Proverbs 16 Cross References - Great

¹ A Man maye well purpose a thynge in hys herte, but the answere of the tonge commeth of the Lorde. ² A man thynketh all hys wayes to be cleane, but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes. ³ Commytte thy worckes vnto the Lorde and loke what thou deuysest, it shall prospere. ⁴ The Lorde doth all thynges for hys awne sake, yee and when he kepeth the vngodly for the daye of wrath. 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. ⁶ With louinge mercy & faythfulnesse, synnes be forgeuen, & who so feareth the Lord eschueth euell. ⁷ When a mans wayes please the Lorde, he maketh his very enemyes to be his frendes. ⁸ Better is it to haue a lytle thynge with ryghteousnes, then greate rentes, wrongeously gotten. ⁹ A man deuiseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges. ¹⁰ When the prophecy is in the lyppes of the kynge, his mouth shall not go wronge in iudgment. ¹¹ A trewe measure & a trewe balaunce are the Lordes iudgment, he maketh all weyghtes. ¹² It is a greate abhominacyon when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse. ¹³ Ryghteous lyppes are pleasaunt vnto kynges: and he that speaketh the trueth shalbe beloued. ¹⁴ The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man will pacifye him. ¹⁵ The cherefull countenaunce of the kynge is lyfe, and his louynge fauoure is as the euenynge dewe. ¹⁶ To haue wysdome in possessyon is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandynge, is rather to be chosen them to haue syluer. ¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschue euell: & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his awne soule. 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. ²⁰ He that handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, that putteth hys trust in the Lorde. ²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstandynge, shalbe called to councell: and he that can speake fayre, shall haue the more lernynge. ²² Understandinge is a well of lyfe vnto him that hath it: as for the chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolyshnesse. ²³ A wyse hart ordreth hys mouth wysely, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyppes. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, & health of the bones. ²⁵ There is awaye that men thyncke to be ryght, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death. ²⁶ A troublous soule disquyeteth her selfe, for her awne 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 stryfe, and he that is a blabbe of hys tonge, maketh deuisyon amonge prynces. ²⁹ A wycked man begyleth hys neyghbour, and leadeth him in to the waye that is not good. ³⁰ The vngodly that loketh gastely wt hys eyes ymagineth myschefe, & when he moueth his lyppes, he wyll do some harme. ³¹ Age is a crowne of worshype, yf it be founde in the waye of ryghteousnes. ³² A pacient man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a cytye. ³³ The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but the ordrynge ther of standeth all in the Lorde.

¹¹ And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth, or who hath made the domme or the deaff, the seynge or the blynde? haue not I the Lorde? ¹² Therfore I will be with thy mouth, & teache the what thou shalt saye.

¹⁵ Therfore thou shalt speake vnto hym, and put these wordes in hys mouth, and I wylbe with thy mouth and wyth hys mouth, and wyll teache you what ye ought to do.

³¹ And when the captaynes of the charettes sawe Iehosaphat, they sayde: it is the kynge of Israel, and therfore they compassed about hym to fyght. But Iehosaphat cryed out, & the Lorde helped him, and God chased them awaye from hym.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lorde God of oure fathers, which so hath inspired the kynges hert, to garnysh the house of the Lorde, that is at Ierusalem:

¹¹ O Lord, I besech the, let thyne eare herken to the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, and let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, and graunte hym mercy in the syght of thys man: for I was the kynges buttelar.

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

³⁶ Enclyne my herte vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.

⁹ A man deuiseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges.

²¹ There are many deuyces in a mans herte: neuertheles, the councell of the Lorde shall stande.

²⁴ The Lorde ordreth euery mans goinges: howe maye a man then vnderstande hys awne waye?

¹ The kynges herte is in the hande of the Lorde, lyke as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whithersoeuer he wyll.

⁷ And the Lorde answered me thus: Saye not so, I am to younge: For thou shalt goo to all that I shall sende the vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde the, that shalt thou speake. ⁸ Be not afrayed of their faces, for I am with the, to delyuer the, sayeth the Lorde. ⁹ And with that, the Lorde stretched oute his hande, and touched my mouth, & the same lorde sayde vnto me. Behold, I put my wordes in thy mouth,

²³ Now I knowe (O Lorde) that it is not in mans power to ordre hys awne wayes, or to rule his awne steppes & goyngges.

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. ⁴⁰ And I wyll sett vp an euerlastyng couenaunt with them. Namelye, that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good, and that I wyll put my feare in their hertes, so that they shall not runne awaye from me.

²⁶ A new herte also will I geue you, and a new sprete will I put into you. As for that stony herte, I will take it out of youre body, & geue you a fleshly herte. ²⁷ I will geue my sprete amonge you & cause you to walcke in my commaundementes to kepe my lawes, and to fulfill them.

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

¹¹ When they bringe you vnto the sinagoges, and vnto the rulers and officers, take ye no thought, how or what thinge ye shall answer, or what ye shall speake. ¹² For the holy goost shall teache you in the same houre, what ye ought to saye.

¹⁴ Be at a sure point therfore in your hertes, not to study before, what ye shal answere: ¹⁵ for I wyll geue you a mouth & wysdome, where agaynste, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.

¹⁶ Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the herte of Titus,

¹³ For it is God, which worketh in you, both the wyll and also the dede, euen of good wyll.

¹⁶ Do not erre my deare brethren, ¹⁷ Euery good gyfte, and euery parfayt gyft, is from aboue, and commeth downe from the father of lyghtes wt whome is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes. ¹⁸ Of hys awne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of hys creatures.

¹³ And Samuel came to Saul, & Saul sayde vnto him: Blessed be thou in the Lorde. I haue fulfylled the commaundement of the Lord. ¹⁴ Samuel sayde: what meaneth then the bleatyng of the shepe in myne eares, and the noyse of the oxen which I heare?

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: loke not on his fashyon, or on the heyght of hys stature, because I haue refused hym: for God seyth not as man seyth. For man loketh on the outwarde apperaunce but God beholdeth the harte.

² For he flatreth hym selfe in hys owne syght, tyll hys abhominable synne be founde out.

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges.

²⁵ There is awaye that men thyncke to be ryght, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

² Euery man thynketh hys awne waye to be ryght: but the Lorde iudgeth the hertes.

¹² If thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thinkest thou that he which made the hertes, doth not considre it? & that he which regardeth thy soule, seeth it not? Shall not be recompence euery man according to his worckes?

¹² There is a generacion that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not clensed from theyr fylthynesse.

⁷ The path of equitye wilt thou graunt vnto the iuste, o thou moost ryghteous, thou shalt order the path of him that is ryghteous.

²² Yee, & that so sore: that though thou washe the wt Nitrus & make thy selfe to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith: yet in my syght thou art stayned wyth thy wyckednesse, sayeth the Lorde thy God. ²³ Saye not nowe: I am not vnclene, and I haue not folowed Baal. Loke vpon thyne awne wayes in the woddes, valleys and dennes: so shalt thou knowe, what thou hast done. Thou art lyke a swyft Dromedary, that goeth easely his waye:

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

²⁷ Thetel, thou art weyed in the balaunce, and art founde to lyght:

¹⁵ And he sayd vnto them: Ye are they which iustifye youre selues before men: but God knoweth youre hertes. For that which is hyghlye estemed amonge men, is abhominable in the syght of God.

⁹ And he tolde this parable, vnto certayne which trusted in them selues that they were perfecte, and despysed other ¹⁰ Two men went vp into the temple to praye: the one a Pharise, and the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thancke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniuste, aduoutrers, or as this publycan.

⁷ What shall we saye then? is the lawe synne? God forbyd: neuertheles I knew not synne, but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what lust had meant, excepte the lawe had sayd, thou shalt not lust. ⁸ But synne toke an occasyon by the meanes of the commaundement and wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For verely without the lawe, synne was deed. ⁹ I once lyued wythout lawe. But when the commaundement came, synne reuiued, and I was deed.

¹⁸ And vnto the messenger of the congregacyon of Thyatira wryte. Thys sayth the sonne of God, which hath eyes lyke vnto a flamme of fyre, & hys fete are lyke brasse:

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.

