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 professional bicycle rider ...one that does many many tricks and flips and jumps and pumps ...
and the professional bicycle rider was a celebrity among those that are fans of bicycle riding and tricks ...
and the professional bicycle rider's fame over came him and he LEFT his wife and children ...and spent most all his time in the honor of his fans ...
and away ...A WAY from his family ...
Yet i was shown his wife and she loved the professional bicycle rider without regard ...
and one day the professional bicycle rider went to a bicycle shop to have his special bike repaired ...
and the bicycle shop was HONORED to have the professional bicycle rider there AND to have his special bike REPAIRED !!!
and there would be some time required for special parts to be received ...and so the professional bicycle rider LEFT his special bike ...
and the day came ...when the special bike was to have been perfectly repaired ...
and the professional bicycle rider went to the repair shop ...
AND WHAT !!! HIS SPECIAL BIKE WAS GONE !!!
and that for it came to pass that he and his bike were so famous ...that his bike became exceedingly valuable ...
and his famous special bike ...was stolen ...never to be returned to him. period
and the exceedingly famous proud Pro bike rider lost his wife and family and the bike ...
and THAT for the bike was most precious to him
and the rich men polishing their precious cars in HELL (not for the faintly) came back to remembrance ...
More vanities were shown as to the loved objects ...those "things of the world" that are wanted after to no returning. Again all manner of things cherished for there were men and women that loved their cars, boats, airplanes, collectibles ...and whatsoever they could not turn from the wantonness thereof...these did polish, clean, and labor at these objects of their wicked wantonness without stopping. Yet even as they labored so did the object tarnish, rust, fall apart and were consumed, as it were back into the ground from which they came. Again no end to the lusting after and the pride of these goods ...yet never in anyway did anything last.
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
Therefore holy brethren, partakers of the celestial
callings consider the ambassador and high priest of our profession Christ Jesus,
which was faithful to him that made him, even as was Moses in all his house. And
yet was this man counted worthy of more glory than Moses: In as much as he which
hath prepared the house, hath most honour in the house. Every house is prepared
of some man. But he that ordained all things, is God. And Moses verily was
faithful in all his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which
should be spoken afterward. But Christ as a son, hath rule over the house,
whose house are we, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of
that hope, unto the end.
Wherefore as the *holy ghost saith: today if
ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, after the rebellion in the day
of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and
saw my works forty years long. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation and
said: They *erre ever in their hearts: they verily have not known my ways so
that I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. Take heed
brethren that there be in none of you an evil heart in unbelief, that he should
depart from the living God: but exhort one another daily, while it is called
today, lest any of you wax hard hearted through the deceitfulness of sin.
We are partakers of Christ if we keep sure
unto the end the first substance, so long as it is said: today if ye hear his
voice, harden not your hearts, as when ye rebelled. For some, when they heard,
rebelled: how be it not all that came out of Egypt under Moses. But with whom
was he displeased forty years? Was he not displeased with them that sinned whose
carcasses were overthrown in the desert? To whom sware he that they should not
enter into his rest: but unto them that believed not? And we see that they
could not enter in, because of unbelief
*holy ghost saith: aka: spirit of truth. *erre (error) then is plain; against the very truth and verity (realness) of God and Christ
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 9
And he said
to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross daily and follow me. Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And
whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what
advantageth it a man to win the whole world if he lose himself or run in damage
of himself? For whosoever is ashamed of me, and of my sayings: of him shall
the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in his own glory, and in the glory of
his father, and of the holy angels. And I tell you of a surety: There be some of
them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom
of God.
And it followed about an eight days after
those sayings, that he took Peter, James, and John, and went up into a mountain
to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was changed, and his
garment was white and shone. And behold, two men talked with him, and they were
Moses and *Helias, which appeared gloriously, and spake of his departing, which
he should end at Jerusalem. Peter and they that were with him, were heavy with
sleep. And when they woke, they saw his glory, and two men standing with him.
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 18
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 ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye
receive not of her plagues. For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God hath
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 ye 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 judgeth 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 thine 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 thy soul lusted after
are departed from thee. And all things which were dainty, and had in price are
departed from thee, and thou shalt 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 thou heaven, and ye holy
Apostles and Prophets: for God hath 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 thee: and no crafts man, of whatsoever craft he be,
shall be found any more in thee. And the sound of a mill shall be heard no
more in thee, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride, shall be heard
no more in thee, for thy merchants were the great men of the earth. And with
thine 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
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN Chpt 2
See that ye love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in the world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods) is not of the father, but of the world. And the world vanisheth away and the lust there of: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth ever.
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 EPISTLE OF ST. JAMES Chpt 4
From whence cometh war and fighting among you: come they not here
hence? even of your voluptuousness, that reign in your members. Ye lust, and
have not. Ye envy and have indignation, and cannot obtain. Ye fight and war and
have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss: even
to consume it upon your voluptuousness. Ye *advouterers, and women that break
matrimony: know ye not how that the friendship of the world is enmity to God
ward? Whosoever will be friend of the world, is made the enemy of God. Either
do ye think that the scripture saith in vain: The spirit that dwelleth in you,
lusteth even contrary to envy: but giveth more grace.
Submit your selves to God, and resist the
devil, and he will fly from you. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded. Suffer
afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and
your joy to heaviness. Cast down yourselves before the Lord, and he shall lift
you up. Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and
he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law. But and if
thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge. There is
one law giver, which is able to save and to destroy. What art thou that judgest
another man?
Go to now ye that say: today and tomorrow
let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell, and win:
and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life?
It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away:
For that ye ought to say: if the Lord will and if we live, let us do this or
that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.
Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin
*advouterers: a-devouter; the prefix a meaning not or without; a (not) devotion, here to husband, elsewhere to the truth, Christ , God our father. This is not adultery as found in most other "bibles". The proof is that the word "adultery" is found plainly in chapter 2 PP 3 above and Yet here is advouterers, same writer, same book
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
But tell thou plainly, thus saith the Lord: The dead bodies of them shall lay upon the ground, as the dung upon the field, and as the hay after the mower, and there shall be no man to take them up. Moreover, thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, ner the strong man in his strength, neither the rich man in his riches: But who so will rejoice, let him rejoice in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which do mercy, equity and righteousness upon the earth. Therefore have I pleasure in such things, saith the Lord. Behold, the time cometh, ( saith the Lord ) that I will visit all them, whose foreskin is uncircumcised. The Egyptians, the Jews, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and the shaven Madianites, that dwell in the wilderness. For all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 3
And unto the messenger of the congregation which is in
Laodicia, write: This saith (Amen) the faithful and true witness, the beginning
of the creatures of God. I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
would thou were cold or hot. So then because thou art between both, and neither
cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth: because thou sayst thou art
rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how
thou art: wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy
of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayst be rich: and white raiment, that
thou mayst be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine
eyes with eye salve, that thou mayst see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be
fervent therefore and repent. Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any man
hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and will sup with him,
and he with me. To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my seat,
even as I over came and have sitten with my father, in his seat. Let him that
hath ears, hear what the spirit saith unto the congregations
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE Chpt 18
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 ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye
receive not of her plagues. For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God hath
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 ye 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 judgeth 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 thine
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.
