A   Thus sayeth the LORDE: I brought this people out of bondage, I gaue th&ebar; my c&obar;maundementes by my serua&ubar;tes þe; prophetes, whom they wolde not heare, but despysed my co&ubar;cels. The mother that bare them, sayeth vnto them: Go youre waye ye children, for I am a wyddow ∧ forsaken: I brought you vp with gladnesse, but with sorow and heuynes haue I lost you: for ye haue synned before the LORDE yo&highr; God, and done þe; thinge that is euell before him. But what shall I now do vnto you? I am a wyddow and forsak&ebar;: go youre waye (o my children) and axe mercy of the LORDE. As for me O father, I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these childr&ebar;, which wolde not kepe my couenaunt: þt; thou brynge them to c&obar;fucion, and their mother to a spoyle, that she beare no more. Let their names be scatred abrode amonge the Heithen, let them be put out of the earth, for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt.

B   Wo be vnto the Assur, thou that hydest the vnrighteous by the. Thou wicked people, ^note remembre what I dyd vnto Sodom and Gomorre, whose land is turned to pitch and a&esset;shes. Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them, that heare me not, sayeth the Allmightie LORDE. Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto E&esset;dras: Tell my people, þt; I will geue them the kyngdome of Ierusalem, which I wolde

haue geuen vnto Israel. Their glory also wyl I take vnto me, and geue them the euerlastynge tabernacles, which I had prepared for those.

The tre of life shalbe vnto them a swete smellynge oyntment: they shal nether laboure ner be weery. Go ye youre waye, ∧ ye shall receaue it. Praye for yo&highr; selues a few dayes, that they maye dwell therin. Now is the kingdome prepared for you, therfore watch. Take heau&ebar; and earth to wytnesse, for I haue broken the euell in peces, and created the good, for I lyue sayeth þe; LORDE. Mother enbrace thy children, and brynge them vp with gladnes: make their fete as fast as a piler, for I haue chosen the, sayeth the LORDE.

C   And those that be deed wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places, and brynge them out of þe; graues, for I haue knowne my name in Israel. Feare not thou mother of the children, for I haue chosen the, sayeth the LORDE. And for thy helpe I shal sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy, after whose councell I haue sanctified ∧ prepared for the, xij. trees with dyuerse frutes, and as many welles flowinge with mylck and hony, ∧ seuen mountaynes, whervp&obar; there growe roses and lilies, wherin I wyl fyll my children with ioye. Execute iustice for the wyddowe, be iudge for the fatherlesse: geue to þe; poore: defende the c&obar;fortlesse: clothe the naked: heale the wounded and sick: laugh not a lame man to scorne: defende the crepell, and lat the blinde come in to þe; sight of my clearnes. Kepe the olde ∧ yonge within thy walles: ^note where so euer thou fyndest the deed, tok&ebar; them, and burye them, and I shal geue the the first place in my resurreccion. D   Holde styll (O my people) and take þi; rest, for thy quyetnes is come. Fede thy children O thou good norsse, stablish their fete: As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the, there shal not one of them perishe, for I wyl seke th&ebar; from thy nombre, vexe not thy self.

For whan the daye of trouble and heuynes commeth, other shal wepe and be soroufull, but thou shalt be mery and plenteous. The Heithen shalbe gelous, but they shalbe able to do nothinge agaynst the, sayeth the LORDE. My handes shal couer the, so that thy children shal not se the fyre euerlastinge. Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy childr&ebar;, for I wyll delyuer the, sayeth the LORDE. Remembre thy deed childr&ebar;, for I shal brynge them out of the earth, and shew mercy vnto them, for I am mercifull, sayeth the LORDE Allmightie.

Enbrace thy childr&ebar;, vntyll I come and shew mercy vnto them, for my welles runne ouer, and my grace shal not fayle. E   I E&esset;dras receaued a charge of the LORDE vpon the mount Oreb, that I shulde go vnto Israel. But whan I came vnto th&ebar;, they set me at naught, and despysed the commaundement of þe; LORDE. And therfore I saye vnto you O ye Heithen, that heare and vnderstonde: Loke for youre shepherde, he shal geue you euerlastinge rest: for he is nye at hande, that shal come in the ende of the worlde. Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome, for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore. Fle the shadowe of this worlde, receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory. I testifie my sauioure openly: O receaue the gift þt; is geuen you, and be glad, geuynge thankes vnto him, that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome. Aryse vp, and stonde fast: beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE, which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde, and haue receaued glorious garm&ebar;tes of the LORDE. Take thy nombre O Sion, and shutt vp thy purified, which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE. The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for, is fulfilled: beseke the power of the LORDE, that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge, maye be halowed.

F    ^noteI E&esset;dras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people, whom I coude not nombre, ∧ they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge. And in the myddest of th&ebar; there was a yonge m&abar; of an hye stature, more excellent then all they, and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne, and was euer hygher and hygher, which I marueled at greatly. So I axed þe; angell, ∧ sayde: Syr, what are these? He answered and sayde vnto me: These be they, that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall, and haue testified ∧ knowleged the name of God. Now are they crowned, and receaue the rewarde.

Then sayde I vnto the angell: what yonge personne is it, that crowneth them, ∧ geueth them the palmes in their handes? So he answered and sayde vnto me: It is þe; sonne of God, whom they haue knowleged in the worlde. Then beganne I greatly to commende them, that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE. And so the angell sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, and tell my people, what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God, thou hast sene.

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