⁸ But I wyll aske councell at the Lorde, & wyll talke with God:

²⁸ Then, loke what thou takest in hand, he shall make it to prospere with the, and the lyght shall shyne in the wayes.

⁴ Delyte thou in the Lorde, & he shall geue the thy hertes desyre. ⁵ Commytte thy waye vnto the Lorde, & put thy trust in hym, & he shall brynge it to passe.

²² And as for them, thou (O God) shalt brynge them into the pyt of destruccyon.

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

⁵ because that the kynge of Syria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wickedly conspyred agaynst the saying: ⁶ We wyll goo vp agaynst Iuda, vexe them, and brynge them vnder vs, and set a kynge there, euen the sonne of Tabeel ⁷ For thus sayeth the Lorde God therto, It shal not so goo forth, nether come so to passe:

²⁵ Therfore I saye vnto you: be not carefull for youre lyfe, what ye shall eate or drincke, nor yet for youre bodye, what rayment ye shall put on. Is not the lyfe more worth then meat: and the body more of value then rayment? ²⁶ Behold, the foules of the ayer: for they sowe not, nether do they reape, nor cary into the barnes: and youre heuenly father fedeth them. Are ye not moch better then they? ²⁷ Whych of you (by takynge carefull thought) can adde one cubyte vnto hys stature? ²⁸ And why care ye for rayment? Consydre the lylies of the felde, how they growe. They laboure not, nether do they spynne. ²⁹ And yet I saye vnto you, that euen Salomon in all hys royalte was not arayed lyke one of these. ³⁰ Wherfore, yf God so cloth the grasse of the felde (which though it stande to daye, is to morow cast into the fornasse) shall he not moch more do the same for you, O ye of lytle fayth? ³¹ Therfore, take no thought, saying: what shall we eate, or what shall we dryncke, or wherwith shall we be clothed? ³² after all these thynges do the gentyls seke. For youre heuenly father knoweth, that ye haue nede of all these thynges. ³³ But rather seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of God, and the ryghteousnesse therof, and al these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you. ³⁴ Care not then for the morow, for the morowe daye shall care for it selfe: sufficient vnto the daye, is the trauayle therof.

²² And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I saye vnto you. Take no thought for youre lyfe, what ye shall eate: nether for the body, what ye shall put on.

⁶ Be carefull for nothynge: but in all prayer and supplicacyon let youre peticyons be manifeste vnto God with geuynge of thankes.

⁷ Cast all your care vpon him: for he careth for you.

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

⁷ Namely, all those that be called after my name. For them haue I created, fashyoned, & made for myne honour.

²¹ Thys people haue I made for my self, and they shall shewe forth my prayse.

²² Euen so, God willyng to shewe hys wrath, and to make his power knowen suffered wyth longe pacyence the vessels of wrath, ordeyned to damnacyon,

³⁶ For of hym, and thorow hym, and for hym are all thynges: To hym be glorye for euer. Amen.

⁸ and a stone that men stomble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended whych stomble at the worde, and beleue not that, wheron they were set.

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.

⁹ The Lorde knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of temptacyon, and to reserue the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punysshed:

¹¹ thou arte worthy o Lord to receaue glory, & honoure, and power, for thou hast created all thynges, & for thy willes sake they are, & were created.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne, for the Lorde wyll not holde him gyltlesse that taketh his name in vayne.

¹² loke well, that thou makest all soch as be stubburne, to obeye: treade downe all the vngodly in their place,

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,

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

²¹ The wycked amendeth not for plage vpon plage, but the sede of the ryghteous shalbe preserued.

¹¹ But wo be to the vngodly and vnryghteous, for they shalbe rewarded after theyr worckes.

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.

⁶ but geueth more grace.

¹¹ Abraham answered. For I sayde: surely the feare of God is not in thys place, & they shall sley me for my wyfes sake:

⁹ And Nehemia sayde: It is not good that ye do. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemyes?

¹⁵ For the olde captaynes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wyne, and .xl. 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 lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob: & the same was a perfect & iust man, soch a one as feared God & exchued euell. ² And he had seuen sonnes, & thre daughters ³ His substaunce also was seuen .M. shepe, & thre .M. camels, .v.C. youck of oxen, & fyue .C. she asses, and a very greate housholde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countre. ⁴ And his sonnes went and made banckettes: one daye in one house, another daye in another, and sent for theyr thre systers, to eat & drincke with them. ⁵ And it fortuned, that when they had passed ouer the tyme of their bancketting rounde aboute, Iob sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat vp early, and offered for euery one a brentofferynge. For Iob sayde: lest peraduenture my sonnes haue done some offence, & haue bene vnthankfull to God in their hertes. Thus did Iob euery daye. ⁶ And vpon a daye when the children of God cam & stode before the Lord, it fortuned that Sathan cam also among them. ⁷ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan. From whence commest thou? Sathan answered the Lord, and sayde: I haue gone about the lande, and walcked thorow it. ⁸ And the Lorde sayde vnto Sathan: hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how that there is none lyke him in the land? a perfect & a iust man: soch a one as feareth God, and exchueth euell?

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

¹⁰ Mercy and trueth are met together, ryghtuousnesse and peace haue kyssed eche other.

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euell, but a furiouse foole goeth on presumpteously:

²⁷ The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

²⁸ Mercye and faythfulnes preserue the kinge: and with louynge kyndnes hys seate is holden vp.

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.

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

⁴¹ Neuerthelesse, geue almose of that ye haue, and behold, all thinges are cleane vnto you.

² Euery braunche that beareth not frute in me, he will take awaye. And euery braunche that beareth frute, will he pourge, that it maye bring forth more frute.

⁹ and put no difference betwene vs and them seynge that with fayth he purified theyr hertes.

¹ Seynge that we haue soche promyses (dearely beloued) lett vs clense oure selues from all filthynes of the flesshe and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes wyth the feare of God.

²¹ submittynge youre selues one to another in the feare of God.

²² euen ye whych haue purifyed youre soules thorow the sprete, in obeynge the trueth wyth brotherly loue vnfayned, se that ye loue one another wyth a pure hert feruently:

⁴¹ And Esau hated Iacob, because of the blessynge that hys father blessed hym wyth. all. And Esau sayde in his harte: The dayes of my fathers sorowe are at hande, and I wyll sley my brother Iacob.

⁶ And the messengers came agayne to Iacob saying: we came vnto thy brother Esau, and he commeth agaynst the & hath .iiii. hundreth men wt hym. ⁷ But Iacob was greatly afrayed, and wyst not whych waye to turne hym selfe, and deuyded the people that was wyth hym & the shepe, & oxen & camels, into .ii. companyes:

²⁸ He sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore, but Israell. For as a prynce hast thou wrastled wyth God: and wyth man, and hast preuayled.

⁴ Esau came to mete hym and enbraced hym and fell on hys necke and kyssed hym, and they wepte.

¹⁰ And the feare of the Lorde fell vpon all the kyngdomes of the landes that were rounde about Iuda, & they fought not agaynst Iehosaphat.

³¹ I wyll prayse the name of God with a songe, and magnifye it wt thankesgeuing.

¹¹ And the Lorde answered me: Uerely thy remnaunte shall haue welthe. Come not I to the, when thou art in trouble: and helpe the, when thyne enemy oppresseth the?

¹ And Saul yet brethyng out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the Lorde, wente vnto the hye preste, ² and desyred of hym letters, to cary to Damasco, to the synagoges. that yf he founde any of thys waye, (whyther they were men or wemen) he myght brynge them bounde vnto Ierusalem.

¹⁹ and receaued meate and was comforted. Then was Saul a certen dayes with the disciples which were at Damasco. ²⁰ And straight waye he preached Christ in the Sinagoges, howe that he was the sonne of God,

³¹ What shall we then saye to these thinges? yf God be on oure syde, who can be agaynst vs?

¹⁸ Neuertheles I receaued all, and haue plentie. I was euen fylled after that I receaued of Epaphroditus the thinges, which were sent from you, an odoure of a swete smell a sacrifyce accepted and pleasaunt to God.