THE SECOND TO THE CORINTHIANS Chpt 5
We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were
destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, an habitation not made with
hands, but eternal in heaven: And therefore sigh we, desiring to be clothed
with our mansion which is from heaven: so yet if that we be found clothed, and
not naked. For as long as we are in this tabernacle, we sigh and are grieved,
for we would not be unclothed, but would be clothed upon, that mortality might
be swallowed up of life. He that hath ordained us for this thing, is God: which
very same hath given unto us the earnest of the spirit.
Therefore we are always of good cheer, and
know well that as long as we are at home in the body, we are absent from God.
For we walk in faith and see not. Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had *liefer
to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore, whether
we be at home or from home we endeavor our selves to please him. For we must all
appear before the judgement seat of Christ, that every man may receive the works
of his body according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad?
Seeing then that we know, how the Lord is to
be feared, we fare fair with men. For we are known well enough unto God. I trust
also that we are known in your consciences.
We praise not ourselves again unto you, but
give you an occasion to rejoice of us, that ye may have somewhat against them,
which rejoice in the face, and not in the heart. For if we be too fervent to God
are we too fervent. If we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure. For the
love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, if one be dead for all,
that then are all dead, and that he died for all, that they which live, should
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose
again.
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after
the flesh. In so much though we have known Christ after the flesh, now
henceforth know we him so no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature. old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. Nevertheless
all things are of God, which hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ,
and hath given unto us the office to preach the atonement. For God was in
Christ, and made agreement between the world and him self, and imputed not their
sins unto them: and hath committed to us the preaching of the atonement. Now
then are we messengers in the room of Christ even as though God did beseech you
through us: So pray we you in Christs stead, that ye be at one with God: for he
hath made him to be sin for us, which knew no sin, that we by his means should
be that righteousness which before God is allowed
*liefer (loved to, ready willing, )
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER Chpt 3
This is the second epistle that I now write unto you,
beloved, wherewith I stir up, and warn your pure minds, to call to remembrance
the words which were told before of the holy Prophets, and also the commandment
of us the Apostles of the Lord and saviour.
This first understand that there shall come
in the last days mockers, which will walk after their own lusts and say, Where
is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers died, all things continue in
the same estate wherein they were at the beginning. This they know not (and that
willingly) how that the heavens a great while ago were, and the earth that was
in the water, appeared up out of the water, by the word of God: by the which
things the world that then was, perished, overflowen with the water. But the
heavens verily and earth which are now, are kept by the same word in store, and
reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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.
Nevertheless the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night, in the which day, the heavens shall perish with
terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the
works that are therein shall burn.
If all these things shall perish, what
manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness: looking for
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens shall perish
with fire, and the elements shall be consumed with heat. Nevertheless we look
for a new heaven and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth
righteousness.
Wherefore dearly beloved, seeing that ye
look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without
spot and undefiled. And suppose that the long suffering of the Lord is
salvation, even as our dearly beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom
given unto him, wrote to you, yee, almost in every epistle speaking of such
things: among which are many things hard to be understood, which they that are
unlearned and unstable, pervert, as they do other scriptures unto their own
destruction. Ye therefore beloved, seeing ye know it beforehand, beware lest ye
be also plucked away with the error of the wicked, and fall from your own
steadfastness: but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour
Jesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and for ever. Amen
Therefore holy brethren, partakers of the celestial
callings consider the ambassador and high priest of our profession Christ Jesus,
which was faithful to him that made him, even as was Moses in all his house. And
yet was this man counted worthy of more glory than Moses: In as much as he which
hath prepared the house, hath most honour in the house. Every house is prepared
of some man. But he that ordained all things, is God. And Moses verily was
faithful in all his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which
should be spoken afterward. But Christ as a son, hath rule over the house,
whose house are we, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of
that hope, unto the end.
Wherefore as the *holy ghost saith: today
if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, after the rebellion in the
day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me, proved me,
and saw my works forty years long. Wherefore I was grieved with that
generation and said: They *erre ever in their hearts: they verily have not known
my ways so that I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.
Take heed brethren that there be in none of you an evil heart in unbelief, that
he should depart from the living God: but exhort one another daily, while it is
called today, lest any of you wax hard hearted through the deceitfulness of sin.
We are partakers of Christ if we keep sure
unto the end the first substance, so long as it is said: today if ye hear his
voice, harden not your hearts, as when ye rebelled. For some, when they heard,
rebelled: how be it not all that came out of Egypt under Moses. But with whom
was he displeased forty years? Was he not displeased with them that sinned whose
carcasses were overthrown in the desert? To whom sware he that they should not
enter into his rest: but unto them that believed not? And we see that they
could not enter in, because of unbelief
*holy ghost saith: aka: spirit of truth. *erre (error) then is plain; against the very truth and verity (realness) of God and Christ
Therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts concerning the prophets: Behold,
I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from
the prophets of Jerusalem is the sickness of hypocrisy come in to all the land.
And therefore the Lord of Hosts giveth
you this warning: Hear not the words of the prophets, that preach unto you, and
deceive you: for they speak the meaning of their own heart, and not out of the
mouth of the Lord. They say unto them, that despise me: The Lord hath spoken it:
tush, ye shall prosper right well. And unto all them, that walk after the lusts
of their own heart, they say: tush , there shall no misfortune happen you.
For who hath sitten in the counsel of the Lord, that he hath heard and
understand, what he is about to do? Who hath marked his devise, and heard it?
Behold, the stormy weather of the Lord, that is, his indignation, shall go
forth, and shall fall down upon the head of the ungodly. And the wrath of the
Lord shall not turn away again, until he perform and fulfil the thought of his
heart. And in the latter days ye shall know his meaning.
I have not sent these Prophets ( sayeth the
Lord ) and yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, and yet they preached. But
if they had continued in my counsel and heard my words: they had turned my
people from their evil ways and wicked imaginations. Am I then God that seeth
but the thing, which is nye at hand, and not that is afar off? sayeth the Lord.
May any man hideth himself so, that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not
I fulfill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. I have heard well enough, what the
prophets say, that preach lies in my name, saying: I have dreamed, I have
dreamed. How long will this continue in the prophets hearts, to tell lies, and
to preach the crafty subtlety of their own heart? Whose purpose is ( with the
dreams that everyone tell ) to make my people to forget my name, as their
forefathers did, when Baal came up. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell
it: and he that understandeth my word, let him show it faithfully.
For what hath chaff and wheat to do
together? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord, and
like an hammer, that breaketh the hard stone? Therefore, thus sayeth the Lord:
behold, I will upon the prophets, that steal my word privately from every man.
Behold, here am I ( saith the Lord ) against the prophets, that take upon their
tongues to speak: The Lord hath said it. Behold here am I ( sayeth the Lord )
against those prophets, that dare prophecy lies, and deceive my people with
their vanities, and miracles, whom I never sent, ner commanded them. They shall
do this people great harm, sayeth the Lord.
If this people, either any prophet or a
priest ask thee, and say: What is the burden of the Lord? Thou shalt say unto
them: What burden? Therefore will I cast you from me ( saith the Lord ) because
ye yourselves are a burden. And that prophet, priest, or people, that useth this
term ( the burden of the Lord ) him I will visit, and his house also.
But thus shall ye say, every one to another:
What answer hath the Lord given? or what is the Lords commandment? And as for
this burden of the Lord, ye shall speak no more of it: for every mans own word
is his burden, because ye have altered the words of the living God the Lord of
Hosts our God.
Thus shall every man say to the Prophets:
what answer hath the Lord given? thee? Or, what sayeth the Lord? And not once to
name the burden of the Lord. Therefore thus sayeth the lord: For so much as ye
have used this term ( the burden of the Lord ) where as I not withstanding sent
unto you, and forbade you to speak of the Lords burden.
Behold therefore, I will repute you as a
burden, and will cast you out of my presence: yee and the city also, that I gave
you and your fathers: and will bring you to an everlasting confusion, and in
such a shame, as shall never be forgotten.
*advouters: 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
Here we see **advoutry is manifest with presumptuous (arrogant) lies,
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was in the same place: even
as I had seen it afore in the field. And he said unto me: Thou son of man, O
lift up thine eyes, and look toward the north. Then I lift up mine eyes toward
the north., and behold: before the port northward, there was an altar made unto
the image of provocation in the very entering in. And he said furthermore unto
me: Thou son of man, seest thou what these do? Seest thou the great abominations
that the house of Israel comites in this place? which ought not to be done in my
sanctuary: But turn thee about, and thou shalt see yet greater abominations. And
with that brought he me to the court gate: and when I looked, behold, there was
an hole in the wall. Then said he unto me: Thou son of man, dig through the
wall. And when I digged through the wall, behold there was a door. And he said
unto me: Go thy way in, and look what wicked abominations they do there. So I
went in, and saw: and behold, there were all manner of images of worms and
beasts, all Idols and abominations of the house of Israel painted every one
round about the wall. There stood also before the images. Seventy of the
Lords of the counsel of the house of Israel: and in the midst of them stood
Jaazaniah the son of Saphan: And every one of them had a censor in his hand, and
out of the incense, there went a smoke, as it had been a cloud. Then said he
unto me: Thou son of man, has thou seen what the Senators of the house of Israel
do secretly, everyone in his chamber: For they say, tush, the Lord seeth us
not, the Lord regardeth not the world. And he said unto me: Turn thee yet again,
and thou shalt see the great abominations that they do. And with that he
brought me to the door of the port of the Lords house, toward the north. And
behold, there fat women mourning for Thamus. Then said he unto me: hast thou
seen this, thou son of man? Turn ye about, and thou shalt see yet greater
abominations. And so he brought me into the inward court of the Lords house: And
behold at the port of the Lords house, between the for entry and the altar,
there were five and twenty men, that turned their backs on the temple of the
Lord, and their faces toward the east, and these worshiped the son.
And he said unto me: hast thou seen this
thou son of man? Thinketh the house of Israel , that it is but a trifle, to do
these abominations here? Should they fill the land full of wickedness, and
undertake to provoke me unto anger: Yee and purposely to cast up their noses
upon me? Therefore will I also do something in my wrothfull displeasure, so that
mine eye shall not over see them, neither will I spare them. Yee and though they
cry in mine ears with loud voice, yet will I not hear them
He cried also with a loud voice in mine ears,
saying: Come here ye rulers of the city, every man with his weaponed hand to the
slaughter. Then came there six men out of the street of the upper port toward
the north, and every man a weapon in his hand to the slaughter. There was one
amongst them, that had on him a linen rayment, and a writers inkhorn by his
side.
These went in, and stood beside the brazen
alter: for the glory of the Lord was gone away from the Cherub, and was come
down to the threshold of the house, and he called the man that had the linen
rayment upon him, and the writers inkhorn by his side, and the Lord said unto
him: Go thy way through the city of Jerusalem, and set this mark *Thau upon the
foreheads of them, that mourn and are sorry for all the abominations, that be
done therein. And to the other, he said that I might hear: Go ye after him
through the city, slay, oversee none, spare none: kill and destroy both old man
and young, maidens children and wives. But as for those, that have this mark
Thau upon them: see that ye touch them not, and begin at my Sanctuary. Then they
began at the elders, which were in the temple, for he had said unto them: When
ye have defiled the temple, and filled the court with the slain, then go your
way forth. So they went out, and slew down through the city. Now when they had
done the slaughter, and I yet escaped: I fell down upon my face, and cried
saying: O' Lord, wilt thou then destroy all the residue of Israel, in thy sore
displeasure, that thou hast poured out upon Jerusalem? Then said he unto me: The
wickedness of the house of Israel and Juda is very great: so that the land is
full of blood, and the city full of unfaithfulness: For they say: tush the
Lord regardeth not the earth, he seeth us not. Therefore will I upon them, mine
eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them, but will recompense their
wickedness upon their heads. And behold, the man that had the linen rayment upon
him, and the writers inkhorn by his side: told all the matter how it happened,
and said: Lord, as thou hast commanded me, so have I done
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 22
And he showed me a pure
river of water of life clear as Crystal: proceeding out of the seat of God and
of the lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river
was there wood of life: which bare twelve manner of fruits: and gave fruit every
month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people with all. And there
shall be no more curse, but the seat of God and the lamb shall be in it: and his
servants shall serve him. And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in
their foreheads. And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle,
neither light of the sun: for the Lord Giveth them light, and they shall reign
for evermore.
And he said unto me: these sayings are
faithful and true. And the Lord God of Saints and Prophets sent his angel to
show unto his servants, the things which must shortly be fulfilled. Behold I
come shortly. Happy is he that keepeth the saying of the prophecy of this book.
I am John which saw these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen,
I fell down, to worship before the feet of the Angel which showed me these
things. And he said unto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy fellow servant and
the fellow servant of thy brethren the Prophets and of them which keep the
sayings of this book. But worship God.
And he said unto me: seal not the sayings of
the prophesy of this book. For the time is at hand. He that doth evil, let him
do evil still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is
righteous, let him be more righteous: and he that is holy, let him be more holy.
And behold I come shortly, and my reward with me, to give every man according as
his deeds shall be. I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end: the first
and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that their power may be
in the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For
without shall be dogs and enchanters and whoremongers, and murderers, and
idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh leasings.
I Jesus sent mine angel, to testify unto you
these things in the congregations. I am the root and the generation of David,
and the bright morning star. And the spirit and the bride said come. And let him
that heareth, say also, come. And let him that is a thirst, come. And let
whosoever will, take of the water of life, free.
I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book: *If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man
shall minish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things
which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith: be it, I
come quickly, Amen.
Even so: come Lord Jesu.
The grace of our Lord Jesu Christ be with you all:
Amen
*If any man shall add unto these
things...And if any man shall minish of the words ... discern for yourselves
...the 100's and 100's of dieverse "bibles of man"
Children obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.
