Proverbs 23 Cross References - Matthew

¹ When thou syttest at the table to eate with a lorde, order thy selfe manerly with the thinges that are set before the. ² Measure thine appetite: and if thou wilt rule thyne owne selfe, ³ be not ouer gredye of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth ⁴ Take not ouer greate trauayle and labour to be ryche, beware of suche a purpose. ⁵ Why wylt thou set thyne eie vpon the thing, which sodenly vanysheth awaye? For ryches make them selues wynges, & take their flight lyke an Aegle into the ayre. ⁶ Eat not thou wt the enuious, & desire not his meat, ⁷ for he hath a meruelus hert. He saith vnto the: eate & drinke as wher, as his hert is not wt the. ⁸ Yea, the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbrake, & lese those swete wordes. ⁹ Tel nothyng into the eares of a fole, for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes. ¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the feld of the fatherles ¹¹ For he that delyuereth them is myghty, euen he shall defend their cause agaynste the. ¹² Applie thine herte vnto learning, and thine eare to the words of knowledge. ¹³ With holde not correction from the childe, for if thou beatest him with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof. ¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod. but thou deliuerest his soule from hel. ¹⁵ My son, if thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shal reioyce ¹⁶ yea my reines shalbe very gladde, if thy lyppes speake the thynge that is ryght. ¹⁷ Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe the styl in the feare of the Lord al the daye long: ¹⁸ for the ende is not yet come & thy pacient abydyng shal not be in vaine. ¹⁹ My sone, geue eare and be wise, so shal thine herte prospere in the way. 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. ²² Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, & despise not thy mother when she is olde. ²³ Labour for to get the truth: sell not away wisdome, nurtour and vnderstanding ²⁴ (for a rightuous father is maruelous glad of a wyse son, and deliteth in him) ²⁵ so shal thy father be glad, & thy mother that bare the shal reioyse. ²⁶ My sonne, geue thyne hert, & let thyne eies haue pleasure in my wayes. ²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pyt. ²⁸ She lurketh lyke a thefe, and those that be not aware she bryngeth vnto her. ²⁹ Wher is wo? wher is sorow? where is strife? where is brauling? wher are wounds without cause? wher be reed eies? ³⁰ Euen among those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redde it is, & what a coloure it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the laste it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth, as an Adder. ³³ So shall thyne eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, and thyne herte shal muse vpon froward thyngs. ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as thoughe thou sleptest in the middest of that sea, or vpon the toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalte thou say) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well wakened, I will go to the dryncke agayne.

³² And they prepared for hym by hym selfe, & for them by them selues, & for the Egipcians the Egypcians may not eate bread wyth the Hebrues, for that is an abhominacion vnto the Egypcians. ³³ And they sat before hym: the eldest acordynge vnto hys age, and the yongest accordyng vnto his youth. And the men marueled among them selues. ³⁴ And thei brought rewardes vnto them from before hym: but Beniamins parte was fyue tymes so moche as any of theyrs. And they eate and dronke, and were dronke with hym.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kyndnes feast together, wythoute feare, fedyng themselues. Cloudes they are wythout water, caryed aboute of wyndes, and trees wythout frute at gatherynge tyme, twyse dead & plucked vp by rotes.

⁸ Wherfore if thy hande or thy fote offende the, cut hym of and cast hym from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe halte or maymed, rather then thou shouldest hauinge two handes or two fete, be cast into euerlastynge fyre. ⁹ And if also thyne eye offende the, plucke hym out and cast hym from the. It is better for the to entre into lyfe with one eye, then hauyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre.

²⁷ but I tame my bodye and bringe it into subieccion, leste after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be a cast away.

¹⁹ whose ende is dampnation, whose God is theyr belye, and whose glorye is to theyr shame, whiche are worldlye minded.

⁴ O let not myne herte be enclyned to any euell thyng, to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men, lest I eate of suche thynges as please them.

⁶ Eat not thou wt the enuious, & desire not his meat,

⁸ But Daniel was at a poynte wyth hym self, that he wolde not be defyled thorowe the kynges meate, nor the wyne whiche he droncke. And this he desyred of the chefe Chamberlaine, leste he shulde defyle hym selfe.

³⁴ Take hede to your selues, lest youre hertes be ouercome with surfetinge and dronkenes and cares of this worlde: and that that day come not on you vnwares.

²² So then as concernyng the conuersacyon in tyme past, laye from you that olde man, whyche is corrupte thorowe the deceyueable lustes

⁵ Put thy trust in the Lord wyth all thyne hert, and leane not vnto thyne own vnderstandinge.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne own conceyte, but feare the Lord, & departe from euell:

²⁷ The couetous man roteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes shall liue.

¹² If thou seiest a man that is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a fole then in him.

²⁰ A faithfull man is greatlye to be commended, but he that maketh to much haste for to be rych, shall not be vngyltye.

²¹ Wo be vnto them that are wyse in theyr owne syght, and thyncke them selues to haue vnderstandynge.

¹⁹ Se that ye gater you not treasure vpon the earth, where ruste & mothes corrupte, & wher theues breake throughe & steale.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate which perysheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed.

²⁵ I woulde not that thys secrete shoulde be hyd from you my brethren (leste ye should be wyse in youre owne conceptes) that partelye blyndenes is happened in Israell, vntyll the fulnes of the gentyls be come in:

¹⁶ Be of lyke affeccyon one towardes an other. Be not hyghe mynded, but make youre selues equall to them of the lower sorte. Be not wyse in youre owne opinions.

⁸ When we haue fode and raymente, let vs therwyth be content. ⁹ They that wyll be rych, fall into temptacyon and snares, and into many folysh and noysome lustes which drowne men in perdicyon and destruccyon. ¹⁰ For couetousnes is the rote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faythe and tangled them selues wyth manye sorowes.

⁵ Let your conuersacyon be wythoute couetuousnes, and be content wyth that ye haue alreadye. For he verelye sayed: I wyll not fayle the, neyther forsake the:

³⁶ And Iacob their father said vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my chyldren: Ioseph is away, and Symeon is awaye, and ye wyll take Ben Iamin awaye. All these thynges fall vpon me.

¹⁴ there came a messenger vnto Iob, & sayde: Whyle the oxen were a plowynge, & the Asses going in the pasture besyde them: ¹⁵ the Sabees came in violently, and toke them all awaye: ye they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ And whyle he was yet speakynge, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, it hath consumed, and brent vp all thy shepe and seruauntes: and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ In that meane season whyle he was yet speakynge there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, & fell in vpon thy camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the:

⁶ Yea euery man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieth him selfe in vayne: he heapeth vp ryches, and can not tell to whome he gathereth them.

³⁶ Enclyne myne herte vnto thy testymonies, and not to couetousnes. ³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, leste they behold vanite, and quycken me in thy way.

²⁴ For riches abyde not alway, & the crowne endureth not for euer.

² All is but vanitie (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

¹³ Yet is there a sore plague, whiche I haue sene vnder the sunne (namely) ryches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft tymes they perishe with his greate misery & trouble: and if he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

⁸ All is but vanitie (sayeth the Preacher) all is but playne vanite.

