And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Behold in a dread full dream during the whoreable nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
And i was taken and shown a young man and a young woman ...and they were partying and drinking and laughing and having a "good" time ...
and by and by after meeting three or four times ...away from the bar and at the bar ...they slept together ...in drunkenness ...for the lust of each others flesh ...
and by and by as they drank more and slept together the more ...
and they themselves mused each other with the thought that they would be married ......if they wanted ...
nevertheless they lived together ...and the day came when the woman became pregnant ...and they talked it over ...whether to abort the kid or not ...
evenso the woman felt a need to have a baby ...that she had a hard time denying ...
and she thought that having a baby "together" would bring the man to marriage ...
nevertheless the woman mused herself with the idea of quitting drinking ...
just while she was pregnant anyway ...for she had heard drinking is bad for the baby ...
and they talked the more about getting and abortion and or getting married ...
and the rush and raging of daily activities of the UNGodlie city they "forgot" or "put off" making decisions about "the kid" ...
Nevertheless time passed and a baby boy was born ...
and the man and the woman began to drink again the more ...and to fight over whose responsibility "the kid " was ...dividing the hours that "the kid " need to be watched ...
and the man and the woman ...agreed that they would find someone to watch the kid while they worked ...or any time the kid needed to be watched ...
And THAT for each ones job was very very important to them ...
and they could get a "sitter" when they wanted to "go out" and party and drink like they "use to " ...
and of course as they drank they more they fought the more ...whose responsibility "the kid" was ...
and "the kid" became like a "thing" ...that they had to "deal with" and the drunken fights became more and more vicious ...
and carelessness ( could not care less ) came from unresolved fights that occurred more and more often ...
and the care less ness turned to accepting amorous offerings from other lust full beguiling people ...
and "meeting other people" started ...that soon turned into lust full ravaging of their flesh with strangers ...
and as the "couple " who were not couple ...began to destroy all they had together ...the boy ...became a casualty ...
and the grandparents watched and helped when they could ...to mend the "couple " for everyone's sake ...yet to no avail ...
evenso the aged parents gathered up the boy ...out of the wretched house ...and away from the vicious drunken fights and casting each other out of the house ...
and at THE END the "UNGodlie "couple" who were "no couple" ...went back to their "single" ways ...AGAIN going to bars and lusting after other peoples flesh ...
and the little boy slept in the arms of his grandparents ...
in a quiet house filled of love and caring in spirit of truth offered of God and Jesus.
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 21
Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with *surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that sit on the face of the earth. Watch therefore continually and pray, that ye may obtain grace to fly all this that shall come, and that ye may stand before the son of man.
*superfluity (excess) *surfeit: caused by excessive eating or drinking; sickness or derangement
Wine is a *voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes *sedition: whoso delighteth therin, shall never be wise.
*voluptuous = provocative. sedition = disloyalty,
treachery, labored strife.
* bewray = to disclose, betray, or accuse.
Woe
to the blood thirsty city, which is all full of lies and
robbery, and will not leave off of ravishing. There a man
may hear scourging, rushing, the noise of the wheels, the crying of the horses,
and the rolling of the chariots. There the horsemen get up with naked swords,
and glittering spears: There layeth a multitude of slain, and a great heap of
dead *coarses, yee men fall upon their bodies: And that for
the great and many fold whoredom, of the fair and beautiful harlot: which
is a mistress of witchcraft, yee and selleth the people through her whoredom,
and the nations through her witchcraft.
Behold, I will upon thee ( sayeth the Lord
of hosts ) and will pull thy clothes over thy head: that I may show thy
nakedness among the Heathen, and thy shame among the kingdoms. I will cast dirt
upon thee, to make thee be abhorred, and a gazing stock: Yee all they that look
upon thee, shall start back, and say: Ninive is destroyed.
Who will have pity upon thee: where shall
I seek one to comfort thee? Art thou better than the great
city of Alexandria: that lay in the waters, and had the waters round about it:
which was strongly fenced and walled with the sea? Ethiopia and Egypt were her
strength, and that exceedingly great above measure. Africa and Libya were her
helpers, yet was she driven away, and brought into captivity: her young children
were smitten down at the head of every street, the lots were cast for the most
ancient men in her, and all her mighty men were bound in chains. Even so shalt
thou also be drunken, and hide thyself, and seek some help against thy enemy.
All thy strong cities shall be like fig trees with ripe figs: which when a man
shaketh, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.
Behold, thy people within thee are but
women: the ports of thy land shall be open to thine enemies, and the fire
shall devour thy barrs. Draw water now against thou be besieged, make up thy
strongholds, go into the clay, temper the mortar, make strong brick: yet the
fire shall consume thee, the sword shall destroy thee, yee as the locust doth,
so shall it eat thee up. It shall fall heavily upon thee as the locusts, yee
right heavily shall it fall upon thee, even as the grasshoppers. Thy
merchants have been numbered with the stars of heaven: but now shall they spread
abroad as the locusts, and flee their way: Thy
lords are as the grasshoppers, and thy captains as the multitude of
grasshoppers: which when they be cold, remain in the hedges: but when the Sun is
up, they flee away, and no man can tell where they are become. Thy shepherds are
asleep ( O king of Assur ) thy worthies are laid down: thy people is scattered
abroad upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them together again. Thy wound
cannot be healed, thy plague is so sore. All they that hear this of thee, shall
clap their hands over thee. For what is he, to whom thou hast not always been
doing hurt
*coarses= corpses ..courses; manner of proceeding or developing;
Now will then, I will sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My
beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground. This he
hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the
midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therin. And afterward when
he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns. I show you
now my cause ( O ye Citizens of Jerusalem and whole of Juda ) : Judge, I pray
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What more could have been done for it, that I
have not done? Wherefore hath it given thorns, where I looked to have grapes of
it?
Well, I shall tell you how I will do with my
vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the
wall, that it may be trodden under foot. I will lay it waste, that it shall
neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the
clouds, that they shall not rain upon it. As for the vineyard of the Lord of
Hosts it is the house of Israel, and whole Juda his fair planting. Of these he
looked for equity, but see there is wrong: for righteousness, lo, It is but
misery.
