The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. VII.

Steuen maketh answer by the Scriptures to his accusers. 51. He rebuketh the hardnecked Iewes, 57 And is stoned to death. 58 Saul kepeth the tourmentours clothes.

1 THen said the chief Priest, Are these things so?

2 And he said, Yea 1.1 men, brethren and fathers hearken. The God ofb 1.2 glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was inc 1.3 Meso∣potamia, before he dwelt in Charran,* 1.4

3 * And said vnto him, Come out of thy coun∣trey, and from thy kinred, and come into the land, which I shal shewe thee.

4 Then came he out of the land of the Chal∣deans, and dwelt in Charran. And after that his father was dead, (God) broght him from thēce into this land, where in ye now dwell,

5 And he gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the breadth of a fote: yet he promised that he wolde giue it to him for a possession, and to his sede after him, when as yet he had no childe.

6 But God spake thus, that his * sede shulde be* 1.5 a soiourner in a strange land, and that they shulde kepe it in bondage, and entreate it euild 1.6 foure hundreth yeres.

7 But the nacion to whome they shalbe in bondage, wille 1.7 iudge, saith God: and after that, they shal come forthe and serue me in this place.

8 * He gaue him also the couenant of circum∣cision: and so (Abraham) begate * Isaac, and* 1.8 circumcised him the eight daye: and Isaac,* 1.9 (begate) * Iacob, and Iacob the twelue * Pa∣triarkes.* 1.10 * 1.11

9 And the Patriarkes moued with enuie solde* 1.12 * Ioseph into Egypt: but God wasf 1.13 with him,

10 And deliuered him out of all his afflictions,* 1.14 and * gaue him fauour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao King of Egypt, who made him gouernour ouer Egypt, and (ouer) his whole house.

11 ¶ Thē came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, that our fathers founde no sustenance.* 1.15

12 But when * Iacob heard that there was cor∣ne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.* 1.16

13 * And at the secōde time, Ioseph was know en of his brethren, and Iosephs kinred was made knowen vnto Pharao.

14 Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be broght, ād all his kinred, eueng 1.17 thre score and fiftene soules.

15 So * Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he* 1.18 * dyed, and our fathers,* 1.19

16 And were remoued into * Sychem, and were* 1.20 put in the sepulchre, thath 1.21 Abraham had* 1.22 boght * for money of the sonnes of Emor,* 1.23 (sonne) of Sychem.* 1.24

17 But when the time of the promes drewe nere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people* grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

18 Til another King arose, which knewe not Ioseph.

19 The same dealti 1.25 subtely with our kinred, and euil intreated our fathers, ād made them* 1.26 to cast out their yong children, that“ 1.27 they shulde not remaine aliue.

20 * The same time was Moses borne, and was* 1.28 acceptable vnto God, which was nourished* 1.29 vp in his fathers house thre moneths.

21 And when he was cast out, Pharaos daugh ter toke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.

22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in wordes and in dedes.* 1.30

23 Now when he was ful fortie yere olde, it ca me into his heart to wisit his brethren, the children of Israel.

24 * And when he sawe one (of them) suffer* 1.31 wrong, he defended him, and auenged his quarel that had the harme done to him, and sinote the Egyptian.

25 For he supposed his brethren wolde haue vnderstand, that God by his hand shulde giue them deliuerance: but thei vnderstode it not.* 1.32

26 * And the next day, he shewed him self vnto them as they stroue, and wolde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?

27 But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?

28 Wilt thou kil me, as thou did dest the Egy∣ptian yesterday?

29 Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he be∣gate two sonnes.

30 And when fourtie yereswere expired, there* 1.33 appeared to him in the *wildernes of mount Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flamek 1.34 of fyre in a bush.

31 And when Moses sawe it, he wondred at the sight: and as he drewe nere to consider it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him, (saying,)

32 I am thel 1.35 God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not beholde it.

33 Then the Lord said to him,m 1.36 Put of thy shooes from thy fete: for the place where thou standest, is holie grounde.* 1.37

34 I haue sene, I haue sene the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt, and I haue heard their groning, ād am came downe to deliuer them: ād now come, and I wil send thee into Egypt.

35 This Moses whome thei forsoke, saying, Who made thee a prince and a iudge? the same God sent for a prince, ād a deliuerer by* 1.38 the hands of the Angel, which appeared to* 1.39 him in the bush.* 1.40

36 He * broght them out, doing wonders, and* 1.41 miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wildernes * fourtie yeres.