² Wherfore do ye laye oute youre moneye, for the thing that fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thynge that satisfyed you not. But herken rather vnto me, & ye shall eate of the beste, & youre soule shall haue her pleasure in plentuousnes.

¹⁷ Neuertheles, as for thyne eyes & thine herte, they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shede innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.

²⁹ This saye I brethren the tyme is short. It remaineth that they which haue wiues, be as though they had none, ³⁰ and they that wepe be as though they wept not, and they that reioyse be as though they reioysed not: & they that bye, be as though they possessed not: ³¹ and they that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed it not. For the fashion of this world goeth away.

¹⁷ Charge them that are ryche in this worlde shal they be not exceadyng wyse, and that they truste not in the vncertayne ryches, but in the lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly al thynges to enioy them,

¹ Go to nowe ye ryche men. Weepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world (as the luste of the fleshe, the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of goodes) is not of the father, but of the world.

⁹ And beware that there be not a poynt of Belial in thine hert, that thou wouldest say. The seuenth yere, the yere of fredome is at hand, & therfore it greues the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest hym nought & he then cry vnto the Lord againste the, and it be synne vnto the:

⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender & delycate among you that she dare not aduenture to sett the sole of her foote vpon the grounde for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greued to loke on the husbande that lyeth in her bosome and on her sonne & on her daughter:

⁹ A louing eie shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bread vnto the pore.

³ be not ouer gredye of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth

²² He that wyll be ritch all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouertye shall come vpon him.

⁸ But Daniel was at a poynte wyth hym self, that he wolde not be defyled thorowe the kynges meate, nor the wyne whiche he droncke. And this he desyred of the chefe Chamberlaine, leste he shulde defyle hym selfe. ⁹ So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before the chefe chamberlayne, ¹⁰ that he said vnto hym: I am afraied of my Lorde the kynge, whiche hath appoynted you youre meate & drinck: lest he spye your faces to be worse lykyng then the other springaldes of youre age, and so ye shall make me lose my head vnto the kynge.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me lusteth with myne owne? Is thyne eye euel because I am good?

²² theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, deceyte: vncleanenesse and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, folishenes:

¹⁵ Then she sayd vnto him: How canst thou say that thou louest me, when thyne hert is not with me: for thou hast mocked me this thre tymes, and haste not tolde, wherin thy great strength lyeth.

²⁶ Then sayd Absalom: then let my brother Amnon go wyth vs. And the kynge aunswered what nedeth it that he go with the ²⁷ But Absalom made such instaunce that he let Amnon go wyth hym, & al the kynges chyldren. 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.

² Euery man telleth lyes too his neyghbour, they do but flatter with their lyppes and dissemble in their herte.

²¹ Their mouthes are softer then butter, & yet haue they battayll in theyr mynde: theyr wordes are smoother then oyle, and yet be they very swerdes.

²² It is a mans worship to do good & better it is to be a poore man, then dissembler.

²⁷ These two kinges shalbe mynded to do myschefe, and talke of disceyte at one table, but they shall not prospere: for why, the ende shal not come yet, vnto the tyme appoynted.

³ And beholde certayne of the scribes sayd in them selues, thys man blasphemeth. ⁴ And when Iesus sawe theyr thoughtes, he sayed: wherfor thinke ye euill in your hertes?

³⁹ When the pharysey which bade him, sawe that he speake within him selfe saiyng. If this man were a Prophete, he woulde surely haue knowen who and what maner woman this is which toucheth him, for she is a synner.

³⁷ And as he spake, a certayne Pharisey besought hym to done with hym, and he wente in, & sat doune. ³⁸ When the Pharisei sawe that he marueyled that he had not fyrste weshed before dyner. ³⁹ And the Lorde sayde to hym: Now do ye pharyses make cleane the outsyde of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parties are full of rauenyng and wickednes. ⁴⁰ Ye foles, dyd not he that made that which is without: make that whiche is within also? ⁴¹ Neuerthelesse geue almose of that ye haue, and beholde all is cleane to you. ⁴² But wo be to you Pharyses: for the tyth the mint and rew, and al maner herbes, and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God. These ought ye to haue lefte the other vndone. ⁴³ Wo be to you Pharises, for ye loue the vppermost seates in the synagoges, and gretynges in the markettes. ⁴⁴ Wo be to you scribes and pharyses, hypocrites, for ye are as graues which appere not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them. ⁴⁵ Then aunswered one of the lawyers, and sayed vnto hym: Mayster, thus saiyng, thou puttest vs to rebuke also. ⁴⁶ Then he sayde: Wo be to you also ye lawyars, for ye lade men wt burthens greuous to be borne, and ye youre selues touche not the packes with one of your fyngers. ⁴⁷ Wo be to you: ye buylde the sepulchres of of the Prophetes, and youre fathers kylled them, ⁴⁸ truelye ye beare witnes, that ye alowe the deedes of youre fathers: for they kylled them, and ye buylde theyr sepulchres. ⁴⁹ Therfore sayde the wysdome of God: I wyll send them Prophetes and Apostles, and of them they shall slea and persecute, ⁵⁰ that the bloude of all Prophetes which was shede from the beginnynge of the worlde, maye be requyred of thys generacion ⁵¹ from the bloude of Abell vnto the bloude of Zacharye, whiche peryshed betwene the aulter and the temple. Verelye I saye vnto you, it shalbe requyred of thys nacyon. ⁵² Wo be to you lawyers: for ye haue taken away the keye of knoweledge, ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbade. ⁵³ When he thus spake vnto them, the lawyers, and the Pharyses began to wexe busye aboute hym, and to stop hys mouthe with manye questyons, ⁵⁴ layinge wayte for hym, and sekynge to catche some thynge of hys mouthe, whereby they myghte accuse hym.

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

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth hym self dishonour: & he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth him self. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euel wil: but rebuke a wise man, & he wil loue the.

⁴ Geue not the foole an answere after hys folyshnesse, lest thou become lyke vnto hym: ⁵ but make the fole an answer to his folishnes, lest he be wise in his own conceat.

²¹ Vnto this Hezekiahs messaungers helde their tunges, & answered not one worde: for the Kyng had charged them, that they shulde geue hym none answere.

⁶ Geue not that whiche is holye, to dogges nether cast ye your pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder theyr feete, and the other tourne agayne and al to rent you.

¹⁴ All these thynges hearde the phariseis also which were couetous, and they mocked hym.

⁵² Then sayed the Iewes to hym. Nowe knowe we that thou haste the deuyll. Abraham is dead, and also the Prophetes, and yet thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saiynges he shall neuer tast of death.

³⁰ The man aunswered, and sayd vnto them: Thys is a merueylous thynge, that ye wote not whence he is, seyng he hath opened myne eyes. ³¹ For we be sure that God heareth not synners. But yf any man be a worshypper of God, and do hys wyl, hym heareth he. ³² Sence the worlde began: was it not hearde that any man opened the eies of one that was borne blynde. ³³ If thys man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothynge. ³⁴ They answered, and sayde vnto hym: thou arte all together borne in synne, and doest thou teach vs? And they cast hym oute.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharises whiche were with him, hearde these wordes, and sayde vnto hym: are we then blynde?