¹⁰ that ye myght walke worthy of the Lorde that in all thinges ye maye please beynge frutefull in all good workes, and encreasynge in the knowledge of God,

²⁰ Ye chyldren, obey youre fathers and mothers in all thinges, for that is well pleasynge vnto the Lorde.

²¹ make you parfect in all good workes, to do hys wyll, and bryng to passe, that the thyng which ye do, maye be pleasaunt in his syght thorowe Iesus Christ. To whom be prayse for euer whyle the world endureth. Amen.

²² & what soeuer we aske we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, & do those thinges which are pleasinge in his syght.

¹⁶ Asinall thinge that the ryghtuous hath, is better then greate ryches of the vngodly.

¹⁶ Better is a lytle with the feare of the Lorde, then greate treasure with sorowe.

⁶ Whoso hoordeth vp rychesse with the dysceatfulnesse of hys tonge, he is vayne and a foole, and lyke vnto them that seke theyr awne deeth. ⁷ The robberyes of the vngodly shalbe theyr awne destruccyon: for they wyll nott do the thynge that is ryght.

¹¹ The partriche maketh a nest of egges, whych she layde not. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghteouslye. In the myddest of his lyfe must he leaue them behynde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

¹⁰ Shuld I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wycked, & because the measure his mynished?

⁶ Godlynes is greate ryches If a man be content with that he hath. ⁷ For we brought nothynge into the worlde, nether maye we cary any thynge out. ⁸ But when we haue fode and rayment we must ther with be content. ⁹ They that wylbe ryche, fall into temptacyon and snares, & into many folysshe & noysome lustes, which droune men into perdicyon & destruccyon.

²³ The Lord ordreth a good mans goinge, & maketh his waye acceptable to him self.

¹ A Man maye well purpose a thynge in hys herte, but the answere of the tonge commeth of the Lorde.

³⁰ There is no wisdome, there is no vnderstandynge, there is no councell agaynst the Lorde.

¹⁰ In the begynnynge of a thynge. I shewe the ende therof: & I tell before, thinges that are not yet come to passe. My deuice stondeth, stedfastly stablyshed, & I fulfyll all my pleasure.

⁵ is that not the cuppe in the which my Lord drynketh, and for the which he prophecyeth? ye haue euell done that ye haue done.

¹⁵ And Ioseph sayd vnto them: what dede is this which ye haue done? wote ye not that soche a man as I can prophesye?

¹⁸ And when he is sett vpon the seate of hys kyngedome, he shall wryte hym out a copye of thys lawe in a boke, before the Preastes the Leuites. ¹⁹ And it shalbe wyth him, & he ought to reade therin all dayes of hys lyfe, that he maye lerne to feare the Lorde hys God, & to kepe all the wordes of thys lawe and these ordinaunces, for to do them: ²⁰ and that hys hert aryse not aboue hys brethren, & that he turne not from the commaundement: to the ryght hande or to the lefte, but that he maye prolonge hys dayes in hys kyngdome: he, and hys chyldren in Israel.

³ The God of Israel spake of me, euen the most myghtie of Israel, sayde: he that beareth rule ouer men, ought to rule iustlye in the feare of God. ⁴ And as the mornynge lyght when the sonne is vp, a mornynge in whych are no cloudes to lett the bryghtnesse, and as the grasse of the erth is by the vertue of the rayne.

²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement, which the kynge hath iudged, and feared the kynge: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in hym, to do iustice.

⁶ Thy arowes are very sharpe, & the people shalbe subdued vnto the, euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemyes. ⁷ Thy seate (O God) endureth for euer: the scepter of thy kyngdome is a ryght scepter:

¹ For Salomon. Geue the kynge thy iudgementes (O God) and thy righteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. ² Then shall he iudge thy people accordinge vnto right, and defende the poore. ³ The mountaynes also shall brynge peace, and the lytle hilles righteousnesse vnto the people. ⁴ He shall kepe the symple folke by their ryght, defende the chyldren of the poore, and punish the wronge doer.

⁴ The kynges power loueth iudgement, thou hast prepared equyte, thou hast executed iudgment and ryghteousnes in Iacob.

¹² It is a greate abhominacyon when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse. ¹³ Ryghteous lyppes are pleasaunt vnto kynges: and he that speaketh the trueth shalbe beloued.

¹ Beholde, a king shall gouerne after the rule of ryghtewesnesse, and the princes shall rule, accordyng to the balaunce of equitye. ² And that man shalbe vnto men as a defence for the wynd, and as a refuge for the tempest: lyke as a riuer of water in a thirstye place, and the shadowe of a greate rocke in a drye lande.

⁵ Beholde, the tyme commeth, sayeth the Lorde, that I wyll rayse vp the ryghteous braunche of Dauid, which kynge shall beare rule, and he shall prosper with wysedome, & shall set vp equite & righteousnes agayne in the erth. ⁶ In this tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israell shall dwell without feare. And this is the name that they shal call him: euen the Lorde oure ryghteousnesse.

⁴ They comen together, and sweare vayne othes: they be confederat together, therfore groweth their punishment, as the wedes in the sorowes of the lande.

⁷ Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, & cast downe ryghteousnes vnto the grounde.

¹² Who can runne wt horses, or plowe with oxen vpon the harde rockes of stone? For why ye haue turned true iudgement into bytternesse & the frute of ryghteousnesse into wormwod:

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.

¹ A False balaunce is an abhomynacyon vnto the Lorde, but a true weight pleaseth him.

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.

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?

¹¹ Or shulde I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weyghtes,

¹⁶ For all that do soche thynges and all that do vnryght, are abhominacion vnto the Lorde thy God:

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

⁵ Take awaye vngodlynesse from the kinge, & his seate shalbe stablished wt ryghteousnes.

⁹ He that turneth awaye hys eare from hearing the lawe, hys prayer shalbe abhominable.

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

⁴⁸ But he that knewe not, and dyd commytte thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whomsoeuer moch is geuen, of him shalbe moche requyred. And to whom men haue committed moch: of him wyll they aske the more.

¹¹ And I sawe heauen open, & behold, a whyte horsse: & he that sat vpon him was called faythfull & true, & in rightewesnes he doth iudge & make battayle.

⁵ Who so preuely slaundreth hys neyghboure, hym will I destroye: Who so hath also a proude loke and an hye stomack, I wyll not suffre hym. ⁶ Myne eyes loke vnto soch as be faithfull in the lande, that they maye dwell with me: who so leadeth a godly lyfe, he shalbe my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house: he that telleth lyes, shall not tary in my syght.

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

¹¹ Whoso delyteth to be of a cleane herte and of gracyous lyppes, the kynge shall be his frende.

³¹ Then he sayde: God do so & so to me, yf the heed of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this daye. ³² But Elisa satt in his house and the elders satt by him, & the kynge sent a man before him. But yer the messenger came to him, he sayde to the elders haue ye not sene, howe that the sonne of this murtherar hath sent, to take awaye myne heed? be circumspect when the messenger commeth, and shut the dore, and holde him at the dore: is not the sounde of hys masters fete behinde him? ³³ Whyle he yet talked with them: Beholde the messenger came downe vnto him, & sayde beholde, this euell is of the Lorde, & what more shall I loke for of the Lorde

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

¹² The kynges dysfauoure is lyke the roarynge of a lyon, but hys frendshypis lyke the dewe vpon the grasse.

² The kynge ought to be feared as the roaryng of a lion: who so prouoketh him vnto anger offendeth agenst his awne soule.

⁴ If a principal sprete be geuen the to beare rule, be not necgligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.

