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<P>The Pro|phete
I&s;aye / tran&s;lated into
engly&s;&s;he / by Ge|orge
Ioye</P>
<P>My &s;hepe heare my voyce.
(&s;aith Chri&s;te) Ioan. x</P>
<P>Euery man that is of y^e tru|the
hearethe my voy|ce.
Ioa~. xviij.</P>
<P>De&s;py&s;e not the doctrine a~d
warninge of the Pro|phete
of God.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="prologue">
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<HEAD>&para;A Prologe into y^e Prophe|te
I&s;aye.</HEAD>
<P>_THis is the boke of y^e &s;ainges
&amp; actes of y^e prophete I&s;aye
chefi&s;t of al prophets / as co~+cerninge
y^e office of ouer&s;ein+ge
/ preaching / &amp; diligent w|atchinge
ouer the congregra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="3 letters"> of god<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
which office is nole&s;&s;e pere<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ou&s;e t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 word">
boriou&s;e. This is I&s;aye &s;o ofte in theu|angeli&s;ts
mouthes / &s;o familiare w^t Io|an
bapti&s;t &amp; Paule / &amp; of fich autorite w|ith
Chri&s;t / y^t he toke this boke &amp; opened
it &amp; red y^e. Iwes a le&s;&s;on therof in their
&s;ynagoge at Nazareth. Luc. iiij. This
boke declarethe howe faithfully I&s;aye
watched &amp; wayted on his flok / w^t what
con&s;tancy he warned / how &s;harpely he
corrected &amp; rebuked &amp; at la&s;te conforted
the zagene. This prophete was in lyke
troublou&s;e tyme &amp; &s;ynful worlde as we
ar now: when de&s;truccio~ &amp; captiuite was
at hande / &amp; men wer fled bakwarde fro~
y^e true wor&s;hype of god to y^e wor&s;hippin+ge
of &s;tockes &amp; &s;tones / puttinge al their
confidence in vtwarde work is &amp; holynes
<PB REF="3">
inuented of their owne braines: when al
was done with pow^r &amp; tyranye / with ou+te
equite / trwe iugement / a~d good ordre
Wherby we may wel &s;ee y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> merciful go|odnes
of god which in &s;o troublou&s;e and
&s;ynfula &s;tate &s;teredvp (as he dothe no|we)
&s;o excellent a witte and &s;o feruent a
&s;prite<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> prophete.</P>
<P>&para;When men ar geuen to &s;ynne &amp; lu&s;te / then
&s;ette thei al their myndes to di&s;go|y&s;e
their &s;elfe / &amp; &s;o to playe the hypocri|tes
y^t what &s;o eu^r they do / it &s;halbe &s;o k|raftely
handled / &s;o coloured / &s;o paynted
y^t it maye apere well &amp; rightuou&s;ly / ye &amp;
godlely done / be it neuer &s;o cruel neu^r &s;o
vngodly: a~d this their hypocri&s;y when
they entende to &s;taye it mo&s;te with &s;u&abper;|&s;ticion
&amp; eloquence as with two &s;tronge
pyllers (I will not &s;et audacite betwene
the~ / for y^t &s;ame hypocri&s;y is y^e mo&s;te vn|&s;hamefaced
boldenes) then thorow &s;u&abper;|&s;ticion
fayne they godlynes / &amp; by eloque~+ce
erudicio~ &amp; knowlege. But agen&s;te th|is
krafty effeminate mockinge mon&s;tre
(as I&s;aye paynteth hir) thus &s;tayed on
<PB REF="3">
and not aftyr his owne doctryne &amp; prec|eptes
/ puttinge our vayne confidence in
our workes leauinge his co~maundeme|nts
vndone. Al&s;o in readinge this hea|ue~ly
Prophete / we mu&s;te con&s;yder y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> we
are the &s;piritual I&s;rael &amp; Iuda of the &s;e|de
of Abraham by faith vnto whom the
lawe is geue~ a~d promy&s;es ar made that
god wilbe our god allalone &s;ufficient if
we be perfite &amp; walke in his wayes Ge|ness.
xvij. Not with&s;tandinge yet ar we
aftyr y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> fle&s;&s;he the verye gentyles who~
god of his mercy hath called into the pl|ace
of the Iwes to benamed his people.
We mu&s;te al&s;o remember in readi~ge th|is
boke that I&s;aye preacheth to vs &amp; not
to the carnall I&s;rael only. It is we that
nowe labour in lyke idolatrye a~d &s;ynne / let
vs therfore take his warninges a~d
terrible threateninges vnto our&s;elues / there
is now the &s;ame god / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ame Chr|i&s;te
ye&s;terdaye to daye &amp; the &s;ame to con+tynue
for euer. Hebre .xiij. the &s;ame hol|ygo&s;te
the &s;ame &s;aviour &amp; that thorowe
the &s;ame faith / the &s;ame mercy / iu&s;tice
<PB REF="4">
/ &amp; iugeme~t abydinge vs: the carnall I&s;|rael
before oth^r nacions was cutte oute
of Abraham: but we by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pirit of elect|ion
throw faith ar cutoute of the &s;tone y^t
is chri&s;te I&s;ay .li. I&s;rael de&s;cended into
Egipte there oppre&s;&s;ed in harde &s;eruitu|te:
we de&s;cende into our owne wayes op|pre&s;&s;ed
with &s;ynne for the which we are
vnder the daunger of hell &amp; dethe. I&s;ra+el
had their pa&s;&s;e ouer in the remember|aunce
of their delyuerance out of Egipt
we haue owr lambe chri&s;te offred for vs
into a perpetuall memoriall of owr dely+ueraunce
frome &s;ynne hell &amp; deth. I&s;ra|el
for their vnbelefe was for&s;aken / bly|nded
/ &amp; a&s;&s;ayled of the Madianites / A|malekts
/ of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> A&s;&s;yrio~s of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Antiochens
&amp; Rhomans / which brente their temple
de&s;troyd their lande &amp; led the~ into capt|iuite:
we for our vnbelefe are not withe
out our &s;pirituall Sennacherib / Nabuc|hodono&s;or
/ Antioche / &amp; our Rhoma~s co~|tinually
fighti~ge age~&s;t Chri&s;t &amp; vs le|adi~g
vs into captiuite vnd^r thei^r tradi|tio~s
/ burni~ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> very te~ple of god &amp; de&s;t-roying
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eu^ry ouer&s;eer or preach^r plentuou&s;ly fy|nd
al maner of ryches y^t maye make for
the edifyinge of Chri&s;tes flocke: &amp; take
awaye &s;iche a bi&s;hop from Mo&s;esbokis
as I&s;aye is / &amp; thexample y^t he lefte vs
to folowe in expoundinge the lawe (the
prophetes interprete y^e lawe &amp; the newe
te&s;tame~t expoundeth the~ bothe) &amp; thow
&s;hitte&s;t vp the lawe and putte&s;t it owte
of mynde.</P>
<P>&para;Owte of I&s;ayes &s;chole it plea&s;ed
god to &s;ende the&s;e two lights / that is to
&s;aye Ioan bapti&s;te and Paule: hym to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
blinde phary &s;ayes &amp; to their blinde di&s;ci+ples
the Iwes / &amp; this to illumyn the g|entyls
&s;ittinge yet in derkenes. Ioan ba+pti&s;te
with oute doute preached many a
&s;ermone to many men before thei flock|ed
forth &s;o fa&s;te to hym to be baptized co~|fe&s;&s;inge
their &s;ynnes / but oute of what
prophets &s;chole he was &s;ente / the theme
and argument of his &s;ermons / the rou|ghe
rebukinge a~d &s;harpe threatening &s;o
frely &s;o boldely with oute feare of man
of what e&s;tate &s;o ever he was playnely
<PB REF="5">
declareth. Sayde he not frely to the pha|ri&s;ayes
and Saduceys. Mat. iij. For all
they were in &s;o grete opinion and autor|ite
with the people for their vtwarde ho+lynes
/ &s;ayde he not openly to the&s;e hyp|ocrytes
/ O ye edders whelpes who &s;h|al
&s;hewe you the waye to auoyde the v|engeance
to come? And with Paule w|as
there no Prophete &s;o familiare &s;o re|ady
to proue and to confirme his &s;ayin|ges
as was I&s;aye / as it aperethe in his
pi&s;tels &amp; &s;ermons / e&s;pecially in his pi&s;tle
to the Romans. Where yn the nienthe
and tenthe Chapit. When he came vn|to
the callinge of the Gentyles into the
place of the Iwes nowe fallen awaye a~d
reiected (whiche callinge of the Genty|les
and fall of the Iwes I&s;aye &s;awe a~d
prophecyed here mo&s;te clearly) how th|icke
(I praye yow) alledged he I&s;aye be
name bri~gi~ge i~ his ful &s;entences &amp; hol te+&s;timones
garne&s;hinge his pi&s;tle w^t thez
as y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;tarres ornowerne y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> firmame~t? &s;o y^t
it maye be thought he wat^rd not his g|arde~s
of eny oth^r prophets ryuers &s;o pl|entuou&s;ly
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&amp; &s;o ofte / as he dyd of I&s;ayes
&s;wete floudes runninge in them &s;o pue|rly
&s;o plentuou&s;ly and &s;o &s;wetely. But
what nedeth me to remember the &s;eru|ants
when y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ma&s;ter of all broughtyn
no prophets te&s;timones &s;o &s;one as he dyd
his prophet I&s;ays the &s;onne of Amoz?
As when he came to Nazareth whe^r he
was broughtup &amp; aftyr the cu&s;tome en+tred
into their Synagoge on the Sabb|ath
daye and ro&s;up to reade his le&s;&s;on / there
was delyuerde him the boke of I&s;+aye
the prophete as ye maye &s;e Luce. iiij.
which he opened and fyndinge this pla|ce
of I&s;aye in the .lxj. chap. redde &s;aynge
The &s;pirit of god is with me / for the lor+de
hathe anoynted me / and &s;ente me to
preache his go&s;pel to the poore afflicte &amp;
troubled in mynde / to byndup the wou|ndis
of the~ y^t ar wounded &amp; co~trite i~ har|te
/ to &s;hewforth delyueraunce to men in
captiuite / &amp; to open y^e pre&s;on to men in h|olde
/ to puble&s;&s;he the tyme of grace de|creed
of the lorde. &amp; cetera. And when he
had redde / he &s;hitte the boke and re&s;to+red
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it to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> mini&s;tre of the Synagoge.</P>
<P>And nowe at the la&s;te (the worlde cor|rupte
with the &s;ame Idolatrye a~d lyke
abhominacio~ as it was in I&s;ayes tyme
&amp; at Chri&s;tes comynge / vhom therfore
ther mu&s;te nedes abyde lyke de&s;trucci|on
&amp; captiuite / if we be not captyue al re|dye)
God of his infinite goodnes hathe
re&s;tored vs his prophete I&s;aye &s;peakin|ge
playne engly&s;&s;he which haue ben lo|cked
vp longe in latyne &s;o y^t the laye ma~
(I dare &s;aye) vnder&s;tode hym not / nor
yet parauenture many that repute thez
&s;elfe learned. Nowe maye we reade him
for the mo&s;te parte gatheri~ge grete fru|te
with oute eny grete glo&s;e / &s;o y^t we br|inge
withe vs a pure harte purged from
all carnall affects a&s;kynge vnder&s;tand|inge
of god by who&s;e &s;pirit it was al &s;p|oken:
&s;o that we knowlege oure vngo|dlynes
our Idolatrye &amp; fal&s;e wor&s;hipe
with our lippes / our hartes beinge farre
fro~ god which hitherto haue: rendred fe|are
&amp; wor&s;hip to him aftyr the doctryne
and co~maundeme~ts of men I&s;aye .xxix
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eth^r &s;yde / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> goodnes of god hath euer &s;et
godlynes &amp; erudicio~ / not this erudicion
which is &s;one puftvp w^t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha&s;tye wyn|de
of vaine glorie / but y^t which is i~fla~m|ed
w^t y^e &s;oft oyle of charite / y^t y^e godlye le|rned
might mo^r clearly &s;e &amp; pear&s;e thor|owe
y^e vayne vy&s;are of hypocry&s;y. Fore
wher ca~ &s;u&abper;&s;ticio~ byd hir &s;elfe but godl|ynes
wil finde hir out? &amp; how ca~not pai~+ted
eloque~ce &amp; bolde babling but fear go|dlye
erudicion? &para;Wherfore / when it
was &s;o y^t in I&s;ayes tyme vyce raigned
&s;o &s;ore (but yet thorow y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> fauoure of hy|pocry&s;y
it was taught for vertue) &amp; cu|riou&s;e
fables walked in y^t &s;tede of goddis
worde / the lorde &s;teredvp this heavenly
witte who~ he had made before to fighte
agen&s;te this wylye effeminate mon&s;tre
with al hir longe tayle / thinking it con+uenient
for y^t &s;tate of y^e worlde to bri~gfo|rth
&s;o wel apoynted a prophete agen&s;te
&s;o delycate an enymye: which prophete
&s;hulonot only fight w^t &s;trength / but al|&s;o
with prudence &amp; polycye / y^t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pirit &s;h|uldnot
wante his aparel / &amp; y^t becau&s;e yn
<PB REF="7">
tho&s;e dayes men &s;tudyed to painte their
&s;peache &amp; to coloure their wordes. Wh^r fo^r
his coun&s;el (which cannot be deceau|ed)
toke effect: &amp; this prophete camforth
a man right godly / prude~t / co~&s;ta~t / vehe+ment
/ learned / ientle / wel nourtred / &amp; of
a &s;ingler witte: which &s;o &s;tretched forthe
al y^e powers of his giftes agen&s;t this vi+&s;ard
hypocry&s;y &amp; effeminate &s;korner for
y^e poore chirches profite / y^e his godlynes
w^t erudicion / his prudence with huma|nite
/ his con&s;tancy with vrbanite / his re+bukinge
with vehemence / al togith^r m|yght
fight in their place a~d tyme: &s;o y^t if
thou wold&s;t e&s;teme al the giftes of a pr|ophete
with pure iugement / &s;ette I&s;aye
alone: to who&s;e faithful office of preach|ing
&amp; prophecying god ioyned &s;o excelle~t
erudicion &amp; grace &amp; gaue hym vnto vs / vnto
vs (I &s;aye) &amp; not only to the people
of Iuda. Let vs therfore with thankes
heare &amp; reade this godly Prophete dili|gently
/ in whom we &s;hal fynde the hea+venly
&amp; cleare &s;olutions of al q~&s;tions p|ertayning
to chri&s;ten religion: here &s;hal
<PB REF="7">
roying his people. I&s;rael we~te drye &s;ho|de
thorou y^e &s;ea / his enimes drowned: we
ar ledde &s;uerly thorou y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> perellou&s;e ieop|erdes
of this i~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">et &amp; troublou&s;e worlde &s;o
ful of per&s;ecution / wheryn our Pharao / this
Leuiatha~ / this Drago~ playeth mo|cketh
&amp; taketh his ple&s;u^r for a tyme I&s;+aye
.xxvij. but he is nowe in drowni~ge
&s;ynking downe to y^e botome lyke leade / kylled
w^t y^e breathe of goddis mouthe / y^t
is to &s;aye with his almyghty worde: for
now is y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> daye cu~ of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> which I&s;aye thei^r
&s;peaketh y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde &s;hal vi&s;et this inui~ci|ble
&abser;pe~t Leuiatha~ w^t his harde / great &amp;
mighty &s;werde / y^t is to &s;aye w^t his eu^rla+&s;tinge
worde / which &s;o mercifully nowe
offred vs we do not only receaue but vi+ole~tly
re&s;i&s;te it w^t &s;werde fyet &amp; wat^r &amp;
w^t oth^r i~numerable &amp; i~tolerable torme~ti~+ges
&amp; ignomynes / Let vs know lege this
greuou&s;e offence co~mitted age~&s;t god / ag+e~&s;t
his worde / &amp; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> profe&s;&s;ours therof: we
ar al &s;ynners &amp; wa~te y^e pray&s;e (as &s;aith
Paule. Rom. iij) y^t &s;huldbe geue~ of vs to
gad / y^t is to &s;aye we wa~te y^t faith whe^rbi
<PB REF="8">
he wolde be glorifyed: then pray&s;le &amp; glo|rifye
we God when we beleue y^t chri&s;te
is geuen vs to dye for our right wi&s; ma+ki~ge
as te&s;tifyeth paule Roma. iiij. of
Abraham / which made &s;tronge in faith
gaue this pray&s;e &amp; honour to god / a&s;&s;ue|rd
a~d per&s;uaded that he y^t promi&s;ed hym
was able to performe it &amp; cet. In this &s;e|ntence
is I&s;aye hole: whom to heare fa|ithfully
/ to reade frely &amp; dilige~tly / to vn+der&s;tande
truly / graunte vs our mercy|ful
fath^r which wolde al his electe to be
&s;aued &amp; come to the knowlege of y^e trut|heby
his &s;pirit of truthe. Amen.</P>
<P>&para;Burne nomore goddis worde: but me~
de it where it is not truly tran&s;lated.</P>
<P>&para;A note / for the clearer vnder&s;tan|dinge
of the Prophete.</P>
<P>&para;ye mu&s;te holde diligently in mynde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;torye of the&s;e .iiij. kinges in who&s;e day|es
I&s;aye prophecyed / which &s;torye begi|nneth
at the .xv. Chapiter of the fow|erth
boke of the kinges where Azarias
called here Ozias beganne to raygne a~d
&s;o forthe to y^e raigne of Io&s;ias: rede al&s;o
<PB REF="8">
in the &s;econde boke of Paralipoin. frome
the .xxvj. to the .xxxviij. chap.</P>
<P>&para;The diui&s;ion of this boke accordinge
to the&s;e .iiij. kinges / &amp; what was prop|hecyed
in eche of their dayes.</P>
<P>Vnder Ozias / I&s;aye prophecied from y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
beginni~ge of his boke vnto the .vj. chap
Vnd^r Iotha~ he &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vi&s;io~ of y^e .vj. cap.
Vnd^r Ahaz he prophecied fro~ the ende of
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ixte vnto the ende of the .xiiij. cap.</P>
<P>Vnder Ezechias he &s;pake fro~e the .xiiij.
vnto the .xl. chapiter. The re&s;te vn|to
the ende of the boke we haue no cert|ayntye
wheth^r he &s;pake it vnd^r Ezech|ias
or in Mana&s;&s;es dayes his &s;ucce&s;&s;ou^r
But this is certayne that from the .xl.
cap. vnto the .xlix. he prophecieth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;to|rye
of kinge Cyrus a~d the deliueraun|ce
out of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> captiuite of Babylon / &amp; from
the .xlix. vnto y^e bokis ende / he prophe|cieth
clearly with out eny figure of Ch|ri&s;te
&amp; of his chirche / notwith&s;tondinge
yet vnd^r y^e for &s;ayde ki~ges he mixte his
&s;ayi~ges w^t many clea^r prophecyingis of
Chri&s;te and his kingdome.</P>
</DIV1>
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<DIV1 TYPE="text">
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<HEAD>&para;The title of this boke.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">&para;The vil&s;onor
Prophecy of I&s;aye / the &s;onne of Amoz:
which he prophecyed vpon Iuda &amp; Hie|ru&s;alem
/ in the dayes of Ozias / Iotha~ / Ahaz / Ezechias / Kinges
of Iuda.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;The fir&s;te Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>_HEare heaven / a~d li&s;ten er|the:
for it is the Lorde that
&s;peaketh. Childerne haue
I noure&s;hte vp and promo+ted
/ a~d they haue de&s;pyg|htfully
rebelled age~&s;te me. The vnrea|&s;onable
oxe knoweth his owener: &amp; the
very a&s;&s;e his ma&s;ters &s;tall: but I&s;rael is
vn&s;en&s;ible / my people is with oute vn|der&s;tandynge.
Oh &s;ynful nacion / a naci+on
laden with wikednes / a my&s;chevous
generacion / pe&s;telent children. The ve|ry
Lorde haue thei forlake~ / &amp; euen hym
that cho&s;e &amp; made holy I&s;rael haue thei
prouoked to anger / &amp; are fled backwar|de.
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withe what plage more &s;hall I then
&s;myte you? &s;ith the more ye ar correkt y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
wor&s;e ye are. All your heads ake &amp; eue|ry
harte is ful &s;yk: from toppe to toe is
ther not an hole place in all your bodye
All are woundes / runninge &s;ores / ful of
botches &amp; blaynes / which noman maye
clen&s;e or bynd pla&s;ter to / nor yet &s;owple
with eny oyntement. your regio~ is de&s;o|late
/ your cites are brent vp with fyer / your
lande before your eyes a &s;tra~ge na+tio~
devowerth: It is wa&s;ted lyk as wi|th
a cruel ho&s;te. And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> daughter of Zi|on
is lefte a lone lyk an hovelin a vyne
yarde / lyke a &s;koulke lodge in tyme of
warre / and lyke a be&s;eged cyte. And ex+cepte
y^e lorde of powers had &s;aued vs a
fewe reamnauntes / we had be~ lyke So
dome and Gomorre. Heare therfore the
worde of the Lorde ye prynces of Sodo|me:
And thou people of Gomorre / take
hede to the lawe of owre God &s;ayinge
thus: what haue I to do with yower &s;o
manyfolde and &s;o ofte offeringes and
&s;acrifices? I abhorre yower brente we|thers:
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I am ful of the kidne&s;e of yower
fatte bea&s;tes / the bloude of oxen / of la~|bes
and gotes thei yrke me. Whe~ ye co|me
to &s;e my face / who requyreth the&s;e of
feri~ges at your handes? Is this y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> waie
to trede my temple? Offere no more (I
praye yowe) your giftes thus in vayne.
this ince~&s;e is abhominacion to me: your
fe&s;tes of the newe mone / your Sabbath
dayes / and &s;olempne fe&s;tes I maye not
a waye withe: for ful wyked are yower
ydle congregacions / yower kalendes
and feries my harte hatethe / yower fa|&s;tes
are all in vayne: I am wery of the|&s;e
thinges / and it yrketh me to &s;e them.
when ye &s;hal &s;tretch forth your handes
I wil hyde myne eyes from yowe: And
pray ye never &s;o miche yet &s;hal I not he|are
yowe: for your handes are bathed in
bloude: wa&s;&s;he ye &amp; be cleane / put a wa|ye
your yuel thoughtes &amp; croked coun&s;|ells
oute of my &s;ighte: cea&s;&s;e to do hurte
&amp; &s;tudye for equyte: &s;eke iu&s;tice / delyuer
the oppre&s;&s;ed / avenge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> poore fatherle&s;&s;e
&amp; defende y^s cau&s;e of the wedowe. Come
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hither (I praye ye) and let me be proued
(&s;aithe the Lorde). when yower &s;yn|nes
were as redde as &s;karlet / were thei
not made as whyte as &s;nowe? And
when thei were as redde as purple / we|re
thei not made as whyte as woll?
If ye wil heare and be ruled / &s;hal ye not
take your ple&s;ure even of the be&s;t frut|es
of the londe? But if ye wilbe &s;teffe ne|cked
/ thinke ye not to be devowerde wi|th
&s;werde? Suerly God hath &s;o promy|&s;ed
with his owne mouthe. But howe
is it thus come to pa&s;&s;e / that this cite
whiche &s;ometyme was faithful / ful of
equite in the whiche iu&s;tice was excer|cy&s;ed
/ hath thus changed hir face lyke
an harlet / and is nowe become a murt|herer
of hir owne innoce~t cite&s;ens? Thi
&s;yluer is turned into dro&s;&s;e / Thy wyne
is marred withe water / Thy rulers ar+betrayers
and bak&s;lyders frome God / even
felowes vnto theves. All they lo|ve
giftes / and are &s;entence &s;ellers: they
re&s;tore not his righte to the fatherle&s;&s;e
and the wedewes cau&s;e comethe neuer
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at the~. Wherfore / th&abus; &s;aith the lorde god
of powers and the myghty forth leader
of I&s;rael. Ahla&s;&s;e / I mu&s;te neades ea&s;e
my mynde and be auenged vpon my ad+uer&s;ares.
I &s;hal &s;uerly &s;ette my hande
vpon the: &amp; I &s;hal &s;eeth oute thy dro&s;&s;e
and trye oute thy pure&s;te / and I &s;hal ta+ke
awaye all thy leade. Aftyr this &s;hal
I re&s;tore the thy iuges a~d &s;enatours as
they were before. And then &s;halte thow
be called the cite of rightwy&s;nes and
the faithful towne. Thus &s;hal Zio~ no|we
redemed frome captiuite / be accu&s;to|med
with equite and excerci&s;ed in righ|twi&s;nes:
when the vngodly tran&s;gre&s;|&s;ours
and bak&s;lyders frome the Lorde
&s;halbe alto broken and vtterly pere&s;&s;he
And excepte ye be a&s;hamed of your &s;to|ckes
and Idolls in wodes and hilles in
whiche ye delighted / and leve your gro|ves
and gardens which ye cho&s;e for yo|we:
ye &s;halbe lyke okes who&s;e leaves
fal a waye / and lyke a garden with ou|te
water. For the gly&s;teringe glorye of
the&s;e images &s;halbe turned into &s;tubble
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and the makers of them into &s;parkes of
fyer: and bothe of them &s;halbe brente to+gither
/ noman quenchinge them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The &s;econde Chapit. the title prefixed</HEAD>
<P>_THe worde whiche was &s;hewed
vnto I&s;aye y^e &s;onne of Amoz / vppon
Iuda and Ieru&s;alem.
Thus &s;hal it be in the la&s;te da+yes.
The hill of the hou&s;e of the Lorde
&s;halbe &s;o prepared and &s;etvp / that it &s;h|al
apere aboue al the toppes of wother
hilles: And then &s;hal there flowe vnto
it all Gentyls / and infinite folke &s;hal
goforth &s;ayinge one to a nother: come &amp;
let vs a&s;cende vnto the hyll of the lor|de
/ to the hou&s;e of the god of Iacob / th|at
he mought teache vs his wayes / a~d
that we moughte walke in his pathes:
For oute of Zion the lawe &s;hal goforth
and the worde of the lorde frome Ieru|&s;alem
/ that he mought be a iuge emon|ge
the Gentyls / and rule therwith th|at
infinite multitude. And then a none
&s;hal thei cau&s;e their &s;werdes to be &s;my|ten
into matoks and coultres / and th|eir
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&s;peares into &s;ythes and &s;ykels: For
the one nacion &s;hal no more lifte vp &s;w|trde
agen&s;te the other / nether &s;hal they
enymore excercy&s;e them &s;elfe into bat|ayle.
And nowe &s;peake I vnto the (o h|ou&s;e
of Iacob). Come neare (I praye y|owe)
that we moughte walke togither
in the light of the Lorde. But wherfore
do I bidde the (o thow vnhappye hou&s;e
of Iacob) &s;einge y^t thou with thy people
ar now fledbacke fro~ y^e Lorde: for ye are
far wor&s;e then yower elders both in &s;o|th
&s;ai~gs aftyr y^e maner of y^e pale&s;tyns / &amp;
in calkynge of mennes birthes ye pa&s;|&s;e
eve~ y^e very haithe~: for as &s;one as yo|ur
lande abounded in goolde &amp; &s;yluer / &amp;
ye knewe non ende of your tre&s;ure / as &s;o+ne
as it was replene&s;&s;hed with hor&s;eme~
&amp; chariets: a none was it ful of Idolls &amp;
ymages / eve~ y^e workes of your owne ha~+des
which ye made with your owne fin+gers:
ye / &amp; ye wor&s;hipte the~: But doi&s;te
thou (o ma~) faldowne befo^r the&s;e Idols
&amp; wor&s;hipe&s;t the~? ye / &amp; y^t &s;o &s;uper&s;ticio|u&s;ly
/ &s;o &s;teffly / y^t no thi~ge may plucke y^e
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frome them? Gete the hence quikly / go
hyde the in the rockes of &s;tone / runne
into the chynnes of the erthe frome the
&s;ight of the fearful iuge and frome the
brightnes of his maie&s;tye: whiche ca&s;t|tehdowne
the highe lokes of the proude
men and layethe the &s;towte ful lowe / which
&s;halbe alone aboue al exalted &s;o
mightely in the daye of ve~geau~ce taki~|ge.
For that daye of the lorde of powers
&s;hal take vengeaunce vpon al pryde &amp;
&s;towtenes / vpon al elacion &amp; oppre&s;&s;i|on:
It &s;hal reache vnto the highe Ce|ders
of Libani and vnto the &s;teffe okes
of Ba&s;an / it &s;hal mete with al the hig|he
mountayns and hylles / and &s;hal co|me
by all the hyghe towers / a~d vnto e|very
wall of defence / it &s;hal &s;tretche vn|to
all the &s;hippes of the &s;ea &amp; vnto wh|at
&s;o eueris goodly and ple&s;aunte to be
holde: &amp; &s;hal thru&s;tedowne the proude
countenaunce of man / &amp; &s;hal laye ful lo+we
his highe lokes. For the lorde alone
&s;hal haue the victorye in that daye.</P>
<P>And the Idoles &s;halbe vtterly de&s;tro|yed.
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Men &s;hal krepe into de~nes of &s;tone
&amp; into the chynnes of the erthe from the
face of the fearfuliuge / &amp; frome the bri|ghtnes
of his maie&s;tye / when he &s;hal
prepare him to come &amp; &s;inyte the erthe.
Then then &s;hal ma~ ca&s;tawaye his go|olden
goddes &amp; images of &s;yluer which
he had made hym to wor&s;hipe the~: then
&s;hal he ca&s;te the~ to molles &amp; backes th|at
he myght the more &s;pedely runne in|to
the&s;e kaues of &s;tone to hyde hym &s;el|fe
in the rockes frome the face of the fe|arfuliuge
/ and frome the glorye of his
maie&s;tye: when he &s;hal prepare him &s;el+fe
to come &amp; &s;myte the erthe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cap. iij</HEAD>
<P>YE canne wel beware &amp; avoyde an
haa&s;tye malencoly man: whiche
dothe all thi~ge in a gare&s;he furye
Se then ye take here goode hede: for it
is y^e lorde god of pow^rs that is nowe an+grye
/ &amp; wil take a waye frome Ieru&s;ale~
&amp; Iuda all &s;ub&s;tance a~d &s;trength / alm|aner
of &s;u&s;tenaunce both of meate &amp; dri~+ke
/ capytayne and &s;ouldier / iuge &amp; Pro+phete
/ the &s;age wy&s;e &amp; &s;enato^r / pety ca|pytaynes
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and men in authorite / lawy|ers
and learned / ma&s;ters of workes a~d
oratours. And I &s;hal &s;et babes (&s;aith y^e
lorde) to be your princes / and wylye eff|eminate
&s;korners &s;halbe your rulers.
And the people &s;hal do wronge and vio+lence
one to a noth^r / even neghboure a|gen&s;te
neghboure: the boye &s;hal countr|off
the &s;age / and the knave the noble.</P>
<P>Every ma~ &s;hal &s;et holde on his brother
which is of his fathers famylye &s;aying
thou ha&s;te a good cote thow &s;halte be o|wer
capytayne / for thow mai&s;te abyde
this hevye bronte: then &s;hall he a non
&s;were and &s;aye: I cannot remedie it / for
in my nowne hou&s;e is ther nether mea|te
nor moneye: make not me then y^e he|ad
of the people: for Ieru&s;alem &s;hal fall
and Iuda &s;hal go to wrake / for both th|eir
&s;peach / &s;tudye / a~d thoughtes / all are
agen&s;te the lorde to prouoke the counte|naunce
of his maie&s;tye to anger. The
hevye changing of their chere bewrieth
and betrayeth them: ye thei declare th|eir
owne &s;ynne lyke the Sodomytes
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/ neth^r can thei cloke it. wo be to their ly|ves
/ for grevou&s;e puny&s;hme~t &s;halbe th|eir
rewarde: by which puni&s;hment they
now thus taught at the la&s;te / &s;hal &s;aye
Ble&s;&s;ed ar the rightwy&s;e for they &s;hall
eate the frutes of their &s;tudye. But con+trarywi&s;e:
wo be to the vngodly a~d wy+kedman
which &s;halbe rewarded accordi~+ge
to the workes of his owne handes.</P>
<P>O my people / ful gredye tyrauntes a~d
craftye brybers are thy rulers and wea+ke
wemen have the in &s;ubiection. O my
people / thy leaders are deceyvers and
leade the oute of y^e waye / thei trede oute
the &s;teapes of thy fete. The lorde is co|meforth
to rea&s;on the matter / he is red|ye
to be iuge for the people: for the lorde
&s;hal come to trye it by iugement withe
the elders and rulers of his people &s;ay|inge:
ye haue brentevp my vyne yarde:
the &s;poyle of the poore is in your hou&s;e:
wherfore &s;ta~pe ye th&abus; downe my people
togith^r / &amp; grynde ye th&abus; togith^r y^e faces
of the poore? Euen thus &s;hal the god of
pow^rs reproue the&s;e me~ / &s;aying: becau&s;e
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the proude daughters of Zion go with
&s;o forth &s;tretched neckes / withe &s;o fal&s;e
wynkinge eyes / and with &s;o wanten &amp;
light behaviour: therfore &s;hal the lorde
clippe the crownes of the daughters of
Zion / and &s;o make bare their beutye in
that daye: and the lorde &s;hal take from
them the beuteful glory of their aparel
their chaynes a~d &s;tomachers / their par+telettes
/ their armelets and burlettes
their co&s;telye broydred clothes both go|wne
and kyrtel / pomaunders / mu&s;ke
balles and earinges / ringes and fro~tel|lettes
&s;et with goolde &amp; perle / their cha~+ges
with their frockes / their kerchews &amp;
pinnes their gla&s;&s;es &amp; lawndes / fillettes
&amp; hearbendes: And for their &s;wete &s;av|ours
thei &s;hal haue &s;tynke / for their co|&s;tiou&s;e
girdles they &s;hal go loo&s;e / for th|eir
heare broyderd with goolde thei &s;ha|lbe
balde / and for their &s;ofte &s;tomachers
thei &s;hal were &s;acke &amp; hayer: &amp; fore th|eir
fayernes thei &s;halbe &s;onne bre~te. yo|wer
hou&s;bondes / even the mo&s;te &s;tron|ge&s;t
of the~ &s;halbe &s;myten downe withe
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&s;werde in batayle. Their gates &s;hal ex|pre&s;&s;e
their moorninge &amp; hevynes / &amp; th|e&s;e
kareful wemen &s;hal &s;it vpon the gr|ownde
de&s;olate / and then &s;hal &s;even we
men &s;et holde vpo~ one man &s;ayinge: w|hat
&s;o euer meate a~d &s;ub&s;taunce we ha|ue
/ we bringe it here all togither to the
in commune / &s;o that thou wilt let vs be
thy wyves called aftyr thy name to ta|ke
a waye oure obprobry and calamite.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The fowerth Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>_AFter this &s;hal there ary&s;e that
Ioyful floure&s;hi~g budde of the
Lorde: and this noble &amp; goodly
frute of the erthe &s;hal &s;pringe
vnto tho&s;e I&s;raelites which &s;hal e&s;cape
a~d be &s;aued: &amp; the reamnaunte that &s;h|albe
lefte &s;alfe in Zion and Ieru&s;alem
&s;halbe called &s;ayntes / even all tho&s;e in
Ieru&s;alem which are writen emo~ge the
lyuinge men. And then when the lorde
hathe wa&s;hed awaye the filthenes of
the daughters of Zion / &amp; with the bla|&s;te
of his hotte vengeaunce hath pour|ged
Ieru&s;alem frome bloude: the lorde
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&s;hal create a clowde &amp; &s;moke be daye / &amp;
be nighte the brightnes of flaming fyer
over every buyldinge of the hill of Zio~
and over every congregacion rowndab|oute
it / for it &s;halbe defended withe all
his gloriou&s;e mighty power: that it &s;h|ulde
be in tyme to come a tabernacle a~d
a &s;hadewinge place be daye frome hea|te
/ and al&s;o a refugye and &s;helter to hy+de
vs fro~ te~pe&s;tes &amp; rayne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The fyfte Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd nowe therfore wil I &s;inge vn|to
my welbeloued frende a &s;onge
vppon his vyne yarde. My we|lbeloued
made hym a vyne yarde in a
ple&s;aunte and a plentuou&s;e &s;oyle: wh|iche
he clo&s;ed rownde a boute withe a
&s;tone wall / and he planted it withe
the mo&s;te noble&s;te vyne: In the middes
of it he &s;et vp a tower and made the^r yn
a wynepre&s;&s;e: lokinge that it &s;hulde ma+ke
grapes / &amp; it yilded thornes. wherfo^r
nowe O ye cite&s;ens of Ieru&s;ale~ &amp; al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
ar of y^e fonde of Iuda / I reporte me vn|to
yowe / decerne yowe betwene me and
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my vyne yarde / what thinge more cou|lde
I haue done to my vyne yarde wh|ich
I did not to it? And wherfor then (I
lokinge y^t it &s;hulde haue yilded me gra+pes)
hath it brought me forth thornes?
Suerly I &s;hal &s;hewe you therfo^r what
I wil do to my vyne yarde. I &s;hal go b|reke
vp hir fen&s;e y^t &s;he maye be robbed &amp;
de&s;troyed: I &s;hal thro downe hyr wall
y^t &s;he maye be troden downe with men|nis
fete: I &s;hal leve hyr de&s;olate al a lo+ne
/ noman to cut hyr / nor yet to digge
hyr: She &s;halbe overgrowne with bry|ers
&amp; thornes: &amp; I &s;hal forbyd y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> clowdes
to geve hyr eny rayne. But yet y^e vyne
yarde of y^e lorde of ho&s;tes is the hou&s;e of
I&s;rael / &amp; y^e me~ of Iuda ar his goodly p|le~tuous
plantes which (when he loked
for iugeme~t) lo al wasful of iniquite: w|he~
he loked for equite: lo al was iniurye
&amp; co~playntes. wo be to yow y^t ioyne ho|u&s;e
to hou&s;e a~d laye felde to felde vntyl
there be no more rome lefte for yowe as
thoghe ye wolde haue y^e worlde all a lo+ne.
But y^e lorde of pow^rs roundeth me i~
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myn eare &s;aying: If the&s;e grete and fa|yer
hou&s;es be not lefte a lone noma~ dw|elling
in them? ye / a vyne yarde of .v. a|kres
&s;hal yilde but a fyrkyn of wyne: &amp;
of .zo. bu&s;hells of &s;ede &s;ka~t &s;hal ary&s;e th|re.
wo be to the haunters of dronkenes
which ry&s;e erly to drinke / co~tinuinge in
it tyl nighte bei~g hot with wyne: in wh+o&s;e
bankets there are harpes and futes
taberet &amp; pype wa&s;hed with wyne. but
in the meane tyme / the very worke of
the lorde thei beholde not / nether con&s;y|der
thei what his ha~des haue made. Be
cau&s;e therfore that my people hath no
knowledge / thei ar &s;one brought into ca|ptiuite
/ their nobles are made thynne
with honger / and the proude multitude
pere&s;heth for thir&s;te: And for this cau&s;e
the helles haue opened their vn&s;aciable
throtes and their mouthes gape be yen|de
me&s;ure / that thither mought de&s;cen|de
pryde / pompe / riches / and al that are
addicte to the&s;e vices. Thus is man pl|ucked
downe / the &s;towte &s;toupeth / and
highe lokes are abated: but the Lorde of
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powers and the holy god is exalted and
&s;table&s;hed into a gloriou&s;e exe~ple of eq|uite
and rightwi&s;nes / that the poore la~|bes
might be fed of the thinge apoynted
thez / and the &s;tourdy &s;trayi~ge rammes
mought go graze vppon the baren de&s;er+te.
Wo be vnto the&s;e vayne &s;korners w|hich
drawe vnto them &s;elfe wykednes
(as ye wolde &s;aye) with a lyne: a~d pluk
&s;ynne al&s;o to them even with carte rop|es:
in who&s;e mouthes are al wayes the
&s;e &s;ayinges / let hym worke on fa&s;te / th|at
we might once &s;e it / let the mynde of
I&s;raels holy maker come to pa&s;&s;e a~d be
once pre&s;ente that we myght once kno|we
it. Wo be vnto them that &s;aye that
thing to be evel which thei knowe to be
good / and that to be good which they k|nowe
to be evel: which reken derknes to
be light / and the lighte to be derknes / &amp;
that at is bitter / they &s;aye is &s;wete / a~d
&s;wete to be bitter. Wo be to thez that at
wy&s;e in their owne eyes / and haue vn|der&s;tandinge
in their owne iugemente.