²⁰ & many of them sayd: he hath the deuil, and is madde: why heare ye hym?

⁴⁵ When the Iewes saw the people, they were ful of indignacyon & spake agaynste those thynges, whiche were spoken of Paule, speakynge agaynst it, and railynge on it. ⁴⁶ Then Paule and Barnabas wexed bolde, and sayed: it was mete that the worde of God shoulde fyrste haue ben preached to you. But seynge, ye put it from you, and thynke youre selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe: lo, we turne to the gentyls:

¹⁸ Certayne Philosophers of the Epicures and of the Stoickes, disputed with him. And some there were, whiche sayed. What wyll this babler saye? Other said he semeth to be a tydynges brynger of newe deuyls, because he preached vnto them Iesus and the resurreccyon.

³² When they hearde of the resurreccion from death, some mocked, and other sayd: we wyll heare the agayne of thys matter,

²⁵ When they agreed not amonge them selues, they departed, after that Paule had spoken one word: Welspake the holy ghoste by Esay the prophet vnto youre fathers, saiyng: go vnto thys people, ²⁶ and saye: wyth youre eares shall ye heare, & shall not vnderstande: and wyth youre eies shal ye se and shall not perceiue. ²⁷ For the hert of this people is waxed grosse and their eares were thicke of hearinge, and theyr eyes haue they closed: lest they should se with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their hertes, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them. ²⁸ Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sente to the gentyls, and they shall heare it.

²¹ Hath not God made the wysdome of thys worlde folyshnes? For when the world thorough wysdome knewe not God, in the wisdom of God, it pleased God thorough folishnes of preachynge to saue them that beleue. ²² For the Iewes require a signe, and the Grekes seke after wisdom. ²³ But we preache Christe crucifyed vnto the Iewes an occasion of fallinge, and vnto the Grekes folishnes, ²⁴ but vnto them, whiche are called both of Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God, and the wisdome of God.

¹⁰ We are foles for Christes sake and ye are wise thorow Christe. We are weake, and ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Euen vnto this daye we honger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted wyth fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, ¹² and labour workinge wyth oure handes. We are reuiled, & yet we blesse. We are persecuted and suffer it. ¹³ We are euyl spoken of and we pray. We are made as it were the filthines of the worlde, the ofscowring of all thynges, euen vnto this time.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghboures mark whych they of olde tyme haue sett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enherettest in the lande whihe the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it.

¹⁷ Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marcke and all the people shall saye Amen.

²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, & go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende.

⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes away emptye and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.

² For some men there be, that remoue other mens landemarkes, that robbe them of their catell, and kepe the same for their owne: ³ that driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, that take the wyddowes oxe for a pledge:

⁹ They spoyle the sucking fatherlesse children and put the dore in preson.

²¹ Dyd I euer lyfce vp my hande to hurte the fatherlesse? yea in the gate where I sawe my selfe to be in auctoryte: ²² then let myne arme fall from my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the yoyutes. ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce & punishement of God, & knew very wel, that I was no able to beare his burthen.

⁶ They murthur the wydowe & the straunger, and put the fatherlesse to death.

²⁸ Thou shalte not remoue the lande marke, which thy fore elders haue sette.

⁵ For yf ye wyll amende youre wayes & councels, yf ye wyll iudge righte betwixte a man and hys neyghboure:

³ Thus the Lorde commaundeth: kepe equyte and ryghtuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed from the power of the violent: do not greue ner opppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, and shede no innocent bloude in this place.

¹⁰ Do the widdow, the fatherlesse, the straunger, and poore no wronge: and let no man ymagen euil against his brother in his hert.

⁵ I wil come and punish you, and I my selfe will be a swyf wytnes against the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynste false swearers: yea, and agaynst those, that wrongeouslye kepe backe the hyrelinges dewtye: which vexe the widdowes and the fatherlesse and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the Lord of Hostes.

²⁷ Pure deuocyon and vndefyled before God the father is thys: to visite the fatherlesse and wyddowes in theyr aduersitye, and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

²² Ye shal trouble no widdowe nor fatherlesse chylde: ²³ If ye shall trouble them: they shall crye vnto me, and I wyll surelye heare their crye ²⁴ and then wyl my wrath waxe hote and I wyl kil you with the sweard, and your wiues shalbe widdowes and your chyldren fatherlesse.

¹⁹ Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger, fatherlesse and wydowe, and all the people shall saye Amen.

²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer liueth & that I shal ryse out of the earth in the latter day:

⁵ Now for the troubles sake of the oppressed, and because of the complainte of the poore I will vp (sayeth the Lord) I wil helpe them, & set them at rest.

²³ for the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do vyolence vnto them that haue vsed vyolence.

³³ Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes: The chyldren of Israell & Iuda suffre violence together. Al they that haue them in captyuyte, kepe them faste, and wyll not let them go: ³⁴ but theyr auenger & redemer is myghtye, whose name is the Lorde of hostes: he shal maintayne theyr cause, he shall make the lande shake, and iudge them that dwell therein, one wyth another.

³⁶ Therfore thus sayth the Lorde: Beholde, I wyll defende thy cause, and auenge the: I wil dryncke vp her sea, and drye vp her water springes.

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.

¹ O my sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, and bow thyne eare vnto my prudence: ² that thou mayest regarde good councel, and that thy lyppes may kepe nourtoure.

¹⁷ My sonne, bow down thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysdome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne:

¹⁹ My sone, geue eare and be wise, so shal thine herte prospere in the way.

³¹ These come vnto the, after the maner of a great people: yea my people syt doune before the, and heare thy wordes, but they do not there after: for in theyr mouthes they shewe them selues, as though they were feruent, but their herte goeth after theyr owne couetous lucre.

⁵² Then sayd he vnto them. Therfore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen is lyke an housholder, whiche bringeth forth, out of his treasur, thinges both new & old.

²¹ Wherfore laye a parte all fylthynes, all superfluytye of malycyousnes, and receyue wyth mekenes the worde that is grafted in you, whiche is able to saue your soules. ²² And se that ye be doars of the worde & not hearers onely, deceyuyng your owne selues wyth sophystrye. ²³ For yf any heare the word, and do it not, he is lyke vnto a man that beholdeth his bodly face in a glasse. ²⁴ For assone as he hath loked on hym selfe, he goeth hys waye, and forgetteth immediatly what hys fashyon was. ²⁵ But who so loketh in the perfecte lawe of lybertye, and contynueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shall be happye in hys dede.

²⁴ He that spareth the rod, hateth hys son: but who so loueth hym, holdeth hym euer in nurtoure.

¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope, but let not thy soule be moued to sleye hym.

¹⁵ The rod and correction myuister wysdome, but if a chylde be not loked vnto, he bringeth his mother to shame.

