Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y^e thre children after Theo¦dotios translacion: which wordes are wryten in y^e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn.

ANd they walked in the myddest [ A] of the flamme, praysynge God and magnifienge y^e LORDE. Asa¦rias stode vp, and prayde on this maner, Euen in the myddest of the fyre ope∣ned he his mouth, & saide: Blessed be thou (o LORDE God of o^r fathers) right worthy to be praysed and honoured is y^t name of thine for euermore: for thou art righteous in all y^e thinges y^t thou hast done to vs: Yee faith∣full are all y^e workes, y^e wayes are right, & y^e iudgmētes true. In all y^e thinges y^t thou hast brought vpon vs, & vpon the holy cite of o^r fathers (euen Ierusalem) thou hast executed true iudgment: Yee acordinge to right and equyte hast thou brought these thinges vpō vs, because of oure synnes.

For why? we haue offended, & done wic∣kedly, departynge from the: In all thinges haue we trespaced, & not obeyed thy cōmaun¦dementes, ner kepte thē, nether done as thou hast bydden vs, y^t we might prospere. Wher¦fore, all y^t thou hast brought vpon vs, & eue∣ry thinge y^t thou hast done to vs, thou hast done them in true iudgment: As in delyue∣ringe vs in to the hondes of oure enemies, amōge vngodly & wicked abhominacions, & to an vnrighteous kinge, yee y^e most frowar¦de vpō earth. And now we maye not opē o^r mouthes, we are become a shame & reprofe vnto y^e seruauntes, & to thē y^t worshipe the.

Yet for thy names sake (we beseke the) ge∣ue vs not vp for euer, breake not thy coue∣naunt, & take not awaye thy mercy from vs, for thy beloued Abrahams sake, for thy ser∣uaunt Isaacs sake, & for thy holy Israels sa¦ke: to whom thou hast spoken & promysed, y^t thou woldest multiply their sede as y^e starres of heauen, & as the londe y^t lieth vpon y^e se•• shore. For we (o LORDE) are become lesse thē eny people, & be kepte vnder this daye in all the worlde, because of oure synnes: So ther now we haue nether prynce, duke, prophet, burnt offerynge, sacrifice, oblaciō, incēse•••••• Sanctuary before the.

Neuerthelesse, in a contrite herte and an humble sprete let vs be receaued, y^t we maie opteyne thy mercy. Like as in the burnt offe¦rynge of rammes & bullockes, and like as in thousandes of fat lambes: so let o^r offrynge be in thy sight this daye, y^t it maye please y^e, for there is no cōfucion vnto them, y^t put the¦re trust in the. And now we folowe the with all o^r herte, we feare the, & seke thy face. Put vs not to shame, but deale w^t vs after thy lo¦uynge kyndnesse, & acordinge to the multitu¦de of thy mercies. Delyuer vs by thy mira∣cles (o LORDE) & get thy name an honoure: that all they which do thy seruauntes euell, maye be confoūded. Let them be ashamed thorow thy Allmightie power, and let their strength be broken: that they maye knowe, how that thou only art the LORDE God, & hono^r worthy thorow out all the worlde.

And the kynges seruātes y^t put them in, ceassed not to make the ouen hote with wyl¦de fyre, drye strawe, pitch & fagottes: so that the flamme wente out of the ouen vpon a xlix. cubites: yee it toke awaye, & brent vp tho¦se Caldees, y^t it gat holde vpon besyde the ouen. But the angel of the LORDE came downe in to the ouen to Asarias and his fe∣lowes, & smote y^e flamme of the fyre out of the ouen, & made the myddest of the ouen, as it had bene a coole wynde blowinge: so that the fyre nether touched them, greued them, ner dyd them hurte. Then these thre (as out of one mouth) praysed, honoured, and blessed God in the fornace, sayenge:

Blessed be thou, o LORDE God of oure fathers: for thou art prayse & honoure wor∣thy, yee & to be magnified for euermore. Bles¦sed be y^e holy name of thy glory, for it is wor¦thy to be praysed, and magnified in all worl∣des. Blessed be thou in the holy temple of y^e glory, for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed, yee & more then worthy to be magni¦fied for euer. Blessed be thou in the trone of y^e kyngdome, for aboue all thou art worthy to be wel spoken of, & to be more then magni¦fied for euer. Blessed be thou, that lokest tho¦row the depe, & syttest vpon the Cherubyns: for thou art worthy to be praysed, & aboue all to be magnified for euer. Blessed be thou in y^e firmament of heauen, for thou art pray¦se and honoure worthy for euer.

O all ye workes of the LORDE: speake good of y^e LORDE, prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye angels of the LORDE, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye heauēs, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O all ye waters that be aboue the firma∣mēt, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O all ye powers of the LORDE, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye Sōne & Moone, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye starres of heauē, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye schowers & dew, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O all ye wyndes of God, speake good of y^e LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye fyre & heate, speake good of y^e LOR¦DE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye wynter and sommer, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye dewes & frostes, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye frost and colde, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye yse and snowe, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him and set him vp for euer.

O ye nightes and dayes, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye light and darcknesse, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set vp him for euer.

O ye lightenynges and cloudes, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O let the earth speake good of the LOR∣DE: yee lett it prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye moūtaynes and hilles, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye welles, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye sees and floudes, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye whalles and all that lyue in the wa¦ters, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O all ye foules of the ayre, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O all ye beastes & catell, speake good of y^e LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye children of men, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O let Israel speake good of the LORDE, prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye prestes of y^e LORDE, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye seruauntes of the LORDE, speake good of the LORDE: prayse him, & set him vp for euer.

O ye spretes and soules of the righteous, speake good of y^e LORDE: prayse him, and set him vp for euer.

O ye holy and humble men of herte, spea¦ke ye good of the LORDE: prayse ye him, & set him vp for euer.

O Ananias, Asarias and Misael, speake ye good of the LORDE: prayse ye him, and set hī vp for euer. Which hath delyuered vs from y^e hell, kepte vs from y^e honde of death, rydde vs from the myddest of the burnynge flamme, and saued vs euē in the myddest of y^e fyre. O geue thākes therfore vnto y^e LOR¦DE: for he is kynde harted, and his mercy en¦dureth for euer. O all ye deuoute men, speake good of the LORDE, euen the God of all goddes: O prayse him, and geue him than∣kes, for his mercy endureth worlde without ende.

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• Psal. 148. a
• Psal. 1••5. a
• Psal. 112. a 134. a. & 133. a Apo. 19. a
• Iere. 20. c
• Esa. 43. a 1. Mac. 2. f
• Psal. 104. a 103. a. 106. a. 116. a & 13••. a