoughte: It is ye kynge of Israel, and they wete aboute to fighte agaynst him. But Iosaphat cryed, and the LORDE helped him. And God turned them from him:

²⁷ Praysed be the LORDE God of oure fathers, which so hath inspyred ye kynges hert to garnysh the house of God at Ierusalem:

¹¹ O LORDE, let thine eares marke the prayer of thy seruaunt, & the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, & let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, & graunte him mercy in the sight of this man: for I was the kynges butlar.

¹⁷ LORDE, thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore: their herte is sure, that thine eare herkeneth therto.

³⁶ Enclyne myne herte vnto thy testimonies, & not to cuvetousnes.

⁹ A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

²¹ There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.

²⁴ The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?

¹ The kynges hert is in the hande of the LORDE, like as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whyther so euer he wyll.

⁷ And the LORDE answered me thus: Saye not so, I am to yonge: For thou shalt go to all that I shall sende the vnto, and what so euer I comaunde the, that shalt thou speake. ⁸ Be not afrayed of their faces, for I wilbe with the, to delyuer the, saieth the LORDE. ⁹ And with that, the LORDE stretched out his honde, and touched my mouth, and sayde morouer vnto me: Beholde I put my wordes in thy mouth,

²³ Now I knowe (o LORDE) that is not in mas power to ordre his owne waies, or to rule his owne steppes & goinges.

³⁹ And I will geue them one herte and one waye, that they maye feare me all the daies of their life, that they and their children after them maye prospere. ⁴⁰ And I will set vp an euerlastinge couenaunt with them, Namely: that I will neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I will put my feare in their hertes, so that they shall not runne awaye fro me.

²⁶ A new herte also wil I geue you, and a new sprete wil I put in to you: As for that stony hert, I will take it out of youre body, and geue you a fle?shy herte. ²⁷ I wil geue you my sprete amonge you, and cause you to walke in my commaundemetes, to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them.

¹⁹ But when they delyuer you vp, take no thought how or what ye shall speake, for yt shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall saye. ²⁰ For it is not ye that speake, but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you.

¹¹ Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges, and to the rulers & officers, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal answere, or what ye shal speake: ¹² for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre, what ye ought to saye.

¹⁴ Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes, that ye take no thought, how ye shal answere: ¹⁵ for I wil geue you mouth & wyssdome, agaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist.

¹⁶ Thakes be vnto God, which put in the hert of Titus, the same diligence towarde you.

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both the wyll and the deed, euen of his owne good wyll.

¹⁶ Erre not my deare brethre. ¹⁷ Euery good gifte, & euery parfait gift, is from aboue, and cometh downe from ye father of light, with whom is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes. ¹⁸ Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of life, that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.

¹³ Now wha Samuel came to Saul, Saul sayde vnto him: Blessed be thou vnto ye LORDE, I haue perfourmed the worde of ye LORDE. ¹⁴ Samuel answered: What crye is this then of shepe in myne eares, and the crye of oxen which I heare?

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.

² For he dyssembleth before his face, so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out.

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

²⁵ There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

² Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

¹² Yf thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thynkest thou yt he which made ye hertes, doth not cosidre it? & yt he which regardeth yi soule, seith it not? Shal not he recopence euery man acordinge to his workes?

¹² The generacion that thynke them selues cleane, shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse.

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

²² Yee and that so sore: that though thou wasshest the with Nitrus & makest thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stayned with thy wickednesse, saieth the LORDE thy God. ²³ Saye not now: I am not vnclene, and I haue not folowed the goddes. Loke vpo thyne owne waies in the woddes, valleis & dennes: so shalt thou knowe, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary, that goeth easely his waye:

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.

²⁷ Thetel, Thou art weyed in the balaunce, and art founde to light:

¹⁵ And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.

⁹ And vnto certayne which trusted in the selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed other,he spake this symilitude: ¹⁰ There wente vp two men in to the teple, to praye: the one a Pharise, the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.

⁷ What shal we saye then? Is the lawe synne? God forbyd: Neuertheles I knewe not synne, but by ye lawe. For I had knowne nothinge of lust, yf the lawe had not sayde: Thou shalt not lust. ⁸ But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement, and stered vp in me all maner of lust. For without the lawe synne was deed. ⁹ As for me, I lyued some tyme without lawe. Howbeit whan the commaundement came, synne reuyued, but I was deed.

¹⁸ And vnto the angell of the cogregacion of Theatira write: This saith the sonne of God, which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre, whose fete are like brasse:

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.

⁸ But now will I speake off the LORDE, and talke of God:

²⁸ The, loke what thou takest in honde, he shal make it to prospere with the, and the light shall shyne in thy wayes.

⁴ Delyte thou in the LORDE, & he shal geue the thy hertes desyre. ⁵ Comitte thy waye vnto ye LORDE, set thy hope in him, and he shal brynge it to passe.

²² But as for them, thou (o God) shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion.

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

⁵ because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the, ⁶ sayenge: We will go downe in to Iuda, vexe the, and brynge them vnder vs, and set a Kynge there, euen the sonne of Taball. ⁷ For thus saieth the LORDE God ther to, It shall not so go forth, nether come so to passe:

²⁵ Therfore I saye vnto you: be not ye carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for youre body, what ye shal put on. Ys not the lyfe more worth the meate, and the body more of value then raymet? ²⁶ Beholde the foules of ye ayer: for they sowe not, nether reepe, nor yet cary in to the barnes: and yet youre heauely father fedeth the. Are ye not moch better the they? ²⁷ Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his stature? ²⁸ why care ye then for rayment? Considre the lylies of the felde, how they growe. They laboure not, nether spynne. ²⁹ And yet for all that I saye vnto you, that euen Salomon in all his royalte was not arayed lyke vnto one of these. ³⁰ Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse, which is to daye in the felde, and to morowe shalbe cast into the fornace: shal he not moch more do the same vnto you, o ye of lytle fayth? ³¹ Therfore take no thought, sayinge: what shall we eate, or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed? ³² After all soch thynges do the heithen seke. For youre heauenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. ³³ Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof, so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you. ³⁴ Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self: Euery daye hath ynough of his owne trauayll.

²² But he sayde vnto his disciples: Therfore I saye vnto you: Take ye no thought for youre life, what ye shal eate: nether for youre body, what ye shal put on.

⁶ Be not carefull, but in all thinges let yor peticions in prayer and supplicacion, with geuynge of thankes be knowne before God.

⁷ Cast all youre care on him, for he careth for you.

