Proverbs 11 Cross References - Great

¹ A False balaunce is an abhomynacyon vnto the Lorde, but a true weight pleaseth him. ² Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusyon: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome. ³ The innocent dealynge of the iust shall leade them, but the wyckednes of such as dissemble, shalbe their awne destruccyon. ⁴ Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but ryghteousnesse delyuereth from death. ⁵ The ryghteousnes of the innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shall fall in his awne wyckednesse. ⁶ The ryghteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them, but the wycked shalbe taken in theyr awne vngodlynesse. ⁷ When an vngodly man dyeth, his hope is gone, the confydence of riches shall perishe. ⁸ The ryghteous shalbe delyuered out of trouble, and the vngodly shall come in his steade. ⁹ Thorowe the mouth of the dissembler is his neyghboure destroyed, but thorowe knowledge shall the iust he delyuered. ¹⁰ When it goeth well with the ryghteous, the cytie is mery: and when the vngodly peryshe, there is gladnesse. ¹¹ When the iust are in wealth, the cytye prospereth: but when the vngodly haue the rule, it decayeth. ¹² A foole bringeth vp a selaunder of his neyghbour, but a wyse man wyll kepe it secrete. ¹³ A dyssemblynge person wyll discouer preuy thynges, but he that is of a faythfull herte, wyll kepe councell. ¹⁴ Where no good councell is, there the people decaye: but where as many are that can geue councell, there is wealth, ¹⁵ He that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth him selfe: and he that medleth not wt suertieshyppe, is sure. ¹⁶ A gracious woman maynteyneth honestye, as for the wycked, they maynteyne ryches. ¹⁷ He that is mercyfull doth hym selfe a benefyte, but who so hurteth his neyghbour, is a tyraunt. ¹⁸ The labour of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth ryghteousnes, shall receaue a sure rewarde. ¹⁹ Lyke as ryghteousnes bryngeth lyfe: euen so to cleue vnto euell, bryngeth death. ²⁰ The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefyled conuersacyon. ²¹ The wycked amendeth not for plage vpon plage, but the sede of the ryghteous shalbe preserued. ²² A fayre woman without discrete maners, is lyke a rynge of gold in a swynes snoute. ²³ The desyre of the ryghteous is acceptable, but the hope of the vngodly is indignacyon. ²⁴ Some man geueth out his goodes, and is the rycher, but the nygard (hauynge ynough) wyll departe from nothynge, and yet is euer in pouertye. ²⁵ He that is liberall in geuynge, shall haue plenty, and he that watereth, shall be watered also him selfe. ²⁶ Who so hoordeth vp his corne, shalbe cursed amonge the people: but blessynge shall lyght vpon his head that geueth foode. ²⁷ He that laboureth for honesty, fyndeth his desyre: but who so seketh after myschefe, it shall happen vnto hym. ²⁸ He that trusteth in his ryches, shall haue a fall, but the ryghteous shall floryshe as the grene leafe. ²⁹ Who so maketh disquyetnes in his awne house, he shall haue wynde for his heritage, and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wyse. ³⁰ The frute of the ryghteous is a tree of lyfe: and he that endeuoureth him selfe to wynne mens soules is wyse. ³¹ If the ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth, howe moch more then the vngodly and the synner?

³⁵ Ye shall do no vnryghteousnes in iudgement, in meteyerde, in weyght or in measure. ³⁶ True balaunces, true weyghtes. A true Epha & a true Hin shall ye haue. I am the Lorde youre God whych broughte you out of the lande of Egypt.

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a greate and a small: ¹⁴ nether shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures, a great & a small. ¹⁵ But thou shalt haue a right, and iust weight, and a perfect, and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes maye be lengthed in the lande, whych the Lorde thy God geueth the. ¹⁶ For all that do soche thynges and all that do vnryght, are abhominacion vnto the Lorde thy God:

¹¹ A trewe measure & a trewe balaunce are the Lordes iudgment, he maketh all weyghtes.

¹⁰ To vse two maner of weyghtes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhomynable vnto the Lorde.

²³ The Lorde abhorreth two maner of weyghtes, and a false balaunce is an euell thinge.

¹⁰ Ye shall haue a true weyght, a true ephah, and a true bath. ¹¹ The ephah and the bath shalbe a lyke. One bath shall conteyne the tenth parte of an homer, and so shall one ephah do: their measure shall be after the homer. ¹² One syckle maketh .xx. geras. So twentye sycles, and .xxv. and .xv. sycles make a pounde.

⁷ But thou art lyke the marchaunt that hath a false weyght in his hande, he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcyon.

⁵ When will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytayle, & the Sabboth, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bushel lesse, and the Sycle greater? ⁶ We shall set vp false wayghtes, that we maye get the pore vuder vs wyth theyr money, and the nedy also for shoes: yee, let vs sell the chaffe for corne.

¹⁰ Shuld I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wycked, & because the measure his mynished? ¹¹ Or shulde I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weyghtes,

³⁴ As for the scornefull dothe not he laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly. ³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

³³ The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wysdome, and lowlynes goeth before honoure.

¹⁸ Presumtpteousnes goeth before destruccyon, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall. ¹⁹ Better is it to be of humble mynde with the lowly, then to deuyde the spoyles with the proude.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowely sprete bringeth greate worshyp.

³⁰ and sayde. Thys is the greate cyte of Babylon, which I my selfe (with my power and strength) haue made a kynges courte, for the honour of my magestye. ³¹ While these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauen, sayinge: O kynge Nabuchodonosor, to the be it spoken: Thy kyngdome shall departe from the, ³² thou shalt be cast out of mens company: thy dwellynge shalbe with the beastes of the felde, so that thou shalt eate grasse lyke as an oxe, tyll seuen yeares become and gone ouer the. euen vntyll thou knowest, that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men, & that he may geue them, vnto whom it pleaseth him.

⁸ When thou art bydden of anye man to a weddynge, syt not downe in the hyest rowme, lest a more honorable man then thou be bydden of him, ⁹ and he (that bade him and the) come, and saye to the: geue this man rowme, and thou then beginne wt shame to take the lowest rowme. ¹⁰ But rather when thou art bydden, go and syt in the lowest rowme: that when he that bade the, commeth, he maye saye vnto the: frende syt vp hyer. Then shalt thou haue worshipp in the presence of them that syt at meate with the. ¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

¹⁴ I tell you: thys man departed home to hys house iustyfyed, more then the other. For euery one that exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

¹ As touchyng thinges offred vnto ymages, we are sure that we all haue knowledge. Knowledge maketh a man swell: but loue edifyeth. ² If eny man thynke that he knoweth eny thing, he knoweth nothyng yet as he ought to knowe.

²¹ Let perfectnesse and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me, for my hope hath bene in the.

¹ Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lorde, for I haue walked innocently: my trust hath bene also in the Lorde therfore shall I not fall.

⁵ The ryghteousnes of the innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shall fall in his awne wyckednesse.

⁶ Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the waye, but vngodlynesse doth ouerthrowe the synner.

³ Folysshenes maketh a man to go out of hys waye, & then is hys herte vnpacient against the Lorde.

⁷ The robberyes of the vngodly shalbe theyr awne destruccyon: for they wyll nott do the thynge that is ryght.

¹⁸ Who so leadeth a godly & an innocent lyfe, shalbe saued: but he that goeth froward wayes, shall once haue a fal.

¹⁷ be nether to vnryghteous also ner to folysh, lest thou dye before thy tyme.

²⁸ For the transgressours & vngodly, and soch as are be come vnfaythfull vnto the Lord, must altogether be vtterly destroyed.

¹⁷ If eny man wyll be obedient vnto his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.

¹ And the lord sayd vnto Noah: Come thou and al thy house into the Arke for the haue I sene ryghtuous before me in thys generacyon.

¹⁸ For then shall not thy cause be stylled wyth crueltye, nor pacyfyed wyth many gyftes. ¹⁹ Thynkest thou, that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, ner for all them that excell in strength.

⁶ There be some that put theyr in trust their goodes, & boast them selues in the multitude of theyr ryches. ⁷ But no man maye delyuer hys brother, ner make agrement vnto God for hym. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules, so that he must let that alone for euer.

² Treasures that are wyckedly gotten, profyte nothynge: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.

²⁸ In the waye of ryghteousnesse there is lyfe, and in the same waye there is no death.

¹⁹ theyr syluer shall they cast forthe in the stretes, & their golde shalbe despysed: Yee, theyr syluer & golde maye not delyuer them, in the daye of the fearfull wrath of the Lorde. They shall not satisfye their hongry soules, nether fyll their emptye bellyes therwt: For it is become their awne decaye thorow their wickednes:

¹⁸ Nether their syluer ner their golde shalbe able to deliuer them in that wrothful daye of the Lorde, but the whole lande shalbe consumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy: for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of al them that dwell in the lande.

²⁶ For what doth it proffet a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde: & lose hys awne soule? Or what shal a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all?

²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

¹⁷ For yf by the synne of one, deeth raygned by the meanes of one: moch more they (whych receaue aboundance of grace and of the gyfte of ryghtewesnes) shall raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to saye) Iesus Christ.

⁸ For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell: but godlynes is profytable vnto all thynges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is nowe, & of the lyfe to come.

