CHAPTER The calling of I CHAPTER LXV AM sought of them that asked not for me: I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. I have The Lewes, for spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which their incredul- walketh in a way that was not good, after their owne thoughts: ity, idolatry and hypocrisie, a people that provoketh mee to anger continually to my face, are reiected. A remnant shalbe saved. Iudgements that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of bricke which remaine among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eate swines flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels: which say; Stand by thy selfe, come not neere to me; for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Behold, it is written before me I will not keepe silence, but will recompence, even recompence into their bosome, your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, (saith the LORD) which have burnt incense upon the mountaines, and blasphemed mee upon the hils: therfore will I measure their former worke into their bosome. Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so wil I doe for my servants sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seede out of Iacob, and out of Iudah an inheritour of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. And Sharon shall be a fold of flockes, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie downe in, for my people that have sought me. But yee are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountaine, that prepare a table for that troope, and that furnish the drinke offring unto that number. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and yee shall all bow downe to the slaughter: because when I called, yee did not answere; when I spake, yee did not heare, but did evill before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not: therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, my servants shall eate, but ye shall be hungry : behold, my servants shall drinke, but yee shall be thirstie : behold, my servants shall reioyce, but yee shall be ashamed. Behold, my servants shall sing for ioy of heart, but yee shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howle for vexation of spirit. And yee shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name : that he who blesseth himselfe in the earth, shall blesse himselfe in the God of trueth; and he that sweareth in the earth, shall sweare by the God of trueth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. CHAPTER LXV For behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the The blessed former shal not be remembred, nor come into mind. But bee state of the new Ierusalem. you glad and reioyce for ever in that which I create: for beholde, I create Ierusalem a reioycing, and her people a ioy. And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem, and ioy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There shalbe no more thence an infant of dayes, nor an olde man, that hath not filled his dayes: for the childe shall die an hundreth yeeres olde: but the sinner being an hundreth yeres old, shalbe accursed. And they shall builde houses, and inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruit of them. They shal not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the daies of a tree, are the dayes of my people, and mine elect shal long enioy the worke of their hands. They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth for trouble: for they are the seede of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. And it shal come to passe, that before they call, I will answere, and whiles they are yet speaking, I will heare. The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together, and the lyon shall eate straw like the bullocke: and dust shalbe the serpents meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine, sayth the LORD. TH CHAPTER LXVI HUS sayth the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the The glorious earth is my footestoole: where is the house that God will be yee served in builde unto mee? and where is the place of my rest? For humble all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have sinceritie. beene, saith the LORD: but to this man wil I looke, even to him that is poore and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. He that killeth an oxe is as if he slue a man: he that sacrificeth a lambe, as if he cut off a dogs necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they have chosen their owne wayes, and their soule delighteth in their abominations. I also will chuse their delusions, and will bring their feares upon them; because when I called, none did answere, when I spake they did not heare: but they did evill before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Heare the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word: CHAPTER the marveilous generation, and with the fits of the Church. Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my Names sake, sayd, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shal appeare to He comforteth your ioy, and they shalbe ashamed. A voice of noyse from the the humble with city, a voice from the Temple, a voice of the LORD, that rendreth recompense to his enemies. Before she travailed, she brought foorth: before her paine came, shee was delivered of a man childe. Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seene such things? shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day, or shall a nation be borne at once? for as soone as Zion traveiled, shee brought foorth her children. Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, saith the LORD? shall I cause to bring foorth, and shut the wombe, sayth thy God? Reioyce ye with Ierusalem, gracious bene- and be glad with her, all yee that love her: reioyce for ioy with her, all yee that mourne for her: that ye may sucke and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations: that ye may milke out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus sayth the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shalbe borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so wil I comfort you: and ye shall be comforted in Ierusalem. And when yee see this, your heart shall reioyce, and your bones shall flourish like an herbe: and the hand of the LORD shall be knowen towards his servants, and his indignation towards his enemies. For behold, the LORD wil come with fire, and with his charets like a whirlewinde, to render his anger with furie, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword, will the LORD plead with all flesh and the slaine of the LORD shalbe many. They that sanctifie themselves, and purifie themselves in the gardens, behinde one tree in the midst, eating swines flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come that I will gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see my glorie. And I will set a signe among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Iavan, to the Iles afarre off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seene my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD, out of all nations, upon horses and in charets, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts to my holie mountaine Ierusalem, saith the LORD; as the children of Israel bring an offering in a cleane vessell, into the house of the LORD. Gods severe iudgements against the wicked. The Gentiles shall have an holy Church, CHAPTER And I will also take of them for Priestes and for Levites, saith the LORD. For as the new heavens, and the new earth which I wil make, shall remaine before me, saith the LORD, So shall your seed and your name remaine. And it shall come to passe, that from one new Moone to an other, and from one Sabbath to an other, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. And they shall goe foorth, and looke upon the carkeises of the and see the men that have transgressed against me: for their worme shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. damnation of the wicked. THE BOOKE OF THE PROPHET IEREMIAH CHAPTER I HE wordes of Ieremiah the sonne of Hilkiah, of The time, king of Iudah, in the thirteenth yeere of his reigne. It came also in the dayes of Iehoiakim and the calling ing away of Ierusalem captive in the fift moneth. Then the word But the LORD sayd unto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt speake. Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, sayth the LORD. Then the LORD put foorth his hand, and touched my mouth, and the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. See, I have this 4: L 81 CHAPTER day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdomes, to roote out, and to pull downe, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant. I His propheticall visions of an Almond rod, and a seething pot: Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying; Ieremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rodde of an almond tree. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seene: for I will hasten my word to performe it. And the worde of the LORD came unto mee the second time, saying; What seest thou? And I said; I see a seething pot, and the face thereof was towards the North. Then the LORD said unto me; Out of the North an evill shal breake foorth upon all the inhabitants of the land. For loe, I will call all the families of the kingdoms message against of the North, saith the LORD, and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entring of the gates of Ierusalem, and against all the walles thereof round about, and against all the cities of Iudah. And I will utter my iudgements against them touching all their wickednesse, who have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, and worshipped the workes of their owne hands. His heavy Iudah. God incour ageth him with his promise of assistance. God having shewed his former kind nesse, expostu Thou therefore gird up thy loynes, and arise and speake unto them all that I commaund thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. For behold, I have made thee this day a defenced citie, and an yron pillar, and brasen walles against the whole land, against the kings of Iudah, against the princes thereof, against the Priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevaile against thee: for I am with thee, sayth the LORD, to deliver thee. MR CHAPTER II OREOVER, the word of the LORD came to me, saying; Goe, and crie in the eares of Ierusalem, saying; Thus sayth the LORD, I remember thee, the kindnesse of thy youth, lateth with the the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the Lewes, their wildernesse, in a land that was not sowen. Israel was holinesse unto the LORD, and the first fruites of his increase: all that devoure him, shall offend; evill shall come upon them, sayth the LORD. Heare ye the word of the LORD, O house of Iacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. causelesse revolt, Thus sayth the LORD, What iniquitie have your fathers found in me, that they are gone farre from mee, and have walked after vanitie, and are become vaine? Neither sayd they, Where is the |