¹⁷ Nurtour thy sonne with correction, and he shall comforte the, yea he shall do the good at thyne herte.

¹⁵ Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of the lad, but the rod of correccion dryueth it awaye.

⁵ be delyuered vnto Sathan, for the destruccion of the fleshe, that the spirite maye be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus.

³² But when we are iudged of the Lorde, we are chastened, because we shoulde not be dampued wyth the worlde.

¹⁰ My sonne, consent not vnto sinners,

¹ My sonne, if thou wilt receyue my wordes, & kepe my commaundementes by the,

¹ Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome.

¹ The Parables of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuinesse of hys mother.

²⁰ A wyse son maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth hys mother.

²⁴ (for a rightuous father is maruelous glad of a wyse son, and deliteth in him) ²⁵ so shal thy father be glad, & thy mother that bare the shal reioyse.

³ Who so loueth wysdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth harlottes, spendeth away that he hath.

⁴¹ Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faythfully to plante them in this lande, with my whole herte, and with al my soule.

¹⁷ for the Lorde thy GOD is with the, it is he that hath power to saue: he hath a specyall pleasure in the, & a maruelous loue towarde the: yea, he reioyseth ouer the wyth gladnesse.

² And, lo thei brought to him a man sycke of the palsye, lyinge in his bedde. And when Iesus sawe the faith of them he said to the sick of the palsie sonne be of good chere, thy sinnes be forgeuen the.

²³ And brynge hyther the fatted caulfe and kyll hym, and let vs eate and be merye: ²⁴ for thys my sonne was dead, and is alyue agayne, he was lost and is nowe founde. And they beganne to be mery.

³² It was mete that we shoulde make merye, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is aliue again and was loste, and is founde.

¹¹ These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye myght remayne in you, and that youre ioye myght be full.

⁵ Iesus sayd vnto them: syre, haue ye anye meate? They aunswered him: no.

¹⁹ For what is oure hope or ioye, or crowne of reioysynge: are not ye it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at hys coming? ²⁰ yes ye are our glory and ioye.

⁸ For nowe are we alyue, yf ye stande stedfast in the Lorde. ⁹ For what thankes can we recompence to God again for you, ouer al the ioy that we ioy for your sakes before oure God

¹ My lytle chyldren, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye sinne not, yf anye man synne, yet we haue an aduocate with the father, Iesus Christe, whiche is rightuouse,

⁴ I reioysed greatly, that I founde of thy children walking in trueth, as we haue receiued a commaundemente of the father.

³ I reioysed greatly, when the brethren came and testifyed of the trueth that is in the, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioye, then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritye.

⁶ Geue eare, for I will speake of great matters, and open my lyppes to tell thinges that be right.

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.

⁴ neyther fylthynes, neyther folyshe talkinge, neither gestinge whiche are not comely: but rather geuinge of thankes.

⁴ that I maye vtter it, as it becometh me to speake.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe at the vngodly be not thou enuious agaynst the euel doers. ² For they shall soone be cutte doune lyke the grasse, & be wythered euen as the grene herbe. ³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, and be doyng good: so shalt thou dwel in the lande, & verely it shall fede the.

³ And why? I was greued at the wicked, to se the vngodly in suche prosperitie. ⁴ For they are in no parell of deathe, but stande fast lyke a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune lyke other folke, neither are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, and ouerwhelmed with crueltie & vnrighteousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wysdome, a good vnderstandyng haue al they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

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

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord then great tresure, for they are not without sorowe.

¹ Be not thou gelous ouer wycked men, and desyre not thou to be among them.

¹⁴ Well is hym that standeth alwaye in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his hert, he shall fal into myschyefe.

⁷ And why? where as are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuerse vanities: but loke that thou feare God.

¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes, For that toucheth al men: ¹⁴ For God shal iudge all workes and secrete thynges, whether they be good or euell.

³¹ Then had the congregations reste thorowe out all Iewry and Galile and Samarie, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, and multiplied by the confort of the holy ghoste.

¹ Seynge that we haue such promyses dearely beloued, let vs cleanse oure selues from al fylthynesse of the fleshe & spyrite, and grow vp to full holynesse in the feare of God.

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, whiche wythout respecte of person, iudgeth accordynge to euery mannes workes se that ye passe the tyme of youre pylgrymage in feare.

¹⁸ But the poore shall not all waye be oute of remembraunce, the pacyent abydynge of suche as be in trouble shall not peryshe for euer.

³⁷ Kepe innocency, and take hede vnto the thynge that is ryghte, for that shall brynge a man peace at the last.

¹⁴ Euen so shall the knowledge of wysedome be vnto thy soule, as soone as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope, yea thy hope shall not be in vanyte.

²⁰ And why? the wycked hath nothyng to hope for, and the candle of the vngodly shal be put oute.

¹¹ For I knowe what I haue deuysed for you sayeth the Lorde. My thoughtes are to geue you peace, and not trouble (whiche I geue you all redye) & that ye might haue hope agayn.

²⁵ But Abraham sayd vnto hym. Sonne, remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receyuedest thy pleasure, and contrarywyse Lazarus payne. Nowe therfore is he conforted, and thou arte punyshed.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those thynges, where of ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of those thynges is deathe. ²² But nowe are ye deliuered from synne, and made the seruauntes of God, and haue youre fruyte that ye shoulde be sanctified, & the ende euerlastynge lyfe.

²⁰ as I hertely loke for and hope that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed, but that wyth all confydence as alwayes in tymes paste, euen so nowe Christe shall be magnyfyed in my bodye, whether it be thorowe lyfe, or else death.

³⁵ Caste not awaye therfore youre confidence whiche hath great reward to recompence.

¹⁰ Heare my sone, and receyue my wordes, that the yeares of thy lyfe maye be many. ¹¹ I wyll shewe the, the waye of wysdome, and leade the in the ryght pathes, ¹² So that if thou goost therin, ther shall not straytenesse hynder the and when thou runnest thou shalte not fall, ¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy lyfe. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wycked. ¹⁵ Eschue it, and go not therein: departe a syde, and passe ouer by it. ¹⁶ For they can not slepe, except they haue first done some myschefe: neither take they anye rest, except they haue fyrst done some harme ¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and dryncke the wyne of robberye. ¹⁸ The path of the ryghtuous shyneth as the lyghte, and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfecte daye. ¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware. ²⁰ My sonne, marcke my words, and encline thyne eare vnto my saiynges. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte. ²² For they are lyfe vnto all those that fynde them, and health vnto all their bodyes. ²³ Kepe thyne herte wyth all dilygence, for there vpon hangeth lyfe.

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise.

⁶ Forsake ignoraunce, & ye shall lyue: & se that ye go in the way of vnderstandinge.

¹² Applie thine herte vnto learning, and thine eare to the words of knowledge.

²⁶ My sonne, geue thyne hert, & let thyne eies haue pleasure in my wayes.

¹ Wine is a volupteous thynge, & dronckennes causeth sedicion: who so deliteth therin, shal neuer be wyse.