³⁰ that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion, and that the vngodly shalbe brought forth in the daye of wrath.

⁷ Namely, all those that be called after my name: For the haue I created, fashioned, and made for myne honoure.

²¹ This people haue I made for my self, and they shal shewe forth my prayse.

²² Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath, and to make his power knowne, he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath, which are ordeyned to damnacion:

³⁶ For of him, and thorow him, and in him are all thinges. To him be prayse for euer, Amen.

⁸ and a stone to stomble at, and a rock to be offended at, namely in the which stomble at ye worde, and beleue not that wheron they were set.

³ and thorow cuvetousnes shal they with fayned wordes make marchaundise of you, vpo who the iudgment is not necliget in tarienge of olde, and their damnacion slepeth not.

⁹ The LORDE knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of tentacion, and how to reserue the vniust vnto the daye of iudgment for to be punyshed:

¹¹ thou art worthy LORDE to receaue glory, and honor, and power, for thou hast created all thinges, and for thy willes sake they are, and were created.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of ye LORDE thy God in vayne. For the LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie, that taketh his name in vayne.

¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete,

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,

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.

²¹ It shal not helpe ye wicked, though they laye all their hondes together, but the sede of the rightuous shalbe preserued.

¹¹ But wo be to ye vngodly and vnrightuous for they shalbe rewarded after their workes.

⁸ But vnto them that are contencious & not obedient vnto the trueth, but obeye vnrighteousnes, shal come indignacion and wrath, ⁹ trouble and anguysh vpo all the soules of me that do euell, of the Iewe first and also of the Greke:

⁶ but geueth more grace.

¹¹ Abraham sayde: I thought: Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place, & they shall sleye me for my wifes sake,

⁹ And I sayde: It is not good that ye do. Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies?

¹⁵ For the olde Debytes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had take of the bred and wyne, and fortye Sycles of syluer: Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God.

¹ In the lode of Hus there was a man called Iob: an innocent and vertuous man, soch one as feared God, and eschued euell. ² This man had vij. sonnes, and iij. doughters. ³ His substaunce was vij. M. shepe, iij.M. camels, v.C. yock of oxen, v.C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so yt he was one of the most principall men amoge all them of the east countre. ⁴ His sonnes now wente on euery man, and made banckettes: one daye in one house, another daye in another, and sent for their iij. sisters, to eate & drinke with them. ⁵ So when they had passed ouer the tyme of their banckettinge rounde aboute, Iob sent for them, and clensed them agayne, stode vp early, and offred for euery one a bretofferinge. For Iob thought thus: peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence, and haue bene vnthankfull to God in their hertes. And thus dyd Iob euery daye. ⁶ Now vpon a tyme, when the seruauntes of God came and stode before the LORDE, Sathan came also amonge them. ⁷ And the LORDE sayde vnto Sathan: From whence commest thou? Sathan answered the LORDE, and sayde: I haue gone aboute the lode, and walked thorow it. ⁸ Then sayde the LORDE vnto Satha: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocet and vertuous ma: soch one as feareth God, and eschueth euell, and that there is none like him in the londe?

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

¹⁰ Mercy and trueth are met together, rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other.

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

²⁷ The feare of the LORDE is a well of life, to auoyde the snares of death.

²⁸ Mercy & faithfulnes preserue the kynge, & with louynge kyndnes his seate is holden vp.

²⁷ Wherfore (o kinge) be contet with my councel, that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse, ad thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace.

¹⁸ Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wickednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heretage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer. And why? his delyte is to haue compassion: ¹⁹ he shal turne agayne, & be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure wickednesses, & cast all oure synnes in to the botome of the see. ²⁰ Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.

⁴¹ Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, all is cleane vnto you.

² Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me, shal he cut of: and euery one that bryngeth forth frute, shal he pourge, yt it maye bringe forth more frute.

⁹ & put no dyfference betwixte vs & them, and purified their hertes thorow fayth.

¹ Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.

²¹ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God.

²² Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, & feruently one to loue another wt a pure hert,

⁴¹ And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob, because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall, and sayde in his herte: The tyme wyll come shortly, that my father shal mourne, for I wil slaye my brother Iacob.

⁶ The messaungers came agayne vnto Iacob, and sayde: We came vnto thy brother Esau, & he commeth forth also agaynst the with foure hundreth men. ⁷ Then was Iacob sore afrayed, and wyst not what waye to turne himself, & deuyded the people that was with him, and the shepe, and the oxen, & the Camels in to two droues,

²⁸ He sayde: Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob, but Israel, for thou hast stryuen with God and with men, and hast preuayled.

⁴ But Esau ranne to mete him, and enbraced him, and fell aboute his neck, & kyssed him, and wepte,

¹⁰ And the feare of the LORDE came vpon all ye kyngdomes in the countrees that laye aboute Iuda, so yt they foughte not agaynst Iosaphat.

³¹ That I maye prayse ye name of God with a songe, & magnifie it with thankesgeuynge.

¹¹ And ye LORDE answered me: Lede not I the then vnto good? Come not I to the, when thou art in trouble: and helpe ye, when thine enemie oppresseth the?

¹ Saul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the LORDE. And wente vnto ye hye preste, ² and desyred of him letters to Damascon vnto the synagoges, that yf he foude eny of this waye (whether they were men or wemen) he mighte brynge the bounde vnto Ierusalem.

¹⁹ and toke meate, and was conforted.Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon. ²⁰ And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges, how that he was ye sonne of God.

³¹ What shal we saye then vnto these thinges? Yff God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs.

¹⁸ For I haue all, and haue plentye. I was euen fylled wha I receaued of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odoure of swetenes, a sacrifice accepted & pleasaunt vnto God.

¹⁰ that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God:

²⁰ Ye children, obeye youre elders in all thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE.

²¹ make you perfecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen.

²² And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte.

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

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

⁶ Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death. ⁷ The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

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.

¹⁰ Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked, and because the measure is minished?

⁶ Howbeit it is greate avautage, who so is godly, and holdeth him content with that he hath. ⁷ For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out. ⁸ Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. ⁹ For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.

²³ The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge, & hath pleasure in his waye.

¹ A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

³⁰ There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE.

¹⁰ In the begynnynge of a thinge, I shewe the ende therof: and I tel before, thinges that are not yet come to passe. With one worde is my deuyce accomplished, & fulfilleth all my pleasure.

⁵ Is not that it, that my lorde drynketh out of? and that he prophecieth withall? It is euell done of you, that ye haue done.