Honour thy father and mother, that is the first commandment that hath any
promise, that thou mayst be in good estate, and live long on the earth. And ye
fathers move not your children to wrath: but bring them up with the nurture and
information of the Lord. Servants be obedient unto your carnal masters, with
fear and trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ: not with
service in the eye sight, as men pleasers: but as the servants of Christ, doing
the will of God from the heart with good will serving the Lord, and not men. And
remember that whatsoever good thing any man doeth that shall he receive again of
the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And ye masters, do even the same things
unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is
in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord,
and in the power of his might. Put on the armour of God, that ye may stand
steadfast against the crafty assaults of the devil. For we wrestle not
against flesh and blood: but against rule, against power, and against worldly
rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness, for heavenly
things.
For this cause take unto you the armour of
God, that ye may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand perfect in all
things.
Stand therefore, and your loins girt about
with verity, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and shod with shoes
prepared by the Gospell of peace. Above all take to you the shield of faith,
wherewith ye may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet
of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. And pray
always with all manner prayer and supplication: and that in the spirit: and
watch thereunto with all instance and supplication for all saints and for me,
that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to utter
the secrets of the Gospell, whereof I am a messenger in bonds, that therein I
may speak freely, as it becometh me to speak.
THE SECOND OF THE MACHABEES Chpt 4
This Simon now ( of whom we spake afore ) being a BETRAYER of the money and of his own natural country, reported the worst of Onias: as though he had moved Heliodorus unto this, and as though he had been a bringer up of evil. Thus he was not ashamed to call him an enemy of the realm, that was so faithful an overseer and defender of the city and of his people: yee and so fervent in the law of God. But when the malice of Simon increased so far, that through his friends there were certain manslaughters committed: Onias considered the peril that might come through this strife, and how that Apollonius ( namely the chief lord in Celosyria and Phenices ) was all set up tyranny, and Simons malice increased the same: He gat him to the king, not as an accuser of the citizens, but as one that by himself intended the common wealth of the whole multitude. For he saw it was not possible to live in peace, neither Simon to leave off from his foolishness, except the king did look thereto. But after the death of Seleucus, when *Antiochus ( which is called the noble ) took the kingdom: Jason the brother of Onias labored to be high priest: for he came unto the king, and promised him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and of the other rents eighty talents. Beside this he promised him yet an hundred and fifty if he might have *the school of the children, and that he might call them of Jerusalem Antiochians. Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten the superiority, he began immediately to draw his kinsmen to the custom of the Heathen, put down the things that the Jews had set up of love, by John the father of Eupolemius, which was sent ambassador unto Rome, for to make the bond of friendship and love. He put down all the Jews and Liberties of the Jews, and set up the wicked statutes. He durst make a frightening school under the castle, and set fair young men to learn the manners of whores and brodels.
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.
and of the LEFT
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 25
When the son
of man cometh in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he
sit upon the seat of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations. And
he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from
the goats. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, and the
goats on the left. Then
shall the King say to them on his right hand: Come ye blessed children of my
father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I
was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. I was sick and
ye visited me. I was in prison and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous
answer him saying: master, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or a
thirst, and gave thee drink? when saw we thee harborless, and lodged thee? or
naked and clothed thee? or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto
thee? And the king shall answer and say unto them: Verily I say unto you: in as
much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done
it to me.
Then shall the king say unto them that
shall be on the left
hand: depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire: which is prepared for the
devil and his angels.
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no
drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me not. I was naked, and ye clothed me
not. I was sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him saying:
master, when saw we thee an hungered, or a thirst, or harborless, or naked, or
sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them
and say: Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least
of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting pain: And the
righteous into life eternal
The Lord hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemeth the innocent.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 11
Then saw I a
dream: and behold, there came up from the sea an Eagle, which had twelve
wings and three heads: And I saw, and behold, *he spread his wings over all
the earth, and all the winds of the air blew in them, and so they were put
together again. And I beheld, and out of his feathers there grew other
little contrary feathers: the heads rested, the head in the midst was greater
than the others, yet rested it with the residue.
Moreover I saw, that the eagle flew with his
wings, and reigned upon the earth, and over all them that dwell upon the earth:
and I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto him, and no man spoke
against him, no not one creature upon the earth. I saw also that the Eagle
stood up on his claws, and give a sound with his feathers, and a voice
saying things after this manner: watch not all together, sleep every man in his
own place, and watch for a time, but let the heads be preserved at the last.
Nevertheless I saw, that the voice went not out of his heads, but from the midst
of his body. And I numbered his contrary feathers, and behold there were
eight of them. And I looked, and behold upon the right side there arose one
feather, and reigned over all the earth. And it happened, that when it reigned,
the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more. So the next
following stood up, and reigned, and had a great time: and it happened, that
when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared
no more.
Then came there a voice unto it, and said:
Hear thou that hast kept in the earth so long, this I say unto thee, before thou
beginest to appear no more: There shall none after thee attain unto thy time.
Then arose the third, and reigned as the other afore, and appeared no more
also. So went it with all the residue one after the other, so that every one
reigned, and then appeared no more. Then I looked, and behold, in the process of
time that the feathers that followed were set up upon the right side, that they
might rule also: and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no
more: for some of them were set up, but ruled not. After this I looked, and
behold the twelve feathers appeared no more, and that two wings: and there were
no more upon the Eagles body, but the two heads that rested, and six feathers.
Then saw I also, that the six feathers were parted in two, and remained under
the head, that was upon the right side, for the four continued in their place.
So I looked, and behold, they that were under the wings, thought to set up
themselves, and to have the rule. Then was there one set up, but shortly it
appeared no more, and the second was sooner away than the first. And I beheld,
and lo, the two thought also by themselves to reign: and when they so thought,
behold there awaked one of the heads that were at rest, namely, it that was in
the midst, for that was the greater of the two heads. And then I saw, that the
two heads were filled with him and the head was turned with them that were by
him, and eat up the two under wings , that would have reigned.
But this head put the whole earth in
fear, and bare rule in it, over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much
labor, and he had the governance of the world, over all the fowls that have
been. After this I looked , and behold, the head that was in the midst,
suddenly appeared no more, like as the wings: then came the two heads, which
ruled upon the earth, and over those that dwelt therein. And I beheld, and lo
the head upon the right side, devoured it that was upon the left side. And I
heard a voice, which said unto me: look before thee, and consider the thing that
thou seest. Then I saw, and behold, as it were a lion that roareth, running
hastily out of the wood, and he sent out a mans voice unto the Eagle, and said:
Hear thou, I will talk with thee, and the Highest shall say unto thee: Is it not
thou that hast the victory of the four beasts, whom I made to reign upon the
earth and in my world, and that the end of their times might come
through them?
And the fourth came, and *overwane, subdue
all the beasts that were past, and had power over the world with great
fearfulness, and over the whole compass of the earth with the most wicked
labor, and so long time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit, and the earth thou
hast not judged with truth. For thou hast troubled the meek, thou hast hurt the
peaceable and quiet, thou hast loved lies, and destroyed the dwellings of them
that brought forth fruit, and hast cast down the walls of such as did thee no
harm. Therefore is thy wrongeous dealing and blasphemy come up unto the
Highest, and thy pride unto the Mighty. The Highest also hath looked upon the
proud times, and behold, they are ended, and their abominations are fulfilled. And
therefore appear no more thou Eagle, and thy horrible wings, and thy wicked
feathers, and thy ungracious heads, and thy sinful claws, and all thy vain body:
that the earth may be refreshed, and come again to herself, when she is
delivered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the judgement and mercy
of him that made her
Note Eagle *he spread his wings "over all the earth". *overwane= lord over (sml l ) over / diminish, weaken.