Wo be vnto the&s;e grete drinkers of wy|ne
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/ and to men hardye to receyue dron|kenes:
which ab&s;olue y^e wiked for giftes
and condempne the iu&s;te for his right|wi&s;nes:
wherfore lyke as y^e tonge of the
fyer licketh yn the &s;tubble / and as the
flame con&s;umethe the &s;trawe: even &s;o
/ their rote putrifyed / the flow^r of them
&s;hal vayne&s;&s;he a waye lyke du&s;te whi|ch
contempne the lawe of the lorde of po+wers
/ and de&s;py&s;e the worde of hym th|at
maketh holye I&s;rael: wherfore y^e w|rathe
of the lorde is kyndled agen&s;te his
people / and he hath turned his hande to
&s;myte them / that the&s;e hilles mought
tremble / and theire karca&s;es mought
lye &s;tinkinge lyke dongehills in the hi|ghe
wayes. And yet after al this &s;hal
he nothinge abate his wrathe / but &s;h|al
yet farther &s;tretche forth his hande
/ &amp; &s;hal geve a token to the &s;traunge nac|ion
a farreof / whi&s;telinge the~ frome the
farthe&s;te partes of the erthe: &amp; lo / thei
&s;hal come a none / &amp; that &s;wyftlye: Th|ere
is not one wearye or faynte emonge
them / not one of them drow&s;ye or &s;leap|ye
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/ their girdles a boute their raynes t|hei
do not once &s;lak / nor yet vnlo&s;e the
latchets of their &s;hoes / their arows are
&s;harpe and their bowes redye bente / th|eir
hor&s;e howves &s;hode as &s;harpe as fl|yntes
/ and the wheles of their charye|ts
turninge lyke a whirlewinde. Th|is
nacion roreth lyke a lyon / and gren|neth
lyke the lyons whelpes / they &s;h|al
grenne and &s;natche vp their proye
/ nether &s;hal there be one that maye e&s;ca+pe
/ nor yet eny that maye delyuer them
Thei &s;hal grenne vpon the people of I&s;+rael
at y^t tyme like a fyerce &s;ea. Then
if we beholde the erthe / lo / all &s;halbe de|rkenes
/ and no refugye. If we beholde
the &s;tarres: lo / they &s;halbe derkened in|to
ower hevynes with oute hope.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Ch. vi</HEAD>
<P>_THe yeare in the whiche Dzias
the kynge dyed: I &s;ee the Lorde
&s;ittinge in an highe &s;eate all a|boue
/ and the trayne of his robe filled y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
temple. And the Seraphims apered a|bove
ouer him / and eche of them had &s;i|ye
winges: with two of their wi~ges th|ei
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kouerde their faces / &amp; with two thei
kouerde their fete / and withe the tother
two they flewe / and they kryed to eche
other &s;ayinge: Holy / holy / holy is y^e lor+de of powers: all the erthe be fulfylled
with his gloriou&s;e maie&s;tye: ye and the
po&s;tes with their windowes were mou|ed
at the voyce of the&s;e angels kryinge
&amp; y^e &s;ame hou&s;e was ful of &s;moke: then
&s;ayde I / Ah la&s;&s;e / for I was a &s;tonned
in a&s;mych as I me &s;elfe beynge a man
hauynge polluted lippes / and conuer&s;|aunte
withe people hauinge al&s;o pollu|ted
lippes / yet not with&s;tandinge / had
&s;ene with my eyes a kinge / even the lor|de
of powers. Then one of the Serap|hims
flwe vnto me bringinge a quicke
cole taken &s;rome the alter with a payer
of tonges: and he touched my lippes &s;a|ynge
the&s;e wordes: beholde / as &s;one as
this cole hath touched thi lippes thy in
iquitie is gone / and thy &s;inne is purged.
Farthermore I harde the voice of the
lorde takinge aduy&s;mente on this ma|ner:
whome &s;hal I &s;ende? Or who &s;hal
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go on ower me&s;&s;age? And then an&s;wer|de
I: lo / here at your ple&s;ure to &s;ende me
And he &s;ayde: Go thy wayes and &s;aye
vnto this people / ye &s;hal heare verely / and
yet &s;hal ye not vnder&s;tonde / and ye
&s;hal &s;ee playnly / but yet &s;hal ye not kn|owe:
Make gro&s;&s;e and fatte the hartes
of this people / make thicke their eares / and
kover their eyes / le&s;te thei &s;ee with
their eyes / or heare with their eares / or
vnder&s;tande with their hartes a~d &s;o be
conuerted and &s;aued. And here I bega|ne
to &s;peake for them &s;ayinge: howe lo|nge
my lorde? vntil the cytes (&s;ayde he)
be de&s;titute their dwellers / &amp; not a man
lefte in the hou&s;es / and the grownde be
layed voyde: For ful farre &s;hal the lor|de
bane&s;he the men / and there &s;halbe
grete de&s;tructio~ in the londe: but yet &s;h|all
there be lefte a tythe in it to retur|ne
a gene / &s;o that their pa&s;ture &s;halbe
re&s;tored: and as their okes and lyne tr|ees
ca&s;te of their frutes / even &s;o &s;hal th|at
holy &s;eade &s;hoteforth frutefully em|onge
them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<PB REF="20">
<HEAD>The &s;eventh Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>_THen was it &s;o / that in the raig|ne
of Ahaz y^e &s;onne of Iotham
the &s;onne of Ozias kinge of Iu|da:
Rezin the kinge of Aram and Phe|cca
the &s;onne of Romelie kinge of I&s;ra|el
a&s;cended to Ieru&s;alem to laye &s;ege ag|en&s;te
it: whiche at that tyme they myg|ht
not wynne: &amp; then tolde they the ho|u&s;e
of Dauid that the Syryons wer co|nfederde
with Ephraim / which tydyn|ges
made Ahaz with the hou&s;e of Da|uid
to tre~ble lyke trees in the wode &s;m|yten
with wynde. wherfo^r the lorde &s;a|yde
vnto I&s;aye. Haue done and get the
forthe with thy &s;onne Ia&s;us whiche is
lefte the / and mete Ahazat y^e heade of
the over pole in the waye towerde the
&s;uffers felde / and &s;aye vnto hym. Se y^t
thou be &s;till &amp; feare not / let not thy har|te
melte at the&s;e two tayles with theyr
&s;mokynge fyerbrandes / that is to &s;aye
at the furye of Rezin kynge of the Syr|ions
/ and of the &s;onne of Romelye beca|u&s;e
the Syrions / Ephraim / and Rome|lis
&s;onne haue thus my&s;cheuou&s;ly cou|n&s;elde
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and con&s;pyred agen&s;te the / &s;ayn|ge.
We will go vp into Iuda and &s;cour|ge
them and tran&s;late them vnto vs / and
we &s;hal &s;ette the &s;onne of Tabal to
be kinge ouer them: For even thus &s;ay|th
the lorde: This thinge &s;hall not ry&s;e
nor come to pa&s;&s;e: but Dama&s;cus &s;hal|be
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> head of Syria / &amp; Rezin &s;halbe y^e he|ad
of Dama&s;c&abus;: &amp; aftyr .65. yeares / Eph|rai~
karyed awaye &s;hal no more be y^e peo|ple:
although now Samarya be head of
Ephraim / a~d y^e &s;onne of Romelye y^e he|ade
of Samaria: If ye beleve not / yowe
are but gone to. And be&s;ydis thys / the
Lorde commaunded hym to &s;aye th&abus; al|&s;o
vnto Ahaz. A&s;ke the &s;ome token of y^e
Lorde thy God / whether it be frome y^e
deape&s;t benethe or frome the hyghe&s;t a|bove.
And Ahaz an&s;werde: I wil not a|&s;ke
/ nether will I tempte the Lorde. W|herfore
he &s;ayde. Heare then ye hou&s;e of
Dauid / is it not enough for yowe to ve|ye
men / but ye mu&s;t wearye my god to?
The lorde therfore his owne &s;elfe &s;hall
geve yow a toke~. Beholde / a mayde &s;h|albe
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with chylde and bringeforth a &s;on|ne
and &s;he &s;hall call his name Imman|uel.
Boter and honey &s;hal he eate vntil
he can e&s;chewe yuel and cho&s;e good: not|with&s;tandynge
before this childe be th&abus;
waxen / thy londe &s;halbe de&s;olated / for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
which thou arte &s;o a frayde of their two
kinges. ye the lorde &s;hal bringe both vp|on
the / and vpon thy people / and vpon
thy fathers hou&s;e / &s;iche dayes as haue
not ben &s;ene frome the departinge of E|phraym
from Iuda: that is to &s;aye / he
&s;hal bringe vpon yowe the kynge of the
A&s;&s;yrions: For the tyme &s;hal come that
the lorde &s;hal why&s;tle for a flye whiche
dwelleth beyende the flowde of Egyp|te
&amp; for bees which ar in the lande of the
A&s;&s;yrions / which &s;hal come all hole to|gither
and be&s;ege the even with yn thy
drye dykes at the kaves with in the ro|ckes
/ in every wode / &amp; at euery &s;tertin|ge
hole. ye in that tyme / the Lorde &s;hall
&s;haue the with a ra&s;er / he &s;hal hyer a ra+&s;er
beyende the flowde Euphrates / ev|en
the kynge of the A&s;&s;yryons: and he
<PB REF="21">
&s;hal &s;have of the heares of thy heade &amp;
fete / and even thy verye berde &s;hall he
wype of: then &s;hal the tyme come that a
man &s;hal lyue with a kowe a~d tway e|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">es
/ and for the plentye of mylke eate
boter: for yet &s;hal every on lefte in the
myddes of the lande eate boter and ho|ney
/ and yet in tho&s;e dayes a vyne yar|de
of a thou&s;and vynes bought for mo|re
then a thou&s;and penys &s;hal be turn|ed
into bryers and thornes: For the kin+ge
of the A&s;&s;yrions &s;hal not come hither
armed &s;o thicke withe bowe and arows
as the bryers and thornes &s;hall &s;tande
over al this region: Al&s;o euery frutefull
hill which was wonte to be delved and
ploughed / then &s;hal not a man come to
them for feare of thornes &amp; bryers / but
&s;hal &s;erue to put yn heardes / a~d bea&s;tes
to graze yn.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The aight Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd then &s;ayde the Lorde agene
to me: take the a grete rolle a~d
wryte yn it withe a pen lyke a
man Maher&s;chalal ha&s;chbaz
which ys to &s;aye / ha&s;te the to robbe / &s;pe+de
<PB REF="22">
the to &s;poyle. Then I toke me certa|yne
faithfull witne&s;es / vry the pre&s;te &amp;
Zachary the &s;onne of Barachy: and ca|me
vnto a propheti&s;e which had now co~+ceyued
and brought forth a &s;onne: &amp; the
Lorde &s;pake vnto me. Geve hym this
name: ha&s;tye robber gredy &s;poyler: for be+fore
thys chylde can call Dadye &amp; Ma~|mye
he &s;hal bare away the riches of D|ama&s;ce
and the proye of Samarye / yn y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;ight of the kynge of A&s;&s;yrye. And ag|ene
the Lorde &s;pake vnto me the&s;e wor|des.
For a&s;mych as this people abhorr|eth
the waters of Siloah that flowe &s;o
&s;till / and hathe rather ple&s;ure in thys
kynge Rezin and in the &s;onne of Rome|ly:
Lo / the lorde therfore &s;hal let the gr|ete
myghtye flowdis breke in vpon th|em
/ that is to &s;aye the kinge of the A&s;&s;|yrions
withe all his power: whiche &s;h|al
ary&s;e every where a bove their ryue|rs
and run over all their bankes dryu|ynge
into Iuda / redowndyng and &s;w|ellyngevp
even to theyr throtes: And
the tyme &s;hal come that the &s;preadinge
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a brode of their winges &s;hal kover the
breadeth of thy lande / O Immanuel.
Get ye togither / ye people into coun&s;el / and
all ye of the farthe&s;te partes of the
lande ca&s;te yower heades togither / ha|&s;te
ye togither to take coun&s;ell: and yet
&s;hall all togither be yn vayne. Conclu|de
ye vpon eny thynge / and yet &s;hall it
not come to pa&s;&s;e / excepte Immanuel.
Thus then &s;ayd the Lorde vnto me ta|kynge
me by the hande lyke a guyde &amp;
nourteringe me that I &s;hulde not go in
the waye of this people &s;aynge. Breke
not yower myndes aboute eny confede|ration
with other for eny helpe: for alt|houghe
this people &s;peaketh of nothin|ge
but of coniurations and confederati|ons:
yet let them not fraye yow: but &s;a|nctifie
yowe the Lorde of powers: hi~ fe|are
/ hym dreade ye: for it is he that is y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
very holymakynge and the &s;tomblyn|ge
&s;tone al&s;o: even a rocke to fal at / &s;na|re
and net to ether of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> hou&s;es / that is
to &s;aye to I&s;rael / and to them that dw|ell
aboute Ieru&s;alem: and many &s;hall
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&s;tomble at hym / they &s;hall fall / they &s;h|albe
broken / they &s;halbe trapt and tak|en.
Nowe (&s;ayth the Lorde) rollvp thys
te&s;temony / and &s;ealevp the lawe withe
my di&s;ciples. Nowe &s;hal I loke for the
lorde (faith I&s;aye) whiche hath hyd his
face frome the hou&s;e of Iacob / and I &s;h|al
tru&s;te yn hym / both I me &s;elfe and y^e
&s;eruantes whom the Lorde hath geven
me to be a miracle and woundre yn I&s;r|ael
for the lorde of powers ple&s;ure that
dwelleth yn the mounte Zion. And w|hen
men &s;hall &s;aye to yowe (O my chil|derne
and di&s;ciples of the lorde) a&s;ke co|un&s;ell
of the Pythonyts and &s;oth &s;ayers
of &s;orcerers and charmers: then an&s;we|re
yowe &s;aynge: do not euery nacion a&s;|ke
coun&s;el and knowledge of theyr ow|ne
goddes? &s;hal they then a&s;ke of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> de|de
to know thinges concerninge the ly|uinge?
gete ye to the lawe and to godd|es
te&s;tymones: for who &s;o ever &s;peaketh
not aftyr the&s;e wordes they ar not of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
morninge lyght. If a man be negligent
and dy&s;py&s;e the lawe / he &s;myteth hym+&s;elfe
<PB REF="23">
agen&s;te a rok and faileth of his po|rpo&s;e
/ and when he thus failethe of his
porpo&s;e / he &s;halbe angrie &amp; &s;o fret hym+&s;elfe
that he &s;hal cur&s;e his kynge &amp; his
god. And when he &s;hal loke ether vp|warde
or downwarde to the grownde:
lo / all are full of anguy&s;he derknes and
tribulacion floteringe aboute hym wi|th
the clowdes of erroure whiche &s;hall
not be taken from him that is thus gr|evou&s;ly
tangled in angui&s;&s;he. (as it ha|ue
bene &s;ene of late in the lande of Zab|ulon
&amp; in the lande of Neptalim)</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Ch. ix</HEAD>
<P>_FIr&s;te y^e londe was ridde of Za|bulon
a~d Neptalim:<NOTE PLACE="marg">4. Re. 15</NOTE> but at la&s;te
it &s;halbe right greuou&s;ly &s;courg|ed:
The londe of Zabulon and Nepta|lim
laye by the waye from over Iord|an
to the &s;ea / thorow Galile whervpon
then bordred the gentyls / the folke th|at
walked in derkenes / which &s;hal &s;ee a
grete lyght / and over them dwelling in
the region of y^e dedly &s;hadewe light &s;h|al
&s;pringe: thou &s;halt multiplye the ge~|tyls
/ &amp; &s;halt thou not therwith al&s;o ma|gnifye
<PB REF="24">
gladnes? thei &s;halbe glad with y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
as men reioy&s;e in their reapi~ge &amp; as me~
hauinge victory / reioy&s;e in deuyding of
their proie. For y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> hevye yoke of y^e gent|yls
/ and the burden of their &s;hulders / &amp;
the pow^r of their tyrauntes / thou &s;hal|te
breke eue~ as thou once delyuerd&s;t thy
people frome the tyranye of the Madi|anites:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iud. vij</NOTE>
ye / &amp; al vyolente roberye / al ha|&s;tye
in&s;urreccion / and al cruel bloud &s;h|ed
&s;hal fead the fyer: For a chylde &s;hal|be
borne for vs / and a &s;onne &s;halbe geu|en
vs / vppon whe&s;e &s;hulders / Impery
and the gouernaunce &s;halbe put / and he
&s;halbe called the meruelous coun&s;eler / the
myghtye God / the father everla&s;t|inge
/ the prince of peace: this kinge &s;hall
neuer haue ende in encre&s;inge his Imp|ery
&amp; yet &s;hal he therwith noury&s;he pe|ace
/ &s;ittinge in the &s;eat regall of Dauid / a~d
in his kingdome / to mayntayne it in
equyte &amp; rightwy&s;nes frome thence in|to
euerla&s;tinge: the zele of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of po|wers
&s;hal bringe this to pa&s;&s;e. The lor|de
&s;ente a worde into Iacob and it fell in|to
<PB REF="24">
I&s;rael: which all the people &s;hal kn|ow
/ euen Ephraim &amp; the cite&s;ens of Sa|marye
althoughe yet of a prowde har|te
thei &s;aye thus: Ower buldi~ges of br|ycke
are &s;mytte~ downe / but we &s;hal bu|ylde
the~ agene with fower &s;qwared &s;to|nes:
ower hou&s;es of wilde figtres ar br|oken
downe / but we &s;hal re&s;tore the~ bu|ylded
with Cedre trees: wherfore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lor|de
&s;hal &s;tere vp Re&s;in with other enem|es
vpon thez: whom he &s;hal &s;o di&s;po&s;e &amp;
ordre that Syrus &s;hal come yn vpon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
fronte of I&s;rael / and the pale&s;tines &s;hal
come in on their backes a~d devower th|em
with open mouthe: and yet for al th|is
&s;hal he not &s;wage his wrath / but &s;h|al
yet &s;tretche forth his hande: for neth|er
the people returneth vnto hym that
plaged them / nor yet &s;eke thei the lorde
of powers. wherfore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde &s;hal kutof
from I&s;rael both toppe and tayle brau|nche
and bande al at once / by the toppe
vnder&s;tande thou the alderma~ and him
y^t bearethe rule / by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> tayle vnder&s;tande
thou the prophete that preachethe lyes
<PB REF="25">
For they whiche preache this people to
be happye or ble&s;&s;ed / are deceyuers / and
they that are thoughte happye emonge
them are the mo&s;te nyghe&s;t their de&s;tr|uction.
Wherfore the Lorde delighteth
not in their yongons and is vnmerciful
vnto the fatherles and to their wede|ws
/ for thei ar al hypocryts and kur&s;ed
and thei al &s;peake foli&s;hnes: and yet for
all this &s;hall he not &s;wage his wrathe
but &s;tretche &s;til forth his hande: For th|eir
vngodlynes burneth lyke fyer whi|ch
is noure&s;hed with brambles and th|ornes
/ and the &s;moke of their pryde flee|thforth
lyke y^e &s;moke of fyer that is fal|len
emonge thycke bryers: wherfore the
lande &s;halbe brente in the wrathe of the
lorde of powers / a~d the people &s;hall fede
the fyer: for noman &s;hal &s;pare a nother.
And if eny man turne hym on his righ|thande
/ he &s;hal &s;terve for honger / and if
he turne hym on his lefte hande to eats
yet &s;hal he fynde no fode / every man &s;h|al
eate the brawne of his owne armes.
Mana&s;&s;e &s;hal eate Ephraim and Ep|hraim
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Mana&s;&s;e / a~d then &s;hal the&s;e to|gith^r
al&s;o eate Iuda. And yet for al th|is
&s;hal he not &s;wage his wrathe but &s;t|retch
&s;tyll forth hys hande.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chapi. x.</HEAD>
<P>_WO be to yowe that make vngo|dly
lawes / and &s;et &s;tatutes to h|arde
to kepe / to oppre&s;&s;e the poo|re
in iugement and vtterly to beger my
afflicte &s;imple people with &s;tryfe a~d la|we
/ that the wedewe myght be a proye
for yow / and to robbe the fatherle&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>What then &s;hal ye do in the daye of vi|&s;itation
and de&s;truccion cominge frome
a farre? to whome then &s;hall ye flee for
helpe? Or where &s;hall ye leave yower
glorye for a pledge that ye be not ca&s;te
into fetters or fall into emonge the &s;i~a|yne?
And yet for all this &s;hal he not &s;w|age
his wrathe but &s;tretche &s;till forthe
his hande. Wo be to A&s;&s;ur al&s;o the we|apen
of my wrathe which holdethe the
rodde of my indignacion in his hande:
for I mu&s;te &s;ende hym emonge hypocr|ytes
/ and to people that hathe de&s;erued
my Indignacion &s;hal I &s;ende him to ro|bbe
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and to &s;poile thez of al that thei ha|ue
/ &amp; to &s;tampe them vnder his fete ly|ke
the dyrte in the &s;treates: not with &s;ta|ndinge
/ yet he him&s;elfe &s;hal not &s;o con&s;|yder
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thinge / nether thus thinke it in
his harte: but hitherto loketh his harte
his lu&s;te is to de&s;troye a~d to wype awa|ye
with his &s;werde not a fewe folke / for
thus thinketh he &s;aynge with hym&s;el|fe:
Are not al other kinges and princes
trybutares vnto me? &s;hal not I &s;ubdwe
to me Calenum as ea&s;elye as Charc|hamim?
and as &s;one take Antioch as I
haue Arphad? and Dama&s;e as Sama|riam?
(as who &s;aye) I haue goten by
my nowne power the&s;e kingdoms in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
which Idols &amp; karued images ar wor&s;|hiped
/ and can I not then get Ieru&s;ale~
and Samarye? &s;hall not I be as able to
do to Ieru&s;alem and to hir Images as I
haue done to Samarye and to hir god|des?
Then the tyme &s;hal come (&s;aith y^e
lorde) when I haue fyne&s;hed al my wo|rke
in the mounte of Zion and Ieru&s;al|em
/ y^t I mu&s;te vy&s;et and loke vpon this
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Ioylye byrde and &s;o fortunate a felowe
even vpon the &s;toute harte of the kynge
of the A&s;&s;yrions and vpon his hyghe l|oke:
for thus he thinketh of him &s;elfe: by
my nowne power and wy&s;dome do I t|he&s;e
thinges: for I am wi&s;e: It is I th|at
haue taken awaye y^e coo&s;tes of y^e na|cions
and haue &s;poyled their princes: a~d
I lyke a gyaunte haue plucked downe
men &s;ittinge a lofte: and the ho&s;tes of y^e
innumerable people with theyr &s;ub&s;ta|unce
are al brought into my handes as
egges into a ne&s;te: for I haue gatherd to
me euery region of the erthe even as &s;ca+tred
egges are gatherd togither into o|ne
place / and there is not one in the me|ane
tyme that dare move his winge / y^t
dare open his mouthe or once chatter a+gen&s;te
me. But (I praye yowe) dothe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
axe glorye agen&s;te hym that v&s;ethe it
to cutte therwith? Or doth y^e &s;awe ma|gnyfye
it &s;elfe agen&s;te the drawer there
of? this were as lyke as though the ro|dde
&s;hulde lyftvp hyr &s;elfe agen&s;te hyr
bearer and the &s;taffe exalte it &s;elfe age|n&s;te
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the &s;myter as though it we^r no tr|ee:
Wherfore the Lorde God of powers
&s;hal &s;ende penurye into hys plentuou&s;|nes
/ a~d fyer &s;hal krepe in vnder his po|w^r
and wa&s;te it: and the lyghte of I&s;r|ael
&s;halbe his fyer / and I&s;raels &s;anctu|arye
&s;halbe his flame / which &s;hal kyn|del
and devower his bryers and thorn|es
all one a daye. Al&s;o the beutye of his
wodes and hilles &s;halbe vtterly con&s;u|med
/ and in conclu&s;ion he hym&s;elfe &s;h|albe
lyke a cha&s;ed vagabonde / and the
rea&s;te of his trees lefte in his wodes &s;h|al
&s;tande &s;o thynne that a chylde maye
tel and write them. And then the ream|naunte
of I&s;rael and thei that &s;halbe &s;a+ued
pertayninge to the hou&s;e of Iacob
&s;hal no more cleave to hym as their &s;m|yter:
but by faithe they &s;hall tru&s;te to
the Lorde that maketh holy I&s;rael: th|ere
&s;hal but a fewe (I &s;aye) returne / eve~
but the reamnaunte of Iacob (I tel yo|we)
&s;hal be turned to the myghtye god / For
althoughe (O I&s;rael) thy people be
lyke the &s;andes of the &s;ea / yet but a fe|we
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of them &s;halbe turned to hym: For y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;entence of hym that is ryche in ryght|wy&s;makinge
mu&s;te neades &s;tande / wh|erfore
dowtle&s;&s;e the lorde god of powers
&s;hal do this a&s;&s;uerde thinge even in the
myddes of all the worlde: For thus &s;pe|aketh
the Lorde god of powers: be not a
frayde of A&s;&s;ur (my people which dwel|le&s;t
in Zion) for with a rodde verely &s;h|al
he &s;myte the and &s;hal lyftvp his w|eapen
agen&s;te the lyke as &s;omtyme dyd
the Egiptions / but aftyr a lytel &s;pace / ye
in le&s;&s;e then a lytel &s;pace the me&s;ure
of my indignacion and wrathe for their
&s;ynnes &s;halbe fulfilled / &s;aith the Lorde:
for then the Lorde of powers &s;hal &s;ter|evppe
a &s;courge agen&s;te them as he dyd
once agen&s;te the Madianytes at the ro|cke
of Oreb / and as he lyftedvp his ro|dde
vpon the &s;ea / and &s;hal &s;myte the~ as
he &s;myt the Egypcions. Then &s;hal his
burden be taken frome thy &s;hulders / a~d
his yoke from thy necke / and hys yoke
&s;hal rotte for fatte. But this A&s;&s;ur ve|rely
&s;hal come yn fir&s;te vnto Aiath / a~d
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from then&s;e &s;hal he conne into Migron
In Machmas &s;hall he nowmber hys
ho&s;te / there &s;hal he go ouer the foorde &amp;
&s;o turne to Gabaam / then &s;hal Rama
be a frayde / and Gabaa which is called
Saules Gabaa &s;hall flee. The neayn|ge
of their hor&s;es &s;hal &s;ownde over al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
dawghter of Gallim which &s;halbe ha|rde
vnto Lais and to lowe Anathot. but
whyles Madmena be a frayde &s;e that
ye cite&s;ens of Gebim pluckevp your h|artes
/ for this one daye &s;hal he yet tar|yein
Noba / and from thence &s;hal he tu|rne
his ho&s;te towerd the mounte / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> da|ughter
of Zion and to the hyl of Hieru|&s;alem.
But yet beholde / for the Lorde
god of powers &s;hall cut of this gloriou&s;e
renowne with grete feare / he &s;hal cut d|owne
the talle men and they that are a
lofte &s;hall come full lowe / the thorney
places of the wodes &s;hal he &s;myte dow|ne
with axes / and the grete hyghe Ce|der
trees &s;hal haue a fall.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Theleuenth Chapiter.</HEAD>
<PB REF="28">
<P>_But at la&s;te &s;hal the Gryffe com|eforth
of the &s;tocke of Ie&s;&s;e and
the floury &s;hinge budde &s;hal &s;p|ringe
forth of his rote / which &s;halbe en|dued
withe the &s;pirit of the Lorde / even
withe the &s;pirit of wy&s;dome / and of vn|der&s;tandinge
/ with the &s;pyrit of coun&s;|el
and &s;trength / the &s;pyrit of knowled|ge
and feare of the Lorde / and &s;hall ma|ke
hym accepte or of &s;wete &s;avoure in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
feare of the Lorde / for he &s;hal not Iuge
aftyr the face nor reprove aftyr the fa|me
brought vnto his ears: but &s;hal av|enge
the poore with right wi&s;nes / &amp; re|a&s;on
for the lowe oppre&s;&s;ed of the erthe
with equyte: The erthe &s;hal he &s;myte
with the rodde of his mouthe / and wy|the
the very breath of his lippes &s;hall
he &s;laye the vngodly man: for rightwi|&s;nes
&s;halbe the gyrdele of his loynes / &amp;
trowthe and faithfulnes &s;hal gyrde a|boute
hys &s;ydes / that the wolfe myght
dwel and acorde with the lombe / the le|oparde
lye downe with the gote / and ly+kewy&s;e
the hey fore with the lyon / and
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that euery wylde bea&s;te moughte agre
with the tame and become &s;o meke that
a lytel chylde myght rule them / the ko|we
and the female beare &s;hal fede togit|her
in one hearde and &s;hall noury&s;h vp
their yonge togith^r in one place / the ly|on
&s;hal eate chaffe with the oxe / here y^e
yonge babe &s;hal playe vpon the Serp|ents
denne / and aftyr that it be weaned / it
&s;hal put his hande into the ne&s;te of y^e
venoum&s;e kockatrice. Noman &s;hal hur|te
or de&s;troye other thorowt al my holy
hyll: for y^e lande &s;hall &s;wymme in y^e kn|owledge
of the lordis wor&s;hipe as it w|ere
a &s;ea flowinge ouer all: and then &s;h|all
it come to pa&s;&s;e / that the gentils &s;h|al
&s;eke this roote of Ie&s;&s;e which &s;tande|th
vp for a &s;igne emonge the folke: For
his quyet habitacion &s;halbe right glou|riou&s;e.
And then the Lorde &s;hall put to
his hande agene to chalenge and to po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;e
the reamnaunte of his people wh|ome
he re&s;erued &s;alfe frome the A&s;&s;yri|ons
/ frome the Egiptions / frome the h|arde
Arabens / frome the yindes / frome
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the Elamytes / frome the Chaldes fr|ome
the Antiochens / and frome the ey|lands
of the &s;ea / then &s;hal he geve a &s;i|gne
to the Gentyls and &s;hal gather to
gither the &s;caterde men of I&s;rael / &amp; bri|nge
togither al&s;o the di&s;per&s;ed of Iuda
frome the fower quarters of the erthe / Ephraim
&s;halbe ea&s;ed of hir hateful a|duer&s;ares
/ and the enymes of Iuda &s;h|albe
clene wyped a waye: Nether &s;hall
Ephraim enuye or hate Iuda / nor Iu|da
&s;hall inuade Ephraim / but their &s;hal
flee bothe togither vpon the &s;hulders of
the Pale&s;tynes towerde the we&s;te / ret|urninge
both togither to robbe the chy|lderne
of the Ea&s;te: the Idumes and y^e
Moabites &s;halbe at their becke / a~d the
&s;onnes of Ammon &s;hal obaye them / a~d
the Lorde &s;hall &s;toppe the tonge of the
&s;ea of Egipte and &s;hal &s;hake his hande
over this flovde with a vehement wy|nde
&s;mytinge hyr &s;even mouthes &s;o th|at
men maye go over hyr drye &s;hod / and
the waye &s;hallye wyde open for the re|amnaunte
of his people which were &s;a|ued
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frome the A&s;&s;yrions even as it la|ye
open for I&s;raell when they came vp
frome Egypte / &s;o that then / euery one
of them &s;hal &s;aye thus.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xij.</HEAD>
<P>I Thanke the (Lorde) for thow w|a&s;t
wrathe with me / but thy coun|tenaunce
nowe changed / thou arte
mercyfull and counforte&s;t me. Lo / God
is my &s;avioure / I &s;hal tru&s;te in hym / a~d
&s;hall not feare. For the Lorde god is my
&s;trength and pray&s;e. It is he that wilbe
my refuge. ye &s;hal drawe waters with
grete ioye owte of the welles of ow^r &s;a|viow^r
/ and &s;hal &s;aye in tho&s;e dayes. Let
vs geve thankes to the Lorde / let vs
&s;preade his name / Let vs puble&s;he his
ple&s;ures to the people / and let vs neuer
forget that right highe is his name ex|alted.
Let vs &s;ynge vnto the lorde for he
hath done highe thinges that they &s;h|ulde
be knowne thorowe all the erthe.
Lawghe and be glad frome thy very h|arte
/ thou that dwelle&s;te in Zion for ri|ght
grete is thy prynce which maketh
holye I&s;rael.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xiij.</HEAD>
<PB REF="30">
<P>_THe heuy de&s;truction of Babylo~
whiche I&s;aye the &s;onne of Am|oz
&s;awe before. Lyftevp a token
to the hill a bove krye to them / beken
yow^r handes to thez / that the pr|ynces
might co~vaye their&s;elues into w|ithyn
the gates. For I (&s;aith the Lorde)
&s;hal commaunde my apoynted me&s;&s;age|rs
and cal my mightyons that delight
in my maie&s;tye to fyne&s;he my wrathe.
And methought then that Iharde a no|y&s;e
frome the mountaynes lyke the no|y&s;e
of miche people &s;wellinge and clu&s;t|eringe
togither eve~ a noy&s;e of men mu|&s;teringe
/ as thoughe the realmes of the
ge~tyles had be~ gatherde altogither ha|uinge
the lorde of powers for their cap|ytain
/ a~d as thoughe thei had come fr|ome
farre regions euen frome the extre|me
partes of the worlde / ye as thoughe
bothe the Lorde him&s;elfe / his mini&s;ters
and ve&s;&s;els of his indignacio~ &s;hulde ha|ue
come to de&s;troye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> wholl worlde. Ho|wle
ye therfore / for ful nyghe is the da|ye
of the lorde which &s;hal come vpon vs
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lyke a de&s;troyer frome the mo&s;te mygh|tye&s;te:
then &s;hal euery ma~nes ha~de ha|ue
the pal&s;aye / and their hartes &s;hal fa|ynte
/ thei &s;halbe a&s;tonned / holden with
anguy&s;he and dazynges in their heades
thei &s;hal haue panges lyk women trau|elinge
of childe / euery man &s;halbe a fra|yde
of other a~d their chekes &s;hal glowe
for &s;hame / for beholde / y^e daye of the lor|de
&s;hall be pre&s;ente ful of fyarcenes / In|dignacion
/ wrathe / anger / vntyl their
lande be brought into a wyldernes / and
&s;ynne be ca&s;toute of it / for the &s;tarres &amp;
the planets of heuen &s;halnot geve the|ir
lighte. The &s;onne &s;halbe quenched in
his vpry&s;ing / &amp; y^e mone &s;hal with drawe
hyr lighte. I &s;hal (&s;aith y^e lorde) loke v|pon
the malice of the worlde &amp; &s;hal pu|ny&s;he
the &s;ynnes of the vngodly. I &s;h|al
abate the pryde of the prowde / a~d the
wanten lu&s;tes of tyrants &s;hal I bringe
downe. I &s;hal make that a man &s;hal be
then more preciou&s;e then y^e pure&s;te gol|de.
ye &amp; that but a vyle man &s;hal be be|t^r
then a wedge of gold of Ophyr. Wh|erfore
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I &s;hal &s;o &s;inyte heven that the er|the
&s;hal &s;hake frome hyr place. the&s;e pl|ages
(I &s;aye) &s;hal fall vpon Babylon at
the Indignacion of the lorde of powers / and
that in the daye of his fyarce wra|the:
then &s;hal a man be as fearful as a
cha&s;ed doo and as a flocke of &s;hepe wh|om
noman can bringe to gither: one co|untreman
&s;hal flee to a nother for helpe
and euery man to his owne lande / a~d he
that &s;halbe fownde alone &s;halbe &s;teked:
and he that abydeth in the raye &s;halbe
&s;myt downe. their chylderne &s;halbe th|rone
agen&s;te y^e grownde before their fa|ces
/ their hou&s;es &s;halbe robbed and the|ir
wyues defyled. For lo / I &s;hal &s;tere vp
the Medes vpon them which &s;hal &s;et
nothing by &s;yluer &amp; but a lytel by golde
of whom y^e bowes of the yonge men &s;h|albe
broke~ / thei &s;hal haue lytel petye of
wemen with chylde and le&s;&s;e &s;hame to
kyll their chylderne. And Babylon the
heade of al kingdomes / the beuteful fl|ower
of the Chaldes &s;halbe de&s;troyde
even as the lorde de&s;troyde Sodome a~d
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Gomor: it &s;hal neuer be inhabited net|her
eny man &s;hall dwell in it frome age
to age. The Arabes &s;hal nomore pitche
bothes there / nether the herdemen &s;hall
thith^r bringe their flocke / but wylde be|a&s;tes
&s;hal lye there / a~d their hou&s;es &s;h|albe
ful of owles there &s;hal inhabit St|ruthions
/ there &s;hal &s;cyppe the&s;e wodo|u&s;es
/ there &s;hall krye the&s;e nyght rav|ens
one agen&s;te a nother in the hou&s;es of
Babylon / and dragons &s;hal there playe
in the palaces.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chapiter .xiiij.</HEAD>
<P>_ANd the tyme of his cominge is
nowe at hande / his daye &s;hall
not be longe differred. But yet
agene the lorde wilbe mercyful
to Iacob / and &s;hal yet cho&s;e I&s;rael / and
bringe them agene vnto their owne lan|de:
and &s;trau~gers &s;halbe cowpled with
them and Ioyned to the hou&s;e of Iacob
Thei &s;hal take this &s;traunge nacion &amp;
leade them to their places / and the hou|&s;e
of I&s;rael &s;hall holde them for &s;eruan|tes
and handemaydes in the lordes lan|de
&amp; holde them in captiuite / vnder wh|o&s;e
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gyrdel thei their &s;elfe where before / &amp;
&s;hal commaunde thez which before we|re
their ma&s;ters. And then when y^e lor|de
&s;hal geve the re&s;te frome thy labou|res
and tremblinge and frome thy gre|vou&s;e
&s;eruitute by which thou were th&abus;
holden vnder: thou &s;halte take vp this
lame~table &s;onge agen&s;te y^e kinge of Ba|bylo~
&s;ayng / howe is this extor&s;ener br|ought
to re&s;te with his golden tayes a~d
trybutes? The lorde verely hath broke
the &s;taffe of the vngodly even the &s;ep|tre
of the&s;e lordely rulers: which when
he is angry &s;myteth the people with a
plage vncurable / when he is chafed / he
tameth the&s;e Gentyles &amp; per&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">th th|em
&s;till: &s;o that nowe al ower lande is at
re&s;te and &s;ingeth for Ioye / ye the very
fyrtrees and the Cedres of Libani reio|y&s;e
vpo~ thy fall / &s;ainge. Aftyr that th|ou
were layed a &s;leape noman clymed
vp to kut vs downe: helle trembled at
thy cominge: Gyauntes and al prynces
of the erthe came forthe to mete the / all
kinges of the gentyles ro&s;e vp frome th|eire
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trones / all the&s;e in cour&s;e magnify|ed
the &s;aynge: Arte thou not wounded
as well as we &amp; made lyke vs? but thy
pryde was plucked downe to hell with
thy vayne foly&s;hnes. Mottes &s;halbe
&s;trewed vnder the &amp; wormes &s;halbe thy
koverled. Howe felle ye frome heuen (lu+cifer)
ye fayer &s;onne of the morninge? ar
ye nowe fallen &s;o wretchedly to the ert|he
which were wonte to be Emperow^r
over the gentyles? ye and that even w|hen
thou thus thoughte&s;t in thy harte.
I &s;hal a&s;cende into heven and &s;hal exa|lte
my &s;eate aboue the &s;tarres of heven
and &s;itte in the congregacion hill at the
northe &s;yde: I wyl a&s;cende hygher then
the clowdes / a~d be equale with the mo|&s;te
hyghe&s;t. But nowe arte thou pluck|ed
downe to helle vnto the mo&s;te deape&s;t
plage of the erthe: thei that &s;e the come
now nerer and dare tote y^e in the face th|inkinge
thus vpon the / Is not this the
&s;toute man that made the erthe a fray|de
/ that &s;hoke the kingdoms to gith^r / &amp;
made the worlde lyke a de&s;erte? which
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betedowne cytes and townes and wo|lde
never let his captiues come home.</P>
<P>Howe cometh it to pa&s;&s;e that whyls all
other kinges of al nacions &s;leape glory+ou&s;ly euery one at his owne hou&s;e / thou
arte ca&s;te oute of thy grave lyke a plan|te
oute of kynde? lyke the fle&s;es of &s;la|yne
me~ digged thorow with &s;peares / ye
lyke mene let downe into dounge~s of &s;t|one
/ and lyke dede karca&s;es troden vn|der
the fete. Therfore arte thou not bu|ryed
with them becau&s;e thou de&s;troyed|&s;te
thy nowne lande / and &s;lue&s;t thy pe|ople.