¹⁵ Ioseph sayde vnto them: What maner of dede is this, that ye haue done? Knewe ye not, that soch a man as I am, can prophecy?

¹⁸ And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome, he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe, and cause it be wrytten in a boke, ¹⁹ and that shall he haue by him, and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life, that he maye lerne to feare ye LORDE his God, to kepe all the wordes of this lawe, all these ordinauces, so that he do therafter. ²⁰ He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren, and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement, nether to the right hade ner to the lefte, that he maye prologe his dayes in his kyngdome, he and his children in Israel.

³ He sayde: The God of Israel hath spoke vnto me, the strength of Israel, the gouernoure amonge men, the righteous gouernoure in the feare of God. ⁴ As the lighte is in ye mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth, so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth: and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne,

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.

⁶ Thy arowes are sharpe, the people shalbe subdued vnto the, euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies. ⁷ Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.

¹ Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. ² That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right, and defende thy poore. ³ That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people. ⁴ He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer.

⁴ The kynges power loueth iudgment, thou preparest equite, thou executest iudgmet & rightuousnes in Iacob.

¹² It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse. ¹³ Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

¹ Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite. ² He shalbe vnto me, as a defence for the wynde, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place, and ye schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lode.

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth (saieth the LORDE) that I wil rayse vp the rightuous braunch off Dauid, which shall beare rule, and discusse matters with wy?dome, and shall set vp equyte and rightuousnes agayne in the earth. ⁶ In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shal dwell with out feare. And this is the name that they shall call him: euen the LORDE oure rightuous maker.

⁴ They comon together, and sweare vayne oothes: they be cofederate together, therfore groweth their punyshment, as the wedes in the forowes of the londe.

⁷ Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde.

¹² Who can runne with horses, or plowe wt oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:

³⁵ Ye shal not deale wrogeously in iudgmet, with meteyarde, with weight, with measure: ³⁶ A true balaunce, a true weight, a true Epha, a true Hin shalbe amoge you. For I am the LORDE youre God, which brought you out of the londe of Egipte,

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in yi bagg two maner of weightes, a greate and a small. ¹⁴ Nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a greate and a small. ¹⁵ Thou shalt haue a perfecte and iust weighte, and a perfecte and iust measure, that thy life maye be longe in the londe, which the LORDE yi God shal geue the.

¹ A false balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE, but a true weight pleaseth him.

¹⁰ To vse two maner of weightes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE.

²³ The LORDE abhorreth two maner of weightes, and a false balauce is an euell thinge.

¹⁰ Ye shal haue a true weight, a true Epha, & a true Bat.

⁷ But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion.

⁵ Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater?

¹¹ Or shulde I iustfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes,

¹⁶ For who so euer doth soch (yee all they that do euell) are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.

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

⁵ Take awaye vngodlinesse fro ye kynge, & his seate shal be stablished wt rightuousnes.

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

¹⁴ The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

⁴⁸ But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.

¹¹ And I sawe heaue open, & beholde, a whyte horsse and he yt sat vpon him, was called faithfull and true, & in rightewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle.

⁵ Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him. ⁶ Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe, yt they maye dwell with me: and who so ledeth a godly life, shalbe my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house, he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight.

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.

¹¹ Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.

³¹ And he sayde: God do this and that vnto me, yf the heade of Eliseus the sonne of Saphat shal this daye stonde vpon him. ³² As for Eliseus, he sat in his house, & the Elders sat by him. And he sent a man before him, but or euer the messaunge came to him, he sayde vnto ye Elders: Haue ye not sene how this childe of murthure hath sent hither, to take awaye my heade? Take hede, whan the messaunger cometh, yt ye holde him at the dore. Beholde, ye noyse of his lordes fete foloweth him. ³³ Whyle he was thus talkynge wt them, beholde, ye messaunger came to him, & sayde: Beholde, this euell cometh of ye LORDE, and what more shal I loke for of the LORDE?

¹¹ A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.

¹² The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.

² The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.

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.

¹³ Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrath and displeasure, commaunded, yt Sidrac, Misac & Abdenago shulde be brought vnto him. So these men were brought before the kynge. ¹⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them, and sayde: what? o Sidrac Misac and Abdenago, will not ye serue my goddes? nor bowe youre selues to the golden ymage, that I haue set vp? ¹⁵ wel, be redy herafter, when ye heare the noyse of the tropettes, blowne with the harpes, shawmes, psalteries, symphonies and all ye other melodies: that ye fall downe, and worshipe the ymage which I haue made. But yff ye worshipe it not, ye shal be cast immediatly in to an hote burnynge ouen. Let se, what god is there, yt maye delyuer you out of my hondes? ¹⁶ Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago answered the kynge, and sayde: O Nabuchodonosor, we ought not to cosente vnto ye in this matter, for why: ¹⁷ oure God whom we serue, is able to kepe vs from the hote burnynge ouen (O kynge) and can right wel delyuer vs out off thy hondes. ¹⁸ And though he wil not, yet shalt thou knowe (o kynge) that we will not serue thy goddes, ner do reuerece to the ymage, which thou hast set vp. ¹⁹ Then was Nabuchodonosor full off indignacion, so that ye countenaunce of his face chaunged vpo Sidrac, Misac & Abdenago. Therfore he charched and commaunded, that the ouen shulde be made seuen tymes hoter, then it was wote to be: ²⁰ and spake vnto the strongest worthies that were in his hooste, for to bynde Sidrac, Misac and Abdenago, and to cast them in to the hote burnynge ouen. ²¹ So these men were bounde in their cotes, hosen, shues with their other garmentes, ad cast in to the hote burnynge ouen: ²² for the kinges commaundement was so strate, and the ouen was exceadynge hote. As for the men that put in Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago, the flame off the fyre destroyed them. ²³ And these thre men Sydrac, Misac and Abdenago fell downe in ye hote burnynge ouen, beinge fast bounde. ²⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge marueled, and stode vp in all haist: he spake vnto his councel and sayde: dyd not ye cast these thre men bounde in to the fyre? They answered, and sayde vnto the kynge: Yee o kynge. ²⁵ He answered and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men goinge lowse in the myddest off the fyre, and nothinge corrupte: and the fourth is like an angel to loke vpon.

²⁷ And immediatly he sent the hangman, and commaunded his heade to be brought in. So he wete, and heeded him in the preson,

⁴ But I saye vnto you my frendes: Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body, and after that haue nomore that they can do. ⁵ But I wil shewe you, whom ye shal feare. Feare him, which after he hath kylled, hath power also to cast in to hell: Yee I saye vnto you: Feare him.

²⁰ But he was displeased with the of Tyre and Sido. Neuertheles they came vnto him with one accorde, and made intercession to Blastus the kynges chamberlayne, and desyred peace, because their countre was norished by the kynges londe.

²⁰ Now the are we messaungers in the rowme of Christ, euen as though God exhorted by vs. We beseke you now therfore in Christes steade, that ye be at one with God:

²³ They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: & gaped vpon me, as the groude doth to receaue the latter shower. ²⁴ When I laughed, they knew well it was not earnest: & this testimony of my coutenaunce pleased the nothinge at all.

⁶ There be many yt saye: who wil do vs eny good? where as thou (o LORDE) hast shewed vs the light of yi countenauce.

⁶ For thou shalt geue him euerlastige felicite, & make him glad wt the ioye of yi coutenauce.

⁵ For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye, and his pleasure is in life: heuynesse maye well endure for a night, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

⁶ He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth.

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.

¹ Praye the LORDE then by tymes to geue you the latter rayne, so shall the LORDE make cloudes, and geue you rayne ynough for all the increase off the felde:

²⁸ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life, thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce.

¹³ Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The see sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde, nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye. ¹⁶ No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, nether golde ner Christall, nether swete odours ner golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wy?dome goeth farre beyonde the all. ¹⁹ The Topas that cometh out of Inde, maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her: yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be. ²⁰ From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge? ²¹ She is hyd from the eyes of all men, yee & fro the foules of the ayre. ²² Destruccion & death saie: we haue herde tell of her wt oure eares. ²³ But God seyth hir waie, & knoweth hir place. ²⁴ For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde, and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaue. ²⁵ When he weyed the wyndes, & measured ye waters: ²⁶ when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the mightie floudes a lawe: ²⁷ Then dyd he se her, the declared he her, prepared her and knewe her. ²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

¹²⁷ For I loue thy comaundemetes aboue golde and precious stone.

¹⁵ Wy?dome is more worth the precious stones, & all ye thinges yt thou canst desyre, are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ Vpon hir right hande is longe life, & vpon hir left hande is riches & honor. ¹⁷ Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

⁷ The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

¹⁰ Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde. ¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

¹⁹ My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer.

¹² For wy?dome defendeth as well as moneye, and the excellent knowlege and wy?dome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

²⁶ What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

²¹ Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.

²⁴ Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the. ²⁵ Let thine eyes beholde the thinge yt is right, & let thine eye lyddes loke straight before the. ²⁶ Podre the path of thy fete, so shal all yi wayes be sure. ²⁷ Turne not asyde, nether to the right hande ner to the lefte, but witholde thy fote from euell.

⁹ He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

¹⁶ Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.

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.

¹³ But whoso endureth vnto ye ende, ye same shal be saued.

³⁵ but in all people he yt feareth him, and worketh righteousnes, is accepted vnto him.

¹⁶ Therfore studye I to haue allwaye a cleare conscience towarde God and towarde men.

¹⁰ nether to be pykers, but to shewe all good faithfulnes, that in all thinges they maye do worshippe vnto the doctryne off God oure Sauioure. ¹¹ For the grace of God that bryngeth Saluacion vnto all men, hath appeared, ¹² and teacheth vs, that we shulde denye vngodlynes, and wordly lustes: and that we shulde lyue discretly, righteously, and godly in this worlde, ¹³ lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of ye greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ: ¹⁴ which gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs fro all vnrighteousnes, and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe, to be feruently geuen vnto good workes.

³⁹ As for vs, we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion: but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule.

²¹ and kepe youre selues in the loue of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

²⁴ Vnto him that is able to kepe you, that ye faule not, and to present you fautlesse before ye presence of his glory with ioye,

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience, therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion, which will come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpo the earth.

⁵ And wha Aman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him, ner worshipped him, he was full of indignacion & despyte,

⁶ And wha Ama came in, ye kinge saide vnto him: What shal be done vnto ye ma, whom the kynge wolde fayne brynge vnto worshippe? But Hama thought in his hert: Whom shulde the kynge els be glad to brynge vnto worshippe, but me?

¹⁰ So they hanged Aman on the galowe that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath stylled.

² Where pryde is, there is shame also and confucion: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome.

¹⁹ He yt loueth strife, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.

¹² After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.

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

¹¹ Which casteth downe ye high lokes of presumptuous personnes, and bryngeth lowe the pryde of ma, and he only shall be exalted in ye daye. 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?

¹⁰ Saye thus to Ezechias kinge of Iuda: Let not thy God disceaue the, in whom thou hopest, & sayest: Ierusale shal not be geue in to the hondes of the kinge of Assiria. ¹¹ For thou knowest well, how the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes, that they haue subuerted, & hapest thou to escape? ¹² Were the people of the Getiles (whom my progenitours coquered) deliuered at eny tyme thorow their goddes? As namely, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, & the childre of Eden, which dwell at Thalassar. ¹³ Where is the kinge of Hemath, & the kinge of Arphad, & the kinge of the citie Sepharnaim, Ena and Aua?

³⁸ Afterwarde it chaunsed, as he prayed in the Teple of Nesrah his god, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slewe him with the swearde, and fled in to the londe of Ararat. And Esarhadon his sonne reigned after him.

³⁰ and sayde: This is the greate cite off Babilo, which I myself (with my power & strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honoure off my magesty. ³¹ Whyle these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth, there fell a voyce from heaue, sayengt: O kinge Nabuchodonosor, to the be it spoke: Thy kyngdome shall departe from the, ³² thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellinge shalbe with the beestes off the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse like as an oxe, till seuen yeares be come and gone ouer the: euen vntill thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes off men, and that he maye geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him. ³³ The very same houre was this matter fulfylled vpo Nabuchodonosor: so that he was cast out off mes copany, & ate grasse like an oxe. His body was wet with the dew of heauen, till his hayres were as greate as Aegles fethers, and his nales like byrdes clawes. ³⁴ When this tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest. I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth allwaye, and his kyngdome from one generacion to another: ³⁵ in comparyson off whom, all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothinge. He handleth acordinge to his will, amoge ye powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resiste his honde, or saye: what doest thou? ³⁶ At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and to myne owne shappe agayne. My great estates and prynces sought vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater worshipe. ³⁷ The dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loaue, magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his workes are true, and his wayes right. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to bri bringe them downe.

²² And thou his sonne (o Balthasar) for all this, hast not submitted thine hert, though thou knewest all these thinges:

²⁴ Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him, to token vp this wrytinge.

