The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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1850.
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CAP. IV.

[verse 1] And seuene wymmen schulen catche [take F sec. m.] o man [cacche o man; sekinge to haue him hosebonde. ete our breed, etc.; that is, we schulen pur|ueye necessa|ries for vs and oure children. thi name, etc.; that is, that we ben thy wyues. schenschipe; of bareynesse. Lire here. C.] in that dai, and [and thei I.] schulen seie, We schulen ete oure breed, and we schulen be hilid with oure clothis; oneli thi name be clepid on vs, do thou awei oure schen|schip.

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[verse 2] In that dai [Here bigyn|neth the iiij. chapitre [capi|tle GPQUY] in Ebreu. CGIKM PQRUY. In that day; that is, in the tyme of grace. the bu|riownyng of the Lord; that is, Crist, that was not con|seyued of man|nus seed, but bi vertu of the Hooly Goost. glorie; in worching of myraclis, in his rising aȝen, and assencioun. fruyt of erthe; that is, of the Virgyn Marye. to hem that schulen be saued of Is|rael; that is, to apostlis and othere feithful men, that had|den ioye whanne thei sien Crist risun aȝen, and in Wit|sunday, whanne thei resseyu|eden the Hooly Goost. left in Sion; that is, hooly chirche, bi noumbre and merit. Lire here. C.] the buriownyng of the Lord schal be in greet worschip and glorie; and the fruyt of erthe schal be hiȝ, and ful out ioye `schal be [Om. I.] to hem that schulen be sauyd of Israel. [verse 3] And it schal be, ech that is left in Sion, and is resydue in Jerusalem, schal be clepid hooli; ech [verse 4] that is writun in lijf in Jerusalem; if the Lord [If the Lord; that is, For the Lord. of the douȝtris of Sioun; that is, of hooly chirche. of doom, etc.; for Crist made sa|tisfaccioun for vs bi the weye of riȝtfulnesse, and of most charite. Lire here. C.] waischith awei the filthis of the douȝtris of Sion, and waischith the blood of Jerusalem fro the myddis therof, in the spirit of doom, and in the spirit of heete. [verse 5] And the Lord made [the Lord made; that is, schal make. Ysaye spekith of thing to comynge, bi the maner of thing passid, for the certeynte of profesie. of Sion; that is, of hooly chirche, fiȝtinge aȝenus synnes. a clowde bi day, etc.; that is, the grace of the Hooly Goost, that hilith ether defendith aȝenus the heete of couetise, and liȝtneth aȝenus derknesse of ignoraunce. aboue al glorie; of the piler of fier, and of the clowde ȝouun to the sones of Israel, in the goyng out of Egipt. hiling; that is, the grace of the Hooly Goost; and the grace of the Hooli Goost schal be in to a schadewinge place aȝenus the heete of coueytise. fro whirlewynd; of pride, ether of persecucioun, which men strengthid of the Hooly Goost, dredden not. fro reyn; of fleisly lust, ether of temporal prosperite, lest bi it a man be maad neische to vices. Lire here. C.] on ech place of the hille of Sion, and where he was clepid to help, a cloude bi dai, and smoke, and briȝt|nesse of fier flawmynge in the niȝt; for whi hilyng [hilyng, ether defending CEFGHIKMNPQRSUVXY.] schal [Om. I.] be aboue al glorie. [verse 6] And a tabernacle schal be in to a schadew|ynge place of the dai, fro heete, and in to sikirnesse and in to hidyng, fro whirle|wynd and fro reyn.

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