Proverbs 18 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Who so hath pleasure to sow dyscorde, pyketh a quarel in euery thyng. ² A foole hath no delite in understanding, but only in those thynges wherin his herte reioyseth. ³ Wher vngodlynes is, there is also disdayne: and so there foloweth shame and dishonoure. ⁴ The wordes of mans mouth are lyke depe waters, and the well of wysdome is lyke a full streame. ⁵ It is not good to a regarde the personne of the vngodly, or to put backe the ryghteous in iudgmente. ⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll. ⁷ A fooles mouth is hys owne destruccion and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule. ⁸ The words of a sclanderer are very woundes, and go thorow vnto the inmost parts of the body. ⁹ Who so is slouthful & slacke in his laboure, is the brother of him that is a waster. ¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong castel, the righteous flieth vnto it, and shalbe saued. ¹¹ But the rich mans goods are his strong hold, yea he taketh them for an hie wall rounde aboute hym. ¹² After pryde commeth destruccion, and honour after lowlines. ¹³ He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, is a foole, & worthy to be confounded. ¹⁴ A good stomacke driueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sptrite is vexed, who may abide it? ¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstanding ¹⁶ Liberalitye bryngeth a man to honoure and worship, and setteth him among great men. ¹⁷ The rightuous accuseth hym selfe firste of al, if his neyghbour come, he shal fynd him. ¹⁸ The lot pacifieth the variaunce, and parteth the mighty a sunder. ¹⁹ The vnitie of brethren is stronger then a castel, and they that hold together are like the barre of a palayce. ²⁰ A mans belly shalbe satisfied wyth the fruyte of hys owne mouthe, and wyth the increase of hys lyppes shall he be fylled. ²¹ Death & lyfe stand in the power of the tong, he that loueth it shal enioy the frute thereof. ²² Who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thynge, and receyueth an wholsome benefyte of the Lord. ²³ The poore maketh supplicacyon & prayeth mekelye, but the ryche geueth a rough aunswere. ²⁴ A frende that delyteth in loue, doeth a man more frenshyppe, and stycketh faster vnto hym then a brother.

¹⁶ for how shall it be knowne nowe that both I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy syghte, but in that thou goest wyth vs: that both I and thy people haue a preemynence before all the people that are vpon the face of the erth.

¹ My sonne, if thou wilt receyue my wordes, & kepe my commaundementes by the, ² that thyne eare may herken vnto wisdome, applie thyne hert then to vnderstanding. ³ For if thou cryest after wysdome, & callest for knowledge: ⁴ if thou sekest after her as after money, & dyggest for her as for treasure: ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lord, & fynde the knowlege of God. ⁶ For it is the Lord that geueth wysdome, out of hys mouth commeth knowlege & vnderstandyng.

¹⁰ The hert of him that hath vnderstandyng wyll neyther dyspaire for any sorow, ner be to presumptuous for any sodaine ioy.

¹⁴ He that soweth discord & strife, is lyke one that dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out & renneth abroad.

³ It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from stryfe, but they that haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles euery one.

¹⁹ Medle not with hym that bewrayeth secretes, and is a sclaunderer, and disceaueth with hys lippes.

²¹ My sonne, feare thou the Lord and the kyng, and kepe no company with the sclaunderous:

¹⁷ Who so goeth by & medleth wyth other mens stryfe, he is lyke one that taketh a dog by the eares.

⁸ Therfore (Lorde) we haue a respecte vnto the waye of thy iudgementes, thy name & thy remembraunce reioyse thy soule. ⁹ My soule lusteth after the all the nyght longe, and my mynde hasteth frely to the. For as soone as thy iudgemente is knowne to the worlde, then the inhabytours of the earth learne rightuousnesse.

¹⁷ I dwell not amonge the scorners, nether is my delyte therin: but I dwell only in the feare of thy hand, for thou hast fylled me with bytternes.

³ & that they should say vnto the priestes, which were in the house of the Lord of hostes, & to the prophetes: should I wepe in the fyfte moneth, and absteyne, as I haue done now cerrtain yeares?

¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto theym: it is geuen vnto you to know the secretes of the kyngdom of heauen, but to them it is not geuen

⁴⁴ Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure, hidde in the fielde, the whiche a man fyndeth and hyddeth: and for ioye therof goeth and selleth all that he hathe, and byeth that felde.

³⁵ And in the mornyng very early, Iesus arose and went oute into a solytarye place, & there prayed.

¹¹ & he sayd vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the mysterye of the kyngedome of God. But vnto them that are without: shal al thynges be done in similitudes:

¹ Paule the seruaunte of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle, put aparte to preache the Gospel of God,

¹⁷ Wherfore come out from among them, and separate youre selues (sayeth the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receyue you,

¹⁵ Take hede therfore that ye walke circumspectlye: not as foles, but as wyse ¹⁶ redeminge the time, for the dayes are iuel. ¹⁷ Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is,

¹⁹ These are makers of sectes fleshlye, hauynge no spyryte.

¹⁵ And he began hys Parable and sayed: Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed, & the man that hath his eyes open hath said, ¹⁶ and he hath saied that heareth the wordes of God & hath the knowledge of the most hie & beholdeth the vision of the almyghtye, and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened

¹ O blessed is the man, that goeth not in the counsayll of the vngodly: that abydeth not in the waie of sinners and sitteth not in the seate of the scorneful. ² But deliteth in the lawe of the Lord, and exercyseth hym self in hys lawe, bothe daye and nyght.

⁷ The feare of the Lord is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despise wysdome & destruccion.

²² O ye chyldren, how longe will ye loue chyldyshnesse? how long wil the, scorners delite in scorning & the vnwise be enemies vnto knowlege?

²³ He that hath vnderstanding, can hyde his wisdome: but an vndiscrete hert telleth oute hys folishnesse.

¹⁶ A wyse man doth al thinges with dyscrecyon, but a foole wyl declare his folly.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole mony in his hand, wher as he hath no mind to bye wysdome?

³ A dotyng foole thynketh, that euery man doth as folishly as hym selfe.

³⁴ And beholde all the cytye came out and met Iesus, and when they sawe him they besought hym for to departe out of their coastes.

¹ To speake of thinges dedicate vnto Idols, we are sure that we all haue knowledge, knowledge maketh a man swel, but loue edyfyeth.

¹² Euen so ye (for as much as ye couete spiritual gyftes) seke that ye maye haue plentye vnto the edifiyng of the congregation.

¹⁵ Some there are whiche preache Christ of enuie and stryfe, and some of good wyll.

¹⁵ and haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray folowing the waye of Balam the sonne of Bosor, whiche loued the rewarde of vnrightuousnes, ¹⁶ but was rebuked of hys iniquitye. The tame and dome beaste, speakinge with mannes voice, forbade the folishnes of the Prophete. ¹⁷ These are welles wythout water, & cloudes caried about of a tempest, to whom the miste of darkenes is reserued for euer. ¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the swellinge wordes of vanitie, they begyle with wantonnes thorowe the lustes of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, but nowe are wrapped in errours. ¹⁹ They promis them libertie, and are them selues the bonde seruauntes of corrupcyon. For of whomsoeuer a man is ouer come, vnto the same is he in bondage.

³⁰ Then was Saul angry with Ionathas and sayde vnto hym: O frowarde and rebellyous, thyukest thou I knowe not howe thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai vnto thine owne rebuke, and vnto the rebuke & shame of thy mother.

⁴ Hear O thou oure God, howe we are despysed, turne theyr shame vpon theyr owne heade, that thou mayest geue them ouer into despysynge in the land of theyr captiuite.

⁹ For the zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked the, is fallen vpon me.

²⁰ The rebuke breaketh my herte, and maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pytye vpon me, but ther is no man: and for some to comforte me, but I fynde none.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lord, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnes of the proude.

² Wher pryde is, ther is shame also and confusion: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome.

¹⁰ Cast out the scorneful man, & so shal strife go out wt him, yea variance & sclander shal cease.

¹⁶ When the vngodly come vp, wyckednesse increaseth: but the rightuous shall se their fal.

³⁹ They that passed by, reuyled hym wagginge their heades ⁴⁰ & sayinge: Thou that destroyest the temple of God and buyldest it in thre dayes: saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God: come doune from the crosse. ⁴¹ Lykewise also the hye priestes mockynge hym with the scrybes and elders sayde. ⁴² He saued other, him selfe he can not saue. If he be the kinge of Israel let him now come doune from the crosse, and we wyll beleue him. ⁴³ He trusted in God, let hym deliuer hym now, if he wyl haue him: for he sayde I am the sonne of God. ⁴⁴ That same also the theues which were crucified with him cast in his teth.

⁴ And it semeth to them a straunge thynge, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therfore speake they euyl of you,

¹⁴ If ye be railed vpon for the name of Christ, happie are ye. For the spyryte of glorye, and the spyryte of Gad resteth vpon you. On theyr parte he is euyll spoken of, but on your parte he is glorified.

² I wyll open my mouth in parables, and speake of thynges of olde.

¹¹ The mouth of a ryghtuos man is a wele of lyfe, but the mouth of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

¹⁴ The law is a wel of life vnto the wise, that it may kepe him from the snares of death,

²² Vnderstanding is a wel of lyfe vnto him that hath it, as for the chastenyng of foles, it is but folishnesse.