²³ And when Ahithophel sawe, that his councell was not folowed, he sadelled his Asse, & arose, & gate hym home to hys awne house, and to hys awne cytie, and put hys housholde in order, and hanged him selfe, and dyed, and was buryed in the sepulchre of hys father.

³ And Esther the quene answered, & sayd: If I haue found grace in thy syght (O kyng) and yf it please the kyng, then graunt me my lyfe at my desyre and my people, for my peticions sake: ⁴ for we are solde, I & my people, to be destroyed, to be slayne & to perishe. And wold God we were solde to be bondmen and bond wemen, then wold I hold my tonge: For the enemye pondreth not the kynges harme. ⁵ The kynge Ahasuerus answered, and sayde vnto quene Esther: who is he? And where is he, that darre presume in hys mynde, to do after that maner? ⁶ And Esther sayd: the enemye and aduersary is this wicked Haman. Haman, was exceadingly afrayed before the kyng and the quene. ⁷ And the kynge arose from the bancket and from the wyne in hys displeasure, & went into the palace garden. And Haman stode vp, & besought quene Esther for his lyfe: for he sawe, that there was a mischefe prepared for him of the king all ready. ⁸ And when the kyng came agayne out of the palace garden into the place where they dranke wyne, Haman had layed him vpon the bed, that Esther sat vpon. Then sayd the kyng: wyll he force the quene also before me in the house? As sone as that worde went out of the kynges mouth they couered Hamans face. ⁹ And Harbona one of the chamberlaynes that stode before the kyng, sayde: Beholde, there standeth a galowes in Hamans house fyftie cubytes hye, whych he had made for Mardocheus, that spake good for the kyng. The kyng sayde: hang him theron. ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

¹⁵ The Heithen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made: in the same nett which they hydd pryuely, is their awne foote taken. ¹⁶ The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement: the vngodly is trapped in the worcke of his awne handes: A consyderacyon Sela.

³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon.

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges.

²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped.

³ The innocent dealynge of the iust shall leade them, but the wyckednes of such as dissemble, shalbe their awne destruccyon.

⁴ sayinge: I haue synned, betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayd: what is that to vs? Se thou to that. ⁵ And he cast downe the syluer plates in the temple, and departed and went and hanged hym selfe.

³³ So shall my ryghtwesnes answere for me to morowe, and shall come for my rewarde before thy face, and euery one that is not speckled and partye amonge the goates and blacke amonge the shepe, the same shalbe theft wyth me.

³⁷ Thou hast searched all my stuffe, & what hast thou founde of all thy housholde stuffe? put it here before thy brethren & myne that they maye iudge betwyxte vs both.

³ Beholde, here I am: beare recorde of me before the Lorde and before hys anoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose Asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any brybe, to blynde myne eyes therwyth? & I wyll restore it you agayne. ⁴ They sayde: thou hast done vs no wronge, nor hurt vs, nether hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande.

³² And the Lorde shall bryng hys bloud vpon his awne heed, for he smote two men right wyser and better then he, and slue them with the swerde, my father Dauid not knowynge therof: euen Abner the sonne of Ner, captayne of the hoost of Israel, and Amasa the sonne of Iether captaine of the hoost of Iuda. ³³ Theyr bloude shall therfore returne vpon the heed of Ioab, and on the heed of hys seed for euer. But vpon Dauid, and vpon his seed, and vpon hys house, and vpon hys seate shall there be peace for euer of the Lord.

⁴⁴ The kynge sayde moreouer to Semei: thou remembrest all the wyckednesse which thyne hert knoweth, and that thou dyddest to Dauid my father. The Lorde also shall brynge thy wyckednesse vpon thyne awne heed:

¹⁵ He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte, & is fallen hym selfe into the destruccyon that he made (for other.) ¹⁶ For his trauayll shall come vpon his awne head & his wickednes shall fall vpon hys awne pate.

⁸ But he that dyggeth vp a pyt, shal fall therin him selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.

⁹ The enemye sayd: I wyll folowe on them: I will ouertake them, I will deuyde the spoyle, I wyll satisfye my lust vpon them, I wyll drawe my sweard, myne hande shall destroye them. ¹⁰ Thou blewdest wt thy wynde, the see couered them, they sancke as leed in the mightye waters.

¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrites hope come to naught. ¹⁴ Hys confydence shalbe destroyed, and hys trust shalbe a spiders webbe.

²⁰ As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shalbe consumed, and not escape: theyr hope shalbe misery and sorow of mynde.

⁴ Blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for hys helpe, and whose hope is in the Lorde hys God.

²⁸ The pacient abydinge of the ryghteous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe.

³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death.

⁹ as they that be slayne. Lett se, yf thou wilt saye then (before them that slaye the) I am God: where as thou art but a man and not God, in the handes of them that slaye the.

¹⁹ and I will saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moche goodes layd vp in stoore for many yeares, take thyne ease: eate, drincke, be mery. ²⁰ But God sayd vnto him. Thou fole, this nyght will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be, which thou hast prouided?

¹⁸ The vngodly shalbe geuen for the ryghtewes: and the wycked for the iust.

³ For I am the Lord thy God the holy one of Israel, thy Sauioure. I gaue Egypte for thy deliueraunce, the Morians & the Sabees for the: ⁴ because thou wast deare in my syght, and because I set by the, and loued the. I wyll geue ouer all men for the, and delyuer vp all people for thy sake,

²³ Then was the kynge exceadinge glad, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne, So Daniel was brought out of the denne, and no maner of hurte was founde vpon him. For he put hys trust in hys God. ²⁴ And as for those men which had accused Daniel, the kyng, commaunded to brynge them, and to cast them in the Lyons denne: them, theyr chyldren and theyr wyues. So the Lyons had the mastry of them, and brake all theyr bones asonder, or euer they came at the grounde.

¹⁸ He sayde vnto him: I am a prophet also as well as thou, and an Angell spake vnto me in the worde of the Lorde, sayenge: brynge him agayne with the into thyne house, that he maye eate bread and dryncke water. And he lyed vnto hym. ¹⁹ And so he went agayne with hym, and dyd eate bread in hys house and drancke water, ²⁰ And it fortuned, that as they sate at the table, the worde of the Lorde came vnto the prophete, that brought him agayne. ²¹ And he cryed vnto the man of God that came from Iuda, sayenge: thus sayth the Lord because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde, and hast not kept the commaundement which the Lorde thy God commaunded the, ²² but camest backe agayne, and hast eaten bread and droncke water in the place (concernynge the which the Lorde dyd saye vnto the: Thou shalt eate no bread nor dryncke water) thy carkasse shall not come vnto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

⁶ And then the king of Israel geathered the prophetes together upon a foure hundred men, and sayde vnto them: shall I go agaynst Ramoth in Gilead to batayle, or shall I let it alone? And they sayd, go vp: for the Lorde shall delyuer it into the handes of the kyng.

²⁰ And the Lorde sayde: who shall persuade Ahab, that he maye go and fall at Ramoth in Gilead? and one sayde on thys maner, and a nother on that, ²¹ And there came forth a certayne sprete, and stode before the Lorde and sayde: I wil persuade hym. ²² And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: wherwyth? And he sayde: I wyll go out, and be a false sprete in the mouth of all hys prophetes. He sayde: thou shalt persuade hym, and preuayle, go forth then, and do euen so. ²³ Now therfore beholde the Lord hath put a lyenge sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes: and the Lorde hath spoken euell towarde the.

¹³ Euen so goeth it with all them, that forget God: and euen thus also shall the ypocrites hope come to naught.

³⁰ For the vngodlynesse of the people, doth God make an ypocrite to reygne, ouer them.

¹² But it was euen thou my companion: my gyde, and myne awne familyer frende.

²⁰ The wordes of hys mouth were softer then butter, hauynge warre in his hert: hys wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very sweardes. ²¹ O cast thy burthen, vpon the Lorde and he shall norysh the, and not suffre the ryghteous to fall for euer.

¹⁰ Yf wysdome entre into thyne herte, and thy soule delyte in knowledge: ¹¹ then shall councell preserue the, and vnderstandynge shall kepe the. ¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges. ¹³ From soche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darckenesse: ¹⁴ which reioyse in doynge euell: and delyte in wycked thynges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes. ¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes,

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

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe ²⁴ that they may kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flatteryng tonge of the harlote:

¹⁵ Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothynge, but in wardly they are rauenyng wolues.

⁵ But ye saye: euery one shall saye to his father and mother: what gift so euer shulde haue come of me, the same is turned vnto thy profyt: & so shall he not honoure his father or his mother. ⁶ And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of none effecte, because of youre awne tradicyon. ⁷ Ypocrites, full well dyd Esaye prophesie of you, saying: ⁸ This people draweth nye vnto me with theyr mouth, and honoureth me with lyppes, howbeit, their hertes are farre from me: ⁹ but in vayne do they serue me; teachynge the doctrines and preceptes of men. ¹⁰ And he called the people to him, and sayd vnto them: heare and vnderstande. ¹¹ That whych goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man. ¹² Then came his disciples, and sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, that the Pharises were offended at this saying? ¹³ But he answered and sayd. Euery plante which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe plucked vp by the rotes. ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dyche.