37 This is that Moses, which said vnto the chil dren of Israel, * An 1.42 Prophet shal the Lord

your God raise vp vnto you, (euen) of your* 1.43 brethren, like vnto me: him shal ye heare.

38 * This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wildernes with theo 1.44 Angel, which spake to him in mount Sina, and with our fathers, who receiued thep 1.45 liuelie oracles to giuevn∣to vs.

39 To whome our fathers wolde not obey, but* 1.46 refused, and in their hearts turned backe a∣gaine into Egypt,

40 Saying vnto Aaron, * Makeq 1.47 vs gods that may go before vs: forr 1.48 we knowe not what is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of this Moses that broght vs out of the land of Egypt.

41 And they made a calfe in those daies, and offred sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced* 1.49 in the workes of their owne hands.

42 Then God turned him self away, and * gaue them vp to serue thes 1.50 hoste of heauen, as it* 1.51 is written in the boke of the Prophetes,* 1.52 *t 1.53 O house of Israel, haue ye offred to me slayne beasts and sacrifices by the space of fourtie yeres in the wildernes?

43 And yeu 1.54 toke vp the tabernacle of * Mo∣loch, and the starre of your god Remphan, fi∣gures,* 1.55 which ye made to worship them: there fore I wil carie you away beyonde Babylon.

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle ofx 1.56 witnes in the wildernes, as he had appointed, spea∣king vnto * Moses, that he shulde make it ac∣cording to the facion that he had sene.

45 Which (tabernacle) also our Fathers recei∣ued, and broght in with * Iesus into the* 1.57 pos∣sessiō of the Gentiles, which God draue out* 1.58 before our fathers, vnto the dayes of Dauid:* 1.59

46 * Who founde fauour before God, and* 1.60 de∣sired that he might * finde a tabernacle for* 1.61 the God of acob.* 1.62 * 1.63

47 *But Solomon buylt him an house.* 1.64

48 How beit the moste High * dwelleth not in* 1.65 * 1.66y 1.67 temples made with hands, as saith the * Pro phet,

49 Heauen (is) my throne, and earth (is) my fote stole: whatz 1.68 house wil ye buylde for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I. shuld rest in?

50 Hathe not myne hande made all these thyngs?

51 * Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumciseda 1.69 hearts ād eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the* 1.70 holie Gost: as your fathers (did,) so (do) you.* 1.71

52 Whiche of the Prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? and they haue slayne thē, which shew ed before of the coming of thatb 1.72 lust, of whome ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers.

53 * Whiche haue receiued the Lawe by thec 1.73 ordinance of Angels, and haue not kept it.

54 But when they heard these thynges, theyr hearts brast for anger, and they gnashed at him with (their) teeth.* 1.74

55 But he beyng full of the holie God, loked stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glorie of God, and Iesus standing atd 1.75 the right hand of God.

56 And said, Beholde, I se the heauens opē, and the Sonne of man standing at the ryghth and of God.

57 Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voice, and stopped their eares, ande 1.76 ranne vpon hym all at once.

58 And cast hym out of the citie, and stoned hym: and the * witnesses layd downe their* 1.77 clothes at a yong mans fete, named Saul.

59 And thy stoned Steuē, who called on (God,) and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit.

60 And he kneled downe, and cryed wyth a loude voyce, * Lorde, lay not thys sinne to* 1.78 their charge. And when he had thus spoken* 1.79 he slept.* 1.80

Notes

• a 1.1

  Steuen was ac cused that he de∣nied God, and therefore he is more diligent to purge this crime.
• b 1.2

  Hereby he is di 〈◊〉〈◊〉 from the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gods.
• c 1.3

  He speaketh he re of Mesopota∣mia, as it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 babylon ād Chaldea in it.
• * 1.4

  Gen. 12. 1.
• * 1.5

  Gene. 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• d 1.6

  Beginning to recken 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yeres from the time that Isaac was borne.
• e 1.7

  Take vengean∣ce of them and deliuer my peo∣ple.
• * 1.8

  Genes. 17. 9.
• * 1.9

  Genes. 21. 3.
• * 1.10

  Genes. 25. 24.
• * 1.11

  Gen. 29. 33. &. 30. 5. and 35. 23.
• * 1.12

  Gen. 37. 28.
• f 1.13

  That is preser∣ued and broght all things to a good 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.14

