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

The XXVI. Chapter.

[ A] YF ye wyll walke now in my statutes, and kepe my commaundementes and do them,* 1.1 thē wyl I geue you rayne in due season, and y^e londe shal geue hir increa¦se, and the trees of y^e felde shal brynge forth their frute. And the threszshinge tyme shall reache vnto the wyne haruest, and the wy∣ne haruest shal reache vnto the sowynge ty∣me. And ye shall eate yo^r bred in plenteous∣nes, and shal dwell safe in youre londe. I wil geue peace in youre londe, so that ye shall slepe, and no man shall make you afrayed. I wyl ryd euell beestes out of youre londe, and there shall no swerde go thorow youre londe.

Ye shal chace youre enemies, & they shal fall into y^e swerde before you. * 1.2 Fyue of you shal chace an hundreth: and an hundreth of you shal chace ten thousande. For youre ene¦mies shall fall in to the swerde before you. And I wyl turne me vnto you, and wyl cau¦se [ B] you to growe and increase, and wyl set vp my couenaunt with you. And ye shal eate of the olde stoare, and shall let go the olde for plenteousnesse of the new. * 1.3 I will haue my dwellynge amonge you, and my soule shall not refuse you. And I wyll walke amonge you, and wyl be youre God, and ye shalbe my people. For I am the LORDE youre God, which brought you out of the londe of E∣gipte, that ye shulde not be their bondmen. And I haue brokē the cepter of youre yocke, and caused you to go vp right.

But yf ye wil not harken vnto me,* 1.4 ner do all these commaundementes, and wyl despy¦se my statutes, and yf youre soules refuse my lawes, y^t ye wyll not do all my commaunde∣mentes, & shal let my couenaunt stonde, then wyll I do this agayne vnto you. I wyl vy∣set you shortly with swellynges and feuers, which shal destroye y^e eyes, & consume awaie y^e hert. Ye shal sowe youre sede in vayne, and youre enemies shal eate it vp.

And I wyl set my face agaynst you, and [ C] ye shal be slayne before youre enemies. And they that hate you, shal haue dominion ouer * 1.5And ye shall flye, whā no man chaseth you.

But yf ye wyll not herken vnto me for all this, then wyl I make it yet seuen tymes mo¦re, to punysh you for youre synnes, that I maye breake y^e pryde of youre strength, and wyl make youre heauen lyke yron, and youre earth as brasse: and youre trauaile and labo^r shal be but lost, so that youre londe shall not geue hir increase, and the trees in the londe shal not brynge forth their frute.

Yf ye walke yet agaynst me, and wyll not harken vnto me, then wyl I make it yet seuen tymes more, to punysh you because of youre synnes: & wyl sende wylde beestes amō [ D] mōge you, which shal robbe you, and destroie youre catell, and make you fewer, and youre hye waye shal become waist.

But yf ye wyl not yet be refourmed here withall, and wyll walke contrary vnto me, then wyl I walke contrary vnto you also, & wyll punysh you yet seuen tymes for youre synnes. And I wyl brynge vpon you a swer∣de of vengeaunce, which shall auenge my Testament. And though ye gather you to∣gether in to youre cities, yet wyll I sende the pestilence amonge you, and wyll delyuer you in to the handes of youre enemies. For I wil destroye youre prouysion of bred, so y^t ten wemen shall bake youre bred in one o∣uen,

and youre bred shal be delyuered out by weight. * 1.6 And whan ye eate, ye shall not ha∣ue ynough.

[ E] Yf ye wyl not yet for all this harken vnto me, & wyl walke contrary vnto me, then wyll I also walke cōtrary vnto you in wrath full displeasure, and wyll punysh you seuen folde because of youre synnes, * 1.7 so that ye shal ea∣te the flesh of youre sonnes and doughters. And I wyl destroye youre hye altares, and rote out youre ymages, and wyll cast you∣re bodies vpon the bodies of youre Idols, and my soule shall abhorre you. And youre cities wyll I make waist, and brynge youre churches to naught, and wyll not smell you∣re swete odoures.

Thus wyll I make the londe desolate, so that youre enemies shall dwell therin, and make it waist: but you will I scater amonge the Heythen, and drawe out the swerde after you, so that youre londe shal be waist, & you∣re cities desolate.

[ F] Then shall the londe reioyse in hir Sab∣bathes, as longe as it lyeth wayst, and ye be in the enemies londe. Yee then shal the londe kepe holy daye, and reioyse in hir rest, as lon¦ge as it lieth wayst, because it coude not rest in youre Sabbathes, whan ye dwelt therin.

And as for them that remayne of you, I wyll make them faynte harted in the londe of their enemies, so that a shakynge leaf shall chace them. And they shall flye from it, as though a swerde persecuted them, and shal fall noman folowynge vpon them. And they shall fall one vpon another (as it were before the swerde) and noman yet chacynge them. And ye shall not be so bolde, as to withstonde youre enemies, and shal perishe amonge the Heithen, and the londe of youre enemies shal eate you vp.

And they that are l••ft of you, shall pyne awaye in their myszdede, euen in the ene∣mies londe, and in the myszdedes of their fa∣thers shall they consume awaye. Then shall they knowlege their myszdedes, and the mysz¦dedes of their fathers in the trespace, wher¦with they haue trespaced agaynst me, and walked contrary vnto me. Therfore wyll I also walke contrary vnto thē, and wyll bryn¦ge them in to the enemies londe.

[ G] Then shal their vncircumcysed herte be tamed. And then shall they ende their mysz∣dedes.* 1.8 And I shal thinke vpō my couenaūt with Iacob, and vpon my couenaunt with Isaac, and vpon my couenaunt with Abra∣ham, and wyl thynke vpon the lōde. As for the londe▪ whan it shalbe left of them, it shal reioyse in hir Sabbathes, euen then, whan it lyeth waist, and they tylle it not. And they shall make attonement for their myszdedes, because they despysed my lawes, & their sou∣les refused my statutes. Morouer I haue not so refused them, that they shulde be in the enemies londe: nether haue I so vtterly ab∣horred them, that I wolde brynge them to naught, and breake my couenaunt w^t them: for I am y^e LORDE their God. And for their sake I wyl remēbre * 1.9 my first couenaūt, whā I brought them out of y^e londe of Egipte in the sight of the Heythen, y^t I might be their God. Euen I the LORDE.

These are the ordinaunces, statutes and lawes, which y^e LORDE made betwixte him and the children of Israel vpon mount Si∣nai, by the hande of Moses.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 28. a
• * 1.2

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 23. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 30. c
• * 1.3

  Exo. 29. g 2. Cor. 6. c
• * 1.4

  Deut. 28. b Mala. 2. a
• * 1.5

  Pro. 28. a
• * 1.6

  Osc. 4. b Mich. 6. c
• * 1.7

  4. Re. 6. f
• * 1.8

  Deut. 4. c
• * 1.9

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