³ The pryde of thine herte hath lift the vp, thou that dwellest in ye stroge holdes off stone, and hast made the an hye seate: Thou sayest in thyne herte: who shal cast me downe to the grounde? ⁴ But though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, and maydest thy nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe from thece.

³³ Peter answered and sayde vnto him: Though all men shulde be offended in ye, yet wyl I neuer be offeded. ³⁴ Iesus sayde vnto hi: Verely I saye vnto ye: This same night before ye cock crowe, shalt thou denie me thryse. ³⁵ Peter saide vnto him: And though I shulde dye with the, yet wil I not denye the. Likewyse also sayde all the disciples.

⁷⁴ Then begane he to curse and to sweare: I knowe not the man. And immediatly the cock crew.

²⁰ Thou sayest well. They are broken of because off their vnbeleue, but thou stondest thorow beleue

⁶ He maye not be a yoge scolar, lest he be puft vp, and fall in to the iudgment of ye euell speaker.

⁹ The enemie thought: I will folowe vpon them, and ouertake them, and deuyde ye spoyle, and coole my mynde vpon them. I wil drawe out my swerde, and my hande shal destroye them.

¹⁸ The LORDE is nye vnto them yt are contrite in hert, & wil helpe soch as be of an huble sprete.

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

³ Shalt thou multiplie the people, and not increase the ioye also? They shal reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest, and as men that haue gotten the victory, when they deale the spoyle.

⁶ For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him: that he maye utterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe like the myre in the strete.

¹³ For he stondeth thus in his owne coceate: This do I, thorow the power of myne owne honde, and thorow my wisdome: For I am wyse, I am he that remoue the londes of the people, I robbe their prynces: and (like one of the worthies) I dryue them from their hie seates. ¹⁴ My honde hath founde out the hoostes of the people, as it were a nest. And like as egges, that were layde here and there, are gathered together: So do I gather all countrees. And there is no man, yt darre be so bolde, as to touch a fether, that darre open his mouth, or once whisper. ¹⁵ But doth the axe boost itself, agaynst him yt heweth therwith, or doth the sawe make eny krakinge, agaynst him that ruleth it? That were euen like, as yf the rod dyd exalte it self agaynst him, that beareth it: or as though ye staff shulde magnifie it self, as who saye: it were no wodd.

¹² Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte, & he shal deuyde the stroge spoyle because he shal geue ouer his soule to death, & shalbe rekened amonge the transgressours, which neuertheles shal take awaye ye synnes of the multitude, and make intercession for the my?doers.

¹⁵ For thus saieth the hie and excellet, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holyone: I dwel hie aboue and in the sanctuary, & with him also, yt is of a cotrite and huble sprete: yt I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a cotrite herte.

³ Blessed are the poore in sprete: for theirs is the kyngdome of heue.

⁵¹ He sheweth strength with his arme, and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert. ⁵² He putteth downe the mightie from the seate, and exalteth them of lowe degre. ⁵³ He fylleth the hongrie with good thinges, and letteth the riche go emptye.

¹³ And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner. ¹⁴ I tell you: This man wente downe in to his house iustified more the the other. For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

³⁸ And Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes? How might we fynde soch a man, in whom is the sprete of God? ³⁹ And sayde vnto Iosep: For so moch as God hath shewed ye all this, there is none of soch vnderstondinge & wysdome as thou. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt be ouer my house, and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye: onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou.

²⁰ helped them, and delyuered ye Agarites in to their handes, and all that was wt them: for they cried vnto God in ye batayll. And he herde them, because they put their trust in him.

¹² Kysse the sonne, lest the LORDE be angrie, and so ye perish from the right waye. For his wrath shalbe kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

⁸ O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is, blessed is the man yt trusteth in him.

¹ They that put their trust in ye LORDE, are eue as the mount Sion, which maye not be remoued, but stodeth fast for euer.

⁵ Which made heauen and earth, ye see and all that therin is, which kepeth his promise for euer

³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth life, and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE.

¹⁵ Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

² A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

⁸ He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

¹⁹ that thou mayest allwaye put yi trust in the LORDE. ²⁰ Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge?

³ Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shal ye chabers be fylled wt all costly & pleasaunt riches. ⁵ A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in honde: shalt prouyde for peace, eue the peace yt me hope for in the. ⁴ Hope stil in the LORDE, for in the LORDE God is euerlastinge stregth.

¹⁸ Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge, that he maye haue mercy vpon you, and lifteth him self vp, that he maye receaue you to grace. For the LORDE God is rightuous. Happie are all thei that wate for him.

⁷ O Blissed is the man, that putteth his trust in the LORDE, and whose hope the LORDE is himself. ⁸ For he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water syde: which spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme, when it commeth, but his leaues are grene. And though there growe but litle frute because off drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bringe forth frute.

¹⁹ and the kynge commoned with them. But amonge them all were founde none soch as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Asarias. Therfore stode they before the kynge, ²⁰ which in all wisdome and matters off vnderstodinge, that he enquered off them, founde them ten tymes better, the all the soythsayers and charmers, that were in all his realme. ²¹ And Daniel abode still, vnto the first yeare of kynge Cyrus.

²⁸ Then spake Nabuchodonosor, and sayde: Blessed be the God of Sidrac, Misac & Abdenago: which hath sent his angel, ad defended his seruautes, that put their trust in him: yt haue altered the kynges commaundement, and ioperde their bodies thervpon: rather then they wolde serue or worshipe eny other god, excepte their owne God only.

²³ Then was the kynge exceadinge glad, ad commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne. So Daniel was brought out of the dene, and no maner of hurte was founde vpo him For he put his trust in his God.

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you forth as shepe amoge wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and innocent as doues.

¹² that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory, euen we that before beleued on Christ, ¹³ on who also ye beleued, after that ye herde the worde of trueth, namely ye Gospell of youre saluacion: wherin whan ye beleued, ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes,

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.

² My tonge is ye penne of a ready wryter.

⁸ A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

²³ The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

¹⁵ My sonne, yf yi herte receaue wy?dome, my herte also shal reioyce:

⁹ The herte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauoure, but a stomacke that ca geue good councell, reioyseth a mans neghboure.

¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth.

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.

²² And they all gaue him wytnesse, and wodred at the gracious wordes, which proceaded out of his mouth, and they saide: Is not this Iosephs sonne?

⁴⁶ The seruauntes answered: Neuer ma spake as this man doth.

¹⁹ For youre obedience is published amonge all men, therfore am I glad of you.But yet I wolde haue you wyse in that which is good, & symple in euell.

¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion:

¹¹ The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

¹⁴ The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

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

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

⁴ The wordes of a mas mouth are like depe waters, and the well of wy?dome is like a full streame.

¹⁴ Let the go, they are ye blynde leaders of ye blynde. Wha one blinde leadeth another, they fall both i ye diche.

¹⁶ Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye: Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is giltie. ¹⁷ Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the golde, or the teple that sanctifieth the golde? ¹⁸ And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye. ¹⁹ Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the offeringe, or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge? ²⁰ Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron: ²¹ and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin. ²² And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron. ²³ Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which tythe Mynt, Anyse and Commyn, and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde: namely, iudgment, mercy, and fayth. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other behynde. ²⁴ O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell. ²⁵ Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse. ²⁶ Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.

³⁹ And he sayde a symilitude vnto the: Can the blynde shewe the waye to ye blynde? Do they not both the fall in to the dyche? ⁴⁰ The disciple is not aboue his master. But whosoeuer is perfecte, ye same shalbe as his master.

²⁴ Verely verely I saye vnto you: Who so heareth my worde, and beleueth him that sent me, hath euerlastinge life, and cometh not in to damnacion, but is passed thorow from death vnto life.

⁶³ It is ye sprete that quyckeneth, ye flesh profiteth nothinge. The wordes that I speake, are sprete, and are life.

⁶⁸ Then answered Simon Peter: LORDE, Whither shal we go? Thou hast the wordes of euerlastinge life:

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.

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

¹⁷ My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne: ¹⁸ for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:

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.

¹⁶ Let ye worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyssdome. Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes, and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them, synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE.

² My doctryne droppe as doth the raine, and my speach flowe as doth the dew. Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse, and as the droppes vpon the herbe.

¹⁰ More pleasunt are they then golde, yee then moch fyne golde: sweter then hony & the hony combe.

¹⁰³ O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte? Yee more the hony vnto my mouth.

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

²² For they are life vnto all those that finde the, and health vnto all their bodies.

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

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?

²⁶ The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.

¹⁶ yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

¹³ My sonne, thou eatest hony & ye swete hony cobe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth. ¹⁴ Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.

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.

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.

¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes, I at them vp gredely: they haue made my hert ioyfull & glad. For I call vpon thy name, o LORDE God off hoostes.

¹⁹ The same Sabbath at eue wha ye disciples were gathered together, and the dores were shut for feare of ye Iewes, came Iesus, and stode i ye myddes, & sayde vnto the: Peace be wt you. ²⁰ And wha he had so sayde, he shewed the his hades & his syde. The were ye disciples glad, yt they sawe ye LORDE. ²¹ The sayde Iesus vnto the agayne: Peace be with you. Like as my father sent me, eue so sede I you.

¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

²⁶ The righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure, but the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them selues.

¹² There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.

¹⁵ For ye coforte yor selues thus: Tush, death & we are at a poynte, & as for hell, we haue made a codicion with it: that though there breake out eny sore plage, it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape, and with nymblenes will we defende or selues. ¹⁶ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God: Beholde, I wil laye a stone in Sion, a greate stone, a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion: yt who so putteth his trust in him, shal not be confouded. ¹⁷ Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in ye balaunce, and iudgment in the weightes. The tepest of hale shal take awaye yor refuge, that ye haue to disceaue withal, and ye ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yor stroge holdes of dissimulacio. ¹⁸ Thus the appoyntmet that ye haue made wt death, shalbe done awaye, and the codicion that ye made with hell, shal not stode. When the greate destructio goeth thorow, it shal all to treade you, It shal take you quyte awaye before it. ¹⁹ For it shal go forth early in the mornynge, and contynue only yt daye and yt night. And the very feare only shal teach you, when ye heare it.

⁴⁷ Then answered them the pharises: Are ye also disceaued? ⁴⁸ Doth eny of the rulers or pharises beleue on him? ⁴⁹ But the comon people which knowe not the lawe, are cursed.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharises yt were with him, herde this, and sayde vnto him: Are we then blynde also?

⁹ I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth,

⁵ Proue youre selues, whether ye are in the faith, exame youre selues. Or knowe ye not yor selues, yt Iesus Christ is in you? Excepte ye be cast awayes.

¹² Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

²³ Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.

⁷ All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

¹¹ and that ye study to be quyete, and to medle with youre awne busynesse, and to worke with youre awne hades, as we commaunded you, ¹² that ye maye walke honestly towarde the that are without, and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you.

⁸ nether toke we bred of eny man for naughte but wrought wt laboure and trauayle night and daye, lest we shulde be chargeable to eny of you. ⁹ Not but that we had auctorite, but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. ¹⁰ And whan we were wt you, this we warned you of, that yf there were eny which wolde not worke, ye same shulde not eate. ¹¹ For we heare saye, that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly, and worke not at all, but are busy bodies. ¹² But them that are soche, we commaunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus Christ, that they worke with quyetnes, and eate their awne bred.

¹⁷ Take hede now therfore, and loke well what thou doest, for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, & agaynst all his house. And he is a man of Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge.

¹ There was a famous man of Belial there, whose name was Seba ye sonne of Bichri, a ma of Iemini, which blewe the trompe, and sayde: We haue no porcion in Dauid, ner inheritaunce in ye sonne of Isai: let euery get him to his tent, O Israel.

¹⁴ Fro the men of thy honde (o LORDE) from the men off the worlde, which haue their porcion in this life: whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure. ¹⁵ They haue children at their desyre, and leaue the reste of their substauce for their babes. But as for me, I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shal be satisfied.

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.

⁴ Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:

⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:

¹² A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth:

¹⁴ he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.

¹⁸ Wo vnto vayne persones, that drawe wickednes vnto the, as it were with a coorde: and synne, as it were with a cart rope.

¹³ Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost?

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.

¹ Bvt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde (which ye LORDE God had made) and sayde vnto the woman: Yee, hath God sayde indede: Ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden? ² Then sayde the woman vnto the serpent: We eate of the frute of the trees in the garden: ³ But as for the frute of the tre that is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde: Eate not ye of it, and touch it not, lest ye dye. ⁴ Then saide the serpent vnto the woman: Tush, ye shall not dye the death. ⁵ For God doth knowe, that in what daye so euer ye eate of it, youre eyes shalbe opened, and ye shalbe as God, and knowe both good and euell. ⁶ And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate. ⁷ Then were the eyes of them both opened, and they perceaued that they were naked, and sowed fygge leaues together, and made them apurns. ⁸ And they herde the voyce of the LORDE God, which walked in the garden in the coole of the daye. And Adam hyd him self with his wyfe, from the presence of ye LORDE God amonge the trees of the garden. ⁹ And ye LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto him: Where art thou? ¹⁰ And he saide: I herde thy voyce in the garden, and was afrayed, because I am naked, and therfore I hyd my self. ¹¹ And he sayde: who tolde the, that thou art naked? Hast thou not eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, yt thou shuldest not eate? ¹² Then sayde Adam: The woman which thou gauest me (to beare me company) gaue me of the tre, and I ate. ¹³ And the LORDE God sayde vnto the woman: wherfore hast thou done this? The woman sayde: the serpent disceaued me so, that I ate.