⁵ Wyse counsayll in the herte of man is lyke a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hathe vnderstanding, bringeth it forth.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye your selues are euil? For of the aboundaunce of the herte, the mouth speaketh.

¹⁴ But whosoeuer shall drinke of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrste: but the water that I shall geue him, shall be in him a well of water, springinge vp into euerlasting lyfe.

³⁸ He that beleueth on me, as sayeth the scripture, out of hys bellye shall flowe riuers of water of lyfe. ³⁹ This spake he of the spirite which they that beleueth on him, shoulde receyue. For the holye ghost was not yet because that Iesus was not yet gloryfyed.

¹⁶ Let the word of Christ dwell in you plenteouslye in all wysdome. Teache and exhorte youre owne selues, in psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songes, whiche haue fauoure with them, singinge in your hertes to the Lorde.

⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauoured and poudred with salte, that ye maye knowe, howe to answere euery man.

¹⁵ Ye shall do no vnryghteousnes in iudgement. Thou shalt uot fauoure the poore nor honoure the myghtye, but shalt iudge thy neygebour ryghteously.

¹⁶ And I charged your Iudges the same time sayinge: heare youre brethren & iudge ryghteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunger that is wyth hym. ¹⁷ Se that ye know no man in Iudgement: but heare the small as well as the greate & be afrayed of no man, for the iudgment is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, bryng vnto me and I will heare it.

¹⁹ Wrest not the lawe nor know any person nether take any reward for giftes blind the wise & peruert the wordes of the ryghtuous.

⁹ And she wrote in the letter sayinge: proclayme fastyng and set Naboth on hye among the people, ¹⁰ and set two vnthriftes before him: and let them testifye agaynst hym sayinge: thou dyddest curse bothe God and the king: & vpon that carie him out & stone hym to death. ¹¹ And the elders and nobles of the cities, whiche dwelt in hys citie, did as Iezabell had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter, whiche she had sent vnto them. ¹² They proclamed fastynge, and set Naboth an hye amonge the people, ¹³ and there came in two vnthriftye persones and sate before him. And the two vnthriftye persones wytnesseth agaynst Naboth before the people sayinge: Naboth dyd curse God and the kinge. And vpon the they caryed him out of the cytye and stoned him wyth stones to death. ¹⁴ And then they sent to Iezabel saying: Naboth is stoned to death.

⁷ Wyll ye make answere for God wyth lyes, and maynteyne hym with disceate? ⁸ Wyll ye accepte the persone of God, and intreate for hym?

¹⁹ Vngodly men are ye. He hath none respecte vnto the personnes of the lordlye, and regardeth not the ryche more then pore. For they be al the worcke of hys handes.

² How long will ye geue wrong iudgement, and accept the personnes of the vngodly? Selah.

¹⁵ The Lord hateth as wel hym that iustifyeth the vngodly, as him that condemneth the innocent,

²³ These are also the sayenges of the wyse. it is not good, to haue respect ofe any person in iudgment.

²¹ To haue respecte of persons in iudgment is not good: And why? he wil do wrong, yea euen for a pece of bread.

²³ These geue sentence wyth the vngodlye for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghtuous.

¹⁴ And therfore is equyte gone a syde, & ryghteousnes standeth farre of: truthe is fallen doune in the strete, and the thinge that is playne and open, maye not be shewed.

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

¹⁶ And they sent vnto hym theyr discyples with Herodes seruauntes sayinge: Mayster, we knowe that thou art true, & teachest the waye of God truely: neither carest for any man, for thou considerest not mennes estate.

¹⁶ A foole vttereth his wrath in all the hast, but a discrete man forgeueth wrong.

¹⁰ Among the proud ther is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thynges wyth aduysemente, ther is wysdome.

³ In the mouth of the folyshe is the boastynge of lordshyppe, but the lyppes of the wyse wylbe ware of such.

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

²⁷ An vngodly personne styreth vp euell, and in hys lipps he is as an whote burnyng fyre. ²⁸ A frowarde bodye causeth stryfe, and he that is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuisyon amonge princes.

¹⁹ For great wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let hym go, & so mayest thou teache hym more nurtoure.

²⁹ Punishmentes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and strypes for fooles backes.

²⁴ Make no frendship with an angry wilful man, and kepe no company wt the furious: ²⁵ lest thou learne hys wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.

²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vnder the rose, then wt a brauling woman in a wide house

³ The stone is heuy, and the sand weyghty: but a foles wrath is heuier then then they both

⁹ If a wyse man go to lawe wyth a foole (whether he deale wyth hym frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

³⁵ And when he sawe her, he renth his clothes, & said: Alas my doughter, thou hast made me stoupe and art one of them, that trouble me. For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde, & can not go backe.

²⁴ And the men of Israel ioyned them selues together that daye: & Saule adiured the people saying: Cursed be he that eateth anye fode vntyll nyghte, that I may be aduenged of myne enemies. And so there was none of the people that tasted any sustinaunce. ²⁵ And all the land came to a woode where honye laye vpon the grounde. ²⁶ And when the people were come into the woodde: Beholde, the honye dropped. How be it there was no man that moued hys hande to hys mouthe, because that the people feared the cursse. ²⁷ But Ionathas heard not when hys father adiured the people, wherfor he put forth the ende of the staffe that was in his hand & dipte it in an honye combe, & put his hande to his mouth, & his eyes receyued sight. ²⁸ Then spake one of the people & sayd: thy father adiured the people saying: Cursed be that man that eateth any sustinaunce this daye, and yet the people were fayntye. ²⁹ Then sayde Ionathas: my father hath troubled the land: for se, myne eyes hath receyued sighte, because I tasted a lytle of thys honye: ³⁰ how then yf all the people had eaten of the spoyle of theyr enemyes, which they founde had there not ben then a muche greater slaughter amonge the Philistines? ³¹ And they layed on the Philistines that daye, from Machmas to Aialon. And the people were excedynge fayntye. ³² Then the people gat them to the spoyle & toke shepe, oxen & calues, & slue them on the ground & dyd eate wyth the bloude. ³³ Then the men told Saul, sayinge: Beholde the people synne agaynst the Lorde, in that they eate wyth the bloude. And he sayde: ye haue trespaced. But roule a greate stone vnto me nowe, ³⁴ and go abroad among the people, and bidde them bryng euery man his oxe & euerye man hys shepe, & slaye them here, & synne not agaynste the Lorde in eatyng with the bloude. And the people brought euery man his oxe in his hand by night & slue them there. ³⁵ And Saul made an aultar vnto the Lorde. And that was the fyrst altare that he made vnto the Lorde. ³⁶ And Saul sayde: let vs go doune after the Philistines by nyght, & let vs make hauoke amonge them vntyll it be daye in the mornyng, and let vs not leaue one of them. And the people answered: do whatsoeuer thou thynkest best. Then sayd the priest: let vs come hether vnto God. ³⁷ And Saule asked of God: shall I go doune after the Philistines? and wylt thou delyuer them into myne handes? But he aunswered hym not at that tyme. ³⁸ Then sayde Saul: let the people come hyther out of all quarters, & knowe and se, in whome thys synne is chaunced thys daye: ³⁹ for as trulye as the Lorde lyueth which hath saued Israel, though it be in Ionathas my sonne he shall dye for it. But no man answered hym of all the people. ⁴⁰ Then he said vnto all Israell: be ye on one syde, & I & Ionathas my sonne wylbe on another. And the people sayde vnto Saule: what thou thynkest best that do. ⁴¹ And Saule sayde vnto the Lorde God of Israell: geue perfecte knoweledge. And Saule and Ionathas were caught, & the people skaped free. ⁴² Then sayde Saul, cast lottes betwene me & Ionathas my sonne. And Ionathas was caughte. ⁴³ Then Saul sayde to Ionathas: tell me what thou hast done. And Ionathas tolde hym & sayde: I tasted a lytle honye vpon the ende of my staffe that was in myne hande, & se, I must dye. ⁴⁴ Then sayd Saul: God do so and so to me except that thou dye Ionathas. ⁴⁵ But the people sayde vnto Saul: shall Ionathas dye whiche hath so myghtely holpe Israel? God forbyd. As truly as the Lorde lyueth, there shall not one hearre of his head fal to the ground: for he hath wroughte with God thys daye. And so the people delyuered Ionathas, that he dyed not. And then Saule departed from folowyng the Philistynes. ⁴⁶ And the Phylystynes wente to theyr owne place.

⁸ Yea their owne tonges shall make them fall, in somuch that who so seyth them, shall laugh them to scorne.

⁹ Let the mischief of their owne lippes fall vpon the head of theym, that compase me about.

² yet thou art bound with thyne owne wordes, & taken wt thine owne speache.

⁸ A wyse man wyll receyue warnyng, but a fole wyll soner be smytten in the face.

¹⁴ Wyse men laie vp knowledge, but the mouth of the folysh is nye destruction.

¹³ The wicked falleth into the snare thorow the malyce of his own mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parel.

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so speaketh vnaduised findeth harme.

¹¹ A babler of his tonge is no better then a serpent that styngeth without hyssyng. ¹² The wordes of out a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a fole wil destroy hym self. ¹³ The begynnyng of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is great madnesse. ¹⁴ A foole is so full of woordes, that a man can not tell what ende he will make: who will then warne hym to make a conclusion?

