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 .iii. Chapter.
¶ Of the messenger of the Lorde Iohn Baptist.
Of the daye of the Lorde, and of Eliah.
A Beholde, note I will sende my messa&ubar;ger,
whiche shall prepare the waye
before me: &abar;d the Lorde note whom ye
wolde haue, shal soone come to his
temple, yee, eu&ebar; the messaunger of the couenaunt
whom ye longe for.
Beholde, he commeth, saieth the Lorde of
hostes. But who may abyde the daye of his
c&obar;myng? Who shalbe able to endure, when
he appeareth? For he is like a goldsmythes
fyre, ad lyke wasshers sope. He shal syt him
downe to trye and to clense the syluer, he
shall pourge the chyldren of Leui, and purifye
them lyke as golde and syluer: that they
maye bringe meatofferinges vnto the Lorde
in righteousnes.
B Then shall the offeryng
of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto
the Lorde, lyke as from the begynnynge &abar;d
in the yeares, a fore tyme. I wyll come and
punyshe you, &abar;d I my selfe wyl be a swyfte
wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynste the
aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee, ∧
agaynst those that wrongeously kepe back
the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes
and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the
straunger, and feare not me, saieth the Lorde
of hostes. For I am the Lorde that cha&ubar;ge
not, ∧ ye (O chyldren of Iacob) wyll not
leaue of note ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinaunces,
and sens the tyme of your forfathers
haue ye not kepte them.
C noteTurne you now vnto me, and I wyll
turne me vnto you, sayeth the Lorde of hostes:
ye saye, wherin shal we turne? Shulde
a man vse falshed and disceat with God as
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ye vse falshed and disceate with me? yet ye
saye wherin vse we disceate &wt; the? noteIn Tithes
∧ heaue offeringes. noteTherfore are ye
cursed wyth penury, because ye dissemble
with me, all the sorte of you.
noteBringe euery Tithe into my barne, that
there maye be meat in myne house: and proue
me withall (sayeth the Lorde of hoostes)
yf I wyll not open the wyndowes of heau&ebar;
vnto you, &abar;d poure you out a blessyng with
plenteousnesse. Yee, I shall reproue the consumer
for your sakes, so þt; he shall not eate
vp the frute of youre grounde, nether shall
the vynyarde be bar&ebar; in the felde, sayeth the
Lorde of hostes: In so moch that all people
shall saye, that ye be blessed, for ye shall be a
pleasa&ubar;t lande, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.
Ye speake harde wordes agaynst me, sayeth
the Lorde. And yet ye saye: What haue
we spoken agaynst the? Ye haue sayde:
D It is but lost labour, to serue God? noteWhat
profyt haue we for kepynge his c&obar;maundementes,
and for walkynge humbly before
the Lorde of hostes? noteTherfore maye we
saye, that þe; proude are happie, ∧ that they
which deale with vngodlynesse, are sett vp:
for they tempte God, and yet escape.
But they that feare God, saye thus one
to another: the Lorde consydereth and heareth
it. Yee, it is before him a memoryal boke,
wrytten for soch as feare the Lorde, and
remembre his name. And in the daye that I
wyll make (sayth the Lorde of hostes) they
shalbe myne awne possession: and I will fauoure
them, lyke as a man fauoureth hys
awne sonne, that doth hym seruyce. Turne
you therfore, and consydre what dyfference
is betwyxte þe; righteous and vngodly, betwixte
him that serueth God, and him that
serueth hym not.
noteFor marck, the daye commeth that shal
bnrne as an ouen: and all the proude, yee, &abar;d
all soch as do wyckednesse, shalbe strawe, ∧
the daye that is for to come, shall burne th&ebar;
vp (saieth the Lord of hostes) so that it shal
leaue them nether rote ner braunche.
But vnto you that feare my name, shall
that Sonne of ryghteousnesse aryse, and
health shalbe vnder his wynges: ye shal go
forth, &abar;d multiplie as the fat calues, ye shal
treade downe the vngodly: note for they shalbe
lyke the asshes vnder the soles of youre
fete in the daye that I shall make, sayeth
the Lorde of hoostes.
Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt, note
whych I commytted vnto hym in
Oreb for all Israell, with the statutes and
ordinaunces. Beholde, I wyll sende you
note Elias the prophet: before the c&obar;mynge of
the daye of the greate and fearefull Lorde.
noteHe shal turne the hertes of the fathers
to theyr children, and the hertes
of the chyldren to their fathers,
that I come not &abar;d
smyte the earth with
cursynge.
¶ The ende of the prophecy
of Malachy:
and c&obar;sequ&ebar;tly
of all the prophetes.
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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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