⁹ and sayde vnto Saul: Why herkenest thou vnto the wordes of men, that saye: Dauid seketh thy mysfortune?

¹⁹ a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

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

⁹ Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce.

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

²⁰ Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: and where the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth. ²¹ Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce. ²² A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

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

³³ Who so chyrneth mylck, maketh butter: he that rubbeth his nose, maketh it blede, and he that causeth wrath, bryngeth forth strife.

²⁹ beynge full of all vnrighteousnes, whordome, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuye, murthur, strife, disceate, euell codicioned whisperers,

²⁰ For I feare, lest whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde: and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not: lest there be amonge you, debates, envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, whysperinges, swellinges, vproures:

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, ⁴ he is puft vp, and knoweth nothinge, but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes: wherof sprynge envye, stryfe, raylinges, euell surmysinges, ⁵ vayne disputacios of soch men as haue corrupte myndes, and are robbed of the trueth, which thynke that godlynes is lucre: From soch separate thy selfe.

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.

¹¹ Notwithstondinge Saul sent his messaungers to Dauids house, that they shulde laye wayte for him, and kyll him in the mornynge. Michol Dauids wyfe tolde him this, and sayde: Yf thou saue not thy soule this night, thou shalt dye tomorow.

¹⁷ Then sayde Saul vnto Michol: Why hast thou begyled me, and let myne enemye go, that he mighte escape? Michol sayde vnto Saul: He sayde vnto me: Let me go, or I wyl kyll the.

⁷ Then sayde Saul vnto his seruauntes that stode by him: Heare ye children of Iemini: Shal the sonne of Isai geue lodes and vynyardes vnto you all, & make you all captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hudreds, ⁸ that ye haue all conspyred agaynst me, and there is no ma that sheweth it before myne eares, for so moch as my sonne also hath made a couenaunt with the sonne of Isai? There is no man amonge you that letteth it for my sake, or yt openeth it vnto myne eares: for my sonne hath stered vp my seruauntes against me, that he maye laye wayte for me, as it is manifest. ⁹ Then answered Doeg ye Edomite which stode besyde Sauls seruauntes, and sayde: I sawe the sonne of Isai, that he came vnto Nobe, to Ahimelech ye sonne of Achitob,

¹⁹ But the Siphites wente vp to Saul vnto Gibeath, and sayde: Is not Dauid hyd with vs in the castell in ye wodd, vpon mout Hachila, which lyeth on the righte hande of the wildernesse? ²⁰ Let the kynge come downe now therfore acordinge to all the desyre of his hert, and we wyll delyuer him in to the kynges hande. ²¹ Then sayde Saul: Blessed be ye of the LORDE, that ye haue had pytie vpon me:

¹³ Therfore toke he the money, that I shulde be afrayed, and so to do and synne, that they might haue an euell reporte of me, to blaspheme me.

¹⁰ My sonne, cosente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entyse the, and saye: come wyth us, let us laye wayte for bloude, & lurke preuely for the innocet wythout a cause: ¹² let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt. ¹³ So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lott amonge us, we shal haue all one purse.

¹² That thou mayest be delyuered fro ye euell waye, and from the man yt speaketh frowarde thinges. ¹³ From soch as leaue the hye strete, and walke i ye wayes of darcknesse: ¹⁴ which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes slaunderous.

³¹ Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

¹⁷ Ye therfore beloued, seynge ye knowe it before hande, bewarre, lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of ye wicked, and fall from yor owne stedfastnes.

¹² A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth: ¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poynteth wt his fyngers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.

¹⁰ He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.

²⁷ An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

¹⁰ Harden the harte of this people, stoppe their eares, and shut their eyes, that they se not wt their eyes, heare not with their eares, and vnderstonde not with their hartes, and conuerte and be healed.

³ yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.

¹⁵ For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are thick of hearige, & their eyes haue they closed, lest they shulde once se wt ye eyes, & heare wt the eares, & vnderstode wt the hert, & turne, that I might heale them.

⁷ wherfore he promysed her with an ooth, yt he wolde geue her, what soeuer she wolde axe. ⁸ And she (beynge instructe of hir mother afore) sayde: geue me Ihon baptistes heade in a platter.

²³ The debyte saide: What euell hath he done the? Neuertheles they cried yet more and sayde, let him be crucified. ²⁴ So whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, but that there was a greater vproure, he toke water, and wasshed his handes before the people, and sayde: I am vngiltie of ye bloude of this righteous man. Se ye therto. ²⁵ Then answered all the people, and sayde: His bloude come vpon vs, and vpon oure children. ²⁶ Then gaue he Barrabas lowse vnto the, but caused Iesus be scourged, and delyuered him to be crucified.

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

⁷ Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also, & set him before Pharao. And Iacob thanked Pharao. ⁸ But Pharao axed Iacob: How olde art thou? 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. ¹⁰ And Iacob thanked Pharao, and wete out from him.

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade, and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged. For thou shalt feare God: for I am ye LORDE.

² And now lo, there goeth youre kynge before you. As for me, I am waxen olde and graye heered, and my sonnes are with you: and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye. ³ Beholde, here am I: answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted, yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse, yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge, If I haue oppressed eny ma, yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande, and kepte it secretly, I wil restore it you agayne. ⁴ They saide: Thou hast done vs nether violence ner wronge, nether oppressed, ner taken ought of eny mans hande. ⁵ He sayde: The LORDE be witnesse agaynst you, and so be his anoynted this daye, that ye haue founde nothinge in my hade. They saide: Yee they shalbe witnesses.