²³ And he sware to her, whatsoeuer thou shalt axe of me, I wil geue it the, euen vnto the halfe of my kyngdome. ²⁴ And she went forth & sayde to her mother: what shal I axe? And she said: Ihon Baptistes head. ²⁵ And she came in straight way with haste vnto the kynge, and axed saying: I wil that thou geue me by and by in a charger the head of Ihon Baptist. ²⁶ And the kynge was excedinge sory: howbeit, for his othes sake, and for their sakes, whiche sate at supper also, he woulde not put her beside her purpose. ²⁷ And immediatly the kynge sent the hang man, and commaunded his headde to be brought in. And he went and beheaded hym in the pryson, ²⁸ and brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the mayden, and the maiden gaue it to her mother.

¹⁴ And they came to the chiefe priestes and elders, and sayde: we haue bounde our selues with a vowe, that we wyll eate nothynge vntyll we haue slayne Paule. ¹⁵ Nowe therfore geue ye knoweledge to the vpper captayne & to the counsell, that he brynge hym forthe vnto vs to morowe as thoughe we woulde knowe some thynge more perfectlye of hym: But we, or euer he come neare, are readye in the meane season to kyll hym. ¹⁶ When Paules systers sonne heard of theyr laiyng awayt: he went & entred into the castle, and tolde Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul called one of the vnder captaynes to hym, and sayde: brynge thys yongemen to the hye captayne, for he hathe a certayne thinge to shewe hym. ¹⁸ And he toke hym, & led hym to the hygh captayne, & sayde: Paul the prysoner called me vnto hym, and prayed me to brynge thys yonge man vnto the whiche hath a certayne matter to shewe the. ¹⁹ The hye captayne toke him by the hande, and wente aparte with hym oute of the way, and axed hym, what haste thou to saye vnto me? ²⁰ And he sayde: the Iewes are determyned to desyre the that thou wouldest brynge forthe Paule to morowe into the counsell, as though they woulde enquyre some what of him more perfectely. ²¹ But folowe not theyr myndes: for there lye in wayte for hym of them, moo then .xl. men, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, that they wyll neyther eate nor drinke tyll they haue kylled hym. And now are they readye, and loke for thy promes. ²² The vpper captayne let the yonge man departe, & charged hym: se thou tel it out to no man that thou hast shewed these thynges to me.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not goo vp & doune a preuy accusee amonge thy people, nether shalt thou helpe to shedde the bloud of thy neyghbour: I am the Lorde.

² Thy tonge ymagyneth wyckednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure.

³ Which whet their tonges lyke a sweard, and shote wyth their veneymous words like as with arowes. ⁴ That they maye preuely hurt the innocent sodenly to hyt him wythout any feare.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous personne pricketh like a swerd, but a wise mans tonge is wholsome.

²⁸ A frowarde bodye causeth stryfe, and he that is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuisyon amonge princes.

²⁰ Where no wodde is, there the fyre goeth oute: and where the backcbyter is taken awaye, there the stryfe ceaseth. ²¹ Coales kyndle heate, and wode the fire: euen so doth a braulynge felowe stere vp varyaunce. ²² A slaunderers wordes are lyke flaterye, but they pearse the inwarde partes of the bodye.

²⁹ But now, I am a companion of dragons, & a felowe of Estriches.

⁴ An ydle hand maketh pore, but a quicke laboryng hand maketh ryche.

²⁰ Kepe no company with wine bybbers & ryotous eaters of flesh ²¹ for such as be dronkards & riotous shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to much slepe shall go wt a ragged cote.

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthful, and by the vineiarde of the feld of the slouthful and by the vyneyeardes of the folish man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wyth nettels, and stode ful of thistles. and the stone wall was broken doune. ³² Thys I saw, and consydered it well I loked vpon it, and toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yea slepe on styl a lytle, slomber a lytle, fold thyne handes together yet a lytle, ³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

²⁴ Who so robbeth hys father and mother, and sayeth it is no synne: the same is like vnto a murtherer.

²⁶ His maister aunswered and said vnto hym: thou euyll seruaunte and slouthful, thou knewest that I repe wher I sowed not, and gadder wher I strawed not:

¹³ And not longe after, the yonger sonne gathered all that he had together, & toke hys iorneye into a farre countrye, & there he wasted hys goodes with ryetous liuing. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all that he had, there arose a great dearth throughout all that same lande, & he began to lacke.

¹ And he sayed also vnto his disciples. There was a certayne ryche man which had a steward that was accused vnto him: that he wasted hys goodes. ² And he called hym, and sayde vnto hym: Howe is it, that I heare thys of the? Geue a comptes of thy stewardshyppe. For thou mayest be no longer stewarde.

¹¹ Let not the busynes whiche ye haue in hande, be tedyous to you. Be feruente in the spirite. Applye youre selues to the time.

¹² that ye faynt not, but folowe them, whiche thorowe fayth & pacience inheret the promyses.

¹ When Abram was nynetye yere olde and .ix. the Lorde apeared to hym sayinge: I am the almyghtye God: walke before me and be vncorrupte.

¹¹ Deliuer me from the handes of my brother Esau: for I feare hym: least he wyll come and smyte the mother wyth the chyldren.

²⁸ And he said: thou shalt be called Iacob no more, but Israel. For thou hast wresteled with God and hast preuayled. ²⁹ And Iacob asked hym sayinge, tell me thy name. And he said, wherfore doest thou aske after my name? & he blessed hym there.

¹³ Then said Moses vnto God: when I come vnto the children of Israel & say vnto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you & they say vnto me, what is hys name, what answer shal I gyue them? ¹⁴ Then sayd God vnto Moyses: I wilbe what I wyll be: & he said, this shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel: I wilbe did send me to you. ¹⁵ And God spake further vnto Moyses: thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel: the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, & the God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you: this is my name for euer, and thys is my memorial thorowout al generations.

³ and I appeared vnto Abraham, Isaac, & Iacob an almyghtye God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them.

⁵ And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stode with hym there: and he called vpon the name of the Lorde. ⁶ And when the Lord walked before him, he cried: Lord Lord God full of compassion and mercy, which are not lightly angry but abundaunt in mercy and truth, ⁷ and kepest mercye in store for thousandes, & forgeueste wyckednes, trespace, and synne (for there is no man innocent before the) and vysitest the wyckednes of the father vpon the chyldren and vpon chyldrens chyldren, euen vnto the thyrd and fourth generation.

⁶ And Dauid was in a shrowde strayte: for the people entended to stone hym because the hertes of all the people were vexed for their sonnes and their doughters. But Dauid toke a good courage to him in the lord hys God

³ God is my strength & in him will I truste: my shylde & the horne that defendth me: mine hye holde and refuge: O my sauer, saue me from wronge.

⁴⁵ And the alyentes crouched vnto me, and obeyed me at a worde. ⁴⁶ And the alyentes that shryncke away shal tremble for feare in their defenced places. ⁴⁷ The Lorde lyue, and blessed be he that is my strength, and exalted be God the strength that saueth me.

⁵¹ For thy great & manyfolde sauing of thy kyng, & shewynge mercy vnto thyne anointed, euen to Dauid, & his seede for euer.

² The Lorde is my succour, my refuge, my sauyoure: my God, my helper in whome I trust: my buckler, the horne of my health, and my proteccion.

¹ Of Dauid. The Lorde is my lyghte and my health: whome then shoulde I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, for whom then shuld I be afraied?

³ Neuerthelesse, when I am afrayed, I put my trust in the. ⁴ I will comforte my selfe in Gods worde, yea, I will hope in God, & not feare: What can flesh then do vnto me?

³ Oh sette me vp vpon an hye rocke. For thou art my hope, a strong tower for me agaynst the enemye. ⁴ I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer, that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges. Selah.

² He shal say vnto the Lorde: O my hope, and my strong holde, my God, in whome I will trust.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his loue vppon me, I shall deliuer hym: I shal defende him, for he hath knowen my name.

² My hope and my castell, my defence and my deliuerer, my shylde in whome I trust, which gouerneth the people that is vnder me.

⁶ For vnto vs a chylde shalbe borne, and vnto vs a sonne shalbe geuen. Vpon his shoulder shall the kyngedome lye, and he shalbe called with hys owne name. The wonderous geuer of councel, the myghty God, the euerlastinge father, the prynce of peace,

⁴ Hope styl in the lord for in the Lorde God is euerlastyng strength.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one. I dwell hye aboue & in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite & humble spirite: that I maye heale a troubled mind, & a contrite hert.

⁶ In hys tyme shall Iuda be saued and Israell shall dwell without feare. And thys is the name that they shall call hym: euen the Lorde oure ryghtuous maker.

¹⁹ The Lord God is my strengthe, he shall make my fete as the fete of hertes: and he whiche geueth the vyctorye, shal bryng me to my hye places, synging vpon my psalmes.

²³ Bholde a mayde shall be wyth chylde, and shal bringe forth a sonne, and they shall call hys name Emanuell, whyche is by interpretation, God wyth vs.

⁸ I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnynge and the endynge, sayeth the Lorde almyghty, whiche is, which was, and whiche is to come.

³¹ For oure rocke is not as theyr rocke, no thoughe oure enemies be iudge.