The po&s;terite of &s;ynful men ther|fore
&s;hal euermore be ignomyniou&s;e / a~d
men &s;hall &s;eke meanes to make a waye
their chylderne for their fathers iniqui|te:
le&s;te thei ary&s;e and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e the king|dome
/ and fyl the lande ful of &s;tro~ge ho|ldes.
I &s;hal ry&s;e vpon them (&s;aith y^e lor|de
of powers) a~d kut of the name of Ba|bylon
/ and al that there remayne with
the chylderne a~d their neves / &s;aith the
lorde: I &s;hal leve it for oters / and turne
it into a fy&s;&s;he pole / ye I &s;hal &s;wepe it
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with a con&s;uminge be&s;ome (&s;aith the lo|rde
of powers): ye / and be&s;ydes al this y^e
lorde of powers bownde it with an othe
thus to come to pa&s;&s;e as he had thoug|ht
/ and to be as &s;uer of this plage as he
had decreed it. I &s;hal breke downe y^e A&s;|&s;yrions
(&s;aith he) in my lande / and trede
them downe in my mountayns: the yo|ke
of A&s;&s;ur &s;halbe taken frome yowe / &amp;
yower &s;hulders &s;halbe delyuerde of his
burden / &s;o &s;tandeth it with the coun&s;els
which the lorde hath decreed vpon all y^e
lande / and thus is his power &s;tretched|forth
vnto all gentyles: for the lorde of
powers decreynge eny thinge / who &s;hal
make it voyde? When he hath &s;treched
forth his hande / who maye bende it bac|ke?
In the yeare that kynge Ahaz dyed
God thretened one this maner by I&s;a|ye.
Reioy&s;e not al at once thou Pale&s;ty|ne
/ as thoghe y^e &s;taffe of hym that &s;myt
the were al to broken: for oute of the ro|te
of the edder &s;hal ry&s;e a koketrice / and
oute of hym &s;hal &s;pringe a fleinge fyer
drake / and the poore &s;hal eate of the be&s;t
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and nedyons &s;hall dwell in &s;avegarde:
But thy rote &s;hal I quenche oute with
honger / and he &s;hall &s;laye thy reamna|untes.
yell oute ye gates: krye ye cytes / and
thou pale&s;tyne be trowbled all ouer
for there cometh a &s;moke frome the nor
the / who&s;e thycknes and bitter violence
noman maye abyde: and then what ot|her
an&s;were &s;hal the tydinge beares of
the folke make / but that the Lorde hath
&s;et fa&s;te Zion / and his poore people &s;h|al
cleve vnto hyr.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chapi. xv.</HEAD>
<P>_The heuye vi&s;ion that the Lorde
&s;hewed to I&s;aye vpon Moab.
I have &s;ene that Ar Moab &s;h|ulde
be de&s;troyed and layed ful lowe / a~d
that in the nighte / and in the night al&s;o
the walles of Moab &s;hulde be throne
downe. The&s;e Moabites a&s;cended vn|to
their highe places called Baithe and
Dibon where they wor&s;hiped Idols / to
wepe before them. This lamentable h|owlinge
of Moab was harde over Na|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">o
and Medeba / every man polled his
heade and &s;houe his berde. Thei &s;tode
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gyrte in &s;acke in every korner of the to|wne.
Vpon their hou&s;e toppes / and in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;tretes every man kryed oute and fell to
wepinge. He&s;ebon and Eleale kryed &s;o
lowde that their voyces were harde to
Iahaz / and the &s;oudgiers of Moab w|hen
thei &s;hulde haue blowne vp theire
trompetes to batayle / for &s;orowe of the|ir
hartes they kryed ah la&s;&s;e for &s;orowe / ower
hartes blede vpon Moab fleinge
towerd Zoar that welthye bullok / and
vpon the hanging of the hyll of Luhith
they clymed withe wepinge. Al&s;o the
waye of Horonaim they filled with th|eire
lamentable noy&s;e. The waters of
Nemrim were for&s;aken and the gra&s;&s;e
was wytherd awaye. Corne fayled / a~d
there was no grene thinge lefte. And e|ven
aftyr this maner the re&s;te of theyr
&s;ub&s;taunce and goodes theyr aduer&s;ar|es
karied a waye to Arabye pro&s;perou|&s;ly
by &s;hippe. And to be &s;horte / the noy&s;e
wente thorowe al the coo&s;tes of Moab
&s;o that frome Eglaim vnto Beer Elim
all was fylle dwith theyr howlinge.</P>
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<P>The waters of Dimon were full of bl|oude
/ for there laye the ho&s;te waytynge
lyke lyons / both for them y^t &s;hulde ha|ue
e&s;caped frome the cyte / and for them
that fled frome the felde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xvi</HEAD>
<P>Then y^e lorde of y^e lande &s;ente a &s;oul|dyer
frome the &s;toney de&s;erte vn|to
the hill of the daughter of Zi|on
(for the daughters of Moab abode
yet at the foorde of Arnon lyke trembl|inge
byrds put oute of their ne&s;tes) wh|ich
me&s;&s;agere requyred them thus &s;ayn|ge.
Gather togither yower &s;enatours &amp;
take coun&s;ell howe ye myghte &s;hadewe
and defende vs in this hot per&s;ecution / hyde
them that flee / and de&s;troye not y^e
di&s;per&s;ed / let ower Moabytes fled vn|to
yowe be &s;oukerde / hyde vs from the
face of the de&s;troyer / for ower enymes
trede vs downe: this de&s;troyer cea&s;&s;eth
not to wa&s;te vs a waye frome the ert|he:
For the &s;eate of yower kyngdome is
ful of mercye / wherfore he that &s;ittethe
in it mu&s;te iuge of faithfulnes and tro|wthe
as in the tabernacle of Dauid / he
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mu&s;te &s;eke equite &amp; ha&s;te hym to mayn|tayne
the righte. Vnto the which requ|e&s;te
it was thus an&s;werde. Moabs pr|yde
is wel knowne and howe grete it is
His Arrogancye &amp; &s;wellinge furye was
never &s;o grete but his &s;trength is nowe
as &s;mall. Wherfore let Moab compla|yne
of his fall to hym &s;elfe / that he mo|ught
all alone lamente / and that he al|&s;o
thus broken with &s;orowe mought &s;it
complayninge and moorninge in vay|ne
at the fete of che brycke walles of A|rnon
nowe ca&s;te downe. Al&s;o I&s;awe th|o&s;e
&s;uburbes of He&s;ebon de&s;troyed: The
vyneyardes of Sibme planted withe y^e
mo&s;te noble&s;te vynes which reched vn|to
Iazer and &s;pred vnto the de&s;erte / hyr
branches &s;pred vnto y^e we&s;te &s;ea the pe|ars
of Gentyles dyd kut downe. Whe|rfore
I wepte for Iazer and for the vy|neyardes
of Sibme / I waterde the vy|neyarde
of He&s;bonam and Elealen wi|th
the teares of my eyes / becau&s;e that in
their harue&s;te and in the gatheringe of
their grapes theire wonte mery &s;onges
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were gone / their myrth was layed in b|ed
/ both of felde and vyne yarde / &s;o that
they coulde nether be glade nor &s;ynge: y^e
treder in y^e vyne pre&s;&s;e trede out no more
wyne / their harue&s;te and grape gather|inge
&s;onges were layed downe. Wher|fore
my belye murmuerde lyk an harpe
for Moab / and even my bowels al&s;o for
that bryk walle. For when Moab &s;ee t|hat
hyr goodes were in perell &s;he wear|ed
hir &s;elfe going to hyr Idols in highe
places and to hyr holy hou&s;es to praye / but
non might helpe hyr. This is y^e w|orde
which the lorde &s;pake then vpon
Moab: but nowe the lorde &s;peaketh on
this maner. Aftyr thre yeares / the po|wer
of Moab with al hyr pompe &amp; ryc|hes
(which ar very mych) &s;halbe taken
a waye / eve~ as an hyerde &s;eruante his
yeares oute &s;erued is quyte gone / a~d hir
reamnauntes &s;halbe ful fewe a~d of &s;m|all
valewe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xvij.</HEAD>
<P>_THe heuye affliccion which y^e lo|rde
&s;hewed to I&s;aye vpon Da|ma&s;cum.
Dama&s;cus &s;hal no|more
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be a cyte / but throne downe into
an heape of &s;tones. The cites of Aroer
&s;halbe turned into pa&s;ture &amp; layers for
flockes of &s;hepe a~d other heardes &s;o th|at
noman &s;hal fraye them a waie Ep|hraim
&s;hal nomore be &s;tro~ge defen&s;ed / Dama&s;cus
&s;halbe nomore a kingdome.
Al&s;o the glorye of the lefte cytes of Sy|rie
&s;halbe lyke the glorye of the chylde|rne
of I&s;rael &s;aith the lorde of powers / then
&s;hal the glorye of Iacob be ful thy|nne
/ and the well lykinge of theire fatte
bodyes &s;halbe full leane. For they &s;hal|be
lyke a gatherer of corne yet &s;ta~dinge
after the &s;ykle which reapeth down the
handfulles withe his Arme / but when
he gathereth or thru&s;teth them togith|er
(even in the valye of Rephaim) yet he
levethe &s;om what for the gleaners: th|ey
&s;halbe lyke one beatingeof olyve be|ryes
which yet leveth two or thre bery|es
in the toppe and not pa&s;&s;inge fower
or fyve in all the other bouwes &s;aithe y^e
lorde god of I&s;rael. Then &s;hal man ret|urne
vnto his maker and his eyes &s;hall
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loke vnto hym that maketh holye I&s;r|ael:
and &s;hall not loke vnto Altars the
worke of theyr handes neth^r &s;hal he be|holde
tho&s;e thinges whiche his owne
fyngers made / nether wordes / nor yma|ges.
Then &s;hal the &s;tronge cytes be lef|te
de&s;olate as were the ploughes &amp; ha|rows
&s;ometyme (of the chananites) for
feare of the chylderne of I&s;rael. Becau|&s;e
thou ha&s;t forgoten god thy &s;aviower
and not remembred thy &s;tronge rocke / therfore
ha&s;t thou planted the &s;o fayer
&s;ettes and &s;owne the &s;o &s;traunge &s;eades
When thou planted&s;te them / thou wa|&s;te
riche and in thy flowers and beleu|ed&s;te
to haue had fulerlye frutes of thy
&s;eade: But when the tyme &s;hall come to
gather and to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them / thou &s;halt
reape right plentuou&s;e affliccio~ and &s;o|rowe.
Wo be to this confu&s;e clu&s;tre and
mon&s;tro&s;e multitude of &s;o prowde peop|le
&s;wellinge lyke the &s;ea whiche haith|en
ho&s;te ry&s;eth vp lyke a fearce water.</P>
<P>But let this heady folke / be they never
&s;o many / neuer &s;o vnrulye and lawles
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&s;well / yet as &s;one as the Lorde blameth
them and &s;ette agen&s;te them / thei &s;hall
flee full farre a waye / and &s;halbe wyn|nowed
of the wynde lyke the du&s;te of y^e
drye mountayne / and lyke a whirlew|ynde
at the comynge of a &s;torme: For lo / lyke
as at the eveninge thei were mer|velou&s;e
terrible / &s;o before the morninge
&s;hal thei begone. This is the very en|de
of them that &s;courge vs / this is the
rewarde of them that robbe vs of ower
goodes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. x viij.</HEAD>
<P>_WO be to the lande who&s;e &s;hipp|es
are &s;o &s;wyfte / which lande ly+eth
one thys &s;yde of the flowde
of Ethiopye / which &s;endeth amba&s;&s;iat|ours
by the &s;ea and that in &s;hippes of r|eedes
and bulru&s;hes put vpon the wat|ers
&s;aynge: Go yower wayes ye me&s;&s;a|gers
vnto a y^e py&s;&s;ed a~d ragged nacion / people
more fearfull then owers and fa|rre
vnlyke / a vyle nacion &amp; litel &s;et bye
who&s;e lande the floudes devyde. But o
ye all that dwel vpon the erthe and in|habit
the rownde worlde / take hede and
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loke when ye &s;e the &s;igne lyfted vp to yo|we
in the hylles / and when ye heare the
trompetes blowne vp to bataile: For th|us
&s;ayd the Lorde to me. I laye downe
to re&s;te con&s;yderynge withe my &s;elfe yn
my hou&s;e in the myddaye when it was
full warme lyke as a gen&s;te a &s;hower of
rayne as it is wonte to be in harue&s;t ce|a&s;on
/ but yet before the corne be redye to
reape and the clu&s;ters of grapes be per|fitly
rype: and the^r was one which kut|downe
the clu&s;ters with a kutting kn|yfe
/ and he kut a waye even the branc|hes
al&s;o / and toke them a waye: the re&s;|ydwe
were lefte as well fore the fowles
of the mountayns as for the bea&s;tes of
the felde / that y^e fowles myght lye the|re
all the &s;omer a~d the bea&s;tes of the fe|ldes
all wynter. And then &s;hall the^r be
offred the Lorde of powers a gyfte of y^e
pild ragged nacion and dredfull people
farre above vs / a vyle nacion / a~d troden
vnd^r fote. Whole landes y^e flowdes de|uyde:
vnto the lorde of powers (I &s;aye)
the&s;e gentyles &s;halbe offerd at the pla|ce
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con&s;ecrated vnto his name / even at y^e
mounte Zion.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xix.</HEAD>
<P>_THe heuye afflicion which y^e lor|de
&s;hewed to I&s;aye vppon Eg|ypte.
Beholde / the lorde &s;hal co+me
rydinge vpon a &s;wyfte clowde into
Egypte: at who&s;e cominge the Idols of
Egypte &s;hal &s;heake / a~d the harte of E|gypte
&s;hal faynte in hyr owne bodye.
For I &s;hal &s;et the Egipcions (&s;aith the
lorde) one agen&s;te a nother &s;o that eue|ry
man &s;hal fyght with other / even bro|ther
agen&s;te brother / cyte agen&s;te cyte / kyngdome
agen&s;te kyngdome / and the
breath of Egypte &s;halbe broken in hyr
belye / and I &s;hal &s;cater hyr coun&s;el wh|en
&s;he &s;hal go aboute to a&s;ke it of hir I|dols
/ wytches / &s;oth &s;ayers and diuyne|rs.
I &s;hal betake Egypte into the hand|es
of cruel lordes / and a violente kinge
&s;hal rule the~ / &s;aith the lorde god of po|wers.
The waters of the &s;ea &s;hal &s;ynke
awaye / and Nilus &s;halbe dryedup / their
flowdes &s;halbe dronke vp / and their dy|kes
and brooks &s;halbe ful &s;halowe and
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fayle / reed and ru&s;hes &s;halbe wytherd|vp
/ the medewes a~d all the feldes a bo|ute
Nil&abus; which wer wonte to wexe gr|ene
at the openinge of hyr lippes &s;halbe
dryed vp and of no valwe. The fy&s;he|rs
&s;hal morne / a~d al that were wonte to
laye hokes &amp; bende nettes at their wat|ers
&s;hal lamente: the &s;pynners and ma|kers
of lynyne / the &s;ylke wemen with y^e
weavers therof &s;halbe begerde and co~|funded.
At that made pondes a~d &s;twes
&s;hal breke vp their bankes. Al&s;o the co|un&s;ells
of the fole&s;&s;he princes of Zoan &amp;
the wy&s;e coun&s;el of Pharao &s;halbe tur|ned
al into fely&s;hnes. Howe dare ye th|en
be &s;o bolde to &s;aye vnto Pharao / I
am come of a wy&s;e &s;tocke / a~d I am of an
auncya~t noble bloude? where nowe / w|here
(I praye the) are thy wy&s;e men? let
them tell the nowe (I praye the) what y^e
lorde entendeth and hath thought to do
with Egipte. The foly&s;he pri~ces of Zo|an
and the prowde princes of Memph|eos
begylde Egipte with their noble hy+ghe
&s;tocke. The lorde &s;hall mingle the
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&s;prite of erroure emonge thez that then
&s;hulde &s;educe Egipte in all thinges ev|en
as the dronken and vomytinge man
is brought oute of the waye. Egipte &s;h|al
want coun&s;el to convaye hyr cau&s;es / &s;he
&s;hal not knowe where &s;he &s;hal beg|inne
nor where &s;he &s;hal make an ende / whether
it be vpon y^e lande or &s;ea. Th|en
&s;hall Egipte be lyke wemen / fearfull
and a&s;to~ned at y^e lyftinge vp of the ha~|de
of the lorde of powers / which he &s;hall
lyftup agen&s;t hyr. Al&s;o te lande of Iuda
&s;halbe a thondreclappe to Egipte / &s;o th|at
who &s;o euer mynde hyr to Egipte &s;he
&s;hal a non be &s;inayde with feare at y^e co|un&s;el
of the lorde of powers whiche he
hath decreede agen&s;te hyr. Then &s;hall
there be .v. cytes in the lande of Egipte
which &s;hal &s;peake the Chananytes to|nge
/ and &s;halbe &s;worne vnto y^e lorde of
powers / of the which one is called Heli|opolis.
Al&s;o then &s;hal there be an altar
for y^e lorde in the myddes of Egipte ent|ytlede
to the lorde to be into a &s;igne and
te&s;tymonye for the lorde of powers in y^e
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lande of Egipte / y^t when thei krye vnto
him / for feare of their oppre&s;&s;ours he m|ought
&s;ende them a &s;aviowr and a guy|de
which mought delyuer them. The
lorde &s;hal knowe the Egypcions a~d ag|ene
the Egipcions &s;hal knowe the Lor|de
/ then &s;hal thei wor&s;hip him with &s;a|cryfices
&amp; gyftes. They &s;hal vowe vn|to
the lorde and performe it. Thus &s;hal
the lorde &s;myte the Egypcions and he|ale
them agene / thus &s;hal they be con|uerted
to the lorde / and thus &s;hal he be
merciful vnto them and &s;hal heale the~.
Then &s;hal the waye be comenly haw|nted
frome Egypte to A&s;&s;yria / and the
A&s;&s;yrions &s;hal come to the Egypcions
and Thegypcions agene to them / &amp; th|ei
&s;hall both wor&s;hippe one God. Then
&s;hal I&s;rael with Egipte &amp; A&s;&s;yria ma|ke
all thre one ble&s;&s;ed trinite in the my|ddes
of the erthe / which trinite the lor|de
of powers &s;hal ble&s;&s;e &s;aynge: Ble&s;&s;ed
be Egipte my people / ble&s;&s;ed be the A&s;|&s;irions
y^e worke of my handes / a~d ble&s;&s;ed
be I&s;rael my inheretaunce.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xx.</HEAD>
<P><PB REF="41">
IN the yeare that Thartan came
to Azotum &s;ente of Sargon kyn|ge
of the A&s;&s;yrions and had won|ne
by bataile and taken Azotum: y^e lor|de
&s;poke vnto I&s;aye the &s;onne of Amoz
thus &s;aynge. Go and draw of thy &s;acke
frome thy loynes and lo&s;e thy &s;hoes fro+me
thy fete / which &s;o doynge / wente na+ked
and bare fote. And the lorde &s;ayd: y^e
nakednes and barefote goinge of my &s;e|ruante
I&s;aye is a token a~d a fore &s;hewi|nge
of a woundrefull thinge that &s;hall
fall vpon Egypte &amp; Ethiope aftyr thre
dayes: for &s;o &s;hall the kynge of A&s;&s;yrye
dryve the captyues of Egypte and the
bane&s;hed of Ethiope / both yonge and ol+de
&s;hall he dryue awaye naked and bar|fote:
and &s;hal vnkouer the ar&s;es of the|gipcions
beinge a&s;hamed of the Ethio|ps
and Ehethiops of thegypcions / and
then &s;hall the dwellers of this eylonde
&s;aye: is this ower hope vnto whom / we
fled for helpe to be delyuerde frome the
kinge of A&s;&s;yrye? howe &s;hal we e&s;cape?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xxi. Chapiter</HEAD>
<PB REF="41">
<P>_THe grevou&s;e affliccion of y^e wy|lde
&s;ea. There is an hevye vi&s;|ion
&s;hewed me / lyke as when a
&s;torme brought frome the &s;out|he
comethe owte frome the de&s;erte that
terrible lande. Babylon &s;halbe be&s;eged
rownde aboute and &s;halbe vtterlye de|&s;troyde.
Come vp Elam / be&s;ege it Me+de
/ all theyr &s;yghes &s;hal I &s;wage. At
the&s;e wordes my raynes were a &s;toned
and panges came vpon me lyke the pa~|ges
of a woman travelinge of chylde.</P>
<P>When I harde this I fell downe / when
I &s;e it I was ama&s;ed. My harte trem|bled
and panted / I &s;hoke for feare / &amp; be|cau&s;e
this thi~ge was derke to me al my
wittes wer a &s;tonned. For even this no|y&s;e
was harde al&s;o: let the table be lay|ed
&s;odenly / and the watche wel apoyn|ted
/ eate / drynke / ary&s;e capytaynes and
take ye to bukler a~d &s;hylde. Then th&abus;
&s;ayd the lorde to me: Go a~d &s;et vp a &s;p|ye
that &s;hal tel what he &s;e: which when
he hadde diligently loked rownde abo|ute
/ he e&s;pyed a cowple of men cominge
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rydinge togither one of an a&s;&s;e and tot|her
of a Camel: and this &s;pye kryed ly|ke
a lyon / O my ma&s;ter / I haue &s;tande
here be&s;ely watchinge all daye a~d haue
kepte my &s;tadinge diligently al this ni|ghe
to: And lo there are come a cowple
of the which one hath brought this me|&s;&s;age
and &s;ayd / Babylon is fallen / Ba|bylon
is fallen in very dede / and all the
karued &amp; graven Images of their Go|ddis
ar bra&s;te agen&s;te the grounde: the|&s;e
are the tydinges (o my felawes in w|orke
and offyce) whiche I haue harde of
the Lorde of powers to &s;hewe vnto yo|we.
The heuye affliccion of Dume.</P>
<P>Me thought I harde a noy&s;e of one kri|nge
frome Seir &s;aynge: watche man w|hat
ha&s;te thou e&s;pyed this mighte? wa|tche
man what ha&s;te thou e&s;pyed this
nighte? which me thought an&s;werde.</P>
<P>The daye is come / and the night &s;hall
come agene / and if ye be &s;o de&s;yerou&s;e to
knowe / come agene then a~d a&s;ke. The
hevye affliccion layed vpon the Arabe|ns.
ye &s;hall lodge all nyght in the wode
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in the waye to Dedamin: but o ye cyte&s;|e~s
of Theme / bringeforth water for the
thyr&s;tye / and mete ye the men in &s;lyght
withe vytel: for thei &s;hal flee frome the
face of yerne / even frome the edge of the
naked &s;werde / frome the pre&s;ens of the
bente bowe / a~d frome the edge of the &s;e|tte
felde cominge vpon them: for thus
hath the lorde &s;poken vnto me: Aftyr
this yeare al the power of Cedar &s;hall
haue an ende even lyke the goinge forth
of the &s;eruyce of an hyerde man / his ye|ares
nowe &s;erued oute / and the reamna|unte
of the Archers of Cedar &s;halbe th|ru&s;te
into a ful narowe &s;traighte. For
it is the Lorde God of I&s;rael that hath
&s;poken it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap .xxij.</HEAD>
<P>THe hevye affliccion of the vale of
the vi&s;ion. What ayeldeth yowe
thus al togither to clyme vp vp|on
yow^r hou&s;e toppes / O cyte ful of w|oundringe
/ and running togither on he|apes
whiche &s;ometyme ha&s;t ben &s;o wel|thy
a towne? ye are yet a lyue and yet
areye but as &s;layne men with &s;werde in
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bataile: for al your capytayns ar fled on
hor&s;ebacke oute of bowe&s;hote / ye / al thy
princes are &s;lipte a waye and fledde ful
farre frome the. When I harde the&s;e th|inges
/ I &s;ayde / Go yowrr wayes fro+me
that I myght wepe bitterlye / neth|er
be yow aboute to conforte me as con|cerninge
the de&s;truccion of my people:
For this is the daye of tribulacion / do|wntredinge
and confu&s;e perplexite of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
vale of the vy&s;ion (the lorde god of po|wers
&s;o throing downe hyr walles that
the noy&s;e rebowndeth agen&s;te the mo|untayns):
And I &s;awe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Elamytes ta|kinge
to them their quyvers and the h|or&s;e
men with their Charietes be~dinge
their &s;elves to fyghte / a~d Cir made ba|re
their &s;hyldes. Thy cho&s;en valeys
were filled with chariets and the hor&s;e
men a&s;&s;ayled boldely the gates. Then
the beutiful deckinge of Iuda was ta|ken
a waye: and the hou&s;e of ordinaun|ce
made with the tymber of lybani was
layed wyde open / then &s;hall ye &s;e thor|ow
chynnes into euery korner of the cy|te
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of Dauid / yt &s;halbe &s;o &s;ore &s;haken a~d
rente: and ye &s;hall gather to gither the
waters of the lower pole / ye &s;hall al&s;o
tell the hou&s;es of Ieru&s;alem / and breke
them downe to defende the walles / and
ye &s;halbe compelled to make a dyke be|twene
the two walles withe the wate|rs
of the olde pole / hauinge no con&s;yder|acion
of the fir&s;te makinge there of nor
yet of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> porpo&s;e of hyr fir&s;t maker. Fa|rther
more in tho&s;e dayes / the Lorde god
of ho&s;tes &s;hall cal yow to wepinge and
moorninge to tearing of yower heare of
yower heades and to wearinge of &s;acke
whyles lo &s;ome men laughe and make
mery &s;laing oxen and &s;hepe / eating fle&s;|&s;he
and drinkinge wyne &s;aynge / let vs
eate and drynke for we &s;hall dye to mo|rowe:
whiche thinge when it came to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
eares of the Lorde god of powers / he &s;a|yd.
This &s;ame yower &s;yme &s;hal not be
pourged but by yower dethe. Farther|more
thus &s;pake the Lorde God of po|wers.
Go thy wayes into this tre&s;ure
hou&s;e vnto Sobnam pre&s;ident of the to|wne
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hou&s;e / and a&s;ke hym / what mak|e&s;t
thou here? Or who made the &s;o bol|de
to hewe the here a &s;epulchre? (For he
hadde graven hym a prowde tombe ou|te
of &s;tone and had made hym a cowche
there yn). Beholde the Lorde &s;hall ca&s;te
the oute violently / and &s;hall araye the
withe a newe cote / he &s;hal clothe the w|ithe
a &s;traunge ve&s;ture / and tryndel y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
lyke a balle into a farre a~d wyde count|rye
and there &s;halt thou dye / there &s;hal
the pompe of thy charietes be ended O
&s;hame and &s;clawnd^r of the hou&s;e of thy
Lorde: I &s;hall thru&s;te the (&s;aith the lo|rde)
frome thy &s;tandinge / and &s;hall put
the frome thy order. And after thys &s;h|all
I call my &s;eruante Eliakim the &s;on+ne
of Helkye / and I &s;hall put thy cloth|es
vpon his backe and &s;hall gyrde hym
withe thy gyrdle / and thy power &s;hall
I be take into hys handes / and he &s;hal|be
the father both of the cyte of Ieru&s;a|lem
and of the hou&s;e of Iuda / and I&s;h|all
hange the kaye of the hou&s;e of Da|uid
vpon his &s;houlders / a~d when he &s;h|all
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open it / noman &s;hall &s;hitte it agene / and
when he &s;hall &s;hit it / noman &s;hall
open it agene: And I &s;hall pitche hym
as fa&s;te as a &s;take in the hyghe&s;te and
faithfulle&s;t place / and he &s;halbe promo|ted
vnto the gloriou&s;e &s;eate of his fath|ers
hou&s;e. All the glorye of his fathers
hou&s;e and of his chylders chylderne &s;h|all
they offer vnto hym / ye / and all ve|&s;&s;els
bothe grete and &s;mall withe all m|aner
of mu&s;ike in&s;truments. The&s;e th|inges
(at the warninge of the Lorde of
powers) &s;halbe done even then when
thys &s;take whiche was &s;et in the mo&s;te
faithfulle&s;te place and authorite &s;halbe
plucked vp / and the burden that depen|dethe
vpon hym &s;hall be plucked vp by
the rote / throne downe / and broken: for
it is the lorde that &s;pake it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cha .xxiij.
The heuye affliccion of Tyrus.</HEAD>
<P>_BEwayle ye &s;hippes of Thar&s;is
for Tyrus is vtterly de&s;troyed
eue~ of y^e dwellers of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> eyla~ds to
mi~g fro~ their owne hou&s;e to captiue the~
The cyte&s;ens of Cypres ar at re&s;t / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> m|chantes
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of Sydon whiche were wonte
to haue recour&s;e thither by &s;ea and all
that thither occupyed nowe cea&s;&s;e / wh|o&s;e
pure whete withe all maner of go|od
grayne was thither brought frome
Nilus by &s;ea / fore it was the haven to|wne
of marchandi&s;e for alnacions. Sy|don
is a &s;hamed / the &s;ea withe all hyr
power mony &s;hinge hyr &s;aynge: I wol|de
I had neuer bene mother to haue br|ouht
vp hyr yong me~ &amp; decked hyr ma|ydens:
Egypte / as &s;one as &s;he heare of
this / &s;hall bewayle it even lyke Tyrus
hyr owne &s;elfe. They that are beyende
the &s;ea withe the cite&s;ens of the eylan|des
all lamente the&s;e grevou&s;e afflicci|on
&s;aynge was not this yower ple&s;au|nte
commodiou&s;e cyte who&s;e auncyau|ntnes
have be commended of longe ty|me?
The goer frome hyr into farre co|untres
haue noblye &s;pred hyr name.
Who wolde haue thoughte that thys
hevye chaun&s;e &s;hulde haue happened to
Tyrus the flower of cytes? Who&s;e m|archant
men were Prynces / and the
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peares of the worlde occupyed vnto hyr
The lorde of powers hath decreed this
to abate the pryde of all &s;towtenes / and
to plucke downe all the gloriou&s;e of the
erthe: Pa&s;&s;e over all thy lande lyke a fl|owde
(O nymphe of the &s;ea) and yet &s;h|alte
thow not fynde the &s;iche a nother
gyrdle. The Lorde whiche hath trow|bled
the Kyngdomes and layed his h|ande
vpon Chanaan to de&s;troye hyr
&s;tronge peares / hath nowe &s;tretched fo|rthe
hys hande al&s;o vnto the &s;ea &s;ayn|ge.
Thou &s;halt no more be gladde: For
thow &s;halte &s;uffer the violence of the
Cethens / O virgen daughter of Zid|on.
Wherfore ary&s;e and go thy wayes
(althoughe thou &s;halt not there haue e|ny
re&s;te) for lo the lande of the Chaldes
was a nacion that had no felawes / and
A&s;&s;ur fir&s;te buylded it / but yet he lefte
it for wodow&s;es: he buylded theire &s;tr|onge
holdes and palaces / but yet they
brought them to naught. Wayle ye th|erfore
o &s;hippes of the &s;ea for yower &s;tr|engthe
is gone. And then thus &s;hall it
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happen al&s;o to Tyrus / it &s;hal be forgo|ten.
lxx. yeares even a kinges age / and
after .lxx. yeares it &s;hall happen to Ty+rus
as to an harlet myn&s;trel / to whom
men &s;aye / take thy harpe and go abou|te
in the cyte (fowle forgoten harlet) th|at
withe thy wel playnge and &s;yngyn|ge
all maner of &s;onges thou myghte&s;te
yet &s;o be remembred and knowne age|ne:
even &s;o I &s;aye &s;hall it chaun&s;e vnto
Tyrus / After .lxx. yeares / the Lorde
&s;hall loke vpon Tyrus and re&s;tore hyr
to hyr owne: which &s;hal v&s;e hyr feates
of marchandi&s;e with all the kyngdoms
of the face of the erthe / and hyr marcha~+dy&s;e
&amp; occupyinge &s;halbe accepte to y^e lo|rde
/ for thei &s;hal not be hyd &amp; muggerd|vp
but be turned frome one to a noth^r in
Tyro / as it becometh the cyte&s;ens of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
Lorde / into the refre&s;hinge of the nedy|ons
/ and clothinge of age.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxiiij.</HEAD>
<P>_BEholde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lorde &s;hal wa&s;te &amp; de+&s;troye
y^e rownde worlde / he &s;hal
wrythe of hyr face &amp; &s;cater hyr
inhabitours. And then &s;hal y^e laye peop|le
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&amp; pree&s;te / &s;erua~t &amp; Ma&s;ter / Mayde &amp;
ma&s;tres / byer &amp; &s;eller / lend^r &amp; borow^r cr|editour
&amp; detter / be ala lyk non beter th|en
a noth^r. Ful my&s;erably &s;hall therthe
be wa&s;ted &amp; de&s;troyed: for the lorde hath
decreed it / therthe &s;hal wayle &amp; fala w|aye
/ the worlde &s;halbe ful feable &amp; &s;lyde
down. The proude people of therthe &s;h|al
faynte: for the erthe is defyeled of hyr
owne inhabitours in y^t they haue tra~&s;|gre&s;&s;ed
y^e lawe / they haue altered y^e ordi|naunces
/ &amp; broken the everla&s;ti~g co~uen|aunte.
Wherfo^r malediccio~ &amp; kur&s;e &s;hal
devower therthe / becau&s;e hyr inhabit<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">|urs
haue offended: whervpon they &s;ha|lbe
madde / &amp; very fewe mortall men &s;h|albe
lefte a lyve. Wyne &s;hall moorne / &amp;
the vynes &s;hal faldowne / al men &s;hal &s;i+ghe
&s;orowfully y^t we^r wonte to be iocun|de
in harte. The myrthe of timpanyes / &s;wete
&s;onges with their ple&s;aunte har|pes
al &s;hal cea&s;&s;e. thei &s;hal not dri~k wy|ne
with &s;onges. Bea^r &s;halbe bitt^r to the
dri~kers / cytes geuen to vanyte &s;halbe de+&s;troyed / euery
hou&s;e &s;halbe &s;hit vp y^t no|man
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maye go yn. The &s;ka&s;enes of wy|ne
&s;halbe kryed oute in the &s;treates. All
myrthe &s;halbe gone / and the ioye of the
erthe &s;hall fall a waye / de&s;olacion &s;hal|be
lefte in the cytes / and my&s;ery &s;hal &s;t|eke
vpon the gates: for &s;o &s;hall it come
to all the erthe and to all the people as
if one &s;hulde betedowne the thinne re&s;|ydue
of the olyve beryes and pyke of the
reamnaunte of grapes after the grape
gatheringe. And then they that &s;halbe
yet lefte &s;hal with lowde voyce extoll
the maie&s;tye of the lorde / &s;yngynge fr|ome
the &s;ea and magnifyinge the name
of the Lorde God of I&s;rael from the ka+ues
and eylandis. We heare comenlye
&s;onges &s;unge thorowte all the erthe in|to
the pray&s;e of the rightwou&s;e. And I
me &s;elfe &s;aye / Oh my barennes / oh my
penurye / ah la&s;&s;e for &s;orowe / all the wo|rlde
is ful of vngodly &s;ynners / ye and
that of &s;iche &s;ynners which &s;ynne even
of a &s;et porpo&s;e &s;o boldelye. Wherfo^r fe|are
and drede / pitte and &s;nare / gape fore
the O dweller vpon y^e erthe / &s;o that he
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that wolde fle to avoyde the fearfull v|oyce
mu&s;te fall into the pitte and if he
krepeth oute of the pitte he &s;halbe tak|en
in the &s;nare. For the wyndowes of
heaven &s;halbe opened and the foundaci|ons
of the erthe &s;halbe &s;haken togither
The erthe &s;hall geue a meruelou&s;e cr|acke
/ the erthe &s;halbe &s;ore broken / the er+the &s;halbe violently &s;haken in &s;ondre / y^e
erthe &s;hall &s;tacker lyke a dronken man
and be borne ouer lyke a tente / For hyr
&s;ynne &s;hal lye full hevye vpon hyr / and
&s;he &s;hall fall / never aftyr to ary&s;e. And
then this thing &s;hal come / the lorde &s;h|all
vy&s;et the prowde &s;prytes of the ayer
that are above / and the kinges of the er+the
that inhabit the erthe / and the&s;e &s;h|albe
gatherde togither as men in band|es
to be ca&s;te into doungens and &s;hit vp
in pre&s;ons and be puny&s;&s;hed for ever.</P>
<P>Even the mone &s;halbe then a&s;hamed / the
&s;onne &s;halbe confounded when y^e lor+de
of powers &s;hall raigne in the mounte
Zion &amp; in Hieru&s;alem / acco~paned with
&s;o gloriou&s;e a &s;age multitude.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Ch. xxv</HEAD>
<PB REF="48">
<P>_LOrde thou arte my God / I &s;h|all
extoll the and magnifie thy
name / for thou doi&s;t thinges to
be merueld at / accordinge to thy auncy|aunte
coun&s;ells both fa&s;te and faithful
For thou turne&s;t grete cytes into heap|es
of erthe / &s;tronge defen&s;ed townes in|to
ruyne / and the hou&s;es of the vngodly
thou plucke&s;te oute of cytes neuer to be
re&s;tored: wherfore even the rude people
mu&s;te nedes glorifye the and the cytes
of the cruel gentyles mu&s;te feare the.</P>
<P>For thou arte the weake mannis &s;tren|gth
and the poore mannis myght wh|en
he is in de&s;tre&s;&s;e / thou arte a refugye
in tempe&s;tes / a &s;hadwe in heate / and w|here
the ha&s;tye violence of tyrau~tes br|eke
yn lyke a whyrlewynde there thou
&s;ette&s;t yn thy &s;elfe agen&s;te them lyke a
&s;tronge wall. Thou arte to them lyke y^e
drowght in the de&s;erte. It is thou that
&s;wage&s;t the &s;wellinge boldenes of y^e vn|godly
/ thou putte&s;t awaye the heate w|ithe
the &s;hadwe of a clowde / and cutte&s;t
awaye the violent lyke a vyne twygge
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Farthermore y^e lorde of ho&s;tes &s;hal fe&s;te
al y^e people in this hyl / he &s;hal make the~
a plentuou&s;e &amp; a delicate fe&s;te of y^e mo&s;te
fatte&s;t &amp; ful of marye / with y^e mo&s;te be|&s;te
&amp; elde&s;t wyne / he &s;hal take awaye y^e
veyle in thys hyll / even y^e veyle y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ha~ge|th
before y^e face of al y^e people &amp; y^e koveri~|ge
which koverth y^e face of al y^e gentils:
deth &s;hal he vtterly devower / &amp; y^e lorde
god &s;hal wype awaye y^e teares fro~ everi
ma~nes face / &amp; y^e opprobrye of his people
thorowt al y^e worlde &s;hal he take away
for it is y^e lorde y^t &s;pake it. Al&s;o men &s;hal
&s;aye in this daye. Beholde / this is ow^r
god / we haue tru&s;ted in hym / &amp; he hath
&s;aued vs this is the lorde in whom we-beleued / let
vs nowe reioy&s;e and beglad
in his &s;auinge helthe / for it was his ha|nde
that favourde this hill: But Mo|ab
&s;halbe alto broken of hym / as &s;mall
as chaffe to be ca&s;te into the donghill / fore
he &s;hall &s;tretche forthe his handes
agen&s;te hym even lyke a &s;wymmer w|hen
he &s;wymmethe / and he &s;hall thru|&s;te
downe hys pryde by the vertwe of
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his power / he &s;hal make his highe wa|lles
of defence to rele / and laye them ful
lowe vpon the grownde and &s;myte th|em
to powlder.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxvj.</HEAD>
<P>_And then &s;hal this &s;onge be &s;un|ge
in the lande of Iuda. We h|aue
a &s;tronge cyte / a &s;aviour is
hyr walles and hyrbolwerke.