Woe unto you that join one house to another,
and bring one land so nigh unto another, till ye can get no more ground. Will ye
dwell upon the earth alone? The Lord of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear:
shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall
dwell in them? And ten acres of vines shall give but a Quart, and thirty bushels
of feed shall give but three.
Woe unto them that rise up early to use
themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine. In
those companies are harps and lutes, tabrets and pipes, and wine. But they
regard not the work of the Lord, and consider not the operation of his hands.
Therefore cometh my folk also in captivity, because they have no understanding.
Their glory shall be mixed with hunger, and their pride shall be marred for
thirst. Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that pride
boasting and wisdom, with such as rejoice therin, may descend into it.
Thus shall man have a fall, he shall be
brought low, and the high looks of the proud layed down. But the Lord of
Hosts, that holy God: shall be exalted and untouched, when he shall declare his
equity and righteousness after this manner: Then shall the lambs eat their
appointed fodder, and shall feed plentiously in the mountains. Woe be unto vain
persons, that draw wickedness unto them, as it were with a cord: and sin, as it
were with a cart rope. Which use to speak on this manner: Let him make hast now,
and go forth with his work, that we may see it. Let that counsel of the holy one
of Israel come, and draw nye, that we may know it.
Woe be unto them that call evil good, and
good evil: which make darkness light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet,
and sweet sour. Woe be unto them that are wise in their own sight, and think
themselves to have understanding.
There shall not one of them put off the girdle from his loins, Ephes 6:14 RN) *ner loose the latchet of their shoe
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 12
I am come to send fire on earth: and what is my desire, but that it were
already kindled? Notwithstanding I must be baptised with a baptism: and how am I
pained till it be ended? Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth? I
tell you nay, but rather debate. For from henceforth there shall be five in
one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall
be divided against the son, and the son against the father. The mother against
the daughter, and the daughter against the mother. The mother in law against her
daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Then said he to the people: when ye see a
cloud rise out of the west straight way ye say: we shall have a shower, and so
it is. And when ye se the south wind blow, ye say: we shall have heat, and it
cometh to pass. Hypocrites, ye can skill of the fashion of the earth, and of
the sky: but what is the cause, that ye cannot skill of this time? Ye and why
judge ye not of yourselves what is right?
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
Wine is a *voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes *sedition: whoso delighteth therin, shall never be wise.
sedition = disloyalty, treachery, labored strife
I say walk in the spirit, and fulfil not the
lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth contrary to the spirit, and the spirit
contrary to the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye
cannot do that which ye would. But and if ye be led of the spirit, then are ye
not under the law. The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these,
*advoutry, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, zeal, wrath, strife, sedition, sects, envying, murder, drunkenness,
gluttony, and suchlike of the which I tell you before as I have told you in time
past, that they which commit such things, shall not inherit, the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of spirit is, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance. Against such there is no law.
They that are Christs, have crucified the flesh with the appetites and lusts.
If we live in the spirit, let us walk in the
spirit. Let us not be vain glorious, provoking one another, and envying one
another
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain hearted to God, being devoted to something or some one else. see James 2 for adultery.
But the fruit of spirit is, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance.
Brethren, if any man be fallen by chance into any
fault: ye which are spiritual help to amend him in the spirit of meekness:
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one anothers burden, and
so fulfil the law of Christ. If any man seem to himself that he is somewhat,
when indeed he is nothing, the same deceiveth himself in his imagination.
Let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in his own
self, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.
Let him that is taught in the word minister
unto him that teacheth him, in all good things. Be not deceived, God is not
mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. He that soweth in his
flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit,
shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. Let us not be weary of well doing.
For when the time is come, we shall reap with out weariness. While we have
therefore time, let us do good unto all men, and specially unto them which are
of the household of faith.
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER Chpt 3
It is better (if the will of God be so) that ye
suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. For as much as Christ hath once
suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, for to bring us to God, and was
killed, as pertaining to the flesh: but was quickened in the spirit.
In which spirit he also went and preached
unto the spirits that were in prison, which were in time past disobedient, when
the long suffering of God abode exceeding patiently in the days of Noah, while
the ark was a preparing wherein few (that is to say, eight souls) were saved by
water, which signifieth baptism that now saveth us, not the putting away of the
filth of the flesh, but in that a good conscience consenteth to God, by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is on the right hand of God: and is gone
into heaven, angels, power and might subdued unto him
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PETER Chpt 4
For as much as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he
which suffereth in the flesh, ceaseth from sin, that he hence forward should
live as much time as remaineth in the flesh: not after the lusts of men, but
after the will of God. For it is sufficient for us that we have spent the time
that is past of the life, after the will of the gentiles, walking in wantonness,
lusts, drunkenness, in eating, drinking and in abominable
idolatry.
And it seemeth to them a strange thing that
ye run not also with them unto the same excess of riot, and therefore speak they
evil of you, which shall give *accompts to him that is ready to judge quick and
dead. For unto this purpose verily was the gospel preached unto the dead that
they should be judged like other men in the flesh, but should live before God in
the spirit. The end of all things is at hand.
Be ye therefore discreet and sober, that ye
may be apt to prayers. But above all things have fervent love among you. For
love covereth the multitude of sins. Be ye harbourous one to another, and that
without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, minister the same one to
another as good ministers of the many fold grace of God. If any man speak let
him talk as though he spake the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it
as of the ability which God ministreth unto him. That, that God in all things
may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever
and while the world standeth. Amen.
Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this
heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had
happened unto you: but rejoice, in as much as ye are partakers of Christs
passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad. If ye be
railed upon for the name of Christ happy are ye. For the spirit of glory and the
spirit of God resteth upon you. On their part he is evil spoken of: but on your
part he is glorified.