²⁴ Haue I put my truste in goulde? Or haue I sayde to the fynest gould of all: thou art my confidence? ²⁵ Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was great, and because my hande gat so muche?

⁶ They that put their trust in their good, & boast theym selfes in the multitude of theyr ryches. ⁷ No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer. ⁹ Yea, though he liue longe, and se not the graue.

⁵ Therfore shall God cleane destroye the, smyte the in peces, pluke the out of thy dwellynge, and rote the out of the lande of the lyuynge. Selah. ⁶ The rightuous shal se this, and feare, and laugh him to scorne, ⁷ Lo, this is the man, that toke not God for his strength but trusted vnto the multitud of his riches, & was myghty in his wickednes.

¹⁰ O trust not in wronge and robbery, geue not youre selues vnto vanitye: if ryches encrease, set not your herte vpon them. ¹¹ God spake once a worde, twyse haue I hearde the same: that power belongeth vnto God

¹⁵ The rich mans goodes are his strong hold, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

⁴ Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce, but rightuousnes deliuereth from death.

¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wysdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

¹⁹ and I wyll saye to my soule: Soule thou hast muche goodes layde vp in store for many yeares: take thyne ease, eate, drinke, and be mery. ²⁰ But God sayed vnto hym: Thou fole, thys nyghte wyll they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall these thinges be which thou haste prouyded? ²¹ So is it with hym that gathereth ryches, and is not ryche in God.

⁶ Wherfor I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the duste and asshes. ⁷ Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done. ⁸ Therfore take .vij. oxen & .vij. rammes, and go to my seruaunte Iob: offre vp also for your selues a brentofferynge: & let my seruaunte Iob praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, & not deale with you after youre folishnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thynge whiche is right, like as my seruaunt Iob hath done. ⁹ So Elephas the Themanite, Baldad the Suhyte & Sophar the Naamathite went their waye, and dyd accordynge as the Lorde commaunded them. The Lorde also accepted the personne of Iob, ¹⁰ and the Lorde turned hym vnto Iob, when he prayed for his frendes. Yea the Lorde gaue Iob twyse as muche as he had a fore. ¹¹ And then came there vnto him all hys brethren, all hys sisters, with all them that had bene of hys acquayntaunce afore, & ate bread wyth hym in hys house, wondryng at hym, & comfortyng hym ouer all the trouble, that the Lorde had brought vpon hym. Euery man gaue hym a shepe and a Iewell of golde. ¹² And the Lorde made Iob rycher then he was before: for he had .xiiij.M. shepe .vi.M. camels, a .M. youcke of oxen, & a .M. asshes. ¹³ He had chyldren also .vij. sonnes & .iij. doughters. ¹⁴ The fyrste called daye: the seconde Pouerte: the thyrde all plenteousnes. ¹⁵ In all the lande were none found so fayre, as the doughters of Iob, & theyr father gaue them enherytaunce amonge theyr brethren. ¹⁶ After this lyued Iob .xl. yares, so that he sawe his children, & his children children to the fourthe generacyon. ¹⁷ And so he dyed, beynge olde & of a perfecte age.

³³ The feare of the Lord is the righte scyence of wysdome, and lowlines goeth before honure.

¹⁸ Presumptuousnes goth before destruction, & after aproud stomake ther foloweth a fall.

²³ After pryde commeth a fal, but a lowly spirit bringeth great worshippe.

⁵ Then I sayde: O wo is me. For I was astonished: that I (which am a man of vncleane lippes and dwell amonge people that hath vncleane lyppes also) shulde se the kynge and the Lorde of hostes wyth myne eyes. ⁶ Then flue one of the Seraphins vnto me, hauynge a hote cole in hys hande, whiche he had taken from the aulter wyth the tounges, ⁷ and touched my mouthe, and sayde: lo, thys hath touched my mouth, and thyne vnryghtuousnes is taken awaye, and thy synne forgeuen. ⁸ After thys I heard the voyce of the Lord takyng aduysement on thys maner: Whome shall I sende, & who wylbe oure messenger? Then I sayde: here am I, sende me. ⁹ And so he sayde: go, and tell thys people: ye shall heare in dede, but ye shall not vnderstande, ye shall playnelye se, & not perceyue. ¹⁰ Harden the hart of thys people, stoppe theyr eares, and shutte theyr eyes, that they se not with theyr eyes, heare not wyth theyr eares, and vnderstande not wyth theyr hertes, and conuerte and be healed. ¹¹ Then spake I: Lorde, howe longe? he aunswered: vntyll the cytyes be vtterlye without inhabytours, and the houses wythoute men, tyll the lande be also desolate, & lye vnbuylded. ¹² For the Lorde shall take the men farre awaye, so that the lande shall lye waste. ¹³ Neuertheles, the tenthe part shall remayne there in, for it shall conuerte and be frutefull. And lykewyse as the Terebyntes and Oketrees brynge forthe theyr frutes, so shall the holye sede haue frute.

⁴⁹ Beholde, the sinnes of thy sister Sodoma were these: Pryde, fulnesse of meate, aboundaunce and Idelnesse: these thynges had she and her doughters. Besydes that, they reached not their hande to the pore and nedy, ⁵⁰ but were proude, and dyd abhomynable thinges before me: therfore I toke them awaye, when I had sene it.

² Thou sonne of man, tell the Prince of Tyre. Thus saieth the lord god because thou haste a proude hert & hast said: I am a god: I haue my seate in the middest of the sea like a God, where as thou art but a man and not God, & yet standest in thine own conceyt, that thou art God.

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

²³ but hast magnyfyed thy selfe aboue the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of hys house were broughte before the, that thou, and thy Lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, myght drincke wyne thereoute: And hast praysed the Idoles of syluer and golde, copper and yron, of wode and stone: As for the God in whose hande consysteth thy breth and all thy wayes: thou haste not loaued hym. ²⁴ Therfore is the palme of thys hande sente hyther from hym, to token vp thys writinge.

²⁰ As I was yet speakinge at my prayers, knoweledginge myne owne sinnes, and the synnes of my people, makinge so mine intercession before the Lorde my God, for the holye hils sake of my God:

²³ For as sone as thou begannest to make thy prayer, it was so diuised, and therfore am I come to shewe the. And why? For thou arte a man greatly beloued. Wherfore, pondre the matter well, that thou mayest learne, to vnderstande the vision.

¹¹ For whosoeuer exalteth him selfe, shalbe broughte lowe. And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

²¹ And vpon a daye appoynted Herode arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in hys seate, and made an oracyon vnto them. ²² And the people gaue a shout, saiyng: it is the voyce of a God, and not of a man. ²³ And immediatly the aungell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the glorye, and he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.

⁵ Lykewyse ye yonger submit youre selues vnto the elder. Submit youre selues euerye man, one to another, knyt youre selues together in lowlines of mynde. For God resisteth the proude & geueth grace to humble.

¹⁴ Then seke & make searche and enquire diligently. If it be true and the thynge of a surety that suche abhomination is wrought among you:

⁴ Then sayd the kynge to Ziba: beholde, thyne are all that pertayned vnto Miphiboseth. And Ziba aunswered: I beseche the that I maye fyude grace in thy syghte my Lorde Kynge.

²⁴ And Miphiboseth the sonne of Saul came also to mete the kinge, and hath nether dressed his fete nor shauen hys beard nor washed his clothes from the tyme the kyng departed, vntyl he came again in peace. ²⁵ And when he was come to Ierusalem towarde the kynge, the kynge sayde vnto hym: wherfore wentest not thou with me Miphiboseth? ²⁶ And he said: my Lorde kinge, my seruaunt deceyued me. For thy seruaunt sayde: that I woulde haue mine Asse sadled to ride theron, for to go to the king because thy seruaunt is lame. ²⁷ And he hathe therto complayned on thy seruaunt vnto my Lorde the kynge. But my Lord the kynge is as an angel of God: do therfore what semeth best in thyne eyes. ²⁸ For all my fathers house were but deadmen vnto my Lorde the Kyng: and yet dyddest thou put me amonge them that eate at thyne owne table. What ryght therfore haue I yet, to crye any more vnto the king? ²⁹ And the kynge sayde: it neadeth the not to speake any more, for I haue sayd, that thou & Ziba shall deuyde the landes betwene you. ³⁰ And Miphiboseth sayde vnto the kynge: ye let hym take al: for so muche as my Lorde the Kynge is come in peace vnto his owne house.

¹⁰ Then toke the kinge his ryng from his hande, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite the Iewes enemy. ¹¹ And the kynge sayde vnto Haman: Let the syluer be geuen the, and that people also, to do with all what pleaseth the. ¹² Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirtenth daye of the fyrst moneth, and there was wrytten (accordyng as Haman commaunded) vnto the kinges princes and to the captiues euery where in the landes, and to the rulers of euery people in the countreyes on euery syde, accordynge to the wryttinge of euery nacyon, and after their language in the name of kynge Ahasuerus, and sealed wyth the kynges rynge. ¹³ And the writtinges were sent by postes into all the kinges landes, to rote out, to kyll, and to destroye all Iewes, both younge and olde, chyldren and wemen in one daye (namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth, which is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle theyr goodes. ¹⁴ Thys was the summe of the writtynge, that there shoulde be a commaundement geuen in all landes, to be publyshed vnto all people, that they shoulde be ready agaynst the same daye. ¹⁵ And the postes wente in all the hast according to the kinges commaundement. And in the castell of Susan was the commaundement deuised. And the kynge and Haman sate and drancke. But the cyty of Susan was disquyeted.