²⁹ Wher is wo? wher is sorow? where is strife? where is brauling? wher are wounds without cause? wher be reed eies? ³⁰ Euen among those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redde it is, & what a coloure it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the laste it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth, as an Adder. ³³ So shall thyne eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, and thyne herte shal muse vpon froward thyngs. ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as thoughe thou sleptest in the middest of that sea, or vpon the toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalte thou say) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well wakened, I will go to the dryncke agayne.

⁷ Who so kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstandynge: but he that fedeth ryotous men shameth hys father.

⁶ Geue strong drinke vnto suche as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those that mourne: ⁷ that they may drinke it, & forget their misery and aduersitie.

¹¹ Wo be vnto them that ryse vp earlye to vse them selues in dronkennes, & yet at nyght are more superfluous wyth wyne.

²² Wo be vnto them, that are connynge men to suppe oute wyne, and experte to set vp dronckennesse.

¹³ But they to fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaughter oxen: they kyll shepe, they eate costly meate, and drincke wyne, let vs eate and drincke, to morow we shall dye.

⁴⁹ and begynne to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and to drinke with the dronken:

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.

¹⁹ There was a certayne ryche man, whiche was clothed in purple and fyne bysse, & fared delyciously euery daye,

¹³ Let vs walke honestlye as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge and drynkynge: neyther in chamburynge and wantonnes, neyther in stryfe & enuiynge:

¹⁸ and be not drounke wt wyne. wherin is excesse, but be fulfylled wyth the spirite,

³ For it is sufficient for vs, that we haue spent the time that is past of the lyfe, after the wil of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, dronckennes, in eatinge, drinkinge & in abominable Idolatrie. 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,

²⁰ & say vnto the elders of the citie, This our sonne is stubburne and dysobedient and wyl not herken vnto oure voyce, he is a ryoter and a dronckarde.

⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bringeth slepe, & an ydel soule shall suffer hunger.

¹⁷ He that hath pleasure in banckettes, shalbe a poore man: Who so deliteth in wyne and delicates, shall not be ryche.

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.

¹ Wo be to the croune of pryde, to the droncken Ephraemytes, & to the faydynge floure, to the glorye of hys pompe, that is vpon the toppe of the plenteous valleye: whiche men be ouerladen with wine. ² Beholde, the strength and power of the Lord shall breake into the lande on euerye syde, like a tempest of hayle, that beareth doune strong holdes, and lyke an horryble, myghty & ouerflowynge water. ³ And the proude croune of the droncken Ephraemytes, shalbe troden vnder fote.

⁵ Wake vp ye dronkardes, & wepe: mourne all ye wynesuppers, because of youre swete wyne, for it shall be taken away from your mouth.

¹¹ But nowe I writte vnto you, that ye companye not together, if anie that is called a brother be a fornicatour, or couetous, or a worshiper of ymages, eyther a raylar, either a drounkard, or an extorcionar: with him that is such, se that ye eate not.

¹⁰ neither theues, neythe couetous, neither dronkardes, neither cursed speakers, neither pyllars, shall inherete the kyngedome of God.

²¹ enuiynge, murther, drounkennes, glottonye, and suche lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tymes past, that they whiche commytte suche thynges shall not enheryte the kingdome of God.

³ Se that ye feare euery man hys father and hys mother, and that ye kepe my Sabothes, for I am the Lord youre God.

¹⁸ Yf any man haue a sonne that is stubburne & disobedient, that he wyl not herken vnto the voyce of hys father & voyce of his mother, & they haue taught him nurtour, but he wolde not herken vnto them: ¹⁹ Then let his father & his mother take him and bring him out vnto the elders of that citie and vnto the gate of that same place, ²⁰ & say vnto the elders of the citie, This our sonne is stubburne and dysobedient and wyl not herken vnto oure voyce, he is a ryoter and a dronckarde. ²¹ Then let al the men of that citie stone him with stons vnto death And thou shalt put euell awaye from the, & all Israel shall heare & feare.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth hys father or his mother, and all the people shall saye Amen.

⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

²⁰ My son kepe thy fathers commandementes, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

¹¹ He that bringeth vp an euell reporte vpon the generacion of hys father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth hys father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naughte: the rauens pycke out hys eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yonge Aegles.

⁴ For God commaunded saying: honoure thy father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother shall suffre death. ⁵ But ye saye, euery man shal say to hys father or mother: that which thou desirest of me to helpe the with: is geuen to God, ⁶ and so shall he not honour hys father or mother. And thus haue ye made, that the commaundement of God is without effecte, thorow your tradicions.

¹⁰ For Moyses sayd: Honour thy father and thy mother: and whosoeuer curseth father or mother, let him dye for it.

²⁶ When Iesus sawe his mother, and the discyple standyng whome he loued, he sayed vnto his mother: woman beholde thy sonne. ²⁷ Then sayed he to the discyple: beholde thy mother. And from that houre the discyple toke her for hys owne.

¹ Chyldren obeye youre fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for so is it ryght. ² Honoure thy father and mother, that is the fyrst commaundemente that hath anye promes,

¹² Howe commeth a man then by wysedome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstandinge? ¹³ Verely no man can tell howe worthy a thynge she is, neither is she found in the land of the liuinge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The sea sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fine gould, neither may the pryce of her be bought with any money. ¹⁶ No wedges of goulde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, neyther goulde, nor Christal, neyther swete odoures, nor golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellent, as ones to be named vnto her: for perfecte wisedome goeth farre beyonde them al. ¹⁹ The Topas that commeth out of Iude, may in no wise be lykened vnto her: yea no maner of apparel howe pleasaunt and fayre soeuer it be.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is dearer vnto me, then thousandes of golde and siluer.

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

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 Get the wysdome, get the vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth, & shrinke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, she shall preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge.

¹⁶ To haue wysdome in possesstion is better then gold, & to get vnderstanding is more worth then siluer.

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

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstanding

¹ Come to the waters all ye, that be thurstye, & ye that haue no money. Come, bye, that ye maye haue to eate. Come bye wine & mylcke, without any money or money worth.

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.

⁴⁶ whyche when he had founde one precious pearle, went and solde all that he hadde, and bought it.

²⁶ What shall it proffet a man though he shoulde wynne al the whole world if he loose hys awne soule? Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne withall?

²³ but that the holy ghost wytnesseth in euerye citie, saiynge: that bondes and trouble abyde me.

⁷ But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me. I counted losse for Christes sake. ⁸ Yea I thinke al thinges but losse for that excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesu my Lord. For whom I haue counted al thinges losse, and do iudge them but dounge, that I myght wynne Christe,

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater ryches then the treasure of Egypte. For he had respect vnto the reward.

¹⁸ I counsel the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be ryche, and whyte raymente, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthye nakednes do not appere, & annointe thine eyes wyth eye salue, that thou maiest se.

¹¹ And they ouercame hym by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of theyr testimony, and they loued not theyr liues vnto the death.

⁴⁸ And last of all thus sayde the kinge: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche hath made one to sytte on my seate thys daye, euen myne eyes seinge it.