See that none of you suffer as a murderer,
or as a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody in other mens matters. If any
man suffer as a Christian man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorify God
on his behalf. For the time is come that judgement must begin at the house of
God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not
the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved: where shall the
ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the
will of God, commit their souls to him with well doing, as unto a faithful
creator
*accompts (accounts, accomplishments)
Wine is a *voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes *sedition: whoso delighteth therin, shall never be wise.
sedition = disloyalty, treachery, labored strife
There were tyrants in the world in those days. For after that the children of God had gone in unto the daughters of men, and had begotten them children, the same children were the mightiest of the world, and men of renown. And when the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, he repented that he had made man upon the earth, and sorrowed in his heart. And said: I will destroy mankind which I have made, from off the face of the earth: both man, beast, worm and fowl of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. But yet Noe found grace in the sight of the Lord.
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 16
Then came the Pharisees and Sadducees, and did tempt him, desiring him to show them some sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them. At evening ye say, we shall have fair weather, and that because the sky is red: and in the morning ye say, today shall be foul weather, and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times? The froward nation and *advoutrous seeketh a sign, and there shall none other sign be given unto them but the sign of the Prophet Jonas. So left he them and departed.
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain hearted to God, being devoted to something or some one else. see James 2 for adultery
Every man can *eschue a person moved to anger, for what he doth
wisely? Even so shall the Lord of Hosts take away from Jerusalem and
from Juda, all possessions and power, all meat and drink, the captain and the
soldier, the judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man, the worshipful of
fifty year old, and the honorable: the Senators, and the men of understanding:
the masters of crafts and orators. And I shall give you children to be
your princes,( sayeth the Lord ) and babes shall have the rule of you. One shall
ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy will presume against the
elder, and the vile person against the honorable. Ye when one shall take a
friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say: Thou hast clothing, thou shalt
be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril.
Then shall he swear and say: I can not
help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me
no ruler of the people. For Jerusalem and Juda must decay, because both their
words and counsel are against the Lord, they provoke the presence of his Majesty
unto anger. The changing of their countenance betrayeth them, yee they
declare their own sins themselves, as the Sodomites, and hide them not. Woe be
unto their souls, for they shall be heavily rewarded. Then shall they say: O
happy are the godly, for they may enjoy the fruits of their studies. But woe
be unto the ungodly and unrighteous for they shall be rewarded after their
works. O my people, *ribaudes oppress thee, and women have rule of thee. O my
people, thy leaders deceive thee, and tread out the way of thy footsteps.
The Lord is here to commune of the matter, and standeth to give judgement with
the people. The Lord shall come forth to reason with the Senators and princes of
his people, and shall say thus unto them: It is ye that have burnt up my
vineyard, the robbery of the poor is in your house. Wherefore do ye oppress my
people, and marred the faces of the innocents? thus shall the Lord God of Hosts
revile them.
Moreover thus sayeth the Lord: Seeing the
daughters of Sion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and
with vain wanton eyes: seeing they come in tripping so nicely with their feet:
Therefore shall the Lord shave the heads of the daughters of Sion, and make
their beauty bare in the day. In that day shall the Lord take away the
gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, *partlets, and collars,
bracelets and hooves, that goodly flowered wide and boarded raiment, brushes and
head bands, rings and garlands, holy day clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins,
glasses and smocks, bonnets and *taches
And instead of good smell there shall be
stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well
set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth, and for
their beauty witherdness and *son burning. Their husbands and their mighty men
shall perish with the sword in battle
*eschue (avoid, escape) *ribaudes ( extortioners :MN). *partlets = ruffled covering for the neck. *taches = buckles, clasps, fasteners. *son burning exactly as recorded
Now will then, I will sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My
beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground. This he
hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the
midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therin. And afterward when
he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns. I show you
now my cause ( O ye Citizens of Jerusalem and whole of Juda ) : Judge, I pray
you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What more could have been done for it, that I
have not done? Wherefore hath it given thorns, where I looked to have grapes of
it?
Well, I shall tell you how I will do with my
vineyard: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perish, and break down the
wall, that it may be trodden under foot. I will lay it waste, that it shall
neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the
clouds, that they shall not rain upon it. As for the vineyard of the Lord of
Hosts it is the house of Israel, and whole Juda his fair planting. Of these he
looked for equity, but see there is wrong: for righteousness, lo, It is but
misery.
Woe unto you that join one house to another,
and bring one land so nigh unto another, till ye can get no more ground. Will ye
dwell upon the earth alone? The Lord of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear:
shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall
dwell in them? And ten acres of vines shall give but a Quart, and thirty bushels
of feed shall give but three.
Woe unto them that rise up early to use
themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine. In
those companies are harps and lutes, tabrets and pipes, and wine. But they
regard not the work of the Lord, and consider not the operation of his hands.
Therefore cometh my folk also in captivity, because they have no understanding.
Their glory shall be mixed with hunger, and their pride shall be marred for
thirst. Therefore gapeth hell, and openeth her mouth marvelous wide: that pride
boasting and wisdom, with such as rejoice therin, may descend into it.
Thus shall man have a fall, he shall be
brought low, and the high looks of the proud layed down. But the Lord of
Hosts, that holy God: shall be exalted and untouched, when he shall declare his
equity and righteousness after this manner: Then shall the lambs eat their
appointed fodder, and shall feed plentiously in the mountains. Woe be unto vain
persons, that draw wickedness unto them, as it were with a cord: and sin, as it
were with a cart rope. Which use to speak on this manner: Let him make hast now,
and go forth with his work, that we may see it. Let that counsel of the holy one
of Israel come, and draw nye, that we may know it.
Woe be unto them that call evil good, and
good evil: which make darkness light, and light darkness, that make sour sweet,
and sweet sour. Woe be unto them that are wise in their own sight, and think
themselves to have understanding. Woe be unto them that are conning men to
sup out wine and expert to set up drunkenness. These give sentence with the
ungodly for rewards, but condemn the just cause of the righteous.
Therefore like as the fire licketh up the
straw, as the flame consumeth the stubble: Even so ( when their root is full )
their blossom shall vanish away as dust or smoke: for they despise the law of
the Lord of Hosts, and blaspheme the word of the holy maker of Israel.
Therefore is the wrath of the Lord kindled
also against his people, and he shaketh his hand at them: yee he shall smite so,
that the hills shall tremble. And their carcasses shall lie in the open streets,
like mire. After all this, the wrath of God shall not cease, but he shall
stretch his hand wider. And he shall give a token unto a strange people, and
call unto them in a far country: and behold, they shall come hastily with speed.