¹⁴ Moreouer, when ye se the abhominacion of desolacion (wherof is spoken by Daniel the prophet) stand where it ought not: let hym that readeth vnderstand. Then lett them that be in Iurye, flye to the mountaynes.

²² For false Christes & false prophetes shall ryse, & shall shewe myracles & wondres, to deceaue yf it were possible, euen the electe. ²³ But take ye hede: behold, I haue shewed you all thinges before.

³⁰ Moreouer, of youre awne selues shall men arise, speaking peruerse thinges to drawe disciples after them.

¹³ For soch fals apostles are disceatfull workers, and fassy on them selues lyke vnto the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no maruayle: for Satan him selfe is chaunged into the fassyon of an angell of light. ¹⁵ Therfore it is no great thynge though hys mynisters fassyon them selues, as though they were the ministers of ryghtewesnes: whose ende shalbe accordyng to theyr dedes.

¹³ tyll we all come to the vnitye of fayth, and knowledge of the sonne of God, vnto a perfecte man, vnto the measure of the full perfecte age of Chryst ¹⁴ That we hence forth shulde be nomore chyldren, wauerynge & caryed aboute with euery wynde of doctrine, by the wylynes of men, thorowe craftynes, wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceaue vs.

⁸ And then shall that wycked be vttered, whom the Lorde shall consume with the sprete of his mouth, and shall destroye wyth the appearaunce of hys commynge ⁹ euen hym whose commynge is after the workynge of Satan, with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders. ¹⁰ and with all deceauablenes of vnryghtwesnes, amonge them that perysshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued.

¹ The sprete speaketh euydently, that in the later tymes some shall departe from the fayth, and shall geue hede vnto spretes of erroure, and deuelysshe doctrines of them ² which speake false thorowe ypocrysye, & haue their consciences marcked wt an hote yron, ³ forbyddynge to mary, & commaundynge to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaued with geuynge thanckes, of them whych beleue, & knowe the trueth.

¹ Ther were false prophetes also amonge the people, euen as ther shalbe false teachers amonge you: whych preuely shall brynge in damnable sectes (euen denyenge the Lorde that hath bought them) and brynge vpon them selues swyft damnacyon, ² and many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the waye of trueth shal be euyll spoken of, ³ and thorow coueteousnes shall they wyth fayned wordes make marchandyse of you, whose iudgement is now not farre of, and their damnacyon slepeth not.

¹⁶ ye, almoost in euery epistle, speakynge of such thinges: amonge which are many thinges harde to be vnderstande, which they that are vnlearned & vnstable, peruert, as they do also the other scriptures vnto their awne destruccion. ¹⁷ Ye therfore beloued, (seynge ye be warned afore hand) beware, lest ye, wyth other men be also plucked awaye thorow the erroure of the wycked, and fall from your awne stedfastnes: ¹⁸ but growe in grace, & in the knowledge of oure Lorde and sauyoure Iesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and for euer. Amen.

²¹ I haue not writen vnto you, as though ye knewe not the trueth: but as though ye knewe it (& knowe also) that no lye commeth of trueth.

²⁷ And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you. And ye nede not, that eny man teach you: but as the anoyntinge teacheth you of all thinges, and is true, and no lye, and as it hath taught you, euen so byde therin.

²¹ And Mir Iam sange before them: Synge ye vnto the Lorde: for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse & his ryder hath he ouerthrowne in the see.

³¹ So perishe all thine enemyes: O Lord: but they that loue him, let them be as the sonne whan he ryseth in his might. And the lande had rest fourtye yeres.

¹⁵ And Mardocheus went out from the kynge, in royall apparell of yelow and whyte, and with a great crowne of golde, beyng arayed with a garment of sylke and purple, and the cytie of Susan reioysed and was glad: ¹⁶ and vnto the Iewes there was come lyght and gladnesse, ioye and worshippe.

²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yee, & ieast of hym when they loke vpon his place.

¹⁰ The ryghteous shall reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce: he shal wash hys fote stepes in the bloude of the vngodly. ¹¹ So that a man shall saye: verely there is a rewarde for the ryghteous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth in the earth.

¹² When ryghteous men are in prosperite, then doth honoure florysh but when the vngodly come vp, the state of men chaungeth.

²⁸ When the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hyde them selues: but when they perysh, the ryghteous increase.

¹ And after that, I herde a greate voyce of moch people in heauen saying: Alleluia. Saluacion & glory & honour & power be ascribed to the Lorde our God, ² for true and ryghteous are his iudgementes, for he hath iudged the gret whore which dyd corrupt the erth wt her fornicacion, & hath auenged the bloud of his seruauntes of hyr hande. ³ And agayn they said: Alleluia. And smoke rose vp for euermore. ⁴ And the .xxiiii. elders, & the .iiii. bestes fell downe, & worshipped God that sate on the seate, saying: Amen, Alleluia. ⁵ And a voyce came out of the seat, sayinge: praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes, & ye that feare hym both small and great. ⁶ And I herde the voyce of moche people euen as the voyce of many waters, & as the voyce of strong thondrynges sayinge: Alleluia, for the Lord our God omnipotent raygneth. ⁷ Let vs be glad and reioyce, & geue honoure to him, for the mariage of the lambe is come, and hys wyfe made her selfe ready.

³⁸ Then sayde Pharao vnto hys seruauntes: where shall we fynde soch a man as thys is, in whom is the sprete of God? ³⁹ And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: for as moche as God hath shewed the all thys, there is no man of vnderstondynge or of wysdome lyke vnto the. ⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordynge to thy worde shall all my people be ruled, only in the kynges seate wyll I be aboue the. ⁴¹ And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue sett the ouer all the lande of Egypte. ⁴² And he toke of hys rynge from hys hande, and put it vpon Iosephs hande, and arayed hym in cloth of raynes, and put a golden cheyne aboute hys necke,

⁸ So nowe it was not ye that sent me hyther, but God: which hath made me a father vnto Pharao & Lorde of all hys house, & ruler thorowe out all the lande of Egypte.

¹ Whan there cam thither a certayne man of Belial (named Seba, the sonne of Bichri, a man of gemini) he blew a trompet & sayde: we haue no parte in Dauid, neither haue we enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai, let the men of Israel departe vnto there tentes.

²⁰ But Hezekia the kynge, and the prophet Isai the sonne of Amoz prayed agaynst that blasphemy, and cryed vp to heauen. ²¹ And the Lord sent an angell, which destroyed all the men of warre and the Lordes and captaynes of the hoost of the kyng of Assur, that he turned his face agayne wt shame toward hys awne land. And when he was come into the house of his God, they that came of hys awne body, slue hym there with the sweard. ²² And so the Lord saued Hezekia and the inhabiters of Ierusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib king of Assur, and from the hand of all other, and mayntened them on euery syde.

⁸ And Haman sayde vnto kynge Ahasuerus: There is here a people scatered abrode and dispersed among all people in all the landes of thyne empyre, & they haue their lawes contrary from all people, & do not after the kynges lawes, nether is it the kynges profet to suffre them after thys maner. ⁹ If it please the kynge, let it be wrytten, that they maye be destroyed, & so wyll I weye downe ten thousand talentes of syluer, by the handes of the worckmen, to be brought into the kynges treasure. ¹⁰ And the kyng toke his rynge from his hand, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amidatha the Agagite the Iewes enemye. ¹¹ And the kynge sayde vnto Haman: Let the syluer be geuen the, and do with that people as it pleaseth the. ¹² Then were the kynges scrybes called on the thirtenth daye of the fyrst moneth and there was written (according as Haman commaunded) vnto all the kynges officers & to the captaynes that were in all the landes, and to the rulars of euery people in the countreyes on euery syde, accordyng to the wryting of euery nacion, and after their language, in the name of kyng Ahasuerus was it wrytten and sealed with the kynges rynge. ¹³ And the wrytynges were sent by postes into all the kynges landes, to rote out, to kyll, and to destroye all Iewes, both yong & olde, chyldren & wemen in one daye (namely vpon the thirtenth daye of the twelueth moneth, whych is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle their goodes. ¹⁴ This was the summe of the wryting, that there shulde be a commaundement geuen in all landes, and publisshed vnto all people, that they shulde be ready agaynst the same daye. ¹⁵ And the postes went in all the hast, accordyng to the kynges commaundement. And in Susan the chefe cytie was the commaundement deuised. And the kyng & Haman sate & drancke: whan in the meane tyme the cytie of Susan was disquieted.