¹ When the dayes of Dauid were draune nye, that he should dye, he charged Salomon his sonne sayinge: ² I must walke by the way of all the world, neuerthelater be thou strong and quyte thy self manfully, ³ and se that thou kepe thy appointment of the Lorde thy God, that thou walke in his waies and kepe his commaundementes, ordinaunce, lawes and testimonies, euen as it is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayest vnderstand al that thou oughtest to do, and al that thou shouldest medyll wyth.

⁹ But pardon thou him not. Thou art a man of wysdome and shalt know what to do to him, se therfore that thou brynge hys horre head to the graue wyth bloude.

¹⁵ My son, if thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shal reioyce ¹⁶ yea my reines shalbe very gladde, if thy lyppes speake the thynge that is ryght.

¹⁹ for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse man or afole? And yet shall he be lorde of al my laboures, which I wyth suche wysdome haue taken vnder the Sunne. Is not this a vayne thynge.

⁹ yet for loues sake I rather beseche the, thoughe I be as I am euen Paule aged, and now in bondes for Iesu Christes sake.

²⁰ Euen so brother, let me enioye the in the Lorde. Comforte my bowelles in the Lord.

⁹ And Ieabes was nobler then hys brethren. And his mother called his name Ieabes saying: because I bare him with sorow. ¹⁰ But Ieabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou shalt blesse me, & enlarge my costes, and shalt let thyne hand be wyth me, & wylt kepe me from euyll that it vexe me not. And God sent hym hys desyre.

²⁵ An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, & an heuynesse vnto hys mother that bare him

³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceyue in thy wombe & shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus. ³² He shalbe greate, and shalbe called the sonne of the hiest. And the Lorde God shal geue to hym the seat of his father Dauid, ³³ and he shall raigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, & of his kingdome shall be no ende.

⁴⁰ and entred into the house of Zachary, and saluted Elisabeth. ⁴¹ And it fortuned as Elysabeth hearde the salutacion of Marye, the babe spronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was fylled with the holye ghost, ⁴² and cryed wyth a loude voice, and sayde: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the frute of thy wombe. ⁴³ And whence happeneth this to me that the mother of my Lorde shoulde come to me? ⁴⁴ For lo, assone as the voice of thy salutacion sounded in myne eares, the babe sprange in my bellye for ioye. ⁴⁵ And blessed art thou that beleuedest: for those thinges shall be performed, whiche were tolde the from the Lorde. ⁴⁶ And Marye sayde: My soule magnifyed the Lorde. ⁴⁷ And my sprete reioyceth in God my sauiour.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her cosyne harde tell howe the Lorde had shewed great mercye vpon her, And they reioyceth with her.

²⁷ And it fortuned as he spake those thinges, a certayne woman of the companye lyft vp her voyce, and sayde vnto hym: Happy is the wombe that bare the, and the pappes whiche gaue the sucke. ²⁸ But he sayde: Yea, happye are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.

⁵ and thou shalt loue the lorde thy God wyth al thine hert, with all thy soule & wyth al thy myght.

⁴³ Who so is wyse, & pondreth these thynges well, shal vnderstande the louyng kyndnesses of the Lorde.

² Blessed are they that kepe hys testimonies, and seke him with their whole herte.

⁹ Beth. Where withall shall a yonge man clense his waye? Euen by rulynge hym selfe after thy worde. ¹⁰ Wyth my whole herte do I seke the, O let me not go wronge out of thy commaundementes. ¹¹ Thy wordes haue I hyd wythin my hert that I should not synne against the.

¹ O my sonne, forget not my law but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes.

⁴ he taughte me also, saiyng: Let thyne herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

²³ Kepe thyne herte wyth all dilygence, for there vpon hangeth lyfe.

²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde the thinge that is righte, and let thine eye liddes loke straight before the. ²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, so shal al thy waies be sure. ²⁷ Turne not a side, neither to the righte hande ner to the lefte, but withholde thy fote from euel.

⁹ Who so is wyse, shall vnderstande thys: & he that is ryght instructe, wyll regarde it. For the wayes of the Lorde are ryghteous, suche as be Godlye wil walcke in them: As for the wicked, they wyll stomble therin.

³⁷ He that loueth hys father, or mother more then me, is not mete for me. And he that loueth hys sonne or doughter more then me, is not mete for me. ³⁸ And he that taketh not hys crosse & foloweth me, is not mete for me.

²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren and brethren & systers, moreouer and hys owne lyfe, he can not be my disciple.

¹⁴ For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, yf one be dead, for all that then are all dead, ¹⁵ and that he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym, whiche dyed for them, and rose agayne.

⁵ And thys they dyd, not as we loked for: but gaue theyr owne selues fyrste to the Lorde, and after vnto vs by the wyl of God:

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hertes by fayth, that ye beinge roted and grounded in loue,

¹⁹ We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesye, whervnto yf ye take hede, as vnto a light, that shineth in a darcke place, ye do wel vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes.

¹⁴ The mouth of an harlot is a depe pyt, wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye wyth all.

¹ And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whoredome wyth the daughters of Moab,

⁴ And after that he loued a woman, vpon the ryuer of Sorek, called Dalilah, ⁵ vnto whom came the Lordes of the Philistines, and sayd vnto her: Flatter wyth hym and se wherin hys greate strength lyeth, and by what meane we maye haue power ouer hym, that we may bynde hym, to brynge hym vnder, and we wyll geue euerye man eleuen hundred syluerlynges. ⁶ And Dalilah sayde to Samson. Oh, tell me where thy great strength lyeth, & yf thou were bounde, wherwith men might constraine the. ⁷ And Samson sayde vnto her. If men bounde me wyth seuen grene wyththes that were neuer dryed, I shoulde be weake and as another man. ⁸ And then the Lordes of the Philistines brought her seuen wyththes that were yet grene and neuer dried, and she bound him therwyth. ⁹ Notwythstandynge she had men lyinge in waite wyth her in the chambre. And she sayde vnto him, the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And he brake the cordes as a stryng of towe breaketh, when it fealeth fyre. And so his strength was not knowen. ¹⁰ Then sayde Dalilah to Samson: Se thou hast mocked me and tolde me lyes. Nowe yet tell me I praye the, wherwith thou mighteste be bounde. ¹¹ And he sayde: If I were bounde wyth newe ropes that neuer were occupyed, then shoulde I be weake, and as another man. ¹² And Dalilah toke newe ropes and bounde hym therwyth, and sayde vnto hym: the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And there were lyers of wayte in the chamber, and he brake them from of hys armes, as they had bene but a threde. ¹³ And Dalilah sayde vnto Samson, hetherto thou hast begyled me and tolde me lyes: I praye the yet tell me wherwyth men maye bynde the. And he sayde vnto her. If thou plattedest the seuen lockes of my head with an heare lace ¹⁴ and fastnedest them wyth a nayle. And she sayde vnto hym, the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And he awaked out of hys slepe, and plucked and went away wyth the nayle, that was in the plattyng and wyth the heare lace. ¹⁵ Then she sayd vnto him: How canst thou say that thou louest me, when thyne hert is not with me: for thou hast mocked me this thre tymes, and haste not tolde, wherin thy great strength lyeth. ¹⁶ And as she laye vpon him with her wordes, contynually vexinge of him, his soule was encombred euen vnto the death. ¹⁷ And he tolde her all his herte, and sayde vnto her: there neuer came raser nor sheres vpon myne head, for I haue bene and abstayner to God euen from my mothers wombe. If myne heare were cut of, my strength woulde go from me, and I shoulde waxe & be lyke all other men. ¹⁸ And when Dalilah sawe that he had tolde her all hys herte, she sent for the Phylystynes, sayinge: come vp yet thys ones, for he hath shewed me all hys herte. Then the Lordes of the Philistines came, and brought the money in their handes. ¹⁹ And she made hym slepe vpon her lappe, and sent for a man, and cut of the seuen lockes of hys head, and beganne to vexe hym. But hys strength was gone from hym. ²⁰ And she sayd the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And he awoke out of hys slepe, and thoughte to go oute as at other tymes before and shake hym selfe, and wiste not that the Lord was departed from hym. ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym and put out his eyes, and brought him doune to Gaza, and bounde hym wyth fetters And he was made to grynde in the pryson house, ²² how be it the heare of his head began to grow agayn, after that he was shorne.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the housbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel. ¹⁹ Al thei that go in vnto her, come not agayn, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.