  Gen. 41. 37.
• * 1.15

  Gen. 42. 1.
• * 1.16

  Gen. 45 4.
• g 1.17

  After the He∣brewe, threscore and ten.
• * 1.18

  Gene. 46. 5.
• * 1.19

  Gene. 49. 31.
• * 1.20

  Gene. 50. 7.
• h 1.21

  It is probable that some wri∣ter through ne∣gligence put in Abraham in this place, in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Iacob who boght this field.
• * 1.22

  Ios h. 24. 32.
• * 1.23

  Gen. 23. 16.
• * 1.24

  Exod. 1 7.
• i 1.25

  He inuented craftiewaiesboth to destroye the Israelites with ouer muche la∣bour, and also to get great profite by them.
• * 1.26

  Gene. 33. 19, or, by Abraham he mea neth the posteri∣tie of Abraham.
• “ 1.27

  Or, that their race shulde faile.
• * 1.28

  Exod. 2. 2.
• * 1.29

  Ebr. 11. 23.
• * 1.30

  Exod. 1. 10.
• * 1.31

  Exod. 2. 11.
• * 1.32

  Exod. 2. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.33

  Exod. 3. 2.
• k 1.34

  This fyre repre sented the forna∣ce of affliction wherein the peo∣ple of God were.
• l 1.35

  Seing thie An∣gel called him self God, it decla∣reth that he was Christ the Media∣tor, who is the e∣ternal God.
• m 1.36

  In signe of re∣uerence, read.
• * 1.37

  Exod. 3. 5.
• * 1.38

  Exod. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14.
• * 1.39

  Exod. 16. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.40

  Deut. 18. 15.
• * 1.41

  Chap. 3. 22.
• n 1.42

  He proueth that Christ is the end of the Law and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉,
• * 1.43

  Exod. 19. 2.
• o 1.44

  Moses was the Angels or Christs minister, and a guide to the fa∣thers.
• p 1.45

  By oracles is ment the sayings that God spake to Moses.
• * 1.46

  Exod. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1.
• q 1.47

  Figures, or te∣stimonies of the presence of God.
• r 1.48

  Yet they knew he was absent for their commodi∣tie, and so wolde shortely 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and bring them the Law.
• * 1.49

  Rom. 1 24.
• s 1.50

  As the sunne, mone and other 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.51

  Deut. 17. 3.
• * 1.52

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 5 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• t 1.53

  Your fathers be gan in wilder∣nes to contemne mine ordinances and you now far re passe them in impietie.
• u 1.54

  And caryed it vpon your shul∣ders.
• * 1.55

  Leui. 20. 2.
• x 1.56

  They ought to haue bene cōtent with this conue∣nant onely, and not to haue gone after their lewd fantasies.
• * 1.57

  Exod. 25. 40.
• * 1.58

  Ebr. 8. 5.
• * 1.59

  Ios. 3 14.
• * 1.60

  1. Sam. 13. 14.
• * 1.61

  Psal 89 21.
• * 1.62

  2. Sam. 7. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.63

  Psal. 132. 5.
• * 1.64

  1. Chro. 17. 12.
• * 1.65

  1. king. 6. 1.
• * 1.66

  Chap. 17. 24.
• y 1.67

  He reproueth the grosse dulnes of the people 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the power of God in that they wolde haue conteined it within the tēple. Isa. 66. 1.
• z 1.68

  God can not be conteined in any space of place.
• a 1.69

  Which nether forsake your olde wickednes, nor so muche as heare 〈◊〉〈◊〉 God speaketh to you, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 rebel.
• * 1.70

  Iere 9 26.
• * 1.71

  Ezek. 44 9.
• b 1.72

  Which is Iesus Christ who is not onely iust for his 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but because all true iustice commeth of him.
• c 1.73

  By their mini∣sterie or office.
• * 1.74

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 16. 13.
• d 1.75

  An I reignīg in his flesh wherein he had suffied.
• e 1.76

  This was done of furious violen ce and by no for me of iustice.
• * 1.77

  Chap. 22. 20.
• * 1.78

  Mat. 5. 44.
• * 1.79

  Luk. 23. 34.
• * 1.80

  1. Cor. 4. 12.