¹³ Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrath and displeasure, commaunded, that Sidrach Misach and Abednago shulde be brought vnto hym. So these men were brought before the kynge. ¹⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them, & sayde: what? O Sidrach Misach and Abednago, wyll not ye serue my goddes? nor bowe youre selues to the golden Image, that I haue set vp. ¹⁵ Well, be redy herafter, when ye heare the noyse of the trompettes blowe with the harpes, shawmes, psalteries, symphonyes and all the other melodyes: that ye fall downe, and worshyppe the Image which I haue made. But yf ye worshyppe it not, ye shall be cast immediatly into an hote burnyng ouen. Let se, what God is there, that maye delyuer you oute of my handes? ¹⁶ Sydrach, Misach and Abednago answered the kynge, & sayde: O Nabuchodonosor, we ought not to consente vnto the in this matter, for why? ¹⁷ oure God whom we serue, is able to kepe vs from the hote burnyng ouen (O kynge) and can ryght well delyuer vs out of thy handes. ¹⁸ And though he wyll not, yet shalt thou knowe (O kyng) that we will not serue thy goddes, ner do reuerence to the Image, which thou hast set vp. ¹⁹ Then was Nabuchodonosor full of indignacyon, so that the countenaunce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednago. Therfore he charged and commaunded, that the ouen shuld be made seuen tymes hotter, then it was wonte to be: ²⁰ & spake vnto the strongest worthies that were in his hoste, for to bynde Sidrach, Misach and Abednago, and to cast them into the hote burnynge ouen. ²¹ So these men were bounde in their cotes hosen, shues wyth their other garmentes, & cast into the hote burnynge ouen: ²² for the kynges commaundement was so strayte, and the ouen was excedynge hote. As for the men that put in Sidrach, Misach & Abednago, the flamme of the fyre destroyed them. ²³ And these thre men Sidrach, Misach & Abednago fell downe in the hote burnynge ouen, beynge faste bounde. ²⁴ Then Nabuchodonosor the kyng marueled and stode vp in all hast: he spake vnto hys councell and sayde: dyd not ye cast these thre men bounde into the fyre? They answered, and sayde vnto the king: Yee, O kynge. ²⁵ He answered, and sayde: lo, for all that, yet do I se foure men going lowse in the myddest of the fyer, and nothynge corrupte: and the fourth is lyke the sonne of God to loke vpon.

²⁷ And immediatly the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded hys head to be brought in. And he went, and beheaded hym in the preson,

⁴ I saye vnto you my frendes: be not afrayde of them that kyll the body, and after that haue no moare, that they can do. ⁵ But I will shewe you, whom ye shall feare. Feare him, which after he hath kylled, hath power to cast into hell. Yee, I saye vnto you: feare him.

²⁰ Herode was displeased wt them of Tyre and Sidon. But they came all with one accorde, & made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chamberlayne, and desyred peace, because their countre was norysshed by the kynges prouysyon.

²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ euen as though God dyd beseche you thorow vs. So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be reconcyled vnto God:

²³ They wayted for me as for the rayne: and gaped vpon me, as the grounde doth to receaue the latter shower. ²⁴ When I laughed, they knewe well it was not earnest: and the lyght of my countenaunce wolde they not put out.

⁶ There be many that saye: who wyll shewe vs any good? Lorde lyfte thou vp the lyght of thy countenaunce vpon vs.

⁶ For thou shalt geue hym euerlastynge felycite, & make hym glad with the ioye of thy countenaunce.

⁵ For hys wrath endureth but the twinclinge of an eye, and in hys pleasure is lyfe: heuynesse maye endure for a nyght, but ioye commeth in the mornynge.

⁶ He shall come downe like the rayne into a flese of wolle, euen as the droppes that water the earth.

³ Then shall we haue vnderstandynge, & endeuoure oure selues to knowe the Lorde. He shall go forth as the spryng of the daye, & 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 shal the Lorde make bright cloudes, and geue you rayne ynough for all the increase of the felde.

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

¹³ Uerely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether she is founde in the lande of them that lyue. ¹⁴ The depe saieth: she is not with me. The see saieth: she is not with me ¹⁵ She can not be gottten for golde, nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny syluer. ¹⁶ No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precions 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 excellent, as once to be named vnto her: for perfecte wysdome goeth farre beyonde them all, ¹⁹ The Topas that commeth out of Inde, maye in no wyse be likened vnto her: yee, no maner of apparell howe pleasaunt and fayre soeuer it be. ²⁰ From whence then commeth wisdome? and where is the place of vnderstandinge? ²¹ She is hid from the eyes of all men liuinge, yee, and from the foules of the ayre. ²² Destruccion and death saye: we haue herde tell of her with oure eares. ²³ But God seeth her waye, and knoweth her place. ²⁴ For he beholdeth the endes of the world, and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen. ²⁵ When he weyed the wyndes, and measured the waters: ²⁶ when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the myghtye floudes a lawe: ²⁷ Then dyd he se her, then declared he her, prepared her and knewe her. ²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

¹²⁷ For I loue thy commaundementes aboue gold & precious stone.

¹⁵ Wysdome is more worth then precious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ Upon her ryght hande is longe lyfe, and vpon her left hande is riches and honour. ¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

⁷ The chefe poynte of wysdome is, that thou be wyllynge to optayne wysedome: and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge.

¹⁰ Receaue my doctryne, and not syluer: and my knowledge, more then fyne golde. ¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all thynges that thou canst desyre, maye not be compared vnto it.

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

¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as moneye, & the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto him that hath it in possession.

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?

²¹ So is it with him that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not riche towarde God.

²⁴ Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, & let the lyppes of sclaunder be farre from the. ²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde the thyng that is ryght, and let thyne eye lyddes loke strayght before the. ²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, and let all thy wayes be ordred a ryght. ²⁷ Turne not asyde, nether to the ryght hande net to the lefte, but witholde thy fote from euell.

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

¹⁶ Whoso kepeth the commaundment, kepeth his awne soule: but he that regardeth not hys waye, shall dye.

⁸ There shalbe fote pathes & comen stretes, this shalbe called the holy waye. No vnclene person shall go thorowe it: for the Lorde him self shall go with them that waye, and the wayferer, nor ignoraunt shall not erre.

¹³ But he that endureth to the ende, the same shalbe safe.

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

¹⁶ And therfore study I to haue allwaye a cleare conscience toward God, and towarde men.

¹⁰ nether to be pickers, but that they shewe all good faythfulnes, that they maye do worshippe to the doctrine of God oure saueoure in all thynges. ¹¹ For the grace of God, that bryngeth saluacyon vnto all men, hath appeared ¹² and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and worldy lustes, & that we shulde lyue soberly, and ryghteously, and godly in thys present worlde, ¹³ lokynge for the blessed hope & appearinge of the glory of the greate God, & of oure sauioure Iesu Christ, ¹⁴ whych gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs from all vnryghtewesnes, and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes.

³⁹ It is not we that withdrawe our selues vnto dampnacion, but we partayne vnto fayth, to the wynnynge of the soule.

²¹ and kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokynge for the mercy of oure Lord Iesus Christ, vnto eternall lyfe.

²⁴ Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from synne, & to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glory wt ioye

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacyence, therfore I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacyon, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpon the erth.

⁵ And when Haman sawe, that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him, nor worshipped him, he was full of indignacion,

⁶ And when Haman came in, the kyng sayd vnto hym: what shall be done vnto the man, whom the the kynge volde fayne brynge vnto worshippe? Haman thought in his hert: Whom desyreth the kyng to bryng vnto worshippe more then me?

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

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

¹⁹ He that delyteth in synne loueth stryfe: and who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.

¹² After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes.

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

¹¹ Which casteth downe the high lookes of presumptuous personnes, and bringeth lowe the pryde of man, and the Lorde only shall be exalted in that daye. ¹² For the daye of the Lord of Hostes shall go ouer al pride and presumption, vpon all them that exalte them selues, and shall brynge them all downe:

¹⁰ Saye thus to Hezekias king of Iuda: Let not thy God disceaue the, in whom thou hopest, and sayest: Ierusalem shall not be geuen into the handes of the king of Assiria. ¹¹ For lo, thou knowest well howe the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the landes that they haue subuerted, and hopest thou to escape? ¹² Were the people of Gentyles (whom my progenitours conquered) deliuered at any tyme thorow their goddes? As namely, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the chyldren of Eden, which were at Thalassar. ¹³ Where is the kynge of Hemah, and the kyng of Arphad, and the king of the cytie Sepharuaim, Ena & Aua?