⁵ and sayd: Yf it please the Kynge, & yf I haue found grace in his syght, & yf I be conuenient for the King, and yf it be accepted in his sight then let it be wrytten, that the letters of the deuyce of Haman the sonne of Hamadatha, the Agagite, may be called agayne: which letters he wrote, to destroy the Iewes in all the kinges landes. ⁶ For how can I se the euil that shal happen vnto my people? and how can I loke vpon the destruccyon of my kinred. ⁷ Then sayde kinge Ahasuerus vnto quene Esther, & to Mardocheus the Iewe: Behold, I haue geuen Esther the house of Haman, & hym haue they hanged vpon a tre, because he layed hand vpon the Iewes. ⁸ Wryte ye nowe therfore for the Iewes, as it lyketh you in the kinges name, and seale it wyth the kynges ringe (for the wryttinges that were wrytten in the kinges name, and sealed wyth the kinges ringe, durst no man dysanulle.) ⁹ Then were the kinges scribes called at the same tyme in the thirde moneth, that is the moneth Siuan, on the thre and twentyeth daye. And it was wrytten, as Mardocheus commaunded vnto the Iewes and to the princes, to the debities and captaynes in the landes from India vntil Ethiopia, namely an hundred & seuen & twenty landes, vnto euery one according to the wryttyng therof, vnto euery people after their speche, and to the Iewes accordyng to their wryttynge and language. ¹⁰ And it was written in the king Ahasuerus name, and sealed with the kinges ringe. And by postes that rode vpon swyft yong mules sent he the writtinges, ¹¹ wherin the king graunted the Iewes (in what cities soeuer they were) to gather them selues together, & to stand for their lyfe, and for to rote oute, to slaye, and to destroy all the power of the people & land that woulde trouble them, with children and wemen, & to spoyle their good ¹² vpon one day in all the landes of king Ahasuerus namely vpon the thyrtenth daye of the twelueth moneth whiche is the moneth Adar. ¹³ The summe of the writting was, how there was a commaundement geuen in al landes to be publyshed vnto al the people, that the Iewes shoulde be ready against that day to auenge them selues on their enemies: ¹⁴ & the postes that rode vpon the mules, made haste with al spede according to the kinges word: & the commaundement was deuysed in the castel of Susan. ¹⁵ As for Mardocheus, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yelow & whyte, and with a great croune of gould, beynge arayed wt a garment of linnen & purple, & the cyty of Susan reioysed & was glad: ¹⁶ but vnto the Iewes there was come light & gladnesse, & ioye & worshyppe. ¹⁷ And in all landes & cyties, into what places soeuer the kinges worde & commaundement reached, there was ioy & myrth prosperite & good dayes amonge the Iewes, in so muche that many of the people in the land became of the Iewes belefe, for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them.

¹⁶ I was a father vnto the poore and when I knew not their cause, I sought it oute diligently.

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go aboute wyth vowes.

⁹ So Darius made the writtinge, and confirmed it.

¹⁴ When the king heard these wordes, he was sore greued, and would haue excused Daniel, to deliuer him, and put of the matter, vnto the Sunne wente doune to the intent that he myght saue hym.

⁵¹ Doeth our lawe iudge anye man, before it heare him and knowe what he hath done?

²⁰ Then Iob stode vp, and rente hys clothes shaued his heade, fell doune vpon the ground, worshipped, ²¹ and sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, & naked shall I turne thether agayne. The Lorde gaue, and the Lord hath taken awaye now blessed be the name of the Lorde.

⁷ So went Sathan forth from the Lorde, and smote Iob with maruelous sore byles, from the sole of the fote vnto hys crowne: ⁸ so that he sat vpon the grounde in the asshes and scraped of the fylth of hys sores wyth potsherde. ⁹ Then sayd his wyfe vnto him: Doest thou contynue in thy perfectnes? curse God, and dye. ¹⁰ But Iob sayde vnto her: Thou speakest lyke a folysh woman. Seynge we haue receyued prosperite at the hand of God, wherfore shuld we not be content with aduersyte also? In all these thynges, dyd not Iob synne with his lyppes.

⁴ For the arowes of the almyghty are in me, whose indignacyon hath droncke vp my sprete, and the terrible feares of GOD fyghte agaynste me.

¹⁴ Then troublest thou me with dreames, and makest me so afrayed thorowe visions, ¹⁵ that my soule wyssheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be deed.

¹⁵ Yf I do wickedlye, wo is me therfore: Yf I be righteous, yet darre I not lyfte vp my heade: so full am I of confusion, and se myne owne mysery. ¹⁶ Thou huntest me out (being in heuynesse) as it were a Lyon, and troubleste me oute of measure. ¹⁷ Thou bringeste fresh wytnesses against me, thy wrath increaseste thou vpon me, very many are the plages that I am in.

⁹ What profyt is ther in my bloude, if I go downe to corruption? May the dust geue thankes vnto the? Or shal it declare thy faythfulnesse? ¹⁰ Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercye vpon me: Lord be thou my helper.

³ For while I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complaynynges. ⁴ And because thy hand was so heuy vpon me both daye and nyght, my moysture was lyke the drouth in Sommer. Selah.

² For thyne arrowes stycke fast in me, and thy hande presseth me sore. ³ There is no whole parte in my body, because of thy displeasure: there is no reste in my bones, by reason of my synnes. ⁴ For my wyckednesses are gone ouer my head, and are like a sore burthen, to heuy for me to beare.

¹⁰ Whyle my bones are broken, whyle mine enemyes cast me in the teeth, daylye saiynge vnto me: where is now thy God? ¹¹ Why art thou so heuy (O my soule) & why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I wyll yet thanke hym for the helpe of hys countenaunce, and because he is my God.

³ The enemye cryeth so, and the vngodly commeth on so fast: for they are mynded too do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set agaynst me.

⁵ Fearfulnesse and tremblynge are come vpon me, and an horrible drede hathe ouerwhelmed me.

² In the tyme of my trouble I soughte the Lorde, I helde vp myne handes vnto him in the night season, for my soule refused all other comforte. ³ When I was in heuinesse, I thought vpon God: when my hert was vexed, then dyd I speake Selah.

¹⁴ Lorde, why putteste thou awaye my soule? Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me? ¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow & myserye, wyh fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens. ¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me the feare of the, oppresseth me.

²² for I am helplesse, and pore and my herte is wounded within me.

³ He healeth the contryte in herte, and byndeth vp their woundes.

¹³ A mery hert maketh a chearful countinance but an vnquiet mynd maketh it heuy.

²² A merye hert maketh a lusty age, but a sorowful mind dryeth vp the bones.

³³ And he toke with him Peter, Iames, and Iohn, & he began to waxe abashed, and to be in an agonye, ³⁴ and said vnto them: My soule is very heauye euen vnto the death: tarye here & watche.

³ Nether do we so only: but also we reioice in tribulacion. For we know that tribulation bryngeth pacience, ⁴ pacience bringeth experience, experience bringeth hope. ⁵ And hope maketh not ashamed, for the loue of God is sheed abroade in our hertes by the holye ghost, which he is geuen vnto vs.

³⁵ Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God shall tribulation? or anguyshe? or persecution? othere honger? other nakednesse? other peryll? other swearde? ³⁶ As it is wrytten: For thy sake are we killed al day longe, and are counted as shepe appointed to be slayne. ³⁷ Neuerthelesse in all these thynges we ouercome stronglye thorowe hys helpe that loued vs.

¹² Oure reioysinge is this, the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and Godly purenes, and not in fleshely wysdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersation in the worlde, and moste of all to youwardes.

⁷ So that nowe contrarywyse ye ought to forgeue hym, and comforte hym: leaste that same persone shoulde be swalowed vp, with ouer muche heauynes.

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: my grace is suffycyent for the. For my strengthe is made perfecte thorowe weakenes. Very gladly therfor wil I reioyce of my weakenes, that the strength of Christe maye dwell in me ¹⁰ Therfore haue I delectacyon in infyrmities, in rebukes, in nede, in persecutions, in anguyshe, for Christes sake. For when I am weake, then am I stronge.

² My brethren, count it excedyng ioye when ye fal into dyuers temptacyons,

⁶ in the whiche tyme ye shall reioyce, thoughe nowe for a season (yf nede requyre) ye are in heauynes, thorow manyfolde temptacyon,

⁹ Geue therfore vnto thy seruaunt an vnderstandynge herte to iudge thy people, & to decerne betwene good, and bad. For who is able to iudge thys thy so waightye a people.

⁹⁷ Mem. O what loue haue I vnto thy law? all the daye longe is my talkyng of it. ⁹⁸ Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser then myne enemyes, for it is euer by me. ⁹⁹ I haue more vnderstandyng then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. ¹⁰⁰ Yea, I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy commaundementes. ¹⁰¹ I refrayne my fete from euery euell waye, that I maye kepe thy woordes. ¹⁰² I shrynke not from thy iudgementes, for thou teachest me. ¹⁰³ O howe swete are thy woordes vnto my throte? Yea, more then hony vnto my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Thorow thy commaundementes I gette vnderstandynge, therefore I hate all false wayes.