Opene ye hyr gates that the rightwo|us
folke and the lovers of faithfulnes
moughte enteryn: Thow whiche arte
bothe Ma&s;ter a~d workman &s;hal frame
togither peace / even y^e very peace (I tell
yow) for in the / men tru&s;te. Tru&s;te in y^e
lorde for euer for he bendeth downe the
&s;tately cyte&s;en / &amp; the prowde cyte he ca|&s;tethe
to the grownde / &amp; in proce&s;&s;e bri|ngeth
it into du&s;te to be troden vnder y^e
fete even of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> poore nedyons. Thou (lor|de)
ponder&s;te the pathe of the ryghtwy|&s;e
whether it be iu&s;te and whether his
waye be eaven: wherfo^r we meruelat y^e
pathes of thy iugements: for in thy na|me
/ &amp; at the rememberaunce of the / ma|nnis
&s;oule is fedde. I de&s;yer y^e be nyght
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with al my harte / and with all my my|nde
and &s;pirit with yn me I ha&s;te me to
the: for a non as thy Iugements were
puble&s;&s;hed in the worlde / the inhabito|urs
therof lerned rightwy&s;nes: but the
vngodly when he had once goten mer|cye
/ he lerned not ryghtwy&s;nes / but as
&s;one as he is correkte he &s;ynnethe the
more and feareth not the maie&s;tye of y^e
Lorde. Lorde thei wilnot &s;ee thy hyghe
power / but the tyme &s;hall come that
they &s;hall &s;ee it and be confounded / whe~
thou &s;halt devower them by the indig|nacion
of the people and by the fyer of
thy enymes. But emo~ge vs (Lorde) th|ou
&s;halt &s;et peace / for it is thou y^t wor|ke&s;t
and fyne&s;he&s;t all thinges in vs bo|the
ower thoughtes and ower deades.</P>
<P>O Lorde ower god / althoughe &s;traunge
Lordes contrarye to the haue ben rule|rs
over vs: yet not with &s;tandinge we re+member
the only and beare thy name i~
ower myndes. The cruell Tyrauntes
whiche are nowe dede / lyue not: nether
ar they rekened in the re&s;urreccion of the
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faithfull. For thou ha&s;te &s;o vi&s;ited and
de&s;troyed them that all their memorial
&s;hulde pere&s;he. But contrary wy&s;e / thy
folke (Lorde) thou ha&s;te encre&s;ed / thou
ha&s;te encre&s;ed thy people / glorified and
magnified them thorowte all the coo&s;t|es
of the erthe. Lorde / in their tribulac|ion
they &s;eke the: Affliccion and &s;orow|ful
complayninge are to them thy nou|rteringe:
but in the meane tyme as a w|oman
grete withe chylde when hyr ty|me
is come trauelleth and kryeth for an+guy&s;he
and payne / euen &s;o are we (Lor|de)
in thy &s;ighte: we conceyue / we trau|el
/ and in a maner we bringeforth helth
thorowe the &s;pyrit / le&s;te therthe &s;houl|dbe
de&s;troyed and the dwellers ther yn
&s;hulde pere&s;&s;he: But thy dede men lyue
and ower deare beloued are in the re&s;ur+reccion:
Thei are awake and right glad
which lye in the du&s;te: For thou water|e&s;t
them with the dewe of light and ly|fe:
but the habitacion of the violente is
fallen awaye. Go yower waye therfore
my people into yower &s;ecrete clo&s;ets a~d
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&s;hit the dore aftyr yowe / abyde / and &s;uf|fre
/ even but a momente tyl the wrathe
bepa&s;&s;ed over: For lo / the lorde &s;hall co|meforth
of his place to vy&s;et the wyke|dnes
of thinhabitours of the erthe / wh|ich
erthe &s;hall di&s;clo&s;&s;e who&s;e bloude &s;o
ever &s;he hath dronke / and &s;hal hyde no
lenger hyr &s;layne per&s;ons.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="27" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cha .xxvij.</HEAD>
<P>_THe tyme &s;hal come that the lor|de
&s;hall vy&s;et Leuiathan / that
inuincible &s;erpent with his ha|rde
/ grete / &s;tronge &s;werde / even Levia|than
that &s;ubtel &s;erpente: and &s;hal &s;la|ye
this dragone of the &s;ea. Then &s;hall
men heare this &s;onge vpon the amiable
vyneyarde of Hemer / one an&s;weringe a
nother / I the Lorde defende and water
hyr in dwe tyme. I kepe hyr daye &amp; ni|ghte
le&s;te eny man inuade hyr. I am w|ithe
oute all wrathe: who then maye &s;o
move me to be &s;o grete an enymye to h|yr
that (my promy&s;e neglecte) I wolde
&s;et hyr a fyer all at once with thornes &amp;
bryers? Or who maye holde bak my &s;t|rength
/ to pacefye me and to reconcyle
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me vnto hyr if I wolde not? But Iac|ob
brought owte of Captiuite vnloked
for / &s;halbe roted agene / I&s;rael &s;hal bu|dde
and floure&s;he &s;o that the holl worl|de
&s;halbe repleyne&s;hed with their frut|es.
For &s;hall not the lorde &s;myte his &s;m|yters
agene even as he was &s;myten? or
&s;hal he not &s;laye as he was &s;layne? wh|at
me&s;ure &s;o ever mengeue / the &s;ame &s;h|all
they receyve agene. He bloweth for|th
his veheme~t &s;korchinge wynde. W|herfore
the iniquite of Iacob is pourged
on this maner / and by this meanes he
taketh awaye all their &s;ynful &s;eade: as
when he turnethe all the &s;tones of the|ir
alters into powlder / when their ima|ges
wor&s;hiped in wodes and &s;olitary te~|ples
be layed downe / when their &s;tron|ge
cytes are de&s;troyde / when their goo|dlye
fayer cytes are lefte de&s;olate lyke
a wyldernes for bullocks to fede theryn
to lye a~d bro&s;e on the bouwes: when th|eir
corne is brentvp / and the wemen w|hich
in their cominge forthe garne&s;hed
their cytes are defyeled: fore thys people
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is with owte vnder&s;tandinge. Wherfo|re
their maker wilnot pyte them / a~d th|eir
potter &s;hal haue no fan&s;ye to them.
In the&s;e dayes the lorde &s;hal &s;myte do|wne
all the frutes frome the fyerce flo|wde
Euphrates vnto Nilus the flow|de
of Egypte: and ye chylderne of I&s;ra|el
one by one &s;halbe gatherd togither in
to one place: And then &s;hall there blo|wvp
a meruelou&s;e grete trompet / &amp; th|ei
that had pery&s;&s;hed in A&s;&s;yria and be|ne
outlawes in Egipte &s;hal come forth
to wor&s;hipe the Lorde in the holye hyll
which is in Ieru&s;alem.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="28" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxviij.</HEAD>
<P>_WO be to the proude crowne of dr|onken
Cphraim and to the falli|nge
flower of hyr gloriou&s;e beu|tie
which is &s;et in the toppe over the m|o&s;te
plentuou&s;t vale / wo be to the dron|kherds.
Beholde / the &s;tronge power of
the lorde comethe lyke an hay le &s;torme
dryuynge downe &s;tronge holdes / and ly+ke
a grete &s;hower of rayne dryuinge v|pon
euery parte of therthe: even withe
mennis fete &s;hall the prowde crowne of
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dronken Ephraim be troden downe / a~d
it &s;hall happen to the fadinge flower of
hyr g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">oriou&s;e beutye which yet &s;tande|th
on the toppe ouer the mo&s;te plentuo|u&s;e
vale even as it happeneth vnto the
ha&s;tye frute rype before y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> harue&s;te / wh|ich
as &s;one as on e&s;pieth it he is redye to
devower it before his hande canne reche
it. Aftyr this / the lorde of powers &s;ha|lbe
a Ioyefull crowne and a beutifull g|arlande
to the re&s;idwe of his people and
&s;halbe the &s;pyrit bothe of iugement to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
iuges / and the &s;pirit of &s;trength to thez
that &s;hal dryve his enemis from the ga+tes.
But yet euen the&s;e al&s;o erre withe+oute
knowlege by the rea&s;on of wyne / &amp;
are with oute their wittes for theyr w|elthy
dronkenes. ye their pree&s;tes and
prophetes al&s;o erre oute of the waye for
dronken welthynes. For they laden w|ith
wyne / and drowned with lu&s;te / erre
in preachinge / a~d offende in iuginge: fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
all their tables are &s;o fylled with vom|etes
and fylthynes that no parte &s;hal|be
lefte vnfylled. Which of them (I pr|aye
<PB REF="52">
you) &s;halbe then able to i~&s;tructe eny
man or to teache the right di&s;ciplyne to
eny of the&s;e chylderne newely weaned
&amp; plucked fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> teate? Or what els ma|ye
they teache then clowtinge con&s;titu|tion
to con&s;titution / throyng one co~ma|undement
vpon a noth^r / inhibicion vpo~
inhibicion / a lytel here &amp; a lytel whyles
there. Wherfo^r lorde &s;hal &s;peake vnto
this people confu&s;ely &amp; in a &s;traunge to~+ge
vnto who~ he &s;ayde &s;ometyme. This
&s;hal quyet thy con&s;ciens: this refre&s;&s;he|th
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> weary &amp; afflicte &s;oule: It is this (I
tel the) that &s;hal bringe thy harte into a
ble&s;&s;ed peace &amp; re&s;te: but they wolde not
heare: wherfo^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde &s;hal &s;peake to the~
&s;aynge. Byd &amp; co~maunde agene / forbyd
and forbyd agene / a lytel here and a ly|tel
whyles there / that they mought go
backwarde / fall / and be alto broken / ye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
they mought fall into their &s;nares and
be taken. Wherfore heare the worde of
the lorde Oye olde wylye &s;korners / w|hiche
playe the Lordes ouer my people
which is in Ieru&s;ale~: for th&abus; thi~ke ye / we
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ar at a bargaine with deth / &amp; at a poi~te
with hel / that when eny gret my&s;cheffe
or plage cometh / it &s;hal not touche vs:
for di&s;&s;embli~g hypocry&s;ye &s;halbe our re+fugye
/ &amp; with lyes we &s;halbe defended.
Wh^r fo^r even thus telleth you y^e lorde god
&s;aynge. Beholde I &s;hal laye a &s;tone yn
zio~ / a touche &s;tone / a kornerd &s;tone / a pr|eciou&s;e
&s;tone to &s;table&s;&s;he y^e foundacion:
&s;o y^t who&s;o ev^r beleueth &amp; cleueth to this
&s;tone / &s;hal not lightly &s;lyde: for his eq|uite
&amp; eavenes &s;hal I trye by plomet a~d
&s;quyer / &amp; his rightwy&s;nes &s;halbe po~de|rd
as in a payer of bala~ces. But an ha|ple
&s;torme &s;hal take awaye your refuge
which ye &s;table&s;&s;ed: &amp; your defence pain|ted
with kraftye lyes &s;wellinge waters
&s;hal bare away: &amp; yo^r barge~ made with
deth &s;halbe broke~ / your apointme~t al&s;o
made with hell &s;halnot &s;ta~de: for when
this &s;wellinge de&s;truccio~ &s;hal ary&s;e &amp; co+me
vpon yow it &s;hal &s;welowe yow in &amp;
karye you a waye &s;odenlye. For when it
&s;hal beginne erly in the morning / it &s;hal
enduw^r but the &s;ame daye and nyghte
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/ a~d there &s;halbe &s;iche a feare that it alo|ne
&s;hal breke euen the hartes of the~ th|at
do but heare of this. Then &s;hal bed|des
be &s;o narowe that noman maye ha|ue
his re&s;te / and the koueringes &s;o &s;ka|nte
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> noman maye be wrapped in them
for the lorde &s;hal &s;tepeforth as he dyde
in the mounte of Perazim and &s;hal rof|fle
angerly as he dyd in the vale of Gi|beon
to worke his owne worke: he take|th
a meruelou&s;e &s;trange wayes / to bri~ge
his owne worke to pa&s;&s;e / ful &s;traunge &amp;
wou~dreful are his dedes. Nowe therfore
di&s;py&s;e not this warninge le&s;teyow^r ca|ptiuyte
be the more grevou&s;e: For I ha|ue
harde of the lorde god of powers that
there &s;hal come a &s;oden ende and de&s;tru|ccion
vpon al the erthe. Ly&s;ten therfore
and heare my voyce / geue hede and bel|eue
my wordes. Is not the tylman alw|ayes
bu&s;ye in duwe tyme to ploughe / to
opene / and to kutforth his lande to &s;o|we
it? dothe he not a non as he hath ma|de
it eaven and playne &s;owe his fetch|es
or &s;prynkel his Coomyn? and aftyr
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warde &s;owe it orderly now with wh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">te
and then with barley and &s;o forth wit|he
other corne acordinge to the &s;trength
of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;oyle? And to do the&s;e thinges du|ely
in ordre do not his god teache a~d dyr|ecte
hym? for he thre&s;&s;heth not his fete|hes
with a wayne / nor turneth the car|te
whele vpon his Coomyn. But the
fetches he thre&s;&s;heth with a flayle / and
his Coomyn he beateth forth withe a
&s;taffe / and even &s;o lykwy&s;e he gryndeth
his whete into brede. Which he coulde
never do with thre&s;&s;hinge it. For nether
the violence of the turninge of the carte
whele: nor yet the tredinge of the bea&s;t|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">sfete
maye grynde it into meale. And
this thinge is &s;hewed hym of the Lorde
of powers which is the mo&s;te meruel&s;te
coun&s;eler and the grete&s;t magnifyer of
equyte.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="29" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxix.</HEAD>
<P>_WO be vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Ariel / Ariel / a cy|te
&s;ometyme &s;ubdued of Dauid.<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE>
Take yet a fewe yeares re&s;pite
&s;et &s;ome fe&s;tes yet pa&s;&s;e ouer awhyle / &amp;
then &s;uerly &s;hal I be&s;ege Ariel. Then
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&s;hal &s;he be &s;o heauye a~d &s;o kareful that
&s;he maye welbe called Ariel. I &s;hall co~|pa&s;e
the rownd a boute with tentes and
ca&s;tells and &s;hitte the yn withe towers
and dryue vp bolwerkes agen&s;te the.
And thow &s;halt be &s;o lowe brought th|at
thow &s;halt &s;peake even oute of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> gr|ownde
/ and as of one buryed in the du|&s;te
thy voyce &s;halbe harde. For thy vo|ice
&s;halbe lyke a &s;prite &s;peakinge oute of
therth / &s;o fayntly &s;halt thow grone ou+te
of the grownde. For the multitude of
thy enymes &s;halbe lyke the motes in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;onne beames a~d the cruel multitude of
them &s;halcome vpon the lyke du&s;te rea|&s;ed
vp and karyed &s;odenly in the twink|linge
of an eye. Then &s;halt thow be vi|&s;ited
of the lorde of powers with thond|re
/ erthe quakes / a~d fearful crackes / w|ith
whyrlwi~des / &s;tormey tempe&s;tes / &amp;
with the flame of a devoweringe fyer.
But nowe al this multitude of the gen+tyles
beinge aboute to bringe forth their
armye age~&s;te Ariel / all this ho&s;te / the
compa&s;&s;inge aboute hyr / a~d hir be&s;egers
<PB REF="55">
al appere abyet to be but a dreame of an
hongrye man dreaminge to haue eaten / which
nowe waking is ful hongrye ha|uinge
his bely emptye / and lyke a thir|&s;tye
man dreaminge that he drinketh &amp;
a non as he is a wake he is ful faynte &amp;
drye who&s;e de&s;yer yet birneth for drynke
Thus (I &s;aye) appereth the multitude
of al the&s;e gentyls as yet to be lyke / w|hich
&s;hal fight agen&s;te the mounte Zi|on.
But then &s;hal ye be ama&s;ed / a&s;toned
gapynge and beholdinge al the&s;e thin|ges
/ ye &s;halbe dronken / but not with w|yne
/ ye &s;hal rele / but not for dronkenes / for
the lorde &s;hal power forth vpon you
the &s;pryte of a depe &s;lomber / a~d &s;hal &s;h|it
vp yower eyes / that is to &s;aye he &s;hal
kouer yow^r prophetes and cheffe &s;einge
men: And al prophecyes &s;halbe vnto y|owe
even as the wordes of a cla&s;ped bo|ke
and &s;ealed vp: which if thou offere&s;t
vnto a wel lettred man &s;aynge / I praye
yow read this boke / he &s;hal &s;aye / I can|not
read it for it is &s;ealed vp: Al&s;o if it
be geuen to an vnlerned man &s;aynge / I
<PB REF="55">
praye the read this boke / he &s;hal an&s;we|re
the. I am not lettrede. Wherfore thus
&s;aith the lorde. Becau&s;e that this peop|le
draweth nighe me withe their mout|hes
a~d with their lippes &s;peak mich w|or&s;hip
by me their hartes beinge farre
fro me / and becau&s;e the feare that they
owe vnto me they geue it me aftyr the
doctryne and the commaundements of
men / therfore beholde / I my &s;elfe &s;hall
do to this people a thinge to be merueled
and woundred at a bo ve me&s;ure: that is
to &s;aye / I &s;hal de&s;troye the wy&s;dome of
their wy&s;emen and the vnder&s;tandinge
of their men of mo&s;te actiuite &s;hal haue
a fall. Wo be to them that &s;o depely dr|owne
their &s;elues in their own policye / that
they thynke to hyde their though|tes
and coun&s;ells frome the lorde. Whi|ch
hyde their enforcements a~d &s;tudes in
derkenes &s;aynge pre&s;umptuou&s;ly: Who
&s;ethe vs? or who knoweth vs? which
yower pre&s;umpcion / is as thoughe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> po|tters
claye &s;hulde devy&s;e with in it &s;elfe
or that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> worke &s;hulde &s;aye to hyr ma|&s;ter.
<PB REF="56">
Make me not: and as thoghe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> po|tte
&s;hulde reporte vpon hyrpotter / that
he vnder&s;tandeth not. See ye not now
therfore to be euen at hande that Liban|us
&s;halbe turned into Charmelum and
Charmelus &s;halbe rekened amonge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
wodes? Even then &s;hal the deffe vnde|r&s;tande
the wordes of the boke / and the
eyes of the blynde (the derke clowde ta|ken
a waye) &s;hal receyue lyghte: And y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
oppre&s;&s;ed &s;hal celebrate a glad daye to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
lorde / &amp; the nedyons &s;hal reioy&s;e in hym
that maketh holye I&s;rael. For the&s;e vi|olente
tyrauntes &s;halbe con&s;umed / and
the&s;e wylye mockinge hypocrytes &s;hall
peri&s;h. And the&s;e that are &s;o bente vpon
my&s;chefe to leade men into &s;inne for the
noonce goinge a bought to &s;upplante y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
reprover that &s;itteth in iugement / &amp; th|orow
lyes lead the rightwy&s;e into a co|ntrarye
pathe &s;halbe kutof. Wherfore
thus &s;aith the lorde the &s;aviow^r of Abr|aham
vnto the hou&s;e of Iacob. Let not
Iacob now be a&s;hamed neth^r cha~ge his
chere when he &s;eithe even them al&s;o w|hom
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my handes haue made to be emon|ge
his chylderne to &s;anctifye my name / ye
to &s;anctifye hym that maketh holy
Iacob &amp; to wor&s;hipe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> god of I&s;rael. W|hich
ge~tyls lately erred / but now haue
they the &s;pyrit of vnder&s;tanding: whi|ch
before were barbarou&s;e a~d fyerce but
nowe ar they tamed and learned the la|we.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="30" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxx.</HEAD>
<P>_Fyghe vpon the&s;e vnnatural ch|ylderne<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE>
goi~g oute of kynde (&s;ai|th
the lorde) which dare make a
coun&s;el with oute my coun&s;el / and wea|ue
a web nothinge aftyr my mynde / to
heape &s;ynne vpon &s;ynne. For they gofo|rth
to de&s;cende into Egypte and a&s;ked
not my mouthe: tru&s;tinge to Pharaos
&s;trength and in the &s;hadewe o&s; the Eg|ypcions:
but Pharaos helpe &s;halbe tur|ned
into yower confu&s;ion: and the confi|dence
y^t ye haue in the protection of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> E|gyptio~s
&s;hal turne ye to ignominye. yo|w^r
princes were in Zoana &amp; yower Am|ba&s;&s;iatours
came to Hane&s;am: But yet
&s;hall ye be all a&s;hamed of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> people that
<PB REF="57">
maye not helpe yowe: for they &s;hal net|her
brynge yow helpe nor ayed / but &s;hal
bringe yowe into confu&s;ion and opprob|rye.
yower bea&s;tes wente laden by the
&s;owth waye / ye thorow a region ful of
perel and feare be cau&s;e of lyons and ly|one&s;&s;es
/ kocketryces and &s;wyfte fleyng
dragons laye there: yower mules were
laden vpon their &s;hulders with yower
tre&s;ure: &amp; Camels bore vpon their bun|chedbackes
yow^r ryche pre&s;entes to pe|ople
vnalbe to helpe yowe. For ful va|yne
and vnprofytable &s;halbe the Egy|pcions
helpe: wherfore I kryed vpon y|ow
on this maner / let yow^r prowde au|dacite
cea&s;&s;e: And nowe therfore go wr|yte
this thinge in their owne tables a~d
recorde it in a boke to endwer into a per|petual
te&s;timonye to their po&s;terite. For
this people is &s;towrdie / they ar fal&s;e ch|ylderne
/ chylderne that loue not to he|are
the lawe of the Lorde. Whiche dare
&s;aye to the prophetes / kare ye not for vs
and al&s;o to the &s;einge men tell not vs of
thinges to come / but preach vs plea&s;a|unte
<PB REF="57">
thinges loke vs oute deceytes / &s;aye
for&s;ake this waye / go frome that waye
and at la&s;te take from vs even him th|at
maketh holy I&s;rael / Wherfore thus
&s;aith he that maketh holy I&s;rael. For
as myche as ye haue thus abhorred my
worde tru&s;tinge in fraude and violence
cleuynge there vnto / this &s;ame yower
wykednes &s;halbe yow^r breke &amp; fall / ev|en
lyke a relinge high holowe walle w|hich
cometh downe al at once yere eny
man beware: ye / yow^r de&s;truction &s;hal|be
lyke the breakinge of an erthen pit&s;|herde
who&s;e fall and breakynge noman
&s;hal pyte / no althoughe it be &s;o &s;mal br|oken
that there be not fownde therof &s;o
miche as wolde fetche a cole of fyer or
take vp a litel water from the pitte / for
even thus hath the lorde god which &s;a|nctifiyth
I&s;rael promy&s;ed &s;aynge. In &s;i|ttinge
&s;tyll quyetlye &s;hall ye be &s;aued:
for in &s;ylence a~d hope &s;tandeth yow^r &s;tr|ength:
but as for yow / ye neuer receiued
it / but rather &s;ayd naye not &s;o: but we
wylget vs to hor&s;kacke and &s;o e&s;tape:
<PB REF="58">
but thynke ye &s;o to flee and to e&s;cape? ye
wyl an&s;wer / the &s;wyfter that ow^r ho|r&s;e
be / the &s;oner &s;hall we be oute of daun|ger.
And I tell yowe agene / that the
fa&s;ter ye flee / the &s;wyftlyer &s;hal yower
per&s;uers folowe vpon yow: &s;o that a th|ou&s;ande
of yow &s;hal fle at y^e feare of one
man or of fyde at the mo&s;te vntyl ye be
lefte as thynne as &s;tande the trees in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
hyll toppes lefte for ma&s;tes of &s;hippe / ye
&s;hal &s;tand as naked in &s;ighte as a mar|ke
in a molle hyll. Not withe&s;tandinge
yet in the meane tyme / the Lorde abyd|deth
with longe &s;ufferinge to haue me|rcye
vpon yowe / and &s;u&s;pendeth his co|un&s;ell
to then tente he wolde be bountu|ou&s;ly
mercy ful to yow: for the lorde god
is ful rightwy&s;e: And ble&s;&s;ed are all m|en
that wayte on hym: If ye thus do
(O people of Zion and cyte&s;ens of Ier|u&s;alem)
ye &s;hulde neuer wepe: for &s;uer|ly
he wolde haue mercy on yowe / ye as
&s;one as he harde the voyce of yower kr|yige
he wolde helpe yowe. It is the Lo|rde
verely that geueth yowe the brede
<PB REF="58">
of affliccion and the water of heuynes.
But yet will not yower ma&s;ter abhor|re
yow longe / if ye loked vp withe yow|er
eyes reuerently vnto yower teacher
and yower ears heare the wordes of h|ym
warni~ge and tellinge yowe &s;aynge:
This is the waye / this waye &s;ee that
ye go whether he &s;e yowe &s;warui~ge eth|er
on the right hande or on the left han|de.
If ye heare yow^r ma&s;ter (I tell yow)
and wyl de&s;py&s;e the curiou&s;e &s;ylverin|ge
of yower ka ruen Images / and thro
a waye the co&s;tuou&s;e gyldinge of them
euen as ye wolde abhorre clothes poll|uted
withe men&s;trwe / and byd them w|alke
&s;traungers. Then &s;hall he geue
rayne to yo wer &s;ede whiche ye &s;hall co|mmitte
vnto the grounde / and it &s;h|all
bringe forth fode from the erthe: and
there &s;halbe plentye and grete abound|aunce.
And then &s;hall yower heardes
fede vpon yower brode medewes / yo+wer
drafte oxen and mu&s;es &s;hall eate
fatte prouendoure wen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">d with the
fanne. Al&s;o diuer&s;e ryuers of waters
<PB REF="59">
&s;hal flow downe frome euery highe m|ountayne
and highe hylle. But aftyr
grete &s;laughter and ruyne of towers / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
mone &s;halbe as bryghte as the &s;onne: &amp;
the light of the &s;onne &s;halbe &s;euen tym|es
bryghter then it is and &s;o grete as is
the lighte of .vij. dayes altogither / ye &amp;
e&s;pecially in that tyme when the Lorde
&s;hal bynde togither the breke of his pe|ople
and &s;hall heale the gappe of their
wounde. For beholde / the maie&s;tye of y^e
lorde &s;hal come from a farre / his face &s;h|al
brenne &s;o bryght that none maye ab|yde
it / his lippes &s;halbe ful of indignac|ion
a~d his tonge lyke a devoweringe fy|er
/ his breath &s;halbe lyke a &s;welling fl|owde
ary&s;inge vp to the throte to take
a waye the haithen which are geuen to
vanyte / and to take a waye the brydel of
erroure beinge yet in the chaves of the
people: but yow &s;hall &s;yngeas men in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
vygils of holyfe&s;tes and be glad in har|te
lyke them that go by the trompet bl|owers
goinge forthe to the hyl of the lo|rde
even the rocke of I&s;rael. Al&s;o the lo|rde
<PB REF="59">
&s;hal put forthe the gloriou&s;e power
of his voyce &amp; &s;hal &s;hewe forth his th|reteninge
arme with a grymme count|enaunce
and with the flame of deuowe|ringe
fyer / ye a~d that with an erthe qu|ake
and a grete hayle &s;torme. Then &s;h|al
the A&s;&s;yrions be a frayde at the voy|ce
of the lorde which &s;hal &s;myte the~ wi|th
a rodde / and the rodde that the Lorde
&s;hal bende agen&s;t them &s;hal go thorow
euery foundacion. Which rodde he &s;hall
laye vpon them with tympanes / harp|es
and batayle to ouercome the~. For ev|en
frome the beginninge huth he prepa|red
the fyer of affliccion ye and that for
the very kinges / which fyer hath he m|ade
both depe and brode runninge viol|ently
as in A grete heape of wode wh|o&s;e
violence the bla&s;te of the lorde &s;ette|th
a fyer lyke y^e floteringe noy&s;e of brym
&s;tone.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="31" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap .xxxj.</HEAD>
<P>_WO be to thez that godowne in to
Egypte for helpe / whiche tru&s;te
in their hor&s;e / and put their con|fidence
in their chariets becau&s;e they ar
<PB REF="60">
&s;o many / and in their hor&s;e men becau&s;e
theire &s;trengthe is myghtye: but vnto
hym y^t maketh holy I&s;rael they haue
no re&s;pecte / and the lorde never &s;eke th|ey
/ when he of his infinyte wy&s;edome
bringeth affliccion vpon men / and yet
his worde maketh he not voyde / he ry|&s;eth
agen&s;t the famylye of the wyked / a~d
agen&s;t the helpe of eveldoers. The
Egipcio~s verely ar men and not goddes
and their hor&s;e ar fle&s;&s;hlye and not of y^e
&s;pirit. Wherfore when the lorde &s;hal &s;t|retche
forth his hande / both the helper / and
he that loketh for helpe &s;hal fall: a~d
&s;halbe altogither de&s;troyed. For th&abus; ha|th
the lorde &s;poken to me: Even as a ly|on
/ or y^e lyo~s whelpe roreth over hyr pr|oye
nowe taken / fearing nothi~ge at the
noy&s;e of al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> herdmenkrying at hym / no
not once aba&s;&s;hed at their oute &s;hryte / &s;o
&s;hall the lorde of ho&s;tes come downe to
defende &amp; fyght for the mounte Zion a~d
for hir fytel hyll. The lorde of powers
&s;hal defende Ieru&s;alem lyke a byrde fl|otteringe
aboute hyr ne&s;te / kepinge / de|lyvering
<PB REF="60">
/ awaytinge and &s;auynge hyr.
Come vp agene (O ye chylderne of I&s;|rael)
as farre as ye haue gone downe fo|r&s;akyng
yow^r god / for the tyme &s;hal co|me
y^t every man &s;hal ca&s;te a waye their
&s;yluer images &amp; golden Idols which y|ow^r
vngraciou&s;e handes haue made in|to
yow^r &s;ynne. A&s;&s;ur &s;halbe &s;mitendow|ne
with &s;werde but not with y^e &s;werde of
man / &amp; y^e &s;werde &s;hal devower hym / but
not y^e &s;werde of man / and he &s;hal fle fro~
y^e &s;laughter (his ho&s;te take~) he &s;hal ov|errunne
his owne ca&s;tel for feare / &amp; his
capitayns &s;hal abhorre &amp; be a&s;hamed of
their owne baners &amp; badges. The&s;e thi~+ges hath y^e lorde &s;poken / who&s;e lau~pe is
fedde in Zion and his fyer is noure&s;&s;h|ed
in Ieru&s;alem.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="32" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chapiter .xxxij.</HEAD>
<P>_BEholde / a kynge &s;hal raigne af|tyr
the rule of rightwy&s;nes and
his chefe rulers &s;hall governe
and ordyr aftyr the balaunce of Equite:
Which dwe admin&s;tracion &s;halbe vnto
the &s;ubiects as &s;helter frome the wynde
<PB REF="61">
and defence frome the &s;torme. Siche pri|nces
&s;hall refre&s;&s;he theirs even as &s;we|te
ryvers in a drye place / a~d lyke the &s;h|adewe
of a grete hyghe rocke in a thyr|&s;tye
lande. The eyes of the &s;eers &s;haln|ot
be deceaued / and the eares of the hea|rers
&s;hal take good hede / a~d the hartes
of the &s;tocky&s;&s;he fooles &s;hal vnder&s;tan|de
learinge: the &s;tuttinge tonge &s;hal &s;p|eake
di&s;tinctly and eloquently / al&s;o the
knaue &s;halnomore be called Ientelman
nether the nyggerde &s;halbe called lybe|rall
/ but the knaue &s;hal thinke knauy&s;|he
thinges and his harte &s;hall properly
convaye wykednes to playe the hipocr|yte
and to con&s;pyre abhominacion agen|&s;te
y^e lorde / pylling and polling the hon|grye
&s;oule / &amp; taking the drynke forme y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
thyr&s;tye. The&s;e are his my&s;chevou&s;e
weapens / the&s;e ar his dedely coun&s;els to
de&s;troye to pylle &amp; to robbe y^e poore affli|cte
with lyi~ge wordes / ye &amp; y^t whyles he
myni&s;treth y^e lawe vnto the~ / but y^e Ie~t|elma~
co~ceyueth Ie~tel thi~ges / by which
Ie~tel &amp; noble deads he ary&s;ethe &amp; is beco~e
<PB REF="61">
cleare. But o ye ryche cytes geven al to
welthye ydlenes / ary&s;e and heare my
voyce. Geve eare vnto my wordes ye
cytes that &s;itte &s;o fa&s;te and &s;uer: for af|tyr
certayne dayes and yeares ye &s;hal|be
troubled (o ye cytes &s;o &s;uer). When y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
grape gatheringe &s;halbe at a &s;taye / a~d
the gatherer of the frutes &s;halnot come
you &s;halbe a &s;tonned / o ryche cytes in &s;o
welthy ydlenes / ye &s;halbe ama&s;ed fore
al yower &s;uer confidence to &s;e yower &s;e|lfe
brought &s;o bare / and yower bare loy+nes
gyrte with &s;acke. At the very &s;ouk|inge
teate &s;hal there be waylinge for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
croppe of the yeare / and for thencre&s;e of
the vyne yarde: fore my peoples feldes
&s;hal yilde them bryers and thornes be|cau&s;e
that all the hou&s;e holdes and cyt|es
are full of vayne mirthe and welth|ye
wantenes. Their palaces &s;halbe th|rone
downe / and their cytes &s;o full of pe|ple
&s;halbe lefte voyde: Their towers &amp;
turrettes of defence &s;halbe brought into
perpetual dennes into battlinge places
for mules and pa&s;tures for flockes. Vn+tyl
<PB REF="62">
the &s;pyret be powerd into vs frome
aboue / Charmelus &s;halbe turned into
a de&s;erte / and Charmelus &s;halbe take~
for a wode / and equyte &s;hall dwell in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
de&s;erte / and rightwy&s;nes &s;hal inhabite
Charmelum / and peace &s;halbe the ende
of rightwy&s;nes / re&s;te and &s;uernes &s;hall
folowe rightwy&s;nes for ever. And my
people &s;hall dwell yn the fayer hou&s;e of
peace / in &s;uer tabernacles / and in ryche
beddes. Hayle / when it &s;hal defcende / it
&s;hal fall only vpon wodes and cytes / O
how happye are yowe whiche &s;hal &s;owe
boldely and &s;uer / ye and that by every
ryuer&s;yde &s;ettinge the fete of your ox|en
and a&s;&s;es whother wardes &s;o ever ye
lu&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="33" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxxiii.</HEAD>
<P>_BVt wo be vnto the that robbe&s;te
and de&s;troy&s;te wother: for &s;haft
not thow thy &s;elfe (thinke&s;t) be
robbed agene? And wo be vnto the that
laye&s;te awaighte for other / for thynke|&s;te
thow thy &s;elfe to e&s;cape? Even as
thow hurte&s;t wother / &s;o &s;halt thow be
hurted agene / and as thow ha&s;te layed
<PB REF="62">
wayte to de&s;troye wother / even &s;o lyke
maner &s;halt thow thy &s;elfe pery&s;he.</P>
<P>Lorde haue mercy on vs / fore vpon the
do we depende. Thoghe it be &s;o that th|eyre
power be bente to per&s;ue vs: yet
be thow a pre&s;ente &s;avyowre to vs yn
tyme of tribulacion. Let thys people fle
a waye at thy angrye voyce. Let the&s;e
haythen folke be &s;caterd and di&s;per&s;ed
a waye at thy bu&s;klynge vp to ruffle.</P>
<P>Let theire proye be taken a waye frome
them / as men take awaye locu&s;tes / w|hen
they gather a grete multitude tog|ither
and ca&s;te thez into a dyke. Be th|ow
exalted (Lorde) whiche dwelle&s;t a|bove:
Let Zyon be fylled withe equyte
and ryghtwy&s;nes. Let the faithe be yn
hyr tyme: Let &s;trengthe / helthe / wy&s;do|me
/ knoweledge / and feare of the Lorde
be hyr tre&s;ure. Beholde / the aungels
of them krye witheowte / the aungels
of peace wepe bitterly / the pathes are
for&s;aken / the wayefayerers are gone / the
conuenauntes are broken / cytes are
neglecte / noman &s;etteth by a nother / the
<PB REF="63">
lande nowe de&s;troyed / lyeth moorning
the beutye of Libanus is cut downe and
turned into hyr &s;hame / the goodly pa&s;tu+re
of Saron is lyke a drye de&s;erte: the p|lentuous
feldes of Ba&s;an and charme|lus
are gone. Wherfore now &s;hal I ary+&s;e
(&s;aith the lorde) now wil I be exalted
now will I be borne vp an highe. But
you &s;hal conceyue chaffe and bringefor|th
&s;tubble and yower owne fyerye brea|the
&s;hal devower yowe: the people &s;hal|be
burned lyke lyme / and &s;halbe lyk th|ornes
cut downe &s;or the fyer: Heare the|rfore
/ ye that dwell a farre what I will
do / and ye that are nighe knowe my po|wer
/ The &s;ynners are a frayde in Zion
and tremblinge feare holdeth hypocry|tes
&s;aynge / whiche of vs &s;hall abyde in
this devoweringe fyer? which of vs &s;h|al
continue in this perpetual burninge?
But he that lyueth iu&s;tlye (I tell yow)
and &s;peketh the trwthe / he that abhor|reth
to do iniuryes couetuou&s;ly / a~d &s;m|yteth
a waye his handes frome giftes / he
that &s;toppethe his heares le&s;tet hey
<PB REF="63">
hear the de&s;aightful oppre&s;&s;ion of thin|nocent
bloude / and &s;hit his eyes le&s;te he
&s;e evel: this man &s;hal inhabit hyghe pl|aces
/ this mannis &s;avegarde &s;hal be in
right highe and &s;tronge holdes of &s;tone
vnto this man &s;hal there be geven y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ve+ry
pure fode / his eyes &s;hal &s;e the kinge
in his gloriou&s;e e&s;tate / and &s;hal loke o|ver
the farthe&s;te region: Al&s;o his harte
&s;hal delight in the feare of god. But w|here
is now the wy&s;e craftye &s;crybe? w|here
is nowe the depe &s;ercheroute of the
wordes of the lawe? where is the di&s;pu+tinge
doctour a~d teacher of yonge men?
But here &s;ee&s;t thow no &s;trange tonged
people / neth^r yet of eny hard &s;peach to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
which thou maye&s;t not attayne / but be|holde
thow Zion / ower &s;olempne cyte / let
thy eyes loke vpon Ieru&s;alem that
riche habitacion even the tabernacle w|hich
&s;hal not be moued frome hyr place / who&s;e
nayles &s;hal never be plucked ou|te
/ who&s;e ropes al &s;hal never wexolde / for
the maie&s;tye of the Lorde &s;hal abyde
there pre&s;ent with vs. This is the pla|ce
<PB REF="64">
where brode flowdes &s;hal go full &s;tyl
rown<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">aboute in &s;ighte / in the which ne|ther
rouinge galeys &s;hall &s;ayle to robbe
nor yet eny woth^r charged &s;hippe of w|arre:
for y^e lorde is ow^r iuge / ow^r lawe ge+v^r / the
lorde &s;halbe ower kynge / it is he
y^t &s;hal &s;aue vs / here &s;hal the ropes and
gables be &s;o &s;tretched forthe that they
&s;hall nede neuer to be repayerde / The
m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;te &s;hal &s;tande as &s;tyfe asthoghe th|ere
were no &s;ayle bentevp / and then &s;h|al
there be grete proyes di&s;trybuted / w|hen
even the lame men &s;hal catche pro|yes.