¹⁰ and praysed God, and sayde before the whole congregacion: Praysed be thou O LORDE God of Israel oure father, ¹¹ vnto the belongeth worshippe and power, glory, victory & thankes: for all that is in heauen and earth, is thine: thine is ye kyngdome, and thou art exalted aboue all prynces. ¹² Thine are riches and honoure before ye, thou reignest ouer all, in thy hande consisteth power and might, in thy hade is it to make euery man greate and stronge. ¹³ Now thake we the oure God, and prayse ye name of thy glory: ¹⁴ For who am I? What is my people? that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre, as this is done? For of the commeth all, and of thy hande haue we geuen it the: ¹⁵ For we are but pilgrems & straugers before the, as were all oure fathers. Oure life vpon earth is as a shadowe, and here is no abydinge. ¹⁶ O LORDE oure God, all this abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde the an house vnto thy name, came of thy hande, and is thine alltogether. 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. ¹⁸ O LORDE God of oure fathers Abraham, Isaac, & Israel, kepe thou euermore soch purposes and thoughtes in ye hertes of thy people, & prepare thou their hertes vnto the. ¹⁹ And graunte my sonne Salomon a perfecte hert, that he maye kepe thy comaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, that he maye do all, & buylde this palace, which I haue prepared. ²⁰ And Dauid sayde vnto the whole cogregacion: O prayse the LORDE yor God. And all the cogregacion praysed ye LORDE God of their fathers, & bowed them selues, & worshipped the LORDE & then the kynge, ²¹ and offred sacrifices vnto the LORDE. And on ye nexte morow offred they burntofferynges, a M. bullockes, a M. rames, a M. labes wt their drynkofferynges, & plenteously offred they amonge all Israel. ²² And they ate and dranke the same daie before the LORDE with greate ioye, and made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge ye seconde tyme, and anoynted him to be ye prynce for the LORDE, & Sadoc to be the prest. ²³ Thus sat Salomon vpon the seate of ye LORDE, kynge in his fathers steade, & prospered. And all Israel obeyed him, ²⁴ & all ye rulers & mightie men, & all kynge Dauids children submytted themselues vnto kynge Salomon. ²⁵ And ye LORDE made Salomon excellent & greate in ye sighte of all Israel, and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome, as none had before him ouer Israel.

⁶ so that he gaue answere himself, and sayde: Considerinve yt I am yonge, & ye be men of age, I was afrayed, & durst not shewe forth my mynde, ⁷ for I thought thus within my self: It becometh olde men to speake, & the aged to teach wy?dome.

¹ My sonne, forget not my lawe, but se yt thine hert kepe my comaundemetes. ² For they shal prologe ye dayes & yeares of yi lyfe, & brynge ye peace.

⁶ Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.

²⁹ The strength of yonge men is their worshipe, & a gray heade, is an honor vnto ye aged.

¹³ A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.

⁶ They were both righteous before God, and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably.

²⁹ LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse. ³⁰ For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure, ³¹ who thou hast prepared before all people. ³² A light for the lightenynge of the Heythe, & for the prayse of yi people of Israel. ³³ And his father and mother marueyled at the thinges that were spoke of him. ³⁴ And Symeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary his mother: Beholde, this (childe) shalbe set to a fall, and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel, and for a token, which shalbe spoke agaynst. ³⁵ And the swerde shal pearse thy soule, that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened. ³⁶ And there was a prophetisse, one Anna, the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser, which was of a greate age, and had lyued seuen yeares with hir hussbade from hir virginite, ³⁷ & had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score & foure yeares, which came neuer fro the teple, seruynge God wt fastynge and prayenge, daye and night: ³⁸ the same came forth also the same houre, and praysed the LORDE, and spake of him vnto all that loked for the redempcion at Ierusalem.

⁹ yet for loues sake I rather beseke ye, though I be as I am, eue Paul aged, and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ.

⁸ The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy, longe sufferinge, and of greate goodnesse.

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

¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

¹¹ A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

²⁸ He that can not rule himself, is like a cite, which is broken downe, and hath no walles.

²¹ Be not ouercome with euell, but ouercome thou euell with good.

¹ Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

²¹ To him that ouercomth, will I graute to sytt with me on my seate, eue as I ouercam and haue sytte with my father on his seate.

⁵⁵ yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott. Acordinge to ye names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it: ⁵⁶ for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce, both betwixte many and fewe. ⁵⁷ And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds. Gerson: of whom cometh the kynred of the Gersonites. Rahath: of who cometh the kynred of the Rahathites. Merari: of whom cometh ye kynred of ye Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are ye kynreds of Leui, the kynred of ye Libnites, ye kynred of ye Hebronites, ye kynred of the Mahelites, ye kynred of the Musites, the kynred of the Corahites. Rahath begat Amram. ⁵⁹ And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui, which was borne him in Egipte: And vnto Amram she bare Aaron & Moses, & Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, Abihu. Eleasar & Ithamar. ⁶¹ As for Nadab & Abihu, they dyed, whan they offred straunge fyre before ye LORDE. ⁶² And the summe of the was thre & twentye thousande, all males fro fyue monethes & aboue. For they were not nombred amoge the childre of Israel, for there was no enheritaunce geuen the amonge the children of Israel. ⁶³ This is ye summe of ye childre of Israel, who Moses & Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho: ⁶⁴ Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel, whom Moses & Aaron the prest nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For ye LORDE sayde vnto the, yt they shulde dye in the wildernesse. And there was not one of them lefte, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun.

¹⁴ And ye shall ryse vp early, one trybe after another: and loke which trybe so euer the LORDE taketh, the same shall come forth, one kynred after another: and loke which kynred the LORDE taketh, the same shall come forth, one house after another. And loke what house the LORDE taketh, the same shal come forth, one housholder after another.

⁵ Deuyde the londe in seuen partes. Iudas shal remayne vpon his borders of the south syde, and the house of Ioseph shal remayne vpon his borders of the north parte:

¹⁰ Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at Silo before the LORDE, and there distributed the londe amonge the children of Israel, vnto euery one his parte.

⁴¹ And Saul sayde vnto the LORDE the God of Israel: Do thou that right is. The was Ionathas and Saul taken: but the people wente forth fre. ⁴² Saul sayde: Cast the lot ouer me and my sonne Ionathas. So Ionathas was take.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Ierusalem. But the other people cast lottes therfore, so that amoge ten one parte wente to Ierusalem in to the holy cite to dwell, and nyne partes in the cities.

¹⁸ The lot pacifieth ye variauce, & parteth ye mightie asunder.

²⁶ Many there be that seke ye prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE.

⁷ And they sayde one to another: come, let vs cast lottes: that we maye knowe, for whose cause we are thus troubled. And so they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionas.

²⁶ And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them, and the lot fell vpon Mathias. And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles.