The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

¶The .v. Chapter.

1 He seeth the lambe openyng the booke, 8.14. and therfore the foure beastes, the xxiiii. elders, and the angels, prayse the lambe, and do hym worship 9 for their re∣demption and other benefites.

[unspec A] 1 ANd I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne, a booke written within, and on the backe syde, sealed with seuen seales.

2 And I sawe a strong angell, whiche preached with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales therof?

3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to o∣pen the booke, neither to loke theron.

4 And I wept muche, because no man was founde worthy to open & to reade the booke, neither to loke theron.

5 And one of the elders sayde vnto me, wepe not: behold a Lion of the tribe of Iuda, the roote of Dauid, hath obtey∣ned to open the booke, and to loose the seuen seales therof.

6 And I behelde, and loe in the middes of the throne and of the foure beastes, and in the middes of the elders, stoode a lambe as though he had ben kylled, ha∣uyng seuen hornes & seuen eyes, whiche are the seuen spirites of God, sent into all the worlde.

7 And he came, and toke the booke out [unspec B] of the right hande of him that sate vpon the throne.

8 And when he had taken the booke, the foure beastes and .xxiiij. elders fell downe before the lambe, hauyng euery one of them harpes, and golden vyals full of odours, which are the prayers of saintes:

9 And they song a newe song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of al kinrede, and tongue, and people, and nation:

10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes, and we shall raigne on the earth.

[unspec D] 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voyce of many angels about the throne, and [about] the beastes and the elders, and hearde thousande thousandes,

12 Saying with a loude voyce: Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power, and richesse, and wisedome, and strength, and honor, and glorie, and bles∣syng.

13 And all the creatures whiche are in heauen, and on the earth, and vnder the earth, and in the sea, and all that are in them, hearde I, saying: Blessyng, ho∣nour, glorie, and power be vnto hym that sitteth vpon the throne, and vnto the lambe for euermore.

14 And the foure beastes sayde, Amen. And the .xxiiij. elders fell vpon their fa∣ces, and worshipped hym that lyueth for euermore.