⁵ By hearing, the wyse man shall come by more wysedome: & by experience

⁵ Get the wysdome, get the vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth, & shrinke not from them.

⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase.

¹⁴ A wise hert wil seke after knowledge, but the mouth of foles medleth with folishnesse.

²³ Labour for to get the truth: sell not away wisdome, nurtour and vnderstanding

⁸ And some fell on good grounde and spronge vp and bare fruite an hundred folde. And as he sayed these thinges he cryed: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare. ⁹ And his discyples axed him saiynge: what maner of symylytude is this? ¹⁰ And he sayed vnto you is it geuen to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of God: but to other in symylytudes, that when they se, they shoulde not vnderstande.

³⁹ And this woman had a syster called Marye whiche sate at Iesus fete, and hearde his preachynge.

¹⁵ and for as muche also as thou haste knowen holy scrypture of a chyld, whiche is able to make the wyse vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁶ For al scripture geuen by inspyracion of God, is profytable to teache, to improue, to amende and to instruct in ryghtuousnes, ¹⁷ that the man of God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes.

⁵ Yf anye of you lacke wysedome, let hym axe of God whiche geueth to all men indyfferentlye, and casteth no man in the teath: and it shal be geuen hym.

²⁰ & said moreouer. Behold thy seruaunt Iacob cometh after vs, for he said. I wyl pease his wrath wt the present that goth before me, and afterward I wil se hym my selfe, so peraduenture he wil receiue me to grace.

¹⁰ Iacob answered: Oh naye, but if I haue founde grace in thy syght, receyue my presente of my hande: for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene the face of god:

¹¹ Than their father Israel sayd vnto them: Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus, take of the best frutes of the lande in your vesselles, and brynge the man a present, a curtesye of bawlme, and a curtesy of hony, spices and myrre, dates & almondes.

²⁷ And now this blessing, whiche thine handmaide hath brought, let it be geuen vnto the young men that folowe my Lorde.

⁸ Liberalite is a precyous stone vnto hym that hath it, for whersoeuer he becometh, he prospereth.

⁶ The multitude hangeth vpon great men, and euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.

¹⁴ A preuy rewarde pacyfyeth displeasure & a gift in the bosome stilleth furiousnes.

¹ And when Dauid was a lytle past the toppe of the hyll: behold Ziba the seruaunt of Miphiboseth came agaynste hym with a couple of Asses sadelled, & vpon them two hundred loues and one hundred bonches of Resynges, and an hundred frayles of dryed fygges, & a bottell of wyne. ² Then sayde the kynge to Ziba: what hast thou there? And Ziba sayde: Asses for the Kynges houshold to ryde on, and bread & frute for the young men to eate, and wyne to drincke, yf any man fainte in the wyldernesse. ³ Then sayde the kynge: where is thy maysters sonne? and Ziba sayd vnto the kyng: beholde, he taryeth styll at Ierusalem. For he sayde: thys daye shall the house of Israell restore me the kyngdome of my father.

²⁴ And Miphiboseth the sonne of Saul came also to mete the kinge, and hath nether dressed his fete nor shauen hys beard nor washed his clothes from the tyme the kyng departed, vntyl he came again in peace. ²⁵ And when he was come to Ierusalem towarde the kynge, the kynge sayde vnto hym: wherfore wentest not thou with me Miphiboseth? ²⁶ And he said: my Lorde kinge, my seruaunt deceyued me. For thy seruaunt sayde: that I woulde haue mine Asse sadled to ride theron, for to go to the king because thy seruaunt is lame. ²⁷ And he hathe therto complayned on thy seruaunt vnto my Lorde the kynge. But my Lord the kynge is as an angel of God: do therfore what semeth best in thyne eyes.

¹³ He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, is a foole, & worthy to be confounded.

⁵ We haue founde thys man a pestylent felowe, and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes thoroughout the world, and a mayntayner of the secte of the Nazarites, ⁶ and hath also enforsed to pollute the temple. Whome we toke, and woulde haue iudged accordynge to our law,

¹² & that they neyther founde me in the temple disputynge with anye man, eyther raysynge vp the people neither in the synagoges, nor in the citie. ¹³ Neyther can they proue the thynges wherof they accuse me.

² gaue them their enheritaunce by lotte, as the Lorde commaunded by the hande of Moses, to geue vnto the nyne trybes, and vnto the halfe trybe of Manasses.

²¹ When he had broughte the trybe of Beniamin by theyr kinredes the kynrede of Metri was caught, and Saul the sonne of Cys was caughte. And they sought him: but he coulde not be founde. ²² Then they asked the Lorde further: whither the man shuld come thyther. And the Lorde aunswered: beholde he hath hydde hym selfe among the stuffe. ²³ And they ran, and fet hym thence. And when he stode among the people, he was hyer then anye of the people, from the shoulders vpwarde. ²⁴ And Samuel sayde to al the people there se ye whom the Lord hath chosen & how there is none lyke hym amonge all the companye. And al the people shouted and sayd: God lend the Kyng lyfe. ²⁵ Then Samuel tolde the people the dutye of the kyngedome, & wrote it in a boke, and layde it vp before the Lorde, & so sente all the people awaye, euery man to hys house. ²⁶ And Saule also went home to Gabaah. And there went wt hym an hoste, suche as God had touched theyr hartes. ²⁷ But the children of vnthryftynesse sayde: how shall he saue vs? and despysed him & brought hym not presentes. And he made as though he had not hearde it.

⁴² Then sayde Saul, cast lottes betwene me & Ionathas my sonne. And Ionathas was caughte.

⁶³ And vnto the sonnes of Merari were geuen by lot amonge theyr kynreddes out of the trybe of Ruben, and out of the trybe of Gad, and out of the trybe of Zabulon, twelue cytyes.

³¹ And these cast lottes next to their brethren the sonnes of Aaron, before Dauid the kynge and Zadock and Ahimelec, and the auncient heades and priestes of the Leuites, as wel the youngest brother as an auncient heade.

¹ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Ierusalem. But the other people cast lottes therfor, so that amonge ten one parte wente to Ierusalem into the holy citie to dwell, and nyne partes in the cytyes.

³³ The lotts are caste into the lappe, but there fal standeth in the Lorde.

⁵ but vnto Cayn & vnto hys offrynge loked he not. And Cayn was wroth exceadyngly, & loured. ⁶ And the Lorde sayd vnto Cayn: why art thou angry, & why lourest thou? Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receyue it? ⁷ But and yf thou dost euell, by & by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Notwithstandyng let it be subdued vnto the, and sea thou rule it. ⁸ And Cayn talked with Abel hys brother. And as soone as they were in the feldes, Cayn fell vpon Abell hys brother, & slewe hym.

⁴¹ And Esau hated Iacob, bicause of the blessyng that hys father blessed hym with all, & sayed in hys hert. The dayes of my fathers sorowes are at hand, for I wyll slea my brother Iacob. ⁴² And these wordes of Esau hyr eldest sonne were tolde to Rebecca. And she sent & called Iacob hyr yongest sonne, & said vnto him: beholde thy brother Esau threateneth to kyll the: ⁴³ now therfore my sonne hear my voyce, make the redy, & fle to Laban my brother at Haran: ⁴⁴ & tary wyth hym a whyle vntil thy brothers fearcnes be swaged, ⁴⁵ & vntyl thy brothers wrath turne away from the and he forget that whiche thou hast done to hym. Then wyl I send & fet the away from thence. Why should I losse you boeth in one daye.

⁶ And the messengers came againe to Iacob sayinge: we came vnto thi brother Esau, & he commeth agaynst the & .iiij. hundred men wyth him. ⁷ Then was Iacob greatly afrayed, & wyste not whych way to turne him selfe, and deuided the people that was wyth hym, and the shepe, oxen, & camels, into .ij. companyes, ⁸ & sayd: If Esau come to the one part & smite it the other maye saue it selfe. ⁹ And Iacob said: O god of mi father Abraham, & God of my father Isaac: Lord whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrye & to thy kynred, & I wyll do all well with the. ¹⁰ I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercies & trueth whyche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt. For wyth my stafe came I ouer thys Iordane, & now haue I goten two droues. ¹¹ Deliuer me from the handes of my brother Esau: for I feare hym: least he wyll come and smyte the mother wyth the chyldren.

³ And Israel loued Ioseph more then al his chyldren bicause he begate hym in hys olde age, and he made him a cote of many colours. ⁴ When hys brethren sawe that theyr father loued hym more then all his brethren, they hated him, & could not speake one kinde worde vnto hym. ⁵ Moreouer Iosephe dreamed a dreame & told it his brethren: wherfore they hated him yet the more.

¹¹ And his brethren hated him, but his father noted the saying.