There is not one faint or feeble among them, no not a sluggish or slippery
person. There shall not one of them put off the girdle from his loins, *ner
loose the latchet of their shoe. Their arrows are sharp, and their bows bent.
Their horses hoofs are like flint, and their cart wheels like a stormy wind.
Their cry is as it were of a lion, and the roaring of them like lions whelps.
They shall roar, and haunch up the prey, and no man shall recover it or get it
from them. In that day they shall be fierce upon them, as the sea. And if we
look unto the land, behold, it shall be all darkness and sorrow. If we look to
heaven: behold, it shall be dark with careful desperation
There shall not one of them put off the girdle from his loins, Ephes 6:14 RN) *ner loose the latchet of their shoe
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 12
I am come to send fire on earth: and what is my desire, but that it were
already kindled? Notwithstanding I must be baptised with a baptism: and how am I
pained till it be ended? Suppose ye that I am come to send peace on earth? I
tell you nay, but rather debate. For from henceforth there shall be five in
one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall
be divided against the son, and the son against the father. The mother against
the daughter, and the daughter against the mother. The mother in law against her
daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Then said he to the people: when ye see a
cloud rise out of the west straight way ye say: we shall have a shower, and so
it is. And when ye se the south wind blow, ye say: we shall have heat, and it
cometh to pass. Hypocrites, ye can skill of the fashion of the earth, and of
the sky: but what is the cause, that ye cannot skill of this time? Ye and why
judge ye not of yourselves what is right?
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
So is the multitude of all
the people that muster themselves against the hill of Sion. But ye shall be at
your wits end, ye shall be abashed: ye shall stagger, and reel to and fro.
Ye shall be drunken, but not of wine. Ye
shall fall, but not through drunkenness: For the Lord shall give you an hard
sleeping spirit, and hold down your eyes: namely your Prophets and heads which
should see, them shall he cover. And all visions shall be unto you, as the words
that stand in a sealed letter, when one offereth it to a man that is learned,
and sayeth: read us this letter. Then he answereth: I can not read it, for it is
shut. But if it be given to one that is not learned, or say unto him: read this
letter: Then sayeth he I can not read.
Therefore thus sayeth the Lord: For so
much as this people draweth near me with their mouth, and praiseth me highly
with their lips, where as their heart nevertheless is far from me, and the fear
which they owe unto me, that turn they to mens laws and doctrines, therefore
will I also show unto this people a marvelous, terrible, and great thing (
Namely this: ) I will destroy the wisdom of their wise, and the understanding of
their learned men shall perish. Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide
their imagination before the Lord, which rehearse their counsels in darkness,
and say: who seeth us, or who knoweth us? Which imagination of yours is even as
when the potters clay taketh advisement, as though the work might say to the
workmaster : make me not, or as when an earthen vessel sayeth of the potter: he
understandeth not. See ye not that it is hard by, that Libanus shall be turned
in to Charmel, and that Charmel shall be taken as wood? Then shall the deaf man
understand the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see without
any cloud or darkness. The oppressed shall hold a merry feast in the Lord, and
the poor shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
Then shall the furious people cease, and the
mockers shall be put away, and all they that do wrong shall be plucked out, such
as labor to draw men unto sin: and that deceive him, which reproveth them in the
gate, and such as turn good persons to vanity. And therefore the Lord ( even the
defender of Abraham ) sayeth thus unto the house of Jacob: Now shall not Jacob
be ashamed, nor his face confounded, when he seeth among his children ( whom my
hands have made ) such as hallow my name among them: that they may sanctify the
holy one of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel. and that they which afore time
were of an erroneous spirit, have now understanding, and that such as before
could not speak, are now learned in my law.
Then said the Lord unto me: Thus saith
the Lord: Even so will I corrupt the pride of Judah, and the high mind of
Jerusalem. This people is a wicked people, they will not hear my word, they
follow the wicked imaginations of their own heart, and hang upon strange Gods,
them have they served and worshiped: and therefore they shall be as this breech,
that serveth for nothing. For as straightly as a breech lieth upon a mans loins,
so straightly did I bind the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda
unto me, sayeth the Lord: that they might be my people: that they might have a
glorious name: that they might be in honor: but they would not obey me.
Therefore lay this riddle before them, and say: Thus saith the Lord God of
Israel: Every pot shall be filled with wine. And they shall say: thinkest thou
we know not, that every pot shall be filled with wine? Then shalt thou say unto
them: Thus saith the Lord: Behold, I shall fill all the inhabitors of this land
with drunkenness, the Kings that sit upon Davids stool, the
Priests and Prophets, with all that dwell at Jerusalem. And I will *shute them
one against another, yee the fathers against the sons, sayeth the Lord.
I will not pardon them, I will not spare
them, ner have pity upon them: but destroy them. Be obedient, give ear, take no
destain at it, for it is the Lord himself that speaketh. Honor the Lord your God
herein, or he take his light from you, and or ever your feet stumble in darkness
at the hill: lest when ye look for the light, he turn it into the shadow and
darkness of death. But if ye will not hear me, that give you secret warning, I
will mourn from my whole heart for your stubbornness. Piteously will I weep, and
the tears shall gush out of mine eyes. For the Lords flock shall be carried away
captive. Tell the king and the rulers: Humble yourselves, set you down low, for
the crown of your glory shall fall from your head. The cities toward the south
shall be shut up, and no man shall open them. All Juda shall be carried away
captive, so that none shall remain.
Lift up your eyes, and behold them, that
come from the North: Like a fat flock shall they fall upon thee. To whom will
thou make thy moan, when they come upon thee, for thou hast taught them thyself,
and made them masters over thee. Shall not sorrow come upon thee, as on a woman
travailing with child? And if thou wouldest say then in thine heart: Wherefore
come these things upon me? Even for the multitude of thy blasphemes, shall thy
hinder parts and thy feet be discovered. For like as the man of Inde may change
his skin, and the cat of the mountains her spots: so may ye that be exercised in
evil, do good. Therefore will I scatter you, like as the stubble that is taken
away with the south wind. This shall be your portion, and the portion of your
measure, where with ye shall be rewarded of me, saith the Lord: because ye have
forgotten me, and put your trust in deceitful things. Therefore shall I turn thy
clothes over thy head, and discover thy thighs, that thy privates may be seen,
thy *advoutry, thy deadly malice, thy beastliness, and thy shameful whoredom.
