A   It fortuned, that as the kyng satt in his house (after þt; the Lord had geuen hym rest ro&ubar;de about fr&obar; all his enemyes) he sayde vnto Nathan the prophet: behold, I dwell now in an house of Cedar trees, but &rhand; the Arcke of God dwelleth within the curtayne. And Nathan sayd vnto the kyng: go ∧ do all that is in thine hert for the Lord is with the.

And it fortuned the same nyght that the woord of the lord came vnto Nath&abar; say&ebar;g: go and tell my seruaunt Dauid, thus sayth the Lorde: shalt thou bylde me an house to dwelle in? For I haue not dwelt &ibar; any house, sence the tyme þt; I brought the childr&ebar; of Israel out of Egipt, vnto this daye: but haue walked, in a tent and tabernacle. In all the places where in I haue walked with al the children of Israel, spake I one word &wt; any of the tribes of Israel (&rhand; sens I commaunded the iudges to fede my people Israel) sayeng: why bylde ye not me an house of Cedar trees? B   Now therfore, so saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid: thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes. ^noteI toke the from the shepe cote (as thou wast folowyng shepe) that thou myghtest be ruler ouer my people Israel. Dauid And I was with the in all that thou wentest to, ∧ haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syght, and haue made the a great name, lyke vnto the name of the great men that are in the worlde. And therfore, I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and wyll plant it, þt; they maye dwell in a place of their awne, and moue no moare, nether shall wyckyd people trouble th&ebar; any more, as they did at the beginnyng: sence the tyme that I sett Iudges ouer my people Israel. And I will geue the rest from all thine enemyes. And the Lord telleth the, that he wyll make the an howse.

And when thy dayes he fulfilled, þu; shalt &rhand; slepe wyth thy fathers, and I wyll set vp thy seede after the, which shall procead out of thy bodye, ∧ will stablyshe his kyngdome. ^noteHe shall bylde an house for my name, ∧ I wyll stablyshe the seate of his kyngdome for euer. ^noteI wylbe his father, and he shalbe my sonne: ^note yf he synne, I wyll chasten hym &rhand; wyth soche a rodde as men be chastened &wt;, C   ∧ &wt; soche plages as the childr&ebar; of m&ebar; be plaged &wt;. But my mercie shal not depart awaye fr&obar; h&ibar;, as I toke it fr&obar; Saul, whom I put downe before the. And thyne house &abar;d thy kyngdome shall endure &wt; out ende after the, ^note and thy seate shalbe stablyshed foreuer. According to all these wordes and accordyng to all thys visyon, dyd Nath&abar; speake vnto Dauid. Then went Dauid in, and set hym downe before the Lord, and sayde: what am I, O Lord God? and what is my &rhand; house? that thou shuldest haue brought me this farre forth? And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, but þu; hast spok&ebar; also of thy serua&ubar;tes house for a great while to come: For &rhand; &club; this is þe; vse of m&abar;, O lord God. And what can Dauid saye moare vnto the: for thou Lord God knowest thy serua&ubar;t. &rhand; Eu&ebar; for thy wordes sake ∧ &rhand; according to thine awne hert hast þu; done all these greate thynges to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt.

Wherfore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none lyke the ^note nether is there any God saue thou, accord&ibar;g to all that we haue heard &wt; oure eares. ^noteAnd what one people in the erth is lyke thy people Israel D    &club; whose God, went ∧ delyuered them, that they myght be his people, ∧ that he myght make hym a name, ∧ to shewe great ∧ terrible things in þe; erthe, for thy people ^note which thou redemedst to the out of Egipt, eu&ebar; the people with their &rhand; goddes. For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israel, to be thy people for euer. And þu; Lorde art become theyr God. And now (Lord God) the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt and his house: make it good for euer, and do as thou hast sayd. For so shall thy name be

Dauid. magnified for euer, of men þt; shall saye: the Lorde of Hostes is the God of Israell: and the house of thy serua&ubar;t shall be stablyshed before the. For þu;, O Lord of Hostes, God of Israell, hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt, sayeng: &club; I wyll bylde the an house And therfore hath thy serua&ubar;t found in his harte, to praye this prayer vnto þe;. ^noteTherfore now Lord God, thou art God, and thy wordes must be true, thou that hast tolde this goodnesse vnto thy serua&ubar;t. And now go to, and blesse the housse of thy seruaunt, that it maye contynew for euer before the. for þu;. Lord God hast spok&ebar; it, and with thy blessyng shall the house of thy seruaunt be blessed for euer.

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