¹² now is she without, now in the stretes, lurketh in euery corner,

²² Immediatly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter (& lyke as it were to the stockes, where foles are punyshed) ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: like as if a byrde hasted to the snare not knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lieth therupon. ²⁴ Heare me now therfore (O my sonne) and marke the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thyne herte wandre in her wayes, & be not thou disceyued in her pathes. ²⁶ For many one hath she wounded and cast doune yea, many a stronge man hath she slayne. ²⁷ Her house is the waye vnto hell, where men go doune into the chambers of death.

¹⁸ But they consyder not that death is there, and that her gestes go doune to hell.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterrer then death: for she is a very angle, her herte is a net, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the synner wil be taken wt her.

² Lyft vp thine eyes on euery side, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast wayted for them in stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorowe thy whordome and shameful blasphemies, is the lande defyled.

¹¹ Whordome, wine and drockennesse take the herte away.

⁸ Neyther let vs committe fornicacion as some of them committed fornycacyon, and were destroied in one day .xxiij. thousand.

¹ And there came one of the seuen angelles, which had the seuen vialls, and talked with me, saiynge vnto me, come I wil shew the, the iudgement of the great whore that sytteth vpon manye waters, ² wt whom haue committed fornicacion the kinges of the earth so that the inhabiters of the earth, are drounken wyth the wyne of her fornicacion.

¹² hys eyes are roudier than wyne, & his teeth whitter then mylke.

³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal: behold he helde a feaste in his house like the feast of a kynge, and Nabals herte was mery within him, and he was droncke a good. Wherfore she tolde hym naught nether lytle nor more, vntil to morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornynge, when the wyne was gone out of Nabal, hys wyfe tolde him those wordes, and hys herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone,

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.

¹⁶ And they went out at none when Benhadad was drinckynge stronge dryncke in the pauilions with the two and thyrtye kynges that holpe hym. ¹⁷ And the men of the shrifes of the shires went out fyrste. And Benhadad sent out, and they shewed him saying: there came men out e Samaria. ¹⁸ And he sayd: yf they come out of for peace, take them aliue. And also yf they come for warre take them yet alyue. ¹⁹ And when those men of the shrifes of the shires were come out of the citie and the host after them, they slue euery one of them his man. ²⁰ And the Siriens fled, and Israel folowed after them. And Benhadad the kinge of Siria scaped on a horsse with hys horsemen. ²¹ And the kinge of Israel went out and smote horsse and charet, & slue a great slaughter of the Sirians. ²² Then there came a Prophete to the kinge of Israel, and sayde to him: go forth and play the man, be wyse & take hede what thou doest for when the yeare is about, the kinge of Siria will come against the agayne.

²¹ for such as be dronkards & riotous shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to much slepe shall go wt a ragged cote.

⁷ But they go wronge by the reason of wyne, they fall and stacker because of stronge drincke. Yea euen the Priestes and Prophetes them selues go amysse, they are droncken with wyne, & weake brayned thorowe stronge drincke. They erre in seynge, and in iudgemente they fayle. ⁸ For all tables are so full of vomyte and fylthynes, that no place is cleane.

¹⁰ For lyke as the thornes that sticke together, and as the drye strawe, so shall the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full.

⁴⁹ and begynne to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and to drinke with the dronken: ⁵⁰ that seruauntes maister wyll come in a daye when he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

⁴⁵ But and yf the euyll seruaunte shall saye in hys herte. My mayster wyll deferre hys commynge, & shall begynne to smyte the seruauntes, & maydens and to eate and drynke and to be droncken: ⁴⁶ the lorde of that seruaunte wyll come in a daye when he thynketh not: and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll deuyde hym, & wyll geue hym hys rewarde with the vnbeleuers.

²¹ & dranke of the wyne & was droncke, and lay vncouered in the middest of hys tent.

⁸ For in the hand of the Lord ther is a cup full of strong wyne, and he poureth oute of the same: As for the dregges therof, al the vngodly of the earth shall dryncke them, and sucke them oute.

² she hath kylled her vitayles, poured out her wyne, & prepared her table.

⁶ ye that drincke wyne oute of goblettes, and annoynte youre selues with the best oyle, but no man is sorye for Iosephs hurte.

² And it chaunged in an euenynge that Dauid arose from hys couche & walked vpon the roufe of the kynges palace, & from the roufe sawe a very bewtyfull woman washing her selfe.

¹ Wherfore heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all, that I wyll saye:

³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, leste they behold vanite, and quycken me in thy way.

²⁵ that thou lust not after he beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be taken wt her fayre lokes.

²⁸ But I saye vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a wife, lustinge after her, hath committed adulterye with her alredy in his herte ²⁹ Wherfore if thy ryght eye offende the plucke him out, & cast him from the. Better it is for the that one of thy members perishe, then that thy whol body should be cast into hel. ³⁰ Also if thy right hand offende the, cut him of & cast him from the. Better it is that one of thy members perish, then that all thy body should be cast into hel.

⁴⁷ Euen so if thyne eye offende the, plucke him out. It is better for the to go into the kyngedome of God with one eye, then hauing two eies to be cast into hel fyre:

⁵ And the Egyptyans shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue stretched forthe my hande vpon Egypte, and haue brought out the children of Israel from among them. ⁶ Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them.

¹² And they cast down euery man hys rodde, & they turned to serpentes: but Aarons rod ate vp theyr roddes:

¹⁶ he shal sucke the serpentes head, & the adders tonge shal slaye hym:

¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods)

⁸ But he that dyggeth vp a pyt, shal fal therin hym self: & who so breaketh doune the hedge, a serpente shall byte hym.