For upon the fields and hills I have seen thy abominations. Wo be unto thee ( O
Jerusalem ) when wilt thou ever be cleansed any more?
*shute: shut; as
shut out, or shoot at, as in darts of the accuser.
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain
hearted to God, being devoted to something or some one else. see James 2 for
adultery
The word of the Lord came unto me, saying: Thou son of man, there were
two women, that had one mother: These ( when they were young ) began to play the
harlots in Egypt. there were their breasts *brosed, and the pappes of their
maidenhead destroyed. The eldest of them was called Oholah and her younger
sister Oholibah. These two were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Their
names were, Samaria, and that was Oholah: and Jerusalem, that was Oholibah: As
for Oholah she began to go a whoring, when I had taken her to me. She was set on
fire upon her lovers the Assirians, which had to do with her: even the princes
and lords, that were decked in costly array: fair young men lusty riders of
horses.
Thus through her whoredom, she cleaved unto
all the young men of Assyria: yee she was mad upon them, and defiled herself
with all their Idols. Neither ceased she from the fornication, that she used
with the Egyptians: for in her youth they lay with her, they brosed the breasts
of her maidenhead and poured their whoredom upon her. Wherefore I delivered her
into the hands of her lovers, even the Assyrians, whom she so loved. These
discovered her shame, took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword:
An evil name gat she of all the people, and they punished her.
Her sister Aholibah saw this, and destroyed
herself with inordinate love, more than she, and exceeded her sister in whoredom
she loved the Assyrians, ( which also lay with her ) namely, the princes and
great lords, that were clothed with all manner of gorgeous apparel, all lusty
horsemen and fair young persons. Then I saw, that they both were defiled a like.
But she increased her whoredom: for when she saw men painted upon the wall, the
images of the Chaldees set forth with fresh colors, with fair girdles about
them, and goodly bonnets upon their heads, looking all like Princes ( after the
manner of the Babylonians and Chaldees in their own land, where they be born )
immediatley, as soon as she saw them, she burnt in love upon them, and sent
messengers for them into the land of the Chaldees.
Now when the Babylonians came to her, they
lay with her, and defiled her with their whoredom, and so was she polluted with
them. And when her lust was abated from them, her whoredom and shame was
discovered and seen: then my heart forsook her, like as my heart was gone from
her sister also. Nevertheless, she used her whoredome ever the longer the more,
and remembered the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the
land of Egypt: she burnt in lust upon them, whose flesh was like the flesh of
Asses, and their seed like the seed of horses. Thus thou hast renewed the
filthiness of thy youth, when thy lovers *bresed thy paps, and marred thy
breasts in Egypt.
Therefore ( O Aholibah ) thus saith the Lord
God. I will raise up thy lovers (with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust )
against thee, and gather them together round about thee: namely the Babylonians,
and all the Chaldees: Pecod, Schoa, and Coa, with all the Assyrians: all young
and fair lovers: princes and lords, knights and gentlemen, which be all good
horsemen: These shall come upon thee with horses, chariots, and a great
multitude of people: which shall be harnessed about thee on every side, with
breastplates, shields and helmets. I will punish thee before them, yee they
themselves shall punish thee, according to their own judgement. I will put my
jealousy upon thee, so that they shall deal cruelly with thee. They shall cut
off thy nose and thine ears, and the remnant shall fall through the sword. They
shall carry away thy sons and thy daughters, and the residue shall be burnt in
the fire. They shall strip thee out of thy clothes, and carry thy costly jewels
away with them.
Thus I will make an end of thy filthiness
and whoredom, which thou hast brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt
turn thine eyes no more after them, and cast thy mind no more upon Egypt. For
thus saith the Lord: behold, I will deliver thee into the hands of them, whom
thou hatest: yee even into the hands of them, with whom thou hast fulfilled thy
lust, which shall deal cruelly with thee, and shall take away all thy labor, and
thus the shame of thy filthy whoredom shall come to light. All these things
shall happen unto thee, because of thy whoredom, which thou hast used among the
Gentiles, with whos Idols thou hast defiled thy self. Thou hast walked in the
way of thy sister, therefore will I give thee her cup in thine hand.
Thus saith the Lord God: Thou shalt drink of
thy sisters cup, how deep and *tarre so ever it be to the bottom. Thou shalt be
laughed to scorn, and had as greatly in derision, as possible. Thou shalt be
full of drunkenness and sorrow, for the cup of thy sister
Samaria is a cup of destruction and wasting: The same shalt thou drink, and sup
it out even to the dregs, Yee thou shalt eat up the broken pieces of it, and so
tear thine own breasts: for even I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: For so
much as thou hast forgotten me, and cast me aside, so bear now thy own
filthiness and whoredom. The Lord said moreover unto me: Thou son of man, wilt
thou not reprove Oholah and Oholibah? Show them their abominations: namely, That
they have broken their wedlock, and stained their hands with blood: Yee even
with their idols have they committed *advoutry, and offered them their own
children ( to be devoured ) whom they have born unto me. Yee and this have they
done unto me also: they have defiled my Sanctuary in that same day, and have
unhallowed my sabbaths. For when they had slain their children for their idols,
they came the same day into my Sanctuary to defile it. Lo, this have they done
in my house. Beside all this, thou has sent thy messengers for men out of far
countries: and when they came, thou hast bathed, trimmed and set forth thy self
of the best fashion: thou satest upon a goodly bed, and a table spread before
thee: whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Then there was great cheer with her: and the
men that were sent from far countries over the desert, unto these they gave
bracelets upon their hands, and set glorious crowns upon their heads: Then
thought I: no doubt, these will use their harlotry also with yonder old whore.
And they went into her, as unto a common harlot: Even so went they also to
Oholah and Oholibah those filthy women.
O ye all that love virtue and righteousness,
judge them, punish them: as *advoutrers and murderers ought to be judged and
punished. For they are breakers of wed lock, and the blood is in their hands.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God: bring a great multitude of people upon them,
and make them be scattered and spoiled: these shall stone them and gore them
with their swords. They shall slay their sons and daughters and burn up their
houses with fire.
Thus I will destroy all such filthiness out
of the land, that all women may learn, not to do after your uncleanness. And so
they shall lay your filthiness upon your own selves, and ye shall be punished
for the sins, that ye have committed with your Idols: and ye shall know that I
am the Lord
*brosed= perhaps bruised RN *bresed=cooked in fat (old
French). *tarre=detestable.
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion to God
our father, Jesu his son, love, truth, spirit. In most cases; in the KJV and
other bibles of man this word was replaced with "adultery". see the
children are offered up to the same advoutry. see James 2 for adultery
Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away. My people ask counsel at their stocks, their staff must tell them. For an whorish mind hath deceived them, so that they commit fornication against their God. They make sacrifices upon the high mountains, and burn their incense upon the hills, yee among the oaks, groves and bushes, for there are good shadows. Therefore your daughters have become harlots, and your spouses have broken their wedlock, I will not punish your daughters for being defiled, and your brides that became whores: seeing the fathers themselves have meddled with harlots, and offered with unthirftiness: but the people that will not understand must be punished.
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to get him wrothfull displeasure for his drunkenness: that he may see his *prevites. Therefore with shame thou shalt be filled, in stead of honor. Drink thou also, till thou slumber with all: for the cup of the Lords right hand shall compass thee about, and shameful spewing instead of worship. For the wrong thou hast done in Libanus, shall overwhelm thee, and the wild beasts shall make thee afraid: because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city, and to all such as dwell therein.
*prevites=expose things held private, betrayal of confidentiality
Now when it was late in the night his servants made haste every man to his lodging. And Uagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way, for they were all over laden with wine. So was Judith alone in the chamber. As for Holofernes he lay upon the bed all drunken, and of very drunkenness fell asleep.
Then commanded Judith her maiden, to stand without before the door, and
to wait. And Judith stood before the bed, making her prayer with tears, and
moved her lips secretly, and said: Strengthen me O' Lord God of Israel, and have
respect unto the works of my hands in this hour, that thou mayest set up thy
city of Jerusalem, like as thou hast promised: O' grant that by thee I may
perform the thing, which I have devised through the believe that I have in thee.
And when she had spoken this, she went to
the bedstead, and loosen the sword that hanged upon it, and drew it out. Then
she took hold of the hairy locks of his head, and said: Strengthen me O' Lord
God in this hour: and with that she gave him two strokes upon the neck, and
smote off his head. Then took she the canopy away, and rolled the dead body
aside. Immediately she gat her forth, and delivered the head of Holofernes unto
her maiden, and bade her to put it in her wallet.
And so these two went forth together after
their custom, as though they would pray, and so passed by the Host, and came
through the valley unto the port of the city. And Judith cried afar off unto the
watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates ( said she ) for God is with us, which
hath showed his power in Israel. And when they heard her voice, they called the
elders of the city together. And they came all to meet her, little and great,
young and old, for they thought not that she should have come so soon. So they
lighted candles, and gathered around her every each one: but she went up into an
high place, and caused silence to be proclaimed.
When every man now held his tongue, Judith
said: O' praise the Lord our God, for he hath not despised, nor forsaken them,
that put their trust in him: and in me his handmaiden he hath performed his
mercy, which he promised unto the house of Israel: yee in my hand this same
night hath he slayen the enemy of his people.
And with that she took forth the head of
Holofernes out of the wallet, and showed it them, saying: Behold the head of
Holofernes the Captain of the Assyrians, and this is the canopy, where he layed
in his drunkenness : where the Lord our God hath slayen him by the hand of a
woman.
But truly as the Lord liveth, his Angel hath
kept me, going hither remaining there, and coming hither again from thence. And
the Lord hath not suffered me his handmaiden to be defiled, but without any
filthiness of sin hath he brought me again unto you: and that with great
victory, so that I am escaped, and ye delivered. O' give thanks unto him every
each one, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth forever.
So they praised the Lord altogether, and
gave thanks unto him. And to her they said: The Lord hath blessed thee in his
power, for through thee he hath brought our enemies to naught. And Osias the
chief ruler of the people of Israel, said unto her: Blessed art thou of the Lord
the high God, above all women on earth.
Blessed be the Lord, the maker of heaven and
earth, which hath guided thee aright to wound and to smite off the head of the
Captain of our enemies. For this day he hath made thy name so honorable, that
thy praise shall never come out of the mouth of men, which shall alway remember
the power of the Lord: seeing that thou hast not spared thy own self, but put
thee in jeopardy, considering the anguish and trouble of thy people, and so hast
helped their fall before God our Lord. And all the people said: Amen, Amen.
Achior also was called, and he came. Then
said Judith unto him: The God of Israel unto whom thou gavest witness, that he
would be avenged of his enemies, even he hath this night through my hand smitten
off the head of all the unfaithful. And that thou mayest see that it so is,
behold this is the head of Holofernes, which in his presumptuous pride despised
the God of the people of Israel, and threatened thee with destruction, saying:
when the people of Israel is taken, I shall also cause thee to be sticked with
the sword. When Achior saw Holofernes head he fell down upon his face to the
ground for very anguish and fear, so that he swooned withal. But after that he
was come again to himself, he fell down before her, and praised her, saying:
Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Jacob: for all the people
that hear of thy name, shall praise the God of Israel because of thee.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 12
And where as thou sawest two underwings upon the head that is on the right side, it signifieth that it is they, whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is a small kingdom, full of trouble. The Lion whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and roaring, and speaking unto the Eagle, and rebuking him for his unrighteousness, is the wind, which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and rent them asunder before them. For he shall set them living before the judgement, and shall rebuke them: for the residue of my people shall he deliver with trouble, those that be preserved over mine ends: and he shall make them joyful until the coming day of Judgement, where of I have spoken unto thee from the beginning. This is the dream that thou sawest, and this is the interpretation. Thou only hast been meat to know the secret of the Highest.