³⁸ Afterwarde it chaunsed, as he prayed in the temple of Nesrah his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer hys awne sonnes slewe him with the sweard, and fled into the lande of Armenia. And Asar hadon his sonne raygned in his steade.

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. ³³ The very same houre was thys matter fulfylled vpon Nabuchodonosor: so that he was cast out of mens company, and dyd eate grasse lyke an oxe. Hys body was wet with the dewe of heauen, tyll hys heares were as great as Aegles fethers, and hys nayles lyke byrdes clawes. ³⁴ When thys tyme was past, I Nabuchodonosor lyfte vp myne eyes vnto heauen, and myne vnderstandinge was restored vnto me agayne. Then gaue I thanckes vnto the hyghest. I magnifyed and praysed him that lyueth for euermore, whose power endureth alwaye, and hys kyngdome from one generacyon to another: ³⁵ in comparyson of whom all they that dwell vpon the earth, are to be reputed as nothynge. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heauen & amonge the inhabitours of the earth: and there is none that maye resyste his hande, or saye: what doest thou? ³⁶ At the same tyme was myne vnderstandinge geuen me agayne, and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome, to my dignite, and to myne awne shape agayne. My great estates and Princes sought vnto me, and I was set in my kyngdome agayne, so that I had yet greater worshyppe. ³⁷ Then dyd I Nabuchodonosor, loue, magnifye and prayse the kynge of heauen: for all his worckes are true, and hys wayes ryght. As for those that go on proudly, he is able to brynge them downe.

²² And thou his sonne (O Balthazar) for all this, hast not submytted thyne herte, though thou knewest all these thinges:

²⁴ Therfore is the palme of thys hande sent hyther from hym, to token vp this wryting.

³ The pryde of thyne herte hath lyft the vp thou that dwellest in the stronge holdes of stone, & hast made the an hye seate: Thou sayest in thyne hert: who shall cast me downe to the grounde? ⁴ But though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, and madest thy nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe from thence.

³³ Peter answered, & sayde vnto him: though all men be offended because of the, yet will not I be offended. ³⁴ Iesus sayd vnto him: Uerely, I saye vnto the, that in this same myght, before the cocke crowe, thou shalt denye me thryse. ³⁵ Peter sayde vnto him. Yee, though I shuld dye with the, yet will I not denye the: Like wyse also sayde all the disciples.

⁷⁴ Then beganne he to curse and to sweare, that he knewe not the man. And immediatly the cocke krew.

²⁰ Thou sayest well: because of vnbeleue they were broken of, and thou stodest stedfast in fayth.

⁶ He maye not be a yonge scoler, lest he swell and fall into the iudgement of the euyll speaker.

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.

¹⁸ The Lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contryte hert, & wyll saue soche as be of an humble sprete.

⁶ For though the Lorde be hye, yet hath he respecte vnto the lowly: as for the proude, he beholdeth him a farre of.

³ Thou hast multyplyed the people, & not increased theyr ioye. They reioyse before the, euen as men make mery in haruest, and as men that haue gotten the victory, when they deale the spoyle.

⁶ I shall sende hym amonge those ypocritish people, amonge the people that haue deserued my dysfauoures shall I send hym: that he may vtterly robbe them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the strete.

¹³ For he standeth thus in his awne conceate: This do I thorowe the power of myne awne hande, and thorow my wysdome: For I am wyse, I am he that remoue the landes of the people: I robbe their treasures: and (lyke one of the worthyes) I dryue them from their hye seates. ¹⁴ My hande hath founde out the strength of the people, as it were a nest. And lyke as egges, that were layde here and there, are gathered together: So do I gather all countrees. And there is no man, that darre be so bolde, as to touch a fether, that darre open his mouth, or once whysper. ¹⁵ Shall the axe boast it selfe, agaynst him that heweth therwith? or doth the sawe make eny bragging agaynst him that ruleth it? That were euen lyke, as yf the rod dyd exalte it selfe agaynst him that beareth it: or as though the staff shulde magnifye it selfe, as who saye: it were no wood.

¹² Therfore wyll I geue hym the multitude for hys parte, and he shall deuyde the spoyle wyth the strongest because he geueth ouer hys soule to death, and is rekened amonge the transgressours, whych neuertheles hath taken awaye the synnes of the multitude, and made intercessyon for the mysdoers.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye & excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastyngnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuary, and wyth hym also, that is of a contrite and humble sprete do I dwell: that I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a contrite herte.

³ Blessed are the poore in sprete, for theyrs is the kyngdome of heauen.

⁵¹ He hath shewed strength with his arme, he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacyon of their herte. ⁵² He hath putte downe the myghty from theyr seates, and exalted them of lowe degre. ⁵³ He hath fylled the hongrye with good thynges: and sent awaye the ryche emptye.

¹³ And the publican stondyng a farre of, wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon hys brest, saying: God be mercyfull to me a synner: 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.

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.

²⁰ And they were helped of the Lorde against them, and the Hagarites were deliuered into their hande, and so were all that were with them. For they cryed to God in the battayll, and he hearde them, because they put theyr trust in hym.

¹² Kysse the sonne, lest he be angrye, & so ye perysshe from the waye, yf his wrath be kyndled (yee but a lytle) blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym.

⁸ O taste and se, howe gracious the Lord is, blessed is the man that trusteth in hym.

¹ A songe of the steares. They that put their trust in the Lorde, shalbe euen as the mount Syon, which maye not be remoued, but standeth fast for euer.

⁵ Which made heauen and earth, the see, and all that therin is, whych kepeth hys promyse for euer.

³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth lyfe, and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.

¹⁵ Good vnderstandinge geueth fauour, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

² A discrete seruaunt shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysdome, and shall haue lyke heritage with the brethren.

⁸ He that is wyse, loueth hys awne soule: and kepeth vnderstandinge, that he maye prospere.

¹⁹ that thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde. I haue shewed the this daye the thynge the thou knowest. ²⁰ Haue not I warned the very oft with councel & learnyng?

³ Thorow wysdome is an house buyled, and wyth vnderstandynge is it sett vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shalt the chambers be fylled with all costly and pleasaunt ryches. ⁵ A wyse man is euer stronge, yee, a man of vnderstanding encreaseth of strength.

³ Their minde is set vpon the, because thou preseruest them in peace yee, euen in peace: because they put their trust in the. ⁴ Put ye your trust allwaye in the Lorde: for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore.

¹⁸ Therfore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte, that he maye haue mercy vpon you: to thintent that he maye haue the preemynence, when he is gracyous vnto you. For the Lorde is the God of iudgement. Blessed are all they that hope in hym.

⁷ O blessed is the man, that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is the Lorde him selfe. 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.

¹⁹ and the kinge communed with them. But among them all were founde none soche as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Asarias. Therfore stode they before the kinge ²⁰ which in all wysdome and matters of vnderstandinge, that he enquered of them, founde them ten tymes better, then all the sothsayers and charmers, that were in all his realme. ²¹ And Daniel abode styll, vnto the fyrst yeare of kynge Cyrus.

²⁸ Then spake Nabuchodonosor, and sayde, Blessed be the God of Sidrach, Misach and Abednago: which hath sent his angell, and defended his seruauntes, that put theyr trust in him: that haue altered the kinges commaundement: and ieoperde their bodies ther vpon: rather then they wolde serue or worshippe eny other God, excepte their awne God onely.

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.

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

¹² that we (which before beleued in Christ) shuld be vnto the prayse of hys glory. ¹³ In whom also we beleue, for asmoche as we haue hearde the worde of trueth, euen the Gospell of youre saluacyon: wherin, whan ye had beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes

¹² Beholde, I haue done accordynge to thy peticyon. For I haue geuen the a wyse and an vnderstandynge herte, so that there was none like the before the, nether after the shal eny aryse lyke vnto the.

² My tong is the penne of a ready wryter.

⁸ A wyse man will receaue warnynge, but a pratinge fole shall be punyshed.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so.

²³ A wyse hart ordreth hys mouth wysely, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyppes. ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, & health of the bones.

¹⁵ My sonne, yf thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shall reioyce:

⁹ Balme and swete encense make the hert mery: so is the swete counsell of a mans frende that agreeth to his purpose.