Here &s;hal there be non ca&s;te downe
into his be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;aynge / I am &s;yke / but the
people that dwelleth here &s;halbe quyte
frome all decea&s;es.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="34" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxxiiij.</HEAD>
<P>_APproche nighe ye gentyles to
heare / and ye people come a~d ta+ke
hede / heare erthe / and what
&s;o euer is in it / let y^e worlde he|are
and al thinge that &s;pringeth oute of
it / for the lorde is angrye with all naci|ons
/ and his wrathe is &s;o kyndled agen|&s;te
the power of them / that he wyll cu|r&s;e
<PB REF="64">
them and be take the~ to dethe / &s;o th|at
theire karions &s;hal be throne awaye
to lye and &s;tynke / and the mountaynes
&s;halbe wha&s;&s;hed with their bloude: fore
even the beutifull power of the heavens
&s;halbe con&s;umed / and &s;halbe layed wy|de
opene lyke a boke vnder the &s;kye &s;o
that all their beuteful aparel &s;hall fall
downe lyke leaves frome the vyne and
frome the fygge tre: For even in the he|auens
wil I bathe my &s;werde / and from
then&s;e &s;hal it de&s;cende &s;traight to Idu|mea
/ and to the people whom I haue a|poynted
to my vengeaunce. Then &s;hal
the &s;werde of the Lorde be bathed in bl|owde
and in the fatte and blowde of la~|bes
and gotes / and &s;halbe noynted wi|th
the fatte of the wethers kydneys: for
the Lorde &s;hal &s;laye a grete &s;acrifice in
Bozra and in the lande of Edom whe / re
the vnicornes and &s;towerdye bulles
the whiche is to &s;aye the mightye men
of power &s;halbe &s;mytendowne / and the
erthe &s;hal be wa&s;&s;hed with theyr blou|de
/ and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> grounde &s;hal be dounged with
<PB REF="65">
their fatte kydnes: ye / &amp; the daye of god|dis
vengeaunce / and the yeare where in
thy &s;towerdenes &s;halbe rewarded &s;hal
come vpon the O Zion / and thy brokes
&s;halbe turned into pitche / and thy grou|nde
into brym&s;tone with whiche thy &s;o|yle
&s;halbe &s;o &s;ore brente that nether da|ye
nor night maye it be quenched but it
&s;hal &s;moke ever. It &s;halbe drye frome
age to age / and noman &s;hal pa&s;&s;e over it
for evermore / but oe&s;troges / ibices / ouls
ravens &s;hal inhabit it: for the lorde &s;hal
meate it forth with the lyne of de&s;truc|cion
and waye it withe the waighte of
wa&s;tynge / and then if thow calle&s;t hy|kinges
they &s;hall no where apere / fore
even all hyr princes &s;hal be broughte to
naught / then &s;hal hyr palaces bringefo|rthe
bryers and thornes / nettels and &s;o|wthy&s;tels
&s;hall growe where hyr wal|les
and ca&s;tells &s;tode / and thus &s;hal th|ey
be dennes fore dragons / and palace<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
for &s;truthyons there &s;hall &s;prytes lyk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
mon&s;tro&s;e be&s;tes apere to eche other / a~l
the roughe wodou&s;es &s;hal call there for
<PB REF="65">
eche other / al&s;o there &s;hal come the&s;e la+myes
to take their re&s;te / Erchyns &s;hal
there make their ne&s;tes &amp; lye / they &s;hal
make them dennes and noury&s;hevp th|eir
whelpes: thyther &s;hal Gryphes be
gatherd every on to his mate. Serche
ye the &s;cripture of the lorde / and reade it
for there is not one of the&s;e thinges th|at
&s;hal fayle / there is not one worde but
&s;halbe fulfylled all a lyke: fore what he
commaundeth with his mouthe / they
are fine&s;&s;hed by his &s;pirit / loke to whom
he dealeth his heretage and deuydeth it
withe his owne hande or meate it owte
with a lyne / that mu&s;te nedes abyde fa+&s;te
for ever / &s;o that they mu&s;te dwell in
it frome age to age.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="35" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xxxv.</HEAD>
<P>_THe de&s;ertes and wyldernes &s;h|albe
glad / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> drye lande al&s;o &s;h|al
reioy&s;e and floure&s;&s;he lyke a
lyle: It &s;hal floure&s;&s;he righte ple&s;antly
it &s;hal laughe and reioy&s;e more and mo+re
/ and be beutyfull to beholde. For the
beutye of Libanus &s;halbe geven hyr / the
come lynes of Charmelus and Sarone
<PB REF="66">
al&s;o &s;hall &s;he haue / the Gentyles &s;hall
knowledge the glorye of the lorde and y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
mage&s;tye of ower God. Be therfore co|unforted
ye &s;yke handes / and be &s;teffe / ye
faynte knees / &s;peake vnto the fayn|te
harted &s;aynge / be bolde and &s;tronge / and
feare not. Beholde / yower God &s;h|all
come to avenge yowe and to rewar|de
yowe / ye he &s;hal come to &s;aue yowe.
And then &s;hal the eyes of the blynde be
illumined / and the eares of the deffe &s;h|albe
opened. Then &s;hal the lame leape
lyke an harte / and the domme tonge &s;h|all
&s;peake pray&s;e / Fountayns and &s;pri|nges
&s;hal breke forth in the de&s;erte / and
&s;wete ryuers in the drye lande / &s;o that
the drye lande &s;hal have hyr pondes a~d
the thir&s;tye erthe hyr quycke &s;pringes.
In the &s;ame dennes where the dragons
laye / &s;hal growe &s;wete flowers and gr|ene
ru&s;hes. There &s;hall lye bypathes
and the kinges highe waye whiche &s;h|albe
called even the holy waye. A poll|uted
man &s;hall not pa&s;&s;e thorowe it / for
the Lorde hym &s;elfe &s;hall go withe th|em
<PB REF="66">
thorowe the &s;ame waye that fooles
go not oute of it / here &s;halbe no lyo~ / nor
eny other nyou&s;e be&s;te &s;hall come vp to
this waye or befownde yn it / but ryght
&s;uer &s;hall the pa&s;&s;age be / al&s;o they that
&s;halbe redemed of the Lorde &s;halbe tur|ned
and come vnto Zion with pray&s;e &amp;
&s;hal haue euerla&s;tinge Ioye / gladnes &amp;
&s;olace &s;hal acompany them but hevyn|es
and &s;orowe &s;halbe fled awaye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="36" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xxxvi. Chapiter.</HEAD>
<P>IT came to pa&s;&s;e that in the .viiij.
yeare of kinge Ezekias / Senherib
Kinge of the A&s;&s;yrions wolde co|me
vp to conquere and to take al the no+ble
and &s;tronge cytes of Iuda. Wherfo|re
this A&s;&s;yrius &s;ente Rab&s;acen frome
Lachis to Ieru&s;alem vnto Ezekias w|ithe
a grete ho&s;te: which Rab&s;ace when
he had layed his ho&s;te at the &s;lu&s;e of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
ouer pole in the waye to the fullers fel|de
/ there cameforth vnto hym Eliakim
the &s;one of Helkie pre&s;ident of the tow|ne
hou&s;e / Sobna the &s;crybe / and Ioas
the &s;ecreterye &s;onne vnto A &s;aphe.
<PB REF="67">
vnto whome Rab&s;ace &s;pake thus / Go
yower wayes (I praye yow) and tel Ez|ekias
howe that the grete kinge of A&s;&s;|prye
hathe &s;poken the&s;e &s;ame wordes:
what is this thy confidence to which t|hou
&s;teke&s;t &s;o fa&s;te? Arte thow &s;o foly&s;|&s;h
hardye to thinke to haue coun&s;el and
power to wage batayle? other in who|me
nowe at la&s;te tru&s;te&s;t thow &s;o myc|he
that thow dare&s;t rebel agen&s;te me? I
&s;hal tel the / thou tru&s;te&s;t to the ayed a~d
vpholdinge of this broken reede / that is
to an Egypcion / to the which reede w|ho&s;o
ever leaneth / he pear&s;eth his han|de
and boreth it thorowe. Fore even &s;i|che
on is Pharao kinge of Egypte to al
that tru&s;te vpon hym: but if thou wylt
&s;aye / we tru&s;te in the lorde ower God:
a &s;uer tru&s;te in dede to tru&s;te in hym w|ho&s;e
highe places and alters Ezekias
hathe taken awaye commaundinge Iu|da
and Ieru&s;alem to wor&s;hipe befor th|is
alter. Be it in ca&s;e (I praye the) that
I &s;hulde geve the now (notwith&s;tandi|nge
thy bargayn made withe my Lorde
<PB REF="67">
the kinge of A&s;&s;yrye) two thou&s;and ho|r&s;es
/ art thou able yet of thy &s;elfe to ma~
them? And howe is it then / that &s;einge
thou arte not able to abyde the violence
and power even but of one of the le&s;te
princes of my Lorde / yet not with&s;tan|dinge
/ wylte thou tru&s;te to the hor&s;e m|en
and chariets of the egypcions? Th|inke&s;t
thou that I of my nowne heade
am come vp hither to de&s;troye this la|nde?
It was my Lorde that commaun|ded
me &s;aynge. Go thy wayes vp to th|at
lande a~d de&s;troye it. Then &s;pake El|iakim
/ Sobna / and Ioas vnto Rab&s;ac|en:
&s;peake vnto vs thy &s;eruaunts (I pr|aye
the) in the Syre tonge / for we vnd|er&s;tande
that languege / and &s;peke not
to vs in the Iwes languege le&s;te the p|eople
nowe beinge at the walles heare.
Whome Rab&s;ices an&s;werde. Why / th|inke
ye that my Lorde &s;ente me only to
yow and to your Lorde to &s;aye this me|&s;&s;age
/ and not rather to the&s;e kareful &amp;
mi&s;erable men that &s;itte vpon the wa|lls
that they &s;hulde not be con&s;trayned
<PB REF="68">
to eate theire owne dyrte and to drynke
their owne pi&s;&s;e with yow? Rab&s;ace th|erfore
proceded &s;tefly in his oracion kry|inge
with a lowde voyce in the Iuwes
tonge &s;aing / heare what the grete king
the Kinge of the A&s;&s;yrions commaun|deth.
Thus co~maundeth the kinge / ta|ke
hede le&s;te kinge Ezekias deceyue yo|we
/ for it lieth not in his power to defen+de
yowe / Nether let hym per&s;uade yow
to tru&s;te in his lorde / affirminge that y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
Lorde with oute doute wyl delyuer you
and that this cyte &s;hal not be delyuer|de
into the handes of the kinge of A&s;&s;y|rye:
&s;e that ye obaye not Ezekie / for th|us
promy&s;eth yow the kynge of A&s;&s;yrie
If ye wyll beare me &s;o myche favoure
as to for&s;ake hym and turne to me / eve+ry
man &s;hal enioye &s;tyll his owne vyn|eyarde
his fygge trees / and euery man
&s;hal drinke the waters of his owne py|tte
vntyl I &s;hal come and leade yow vll
to a lande as good as is this yowers / e|ven
a lande wheryn is plentye bothe o
whete and wyne: ye / a lande al redy &s;o|wne
<PB REF="68">
withe al maner corne and planted
with y^e be&s;te vynes. Take good hede y^t
Ezekias deceyve yowe not &s;aynge / the
Lorde &s;hal delyver yow. For / haue ther+ever
yet eny of the goddis of the genti|les
delyuerd their lande frome the pow^r
of the kinge of the A&s;&s;yrians? Where is
nowe the God of Hemath a~d Arphad?
Whe^r is the god of Sepharuaim? And
who (I praye yowe) delyuerde Samar|ia
fro my power? Whiche on emonge all
the goddes of the&s;e kingdomes hath de|lyverde
their region from my power / &s;o
that ye maye tru&s;te to the lorde to dely|ver
Ieru&s;alem from my hande? At the|&s;e
wordes the kinges legates we^r &s;o put
to &s;ylence that they had not a worde to
an&s;were. Then returned Eliakim the
pre&s;ydent of y^e towne hou&s;e &s;onne of He|lkie
/ Sobna the &s;crybe / and Ioas Secr|eterye
the &s;onne of A&s;aph vnto Ezeki|as
their clothes alto cutte / and tolde hi~
the oracion of Rab&s;acen.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="37" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xxxvij. Chapiter.</HEAD>
<PB REF="69">
<P>_THen kinge Ezekias hearing th|is
/ cut his clothes: and he cloth|ed
with &s;acke wente into the te|mple
of the Lorde: and in the meane ty|me
he &s;ente Eliakim the pre&s;ident of y^e
towne / Sobnam the &s;cribe and the &s;eni|ours
of the pree&s;tes clothed with &s;acke
vnto I&s;aye the prophete &s;onne of Am|os
whiche &s;ayed vnto hym. Thus co|mmaundeth
vs Ezekias to &s;aye vnto
the. The daye of tribulacion / the daye
of affliccion and bla&s;phemye is nowe co|me
even lyke as thoughe the tyme of
delyueraunce of chylde were pre&s;ente / and
&s;trengthe to put it forth &s;hulde fa|yle
the mother. Verely the Lorde thy
god hath harde the wordes of Rab&s;ace / whome
his Lorde the Kinge of A&s;&s;yrye
hathe &s;ente to bla&s;pheme and to revy&s;e
the lyuinge god with certayne wordes
which the lorde thy god hath harde / w|herfore
thou mu&s;te geve the to pray^r for
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> reamnaunte which ar yet left a lyue
Then I&s;aye an&s;werd y^e &s;erua~ts of ki~ge
Ezekie th&abus;&s;ente &amp; comen on this maner
<PB REF="69">
Thus &s;hall ye tell yower lorde. Thus
&s;aith the lorde. Feare thou not for the&s;e
wordes which thou ha&s;t harde / in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> w|hich
the &s;eruants of the kinge of A&s;&s;y|rye
haue thus revyled and bla&s;phemed
me / for lo / I &s;hall &s;ende vpon him but a
bla&s;te of wynde / who&s;e noy&s;e as &s;one as
he heareth he &s;hal returne into his ow|ne
lande / where I &s;hall cau&s;e him to be
&s;layne with &s;werde. Nowe was Rab&s;|aces
returned and fownde the kinge of
A&s;&s;yrye making warre agen&s;t Lobnam
(for he had knowledge that he was re|moued
from Lachis and it was report|ed
al&s;o of Tharhaca kinge of the Eth|iops
y^t he &s;huldbe nowe co~e to make wa|rre
with him) which me&s;&s;age when the
kinge of A&s;&s;yrye harde / anon he &s;ente o|ther
a~ba&s;&s;iatours to Ezekias with th|is
commaundement. Thus &s;hal ye tell
Ezekias kinge of Iuda. Take hede thy
god deceyue the not in whom thou tru|&s;te&s;te
promy&s;inge the that Ieru&s;ale~ &s;h|al
not be delyuerd into the hands of the
kinge of the A&s;&s;yryons. For thou ha&s;t
<PB REF="70">
harde what great actes the kinge of A&s;|&s;yry
hath done to al kingdomes in &s;ub|uertinge
them / a~d dare&s;t thou haue yet
eny hope to e&s;cape? Did the goddis of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
Gentyles delyuer them whom my pr|edice&s;&s;ours
haue co~quered? Coulde th|ei
delyuer Gozan / Haran / Rezeph / and
the Chyldern of Eden / whiche holde of
Thala&s;&s;ar? where is the kinge of Ham|ath
/ kinge of Arphad / kinge of Sepha|ruaim
/ Hene and Aue? Then toke kin|ge
Ezekias the Py&s;tel of the handes of
the Amba&s;&s;iatours / &amp; when he had red
it / he wente vp into the hou&s;e of the lor|de
/ and opened it before the lorde maki~ge
his prayer on thys maner. O lorde of po+wers
/ the God of I&s;rael / which dwell+e&s;t
at the Cherubyms:thou arte y^e God
which is the only god / even the god of al
the kingdoms of the erthe / for it is thou
that ha&s;te made bothe heauen a~d erthe.
Bowe downe thy eare lorde and ly&s;ten
opene thy eyes a~d beholde / Con&s;yder al
the wordes of Senherib which hath &s;e|nte
hither a bla&s;phemous me&s;&s;age / wh|eryn
<PB REF="70">
he cur&s;eth and bla&s;phemeth the ly+uinge
god. Verely (lorde) I knowe this
to be trwe / that the kinges / of A&s;&s;yrye
haue conquered all tye kingdoms and
regions of the other nacions / &amp; that th|ey
ca&s;ted their goddes into the fyer / for
the&s;e were no goddis but the workes of
mennis handes made of tre and &s;tone / wherfore
they haue de&s;troyed them wo|rthely.
But nowe (lorde ow^r god) nowe
&s;aue vs frome the handes of Senherib
that nowe al the kingdoms of the erthe
might knowe that thou art the lorde a
lone. When the thinge was at this poy|nte
/ I&s;aye the &s;onne of Amos &s;ente a~d
tolde Ezekias the&s;e wordes. Thus ha|th
the Lorde God of I&s;rael &s;poken vnto
the&s;e thinges which thou in thy prayer
a&s;ked&s;te of me as concerninge the kinge
of the A&s;&s;yryo~s. Th&abus; an&s;werth the lo|rde
agen&s;t him. O virgyn and daught|er
of Zion / the kinge of A&s;&s;yrye hathe
de&s;py&s;ed a~d &s;corned the / he &s;hoke his he|ad
aftyr the o daughter of Ieru&s;ale~: but
thow proude kynge / who~ revile&s;t thou?
<PB REF="71">
whom cur&s;e&s;te and bla&s;pheme&s;te thou?
Agen&s;te whom krowe&s;t thou or lyfte&s;t
vp thy &s;tately loke? verely euen agen&s;t
him that &s;anctifieth I&s;rael. For (thy &s;e|ruants
&s;ente hither) thou reuyled&s;t the
lorde and ha&s;t taken &s;o &s;toughtly vpon
thy &s;elfe this thinge &s;ayng / I &s;hal kou|er
the mo&s;te highe&s;t mountayns a~d &s;y|des
of Libani with the multitude of my
hor&s;e men and chariets / I &s;hal cutdow|ne
hir highe Ceder trees &amp; hir be&s;te fyr
trees. I &s;hal entre thorowe both hir hi|ghe
mountayns and al&s;o hyr wodes a~d
fayer feldes. And where I fynde wat|ers
I &s;hal drye them al vp with the fe|te
of my ho&s;te. Speake&s;t thow not now
euen thus to kinge Ezekias? &s;ai~ge / ha&s;t
thou not harde what actes and by wh|at
power I haue done them in tyme pa|&s;te
and what I am abonte to do now al|&s;o?
that is to wete / that I am aboute to
&s;ubuerte thy cytes be they neuer&s;o &s;tro|nge
and to bringe thez into heapes of &s;t|ones
a~d into ruyne / who&s;e inhabitours
&s;hal quake for feare lyke handle&s;&s;e men
<PB REF="71">
beinge confounded / for they &s;halbe lyke
the gra&s;&s;e of the felde which nowe is gr|ene
and a no~ is it thek for hou&s;es / ye w|hich
often tymes is withred before it be
rype. But I know I knowe (&s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lo|rde)
thy conuer&s;acion / I knowe thy &s;et|tinge
forth and thy returninge / ye I k|nowe
thy furyou&s;e rebellinge agen&s;t me
For this therfore thy ha&s;ty con&s;pyri&s;on
agen&s;te me and for thy pryde which al I
wel knowe / I &s;hal put a brydle vpon t|hy
no&s;e and &s;hal &s;et a &s;naffle vpon thy
lyppes where with I &s;hal plucke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> bac|ke
agene by the &s;ame waye thou cam&s;te
But (o Ezekias) this token &s;hal I geue
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / this yeare &s;halt thou eate &s;iche as ye
haue in &s;tore / the nexte yeare &s;hal ye ea|te
&s;iche as &s;hal growe of their &s;elfe with
oute tillinge or &s;owinge / but the thirde
yeare ye &s;hall both &s;owe a~d reape for ye
&s;hal plante vynes and eate their frutes
And then thei &s;hal come agene togither
which e&s;caped beinge of the hou&s;e of Iu|da
/ and their rotes &s;ente downe into the
erthe / they &s;hal yilde forthe their frute+ful
<PB REF="72">
highe. For oute of Ieru&s;ale~ &s;hal co~e
the reamnaunt that are lefte / and thei
that ar &s;aued &s;hall come from the mou|nte
Zion. The&s;e thinges &s;hall the zele
of the lorde of ho&s;tes thus bringe to pa|&s;&s;e
/ wherfore thus promy&s;eth the lorde / as
touchinge kynge A&s;&s;yrye. That in
no maner of wy&s;e &s;hall he enter into th|is
cyte / no not &s;o myche as an arowc &s;h|al
he &s;hote hither / there &s;hal no &s;hylde
or buckler be bente vp agen&s;te hyr. Net|her
&s;hal they dygvp eny bulwerke age|n&s;te
hyr / but the &s;ame waye that he ca|me
&s;hal he retourne. For vnto this cyte
&s;hal he not come &s;ayd the lorde: for I&s;h|al
fyghte for this cyte and &s;hal defende
it / (&s;aith the lorde) a~d &s;hal &s;aue it for my
nowne &s;ake and for my &s;eruante Daui|des
&s;ake. Then wente forth the angel of
the lorde and &s;myt .v. thou&s;ande / an ho~+dred
and .iiij. &s;core / in the tentes of the A&s;+&s;yrions / and
when the people of Ieru&s;a|lem
ro&s;e erly in the morni~ge / lo they la|ye
aldede / wherfore Senherib kinge o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
A&s;&s;yrie departed a~d wente his waye fro~
<PB REF="72">
thence and abode at Niniue. And after
this / it chaunced on a tyme y^t as he wor|&s;hiped
his god in the hou&s;e of Ni&s;roch:
Adrame&s;ech a~d Sarezer his &s;onnes &s;m|it
of his head with a &s;werde and fled in|to
the lande of Ararat. And aftyr this / E&s;arhadon
his &s;onne raigned for hym.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="38" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xxxviij. Chapiter</HEAD>
<P>_NOt lo~ge before the&s;e thi~ges w|ere
in doinge / Ezekias was &s;o|re
&s;yke and lykely to haue dyed
and then came there vnto him I&s;aye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
prophete the &s;onne of Amoz / &amp; &s;ayd vn|to
him. Thus &s;ayth the lorde. Set an
ordyr in thy hou&s;e / for thou &s;halt dyea~d
not lyue. Then Ezekias turned his fa|ce
to the walle and made his prayer to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
lorde &s;aynge: Remembyr lorde (I be&s;ec|he
the) how I haue walked before the in+trwe
faithe / with &abper;fit harte doinge thy
ple&s;ures. And thus &s;aynge Ezekias w|epte
&s;ore / Then &s;pake the lorde to I&s;aye
on this maner. Go thy wayes and tell
Ezekias. Th&abus; &s;ayth the lorde / the god
of thy father Dauid. I haue harde thy
<PB REF="73">
prayer / I haue &s;ene thy teares: wherfore
lo / I adde yet vnto thy lyfe .xv. yeares
al&s;o I &s;hal delyuer the and this cyte w|hich
I defende frome the handes of the
kinge of the A&s;&s;yrions. And this token
&s;halbe geuen y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the lorde that he will
performe his promy&s;e. Beholde / I &s;hall
bringe backe the &s;hadue of the dyall w|hich
&s;hadne is now de&s;cended withe the
&s;onne ary&s;inge in Ahazdy all and &s;hall
turne it vp agene .x. howers: then tur|ned
backe the &s;onne the &s;ame .x. degrees
a&s;cending agene by the which the &s;had|ue
had de&s;cended before. The tha~kesge|uinge
which Ezekias ki~ge of Iuda w|rite
aftyr he had bene &s;ycke &amp; was nowe
rekouerd frome his &s;ore. I had wente y^t
I &s;hulde haue gone to my graue in my
be&s;te dayes / when I mo&s;te de&s;yerde the
re&s;ydue of my age. I &s;ayd with my &s;elfe
I &s;hal no more apere before y^e lorde god
in this lyfe. I &s;hal nomore be co~uer&s;an|te
with the mortal men but &s;halbe wi|th
y^e bane&s;&s;hed cyte&s;ens. My dayes are
foldenvp and taken awaye fro me lyke
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an herdemannis tente. My lyfe is kut|of
lyke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> weauers webbe: whylys I pro+uyded
to lyue he kut me of. He made an
ende of me on a daye / I tru&s;ted at the le|&s;te
to haue lyued vnto the morowe / but
he alto broke my bones lyke a lyon / and
made an ende of me on a daye. Then ch|attred
I lyke a &s;walowe / and murmu|red
lyke a Crayne / I moorned lyke a do+ve
/ lyfti~ge vp my eyes vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> highe god
&s;aynge. Lorde I am &s;ore handled / delyu|er
me vpon thy worde. What myght I
thi~ke or what might I &s;aye that he w|olde
do this miche for me? That I mou|ght
yet &abper;u&s;e al my dayes / ye although it
be to my bytter payne. For I knowe v|erely
(lorde) y^t this lyfe is &s;aul&s;ed with
galle / and that my lyfe is &s;ubiecte to all
bitter my&s;erye. I knowe that thou ma|ke&s;t
me heuye of &s;leape / &amp; wakene&s;t me
agene. But lo / yet &s;hal I thi~ke that th|ou
do&s;te me grete ple&s;ure if thou graun|te&s;t
me the&s;e kareful bitterne&s;&s;es. Here
thou &s;taye&s;t my lyfe that it &abper;e&s;&s;hed not
whiles thou ca&s;ted&s;te al my &s;ynnes be|hynde
<PB REF="74">
thy backe. For nether men la|yed
in their graues pray&s;e the / nor yet y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
deade loaue the / nor they that de&s;cende
into their graues abyde for thy faithfu|lnes.
But it is the lyui~ge man / it is the
lyuinge (I &s;aye) that pray&s;eth the / euen
as I do nowe this daye. For the fathers
laye forth thy faithfulnes vnto theire
chylderne. Sane vs (lorde) and we &s;hal
&s;ynge ower p&s;almes / all the dayes of o|wer
lyfe in the hou&s;e of the lorde. Then
commaunded I&s;aye &s;ayng / take the pl|a&s;ter
and laye it vpon his botche a~d he
&s;hal amende. And then &s;ayed Ezekias.
Oh what a meruelou&s;e thinge is this
that I &s;hal yet a&s;ce~de into the hou&s;e of
the lorde?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="39" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xxxix Chapiter</HEAD>
<P>_AT the &s;ame tyme / Merodach / Baladan
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;onne of Baladan &amp;
kinge of Babylon &s;ente letters
a~d pre&s;ents vnto Ezekias. For
he had harde how that he was &s;ycke &amp;
ame~ded. And Ezekias was glad of the~
and &s;hewed the~ his tre&s;ure hou&s;es of his
&s;yluer and golde / of his riche &s;pyces / a~d
<PB REF="74">
his fyned oyles a~d his preciou&s;e oyntm|ents
/ he &s;hewed the~ al the hou&s;es of his
plate / and what &s;oeuer tre&s;ure he had.</P>
<P>There was nothinge that Ezekie had
other in his hou&s;e / or thorowte al his re|alme
/ but he &s;hewed it the~. And then ca|me
I&s;aye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> prophete vnto ki~ge Ezekias
&s;ayng to him. What &s;aye the&s;e men / or
fro~ when&s;e ar they come~ vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">? Ezeki|as
an&s;werde him &s;ayng / they arcomon
vnto me fro~ a farre lande euen fro~ Ba|bylon.
And I&s;aye &s;ayd / what haue they
&s;ene in thy hou&s;e? Ezekias an&s;werde / al
y^t I haue in my hou&s;e haue they &s;ene / I
haue &s;hewed them al&s;o all my tre&s;ure.</P>
<P>Then &s;ayd I&s;aye to Ezekias / heare the
worde of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde of powers. Beholde / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
dayes &s;hal come that what &s;o euer is in
thy hou&s;e / &amp; what&s;oeuer thy fathers ha+ue
gathred &amp; layed vp in &s;tore vnto this
daye / it &s;halbe take~ awaye &amp; karyed to
Babylo~ / neth^r &s;hal therbe eny thi~g left
&s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde / ye &amp; certai~e of thy chylde|rne
which &s;hal go forth of the a~d whom
thow &s;halt begete &s;halbe taken awaye
<PB REF="75">
al&s;o / &amp; &s;halbe come gelded men in the ky|nge
of Babylons courte. And then &s;ayd
Ezekias vnto I&s;aye. The lorde turne it
to good that thou ha&s;t nowe expre&s;&s;ed:
but in my dayes (&s;ayd he) I be&s;eche y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lo|rde
that al thinges mought be quyet &amp;
&s;uer.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="40" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Here begineth of kynge Cyrus Cha. xl</HEAD>
<P>_BE of good chere be of good chere
my people (&s;ay the yower god).
Se that ye counforte y^e hartes of
Ieru&s;alem / &amp; tel them of their re&s;te and
delyueraunce from captiuite / tel the~ ho|we
their &s;ynnes &s;halbe forgeuen aftyr
that thei haue receyued their ful cha&s;ti|&s;inge
of the lordes ha~de for al their &s;yn|nes.
Wherfore / there kryeth a voyce &s;a|ynge.
Prepare ye the waye for the lorde
in the de&s;erte: and make the pathes pla|yne
for yower god in the wyldernes: let
euery vale be exalted / a~d euery mount|ayne
and hyllbe layed lowe / let kroked
wayes be made &s;traight / &amp; rowghe wa|yes
&s;mothe. For the gloriou&s;e maie&s;tye
of the lorde &s;hal appere which euery ma~
<PB REF="75">
&s;hal &s;ee / for the lorde hath promy&s;ed it.
Farthermore the &s;ame voyce commau|nded
&s;ayng: krye thou. And I a&s;ked hi~
what &s;hal I krye? which an&s;werde. T|hat
euery man is but gra&s;&s;e: a~d all their
gloriou&s;e beutye is lyke a flower of the
felde. Gra&s;&s;e as &s;one as it is wythred / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
flower falleth a waye: And euen &s;o the
people is but gra&s;&s;e / aftyr that the &s;pir|it
of the Lorde hath blowne vpon them
notwith&s;tandinge this gra&s;&s;e be withe|rd
and the flower faded / yet abydeth the
worde of ower god for euer / yet this vo|yce
commaunded agene <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">aynge. Go vp
into the highe hill O Zion / which pre|ache&s;t
vs good tydi~ges. Lyftvp thy vo|yce
as lowde as thow may&s;te O Ieru&s;|ale~
whiche preache&s;t the go&s;pel. Lyftvp
thy voyce (I&s;aye) &amp; be not a frayed / and
tell the cytes of Iuda &s;aynge. Beholde / it
is yower god / beholde / the lorde almi|ghty
&s;hal come with grete might / &amp; &s;h|al
rule by his owne power. Beholde / he
beinge cleare &amp; noble both in coun&s;ell a~d
in his actes / &s;hal bringe forth his ryches
<PB REF="76">
withe greate triumphe. He &s;hall feade
his flocke lyke an herdman / he &s;hall ga|ther
his lamb<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="2 letters"> into his armes and ba|re
the~ in his be&s;ome. But the ewes gre|te
with la~be &s;hal he wel noure&s;he. Who
hath concluded the waters in his fi&s;t &amp;
&s;panned the heauens with his hande / or
hath holden vp the waight of the wh|oll
erthe vpon his thre fingers? Who
wayeth y^e mountayns in a payer of bal|aunces
/ &amp; pondreth the hilles in a payer
of &s;coles? Who hath enformed the myn|de
of y^e lorde? or who hath bene of his co|un&s;el
to teache hym? or of who~ hath he
fetched his coun&s;el to be taught the wa|ye
of iugement to in&s;tructe hym of eny
knowledge or to declare hym the waye
of vnder&s;tandinge? Beholde / al nacio~s
in compari&s;on to hym ar but a drope of a
bucket or a bateme~t of a balaunce. The
eylandes ar but motes in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;onne beame
All the trees of Liban&abus; are not &s;ufficie~t
to make him a fyer: nether al the bea&s;t|es
theryn ar enoughe for his brente &s;acr|ifyces
/ al nacions compared to hym / are
<PB REF="76">
(as ye welde &s;aye) but nothinge / a~d but
a tryful. Vnto whom then wyl ye lyke~
God? or aftyr what fa&s;&s;hion will ye pa|ynte
or karue hym? Canne eny gold&s;|myth
&s;et forth his Image? or ca~ne he w|ith
al his goold and thinne &s;yluer plate
ca&s;te him into eny forme that maye rep|re&s;ente
him? Shal a keruer for eny ma~|nis
ple&s;ure that foly &s;hly delyghteth to
beholde his Image / and haue not whe|rwithe
to make it of gold or &s;yluer / ch|o&s;e
oute a tree i~putrible to &s;etforthe his
Image that ca~not moue oute of his ow|ne
place? are ye &s;o blynde that ye &s;e not
the&s;e thi~ges. Maye ye not heare? wer
not the&s;e vngodline&s;&s;es declared yow e|uen
fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> begynninge? Were ye not mo|ne&s;hed
of the&s;e thinges at the laynge of
the foundacio~ of the erthe? Sitte he not
(of whom we now &s;peake) vpon the ro|nnde
worlde lyke as vpon a balle / and
are not we that inhabit it as lytel locu|&s;tes?
Stretchethe he not forth the he|auens
lyke a cortayne and lyke a tente
that is fa&s;te pitched to be inhabytede?</P>
<PB REF="77">
<P>Doth he not bringe princes to nothi~ge?
&amp; the iuges of the erthe to du&s;te / &s;o that
they be neuer more pla~ted nor &s;owe~ ag|ene
/ nor yet their &s;tocke roted in the ert|he?
For a non as he hath blowne vpon
them / they ar wythred awaye and gat|hred
vp lyke the &s;tubble with a whyrl|ewynde.
But to what thynge (I praye
yowe) wyll yow lyken me? or aftyr wh|at
fa&s;&s;hion &s;hal I be made / &s;aith the ho|lyon?
lyfte vp yower eyes into the &s;kye
above / &amp; con&s;yder who made the&s;e thin|ges
which ledeth forth their a raye or a|pparel
into &s;o grete a nowmber / of wh|om
he calleth euery one by his name.</P>
<P>For by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> rea&s;on of his infinite pow^r &s;tr|ength
a~d mighte / ther is not one of the|&s;ehyd
frome him. Wherfore then &s;huld
Iacob thinke and I&s;rael &s;aye. My wa|yes
are hyd frome the lorde / &amp; my iuge|me~t
&s;capeth my god? for is it po&s;&s;ible for
the to be ignorant or not to haue harde
that God is euerla&s;tinge? The lorde y^t
made the worlde laboureth not nether
is he wearye nether is it po&s;&s;ible his wy
<PB REF="77">
&s;edome to be &s;erched oute. But he geue|th
&s;trength to the wearye / and hi~ y^t fay|nteth
he re&s;toreth right wel. Chyldern
ar weary &amp; almo&s;te brethle&s;&s;e / a~d yon|ge
men vtterly falldowne / but to them
that wayte vpon the Lorde &s;trengthe is
encre&s;ed / and oute of thez &s;hal growfor|th
egles wynges / &s;o y^t whiles they run|ne
they &s;hall not faynte &amp; whyles they
walke they &s;hal not be wearye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="41" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Ch. xl</HEAD>
<P>_LEt the eylandes ly&s;ten vnto me
and let the people take good h|arte
vnto the~ / let the~ come bef|ore
me &amp; pleate their cau&s;e / let vscall ec|he
oth^r to iugeme~t: wo &s;tereth vp y^t rig|htuou&s;on
fro~ y^e ea&s;te calling hi~ forth to
&s;ubdue to hym y^e gentyles &amp; to holde do|wne
kinges? to dinge the~ downe to the
grounde with his &s;werde / &amp; to &s;cater the~
a brode lyke &s;tubble with his bowe? &s;o y^t
in folowing vpon the~ he maye pa&s;&s;e th|orowe
with oute perel / nether be co~pell|ed
to &s;lippe a &s;yde into eny bypathe? wo+hathe
wroughte / made / &amp; ordined y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ge|neracio~s
fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> begi~ni~g? Even I y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lorde
<PB REF="78">
which am both before the fir&s;te and af|tyr
the la&s;te. Beholde ye ey landes &amp; w|onder
ye angles of the erthe: come and
&s;ee: whiche of yowe haue louingly byd / yower
neghboure and brother to dyner
&amp; exhorted hym? The golde &s;myth hel|de
with the metal ca&s;ter / &amp; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;myter wi|th
the grete&s;t hamer with hym y^t wrou|ght
with the lighter &s;aynge / This im|age
&s;halbe wel wroghte &amp; fa&s;te nayled
that it be not moued. But thou arte I&s;|rael
my &s;eruant and Iacob my cho&s;en / even
the &s;eade of Abraham whom I lo|ne.
It was I that broughte the frome
the coo&s;tes of the erthe &amp; called the from
the farre regions therof &s;aynge to the.
Thow &s;halte be my &s;eruaunte / I haue
cho&s;en the / nether &s;hal I at eny tyme re+fu&s;e
the: Se that thou feare&s;t not / for I
&s;halbe withe the / nether loke thou abo|ute
for eny other / for I am thy god wh|ich
&s;hal conforte the / I &s;hal helpe the / I
&s;hal holde the fa&s;te with this &s;ame my
faithful righte hande. Beholde as ma|ny
as prouoke the to anger / &s;hall be
<PB REF="78">
confunded &amp; &s;hamed / thy aduer&s;ares &s;h|al
come to naught &amp; pere&s;&s;he / &s;o that he
that &s;hall &s;eke for them / &s;hal no where
fynde them. Thy enymes whiche dare
move bataile agen&s;te the &s;halbe de&s;tro|yed.
For I the lorde thy God &s;hal holde
fa&s;te thy righthande / whiche al&s;o nowe
&s;aye vnto the: feare not / for it is I that
&s;hal helpe the: be not a frayde my lytel
&s;eruaunte Iacob: feare not poore de&s;py|&s;ed
I&s;rael / for I &s;hal helpe the &s;aith the
lorde / &amp; I that maketh holy I&s;rael &s;hal
auenge the / ye I &s;hal trendel the lyke a
wayne &amp; lyke a newe&s;hode carte to thr|e&s;&s;he
downe mountayns &amp; to bete them
into poulder / &amp; the lytelhylls &s;halt th|oudryue
into du&s;te / thou &s;halt wenowe
them &amp; dryue them awaye lyke the w|ynde
/ &amp; &s;eater the~ abrode lyke a whyrle
wynde / whyles thou thy &s;elfe &s;halt re|ioy&s;e
gretly in the lorde / a~d &s;halt pray&s;e
hym y^t makethe holy I&s;rael. When the
poore afflicte de&s;yerth water &amp; fynde it
not &amp; their tong is drye for thyr&s;te / then
do I y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde geue it the~ / I y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> god of I&s;rael
<PB REF="79">
for&s;ake the~ not / I bringeforthe flowdes
into thehyghe hylles / &amp; al&s;o quyk &s;pr|inges
in the myddes of the feldes. I tur+ne
the drye de&s;erte into a ponde of wut^r / &amp;
the thir&s;tye erthe I wat^r with moy&s;t
vaynes. I plante the wylde wa&s;te gro|unde
with Cedre trees / b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">xe / pyne / and
olyue trees / &amp; y^e drye la~de with fyr / elme
&amp; plane trees. The&s;e thi~ges (I tell you)
do I / y^t men might vnder&s;tande &amp; know|we
/ &amp; y^t al togith^r myght co~&s;yder depely
&amp; expende y^t y^e hande of y^e lorde hath do|ne
the&s;e thinges &amp; that he that maketh
holy I&s;rael hath created the&s;e thinges.
Stande to your cau&s;e therfo^r (&s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lor+de)
bringe in your &s;trength &s;aith y^e kinge
of Iacob / ye let even tho&s;e goddes come+yn
&amp; &s;hewe you thinges that haue &s;om+tyme
chaun&s;ed &amp; be done of olde antiqui+te.
Let the~ (I &s;aye) declare) you thinges
to come or expounde you thinges pre&s;ent
that we might y^e bet^r know the~ &amp; holde
the~ in mynde / I wil &s;peake even to your
owne &s;elfes: tel vs thinges aftyr this to
come / &amp; we &s;hal know that you ar god|des
<PB REF="79">
Do goode or yet evel / that we mou|ght
al &s;e &amp; tel it forth. Beholde / year of
nothinge / &amp; your maki~ge is of nothing:
abhominacion hath cho&s;en yow. I ver|ely
&s;hal &s;tervp one fro~ the northe which
&s;hal come / &amp; fro~ the ea&s;te which &s;hal cal
vpon my name / &amp; he &s;hal come to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> pri~|ces
lyke a potter to his claye &amp; &s;hal tre|de
thez downe as the potter &s;tampethe
his claye. Who tolde the&s;e thinges befo+re
that we mought haue knowne &amp; kn|owledged
hym to be that rightuou&s;on?
but there was non that &s;ayed the&s;e th|inges
before or tolde the~ / neth^r haue th|ere
eny man harde the wordes of thez.
Beholde fyr&s;t &s;hal I geue Zion &amp; Ieru|&s;alem
to be euangeli&s;tes and preachers
but as I remembyr there was not on of
the&s;e that coulde &s;e the&s;e before to geue
you warninge of the&s;e thinges: for wh|en
I a&s;ked thez / they an&s;werd not on w|orde.