¹ In the twelueth moneth, that is the moneth Adar, vpon the thirtenth daye of the same, whan the kynges word and commaundement shulde be done, euen vpon the same daye that the enemyes shulde haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them, it turned contrary wyse, euen that the Iewes shulde subdue their enemyes. ² For then gathered the Iewes together in their cyties wythin all the landes of kynge Ahasuerus, to laye hand on soch as wolde do them euell, and no man coulde withstand them: for the feare of them was come ouer all people. ³ And all the rulers in the landes, and princes & Debites, & officers of the kyng, promoted the Iewes, for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them. ⁴ For Mardocheus was greate in the kynges house, and the reporte of him was noysed in all landes, how he increased and grewe. ⁵ Thus the Iewes smote all theyr enemyes with a sore slaughter, and slewe & destroyed, and dyd after their wyll vnto soche as were their aduersaries. ⁶ And at Susan the chefe cytie slew the Iewes, and destroyed fyue hundreth men: ⁷ & slewe Pharsandatha, Dalphou Asphatha, ⁸ Phoratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Pharmastha, Arisai, Aridai, and Uaizatha, ¹⁰ the ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadata the enemye of the Iewes: but on his goodes they layed no handes. ¹¹ At the same tyme was the kyng certyfied of the nombre of those that were slayne in the cyte of Susan. ¹² And the kyng sayde vnto quene Esther. The Iewes haue slayne and destroyed fyue hundreth men in the cytie of Susan, & the ten sonnes, of Haman. What haue they done thynkest thou in the other landes of the kynge? And what is thy peticion, that it maye be geuen the? or what requirest thou more to be done? ¹³ Esther answered: If it please the kynge, let him suffre the Iewes tomorow also to do accordynge vnto this dayes commaundement, that they maye hang Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tre. ¹⁴ And the kynge charged to do so, and the commaundement was deuised at Susan, & they hanged Hamans ten sonnes. ¹⁵ For the Iewes that were in Susan gathered them selues together, vpon the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar, & slew thre hundreth men at Susan, but on their goodes they layed no handes. ¹⁶ As for the other Iewes that were in the kynges landes, they came together, and stode for their lyues, that they myght haue rest from their enemies: & slew of their enemyes fyue and seuentye thousand, howbeit, they layed no handes on their goodes.

³⁰ If thou be innocent thou shalt deliuer the countre because of the vngyltynesse of thyne handes.

³⁴ Ryghteousnesse setteth vp the people, but the sacrifyce of the hethen is synfull.

⁸ Wycked people bringe a cytie in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

¹⁵ And in the citie there was founde a poore man, (but he was wyse) which with hys wysdome delyuered the citye: yet was there no body, that had eny respect vnto soch a simple man.

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

²⁷ And they went out into the feldes, & geathered in their grapes, and troade them, and made mery: and went into the house of their goddes, and dyd eate and drynke, and curssed Abimelech. ²⁸ And Gaal the sonne of Abed sayde: what is Abimelech? and what is Sichem? that we shulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ieroboal? and Zebul is his officer? Serue soche as come of Hemor the father of Sichem, for what reason is it that we shulde serue him? ²⁹ wold God this people were vnder my hande, then wolde I take Abimelech out of the waye. And he spake against Abimelech: make thyne hoste greater, & go out.

³⁸ Then sayd Zebul vnto him: where is now thi mouth that sayd: what felow is Abimelech, that we shuld serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despysed? Goo out now & fyght with them.

²⁷ But the chyldren of Belial sayde: howe shall he saue vs? and they despised him, and brought him no presentes. And he helde is tonge.

³⁶ But they that were of the people helde their peace, and answered not him a worde: for the kynge had commaunded, sayinge: answere him not.

² and sayde before his brethren & the souldyers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? wyll the hethen suffre them? shall they offre? shall they perfourme it in one daye? shal they make the stones whole agayne that are brought to dust, and brent? ³ And Tobiah the Ammonite was besyde him, and sayde: Though they buylde, yet yf a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe theyr stonye wall. ⁴ Heare (O thou oure God) for we are despised, turne their shame vpon their awne heade, & geue them ouer into despisynge in the lande of their captiuite.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wyth the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude.

¹⁹ Where moch bablynge is, there must nedes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lyppes, is wyse.

²¹ Whoso despyseth his neyghbour doth a misse: but blessed is he the hath pytie of the poore.

¹⁴ All these thynges herde the Pharyses also, which were couetous, and they mocked him.

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

⁴⁸ Doth eny of the rulers or of the Pharises beleue on him? ⁴⁹ But this comen people whych knowe not the lawe, are cursed, ⁵⁰ Nicodemus sayeth vnto them (he that came to Iesus by nyght, & was one of them) ⁵¹ Doth oure lawe iudge eny man, before it heare him, and knowe what he hath done? ⁵² They answered, and sayd vnto him: art thou also of Galile? Search & loke, For out of Galile aryseth no Prophete.

²³ whych when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth ryghteously

¹⁶ Thou shalt not goo vp & doune as a preuy accuser amonge thy people, nether shalt thou stonde agaynst the bloude of thy neyghboure: I am the Lorde.

¹⁴ And the men answered her: oure liues for you to dye, yf ye vtter not this oure busines. And when the Lord hathe geuen vs the land, we will deale mercifully & truly with the.

²⁰ And yf thou vtter these oure wordes, we wilbe quyte of thy othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.

¹⁷ And at the same tyme were ther many of the chefe of Iuda, whose letters wente vnto Tobiah, and agayne from Tobiah vnto them ¹⁸ (for there were many in Iuda, that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Sechania, the sonne of Arah, & his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Mesullam, the sonne of Barachia, ¹⁹ and they spake good of hym before me, and tolde hym my wordes) and Tobiah sent letters, to put me in feare.

⁵ A faythfull wytnesse wyll not dissemble, but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

¹⁹ The crafty disceatfull bewrayth secret councell: and to him that custometh flaterynge lyppes ioyne nott thy selfe.

⁹ Handle thy matter wt thy neyghbour him selfe, and discouer not another mans secrete:

²⁰ Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: Euen so where the tale betrayer is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth. ²¹ Coles kyndle heate, & wodd the fyre: euen so doth a brauling felowe stere vp variaunce. ²² A taleberars wordes are lyke men that stryke with hammers, but they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

²⁷ Then came all the princes vnto Ieremy, and asked hym. And he tolde them, after the maner as the kynge bad him. Then they helde theyr peace, and let hym alone for they perceaued nothinge.

¹³ And also they learne to goo from house to house ydle: yee not ydle onely, but also tatlers and besybodyes, speakynge thynges which are not comly.

¹ And Rehoboam went to Sichem: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him kynge. ² And Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat (which was yet in Egypte) hearde of it for he fled to Egypte from the presence of kyng Salomon, & dwelt in Egypte. ³ So they sent and called hym: and Ieroboam and all the congregacyon of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, sayenge ⁴ thy father made oure yocke greuouse, nowe therfore, make thou the greuouse seruice of thy father and hys sore yocke which he putt vpon vs, lyghtter, & we wyll serue the. ⁵ And he sayde vnto them: departe yet for the space of thre dayes, and then come agayne to me. And the people departed. ⁶ And kynge Rehoboam toke councell with the olde men that stode before Salomon hys father, while he yet lyued, and sayde: what councell geue ye, that I maye haue matter to answere thys people? ⁷ And they sayde vnto hym: If thou be a seruaunt vnto thys people this daye, and folowe theyr myndes and answere them, and speake kynde wordes to them: they wyll be thy seruauntes for euer. ⁸ But he forsoke the councell that the olde men had geuen him, and called vnto hys councell yonge men, that were growen vp with him, and wayted on hym. ⁹ And he sayde vnto them: what councell geue ye, that we maye answere thys people? for they haue commoned with me, sayenge: make the yocke which thy father dyd putt vpon vs, lyghtter? ¹⁰ And the younge men that were growen vp with hym spake vnto hym sayenge: Thus shalt thou speake vnto thys people (that haue sayde vnto the: thy father made oure yocke heuye, butt make thou it vs lyghtter) Euen thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My lytle fynger shalbe wayghtier, then my father was in the loynes. ¹¹ And nowe where as my father did lade you & put a greuouse yocke vpon you, I wyll make it heuyer. My father also corrected you wt scourges, but I wyll chastyse you with scorpions. ¹² And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the thyrde daye, as the kynge had apoynted, sayenge: come to me agayne the thyrde daye. ¹³ And the kyng answered the people churlyshly, and lefte the olde mens councell (that they gaue hym) ¹⁴ & spake to them after the councell of the younge men, sayenge. My father made youre yocke greuouse, and I will make it greuouser. My father also chastised you with whyppes, but I wyll chastise you with scorpyons. ¹⁵ And the kynge herkened not vnto the people: for it was the ordinaunce of God, that he myght performe hys sayenge, which the Lorde spake by Ahiah the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat. ¹⁶ And so, when all Israel sawe, that the kynge regarded them not, the people answered the kynge with these wordes, sayenge, what porcion haue we in Dauid: we haue no enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes, O Israel, nowe se to thyne awne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto theyr tentes. ¹⁷ Howbeit, ouer the chyldren of Israel which dwelt in the cytie of Iuda, dyd Rehoboam raygne styll. ¹⁸ Then kynge Rehoboam sent Aduram the receauer of the tribute. And all they of Israel stoned hym to deeth. But kynge Rehoboam made spede to gett hym vp to hys charet, and to flye to Ierusalem. ¹⁹ And they of Israel rebelled agaynst the house of Dauid, vnto thys daye.

²² Unaduysed thoughtes shall come to naught, but where as men are that canne geue councell, there is stedfastnesse.

²² Understandinge is a well of lyfe vnto him that hath it: as for the chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolyshnesse.

¹⁸ Thorowe councell, the thynges that men deuyse go forwarde: and wt discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

⁶ For with discrecyon must warres be taken in hande, & where as are many that can geue councell, there is the victory.

