And they walked in þe; myddest
of þe; fl&abar;me, praysynge
God ∧ magnify&ebar;ge þe; Lord.
Asarias stode vp, ∧ prayde
on this maner. Euen in the
myddest of þe; fyre opened he
his mouth, ∧ sayde: Blessed
be þu; (O Lorde God of oure fathers) ryght
worthy to be praysed ∧ honoured is þe; name
of thyne for euermore: for þu; art ryghteous &ibar;
all the thinges þt; thou hast done to vs: Yee,
faythfull are all thy worckes, thy wayes
are ryght, &abar;d all thy iudgementes true. In
all þe; th&ibar;ges þt; þu; hast brought vp&obar; vs, ∧ vp&obar;
þe; holy cytie of oure fathers (euen Ierusal&ebar;)
þu; hast excecuted true iudgement: yee accordyng
to ryght &abar;d equyte hast þu; brought all
these th&ibar;ges vp&obar; vs because of oure synnes.
For why? we haue offended, ∧ done wyckedly,
departynge fr&obar; the: note In all thynges
haue we trespaced, &abar;d not obeyed thy c&obar;maundementes,
ner kepte th&ebar;, nether done as þu;
hast bydd&ebar; vs, þt; we might prospere. noteWherfore,
all that thou hast brought vp&obar; vs, and
euery th&ibar;ge that thou hast done to vs, thou
hast done th&ebar; in true iudgement: As in delyuerynge
vs into þe; handes of oure enemyes,
amonge vngodly and wycked abhomynacions,
∧ to an vnryghtuous kyng, yee þe; most
frowarde vpon earth. And now we maye
not open oure mouthes, we are become ashame
∧ reprofe vnto thy seruauntes, &abar;d to th&ebar;
that worshype þe;. Yet for thyne names sake
(we beseche the) geue vs not vp for euer,
breake not thy couenaunt, and cake not awaye
thy mercy from vs, for thy beloued
Abrah&abar;s sake, for thy serua&ubar;t Isaacs sake
and for thy holy Israels sake. To wh&obar; thou
hast spoken ∧ promised note that thou woldest
multiplye theyr sede as þe; starres of heauen,
and as the sande that lyeth vpon the see shore.
For we (O Lorde) are become lesse then
eny people, and be kepte vnder thys daye &ibar;
all the world, because of oure synnes: So þt;
now we haue nether prynce, duke, prophet,
burntofferyng, sacryfyce, oblacion, incense,
ner Sanctuary before the.
Neuerthelesse, in a contryte herte and an
h&ubar;ble sprete let vs be receaued, þt; we maye
opteyne thy mercy. Lyke as in þe; burntofferyng
of rammes and bullockes, ∧ lyke as in
thousandes of fat lambes so lett oure offeryng
be in thy syght this daye, that it maye
please þe;, note for there is no c&obar;fusion vnto th&ebar;,
þt; put there trust &ibar; the. And now we folowe
the with all oure herte, we feare the, ∧ seke
thy face. Put vs not to shame, but deale &wt;
vs after thy louynge kindnesse, ∧ according
to þe; multytude of thy mercyes. Delyuer vs
by thy myracles (O Lorde) and get thy name
∧ honoure: that all they which do thy seruauntes
euell, maye be cofo&ubar;ded. Let them
be ashamed thorow thy almyghtye power,
∧ let theyr str&ebar;gth be brok&ebar;: that they maye
knowe, how þt; thou only art the Lord God,
∧ honoure worthy thorow out all þe; worlde.
And the kynges seruauntes that put th&ebar;
in, ceassed not to make the ouen hote wyth
wylde fyre, drye strawe, pitch and fagottes
so that the fl&abar;me w&ebar;te oute of the ouen vp&obar;
a .xlix. cubytes: yee it toke awaye ∧ br&ebar;t vp
those Caldees, that it gat holde vp&obar; besyde
the ouen. But the Angell of the Lorde cam
downe into the ouen to Asarias and hys felowes,
and smote the flamme of the fyre out
of þe; ouen, and made the myddest of the ouen
as it had bene a colde wynde blowynge: so þt;
the fyre nether touched them, greued them,
ner dyd them hurte. Then these thre (as out
of one mouth) praysed, honoured, and blessed
God in the fornace, sayenge,
noteBlessed be thou, O Lord God of oure fathers:
for thou art prayse and honoure worthy,
yee and to be magnifyed for euermore.
