Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter.
¶ Iosia destroyeth the Idoles, and restoreth the temple,
in which is founde the boke of the lawe. He sendeth
to Bulda the prophetisse for councell.
A Iosia was eyght yeare olde whan
he began to raygne, note and he raygned
in Ierusalem thyrtye and one
yere. And he dyd that which was
ryght in the syght of the Lorde, and walked
in the wayes of Dauid his father, &abar;d bowed
nether to þe; ryght h&abar;d ner to þe; left. In þe; .viij.
yere of hys raygne (wh&ebar; he was yet a childe)
he beganne to seke after the God of Dauid
hys father. And in the twelueth yeare he beganne
to pourge Iuda and Ierusalem from
hylaulters, groues, kerued ymages, and ymages
of metall: and they brake downe the
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Iosia
aulters of Baalim euen in hys presence: and
other ymages that were in greater honoure
then they, he caused to be destroyed.
B And
the groues, kerued ymages, and ymages
of metall he brake and made dust of them,
and strawed it vp&obar; the graues of them that
had offered to them. And he burnt the bones
of the preastes vp&obar; the aulters of them, and
clensed Iuda and Ierusalem. And euen so
dyd he in the cyties of Manasse, Ephraim,
Simeon vnto Nephthali. And in the wyldernesses
of them rounde about, he plucked
a sondre the aulters and the groues, and dyd
beate them and stampte them to powdre, ∧
beate downe all the ymages thorow out all
the lande of Israel: and returned to Ierusalem
agayne.
In the eyghtene yere of his raygne when
he had purged the lande and the temple note he
sent Saphan the sonne of Amaziahu, and
Maasiah the gouernoure of the cytie ∧ Ioah
the sonne of Ioahaz the recorder, to repayre
the house of the Lorde hys God. And when
they came to Helkiah the hye preast, they delyuered
them the money that was brought
in to the house of God, whych the Leuites
that kepte the entryes had geathered of the
hande of Manasse and Ephraim, and of all
that yet remayned in Israel, and of all Iuda
and BenIamin, and of the enhabiters of
Ierusalem. And they put in the handes of
the worckemen, that had the ouersyght of
the house of the Lorde: and they gaue it to
the labourers that wrought in the house of
the Lorde, to repayre and mende the house.
C Even to masons and carpenters gaue they
it, to get stone and tymbre, for couples and
for beames of the houses, which the kynges
of Iuda had destroyed: And the men dyd the
worcke faythfully.
And the ouersears of them to courage th&ebar;
forward, were Iahath and Obadiahu Leuites
of the chyldren of Merari: ∧ Secharia ∧
Mesullam, of the chyldr&ebar; of the Cahathites,
and other of the Leuytes whych all coulde
skylle of instrumentes of Musicke. And ouer
the bearers of burth&ebar;s and ouer all þt; wrought,
in whatsoeuer worckem&abar;shyppe it were,
were there Scrybes, officers and porters
of the Leuites.
And whan they brought out the money
that was brought into the house of the lord,
Helkia the preaste note founde the koke of the
lawe of the Lord geu&ebar; by Moses. And Helkia
answered and sayde to Saphan the scribe:
I haue founde the koke of the law, in the
house of the Lorde, and Helkia gaue the boke
to Saphan.
D And Saphan caryed the boke
to the kyng, and brought the kyng worde
agayne, sayenge: all that was commytted
to thy seruauntes, that do they. And they
haue gathered together the money that was
found in the house of the Lord, and haue delyuered
it into the h&abar;des of the ouersears of
the worke, and to the handes of the worckemen.
And then Saph&abar; the scribe shewed the
kyng, saying: Helkia the preast hath geuen
me a boke, ∧ Saph&abar;redd in it before þe; king.
And it fortuned, that when the kyng had
heard the wordes of the lawe, he tare his clothes:
and the kyng commaunded Helkia and
Ahikam the sonne of Saphan, and Abidon
the sonne of Micah, and Saphan the scrybe,
and Asaia a seruaunt of the kynges, saying:
go ∧ enquire of the Lorde for me and for th&ebar;
þt; are left in Israel and Iuda, concerning the
wordes of the boke that is found. For great
is the wrath of the Lorde that is fallen vp&obar;
vs, because oure fathers haue not kepte the
worde of þe; Lord, to do after all that is wrytten
in this boke.
E And Helkia and they that the kynge had
appoynted, went to Hulda a prophetisse the
wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Tokhath the
sonne of Hasra keper of þe; wardrope (for she
dwelt in Ierusalem with in the sec&obar;d wall)
and so they c&obar;muned with her. She answered
them: thus sayth þe; Lorde God of Israel:
tell ye þe; man that sent you to me. Eu&ebar; thus
sayth the Lord: Behold, I wyll bryng euell
vpon this place, ∧ vpon the enhabiters therof
(euen all the cursses that are wrytt&ebar; in the
boke which they haue reade before the kyng
of Iuda) because they haue forsaken me, and
haue offered vnto other Gods, to angre me
&wt; all maner worckes of theyr handes, therfore
is my wrath set on fyre agaynst thys
place and shall not be quenched.
And as for the kyng of Iuda whych sent
you to enquire of the Lorde, so shall ye saye
vnto him: thus sayth the Lord God of Israel
concernyng the wordes which þu; hast heard.
Because thyne hert dyd melt, ∧ thou dydest
meke thy self before God, wh&ebar; thou heardest
his wordes agaynst this place ∧ agaynst the
enhabiters therof:
F ∧ humbledest thy selfe before
me, and tarest thy clothes, and weptest
before me, that haue I hearde also sayth the
Lord. Behold, I wyll take þe; to thy fathers,
and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace,
and thyne eyes shall not se all the myschefe
that I wyll bryng vpon thys place, ∧ vpon
the enhabyters of þe; same. And they brought
the kynge worde agayne. noteThen the kynge
sent, and gathered to gether all the elders
of Iuda and Ierusalem. And the kyng went
vp into the house of the Lorde, and all the
men of Iuda, and the enhabiters of Ierusalem,
∧ the preastes ∧ Leuites and all the people
great &abar;d smalle: ∧ the kyng dyd reade all
the wordes of þe; boke of the couenaunt that
was found in the house of the Lorde. And þe;
kyng stode at hys standyng, ∧ made a couenaunt
before the Lord, to folowe the Lorde,
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Kynge
and to kepe his commaundem&ebar;tes, his wytnesses,
and hys statutes, wyth all hys hert ∧
wyth all his soule, ∧ to fulfyll the wordes of
the appoyntm&ebar;t wrytten in the sayde boke.
And he set in theyr rowme all them that
were founde in Ierusalem and BenIamin,
and the enhabiters of Ierusalem dyd accordyng
to the couenaunt of the Lorde God of
theyr fathers. And Iosia put awaye all maner
of abhominacyons out of all landes that
pertayned to the chyldren of Israell, and
brought in all that were found in Israel, to
worshyp, and to serue the Lorde theyr God.
And they turned not a syde from after the
Lorde God of theyr fathers, as longe as he
lyued.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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