³ And the proude croune of the droncken Ephraemytes, shalbe troden vnder fote.

⁵ They brede cockatrice egges, and weue the spyders webbe Who so eateth of their egges, dyeth. But yf one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent.

³¹ The Prophetes teache falsely, and the priestes folowe them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What wyll come thereof at the laste.

¹⁷ Moreouer, I will sende Cockatryces and serpentes amonge you (which wyl not be charmed) & they shall byte you, sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁹ Yea lyke as when a man runneth from a lyon, and a beer meteth with him: or when he commeth into the house, and leaneth hys hande vpon the wall, a serpent diteth hym.

³ though they hyde them selues vpon the toppe of Carmell, yet shall I seke them out, and brynge them from thence: Though they crepe downe from my syght into the depe of the sea, I shall commaunde the serpente, euen there to byte them.

²⁵ But Abraham sayd vnto hym. Sonne, remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receyuedest thy pleasure, and contrarywyse Lazarus payne. Nowe therfore is he conforted, and thou arte punyshed. ²⁶ Beyonde all thys, betwene you and vs there is a great space set, so that they whiche would go from hence to you can not, neyther maye come from thence to vs.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those thynges, where of ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of those thynges is deathe.

³² Come therfore, let vs geue our father wyne to dryncke, and let vs lye wt hym that we maye saue seed of oure father. ³³ And they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte. And the elder doughter went and laye with her father. And he perceyued it not, nether when she lay doune, nether when she rose vp. ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder sayd vnto the yonger: beholde yesternyght laye I with my father. Let vs geue him wyne to drynke this nyght also, and go thou and lye wyth hym, & let vs saue seed of oure father. ³⁵ And they gaue their father wyne to dryncke that nyght also. And the yonger arose & laye with hym: and he perceyued it not: nether when she lay doune, nether when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the doughters of Lot with chylde by their father. ³⁷ And the elder bare a sonne, and called hym Moab, whych is the father of the Moabytes vnto thys daye. ³⁸ And the yonger bare a sonne, & called hym Ben Ammi, whyche is the father of the chyldren of Ammon vnto thys daye.

¹² They that sate in the gate, spake agaynste me, & the dronkardes made songes vpon me.

¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, & from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges

⁵ lest they beyng dronken forget the law, & regarde not the cause of the poore, and of al such as be in aduersite.

⁴ They droncke wyne, and praysed theyr Idoles of golde, syluer, copper, yron woodde and stone.

⁵ Euen so goeth it thys day with oure kinges & princes, for they beginne to be wodde droncken thorowe wine, they vse familarite with suche as disceyue him.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kyndnes feast together, wythoute feare, fedyng themselues. Cloudes they are wythout water, caryed aboute of wyndes, and trees wythout frute at gatherynge tyme, twyse dead & plucked vp by rotes. ¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the sea, fomyng out theyr owne shame. They are wandryng starres to whome is reserued the myste of darcknes for euer.

⁸ Wyth the breth of thyne anger the water gathered to gether and the floddes stode styl as a rocke, and the depe water congeled to gether in the myddest of the sea.

³³ And blessed be thy behaueoure, and blessed be thou whyche hast kept me this daye from coming to shed bloud and from aduenging my selfe with mine own hande. ³⁴ For in very dede as sure as the Lorde God of Israel liueth whiche hath kept me backe from hurting the, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, there hath not bene lefte Nabal by the dauninge of the daye, a pysser against the wall. ³⁵ And so Dauid receyued of her hand that she brought hym, and sayde to her: go in peace to thine house. And se I haue obeyed thy voyce, and haue receyued the to grace. ³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal: behold he helde a feaste in his house like the feast of a kynge, and Nabals herte was mery within him, and he was droncke a good. Wherfore she tolde hym naught nether lytle nor more, vntil to morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornynge, when the wyne was gone out of Nabal, hys wyfe tolde him those wordes, and hys herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and vpon a ten dayes after the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed.

¹⁶ And when he had brought hym, se, they laie skatered all abroade vpon the earth, eatyng and dryncking and triumphing ouer all the great pray that they had caryed awaye out of the lande of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iuda. ¹⁷ And Dauid layde vpon them from the twylyght vntyll the euen on the morow: so that there escaped not a man, saue foure hundre a young men, whyche rodde awaye vpon cameles and fledde.

⁹ And hys seruaunt Zamri captayn of halfe his charettes, conspyred against him, as he was in Therzah drinkynge of strouge dryncke, in the house of Arza stuard of his house in Therzah.

³⁸ For as in the dayes before the floude, they did eate & drinke, mary and were maried, euen vnto the daye that Noe entred into the shippe,

²⁷ They ate, they dranke, they maryed wyues, and were maryed euen vnto the same daye that Noe wente into the arke, and the floude came & destroyed them all. ²⁸ Lykewyse also, as it chaunsed in the dayes of Lot. They ate, they dranke they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylte. ²⁹ And euen the same daye that Lot went out of Zodome, it rayned fyre and brymstone from heauen, and destroyed them.

² for ye youre selues knowe perfectly that the daie of the Lorde shall come euen as a thefe in the nyght. ³ When they shal say peace and no daunger, then commeth on them soden destruccion, as the trauaylynge of a woman wyth chyld, and they shal not escape. ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darckenes, that that daye shoulde come on you as it were a thefe. ⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght and the chyldren of the daye. We are not of the nyghte neither of darckenes. ⁶ Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watche & be sober. ⁷ For they that slepe, slepe in the nyght: and they that be droncken, are droncken in the nyght.

¹⁹ so that when he heareth the wordes of this curse, he blesse him self in his hert saying: I shall haue peace. I wyll therfore worke after the luste of myne owne hert, that the droncken may perysh with the thyrstye.

¹¹ Lyke as the dogge turueth agayne to hys vomyte, euen so a foole beginneth hys folishnesse agayne a fresh.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole wyth a pestell in morter like otemel, yet wyll not his folyshnesse go from hym.

¹² Come (saye they) I wil fetche wyne, so shall we fyll oure selues, that we maye be droncken. And to morowe, lyke as to daye, yea and much more.

³ Where as thou (O Lorde) lokest only vpon faythe and truthe. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast correcte them for amendement, but they refused thy correccion. They made their faces harder then a stone, and woulde not amende.

¹⁸ Moreouer I hearde Ephraim, that was led awaye captyue, complayne on thys maner: O Lorde, thou haste correcte me, and thy chastening haue I receyued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted, for thou arte my Lorde God:

³² That I haue fought wyth beastes at Ephesus, after the maner of men what auauntageth it me, yf the dead rise not againe? Let vs eate and drincke, to morowe we shall dye. ³³ Be not deceiued: malicious speakinges corrupte good maners. ³⁴ Awake truelye out of slepe and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this vnto you: rebuke.

¹⁹ whiche beyng paste repentaunce, haue geuen them selues vnto wantonnes, to worke al maner of vncleanes, euen wyth gredines.

²² It is happened to them accordinge to the true prouerbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet againe, and the sowe that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.