¹¹ But ye foolish prynces of Zoan, ye wyse councelours of Pharao, whose wit is turned to foolyshnes, how saye ye vnto Pharao: I am come of wyse men & of auncient kynges? ¹² Wher ar they? where are (I saye) thy wyse men? Let them tell the (yf they can) what the lord of hoostes hath deuysed vpon Egypte. ¹³ The prynces of zoan are become fooles, the prynces of Noph are disceaued, they haue disceaued Egypte, euen they that were taken for the chefe kynred therof. ¹⁴ In the myddes of it hath the lord powred the sprete of wyckednes, and they haue disceaued Egypt in euery worke therof, euen as a droncken man stackereth in his vomyte.

⁶ And the Apostles & elders came together, to reason of thys matter. ⁷ And when ther was moche disputyng, Peter rose vp, & sayde vnto them: Ye men & brethren, ye knowe how the a good whyle agoo, God dyd chose amonge vs, that the Gentyls by my mouth shuld heare the worde of the Gospell, and beleue. ⁸ And God which knoweth the hertes, bare them wytnes, and gaue vnto them the holy goost, euen as he dyd vnto vs, ⁹ and put no difference betwene vs and them seynge that with fayth he purified theyr hertes. ¹⁰ Now therfore, why tempte ye God, to put on the disciples neckes the yoke which nether our fathers nor we were able to beare, ¹¹ But we beleue, that thorow the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christ, we shalbe saued, as they do. ¹² Then all the multitude was peased & gaue audience to Barnabas & Paul, which tolde what sygnes & wondres God had shewed amonge the Gentyls by them. ¹³ And when they helde their peace, Iames answered, sayng: Men & brethren, herken vnto me. ¹⁴ Simeon tolde, how God at the beginning dyd visit the gentyls, to receaue of them a people in his name. ¹⁵ And to this agree the wordes of the prophetes, as it is written: ¹⁶ After this I wyll returne, and wyll buylde agayne the tabernacle of Dauid, which is fallen downe and that which is fallen in decaye of it, wyll I buylde agayne, and I wyll set it vp, ¹⁷ that the resydue of men myght seke after the Lord & also the Gentyls vpon whom my name is named sayth the Lorde, which doth all these thynges: ¹⁸ knowen vnto God are all hys workes from the begynning of the world. ¹⁹ Wherfore my sentence is, that we trouble not them: which from amonge the Gentyls, are turned to God: ²⁰ but that we wryte vnto them, that they absteyne them selues from filthynes of ymages, and from fornicacyon, and from straunglyd, and from bloude. ²¹ For Moses of olde tyme hath in euery cytie them that preache hym, in the synagoges, when he is redd euery Saboth daye.

¹ My sonne yf thou be suertye for thy neyghboure, and hast fastened thyne hand for another man, ² thou art bounde wt thyne awne wordes, and taken with thine awne speache. ³ Therfore, my sonne, do thys & thou shalt be discharged: when thou art come into thy neighbours daunger. Goo thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour: ⁴ let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thyne eye lyddes slomber. ⁵ Saue thy selfe as a doo from the hande of the huntre, & as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.

¹⁸ Who so promyseth by the hande, and is suertye for his neyghboure, he is a foole.

¹⁶ Take hys garment that is suretye for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowne mans sake.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that bynde theyr hande vpon promyse, & are suertie for wayghty causes: ²⁷ for yf thou hast nothyng to paye, they shall take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

³² And Dauid sayd to Abigail: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel, which sent the this daye to mete me. ³³ Blessed is thy sayeng, & blessed art thou, which hast kept me thys daye from coming to shede bloud, and from aduengyng my self with myne awne hand.

¹⁶ Then cryed a wyse woman out of the cytie, heare heare, byd Ioab come hither, that I maye speake with hym. ¹⁷ When Ioab was come vnto her, the woman sayde: art thou Ioab? He answered: I am he. She sayde vnto him: heare the wordes of thy handmayde? And he answered: I do heare. ¹⁸ And she sayde agayne: They spake in the olde tyme, sayinge: men must aske peace first, how moche rather shulde they so do to Abell? For so haue they contynued hytherto: ¹⁹ I am one of them that are peaceable and faythfull in Israel. And thou goest about to destroye a citie and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou deuoure the enheritaunce of the Lorde? ²⁰ And Ioab answered, and sayde: God forbyd, God forbid it me, that I shulde ether deuoure or destroye. ²¹ The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim (Seba the sonne of Bichri by name) hath lyfte vp his hande agaynst the kynge, euen against Dauid. Delyuer vs him only, and I will departe from the cytie. And the woman sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, his heed shalbe throwen to the, ouer the wall. ²² And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisdome. And they smote of the heed of Seba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it out to Ioab. And he blewe a trompet, and they skatered from the cytie, euery man to his tent. And Ioab returned to Ierusalem, vnto the kynge.

²⁵ & how Hester went, and spake to the kynge, that thorowe letters his wicked deuyce (which he ymagined agaynst the Iewes) myght be turned vpon his awne heed, & how hee & his sonnes were hanged on the tre.

³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Geue her of the frute of her handes and let her awne worckes prayse her in the gates.

¹³ Uerely I saye vnto you: wheresoeuer thys gospell shalbe preached in all the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be tolde for a memoriall of her.

³ and Ioanna the wyfe of Chusa. Herodes stewarde, and Susanna, and many other, which minystred vnto hym of theyr substaunce.

⁴² verely one is nedefull. Mary hath chosen the good parte, which shall not be taken awaye from her.

²¹ When a stronge man armed watcheth his house: the thinges that he possesseth are in peace. ²² But when a stronger then he commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him, he taketh from him all his harnes (wherin he trusted) and deuideth his goodes.

² He sawe also a certyane poore wyddowe, whych cast in thyther two mytes. ³ And he sayde: of a trueth I saye vnto you, that thys poore wyddow hath put in moare then they all. ⁴ For they all haue of theyr superfluyte added vnto the offerynges of God: but she, of her penury hath cast in all the substaunce that she had.

³⁹ Peter arose, & came with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the chamber. And all the widdowes stode round about him, wepynge, and shewyng the coates and garmentes, which Dorcas made, whyle she was with them.

¹⁴ And a certayne woman (named Lydia) a seller of purple, of the cytie of Thyatira, which worshypped God, gaue vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges, which Paul spake. ¹⁵ When she was baptised, and her housholde, she besought vs, sayinge: If ye thyncke that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

² that ye receaue her in Christ, as it becommeth sainctes, and that ye assyst her in what soeuer busynes she neadeth of youre ayde. For she hath suckered many, and myne awne selfe also. ³ Grete Prisca and Aquila my helpers in Christ Iesu, ⁴ whych haue for my lyfe layde downe their awne neckes. Unto whom not I onely geue thankes, but also all the congregacions of the Gentyls.

⁶ Grete Mary which bestowed moch labour on vs.

¹ The elder to the electe lady and her children, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all that haue knowen the trueth

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite. ²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde. ²³ For though the wycked haue neuer somoch to fyll his bely, yet God shall sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his indignacyon to raygne ouer him:

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that consydreth the poore the Lorde shall delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble. ² The Lorde preserue hym, & kepe him aliue: that he maye be blessed vpon earth, & delyuer not thou hym in to the wyll of hys enemyes. ³ The Lord comforte hym, when he lyeth syck vpon hys bedd: make thou all his bedd in his sicknesse. ⁴ I sayde: Lord be mercyfull vnto me, heale my soule, for I haue synned agaynst the.

⁴ Unto the godly there aryseth vp lyght in the darcknesse he is mercyfull, louyng and ryghteous. ⁵ A good man is mercyfull, and lendeth: and wyll gyde his wordes wt discrecion. ⁶ For he shall neuer be moued: and the ryghteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce. ⁷ He will not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges, for his hert standeth fast, and beleueth in in the Lord. ⁸ His hert is stablished: & will not shryncke, vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemyes. ⁹ He hath sparsed abroad, and geuen to the poore: and his ryghteousnes remayneth for euer, hys horne shalbe exalted wyth honoure.

²⁷ The couetous man roteth vp hys awne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shall lyue.

⁸ There is one man, no mo but hym selfe alone, hauyng nether chylde ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satysfyed with riches, For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne & myserable thinge?

⁷ These are the perlous weapons of the churlysh, these be his shamefull councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatfull wordes: yee, euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore. ⁸ But the lyberall persone ymagineth honest thynges, & commeth vp for liberalytie vnto promotyon:

¹ The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in hys hert, Good godly people are taken a waye, and no man consydreth it. Namely, that the ryghteous is conuayed awaye from the wycked.

⁷ to deale thy bread to the hongry, & bringe the poore wandringe, home into thy house, when thou seest the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face from thy neyghboure. ⁸ Then shall thy lyght breake forth as the mornyng, & thy health floryshe ryght shortly: thy righteousnesse shall go before the, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace the. ⁹ Then yf thou callest, the Lorde shall answere the: yf thou cryest, he shall saye: here I am. Yee, yf thou layest awaye from the thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, & ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, ¹⁰ yf thou hast compassyon vpon the hongrye, & refreshest the troubled soule: Then shall thy lyght sprynge out in the darcknesse, & thy darcknesse shalbe as the noone day. ¹¹ The lord shall euer be thy guyd, & satisfie the desyre of thyne herte in the tyme of drougthe, & fyll thy bones wt mary. Thou shalt be lyke a fresh waterd garden & lyke the fountayne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge. ¹² Then the places that haue euer bene waste, shalbe builded of the: there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynredes. Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges, & the buylder agayne of the waye of the Sabboth.