And there came two angels to Sodom at even. And Lot sat at the gate
of the city. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them, and he bowed
himself to the ground with his face. And he said: See lords, turn in I pray you
in to your servants house and tarry all night and wash your feet, and rise up
early and go on your ways. And they said: nay, but we will bide in the streets
all night. And he compelled them exceedingly. And they turned in unto him and
entered into his house, and he made them a feast and did bake sweet cakes, and
they ate. But before they went to rest, the men of the city of Sodom compassed
the house round about both old and young, all the people from all quarters. And
they called unto Lot and said unto him: where are the men which came into thy
house to night? bring them out unto us that we may do our lust with them.
And Lot went out at doors unto them and
shut the door after him and said: nay for Gods sake brethren, do not so
wickedly. Behold I have two daughters which have known no man, them will I
bring out unto you: do with them as it seemeth you good: Only unto these men do
nothing, for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said:
come hither. And they said: camest thou not in to sojourn, and wilt thou be now
a judge? we will surely deal worse with thee than with them.
And as they pressed sore upon Lot and
began to break up the door, the men put forth their hands and pulled Lot into
the house to them and shut to the door. And the men that were at the door of the
house, they smote with blindness both small and great: so that they could not
find the door. And the men said moreover unto Lot: If thou have yet here
any son in law or sons or daughters or whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring
it out of this place: for we must destroy this place, because the cry of them is
great before the Lord. Wherefore he hath sent us to destroy it.
And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in
law which should have married his daughters, and said: stand up and get you out
of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city. But he seemed as though he
had mocked, unto his sons in law. And as the morning arose the angels caused Lot
to speed him saying. Stand up, take thy wife and thy two daughters and that,
that is at hand, lest thou perish in the sin of the city. And as he
prolonged the time, the men caught both him, his wife and his two daughters by
the hands, because the Lord was merciful unto him, and they brought him forth
and set him without the city. When they had brought them out, they said: Save
thy life and look not behind thee neither tarry thou in any place of the
country, but save thyself in the mountain, lest thou perish. Then said Lot
unto them: O nay my Lord: behold, inasmuch as thy servant hath found grace in
thy sight, now make thy mercy great, which thou showest unto me in saving my
life. For I cannot save myself in the mountains, lest some misfortune fall upon
me and I die. Behold, here is a city by, to flee unto, and it is a little one,
let me save myself therein: is it not a little one, that my soul may live? And
he said to him: see I have received thy request as concerning this thing, that I
will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, and
save thyself there, for I can do nothing till thou be come in thither. And
therefore the name of the city is called Zoar. And the sun was upon the earth
when Lot was entered into Zoar.
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and
Gomorra, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven, and overthrew those
cities and all the region, and all that dwelled in the cities, and that, that
grew upon the earth. And Lots wife looked behind her, and was turned in to a
pillar of salt.
Abraham rose up early and got him to the
place where he stood before the Lord, and looked toward Sodom and Gomorra and
toward all the land of that country. And as he looked: behold, the smoke of the
country arose as it had been the smoke of a furnace. But yet when God destroyed
the cities of the region, he thought upon Abraham: and sent Lot
out from the danger of the overthrowing, when he overthrew the cities where Lot
dwelled.
And Lot departed out of
Zoar and dwelled in the mountains and his two daughters with him for he feared
to tarry in Zoar: he dwelled therefore in a cave, both he and his two daughters
also. Then said the elder unto the younger: our father is old, and there are no
more men in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the world. Come
therefore, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him that we
may save seed of our father. And they gave their father wine to drink that same
night. And the elder daughter went and lay with her father. And he perceived it
not, neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up.
And on the morrow the elder said unto the
younger: behold, yesternight lay I with my father. Let us give him wine to drink
this night also, and go thou and lie with him, and let us save seed of our
father. And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the
younger arose and lay with him. And he perceived it not: neither when she lay
down, neither when she rose up. Thus were both the daughters of Lot
with child by their father. And the elder bare a son and called him Moab, which
is the father of the Moabites unto this day. And the younger bare a son and
called him Ben Ammi, which is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
This understand, that in the last days shall come parlous times. For
the men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, cursed
speakers, disobedient to father and mother, unthankful, unholy, unkind,
trucebreakers, stubborn, false accusers, rioters, fierce despisers of them which
are good, traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more then
lovers of God, having a similitude of Godly living, but have denied the
power thereof: and such abhor. Of this sort are they which enter into
houses, and bring into bondage women laden with sin, which women are led of
*diverse lusts, ever learning and never able to come unto the knowledge of the
truth.
As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, even
so do these resist the truth, men they are of corrupt minds, and lewd as
concerning the faith: but they shall prevail no longer. For their madness shall
be uttered unto all men as theirs was. But thou hast seen the experience of my
doctrine, fashion of living, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioche, at Iconium and
at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently. And from them all the Lord
delivered me. Yea and all that will live godly in Christ *Jesu, must suffer
persecutions. But the evil men and deceivers shall wax worse and worse, while
they deceive and are deceived themselves.
But continue thou in the things which thou
hast learned, which also were committed unto thee, seeing thou knowest of whom
thou hast learned them and for as much also as thou hast known holy scripture of
a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith which
is in Christ Jesu. For all scripture given by inspiration of God, is profitable
to teach, to improve, to amend and to instruct in righteousness, that the man of
God may be perfect and prepared unto all good works
…O' Lamuel. give Kings no wine, give Kings and Princes no strong drink: Lest they being drunk forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity. Be thou an advocate and stand in judgement thyself, to speak for all such as be dumb and socourless.…
The 17th Chapter
And
there came one of the seven Angels, which had the seven vials: and talked with
me, saying unto me: come I will show you the judgement of the great whore that
sits upon many waters, with whom have committed fornication the kings of the
earth, so that the inhabiters of
the earth, are drunken with the wine of her fornication.