¹⁰ The Preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge: he gaue good hede, sought out the grounde, and set forth many parables.

⁴ The Lorde God hath geuen me a well lerned tonge, so that I can confort them which are troubled: yee, and that in due ceason. He wakeneth myne eare vp by tymes in the mornynge: by tymes in the morninge, I saye, he will waken myne eare, that I myght herken as to the scole masters.

²² And all bare hym wytnes and wondred at the gracious wordes, which proceaded out of of hys mouth, and they sayde: Is not thys Iosephs sonne?

⁴⁶ The mynisters answered: neuer man spake as this man doeth,

¹⁹ For your obedience is gone abroade vnto all men. I am glad therfore no dout, of you. But yet I wolde haue you wyse vnto that which is good, & to be innocente as concernynge euyll.

¹⁷ But the wysdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peasable, gentle, & easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudging, without simulacion:

¹¹ The mouth of a ryghteous man is a well of lyfe, but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischefe in secrete.

¹⁴ The lawe is a well of lyfe vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe hym from the snares of death:

² The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse.

²⁸ The herte of the ryghtuouse studieth his answere afore. but the wycked mans mouthe spueth out myschefe.

⁴ The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke depe waters, and the well of wysdome is lyke a full streame.

¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dyche.

¹⁶ Wo be vnto you ye blynde gydes, ffor ye saye: whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple: it is nothynge: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is gyltye. ¹⁷ Ye fooles & blinde: For whether is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifyeth the gold? ¹⁸ And whosoeuer sweareth by the aultre, it is nothinge, but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it, he is giltye, ¹⁹ ye foles & blynd for whether is greater? the gyft: or the altare that sanctifieth the gyft? ²⁰ Whoso therfore sweareth by the aultre, sweareth by it, and by all thinges that are there on. ²¹ And whoso sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, & by hym that dwelleth therin. ²² And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by hym that sytteth theron. ²³ Wo vnto you Scribes & Pharises, ye ypocrites: For ye tyth mynt, and anyse, & commyn, & haue leaft the wayghtier matters of the lawe: iudgement, mercy, & fayth. These ought ye to haue done, & not to leaue the other vndone. ²⁴ ye blynde gydes, which strayne out agnat, & swalowe a Camell. ²⁵ Wo vnto you Scrybes and pharises, ye ypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cuppe, & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery and excesse. ²⁶ Thou blynde Pharise, clense fyrst that whych is wt in the cup & platter, that the outesyde of them maye be cleane also.

³⁹ And he put forth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde? Do they not both fall into the dyche? ⁴⁰ The disciple is not aboue his master. Euery man shalbe perfecte, euen as hys master is.

²⁴ Uerely, verely I saye vnto you. He that heareth my worde, & beleueth on him that sent me, hath euerlasting lyfe, and shall not come into damnacyon: but is scaped from deeth vnto lyfe.

⁶³ It is the sprete that quyckeneth, the flesh proffyteth nothinge. The wordes that I speake vnto you, are sprete and lyfe.

⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe

³⁰ The ryghtuous shall inherett the lande, and dwell therin for euer. ³¹ The mouth of the ryghtuous is exercised in wysdome and his tonge wilbe talkyng of iudgement,

¹ To hym that excelleth amonge the lylies, an instruccion of the chyldren of Corah, a songe of loue. Mi hert is endytyng of a good matter I speake of the thynges, whych I haue made vnto the kyng:

¹⁷ My sonne, bowe downe thyne eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysedome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne: ¹⁸ for thou shalt be excellent yf thou kepe it in thine herte, & practise it in thy mouth:

³⁴ O generacion of vypers, how can ye speake good thinges, when ye youre selues are euyll? For out of the aboundance of the hert, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of the hert, bryngeth forth good thynges. And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bringeth forth euyll thynges.

¹⁶ Let the worde of Chryst dwell in you plenteously with all wysdome. Teache and exhorte youre awne selues, in Psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songes syngynge with grace in youre hertes to the Lorde

² My doctrine shall droppe as doeth the rayne, & my speach shall flowe as dothe the dewe, as the shower vpon the herbes, & as the droppes vpon the grasse.

¹⁰ More to be desyred are they then golde, yee then moche fyne golde: sweter also then hony, and the hony combe.

¹⁰³ O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte? Yee sweter than hony vnto my mouth.

⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge.

²² For they are lyfe vnto all those that fynde them, and health vnto all theyr bodyes.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous person prycketh lyke a swerde but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

²³ A ioyfull thynge is it, to a man when his counsell is folowed: and very pleasunt is a worde spoken in due season.

²⁶ The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacyons of the wycked, but pure wordes of innocentes are pleasaunt vnto hym.

¹⁶ yee, my reynes shalbe very glad: yf thy lippes speke the thinge that is ryght.

¹³ My sonne, thou eatest hony & the swete hony combe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth. ¹⁴ Euen so shall the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule, assone as thou hast gotten it. And thow shalt haue longe dayes, yee, thy hope shall not be in vayne.

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of syluer. ¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde.

¹¹ Thy lippes, O my spouse, droppe as the hony combe, yee mylcke and hony is vnder thy tong, and the smell of thy garmentes is lyke the smell of Libanus.

¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes, I dyd eate them vp gredely: they haue made my herte ioyfull & glad. For thy name was called vpon me, O Lorde God of Hostes.

¹⁹ The same daye at night: which was the fyrst daye of the Sabothes, when the dores were shut (where the disciples were assembled together for feare of the Iewes) came Iesus, and stode in the myddes, & saieth vnto them: peace be vnto you. ²⁰ And when he had so sayde, he shewed vnto them his handes, & his syde. Then were the disciples glad when they sawe the Lord. ²¹ Then sayd Iesus to them agayne: peace be vnto you. As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also.

¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyll be counceled.

²⁶ The ryghteous excelleth hys neygboure, but the waye of the vngodly wyll disceaue them selues.

¹² There is awaye which some men thynke to be ryght, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

¹⁵ Because ye haue sayd: we haue made a couenaunt with death, & with hell are we at agrement. And though there go forth a sore plage, it shall nott come vnto vs. For we haue made falshode our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid. ¹⁶ Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God: Beholde, I laye in Sion for a foundation a stone, euen a tryed stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: Whoso beleueth, let hym not be to hastye. ¹⁷ Iudgment also will I laye to the rule, and righteousnes to the balaunce: so that the hayle shall take awaye your vayne confidence as a broome, and the preuy place of youre refuge shall the waters renne ouer. ¹⁸ And thus the couenaunt that ye made wt death, shalbe disanulled: and your agrement that ye made with hell, shall not stand. Yee, when the sore plage goeth forth, ye shalbe troden downe vnder it. From the tyme that it goeth forth, it shall take you awaye. ¹⁹ For early in the mornynge euery daye: yee, both daye & night shall it go thorowe: & when the noyse therof is perceaued, it shall gendre vexation.

⁴⁷ Then answered them the Pharises: are ye also disceaued? 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,

⁴⁰ And some of the pharises which were with him, hearde these wordes, and sayd vnto him: are we blynde also?

⁹ I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to do many contrary thynges, cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:

⁵ Examen your selues, whether ye are in the fayth or not. Proue youre awne selues. Knowe ye not your awne selues, howe that Iesus Christ is in you? excepte ye be castawayes,

¹² If thou be wyse, thy wisdome shall do thy selfe good but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thyne awne harme.

²³ In euery laboure there is some profecte. But only lippe laboure, bringeth forth penurye.

⁷ All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, & yet his desire is neuer fylled after his minde.

¹¹ and that ye studye to be quyet, & to medle with youre awne busynes, and to worke wyth youre awne handes, as we commaunded you: ¹² that ye maye behaue youre selues honestly towarde them that are wythout, and that nothynge be lackynge vnto you.

