T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .xi. Chapter.
A cursse of them that obeye not the word of Gods
promesse. The people of Iuda folowynge the steppes
of theyr fathers worshippeth straunge Goddes. The
Lorde sayeth that he wyll not heare the Iewes, forbyddeth
also Ieremye to praye for them.
A This is another Sermon, which
the Lorde commaunded Ieremy
for to preache, saying: Hear
the wordes of the couenaunt, ∧
speake vnto all Iuda, and to all
them that dwell at Ierusalem. And saye thou
vnto them: Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israell.
Cursed be euerye one that is not obedi&ebar;t
vnto the wordes of this couenaunt: whiche I
commaunded vnto youre fathers, what tyme
as I brought them oute of Egypte, from the
05Q0998 yron fornace, sayinge: Be obedient vnto my
voyce, ∧ do accordynge to all that I c&obar;maund
you: so shall ye be my people, ∧ I wilbe youre
God, and will kepe my promyse, that I haue
sworne vnto youre fathers: Namelye, that I
wolde geue them a lande which floweth with
mylcke and hony, as ye se, it is come to passe
vnto this daye. Then aunswered I, and sayd:
Amen. It is euen so Lorde, as thou sayest.
B Then the Lorde sayde vnto me agayne: preache
this in the cytyes of Iuda ∧ round about
Ierusalem, ∧ saye: Heare the wordes of this c&obar;uenaunt,
that ye maye kepe them. For I haue
diligently exorted youre fathers, euer sence
the tyme that I broughte them oute of þe; land
of Egipte, vnto this daye. I gaue them warnyng
by tymes, sayenge: herken vnto my
voyce: Neuertheles, they wolde not obeye me
nor enclyne theyr eares vnto me, but folowed
the wicked ymaginacions of theyr owne hertes.
And therfore haue I accused them as tr&abar;sgressours
of all the wordes of this couena&ubar;t,
that I gaue them to kepe, whiche they (not
with vnderstandynge) haue not kepte.
And the Lorde sayde vnto me: It is fo&ubar;de
oute, that whole Israell and all these citesens
of Ierusalem are gone backe. They haue turned
them selues to the blasphemyes of theyr
forefathers, whiche had no luste to heare my
worde. Euen lykewyse haue these also folowed
straunge Goddes, and worshypped th&ebar;.
The house of Israell and Iuda haue broken
my couenaunt, whiche I made wyth their fathers.
C Therfore thus sayth the Lorde: Beholde,
I wyll sende a plage amonge you, whiche ye
shall not be able to escape: and though ye crye
vnto me, I wyll not heare you. Then shal the
tounes of Iuda and the cytezyns of Ierusal&ebar;
go, and call vpon theyr Goddes, vnto whom
they made theyr oblacyons: but they are not
able to helpe them in tyme of theyr trouble.
For as manye cytyes as thou haste, O Iuda,
so many Goddes haste thou also: And loke
how many stretes there be in the (O Ierusalem)
so manye shamefull aulters haue ye set
vp, to offre vpon them vnto Baal. But praye
not thou for thys people, byd neyther prayse
nor prayer for them, for thoughe they crye
vnto me in theyr trouble, yet wyl I not heare
them.
05Q0999O thou beloued, why doest thou so shamefull
greate blasphemyes in my house, eu&ebar;
as though that holy flesh myght absolue the,
specially when thou haste made thy boaste of
thy wickednes. The Lorde called the a grene
olyue tree, a fayre one, a fruteful one, a goodly
one, but nowe that there is a contrarye reporte
of the abroade, he wyl burne the vp, ∧
destroye thy braunches. For the Lorde of hostes
that planted the, hath deuysed a plage
for the, (O thou house of Israell and Iuda)
for the euyll that ye haue done to prouoke
hym to wrath, in that ye dyd seruyce vnto
Baal.
This (O Lord) haue I learned of the, and
vnderstand it, for thou hast shewed me theyr
ymaginacions.
D But I (as a meke lambe, was
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The derth in Iewrye.
caried awaye to be slayne: not knowing, that
they had deuised soche a councell agaynst me
sayenge: We wyll destroye hys meate wyth
05Q1000 woed, ∧ dryue hym out of the05Q1001 lande of
the lyuing: þt; his name shall neuer be thought
vpon. Therfore I wyll beseche the now (O
Lord of hostes) thou rightuous iudge, thou
that tryest the reynes and the hertes: lett me
se the aunged of them, for vnto the haue I
c&obar;mitted my cause. The Lord therfore spake
thus of þe; citezyns of Anothoth, that sought
to slaye me, sayenge: Preache not vnto vs in
the name of the Lord, or els thou shalt dye of
oure handes. Thus (I saye) spake the Lorde
of hostes: Beholde, I will viset you. Youre
yonge men shall peryshe wyth the swearde,
your sonnes ∧ your daughters shall vtterlye
dye of honger, so that none shall remayne.
For vp&obar; þe; cytezyns of Anathoth wil I bring
a plage, the yeare of their visitacion.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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