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 fyrst Chapter.
¶ Baruch wrote a boke, durynge the captyuyte of Babylon,
whych he readde before Iechoniah and all the
people. The Iewes sent the boke with money, vnto
Ierusalem, to theyr other brethren: to thyntent that
they shulde praye for them.
A And these are the wordes
of the boke, whyche were
wrytten by Baruch the
sonne of Nerias, the sonne
of Maasias, the sonne
of Sedechias, the sonne
of Sedeias, the sonne
of Helchias, at Babylon
in the fyfth yeare, and in the seuenth daye
of the moneth, what time as the Caldees
toke Ierusalem, and brent it vp with fyre.
And Baruch dyd reade þe; wordes of thys
booke, that Iechoniah the sonne of Ioacin
kynge of Iuda myght heare: and in the presence
of all the people, that were come to heare
the booke: yee and before all the noble
kynges sonnes, before the lordes of the councell
and elders: and before the whole people,
fr&obar; the lowest vnto the hyest: before all
them that dwelt at Babylon, by the water
of Sody. Which wh&abar; they herde it, wepte,
fasted, and prayed before the Lorde.
B They made a collecci&obar; also of money, accordynge
to euery mans power, and sent it
to Ierusal&ebar; vnto Ioachim the sonne of Helchia,
the sonne of Sal&obar; preste, wyth þe; other
prestes: and to all the people whych were &wt;
hym at Ierusalem, what tyme as they had
gotten the ornamentes of the temple of the
Lord (that were taken awaye out of þe; temple)
that they myght brynge th&ebar; agayne into
the lande of Iuda, the tenth daye of þe; moneth
Siban: namely, syluer vessels (whych
Sedechiah þe; sonne of Iosiah kyng of Iuda
had made) after that Nabuchodonosor kinge
of Babylon had taken Iechoniah, wyth
all his princes, lordes, and all the people, &abar;d
led them captiue from Ierusalem vnto Babylon.
C And they sayd: Behold, we haue sent you
money, note to bye you burnt offerynges ∧ incense
withall: make you vnleuened bred, &abar;d
offre for synne vpon the aulter of the Lorde
oure God. noteAnd praye for the prosperyte of
Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babylon, ∧ for
the welfare of Balthasar his sonne: þt; theyr
dayes maye be vpon earthe, as the dayes of
heau&ebar;: that God also maye geue vs str&ebar;gth
and lyght&ebar; our eyes, that we maye lyue vnder
the defence of Nabuchodonosor kyng of
Babylon, and vnder the proteccion of Balthasar
his sonne: that we maye longe do th&ebar;
seruyce, and fynde fauoure in theyr syght.
Praye for vs also vnto the Lorde our God,
for we haue synned agaynst the Lorde oure
God, and vnto thys daye is not hys wrath
turned yet awaye fr&obar; vs. And se that ye red
thys boke (whych we haue sent vnto you to
be rehearced in the temple of the Lord) vp&obar;
the hye dayes, and at tyme conuenient.
D Thus shall ye saye: note The Lord our God
is ryghteous, but we are worthye of confusion
∧ shame: lyke as it is come to passe this
daye, vnto all Iuda, and to euery one that
dwelleth at Ierusalem: to our kinges, princes,
prestes, prophetes and to oure fathers.
We haue synned before the Lorde our God,
we haue not put our trust in hym, ner geuen
hym credence, we haue not obeyed hym, we
haue not herkened vnto þe; voyce of þe; Lorde
oure God, to walke in the commaundementes
that he gaue vs. Sens the daye that he
brought our forefathers out of the lande of
Egipt vnto this present daye, we haue bene
euer a mysbeleuyng and an vnfaythful people
vnto the Lord our God: destroyeng our
selues vtterly, and shrynckyng backe, that
we shulde not heare his voyce.
E noteWherfore there are come vp&obar; vs great
plages and dyuerse curses, Lyke as þe; Lorde
dyuysed by Moses hys seruaunt: note whyche
brought our forefathers out of the lande of
Egypte, to geue vs a lande, that floweth &wt;
mylck &abar;d hony, lyke as it is to se this daye.
Neuerthelesse, we haue not herkened vnto
the voyce of the Lorde our God, accordyng
to all the wordes of þe; prophetes, whome he
sent vnto vs &abar;d to our rulers: but euery m&abar;
folowed his awne mynde ∧ wycked ymaginacyon:
to offre vnto straunge goddes, ∧ to
do euell in the syght of the Lorde oure 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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