The piththy [sic] and moost notable sayinges of al scripture, gathered by Thomas Paynell: after the manner of common places, very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the scriptures.

¶ The booke of Ruth the fourth Chapter.

THis was the maner of olde time in Israel concernynge pourches and chaungyng for to stablishe althynge, that a man must plucke of his shoe and geue it his neyghboure, and this was a sure witnesse in Israell.

The .i. boke of the Kynges the .i. Chapter.

AH my lorde, as trulye as thy soule lyueth my lorde I am the woman that stode before thee here praying vnto the lorde: for this ladde I prayde and the lorde hath geuen me my desyre whiche I asked of him, and therfore I haue ge∣uē hym vnto the lorde, as lōg as he is mete for the lord.

The .ii. Chapter.

THereis none so holy as the Lord, for with∣out the is nothinge. Nether is ther any of strengh as is our Lorde.

The Lord is a god of knowledge and his purpo∣ses come to passe.

The lorde kylleth, and maketh alyue, bryngeth downe to the graue, and fetcheth vp agayne.

The lorde maketh poore. & maketh ritche, brin∣geth lawe, and geueth vp on hye. He reyseth vp the pore out of the dust, & lyfteth vp the beggar frō the donghyll, to set him amonge princes, and to enheret them with the seate of glory.

Yf one man synne againste an other, dayesmen may be iudges: but if a man synne againste God, who wylbe his daysman?

They that worship me, I wyll worshyp, & they that despise me shall come to shame.

The .iii. Chapter.

I Haue tolde Ely, that I wil iudge his house for euer, for the wickednesse which he know∣eth. For whē the people cursed his sonnes, for the same wickednes, he hath not corrected them, and therfore I haue sworne vnto the house of Ely, that the wickednesse of Elyes house, shall not bee purged with sacrifice nor offering for euer.

The .iiii. Chapter.

ANd it fortuned that when he made menciō of the at he of god, Ely fell from his stole backewarde vpon the tresholde of the gate, and his neckebrake, and he dyed.

The .viii. Chapter.

SAmuels sonnes Ioel and Abis walked not in hie wayes, but turned asyde after lucre and toke rewarde, and peruerted the right.

The .ix. Chapter.

SAule was a goodly yonge man and a fayre. so that among the chyldren of Israel there was none goodlyet then he. For from the shoul∣ders vpwarde he was hyer then all the other people.

He that is now called a prophete was in the olde tyme called a sear.

The .xi. Chapter.

AL the menne of Iabes sayth vnto Nahas: make a couenaunt with vs, and we wyll be thy seruauntes. And Nahas the Ammonite aun∣swered them: In this wyll I make a couenaunte with you, yf I maye thruste out all your righte eyes, and bryng the shame vpon all Israell.

The .xii. Chapter.

SAule sayde vnto the people: I am olde and graye headed, and beholde my sonnes are with you and I haue walked before you frō my chyldehode vnto this daye, beholde, here I am, beare recorde of me before the lorde and his an∣noynted. whose ore haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whome haue I done wronge to? whome haue I hutte? or of whose hande haue I receyued any brybe, to blynde my eyes there with and I wyll restore it you againe. They sayde: thou haste done vs no wronge, nor hu••to vs, neyther hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande.

The .xiiii. Chapter.

IT is no hardnesse with the lorde, to saue ey∣ther in manye or in fewe.

The .xv. Chapter.

HAth the lorde as great pleasure in burnt sa∣crifices and offeringes, as when the voyce of the lorde is obeyed? Beholde, to obeye, is bet∣ter, than sacrifice, and to herken is better then the fat of rammes. For rebellion is as the synne of wytchecrafte, and stubbernesse is as the wycked∣nesse of ydolatry.

The .xvi. Chapter.

GOd seeth not as man seeth, for man lokethe on the outwarde apperance, but god behol∣deth the hert.

And so it fortuneth that when the euyll spirite sent of god came vpō Saul, Dauid toke an harpe and playde with his hande, and so Saul was re∣freshed and did amende, and the euyll spirite de∣parted from him.

The .xvii. Chapter.

THen sayd Dauid to the philistine Goliath: thou comest to me with a swerde, a spere, & a shylde, but I come to the in the name of the lord

of hoostes, the God of the hoost of Israel whome thou haste railed vpon.

The .xxj. Chapter.

ANd the priest aunswered Dauid, and sayd: there is no commen bread vnder my hande, but here is halowed bread, if the yonge men haue kepte thē selues from vncleane thinges especial∣ly women.

The .xxij. Chapter.

THe seruauntes of kynge Saule wolde not moue theyre hādes to fal vpon the priestes of the Lord. Doeg the edomite turned and ranne vpon the priestes, and slue that same daye, foure score and fyue persones that did were a fynned Ephod.

The .xxiiij. Chapter.

ANd Dauid sayde vnto his men, the Lorde kepe me from doinge that thinge vnto my maister the lordes anointed, to laye my hande vpon hym, seinge he is the anointed of the Lorde.

The .xxvj. Chapter.

WHo can laye his hande on the lordes anoin∣ted and by gyltlesse?

The .xxx. Chapter.

AS his parte is that goeth downe and sygh∣teth, so shall his parte be that taryeth by the stuffe, that it may be parteda lyke.