Here maye ye &s;e what men the&s;e ar
al / &s;yche are the deades of men / even &s;yn+ne
/ naughtynes / wynde a~d vayne lyes
whiche they blowe togither.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="42" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Ch. xiij.</HEAD>
<PB REF="80">
<P>_BEholde therfore / this is my &s;er|uante
for yowe / vnto who~ I &s;h|all
cleaue: lo / this is my cho&s;en
for who&s;e &s;ake alone I am plea&s;ed. I &s;h|al
enryche him with my &s;pirit / he &s;hall
bringeforth all thinges into iugement &amp;
duwe ordre emonge the gentyles. He &s;h|al
not be clamou&s;e &amp; conte~ciou&s;e nor pr|oude
/ nether &s;hal his voyce be harde yn
the market place / Akra&s;ed reede he &s;h|al
not all to breke / nether the &s;mokinge
&s;nyphe &s;hal he oute quenche. In verye
faith fulnes &s;hal he mini&s;tre y^e lawe / he
&s;hal not be ouer&s;ene nether be headye in
myni&s;tringe iu&s;tice on the erthe. Al&s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
eylandis of the gentlys &s;hal receyue his
lawe / for vnto hym thus &s;peaketh the
lorde god which made y^e heauens &amp; &s;tre|tched
the~ &s;o wyde &amp; &s;pred the worlde w|ith
hyr encre&s;e geuinge breth vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> pe|ople
y^t inhabit it / &amp; lyfe to tho&s;e thinges
y^t ar in it / I the Lorde haue called y^e even
for y^t rightwy&s;nes &s;ake &amp; led y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> hither e|uen
by thy hande / wherfore I &s;hal pre&s;|erue
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &amp; geue y^e for an erne&s;te to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> people
<PB REF="80">
to be y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lighte for the gentyls / to open y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
eyes of the blinde / to lede men in bondes
y^t &s;it in derkenes oute of cu&s;todye &amp; pre&s;|one
/ I (I tel yow) am he who&s;e name is
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> LORDE which geue not my glorye
to eny other creature / nether yet my pr|ay&s;e
vnto keruen images &s;einge y^t al th|inges
&s;poken of before ar come / a~d the&s;e
newe thinges haue I tolde yowe before
they came. Singe ye therfore to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lorde
a newe dyte / let his pray&s;e rebounde vn+to
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> farthe&s;t coo&s;ies of the erthe / pray&s;e
hym ye y^t &s;ayle on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ea &amp; what &s;o ev^r is
in it / pray&s;e hym ye eylandis &amp; al y^t inh|abit
thez / the de&s;erte with hyr cytes / the
townes al&s;o with y^e dwellers in Cedar
mought lyftvp their voyces. Let the~ re+ioi&s;e
y^t inhabit y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> highe rockes / &amp; from y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
toppes of y^e mountaynes let thez clappe
their handes for ioye / let thez geue y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> for
dea&s;mightenes / &amp; let them declare his
wor&s;hip emonge y^e gentils. For the lorde
&s;hal comforth like a valyaunt waryer
&amp; &s;hal krye like a capitayne &s;ta~ding be|fo^r
his araie ex horting &amp; animati~g their
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hartes to batayle putting forth his vo|yce
&amp; &s;tretchinge forth al his &s;tre~gthes
&amp; pow^r agen&s;te his enymes. Becau&s;e I
haue hither to helde my peace / &s;hal I be
&s;tyl &amp; &s;uffereu^r? naye verely: but I &s;hal
krye rather lyke a woman traueling of
chylde / I &s;hal de&s;troye &amp; devow^r &s;oden|ly
/ I &s;hal &s;ubuerte mountayns &amp; hilles / &amp;
&s;hal dry vp all their frute / I &s;hal turn
their ryuers into drye lande / &amp; their pon+des
&s;hal I dry vp. I &s;hal lede the blynde
into a waye that thei yet knowe not / a~d
directe thez into a pathe of whiche they
ar ignorant / I &s;hal turne y^e derkenes in
to lyght befo^r the~ &amp; y^e kroked into an e|aven
waye. The&s;e thinges &s;hal I do for
the~ / neth^r will I for&s;ake thez / let them
therfo^r be turned backwarde &amp; be conf|ounded
with &s;hame that tru&s;te in kar|uen
images &amp; that &s;aye to the&s;e ca&s;te I|dols:
you ar our goddes. Heare o ye deffe
&amp; lyfte vp your eyes o blinde / for who is
blinder then my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">uante? or &s;o deffe as ar
my me&s;&s;agers whom I &s;ente vnto the~?
Who (I &s;aye) ar &s;o blinde as the people
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of the lorde &amp; rulers of the~? They ar / as
ye wolde &s;aye vnto one / thou vnder&s;ta|nde&s;t
myche but thou ob&s;erue&s;t nothing
or as one &s;hulde heare a~d beleue it not / full
prone &amp; redye verely is y^e lorde to fo|rgeue
for his rightwy&s;nes &s;ake to mag|nifye
his wor&s;hipe &amp; his lawe &amp; to ma|ke
it excellent &amp; cleare / but this people
is for lorne &amp; troden vnder fote. Wherfo+re
al theyr yongemen &s;hal come to y^e ro|pe
&amp; be thru&s;te into depe pre&s;ons. They
&s;hal go into proyes &amp; noman &s;halbe m|ynded
to re&s;tore the~. Which of you &s;o ta|keth
the&s;e thinges to beware by thez &amp;
warned her aftyr? Who delyuereth Ia+cob
to be troden downe / and I&s;rael into a
proye / but the lorde? But we verely are
they y^t committe the&s;e fautes agen&s;t hi~:
we ar they y^t wyl not go i~ his wayes nor
obaye his lawes. Wherfo^r he power the
y^e wrathe of his hevye indignacio~ vpon
vs &amp; grevous batayls which a&s;&s;ayle vs
on every &s;yde: but yet we wil not repen|te
and amende: the&s;e &s;tronge batayls v|exe
vs with burninge / but yet we rega|rde
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hym not.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="43" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xliii. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_AL&s;o thus &s;peaketh the lorde which
hath created the O Iacob / and fa&s;+&s;hioned
y^e o I&s;rael: feare thou not / for
I &s;hal redeme y^e / I haue chalenged y^e
for my nown &s;elfe &amp; geve~ y^e thy name / y^t
thou &s;hulde&s;t be myne / &s;o y^t when thow
pa&s;&s;ed&s;te thorowe y^e waters I wolde be
with y^e / when thou wente&s;t thorow the
floud esthei ouerwhelmed the not: whe~
thou went&s;t thorowe fyer / it burned the
not / neth^r yet the flame &s;kortched y^e: for
I am y^e lorde thy god / &amp; he y^t maketh ho+ly
I&s;rael / eve~ thy &s;auiour: I redemed y^e
oute of Egypte / the Ethiopes &amp; Sabeo~s
I de&s;troyed to &s;ave y^e / becau&s;e thou wa|&s;te
&s;o preciou&s;e in my eyes a~d I &s;etted &s;o
myche by y^e &amp; loued y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;o interely. I &s;pent
awaye what &s;o euer nacio~ or people th|ey
we^r for thy ple&s;u^r &amp; &s;auegarde / to th|ente~t
thou &s;huld&s;t not feare / but y^t I w|olde
be of thy &s;yde fro~ y^e ea&s;te &s;hal I br|inge
hith^r thy &s;eade &amp; gath^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> fro~ y^e we|&s;te
/ I &s;hal &s;aye to y^e northe / geve forthe
my people / &amp; to y^e &s;owthe / let thez not to
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come to me: ye &amp; yet farthermo^r / I &s;hal
bri~ge forth my &s;onnes fro~ farre la~des / &amp;
my daughters fro~ y^e coo&s;tes of y^e worlde
y^t is to &s;aye euery man mamed aftyr me
for hi~ haue I created fa&s;hioned a~d made
for myglorye: bringe me forth people / as
wel y^e bli~de as the~ y^t can &s;e / as wel y^e def|fe
as they y^t heare / let al nacio~s / ge~tyls
&amp; iuwes be gatherd togith^r &amp; brought in
to one. Which of al the&s;e goddes coulde
tel vs the&s;e thinges &amp; haue &s;hewed vs
the~ to come? let the~ bri~g forth their wit|ne&s;&s;es
&amp; go quyte: for they y^t &s;hal heare
the~ / &s;hal reporte y^t at iu&s;te is &amp; trwe. E|ve~
I me &s;elfe (&s;aithe y^e lorde) take you to
witne&s;&s;es whiche are my cho&s;en becau&s;e
your owne co~&s;cien&s;es teache yowe &amp; eve~
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> very &s;elfe thinge co~&s;trayneth y^e trow|the
to be a&s;cribed vnto me / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ye nowe
vnder&s;ta~de clearly y^t I am he which ha+ue
neth^r peare befo^r me nor eny matche
aftyr me / y^t I am eve~ y^e lorde alone &amp; y^t be
&s;ydes me the^r is no &s;aviour / I warne / I
&s;aue / I teache becau&s;e ye &s;hulde receyue
no noth^r. ye / I appele vnto your own co~+&s;cien&s;es
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to be my witne&s;es (&s;aith y^e lorde)
y^e I am god / &amp; y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> I am he y^t is fro~ y^e begin|ninge
of y^e tyme / neth^r is the^r eny y^t ma|ye
take eny thinge fro my hande / or vn
make y^t at I make or do. Thus therfore
&s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde your redemer y^e maker ho|ly
of I&s;rael. For your puny&s;hment &s;hal
I &s;end vnto Babylon &amp; &s;hal cal to thez
al their pow^r / that is to &s;aye y^e pow^r of y^t
Chaldes who&s;e glorye &s;tandeth in pra|ctizinge
of warre / I am (I &s;aye) y^e lorde
your holy mak^r / y^e maker &amp; kinge of I&s;|rael:
Farthermore thus &s;ayde the lorde
which layed forth y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> waye thorowe y^e &s;ea
&amp;. y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> pathe thorow grete waters bringi~g
forth chariets &amp; hor&s;emen / &amp; ho&s;tes wi|th
gret pow^r to laye the~ &s;o a &s;leape al to
gith^r y^t thei &s;huld no more ry&s;e / ye to qu|enche
the~ oute lyke y^e &s;nyffe of a candel.
Becau&s;e ye ar evel rememberers of old
thinges &amp; haue no vnder&s;tanding of th|inges
pa&s;te / beholde / therfo^r I &s;hal ma|ke
a newe thi~ge which &s;hal flowre&s;&s;he
forth evyn by &amp; by: &amp; wyl ye know it? I
tolde yowe it befo^r / &amp; nowe &s;hal I tel it
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you agene / I &s;hal lay forthe awaye in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
de&s;erte &amp; in y^e flowdes. In y^e wyldernes
wylde bea&s;tes &s;hal honour me / dragons
&amp; &s;truthions &s;hal knowledge me / I &s;h|al
geue waters in y^e de&s;ertes &amp; flowdes
in the wyldernes to geue dri~ke to my ch+o&s;en
people / even to this people which I
haue fa&s;hyoned fore my &s;elfe to declare
my pray&s;e / for as for thou (Iacob) thow
wolde&s;t not cal vpo~ me / &amp; thou di&s;dayn|ed&s;t
me o I&s;rael: for thou offred&s;t not to
me bea&s;tes into brent &s;acrifices / neth^r ho+noured&s;t
me w^t thy oblacions / thou bo|ught&s;te
me no preciou&s;e fragraunte &s;pi|ce
w^t thy moneye / neth^r w^t thy fatte &s;a|crifices
dyd&s;t thou embrue me / althou|ghe
I dyd not requyre &s;iche &s;acrifices of
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">: neth^r wolde I charge y^e w^t incen&s;e &amp; fu+me.
But thou made&s;te me thy <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~te to
bare thy &s;ynnes &amp; thru&s;ted&s;te medowne
lade~ w^t thy iniquites: when it is I only
y^t do away thy vngodlyne&s;&s;es for my no+wn &s;elfes &s;ake / &amp; thi &s;innes do I forget / put
me i~ reme~bra~ce &amp; let vs rea&s;on togi|th^r
/ &amp; &s;hewe me y^t thi~g wherby thou tr|u&s;te&s;t
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to be forgeuen &amp; iu&s;tifyed: as for y^e
fyr&s;t man thy fath^r / is fir&s;te &amp; forme&s;t a
&s;ynner: &amp; thy interce&s;&s;ours betwene y^e &amp;
me haue &s;ynned agen&s;t me / wherfo^r eve~
y^e mo&s;te holye&s;t rulers haue I &s;layne / e|ve~
iacob dyd I kyl &amp; i&s;rael dyd I betake
into bla&s;phemye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="44" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xliiij. Cha.</HEAD>
<P>_NOw therfo^r heare o iacob my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">|ua~te
/ &amp; i&s;rael my cho&s;en / for th&abus;
&s;pake y^e lorde which hath made
&amp; fa&s;hioned y^e / &amp; hath ben thy helpe eve~
fro~ thy mothers wo~be / let it not greue
y^e (my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~t iacob &amp; my very right i&s;rael
who~ I haue cho&s;en) becau&s;e I wyl pow|erforth
wat^r vpo~ y^e thir&s;tye erthe / &amp; flo|wdes
vpo~ y^e drye lande: I &s;hal powerfo|rth
(I tel y^e) my &s;pyrit vpo~ thy &s;eade a~d
my graciou&s;e ble&s;&s;inge vpo~ thy y&s;&s;ue / &amp;
they &s;hal floure&s;h mingled w^t you lyke
y^e gra&s;&s;e &amp; lyke y^e oy&s;yers by y^e ryuer&s;yd|es
/ one &s;hal &s;aye / I am named for y^e lor|des
owne / &amp; a nother &s;halbe named aft|yr
iacob / &amp; a nother &s;hal wryte w^t his ow|ne
ha~de his name aftyr y^e lordes name &amp;
&s;halbe named aftyr i&s;rael. Th&abus; (I &s;aye)
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&s;pake y^e lorde / ki~ge of I&s;rael &amp; thy rede|mer
/ y^e lorde of pow^rs: I am the fir&s;t &amp; I
am y^e la&s;te / &amp; be&s;ydes me is the^r no god / who
hath at eny tyme be lyk me &s;yth I
am of euerla&s;ti~g? name &amp; &s;hewe me i~ w|hat
on thing he might be co~pared to me?
if the^r be eny / let the~ &s;hewe thi~ges pa&s;te
&amp; to cu~ as I haue done &amp; y^t w^t oute feare
faute &amp; &s;toppe / do not I eue~ of ev^rla&s;ti~g
declare &amp; tel you? of which thi~ge I bri~ge
you forth as my witne&s;&s;es / is there eny
god be&s;ydes me? is the^r eny &s;hap^r y^t I kn|ow
not? ful vayne therfo^r ar al thefe fa|cioners
of images / &amp; ful vnprofitable ar
their &s;tudye &amp; labour / for they te&s;tifie of
their owne &s;elues (&s;ithe their images ne|th^r
&s;e nor yet haue eny other &s;ence) well
worthy to be co~founded &amp; &s;hamed. who
then maye &s;a&s;hion god? or who wil ca&s;t
an image profitable for nothi~g? wh^r fo^r
al this felau &s;hipe of image makers ma|ye
wel be a&s;hamed / let al men cu~ togit|h^r
befo^r me / ye geue me he^r al maner &s;m|ythes
keruers w^t &s;ich oth^r / &amp; I &s;hal ma|ke
the~ togith^r a lyke &s;hamed &amp; a&s;tonned
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the &s;mythe taketh the yerne i~ his to~ges
he tameth it in y^e fyer &amp; facioneth it with
his hamer / ye &amp; y^t w^t al y^e mighte of his
armes / &amp; &s;ometyme he faynteth for hon+ger
&amp; worketh &s;o longe w^t oute drinke y^t
he falleth downe weary. Then cometh
y^e carpentou^r &amp; he draweth forth a lyne
vpo~ y^e tymb^r &amp; &s;myteth it forth w^t chal|ke
/ he &s;quareth he co~pa&s;&s;eth / he clen&s;eth
&amp; karueth it vntyl his worke be lyke a
man / ye lyke a well proporcioned man
to have his &s;eate in the te~ple / he getteth
him (I &s;aye) to y^e wode to kutdowne Ce+ders
to karye home y^e harde pyne trees / okes / &amp;
&s;iche oth^r trees of the wode / or|els
&s;iche as he had &s;et at home as &s;ome
pyne trees who~ the rayne made to wexe
which me~ v&s;e to kutdowne to the fyer / he
goth &amp; taketh &s;ome of the&s;e to warm
him w^t al / &amp; with &s;ome he heateth his
oouen to bake in his brede / ye a~d of &s;ome
of the&s;e trees he makethe hym even a
god and wor&s;hipethe it / he maketh hym
a karuen image and fallethe downe b|efore
it: withe parte of it he makethe
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his fyer / withe parte he &s;eethe or ro&s;teth
his fle&s;he a~d eate it when he hath done
&amp; &s;o is wel &s;ati&s;fyed: withe parte of it he
is well warmed / &s;o that he nowe maye
&s;aye / the worlde is wel amended / I am
wel warme / I haue bene at the fyer / a~d
the re&s;te of this timber he karueth into
a god &amp; into an idole for him &s;elfe / before
this he falleth downe / this he wor&s;hipp|eth
/ vnto this he maketh his vowe / of
this he a&s;ke the his peticions / &amp; prayeth
&s;ayng / delyuer me for thou arte my god
And yet the&s;e images haue nether &s;en&s;e
nor vnder&s;tandinge: for they ar &s;o daw|bedouer
that thei neth^r &s;e with their ey|es
nor vnder&s;tande withe their hartes.
There is noman that &s;o cometh agene
to hym &s;elfe thinkinge theys images ar
nether endued with eny of the .v. &s;en&s;es
nor yet with vnder&s;tandinge nor yet co~
&s;yderth thus / parte of this image haue
I burnte a~d vpon the colles of it haue I
&s;oden &amp; broyled my meate and eaten it / wherfore
then of the re&s;te of it &s;hulde I
make me &s;o abhominable an Idolle and
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thus fall downe before &s;o roten a &s;tocke?
vayne idlenes and a foly&s;&s;he harte hath
brought them vnto thys Idolatrye / a~d
&s;o peruerted them that non hath his ri|ght
mynde or maye thus thinke of hym
&s;elfe: maye not I erre / althoughe I ape|re
to my nowne &s;elfe to do right well?
Remember wel the&s;e thinges Iacob and
I&s;rael / for thou arte my &s;eruante who~
I haue fa&s;hioned to thentente that th|ou
&s;hulde&s;t be my &s;erua~te never to be ou+te
of my mynde O I&s;rael: I do a waye
thy iniquites even as I di&s;per&s;e a clow|de
/ &amp; thi &s;ynnes take I awaye lyke a m|y&s;te.
Turne the therfore vnto me / for I
will delyuer the. Beglad ye heaue~s w|hom
the lorde hath made / reioy&s;e ye fo|undacions
of the erthe / clappe yow^r ha|ndes
ye mountayns / make mery wodes
with almaner trees / for the lorde wil re+deme
Iacob and vpon I&s;rael wil he &s;pr|ede
his glorye: for th&abus; &s;pake y^e lorde thy
defender which hath fa&s;hioned y^e eue~ fr|om
thy mothers wo~be / I am the Lorde
which al a lone maketh althi~ges which
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a lone haue &s;tretched forth y^e heaue~s / w|hiche
alone haue &s;et fa&s;te y^e erthe. I &s;k|ater
the &s;ygnes of the&s;e &s;othe &s;ayers or
a&s;trominers / &s;o y^t they &s;hal diuyne i~ va|yne
&amp; be madde for anger / I turne the&s;e
wy&s;emen bakwarde &amp; bri~g their coni~g
into fole&s;hnes. But I &s;ter vp y^e mynde &amp;
ente~te of my &s;erua~t &amp; the coun&s;el or tho|ughtes
of my me&s;&s;agers I accomple&s;&s;he
&s;ai~g vnto Ieru&s;ale~ / be thou re&s;tored i~to
thy olde &s;tate / &amp; to the cytes of Iuda / be
ye buylded agene. It is I y^t re&s;tore de&s;ol|ate
places. I co~maunde y^e depe waters
&s;ayng / be ye drye / &amp; hyr ryuers I dry vp.
It is I that &s;aye vnto Cyrus / he is my
herde man / al thinges &s;hal I acco~ple&s;|&s;he
accordi~g to my wyl / it is I y^t &s;aye v|nto
Ieru&s;alez / be thou buylded agene / &amp;
to the temple / let thy foundacion be la|yed
agene.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="45" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xlv. Chapiter</HEAD>
<P>_THus (I &s;aye) &s;pake the lorde vn+to
his anoynted Cyr&abus; / who&s;e ri|ght
hande (&s;aith he) I haue take~
that the ge~tles &s;huld fa&s;t downe before
hi~. I &s;hal turne thei^r ki~ges oute of their
<PB REF="87">
armoure &s;o that at his comi~ge they &s;hal
opene their gates a~d &s;hyt the~ nomore: I
&s;hal go before the / I &s;hal make eaven y^e
roughe wayes / bra&s;en gates &s;hal I bre|ke
&amp; barres of yerne &s;hal I &s;hake in &s;on|dre:
I &s;hal geue the tre&s;ure lyinge yet in
derkenes &amp; thinges which ar yet hyd pr|euely
that thou mighte&s;t knowe that I
the lorde god of I&s;rael haue called y^e be|name
for my &s;eruante Iacob and I&s;rael
my cho&s;en: I haue called the be thy na|me
&amp; beutifyed the when as yet thou k|newe&s;t
me not: I am the Lorde / be&s;ydes
whom there is no god: I gyrte the forth
warde when as yet thow knew&s;t me
not that men &s;huld knowe fro~e ea&s;te to
we&s;te that with oute me al thinges are
naught / &amp; that it is I that am the Lorde
&amp; no nother / I fa&s;hione the light &amp; crea|te
derkenes / I make peace &amp; bringe for|the
trouble: It is I the lorde that dothe
al the&s;e thi~ges. Heauen &s;hal geue dow|ne
dewe fro~ a bone / a~d the clowdes &s;hal
rayne downe rightwylnes / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> erthe&s;ha|lbe
opened &amp; bringeforth the &s;auyower:
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Ryghtwy&s;nes al&s;o &s;hal bud forth with
hym. Euen I the lorde &s;hal create this
thinge. Wo be to him that di&s;puteth w|ith
his mak^r / even the pot&s;herde with y^e
potter: &s;hal the claye &s;aye to the potter / what
thi~ge make&s;t thou? or thy worke
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ueth to no v&s;e? Wo be to him that &s;ay|th
to the father wherfor wilt thou gete
chylderne? &amp; to the mother wherfor w|ilt
thou bring forthe frute? Th&abus; &s;aith y^e
lorde that maketh holy I&s;rael &amp; his ma|ker
al&s;o. A&s;ke me thinges to come vpon
my chylderne / &amp; byd me tell yow of the
workes of my ha~des. I made therthe &amp;
created man ther vpon / I &s;tretched the
heauens with my handes / &amp; al hyr my|ghty
ho&s;te or beutyful aperel are at my
co~maundeme~t. I &s;hal &s;tervp this kyng
Cyr&abus; with rightwy&s;nes &amp; al his way|es
&s;hal I directe: He &s;hal edyfe my cyte
&amp; let lo&s;e my captiuite &amp; that per&s;uaded
nether by money nor mede &s;aith the lor|de
of powers. Farthermore thus &s;aid y^e
lorde / the marchantes of Egipte of Et|hiope
/ &amp; the tributaryes of Sabe &s;hall
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co~e to the &amp; &s;halbe thyne / they &s;hal folo|we
the / they &s;halgo in gyves of their fe|te
/ they &s;hal knefe before the &amp; make th|eyr
&s;upplicacio~ &amp; prayer vnto the: for v|erely
god is with the be&s;ydes who~ there
is no god / howe profounde &amp; howe depe|ly
hyd arte thou o god eve~ the god &amp; &s;au|iow^r
of I&s;rael? let the~ be&s;hamed co~fou|nded
&amp; go their wayes togith^r with ig|nomynye
al theys wor&s;hipers of Idols
but I&s;rael &s;halbe &s;aued in the lorde w^t a
&abper;petual helth: Thei &s;halnot be &s;hamed
ne noted w^t ignomynye for evermo^r / for
th&abus; &s;ayd the lorde that created heauens
eve~ god that fa&s;hioned therthe he made
&amp; prepared it: I haue not made it in va|yne
/ but to be inhabited / I am the lorde
be&s;ydes who~ their is none. Neth^r haue I
&s;poken in hyd places nor in eny derke ko|rner
of the erthe. Neth^r in vayne &s;ayd I
to the &s;ead of Iacob &s;eke me. For I am y^e
lorde &s;peakinge that at iu&s;te is and &s;he|wing
that at right is: let them be gath|erd
to gither a~d come / let the tother nac|ion
e&s;caped that is to &s;aye the gentyles
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come al&s;o vnto me. What vnder&s;tand|inge
haue they that fyft vp an image of
tree a~d &s;o praye to a god that cannot &s;a|ue
them? Let them come to me (I &s;aye)
and let them agree in one a~d tel me who
hath &s;hewed them the&s;e thinges before
or who expownded thez fir&s;te? Did not
I the Lorde be&s;ydes whom there is no
god? It is I that am the rightwy&s;e god
and &s;auiow^r be&s;ydes whom ther is non
Beturned therfore to me al the co&s;tes of
the erthe and ye &s;halbe &s;aued / for I am
god &amp; ther is no noth^r. I &s;were be my &s;e|lfe
that rightwy&s;nes &s;halgoforth of my
mouthe / &amp; my worde returneth not i~ v|ayne
/ but euery knee &s;halbe bowed vn|to
me &amp; euery to~ge &s;hal &s;were &amp; &s;aye: In
y^e lorde &s;tandeth my rightwy&s;nes a~d &s;t|rength
/ vnto hym &s;hall men come / but
they &s;halbe confounded as many as &s;p|eake
agen&s;t him. And al the &s;ead of I&s;|rael
&s;hal be iu&s;tifyed and haue their ple|&s;ure
in the lorde. Bel &s;halbe broken do|wne
/ &amp; Nebo &s;hal haue a fall / with wh|o&s;e heauy
images y^e poore bea&s;tes &s;halbe
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laden &amp; weryed with their grevous w|ayght
/ the&s;e bea&s;tes with other bearets
of the&s;e &s;tockes &s;hal faldowne vnd^r the|yr
burdens / for they maye not ca&s;t them
of / and thus &s;hal they be karyed into ca|ptyuite.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="46" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xlvi. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_HEare me Iacobs famylye &amp; al
the reamnaunte e&s;caped of the
hou&s;e of I&s;rael / whom I toke
euen from theyr mothers wo|mbe
&amp; haue borne the~ from their byrthe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
ye &amp; &s;hal bare the~ vnto their olde age &amp;
in their bederethye / for &s;ythe I haue m|ade
the~ / I &s;hal al&s;o beare the~ / helpe the~
&amp; delyuer them. To who~ (I praye yow)
wyl yowe laye me / lyken me / or comp|are
me? Who~ am I lyke? wyl yow th|en
(vayne lyers) go and waye yow^r go|lde
or &s;yluer oute of yow^r pur&s;e at a pa|yer
of &s;eoles &amp; hyer yow a ca&s;ter of me|tall
to make ye a God therof for men to
faldowne before it &amp; &s;o to wor&s;hip it? w|hich
notwith&s;tandinge yet mu&s;te be la|yed
on mennis &s;hulders / be borne a~d &s;e
in his place to &s;tande fa&s;te &amp; ca~not mo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB REF="89">
&s;e frome his place: farther more let men
krye vnto it &amp; yet maye it not an&s;were ne+th^r
delyuer them from their anguy&s;&s;he
&amp; trouble. Con&s;yder this a~d loke vpon
yow^r &s;elues o brekers of goddes co~mau|ndeme~tes
&amp; turne to a better mynde / cal
to mynde olde thinges done from y^e crea+cio~
of the worlde that ye maye &s;e that I
am god &amp; that there is no moth^r god ne|th^r
eny thi~ge lyke me / which fro~ the be|gi~ni~ge
&s;hewe the la&s;te thinges a~d even
fro~ the creacion tell you thi~ges which ar
not yet done: My coun&s;el &s;tandeth at a
worde &amp; &s;o do I acco~ple&s;&s;he all my ple&s;|ures
/ I cal a &s;wyfte byrde frome the ea|&s;te
and what &s;o euer I wy&s;do from a fa|rre
it &s;halbe done at a belt / for as &s;one as
I &s;e it / it is done. Heare me ye proude me~
in harte and farre frome the rightwy&s;n|nes.
I &s;hal bringe nighe my rightwi&s;n|es
nether &s;hal it be ab&s;ent / and my helt|he
&s;hal not tarye / I &s;hal geue a &s;auinge
helthe to Zion / and my beutyful glorye
to I&s;rael.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="47" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .xlvij. Chapiter</HEAD>
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<P>_BVt thou &s;halt godowne &amp; &s;it in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
du&s;te O virgen the daughter of
Babylo~ / thou &s;halt &s;it on y^e gro|unde
&amp; not in thy kinges &s;ete o daughe^r
of the Chaldes: thow &s;halt nomore be
called tendre and dylicate. Thou &s;halt
go take the querne &s;weape / &amp; griude out
the flower of the corne. Thou &s;halt ca|&s;te
of thy preciou&s;e tyre &amp; bonettes / thy
&s;hulders &s;halbe naked and bare legged
&s;halt thou wade thorowe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> brokes / th|ou
&s;halt not haue one bratte on thy nar|&s;e
&amp; men &s;hal &s;e thy &s;ecretes to thy grete
&s;hame. For I wyl take vengeaunce a~d
wilnot be entreded. The&s;e thi~ges hathe
ow^r redemer &s;poke~ who&s;e name is y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> for
de of pow^rs &amp; the maker holye of I&s;rael
Sit downe daughter of Chaldye a~dbe
&s;tyll / go thy wayes into &s;ome derke pla+ce
for thou &s;halt nomore be called y^e ladye
of realmes: I was verely &s;o angrye wi|th
my people / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> I &s;courged my heretage
&amp; betoke the~ into thy power / &amp; thou ha|dde&s;t
no pyte on the~ but oppre&s;&s;ed&s;t ev<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> their
&s;age men with thy hevye yoke ab|oue
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me&s;ure thi~ki~ge thus: I &s;halbe a la|dye
for euer / but thow con&s;yderd&s;te not
the&s;e thi~ges in thy harte nether reme~b|red&s;t
thi~ges to co~e: wherfore heare now
the&s;e thinges O Delicate ladye which
&s;itte&s;t &s;o &s;uer a~d thus thinke&s;t with thy
&s;elfe. I am ladye a lone and be&s;ydes me
is there none / I &s;hall not &s;it lyke a wed|ue
moorni~ge nor yet be de&s;titute my ch|ylderne.
But yet &s;hal the&s;e two thing|es
that is to &s;aye to &s;yt hou&s;band le&s;&s;e &amp;
chylderle&s;&s;e fall &s;odenly vpon the bot|he
on a daye / they &s;hal fall (I &s;aye) on y^e
to fyni&s;he thi &s;orowe / both for &s;o grete
multitude of thy inchaunti~ge &s;othe &s;a|yers
/ and al&s;o for the &s;trength of thy &s;o
many helpers. For thou tru&s;ted&s;t in thy
nowne couetuou &s;e wylynes &s;aynge. No
man &s;eeth me. Thy nowne wy&s;dome &amp;
knowledge deceyued the / for thus pre&s;|umed&s;te
thou in thy harte &s;aynge: I am
ladye a lone &amp; be&s;ydes me ther is no~. So|rowful
affliccio~ therfore &s;halco~e vpo~ y^e
&amp; fro~e whe~ &s;e it &s;hal &s;pri~g thou &s;hal't not
knowe / &amp; mi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">able calamite vnable to be
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a voyded &s;hal fal vpon the. There &s;h|al
co~e vpon the vnwares a &s;oden &s;ubu|er&s;io~
/ and then (I praye the) flee to thy
helpers &amp; to thy ench aunti~ge &s;oth &s;ayers
of who~ thou ha&s;te grete plentye / whom
al&s;o thou ha&s;t &s;et myche by &amp; haue had
the~ in grete reputacio~ even fro~e thy kra|dle
/ &s;ta~de vnto the&s;e (I &s;aye) &amp; loke w|heter
paraue~ture thou mai&s;te be holpen
&amp; conforted of the~? for thou ha&s;t occupied
thy &s;elfe &amp; weared thy &s;elfe hitherto in
their manyfolde coun&s;ells: let the&s;e he|auenga&s;ers
&amp; &s;tarre&s;tarers (I praye y^e)
comeforth &amp; helpe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &amp; tel the fro~ whe~ce
the&s;e newes ar to co~e &amp; fall vpon y^e. Be|holde
/ they &s;halbe lyke &s;tubble / whiche
aftyr it be &s;et a fyer noman maye helpe
it / which &s;tubble neth^r is it profytable to
make coles to warme y^e / nor yet to make
a fyer to abyde by: Sychons (I tel the)
&s;hal the&s;e men be who~ thou ha&s;te &s;omy|che
&s;et by &amp; occupyed &amp; wearyed thy &s;elfe
with even frome thy yougthe / for euery
one of the&s;e aftyr his profe&s;&s;io~ &s;hal dece|yue
y^e / &amp; in y^e meane cea&s;on ther &s;hal not
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be one lefte y^e maye &s;aue y^e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="48" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. xlviij</HEAD>
<P>_HEare the&s;e thi~geeye hou&s;e of I|acob
who&s;e toname is called I&s;+rael
/ which al&s;o ar co~e of y^e &s;a|me
&s;tocke y^e Iuda came of whi|ch
al&s;o &s;were by y^e name of the Lorde te|&s;tifye
/ affirme / &amp; geue tha~kes / &amp; al by y^e
god of I&s;rael / ye althoughe ye do it not
of faith aid rightwy&s;nes: which arena|med
aftyr the cyte&s;ens of y^e holy cyte w|hich
tru&s;te vnto the god of I&s;rael y^e for|de
of powers. Haue I not don ethe&s;e thi~|ges
oute of ha~de? ar they not nows fulf|illed
which I tolde you of eue~ fro~ y^e beg|i~ni~g
when they we~t oute of my mouthe
&amp; I expounded the~ to yow? Notwith&s;t|a~di~g
I know ful wel y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thou art harde &amp;
how &s;refnecked &amp; vn&s;ha~faced thou arte
yet haue I tolde &amp; declared to y^e fro~e the
begi~ni~ge thinges before they were done
le&s;te (I tel the) thou &s;hulde&s;t &s;aye. My
idole tolde me the&s;e or my karue~ or ca&s;te
images co~maunded the&s;e thi~ges. Co~&s;y|der
&amp; beholde al the&s;e whether yow ha|ue
prophecyed the~ / and whether it was
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not I that tolde yow before certayne ne|wes
&amp; &s;ecretes which thou knewe&s;t not
of. And now I haue created &s;ome a ne|we
of y^e which nether from y^e beginni~ge
nor yet nowe before the daye of their cr|eacion
haue ye harde / becau&s;e ye &s;hulde
not tel them: Lo it was I y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> knewe the~
before / farthermore I tolde yow of &s;ome
thi~ges which nether haue ye harde nor
knowne before / nor neuer befor wer op|ened
vnto thy eares. For I knewe that
thou &s;hulde&s;t be a breker of my comma|undeme~tes
/ for euen frome thy mothers
wombe ha&s;t thou be called a tran&s;ger&s;&s;|our
/ notwith&s;tondinge yet for my nam|es
&s;ake I differred my wrathe / &amp; for my
nowne glorye I defended y^e y^t thou &s;ho|uld&s;t
not pery&s;&s;he: For &s;o it is I that po|urged
the / not for thy money / but at thi
mo&s;te nede I cho&s;e y^e. For my nowne &s;a|ke
(I tel y^e) haue I done this / for I geue
not my glorye to eny wother le&s;te thou
&s;huld&s;t in eny wy&s;e be prophaned &amp; ca&s;te
fro me: heare me Iacob &amp; i&s;rael whom I
haue called. I am he that hath his be|inge
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of hym &s;elfe / I am the lyr&s;te and I
am the fa&s;te. My handes haue layed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
foundacions of the erthe / and my rigth|ande
hath &s;et fa&s;te the heauens / when
I called them anon they &s;tode &s;till. Be
ye all therfore gatherd togither and he|are
/ whiche of the&s;e goddes hath tolde
you the&s;e thinges which the lorde hath
done by the kinge of Babylon and Ch|alde
by whom he dothe his ple&s;ure and
v&s;eth them to execute his power? It is
Ialone that tolde you the&s;e thinges be|fore
/ &amp; I only &s;hal call &amp; bri~ge him fort
&amp; make pro&s;perou&s;e his iourneye. Come
(I &s;aye) vnto me / &amp; heare this thi~ge / ha+ue
I euer yet &s;poke~ eny thi~ge ob&s;curely
fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> creacio~ of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> worlde which am pre&s;|e~t
&amp; eue~ i~ y^e &s;ame article whe~ al thi~g w|as
made? For this cau&s;e therfore y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde
god &amp; his &s;pirit &s;ente me / &amp; th&abus; &s;peaketh
y^e lorde thy redem^r y^e maker holy of I&s;r|ael
/ it is I y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> am y^e lorde thy god teachi~g
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hal profite y^e / directi~ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> waye
wheri~ thou &s;halt go. And if thou ob&s;sue|&s;te
my precepts thy peace &amp; re&s;t &s;hal &s;wi~+me
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lyke a floude &amp; thy rightwi&s;nes &s;hal
ary&s;e lyke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> waues of the &s;ea. Thy &s;ead
&s;halbe lyke y^e &s;andes / &amp; the frute of thy
bodie lyke hir grauel &s;tones. Thi name
&s;hal not be cut of nor yet bane&s;&s;hed from
my &s;yghte / ye &s;hal goforthe of Babylo~ / ye
&s;hal &s;lipawaye fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Chaldeys w^t a
ioyeful voyce / which thi~ge &s;halbe tolde
&s;hewed / &amp; preached vnto y^e vttermo&s;te
coo&s;tes of y^e erthe &amp; it &s;halbe &s;ayed. The
lorde hath redemed his &s;erua~te Iacob &s;o
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> they thir&s;ted not when they we~te tho|row
y^e drye wilderne&s;&s;e / for he drewe the~
wat^r out of y^e &s;tone / he claue y^e grete roc|ke
&amp; the^r flowed out wat^rs / but to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vngo+dly
&s;aith y^e lorde: the^r is no re&s;te ne peace
Of Me&s;&s;ias which is chri&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="49" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cha. xliv</HEAD>
<P>_HEa^r me eyla~dis &amp; ye people al a
farre take hede / y^e lorde hath call|ed
me fro my byrthe and fromy
mothers wo~be he puble&s;&s;hed my name / he
hath made me a mouthe lyke a &s;har|pe
&s;werde / he hathe koverde &amp; defended
me with the &s;hadue ofhis hande / a~d hi|dde
me as a cho&s;en &s;hafte in his quyuer:
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he &s;ayd to me / verely I&s;rael yet art th|ou
my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~t in who~ I wyl be gloriou&s;ly
deelared: &amp; I an&s;werde / I &s;hal laboure i~
vayn &amp; &s;pende my &s;trength w^t oute fru+te
/ notwith&s;tanding yet &s;hal I offe^r my
cau&s;e vnto y^e lorde / &amp; my diligent labour
to my god: Wherfo^r y^e lorde &s;pake which
fa&s;hioned me his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~te fro my mothers
wo~be to bringe Iacob agene vnto hi~ (ye
althoughe y^e tyme &s;hulde come y^t he wil
not be gathred to hym) in who&s;e eyes I
am gret which is my god &amp; my &s;tre~gth / and
he &s;ayed: It is no grete thi~ge for y^e
to be my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">uante to &s;tervp y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> trybes of Ia+cob
&amp; to re&s;tore y^e de&s;truccio~ of I&s;rael / ex+cepte
I make y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> al&s;o y^e lyghte of y^e ge~tyls
to be y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;auinge helth &s;ente fro me to y^e vt+termo&s;te
coo&s;tes of therthe. Th&abus; &s;pake
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> redemer &amp; mak^r holy of I&s;rael
vpo~ Chri&s;te conte~ned &amp; de&s;py&s;ed of y^e ge~+tyls
&amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">uante to al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> bare rule. Kynges
&amp; pri~ces &s;hal &s;e &amp; ry&s;e vp to wor&s;hipe for
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes &s;ake / for he is faithful / &amp; for his
&s;ake y^t maketh holy I&s;rael which hath
cho&s;en y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> o Me&s;&s;ias / &amp; agene th&abus; &s;pake y^e
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Lorde / in the tyme apoynted &s;hal I come
&amp; be pre&s;ent withe the &amp; in the article of
thy helth I &s;hal helpe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; &s;aue y^e / and I
&s;hal geue the into an erne&s;te of y^e promy+&s;e
tomy people to re&s;tore therthe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thou
myght&s;te chalenge agene y^e di&s;per&s;ed he
retages &amp; &s;aye to the~ in bondes / go your
wayes oute / &amp; to the~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ar in derknes: co|meforth
into y^e lighte / y^e they mought fe|ade
by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> woye &s;ydes &amp; take their ple&s;u|res
in al theyr plentuo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e pa&s;tures / thei
&s;hal not honger nor thir&s;te / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> heate of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;onne &s;hal not &s;myte the~ / for theyr goy|de
&s;hal tender &amp; kepe thez ientely &amp; &s;hal
geue them drinke at the vaynes of wa|ters
/ I &s;hal make all my hylles playne
and redy wayes / &amp; my pathes &s;hal ape|re
troden for euery man. Beholde for th|ere
&s;hall come &s;ome frome a farre / &s;ome
from the northe &amp; from the &s;ea / a~d &s;ome
frome the &s;owthe. Beglad heavens / re|ioy&s;e
erthe / clap your handes hylles for
ioye: for the lorde &s;hal conforte his peo|ple
&amp; haue mercy on hys poore afflicte.
But here parauenture Zion wyll &s;aye:
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The lorde hath for&s;aken me / &amp; the lor|de
hath forgoten me: Shal the woman
forgete hyr yonge chylde borne of hyr o|wne
bodye? but if &s;he forgete hyr chyl|de
/ yet &s;hal I neuer forgete the: for &s;o / I
haue printed the in the&s;e my handes / thy
walles &s;hal neuer fal fro my mynd
they y^t ca&s;ted the downe &s;hal come as fa+&s;te
to buylde the agene / thei y^t de&s;troyde
the &s;hal haue continual cour&s;e &amp; recour|&s;e
vnto the / lyft vp thy eyes &amp; loke abo|ute
&amp; &s;ee / al the&s;e gentyls &s;halbe gathr|ed
togither &amp; come to the: as verely as
I lyue (&s;ayth the lorde) &s;halt thou be or
ned &amp; arayed with the~ as w^t a riche or|nament
&amp; aparel / even lyke a bryde dec|ked
in hyr cleane co&s;tely araye / for thy
lande which lyeth de&s;olate / wa&s;ted &amp; lo+&s;te / &s;hal
euen by &amp; by be to lytel to co~tay+ne
thinhabitours theryn / &amp; they y^t wold
devow^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;halbe far bane&s;hed / then &s;hal
thy childern born i~ thi barenes &s;peak to
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &s;ayng: this place is to narowe / let me
haue a place to &s;it i~ / &amp; th&abus; &s;halt thou thi|nke:
who hath begote~ me the&s;e childern
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&s;ith I am baren a~d a bane&s;&s;hed diuor&s;ed
wedue? who hath noure&s;&s;hed &amp; brought
me vp the&s;e chyldern? beholde / I am &s;o|le
&amp; for&s;aken / of whe~ce then ar the&s;e?
Th&abus; therfo^r an&s;wereth y^e lorde god: be|hold
/ I &s;hal &s;tretch forth myha~d to y^e ge~+tils
/ &amp; to y^t populo&s;e nacio~ &s;hal I lyftvp
my &s;igne &amp; they &s;hal bri~ge &s;onnes to the
in their bo&s;oms / &amp; daughters vpo~ their
&s;hulderne &s;hal they bri~ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &amp; theyr kin+ges
&s;hal fede y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; their quenes &s;halbe thi nour&s;es / they
(their faces bowed downe
to therthe) &s;hal reuerence y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp; licke of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
du&s;te fro~ thy fete / &amp; thou &s;halt knowe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
I am y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde in whom who &s;o ev^r tru&s;ts
they ar not confounded. Who maye ta|ke
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> proye fro~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;tro~ge / or y^e captyue fro~ y^e
mighty? but becau&s;e y^e lorde hath &s;o &s;po|ke~
it / bothe y^e captyue &s;hal be take~ fro~ y^e
myghtye &amp; y^e proye fro~ y^e &s;tro~ge / for I wil
defende thy cau&s;e age~&s;t thi aduer&s;arye &amp;
&s;aue thy chyldern / thy enemes &s;hal I fe+de
w^t theyr own fle&s;&s;h / &amp; w^t their owne
bloude &s;hal thei be dro~ke~ like as w^t &s;w|ete
wyne / by y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> which ve~geaunce every
<PB REF="95">
fle&s;&s;h &s;hal &s;e y^t I am y^e lorde thy &s;aviour
&amp; thy myghty redemer o Iacob.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="50" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cap. l.</HEAD>
<P>_Thus &s;aith y^e lorde. Whe^r is this
te&s;timonial of y^e diuor&s;e of your
moth^r which I &s;ent hyr? or who
is my creditour to who~ I &s;olde you? be|holde
/ for eve~ for your own iniquites ar
ye &s;olde &amp; for breki~g of myco~ma~dements
is your moth^r diuor&s;ed &amp; put awaye / w|herfo^r
wolde noma~ receyue me when I
came / nor yet an&s;we^r when I called? was
my ha~de &s;o cutof &amp; &s;hortened y^t it might
not delyuer you? or was my pow^r &s;o my
ne&s;hed y^t it was not able to redeme you?
which by a worde only dry vp y^e &s;ea &amp; tur+ne
y^e floudes into drye la~de / &s;o y^t their fy|&s;&s;hes
be corrupte for want of wat^r &amp; pe|ri&s;&s;he
for thyr&s;te / it is I y^t clothe y^e heau|ens
in a blacke moorning clowde &amp; kou^r
the~ w^t &s;ak / the lorde god hathe geue~ me
a lerned tonge &amp; to know how &amp; when I
&s;houlde &s;peake w^t the weake afflticte: er+ly
in the morninge he twitched me by y^e
eare &amp; wakened me as my ma&s;ters we|re
wont to do to make me ly&s;ten &amp; take
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hede / it was y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde god y^t opened myne
eare / how then coulde I not but obaye?
or how coulde I auoyde or &s;lyppe bak?
Wherfore I offere my backe to the &s;m|yters
&amp; my chekes to the twitchers / my
face I turne not away fro~ rebukes &amp; &s;p|etel
/ for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde god bringeth me helpe / wherfo^r
I &s;hal not be confounded / but I
&s;et my face agen&s;te them as harde as a
flynte / for I knowe wel y^t I &s;hal not be
&s;hamed / for I haue my defend^r by me to
delyuer me: who then maye &s;tryue age|n&s;te
me? Let vs go &amp; &s;tande togither be|fore
a iuge / &amp; if eny ma~ wil contende w|ith
me in iugemente / let hym come hit|her.
Beholde / the lorde god hathe taken
vp my cau&s;e to defende it / who then &s;hal
condempne me? lo / al the&s;e thy Idols a~d
goddes &s;halbe worne oute lyke a garm|ent
/ wormes &s;hal eate thez. Who &s;o ev^r
he be then emonge you y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> fear y^e lorde / let
hym heare y^e voyce of his &s;erua~te / &amp; w|ho
ho euer walketh in derkenes &amp; y^e light
&s;hyneth not vpon hym / let him tru&s;te in
y^e name of the lorde &amp; cleaue to his god.
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Beholde / al you haue kindled a fyer / a~d
eve~ your &s;elues gyrtaboute w^t y^e flame
walke in y^e myddes of your own fyer w|hich
ye haue kindled / but this one thin|ge
is brought to pa&s;&s;e be my ha~d for you
y^t ye &s;hal &s;leape with &s;orowe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="51" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. li</HEAD>
<P>_HEare me ye y^t folowe rightwi|&s;nes
&s;ekinge y^e lorde / co~&s;yder y^e
&s;tone oute of who~ ye ar hewen
&amp; y^e pitte oute of who~ ye ar dig+ged
&amp; drawne. Co~&s;id^r. (I &s;aye) Abraha~
your father &amp; Sara your moth^r / how y^e
I called hi~ one alone &amp; ble&s;&s;ed hi~ / &amp; made
him riche &amp; encre&s;ed his &s;ub&s;tance / co~&s;id^r
how the lorde hath counforted Zion in
al hir poore &s;tate / turni~g hir de&s;erte in|to
a paradi&s;e / &amp; hirdrie bare~ grounde in
to the lordes garde~ / ioye &amp; gladnes &s;hal
dwel in hir / the^r &s;halbe thankes geving
w^t the voice of men prai&s;inge. Wherfo^r
loke to me my folke / a~d geue eare to me
my people: for the lawe &s;hal goforthe of
me / &amp; I &s;hal puble&s;&s;he my iugements to
lighten the gentils / the time is nighe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
my rightwi&s;nes and my &s;auinge helth
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&s;hal goforth to gouerne the people tho|row
my power. The eylands &s;hal wa|ite
on me tru&s;ting to my &s;trength / lyfte
vp your eyes to heave~ &amp; beholde the er|the
vnder you / for heave~ &s;halbe di&s;per&s;|ed
lyke &s;moke / &amp; the erthe &s;halbe broken
lyke a garment / &amp; thinhabitours &s;hall
pere&s;&s;he in lyke maner / but my &s;auinge
helthe &s;hal enduer for euer &amp; my mercy
wherwith I make men rightwy&s;e &s;hal
neuer fayle / heare me ye y^t loue rightw|y&s;nes
/ &amp;
namely thou (o my people) wh|ich
holde&s;t my lawe in thy harte / be not
a frayed of mennes reuyli~ges / fear not
theyr rebukes / for mottes &s;hal eate the~
as clothes a~d wol: but my rightwy&s;nes
&s;hal enduer everla&s;ti~g / &amp; my helth &s;hal
abyde from age to age / be thou &s;teredvp / &amp;
do vpo~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;trength even the arme of the
lorde / be &s;teredvp as in tymes pa&s;te th|orowte
al ages. Art thou not euen he y^t
&s;mytdown y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> proud Rahab &amp; wounded&s;t
the drago~ of Egypte? Art thou not the
very &s;ame y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> dryed&s;te vp y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> gret depe &s;ea?
&amp; made&s;t the depe botome of it &s;o playne
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that thou gaue&s;t fre pa&s;&s;age thorowe it
vnto the delyuerde men? &s;o that thei &s;et
at lybertye thorow y^e lorde mought ret|urne
&amp; come agene to Zio~ with ioye th|ere
to haue gladnes for a longe tyme?
that they moughte there haue ioye and
mirthe al &s;orowe and hevynes &s;et a par+te?
And yet an&s;werde the lorde / it is I
(I &s;aye) that conforte yow at all tymes
and who art thou then that wylt feare
and wor&s;hipe a mortall man redy to fal
and wither awaye lyke gra&s;&s;e? wyle th|ou
forgete the lorde which hath made y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
which hath &s;tretched abrode the heaue|ns
and hath layed the foundacions of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
erthe? For this cau&s;e thou ought&s;t to fe|are
at al tymes the anger of hym di&s;ple+&s;ed
which is bente to de&s;troye: but thow
wylt &s;aye / where is his wrathe? it ha&s;|teth
/ it cometh &s;wyftly to apere / he &s;hal
not ons fal by y^e waye wherby he maye
be hyndred to de&s;troye nether &s;hall his
&s;u&s;tinance fayle hi~. I am y^e lorde thi god
which now make playne y^e &s;ea / &amp; a non
I let it &s;wel aboue me&s;ure / &amp; am called y^e
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lorde of powers / I &s;hal put my wordes
into thy mouth / &amp; &s;hal ca&s;te vp my han+de
befo^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> for thy defence y^t thow mai&s;te
plante heauens &amp; &s;et therthe / &amp; y^t it may
be &s;ayd to Zion. Thou art my people.</P>
<P>Stertout of thy &s;leape / &s;tertoute of thy
&s;lepe / &s;pringevp Ieru&s;alem which ha&s;te
dronke of y^e lordes hande the cuppe of his
indignacion / which ha&s;te dronke &amp; &s;ou|kedoute
even the very dregges &amp; al his
cuppe of &s;lomber / neth^r is there one emo~+ge
al thy chyldern whom thou ha&s;t no|ure&s;hed
vp y^t wil take the by y^e hande to
leade &amp; &s;u&s;tayne y^e. The&s;e two plages ar
fallen vpon y^e but who therfore is &s;orye
for y^e? &amp; the&s;e al&s;o ar come vpon y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / as pe+&s;telence / honger / a~d
&s;werde / but who is
thy counforter? Thy chylderne fylled
with the wrath of the lorde &amp; indignac|ion
of thy God lye troden vnder fote at
thenteringe into every &s;treat lyke a ray+ne
deare taken / hyr fete bounde togither
with a corde: wherfo^r heare this one th|inge
(I praye y^e) thou wretched dronken
Ieru&s;alez (althoughe it be not with w|yne)
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Thus &s;ayth thy ma&s;ter the lorde &amp;
thy god / y^e auenger of his people. Behol+de
I &s;hal take frome thy hande y^e cuppe
of &s;lomber with y^e dregges of y^e cuppe of
my indignacion &s;o y^e thou drynke&s;te no|more
here aftyr therof / &amp; I &s;hal put it in
to y^e handes of the~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;courge y^t / which ha+ue
&s;ayed to thy &s;oule / lye downe on y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> gr|ounde
y^t we mought go vpo~ your backes
y^t you might be vnto vs as y^e pavement
of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;treates to go vpon.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="52" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cap. lij.</HEAD>
<P>_ARy&s;e / Ary&s;e vp Zion &amp; do vpo~
the thy &s;trength / do vpon y^e thi
beutyful robes Ieru&s;alem wh|ich
art y^e cyte of y^e holye god / for
the vncircunci&s;ed &amp; polluted &s;hal nomo+re
come into the: &s;hake of y^e du&s;te fro~ the
Ary&s;e Ieru&s;alem &amp; &s;it vp / lo&s;e thy nec|ke
oute of y^e bondes / o captyue daughter
of Zion: for thus &s;aith the Lorde / ye are
&s;olde frely / wherfore ye &s;halbe redemed
al&s;o w^^tout &s;yluer / for thus &s;aith y^e lorde
god / &s;omtyme my people went downe in
to Egipte ther to be &s;traungers / &amp; y^e A&s;+&s;yrio~s
al&s;o dyd the~ gret violence &amp; wro~g
<PB REF="99">
and that with oute eny cau&s;e / and nowe
what profite ari&s;eth therof vnto me (&s;a|ith
the lorde) that my people are th&abus; le|dawaye
with oute a cau&s;e? and their lor+des
and ma&s;ters con&s;trayned the~ to kr|ye
oute &amp; wayle / &amp; yet is my name bla&s;|phemed
co~tinually &s;aith the lorde / wher+fore
to thentent y^t my people might kn|ow
my name / I my &s;elfe &s;hal &s;peake yn
the&s;e dayes &s;aynge. Beholde / I my &s;el|fe
am come: Oh how happye &amp; fayer &s;h|al
the fete be of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> me&s;&s;agers &s;ente by the
authorite of god to preache this peace|able
delyueraunce / to tel vs the&s;e good
tydinges / to preache vs the very &s;auin|ge
helthe / &s;aynge vnto Zio~ / thi god mo|ught
raigne and lyve? when thi over&s;e|ers
lyftvp this voyce / they &s;hal al&s;o w|ith
their voyce &s;hewe yow hi~ with pra|y&s;e
/ for they &s;hal &s;e clearly w^t their eyes
whe~ y^e lorde &s;hal cu~ agene to Zio~ / Thei
&s;hal &s;aye / O de&s;olated Ieru&s;ale~ be thou
glad and reioy&s;e / for the lorde &s;hal conf|orte
his people &amp; &s;hal redeme Ieru&s;ale~ / y^e
lorde &s;hal dovp his &s;leve &amp; &s;tretchforth
<PB REF="99">
his bare holy arme i~ y^e &s;ight of al nacio~s
&amp; al the coo&s;tes of ther the &s;hal &s;e y^e &s;au|iour
&s;ente fro~ our god / thei &s;hal byd yow
go your wayes cleane / gete you oute fro~
hen&s;e / &amp; touche no polluted thinge / gofo|rth
fro~ emo~ge the~ / &amp; &s;e y^t ye be cleane y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ba+re
y^e ve&s;&s;els &amp; iwels of y^e lorde / but go not
forth as it we^r to mu&s;ter neth^r w^t to gre+te
ha&s;te as men y^t fled / for the lorde &s;hall
go befo^r you / &amp; y^e god of I&s;rael &s;hal gat|her
your co~pany togither.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="53" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Cap. liij</HEAD>
<P>_BEholde / my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~t &s;hal bri~ge th|is
mater to pa&s;&s;e wy&s;ely / wher|fore
he &s;halbe exalted / extolled
&amp; &s;et in right hyghe honour. for lykwy|&s;e
as many &s;hal woundre vpon hi~ to &s;e
his face &s;o deformed &amp; hi~&s;elfe &s;o &s;hame|fully
entretede lyke noman / favourle&s;&s;e
&amp; beutele&s;&s;e: eve~ &s;o &s;hal the^r many gen|tyls
loke vp vnto hi~ w^t prayer / &amp; ki~ges
&s;hal holde their mouthes / for they vn|to
who~ no me~cio~ was made of hi~ / &s;hal &s;e
hi~ / &amp; they which nev^r harde of him / &s;hal
mo&s;te vnd^r&s;ta~de &amp; regarde hi~. But who
is he y^t beleueth our preachinge? or vnto
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who~ is y^e arme of y^e lorde &s;hewed? he &s;hal
growe verely before y^e lorde lyke a yon|ge
groue / &amp; lyke a rote in a hotte groun|de
/ he &s;hal haue nether beutye nor fau|oure
/ when we &s;hal beholde him he &s;ha|lbe
out of &s;happe &amp; fauour / &s;o y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> we &s;hall
not de&s;yer hym / he &s;halbe de&s;py&s;ed &amp; le|&s;te
&s;et bye of al men / a man hauinge ex|perience
&amp; fealinge bothe ow^r &s;orowes &amp;
&s;ykene&s;&s;es / we &s;hal (I &s;aye) repute hym
&s;o vyle &amp; lothely y^t we &s;hal hyde our fa|ces
at him. When this (notwith&s;tandin+ge
yet) is eve~ he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> mu&s;te beare our &s;yke|ne&s;&s;es
and &s;orowes. but we &s;haliuge hi~
to be thus ca&s;tdowne &amp; &s;myten with &s;o|me
plage of god / ye when he is wounded
even of our tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions &amp; thus &s;my|ten
for our vngodlynes / for y^e puny&s;hm|ent
for our correccion &s;halbe layed vpon
hym &amp; by his &s;trypes &amp; hurte we &s;halbe
healed / Al we are &s;trayed a waye lyke
&s;hepe / euery man folowinge his owne
waye: but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde layeth al our wyked|ne&s;&s;es
vpon hi~ to pardone vs. It is he y^t
&s;hal abyde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> anguy&s;he &amp; be &s;courged / a~d
<PB REF="100">
yet &s;hal he not ons opene his mouth / he
&s;halbe led lyke a lambe to be offred vp? &amp;
&s;halbe as &s;tyl as a &s;hepe vnd^r hyr clyp|pers
handes &amp; &s;hal not ons opene his li+ppes
/ he &s;halbe taken away &amp; put to de|the
/ his cau&s;e not examined aftyr trwe
iugement as a man frenle&s;&s;e &amp; kynles / &amp;
yet who maye noumbyr his kynrede / even
then when he &s;halbe thought cle|ne
to be kut oute of this worlde? whiche
plage &s;hal fal vpo~ hi~ for y^e tran&s;gre&s;&s;io~
of his owne people: farthermore he &s;hal
be thought to dye emo~g y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vngodly &amp; be
lyfted vp on y^e cro&s;&s;e betwene theves / al|thoughe
he nev^r dyd hurte nor yet eny
de&s;aight founde in his wordes: but the
lorde had decreed hi~ to be thus broke~ w|ith
infirmite / y^t he offred for our &s;ynnes / mought
&s;e his longe lyued po&s;terite / a~d
this decree of y^e lorde &s;hal pro&s;pere in his
ha~de / w^t y^e perel of his owne lyfe he &s;hal
fynde ryches / &amp; by this means my right
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~t &s;hal iu&s;tifye many me~ / for he hi~ &s;el+fe
&s;hal bea^r away their &s;innes / wh^r fo^r I
&s;hal diuide to hi~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> proye bothe of y^e many
<PB REF="101">
men &amp; al&s;o of y^e &s;tro~ge violente / becau&s;e
he &s;hal let his lyfe to dethe &amp; be reputed
emonge the my&s;doers / which not with|&s;tandinge
/ yet &s;hal he take awaye y^e &s;y|nnes
of many and make interce&s;&s;ion for
the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ours.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="54" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>Chap. liiij.</HEAD>
<P>_REioy&s;e therfore eue~ fro~ thy very
hart with pray&s;e thou baren w|hich
teme&s;te not / beglad &s;inge / &amp;
clappe thy handes for ioye thou whiche
bare&s;te no more chyldern / for y^e diuor&s;ed
&amp; for&s;aken woman &s;hal haue mo chyld|ern
then y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> maryed wyfe (&s;aith y^e lorde).
Dilate the place of thy tentes and let
the cortayns of thi tabernacles be &s;tret|ched
wyde: Se thou &s;pare not to drawe|forth
at length thy meate lynes &amp; &s;teke
the~ down fa&s;te w^t &s;takes / for thou &s;halt
be encre&s;ed w^t chylderne on every &s;yde / thi
&s;eade &s;hal haue po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion emo~g y^e na+cio~s / &amp;
i~habit de&s;olate cytes: fear not for
thou &s;halt not be&s;hamed / be not a&s;to~ned
forthou &s;halt not be co~fu~ded / thou &s;halt
forget y^e &s;hamefacenes of thi yougth &amp; ne+v^rmo^r
reme~b^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> opprobry of thi wedew|hed:
<PB REF="101">
for thi maker &s;halbe thy lorde &amp; ho|u&s;bonde
/ even he who&s;e name is y^e lorde
of powers / he that maketh holy I&s;rael
even y^e god of al the erthe &s;halbe called
thy kyn&s;man &amp; thy redemer for y^e lorde
&s;hal cal y^e as a diuor&s;ed woman &amp; as one
&s;ore troubled in mynde: he wil cal the to
him as a yonge wyfe y^e had broke prom|y&s;e
with hir hou&s;bonde &s;aith thy god. I
for&s;oke y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> for a litel tyme but I called the
to me agene with myche mercye / I hyd
my face fro~e y^e for alytel &s;pace whyles I
was angrye / but I will take y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> into my
armes agene with an euerla &s;ti~ge merc|ye
&s;aith y^e lorde thy redemer / for this th|i~ge
&s;halbe to me as were y^e wat^rs of No|he
/ for lyke wy&s;e as I &s;wore neuermore
to bri~ge agene y^e waters of Nohe vpon y^e
erthe / eve~ &s;o haue I &s;worne to be not an|grye
with the agene / neth^r yet to chyde
with y^e / for y^e mountai~s &s;hal &s;oner for&s;|ake
theyr places &amp; the hylles &s;hal &s;oner
falldowne / then other my mercye &s;hall
for&s;ake y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> or the promy&s;e of my peace &s;h|al
fayle y &s;aith thy mercyful lorde. Be|holde
<PB REF="102">
my litel poore afflicte &amp; for&s;ake~ / I
&s;hal make thy walles of preciou&s;e carb|o~cles
&amp; &s;hall laye thy foundacions with
Saphyrs: thy windows &amp; gates &s;hal
I make of cleare Chri&s;tal / &amp; al thy vtt|ermo&s;te
buyldinges &s;hal I &s;ette with ri|che
&s;tones. And be&s;ydes all this / al thy
chylderne &s;halbe taughte of the lorde &amp;
I &s;hal endue the~ with ryche peace. Th|ou
&s;halt be buylded al of ritghtwy&s;nes
&amp; be oute of all daunger of violence wh|erof
thou &s;halt not nede to feare / no pl|age
&s;hal co~e a nyghe y^e. Beholde / a not|h^r
nacio~ which were &s;trau~g^rs to me &s;h|al
come &amp; dwel with the / &amp; the aleaun|tes
&s;halbe ioyned with the / lo it is I th|at
make this &s;mythe which fir&s;t kynd|leth
y^e colles with his blowynge &amp; then
makethe the&s;e peaceable weape~s accor|di~ge
to his kraft. Al&s;o it is I that create
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> de&s;troyer to &s;ubuerte &amp; to de&s;troye al&s;o
but al y^e weapens made age~&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;halnot
pro&s;pere / &amp; euery to~ge that &s;hall ary&s;e &amp;
&s;peke age~&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> in iugeme~t thou &s;halt ou|ercome
a~d conde~ne. Siche &s;halbe the he|retage
<PB REF="102">
of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~tes &amp; this innoce~|cy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
a~d favour &s;halbe geuen them of me
&s;aith the lorde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="55" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lv. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_Oye al therfor which ar a thir&s;te
come to the waters. Al&s;o yowe
that wante &s;yluer go a~d bye y^t
ye mought eate / go yower wayes &amp; bye
wyne &amp; mylke with oute money a~d pry|ce:
wherfore do yow laye oute yow^r mo|neye
for y^t fode that fedeth not? &amp; &s;pende
yow^r labo^raboute y^t thi~g that &s;ati&s;fyeth
yow not? And wherfore rath^r ly&s;te~ yow
not vnto me that yow^r &s;oules mought
eate of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> be&s;te &amp; take theyr fill vpon the
mo&s;te fatte&s;te dylicates? Gyue eare to
me &amp; co~e to me / take hede to me &amp; yower
&s;oules &s;halbe refre&s;&s;hed: for I wyl &s;mite
handes withe yow into an euerla&s;tinge
conuenaunte to geue yowe the&s;e a&s;&s;uerd
mercyes promy&s;ed vnto Dauid. Beho|lde
I &s;hall geue hym to te&s;tifye of me to
the people / to be prynce and goyde vn|to
the Gentyles. Beholde thow &s;halt
call an vnknowen nacion vnto the / and
the Gentyles (vnto whome thowe
<PB REF="103">
were vnknowne) &s;hal ha&s;te the~ to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> a~d
that euen for the lordes &s;ake thy god a~d
the maker holye of I&s;rael whiche hath
&s;et the in thy hyghe honow^r. Seke ye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
lorde whyles he wolde be founde / cal v|pon
hym whyles he is nighe / let y^e vn|godly
for&s;ake his owne wayes &amp; euery
wyked man his owne imaginacio~s and
thoughtes a~d returne to the lorde for he
wyl haue mercye on him / let him (I &s;a|ye)
turne vnto ow^r god for he is redye &amp;
bente to forgeue / for euen thus &s;aith the
lorde / yower coun&s;ells a~d thoughtes at
not lyke my coun&s;els &amp; thoughtes / &amp; yo+wer
wayes ar not lyke my wayes / but
as farre as the heaue~s ar aboue the er|the
even &s;o farre excede my wayes yow^r
wayes / &amp; my thoughtes yow^rs / for ly|ke
as the rayne or &s;nowe de&s;cendeth fro~
heauen &amp; turneth not thither agene but
moy&s;teth the erthe &amp; maketh it to budde
&amp; to bringe forth frute that it &s;hulde ge|ue
corne to the &s;ower &amp; fode to eate / even
&s;o my worde which goithe out of my m|outh
&s;hall not returne to me voyde but
<PB REF="103">
&s;haldo what&s;oeuer I wyl &amp; &s;hal pro&s;p|er
in tho&s;e thinges for which I &s;ente it / for
yow &s;hal lyue in gladnes &amp; &s;hal lea|de
yow^r lyfe in peace. Mountayns and
hylles &s;hal leape a~d &s;inge for ioye withe
yowe a~d al the trees of the feldes &s;hall
clappe their handes / for the bu&s;he &s;hall
there ry&s;e a fyrtre &amp; for the thorne a py|ne
tre. Al this &s;hall make for the glorye
of the Lorde and &s;halbe a token y^t it &s;hal
euermore abyde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="56" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lvj. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_THus &s;ayed y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde. Se y^t ye ob&s;e|rue
equyte &amp; do rightwi&s;nes / fo^r
my &s;aui~ge helth ha&s;teth him to|come
vnto yowe &amp; my ritghtwi&s;nes &s;p|edeth
him to be declared. Ble&s;&s;ed is the
man that &s;hal do this thi~ge / &amp; the &s;onne
of man y^t maye receyue this thinge / eve~
him I meane that kepe the y^t Sabbat da|ye
&amp; defyelleth it not / that is to &s;aye th|at
holdeth his handes &amp; dothe no euel.
Here let not the &s;traungers which &s;hall
clea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e to the Lorde &s;aye on this maner.
Ah la&s;&s;e for &s;orowe the lorde &s;eperatethe
me frome his people. Nether let y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Gel|ded
<PB REF="104">
man &s;aye / lo I am a drye &s;tocke: for
thus hathe the lorde fyr&s;te of al promy|&s;ed
the Gelded men / as lo~ge as they ke+pe
my Sabbat dayes / that is to &s;aye ha+ue
the&s;e thi~ges in mo&s;te pryce to cho&s;e &amp;
to ob&s;erue thez which it plea&s;eth me to
co~maunde &amp; wyl holde fa&s;te my conue|naunte
/ I &s;hal geue vnto the~ in my ho|u&s;e
&amp; witheyn my walles both a better
parte &amp; a better name then oother of my
nowne &s;onnes or daughters. I &s;hal ge|ue
the~ (I tell yowe) &s;iche a name that it
&s;hal neuer fayle: Secondaryly he prom|y&s;ethe
to the chylderne of the &s;traung|ers
whiche de&s;yer to be ioyned vnto the
lorde / that they &s;hal &s;erue hym and ky|&s;&s;he
the name of the lorde and that they
&s;halbe his &s;eruauntes / that is to &s;aye al
tho&s;e which take hede that they pollute
not my name / that is to &s;aye holde fa&s;te
my co~uenaunt. For the&s;e men &s;hal I br|inge
vnto my holy hyll and &s;hal cheare
the~ in my hou&s;e of prayer / their bre~te &s;a+cryfyces
with rheir oth^r oblacio~s &s;halbe
accepte vnto me vpon my alter: For my
<PB REF="104">
hou&s;e &s;halbe an hou&s;e of prayers to all
nacions. For th&abus; &s;ayde y^e lorde god which
gathereth to gither y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> di&s;per&s;ed people of
I&s;rael: yet &s;hall I gather vnto the~ &s;iche
as pertayne to their co~gregacio~ / eue~ al y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
bea&s;tes of y^t felde / &amp; al the wylde bea&s;tes
of their wodes &s;hal come to them to eate
hym vp.<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE> Notwith&s;tandinge yet / al the|ir
by&s;hopes are blynde / they aral with|out
knowledge / ye they ar aldo~me dog|ges
&amp; maye not barke / they lye lo~ge &s;le|api~ge
&amp; dreami~ge delighti~ge in vayne &amp;
ydle ple&s;ures / they ar dogges / ye &amp; y^t the
mo&s;te vn&s;hamefaced never &s;ati&s;fyed.
The&s;e herdemen vnder&s;ta~de nothinge / but
euery one of the~ foloweth his owne
coun&s;ells and thoughtes / every one fo|loweth
his owne couetuou&s;e harte with
al his might / &s;ayng thus / come I &s;hall
bri~ge y^t to y^t wyne &amp; let vs dri~ke dro~ken / &amp;
as largely &s;hal we dri~ke to morowe as
to daye / ye &amp; more largely. But i~ y^e me|ane
tyme the innoce~te is iuged to dethe
and noman con&s;ydereth it in his harte
y^e mo&s;te be&s;te men ar conueyde out of the
<PB REF="105">
waye / and noman &s;o loketh vpon this y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
he wyl &s;aye / beholde the &s;ynful maketh
a waye y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> rightwy&s;e y^t he hym&s;elfe mig|ht
lyue at his ple&s;ure in re&s;te / y^t he my|ght
be &s;uer in his bedde a~d wal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e aftyr
his owne lu&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="57" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lvij. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_COme hither therfor ye childerne
of wytches borne betwene y^e w|horemonger
&amp; harlete / whom do
ye thus &s;corne a~d take yower ple&s;ure of?<NOTE PLACE="marg">&rindx;</NOTE>
Vppon whom do ye mowe withe yower
mouthes &amp; bleare oute yower to~ges at?
Ar not yowe conceyued in adulterye a~d
euen y^t lyinge de&s;ayghtful y&s;&s;we? taki~g
yow^r lybidinou&s;e ple&s;ure at the okes a~d
vnder euery brode &s;hadewed tre? de&s;tro|ynge
chylderne in valeys a~d vnder the
rockes of &s;tone? In highe places of &s;tone
buylded by ryuer &s;ydes is thy porcio~ / w|herfore
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> flowdes &s;halbe thy lot / for th|ou
ha&s;te powerd forth thy lyquet &s;acry|fices
vnto the~ &amp; ha&s;te the^r offerd thy ob+lacio~s:
&s;hal I &s;uffer the&s;e abominacio~s?
In highe mountayns thou made&s;t thy
beddes &amp; thether thou a&s;ce~ded&s;t to offere
<PB REF="105">
thy &s;acryfices behynde y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> gates &amp; po&s;tes
thou lefted&s;t a reme~bra~ce of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> when th|ou
made&s;t naked thy &s;elfe as wel to me
as to a nother. Thow went&s;t &amp; made&s;t
thy bedde wyder: when thou hewed&s;te &amp;
plucked&s;t certayne of y^t goddis of y^t genty+ls vnto y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / thou wente&s;t into y^e beddes of
them where &s;o euer thou &s;ye&s;t the~. And
thou anoynted&s;t thy &s;elfe w^t &s;wete oyn
teme~tes &amp; wa&s;&s;hed&s;t y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> with dyuer&s;e &s;w|ete
wat^rs &amp; wented&s;t &s;trayte vnto ki~gis
when thou &s;ented&s;t thy me&s;&s;agers into
farre countres thorowe whiche thinge
thou felle&s;t vnto hell. Thou laboured&s;t
in y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> multitude of thy nowne wayes / a~d
neuer thi~ked&s;te it is &s;ufficie~t. Thou be|leued&s;t
to haue gote~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thy lyuing thor|owe
thy nowne laboure a~d pollicye &s;o y^t
thow &s;huld&s;t neuer neded to haue kared
or to haue a&s;ked it of me: but whom ou|ghted&s;t
thou to dreade &amp; fear aftyr that
thow ha&s;te broken promy&s;e withe me?
Thou regarded&s;t not me / thow called&s;t
not me into thy mynde: Thinke&s;t thou
y^t I will holde my peace / as I haue done
<PB REF="106">
hitherto &s;o y^t thow nede&s;t not be a frayd
of me? No verely / but I &s;hal rather di&s;|clo&s;e
thy rightwi&s;nes &amp; thy workes and
declare howe lytel they &s;hal profite the
Let the~ delyuer y^t at thy nede with who~
thou art confedred / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> wynde &s;hal fi|r&s;t
take a waye al the&s;e thy helpers / a~d
vanite &s;hal plucke the~ in &s;ondre: but th|ey
y^t tru&s;te in me &s;hal po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lande a~d
&s;hal inherit my holy hyll / wherfore th&abus;
&s;aith he. Make waye &amp; geue rome / take
awaye al ob&s;tacles &amp; &s;tomblyng &s;tockes
in y^e waye which leadeth vnto my peo|ple.
