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.
¶ The prayer of Tobias. Sara the daughter of Raguell
is slaundred of her fathers serua&ubar;te. The prayer
and fastynge of Sara, and also the innocency and chastytie
of her. The prayers of Tobias and of Sara are
hearde.
A Then Tobias toke it heuely, and with
teares beganne to make hys prayer
sayinge: O Lorde thou art ryghteous,
and all thy iudgementes are true, yee
all thy wayes are mercy, faythfulnes and
iudgement. And now O Lorde be myndefull
of me, and take no vengeaunce of my
synnes, nether remembre my mysdedes, nether
the mysdedes of my elders. For we haue
not bene obedient vnto thy commaundem&ebar;tes,
therfore are we spoyled, brought into
captyuyte, into death, into derysyon and
shame vnto all nacy&obar;s, among whom thou
hast scatred vs. And now O Lord, thy iudgementes
are great, for we haue not done
accordynge to thy c&obar;maundem&ebar;tes, nether
haue we walcked innoc&ebar;tly before the. And
now O Lorde, deale with me accordinge to
thy wyll, and commaunde my sprete to be
receaued in peace, for more expedi&ebar;t were it
for me to dye, then to lyue.
B At þe; same tyme it happened, that Sara
the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cytie
of the Medes was scla&ubar;dred of one of her fathers
handmaydes, namely, that she shulde
haue had seuen husbandes, which as soone
as they were gone in vnto her, were slayne
of the deuell called Asmodeus. Therfore,
when she reproued þe; mayden for her faute,
she answerde her, say&ebar;ge: God lett vs neuer
se sonne ner daughter of þe; more vpon earth
thou kyller of thy husbandes. Wylt þu; slay
me also, as þu; hast slayne seuen men? At this
voyce wente Sara into an hye chamber of
her house, and thre dayes ∧ thre nyghtes she
nether ate ner dr&abar;cke, but c&obar;tinued &ibar; prayer
and besought God with teares, þt; he wolde
delyuer her from thys rebuke.
C Upon þe; thyrd daye it chaunced, þt; when
she had made an ende of prayer, she praysed
þe; Lord say&ebar;g: Blessed be thy name O God
of oure fathers, which when þu; art wroth,
shewest mercy, ∧ in tyme of trouble þu; forgeuest
þe; synnes of them, þt; call vpon the. Unto
the O Lorde turne I my face, vnto the lyft
I vp myne eyes. I beseche þe; O Lorde, lose
me out of the bondes of thys rebuke, or els
take me vtterly awaye from of the earth.
Thou knowest Lorde, þt; I neuer had desyre
vnto man, and that I haue kepte my soule
cleane fr&obar; all vnclenly lust. I haue not kepte
c&obar;pany with those þt; passe theyr tyme in
sporte, nether haue I made my self partaker
&wt; them þt; walcke in lyghte behauour.
Neuertheles an husb&abar;d haue I consented to
take, not for my pleasure, but in thy feare.
D Now peradu&ebar;ture ether I haue bene vnworthy
of them, or els were they vnmete
for me, for þu; happly hast kepte me to another
husband. For why? thy councell is not
in þe; power of man. But whosoeuer loueth
the and serueth the a ryght, is sure of thys,
that yf hys lyfe be tempted ∧ proued, it st&abar;deth
in þe; trieng, and yf he endure in pacy&ebar;ce
he shall haue a rewarde, and be hylye crowned:
and yf he be in trouble, that God (no
doute) shall delyuer hym: and yf hys lyfe be
in chastenynge, þt; he shall haue leaue to come
vnto thy mercy.
For thou hast no pleasure in oure d&abar;pnacyon:
and why? after a storme thou makest
the wether fayre ∧ styll: after wepyng ∧ heuynes
thou geuest greate ioye. Thy name
O God of Israel, be praysed for euer. At þe;
same tyme were both theyr prayers hearde
in the syght of þe; magesty of þe; Hyest God.
And Raphael þe; holy Aungell of the Lord
was sent to helpe th&ebar; both, whose prayers
came at one tyme together before God.
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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