noteBlessed be þe; holy name of thy glory, for it
is worthy to be praysed, and magnyfyed in
all worldes. Blessed be thou in the holy t&ebar;ple
of thy glory, for aboue all thynges thou
art to be praysed, ye ∧ more th&ebar; worthy to
be magnifyed for euer. Blessed be þu; in þe; trone
of thy kingdome, for aboue all þu; art worthy
to be well spok&ebar; of, ∧ to be more then magnified
for euer. Blessed be thou, that lokest
thorow the depe, and syttest vpon þe; Cherubyns:
for thou art worthy to be praysed &abar;d
aboue all to be magnifyed for euer. Blessed
be thou in the firmament of heau&ebar;, for thou
art prayse and honoure worthy for euer.
O all ye worckes of þe; lord: speake good of
the Lord, prayse hym, ∧ set hym vp for euer.
noteO ye angels of þe; Lorde, speake good of
the Lord, prayse him, ∧ set hym vp for euer.
O ye heauens, speake good of the Lorde:
prayse hym, and set hym vp for euer.
O all ye waters that be aboue the firmament,
speake good of the Lorde: prayse him
and set hym vp for euer.
O all ye powers of þe; Lord, speake good of
the Lord, prayse hym, ∧ set him vp for euer.
noteO ye Sunne ∧ Moone, speake good of þe;
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
O ye starres of heauen, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
noteO ye showers ∧ dew, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
O all ye wyndes of God, speake good of þe;
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
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O ye fyre ∧ heate, speake good of the Lorde:
prayse hym, and set hym vp for euer.
O ye wynter ∧ sommer, speake good of þe;
Lord: prayse hym, and set hym vp for euer.
O ye dewes ∧ frostes, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
O ye frost ∧ colde, speake good of þe; Lorde:
prayse hym, and sett hym vp for euer.
O ye yse and snowe, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, &abar;d sett him vp for euer.
O ye nyghtes and dayes: speake good of
the Lord: prayse him, ∧ set hym vp for euer.
O ye lyght and darcknesse, speake good of
the Lord: prayse hym, ∧ set him vp for euer.
O ye lyghtenynges and cloudes, speake
good of the Lorde: prayse him, and sett hym
vp for euer.
O lett the earth speake good of the Lord:
yee let it prayse hym, ∧ set hym vp for euer.
O ye mo&ubar;taynes ∧ hylles, speake good of
the Lord: prayse him, ∧ set hym vp for euer.
O all ye grene thynges vpon the earth,
speake good of the Lorde: prayse hym, ∧ set
hym vp for euer.
O ye welles, speake good of þe; Lord, prayse
hym, and set him vp for euer.
O ye sees and floudes, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, and set him vp for euer.
O ye whalles and all that moue &ibar; the waters,
speake good of the Lorde: prayse him,
and set hym vp foreuer,
O all ye foules of the ayre, speake good of
þe; Lord: prayse hym, ∧ sett hym vp for euer.
O all ye beastes ∧ catell, speake good of þe;
Lorde, prayse hym, ∧ sett hym vp for euer.
O ye children of men, speake good of the
Lorde: prayse hym, ∧ sett hym vp for euer.
O lett Israell speake good of the Lorde:
prayse hym, and set hym vp for euer.
O ye prestes of the Lorde, speake good of
the Lorde, prayse hym, ∧ sett h&ibar; vp for euer.
noteO ye seruauntes of þe; Lord, speake good
of the Lorde: prayse hym, and sett hym vp
for euer.
O ye spretes and soules of the ryghteous,
speake good of the Lord: prayse hym, ∧ sett
hym vp for euer.
O ye holy and humble men of hert, speake
ye good of the Lorde: prayse ye hym, and set
hym vp for euer.
O Ananias, Asarias and Misael, speake
ye good of the Lord: prayse ye h&ibar;, ∧ set hym
vp foreuer. noteWhich hath delyuered vs fr&obar;
þe; hell, kepte vs from þe; hande of death, rydd
vs from the myddest of the burning fl&abar;me,
∧ saued vs eu&ebar; in þe; myddest of the fyre, note O
geue thanckes therfore vnto þe; Lord: for he
is kynde harted, ∧ hys mercy endureth for
euer. O all deuoute m&ebar;, speake ye good of þe;
Lorde, euen þe; God of all goddes: O prayse
hym, and geue him thanckes, for his mercy
endureth worlde wythout ende.
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].