¹⁸ And when they sawe him a farre of before he came at them, they toke councell agaynst him, for to sley him, ¹⁹ and sayd one to another, Beholde thys dreamer cometh, ²⁰ come nowe and let vs sley hym and caste hym in to some pytt, and let vs saye that some wycked beast hath deuoured him, and let vs see what hys dreames wyl come to. ²¹ When Ruben herde that, he went aboute to ryd hym out of their handes and sayd, let vs not kyl hym. ²² And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them, shede not his bloud, but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wyldernes, and laye no handes vpon him: for he wolde haue rydd hym out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayn. ²³ And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto hys brethren, they strypte hym oute of hys gay coote that was vpon hym, ²⁴ and they toke hym and caste hym in to a pyt: But the pyt was emptie and had no water therein. ²⁵ And they satt them doune to eate breade. And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute, there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden wyth spicery baulme, and myrre, and were goynge doune into Egypte. ²⁶ Than sayde Iuda to hys brethren, what auayleth it that we sley oure brother, & kepe hys bloude secret? ²⁷ come on, let vs sell hym to the Ismaelites, & let not our handes be defyled vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

²² And Absalom sayde vnto hys brother Amnon neyther good nor bad. Howe be it Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his syster Thamar.

²⁸ Then Absalom commaunded hys younge men sayinge: marke when Amnons herte is mery wyth wyne, & when I byd you smyte Amnon then kyll him: feare not, for it is I that byd you, be bolde therfore, & playe the lustye bloudes.

²³ Then kynge Salomon sware by the Lorde sayinge: God do so to me, and so therto yf Adoniah haue not spoken this worde agaynst hym selfe. ²⁴ Now therfore as surely as the Lorde lyueth whyche hath stablyshed me and set me on the seate of Dauid my father, & which hath made me an house as he promysed me, Adoniah shall dye thys daye. ²⁵ And kynge Salomon sent by the hande of Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and smote hym that he dyed.

¹⁶ And when all Israel sawe that the kynge regarded them not, the people aunswered the kynge agayne sayinge: we haue no parte in Dauid, nor enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes therfor Israel, & nowe se to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israell departed vnto theyr tentes.

¹⁷ And Abiah and hys people slue a greate slaughter of them, so that there were strycken doune deade of Israel fiue hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁹ a false witnes that bringeth vp lies, and such one as soweth dyscord amonge brethren,

³² A pacyente man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that winneth a city.

³⁹ And the dissencyon was so sharpe betwene them, that they departed a sunder one from the other, so that Barnabas toke Marke and sayled vnto Cypers.

¹³ The wicked falleth into the snare thorow the malyce of his own mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parel. ¹⁴ Euery man shall enioye good accordinge to the innocency of his mouth, & after the workes of his handes shal he be rewarded.

² A good man shall enioye the fruite of hys mouth, but he that hath a froward mind shalbe spoyled.

¹⁸ for it is a plesaunt thyng if thou kepe it in thyne hert, and practise it in thy mouth:

²¹ that I might shew the truth andt that thou with the verity myghtest answere them that lay any thynge agaynst the?

¹¹ A worde speken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a syluer dish. ¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

¹⁹ Where much babling is, ther must nedes be offence: he that refraineth his lippes is wisest of all. ²⁰ An innocent tong is a noble treasure, but the hert of the vngodly is nothynge worthe. ²¹ The lyppes of the rightuous fed a whole multitude, but foles shal die in their owne folye.

³¹ The mouth of the iust wilbe talkyng of wisdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shall perysh.

³⁰ The frute of the righteous is as the tree of lyfe, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

² A good man shall enioye the fruite of hys mouth, but he that hath a froward mind shalbe spoyled. ³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so speaketh vnaduised findeth harme.

⁴ The wordes of mans mouth are lyke depe waters, and the well of wysdome is lyke a full streame. ⁵ It is not good to a regarde the personne of the vngodly, or to put backe the ryghteous in iudgmente. ⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll. ⁷ A fooles mouth is hys owne destruccion and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

¹⁹ I make the frutes of thankesgeuynge. I geue peace vnto them that are farre of, and to them that are nye. saye I the Lord, that make hym whole.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of hys herte, bringeth forth good thinges. And an euill man out of his euill treasure, bringeth forth euil thinges. ³⁶ But I say vnto you, that of euery idell worde that men shall haue spoken: they shall geue a countes at the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

¹⁴ But how shall they call on hym, on whom they beleued not? howe shall they beleue no hym of whom they haue not hearde? howe shall they heare withoute a preacher? ¹⁵ And howe shall they preache except they be sent? As it is wrytten: howe beautyfull are the fete of them whiche brynge glad tydynges of peace, and bryng glad tydynges of good thynges.

¹⁶ To the one part are we the sauoure of death vnto death. And vnto the other parte are we the lauoure of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is mete vnto these thynges?

¹⁵ Therfore it is no greate thynge, thoughe hys mynysters fashyon them selues as thoughe they were the mynisters of rightuousnes, whose end shalbe accordynge to theyr dedes.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouthes: but that whiche is good to edefye wyth all, when nede is: that it maye haue fauoure with the hearers.

¹⁰ For there are many dysobedyent: & talkers of vanitye and disceyuers of myndes, namely they of the circumcision, ¹¹ whose mouthes must be stopped: whiche peruerte whole houses teachynge thynges whiche they oughte not because of fylthy lucre.

⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson. ⁹ Therewyth blesse we God the father, and therewyth cursse wemen which are made after the similitude of God.

¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the swellinge wordes of vanitie, they begyle with wantonnes thorowe the lustes of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, but nowe are wrapped in errours.

¹⁸ And the Lorde God sayde: It is not good that man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helper to beare hym company.

⁶⁷ Then Isaac broughte hir into hys mother Saras tente, and toke Rebecca, and she became hys wyfe. & he loued hir: & so was Isaac comforted ouer hys mother.

²⁰ And Iacob serued .vij. yere for Rahell, and they semed vnto hym but a fewe dayes, for the loue he had to hyr. ²¹ And Iacob sayed vnto Laban: gyue me my wyfe that I maye lye wyth hyr. For the tyme appoynted me is come.

²⁸ And Iacob did euen so, & passed out that weke, & then he gaue him Rahel his doughter to wyfe also.

⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding in the sight of God & men.

¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thine owne wel, and of the riuers that runne out of thine owne springes. ¹⁶ Let thy welles flowe out abroad, that ther may be ryuers of water in the stretes: ¹⁷ but let them be only thyne owne, and not strangers wyth the. ¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad wyth the wyfe of thy youth. ¹⁹ Louyng is the hind, & frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alway satisfye the, and holde the euer content wyth her loue. ²⁰ My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlotte, and embrace the bosome of another woman? ²¹ For euery mannes waies are open in the sight of the Lorde, and he pondreth all their goynges. ²² The wyckednesses of the vngodly shal catch him selfe, and with the snares of of his owne synnes shall he be trapped. ²³ Because he wold not be refourmed he shall dye: and for his greate folyshnesse he shalbe destroyed.

³⁵ For who so findeth me, findeth life and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.

⁴ A stedfast woman is a croune vnto her husband: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly is a corrupcion in hys bones.

¹⁴ House & ryches maye a man haue by the heritage of hys elders, but a discrete woman is the gifte of the Lord.

¹⁰ Aleph. Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles. ¹¹ Beth. The hert of her husband may safely trust in her, so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles. ¹² Gimel. She will do him good & not euell all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ Daleth. She occupyeth woll and flax, and laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ He. She is lyke a merchauntes shyppe, that bringeth her vitayles from a farre. ¹⁵ Vau. She is vp in the night season, to prouyde meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens. ¹⁶ Zain. She considreth lande, & byeth it, & wyth the frute of her handes she planteth a vyneyarde. ¹⁷ Heth. She gyrdeth her loynes with strength, and courageth her armes. ¹⁸ Teth. And if she perceyue that her houswyfrye doth good, her candle goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ Iod. She layeth her fingers to the spyndle, & her hande taketh holde of the rocke. ²⁰ Caph. She openeth her hande to the poore, yea, she stretched forthe her handes too suche as haue nede. ²¹ Lamed. She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurte her house, for all her housholde folkes are double clothed. ²² Mem. She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes, her clothyng is whyte silke and purple. ²³ Nun. Her husband is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande. ²⁴ Samech. She maketh cloth of silke & selleth it, and deliuereth a gyrdle vnto the marchaunt. ²⁵ Ain. Strength and honour is her clothynge, & in the latter daye she shall reioyse. ²⁶ Phe. She openeth her mouth with wysdome, and in her tonge is the lawe of grace. ²⁷ Zade. She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde, & eateth not her bread with ydelnes. ²⁸ Koph. Her chyldren arise, and call her blessed: & her husbande maketh much of her. ²⁹ Res. Many daughters there be that gather riches together, but thou goest aboue them all. ³⁰ Sin. As for fauour, it is disceatfull, & beuty is a vayne thing: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Thau. Geue her of the frute of her handes, & let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

⁹ Vse thy selfe to lyue ioyfully with thy wyfe whom thou leuest, all the dayes of thy life, which is but vaine, that God hath geuen the vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanite: for that is thy porcion in this lyfe, of all thy laboure and trauayle that thou takeste vnder the Sunne.

¹² Iacob fled into the lande of Siria, and Israel serued for a wyfe, and for a wyfe he kepte shepe.

² Neuerthelesse to avoide fornication, let euery man haue his wyfe: and let euerye woman haue her husbande.

⁷ When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them: But made straung vnto them, and spake roughly vnto them sayinge: Whence come ye? & they sayde: out of the lande of Canaan, to bye vytayle.

³⁰ The Lorde of the lande spake roughly to vs, and toke vs for spyes to serch the countre.

² And Pharao answered: what felowe is the Lorde, that I should heare hys voyce for to let Israell go?

