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 .xxxiiii. Chapter.
¶ Agaynst Byshoppes and Curates that despyse the
flock of Christ, ∧ seake their awne. The Lord saieth
that he wyll vyset his disparsed flocke, and gather
them together. He reproueth the malice of certen of
the flocke. He promyseth the true shepherd Christ,
and with hym peace.
A And the worde of þe; Lorde came
vnto me, sayinge. Thou sonne
of man, prophecye agaynst the
shepherdes of Israel, prophecy
and speake vnto them. Thus
sayeth the Lord God. noteWo be vnto the shepherdes
of Israell, that fede them selues.
Shulde not the shepherdes fede þe; flockes?
Ye haue eat&ebar; vp the fatt, ye haue clothed
you with the woll: þe; best fedde haue ye slayne,
but the flocke haue ye not norished. The
weake haue ye not holden vp note the sicke haue
ye not healed: þe; broken haue ye not bo&ubar;de
together, þe; out castes haue ye not brought
agayne: þe; lost haue ye not sought, but note churlishly
∧ cruelly haue ye ruled th&ebar;. Thus are
they scatred here ∧ there without a shepherde:
yee, all þe; beastes of the feld deuoure th&ebar;,
and they go astraye.
B My shepe go wandring vpon all mountaynes
and vp&obar; euery hye hyll. Yee, they be
scatred abrode in all feldes, and there is no
man, that careth for th&ebar;, or seketh after th&ebar;.
Therfore, O ye shepherdes, heare the worde
of the Lorde. Thus sayeth þe; Lord God: As
truly as I lyue, for so moch as my shepe are
robbed, and deuoured of all the wylde beastes
of the felde, hauynge no shepherde: and
seinge that my shepherdes take no regarde
of my shepe, but fede them selues onely, and
not my shepe. Therfore, heare the worde of
the Lord (O ye shepherdes) Thus sayeth þe;
C
Lord God: Beholde, I my selfe wyll vpon
the shepherdes: and require my shepe from
their handes, and make them ceasse from fedynge
of my shepe: yee, the shepherdes shall
fede th&ebar; selues nomore. For I wyll deliuer
my shepe out of their mouthes, so that they
shall not deuoure them after this.
D For thus
sayeth the Lorde God: note Beholde, I wyll
loke to my shepe my selfe, and seke them. Like
as a shepherde among þe; flocke seketh after
the shepe that are scatered abroade, euen
so wil I seke after my shepe, ∧ gather them
together out of all places, where they haue
bene scatred in the cloudy and darcke daye.
I will bringe them out from all people, and
gather th&ebar; together out of all l&abar;des. I will
bringe them into their awne lande, and fede
them vpon the mountaines of Israel, by
the ryuers, and in all the places of the countre.
I will fede them in ryght good pastures
and vpon the hie mo&ubar;taynes of Israel shall
there foldes be. There shal they lye &ibar; a good
folde, and in a fat pasture shal they fede: eu&ebar;
vpon the mountaynes of Israell.
I will fede my shepe my selfe, and bringe
them to their rest, sayeth the Lorde God.
noteSoch as be lost, will I seke: soch as go astraye:
will I bring agayne: soch as be wo&ubar;ded,
will I bynde vp: soch as be weake, will
I make strong: soch as be fat ∧ stronge, those
will I rote oute, and fede them with the
thing that is laufull.
E And as for you (O my
shepe) sayeth the Lorde God. noteI wyll put a
difference amonge the shepe, among the wethers
∧ the goates. Was it not ynough for
you, to eate vp þe; good pasture, but ye must
treade downe þe; residue of youre pasture &wt;
your fete also? Was it not ynough for you
to drincke cleare water, but ye must trouble
the residue also with youre fete?
Thus my shepe must be fayne to eate the
thinge, that ye haue troden downe &wt; youre
fete, and to dr&ibar;cke it, that ye with your fete
haue defiled. Therfore, thus sayeth þe; Lord
God vnto them: Beholde, I wyll seuer the
fatt shepe from the leane: for so moch as ye
haue shot the weake shepe vpon the sydes ∧
shoulders, and runne vpon them with your
hornes, so l&obar;ge tyll ye haue vtterly scatred
them abrode. I will helpe my shepe, so that
they shal nomore be spoyled: yee, I will discerne
one shepe from another. I wyll rayse
vp vnto them one onely shepherde, euen
&rhand; my seruaunt note Dauid, he shall note fede th&ebar;
and he shall be their shepherde. I the Lorde
will be their God, and my seruaunt Dauid
shall be their prince:
F Euen I the Lorde haue
spoken it.
Moreouer, I wyll make a couenaunt of
peace with them and dryue al euell beastes
out of the lande: so that they maye dwell safely
in the wildernesse, and slepe in the woddes.
Good fortune and prosperite will I geue
them, and vnto all that be ro&ubar;de aboute
my hyll. noteA prosperous shower and rayne
will I sende th&ebar; in due season, that the trees
in the wodde maye bring forth their frutes
and the grounde her increase. They shalbe
safe in their lande, and shall knowe, that I
am the Lord, which haue broken their yock
and deliuered th&ebar; oute of the handes of those,
that helde them in subieccyon.
G They shal nomore be spoyled of the Heathen,
ner deuoured wyth the beastes of the
lande: but safely shal they dwell, and no m&abar;
shall fraye them, I will set vp an excellent
plante for them, so that they shall suffre nomore
hunger in the lande, nether beare the
reprofe of the Heath&ebar; eny more. Thus shall
they vnderstande, that I the Lorde theyr
God am with them, and that they (euen the
house of Israel) are my people saieth þe; Lorde
God. Ye men are my flocke note ye are the
shepe of my pasture: and I am youre God,
sayeth the Lorde God.
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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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