²⁷ Wherfore, O kynge, be content with my councell, that thou mayest redeme thy synnes with almoyse and thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for thys shall be an helynge of thyne erroure.

⁷ Blessed are the mercyful: for they shall obteyne mercy.

¹⁴ Therfore, yf ye forgeue other men theyr trespasses, your heuenly father shall forgeue you. ¹⁵ But yf ye wyll not forgeue men theyr trespasses, nomore shall your father forgeue you youre trespasses.

³⁴ Then shall the Kynge saye to them that shalbe on hys ryghte hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inheret the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hongred, & ye gaue me meate. I was thyrstye, & ye gaue me drincke. I was herbourlesse, & ye toke me in: ³⁶ Naked, & ye clothed me: Sicke & ye visyted me. I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answere him saying: Lord, when sawe we the an hongred, and fedd the? or thirstye, & gaue the drinke? ³⁸ when sawe we the herborlesse, & tooke the in? or naked, and clothed the? ³⁹ or when sawe we the sycke, or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall answere, and saye vnto them: veryly I saye vnto you: in as moch as ye haue done it vnto one of the leest of these my brethren, ye haue done it to me.

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

⁶ This yet I saye: he which soweth lytell, shal reape lytell: & he that soweth (in geuyng) largelye and frelye, shall reape plenteouslye: ⁷ And let euery man do, accordinge as he hath purposed in hys herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessyte. For God loueth a chearfull geuer. ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace that ye in all thynges hauynge sufficyent vnto the vtmost, maye be riche vnto all maner of good workes, ⁹ as it is wrytten: He hath sparsed abroade, and hath geuen to the poore, hys ryghtewesnesse remayneth for euer. ¹⁰ He that minystreth seed vnto the sower, minystre breed also for fode: and multyplye youre seede, and increase the frutes of youre ryghtewesnesse, ¹¹ that on all partes, ye maye be made ryche into all synglenes, which causeth thorowe vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God. ¹² For the offyce of thys minystracion, not onely supplyeth the nede of the saynctes: but also is aboundaunt herin, that for thys laudable minystringe, thankes might be geuen to God of many, ¹³ which prayse God for the obedience of youre consentynge to the Gospell of Christ, and for youre synglenesse in distrybutyng to them, and to all men, ¹⁴ and in theyr prayers for you, which longe after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you.

¹⁷ not that I desire gyftes: but I desyre aboundant frute on youre parte.

¹³ For he shal haue iudgement without mercy that sheweth no mercy: and mercy reioyseth agaynst iudgement.

¹ Go to now ye ryche men. Wepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Your riches is corrupte, your garmentes are motheaten, ³ Youre golde & syluer is cankred, and the rust of the shalbe a wytnes vnto you, & shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes: ⁴ Beholde the hyre of labourers which haue reaped downe youre feldes (which hyre is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: & the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred in to the eares of the Lord Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the erthe, & bene wantan. Ye haue norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter.

¹³ sayenge. This is the porcion that the wycked shall haue of God, and the heretage that Tyrauntes shall receaue of the Almyghtie. ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the swerde, and his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred. ¹⁵ Loke whom he leaueth behinde him, they shall dye and be buried, and no man shall haue pitye of hys wyddowes. ¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a boothe that the watch man maketh. ¹⁹ When the ryche man dyeth, he carieth nothynge with him: he is gone in the twyncklinge of an eye and hath nothynge. ²⁰ Destruccion taketh holde vpon him as a water floude, & the tempest stealeth him awaye in the nyght season. ²¹ A vehement east winde caryeth hym hence, and departeth, a storme plucketh hym oute of his place. ²² It russheth in vpon him, and spareth hym not, he maye not escape from the power therof. ²³ Then clappe men their handes at him, yee, & ieast of hym when they loke vpon his place.

⁵ Turne oure captyuite, O Lorde, as the ryuers in the south. ⁶ They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioye. He that nowe goeth in hys waye wepynge and beareth forth good sede, shall doutheles come agayne wyth ioye, and brynge hys sheaues with him.

¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another.

⁸ He that soweth wyckednesse shall reape sorowe: and the rodde of hys crueltye shall peryshe.

⁵ They brede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spyders webb: Who so eateth of their egges, dyeth. But yf one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent. ⁶ Theyr webbe maketh no clothe, and they maye not couer them wyth their labours. Their dedes are the dedes of wyckednes, and the worcke of robbery is in their handes. ⁷ Theyr fete runne to euell, and they make haste to shed innocent bloude. Theyr councels are wicked councels, harme and destruccyon are in their wayes. ⁸ But the waye of peace they knowe not. In theyr goinges is no equyte: their wayes are so croked, that whosoeuer goeth theryn, knoweth of no peace.

¹² Sowe vnto ryghteousnes, and reape the frutes of weldoinge: plowe vp your freshe lande, for it is tyme to seake the Lorde tyll he come and rayne rightuousnesse vpon you. ¹³ But you haue plowed vngodlynes: ye haue reped iniquytie, you haue eaten the frute of lyes. Seynge thou puttest thy confydence in thyne awne wayes, and leauest to the multitude of thy worthyes:

⁸ For he that soweth in his flesshe, shall of the flesshe reape corrupcyon. But he that soweth in the sprete, shall of the sprete reape lyfe euerlastynge. ⁹ Let vs not be wery of well doinge. For when the tyme is come, we shall reape without werynesse.

²² (as concernynge the conuersacyon in tyme past) to laye from you that olde man, which is corrupte, accordynge to the deceauable lustes.

¹⁸ yee, & the frute of ryghtewesnes is sowen in peace, of them that mayntene peace.

¹⁶ For their fete runne to euell: & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes: ¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe.

²² sodenlye to folowe her: as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, & lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes, to be punyshed, ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowynge that the parell of hys lyfe lyeth ther vpon.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his awne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁶ The ryghteous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth hys encrease vnto synne.

⁴ Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but ryghteousnesse delyuereth from death.

²³ The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the hole night in plenteousnes, without visitacyon of anye plage.

³⁵ but in all people, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghtewesnes, is accepted with him.

⁸ But vnto them that are rebelles, and that do not obey the trueth, but folowe vnryghteousnes, shall come indignacyon and wrath, ⁹ tribulacyon and anguysshe vpon the soule of euery man that doth euyll: of the Iewe fyrst, and also of the Gentyle.

²³ For the rewarde of synne is deeth. but eternall lyfe is the gyfte of God, thorow Iesus Christ oure Lorde.

⁷ Babes, let no man deceaue you. He that doeth ryghteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is ryghteous.

¹⁰ In thys are the chyldren of God knowen, and the chyldren of the deuyll. Whosoeuer doeth not ryghteousnes, is not of God, nether he that loueth not hys brother.

¹⁷ (I wote also my God) that thou tryest the hertes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse. And in the unfaynednesse of myne herte. I haue willinglye offred all these thinges. And nowe haue I sene thy people which are founde here, to offer vnto the willyngly and wyth gladnesse.

⁷ For the ryghteous Lorde loueth ryghteousnes: hys countenaunce wyll beholde the thynge that is iust.

²⁵ With the holy thou shalt be holy, and wt a perfecte man thou shalt be perfect. ²⁶ With the cleane thou shalt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou shalt lerne frowardnes.

⁶ But lo, thou requirest treuth in the inward partes, and shalt make me to vnderstonde wysdome secretly.

¹ Blessed are those that be vndefyled in the waye: and walke in the lawe of the Lorde.

¹³ The righteous also shall geue thankes vnto thy name, and the iust shall contynue in thy syght.

¹⁴ he is euer ymagenynge myschefe, and frowardnesse in hys herte, & causeth discorde.

¹⁶ These syxe thynges doth the Lord hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude looke a lyinge tonge, handes that shed innocent bloude, ¹⁸ an herte that goeth aboute wyth wycked ymaginacyons fete that be swyfte in rennynge to do myschefe, ¹⁹ a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and soche one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

¹³ The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse, pryde dysdayne, and the euell waye: and a mouth that speaketh wycked thynges, I vtterly abhorre.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him selfe dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth him selfe.

²² The Lorde abhorreth lyinge lyppes, but they that laboure for trueth please hym.

⁸ The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym.

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschue euell: & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his awne soule.

²⁹ An vngodly man goeth forth rashly: but the iust reformeth hys awne waye.

⁷ Moreouer I will make my bonde betwene me and the, and thy seed after the in theyr generacyons, by an euerlastynge testament, that I maye be God vnto the and to thy seed after the. ⁸ And I wyll geue vnto the and to thy seed after the, the lande where in thou art a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan, for an euerlastynge possessyon, and wyll be their God.

² Thou shalt not folowe a multitude to do euell: nether answere in a matter of plee that thou woldest (to folowe many) turne asyde from the trueth,

²⁶ The ryghtuous is euer mercyfull, and lendeth, and his sede is blessed.

