A   This is the boke off the commaundem&ebar;tes of God, and the lawe þe; endureth for euer. All they þt; kepe it, shall come to life: but soch as forsake it, shall come to death. Turne the o Iacob, and take holde of it: walke by this waye, thorow his brightnesse and shyne. Geue not thyne honoure to another, and thy worshipe to a straunge people. ^noteO Israel, how happie are we, se&ibar;ge that God hath shewed vs soch thynges as are pleasa&ubar;t vnto him? Be of good cheare, thou people of God, o thou awnci&ebar;t Israel. Now are ye solde amonge the Heithen, howbeit not for youre vtter destruccion: but because ye prouoked God the LORDE to wrath and displeasure, therfore were ye delyuered vnto vnto youre enemies: For ye displeased the euerlastinge God that made you, offerynge vnto deuels and not God. Ye haue forgott&ebar; him that brought you vp, &abar;d youre nurse haue ye greued, o. Ierusalem.

B   When she sawe that the wrath off God was commynge vpon you: she sayde: Herk&ebar; o ye that dwell aboute Sion, for God hath brought me in to greate heuynesse: &abar;d why? I se the captyuyte of my people, of my sonnes and doughters, which the euerlastynge God will brynge vpon them. With ioye dyd I norish them, but now must I leaue them with wepynge and sorow.

Let no man reioyce ouer me wyddowe &abar;d forsaken: which for the synnes off my children, am desolate of euery man. For why, they departed from the lawe of God: they wolde not knowe his rightuousnes, ner walke in the waye off his c&obar;maundementes: and as for the pathes off the treuth and godlynesse, they had no lust to go in them.

C   O ye dwellers aboute Sion: come, and let vs call to remembraunce the captiuyte, that the euerlastinge God hath brought vpon my sonnes and my doughters. He hath brought a people vpon them from farre, an vncurteous people, and of a straunge l&abar;guage: which nether regarde the olde, ner pyte the yonge, ^note

These haue caried awaye the deare beloued of my wyddowes, leauynge me alone, both desolate and childlesse. But alas, what can I helpe you? Now he þt; hath brought these plages vpon you, delyuer you also fr&obar; the hondes of youre enemies. ^note

Go youre waye (O my children) go youre waye: for I am desolate and forsaken. I haue put of the clothinge of peace, and put vpon me the sack cloth off prayer, and for my tyme I will call vpon the most hyest. Be off good cheare, o my children: crie vnto the LORDE, and he shal delyuer you from the power of the prynces, youre enemies.

For verely, I haue euer a good hope off youre prosperous health: yee a very gladnesse is come vpon me from the holy one, because of the mercy that ye shall haue off oure euerlastinge Sauioure.

D   With mournynge and wepinge dyd I let you go fro me, but with ioye and perpetuall gladnesse, shall the LORDE brynge you agayne vnto me. Like as the neghbours of Sion sawe youre captyuite from God, Eu&ebar; so shal they also se shortly youre health in God, which shal come on you with greate honoure and euerlastinge worshipe.

O my children, suffre paci&ebar;tly the wrath that shal come vpon you, For the enemie hath persecuted the, but shortly thou shalt se his destruccion, and shalt treade vpon his necke. My derlinges haue gone rough harde wayes, for they are led awaye as a flocke that is scatred abrode with the enemies. But be of good c&obar;forte (o my children) ∧ crie vnto the LORDE: For he that led you awaye, hath you yet in remembra&ubar;ce: E   and like as ye haue bene mynded to swarue from yo&highr; God, so shal ye now endeuoure youre selues x. tymes more, to turne agayne, and to seke him. ^note For he that hath brought these plages vp&obar; you, shal brynge you euerlastinge ioye agayne with youre health. Take a good herte vnto the, o Ierusal&ebar;: for he which gaue þe; that name, exorteth the so to do.

^noteThe wicked doers that now put the to trouble, shall perish: and soch as haue reioysed at thy fall, shalbe punyshed. The cities whom thy children serue, and that haue caried awaye thy sonnes, shal be correcte. For like as they be now glad of þi; decaye, so shal they mourne in their owne destruccion. The ioye off their multitude shalbe taken awaye &abar;d their cheare shalbe turned to sorowe. For a fyre shal fall vpon them from the euerlastinge God, longe to endure: and it shalbe inhabited of deuels for a greate season.

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