⁷ and she sayde, let me I praye the, lease and gather after the heruest men, the eares that remayne, and so she came and hath continued euen from the morninge vnto now, and taryed not longe in the house.

³⁶ And they that are lefte in thyne house, shall come & crouche to hym for a lytle pece of syluer & a cake of bread, and shall saye: put me I praye the in one offyce, or other amonge the priestes, that I may eate a morsell of bread.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes & sayd: What is Dauid? and what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes nowe a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from hys mayster.

¹⁷ Now take hede and se what thou hast to do, for it is concluded to do mischeue vnto our maister, and to al his houshold. And he is vngracyous to speake to.

¹ And there cryed a certayn woman of the wyues of the chyldren of the Prophetes, vnto Elizeus saying: thy seruaunt my husband is deade, and thou knowest that thy seruaunt dyd feare the Lorde. And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes, to be his bondemen. ² And Elizeus said to her: What shal I do for the? Tel me, what hast thou in thyne house. And she sayd: thyne handmayd hath nothynge at all in her house, saue a pytcher wyth oyle.

² As for these thynges, my hande had made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the Lorde. Whyche of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym, that is of a lowly troubled spyryte, and standeth in awe of my wordes.

³ blessed are the pore in sprete: for theirs is the kingdom of heauen.

⁹ Let the brother of low degre reioyce in that he is exalted, ¹⁰ and the ryche in that he is made lowe. For euen as the flower of the grasse, shal he vanysh away. ¹¹ The sonne riseth with heat, and the grasse widereth, and hys flower falleth awaye, & the beautye of the fashyon of it perysheth: euen so shal the ryche man peryshe wyth hys aboundaunce.

³ and ye haue a respecte to hym that weareth the gaye clothynge, and saye vnto hym. Sitte thou here in a good place: and saye vnto the pore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my fotestole:

⁶ But ye haue despysed the pore. Are not the ryche they whiche oppresse you: and they which drawe you before iudges?

⁴ And Ionathas spake the best of Dauid vnto Saul hys father and sayde vnto hym: lette not the kyng synne agaynst hys seruaunt Dauid, for he hath not synned agaynst the, and hys workes are to the warde very good. ⁵ For he dyd put hys lyfe in hys hande and slue the Philistine, and the Lorde gaue a great vyctorye to all Israell. And thou sawest it, & thou reioysedest, wherfore then shouldest thou sinne agaynst innocent bloude, and slee Dauid for nought?

²⁶ When Dauid came to Zikeleg, he sent of hys praye vnto the elders to Iuda and to hys frendes saying: se there a blessinge for you, of the spoyle of the enemies of the Lorde: ²⁷ He sent to them of Bethel: to them of south Ramath to them of Gether: ²⁸ to them of Aroer: to them of Sephamoth: to them of Esthamo: ²⁹ to them of Rachal: to them of the cytyes of the Ierhameelites: to them of the cities of the Kenites: ³⁰ to them of Haramah: to them of Borasan: to them of Athach: ³¹ to them of Hebron, and to all places where Dauid and hys men were wont to haunt.

²⁶ Woo is me for the my brother Ionathas: delectable to me wast thou excedyng. Thy loue to me was wonderfull, passyng the loue of wemen.

¹ Then sayde Dauid: is there yet any man lefte of the house of Saule, that I maye shew hym mercye for Ionathas sake? ² And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruaunt named Zibah which was called vnto Dauid. And the kynge sayde vnto hym: art thou Zibah. And he sayde: thy seruaunt is the man. ³ Then sayd the kynge: remayneth there yet any man of the kynred of Saul, whom I may shewe the mercye of God vpon? And Zibah sayde vnto the kynge: Ionathas hath yet a sonne whiche is lame on both fete. ⁴ And the kynge sayde vnto hym: where is he? And Zibah sayde vnto the kynge: beholde, he is in the house of Machir, the sonne of Amyel in Lodaber. ⁵ Then kynge Dauid sent & fet hym out of the house of Machir the sonne of Amyell, out of Lodaber. ⁶ Nowe when Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathas the sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid, he bowed hym selfe, and fel on hys face. Then sayde Dauid: Miphiboseth? And he aunswered: Behold thy seruaunt. ⁷ And Dauid sayde: feare not: for I wyll surely shew the kyndnesse for Ionathas sake, and wyll restore the all the feldes of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eat meate on myne owne table alwaye. ⁸ And the other bowed him selfe and sayd: what is thy seruaunt that thou shuldest vouchesafe to loke vpon suche a dead dog as I am. ⁹ Then the kyng called vnto Zibah Saules young man saying vnto him: I geue vnto thy maysters sonne all that pertayned to Saule & to all hys kynne. ¹⁰ Se therfore that thou & thy sonnes and thy seruauntes tyll the lande for hym, and bryng in, that thy maysters sonne maye haue fode to eate. For Miphiboseth thy maysters sonne shall eate meate alwaye vpon my table. For this Zibah had fyftene sonnes and twentye seruauntes. ¹¹ Then sayde Zibah vnto the kynge: all that my Lorde hathe sayd vnto hys seruaunt, thy seruaunt shall do. For (sayde the kyng) Miphiboseth must eate vpon my table, as one of the kynges sonnes. ¹² Thys Miphiboseth had a sonne that was young named Micha, and al that dwelled in the house of Zibah were seruauntes vnto Miphiboseth. ¹³ And Miphiboseth dwelt in Ierusalem, for he ate euer at the kynges table, and was therto hault on both legges.

¹⁷ And Absalom sayde agayne to Husai: is thys the kindnesse thou owest to thy frend? Why wentest thou not with him?

²⁷ And when Dauid was come to Mahanaim, Sobi the sonne of Naah out of Rabath the cyty of the children of Ammon, and Machir the sonne of Amiell out of Lodaber and Berzelai the Galaadite out of Rogelim, ²⁸ brought beddes, basens, and earthen vesselles: and also corne, barly, floure & parched corne, benes & ryce ²⁹ hony, butter, shepe and chese of knye, for Dauid & all the people that were with him to eate. For they supposed that the people shoulde be hongrye, faintye, and thurstye in the wildernesse.

³⁰ And Miphiboseth sayde vnto the kynge: ye let hym take al: for so muche as my Lorde the Kynge is come in peace vnto his owne house. ³¹ And Berselai the Galaadite came from Rogelim and went ouer Iordan with the king, to accompanye him ouer Iordan, ³² which Berselai was a very aged man, euen foure skore yeares olde, and had prouyded the kynge of sustenaunce whyle he laye at Mahanaim: for he was a man of verye great substaunce. ³³ And the kinge sayd vnto Berselai: come thou with me, that I may fede the with me in Ierusalem. ³⁴ But Berselai sayde vnto the kynge: of what age am I of, that I shoulde go with the king in Ierusalem? ³⁵ I am this day four skore yeare olde, and therfore cannot decerne sauery from vnsauery, nether hath thy seruaunt pleasure in that he eateth or dryncketh: nor yet delectacyon in the songes of men or women. It is no nede that thy seruaunt be a burthen vnto my Lorde the kynge: ³⁶ let thy seruannt go a lytle waye ouer Iordan with the kynge: for why shoulde the kynge render me suche a reward? ³⁷ But let thy seruaunt turne back agayne, that I maye dye in mine owne cytie, by the graue of my father and mother. But lo here is thy seruaunt Chamaam: let hym go wyth my Lorde the kynge, and to do hym, what shall please the. ³⁸ And the Kynge answered: Chamaam shal go with me. And I wyll do to him that thou shalt be content with. And therto whatsoeuer thou shalt requyre of me, that same will I do for the. ³⁹ And al the people went ouer Iordan. And when the kynge was come ouer Iordan he kissed Berselai and toke his leaue of him, and he went backe agayne vnto hys owne place.

⁷ But the kinge hath compassion on Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathas, the sonne of Saul, because of the Lordes othe that was betwene them, that is to saye betwene Dauid, and Ionathas the sonne of Saul.

³⁸ All these beynge men of warre able to ordre the araye, came to Hebron with pure herte, to make Dauid Kynge vpon all Israel. And therto all the rest of Israel was of one accorde to make Dauid Kynge. ³⁹ And there they were with Dauid thre dayes eatynge & drynckyng: for theyr brethren prepared for them. ⁴⁰ Moreouer they that were nye to them, as Isacar, Zabulon and Nephthali brought bredde on Asses, Camels, mules and oxen, & meate: floure, figges, reasyngs, wyne, oyle, oxen, and shepe aboundantlye. For there was myrthe in Israel.

¹⁷ He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersite a man shal know who is hys brother.

⁹ The hert is glad of a swet ointment and sauoure, but a stomake that can geue good councel, reioiseth a mans neyghboure.

⁴⁹ And forthe wt al he came to Iesus, and sayed: hayle mayster and kyssed hym. ⁵⁰ And Iesus sayde vnto hym: frende, wherfore arte thou come? Then came they, and layed handes on Iesus, & toke him.

¹³ Greater loue then thys hath no man, then that a man bestowe hys lyfe for hys frendes. ¹⁴ Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you. ¹⁵ Henceforth call I you not seruauntes: for the seruaunt knoweth not what hys lorde doth. But you haue I called frendes, for all thynges that I haue heard of my father, I haue opened vnto you.