For th&abus; &s;peaketh he that dwelleth i~
y^e mo&s;te hyghe&s;t place for euer who&s;e na+me
is holye. I inhabit bothe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> mo&s;te hy|ghe&s;t
a~d holye&s;t place I dwel al&s;o with
the co~trite &amp; homble &s;prited to refre&s;&s;he
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> myndes of men deiected / a~d to heale y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
broken hartes. For I am not wrath nor
chyde not alwayes but I blowe ouer a
non my haterede / &amp; yet do I breath in bre+athe:
I am wrathe / I &s;myte / I abhorre
&amp; haue indignacio~ at a man geuen all to
his owne lu&s;tes / a~d e&s;pecially when he
<PB REF="106">
gothe fro my lawes a~d foloweth y^e &s;tu|dyes
/ coun&s;ells or thoughtes of his ow|ne
harte. But agene / I beholde his wa|yes
/ &amp; I heale hym / I bri~ge hym into y^e
waye agene / I re&s;tore him vnto the~ w|ho~
he maye conforte / &amp; to them al&s;o wh|ich
de&s;yerde him / I create frendlye con|uer&s;acion
&amp; loui~ge co~municatio~ one wi|th
a nother. I make peace &amp; &s;uernes bo|the
with the~ y^t dwel farre &amp; with the&s;e y^t
dwel nighe &s;aith y^t Lorde &amp; healer of his
But the vngodly are lyke the wode &s;ea
called Euripus which canne neuer re&s;te
hyr waters contynually troubled with
&s;lyme &amp; &s;tynkinge mudde / a~d euen &s;o ha+ue
the vngodly never re&s;t nor peace &s;a|ith
my God.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="58" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lviij. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_THou therfore / who&s;oeuer thow
arte / beinge a verye trwe prea|cher
/ &s;e y^t thou krye&s;t with ope|ne
mouthe / &amp; beware thou cea&s;&s;e&s;t not:
lyftvp thy voyce lyke a trompet / a~d tel
my people their &s;ynnes / tel the hou&s;e of
Iacob theyr offences. For they apere to
&s;eke me be&s;elye by their di&s;putacio~s a~d
<PB REF="107">
wold be &s;ene te knowe my wayes as fo|lke
y^t wolde be &s;ene to work rightwi&s;nes
&amp; not to for&s;ake the ple&s;ures of their god
They moue me que&s;tio~s weth^r my iu|geme~ts
ar iu&s;te in rightwy &s;makinge / &amp;
ar ful be&s;ye to contende a~d di&s;pute with
god &s;aynge: Wherfore do we fa&s;te when
thou loke&s;te not vpon vs? we cha&s;ten
our &s;elues &amp; yet thou wiltnot knowe it
Beholde (&s;aith the lorde agene to them)
when ye fa&s;te / yet abyde yow^r owne w|yl
a~d lu&s;tes &s;tyl withe yowe / for yower
fa&s;te notwith&s;tandinge / yet do yow con+&s;trayne
and vexe yow^r detters / lo / yow
fa&s;te to thente~te yow might applye yo|w^r
&s;utes &amp; &s;tryffes a~d to &s;myte orto ent|rete
yow^r condemned detters more cruel+ly
/ ye fa&s;te not nowe a dayes to plea&s;e
god &amp; y^t your voyce might be harde of h|im
aboue. Thinke yow that I loue th|ys
maner of fa&s;ti~g / wherby men at pre|&s;cripte
a~d certayne dayes cha&s;tene the|ir
&s;elues goinge with thei^r heades writ|hen
downe lyke an hoke / &s;trewed with
a&s;&s;hes / &amp; clothed with &s;acke? wilt thow
<PB REF="107">
&s;ay y^t this maner of fa&s;te and that vpon
this or that apoynted daye is more acce|pte
to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde? but rath^r euen contrarye
wy&s;e? This maner of fa&s;ti~ge do I alo|we
&amp; love: forgeue thy detters wrapped
in &s;hrewd bargoyns vnlo&s;e their viole|nte
obligacions / &s;et them at lybertye w|hom
thou ca&s;ted&s;t in to pre&s;one for dette
and breke of frome them al maner of bo|ndes
&amp; yokes. D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">uyde oute thy meate &amp;
drynke to y^e hongrye &amp; thyr&s;tye / and the
poore way faeringe &s;traunger leade th|ou
ho~e into thy hou&s;e / when thou &s;ee&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
y^e naked clothe hym &amp; turne not thy fa|ce
fro~ thy nowne fle&s;&s;he. Then &s;hal thy
light brekeforthe as fre&s;&s;he as y^e morni~|ge
/ &amp; thy helthe &s;hal &s;pryngforth right
&s;one. Then &s;hal the&s;e dedesbe cleare te|&s;timones
of thy rightwy&s;nes &amp; y^e glorio|u&s;e
maie&s;tye of y^e lorde &s;hal embra&s;e the
Then &s;halt thou cal vpon him / &amp; y^e lor|de
&s;hal hea^r y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / thou &s;halt krye / &amp; he &s;h|al
an&s;were / lo / here at thy hande. If th|ou
nowe putte&s;t of thy burde~s / &amp; holde&s;t
thy fingers / &amp; cea&s;&s;e&s;te to &s;peake vngo|dly
<PB REF="108">
/ if thou offere&s;t thy &s;elfe to y^e ho~grye
&amp; refre&s;&s;he&s;t y^e poo^r afflicte &s;oul: then &s;h|al
thy lighte &s;pri~geforth in derkene&s;e / &amp;
thy derkenes &s;halbe lyke y^e mydday / ye
y^e lorde &s;hal directe y^e alwayes / he &s;hall
&s;ati&s;fye y^e de&s;yers of thy mynde &amp; confir|me
y^e in goodnes. Al&s;o thou &s;halt be lyk
a fre&s;he watred garden / and as y^e ryuers
who&s;e vaynes neuer cea&s;&s;e runni~ge. Pl|aces
of longe tyme not i~habited thou &s;h|alt
occupye &amp; dwel vpo~ and &s;halt &s;tervp
their foundacio~s for y^e generacio~s to cum
And then &s;halt thou be called y^e repaye|rer
of broke~ places &amp; y^e mend^r of y^e waye
of y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Sabbat daye. If thou refrayne&s;t t|hy
fote fro~ y^e Sabbat daye / y^t is to &s;aye if
thou doi&s;te not thy nowne ple&s;ure &amp; wyl
in my holye daye / then &s;halt thou becal|led
vnto y^e ioyful holye &amp; gloriou&s;e re&s;te
of y^e lorde / If thou honour&s;t him (I &s;aye)
&s;o y^t thou nethe^r doi&s;t thy nowne wayes
nor &s;eke&s;t thy nowne wyl / nor &s;peake&s;t
thy nowne wordes: then &s;halt thou del|ight
i~ y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde which &s;hal karye y^t vp ab|oue
y^e highe&s;t places of therthe a~d &s;hal
<PB REF="108">
noure&s;&s;he y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vp i~ y^e heretage of thy fath^r
Iacob: for &s;o haue y^e lorde promy&s;ed wi|th
his owne mouthe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="59" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lix. Chap</HEAD>
<P>_BEholde / y^e lordes hande is not &s;o
cut of y^t he may no mo^r &s;aue: neth^r
his eares &s;o dulled y^t he may not
heare: but it is you^r inites y^t make this
grete diui&s;io~ betwene you &amp; your god / a~d
your &s;ynnes make hym to hyde his face
fro~ you to the~te~t he wolde not hea^r. For
your ha~des ar polluted w^t bloude &amp; you^r
fyngers embrwed w^t &s;ynne / your lyppes
&s;peke lyes / &amp; your to~ge pai~teth mi&s;chefe
Noma~ calleth yn rightwi&s;nes for his ad+uocate
in the lawe / noma~ iugeth faithful+ly
but euery man leaneth to vanyte ad+lyes
/ &s;tudieth pha~ta&s;yes / co~ceyueth la|boriou&s;e
bu&s;ynes &amp; bri~geth forth my&s;che|fe
/ they &s;it hatchi~ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> kocatryces egges
weaui~ge y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pyd^rs webbe / &amp; he y^t eateth of
theyr egges &s;hal dye / but if he trede the~
vnd^r his fete y^e &abser;pe~t &s;hal yet brekeforth / of
thei^r webbe thei^r is made no clothe / &s;o
y^t w^t thei^r owne workes they maye not
kou^r the~<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">elf for they ar my&s;cheuous eve~
<PB REF="109">
workis of robery &amp; &s;telth &s;halt thou fy|nde
i~ their ha~des / their fete runne to do
mi&s;chef / &amp; &s;wyftely they ha&s;te the~ to &s;h|ede
i~noce~t bloude / theyr &s;tudye &amp; thoug|htis
ar abhoi~nable: de&s;truccio~ &amp; deth dr|awe
they w^t the~ where&s;oeu^r they beco~e
but y^e waye of peace they knowe not / th|e^r
is no eq^ite i~ their proce&s;&s;e / they haue &s;o
depraued their pathes y^t euery ma~ y^t pa&s;|&s;eth
thorou the~ &s;hal knowe no peace / w|herfo^r
fulfarre is eq^ite exyled fro~ vs a~d
rightwi&s;nes wil not co~e nighe vs: we lo+ked
&amp; taryed for lighte / &amp; lo what derk|enes
is the^r? we waited for y^e morninge / but
lo we walke i~ y^e derke mydde nighte
we go gropi~g by y^e walles lyke bli~de me~
we grope as thoughe ow^r eyes we^r pu|toute
/ we &s;to~ble at none dayes as thou|ghe
we wa~dred i~ y^e derke morninge lyke
olde me~ halfe dede &s;to~bli~ge at thei^r gra|ues:
we grone lyke beares &amp; morne co~ti|nually
lyke douves: we loke for eq^ite but
&s;he appereth no whe^r / we tarye for helt|he
but it is very farre fro~ vs / &amp; that be|cau&s;e
ow^r wikednes is &s;o encre&s;ed befo^r y^e
<PB REF="109">
&amp; y^t we are &s;o &s;ynful / for our tran&s;gre&s;&s;i|ons
we denye not / &amp; our &s;ynnes we kn|owledge
/ that is to &s;aye we are &s;ynners
we ar fal&s;e lyers agen&s;t y^e lorde / we ha|ue
for&s;aken our god / and turned our bac+kes
to hym / we haue bla&s;phemed hym / &amp;
folowed &s;trange goddes / we haue con|ceyued
euel in our hartes &amp; occupyed our
myndes aboute fal&s;e wordes &amp; deades.
Wherfore equite hath for&s;aken vs and
rightwi&s;nes &s;tandeth al a farre moorn|ynge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
for trwthe is fallen downe yn the
&s;treutes &amp; equyte ys locked vp / ye tru|the
is cruelly handled / &amp; he y^t for&s;aketh
euel is torne in pe&s;es / the&s;e thinges wh|en
the lorde &s;aw / he was not co~tent y^t th|ere
was no equite / &amp; he &s;aw y^t ther was
non y^t wolde make interce&s;&s;ion &amp; it beru|wed
hym / &amp; he turned hi~ &s;elfe vnto his
owne power / &amp; cleued to his rightwi&s;n|es
/ &amp; a non he dyd vpon him &s;elfe right|wy&s;nes
as a cote of mayle &amp; put helthe
vpo~ his hed in &s;tede of anhelmet / he dyd
vpon hi~ vengeaunce for his ve&s;ture a~d
kouerd hym &s;elfe with indignacion lyk
<PB REF="110">
as with a cloke / &amp; ther was &s;iche hatre|de
as is w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">nt to be betwene two enimes
reuenging ether other / this armed he hi~
&s;elfe to rewarde y^e cruel tyraunts / wher+fore
they &s;hal feare y^e name of y^e lorde fro~
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> we&s;te &amp; his maie&s;tye fro~ y^e ea&s;te / for he
&s;hal cu~ lyke a violent floude which the
lorde hath &s;teredvp with a wynde: but
vnto Zion &amp; the~ which beinge of y^e &s;ea|de
of Iacob repente the~ &s;elfe &amp; turne fro~
their wikednes he &s;hal cu~ a redem^r &s;aith
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde. For I me &s;elfe &s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde &s;hal
make this conuenaunte &amp; promy&s;e with
the~ y^t is to &s;aye. My &s;prite w^t who~ I &s;h|al
in&s;tructe y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> / &amp; my wordis which I &s;h|al
put into thy mouthe &s;hall not fal fro~
thy mouth neth^r fro~ the mouthes of thi
childerne / nor fro~ y^e mouth of their chil|ders
chylderne here after into everla&s;t|ing
&s;aith the lorde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="60" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lx. Chap</HEAD>
<P>_ARy&s;e therfore &amp; ha&s;te y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> for thy
lighte is come / &amp; y^e maie&s;tye of
y^t lorde &s;hal &s;hyne vpon y^e / beh|olde
/ for whiles the derke clou|des
kov^r therthe &amp; y^e people / y^e lorde &s;hal
<PB REF="110">
&s;hyne ouer the &amp; his gloriou&s;e maie&s;tye
&s;hal apere with the. Then &s;hall the ge|ntils
comeforth vnto thy lighte / a~d the
kynges &s;hal walke vnto the brightnes
y^t &s;pringethforth with the: lyfte vp thy
eyes roundaboute the &amp; beholde / al the|&s;e
ar gath^rde togith^r &amp; come to the / eve~
fro~ farre countres / &s;onnes &s;hal come to y^e
&amp; daughters &s;hal flee vnto the on every
&s;yde / then &s;halt thou perceyue &amp; be in p|ro&s;perite
/ thy harte &s;hal reioy&s;e &amp; be op|ened
wyde / even when the grete multi|tude
of the &s;ea &s;halbe conuerted vnto y^e / y^t
is when the infinite noumber of the ge~+tyls &s;hal come vnto the / aboundance of
camels &s;hall cover the / Dromedares of
Madian &amp; Epha &s;hal cloye y^e / al y^e Sa|bens
&s;hal come bringinge golde &amp; incen|&s;e
geuinge pray&s;e to the lorde / al the w|ylde
bea&s;tes of Cedar &s;hal come togith^r
to the / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> wethers of Nebaioth &s;hal do y^e
&abser;uice / thei &s;halbe offerde at y^t altar whi|ch
I haue cho&s;en &amp; at y^e hou&s;e of my ma+ie&s;tye
whiche I haue magnified / lo who
ar the&s;e y^t come flei~g like cloudis &amp; doves
<PB REF="111">
to their wyndous? al&s;o y^e eylands &s;hal|be
gatherd to me / the &s;hippes of the &s;ea &s;hal
come togither to karye their child|erne
to the from farre countres with th|eir
golde &amp; &s;yluer to y^e honour of y^e lorde
thy god y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> maketh holye I&s;rael &amp; magni+fyethe
y^e / Al&s;o &s;traunge chylderne &s;hal
buylde thy walles a~d their kinges &s;hal
mini&s;tre to the / for when I was angrye
I &s;myt y^e / &amp; when it plea&s;eth me I wyll
haue mercy on y^e. Thy gates &s;hal &s;tand
open daye &amp; night / they &s;hal neu^r be &s;h|yt
y^t y^e multitude of y^e gentyls myght cu~
to the &amp; their kinges be brought yn / for
bothe y^e ge~tils &amp; y^e people or kingdoms y^e
wyl not &s;erue the / &s;hal pere&s;&s;he &amp; be &s;m|yten
downe with &s;werde / even y^e ryches
of Libani &s;halbe brought vnto y^e as hyr
Cypre&s;&s;e trees / pyne trees / &amp; Cedres al
togither a lyke &s;hal garne&s;he the place
of my &s;anctuarye / for I &s;hal make y^e pl|ace
of my fete right honourable / &amp; they
y^t &s;ometyme &s;courged y^e &s;hal cu~ nowe ho|mbly
&amp; lowely to y^e / &amp; they y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;pake evell
vpon the &s;hal faldowne at thi fete &amp; cal
<PB REF="111">
the the cyte of y^e lorde even y^e holye. Zio~
of I&s;rael Farthermore where as thow
wa&s;t for&s;aken &amp; &s;o odyou&s;e y^t noman w|olde
go thorowe y^e / nowe &s;hal I make y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
clear &amp; goodlye for ev^r / &amp; right glad th|orout
al ages. Thou &s;halt &s;ouke y^e myl+ke
of the gentyls &amp; be noure&s;&s;hed at the
bre&s;tes of kynges / a~d knowe y^t I am the
lorde / thy &s;auioure &amp; y^e &s;tronge avenger
of I&s;rael / for thy bra&s;&s;e I &s;hal geue the
golde / &amp; for yerne &s;yluer / for wode bra&s;&s;e
&amp; for &s;tone yerne / I &s;hal geue y^e peace to
be thi rulers &amp; rightwy&s;nes &s;halbe thy
lawiers. The^r &s;halneth^r roberye nor e|xtor&s;ion
be hardof eny more in thy co|&s;tes
/ nether de&s;truccion nor lo&s;&s;e with in
thi region / thi walles &s;halbe called hel|the
/ &amp; thi gates named pray&s;e / The &s;on+ne
&s;hal no more be thy &s;eruante to mini+&s;tre
to the lyghte be daye nether y^e mone
be nighte / but y^e lorde &s;hal be thi contin|ual
lighte &amp; thi god &s;halbe thi clearnes / thi
&s;onne &s;hal nomore go downe nor thi
mone enymore be hyd / for y^e lorde &s;halbe
thy perpetual lighte / &amp; thy moorninge
<PB REF="112">
dayes &s;hal haue an ende a~d be matched
with gladnes / al thi people &s;halbe inno|cent
&amp; iu&s;te &amp; po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e y^e lande for ev^r / thei
&s;halbe y^e flow^r of my planti~ges &amp; my no+wne
handye worke in whom I wyl glo+rye
/ y^e le&s;te &s;hal encre&s;e into a thou&s;ande
&amp; y^e la&s;te &s;hal growe into a right &s;tronge
nacion / I the lorde &s;hal &s;pede this thin|ge
in hyr tyme.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="61" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lxi. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_The &s;pirit of the lorde god is with
me / for y^e lorde hath anoi~ted me
&amp; hath &s;ente me to preache to y^e
meke afflicte in harte / to bi~devp &amp; to he|ale
the woundes of y^e broken in harte / to
&s;heweforth delyueraunce to thez y^t ar in
captiuite / to opene y^e pre&s;one to the~ y^t ari~
bondes / to puble&s;&s;he y^e tyme of grace &amp; re+mi&s;&s;ion
apointed of y^e lorde &amp; y^e tyme wh|eryn
our god wylbe auenged of his adu|er&s;ares:
to counforte al y^t moorne / to geue
thez y^t &s;orowe in Zio~ fayernes for a&s;&s;hes
glad ointement for their &s;orowing / y^e ioy+ful
garment of thankis geui~ge for their
heuye mynde / y^t they might be called ex+cellent
in rightwi&s;nes / a~d a budde newe
<PB REF="112">
&s;pronge oute to magnifye y^e lorde / y^t they
mought re&s;tore places de&s;olate / occupye
olde forlaten hou&s;es / &amp; buylde agene de|&s;troyed
cytes &amp; wylde groundes of lo~ge
tyme pa&s;te y^t y^e aliauntes mought &s;ta~de
&amp; feade your flockis &amp; &s;traungers be your
tylmen &amp; vyneplanters / &amp; y^t you might
be called y^t pre&s;tes of y^e lorde / &amp; y^t men m|ought
cal yow y^e mini&s;ters of our god / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
you mought eate the &s;ub&s;ta~ce of the ge~|tils
&amp; take your ple&s;urs of their aboun|daunce
for your grete confu&s;ion &amp; igno|mynye
/ thei &s;hal reioy&s;e to haue lyke &abper;|te
with you / to deuyde the riche hereta|ge
in their lande / y^t thei myght haue gl|adnes
for a longe cea&s;on: for I am y^e lor|de
y^e loueth equite &amp; hate roberye / ye alt|houghe
a man wolde brene it &amp; offere it
vp to me / al&s;o I &s;hal make y^t their wor|kis
&s;halbe done of trw faith / &amp; I &s;hal &s;in
ite a &abper;perual barge~ w^t the~ / &amp; their y&s;&s;ue
&s;halbe knowne of the ge~tils / &amp; their po|&s;terite
in the myddis of y^e people / all y^t &s;e
the~ &s;hal know y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> thei ar y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> ble&s;&s;ed &s;ede of
y^e lorde: wh^rfo^r I ioy excedi~gly i~ y^e lorde
<PB REF="113">
&s;oule leapeth for ioye in my God / for he
clothe me with the garmentes of the &s;a+uinge
helth &amp; &s;hal kouer me with y^e ma~+tel
of innocencye: I &s;halbe lyke a bryde|grome
comely arayede &amp; lyke y^e bride ry+chely
apparelde in hyr ornamentes / for
lyke as ther the bringeth forth hir &s;ettes
&amp; y^e garde~ hir &s;eades: even &s;o &s;hal y^e lor|de
god make rightwy&s;nes &amp; godly wo|r&s;hipe
&s;pring forth before al nacions.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="62" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lxij. Chapiter</HEAD>
<P>_WHerfor / for Zio~s &s;ake I &s;hal not
re&s;te / &amp; for Ieru&s;alems ple&s;ure I
&s;hal not cea&s;&s;e vntil hir rightw|i&s;nes
be comforth &amp; &s;hewed lyke y^e &s;hy|ning
lighte &amp; hir &s;auinge helthe brenn|eth
like a laumpe. For y^e gentyls &s;hal &s;e
thy rightwy&s;nes &amp; al kinges &s;hal behol+de
thy glorye / and &s;hal call y^e be a newe
name which y^e mouthe of y^e lorde &s;hal de+clare
/ &amp; thou &s;halt be lyke a beutiful cr|owne
in y^e hande of y^e lorde / &amp; as a kyng|es
dyademe yn y^e hande of thi god: thou
&s;halt nomore be called y^e for&s;aken / neth^r
&s;hal thy lande be called enymore y^e de&s;o|lated
<PB REF="113">
/ But thou &s;haltbe called Hephziba
that is to &s;aye my be&s;te beloued / a~d thy
lande &s;halbe called Beula that is to &s;a|ye
my wedded wyfe. For the lorde is an|ambred
on the / a~d thy lande &s;halbe ma|ryed
to hym thy very hou&s;bonde / &amp; as y^e
yongman marieth to him a mayden / &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
&s;hal thy chylderne be maryed vnto the
lorde / &amp; as y^e brydegrome is ioyou&s;e ouer
the bryde even &s;o &s;hal thy god be ioyou|&s;e
vpon the. Vpon thy walles O Ieru|&s;alez / &s;hal
I &s;et watche men whiche &s;h|alnot
cea&s;&s;e daye nor nighte preachinge
the lorde. Farthermore / euen yow y^t are
of the comen people &s;halnot cea&s;&s;e in no|man^r
wy&s;e vntyl Ieru&s;ale~ be repayerde
&amp; tyl &s;he be made the mo&s;te pray&s;e wort|hye
in al the erthe. The lorde hath &s;w|orne
by his righthande &amp; by the &s;treng|th
of his arme that he wyl nomore geue
thy whete i~to meate for thy enymes / ne
th^r thy &s;wete wyne for the which thow
ha&s;te &s;ore &s;wette into dri~ke for &s;traunge
chylderne: but they y^t gathe^r it &s;hal eate
it al&s;o / &amp; geue thankes to the lorde: and
<PB REF="114">
they y^t gath^r it togith^r &s;hal dri~ke it al&s;o
in y^e porches of my &s;anctuarye. Stande
abacke &amp; get ye a &s;yde which &s;ta~de i~ y^e ga+tes
/ geue rome o prople prepare y^e waye / &amp;
take awaye al fto~bli~ge &s;tones / &amp; &s;etvp
a &s;igne for y^e people: for beholde the lorde
telleth forth the&s;e good tydi~ges vnto y^e
vttermo&s;te partes of the erthe. Saye ye
daughters vnto Zion: beholde thy Sa|uiowr
is come. Beholde he hath broug|ht
withe hym his riches / and his noble
actes go before hym &amp; they y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;halbe red|emed
of the Lorde &s;halbe called the hol|ye
people / and euen thow &s;halt be called
the gretely haunted populo&s;e cyte a~d th|ou
&s;halt nomore be called the for&s;aken.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="63" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lxiij. Chap.</HEAD>
<P>_THen &s;hal it be &s;ayd: who is this
y^t cometh fro~ Edom / his clothes
thus dyed with y^e red of Bozra?
who is this y^t goth &s;o myghtely / &s;o co~ely
in his cote armoure? I am he (I tel you)
that warnethe &amp; &s;peaketh rightwy&s;nes
&amp; am ryche to &s;aue. wherfo^r then ar thy
garments &s;o red and thy clothes &s;o we|tte
<PB REF="114">
as thoughe thou hadde&s;t troden in y^e
wyne pre&s;&s;e? The wyne pre&s;&s;e (I tel y|ow)
haue I troden al alone / a~d of al the
people was there not one with me: I tr|ode
/ I trode downe my enymes in my
ferue~t wrathe &s;o y^t they haue th&abus; &s;prin|kled
my clothes with their bloude &amp; ha|ue
thus &s;potted al my garmentes. For y^e
daye of vengeaunce which I had conce|yued
in my harte and y^e yeare wheryn I
wold redeme is to~e. I loked rounde abo|ute
/ but there was not one helper / I w|as
de&s;titute al hope / but the^r was not o|ne
that wolde &s;u&s;tayne me: and then cl|eued
I to my nowne arme and feruoure
which helpte me / and then I trode dow|ne
the people in my wrathe and bathed
them &s;o in my furye that theyr bloude
ranne downe vpon the erthe: The me|rcyes
of y^e lorde I &s;hal remenbre &amp; geue
hym tha~kes for all thi~ges which he ha|th
geue vs / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> is to &s;aye for the i~numera|ble
goodnes done to the hou&s;e of I&s;rael / whiche
of his mercye and goodnes hath
geue~ it the~ / for he &s;aid / verely the&s;e men
<PB REF="115">
&s;halbe my people / and the&s;e &s;halbe y^e ch|ylderne
which &s;hal not go out of kynde
For he was their Sauiour / and broug|ht
it &s;o pa&s;&s;e that in al their tribulucion
he wolde not &s;uffer them to be&s;courged / but
wolde delyuer the~ by his angel who~
he &s;ente thez. And becau&s;e he loued and
pytyed thez / he redemed / he defended a~d
bore the~ vp frome the beginni~ge of y^e ty|me:
but althogh they &s;o rebelled &amp; chaf|ed
his holy mynde that he wolde be tu|rned
into their enemye &amp; fight age~&s;t the~
yet he remembred the tyme pa&s;te / he re|membred
even Mo&s;es &amp; his people how
that he led the~ oute frome the &s;ea lyke
as the &s;hepherde leadeth his flocke / a~d
how he gaue the~ his holy go&s;te / he rem|embred
howe he led Mo&s;es by his glo|ryou&s;e
arme / takinge him by the right
ha~de &amp; diuidi~ge the waters before the~ to
get him &s;elfe a name for euer / he remem|bred
how he led the~ thorow the depthe &amp;
thorow the de&abser;te lyke as by an euen a~d
playne waye / that thei &s;tombled not / for
the &s;pirit of the lorde directed them ly|ke
<PB REF="115">
the bea&s;tes y^t go in the felde. So ledd|e&s;t
thou thy people O god / to gete the a
gloriou&s;e name. Lokeforth therfore fro~e
heauen &amp; fro~ the holy habitacion of thy
maie&s;tye &amp; beholde / howe is it thus cu~
to pa&s;&s;e / that thy zele / thy &s;tre~gthe / thy
plentuou&s;e intere petye a~d &s;o&s;te mercye
ar &s;o hardened agen&s;te me? Thow arte
owr father. Abraham knoweth not vs
neth^r I&s;rael knoweth vs: but it is thou
lorde that art owr father a~d redem^r / thy
name is of euer. Wherfore (lorde) ha&s;te
thou led vs fro~e thy wayes? ha&s;te thou
hardened owr hartes y^t we &s;hulde not fe+are
the? bri~ge vs agene into thy fauou^r
for thy promy&s;es &s;akes made to thy &s;e|ruants
which ar of the trybs of thy he|retage.
It was not longe that thy holy
people enioyed thy &s;anctuarie / for our e|nymes
de&s;troyed and &s;poylde it / and as
for vs we haue bene thy people euen fro~
the begi~ni~ge of y^e worlde / but as for the~
they knewe the not for their god / neth^r
were thy called aftyr thy name.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="64" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lxiiij. Chapi.</HEAD>
<PB REF="116">
<P>I Wolde thow wolde&s;t cleve in&s;o|ndre
heaue~ and come downe th|at
the hylles mought melte aw|aye
at thy pre&s;ens even as agen&s;t an h|otte
fyer a~d that the violent tyra~ts m|ought
be &s;et a fyer as is water inflam|medde
with fyer: that thy name moug|ht
be knowne vnto thy enymes / a~d th|e&s;e
haithen mought tremble at thy pr|e&s;ens.
De&s;cende (I &s;aye) with thy wou|ndreful
&amp; vnwonte workes vnloked fo|re
that the&s;e hilles mought con&s;ume in
thy &s;yghte: For from al tymes pa&s;te th|ere
was noman that wolde heare or ta|ke
hede / nether beholde with his eyes
the&s;e thinges which thou ha&s;te done for
men waytinge for the: but thow a lone
(O god) thou helpe&s;t hym that boldely
foloweth rightwy&s;nes / a~d &s;ocour&s;te th|em
that depende on the to go in thy wa|yes.
But lo / thow arte nowe angrye
becau&s;e we are &s;ynners and continue &s;til
in ower &s;ynnes and there is not one &s;al|fe
/ for we are all lyke an vnclene thinge
and all ower rightwi&s;ne&s;&s;es are lyke cl|othes
<PB REF="116">
polluted withe men&s;trwe / all we
fall lyke leaves / for ower iniquites take
vs awaye lyke y^e wynde / there is no~ th|at
wil cal vpon thy name or endeuer h|ym
&s;elfe to holde the / wherfore thou hy|de&s;t
thy face frome vs and &s;courge&s;t vs
for ower wykednes. Nowe therfore w|hen
it is &s;o that thow art ower father / and
we ar but claye: thou arte vnto vs
as a potter and all we ar the workes of
thy hande. Be not &s;o &s;ore angrye (Lorde
I be&s;eche the) nether remember owr in|iquites
alwayes / but rath^r (I praye the)
con&s;yder al vs to be thy people. Bohol|de
/ the cytes of thy holy lande are turn|ed
into a wyldernes. Zio~ is for&s;aken / ye
and even Ieru&s;alem is a de&s;erte / ow^r ho+ly
temple which was ower beutyful fl|ower
whereyn owr fathers pray&s;ed the
is brentvp / and all ower ple&s;aunte pla|ces
are turned into wylderne&s;&s;es. Wylt
thou not (Lorde) aftyr all the&s;e thinges
be entreted and bowed with prayer? wi|lt
thou be &s;tyl &amp; &s;courge vs &s;o grevou&s;|lye?</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="65" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>The .lxv. Chap.</HEAD>
<PB REF="117">
<P>_MEn &s;hal &s;eke me whiche now &s;e|ke
me not / they &s;hall fynde me y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">
nowe &s;eke me not / vnto whome
I &s;hal &s;aye anon / lo / lo / I am here at yo+w^r
ha~de / thus &s;hal it be &s;ayde vpon th|e&s;e
gentyles which yet cal not on my na+me:
for I haue &s;tretched forthe my hand|es
al this tyme pa&s;te vnto a nacion that
beleued not whiche goithe not the right
waye y^e is to &s;aye lyueth not aftyr my
mynde and ple&s;ures / which al&s;o neu^r ce|a&s;&s;eth
to exa&s;perat &amp; to anger me eue~ to
my face offeringe their offeringes in gr|oves
&amp; wodes &amp; bre~ni~ge their incen&s;e v|po~
alters made of &s;tone / they &s;it prayi~ge
at tombes &amp; &s;hrynes / &s;leapi~ge al y^e night
in chyrches ful of images / they eate ho|gges
fle&s;&s;he &amp; vncleane potage is in their
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="3 letters">hes: they &s;aye / if thou co~e&s;t nighe the~
touch me not le&s;t I make y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vnclene / th|e&s;e
me~ &s;hal &s;moke at my wrathe &amp; be &s;et
a fy^r to brene for eu^r. Beholde / the&s;e thi~|ges
ar decreed in my pre&s;ens y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> I &s;hulde
not forgete the~ but geue you you^r rewar+de
wh^r fo^r I &s;hal laye yo^r wykednes &amp; y^e
<PB REF="117">
wikednes al&s;o of your fath^rs i~ your own
bo&s;oms (&s;ayth y^e lorde) which bre~te their
&s;acrifices vpo~ mu~tai~s &amp; bla&s;phemed me
in y^e hilles: wh^r for I &s;hal meate oute th|eir
iniq^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">tes age~ &amp; turn the~ into their own
bo&s;oms. th&abus; &s;aith y^e lorde / as me~ wil &s;ay
to hi~ y^e happeneth on an holy vyne: pluk
no grapis of this / for it is holy: eve~ &s;o &s;h|al
I do for my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts &s;akes becau&s;e I w|olde
not de&s;troye the~ al: but I &s;hal bri~g|forth
a &s;ede out of Iacob &amp; thinheretour
of my hyl oute of Iuda / y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> is to &s;aye my
cho&s;en &s;hal po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e it &amp; my mini&s;ters &s;h|al
dwel ther: &s;arone &s;halbe fylled w^t flo|ckis
&amp; heardes / &amp; y^e vale of Achor &s;halbe
layers for herdes of my people y^t &s;eke me
but you haue betrayed y^e lorde &amp; forgote~
my holy hyl / you garne&s;&s;hed an alt^r for
y^e goddes of Fortune / &amp; con&s;ecrated your
offeri~g to y^e god of tre&s;u^r / I &s;hal therfor
kepe you i~ &s;to^r as tre&s;u^r for y^e &s;werde / y^e
you mought al be &s;mitdown w^t it becau+&s;e
y^t whe~ I called you / ye wolde not an&s;|wer
/ &amp; whe~ I &s;pake / ye wolde not hear / but
ye dyd evel i~ my &s;ight &amp; cho&s;ed tho&s;e
<PB REF="118">
thigis which I hated. Wh^r for th&abus; &s;pek|eth
y^e lorde. Lo my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts &s;hal eat / when
ye &s;halbe ful ho~grye. beholde my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts
&s;hal drink / whe~ ye &s;halbe ful thir&s;ty: be+holde my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts &s;halbe glad whe~ ye &s;hal
be a&s;hamed. Lo / my <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts &s;hal reioy&s;e &amp;
&s;inge eve~ for y^e very helth of their hartis
but you &s;halkrye oute for y^e very &s;orow
of your hartes &amp; for anguy&s;h of mynde:
ye &s;hal houle as hou~dis / your name &s;hal
not be &s;wornby emo~g my cho&s;en: for y^e lor+de
&s;hal &s;laye you / &amp; cal his <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~ts by a no+th^r
name. He y^t &s;halbe pray&s;ed in y^e erthe
let hi~ be pray&s;ed in y^e true god / &amp; he y^t &s;hal
&s;wer in y^e erthe let hi~ &s;wer by y^e true lord
for olde enymytes &s;halbe forgote~ &amp; take~
away (&s;aith he) out of my &s;ight / for lo / I
&s;hal make newe heaue~s &amp; a newe erthe
&amp; their &s;halbe no me~tion of y^e olde / neth^r
&s;hal thei enymo^r a&s;ce~de to me~nis hartis
but the&s;e me~ &s;hal reioy&s;e &amp; enioye the&s;e y^e
I &s;hal make for ev^r / for lo / I &s;hal make
Ieru&s;alez right glad even fro~ hyr very
harte / who&s;e people &s;halbe ioyful w^t w|ho~
I my &s;elfe &s;halbe glad / &amp; merye with
<PB REF="118">
<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 word"> people / there &s;hal not be harde in hir+eny
wepi~ge or kryinge / neth^r &s;hal there
be aftyr this eth^r infant or olde mn y^t ha+ue
not their ful dayes / but y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> yo~ge ma~ at
an C. years &s;haldye / &amp; y^e tran&s;gre&s;&s;our
of an C. years &s;halbe da~ned / they &s;hall
buylde hou&s;es &amp; i~habit the~ / thei &s;hal pl|a~te
vynes &amp; eate of their frutes / thei &s;h|al
not edifie for a noth^r to dwel in it / ne|th^r
plante for a noth^r to eate it / but y^e ly+fe
of my people &amp; y^e workes of their ha~ds
&s;halbe as fre&s;&s;he as y^e tre of lyfe / my cho+&s;en
&s;hal &s;e many years &amp; &s;hal not labour
in vayne nor bring forth their frute w^t tr+ouble
/ for thei ar y^e ble&s;&s;ed &s;ead of y^e lorde
&amp; their y&s;&s;ue &s;hal abyde w^t the~ / &amp; y^e tyme
&s;hal cu~ y^t I wil an&s;wer the~ befor thei cal
on me. I wil hear the~ whyle thei ar yet
but in co~ceyuing their peticio~: y^e wolfe &amp;
y^e la~be &s;hal fede togith^r / y^e lyo~ &s;hal eate
haye w^t y^e oxe / but y^e erthe &s;halbe meate
for y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">pe~t / ther &s;halbe nomo^r trouble nor
plage in al my holy hil &s;aith y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> lorde. c. 66</P>
<P>THus &s;aith y^e lorde / heauen is my &s;e|ate
&amp; y^e erthe is my fote &s;tole / where
<PB REF="119">
then &s;hal this hou&s;e &s;to~de which ye <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 word">
buy lde me? &amp; whe^r is this place wherin
I&s;hal re&s;t? whe~ my ha~dis made al the&s;e
thing is &amp; thei ar rekened emonge y^e thin|gis
which ar made &s;aithe y^e lorde: but to
who~ &s;hal I loke? eue~ to y^e ho~ble in &s;pirit
which tre~bleth at my &s;peach / for he y^t &s;l+ayeth
an oxe &s;layeth a ma~ / &amp; he y^t &s;laye|th
a &s;hepe ha~geth a dogge / he y^t offereth
to me anvtwarde offeri~g plea&s;eth me as
wel as to offer me &s;wynes bloude / he y^t
i~ce~&s;e me doth eve~ a lyke thi~g as to pray
&s;e &amp; ble&s;&s;e an idole / but the&s;e me~ haue cho+&s;en
the&s;e thi~gis &amp; their myndes haue de+lighted
i~ the&s;e wayes &amp; abhominacio~s / wh^r
for I&s;hal eue~ lykwi&s;e cho&s;e oute th|eir
&s;korners / &amp; tho&s;e thi~gis y^t thei feared
I &s;hal bri~ge on their neckis becau&s;e y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> w|he~
I called / noma~ wolde an&s;w^r: &amp; whe~ I
&s;pake noma~ wolde hear: but they dyd e|uel
i~ my pre&s;ens / &amp; cho&s;ed tho&s;e thinges
which I reproue. Hear y^e worde of y^e lord
ye y^e tre~ble &amp; fear at his &s;peache / your br+oth^rn
which hate &amp; abhorre you becau&s;e
ye cal on my name &s;aye / let y^e lorde ma|gnifye
<PB REF="119">
hi~ &s;elfe y^t we mought &s;e your gla|dnes
/ but &s;iche me~ &s;hal be co~fu~ded / ye / e|ue~
now begi~neth y^e voyce of y^e lorde (as co~+cerni~g
y^e de&s;truccio~ of y^e cyte &amp; te~ple taki~g
ve~gea~ce &amp; rewarding his enemes) to be
harde like y^e lame~tatio~ of a woma~ grete
w^t chylde before hir pa~ges &amp; labours cu~
whe~ &s;he is bri~gi~gforth a ma~ childe who
hath harde &s;iche thi~gis? or who hath &s;e|ne
&s;iche thi~gis? do y^e erthe bri~gforth al on
a day? or ar al folke borne at once as Zio~
co~ceyueth &amp; bri~gethforth hir childern? do
I de&s;troye or do I not rath^r begette? do I
not begette? &amp; do I not make bare~ &s;aith
god? beg lad w^t Ieru&s;ale~ &amp; &s;inge w^t hir for
ioye al hir louers / reioy&s;e w^t hyr euen fro~
your hartes al hir moorners: for ye &s;hal
&s;ouke &amp; be &s;ati&s;fyed at hir teatis of co~&s;o|lacio~
/ ye &s;hal &s;ouke &amp; be rep lene&s;hed<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">xith
hir gloriou&s;e ple~tuou&s;nes / for th&abus; &s;pake
y^e lorde / Lo I &s;hal lede forth peace to hyr
lyke af loude / &amp; y^e pow^r of y^e ge~tils &s;hal I
ledeforth lyke a gret ry&s;ing wat^r: ye &s;h|al
&s;ouke th^r for &amp; be borne in hir bo&s;ome / &amp;
da~&s;edvpo~ hir knees / for I &s;hal co~fort you
<PB REF="120">
&amp; eue~ in Ieru&s;ale~ &s;hal you receyue co~&s;ol|acio~
as of a moth^r co~forting hyr &s;onne: &amp;
whe~ ye &s;e this / your hartis &s;hal ioye a~d
your bones &s;hal floure&s;he lyke a grene
pla~t / &amp; y^e lordes <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ua~t &s;hal pray&s;e his po+w^r / &amp;
his enymes &s;hal he threaten: For
lo / y^e lorde &s;hal cu~ in fyer / &amp; his chariets
lyke a whirlewinde w^t grete fury / to a|ve~ge
in his wrath / he &s;hal cu~ in y^e flame
of fyer / for w^t fyer &amp; w^t his &s;werde &s;hall
he iuge eu^ry fle&s;&s;h: &amp; his welbe loued &s;l|ayne
for his &s;ake &s;halbe e~cre&s;ed: but th|ey
y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> vowed to make theyr &s;elfe cleane in
groues / &amp; thei y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> eat ope~ly emo~ge the~ &s;el+fe
hoggis fle&s;&s;h / my &s;e / &amp; &s;ich oth^r abho|minable
vnclennes &s;halbe take~ awaye
altogith^r &s;aith y^e lorde: for I &s;hal cu~ to g|ath^r
togith^r bothe ev^ry nacio~ &amp; to~ge th|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ir
&s;tudyes &amp; workis: &amp; thei &s;hal cu~ &amp; &s;e+my
maie&s;tye. Al&s;o I &s;hal geue the~ a to|ke~
&amp; &s;ende &s;ome of my cho&s;en to y^e ge~tyls
as to y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter"> Cylicks / Lybes / &amp; Lydees which
ar noble archers: I &s;hal &s;ende to Italye
&amp; Grece &amp; to y^e farde&s;t eyla~ds w^c^h yet h|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">rd not
my preaching nor &s;aw my glory
<PB REF="120">
&amp; they &s;hal preach my glorye emo~ge the
ge~tils / bri~ging al your broth^rn fro~ y^e m|ultitude
of y^e ge~tils to be an oblacio~ to y^e
lorde / thei &s;hal bri~ge the~ on hor&s;e / in wa+ge~s
&amp; chariets / on mules &amp; i~ cartes to Ie+ru&s;ale~
my holy hyl &s;aith y^e lorde no noth^r
wy&s;e the~ y^e chyldern of I&s;rael we^r wont
to bring their oblacio~s into y^e hou&s;e of y^e
lorde in clene ve&s;&s;els / &amp; out of the~ &s;hal I
take &s;ome pree&s;tes &amp; leuytes &s;aith y^e lor|de:
for as this newe heaue~ &amp; erth w^c^h I
&s;hal make &s;hal abyde in my pre&s;ens &s;ai|th
y^e lorde: even &s;o &s;hal your &s;eade &amp; your
name abyde al&s;o / &amp; th^r &s;halbe &abper;petual fe+&s;tes
of y^e newe mones &amp; &abper;petual &s;abbath
days / &amp; euery fle&s;&s;h &s;hal cu~ to wor&s;hipe
befo^r me &s;aith y^e lord: &amp; thei &s;hal goforth
to beholde y^e kario~s of y^e &s;ynners agen&s;t
me / for y^e worme of the~ &s;hal nev^r dye / &amp;
their fyer &s;hal nev^r be que~ched / &amp; thei&s;h
albe lothed of every fle&s;&s;h.</P>
<TRAILER>The ende of y^e prophecye of I&s;aye</TRAILER>
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<P>&para;Printed in Stra&s;zburg by Baltha&s;&s;at
Beckenth in the year of our lorde
1531. the .x. daye of Maye</P>
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