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 .lxv. Chapter.
¶ The felycitye of Ierusalem, and the callynge of
the Heathen.
A noteThey seke me, that hytherto haue
not asked for me: they fynde me, þt;
hyther to haue not sought me. I
haue sayde I am here, I am here.
I am founde of a people that neuer called
vpon my name. For thus longe haue I euer
holden out my h&abar;des to an vnfaythfull people,
þt; go not the ryght waye, but after their
awne ymaginacyons: To a people that is
euer defyinge me to my face. noteThey make
their oblacyons in gardens, and their smoke
vpon note aulters of brycke, they lurcke am&obar;ge
the graues, and lye in the dennes all nyght.
noteThey eat swynes fleshe, ∧ vncleane broth
is in their vessels. If þu; comest nye them, they
saye touch me not, for I am holyer then thou
All these men when I am angry, shalbe
turned to smoke ∧ note fyre, that shall burne for
euer.
B Beholde it is wryten before my face, ∧
shall not be forgotten, but recompensed. noteI
shall rewarde it them into their bosome: I
meane youre mysdedes, and the mysdedes of
youre fathers together (sayeth the Lorde)
which haue made their smokes vpon þe; mo&ubar;taynes,
and blasphemed me vpon the hylles:
therfore will I measure their olde dedes into
their bosome againe. Moreouer, thus sayeth
the Lorde: note lyke as when one wolde gather
holy grapes, men saye vnto hym: breake it
not of for it is holy: note euen so wyll I do also
for my seruauntes sakes, that I wyll not destroye
them all. But I wyll take a sede out
of Iacob, ∧ out of Iuda one, to take possessi&obar;
of my hyll. My chos&ebar; shall possesse these thinges,
∧ my serua&ubar;tes shall dwell there. Sar&obar;
shalbe a shepefolde, ∧ note the valley of Achor
shall geue þe; stallynge for the catell of my people,
þt; feare me. note
C But as for you, ye are they
þt; haue forsaken the Lord, and forgotten my
holy hill. Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto Iuppiter,
∧ geuen rych dryncke offerynges vnto
the planettes. Therfore wyll I nombre you
with the swerde, þt; ye shall be destroyed all
together. For when I called, no man gaue
me answere: when I spake, ye herkened not
vnto me, but dyd wyckednes before myne
eyes, and chose the thynge þt; pleased me not:
Therfore thus sayeth þe; Lorde God: Beholde,
my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall
haue honger: Beholde, my seruauntes shall
dryncke, but ye shall suffre thurste. Beholde,
my seruauntes shall be mery, but ye shall be
confounded. Beholde, my seruauntes shall
reioyce for very quyetnesse of herte: But ye
shall crye for sorowe of hert, and complayne
for vexacy&obar; of mynde. Youre name shall you
leaue accursed amonge my chosen, for God
the Lorde shall slaye you, and call his seruauntes
by another name. noteWho so reioyseth
vpon earth, shall reioyse in þe; true God. And
who so sweareth vpon earth, shall sweare in
the true God. For þe; olde enmyte shalbe forgotten,
and taken awaye oute of my syght.
noteFor lo, I shall make a newe heauen, and a
newe earth. And as for þe; olde, they shall neuer
be thought vp&obar;, ner kepte in mynde: but
þe; Lorde sayth be glad and euermore reioyse,
for the thynges, that I shall do.
D For why: Beholde, I shall make a ioyfull
Ierusalem, and his people ioyfull, yee, I my
selfe will reioyse wyth Ierusalem, ∧ be glad
&wt; my people. noteAnd the voyce of wepynge
and waylinge shall not be herde in her from
th&ebar;ce forth. There shall nether be chylde ner
olde m&abar;, that haue not their full dayes. But
when the chylde c&obar;meth to an h&obar;dreth yeare
olde, it shall dye. And yf he þt; is an hundreth
yeare of age do wronge, he shalbe cursed.
noteThey shall buylde houses, ∧ dwell in th&ebar;:
they shall plante vyneyardes, ∧ eate þe; frute
of them. They shall not buylde, and another
possesse: they shall not plant and another
eate: note But the lyfe of my people shalbe lyke
a tre, and so shall the worcke of their h&abar;des.
My chosen shall lyue longe, they shall not
laboure in vayne, ner begett wyth trouble:
for they are the hye blessed sede of the Lorde,
and their frutes with them. And it shalbe,
that or euer they call, I shall answere them.
Whyle they are yet but thinckynge howe to
speake, I shall heare them. noteThe wolff and
the lambe shall fede together, and the lyon
shall eate haye lyke the bullock. noteBut earth
shalbe the serpentes meate. There shall no
man hurte ner slaye another, in all my holy
hyll, sayeth the Lorde.
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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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