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 .ix. Chapter.
¶ Esdras complayneth on the people that had
turned them selues from God, and maryed with
the gentyles.
A When these thynges were done,
the rulers came to me, &abar;d
sayde. The people of Israel,
and the preastes, and Leuites
are not separated from
the people of the landes (as
touchynge their abhominacyons)
namely of the Cananites, Hethites,
Pheresites, Iebusites, Ammonites, Moabites,
Egypcians, &abar;d Amorites. noteFor they
haue taken the daughters of the same to th&ebar;
selues and to their sonnes, and the holy sede
is mixte with the nacions in the lande: and þe;
hande of the princes ∧ rulers hath bene principall
in this trespace.
noteAnd when I hearde this saying, I r&ebar;te
my clothes and my rayment, and pluckte of
the heer of my heade, and of my beerd, and
sate mourninge. And there resorted vnto me
all soch as feared the wordes of the Lorde
God of Israel, because of the tr&abar;sgression of
the people of the captiuite. And I sate mournynge
vntyll the euenynge sacryfice. And
aboute the euenynge sacrifice, I rose vp fro
my heuynes, and rente my clothes and my
rayment, and fell vpon my knees, and spred
out my handes vnto the Lorde my God,
and sayde.
B My God, I am ashamed, and darre not
lyfte vp myne eyes vnto þe; my God: for oure
wyckednesses are growne ouer oure heed, &abar;d
oure trespace is waxen greate vnto the heauen.
Sence the tyme of oure fathers haue we
bene in greate trespace vnto this daye, note &abar;d
because of oure wyckednesses haue we and
oure kynges bene deliuered into the hande of
the kynges of the nacyons, into the swerde,
into captiuite, into shame, and into confusi&obar;
of face, as it is to se this daye.
And now is there a lytle ∧ sodayne graciousnes
come from the Lorde oure God, in
causynge some of vs to escape, and that he
maye geue vs a nayle in hys holy place, and
that oure God maye lyghte oure eyes, and
geue vs a lytle lyfe to take breth in oure b&obar;dage.
For we are bondm&ebar;, ∧ oure God hath
not forsaken vs in oure bondage, and hath
enclyned mercy vnto vs in the syghte of the
kynges of Persia, to geue vs lyfe, to sett vp
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Straunge wyues
the house of oure God, and to redresse the desolacion
therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda
and Ierusalem.
And now, O oure God, what shall we
saye after this? for we haue forsaken thy c&obar;maundementes,
whych thou hast comma&ubar;ded
by thy serua&ubar;tes the prophetes, sayeng:
The lande vnto which ye go to possesse, it is
an vncleane land, because of the fylthynes of
the people of the landes, whych with theyr
abhominacions haue made it full of vncleanesse
on euery syde. note
D Therfore shall ye not
geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, &abar;d
their daughters shall ye not take vnto your
sonnes, ner seke their peace ∧ welth for euer,
that ye maye be strong, ∧ enioye the good in
the land, ∧ þt; ye ∧ youre chyldren maye haue
the enheritaunce of it for euermore.
And after that all these thinges are come
vp&obar; vs (because of oure euell dedes ∧ greate
trespaces) thou oure God hast &rhand; thrust downe
oure wickednesses, ∧ hast geu&ebar; vs a delyueraunce,
(as it is come to passe this daye.)
And yf we turne backe agayne, to let go
thy commaundementes, and make contracte
with the people of these abhominaci&obar;s, wilt
thou not then be wroth at vs (∧ not without
cause) tyl we be vtterly c&obar;sumed, so that nothyng
remayne, and tyll there be no delyueraunce?
O Lord God of Israel, þu; art ryghteous,
for we remayne yet escaped, at it is to
se this daye. Behold also, in thy presence are
we in oure trespaces, ∧ because of it maye we
not stande before the.
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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