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.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 13
And it happened after the seven days, that I dreamed a dream by night.
And behold, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the floods
thereof. And I looked, and behold, the man was strong and increased with the
clouds of heaven: And when he turned his countenance to consider, all the things
trembled that were seen under him: and when the voice went out of his mouth, all
they burnt that heard him, like as the earth when it feeleth the fire.
After these I saw, and behold there was
gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the four winds of the
heaven, to fight against the man, that came out from the sea. And I looked, and
behold, he graved himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it. But I would
have seen the border or place, where out the hill was graven, and I could not.
I saw after these, that all they which came
to fight against him, were sore afraid, and yet *durst they fight. Nevertheless
when he saw the fierceness and violence of the people, he neither lift up his
hand nor held sword, nor any weapon: but only (as I saw ) he sent out of his
mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips the wind of flame: and
out of his tongue he cast sparks and storms, and they were all mixed together :
the blast of fire, the wind of the flames, and the great storm, and fell with a
rush upon the people, which was prepared to fight and brunt them up everyone: so
that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing seen, but only dust and
smoke. When I saw this I was afraid.
Afterward saw I the same man come down
from the mountain, and calling unto him another peaceable people: and there came
much people unto him: some were glad some were sorry, some of them were bound,
so that they were carried and brought forth.
Then was I sick through great fear, and I
awaked, and said: thou hast shown thy servant all thy wonders from the
beginning, and hast counted me worthy, that thou mightest receive my prayer:
show me now yet this interpretation of this dream. For thus I consider in my
understanding: Woe unto them that shall be left in those days: and much more woe
unto them that are not left behind: for they that were not left, were in
heaviness.
Now understand I the things that are laid up
in the latter days which shall happen unto them, and to those that are not left
behind. Therefore they are come into great perils, and many necessities, like as
these dreams declare. Yet is it easier, that he which suffereth hurt come in
these, then to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and now to see the things
that shall happen in the last.
Then answered he me, and said: The
interpretation of the sight shall I show thee, and I will open unto thee, the
things that thou hast required. For thou hast spoken of them that are left
behind, and this is the interpretation. He that taketh away the peril in that
time, hath kept himself. They that be fallen into harm, are such as have works
and faith unto the Most mighty. Know this therefore, that they which be left
behind, are more blessed, then they that be dead. This is the meaning of the
vision. Where as thou sawest a man coming up from the deep of the sea, the same
is he that God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self will
deliver his creature, and he shall order them that are left behind. And where as
thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came a blast of wind, fire and storm,
and how that he lift up neither sword nor weapon, but that the rushing in of him
destroyed the whole multitude, that came to fight against him: it signifieth,
that the days come, when God will deliver them that are upon the earth, and in a
trance of mind shall he come upon them, that dwell in the earth. And one shall
undertake to fight against another, one city against another, one place against
another, one people against another, one realm against another. When this cometh
to pass, then shall the tokens come, that I showed thee before: and then shall
my son be declared, whom thou sawest climb up as a man. And when all the people
hear his voice every man shall in their own land leave the battle that they have
one against another, an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as
they that be willing to come and to overcome him by fighting. But he shall stand
upon the top of mount Sion. Nevertheless Sion shall come, and shall be showed,
being prepared and builded for all men, like as thou sawest the hill graven
forth without any hands. But my son shall rebuke the people that are come for
their wickedness, with the tempest, and for their evil imaginations: and their
pains wherewith they shall be punished, are likened unto the flame: and with out
any labor, shall he destroy them, even by the law, which is compared to the
fire.
And whereas thou sawest, that he gathered
another peaceable people unto him: those are the ten tribes, which were carried
away prisoners out of their own land, in the time of *Oseas the King, whom *Salmanasar
the King of Assiria took prisoner, and carried them over the water, and so they
came into another land.
But they gave them this counsel, that they
should leave the multitude of the Heathen, and go forth into a farther country,
where never mankind dwelt: that they might there keep their statutes, which they
never kept in their own land. And so they entered in at the narrow passages of
water of the Euphrates, and God showed tokens for them, and held still the flood
till they were passed over: for through that country there was a great way,
namely of a year and a half journey, for that same region is called Asareth.
Then dwelt they there unto the latter time: and when they come forth again, the
Highest shall hold still the springs of the stream again, that they may go
through, therefore thou sawest the multitude with peace. And they that be left
behind of thy people, are those that be found within my border. Now when he
destroyeth the multitude that is gathered together, he shall defend his people
that remain, and then shall he show them great wonders.
Then said I: O' Lord, Lord, show me this:
wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the deep of the sea? And he said
unto me: Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know these things that are in
the deep of the sea, even so mayest thou not see my son, or those that be with
him, but in the time of the day. This is the interpretation of the dream which
thou sawest, therefore thou only art here lightened: for thou hast forsaken
thine own law, and applied thy diligence unto mine, and sought it. Thy life thou
hast ordered in wisdom, and hast called understanding your mother, and therefore
have I showed thee the treasure of the Highest. After three days I will show
thee more, and talk with thee at more large, yee heavy and wondrous things will
I declare unto thee.
Then went I forth into the field, giving
praise and thanks greatly unto God, because of his wonders which he did in time,
and because he governeth the same, and such as is in time, and there I sat three
days
*durst= dare *Oseas = Hosea, *Salmanasar = Shalmaneser
I exhort therefore, that above all things, prayers, supplications,
intercessions, and giving of thanks be had for all men: for kings, and for all
that are in authority, that we may live a quiet and a peaceable life, in all
Godliness and honesty. For that is good and accepted in the sight of God our
saviour, which will have all men saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the
truth. For there is one God, and one (mediator) between God and man, which is
the man Christ Jesus, which gave himself a ransom for all men, that it should be
testified at his time, where unto I am ordained a preacher and an Apostle: I
tell the truth in Christ and lie not being the teacher of the gentiles in faith
and verity.
I will therefore that the men pray every
where, lifting up pure hands without wrath, or doubting. Likewise also the women
that they array themselves in comely apparel with shamefastness and discreet
behavior, not with broided hair, other gold, or pearls, or costly array: but
with such as becometh women that profess the worshipping of God through good
works. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. I suffer not a woman
to teach, neither to have authority over the man: but for to be in silence. For
Adam was first formed, and then Eve. Also Adam was not deceived, but the woman
was deceived, and was in transgression. Notwithstanding through bearing of
children they shall be saved, so they continue in faith, love and holiness with
discretion
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 17
When he was
demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come he answered them
and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with waiting for. Neither shall men say:
Lo here, lo there. For behold the kingdom of God is with in you.
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.
*trow (think) *Zodom (Sodom),
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.
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 FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 5
Nevertheless, as concerning the tokens, mark this: Behold, the days
shall come, that they which dwell upon the earth, shall be taken in a great
number, and the way of the truth shall be hid, and the land shall be barren from
faith: but iniquity will have the upper hand, like as thou have seen now, and as
thou hast heard long ago. And the land that thou seest now to have rule,
shall thou shortly see waste. But if God grant thee to live, thou shalt see
after the third trumpet, that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night,
and the moon three times in the day, and blood shall drop out of wood, and the
stone shall give his voice, and the people shall be unquiet: and even shall
rule, whom they hope not that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall
flight, and the *Sodomitish sea shall cast out his fish, and make a noise in the
night, which many shall not know, but they shall all hear the voice thereof.
There shall be a confusion also in many
places, and the fire shall be often sent again, and the wild beasts shall go
their way, and menstruous women shall bear monsters, and salt waters will be
found in the sweat: one friend shall fight against another: then shall all wit
and understanding be hid and put into their secret places, and shall be sought
of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and voluptuousness
have the upper hand upon the earth. One land shall also ask another, and say: Is
righteousness gone through thee? And it shall say: No, at the same time shall
men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labor but their wages shall not
prosper.
To show thee such tokens I have leave, and
if thou wilt pray again, and weep as now, and fast seven days, thou shalt hear
yet greater things. Then I awaked, and a fearfulness went through all my body,
and my mind was feeble and careful, so that I almost sounded withal. So the
angel that was come to talk with me, held me, comforted me, and set me up upon
my feet.
And in the second night it happened, that
Salathielthe Captain of the people came unto me, saying: Where hast thou been?
and why is thy countenance so heavy? Knowest thou not, that Israel is committed
unto thee, in the land of their captivity? Up then, and eat and forsake us not,
as the shepherd that leaveth his flock in the hands of the wicked wolves. Then
said I unto him: Go thy way from me, and come not near me: and he heard it, and
as I said, so went he his way from me. And so I fasted seven days, mourning and
weeping, like as Uriel the angel commanded me. And after seven days it happened,
that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again, and my soul
received the spirit of understanding, and I began to talk with the most highest
again, and said: O' Lord, Lord, of every wood of the earth and all the trees
thereof, thou hast chosen the one only vineyard: and of all the lands of the
whole world thou hast chosen the one pit: and of all the flowers of the ground
thou hast chosen the one lily: and of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled
the one river: and of all the builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thy
self: and of all the fowls that are created, thou hast named the one dove: and
of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided the one sheep: and among all
the multitudes of flocks thou hast gotten the one people, and unto this people
whom thou lovest, thou gavest the law, that is proved of all.
And now, O' Lord, why hast thou given this
one people over unto many? And upon the one root thou hast prepared other, and
why hast thou scattered thy one only people among many? which tread them down,
yee which have ever withstand thy promises, and never believed thy commandments?
And though thou werest enemy unto thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them
with thine own hands. Now when I had spoke these words, the angel that came to
me the night before, was sent unto me, and said unto me : Hear me, and harken
unto the things that I say, and I shall tell thee more. And I said: Speak on my
Lord. Then said he unto me: Thou art sore vexed and troubled for Israels sake.
Lovest thou the people better than him that made thee? And I said: No Lord, but
of very grief and compassion have I spoken. For my reigns pain me every hour,
because I would have experience of the way of the most highest, and to seek out
part of his judgement. And he said unto me: that thou mayest not. And I said:
wherefore Lord? Where unto was I born then? Or why was not my mothers childbed
then my grave? So I had not seen the misery and trouble of Jacob, and the
travail of my people of Israel.
And he said unto me: Number me the things
that are not yet come : gather me together the drops, that are scattered abroad:
make me the flowers green again, that are withered: open me the thing that is
closed: and bring me forth the winds, that are shut up: Show me the image of a
voice, and then I shall declare the thing, that thou laborest to know. And I
said: O' Lord, Lord, who may know these things, but he that hath not his
dwelling with men? As for me I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things
whereof thou asketh me? Then said he unto me: like as thou can do none of these
things that I have spoken of, even so canest thou not find out my judgement, or
in the end the love that I have promised unto my people. And I said: Behold O'
Lord, yet art thou near unto them that have no end: and what shall they do that
have been before me, or we that be now, or they that should come after us ? And
he said unto me: I will liken my judgement unto a ring. Like as there is no
slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first. So I answered
and said: couldest thou not make those ( that have been made, and that be now,
and that are for to come ) in one, that thou might show thy judgement the
sooner? Then answered he me, and said: The creature may not hasten above the
maker, nether may the world hold them at once, that shall be created.
And I said: Now hast thou said unto thy
servant, that thou living maker hast made the creature living at once, and the
creature bear it? even so might it now also bear them that be present, at once.
And he said unto me: Ask the childbed of a woman, and say unto her: If thou
bringest forth children, why doest thou not together, but one after another?
Pray her therefore, to bring forth ten children at once. And I said: she can
not, but must do it one after the other.
Then said he unto me: Even so have I given a
childbed unto the earth, for those that be sown upon it by process of time. For
like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged,
even so have I ordered the world which I have made.
And I asked and said: Seeing thou hast now
given me the way, I will speak before thee: for our mother whom thou hast told
me, is yet young, and now she draweth near unto age. He answered, me and said:
Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee. Say unto her:
wherefore are not they ( whom thou hast now brought forth) like those that were
before thee, but less of stature? And she shall answer thee: They that were born
in the youth of strength, are of one fashion : and they that are born in the
time of age ( when the childbed faileth) are otherwise. Consider now thyself,
how that yee are less of stature, then those that were before you, and so are
they that come after you, less then you, as the creatures that now begin to be
old, and have passed over the strength of youth. Then said I: Lord I beseech
thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show thy servant, by whom doest thou
visit thy creature?
*Sodomitish sea (*note current events RN) shall cast out his fish
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 7
And it happened after that I had spoke out these words, that there was sent
unto me an angel, which had been by me also the nights afore, and he said unto
me: Up Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee. And I said: speak
on Lord my God. Then said he unto me: The sea is set in a wide place, that it
might be deep and great: but the entrance is narrow and small like a river. For
who would go into the sea, to look upon it, and rule it? If he went not through
the narrow, how might he come into the broad?
Item another: A city is builded and set upon
a broad field, and is full of all goods: the entrance is narrow and sodden, like
as there were a fire at the right hand, and a deep water at the left, and as it
were only one straight path betwixt them both, so small that there could be but
one man go there.
If this city were now given to an Liar and
he never went through the perilous way, how would he receive his inheritance?
And I said: It is so Lord. Then said he: Even so is Israel also a portion. And
why? for their sakes I have made the world: And when Adam transgressed my
statutes, then was the thing judged that was done. Then were the entrances of
the world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: They are but few and evil,
full of perils and labor. For the entrances of the fore world were wide and
sure, and brought immortal fruit.
If they now which are entered into this
world, may not comprehend these straight and vain things, much less they
comprehend and understand the secrete things: Why disquietest thy self then,
seeing thou art but a corruptible man: And what wouldest thou know, where as
thou art but mortal? And why hast thou not received in thine heart the thing
that is for to come, but that is present?
Then said I: O' Lord, Lord, thou hast
ordered in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the
unfaithful and ungodly shall perish. Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer
straight things, and hope for wide: for they that have lived ungodly and
*suffered straight things, shall not see the wide.
And he said unto me: There is no judge above
God, and none that have understanding above the Highest. For there be many that
perish, because they despise the law of God that is set before them. For God
hath given straight commandment to such as come, that they know what they do,
and how they should live: and if they keep this they should not be punished.
Nevertheless they were not obedient unto
him, but spoke against him: and said moreover that there was no God, and that
God regarded it not. His ways they have not known, his law they have despised,
and denied his promises: in his statutes and ordinances they have not been
faithful and steadfast, and have not performed his works.
And therefore Esdras unto the full, plenty:
and to the empty, emptiness. Behold the time shall come, that those tokens which
I have told thee, shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear: and the earth
that is now passeth away, shall be showed: and whosoever is delivered from the
afore said evils, shall see my wonders. For my son Jesus shall be openly
declared, with those that be with him: and they that remain, shall be merry in
four hundred years.
After these same years shall my son Christ
die, and all men that have life, and the world will be turned into the old
silence, seven days, like as in the fore judgements, so that no man shall
remain. And after seven days, the world that yet awaketh not, shall be raised
up, and shall die corrupt. And the earth shall restore those that have slept in
her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secrete places
shall deliver those that be committed unto them. And the most highest shall be
openly declared upon the seat of judgement, and all mystery shall vanish away,
and long suffering shall be gathered together. But the judgement shall continue,
the truth shall remain, and faith shall wax strong, the works shall follow, and
the reward shall be showed, the righteousnesses shall watch, and the
unrighteousnesses shall bear no rule.
Then said I: Abraham prayed first for the
Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness, and he that
came after him for Israel, in the time of Achas and Samuel: and David for the
destruction, and Solomon for them that came into the Sanctuary, and Oseas for
those that received rain, and for the dead, that he might live: and Ezechias for
the people in the time of Sennacherib: and diverse other in like manner, which
have prayed for many.
Even so now seeing the corrupt is grown up,
and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly,
wherefore shall it not be so now also?
He answered me, and said: This present world
is not the end, there remaineth much honor in it, therefore they have prayed for
the weak. But the day of dumb shall be the end of this time, and the beginning
of the immortality for to come, wherein all corruption vanisheth all
voluptuousness is loused and misbelief taken away, righteousness grown, and the
verity spring up. Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor
to oppress him that hath gotten the victory. I answered then, and said: This is
my first and last saying: that it had been better, not to have given the earth
unto Adam: or else when it was given him, to keep him that he should not sin.
For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and
after death to look for punishment? O' thou Adam, what hast thou done? For
though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come
of thee. For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us immortal time,
where as we meddle with deadly works? And that there is promised us an
everlasting hope, where as we ourselves are evil and vain? And that there are
laid up for us dwellings of health and freedom, where as we have lived evil? and
that the worship of the Highest is kept to defend them, which have led a patient
life, where as we have walked in the most wicked ways of all? And that there
shall be showed a paradise, whose fruit endureth forever, wherein is freedom and
medicine, where as we shall not go in? for we have walked in unpleasant places:
And that the faces of them which have abstained, shall shine above the stars,
where as our faces shall be black and dark? For while we lived and died
unrighteously, we considered not, that we should suffer therefore after death!
Then answered he me, and said: This is the
consideration and thought of the battle, which man hath upon the earth: That if
he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said. But if he get victory, he
shall receive the thing that I say. For this is the life, whereof Moses spake
unto the people, while he lived, saying: Choose the life, that thou mayest live.
Nevertheless they believed him not neither the Prophets after him. No nor me
which have spoken unto them, that heaviness should not reach unto them to their
destruction like a joy is for to come over those, that have suffered themselves
to be informed in salvation.
I answered then and said: I know Lord, that
the Highest is merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them, which are not yet in
the world, and upon those also that walk in his law: and that he is patient and
long suffering toward those that have sinned in their works: and that he is
liberal to give where as it requireth: and that he is of great mercy, for he
multiplies his loving kindness toward those that are present, and that are past,
and to them which are for to come. For if he multiplied not his mercies, the
world shall not be made living, with those that dwell therein: He giveth also,
for if he gave not of his goodness, that they which have done evil, might be
eased, the ten thousand part of men should not be living. And if the judge
forgave not those that be healed with his word, and if he would destroy the
multitude that striveth, there should be very few left in an innumerable
multitude
*suffered (allowed)
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 17
When he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should
come he answered them and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with waiting for.
Neither shall men say: Lo here, lo there. For behold the kingdom of God is with
in you.
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.
*trow (think) *Zodom (Sodom),
THE FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 10
And it happened that when my son went to his chamber, he fell down, and died:
then overthrew we all the lights, and all my neighbors rose up to comfort me.
Then took I my rest unto the second day at night: and when they had all rested,
that they might comfort me, I rested also, and rose up by night and fled, and am
come hither in to this field, as thou seest: and am proposed not to come in the
city, but to remain here, and neither to eat nor drink, but to continually mourn
and fast, until I die.
Then let I my meditations and thoughts fall,
that I was in, and spake unto her in displeasure: Thou foolish woman, seest thou
not our heaviness and mourning, and what happeneth unto us? how Sion our mother
is all woeful and sorry, and how she is clean brought down and in misery? seeing
we be all now in heaviness, and make our moan ( for we be all sorrowful ). As
for the heaviness that thou takest, it is for but one son. Demand the earth, and
she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought ( by reason ) to mourn, for the
fall of so many that grow upon her. For from the beginning all men are born of
her, and other shall come: and behold, they walk almost all into destruction,
and many shall be rooted out.
Who should then ( by reason ) make more
mourning, then she, that hath lost so great a multitude? and not thou, which are
sorry but for one. But if thou would sayest unto me: My mourning is not like the
mourning of the earth, for I have lost the fruit of my body, which I bear with
heaviness: but the earth is according to the manner of the earth, and the
present multitude goeth again into her, as it is come to pass: Then say I unto
thee: like as thou hast born with travail and sorrow, even so also the earth
from the beginning giveth her fruit unto man, for him that made her. And
therefore withhold thy sorrow and heaviness by thy self, and look what happened
unto thee, bear it strongly. For if thou judgest the mark and end of God to be
righteous and good, and receive his counsel in time, thou shalt be commended
therein. Go thy way then in to the city to thy husband.
And she said unto me: that will I not do, I
will not go into the city, but here will I die. So I communed more with her, and
said: Do not so, but be counseled, and follow me: for how many falls hath Sion?
Be of good comfort because of the sorrow of Jerusalem. For thou seest that our
Sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken, our temple destroyed, our playing of
instruments and singing laid down, the thanksgiving put to silence, our mirth is
vanished away, the light of our candlestick is quenched, the ark of the covenant
is taken from us, all our holy things are defiled, and the name that is called
upon over us, is dishonored: our children are put to shame, our priests are
burnt, our Levites are carried away into captivity, our virgins are defiled, our
wives are ravished, our righteous men spoiled, and our children
destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong
worthies are become weak: and Sion ( which seal is greatest of all ) is
loosed up from her worship: for she is delivered into the hands of them that
hate us.
And therefore shake off thy great heaviness,
and put away the multitude of sorrows: that the Mighty may be merciful unto
thee, and that the Highest may give thee rest from thy labor and travail. And it
happened, that when I was talking with her, her face did shine and glister, so
that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be. And immediately she cast
out a great voice, very fearful, so that the earth shook at the noise of the
woman: and I looked, and behold, the woman appeared unto me no more: but there
was a city builded, and a place was shown from the ground and foundation.