And he carried me away into the wilderness in the spirit. And I saw a woman sit
upon a rose colored beast full of names of blasphemy which had ten horns. And
the woman was arrayed in purple and rose colour and decked with gold, precious
stone, and pearls, and had a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication. And in her forehead was a name written, a
mystery, great Babylon the mother of whoredom and abominations of the earth.
And I saw the wife drunken with the blood of saints, and with the blood of the
witnesses of *Jesu. And when I saw her: I wondered with great marvel.
And the Angel said unto me: wherefore marvell you?
I will show you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that bears her, which
has seven heads, and ten horns. The beast that you See, was, and is not, and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and shall go into perdition, and they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder (whose names are not written in the book of
life from he beginning of the world) when they behold the beast that was and is
not. And here is a mind that has wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the
woman sits: they are also seven kings. Five are fallen, and one is, and another
is not yet come. When he comes he must continue a space. And the beast that was,
and is not, is even the eighth, and is one of the seven, and shall go into
destruction. And the ten horns which you see, are ten kings, which have received
no kingdom, but shall receive power as kings at one hour with the beast. These
have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These
shall fight with the lamb, and the lamb shall overcome them: For he is Lord of
lords, and king of kings and they that are on his side, are called, and chosen
and faithful.
And he said unto me: the waters which you sawest,
where the whore sits, are people, and folk, and nations, and tongues. And the
ten horns, which you saw upon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and
shall make her desolate, and naked, and shall eat their flesh, and burn her with
fire. For God has put in their hearts, to fulfil his will, and to do with one
consent, for to give her kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God be
fulfilled. And the woman which you sawest, is that great city, which reigns over
the kings of the earth.
*Jesu: Hebrew for Jesus.
The 18th Chapter
And
after that, I saw another Angel come from heaven, having great power, and the
earth was lightened with his brightness. And he cried mightily with a strong
voice saying: Great Babylon is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation
of devils, and the hold of all foul spirits, and a cage of all unclean and
hateful birds for all nations have drunken of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication. And
the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and her merchants
are waxed rich of the abundance of her pleasures.
And I heard another voice from heaven, say: come
away from her my people, that you be not partakers in her sins, that you receive
not of her plagues. For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God has remembered
her wickedness. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double
according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she
filled unto you. And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly so much
pour you in for her of punishment and sorrow, for she said in her heart: I sit
being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her
plagues come at one day, death, and sorrow, and hunger, and she shall be burnt
with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judges her.
And the kings of the earth shall beweep her and
wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived
wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, and shall stand
afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying . Alas, Alas, that great city
Babylon, that mighty city: for at one hour is her judgment come. And the
merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy
their ware any more, the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither
of pearl, and raynes and purple, and scarlet, and all your wood, and all manner
vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass and
of iron, and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine,
and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots,
and bodies and souls of men.
And the apples that your soul lusted after are
departed from you. And all things which were dainty, and had in price are
departed from you, and you shall find them no more. The merchants of these
things which were waxed rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of the
punishment of her, weeping and wailing, and saying: Alas, alas, that great city,
that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and
precious stone, and pearls: for at one hour so great riches is come to nought.
And every ship governor, and all they that
occupied ships, and shipmen which work in the sea, stood afar off, and cried,
when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: what city is like unto this
great city? And they cast dust on their heads, and cried weeping, and wailing,
and said: Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships
in the sea, by the reason of her costliness, for at one hour is she made
desolate.
Rejoice over her you heaven, and you holy Apostles
and Prophets: for God has given your judgement on her. And a mighty angel took
up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: with such
violence shall that great city Babylon be cast, and shall be found no more. And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be
heard no more in you: and no crafts man, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be
found any more in you. And the sound of a mill shall be heard no more in you,
and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, shall be heard no more in you,
for your merchants were the great men of the earth. And with your enchantment
were deceived all nations: and in her was found the blood of the Prophets, and
of the saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
This understand, that in the last days shall come parlous times. For the men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, cursed speakers, disobedient to father and mother, unthankful, unholy, unkind, trucebreakers, stubborn, false accusers, rioters, fierce despisers of them which are good, traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more then lovers of God, having a similitude of Godly living, but have denied the power thereof: and such abhor. Of this sort are they which enter into houses, and bring into bondage women laden with sin, which women are led of *diverse lusts, ever learning and never able to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
despisers of them which are good, traitors, heady, high minded,
traitors,
heady, high minded,
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 17
And he said unto the disciples: The days will
come, when ye shall desire to see one day of the son of man, and ye shall not
see it. And they shall say to you: See here, See there. Go not after them, nor
follow them, for as the lightning that appeareth out of the one part of the
heaven: and shineth unto the other part of heaven. So shall the son of man be in
his days. But first must he suffer many things, and be refused of this nation.
As it happened in the time of Noe: So shall
it be in the time of the son of man. They ate, they drank, they married wives
and were married, even unto the same day that Noe went into the Ark: and the
flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise also, as it chanced in the days
of lot. They ate, they drank,
they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. And even the same day that Lot
went out of *Zodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them
all. After these examples, shall it be in the day when the son of man shall
appear.
At that day he that is on the house top and
his stuff in the house: let him not come down to take it out. And likewise let
not him that is in the fields, turn back again to that he left behind. Remember
Lots wife. Whosoever will go about to save his life, shall lose it: And
whosoever shall lose his life, shall save it. I tell you in that night, there
shall be two in one bed, that one shall be received and the other shall be
forsaken. Two shall be also a grinding together: the one shall be received, and
the other forsaken. And they answered, and said unto him: where Lord? And he
said unto them: wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles
resort.
and others of a similitude ...
"city of babble and drunkenness..."
"the celebration of drunkenness..."
"as a vast flea market and the drunkenness of fame..."
"city of babble and drunkenness..."
"Lots daughters and the drunkenness of genetic engineering ..."
"wicked carnival ...hi-jacked trucks ...drunken policeman ...and the letter jacket ..."
"Life before God and Christ ...and drunkenness"
"man of drunkenness losses his children... "
"The drunkard his wife and his family."
"wasted youth on drunkenness and lust."
"drunk and lost in the swamp..."
"city of babble and drunkenness..."
"the celebration of drunkenness..."
"fame and riches fall to drunkenness..."