¹ Prayse the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, he hath great delyte in hys commaundmentes. ² His sede shall be myghtye vpon earth: the generacyon of the faytfull shalbe blessed:

²² He that is vertuous, leaueth an enheritaunce vnto hys chylders children and the ryches of the synner is layed vp for the iust.

⁵ The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude herte, his hande is against ther hande and they shall not escape as innocentes.

⁴ els (when the vyneiarde bringeth me forth breers & thornes) I wold go thorow it by warre, & burne it vp together.

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one hert and one waye, that they maye feare me all the daies of their lyfe, that they and their chyldren after them maye prospere.

³⁹ For the promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde oure God shall call.

⁴⁷ And I drancke, & she gaue the camels dryncke also. And I asked her, sayinge: whose daughter art thou? She answered: the daughter of Bathuel Nahors sonne whom Milca bare vnto hym. And I put the earing vpon hyr face, and the bracelettes vpon hyr handes.

¹⁰ And beholde, there mett hym a woman wt open tokens of an harlot, onely her herte was hyde,

¹³ A folyshe restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch a one as hath no knowledge,

³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed.

¹⁵ But thou hast put confidence in thyne awne beuty, & played the harlot, when thou haddest gotten the a name. Thou hast committed whordome, with all that wente by the, & hast fulfylled their desyres: ¹⁶ yee, thou hast taken thy garmentes of diuerse colours, & deckte thyne aulters therwith, where vpon thou myghtest fulfyll thyne whordome, & of soch a fashyon, as neuer was done, ner shalbe. ¹⁷ The goodly ornamentes & Iewels which I gaue the of myne awne golde and syluer, hast thou taken, and made the mens ymages therof, & commytted whordome withall. ¹⁸ Thy garmentes of diuerse coloures hast thou taken, and deckte them therwith: myne oyle & incense hast thou set before them. ¹⁹ My meate which I gaue the, as symnels, oyle & hony: (to fede the withall) that hast thou sett before them, for a swete sauoure. And thys came also to passe, sayeth the Lorde God: ²⁰ Thou hast taken thine awne sonnes & daughters, whom thou haddest begotten vnto me: and these hast thou offred vp vnto them, to be their meate. Is this but a small whordome of thine (thinckest thou) ²¹ that thou slayest my chyldren, and geuest them ouer, to be brent vnto them? ²² And yet in all thy abhominacyons and whordome, thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, howe naked & bare thou wast at that tyme, and troden downe in thyne awne bloude.

⁴ And that for the greate and manyfolde whordome, of the fayre & beutyfull harlot: which is a mastresse of witchcraft: yee, and selleth the people thorow her whordome, & the nacyons thorow her witchcraft. ⁵ Beholde, I will vpon the (sayeth the Lord of hostes) and will pull thy clothes ouer thy head: that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heathen, and thy shame amonge the kyngdomes. ⁶ I will cast dyrte vpon the, to make the be abhorred, & a gasynge stocke:

³ Whose apparell shall not be outward wt broyded heare, & hangyng on of golde, ether in puttynge on of gorgyous apparell: ⁴ but let the hyd man which is in the herte, be without all corrupcyon, so that the sprete be at rest and quyete: whych sprete is before God a thynge moch set by.

²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe. The dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow that was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.

¹⁷ Lorde, thou hast hearde the desyre of the poore: thou preparest theyr hert and thyne eare herkeneth therto.

⁴ One thynge haue I desyred of the Lorde, which I will requyre: euen that I maye dwell in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of my lyfe: to beholde the fayre bewtie of the Lorde, and to vyset this temple.

⁴ Delyte thou in the Lorde, & he shall geue the thy hertes desyre.

⁷ For man walketh in a vayne shadowe, and disquieteth him self in vayne: he heapeth vp riches & cannot tell who shall gather them. ⁸ And now Lord, what is my hope? trulye my hope is euen in the.

⁵ O that my wayes were made so directe, that I myght kepe thy statutes.

¹⁰ Wyth my whole herte haue I sought the. O let me not go wronge out of thy commaundementes.

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

⁹ My soule hath longed for the all the night, and wt my sprete (which is within me) wyll I seke the earlye in the morning. For when thy iudgementes are in the erth, the inhabitatours of the worlde shall learne righteousnes.

¹⁶ Where as I neuertheles obediently folowed the as a shepherde, and haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well. My wordes also were ryght before the.

⁶ Blessed are they which honger and thyrst after ryghteousnes: for they shalbe satisfyed.

²⁷ but a fearfull lokyng for iudgement, & violent fyre, whych shall deuoure the aduersaries.

¹⁰ But geue him, and let it not greue thyne hert to geue vnto him. Because that for thys thynge, the Lord thy God shall blesse the in all thy workes, & in all that thou puttest thyne hande to.

⁹ He hath sparsed abroad, and geuen to the poore: and his ryghteousnes remayneth for euer, hys horne shalbe exalted wyth honoure.

¹⁸ The labour of the vngodly prospereth not, but he that soweth ryghteousnes, shall receaue a sure rewarde.

¹⁷ He that hath pitye vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed hym agayne.

⁸ He that by vsurye and vniuste gaynes gatherith ryches: he shall laye them in store for a man that will pytye the pore.

¹ Lay thy brede vpon weate faces, & so shalt thou fynde after many dayes. ² Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth.

⁶ Cease not thou therfore with thy handes to sowe thy sede, whether it be in the morninge or in the euenynge: for thou knowest not whether this or that shal prospere, and yf they both take, it is the better.

⁶ ye sowe moch, but ye bryng lytle in: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough, ye drynck, but ye are not fylled: ye decke youre selues, but ye are not warme: and he that earneth eny wages, putteth it in a broken purse.

⁹ Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to lytle, & though ye bringe it home, yet do I blowe it awaye. And why so sayeth the Lorde of hostes? Euen because that my house lyeth so waste, and ye ronne euery man vnto hys awne house. ¹⁰ Wherfore, the heauen is forbydden to geue you eny dew, and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease. ¹¹ I haue called for a drouth, both vpon the lande and vpon the mountaynes, vpon corne, vpon wyne, and vpon oyle, vpon euery thynge that the grounde bryngeth forth, vpon men & vpon catell, yee, and vpon all handy laboure.

¹⁶ And now (I praye you) consydre from this daye forth, & how it hath gone wt you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpon another in the temple of the Lord: ¹⁷ that when ye came to a corne heape of .xx. bushels, there were scarce ten: & that when ye came to the wyne presse for to powre out .l. pottes of wyne, there were scarce .xx. ¹⁸ For I smote you wt heate, blastyng & hayle stones in all the labours of youre handes: yet was there none of you, that wolde turne vnto me, sayeth the Lord. ¹⁹ Consydre then from this daye forth & afore: namely, from the .xxiiii. daye of the nynth moneth, vnto the daye that the foundacyon of the Lordes temple was layed: marck it well,

²⁹ Then the disciples euery man accordynge to his abylyte, purposed to sende socour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry. ³⁰ Which thinge they also dyd, and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul.

⁵ Wherfore, I thought it necessarye to exhorte the brethren, to come before hande vnto you, and to prepare youre good blessynge promysed afore, that it myght be ready, so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge. ⁶ This yet I saye: he which soweth lytell, shal reape lytell: & he that soweth (in geuyng) largelye and frelye, shall reape plenteouslye: ⁷ And let euery man do, accordinge as he hath purposed in hys herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessyte. For God loueth a chearfull geuer. ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace that ye in all thynges hauynge sufficyent vnto the vtmost, maye be riche vnto all maner of good workes, ⁹ as it is wrytten: He hath sparsed abroade, and hath geuen to the poore, hys ryghtewesnesse remayneth for euer. ¹⁰ He that minystreth seed vnto the sower, minystre breed also for fode: and multyplye youre seede, and increase the frutes of youre ryghtewesnesse, ¹¹ that on all partes, ye maye be made ryche into all synglenes, which causeth thorowe vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God.

¹³ He that shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me. ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me ryghteousnes, which couered me as a garment, and equyte was my crowne. ¹⁵ I was an eye vnto the blynde, and a fote to the lame, ¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckte the spoyle out of his teth. ¹⁸ Therfore, I thought verely that I shuld haue dyed in my nest: and that my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see.

¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherlesse hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, and compassion fro my mothers wombe. ¹⁹ Haue I sene any man perishe thorow nakednesse and want of clothinge? Or any poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thancked me not, because he was warmed with the wolle of my shepe?

²⁷ He that geueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that turneth awaye hys eyes from soch as be in necessyte, shall suffre greate pouerte hymselfe.

⁸ But the lyberall persone ymagineth honest thynges, & commeth vp for liberalytie vnto promotyon:

⁷ to deale thy bread to the hongry, & bringe the poore wandringe, home into thy house, when thou seest the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face from thy neyghboure. ⁸ Then shall thy lyght breake forth as the mornyng, & thy health floryshe ryght shortly: thy righteousnesse shall go before the, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace the. ⁹ Then yf thou callest, the Lorde shall answere the: yf thou cryest, he shall saye: here I am. Yee, yf thou layest awaye from the thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, & ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, ¹⁰ yf thou hast compassyon vpon the hongrye, & refreshest the troubled soule: Then shall thy lyght sprynge out in the darcknesse, & thy darcknesse shalbe as the noone day. ¹¹ The lord shall euer be thy guyd, & satisfie the desyre of thyne herte in the tyme of drougthe, & fyll thy bones wt mary. Thou shalt be lyke a fresh waterd garden & lyke the fountayne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge.