⁸ Nether toke we breed of eny man for naught: but wrought wt laboure & sweate nyght & daye, because we wolde not be chargeable to eny of you: ⁹ not but that we had auctorite: but to make oure selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. ¹⁰ For when we were wyth you, this we warned you of, that yf eny wolde not worcke, the same shulde not eate. ¹¹ For we haue, hearde saye that ther are some whych walke amonge you inordinatly, workynge not at all, but beynge busybodyes. ¹² Them that are soch, we commaunde and exhorte, by oure Lorde Iesu Christ, that they worcke with quietnes, and eate theyr awne breed:

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.

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.

¹⁴ From the men of thy hande, O Lorde from the men, I saye, and from the euyll worlde, which haue their porcion in thys lyfe, whose belyes thou fyllest wt thy hyd treasure. ¹⁵ They haue children at their desyre: & leaue the reste of theyr substaunce for theyr babes. But as for me, I wyll beholde thy presence in righteousnes: & when I awake vp after thy lykenes, I shalbe satisfyed with it.

² Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. ³ Thy tonge ymagineth wyckednesse, & wyth lyes thou cuttest lyke a sharpe rasoure. ⁴ Thou hast loued vngracyousnesse more then goodnes, & to talke of lyes more then ryghteousnesse. Sela.

⁴ My soule is among lyons and I lye euen amonge the chyldren of men (that are sett on fyre) whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sherp swearde.

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

¹² An vngodly person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth

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

¹⁸ Wo be vnto them, that drawe wyckednes vnto them with coardes of vanite and synne, as it were with a cart rope.

¹³ Shall not the Lord of hostes bringe this to passe, that the labourers of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, & that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shalbe lost?

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.

¹ But the serpent was sotyller then euery beast of the felde, which the Lorde God made. And he sayde vnto the woman: yee, hath the Lorde God sayde: ye shall not eat of euery tre of the garden? ² And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: we eate of the frute of the tre of the garden: ³ but as for the frute of the tre which is in the middes of the garden, God hath sayde: ye shall not eate of it, nether shal ye touche it, lest happly ye dye. ⁴ And the serpent sayde vnto the woman: ye shall not dye the death: ⁵ but God doth knowe, that the same daye that ye eat therof, your eyes shalbe opened, & ye shalbe euen as goddes, knowing good and euyll. ⁶ And so the woman (seyng that the same tre was good to eate, and lusty to the eyes, & that the same tre was pleasaunt to get wisdome) toke of the frute therof, and dyd eate: and gaue vnto her husband beynge with her, which dyd eate also. ⁷ And the eyes of them both were opened: and they knewe that they were naked, & they sowed fygge leaues together, and made them selues aperns. ⁸ And they heard the voyce of the Lord God walkynge in the garden in the coole of the daye. And Adam & his wyfe hyd them selues from the presence of the Lorde God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ And the Lorde God called Adam, and sayd vnto hym: where art thou? ¹⁰ which sayde: I hearde thy voyce in the garden, & was afrayed, because I was naked, & hyd my selfe. ¹¹ And he sayde: Who tolde the, that thou wast naked? hast thou not eaten of the same tre, concernynge the which I commaunded the, that thou shuldest not eate of it? ¹² And Adam sayd: The woman, whom thou gauest to be wyth me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate. ¹³ And the Lorde God sayde vnto the woman: Why hast thou done this? And the woman sayde: yonder serpent begyled me, and I dyd eate.

⁹ & sayd to Saul: wherfore geuest thou an eare to mennes wordes that saye, Dauid seketh euell agaynst the?

¹⁹ a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and soche one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

¹⁸ An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, but he that is pacient, stylleth discorde.

⁹ Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he that discloseth the faute, setteth the prynce agaynst him selfe.

⁸ The wordes of a sclaunderer are very woundes, and go thorowe vnto the ynmost partes of the body.

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.

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

³³ Who so chyrmeth mylcke, maketh butter: and he that rubbeth hys nose, maketh it blede: Euen so he that causeth wrath bringeth forth stryfe.

²⁹ beyng full of all vnryghteousnesse, fornicacyon, wyckednes, coueteousnes, malicyousnes, full of enuye morther, debate, disceyte, euyll condicyoned, whysperers,

²⁰ Agayne, thynke you that we excuse our selues vnto you? we spake in Christ in the syght of of God: but we do all thinges (dearly beloued) for youre edifyinge.

³ These thynges teach & exhorte. If eny man folowe other doctrine, and enclyne not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ, and to the doctrine which is accordynge to Godlynes, ⁴ he is pufte vp, and knoweth nothynge: but wasteth hys braynes about questions and stryfe, of wordes, wherof sprynge enuye, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmisynges, ⁵ vayne disputacyon of men that haue corrupte myndes, & that are robbed of the trueth: which thynke, that lucre is godlynes. From them that are soch separate thy selfe.

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bytter enuyeng & stryfe in your herte, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth: ¹⁵ For soch wysdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, naturall, & diuelisshe. ¹⁶ For wher enuyeng & strife is, there is vnstablenes, & all manner of euyll workes.

¹¹ Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to sleye him in the mornynge. And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him, sayinge: If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou wilt be slayne.

¹⁷ And Saul sayde vnto Michol: why hast thou mocked me so, and sent awaye myne enemy that he is escaped? Michol answered Saul. For he sayde vnto me, let me go, or elles I wyll kyll the.

⁷ And Saul sayde vnto his seruauntes that stode about him. Heare I praye you you sonnes of Iemini: will the sonne of Isai geue euery one of you feldes and vineardes, & make you all captaynes ouer thousandes & ouer hundredes? ⁸ that ye haue also conspired agaynst me, and there is none that telleth it me in myne eare. And where as my sonne hath made a bonde wt the sonne of Isai, ther is none of you that mourneth for me, or sheweth it in myne eare: beholde, my sonne hath stered vp my seruaunt to lye awayte agaynst me thys same daye. ⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite which also stode by the seruauntes of Saul, and sayde: I saw the sonne of Isai, when he cam to Nob, to Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob,

¹⁹ Then came the Ziphites to Saul, to Gibea, saying: Doth not Dauid hyde him selfe fast by vs in strong holdes, in a thyckett that is by the hyll of Hachila, on the ryght syde of the wildernesse? ²⁰ Now therfore kyng, thou mayest come downe according to all the lust of thy soule: come downe, & oure parte shalbe to delyuer hym into the kynges hande. ²¹ And Saul sayde: Blessed are ye in the Lord: for ye haue compassion on me.

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

¹⁰ My sonne, consente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs: & let vs haue all one purse.

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.

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

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:

¹² An vngodly person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth ¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with hys fete, he poynteth with hys fyngers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymagenynge myschefe, and frowardnesse in hys herte, & causeth discorde.

¹⁰ He that wynciteth with his eye, will do some harme: but he that hath a foolyshe 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 theyr eares, and shut theyr eyes, that they se not with theyr eyes, heare not with theyr eares, and vnderstand not with theyr hertes, and conuerte and be healed.

³ yet they saye they do well when they do euel. As the prince will, so sayeth the iudge: that he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate man speaketh what his herte desireth: & the hearers alowe him.

¹⁵ For these peoples hertes is wexed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearynge, and theyr eyes haue they closed, lest at any tyme they shuld se with their eyes, and heare with their eares, & shuld understand with their herte, & be conuerted, that I also myght heale them.

⁷ Wherfore he promysed with an othe, that he wolde geue her whatsoeuer she wolde aske. ⁸ And she beynge instructe of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes heed in a platter.

²³ The debite sayde: what euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, sayinge: let him be crucifyed. ²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothinge, but that more busynes was made, he toke water, and wasshed hys handes before the people, sayinge: I am innocent of the bloud of this iust person, ye shall se. ²⁵ Then answered all the people, and sayd his bloud be on vs, and on oure children. ²⁶ Then let he Barrabas loose vnto them, and scourged Iesus, and delyuered him to be crucifyed.

²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: nether commeth to the lyght, lest his dedes shuld be reproued.

⁷ And Ioseph brought in Iacob hys father, and sett hym before Pharao. And Iacob blessed Pharao. ⁸ And Pharao sayde vnto Iacob: howe olde art thou? ⁹ Iacob sayde vnto Pharao: the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeares. Fewe & euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene, and haue not attayned vnto the yeares of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of theyr pilgremages. ¹⁰ And Iacob blessed Pharao, and went out from hym.

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before the horehed, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dread thy God. I am the Lorde.

² Nowe therfore, youre kynge walketh before you. And I am olde and graye headed: and behold, my sonnes are with you, and I haue walked before you from my childehode vnto thys daye. 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. ⁵ He sayde vnto them agayne: the Lord is witnesse agaynst you, & hys anoynted is wytnesse thys daye, that ye haue founde naught in my handes. And they answered: he is wytnesse.

¹⁰ And Dauid blessed the Lorde before all the congregacyon, and sayde: Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel oure father, from euer and for euer. ¹¹ Thyne (O Lorde) is greatnesse, and power, glorie, victorie and prayse: for all that is in heauen and in erth is thyne, & thyne is the kyngdom (O Lorde) and thou excellest aboue all, euen as the heed of all. ¹² And rychesse and honoure come of the, and thou rayguest ouer all, and in thyne hande is power and strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great & to geue strength vnto all. ¹³ And nowe oure God, we thanke the, and prayse thy gloriouse name. ¹⁴ But whom am I? and what is my people? that we shulde enforce oure selues to geue these thinges so willingly? But all thynges come of the: and of that which we receaued of thyne hande we haue geuen the. ¹⁵ For we be but straungers before the, and soiourners, as were all oure fathers. Oure dayes on the erth also are but as a shadowe, and there is none abydinge. ¹⁶ O Lorde oure God, all this stuffe that we haue prepared to buylde the an house for thy holy name, commeth of thyne hande, & is all thyne. 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. ¹⁸ O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, & of Israel oure fathers, kepe this for euer, as the begynnynge of the thoughtes of the herte of thy people, and prepare their hertes vnto the. ¹⁹ And geue vnto Salomon my sonne, a perfecte herte, to kepe thy commaundementes, thy testymonies and thy statutes, and to do all, & to buylde the house for the which I haue made prouision for. ²⁰ And Dauid sayde to all the congregacyon: Nowe blesse the Lorde youre God. And all the congregacion blessed the Lorde God of their fathers, and bowed downe their heades and worshypped the Lorde and the kynge. ²¹ And they offered offerynges vnto the Lorde. And on the morowe after the sayde daye, they offered burntofferynges vnto the Lorde euen a thousande younge oxen, a thousande rammes & a thousande shepe, with their dryncke offerynges. Many sacrifyces offred they for all Israel, ²² & dyd eate & dryncke before the Lorde the same daye wt greate gladnesse. And they made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge the seconde tyme, and annoynted him prynce before the Lorde, and Zadock to be the hye preaste. ²³ And Salomon sate on the seate of the Lorde, and was kyng in steade of Dauid his father, & prospered, and all they of Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ And all the Lordes and men of power, and all the sonnes of kynge Dauid submitted them selues, & were vnder kynge Salomon. ²⁵ And the Lorde magnified Salomon in dignitye, in the syght of all them of Israel, and gaue him so gloriouse a kyngdome as no kynge had before him in Israel.

⁶ Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Bussite answered hym selfe, and sayde: Considringe, that I am younge, and ye be men of age, I was afrayed, and durst not shew forth my mynde, ⁷ For I thought thus within my selfe. It becommeth olde men to speake, and the aged to teach wysdome.

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes. ² For they shall prolonge the dayes & yeres of thy lyfe, and bringe the peace.

⁶ Chylders chyldren are a worshyppe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honoure of the chyldren.

²⁹ The strength of yonge men is theyr worshyppe, and a gray heed is an honour vnto the aged.

¹³ A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kynge, that doteth, and cannot beware in tyme to come.

⁶ they were, both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordynaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fawte with them.

²⁹ Lorde, now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordynge to thy promes. ³⁰ For myne eyes haue sene the saluacion: ³¹ which thou hast prepared before the face of all people ³² A lyght to lighten the gentyls, & the glory of thy people Israel. ³³ And his father & mother: meruylled at those thinges, whych were spoken of hym. ³⁴ And Simeon blessed them, and sayde vnto Mary his mother: beholde, this chyld is sett to be the fall and vprising agayne of many in Israel, & for a sygne which is spoken agaynst. ³⁵ And moreouer, the swearde shall pearce thy soule that the thoughtes of manyhertes maye be opened. ³⁶ And ther was a Prophetisse, one Anna, the daughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser: which was of a greate age, & had lyued with an husbande .vij. yeres from her virginite. ³⁷ And she had bene a wedowe aboute .iiij. scoore & .iiij. yere, which departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastinges and prayers nyght & daye. ³⁸ And she came forth that same houre, and praysed the Lorde, & spake of him, to all them that loked for redempcyon in Hierusalem.

⁹ yet for loues sake I rather beseche the, though I be as I am, euen olde Paul, & nowe a presoner of Iesu Christ.

⁸ The Lord is full of compassyon & mercy, longe sufferyng, and of great goodnesse.

²⁹ He that is pacient, hath muche vnderstandyng: but he that is soone displeased, prouoketh folyshnesse.

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

¹¹ A wyse man can put of displeasure: and it is hys honoure to lett some fautes passe.

²⁸ He that cannot rule hym selfe, is lyke a cyte which is broken downe, & hath no walles.

²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll, with goodnes:

¹ Be ye therfore folowers of God as deare chyldren,

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

²¹ To hym that ouercommeth wyll I graunte to syt with me in my seate, euen as I ouercam, & haue sytten with my father in his seate.

⁵⁵ Notwithstandynge, the lande shalbe deuyded by lot, and according to the names of the trybes of their fathers, they shall inheret, ⁵⁶ accordynge to the lott shall the possession therof be deuyded betwene many and feawe. ⁵⁷ These are the nombres of the Leuites, after their kinredes: Gerson, of whom came the kynred of the Gersonites: Cahath, of whom came the kynred of the Cahathytes: Merrari, of whom came the kynred of the Merrarites. ⁵⁸ These are the kynredes of the Leuites: the kynred of the Libnites, the kinred of the Hebronites: the kinred of the Mahelites: the kynred of the Musites: the kinred of the Karahites Cahath begat Amram, ⁵⁹ & Amrams wyfe was called Iochebed a daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egipte. And she bare vnto Amram Aaron, Moses, and MirIam their syster. ⁶⁰ And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu dyed, when they offered straunge fier before the Lorde. ⁶² And after theyr nombres, they were foure and twentye thousande, all males from a moneth olde and aboue. For they were not nombred amonge the chyldren of Israel, because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the children of Israel. ⁶³ These are the nombres, when Moses and Eleazar the preast nombred the children of Israel in the playne of Moab, fast by Iordan, ouer against Iericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not a man of them, whom Moses and Aaron nombred, when they tolde the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernesse of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lorde sayde of them: they shall dye in the wildernes: and ther was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune, and Iosua the sonne of Nun.

¹⁴ Tomorowe morning therfore ye shall be brought according to youre tribes. And the tribe which the Lord taketh, shal come according to the kynreds therof. And the kynred which the Lord shall finde gyltie, shall come by housholders And the housholde which the Lord shall finde fautye, shall come man by man.

⁵ And let them deuyde it vnto them in to seuen partes. And Iuda shal abyde in their coaste on the south, and the house of Ioseph shall stande in their coastes on the northe.

¹⁰ And Iosua cast lottes for them in Silo before the Lorde, and there Iosua deuyded the land vnto the children of Israell, to eche their porcion.

⁴¹ Therfore Saul sayde vnto the Lorde God of Israel: geue a perfect lott. And Saul & Ionathas were caught, but the people skaped free. ⁴² And Saul sayde, cast lottes betwene me & Ionathas my sonne. And Ionathas was caught.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Ierusalem. The other people also cast lottes, that amonge ten, one parte shulde go to Ierusalem into the holy cytie to dwell, and nyne partes to be in the cyties.

¹⁸ The lott pacifyeth the variaunce, & parteth the myghtye a sunder.

²⁶ Many there be that seke the Princes fauoure, but euery mans iudgement 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 their lottes, and the lot fel on Mathias, and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles.