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CHAP. XXVIII.
1 Vpon condition of observing and doing all Gods commandements, hee promiseth many blessings earth∣ly and heavenly. 15 But for disobedience, he threat∣neth manifold curses, plagues, and miseries.
ANd it shall be, if hearkening thou shalt [unspec 1] hearken unto the voice of Iehovah thy God, to observe to doe all his com∣mandements, which I command thee this day, that Iehovah thy God will give thee to bee high above all the nations of the earth. And [unspec 2] all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken un∣to the voice of Iehovah thy God. Blessed [unspec 3] shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy [unspec 4] wombe, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe. Blessed shall [unspec 5] [unspec 6] be thy basket and thy dough trough. Blessed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and bles∣sed shalt thou be when thou goest out. Ieho∣vah [unspec 7] will give thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flie before thee seven waies. Iehovah will command [unspec 8] the blessing to be with thee, in thy store-hou∣ses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he will blesse thee in the Land which Ie∣hovah thy God giveth unto thee. Iehovah [unspec 9] will stablish thee unto him-selfe for an holy people, as hee hath sworne unto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of Iehovah thy God, and walke in his waies. And all [unspec 10] peoples of the earth shall see, that the name of Iehovah is called upon thee, and they shall bee afraid of thee. And Iehovah will make [unspec 11] thee plenteous in good things, in the fruit of thy wombe, and in the fruit of thy cattell, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Iehovah sware unto thy fathers to give unto thee. Iehovah will open unto thee his [unspec 12] good treasure, the heavens, to give the raine of thy land in his season, and to blesse all the worke of thine hand: and thou shalt lend un∣to many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
And Iehovah will give thee to be the head, [unspec 13] and not the taile, and thou shalt bee above on∣ly, and shalt not be beneath, if thou hearken unto the commandements of Iehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to ob∣serve and to doe. And thou shalt not goe [unspec 14] aside from any of the words which I com∣mand you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to goe after other gods to serve them.
And it shall bee, if thou wilt not hearken [unspec 15] unto the voice of Iehovah thy God, to ob∣serve to doe all his commandements, and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shal come upon thee, and over∣take thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the citie, and [unspec 16] [unspec 17] [unspec 18] cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket, and thy dough-trough. Cur∣sed shall be the fruit of thy wombe, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe. Cursed shalt [unspec 19] thou bee when thou commest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. Iehovah [unspec 20] will send upon thee a curse, vexation, and re∣buke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto, which thou wouldest doe, untill thou bee de∣stroyed, and untill thou perish quickly, be∣cause of the evill of thy doings, for that thou hast forsaken mee. Iehovah will make the [unspec 21] pestilence cleave unto thee, untill he have con∣sumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possesse it. Iehovah will smite thee [unspec 22] with the consumption, and with the burning∣ague, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with meldew, and they shall pursue thee untill thou perish. And thy hea∣vens [unspec 23] which are over thine head shall be brasse, and the earth which is under thee shall be iron.
Iehovah will give the raine of thy land to [unspec 24] be powder and dust, from the heavens shall it come downe upon thee untill thou be destroy∣ed. Iehovah will give thee to bee smitten be∣fore [unspec 25] thine enemies; thou shalt goe out against him one way, and flee before him seven waies, and thou shalt bee for a removing to all the kingdomes of the earth. And thy carkasse [unspec 26] shall bee for meat to all the fowles of the hea∣vens, and to the beasts of the earth, and none shall fray them away. Iehovah will smite [unspec 27] thee with the boyle of Egypt, and with the Emrods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. Iehovah [unspec 28] will smite thee with madnesse, and with blind∣nesse, and with astonishment of heart. And [unspec 29] thou shalt bee groping at noone day, as the blinde gropeth in thicke darknesse, and thou shalt not prosper in thy wares, and thou shalt bee onely fraudulently oppressed and robbed all daies, and none shall save thee. Thou shalt [unspec 30] betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard,