the Iudges in Israel (whom I commaun∣ded to kepe my people) and sayde: Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Cedre tym∣ber?
[ B] So shalt thou speake now vnto my ser∣uaunt Dauid: Thus sayeth the LORDE Ze∣baoth: I toke the from the pasture behynde the shepe, that thou shuldest be the prynce ouer my people, and haue bene with the whi¦ther so euer thou wētest, and haue roted out all thine enemies before the, and haue made the a name, acordinge to the name of the greate men that are vpō earth. And for my people of Israel, I wyll appoynte them a place, and wyl plante them, that they maye dwell there, and nomore to be remoued. And the childrē of wickednes shal oppresse them nomore, like as afore tyme, whan I cōmaun¦ded the Iudges ouer my people of Israel. And I wyl subdue all thine enemies, and do declare vnto the, that the LORDE wyl buyl¦de the an house.
But whan thy dayes are fulfilled, that thou departest hence with ye fathers, I wyl after the rayse vp ye sede, which shall be euē one of thy sonnes: his kyngdome wyl I sta∣bliszshe, he shal buylde me an house, & I wyl make his seate sure for euer. I wyl be his fa∣ther, and he shal be my sonne. And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him, as I haue withdrawen it frō him that was before the: But I wyll set him in my house and in my kyngdome for euer, so that his seate shalbe sure for euermore.
[ C] And whā Nathan had spoken vnto Da¦uid acordinge to all these wordes & all this vision, kynge Dauid came and sat him dow∣ne before the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE God, who am I? and what is my house, yt thou hast broughte me thus farre? And this (O God) hast thou thoughte yet to litle, but hast spoken of thy seruauntes house yet lon∣ge for to come. And thou LORDE God hast loked downe vpon me from aboue, euen as one man loketh vpon another. What more shal Dauid saye vnto the, yt thou bryngest ye seruaunt to soch honoure? Thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE, for thy seruauntes sa¦ke and acordinge to thy hert hast thou done all these greate thinges, that thou mightest shewe all greate thinges vnto thy seruaunt. LORDE, there is none lykel the, and there is no God but thou, of whom we haue herde with oure eares. And where is there a peo¦ple vpon earth as thy people of Israel, whe∣re God wente to delyuer him a people, and to make him selfe a name thorow greate & terrible thinges, to cast out the Heythen be∣fore thy people, whom thou hast delyuered out of Egipte? and ye people of Israel hast thou made ye people for euer, and thou LOR¦DE art become their God.
Now LORDE, let the worde be verified [ D] for euer, that thou hast spoken ouer thy ser∣uaunt and ouer his house, & do as thou hast spoken: and let thy name endure and be mag¦nified for euer, that it maye sayde: The LOR¦DE Zebaoth, the God of Israel is the God in Israel, and that the house of thy seruaunt Dauid maye be stablyszshed before the: for thou LORDE hast opened the eare of ye ser∣uaunt, that thou wilt buylde him an house. Therfore hath thy seruaunt founde (confy∣dence) to make his prayer before the. Now LORDE, thou art God, and hast promysed soch good vnto thy seruaunt. Begynne now to blesse the house of thy seruaunt, that it maye be euermore before the: for loke what thou blessest (O LORDE) the same is blessed for euer.