Then was I afraid, and crieth with loud
voice, and said: where is Uriel the angel, which came to me at the first? For he
hath caused me to come in many considerations and high thoughts, and mine end is
turned to corruption, and my prayer to rebuke. And as I was speaking these
words, he came unto me, and looked upon me, and I lay as one that had been dead,
and mine understanding was altered, and he took me up by the right hand, and
comforted me, and set me up upon my feet, and said unto me: what aileth thee?
and why is thy understanding vexed? and the understanding of thy heart, and
wherefore art thou sorry? And I said: Because thou hast forsaken me: and I have
not done according to thy words, I went in to the field, and there have I seen
things, that I am not able to express. He said unto me: Stand up and be manly,
and I shall give thee exhortation.
Then said I: Speak on to me my Lord, forsake
me not, least I die in vain: for I have seen that I knew not, and heard that I
do not know. Or shall my understanding be deceived, and my mind? But now I
beseech thee, that thou will show thy servant of this wonder. He answered me
then and said: hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou
art afraid, for the Highest hath opened many secret things unto thee.
He hath seen that thy way is right, and that
thou takest sorrow continually for thy people, and maketh great lamentation for
Sion: and therefore understand the vision which thou sawest a little while ago
after this manner: Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou hast comforted her:
Nevertheless seest now the likeness of the woman no more, but thou thoughtest
there was a city builded: and like as she told you of the fall of her son, so is
this the answer,: The woman whom thou sawest, is Sion: and where as she told
thee, that she hath been thirty years unfruitful and barren, those are the
thirty years, wherein no offering was made in her.
But after thirty years Solomon builded her,
and offered, and then bare the barren a son. And where as she told thee, that
she nourish him with labor, that was the dwelling of Jerusalem. But where as the
son died in her chamber, that is the fall of Jerusalem. And thou sawest her
likeness, how she mourned for her son: and what else happened unto her, I have
showed thee. And now God seeth, that thou art sorry in mind, and sufferest from
thy heart for her, and so hath he showed thee her clearness, and the fairness of
her beauty.
And therefore I had thee remain in the
field, where no house is builded. For I knew that the Highest would show this
unto thee, therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no foundation
or building is. For the place where the Highest will show his city, there shall
be no mans building, And there for fear not, and let not thine heart be afraid,
but go thy way in, and see the glorious and fair building, and how great it is,
and how great thou thinkest it after the measure of thine eyes, and then thou
shall hear as much as thine ears may comprehend. For thou art blessed above many
other, and art called with the Highest, as the few. But tomorrow at night thou
shalt remain here, and so shall the Highest show thee visions of high things,
which he will do unto them, that dwell upon earth in the last days. So I slept
that same night like as he commanded me
THE REVELATION OF ST JOHN Chpt 6
And I saw when
the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four beasts say, as it
were the noise of thunder, come and see. And I saw. And behold there was a white
horse, and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him, and he
went forth conquering and for to overcome. And when he opened the second seal, I
heard the second beast say: come and see. And there went out another horse that
was red, and power was given to him that sat thereon, to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill one another. And there was given unto him a
great sword.
And when he opened the third seal, I heard
the third beast say: come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse: and he
that sat on him, had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the
midst of the four beasts say: a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures
of barley for a penny: and oil and wine see thou hurt not. And when he opened
the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say: come and see. And I
looked. And behold a green horse, and his name that sat on him, was death, and
hell followed after him, and power was given unto them over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, that cometh of
vermin of the earth.
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar, the souls of them that were killed for the word of God, and for
the testimony which they had, and they cried with a loud voice saying: How long
tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earth? And long white garments were given unto every one of them.
And it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until the
number of their fellows, and brethren, and of them that should be killed as they
were, were fulfilled.
And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal,
and lo there was a great earthquake and the *sun was as black as sack cloth made
of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood: and the stars of heaven fell unto the
earth even as a fig tree casteth from her, her figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind. And heaven vanished away, as a scroll when it is rolled together. And
all mountains and isles, were moved out of their places. And the kings of the
earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and
in rocks of the hills: and said to the hills and rocks: fall on us, and hide us
from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the
lamb: for the great day of his wrath is come, and who can endure it
*sun: this is sun, spelled originally sunne
and others of a similitude ...
"the rich mans house high in the mountains."
"Rich mans race car and murder."
"Wretched rich mans UNGodlie house..."
"the rich man and the rich mans brother. "
"Lust and the rich man and handyman and wife..."
"BEWARE of friendship with the rich mans son..."
"The UNGodlie rich mans shoes "
"worthless inventions of the UNGodlie rich man. "
"the rich man and the poor man of color."
"rich mans UNGodlie adventure with his friends... "
"if you win the whole world...
"should win all the whole world"
"the rich mans house and the wife that LEFT him alone. "
"the greedy unknowing rich man and wicked labor. "
"The Rich mans house Guarded ...UNTIL..."
"visiting the proud rich man. "
"cities and towns judged of UNGodlie darkness.(PERIOD)"
"UNGodlie world full of robbery and theft..."
"only worthy men at the table. (PERIOD)"
"suddenly rich man pulled down by a woman..."
"the rich man's glory us high ceilings (sealings)..."
"rich young man running in Adirondack Park..."
"wicked wretched rude rich man. "
"The rich man has many friends..."
"UNGodly third world of super poor ...and super rich..."
"high and rich mans past darkness rises up"
"the young man in UnGodlie rich woman's house..."
"the house keeper of the rich ruler of darkness..."
"rich man poor man vehicles..."
"final state of the rich estate of the world of the worldly."
"ruled over rich mans house..."
"rich relatives wretched will..."
"the wealth of the rich man..."
"super rich foreign subdivision..."
"the unGodly rich and wise of their own thinking..."
"fame and riches fall to drunkenness..."
"the man and the rich widow..."
"rich mans business failures and watchers of the world..."
"rich religious ritual baptism..."
"who will spend the riches... "
"more on ...the wretched rich..."
"be care full ...around the care less rich man."
" spirit of murder ...within ..a rich mans house..."
"wretchedness of the ...rich and the renegades... "
"the rich man and seven times the harlot ..."
"the rich man and the stranger... "
"rich mans tude ...attitude..."
" more wretchedness of the rich man... "
"rich mans son ...and the last seals... "
" rich and poor flee ...to higher ground... "
"in the world of the worldly ...consuming rich and wretched poor... "
"the man who helped the rich man ...with his investments ... "
"more economic collapse ...praying to the rich ..."
"rich mans vanity...toy cars... "
"flight of the rich mans son..."
"snow ...storm ...and the rich ..."
"rich mans factory and wife ..."
"rich man ...strong mans ...house ...and the eagle..."
"rich mans house and the storm..."
"rich and famous ...poor and forgotten ..."
"poor mans furnace ...rich mans proud hearth (fireplace) ..."
"Rich mans house ...the burning ...and the waters ..."
Richmans house ...above the waters of God ...
Rich mans fear ...money and the ripping hearts