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 .xxiii. Chapter.
A prayer agaynst pryde, lechery and glottonye. Of
othes, blasphemy, and of wyse communicati&obar;. Of the
thre kyndes of synnes.
A Many synnes proceade of aduoutrye.
Of the feare of God.
O Lorde, father and gouernoure
of my life, leaue me not in their
ymagination and counsell. Oh
let me not fal in suche reprose.
Who wyll kepe my thoughte
with the scourge, and the doctryne of wysdome
in myne herte? that he spare not myne
ignoraunce, that I fall not with them lest
mine ignorannces increase, that myne offences
be not manye in numbre, and that my
synnes exceade not: lest I fall before myne
enemyes, and so my aduersarye reioice. O
Lorde thou father and God of my life,
B leaue
me not in their ymagination. O let me not
haue a proude loke, but turne awaye all voluptuousnes
fro me. Take fro me the lustes
of the body, let not the desyres of vnclennes
take hold vpon me, ∧, geue me not ouer into
an vnshamefast and obstynate mynd. note
noteHeare me (O ye chyldren) I wil geue you
a doctryne, how ye shal order youre mouth:
who so kepeth it, shall not peryshe thorowe
hys lyppes, nor be hurt thorow wycked workes
As for the sinner, he shal be taken in hys
owne vanytie: he that is proude and curssed,
shal fal therin.) Let not thy mouth be accustomed
with swearyng, for in it ther are manye
falles. Let not the naming of God be contynually
in thy mouth: for lyke as a seruaunte
which is oft punyshed can not be wythoute
some sore, euen so whatsoeuer he be that swereth
and nameth God, shal not be clean pourged
from synne,
C A m&abar; that vseth much swearynge,
shalbe fylled wyth wickednes, and
the plage shall neuer go from hys house. noteIf
he begyle his brother, hys faute shalbe vpon
him: if he knowledge not his sinne, he maketh
a dubble off&ebar;ce, and if he sweare in vayne, note he
shall not be founde ryghteous, for his house
shal be ful of plages.
The wordes of the swearer bringeth death
(God grant that it be not found in the house
of Iacob) But they that feare God, eschue al
such and lye not weltrynge in sinne. Vse not,
thy mouth to vnhonest and filthy talkynge
for in it is the worde of synne. Remembre thy
father and thy mother, when thou art set amonge
greate men: lest God forgette the in
their sight, and lest thou dotinge in thye cust&obar;
suffer rebuke, ∧ wish not to haue beue borne,
and so cursse the daye of thy natiuitye. The
man that is accustomed wyth the wordes of
blasphemye,
D wyll neuer be refourmed al the
dayes of his lyfe. To syn twise is to muche,
but the thyrde bringeth wrath and destruccion.
An hote stomacke can not be quenched (euen
lyke a burnynge fyre) note til it haue swalowed
vp somthing: eu&ebar; so an vnchast m&abar; hath
no rest in hys fleshe til, he haue kinled a fire.
All bread is swete to an whore monger, he
wyll not leaue of tyll he haue hys purpose.
A man that breketh wedlock, and regardeth
not his soule, but sayth: Tush, who seith me.
I am compassed aboute wyth darcknes, the
walles couer me, no body seyth me: whome
nede I to feare? The Hiest wyll not remembre
my synnes. He vnderst&abar;deth not that his
eyes se all thynges, for al suche feare of men
dryueth awaye the feare of God from hym:
for he feareth onely the eyes of men, and consydereth
not that the eyes of the Lorde are
clearer then the Sunne, beholdynge all the
wayes of men and the grounde of the depe
-- --
and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete
places. The Lorde God knewe al thynges
before or euer thei were made, and after they
be brought to passe also he loketh vpon them
all. noteThe same man shalbe openly punyshed
in the stretes of the citye, and shalbe chased
abrode lyke a yonge horse foale: and when
he thineketh leest vpon it, he shalbe taken.
Thus shall he be put to shame of euery man
because he wolde not vnderstande the feare
of the Lorde. And thus shal it go also with
euery wife that leaueth her housband, ∧ getteth
enheretaunce by a straunge mariage.
note
E Fyrst, she hath bene vnfaithfull vnto þe; lawe
of the Hyest: Secondly, she hath forsaken her
owne housband: Thirdly, she hath played
the whore in aduoutry, and gotten her chyldren
by another man. She shalbe broughte
out of the congregacion, ∧ her chyldren shalbe
loked vpon. Her chyldren shall not take
rote: and as for frute, her bra&ubar;ches shal bring
forth none. A shameful reporte shal she leaue
behynde her, and her dishonour shall not be
put out. And they that remayne, shal knowe
that there is nothing better, then the feare of
God: and that there is nothinge sweter then
to take hede vnto the commaundementes of
the Lorde. A greate worshippe is it to folowe
the Lorde, for longe lyfe shalbe receyued of
hym.
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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