³⁴ Then shall the Kynge saye to them that shalbe on hys ryghte hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inheret the kyngdome prepared for you from the begynninge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was an hongred, & ye gaue me meate. I was thyrstye, & ye gaue me drincke. I was herbourlesse, & ye toke me in:

⁶ This yet I saye: he which soweth lytell, shal reape lytell: & he that soweth (in geuyng) largelye and frelye, shall reape plenteouslye: ⁷ And let euery man do, accordinge as he hath purposed in hys herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessyte. For God loueth a chearfull geuer. ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace that ye in all thynges hauynge sufficyent vnto the vtmost, maye be riche vnto all maner of good workes, ⁹ as it is wrytten: He hath sparsed abroade, and hath geuen to the poore, hys ryghtewesnesse remayneth for euer.

⁶ And Ioseph was gouerner in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And hys brethren came, and fel flat on the grounde before hym.

¹³ He that shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, and the wyddowes herte praysed me.

²⁴ He that sayeth to the vngodly: thou arte ryghteous hym shall the people curse, yee, the comentie shall abhorre him.

⁴ Heare thys, O ye that oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in the lande, saying:

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes, that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the kynges wrath pacified.

² The vngodly for his owne lust, doth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftye wilynesse that they haue ymagined.

⁶ They haue layed a nett for my fete, and pressed downe my soule: they haue dygged a pytt before me, and are fallen into the myddes of it them selues. Sela.

¹¹ A sedycious personne seketh myschefe, & therfore is a cruell messaunger sent agaynst him.

¹² & when thou hast eaten, and fylled thy selfe, & hast bylt goodly houses & dwelt therin, ¹³ and when thy beastes, and thy shepe are waxed manye, and thy syluer & golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is encreased, ¹⁴ then beware, lest thyne herte ryse & thou forgett the Lorde thy God, whych brought the out of the lande of Egypte, and from the house of bondage,

²⁴ Haue I put my trust in golde? Or haue I sayde to the fynest golde of all: thou arte my confidence? ²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my power was great, and because my hande gat so moche?

³ And he shalbe lyke a tre planted by the watersyde, that wyll brynge forth hys frute in due season. His leafe also shall not wither: & loke whatsoeuer he doth, it shall prospere.

⁶ There be some that put theyr in trust their goodes, & boast them selues in the multitude of theyr ryches.

⁷ The ryghteous also shall se this, & feare, & shall laugh him to scorne. ⁸ Lo, this is the man, that toke not God for hys strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his ryches, & strengthed hym selfe in his wickednesse.

¹⁰ O trust not in wrong and robbery, geue not your selues vnto vanyte: yf riches encrease, set not your hert vpon them.

¹² and myne eare shall heare hys desyre of the wycked that ryse vp agaynst me. ¹³ The ryghteous shal florish lyke a palme tree, and shal sprede abroade lyke a Cedre in Libanus. ¹⁴ Soch as be planted in the house of the Lorde shall florishe in the courtes of our God. They shall also bryng forth more frute in theyr age, & shalbe fat and well likyng.

¹⁵ The riche mans goodes are his stronge holde, but theire awne pouertye feareth the poore.

²¹ Thy people shalbe all ryghteous, and possesse the lande euer: the floure of my plantynge, the worke of my handes, wherof I wyll reioyce.

⁸ For he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water syde: whyche spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate cannot harme, when it commeth, but his leaffe shalbe grene. And though there growe but lytle frute because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to brynge forth frute.

²⁴ And the discyples were astonnyed at hys wordes. But Iesus answereth againe, & sayeth vnto them: children, how harde is it for them, that trust in money, to entre into the kingdome of God? ²⁵ It is easyer for a camell to go thorow the eye of an nedle, then for the ryche to entre into the kyngdome of God.

¹⁷ Charge them which are ryche in this world, that they be not hye mynded, ner trust in vncertayne ryches, but in the lyuinge God (which geueth vs aboundauntly all thynges to enioye them)

³⁰ But Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me and made me styncke before the inhabitours of the lande, before the Canaanyte and the Pherezite. And I beynge fewe in nombre, they shall gather them selues together agaynst me & sley me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed.

²⁴ And Iosua toke Acan the sonne of Zareh, and the siluer, & the garment, and the tonge of golde, and his sonnes & his daughters, his oxen, & his asses, his shepe, & his tent, & all that he had: and all Israell wyth hym brought them vnto the valeye of Acor. ²⁵ And Iosua sayde: In as moche as thou haste troubled vs, the Lord shall trouble the this daye. And all Israell stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire,

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wyfe was Abigail, and she was a woman of a singuler wisdome and bewtifull. But the man was churlyshe, and of shrewde condicions, and was of the kynred of Caleb.

¹⁷ Now therfore, take hede, and se what thou hast to do, for there is an occasion of euell geuen agaynst oure master and all his housholde, seyng: he is as a sonne of beliall vngracious to speake to.

³⁸ & vpon a ten dayes after, the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed.

¹⁹ The euell shall bowe them selues before the good, and the vngodly shall wayte at the dores of the ryghteous.

¹⁶ This is a miserable plage, that he shall go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it hym then, that he hath laboured in the wynde?

⁷ They haue sowne wynde, therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shall beare no corne, there shall no meale be made of theyr increase: though they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.

⁹ Wo vnto him, that couetously gathereth euell gotten goodes into his house: that he maye set hys nest an hye, to escape from the power of misfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed the shame of thine awne house, for thou hast slayne to moch people, and hast wilfully offended:

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

⁴ A wholsome tonge is a tree of lyfe, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

³ The wyse (soch as haue taught other) shall glyster, as the shynynge of heauen: and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse, shalbe as the starres, worlde without ende.

¹⁹ and he sayth vnto them: folowe me, and I wyll make you fisshers of men.

⁹ For he was astonnyed & all that were with hym, at the draught of fysshes which they had taken: ¹⁰ and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebede, which were parteners with Symon. And Iesus sayde vnto Symon: feare not, from hence forth thou shalt catche men.

³⁶ And he that reapeth, receaueth rewarde, and gathereth frute vnto lyfe eternall: that both he that soweth, & he that reapeth, myght reioyse together.

¹⁹ For though I be fre from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I myght wynne the moo. ²⁰ Unto the Iewes, I became as a Iewe, to wynne the Iewes. To them that were vnder the lawe, was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe, to wynne them that were vnder the lawe. ²¹ To them that were wythout lawe, became I as though I had bene wythout lawe (when I was not without lawe as perteyning to God, but vnder the lawe of Chryst) to wynne them that were wythout lawe. ²² To the weake became I as weake, to wynne the weake: In all thinges I fasshyoned my selfe to all men, to saue at the least waye some. ²³ And this I do for the gospels sake, that I myght haue my parte therof.

¹⁹ for what is oure hope of ioye or crowne of reioysing? are not ye it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his commynge?

²⁰ let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the synner from goyng a straye out of hys waye, shall saue a soule from deeth, and shal hyde the multitude of synnes.

¹⁴ I wylbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne: yf he synne, I wyll chasten hym wyth soche a rodde as men be chastened wt, & wt soche plages as the children of men be plaged wt. ¹⁵ But my mercie shal not depart awaye from him, as I toke it from Saul, whom I put downe before the.

⁹ Wherfore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde, to do wyckednesse in hys syght? thou hast kylde Urias the Hethite with the swerde, and hast taken his wife to thy wyfe, & hast slayne hym with the swerde of the chyldren of Ammon. ¹⁰ Nowe therfore, the swerde shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite, to be thy wife. ¹¹ Wherfore thus sayth the Lorde: beholde, I wyll stere vp euell agaynst the, euen out of thyne awne house, & wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghboure, and he shall lye wyth thy wyues in the syght of the sonne. ¹² For thou dydest it secretly, But I wyll do thys thynge before all Israel, and in the open sonne lygth.

²⁴ And whan he was gone, a Lyon mett hym by the waye, and slue him, and his carkasse was cast in the waye, and the Asse stode therby, and the Lyon stode by the coarse also.

²¹ Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the ryghteous shall haue a good rewarde.

²⁹ For lo, I begynne to plage the cytye, that my name is geuen vnto: thincke ye then that I wyll leaue you vnpunished? Ye shal not go quyte, for why, I call for a swearde vpon all the inhabitours of the earth, sayeth the Lorde of Hostes.

³⁰ For this cause many are weake and sycke amonge you, and many slepe. ³¹ For If we had iudged oure selues, we shuld not haue bene iudged. ³² But when we are iudged of the Lorde, we are chastened, that we shulde not be damned with the worlde.

¹⁷ For the tyme is come, that iudgement must begynne at the house of God. If it fyrst begynne at vs, what shall the ende be of them, whych beleue not the Gospell of God? ¹⁸ And yf the ryghteous scarcely be saued: where shall the vngodly and the synner appeare?